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Show a Cuar.t0.§.7= e first part The third Booke ofth e -___-_--_-- ~ . op rtifed him ofcys s Mattet,being the firft that adueen, but inthe day the great feruice that he had done tohi ofm y brought hima good ftrength onel s: that he, es, whenall others turned their backe rians that Barba the of battaile {hewedhis face to thie Greek to e chaf gaue and their Campe, qs is intent,and hauing not together withthe King, didenter the King; entreating that his (quoth he)did Lalleadge to good hope ftood on the part of Cyrus. Allt afe into Greeee;in which{uite I haue youf askeyou,for he would giue me leaueto condué er to him,vvho hathvvilled meto anfw de amil fend will contenvvere to {peede,if you this, ring shea aine ft him. The Capt what caufe ye haue borne Armes againpheraes relating to the King,procured(thoughvery Ti//a ted to giuegentle words,which of were; Thatthey 10 ld be granted:the conditions wher hardly as he faid)that peace (hou they tooke, and that for ng payi s, s Dominion fhould paffe freely through all the Kingld be lawfullfor themto take viduals by force;in committing no fpoile : yet that it fhou an open Market. Hereupon bothpartics having any place that refufed to affoord them Ti//apbernes returning tothe king to take leaue, d, and they fet for{worne,the League was conclude againe after twenty dayes, and then and endal! bufineffe,came vnto them which Tif/aphernes did {pend atthe Court, miniward. Thisinterim oftwenty dayes, new Confederates.For befides his long abfence; fired great occafionofmiftruft to his the Brethren, and Kindred of --4rieus, repairing yvhichalonefufficedto breede doubt, Souldiers,did worke him and them fo with aflitdaily to him, andother Perfians to his that he daily grew more ftrange tothe Grtekes, 20 forrance of pardon, and other allurements, ny to aduife Clearchus, rather to paffe. king than formerly he had bin. This caufedma he eftt whil ftill fit and s, nant couc ward as wellas he might, thanto relye vpon reft conon the contrary perfwaded them, to layed {nares to entrappe them. But he againe into thofe diffes felu them caft to not and , well tented whileft they were withall y freed by the late Treatie ; ‘reciting culties, out of which they wvere newles, ally given mutu es Oath the ly cial efpe but their own wants, and the kings mean why the enemie fhould haue clogged himafon and taken, vvherewith he faw nore ghto do them harme by a faite arid open oo ifhe meant mifchiefe, hauing power enou 30 arre. ourmay be valued by greatneffe and le man (if hon bo Tiffapherneswasavery honourab as no iftto be the more efteemed ; for as much Oath his ed cauf h whic place in Court) him. But his falfhood vvas from neit draw haue keto wasli ct, forcement, ot bafe refpe h procees may fitly expound that faying, whic fuch, bothin fubftance and in facceffe,a fewhen excu finde y ema Aly s alyer man ea rich ded from the fountaine ofTruth, Ihat from weakeneffes But whes his originall it growes out of feare : forthat paffion hath, fhall be madethe fupporter of vnitruth;the Powervvhiehis a Charadter ofthe Almighty , like proud Lucifer, aduaricitig his own falthood is moft abominable ; forthe offender finnewith an high hand, vvhica commit that firengthiagainft the diuine Tufticeydoth andis followed withfure vengeance. Ir was ts, effec le ntab lame h ucet prod commonly: ly so deftroy all the Captaines,whom heefabtil not long ere Tiffaphernes found meansto elfe the mean to drawin himf chus clear rali Gene the g akin into his powerby 2 traine.m dayes together 12 thus: Hauing trauailed fome alithe teft.T he bufineffe was contriued jealous of withthe Greekes,vvhovvere very thoug mpe enca not wsdid Perfia the that ht tt fch wife, anid Aricts, Clearchws nes, apber T:i[f eene betw g arin appe thegreat familiarity, eofmany wher uft, diftr of es cauf esall brain es his pbern Tiffa of convenient toxoote out ce wi hist; h purpofe obtaining private conferen had grownin that fhorttime.To whic ing howfe fhew , them een betw paft had hich he rehearfed the oath ofConfederacie,w didre kes Gree ch ,whi the benefits ligioufly he would keepe it,andrepeating the louc fhould appeare to himnot thehelpe of Tiffaphernes,he promifed that their the Myfians or Pifidians,W hov ft again ce ferui full, ifhe vvould make vfe oftheir , vvho "were thett Rebes® tuftomed toinfefthis Prouiticesor againft the Egyptians' me that Whereas all divine andu him, red defi he e cauf ifatlon &Me h: whic i the great King.For 8 eace clof , he would not giue-placeto any refpecs had linked'them together , yponne T enincomuenience to cither of them fafpition, wherby mightgrow fadd much delighted with this fpeceb, which a ground-Thefaithleffe Perfiaw was very told Charch™, n of his purpofe. Thereforeheto minde how Pe call ftred faire occafion tothe executio o furthert ed,wifhing hindnwit wifely confider hout peril to pimfelfefpe confufio all this wasby:d him to them g brin to vfed liaue coul he waies a World, ofthe Hiftory of the 0.