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Show ~ ThetbirdBookeofabefirftpart Caantosn. wercto paflexmadecountenance: ofiwarie: but, fomeconipanies:being feneby nightto Aeize vponaplace ofequallheight:tothat w heréonthe enemitsiay; making' good the piece ofigroundwhichthey had taken,fecured the afcent of theireft;which cauifed thefe pedpleto.flye;duery one:xetyting tothe: defenteof his) owne.:Thefirkt vpon whofe Wountrie theGreckes didenter. werethe Tacehs, who conuayitig all their-prouifion of vidtualsirite {trong holdssbtoughtth¢Asmie intomuch want, vatill with hard labour Lone place yvasiforced, wheneinigreatdtore of cattaile weretaken); the peaple;toauoide captiuitie,threw themfelues head-long,downethe rockes, the very women throwing downfirft theinown:children,and thenafting themf{eluesyvponthem.Heréyvvas taken agreat bootie ofCattaile,which ferued.tofeedthem;tranailing through the land ofthe Chalybesofwhom they got nothing butftreakes.| The Chalybes vverea very ftout Nationzvycll armed atall pointssand exceeding fierce. They encountred the Greekes hand to hand,killingas manyasthey tooke prifoncrs,and cutting offtheir heads;which they carried away,{inging and dancing, to the great griefe of their companionslinings who vvere glad, whenafter feuen dayes iourney they efcaped from thofe contiouall skirmithes, wherewith they hadbin vexed by thefe Barbarians. Hence trauailing through a good corne-Countrie,inhabited by ari obfcure Nation called the Scythini, they came toarich Towtie,the Lord whereof, and ofthe Rigién adioyning, vicd thetn friendly, and promifed to guide them to a Mountaine,vvhente they. might ‘difcouei the Euxine Sea. From) Gyenéas vvhich was the ntame.ofhis Towne): he led:them through the Ter- 20 ritorie ofhis enemies,defiring them.to, wafte it withfword and, fire... After,fiye dayes march,they came to a Mountaine called Teches, being (as I thinke.),a part ofthe Mountainescalled Ate/chici,. whence their. guide thewed them the, Sea; towards which they bent their courfe,and pafling friendly through the Region of the Macrenes,(withwhom by. meanesofan interpreter, found.amiong themfelues,who bornein that place had bin fold into Greece,they madea gdod peace )they atriued in the Land of Golchos, yvbercin Srratifinaa ftands the Citie of" Trabifoud, called then Trapezm,-a Colonie-of the, Greekes.., The onan yO Colchicntertaining them with hoftilitie, were requited withthelike ; forthe Armie hi ohLottome Ug NOW goodleifureto repofe themfelues amongtheir friendsthe 7>vapecontians, did ofthe zuxine {poile the Countrie thirtie dayes together, forbearing onely the Borderers. vpon Trai- 39 Ste. zonde,at the Citizens requeft. : See | Aning now found an Hauen Towne; the Souldiers were defirons to take fhipPi Berecrnange thee tedious Land-iournies into.aneafie Nauigation. To whic h Commanders, Pens miledb pupalcarifeny 3 Lacedemanian, oneof:the ptincipall who was his friend,that he* y Meanes of daaxibius the Lacedemoniain Admirall Pupuldenone Vellelsto embarke them, Hauing thus éontlided, they likewile rooke m' the whole Ronis -sat a Ahoaictibe ae infufficient for the tran{portatio?= iidbe an patie on fe e esiraded the Cities adioyning to cleare the wayss, , em by Land ; vykercuntothe Souldiers were viterly yaw ile re d sorstoreturne ing to giuceare by:Sea, but the Countrie fearing what incon eeeS ee Two thips they prey a oa flay; did teadily condefcend to Xenophons ae " the one of theifailed direst eeetes which they mannodand fent rare had PH so them in truft to bring thips Sea the P reece, orfaking their Companions, who paflengers, whofe a isk. ortof Trabifonde : the other tooke Mere increate the fleet. After lo one ¢ly keptforthe owners, butthe Veltels =o the Land ofthe Caleb: Sieetsee ets Geer toSi. hey was already quite waf nc Campe their Ricen.Wi to'embarke 9 ee NTs. beft be {paredi aes n thofe fain the wonten, e children, and fuch ofthe bas90 aa Ps sien hadalready prouided. The i Mafjnacis Mictooketheirway by L Nationof tied, ae toCera/uea Grecke Towne, where the flect i diuided into fa@ions. The ftrongerpartie, defpifing their friendthip, caufedthemto ASHE 1. joynethem with the weaker,whom they left Mafters ofall. Thenext place oftheir abode was » Cotyora,a Greeke Towne likewife, and a Ca/onie oe the Siopians, as: Trapexus and Cerafws vvere ; but theentertainment which herethey inthe Gime found was very churlifhjhauing neither an open Market afforded to them; northe ficke Regios men that were amongthem admitted into any