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A15807	Cyrupædia The institution and life of Cyrus, the first of that name, King of Persians. Eight bookes. Treating of noble education, of princely exercises, military discipline, vvarlike stratagems, preparations and expeditions: as appeareth by the contents before the beginning of the first booke. Written in Greeke by the sage Xenophon. Translated out of Greeke into English, and conferred with the Latine and French translations, by Philemon Holland of the city of Coventry Doctor in Physick. Dedicated to his most excellent Maiesty.; Cyropaedia. English	Xenophon.; Holland, Abraham, d. 1626. Naumachia. aut; Holland, Philemon, 1552-1637.; Marshall, William, fl. 1617-1650, engraver.	1632 (1632)	STC 26068; ESTC S118709	282,638	236

serving upon the Assyrians Horses and intended to set at large all his Prisoners CHAP. IX The speech of Cyrus to the Assyrian prisoners at their deliverance CHAP. X. How Cyaxares envied the glory of Cyrus and was wroth with the Medes The answer that Cyrus made to him and the Embassage which he sent into Persia. CHAP. XI The Missive of Cyrus to Cyaxares CHAP. XII The ●ration of Cyrus directing his souldiers how they should part the spoiles Also how he mounted the Persians on Horsebacke CHAP. XIII How Gobryas yeelded himselfe unto Cyrus and related unto him the disasterous calamitie of his son and required revenge for his death upon the King of Assyria which Cyrus promised to doe THE FIFTH BOOKE CHAP. I. How Araspas had the keeping of faire Pan●hea on whom he became enamoured A discourse betweene Cyrus and him whether love were voluntary or forced CHAP. II. How Cyrus being assured of the Medes and other Allies rode to the Castle of Gobryas And of his Magnificence CHAP. III. How Cyrus intended to assault the great City of Babylon the discourses which hee had with the Prince of Hyrcania and with Gobryas CHAP. IIII. How Cyrus chalenged the King of Babylon to come into the Field and then making a league with Gadatas won the Fortresses of the Frontiers and augmented his Forces with a number of 40000. and how the King of Assyria would have surprised and taken in the Castles of Gadatas CHAP. V. How Cyrus exhorted his souldiers to give all the booty unto Gadatas how he rau●ged his battailes as well to fight as to march by night CHAP. VI. A Conspiracy against Gadatas An Ambush laid by the Assyrian King where he received a great overthrow How Cyrus saved Gadatas and all his men CHAP. VII The good Remonstrances of Cyrus as touching the fault of the Cadusian Prince The Treatie with the King of Assyria for the good of his people CHAP. VIII How Cyrus as hee returned into Media passed before Babylon and surprized certaine Forts upon the Frontiers CHAP. IX How Cyrus returned to the Monarchs of Media and laboured to appease the wrath of Cyaxares The answer also that he made unto him THE SIXTH BOOKE CHAP. I. The Counsell that Cyrus held about the dissolving his Armie for that yeere The preparations which he made against the yeere next ensuing The fabrick and engines that he devised for to batter the walls His Chariots armed with Pikes and Sithes carrying turrets upon them Also the Camels which he provided for the warre CHAP. II. How Cyrus sent Araspas as a spie into Lydia who feigned that he fled for the displeasure of Cyrus CHAP. III. How Panthea sent for her husband to come unto Cyrus The preparation that Cyrus made for the warre The forme of Chariots devised by him for the carriage of his great engins and fabricks CHAP. IV. How the King of India sent an Ambassage unto Cyrus to treat about a league with him who sent the said Ambassadours to listen after as spies the affaires of the Assyrians The newes that they brought backe CHAP. V. The oration of Cyrus unto his souldiers to put them out of that feare and astonishment which they had conceived of the Newes they heard as touching the warre toward CHAP. VI. The Instruction of Cyrus delivered unto his Chieftaines as well concerning their souldiers diet as the conduct of an Army in their march through the Country The order of the Pioners Merchants and Tradesmen Artizans and Munitioners CHAP. VII How Cyrus marched against his Enemies in Lydia The manner he used as well in encamping as in leading his whole Army CHAP. VIII How Araspas returned unto Cyrus and recounted unto him all the Ordnance and preparation of the Enemy How himselfe prepared to raunge himselfe in Battaile-ray CHAP. IX How Panthea enarmed her husband Abradate and Cyrus did put himselfe in readinesse to give battaile THE SEVENTH BOOKE CHAP. I. How Cyrus entred the field with his puissance approached King Croesus to gi●e him battaile The manner that both Armies used to fight with their be●● advantage CHAP. II. The great Battaile and slaughter of the Lydians where King Croesus and his force● were