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Show -_- Thefife Bookeofthefirst part 552 Cnar.s.6.t But Antiochus was contented tobe pacified, either with gifts, or perhapsottly vith faire ofthe Hiflorie ofhe World, perenide;together with a fonnethatthe had-borneto, Antiochus: Jafline reports, that: Bes senice fauedhetfelfe,together with the yong Prince her¢hilde,a whileinthe SanGuary"#, 1.27, words.containing him(felfe within Afia, and letting Covannus enioy that Qitictly which hehad purchafed in Europe withthe blond of Selewsms. Te is {aid ofthis Antiochas! that although he married with the Queene Stretonica in his Fathers life : yeroiit oFtmodefty he forboreto imbrace her,till his Father'was déad. So that" perhapshis iticeftuoiis loc at Daphne: and that not onely fome Cities ofAfia preparedto fuccour herjbut her brother Prolemic Euergetes. king of Egypt, cametorefeue her with an Armies, though too late,for fhe wasi{laine before. faa battaile': wherein though otherwife the Enemies had all aduantage againft him, yet by "yeeres beene king, begannehis reigne., His. fubicéts sere highly offended at his wicked nature; which they difcoueredin this fir{t entrance... Wherefore.it. was like, that his E, fate would haue beene muchendangered,ifProcemie Euergetes; who came againft him; +, had not beene drawne backe into-hisjowne Countrie, by fome Commotions therein waspartly, iPnorchiefly,the caufeofhis not profecuting that reuenge 3 whereunte Na ture fhould haue veged:him. Afterwards hee had warres- with Antigonut Comatas, and With Nicomedes King of Bithynia.° Alfo Lutarinsand Leonorins, Kings ot Captaines of the Gaules, were fet vpon him by the fame Wicomedes. Withithefe hee fought a great thetertour ofhis Elephants, which afftightéd both their Horfes and them: he wonthe Vidory. Hetooke in hand an enterprife againft Prelemie Philadelphas: but finding iff Genebrardt. 2, fucceffe in the beginning,he foon gaue it ouer. Tothis King 4etiochns Soter it was,that Iuf-martin Emee Cwar.5.§.16 10 » With fuch cruclties Se/eacus Callinicns fucceeding, vnto bis Father that. had fifteend 19 jand. Forthere werenone that would bearearincs againht Ptolemie,in defence oftheir owneking : but ratherthcy fided withthe Egyptian;who tooke Laedice the kings mo-= Berofusthé Chaldean dedicated his Hiftory ofAffyria ; the fame,which hathfince been excellently falfified by the Frieraszins. Heeleft behindé him one fonne,cdlled Autio= ther,and rewarded her with death as fhe hadwell deferued., Wherefore Seleuens, being freed from this inuafion,by occafion ofthofe domefticall troubles whichrecalled Ewergees home into Egypt; went about,a dangerouspeece of worke, euen to make warre Vpon his owne fubiects, becaufe oftheir bad affection towards him ; whenas ithad bin oftheOlympiad following,inthe fiftieth or one and fiftieth yeerof she kingdome ofthe snuch better, by well-deferuing,to haue changed their hatred into loue. A great Fleet he prepared in furnifhing and manning whereof hewasat {uch charges,that he fcarce left himfelfeany other hope,ifthat thould mifcarrie. deercin hee embarkedhim{elfesand + putting to Sea; did mecte with {uch atempet, as deuouredall {anc him{clfe,anda very chus Theos , "and'one daughter,called Apame,chat was married'vnto the king of Cyrene, So he‘died about the end of the hundred twenti¢and ninth Olympiad,orthe beginning aA Greekes, whenhe had reigned nineteen¢ yectes:* * Antiochusfarnamed Theot, or thegod, had this ‘vaine andimpious title giuen to him by flattery ofthe Mileffans ; whom hedeliuered ftomTimérthus, 4 Tyrant that oppref- 20 fed them. Hee held long'anddifficult,' bur fiuitleffe, waite with ‘Prolamie Philadelpbus King ofEgypt; which finally he compounded, by taking to wife Berenice the daughter OfPtelomie. Ofthefe two Kings,and ofthis Lady Bereuiee, S. Hicrome andother Interpreters viiderftood that Prophecie ofDakiel:The Kings dauzhter ofthe South.foall come ta thehaue king PAEXIYS Ofthe North,tomiake au agreement iand that which followeth. _ Ptolomie Philadelpbus wasa gréat loiter of Peace and Learning ; aud (fetting apart his inceftiious marriage with his owne fifter Arfisoc)a very excellent Prince : howfoeue * Aug.de Cin. r, Dei bt 8.0.42 the worthieft ofall that race. ‘It was He, that built and furnifhe d with Bookes, that fa*ofantdt2. mous Librarieiff Alexandria: which to adorne, and to honour the more, He fent vnto 3 €.26 * : Concerning E/eazar then high Prieft of the lewes, for the Bookes of Mofes‘and other Scriptures. thatBooke "The benefits of this King vnto the Iewes,had formerly beene very creat : for he had fet whichvaderche now tliberti goes 7 *tlibertie as manyof fth ys them,as his‘ Father held in flaueryy throughout allEgyptish ; and hee caus =vel- oa Se .God és heraddlens very rich Prefents. Wherefore E/ca5ica 3 Ar €lding to the Kingsdefire,prefented g 5 him with an Hebr‘ew coppice: ie: which which Prosemee Prolomé eamalythe Sc to betranflated into Greek,byfeuenty two ofthe moft. graue & learned perfons