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Show Thefourth Bookeof theyirfipare Guar... thefotentamed Confederates thould before't, citherto relitue, ‘orto lofe;! and hereby he doybted-not,to draw them intoithefield, wherethe aduantageofpower, andofal} other warlike prouifions,promifed him victories Atthistime the Gitie ofRhodes wasvery mightie, ‘being welll gouerned, and hauing long helid.ir felfin goodNeutralitiesitdrewthe better part-ofall the tradé ofthofe Patts, and therin a great dealeioftiches to itfelfe;to maintaine which, and to increafe ityit furs nifhediafid.kept.omthe! Seas aFlect:of well:armed fhippes; by which it not onely beate.off all: Pyratesand pettie Theeues, but rhe reputation of their ftrength was thereby founuchincreafed,:as alllthe neighbour Princes fought their alliance and confederacies' bsal In this fo dangerousia time (in which they muft either refiife all that fought them,and !° fo'ftand friendlefieiand apart,or ioynetliemfeluestofome one ; and thereby forgoe the peace;by which theit gtcatnefle had growne)theiraffections: carried them to'the Egyp- tian both becaufe thegreateftipars oftheir trade lay that way, as alfo forthat Anitigonas his.difpofition,greatnes,.andneighbourhood was fearefull vnto them. This affection of theits,withfome otherpaflagess more apparaht;! gave argument ofquarrellto Antigo. nus,who began todeclare himielfagain{tthem by pettic iniuriesjof taking fomeoftheir thipsswith duch orher grieuances,while he made amore weighty ‘preparation,to purfue the warreagainft them,openly and ftrongly.Allthings foon after ordered according to thegreatnelfeoftheienterprife, he employedihisfonne Demsetrins againftthem in their owneIland,who broughtfirch terror vpon the Citizens,that laying afide all refpect of® fiiendthip and honour,they offered him their affiftance & feruice, againft whomfoeuer, Demetriss;who knew from whence this.changeicame, and that thealteration was per {waded by. feare,& not by loue yraifed hisdemandstoan intolerable height, requiring a hundred Hoftages tobedeliuered him,and liberty to lodgein their Portas manyhips ofwarreas himfelfe pleafed.Thefe conditions more properly to: bee impofedvpon a State already conqueréd,than.on thofe whoas yet had heard ofnothing bur aconfttai? ned affiftance,reftored yntothe Rhodianstheir loft courage, & madethem refoluetode- fendtheirlibertie tothe laft man: this taught \them ito infranchife all their ablebondmen,andwifely rather to make themtheir fellow-Citizens,than to make themfeluesfellow-flaues with them, 5 3 Demetrius hauing refuled thefaire conditions offered, (as the Rhodians the fearefull ones propounded-vntothem ). makes preparation foralong-fiege, and finding io ap: pearance, to, carrie the place in furie;he fet! imhanid.with his Engines of batterie; in the. inuention and vie of;which, he did neuer fhew shimfelfea greater: Areifan} than inthis ware. Butin-conclufion, after the Citizenishadfaftained all the affaults given them forawholeyeare, after many braue {allied outiof the Towne, and ‘the famine vvhich they. endured) within the Trowne,which had proued fatfemore extreamesif lomie hadinox with many hazards rélicued thems Demetrins by. mediation of the Gre ctam Embaildors, gane:,ouer therfiege ja bundredhHoftages they gaue hint for pe 5 ae of the peace made,but with exception ofiallithe: Mabiftrates aiid Officers Ot" the Citie. Hereunto Demetrius was brought bythe vfuall policie of warre, and ftate: forwhile Withthe flowre ofall his fathersforces he lay before Rhades; Caffander recouered many ofthofe places in Greece, Which Demetrius had formerly taken,from him, ncither did Caffander wake the warteas in forsier times,by practice and furprife,but by a ftrongane well compounded armie,which he himfelfe ledde aefaire 2s into Attica, and thercmm greatly diftreffed & indangéred Athensir felfe'O the otherfide (hough with lefle uc: celle) did Poly/perchon' inuade Pelepoiinefus.""Thefe dangerous vndertakings VPso Greece, -aduifed the Athenians and LArolians tO diffpatch their Embaffadours cowards Demetriuscand aduifed Demetrius'tather'to abandon the entetprife of Rhode4, that to: abandon the great honour'which He had formerly gotren, by. {etting all, S74*F at libertie.!: byaik si ,bslegqu 2 ; 2) Demetrius wasno foonerout oftheTHahd:than thik the Rhodiansetedeed fratues ia hr RoupofLyfimmachus andCafanderWut Ft Prolab they maft affected, and, 9% Whomthey réceiuedtheivniont reliefthey:confultedwithche Oficle ofapirer,ICO HwerehorlawfulltocalPhim awdThe Picts which arrendedinthe Templeo! He monsgauc thefamefair aatwer for ProlaidyivHichthey had foraierly done for acer" Cuar.6.