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Show et, The fifi Boakeof-tbefixpars, } . - ini CHaré £4 4 we Maronca, withall Pieces and Placesdemanded byanyof his neighbours ; whereofmany of themhe had lately conquered, by direGtion, Oxlicence, euen from the Romans themfelues. : ra Thefe townes of Anusand Maronea hadbgene part of, Lyfimachus his Kingdome: who from Thrace Noirhtwardsand to the Noreivelhextended-his dominion veryfar. » * BiR.ofHu Mn garieby Mar rt. Fumetdib. 5+ Cuar6$u. ofthe Hiftorie ofthe World cians by nighe,that they might facke the Towne,atid vfe all cruelties ofwarre. This was done: but fo il takeri by the Roman Embaffadors,whe had better notice,than could haue beene feared, of thefe proceedings; thatthe King was by them diredtly charged with the crime,and called more ftriély,than became his Maieftie; to'an accomipt: ‘He would haue remooued the blamefrom himfelfe, and layed it euen vpon the Maronites ; affir- Heisthoughtto havemade himfelfe Lord of Tranfyluania:in which Prouinceicis faid, *That innumerable Medals of gold haue bgene found, in the age of our grandfathers, ming,that they,in heat of their FaGtions,being fomeinclinable to Kim; other fome to each.ofthem weighing twoor threecrownhes, andftamped with his Image onthe one hereofhe willed the Embaffadours to enquire,among the Maronitesthemfelués:as well yo knowing,that they who {uruiued,wereeither his ownefriends; orfo terrified and amazed by the late execution ofhis vengeance among them,that they durft not vtter an offenfiue word. But he found the Romans morefeuere, andmorethronghly informed ia the bufineffe, than to reft contented with fuch an anfwer. He was plainely told, Thar if fide,on the otherfide with /zcforte. OF allthefé Lordfhips, the poffeffion, ofrather the trletorbeliued nottofettle his eftatein Europe)fel to Seleucas Nicatarby tight ofwar, wherein he vanquithed arid flew Li/imachus:asalfo,by the like tight, ProlomieCeraunus thought them his‘owne, whenhehad murderéd Se/eacus. ‘But the intiddation of the Gaules, which the kingdome of Macedon could notfuftaine,did fhortly and eafily wath away fromthat,.crowne,together with the more part of Thrace,all thofe heapes of land newly thereto annexed. Somewhat ofthis was afterwards regained by Avtigonis the fonne of Demetyins, and his fucceffors:though nor much; for they were otherwife bufied. The furie ofthe Gaulesbeing ouer-palt, thofe Countties whichlately hadbeene oppteiled by them, recouered their libertié,and not oncly heldit, but learned,fome of @ them,cipecially the Dardanians and wilde Thracians, to finde their aduantages,and makevie ofthem,cucn.vpon Macedon. Againtt the mifchiefs commonly doneby thefe, a0 king Philip did prouide the moft conuenient remedies: by fhutting vp the wayes,where- by the Dardanians might enterinto his kingdome;and by occupying Lyfimachia, with fome other townes in.Thrace, whichhefortified, as Bulwarkes of his owne Coutitrey, again{t the Barbarians, Now,althoughit behooued himthus to doe, for the defence of hisowneeftate: yet forafmuch as thefe Townes were,in 2 manner, at abfolutelibertie, his pofleflionof them was thought to partake more ofviolence than of iuftice. And in this telpecthewas formerly accufed by thie Atolians, of wrongfull vfurpation and op- preflion, inhis haning occupied Lyfimachia. Heereunto hee made ‘a good anfwer, That his Garrifon didonly:faueit from the Thracians: who,as footie as he thence'with- ,, drew his. mien,did {cize vpon the Towne,and ruincit. The like perhaps he might haue " faid,tquching Anus and Maronea; Thatthey were places vnable to,defend themifelues, andGaressby swhich theBarbarians might haue entratice into his kingdom. But thisPlea had nobauailed him,in the difpurarion about Lyfimachia: & in the prefent queftion,the Rothanswere not withouttheir owne title, fince Antiochus had gotten all the Country thereabour, whileft Philip was bufied in his former warte: and fince they, by, their vi- Gory had eorten vnto themfeluesall thetitle, which Avtiochus thereto could pretend. Wheucfore he onely fubmittad his right vnto the good pleafure ofthe Senate: referring itypto their difpofition,Whether nus and Maronea fhould befet at libertic : whether left, in. bis hand, or whether-beftowed vpon Exmenes; who begged them,asan appendix, to Lylymachia & Cherlonelus, ‘that were already his by theirgift. What they would * determing,he might eafily perceiue,bythe demeanorof theirEmbafladorstowards him: whaofittiag aSludges between him andall‘that made complaint ypon him, gate {entence again{t:himin enery controuerfie. Neuertheleffe, he fent Embaffadorsto.Rome, thereto maintaine his right yatothefe Townes ;_wherein he thought, thatequiti¢ (if it mig bt preuaile) was wholly on his fide. For he had holpentheir Confuls in the warre again{t dmsidrbus and the Atolians : wherein whatfoeuerhec had gottenforhimfelfe,, was nowitaken fromhim by their Embaffadours ; and would they nowdeprive AinoF tholerw. 