OCR Text |
Show ThefifBookeofthefrtpars°Cnars.§3, che Outsthrow newly mentioned; whichcanfed Selewcastd gineouer the fiege of Pergamus-Afterwards.fonreorfiueTiownesiof{cated any worth ornote were taken bythe King : andtheSyrian Fleet.being offeuen and thirty Sayle,!was beaten by-the Rhodian whichiwas of like number. Bur of this viGoriethe Rhodians had no great caufe tore ioyce : forthat Hapaifad the Carthaginian who,together with ApoMonins a Courtier of Antiochus, was Admirall.ofthe Syrians, did them in manneras greathurt as they cduld doeto Apolowins ; and hauing the'victory taken out of his hand by: .ApeHonine his flight, yet made fuch.airetrait,charthe R hodians durftnot farreaduenture vpon himsNow of thefe AGions which were but as Preefaces vato the warre; thelaftand greateft wasaivie Gory ofthe Romans bySea, againft Polyxenidas the Kings Admirall.: The battailewas 1 fought, by:Myonnefus.a Promonteriein Afia: where Polyxenidas had withihim foure{core and. nine Gallies,.and fue ofthem greater;than any oftheRomans. Thisbeingall the {trengthwhich he could make by Sea: we may note the vanity:ofthofebrags, wher? With datiochs vaunted the laft yeere, Thathis: Armada fhould:couer all the fhores of Greece.The Romans had eight and fiftie Gallies$ the Rhodians,twoand twenty': the Roman beingthe ftrongerbuile,and more ftoutly manned;the Rhodian morelight tim: bred and thin planckt, hauing.all aduantage of fpeed,and good Sea-men:' Neitherfor: gotthey.to helpethemifelues bythe fame detiice; with which, fiue of their Gallies had lately cfcaped from Samos.Forwith firein their prowes they ran'vpon theEnemy:who declining them for feare, laid openthis fide x. and was thereby in greatei danger ofbez A ing ftemmed. A fterno long fight, the KingsNauie hoyfted ‘faile:: sand hauing-a faite winde, bore away toward Ephefusasfaftasthey.coulds Yet fortie oftheir Gallies they left bebindethem :, whereofthirteene weretaken:': vall the!reftcburnt or funke:.: ‘Fhe Romans and their fellowesloftionlyitwo orthreefhippes : but'got hereby the abfolute Matfterie ofthe Sea. herb Thescport of this mifaduenture, may feeme to haue taken from ariorhws'allvie of reafon, Foras ifino. hope had beeneremayning, to.defend thoft: placesithat -hee held in Europe : He prefently.with-drew his Garrifons from Lyfirnachia: whichmighteafily haue brene kept,cuenitill the end-of, Winter following, and hauereduced the befiegers (ifthe fiege hadbeene continued obftinately J: vnto termes of preat'extremitie. Hee alfogahe auex the fiege of Colophon ;-and laying! afideall thought faueonely' of de- 3° fence, drew together.all, his Armie and ,fent forhelpeto his father-in-laws‘King Avis- rathes the, Cappadocian (olortoc) 2idt bis t ~-Whasthe Roman. Conful,wichout impedimetitnot ondlycaméto the Hellefpont,but had yeelded vnto hinwall, places thete; belonging to Axtiochus on Europefide.The Fleet was then.alfo in readineffe, to tran{port himouerinto. Alias: where Eumewes had taken fuch carebefore;that Hee landed quictly at hisowne good cafe. cuen asifthe Countri¢ had beenchisalready. Thefirt newesthathe heard ofthe Enemie; wasby!an‘Embal? fadonthat camicto fue forpeace. ‘This Embaffador declared iwhis Mafters-name, That the famethings whichhad hindered him from obtaining peace ofthe! Romaris hereto" ,, fore,did now. perfwade him,that he fhould eafilydometo goodapreement with them! For inall difputations heretofore, Smyrna, Lampfacus,andLyfimachia; hadbeene the places.about which they varied.Seeing thereforethe King hadnowalready:'@inen over Lyfimachia; and was further purpofed.nottosftriuewith the Romans about ampfacts' and Smyrna: what reafon was there,why'they.fhould need rotroublelhim with'watté? Tfir Was their defire,that any other, Townes Vponithe CoaftofAfia, notmentiéned by Cwar5.§a ofthe Fijflorie ofthe World: shatno better bargaine could be made,Hedealt with P. Scipio im prinate vandtohimhee promifed agreat quantitie of gold, together withthe free reftitution ofhis fonne;who itis vacettaine by wharmifchance) was taken prifonerjand moft honourably entertai- ned bythe King. Sip‘ would not heatken to the offer of gold: nor otherwife to the reftitution'ofhis fonne,;than vpon‘Condition, Thatiemight bee with making: fuck amendsforthe!bénefit,as becamea pritiaté many As forthe publikebufineffesHee onely faid thustiuch}:T hat fince 4uriochas had alreadyforluken Lyfimachia, ‘and futtered the qwarre' to take hold oi his owne Kingdome; therewadiow nonewther way for shim, than either to fight,or yeeld to that which was required'at his hands." Wherefore faid ' He, tell yourking inmyname,that Iivould aduife him'to refufeno *Condition' where- lO by-heinay haye-peace, The king was novany whit mouedwiththisaduité:? For fecing that' the