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Show Thefife Bookeopebeprlt part 6 Cuat.&$.9n0, sedw odstovositmina ocdzmowerpuis eteHiw Foatiod ---""tl oe i TX = whofegoodsalfo wereconfifcated.: Yeethis procureddittle grades andlefle would haue done, if Old! Cato,aman by naturevehement, had:notivitered-a:milde:fentence;: and ; Bontthe fametime,and with like celeritie, Apiciwsthe Roman Prator, whofic. coded vinto 4pp.Clandius shad the like {ucecfle again{t King Géntins the 1). oe Brian. Gentias had an Artic of fifteene thoufand , with which he' Was at Zi fas ready to aflitt King Per/ews as foone.asthemoney, fhouldcome, whereof he had te*Callednow Ceiucd onely ten Talents.But Amicius arrefted him onthe way ; fought with him ; ouér- yo tale scamehim. and draue him into * Scodr4. This Towne was very defenfible by nature, Belides the helpoffortification;& {trongly manned withall the force of /Ayria ; which, caffifted with theKings prefe hice, made it {eethe vppofliblete be wonne, in any nora ve- "ty longtime,Yet _-4micias was confidentin his/late yictory ;and therefore prefented his "Attic before thewalles, making countenance to give an affault, The/dyrians, that ‘mighteafilyhauedefended themfelues within theTown,wonld needesiffue forth and fight. Theywere,it feemes,rather, paffionatethan couragions;: for they Werebeaten ; ‘and thereupon foorthwith began amazedly to treatabout yeelding. The King fent Em‘balladours;by whom,atfirlt,he delired truce for threedayes, that he might' deliberate x9 __.... ‘Concerning his eftate. Ic ill became him,who had layed violent,hand on the Kowa Em% wenn. /Dafladours,to haue recourfeto fuch meditation,Bur hethought his owne fault patda- * tina Hableig asmuchas hitherto there was no.greater harmedone by him, than the cafting #3 "OFthofe Embafladoursinto prifon ;where they wereftill aliue, Hauing obtained three daysrefpite,hé palfed vp a Riuer,within halfea myle of the, Remax Campe,into the ~Lake OfScodra,asit were tocon{ultthe moreprivately ;thoughindeede,..to Hearken whether the report were true,thathis brother CerawantinsWas, comming to hisr¢feuc. Findingthat no fuch ete was toward,it is wonder, that he was {0 Poolith i to returne ‘inteScodra.He fent Meflengers craning accefleyntothe Pretor:, before whomhauing damentedhis follypafk( which, excepting the difhoneftie, was not. fo greatas his ‘folly Fecteau downehambly, andyeelded himfcliéto difcretion,Allthe Townesof30 d Bontoes withhis wite,children,brother,friends were prefently given vp." it was peel aa YyAgeRFh StaRTASacstthe People ofReme notknowing that vntill Perpenea,oncof theEmbafladors that kad beene impriloned, brou. hewordfrom Rdpehowallbadpifed, tw 2boni f nt 9159 3200 usc nese ba W fiz ner Pertaiss ‘f Loin Pt eID ISI TRE \Oivbegarithe Romans to{well with the prideoftheir fortune; andtotooke ty- 4° svannically:vpon thofethar had beénd vamannerly toward thembefore; whilett mor NicheWabrewith:Per/eusfeemedfullofidangdraiThe KhadijaEmbafladors were fillatRdme,whenthéridings dfthefevidorics werebroughe ghithet.| "Wherefore goodtdcail-dheih into theSenate; atid |bidithenbdoeaheir ervanid-againe. drasthovght fkhig theyperformed witha bad pradé pfaying,chiatchelyiwetefent from Rhodes! 10 inake Amoucstursbfpeace ufdrafmuchiasirwasthoughytharthis: Warrewas fioilefie ghte- nousitdcheRomans) thewifdlaesy thhrste the: ttaredostans: and many others: bur that Sosa they'woreveryglady aridin behulfe dfrhe Rhediawtidid compratulate withiche Se nateandPebpleofiRomeythatitwaschded chucip hore happilythanihdd beene expe | éted. Hereto the Senate made anfwer, That the Rhodimsshadifentthis ‘Embaflage 50 to Rome, whafifar: koursuntisRense; bymin fauoinerievarcedaian whole: pacumzans theystareydod thoukdiforbewakenly Bychefethrearsy nth theadeiel of! {omit (cout tous of the charge ) tovtueWarre: praclainvad agaitite xh edadbe Finhafladours were fo afftighted, that in mourning apparell, as humble fuppliants, they went about the Citie; befeeching all men, efpecially the great ones, to pardon their ‘ledifgetion, and not to profecute. them with vengeance for fome foolith words. This danger of Warre from Rome being knowne at Rhodes, all that had ngs tion,together with their good defertsin the warresof Philip anid-aatiochws; helped-weld axe the Rhodians : among whom, noneofany markeremained! aliue) faue thofe thar: had ro beeneofthe Roman Fadtion. All whichinotwithftanding, many-yeeres-pafleds cre by importunate fuit,they could be