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Show Se CDEYTDRportOmran; tempcft oftheir fary. But afterwardyas'Whalesiare:deawne to the Landwith atiyine. threed, when they hauetumbled awhile; fo arethevnconfiderate: multitude e: fily con- ducted when theirfirft paffions are euaporate. Withfuch as were licencedto depart, he fent Craterus, to whomhe gaue theLicutenantthip of Macedon, The/aly,and Thrace, which 4mzipater had held fromhis firft departure out of Earope, who hadbeaten therebellious Greeks in his abfence,difcharged thetruft Committed vnto himwithgreat fidelitie,andfenthim fo many {trong fupplies into Afid fromtime to time. Gertainelyif Z- bia nowatan ehd, For4ntipater faw nothing inthis remouc,hur the Kings difpofiti- 19 on tofendhimafter. Parmenio,andthereft, Withthis Antipater, the King, notwith(tanding his great courage, had no great appetite to grapple : Princes, though iealons, doe quodidefictt Itfeemses:abralieatd ropattfprich, whereusindeta 2\ts erryfoolibo¥ornothing Simply confidered by itfelfe befeemesa abs.\vio dell yigard-whattombons, when, xbiy webere, dad the likes without which confidenations mockthcanibeapprouediLerhonoursbeproportioned untotheverfons :forwhercas werthe isencr limited bymrafaresctbe excefeicas faaley-as teAefeee cisisclo aids yas mattitic Dogges. Fonceitainely itis ho wayspralfesworehy bur in'daring ood things; and.jn,the perfoomance ofthofe, lawful cnterprifesy in whidtywe-are imployed forthe {erbice ofour Kings and-Commtori-veales: ! , Ifwe compare.this great Gonqueroiirwithothértroublers 6f-the World: who haue boughntheir glory!withfo great deftriuctionandeffaftonofibloud, ichinke him far infe- Hour to.Ce/ar,8 many other thatiliuedaftehiin,fecing ite newer'vndertooke:any: ware like Nation,theinaked Scythiansexaepteds normtasenereacountred withany'Army of $6 Which.be had nohamostmattring atuantage,bothlof Weapons é& Commanders,cticry oneofihis Fathers'oldi Caprainésbyifar exceedingitlie beftiofhisHnermics? Bur iefeems, Fottungand Deftinieifiwe maynifexhofeterms yhad:found out and prepared for him, Withoutany'care ofthisovnesborhsheapés ofMen, chat willingloffered their necks to theyoke,and Kingdomes,that innited and calledin vheix owng\Conqueronrs.\Foreén- caroufein Hercules hiscup;a draughtofdrinke ftrongerthan Hercules himfelfe, he quit- clution,we will agree with Semscs,who {peaking-of Philp the Father, and Aléxawder the Sonigines this in dement ofthen: Qued wom mingresfucrepepesmertalinn Gaiam inuadatio, qa planar omueperfufum eft; quimiconflagratio qua badgna pars animantinnerarwie's They 1; were wo leeplagues to mankinde,than an oucrflow ofwaters, drowning all the leuclt3 Or fome Wining drenchth,whierehy agreatpart ofliningckeaturesavefedrobedep. f Certainly the Princes ofthe World haue feldome found good, by making their Minifters oner-great, and' therebyfufpicious tothemfelnes. For he that dothnot acknowledgé fidelitierobea debt,butis perfwaded,that Kings oughtto purchafe it from their Vaflalls,will neuer pleafe himfelfe yyith the price giuen. The onelyreftoratiue, indeed, 3° that firengthensit,is thegoodneffe and vertue ofthe Prince, andhis liberality makes t more diligent;foas proportion and diftance be obferued, Itmay be.that Aatipater ha- 3° Cuart LH: uing commanded two otthree kingdomesten or twelue yeares, knewnot how to play * any otherpart ; no morethan Cé/ar did,after he had fo long atime gouernedthe Gawe, The reigne ofdridecuse Where lievtterly forgat the art ofobedience. A moft cruell and vngratefull traitor 4 pater was,ifCurtiws do notbelie him : Forthough he feared fome ill meafure vpon remoue( the Tragedies of Parmenio, Clytus,and Callisthenes, hauingbinfo lately acted his) yet heknewnothing to the contrary, but that the king had refolued to hauegiuen : GX XT Of Alexandersperfor and qualities. Owfocueritvvere, Alexanders fo thanhis vanitieto be efteemedthe fonne of Jupiter,with his exc drinke and drunkennefle,whichothers make the caufe ofhis feuet that he lamented his want of enterprifing, and gricued to confide r what he modefty refute it,as difproportionable to his fortune:to