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Show Cpari4,$13 (The Aft Bookeofthefirst pars _ Argos whither comming.ona fidden, andifinding the Multioud? yeadicta syne with hima Ain eafily compelled the Achzan Garrifon to quitthe place, ; Thisgeming of Argosstogether with thepood-défence, of Carine pSetlecalth Townes,asithelped eid little inthis cea {o they: somuaioet ie fome gogdend by ‘Treatic, while as yeuwith his honour hemight:feekéib scaged hci (the Winter being now come on-)a new.Confulwould thortly bechofem,: who: frst take the worke out of \Tetas his-hands,if it were net:concluded-the fooners: Tihwsthad thelikerefped-ynto hinrfelfe; ‘andtherefore thoughtit belt, finesimiore eouhd ai be done,to.pre-difpofe things vnto a\Couclufion, for hissowneixephtation.» The biden was.appointed to be held on the Sea-fhore,in the Bay, thencalledthe MalianonLamiat 16 Bay,now.(asis fuppoled)the Gulfe of Ziton;inthe Aigaiad Seasaruidnchipelage. shit came Titus, with Aminander the Athamanian;an Eaaballadonof dttaler,the adiniial of Rhod:sjand fome Agents for the Aitolians and Achwans, Philipcad with-himdéme fem of his own Captaines,anid Cycliadas,lately banifhed.forhis fake out ofAchaia.icHerefh fedto.come onfhore.: though fearing(ashe {aid )nonebut the izzmortall Gadort yet cif doubting fometreacheric in the Atolians. ‘The demands of Fitusin Bebalfe ofcheRte mans,were, Thathe fhould fet all Cities ofGreece atliberties deliner vp,to she Roman' and their Confederates,all prifoners whichhe had. oftheirs and Renegadoesydikewifé whatkocuerlicheld oftheirsia Ilyria:and whatfoener about Greéee orAfa hechad got: tenfrom Preleme then King of Egypt, after his fathers death, wathadud demanded:tetti tution to be made,entire of Ships, Townes, and,Femples, by-him'taken and: fpoyiled in a the late warre between them. The Rhodians would haueagaine the Sieeerinesheed lying over againft theis Hand,as alfothat-he fhould withdraw hisGarrifons,ont ofdiuets Townes about the Helle{pont, and other Hauensoftheir friends. The Acheans defired, reftitution.of Argos and Corinth:aboutthe onc of.which they might,not vniuftlyjquat- rell wich him ; the other hadbeenelong his owne by-their confent. The Eratianbeol vpon themiangerly,as Patrons,ofGreece,: willing him todeparciqut ofit, cuen' out of the whole Conntrie,leauingit free, andwithall to'deliver vp vato them whatfoaier he held that had at any time beenetheirs.: Neither werethey. herewithall content : but ins folently declaimed againft him,for that whichhe had lately donein Theflaly; cortupting(asthey faid)the rewards of the Victors, by deftroying, when:h¢e was ae aiaed 3° there Townes waichelfe they might haue gotten. To-anf{werthefe,malapest volians; Philip. commanded his Gallic to be rowed neererthefhore.' Butthey ieee to plic iti afre(h: telling him, that hee muft. obey his betters, valeflehee were aldie dpind him: ite by force of Armes, He an{wered them,(as he wasmuch giuento eybing) with furs ry {coffes ; and efpecially withone, which madethe Roman Gonlulendestiatsh what manner ofcompanionsthefe Arolianswere. For hee faid, Thathehad often dealt with Feeept, @pol. them ; as likwife thebeft ofthe Greeks ; defiring them to abrogate a wicked Law,which swhi Gertz. ermi ) from {peyle: yet could heget no better ananfwer, thanthat Pe a them to sakefpene a aetersverebe Ageisinons of nee Titus wondred what might be tht meahing gg + Sothe King toldhim, held it i a laudable Yi cuftome,; aso sof anyg a-him, Thatthey y held eas: warre happened betweene their friends, to hold vp. the quartell by fending Fenthethee ferue on bothfides, that fhould {poyle both the-one'and the others As ibertieea of Greece,ce He faid ittwas was ftrange fhould bee fo: SS Britt 2 that. the..Btolians, 1 tolians,fhould' care owne, which-hee there named, were indeed their of iucrs Tribes reas : aewherefore soG recians hee w : : aa a vans o henstege hee. w ould faine know, whether the Romans would giue him o make flaues o thofe Aitolians,which wereno Greek : a dédeand wasase no whit to héare carl i a the Actoli etolians vp;eet touching whom hee: hee beWig offended, , Woes a well I ratled ching whom be Banfoe oe how odious they wereinall the Countrie. Asfor that venerall de befeem fie a : Bees atlibertic, Philip acknowledged, that it might well °$ ehcotrhe Romans. though hee would alfo confider, what mightbefeem ownedignitic. But thatthe i and otherpettie Dee SRR med arte Actolians etolians, Rhodians, Eftates,eat {hould.thus their great by if as them, vpon totake Romans, the of; lisse tioula mighthee alee Thea MetaeLsuMe compelled:; it was,hee faid, a ftrange and ridiculous fome be ne"Achzans hee charged with much ingratitude: reciting againft them me Decrees of their.owne.3 wherein th zs ee and him; 3 Gitiecet ent) wherein they. had loaden both3 4#tigozas nah Humane Honours. Neuertheleffe he faid,that he would.render Argos ¥2" to them:but,as touchingis Corinth, that that hehe would w with Titw view him! hci : furtherinoue deliberate with Thi ¢ jigla --$----- icen ofthe Fiiftorie ofbheWorld: GihPd..