had no experience of our valour how shall they be able now to abide us defaited as they are already and having suffred so many displeasures at our hands And how shall their greatest cowards be willing to fight with us whose most valiant men lye slaine upon the ground before us Hereat said one of the Company why then doe we not with all speed pursue them seeing so great availes comming toward us so evidently Because quoth Cyrus we want good horses whereas the very best of our enemies and such as most fit it were now either to kill or to take prisoners hie them homeward apace well mounted on good coursers And those verily by Gods helpe able were we to put to flight but in following the chace shall never overtake Why then say they goe you not to Cyaxares and impart so much unto him Say you so quoth he Then follow mee all that he may know yee are generally of this minde So they all both followed Cyrus and also declared what they thought meet as touching the matter they required Cyaxares partly for that they made the motion first somewhat envied them and partly because he thought he should doe well for himselfe if he did not enter into daunger a second time for surely he gave himselfe to joy and mirth and saw many of the Medes doe the same answered in this manner CHAP. II. The opinion of Cyaxares to divert Cyrus from following the traine of his victorie I Know nephew Cyrus both by report and also by that which I have seene my selfe that yee Persians of all other men study most not to set your minds upon any pleasure unsatiably But verily for mine own part I thinke it much more behoovefull in the greatest pleasure to be continent and hold a meane And what is it that presenteth greater contentment to men than good successe which at this time is falne unto us If we therefore being now in happy case can soberly and wisely keepe the same we may perhaps live unto our old age in felicitie without all daunger But if wee are never satisfied therewith pursuing still one good fortune in the necke of another take heed least that befall unto us which they say many navigatours have found at sea who meeting sometime with a good gale of wind and fortunate voyage would never make an end of sayling untill they were cast away and so perished Semblably many men by report having obteined one victory by coveting to winne another have lost the former For truly if our enemies who are fled were fewer in number than we it might peradventure be safe for us to pursue them being so few But now consider with how small a troup of them wee all fought when we gained the upper hand The rest were not at the battaile nor strucke one stroke whom if we force not to draw sword they not knowing us nor themselves for want of skill and for cowardise will be glad to escape and be gone But if they perceive once that they shall be in as great jeopardie by running away as by tarrying still and have no hope of safety but in their swords point beware we urge them not even against their owne wils and purpose to beare themselves like valiant men For this you must know that you are not so desirous to take their wives and children prisoners as they be to save them Consider also that wild swine when they are espied by the hunter run away many though they be in number with their young pigs but if a man hunt or chace any of their young ones they will flye no longer no though there be but one of them and no more but assaile him that goeth about to catch the same And verily the enemies at this time beeing enclosed within their strength give us leave to skirmish with as many of them as we thought good our selves but in case wee joyne battaile with them in the broad and open plaine when they shall learne divided apart as erewhile some to confront us others to flanke us on the one side and the other and some againe to set upon us behind in the tayle See then whether every one of us have not need both of many eyes and also of as many hands Furthermore I would not wish quoth he for my part seeing as I doe the Medes solacing themselves in myrth to withdraw them from their delights and force them to hazard their lives in a doubtfull piece of service CHAP. III. How Cyrus obtained of Cyaxares part of the Medes forces and with them and the Hyrcanians togither that yeelded unto him pursued the Assyrians in their flight VPon this speech Cyrus briefly replied You shalt not need good Vnkle to compell any man onely let me have them who will follow me as voluntaries and peradventure we shall returne bringing unto you and to every one of these your friends that which will give you all good contentment Follow we will not in chace the maine multitude of our enemies for how possibly should we encompasse and take them but if we may light upon any piece of their armie dismembred from the rest or upon a skirt and remnant thereof we shall fetch it in and bring the same unto you Moreover thinke this quoth he that we at your request are come a great journey and all to gratifie and doe you pleasure You therefore in all equity are to requite us in the like that we also may in some sort make up our owne mouthes and so returne home with good pillage and not depend all of us upon your pay and treasure Then said Cyaxares If any one will of his owne accord beare you company I would acknowledge my selfe beholden also vnto you Send therefore quoth Cyrus with me one of these here who deserveth to be trusted most that he may declare unto the Medes from you what you commaund Goe to said Cyaxares take of all these any