discomfited The Aegyptians yeeld unto Cyrus CHAP. III. How Cyrus following the traine of his victory forced the City Sardes and tooke King Croesus prisoner The discourse that he held with him as touching the Oracle of Apollo and how he did set him at liberty and saved the same City from saccage CHAP. IV. The death of Abradatas Of faire Panthea and her Eunuches Cyrus caused a good● ly Monument to be erected for their perpetuall memory CHAP. V. How Cyrus by the Wisedome and Policie of Cadusius tooke the King of Ph●yg●a prisoner brought under subjection in small time the Cappadocians the Arabians and all the Nations round about which done how he embatta●led his forces to the number of 40000. men in Armes and approached Babylon CHAP. VI. How Cyrus laid siege unto the Citie Babylon and by a wonderfull Stratagem wo●●● How the King of As●ria and his men were slaine the Citie put to the sack and the Fortresses rendred into his hands CHAP. VII How Cyrus established his Kingdome in Babylon instituted the honour and veneration of Kings entertained Eunuches for the service of his House and Persians for the Guard of his person CHAP. VIII The Oration of Cyrus to his chiefe friends the Peeres or Homotimes To the Captaines also of his Allies for to induct and frame them to vertue and to entertaine prowesse and feats of Armes in his Dominion with many other good instructions to make them mild and vertuous THE EIGHTH BOOKE CHAP. I. How Cyrus ordered the seat of his Court What Institution of his life he recommended to his Courtiers The manner that he used in teaching them how to live devoutly to God-ward and to exercise themselves in all manner of vertue toward men CHAP. II. How Cyrus ordeined militarie Discipline in his Realme The Officers of his Court His mangnificence and humanitie CHAP. III. The Triall that Cyrus made of his friends love unto him How hee dealt away his riches to be himselfe the better beloved of them and they not to affect one another CHAP. IIII. The triumphant pompe of King Cyrus riding forth of his Palace A solemne Horse-running wherein himselfe was winner CHAP. V. The liberalitie that Pheraulas shewed unto one that gave him a faire Courser A notable discourse of that which is able to make a man happy and to live in contentment CHAP. VI. By what meanes Cyrus graced and honoured his friends The marriage of Gobryas his daughter with Hystaspas one of Cyrus his grand-Seigneurs CHAP. VII How Cyrus sent away his Associates into their owne Countries distributed the spoile and returned int● Persia. How he ordered and marshalled his Campe being arrived in Media where King Cyaxares offered him his daughter in marriage and gave with her for a portion the Kingdome of Media CHAP. VIII How Cyrus arrived in Persia where

vpon the point answered readily That tarry he would And being demaunded againe of his mother wherefore This by report was his answer Because Mother at home as I am indeed so men repute me of all my companions for shooting and darting the very best But here I know full well that in riding I come short of all my fellowes which thing I would you knew Mother how it greeveth me not a little Now if you leave mee here behind you that I may learne the feate of Horse-manship when I am come among the Persians I suppose you thinke I shall soone surpasse them as good as they are in foot-man-ship and if I returne hither unto the Medians I shall endeavour being of many good horsemen the best my selfe and most excellent to aide my Grandfather in his warres Then replyed his mother But how my sonne shalt thou learne Iustice here seeing thy Preceptors be there in Persia Why Mother quoth Cyrus I am therein perfect enough already And how knowest thou that said Mandane Forsooth quoth Cyrus because my Schoole-Master taking me for one very well and throughly seene in Iustice appointed me to be a Iudge over others And verily in deciding one time a certaine controversie I was well beaten because I gaue not sentence aright And such a case it was as this A great boy having a little coat disrobed another boy who being but small had a large coat and when he had so done put upon that boy his owne coat and with the others clad himselfe I therefore sitting as Iudge upon this matter betweene them gave judgement in this wise That for both parties it was better to have either of them the garment that fitted them But my Master did whip me for my labour saying withall that if I were made a Iudge in question of that which is meet and fit for any person I ought to proceed in that sort But when I am to determine whose coat it is then I must consider which is the rightfull possession and whether it be reason for him to enjoy it who having taken it away by violence holdeth it so or rather for him who either caused it to be made for himselfe or else bought it with his owne money he added moreover and