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jon._n achaeus_n for_o a_o slaughter_n flee_v to_o laconia_n in_o peloponnesus_n and_o give_v it_o his_o name_n and_o after_o recover_v thessaly_n jon_n be_v make_v governor_n of_o attica_n which_o he_o bring_v into_o a_o civil_a course_n and_o plant_v syciona_n then_o call_v aegiolio_n and_o marry_a helice_n the_o king_n daughter_n of_o who_o also_o the_o land_n take_v name_n dorus_n second_o son_n of_o helen_n plant_v about_o parnassus_n and_o lacedaemon_n but_o when_o the_o heraclide_n nephew_n of_o hercules_n invade_v peloponnesus_n the_o door_n assist_v they_o expel_v the_o achaean_n in_o laconia_n who_o seek_v habitation_n drive_v out_o the_o jonians_n who_o fail_v into_o asia_n on_o who_o west_n coast_n they_o build_v twelve_o city_n hercules_n ancestor_n of_o the_o heraclide_n and_o his_o twelve_o labour_n of_o fabulous_a poet_n rehearse_v sure_o it_o be_v greece_n be_v oblige_v to_o he_o for_o free_v it_o from_o many_o tyrant_n and_o thief_n which_o oppress_v the_o land_n in_o the_o reign_n of_o euristheus_n who_o employ_v he_o therein_o be_v jealous_a of_o he_o for_o his_o virtue_n and_o descent_n from_o perseus_n his_o child_n after_o his_o death_n flee_v to_o the_o athenian_n who_o assist_v they_o against_o euristheus_n who_o they_o slay_v but_o upon_o the_o death_n of_o hillus_n son_n of_o hercules_n slay_v in_o combat_n by_o echenus_fw-la king_n of_o tegeates_n in_o arcadia_n who_o assist_v atreus_n successor_n of_o euristheus_n they_o be_v to_o leave_v the_o country_n for_o one_o hundred_o year_n now_o expire_v when_o they_o return_v under_o aristodemus_n when_o tisamenus_n be_v king_n of_o achaea_n §_o 7._o homer_n the_o poet_n seem_v to_o live_v about_o this_o time_n but_o the_o diversity_n of_o man_n opinion_n and_o curiosity_n about_o this_o age_n be_v so_o ridiculous_a that_o i_o will_v not_o offend_v the_o reader_n therewith_o but_o to_o show_v the_o uncertainty_n of_o historian_n as_o well_o in_o
remember_v many_o founder_n of_o the_o city_n but_o livy_n will_v have_v it_o the_o work_n of_o romulus_n etc._n etc._n of_o his_o beget_v birth_n and_o education_n plutarch_n say_v it_o be_v probable_a that_o amulius_n come_v arm_v to_o rhea_n which_o occasion_v the_o tale_n of_o marce_z as_o the_o nurse_n the_o child_n by_o some_o harlot_n occasion_v the_o tale_n of_o a_o wolf_n for_o harlot_n of_o old_a be_v call_v wolf_n halicarnassus_n tell_v we_o of_o the_o like_a report_n they_o have_v of_o cyrus_n nurse_n by_o a_o bitch_n and_o semiramis_n by_o bird_n so_o of_o his_o end_n they_o say_v he_o be_v take_v away_o in_o a_o storm_n of_o thunder_n etc._n etc._n which_o be_v probable_o the_o fury_n of_o the_o senator_n remember_v also_o by_o livy_n but_o as_o many_o author_n speak_v of_o great_a lightning_n and_o thunder_n that_o day_n so_o it_o may_v be_v he_o be_v slay_v by_o it_o as_o be_v anastasius_n the_o emperor_n and_o emperor_n carus_n halicarnassus_n say_v they_o cause_v it_o to_o be_v remember_v near_o to_o truth_n which_o say_v his_o citizen_n slay_v he_o etc._n etc._n plutarch_n report_v of_o his_o conquest_n of_o a_o few_o mile_n about_o he_o not_o worth_a the_o speak_n of_o if_o the_o follow_a greatness_n of_o rome_n have_v not_o cause_v it_o to_o be_v remember_v he_o reign_v 37_o year_n first_o alone_a then_o with_o tatius_n and_o after_o his_o death_n single_a till_o he_o be_v slay_v numa_n a_o man_n unknown_a to_o romulus_n succeed_v more_o priest-like_a etc._n etc._n well_o resemble_v rome_n latter_a day_n which_o fall_v from_o emperor_n command_n into_o subjection_n of_o a_o prelate_n swell_v by_o degree_n from_o a_o sheephook_n to_o a_o sword_n wherewith_o victorious_a to_o excessive_a magnificence_n it_o fall_v to_o luxury_n and_o be_v unfortunate_a in_o defensive_a war_n be_v drive_v again_o to_o betake_v himself_o to_o the_o crosier-staff_n chap._n xxi_o of_o hezechiah_n and_o his_o contemporary_n §_o 1._o hezechiah_n at_o 25_o year_n old_a succeed_v about_o the_o end_n of_o achaz_n 14_o year_n in_o the_o 3_o d_o of_o hosea_n king_n of_o israel_n and_o reign_v 29_o year_n his_o first_o work_n testify_v his_o pious_a zeal_n in_o open_v the_o temple_n shut_v up_o by_o his_o ungracious_a father_n and_o reform_a religion_n etc._n etc._n comp._n 2_o chron._n 29_o and_o 30._o with_o 2_o king_n 18._o it_o be_v uncertain_a whether_o he_o do_v this_o in_o his_o father_n time_n or_o in_o his_o sole_a government_n as_o i_o rather_o think_v he_o invite_v