one whom you will chuse Now it hapned that the Median Gentleman was there present who in times past had claimed kinred of Cyrus and gotten so many kisses of him Then Cyrus forthwith This man here quoth he without more adoe shall serve my turne Content said Cyaxares let him wait upon you and withall he charged the party to deliver thus much in his name That whosoever would might goe with Cyrus Thus Cyrus taking the man with him went out and when he was gone forth he presently said unto him Now verily shall you make knowne whether you spake truth or no when you said you tooke much pleasure in beholding me Say you so quoth the Median Then will I never forsake you And are you willing said Cyrus to impart as much to others likewise Then the man bound it with an oath and said yea by Iupiter that I will and bring it so about in the end that even you shall be as willing to looke upon me also Then being thus sent from Cyaxares as he declared otherwise right cheerefully this
the King use to hold their meetings and how generall proclamation was made that every man should translate the mercate of all wares and chaffer vendible thither Semblably when the Captives also delivered almost the same Intelligence for Cyrus had given order that some should be taken prisoners of whom he might enquire and learne somewhat yea and sent out certaine Spies in likenesse of slaves as if they had bin runnagates from him Vpon these newes I say which the armie of Cyrus heard every man as good reason was began to muse and be follicitous they walke also up and downe abroad more silent than they were wont neither seemed many of them to be cheereful and merry but flocked togither in companies questioning and communing one with another every where as touching these occurrents Cyrus perceiving then that feare had possessed his armie thorowout called togither the principall Captaines and Commaunders of all his forces yea and so many as whose discouragement might seeme to doe hurt and whose resolute courage doe good Hee gave his owne * Serjeants ministers about him also to understand that if any other souldiers bearing armes were desirous to draw neere and heare what speech he would make they should not prohibit or keep them backe And when they were gathered all togither hee spake unto them in this wise CHAP. V. The oration of Cyrus unto his souldiours to put them out of that feare and astonishment which they had conceived of the newes they heard as touching the warre toward MY Friends and Allies I have called you togither because I saw some of you upon the newes arrived from the enemies farre like unto men affraied And I mervaile much I assure you that any of you should be affrighted for that the report goes that our enemies are gathered togither especially seeing that we our selves be assembled now many more in number than heretofore when wee gave them an overthrow and are besides through Gods favour and grace farre better appointed at this present than ever before A wonder it is I say that when you see all this yee are not bold and courageous Oh the will of God if yee be smitten now with feare what would yee have done in case some had brought newes that those meanes which make for us had bin bent and brought against us If I say ye had heard First and formost that they who beforetime discomfited us made head againe as carrying in mind still that victory which once they had atchieved then that they who at that time defaited the velitary fight and skirmish of Archers and Iaveletiers entred now eftsoones the field and brought with them many more and those equall to themselves Againe if word had come that like as these being in compleat armour overcame the footmen then so their horsemen now were comming throughly appointed against our men of armes and abandoning bowes arrowes and javelins taking every man to his strong launce advanced forward and rode on with full intent to cope hand to hand Semblably that there be chariots comming which are not to be so placed as heretofore turned backward as ready to serve for flight but as well the horses in the teeme drawing be bard and armed with brest-plates as the * Drivers chariotiers which stand in within turrets of tymber have all their upper parts which are seene defended sure with cuiraces and morrions also that trenchant sythes of yron are fitted fast to the axel-trees to the end that these also may drive directly and in a moment forcibly assaile the ranks of those who affront them Besides all this that they have * Dromedaries Camels upon which they may ride forward and give the onset beasts so hideous as that an hundred horse will not abide to see one of them Furthermore that they march on with turrets from whence they will bee ready to helpe their owne side and to annoy you with darting so as yee shall not be able to fight on even ground In case I say one should tell you who are affraied already that our enemies had all these meanes what would yee doe then being so troubled now as yee are with these flying rumours That Croesus is elected Generall of their Field a man so much more cowardly than the Syrians as that when they were in battaile foyled and put to flight he seeing them vanquished whom hee ought to have succoured as his Associats ran himselfe away and escaped And besides all this it is verily bruited that our very enemies thinke not their owne forces sufficient to joyne battaile with us but hire others as if they would doe better service for them in the field than their owne selves The case standing thus