1Lownes,lyingfo frly for théguard ofhis kingdome, whieh he had gotten to himfelfe out of the runes of Artiochus; likeas out oFhis owne hidesdafiochus Had got- 50 tenin.thofequarters a.preat dealomore Byfiuch allegationseither he was.tikely £0 preuaile, oraglealtwifero gainetime, wherein he might bethinkehimfelfé-what he bad to doc, lewasnorlongicre he had word. fromRome,That the Senate were no more equall Eumenes, had fallen into fuch outrage, that they had cutone anothers throates. And he would difcharge himfelfe of thectime obiected ; he mutt fend Oxomafins and Ca/fan- derto Rome, there to be examined as the Senate fhould thinke fit.' This did not a little troublehim. Yet he collectedhis {pirits, and faid, that Ca/awder fhould beattheirdif- pofition : but concerning Ovomastws,whohad not beene at Maronea,nornecre to it, he requefted them nottopreffehim; fince it ftood not with his honour, fo lightly to gine awayhis friends. As for Ca//ander, becaufe hee fhould tell no tales; hee tooke order tohiue hitn poyfoned by the way. By this wee fee, that the dottrine, which Machia- Wweltaught vnto Ce/ar Borgia,to employ men in mifchieuous ations, and afterwards todeftroy them whenthey haue performed the mifchiefe ; was not of his owne inuention. All ages haue giuen vs examples of this goodly policie, the latet having beene apt{chollers in this leffonto the more ancient: asthe reigne of Henry the eighth here in England, can beare good witnefle ; and therein efpecially the Lord Cromwe//, who petifhed by the famevniuft Law that himfelfe had denifed, forthe taking away of another manslife. Suchadtions ofPhilip madean vnpleafantnoife at Rome,& werelike to haue brought vpon himche warre which hefeared, before hee was ready to entertaine it.Wherefore he employed his younger fon Demetrius as Einbaffadour vnto the Senate : giuing him $@inftructions,how to make anfwerto all complaints,and withall to deliuer his ownegrieuances, in ich wifethatif ought weréamifle, yet might it appeare that' hee had beene ftrongly vrged to rake fuch courfes.The fumme of his Embaffage was,topacifie the Romans,and make alleuen forthe prefent. Demetrius himf{elfe was knowneto be very acceptable vnto the Senate;as having beene well approued by them,whenhe was hoftage in Rotte:and therefore feemed the morelikely;to preuaile fomewhat ; wereit onely in ' ‘ tegard that would be borne vntohis perfon. Whileft chis bufineffe with the Macedonian hunginfufpenfe, andwhileft hee, by his readinefle to make fubmitfion,feemed likely to divert from himfelfefomeother way the Romanarmes: the fame Embaffadours, that had beene Indges betweene him andhis one of . 40ncighbours, made their progreffe through the reftof Greece; and'rooke controtierfies, which they found betweene fome Eftates in the'Countrey. T e greate: caufe that was heard before them,was the complaint ofthe banifhed Lacedemonians athey had committed agricgainft the Achzans.It was obiected vnto the Achzans, That uous {laughter vpon many Citizens of Lacedemon: That vntothis cruelty ped had str 1¢ ded agreater,in throwing downe the wallsof theCitie : as alfo further, inc cach,© Lawes,and abrogating the famousIn(titutions of Lycargus. Hereto etal then iac tor ofthe Achzans; made anfwer,That thefe baniifhed Lacedeemonians,w ho ae a eS vypon them toaccufe the Nation that had once protected them; were ree tobethe men. who had themfelues committed that es ee se thofe vnte iu geme solaidthe blame vpon others : the Achzans hauing onely called . both them and the ; authours of aRe bellion againft they were fuppofed to bee chigfe 8 hough tut harred omans and thefeplaintifes hauing flaine them, vpon Peri ee ehtedw tochim,chanhadbeenetheir Embaffadors, Whereforeycon fiderisig howinfolently the as they were comming to make an{wer for themfelues. mafss that wasWardenoftheSca-coalts,to handle thelé Maronites in fuch fort,as they mighthauelittlesoy ofthe libertieby them fo eatncll ly defired, Qzomajtas employeot is . t : defired, ¢ SCOPE €efanacr,onc ofthe kings men dwelling inMaronea,and willed himtolétin the Tht and Nefts either ofCowards, of(whereof Lace i Tyrantss that had built thefe walls sme: Tyrant fants and Vfurpers. ‘Further he thewed,how thefare Maoniteshad behauedthemf{clues, in pleading againgt hinfortheir liberty, hee tooke counfellof fis, owne pafions; and (asby nature he wasvery ctuell)gaueorder to Ope: f co j f ' ciatis casein Vathis oe. ing downethe walls of Lacedemon,he faid it was moft agreeable to aibertic b ok dinance : who,hauing perfwaded his Citizens to defend ee and a ; vntothem all kindes of fortifications ¢ 2 their proper‘ vertue 2 did inhibite e d#mon had wofull experience )of Ty- |
