encourage_v they_o what_o he_o can_v and_o something_o appease_v the_o fear_n and_o amazement_n they_o be_v in_o tell_v they_o that_o very_o likely_a thing_n be_v not_o so_o bad_a in_o truth_n but_o more_o than_o half_o augment_v by_o report_n thus_o he_o pacify_v the_o tumult_n for_o the_o present_a the_o next_o morning_n he_o assemble_v the_o three_o hundred_o which_o he_o use_v as_o his_o council_n these_o be_v roman_n who_o traffic_v there_o in_o merchandise_n and_o exchange_n of_o money_n there_o be_v also_o several_a senator_n and_o their_o son_n while_o they_o be_v come_v together_o cato_n walk_v about_o very_o quiet_o and_o unconcern_v as_o if_o nothing_o new_a have_v happen_v he_o have_v a_o book_n in_o his_o hand_n which_o he_o be_v read_v in_o this_o book_n be_v a_o account_n of_o what_o provision_n he_o have_v for_o war_n armour_n corn_n weapon_n and_o soldier_n when_o they_o be_v assemble_v he_o begin_v his_o discourse_n first_o with_o the_o three_o hundred_o themselves_o and_o very_o much_o commend_v the_o courage_n and_o fidelity_n they_o have_v show_v and_o their_o have_v very_o well_o serve_v their_o country_n with_o their_o person_n money_n and_o counsel_n then_o he_o entreat_v they_o by_o no_o mean_n to_o separate_v as_o if_o each_o single_a man_n can_v hope_v for_o any_o safety_n in_o forsake_v his_o companion_n on_o the_o contrary_a while_o they_o keep_v together_o caesar_z will_v have_v less_o reason_n to_o despise_v they_o if_o they_o fight_v against_o he_o and_o be_v more_o forward_o to_o pardon_v they_o if_o they_o submit_v to_o he_o therefore_o he_o advise_v they_o to_o consult_v among_o themselves_o nor_o will_v he_o dislike_v whatever_o they_o shall_v propose_v if_o they_o think_v fit_a to_o submit_v to_o fortune_n he_o will_v impute_v their_o change_n to_o necessity_n but_o if_o they_o resolve_v to_o stand_v to_o it_o and_o undergo_v some_o danger_n for_o the_o sake_n of_o liberty_n he_o shall_v not_o only_o commend_v but_o admire_v their_o valour_n and_o will_v himself_o be_v their_o leader_n and_o companion_n too_o till_o they_o have_v try_v the_o utmost_a fortune_n of_o their_o country_n which_o be_v not_o utica_n or_o adrumetum_n but_o rome_n and_o she_o have_v often_o by_o her_o own_o strength_n raise_v herself_o out_o of_o great_a difficulty_n beside_o as_o there_o be_v many_o thing_n that_o will_v conduce_v to_o their_o safety_n so_o chief_o this_o that_o they_o be_v to_o fight_v against_o one_o who_o by_o his_o affair_n will_v be_v much_o distract_v and_o by_o several_a occasion_n call_v into_o many_o several_a place_n spain_n be_v already_o revolt_v to_o the_o young_a pompey_n rome_n be_v unaccustomed_a to_o the_o bridle_n and_o impatient_a of_o it_o will_v therefore_o be_v ready_a for_o commotion_n and_o insurrection_n upon_o every_o turn_v of_o affair_n as_o for_o themselves_o they_o ought_v not_o to_o shrink_v from_o any_o danger_n and_o in_o this_o may_v take_v example_n from_o their_o enemy_n who_o do_v so_o free_o expose_v his_o life_n to_o compass_v his_o unjust_a design_n yet_o never_o can_v hope_v for_o so_o happy_a a_o conclusion_n as_o they_o may_v promise_v themselves_o for_o notwithstanding_o the_o uncertainty_n of_o war_n they_o will_v be_v sure_a of_o a_o most_o happy_a life_n if_o they_o succeed_v or_o a_o most_o glorious_a death_n if_o they_o miscarry_v however_o he_o say_v they_o ought_v to_o deliberate_v among_o themselves_o and_o pray_v to_o the_o god_n that_o in_o recompense_n of_o their_o former_a courage_n and_o goodwill_n they_o will_v direct_v their_o future_a design_n when_o cato_n have_v thus_o speak_v many_o be_v move_v and_o encourage_v by_o his_o speech_n but_o the_o great_a part_n be_v so_o animate_v by_o his_o valour_n generosity_n and_o goodness_n that_o they_o forget_v the_o present_a danger_n and_o as_o if_o he_o be_v the_o only_a invincible_a leader_n and_o above_o all_o fortune_n they_o entreat_v he_o to_o employ_v their_o person_n arm_n and_o estate_n as_o he_o think_v fit_a for_o they_o esteem_v it_o far_o better_a to_o meet_v death_n in_o follow_v his_o counsel_n than_o to_o find_v their_o safety_n in_o betray_v one_o of_o so_o great_a virtue_n one_o of_o the_o assembly_n propose_v the_o make_v a_o decree_n to_o set_v the_o slave_n at_o liberty_n and_o most_o of_o the_o rest_n approve_v the_o motion_n cato_n say_v that_o ought_v not_o to_o be_v do_v for_o it_o be_v neither_o just_a nor_o lawful_a but_o if_o any_o of_o their_o master_n will_v willing_o set_v they_o free_a those_o that_o be_v fit_a for_o service_n shall_v be_v receive_v which_o divers_a promise_v to_o do_v who_o name_n he_o order_v to_o be_v enroll_v and_o then_o withdraw_v present_o after_o this_o he_o receive_v letter_n from_o juba_n and_o scipio_n juba_n with_o some_o few_o of_o his_o man_n be_v retire_v to_o a_o mountain_n where_o he_o wait_v to_o hear_v what_o cato_n will_v resolve_v upon_o and_o intend_v to_o stay_v there_o for_o he_o if_o he_o think_v fit_a to_o leave_v utica_n or_o to_o relieve_v he_o with_o a_o army_n if_o he_o be_v besiege_v scipio_n also_o lie_v at_o anchor_n under_o a_o certain_a promontory_n not_o far_o from_o utica_n expect_v a_o answer_n upon_o the_o same_o account_n but_o cato_n think_v fit_a to_o retain_v the_o messenger_n till_o the_o three_o hundred_o shall_v come_v to_o some_o resolution_n as_o for_o the_o senator_n that_o be_v there_o they_o show_v great_a forwardness_n and_o do_v present_o set_v free_a their_o slave_n and_o furnish_v they_o with_o arms._n but_o the_o three_o hundred_o be_v man_n that_o deal_v in_o merchandise_n and_o usury_n much_o of_o their_o substance_n also_o consist_v in_o slave_n the_o heat_n that_o cato_n speech_n have_v raise_v in_o they_o do_v not_o long_o continue_v as_o some_o body_n that_o easy_o admit_v heat_n and_o as_o sudden_o lose_v it_o when_o the_o fire_n be_v remove_v so_o these_o man_n be_v heat_v and_o inflame_v while_o cato_n be_v present_a but_o when_o they_o begin_v to_o reason_n among_o themselves_o the_o fear_v they_o have_v of_o caesar_n soon_o overcome_v the_o reverence_n they_o bear_v to_o cato_n for_o who_o be_v we_o say_v they_o and_o who_o be_v it_o we_o refuse_v to_o obey_v be_v it_o not_o that_o caesar_n to_o who_o all_o the_o power_n of_o rome_n have_v submit_v and_o which_o of_o we_o be_v a_o scipio_n a_o pompey_n or_o a_o cato_n but_o now_o that_o all_o man_n make_v their_o honour_n give_v way_n to_o their_o fear_n shall_v we_o alone_o engage_v for_o the_o liberty_n of_o rome_n and_o in_o utica_n declare_v war_n against_o he_o from_o who_o cato_n and_o pompey_n the_o great_a flee_v out_o of_o italy_n shall_v we_o set_v free_a our_o slave_n against_o caesar_n who_o have_v ourselves_o no_o more_o liberty_n than_o he_o be_v please_v to_o allow_v no_o let_v we_o poor_a creature_n know_v ourselves_o submit_v to_o the_o victor_n and_o send_v deputy_n to_o implore_v his_o mercy_n thus_o say_v the_o most_o moderate_a of_o they_o but_o the_o great_a part_n be_v for_o seize_v the_o senator_n that_o by_o secure_v they_o they_o may_v appease_v coesar_n anger_n cato_n though_o he_o perceive_v the_o change_n take_v no_o notice_n of_o it_o but_o write_v to_o juba_n and_o scipio_n to_o keep_v away_o from_o utica_n because_o he_o mistrust_v the_o three_o hundred_o a_o considerable_a body_n of_o horse_n which_o have_v escape_v from_o the_o late_a fight_n be_v come_v towards_o utica_n and_o have_v send_v three_o man_n before_o to_o cato_n which_o yet_o do_v not_o all_o bring_v the_o same_o message_n for_o some_o be_v for_o go_v to_o juba_n other_o for_o join_v with_o cato_n and_o some_o also_o be_v afraid_a to_o go_v into_o utica_n when_o cato_n hear_v this_o he_o order_v marcus_n rubrius_n to_o attend_v upon_o the_o three_o hundred_o and_o quiet_o take_v the_o name_n of_o those_o who_o of_o their_o own_o accord_n set_v their_o slave_n at_o liberty_n but_o by_o no_o mean_n to_o force_v any_o body_n then_o take_v with_o he_o the_o senator_n he_o go_v out_o of_o the_o town_n and_o meet_v the_o principal_a officer_n of_o those_o horseman_n who_o he_o entreat_v not_o to_o abandon_v so_o many_o worthy_a roman_a senator_n nor_o to_o prefer_v juba_n for_o their_o commander_n before_o cato_n but_o to_o seek_v the_o mutual_a safety_n of_o one_o another_o and_o to_o come_v into_o the_o city_n which_o be_v impregnable_a and_o well_o furnish_v with_o corn_n and_o other_o provision_n sufficient_a for_o many_o year_n the_o senator_n likewise_o with_o tear_n beseech_v they_o to_o stay_v hereupon_o the_o officer_n go_v to_o consult_v their_o soldier_n and_o cato_n with_o the_o senator_n sit_v down_o upon_o the_o work_n expect_v their_o resolution_n in_o the_o mean_a time_n come_v rubrius_n in_o great_a disorder_n cry_v out_o the_o three_o hundred_o be_v
plutarch_n life_n vol._n four_o mburgher_n delin_a et_fw-la sculp_v the_o four_o volume_n of_o plutarch_n life_n translate_v from_o the_o greek_a by_o several_a hand_n london_n print_v for_o jacob_n tonson_n at_o the_o judge_n head_n in_o chancery-lane_n near_o fleetstreet_n m._n dc_o xciii_o the_o live_v contain_v in_o the_o four_o volume_n agesilaus_n translate_v by_o dr._n needham_n p._n 1_o pompey_n translate_v by_o dr._n oldish_a p._n 73_o alexander_n translate_v by_o john_n evelyn_n esq_n p._n 245_o julius_n caesar_n translate_v by_o mr._n smalridge_n p._n 385_o photion_n translate_v by_o dr._n fowke_n p._n 487_o cato_n the_o young_a translate_v by_o dr._n waller_n p._n 554_o agis_n translate_v by_o sir_n rob._n thorold_n p._n 659_o cleomenes_n translate_v by_o mr._n creech_n p._n 690_o tiberius_n gracchi_n and_o caius_n gracchi_n translate_v by_o mr._n warren_n p._n 782_o a_o chronological_a table_n to_o the_o four_o volume_n of_o plutarch_n life_n  _fw-fr the_n olympiad_n the_o year_n of_o the_o olympiad_n after_o the_o build_n of_o rome_n after_o the_o world_n creation_n before_o the_o come_n of_o christ_n the_o julian_n period_n agesilaus_n 95_o 1_o 353_o 3550_o 398_o 4314_o pompeius_n 174_o 3_o 672_o 3869_o 79_o 4633_o alexander_n overcome_v darius_n 111_o 2_o 418_o 3615_o 333_o 4379_o julius_n caesar_n consul_n 180_o 2_o 694_o 3891_o 57_o 4655_o photion_n 105_o 4_o 396_o 3593_o 355_o 4357_o cato_n uticen_n 179_o 4_o 692_o 3889_o 59_o 4653_o agis_n 134_o 2_o 510_o 3707_o 241_o 4471_o cleomenes_n 138_o 1_o 525_o 3722_o 226_o 3722_o tiberius_n gracchus_n 161_o 1_o 617_o 3814_o 134_o 4578_o caius_n gracchus_n 163_o 4_o 628_o 3825_o 123_o 4589_o the_o life_n of_o photion_n english_v from_o the_o greek_a by_o ph._n fowke_n m._n d._n demades_n the_o orator_n a_o powerful_a man_n at_o that_o time_n in_o athens_n manage_v matter_n in_o favour_n of_o antipater_n and_o the_o macedonian_n be_v necessitate_v to_o write_v and_o speak_v many_o thing_n below_o the_o dignity_n and_o contrary_a to_o the_o usage_n of_o the_o city_n be_v wont_a to_o excuse_v himself_o by_o say_v he_o steer_v ou_o the_o shipwreck_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n this_o hardy_a say_v of_o his_o might_n have_v some_o appearance_n of_o truth_n if_o apply_v to_o phocion_n government_n for_o demades_n indeed_o himself_o be_v the_o ruin_n of_o his_o country_n live_v and_o rule_v so_o dissolute_o which_o give_v antipater_n occasion_n to_o say_v of_o he_o be_v now_o grow_v old_a that_o he_o be_v like_o a_o sacrifice_a beast_n all_o consume_v save_o his_o tongue_n and_o his_o paunch_n but_o phocion_n be_v a_o steady_a virtue_n depress_v only_o by_o too_o great_a a_o counterpoise_n the_o fate_n of_o greece_n conspire_v with_o that_o juncture_n of_o time_n to_o render_v it_o more_o obscure_a and_o inglorious_a yet_o sophocles_n too_o much_o weaken_v the_o force_n of_o virtue_n by_o say_v nor_o do_v our_o mind_n with_o adverse_a fate_n surround_v maintain_v their_o tenor_n but_o be_v shock_a confound_v thus_o much_o indeed_o must_v be_v grant_v to_o happen_v in_o the_o contest_v between_o good_a man_n and_o ill_a fortune_n that_o instead_o of_o due_a return_v to_o their_o good_a management_n the_o people_n by_o unjust_a surmise_n and_o obloquy_n often_o sully_v the_o lustre_n and_o endeavour_v to_o blast_v the_o reputation_n of_o their_o virtue_n and_o although_o it_o be_v agesilaus_n 〈…〉_z sculp_v the_o life_n of_o agesilaus_n translate_v out_o of_o the_o greek_a by_o w._n needham_n m._n d._n archidamus_n the_o son_n of_o zeuxidamus_n have_v reign_v glorious_o over_o the_o lacedaemonian_n leave_v behind_o he_o two_o son_n agis_n the_o elder_a be_v beget_v of_o lamprido_n a_o very_a noble_a and_o illustrious_a lady_n agesilaus_n much_o the_o education_n young_a be_v bear_v of_o eupolia_fw-la the_o daughter_n of_o melisippidas_n agis_n be_v heir_n apparent_a of_o the_o crown_n be_v breed_v suitable_o to_o his_o birth_n agesilaus_n the_o young_a brother_n be_v educate_v according_a to_o the_o usual_a discipline_n of_o the_o country_n which_o be_v very_o hard_a and_o severe_a but_o such_o as_o teach_v young_a man_n how_o to_o obey_v their_o superior_n whence_o it_o be_v that_o man_n say_v simonides_n call_v sparta_n the_o tame_a of_o man_n because_o by_o a_o customary_a strictness_n of_o education_n they_o enure_v the_o citizen_n to_o obedience_n and_o patient_a subjection_n as_o horse_n be_v break_v to_o the_o saddle_n the_o law_n do_v not_o hold_v so_o strict_a a_o rein_n on_o the_o heir_n apparent_a of_o the_o crown_n but_o agesilaus_n who_o good_a fortune_n it_o be_v to_o be_v bear_v a_o young_a brother_n be_v consequent_o breed_v to_o all_o the_o laconic_a art_n of_o obedience_n and_o thereby_o fit_v for_o the_o management_n of_o the_o government_n when_o it_o fall_v to_o his_o share_n hence_o it_o be_v that_o he_o become_v the_o most_o popular_a of_o the_o spartan_a king_n have_v learn_v how_o to_o temper_v the_o grandeur_n of_o a_o royal_a condition_n with_o the_o sweetness_n and_o debonairness_n of_o familiar_a condescension_n whilst_o he_o be_v yet_o a_o boy_n breed_v up_o in_o one_o of_o the_o school_n or_o college_n of_o youth_n he_o contract_v a_o intimacy_n with_o lysander_n a_o lysander_n great_a man_n afterward_o in_o lacedaemon_n who_o much_o admire_v a_o generous_a modesty_n and_o ingenious_a shame_n he_o find_v in_o he_o for_o though_o character_n he_o be_v one_o of_o the_o high_a spirit_n and_o full_a of_o bravery_n of_o any_o of_o his_o companion_n always_o ambitious_a of_o pre-eminence_n above_o they_o towards_o which_o the_o impetuous_a vigour_n and_o invincible_a fervour_n of_o his_o mind_n irresistible_o carry_v he_o maugre_o all_o opposition_n or_o difficulty_n he_o can_v meet_v with_o yet_o on_o the_o other_o side_n he_o be_v so_o easy_a and_o gentle_a in_o his_o nature_n and_o so_o apt_a to_o hearken_v to_o all_o rational_a and_o friendly_a proposal_n that_o a_o good_a word_n wrought_v more_o upon_o he_o than_o the_o great_a dint_n of_o force_n he_o be_v ready_a to_o do_v any_o thing_n upon_o ingenuous_a motive_n but_o nothing_o upon_o compulsion_n he_o have_v one_o leg_n short_a than_o another_o which_o deformity_n he_o easy_o hide_v by_o a_o good_a mien_n and_o briskness_n in_o his_o behaviour_n he_o be_v the_o first_o always_o to_o pass_v a_o jest_n upon_o himself_o and_o indeed_o it_o be_v a_o great_a argument_n of_o his_o love_n to_o glory_n and_o great_a action_n that_o his_o lameness_n be_v no_o discouragement_n to_o he_o in_o the_o pursuit_n of_o they_o neither_o his_o statue_n nor_o picture_n be_v extant_a he_o never_o allow_v they_o in_o his_o life_n and_o utter_o forbid_v they_o to_o be_v make_v after_o his_o death_n he_o be_v say_v to_o have_v be_v a_o little_a man_n of_o a_o contemptible_a presence_n but_o the_o goodness_n of_o his_o humour_n and_o his_o constant_a cheerfulness_n and_o agreeable_a conversation_n always_o free_a from_o any_o thing_n of_o moroseness_n or_o haughtiness_n make_v he_o more_o amiable_a even_o to_o his_o old_a age_n than_o the_o most_o beautiful_a man_n of_o the_o nation_n theophrastus_n write_v that_o the_o ephori_fw-la lay_v a_o fine_a upon_o archidamus_n for_o marry_v a_o little_a wife_n for_o say_v they_o you_o will_v beget_v we_o a_o race_n of_o roitelet_n instead_o of_o king_n whilst_o agis_n the_o elder_a brother_n reign_v leotychides_n alcibiades_n be_v then_o a_o exile_n from_o athens_n come_v from_o sicily_n to_o sparta_n nor_o have_v he_o stay_v long_o there_o before_o his_o familiarity_n with_o timaea_n the_o queen_n grow_v suspect_v insomuch_o that_o agis_n refuse_v to_o own_o a_o child_n of_o she_o which_o he_o say_v be_v alcibiade_n not_o he_o nor_o if_o we_o may_v believe_v duris_n the_o historian_n be_v timaea_n much_o concern_v at_o it_o be_v herself_o forward_a enough_o to_o whisper_v among_o her_o servant_n that_o the_o infant_n be_v true_a name_n be_v alcibiades_n not_o leotychides_n mean_o while_o it_o be_v believe_v that_o the_o amour_n he_o have_v with_o she_o be_v not_o the_o effect_n of_o his_o love_n but_o his_o ambition_n that_o he_o may_v have_v spartan_a king_n of_o his_o posterity_n this_o affair_n be_v grow_v public_a it_o be_v time_n for_o alcibiades_n to_o withdraw_v himself_o but_o the_o child_n be_v force_v to_o abide_v there_o and_o to_o endure_v the_o severity_n of_o agis_n who_o never_o own_v he_o for_o his_o son_n till_o upon_o his_o deathbed_n he_o be_v overcome_v with_o the_o prayer_n and_o tear_n of_o leotychides_n to_o declare_v he_o for_o such_o in_o a_o public_a audience_n but_o this_o can_v not_o fix_v he_o in_o the_o throne_n of_o agis_n after_o who_o death_n lysander_n the_o great_a lacedaemonian_a captain_n who_o have_v late_o conquer_v the_o athenian_n in_o a_o sea-sight_n and_o be_v of_o great_a power_n in_o sparta_n do_v promote_v agesilaus_n to_o the_o bastarâ—â—_n kingdom_n urge_v
their_o gown_n patch_v of_o divers_a colour_n and_o to_o wear_v their_o beard_n half_o shave_v half_a unshaven_n to_o execute_v so_o rigid_a a_o law_n as_o this_o in_o a_o case_n where_o the_o offender_n be_v so_o many_o and_o of_o those_o many_o man_n of_o great_a family_n and_o interest_n and_o that_o in_o a_o time_n when_o the_o commonwealth_n want_v soldier_n so_o much_o as_o then_o it_o do_v be_v of_o dangerous_a consequence_n therefore_o they_o choose_v agesilaus_n a_o dictator_n or_o new_a lawgiver_n with_o full_a power_n of_o abrogate_a old_a law_n or_o make_v new_a one_o as_o he_o please_v but_o he_o without_o add_v to_o or_o diminish_v from_o or_o any_o way_n change_v the_o law_n come_v out_o into_o the_o public_a assembly_n and_o say_v that_o the_o law_n shall_v lie_v dormant_a at_o present_a but_o be_v vigorous_o execute_v for_o the_o future_a by_o this_o mean_n he_o at_o once_o preserve_v the_o law_n from_o abrogation_n and_o the_o citizen_n from_o infamy_n and_o that_o he_o may_v take_v off_o the_o consternation_n that_o be_v upon_o the_o young_a man_n he_o make_v a_o inroad_n â—rcadia_z into_o arcadia_n where_o avoid_v fight_n as_o much_o as_o he_o can_v he_o content_v himself_o to_o spoil_v the_o territory_n and_o to_o take_v a_o small_a town_n belong_v to_o the_o mantinean_n thereby_o revive_v the_o heart_n of_o populace_n let_v they_o see_v that_o they_o be_v not_o every_o where_o unsuccessful_a upon_o this_o epaminondas_n make_v a_o inroad_n sparta_n into_o laconia_n with_o a_o army_n of_o 40000._o beside_o light-armed_n man_n and_o other_o that_o follow_v the_o camp_n only_o for_o plunder_n so_o that_o invasion_n in_o all_o they_o be_v at_o least_o 70000._o it_o be_v now_o 600_o year_n since_o the_o dorian_n have_v possess_v laconia_n and_o in_o all_o that_o time_n the_o face_n of_o a_o enemy_n have_v not_o be_v see_v within_o their_o territory_n no_o man_n dare_v to_o invade_v they_o but_o now_o they_o make_v their_o incursion_n without_o resistance_n as_o far_o as_o eurotas_n and_o the_o very_a suburb_n of_o sparta_n for_o agesilaus_n will_v not_o permit_v they_o to_o engage_v against_o so_o impetuous_a a_o torrent_n as_o theopompus_n call_v it_o he_o content_v himself_o to_o fortify_v the_o chief_a part_n of_o the_o city_n and_o to_o place_n guard_v convenient_o endure_v mean_a while_o the_o taunt_n of_o the_o theban_n who_o reproach_v he_o as_o the_o firebrand_n of_o the_o war_n and_o the_o author_n of_o all_o that_o mischief_n to_o his_o country_n and_o bid_v he_o defend_v himself_o if_o he_o can_v but_o this_o be_v not_o all_o he_o be_v great_o disturb_v at_o home_n with_o the_o tumult_n of_o the_o city_n the_o outcry_n and_o run_v about_o of_o the_o old_a man_n who_o be_v high_o enrage_v at_o their_o present_a condition_n and_o the_o woman_n much_o worse_o be_v terrify_v by_o the_o clamour_n and_o the_o fire_n of_o the_o enemy_n in_o the_o field_n but_o that_o which_o cut_v he_o to_o the_o heart_n be_v the_o sense_n of_o his_o lose_a glory_n who_o have_v come_v to_o the_o crown_n of_o sparta_n when_o it_o be_v in_o its_o most_o flourish_a condition_n and_o high_a grandeur_n now_o live_v to_o see_v it_o lay_v low_o in_o esteem_n and_o all_o its_o great_a vaunt_n deride_v even_o those_o which_o he_o himself_o have_v be_v accustom_a to_o use_v viz._n that_o the_o woman_n of_o sparta_n have_v never_o see_v the_o smoke_n of_o the_o enemy_n fire_n it_o be_v say_v that_o antalcidas_n be_v in_o dispute_n with_o a_o athenian_a about_o the_o valour_n of_o the_o two_o nation_n the_o athenian_a brag_v that_o they_o have_v oâ—ten_o drive_v the_o spartan_n from_o the_o river_n câ—phisus_n yes_o say_v antalcidas_n but_o we_o never_o have_v occasion_n to_o drive_v you_o from_o eurotas_n a_o common_a spartan_a of_o less_o quality_n be_v in_o company_n with_o a_o argive_a who_o be_v vapour_a how_v many_o spartan_n lie_v bury_v in_o the_o field_n of_o argus_n reply_v but_o you_o have_v â—â—â—e_a bury_v in_o the_o country_n of_o laconia_n yet_o now_o the_o case_n be_v so_o alter_v that_o antalcidas_n be_v one_o of_o the_o ephori_fw-la out_o of_o fear_n send_v away_o his_o child_n private_o to_o the_o