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Show The fift Bookeof the sfirft part anew Cuar.4.§i2 Cuar.4.§.2.) of the Elyftory of the World: nose bring to nought,as wellias they werelabla; all that tlie King fhouldtake;in hand: -By fo doingthey thought td bring it to paffeythat very want ot abilityto. doe aay thing with. ant them; fhould make himfpeake them faire;and begladwto fubmiphimfelfe td their dis reGtionsi "Fhe King itis like had ftood in fome awe ofthem |whilft-hewas:a-child yand theréforethéfe wifemen perfwaded themfelues,that, by looking bigge vpon' himyand ‘‘mputing-vato himallithar fell out ilithrough their ownmif;gouewicment ofihisaffaires; they mightwule hitmabathilde fill spelles wouldndeds goc to,Chalcis), there to:take arder forthe prouifionsywhich'wereto come that wayout of Macedon: The othertwo ftaid behindiwith the King;to play:theiriparts sallmoiemindfalhofitheir wicked oath, ; Iremid y than of their dutie. ~oHis Fleetand Armicbeing inaréadinéffe:'2bizpmide.countenarce,as if hee! would hauebenralthis forces againftthe Eledns;to whoftaid therfore thé Actolians featmen, little fearing that theiifchiefe would tiancfallen,asfoonciattenitdid; vpon them{clues, But againfitheEleansandthofe! thatscame to helpé thém; Phidpchoughtit:enough to leanethe Achaans, witinfome'parrof hisSetheirMercenanies.H¢ himifelfe with the body of his Armie puttingto Sea,landedinthedTle of Cephallenia: whence the Actolians dwelling oueragainftir,vied to furniflrrhemfelues of dhipping,whenthey went;to-roue abroadi' There he befiegedthe Towneof Palaasthathad beenevety ferniceable.to the Enemie againft him andihis Confederates; and might bee very»iviefull to, him, if hee could get it. Whilft hee lay before this Towne,théré came vato himfifteen fhippes ? ofwatre from Scerdilaidasy:and' many. good fouldiers, from :the;Epirors 5 Acarnanians, and Meffenians. Butthe Town. was obftinate sand. wouldnot bee-terrified with numbers: Ic was naturally fenced gn alk parts faue one, on which-fide Philip.cartied a Mine to the wall; wherewith heouerthrew:two hundred footetheteof,. Leonins Captaine of the Targettiers, was appointed by the King to'make the affault. But he,remem- bring his couenant with! apellesdid both wilfully fotbeare to doe hisibeft;and;caufed o- thers to doethe like: Sothe Macedonians were pntto foyle, andmany flaine,norof the worft fouldier's, but fuch!as ‘had 'gottén over the breachjand would: haue carried the Towne ,if the. Treafon of their Captaine,and fomeby him corrupted,had nophindred the victory.The King:was angry. withthis, butithere was no; remedie;. and therefore 39 hethought vponbreaking vp the fiege. Forit was eafier vntothe Townef-mento make vpthe gap in theirwallythan férhim to inake it wider, Whilft- hee ftood thus perplexed and vncertaine what courfeto take:the Mefleniansand Acarnaniang lay hatd-vpon him, each of them defirousto draw hitwintorheir owne Gountrey.. The Meflenians alled- ged, -that Zycerguswas bufie in wafting their Countrey > .vpon whom the King might comevnawavesin one day ; the Etefian windesiwwhichthen: blew;!feruing: fitly for his Nauigation.:Heeretoalfo Leontius perfwaded: ¢-who confidered that thofe windes,as they would:cafily carry him thither;fowould they!detaine himthere perforce (blowing all the Dogge-dayes)and make him {pend the Summerto {mall or no purpofe. But Aratus-gaic better-counfaile,and preiailed.. He fhewed how vnfitting it were, toletthe Aetoliansouer-runneall Pheffalic agairie, and:fome partof Macedon, whilftthe King withdrew his Armiefarreoffto feeke {mall aduentiwes. Rather, hee faid that-the time nowferuediwellto carry the warre:into=Actolid'yfince thé Pretor was gone thence a broad:on rouing, with the onc halfe oftheirftrength. ‘As forbycurgus;he was notftrong enough to doe muchyharmein Peloponnefus:and irmight fiifficesiif the Achwans were appointed ro'make headagainit him» According tothis-aduices:the King fets fayle for Atoliayandenters the Bay of: Ambracia; which diuidedthe Actoliass from Acarnania. The Acarnanians were gladtofeehimon theirborders' :and ioyned with; him as many of themas‘could bearearmes;to helpe in taking vengearice vpomtheir bad neighbours. He marched vp into thein-land Countrey:andtaking fome placesbythe way;which be filled with :Garrifons to aflure his Retrait;He paffed onto Thermum,which was the Receptacle ofthe Actoliansjandfureft placeofdefencein all extiemities. The Countrey round about was a great Faftnelle,enuironed:with rockie: Mountaines of very.02 TRS whereof he found fack plenty,that he thoughtthe paines ofhisiiol Irney Wellieeompen- eedi Solie loaded-his-Armie'! and confuming atl chat could notbe carryed notto razed goodly Temple} the chiefe ofall belonging vnrorthe rolls ee branceoftheirlike courtefie, {hewed vponthe Temples Of Dizmand Bebe sien ceneeae ning of