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Eitherthe indignity ofthis mifsduenc loufic-of Philips greatheffe: though fomewhatalfo tickled with the vaity,ot being cho: fen bythe Arolians their principall Magiftiates which hononr, thotigh no better than timlatio;hetookein verylouinig part.Againit thofotcestwhich Attalesaidthe Romans hadifentbeing ioyned withthe maine powerof :Btoliay Filip triedthe fortune af wo battailes:: and was viorious in each ofthem» Herevpon,thefe histroublefome neigh Atgelusand the Romans,they were asfierce as ever: andthruft a garrifon of their owne, andfome Romanfriends, intoElis; which threatned Achaia; wherein PAé/sp then lay, The Romans,making a cut oucr-the ftreight from Naupadtus, wafted the countrey ina terriblebrauery: wherein P4ifip requitedthem; comming vpon thenrin great haft from the)Nemzan:Games(which he was then celebrating)and fending therhfatter away, but nothing richer,than they came. sili theheate ofthis contention, PrafiasKing of Bithynia, fearing the growthofAttaJwg,ooefile thanttalus held fulpeded the power ofPAtips fent a Nauie into Greece, to affif} che Macédonian party. Thelike did the Carthagihians?and vpon greater reafon;as being more interéffed in the fucteffe of hisaffaires, Péilipwas too weake' by Sea : and't0 thouginheconld man fometwo hundred ships, yet the veflels were fuch, as could not hold outagainft the Roman Quinqueremes, Wherfoteit behoued him,to vfethe helpe ofhis good friends the Carthaginians. Bui'their aide came fomewhat too lates which mightbetter atfirfthauekeptthofe Enemics from faftening vpon-any part of Greece; thantafterwarddecould ferueto driuethem out,whenthey-had pieréed' into thebowels i obPrafiaithe Bithynian his inuafion vpon' the seedanll of Pergamiss (cute ae returne home, withoutftaying totake leaud of hisfiriendss So Philip recoucted Opus .wonne Torone, Tritonos, Drymas,and many finall townes in thofe parts ; perforin : likewife fomeaions; of more braverie than impottarice; againft the Btolians, In oe meanefeafon, Aachanides,the tyrantidf Lacedemony had beene bufie in Pelopotnefis., bouts defired peace of him, and vfed their beft meanes: to getit. Butwwhen the day ap poynted forthe cofclufion thereof, was conie their Emibafladours, in ftead ofmakin fubmiflion, propofed vnto himfuch intolerable conditions, as ill befeemed vanquithed mea toloffer :)and might therefore well tcftifie, that their minds were altered. ‘Ie was not any doue of peace, but feare of being befieged in theirowne Towns,that had made them defitous of compofition.This feare being taken:away, by the incouragements of ofthe Fiftorieofthe World, but hearing of Philips arviually was returned home. " ) The Lacedemoniahsjheating cértaine report ofCleamenes his death in Algypt; 'weric about to choofetwo new :Kings,andto conforinethemfelués totheir old mannerof go- louerniment. Bat their E(tatewasfo farreout oftune) thattheir hopé iof redreffing things within the.Cirie,; proucdnoleffevafortunate, than had beene their attem pts‘of reeouering a large dominion abroad2Lycurgas.atyrant rofe ypamong them: vpon whom fli¢cceeded this: Machanidas, 8 fhiértly after came Nebzs, that was worfethan' both of-them They held.on the Atolian-& Roman fidesfor feare ofthe Achzans,that were the chide Confederates ofPhitip,and-hatediextremely thename both of Tyrant, and Lacedemonia. But ofthefe we hall {peaké more hereafter. f Philipentvingintd Achaia, and fecinghis/prefence had brought the contentment' of aflurance to thar Countrey'; {pake braire words tothe:A flemblyoftheir States faying That hehad to doe with awEnemie, that was very nimble, and made warre by Tudning to away.) Heé told! howhe had followedthemto Chalcisjto Orcum;to Opus;andnow ines Achaia‘ but. could no where findether) fuchhatte they made, for feare'of being ouertaken. Bur flight, hee faide, was notalwayes profperous +: hee fhouldone day lightvp- onthem } asiere this heifindry times had done, and: Rill to theiploffe:Phe Achaians ofthat country.Bre Philip couldattempt any thing by Seasit was needfull that he fhould Weregladto heare thefe words; arid muchthe moreigladsin regard ofhis good deedsaccompanying them,: For-hee reftored vato their Nation fome Townes that were ‘it' his hand, belonging to them of old: Likewifeto the Megalopolirans:their Confederate sttie tendered. Aliphera.' TheiDymzans, that had beenetaken bythe Romans,/and fold for affailing their Down, he was incountred by the Atolian and Roman garrifon, which dfane him backewith fomeloffeiIn fuch cafes, efpecially where Godiintendeth agreat thet,paffing ouer the Corinthian Gulfe, he fell vponthetolians:: whom hee draueinjotothemiountaines and woods,orother their ftrongeft holdssand watted their Country. cotteétthe