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Show Lhe fourth Booke ofthe firktpare Cuar.s.6.1, aa Caaris.§.1. i i 231 nice and very: well furnifhed with Engines in theprows,to §. XI. The great vidlory of Demetrius again Prolomy in Cypr us. How Antigonus ava Deme- trius tooke upon them theflile ofKings ; wherein ot hersfollowed their example, Fe=« this glorious worke, Axtigenus calied away Demetrins, vnto abulinee of greater difficulty ;meaning to imployhis feruice again flFro/cmy, in Cypras, Bee fore his departure out of Greece,he was willed to eftablitha generall Counfaile, that fhould treate ofmatters concerning the commongoodofthe Countri¢. 'Aboutthe fametime Antigonus withdrew his owneiGarrifon out of sabres, committing their li- bertic entire, into the peoples hands ; wherebyit might appeare,' that as he would not permitany otherto opprefle the Greekes, fo would he befarre from doing it himfelte, ‘This was enough, to holde his reputation high, among thefe new purchafed' Friends: itfollowed, that he fhouldconuert his forces, tothe winning of ground vpon his Enemies. , it A pittifull Tragedy had lately hapned in Cyprus ;throughthe indifcretion of Mene- dass Utolomies brother,and his Lieutenant in that Ifle.. Nicecles, king of Paphos, was ¢h- tred into fomepractice with Amtigonus: yet not fo farre that he thought himfelfepaltex- eufe, by which confidence,he was perhaps the moreeafily deteéted: To cutoff this negotiation,and thefalfe-hearted King of Paphos at one blow, Menelans was fencthither: who furrounding wicoc/es his houfe with Souldiers,required in Prolomies name, to haue him yeelded to the death.Wicocles offeredto cleare himfelfe ; bur atenc/avs tolde him, that dye he muft, and bad him comeforth quietly.This defperate neceflity, canfed the yohappieKingto rid himfelfe oflife : and his death ftrooke fuchan impreffioninto his wife,that fhe notonely flew herfelfe,but perfwaded the wiues ofher husbands brethren to do thelike.Alfo thofe Brethren of Wiceeles,v nto. whom Prelomie had intended noill, being amazed-with the fodainneffe ofthis calamity,did {hut vp the:Palace,and ferringit on fire,confumed it,withall that wasin it,and themfelues together. Whatfoeuerthe crime obieéted was ; Nicocles perifhed as a man innocent;becaule he was notfuffered to make his anfwer-Ofthis fad accident, though Atewelans deferued the39 blame,for his rigorous proceeding: yetis itto-be thought,that much diflike fellalfo vp- on Ptolomie: as men that are grieued, caft an ill affection, euen vpon thofe, that gauc the fartheft remoued occafion. 1 Notlongafter this, Demetrixs came into Cyprus, with a powerfufficient, againft any oppofition that Prelomie waslike to make! The Cypriots did little or nothingagaintt hii: either becaufe they had fmal ftrength,or for that they held ica matrer indifterent,whom beatewthe enemie.Ne. uertheleffe he ftood ingreat doubt ofthreefcore gallies that lay in the Hauen ofSicLatids left Ademelaus with them thould fet yponhis backe sin which cafe,it was vetylikelythae all fhould govery ill with:him.Againft this mifchie beftowed ten ofhis own Gallies inthe mouthof that Hauen, to keepé Menelawsfe,he from iffuing forth, and fetting his horfemen onthe fhore, to gine what affitance they couldjhe with puts to Sea againtt Prelomie, rule oftheir owne Country. Asenelans therefore, ont.of his Garrifons, drewfoorth an Army,and fought with Demetrius. But he was beaten, and driuento faue himfelfe ge . in the wals of Salamés,where he was fo hardly. befieged;that without {trong fucconts my. hadinolikelihood.to make goodthe place,muchleficto retaine poffeffion of the ee ¢ Hand.His.greatcht helpeat the prefent was the fidelity of his Souldiers; whom sates' Wards could winfrom him,nor good viage(when any-ofthem weretaken prifoners,ane inrolled in the encmics bands ) keepe from returning to him,withthe firft:opportun Moft ofthem were Mercenaries: but all their goods were in "Egypt, which was chong" to keepe themfaichfull. Yet could notthis their refolution hate ftood long »2g% _ edsofnumber,which Demetrius had of men as refolute; and agdihft his rerrible Eng? sfbarcery,if Prolemie had.not hafted to the refcue: a Plolomie brought with him, a hundred and forty-Gallics, befides two'b anid ; ofburden, for tran{porting his Armyand Carriages. This Fleetemadeairernible = 4 whenit was defcried a farre ; though morethan halfeofinwas vnifit forfer uices od at Sea.Wherfore to make the opinion of his forces the more dieadfull, Paleleo to Denmetrins, athreatning meffage: willing him to be gone, vnleffe' he woule boo" ai whelmed with multitudes,and trampledto deathin athrong. Burthis young 3 Paied him with words of2s much brauery,promifing to-let, him éfeape, vpon® ondi ; OM, for Demetrius had no morethan one hundred and eighteene Gallies ; but they WE themiok part, greater than thofe of Ptolemy ; better ftored with weapons AtsOr the reft ofhis Fleete ? Thefight began early inthe morning, and contin ued long, with donbrfall fucceffe The Generals werenot ranged oppofite one tothe other; but held each ofchem the left roWing ofhis own.Alcete. Each of thempreuailed againft the {quadron wherewith he ens countred ; but the fuccelle of Demetrius was to better purpofe.