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Show The fife: Booke df theyfeft party CrHar.goG.8. Oo Caav.5.9.8. lians : entreating himtoftandtheir friend, and helpethemin obtaining fome tolcrable Condition of peace. He gaue themgéntleWords : and willedthemtoperfwade the 4. tolians;tharthey {liould faichfullyamebovith triomitdntig defireit;\Phis was gladly tat "ken. Bupatady meflages paling to atd fois thoughPed/ims continned:to putthem in -goodhopesyet the Conful rade ftillthe fame anfiver,with whichthey had been cha- taileto Polyxenidas beforethe Hauen of Ephefus: When heedurtnot accept it: they wentfrom place to place, attempting many things,aseyther they wereentreatéd by the Rhodians,or perfwaded'by fome appearing hopes of doing good, Yet performed they little or nothing : forthat one whilethey were hindred by tormes at Sea - and-anothér while by {trong refiftance, made againft thei at: Land; ‘ fed from Romie) The coticlufion wasy"Fhav they {rould fue for, alorigertime of:refpite fromavarre!Whereby at nore leifurethey:might attend fome better di{pofition ofthe Senate orany helpfullcommoditie'which time fhould affords. So they obtained-halfe ‘ayecrestriice': after whiehjthe Winterwaslike teafford themandtherhalfe yeeres leifureof breathing. Hereof'were they. normore glad; than: was:?.Scipio> who thought 10 all time loft, which with-held the Warre from pafling onerinto Afia. pts The bufineffe of Ztolia being thuslaid afide : and the old Conful G/abrio fent home into Tealy': the scipiv'yinarched into Theffaly ; intending'thence. tortake thei: way-by Ewmenes withhis Fleet was compelled to forfakethem ; and teturnehomie tothe des fence of hisowne kingdome. For Antischus watted all the grounds about Ela & Pert amus sand leauing his fonhe se/eacus to befiege the royall Citie ofPergamius:did with HO thereftof his Armie{poylethe whole Countrey thereabout. zrtalws, the btother of king Ewmenes,was then in Pergamus, having with him no betrermen to defend the Citie, than werethey thatlay againft ir. Wherefore he had reafon to ftand in feake ; being toomuch infetiour in number. Therecame'to his aida thoufand Foot, and an hindred LandjthrouginMaccdon &Thrace vatothe Hellefpont.Yet they. confidered, That hereby theymuit cominit themfelues yntothe loyaltic'of King Pbé/4p:who mighteither do thenvfomemifchiefe by the way,ifhe weredi{pofedto watcha norable aduantage-: or atthe leaft,would be vnfaithfull ; though he were not fo couragious, yet might hee take Horle ofthe Achwans: old fouldiers.alljand trayned vp vader Philpemenwhole Scholler, inthe!Art ofwarre, Diophanes their Commanderwas. "This Diophanes, beliolding from the walls of Pergamus, whichwas an high Towne,the demeanour ofthe Enemy; fuch order with the Thracians,thateuen for want of victuals, if byino. greatersinconue- nience, they fhould bedifgracefully forced toreturne. Hee had promifedthern the vtmoft of his furtherance ? wherein, whether hemeantifyncerely, they. thought tomake 20 fometriall,by caufing a Gentlemau'to tide Poft vntochim,.and obferue his doings ashe fhould take them onthe fudden. The King'was metry ata feaft,and drinking, whem the Meflengercaine: whiom he louinglybadewelcome: and fhewed himithe nextday; ‘not only what prouifion ofvictuals he had nade for the Army, buthow:he had made bridgesouer theriuers; andmended the bad wayes by which, they -were to -paffe. With thefe good newes Gracchas returned backein hafte vnto the Scipio's: who entring into Macedon; found allthings inateadineffesthat might helpeto aduancetheir iourny. The King entertainedthenprdyallyandtbyonghr them on their way;euen to the Hellefpont: wed they'ftayeda'good white, bnrilhtheir Nauie wasin readineffe-to. tranfport them into Afiay $3941 51h) 19 atten we grew focareleffe : as otherwife, than by {poyling all behinde their backes,they feemed do toforget that they were'in an Enemies Countric. Diophanes therfore fpake with Attalas! and told them that hee would goe forth, encamped notfatre from the Enemy, They of Pergamus thought him little better than mad. Asforthe befiegers:they wondred.at itt What his meaning was : butiwhen they fawthat heheld himfelfequiec, they ftiade a icft ot hisboldneffe ; and laughedto fee with whatan handfull ofmenhe looked fo ‘ftoutly, So they.returned vnto their former negligence anddiforders) Which Diophauésperceiuing,He commanded all nis mento followhim, euenas fatt as they'well might: dtd he nextat hand. Very few of theenemieshad their Horfes ready faddled,but more few, or hone,hadthehearts to make refiftance: fo as He drane them all out oftheir Campe;and schafed them.as farreas he might fafely aduenture; with great flaughter of them; and no 3° loffe ofhisowne. Hereat all the Citizens ofPergamus (who had coered the walls. of the Towne, men and women,to behold this {peéacle ) were very ioyfull'; and highly the King yard delirouis 