island_n of_o cythera_n when_o the_o enemy_n essay_v to_o get_v over_o the_o river_n and_o thence_o to_o attack_v the_o town_n agesilaus_n betake_v himself_o to_o the_o high_a place_n town_n and_o strong_a hold_v of_o it_o but_o it_o happen_v that_o eurotas_n at_o that_o time_n swell_v to_o a_o great_a height_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o snow_n that_o have_v fall_v and_o make_v the_o passage_n very_o difficult_a to_o the_o theban_n not_o only_o by_o its_o depth_n but_o much_o more_o by_o the_o ice_n that_o be_v upon_o it_o whilst_o this_o be_v do_v epaminondas_n every_o where_o appear_v the_o foremost_a man_n in_o the_o army_n insomuch_o that_o agesilaus_n view_v the_o whole_a action_n fall_v into_o admiration_n of_o his_o gallantry_n but_o when_o he_o come_v to_o the_o city_n and_o will_v fain_o have_v attempt_v something_o either_o upon_o it_o or_o within_o the_o limit_n of_o it_o that_o may_v raise_v he_o a_o trophy_n there_o he_o can_v not_o tempt_v agesilaus_n out_o of_o his_o hold_n but_o be_v fain_o to_o march_v off_o again_o waste_v the_o country_n as_o he_o go_v mean_a while_n there_o do_v a_o dangerous_a conspiracy_n sparta_n happen_v in_o sparta_n where_o 200_o man_n have_v get_v into_o a_o strong_a part_n of_o the_o town_n call_v issorion_n do_v seize_v upon_o the_o temple_n of_o diana_n and_o garrison_n it_o the_o spartan_n be_v enrage_v at_o it_o and_o will_v have_v fall_v upon_o they_o present_o but_o agesilaus_n not_o know_v how_o far_o the_o sedition_n may_v reach_v do_v command_v they_o to_o forbear_v and_o go_v himself_o in_o his_o cloak_n with_o but_o one_o servant_n when_o he_o come_v near_o the_o rebel_n call_v out_o and_o tell_v they_o that_o they_o mistake_v their_o order_n that_o by_o his_o order_n they_o be_v to_o go_v one_o part_n of_o they_o thither_o show_v they_o another_o place_n in_o the_o city_n and_o part_n to_o another_o which_o he_o also_o show_v the_o conspirator_n glad_o hear_v this_o discourse_n think_v themselves_o no_o way_n suspect_v of_o treason_n and_o ready_o go_v off_o to_o the_o place_n which_o he_o show_v they_o whereupon_o agesilaus_n place_v in_o their_o room_n a_o garrison_n of_o his_o own_o of_o the_o conspirator_n he_o apprehend_v 15._o and_o put_v they_o to_o death_n in_o the_o night_n after_o this_o a_o much_o more_o dangerous_a conspiracy_n another_o be_v discover_v of_o spartan_a citizen_n who_o have_v private_o meet_v in_o each_o other_o house_n to_o cause_v a_o disturbance_n it_o be_v equal_o dangerous_a by_o reason_n of_o the_o greatness_n of_o the_o party_n to_o prosecute_v they_o public_o according_a to_o law_n and_o to_o connive_v at_o they_o agesilaus_n take_v another_o course_n and_o by_o consent_n of_o the_o ephori_fw-la put_v they_o to_o death_n private_o without_o process_n a_o thing_n never_o before_o know_v in_o sparta_n at_o this_o time_n also_o many_o of_o the_o helots_n and_o colour_n other_o hireling_n that_o be_v list_v in_o the_o army_n run_v away_o to_o the_o enemy_n which_o be_v matter_n of_o great_a consternation_n to_o the_o city_n he_o therefore_o cause_v some_o officer_n of_o he_o every_o morning_n before_o day_n to_o search_v the_o quarter_n of_o the_o soldier_n and_o where_o any_o man_n be_v go_v to_o hide_v his_o arm_n that_o so_o the_o greatness_n of_o the_o number_n may_v not_o appear_v historian_n differ_v about_o the_o time_n of_o the_o sparta_n theban_n departure_n from_o sparta_n some_o say_v the_o winter_n force_v they_o as_o also_o that_o the_o arcadian_a soldier_n disband_v make_v it_o necessary_a for_o the_o rest_n to_o retire_v other_o say_v that_o they_o stay_v there_o three_o month_n till_o they_o have_v lay_v the_o whole_a country_n waste_v theopompus_n be_v the_o only_a author_n who_o give_v out_o that_o when_o the_o baeotarchae_fw-la or_o council_n of_o war_n of_o the_o theban_a army_n have_v resolve_v upon_o the_o retreat_n phrixus_n the_o spartan_a come_v to_o they_o and_o offer_v they_o from_o agesilaus_n ten_o talent_n to_o be_v go_v so_o hire_v they_o to_o do_v what_o they_o be_v already_o do_v of_o their_o own_o accord_n how_o he_o alone_o shall_v come_v to_o be_v aware_a of_o this_o i_o know_v not_o only_o in_o this_o all_o author_n agree_v that_o the_o agesilaus_n save_n of_o sparta_n from_o ruin_n be_v whole_o due_a to_o the_o wisdom_n of_o agesilaus_n who_o in_o this_o extremity_n of_o affair_n quit_v all_o his_o ambition_n and_o his_o haughtiness_n and_o resolve_v to_o play_v a_o save_a game_n but_o all_o his_o wisdom_n and_o prowess_n be_v not_o sufficient_a to_o recover_v the_o glory_n of_o it_o and_o to_o raise_v it_o
lie_v in_o wait_n for_o the_o merchant_n that_o sail_v to_o the_o bosphorus_n have_v prohibit_v all_o upon_o pain_n of_o death_n that_o shall_v attempt_v to_o carry_v provision_n or_o merchandize_n thither_o then_o he_o set_v forward_o with_o the_o great_a part_n of_o his_o army_n and_o in_o his_o march_n he_o casual_o happen_v upon_o several_a dead_a body_n of_o the_o roman_n uninter_v which_o be_v of_o those_o soldier_n that_o be_v unfortunate_o slay_v with_o triarius_n in_o the_o war_n against_o mithridates_n these_o he_o bury_v all_o splendid_o and_o honourable_o the_o neglect_n whereof_o it_o be_v think_v cause_v the_o first_o hatred_n against_o lucullus_n and_o alienate_v the_o affection_n of_o the_o soldier_n from_o he_o pompey_n have_v now_o by_o his_o force_n judâ—a_n under_o the_o command_n of_o afranius_n subdue_v the_o arabian_n that_o inhabit_v about_o the_o mountain_n amanus_n fall_v himself_o into_o syria_n and_o find_v it_o destitute_a of_o any_o natural_a and_o lawful_a prince_n reduce_v it_o into_o the_o form_n of_o a_o province_n as_o a_o inheritance_n of_o the_o people_n of_o rome_n he_o conquer_v judaea_n and_o alter_v the_o form_n of_o government_n there_o have_v take_v king_n aristobulus_n captive_a some_o city_n he_o build_v anew_o and_o other_o he_o set_v at_o liberty_n chastize_v those_o tyrant_n that_o bring_v they_o into_o bondage_n the_o great_a time_n that_o he_o spend_v there_o be_v in_o the_o administration_n of_o justice_n decide_v the_o controversy_n of_o king_n and_o state_n and_o where_o he_o himself_o can_v not_o be_v present_a in_o person_n he_o give_v commission_n to_o his_o friend_n and_o send_v they_o thus_o when_o there_o arise_v a_o difference_n betwixt_o the_o armenian_n and_o parthian_n touch_v the_o title_n of_o a_o country_n and_o the_o judgement_n be_v refer_v to_o he_o he_o give_v a_o power_n by_o commission_n to_o three_o judge_n and_o arbiter_n to_o hear_v and_o determine_v the_o question_n for_o the_o name_n of_o his_o power_n indeed_o be_v great_a neither_o be_v temper_n the_o virtue_n of_o his_o justice_n and_o clemency_n inferior_a to_o that_o of_o his_o power_n whereby_o he_o cover_v a_o multitude_n of_o crime_n commit_v by_o his_o friend_n and_o familiar_n about_o he_o for_o although_o it_o be_v not_o in_o his_o nature_n to_o check_v or_o chastise_v a_o offender_n yet_o he_o will_v demean_v himself_o so_o to_o those_o that_o address_v with_o complaint_n against_o they_o that_o the_o party_n grieve_v go_v always_o away_o content_v forget_v the_o injury_n and_o patient_o bear_v even_o with_o their_o covetousness_n and_o oppression_n among_o these_o friend_n of_o he_o there_o demetrius_n be_v one_o demetrius_n that_o have_v the_o great_a power_n and_o influence_n upon_o he_o of_o any_o he_o be_v a_o bondman_n infranchize_v one_o of_o a_o very_a good_a understanding_n however_o otherwise_o but_o a_o youth_n and_o somewhat_o too_o insolent_a in_o his_o good_a fortune_n of_o who_o there_o go_v this_o story_n cato_n the_o philosopher_n be_v as_o yet_o a_o very_a young_a man_n but_o of_o great_a judgement_n and_o a_o noble_a mind_n take_v a_o journey_n of_o pleasure_n to_o antioch_n have_v a_o great_a desire_n in_o pompey_n absence_n to_o see_v the_o city_n he_o therefore_o as_o his_o custom_n be_v walk_v on_o foot_n and_o his_o friend_n accompany_v he_o on_o horseback_n but_o see_v before_o the_o gate_n of_o the_o city_n a_o multitude_n all_o in_o white_a garment_n the_o young_a man_n on_o one_o side_n of_o the_o road_n and_o the_o boy_n on_o the_o other_o he_o be_v somewhat_o offend_v at_o it_o imagine_v that_o it_o be_v officious_o do_v in_o honour_n of_o he_o which_o be_v more_o than_o he_o require_v however_o he_o desire_v his_o companion_n to_o alight_v and_o walk_v with_o he_o but_o when_o they_o draw_v near_o the_o master_n of_o the_o ceremony_n in_o this_o procession_n come_v out_o with_o a_o garland_n and_o a_o rod_n in_o his_o hand_n and_o meet_v they_o inquire_v where_o they_o have_v leave_v demetrius_n and_o when_o he_o will_v come_v whereupon_o cato_n companion_n burst_v out_o into_o a_o laughter_n but_o cato_n say_v only_o alas_o poor_a city_n and_o pass_v by_o without_o any_o other_o answer_n now_o it_o be_v clear_a that_o pompey_n himself_o render_v demetrius_n less_o odious_a to_o other_o by_o endure_v his_o sauciness_n and_o insolence_n against_o himself_o for_o it_o be_v report_v how_o that_o pompey_n when_o he_o have_v invite_v his_o friend_n to_o a_o entertainment_n will_v be_v very_o ceremonious_a in_o attend_v till_o they_o come_v and_o be_v all_o place_v whereas_o demetrius_n will_v rude_o seat_v himself_o at_o the_o table_n with_o his_o head_n cover_v even_o to_o his_o ear_n before_o any_o one_o else_o can_v sit_v down_o moreover_o before_o his_o return_n into_o italy_n he_o have_v purchase_v the_o pleasant_a villa_n or_o countryseat_n about_o rome_n with_o the_o fair_a walk_n and_o place_n for_o exercise_n and_o the_o most_o complete_a garden_n call_v by_o the_o name_n of_o demetrius_n notwithstanding_o that_o pompey_n his_o master_n be_v content_v with_o a_o mean_a and_o thrifty_a habitation_n till_o his_o three_o consulship_n afterward_o it_o be_v true_a when_o he_o have_v erect_v that_o famous_a and_o stately_a theatre_n for_o the_o people_n of_o rome_n he_o build_v as_o a_o appendix_n to_o it_o a_o house_n for_o himself_o much_o more_o splendid_a than_o his_o former_a and_o yet_o as_o much_o beneath_o the_o stroke_n of_o envy_n insomuch_o as_o he_o that_o come_v to_o be_v master_n of_o that_o house_n after_o pompey_n can_v not_o but_o admire_v at_o it_o and_o seem_v very_o inquisitive_a where_o pompey_n the_o great_a use_v to_o sup_v thus_o be_v these_o thing_n report_v the_o king_n of_o arabia_n petraea_n who_o have_v hitherto_o despise_v the_o power_n of_o the_o roman_n now_o begin_v to_o think_v it_o dreadful_a and_o therefore_o dispatch_v letter_n to_o he_o wherein_o he_o promise_v to_o be_v at_o his_o devotion_n and_o do_v what_o he_o will_v command_v however_o pompey_n have_v a_o desire_n to_o confirm_v and_o keep_v he_o petra_n in_o the_o same_o mind_n march_v forward_o for_o petra_n a_o expedition_n not_o altogether_o irreprehensible_a in_o the_o opinion_n of_o many_o for_o by_o this_o it_o be_v general_o think_v he_o do_v clear_o decline_v the_o chase_n of_o mithridates_n whereas_o they_o think_v themselves_o bind_v to_o turn_v their_o arm_n against_o he_o as_o their_o inveterate_a enemy_n who_o now_o have_v blow_v up_o the_o coal_n again_o and_o reinforce_v his_o shatter_a troop_n with_o fresh_a preparation_n as_o it_o be_v report_v to_o lead_v his_o army_n through_o scythia_n and_o pannonia_n into_o italy_n pompey_n on_o the_o other_o side_n judge_v it_o easy_a to_o break_v his_o force_n in_o battle_n than_o seize_v his_o person_n in_o flight_n resolve_v not_o to_o tire_v himself_o out_o in_o a_o vain_a pursuit_n but_o rather_o to_o spend_v his_o time_n in_o divert_v the_o war_n upon_o another_o enemy_n as_o a_o proper_a digression_n in_o the_o mean_a while_n but_o fortune_n resolve_v the_o doubt_n for_o whilst_o he_o be_v yet_o not_o far_o from_o petra_n and_o have_v pitch_v his_o tent_n and_o encamp_v for_o that_o day_n as_o he_o be_v ride_v and_o manage_v his_o horse_n without_o the_o camp_n there_o come_v a_o express_a by_o death_n the_o fly_a post_n out_o of_o pontus_n with_o good_a news_n as_o be_v easy_o discernible_a a_o far_o off_o by_o the_o head_n of_o their_o javelin_n that_o be_v crown_v with_o branch_n of_o laurel_n the_o soldier_n as_o soon_o as_o they_o see_v they_o flock_v immediate_o to_o pompey_n who_o notwithstanding_o be_v mind_v to_o make_v a_o end_n of_o his_o exercise_n but_o when_o they_o begin_v to_o be_v clamorous_a and_o importunate_a he_o alight_v from_o his_o horse_n and_o take_v the_o letter_n go_v before_o they_o into_o the_o camp_n now_o there_o be_v no_o tribunal_n erect_v there_o nor_o yet_o any_o military_a hillock_n such_o as_o they_o use_v to_o make_v by_o cut_v up_o thick_a turf_n of_o earth_n and_o pile_v they_o one_o upon_o another_o they_o through_o eagerness_n and_o impatience_n heap_v up_o a_o pile_n of_o packsaddle_n and_o pompey_n stand_v upon_o that_o tell_v they_o the_o news_n of_o mithridates_n his_o death_n how_o that_o he_o have_v lay_v violent_a hand_n upon_o himself_o upon_o the_o revolt_n of_o his_o son_n pharnaces_n and_o that_o pharnaces_n have_v take_v all_o thing_n there_o into_o his_o hand_n and_o possession_n which_o he_o do_v as_o his_o letter_n speak_v in_o right_a of_o himself_o and_o the_o roman_n upon_o this_o news_n the_o whole_a army_n express_v their_o joy_n as_o be_v fit_a fall_v to_o their_o devotion_n in_o sacrifice_v to_o the_o god_n and_o feast_v as_o if_o in_o the_o person_n of_o mithridates_n alone_o there_o have_v die_v many_o thousand_o of_o
ship_n spain_n he_o be_v force_v to_o divert_v his_o course_n and_o march_v into_o spain_n design_v to_o join_v those_o force_n of_o pompey_n there_o to_o his_o own_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n pompey_n have_v raise_v a_o greece_n mighty_a army_n both_o by_o sea_n and_o land_n as_o for_o his_o navy_n it_o be_v altogether_o invincible_a for_o there_o be_v 500_o man_n of_o war_n beside_o a_o infinite_a company_n of_o galliots_n foist_n and_o pinnace_n then_o for_o his_o land-force_n the_o cavalry_n make_v up_o a_o body_n of_o 7000_o horse_n the_o very_a flower_n of_o rome_n and_o italy_n man_n of_o honour_n wealth_n and_o courage_n but_o the_o infantry_n be_v a_o mixture_n of_o raw_a and_o unexperienced_a soldier_n and_o therefore_o he_o exercise_v and_o train_v they_o up_o daily_o near_o the_o city_n beraea_n where_o he_o have_v quarter_v and_o lodge_v his_o army_n himself_z no_o way_n slothful_a but_o perform_v all_o his_o exercise_n as_o if_o he_o have_v be_v in_o the_o flower_n of_o his_o youth_n this_o exemplary_a conduct_n raise_v the_o spirit_n of_o his_o soldier_n extreme_o for_o it_o be_v no_o small_a encouragement_n for_o they_o to_o see_v pompey_n the_o great_a 60_o year_n of_o age_n want_v two_o one_o while_n trail_v a_o pike_n and_o handle_v his_o arm_n among_o the_o foot_n in_o all_o his_o posture_n then_o again_o mount_v among_o the_o horse_n draw_v out_o his_o sword_n with_o ease_n in_o full_a career_n and_o shethe_v it_o up_o as_o easy_o and_o in_o dart_v the_o javelin_n there_o he_o show_v not_o only_o his_o skill_n and_o dexterity_n in_o hit_v the_o mark_n but_o his_o strength_n and_o activity_n in_o throw_v it_o so_o far_o that_o few_o of_o the_o young_a go_v beyond_o he_o several_a king_n and_o prince_n of_o other_o nation_n he_o come_v thither_o to_o he_o but_o there_o be_v a_o glorious_a appearance_n of_o roman_a magistrate_n and_o so_o numerous_a that_o they_o make_v up_o a_o complete_a senate_n labienus_n forsake_v his_o old_a friend_n caesar_n who_o he_o have_v serve_v throughout_o all_o his_o war_n in_o gaul_n and_o come_v over_o to_o pompey_n and_o brutus_n son_n to_z that_o brutus_n that_o be_v put_v to_o death_n in_o gaul_n a_o man_n of_o great_a spirit_n and_o one_o that_o to_o that_o day_n have_v never_o so_o much_o as_o salute_v or_o speak_v to_o pompey_n look_v upon_o he_o as_o the_o murderer_n of_o his_o father_n come_v then_o and_o submit_v himself_o to_o he_o as_o the_o defender_n of_o their_o liberty_n cicero_n likewise_o though_o he_o write_v and_o advise_v otherwise_o yet_o be_v ashamed_a not_o to_o be_v account_v in_o the_o number_n of_o those_o that_o will_v hazard_v their_o life_n and_o fortune_n for_o the_o safeguard_n of_o their_o country_n and_o last_o of_o all_o there_o come_v to_o he_o even_o into_o macedonia_n tidius_fw-la sextus_n a_o man_n extreme_o old_a and_o lame_a of_o one_o leg_n other_o indeed_o mock_v and_o laugh_v at_o the_o spectacle_n but_o pompey_n as_o soon_o as_o he_o see_v he_o rose_z and_o run_v to_o meet_v he_o esteem_v it_o no_o small_a assurance_n of_o their_o goodwill_n when_o man_n of_o such_o age_n and_o infirmity_n shall_v rather_o choose_v to_o be_v with_o he_o in_o danger_n than_o in_o safety_n at_o home_n afterward_o in_o a_o council_n of_o war_n there_o pass_v a_o decree_n which_o be_v pronounce_v by_o cato_n as_o precedent_n that_o no_o roman_a citizen_n shall_v be_v put_v to_o death_n but_o in_o battle_n and_o that_o they_o shall_v not_o sack_n or_o plunder_n any_o city_n that_o be_v subject_a to_o the_o roman_a empire_n by_o these_o mean_v pompey_n party_n grow_v into_o great_a reputation_n insomuch_o that_o they_o who_o be_v no_o way_n at_o all_o concern_v in_o the_o war_n either_o because_o they_o dwell_v afar_o off_o or_o be_v think_v incapable_a by_o reason_n of_o their_o infirmity_n be_v yet_o in_o their_o opinion_n of_o his_o side_n and_o do_v in_o all_o their_o discourse_n even_o fight_v for_o his_o cause_n call_v it_o the_o good_a or_o just_a cause_n esteem_v those_o as_o enemy_n to_o the_o god_n and_o man_n that_o wish_v not_o victory_n to_o pompey_n neither_o be_v pompey_n clemency_n such_o 18._o but_o that_o caesar_n likewise_o show_v himself_o as_o merciful_a a_o conqueror_n for_o when_o he_o have_v take_v and_o overthrow_v all_o pompey_n force_n in_o spain_n he_o give_v they_o quarter_n leave_v the_o commander_n at_o their_o liberty_n and_o take_v the_o common_a soldier_n into_o his_o own_o pay_n then_o repass_v the_o alps_n and_o make_v a_o run_a march_n through_o italy_n he_o come_v to_o brundisium_n about_o the_o winter_n solstice_n and_o cross_v the_o sea_n there_o land_v at_o the_o port_n of_o oricum_n now_o caesar_n have_v jubius_n a_o intimate_a friend_n of_o pompey_n with_o he_o as_o his_o prisoner_n dispatch_v he_o to_o pompey_n in_o a_o embassage_n entreat_v that_o they_o meet_v together_o in_o a_o conference_n as_o one_o shall_v disband_v both_o their_o army_n within_o three_o day_n and_o renew_v their_o former_a friendship_n with_o solemn_a oath_n shall_v return_v together_o into_o italy_n pompey_n look_v upon_o this_o again_o as_o some_o new_a stratagem_n or_o device_n and_o therefore_o march_v down_o in_o all_o haste_n towards_o the_o sea-coast_n possess_v himself_o of_o all_o fort_n and_o place_n of_o strength_n fit_a to_o encamp_v in_o and_o secure_v his_o land-force_n as_o likewise_o of_o all_o port_n and_o harbour_n commodious_a to_o receive_v any_o that_o come_v by_o sea_n so_o that_o what_o wind_n soever_o blue_a it_o must_v needs_o in_o some_o way_n or_o other_o be_v favourable_a to_o he_o bring_v in_o either_o provision_n man_n or_o money_n but_o caesar_n on_o the_o contrary_a be_v so_o distress_v both_o by_o sea_n and_o land_n that_o he_o be_v force_v to_o desire_v battle_n daily_o provoke_v the_o enemy_n and_o assail_a they_o in_o their_o very_a fort_n and_o in_o these_o light_a skirmish_n for_o the_o most_o part_n have_v the_o better_a only_o once_o he_o be_v dangerous_o overthrow_v and_o likely_a to_o have_v lose_v his_o whole_a army_n for_o pompey_n have_v valiant_o reinforce_v the_o battle_n make_v a_o desperate_a charge_n upon_o he_o even_o to_o a_o total_a rout_n of_o all_o his_o army_n and_o the_o slaughter_n of_o 2000_o upon_o the_o place_n but_o either_o he_o be_v not_o able_a to_o force_v their_o camp_n or_o he_o be_v afraid_a to_o fall_v in_o pell-mell_o together_o with_o they_o insomuch_o as_o caesar_n tell_v some_o of_o his_o friend_n how_o that_o day_n have_v give_v a_o absolute_a conquest_n to_o the_o enemy_n if_o they_o have_v have_v but_o a_o man_n that_o know_v how_o to_o conquer_v pompey_n soldier_n be_v so_o mighty_o encourage_v by_o this_o victory_n that_o they_o will_v needs_o have_v it_o put_v to_o the_o decision_n of_o a_o battle_n but_o pompey_n himself_o though_o he_o write_v to_o foreign_a king_n prince_n and_o state_n in_o confederacy_n with_o he_o as_o a_o conqueror_n yet_o be_v afraid_a to_o hazard_v the_o success_n of_o a_o battle_n choose_v rather_o by_o delay_n and_o distress_n of_o provision_n to_o tire_v out_o those_o who_o have_v never_o yet_o be_v conquer_a by_o force_n of_o arm_n but_o have_v always_o when_o they_o fight_v in_o a_o body_n be_v accustom_a to_o victory_n beside_o the_o infirmity_n of_o their_o age_n which_o now_o make_v they_o quick_o weary_a of_o those_o other_o hardship_n of_o war_n such_o as_o be_v long_a march_n and_o frequent_a decamping_n make_v of_o trench_n and_o build_v of_o fortification_n make_v they_o willing_a to_o fight_v and_o venture_v the_o battle_n with_o all_o speed_n pompey_n have_v all_o along_o hitherto_o by_o his_o persuasion_n pretty_a well_o quiet_v his_o soldier_n but_o after_o this_o last_o engagement_n when_o caesar_n for_o want_n of_o provision_n be_v force_v to_o raise_v his_o camp_n and_o have_v pass_v through_o athamania_n into_o thessaly_n it_o be_v impossible_a to_o curb_v or_o allay_v the_o heat_n of_o their_o spirit_n any_o long_o for_o all_o cry_n out_o with_o a_o general_a voice_n that_o caesar_n be_v flee_v some_o be_v for_o pursue_v and_o press_v upon_o he_o other_o for_o return_v into_o italy_n some_o there_o be_v that_o send_v their_o friend_n and_o servant_n before_o hand_n to_o rome_n to_o hire_v house_n near_o the_o forum_n or_o marketplace_n whereby_o they_o may_v be_v in_o a_o readiness_n to_o sue_v for_o office_n and_o place_n in_o the_o government_n but_o several_a be_v so_o vain_a as_o to_o sail_v for_o lesbos_n in_o a_o compliment_n to_o cornelia_n with_o this_o joyful_a news_n that_o the_o war_n be_v bring_v to_o a_o end_n for_o pompey_n have_v private_o convey_v she_o thither_o from_o the_o tumult_n in_o rome_n hereupon_o a_o council_n of_o war_n be_v call_v and_o the_o matter_n be_v under_o debate_n afranius_n be_v