also_o the_o ten_o tribe_n to_o the_o passover_n which_o the_o generality_n scorn_v in_o the_o four_o year_n of_o hezekiah_n the_o israelite_n which_o scorn_v to_o celebrate_v their_o deliverance_n out_o of_o egypt_n fall_v into_o a_o new_a servitude_n wherein_o they_o continue_v to_o this_o day_n for_o salmanasser_n son_n of_o tyglath_n hear_v that_o hosea_n king_n of_o israel_n practise_v with_o so_o king_n of_o egypt_n against_o he_o come_v and_o after_o three_o year_n siege_n win_v samaria_n and_o carry_v the_o ten_o tribe_n into_o assyria_n and_o media_n and_o place_v other_o in_o the_o land_n these_o late_a assyrian_n and_o persian_a king_n follow_v be_v the_o first_o we_o find_v mention_v both_o in_o profane_a and_o sacred_a book_n and_o therefore_o must_v serve_v to_o join_v the_o time_n of_o the_o old_a world_n with_o that_o follow_a see_v none_o but_o prophet_n have_v write_v otherwise_o than_o fabulous_a of_o former_a time_n true_a it_o be_v that_o cyrus_n and_o some_o persian_a king_n bear_v the_o same_o name_n in_o scripture_n and_o profane_a story_n but_o of_o other_o the_o diversity_n of_o name_n have_v breed_v question_n of_o the_o person_n as_o whether_o salmanasser_n in_o scripture_n be_v nabonasser_n in_o ptolemy_n and_o nabuchadnezzar_n be_v nabopolassar_n both_o which_o point_v bucholcerus_n out_o of_o good_a mathematic_a observation_n have_v well_o prove_v for_o by_o they_o it_o appear_v that_o from_o nâ—bonasser_n to_o chrisâ—_n be_v seven_o hundred_o forty_o six_o year_n which_o agree_v also_o to_o salmanassar_n which_o be_v prove_v for_o that_o the_o space_n between_o merdocenpadus_fw-la and_o nabonassar_n be_v find_v the_o same_o between_o merodach_n who_o be_v mardocenpadus_fw-la and_o salmanassar_n functius_n that_o as_o from_o the_o destruction_n of_o samaria_n to_o that_o of_o jerusalem_n be_v 133_o year_n so_o in_o ptolemy_n the_o same_o time_n be_v find_v between_o nabonassar_n and_o nabopolassar_n the_o eight_o year_n differ_v in_o ptolemy_n be_v before_o the_o win_n of_o samaria_n spend_v in_o his_o reign_n §_o 2._o hezekiah_n have_v deny_v the_o tribute_n to_o senacherib_n which_o have_v be_v covenant_v with_o tiglath_n his_o grandfather_n acknowledge_v his_o fault_n and_o labour_v to_o purchase_v his_o peace_n by_o three_o thousand_o talent_n of_o silver_n and_o thirty_o of_o gold_n by_o senacherib_n intend_v to_o set_v down_o the_o condition_n with_o his_o sword_n send_v from_o lachish_n where_o he_o lay_v and_o invest_v jerusalem_n etc._n etc._n where_o vengeance_n from_o heaven_n destroy_v so_o many_o thousand_o for_o their_o master_n blasphemy_n who_o also_o drink_v a_o cup_n of_o the_o wrath_n of_o god_n from_o his_o own_o son_n §_o 3._o hezechiah_o his_o sickness_n prayer_n recovery_n and_o sign_n thereof_o 2_o king_n 20._o his_o lamentation_n say_v jerom_n be_v for_o want_v of_o a_o son_n of_o who_o the_o messiah_n may_v spring_v his_o entertain_v the_o babylonian_a ambassador_n and_o vainglory_n therein_o reprove_v yet_o according_a to_o humane_a reason_n he_o think_v fit_a to_o entertain_v they_o familiar_o come_v to_o congratulate_v his_o recovery_n with_o present_n be_v one_o which_o have_v weaken_v the_o assyrian_a his_o great_a enemy_n by_o seize_v upon_o the_o kingdom_n of_o babylon_n of_o which_o he_o have_v be_v lieutenant_n under_o senacherib_n who_o son_n weak_a in_o understanding_n and_o molest_v by_o his_o elder_a brethren_n give_v he_o opportunity_n to_o usurp_v babylon_n as_o belochus_n have_v deal_v with_o sardanapalus_n thus_o belochus_n forty_o eight_o year_n tiglath_n pilesar_n twenty_o seven_o salmanassar_n ten_n senacherib_n seven_n esarhaddon_n ten_n the_o three_o last_o be_v contemporary_n with_o hezechiah_n §_o 4._o hezechiah_n contemporary_n in_o media_n after_o arabaces_n and_o sosarmus_n according_a to_o eusebius_n be_v medidus_n forty_o year_n cordiceas_fw-la fifteen_o year_n then_o follow_v deioces_n fifty_o four_o phraortes_n twenty_o four_o cyaxares_n thirty_o two_o astyages_n thirty_o eight_o and_o cyaxares_n two_o according_a to_o xenophon_n metasthenes_n in_o anneus_n and_o diodorus_n out_o of_o ctesias_n differ_v much_o from_o eusebius_n who_o mercator_n will_v fain_o reconcile_v but_o in_o vain_a in_o athens_n four_o of_o the_o four_o ten_o year_n governor_n in_o lidea_n candaulus_n slay_v by_o gyges_n who_o succeed_v chap._n xxii_o egyptian_a king_n from_o moses_n to_o hezekiah_n §_o 1._o the_o egyptian_n at_o this_o time_n contend_v with_o the_o