If there be any that thinke the enemies condition puissant and the meanes they have terrible but contrariwise our owne to be slight and of no validity such men I say my friends are meet to have their passe and to be sent away unto our enemies For being there they will stead us better than if they were still with us When Cyrus had thus said Chrysantas that Persian Lord stood up and spake thus Mervaile not ô Cyrus if some hearing these newes which are reported have seemed sad and heavy of countenance For it was not upon any feare that they looked so but even for very griefe and indignation Faring like to those who desirous and making full accompt to goe to their dinners have some worke imposed upon them which must needs be done before they dine And no man will be glad I suppose to heare of that For even so it is with us Who reckoning now to be in the way of getting great wealth after wee understood that there was a piece of service yet to bee performed looked heavily on the matter not for any feare but desirous rather that the same were atchieved already Howbeit considering that we shall fight not onely for Syria which hath plenty of corne store of cattell and abundance of fruitfull Datetrees but also for Lydia wherein there is affluence of wine figgs and oyle unto which the sea floweth whereby more goods are brought than any man hath ever seene We thinking I say of these matters are no longer discontented but most confident and resolute that we may the sooner enjoy also these Lydian commodities These words delivered hee Wherewith all the united Associats were well pleased and commended the same Then Cyrus I am of this mind my worthy friends with all expedition to march on against them For first by our sodaine comming wee may prevent and surprise them even in those very places where they are getting their provision then the sooner that wee come upon them the fewer necessaries about them shall we find in readinesse and the more wanting This verily is mine opinion Yet if there be any among you of another judgement thinking wee may take some course besides either safer or more easie let him shew the same Now when many there were who accorded and said
And being mounted up to an hill top hee asked Tigranes which were those mountaines from whence the Chaldees used to make rodes downe into the plaines and so to drive away booties Which when Tigranes had shewed unto him he asked againe whether those mountaines were now without companie and unfrequented No verily quoth he for they have alwaies certeine spies and Sentinels who signifie to the rest whatsoever they discover And what doe they saith he when they have notice of any thing Every man saith Tigranes makes what hast he can up to the hill tops for to help and succor When Cyrus heard this and withall beheld the country all about he might perceive that a great part thereof lay as wast ground to the Armenians and untilled by reason of the warres Then for that time returned they to the armie and after supper tooke their repose and slept The morrow next ensuing Tigranes shewed himselfe ready and well appointed having raised a power of foure thousand Horsemen with ten thousand Archers and as many Targuatiers But whiles these forces were a levying Cyrus sacrificed and seeing the entrails of the beasts to be faire and fortunate to him he called togither the Leaders both of the Persians and of the Medes and in the presence of that Assembly made this speech My welbeloved friends These mountaines that we see belong to the Chaldaees which if we may first be masters off and on the top of them build a fort and plant our garrison of necessitie as well the Chaldaees as the Armenians will demeane themselves loyally toward us As for our sacrifices they betoken all good on our side and as touching mans alacritie and humane meanes nothing will so much help the same forward to the atchieving of this exploit as expedition For if we can climb up the hils before the enemies assemble their power we shall either gaine the hill tops wholly without any resistance or else skirmish with our enemies when they are but few in number and feeble in strength No labour therefore can be easier and more void of daunger than if presently we be resolute in celeritie and quicke dispatch Arme your selves therefore on all hands As for you the Medes march on our left hand but yee the Armenians goe one halfe of you on the right side and the other halfe lead the way in the vaward before us Yee that bee horsemen follow behind in the Rear to incite and put us forward up the hill neither suffer yee any one faintly to draw backe When Cyrus had thus said and arraunged his files directly upward hee advaunced before the Armie The Chaldees that lay in espiall when they perceived the march forcibly to mount up hill forthwith signified so much to their fellowes and so by outcries and alarmes from one to another they drew togither Cyrus also for his part gave warning to his soldiers saying These here ô yee Persians signifie unto us that it is high time to make hast For if we prevent them and get the hill before our enemies shall be little able to doe ought Now the Chaldaees had light bucklers and two javelins apeece and these are reputed the most martiall men of all that country They serve also in warres as mercenaries and be alwaies in pay whensoever any man hath need of them because warlike though they be and valiant yet are they poore and needy For the region which they inhabite is full of hils and a small part thereof welthy