his_o own_o the_o young_a lady_n hear_v this_o fall_v down_o all_o along_o in_o a_o swoon_n and_o continue_v so_o a_o long_a time_n senseless_a and_o speechless_a she_o be_v scarce_o well_o recover_v of_o her_o sense_n again_o but_o be_v conscious_a to_o herself_o that_o this_o be_v no_o time_n for_o lamentation_n and_o tear_n she_o start_v up_o and_o run_v through_o the_o city_n towards_o the_o seaside_n where_o pompey_n meet_v and_o embrace_v she_o in_o his_o arm_n as_o she_o be_v just_a faint_v away_o and_o fall_v into_o a_o swoon_n she_o vent_v her_o passion_n in_o this_o manner_n this_o be_v the_o effect_n of_o my_o fortune_n dear_a sir_n not_o of_o you_o that_o i_o see_v you_o thus_o deject_a and_o reduce_v to_o one_o poor_a vessel_n who_o before_o your_o marriage_n with_o the_o unfortunate_a cornelia_n be_v wont_a to_o ride_v admiral_n of_o these_o sea_n with_o a_o fleet_n of_o 500_o sail_n why_o therefore_o shall_v you_o come_v to_o see_v i_o or_o why_o not_o rather_o have_v leave_v she_o to_o a_o severe_a fate_n who_o have_v be_v the_o cause_n and_o author_n of_o all_o your_o misfortune_n how_o happy_a a_o woman_n have_v i_o be_v if_o i_o have_v breathe_v out_o my_o last_o before_o that_o fatal_a news_n from_o parthia_n of_o the_o death_n of_o publius_n to_o who_o i_o be_v wed_v in_o my_o virginity_n and_o how_o prudent_a if_o i_o have_v follow_v his_o destiny_n as_o i_o design_v but_o i_o be_v reserve_v for_o a_o great_a mischief_n even_o the_o ruin_n of_o pompey_n the_o great_a thus_o they_o say_v cornelia_n speak_v to_o he_o and_o this_o be_v pompey_n reply_n dear_a cornelia_n thou_o have_v hitherto_o know_v only_a one_o kind_a fortune_n which_o perhaps_o have_v deceive_v thou_o in_o this_o that_o she_o have_v be_v constant_a to_o i_o beyond_o her_o usual_a custom_n but_o it_o behoove_v we_o who_o be_v mortal_n bear_v to_o bear_v with_o these_o affliction_n and_o try_v our_o fortune_n once_o again_o neither_o ought_v we_o to_o despond_v and_o rest_v hopeless_a for_o that_o it_o be_v as_o possible_a to_o retrieve_v our_o former_a happiness_n from_o this_o unlucky_a state_n as_o it_o be_v to_o fall_v from_o that_o into_o this_o present_a calamity_n thereupon_o she_o send_v for_o her_o good_n and_o servant_n out_o of_o the_o city_n the_o citizen_n also_o of_o mitylene_n come_v out_o to_o salute_v and_o invite_v pompey_n into_o the_o city_n but_o he_o refuse_v advise_v they_o to_o be_v obedient_a to_o the_o conqueror_n and_o fear_v not_o for_o that_o caesar_n be_v a_o man_n of_o great_a goodness_n and_o clemency_n then_o turn_v to_o cratippus_n the_o philosopher_n who_o come_v among_o the_o rest_n out_o of_o the_o city_n to_o visit_v he_o he_o begin_v to_o repine_v and_o argue_v somewhat_o with_o he_o touch_v the_o dispensation_n of_o providence_n but_o cratippus_n very_o modest_o decline_v the_o dispute_n put_v he_o in_o better_a hope_n only_o lest_o by_o oppose_v he_o may_v seem_v too_o sharp_a or_o unseasonable_a for_o when_o pompey_n have_v put_v he_o a_o certain_a question_n touch_v providence_n and_o demonstrate_v how_o necessary_a it_o be_v that_o the_o commonwealth_n shall_v be_v turn_v into_o a_o monarchy_n because_o of_o their_o ill_a government_n in_o the_o state_n he_o return_v the_o question_n but_o how_o oh_o pompey_n and_o by_o what_o token_n or_o assurance_n may_v we_o be_v induce_v to_o believe_v that_o if_o the_o victory_n have_v be_v thou_o thou_o will_v have_v use_v thy_o fortune_n better_o than_o caesar_n but_o providence_n be_v a_o point_n of_o divinity_n belong_v to_o the_o god_n and_o aught_o to_o be_v let_v alone_o to_o act_v after_o its_o own_o method_n thus_o pompey_n have_v take_v his_o wife_n and_o 21._o friend_n aboard_o set_v sail_n make_v no_o port_n nor_o touch_v any_o where_o but_o when_o he_o be_v necessitate_v to_o take_v in_o provision_n or_o fresh_a water_n the_o first_o place_n he_o arrive_v at_o be_v attalia_n a_o city_n in_o pamphylia_n and_o whilst_o he_o be_v there_o there_o come_v some_o galley_n thither_o to_o he_o out_o of_o cilicia_n together_o with_o a_o few_o band_n of_o soldier_n and_o there_o he_o have_v almost_o 60_o senator_n with_o he_o again_o then_o hear_v that_o his_o navy_n be_v safe_a too_o and_o that_o cato_n have_v rally_v a_o considerable_a body_n of_o soldier_n after_o their_o overthrow_n and_o pass_v with_o they_o over_o into_o africa_n he_o begin_v to_o complain_v and_o blame_v himself_o and_o his_o friend_n too_o in_o that_o they_o have_v force_v he_o to_o engage_v by_o land_n without_o make_v use_n of_o his_o other_o force_n in_o which_o he_o be_v undoubted_o the_o strong_a and_o have_v not_o keep_v near_o enough_o to_o his_o fleet_n that_o fail_v by_o land_n he_o may_v have_v reinforce_v his_o troop_n from_o the_o sea_n and_o present_o draw_v out_o a_o power_n equal_a and_o able_a enough_o to_o encounter_v the_o enemy_n so_o that_o in_o truth_n neither_o do_v pompey_n during_o all_o the_o war_n commit_v a_o great_a oversight_n nor_o caesar_n use_v a_o more_o subtle_a stratagem_n than_o by_o draw_v the_o fight_n so_o far_o off_o from_o their_o naval_a force_n now_o pompey_n be_v at_o present_a constrain_v to_o attempt_v and_o act_v somewhat_o according_a to_o his_o small_a ability_n he_o dispatch_v his_o agent_n as_o ambassador_n to_o some_o of_o the_o neighbour_a city_n and_o himself_o sail_v about_o in_o person_n to_o other_o require_v their_o aid_n in_o money_n and_o soldier_n to_o victual_v and_o man_n out_o his_o ship_n however_o fear_v lest_o the_o sudden_a approach_n of_o the_o enemy_n may_v prevent_v his_o preparation_n he_o begin_v to_o consider_v what_o place_n will_v yield_v he_o the_o safe_a refuge_n and_o retreat_n at_o present_a thereupon_o a_o consult_v be_v hold_v it_o be_v general_o agree_v upon_o that_o no_o province_n of_o the_o roman_n be_v secure_a enough_o and_o touch_v foreign_a kingdom_n he_o himself_o be_v of_o opinion_n that_o parthia_n must_v needs_o be_v the_o fit_a both_o to_o receive_v and_o defend_v they_o in_o their_o present_a distress_n as_o well_o as_o to_o aid_v and_o furnish_v they_o with_o the_o great_a force_n other_o of_o the_o council_n be_v for_o go_v into_o africa_n and_o to_o king_n juba_n but_o theophanes_n the_o lesbian_a think_v it_o madness_n to_o leave_v egypt_n that_o be_v but_o a_o voyage_n of_o three_o day_n sail_v and_o forsake_v ptolemy_n who_o be_v just_o come_v of_o age_n and_o high_o oblige_v to_o he_o for_o that_o friendship_n and_o favour_n which_o he_o have_v late_o show_v to_o his_o father_n only_o to_o put_v himself_o under_o the_o parthian_a and_o trust_v the_o most_o treacherous_a nation_n in_o the_o world_n or_o what_o be_v worse_o to_o subject_v himself_o to_o the_o tyranny_n of_o arsaces_n the_o king_n of_o parthia_n and_o make_v he_o his_o lord_n a_o power_n which_o he_o be_v not_o able_a to_o compass_v in_o the_o life-time_n of_o crassus_n rather_o than_o try_v the_o clemency_n of_o a_o generous_n roman_n and_o one_o that_o have_v be_v his_o father-in-law_n to_o who_o if_o he_o will_v but_o yield_v to_o be_v second_o he_o may_v assure_v himself_o to_o be_v the_o first_o and_o chief_a over_o all_o the_o rest_n beside_o he_o think_v it_o will_v be_v great_a cruelty_n to_o expose_v a_o young_a lady_n descend_v from_o the_o noble_a family_n of_o the_o scipio_n among_o such_o a_o barbarous_a people_n who_o govern_v by_o their_o lust_n and_o measure_v their_o greatness_n by_o their_o power_n to_o commit_v affront_v and_o insolence_n from_o who_o though_o she_o suffer_v no_o dishonour_n yet_o it_o will_v be_v think_v she_o do_v be_v in_o the_o hand_n of_o those_o who_o have_v the_o power_n to_o do_v it_o this_o argument_n alone_o they_o say_v be_v so_o persuasive_a as_o to_o divert_v his_o course_n that_o be_v design_v towards_o euphrates_n if_o it_o be_v so_o indeed_o that_o any_o counsel_n of_o pompey_n and_o not_o his_o own_o fate_n make_v he_o take_v this_o other_o way_n as_o soon_o therefore_o as_o it_o be_v resolve_v upon_o that_o he_o shall_v fly_v into_o egypt_n he_o set_v sail_n from_o cyprus_n in_o a_o galley_n of_o seleucia_n together_o with_o cornelia_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o company_n some_o in_o long-boat_n and_o other_o in_o ship_n of_o burden_n sail_v by_o pass_v over_o the_o sea_n without_o danger_n but_o when_o he_o understand_v that_o king_n ptolemy_n be_v sit_v down_o with_o his_o army_n in_o the_o city_n of_o pelusium_n make_v war_n against_o his_o sister_n he_o steer_v his_o course_n that_o way_n and_o send_v a_o messenger_n before_o to_o acquaint_v the_o king_n with_o his_o arrival_n and_o humble_o crave_v his_o protection_n ptolemy_n himself_o be_v a_o very_a young_a man_n and_o therefore_o pothinus_n the_o principal_a minister_n of_o state_n have_v
be_v wound_v the_o persian_n lose_v in_o this_o battle_n 20000_o foot_n and_o 2500_o horse_n on_o alexander_n side_n aristobulus_n say_v there_o be_v not_o want_v above_o 34_o of_o which_o 9_o be_v foot_n to_o who_o memory_n he_o cause_v so_o many_o statue_n of_o brass_n of_o lysippus_n his_o hand_n to_o be_v erect_v and_o that_o the_o grecian_n may_v participate_v the_o fruit_n of_o his_o victory_n he_o share_v the_o booty_n among_o they_o particular_o to_o the_o athenian_n he_o send_v 300_o buckler_n and_o upon_o all_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o spoil_n he_o order_v this_o glorious_a inscription_n to_o be_v set_v alexander_n the_o son_n of_o philip_n and_o all_o the_o grecian_n except_o the_o lacedaemonian_n win_v these_o from_o the_o barbarian_n who_o inhabit_v asia_n all_o the_o plate_n and_o purple_a garment_n and_o whatever_o else_o of_o any_o value_n he_o take_v from_o the_o persian_n except_o a_o very_a small_a quantity_n reserve_v for_o himself_o he_o send_v as_o a_o present_a to_o his_o mother_n this_o battle_n present_o make_v a_o great_a change_n of_o affair_n to_o alexander_n advantage_n for_o sardis_n itself_o the_o chief_a seat_n of_o the_o barbarian_n take_v power_n in_o the_o maritime_a province_n and_o many_o other_o considerable_a place_n be_v surrender_v to_o he_o only_a halicarnassus_n and_o miletus_n stand_v which_o he_o soon_o take_v in_o by_o force_n together_o with_o the_o territory_n about_o they_o after_o which_o he_o be_v a_o little_a unsettled_a in_o his_o opinion_n how_o to_o proceed_v sometime_o he_o think_v it_o best_a to_o find_v out_o darius_n as_o soon_o as_o he_o can_v and_o put_v all_o to_o the_o hazard_n of_o a_o battle_n another_o while_o he_o look_v upon_o it_o as_o a_o more_o prudent_a course_n to_o make_v a_o entire_a conquest_n of_o the_o sea-coast_n and_o not_o to_o seek_v the_o enemy_n till_o he_o be_v strengthen_v by_o the_o addition_n of_o the_o wealth_n and_o force_n of_o those_o province_n while_o he_o be_v thus_o deliberate_v what_o to_o do_v it_o happen_v that_o a_o fountain_n near_o the_o city_n of_o xanthus_n in_o lycia_n of_o its_o own_o accord_n swell_v over_o its_o bank_n and_o throw_v up_o a_o copper_n plate_n upon_o the_o shore_n in_o which_o be_v engrave_v in_o ancient_a character_n prophecy_n that_o the_o time_n will_v come_v when_o the_o persian_a empire_n shall_v be_v destroy_v by_o the_o grecian_n encourage_v by_o this_o accident_n he_o proceed_v to_o reduce_v the_o maritime_a part_n of_o cilicia_n and_o phoenicea_n and_o pass_v his_o army_n along_o the_o seacoast_n of_o pamphilia_n with_o such_o expedition_n that_o many_o historian_n have_v describe_v and_o extol_v it_o with_o that_o height_n of_o admiration_n as_o if_o it_o be_v no_o less_o than_o a_o miracle_n and_o a_o extraordinary_a effect_n of_o divine_a favour_n that_o the_o wave_n which_o be_v wont_a to_o come_v roll_a in_o from_o the_o main_n and_o hardly_o ever_o leave_v so_o much_o as_o the_o beach_n under_o the_o steep_a break_a cliff_n at_o any_o time_n uncover_v shall_v on_o a_o sudden_a retire_n to_o afford_v he_o passage_n menander_n in_o one_o of_o his_o comedy_n allude_v to_o this_o wonderful_a event_n when_o he_o say_v how_o this_o resemble_v alexander_n high_a exploit_n this_o fellow_n of_o his_o own_o accord_n be_v here_o ask_v he_o to_o wade_v the_o sea_n and_o he_o will_v reply_v even_o that_o to_o he_o do_v passable_a appear_v alexander_n himself_o in_o his_o epistle_n mention_n nothing_o unusual_a in_o this_o at_o all_o but_o say_v he_o go_v from_o phaselis_n and_o march_v through_o the_o strait_o which_o they_o call_v the_o ladder_n at_o phaselis_n he_o stay_v some_o time_n and_o find_v the_o statue_n of_o theodectes_n who_o be_v then_o dead_a erect_v in_o the_o market_n place_n after_o he_o have_v sup_v have_v drink_v pretty_a plentiful_o he_o go_v and_o dance_v about_o it_o and_o crown_v it_o with_o garland_n as_o it_o be_v in_o sport_n honour_v the_o memory_n of_o his_o friend_n who_o conversation_n he_o have_v former_o enjoy_v when_o he_o be_v aristotle_n scholar_n then_o he_o subdue_v the_o pisidian_n who_o make_v subdue_v head_n against_o he_o and_o conquer_v the_o phrygian_n at_o who_o chief_a city_n gordium_n which_o be_v say_v to_o be_v seat_n of_o old_a king_n midas_n he_o see_v the_o famous_a chariot_n fasten_v with_o cord_n make_v of_o the_o rind_n of_o the_o cornel_n tree_n which_o 〈◊〉_d whosoever_o shall_v untie_v the_o inhabitant_n have_v a_o constant_a tradition_n that_o for_o he_o be_v reserve_v the_o empire_n of_o the_o world_n most_n be_v of_o opinion_n that_o alexander_n find_v himself_o unable_a to_o untie_v the_o knot_n because_o the_o end_n of_o it_o be_v secret_o fold_v up_o within_o it_o cut_v it_o asunder_o with_o his_o sword_n but_o knot_n aristobulus_n tell_v we_o it_o be_v easy_a for_o he_o to_o undo_v it_o by_o only_o pull_v the_o pin_n out_o of_o the_o beam_n which_o fasten_v the_o yoke_n to_o it_o and_o afterward_o draw_v out_o the_o yoke_n itself_o from_o hence_o he_o advance_v into_o paphlagonia_n and_o cappadocia_n both_o which_o country_n he_o soon_o reduce_v to_o his_o obedience_n and_o then_o hear_v of_o the_o death_n of_o memnon_n one_o of_o darius_n his_o best_a sea-commander_n who_o if_o he_o have_v live_v may_v have_v put_v a_o great_a stop_n to_o the_o progress_n of_o his_o arm_n he_o be_v the_o rather_o induce_v to_o carry_v the_o war_n into_o the_o upper_a province_n of_o asia_n darius_n be_v by_o this_o time_n upon_o his_o march_n he_o from_o susa_n very_o confident_a not_o only_o in_o the_o number_n of_o his_o man_n which_o amount_v to_o fix_v hundred_o thousand_o but_o likewise_o in_o a_o dream_n which_o the_o magician_n interpret_v rather_o in_o flattery_n to_o he_o than_o with_o any_o probability_n of_o truth_n he_o dream_v that_o he_o see_v the_o macedonian_a phalanx_n all_o on_o fire_n and_o alexander_n wait_v on_o he_o clad_v in_o the_o same_o robe_n which_o he_o use_v to_o wear_v when_o he_o be_v asgande_n to_o the_o late_a king_n messenger_n after_o which_o go_v into_o the_o temple_n of_o belus_n he_o vanish_v out_o of_o his_o sight_n by_o this_o dream_n it_o be_v manifest_a in_o my_o opinion_n that_o the_o interpret_v god_n design_v to_o show_v he_o the_o illustrious_a action_n the_o macedonian_n be_v to_o perform_v that_o as_o he_o from_o a_o asgande_n have_v arrive_v at_o the_o crown_n so_o alexander_n shall_v come_v to_o be_v master_n of_o asia_n and_o not_o long_o survive_v his_o conquest_n conclude_v his_o life_n with_o great_a glory_n and_o reputation_n darius_n his_o confidence_n increase_v the_o more_o because_o alexander_n spend_v so_o much_o time_n in_o cilicia_n which_o he_o impute_v to_o his_o cowardice_n but_o it_o be_v sickness_n that_o detain_v he_o there_o which_o some_o say_v sick_a he_o contract_v by_o take_v too_o much_o pain_n other_o by_o bathe_v in_o the_o river_n cydnus_n who_o water_n be_v exceed_o cold_a however_o it_o happen_v none_o of_o his_o physician_n will_v venture_v to_o give_v he_o any_o remedy_n they_o think_v his_o case_n so_o desperate_a and_o be_v so_o afraid_a of_o the_o censure_n and_o ill_a will_n of_o the_o macedonian_n if_o they_o shall_v fail_v in_o the_o cure_n till_o philip_n the_o acarnanian_a consider_v his_o extreme_a danger_n and_o confide_v in_o his_o friendship_n resolve_v to_o try_v the_o utmost_a effort_n of_o his_o art_n and_o rather_o hazard_v his_o own_o credit_n and_o life_n than_o suffer_v he_o to_o perish_v for_o want_v of_o physic_n which_o he_o confident_o administer_v to_o he_o encourage_v he_o to_o take_v it_o bold_o if_o he_o desire_v a_o speedy_a recovery_n in_o order_n to_o prosecute_v the_o war._n at_o this_o very_a time_n parmenio_n write_v to_o alexander_n from_o the_o camp_n bid_v he_o have_v a_o care_n of_o philip_n as_o one_o who_o be_v bribe_v by_o darius_n to_o kill_v he_o with_o great_a sum_n of_o money_n and_o a_o promise_n of_o his_o daughter_n in_o marriage_n when_o he_o have_v peruse_v the_o letter_n he_o put_v it_o under_o his_o pillow_n without_o show_v it_o so_o much_o as_o to_o any_o of_o his_o most_o intimate_a friend_n and_o when_o philip_n come_v in_o with_o the_o potion_n he_o take_v it_o with_o great_a cheerfulness_n and_o assurance_n withal_o give_v he_o the_o letter_n to_o read_v this_o be_v a_o encounter_n well_o worth_a be_v present_a at_o to_o see_v alexander_n take_v the_o draught_n philip._n and_o philip_n read_v the_o letter_n at_o the_o same_o time_n look_v earnest_o upon_o one_o another_o but_o with_o different_a sentiment_n for_o alexander_n look_n be_v cheerful_a and_o open_a a_o demonstration_n of_o his_o kindness_n to_o and_o confidence_n in_o his_o physician_n while_o the_o other_o be_v full_a of_o surprise_n at_o the_o accusation_n appeal_n to_o the_o god_n to_o witness_v
the_o plentiful_a rain_n that_o fall_v preserve_v they_o from_o perish_v by_o drought_n and_o allay_v the_o extreme_a dryness_n of_o the_o sand_n which_o now_o become_v moist_a and_o firm_a to_o travel_v on_o clear_v and_o purify_v the_o air._n beside_o this_o when_o they_o be_v out_o of_o their_o way_n and_o be_v preserve_v wander_v up_o and_o down_o by_o reason_n the_o mark_n which_o be_v wont_a to_o direct_v the_o guide_n be_v disorder_v and_o lose_v they_o be_v set_v right_o again_o by_o some_o raven_n who_o fly_v before_o they_o in_o their_o march_n and_o will_v wait_v for_o those_o who_o lag_v or_o be_v leave_v behind_o but_o the_o great_a miracle_n as_o calisthenes_n tell_v we_o be_v that_o if_o any_o of_o the_o company_n go_v astray_o in_o the_o night_n they_o never_o leave_v croak_a and_o make_v a_o noise_n till_o by_o that_o mean_v they_o have_v bring_v they_o into_o the_o right_a way_n again_o have_v pass_v through_o the_o wilderness_n they_o come_v to_o the_o city_n where_o the_o highpriest_n at_o the_o first_o salute_n bid_v alexander_n welcome_a from_o his_o father_n ammon_n and_o be_v ask_v by_o he_o whether_o any_o of_o his_o father_n murderer_n have_v escape_v punishment_n he_o charge_v he_o to_o speak_v with_o more_o respect_n for_o his_o father_n be_v not_o mortal_a then_o alexander_n more_o plain_o desire_v to_o know_v of_o he_o if_o any_o of_o those_o who_o murder_v philip_n be_v yet_o unpunished_a and_o further_o concern_v dominion_n whether_o the_o empire_n of_o the_o world_n be_v reserve_v for_o he_o this_o the_o god_n answer_v he_o shall_v obtain_v and_o that_o philip_n death_n be_v full_o revenge_v which_o give_v he_o so_o much_o satisfaction_n that_o he_o make_v splendid_a offering_n to_o jupiter_n and_o give_v the_o priest_n very_o rich_a present_n this_o be_v the_o substance_n of_o what_o answer_v he_o receive_v from_o the_o oracle_n although_o alexander_n in_o a_o letter_n to_o his_o mother_n tell_v she_o there_o be_v some_o secret_a prediction_n which_o at_o his_o return_n he_o will_v communicate_v to_o she_o only_o other_o priest_n say_v that_o the_o priest_n desirous_a to_o express_v himself_o more_o kind_o and_o to_o call_v he_o in_o the_o greek_a tongue_n paidion_n which_o signify_v my_o son_n to_o avoid_v the_o barbarism_n as_o he_o think_v of_o the_o n_o use_v the_o saint_n instead_o of_o it_o and_o say_v paidios_fw-la or_o son_n of_o jupiter_n which_o mistake_v of_o his_o speech_n alexander_n be_v well_o enough_o please_v with_o and_o it_o go_v for_o currant_n that_o the_o oracle_n have_v call_v he_o so_o among_o the_o say_n of_o one_o psammon_n a_o philosopher_n who_o he_o hear_v in_o egypt_n he_o most_o approve_a of_o this_o that_o all_o man_n be_v govern_v deity_n by_o god_n because_o in_o every_o thing_n that_o which_o be_v chief_a and_o command_n be_v divine_a but_o what_o he_o pronounce_v himself_o upon_o this_o subject_a be_v more_o like_o a_o philosopher_n for_o he_o say_v god_n be_v the_o common_a father_n of_o we_o all_o but_o more_o particular_o of_o good_a men._n to_o the_o barbarian_n he_o carry_v himself_o very_o insolent_o as_o if_o he_o be_v full_o persuade_v of_o his_o divine_a god_n original_a but_o to_o the_o grecian_n more_o moderate_o and_o with_o less_o affectation_n of_o divinity_n except_o it_o be_v write_v to_o the_o athenian_n concern_v samos_n where_o he_o tell_v they_o they_o hold_v not_o that_o free_a and_o glorious_a city_n by_o virtue_n of_o his_o gift_n but_o from_o the_o bounty_n of_o he_o who_o at_o that_o time_n be_v call_v his_o lord_n and_o father_n meaning_n philip._n however_o afterward_o be_v wound_v with_o a_o arrow_n and_o feel_v much_o pain_n he_o turn_v to_o those_o about_o he_o and_o tell_v they_o it_o be_v common_a humane_a blood_n that_o fall_v from_o he_o and_o not_o the_o ichor_n such_o as_o the_o immortal_a god_n be_v wont_a to_o shed_v and_o another_o