said That a thing was then just when it was lawfull and whatsoever was unlawfull the same also was to be reputed violent and finally hee concluded that a Iudge ought alwaies to give definitive sentence according to the law And even so Mother I say to you that in matters of Iustice I am perfect enough and sufficiently practised but if in any point I be defective my Grandsire here shall and will teach me and supply my wants But sonne quoth she The same things are not all deemed just by your Grandfather here which among the Persians be received so For here in Media he hath made himselfe the absolute Lord of all that the Medes have whereas among the Persians to keep equality is held to be just Againe your Father what prescript rules are ordained in the State receiveth the same and is the first himselfe that observeth them So that the rule and measure which he goeth by is not his owne lust and will but the Law Take heed therefore my child that thou be not skourged to death at home when thou art returned thither having learned of him here in stead of Princely government Lordly tyranny the very nature and property whereof is this To thinke it reason for to have and hold more than all others besides Never feare that good Mother quoth Cyrus The King your father here is very wise and skilfull that hee can teach one to have lesse rather then covet more For see you not how he hath brought even all the Medes to this passe as to hold lesse than himselfe Be sure therefore Mother that your Father will so schoole me that when he sendeth me away I shall be instructed as well as all the rest not to cover for to possesse more than others Many such speeches and discourses as these passed from Cyrus Well at the last Mandane his Mother tooke her leave and departed but Cyrus remained behind and had there his bringing up Quickly grew he into acquaintance with his companions so as hee became very inward with them Soone also did he wind himselfe into the love and favour of their fathers both by going unto them and also by shewing what affection he bare to their children in so much as if they themselves had any suit unto the King they would bid their children to request Cyrus to take upon him for to dispatch their businesse And Cyrus for his part such was his courtesy and desire of honour tooke no greater pleasure in the world when these children requested ought than to speed their suits Neither had Astyages the power to deny any request that Cyrus made but was ready to satisfie him therein For when it hapned that the King was sicke he would never depart from him nor give over weeping that every man might well perceive how exceedingly he feared lest his Grandfather should die And if Astyages called for any thing in the night whereof he stood in need Cyrus was the first that heard him start he would up and of all others make greatest haste to minister vnto him such things as he thought might please him whereby he wonne Astyages his heart and was every way gracious with him And Cyrus to say a truth was peradventure somwhat talkative and too ful of words partly by reason of his education For that he was enforced by his schoolemaster to render a reason of all his own doings and to require as much of others when he sat in Iudgement and in part because being as he was desirous of knowledge he would ever both himselfe be inquisitive asking many questions of them that were in place how the world went with them and also whatsoever others demaunded of him such was the quicknesse of his wit he had alwaies his answer ready for them So that considering all these causes he had gotten to himselfe an habit of loquacity and much prattle But like as in their bodies who being very young are shot up and growne to great stature above their age there appeareth neverthelesse a certaine vigorous youthfulnesse that bewraies their tender yeeres even so out of all the lavish language that Cyrus used there was seene no audaciousnesse but simplicity and loving behaviour So as any man would haue desired still to heare him speake more and more rather than to be with him when he held his peace Howbeit when in processe of time Cyrus was growen both in body and yeeres toward a young mans estate he not onely used fewer words and shorter speech but tooke himselfe also to a more still and lower voice So bashfull likewise he was that he would blush whensoever he met with any elderly persons That overmuch forwardnesse also of his in fawning upon every man and preasing into all companies