assyrian_n about_o sovereignty_n give_v the_o occasion_n to_o consider_v the_o state_n of_o the_o country_n which_o have_v flourish_v so_o long_o of_o cham_n osiris_n and_o orus_n and_o the_o rest_n with_o their_o dynasty_n till_o israel_n come_v out_o of_o egypt_n we_o have_v hear_v and_o be_v to_o proceed_v from_o thence_o not_o regard_v the_o idle_a catalogue_n of_o name_n of_o king_n set_v out_o by_o herodotus_n and_o dyodorus_n from_o the_o mouth_n of_o the_o egyptian_a priest_n who_o for_o the_o most_o part_n be_v but_o vice-roys_n or_o steward_n like_o joseph_n and_o such_o as_o be_v the_o sultan_n in_o late_a age_n for_o first_o we_o may_v not_o believe_v that_o the_o number_n of_o generation_n we_o speak_v of_o be_v above_o eighty_o from_o abraham_n to_o the_o persian_a empire_n whereas_o we_o know_v there_o be_v but_o forty_o two_o generation_n to_o our_o saviour_n christ_n especial_o consider_v many_o of_o they_o be_v of_o about_o forty_o year_n continuance_n we_o must_v therefore_o proportion_v the_o number_n to_o that_o of_o other_o country_n according_a to_o the_o time_n and_o esteem_v the_o rest_n but_o regent_n who_o yet_o rule_v as_o king_n of_o which_o sort_n there_o may_v be_v many_o as_o may_v be_v well_o conceive_v in_o reading_n w._n archbishop_n of_o tyre_n who_o show_v that_o there_o be_v the_o caleph_n elhadech_n supreme_a over_o egypt_n under_o who_o the_o sultan_n rule_v as_o king_n make_v war_n and_o peace_n yea_o supplant_n one_o another_o without_o the_o calephs_n privity_n as_o fall_v out_o under_o elhadech_n under_o who_o san._n be_v sultan_n and_o yet_o chase_v away_o by_o dagon_n and_o upon_o his_o death_n recover_v again_o without_o the_o great_a caleph_n hand_n who_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n only_o attend_v his_o state_n and_o delight_n in_o his_o palace_n which_o manner_n of_o rule_v by_o vice-roys_n the_o author_n judge_v to_o have_v be_v from_o the_o ancient_a king_n of_o egypt_n §_o 2._o it_o be_v
twenty_o seven_o day_n after_o with_o lamentable_a effect_n §_o 9_o the_o athenian_n after_o this_o loss_n have_v also_o their_o subject_n abroad_o rebellious_a and_o which_o recover_v their_o long_a lose_a liberty_n at_o home_n also_o the_o principal_a citizen_n weary_v with_o the_o people_n insolency_n change_v the_o government_n procure_v the_o captain_n abroad_o to_o set_v up_o a_o aristocracy_n in_o the_o town_n of_o their_o confederacy_n as_o four_o hundred_o usurp_v it_o at_o home_n but_o the_o army_n at_o samos_n dislike_v that_o usurpation_n and_o alcibiades_n who_o be_v fâ—ed_v from_o the_o lacedaemonian_n who_o have_v honour_v he_o much_o till_o his_o virtue_n have_v breed_v he_o envy_n and_o be_v with_o tissaphernes_n the_o persian_a viceroy_n with_o who_o he_o be_v grow_v into_o such_o favour_n as_o he_o persuade_v he_o to_o stay_v his_o favour_n to_o the_o lacedaemonian_n yet_o his_o revocation_n be_v not_o confirm_v at_o athens_n till_o the_o four_o hundred_o weary_v with_o the_o trouble_n of_o the_o time_n and_o not_o prevail_v with_o sparta_n for_o peace_n resign_v their_o authority_n to_o five_o thousand_o which_o have_v be_v their_o assistant_n who_o present_o agree_v to_o the_o revocation_n of_o he_o and_o his_o companion_n §_o 10._o after_o this_o alcibiades_z join_v with_o the_o athenian_a fleet_n after_o a_o overthrow_n of_o the_o lacedaemonian_a fleet_n command_v by_o mindarus_n take_v cyzicus_n perinthus_n chalcedon_n byzantium_n and_o with_o this_o honour_n return_v to_o athens_n where_o he_o be_v make_v high-admiral_n but_o upon_o a_o loss_n of_o a_o great_a part_n of_o his_o fleet_n by_o his_o lieutenant_n in_o his_o absence_n fight_v contrary_a to_o his_o commandment_n he_o be_v again_o force_v to_o banish_v himself_o to_o a_o great_a loss_n to_o athens_n than_o before_o §_o 11._o after_o this_o also_o the_o athenian_n ship_n in_o a_o discomfiture_n be_v force_v into_o the_o haven_n of_o mytelene_n where_o they_o be_v beset_v so_o that_o athens_n be_v compel_v to_o man_n all_o their_o vessel_n to_o relieve_v they_o at_o argamusae_fw-la yet_o the_o ten_o captain_n which_o have_v the_o victory_n of_o the_o lacedaemonian_n be_v condemn_v at_o athens_n unjust_o as_o after_o appear_v §_o 12._o lysander_n with_o the_o peloponesian_a fleet_n besiege_a lapsacus_fw-la the_o athenian_a fleet_n of_o a_o hundred_o eighty_o sail_n come_v too_o late_o to_o relieve_v it_o and_o then_o put_v in_o at_o sestos_n and_o after_o at_o aeges-potamos_a from_o