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Callifthenes hundred armed wageons toentertaifie hit: Each waggon had if it foure to fight, and ces; as fubmisted themfelyes vato him,he Snes Hoping patsa6 conttrained jkilliag Man,Woman,and Childe,where they Sites 1. tfBASHEeE) Ro Nifabuilt by Bacchus,whichafeer.a fewdaies was rendredv aroHie, ae ERR mouedto.aHill at hand,which.on therop had poody GardensRies we Lace Ni &Vines, dedicated to Bacchus, to vvyhambbhemade.featts for ‘St ar te esa sok hea he bad deunke his All; he vvent.on,towards Dedu/s, and rom heneeiget fe tworoguideits but they wereatthis time of little vferforthere had fallen {omuch raine; and thereby the fields'were fo moiftned; asthe horfes could hardlytrot: The Seythians and Débans had the Vantguard,who fo'galled thefe maiaus,as they brake their ling, -hedinides his|Armi¢|: Ptolomie led one partyGenen,another,anc PS I Theytake many. Townes, whereofthat, ofgreateft fame was ee be ik g-hundred thoufand.men;but after fome refiftance, it vyas yeciae pn. : aD ea the Queene,to, whomagainehe roftored it,at the fiegeofthis.Citie aces ate inthelegge. After this, Nora was taken by Poly/perchon, anda Roc oe er fiSoave by himfelfes he wanne alfoa paflage vpon.one Eryx, who was flaine y ne ane withgtoff ofhis Arinie,that thofe of his Vantguard feattered might recouerhis Reare: Alexander being followed wich Epheftiom, Prolomie,and Perdiccas, tooke on him ters being well guarded with thelong: & ftrong Pikes ofthe Macedonians,fo rageand'skilfulnesie ofthe Macedonian Captaines,the vidoryfell to Alexander, who al- fofatre exceeded Ports in nuriber's for belides the Macedonians and other Eafterne and 20 Yetforhis owne perfor he:neuergane ground otherwifethan with his {word towards Noitherne Nations, Poras was affailed by his owrie Confederate and Countie people. hisenemies,till being weakened swith many. wounds, and abandoned by his hebecamea prifonerto the Conqueror,from whomagaine hereceiued his eftateArmie; witha gteatienlargement. §.X XI Countty,to fubmit himfelfeto this great Conquerour, Shesefoher noneV po pte ders comming,Omphis prefented him felfewithall the ftrengthof his as 4s ae and fiftie Elephants,vnto him ; offering him his fernice and afliftance.He masts i How Alexanderfinifhed his expedition,and returned om ofIndid. Forbeare to troublemyfelfe and others with a° friuolous' difcourfe of Serpents; Apes'and Peacocks, ‘which the asacedonians found in thefe their trauailes + orof ™thofe'pettie Warrés "which Cdlexender made betweene the ouréthrow of Poras; der know, that,he vyas an Enemic to the next two great Kings of that part o) me bs " nemie Omphis into, his protection,refolued to make his owne peace alfo ; os thavhis own ftrength did bur equall that of Capha, and that there vasno phy rence betweene them, than that which the chance of Warre gaue, he a Or match vvhen Alexander,whohadalreadie beaten vader. foote all the girate { ae oT Afie, fhould make himfelfea Partyand Head of the quarrell.. So had 4 st te ih nowtoftandin his way but 2or#s, to whom, he fent a commandemicnt, Pe The attend him at the borderof his kingdome,there to doc him homage,But ren Oras receiuedthis manly. anfwer That he vyouldfatisfie-himin his firft demanc ai toattend him.onhis borders,.and that wellaccompanied; but for;any oN Io ledgement he,vvas refoluedto take counfell ofhis Sword. ‘To be fhort,4dexanaer Porus ate folues to paffe ouerthe Riucr Hyda/pes, andto finde Porws at his owne Forte tendshii onthe farther banke with thittic thoufand foor,, fourefcore & nee ven and three hundred armed.Chariots;andagreattroopofHorfe. If Darts Ha r dni like on Tigris, d/exander had furelyftayed {omewhat longerere he had legne Riucrvvas foure furlongs broad,which makeshalfea.mile, and withalldec aA Tehadsinit many Nands,amongwhich therevyvas one vvell fhadowed xs ith v and hisfailing downe the Riuerofindus. The deftriptions ofplaces about the head and tanchés thereof are better ktrowrie vatovs in this Age,by meanes ofourlate NauigatiSnsintotho fe partsjthan they wetein any formettimes. The magnificence and riches oftholeKirigs wecould in no fort'be perlwadedto belceue,till our own experience had taughtvs; that thete were many ftranger things in the Wortd, than