Now when the soldiers about Cyrus approched neerer to the hill-tops Tigranes who accompanied Cyrus Wote you not ô Cyrus quoth he that we must fight out of hand and the Armenians will not abide the first brunt of the enemies Cyrus answered that he was not ignorant thereof in which regard I have already saith he given order to the Persians to prepare themselves and be in readinesse For they are to follow hard so soone as the Armenians begin to give ground and thereby draw the enemies neerer unto us Thus the Armenians advanced formost in the vantguard But the Chaldaees as many as were present upon the approach of the Armenians sodainly setting up a shout rushed fiercely upon them after their manner and gave the charge The Armenians likewise as they were wont received them not but reculed Now when the Chaldaees following them in chace perceived others with sword in hard to mount up the hill ready to encounter them afront some that hapned to joyne in fight were quickly slaine others escaped by flight and certeine of them were taken prisoners Thus the hill tops were soone gain'd Now when Cyrus his souldiers were gotten up thither and looked downe toward the habitations of the Chaldaees they might perceive how they abandoned the houses that stood next and so ran away Cyrus then as soone as all his soldiers were come togither commaunded them to take their dinners After dinner having learned that the place of Espiall where the Chaldaees lay was both safe and also well watered presently hee emmured it in manner of a fortresse Hee commaunded also Tigranes to send unto his father willing and requiring him to make present repaire thither and to bring with him all the Carpenters and Masons that were to bee had So there was a messenger streight-wayes dispatched unto the Armenian King Meane while Cyrus with those about him began to build the wall At which very time they presented the captives unto Cyrus some bound and others of them sore wounded Whom when he beheld he commaunded immediately the bound to be loosed and such as were hurt to be cured For which purpose he had sent for * Or Chirurgions Physicians This done hee said unto the Chaldaees that his comming was not either for any desire he had to destroy them or need to make warre but because he would conclude a Peace betweene the Armenians and the Chaldaees And before that I was possessed of these hill tops quoth he I wote well yee had no desire of peace For why Your owne State was in safety and the goods of the Armenians yee harried and carried at your pleasure But now yee see in what case yee stand I dismisse you therefore that be prisoners home to your houses and give you leave to consult with the rest of the Chaldaees whether yee will maintaine warre against us or enterteine amity with us If yee make choice of warre See ye come not hither if ye be wise without armes and weapons but if yee thinke yee have need of peace come hardly unarmed Will yee become our friends I will then take care for the safetie and wellfare of your state The Chaldaees hearing this after they had highly praised Cyrus and on all sides given him their hands departed home CHAP. IIII. The peaceable communication that Cyrus had with the Armenians and the Chaldaees The mutuall accord and peace betweene them all THE Armenian King when he heard that Cyrus sent for him and withall what he had done taking with
him the Carpenters and Masons aforesaid and all other things which he thought necessary repaired unto Cyrus withall speed possible No sooner saw hee him but hee brake out into these words Little it is ô Cyrus that wee men are able to foresee in future things and yet attempt and enterprise many desseins For ere while my selfe when I went about to compasse my libertie became a slave more then ever before and after that wee were taken prisoners whiles wee made full accompt that wee were utterly undone it appeareth now most evidently that wee are preserved no time before so much For those who never ceassed to infest us many wayes I see now to be in that case which I ever wished And thus much ô Cyrus I would have you to know that for to disseize the Chaldaees of these mountaine tops I would have disbursed much more mony than your selfe have of mee And verily the good turnes which you promised to doe unto us what time you received that mony you have performed already We acknowledge our selves therefore to be debters unto you still for other benefits Which if we would not be naughtie persons it were a shame for us not to requite And what requitall soever we make yet shall wee not be found to have made condigne recompense beseeming so beneficiall a friend Thus spake the King of Armenia But the Chaldaees came unto Cyrus as Oratours beseeching him to make peace with them whom Cyrus questioned with in this wise Crave yee peace at this time yee Chaldaees for any thing else but that yee thinke to live in more securitie by peace than by warre considering that wee also said as much The Chaldaees made answere Yea for all other things we have already But what and if replied Cyrus there accrue unto you other commodities beside by the meanes of peace Then said they would wee be the gladder And what other reason is there quoth Cyrus why you repute your selves now to be poore but for lacke of rich and and fertile ground When they accorded to him in this point also How then would yee be content saith Cyrus to pay so much tribute as the other Armenians doe so ye may lawfully occupy and till as much Armenian ground as yee will your