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Show Thefift Bookeof thefirftpart. Cuar.5:¢3 moneths, with promife, that hee would be ready to hearken vnto equal Conditions, whenthey fhould be offered. Itwas not his meaning to be fo, courteous, as:‘hee would faine haue {eemed, but onely to lull his enemies afleepe, whileft he tooke timeto refieth himfelfe; andtobring Achens to fone good order,whofe treafon daily grew more open andviolent. The fame negligence which he thought the Egyptian would haue vied; He vied himfelfe;as prefuming,that when time ofthe yetre better ferued,little force would beneedfull ; for thatthe Townes would voluntarily yeeld vatohim,fince etolemie pro- uided not fortheir defence. Neuertheleffe, he gaue audience tothe Embaffadors, and had often conference with thofe that were fert out ofEgypt: pleafing himfelfe wellto difpute about the iuttice ofhis quarrell ; which he purpofed. fhortly to make good by to thefivord,whether it wereiuftorno. Hefaid,that it wasagreed betweene Seleveus his Anceftor,.and Prolemée the fonne of Lagi, That all Syria,ifthey could-winneit from Antiganus, fhould bee giuen in pofleflion to Selewews : and thatthis bargaine was afterwardsratified, by generall confent ofall the Confederates, after the battaile at Ipfus. But Prelemies men would acknowledge nofuch bargaine. They faid, that: Prolemie the fonne ofLegi, had wonne Coelofyria,and the Prouinces adioyning for himfelfe: as alfo that he had {ufficiently gratified Selewcss,by lending him forces torecouerhis Prouince ofBabylon, and the. Countries about the Riuet of Eu phrates.. Thus whileft neither\of them greatly cared for peace ; they were, inthe endoftheir difputation, \as farre from concluding as at the beginning. Prelemie demanded reftitution jAatiocbusthought,that 20 he had notas.yet gotten all that was his owne: Alfo Ptolemie would needs haue Achess comprehended inthe Leaguebetweenethem,as one of their Confederates 3 But Astiochas. would not endure'to heare ofthis, exclaiming againft itas:a fhamefull thing, thae one King should offer to deale fo with another,as'to take his Rebell into protection, and Gwars.§.26> ofthe Esftorieofthe World. beene included therein; yet would not the Egyptian hauetaken the paines, of making fecondexpedition for-his fake. The beft was, thathe thought himfelfe ftrong enough,a iffortune werenot too much againft him, todeale with Aatiochus, Neither was heconfident without great reafon: For befides his many victories,whereby hee, had gotten. all thatbelonged vnto, Astiochws on this fide ofTaurus,Hee had alfo good, fuccefle againgt Attalus King ofPergamus; that was an able than of warre,and commanded ftiong Armie. Neither. was hee, as Molothe Rebel! had beene; one of mearte regard otherwif e; and carried beyond himfelfe by apprehendingthe vantage of fome opportunitie + but Coufin german tothe King, ashath beene ‘fhewed before; and nowlately the Kings brother-in-law, by taking to wifea younger daughter of the {fame Mithridates King of 10 Pontus, which wasalfo called Leodice,as was her fifter the Queene, Antiochus. his wife; Thefe things had:added maieftie vnto him ; and had madehis followers greatly to.re- {pect him,euen as oneto whom a Kingdome was belonging. Neither made. it a little forhim, That King Ptolemie ofEgypt held him.in the nature of afriend : and that King 4stiochus was now lately vanquifhed in the battaileat Raphia ; and had therebyloftall hisgettings in Syria. Butall thefe hopes andlikely-hoods cameto. nothing : For, the King ofPontus, ifhee would meddle in that quarrell betweene fonnes-in-law; hadno teafonto take part againft the more honourable. As forthe Egyptian : He was not onlyflothfull ; but hindred by arcbellion ofhis ownefubiects, from helping his friendsabroad. For the people ofEgypt, ofwhom Ptolemie,contrarie tothe manner of his Pros genitors, hadarmed a great number to feruein the late expedition ; beganneto entertaine agood opinionof their owne valour,thinking it notinferiourto the Macedonian. Hereuponthey refufed to fufferas muchas formerly they had donsfince they leffe eftee- feckto ioyn himin Confederacie with his own Soueraigne Lord. Whenthe Truce was med,than thy had done,the force ofthe Kings Mercenarie Greckes; which had hithertokept them in ftreight fubiection.. Thus brake out a warre betweene the king and. his _fubieéts : wherin though theill-guided force ofthe multitude was finally broken s yet out ofEgypt. Setting forward therefore to' meet with the Enemie, he was encountred haue beene {pent, as he thought, muchbetterin, reielling 3 01448 others thought,in fuc- expired, and dtiechas preparedtotake the field again : contrary to his expectation he was informed, That Ptolemie,with avery puiffant Armie, was commingvp againft him onthe way by thofe