areto be feenc be- ‘Wweene Londow and Stanes; Ourgreat traucller stendenile,who diedinthie ycite 13.73.and had feene fomuch of the World,and ofthe Eaft fadia,weaccompted thegreateft fabler of the World: yet had anotherteputation among other Nations, as well able to indge as we. Witneile the 40. SHument made ofhimin the Couentof the Friers Guillimius in Liege, where the religius of thar place keepfome things ofhis, Commepour honorable memoire defon Excellence; Guicinvifa Foran bopourable memorie ofhs Exceenciesfaich Guithardine, rs oe The Countries towards the Springs of /ndus; and where thofe many Ritters of Hyda-~°** SPsZaradris, Acefines, and the reft; fall intothéemaine ftreamé, are nowpoffeft by. the Great Mager, the ninthfrom Tamberlaine, who commands all that trad betteene Perfia and Indus towardsthe Weft, as alfo.a great extent of Countrie towards'Ganges, In the mouth! of Indus, the -Afcenfion, athippe of Lowden, fuffered fhipwracke, in the Yare't6o9.and fome of the company trauelled otier Land tillthey cameto Agra, the "negreat Citie(as I take it)which ourlater Cofinographers call Wagra,being named of old Diony/opolit. Philoffratus in the life of Apollonius Tyaveus{peaking of the expedition ofBarchas and salofr Chicswithhandoranslighenings ictwallvevoerhaod fhtowding, the reftfromthe view of Poras.: who by.this. denice being a firfbirnganiping {crs himfelfe downe oppofite ro Pralemie,fuppoling thatthe ema to fubieét to them indeuoured hen they ain 7 =< nicans to out-fame)w > -~Ri 5 4 vere beaten fre the gteat Oredi Cities witht - eran ig} pane. Sai te oi certainelyileidwne: thatthen inance that thofe people had then invie ‘or it is now certainely ey P thers the faztheithore withoutrefiftance. He orders his traopes andadyan e Of Poras;who,atfirkbrrather beleenes, that 2bie/ares his.Confederate, (but nor' od a jo 5° Hersule sinto the Eat India, tells ys, that thoferwo'great Captaines (whom Alexander ofigood:capacitic, Alexander {ent Prolomievp the River with a great.p derate-offormune)had bin'come quer Ayde/pes.to hisaideshan chatter" galled asbeing taraged;they turned head; and'ranne ouer the footthat followed them: ther the end,and after along and'doubrfull fighit,by the aduantage ofweapon, and by theIncou- there.Ephe/tion,. who ( being {ent before ) had prepared boates forshetran Be ut TF the his Army,|.and ere.d/exanders arriuall, had per {waded Omphzs Kins at Pa dif-vnionto make, his owne yictotieby. farrethe moreealie, He patente Ae witha Crowneofgold, fo did he the reft of his Commanders, and as ien talents of filuer coyne; which, A/exandex not onely, refuted, butto thew t ma a ate, uetous ofglory, not ofgold, he gaue'Omphs athoufand talents of, Hie ownity we befides other Persian rarities, Abiafares, hauing heard. that Alexander hac Hh arg to chargé Yo the Zadian horfe-men onthe left wing,comimanding Cenus or Cenon'to inuade the right; Antigonés and Leovatus; he direétedto breake vpon'Pérus his battaile of foot,ftren ned wichElephants, Porws himfelfbeing'carriedvponone ofthem, ofthe greateftgthefa: ture. By thefe beafts the Mutedonian Foote weremott offended;but the Archers and'Dar= and his head-prefented to, Alexander. This. is the fumme of Alexanders¢ ones ea parts,before uch timeas he arriued at the Riuerof/adus, Comming £0 s salleWie med Abisfares and. Porws ; wherewith Alexander was not a little pleated, hoping: Ee 3 reines;é _ othetfirniture,ouerturning the wagons, andtliofein'them, Perdiccas allo gauevp the Jodian horfe-men,andthe one andthe other were forc't torecoile: :Porusmoucs forward ‘Countriesfjpoiled and abandoned bythe Inhabitants;,.by.realonw. Riee felfeshe ell mitof.Afacedon meant to force their. pallage there. Ln, the meane while 4 17 Buche findes it otherwifeand ferids his: Brother Hagis with foure thoufand horfe,and a XX. ?, OfAlexanders tourneyinto India, T!he battdile betnicene bim ana Porus, IththeArmic before remembred,of one hundred & twenty, EhQMeDMp ME wey and horle,Alexander did enter,the borders of Indta,where fic 4 ett ackas & ofthe Fiiftorie ofthe Warld, P But pean beetkings ofthe vttermoft Eaftshaue had the yfeof the Carion many hundreds » YSites fincesand euen fince theit fir cigijtieand greatriefle;ywhich yas long: before Mlexanaers |