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Show 506 The fith Bookeofthesfefhparts Ciaran Sut otio Ships tHeae!hwasimewly:chafed out of his Kingdomeby the Romansy: This Demetrine hatlactly thewedbhimifélfea friend to Autigomns Dafon inthe warres &£ Cleomenes : and rake returning imhisilaft Voyage front the Cyclades, wasadadie; attheir firft:requeftjto vato m welcome made'hi tions; confidera thelike or Thefe, sy Captaine Philips partswith f the Macedoniah King:whofe Counfailour he was ever after. TheDardanians hearingio theKingsifewrne, brake yp their Armic; andgaueouer for the:prefenb their invafion of Macedonytowardswhichthey were alreadypontheir way. sodithar Summerfollowing the King refted ac Lariffa in Theflatie,whiltt his:people athered intheir HarueftsButthe Axoliansrefted:iot) They auenged themfelues vpon the:Epirots : whom for the harmes by them and! PHi/ip done ins Atolia, they! requited 79 withall extremiti¢s of warte,among which, the moft notable wasthe ruine'ofthe moft famous Temple cf Dodena. When Wintergtew on,andall thought ef warre,vntill ano- thenyecre,was laidiafide + Philip ftole-a iourney into Peloponnefus; with five thoufand Baot,and.aboutfoure hundred Horfe."Asfooneas he was within Corinth; Heicomman- déd thé Gatestobe fut, thatno word fhould be carried foorth ofhisarrinall. He fent priuily faryold 4ratus to:comethithervnto him: with whom he tooke! order}-when, andin-what places,hewould haue the Acha#an Souldiers ready to meete him. The Ene- mieswetethen abroad in thé Countrie, with fomewhat more: thantwo'thoufand Foot andan: hundbed Horfe:littlethinkingtomeete withfuch oppofition' Indeedethey had Tittlécaufe to feare : fincethe Acheansthemfelues were not awarethat the: King wasin ,, rhgir Landiwithhis Macedonians; vntill they heard)thavthefe twothoufand Eleans, Atoliatis,andtheit fcllowesywereby hinvfurprifedjandalbmade prifoners, ‘orflaine. By thislextploiswhielvhedid athis firftcomming Pid gorvery much reputationjandlike- avifehe purchafed both reputationand loue; by divers: actions immediately following: Hawon'Pfophis , an exceeding ftrong Town, in the borders of Arcadia, which the ‘igansand Arolians them held. He'won it by: affaulecet his firft comming :\wherein it gmuch atailed: him}-thar the Enemiey:not: beleeuing' that he:would vndertakefiicha poect ofworkeat fuch anvnfeafonabertime ofthe yeerty was cateléffe of prouiding cucn firchiftore of iveapons, as might haue ferued to defend it/; The Bowne was preferned by the kK ing fromfacke;8 given to the Acheans, ofhisown meerd motion,beforethey r¢- 30 giuefted!in2i*f henice wenthe to Lafion, which yeeldédfor very feate; hearing how tafily hehad taken‘?fophis.This Towne alfo he gaueto:the Achzans. ‘The like liberality hetfed towatidsothers,that had ancienttitle vito placesby him reconered.Then fell he svponthe Couhtrey of Elis; where was much wealth to bee gotten: for thatthe people lwere addi@edito busbandrie; and liuedoabroud dm Villages y.euen frch aswereofthe wealthier fortamong them. So he came to the Citie‘of Olympia sowherehauing done dacrificetsTupiter, feafted his: Captaines,and refrethied his Armiethree daiessHee pro ceeded of to'thefpoileof thofe, that had taken pleafutetd fhare with the Axolians,in the fpoiles oftheir other-wife-deferuing neighbours.;Great abundance of: Cattell hee ftooke withogreatnumbers of flaues; and much:<wedlth of all forts; fuch'as could bee 4* foind imrich villages.‘ Thea felbheimhand with the/Tewnes, whéreinto agreat roulti- St)4 ofebelifhayofebeWany wv Camz quer their oWvricheads; they qivtted:their! winnings, and ‘wit This Lycarges, asheshadto other right rochbKingdonie of on rojahpumeta could bay with -thoney: fowas:heneithorfieefiom dangerofconfjplracies mad ‘ ai ft him; Hor from thofeiealotifies, withivhich'Vflitpers are commonly per. idueeh Fhe & wasone Chilom; ofatie Royalbblood prhat thinking himfelfe to have belt p bainfh Kingdome; purpofedtomake way thercuhto;by maflacre of his oppofites ee afi iz watdsto confirmehimfelfe, by: propounding vito the Multitude firch LeORRRNGHOT the Stdteas was:moft popular:natcly, bymaking an equall difttibution ofall thie Lae among:tle whole number of the Citizenssaccording to'the ancient inflittion Sihat 1o Common wealth. Heewonneto his partiefome two. hundred men 3 with whom'heée fellypon the:Ephoriasthey'weretogetheratfupper and flew thein alli Then y Lycurgnshisshoufe: who perceiuing the dexisiajHolewy and fled.' Ir eteniosinehe thould gin¢accoutieofthefd doings tothe people, and' procure themto take part with hinw But theirmihdsbéingnot hereto ipriedifpofed ztheyfo little regarded his' godly offers; as euent whilft hewas viing