whence_o they_o daily_o brave_v lysander_n not_o a_o league_n off_o and_o return_v to_o age_n potamos_n from_o whence_o the_o man_n use_v to_o go_v by_o land_n to_o sestos_n leave_v the_o ship_n alcibiades_z live_v near_o and_o see_v their_o negligent_a endanger_v the_o ship_n and_o give_v they_o warning_n which_o they_o regard_v not_o so_o lysander_n come_v sudden_o on_o they_o and_o overthrow_v they_o go_v to_o athens_n with_o pausanias_n and_o agis_n the_o two_o king_n of_o sparta_n and_o summon_v the_o city_n which_o refuse_v till_o famine_n force_v which_o fall_v on_o they_o by_o the_o lacedaemonian_n take_v the_o island_n from_o they_o which_o use_v to_o relieve_v they_o so_o all_o her_o subject_a city_n be_v free_v the_o wall_n to_o the_o port_n cast_v down_o her_o government_n restrain_v to_o her_o own_o territory_n and_o she_o to_o use_v but_o twelve_o ship_n and_o to_o follow_v sparta_n in_o all_o war_n and_o so_o end_v the_o peloponesian_a war_n after_o twenty_o seven_o year_n her_o only_a hope_n of_o recovery_n be_v in_o alcibiades_n who_o death_n the_o lacedaemonian_n procure_v lacedaemon_n abuse_v this_o good_a success_n grow_v odious_a so_o that_o many_o city_n of_o greece_n combine_v against_o she_o and_o thebes_n under_o the_o lead_n of_o epaminondas_n who_o train_v up_o philip_n of_o macedonia_n give_v she_o a_o great_a foil_n chap._n ix_o matter_n concur_v with_o this_o war_n and_o a_o while_n after_o §_o 1._o persia_n after_o have_v artaxerxes_n xerxes_n the_o second_o and_o after_o he_o sogdianus_n his_o brother_n who_o seem_v to_o be_v the_o son_n of_o hester_n but_o one_o year_n who_o darius_n notbus_n succeed_v who_o slay_v sogdianus_n as_o he_o have_v his_o brother_n xerxes_n he_o reign_v nineteen_o year_n amyrtaeus_n a_o egyptian_a ally_v himself_o with_o greece_n overthrow_v the_o persian_a garrison_n in_o egypt_n and_o reign_v while_o darius_n assist_v the_o lacedaemonian_n with_o money_n by_o the_o overthrow_n of_o athens_n recover_v what_o have_v be_v lose_v in_o asia_n the_o lesser_a over_o which_o he_o make_v cyrus_n his_o young_a son_n lieutenant_z but_o upon_o some_o dislike_n intend_v to_o have_v deal_v sharp_o with_o he_o have_v not_o death_n prevent_v §_o 2._o athens_n after_o her_o overthrow_n have_v thirty_o governor_n call_v tyrant_n choose_v to_o execute_v the_o law_n with_o supreme_a authority_n these_o contrive_v to_o retain_v that_o power_n put_v certain_a seditious_a fellow_n to_o death_n without_o law_n which_o all_o man_n approve_v consider_v their_o lewdness_n but_o not_o that_o it_o may_v prove_v their_o own_o case_n if_o their_o governor_n please_v to_o call_v they_o seditious_a as_o it_o fall_v out_o for_o their_o thirty_o send_v to_o lacedaemon_n to_o desire_v a_o garrison_n pretend_v to_o cut_v off_o the_o seditious_a but_o by_o entertain_v the_o captain_n to_o his_o like_n they_o grow_v bold_a with_o the_o chief_a citizen_n and_o shed_v much_o blood_n theramenes_n one_o of_o they_o show_v his_o dislike_n after_o they_o have_v choose_v three_o thousand_o citizen_n of_o their_o like_n to_o assist_v in_o the_o government_n with_o privilege_n in_o question_n of_o death_n to_o be_v try_v by_o law_n and_o not_o at_o commandment_n of_o the_o thirty_o they_o call_v theramenes_n in_o question_n as_o without_o the_o privilege_n and_o put_v he_o to_o death_n §_o 3._o after_o this_o the_o tyrant_n outrage_n make_v many_o good_a citizen_n fly_v to_o thebes_n where_o thrasybulus_n and_o about_o seventy_o more_o resolve_v to_o free_a athens_n of_o the_o tyrant_n and_o take_v phyla_n a_o strong_a place_n in_o the_o territory_n of_o athens_n which_o the_o tyrant_n in_o vain_a seek_v to_o recover_v their_o strength_n increase_a to_o a_o thousand_o with_o which_o they_o get_v pyraeus_n the_o suburb_n of_o athens_n on_o the_o port_n and_o slay_v seventy_o of_o the_o three_o thousand_o which_o come_v to_o expect_v they_o and_o critias_n the_o chief_a tyrant_n the_o tyrant_n send_v for_o aid_n to_o sparta_n and_o lysander_n be_v send_v with_o force_n and_o pausanias_n follow_v not_o to_o overthrow_v thrasybulus_n but_o after_o some_o show_n to_o work_v peace_n which_o he_o do_v send_v the_o thirty_o and_o other_o that_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o tumult_n to_o sparta_n chap._n x._o cyrus_n the_o young_a his_o expedition_n into_o persia._n §_o 1._o artaxerxes_n mnemon_n or_o the_o mindful_a succeed_v in_o persia_n establish_v by_o his_o father_n who_o also_o at_o his_o mother_n