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Show er RLT MALS WHEL | STN Nd | Wi The thirdBookeoffirftpart AN: | = Ganka... Hbetiiaie dite Wool Cuarsig.y Began to fet their care tobuild a ftrong Nauic,wherein they had littlegoodfuccelfe,being eafily vanquithed by the Athenians, Who both had moxe andbetterfhips, and.were foskilfullin.Sea-fights,thata few Veifels of theirs durft vadertake a great number of the 5 ; Peloponnesians. their dependantsfrom them Efpeciallythe Corinthians ete uftch inraged,becaiferte picofthe Lland Cereyr4, their Coloniewhich hadrebeliedagainft them, and piven them.a great overthrowby Sea,was by: the Athenians (who deficed ¢0 increatetheir feet by adioyning that of Cercyravattoit)taken into protettion, andthe Gerivthienr thereby were impeached ofthat revenge which elfethey would hauetaken« Now howfocueritiperce fo,that thefe dealings of the Athenians were not diredtly againft the conditionsiof fovelement, agreed vpon among the.Greekes,yct were the complaints mide ian Sparts. Te ie a ls ae aml deme penppan penalbin ceca clanhaya taps eh cecum § ITIL: Ofthegreat loffe which the Spartans receiuedat Pylias: that(thoughwith mucha-doeyhey concluded to redrefle by warrethe iniuricsidone'to felucs,fhould expiate otherthelike offences, committed' Sparta sthey begantoceale Mong other lofles which the Spartans had felt by Sea; they. receiued at Pylu: a very fore blow, that.compelled themto fue for peace. A fleet ofAthenian fhips bound for Cortyre, wafting in that paflage,as their manner was, the coaft of Laq Pylus, © gonia, andall the halfe Ile ofPeloponme/us, was by contraric windes. detained at were forbiddentoenterany Portofthe Athenians, fhould be reueried. This latt point, ctecke,which is a good harbour for {hips, the force ofweather being borne off by the gheir Allies. 1g Fintt therefore feckingreligious pretences,theyrequi red the Athemiansto expiatecer? caine offences committed againftthe gods,whereto hauing for anfwer, That they them: which isa ragged Promotitoric,ioyning to the maine, bya ftrange necke of Land. Befoteit there lies.a final barren Ilandof leffe than two miles compaffe, and withinchat a lainly and required thatthe people of fome Townes,opprefled by the State Of arhens, Ful befetatliberty ; andthat adecree madeagainitthofe of Megara, wherebythey they. focarneftly preffe,that ifthey might obtainear, they promited co abfitt fromeheir purpofcofmaking Warre, This they defirednotas a matter ofany great importance (for.it wasa trifle)butonely that by feeming to have obtained fomewhat,they might preferue their reputation without entrihginto a warrc, which threatnedthem with,greater difficulties apparant, than 3 x they. sverevery willing to vnder-goe.. ~" Butthe Athenians would yeeld tonothing,for ic was their, wholedefire thatall creece fhould take notice,how farre they were from feare ofany other Citie. Hereupon they prepared on both fides very ftrongly,all that wasnecdefull tothe Warre; shercin the Lacedemonians were Superiour, both in number and quality, being ailifted bymoft of the Cities in Greece, & hauing the gencrall fauour, as men that pretendedtoferatliberty {uch as Were opprefled: but the Atheniansdid as farre exceede them in all prouifions ofMoney,Shipping, Engines,and abfolute power ofcommand among their Subietts; which they held;& afterward found ofgrearer vfe in fuch neede, than the willing readi- nefie offriends,who foone grow. weary,andare noteafily affembled. 50 et eek §.111. The beginning of the Peloponnefian Warre. Hefirftand fecond yeares expedition was very gricuous to the Citic of Athen'. Forthe Fields were wafted,the Drees cutdowhesthe Countrie people diiuer ™, 3 to flye, with Wiues, Children, and Cattaile,into the Towne: hei? a moft furious peftilence grew-in the Citie, fuchas. before they had never felt for heard of. Hereunto was added the rcuolt ofthe AMyrilenians,in the Ie ofLesher, 8 ie fiege of Pls tea their confederated Citie,which they durft not aduenture to raifecbefidesfomefintll so ouerthrowes receiued.T he Lacedemonians affemblingas great forces as theycouldraite out of Peloponrefus, did.in the beginning of Summier enter the Couhtric ofArticr, and therein abide,varill vituals begantofrile, wafting and deftroying all things round a bout: The Gouernours ofthe Athenians wouldnotfuffer thé people toviflue into the field againft them;for they knew the valour of:their Enemies. but vfed to fend a ficet into Pelepoune/us which wafted as faftallthe Sea-coaft of their Enemies, whileft they ‘were