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Show . The. fife Bookeof the frft part Cuars: § 7. with not many ofhis Company,were flaine inkeeping the Citadel]: and thofe few that efcaped thence into:A readia,were taken by the Magiftrates,who fold them all-as bond. of the Eiftory of the World. Prefently after this He madeready for Gteece. Before his fetting forth, ina friuoloys pompe of ceremony,he went yp fromthe Sca-fideto Lium;there to doe facrificetoadiwerua of Troy. Thence paffing ouer the Agean Sea; He cameto Demetrias. Ewrylochus flaues.Inthis doubtfull Bate oftthings at Lacedamon, Phi/opamen came thither: who calling outthe chiefe ofthe Citie,and {peaking fiich words vato them, as: Alexamenys fhould have done after hehad flaine the Tyrant reafily perfwaded them for their owne the Magnctian, the fame whom the. 4itolians had lately waited on home, when by thae good and fafety,to incorporate themf¢lues withthe Achwans.Thus bythe enterprife,no fore with his Countreymen , in great frequencie, came to doe their duties to. the King leffe difhonourablethandifficult,ofthe Actolians, and the fimall, but effedtuall, trauaile of Philopemen, theAchxansmadea notable purchafe:and Lacedemon,that had hither tobingouernedeitherby kings,or by Tyrants that called themfelues kings, becamethe member of 2 Common-wealth,wherofthe name had {carce any teputation,when Spat- 79 taruled ouer all Greece: pretextrhey won Demetrias ; was now the chiefeman & Ruler of his Nation. He thereAntiochus. and bid him welcomes The King was gladofthis :, and tooke it as afigneof good lucke, to be fo entertained atthe beginning, Butit maybe fulpeced, thatthe Mag» petians found notthe like caufe of ioy.. For whereasthey had expected a Fleet and Arro mie fomewhatliketo that of Xerxes: they faw three hundred fhips ; of which, no more than fortie were feruiceable for the Warres ; withan Armic often thoufand Foot, fie hundred Horfe.and fixe Elephants:The Aitolians no fooner heard of his comming,than 2 ‘> §. VII. Antiochus,per/maded by Thoas the. &tolian, comes ouer into Greece, ill attended. Sundry paljages betmeene him, thee AtoliansChalcidians and others, He wins Chalcis, and there- bythe whole tle ofEukwa.The vanitic ofthe Kings Embaffaders.and the etelians, with the Ciuill anfwer ofTitus to their difcourfe, before the Achaans. That st concerned: the Greckes to hane defiredpeacebetweene the Romans and Antiochus; as the bef affarance oftheir owne libertic, Ofmany petty Eftates that fell to the King. Of Aminanderaad oe. an idle vanitic, by which King Philip was Joft., Hannibal gives good counfaile in vaive. Some Townes wonnein Theffalie. The King retires to Chalcis, where hee marricth « Joung Wifeaud reucls amay the ref ofwinter. Vpen the comming of the Roman Conful all Sorfake Antiochus. He with tmo thoufand Atoliens keepes the Streights of Thermopyle. Hei; beatenandflies into Afia: leaning all ix Greece vatothe Vidlors. Ntiechws wastroubled mucin' Afia with Smyrna and) Lamp/aces; that would not hearken to any Compofition. He thoughtitneither fafe nor honourable, to leaue them Enemies behinde hinr; ‘andto winnethem by: force,:was more than hitherto.he wasable.! ‘Yet lwasihee defirous:with:all {peede conuenientto fhew himfelfein Greece ; wherehe had bintold, that his prefence wouldieffe& wonders. Ic 30 was faid; Thatin' all the Countrie there was avery {mall number; whichbore heartie affection vatothe Romans: That Wasis-was already vp in Armes: That PAilip waslikea Bandog inachaine,defiring nothing more than to breake loofecand that the Actolians, without whom the Romans had donenothing, nor nothing could haue donc, wereteady toconferrevpon him thegreatnefle, which they-had vaworthily beftowed vponin+ folent Barbarians. Ofallthisthe leaf parewas true. Yet that which wastrue madefuch anoifeas added credit vnto all the reft:: Whileftthereforethe ‘King was thinking to fend Haxwibal into Africke,there tomoleftthe Romans,éfo giue himthe betterleifisre ofving his owne opportunities in'Greece: Theas the Actolian came ouer to him,& bad him lay all othercare afide; for that his Country-menthad already taken Demettias; 2 4° Towne ofmaineimportance,thatfhould giue him entertainment;whencehe might ptoceede as becamic the greatneffe of his vertue and fortune: This did ferue to cutoffall deliberation. As for 'Hasnibal : Thoas was bold to tell the king, firfty Phat it was not ex- pedientfor him to dinide his forces at fuch atime,when the very reputation ofhisnumbers,brought into Greece;mightferuetolay openvato him all places,without neede of vfing violence : and fecondly, That in any fuch great enterprifethere conldinot be cho- fen a more vnfitmantobe imployed in the kings feruice, than was that famous Hanai- balthe Carthaginian, Forhe faid, Thatthe king fhouldas greatly feele the lofle of a Fleet or Armie,perifhing vnderfuch anotable Commanderif his fortune were bad, as ifthe famehadmifcarried vader one ofmeaner qualiti¢:whereas neuertheleffe if Ha- aival prevailed; Hasnibal alone thould haucall thehono urjand nor eAxtiochw. Inthis Fegard he was ofopinion,That fuch a renowned Wartiour fhould be alwayes neerevatothe kings perfon;to giueaduict: which being folléwed as often as it was foundcommodious,the goodficceffe would wholly redound-vntothe honourofhimthathad the foueraigne Command ; even ofthe King himfelfe::CAariachus gladly hearkened' vato this admonition ; being iealous ofthevertué, that fhined brighterthan the Maieftie:o his ownefortune.And theruponhelaid aftdethe deterivination,which tended more to _theaduancemégofhis defires,than did any thing elfe byhhimrhen orafter thoughryper , : ---$-__. Cuar.5.