parasali_n earnest_a entreaty_n pardon_v his_o brother_n cyrus_n aspire_a and_o establish_v he_o viceroy_n in_o lydia_n and_o those_o part_n §_o 2._o cyrus_n after_o such_o disgrace_n from_o his_o brother_n who_o spare_v his_o life_n only_o for_o his_o mother_n importunity_n of_o who_o favour_n he_o presume_v know_v also_o the_o affection_n of_o his_o people_n and_o presume_v upon_o the_o lacedaemonian_n former_o aid_v by_o he_o think_v his_o interest_n to_o the_o crown_n worth_a prosecute_n he_o send_v to_o sparta_n which_o command_v their_o admiral_n to_o be_v at_o his_o command_n he_o seize_v on_o some_o town_n subject_a to_o tissaphernes_n furnish_v the_o grecian_a captain_n with_o money_n to_o list_n soldier_n to_o be_v at_o his_o command_n then_o make_v a_o show_n of_o besiege_v miletus_n he_o call_v over_o his_o grecian_a force_n and_o sudden_o set_v forward_o towards_o persia._n §_o 3._o tissaphernes_n post_v to_o the_o court_n his_o news_n cause_v great_a exclamation_n and_o fear_v in_o which_o the_o king_n gather_v his_o army_n of_o nine_o hundred_o thousand_o with_o which_o yet_o he_o dare_v not_o venture_v the_o trial_n the_o greek_n which_o follow_v cyrus_n be_v with_o difficulty_n allure_v over_o euphrates_n etc._n etc._n but_o be_v over_o resolve_v to_o find_v out_o artaxerxes_n who_o be_v retire_v to_o the_o utmost_a border_n of_o his_o kingdom_n have_v not_o teribazus_n one_o of_o his_o captain_n dissuade_v he_o §_o 4._o cyrus_n with_o his_o army_n of_o one_o hundred_o thousand_o draw_v towards_o his_o brother_n who_o have_v entrench_v forty_o mile_n in_o length_n thirty_o foot_n broad_a and_o eighteen_o deep_a and_o yet_o leave_v it_o at_o length_n when_o he_o think_v he_o have_v be_v flee_v be_v force_v sudden_o to_o arm._n the_o greek_n not_o use_v to_o encounter_v such_o multitude_n begin_v to_o distrust_v their_o own_o courage_n yet_o upon_o the_o onset_a find_v they_o have_v to_o do_v with_o so_o many_o contemptible_a coward_n
to_o molest_v the_o king_n this_o offer_n be_v not_o accept_v so_o war_n be_v continue_v in_o asia_n against_o strutha_n the_o king_n lieutenant_n there_o and_o in_o greece_n among_o themselves_o but_o by_o mean_n of_o antalcidas_n the_o king_n they_o make_v peace_n §_o 10._o olynthus_n a_o strong_a city_n in_o thrace_n grow_v formidable_a to_o their_o neighbour_n have_v subject_v divers_a city_n which_o make_v the_o rest_n even_o in_o macedon_n to_o crave_v aid_n of_o lacedaemon_n which_o bring_v it_o under_o and_o in_o their_o way_n thebes_n be_v surprise_v by_o treason_n §_o 11._o thebes_n recover_v by_o a_o plot_n lay_v by_o certain_a banish_a citizen_n and_o phylladas_n a_o scribe_n of_o the_o town_n who_o at_o a_o feast_n promise_v to_o bring_v they_o the_o choice_a woman_n of_o the_o town_n to_o the_o embrace_n of_o the_o attender_n bring_v the_o banish_a in_o woman_n attire_n be_v come_v secret_o who_o slay_v they_o and_o free_v the_o city_n chap._n xii_o thebes_n flourish_v from_o the_o battle_n of_o leuctra_n to_o that_o of_o mantinaea_n §_o 1._o the_o lacedaemonian_n be_v stout_a and_o grave_a in_o all_o proceed_n but_o dishonourable_a in_o neglect_v all_o respect_n which_o hinder_v the_o commodity_n of_o sparta_n which_o often_o bring_v they_o shame_n and_o loss_n when_o the_o execution_n be_v commit_v to_o weak_a conceit_a men._n thus_o thebes_n begin_v to_o hold_v they_o hard_o to_o it_o and_o athens_n begin_v to_o surround_v peloponesus_fw-la with_o their_o navy_n but_o athens_n see_v thebes_n to_o encroach_v on_o her_o weak_a neighbour_n of_o which_o some_o be_v dependent_n on_o they_o who_o yet_o they_o can_v not_o succour_v be_v engage_v in_o such_o war_n resolve_v to_o make_v peace_n in_o greece_n according_a to_o the_o form_n antalcidas_n bring_v from_o persia._n the_o theban_n be_v send_v to_o agree_v and_o meet_v at_o sparta_n with_o the_o rest_n where_o be_v require_v to_o subscribe_v to_o the_o freedom_n of_o the_o boeotian_n epaminondas_n require_v that_o sparta_n shall_v do_v the_o same_o for_o laconia_n be_v no_o more_o subject_n to_o sparta_n than_o boeotia_n to_o thebes_n agesilaus_n hate_v thebes_n do_v thereupon_o passionate_o dash_v the_o name_n of_o thebes_n out_o of_o the_o league_n and_o in_o haste_n send_v cleombrotus_n one_o of_o their_o king_n with_o all_o his_o power_n who_o be_v slay_v at_o leuctra_n and_o the_o flower_n of_o the_o army_n after_o which_o loss_n sparta_n never_o recover_v itself_o but_o thebes_n grow_v to_o such_o command_n