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Show Lhe fife Bookeofobe frft part CrAPLSAS And blindéinarchey by night; which they were fainetd endure, as having none othe; medtesto efcipe froth ithe ehemiy thatpurfled chem,and held them waking with contifllPskifhifiingy To keep alfimorder, wees yndertooke the leading of the Vaunt. Suatd { & Demojibenes conduced theReare, At the Rinev Erineus, Wicies takestheftart ofa Whdle nights tharch,leatitg Demorthemesto maketherctrait: who being incompaf: fediard Suerpref With numbetssit the endrenders hiafelfe. The conditions heobtai- hed,Were farre Baber thai heCdiild hate hoped for; and the faith 6f-his enemies farre wore that he fufpetted. For he vvas afterward, with Wieéas,murderedin prifon: The Ani of Dewa/fhenes being diffolued ) they: purfite Writ withthe greatercourage: who being vite} broken, yponithe paffage ofthe Riker Affinanuis, rendred himfelfe yo to Gpligpas, Vpbtt honeft conditions, Gy/ippmfought.to'preferuc him, and to haueshad the Honour, to hate brought'thefe two''to Sparta ; Wiciasj as aNoble Enemy'to the Lacedxmonians, atid who,at thé overthrow, which'theyreceiued at Pylus bythe Atheniads, had faued the liues"dPthevanqitithed § Dewe/thenes', aslone that had done toLactdambathe grcarett hurt. Hermocrares alfo, the Commanderofthe Syracufian Arihydiffwadéa the reft,by all the art he had;from vfing ahy barbarous violence,' after (Woble a vidtory. Buttheciuellanéthe cowardly forts (cowardife andcruelty, being infeparable paifions) preuailed, and caufed thefe braue'Captaines to bee miferablymuideréd one part oftheir Souldiers to be ftarued itv loathfomeprifonsyandthe ‘reff,‘fold forflaues. This' was the fucceffe oftheSicilian: watre vvhich tookeiendat Ohi Bader foure and twentieth ‘day of May,itrthe fourefcoreandeleuenth poapads* "ct =: ry = The Atheniatts being beaten our of Sicilithe Egeftaris(for whofe defencejagainft the ‘Sélinuntines,this fate'war had'beenc taken in hand) fearing the ViGorious Syracifians, oughthelpe ftom the Carthagiiians; to whom they offered thernfelues, and their Citie,as their vaffals.TheCarthaginians,though ambitious enough ofenlarging their Dominion in Sicil,yet confidetig the profperity ofthe Syracufians,& their lare victories ouer the Athenians,they ftayed.a while to difpute ofthe matter, ‘whether they fhould reffor accept the offer madé vnto them: for the Selihuntines were ftreightlyalliedto the Syracufians,as may appeared by whatis paft.In the end,the Senatorsiof Carthage te- 3 folie Vpon the enterprife;& (by atricke oftheir Punick wit)to fepararethe Syracufians fromthe Selinudtines,theyfend Embaffadors to Syracufe: praying that City, asin the Behalfe ofthe Egeftans, to'compell the' Selinuntinesto take reafon, andtoreft content with fo much oftheJands in queftion, as they of Syracufe fhould thinke meet to allow "themThe Syracufians approued the motion; for it tended to their owne ‘honours But "thé SelinuntinesWould make no fuch appointment: tather they tookirill,thatthe Syr- cufians,with whom they had rin one conrfe offortuticinthe A thenian-war, {hould offer'to trouble them,by interpofing as Arbitrators, ina bufineffe, that' themfelues could étid by force.This was right as the Carthaginians would hatieit. For now could they of élinis with an ill grace craueaide of Syracufe; and the Syracufians'as ill grantitvato 4° thofe, that had refufed to ftand tothe Atbitrement, which the Carthaginians would haueputinto their hands. Hereupon,an Army ofthree litindred thioufand menis fet out from CarthageWnider the condué of Hannibal, Nephew to that Amilear, who (asyou haue heard before) was onerthrowne withthe gteat Carthaginian Armyat Himera by Gelon: Hannibal was exceeding greedy ofthis emploiment, that he might takereucng° as well ofhis Vitcles,as ofhis Fathers death ; theone of them hailitig bin flaine by the Himmerans,theothicr by thofe ofSelinus. Both the Cities, Hannibal; in this wat,won Dy force ofarmes,fackt them,and burnt them ;and haning taken three thoufand ofthei merans. prifoners,he caufed them to beled vnto the place, where Ami/car was {lain,ane buried themtheré; ube '9 5 After this followed fometfoubleat Syracufe, occafioned by the banifhment ofHer- mocrates, who hadlately bin Generallof the Syracufian forces, againft the Athenians. The malice ofhis enemies had fo farrepreitailed with the ingratefull multitude, theth Was.condeianed'to exile forhis meervertuc,atfach time, as he wis aiding the Lace" monians,in their warre againft Athens ; whereinhe did great feritice. ‘Allthe honelter ia yin Syraculewere forryfor the iniury donevnto him, arid fought co te repealed. Hermocrates himfelfé,. returning into Sicil, gathered an Armyof