houfe.:Hereuponthe Souldiers entred the Towne by force, and(committing no outrage ) beftowed thofe which were ficke in conuchient lodgings, taking into their own hands the cuftody ofthe Gates. Prouifion forthe Armic they made by {trong hand; parzly out of the Territarie of the Paphlagont- Io 4s; partly out of the Lands belonging tothe Towne. Thefenewes werevnwelcometo itl weie roundly anfwered by Xesophon, Thatmecre neceffitie had enforced the Army« Colonie of toreach thofe ofCotyore good manners info bad.a methode: letting themi know,that he the aaytefianss feared not to deale with them andthe Paplagonian at once; though perhapsthie Paphlagonizw would be glad totake siaopeit {elfe, to vvhich, if caufe vere ginen, they would lend. affiftance. V pon this anfwerethe Embaffadots grew better aduifed, promifing all friendfhip that the State of Sinope could fhew;:and commanding the Towne of Corpora torelicue the Souldiers as wellas they might. Further,they promifedto aflift them with 20 thippingletting them vnderftand:howdifficult the paffage by Land, would proue,in repinethe many and great Riuérs)as Thermodon,Iris,Halys;and Parthenixe, which ctofedtheit way. This good counfaile,and the faire promifesiaccompanyingit, were kindlyaccepted by the Armie,which well perceined,that the City of Sinope would {pare far nocoft, to be freed from fuch. 2 neighbourhood. It was therefore decreed that they would paffe the reft ofthe way by Sea; prouided thar.ifthere fhould want fuch number rea as might ferueto imbarke euery one of them, then would they notput from the fhore. - §. XIII: Of diffenfion which areft inthe Armic and how it was embarked. Ttheito the danger of enemies,andinifeties ofweather and‘wants;had kept the the companiein firme vnitie ; which now beganneto diffolue aud tothaw, by neighbouring aire ofGreece, wartmitig their héads withpriuate refpeéts to theit feuerallends and purpofes, Whileft they, who werefentas Agents from the Campe, remained at Sinope , Xenophon confidering the ftrength and valour of his men,and the op Pottuinitie ofthe coaft whereon they lay thouselit tt would bean honotrable vyorke to thofe parts;which were foone like to proue great and wealthic,in regard uild a City eirinowne' puiflance, and of the gtédt repaire ofthe Greekes into that quarter. othofth ition of his tine and Countrie, 49 Forthis caufe he made facrifice,according to the fuperft fucceffe by the entrailes of beafts, The Sooth-fayer whomhe im ployed ulining ofhis rxes would not adreceiued a great reward ofCyrus; for coniecturing arightsthat Artaxe Biebartaile in ten daics she therefore,haviing preferuedbis mony carefully, was defi= e purpofe Fousto be fooneat home, that he mightfreely enioyhis-gettings. Byhimth tie of mens oOb Xentphix was divulged,which wasinterpreted a¢cording to the diuerfi ng i. They of Sinope reiccti part greater butthe , mistion g the prouin fomeap Pinions; the pouertic of, foreafraid, left ~~ Heracleabeing informted ofthis confultation, vere mlelues at home, fhouldgiue, Souldicrs, who had not wherewithto maintainethe & . Whichto preuent, they promifed to fupply:the-Armie with a ucceffettothe $9 fufficien fleet, proieé and likewife offered mony t6 fomeofthe Capraities; who thereupon'vne f6¢Greeee. necok "Mooketo giuethe Souldiers pay; ifthey:would prefently ferfail co Troes'\2 nother hinpin follow to dtltem defire man, ed tice Captaines being a banifh common gooa, the, onel¥ ited whodef hon tefus.Xenop Chervan into them leade oe redto tofet forward): and hold togethetin any cafe;punifiiing him asa traicor chat frould iourates enrd.| Salaries the Armie; before fuctrtinte as they were arriued ar their ueasbtounhence they paifédthrough the Countric ofthe ato/jnaci, vwbo We, diude? _ € Sinope; whence Embafladours were {ent tothe Camp,who complaining of thele, dea- Siraje a lings:and threatning to ioyne withthe Paphlagonian',ifredreffe could not orhierwile beirricopria, as pleafed greatly with thefe propolitionss, and profeffed) openly thar he wou Id-haue oeCappae inten Arae being muftered;was found to confit of eight thoufand & HxcA"™ "~ 103 ofthe Fisftorie ofthe World. Sac sis ampense reece oscar Dane §X TT How the atrsie began at Trabizond toprouide « Fleetwherewith to returise home bySea show i came intothe Territorie ofSinope, std thereprofequated thefamepurpo/e. ‘ ; Cuar.0.§.13. nang om out-run+ oth-fayer,who had vttered Xenophous purpofe,washeercby'fta fed-frlongenvee fellowes,and driucntoabide with his wealth among poore sien; ; : 00} |