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Show we ~ Lease Tae The fourth Booke ofthe first pars ; that they did ino more than {eeketo make good one {trong place,wherein:we te Hoftages and Prifoners,that Aatigonms held for his feeurity inthofe quarters.Tkeptthe his Ca: ftle,belike,they had notfortified in timesof lei{ure;againtt dangers; that were notthen apparant. Seleweus quickly tooke it ; aud fo got the entire pofleffion of Mefopotamiaand Babylon. QVITE: How Ptolomy lo allhee wonneit Syria: what the canfes were ofthe quiet obedientes; performed Untothe Macedonia ns , by tholethat bad beene: fabie® vnra' the Perfian Empire, Ofdiuers pestyenterprizes, taken in band'by Antigonus and Demetrius, Axntigonushadbeftowed in Mediaand Perfia, forces conuenien t for defence ofthofe Prouinces,that weretheytmoft of his Dominion.. In the Countrie s about Euphrates he hadnot donethelike : for his owne great Army lay betweene themanda llenemies, Therefore when, the victoryat Gaza had opened vato Sélewcus the way into thofe parts ; hee found little.impediment in the reft-of his bufineffe. Hauing now got. !° ten whathe fought; it behooued him.to.feeke how he might keepe his gettings : for his owne forces weretoo fimall, andhis. friends wereill able to lend him any more, That which his friends could not doe for him. his enemies did. Nicanor , to whom Astigonus had committed his Army in, Media, loyning ynto himfelfe, out ofPerfia and other Countries,all needfull help,came, with tenthoufand Foot,and feauen thow. fand Horfe, either ro faueall from being loft, orto drine Se/eacus out ofthat whichhe had won. Againftthis power, Selevews had onely foure hundred Horfe, and fomewhat aboue three thoufand Foote, wherewith to, oppofe himfelfe : his large. Conqueft like Nations hauing yeelded-him. many louing Subie@ts, but few. Souldiers,ofvnwarfore when his enemies, were.neere to the River of Tygris, hee. withdrew: There- 20 himfelfe from the place where his refiftance was expected ,. into certainemarithes nor farreoff; where helay fecretly waiting for fome aduantage, Nécanor thoughtthat he fied, and wasthe leffe carefull in tortifying his Campé. In recompenceofth had been is vaine fecurity, his Campewastaken by furprife, the firtt night of his-arriuall ; the Satrapé, or Lieutenant of Perfia, together with {undry.of the Captaine s, were flaine; hee himfelfe was driuen to flee for. his life into the Defarts, and, the whole Ariny yeelded vnto Seleacus : whofe gentle demeanour,after the victory, drew all Media, Sufiana, and the Neighbour Prouinces, to acknowledge himtheir Lord without any further ftroke ftricken, 30 This victory of Selewcus gaue beginning vnto the new tile, of The Kingdome of the Greekes, an accompt muchvfed by the lewes, Chaldzans, Syrians, and other Nationsin thofe parts.I will not make any long difputation aboutthe firft yeare ofthis£ré. The Ptol. Almag. 4146.7.8. L.Gaxric.in annotat.ad lo= CHM Citatunn authority ofthat great Aftrologet Prolomy,from which thereis no appeale, makes it plaine, that the fine hundred and Rineteenth yeare of Nabonafl ar, was. the fosre/core and two yeare ofthis accompe.Other inference hereuponis needleffe,thah.that noteofthe leatned Gauricus, That the fir/t of thefé yeares was reckoned compleat, at Babylon, together with the end of foure hundred thirty and cight yeares after Nabonaflar.Withtheobferua tion of the Saturne,vecorded by Ptolemy, agrees(asit ought)the calculation of awating ; finding the fame Planetto‘haue been fo placed in'the figne'of Virgo, as the Chaldzanshad ob- ; feruedit, in the fame year; whichwas from Nabonaffar the fue hundred and nineteenth; from Selewcus the fourefcore and two'yeare ; and the laft of the hundred thirty andfea uenth Olympiad. Thefe obfernations of the Celeftiall bodies,are the fureft markes of time: from which hethat wilfully varies, isinexcufable. As for fuch occurrenc esin Hiftory,andthe yeares of.