making warre in Attica. Sothe Pelovonnefians being the {tronger by Land,wan the TowneofPlates, which wantedre(cue; the Athenians likewife being more mighty PY Sea,did fubdue Mytilene which hadrebelled, but. could not be fuccoured fromS74" By thefe proceedings in that warre, the Lecedemonians-beganneto perceiue Howvnlit® they were to deale with fuch enemics.Forafter that Attica wasthroughly watted,it #Y not greatlyin their power to doe any offence equall to fuch harme as. theythemlelues mig! < did receiue.Their Confederates begannetofet forward very flowlyin theit Ccwhid., actee welthat Athens was plentifullyrelicued witha iS: ct cate y the Sea from the Ilands that were fubieét vnto that Eftatts 7" ofchiatimiglt herefore thefe inuaders tookebis final pleafure'in beholdingthe walls tic Cities'or: in wafting a forlaken field, which ‘was to' thems a patterne ofthe calm': they ties,with:which theirowne|Terrigorie was the whileft affidted. Whereforebegan head-Landand Ifle.. This Promontoriethe Athenians. fortified,..as well as in hafté they fights aod what Was wanting in their artificial fortification, was. fupplied by the na- thrall ftrength andfice ofthe place. Py holding this pice of ground, and hauen, they in reafonexpected many. aduantages againft their enemies. For the Countrieadioyning a9 Wasinhabited by the Ae//entans, whoin ancient times had held very ftrong, and cruell ** Warre with Sparta ; and (though quite fubdued ) they were heldin ftreight {ubietion , yet wasnot the olde hatred fo extinguithed, that by thenecre neighbourhood and affitanceofthe Athewians,ic might nor. bereuiued, Furthermore it was thought, that many; ill-willers to the Lacedamensans,andas many of their bond-flaucsas could efcapefrom them,would repaire to 2y/0s,and from thence make daily excurfions into Lasonia,which Was not faire off: Or if other hopesfailed, yet would the benefirof this hauen, lying almoft in the mid-way betweene them and Coreyra, make them ableto fur-roundall Peloponnefis, and watte it at -their pleafure. Thenewes ofthefe doings at Fr/#s drew the Peloponnefians thither in all hafte out of -###ies, which they had entred afew daies be- es, but 30 fore with their whole Armie : but nowthey brought not onely. their Land-forc alltheir Nauie, to recouer this peece, which how bada neighbourit might prooue in time,they well fore-faw,little fearing the grieuous loffe at hand,which they therein few daies receiued:For whenthey in vaine made agenerall aflault on all fides, both by Sea and Laid;fioding that {mall Garrifon whichthe Atheniant had left,very refolute in the defences they occupiedthe hauen,placing foure hundred 8 twenty choice'menallof whereof is achanthem,Citizens ofSparta; inthe lland beforementioned, ateachvend front could enter nell, chatleades into the Port ; but fo narrow, thatonely two fhipsin etween the Ifleand Py/us ; likewife but feuen or eight fhips could enter at onee by the further channeil,between the Ilandand the Maine: Hauing thustaken orderto fhur wood, and otherftuffe, 4o VPthisnew. Towne by Sea,they fent part oftheirfleetto fetch on all fides. Butin the Wherewvithto fortific round about; ‘and blockevpithe piece left at Py/vs, remeanefeaton the Athenian ficet, heating of their danger that were and fiake many turned thither, and with great courage entringthe: haven, did breake to runne themfelues oftheir Enemies veflels s tookefiue, ‘and fo inforced the refidue aground. as good as loft. Nowwasthe-Townefecure, and the Spartans abiding in the Iland caftome in their was (as cainpe the isto fromSpart fent ereforethe Magiftrates were per- Steatdangers)to aduife what were beft for the publike {afety ; who when they. did chan by com- way:torefcuetheir Citizens out ofthe: fle, ceitiethatthere was , t no other ta Geeta: Pofition with theirenemies, they agreed to entreat with the Athenians about peace, The conditions of the truce ing truce in the meane while with the Captaines at Pylws. which wereinthe coaft,and fhips pall the eliuerv {houldd onians Lecedem the Were,That the campe: that they-fhould attempt nothing again{tthetown,nor the Athenians againft the Ifle, ata certaine quantitie ofBread,Wine,and Flefh;fhould be-daily carried intocarry the s fhould tthatno thips fhould paffe intothe Hand fecretly: Thatthe Athenian peace, and fhould bring them {tttdemonian Emballadorsto Athens, there to treat of the meanetime itwere rokeit in whichif nd, fhouldie truce! the returne Dackeat whofe chesruce was ee when That all: n a MeanEBoine.fyuldl beheldvreerly voidi |