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Show r 44 ee The Sith Booke of theiripart= -_- ap all. The »4teliens,in fauour of hisanal attempt, eer or E PPREric declared them{elues onhis fidetand whete. as he had gotten Mantines,Teges,and other places, to.w hichthey willingly renounced all theirintere ftvnto him. Aratns did apprehend the danger of his Count rie, and fawthat Antigonns,with the tolians, or Pp perhaps P without them, would fhortlyn ake an end of ) tl at, which C/eome. wes had thus begunne. Therefore h > edeuifed howto pre ide againftthe Wort, and ey. ther to repaireall,or( if it could no t be) to faue all from veter suine, The off ice of Gene. rall when it was next put vpon him she refufed; fearing t 0 be fo far preft, as to haza One battaile all the forceofhis Countri sto Which as be had ncuet anyaffeCion,norrd in per. chance courage,fo was his mannerofw arfare otherwife. For he commonly attempted 1g byfurprife,&¢defended ypon theaduanta ge of place,after the manner of the Jrifh,and all. other Nations, oucr-charged with numbers of men. Yet. did he not forfak of e the carcof the Weale-publique, thou gh.in aiming at the gencrall good , it feeme Putuare paflion drew himinto an ill courf e.He faw,that A¢egalopelis could not be s that ded without making a dangerous defen: ha zzardofbattaile ; that A¢axtines had not pened hergates vnto Cleemenes, but flaincthe Achean Garrifonthat Jaythe onely orein; that other Townes had yeelded vnto him,w ithou Tyrant of Arges, and fince Generall ofth t compulfion ; and that 4riflomachus, once e Archesns,was now rcuolted vntothe mic, ene. following2 the fortune of Cleomenes, Ptolo mie was toofarre offto helpe ; and the neerenefle of Antigonus Was very dangerous 3; yet might be viefull, if this King wouldgo (as Polybius faith ) like others, be friend or enemie, as fhould beft agtee withhis.owne profit. To make trial] heereof, Aratu found aptvnto his purpofe ; and inftrs practifed with fome of. Megalopolis, whom he uéted them h ow to deale both with Antigoams, and the Acheans, The Citie of AMegalopelis had beene well affec ted tothe Macedonians, cuct fince the time ofPéilip the Father of Alexande r,w ho had obli gedit vnto him byfome efpeciall benefits. At this time it lay neereft ynto the danger; w as veryfaithful, and therefore deferued faccour syet could not well'be per ftrength. Wherefore it was thou relecued by the Acheans,with their owne proght mect, that Embafladours fhould be fent vaco the general! Councell of Achaiare queftin § leaue and good allowance,totric thefauo ofAntizonus in their neceffitic, ur30 This -was granted, for lacke ofwhat elfeto anfwer: and the fame Embaffadours difp atched awayto 4atigonas. The y did their owncertand briefly; telling him ofthe 800dw illandrefpeét which their Citi e had oflongtime orne vnto himand his Predecef furs softheir prefent neede; and with his honourto giue the how it would agree m aide; Butwhen they. deli ueredthe more generall:mat, ter, wherein Aratus had giue n them inftruction 3 fhewiog howthe ambition of che. menes, and violence ofthe e£to lians, might redound.to his owne great Joffcior dane cr, ifthe oneand the other Were not in time preuente d; how Aratus himfelfe did fan d affected ; and what g0od likel thoo d there wasofye ducing the Acheans ynderthe atro ae nageof Macedon : then beganne Antig4 onustolend amore attentive ‘ her 40 care to: tieir difcourfe. He embraced the , abte S motion: and 5 to giue it the more life, he wrdte:vato the Megalopolitaxs, that his helpe th ould: not ke wanting, fo farte forth, as it mightftand with the Acheans good liking. Parti cularly he commended himfelfe, > pers to dratasafluring them, thefe Meflenthat he thonght himfeIfe highly boundto-bythis hohoura €man,whofe former actions he now Perceiued,not to-hauc beenc hatredto the Macedonians; but onel y vpona iuftand worthy lone-togrounded vpon any With this antwer they returned his owne Nation cellof Achsia, there to makefo to Megalopolis: and.are prefently {ent away to the Coline me fpee dy conc lufion,as the neceffiry ofthe timerequis ted. The Acheans were gla dto heare, that Antigonis was fo inclinable to their Uelivestnd 4 € Weteready to entertaineh i s fauour,with allgood correfpondence: - Aratu gauc his conient 3an 5 d praifed the cerned thebeftand likelief wifedome of hig Countriten, that fowellal it Were notamifle,firft ofa tmeanes oftheir common fafe tie: adding neuertheleffe, that if it failed, rhe they doe well to-call in thisll to try, th ner :Owne abilities avhich : theit : Patron and gracious Prince;-and make him ‘ Prot Thus he thewed himfelfe mod era te; in that which, himfelfe-cfallothers did moft sa totheend,that he might not ell out amiffe; fince it mig afterwa td fuftainethe comshon reprehenfion,ifiany