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Show Salitai ae sibs Thbspaft Bookeof thefr!party ae Conan: Gan at -_-_____-- $ Schepers ec ofMitcedénandrhegrtat Avr iochwsshadagteedito divide his kingdome between them, Whileftheswasaichilde: But they found:fiich other bnfinefle,ere long,withthe Romans, as maderhem giue duertheir vnnift purpofe;:e{pecially Antiochus, who gauey with his daughter in marriage,vnto this Prolomie,the Provinces of Coelolyria, Phoenice,&Iudea; which he had wonbyhis vi@ory ouer Scopas, that was Generall of the Egyptian forces in thofeparts. Neuertheleffe,Ptelomic adhcred to the Romans : wherebyhe linedinthe greater {ecuritie. He left behinde,himtwo fonnes;this P#olemie Philometor, and Ptolomie Phyfcow,with adatightcr,Cleopatra.Cleepatra was wife tothe elder of herbrethren, and after his death tothe yonger,by. whom thee was caft off, and -her daughtertaken imher Ie ftead:Suchwerethe matriages ofthefe Egy ptian Kings, Ptolomte Philometor, fo called(that.is, the louer of his mother) by a bitter nickename, becaufe he flew her; fell into hatred withhis fubiedts,& was liketo be chafed out ofhis thereofito: Apolenius Gouernour of Geelofyria and Phoenicia, was: difappointedof his wicked pur pofe by miracle fromihtaucn: the faid 4pol/oxius being ftrucken by the Aagellof God,and recouering againe atthe prayer of Oxia: yet fufficed not this example 39 tolterrifieothets from thelike vngodly-ptactices. 'Prefently vpon the death of Selewem, this Ya/onsthe brothet ofOvias;feckingto fapplant his brocher,and to obtaine the Priefthood forhimfelfe, offered'vntothe King three hundred and three{core talentsoffiluer, Matttoge = otherrehts and fummes!of money.So he got his defire,though he not long enioyedit: fi Thismaughty|dealing of le/on,and his being ouer-reached by another in the fame kind, calstoiminde aby-word taken vp-antong the Achzans, when asthat mifchieuous Cadi eratesswhohadbeene woo hard forall worthy and vertuous men, was beaten at his owae 40 set with Menalcidasimbrefalfe'than he. From|lerufalem, Aatiochusmarchedinto Phoetiicia,to augmentthe numbers ofhis mea ofwatrejandto prepavea Fleet forhisexpcdition into Egypt. with which, and with a ee tive mighty army of land-forces, He went about tordigueower Egypt, that hee might bane * be dominion of, two Realmessand entred Egypt with a wsighty corepany , with Chariots and E- pinHingtercipaceyrte lephants, enn. and with a great Nauie; and moued warre again[t ele fat | Roypt. ayflrong rat. > ; Terufalem with a migbtic people,andientredprondly iatothe Sanctuary, and tooke away the olden Altar; and the Candleflicke for the light,and allthe inflruments thereaf,and the table 10 ofthe Shew-bread,axdthe PovoringVe/felsandthe Bolles,and thegaldeaBafons,aud-theVaile Pr away the{poyles ofthe Land of Egypt. g ane" filled = andthe Gravones andthegoldew.Apparell, He tooke alforbe Siluerandthe Geld and phe py ea sions dewels, andthefecret Treafwres: aud when behad.taken away.alb, be Aparteds into, bis : ~~ patra, Ealie it wastoapprouc hisirightyato thatwhichhe had already gotten, whenhe Pelyb.ce was in'afaire way toigevall Egypt.The Achzans, Rhodians, Athenians,and other ofthe Snes 20 Greeks,préffed him, byfeucrail Embaflages, tofome good coactufion. But. his an{iver was,that ifthe Alexandrians cotild be contented so.veceive theirking his Nephew 24ilometor,theelder brother ofthe Ptelam#es, thendhould che warre,bepr patan ends otherwife not. Yet whenhe faw,that itwasamhard piece of worke to take Alexandria by force: hethought it bettct toletshetwo brothers confume themfclues with inteftine fene sleauing the. Pso/omies in very weake eftate, the yonger almoft ruinated byhisinuafion stheelder hated and forfaken-by-his people. Buthow:weake focuer thefe Egyptians were,their hatred was thought to be fo ftrong, go that Antiochus might leaue themto the profecution thereof ; andfollow, at good leifurdshis other bufineffdar lerufalem.or elfewhere, So afterthe facke of Ler ufalem,he refted hima while:at Aatioch;and ther madeaiourney.into Cilicia, to fuppre fle the Re- bellionafthe Thracians aridother.inthofe