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Show Cuar.4.6-p; The fift Bookeof thefirftpart Fé remsember the League thatyehane made with me,and tokeepe it : Ifye dee otherwife; 7 vill makeye underfland,that the Kingdeme,and NameofMacedon win matter of Warre, no leffe noble than the Reman. S06: he difmifled the Embaffador}and: had the Towne ‘immedi: atély yeelded to hisdifcretion.The people had entertained a refolution, to hauediede. uety one ofthem,sand fettheir Towne onfire; binding themf{elues hereto by 4 feare. falloath; when P4i/ip dehied toaccept them vpon reafonable Conditions, But hanin in defperatefight,once repelling him fromthe Breach, loft the greateft numberoftheir Youthrit was thought meet by the Gouernoursiand Anciehts of the Citie te changethis refolution;andtakefitch peace as couldbegottem Sothey carried out their Gold and Siluer to PAifip? about which whileft they. were: bufte,' the: memory ‘of their oath 10 wrought foeffectually inthe yongerfort »thatjby exhortation oftheir Priefts,they fell to murdering their women,children, and themfelues. 'Hereof‘the King had fo little" compafiion, that He faid, he would gtant the 4éydemithrec dayesleifure to.diexandto thatendforbad hismen to enterthetowne; or hazard: themfelues in, interrupting the violence ofthofemadfooles. ; ' Bees "them, Horxvhich | caufehefent vntothem.C.C landias with twentypallies,a nd:acompe F ETE s 2 ? teat number of men :-butthe.maine ofhis.forces hee retained withhim, : forthe seats quition ofagreaterdeGigne.T he Athenians werenovindeed befiesed : i » - from, Chalcis,in the He of Eubcea,andfomebands cada eee: wledtqzaketheir thippes.and{poyle.theirvfields, becatte they had declared chemfelues again,King Bhilip,thatiwas Lord.ofthefetwotownesi |The robberies done by thefe Pyratsand/Free-bootcrs,wore by the more eloquent than war-likeAthenians.in thirdeshining Ageoftheir Fortune andYeertue,called a Siege. From fuch detriment the arrival 100hic-audius,and shortly after.ofthree Rhodian Gallics,eafily preferued them. As for the , Athenians themfelues,they thathad been wont,in.angient times, to-vndertake the-con- quelts of Egy pt, Cy prus,/and Cicil.;tomake war vpon the great Perfian King, andto hold fo. much ofGreecein fubieGtion; as madethem redoubtable vntoall the reft ;-had nownomorethan threée-fhips, and thofeopen ones, not much better than long boates: Yetthoughtthey notthemfeluesaiwhitthe worfe.men, but ftood as highly vpon the glory.andyertue of theitAnceftors,asif it had beenftill their owne. ~< eet DainRinaeade The Towne ofChalet is Eubestaken andfackt by the Romans and their Affociates, that Lap | 44 Garvifon at Athens. Philip attemptethto take Athens byfurprize :wafleth the Conngo| tr) about,and makes a towrncy into Peloponne/us.'OfNabis the Tyrant ofLacedemon, and 0 his wife. Philip offers to make warre againfi Nabis for the Acheans, He returneth home Mere His calamity of the Abydevi, was likened bythe Romans vntothatoftlic Saae guntines: which indeedit neerely refembled ‘though Rome was notalike intereffed in the quarrell. But to liclpe therafélaes'with pretence for the watre, they had found'out another Saguntum, euen the Citi¢ of Athens : whichif the Macedoniah fhouldwinne,then refted there no moreto doe, ‘than'that heé flould prefently embarke himfelfe forItalic; whither he would come; not as Hannibal from Saguatuminfiue monetlis, but inthefliort {pace offiue dayes fayling. Thus P. Sulpitius the Conful rold themultitudéwhen he exhorted themto make warte vponi Philip ;' whicli at hisfirft propounding they had denied. The example of Pyrrbus was by-him alled? 39 gcd; to thew,what Péssip, with the power oFa greater kingdomé;' might dareto vndertakezas al fo the fortunate VoyageofSespio into Africk:to fhew the difference of making warreabroad,and admitting it into the bowels ofthei owne Contitry.. of the Hyftoriecof theWorld, a >, TheRomans decreewarre again(t Philip, and/end oneoftheir Confuls into Grecee, as it were ~ in defence ofthe Athenians their, Confederates. How poore the Atherians were at this _. bine both ia quality and cftate, Gua Pads 10, _ through Attica,wbich hefpopleth againe: andprovides again/? the Enemies. Some exploits » ofthe Romans. Diners Princes ioyne with them, Great labouring to draw the Ltolians in_ tothewarre. 