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Show The third Bookeofthefir(tpart Cuar.t0.§.4, by men ofthe fametemper,and the more vnlikely to make refiftance,becaufe they were preftto the warre againft their will & difpofitions, vvhereas his Armie vvas drawne a- ofthe Fiflorie ofthe Worlds Cwarioi§.4. thaiehemies' wich filence,hadnot Iearned(fdr it was coniteary to theiP natire)toreceiie aftrong charge with courage.V pon the'very firlk offer ofOn-fet, sade by the, Greckes, long by meeteaffection andgood will.. Neuertheleffe he foundit a very hard mattet to all that beaftly rabble ofcowards fled amaine, without abiding the ftrokéjor Rayingtill they were within-reach of a Dart.The Chariots armed with hookesandfithes (whereof Artaxerxes had two hiindred,and Cyras.not twenty )did final! hure that day, becaufe the driuers ofthem leaping downe,fled away.onfoot. This bafe demeanourofhis ene- he requefted them ro affift him. By fuchdeuices, and excefliue promife ot reward, he forth-with adored himas King. And certainely, the' Title had bin affured vato him that dayjhadnot he fought how to declare him elteworthy-ofit), ere yevheludobtajlonedit.Bor,‘perceiting-thav Arraxerxes,who! found thatpart ofthe fieldwhich lay before him voide,was. about to encompafiethe-Greekes,andto fer vpon thervamthe'teate headianced with fixe hundred Horfe,and gaue fovalidnta:chatgev ponafquadron of perfwade the:Greekes to pafle the Riucr of Ewphrates.For the very length of the vvay vvhich they had troden,wearied them withthe conceit ofthe tedious returne. Therfore hevvas driven,being yetin Cilicia,to feeke excufes; telling them,that Abrocoma,one of the Kings principall Captaines,& his own great enemy,lay es the Riuer,againft whom brought them'to Ewphrates.vvhere fome ofthe Greekes confidering,That who fo palfed the Riuerfirft, thould haue the moft thankes, and might {afely returne ifthereft hould ? refufe to follow them;they-entred the Foords,yvherby. wvere all. finally perfwadedto doas fome had begun:and beingallured by great hopes, they refolued to fecke out 4rtaxerxes,vvherefoeuer he vvasto be found.The King in the meanictimie hauingraifed an armic ofnine hundredthoufand men,vvas not fo confident vpon this huge multitude, as te aduenture them in triall ofa plaine battaile. Abrosemas,who with three hundred thoufand men,had ynder-taken'to make good the Streights ofSyrie,vvhich yverevery narrow,and fortified with a ftrong vvall,and other defences of nature, and art; which made the placetofeeme impregnable,had quitted the pafiage, and retired him(elf toward the kings forces,not daring to looke Cyrus in the face, whodefpairing to findeany vvay by Land,had procured the Lacedemonian flect,by the benefit vyheteofto hauetran{ported 20 his Armie.I donotfindethatthis cowardife of Abrocomas,or ofhis Souldiets; vvhoar tinued notat the Campe,tillflue dayes vvere paftafter the batraile, received cither punifhment,or difgrace,for they,toward vvhom: he yvith-drew:himfelfe, vvereall made ofthefame metrall. . Therfore artaxerxes vvas vpon the point ofretiring to the vttermoft bounds ofhis kingdome,vntill by Teribazus; one of his Captaines;he vvas perfwaded notto abandon fo many on Prouincestothe Enemy, vvho vould therby haue gathered addi- tion offtrength,and (vvhich in the fharpe difputation of Tittleto a kingdome is mott auaileable)would hane grownfuperior in reputation. By fuch aduice,the king refol- ued vpon meeting with his brother,who now began to be fecure,being fully perfwaded 39 that Artaxerxes would neuer dareto'abide him inthe field, For the king hauing caft vp a Trench of almoft fortie miles in length,abouitthirtie foot broad, and eighteene foot deepe,intended thereto haue encamped: buthis coutage failing him,he abandonedthat place,thinking nothing{0 fafe,astobe farrediftant from his enemies. nai The battaile igs Cyrus amd Artaxerxes. He Armie of cyras hauing ouercome many difficulties ofeuill vvayes,and ca" citic ofviduals, vvasmuch encouraged by perceiuing this great feare of 414%" 4 erxes , and being paft this trench, marched carelefly in great diforder, hawing beftowedtheir Armes in Catts;and vpon Beatts of carriage; vvhen om the {u f of their Vaunt-currors, brought newes of the kings approach. Heréiipon W tumult they armed them{elues,& had ranged theirbattailes in good ordervpontic oftheRiuer Euphrates,wherethey waited forthe comming oftheir enemies,whom! faw nottill it was after-noone.But when they fawthe cloud of duft raifed by the te of that hugemulritude, which the king drewafter him,and perceiuedby their nect¢ #P cnn how well they were marflialled,comming on veryorderlyin filence; whereas ad bin