time_n when_o it_o thunder_v so_o much_o that_o every_o body_n be_v afraid_a and_o anaxarchus_n the_o sophist_n ask_v he_o if_o he_o who_o anaxarchus_n be_v jupiter_n own_o son_n be_v so_o too_o yes_o that_o i_o be_o answer_v alexander_n laugh_v for_o i_o will_v not_o be_v formidable_a to_o my_o friend_n as_o you_o will_v have_v i_o be_v who_o despise_v my_o table_n for_o be_v furnish_v with_o fish_n and_o not_o with_o the_o head_n of_o governor_n of_o province_n for_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o anaxarchus_n see_v a_o present_a of_o small_a fish_n which_o the_o king_n send_v to_o hephaestion_n do_v express_v himself_o to_o this_o purpose_n to_o show_v his_o contempt_n and_o derision_n of_o those_o who_o take_v mighty_a pain_n and_o run_v desperate_a hazard_n in_o pursuit_n of_o great_a matter_n and_o yet_o after_o all_o if_o we_o examine_v thing_n close_o have_v little_o more_o of_o pleasure_n or_o enjoyment_n than_o other_o people_n for_o what_o i_o have_v say_v upon_o this_o subject_a it_o be_v apparent_a that_o alexander_n in_o himself_o be_v not_o foolish_o affect_v or_o have_v the_o vanity_n to_o think_v himself_o real_o a_o god_n but_o his_o follower_n be_v captivate_v with_o a_o overween_a opinion_n of_o his_o divinity_n at_o his_o return_n out_o of_o egypt_n into_o phoenicia_n king_n he_o sacrifice_v and_o make_v solemn_a procession_n to_o which_o be_v add_v circular_a dance_n and_o act_v of_o tragedy_n who_o splendour_n appear_v not_o only_o in_o the_o furniture_n and_o ornament_n but_o in_o the_o noble_a zeal_n and_o contention_n of_o those_o who_o act_v they_o for_o no_o less_o person_n than_o two_o king_n of_o cyprus_n be_v at_o the_o charge_n of_o they_o in_o the_o same_o manner_n as_o it_o be_v perform_v at_o athens_n by_o those_o who_o be_v choose_v by_o lot_n out_o of_o the_o tribe_n and_o indeed_o they_o strive_v with_o wonderful_a emulation_n to_o outvie_v each_o other_o chief_o nicocreon_n king_n of_o salamis_n and_o pasicrates_n of_o soli_n who_o be_v appoint_v to_o furnish_v and_o defray_v the_o expense_n of_o athenodorus_n and_o thessalus_n two_o of_o the_o most_o celebrate_a actor_n of_o that_o age._n thessalus_n be_v most_o favour_v by_o alexander_n though_o it_o appear_v not_o till_o athenodorus_n be_v declare_v victor_n by_o the_o plurality_n of_o suffrage_n for_o then_o at_o his_o go_v away_o he_o say_v the_o judge_n deserve_v to_o be_v commend_v for_o what_o they_o have_v do_v but_o that_o he_o will_v willing_o have_v lose_v part_n of_o his_o kingdom_n rather_o than_o to_o have_v see_v thessalus_n overcome_v however_o when_o he_o understand_v athenodorus_n be_v fine_v by_o the_o athenian_n for_o be_v absent_a at_o the_o festival_n celebrate_v in_o honour_n of_o bacchus_n though_o he_o refuse_v his_o request_n of_o write_v in_o his_o behalf_n yet_o he_o be_v so_o generous_a as_o to_o give_v he_o wherewithal_o to_o satisfy_v the_o penalty_n another_o time_n lycon_n of_o scarphia_n happen_v to_o act_n with_o great_a applause_n in_o the_o theatre_n and_o in_o a_o verse_n insert_v in_o his_o part_n cunning_o beg_v ten_o talent_n of_o alexander_n who_o be_v so_o please_v with_o his_o ingenuity_n that_o he_o free_o give_v he_o the_o money_n about_o this_o time_n darius_n write_v to_o he_o and_o reject_v his_o friend_n to_o intercede_v with_o he_o to_o accept_v 10000_o talent_n as_o a_o ransom_n for_o what_o prisoner_n he_o have_v in_o his_o hand_n and_o to_o purchase_v his_o amity_n and_o alliance_n offer_v he_o all_o the_o country_n on_o this_o side_n the_o river_n euphrates_n together_o with_o one_o of_o his_o daughter_n in_o marriage_n these_o proposition_n he_o communicate_v to_o his_o friend_n and_o when_o parmenio_n tell_v he_o that_o for_o his_o part_n if_o he_o be_v alexander_n he_o shall_v ready_o embrace_v they_o so_o will_v i_o too_o you_o may_v be_v sure_a say_v the_o king_n if_o i_o be_v parmenio_n according_o his_o answer_n to_o darius_n be_v that_o if_o he_o will_v yield_v himself_o up_o into_o his_o power_n he_o will_v treat_v he_o with_o all_o imaginable_a kindness_n if_o not_o he_o be_v resolve_v immediate_o to_o advance_v towards_o he_o but_o the_o death_n of_o darius_n his_o wife_n in_o childbirth_n make_v he_o soon_o after_o repent_v of_o this_o resolution_n not_o without_o evident_a wifâ—_n mark_n of_o grief_n for_o be_v so_o deprive_v of_o a_o further_a opportunity_n of_o exercise_v his_o clemency_n and_o good_a nature_n which_o he_o show_v to_o the_o last_o by_o the_o great_a expense_n he_o be_v at_o in_o her_o funeral_n among_o the_o eunuch_n who_o wait_v in_o the_o queen_n chamber_n and_o be_v take_v prisoner_n with_o the_o woman_n there_o be_v one_o tyreus_n who_o get_v out_o of_o the_o camp_n flee_v away_o on_o horseback_n to_o darius_n to_o inform_v he_o of_o his_o wife_n death_n which_o as_o soon_o as_o he_o hear_v he_o can_v not_o forbear_v beat_v his_o
fortune_n any_o more_o which_o he_o will_v certain_o do_v if_o he_o can_v impute_v his_o overthrow_n to_o the_o disadvantage_n of_o the_o night_n as_o he_o do_v before_o to_o the_o mountain_n the_o narrow_a passage_n and_o the_o sea_n for_o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v imagine_v that_o he_o who_o have_v still_o such_o force_n and_o large_a dominion_n leave_v it_o shall_v give_v over_o the_o war_n for_o want_v of_o man_n or_o arm_n till_o he_o have_v first_o lose_v all_o courage_n and_o hope_n by_o the_o conviction_n of_o a_o undeniable_a and_o manifest_a defeat_n after_o they_o be_v go_v from_o he_o with_o this_o answer_n he_o lay_v himself_o down_o in_o his_o tent_n and_o sleep_v the_o rest_n of_o the_o night_n sound_o than_o he_o be_v wont_a to_o do_v to_o the_o astonishment_n of_o the_o commander_n who_o come_v to_o he_o early_o in_o the_o morning_n and_o be_v fain_o themselves_o to_o give_v order_n that_o the_o soldier_n shall_v dine_v but_o at_o last_o time_n not_o give_v they_o leave_v to_o wait_v any_o long_o parmenio_n go_v to_o his_o bedside_n and_o call_v he_o twice_o or_o thrice_o by_o his_o name_n till_o he_o wake_v he_o and_o then_o ask_v he_o how_o it_o be_v possible_a when_o he_o be_v to_o fight_v the_o most_o important_a battle_n of_o all_o he_o can_v sleep_v so_o secure_o as_o if_o he_o be_v already_o victorious_a so_o i_o be_o say_v alexander_n smiling_z since_o i_o be_o now_o no_o more_o put_v to_o the_o trouble_n of_o wander_v after_o and_o pursue_v darius_n as_o long_o as_o he_o please_v to_o decline_v fight_v in_o a_o country_n of_o so_o large_a extent_n and_o so_o waste_v and_o not_o only_o before_o the_o engagement_n but_o likewise_o in_o the_o extreme_a danger_n of_o it_o he_o show_v the_o greatness_n of_o his_o courage_n in_o action_n and_o the_o solidity_n of_o his_o judgement_n in_o counsel_n for_o the_o left_a wing_n which_o parmenio_n command_v conduct_n be_v so_o violent_o charge_v by_o the_o bactrian_a horse_n that_o it_o be_v disorder_v and_o force_v to_o give_v ground_n at_o the_o same_o time_n that_o mazeus_n have_v send_v a_o party_n round_o about_o to_o fall_v upon_o those_o who_o guard_v the_o baggage_n which_o so_o disturb_v parmenio_n that_o he_o send_v messenger_n to_o acquaint_v alexander_n that_o the_o camp_n and_o baggage_n will_v be_v all_o lose_v unless_o he_o immediate_o relieve_v the_o rear_n by_o a_o considerable_a reinforcement_n draw_v out_o of_o the_o front_n this_o message_n be_v bring_v he_o just_o as_o he_o be_v give_v the_o signal_n to_o those_o about_o he_o for_o the_o onset_n he_o bid_v they_o tell_v parmenio_n that_o sure_o he_o be_v mad_a and_o have_v lose_v the_o use_n of_o his_o reason_n and_o that_o the_o consternation_n he_o be_v in_o have_v make_v he_o forget_v that_o conqueror_n always_o become_v master_n of_o their_o enemy_n baggage_n whereas_o those_o who_o be_v defeat_v instead_o of_o take_v care_n of_o their_o wealth_n or_o their_o slave_n have_v nothing_o more_o to_o do_v but_o to_o fight_v gallant_o and_o die_v with_o honour_n when_o he_o have_v say_v this_o he_o put_v on_o his_o helmet_n have_v the_o rest_n of_o his_o arm_n describe_v on_o before_o he_o come_v out_o of_o his_o tent_n which_o be_v a_o short_a coat_n of_o the_o sicilian_a fashion_n gird_v close_o about_o he_o and_o over_o that_o a_o breastpiece_n of_o linen_n often_o fold_v and_o plait_a which_o be_v take_v among_o other_o booty_n at_o the_o battle_n of_o issus_n the_o helmet_n which_o be_v make_v by_o theophilus_n though_o of_o iron_n be_v so_o well_o wrought_v and_o polish_a that_o it_o be_v as_o bright_a as_o the_o most_o refine_a silver_n to_o this_o be_v fit_v a_o gorget_n of_o the_o same_o metal_n set_v with_o precious_a stone_n his_o sword_n which_o be_v the_o weapon_n he_o most_o use_v in_o fight_n be_v give_v he_o by_o the_o king_n of_o the_o citiean_n and_o be_v of_o a_o admirable_a temper_n and_o lightness_n but_o the_o belt_n which_o he_o wear_v also_o in_o all_o engagement_n be_v of_o much_o rich_a workmanship_n than_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o armour_n it_o be_v make_v by_o old_a helicon_n and_o present_v he_o by_o the_o rhodian_n as_o a_o mark_n of_o their_o respect_n to_o he_o whenever_o he_o draw_v up_o his_o man_n or_o ride_v about_o to_o give_v order_n or_o instruct_v or_o view_v they_o he_o favour_v bucephalus_n by_o reason_n of_o his_o age_n and_o make_v use_v of_o another_o horse_n but_o when_o he_o be_v to_o fight_v he_o send_v for_o he_o again_o and_o as_o soon_o as_o he_o be_v mount_v present_o fall_v upon_o the_o enemy_n after_o he_o have_v make_v a_o long_a oration_n to_o the_o thessalian_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o grecian_n who_o encourage_v he_o with_o loud_a outcry_n desire_v to_o be_v lead_v on_o to_o the_o charge_n he_o shift_v his_o javelin_n into_o his_o left_a hand_n and_o with_o his_o right_n lift_v up_o towards_o heaven_n beseech_v the_o god_n that_o if_o he_o be_v of_o a_o truth_n the_o son_n of_o jupiter_n they_o will_v be_v please_v to_o assist_v and_o strengthen_v the_o grecian_n at_o the_o same_o time_n the_o augur_n aristander_n who_o have_v a_o white_a mantle_n about_o he_o and_o a_o crown_n of_o gold_n battle_n on_o his_o head_n ride_v by_o and_o show_v they_o a_o eagle_n that_o soar_v just_a over_o alexander_n and_o direct_v his_o flight_n towards_o the_o enemy_n which_o so_o animate_v the_o beholder_n that_o after_o mutual_a encouragement_n and_o exhortation_n the_o horse_n charge_v at_o full_a speed_n and_o be_v vigorous_o second_v by_o the_o foot_n but_o before_o they_o can_v well_o come_v to_o blow_n with_o the_o first_o rank_n the_o barbarian_n shrink_v back_o and_o be_v hot_o pursue_v by_o alexander_n who_o drive_v those_o that_o flee_v before_o he_o into_o the_o middle_n of_o the_o battle_n where_o darius_n himself_o be_v in_o person_n who_o he_o see_v over_o the_o foremost_a rank_n conspicuous_a in_o the_o midst_n of_o his_o lifeguard_n for_o he_o be_v a_o handsome_a proper_a man_n and_o draw_v in_o a_o lofty_a chariot_n defend_v by_o abundance_n of_o the_o best_a horse_n who_o stand_v close_o in_o order_n about_o it_o ready_a to_o receive_v the_o enemy_n but_o alexander_n approach_n be_v so_o terrible_a force_v those_o who_o give_v back_o upon_o those_o who_o yet_o maintain_v their_o ground_n that_o he_o beat_v down_o and_o disperse_v they_o almost_o all_o but_o a_o few_o of_o the_o brave_a and_o valiant_a who_o be_v slay_v in_o their_o king_n presence_n fall_v in_o heap_n upon_o one_o another_o and_o in_o the_o very_a pang_n of_o death_n strive_v by_o catch_a hold_n of_o the_o man_n and_o horse_n to_o stop_v the_o macedonian_n pursuit_n darius_n now_o see_v all_o be_v lose_v that_o those_o who_o be_v place_v in_o front_n to_o defend_v he_o be_v break_v and_o beat_v back_o upon_o he_o that_o he_o can_v not_o turn_v or_o disengage_v his_o chariot_n without_o great_a difficulty_n the_o wheel_n be_v so_o clog_v and_o entangle_v among_o the_o dead_a body_n which_o lay_v in_o such_o heap_n as_o not_o only_o stop_v but_o almost_o cover_v the_o horse_n and_o make_v they_o bind_v and_o grow_v so_o unruly_a that_o the_o fright_a charioteer_n fly_n can_v govern_v they_o no_o long_o in_o this_o extremity_n he_o be_v glad_a to_o quit_v his_o chariot_n and_o his_o arm_n and_o mount_v as_o they_o say_v upon_o a_o mare_n that_o have_v new_o foal_v betake_v himself_o to_o flight_n but_o he_o have_v not_o escape_v so_o neither_o if_o parmenio_n have_v not_o send_v fresh_a messenger_n to_o alexander_n to_o desire_v he_o to_o return_v and_o assist_v he_o against_o a_o considerable_a body_n of_o the_o enemy_n which_o yet_o stand_v together_o and_o will_v not_o give_v ground_n upon_o this_o parmenio_n be_v on_o all_o hand_n accuse_v of_o dulness_n and_o sloth_n whether_o age_n have_v impair_v his_o courage_n or_o that_o as_o callisthenes_n say_v he_o inward_o grieve_v at_o and_o envy_v his_o master_n grow_v greatness_n alexander_n though_o he_o be_v not_o a_o little_a vex_v to_o be_v so_o recall_v and_o hinder_v from_o pursue_v his_o victory_n yet_o conceal_v the_o true_a reason_n from_o his_o man_n and_o causi_v a_o retreat_n to_o be_v sound_v as_o if_o it_o be_v too_o late_o to_o continue_v the_o execution_n any_o long_o march_v back_o victory_n towards_o the_o place_n of_o danger_n and_o by_o the_o way_n meet_v with_o the_o news_n of_o the_o enemy_n total_a overthrow_n and_o flight_n this_o battle_n be_v thus_o over_o seem_v to_o asia_n put_v a_o period_n to_o the_o persian_a empire_n and_o alexander_n who_o be_v now_o proclaim_v king_n of_o asia_n return_v thanks_o to_o the_o god_n in_o magnificent_a sacrifice_n and_o reward_v his_o friend_n and_o follower_n with_o great_a sum_n of_o
the_o spear_n out_o of_o the_o dead_a body_n and_o will_v have_v thrust_v it_o into_o his_o own_o throat_n if_o the_o guard_n have_v not_o hold_v his_o hand_n and_o by_o main_a force_n carry_v he_o away_o into_o his_o chamber_n where_o all_o that_o night_n and_o the_o next_o day_n death_n he_o weep_v bitter_o till_o be_v quite_o spend_v with_o cry_v and_o lament_v he_o lay_v as_o it_o be_v speechless_a only_o fetch_v deep_a sigh_n his_o friend_n apprehend_v some_o dangerous_a consequence_n of_o his_o silence_n break_v into_o the_o room_n but_o he_o take_v no_o notice_n of_o what_o any_o priest_n of_o they_o say_v till_o aristander_n put_v he_o in_o mind_n of_o the_o vision_n he_o have_v see_v concern_v clitus_n and_o the_o prodigy_n that_o follow_v as_o if_o all_o have_v come_v to_o pass_v by_o a_o unavoidable_a fatality_n he_o then_o seem_v to_o moderate_v his_o grief_n they_o also_o bring_v calisthenes_n the_o philosopher_n who_o be_v near_o relate_v to_o aristotle_n and_o anaxarchus_n of_o abdera_n to_o he_o calisthenes_n endeavour_v to_o alleviate_v his_o sorrow_n with_o moral_a discourse_n and_o gentle_a insinuation_n without_o offend_v he_o but_o anaxarchus_n who_o be_v always_o singular_a in_o his_o method_n of_o philosophy_n and_o be_v think_v to_o slight_v those_o of_o his_o own_o time_n as_o soon_o as_o he_o come_v in_o cry_v out_o aloud_o be_v this_o the_o alexander_n who_o the_o whole_a world_n look_v upon_o with_o such_o admiration_n see_v how_o mean_o he_o weep_v like_o a_o abject_a captive_n for_o fear_v of_o the_o censure_n and_o reproach_n of_o man_n to_o who_o he_o himself_o ought_v to_o be_v a_o law_n and_o measure_n of_o equity_n if_o he_o will_v make_v a_o right_a use_n of_o his_o victory_n as_o supreme_a lord_n and_o governor_n of_o all_o and_o not_o be_v a_o slave_n to_o a_o vain_a idle_a opinion_n do_v not_o base_o you_o know_v say_v he_o that_o jupiter_n be_v represent_v to_o have_v justice_n and_o law_n on_o each_o hand_n of_o he_o the_o mean_v of_o which_o be_v that_o all_o the_o action_n of_o a_o prince_n be_v lawful_a and_o just_a with_o these_o and_o the_o like_a speech_n anax_n 〈…〉_z â—â—deed_o allay_v the_o king_n grief_n but_o 〈…〉_z corrupt_a his_o manner_n render_v he_o more_o dissolute_a and_o violent_a than_o he_o be_v before_o nor_o do_v he_o fail_v by_o these_o mean_n to_o insinuate_v himself_o into_o his_o favour_n and_o to_o make_v calisthenes_n his_o conversation_n which_o otherwise_o because_o of_o his_o austerity_n be_v not_o very_o acceptable_a more_o uneasy_a and_o disagreeable_a to_o he_o it_o happen_v that_o these_o two_o philosopher_n meet_v at_o a_o entertainment_n where_o the_o company_n discourse_v of_o the_o season_n of_o the_o year_n and_o the_o temperature_n of_o the_o air_n calisthenes_n join_v with_o their_o opinion_n who_o hold_v that_o those_o country_n be_v cold_a and_o the_o winter_n sharp_a there_o than_o in_o greece_n which_o anaxarchus_n will_v by_o no_o mean_n allow_v of_o but_o contradict_v with_o great_a obstinacy_n sure_o say_v calisthenes_n to_o he_o anaxarchus_n you_o must_v needs_o confess_v this_o country_n to_o be_v cold_a than_o greece_n for_o there_o you_o have_v but_o one_o threadbare_a cloak_n to_o keep_v out_o the_o cold_a winter_n and_o here_o you_o have_v three_o good_a warm_a mantle_n one_o over_o another_o this_o piece_n of_o raillery_n not_o only_o exceed_o exasperate_v anaxarchus_n but_o likewise_o pique_v the_o other_o pretender_n to_o learning_n and_o the_o crowd_n of_o flatterer_n who_o can_v not_o endure_v to_o see_v he_o so_o belove_v and_o follow_v by_o the_o youth_n and_o no_o less_o esteem_v by_o the_o ancient_a man_n for_o his_o good_a life_n his_o modesty_n gravity_n and_o be_v content_v with_o his_o condition_n all_o which_o confirm_v what_o he_o give_v out_o of_o his_o design_n in_o this_o voyage_n to_o alexander_n that_o it_o be_v only_o to_o get_v his_o countryman_n recall_v from_o banishment_n and_o to_o rebuild_a and_o repeople_n abdera_n where_o he_o be_v born_n beside_o the_o envy_n which_o his_o great_a reputation_n raise_v he_o also_o by_o his_o own_o deportment_n give_v those_o who_o wish_v he_o ill_o opportunity_n to_o do_v he_o mischief_n for_o when_o he_o be_v invite_v to_o public_a entertainment_n he_o will_v most-time_n refuse_v to_o come_v or_o if_o he_o be_v present_a at_o any_o he_o put_v a_o constraint_n upon_o the_o company_n by_o his_o moroseness_n and_o silence_n seem_v to_o disapprove_v of_o every_o thing_n they_o do_v or_o say_v which_o make_v alexander_n say_v this_o of_o he_o that_o vain_a pretence_n to_o wisdom_n i_o detest_v where_o a_o man_n be_v blind_a to_o his_o own_o interest_n be_v with_o many_o more_o invite_v to_o sup_v with_o the_o king_n he_o be_v command_v to_o make_v a_o oration_n extempore_o whilst_o they_o be_v drink_v in_o praise_n of_o the_o macedonian_n and_o he_o do_v it_o with_o such_o a_o torrent_n of_o eloquence_n that_o all_o who_o hear_v it_o exceed_o applaud_v he_o and_o throw_v their_o garland_n upon_o he_o only_a alexander_n tell_v he_o out_o of_o euripides_n i_o wonder_v not_o that_o you_o have_v speak_v so_o well_o it_o be_v easy_a on_o good_a subject_n to_o excel_v therefore_o say_v he_o if_o you_o will_v show_v the_o force_n of_o your_o eloquence_n tell_v my_o macedonian_n their_o fault_n and_o dispraise_v they_o that_o by_o hear_v their_o error_n they_o may_v learn_v to_o be_v better_o for_o the_o future_a callisthenes_n present_o obey_v he_o retract_v all_o he_o have_v say_v before_o and_o inveigh_v against_o the_o macedonian_n with_o great_a freedom_n add_v that_o philip_n thrive_v and_o grow_v powerful_a chief_o by_o the_o discord_n of_o the_o grecian_n apply_v this_o verse_n to_o he_o wherever_o feud_n and_o civil_a discord_n reign_v there_o the_o worst_a man_n most_o reputation_n gain_v which_o so_o disoblige_v the_o macedonian_n that_o he_o be_v odious_a to_o they_o ever_o after_o and_o alexander_n say_v that_o instead_o of_o his_o eloquence_n he_o have_v only_o make_v his_o ill-will_a appear_v in_o what_o he_o have_v speak_v hermippus_n assure_v we_o that_o one_o stroebus_n a_o servant_n who_o callisthenes_n keep_v to_o read_v to_o he_o give_v this_o account_n of_o these_o passage_n afterward_o to_o aristotle_n and_o that_o when_o he_o perceive_v the_o king_n grow_v more_o and_o more_o averse_a to_o he_o he_o mutter_v this_o verse_n out_o of_o homer_n two_o or_o three_o time_n to_o himself_o as_o he_o be_v go_v away_o death_n seize_v at_o last_o on_o great_a patroclus_n too_o though_o he_o in_o virtue_n far_o surmount_v you_o not_o without_o reason_n therefore_o do_v aristotle_n callisthenes_n give_v this_o character_n of_o calisthenes_n that_o he_o be_v indeed_o a_o excellent_a orator_n but_o have_v no_o judgement_n at_o all_o for_o though_o we_o grant_v it_o be_v resolute_o and_o philosophical_o do_v of_o he_o not_o to_o worship_v the_o king_n though_o by_o talk_v public_o against_o that_o which_o the_o best_a and_o grave_a of_o the_o macedonian_n only_o repine_v at_o in_o secret_a he_o put_v a_o stop_n to_o their_o base_a adoration_n and_o deliver_v the_o grecian_n and_o alexander_n himself_o from_o a_o great_a deal_n of_o infamy_n yet_o in_o the_o close_a he_o ruin_v himself_o by_o it_o because_o he_o go_v too_o rough_o to_o work_v as_o if_o he_o will_v have_v force_v the_o king_n to_o that_o which_o he_o shall_v have_v effect_v by_o reason_n and_o persuasion_n chare_n of_o mytilene_n write_v that_o at_o a_o banquet_n alexander_z he_o after_z he_o have_v drink_v reach_v the_o cup_n to_o one_o of_o his_o friend_n who_o receive_v it_o rose_z up_o towards_o the_o domestic_a altar_n and_o when_o he_o have_v drink_v first_o adore_v and_o then_o kiss_v alexander_n and_o afterward_o sit_v down_o at_o the_o table_n with_o the_o rest_n which_o they_o all_o do_v one_o after_o another_o till_o it_o come_v to_o calisthenes_n his_o turn_n who_o take_v the_o cup_n drink_v it_o off_o when_o the_o king_n who_o be_v engage_v in_o discourse_n with_o hephestion_n do_v not_o mind_v he_o and_o then_o offer_v to_o kiss_v he_o but_o demetrius_n surname_v pheidon_n interpose_v say_v sir_n by_o no_o mean_n let_v he_o kiss_v you_o for_o he_o only_o of_o we_o all_o have_v refuse_v to_o adore_v you_o upon_o which_o the_o king_n decline_v it_o and_o all_o the_o concern_v calisthenes_n show_v be_v that_o he_o say_v aloud_o then_o i_o go_v away_o with_o a_o kiss_n less_o than_o the_o rest_n the_o displeasure_n he_o incur_v by_o this_o action_n be_v improve_v by_o hephestion_n affirm_v that_o he_o have_v break_v his_o word_n to_o he_o in_o not_o pay_v the_o king_n the_o same_o veneration_n that_o other_o do_v as_o he_o have_v faithful_o promise_v to_o do_v and_o to_o finish_v his_o disgrace_n lysimachus_n and_o agnon_n add_v that_o this_o
