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Show The fecond Bookeofthe first part ao . r 7 " 7 Cuaraz.fug am 9 ann reafon and policicyif it had not bin his duty by conenant. Of this J will {peakemorein conuenient place. §. TV. of the Fiiftoryof the World, 3 Kings ofInda, 7 cedto turne their backs; in the other fights,the victory was till yncertain, epting Ithom taine with atownevponit, able toendure more But,as fome Authors tell ys,the Lacedamoniaris were { Owconcerhing fuch actions as wete performed: abroadin the world, about thefetimes of a¢sanaffes, the moft remarkeable were the Me/Jenian Warres; which happenedinthis age, and being the greateft action performed inGreece, betweene the Tretaw and Perfiaw Wars,deferue not to bepafled ouerwith filence, The firk Me//enian Warte began and ended inthe dayes of Ezekia ; thefecond inthe reign of A4uma/fes-but to auoidethe troubleofinterrupting our Hiftory,] hauethonght it beft,to rehearfethem bothin this place.Otherintroductionis needleffe, thanto fay, thatthe pofteritie of Hercules, driuing the iffueof Pelops andthe Acheansoutoftheir feates;diuided theirlands between:themfelues, and erected the Kingdomes ofLacedea mon, Argos, Me(fene,& Corinth.all which agreeing well together a while, did afterwards forget the bond. ofkindred,and fought one anothers ruine with bloudy Wars;whereof thefe Afe//ewian were the greateft. Thepretended grounds ofthe A4e/femian Warre,are{carce worth remembrance,they 4g vverefo fleight:Ambition was the true caufe of it: wherewith the Lacedemonians were fo tranf{ported, thatany thing feruedthem asa. colour to accomplifh their greedyde- fires, Yet other matter was alleaged'snamely,that one Polyehares a Meffenianhad{laine many Latedemoniaws, for which the Magiftrates ofSparta defiring to hauehimyeelded into their hands;could not obtaineit. The Ate//ézians on the otherfide,excufed Poljcha- res,for that he was grown franticke,throughiniuries receiued from Euaphnes a Laceden woniap.This Ewephwes had bargained to giue pafture to the Cattell ofPolychares,écwas therforetoteceiue part ofthe increafe:but not contented with the gaineappointed,he fold the Cattaile,and flaues that keptthem,to Merchants; which done, he camewitha fairetale to his friendfaying,that they were ftollen. Whileft the lye was yet {carce out3o of his mouth,on¢.ofthe flaues that had efcaped fromthe Merchants, came in with a true report ofall.The Lacedemonian beingthus. deprehended, confeffed all, and promifed large amends; ‘which to receiue, he cartied the Son of Poelychares home with him, but having him.at home,he villanoufly flewhim. Wherefore ‘the Lacedemonians hauing refufed, afterlong fuite madeby the wretched Father} to do him right againtt thisTheefe&Murderer,ought notto picke matter ofquarreliout of thofe things,which he didinithat madneffe, whereinto they themfelues had caft him: !So faid the Mefénis ans, andfurther offeredto put the matter to compromife, orto ftand vritotheindgementof the zmphiciyones who were as the genérall Counfaile of Gyeece,orto anyothet faire courfe. But the Lacedemonianswho had a gteat defireto occupie the faire Coun- go trie-of Meffene, that lay*clofe by themi-werenot content with {uch allegations. They thought inenough;to haue fomethewfortheir doings;whichthe better to colour, they reckonediy p many old iniuries,& fo without fending anydefiance, fecretlytooke an th ofthemthe Meffenians loft Zaphaes their king,in whofe ftead they chofe Ariflodemus, Many yeares were{pent ere all this bloud wasthed; forpeftilent difeafes.and want of moneyto entertaine Souldiers, caufed the Warreto linger, And f did the Mefleniansforfake all their inland towns, Ofthe firandfecond Meffenian Warres which were in the reignes ofExckia,and Manaffes > Cu APs2SS0 4. a of their vow, that hauir fented themfeluesten yea h om Sparta, their them word, that their City would growvnpeopled, éafon that no child ro bornethem in all that time : Whereupon: the y fent backeall their ableft promifcuoufly to accompany the young women,who got fo many. of ther as they became a great part of their Nation, and \ h called: Parthenians. Déador ferresthe begetting of thefe Parthenians to a former time.But in fenian Watre, when the Deuill inan Oracle had aduifed the Mefl Virgin ofthe ftocke of * Agyptus, that fo they might be victorious effe of this ns to' facri ft the L: monians ; the lot falling vponthe Daughter