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Show The fourth Bookeofthefirpart Cuars.§.o| : ad her. choife of allthe great Commanders :Antigonus, Prolomy,Ly/imericanode being all het carneft wooers, All thefe(Cansigonns, one wines already Ptolemy had many wiues,and many Concubines, whom he refpedted as muchiashis wiues,being noted oftoo much dotagein that kind. This hindred not his {uite : peraduentureit aduancedit,by giuing to Cleopatra, fome hope ofmutualltoleration. ‘To him therfore fhe bequeathed her felf,and vvas taking heriourny fromSardes towards him ; when Amsigonns his Deputie in that Citie,made her to ftay,vntill his Ma: fers further pleafure fhould be known. Aatigonas had now a Wolfe by the cares: he neitherconld well hold her,nordurft let her goes She would not behis wvifes he had no honeft pretence td force her. and to keepe her prifoner, had. bin the vvayby wvhich he might haneincurreda general hatred,lafting perhaps beyondherlife ; as the courfe taken by, Ca/fander again{t Roxane (a Ladylefle refpected than Alexanders own fifter) did well teftifieTherefore he thought it the wifeft way to procure herdeath:forto let any other. enjoy the commoditic of fo faire atitle tothe kingdome,it was no part ofhis GHars§.to. ~difclofed,as by their great ations; becaufe in matters ofimportance they common! ftraine themfelues,to the obferuance ofgenerall commended rules ; inleffer things ce follow the current of.their owne Natures: The Lady Cratefipolislay in Patrasand had a gttat delirero fee Demetrius ; hoping,belike,that the might, by his meanés, better her eftate, and recouer her Townes of Sycion and Corinth, detained by Prolomy sto vvhole Lietitenant, in thofe places, Demetrius before his departure ourof Greece offered mon for thefurtenderof them. Yet the oncly bufineffe pretended vyas loue.He ofreafon,by taking his deare fonneprifoner, Their proiect fell buta little thort of the effet, For they camefo fuddenly vpon him, that he had no better thift, than himfelfe in an old cloake,and creepeaway difguifed, leauing themto ranfackehitosmuffle Tenr. in ahy cafeto decitfecretlySothe fact was committed, and certaine women about her uous con{pirers'againft the lifeofthat good Lady.So wvas Awtigonusfreed from blame, at the leaft, in his owne opinion: but the world wasleffe foolifh, than tobe fodeluded, Howthe mutther was detected,we-need not aske: for feldomeisthat bloody crime vn-2 reucaled; and neuerfoill {motheréd,as,when great perfonsarethe Authors. Thus was the wholerace of Philip and -dlexander the Greatiextinguifhed, anditwvas extinguithed by the handsoffuchas thought vpon nothing, leffe than the execution of Godsiuftice,due vnto the cruelty ofthefe powerfull,but mercileffe Princes. Wherfore the ambitious frames,erected by thefe Tyrants,vpon fo wicked foundations ofinnocent bloud, werefooneafter caft down, ouer-whelming themfelues or their children, vvith theruines,as thefequele willdeclare. _ §.X. sei BP How Demetrius,thefonne ofAntigonus, gaue libertie to Athens, expelling the Garrifr Caffander ous ofthofeparts. The imsmederate honourdecreed by the Athenians ts AOUG0fits zd Demetrius. Nitesistswich hadany title to the Kingdome;, it ftood with good reafon, thatthey which were Lords of the Prouinces, acknowledging ne oe periour, fhould freely profeffe themfelues Kings in, name, as they Wo * ready infubftance. Yet had thisnameill befeemed the weaker, while the {trong Therewasin thisPrincea ftrange medly of conditions; efpeciallyan extreame diffolutes neflein wanton pleafures and a painefull induftry in matter of warre. He was ofa maf amiableicountenance,a gentle nature, anda good wit, excellent in deuifing Engines of 2°wvarreJand:curious.in:workingthem with his owne hands, He knew better howto ree forine his-bad fortune, than howtorule his good.Foraduerfitie madehis valour more attiue'>|profperity: puffdd him with ouerweening, wherein he thought, that hé micht do whathelifted. His fortune was changeable, as werehis qualities :turning often round likethe piGtare ofher.wheele,till thelhad wound vpthe threed of his life,in firch manner asfollowethto be thewed. Returning to his\Campe,. and \finifhing his bufineffe at Megara ; he refolued no lon gerto attendthe ifluedfafiege,toatlaile Atuxychia by force,that fo he mightaccomplith the liberty of Athens:which;vatill it was fully wrought out, herefufed toenter into ithe CitiessAdunychia was ftrongly