che Temple; might(queftionlefte) more for the Kings honour bidet ee ties» Scene fofy borne: But/perhaps he thought, as\Asounficur da Goarenesthe French C: as) a Spaniards in Florida, That they which had tio faith, needed Ao Ghivee dvieene from Phermum, the Atolians laid for hin': which that they would doe i sles dabei forepand therefore was nor takenvaawares :! Three thoufand of ther aa > ie : fai to lying in ambuth fell vpon hisskirts s-bat he laida Counter-ambothfoy haa raedicaty lyrians } who ftaying behind the'reftdidfet vpon the 'backes ‘of the Aklithe aa they were bafily charging in Rerethe Armiethatwent beforé.:So with ri afube cae enemie, hee rétutned the fame way'that he came "and burning downe th afd Sa a } si Keel hid raken before,as alfo wafting the Countirey round abouthimsHee fafel me ved allthat hee had gotténaboatd his Fleet. Once the Atolians made coulneln ncldF ibhc iffaing outof Stratusiia great bravery. But they wére beaten homefatte r than they came: andfollowed to theit'very gates, madehimn‘fend for Leoutins and his fellowes. But -Leoutiwas gotten out ofithe ways i Megiheandanother with him, came, ‘The King began toratethemfortheir difordcis andthey, togiue hitn' froward'anfwerst-infomuch; astheyfaid at kength, "That they Would fever gineouer, tillthey had rewarded' 4ratw witha mifchiefe as He deferued: Hereuiponthe King committed themto ward. Zeowrins hearing of this\comesboldlytd the Kiteswith'his Targerticts'at his heéles: and witha proud: grace demanded, whovit Wasthathad: dared to lay handsvpon ategaleas,yca‘and to ‘daft hinvinio prifon?) Why, fidthe Kingyit wasieucn I/This tefolutednfwerj which Leestias Had not expededsinaile intdepart both fad and.angrie: feeing himfelfe dut‘frowned andnovksowing how'ts temiedythématrer) Shortlyafter Wwegaleas was'called foorth to-his anfweryiartd! was charged by Cératws with many great crimes. Among' whichwere; The hinderanceot the Kings Vittory:at Palea, and the'Compact made with oapeles : matters no-lelle tou- ching Leemtins,chat fidodby as aldoker on;than adegaleas that'was zccufed.oIn conclufis On; the prefiim prions againft him wereloftrong,!and his anfwers thereto foweake,that he;ahd crixcheofhis fellowes; werecondemmed in twenty Talents': Crinbd being temanded back to prifons and Leentivs becomming: Bayle for Adégaleas.' Thisowas done "pon the way home-wardjas the King was returning to Corinthy Philipdifparched wella great dealeofbufineffethis yeere. Forvas foone as hee was at Orinthpheetooke in'hand'an Expedition againft the Lacedemorniahs. Thefe!and'the cans'had/done what harme they couldin Peloponnefis, whilft'the King was abfents ‘he Achataris had oppofedthem/as wellvas they: could; withoill faccefle.yct fo, aschey lndred themn:from doing fiich .harme asielfe' they: would: hane. done. Butiwhen-PAisp Jo<Amesheovertanthe Country aboutLacedemon:&was ina maneravthe gatesof Spare ere men could well beleeut that hewas returned our of Arolia.: Herookenovin' this Exédition arty Citiesybut made grekt waftelin the fields: and having beaten theenemi¢ feeepes&idifficultafcent.There didthe Actoliais vfeto hold all their chiefé mec their Paires, their election of Magiftrates,andtheir folemne Games»:"There alfo they This infome skirmithes,carryedbackewith himto Corintlsarich booty ofcatcell flauesand therCouhtrie:{poylevAr Corinth hee foiud attending him,Embafladors fromthe Rho» opinion: of thé natural ftrength,hadmadetheni careleffe in'idoking vnto ites When? 4p thereforehadouercome the bagway,there wasinothingelfenodothan tojtake {poile: Btolianss!Phey had gracious andienct / and he willed tiemtozdeale'firlt with eH cos bic.‘The Mts ¢whditthey would inakeshe-fimcxequeft,(bould not findehii vareafongAtolians fed to beltow the moft precious of their goods, asin'a placeof greateft fecirity. 5 | Theioy ofthis viGotious Expédition being' every way complete, andinot deformed ao SCOMinionly hap pens )by ‘any finiReraccident;itipleafed the Kine to makea Sreat feat > vntoall his friends and Captaines.° Thither were inuited amonexhe relt Leonsia with his fellow ‘mepaleas They came;becaule they ‘could notchoofe: battheir heany todkés argded;whatlittle pleafure they tooke in the Kitigs profperitievItgricued sheik te sehtink thatthey fhould be ableto gitie no better account vato Apellés of their hindering the Kings bufineffe'; fince Apelles himfelfeyjas will be fliewed anon, had played' his own patt Witha-moft mifchieuous dexteritic. Finding C#ratw: on the Wway hoihé to. his Tee ; they fell to reuiling him,throwingftones at him)fo thatthey canied agreat vproresmaAytunning in (as happens in furch cafés ) to'take part with theone orthe bther. "The King fending to inquire ofthe matter, was truly informed ofall thachad pafied Which mS8 Chians:that redueftéd) himto:fet Greece'at qbiet, by, yramrinig peace vnto the |