than thou to me for having her of mee So desirous am I to gratifie you all Thus he that requested the woman had her for his owne THE FIFTH BOOKE CHAP. I. How Araspes had the keeping of faire Panthea on whom he became enamoured A discourse betweene Cyrus and him whether Love were voluntary or forced CYRVS having called unto him Araspes the Median who had beene his companion of a child to whom also he had given from his backe at his departure from Astyages into Persia the rich Median robe aforesaid commaunded him to take the custodie as well of the beautifull Ladie as of the rich tent abovesaid to his use Now was this Gentlewoman the wife of Abradat as King of Susa. But what time as the Assyrian Campe became surprized this husband of hers was not there but gone in Embassage unto the King of the Bactrians sent thither from the Assyrian Monarch to treat of an Association in warre betweene them For that there was a mutuall course of hospitalitie betwixt him and the King of the Bactrians This Ladie I say Cyrus commaunded Araspes to keepe safe untill he tooke her to himselfe Anasprs having this charge questioned with him about her in this wise Have you quoth he ô Cyrus seene the woman whom you will mee to keepe No truly said Cyrus not I. But I quoth he againe beheld her well when I chose her for you And verily at our comming into her tent at first wee knew her not from others For shee was set upon the ground with all her waiting maids about her and clad shee was like unto them But when upon a desire that we had to know which was the Mistresse and cast our eyes about wistly avising them all it was soone seene how farre shee surmounted the rest set though shee were wimpled and veiled yea and looking downward to the ground But when wee willed her to arise upon her feet and therewith all the other that were about her arose likewise then shee surpassed them all indeed First in tallnesse and goodly presence then in the strong feature of her body in her vertuous carriage also in a seemely grace and lovely favour albeit shee stood araied in poore and simple habit We might withall see plainly the teares partly distilling upon her mantle and upper garments and in part trickling downe to her very feet Hereupon when as the eldest person in our companie said unto her Madam bee of good cheere For albeit we heare say that you have a goodly Gentleman and a valiant to your husband yet now wote well we chuse you forth for such a person as neither in beautie and favour nor in discreet judgement ne yet in puissance and valour is inferiour to him but in our conceit if there bee any one else 〈◊〉 the world Cyrus I assure you is the man worthy to be admired and his from hence forth you shall be The woman when shee heard this all to rent her mantle from above and cryed out piteously yea her maid-servants also with her skriked out amaine With that the most part of her face was seene her necke bared her hands and armes discovered And assure your selfe Cyrus quoth he that as well to mee as to all the rest who saw her it seemed there was never yet the like woman in Asia begotten and borne of mortall parents Therefore you also shall neither will nor chuse but see her Not so quoth Cyrus If she be so goodly a creature as you report so much the lesse will I behold her And why so Sir said the young Gentleman Because quoth he if now upon your report that shee is faire and beautifull I should be perswaded to goe and eye her having no great leisure and time to spare I feare mee least shee might eftsoones allure me sooner to come eftsoones for to view and review her againe and so perhaps neglecting my serious and weighty affaires which I ought to manage I should set by it avising and looking upon her Why quoth the said young Gentleman and laughed withall Thinke you Cyrus that the beautie of man or woman is so powerfull as to enforce any one against his will to doe otherwise than for the best For if said hee it were so by the course of nature it would force all indifferently Behold the fire here quoth he burneth all men alike and why because such is the nature of it And of beautifull women men love some and others they doe not One is enamoured of this thing and another of that For why love quoth he is a passion meere voluntary and every man liketh what and whom he listeth Now you see that the brother is not in love with his sister but a stranger is Neither falleth the father in fancie with his owne daughter another doth For feare and law are sufficient to restraine love But if a law were made that who eare not should not be hungry who drinke not should not be dry Also that no man should be a cold in Winter nor hote in Summer how strictly soever it were devised and penned it could not bring to passe that men in those points would obey the same For by nature they are framed to yeeld thereto But to love is meere voluntary Every man to say a truth affecteth the things that be his owne as his raiment his shooes c. Then replyed Cyrus If love be voluntary how is it that a man cannot ceasse to love when he will For I my selfe have seene men to w●epe for every sorrow occasioned by love yea and to become bond and thrall to those whom they loved how-ever before