Captaines ofProlemie, that had refifted:hitn the yeerebefore.They held againft him the paflages of Libanus, whence neuerthelefle heedraucthem : and, 39| proceeding onwardinhis iourney,wonne fo many places, thathe greatly increafed his reputation ; and thereby: drew the Arabians, with diuers of the bordering people, to becomehis followers. Asthetwo Kings drew neeretogether: many Captaines ofPt0Lemie forfooke his pay,and fled ouerto Antiochus: ‘This notwithftanding, the Egyptian had the courage to meethis enemyinthe field.The battell:was fought at Raphia:whete it was notto be decided, whether the Egyptians or Afiatiques were the better Souldiers (for that the ftrength ofboth Armies confiftedin Mercenaries, chiefly ‘ofthe Greeks, king Ptolomiethereby wafted much of his ftrength; and much ofhis time; that might Couring Achens.| As for Antiochus, Hee had no fooner made his peace withthe Egypti- an} than he turned all his careto the preparation ofwarre againft Achens, To this. put= ole he entred into League with Attaius that fo he might diftvact theforces of his Ré30 beth and finde him worke on all fides. Finally, his diligence and fortunewerefuch;that Withina while he had pent vp -Acheus into the Citie ofSardes;where heheld him about two yeeres befieged. The Citie was very ftrong, and well vidtualled : foas there appea- ted not,when the fecond yeeré came,any greater likelyhood of taking it, than in'the firt yeeres fiege. In the end, one Lageras a Cretan found meanes howto enter the Towné, The Caftleit felfe wasvpon a very high Rocke, and in amanher impregnable; Thracians,and Gaules) but whether of the Kings was the more fortunate. Ptolemiewith asalfo the Towne-wall adioyning to the Caftle, in that pa rt which was called the $a we, as not having oftheir owne; whereby to value themfelues: sAntiochas had the more adeepe bottome,whereinto the dead carkafesof Horfes,and other beafts,yea,and - times of men,vfed to bethrowne. Nowit was obferued by Lagoras,chat the el Arfinse his Sifter and Wife, rode vpand downe encouraging his men ;° like did Antiochus onthe otherfide: each of them rcheatfing the brauedeeds ofhisthe Anceftors ; 4° Elephants : as alfohis, being ofAfia,had they been fewer would haue beaten‘ thofe of Africke.. Wherforeby the aduantage ofthofe beafts, Hee draue the: Enemies:before him; in| that part ofthe battaile wherein he fought himfelfe.But Prelemiehad'the better men; by whofe valour he brakethe Grofle ofhis Enemies battaileand won'the victory; whileft Antiochus was heedelefly following vpon thofe,whom he had compelledto re* tite.Autiochas had broughtinto the field aboue feuenty thoifand foor,and fixe thoufand horfe; whereofthoughhe loft {earcetenthoufand foot,aridnot foure hundred horfe ; yet the fameofhis ouctthrowtookefrom him allthofe places which he had'lately Whea therefore he was returned hometo Antioch:He beganito ftand'in feare, leftwonPs Lemie and Acheus, {etting ypon himboth at once, fhould put him in danget ofhis whole Eftate. This caufed him to fendEmbaffadors to the Egyptian'totreat ofpeace : which Wasreadily granted; it being much againft the nature of Prodemie to vexe himfelfe thus with the tedious bufineife ofwarres:So Prolemie, having faied threé monethis in Syria, returned home into th the reputation ofa Conqueror ;torhe greatadmiFatioh ofhis fubieds,Egyptcladwi and ofall thofe. that were acquainted: with his voluptuous an flathfiall:condition; ie Acheus was notcomsprifedintheleague between thele two "Kings! ‘or if lee- Was in like mannerfituatevpon fteepe Rockes;and almoft inacccfible; that hung ouer 40 otherbirds of prey, which hanted that place by reafon oftheir food which was t - Neuerwanting. vied to flie vpvnto the top ofthe Rocks, andto pitch vpon _- less whic ethey refted without any difturbancesObferuing this often, he reafoned i 1 a felfeand concluded,that thofe parts of the Wall wereleft vnguarded,as being thoug 1 Vaapptochable.Hereof he informed the king: who approued neriea me Df tohimthe leading of fuch men, as hee defied fortheaccomplifhing:o ee efiacceffewasagreeableto that which Lagorw had afore concejuedlt:an it _ v9 fauch Jabour,yet withoutrefiftance,he fcaled thofe rocks,and (whilcfta ge- IGlsedoenmedshe rowncintar pasehich Wioe Sarde $9 thought vponi the fameplace had the' Perfians , sree cate or thouphehamfetf fecure on that fide. ButtheCitizens tooke -eae theexample ofaloffe manic'ages paft ;:and thereforeout of rien webae. illithe Caftle t which not onely feemed by nature ee ioe as kiatocl n With: all neceffaries , &¢ manned with afufficient number,of fuch as v having g none imeabout it ;;hauin onftrayned to waftemuchtimea Cd. Antiathus aa _ r the inclofed. aaa ee ie eeGcprteetsa Stexpectation;his bufinelie called him thence away invorhe higher Aliswher THe |
