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Show The fourth Boake ofthe rit pare =Car. 13, Ciara.14 \Antipater wasold andfickly,defitous ofreft,and therefore contented to let Anticon purfue the difpatch of thofe bufinelles in Afia. He had with him Polyfpercho n one ofthe moftancient ofAlexanders Captaines,that had lately fuppreffed a dangerous infarr ai £95 Burydicepwho had in private rendred him {uch curtefie,as was due only to hertiusbandi But neither the Queenes fauour, norall his other poflibilities, gaue him confidence to breakout into open'rebellion ; becaufehee faw Poly/perchom mich reuerenced among onofthe:4tolians, which Nation had ftirred inthe quarrel of Perdicces, pieuiiline a atthe firft, but foon lofing all that they had gained, whilett Aatipater was abroad ra his the Macedonians, Sftrong enoughto firpprefle him; before he could hauemade head, Therefore he made fhew of following his pleafies inthe Countriey:and calling many Cilician expedition. In this PolyPerchon, cantipater did repofe great confidence: fi forth,that ({ufpecing the youth ofhis own Sonne Caffauder ofinfafficienci¢in (> fo bik acharge) he bequeathed vato hinvon his dedth-bed the Gouernment of Macedon: ha Greece, together with his office. of Protector{hi p- So Autipater died, being foure-{core yeeres old,hauing alwaies trauelled in the greataffaires ofmighty Princes, of the Hiftoryof the World. ofhis friends abouthim, vnder pietence of hunting, aduifed with them vpomthefafeft courfe,and moftfree fromull fufpition. The neceffitie was apparantofraifing an Atmic, before the bufinefle wasfer on foote ;' and todoe this, opportunitie prefented him with faire meanes.. Ptolomie had byfine force; without any commiffion, annexed Syria with fuch re putation, thar 4/exarder in all his greatneffe wasiealous of tim, and the fucceffours of wlexander did-either quietly giue place vnto himor were vnfortunat e in making oppofitions. to his gouernmentof Egypt and Cyrene : this was too mucheitherforthe King to truft him with, or for himto part with. -4#tizonus yponthe firft newes of Aztipaters death, phicall behaviour, not valearned;as having been Scholler to Aristotle and written fome ciuill Warre ; which Ca/fander well noted, and prefumed withall; ‘That the friend(hip the deathof her Son, hecompelledto abftainefrom comming into Macedonia oren termédling in matters of Eftates\:yea, at his own'death he gaue efpeciall direction, that upoithe fecretly difpatched meffengers to themboth; & within alittle while conueyéd began to lay hold vponall that he could get,in fach fort, that he manifeftly difcouered In his private qualities he was fubtile man;temperate,frugal.and ofa Phila. hisinténrof imaking himfelfe Lordof all Afia:: Thefe twotherfore ftood inneed ofa Hiftories.: Hee had beene much molefted by Oljmpizs, Alexanders inlother whom after which had paffed betweenc his father and them, wouldauaile him fomewhat. Where- no woman thould bee permitcedto deale in theadminiftration of the Empire, But this precept was foone forgotten ; andyct ere long, by forrowfull experience: haue been foundand good. i aes jase bateaot a0 eoumpeorm §. XU Of Polyfperchon 5 who fiteceed J ed Unto Antipa Ler cr 7# th, Ck. a i echar{bi 17,p. The b 12,JE.farredtion 0of himfelfe ofa fuddenower the Hellefporit, that he mightin perfon aduancethe bufinefle with'gteater fpeede. Muchperfwafidn' is needleffe'in winning a man to what hee defiteth, Avtigonis couctetlynothing more; thanito find Poly/perchow work, byraifing fome 2° commotion in Greece.Yet(as formalities muft not be neglected \Caffander did Very earneftly preffe him; by the memoryofhis Father, andall requifite coniurations, toaffift him inthis enterprife'; telling him, that Pto/omie was ready to declare forthem, and vr= pinghimtora{peedy difpatch. Avtizowas onthe otherfide repaicd him withthe fame coine ; faying, That fot His ownfake,and his dead Fathers, whom he had very deately loued,hie would not.faile co give himall mannerof fuccour.Hauing thus feafted'one an- oo _ very skilfulliin the Art of} Warte, haning long time beene Apra ¢ in that occupation's "other qualities, requifite in fohigh an Officeas hee other with words, they: were nothing flackein preparing the common meaties; leading totheir feuerall ends - er-went; either Nature: had:not giuentoh im;-or'Timehad oo encores! his bufineffe more formally than wifely,\as.a man ofrobbed him of afecond wit, =pa cra commandin chicfe. Atthe firttentrance vporithe ftage; hé‘calledto 3¢ ~ is picnds;whercin ferwcighty