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Show p art 154. @ippdbs, Cuar.2.$.9 He gauethe charge ofthe feuerall Prouinées of Egypt tor {cnerall Gowernguizs 5 fol. 1 the rule of his Mafterdriflorl j, lowing e, That 4 reat Doms titon Should nor. becovtinued inthe bands ofany owe s whom thicrinthe Romane Emperorsalfo followedsnot daring tocom- mitthe gouernment ofEgyptto any-oftheir Senators, but to men of meaner rank & degree. He then gaue orderfor the founding of Alexandtia vponthe Weftcr-mof britich of Nilus:And haningnow fetled(as he could)theeftate ofkgypt,w iththe Kingdoms. 6f the leffer A fia, Phoenicia, and Syria, (which being: but the pawns of Darivshisill fortune, one happy victory would readily haueredeemed,)) he léd-his Army towards Ka- phrates,which paflage thoughthe fame was committed to Asazens to defend, yet was it abandoned,and: Alexander withoutrefiftance patt tr. Fromethence he marched towards Tigrtis,a River forthe {wiftneffe therofcalled bythe Perfians'The Arrow.Here,as CurIo siws,and Reafonit felfe tells vs,might:Darivs eafily have repelled the inuading Macedénian > forthe violent courfe of the ftreame wasfuch,asit drane beforeit many waighty ftones,and thofe thatmouednot butlay inthe botcome, were fo round & well polithed by continualrolling,tharno'man was ableto fight on fo flippery:.a footing ; northe Macedonian foot-men to wade the riuer,otherwife than by ioyning théit handsanden- terlacing their armes together,: making one waighty and entire body torefitt the fwift paflage and furious race of the ftreame. Befides this notable helpe,the Channell was fo deep towards the Eafterne fhore, wheie Darivs fhould hauemade head, as the footmen were inforc'ttolift their Bowes, and Arrowes,and Darts ouertheir headsto keepthem,, frombeing moiftned,and made vnferuiceable by the Waters. But it was trnely and vnderftandingly faid of Homer, Talis eft bominum terreftrium mens, Lualem quotidie ducitpater virorama, Deorumg,. The mindes ofmen are euerfo affected; Asby Godswill they dailyare directed. And itcannot be denied,that as all Eftates ofthe world,by thefirfei t ofmifgouern ment hau¢ beenefubiect to many grieuous,and fometimes mortall difeafes :$o hadthe3° Empire of Perfia at thistime broughtit felfe intoaburning and confuming Feauer, and thereby becomefrantick and without vaderftanding,forefhewing manifeftly the diffo- lution and death thereof. But Alexander hath nowreconered:the Eafterne thores of. Tigris, withoutan y other difficulty,than that ofthe nature of the Place;where Mazeus (who had charge to defend the paflageboth ofEuphrates andit) prefented himfelfe to the Macedoni ans,followed with certaine'companics of Horfe-men,as ifwith vneuen forces he durft haue charged them oneuen ground, when as with a multitude farre exceeding them, he forfooke the aduantage which no valourofhis enemiescouildeafil yhaue ouercome. Butit is com: monly fcene, that fearfilland cowardly men doe everfollow thofewaiesand counfels,4 whereof the opportunityis already loft. Itis true that hefer al! prouifions a fire wherwith the Macedonians mightferu ce them felues ouer Tigtis,thinking therbygreatly to hauediftreffed them; but the execution o g0od counfell is fruitleffe,when vafeafonable.For now was Alexande r (0 well furnithed With carriages,as nothing was wanting to the competencyofthe Army. which heconduded.Thofe things alfo which hefoughtto wafte, Alexander being nowin fight, wer byhis Horfe-men faued and recouered, This, dtazens might haue done fomiedaies be fore at good leifure;orat this time with fo gteataftr ength ofHorf-menjas the Maceeete cnet not haue purfued them,leauing the ftrength oftheir foot out offight,and as oe j ehind. §. LX. The nevepronifions of Darius, Accidents‘foregoing the battaileof Arbelar : = forAritésy NPOR Alexanders firftreturne‘ont of Egypt, had affembled all the Oea ces,which thofe Regions next him could furnith,and nowalfo were the/ ai 3 UM % fan Scythians, Indians, ‘and other Nations arriued ; Nations (faith Cart) : ach ther ferued to make vpthg names of men, than to make refiftance. rad-j Cwaray 9D. ofthe Fiftorie of the World: numbred them:withtheir Leaders and finds of foortien ofall forts terrhun dred'thow._ fanid,sdnd:of horfe foure hundied thoufard:befid es armed Chariots,and