that_o in_o a_o short_a time_n they_o bring_v seventy_o thousand_o strong_a to_o the_o gate_n of_o sparta_n §_o 2._o the_o athenian_n take_v upon_o they_o to_o manage_v the_o peace_n call_v the_o deputy_n of_o all_o the_o confederated_a estate_n conclude_v the_o general_a liberty_n of_o all_o town_n small_a and_o great_a the_o mantuan_n hereupon_o build_v their_o town_n which_o sparta_n have_v force_v they_o to_o demolish_v and_o ally_n themselves_o with_o such_o 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lacedaemon_n who_o enter_v the_o country_n of_o the_o mantinaean_n be_v courageous_o receive_v by_o philopoemen_n and_o slay_v with_o his_o own_o hand_n and_o four_o thousand_o with_o he_o and_o as_o many_o take_v prisoner_n §_o 6._o philip_n have_v make_v peace_n with_o the_o roman_n and_o aetolian_n prepare_v to_o invade_v attalus_n king_n of_o pergamus_n son_n of_o attalus_n the_o young_a brother_n of_o philetarus_fw-la the_o eunuch_n the_o treasurer_n of_o lysimachus_n king_n of_o thrace_n from_o who_o he_o flee_v for_o fear_n of_o his_o tyranny_n and_o seize_v upon_o pergamus_n and_o nine_o thousand_o talent_n of_o lysimachus_n and_o reign_v twenty_o year_n as_o eumenes_n his_o brother_n son_n do_v after_o he_o twenty_o two_o year_n and_o attalus_n after_o he_o a_o active_a prince_n bountiful_a and_o valiant_a he_o make_v use_v of_o the_o gaul_n then_o settle_v in_o asia_n in_o that_o part_n which_o be_v call_v galatia_n and_o quarrel_n with_o prusias_n king_n of_o bythinia_n who_o ancestor_n begin_v to_o reign_v some_o generation_n before_o the_o great_a alexander_n §_o 7._o prusias_n have_v marry_v the_o daughter_n of_o philip_n intreated-him_a to_o come_v over_o into_o asia_n to_o conquer_v cios_n for_o he_o and_o not_o have_v any_o cause_n of_o quarrel_n he_o besiege_v the_o town_n take_v it_o omit_v no_o cruelty_n to_o the_o inhabitant_n contrary_a to_o his_o promise_n make_v to_o divers_a ambassador_n from_o the_o rhodian_n and_o other_o estate_n to_o who_o he_o become_v odious_a attalus_n consider_v to_o what_o end_n philip_n violent_a ambition_n tend_v join_v to_o the_o rhodian_n fight_v with_o he_o at_o sea_n where_o he_o sustain_v far_o great_a loss_n than_o they_o and_o in_o the_o end_n be_v force_v home_o they_o pursue_v he_o §_o 8._o attalus_n and_o the_o rhodian_n solicit_v rome_n against_o philip_n so_o do_v aurelius_n their_o agent_n in_o greece_n but_o rome_n be_v not_o in_o condition_n till_o hannibal_n be_v vanquish_v when_o the_o river_n of_o styx_n be_v dry_v up_o that_o be_v when_o the_o necessity_n of_o peace_n with_o philip_n be_v take_v away_o attalus_n and_o the_o rhodian_n meet_v the_o roman_a ambassador_n while_o philip_n win_v abydos_n in_o asia_n §_o 9_o rome_n hear_v the_o calamity_n of_o abydos_n resemble_v that_o of_o saguntum_n can_v not_o ground_v a_o quarrel_n thereon_o but_o think_v of_o another_o saguntum_n at_o athens_n a_o confederate_a former_o wrong_v by_o philip_n and_o implore_v their_o aid_n which_o yet_o the_o people_n deny_v till_o p._n sulpicius_n the_o consul_n tell_v they_o that_o philip_n preparation_n be_v indeed_o for_o italy_n if_o he_o can_v win_v athens_n this_o feign_a pretence_n prevail_v and_o the_o consul_n be_v send_v who_o take_v not_o the_o way_n to_o macedon_n but_o land_a at_o the_o river_n apsus_n between_o dyrrachium_fw-la and_o apolonia_n where_o he_o begin_v the_o war_n and_o send_v c._n claudius_n with_o twenty_o galley_n and_o soldier_n to_o relieve_v athens_n against_o certain_a pirate_n or_o robber_n by_o sea_n and_o land_n land_o 10._o claudius_n grow_v weary_a of_o stand_v like_o a_o scarecrow_n to_o save_v all_o the_o athenian_a field_n from_o spoil_n and_o understanding_n that_o chalcis_n in_o eubaea_n be_v negligent_o guard_v sail_v thither_o in_o the_o night_n and_o take_v it_o by_o scalado_n plunder_v it_o and_o set_v it_o on_o fire_n consume_v the_o king_n magazine_n of_o corn_n and_o other_o provision_n of_o war._n philip_n hear_v the_o news_n at_o demetrias_n twenty_o mile_n off_o march_v speedy_o but_o find_v they_o go_v he_o post_v to_o athens_n in_o hope_n to_o surprise_v it_o in_o the_o night_n but_o they_o have_v intelligence_n of_o his_o come_n so_o after_o a_o skirmish_n before_o the_o return_n of_o claudius_n he_o depart_v to_o corinth_n and_o thence_o to_o a_o assembly_n at_o argos_n call_v against_o nabis_n tyrant_n of_o lacedaemon_n which_o have_v invade_v they_o after_o philopoemen_n be_v out_o of_o office_n and_o go_v to_o