2 W) iia. returning homie ‘from Abydus, heard newes of the Roman Conful his be- Pe: about Apollonia.Buterehe ftirred foorth to giue him. entertainement,.or perhaps before hee had wellrefolued, whether it were beft awhile ro fir, ftill, andtrie what might be donefor obtaining ofpeace, or whetherto makeoppofition,and reliftthefe Inuaders withall his forces : he receined aduertifement from Chalcis ofa $9 grievous mifhap there befallen him,by procurement of the Athenians, For C.Clanding © Withhis Romans,finding no fuch workeat Arhensas they had expected, or wasanfwetable tothe fame that, went abroad,purpofedto doe: fomewhat that might qnicsen the Watre,and make his owne imployment better.. Hee grew foone weary. of fitting as a By fuchargu- Scatre.crow, to faucthe, Athenians grounds frompoyle; and. therefore gladly tooke donian was both iuft andteceffary. So it was decreed : ‘anditamediatly the fam¢Con- Inhand a bufineffe of morcimportance., Thetowac of Chalcis was. very negligently ments was the Commonalty ofRome induted to belecue, thar this war with the Macefalhafted away towards Macedon,hauing that Prouince allotted vito him before,tall thingsina readineffe;by order fromthe Senate ; who followed other Motities,than the people muft beeacquainted with. Great thankes were giuen tothe AthenianEmbafla- dours, oftheir conftancie(as was faid) in not changing their faith'at' fuch timeas' they ftoodiin danger ofbeing befieged. Andindeed great thatikes weredue totheni, though 4° notypon thefame occafionsForthe people of Rome had no'cauféto thinkeit a benefit vnto themfelues,that any GreekeTown,refafingto fuevito the Macedonian forpeace, requefted their helpeagainft him. Butthe Senate inténditig to take' in hand the Con- queft of the Eafterne parts, had reafon to giue thankes ynto thofe,that miniftred the @ccaliOn: Siticethereforeit Was.ati vntre fuggeltion; That Philip was making réadie forItaly: and finee neither Attalws, the Rhodians; nor any Other State in thofe quarters, defitedthe Romans togiue then prote@ion?thefe bufie:headed Athenians,whofalling Out withthe Acarnanians, and confequently with Philip, a matterof W4ay-ame; (as Was thewed beforeyfentEmbafladorginto alk partsofthé World, éuen to -Ptolomy of Egypt, and tothe Romansyas wellasto®dttalustindothers theit heighbo rs;mult be accepted as caufe ofthe warte,and Authdts ofthe bereft thence redoundinig: Neuertheleffe ‘asit loves tO'fall outwhere'the meaning differs froarthe preténee:t he doings of P.Seipitia the Cortil were fadhv4s tight ane argued Athens to be the ba ofhis cate. He failed mobabsut Pelopormefas) bie tookethe-ready way to' lealt Macebin and landing abouttha Rives ofApfusybetweené Dyfrachium:& Apollonia, there Sbatine the Warre-Sooneiypoti his comming: the Athéniatt Entbaffidors were with hina; and crated hishelpey Wheresfthey tould niakt Alb benefit' Whileft hee was frre from theatPhey bemoanedthenfelies asin befitgeds"and"intreated him rordcliaet tne qs puarded by the Macedonian Souldiers therein, for thatthere was no Enemy at hands and morenegligently by the-Townel-men, who repofed themfelues vpon their Garri- fon. Hereof Claudius. hauing aduertifement;{ailed thither by night, for feare of be- ing deferyed: and arriuing therea litele before,breake of day, tooke it byScalado, Hee #0¥ledno mercy,but {lew all that camein his sway. and wanting men to keepeit, (valeffe it on fire ; hefhould haucleft the heartleffe Athenians to their owne defence) Hee fet confuming the Kings Magazines of Gorne,andall prouifions for Warre, which were Plenteonfly filled. Neither were Heand his: Aflociates contented with the great abun- Sance of{poyle whichthey carried about their fhips ,.& with inlarging all thofe,whom Philp.as in a place ofmoft fecuritiekept there imprifoned :, but, to.fhew their defpight and hatred vnto the King,they ouerthrew and brakein pieces the Sratuaes to bim there ttected: This done,they. hafted away towards Athens: whererthe newes of their exploit about fometwenty Wasliketo be ioyfully. welcomed., The king lay then, at Demetrias Milesthence. whither whenthefetidings, or part of them,were brought, him, though Johe fay thar itwas too latoro remedie the matter yet he made all hafte totake renenges Fale thought to hauetaken the Athenians, withtheir trafty friends, bufie atworkein acking the towne,and loading them{clues with {poyle : butthey were gone nes hy Comming. Fine thoufand light-armed foot. hee had with. him, and:thr car gm ¢ meses | from leauing at Chalcis onely afewto bury the dead, Hee Orle :. whereof it not vnpoflible to take i thence away {peedily toward Athens; thinkingas they had taken hone 6 if ner ae 4a. the ioy oftheir Victory,as full of negligence, Mich failed ofhis expectation,ifa Foot-poft thatftood Scout for. the fet ie.vpo ; ie Otders. had not deferied him a farreoff, and (wiftly carried word of his:appro e ok Mmmmmz 2 |