selves Yes right willingly answered the Chaldaees if we might beleeve we should susteine no wrong hereafter And what say you King of Armenia would you have this ground of yours that now lieth wast to become tilled provided that the occupiers thereof pay you such rent as you set downe Yes verily quoth the King I would give a great deale of that condition For by this meanes the revenues of my Crowne should be much augmented And yee Chaldaees quoth he what say yee to this considering yee have fertile mountaines would yee willingly permit the Armenians to use the same for pasture yeelding unto you for the pasturage a reasonable rent Yea gladly said the Chaldaees for that we shall receive much profit without any paine and labour But you King of Armenia saith Cyrus are you willing to use their pastures if for a smal commoditie arising unto the Chaldaees your selfe may receive farre greater profits Yea with all my heart quoth he if I thought I might enjoy the said pasture-ground in safetie without molestation What! might yee not enjoy them safely if yee had the helpe of the hâ—ll-tops Yes said the King Hereat the Chaldaees But we par-die shall never be able to occupie wee will not say their grounds but not so much as our owne lands if so be these be masters of the said hill tops But What! quoth he if those mountaines may helpe you Mary then answered they we should thinke our selves well apayed But it were not so good for us beleeve me said the King in case they recover the mountaines againe especially being walled and fortified Well then quoth Cyrus I will take this course The strength of these hill-tops will I deliver to neither of you both But wee our selves will hold them in our owne hands And whether of you wrong the other their parts will we take who susteine the wrong Which when both sides heard they praised the devise and said it was the onely way to establish an assured peace So upon these capitulations following they all gave and received interchangeably hostages for securitie and agreed it was betweene them That they both should be free one from the other enterteine mutuall marriages use tillage and pasture in common indifferently and one aid the other if any did molest either of them Thus for that time things passed and the league then and thus concluded betweene the Chaldaees and the Soueraine Ruler of Armenia remaineth yet in force to this day Now after these Covenants of confederacy were confirmed both parts immediately did put to their helping hands with great cheerefulnesse to build and wall the said fortresse as a common strength and defense for them both and thereto joyntly brought all things necessary CHAP. V. How Cyrus sent an Embassage unto the Indians and returning into Media consulted about making warre upon the Assyrians WHen evening drew neere Cyrus entertained togither with him at supper both parties as being now joyned in mutuall amity And as they sat at supper one of the Chaldaees began and said This accord may well be acceptable to all others of our nation But some Chaldaees there are quoth he that live by preading and robbing who neither have skill of husbandry nor can abide to till the ground as wonted alwaies to get their living by the warres For they used evermore to drive away booties and many a time to serve for wages under the King of the Indians who by their saying is a Potentate full of gold and as often under King Astyages Why then said Cyrus doe they not take wages of me For I will give them as good pay as hee who ever he be that gave most This offer of Cyrus they accepted and said that many would bee right willing to serve him And thus of these points abovesaid were they agreed Cyrus then who had heard say that the Chaldaees oftentimes had recourse unto the Indian King and calling to remembrance that from him there came to the Medes certaine persons as Spies to see and learne what was done among them and the same afterwards went also to the enemies for to have intelligence likewise of their affaires was willing enough that the Indian King might know what deeds himselfe had atchieved And therefore he entred into such a speech as this Tell me ô King of Armenia and yee Chaldaees If I should dispatch a messenger of mine unto the Indian King would ye send any of vours besides who might both conduct the man in his way and assist him also to the obtaining at the said Kings hand of such things as I desire For I gladly would we had more money stil to the end that I might both give large pay to as many as have need and also by
there were on either side of his Chariot that accompanied him of purpose to informe and carry messages betweene to declare unto them in his name that whosoever had any request to exhibit unto him he should deliver his mind unto such Delegates as were deputed therefore under him For they quoth he will acquaint me therewith Whereupon they went away and immediatly turned to the men of armes consulting to whom each one should repaire But Cyrus when hee was disposed to have any of his favorites most honoured of the people would by a messenger send for them severally by themselves to come unto him and thus say Whensoever any of these here that accompany me in my traine informe you of ought if the matter that hee mooveth be frivolous give no eare nor take heed of his words but looke who seemes to preferre a just supplication make me acquainted therewith that upon deliberation in common togither we may dispatch such businesses with expedition And verily all the rest whensoever