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Show The fecondBooke of thefirSlpart ~_-Cmar. 6G, Gdaray. §.2 : ofthe Hiftorie ofthe World, enantio VI ; Sgt 2 jy | ¢ Of the difirelfes and difperfins ofthe Greekes returning from Troy. oy atleaft will me ae this eta er hastiaratee: ara meats, how < Onderning the Greckes, they tafted asmuchmilerieas they had broughitvponthe 24 Troians: For Thacydides noresy that by reafon-of theit!long abodeat the fiege, 2 they foundmanyalterations when they temined: fo that iiany were driven by nerdigntieamong the people , by fachas had ftayedat home. "Fhe caufe of yall which may. {eee to haue beenethe difperfion of the :Armie; which, weakened muich by the gy calamitiesof that long wane, wasof little forceitdtcpell iniuries, being divided into fo many\pieces vnder feueralli\Commanders, not very wel lagreeing.: For (befidesothet quarrels arifing vponthe diuifioh ofthe bootie, andthe like occafions ) atthetimewhen they fhould haue fevfaile,4gamemromand his brother fellout, the.one being defirousto departimmediately;th¢ orherto {tayand perfortme fomefacrifices to MinerwaiHereupon %o they fellto horwordsyhalfé thefleer remaining wich Agsmemvon, the reftof cheny failed tothe lle of Tenedosswhere whérthey aitiued,they could notagreeamongthemfelues; | bur fomercrurned backeto Agamemaon; others were difperfed, each holding his owne courfe.But the whole fleet was fore vexed with tempefts: fou Pallal(as Homer{aith)would Laftly, being made blinde, and a'prifoner by thetreafonof his wife, hee was content 4p XV. . ‘ ; ae a "15. 40d 60 ; ufan, 00 HS Ye, dale Wiseeenoeopt 9 the:motherofSémite Caw Was conceiued with childe- hecsne aoeen liquors hinder £h° sean {trength , andasiit were iadaa atidthrinke the ©ilde in the m2 thers wombe, Though this were:euen_ the counfell. of God himfelfe, and : §..1I. OfEli,andofthe Arke taken,andofDagonsfall,andthefending backe of the Arke. ee y Spear iy UeaDed He Storie of Elithe Prieft, who {ucceeded Saim/on,is writtenin the beginning © of Samauel ;who foretold him of thedeftruaion of his hovfe,for the wicked- time therefore it pleafed Godto caft the Iftaelites viderthe fivords ‘ofthe Philiftims; 40of whomthetepetithed inthefirftincounter 4000.andin the fecond battell 30000. footmen ; among whomthe fonnes of Ef beingflaine,their father( hearing the lamentable fiicceffe) by falling fromhis chaire, brake his necke. Hee was the firft that obtai- the fonne of Phinces the fourth, his fonne Bocci the fift, Ozi the fonne of Boceé the fixt, \s -ee = Peeaoe eelatgeiintbe13. eg thereof, Butthefe things I gather out of tharStorie. Firft, that the i , and then Ev, as Zofephus and 'Lyranus out of diners Hebrew authors haue conceiued, Inr Kiige.2.2y. Of Samfon, Nere loffe, as by'derifion and contumelie. I ned the High:Priefthood ofthe ftocke'of sthamar the fonne of Aaron, before whofe timeit continued fucceffiuely in the tace of Evcazar the eldeft brother of w#hamar: for C4ron was the Fifk lablsep as fecond, Phizees the fonne of Eleazer the third, Abifne and Samuel. 6. A "O. tnoell 30 oe 1 ding to their defercs : whofe fins were horrible, both in abufing the Sactifice, 1 Sam. 2.229 and prophaning and polluting the holy places ‘though Leui Ben Gerfon, to extenuatethis filthy offence of forcing the women by thefons of £/, hath a contrary opinion. In this fuccetded. 4 much wounded by paine and ee Ge fell ofhisfonnes, whichhe fupprefled not,neither did he punith them accor- vnluckie Citie notto be mentioned. -And thus ‘much for Troy, and thofe that warted there : the overthrow of which Gitte, as hath beéne faid »:happened in the time of Habdor ludge of Ifiacl,whom Samfon after avariaticeor Inter rages um for cextaine yeas e : of Samfon, Eli, bare his affliction with patience': at.oye true y io of Sexeca; Patientia fepe lef Bie titurin firovem spas sis ee : apeers re neitheris itatany time {o | or were driven into exile,and faineto feeke out newihabitations. : a } 4iaxthe fonne of Oilens was dtowned '; Tencer fled into Cyprus ; Diomedesto King 34 ' ‘se toend his ownelife, tobee oni ib o: te when hee pulled downe the pillars ofthehotifearthefeaft ee ge cnt ae se him; till which time hee vpon the Seas,cameinto Egypr, eithtr with Helen; or(as may-ratheirfeeme ) roferchher. Vinffesvafter ten yearesyhauing loftall hiscompany,gdrhome in poorecftate; with much wap asd 20us,cre, After whichthey bound hit, and deliuered him vard the Philiftims, for feare of their'retienge',thioughhe was no foouer pe buthee gaue themanothet ouerthrow, and{lew 1006. withthe iawbone of an Affe. aoe fecke new feats: Jdomenens amongthe Salentines,and Philoctetes at Petilia in Italie. Age- Troy; were wontto callit , The:place-where the Greekes fuffered miferie, andthe : Thirdlysthis Se ecn lokwa y = wittes, to wit, by' their iniportanitie aiid deceitfalltearcs # by the'fir _ o eee goods + by the fecond his life; Quem nitlla eee poruit, volaptas euertits whom'no force could oucrmafter, Volaptioufneffe onerturned. Ferd cane i ad : Fourthly, we may note,that ae i not - ; ; iuer Ifrael from the oppreffion of the Philiftims ;though in fomie fort . € se 3a defended them : for notwithftanding that hehadflaine 36. of thetmin - rflattempr, burnt theit Corne in harucft time, and sinen them'a great ouetthrow inftantly vponit : yet fo mach did Iffael feare the Philiftimsjas they‘aflembled 3000. men out of Tuda,to befiege Sam/on in therocke or moun- smempon \ikewife retutned home, bur‘was forthawith {laine by his wife, and by the adulterer egythas, whoforawhileafterviurped his Kingdome, Ademelaus waadting long appearesia Homer, that the Grecian Ladyes,whofe husbands had beencat the watte of ceiveind Worthip that is a wats isadys taine of Etam, vfing thiefe' words : Kaiowe/t not thou that the Philiftims are Rulers ower not be perfivaded in hafte. 9 They whoreturned {afe were Weffor and Pyrrhnswhoni Ore/tes afterwards flew : alfo Jdontemens and Philedeteswho neuerthelefie, asVérgil cellsywere driuen foone after to Dainus, who was Lord ofthe lapygesin Apulia : fome ofthe Locrians were driueninto Africke,others into Italie,all the Eaftpart whereof wascalled Magne Gracia , by teafon of fomany Townes which the Greekes weredrivento ered vponthat coaft. Finally, it forts of wines, and withattifi- are borrie into the world} and the races of the able and ftrong meri ip cect decayed, Seednidly, itis robelnoted; that the Angel of God réfurfed thé facrifice which Azanosh would hatié offered eee to prefentit vnto the Lord : and therefore thofé that profeffe ditination by thehelpe of Angels; to whoin alfo they factifice, may aflaredly knowthat they are DanelSweLoaetepttheltof, ahd ndt peda Angels, who re- their borderers froinitheinancieht feats «many werd expelled cheit Countries by fagion fome: wereflaincanonafter theiearriuallo: others: were dc barred from the So. adoerecouering the mafterfhip of hisown houfesAlll the reft either perifhedbytheway, frog or vacleafe {oeuer,filling themfelues with all ae farre adte'forcible:*by reafon whereof, £8 matry wretchedfeeble bodyes . : rea ; re his Angell, yetit feemeth that many worcn-of this age have HOF, the race of Ithamar the Priefthood contitiued afterE/4 to the time of Salomon whio caft"4. 1 cbron.4, Saints oe een ete iene i piesils z i Arke of §0 Goa which Ifrael brought intothe fie > Wasin this battelltaken by the Philiftims.. For as Dawid witnefleth, God greatly abborred Yrael, fo that hee forfooke the habitation OfPfu. 78, ae : ewen the Tabernacle where hee dwelt among wien, and delivered bis powerinto captuitie,eoc. Nowasit pleafed Godatthistime,that the Arke whereby him{eife was reprefenes thould fallinto the hands of the Heathen, forthe offences of the Priefts and people : fo did hee permit the Chaldaans'to deftroy the Temple built by Salomon ; the Romansto ouerthrowthe fecond T.emple; andthe Turkesto onerthrow the Chriftian hr oe + ; ; Churchesin Afia and Europe. And had not the Ifraclites put more confidence in the : Oo 3 . facrament, |