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Show The forireb Bookeofthefinkpart --Quar.7.65 aduenuredtodraw neerain perfon, anid exhottthemto yeelde;. Neithebth e comthon Souldiery nonany Leadery refufed.to become his follower. All foroOke Aptipanins 4 dfewhorlesmen exceptedstharfed along with him to Theffalonica where hehad fome -dfinall forces leftzand money enoughto entertaine a greater power,ha d heknownwhee ,to leuicit, Butwhilef t he was thinking how to allure a fiafiicient numberof the Gauiles into his feruice; whereby hemightrepaire his loffe : Ptolomie, the fonne of Pyrrbus, \semevpon-hitjandeafil y. defeating his weake forces, draieliimto flye from the parts about Macedon, 'to.thofe,Fownes a farre off in Peloponnefiis, in;which hee had formerly lurked,-before fuchtithe as he looked. abroad into theworld , and made himfelfe a-King. Rou iyinsn _. This.good fucceffe renined.the fiPitits of, the Epirot y,.andcaufed him to forget all forrow ofhis late'mif-fortunesinthe Roman, warre: fo thathe fentforhis fonne,Hele. was (whom hehadleft. witha Garrifon,in the Caftle of Tarentum ouer into Greece, where was more matter.of conqueft, and )willing binito come let the Italians {hif-for themfelues.:;-; i on] : §. V. "How Pyirhus a(/ailed Sparta withoutfucce(fe. His enterprife upon Argos, aidbis 1 OL Or death, ag Yrrbus had now conceiued a great hope,that nothing thould beable Pp: 3{ fecingythat inopemfight, hehad vanquithed the Ganles,beatento withftand Antigouns, and wonnethe Kingdome ot Macedon 3 There was not inall Greece; nor;iaideede 5. in <all\the-Lands:that Alexander had wonne, any Leader of fuch name and worth;>as.deferuedtobeefet Vpagainft hime : which filled him withthe opinion that he might doe what hee pleafed. He raifed therefore an Armie, confifting of fiue and twenty thoufandfoot, tworhoufand horfe; and-foure and twentic Elephants ; preten- ding warreagaintt Anticonusand the giuing libertie tothofe. Townesin Peloponnefiss, which the fame Antigonusheld in fubiectiion; thoughit was eafily difcouered,thatfuch Breat preparations weremade, for accomplifhmentof fome defigne more important, than warre againft a Prince already vanquifhedjand almoft veterly deicéed. Elpecially 39 the Lacedzmonians feared this expedition,as madeagainft theirState. For Cleomymas, oneoftheir Kings,being expelled out ofhis Countrie,hadbetaken himfelfe to Pyrrhus: whoreadily entertained him,and promifedtoreftore him to his ,. This promife was madeinfecret 3 neither would Pyrrbus make thew of anykingdome difpleafure thathee bare vato Spartag! but contrariwife profetfed, that it was his intent,to hauetwoofbis Owneyongerfonnestrained vp in that Cicie,as ina place ofnoble difcipline.With fucn colouts he deluded men, euentill he entred vpon Laconia ; where prefently he ned himfelfeas.an openeneimie!: excufing himifelfe and his formerdiffembling demea: words, 49 Withaiett ; oThathee followed herein the Lacedemonian cuflome, of concealing what wa troclypurpoféd.Ithad beenyindeed,the manner. of the Lacedemonians, to deale in like fort with others,whom, inthe timeof their greatneffe,they foughtt o opprefle: burnow they-complainedof that;as falfhood,in Pyrrhus; which they alwaics practifed in wilt dome;till it madothem diftrnfted, forfakensand.almoft contemptible, Neuertheletle, they werenor wanting tothemfeluesin this dangerous extremitie. For the old men and women laboured in fortifying the Towne; caufing fuchasicould beare armes,to relerus S themfeluts freth againft theaffante 4 which Pyrrhus had vnwifely deferred, vponallle rance.of.preuailing. Sparta wasneutrfortified;beforethis time,otherwife than ' with armed Citizens:1009 59 afterthis, (it being-built yponvneuen ground , and for the moft part, hard to app! the lower & moreacceffible places; were fenced wals-atthe prefent,only re were caft,& barricadoes made with Cartsywherewith the entrance feemed moft calie. daies together it was affailed by Pyrrbas, exceeding fiercely, » -and no leffe fto fended. he defperate courageofthe Citizens prefer ued the Townthe firft daysvv" into the violence of Pyrrbas had forcedentrance the fecond day,bur that his yroune ¢ horfethrewhim to the ground, which made:his Souldiers more mindefull of! the perfon of their King; than of bxeaking inte the City, though alegady § Cusengs. oftheHiftorieoftheWerld...