parts, who had bin ginen asit were, by way ofdowny, to.a'Conciibine ofthe kings, called (datiechis. For Gouernour of Syriain hisabfence, he left one 4ndrenicus,a man of great authority abouthim. Inthe meang Prieftwhile-Merelausthe brother of Simon, thefame who hadthruft. /4/o# out of the. the hood, and promifedthe King three hundred .talents for an In-come, committing of af gold out chargeiofthe Pricithood to his brother Lyfimachas, ftolecertainc. vellels Ligutcn int and the Femple:iwhereofihe prefented. apart to. Andronicus the Kings 49 foliithe reftiat Fyre,and other Cities adioyning. This hee did, as it fecmeth, to ad by, Sax ofthethred bundyed talents promifed ; I he fame Pe ing now, Onefire than other burnes mareforcibly, One wolfe than other woluesidoes bite morefore; One Hawke than other Hawkes, morefwift doesfy, Soone moft mifchienous ofmenbefore; ; \Callicrates, falfeknaueas knaue might be, Andietted thus felbit out with safonswho within three yeeres after,was betrayed, and ohetbiddehby s4ene/dus the brother of simon, that for three hundred talents more ob- 59 tained the Priefthoodforhimfelfe: Zafoethcreupon being forced to flye from Terufa- King of terthat Antiochus hadfnitten Egypt, bee turned againe, and went vp tamards Ifrael aad: Macdrvkd war,thanby thetcrrorofhisat ies,threatning deftruction vato beth ofthem,to put into themany.defire ofccomming to agreement. He therfore withdrew; his forces forthe pre- Tribe ofBeniami#, Ruler ofthe Temple,: when he would, have deliucred the treafures lem, andro hide himfelfe amongthe Ammonites: Hierin Dah tle by* the {ame allegations whichhis father had meade; and fittely auerring, that this + 2, $63 aac.2.cep3. tewctsythebrother and predtcelfour of Eniphanes,thatimpious. Traitour Simen of the bas fiam and the hill: Caffius, after which he entred; and fackt the greateft, and, richeftiofall the Cities of Egy pt,Alexandriaexcepted;which he could not force. In,conclufion, afa Prouince had notbecat.cunfigned ouertothe Egyptian, or giuenin dowrie, with Cleo, wards Ierufalemwhere,by.Ze/oz ths Prief(a- Chaplin fit for fuch a Patron) he waswith all ponipe and folemnitiereceiuedinto the Citie.For though lately, inthe time of Se- ws the Kings of Syria fo greava victory ouerthe Egyptians, nor tooke.fromthem fo great riches} /For he gaue a notable ouerthrow to the,Captaines.ofPrelomie, betweene Pelu- thisEgyptian bufinefie:At whattime hefirflaidclaime,to Gxlolyria,inftifyinghis ti- -<withithe principalhplaces ofthavkingdomeinto his hands , pretending an extraordina- 20 ry-caréand defireof his Nephewes {afery aad well. doing. Andthe better toan{werall argumentto the contrary;he préepared-aforciblearmieto attend. him, ‘Thus came hee along the coaft of Syziato Loppe,& fiom thence onthe fudden he turned himfelfeto- oni] 66% Prophecie of Daniel: He hallenterintothe quict andplentifull Proninces, and hee foall doe, Danc.r Tee that which his Pathers hanenot donc, nor.bis Eathers Bathers,..Neuer.indeed. had any of. Itwas about the beginning ofthe Macedonian warre, that datiochas tookein-hand, zin.<, Egypt, andvndercolour to afliftthe<kings Coronation, hee gaue him inftruétions to perfiyadethe Gouernours ofthe yong King Philometor, to deliuer the king his Nephew weapon; by oncofhis ownecondition. It went thus: voacoftheyAifloneofthe Verld. owne Land, after be bad murderedmany men, Kingdomey his yonger brother being fet vpagainft him. PAy/éom hauinga ftrongparty, got poffeffioniofA lexandria,and, Phrlometor held himfelfe in Memphis,crauing {uccour Of King Aatiochashis vncle. Hereof Antiochus wasglad ; who vader colour totake vponbiimehe protection ofthey ongPrince,foughtby all meanspoflible to poffeffe him. felfe ofthatkingdome. He {ent 4palonias the fonne. of AMxefthews Embaffadourinto 2 Aat.4. Guarisi§ ah) uancethepayment ly. d ifpoll ied by dn fratas eagerly demanded. Hereot when, Onias thePricft (former PhsBhS the le 40 Joayhadcertaine knowledge,being moued wi a Sanhimfelfe into nelassshe reproued him foritand fearing his revenge, he withdrew TiN Guary.at Daphne. 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