Confubd& manded of hii noleffe;thanif he had béene already fubduedy lithe reafon-there was thavhe fhould.feareto comeo battaile » wherein he couldlofesas he thoughtmo more, than by feekingto auoidithe muft giteaway.' Heé hadith hithothree(core andvténne thoufand:Poot,and tweluethoufand Hotfe;befidestwoandfiftie Indian Blephantsyand many' Chatiotsiarmed-with hookes.or-fythes, according to the maneof thé Eafterne Countries /¥et was:he nothing pleafed,toheare that the Conful drew neerehim apace 45 one haftning tofight. Buchowfoeuerhe was affected ; He mide folittle thew offeare, that hearing'P.sc/pi tollie ficke'at Blea; He fentthicher vato him‘hisfonne without fanfome:'as'one both defitous tocomfort this noble Warriourin: his fickneffe, and with: allnot défirous torctaine the young Gentleman for a pledge‘ofhis owne fafetie, "Thus diighthis bounvie to'beconftant.. Otherwife it might be {ulpefedy' That! heréin "hee dealtcraftily.t Forfincehe could hauenoneother ranfomeof Scipio, than fach as °aa hofiourablé man,that hadno great {tore of wealth,might pay': betterit was to'doe fuch a courtelie before the bactell,as would afterwards hate beene little worth ; thanto ftay vatill:the ‘Romans,'perhaps viGorious; {hould' exaG it at his hands. P.sccpio was gteatly comforted withthe recoutri¢of hisfonne': foastheioy thereof was! thought, tohaue been@muchanaileablevato his health. Ia tecompenice ofthekings humanit tie; Hee id onely thustriuch vato thofétHat brought himthis ‘accepteble: Prefenie, Liamnow able to makeyourKing none othér'amends, thar byaduifinghias not to febs onrill © hee foal beave'that 1 divin the Campe.What he meaht by this pir ischard to coniedtiire. Antiochus tefoliicdto foltowhis caunfailezand therefore withdrew himfelfefrom about Whyatita,beyond the Riuer of Phrygitis or Hyllus) vato Magnefia by: Sipylus : where envamping) Hee fortified himfelfe as ttronglyas hee-cotla."1 hicher followed hinrz. Scipio the'Gonfiil sand farédownewithin foure milesofihim. Abont a thoufand ofthe kings Horfeymft of them Gallo-Greeks;cameté bid the Romans wéléomeiéPwhbth at firt they flew fome and were anon; with fome dofledriuen backe‘ouer'the Riueér. Two daies were quietly:fpent;whileftincithet the King forthe Roinans would paite the Water. The third: day the Romans made*the aduenturé powherein they found novdit urbances noraveré at all oppofed; vatilhthey camesvithin two miles and\a halfe of {utnriochus iis Campe.'Theteas they wetetakingyp their lodging; they were charged ythree'thoufahd:Horfe and Foore::| whotheir ordinary ‘Corprdargard repelled, Foure dayes togetherafter thisseach oftherpbrought forth their Armies; and fet them inotder beforethe Trenthesswithoutaduancing any further. Thef day the Romans came halfe way forward jand prefented battailey: which'the king would not accept, Thereupon theConful taoke aduice what wasto be doney For‘citer' they muft fight themin any, former Treatics, fhould bee alfo fet at libertiesorotherwife delinered into their hands: the King would not refuteto gratifiethem thereins Briefly} ep ther take? Yponiwhatfoeuerdifaduantage, orelfe refoluetoabideby- stall Winter fomepart of Afia ; {o.as the bounds, diniding them from the: Kingpmight norbe-vacer Would Mainécheirthondar by returning f4 taine ; and it fhould bee quietly putinto their-hands; If alt chigswerenot chough*s the farre noes any Countreyof theirfriends, andthereforefubiect vate many difficulties viileffe they coke, to winter Bre ore ote oon Kingwould likewifebeare halfe the charges, whereat théphad Béerisinetsiswvarte: ‘So MpkiceJand fodeferithe warre-vitill chenext Spring: The esi fa sg vate : ok . toginfolent vpon confidence oftheir fortune... Hee expedcdtheirdufiversF hefe offers tis Atees tesaetiled quent inthe Campe where it lay': as iPrathict there Praying the Romaristo hold thensfelues contentwith thefegood offersy7aad not to bee Which to the Embaflador feemed {6 great, were'idged by che RGmans to be very little: For page thoughtit reafonable,tharthe King thould beate all ttie:chargés of tlie warts fince it bégan through his ownefaults and that He fhouldnet onely'depart out of tee few Townes, which he held in.&olis and. Tosfiasburiquireduvafid fix the lepajcand keep himfelfeon the other fide of Mount TanrwésWhen' the: Bmbafkadours therefore law, that erfiWwade. 3 jesbafe temper: Whereforeit was the general Cric, Werefoimang-beatsto beflanglitered, chit! men ‘to"bee ee a vi : Poa ay bee " BWpaffed.» did i{coucring! the fortifications of Ancien bis; andthe sa ¥PON bimi/Allchis whileP.Stipiocamenoty Wherefore the Wing, Coline a wait todificartemhisimen;: by feeming roftandin fe "of the Bremie ea cae ordered thei sate Hae tOttiall:S owhenthe Romansrdokehiefild apaines atid this ff : |