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Show wg TiteaminedslahGjon Canoga _ se . Rats thonfand talents; and thatforthe,performiance thereof, he woulditeaue his fon Ocebas in hoftage :. To this they fought.to perfwade, Alexander by fuch arguments as they had. Alexander canting the Embafladors to be remoued,aduifed with his.Counfell;burheard oman{peak but Parmenio,thevery right hand ofhis goodfortune;who perfwadedhim to.accept ofthefe faire conditions. He told him,that the Empire between Euphratesié& Helle{pont-was faite addition to Macedon; that the retaining of thePerfianprifoners was 3. great cumber,& the treafure offered for them of farbetcer vfe than their perfons, with diuers other arguments ; all which Alexanderretected. ‘And yetit is probablethat ifhe had followed his aduice, and bounded his ambition within thofe. limits, he might haue lined as famous for vertue.as for fortune, and left. himfelfe a. Succeffoy ofable age to haue enioyedhis eftate, whichafterward , indeed, he muchinlarged, tatherto the to gteatning of others than himfelfe: who.toaffure them{elues,of what they had viurped vpon his iffies, leftnot one of them to draw breath in the world, withina fewyeares afters The truth is,That Alexander in going fo farre into the Eaft,left behinde himthe reputation which he brought out ofMacedon ; the reputation of a inft & prudentPrince, a Princetemperate; aduifed and gratefull: and being taught newleffons by abundahce ofprofperity,became a louerof wine,ofhis owne flattery,and of extream cruelty.'Yea; as Seneca hath obferued, the taint ofone vniutt flaughter, among ft many, defaced:and withered the flourifhing beauty-of all his great aétsand glorious victories obtained. But the Perfian Embaffadorsftay his anfwer, which was to.this effec). That whatfoeuer hexo had beftowed on the wife and children of Darius, proceeded from his own naturall cle- mency and magnanimity, withoutall refpect to their Mafter, but thankestoanenemy was improper; that hemadeno;warres againft aduerfity,, but againft thofe thatrefifted him not againft Women and,Children, butagainftarmed enemies ; and although by thereiterated practice ofDarius,to corrupt his Souldiers,and by great fammes ofmony to perfwadehisfriendsto attempt vponhis perfon,he had reafonto douibt thatthe peace offered.was rather pretended than meant,yet-he could not@werc it otherwife& faithful) refoluc in hafte to accept thefame, feeing Darius had:madethe Warre againft him, not asa King with Royall.andouert-force,butas a Traitor by fecret & bafepractice ; That for the. Territory, offered him,it was already his own,andif Davis could beat himback 3° againe ouer Euphrates, which he had already paft, he wouldthen beleeue that he offered him fomewhat in his owne power: Otherwife he propoundedto himfelfe for the reward of the War which he had made,all thofe Kingdomesasyet in Darins pollefion:; wherein, whether he wereabufed by his owne hopesorno, the: battaile which he meantto fight in theday following thould determine, For in conclufion,he toldthem, thathecame into Af (ato giue, & not to receive'; That the Heauens could not holdtwo Suns.;and therforeif Darixs could be content to acknowledge Alexander for his SupeHout,be might perchance be perfwaded to gine himconditionsfit fora fecond Perfor, and his Inferiour. adidov! . |The bartaile ofArbela : and thes it coul > § : d not beLofro mgdyfanght as repert hath wrade it. ; 2 Teh this anfiver the Embafladors returne; Darius prepares.to fight,& !en¢ Maxeusto defenda paflage, which he neuer dared yet, fo much asto.aae zatd. Alexander confalts with his Captaines, Parmenie perfwades mm force Darius his-C: ; . ss : 4 fount. hisCato bysttights fo that themulticude of enemies might not roe iv refalined to E i A +; hians,beiag but few. Alexanderdifdaines to fteale the victory » bring with himthe day-light, rowwitneffe his yalour.. But it was the fuce that made good Alexanders refolution,thoughthe counfell giuen by Rarmemiewas® found ; Forit Isagnound in Warre, Szancemece(faria cums multitudine puguare sya" epee off noctestempare belli Sortunam tentare. Notwithf tanding vpontheview = 10re a nes efhand, he {taggers & trenches himfclfe ypon a groundofaduantages ¥ ne Perfian had abandoned : And whereas Darin for