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Show 3 ~LhethirdBookeofthefirst part he 1a NS t Cuar.688, mates and hetherebydrivin to imbarkehim{elfe in fome ob{cure veflellyitis not greatly reports. How{oe. falls thoughtheGreekes did moftwillingly imbrace the laterlofithef uerit were,this flight ofhis did welleafethe Country ; that was thereby disburdened of that hugethrong ofpeople, which) as Locutts, had before ouerwhelmedit! fe Liaw pio? baloion: seutoloads bono) verajoregA §.. VII. aii. : } ae } ee Wat hotersoa MRT Ls The #eootiations between Mardonius ana the Athenians, as allo betweene the Athenians and the Latedemonians ; aftertheflight of Xerxes, Ardonins with his three hundred thoufand had withdrawne himfelfe' into THep 75 falie, whence he fent Alexaaderthe fonne of Amyntas King ofAacedonyas Em: ehaflador to the 4thenians, with promife of largeamends forall theirloffes te: ceined'y and of extending their Territories as fatreas their owne defires allowing them ro rerainetheirlibertie and lawes, if they would makepeace with Yerxes, andafitthim in that warre. The arheaians had nowreentred their Citic, butnotas yet brought backe their wines andchildren, forasmuchasthey well perceived that the place could not befecure,till theArmic of Azardozias were broken and defeated. Wherefore the Lacedemonians, vn- derflanding what faire conditions this Embaffadour would propound, were perplexed with very great feate, left he fhould finde good and ready acceprance. Hereupon, they 20 likewife very {pecdily difpatched their Embafladorsfor Athenswhoarriving beforethe Macedonia had audience,vfed the beft oftheir perfuation to retaine the Athexians firm They. alledged;-that-neither Xerxes nor Darius had any pretence of Warreagainftthe reft of Greece, but had onely threatned the fubuerfion of thens, tillthcy and alltheir Confederates arming themfelues in defence of that Citie,: were drawne intothe quarrell, wherein the Athenians without muchcrucltie of injuftice could not leaue them. Wee know,faid they, that yee haue endured'great calamities, ‘lofingthefruit of the gtounds, and being driuento forfake the Towne, ‘the houfes ‘theteofbcewinied, and vofit for your habitation; inregard whereof, wee vndertake'to maintaine as onrownc, your wiues and children amongft vs , as long as the wate fhall continue,: hoping that 3° yee, who hauealwéicsprocured libertie to others, will nor now goe aboutto bringall Gréeceinto flauetyand bondage... As forthe Barbarians, theit promifes arelarge but theit words and oathes are of no affirance. Crar.6.§.9 Cyreilusaduifed the Senate to accept the conditions, and propounded themto the'pedple;alithe senarors,8< as manyas abiding without the Counfaile-houfe, heard what he had faid,immediately fer vpon him,and ftoned him to death; not examining whetherit were feare or mony, ‘that had moved him to vtter fuch 4 vile fentence. ¥ea,the women of Athens,inthe Ie of Sa/amis,hearing ofhisbad counfaile, and bad end,affembling to- ether did enter his houfe there, and put his wife and chitldren to the like execution. Allchis bravery notwithftanding, when they: perceiued the flackneffe ofthe Peloponne. fiansin giuing them aide, they were faineto betakethemfelues to Salamis againe; the old place oftheir fecurity. Remaining there,and feeing little forwardnesin thofe whom irmoft concernedto affift them,they fent very feuere meflagesto Sparta,complaining of their flacknes,& threatning withal,totakefuch courfe as mightftand beft withtheir own good,feeing that the common eftate ofall wasfo little regarded. Thefemeffengers were atthe firft entertained with dilatory anfwers,which euery day grewcolder,when as the Peloponnefian Wall, builded a-thwartthe Iithmus, was almoftfinifhed. But asthe Lace- demowians waxed carelefs & dull,fo the Athenians hotely preffed them to a quick refolu- tion,giuing them plainly to vnderftand , that if they (liould hold on-in thofe dilatory courfes,it would not be long ere the City ofAthens took anew courfe,that fhould little pleafethem.A!l this while thePer(ian ficct lay vpon the'coaft ofAfie,not daring to draw Nearer vnto Greece,as being now too weak at Sea.Likewife the Greeki{b Nauie contained 29 it felfewithin the Harbours vpon Europe fide; both todoe feruice where need fhould requiteat home; and *withall to fhuntie the danger which might haue befallen any part ofit, that being diftraéted from thereft; ‘had aduentured oner-farre. So mutuall feare preferued in quiet the Ilands lying inthemidft ofthe Ageam Seas. But it was well and feafonably