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Show ThethirdBookeoftheir(tpart Cuarangn Oljathians, vwho following the vfuall pretence of the Lackdemionians,to fetat libertiethe lacesouer which King Amyntas didtyratnize,had almoft now driuen him outofhis Doesinions,and taken all tothemfelues.The Gitizens of 4eanshaw and of Apollonia,being neetelt vnto the danger of thofe incroaching neighbours, acquainted the Lacedemonians With their feare, affirthing thatthis Dominioniof the O/yathians would be too ftrong for all Greeée, ifcontinuance oftime fhould giue it reputation, which.onely.it wanted : wherforethey requefted afiftance, but in fuchtermes as did jouna ofcomoulfion,protefting that either they mut warre 3 Olyathns, or become fubied vato her and fight in her defence. Hereupon wasimadeahaftieleuie ofmen, twothoufand be: ing prefently fent away; with promife to be feconded by a greater Armic. Whileft thefet® two thoufand gaue firch beginning to the warre,as agreed with their fmall number, the body ofthe Armie following them,furprizéd the Cittadell ofThebes,which wasbetrai. Cuarar§.i. aprattice to difcouer fuch aswould.beforyard v.pon occafionof reuolting.But as foon as daylight reuealed:the plaine-truth,all the people tooke armes & befieged the Caftle, fending haftily.co. Athens forifuccour.<The,Garrifon alfo Lent foraide vnto the Townes adioyning,whence a few-broken troupescommingto, the refcue, were defeated onthe way by thehorfe-men.of7 hebess-On the other fide'the banifhed Thebans did not only make {peed to ailift their Gountri-men,but procured fome-4themians to toyne with them, &thereby.camefo ftrong. into the Citie, that the Caftle was yeelded, more through fearethan any. neceffiti¢, cvpon.condition that the Souldiers might quietly. depart with their Armes'; forwhich:compofition,the,Captaineat his returneto Sparta was put.to _ death,Whenthenewes ofthe doings at Thebes,and the {uccefle arritied at Sperta,an Armie wasraifed forth-with,and allchings prepared as earneftly fortherecouering ofthat Gitie, asif fome part oftheir ancient,inheritance had bin taken fromthe Lacedemoni- ed intothe hand ofPhatidis the Lacedemanian, by fomeofthe Magiftrates, whofonghe to ftrengthen theit faction by the flauerie oftheit Country. . The Thebans wereillattected toSparte,but hiad'not inany one poine violated the peace lately made between them, vvhich caufed theLécedemonians to doubt whether this a& ofPhebides were mole wor ansandnot,a'Towne perfidioully viurped by them,reftored to herown liberty, Gleara, brotes;one ofthe Kings,wasfenton'this expeditionswho hauing wearied. his fc with atoilefome Winters iourney;,.returned home, without any good or harme,done,s leauing shpedries, with part of his Armies. at The/pies,to,infett the Thebars ; who doing thy of:reward orof' punifhmient. In coaclution,profit fo farre ouer-weiglied horettic, that thedeede vvas et principalCitizensof Thebes condemned todeath, many'driven into banifhiment, and the Traitors rewarded with the goucrnment of the Citie: ‘by whofe'authoritie,and the force ofthe Garifon, the Thebans vvere compel- 5p Jed toferue the Lacedemoniansyin all,and more than all that they could require. Thisacceffe ofpower hauingftrengthenedthe Lacedamonians; canted: them to entertaine'tht greater forces about Olypthus,vvhich ( riotwithftanding'the loffe of‘onegreatbattaile, them fome idifpleafures, made large amendsby,a\foolifh attempt. yponthe Hauen, of 4; thenswhichfailing to take,he wafted the Countrieadioyning, anddraueawayCarrell, caufing by,this outrage the» Atheniaws to enter vith all.their powerinto the Wat, que so ofwhich they were before very carefully feeking how. they might poflibly with,drayy themfelues Cuapr, XII. =ve otherdifafters)chey:compelled at length by: famine to render it felfe vatotheit edience, ' rg q ; §..X I, How the Thebans recowered their libersiedriving out she Lacedemomian vofithe Hiflory of the Korld. Ofthe flourifhing cftate of Thebes, from the battaile of Lenétra; to the battaile of Mantinea. Garrilit Frer this h endured almott three yeares;iti feemedthat to 39 ; be : ian