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Show oT Be fourth Bookéofthe firkt pars sae Cuar6.§a animal nthenan.‘Thus marched hefaire and foftly forward with a" great throne at pera eeeioevic ero his Pagent) vntilihe came in fight of Anitigonn ; ag dl : taine himfelfe, but went downe to meete him at the Gate, and heare ee "Thendid Avifiodemus, ypon the fuddaine, with a highvoyce falute Antigo. an cartes meof King; vetering the greatneffe ofthe vittorie ( withas muchpomp, as a h nhad oucred adr filence in the‘hearing ofall the people ; whowith loude King, bothto Astigesws and'his fonne Demetrius, An. name Bais that Dcaon ee ofthe longoffufpence, wherein Ariflodemus had helde him,fayd, That Ainate? o ‘be {ong ere he receiued his reward. But the Title of King, to. - berivtith che Diadeineswhich his friends did fet-on his head; he could not with a Rorendrcalibers afumé: wherefore he readily acceptedthem, and {ent the like tohis 10 aa i and Demetriw i js calle called fed: abroad, that' Axtigonus themfelues daneenrarertdeci: felloweswere ready to follow the'good'example.' Prolr his friends vould by nomeanes endure,that their Lord fhould be thought a man de- ied dtortheloffeofa fleet; thereforethey faluted himalfo King.' Lyfimachusin Thratt i dboldneffe enough,to put the Diademe about his owshead. Se/encas had,beforethis oan amorig the barbarous people, taken vpon'himas King: butnow a Ceae indifferently,as well among the Greeket and AMacedenians,as in dealing with es f ly \Geffander held himfelfe contented with his own name: whereby howfoeuer he pga fhadowhis pride, heno waylefféned thefarne of his cruelty againft his Maftets af But the name which he forbore,his fonnes after him,were bold to vfurpe, oe; :it ill fucceffe,as will appeare,when they fhall enter vpon the Stage;wheronthe i : gedians;ynder new habits,as no longer now the fameperfons, beginto playt = pas with bigger lookes,and mote boifterous a¢tions, not with greater grace and indgement, thanin.the Scenesalready paft. Caard.§.2. ofthe Hiftorie oftheWorld,: Cafsins;w hichis neere adioyning to wvitus, he {aw his Fleer riding at Anchor,nior farré fromthe fhore;in ill cafe,and many thippes wantinig. Ivhad beene forely bearenwith foule weather,wherein fome were loftjothers drinew backe to Gaza} ot {catrered elfe- where into;fuch creekes,as they could recouer :_Demerrins himfelfe, with the'beft and ftrongelt veflels,did fo long bear it vpagainft the wind,thacall his fret water was {pent; inwhich extremity, he and all his muft hauepetithed,had not the tempeft ceafed itdid,and #tigonas appearedinfight, from whom thefeouet- wearied,thirfty andwhen beaten Souldicrs receined reliefe. Afterthefe painfulltranailes; there followed Sea: yo M0 leffe painfull than tolittle purpofe ; for Prolemy had fo fortified all the paflagesa warte vpori the Riuer ofWi/us,as ic affured himfélfeeitherto end the warre there, ‘or if his guardes fhould happen to be fore't,yet couldit not be done,but fo much tothe weakning of thé Affailants,as he fhould afterward,witha'fecond Armie (whichhe held entire ) entertain thelnuadervpon aduantage enough. All that Antigonus fought, was tocomet o {peedily : Ptolomée on thecontrary, torbeat Aatigonws by the belly: It is true thatblowes gaue him water enough,but woodhe had noneto-warme it, and while amtigonus Wilus tedthe Rampiersraifed vpon theRiuer in vaine, Peolemy affaicd the faith ofhis affaulwith good ficceffe; for with great gifts & greater promifes,he ferried them fouldicts, ouet'fo fat; as hadnot Antizonusthrutt fomeaflured Regitnents, vponthe paflages next the enemy, - 20andinthemeane while takena refolution to returne, Peolomyhad turned him-out of Egypt illattended. Someofthem indeede helaid hands6n,in the way oftheir efcapesand thofe hie putts death with éxtreme torments; but inalblikelihood wich the fameill fucceffe that Perdic» ewhad formerly done, when heinuaded Egye:'hadhe not teadily temoued his armié further off; from the noife of their entertainment; that had:already bin won from hit: Toprevent therfore as welthe