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Show The fiftBookeof the ‘Sirit pare Wernrnry had no purpofe to keepe in their owe hands. Neither thougtit he it needfulthar they fhould'tiouble themfeliies with the'care ofgining liberty to maily'ofthe Gecke Towns, chat were on Afiafide! For fincethemoft of thofé Townes had beene paitakers with thekite iff his Watte; twas to ceafon that theyfliould bee gainers by his*otrerthrow. The Riddians diddotlike of this' They defiredthe Senate to be truely Patrons ofthe Greciaf liberty;and to tallto minde,tharnofinall part of Greeceit felfe hadbin fubic& wnto Philip, and {erued him in his Warre': which was not alledged ‘againft him as 4 caufe why they fliould not be made free, afterthat Ph/lip was ouercome. But the maine point whereon they infifted was this,That the Victory of the Romans againft king 4z- fiechas was fo cteat, as cdfily mightfatisfic the défires ofall their friends.' The Senate 10 was glid toheare ofthis ; and very bountifully gaue away fo much,that euery one had ¢aufe to be wellpleafed. Stich ‘end had the Warre againft king Amtiechas''after which, L.Cormelius Scipio, returning home, had granted vnto himthe honour of a Triumph : the pompe whereof exceeded in riches,not onely that of T+tus Quintin' Flaminius,but ofany ten thatRome had beheld vntill that day.Nowforafinuchasthe farname of The d/ricam had beenegi* tien vito P.Scipio, it' was thought conuenient by fome,to reward L.Scipio with thetitle of The Afatick :whichthe fortune ofhis Victory liad noleffe deferued, though the vertue, requifite to the purchafe thereof, was no way ‘correfpondent. ‘Gwar.s so. ‘oftheHiftorie oftheWorld; prouide for the refcne. But when he had done his beft,he was forced thence -andcould onelytell Philip, whom he met onthe way, that all was loft. Philiphad brought from home fixe thoufand men ; of whiom,when the greater part could not hold out, in fuch arunning march, hee leftall faue two thonfand behindehim, and fo came to Atheneumya little Achamanian Caftle, that ftill washis, as being onthe frontier of Macedon. Thence he fent Zeno,who hadkept Theium awhile,to take-a place lying ouer Argithea that was chiefe of the Countrie. Zexo did as he was appointed: yet neitherhee,rior the kinghad theboldnefs to defcend vponArgithea;for that they might perceiuethe Athamanians,allalong the hill fides, ready to come downe vpon them, when they fhould be *bufie. Wherefore nothing was thought more honourable than afafe retreat: efpecially 10 when Aminander came in fight with histhoufand Atolians.The Macedonians were cal- led back,from-wards Argithea,& prefently withdrawn bytheirking towards his owne borders, But they were not fuffered to depart in quiet at their pleafure. The Athamaniansand/Aroliansway-laid them,and purfued themfo clofely, that their retrait was in manner'of aplaine flight, with great loffe ofmenand armes, few of thofe efcaping; that wereleft behinde,as to make a countenance of holding fomewhat in the Countrey, vntill Philip his returne. i The Arolians hauing found the bufineffe of Athamaniafo eafic, madean attempt in their owne behalfe,vpon the Amphilochians and Aperantians. Thee hadbelongedvnto their Nation,& werelately taken by Pé#/4p; from whomtheydiligently renolted and became Aitolian againe. The Dolopianslay next; that had beene ener belonging to the : PX; The Atoliznsand the Gallo-Greeks,van bed by the Ronsan Confuls Fuluius and Manlius. Manlius hardly obtaines 4 Trinmph: doing charged! among other obiections ) with artempting towaue palfed the bounds appointed as fatall torhe Romans by Siby\. Of Sibyls Pre phefies ‘the Bookes of Hermes ; andthat Infeription, Simoni Deo Sancto. The ingrati- tude'of Rometo thetwo Scipio's : end that begining and fabtion among the Roman Nobilitie. trepe Art. Fulsius and Ca:Maidlivs iad the fanie charge' didided ‘betweene them, 30 Mie L.Corsclius Scipio, now'ftyled Afisticus, had lately vndergone. It was found more than one mans worke,to looke'at oncé'to Greece and to Afia.And for this reafon was it apparant, that L.Seipiohad granted fo long a Truce to the Atoli- ans, But fince,in this long Imterim ofTrice, that haughtie little Nation had not fought #® Macedonian,and fo did ftill purpofeto continue. Thefetooke Armes at firft: bur foone layed them away;{ecing their neighbors ready to fight with themin the Atolian quar- tell, and fecing their owne king fo haftily gone,as if hemeant not to returne. Ofthefe victories the ioy was thelefle ; for thatnewes came of Antiochus his laft ouerthrow,and of 42.F4/wivs thenew Contul his