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Show Si "LheffrBookeofthefiepart Cuars.g.2 ~ that they durft not meetehimin plainefield; bur kept them{clues in.Woods,orplaces of ftrengthjand.defendedthe Streightsand paflages of, Mountaines.. The refiftances. they madeanailed them not,FoxAatiecbashad sith him{o greata multitude,and fo well for- ted,as he heeded not to rurne.out ofthe way,from thole that Hey fortified againtt,him, in Woods.& Streights betweene their, mountains, it being calic to {pare out offogreat anumber, as manyas fetching.a.compafleabout, paight eyther, get aboue. the enemies heads ; or, come behinde, and chatgethem on. the, backe, ‘Thus. didhee often amploy againftthem his light armature,: wherewith he caufedthem to diflodge, and giue, way vatohis Phalanx; ypon which they durftnot aduenture themfeluesin‘open ground, rfaces, thefecond ofthename,-( for his father was dead before, this), was then King of Parthia; whothough hee was confidenr in the fidelity of his owne fubicéts ; yet feared to encounter with fo mighty,an inuader.; His hope was, that; the bad waycs, and. Deferts, would hauecaufed -4ntiochus when he wasat Ecbatane in, Media,to gine ouer,the iourney, without proceeding muchfurthers This not, fo, falling .oyt.:-Hee,caufed-the Wells and Springsin the Wildernefle, through which his enemy.muft paffe, to bee dammed vp and {poiled, By. which meanes, andthe refiftance before {poken of, when he couldnotpreuaile,He withdrew himfelfe out ofthe way;fufferingthe Enemieto take his pleafure for a time,in wafting the Countrey : wherein without fome vidtorie obtained, hecould makeno: long abode. 4ntiochus hereby, found, That -4r/aceswasnothing ftrongly prouided forthe war.Wherefore hee marched throughthe beart ofPar-?® thia : and\then forward into Hyrcaniawhere hee.wanne.Tambrace, the chiefe City ofthat Prouince. This, indignitie, and many, other loffes, caufed .Ar/aces. at, length, whenhehad gathered an Armie that'feemed ftrong enough,to.aduenturea,-battaile. Theiffuethereofwas fuchas gaue to neither of the kings-hope.ofaccomplithing his defires,without exceedingdifficultic. Wherefore 4/aces craued Peace,and at length obtaihed it: Antiochus thinking it not amiffejto make hima friend, whom he could not make a fubiec. : The next expedition of Aztiochus, was againft Euthydemus King ofthe Badtrians ; one that indeede had notrebelled againft him orhis Anceftors: but hauing gotten the kingdome from thofe that had rebelled; keptittohimfelfe. With Enthydemws hee fought a 3° battaile by the River Arius, where hehad the victory. Butthe victory was notfo great- ly tohis honour; as was the teftimonie which hegaveofhis ownepriuate valour,in obtaining it. Heewas thought that day to hauedemeaned him more couragioufly, than did any one maninall his Armie. His horfe was flainevnder him ; and he himfelfe re- ceiueda woundin his mouth, whereby heloft {ome ofhisteeth. As for Euthydemns,He withdrew himfelfe backe ynto the furthermoft patts of his kingdome,and afterwards protracted the warre, fecking howto end it by compofition.. So Embaffadors pafled betweene the Kings :. Aatiechws complaining, Thata Countrey. of his was vniuftlyv- furped from him : Euthydemus anfwering , That he hadwonneit fromthe children of a the V{urpers:and further, That the Baétrians',.a.wilde Nation, could hardly be, retai- nedin order, faue by a King oftheir owne ;for that;they bordered vponthe Scythi- ans, with whomif they fhould ioyne, it would be greatly to the danger of all the Pro- uinces that lay behindethem. Thefe allegations,together withhis owne wearinefle,p2- cified C4etiechus, and made him willing to grant Peace, vpon reafonable Conditions. Demetriws,the fonne of Euthydemas;being a goodly Gentleman, and employed byhis father, as Embaffadour in this Treaty of Peace, wasnot.a little auaileable vnto,a'good conclufion,: for datiochus liked him fo.well,that he promifed to giue.him in marriage, one ofhis owne daughters ; and therewithall permitted Exthydemustoretainethe king- dome,caufing himneuertheleffe to deliuer ypall his Elephants;as glfo.to binde himfelfe by oath, tofuch Couenants as he thoughtrequifite, So Antiochus leauing the Baétrian.in.quict, made a iourney.ouer, Caucafus, and came to the bordersiofIndia, where he renewed. with Sephagefenus, king of the Indians,the fociety that had beene betweene their Anceftors.The Indians hadremained fubicctvn- "Cuarg.