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Herenpen hereturned leis rich, and very: ftrong,Gutys : in thofedayes was a gobdly, the Nauie. ofall l made high Admira drivento with verygreat welcomie,and wasgot :and-he him, long; for itwastakenfrom Butthis his honduarmeontinued efle com: :his Lieutenant, contary,to thenexpr ofthe banifhi hinifelfeagaine pdraely becaufe a hauing féowred fléet vader Ly/andertheyear next following HePelopontichan Séuldiers)it befieged &took ‘the-Bgean-Seasjentred Hellefpont,wheredanding Athensjbeing an hundred & nuule of the all upon us.Here Lampfac of n ehetew [camp facus: taken before cheirconifouvefeoretaile,mnade'thither in hafté,:but finding theriwer recenitdy;was: (though move heauietd them; Fot that which! enfued:vpon his formerexile. yet) jeffero be pittied of others,cthan hisiowne Gity ow, as:iniwed toad- 19 whereas atthe firft, he had fought reuengevpon time offuchdangerhad; caft-our himithatterry, che rather: pitied their fury, who.infought by:procuhingion beholding thecala fhould have repaired their weak eftate;than eceiued Before theyiwhoweteins mity of his people,to comforthimfelfe after iniury-r préfteated battaile:tody/ander he Fleet; thé at d esarriue Alcibiad placelof ftituted inthe -vpon hisformef wictory, as to dent foiconfi not as l,;whow Admiral the Lacedemonian (nopwithftanding the for+ nimber mdreii {hips ging yndeitake wlcibiades himfelfe;brin ‘called: Bizanthe,:ivhere he tibiadeswith-dyaw himfelfe to aTowneypon Heliefpont, 20 had built a Cattle. ons dthenian. Captaines bythe The battaileat Arginyl2, aud condemnation of the viclori ; : peoples drlwere, s, fiture difcom Fterthis time,the Athenians.receiuing many loffes and were befieged tly ftreigh they where ne, Mytele .of Hauen wen to flie into:the, edthemto both by Land and Sea. Rortheraifing ofthis fiegeneceflity inforc adstas, go reputation bydying va- ; cedemonians,lofing the hononr ofthe day, preferued his own e ten Captaines,who d, thatth xpecte beence haue well liandly, in the figtity. le might fhouldfor that goad daics ferioyatly had command.in chiefe ouer the Athenian fleet, honour of their Citizens. But conttanice; and fo happy-avictory haue receiued great fuffered ma- riwifethey-were forthwith called home, &accufled,asif wilfully they,had whenby appollny of the Citizens,wholefhips were broken& funke,to be caft away, them et being drowned. ring fomeVeflels to take them vp;-they, might haue faued ing theyictory, Hereto, the Gaptaines readily madeavery.inftanfwer; That-theypurfu thofe that were wtackts whichifit had left part ofthe fleetsynder fufficient men,to faue tt arifing about the end ofthe fight, were not well accomplifhed,it was; becaufe atempe This excule auaile¢ had hindred the performance ofthat,and othertheir intendments. he himfelfe efcaping "4 not: Fora lewd fellow was brought forth, who faid, That ofdrowning, to defire of meale-tubbe, had been intreated by thofe who werein perill very Aiange; that-vpom. Irwas' nes. Captai the vpon r deaths e ofthei reneng px: people ‘had well deferue sn that ‘men nce, reuidé flende withfo ined mainta tion re-accufa iticenfed theralea fo had s enemie ri Butthei wne. erthro -be-ou Country fhould Senettenaeicegtmacnn s the wife and vertuous oes , that nomandurft abfoluethem, faue onely Socrate nees eos sab pee for $@ ued: by otherveffels inthe leek tas Caplai dee sis 7 its ied andthe acclk " chisin att eins was people ofthe he fury whent Ar 5 the e ar Th eaieons. os Citize t Th ier ms edan apenier g d deceiue tedthe onPs forhauih quefti into batled fers aning iiolve ratdron sdectia ead but the asui> ent about to freethemfelues fromthe infamy of ininftice ; icewas nova-fleep,nor would be fo deluded. : there they being on the Continent, oppofitetd Lampficus:aird dsinthe harbor. 