whom. Alex eee)2)1? OF SONO39SAL 3 ene Soli Ofthe question aboutfucee/sionto Alexander, 40 Yop S HE death of.dléxanderdeftibis Army (as Demades the Athenian Bp then comparedit) in fudhicafe;ias was that'monftrous.Giant*Po/y> ee 5 phemushauing loft his onclycye:Bor,that which isreported in fas bles of that great Crc/ops,might well be verified of the Macedoni: oO Gap 5A eae ans:: their force was intolérable; but for want of good guidance Ho vneffectuall,andtharmfull chiefly:cothemfelues. The caufes wher= Pe of (vndet thé divine! ordinancé) were, partly the vacertaifity of G wo Ticlero fucceffidnirtheKiagdoime of Macedon,partly the ftubborne Ptideof Alexander himfelfe,who thinking nbne worthy tobehis Heire,didre= Wi€tO eftablifh the rightin any:onesleauingeuery one to his owne fortune: but efpeci. SY the great ambition ofhisfollowersswhoalliadlearned of their Matter to fatter 10 50 "Qualls sa leffon foon taught. vntoifpirits rcficcting vpon their owne worth;whenthe re- whenhe had conquered the World, Anguflus Cefar foundiuft'caufe to deric ifthe well-gouerning of fomany Nations and kingdomes,as he had already could not haue offered him matter more than abeunda nt, to bufic That he was both learned and a lover of learning, it cannot be d Baca, in his firft booke ofthe Aduancement of Learning, hath prooued it Hisliberalitic I know nothow to praife,becauleit excceded proportion. Iris when he gauea whole Citieto one ofhis feruants, He, to whom it v i to his Army.as daring-ashimfel feo Surelyifaduémmitonfs natures were to be comiterided confpiracie)babing inuitéd him to adrinking feaft ofpurpofe. Forafterhe had taken a him fome othergrear gotiernment in ‘Afia: The oldSouldiers thence returned, hauiag oq isis fimply,iwe fhould,confoundthat vertie:witltheHardineffe of Theeucs; Raffians, and After he had fenttor Antipater,he madea ioutney into Aedis to fertlethings there; perchance defiredto be gouerned by Craters, whomthey had followedin all the former Warre: bed 10 kenby,itfelfe, not much tobe admired: Forbathrefohieeh thavite had iten thovfand in fullvntothem sasthey take'leaue both of Law and R cligion,to freethemfelues thereof, ted the Worldwithina fewdaies, demo) For hisPerfon,it is very apparant,T hat he wasas valiant as any man,a difpofition tas not ftand id. doubrofeuery manill affected thoughValiant : but thereis a kindeof kingly Courage,;compouddediofhardinefléand ynderftanding,which is manytimes fo feare- where Epheflion, whomibe fauourcd moft of all men,'dies.. The King accordingto the greatnefie ofhis loue;lamentshis loffe; hangshis Phyfician ,and beftowes vponhis Monumient twelue thoufand talents : After which he returnes to Babylom. Thither Aatipater ao came not,butfent-; and nbttocxcufehimfelfe; but to free himfelfe.. Forifwe beleeue Curtius( whom Plutarch and others gaine-fay ) Antipater by his founes,Ca/auder, Philip, and Jollawho waited on Alexanders cup, gauc him poyfon; The//a/us(vvho wvas ofthe UeNCe ofa greater obiettfaileth. Tphath formerly beene fhewed}, ‘That Philjpi(uhe Batherof Alexander) govern ‘ ing acedonas Protector, affumed yntoihimfelfe thé Kingdome'ynot rendring it wnto tes\(the Sonrieofhis elder bréther Perdictz:) when he ig¥ewto mans ehate ; but : hedidnotenquise whaskecamchim toaccept, bys the King vogiue: of which 7 ‘4, Animal pox videtutcnaeciny tumsfit\flalpifsinnaai DebiL (emi per fe ynengnamdecch . Resth-2.de Ben.6.t fertqaidewiquando, quarepbs Gelfineigiibnsnits nationomcanftahir, babcatyy perfonia» Tile Aigwitatupropertiaseo chrafitvabigzoinkhtrs haodws, kop yeoeue quod extedit;guams lexander had not takemcounfell ofhis cups, he would haue caftfome better colout-on this alterationsandgiuen atipatera ftrongerreafon for his remoote, than to have imloyed himin the conduction of anewfapply tobe brought him to Babylon, the Warte of the\Fiiffonp ofthe Worlds CaargSeti Onely beRowing vpon:him in marriage a' Daughter of -his| owne: by which bond; *8Muc h: more by his; dwne propet trengthyhe alliared te Crownevatotimfelte's i 4fichier attemptiig ought again PAilpjthough ea Coes (with price of his life)'h againft |