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Show The JiftBooke ofbefink par Citar.4i§.10 Gwar4S.io, of:the Hifborie oftheWorld, eneorem ro Athens. Tewas miid-night when this'Polt caine thither? who found all the Towne a. fleepe,as fearelefieofany dangerBut the Magiftrates, heari dg hisréportjcanfed atrum. pet out of their Cireadell to found'thie Alainie) and with all{peede made ready for de. fence: Within fewhoutes Philip was there:"who feeing the niany lights,' aiid othe: fighes ofbufic prepatation viuallia fuch acafe,vnderttood that they had tewes of his comutinigxand therefore willed hisittienjto réepofe themifelues till itwere day. Iris like, thatthe paiicitivofhisfollowers did helpewellto adimatethc Citizens? which{beheld themfrom thewalls. Whereforethough Clasdin' Were ‘not yet' returned (who was to ferclv'a compaflt about by feajand had no €au(eof hatte) yeehauing inthetewne fore mercenarie Souldiees, whichtheykept, oftheir owne,behdesthe great mnultivide ofcitizens: they Adactturedto iffte forth at aigate,whercto they faw Philip make approach, The king was gladiof this yreckoning allthofehis owne; that! were thus hardiec.' Hee therefore oncly willed his men tofollowhis example § and prefently gaue charge vpon themslnthat fight heegauefingulur proofe of his valour ! and béating downe many of the Enemies with hisowne hands,draucthem With gtear flaughter: backe intothecitie, The heat ofhis courage tran{ported him further, than difcretion would haue allowed, euen tothe very gate. But he retired without harmetaking ; for that they which were vpon the Towers oucr the gate, could not vie their calting weapons againft him, with- out much iadangering their owne people that were thronging before hin into the city. There wasa Temple of Hercules, a place ofexercife, with a Groue, and many good-*, ly Moniiments befides, necre adioyning vato Athens : ofwhich he {pared none ; but fuffered thetage ofhis angcr to.extend,euenvatothe ‘fepulchres ofthedead. Thenext day cainc thie Romans, and fome Companies ofAttalue hig meh from figina ;%*too late in regard ofwhat was already paft: butin good timeto preuent himoffatisfying hisangerto the fall}which as yet he had'tiot done! So he' departed froin tHetice te Co- rinehand hearing that the Acheans held a Parliament at Argos, Hee caine thither to them vnexpected, i ; The Achweans weré dewifitig-vpon watte: whichtheyintended to make gaint' Wabi the Tyranv of Lacedzition: whobeing ftatred vp in the room ofAzachanidas,did greatet mifchiefethan anythat wentbefore him, This'T¥rant telyed wholly vpon ‘his ‘mercenaries: and 6f his fubiedts had nb regatd. He was a cruel! oppreffor ; agrectly. extorti- 3° oner vponithofe that lived vndér himsand one thitin his natural! condition {melt rank ly of the Hangman. Th thefe qualities,his wife Apege wasvery fitly marched with him, fince his dexteriticwas nd greaterin {poyling the mén,,than hersin fleecing their wits; whorh fhé would netief fufferto beéat quier; till they had prefented her withall their Liu.Gb.3%, Excerpt.é Polyb.lst3. demels and ipparell. Her hiisband was fo delighted with het properti¢, that hee caufedan Image tobe made,liuelyreprefenting her: & apparelled ic with fuch coftly garinents as fhe vied'to Weare. But it was indeed an Engine, feruing to torment men, Heereofhee ay, -- sien Againft this Tytanethe Achzanswere preparing for warre; when Philip cameamong them; and had feet downe, what proportion ofSouldiers euery Citic of their Corpota+ tion fhould furnifh out, But Phi/ip willed them; nottotroublé thenifelues with'the caré ofthis bufineffe ;forafimuchas he alonéwouldeafethem ofthis Watte,and'také the bur den vpon himfelfe.. Wwith exceeding ioy and thankesthey accepted'of this kindé offer, But then hetold them; Fhat,whilefthe made warre vpon Lacedximon, He oughtnotto leauehis owne Townesynguatded. In which refpea he thought they would *be pleafed; tofendafew men to Corinth, éfome Companies into che Tle ofEubosa-that fo he pmightfecurcly purfue thewarreagainit Wabis. Immediately they found.out his denice which was none othér, thamto erigagetheit Nation inhis warre againft the Romans? Wherefore their Prator Cyc/iades made himanfwer, That their bawes forbadethem to conclude any othermatters in their Parliamentjthan thofe foriwhich it was affembled: So pafling the Decree, vpon whichthey hadagreed before, for preparing watreagaintt Nabisshe brakevp the Aifembly, with every mans good likiag; whereas it former times, he had beene thought no betterthan oneof the Kings Parafites: Itgrieued the King to haue thus failed.inhis purpofe with the Achzatis; Neuettheleflehe gathered vp among thema few Voluntaries and fo returned by Corinth backe into Attica, There he met with Philoctes one ofhis Captaines, that with two thoufand men hat beene doing whatharme he might ynto theCountries With this addition. of woftrength,he attepted the Caftle ofEleufine,thé Hauen of Pyreus, and euenthé-citieo® Athens. But the Romans made fuch hafte after him by Sea, thrufting them{eliesintoeuery ofthefe places ; that hecouldno more than wreake his anger vponthofe goodly Temples, with which the Land ofAtticawasat that time fingnlatly beautifiedi'So' hee deftroyed all the worksioftheit notable Artificers,wrought in excellent Marble which they had in plenty, oftheirowne ; or, hauing lonig-agoe beene maftérs of theSeas-had brought from other places, where beft choyce was found.