OCR Text |
Show Cuarag.§. I. of the Eiyftory of the World, Concerning the beginning and continuan e,the Troian K ingdome, witl ofeuery Kings reigne,I hauechiof sod Author 3s to be myguides, that ina | whereon depends the moft ancient compttationof times among the Greckes, ] not followincertainties ll cohering withthe confent of Writets, and g ofthings elfewhere done. Andfirft forthe deftruction of Troy, which vy asoak OF rea note than any accident betalling that Citie whileft it {tood, it is reckoned by Diodorus Diodlrg to be 780.yeeres more ancient than the beginning of the nintie fourth Olympiads Whereas therefore 372-did paffe between the beginning of the Of mpiads and the yeere ofthe.94..it is manifeft that the remainderof 70.yecres,that 15,408. yeeres we ro betweene the deftruction of Troy, and the firft ir {titution of thofe games by-dphits the authoritie of Disderws be goodproofe,who elfewhere tels vs;that 5th the returne ne a a Heraclide, which was 80.yeeres after the fall of T roy, Was 328. cercs betorethe firft Olympiad. el : Hereunto agrees the authoritie of Dionyfius Halicarn Men tion of Rome inthe firft of the feuenth Olympiad, that.is, -~ Bas i f-catti-\13) noes es e\ Nu a ee cd | | | -- foure: the beginning ofthole games,accountsit 43 2.later thanthefal! preffe words,makes the inftitutionof the Olympiads by Iphitus,wi 10m hecalleth/ 48o.yeereslater than the deftructionof Troy. The fummeiseafily collected by {arie inference out of diners otherplaces in the fame booke. Hereunto doth Esfcb; 20 reckoning exclufiuely agree:and Eratofthenes, (as heis cited by Clemens Alexa makes vp outof manyparticulars, the fametotall fumme,w anting but one yeere,z koninglikewlie exclifiuely. ; Theother collections of diuers Writers that are cited by Clemens in thefanie doeneither cohere any way, not depend vpon anycollateral Hifto¢ °5 by which they may beverified. : The deftriction of Troy being in theyeere beforethe Olympiads foure hundre aanag eight : we muft feeke thie continuance ofthat fromthe beginning to th JSebius,wholeades vs from Derdanus on-wards through the teignes of foure Ki y the {pace of two hundred and fiue and twenty yeers, and afterof Priamus, with whor o2lfoat lengthit ended. As for the time which pafled vnder Laomedon, we are faineta doe,as others haue done before ys;and take it vpontruft from Aznins his Authors ; be= leeuing A¢anetho{o muchthe rather,forthat in his accomptof the former kings reignes & of Priamus,heis foundto agree with Enfebius,which maygiue vs leaucto 4nninshath notherein corrupted him, Butin this point we neede notto thinke that be very feru= pulous : forfeeing that no Hiftorie oraccompt oftime depends vponthereigne ofthe | SS \rth\Nezeat( The SAT NEF al (tele r -- Je faek S (mo fares "aus. PEA ra, JY sh iy : -- (Bis \ 4 (Gecn } (mus, ) atl Ss be formerKings,but onely vponthe ruine ofthe Citie vnder Pricmus, it may fuffice that 2 fos 2 Fre is A| . \_~{ Crete\\ fa | SATS ee \ | LSffSfWhoap) ( Wie. \V/ Caps\/ Ire Lao- Cre- "0 DEEINS Weare carefull to place that memorable accident in the due yeere. Trueit is,that fome obiedtions appearing waighti¢, maybe alleaged in maintenance ofdifferent computations, which with the anfweres I purpeot -ly omit, as not willing to 40 difpute of thofe yeeres,whereinthe Greckes knewno good forme ofa yeeresbut tomake narration ofthe actions which were memorabZ le, and acknowledged rather by all Writers,whereoft his deftruction of Troy was one ofthe moft renowned. Thefirft enterprifethat was yndertaken by generall confent ofail Greece, was thd lat warre ofTroy,whichhathbin famous cuento this day,forthe numbérs ofPrinces, andvaliant Commanders there affembled: the great battailes fought with Variable fic. ceffe : the long induranceofthe fiege, the deftruction ofthat great Citie ; andthe many Colonies plantedin fundry Countries, as well by the remainder ofthe Trotans, as bythe vidtorious Greckes aftertheir vafortunate returne.All which things with innumerable circumftances of efpeciall note,haue beene deliuered vntopofteritie, by the so excellent Wits of many writers, elpecially by the Poems of that great Homer, verfes haue giuen immortalitie to the action, which might elfe perhaps haue whofe beene buried in oblivion, among time.Forit is true other worthy deedes, done both before andfince that which Horace faith3 Vixére fortes anteAzgamemnona Multifed omnes iLachrimabiles Vryenturionetig, longa Notte :carent quia vatefacro, Many |