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Show Thefife Bookeofthefirftparts Cunv.a.g.¢, Cuar2.§:6. ofthe HifloryofitheWorlds ».\ reafon why he ftitred nofurther,nor followed Antigonus to Maptinea,& to thofe other Townes that'he wan, vvas this: He had few Souldiers; and:had ‘nov mony enough to difordered them,but werelike to haneendangeredalll the refts16 Cheomienes himfel fohad flood inthat part of che batraile,he would haue madegreat vftof fuch a fairebeginnings Wage more. Prolomiethe Egyptian promifed much, but would petforme nothing, vie But Enclydas,his brocher,amore valianrthanskilfid Souldierjcommandedin thaewing: ~ who neither followed this aduantage,: nontookefisch-benefitas'thepround. affverteds lefle he might haue Cleomenes his own Mother, andhis children in pledge. Thefe were fent into Egypt, yettheaidecame not. For'Prolomievvas flow; as dealing in the bufnelle of Greece,rather for his mindes fake;than vpon any apprehenfion ofintceflitie, che omenes tverefore prouided'for himfelfe,»as well as:his own abilitywould ferue.: He manuimifediall the Heiloresy which ‘vvete'the Lecedemonian {laues |: taking mony: for their liberty, and arming two thoufand ofthem,afterthe'4¢actdoniam fathions Hauing thus ficreafed his forcesjhe came on the fuddento szegalopolis , that lay fecure,ashauing de-yo fehided iefelféinmmore dangerous timesand havingnow Antigonusneereat hand in w£dum.Therowne he wan: ‘but after he was"entred) all that vverefit to: beare Armes, rofe haftily'apainft him; and thoughthey:could notdrive hinwout,yer faued themultitades to whom they gauea Port free for theirefcape.! He fent after the Citizens, offe. ting theiPTown and goods to them againe, if theywould be of his paity, But they brauely‘refifed his offer': wherfore! he facked and ruined it,caxrying with him toSpertea great bootie that hefoundtherein.Thefe newesaftonifhed the Acheans, at Aginm: who thereupon btake vp their Parliaments 4atigonas {ent haftily for his Atacedonians, outoftheir wintering places : but they were folong in comming; that C/éomencs vvas fafely gone home.Therefore he returnedthem*backe to their lodgings, and went him- felfeto 4rgossthere toa reftofhis valucky winter, formewhat furtherfrom the*® eyes ofthe grieued Acheans. Whenhe had lainea while at wargos,Cleomenes vvasat the gates {with no great ‘number ofmen, yet with morethan Avtizonus hadthen about him, The Argives perceiuing thattheir Country would be {poiled, ifAutigonas did not iffae into'the field ::vvere very'earneit with him to go forth and fight. But he vvas wiferthan to bemobed withtheir clamors,and fuffered them'to fee their villages burnt,to bid him tefigne hisOffice ofProtector vnto fomethat vvere' morevaliant; and'to. fatisfetheit aftions with foolith words: rather than he vvould be ouer-comein fight, and thereby lofe mofelionor than could eafily be repaired. By this Cleomenes had his defite,in weak- ning the'reputation of his enemie:though he therby added neither followers,nor other 30 fttength,vnto" Lactdemou. wAfterwards,whenthe feafon was motefit for war, Awtigonus gathered togetherall his troups; meaning to requitthefe'brauado's of his enemy, vvich theconquelt of Spa' $4.Cleomenes on the ‘other fide, laboured to keepe the vvar from his own gates ; af therefore entted vpon the Country of Argos,where he made firch hauocke, as drew An- digonus thither;from his intended inuafion of Laconia. Many great affronts the Maced Hitn Wasfaineto endure, in coafting ofthe Spartan King;that ranging ouer the Country éfthe ere: Orchomenians.draye a Garrifowofhis out ofOligyrth ; and did fattifice;as it Weresbefore his faceyin the faburbs ofargos, without the Temple of Jano, that was thut-vp's {ending vatohim'in {corne, to borrowthe keyes. Thefewere 40 cov light things :yerferticd todiheartenthic Achean fide, andto fillthe enemy with rage,which'wasnomarteroflight importance: Therefore he concluded to lay apatt all other régard ofthings abroad, atid to put all to hazzard3 by {ecting vphis reft,with outany more delay, :vpon Sparrairfelfe. He hadin his Army eight andtwenty thow fand foorsahdtweluechundred' horfe; colleéted out' of fandry Nations, as a¢aceaen® ansMyrians, Gaules;Epireves; Beorians; Acarnanians,and others; together with the & ebeans.and their friends of Peloponne/us. Cleemenes had of all forts, twentic thowane, wvith which he lay av Se/afia fortifying flightly the other paffages into Laconia, through which 'thetucedoniansiwere otlikely to feeke'entrance. "Antigenus comming var Sélafiasfound his enemy fo trongly incamped, vpon and betweenthe hills of £4 8° 9 aduance Olympusthavhe was conftrained'to {pend much time there; before he could arly /otiefoor: neitherlay icin his power tocomehattily ro blowes, vvbicl he grevey defired,without the hazard ofhis whole Armie,in affayling their wel-defenced _, whereonthe lay. Philopamen the CArcadian of.Megalopols who afterwards prosieda fas mous Captaine,feruedthen on horfe,as.a privateyoung man,among:the wArheansible feeing thatall was. liketo'goto rout, iftheir Jprians were driuen tofallback vpdnche Armie following them ; perfwaded the Captaines of the Acheam borfe,to breaks ¥pon the SpertazMercenariess;But ‘they. would ndt:'partly ‘defpifing his youth andwiant. of ‘19 chatges partly,for that Amrigowns hadgiuen order; thatthey fhould: keepetheis places; votill hey:receined a figne from him;which wasinetas er, Philapermmen péreeiiting them tobemore orderly,than wel aduifedsentreated fome ofhis own Gountrimenitatolow him;gaue a charge on the Spartans ;:& forcedthem|:nor only:to.leane thieMyxiens but fecke how to fauethemfelues.Being fo ‘far:adiancéd,he:foundthe place vvbvichet bie'zd/ps rans had attem pted,like enough to be wonne; throieh theskilfulncite $f himtharhelad ity, Wherefore: he allighted,.and) perfwaded themen atiAtimes) his Canipanions todd thelike: the folly.ofExc/ydw being manifelt, yyhokeptthetopidfthe Hilljiand Rinred nottehinderthofe that afcended,, but.waitedfotthem in a: Plaine;:-wheretheyninight fight Yponieuen termes, So he recouered the Hilltop y where though! he was fore hurr. #° yet he made goodtheplace that he hadgotten,vnrillthewhole Axmie cate vptohim ; by which the Lacedemonians were beaten fromit, with great flaughter of them in their defcent. This ouerthrow, and death of Ewclydas, made Cleomenes lofethe day: vvho fighting brauely on the other fide, vpon'O/pmpus, againft Ansigonws himfelf, vvas like tohane bin' fitrounded and lof; ifhehadndt withdrawn himfelf vith an Gaciordi-> ty {peede. In this battaile ended the glory ofLacedemon, vvhich, asa light ready ‘Fo goe a witha great,bit notdongblaze,fhi ned: more brightly-ofilate} than in many ages ' < \ Cleomenes fled vnto Sparta.2 where he had no defire to ftayjofinding ohely &vo fandredieft,offixe thoufand Spartans that hohadledvatothis-baceaileand moftofhis hi 3°xed Souldiers dead,or gon¢ away.'So he perfwaded his people téxyeeldthem{Ghues' vins 10 "atigonis sand promifing:-to doe allchavthould at any time ly¢inhis own power; fortheirgood,he hafted away xorhe Sea-fide (where he hack fhipping long befbre pros uidedagainft all that mighthappen)éimbarqutchhimf{e) fe for Expt. He was lodingly entertained by Prolomie Ewergetes ; who vndertooke toreftore himtohis Kingdome,jand (pethaps:ymeant ino': leffe,:as:being ‘mich vdelighted) with this gallant behaviour and Qualities, Inthe meanefeafor he shada penfionallowed him,offoure andtwenty. Tas lents,yearely.: But this: Ptolemie died iand his fon:Prelomie Philapater fueceedéd. him ¢ @ Vicious young Prince, vvholly gouerned by ‘lewd Womien;and bafe Men, vninind> fulliofiall-vertue, and hating: any in-vvhomp it »vvas founds: When therfore Chmenes 49 was defirois to rétiirneinto Greerejwhither thetréublesin Peleponnefusjdid {Cemeto ins uke him ; Pro/amie and his Minions,yvould neithergiue him aidé ; nor yet:dared to dif miflchim (as hedefired) to trie: his own friends in. Gneece,becaufe:he vvas toovyell' aca Gudinted- with the; weakenefle ofEgypt : nor well knew how:roaderaine hinvagain{t his Will.At length. they desiifed matter againft bim)and sade' hind prifoner.:The Jatt ad ofhim,vyas ; that vvith thirty\of his Countvinien, he vndéttooke adefperate enter Prizesibreaking outofthe prifen,/artd proudking the A/éxamdtians to rebellaridsfeeke theirliberty. In yvhich artem ptheflue foméenemies ofthis that he mevyvaid hauing Walked ypand downthe ftreets withoutrefiftance(no mawoftering to rake his pattyory ¥hich is very ftrange,to fight againft him onithe:Kings behalfe the, anshis Compani¢ Oss agreed together tobe minifters.oftheir-owh ddath: Mpomhis déadbodyirrelomia joYvasbold to thew his: indignation :).and flue his: Moche? arch Ghikiren; thay: hade bin thither as Hoftages ;togetheryvith the vviues'of his!Adhecentsy-asamany as were ere, attending vpon the ae Queene. \Such.vvas the erith ofoCleosevel sangeneiaus aa: Burat length (as ithappens;when men ‘are wearieboth of their hopes and fearts) with . Prince,but Son of: Leoxidas,vvho-bad caved +.49/s, with hid IMtotherand Graridsmtss ther,ta.cometo fiuch a bloudyi endyas now. befell his-own Wife;\G§on; and Grands dlyrians, to force that pare which lay‘on the hill Exa. But his /yrians werefoillfec he dedbythe chcan foot,thatthe sparraw horfe, andlight-armed foote, incamp ot Afterthe viGory at Sellafia, Antigonus without refiftance. entned Spartans cevhetennis Kings'being refoluedtoomakean end one way orother ; dntigoxss attempred ftreightvally between thofe hills, iMitig forth, fell-vpon their skirts, and 10 od difordere? ren. : : 5 : , } 13 ? ; a %© newer the force ofany Enemy; before hispid inakeyvay~, He iosilipnibsdited 3t rir 3 tne |
