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Show The jaBooreopeheyinkpar CuavgGa little diminution, ‘theyriedded not hauetroubled the: Macedoniahs:to-helpe them in the waragaintt Cléamenes;They bemoanedthemfcluesviito olde: Asatwe's and befoughe him tothinke vponfomegood.order:s:tha shey might fotibee oppreffed by degrees, Aratusfoorthwith, dealrearneltly. with the;King'; asimamatter more weighty than at firkt it might feeme..'The King! beftowed gtacious 'wotds'vpoti thofe that had:beene wronged; and forbade cpelies.to follow thecourfebegunnes Hebeat Apelles wasine wardly vexed, though hediffernbled his chélerforatime. Hee thought fo well of his owne Proieé, that he could not endureto lay-irdfide ; being perhaps-vnable tovdoe the Kingany valuable feruice, in bufineffeof other natures: Hee purpofedseherefore hereafterto beginneat the hiead ; fincesinbiting atthe taile;thefiflvhad {hot away from his 79 mouth. It could not otherwife bee than thatamong the Achgans there were fome,who bore:no hearty affettion'to Aratus, "Thefe he enquired out,and feriding forthementer- Cunr.4.§.2. of the Hiftory of theWorld. talking tothem as to menalready couiéted. Andiwhen hehadfaid.all he refted,ere either Philip or they {pake any word ; Headded thisclanfeas itwere inthe Kingsname:, Since the King hathfound you fuch vngtatefall wretches)s' itis his meaning -tohold a Parlia. ment of the Achzanis; and therein haning made it knownewhat ye are,to.depart into Mas cedonsatid leaue you'to your felues,. Old Aratusgraucly admonithed the King ; That whenfocuer he heard any accufation, efpecially:againft a friend of his owneora man of worth; Hefhould forbearea whileto! giue:ctedit, yntill hée-had diligetiuly: examined thebufineffe. For fuch deliberation was Kingly,and he fhould neuer thereot repent hima Atthe prefenv hee {aid there neededné:more,thanto call inthofethar had heard his talk $0 with Amphidamus, andefpecially him that had brought this goodly tale to Apelles. For itwould be avery abfurd thing, That the king fliould make himfelfe che Authot ofdte- tained them withawords of Court:promifing to become theixielpeciallfriend,and com- portinthe open Parliament of Achaia,whereoftheré was none other enidencesthan ond mansyea, and anothers wo. Hereofthe king liked well ; and {aid that hee: would!make dealeprecifely withthe Achwans;andas it wereby Indentute,accordingtotheletterof fufficient inquirie, So paffed afew dayes : whereinwhilft ApeMes-delaicdtobring.in thé ot indeed he wanted; Ampbidamas came from Elis.and told what had befalné im there.'Phe king was riot forgetful,to examine him aboutthe confpiracie of thé Arati: mend theat vato the King: ‘Then brake he his purpofe with;the King himfelfe s Ieccing him know, thataslong as hee continued to make much df.Aratwheei thuft be faine to the Contract: whereas if he wouldbe pleafed,to giue, countenance vnto thofeothiers whom he himfelfecommetided,then fhould the Achewans,and.all other. Peloponnefians; bequickely brought:to conforme.themfelues -yato the duty: ofobedient Subietts.' By fuch perfwafionshe drew. the King tobee prefent at Agium, where the Achzans were 46 to hold cleétion ofanew Pretor. There withmuch more labour, thari would have bin needefull in a bufineffe of more importance; the King by. faire words.dnd threatnings together, obtained fo much, That-Epertus,a very infufficientman;but oné.ofApelles his new fauourites,was chofen Pretor;in ftead ofone more worthy, for»whom: Arata had laboured, This was thought a good introduction. vnto greater, mattets!thatfhould follow.-The King from thencepaffed along by. Patras cn Dyma; to-alvery ftrongoCafile held bythe Eleans, which was.called Tichos,The gavrifon yeelded invp fot feareyat his fir. commirig: whereofhe wasglad,forthat hehad ancatneftdefireto beftowitwponthe Dymeans,as he prefently did. lsexs 209% pVviog 2036 » Ehe King thonghrit ftrange,that all this whileheheard of'ho meffengérs frommelte2E- jo Teans 5 to-fue for peace.' For. at-his departure-out oftheir Countreythe aft Winter, he had let loofe one Amphidamus a,Captaineoftheirs:that washis prifoner;becaulelhee fourtd him an intelligent man,and.one thatynderteoke to make them forfake their-alliancewith the Attolians, and ioyne,with himvpon reafonabletermesi ‘Ehisifthey could becontented todoe, he willed Amphidames to let them vrderiand,i ‘That hee would render ynto themfreely all prifoners which he had oftheirs;That he would defend them from all forreign inuafion;and thatthey fhould holdtheir liberty entire,lining after theit owne Lawes, without paying any mannerofTribute, or being kept vnderby any gartifon. Thefe conditions were novto be defpifed) ifthey had found credic ws' they- might haue ‘done:But whenPhilip cameto the CattleofTichos;and made a new ifiuafion vpon 4¢ their Countrey : then begannethe Eleans,( that were not before ouer=haftie to béléeue fuchfaire promifes )to fiilpec Aumphidamns asa Traitourand one thar was fer onworke for no other-cnd; than to, breedea mutualidiffidence-beiweene-thetas andthe ¥Ef0- lians, : Wherefore they! purpofed,to lay hands: vpon him, and ferd:him prifoner®in- £0 Mrolia.. Buthe perceiuedtheir intent,andgot away. to Dymazinigood-time for hint fclfe,;inbetter'for, itratus.. Forthe-king (as was faid) tarudiling what {hould bethe eaufe,that-hee heardne,newes from the Bleans, concerning the offerswhichhee madewynto them by Amphidamus ;.