pia ht appeare;that-hee. had not béene Authoriofthi onely followedand that Icif s Decree urabiy,the generalconfenri Neuetthelefle ; of the Liflory ofthe World... Neueitheleffe in tipe,clumat ion, this fneneife OfAratus might hauc big, leds, wit his gtcater, commendation, inacohtrary. courle,. ,Forit hadbin more hqnourable, tp makean.end ofthe War,by. yeelding wnto Cleamenes that Police y vich they Babs He had. Metitle, they - ; Cap2,§-65 Anigonus:fincetherby heshould both haue freed his Count rpm an Nate crop & &withall {hould hanereftored ynto,the vniuertall {rate of G er, thas Ronemable con dition,w hereof the Macedonians iad bereft its Ruut it 55 commonly ighnd hich is great pitty, that, Vertue haning rifen te. honour by, Segteess, Aneagontiren d i felfe, (as ic wore)in the feat of Principality, by length of tinie, and lucceffe. a: Bay onsican ileadure,the haftiegrowch.of any. others repuration, wherewith it : fel Chikely,-to fo a4 i ne thane fcesit tthe ited a 10! obeouesetopped.Othercayfeto.defpife the. Lacedemozians there was none;.chay shat 1 tueylately had bin in, dangerous cal; neither could any aaatnn,be founds ihet ratus(hould preferre Aaticonus before Cleomencs, ian that hg bad hood in dow! t,o the. one,when he thought hunfelfe more, mighty than theother, W herefore oe was iuftly.plaguedwyhes he fas, bis own.-honours renenled by ths infolent esclaainsesand inftead ofliuing as, a companion with Cleamencs,that Wasdelcendedof alongrace. of Kings,the potterity ofHercules wastain¢to do faersfice voip Latieerta, 4 S WKO a god, and.yas. finally poyfaned.by Philip, whole Sobil iynvvas, but effauc OG anss,é¢ iehom iperhaps he might haue {eene,his felloyes,. if ibe hat nae made chem is Lords, By thisinclination tothe Adacedonians,the loue of Pealemie wasteoft#svho, forthwith,tooke gorPart with) C/eomenes; though he.did not, {upply. him with duchrliberalinysas he shad 6 wied to the dcheams;. being waynedyas may, feeme, ,by their example,t o be more. yvary bothin trufting and disbusting. Cleempenes himfelfe, uyhilent this mainatle Friliatiee(4s was.a-foot,pafled through Artadiawith an Azmic; and aurea aye inganes to dtamthesAcheans to,battaile.At.the Citie of Dymes in Athaia weve atic egal the remt hie at ; S ‘ . 7 er 4 1) 6, ruar maining-forces ofthe Nation; withawhich it.was concluded,tosnakes: iall,w Pies BRE haps they. might amend sheir cftate, without fecking belpe of the Adee i bicher swent Cheameues,8 cherefought with them;where heit adfo CEat ¥ iar, a is ene my:was.no longer able tokeep theopea fields The Galamitic mR as NEB; that Ara 8: vor felfduct nortake vpon him ro be theinGenerall,when his nueecame in -- i on. Whereforethe tebaans were,compelled to fue fox peaces whichawas granted ypan WF this eafie conditions That they: should nor arrogarayare ugs she command offer Lopounefin,but fafferthe Lgecgemanigns £as.in formes ages)chenel to, be Ehsir sade= ia ast Hereunto.if they would. condefcead; he/prom ifgdvato.themye thathe wou : "a enel ; *reftore all places takerrfrom them,&a] Lbis pritoners anion free nalfo eee a 1OpL enioy their own Lawes & Liberties withoug mele tion. bhisgeatle offcro, G, ee Wasmety pleafine'to p snitetgarss who setised hap epanaieie the Gitie of Lereaswhere aParlj ould. beheld,facthe gonalufionofthe Watres; suo "genes Neenool' afbures. of Greacd ilgely, to besetledin better ordet, fin they had ' uer bin fince rire beginning .of thankerpanzcliax :Wars,yea ons ve ans Perae . @ OU WhenGodiwhohadotherwile dilpated efrhete matters, hindked switha ae ofcold water, which Cleewcnes diznkingrear heat, $e thereupon, fe -- icke, cl0,couldinor be prefent at Leraa,, but -caute whe Rarliamenttobe de ares anotaertime..Neuerthe le(ie he fearhomeshe.chi Z0fhis peivonesestoitbews ae - Aone other than goodfaith, By thisfaire-dealing hecanfirmed the fe) eee abr . = re ofhis friendthip:who aflembledagaingat.drgasy stheue to efablith ‘ ct - 2 . Kdratas wasviole ntly benragainfkit so fought by.great WOTGHSy chan et w gut = make his Countrimen afraid of refoluing. Wherallwould not derng tu nes ihe wal e himfelfecoihis canning, and fenrword yxcleomerety: that bcdhouldda ng set is saimic behinde him, aud.come alope,inta Argosy regelying nattonidens a 9 oly -. PatlonnGleomencs Wwasalready far-on.his.way,.whembe metswielshisia uertifemente "aad tooke: ic, in ill part, that hethouldiberhus deluded, For dt barbin atest 50 tohauetold hina fo myehrat thie fit, and not have made him, chine bngan W ich Oe Whichafterwards hemuftdifmifle.¥erphar whicht¢hicHy fecrrogrodatte ts iru te Wasthedrift ofhis oppugaersswhoifonght therby, cipher ie thaks nama se =eae Bites,and deale only.withtbhemfelyes.and their Meflengers ORI al - - Aimfelej othe. 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