prefentdanger ofhisftay,asthe flame following4férc t retraitshefecretly practifed the aduiceofhis Councell; vpon whom the burthen mutt be laid of his entrance,andJeauing Egype! ‘ Cwar, VI. Of the Warves betweene the'kings of Egypt, oAfla, «Macedon, say Thrace, and others } contiall Alexanders Princes. vet Were \confumed, Seca Itisindeedeleffe pteiudiciall infuch liketafes,that etrours,dithonours,and loffes, be 30laid on Counfellors & Captaines;than on Kings,onthe Ditested, than on the Dite@or: forthe honourand reputation ofa Princeis farre more precious, than thatofa" Waflall: Charles the fiftsas many other Princes haue done; ‘laid the loflé and difhonouit he recei- ued inthe inuafionof Erance,by the way ofProvence, to Antonie de Lcha, whether inftly or no, I know not 3 but howfoeuer,all the Hiftorians of thar time agree,thacthe forrow thereofcoft that braue Captaine hislife.Certainly to giue any ‘violent aduice in doub! full enter prifes is rathena teftimony ofiloue,than ofwifdo me,inthe'giuer; forthe ill fired Celle isalwaies caft vpon the Councell,the good neuer wants a Rather, though4 ‘falfé seth The Expedition ofAntigonusagainf Egypt, with ill fucce(fe. ii 23:1. L..theireft of thefe Kings had ‘taken that mame epon an imitation ofAntigonus himfelfe;as befeeming his greatnel * ais Y. was fuchiias gatie: himihope to fwallow them VP; OE suite Sz their'newetitles.\Being not' ignorant ofhis'owne ep east J foluedtofingle out Pte/omie, and make him an example : ofthes Ne who fhould hardly be able'to ftand,)vvhen the Sage -joheene ot 2S? -was fallen. Tothis»purpofe he prepared an a elie thoufand foor,and eight thonfand horfe, wvith fourfcore and ee - The Land wifea fleet of ahundred and fifty Galliesy:anda hundred fhips ot burt forces he comnmandedin perfon-: of the Nauy Demetrius was Admira *eccight dane Whenall wasreadyfor the iourncy, theSea-men aduifed him to ftayy cre ll pepe longerjand expeét the fettingiofthe P/eisdes.| But his haftie defire to. preu ii rations for refiftance that Proloimie fhould make) reieéted this counfaile 5 aed wyhich De ther totheir fearethan skillé wherforehe departed ifrom -4atizonia(a‘T "a ‘nto selene, had built in Syriasand called after his owf name, that vvas foone ee The teste by-his mortal! enemie) and caine to Gazaswhere he met wvith hisFlee preusile more thathe drew to Egypt, the morehafte, he made : thinking by. a ronifion than, by: his great-power,:Heicaufed his Souldiers to carrie tennie ote rie Defitth ‘at Vitals and had many: Camels loadenwith all neceflaries for' palling ows 233 ~ ouerwhich he marched with no fmalltoile,though he met withono refiftance,Ait Mount one,to acknowledgeiit.Yet I haue fometime known it, that great eérs; vvho are forthe prefent in place of Kings,haue not onely beene diffwadeComniand d, but held,in a kitid goby ftrong- hand,from hazarding their own perfons,and yet haue thofekinde ofMutif ers Neuer been called toa Marthals Courts ae erate How the Citie of‘hitsa béfieged6y Demetrius, His depattiire of Avtigonss, left bchind. itm any dead careafles, andagreatdeale Of joyin Egypt. Ptolomy heldia foleaine Feaft, and fent Meffengers abrbad; loadenwith glad newes, to Selencas Lyjimachus, and Caffanderhis Confede- istssiftrongly encouragingall that fide,with thereportof this hisdate'felicity,thoughic go*PPcared t ut ina defenfiue Warre. Antigonss onthe contrary; fattered hitnfelf vvith anotherinterpretation, calling the ioyes ofhis enetnies forswunneflésiof his,owne great. palesi¢sing they, arofe but from {o little things¢his chemies being-butbare fautrs by the = Datgdine, and himfelfe, as he fuppofed, hauing loft but little time,and,no-pait of uopourin the Jate retraite. Howfocuerit were, yethe meantto. follow his affayres pesefoorthin anotherfathion ;for that which he could.not cleaue.a-funder by ogreat bylittle aid litleto pare off by, cutting ofthe branchesfirkt no: fel theOWes,he Tree itpurpofed felts with the more facilicic. To effect Which, h¢ xefiolued Meaning the - PRRCOW 4 While} to rote yp the Dependants.ofHis Enemies:Dependaniayry, a |