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Show Thefourth Bookeoftheftpart Cuaragay affeGtions,which rendet men fenfible oftheir own particular, and forgetful ofthemore gcnerall good, for which they were created. The decree, whereby the Greekes were prefented with a vaine thew of libertie, ran vnderthe Kings name ; but fo,as one might eafily difcerne,that Po/y/perchon had guided his pen: For themaine point was, That they fhould followfirchdirect ions,as Plyfer. chowgaue;and treate with him aboutall difficulties. In the reftit containe of kindneffe,as proceeding ona fadden from thofe who had kept them d fucha deale on, might well appeareto hauc fomevother root than the pretended in hard fubiedtiofit felfetoo bafeand vnfit fora King to vfe toward his conquered goodwill; and was Subiedts,andofterfubdued Rebels. fered not themfor, whosnhe feemed. Fo labour,to intermacddic withthe bafinefle!hléves: powned gut pon Phocion, depriving hiamof his offige, This was. done wath much tumolte banifhed macn and (trangets,thrufting themfelnes into the aflembly. of the Gitizens}who To Of the great commorions raifed in Athens by Polyfperchonsdecree. The death of Pliocion. Euertheleffe\the Athenians with immoderate ioy entertainedthis happy-feeming Proclamation, & fought howto putitin execution without But Nicanor, Captaine of the Garrifon, which kept oneof their further delay. Hauens, called Munychia,in the lowerpart of:theTown,would needsta ke longertimeofdeliberation than,was pleafing totheirhaftie defires, Nicanor,asa trutty follower of Caffander, was by him thiftedr into the place,and Me." willus (chat was Captaine there before)difcharged,when Axtipat er was newly dead. His comming to Athens was no waygratefull to the Citizens, who foone after hearingthe hewes of -4atipaters. death,cried out vpon Phocion faying, That he had {ufficient intelli gence ofthat accident,and might by aduertifing them in duetime hands.a faire opportunityof theufting out the Macedonians, But , haue put, into their thefeexclamationsargued no more than a defire to thake offtheMacedonian yoke. Farre more grieuouily wouldthey haue beene offended, had they known the inftru@ions which Caffander had Siucn to Wieanor,& his refolution to follow them. It was concluded. That he fhould not onely retaine Munychia, y notwithftanding ; butthat hee fhould finde meanesto thruft fome companies into Pirsus, and fortifie thatalfo, which e was the principall hauen,a gainft the high-town.How.to a plifhthis,he ted fomereafonable pretence,than good ability.But the uing him fufficient canle to do that,which he would rather waa- Athenians.werenot longin gi- hanedone without any caulegiuen. Theydefired him.to:come ynto their councell, affembl ed inthe Pirzus. there to confider of the KingsProclamation: whither vpon Phocious wordand fafe condi he came, as earneftly prefled them to hold with Caffander inthe war which was ready to break oe th. eoparar iwileshey vrged him firft ofall,tomakethem matters oftheir own,which 4hfe y, S they mpight confult afterwards. Each efthem refufing tq condeficend vata ners.demand; the Athenians (who did alwaies meafure iuftice by. profit, yet {el- 4o dome thriued by.that.courfe) practifed with Dercilla s,a Captain fol lowing Palyfperchon, and then lying neereat hand,that he fhould enterinto theTow n,and take Nicazorprilo> ners But Phocionwho then gouerned in Athens,.aman very valikely rothe-relt ofthe Citizens, being nothing pleafed with fuchatricke ofpoliti quedifhonefty; did quietly fufter-him.to depart and faue himfel fe, ' AVicager hereupon beganto deuifew pontaking Pireus; lectof Ca/Jander, but profecuting his own iutt reuenge, not as. following nowthe pie ‘Heleuied.ass nany Souldiers as he could, and drew them clofely,into Munych ia.s which done,he iffiedinte Pirzuss took sand intreached bimfelfe threin,to the exceeding difcomfort of the Athenians, ba "y- ae ofhis keeping the one Hauen,(iw him,nojy,Mafte r ofboth AlexHer, the of Polyperchen, came thither fhortly-after with an Army. ‘Thenwet Citizens in great hope ofrecouering all,and addrefled themfelues.vato him-w! faire thewes, intending mecre mifchiefe, which they,pe rceiued mot, being sb vaine Epiftles of his Farher,and.of Olympi a the old Queene, Olympia bli :eee souimandsbrlare fhe durft.well aduentureto,te urnei ully. charged Nicanar toreftote to the Athc nians theplace nto Mace don,ha s whichheeheld wouldfir confider mare ofthematter. Polyperchon had furtherio rdained oF Samos fhouldbe rendsed vat themsa goodly.offe,hacitaceorded. 