\Neither did he onely pullall downe: but caufed his inien to. breakethe very. ftones,that they might be vnféruiceable totheir reparation. His lofleat Chalci8ibeing thus renenged vpom Athens, Heewent homeinto, Macedon: & there made prouifion; bothlagainftuhé Roman Confilthiat lay about Apolloniasand.againft the Dardanians,with otherhis bad neighborswhich were likely to infeft him. Amonghis other cares he foigot notthe Atdlians » to whofe Par liament,fhortly to be held acNaupaGus;heferit an Emnbaflugesreduefting themtd contituein-his friendthip, ‘Thus was Philip oceupied. 2 Sulpicius the Roman Gonful encamped vponthe Ritier of Aphis. Thence hee fent forth ¢pu/finsis Licutenant,withpait dfithe Army,towafte the borders of Macedon: Aviftius tooke fundry Caftlesand Townes; vfing {uch extremity,of [word and fire at ntipatria, the firt good Towne which hewonneby-fotce, that none durftafterwards make refiftance, valefferhey knew themfelues'ableto hold out. ‘Returning towardsthe madevfe,when hé meédnt to triethe vertue of his Rherorick, For calling vnto him fome Conful with his {poyleyhewas chatgedin Rere,vponthe paflage ofabrooke; by Arbe- this Counterfait Apega ftood,and there vfe all his art of perfwafion; to get what he de- M4foras'a Macedonian captaite:butthe Romans had the better, 8 killing many of thefe chemies,tooke prifonersmany more, to theincreafeoftheir bootyywith which they ar- rich man;ofwhofe niéney he was defirous} hee would bring hin into the rodme where fired, as it Were by good will. Fhe could not fo fpeed, but was arifwered withexcults; then tookehe the refractory denic#by the Hand, and told him, that perhaps his Wife tied in fafery at their camp: The fuccefleiofthis Expedition, though it were notgreat, Yetferned to draw into the Roman fiiendthip,thofe that had formerly no good inclina- Apega (whofateby in'a' Chaire) could perfwade more efestually.'So he ledde him to the Image,that rofevp and opened the armes,asit were for imbiacement. Thofe armes werefull of fharpe yron nayles,thélike whércofwas alfo Rickine inthe breafts; rhough ton tothe Macedonian: Thefe were Plewratus;che fon of Scerdilaidesthe Illyrian: Ami#atider King ofthe Athamahians, and Satothe fonne of Lougarts, & Prince of aan denians, They offered their affiftancé vnto the Conful;who thanked ae 9 ~ > hidden with her clothes:and herewith'the griped the poore wretch, to the pleafiire of at heiwould fhortly make v{e ofPleuratus and Bato, when hee entredinto Mace oo : the Tyratit, chat laughed athis ertiell déath‘Such, and worfe (for itwere long totell all: litthat the friendhip of -4minander , whofe Country lay betweene oe Hito mae and Theflalie, might be perhaps auaileable with the £tolians, to ftitre them vpagain heretharis fpoken of him}was Wabi in his Gotlernement. In his‘dealings abroad hee combined withthe Atolians, as WAchazidesand Lycurgus had done before him. By 3s thefe hiegrew into dequaintance with ‘the Romatis >" and' was comprehended ‘in the SOPhilip, é League which they madewith Pbifip,at the end of their former warre. OF Philepamens ‘Li at hand, Tr hither stoli : ypon the £tolian, Parliament sholly fet re Sothe Of which,the Macens,é¢ Athenians. R Se eat Came Brabaffidours fromthe Macedopian,Roma : , . Tertitory 5 and wating all the fieldsmade themdiftruft their owne fafe fallvpontheit ty inthe Townes, 2" feo (aw Phanic atekt & = dinghad been angryhatthe Arolians;by making peace with Pbs/ipjhad no er vertue he ftood in feare; and'therefore dirt nor proiioke the Achedns, as long asthey had fuch an ‘able Commander, Bat when Cythades,'a-farre worfe Captainc, was their Pretorsand all, orthe greateft part oftheirMercenaries were dilcharged ; Philopames eing alfo'goneinto Crete,to follow his beloued occupation of Warre:then did Ns6# © mn Again Onian {pike iad faid: That as hereWas nothing fallen out, which a pee athe breach ofpeace betweenc his mafterand the Aitolians : fo was itto fe ona? thattheyiwvanld hot fuffer chemfeliics;without goodcaule,tobecaried aSdona4. thew meas fancies:He prayedithemtoiconfider,how the Romans heterofore eal cokes Siftheirwanre'in Greecetended snly.to the defence ofthe Arolians,and y - : Mmmmm 3 = $33 oe |