they were in love they reputed servitude and bondage to be very evill Yea I have observed them to give away many things which without their losse and hinderance they might not misse who also wished of God for to be delivered from love no lesse than from some other grievous maladie yet could not be released therefrom but were bound with a stronger duresse of necessitie than if they had beene tyed with chaines of yron Hence it is that they yeeld themselves thrall unto their Paramours ready even to performe many idle and foolish services unto them yea and being once thus encumbred and distressed with these miseries they never so much as give the attempt to get away but rather become Gaolers themselves unto their beloved observing them narrowly that they make no escape They doe indeed thus as you say quoth the young Knight poore wretches as they be And therefore I suppose being in this miserable case they alwaies wish indeed to die but notwithstanding there bee ten thousand meanes to make themselves away yet they doe it not And even these selfe-same men also to mainteine their lives fall to stealing and forbeare not other mens goods yet when any have either robbed or filched ought see you not how your selfe with the first as if there were no necessitie of such theeving accuse the theefe and robber neither doe you pardon

unto his soldiours How Cyrus and they afterwards joyned battaile wherein the Assyrians were discomfited THus were the souldiers of Cyrus occupied by which time the Assyrians having dined already sallied boldly out of their campe made a bravado and with resolute hearts stood strongly appointed in battaile ray The King himselfe in person mounted in his chariot did put them in order and withall in this manner exhorted them Now is the time ô yee Assyrians when yee must shew your valour For now are yee to fight for your lives for the soyle wherein yee were borne for the houses in which yee were fostered for your wives and children and for all the goods that yee have If yee atchieve the victorie Lords yee shall be of all this as heretofore but if ye be vanquished wote well that yee must forgoe all and leave the same to your enemies Stand to it therefore and fight manfully as becommeth those that affectionately do love victorie For meere folly it were that such as desire victory should flie away and turne unto the view of their enemies the blind backe parts such as be neither armed nor furnished with hands And a foole he is who desirous to live goes about to run away as being assured that the winners are they who shall be safe where as they that flie shall sooner die than those that tarry by it A foole also he is and no better who coveting wealth suffreth himselfe to be overcome For who knoweth not that the Conquerours save their owne goods and besides the same gaine also the goods of their enemies conquered Whereas they that be subdued shall at once lose both themselves and all that they have Whiles the Assyrian King was thus busied Cyaxares sent some unto Cyrus who said That now the opportunity of time served to lead forward and to set upon the enemie For how ever few of them are issued forth without the trench by that time quoth he that we be come unto them they will be very many Let us not stay therefore and wait untill they be more in number than we but set forward whiles we thinke we may easily overmatch them Cyrus answered I would have you to understand ô Cyaxares that unlesse more than the halfe part of them be vanquished they will give out that we for feare of their multitude did charge but a few of them and therefore they will not take themselves to be defaited so that you must then fight a second field wherein peradventure they will be better provided and use more policy than now they doe offring themselves to us so as that we may at our owne choise fight with what number soever we will The messengers when they heard this departed Meane while Chrysantas the Persian came and certaine other of the Peeres and Gentlemen bringing with them those that had runne from the enemies part unto them Of whom Cyrus enquired as meet it was what his enemies were a doing Who answered That they were already come forth of the campe all armed That the King himselfe being without was setting them in array and encouraging them ever as they issued forth with many words and those very forcible as they affirmed who heard him speake Hereat Chrysantas What and if quoth hee you also ô Cyrus would draw your souldiers togither while you have time and exhort them should not you likewise make them more hardie Tush said Cyrus let the perswasive orations of the Assyrian King my good Chrysantas never trouble you For no exhortation wil be so effectual as to make men the very same day that they heare it of cowards to be valiant nor Archers unlesse they had beforehand beene exercised