hafting with an armie into Greece. dmiwander {ent his‘excufes to Rome, praying theSenate, not to takeit in defpight, thar hee had tecouered his owne fromP4itip with fuch helpe as he could get. Neither feemes it thatthe Romanswere much offended to heareof Philiphis loffes : for ofthis fault they neither were fharpe correctors, nor earneft reprouers. Fa/wins went in hand with the bufineffe, about which he came, andlayed fiegeto Ambracia, a goodly Citic, that had Ibeene the chiefe feate of Pyrrbws his Kingdome. Withthis hebegan ; for that it was of too great importance to be abandonedby the Htolians:yet could not by themberelieued,vnlefle they would aduenture to fight vpon equal ground.Tohelp the Ambracians, itwas not inthe Atolians power: forthey were,at the fame time,vexedby the Ilyriarts at fea,and ready to be driuch from their new conquett, by Perfeus the fonne of Philip, tohumbleit felfetothe Raman Ataiefie, it was now tobee brought vnto more lowly. termes than any other oftheGreekes. The beft was; that fo great a ftoriefell not vaexpetted vponthe Atolians. They had forefeenethedanger, when their Embaffadours were viterly denied peace at Rome:and they had prouided thelaftremedie,which was, to entreate the Rhodiatis and Athenians to become interceffours ‘for them. Neyther asthey ftoutly made head againft thereft. Inthe medne while the Athenian and Rho- werethtyfo deicéted, with any terrible apprehenfions, thatthey could not well de- 4° uife, ‘euen vpon helping themfelues, by repurchafe of Countries loft, wherethey fpied dian Embaffadours came; who befought the Confulto grant them peace. It helped Well that Ambracia made ftrong refiftance, and would not bee terrified, by any aduantage. Poore king 4mizandér liued in exileameng thém,whileft Philip of Macedonkeptfor him, poffeftion of his Landsand Caftles. Butthé Athamanians' ( befides that many of them bore a'naturall afféction to their owne Prince ) having becii¢ long accuftomed to feruea Mountaine Lord,that conuerfed with them after'an horiely manner; could not endure the proud andipfoleht manner of ‘command; vfed by the Captaines of Philip his Gatrifons.Theyfenttherefore fome fewoftheir to thei¥'Kingsand offeredtheir ferUice toward his reftittirion? Atthe firftthere were onely foure'of them ; neither grew they, aclength, tomore thantwo-atid fiftie; ‘which *vidertobke the worke. Yet aflu- 50 tance,that all the reft would follow; made minaniler willingto trie' his fortune. Hee was at'the borders withdthoufand Atolians, vpon' the day appointed ; ‘at what time his ewoandfifticadtientirers hauing ditiided themfelues into foure parts, occupied, by the readyaififtance ofthe multitude. foureofthe chiefe Townes in the Countrie, to his vie. ‘The fame of thifigood fuccefleat firft', with diners lerrers running from place, whereby meiVere exhottéd to doe their bet in helping forward the Act fnade'th¢ Lieutenants of Philip ynabblétothinke vpon'refiftance. One of them bé the Fowne ‘of YRgaid 2 few davies Biting thetebyfome feifure voto his ue who inuaded the Countries ofthe Amphilochians and Dolopians.They were vnable to deale with fo many atonce and théreforeas earneftly fought peace with the Romans, 49Violenceofthre Affaylants, or danger that might feemetothreaten. The Confull had Ro defire to {pend halfehis time about one Citie, and fo bee driuento leaue vntohis Neceffour the honouroffinifhingthe Warre. Wherefore hee gladly hearkened vnto the Atolians, and bade them feeke peace withfairhfull intent, without thinking it ouereare,at areafonable price ; confidering with howgreatapart of his Rnadon ie leauc to -4minan er, offetiend Antiochws had madethe fame purchafe. Hee alfo ting his fernice as a mediatour, to put himfelfe into Ambracia, and trie what good fee Perlwafions might doe with the Citizens. So, after many demaunds and exc coke ie Conclufion was fuch as was gricuous to the weaker, but not vofif erable, T . fame thofe ie Acto i mare Embaffadours of the Athenians and Rhodians, accompanied Rome, for procuring the confirmationof Peace. Their eloquence spe , aD obit pa 4 More needfull in this interceffion, forthat Philip had madea very pore about the loffe of thofe Countries, whichthey hadlately oh Pee 8 ooh OF the Senate could not but take notice; though it did not hinder the | f . Reehttane thofe good Mediatours of Rhodes and Athensdid earneftly pent i rhe e ‘Moers divers obferue to and of the people of Rome, Were bound to vphold the Maieftie ls icle i if ; ‘ous to the he Romans, ans, t than e, and more obnoxious Ss, which made them theleffefree, S {fff 3 any |