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Show Lhe fift Bookeofthefirfipare\, a, .Cirar.s,Siqetegs And ccrtainlysitibclongs to thofe that haue warrant from God; to reprehend. Princes! myDy, as ptyil and tononeelfe, efpeciallyin publique. ~» Ttis faid) that Hewrie the fourth ofFrance, +had his heart: more inflamed, aging the Duke of Zion,forhis ouer-boldandbiting taunts, that he vied againtt: him before AL miens,than for his confpiracie with the Spaniard, or Sauoyan: foribieeshad pardoned ten thoufand of fuchas had gone farther,and drawne theirfwor dsagaingt him.Thecon. temptuous words that Sir Joba Parret vedofourlate Queenie Elizabeth, were his tuine. and notthe counterfait letter of the Romith Prieft, produced againfthi ms So fared it with fome other, greater than hee, that thereby ranne the fame, aud a worfe fortune fooneafter. Tobe fhort, he made them know newbread from old: Hee-affaulted "10 their ‘Towne onall.fides, which hee continuedto doe eleuen moneths, till hee wonne.it by force, Hee vfed his victorie without mercy,{pecially againft Phyton; who had. commanded withinit. Someother wars he made with the Carthaginians,after thetakin gand -rafing: ofthis Citie ; and thofe with variable fuccefle.. For,as inone encounter he flue Mago, ‘with ten thoufand/Africans : fo the fonne of| 4¢age beat: binyandflue his brother fourereenethoufand ofhis Souldiers,:A ter which he boughthis peace Leptines, with ofthe nians,asthey had formerly done ofhim; following therein the aduice of CaithagiProfperity and-Aduerfitie,as all Kings andStates.doe, : 20 ‘Whenhe hadreigned.eight and thirty yeeres,he died:{ome fay in his bed,peaceably, which is the moft likely, though others r¢ portitotherwife, Aicruell manthe was, anda faithleffe;a great Poet, but atoolifh one.He entertained Plato a while,but dfterward,for {peaking againft his tytanny,lte gaue order to hae bin flainé,or fold for aflaue. Forhe could. endureno man that flattered him not beyond meafure. His Parafites'thegeforetti led bis crucltie,The hate of euillmens and his lawleffe flaughters, The aryaments and effetts- ofbis inflice. Trueit is,that flatcerers area kindeof verminé,which,poyf on-all the Princes ofthe World; and yetthey profper'better than the worthieft and: valianteft men doc: and I wonder notatit; foritis a world: and,as our Sauiour Chrift hath told vs, Thewarld willloue her ovne. Tothis Diony/ias his fonncof thefamename fucceeded, andinherited bothhis King-3° dome and his Vices. To.win the loue of thé Peopleshe pardoned ;|and releafedsout of prifon,agreat numberofperfons,byhis Fatherlockt vp, and condemne Withall, he temitted vntohis Citizens diners payments, by his Father impofed-vpond.thew: Which done, and thereby, hoping,that he had faftned-ynto hinfelfe the peoples affections ; hee caftloff.the Shéepes skin,and put on thar of the Woalfe.Forbeite icalous ofhis owne Brethren,as men ofmore vertuethan himfelfe;he caufed them:all to beflaine;andall the Kindred that they had by their Mothersfide.For Dyonyfins his Father(a s hathbeen faid) haditwo Wiues ; Dos of Loéris,and ariflomachea Syracufian; the fitterofDion, which Brother-in-law of his he greatly enriched. ; . By Dorts he hadthis Dionyfius, who fucceeded ynto him panidby w4rifomachehehad twoSonnesand two Daughters 5; of which the elder, called Sophrofine,he gaue in mat- riage to his eldeft Sonne, and het halfe-brother,:DiazyGus ythe younger,called Areta,he beltowed on his Brother Thearides s:afver whoftdeath, Dioztook eher to Wife, being his Neece. ; This Diesaiuft, and valianz man, finding that Dionp/iiés had abandoned allexercifé of vertue,andthathe was wholly giuen oulerto ferifualitic, prenaited fo much with Pla #0, whofe Difciplehe had beene,as hedrewhim intoSicil,roinftrixc t the young King: Andhauing perfwaded the King to efitertaine hitnhe wroughtfo.well with'him,a s D" o7pfiasbegan to change condition é Byrannie, int» Monarchie;:andto hold" the Principalitie, that hehad,rather;tochang by thedouebf his Peoplesaiidhis' National Lawes, than by che violence ofhis Guards and Garriforis: (But'thisigoodneffe ofhis dalted2 long. ForPbilifusthe Hiftorian,and otherhis Parafites that:hatéd Diows fewetitie Wroughthim out ofthe Tyrants fauour, and caufed him; fooneafte r to! bee batilhe outof Sicil, tothegreat gricfe of the whole Nation; Fot-whate as) Dion ‘had: mace aes mushea ne- compound the quarrels betiveenie! hina andthe ent 5, OFatleatt )ifchty refsled tro ANT oun ereae ifticGalliceathisoWwne himwith Y charge,during the warreagainft them i=his aund Cuapt.S4ef.