his bet perf wafionsythey were confulting howto ap. Pichend him; Ghidomperceiued whereabourthey wenr; and thifted prefently away?! So heltued afterwards among the Achwans ebanifhied man j-and hated of his owne people. As for Lyeurgat hee réturned home + and fufpedting thenceforth all thole of Hepeules 4 Dis tacesfontidmeanésto dritie out his fellow-King yours Agefipolisswhereby he'tiadé a Lord alone: His doingsgrewto ber fufpectedsin fachfornas once hee thould alcbeene apprehended by the Ephori. But-though his'actions‘hitheito might Hane becherdefénded:, yet ratherthan to 2dueriture himfelfe into iudgement,: he chofe to fie for atime,and foioutneatonghis friendstheBrolians,His wel-knowne vehemiencie iti Oppofition toxhtMacedonians;hadprocaredvnto him firch good liking among'the people; thide itt hisiabfence they beganneto'cotifider the weakeneffe of thitir wine -haniled 4gaing: him y and spronouncihg hinvinndcent; recalled ‘him home to his Eftate.' Put in timefollowing; !He tooke better heedevato himfelfesnotby ainetding: his condition (fothegrew aTyrant,and.wasfoacknowledged)burby taking ofder;that it fhould not inthe powerofthe Citizens to expell him whentheylifted: By what'aétions he got tlienkme ofa:Fytane 4 oratwhattimeitwas; that hechafed Agefipeliz out' ofthe Citic; h doetioticértdinely finde. Like enovgh'itis, That hisbeing the Heft of three viurpers, Which followedatrordut one after another, made hitito be placed irithe' ranke of Ty+ tahtss which thelatt of che three very inflly deferaed. Whatfocnenhe was toward fome Puluate Citizens? in the warreagaintt Paiip, He betiautd himfclfe-as@ pronident/ mah; Wichcarefulll ofhis. Countries good. Sikes ydwhey ofiripeace: whichisgrated ubio thems Ey Someycelded forfeare.. Some preuented:the laboar ofhis ioarney; by fending Embat- ¢he:#roltan Qapraines; Vecaufe they Uittrutted theirability tohold them. So-che King wonté more Townes in the Couotrey,chan thefharpencfic ofWinter would finffer him to.ftaythreodayes. Paine he would hanefoughowiththé Erolianssbut they made fuch hafte fromhin, that hecould norouerrake them,till théydiddcoudred themielues WI5g Philipallaulted ithe!" FowneofSamicuin »where they thoughttbhauebeehefafes But obtaining licence therti chereifo forciblyyithat heinadethen pladyoyeeld the place, todepasejwiththeirlinesandarmesy Hadingperformed (6 muchén this expedition,the Ring tepofed himfelfe-awhileinMegalopolis pandtheh-rémoouddito Argos; whierc hee enidsdrobsr limlibo? Fpentalbcherettofche Wilitend nsscdoA x ‘Beforethe Kings artiuall! inn Pelopontiefas, the Bacedxinoniaos, with Lyewrg rheit to doerearrnarcers «But whee new Kingshad gottenformewhar in Ponda Sitheeathed ° they wereadoonifhied;bywhe cabwshittetharfellvpontrhe Evansofthe danger hang'" oO grind 10.232 liy'§ IO > HawPhilip wes,tmi[aduifed by $1 Connparlors: whoafterwards wrought realm ageinft hires fue $8nhawere iiflypynilled Heivuadtth thoadtolinus\afecand tyme: ard forcesliithersts0 tide: of the: Countrie-people were-fied.: Some oftthefé were taken atthe firaffaule. -fadousstory eeld before hecame. And fometharwete held with Garrifonsagainittheir Wwils,tookecourage to fer-themfeluesat libertie: byfecing the King foncere:,to whole Patronage thenceforth they betooketherfeluessAnd many-places: were fpoyled:by 7q14 + "ft ) + Hilfe che King lay'abArgbsdeuiting ypon ‘his bufineffé fortheyeet follow- brngsfertie ambitiousmen rhitwereaboaurhimytudied fo diligently tox their albehar hedrook én land. mq ownlgreatneffesas thepwertlike to haaefpoiled men feemethefire Aatizonas Dajibhad lefewnvs ebilip facieGounfui lorsasta hinvdid chal, of his hadthe ssthat icapelle thefewas chiefeiof The youths his of Hgouernind feagreae himfel to g feemsin taany This es. Perlon;atidialfocheorderimsofhis Treafur tothis Prinees if oliti¢ian, thoughr thar heefhould> does notable peceeor fertice he MaPeoould rediiéexhe:Achzans.vnrothe-fame deprecoF fabiedtibh wherein fome » Sedonians tiued"Totbringthisto paftd, diring che tare Bxpeditiowhehauccdefed ofthe andto tripthdnt {6 OftheMacceltinimerdithrnMtlie Achxatis out of their lédgingss Hee was bold to felkout, on 'secafi thersus dingfur Vithiaexlicsbhad gorcem Protee rst6 takeand Whippe themany of Hahilefomieb Stliat Nations cawfing bis Minifte sta helpdtbeit felhowes; inofferedtay thierewereMormeof them that could not sefiaine tht helaidbdodhe heclescandpunithed asMutiners: Hereby Keietought to bring itro tion fhoukdbeejadlified with ah habive-of btind obedience, filieby-ititeraa feleidibed vniuft thaepleafedthe king. Baretiere Aciwans weretenderty fer andthinke orhing eimmarterdof liberty': whercofif they could lane beenedontentedto wae |