* For his vittoric in one part was fuch,as caufed othersto fall out oforder, and finally draueall to betake thems felues vnto fpeedy flight. Asfor Ptolomy, hee was faine to léaue his aduantagevponthe enemy in one part ofthe fight,that he might relieue & animate thofe ofhis own which needed him in another. Wherein he found his loffe ouer-great to berepaited by ‘cons tending any longer againft the fortune of that day ; andthereforehe laboured only to faue himfelfe,in hopeof better euentythat might follow fome othertime. Therefell out in this battell no vnuifuall accident 3 yet was the victorie greater than could haue been expected. The occafions wherof 3°nices, which theGreekes and Phenicians, that'wewere,partly the gteat skill in Seacfers re with Demetrins, had,aboue thofe which followed Peoloimy : partly, the good-furnituré ofthe Shi ps, wherein:confifted nd leffe,than in the quality ofthofe sich whomthey, were manned. Furthersweemay rea onably indge, thar the two hundred thips oflbufthen,car nying the ftrengtlhof Prolomids Army,did hot more encourage his own menyand terrifi c fight; than breedin cachpartthe contrary affections,whenhis-enemies the day beforethe inthe they fell off, and ftood aloofe. For though it were fitting, thas beginuing ofthe fight theythould fo do -yera multitude,prepoffeffed with fions,to think themfe vaine conceits,wil commonly apprehendvery flight occas lues abandoned. Befides ill this, the expectation, that Afemelaws ifs fuing withhis fleete out of Salami#, fhould charge the enemies in fterng, was veterly fru3 ftrate. He was kept-in perforce, by the ten fhips appointedto bar vp the mouthofthe Hauen: whichthey manfully performed,as great neceffity require d, Such difa pointyient ofexpectation, doth much abate the courage. of niénin Fight; elpecially She affailants : ‘whereas on the¢ontrary, theythat finde fome part oftheir feares vaine,do eafilyigather hopefitl. (pitirs anidicoriceiue an opinionof their own abis lity, todo more than they thought vpony ounofsbeir not fufferin g the harme that they ad imagine d, Whatfoeuerthe caufes ofthis viorie were,thefruit was very great. they acknowledgedas their Lord,being fare thatithey thould not themfelues haue ae that he fhould withdrawhis Garrifons out ofSycion and Corinth. ofthe' Hftorie ofthe World, For Prolomie had ho more than cightGallies chat accompaniéd himia his fight:all the reft of his feet was cither taken orfunk. Neither did Menelausanylongeri triue againft theviolence of fortune but yeclded ypallthat hec held in Cyprus) togethe r withhis Armi¢, confifting OE tweluethoufand foote; and a thoufand and two hundre d horfe, and tHol@Galliesin the Hanen ofsalamis, The fame ddieion of fpiritwas foundinthe common' Souldiotix{ ag Well tharwas taken at Sea, ‘as thathadferued the ‘Egyptian byLan d none of themes poling any moreconfidence in Prolomie, but willingly becom ming followers ofa het Lord, whofe Army they nowincréafed. "was generally beleeued, that much moredepended onthe event of this fight;t han® theIfle ofCypras'; for which they contended... Wherfore the common expectation was Ereatjelpecially Antig onus,whomit moft concerned,was deépely perplexed with cares, {inking cuery daya yeare,till he were aduertifed of theiffuesIn this mood ay ipodemns $found im, anoble fatterer, whom Demetrius had honouredwith theiMeflage ofthéfe. 800d newes, (Ariftodemus had bethought himfelfe of a tricke,' wherébyire doublerhe Welcome ofhis ioyfall errand: !, He'caufed his'{hips to ride at Anchor; alpooddiftanice romithe fhore yhehimfelfe landed ih a Cock-boat, whichhd {ent immediate ly baekto ethip;and fo all alone, he wentforward;looking-very:fadlythar ho part ofhis tidings ; F@ppeare in his countenance- Repottof his arriuall:¢forit was:noe known where. Senjcame prefently to Agtizdnas,iwhotenr Meffengerafter Meflenger,to midéte On the Way; and bring fpeedy wotd howall wenn, Bad neitherany-an{wer, ndt[e ofa looke, as Mightintimatdthe purportofhiserrdtidy could bee won oa this cmure a |