{ucceeding Princes (that are not feldome ambiguous, byteafon ofvaremembred fra@ions) ifthey feem to bee here-againft, it is not greatly material. Yetthus much is worthy of note sthat thefe years ofthe Greekes were not reckoned if ai countties from one beginning ;asplainly appearsin the difference ofone yeat tht is found between actions,related by the feuerall Authors ofthetwo Booksofthe chabees, whofollow diuers accompts. Hethat fhall adhere to the time definedbyMa 7* Yomy, mayapply the other {upputations thereunto, as being no farther fromit, than 5° yearesdiftance. iftheHiflory oftheWerdd, Cwar.5:.8i withillfaccryze, a Na happy honte:did Selentsraduenture togoevp to Babylon, ‘with fo few men' 38 ae [= friend could thén well {pare:for had he ftaied fongervpon hope ofgetting more Souldiers, Prolomie could haue {pared him none at all. Demetrius the fon of Antigo wasshaning loft the Bartaileat Gaza, teceiued from Prolémy dll hisowne goods, ‘his Pa: gesandSeruaits,in free gift; andtherewithallavourreons meflage;to this efe@ That no perfonallhatredwasthe grouttd of this‘ War, which he and his Gorfederates held With Antigonus: butonlytermes ofKonolirwherin they-would'feekto tight themfelies after {uchmaner,thatoother fliendly © ffices,without reference to the quarrell; fhould notbe forgorreny is = 2 1 dyn ThisNoble dealing ofrrolomy; did kindlein Demetris anearnettdefire ot requiting hin withifiome asbvatte liberdlity> Which to cea; he gatheted together the remain*2derofhisibrokentroupsy drew as tnany as Could be fparedy ourofthe Garrifons in Ci. liciaorophe: Prouin cesthereaboutsand addertifing his Father of his misfortnne,) befoughvhiiites fond raew fapply;:wherewithhe might redectne his honour lott. Hsris seausoponthefirltnewesofthis'sucithtow; had faid, Tharthe Vidtory ‘which Prolomp Wan vporiaBeardlelfe BUy,thouldbe taken from him by bearded mien: yetvpon defire that hisfon, whontherenderly loiied houldiationd his Owne reputation, ‘he was cons tentto make a ftand in Phrygia. Pro/omy hearing of Demetrius his préparations; did'ie2 bertheletfefollow:hissowne bufitteffe in Cozlofytiasthinkingitchough to {pend part of his Agmny- vader Cidothis Lieuteniant,again(tthe remnant of thofe;that had been alreas dyvanquithed: wheaces'roo mach vndervalded the power of (uch‘an Enemiy.! Hee gg ttoughe thavthis youtg Gallyhrgtrauing laccly fad' his lift by fligties wouldnowbeé thore carefall of hduingg faire wayrat his backe}ehan adienearous in ferting further fort Wardthanwednt tafethould prowoke hint Inthis confidence he pafled on without allfexrevas onechao were alveady Mafterofithe field; and-Miduld meerwith nonesrhat Would iffue out oftheirplaces ofteength,roombke refittdnce! When Dewetrias was ink fortticedofthis drelelte rrarch phetaokd thelightetofhis Atmy, aad imiade his iouirny With fidh diligéncejone whole dighe,thaceatl yin ehe morynghecame vpon Crile vas expactedcard wat dn thelfuddaifiey hithourany bateailey Matter of his‘ Campe ¢ taking binvaliuesvith his Sduldietssand tHeicartiagesalbat once? ° i This exploit feraedsot only vo geparire the credit uk DemetriasWhich His loffe atGal 9% hadley ruintd!p but furcherteénabled hitn té recompence the bouaty of Ptélo. my, withedgual | fai durdit reftoringto him cidaywith many otherof his frietidsjaccomié panied witkoxiet preténthinBur either was Patgmy lo weakened by thistoflejnor Dena iat fo cibatdehed by his victory;thatany matterofconfequence thereupon -enfuedi Por Dewarvins Feared thecomiiitig ofPtalompaindcherfore he fortifiedhimfelfe in pla- BSofaduantage: Prolomy orttheortier fide was'loth t6 engage h imfelf inanenterprife) Wherein he might perceiue, that ifthe comming of Astigonus found him entangled, he Gouldeicherbe driven toimukela tharnefull rbtrait,2 or aodangtrous' adueritute Of his whwleefth ihopdofaormuchimerechan alteudy he pofletieds edindeed, S Abtigonus Soa leasnovhing flowin his way towards Syria 4 whither tiee made ete Wott bruckrrdercliene his foune, asto embrace him! Por he reloyced exceed: , davly, that! then young iran had fowell aayuitted himfelfe}: and being teft to his Wane adiiiees performndd theofice vf agood Csitimandery Whereforeto increale thei:ptitatiod ofchis latevjictory jhe broughrfiich forces, as thight ferue to ¥e-conquer pVitl yrup: taeahing thatthe honout ofall; thould be referred ynto the pdod foundatiOmitaved trytig fon: winnn frouchistinie forwards,he itiployed ia matters ofgreatelt UWPortanbep 19010 S15 0199 n Yor : ‘ : Plinyeechrow [eflereaon'to encounter with Antigénus; than before his comming ‘whetealfailud the Oathpe ofDimwarrine) Yct tiendade ita matier of ‘Confultation,as if euby 1109 he |