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Show me ee Thefft Bookeof thefirftpare Cuar.gf ¥ nar --- - _-- be fidre'diligenceintilling their grounds,by how much they were thédeffe ableto bentow Owar.4.$:8. aii, a refifted by Affa/dsandthe Rhodians, efpecially with the helpe of the' Arolians their svntotiey to declarethemfelpes againftcheMacedonian,whileft he. with the Rhodians; aid the Romans, were willing creadyitotaketheir part + which iftheytowrefuted ra doe,he protefted,thatafterwards iswouldbevaineto craue his helpes' There!needed littl@intréatic s for they, were as willing-to!proclaimethe warre,.as lic tordefire ities forother matters,they loaded:hirh with immoderatehonours: and: obtained;Thatynto theten Tribes, whereofthe body of their Citizens confifted; fhouldibe added anatkery and called after his name as if he were in part one oftheir Founders. To the Rhodians they alfo decreed a Crowneof Gold,in reward oftheir vertue,andmade all the Khodi- mies. And hee found them fuch,as hee deferued to haue them : forhe offered hishelpe of peacewhichis ofall other the moft naturalbinding all men to offerno violence wil- lingly,valeffe they thinke themfelues inftly prouoked ; was afterwards too fondly per- {waded,that he might well be fecure ofthe Romans, becaufe ofthe writtes Couenants Thus began a creat noyle of warre, whercinlittle was left vnto the Romans for theit Pitt,Afta/us andthe Rhodianstaking all'vpon them. But while thcfewere vainely mif- 40 (pending the time,in {ecking to drawthe Arolians to théir pattie:that contrary totheir old menner.were gladro beat quiet:Plzp wonne the Townes of Maronea and;/Bpas, Withmany, orher.{trong:places about the Helle{pont,Likewile paling ouer the, Helle- fpont,he laid fiege ynto Abydus.,and wonneit,thougixhe was fainero ftay there long. Thetowneheld.out, rather.vpon anobftinate refolution,and-hope of {uccourfrom,AFs talasand the Rhodiaas,than any.gtcatability te defend infeife againft foimighty.an Be hemy.But the Rhodians fent thither only ong. Quadrireme Gallie:and Attalusno mor' than three hundred men ; farretooweakean.aide to,make| good the place. The Romar *Plaut.Ante bbitr. ofpeace canbe held inuiolable, faue onely * by the water ofStyx, thatis, by Nece/sitic: which whileft it binds one partie,or both vato performance,makingit apparant,that he fhall be a lofer who ftatts fromthe Conditions ; itmay fo long (and fo long onely) bee prefumed,that there fhall beno breach, Till Hannibal was vanquifhed,the Romans neuer Hearkened after Phi/ip: forneceffity madethem let him alone. But when once they 3° had peace with ‘Carthage,then wasthe Riuer of Styx dryedvp: and then could they {weareas * Mercurie did in the Comedie, by their owne felues; euen by their good {words, thatthey had good reafon to make watrevpon him. The Voyage of Sopater into Afticke, and the prefent warre againft Attalws, were matterof quarrelas muchas needed; orifthis were notenough,the Athenians helped to furnith them with mere. The Athenians,being at this timeLords ofno morethan their owa barren Territory, tooke {tate vpon themneueitheleffe, as in their ancient: fortune. Two yong Gentlemen of Acarnania entring intothe Temple ofCeres,inthe dayes of Initiation,(wherein were deliuered the myfteries ofReligion,orrather ofidolatrous {uperftition, vainely {aid to bee auiaileable yntofelicitie after this life) difconered themfelues by fome impertinent 49 queftions,to be none of thofethar wereinitiated. Heréuponthey were brought before the Officers: and though it was apparant, that they cameinto the place by meere error, not thinking to haue therein done amiffe; yet, asit had beene for fome haynouscrime, they were put to death. All their Conntry-men at hometookthisin ill part; and fought toreuengeit as a publikeiniurie, by warre vponthe Athenians. Procuring therfore of Philip {ome Macedonians to help them,they entred into Attica: who wafted it with fire and fword,and carried thencea great booty. This indignitic ftirred vp the high-minded Athenians;and madethemthinke vpon doihg more, than they had abilityeoperforme. All whichatthe prefent they could doe,wasto fend Embaffadours to king Artalus; gtatulating his happyfircceffe againtt Philip, aud intreating him tovifit their Citic. Attalus Was heretothé more willing;becaufe he vnderftoodthat theRoman Embaffadors,houc- ring about Greece for matter ofintelligence, hada putpofeto be thereat the fame timc So hewentthither,accompanied, befides his own follow ers,with fome oftheRhodiansLanding inthe Piraeus, he found the Romans there, with whomhee had muchfriendly conference: they Yeloycing that hecontinued enemy to Phil/ip,8 He being no lefle glad, ; ans free Citizens of Athens. . ofpeace betweene him and them. Thetcis notany forme ofoath,whereby fucharticles "Sir Fr.Bac onde