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Show The Yhird Bookeofthefirilpart Cuavir.§., ~ Greece , by renewing that forme ofpeate which Awtalcidai had brought fromthe Per. fian. Wherefore they fent Meffetigers to 7:teal sept fignifying, "That it vas their intent to finifhthe Waitre ; to whichpurpofethey willed the Thebansto fend Embaffadors along with them to sparta;wvhoreadily condecerided,fearing otherwife that they fhould beleft out ofthe Treaty ofpea¢e!which cameto pafle,being fowrought by the couragious wifedome ofEpaminandas, Who vnderftood farre betterthan his Countrimen,vvhat vvas to be feared or hoped: Inthis Treatie the Lacedemonians:and Athenians did foone agree; but vvhen the Thebans offered to fweare to the Articles in thename ofthe Beorians ; -Agefilans required themto fweare in their own name, and to leauethe Bevtians free,vwhom theyhad lately reduced vader their obedience. Whercunto zpeminoudas made an{wer, That the City ofSparta fhould giue example to Thebes ting the Lecowians free; for that the Signorie of Beotia did by asigood rightapper by fet-16 the Thebans,as that ofLaconiato the Spartans. This was vvell and truly {poken; taineto but wa heard wvith no patience : For Agefiléus bearing 2 vehement hatred vnto thofe ofThebes, by vvhom he was drawnbackeoutof fis into Greece, and difappointed ofallthe whichhe had hoped to atchieuebythe Perfiew war,did now paffionately vigethat plory point ofoe Beotians atlibertie; & finding it as obftinately refufed,he dafhe thename ofthe Thebars out ofthe league.At the fametime Cleombrotus the other King ofSparta lay in Phocis,ywho receiued command from the Gouernours of Sparta forthwith to enter vpon the Land ofthe Thebaxs withall his power ; vwvhich he did,andvva sthereflain x0 at Lenéira,and vvith him the flower of his Armie. This battale ofLeudira, being one of the moft famous that euer vvere fought between the Greckes,vvas not fo notable forany circumftance fore-goingit,orfor the managing ofthe fight it felf,as for the death ofthe King,and manyCitizens ofSparta, but efpecially, forthat afterthis battell ( betweene which andthe conclufion of the generall peace there paffed but twentie daies )the Lace- demonians were neuerableto recouer the ftrength and reputation whichhad formerly madethem redoubted farre and heere;whereas contrariwife the Thebams,wholegreatcl t ambition had in former times'confined it felfevnto the little Region of Zeotiadid now begin to vndertake the leading and command ofmany Peopleand Eftates,ia {uchwife, thar foone after they broughtan Armieofthreefcore and ten thonfand ftrong vnto the3? Gates of Sparta.So much do the affi@ions ofan hard watre,valiantly endured, aduance theaffaires.of the diftreffed,and guide theminto the way of Conqueft, by ftiffening that refolution witha manly temper, which wealth & cafe had throughluxurie, retchlelacs, and manyothervices or vanities,maderuftieand effeminate . Cuar.12.$03. of the FAiftory of the World, the Phoci ans,and were become head ofthe Locriqns, dcarnanians, Be2 man, é thers ; vviththe power of which Countries they entred rama in Vahipe of the Arcadians,who had,vpon expectation of their comming, abftaine | sd gluingbattaile to Agefilaus. The Armic ofthe Spartans being eaten ed sa ae a5i0Y ned wvith the Arcadians ;the Region of Lacona was imuaded&{poyled :athing fo ftrange,that no Oracle coiild hatie found beliefe if any had foretoldix. Almoft 6o0.yeares were {penr, fincethe Dorians wider the pofteritie of Hercules,had {ized vpon Laconia, in all which timethe found ofan enemies trumpet vvas not heard in that Countrie: Ten yeares were i 4 oh , cate ro not fully patt, fince, all Greece vas at, the denotion ofc the Spartans:but now.the Region which neither Xerxes with his huge Armie could once looke ypon,northemighty-forcesof Athens,aiid other enemie- States had dared to fct foot on, fauing by Reapevem alt onalight fire,the very. fmoke whereof the womenofSparta were, gamed fo behold, Allwhich indignitic notwithftanding, the Lacedmonians did not aa a ue sare to fight,but fought howto preferue the Towne,fetting atlibettic as many o nett Hel or Slaues as, were vyilling to beare Armesin defence of the State,& fomew. rat pitifully entreated the ¢heniaws.to. give them fuccour.From Corinth & {ome Lowney£ fetipets aefisthey recciued {peedyaffiftance ,the Athenians came forward magsHlovy Yo KS that Epaminonaas returned withoutbartell,hauing re-builded the C ie ah Mafens, and Pron pledita-new. by calling-home the ancient inhabitants,yvhom the fate COED. 30 ages before hadchafed awayto