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Show rdBoke of th folpart The. third GwaracGaa of §i2.2 Greekes;vvhich being conitantimit felfe,accordeth alfo with the:computation of other Hiftorians,and Aftroriomers,and likewife vviththeore Actipense' i ER OfCamby fes,and the conqueringof Eoypt by hint. ‘ f° Ewillthetefore according'to the truth giue the Empire of Periz td Cam. tyféshefon of Cyrus,thoogh degenerateinallt hings,fauing thee defiteto increafé the greatnette of his Empite: wherofhe was potfeft in his Fathers time while Cyrus made warre in the forth. Creftizs withothers giue him a longer reigne 10 Lib.2.0.2. Her.1.3-pag. 83.84.85. than agreeth with the Grecézm accompt before receiued. the threeftothe fifth year of his' fole reine; ahd in the'third yeare ofthe threefcore and third Olympiad,accor<ding to Disdire snd Exfebias he inuaded Egypt, andhauingonetBSUR PRE RC! ng thercof, Plammeniticus, he not otielyc-atifed himto be flflaine, but allo did puttodecathall his Kindred aid dependants,withthe moft of his children; Herodotus and Ctefias giue for caufe of this Warre(being no other indeed tha Ambition ofcanibofesychat when hefetit to Avmefis king of Egypt, to haue his daughe in marriage, dz/fis prefented him \with Witer#s the daughter ‘of Aprées his predeceflor, which Cambyfesdifdained. Howloeuerit were;truc it is, that Camby/es gathered an Armie fit forfirch an‘enter- , prifeand caufed the fame to march:Bat be-forethey entred Egypt,-4mafis died, andleft" Pfararieniticus,whomCtefias called Amyrtens, his facceflour; Who enioyed Epipt after his nis fatl father(accordii | ne beft ft copies of'Herodotas f ‘Herodotus ) but but fixefixe Moneths, Moneths, thougl though Chronologersgine fixe yeares. Butt oi longfoenerhe heldthé Crowne, in oncbattell he loft ir, and w taken prifeee Te ts fard-chatCi ' és following therein ea ofCyrus.did not on! that vpon fomereuc okt,or fufpition therof,he catiféd him to beflaughtered. I of this king was not foextiirpated}ifwe may beleeue Herodoras and Thucydides, bi he léft'a‘Soncalled Taras who caufed thé Egyptian to revolt both from Xerxes: Artaxer KOS 6 That P/ammeniticus wasatthe firtentreated gently by Cambyfes, I holditveryit probable,ifit be true whichis alfo written ofhim, That he fo much hate king ofEeypr,who-died beforehisatriuall, that he caufed his body to be drawn theeraue, Aa aftet diuers indignities vfe diccommanded the fameto be burnt, ¢ to the eiltome both‘ofthe Egyptians and Perfians. For the Egyptians viedto p their de xd bodies with falt,and otherden es, totlhe énd the wormies might notd *Neitherdid thent.The Perfians durft not confume them with fire, which they efteemed2s the Romances and cheseate feared to feede it with Carrion. cucr coniume yvorlhipped by that Nation as God,to beflaine-ac ced Nery commendable,had it pro- ceeded fromtrue zealevandbin exectédas in feruice of him that onelyis, ‘and liueth. Bur feone.afterwards,. wheninadreameiit {eemed-vnto himrithat Seserdis"did fitin the govall Thgone.of Pexfia (which apparition was ver ifiedin Smexdisthe Magys)he gaue it in charggeto his faourite Praxafpes,to murther: Sawer és his brother.And haaning matzied hi Ownniifkers,contrary.to the Fenian Lawes;he committed amoft caufelefle‘and moft dettefable ‘murder ypon-the ongofthem,c ed AMeroesthen by himfelfe,with child,becate fhe bewailedthedeathofher