§.7. - Prefent y they & madea Decree, wherebytheyiouited himinto their Coun: called a Parliament; : r eg : trie.He knew beforethat they would fo doe; and was therefore well onward on his way towards them, when they met him thar brought the Decree. Athis comming to Lamia, the Arolians gaue himas ioyfull entertainment asthey could deuife. Being brought intotheir Councell, He made an Oration : wherein he defired themto hold him excufedy that he came ; notfollowed yg witha greater Armie, This was, : he faid, : in true eftimation :a figne ofhis goodwill: in that he ftaid notto makeall things ready but hafted yntotheir aide, euen whilcft the feafon was vnfic for nauigations Yetit fhould notbe long; erethe hopeof all thofe which had expected him, wouldbe fatisfied ynto thefull. For it was his meaning tofill all Greece with Armies,and all the Sea-coaft with his Fleets,Neither would he {pare forany charge,trauaile, or danger, to followthe bufinefle which he had vndertaken': cuentodriuethe Romansandtheir authoriticoufof Greece ; leauing the Country free indeede, andthe Aetolians therein the chiefe..Now asthe Armies that were following him , fhouldbeverygreat: fo was it his meaning that all provifionsto : S hecaufe hee woul e4 ray + them belonging fhould be correfpondent; becaufe hee would nor be any w ay burden fomevnto his Confederates. But at the prefent he muft necds entreat them,hauing thus haftily come ouer vntotheir aide, vaprouided of many neceflaries + that they would 3° helpe him with Corne and other viduals, whereof he ftood inneede. So he Icftthem to theirconfultation : the conclufion whereofwas, afteralittle difpute, (fora vaine moti~ and them,fhould be put On was made by fome,that the differences betweenetheR omans to the decifion of cduttochus) Thatthey would yeelde vnto the Kings y Compromife ine < hferne } ore a thing itis+ ; howvaine { weWwe mayobfcruc, their; forces, Here withall defire,and affift him for an abfolute Prince ro engage himfelfe, as did Matiocoas,ina bufinefle of dangerous For ifif the opular, For that is meerely popular. importance, vpon the promifedaffurance ofa State preuailed in this Counvehemencie of Thoas,and fome otherof that Fa@tion, had not hope piface eee cell : the Actolians,for gaine of two or three Townes, yeafor h iend, to the ing tl r friend,vn t Kingthei d this abandoneed liketo hauc> abandon yere like i d them: were haue deceiue might i fallen out? hadfo this if beene, i 49 difcretion 2m =. ofthe Romans. And what remedyhadthere atkhe ainediof . complained tbe ¥ rong:ot wg. he ae : and He could haue bemoanedhimfelfe toa Thow, = > he oppo fe aes 46 effaule wa PE the "he alne pbana w j : the , That anfwer hauebeene contented with this men. wicked very Wwic ; pen apa tito be very af mens. ed C unced whom Thos would therefore haue prono orfe, both for hims much better for the prefent;thoughin the furureit proued muchw i te NComm and thirtie R forces: atheirSE Generalt ll ofall choten Genera ans. He was -¢ chofen and for the; Actoliisi innonaes WEARS ete oe fioners were appointed to be about him, as a Counce oO w rere they fhould beginne th armed fuch as readily they could;whileft it wasin difpuce they r ife e whithe N:e aken AE - vndert place tobe firft eteft piace | mectett thought the Watre. Chalcis was ia v € much force. be ie hed came fiddenly, theyfhould not peraduenturenecdeto g the reft behinde him at b leauin oor; ndF thoufa buta lia him i no ith ouertakent by s Chalets. -d Chalets i gae ireat ; ;5 |being ? -direé Peon toward ay to fly hinin -4 Eee ithtthefe he hatte halted away ctrl With ias, woh pres yoMetr . thisc accompanied him thither greatnumberof the Actolians, which to parle with him. * ea ne ofthe chiefe Citizens, iflued forth df iftrate to tell,howthe Romans hadonely in efore,y" Fach libertie,as mightbe trueand doneDEtONS lately doneb e,as they had dlately s begann e etolian e Ace tuch lbertic, as ms eens wordsand falf fa chlance. fet Greece at libertie. But of obey: rained - yntill by remoouing theneceflitic Nee eet e \l EftateEftate had wheretofinde reThr d's obsatnc be neuer faid, would feuerall Viefull,, they jeuery , e Z rhither- a King ing their pleafurethat were moft mighti + Py the areat CAetiochws come thither; a King dreffe ofany preffure. 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