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Show Cuir.6.§.7. The fit Booke of the frft part_Cuar.6 Gur werearches inthe rown-wall filled vpwith thar earth,and coucred with one fingle row was thoughtlikly toinuade Theflaly; archo, Lycortas,and other good Patriotes among of bricke.Hencethe Admiralgathered hope of making wayinto the towne,byfapping the'Achaars, iudged itexpedient for their Nation to helpethe Romans, asina time of the walls: To this worke he appoinredfuch ashe thonght meeteft : -giuing an alarmeto aduerifitic, whom in profperity they loued notto flatter. Wherefore Arche propofed a the other fide ofthe towne, thereby to fhadow his attempt,the breach was foone made, But while& the R omanswere fhouting forioy,and.ordering themfelues for the affault: the Captaines within the towne perceiued what was done ; and fallying forth. vnexpe&ed,gaue'a fierce charge on the companies that were between theditch andthe wall; of whom they flew:aboutfixe hundred, and fufferedfew toefcape vnwounded,. ‘This difafter,and the want of good fixcceffe on that part ofthe towne which king Eumenes affailed(a fupplyitthe meanié whileentring the towne by fea)caufed the fiege to breake vp, 10 Torone. wasthenext placewhichthe Admirall thought meettoattempt: and thence likewife he was-repelledicFinding this too well manned , he made way towards Demetrias: whereinto Eupbraser,a Macedonian Captaine, was gotten before his comming, with fach forces,as were not onelyfufficient to hauedefended the Towne,if the Admirall had layed fiege to it,but tokeepe the land aboutit from fpoyle ;orat leaft (as they did )tomake the enemy pay deare forall that hethere got. This Ewphranor had taken his iourney to Demetrias,by Meliboea ; whitherthe Conful (that he might not be quite without work)had fent his Lieutenant tobefiegeit:and by the terrour of his appearing faddenly outer their heads, caufed the befiegers to diflodge in all hafte, fetting their 20. ie Campeonfire. Such fortune attended on the Romans; or rather,fo far was their ability fhort oftheir Enterprifes; euerfince their Conful (whether daftardly,or earelefly ) moft volike a good Commander,hadlet goe his hold ofMacedon,by forfaking Dium: Yea,itisto be fufpected, that fome greater harmebefell them,ovatleaft,thatthey were in fome greater danger, than is expreffed inthe broken remaining Hiftoric ofthis Warre. For Martins pertwaded the Rhodians by Agefipolistheir Embaffadour,who cameto himat Heraclea aboutother bufinefle of leffe importance, Thatthey fhould:doe well to interpofe towhomhe declared,that Appias had no need oftuch aide, andtherefore willed him to _ teturne home,and in any wife take order that the men'might not be fent, northe Achz- 20ans be putto fuch needleffe charges. Away went Polybins; raufing and vnablerorefolue whetherit were for loueto the Acheans,thattheConful was fo earneftin this bufineffe; that he had no neéd + In this cafe therefore, hee had recourfe vnto the Decree of the See 3o hate: which exempted men fromneceflitie:of doing. what the Roman Commanders thould requite,valetic by {pecial order from the Senate;the fame werelikewife appoin+ ted. ‘So for lacke of warrant fromthe Senate, this demand of-4ppias wasreferred ynto theaduice of the Conful: by whomit was fureto be madefruftrate.. Hereby the Ae cheans were {auers, of more than an. hundredandstwentie Talents: though -Pe/ybias himfelfe ranne into danger of 4ppixshis difpleafure ; and for firchhoneft dealing.qni his Countries behalfe, was afterwards rewarded by the Romans with manyia longyycores imprifonment. it ; but much more,forthat fhortly after the Embafladours of Per/eus,and of Gentias the Whetherit wereby thelike policie ofMartéws,that king Eumewes grewcold in his af4 which the Macedonian had gotten,thanwiththe honoroffomevictory,wherein he had lately flaine great numbers ofthe Roman horfe.Thus much wefindeintimated: though 49 thetime, place,orother circumftances ofthefight, be not {pecified.. And hereto may be referred, the report ofthofe that were fent from Rome toviewthe eftate of Martius fe@iontorhe Romans; orwhetherthis king began when it was roo.late,ro flandin feare go left the fire,which he himfelfe had helped to kindle, would fhartly:take hold omhis own lodging , or whetherthe regard of money wereableto ouerfwayall other paffions ;it is hard to determine:fince they that had better means to know tlieittuth ,have-norprecifes ly atitmed any certainty. One reportis,that Eusenes did not fomuch As gine any; helpe to Martiss: but comming to haue ioyned with him,infuch friendly mannerias hee did his army.Forthey found the Conful wanting meat; the Admirall wanting meh;and,for thofe few that he had,wanting both money and cloathes : and 4p.Claudias the Pretor, wholay onthefrontier ofIllyria,fo vnable to inuadeMacedon,thatcontrariwi feshe was in extreame danger;fo