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Show ttre <r --- ThethirdBooke of theirlpart = Cuar,.8.$u. Re taken, wherby the Beottans recouered their formerliberty, re{toring tothe Athenians reuolted their prifoners. The Tlanders ofEabaatooke fuch courage vpon this, that they he was ad- toreconquer, wholly from the _4thenians, whom when Pericles intended fubmuttedthemfelues ians,& Lacedemon the left (whofirtt Adegarians, thatthe uertifed to Athens)being now weary oftheir yoke,had{laine the Athenians Garrifons,& ioyned themfelues withthe Corinthians,Sicyonians,& Epidaurians. Thefe newes haftened Peri- eles homewardwithall poffible f]peed; butere he could recouerAttica, the Peloponnef- ans,led by Plifteanax,the fon of Paw/anics, had inuadedit, pillaged, & burnt manyparts ; thereof;after whofereturne Pericles went on withhis firft intent and recouered Eubea, 0 Finally,the athenians begantotreat of peace with the Pelgonnefians, and yeeldedto deliuer yp all the places whichtheyheldin the Country of Peloponae/ws: and this truce ; was made forthirtie yeares. Afterfixe ofthefe yeares were expired, the Athenians ( fauouring the Mylefians againft:the Samiaws ) inuaded. Samos by Pericles, and after manyrepulfes, and fome greatloffes,both by Seaand Land,the Citizens were forc'tto yeelde themfclues ypon moft lamentable conditions,Namely,to deliuervp all their fhips,to breake dowa their own wals, to pay the charge of the war,and toreftore whatfocuer had beenetaken by themfelues, or by their practice fromthe Athenians, In thenecke of which followed that long andcruell Peloponnefian Warre, whereof I haue gatheredthis briefe followout ing : the fame contention taking beginningfiftie yearesafter the flight ofXerxes Cuarr§i2 ofthe Pisforidofthe aldyw\s\V of20 Greece.But becaufe there was no Citiethereof, which either in the beginningof this warre,orin the continuance ofit, was not drawne into the quarrell ; I holdit conuent- entnowatthefirft to shew briefly theeftate of the Countrie at that time,and efpecially the condition of thofetwogreat Cities,@theas,and Sparta, vpon whichall the reft had moft dependance. Cuar. VIII. conclafionofonewat-affordedhenreforehmate! offort nevrd mradionefichethiols Counttie):the-wattesssedmiivenedeh betweetreioneCitie ofowere aid bade; were neithergteatjaorefldng conciiuancer AlfCoftrouerhes WereOe MeadVehby theauthoritic.ofche 4%, hittigwesWHOee tHePercralMCoudeel OFOFAOEBY the powenofale Lacedemontenswhoteaide was' eoinndn ly held asv50deas enbrdTiEnnea ofvidtauies: 99 oda Dnisas ylPoub aw rmninadth. o1f7 26 botorl ot Phebe bacedemoniarstiad iuedbout foure hidied y exesVier UHe Potine Gf CBE uernmohtsivlien the Peloponnefien warte Began? Their cdveation wis Ofely pracke? feates of Armes ; wherein they fo excelled,that a veryfewof them werethotighteqilf poromeryegteat numbers6Fany othietipeople:. "They were-poore; arid' careanetinnch for wealth yederyonehadan equall porton' of thé CoBIhOn HE: "WHICH Tu Afeed to titi: tainghimrinfuchmanners they vfedvFor bravety theyhad Aone? avd CutialeBuilding oreppardll shey redaydddihots Their diet wit frple! thei? Ransand ofdihaty imeales beitig incomition' Hals, where allifared alike! ‘They-vfedinoney ofyron! whereof? they couldndtbe couetousiior great Hoatders. Briefly; they ited PropreP kefate that theyiviediididther deeipationithan-Ware, placing ‘all theifelicitic ia'the'slory "OF theit valour, Hereby it cameto paffe hat in-all enterprifes?wherookthey Were pais takers, thé léadinganditigh commatid was wanted to' themaid all Greece followed gothtinconduct:Burthé veheniaas wereiiall poiits Contraryt6° mis? For' they fought wealthyandmeafurécbthe hotieiits oftheir WiQories Bythe protite /théy ves merce*narie Souldiers in their warres, and exacted great tributeoF then-SubieGs, which were fonttielnoft part! Handers; compelled'cs obey-thean' Beeatife the" APbeaiakMeete was great. 