obferued by a Couiifellorofsparta, thatthe Wall vpon {hms would ferue'to little purpofe forthe defence of Peloponne/is, if once the Athenians gauc eare to Mardonixs: confidering that many-doores would be opened into that Demie-Iand, as foone asthe Enemy fhould by winning the friendthip of athens , become the Mafter ofthe Seas about it;' The Lacedemonians vpon this admonition, making better perufall oftheir owne dangers , were very carefull to giue fatisfaction to the Athenian Embafla- ®dors, who not brooking their delaies, were vponi point oftaking leaue, yea,asit feemed, ofrenouncing their alliance. Wherfore difpatching awayfiue thoufand Spartans inthe euening, vnder conduct of Pas/anias ; they gaue audience the next day to the Embaffadors,whofe complaintstliey an{wered with vehement proteftations oftheir readi- "Ie was needlefle to vie many arguments to neflesdeeply fwearing that the Army ofsparta was already farrevpon the iourney ; and the Athenians, whogaue an{wertodlexander in prefence of thé Spartaz Embafladois; siting them leaue to take vp other fiue thoufand Lacedemionians, out of the Region adloyning.to follow after them. . The Athenians,though diftaiting fuch want ofgrauity,in a matter fo important; wete neuettheleffe contented with thefinall conclufion, & leiyitig the number appointed of That whileft the Sunne continued his courfe; they would bé enemies to Xerxes,tegarding neither Gold nor any riches, with which hee might feeke to'make purchiale ot theirlibertie. Concerning the maintenance oftheit wiues‘and children, it wasa burden which theypromifed to fuftaine themfelues,onely defiring the Lacedentonians,that with all fpced they wouldcanfe their Armie to march, forafmuchas it wasnotlikely, that Atardonius wouldlong fit {till in Theffalies hauing once veceiued fucka peremp 4 ‘ Lavedemonian Souldiers, made what hafte they could to ineampein Attica. The'other 4° Grecians were nothingflacke in fending forth Companies, whofe neareapproachcatifed Mardoniusto forfake Attica asa rough Country,and therefore ofmuch difaduantage toHorfe, wherein conififted the beft ofhis power. Before his departure he burnt the City of Athens, beating downethe Walls ofic; and ruining all that had formerly' efaPed the fry ofWar. torieanfwer. Inthistheir opinion of Azardonias his readineffe vo"inuade Attica, My foundthemfelues nothing deceiued. Forhee,as fooneas 4/exaader had returned theit obltinate purpofeofrefiftance, did forthwith leade his armi¢ towards them, andtheit Citic: they hauing nowthe fecond time quitted ir, and contieyed themfelucs int pla ces of more fectiritie abroad inthe Countrie, where they expeéted the arriuall of thet - confederates. FromAthens he fent his Agentvntothem with inftrucions, not only y perfwade themto acceptance ofthe conditions before:to them propounded,but ST great promifesté allure the principal ofthemtohis partic. His hope was,that eithert0s people,wearied withforfaking their houfes fo often,would be defirousto preferuethem s fromfire,and tohhaii¢ thofe which were already laid wafte,teedified ar the kings cha'g*™ 5° Otifthis affection tookeno place with them,but that needs they would relie vpo" tn Le‘ old confederates;whofe fuccors did very flowly aduance forwards, yet perhapsthe ders might be wonthe With great rewards, to draw them tothis purpofe ; all wi ich ro iects; ifthey fhould frile,the defru@ion ofAthens would bea good mean to Matter, King Xerxes, ‘who mutt thereby needes vaderftand, thar azarae gtound, and feared notto confront the whole powerof Greece, inthe ftr theif ownte'Counttic. But his ex pe@arion was beguiled in allthefe. F fo little' regarded ‘His "offers; ‘that when one Lycides', or {as Demofthen "oftheHiftorie ofthe World, §. EX: Thegreat battaile ofPlatea. Twete too longa rchearfall to fhew all that happened in many skirmifhes between 50 theGreekesand him, inthe Country ofBeotiz, which Adardonius had chofen to bee the feate of that Warre. Muchtime was fpentbefore thequarrell was decided by thetriall of one maine battaile : for both parties did ftand vpontheir guard,each expe: Ng when the other fhould affaile them. by him heArmy of Merdoviue contained aboutthree hundred thoufand,which were chofeniont of Xerxes his Army:to whomwere adioynied the forces ofThebes, Macedony, wale and other parts of Grecte.chat nowfiding with the Perfian,furnifhed his Campe - fifty thoufandmien, Again thefethe Lacedemonians; Athenians, and their Confeforty eo Cetates; had leaviedan Army ofone hundred and ten thoufarid, of which Noan2 fanc |