§.8. Cuara ce, ee by burning ; hane needs muft hey the coutitry through which they were to pafie,wherbyt faidthat it had bin great folly,to feeke perifhed by meere famine. For vvbich caufe he ion of fuch-as were already in his deftruct e byperiurie, odiousto God and Man,th had moued himto worke their them to loue owne his t vvas,tha truth the But ; hands d,of pleafures that might recounte had s Clearchu which ends thofe for fafetie, not onely by their for ‘that he might redoundtohim(elf, andthe King,by their afliftance : but inuited the credutous Genfriend{hip,hope to obtaine what Cyrus had mift. Finally,he will, that he promifed tlemanto Supper,and fent him awayfo well aflured ofhis good prefence ofthemall in where, ce, fame'pla the to him with tobring all the Captaines cret in formation 10 Tiffapheraes ikewile promifed totell openly,vvhich of them hadbyfe thus deceiued, vvith foughttoraife diffenfion between them. Clearchus himfelfe beingofthe inferiour Leagreat importunitie drew all the chiefe Commanders,and many d them about ders,to repaire with him to the Campe of Tiffaphernes, vvhither followe tivo hundred ofthe common Souldiersas it had bin to fome common Faire. But being into the there arriued, Clearchws vith otherthe fiue principall Coronels, vvere called giuen vvas ne ereafig long vvaited not had they vvhere , Tent,the ret {taying vvithout cerith Forth-w flaine. e refidu andthe nded, vpon which they vvithin vvere apprehe Greeks as they met taine bands ofPer{ian Horfemen{coured the field, killing as many ondred muchatthe tumnulr, andtiding vp tothe very Campe ofthe Gracians, who-vv d them of d, informe so wherofthey knew not thecaufe,till one, efcaping forely vvounde alithathad bin done. that the Heereuponthe Greekes tooke Armesin hafte, thinking the Emenemy would forthwithhaue aflailed their Campe. Anonthey might petceiue followed Arieus; and ther, ownbro his vvere whom among rnes, bafladours of Tiffaphe aying that with three hundred Horfe,vvhocalled forthe principall men inthe Armie,f "That Clethis they brought a meflage fromthe King,vvhich -4rseus delinered to effed: d-vvich death; arehus hauing broken his faith,and the league made, vvas iuftly rewarde g his tieacheries that Menon anid Proxenus, two other of the fiue Coronels, for detectin dertheir Nemes tofurren dthem require King thatthe finally, :and werehighly honored When fome alterca: Which vvere due to him,as hauing belongedvntohis feruant Cyr. thatif Clearchus 30 tion had followed vponthis meflage, Xenophon told the Embafladours; but he willed punifhed: fort {uch vvasin he that vvell vvas it , offended fort infuch had d, that by honoure greatly fo had hey vvbomt ; Proxenis and A4enon vento fend backe Greekes might beaduifed hovvto an,the Nations both to friends common by foe knevv not hovv to frame any reply, and ee Hereunto theEmbaffadours more. Clearchusy &the other fourewere vvord one {peaking Be eparted vvithout not holdit commandement their heads were ftricken offi ene. mtaxerxesby vvhofe ufneffe of Tiffaphernes, the seers ee order of time,anpexing tothis perfidio e vvafted bythe Greeks againft Prouinc his law d.He receiue rd afterwa he nich rv Stine ofmen and mony,he did fo ill manage ‘> iene ne from his Matter conuenientaid hiefailed notte have recourfe ) vvhich (to failed bi', jat neither fubtiltie,nor periurie of his cunning head, and fent a'new Lieuteiealous vvas king he finally,t ae steine Such wasthe recompence of his eaten ofeparts,vvhotooke it from his fhoulders. the feruicé vvhich he could not at home,th at ed miftruft fo him made nea ievvhich abroad, that he knevv not fohated & neglect; to ends whichwus thought vpon pritiate t vs him. But noyvle eeaih ok to fliefromthe ftroke,all thevvorld being fhut againft caufe, hauing betrayOthe profperitie, vvherin hetriumphedvvithout great efe vpon the vvhole ‘ thelike mifchi Armin men thai himfelfejand intending to bring 3 ¢.VILI. How Xenophon heartened the Greckes, and in defpight of Tefaphernes went offfafely. Leaders 5 the Souldiers, being now left deftituté of of heauineffe the vas Gn w kne ing ouct their heads, whichthey nd noleffe their feare of the cuill hang Xenopbony yyhofe Yearning fupplied reft, Among the his yy not well howto auoide.the deepefadnefle ofthewhole Armie to befuchas hindred ant ofexperience,firiding of preventing thedangerathand,began to aduife i vnc Crthem from taking any courfe |