other Countrics, poffefling their Territories themfelues. §. IL. The Compofition ! i betweene Athens and Sparta for comman andin warreagainfi the Thebans;3 who Se inuadé and poyle Peleponnefus: The visfortunate prefamption of the Arcadians, Te iournietherefore vtterly defaced the, reputation of the Spartans, in fuch Wife, that they did no longer demandthe condué reBeWhee we i ena fromSparence B ne adors fending precedence : but fending, ; any manner ofprecedence: beraifed,nor 30 #4,and fromal! the Cities whichheld league withit,vato dtoens, hey Renan the Admiraltie to the, Athesians,requefting that they themfelucs might be rals by Land. This had beenea compofition e nS ee Gti well| agrecing agreeing with with the thfituationand qualitie of thofe two Cities ; but it was reiected, becaufe the} sbusltaigs ots a caitine imployed at Sea,vvere men of no marke or eftimation,in regat a et Penmaes horfeand foot,yvhereofthe Land-Armicvvas compounded,vvho B Re ae or Citizens of Atheus,vvere to haue ferued vnderthe "CapReis ee e §. II. How the Athenians touke upon them to maintaine thepeace ofGreece. New troubles hence ar. fing, Epaminondasinwadeth aud wafleth the Territorie ofLacedemon. He Athenians; refufing to take aduantageof this ovetthrowfallen vpon ™ old Enemies,and new Confederates the Lacedemoni ans', did neuerthelelit ily giule themto vnderftand; that their Dominion was expired, and therefore theit'ptide might well be laid away.For taking vpon themfeluesthe maintenance - oft peacelately concluded, vwhich Agefilaus ( perhaps of purpofe to makebenefit ofquat Fels that might arife) had left vnperfedt, theyaffembled the Deputies ofall the Efta at Athens,where the generall libertic ofall Townes,as well fmallas gt confederated Was ratified,vnder theftile of the Atheniansandtheir Affociates.Hereupon began itt! Burboiles. The Maatineaws,claiming power by this decreeto ordertheir affaires atthe! own pleafure,did fasit were)in defpight ofthe Spartans, who had enforced them tof their town, reedificit, and allie themfelués with fiuch ofthe Arcadians as ftood WOF affected to Sparta, The Arcadiansa ftrong Nation,confifting of many Cities, vvere © Matted with faétions:{ome defiring to holdgood correfpondency with theLarcdeme™ seam tO weaken & keepethem low; yevall pretending other ends. The Lacedeme™ aus durft not giue itpeachient to the Mantineans.nor take vpon them tocorreé thett among thedrcadéansstill fuch timeas the fations brake out into violence ill-willers eachpart called-in forrainehelpe. Then wasan Armyfentfrom sparta, as it we ence ofthe people of Tegea,againftthe Mantineans,but indeed againftthem both. 4% fitans had the leadingof it,buteffeéted nothing. The Thebans had bythis time fubeu agreed that the Authority fhouldbe diuided by time,the At on ATEbeater oF Lacedemonians other fiue,and {fofuccefliuelythat achof ie fhoule in ee ni iuid time. CA r a . that in ahs coneliion Mer ak oaYs all,both by Land andby Sea. It is manifeft, C ick { nec eve C an- van be profit; which muft of neceffitic mmon tha regarded More This changehands. cedvvhereconfultation,refoluti dealtCARAS often toAaa arefooa performance Ps 1 BeHOcnapeSfe neromnon on,and rn C > Theb e where rcint me) ‘ appeared by a fecondinuafion of Pelopoane/usswhe ¢ Ce eeRone 3 deh Ovnableto ine peach thathauing fortified them, /ihmus trom 9¢a 0¢a, by Epaminen= were driuen out o ftheir xc times they had doneagainft t e Jftrength ‘ OF cht [ashe t Xerxes,they ee Sho forraged the Countryvvithoutrefiftance,But asthe rete ss ¢ : Eee Ae tWeene ibensand sparta did,by dividing the conductin fuch ate a oe titsand make itinfufficient to thofe ends for vvhich it yeas <phase ed; oe Pivthe Pe vanitie. Pensvv esthe ; likeies heads vvith theenemiess heads i etti vvroughttheir; good,byfilling Sadians confidering their owne numbers vvhich they broug pia r js ofbodye yo found by manytrials that their people vvere noe Niro : Mcourage, orin good Souldierfhip, thought it good i on thay they fhouldia like TD ee unde Mannerfhare the gouernment,vvith theirfriends the 7 he ensOt aera i treng thofe greatnefle they fho incre ol Wie mI eee ofothersthey by increafing hofe greener Sie. -ry infolently, whereby they SnleneeM demeanetl began to vy Hereupon yoke, Mfpected of the Thebams in an me. For, ir Neisht ' Cine *ol becaule the cenorelieGs, oe tookenote fare eaestins ighbors cet, sith totheNe vvhich eee made( bin and peace hauing "nefgencrall Stews not abandoned to the Lacedemonians the next Se akeaeiht Meirfriends was vponthefe Arcadians,. whorelying too muchyponthe : : D113 > : |