fixe thot and;vith which he began'tto ré PaireSelinus;& by many noble actions Ixbouredt own the CuaraiSiqetig. - ofthe Hiforie ofthe World. a ri ey Pye oe tea koe eee het nae ag dae the love ofhis Citizens. Buc the faction that oppofed himvivasthe ftronger. Wherefote he was'aduifed to feize vponid Gate of Syra¢ufe,with fomeftrength of;men;whetby his fitends;wwithin the Towne,might hauethe better. meanestotifeagaing the aduerfe pat- tig' Phiohe did?'but prefentlythe multinde fell to. armessiandfet vpomhimn; in which conflict he was flaine Bur his fonnesin-daw| Diemfins (hallmakethem with' Hermocvates pitfnyvodeubels eis! aliueagaine. ont w2Iti9 « cide om! ef ) 4. had boob OFDiohylaus the Tyrant : 1 } pili. vt boll yt ih be Syracufianshad inioyed theirliberty about threefcore yeercs,from the death of A Thrafyeules, tothe death' of Hermocrates:at which time Dionyfias was raifed yp by God,to take reuenge,as wellof their cruelty towards ftrangets, as oF thir ingratittide towards their owne beft Citizens, For before the'time of Dvonyfivs, rey had madcit theit paftimé, to rewardthe yertie oftheit worthieft Commanderswith death, or difgtace: Which cuitomethey, mult now be taught to amend. ‘Dionyfius obtained the principality. ofSytacule,by the fame degrees,chat mary others, before him,had madethemfelucs Maftets ofother Cities, and of Sytacnfeitfelfe, ‘For, being made Pretar,and commanding theit Armies againft the Carrhaginidns,and other their enemies, he behavedhitafelfe fo wellthat he got a generall loug amongthe people,andmenof warre. Phen began hee to follow théexample of Pififrarms; thar made 20'himfelfe Lord of Athens; obtaining' bandoffixe hundred men, to defend his petfon : vader pretence, thathis priuate cnémies,bethgtraiteroufly affectedto the State of Syra~ cufe,tiad Izied plorg-how to niurderhim,becanfe ofhis soqdferuices. Hee dolibled the payof his Souldiers, alledging, ‘that it would incourage them to fight manfully.; ‘but intending thereby to affure them to himfelfe. He perfwaded the Citizens, to call homic, Out of exile, thofe that had beene banifhed, which were the beft'menof Syracufe; and thefe were afterwardssat his deuotion,as obliged vnto him by fo gitata benefit. His fit fatiout,among the Syracofians, stew from his accufation of the principal men. It isthe ' delight of bafe peopleto reigne ouer theirbetcers: wherefor e,gladly did he helpe them to braked owne,asfetters imprifoning ther liberty, the bats that he Id it vinderfafe cuzo tody.. Long it was.noi, ere the chiefe Citizens had found whereat hee aimed. But what they faw,the people would natfee ¢ and fome that were needy, and' knew not how to get Offices without‘his helpe, were willing to helpe him,though they knew his purpo{esto be fuch, as would makeall the Citieta finart. He began carlyto hurie after the tyfanny; being but fue and twenty yeeres ofage whenhee obtainedit' belike,it washis defireto teigne long-His firft work,of making himfelfe abfolute Lord in Syracufe,Was, the poffeffion ofthe Citadell,wherein was much goodprouifion, & viderit the Gallies Weremored, This he obtained by allowance of the people; and having obtained this, he cared for no miore, but declaréd Himfelfe withoutall fhame or feate. ‘I Ne Atmie,the chiefe Citizens, reftored by him from banifhment; all the needy fort within Syracufe, 4° that could not thriue by honeft courfes; and fomeneighbour-towhes, boundvnto him, cither for his helpe in warre, or foreftablifhing the faction, reigning at that prefent, Were wholly affected tohis affiftance. Hauing therefore gotten the Citadel! into his hands, héneeded no more,faue to affure what hie hadalready. Hee. ftrengthened, himfelfeby diuers marriages, taking firft to wife the daughter of of Hermotratess and after et, two at once,the onéa Locrian, Dor#, by whomheehad Dioryfiis, his Succeflors honourable men the other, Ariftomache, the daugther of Hippariti, and fifter to Dion, hit with new {0 Syracufe; which bate vnto him manychildren, that ferued to fortifié eee lances, go Yetit was not long,ere omeofthe Syracufians (enuying his profperiti¢) incited the multitude,' "and .tooke armes againft him,, eich in the nouéltie of his Rivle. Burtheir bedSiiterprife was more paffionately, than wifely goueined. He had fhainefully beene making fen by the Carthaginians at Gela: which,asit vexed the Sicilian men atatmes, them {ifpedt thatit was his purpofetelet the Carthaginians Watt al-that hie might afterWatds take poffeffion ofthe defolate places; fo it inflamed them with' a defire to free felues from his tyranny. They.depatted therefore from him, and marched hattily ad ere they foundfriends to helpe them: there they force dhis Palace,ran- fo Syraciife,wh |