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Show The hit Bookeofthe ifrft part ©HAP: §.3, and hemmed inthe Spartans,had alfo quite abolifhied Lycurgus his ordinances; and gouerned the Citic by their,owne lawleffe wills As, for:the Achwans; they communica tedtheir owne Lawes, which they held forthe beft, or elfe would foone changethem and take better, vato,the Lacedzmonians ; whomthey found without Lawes, or any tolerable formeofpolicie. For conclufion, Lycortas plainely tolde pp. Claudius the chiefe ofthe Embafladours, That hee and his Countrimenheldit ftrange,being friends and faithfull Alliesofthe Romans, to {ce themfelues thus conftrained, to aniwer and giue accountoftheir ations,as vaflals and flaues to the People of Rome. Forifthey were. indeed at libertie; why mightnotthe Achzans.as well require to befatisfied aboutthat which the Romans had doneat Capua,asthe Romans did bufie themfelues, to takeac- 10 count how things went at Lacedemon?ForiftheRomans would {tand vpontheir greatneffe;and intimate,as they began, thatthe libertyof their friends was nothing worth, longer than fhould pleafe themfeluesto ratifie it: then muft the Achzans hauerecourfe vato thofe Agreements, that were confirmed by.oath,& which without periurie could not be violated ; as reuerencing,and indeed fearing the Romans, but much, more, the immortall gods. Tothis bold anfwer of Zycortas, Appiusfound little to. reply. Yet taking {tatevpon him ; he pronounced more likea Mafter than Iudge, That if the Acheans would not beruled by faire meanes,and.earne thankes whileft they might;they fhould be compelled with amifchiefe, todoe what was required attheir hands, whe- ther they would or no. This altercation was inthe Parliament of the Achzans, which 2° gronedto hearethe Lordly words ofAppius. Yet feare preuailed aboue Indignation: and it was permitted ynto the Romanestodoeas.they lifted. Hereupon the Embaffadoursreftored fome banifhed and condemned men:.butthe Romane Senate, very fooneafter, did make, voide.all iudgements of death or banifhment, that had beene laid by the Achaans vponany Citizen ofLacedzmon;,as likewife they madeit amatterofdifputation,whetheror no the Citic and Territory of Lacedemon,fhouldbe fuffered to continueamember ofthe Achzan Cémon-wealth s-ortaken from them, and made as it had beene an Eftate byit felfe. By bringing fucha matterinto quettion, the Romans well declared, That they heldit to depend vpon their owne will, how much or howlittle any of their confederates fhould be fuftered to enioy: though by con: 39 tributing Sparta tothe Councell ofAchaia, they. difcouered noleffe, as to them feeOathe loue which they bare vntothe Achaians, than the power whichthey hadouer them. Into fuchflauery had the Greeks,& all kings and Common-weales whatfoeuer, bor- dering vpon any part ofthe Mediterran Seas,reduced themfelues; by calling inthe Romansto their fuccour.They wanted not the good. counfaile & perfwafion ofmany wile and temperate men among them;Theyhad alfo the examples ofthe Italians,Spaniards, Gauls and Africans,all fubdued by the Romans;and,by feeking Patronage,made mecre vaflals,to inftrué them,whatin the like cafe they thould expeét:, yet could not thetrue teafons ofEftate and Policie fo preuaile withthem, but their private paffions,& neigh- 4° bouring hatred,which hath euermore bought reuengeat the ptice offelf-ruine,brought them from the honour whichtheyenioyed, of being free, Princes and Cities,into moft bafe and fearefullferuilitie. Allthis made well for Pili of Macedon : who thoughhe faw the Grecks very farre from daringto ftirre againft thofe,by whom both hee and they were kept inawe; yet was he notwithout hope,that(few ofthem excepted, whom theRomansbyfreeing from his fubiection had madehis implacable enemies) in heartic affection all the Countrey wouldbe his, whenfocuer he fhould take armes, as fhortly hee was liketo doe., Young Demetrius, comming home from Rome, brought with him the defired ratification of peace ;thongh qualifiedwith, much indignitie foone following. Hee had. beene lo- 50 uinglyvfed at Rome, and heard with great fauourin the Senate. Th ere,being confounded withthe multitude ofobiections,whereto his youth,vnskilful.in the Artof wrangding, could:natreadily make an{wer: it was permitted. ynto him, toxreade fuch briefe notes as he had receiued from his Father, and out-of thofe the Senate were conten tedto gather fatisfaction.; more for Demetrius his: owne fake, as they then. faid) an¢ Wroteinte Macedon, than for any goodneffe in the defence... Such pride oftheirs, i0 emitting his faultsat the