oe that could be found amongall the Tribes. In this number the 72. Interpreters,or (as pition thar iis "2°Y are commonly called the Sewentie, Iefas the fonne ofofsyrach, is thought by GeneConners, brardto hauebeene one: whothat he liuedin this Age,it feemes to me very futficient-"pag ly prouedby: Tanfenins, in his Préface vnto Ecclefiafticus. The whole paflage of this buJare Author. fineffe between Philadelphus and the High Prich, was written (as /ofepbiss affirmes) by Suvelyie os es = was employed therein. Fortie yeeres Ptolomie Philadelpbus was king ; rece pelted in che eea e 7a =ritpied Sac with his He was exceedingly belostime of vives ;Med Of i his peoples and highly magnified by Poets, ; Father. .and:other WriTiters. Towards hihis oewe = he grew more voluptuous,than he had beeneinhis former yeers: in which time he infly fafpeee- oatted,that healone had found outthe way howteliue for ener: Ifthis had bin referet:incranew red vntohis honourable deeds;it might haue ftood with leant: with which he was oftentroubled, was enough to teach reafon: otherwife, the Gowt, him his owne errour. Hee was purgedfrom the firft ofthe Kings, deriued from Alexanders Succeffors,that entred into League with sa fae (asthe the Romans: asalfo. of his Of-Gpring wasthe laftamo ng thofe Royall Familics, which s terme 7 C ? thote bookes, Dy them was rootedvp, tens ;-ke Toees had anotherwife,called Laodiceat {uch time as he married with Bereshar hey i" ne C aughter ofthis Ptolomie, After his fecond marriage, he vfed his firft wife with ee as etter regardjthan ifthe had beenchis Coricubine. Zaedice hated him forthis : yet orth byMid -aduentured notto fecke reuen, illh dendorpiusat to be le : gc;vacill i was of aboility ‘fi her owne fonne Seleweus Calliinicws Colen.An. 2 £9 DE "ing. This wastwoor threeyeeresafter the death ofProlemie Philedelplras:at: what Dom. 1578.3, time fhe poyfoned het husband Thees. and b s nedered sand by permiflion ofse/encus her fon; muudere Berenice, sotew ofhiis friends that hardly efcaped. ‘This calamity, hauing Icft him nothing elfe in amannerthan his naked body, turned.neverthelefleto his great good ; as anon after it feemed, For when his Subiedts vaderftood in what fort the gods ( as they conceiued ithad punithed him for his offences ; they had:commiferation ofhis Eftate; and, prefuming that hee would thenceforth become anew man; offeredvntohim their feruice With greatalacritic. This reviued.him,andfilled him with {uch {pirit; as thinking himfelfe well enough ableto deale with the Egyptian, he made ready a mighty Aimie for that purpofe. Buthis fortune was no better at-Land,than it had beene at Sea, Hee Was vanquifhed by Pzolemie ina great battaile: whence hee efcaped hardly ,no better at~ tended,than afterhis late fhipwracke. Haftiog therefore backeto Antioch, and fearing thatthe enemie would {oonebeat his heeles ; He wrote ynto. his brother Ansiachesdie 74x, wlio lay then in Afia, praying himso bring fuccour with all {peed ; and, promifing, inrecompenceof his faith and diligence, the Dominion ofa great patt of.Alia. 4utiox ehus was then but fourteeneyeeres old, but extreamely ambitious; and therefore glad of fuch an occafionto make himfelfe great, Hee leuieda mighty Armic of the Gaules 5 Wherewith he fet forward to helpe hisbrother, orrather to get what he could for him- felfe. HereofProlemie being aduertifed : and hauing to defireto put bimfelfein d inget More than he hecded;todke Tiuct with Seleatus for tenneyeeres. No fooner Was Selen- tusfreed from this care ofthe Egyptian war, buchis brother Auntiochns came vpon him, aidnieeds Would fight with him,‘as knowing himfclf to haue the betrer At os So Stlesens was Vanquithed againe,and fated himfelfe, with fo few about him, chat he was, Verily fuppofed'to haue pet fhedin the battaile., Thus did Gods iuftice take reuenge of i thofe murders by which the Crowne was purchafed ; and fetled (as migi ht haue beene thought, onshe head. ofthis bloody King. Awtigchus, was very glad.t0,shea ofsbis re -eby, hee had purchafed his hearts defirc, But the Gauleg, his i brothers de ProneSb eigen He. fsbo hee led them egaintt hs igamus, being imhopeto. get honourby, making a Conqueft int sf beginning Reigne.; thefe perfidions Barbarians tooke counfaile againft him, an deuifed h rE t if there wens ome oP fttippe him of all that hee had. They thought it very likely,tha a grethe toe lad bhonds on Vv Alasbecin inaP inthe felucs, ismone ngtothem nelower be necian be pa ould grine e is et % is manctsss pe hadDera a.i ticayenacntonced himto ranlopashamlee mi fa.contented ; a | Neither were they, shiteSet a a astended butlittlerohis honour, Inthe sneaee 7 be geen$9 Bis totrie more. once) prepared. and Armie danew férbad cathere Fi his.profi Rother. Bumpenes hearing.of this,choughtthe feafon fit for hints) Se grea and wasbeatem;, which is Oftheir difcord; Amtiechus fought with him, ers Gaules his:$ own fouldilite ae fare oftheGa i : nto ftand iano Bawfull Prifoner.. fy Sfinge he had great scafo |