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Show Tehefift Beokeofshejfixfipart sate Cuar.4..§.15. with Gyeliad#s the banifhed Achwanginwhom he repofed much canfidencesEmbifladors : vato Titus. Thefe had.conference along while inipriuate, with Tete and-fome of his Roman;Colonels:.by whom they,were gently entertained, and \in, very. friendly wife difmiffed..[t feemes.thar.thcyhad Commiffion,; toreferre, all ynto.7itwshis ownedifcretionsas Philip himfelfein tewdaies after did. There was. granted, vato, hima, Truce for fifteene dayes.:,in which time, the king himfelfemight..come! and; {peake with the Roman Geperal-In themean {eafonmany,{ufpicious| rumours went,of Fitis,as ifhe had been corrupted with great.rewards from the king, to betray the |Greekes'his; Confederaces. Ofthefe bruitsthe @tolians werechiefe auchours:who bein g wont to regard inci: ther frieadfhip norhonestic,whereiprefitled them.a wrong waysiudged alike ofall men 10 elfe: Butagainft rhe day.appointed for themeeting betwixt-him, and Philip; Tétus had fentletters.ynto.his Affociates; willingthemto hauetheic Agentsready: by a time aps pointed;arthe entrancgofTempe,wherethe'Treatyfhould bee held‘There when they. wereallaffembled,they. entxed. into confultation beforethekings,atviuall;what fhould be moft expedient for the commonbenefit ofthemnall,.8¢ far,euery.cftate in particular. The poore-king dminander befoughtthemall;& efpecially the Romans,that they. would thiae vpon.him;and confidering his weakeneflesvhichheconfeffed,) makefiich proui~ fion,that after the Romans hadturnedtheir backs, 'and were gone home, P/iljp might notwreake his angervpon him who was notable torefift. Then {pake A/exander one of the £tolians: who commending Titasforforiuchas he had thus affembled the Confe- 23 derates te-aduife vpontheirown-good,and:had willed ther to'deliuer their minds free= lysadded Thatinthe maine ofthe puspofe which he hada hand, she was viterly deceiued: for that by making peace with Philip, hee could neither aflure the Romansoftheir quiet,northe Greeks oftheir liberty,There was,she{aid}fiore.other, end.tobemaderof the warre,which could. agrec eithersyitnthe puxpofe ofthe Senate& people ofRome, or priateFae prothifes madeby tus, himfelfovato the Greeks} thanthechafingof Philip quite outofhiskingdome.And.to this effe@-hemadea long difcourfe. But Tita anfwered,Thatthis Atolign wap] acquainted,either withtheigood pleafureofthe Se- nate and people of Komp,arwith the laudablecuftomeswhiehthey generally held: for that itwasnot the matter. ofsheRamansito.feekeshewtter defttuaionofany king ‘or 39 Nation,atfuchtimeas they.firft nade warrewiththem; vntill by fomerebellion they foundita matter ofneceffityto take fuch a rigorons:courles:And hereofhe ‘alledged the Carthaginians as a notablé example: adding, That vidory; to.genctoustninds, was onely an inducement tomoderation..As concerning the-publike benefivof Greece: it was (he faid)expedient,thatthe kingdome ofMacedon fhould begreatly weakened and brought low;nottharit fhould beytterly deftroyed :. forafinuchasit fertied.as a bartts totheThracians,Gaules, and amultitudeof;otherfaluage Nations,which would foont ouer-flowy the whole continentef Greece;ifthis kingdomeiwenenot interpofed.Wher* fore héconcluded,that if2Ailip. would yeelduntothofe demands, wherewith hee had prefledhimin the former Treaty,. then was thereno reafon to.denichim peace: "Asfot 40 theEtolians f.ftheythoughtetherwile,..izfhould-be atitheirowrie pleafare,'to take counfaileapart For rhem{clucsas they; thought good. Than begat Pherexs, another ot theActolians,tofay,that all was come,to-nothing ;:fok-that ere longy:rbilip would trouble alltheGreeksino leffe than he had done intime before,| But 2ity interrupted him,&bad him leauehis babbling, faying,Khat him{elfewould take fuch order,as that apcoat heeneuer fo delirdus,fhould thengeforth riot haneitiin his power'to moleft len : aivial 4 the Greckese. wishhenextdayKing PasAp-car sehithet: whatZiewsnbed frighdlyand fulfering hic to repofe bimfelfe that night,,heId.a,Counéell the: day following ; wherein the King . yetlved ynto all that had beenesequired at his hands, offting yer furtherto ftandto the ofthe kiftory ofthe World. Townes that: had fometime belongedwnto their Common-weale:: Rather he willed Titus to confider,thatby an ancictit Gouenant betyreehethem/and the Romans, all the Townes taken ought to betheir owne, and the Romans to haue Nothing fave thepillage and captiues. [tis true, that there had'betnefuch a condition inthe former warre :-but itceafed tobe of any validitie, as fooneas' the Atolians made peace with Philip: And thus much 7#fas gaue them to vnderftand asking hem whether they: thought it #eafot nable,thatall the towns in Greece,which had letinthe Romans by compofition fliould bedelinered into fubiection of the