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Show 162 The fourth Bookeof thefirSpart Cuap.z.Gath. Pobjfiratus a Macedonian,being by purfuite ofthe Vahquiflied pret with'hin t as hee was refrehhing' himfelfé with fome water thathe had difcoueredy efpying a Carewitha Teaine of woutided beafts breathing forlife; and not.ableto mobes fearched thefzme, and therein found Darins bathing in his ownebloudzAnd by. a: Perfian captiuewh ich followed this Polyjiratus;hevnder{tood thatit was Darsws,and was informed ofhis barbarous Tragedy.) Darias alfo feemed greatly comforted(if dying*me n ignorantofthe liuitigiGod can be¢omforted) thathe caft not out his:laft forrowes voheard,b ucthat by this Macedonian, -dlexandersmight know/and take vengeanceionthof e Traitors, which haddéalt no lefle vnworthily than cruelly with him, recommending 'their reuenge to 4+ lexabder by this meffenger;which he befonght himto purfuenotbecaufe Darins had des firedit,but for his:owne honout, andfor the fafety ofallithardidor fhouldafter wearé 10 Grownes. Healfo,hauing nothing elfeto prefent,rendred thankesto alexander. forthe Kingly grace vfed towards his Wifé,Mother, & Children, defiring the immortall gods to.fnbmit vnto-him the Empire of the whole World. As he was thus {peakingi mpatient deathpreffing outhis few remaining {pititsshe defired. water, which Polyfratus prefen- Cwa P.2.$5, | Plutarch citeth many Hiftorians,ceporting thisimeeting of Thaldtris With Alexander, andfome contradictingit. But, indeedeythe letteis ofalexander himfelfe to Autipater recounting all that befell himinthofe parts, andyet omtiitting to make mentionof th is Amazonian bufinefle, may:iuftlycbreed fafpition ofthe whole matter as forged' Much moreiuftly may we fufpecbit as'a vdinelrale, becanfean Hiftoriamofthe fame time rex ding one of his bookes to Lyfimachus then' King of Thrace) who ‘had followed aleg2 anderin all hisvoyage; was langht at bythe King for.inferting filch newes ofthe AimaZ00s sand Lpfimachus himfelfe hadaicuer:heard of; Onesthat accompanied Alecandey tooke vpon him towritehisacs , whichto amplifiegHe cold howthe King ‘had fought rofinglewith.an Elephant,andflaine its: The King hearing {uch finttey caughtthe booke andthrewit into the riuer of Indus ; faying, that it were well done tothrow the write afterit, who by:infeiting fuch fablesdifparaged thetruivofhis great exploits, Yet as webelecuic &know.thatthere areElephants;thoughit were falfertiae Alevapiler fought withone; fomay we gitiecredit vito Writers making mention offich Amazons, whe. therit weretruc.or falfé that they met with Alexandér sas Plararch leaves the matter ted him, ‘after which he lined' buttotell him, that ofall the beftthings thatthewo rld hadswhich were lately in his power,he had nothing rémaining but Withtordefire the godsto reward his.com paffion. his laft breath wher: -- vadetermineds: Therefore! will heretakeleauetomake digreffionsas well'vo few the opinions ofthe ancient Hiftorians, Cofmographersjahd other',avialfo'offoine ino. derne difconterers touching thefe warlike Womenjbecaufei not onely straboybut thany 20 others ofthefe-our'times make doubt,whetherjornosthere were any fich/kitdeof peas ples Luliees Solsius {eatesthem in the North parsof Afiathe lelle) Pom. atelahinds two 6X LV. How Alexander pur/aed Bellas and tobke into his grace Regionsfilled. with them the one,onthe RiuetT‘hermodouns'theotherneerethe Ga Sel.t.27. be {pian Sea ; Ques (faith he) Sanromatidas appellant. which the people.call Sauramatidzs, Libst. The former ofthefe two had the Cimerians fortheir Neighbours; Certum ef} ({aith /a- Datitis his Capraines IL: was now hoped by the Macedonians, that theirtrau els were heere an end, euety man' preparing for his:returne. Heréof when «WVexander had knowledge, he was greatly grieued ; for the bounded»earth fufficed not his: boundle ffe ambitiott. Many arguments he therefore vied to draw onhis Army farther into the Eaft, but that which had moft ftrength was,that Befas;a moft cruell: Traitortohis Matter Darius, hauing at his dénotion the Hyrcanians,and Bactrians,woul d in fhort'time(if theMace donians thouldreturne) make himfelfe Lord ofthe Perfian' Em ofall their formertrauailes.In conclufion,he wan their confent