Eleans,bad neighbours tothe Achaianshis principall: Confederates. Butia conuérfion'ofEmpite, Fameis very powerfulliniworking. The Kidg:had receiuedno |, flaves, he fought out, ranforned, and putin quiet pofleffion oftheir owne /Citie. Pur- This done, hetooke leaue of theAchzans + and revarned homeby Senyvificed the peoPlethat were his fubieéts;or dependantsjand animated themifo well, that they refted gheat detrimentyin his retrait from Elis: rathet he had'giuen teftinvonie ofhis perfonall feareleffe ofany threathing danger. Themhad heleifurévo intake warreypon the Datda- valoursinfighting wellon foot,when‘his horfe wasflaine vider him. He had alfo foone Niahs,il] neighboursto: Macedon : withowhom neuerthelefle he was nor fo faroecupied, but that he could gocinhand with preparing 'a fleevof. an hundred :gallies} whereby ito make himfelfe Matter of the Séa 3 theRomans ( fince'the departure of Artalus) hauing notdaredto mcet or purfue him, when héedately ranne along the:coalt of Greece, fant by aftet:taken:agreat multitude ‘of the Elearis,xo the number of fonre2thonfand; with fomeeweaty thoufand Head ofCatraile, whivlothey had brought together into a place ofifatctieyasthey thought,when their Country wasinuadeds Burit had:happened, that iniis purfniesfhe Romanforragers about Sicyon,his horferanning haftily vaderalow teeliad tone offone ofthe hornes, which(after the fafhion of thoferimes) the King whid in his Crofts This wasgathered vp by.an Atolian, who catried it home,and fheweddtaia token ofwhilips death.' The horne vvas'vvell knowae, and the:tale belecued. AliMacedénthérefore was itvan vproare:and:noronly thé Bordeterspready to fall vp- 40 onshicCounitysbie fome Captains ofPhilip; eafily corrupted, who! thinking to make themifeluesiafairinein that changeofthings,ranneinto fuch treafon,as they might bet- terhopetoniakegood,than to excufes Hereuponthe King'returned homes Ieaultg aot thuee thoufand menitoaffift his friends the Achzans, He alfo took order, to haue Bea conschetted; thaumight gile him notice ofthe Enemies doings, vpon'whom he meant doxeturme Die affaires of Macedon, his: prefericequickly:eftablifhed. But Gieeotalb weiitil-fauouredlysefpecially intheIe ofEuboea,where'one Plater be .12lea toudétatmnandthtRomans, the Towa ofOreum, ere Philip: could \atriue to helpeit: vyhtxealfotheftrong:Citieof Chalcis vvas likely to hauebeed loftif he had notcome 50 thedooses.Hetrade fuch haftie marches; that hehad aloft taken atraius in the ‘# ofpissThis Citic, lying ouer againtt Eubcea,; attains had wonne, more through a cowdrdize-ofthe-people,thanany great fotce that he had wfed:now becaulethe ene foulsdienshad défraiided himin the ficke ofOreum,andtaken all totheinfelues* * wes agteed,that arta/us fhould make his bet profit ofthe Opuntians,without admitting Ronitansto behistharers.Butwhilft he wasbufieyin drawihg'as much mony 3s he amidé Outiafthe Gitizens:the fuddentidings of Philips arrival, ‘made hiny eave al eae him,andtnncaway-to theSea-fide,where hegot aboordhisships,fnding the 4 uO) ; them Wheretheylay. This good fucceffe added much reputationto theMacedonian;-ahd emboldned him 49 to make trong: warre vpon the: colians,\aerheir ownedoores. As'for the Romians,ei: ther fome difpleafure, conceiued againft their Confederates, or fomefeare ofdanger at ome, Whien-d/arubsl was rtady.to tallypon' Italy 3 caufed them to gineouerthe care of things iri Greece, and teaue theirfriends thereto 'thieir owne fortunes: The Atolians therefore,being driuen‘to great extremitie, were faine to fue for peace vnto Philip Sand accept it,vpon what ener tanditidnsit beft pleaféd him. Theagreement was no fooner Made, than P.Sempronivswithyten thou fand foor;'athoufandiorfe, and thittie ‘flue gala came ouer in.greathafte(chonghfome what too late:)to trouble iti Hearing how ngs wentin Etolia,hetutnedatide toDytrachiums& Apollonia;making agreatnoife so ¢S}E withchiefe hisowne forces!he would worke wonders: Bur it Wasinorlang ere Philip Bercrelviit him, and found: him tame enough. The King prefented him battellpbat he efufed it : and fuffeting the Macedonianstowafte the Country round aboutibefote his Sokepe bimfelfe clofe wirhinthe wals of Apolloniasmaking fomeOuertures of peacet ich caufedPbilipto return home quietly. The Romans had not fo great caufeto be dif- Pleafed withthe Arolians.as had Philip,to takein euilpartthe demeanorofthe CatthaMuans: For notwithftaniding!the royall offer that he made them, tofeructheir turn' ih Ysend affit them,in getting their hearts defire} before he would expec any requital? ‘yhednotfentany fleet; asireafon they ought, ands (‘confidering his want of ‘fift abilitie by'Sea) itis likely they were bound}eitherto fecurethe tranf{portat ion Ccecce of |