Atolians::‘Thereft ofthe Confederates were very much delighted,with thefe angry paflages between'the Roman and the Atolians= neiz xo ther had they great reafon to feare any hard meafuresfince Tates was fo earheftin behalf ofthofe Theflalians,to giuethemliberty, though they-had ftood ont againfthim,euen till very feare made them open their gates. \Whereforethey oppofed ‘hot themfelnes 5 but gaue their confent willingly vnto.a'Trucefor foute Moneths, 1 Ok.o}097 The chiefe caufe that mooued Titus to grant peace fo readily tothe Matedonian.befides that landable cuftome by him beforealleaged's was;the fame of wAstiochas hig comming with an Armie from Syria, and drawing neere toward Europe.'Hee had alfo perhaps yet.a greater, motiue;eucnthe confiderationthat his fucceffor mighthappen to defraud him ofthe honour,ifthe warrefhould happento be protraéteds And ‘he was iri the right. For whenhis letters, rogetherwith Embafladors from the Macedonian, and fundry States of Greece,camevato Reme,new Gontuls were choftn : who,(efpecially the one ofthem) {tod very earneftly-againft the peace. ; alleaging:friuolous matter of their owne fulpition, in hope toget the honour.of concludiag:the warre.: The Senate began to be doubrfullyaffected, betweene the Etsbafladours ofPhilip, offring to ftand to whatfoeucr was, demanded,and the letters of 7é¢ws prefling thenrto acceptthis offer! onthe onefide, and the importunitie ofthe Conful onthe other; who faid,that-all thefe goodly fhewes were fraudulent,and thatthe king would rebell,-as fooneas the Armié wascalled out of Greece. But the matter was taken out ofthe Senators hands by two of the Tribunes,that referredit to. an Affemblyof the People.by whofe foueraigne'autho= tity it was concluded, that Peace fhould be granted vnto the kings So tente Embaflau 3° dors were fentfrom Romeouet into Greece : in. which aumberiwere they ;'that Had beene Confuls before Titas, and.it was ordained by theiraduicey that Titus fhould geethrongh with the bufineffe ofPeace. Thefe wouldvery faine have retained: thofe three important Cities,of Corinth, Chalcis, and Demetrias, vntill the ftare of Greece Were fomewhat better,{etled.But finally Tits prevailed fo,thatCorinth was(though not Immediately rendred vatothe Achzans; and all the other Greck'townes which Philip ; Reld,as well in A fia'as in Greece,reftored vato libertie. The Conditions of the Peace granted vnto Philip; were,That before the celebration ofthe next * Ufthwtian GamesHe thould withdraw. his garrifons out of ali the 'Greeke # oPelibtiee townes which he held,and confignethem ouer to the Romans' That hie should deliner "7s #9 vp vnto them all Captiues that he hadof theirs, andall Renegado's: Likewife all his hippes ofwarre, referuing to himfelfe onely fiueofchelefierfort, and one of Se aty greatneffe, whereinfixteene men laboured at euery oare: Further,that he thoul Pay athoufandtalents,the one halfe in hand,the other inten yeeres following, by ¢euen Potions. Hereto* Livieaddes, That he was forbidden to make warte out of Macedon; « zin.tib-3'3i Without'permiffion of the Senate. But I findenot that he obferned this Article, orwas any time charged with the breach ofit.Fourchu indredtalents hehad . ready a 42 Titustogether with his yonger fon Demetriw,to remainc as hoftage for a ane a ag inthis matter ofpeace,at {uch timeas he lately fenthis Embafladors to - ee Was promifed,thatthe money,and hisfonne, fhould be reftored backe'v nets io : the Senate were not pleafed with the agreement. Whether this money were rec "2 d GoodplenforeoftheSenate,iftheysvouldhauemore hoped;tothe 744 weg theActoliansnfulting onesbim, {aid it wasito-beeadded >that Conditions. héwould there §o*S part ofthe thoufand talents,I cannotfinde: and itfeemeth otherwife, ce a e onsDemetrius, who,together with thofe foure hundred calcein ee aaah > there named biddingTs hitn thenvall.But pamuleae no-His.anfweitwhs,thatthey rhighttake whether {peake interpoling himfelfe, {aidis thouldbee otheswife » ThefewvereT heffaliantownes, and limto vnderftand what agreementwas madewith Pbiip in behalfe ofthe Grecks ; fed lengsh giuc vp toxhe Actoliansyamany, oftovines (which fhould be all free:a Rcathem onelyexceptedswhichndt lonplagochad 'refiifed to commitit felfta the fai faith of the Romans, & thesfore'fhould notebe: pinentothe Actolians- HercatPhamea scricdour, thasdt wasteo greatanioiucy, thusro bee cereiee of = - owne Temained (till in cuftody of the Romans, as a part ofthe bargaine which be fone ¥, admade, Letters alfo were then fent by Titss vnto Prafias king of Byt cremahi i how the Senate held it reafonable,that the Ciani, moft miferably ie rit ie ‘ toliberty, & peropld be reftored nation Y Philipsto gratifie this Bithynian his fon-in-law,fh did. Wbat pion ‘oftheir whi ans, i i the famebenefit ofe the Romans,which other to enioy Mutted |