« Apelles; his Counfailorthereby. tooke qecafion £0 {upplant Arathn Hefaid that old, Aratus,aitd bisfonne togethers hadfich devices 19 their heads,astended littletothe kings goods And Jongidtthem hefaid iewas,thasthe ¢ 4 Eleans.didthushold out: Fot,when' Aephidamus was difthalledhome,che two 47344 «che fatherandthe fonne)hedtakenhim afideSogiuen hinitavnderftands-tharit swauld be veryiproiudicialto all Peloponaefissifthe Eleans once became atthe deuotion of thic Macedonians And this.was the truecaufe,whyneither Ampbidamuswas: very carchulbite doing this meflage, nor theBleans ia heaskning tothe kings offers. Alithis-was2 flit Jyes deuifed by Apedeshimfelfe, vpon no otherground,than-his owe malice: Pip had no-foonerheard this tale butinagreat rageihefentfor the two Aratiyand bade ae pedes tehvarleitquer againeto theisfacese Apelles didfo, andwith abold counicean*> oak which when' he found no Betterthan a meeredeuice againft his horiourable friends: Hee entertained them in/louing manner‘as before. ‘As for his loueto Capel/es; though it was hereby fomewhat cooled; yet by meanes oflong acquaintance and, daily employment, ho remiffion therein could be difcerned. The vnreftfull temper of 4peles, hauing with much vehemeticie brought nothing to paffe;bepanne (as commonly Ambition vfeth) to fell and grow venemousfor want of his free motion. He betakes himfelfe to his cunning againe: and as beforesbeing checkt inhis doings with thofe oftlie vulgar,he had prepareda {nare for the Arati:fo fayling of them;he thinkes it wifedomteto lay for the King himfelfc,andforallar once which were about him; In fuch manner fometitrie, the Spiderthoughtto hate taken the Swallow which draue awayFlies‘out ofthe chiemnie; but was carried (het and [all into the Ayre by the bird,that wastoo ftrong to be caught and held by the: fiibtile workeinanthip ofa Cob-web, Ofthe fonre that next vnto U4pelles were left by \Axtigonws in. chiefe placé 3° about Philip: Tasriow; his Lieutenant in Peloponnefus, and: Alexander Captaine of the Guard, were faithfull mien, aud fuch as would hor be corrupted. The other two, Leen tins Captaine ofthe Targuettiers, & Magaleds chiefe of thie Secretaries, were eafily won tobe atApelles his difpofition. This politician ther¢fare ftudied how to remooue theothertwo from their places; arid put fome Creatures of his owne into their roomes. Apaint Alexander He went to worke the ordinary way, by calumniation and priuie detra- tion. But for the fupplanting of Tasrionhe vied morefinenefle ; loading him with daily conimendations; as a notable man of warre, & one,whomforhis many vertuesthe King mighrill {pare frombeing alwaies in his prefences By fuch Aithee:thought to aueremoued him, as we fay, Out of Gods blefsing into « warme Sanne. Inthe meaa fea- 4° fon Aratus retired himfelfe ; and foughtto auoidethe dangerous frendthip of the King, Pretor of Achaia, lately by forbearing to meddle inaffairesof State. As for the new chofen by fuch vehement inftance of the King ; Hee was aman of no difpatch, and one loft,whilft Phin that had no grace withthe People. Wherefore a great deale of time was fhould haue beene furnifhed 4p wanted boththe money ahdthe Corne, wherewith hee hee wifely y the Achzans. This made the King vnderftand his owne errour ; which fought to reforme betimes. He perfwaded the Achezans to reiourne their Parliament from Aegium,to Sycion,the Towne of Aratase There he dealt with the oldman and his allthe blame vpon Apelles,on fon,per{wading them to forget what was patt ; and laying reye. So bythetrauell of thefe iligen amored i wh he wou Id "aie Achieans. .Fifty talentsthey gaue dabo d what t taine e ene C h Wort ed, That folong as r hina' e:and further decre sohim ie enn ftore of Corn d receiue ten es elfein perfon followed the warres in Peloponnefiis, hee thoul caightinde et " Moneth. Being thus enabled,he began to prouide fhipping, that fo he le, at his plealure, an at time peop s,th mari were nian and dzmo ans, Lace ,Ele ians Stol yh ior i er their excurfionsby Sea. s his helpé Te vexed a meafure;to fee things goe forward fo vel I - into ‘¢ entred e whom hemoft hated.| Wherefore he Suen by the miniftery of thof firacie with Ledssins and Megelea: binding him{elfeand them by Oath, to stofize |