fortified : yet by continuance of the affault;the multitude 30 Withourjthroughhelpe of their Engines that {couredthe wals, preuailed vpon therefor lutiot offthofe that Jay: withinit,amd wantheplacein two dayes. ‘The wals, and all the defencesof thar pieceagainft the Gitie, were leuelled with the ground, &fo was it free: Y put into the Citizens hands,to whomwithall was giuentheir liberty,with proiniféero aidethem in maintaining it. Théfameofthis ation was lowder, than of any other victory, gotten' by Demetris avith greater skill & induftry.For the Atheriaas, having forgotten howto employ their hands,labouredto make vpthat defeétwith their tongues : conuerting to bafe flattery, all didforbeareit: neither feemed it conuenient in the indgement of Sy. i crownehis laft action withfuchatitle,gs ifhe had attained vato greatnefle bythatj ne murder,the infamic whereofhe was carefull how to difcharge from his owne ne ae purpofed therfore to yndertake a plaufible enterprife,euentheliberty of Greeré oe byit was apparant,that he mightget fuch honouras wouldnor onely drowne allt aih ports, but make him be thought equall to any nameof royalty,vyhereofin os modeftic, hevvas not couetous. To this purpofe, he deliucred a firong Armic, aa Nawie oftwo hundred and fiftie faile, and fiue thoufand talents of filuer, vat0! 1 che tris his fonne': willing himto begin at Athéns,and thence to proceede,in fetting a Countriefree. he ef Demetrius came to, Athens before he was expected : fo that without Kad bin atrinéd. "But whenit was knowhepboth who he vvas, and vibe Te caufe of his comming ; the ioy of the Citizens brake out into loud acclam nations yonder5 refiftance fiend tred the Hauen it being tholight that'a fleet of Ptolemie, .Ca/fanders g00e uP chesd Demetrius Phalerews forfooke the Towne, and. withdrew himfelfeto Then faftconduct, only the Gartifon in Munychia ftrouc to make good that aes frist aftct'a while was wonne ypon thein by force... During the fiege of 44nyc" Cie Went to Megara ; whence he expelled thé Garrifon ofCa/fanderand fo xchtore™ Heth libertic. 4 ado $ dhe no bet Tehinke it not impertinent, fometienes to telate fiuch accidents, #5 may (ECHEN fer than meeretrifes ; for cuen by. trifles,,arc the qualities of greabhSHO fc-4 being aduett tifed heredf,left his forces inthe Countrie ofMegara,and taking a company ofhis liokteftatmed,for guardofhis perfon, -madea long iournie to meete withher. This troupe roallo, he cauledto lodge great way from his Tent, that none might fee hervyhen the came. AAs clofely as the bufinefle was carried, fomeofhis enemies had gotten knowledgeof it ; whereby they conceited good hope, tharthe diligence ofa might. ouerthrowallthe great preparations ofAvtigonss 3 and bring him very few men to any tearmes meaning.| Fo this purpofe he fentinftractions to the Goucrnourof Sardes, willing him putin putt with, the murder + which, women. afterwards were putto death,as mifchie- ofthe Hiflorie of theWorld, that eloquence oftheirs,whichithevertues of their Anceftors had futed vnto more mane Y arguinents. > Bhey decreed,vnto Antigonus and Demetrius,the name of Kings;they confecrated the Placesin which Demetrius leaped from his Chariot,when he entred their Citie,and built therean Altar,callingit of Demetrins the a-lighter they calledthem by the Names ofthe Rods. their Sautours,ordaining thateuery yeare,their fhould be chofen a Pricft ofthefe gods sand further, that firch as were employedby theirState, ‘in dealing with either of thefetwo Princes;houldnotbe called Embaffadours, but Theori, or Confulters with the 0thlikeas were they;whom they fent vntotheOracleof awpiter or Apota: ltwére.a'friuolous diligence,to'rehearfeall their flatteries,thefe being fo groffe, Here¥they not onely corrupted the young Prince; but madethat acclamation, which ‘bet Would haue pleafed the old man,to be ofnovie. For hecouldnot handfomely take yponkimithename of King, as impofed by the Athenians ; ynleffe he would feemeto-ap Proue their vanityjin loading him with morethan humane honors. Y et was he fo trickled Wwiththis their fine handling him,that when theirTheori,or Confulters camethortly aftér, irmg himto relieye them with Corne,& Timber to buildfhips; he gauethemalmoft @hundred thoufand quarters of wheate,and matterfufficient to make a hundted Gallies, 2 8facious was hisfirftQracle;or rather,fo weakeis great powerin refifting the aflaiilts offatterie, Gees 3 §-X I. |