9Prewenge vpoh his‘Countrymen thathiadexpelled him. Hee, hearing thatthe RhodianFleet wasat Samos,!the Romans SeEumends haning notasyét putto Sea'; tlidughttodoe fomewhat vponithofethat werefocarly-in their diligence, before their followers{hould artiueto helpethems: Yetiventhe ctaftilyico worke; and magnified theivertue ofthefe Achzans:Yet wouldthey nor therefore jflué foith of their gates, to helpe the Achwansin doing what remained to'be done: The ext day Seleucus encampedhalfe.a mile further fromthe Towne, than he had done before: and againft fent wordsasin grearfucrécie;t6 the Rhodian Admirall, That ifthe fentence of his banithment might berepealed, He would, in requitall thereof, bettay all the Kings Fleet. After itiany paffages to and fro,thiswas belecued': and the Khodian Admiral! grew fo carele fe, éxpecting ttill when he thould. receiue:a watch-\wordi from Polyxenidds, that 49 hee hitnfelfe was taken by Polyxenidacin his owneHaueni !The Kings Fleete fer-foorth from Ephefus by night ; and; forfeare ofbeing difcouered, refting-one day in2 harbour by the way;caie the fecond nightto Samos: where, by morning, it was réadysto-enter the Haven,' Peafifiratwsthe Rhodian Admiralfeeing this,thoughtithis beft way of refiftance, to beftow his men on the two head-lands or pointsiof the Hauen ; fo to guard the mouth ofit: for that he faw nolikelihood of defending himfelfeby Sea. But Polyx. hin went forth Diophanes the fecondtime', who quietly refted-a while in his old Sration. Whenthey had ftayedinany houres, looking who fhiould begin : Se/eueus;in faite orderas he came,withdrew himlelfe toward his lodging that wasfurtherotf. Dipbanes thoued nor-whileft che:Enemie wasin fight: bur'as foone'as the ground' betweene' them hindredithe profpedt; hcefollowed thenin all hafte,and foone onertaking them‘with 4° his Horfesichargedthemin Rere;foas hebrakethem, and witly all his forces purfued them atthe heeles, totheitvei'y Trenches: This boldnefle of the Acl 1eans,and the bafe- helleioFhisiowne men,caufed Selencas to quitthe fiege,little to his honour, Stich Being the qualitie ofthefe Afiatiques; PAilopamen had canfeto'tellthe Romans, Tharheenuied theit viorie. For whem Assiocha} lay featting av Chalcis after his mariage,and his fouls" enidas had already landed fome Companies,in another part ofthe Hand: which falling vpon thé backe ofPaafifiratus,compelled him to alter his direétions}.and commandhis diers berooke them feluesto Ryot,as ithad beenein atiine of great fecurity:a good matt' sf Warre might haue cut all theit throates, ‘euert asthey were tipling intheit eee men aboord. Thiscould tiotbe without great confufion : foasthe enemies tooke him tice made thiftto efcape. Each ofthem hung out aburning Creffet vpon two poles, at the Beake-head : andthe rowed forwards dire@ly vpon the Enemic:: who haning not bethought himfelfe what fhift to make againt {uch vnexpected;danger' offirings ws content to giue way vnto thefe defperate Gallies; forfeareleft they fhould burne,together withthem clues, a'part ofthe kings Fleete, Notlong after this,the Romans had fome loffe by tempeft: whereof Polyxenidas could nottake fich aduantageas hee had hoped; becaufe, putting to Sea for that purpolt, Hee was driuen backe againe by thellike foule weather. 'Butthe Rhodians, to shew thoy tue began to difdain that fuch menas:they fhould hold thembefieged:' Forselewesi his Are mi¢ which wasencamped at thehill-foor, fecing that none durft falli¢ forth vpon them, himfelfe, withthe hundred Horfe, brake out onthe! fudden vpon the Station that' was 3° Much wasdoreatSea in'thelsegicningof this yeere ; though,fdrthe moft partylittle ofimportalicé, "Poyxenidia,theAdmirall of Aatisthus,wasa banithed Rhodian:trueto out ofall order; and finke or boordedall his Nahie,fiue excepted, that by afudden de- ofthe Fijorieofthe World. theyvere not difcouraged,fet forth twentie other: Gallics i the Romansalfo with king Eamtnes repaired their Fleet » andalbof-them together; in great braucriesprefented bat= 50 nutes 3Avhich Philopemet {aid that he would haue done, had He beene General! of the ; ; "ACheans.and not,asihetheh was, a private man. 19 « Antiochys was fullofbatineffe': and turning his care from one thing to another,with a teat d ones chtaliriaftnothing to paffe.‘Hee had beene ar Pergamus: i Bole bitrauaile, beonphicaint ‘ato which Eumenés, leaving tlic Romats, did pur himfelte with a fewof his Horfé and ight armature.Before Pérgamnshe Jéftihis fonne,as before hath beene thewéd, &'went toElza: whither he-héard that Aimylins the Roman Admiral was ¢omie,to bring fuécour (OEwmenes,.. There hee madean' Outrtiteof peace: about which'to con fult; Zunsenes Pergdmus. But when it was confidercd,that no froin Wasfentforc by..Emylivsand.came ty 1 . ; is‘Treatic brake off. "Then followed €Onclufion could be made withoutthe Gonful this Trearic brake off. Then follo he |