in that feat nor Darters ne yet horsmen nay it will not worke thus much as to cause them to be able in body for to endure paines taking except they were trained before therein But yet replyed Chrysantas it would suffice if by your exhortation you could but make their hearts more courageous Why quoth Cyrus is one dayes work or one oration able not onely to replenish the hearts of the hearers with modest shame or reclaime them from things dishonest and unbeseeming but also to excite and stirre them up for the love of praise and glory to determine for to undergoe all labour and adventure all perils and to grow unto this stedfast resolution that better it is for men to fight valiantly and so to die than to run away and save their lives Also to the imprinting quoth he of such thoughts in mens minds and to retaine the same there firmely fixed is it not behovefull That first there were such positive lawes by vertue whereof for valiant men there should be provided a worshipfull and free life but upon cowards might be imposed a base grievous and unpleasant condition Then there ought to be Mrs. I suppose and Governors appointed beside who may rightly instruct accustome them to perform the same so long untill this opinion be surely settled namely to repute in very deed valiant and noble men happiest and to thinke cowards and obscure persons of all others most miserable For in this wise ought they to be affected who will shew that discipline availeth more than the feare that ariseth from the enemies But if a man when souldiours are going armed into the field what time many of them forgoe and forget even their old lessons and principles were able at the instant with a subitary speech to make them brave and worthy warriours certes it were the easiest matter in the world both to learne and also to teach the most excellent vertue of all others that belongeth to a man And verily for mine owne part I would not beleeve That even these here whom we have now with us and have trained up and exercised will constantly persevere and abide to the end but that I see you present in place both willing to give them good example how they ought to carry themselves and able also to suggest unto them that which haply they have forgotten But as for those quoth he my Chrysantas who are altogither raw and untrained in vertue and prowesse I would much marvaile if an oration with a goodly grace pronounced could helpe them more to attaine unto valiantnesse than a song sweetly chaunted edifie those in the knowledge of musicke that are altogither ignorant of that science In this manner reasoned and discoursed they By which time Cyaxares sent eftsoones unto Cyrus charging him in plaine termes that he did amisse to delay the time so long and not with all expedition march against the enemies Then Cyrus returned this answer unto his messengers Let Cyaxares quoth he understand That they are not come forth as many of them as should And thus much tell him from me in the hearing of all Neverthelesse because it is his mind I will anon set forward Having thus said and made his oraisons unto the Gods he brought forth his forces Now when he began to march still faster

of the portion which you give will not esteeme you one whit the more And verily they now imitate mee with a kind of emulation and pray unto all the Gods that they may have occasion one day to shew that they are no lesse loyall and faithfull to their Friends than I am to mine and to their enemies whiles they have a day to live will never yeeld unlesse some God crosse them Now for vertue and good reputation they would not preferre before it all the riches of the Syrians and Assyrians put them both togither and set the same to yours And such men I would you well knew are now sitting here Then Gobryas laughed heartily and said For the love of God Cyrus shew me where these men are that I may beg at your hands one of them for to be my sonne Care not you for that quoth Cyrus neither shall you need to enquire that of mee doe but keepe us company and you shall be able your selfe to shew each of them even to another Thus much having said he tooke Gobryas by the right hand and rising withall went his waies forth and drew out all his men with him And albeit he was earnestly importuned by Gobryas to take his supper with him yet would he not but s●pped in the Campe and tooke Gobryas with him as his guest Now being set upon a greene banke he questioned with him in this manner Tell me my Gobryas quoth he Thinke you that you have more cuishons and carpets than every one of us To whom he answered I know right well so God me love that yee have carpets cuishons beds pallets and tables many more and that your dwelling house is farre larger and of greater receit than mine as who for your habitations make use of the earth and skie and have as many beds as there be couches