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Show 666 Lhe fift Boke of the firft part Cuar.6i§ar "PeljuLeget. beftowedvponhimfelfe. *By his omitting to fue for his brothers Kingdome,the Senate = conceined opinion, that he meantto crane another day of audience for that bufineffe a- Guar.6.§.12- Komanes in time following. His Kingdome lay betweene Masedon and fome barbarous Nations ; in which tefped, it was good tohold him in fairetearmes, Asfor thofe vnhappykings, Per/ens and Gentius, they were led through Rome, with their children andfriends,inthe Triumphs of e4mplivs and Anicius. Perfeus had often made {uite toe£mylizs, that he mightnotbe put to fuch difgrace : buthee ftill receiued ' Jones Wherefore to make him vnderftand how gtacious hee was, they not onely gran- ted all hisdefire ; butinthe prefents which they gaue vnto him(as wastheir cuftometo Embafladouts that came with an acceptable meflage) they vfed' fingular magnificence. one fcornefull anfwer,Thatit lay in his.owne powerto preuentit ; whereby was meant; Neuertheleffe; 4tta/es tooke no notice of theirmeanifig; but went his way, contented with wharthey had already granted. This did fo highly difpleafe the Senate,that whiieft he was yet in Iradée, they gaue order forthe liberty of "Anus and Maronea : thereby making vneffiecuall their promife ; which otherwife they could aot, without fhame, reuoke. And as forthe Galo-greekes,which were aboutto inuadethe kingdomeof Perga- 40 that hemight kill himfelfe.' And furely, had hee not hoped for greater mercie than he found,he wouldrather hauc foughthis death in Mecedon,than haue bin beholding tothe courtefie of his infolent enemies for a wretched life. The iffue ofthe Roman clemencie, 10 whereofeAmylius nad giuen him hope, was nobetter than this : After that hee, and his fellow king, had beene ledinchainesthrough the ftreets, before the Chariots of their triumphing Victors, they were committed to prifon, wherein they remained without mus they fent Embaffadourstothem, with fuch inftruGions, as rather encouraged than hindered them in their purpofe. The difpleafure of the Senate being fo manifett ; Enumenes thoughtit worthy of his labour to make another voyage to Rome.He might wel blamethefollyofhis fecond voyage thither,forthis neceffity ofthethird: fince, by his hope ofrcleafe.It wasthe manner, that whenthe Triumpher turned his Chariot yptowards the Capitel,there to doefacrifice,he fhouldcommand the captiues to be had away to prifon,and there put to death': foasthe honor of the Vanquiflier,and miferie ofthofe that were ouercome, might be both togetherat thevtmoft. ‘This laft fentence of death Was remitted vnto Perfeas: yet fo,that he had little ioy ofhis life, but eyther famithed himfelfe,or( for itis diuerfly reported), waskept watching perforce by thofe that had maltce to Perfeus , hee had layed openvnto thefeambitious Potentates the way to his owne doores.No fooner was he comeinto s/talie,than the Senate was readyto fend him oing- It was not thought expedient to vfehim asan enemy,that cametovifit themin Ries neither could they;in fo doing, haue avoided the note offingular inconftancy : andto entertaine him as a friend,was morethantheirhatredto him, for his ingratitude, as they deemed it,would permit. Whereforethey made a Decree, That no king thould 2° befufiered tocometo Rome ; and by vertuethereof{ent him home, without expence of much further complement. Prafias king of Bithynia had beene at Rome fomewhat before ; where hee was wel- him in cuftodie ; and fo died for wantoffleepe. OF his fons,two.died; it is vncertaine 20 how. The yongeft called4lexander( only in namelike vatothe Great, though deftined fometimes perhaps by his father, vnro the fortunes of the Great) became aloyner, or Turner,or, at his beft preferment,a Scribe vnder the Romane Officers, In fuch pouertie ended the Royall Houte ofstacedon:: and it ended onthe fuddaine; though fomeeight- fcoreyeeres after the death ofthat Monarch,vnto whofe ambitionthis wholeEarth fee- commed aftera better fathion. Hee had learned to behaue himfelfe as humbly as the proud Romans could expect or defire. For entring into the Senate, hee lay downe,and kifled the threfhold, called the Fathers his gods and fauiours: as al{o hee vfed to weave a med too-narrow. IfPerfeus had known it before, that his owne fonne fhouldone day be compelled co earnehis lining by handie-worke,in a painefull Occupation ; it islike,that he would nor as.in.a wantonnefle of Soueraignetie, haue commanded thofe poore men tobe flaine, Cap, after the manner of flaues newly manumifed, profeffing himfelfean enfranchifed bondmanof the People of Rome. Hee was indeede naturally a flauc, and one that by fuch abie@ flattery kept himfelfe fafe ; though doing otherwifegreater mifchiefe than any wherewith Perfeus had beene charged.