fomefew Ele. phantssCartiaswho mutters the/Aimy of Darvasartwo fitndr edthoufand foote'y-and necieifty thoufarrd-horfe;) comes (Tthikkey Neeferitothe' true nutiber sand ingheelhad. more‘con fidence in the multitudethanin thevalour ofhis Vaffalls yee tee. sitis like enoughthathe‘had pucheredtoxetherof all forts fore threelor foure hundred ‘thou: fandwith which'he hopedin'thofe faireiplainés of Aflytia;rohaue .ouer-borne the few numbers ofthe inuading Army:Butitisa Rie ifthe Plilofophy ofthe War: . prelid js non pallid LndMnai a pkgs oa, OV tari mel dati dp tithdo, Crlaste: tag virtis tAOCTG aiavs extKbiti ntéSolen t préllare Vegets 10 Viclotiant s In cuery battaile skill aud practice doe more towards the wictery; than myltitude> angnade audacity: While dlexander gauc reftto iis Army'aftet thé paffage ouct Tigris:i there happened at Eclipfeofthe Moone, ofwhich the Maeedonians.not knowing the caufe‘and reafon Wereigreatlyaffrighted. All chatwere ignorant (as thenialtithdé a lvaies are)tooké it fond cértaine prefage oftheir ouerthrow and defirudion! in fo much as they began not onlyitomurnur;butto {peake it boldly, Phat forthéalibitio n ofone man;a'man that difdained rhifiptorhis Fachersand would needs be called theSon ofZapiter ,they thould all périth ; For henotonly-inforé'tthemto itakewat 20 agdinitRiners; Mountaines,andthe Heauens them(clues! igaintt Worlds ofenemies, but Hereupon Alexahder beige réady to march' forward , itiadea halt 5 and toquiet the mindes of the multitude, hecalled beforetiithe EgyptianA (trolos ers,whichfollow. edhim thence, cthat by them the Souldier9 might beafluired that this defection oF the Moon was'a ceredine prefage of'goodfucceffe;for,thatit was natural ted tothe'commonpeople,butteferuedthekn owledgetothemfelue they neues impar s, fo'as a forryAl. manackemakerhad beenhofinall fooleinthole daies. : Ofthisikind offuperttitiioas obferuaticn Gefer made good i fe;whenh e fought againnt Arieusfins and theGermans*for they beitie parfwaded by the cafting oflots that ifthey fought before the change ofthe Moone: t icy thould eétaine lyJofethe battaile; Cafar 30foxe?tthem to‘abide it,though theydartnor gine it wherin having their minds already eattmbytheirowne fupeiftirion, add' being refolute ly charged by the Roinanés) the WholeAmny ineffed perithed: n Thefe Egyptians Bane nother reafon' than this; "Phatthe Grecians weré vider the afpet ofthe Sunj the Perfiaits ofthe MOOnE S atid theréfo re che Moone failing' arid'be+ ing ditkenddsy the-ftateof Peifiz was nowindanger offalling, ‘and'their glory Beitig obfearbd:; Thisiidsmentoftte Bgyprian Pricits being toyfed throiigh all thé Army, ee redoubled. Itisa*p houghienifed fineswasiwell'obferued theti? Evercir rinciplein the Warte, whith, wy terrorepléwith' Dux ad 'pughims allwbtetatisfied i andtheircatt ‘ we Wiss Let hora Captaineledde bis Arimyrothe fobt,w hen it is pofeffed with matter of rr our, Ieis truely obferued by Curtias, that the people areled by-not hingfo much as-by "perftition ; yea, wee findeit in all ftories,.and often in ou e, that by fuch inuen- ‘ons, deuifed tales,dreames,and -prophefies, the people ofthis Land hauebee n carried lead-long ints many dangerous tumults andinfurrections, and {till to their owne loffe and ruine, Sdlexa tieere the Peri Army certai letters were firpri avrict ah , en hé zed, ¥ Dirins tond Grew ther ecians, perfwading them for great {timmes o fron scit e dv hengo kilPor Nay Alexander: Bur chefe bythe aduice of Par ment = thistimealfo vids his faire Wife{Sppreft with n sofen a Whieh ateident Hexideaer feemedno lefle tok eat btu, fhipectédthar fome dithonotipble violence satisfied byanEmch of hig Gxae that's ed' He pats her; from thie day oFher being t: ppreffed; ; wand wearied with tratiell, ethdn Darras, Who ypon the beeneoffered her; but being ders Kingly relpect toimmortal! Gods, Thacifthey a decreedrs make Ahew Munter oft : then it would pleafethemto chetane on oe atid continent nenemy 2s Te whom'he ofce again before abr oy battel Loftred the! ions of peace. : & aa his Diatigtiver tn thittiaechew ou ld defiugé Vp & refigne all ea tesD tholeKingdoms Berweel tHe Plicetliciat Sea, 8 the R iuer of Buphranc! ot >* haBat wo t he uld pay hit fot the ran (ohie of his Motherma his other Daught nd ers 30. Aaaa 2 thoufand |