and resting places on the ground Besides yee take for your carpets and cuishons not so many as the sheepe affoord fleeces of wooll but as mountaines and fields doe yeeld brush and branch to make fagots of And this being the first time that Gobryas supped among them when he saw their coorse and homely fare he thought himselfe kept more plentifull and liberall cheere than they But after that he observed their moderate feeding for there is not a Persian of good education who with any meate or drinke is perceived openly either in his eies to bee distempered or by ravening and greedy eating in his mind to have lesse forecast than if he were not at his meat For like as good horsemen for that they be not troubled on horsebacke are able all the while they ride to see to heare and to say as they ought even so they at their meales thinke they should appeare openly to be wise sober and temperate supposing that to be stirred and disquieted after eating and drinking is doglike swinelike and brutish He observed withall in them that they demaunded one of another such questions as it was more pleasure to aske them than not and cast forth those prety jests and merry conceits which being uttered caused more delight in the delivery than otherwise kept in and that in all their mirth they were farre from contumelious and spitefull termes farre from doing any lewd and filthy act farre from grieving and offending one another But the greatest thing of all other in his opinion was this that being in warre-service they thought not any of them who adventured the same perill ought to have more allowance at the table than the rest but supposed that Feast to be best wherein they made their confederates that were to fight with them most valiant Now when Gobryas arose to goe home to his owne house hee used by report these words I wonder now no more quoth he ô Cyrus that we have more drinking cups more garments and gold in coyne and yet are of lesse account than you For all our care and study is who shall have most of these things Whereas your chiefe endeavour is as it seemeth unto me to be the best and most valourous men When Gobryas had thus said Goe to then quoth Cyrus unto him See that to morrow morning betimes you shew your selfe here with your men of armes well appointed to the end that as we may take a view of your forces so you may conduct us through your countrey Whereby also we shall know what parts thereof to account friendly and what to repute as hostile Having thus communed togither they tooke their leaves and either of them went to that which was meet for them CHAP. III. How Cyrus intended to assault the great City of Babylon The discourses which he had with the Prince of Hyrcania and with Gobryas WHen morrow appeared Gobryas presented himselfe with his horsmen accordingly and led the way But Cyrus as became a Generall and chiefe Commaunder did not onely set his mind upon his journey but also as hee passed on cast with himselfe how possibly hee might weaken his enemies and make his owne side stronger Whereupon sending for the Hyrcanian Prince and Gobryas for he supposed them to have most skill in those points which he was to know I thinke quoth he my good friends that I shall not doe amisse to conferre with you that are trusty consederates as touching this warre For I see that it concerneth you much more than mee that the Assyrian King get not the upper hand of us For my selfe if I should take the foile and loose this that I have gotten I might haply find some other place of refuge but in case hee win and get the day I see your whole estate will bee alienated from you and become other mens Mine enemie he is not because he hateth me but for that he supposeth it will be his losse if we be great which is the onely reason why he warreth upon us But you he not onely hateth and that mortally but taketh himselfe also to be wronged by you To this both of them answered That as they had a care to performe the exploit as who knew as much as he told them so they were exceeding sollicitous withall about the future issue of the present enterprise Whereupon thus began he first with them Tell me quoth he Thinks the Assyrian King that yee alone carry hostile hearts against him or know yee that he hath some other enemies besides Yes verily quoth the Hyrcanian Prince His greatest enemies be the Cadusil a nation very populous and mighty The Sacans also our borderers who have sustained much harme from the Assyrian King For he hath attempted to subdue them as well as us Thinke yee not then said Cyrus that both of them now would gladly take our parts and be ready with us joyntly to invade the ●●rians Yos and that right fiercely said they if by any meanes they night 〈◊〉 with us And what is the let betweene quoth hee that wee may not 〈◊〉 and be united togither Even the Assyrians themselves say they that very