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Show ThefifeBookgoptbeyingpart Cuari6.§.s, was well ktiowne,helped not4littlesThé Macedonian and R hodian Embafladovis were atRome/prouided ofanfwers to thé words,which'they knew-before-hand that he would fpeake yard with matter of recrimination. The vanityeither of Him) orof fome about hima, eemesto habedifclored all: whenthe warineffeyofthe Fathers, in: hiding that whichalt mennew,niddea notable few offome'fearfull apptehenfion;againft which, itbehooued their wifedometo negleé no potlible remedic.!'W herefore carelefle ‘andi- enve was gitttn'to the Rhodian Embafladouts; whotaccufed Ewmenes,as one mote ttonblefome t@Avia; than Aucioché had eiiet beene,and wprouvoker of the Ly cians'to 1ebellioaiThe Riiodians had with great pompe,conueighed by feawntaPerfens,his bridezaodice swhichfriendly officeasthe Macedonian bountifully requited; fo the Romians de-16 Polyb.Legat. 60.& Gi. Lin.libgt. Cari. Gis.) of rhe fisftory of: the Wortd: being apprehended matte them without ftaying to fee all fureAcein fiich hafe,thar th ey killed on¢of theit owne!compariions, whocouldinor hold pacewit hthem,-becaufe hee fhould novdifcouer them. Eumenes was. conicighed awaysto. rhe little lie of Aipina wherehewascured': being allthewhile keptfo-fecretly, thatthe-fame ofthis death was currentimA fia. Hence it cameythat hisbrother Athalds tooke vponhim as:.King geither tooke or would haue taken to wifel(fappofingit belikea matterof State) Stretosica the protection any peopleoi Nation by them vanquifheds:and that the: Lycians' were by ced, Thatit food not with the manaet of the Romans; toaliene quite fromtheirowne daughteriof King driarathes; whom héthen thought thewidowof: Zwmenes,i Tc may well benumbred among theraré examplesof brotherly lone'; That whenthe King ree turnedaliu¢home, Arra/ss going forthto meethimand dochisdutic,asia former times, receiuednone other checke, than that hee(bouldfarbeareromarvie with the Qucene. wneill Hee were well affured ofthe Kings death; Morethat this, Ewxenes neuer {pake ofthele matters ;. but bequeathed at his: death, vnrothe fame brother, baththis wife.and Kingdomes Ass likewile 4tta/ui forboretoattemprany thing tothe preinidice of the King his brother : though the Romans/with whomhé.coatinuedanid grewin {peciall fauour, when Evmenes fell into their hatred). werein good readinefle, to |hane transferted them affigned vito thofe of Rhodes;notas meeré vaflals, but asdependants andaffociates, For proofe hereof;they referred themfelues vntothe commientaries of thetenne the Kingdome fiomhis brother to: Hii. By- fach concord !of brethren, was the Kingdome'of Pergamus raifed:and wpheld 0a might alfo that,of Macedon haue been, fpigttfallpaccepred Hence it grew;that- when the Lycians,as already vanquilhedwere ferling themfelues in their obedience'tothie peopleof Rhodes: Embaffadors cimefrom Rome with ftrange news,which ganenew life tothe rebellion: For the Senareprondun- Embafladours;whomthey had fentte-difpofe ofthings in Alias afterthe victory again king Antiochus. Hereat Eamenes, Méafani(fa,T he Aroliansjandall othér Kings or Eftates, that were beliolding to Romeforincreafing the number oftheir fubiedts, had caufeto 24 finde them felues agrienedifthey well confidered the matter: = ince by force of thisor the like dectee; thofe theirfubiects mighteafily- bemadetheir fellowes, whenfoeuerit fhould'pleafe the Senate:though it were fo,that all men knew the prefent meaningofthe Senate,which was onely toplague the Rhodians,fortheir good wil to Per/éas,byfetting themrand the Lycians together by theeares.The Fathers couldtherfore fee no reafonto diflike Bamenes,vpon this‘complaint made by the Rhodiat Embaffadours;whichindeed more neérely touched themfelues Rather they honoured theking: fo-muchthe more: for that éthets (as they would needestake iv) con{piredagainfthim, becaufe ofthis loue to Romet 7 But the Macedonian Bintbatfaxethey eard not {6 carelefly as angrily though perad- 39 venture it well conterited them to finde caufe ofanger. For whereas at other times all cares had beene'taken, to pacifiethera with gentlewords and excufes:. nowheard they plainer languageandwerdtold,Thavking Pérfews defired much to giue them fatisfadi- on, concerning any deed of word of his; that night fauour of hoftilitie , but thar, if his trauaile inthis kinde proued vaine,then wouldhebe'ready to defend himfelfe by armes; and ftand'to the chance of warre,; whichoften falls out contrarie to expectation: Thefe bigge words may feemeto haue proceeded from the vehemencie of: Harpalas; that was chicfe ofthe Embaffadors :rather than from inftru@ion given by the king, with whofe faint heart'they agreed nots Yet was there good reafon, why Perfeus himfelfe might, at this time, thitike to {peed