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Show The fife Bookeofthefirstpare - . Cwar.g.§.5 2 Te w4ratus more than humane honours,as Sacrifices\Hymnes, and Proceffions, té be cele. brated cuery yeere twice, with aPrieft ordained vato him for that purpofe:s as was ac. cuftomed vnto the Herees,or men,whom they thought'to be tranflatédinto the number ofthe gods. ‘Hereuntotheyarc {aid to haue beene encouraged by an Oracle of Apelig: whichis like enough to haue beenetrue fince the helpe of the Deuill is neuer failing to the increafe ofIdolatric. 6 workeinthe Achzans a maruellous diflike; of that wicked King which' had ‘made him neither were they in:cafe to fubfift, without his telpethat had committéed it. The 10 &tolians werea moft outragious people, great daters;and thameleffe robbers. With the(e the Romans made league: wherofthe Conditions were foonedivulged,efjpecially that maidc point,concerning the diuifion of the purchafe whichthey fhould make. pdt: Thatthe Atolians fhould have the country and Townes, but the Romansthe fhoyle and carry away the peopletofell for flaucs.The Achzans,whoin times ofpteater quiet, could not endure to make ftreight alliance withthe Axolians, as knowingtheir vociuilt difpofition:.were much themore auerfefrom them, when they perceiued how they had called in the Barbarians ( forfuch did the Grecks account all other Natiens exce otT owne )to make hauock of the Countrie. Thefame confideration mooted alfo a Lacee demonians,to ftand offa while,before they would declarechemfelues for the Atolians, *° whofefriendthipthey'had embracedin the late warte. The in Uy and the great care whichhe feemed to take ofthe Achxans tecableratehSficedgu retainé them: poets at {uch time, astheir ownenecefiitie was thereto concuitrett Moteparticularly he obliged vito himfelfethe Dymeans,by an ineftimablebenefir:re-. soucting their Towne,after it had beene taken by the Romans and Areliansand redeeming their people wherefoeuerthey might be found, that had been carried away Captine, and fold abroadfor flaues:: ‘Thus mighthe hane blotted eutthe tactnoric¢ of offencés paft ; ifthe malignitic ofhis natural! condition had not otherwhiles broken out,and Siuen mento vaderftand-ythatit was the Time, and nothis Vertue, which caufed hire to makefuch a thew of: goodnefie. Among other foule acts, whereof hee was not alha- 39 med: Hextooke Paiycratia the wife of theyonger Aratusand éartied her i ofthe HiforieoftheWorld, . F233 expence ofbrauéry,in apparel,houfhold-fufe,and curions fareafid to beftow that cof vpon their Armes: wherein by.how muchthey were thé moregallant,by fo much were they liketo prouc the better Souldiets,and futablein behauiour, vitothe pride of their furniture, They had ferued hithetto with littlelight Bucklers;and flender Daits.to calk afarre off; that were vfcfull in skirmifhing at{omediftance;or for Stitprifes, or fudden The louing memorie of ératws their Patron, andfineular Benefa&tor, could'not but this away. ‘He fhall therfore heare of this hereafter; when they better dare to take coun faile. for.themfelues. Atthe prefent,the murder was not generally known or beleeued: Cuarigs.s. don: littleregarding how this might ferueto confirm inthe people ici Optionthathe ie seu oftansold fn - Butiofi_ faults he thall betold. when theRomans make arre vpomhim the fecondtime :'for, of that which hapned iathiethei holditfuperfuonsto make repetition, err eebieeice it Eacalion, 1 and haftie Expeditions, whereto Aratus. had. beene mot accuftomed. But when they came to handieftrakes,they were good for nothing, folong as they werewholly driven torelievpon the.courage oftheir Mercenaries. Philopememaltered this :. cauling-them toarmethemfelues thore weightily,to vfea larget kind offhield;with good Swords and firong pikes,fit for feruice at hand. Hetaught them al(o to figtit in clofe order.and alte. tedthe formeoftheir embattailing : not makingthe Files fo deep as liad been accufto- med, but extending the Front,that he might vfethe feruice ofmany hands, Eight moneths werefpentofthat yeer, in which he firit was Pretor.ofthe Achzans- when Machanides the tyrant ofLacedemon caufed him to maketriall, how-his fouldiers hadprofited by his difcipliae. This Machamidas wasthe fucceflorvate Lycurgss , dnhan more violent than his fore-gocr. He kept in pay a ftrong Army:ofMercenaries : and he kept them not onely to fight for Sparta; but to hold the Citic in obedienceto hini- felfe perforce. Wherefore it behooued himnot to take part withthe Achzans ,that were fauourers of liberty ; but'to ftrengthen himfelfe by friendfhip ofthe £rolians: 20Who,in making Alliances, tooke no furthernotice ofVice or Vertue,thanas it had refefenceto their own profit. The people alfo of Lacedemon,thtough their inueterate hatred ynto the Argiues,Achaans,& Macedonians; werein like fort (all ormoft ofthem) inclinable to the Atolian Faction, Very vawifely. For in {eeking to take renenge vpon thofe,that had larely.hindred themfrom getting the Lordthip of Pelopoanefus ; they hindered them felues thereby from recouering the Maftrie oftheir owne Cirie. This af- feGtion ofthe Spactans,together with the regard of his own fecurity,and no {mall hope ofgood that would follow, fufferednot Wzachanidasto be idle; but'alwaies made him teadieto fall vpdr hisneighbours backes, and take oftheirs what he could,whileft they _ Wereenforced,by greater neceflity, to turne facéanothérway. Thushad he often done; 30efpecially-in the ablence of Philip: whofe fudden'comminginto thofe parts,or fome o- theroppofition made againft him,had vfually made himfaile ofhis attempts. At the prefent he was ftrongerin men,than werethé Acha#ans,and thoughthis owne men bet ter Souldiers than were theirs. ; . de Whileft:Pbi/ip therctore was bufied elfe-whete; he entredthe Country of the Mantinzans:being not without hope todocas Gleemeneshad donebefore him; yea and per- hapsto gerthe * Lorajbip ofPeloponnefus,as having ftrongerfriends, ‘and weaker oppO-azscerp.2 tion, than Cleamenes had found. But Philepemen was readyto entertaine him at Manti- pee Mf (ulin VE ; za ; where was fought betweenthem agreat battaile. The Tyrant had brought intopyin, §..V. Of Philopcemen Generalof the dcheans: andMachanidas, Tyrant ofLacedemon, A bat- baile betweene therm, wherein Machanidas tsSuines 49 I: happens often, that the difeafe of one eminent man difCou ers the vertue of another.: In the place of Carats there ftood vp' Philopawien ; four; and great skill in Armes, madéthe Natick of Meniesiteaate ble - eosar ae careleffe of fuch proteéion,as in former times they had nee« nh t oe oftheir neighbours, This iis that Philepemex : who being thea ay needtyanc auing no command ; did efpeci all fernicero Antigonws at the battaile bSevatiaagaintt Cleomenes: Thence forwa rd vatill now he had {pent the moft part of ixants whereof being a valiant people, and felméelues ; He bettered among them his ee 5@ id pr he Ai Achis returne homey" Hee h wherein hecariied himfelfe fo ftriGly, trauailing with nte Am ¢ie'to hauchis followers well mounted, and armed.avallallth pi e Cite otcheCo‘ligently ae - Re inalb exercife of fernice,that he made theAcheaas rayTie i re Sith = eae : waiteatterward chofen Pretor ot General ofthe Nation,He had caeone re an eit) militarie'difcipline throughout) ‘wherebyhis' Countri¢ pane tong enough te defend it felfe, and not atiy longer (asin formertimes ) need Pend vponthehelpeof ethers, Hee perfwaded the Achweans to cut off their vaine expence thefield vpon Cartsa great many of Engines;wherwith to beat vpen the Squadrons of #PhisEnemies,and put themin diforder. To preuent this danger, Philopemen tent foorth his light armature a good waybefore him; foas Mashanidas was faineto doe the like. Tofecond thefe,from the one & the otherfide came in continuall fupply; till at length allthe Mercenaries,both.ofthe Achwans & of A¢achamsdas, were drawnvp tothefight: being fo farre aduanced, each before their owne Phalanx , that it.couldno otherwife bedifcerned which preffed forward,or which recoyled,than by rifing of the daft. Thus ofhis own mens Wete Machanidas his Engines made ynferuiceable,by the interpofition as the Canonis hindréd fromdoing execution, in moft ofthe battailes in fuch manner sa in thefe our times. Fhe Mercenaries ofthe Tyrant preuailed at length: not oneing their polyb ibid, mn y their aduantage of number, but (as Polpbinés well ' obferucth) by furmount exceed Jo Oppofitesia depresal courage; wherein vfually the hiredfouldiers of Tyrants thofethat are waged by free States.-For asit is true,that free people aremyjch more vaViahtthan they which liué:opprefled by Ty rannié, fince the oné, by doing peer in themfelues, whereas the otheg doc ht, haue hope to. acquire fomewhatbeneficial tothe Mercenaries ofa Tyrant, cing t(asit were)to affure cheir owhefernitude : fo caufeto saa Made partakers with him in thefruits ofhis profperity, haue good a nO- ier a his quarrel as their own ; whereas they that ferne vndera free State, When a tree state hath Further than this,iJiaxies bareftipend. to.doemanfully,thantheir the oo or. Rotten the viGtory :manycompanics(ifnot all)ye of forrein Ausiliarics are are p prefentlyy caft; vad |