at_o arms._n when_o the_o macedonian_n see_v he_o attend_v by_o these_o man_n and_o themselves_o exclude_v and_o shameful_o disgrace_v their_o high_a spirit_n fall_v and_o upon_o discourse_n with_o one_o another_o they_o find_v that_o jealousy_n and_o rage_n have_v almost_o distract_v they_o but_o at_o last_o come_v to_o themselves_o again_o they_o go_v without_o their_o arm_n almost_o naked_a cry_v and_o weep_v to_o offer_v themselves_o at_o his_o tent_n and_o desire_v he_o to_o deal_v with_o they_o as_o their_o baseness_n and_o ingratitude_n deserve_v however_o this_o will_v not_o prevail_v for_o though_o his_o anger_n be_v already_o something_o mollify_v yet_o he_o will_v not_o admit_v they_o into_o his_o presence_n nor_o will_v they_o stir_v from_o thence_o but_o continue_v two_o day_n and_o night_n before_o his_o tent_n bewail_v themselves_o and_o implore_v he_o submit_v their_o sovereign_a lord_n to_o have_v compassion_n on_o they_o but_o the_o three_o day_n he_o come_v out_o to_o they_o and_o see_v they_o very_o humble_a and_o penitent_a he_o weep_v himself_o a_o great_a while_n and_o after_o a_o gentle_a reproof_n speak_v kind_o to_o they_o and_o dismiss_v those_o who_o be_v unserviceable_a 〈…〉_z with_o magnificent_a reward_n and_o this_o recommendation_n to_o antipater_n that_o when_o they_o come_v into_o greece_n at_o all_o public_a show_n and_o in_o the_o theater_n they_o shall_v sit_v on_o the_o best_a and_o foremost_a seat_n crown_v with_o chaplet_n of_o flower_n and_o order_v the_o child_n of_o those_o who_o have_v lose_v their_o life_n in_o his_o service_n to_o have_v their_o father_n pay_v continue_v to_o they_o when_o he_o come_v to_o ecbatana_n in_o media_n and_o have_v dispatch_v his_o most_o urgent_a affair_n he_o fall_v to_o divert_v himself_o again_o with_o spectacle_n and_o public_a entertainment_n to_o carry_v on_o which_o he_o have_v a_o supply_n of_o 3000_o actor_n new_o 〈…〉_z arrive_v out_o of_o greece_n but_o they_o be_v soon_o interrupt_v by_o hephestion_n fall_v sick_a of_o a_o fever_n in_o which_o be_v a_o young_a man_n and_o a_o soldier_n too_o he_o can_v not_o confine_v himself_o to_o so_o exact_a a_o diet_n as_o be_v necessary_a for_o whilst_o his_o physician_n glaucus_n be_v go_v to_o the_o theatre_n he_o eat_v a_o boil_a cock_n for_o his_o dinner_n and_o drink_v a_o large_a draught_n of_o wine_n upon_o death_n which_o he_o grow_v worse_a and_o die_v in_o a_o few_o day_n at_o this_o misfortune_n alexander_n be_v so_o beyond_o all_o reason_n transport_v that_o to_o express_v his_o sorrow_n he_o present_o order_v the_o mane_n and_o tail_n of_o all_o his_o horse_n and_o mule_n to_o be_v cut_v and_o throw_v down_o the_o battlement_n of_o the_o neighbour_a city_n the_o poor_a physician_n he_o crucify_a and_o forbid_v play_v on_o the_o flute_n or_o any_o other_o musical_a instrument_n in_o the_o camp_n a_o great_a while_n till_o the_o oracle_n of_o jupiter_n ammon_n enjoin_v he_o to_o honour_n hephestion_n and_o sacrifice_n to_o he_o as_o to_o a_o horo_n then_o seek_v to_o alleviate_v his_o grief_n in_o war_n he_o set_v out_o as_o if_o he_o be_v to_o go_v a_o man-hunting_a for_o he_o fall_v upon_o the_o cussaean_n and_o put_v he_o the_o whole_a nation_n to_o the_o sword_n not_o spare_v so_o much_o as_o the_o child_n this_o be_v call_v a_o sacrifice_n to_o hephaestion_n ghost_n in_o his_o sepulchre_n and_o monument_n and_o the_o adorn_v of_o they_o he_o intend_v to_o bestow_v 10000_o talent_n and_o that_o the_o excellency_n of_o the_o artist_n and_o the_o curiosity_n of_o the_o workmanship_n may_v go_v beyond_o the_o expense_n itself_o he_o rather_o choose_v to_o employ_v stasicrates_n than_o any_o other_o because_o he_o always_o promise_v something_o very_o bold_a and_o lofty_a and_o magnificent_a in_o his_o design_n for_o in_o discourse_n before_o he_o have_v tell_v he_o that_o of_o all_o the_o mountain_n statue_n he_o know_v that_o of_o athos_n in_o thrace_n be_v the_o most_o capable_a of_o be_v contrive_v to_o represent_v the_o shape_n and_o lineament_n of_o a_o man._n that_o if_o he_o please_v to_o command_v he_o he_o will_v make_v it_o the_o noble_a and_o most_o durable_a statue_n in_o the_o world_n which_o in_o its_o left_a hand_n shall_v hold_v a_o city_n of_o 10000_o inhabitant_n and_o out_o of_o its_o right_n shall_v pour_v a_o copious_a river_n into_o the_o sea_n though_o alexander_n decline_v this_o project_n yet_o now_o he_o spend_v a_o great_a deal_n of_o time_n with_o workman_n to_o invent_v and_o contrive_v other_o far_a more_o absurd_a and_o expensive_a as_o he_o be_v upon_o his_o way_n to_o babylon_n nearchus_n babylon_n who_o have_v sail_v back_o out_o of_o the_o ocean_n by_o the_o mouth_n of_o the_o river_n euphrates_n come_v to_o tell_v he_o he_o have_v meet_v with_o some_o chaldaean_a diviner_n who_o warn_v he_o not_o to_o go_v thither_o but_o alexander_n slight_v this_o advertisement_n and_o go_v on_o and_o when_o he_o come_v near_o the_o wall_n of_o the_o place_n he_o see_v a_o great_a many_o crow_n fight_v with_o one_o another_o whereof_o some_o fall_v down_o just_a by_o he_o after_o this_o be_v private_o inform_v that_o apollodorus_n the_o governor_n of_o babylon_n have_v sacrifice_v to_o know_v what_o will_v become_v of_o he_o he_o send_v for_o pythagoras_n the_o soothsayer_n who_o not_o deny_v the_o thing_n he_o ask_v he_o in_o what_o condition_n he_o find_v the_o victim_n and_o when_o he_o tell_v he_o the_o liver_n be_v defective_a in_o its_o lobe_n a_o great_a presage_v indeed_o say_v alexander_n however_o he_o offer_v pythagoras_n no_o injury_n but_o be_v much_o trouble_v that_o he_o have_v neglect_v nearchus_n his_o advice_n and_o therefore_o stay_v a_o great_a while_n without_o the_o town_n removing_z his_o tent_n from_o place_n to_o place_n and_o sail_v up_o and_o down_o the_o eupharate_v beside_o this_o he_o be_v disturb_v by_o death_n many_o other_o prodigy_n a_o tame_a ass_n fall_v upon_o the_o big_a and_o handsome_a lion_n that_o he_o keep_v and_o kick_v he_o to_o death_n and_o one_o day_n undress_v himself_o to_o be_v anoint_v and_o to_o play_v at_o ball_n when_o he_o be_v put_v his_o clothes_n on_o again_o the_o young_a man_n who_o play_v with_o he_o perceive_v a_o man_n clad_v in_o the_o king_n robe_n with_o the_o diadem_n upon_o his_o head_n sit_v silent_o upon_o his_o throne_n they_o ask_v he_o who_o he_o be_v to_o which_o he_o give_v no_o answer_n a_o good_a while_n till_o at_o last_o with_o much_o ado_n come_v to_o himself_o he_o tell_v they_o his_o name_n be_v dyonisius_n that_o he_o be_v of_o messenia_n that_o for_o some_o crime_n whereof_o he_o be_v accuse_v he_o be_v bring_v thither_o from_o the_o seaside_n and_o have_v be_v keep_v long_o in_o prison_n that_o serapis_n appear_v to_o he_o have_v free_v he_o from_o his_o chain_n conduct_v he_o to_o that_o place_n and_o command_v he_o to_o put_v on_o the_o king_n robe_n and_o diadem_n and_o to_o sit_v where_o they_o find_v he_o and_o to_o say_v nothing_o alexander_n when_o he_o hear_v this_o by_o the_o direction_n of_o his_o soothsayer_n put_v the_o fellow_n to_o death_n but_o from_o thenceforth_o despond_v and_o grow_v diffident_a of_o the_o protection_n and_o assistance_n of_o the_o go_n god_n and_o beside_o very_o suspicious_a of_o his_o friend_n his_o great_a apprehension_n be_v of_o antipater_n and_o his_o son_n one_o of_o who_o jollas_n be_v his_o chief_a cupbearer_n the_o other_o name_v cassander_n be_v new_o arrive_v out_o of_o greèce_fw-fr and_o be_v breed_v up_o in_o the_o freedom_n of_o his_o country_n the_o first_o time_n he_o see_v some_o of_o the_o barbarian_n adore_v the_o king_n can_v not_o forbear_v laugh_v at_o it_o aloud_o which_o so_o incense_v alexander_n that_o he_o take_v he_o by_o the_o hair_n with_o both_o hand_n and_o violent_o knock_v his_o head_n against_o the_o wall_n another_o time_n cassander_n will_v have_v say_v something_o in_o defence_n of_o antipater_n to_o those_o who_o accuse_v he_o but_o alexander_n interrupt_v he_o what_o be_v it_o you_o say_v do_v you_o think_v people_n if_o they_o have_v receive_v no_o injury_n will_v come_v such_o a_o journey_n only_o to_o calumniate_v your_o father_n to_o which_o when_o cassander_n reply_v that_o this_o very_a thing_n cassander_n be_v a_o great_a evidence_n of_o their_o calumny_n alexander_n smile_v and_o say_v those_o be_v some_o of_o aristotle_n sophism_n which_o will_v serve_v equal_o on_o both_o side_n and_o add_v that_o both_o he_o and_o his_o father_n shall_v be_v severe_o punish_v if_o they_o be_v find_v guilty_a of_o the_o least_o injustice_n towards_o those_o who_o complain_v which_o upon_o the_o whole_a make_v such_o a_o deep_a impression_n of_o fear_n in_o cassander_n mind_n that_o long_o after_o when_o he_o be_v king_n of_o macedonia_n and_o
be_v search_v those_o part_n in_o order_n to_o apprehend_v such_o as_o have_v abscond_v caesar_n by_o a_o bribe_n of_o two_o talent_n prevail_v with_o cornelius_n their_o captain_n to_o let_v he_o go_v and_o be_v no_o soon_o dismiss_v but_o he_o put_v to_o sea_n and_o make_v for_o bythinia_n after_o a_o short_a stay_n there_o with_o nicomedes_n the_o king_n in_o his_o passage_n back_o he_o be_v take_v near_o the_o island_n pharmacusa_n by_o some_o pirate_n who_o at_o that_o time_n with_o some_o great_a ship_n and_o a_o vast_a number_n of_o small_a vessel_n infest_a those_o sea_n when_o at_o first_o they_o demand_v of_o he_o 20_o talent_n for_o his_o ransom_n he_o smile_v at_o they_o as_o not_o understand_v the_o value_n of_o their_o prisoner_n and_o voluntary_o engage_v to_o give_v they_o 50._o he_o present_o dispatch_v those_o about_o he_o to_o several_a place_n to_o raise_v the_o money_n till_o at_o last_o he_o be_v leave_v among_o those_o bloody_a villain_n the_o cilician_o only_o with_o one_o friend_n and_o two_o attendant_n yet_o he_o make_v so_o little_a of_o they_o that_o when_o he_o have_v a_o mind_n to_o sleep_v he_o will_v send_v to_o they_o and_o command_v silence_n for_o 38_o day_n with_o all_o the_o freedom_n in_o the_o world_n he_o use_v exercise_n and_o game_v among_o they_o as_o if_o they_o have_v not_o be_v his_o keeper_n but_o his_o guard_n he_o write_v verse_n and_o speech_n and_o make_v they_o his_o auditor_n and_o those_o who_o do_v not_o admire_v they_o he_o call_v to_o their_o face_n illiterate_a and_o barbarous_a and_o will_v often_o in_o raillery_n threaten_v to_o hang_v '_o they_o they_o be_v mighty_o take_v with_o this_o and_o attribute_v his_o free_a way_n of_o talk_v to_o a_o kind_n of_o simplicity_n and_o juvenile_a humour_n as_o soon_o as_o his_o ransom_n be_v come_v from_o miletus_n he_o pay_v it_o and_o be_v discharge_v soon_o after_o which_o he_o man_v some_o ship_n at_o the_o milesian_n port_n and_o go_v in_o pursuit_n of_o the_o pirate_n who_o he_o surprise_v as_o they_o be_v yet_o at_o a_o anchor_n and_o take_v most_o of_o they_o their_o money_n he_o make_v prize_n and_o the_o man_n he_o secure_v in_o prison_n at_o pergamus_n and_o present_o apply_v himself_o to_o junius_n who_o be_v then_o governor_n of_o asia_n to_o who_o office_n it_o belong_v as_o praetor_n to_o determine_v their_o punishment_n junius_n have_v his_o eye_n upon_o the_o money_n for_o the_o sum_n be_v considerable_a say_v he_o will_v think_v at_o his_o leisure_n what_o to_o do_v with_o the_o prisoner_n upon_o which_o caesar_n take_v his_o leave_n of_o he_o and_o go_v for_o pergamus_n where_o he_o order_v the_o pirate_n to_o be_v bring_v forth_o and_o crucify_a the_o punishment_n he_o have_v often_o threaten_v they_o with_o whilst_o he_o be_v in_o their_o hand_n and_o they_o little_o dream_v he_o be_v in_o earnest_n in_o the_o mean_a time_n sylla_n power_n decline_v and_o caesar_n friend_n advise_v he_o to_o return_v to_o rome_n but_o he_o go_v off_o to_o rhodes_n and_o enter_v himself_o in_o the_o school_n of_o apollonius_n molon_n son_n a_o famous_a rhetorician_n one_o who_o have_v the_o reputation_n of_o a_o well-tempered_a man_n and_o have_v cicero_n at_o that_o time_n for_o his_o auditor_n caesar_n be_v by_o nature_n excellent_o frame_v for_o a_o perfect_a statesman_n and_o orator_n and_o take_v such_o pain_n to_o improve_v his_o genius_n this_o way_n that_o without_o dispute_n he_o may_v challenge_v the_o second_o place_n among_o man_n of_o that_o character_n more_o he_o do_v not_o aim_v at_o as_o choose_v to_o be_v first_o rather_o among_o man_n of_o arm_n and_o power_n and_o therefore_o never_o rise_v up_o to_o that_o pitch_n of_o eloquence_n to_o which_o nature_n will_v have_v carry_v he_o be_v divert_v by_o those_o expedition_n and_o design_n which_o at_o length_n gain_v he_o the_o empire_n and_o he_o himself_o in_o his_o answer_n to_o cicero_n panegyric_n on_o cato_n desire_v his_o reader_n not_o to_o compare_v the_o plain_a discourse_n of_o a_o soldier_n with_o the_o harangue_n of_o a_o orator_n who_o have_v not_o only_o fine_a part_n but_o have_v employ_v his_o whole_a life_n in_o this_o one_o study_n when_o he_o be_v return_v to_o rome_n he_o accuse_v dolabella_n of_o maladministration_n and_o many_o city_n of_o greece_n come_v in_o to_o attest_v it_o dolabella_z be_v acquit_v and_o caesar_n in_o return_n of_o the_o favour_n he_o have_v receive_v from_o the_o grecian_n assist_v they_o in_o their_o prosecution_n of_o p._n antonius_n for_o bribery_n before_o m._n lucullus_n praetor_n of_o macedonia_n in_o this_o cause_n he_o prevail_v so_o far_o that_o antonius_n be_v force_v to_o appeal_v to_o the_o tribune_n at_o rome_n allege_v that_o in_o greece_n he_o can_v not_o have_v fair_a play_n against_o grecian_n in_o his_o plead_n at_o rome_n he_o appear_v with_o all_o the_o grace_n of_o a_o orator_n and_o gain_v much_o upon_o the_o affection_n of_o the_o people_n by_o the_o easiness_n of_o his_o address_n and_o conversation_n in_o which_o he_o be_v accomplish_v beyond_o what_o can_v be_v expect_v from_o his_o age._n his_o interest_n grow_v still_o insensible_o great_a by_o the_o open_a house_n he_o keep_v and_o the_o magnificence_n of_o his_o entertainment_n his_o enemy_n slight_v the_o growth_n of_o it_o at_o first_o in_o expectation_n it_o will_v soon_o fail_v when_o his_o money_n be_v go_v whilst_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n it_o be_v firm_o settle_v among_o the_o common_a people_n when_o his_o power_n at_o last_o be_v fix_v and_o not_o to_o be_v control_v and_o now_o open_o tend_v to_o the_o alter_n of_o the_o whole_a constitution_n they_o be_v aware_a too_o late_o that_o there_o be_v no_o beginning_n so_o mean_a which_o continue_v application_n will_v not_o make_v considerable_a and_o that_o small_a danger_n by_o be_v despise_v at_o first_o become_v at_o last_o irresistible_a cicero_n be_v the_o first_o who_o have_v any_o suspicion_n of_o his_o design_n upon_o the_o government_n and_o as_o a_o good_a pilot_n be_v apprehensive_a of_o a_o storm_n when_o the_o sea_n be_v calm_a see_v the_o design_v temper_n of_o the_o man_n through_o this_o disguise_n of_o good_a humour_n and_o affability_n and_o say_v upon_o it_o in_o all_o his_o other_o action_n and_o intrigue_n i_o plain_o discover_v the_o air_n of_o a_o tyrant_n but_o when_o i_o see_v his_o hair_n lie_v in_o so_o exact_a order_n and_o he_o so_o often_o adjust_v it_o i_o can_v imagine_v it_o shall_v enter_v into_o such_o a_o man_n thought_n to_o subvert_v the_o roman_a state_n but_o of_o this_o more_o hereafter_o the_o first_o proof_n he_o have_v of_o the_o people_n good_a will_n to_o he_o be_v when_o he_o carry_v a_o tribuneship_n in_o the_o army_n against_o c._n popilius_n a_o second_o and_o clear_a instance_n of_o their_o favour_n appear_v upon_o his_o make_v a_o excellent_a oration_n in_o praise_n of_o his_o aunt_n julia_n wife_n to_o marius_n public_o in_o the_o forum_n at_o who_o funeral_n he_o be_v so_o bold_a as_o to_o bring_v forth_o the_o image_n of_o marius_n which_o no_o body_n dare_v produce_v since_o the_o government_n come_v into_o sylla_n hand_n marius_n party_n have_v from_o that_o time_n be_v declare_v enemy_n to_o the_o state_n for_o when_o some_o upon_o this_o occasion_n exclaim_v against_o caesar_n the_o people_n on_o the_o other_o side_n be_v take_v with_o the_o action_n and_o receive_v it_o with_o very_o great_a applause_n admire_v he_o for_o have_v revive_v in_o the_o city_n those_o honour_n of_o marius_n which_o for_o so_o long_a time_n have_v be_v bury_v it_o have_v always_o be_v the_o custom_n at_o rome_n to_o make_v funeral_n oration_n in_o praise_n of_o ancient_a matron_n but_o there_o be_v no_o precedent_n of_o any_o upon_o young_a woman_n till_o caesar_n first_o make_v one_o upon_o the_o death_n of_o his_o own_o wife_n this_o also_o procure_v he_o favour_n and_o by_o this_o show_n of_o affection_n he_o get_v the_o heart_n of_o the_o people_n who_o look_v upon_o he_o as_o a_o man_n of_o great_a tenderness_n and_o extraordinary_a good_a nature_n when_o he_o have_v bury_v his_o wife_n he_o go_v quaestor_n into_o spain_n under_o one_o votus_fw-la who_o be_v praetor_n who_o he_o honour_v ever_o after_o and_o make_v his_o son_n quaestor_n when_o he_o himself_o come_v to_o be_v praetor_n when_o he_o be_v out_o of_o that_o office_n he_o marry_v pompeja_n his_o three_o wife_n have_v then_o a_o daughter_n by_o cornelia_n his_o first_o wife_n who_o he_o afterward_o match_v to_o pompey_n the_o great_a he_o be_v so_o profuse_a in_o his_o expense_n that_o before_o he_o have_v any_o public_a employment_n he_o be_v in_o debt_n 1300_o talent_n some_o thought_n that_o by_o be_v at_o so_o great_a a_o charge_n to_o be_v
but_o retreat_v after_o he_o have_v shut_v up_o the_o enemy_n within_o their_o camp_n caesar_n upon_o his_o return_n say_v to_o his_o friend_n the_o victory_n to_o day_n have_v be_v on_o our_o enemy_n side_n if_o they_o have_v have_v a_o general_n which_o know_v how_o to_o conquer_v when_o he_o be_v retire_v into_o his_o tent_n he_o lay_v himself_o down_o to_o sleep_v but_o spend_v that_o night_n the_o most_o melancholy_a that_o he_o ever_o do_v any_o be_v perplex_v in_o his_o thought_n for_o his_o ill_a conduct_n in_o this_o war_n for_o when_o he_o have_v a_o large_a country_n before_o he_o and_o all_o the_o wealthy_a city_n of_o macedonia_n and_o thessaly_n he_o have_v neglect_v to_o carry_v the_o war_n thither_o and_o have_v sit_v down_o by_o the_o seaside_n whilst_o his_o enemy_n have_v such_o a_o powerful_a fleet_n so_o that_o he_o seem_v rather_o to_o be_v besiege_v with_o want_n of_o necessary_n then_o to_o besiege_v other_o with_o his_o arms._n be_v thus_o distract_v in_o his_o thought_n with_o the_o view_n of_o the_o ill_a posture_n he_o stand_v in_o he_o raise_v his_o camp_n with_o a_o design_n to_o advance_v towards_o scipio_n who_o lie_v in_o macedonia_n for_o he_o hope_v either_o to_o draw_v pompey_n where_o he_o shall_v fight_v without_o the_o advantage_n he_o now_o have_v of_o supply_n from_o the_o sea_n or_o overpower_v scipio_n if_o not_o assist_v this_o animate_v pompey_n army_n and_o officer_n so_o far_o that_o they_o be_v for_o pursue_v caesar_n as_o one_o that_o be_v worsted_n and_o fly_v but_o pompey_n be_v afraid_a to_o hazard_v a_o battle_n on_o which_o so_o much_o depend_v and_o be_v himself_o provide_v with_o all_o necessary_n for_o a_o considerable_a time_n think_v to_o tire_v out_o and_o waste_v the_o vigour_n of_o caesar_n army_n which_o can_v not_o last_v long_o for_o the_o best_a part_n of_o his_o man_n though_o they_o have_v much_o experience_n and_o show_v a_o irresistible_a courage_n in_o all_o engagement_n yet_o by_o their_o frequent_a march_n change_v their_o camp_n assault_v of_o town_n and_o long_a watch_n be_v so_o break_v and_o so_o much_o exhaust_v with_o age_n that_o their_o body_n be_v unfit_a for_o labour_n and_o their_o courage_n cool_v by_o their_o year_n beside_o it_o be_v say_v that_o a_o pestilential_a disease_n occasion_v by_o their_o irregular_a diet_n rage_v in_o caesar_n army_n and_o what_o be_v of_o great_a moment_n he_o be_v neither_o furnish_v with_o money_n nor_o provision_n so_o that_o in_o a_o little_a time_n he_o must_v needs_o fall_v of_o himself_o for_o these_o reason_n pompey_n have_v no_o mind_n to_o fight_v he_o and_o be_v thank_v for_o it_o by_o none_o but_o cato_n who_o be_v please_v with_o it_o out_o of_o his_o zeal_n to_o preserve_v his_o fellow-citizen_n for_o when_o he_o see_v the_o dead_a body_n of_o those_o which_o have_v fall_v in_o the_o last_o battle_n on_o caesar_n side_n to_o the_o number_n of_o a_o thousand_o he_o go_v away_o cover_v his_o face_n and_o weep_v the_o rest_n reproach_v pompey_n for_o decline_v to_o fight_v and_o call_v he_o agamemnon_n and_o the_o king_n of_o king_n as_o one_o that_o have_v no_o mind_n to_o lay_v down_o his_o sovereign_a authority_n but_o be_v please_v to_o see_v so_o many_o great_a commander_n attend_v on_o he_o and_o pay_v their_o â—â—â—endance_n at_o his_o tent._n favonius_n who_o affect_v cato_n free_a way_n of_o speak_v his_o mind_n complain_v bitter_o that_o they_o shall_v eat_v no_o fig_n that_o year_n at_o tusculum_n by_o reason_n of_o pompey_n ambition_n to_o be_v monarch_n afranius_n who_o be_v late_o return_v out_o of_o spain_n and_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o ill_a campagne_n he_o have_v make_v be_v suspect_v by_o pompey_n to_o