intreatic of his fonne, togetheriwith fomeinfoleace of nis fonne,growing(as appeared) from this fauour ofthe- Romans 3 .did. increafetin f "3 us Cuar.d,§ Be ofthe Eliflorie ofche World. his hatred ynto. Rameandbreed in hina iealowfie ofbis too forwardfonne.T ofet him forwardin. thelc paffions, there came-daily. new, Embafladours.frem Rome,fome bringing one;commandement,fome anothers and fomestequiting himto fuléll thofethings, which:had beene imposed ypon him-by their fore-goers., Neitherwere! there wandng thar obferued his: countenance : and whenhes had fulfilledallshac was required at-his hands syct laidit to his charge that he had donethings vawillinglys andwould beobe- dient,no longer than hegneedes mutt, With thefe Embafladowmsiyouag Depietrive was conuerfant:rather perhaps, ontof famplicitic,and-forthat they:made much ofhint, thar forany ambitious refpect., yet a.great deale moretharwas pleafing to his father Sothe 1O rumourgrewycurrentthyonghall,MacedonsThat Per/ems,theeldenfow ofthe kingifhould ~ not fueceedvatohis father;butthav the Diademedhould be confesred: vpon Demetrits, ifnor by {ome otherprecence,yet by meerefauourefthe Romans, This offended not onely, Per/eus,but Philrp himfelfe: whodulpected. hig younger, fonne; as more Roman than hisowne; andaccordingly mifconftruedall his doings, But ere we; progeed ynto the bitterfruits of this.iealoutie ; ic wal] not-be amille; ra {peake of fome memorable accidents that:were inthe meane time.; 3 ; § IL 20 The deathof Philopoemen, Hannibal, 474, Scipion Thatithe Mclirarie profe/sian\tsofal other the moft onbappie int withitanding fome examples, whith imayfeenie to: proie: the -:|Coukrary. , »§. t ot | H.E Romans,wanting other matter ofquarrellin the Continent of Greece, had .oflate beene fo peremptorie withthe Achzans); that they feemed oot ynlikely to take part againit them, in any, controucrfiethat fhould bee moued.. Hereup- onthe Meffenians, who againft their will were annexed vnto, the Achaan; Common, Wealth, hauing long beene of a contrary Faction thereto;grew bold to withdraw them, felues from that Societic, with purpofe to fetvpagainean Eftate oftheir.owne, ‘fener 9 ted from communion with any other. This was she deuice of fome; that were powers "fullin theit Citie : who finding the multitude onely inclinable. ta, their; purpelesiand Not ouet-ftrongly affected in the bufineffe ; were carefull rq feeke occation of reducing thingsto {uchpaffe, thar all their Citizens might bee entangled ina: neceffitie of tant ingout, and of not returning to the Achawan League. And hereuponthey, began $0 doefomeaétsof holtilitie; whereby it was probablethat blood thouldbee drawne, and either fide {o farreexafperated, that linlehope of agreement would bee left. Vp On the fame of their commotion, and proceedings 5. PAt/epemen, then, Pretor of the Achzans, levied {ich forces-as hee could in hafte, and wentagaintt them, Many, prinr cipall Gentlemen ofthe Achzans,e[pecially.of the Megalopolitans,were fooninaseay godinefsto wait vpon him, Befides thele, which wereall,or for the molt partt lorleshe had fome Auxiliaries out ofThraceand Crete,that viually were kept in pay, Thus, accom, Patied, he met with Dizocrates,Captaine of the Meffenians ; y hou, hee charg: d3 and forced to riinne. Bur whileft hishorfemen were too caractt in following the chafesthere atriued, by chance,a fupply of flue hundred from Meflene,which gang acwcourage vir tothofethat were fled. Sothe Enemies began to make head againe 5|ap4 with the helpe ofthofe.who very feafonably came to their aide, compelled Fhilopamens Hoy iemen 9 turnebacke. Philopemen himfelfc had long beeneficke.of, an Ague, and was then very Weake ; yetthe oreatneffcofhis courage would not fufter him,.to.bee negligent of sheir afeticwhich hadfo willingly aduentured themfelues vnder hiscondue. He¢tooke pr $6 On him to makethe Retrait :.and fuffening his Horlemento paileaiong py huni ane Tow Jane, he often turned about againft the Meflenians; wom bis ikhgna 0 i 7 i rife from. approaching ouer-neere > it eas of his BFcat wart dideorstbeaay byafall of his Horfe,.and, being withe Brees vahappily, being ¢he was8yoablero 0 get oct ypagaine,. came all in very weake plightthat of body, Rasriersothe 0 i Enemies nie cone Ypon him,and tooke him; y¢t {carcebelceued their fortune ie ageie goo > a" bats! theireyes were witne(ies. The firit meflenger that brought the FcAENCS aie mies to,beein bis rigir, wits, Was fo farre frombeing belecued, that hewashardlyallthoughe net by many SSPRI at ,the Cisie raane foorthta.mect . But when the truthwas affirmed |