crete_n here_o philip_n by_o come_v will_v have_v draw_v the_o achaean_n to_o break_v with_o the_o roman_n but_o be_v discover_v and_o so_o part_v make_v no_o other_o attempt_n against_o athens_n have_v fail_v except_o in_o demolish_n some_o temple_n of_o admirable_a workmanship_n in_o attica_n sulpicius_n encamp_v near_o apsus_n send_v his_o lieutenant_n apistius_fw-la to_o the_o border_n of_o macedon_n who_o take_v antripatria_n and_o put_v it_o to_o the_o sword_n and_o fire_n and_o other_o town_n and_o return_v to_o their_o camp_n by_o which_o success_n divers_a of_o the_o neighbour_n which_o affect_v not_o philip_n offer_v friendship_n to_o the_o roman_n the_o aetolian_a parliament_n be_v at_o hand_n whither_o the_o macedonian_n roman_n athenian_n etc._n etc._n send_v to_o persuade_v they_o to_o their_o party_n the_o macedonian_n set_v out_o the_o true_a scope_n of_o the_o roman_n pretension_n of_o friendship_n by_o their_o subject_n of_o messana_n and_o syracuse_n the_o
have_v be_v train_v up_o in_o the_o art_n of_o war_n by_o cyna_n a_o warlike_a woman_n the_o soldier_n disappoint_v she_o and_o python_n who_o hope_v to_o have_v be_v entreat_v by_o they_o to_o hold_v and_o choose_v antipater_n who_o in_o a_o few_o day_n arrive_v at_o the_o camp_n with_o his_o army_n and_o take_v it_o upon_o he_o as_o the_o only_a powerful_a man_n then_o live_v of_o all_o alexander_n captain_n who_o all_o acknowledge_v their_o superior_a antipater_n take_v the_o king_n queen_n and_o princess_n into_o macedon_n leave_v antigonus_n general_n of_o the_o royal_a army_n against_o eumenes_n and_o ruler_n of_o asia_n during_o the_o war_n and_o beside_o his_o former_a province_n give_v he_o the_o rule_n of_o susiana_n §_o 11._o antigonus_n lieutenant_z of_o asia_n be_v to_o subdue_v eumenes_n alcetus_fw-la and_o attalus_n begin_v with_o eumenes_n seek_v to_o corrupt_v his_o army_n by_o letter_n but_o fail_v therein_o by_o eumenes_n cunning_a who_o make_v show_v as_o if_o he_o write_v they_o to_o try_v their_o faith_n to_o he_o then_o antigonus_n deal_v with_o the_o captain_n of_o which_o one_o break_v out_o untimely_a and_o another_o call_v apollonides_n hold_v close_o till_o the_o battle_n and_o then_o turn_v to_o antigonus_n with_o such_o of_o the_o horseman_n as_o he_o can_v persuade_v be_v their_o general_n but_o eumenes_n overtake_v he_o and_o cut_v he_o off_o though_o he_o lose_v the_o battle_n eumenes_n not_o able_a to_o keep_v the_o field_n wish_v his_o man_n to_o shift_v for_o themselves_o and_o retain_v only_o five_o hundred_o horse_n and_o two_o hundred_o foot_n with_o which_o he_o tire_v antigonus_n in_o follow_v at_o last_o he_o enter_v nora_n a_o strong_a and_o well_o provide_v fort_n border_v on_o cappadocia_n where_o they_o part_v without_o agree_v so_o antigonus_n leave_v nora_n besiege_v and_o with_o his_o other_o force_n enter_v pisidia_n and_o overthrow_v alcetus_fw-la §_o 12._o ptolemy_n while_o other_o prince_n be_v quiet_a in_o their_o government_n send_v a_o army_n and_o win_v syria_n and_o phoenicia_n and_o take_v laomedon_n the_o governor_n thereof_o prisoner_n antipater_n be_v eighty_o year_n old_a repose_v great_a confidence_n in_o polyspercon_n one_o of_o alexander_n most_o ancient_a captain_n commit_v to_o he_o the_o protectorship_n and_o government_n of_o macedon_n doubt_v his_o son_n cassander_n sufficiency_n he_o also_o give_v charge_n that_o no_o woman_n shall_v be_v admit_v into_o the_o administration_n of_o the_o empire_n and_o so_o die_v die_o 13._o polysâ—ercon's_n skill_n be_v great_a in_o war_n than_o in_o the_o high_a office_n he_o now_o undertake_v be_v a_o man_n of_o a_o inferior_a wit_n fit_a to_o assist_v than_o command_n in_o chief_a the_o better_a to_o countenance_v his_o injunction_n to_o the_o governor_n of_o province_n he_o and_o his_o council_n think_v fit_a to_o call_v the_o queen_n of_o olympias_n to_o court_n who_o antipater_n suffer_v not_o in_o macedon_n but_o cassander_n son_n of_o antipater_n who_o think_v himself_o the_o better_a man_n be_v not_o satisfy_v with_o the_o captainship_n of_o a_o thousand_o his_o ambition_n soar_v high_a when_o he_o consider_v the_o love_n of_o those_o which_o command_v the_o garrison_n and_o all_o the_o ruler_n in_o the_o city_n so_o of_o greece_n so_o place_v by_o his_o father_n beside_o he_o have_v that_o interest_n in_o queen_n eurydice_n that_o be_v due_a only_o to_o her_o husband_n all_o which_o will_v not_o serve_v to_o bear_v out_o a_o open_a rebellion_n