Warre,whic re O/yatb At: In Greece was able to make head againftthat of.Sjarke ¥ But it wasnotlong ‘ ere the Thebans found a tieanés tofhake offtheit'yoake, andgaue both example Soucart to eA to do the like.One'ofthe banitht ics found Secieet vit . m ried the Theban Mapiftrates, comming to Athess; that the tyrannic yvherewith a Aeneas oppreffed,pleafed him no better thanitdid thofe whofor feateofit vvere ¢ from home. Whereupon 2 i was layd betweene thefetwo, that foone found very 30 6.01. How Thebes and athens ioyned together againit Sparta.' How the Athenians madepeace for themfelwes: and otherssdat of which the Thebans were excluded. The bartaile of Lentira, and beginning of the Theban greatue/fe. good fucceffe, bein gmanaged thus. Seuen of the banifhed men forfooke 8 i look bse prluily, and entred by nightinto the fields of Thebeswhere {pending the next . iy beandact came late in the euening to theGates like husband-me return from ed n i "iAbed 9 pafled vndifcouered ynto the houfe ofCharon,vvhom Phylides the Scribe 40 ha i rawne into the confjPiracie." The day follownitig, afolemnefeaft being then held f the ar promifed che Goueftiours,who were infole nt & luftfull mens that xwou : ae vato them that nightthe moft beatitifull Dame s ofthe Towne,With + a ? ey fhould take their en cheared them with hope,and plente heese dhe told them when the timeoiene fuch they vrged)came that redeamcSin his promife, vnleffe they vvould' difmiffe their followers, ant i UND HE Zacedemonians weremen of great refolution, and oftitich srauitie in all theirlproceedings, but one diffionourable rule that y held; Thatallrefpeas withftandingthe commoditie of ‘Sparta wereto benegledtedsthepractice of which doatrine,euen by the iB beft & wifeft ‘ofthem, did greatly blemith that.Eftare : tue 7 ) it was\putin execution by infufiicient Ouer-weening men, iticl- 78 a domefailed to bring-vpon-them.inftead, of pyoht vniuttly expeGr Ged; both fhameand‘loffe. And foit befell thenin-thefe:entet+ GRE PtilSof Phebids, vpon' the Caftle of Thebes, and, sphodrias vpon the Pireuse Kon, wwe howfoeuer tApefilaus did fpoyle the Country about, Thebes; in' which;he. {pert ummers;yet the diligence of the Thebans repairedall; who by the; good. fuccefle of eignea catiewomen, whoattended without a Chamber, vvould not endure that me me ae thould feetheir faces. Vpon this occafion the attendants were dil" place . vious onfpirarors, attired like Ladies and their Maides, brought into the . Seei faivancage of the Gouernours loofe behauiour, flew them all vp- The Athenians likewife began to looke abroad, fayling to the Ifle, of Coreyras where they ordered things at their pleafiure,and hauing ingame fights atSea preuailed,began 50 @inthe Péloponnefian \Watre,to farround:Peloponnefus with a Nanie;\afflicting fo ithe sida ay eae their difpuife, they went to other places,wherefeigning theme Saufedthemto feeke for peace, it hadibin wery likely that the end ofthis warre, fhould. Cle siee den ¢ Gaelerand fer at liberty fiich'as they thoug ht meet-and being leftche City of Sparaas Si Whooppofed at-once botir thefetwo great sEftates.) tmuchdeiedted jas the beginning foundit proudandtyrannous. Butthe Athemransopetr relecee wien is te ers,which they brought hidden wnder their garments. The® € Gouerhours vpon bufineffe, they got admit tance, and likewile dipatidtewhea ns Lacedemonian faction. By the like deuic e theybrake im? follow The Ciptiincofthe Catheen libertit,making the death ofthe Ty - ee ftart Seda eating in, the fodaii ne Proclamatiion; thought theoa Re Were : the Citizens contrariwife miftritted, thet ‘3 ~~ omeattem pts,erew ftrongerthan they;wereat thefirft: hs edemonisns, thathadnot the Thebanssby their infolencie-wearied rhein friendss,and. d bythe Thee efooneconie to a goad endé, which neverthelefle, being profequure her weake Neighbours;not {pating Suing how Thebes pacresdlant euery dayevpom ithemfeluess whileft fuchas a, had bit:depend 1 ints'vpon Jarhens: and findifig e ee stele tengaged hie ncdives inie fachWanjmable to relicuctheir cotiplainingfriends;r¢foluedto hassle she ag S{f2 ren |