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Show te - - - ety The fecond Bookeof thefirit part Ciar.n§7: s a ‘% Gwa P.IRS.3) 3 of the Hiftorie ofthé Weorld the niales by confpiracie, intending to lead an Amazonian life. Por fuch het pictic; the ofthe feuen Princes: Parthenopens being another of she feuen(who was{aid to haue been Leitihian wiues did fell'her'to Pyraresjand the Pyrates to Zyeareus Lordof the Countrie about Vemes, whofe yoiing fonne Opheltes or Warchemorus, the did nurfe,and loft, asis fo-fairethat none. would hurthim when his face was bare ). was fldine by -Amphidicus,or asfome fay, by, Rericlymenus the fonne of Neptune: andthe valiant Tydens by Menalip- fhewed before. When vponthe childes death fhee hid her felfe for feare of het' matter pasz.yer cre Tydeus died, the head of Atenalsppus was brought ynrohim by Amphiarass, (Amphiaraus told Ker fonnes where theyfhouldfinde her : aadithe Argiuesdid bothkilf the Serpent Which had flaine the childe, and in memorie of the chance,did inftitute (9: lemnefunerall games called Nemean, wherein Adraftas wanne the prize with his fwif horfe Arcon, Tydews' wich the Worlebats,Amphiaraus acrunningand quoiting,, Palynicesar Wreitling, Parthenopens at {hooting, and one Laodocus in darting. This was the firtt inte tution of the Wemadn games,which continucd after famous in Greece for very manyages) There are,who thinke that they were ordained in honour of one Opheltus a Lacedemo: nian. Some fay by: Herewles, when he hadflaine the Nemaan'Lyon : but the common: pinion agrees with'thar whichis here fer downe. From emea the Argines marching onwards, arriuedat Citheron, whence Tydeaswas by them fent Embafladourto Thebes, to require of Etcocles the performance of Cou nants betweenc himand Polyaices. Thismeflage was nothing agreeable to Eteoeles,who was throughly refolued to hold what he had, as long as he could : which Tydens percels uitg,and intending partly to get honour, partly to trie what mettle was in'the Thebans, he made many challenges,and obrained viorieitvallofthem ; Mot without muchenuie and malice of the people, wholaid fiftie men inambuthto intercept himat ‘his retune! tothe Atmie; of whichfiftie he flewall but one, whomheefenr backeto the Citie asa reporterand witneffe of his valour. When the Argiues vaderftood howrefolued Et cles was, theyprefented themfelues before the Citie, and incamped round about it Thebes is faid to haue hadat that time feuen gates,whichbelike ftoodnot farafunder,fee- ing thatthe Argiues (‘who afterward when they were very farre {tronger, could {carce mufter vp more thoufandsthan Thebes had gates) did compaffe the Towne,' Adraflus quartered before the gate Homoloides, Capaneus before the Ogyeian, Tydews before Crem Aniphiarans.at Proétis, Hippomedon at Anchais, Parthenopeus at Eleéa,and Polynices at Hyp fifta. Inthe meane feafon, Eteocles hauing armed his men, and appointed Commanders vatothem,took aduife ofTirefizs the Soothfayer, who promifed viGory tothe Thebans, 31 if Menacius the fonne of Creema principal manofthe Citie, would vow himfelfeto be flaine in honourof Afers the god of watre. So full of malice and pride is the Diwell,and fo enuious at his Creators glory; that-hee notonely challengeth honour due to G0 alone,as oblations andfacrifice with all Diuine worthip,but commandethysto offerout felues, and ourchildren vnto him, when hee hath flifficiently clowded: mens vndertta ding, and bewitched their wils with ignorance and blinde deuotion. And fuch abom nable {acrifice of men, maides, and children hath he exacted of the Syrians; Carthagi" ans,Galles,Germans,Cyprians,Eegyptians,and ofmany other,ifnot ofall Nationswhe through ignorance orfeare they were moft filled with fuperftition. But as they gt more wife, fo did he waxeleffe impudent in cunning, though notleffe malicious i defy ring thecontinuance of fach barbarous inhumanitie. For King Diphilus in Cyprus with out aduife of any Oracle, made the Tdoll of that Countrie reftcontented with an Ox¢it ftead of aman. Tibcrins forbad humanefacrifices in 4fricke, and crucified the Prielit Snehaeepeni eat Wemaehal eras wherethey had practifed them. Hercules taught the Italians to drowne mc liceis onely doberedandt idden|ythis wea as itisa fofficientarg umentthat See 45 nd hiddenb fubtiltie among ciuill people : fo mayit a probable Conieéture ofthebarbarifines foone as he vnderftood that hi himfelfe(as| g silfing ls. cotvpy ferues then raigning in Greece. For Meneciv',® hi ie vie befto wed Citie.Thea! h 1 fellor ies . 