have_v betray_v the_o army_n for_o money_n ask_v he_o why_o he_o do_v not_o fight_v that_o merchant_n who_o have_v make_v such_o purchase_n pompey_n be_v compel_v by_o this_o kind_n of_o language_n to_o give_v caesar_n battle_n though_o against_o his_o own_o sentiment_n and_o in_o order_n to_o it_o pursue_v he_o caesar_n have_v find_v great_a difficulty_n in_o his_o march_n for_o no_o country_n will_v supply_v he_o with_o provision_n his_o reputation_n be_v very_o much_o sink_v since_o his_o last_o defeat_n but_o when_o he_o come_v to_o gomphi_n a_o town_n of_o thessaly_n he_o not_o only_o find_v provision_n for_o his_o army_n but_o physic_n too_o for_o there_o they_o meet_v with_o plenty_n of_o wine_n which_o they_o take_v off_o very_o free_o heat_v with_o this_o and_o fire_v with_o the_o god_n they_o jolly_o dance_v along_o and_o so_o shake_v off_o their_o disease_n and_o change_v their_o whole_a constitution_n when_o the_o two_o army_n be_v come_v into_o pharsalia_n and_o both_o encamp_v there_o pompey_n thought_n run_v the_o same_o way_n as_o they_o have_v do_v before_o against_o fight_v and_o the_o more_o because_o of_o some_o unlucky_a presage_n and_o a_o odd_a vision_n he_o have_v in_o a_o dream_n yet_o some_o who_o be_v about_o he_o be_v so_o confident_a of_o success_n that_o domitius_n spinther_n and_o scipio_n as_o if_o they_o have_v already_o conquer_v quarrel_v which_o shall_v succeed_v caesar_n in_o the_o pontificate_n and_o many_o send_v to_o rome_n to_o take_v house_n fit_a to_o accommodate_v consul_n and_o praetor_n as_o be_v sure_a of_o enter_v upon_o those_o office_n as_o soon_o as_o the_o battle_n be_v over_o the_o cavalry_n especial_o be_v eager_a to_o fight_v as_o be_v well_o arm_v and_o brave_o mount_v and_o value_v themselves_o upon_o the_o clean_a shape_n of_o their_o horse_n and_o the_o advantage_n of_o their_o number_n for_o they_o be_v 5000_o against_o 1000_o of_o caesar_n nor_o be_v their_o infantry_n better_o match_v there_o be_v 45000_o of_o pompey_n against_o 22000_o of_o the_o enemy_n caesar_n draw_v up_o his_o soldier_n and_o tell_v they_o that_o cornificius_n be_v come_v up_o to_o they_o with_o two_o legion_n and_o that_o 15_o company_n more_o under_o calenuâ—_n be_v post_v at_o megara_n and_o athens_n he_o ask_v they_o whether_o they_o will_v stay_v till_o these_o join_v they_o or_o will_v hazard_v the_o baâ—â—le_n by_o themselves_o they_o all_o cry_v ouâ—_n against_o delay_v and_o be_v eager_a to_o engage_v as_o soon_o as_o possible_a when_o he_o sacrifice_v to_o the_o god_n for_o the_o lustration_n of_o his_o army_n upon_o the_o death_n of_o the_o first_o victim_n the_o augur_n tell_v he_o within_z 3_o day_n he_o shall_v come_v to_o a_o decisive_a action_n caesar_n ask_v he_o whether_o he_o see_v any_o thing_n in_o the_o entrail_n which_o promise_v a_o happy_a event_n that_o say_v the_o priest_n you_o can_v best_o answer_v yourself_o for_o the_o god_n signify_v a_o great_a alteration_n from_o the_o present_a posture_n of_o affair_n if_o therefore_o you_o think_v yourself_o happy_a now_o expect_v worse_a fortune_n if_o unhappy_a hope_v for_o better_a the_o night_n before_o the_o battle_n as_o he_o walk_v the_o round_n about_o midnight_n he_o see_v a_o light_n in_o the_o heaven_n very_o bright_a and_o flame_a which_o seem_v to_o pass_v over_o caesar_n camp_n and_o fall_v into_o pompey_n and_o when_o caesar_n soldier_n come_v to_o relieve_v the_o watch_n in_o the_o morning_n they_o perceive_v a_o panic_n fear_v among_o the_o enemy_n however_o he_o do_v not_o expect_v to_o fight_v that_o day_n but_o decamp_v as_o if_o he_o design_v to_o march_v towards_o scotusa_n but_o when_o the_o tent_n be_v take_v down_o his_o scout_n ride_v up_o to_o he_o and_o tell_v he_o the_o enemy_n will_v give_v he_o battle_n with_o this_o he_o be_v very_o much_o please_v and_o have_v perform_v his_o devotion_n to_o the_o god_n set_v his_o army_n in_o battalion_n divide_v they_o into_o 3_o body_n over_o the_o middlemost_a he_o place_v domitius-calvinus_n antony_n command_v the_o left_a wing_n and_o he_o himself_o the_o right_n be_v resolve_v to_o fight_v at_o the_o head_n of_o the_o 10_o legion_n but_o when_o he_o see_v the_o enemy_n cavalry_n plant_v against_o he_o be_v strike_v with_o their_o bravery_n and_o their_o number_n he_o give_v private_a order_n that_o six_o company_n from_o the_o rear_n of_o the_o army_n shall_v advance_v up_o to_o he_o who_o he_o post_v behind_o the_o right_a wing_n and_o instruct_v they_o what_o they_o shall_v do_v when_o the_o enemy_n horse_n come_v to_o charge_n on_o the_o other_o side_n pompey_z command_v the_o right_a wing_n domitius_n the_o left_a and_o scipio_n pompey_n father-in-law_n the_o main_a body_n the_o whole_a weight_n of_o the_o cavalry_n be_v in_o the_o left_a wing_n who_o design_v to_o attack_v the_o right_a wing_n of_o the_o enemy_n and_o press_v that_o part_n most_o which_o the_o general_n himself_o command_v for_o they_o think_v no_o body_n of_o foot_n can_v be_v so_o deep_a as_o to_o bear_v such_o a_o
engagement_n where_o the_o enemy_n have_v again_o the_o better_a caesar_n take_v a_o ensign_n who_o be_v run_v away_o by_o the_o neck_n and_o force_v he_o to_o face_n about_o say_v look_v that_o way_n be_v the_o enemy_n scipio_n flush_v with_o this_o success_n at_o first_o have_v a_o mind_n to_o come_v to_o one_o decisive_a action_n wherefore_o he_o leave_v afranius_n and_o juba_n in_o two_o distinct_a body_n not_o far_o distant_a and_o march_v himself_o towards_o thapsacus_n where_o he_o build_v a_o fort_n which_o may_v serve_v for_o a_o security_n to_o they_o and_o a_o retreat_n to_o himself_o whilst_o scipio_n be_v take_v up_o with_o this_o matter_n caesar_n with_o a_o incredible_a dispatch_n make_v his_o way_n through_o thick_a wood_n and_o a_o unpassable_a country_n surround_v one_o party_n of_o the_o enemy_n and_o charge_v the_o other_o other_o in_o the_o front_n when_o he_o have_v defeat_v these_o he_o improve_v this_o opportunity_n and_o the_o course_n of_o his_o good_a fortune_n so_o far_o that_o in_o one_o moment_n he_o take_v afranius_n camp_n and_o destroy_v that_o of_o the_o numidian_n juba_n their_o king_n be_v glad_a to_o save_v himself_o by_o flight_n so_o that_o in_o a_o small_a part_n of_o a_o day_n he_o make_v himself_o master_n of_o three_o camp_n and_o kill_v 50000_o of_o the_o enemy_n with_o the_o loss_n only_o of_o 50_o men._n this_o be_v the_o account_n some_o give_v of_o that_o fight_n other_o say_v he_o be_v not_o in_o the_o action_n but_o that_o he_o be_v take_v with_o his_o usual_a distemper_n just_a as_o he_o be_v set_v his_o army_n in_o battalion_n he_o perceive_v the_o approach_n of_o it_o before_o it_o have_v too_o far_o disorder_v his_o sense_n and_o as_o soon_o as_o he_o begin_v to_o shake_v take_v care_n to_o be_v remove_v into_o a_o neighbour_a fort_n where_o he_o repose_v himself_o of_o the_o great_a man_n that_o be_v take_v after_o the_o fight_n some_o caesar_n put_v to_o death_n other_o prevent_v he_o by_o kill_v themselves_o cato_n have_v undertake_v to_o defend_v utica_n and_o for_o that_o reason_n be_v not_o in_o the_o battle_n the_o desire_n which_o caesar_n have_v to_o take_v he_o alive_a make_v he_o hasten_v thither_o upon_o notice_n that_o he_o have_v dispatch_v himself_o it_o be_v certain_a caesar_n be_v much_o discompose_v but_o for_o what_o reason_n be_v not_o so_o well_o agree_v yet_o this_o he_o say_v cato_n i_o envy_v thou_o thy_o death_n because_o thou_o envy_v i_o the_o honour_n of_o save_v thy_o life_n yet_o after_o all_o this_o the_o discourse_n he_o write_v against_o cato_n after_o his_o death_n be_v no_o great_a sign_n of_o his_o kindness_n or_o that_o he_o be_v thorough_o reconcile_v to_o he_o for_o how_o be_v it_o probable_a that_o he_o will_v have_v be_v tender_a of_o his_o life_n who_o be_v so_o bitter_a against_o his_o memory_n yet_o from_o his_o clemency_n to_o cicero_n brutus_n and_o many_o other_o who_o fight_v against_o he_o some_o have_v guess_v that_o caesar_n book_n be_v not_o compose_v so_o much_o out_o of_o heart_a to_o cato_n as_o in_o his_o own_o vindication_n cicero_n it_o seem_v have_v write_v a_o encomium_n upon_o cato_n and_o call_v it_o by_o his_o name_n a_o discourse_n write_v by_o so_o great_a a_o master_n upon_o so_o excellent_a a_o subject_n be_v sure_a to_o be_v in_o every_o one_o hand_n this_o touch_v caesar_n who_o look_v upon_o a_o panegyric_n on_o his_o enemy_n as_o no_o better_a than_o a_o satyr_n against_o himself_o and_o therefore_o he_o make_v in_o his_o anti-cato_n a_o full_a collection_n of_o whatever_o can_v be_v say_v in_o that_o great_a man_n derogation_n those_o discourse_n have_v each_o of_o they_o their_o several_a admirer_n as_o man_n be_v different_o incline_v to_o the_o party_n caesar_n upon_o his_o return_n to_o rome_n do_v not_o forget_v to_o entertain_v the_o people_n with_o a_o large_a account_n of_o his_o victory_n tell_v they_o that_o he_o have_v subdue_v a_o country_n which_o will_v supply_v the_o public_a every_o year_n with_o 200000_o bushel_n of_o corn_n and_o 3000000_o weight_n of_o oil_n he_o be_v allow_v three_o triumph_n for_o egypt_n pontus_n and_o afrric_n the_o last_o not_o for_o the_o conquest_n of_o scipio_n but_o juba_n who_o little_a son_n be_v then_o lead_v in_o triumph_n the_o happy_a captive_n that_o ever_o be_v who_o of_o a_o barbarous_a numidian_a come_v by_o this_o mean_n to_o be_v reckon_v among_o the_o most_o learned_a historian_n of_o all_o greece_n after_o these_o triumph_n he_o distribute_v reward_n to_o his_o soldier_n and_o treat_v the_o people_n with_o feast_v and_o show_v at_o one_o feast_n he_o have_v 22000_o table_n and_o entertain_v the_o people_n with_o gladiator_n and_o sea-fights_a in_o honour_n to_o his_o daughter_n julia_n long_o since_o dead_a when_o those_o show_n be_v over_o a_o account_n be_v take_v of_o the_o people_n who_o from_o 320000_o be_v now_o reduce_v 150000._o so_o great_a a_o waste_n have_v the_o civil_a war_n make_v in_o rome_n alone_o not_o to_o mention_v what_o the_o other_o part_n of_o italy_n and_o the_o province_n suffer_v he_o be_v now_o choose_v a_o four_o time_n consul_n and_o go_v into_o spain_n against_o pompey_n son_n they_o be_v but_o young_a yet_o have_v get_v together_o a_o great_a army_n and_o show_v they_o have_v courage_n and_o conduct_n to_o command_v it_o so_o that_o caesar_n be_v in_o extreme_a danger_n the_o great_a battle_n be_v near_o munda_n in_o which_o caesar_n see_v his_o man_n hard_o press_v and_o make_v but_o a_o weak_a resistance_n run_v through_o the_o rank_n among_o the_o soldier_n and_o cry_v out_o ask_v they_o whether_o they_o be_v not_o ashamed_a to_o deliver_v he_o into_o the_o hand_n of_o boy_n at_o last_o with_o great_a difficulty_n and_o the_o best_a effort_n he_o can_v make_v he_o force_v back_o the_o enemy_n kill_v 30000_o of_o they_o though_o with_o the_o loss_n of_o 1000_o of_o his_o best_a men._n when_o he_o come_v back_o from_o the_o fight_n he_o tell_v his_o friend_n that_o he_o have_v often_o fight_v for_o victory_n but_o this_o be_v the_o first_o time_n he_o have_v ever_o fight_v for_o life_n this_o battle_n be_v win_v on_o the_o feast_n of_o the_o bacchanal_n the_o very_a day_n in_o which_o pompey_n four_o year_n before_o have_v set_v out_o for_o the_o war._n the_o young_a of_o pompey_n son_n escape_v and_o didius_n some_o day_n after_o the_o fight_n bring_v the_o elder_n be_v head_n to_o caesar_n this_o be_v the_o last_o battle_n he_o be_v engage_v in_o the_o triumph_n he_o make_v for_o this_o victory_n displease_v the_o roman_n beyond_o any_o thing_n for_o he_o have_v not_o defeat_v foreign_a general_n and_o barbarous_a king_n but_o have_v ruin_v the_o child_n and_o family_n of_o one_o of_o the_o great_a man_n of_o rome_n though_o unfortunate_a and_o it_o do_v not_o look_v well_o to_o triumph_v over_o the_o calamity_n of_o his_o country_n and_o to_o rejoice_v in_o those_o thing_n for_o which_o no_o better_a apology_n can_v be_v make_v to_o the_o god_n and_o man_n than_o their_o be_v absolute_o necessary_a beside_o that_o hitherto_o he_o have_v never_o send_v letter_n or_o express_v of_o any_o victory_n over_o his_o fellow-citizen_n but_o have_v seem_v rather_o to_o be_v ashamed_a of_o the_o action_n then_o to_o expect_v honour_n from_o it_o for_o all_o this_o the_o roman_n take_v the_o same_o side_n with_o fortune_n give_v the_o rein_n into_o his_o hand_n and_o hope_v that_o the_o government_n of_o a_o single_a person_n will_v give_v they_o time_n to_o breathe_v after_o so_o many_o civil_a war_n and_o calamity_n make_v he_o dictator_n for_o life_n this_o be_v a_o downright_a tyranny_n for_o his_o power_n now_o be_v not_o only_o absolute_a but_o perpetual_a too_o cicero_n propose_v to_o the_o senate_n to_o confer_v such_o honour_n upon_o he_o as_o be_v indeed_o in_o some_o measure_n within_o the_o bound_n of_o modesty_n other_o strive_v which_o shall_v deserve_v most_o carry_v they_o so_o excessive_o high_a that_o they_o make_v caesar_n odious_a to_o the_o most_o indifferent_a and_o moderate_a sort_n of_o man_n by_o the_o haughtiness_n and_o extravagance_n of_o those_o title_n which_o they_o decree_v he_o his_o enemy_n be_v think_v to_o have_v have_v some_o share_n in_o this_o as_o well_o as_o his_o flatterer_n it_o give_v they_o more_o advantage_n against_o he_o and_o lay_v he_o more_o open_a to_o their_o calumny_n for_o since_o the_o civil_a war_n be_v end_v he_o have_v nothing_o else_o that_o he_o can_v be_v charge_v with_o and_o they_o have_v good_a reason_n to_o decree_v a_o temple_n to_o clemency_n in_o token_n of_o their_o thanks_o for_o this_o mild_a use_n he_o make_v of_o this_o victory_n for_o he_o not_o only_o pardon_v many_o of_o those_o who_o fight_v against_o he_o but_o far_a
to_o which_o he_o reply_v furious_o forbear_v to_o belie_v i_o before_o the_o king_n the_o king_n start_v up_o be_v about_o to_o have_v dart_v he_o through_o with_o his_o javelin_n but_o polyperchon_n interpose_v and_o hinder_v he_o so_o the_o assembly_n be_v dissolve_v photion_n then_o and_o those_o about_o he_o be_v put_v into_o custody_n but_o those_o of_o his_o friend_n that_o be_v at_o some_o distance_n observe_v this_o hide_v their_o face_n endeavour_v to_o save_v themselves_o by_o flight_n but_o clitus_n perceive_v they_o and_o bring_v they_o back_o to_o athens_n pretend_o to_o purge_v themselves_o but_o in_o truth_n as_o man_n already_o sentence_v to_o die_v the_o manner_n of_o convey_v they_o be_v indeed_o extreme_a move_n they_o be_v carry_v in_o chariot_n through_o ceramicum_n straight_o to_o the_o place_n of_o judicature_n where_o clitus_n secure_v they_o till_o they_o have_v call_v a_o hall_n which_o be_v open_a to_o all_o comer_n neither_o foreigner_n nor_o slave_n nor_o any_o of_o the_o rascality_n be_v refuse_v admittance_n but_o be_v free_a to_o all_o man_n woman_n and_o child_n be_v allow_v to_o seat_n themselves_o in_o the_o court_n and_o even_o upon_o the_o bench_n where_o have_v read_v the_o king_n letter_n wherein_o he_o declare_v he_o be_v abundant_o satisfy_v that_o these_o man_n be_v traitor_n however_o they_o be_v a_o free_a city_n he_o willing_o indulge_v they_o the_o grace_n of_o try_v and_o judge_v they_o according_a to_o their_o own_o law_n clitus_n bring_v in_o his_o prisoner_n the_o man_n of_o high_a quality_n blush_v at_o the_o sight_n of_o photion_n and_o hang_v down_o their_o head_n can_v not_o forbear_v tear_n one_o of_o they_o be_v so_o hardy_a to_o say_v since_o the_o king_n be_v so_o gracious_a to_o permit_v they_o freedom_n in_o judgement_n he_o think_v it_o reasonable_a to_o dismiss_v the_o stranger_n and_o those_o of_o servile_a condition_n from_o the_o assembly_n but_o the_o populace_n will_v not_o endure_v it_o cry_v out_o they_o be_v enemy_n to_o the_o commonwealth_n and_o betrayer_n of_o the_o liberty_n of_o the_o people_n and_o deserve_v to_o be_v stone_v that_o side_v with_o the_o nobility_n after_o which_o no_o man_n dare_v offer_v any_o thing_n far_o in_o phocion_n behalf_n he_o be_v scarce_o suffer_v to_o be_v hear_v when_o he_o demand_v if_o they_o intend_v to_o put_v they_o to_o death_n by_o form_n of_o law_n or_o not_o some_o answer_v according_a to_o law_n he_o reply_v how_o shall_v that_o be_v do_v except_o we_o have_v a_o fair_a hear_v but_o when_o they_o be_v deaf_a to_o all_o he_o say_v approach_v near_o as_o to_o myself_o say_v he_o i_o confess_v the_o crime_n and_o submit_v myself_o to_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o law_n but_o for_o these_o my_o friend_n o_o you_o man_n of_o athens_n what_o have_v they_o do_v to_o deserve_v the_o sentence_n have_v in_o nothing_o offend_v you_o the_o rabble_n cry_v out_o they_o be_v his_o friend_n and_o complice_n that_o be_v enough_o hear_v this_o he_o draw_v back_o as_o one_o strike_v dumb_a then_o agnonides_n read_v the_o bill_n of_o attainder_n whereby_o the_o people_n be_v impower_v to_o have_v a_o poll_n for_o majority_n of_o voice_n whether_o they_o judge_v they_o guilty_a and_o if_o so_o it_o shall_v be_v find_v to_o be_v sentence_v to_o death_n the_o name_n be_v read_v some_o be_v so_o brutish_a to_o desire_v it_o may_v be_v add_v to_o the_o sentence_n that_o photion_n shall_v not_o only_o die_v a_o simple_a death_n but_o be_v torture_v also_o and_o that_o the_o rack_n shall_v be_v produce_v with_o the_o torment_n but_o agnonides_n perceive_v even_o clitus_n himself_o to_o dislike_v this_o esteem_v it_o a_o thing_n most_o horrid_a and_o barbarous_a say_v he_o if_o we_o can_v take_v that_o villain_n callimedon_n o_o you_o athenian_n let_v we_o serve_v he_o so_o with_o all_o my_o heart_n but_o i_o can_v consent_v photion_n shall_v be_v use_v so_o and_o one_o of_o those_o that_o be_v better_o mind_v rise_v up_o say_v thou_o be_v in_o the_o right_n if_o photion_n be_v torture_v what_o do_v thou_o deserve_v thyself_o so_o the_o sentence_n be_v ratify_v take_v every_o man_n vote_n single_o no_o man_n sit_v down_o but_o all_o rise_n up_o and_o some_o with_o garland_n on_o their_o head_n condemn_v they_o all_o to_o death_n there_o be_v with_o photion_n nicocles_n theudippus_n hegemon_n and_o pythocles_n moreover_o demetrius_n the_o phalaroean_a callimedon_n charicles_n and_o some_o other_o be_v in_o the_o same_o condemnation_n be_v absent_a after_o the_o assembly_n be_v dismiss_v they_o be_v remand_v to_o prison_n some_o of_o their_o friend_n follow_v they_o embracing_z and_o weep_v over_o they_o and_o make_v great_a lamentation_n phocion_n countenance_n be_v not_o change_v but_o go_v with_o the_o same_o undaunted_a look_n he_o use_v to_o be_v follow_v from_o the_o court_n to_o the_o camp_n whilst_o he_o be_v their_o general_n that_o most_o man_n admire_v the_o bravery_n and_o magnanimity_n of_o the_o man_n yet_o some_o sneak_a fellow_n of_o his_o enemy_n insult_v over_o he_o revile_v and_o abuse_v he_o as_o he_o pass_v and_o one_o come_v up_o to_o he_o spit_v in_o his_o face_n at_o which_o photion_n turn_v to_o the_o officer_n only_o say_v will_v no_o body_n correct_v this_o fellow_n rudeness_n theudippus_n when_o he_o observe_v the_o executioner_n temper_v the_o poison_n and_o prepare_v it_o for_o they_o be_v disorder_v and_o begin_v to_o bemoan_v his_o condition_n and_o the_o hard_a measure_n he_o receive_v so_o unjust_o to_o suffer_v upon_o phocion_n account_n what_o say_v he_o do_v thou_o not_o think_v it_o creditable_a to_o run_v the_o same_o fate_n with_o photion_n one_o of_o his_o friend_n that_o stand_v by_o ask_v he_o if_o he_o will_v have_v any_o thing_n to_o his_o son_n yes_o by_o all_o mean_n say_v he_o command_v he_o from_o i_o to_o forget_v the_o athenian_n ill_a treatment_n of_o his_o father_n then_o nicocles_n the_o dear_a and_o most_o faithful_a of_o his_o friend_n beg_v of_o he_o first_o to_o drink_v the_o poison_n ah_o my_o friend_n say_v he_o this_o be_v the_o most_o harsh_a and_o ungrateful_a request_n thou_o ever_o make_v i_o but_o since_o through_o my_o whole_a life_n i_o have_v never_o deny_v thou_o any_o thing_n i_o must_v gratify_v thou_o in_o this_o also_o have_v all_o drink_v there_o want_v of_o the_o due_a proportion_n and_o the_o executioner_n refuse_v to_o prepare_v more_o except_o they_o will_v pay_v he_o 12_o drachma_n to_o defray_v the_o charge_n of_o a_o full_a draught_n some_o delay_n genus_fw-la be_v make_v and_o the_o time_n spend_v photion_n call_v one_o of_o his_o friend_n that_o stand_v by_o what_o say_v he_o can_v a_o man_n die_v on_o free-cost_n among_o the_o athenian_n and_o bid_v he_o give_v he_o a_o small_a spill_v of_o money_n it_o be_v the_o 19_o day_n of_o the_o month_n mynichion_n march_n when_o there_o be_v accustom_v to_o be_v solemn_a procession_n in_o the_o city_n in_o honour_n of_o jupiter_n the_o horseman_n as_o they_o pass_v by_o some_o of_o they_o throw_v away_o their_o garland_n other_o stop_v at_o the_o prison-door_n bitter_o weep_v and_o cast_v most_o doleful_a look_n towards_o the_o place_n of_o execution_n and_o as_o many_o of_o the_o rest_n who_o mind_n be_v not_o absolute_o debauch_v by_o spite_n and_o passion_n or_o have_v any_o spark_n of_o humanity_n leave_v acknowledge_v it_o to_o be_v most_o wicked_a and_o ungodly_a at_o least_o not_o to_o have_v reprieve_v they_o that_o day_n and_o purge_v the_o city_n from_o blood_n and_o slaughter_n at_o the_o solemn_a festival_n but_o as_o if_o all_o this_o have_v be_v small_a game_n the_o malice_n of_o phocion_n enemy_n go_v yet_o high_a to_o endeavour_v that_o his_o dead_a corpse_n may_v be_v throw_v out_o of_o the_o cityboundary_n none_o of_o the_o athenian_n dare_v to_o light_v a_o funeral_n pile_n to_o burn_v the_o body_n after_o their_o manner_n neither_o dare_v any_o of_o his_o friend_n presume_v to_o concern_v themselves_o about_o his_o body_n only_o one_o conopion_n a_o man_n accustom_v to_o those_o office_n have_v procure_v the_o body_n at_o his_o own_o expense_n to_o be_v carry_v beyond_o eleusina_n borrow_a fire_n from_o a_o woman_n of_o magoera_n and_o burn_v it_o the_o woman_n herself_o with_o her_o servant-maid_n be_v present_a and_o assistant_n at_o the_o solemnity_n cast_v up_o a_o small_a monument_n for_o he_o perform_v the_o customary_a offering_n and_o gather_v up_o his_o bone_n in_o her_o lap_n and_o carry_v they_o by_o night_n dig_v a_o place_n by_o the_o fireside_n in_o her_o house_n say_v dear_a god_n guardian_n of_o 〈◊〉_d this_o place_n here_o i_o deposit_v the_o remain_n of_o this_o excellent_a person_n and_o you_o i_o beseech_v you_o protect_v and_o restore_v they_o to_o the_o