brother Sverdés.J, findeit written of this \Camby/és, Her-P-89,90 i his predecelfors obferued religioutly, the ordinances of theirEmpire, he $6 That becaufe affembledhis Tudges, and-enquired of-them, whether there w exe any law.among "the it being his ownintentfo Perfiensthattdi permit the brother to marryhis ownefitt todee,Lhe Iudges (yvho had alwaye s cither lawesor.diftinéionsin fore to futishie Kings. anad timesmade anfwer,Thatthere wastnot any thi ng, written.allowing any-fuch omessthatit wasialyvaies left coniundtionsbut they notwithftandinng foun dicin th i ate ha nfelues;3 & Lo, as Mavcleres tothe willofthe Pezfign Kings to doewh: the Iudges founda fhift.to termes it, sauenerant sccafionem: Tha exeItSe coprecnetianr the, Kings: pleatethe King,and tofecure themf nd perchance oneofthole rete fatisfaction, he cauled Sifamaus ranyniutiindacmei irgiuen, $6 Whichfatioured his inceftuous match,tobe feate. Santen wick 1, beRtowing andthe famehis Hide to be hungv ponerththei agem ent ? thefathers Office on his fon,he willed him to remember,thatthe fame arti defer tiedthefame punifhment. oued Among otherhis cruclties, that dtolbetrnuly_informed eae PraxafpesyWas very‘ftrange & vngt uxa/pes aniwered That his vertues him what the Per/iaas though tat qh > uft y obferued,that te of Wine. wit ith whichta xation inflamed, aas doubl e-tongued, who alfotell me thar I hetooke morethanvfuall delighe vied this replication: taeet uein all things excelled myFat igShpport they |hanedone met ; . owneto be de ee; sWith this fayingin fiead ofan Epi thyfelRthat [bane not loft my wittes mith Wine, ¢ . 3 1s,.Of his aonical afte towards Per- ) J : called Tationis, , Wat leGem es yetbutied himfelfein Egypt, he fo much detefted the I orlikeforlike, thar Natioa,as he caufedt!the Asvags thernlelogs.y iththe becaufe Lim. felfe had vn- tombed he uMaracat, »ped,to betor : Temp! ; i def Act d, 1, This Gone, tie dire¢ #45009 Ouer-tu) olter ic Templeof Lepiter Ammon;but the Di Ol seneraifed fuchatempelt of Sand, wherewith theg eateft ‘Pa Las.the Perfians were th Notwithftasnding whiich mi be refifted he prepaared thofe parts, but tthat fir hadtrie d,. "ouermen, yecthe E} le Gor,fai -Wwith choked dine begianinag of th ged his purpotc.EI ats. don tC bey them,accor 2, Stapf ith the Tide. e. opened, and. his ng, fhewed it phos msifh refalae sthe Kings brother, : atthe Ex ret ivy. 14 ft,accordingsotha pisBle of thar Patisétes, ands» Magy other barbarous c Keerthis victory obtainedin Zeypt,c ambyfesfo at e/thow king thereof toacknowledgehim,wh | beleeued:, Thisbeing {pothy ; ; childe, who, falling Tepert, {trained Es elemenr,(ea ; burif I mitle rhe marke,l am then Ayheeimmediacely directed an arr Ow to f § cCOMmManaed ead vvith theftroke, Cay ging broched onthe arrow,thismonftrous, I LawMpc be sae felon §. IIT. fhaft then witnefle,whether fat the firft thot] piercethy fonnesheart 5 2atrowst en is it falfe chat hath bin led thatthe fame be accounted true, an The rest of Cambyfes bis acts noured by that ring the Law ge "After his returne Train the attempt of thiiopia, he canfed Apis the Egyptian Bull, wetefollowed with aboriia It pri baRREESHaterae King, but that lie alfotrufted him with the gouernment of their dead to afhes,till the time of Sylla Didtator,who cauledhis CaargiS3 x:the Fi;iflorie:cofthe Worlds ylow in Egypt, in e Land of Wz |