as either he muft quickly be fentfor thence,ora new army be fent with the former Confuls,was not entertained accordingtohis liking,and thereupon rea turned home in {uch anger, that;hee refufed to leave behinde him certainehor {e of the Gallo Greeks, being requefted to haue done it. If this were truezand that his brother 4ts thitherto him. Wherefore it may feeme, that fome blow had beenetaken onthe Illy- as Countrey- Atfuchtime ble troubles, he directly made oppofition tothe goodofhis : ; : <gtt a had gotten much reputation, Ho/tilins, doings againft Perfins, by the fuccefie. of his an headofMartizs could notallow of {uchplaine reafon. He calledvnto him Pofpbins, Conful, if he thould negleé& what was giuen himin charge; fo was ir manifeft onthe o+ Ulyrian,did fer out their bufineffe at Rhodes,notmore withtheftrength ofa goodflect, vaine-glory,orfuch delight as weakeand bufie-headed mentake, in creating inexplica- ched home'his companions, tofignifiethus much_: tarryinghimfelfe behinde in the Campe. After a while, word was brought to Mértias, that sabiClandius defired}ior:tatherimperioufly required,of theAchzans,fuethoufand meristobelent him into Epirus. Tt was manifeft, that Appiws had needofthefemen; atidthat if heewere ftrongin field, hemight doe notableferuice,by diftraéting the forces of Perféas. But the Labirynthi- therfide;that the words by .artseivitered co himinpriuate,would proue no good war+ rant for him and his friends, if openly they fhould refufe to helpe C/aadius, alledging ming from proud natures; did arguediffidence, wherethere was no ambition to caufe ‘his honeiti¢: igence. This indeed neither proued his {ufficiencie; nor commended Geb thereby heeeffected aothiag to his owne benefit; and neuertheleffe, out ofenuic, kindely ; but faid, That he needed now no manner ofhelpe. Fosthwith Polybias difpat- felfe,and thofe of his pattie. For as hce wasfure to incurre the great indignation ofthe withall;chat fomewhat had happened, which might make his teare-feeme not counterfeit. And fo were the Rhodians moued tothinke of him; not onely for that the extraordinary couttefie, both ofhim andof the Admirall, towards their Embafladour, com- Row althoughit were fo, that 4zartins in very few of his aétions, behaued himfelfe like aman ofwarre: yet in exercife of Cunning, which onehath moft aptly: termed, 4 ae orfinifter kinde ofwifedome,he dealt as a craft{-mafter,witha - ae Heewent along with the Armie, and awaitedthe Confils leifuretill they cameto Heracleas where finding the time conuenient,he prefented the Decree, and offered the fer40. vice of his Nation, wherein focuerit fhould bee commanded, «Atertizs tooke this very ching this matter : then found heea new doubt,that more neerely concerned his owne 6t ofAntiochus,who had thenan armie on foot:yetfince he made fhewoffeare,it islike ieged. with others,fent Embafladors vnto Martins, to cervifie him thereof, and know his plea-> fare, Rolybins found the Confil buficin finding paflagethrotigh Tempe into Macedon. could dgepothing... But when Polybies was to deliuer his opinion in the Councell tou- moft probably coniecture, thatthis was rather a malicious deuice of Atartins, craftily feeking to bring the Rhodiansin danger(asanon it fellout by their oppofing the refolu- 36 tion of the Senate ; thanthatit procéeded from any true feare in him, either of Per/em, rian fide, which made all to hale, or at leat, thar the Romans with greater loffe, En is before fpoken of, hadbeenedriuen from fome of the Townes which they be- decree whitch paffed : Thatthe Achwansfhould fend their whole powerinto Theflaly. and partici pate with the Romansiinall danger. Sothe Atmie was leniéd : and Poiybius, orratherforenuie, and tohinder .4p.Clawdiws from doing any. thing, fince himfelfe PobboLeg.80: themfelues as mediatours,andfeeke to finifh the Watre. Now,although Polybius doe Polb.Leg.87.m ofthe Hiftorie ofthé World. 5° talus tarrying behinde with the Conful,didthe Romans good fernice:thenisthe teafon theJoueto Athan apparant, of the hatred,borne afterwards bythe Senateto Ewmeves,and 5044s, But itis more generally receiued, that Eamenes gauca willing careto Perfeas his defireofaccord, for meere defireof gaine. Anditmight well be,that c ouctoulieffe drew im on,in the courfe,whereinto indignation firft led him, Howfoener it befell, Pesfew Cauled Exmenes to be founded,and found himfo tractable, thar h¢e wasbold to follicne iachas, es &-Autshe ts,both to Eamen Rew es wrsesai The tenour of his aduertifemen him by an Embaffage. beno perfect loue powemes - rs ae " ; _ Was: That there could Mans had quarrell alike to all kings, though ae " an chee ssshaleetiandplell tie c Per/eus was opt that PvMP ;hele of one againft1 another andvfed the; helpe aes Ewmenes;; .and new ta helpe aifaiied, Poi ofof Phifpand the elpe of Aitalus, Antiochus, with Polyb,Legat.78 |