they_o be_v all_o incline_v to_o the_o mild_a opinion_n when_o cato_n stand_v up_o begin_v to_o speak_v with_o great_a passion_n and_o eloquence_n blame_v silanus_n for_o his_o change_n of_o opinion_n and_o reflect_v on_o caesar_n for_o his_o affectation_n of_o popularity_n who_o he_o say_v will_v ruin_v the_o commonwealth_n by_o mild_a word_n and_o plausible_a speech_n yet_o endeavour_v to_o frighten_v the_o senate_n where_o he_o himself_o ought_v to_o fear_v for_o he_o may_v take_v it_o kind_o if_o he_o escape_v unpunished_a or_o unsuspected_a who_o do_v thus_o open_o and_o bold_o dare_v to_o protect_v the_o enemy_n of_o the_o state_n seem_v to_o have_v no_o compassion_n for_o so_o great_a and_o glorious_a a_o empire_n bring_v so_o near_o its_o utter_a ruin_n yet_o be_v full_a of_o pity_n for_o those_o man_n who_o have_v better_o never_o be_v bear_v and_o who_o death_n must_v deliver_v the_o commonwealth_n from_o danger_n and_o destruction_n this_o only_a of_o all_o cato_n speech_n it_o be_v say_v be_v preserve_v for_o cicero_n the_o consul_n have_v disperse_v about_o the_o senate_n house_n several_a expert_a writer_n who_o he_o have_v teach_v to_o make_v certain_a figure_n which_o do_v in_o little_a and_o short_a stroke_n express_v a_o great_a many_o word_n till_o that_o time_n they_o have_v not_o use_v those_o we_o call_v shorthand_n writer_n who_o then_o first_o as_o it_o be_v say_v lay_v the_o foundation_n of_o that_o art_n thus_o cato_n carry_v it_o and_o so_o turn_v the_o house_n again_o that_o it_o be_v decree_v the_o conspirator_n shall_v be_v put_v to_o death_n not_o to_o omit_v any_o the_o least_o stroke_n that_o may_v show_v cato_n temper_n and_o contribute_v to_o draw_v the_o image_n of_o his_o mind_n it_o be_v report_v that_o while_n caesar_n and_o he_o be_v dispute_v very_o earnest_o in_o this_o business_n and_o the_o whole_a senate_n regard_v they_o two_o a_o little_a note_n be_v bring_v in_o to_o caesar_n which_o cato_n present_o declare_v to_o be_v suspicious_a and_o some_o of_o the_o senator_n move_v it_o may_v be_v read_v whereupon_o caesar_n deliver_v the_o letter_n to_o cato_n who_o discover_v it_o to_o be_v a_o love_n letter_n from_o his_o sister_n servilia_n to_o caesar_n by_o who_o she_o have_v be_v debauch_v he_o throw_v it_o to_o he_o again_o crying_z take_v it_o you_o sot_n and_o so_o go_v on_o with_o his_o discourse_n in_o short_a it_o seem_v cato_n have_v but_o ill_a fortune_n in_o woman_n for_o this_o lady_n be_v ill-spoken_a of_o for_o her_o familiarity_n with_o caesar_n and_o another_o servilia_n cato_n sister_n also_o be_v yet_o more_o infamous_a for_o be_v marry_v to_o lucullus_n one_o of_o the_o great_a man_n in_o rome_n and_o have_v bring_v he_o a_o son_n she_o be_v afterward_o divorce_v for_o incontinency_n but_o what_o be_v worst_a of_o all_o cato_n own_o wife_n atilia_n be_v not_o free_a from_o the_o same_o fault_n and_o after_o she_o have_v bear_v he_o two_o child_n he_o be_v force_v to_o put_v she_o away_o for_o her_o ill_a conduct_n after_o that_o he_o marry_v martia_n the_o daughter_n of_o philip_n a_o woman_n of_o good_a reputation_n who_o yet_o have_v occasion_v much_o discourse_n for_o this_o passage_n in_o the_o life_n of_o cato_n look_v like_o a_o fable_n in_o a_o play_n and_o be_v very_o difficult_a to_o be_v clear_v or_o make_v out_o with_o any_o certainty_n it_o be_v thus_o relate_v by_o thraseas_n who_o refer_v to_o the_o authority_n of_o munatius_n cato_n friend_n and_o constant_a companion_n among_o many_o that_o love_v and_o admire_a cato_n some_o be_v more_o remarkable_a and_o conspicuous_a than_o other_o of_o these_o be_v quintus_fw-la hortensius_n a_o man_n of_o signal_n worth_a and_o approve_a virtue_n who_o desire_v not_o only_o to_o live_v in_o friendship_n and_o familiarity_n with_o cato_n but_o also_o to_o be_v unite_v to_o his_o family_n by_o some_o alliance_n in_o marriage_n therefore_o he_o set_v himself_o to_o persuade_v cato_n that_o his_o daughter_n porcia_n who_o be_v already_o marry_v to_o bibulus_n and_o have_v bear_v he_o two_o child_n may_v nevertheless_o be_v give_v to_o he_o as_o a_o fruitful_a field_n from_o which_o he_o may_v raise_v a_o offspring_n for_o say_v he_o though_o this_o in_o the_o opinion_n of_o man_n may_v seem_v strange_a yet_o in_o nature_n it_o will_v be_v honest_a and_o profitable_a for_o the_o public_a that_o a_o woman_n in_o the_o prime_n of_o her_o youth_n shall_v not_o lie_v useless_a and_o lose_v the_o fruit_n of_o her_o womb_n nor_o on_o the_o the_o other_o side_n will_v it_o be_v convenient_a she_o shall_v burden_n and_o impoverish_v one_o man_n by_o bring_v he_o too_o many_o child_n also_o by_o this_o communication_n of_o family_n among_o worthy_a man_n virtue_n will_v increase_v and_o be_v diffuse_v through_o their_o posterity_n and_o the_o commonwealth_n will_v be_v unite_v and_o cement_v by_o their_o alliance_n yet_o if_o bibulus_n will_v not_o part_v with_o his_o wife_n altogether_o he_o will_v restore_v she_o as_o soon_o as_o she_o have_v bring_v he_o a_o child_n whereby_o he_o may_v be_v unite_v to_o both_o their_o family_n cato_n answer_v that_o he_o love_v hortensius_n very_o well_o and_o do_v much_o approve_v of_o unite_n their_o house_n but_o he_o think_v it_o very_o strange_a to_o speak_v of_o marry_v his_o daughter_n which_o be_v already_o give_v to_o another_o then_o hortensius_n turn_v the_o discourse_n do_v not_o stick_v to_o acknowledge_v that_o it_o be_v cato_n own_o wife_n which_o he_o desire_v for_o she_o be_v young_a and_o fruitful_a and_o he_o have_v already_o child_n enough_o neither_o can_v it_o be_v think_v that_o hortensius_n do_v this_o as_o imagine_v cato_n do_v not_o love_n martia_n for_o it_o be_v say_v she_o be_v then_o with_o child_n cato_n perceive_v his_o earnest_a desire_n do_v not_o deny_v his_o request_n but_o say_v that_o philip_n the_o father_n of_o martia_n ought_v also_o to_o be_v consult_v philip_n therefore_o be_v send_v for_o come_v and_o find_v they_o be_v well_o agree_v give_v his_o daughter_n martia_n to_o hortensius_n in_o the_o presence_n of_o cato_n who_o himself_o also_o assist_v at_o the_o marriage_n these_o thing_n be_v do_v afterward_o but_o since_o i_o be_v speak_v of_o woman_n i_o think_v fit_a to_o make_v mention_n thereof_o in_o this_o place_n lentulus_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o conspirator_n be_v put_v to_o death_n but_o caesar_n by_o reason_n of_o what_o be_v say_v against_o he_o in_o the_o senate_n betake_v himself_o to_o the_o people_n and_o stir_v up_o the_o most_o corrupt_a and_o dissolute_a member_n of_o the_o state_n to_o follow_v he_o cato_n apprehensive_a of_o what_o may_v ensue_v thereupon_o persuade_v the_o senate_n to_o win_v over_o the_o poor_a and_o disorderly_a rabble_n by_o a_o distribution_n of_o corn_n the_o charge_n of_o which_o amount_v to_o twelve_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o talent_n this_o liberality_n do_v in_o appearance_n dissipate_v the_o present_a danger_n but_o metellus_n come_v into_o his_o office_n of_o tribune_n begin_v to_o hold_v tumultuous_a assembly_n and_o have_v prepare_v a_o decree_n that_o pompey_n the_o great_a shall_v present_o be_v call_v into_o italy_n with_o all_o his_o force_n to_o preserve_v the_o city_n from_o the_o danger_n of_o catiline_n conspiracy_n this_o be_v the_o fair_a pretence_n but_o the_o true_a design_n be_v to_o deliver_v all_o into_o the_o hand_n of_o pompey_n and_o give_v he_o a_o absolute_a power_n upon_o this_o the_o senate_n be_v assemble_v and_o cato_n do_v not_o fall_v sharp_o upon_o metellus_n as_o he_o use_v to_o do_v but_o speak_v many_o thing_n full_a of_o great_a reason_n and_o moderation_n at_o last_o he_o descend_v even_o to_o entreaty_n and_o extol_v the_o house_n of_o metellus_n as_o have_v always_o take_v part_n with_o the_o nobility_n at_o this_o metellus_n grow_v the_o more_o insolent_a and_o despise_v câ—to_o as_o if_o he_o yield_v and_o be_v afraid_a let_v fall_v many_o audacious_a speech_n open_o threaten_v to_o do_v whatever_o he_o please_v in_o spite_n of_o the_o senate_n hereupon_o cato_n change_v his_o countenance_n his_o voice_n and_o his_o language_n and_o after_o many_o sharp_a expression_n bold_o conclude_v that_o while_o he_o live_v pompey_n shall_v never_o come_v arm_v into_o the_o city_n the_o senate_n think_v they_o both_o extravagant_a and_o not_o well_o in_o their_o wit_n for_o the_o design_n of_o metellus_n seem_v to_o be_v the_o effect_n of_o his_o rage_n who_o out_o of_o excess_n of_o malice_n will_v bring_v all_o to_o ruin_n and_o confusion_n and_o cato_n virtue_n look_v like_o a_o kind_n of_o ecstasy_n while_o he_o with_o so_o great_a heat_n and_o passion_n contend_v for_o what_o be_v good_a and_o just_a afterwards_o when_o the_o people_n be_v to_o give_v their_o voice_n for_o the_o pass_v this_o
too_o much_o like_o a_o friend_n now_o cato_n advise_v the_o senate_n to_o put_v all_o into_o the_o hand_n of_o pompey_n for_o those_o who_o can_v raise_v up_o great_a evil_n say_v he_o can_v best_o allay_v they_o pompey_n find_v he_o have_v not_o sufficient_a force_n and_o that_o those_o he_o can_v raise_v be_v not_o very_o resolute_a he_o forsake_v the_o city_n cato_n resolve_v to_o follow_v pompey_n send_v his_o young_a son_n to_o munatius_n who_o be_v then_o in_o the_o country_n of_o brutium_fw-la and_o take_v his_o elder_a with_o he_o but_o want_v some_o body_n to_o keep_v his_o house_n and_o take_v care_n of_o his_o daughter_n he_o take_v martia_n again_o who_o be_v now_o a_o rich_a widow_n for_o hortensius_n be_v dead_a and_o have_v leave_v she_o all_o his_o estate_n caesar_n afterward_o make_v use_n of_o this_o action_n also_o to_o reproach_v he_o with_o covetousness_n and_o a_o mercenary_a design_n in_o his_o marriage_n for_o say_v he_o if_o he_o have_v need_n of_o a_o wife_n why_o do_v he_o part_v with_o she_o and_o if_o he_o have_v not_o why_o do_v he_o take_v she_o again_o unless_o he_o give_v she_o only_o as_o a_o bait_n to_o hortensius_n and_o lend_v she_o when_o she_o be_v young_a to_o have_v she_o again_o when_o she_o be_v rich_a but_o in_o answer_n to_o this_o we_o may_v apply_v the_o say_v of_o euripides_n first_o for_o absurdity_n and_o sure_o none_o will_v hercules_n for_o want_n of_o courage_n blame_v now_o it_o be_v alike_o absurd_a to_o reproach_n hercules_n for_o cowardice_n and_o to_o accuse_v cato_n of_o covetousness_n though_o otherwise_o whether_o he_o do_v altogether_o right_a in_o this_o marriage_n may_v be_v dispute_v for_o as_o soon_o as_o he_o have_v again_o take_v martia_n he_o commit_v his_o house_n and_o his_o daughter_n to_o she_o and_o himself_o follow_v pompey_n it_o be_v say_v that_o from_o that_o day_n he_o never_o cut_v his_o hair_n nor_o shave_v his_o beard_n nor_o wear_v a_o garland_n but_o always_o full_a of_o sadness_n grief_n and_o dejectedness_n for_o the_o calamity_n of_o his_o country_n he_o continual_o bear_v the_o same_o habit_n to_o the_o last_o whatever_o party_n have_v misfortune_n or_o success_n the_o government_n of_o sicily_n be_v allot_v to_o he_o he_o pass_v over_o to_o syracuse_n where_o understanding_n that_o asinius_n pollio_n be_v arrive_v at_o messana_n with_o force_n from_o the_o enemy_n cato_n send_v to_o he_o to_o know_v the_o reason_n of_o his_o come_n thither_o pollio_n on_o the_o other_o side_n demand_v of_o he_o the_o cause_n of_o these_o commotion_n cato_n also_o hear_v that_o pompey_n have_v quite_o abandon_v italy_n and_o lay_v encamp_v at_o dyrrachium_fw-la he_o cry_v out_o how_o dark_a and_o uncertain_a be_v the_o will_n of_o heaven_n pompey_n when_o he_o do_v nothing_o wise_o nor_o honest_o be_v always_o successful_a and_o now_o that_o he_o will_v preserve_v his_o country_n and_o defend_v her_o liberty_n he_o be_v altogether_o unfortunate_a as_o for_o asinius_n he_o say_v he_o can_v easy_o drive_v he_o out_o of_o sicily_n but_o there_o come_v great_a force_n to_o his_o assistance_n he_o will_v not_o engage_v the_o island_n in_o a_o war_n wherefore_o he_o advise_v the_o syracusian_n to_o submit_v to_o the_o conqueror_n and_o provide_v for_o their_o own_o safety_n then_o he_o set_v sail_n from_o thence_o when_o he_o come_v to_o pompey_n he_o constant_o give_v advice_n to_o prolong_v the_o war_n for_o he_o always_o hope_v to_o compose_v matter_n and_o will_v by_o no_o mean_n that_o they_o shall_v come_v to_o action_n for_o the_o commonwealth_n will_v suffer_v extreme_o and_o be_v the_o certain_a cause_n of_o its_o own_o ruin_n whoever_o be_v the_o conqueror_n moreover_o he_o persuade_v pompey_n and_o the_o council_n of_o war_n to_o ordain_v that_o no_o city_n shall_v be_v sack_v that_o be_v subject_a to_o the_o people_n of_o rome_n and_o that_o no_o roman_n shall_v be_v kill_v but_o in_o the_o heat_n of_o battle_n thereby_o he_o get_v himself_o great_a honour_n and_o bring_v over_o many_o to_o the_o party_n of_o pompey_n who_o be_v much_o take_v with_o the_o moderation_n and_o humanity_n of_o cato_n afterwards_o be_v send_v into_o asia_n to_o assist_v those_o who_o be_v raise_v man_n and_o prepare_v ship_n in_o those_o part_n he_o take_v with_o he_o his_o sister_n servilia_n and_o a_o little_a boy_n which_o she_o have_v by_o lucullus_n for_o since_o her_o widowhood_n she_o have_v live_v with_o her_o brother_n and_o very_o much_o recover_v her_o reputation_n have_v put_v herself_o under_o his_o care_n follow_v he_o in_o his_o voyage_n and_o comply_v with_o his_o severe_a way_n of_o live_v yet_o caesar_n do_v not_o fail_v to_o asperse_v he_o upon_o her_o account_n also_o pompey_n officer_n in_o asia_n it_o seem_v have_v no_o great_a need_n of_o cato_n but_o he_o bring_v over_o the_o people_n of_o rhodes_n by_o his_o persuasion_n and_o leave_v his_o sister_n servilia_n and_o her_o child_n there_o he_o return_v to_o pompey_n who_o have_v now_o get_v together_o very_o great_a force_n both_o by_o sea_n and_o land_n and_o here_o pompey_n clear_o betray_v his_o own_o intention_n for_o at_o first_o he_o design_v to_o give_v cato_n the_o command_n of_o the_o navy_n which_o consist_v of_o no_o less_o than_o five_o hundred_o ship_n of_o war_n beside_o a_o vast_a number_n of_o pinnace_n scout_n and_o tender_v but_o present_o bethink_v himself_o or_o put_v in_o mind_n by_o his_o friend_n that_o cato_n principal_a and_o only_a aim_n be_v to_o free_v his_o country_n from_o all_o usurpation_n if_o he_o be_v master_n of_o so_o great_a force_n as_o soon_o as_o ever_o caesar_n shall_v be_v conquer_v he_o will_v certain_o oblige_v pompey_n to_o lay_v down_o his_o arm_n and_o be_v subject_a to_o the_o law_n therefore_o pompey_n change_v his_o mind_n and_o though_o he_o have_v before_o mention_v it_o to_o cato_n yet_o he_o make_v bibulus_n admiral_n notwithstanding_o this_o it_o appear_v cato_n affection_n to_o the_o public_a good_a be_v no_o way_n diminish_v for_o when_o they_o be_v ready_a to_o engage_v in_o a_o battle_n at_o dyrrachium_fw-la pompey_n himself_o encourage_v the_o army_n and_o command_v all_o the_o officer_n to_o do_v the_o like_a yet_o the_o soldier_n hearken_v to_o they_o but_o cold_o and_o with_o silence_n cato_n speak_v last_o of_o all_o and_o discourse_v to_o they_o out_o of_o the_o principle_n of_o philosophy_n such_o thing_n as_o the_o occasion_n require_v concern_v liberty_n valour_n death_n and_o glory_n all_o which_o he_o deliver_v with_o great_a vehemence_n of_o affection_n and_o conclude_v with_o a_o invocation_n of_o the_o god_n to_o who_o he_o direct_v his_o speech_n as_o if_o they_o be_v present_a to_o behold_v they_o fight_v for_o their_o country_n at_o this_o the_o army_n give_v such_o a_o shout_n as_o fill_v all_o their_o leader_n with_o hope_n and_o make_v they_o fall_v on_o without_o fear_n of_o danger_n caesar_n party_n be_v rout_v and_o put_v to_o flight_n yet_o his_o good_a fortune_n take_v such_o advantage_n of_o pompey_n cautiousness_n and_o diffidence_n as_o render_v the_o victory_n incomplete_a but_o of_o this_o we_o have_v speak_v in_o the_o life_n of_o pompey_n now_o while_o all_o the_o rest_n rejoice_v and_o magnify_v their_o success_n cato_n alone_o bewail_v his_o country_n and_o curse_v that_o fatal_a ambition_n which_o make_v so_o many_o brave_a roman_n murder_v one_o another_o after_o this_o pompey_z following_z caesar_n into_o thessaly_n leave_v at_o dyrrachium_fw-la a_o great_a quantity_n of_o munition_n store_n of_o riches_n and_o many_o of_o his_o domestic_n and_o relation_n the_o charge_n of_o all_o which_o he_o give_v to_o cato_n with_o the_o command_n only_o of_o fifteen_o cohort_n for_o though_o he_o trust_v he_o much_o yet_o he_o be_v afraid_a of_o he_o too_o know_v full_a well_o that_o if_o he_o succeed_v not_o cato_z will_v never_o forsake_v he_o but_o if_o he_o conquer_v will_v never_o let_v he_o use_v his_o victory_n at_o his_o pleasure_n there_o be_v likewise_o many_o person_n of_o eminent_a quality_n that_o stay_v with_o cato_n at_o dyrrachium_fw-la when_o they_o hear_v of_o the_o overthrow_n at_o pharsalia_n cato_n resolve_v with_o himself_o that_o if_o pompey_n be_v slay_v he_o will_v conduct_v those_o that_o be_v with_o he_o into_o italy_n and_o then_o retire_v as_o fâ—r_v from_o the_o tyranny_n of_o caesar_n as_o he_o can_v and_o live_v in_o exile_n but_o if_o pompey_n be_v safe_a he_o will_v keep_v the_o army_n together_o for_o he_o with_o this_o resolution_n he_o pass_v over_o to_o corcyra_n where_o the_o navy_n lie_v there_o he_o will_v have_v resign_v his_o command_n to_o cicero_n because_o he_o have_v be_v consul_n and_o himself_o only_o a_o praetor_n but_o cicero_n refuse_v it_o and_o be_v go_v for_o italy_n at_o which_o
be_v pity_v for_o if_o he_o have_v forbear_v fight_v two_o day_n long_o there_o have_v be_v no_o need_n of_o hazard_v a_o battle_n since_o upon_o the_o departure_n of_o the_o macedonian_n he_o may_v have_v have_v what_o condition_n he_o please_v from_o the_o achoean_n but_o now_o as_o i_o hint_v before_o for_o want_v of_o money_n be_v necessitate_v to_o rely_v whole_o on_o his_o arm_n he_o be_v force_v with_o 20000_o this_o be_v polybius_n account_n to_o engage_v thirty_o thousand_o and_o approve_v himself_o a_o excellent_a commander_n in_o this_o difficulty_n his_o citizen_n show_v a_o extraordinary_a courage_n and_o his_o mercenary_n bravery_n enough_o he_o be_v overbear_v by_o the_o different_a way_n of_o fight_v and_o the_o weight_n of_o the_o arm_a phalanx_n beside_o phylarchus_n affirm_v that_o the_o treachery_n of_o some_o about_o he_o be_v the_o chief_a cause_n of_o cleomenes_n ruin_n for_o antigonus_n give_v order_n that_o the_o illyrian_n and_o acharnanian_o shall_v march_v round_o by_o a_o secret_a way_n and_o encompass_v the_o other_o wing_n which_o eucleidas_n cleomenes_n brother_n command_v and_o then_o draw_v out_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o force_n to_o the_o battle_n and_o cleomenes_n from_o a_o convenient_a rise_n view_v his_o order_n and_o not_o see_v any_o of_o the_o illyrian_n and_o acharnanian_o begin_v to_o suspect_v that_o antigonus_n have_v send_v they_o upon_o some_o such_o design_n and_o call_v for_o damoteles_n who_o be_v to_o inspect_v and_o to_o provide_v against_o ambush_n command_v he_o careful_o to_o look_v after_o and_o discover_v the_o enemy_n design_n upon_o his_o rear_n but_o damoteles_n for_o some_o say_v antigonus_n have_v bribe_v he_o tell_v he_o that_o he_o shall_v not_o be_v solicitous_a about_o that_o matter_n for_o all_o be_v well_o enough_o but_o mind_n and_o fight_v those_o that_o meet_v he_o in_o the_o front_n he_o be_v satisfy_v and_o advance_v against_o antigonus_n and_o by_o the_o vigorous_a charge_n of_o his_o spartan_n make_v the_o macedonian_a phalanx_n give_v ground_n and_o press_v upon_o they_o with_o great_a advantage_n about_o half_a a_o mile_n but_o then_o make_v a_o stand_n and_o see_v the_o danger_n which_o the_o surround_v wing_n command_v by_o his_o brother_n eucleidas_n be_v in_o he_o cry_v out_o thou_o be_v lose_v dear_a brother_n thou_o be_v lose_v thou_o brave_a example_n to_o our_o spartan_a youth_n and_o theme_n of_o our_o matron_n song_n eucleidas_n wing_n be_v thus_o cut_v in_o piece_n and_o the_o conqueror_n from_o that_o part_n fall_v upon_o his_o battle_n he_o perceive_v his_o soldier_n to_o be_v disorder_v and_o unable_a to_o maintain_v the_o fight_n and_o therefore_o provide_v for_o his_o own_o safety_n when_o he_o come_v into_o the_o city_n he_o advise_v those_o citizen_n that_o he_o meet_v to_o receive_v antigonus_n and_o as_o for_o himself_o he_o say_v which_o shall_v appear_v most_o advantageous_a to_o sparta_n whether_o his_o life_n or_o death_n that_o he_o will_v choose_v see_v the_o woman_n run_v out_o to_o those_o that_o flee_v with_o he_o take_v their_o arm_n and_o bring_v drink_n to_o they_o he_o enter_v into_o his_o own_o house_n and_o his_o servant_n which_o be_v a_o freeborn_a woman_n take_v from_o megalopolis_n after_o his_o wife_n death_n offer_v as_o she_o use_v to_o do_v to_o make_v necessary_a provision_n for_o he_o return_v from_o the_o battle_n though_o he_o be_v very_o thirsty_a he_o refuse_v to_o drink_v and_o though_o very_o weary_a to_o sit_v down_o but_o arm_v as_o he_o be_v he_o clap_v his_o arm_n sideway_n to_o a_o