36°08VPVpon the rampart: whence, whenhefell a was@ " cowne, or: (as Writersha ueity was ftricken down by Jupiter with a thunder-bolt,the gines fled. Many on each part were flaine in this battaile,which caufed both fidesto © firethat Ercocles and Pelynices wi 5 0 " according, ors flewyaices mighttrie our the quarrell qu i fingle fight -: wheretothet brethren eachother. in ‘ d a,sae battell i oe after their death, wherein the fonnes of 4flacs ent ‘ very valiantly cry Vauantly : //marws One of the fonnes flew Hippomeden, which ; was of: ‘whichhe cruelly rore open, andfwallowed vpthe braines. Ypor bfact, itis faid, that Pallas, wno,had brought from /apzter {uch remedie for his wounds, as fhould haue made himimmortall, refufcd to beftow irypon him; whereby perhaps, was meant thar his honourwhich might have continued immortal, did periff throughthebeaftly rage 19 that.hefhewed ar his death. .,bhehoaft of the Argines being whollydifcomfred,y Adra/las and Amphiarans fled . of whom.4mphiaraunsis faid ro haue beene fwallowed quicke intothe earth, neere to the riuerJ/zzenns,togerher with his Chariot, and fo loft out of mens fight, being peraduenture ouerwhelmed with deadcarkafles, or drowned.in the riuer : and his body neuer found,norgreatly fought for. Adraftys efcaped onhis good horfe4rien, and came to Avhens , where fittingatan Alrar,called the Alrar of Mercie, hee made {upplication for their aide to recouer their bodies. For Creoz hauing obtained the Gouernment of Thebes after the death of Eteoc/es, would not fuffer the bodies of the A rgiues to bee bu- tied: burcauled datizone, the oncly daughter chen lining of Ocdizus, to..bee. buried quicke, becaulcfhee haddought our and buried the body ofher brother Polyricess conzo wary to.Creo7s Edit. The Athenians condefcending to therequeft of Adrajtus;did fend foorthan, Armse vader the'conduct of The/eus, which tooke Thebes,.and reftored the bodies of the Argines to Sepnitnre: at which time Zwadve the Wife of Capaneus, threvt herfelfe intdthe funcrall fre, and was burnt willingly with hersHusband. Buri little consented the fonnes of thofe Capraines which were {laine at Thebes, that any. leffe ire- uenge ihould be taken of, their farhers.death, than the.ruine of the Citie.: wherefore tenne yeare after hauinglensed forces, degialeusthe fonne of Adraflus, Diomedes of Ty. deus, Promaclues of Parthenopens, Sthenelus of Gapaneus, Therfander of Polypices,and Ex, ripylus.ok Adecftens, marched thitheryader the conduct of A/cmecon,the fon ofAmpioia~ xaus : with whomalfo went his brother Amphilocius. Apollo promifed viorie if Alézcor 30 Weretheir Capraine, whomatterward by another Oracle. hee-commanded to kil! his ownemorher,: atin ees Haat boa Whenthey came tothe Citic, they were incountred by Laodamsas the fon of Etcocles, then King ofthe T hebanes,(fox Creog was onely*Furorto Lacdamaswho thoughhedid yaliantly in thebatraile,artd flue,depialins, yer was hee putto. the worft, and driven to iie,ofaccording to Apelipdorys(lain by AicmaonAfter this difafter thecitizens began to deliré compofition sbutin the meane timethey conuayed themfelues yrith their wines & childrén awayfromthence by night,and fo began to wander yp and downc,till.ar lengthy, they built the Town'called E/fiea, The.Argines,when they perceiucdthar thetr enemies, had.quitted theTown,cntring into it, aéked it,threw downe the walls,and layd it watte; 4ohowhbeititis reported byfome,thar the Towne, was faued by Thir[ander,the fonne ofPo- Lynices; who Canfing the Citizens to.returne,didthere raigne oner them. Thar hec faucd:«.i the City-fromyiter deftruction,it is very dikely,tox he raignedthere,and led the Thebancs tothe Warke of Troy, whichvery fhortly after enfued, { §. VFL« ie Oflephiayand how thethren hundredycareswbich hepreaketh of, 1ud.t -v.2 9 Arete be tle enrtenctled with theplaces AQ.13.20+ & Reg.6.1 together withfome other, thangs touching Chronalogie about thefetimes. Erer the death of/air(ngercaboutwhoft times thefe things hapnediy Greece, and during whole gonérnment,& that of Thela,//72el lied i peace and in atder)they renohred again froni the law & feruice of Géd,and becametote wicked and ide, o Bheie The pe es RF latrous than.cuer. For whereas inthe farmer times they worthipped Baal & Afférobh,they tié of the imh~ howbecam e tollcwers of alfiche Hedrhen nations adioyning, and imbracedtheidolls, of morites latted ie dramitesof the Zidasizns, Moakites & Ammonites: With thofe ofthe P4iiims And r8.yeares, and 4eh 2 cehded inthe , 4 te * 1 . 5 5 : J a> betore -pleated Godt dcorrect them by the Aramites, bythe Amalekites, and Midiae yedte of the r 3 mites To nowhe {cd : : . f ém by the * Ammonites, and afterward by the Phils. ‘ World 2820. : I A ?¥@. inwhich years Now amoge'rhe Yractkes thole oF 7! Gi/cad being moft oppreft, becaule they borderedsepbri began, Vpdn IKE ho |