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Show Theft Bookeoprbejifipare ofdetending Guandif.4. ahd wilerightbyariines«bur contrariwifo, yheimivithontheadé obtai; punifhnient ned they ptefuincd fofanthoideftindtion of Carvhagewastlionghtan eafie: they had other> trough ofthat offence. Atthe prefent,theyieediued a gentle an{wers and:hadnotas yet Romie; thenim was Ma/arii(fa OF. fonng wifeilittlc amends? Gx/afaithe was demanded éraued auditnce. He was therefore called beforet he Senate giowberche Carthathe reafon of his comimggaridthad related vnto himthe complaint made bythe aware of ginians agdinft his FathersHe anfwered, That his Fathernot being throughly‘ iany Embafladoursthither fenr fromCarthage, had therefore:nor ginen: hiin-inftru ns: had onis:how'to deale inthat bufineffes Onelyit was knowne, that the Carthaginia held:councelldikersnightsyin the'Temple of.4/culapins: whereupon he himfelfe was 1° difpatched awayto Rome,thereto entreat the Senate,thatthefe common enemies ofthe Father, Romansand ofhis Rather mightnor be ouetmuch tiufted; efpecially againft his whom they hated mio malicioufly; forhis conftant faith torhepeopleof Rome. ‘This anfwee paclittle facisFattion. Wherefore the Senate replyed, that for Mafaniffa his fake; they had done, ahdwouldidoe; whatfocier was reafonable 3 !bur that it ftood'not sith theit iuftice) to allow ofthis his violencejintaking from the Carthaginiansthofe lands, whichbythe coutnantsiofthéleague, were granted nto themifreely ta:inioys Wriththis milde rebukéthey difiniffed Galufa;beftowing on him frictidly ‘prefents (a8 alfothéydid on the:Carthaginians)aind willed himtotell his Father,that hefhould doe well :torfend Binbaffxdours,morefilly inftructed inthis matter.: This happened when 26 not the Macddoniap warre was cuiemready to begins at'whiclitimethe Romanes: were willitgjtoo tiychvooffend,either the Carthaginians (for feare.ofvrging them vofeafor nablytorebdllion)or Ma/anifayarwhole hands they expeéted no litle helpe. Sowere theyiaidecbborh bythe Carchagniiatisjand.Ma/eni/fa: by the Carthaginians, partly. for feare partly-for tiope ofberter vfageia thefurure; by Mafaniffasinway of thankefulnes ; thduglrific Hadihappened(which wasvnlikely)thatthey fhonldibevanquithed;hemade , pone Utlier Accoudir thanthac allAfiicke vound about himjandi Carthage cherewithall i boni if fhoald bethis owned. 00!) milarhemidt ofall chefe carestheRomans ad nor been vammiad full of Pérfems They 3 be: vifited him daily with'Embafladourss thatis, with honontable {pies to obfeiuchis per hee Jong) out-ere fell ch vatitl(whi firth, kindelyar tertained hauioar2Thefehecen ceinedwhercrothtitidiligence tended. Firft they quatrelled wich himabout the. crou- bles ivDardania :.meither Wouldithcytake:any fatis faction, vatill the Baftarne were thine! gone; ‘thougthe provetted;that hehad wor fent forthem. Afterward they prt ednarrowly into his doings, and were no leffeill contented with good offices; by: mr hei dopesid furtdry oFhis neightsours; than withthofe wrongs;which(they faid)that - warrev vito other fomel Where hedid harmetoany; theycalled it; making friends? Where he didgood; they called fact his:bounty)fecking friends to take his part adainitthem? The Dolopiansyhis fubicéts,(vpomwhatoccafion itisvacertaine)re ‘ belledyand with exquificerormehts flew Euphrador,whom hee had appointed: their go them. Forthey ¥ leriiour! Ir {eerids chat Béphranor had playéedithe Tyrantamong apeople witliout Rrengch torefiftithe Macedénian pand therefore ynlikely roshaué oe farmedfo fare; vuidfie citherthey: had beene extremely: prouoked; orelfewere fecretly animated bythe Romasies..Wharfoeucrirtwas that bredthis couragein them : perpen didfoone allay it,andrectaitne themby {trong hand: Butthe Rorhanes! tooke eee tric of on getlythis prefimmption of the King-euenasif hee had inuaded. fomedGoun would 4 they Fealiaticonfederatés;& notcorretted hisownévebels athiomes Faine nto hadihee hum . hadhim to draw in the fame yoke with the Catthaginiansswhereu olice\his fieckestheyscouldthemfelues hauedoneshe part ofMafaniffegthough ee so ai : offome other fitfor that purpofeyhad beenewaiting.'Andtothis effect, cheptol Fitaeconditionsofthe league between them were fuchjas made it vnlawfatl,both 4 : cher heterofdve,and nowto htim,to rake armeswithoutabeinlicénce firtt a : a Po the fame paffe they would:al fo faine hauexeducedthe Grecks;& generally.at scoal adherents, eaen fich as had entied into league with them vponequalbtermcs* w lucs Willy they rewarded witha frowne, whenfocucr'they. piefiumed to 1ight rhemfe Achzxans lied by force'éf Mineswithout{eeking firft the Oracle at Rome: Hereofthe orherwhiles doodwxpericaced whole cohfidence itheir properftrength made them Rom ecaule fauour.at inary ofcxtradkd hope d whole caruitrsjan boldtolbetheis owned chem - Cuarici§.4.) ofthe Hiflory ofthe World. them the more willingly to referreitheir caufes toarbitrement. For when they wentabout to haue chaftifed the Meffenians by Watre;7.Quintins rebukedthem, as‘ too arrogant; in taking fuchia worke in hand, withouthis authorities yet by his authoritie he en- ded the niatter, wholly to their good Jiking. Semblably at othertimes were they.fepree hended, even with Lordly threats; when they tookevpon themito carry any bufinéffe ofiinportance, by their owne power;without ftanding vito thé good grace-of theRoe mans. Whomeuertheleffev pon fubmiffion, were apt enonghtodoethem tight. ‘Lhus werethey tamed bylittle and little,and taught to forget their abfolute libertic, as by. which they were notlike tothriucs efpecially in vfurpiog the practice ofArmes,ivhich 19 belonged onely to the Imperiall Citic. In learning this hard leffori; they were-fuch.vn- toward/Schollers, that they needed, and not long after felt, very' tharpe corredtion, Polyb.Legat. Yetwasthere no fmall part of blameto beimputed-vato their Mafters.Forthe Romane Senate, being defirousto humblethe Achzans,refufed not onely:to giuethem {uch aide as they requefted; and asthey challenged by the tenour of the League betweenethémi's bur firther,with acareleffe infolencie,reieéted this honeft and reafonable petition, That the Enemie might notbe fupplied from Italie, wich victualls or armes.. Herewith not content, The Fathers,as wearied with dealing intheaffaires of sGieece, pronounced openly,That if the Argiues,Lacedzmonians,or Corinthians, would revolt fromthe A+ chizans ; they themfelucs would thinke iva bufinefleno way concerning them, 96 This was prefently after the death of Philopemen:,at what time itwasbeleciied; ‘that the Common-wealth ofAchaia wasliketo fallinto much diftrefle; were it notypheld by-counteaance of the Romanes. All thisinotwithftanding ; when Lycortas Pretor.of the Acheeans had vtterly fubdued the Meffeniansfarre foonerthatvwas expected; and when as not only no towne rebelled fromthe Achzans, but manyentred intotheir corporation: then did the Romans withanill-fauoured grace,tell the fame Embafladours, towhofe petition they had made fuch bad anfver (andwhoas yet were not gone.out ofthe Citie,) Thatthey had ftreightly forbidden all manner offuccour to be carried to Meflene: Thus thinking, by:afained grauitie; to hane fetued their owne tures; they manifefted their condition ;:both to fet onthe weaker, againft the ftronger. and more fafpeaed's and alfoto aflumevnto themfelues a Soueraigne power, in dire@ing all 3° matters of Warte, which diffemblingly they would hane feemed to negle@.\In like mannerdealt they withall their confederatés': not permitting any of them to make Warre, whether offenfiue or defenfiue; though itwere.againft meere ftrangers; withOntinterpofing the authoritie ofthe Senate and People of Rome;: vnleffe peraduenture fometimesthey winked at {uch violence,as did helpe towards the accomplifhment of their owne fecret malice. Now thefe Romane Arts howfocuer many (for gainefull or timerousrefpects) would feeme to vaderftand them; yet. were generally difpleafing vnto all men endued withfree {pirits. Only.the Athenians, once the moft turbulent Ci- tie in Greece,hauing neither fabieats of their ownethat might rebell,nor power whereWithto bring any into fubiection;for want of more noble argument whereinto practife 40 their eloquence that was become the wholeremainderof their ancient commendations, Were much delighted in flattering the moftmighty. So they kept themfelues in grace with the Romans,remained free from all trouble,vatill the wa rre of Mithridates: being menvnfit for action, and thereby innocent; yet bearing a part in many great adtions,as Gratulators ofthe Roman viGories,and Pardon-crauers for the vanquifhed, Such were the Athenians become.Asfor thofe other Common-weales and kingdomes, that with Ouer-nice diligence ftroue to preferue their liberticsand lands, from confuming, 8 vpat ash Ef pers y Piece-meale: they wereto bee deuoured whole, and fwallowed "een to ee the Macedonian,as the moft vnpliant, and wherein many of the Greekes afflance, was neceflarily tobe madean example, howinuchbetter it were to bow than tobreake. ftoodaf; ne Perfews nor the Romans were penis h owthe Grecks atthis time rce bectted, Pe comme 5 ‘on of his neere neighbourhoo d;-and of the daily. ; information, of all that rp spied mae could veLwentioded comeriomea|Sen hatallof them now apprehendedthe danake aaa theiraffaircs. He well knews:thatal™ Cerne him;in ‘fovable {ubiection, whereinto Ber which Philoremen hadlong finceforetold, of the-miferable i te -| Greececewas.likely was like tobe recuced, educed, by by the beirig Romane patronage. Ingece Rey, HOF OEY tenderly fenfible oftheir liberty, felt Perceiued theapproching danger; but-as ts caoea themfelues $1.53. |