admittedintothe fociery ofthe Romans:a tanontwhiicti till how; ‘they had notefteemed, butchought thensfelues betten without inj-as equalk friends:; \ Withthelike,ongreatet feneritie,did the Romans make themfehiesterriblein all panes of Greeces: «£myline himfelfe made progreffe through the Countrey; vifiting jall the famous places therein, as forhis pleafure: yet norforgetting to make thém viidertand what powerhe had ouerthem. More than fiuchundred ofthe chiefe Citizens in Demet trias were flaine at one timebythofe ofthe Roman faction;and with hélp oftheiRoman fouldiers,' Others fed;er were banifhed and their goods confifcared. Of whichthings; 20 when complaint was. madeto the Confil theredrefle was fuch,as requited:nas the pains of making fupplication.| His friends, that istofay,thofe which betrayed vato the Romans theliberty,oftheir Countrey; hefeafted.likeaking, with excelfiue cheere, yet {0, that he had all things very cheapein his Campevian eafic mater; finceno maa duftt be backward inifending prouifions,norfet on themthe due price. Embaffadours likewile werefent from Rome;fome, to giue orderfor fetling the eftate of Macedon, towards which they had more particular inftruction frota theSénate than was v{ual infuch caless and fome;to.vifit the affaires of Greece.The kingdomeof Macedon wasfetatliberty by Aemylius and the Embatfadours, his aflittants, wlio had ordercherefore fromthe Senate, Butthis liberty was fuch asthe Romans vfed to beftow.iDhe beft part ofit WasyThat the 30 Tribucewhich had beene payed vato the kings, was leffened by:halfés Astor thereft; the Countrey was: diuided.into foure parts, and they forbidden corhmerceonewiththe as other, All the Nobility were fent captiue intoItaly,-with théinwines and children; Coantrey werea the of Lawes ancient The old: yeeres fiftcene wereabouc as many deferue the Greckes,that werenotfubicéts to Rome ; the things don¢ to themcould fo, thatthe fa 3h i nour themfelies,and make it thought} that* rather thewealth of chat Citie, whichthey erde were greedy toranfacke;thanany iuftcaule,had monedthém thereto! Thisieonifideras ©o7inrstco- of Conquett, than doe, atthe firftalteration of thingsin this Pronince, andinthe time But concerning otherwife'to leaue any inconueniencethat fhould be worfe in the future. 10 £ tT aduertifed the Senate,That ih decreeing warre abaintt Rhodes,they.thould mu¢h ditho: thoughtit better to brogated ; and new giuenby Aemylins. Such mifchiefe the Senate Flow Whe Romans bebatied thiifeluet in Gree and Macedop after their vittery 2 ofthe Hiftory oftheWorld. afly whit auerfeifrom the Romansib thelate War reeithe: coademned) or fent prifonersto Rome:3 einenemfelues rt forfeare; i: Velues took = ; Gentius,Xing ofthe brian', taken hy the Romans. c Cuar.6.$.190.) it not better name than meeretyrantlic,yea,and fhameleffeperiury ; were Leagues, doth make the violating of Eftates, great and Princes among cuftome, miliar schat were fent to. vie Oathes ofconfederationfeeme ofno validitic,, The Embafladour quarter, as hadany every from menofnote, fuch all them fitthe Greekes, called before hefe they, fent.to e difpofition rowardsthe Romans: |] way diftouered an vaferuiceabl thefe had fent Jettets, 10, Perfems, Rome; wherethey were made fure enough. Someof refpect,thoughthey. were no fyb:-8cinchat hands Romans intothe length which fellat rs; or at leaft-as epamnies, But themastrayto forwfing colour, no there wanted iets, yet on the Macedonianfide ; openly beene forhauing beheaded, were fince onelytwo men inthisinquilition, affiéted lefle No were Patrsotes good the and finccit isconfeffed,that of proceeding was bt than they that had fold themfeluesto the king : this manner for ma a s were-to deale fable Tyrannie. With theAchwans thefe Embafladour this Me re tobe regatde ng(thougn wasftro lth Common-wea that vans sonetfo much becaufe or denounce Warre,) and iketo DSP bythem, hauing no Commiffion to,make mann oh HERS appearedno Gable, it manifelt wrong were offered asforthat there y mare ans could pe eres theAchz of one any whereby Ca4s otherwile, or neither, byletters, with the Macedonian. It wasallo fojthat ring to haue held corre{pondence by the Nation, ¥ in doing or offe not nts, had beeneeeemployed y would i Yet, s. iste Pasr bet, ver, e eth DEW, a al mes i e montbut onely.fiach as wer theiS _ vfe the benefit of the iy wherein eean negka the reft. with Achzans » ‘an sti : trembled for feare of Rome,the feafon ferued fitly to ranke the se And |