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Show The fit Bodkeof the frft part Cuaré. $5, ageto Delphi,& finally;his peaceable bchaniout,whichwas(he faid)a dangerous tempnot ouer-haftily to enter into any. degreeof friendfhip with the Macedonians: ‘Heereto formance,had ouler-topped himinthegenerall fauor.. And therefore he tefolued-euc hi hearféd all thofe matters, whichwere afterwatdsalleaged by the Romans; the inuafion ofthe Baftarnz,vponthe Dardanians;the kingsiournyagainftithe Dolopians; his voy tation of mento his party. Wherfore he aduifed them,to expect the euentofthings,and good anfiwer was made by the Prators brother :That Gaélicrateswastdo carneft,in fo light amatter;and that, being neither one ofthe kings cabbinet, nor of the Romane Se- nate,hemade himfelfetoo wellacquainted with:all that had:paffed, or' wasliketo fol '° low.-For it was well knowne, that Per/ess had renuedhis league with the Romans ; that he wasiby them faluted King,andfriend totheEftate; andithar he had lovingly enters tainedtheir Embafladors: -This being fo: why might not the Achzatis; as. wellias the Axolians,Theflalians,Epirors,&all the Greeks, hold with him fuch correfpondence, as commonhumanitieirequired? Neuerthelefle Callicrates was grownea manfoterrible, by his Romanacquaintance, that they durftnot ouer-ftiffely gainefay him. ‘Therefore the matter was referred vnto further deliberation: and anfwer madethe whileft; That fince the king had onely fent a letter withoutanEmbafladour p they knew not howto refolue. Better it was to fay thus,than that they: were afraid to doe‘as they thought mott 54 reafonable and conucnient... But when Perfeas: herewith nor contented, would needes vrgethem further,and:fend Embafladors :then were they faine, without any good pres bountysagain ft uch anaduerfariesas by hopefull promifesalone,withoutany greatper to questurn the foundations of his popularitie, by.inducing the Romans viterly to take 10 away from the eyes ofmen, this Idol,Fhe Macedonian kingdome, whichall fo vainely woslhipped . Neither would it prouca difficult matter, to. per{wade thofe-thatwere al ready defirous: rather he waslike tobe highly thanked,forfetting forwardtheir wifhess and pethaps to be recompenced with fome piece ofthe kingdome;_as -he had beene ree warded; for thellike feruice, whem Aatiochus was vanquithed. Tothis end he madeafecond voyageto Rome: wherethoughihee had Jittle to fay which they knewnovbefore; yetliis words wereheard with fuch, attention, asif they had contained fomeftrange noueltie,and fo pondered bythe Fathers,as ifthe weight of themwere to turfretheballance,that,before was equall. The death of Demetrins,the exe pedition ofthe Baftarnz into Dardania.; that of Per/fews himfelfe againft the Dolopians, fufficient(to onethat.could vnderftand)ofthe.condition wherein they lined. For harke- 40 andito Delphisthe great cftimation oftheMacedonian in Greece;hisintermedling in bus fineffe ofineighboursshis riches;and his great prouifions : were all the material] points ofEamenes his difcourfe. Only hedefcendedinto;particulars, hauing fearched into all (as he profefiedJlike vnto a Spie.sHeefaid; that Per/ews had thirty thoufandfoot, and fiuethonfand Horfe, of his owne; moneyin areadinefle co entertaine ten thoufand Mer? ningto this aduice of Ca/Hicrates;they were fooneafter highly commended by aRomati cenaties forten!yeetes ; armes,to furnifh a numberthriceas great ; The Thracians_ his Embafladour:whereby-it becameapparant, thatthe Romans: intended warrevponthe Macedonian ; though hitherto no caufe of warrewasgiuen. andthathe prepared viduals torten yeetes,becaufe he wouldnot ibe driven, either to tence, to put on acountenance ofanger, and deny'to giue audience: which was proofe §. V. How Eumenes King of Pergamus was bufted with Pharnaces, the Rhodians avdothers. Hi 30 hatredtothe Macedonian : whom be accufeth tothe Roman Senate, The Senate honours himgreatly, and conteranes his enemies the Rhodians; with the caufes thereof. The vau]4- allflontnelfe of the Macedonian Emba(faders. Petfeus his attemss vpow Eumenes. The brotherly lone betweene Eumencs and Attalus. Perfeus his denice to poyfon. formeof the Roman Sewators: wherenpon they decree warre egaiaft him, andfend bim defiance. Other things, concerning the inftice ofthis warre. Vmenes King of Pergamus had beenetroubled, about thefe' times, by the Kings | ee and Atithridates his neighbours, Hee had taken the right courfe ; in 56.0596 of the-Eliftory ofche World, fallingintoneglect; but were abrogated by aidectee of the Achzans,astoo vameafur ed misbefceming theimto giue,andafiected by him -beyondthe proportion of shis defer mingsAll this (which'heneeded not to haue