expected,that rfhing violently with loud-clamours,, they fhould haue ipso?" cheit forcewpon thefirft brunt ; and when it appeared that the fronts of the two Asmics 7° were fo vnequallin diftent,being all embattailed. inone body, and {quare, that O™ takinghis place(as was the Perfian manner)in the middeft of his own, did pot W b che corner, and vimoft point thereof, reachtothe halfe breadth.of W4rtaxerxes 1S taile,whocarrieda front proportionable to his number, exceeding nine times B* yras : then did the Greeks begin to difttntt their own manhood, which was not 2° ftomed to make proofeoft felfe,: vpon-fuch excefliue oddes,, It-was almoftaacteO™"> that fo great an Armiethould be fo cafily chafed, Neuertheleffe,, it quickly. app es that thefe Perfiaws, hauing learned (contrary t0 their cufteme) fo, gine .chargs °Fat miesgaue fo muchcorifidence to Cyrus,andhis Followers, that fuchas were: about hira fxethoufand, which lay beforethe King, thate brake itl laying the Caprainechereof Artagerfesywith his own hands,/and ‘purcingall the refteo flight. ‘Hereupon) ‘hiswhole company: of fixe|hundred,very few excepted, began to féllow-the chale) leauiiecyras tooullattendedwho perceiuing where the King {tood in troupe, vneertainewhetherto fightjorleauetheficld, could nét;containe himfelfe; bur faid; vee rhe man vandi pie: fertlywich afmall handfull of men abourhite ran' -vpon his brother, whorw he itrake through the Curace,and wounded in thé breft/Hauing giuen this ftroakelwhich was his 2olaf.heveceined immediatly the farall blow which gaue periodiat oneeitohis ambition andlife; being wounded vnder the eye with a'durt," throwne-bya bafetellowswhere: withaftonied;he fell: dead from tis horfeor fo hurt,thatlit was vipotible to have recoueredihim, though all which were withhim, did theibet for his -fafetie; ‘not ‘caring altcwards fortheit own Lities;. when once they perceived thar Cyzastheir Matter was flaine, Artaxerces caufed the head'and right hand ofhis brother tobe forthwith ficken offand{hiewedto his peoples who now purfuing them)fcd "apace? walling vpoa the fameof Cyras;andidefiring hitt to pardon them. But when this yeeat accident‘ bad breathednewcourage into the Kings troupesj/ahd vtcerly difinaied' duel29/faw Cap- taihiessas were how, euen in theirowne eyes) AU-better than rebels ; iv Was tior Jong tre 39 the Campeok OCyruswastaken, being quiteabatdoned ; from whence wrtaxerces: itia~ king all fpeede;arrined quickly at tlie quatterofthe Greekswhich was about tired miles tomtheplacé/where Cyrus fell. There he met with Tifaphernes, wlio having' made Waythtough the battaile oftheGreeks,was ready nowto loyne vvitinhis Matterinn{poingtheir TentsiHad ‘not the newes; which Artaxerxes broughe wich hint of his brothers death, bin fufficient to counteruaile'all ‘difatters! received; theexploit "of Ti//aPherues inbreaking through the Greeks would haue yeelded litle contort. Por T//7a- Pherieshad riot (1iirie any one inan ofthe Greeks, but contrariwife, wheirhe galievpon them:they Opening their batcailejdrave hin with great flaughter through them,in fuch Wile,thathe ratherefcaped as ourofan hard paflage, ‘than forced his waythrough-the 40Wadronofthe Greekes.Hereof the King being informed by Him) arid titar'the Greekes's Matters ofthe fieldigaue chafeto.all that tame in their fight;they ranged theif ComPaniesinto good order, and follawed after thefe Greekessintending tofer' vpon' them ‘atheteare. But thefe guod Souldiers percciuing the Kings approach.turned theirfaces s@madeheadagainft him; whonot intending to feek¢ honour with:danger. of his lifes Whetled about and ficd; beihg purfued vnto a ceftaihe Village jthat lay -vndei a a Sathe top whereof he madea ftand; rather in a braucty; than with purpofe to had:feouksthefe boldfellowes any further-For he knew 9 tliat ne:brothers ee thinking ow on he Grould tema to - = wit Shdnkie anid; onefufficient td give repuration to hisvalour pand this reputation nae 4 ugatthat he might now-prefetue: well-cnough, fhewing a manly' looke ‘halfe-4 ane On thetop ofthis Hill therefore he aduanced: his» Standaral a golden Eagle Plaied on the top ofa Speate., This enfigne might hane encouraged his people, hot fome ofthe Greekés efpiediir, who not meaning that-be thould abide fo neere With all their power marched toward tim. The King "difcouéring' their ape z fled Vponthe fpurre; foithat nohe remained in the place of Battivile, Ritte ones Sreekeswho had loft that day-norone man, fottakemany otherharme, than that rary. Was hut with an arrow: Much they wondredithat theyfiéard nonewes of t that he was purfying the Artniejthey thoug heix was fiteett for thetty : Qqqz faving |