-SS : . : aeeacy romnein funder the Barticadoes,:Prefently.afterFee this,one ofAbtigonus his Captaines edt into Sparta witha good ftrength ofmen;and Aréus:the king returned outof Coetecwieie hee had becnehelping his friends in watre) with two thoufand men, danger, in which his owe Countrie:ftood,vatill ice was.almoft athome.little knowing the . Thefe fokoaek didnot more animate the Spartans, than kindle in Pyrrhus a dclireta prewaile apainftall impediments. Butthie third daicsiworke fhewed; how greachiSettor hadbeene: in forbearing to affaultthe Towne arhis firtt comming. \For he wasfo manfully repelled that hefaw noliktlihood of getting theplace, otherwife than by: long fiege > in which tedi: ous.courte hie had nodefiré to {penditiis time. ait Aaticonxs had: now: raifed an Armit; though ohot ftiong! eriough Yomiein plaine fielde; yet: ableohindérall hig purpéfes. Thisemade: tomecte the enePyrrhas-doubtfull What way to.take.;, beiny, diuerfly: affected; by the :difficultie df his enterprife inhand and the fhame of ‘taking axepulfe inchisifirt actempe Wihileft' heeswas thus perplexed, letters came from Axgos,ishiting Hinythithek s wich promit e todelitier that City into his hands. {HOd 913 OI .esitInNC Ciuill diffention raging then hotly in ‘Argos; caufed the headsoffeueralfactions tocall in Pyrrbus 8 Antizonus ; but the comming of thefe two Princes, ta ughtche Citizens wir andmadethem defirows to rid their hand of fuch powerfu ll Affiftan kings pretended himfelfe to bee. Antigens told the Argiues, that ts, as each of thetwo he cattteto faite them fromthetyranny ofPyrrbus: and that hee would bee goneif they needednothis helpe. Onthe other fide, Pyrrhus wouldncedesner{viade them, thar hee had none othererrand; than to make them fafe from Antigonbs ; offering in like manner, to depart,if tl ey fo defired. The Argities tooke {mall pleafare , in hearing the FoxeandKite at ftrife, which of them fhould keepe the Chickins from hisentetiiic : andtherefore prayed themboth, to diuert their powers {ome other way. Hereunto Antizonas readily condefcended, and gaue Hoftagesto affure his word : for hee wasthe weaker, and ftood in neede of good will. But Pyrrhas thought itenoughto promife: | ioftages hee wouldgiue none, to his inferiours : elpecially, meaning deceips. This made them fufpect his purpofe 300 bee Tich, as, indeede, ic was. Yet hee lefle regarde d their Opinions, than to hold them Worthy of affurance, bygiuing fucha bond, as lie intendedto breake erethe fiexe morning, Tr was concluded, that a Gate of the Citie thould bee opened by night vito PyPthas, by his Complices within Argos : which was accoidingly performed. So hig Armi¢ without any tumuli, entred the Citie : tillthe Elephan ts, with Towers ontheir dackes, cloyed rhe Way, being .too.high.to pafleth e Gare---The taking off, and ferUNG ON agaires OF-the egowWers,, with the' trouble thereto belonging', "did both giue alarme to the ICitie; "and fome ‘Ieaftire-to. take"or der for défense', before fo many Wereentredsastould folly.matter it.Argos was fulbof ditches; whichgreatly hindred qothe Gaules(tliat Kad the Vantguard): beeing ignorant of the Wayes, ithe darke night. €Citizens, onthe other'fide, had much aduantage, bythelr knowle dgeofeuery by« Ha ee: and fettingvpon the enemies on all fides; did pat them fo great loffe; and more ble, we there forewnderftanding by the confuled noy{e,and.vnequall thoutings of hig ~emen, that they were in diftreffe, entredt he Citie in petion, to takeorderfor their teliefe, and affurance of the pliice, Bur the Garknef fe, thethrong,and manyother impe- tents, kept him from doing anything of moment,vatill breake of day. Then began Ctomake his paflage by fotce, anéfo farte prétatléd, that he gotinto the Market-place. tts faid, thar {eeing in that place; the Image of:-aWolfe and Bull, in fuch pofiture ag t dbcen combatant, heecalled to mifde an Oracle, h threatned him with » Whenhe fhould behold a Bull fighting with a Wolfe: andthat lereupo n he made omudeede, the comming of Antigonusto the refcue, the diforder and confufion ofhis ye Men ; with diuersill accidents. gauc him reafonable cauft to haue retired out of eCity, though the Wolfe and Bull had beeneaway. The tumult was fuch, that no "ions could be heard ; but as fome gaue backe,{o did othersthruft forward, and the Prefling hard ypon him, forced Pyrrkus tomake goodhis retrait, with h Phe lword: |