§.3- of the kdifforyof the World. ficeand ‘Title he foone'chin ged, thougli Hot Without {ome contrition' ifito the Name and Maicftie ofa king': Finally hee got vnrohimfelfe (haning' ati Atmie of fixe Mindied thoufandmen) ifmot all:India, yeras much: ofit as had bécne Alekhaders? Ti'this Eftare hehad. well confirmed |himfelfe,ere seltwews Nirater Could Andelei fret Call hin 'té ‘ac. count. INeither\did Hefaint, or humble hinifel fe, atthe comming of Seheye Bit met him inthe field, asreally-to defend hisowne:; fo ftrongly and well appoitited, that the Macedonian svas‘contented;to makeboth peateand affinity With him, taking onely are- ward of fifty Elephants: This Léeagiié/madéby the Founders of thelhdigh and Syrian kingdomes,was continued by fome Offices oF love betiweenetheichildren-4nd How re jonewed by Autiochas: whofe number 6f Elephantsweteinctdaled therupo#,,by the Indiah ling, to.an hundred andfiftic as alfo-he was promifed? thhaetmetteature fearater him; which he left one to receive.Thus patted'chelt two'predt'kitigs, NUithyhadthic Fr dians;frorn this time forwards, in many generations, any Brifineife worryoFrerem biance with the, Wefterne Countreyes.. The piofterttie of Samdracotess, iS cHOught to haue retained tharkingdome vntothe' dayes of Ampaftas Céfar2''to ‘whoth Pork,thea reigning: in, India; {ent Embaffadours with Prefents; and ani Epiftle writteni GreeKket wherein; among other things, Hefaid; That He had command ouerfixe bundted knige, Ther¢ isalfo found;fcattered in fundiie Authorsthe'mentiofOF {ome which heldtar Kingdome; \in diuers Ages,cuen vato thetithe 6fConflantite Hid Grear : ‘being all petaduenture.ofthe fameirace. But: Antiochian, who inthis Tredtte with Sophagifendsscatried hinfelfeasthe worthier peifon, reccining Prefers ahd ‘aftermatching home tirogh Diangianaand Carmania, with fuclyreputation that all cHeéPotehtates not -onelyif thie higher Afia,but on thie hitherfidé of Tamins;humbled thethfeltes vito ‘him, and called him TheGreat : fav an'ond of hisowne Greatneffe withia few yeeres enfuthg,. by prefu- mingte fand vpom points with the Romans;whole Greatneife Was the fanieindéed that his was onely in-feemingy ne feat Bel ; ied Lone Vv PDLy UessuMe ae ; 1 mare Stlitden ido sao bab 36 lt9 H Thelewd reigneofPtolemiePhilopatorie Egypt; mith thetragicathend ofbisfanonitesswhen i he wasdeadAntiochusprepares Lo marre eesheyoxng childe Prolemie.Epi phianes;thefox # Philopator, His irrefalution ingreparing[or diners marres atonce.| Hei vopage somards the Felle/pont: Ficefickes to hala amitie mith theRomans, whomakefriendlypew.te.pim intending newerthele/fetohanewarre with bins, Biss doingsazainf the Heelpomt5 wih theRewmans made thefirfigranedoftheir qharrelto,hink dio : oT P= expedition being finitheds Amriobbas Had Teifayeto tepole himfelfe a while4 ‘Brand ftudie which way to connert thé tetfourofhis puiffance, for the enlarge A. | mentofhis Bmpite.Withid tio br thtee yeeres PrblemicPhiloparor died :Ieauing hisfon!Prolemic: Epiphane?,°s young Boy,his Aiceefor in the kingdome;valikely by him tobeowell defended; aouinft'a neiplibout 6 figlity and ambitidis, This Prale iG furnamed Phifoparor; that isto fay) lowevofbis Father, isthought to hae had that urname giuenhim inmecre derifion # ashauing made' away, Both his Father and Mee Als Youngyeéres, beihs- newly pattshis childliood whenhe began tO rind f Sinetp ifchatgeé himoffo horrible'actitite; as his‘Fathets death yet the beaftlinéife o tH i is ec following lifejiiakes him not valiketo hatiedone aay, injfchicte, Pare ee accufed:Having weonerhebattdile at Raphial; He gaue hithfelfe over to ae ity stp fi Was wholly conemied'by-a Strumpet called' Agathocles. At her inftigationF a mur ted his owne wife aid fitter ; whichiiad aducneated her felfe With pithy I toa opty with oTvi sbhetWere and etformed by him vndertdken \ARion CAdgevoUs petoffhis' Prouinces,with al? Comniands in his Arntie,é& 9 . W oa ie in ¢ and her b fot ier 4 a nd jo Wholly feferred vito the difpofition ofthis dgathas/ea, Ochenrbes filthy Bawa that Wad mother' yhto them both. $o thefe wen SrSte tothe Macedonians,for a little while, after _-4lexandersdeath., Fumenes in his warte 2gaint Antizonus,raifed part of his forces out. of theit Countrey.; But when..datigenss ( after his yiGtory.) turned: Weftward and was ouer-bufied:in.a great, ciusl, wartc- ealtie atcheirpleafiiejro thegreat gtiche Ofallche Coumittey,llTCgageMitae ihgfeigned feuéiteene yeeressicft noneother fonne thant 2tenheedtas Feces Hon himfelfe their Captaing,and taking vypon him, as Protettor oftheir libestic,, This i Bayt "0159s ordinary. theLahd. Heaffembled the Macedons(which ser were #18 the Kings ; iti Pratenite she fir, then did one Samdracottas,an Indian; ftirre vp his Countrey-:mento Rebellion; making 7 nS fis yeetes'alu HEevotten on 'Arfimecthat Wasbis iterand ase ; ak 4 Gore aA i athyeles bepan totake vpon him/a§ Protettorofyoung Eppes', FOE cae oat allborne in Macedénia; but the tace of thote chat abode in Egypt w! and |