-His errand was, befides matter ef comple- 30 ment, to commend vntothe Senate the care of his fonne Wicomedes, whom hee of the Hiftory oftheWorld. which had recoueredhis treafures out ofthe fea, bytheirskill in the feat of diuing. Hee 39 would rather haue beene very gentle, and would haue confidered, that the greateft oppreffors,and the moft vndertrodenwretches, areal {ubiec vnto the One high Power, Further petition hee made, to gouerning.all alike with abfolute command, But!fach is ourvahappineffe ; in ftead af thatbleffed counfaile, Dee as ye would be dene vate, a {entenceteaching all moderation, beenevniuft, hee receiued a cold anfwer. But concerning the Wardfhippe ofhis and pointing out the wayto felicitie; weentertaincthat arrogant thought, 7 will bee dike tothe moft High ; thatis,1 will doe what fhall pleafemy felfe.One hathfaid truly : brought with himto Rome, theretoreceiueeducation. haucfome Townes addedto his Kingdome: whereto, becaufe the grant would hauc fonne, it was vndertaken by the Senate: which, vaunting ofthe pleafure lately done -- ov-- Et qui nolunt occidere quenquam Poffe volunt to Egypt.in freeing it from Axtjochus, willed him thereby to-confider, what effedtuall protection the Romass-gaucvatothe childien of ‘Kings, that were to their patronage commended. Butaboueall other Kings, A44/anif/a held his credit with the Romans good. His quar- rels were endleffe with the Carthaginiaus : which made the friendthip of the Xemaas tO 4° him the more affured., In all controuerfies they gaue iudgemet on his fide: and whereas he had inuaded the Countrey of Emporia, holding the Lands, but vnable to winnethe Townes; the Romazs (though at firtt they cold finde no pretext, where by to countenance himinthis oppreffion ) compelled finally the Carthaginians both to letgoeall their hold, andto pay fiue hundred) Talents to the Numidian, for hauing hindered him of his due fo long. Nowindeede had Rome goodleyfureto deuife vpon the rine of Carthage: after which, the -racé of Mafeniffa himfelfe was fhortly by-themrooted vp. But "hereof the olde King neuer dreamed, He fent to Romeoneof his fonnes, to congratulate'the ‘vidtorie oucr Per/eas ; and offered to come thither himfelfe, there to factifice for ioy vnto: Ispiter, in. the Capitof. His 59 ties willwas louingly accepted ; his fonne rewarded; and hee entreated to ftay ome. Cotys the Thracian {ent Embaffadours, to excufe himfel fe touching the aide by him, giuento Per/eus, for that the Macedonian had himbound by: hoftages. ; andro entreat, ‘Thathis fonne, which was takeri-with the children of Perfens, wightbe fer at libertie, for conuenient ranfome. His excufe was nor taken yfince-hee had voluntarily obM Bed himfelfe to. Per/eus, by gining hoftages, without necefiitie : Yer was his i givembacketo himranfome-frce swith admonition, to carry himfelfe better tows! det RarwsBs Euen they that haue nomurdrous will, 40 would haweitintheir power to kill, Allorthe moft,haue avaine defire of abilitieto do euill without epprroulestRica a dangerous temptation yato the performance. Gad,who belt can indge bie expe i ent, hath granted {uch power to yery few : among whom alfo,-v ery Fety ed até, ne vie it not to their owne hurt. For who fees not, that.a Prince, by racking his SOUFTHEAE orae authoritie tothe vtmoft extent, enableth ( befidesthe danger rohis owneperfon Shall not many excelone ofhis owne fonnes or nephewes toroot vp all his progenie / en in bloud, neere ncie other -neere or F rhood, ing , the:bedriv brothe hftand s ir their Fent Prince notwiti reouernesone molttyVie i anding i thar r Harlo psthe e Minion, or perha i ‘ ? ythawtclhous yet enn ouerall? The vntimely death of or Eas West e pra¢ ic i: oft ° which could not humble themfelues to fuch flattery ; and the cop Ey pie sate ti en exp t ithou ren,w breth their all r murde to Tarksfb Emperours OS I2 a asSe be ads te toe good proofes hereof,Heereunto may and barbarou f ing . apare erent Mortimerwho murdered moft traiteroufly (v3 , in time not hay i. or i, hei yr Was,by reafon ofa marriage, proclaimed da MELON ae ee iv Oe gpa he had which : nd Eagla rantto the Crowne of P to exercite the fa ward falleninto therace of his mortallenemie, are mortall affaires apie o allll morta wheretoa ie wheret itie fabilit inftabil oEthein thet vahappie King. Suchexamples- ofthe Juuenal. Sat, " |