1: dmeaning. He was (indeed) fo fame from, purpofing.to let thephave,Samosyehatas, yethedidnorthroughlyiiatend toilet them hauerhemlelues; Phe commoditicofiabsix Hanens\was dich, as hee would ratherget intohisowne, hands than leaneihshetis . yeti tathet wilhed intheirsthan,in Cefanders His Son Alexandertor ignesint bfthismade: faire fhew,tothe Atheniansyand {pent much Jabourin comuning' wich Nicanor, buofuke upon the Cirizens grew: igalous, and the difpleature they conceiued againfthims they' §. XV. any iniuactien tothe contrar Cara.8s. valehoifnafeheWanld \< 10 diftracted with fundrypaffions,growing out oftheir prefenrmisfoxtunes,chougtit auery. one that beft couldinueigh againft things paft, a moft likely man tofinde fomeremedie ®"forthe enill threatning them. In this hurly-burly was dlexander deuifing howhe might come to fome good pointof compofition with Wicagor,& held much priuie conference with him;which lie could notfofecretly carrybut that his negotiation was difcouered, Whereby the vp-roare imthe Town was,fofarincreafed, that Phacion with manypfhis friendswere.acculed, and driuen to feck {afeguard oftheir liues by dighn:Sathey cime to Alexander,whoentettained them gently, and gang themhis lertersioficoniméndation tohis Father, defiring him.to.take them into his proxe¢tion. | Polyfpercbon was inthe-Country of Phocis, ready,rgicnter withan Armyinto-Altica, 20 Thither,came..Phecion, with his:companions, hopingjayell thatthe letterswhichthey *broughtzand their. own deferts;hauing alwaics. been friends toshé Macedoniatis,asfar asthe goodoftheir Goynerie gauc leaye),thould be-enoughto ger, patronagbtotheir in= nocencie: Befidesall this, Dinaxehms a Corinthian, Pelppenchdesfamiliar friendywent a= tong withthem (in aneuill houre) who promifedto himf{clfe and themgreat favour; by meanes ofhis acquaintance, But Paly/perchon, was anvattablé manyyely caineftin wiliat hetooke in hand3 yet,either for want,ofiidgementia followingithem,ordfhonefty in holding the beft ofthem,eafily changing his intended courfes,'and doing thingsiby the halues,which made him,commonlyfaile of good fugcelfe For feari af Ca/famder, he had offered wonderfull kindneffe to the Athenians,this kad: caufedthemtoiloue him:out of 30 their lone he gathered: hope:of deceiuing them, which) made|limitoichange his minde; and fecke howtoget into his owne hands thofe keyess witli whichiCa/jazderhold them faltlockt vp.: finding hunfelfdifappointed ofthis purpolepasithfufpected asa falfe dif honourable man, heeftoodiwauering betweene the contrary, allurements of profit and feputation..To keepe the,Athenjansperforce an his deuotionsivould indéed!hauv done Well:but che cilecting of this began to. growdelperate,and many, Towns ofimportance in Greece beganto caft their eyes ypon his proceeding dn that action. Whereforehee thonght itthe wilett way to redeeme their good opinion, by) gining:all contentment voto. the. popular faction , . which. was, then, growneto bee, Mafter ofthat City? Andin good time for this, purpofe were the Athenian Embaffadours come treading' 40.88 one. may fay) vpon Phoctons hecles,whom they were fent roaccufe, Thefehadf{olemne audience giuen.to them inthe Kings prefence, who was atrended'by manygredt Lords, andfor oftentations fake was glorified yvith all exteriour hhewes-of Maicttiey yetall too little to change W4rideusinto Mexander.: for hee, did nothing there, bue either laugh ot chafe , ashe faw. others doe.. For beginning of the bufineffe Polyfperchow Commanded that Dizarchws fhould-bee tortured andflaine..Fhis was enongh roreftifie his hearty affection to the Commonaltie of Athens, in that hee fpared not his old ac Quaintance for their fake ; vyhofe Embafladours heethen badito {peakes When their errand vvas done, and an{werto it made by the.accufed, vv ho had noindiffcrenthea- ‘ tng, Phocion andthe reft vycre, pronounced, guilric of.treafon-s! butte ginefentence, and doe the execution vpon them. was (for Honours fake) referred vnronthe «Citic of thens, becaufe they yere Burgefles, Then vverethey fent away, to Athens,where the rafcall multitude, not fuffering themto, {peake. for themfelugss condemned thehn'to ye. So they perifhed being innocent. But the death of Phociombeeing wdrycon{picu us, made the fortune ofthereft-to bee of theleffe regard. Kiue andfortie times liad te beene chofen Gouernour ofthe Citic, neuer faing.for,the placejdoutifent for Whenhee was abfent : fo well washis integritieknowne,jand fa highly valued) etter Of fich as were no pretenders to the fame vertue. He wasagaod Commander in Wary Whercinthoughhis aGtions wWerpnotyerygreat, yet. were.they of good reed |