1 he nexr-dayaf whole league off from Lifander wisrode'at Lampfac ynnefians,who refufedit,wher revthicirarriualthey prefented Aight vito the Pclope thus they continuedfive dates the Athenfais returtied again tov#g 6s-Potamos,bc his Forhe had wagedMercenaties,& making warin Lieutenant. But whenthe decree battaile, This battaile was foughtat Arginule, where Callicr refrethed therm feluiés, ‘they failedto ming,theyput in-at Seftos,; where hawing names) Goats-Brook,octhetiuer'ofthe Gear; t wemigh is(as ,Which Potamos goscallediwA caft Anchors; not.one whenatidrewtowards e query day the Enemy,& feturning to their ownharboar his power in thofe Nauie,é& the from far tot was es The Cattle of aleibidd if they could:haue made fachasmight haue gtéatly atiailed his (Countrimen, owa namevpon fome people ofthe betrer ordered than-they hadbin vaderhis merlofleoffifteen)than his enemies had, & A+ ofthe people ivas publithedimthie Nauie,thendid their forces into the hazzard of one man-all their Veflels;and ito put the vttermoft of Admiral, ofthe La- oral La ‘oie. ofthe Releponn efiam Wartes inshis abfence,had:lofta great: part matidio? Alcibiades, fighting withthe enemics ‘ 3 Fleet. ll than the Phexecond banifhment of Alcibiades was tothe Athenians:more harmefu firfti,andthelofte whicl:thereupon they aesaaban end whole Stateof Athens vous ruined , ith the Thebattaile at Lz 08-Potamos, wherein the Lined inuch' reputation among them. He Thracians: had ga theredamiuch wealeh, & ob vn rep Coliimanders, n perceiuing the difordérly éourle of the Athenia didnot foom fore-fee-& pr fhewedwhat eteat incontienience mightgrow,ifthey shtoany Towne rnec: it. For they lay ina roade fubiectto cuery wea erjneithe fo farte‘Ofka: had been'mére iesynor neceffar with ds phemfelu furnifh might whierethey thither bothSouldiers nd: Martine expedient:Seftos was theext Mar t2'Towne ; as foone asthey were returnedfi day, cuety Wauie the from re(otted; ocking away ither to lie at Seftos,whichwas theme willed es bratingthe Enemy. ‘Therefore "‘léibiad was} whofe feare proceeded fot farreoffor at leaf torconfider howneere their Enemy cowardifée. Thisadmonition father from"obedience to theirGenefal.than from any meddle withhis'‘owne fo firrédefpifed, that forte of tlie Commanders willed himto bin forthete op- was out ofdate. Haditnot goMatters, Seto reinemberthathis authorityfaimiliatsy haue compelled the Lacedeemoniprobrious words, he could (as he toldhis ic ytterly to quit their Fleet:Andlike enough ans,citherto fight vponviicquall terms,or ting the light-armed:T hracians his»Confetrinfpor by done hatie fo ight ‘Was thathem affaulring the Peloponnefians deratésand others his Followers ouer the Stieightsswho orelfe to leaue their fhips to Seay to to-put by Landwould either haue compellédithem good counfaile nobetofhis e acceptanc their the mnercy of the Athenians. Bur finding which-how euilkic would be fortuney their o themt left he d, ter than hath bin rehearfe hedid proghofticaté. by the aduantage of-his Hauen'y wasnot Lyfander ‘all'this while defending Himfelfe Athenians.Whea they departed;his mago Catcleffe in looking into the demeanourofthe doVeflelsafter them, who obferuing their her wastofend forth fome ofhis (wifkelt nding in what carelefle vnderfta re Therefo e. hadfeen they ings,telated ynto him what all his men a-boordaftertheir de fathion they romed vp & downthe Country ;he kept That whentheypercent Scouts, his to charge Patture, 8 thefift daygaue efpeciallcuftome was, cx walki ratds Seftos, they fhould their s atheniais, difimbarking,a tokenfor himto weigh a Prow,as the in thield brazen vpa orthwith returne,and hang Anchor, cr » madeall fpeed i oo performed their charge,andLy/a y fewof his enefoun« he where ames atftrenoth of Oares couldgiue,to,4g0s-Por confufion vpon the news t many neere them.atidallin great $9 Miesa-boord their fhips;no : iF ; 3 ; ofhis'approach. then fhewedywasin theear Tnfomuch that the 8greareft induftryj. whichthe Athenians Fon how much thatlofs imp srted gaue oud Mee feigheot nine fhipsswhich knowing taken, wer t theref ull vntothe Ile of Cyprus: Siac een madea long flight wat Ww hich fcue cut inpieces. * was the fe aca Souldiersasicameintothere ho "5 & the one in ude concl le yearsjwith variable fuccet olor € feiren andtwenty {honein her perfett light. dsthat fhe neuer ferward ae ofAthensin fuch wifejeclipfe taken fuch Townes as readilydid Mmediately'vponthis vidory Ly/ander5 hauin3g |