Cyrus called them obeyed and with all their might maine came riding unto him partly to amplifie all they could the Soveraine Majestie of his Empire and in part to shew their owne double diligence and obedience But one Darpharnes there was rude and ill bred above the rest who had this conceit in his head that if hee were not so forward in comming at his call hee should be reputed a jollier fellow and more free than others Which when Cyrus perceived before he was come upon a time and had communed with him he sent under hand one of those * Scepter-bearers or Stave-bearers Macebearers with a countermaund willing him to say unto the man that now he had no more employment for him And from that time forward never sent he for him againe But when a companion of his that was called for next after him made his appearance unto Cyrus before him Cyrus rode out himselfe to meet him and of those lere-horses that went by bestowed one upon him commanding withall one of those Mace-bearers to lead him forth for him whither he would himselfe Which as many as saw tooke it to be some great grace and honourable favour Whereupon ever after many more men did him observance Thus when they were come to the sacred * Or Shrines groves abovesaid they sacrificed unto Iupiter with Holocausts that is burnt offrings of whole entire Buls Semblably unto the Sunne burning Horses all whole in like sort After this they killed other beasts for sacrifice to the Earth doing as they had direction from their Priests the Magi. Afterwards to the tutelar Gods of Syria they did likewise Which complements being performed because the plot of ground was even and faire hee erected a goale at the end of a race to the length of five stadia Wherein hee commanded that * Nation by nation tribe by tribe they should put out their Horses to runne their best for the Prize Himselfe with the Persians ran a course and wonne For why he was most expert in Horsemanship Of the Medes Artabates gate the victory for Cyrus had given him an Horse of speede Among the Syrians he that was their Captaine Of the Armenians Tigranes Among the Hyrcanians the Colonels sonne who had the leading of their Horsemen Of the Sacans a private souldier and he with his Courset gained ground and out-rid the other Horses well-neere halfe the race length Hereupon Cyrus asked the young man whether he would exchange his Horse for a kingdome Who answered I would not willingly take a kingdome for him Yet I would not sticke to make a friend with him and bestow him upon some * Or worthy good man Why then quoth Cyrus I will shew you where if you winke with both eyes and doe but * A clot or stone fling from you you shall not misse but hit a good man Doe then but shew me quoth the Sacan where they be that when I have taken up this clot I may throw among them With that Cyrus pointed where there were a great sort of his friends and favourites Then the young man shutting both his eyes close threw the clot from him and it light upon Peraulas as he rode by For it chanced even then that he was to declare some errand that Cyrus had given him When he was strucken hee never turned for the matter but rode on still to doe that businesse which hee was enjoyned Then the Sacan opened his eyes and asked whom he had hit Not one quoth Cyrus so helpe me Iupiter of all those who are here present Why then I am sure quoth the young man much lesse any one of those that bee absent Yes verily saith Cyrus you have hit him yonder that rideth pricking so fast by the Chariots How is it then quoth the other that he turneth not againe No doubt quoth Cyrus he is some franticke fellow and not well in his wits as it should seeme Which when this young man heard hee went streight to see who he was and found him to be Pheraulas whose beard was all agore blood and fouly berayed with earth besides For his nose bled with the blow Being come unto him he asked whether he had beene smitten with that which he flung Even as you see answered the other how thinke you of it Why then quoth he I bestow upon you this faire Courser under mee Take him I pray you for my sake And why so quoth Pheraulas then the Sacan related unto him the whole matter and said in the end I have not missed I trow but met with a good and worthy man Then Pheraulas you should have given him to a richer man if you had done wisely Howbeit I accept your gift and I beseech the Gods whose will it was that you should light on mee to give me grace so to carry my selfe as that you may never repent of this your gift bestowed upon mee And now for this time quoth he get up upon my Horse and ride away And I will be with you anon And thus they exchanged To conclude among the Cadusians Rhathonices was the winner Moreover Cyrus did put forth Chariots one to one for to runne a race And to the Victors he gave both Oxen to sacrifice and make merry withall and also * or Flaggons drinking pots Himselfe being victour also received an Oxe which was the price for victory But of the said flaggons he bestowed his part on Pheraulas because he thought he had done so well in ordering this riding forth out of the Court. And verily this solemne pompe of riding as it was instituted first by Cyrus so the King for the time being continueth still at this day save onely that there be no beasts for sacrifice so often as the King sacrificeth not When these Complements were ended they returned unto the Citie And as many as had houses given them thither they went but such as had none lodged in their severall * or Stations quarters CHAP.