feare of {urprife had ftoo¢ Hey in armourall the day, and -forborne fleepeall the night 3 Alexanacr& x reafon had taught himthis Ruleinthe W atts foode; for paket CMF eae ACSigtr validias of refiftamt fi cibe pokagque refed fucrink , nant Lames ioecia é 41 of the Hiftory of beorid. magus pugnat, quamferrum exterins iSduldiers doethebetter| their bellies full of meateand drinkeisfor Danger within si fights without. r het Syrians, Indians, Egy prians,.8 Arabians, that followed himout of thofel vfed but athortfpeech tohis Souldiersitoiincourage themyandyI thinke ri dittle Rhetorickstor' by:therwo former battailes vpon'the Riuerof Grat i cia,the Macedonians were beft taught with what men they were to eacounter:Anditis attuefaying, Victoria wittoriamparatianimnumy, victoribus angel, jaduerfargs aufert One vithory begets another, and. puts courage inte thofe that hane already had the better;takingfpi~ rit aveayfromthofethat bane bees bearer. Arrianis and Curtins:make large defcriptions of this bz g 19% They tell vs ofmany charges and re-charges; That Perffans;:fometime tothe Macedoni thiawne;whoded the leftwing sThats/ the victory d fometimeto the Parmenio was in dangerofbeing ouer. rdiwast njand ages lofts That forthe fercéand valoufous encounters.o was longnrefolued.oa whomtobeftowthe Garland : perfon ght wonders,being chargedimhi ait. But 4° vers vs insiccount but three hundred dead' Macedonians, inallt faying, That! Epheffion, Perdictcas and others of name were w hotathird part of this numberflaine ; of the Perfiansthere fel ne J findes Surtins,) thirty thoufand:according to: Arrianas: Ninéty-thonfand;if we belecue Dio- sore... Bat what can weitidge ofthis great encounter; other thanthat,as in thetwo fors mer battailes, the;Perfians vpon the firftcha anné away, and tharthe Macedonians purlued 3 For if of thefe foure or ‘fine hundred thoufand A fians brought into the field by Darius, every man had caft buraDart)ora Stone; the Macedonians couldnot have boughtthe Empire of the Eaft at foeafiea rate, ‘as fixe or feuen hundred men in three Rotoridus battaiics. Certainly, if Daréus had fought with Alexander vpon the bankes of Euphtates, & had armedbut fifty orthreefcorehioufand of this great multitude, only With Spades (for the moft of all he hadwere ‘fit for.io other: weapon) it had'bee Impofliblefor 4/exander to haue paft that river foreafily, much leffethe riuer of Tigri Bat asa man whofe Empire Godirhis prouidence had determined, he abandoned all Places ofaduantage,andfuffered Adxander toenterfo farre into the bowels of his kingdome,as all hope& pofiibilityof ébyretraitbeing taken from the Macedonians, they had prefented vatothemth choice, eitherof death or victory ; to which eleétion Psrias could no way conftraine his own,{eeing they had manylarge Regions to runint0itomthofe that inuaded them. pideseSlitsCans : een 5 Cuar.2igar . . . neem §:X1. Ofthings following the battaile ofArbele. The yeclding of Babylon and Sua. 4rigs.after the rout of his Army recouered A né night, better fol. lowed in his flight, thanin the fight. He propounded yntothem that ranne af ter himhis purpofe of making:a retrait into Media ; perfwadingthem thatthe Macedonians,greedy of fpoile& riches;we ather attempt Babylon,Sufa,asd other Mies, filled with treafire; than purfue the vanquifhed. This miferable refolution his ; Nobility tather obeyed than approued, Alexander foonafter Darius his departurearriutes at Arbela, which witha great maf oftreafure.and Princely ornaments,was rendred'to him: forthe feare which cond D s i ¢ tooke nothing . rasit but fhameand ] Hethathad beenetwice | 50 4745, with { tS Bid : rought i¢to Arbela, fo neere puld rather hane ent his treafure into Media, th<% id been victorious, lie might Pisce where he abid the comming of his enemies ; fl i ie brought itafter him atleifure ; but being overcome,he knewit ynpoflibleto driue ate amels laden,with laden,with goldfromtl ¢ rom the purfuing Enemy, Enemy, feeing feeing bins! binilelre, 5 at the Sand Camels Suerthrow he had in Cilicia; caftthe Crown from his head,to runaway withthe morc j s*-But errors are then-beft difcerned when mottincurable. Bb, pralerila CUAges ne pre: RiedLCE Corrigis It is cafier to reprehend than amend what ts pa/. hie Aaaa From Aaaa 3 |