cassander_n therefore_o find_v what_o ptolemy_n have_v do_v in_o syria_n and_o what_o antigonus_n aim_v at_o since_o antipater_n death_n for_o who_o sake_n he_o presume_v upon_o they_o and_o see_v their_o occasion_n need_v a_o civil_a war_n he_o go_v to_o antigonus_n in_o asia_n and_o write_v to_o ptolemy_n §_o 14._o polyspercon_n upon_o cassander_n departure_n to_o disappoint_v he_o of_o his_o hope_n from_o greece_n decree_v in_o council_n to_o restore_v the_o popular_a government_n in_o their_o city_n and_o discharge_v the_o garrison_n and_o banish_v or_o kill_v the_o governor_n place_v by_o antipater_n thus_o he_o dishonour_v the_o man_n that_o raise_v he_o overthrow_v worthy_a man_n place_v as_o friend_n to_o the_o state_n of_o macedon_n and_o give_v away_o macedon_n command_n of_o greece_n if_o he_o mean_v as_o he_o pretend_v etc._n etc._n §_o 15._o athens_n by_o this_o decree_n in_o all_o haste_n cast_v out_o their_o governor_n photion_n and_o other_o who_o fly_v for_o their_o life_n but_o can_v remove_v the_o garrison_n command_v by_o nicanor_n a_o trusty_a friend_n to_o cassander_n he_o possess_v one_o of_o the_o havens_n find_v mean_n to_o take_v the_o other_o call_v paraeus_n to_o their_o great_a discouragement_n but_o by_o alexander_n the_o son_n of_o polyspercon_n come_v with_o a_o army_n be_v whole_o mislead_v as_o if_o he_o come_v to_o aid_v they_o whereas_o he_o come_v to_o get_v what_o nicanor_n hold_v if_o he_o can_v persuade_v he_o thereto_o photion_n and_o his_o fellow_n fly_v to_o polyspercon_n for_o patronage_n but_o he_o find_v he_o can_v not_o get_v the_o key_n of_o athens_n as_o he_o fight_v without_o offend_v the_o other_o town_n of_o greece_n to_o cover_v his_o intent_n as_o mean_v well_o to_o athens_n he_o send_v photion_n back_o into_o athens_n who_o wicked_o put_v he_o to_o death_n be_v above_o eighty_o year_n old_a who_o have_v be_v choose_v forty_o five_o time_n governor_n without_o seek_v it_o who_o integrity_n be_v approve_v who_o counsel_n the_o city_n never_o repent_v nor_o private_a man_n for_o trust_v he_o philip_n and_o alexander_n honour_v he_o but_o can_v fasten_v no_o gift_n upon_o he_o athens_n never_o after_o breed_v a_o worthy_a man._n §_o 16._o cassander_n with_o such_o force_n as_o antigonus_n lend_v he_o enter_v pireus_n which_o draw_v polyspercon_n headlong_o into_o attica_n with_o a_o army_n but_o for_o want_v of_o victual_n depart_v leave_v alexander_n with_o some_o force_n to_o hindeâ—_n nicanor_n till_o he_o in_o peloponesus_fw-la attempt_v megalopolis_n which_o affect_v cassander_n but_o the_o town_n furnish_v with_o fifteen_o thousand_o able_a man_n be_v so_o defend_v and_o his_o elephant_n so_o gall_v in_o their_o foot_n with_o nail_n drive_v through_o board_n lay_v and_o light_o cover_v in_o the_o way_n that_o he_o prevail_v not_o and_o want_v provision_n to_o stay_v long_o he_o forsake_v the_o siege_n after_o this_o his_o admiral_z clitus_z after_o a_o overthrow_n give_v to_o nicanor_n in_o propontis_n be_v in_o the_o second_o encounter_n antigonus_n have_v furnish_v nicanor_n utter_o defeat_v which_o make_v athens_n submit_v to_o cassander_n as_o do_v other_o city_n §_o 17._o antigonus_n lie_v before_o the_o fort_n nora_n when_o he_o hear_v of_o antipater_n death_n know_v eumenes_n sufficiency_n and_o fidelity_n to_o perdiccas_n think_v no_o man_n fit_a to_o be_v employ_v in_o his_o design_n he_o send_v therefore_o a_o friend_n to_o they_o both_o to_o deal_v with_o he_o to_o take_v a_o oath_n of_o fidelity_n to_o antigonus_n which_o he_o refuse_v except_o olympias_n and_o the_o child_n of_o alexander_n be_v put_v in_o which_o be_v yield_v to_o so_o he_o depart_v antigonus_n have_v before_o this_o take_v on_o he_o as_o lieutenant_n of_o asia_n to_o remove_v governor_n of_o province_n as_o aridaeus_n of_o phrygia_n and_o clitus_n of_o lydia_n which_o repair_v to_o the_o court_n for_o relief_n but_o all_o fail_v in_o clitus_n overthrow_n at_o sea_n §_o 18._o antigonus_z now_o command_v the_o most_o of_o the_o lesser_a asia_n be_v able_a to_o enter_v macedon_n and_o seize_v the_o court_n but_o doubt_v the_o reconciliation_n of_o cassander_n and_o polyspercon_n thereby_o he_o also_o know_v eumenes_n fidelity_n to_o the_o royal_a blood_n against_o he_o therefore_o he_o bend_v with_o twenty_o thousand_o foot_n and_o four_o thousand_o horse_n hope_v to_o surprise_v he_o in_o cilicia_n eumenes_n a_o thracian_a of_o all_o the_o 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