§.3. ofthe Hiftorie ofthe World. his Matter'; for as Alexander confulted the Oracle with an Armyat: his shéeles; fo was Prolomy at this time Lord of the foile: and yer was this a far more cleanly creation,than that done by the 4thesians,who Deified Antigenns aad Demetrius,by decreeofthe peok pleA mad age it was,when fo many ofAlexanders Captaines could not content them: felues with the ftile of Kings,bucthatthey wouldneeds be called gods. janaceig ' $05. How Demetrius prewsiled in Greece. Callander defirespeace of Antigonus, andcannot ob 10» saint'tt. Great preparations ofwarre againft Antigonus. Dee comming with aftrong Fleetand Army into Greece, quickly dtaue Caffanderout ofAttica and purfuing his fortane,chafed him beyondthe ftraits of Thermepyle: Herein his reparation did much auaile him; which wasfo great tharfixethoufand of his enemies Souldiers reuolted vnto him, Sopartly by the great, nefleofhis name,parrly by force, he recoueredin fhort fpaceall that ¢s/faader heldin thole fixaits, and giving liberty yntg the pcople,he beftowed vpon the Arhenians thofle peeaes, which hadibeenfortified againft them, to blockethemvp. Thenwent heinto + Peloponnefus, where he found the; like, or more eafie faccefle: for he fuddenly tooke 20 Argos; Corinth; Sisyon, and the moft.of she Country, beftowing liberty, vpon fuch as needed jt. The TowneofStcyon he tranflated by confent ofthe Citizens, from the old {eatintoanother place, and called it after his ownename Demetrius. This done, hebetookehimfelfeto hispleafure. Atthe /Phman games, hecaufed himfelfe tobe proclai- med Captaine Generall of Greece, as Philipand Alexander had beene in former times= Whereupon(as ifhe were nowbecome'as sreitas Wexander) hee defpifed all otheis,, making it a matter ofieft,that any,faue himfelfe orhis father,(hould viurpe the name of King.But in his behauiour he was fo farre vnliketoa King,thatin all chetime of his leifurehe deferued none other namerhan ofa drunken: PaZiard. Yet werethe Athenians asteady as euerto deuife new honours for him ; among which they, made one Decree, 3° Thatwhatforuer King Demetrius {hould command, oughtto be held{facred with the gods, and iuft withmen. All Greecebeing now atthe difpofition of Antigonus; Ca/fander ftood in Zreatfeare, leftthe warthould fall heauily ypon him in Asacedon.: which to auoid, he knew no betr, tet Way than. to make peace withhis Enemies betimes. Andto that purpofe he fent Embafladours ; but had no better an{werfrom antigoaus, thanthat he fhould fubmir, his Whole eftate to his difcretion.: This proud demand made himlooke about him, and Ja, Our hardin folliciting his friends, both to affift him, and take heed to themfelues; neie ther found hethemflowin apprehending the common danger:forLyfimachus knew that Ponce Ca/jander had loft: Macedon,Demetrins would {oon be matter ofThrace. Neither 40 Weie Prolomy and Se/eycws ignorant ofthat, which was liketobefallthem, if Amtigoaus Wereluffered to put himfelfein quiet. poffeffion of thofe Prouinces in. Ewrope.. Where- fore it was agreed,that with ioynt forces they fhouldall together fet vponthe common -nemy, Hereof Aatizonns had notice but {corned all their preparations, faying, That. he would as eafily {catter chem 5 aS.a locke of birds are driuenaway withaftone, With thefe conceipts he pleafed himfelfe,8 no wayhindred the proceedings ofhis Enemies, Sey atthart time in his Towne of Antigonta (a name that it mutt fhortly lofe ).where Me Was carefully prouiding rofer out forme ftately game and Pageants, in oftentation of 50 is glory, But thither was brought vnto him the tumultuous ncwes of Lyfimachus. his viéories about Hellefpont. For Caffanderhad committed vnto Lyfimachas part of Sforces , wherewithto pafle ouer into Afa, while he himfelfe with the reft (hould. Oppole Demetrias on Exrope fide. So Lyfimachus pafling the Helle/pont, began. to. make t Warre vponthe fubiects of Antizonus ; getting ome of the Cities in thofe parts, toioyne with him byfaire meanes : winning others by force, and wafting the Country tound abour, To Fepreffe this vnexpected boldneffe, Aatizenus made hafty iournies, and .came one enough to recouer his loffes,bur not ftrong enoughto driue Lyfimacthas home,or Sinpell tim to come to battaile. Ly/imechis waited for the comming ofSelencas ; kee~ ping |