}.ofthe Hiflorieofthe World. found tmeanes } by: finifter interpretation to conueit: his good:will into,matteribf treafonew They told.Dignp/ivs; thatall the prea' commendations'; giuen ‘of Platox: had téndedrdinone otherend; than to faftemhis mindeyand toomake him neglect his owne bffaitessday the {tudic df/Philofophie; whiletbDsox; ithe meanetime hauing ‘fornithed. fiftie Gallies, vndercolourof the Kingsferuice, had itin his owne power, either todeliuet tothe Syracufianstheit formonlibertie)/ orto make himfelfe Lord and Soueraigné' of pheiniStdreworiw oonodrwe\\ asin BOATS Of aor fh a , \dnisdikelyschat the honcftandiiberall offer Which heemade,té ferue:tterK ing>with {0 greavapireparationsat. his ownecbdrgesbegorhin manyedemics,: Ror they thar had jo feruedithesKing for none otherend)) thane raifeatidenyich themfelucs sand: had alreaidicbeene raifediand enriched;thoughtthemfelues/boundt6-makethe fame offers «thar Dida hadmade} ifothe!Kling had‘hadithe grace to <conceiuesit aright; But the couctois and:ignorann¢dwards}that had n¢ithérthe: knowledge} dr the daring;-that) Dion had, Iweteboldto, ftile hisiLoue and Libdralitie, Pridéand Prefiaptioi:s and: heartened: the young Kiag; inbisopprefling; ‘and seating up his.owne pedple, of whofe {poyles they themfelnes! fhared:mo:ifinall portions bhaue heard its E bat. when Charles the fife had tliecepulitlat Algicn iniAfticayFerdinandeCortefe, one of the brameft men that eaer Spainebredghrfoith;oferéd. varo:the [Emperonr:,>to¢ontinue the fiege at his owne shatges:Binhechadweuet gooddayafterite Fotthey thar erinied his viGtories, and his gonqueltd6Mexico:in che Welk Indies, periwaded the mperour, that Certefe fought ** to tahie:bimfelfe:aboue. hinis anid:to| haue! dtofaid ,. "Thavavhat the Emperour could Ot} Certe/ehad effeiéd ;:and\yasthetefore more worthic:of the Empire, than hee 20 thaphadlitt Jo vi0‘T oma) ¢ Oso 2illeO naitigertizsO 1c Whem Dior was newly banithed,the ‘Tyrarinwas contented,‘at firtt;:to fend him the tetetewvesof: his Landsijand perthit hin todifpofeiof hismoheables; at his owne plea- fuxeisi po? withourgining hope;t@ recall hitsin fhore'timeastiad: hee continued in this goodmbdde): like enoughiris;:ttat Dior would dhaue beene: well pleafed;to liue well; ashedidar Athens:'; Bucafterfomertime, Dionpfius: made Port-fale of this ‘Noble- mans boodsyihd chereby:veged him toitake anochtr:courfe, even to feekesthe teftitution: of ; his Countric to libertic. -Thevertues of Dion, efpeciallyhis great liberalitie, had: pur" chafedimich lotteiniGreeces This lone made him fiifpededvand hated of the Tyranc : buninfteod:himin good ftead; when he foughrto:raifemen( with whole helpe hee might 30 feturne:ihto-Sicills'¥.er he got norabouc eighthundred («for he catried the matter clofe- l¥):to follow himimthisaduestures But many: of them were men of qualitie, and fir tobe licaders:! Neitherdid hee doubt offinding in Syracufe, as many'as. fhould bee deedfull; ‘chat would readily. affift;hiin.: Therefore helanded boldly:iaSicil, marched to Syracuféentered thé Citie without refiftances armed the multitude; andwon all, faue the Citadel, : j Dieayfinswasthenabfent in Italie, but hee quitkely hadaduertifement of this danSctous accident, Wherefore hee returned haftily to Syracufe + whence, after many Vainetreaties of peacey and:fome forceable attemptsto recduer the Towne, hee was fainetodeparr; leaving yet the! Gaftle to the: cuftodie of Apallecrates his eldeft fonne. 4° Yeterehee went, his Minion Phiéfes, comming with a ftrength'of men to afhft him, Was beaten; takenjand puttodeath by torments But Dio#,for the recouerie of his Coun: tries libertie, had the fame reward, thatall worthy: men haue-had from popular Eftates: Hee Was difgraced, aflaulted, and forced to abandon the:Gitic.. Hee retired himfelte tothe Léontines, who tecciue himwith gteatioys* Sooneafter his departure ftom Sytaculesnéw troupes ¢nter the Caftle\: they fallic‘our, aflaile, {poyle, and burne a great Patrof the Citic... »Diow is fenr' foxy' with) humble! requeft: yer, cr¢ hee could arriue, vy Diempfivehis Souldiers were retired svatid the Townef.men,thinking rhem{clues fecure, httlic pares: againthiDion, Bur the next night-they:.of ithe Caftle{allie againe, with $o tater furiechameuerss they. kill! Man, Wotan, and: Childe, and ferfige in all: parts of the Towne:: In thistheir extremitie: Dion comes the {econd time te their fuccour; loucof his Countrie furniountingall the ininties that shee had recelued. Hee fets Vpon thé Garrifon of rlic\Gaftle, with the one. patt df his! Armie ; and-quencheth the ©cuery-wherekindled, withthe other part: In conclufion, after hee had - the fireand the fwword;that had wel-necté burnt to athes; arid depopulated Syracu{e, tecouered the Caftle; withthe auinition and furnicurethertof, anid fea 4pollacrates, ; Mmmm 2 after |