Sap. Veterum. ee "He didfo; The points of his Declaration were firkt ; whathe had willingly done for their fake + then;what'had lately pafledbetweent him and:Philip: lattly, amexhortation good friends, (and in a manner) his own€ profeffed enemies. But fich things niuft bee publithed abroad)ifonely to predifpofé men vnto the warre, and give it the more honeft colour. philip was amanofill condition ; and therefore could not thrine byintermedling in thie affaires of thofethat were more mighty than himfelfe. He was too vaskilfull; or otherwife too vnapt,to retainehis old friends : yet would he needs be' feeking newettetotheir deftruction, whenthey werein mifery, and haddone himno harme. It behoued him therfore,eitherto haue {trained his forces to the ytmoft'in making warte vpon them); or in defifting from that iniurious courfe,'to have made amends for the wrongs 20 paft, by doing friendly offices of his own¢ accord. ‘But He, hauing broken that League a they omitted no:point of obfertiance;. which-their flattery. could {uggefts At-his: ilk comming intothe Citiethty calledthe: people toiA flembly=ivheretheyidefired himite honour thei with his prefence;and lenthiem hearehini {peake. But he excufedihimfelfes faying,T hat withaheuill gracéhefhould recount vntoithem thofe many benefits by: which! hee ftudied! to make them know: what louchebore'them. Wherefore sit Wag thotight-ix,that heefhould deliiictin-writing; what he woutdhaue tobe propounded: Embafladoursto folicitethem againft Philip, with report of his bold-attemptsin Afia : Of that 47, Aarelivs, their Agentin Greece; had fent letters ofthe fame'tenourto the Se. fate,and‘maenified his intelligence, by ferting out the preparations ofthis dan¥crous enemy; that follicited not oncly the Townes vpon the Continent, ‘bit all the "Hands in tent: ficither was he'mitchtooftrong either of himfelforbyhisalliance in Greece,to be * the Romans that were with him,in very louing manner : hut towards. Atta/us himfelfa eof: Whereforethey took pleafure to heare,that Atta/usand the Rhodiatis hadfent thofe Seas,vifiting them in perfon,orfending Embafladours, as ‘one that meanrfhortly tohold warre withthe Romans vpon theirowne ground. PAéslip had indeed no fuchin- ofthe Hiftorie ofthe World, ~ Embaffadours woadred much.atthis great negligence,of themthar had taken fo much yponthem. 30 hele Poodtonrs C.Clandias, AA. Lalit, and Pe Sempronins, were fent yotg Piolomie Evivhanes. king ofEgypt,to acquaint himwich their victory againgt Hi anoihe aidtheCarchaginians;as alforo,thank him for his fauour-vatothem thewed in that wars Padip.. I his Egypandto defire the continuance thereofif they. fhonld nceddt againtt tanking was now.inthetbird or fourth yecre of his Reigne, which Cas his Father Phi- lipater had done before him) hebeganne a vety.yong hoy. a hecoustefie for ube te had lately-beene fup plicd W is 2 Romans weretothanke him,was,that out ofEgy pt they Ole, in.a time of Extreame Dearth, when, the miferies.of War had madeall their aen to ie ; rouinces vnabletorelieue them.-This meflage gouldpet but bee welseme, sAntiochus. had Bait inedthciiages sy pian :fince itavas: well knowncshow Philip and yoso4ink him,confpiring to takeaway his Hingaome Ane thet eforess mig i biraehiie 1upf a anthee hoped.that he,,:05 his Councell for him; thould pure to his Eftateino, lefle tha ores; fince this their Macedonian Expedision concerned. theirs, ba ee: theerrand was forthe molt part complementall 5, fo had, Enea things se aa wad e. athleifure anddiredtion fromthe Senates to looke wat the way, Wherefore chey agreed, that MieAraylissthe yongelt-of them fhoul« oe E : : ake him leauethe fiegeof Abydusswhich ceure fide.vifite philsp;totryif he could make bim scans: Sa ela aicootaes ey aiene pant Wasliketo, CartyaeEvaplins,comming to BhitigaX6"s bieShap Dene bei Le cies a Fen. Romans. madeswithithe had he, thar ste League Whom hemade warre,were onfederare vith A omneees ns saHetere mhilp anfweted, heviasaow belioginghad akindof dependantie PoresiTY only xequite salad be dil That atta/us-and the Rhodians had made waste vo? hires oi pa x (Laid <raylins ) KegMee thefe poore sad alfa » yous : the Che tReny with Hike..Doe ou alfa ( ‘by Hema first made -mipan: You 2 The when he heard of their purpofe to renew the war. The Athenians came out oftheir Ci- Luh; rereshle searre.y far any tbe like Janesier fa <a napdothercfore: hee roundly Jemne a pompeas they could deuife, tomeer and Honour the King. ‘They entertain? Sir 5-al Made .anfwer toe Emplias if 46. 704" pantspre[ i umpbugns But L wana: wifo. yee g 4 Raman... that.makehh: jou thas. Jw bein ji J m mit i tie,all the Magiftrates, Pricfts, and Citizens, with their wiues and children, in as 10 cae ING was -angxy..to. heare,pimfelfe, thus, taken. meee | Cahowe- all, horicak ;yopn heausit, 404 |