§.13. Thus headdreffed himfelfe wholly tothe Roma Generallwnto,whomif he couldgine fatisfaction, he cared little for allthe ref, With 4tta/as andthe Rhodians, his late war (hee faidywas onely defenfines theyhauing beene the offerers :-6r if che gauestiem atly occafionsie was onelyin helping Prafies; his fonne-in-law 5 neither didhefeewhy they fhould¥ither feeke aniends ar hishands,thanhe artheirs, For whereas they, complay+ nedwtiine{poyling a Tem ple ofesas; head cit downe the Groue,and pleafant walkes thereabouts S' what conld he doe more) than fend-Gardners thither: with young plants: jfoneking6 f aniotherwould ftand toaske fuch'tecompence? Llins he iefted the matter out: but offered nchéTtielefle in honour'of the Romans,togine backithe RegiomofPes Ol patothe Rhodiane xvas likewile td weralas, the Ships and Prifoners ofhis, whereofhe lO had then POlfeffionie Thus ended chardayes conference; becaufe ir was lates? Ailipres guiting'anightsleifate to thifikevponthe Articlesywhich-weve many,and heeil prouidedof Coutifaile, wherewith to adaife about them:' For' your :bcing {0 ill prouided of CounfaileAaid Titus, 700 way ener thanke your felfe sharing murderca all goun friends, thiewere wont to ddife jow faithfully Thenext day: Philip came notyvntill itsvas late at hightexciling his long fay bytheweightineffeoftheyhings propounded,whereon he could tor fiddenlytel! howto'refolues But ic was beleened, that hee therebyfoughtto abridge the Aitolians 6fleifurcto #ailéat hints And chis wasthe more likely, for chat hedefred'conferetice in priuate withthe Roman General. The fimme of his difcourfe; CiasTiwiatcerward related it,was; That he would gind the Achzans both Argosiand s tinthsas‘alfo that hie would render-vato Attalus andthe Rhodians,what hehad promifed WS theday before ; likewife ro the Atolians,thatihee would igrant:fome part.oftheir-dehis-affoci> mands .4nd'to the Renvans, whatfoeier they did challenge: This whenTitws ates heardthey exclaimed againtt it, faying, Thar if the king were {uffered to retaineaaything in Greeceshe would fhortly get poflefiowofallwhichhenow readred vp,The hoifethat they made came to'Philips'care: who thereupon defiredathird day;ofmee- ting satid prorefted,that if he could not perfwadethem, he would fuffer himfel fe to bee Petiwaded by them' Sothe third day they met early in'thecmornieg:> at-what: time thekingintreated them all, that they would with fyacere affection hearken vnto, good OfferSiofpeace ;! anid itamediately conclude it, ifitliey couldlike well of thofe,Conditions;which he had ‘already tendredy or otherwife;that hey would make truce with him referre him3 for the prefent; andilet him {end Embafladoutsto: Romey wherehe would ; felfeto'thie courtefie of the Senate. ! left a new Confull THis Was chien as -Quintins would haucit : who ftood in daubty ofthe warre, ending by heexpected 'thehonour,which of might happen to defraud him asitwas Winter, a Soheeaiily preuailed withthe reft, toaffent hereunto : forafmich hefhould warieland fince,without authoriticof the Senate, umevnfit forferuice in the Further hee willed, them‘to bevhable'to proceed refoluedly either in warre or/peace, voto the Senate whateach fend their fcuerall Embafladoutsto Rome, which intimating obtaining any thing to ‘their preidof then tequired; fhould éafilyhinder Philip, from toRomein pet- tourney dice! Among the reft he perfwaded Ring Aminander,comakea together with the confluence of fo many 40 fon: knowing well; that the name of a King, more glorious in the Citic, All Imbaffadours, would fertte to make hisiownedétions proro- in Greece mightbe thistended to prociiré,that his own Command ot the Armie I ribunes of the people .at the of fome wich had'hedeale Bued. ‘And to the fameend winhyobesines i fog hiro, partly Rome: who hadalready (though as yet He knewnotfo the: eae is alleagedvato which'they V theirauthoritie, partly by good reatons {pakelitterly aRome, at hadandience they when The Embafladour ofthe Greekes, of vias is wey wasmore Senate which Sainfk the King, with goodliking ofthe 6 i =‘ Sain | the of purpofe honorable the than offarisfaction! They magnified faid') could neverbee he ae they this¢ But libertic. at Greece Sotaking to fet a coo th {jould be difpoffeffed of wee int { Teciall Care were taken,thatthe King -_ a = o Map a fovehementsproducing Metrias.In'this point they were infergilitie 3 - sat tir ore ng demonttratisti howthofe places held aflthereft of Pri upwe tohaueit euch fo as thiey defired Wien thet fore theEmbafladors cut. of 19 the micde Oration; they were briefly: Tyandbeganto hae made'a' long? long' Or ] heir Mafter would. yeela-up Cortothe whether their Mdafter wane 9f their Preface, with this oneo demand: they made an{wer, That concerning thote Chalcis and Demetria. Herct : Nannn 2 : piace e |