better by afhew of daring; than he was like todo byany {ub- 40 thiffion. *Forthe eyesofall Greece being nowcaft vpon him, ason the greateft hope of deliuerance from the Roman feruitude;it was not expedicnt, that he (hould leffen, ot perhaps viterly cut off,the gencrallexpeGation,; and the good affection borne to him, Which thereon depended,by difcouering his too much weakneffe of{piritjvnan fwetable toa worke offuch importance.Wherefore He,or hisEmbatfadorfor him, wasbold to fet 2good countenance'on a game notverybad, bur fubicd( inappearance) to fortune; which might haue beene his,had he knowne how to vie it: "Nowthatthis brauery (as better it nay be rermed than‘courage) proceeded from the kings owne heat ; it appeares by his daring to aduenture foone after, on -acpractice that More iuftly tighcangerthe Romans,and ginethem fairer fhew-ofreafon to make ware Vpon hits Tt was knownethat Eumenes,in turning home; would take Delphi in his:ways and thetrédoefacrificeto Apollo, Perfeas deadly: hating him,and thirfting afterhis blood, fefoliedts way-lay him, and/by:making there of hima facrifice, to ridhis owne hanes 6famotmchicuous'enemys'So there were appointed three or foure {tout ruffians: £0 doe theimifder: whoplacingthemfeluessbehinde abroken mudwall, on the fideo! 4 vety harrowpath leading vp from the Seato the. Temple; did thence affault rhe King 5 whotn they forely bruifed with erear tonessandleft for dead. They might haue finifhed theit Worke) {lich was theopportunitieof the place whichthey tad choftn;but fe areot ein if Demetrius had lined and employed his grace with the Romans; to the' benefit of Perfews. Ivis likely that Per/eus was very :gladiwhen lié vaderftood that his miniftershad both accomplithed his will, and hadfaued all from difconerie. But.as he was dectiuedin the maine point,and heardfhortly after,that Eamenestined :fo was Hee beguiled in, that otherhope, ofthe:concealement which he vainly efteemedtheleffe materiall. "For Hee had writtento one Praxoa Gentlewoman of Delphi, to entertain themen whomhe fent about this bufineffe sandthe, being apprehended by C.Valeri# a Roman Embafladour thenattending-vpon the matters of Greece,wascarried to Rame.T hus all came tolight. Valerius al{o brought with hin to Rome,out of Greece, one Rammius a Citizen of Brun- duftam: who comming newly fromthe Court of Macedon, loadenwitha dangerous {e- cret,hadiprefently fought out the Embaflador,and therof difcharged himfelfe. Brundu- fiam wasthe ordinary Port,for hips) paffing between Italy.and Greece.There had Rams ° miusa faire houle . wherin he gauie entertainment, being a wealthy man,to Embafladors, andother honourable perfonages;both Romans and Macedonians,iournying toandfro. By dccafion of fuchhis hofpitality;he was commendedto Perféns,and inuited into Macedonwithfriendly letters; as one,whofe many. courtefiesto his Embalfadors,the King Was ftudious to requite. Ac hisicomiming he wasmuch made ofand thortly,with more familiaritiethan he expectedordefired, made partakerof the kings fecrets. The fumme ofall was; That he muft needes do¢a turne,in gining to fuch ofthe Romans as the king. thould hereafter name; a poyfonofrarequality,firre inoperation, yet not to be perceiued cither in the taking or afterward. Hee durit not refufero accept this employment : forfeare left thevertie ofthis medicine fhould be tryed vpon himfelfe, But being once qo atliberty s she difconeredall: Remmias was butoneman, and one whom the king had Neuer feene before norwas like tofec againe and therefore, befides that the ki gs de- Niall onghrto be as good as fucha fellowes affirmation,the accufation was impr: »bable. Thus did Per/eus,in time fhortly following,anfwer for himfelfe,andin like fort concers in the oneoF oRing the attempt vpon Eumencs :denying to hauc hadany hand, either to profeffin That fuch obiections were nottobe madeynto a king,ding ther: yet withall g, vnto a fubiect Proue the richtfulneffe of making warre vpon him ; but rather forhis life in indgement. But howfocuer the Remans neglected the getting of ftronger bythem p1 oduced ; yet Proofe( which might haue beene eafie ) than any that weefinde thebafe & cowardly temper ofPer/eus was very fyteable to thele practices. emi oad 3° the Senate greatly ftandto difputethe matter with him:th efehis acheries t being he treacheries in¢keufable, And as forhis Royall Eftate, wherein e1u ere that they coe ae ne os touch himfor fuchprivate offences, it gaue himnopriuiledge:they1 iging aa - offended in the nature of aking. Herein furely they wanted not good sir en if a might not lawfully make warre vpon Eamenes their confederate ; ih Sa sich he edaigreagonyTOWDS,ih be fend Ruffians to murderthe king ¢ Ifit were - _ ease ate saben 3 Senators by fire or famine,than by violence of thes F it |