confiderations(as théy who weightdnot aeSe ~ held them) ‘the Queene Olympias was revoked out of Epyssinto oe ny et Ts prefence of Alexanders mothermight countenance andftrengt hen _ pane ings: For, the condition ofthe times requiring, thatthe Gouernours of oe ace . by oad fhould xeepegreater/ Armies) than-were needful! orcafieto be retal" ee perfonat the'King in Macedonia 3 itfeemed expedient , thatthe face of -. hould be filled with all Maicftie,chatmightgitre authority-to the Iniuactions Reat tieceffity thete was of timelyprouifion." For, Polyperchon needed noothet Eftate: Theréfore (louittig to worke cltcumf{pecatly) he ealled another Councell;wherein itWas Conéludéd 'Thatthe Popiilaiforme of Gouernment thould be¢ rected inallrthe Cities OF Greece : thie Garrifons withdrawn; atid that all Magiftrates 6c principal Men, kept in order, "being ftrong, and lying y e . . . - tor préwentionof imagidariedangers:and oiit of fight, whilel ' oe nie- ooiN aohy vnregarde 1 0 d in their boforites; Caffanderthe Sonne of Autipattr, . cosa Hcouenthat grearfifficiencie in Pélyperchow for which his fathet had Satie confideneé: neither could:he difcerne fiichoddes in the quality ct anne pveancteesem was invheirfonune, Hewaslef Captaine oFonethou - penis 2 ) a by practice of thofe times was of more importance, than the antl ages8 Ys Hee fhould thereby haug beene as Campe-matter,or Li ti pa aii het ? 4 placenoway,fatisfyinghisambition, tharthought! he began to examine his own power,and comparewiththe therefore h. oppofe ae ceslikely to hitn,./All i ie fi renehis owrie affuredyc! Be" se ithiaphad relied on: his father; were -his uli ded comas fuch.as cially like f a8 comandedthe Gairifons beftowed inthe principall:Gities ofGropee pe ehopewas of she |Magiftrates,-ando mon-weales, subote-f g th ts of:Saat rthoritie. , in in thale wanciothe prineipall authoritie tholeCO™ Uo" that they wou had beene corrected ©:tormes ie lox ow the. fide, .and-draw i by.<esipater, Sead Mio iee inthe e -in maa Ypartakers sidt.conc ernedsthe fe men inthe Ave agi i neye-WAto.the Capraines; by: whomtheir fa@ionwasvp-hel mthe ra{call multitude, -coustous of te-Saini 16 furainn wh nad.formerl y exercifed coe teeee Ne ty aM NOUS POW EL! etters perforce 5fidesouceth theprinci palCitize ns, tyere keprin ordet, obeying1 » Belides all thele b¢lpes; Ga/fander' bad. she fecret Joue of ee Cyr pads ~ §. XITIT. : Thevmwporthy courses held by Poly{petchon,for the keeping downof Callander. es toinforme him of Ca//anders dvift, than the néwesof his departures Hee was hotionoratt of theready difpofition, which might befotind ih dati Beis And Prolomie, coche fkréngthening of rebellion; ‘and well heknewthat one principall tiope of Ca/fander was repofedin the confidence of fiich 4s ruled inthe Grecian "eD ee os i oo ule ea . e mie = regard contaitie within the limited boundsls ofof lyingtoo nd , j i otby torce haue beerie ¢ farte off: 30. ittowhofehiands Antipatey had committed thelipréfieduthoriti¢ fhouldforthwith be either Maine ‘or banithed? This wasafute way to diminiffi the ntimber of Cafanders Hiends*4nd'toraife Vpiniaty eflemics to him irrall quarters. Yethereby was difclofed than vathankefull datuve in Poly/perchon, andafactious nialiceinhis adherents. For, OW could he be excufed/of extreame itigraritude, thar for hatred'of thic fon'went about todifhonourthe Fathers actions, whofe onely bouttic had inabled him to doeit?' Or What ¢ouild be faid in their defence; who fought te deftroy many worthy men, ftlends from fitting againftthe M ne: 7s the State,by whomthe Greekés were held reftrained donians¢and if oppofition to their'private Enemie,gauc the'rule oPrhings to bafeComPanions,and uch as nattrally maligned thie Empife'?" But as in' mans body, through fineWes newly ifluing fromvone branch, a finger is more vexed by inflamation df his mext 5° heighbour; than by any diftemper inthe contrary hand': "fo-in bodies politique; the umours 6f ier, fubdiuided in faction, aremoteifiraged by the difag reeablt qualities Of fuch'as curbe then ia theirnceteft pufpoles, than they are exafperated by the genes talloppofition of {uch a8 are diuided from them in'thé mainectumke? "Herebyit'comes tO palehat contrary religions are inuited to helpeagainitt Neighbour Princes; berde- ting-enemies drawn-in, to the part in ciuill watres' 5 andancient hatred called'to cotin~Rileagainit iniurious friends: OF this fault Natar@ isnot guiltie ; the hath tanghe the amc to offer it felfevatd manifeftlose in defenice'ofthc head # They are depianc affe? |