pirejand enjoythe fruits? s to leauing Craterus with certaine Regiments of foote,\ and Anyata goon: which done, s:with fixe thoufand horfé in Partheniia; he enters not without fome oppofitioninto Hyrcani a; forthe Mar- dianus, who hath commented vpon Mela) ios proximos Amazonibns {uiffes It-ts certaine Pio that the Cimerians werethe ‘next Nations tothe Amazons. Ptolomy Tetsthem fartherinto a the Land North-wards, neere the Mouintaines Hippaci,nat farre fromthe Pillarsof 4." lexander> And that they had Dominion'in Afiait felfe toward Tndix, so/feuy "ahd Pliny tels¥s': Where they gouérned a people called the Pandeans, ot Padeans,fo Cafled@tter 3Pandeathe Daughter ofHevciiles, from whom all tHe ret derine'thensfeliics!Claya Han af - That'they ‘coimmianded ‘many-Natiotis 7 Pot he fpeakes(harsely perhaps 252 Ost) thins': C : Medislewibafg, Sabsis dons,and other barbarous Nations, defended certaine paflagesfor awhile. He pafleth the nucrof Zioberis,which taking Ouer the Medes,andlight Sabeans,reignes This female fexe : and vnder armes of Queen, formercourfe, In Zadracarta or Zeudracarca,th e fame City which Prolomp writes Hyricanis;the Metropolis ofthat Region, he refted fifteen dayes, banqueting andfealt-,, ing therein. 3 bgtinlerieh odo of Davias his sreatett Coinmahders,with others ofhis beft followBu Ce a. bn fideai allothe nas <p hake rhegracediArta dtotheirloued places and gouerum baz, i reftore ochi and:con ftait ents. his Matter Biecinsa shibatie s i Riedoh ey ra hig approuedand rae Greeks; tats uiimte ennn iie tan ce oe n thoufandand fiue ae Diodorus Si¢ulus hath heard of thet in Lybia, who were more ancient (faith he)than 7!" thofe Which Herdcli nn kept thebanks of Thermodoon, a rier falling intothe Euxine Sea, neere Mint g z §. XV Of Thaleitris Oveene of the ; dmazons i, t of digrefsion, it is7 s where, by way fhewedpe , shat tdimazons hase beene and "re. Etcitis faid,that,Thale(tris or Atinothea, aQueene of the Amazons Greatpart of the Barbarian Landremaines, 40 vs that theScythians 3Heredotus doth oealfo make report ofthefeAmazons,whomhetels call orpat.cs, Whichisas much,as Viricidzs, orSSodatp ‘ rMen-kil:lers. And thatthey madeincu ton into Afia the leffe;fackt Ephefus,& burnt the Temple of Diasa,Maneihon & Auentitas Teport, which they performed forty yeares ferued DariussHe treats with ‘Alexanderforthe : . » eG nlyw promife ter oFodpofit "he oe a tl on end theyedxmon venderithemfel) ues{ imply >hepar donsa chaiTes Siahiite icn. flaine hinafelf mf if s ae aa c oe ee oui) torcceine Nabarcanesehat had iow ae wen ee ee iy ad loyned with Befasto murder Darius. ! Imperat hitfexus: Reginarumrpfab avons, Barbarie pars maguiiatet: beginning in Parthia,diffolues it felfe in the Cafpian Sea: itrunneth ynderthe ledge of Mountains,which bound Parthia & Hyrcania,where hiding itfelfe Vadet-ground forthree hutidred furlongs,irthen rifethag ainandfollowethnits aime a. Fail thofe that ha efore ) wete Vetarr ofthe Hiftorie ofthe World, : after Troy was taken, At the fiege of f arerr * Troyit felfe Wweread ofPénthe/filea, That fhe came to. the faccour ofPriamus, Atntidd. 1.33 ; Marcelli 5 nns giues . =ing yponthe aiid f Am. the caufe of> their"teinhabit . River of Thermodoon, esc Peaking confidently of the warsthey made withdiners Nations;& dftheir ouerthrow. Plutarch inthe life ofThefeasoutt of Philochorus, Hellenicus, and orhet ancient Hiftori- roeeborts the taking of Aetigpa Qucén ofthe Amazons by Herth/¢s, and by him gitien i {@ fire him,aod herfuite,was, (which {he eafily obtained) Thatfhe mi - eee nea him till {he were made.with childe by-hifa. WauoLinto Tadia) fhe retunedinto her owne Conatr : which done(refuling y. & ig,bough fome affiime,That The/exs himfelfe gor her by ftealth,when the came Vilit thimab hj 7 : leeds difie: j i Pray ck oord his* fhip:Bu fubftancethereaieis little tin difference;all confeffing, That Fs mhazons there were. The fame Author in the life of Pompey {peakes of cettaine ae oftheAmazoné,that canie to aidethe ‘Albanians again{t the, Romans , by farther nLite battell,many Targetsand Buskins oftheits were taken vp ? and hefaith itingttt thefe womieneniteitaine the Gelx and Lelages once ayeare, Nations inhznsenthemand the Albanians. But 635 |