ofoneLycifeus; Epibolusthe Prieft;willin to faue her,faid, fhe was onelya foftered childe, andnot borne ofthe wife of Lycifeus:: which anfwergiuing delay to theexccution of the Maide, Lycifeus fe retly fleda with her into Sparta. Then -4riffodemus, which after rads was King, voluntarily dght« ao Ollered his owne Daughter : but ayoung Nobk ocing in loue with the Maide c whenotherwife he couldnotpreuaile, {aid openlythat fhe was no Virgin, bur that h had defloured her, andgot herwith childe whereupon the Father ripped vp his innocent Daughtersbelly,to difprouethe Loners flander : arth eof which Daughter of his, afterwards falling, byother fuperftitions, i ai ling againft the Lacedethonians, heflew himfelfe, t: a whichheloued moft dearly. Forafter his death the Meffenians Ic . finding themfeluesdiftrefled by manywants, efpecially ofvictuals, they crauedpeace: Which they obtainedin moft rigorous conditions~ Halfe the yearely fruits of their Land they were boundtofend vnto Sparta ;and they, with their Wines, to. make 30 folemnelamentations , atthe death of euery Spartan King ; they were alfo fworneto ue intrue fubiectionto the Lacedemonians ;and part oftheir Territory was taken fromthem, which was giuen totheAfmai, and fuelvas had followed the Spartans in thisWarre. This peace being made vponfo vneuen tearmes, was not like to hold long. Yet nine and thirty yearesit continued(the Meffenians not finding howto helpe themfelues)and then brake out into a newand more furious Warre, than the former: The able young men, that were srowne vp inthe roome of thofe Meffenians whom: the former Warre ad confumed, beganto confider their owne ftrength and multitude, thinking) them- felues equallto the Lacedemonians, andtherefore {cornedtoferue uch Mafters,as had 4° again{t all righ, opprefledtheir Fathers.' The chiefe ofthefe was Ariffomenes,a Noble Gentleman,ofthe houfe of -£pyt#s; whopercciuing the vniforme defires of his Goun- trie-men,aduentured to become their Leader. He thetefore founding the affections of the Argiues & Arcadians, which he foundthroughlyanfwerableto his purpofe, began oathto hold warre withAte//exe.till they: had maftered it: which done, they feized vp- on Amphia,a frontier Towne ofthat Prouince,wherein theyputall to the Sword without mercy,very few efcapéd. 5 Open Watre vponthe State of Lacedamon: This was in the fourth yeare oftl twentieth Olympiad; whenthe Lacedwmonians, hafted to quencli the fire before it fhould Stowtoo hot,with {uchforces as theycouldraife of their owne, without trou- Hereuponthe azefenians tooke Armesjand vvcte met by the Enemie.Afirious battaile was fought between thein, which ended ‘not:'vntill darke hight, withwncertaine bling their friends,meaning to deale withtheir enemies,ereanyfuccour were lentthem. Soa ftrongbattaile was fought between them, & a doubtfull ; faue thatthe Meflenians victory: ‘The Meffenians did ftrongly encampethemfelues;The Lacedemonians,vnave to force their Campe, returnedhome. This Warre beganim the fecondyeaté of the 50 ninth Olvmpiad,and endedin thefirft ofthe foureteenth Olympiad waving lafted twenty yeares: Theitwo enemie Nationstried the matter; fora while; with their proper for Ces; \theibacedemanians waftingthe inland' parts of Ate/fene; ‘and the ate/fenians, tn Sea-coatt of Laconia. Buvit was not long ere friends;:on both fides, were called in to. helpes:The Arcadians, Argines, and Sicyonians, tooke part with: me/fenes the Spe" tans baiijbefidesimany Subiedts oftheir' owne, aide from Corineh, and hired Soild: ets qut.of Grete.Soafecond,thirdand!fourth battaile, were foughr, with asgreato>" fiinacicas the firft!; fauing that-inthe fourthbattaile ‘the Lacedéwonians werect pe € wre Pleafedwith the iffue, forafmuchas they had thereby taught their late proud otds, to thinke them their equals. Particularly, the valour of Ariflomenes appeared uchin this fight , that his people would hauemade himtheir King; but hee, refuing the honour ofthat flame, accepted of the burtheh; and became their Generall: iesrps‘atidamyeons orn was ee 3 apiceaitie a _ neiote friends ihe Sa : ee eueueaist ae ea areas This alfo was a lone ¢ a ae Meflenians had the'Argiues, rcadians,& aati = ha madethcr donidy fight; but Ariflomenes did fo behaue a nati ae . the Lacedae hemies runne fortheir lines. Of fuch importance wasthis victoryyth Onians began to bethinke themfelues ,| of making fome good agreements iff But |