10 ii 1 182091 O12 STS W YIN STIS WOH, ISHOH Ins: wAsinfoineofpolicyiandin-coure offle infebaditions mataHe diferenceBes tweémthefé two peaplewas veryimtich! The #rhenrans were eaget ane violent, fiddalne inthtinconchifionsiatid as hahiein the'éxecmith? Phe Licedeisrians very feet ther deliberationssill Oferauitie,bnevery Tefoluresetych as wool mcold blond perfornd Wwhanthe Utheniaaedid viially irlaerantwheteby it Cametepaife, thioether Zacedead 3o"mohad all the BitatesofGrecce dependits vpon thétnsason then firme &affaredthat fought honor & nor'richesiwheras the Wrbemians were followed by fachas Obeyéd theta Of the Pelopounefian Warre. perforce,being heldin ftreight fubicdtion, Bur.the Signory oftheathenisns was-nothing largevntill fuch time as the Perfian Xer-xes.had inuaded Greece, pretending onely a quar- fulioiatbens For then the Citizens perceivitig well,thar the town of Arhenscould not §.1, Vpon what tearmes the twoprincipal Cities ofGreece, Athens aud Sparta,flosd,atthe begin ning of the Peloponnefian Warre. Reece was neuervnited vnderthe gouernementofanyone Prince GOH or Eftate, vntill Philip of Atacedon, and after him -lexaaiis go brought them ratherto a Vnion and League againft the perl. 3) whereofthey were Captaines,than into any abfolute fubseetions For eueryEftate held their owne,and were gouerned by Lawes i farre different,and bytheir owne Magiftrates, notw irhitane'' the powerofthe Macedonians, to whomthey didyeelde nue af ence no otherwife thanas to fuch,who were(perforce) their dersin the Perfiaw war(deemed the Generall quarrel! of Greet? andtooke the profit and honourofthe vi@orie,to their owne-vfeand increale of great nefle.Butthe Kings whichafterwards reigned in Macedonia, did fo farre enlarge authotitic,that all Greéce was by them broughtynderfuch obedience, as differce fromferuitude ; very'few excepted, who could hardly, fometimes with 2 fometimes withgifts,preferue their libertic,ofwhom the Lacedemonians and.' ans were chiefe: which tivo people deferned beft the plague of tyranny,| a uen occafion thereunto,by their great ambition, which wearied and we Couatrie by perpetuall Warre. For,vntillthefetwo. Cities of Arhe ftractedall Greece, drawing euery State into the quarrell jon the one or other fi fo gaue beginning to the Peloponnefian warre (the effects whereofin true eft ceaicd not, before the time that Philip had ouct-maftered,all,forafmuch *, - defended againft his great'Armieoffeuentcéne hundredthoufand men, beftowed-all \cirwealth vpon.alNanie,&(aflitted bythe othérGrasiansjonerthvew the Acet ofLekxes, whole Land-torces werefooneafter difeomfited. by them;écthe Greekes wh all {efhed Yoder conduct ofthe gpertans.A fterthnefe Vidtories,the Athentansbeing how'vety mighx in fleet,reducedallthe lands ofthe Greeti[h Seas vnder their bédicfiee | Tnrpofing 49Pon thema hard tribute} for mainrénance(as they pretended) ofwar agdinitthe Perf4asthough indeed they,imployed:their forces ohieflyjto the tonqueéft'df fuch Laids/and iyRaeets: owne Countrirhen|as ftood Gat againft them: Al? which was ea- Pi ; ered by the Lacedenionians,whowwerc Intlanders; and ‘thenthat delighted notin we tobe madefarre from home. 'Burafterwards-percesing the powtr of the a "ae togrow-greatsthey held themlin muclrielonfie,-an diwere very apt to quaricll Wher smut much more willingitobreede contention berween thea other' Bftates. 3 tae oreat fuchtimeias tlie Thebans would haue opprefled thé P/ateaks,wlicnthey of The tepaired to Sparta forfuccout,they found thete fio other aide; than this aduice, at they thould feeke+hel pe at athensHereby iewasthought,that the Athasah; fhould ior intangled in a long and tedious: Warre, with theit neighbouts ofTs7bes/Bur icproucd erwile: for their force was now forgreat;thatall finch' ot cafions did‘onclyferae ro inCreaf tafee their thei honour and puifl i ance: Siviei! 220 3H. ynn205 07197704 NOE te aks §. IL. How Sparta and Athens ent) CALBED PARTS. «A, idyr.2oi7 Euertheleffe many. 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