regarded, had hee not. beene too vainely ambitiousbefell him, efpecially for his being ouer-feruiceableto the Romanes,and for histhalice to thatnoble Kingdoine, whichifitfell,the liberty.of Greece was notliketo ftand | Now forthewedreffe hereof; hee thoughtit in vaineto, trine any longer with toldthem; how Péi/sp had made preparations forthe famie warre 3 how, Démetrias had beene made away; becaule of his good affection tothe Roinanes sand haw: Perfewshad, fincehisbeing King, done many things,teridingtuthe breachot:peace, Briefly Hee re Polyb.Legat, Cu KP.6,9-5. making firft his complainttotheRomanes +: by whonrhee was anitnated' wit comfortable words,andipromife, That they, by their authoritie, would end' the bufi- neffe,tohis content.' Butin conclufion, by the helpe of the Kings Prujiaand Ariare thes, he ended the warre himfelfe; and brought the Enemies to fecke' and accept' peace, on fuctreonditionsas pleafed hintogiue them: After this;beingat good leifure; he began to confider, how the affaires of Macedon ftood vnder Per/eus, His hatted to Per/ew was very great: and thereforchewas glad tovnderftand,that the hatred ofthe Romans, tothe fame his Enemy;was as great, and withall notorious: Now befides his ancient and hereditarie quarrell with the Macedonian: it vexed him'exccedingly;Thathis own honours Gvhereofthe'Greeks, prodigal in that kinde, had heaped immodeératé ftore on his father and him)beganto waxe euery where ftale : whilett Perfeus, eitherby his cuttying fauour, or bytheenny borneto'the Romans, had gottentheir beft liking an dwifhes. For defpight ofthis indignitie, He ftirred vptheLycians againfttheR hodians his old frichds:and in helpitig the rebels was {0 violent, that he proceeded, ina manner, t0 Open warre. But {mall pleafure found he, in thefe ‘poore & indire@ courfes of revenge: The Lycians could nobbe faued by his patronage; fromfeuere aid cruel! chaftifement, giuen to them bythe Rhodians) This rendred hin contemprible : as likewife, his aes PajbaLegatcrs ofhoftilitielittle differéne from tobberies; made him hatefull-co thofe which toued him before. As for his hohoursiinthe: Cities of Greece ; they-not'onely Ti alling friends,at/hand,ready, at acall,to bring him Souldiers as manyas hee fhould require 3 line'vpon fpoyle,orto take froni his owne Subiedts,|Heerewithall hee prayed them to confider,thatking Se/ewcus the fonne and fucceffour of Autiochus the Great, had ginen 30 his daughter Lzedice in martiageto Perfem, .Perfens not wooing, but Se/eweas offering the match; That king Pra/ies of Bythinia,by earneft fuite, had gottento. wife,the fifter ofPet/ews.and that thefe marriages were folemnized with great concourfe of Embafla- gs from all quarters. Neither{pared he to tell them, (though feeming loath to veter it plainely)Thaticuen the-enuie oftheir Eftate wasthe caufe,why many that could not endureto héare ofamitie with Phi/ie, were now growne maruelloutly well affected to his fonné: All this, and fome facts ofPerfews, which might either be denied, oriuftified (as, that he had procured the death offome which were friends totheR oman s,& that he had expelled .46ryrolisthe Illyrian,who inuaded Macedon,out of his Kingdome or Lord- thathe thought it his dutie to thip) Eumenes failed notto amplifie vato the moft:' faying . forewarne them: fince it would be to himfelfea great thame,if Perfeus got the-ftart. of himsand ivere inItalie making warre vpon the Romans,ere Eyenes could come thither totel F b anger. esisis beleeuethat the Romans ftood in feare of Perfeus, left hee thould fer vpon them in Italie. Neuertheleffc forafmuch as they loued nat to mapleMM alTociatersbyp 0 ne Withoutfaire pretence, not onely of wrong doneto them.or shale ther hurt intended: great chankes were giuen to Eumenes,who hadeuery WAY urni be ‘them with fuch goodly colour,to beautifie their intendment.. Now though ‘i a ? thathee told them little elfethan what they ee ra = " ees by pal in f any relat. ing made all feeme greater. For if vpon Berofhi Jo OWne Embeffadouce, orvpontales eefed by their flatterers and fpies, om Y has wale nana again 64 a Tedagainft Perens, ere he had commitredany openacof hoftility wiroags 0 eR ininfice,and oppreffion, would hauebeene molt manifeft-But when the andthe danger threatning them forerriblesthat {uch a Psinceas lone "a bri Raeadijes snedieofhis owne Kingdome,as farre as from Afia, to bid nm jneks <te oe themfelues : who could blame them, ifthey tookethe feragittt Da can OWneright and fecuritie? Toward this iuftification ms eneraeee ee teffitie that enforced themthereto;their more than yiual our s aad nd : could.not but vaderftand that his erra i e Senate, whenthey Eumeneshad yttered inth Linie lib,q3. |