pillar_n and_o lean_v his_o forehead_n upon_o his_o elbow_n he_o rest_v his_o body_n a_o little_a while_n and_o run_v over_o in_o his_o thought_n what_o course_n he_o shall_v take_v and_o then_o with_o his_o friend_n go_v present_o to_o gythium_n where_o find_v ship_n fit_v for_o the_o purpose_n they_o embark_v antigonus_n take_v the_o city_n treat_v the_o lacedoemonian_o courteous_o and_o neither_o affront_a nor_o ruine_v the_o dignity_n of_o sparta_n but_o permit_v they_o to_o enjoy_v their_o own_o law_n and_o polity_n and_o sacrifice_v to_o the_o god_n dislodge_v the_o three_o day_n for_o he_o hear_v that_o there_o be_v a_o great_a war_n kindle_v in_o macedonia_n and_o that_o the_o country_n be_v spoil_v by_o the_o barbarian_n beside_o he_o grow_v sick_a of_o a_o consumption_n and_o continual_a defluxion_n on_o the_o lung_n yet_o he_o still_o keep_v up_o that_o he_o may_v return_v and_o free_v his_o own_o country_n and_o fall_v more_o glorious_o upon_o a_o heap_n of_o slaughter_a barbarian_n as_o phylarchus_n say_v and_o it_o be_v probable_a he_o break_v a_o vein_n by_o shout_v in_o the_o battle_n in_o the_o play_v it_o be_v say_v that_o after_o the_o victory_n he_o cry_v out_o for_o joy_n o_o fine_a day_n and_o present_o bring_v up_o abundance_n of_o blood_n fall_v into_o a_o fever_n and_o die_v in_o a_o short_a time_n and_o thus_o much_o concern_v antigonus_n cleomenes_z sail_v from_o cytheroe_n touch_v at_o another_o island_n call_v aegyalia_n whence_o as_o he_o be_v about_o to_o depart_v for_o cyrene_n one_o of_o his_o friend_n therytion_n by_o name_n a_o man_n of_o a_o haughty_a spirit_n in_o all_o enterprise_n and_o high_a and_o boast_n in_o his_o talk_n come_v private_o to_o he_o and_o say_v thus_o sir_n death_n in_o battle_n which_o be_v the_o most_o glorious_a we_o have_v let_v go_v though_o all_o hear_v we_o say_v that_o antigonus_n shall_v never_o tread_v over_o the_o king_n of_o sparta_n unless_o dead_a and_o now_o that_o which_o be_v next_o in_o bravery_n and_o glory_n be_v present_v to_o we_o whither_o do_v we_o mad_o sail_v fly_v that_o which_o be_v near_o and_o seek_v that_o which_o be_v far_o remove_v for_o if_o it_o be_v not_o dishonourable_a for_o the_o race_n of_o hercules_n to_o serve_v the_o successor_n of_o philip_n and_o alexander_n we_o shall_v save_v a_o long_a voyage_n by_o deliver_v ourselves_o up_o to_o antigonus_n who_o probable_o surpass_v ptolemy_n as_o much_o as_o the_o macedonian_n do_v the_o egyptian_n but_o if_o we_o think_v it_o mean_v to_o submit_v to_o those_o who_o arm_n have_v conquer_v we_o why_o shall_v we_o choose_v he_o for_o our_o lord_n by_o who_o we_o have_v not_o yet_o be_v beat_v be_v it_o that_o instead_o of_o one_o we_o may_v appear_v mean_a than_o two_o whilst_o we_o fly_v antigonus_n and_o flatter_v ptolemy_n or_o be_v it_o for_o your_o mother_n sake_n that_o you_o retreat_n to_o egypt_n it_o will_v indeed_o be_v a_o very_a fine_a and_o very_o desirable_a sight_n for_o she_o to_o be_v show_v her_o son_n by_o ptolomy_n woman_n now_o change_v from_o a_o prince_n into_o a_o exile_n and_o a_o slave_n be_v we_o not_o still_a master_n of_o our_o own_o sword_n and_o whilst_o we_o have_v laconia_n in_o view_n shall_v we_o not_o here_o free_v ourselves_o from_o this_o disgraceful_a misery_n and_o clear_v ourselves_o to_o those_o who_o at_o sellasia_n die_v for_o the_o honour_n and_o defence_n of_o sparta_n or_o shall_v we_o sit_v lazy_o in_o egypt_n inquire_v what_o news_n from_o sparta_n and_o who_o antigonus_n have_v be_v please_v to_o make_v governor_n of_o lacedaemon_n thus_o speak_v therytion_n and_o this_o be_v cleomenes_n reply_n by_o seek_v death_n you_o coward_n the_o most_o easy_a and_o most_o ready_a refuge_n you_o fancy_n that_o you_o shall_v appear_v courageous_a and_o brave_a though_o this_o flight_n be_v base_a than_o thy_o former_a better_a man_n than_o we_o have_v give_v way_n to_o their_o enemy_n have_v be_v betray_v by_o fortune_n or_o oppress_v by_o multitude_n but_o he_o that_o sink_v under_o labour_n or_o affliction_n the_o opinion_n or_o reproach_n of_o man_n be_v overcome_v by_o his_o own_o effeminacy_n and_o softness_n for_o a_o voluntary_a death_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v choose_v as_o a_o relief_n from_o action_n but_o as_o a_o exemplary_a action_n itself_o and_o it_o be_v base_a either_o to_o live_v or_o to_o die_v only_o to_o ourselves_o that_o death_n to_o which_o you_o now_o invite_v we_o be_v propose_v only_o as_o a_o release_n from_o our_o present_a misery_n but_o carry_v nothing_o of_o bravery_n or_o profit_n in_o it_o and_o i_o think_v it_o become_v both_o i_o and_o you_o not_o to_o despair_v of_o our_o country_n but_o when_o there_o be_v no_o hope_n of_o that_o left_a those_o that_o have_v a_o inclination_n may_v quick_o die_v to_o this_o therytion_n return_v no_o answer_n but_o as_o soon_o as_o he_o can_v get_v out_o of_o cleomenes_n company_n go_v towards_o the_o shore_n and_o run_v himself_o through_o but_o cleomenes_n sail_v from_o aegialia_n land_v in_o libya_n and_o be_v honourable_o conduct_v through_o the_o king_n country_n come_v to_o alexandria_n when_o he_o be_v first_o bring_v to_o ptolemy_n no_o more_o than_o common_a civility_n and_o
be_v a_o unusual_a thing_n yet_o that_o authority_n can_v not_o have_v be_v think_v unalterable_a because_o several_a magistrate_n have_v often_o voluntary_o surrender_v their_o commission_n or_o desire_v to_o be_v discharge_v those_o be_v the_o principal_a head_n of_o tiberius_n apology_n but_o his_o friend_n apprehend_v the_o danger_n which_o seem_v to_o threaten_v he_o and_o those_o conspiracy_n that_o be_v secret_o contrive_v against_o he_o be_v of_o opinion_n that_o the_o safe_a way_n will_v be_v for_o he_o to_o petition_n that_o he_o may_v be_v continue_v tribune_n for_o the_o year_n ensue_v upon_o this_o consideration_n he_o again_o endeavour_v to_o oblige_v the_o people_n with_o other_o law_n make_v the_o year_n of_o serve_v in_o the_o war_n few_o than_o former_o in_o grant_v the_o liberty_n of_o appeal_n from_o the_o judge_n to_o the_o people_n and_o join_v to_o the_o senator_n that_o be_v judge_n at_o that_o time_n a_o equal_a number_n of_o ordinary_a gentleman_n endeavour_v as_o much_o as_o in_o he_o lay_v to_o lessen_v the_o power_n of_o the_o senate_n which_o proceed_v rather_o from_o passion_n and_o prejudice_n than_o from_o any_o rational_a regard_n to_o equity_n and_o the_o public_a good_n when_o it_o come_v to_o be_v debate_v whether_o these_o law_n shall_v be_v ratify_v he_o be_v present_o sensible_a that_o his_o adversary_n have_v the_o most_o vote_n the_o people_n as_o yet_o be_v not_o get_v together_o in_o a_o full_a body_n and_o in_o such_o case_n it_o be_v his_o custom_n to_o raise_v some_o dispute_n with_o his_o fellow-officer_n out_o of_o design_n only_o to_o gain_v long_a time_n but_o fail_v in_o that_o project_n too_o he_o at_o length_n adjourn_v the_o assembly_n till_o the_o day_n follow_v tiberius_n then_o go_v down_o into_o the_o market_n place_n among_o the_o people_n and_o make_v his_o first_o address_n to_o they_o in_o a_o humble_a posture_n with_o tear_n in_o his_o eye_n and_o afterward_o tell_v they_o he_o have_v just_a reason_n to_o suspect_v that_o his_o adversary_n will_v attempt_v in_o the_o nighttime_n to_o break_v open_a his_o house_n and_o murder_v he_o this_o work_v so_o strong_o with_o the_o multitude_n that_o several_a of_o they_o erect_a tent_n round_o about_o his_o house_n and_o keep_v guard_n all_o night_n for_o the_o security_n of_o his_o person_n by_o break_v of_o day_n come_v one_o of_o the_o he_o soothsayer_n who_o prognosticate_n good_a or_o bad_a success_n by_o the_o peck_v of_o fowl_n and_o throw_v they_o something_o to_o eat_v the_o soothsayer_n use_v his_o utmost_a endeavour_n to_o fright_v the_o fowl_n out_o of_o their_o coop_n but_o none_o of_o they_o except_o one_o will_v venture_v out_o which_o flutter_v with_o its_o left_a wing_n and_o stretch_v out_o its_o leg_n and_o run_v back_o again_o into_o the_o coop_n without_o eat_v any_o thing_n this_o put_v tiberius_n in_o mind_n of_o another_o ill_a omen_n which_o have_v former_o happen_v to_o he_o he_o have_v a_o very_a costly_a head-piece_n which_o he_o make_v use_v of_o when_o he_o engage_v in_o any_o battle_n and_o into_o this_o piece_n of_o armour_n two_o serpent_n crawl_v lay_v egg_n and_o bring_v forth_o young_a one_o the_o remembrance_n of_o which_o make_v tiberius_n more_o concern_v at_o this_o than_o otherwise_o he_o will_v have_v be_v however_o he_o go_v towards_o the_o capitol_n as_o soon_o as_o ever_o he_o understand_v that_o the_o people_n be_v assemble_v there_o but_o before_o he_o get_v out_o of_o the_o house_n he_o stumble_v upon_o the_o threshhold_a with_o such_o violence_n that_o he_o break_v the_o nail_n of_o his_o great_a toe_n insomuch_o that_o blood_n gush_v out_o of_o his_o shooe_n he_o be_v not_o go_v very_o far_o before_o he_o see_v two_o raven_n fight_v on_o the_o top_n of_o a_o house_n which_o stand_v on_o his_o left_a hand_n as_o he_o pass_v along_o and_o though_o he_o be_v surround_v with_o a_o infinite_a number_n of_o people_n a_o stone_n happen_v to_o fall_v just_a at_o his_o foot_n beat_v down_o as_o it_o be_v probable_a by_o the_o raven_n which_o accident_n put_v a_o stop_n to_o those_o that_o be_v the_o bold_a man_n about_o he_o but_o blossius_n of_o cuma_n who_o happen_v to_o be_v then_o present_a tell_v he_o that_o it_o will_v be_v a_o shameful_a thing_n for_o tiberius_n who_o be_v the_o son_n of_o gracchus_n the_o nephew_n of_o scipio_n africanus_n and_o the_o protector_n of_o the_o roman_a people_n to_o refuse_v for_o fear_n of_o a_o silly_a bird_n to_o promote_v the_o interest_n of_o his_o countryman_n who_o may_v reasonable_o expect_v it_o from_o he_o and_o that_o his_o adversary_n will_v not_o only_o represent_v this_o as_o the_o effect_n of_o a_o mean_a spirit_n but_o the_o trick_n of_o a_o tyrant_n who_o have_v no_o other_o intention_n than_o to_o abuse_v the_o generous_a kindness_n of_o the_o common_a people_n at_o the_o same_o time_n several_a messenger_n come_v also_o from_o tiberius_n friend_n to_o desire_v his_o presence_n at_o the_o capitol_n and_o to_o acquaint_v he_o that_o all_o thing_n go_v there_o according_a to_o expectation_n indeed_o tiberius_n first_o entrance_n there_o be_v very_o pompous_a and_o he_o be_v honourable_o receive_v for_o as_o soon_o as_o ever_o he_o appear_v his_o friend_n welcome_v he_o with_o loud_a acclamation_n into_o the_o capitol_n and_o when_o he_o have_v take_v his_o place_n they_o repeat_v their_o expression_n of_o joy_n and_o take_v care_n that_o no_o person_n whatever_o shall_v come_v near_o he_o unless_o those_o who_o be_v his_o intimate_a friend_n mutius_z then_o begin_v to_o put_v the_o business_n again_o to_o the_o vote_n but_o nothing_o be_v perform_v with_o the_o usual_a decency_n and_o order_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o disturbance_n which_o the_o rabble_n make_v by_o their_o press_v forward_o to_o get_v into_o the_o capitol_n whilst_o these_o thing_n be_v carry_v on_o in_o this_o confusion_n flavius_n flaccus_n a_o senator_n stand_v in_o a_o place_n high_o than_o ordinary_a but_o at_o such_o a_o distance_n from_o tiberius_n that_o when_o he_o can_v not_o make_v he_o hear_v by_o reason_n of_o the_o tumultuous_a noise_n signify_v to_o he_o by_o certain_a motion_n of_o his_o hand_n that_o he_o have_v a_o desire_n to_o impart_v something_o of_o consequence_n to_o he_o in_o private_a tiberius_n order_v the_o multitude_n to_o make_v way_n for_o he_o by_o which_o mean_n though_o not_o without_o some_o difficulty_n flavius_n get_v to_o he_o and_o inform_v he_o that_o the_o senator_n see_v they_o can_v not_o prevail_v upon_o the_o consul_n to_o espouse_v their_o quarrel_n have_v at_o length_n come_v to_o this_o final_a determination_n among_o themselves_o that_o he_o shall_v be_v assassinate_v and_o to_o that_o purpose_n have_v a_o great_a number_n of_o their_o friend_n and_o servant_n prepare_v to_o accomplish_v it_o tiberius_n no_o soon_o communicate_v this_o confederacy_n to_o those_o about_o he_o but_o they_o immediate_o tuck_v up_o their_o long_a gown_n break_v the_o halberd_n which_o the_o sergeant_n use_v to_o keep_v the_o crowd_n off_o into_o piece_n and_o with_o those_o resolve_v to_o oppose_v all_o violent_a assaultant_n they_o who_o stand_v at_o a_o distance_n wonder_v and_o demand_v what_o the_o occasion_n of_o that_o disorder_n shall_v be_v tiberius_n know_v that_o they_o can_v not_o hear_v he_o at_o that_o distance_n lift_v his_o hand_n to_o his_o head_n thereby_o intimate_v the_o great_a danger_n which_o he_o apprehend_v himself_o to_o be_v in_o his_o adversary_n take_v notice_n of_o that_o action_n run_v present_o to_o the_o senate_n house_n and_o declare_v that_o tiberius_n desire_v the_o people_n to_o bestow_v a_o crown_n upon_o he_o and_o that_o he_o may_v be_v king_n of_o rome_n this_o be_v very_o surprise_v nasica_n present_o demand_v of_o the_o consul_n that_o he_o will_v punish_v this_o tyrant_n and_o defend_v the_o government_n as_o by_o law_n establish_v the_o consul_n mild_o reply_v that_o he_o will_v not_o be_v guilty_a of_o a_o unjust_a action_n and_o as_o he_o will_v not_o suffer_v any_o freeman_n to_o be_v put_v to_o death_n before_o sentence_n have_v lawful_o pass_v upon_o he_o so_o neither_o will_v he_o protect_v tiberius_n if_o by_o his_o insinuation_n the_o people_n shall_v act_v any_o thing_n contrary_a to_o law_n but_o nasica_n rise_v from_o his_o seat_n in_o a_o great_a passion_n since_o the_o consul_n say_v he_o regard_v not_o the_o safety_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n let_v every_o one_o who_o will_v defend_v the_o dignity_n and_o authority_n of_o their_o law_n follow_v i_o he_o then_o cast_v the_o skirt_n of_o his_o gown_n over_o his_o shoulder_n hasten_v to_o the_o capitol_n they_o who_o bear_v he_o company_n wrap_v their_o gown_n also_o about_o their_o arm_n and_o force_v their_o way_n after_o he_o but_o upon_o the_o account_n that_o they_o be_v person_n of_o
the_o great_a authority_n in_o the_o city_n the_o common_a people_n dare_v not_o obstruct_v their_o go_v thither_o but_o be_v rather_o so_o careful_a in_o avoid_v they_o that_o they_o tumble_v over_o one_o another_o in_o haste_n some_o have_v furnish_v themselves_o with_o club_n other_o get_v up_o the_o foot_n of_o stool_n and_o chair_n which_o be_v break_v by_o the_o hasty_a flight_n of_o the_o common_a people_n thus_o arm_v they_o make_v towards_o tiberius_n knock_v down_o all_o those_o who_o they_o happen_v to_o meet_v with_o so_o that_o the_o people_n be_v soon_o whole_o disperse_v and_o many_o slay_v as_o they_o endeavour_v to_o make_v their_o escape_n tiberius_n see_v these_o thing_n think_v it_o his_o best_a way_n to_o save_v himself_o by_o flight_n as_o he_o be_v run_v he_o chance_v to_o be_v stop_v by_o one_o who_o catch_v he_o hold_v by_o the_o grow_v but_o he_o present_o get_v clear_a of_o that_o flee_v in_o his_o under-garment_n only_o in_o this_o hasty_a flight_n it_o happen_v that_o fall_v over_o those_o who_o before_o have_v be_v knock_v down_o as_o he_o be_v endeavour_v to_o recover_v himself_o one_o publius_n satureius_n a_o tribune_n be_v observe_v to_o give_v he_o the_o first_o fatal_a stroke_n by_o hit_v slay_v he_o upon_o the_o head_n with_o the_o foot_n of_o a_o stool_n the_o next_o man_n who_o strike_v he_o be_v lucius_n rufus_n who_o afterward_o boast_v of_o it_o as_o a_o honourable_a exploit_n in_o this_o tumult_n there_o be_v above_o 300_o man_n slay_v with_o club_n and_o staff_n only_o there_o be_v no_o warlike_a instrument_n make_v use_v of_o this_o be_v the_o first_o insurrection_n among_o the_o roman_n that_o end_v with_o the_o effusion_n of_o blood_n since_o the_o abrogation_n of_o kingly_a government_n for_o all_o former_a sedition_n which_o be_v neither_o small_a nor_o about_o trivial_a matter_n be_v always_o amicable_o compose_v the_o two_o party_n constant_o submit_v to_o one_o another_o either_o the_o senate_n for_o fear_n of_o the_o commons_o or_o the_o commons_o out_o of_o respect_n to_o the_o senate_n and_o it_o be_v probable_a indeed_o that_o tiberius_n himself_o may_v then_o have_v be_v easy_o bring_v to_o submission_n if_o he_o have_v not_o be_v proceed_v against_o in_o such_o a_o rigorous_a manner_n for_o he_o have_v not_o at_o that_o time_n above_o 3000_o man_n of_o his_o party_n but_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o this_o conspiracy_n be_v foment_v against_o he_o more_o out_o of_o a_o aversion_n and_o malice_n which_o the_o rich_a man_n have_v to_o his_o person_n than_o for_o the_o reason_n which_o they_o common_o pretend_v against_o he_o in_o testimony_n whereof_o we_o may_v allege_v the_o cruelty_n and_o unnatural_a insulting_n which_o they_o use_v to_o his_o dead_a body_n for_o they_o will_v not_o suffer_v his_o own_o brother_n though_o he_o earnest_o beg_v the_o favour_n to_o bury_v his_o corpse_n in_o the_o night_n but_o throw_v it_o together_o with_o other_o carcase_n into_o the_o river_n neither_o do_v their_o cruelty_n stop_v here_o for_o they_o banish_v some_o of_o his_o friend_n without_o legal_a process_n and_o slay_v as_o many_o of_o the_o other_o as_o they_o can_v lay_v their_o hand_n on_o among_o who_o diophanes_n the_o orator_n be_v slay_v they_o murder_v one_o caius_n billius_n by_o shut_v he_o up_o close_o in_o a_o large_a tun_n with_o viper_n and_o serpent_n blossius_n of_o cuma_n indeed_o be_v carry_v before_o the_o consul_n and_o examine_v touch_v what_o have_v happen_v who_o free_o confess_v that_o he_o have_v never_o fail_v to_o execute_v what_o ever_o tiberius_n command_v he_o what_o reply_v nasica_n then_o if_o tiberius_n have_v command_v that_o you_o shall_v burn_v the_o capitol_n will_v you_o have_v burn_v it_o his_o first_o answer_n be_v that_o tiberius_n never_o command_v any_o such_o thing_n but_o be_v press_v with_o the_o same_o question_n by_o several_a other_o he_o declare_v that_o if_o tiberius_n have_v command_v it_o he_o will_v not_o have_v think_v it_o a_o inglorious_a action_n to_o have_v do_v it_o for_o he_o never_o command_v any_o thing_n but_o what_o he_o think_v for_o the_o people_n advantage_n blossius_n at_o this_o time_n be_v pardon_v and_o afterward_o flee_v to_o aristonicus_n in_o asia_n who_o fortune_n be_v then_o reduce_v to_o a_o desperate_a condition_n he_o kill_v himself_o however_o the_o senate_n to_o mollify_v the_o people_n after_o these_o transaction_n do_v not_o oppose_v the_o division_n of_o the_o public_a land_n and_o permit_v they_o to_o choose_v another_o commissioner_n for_o that_o business_n in_o the_o room_n of_o tiberius_n so_o they_o elect_v publius_n crassus_n who_o be_v gracchus_n near_a kinsman_n because_o his_o daughter_n licinia_n be_v marry_v to_o caius_n gracchus_n although_o cornelius_n nepos_n say_v that_o she_o be_v not_o the_o crassus_n daughter_n who_o caius_n marry_v but_o brutus_n that_o triumph_v for_o his_o conquest_n in_o portugal_n but_o most_o historian_n be_v of_o the_o same_o opinion_n with_o we_o afterward_o the_o people_n be_v much_o concern_v for_o the_o loss_n of_o tiberius_n and_o it_o be_v apparent_a that_o they_o want_v nothing_o but_o a_o convenient_a opportunity_n to_o be_v revenge_v and_o already_o threaten_v to_o bring_v nasica_n to_o his_o trial_n the_o senate_n fear_v lest_o some_o mischief_n shall_v befall_v nasica_n send_v he_o ambassador_n into_o asia_n though_o there_o be_v no_o other_o occasion_n for_o his_o go_v thither_o the_o common_a people_n do_v not_o conceal_v their_o indignation_n even_o in_o the_o open_a street_n but_o rail_v at_o he_o whenever_o they_o meet_v he_o abroad_o call_v he_o a_o murderer_n and_o a_o tyrant_n one_o who_o have_v pollute_v even_o the_o temple_n itself_o with_o the_o blood_n of_o a_o tribune_n upon_o this_o consideration_n nasica_n leave_v italy_n although_o he_o be_v oblige_v be_v the_o chief-priest_n to_o officiate_v in_o all_o principal_a sacrifice_n thus_o wander_v full_a of_o discontent_n and_o affliction_n from_o one_o place_n to_o another_o he_o die_v in_o a_o short_a time_n after_o not_o far_o from_o pergamus_n it_o be_v no_o wonder_n that_o the_o people_n have_v such_o a_o aversion_n to_o nasica_n when_o even_o scipio_n africanus_n who_o though_o deserve_o belove_v by_o the_o roman_n be_v in_o danger_n of_o quite_o lose_v the_o good_a opinion_n which_o the_o people_n have_v of_o he_o only_o for_o repeat_v when_o the_o news_n of_o tiberius_n death_n be_v first_o bring_v to_o numantia_n this_o verse_n out_o of_o homer_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d so_o may_v he_o perish_v who_o such_o crime_n commit_v and_o afterward_o be_v ask_v by_o caius_n and_o fulvius_n in_o a_o great_a assembly_n what_o he_o think_v of_o tiberius_n death_n he_o answer_v that_o he_o do_v not_o at_o all_o approve_v tiberius_n way_n of_o proceed_v upon_o which_o account_n the_o people_n will_v begin_v to_o interrupt_v he_o with_o their_o hissing_n in_o the_o middle_n of_o his_o oration_n which_o they_o never_o presume_v to_o do_v before_o that_o time_n and_o he_o on_o the_o other_o hand_n be_v so_o incense_v at_o it_o that_o upon_o this_o account_n he_o reflect_v very_o smart_o upon_o the_o people_n this_o be_v a_o full_a account_n of_o the_o most_o material_a passage_n in_o the_o life_n of_o tiberius_n the_o life_n of_o caius_z caius_n gracchus_n at_o first_o either_o for_o fear_n of_o his_o brother_n enemy_n or_o design_v to_o render_v they_o more_o odious_a to_o the_o people_n absent_v himself_o from_o their_o public_a assembly_n and_o quiet_o retire_v to_o his_o own_o house_n as_o if_o he_o be_v a_o person_n to_o who_o such_o private_a circumstance_n be_v not_o only_o very_o agreeable_a at_o present_a but_o that_o he_o be_v content_a also_o to_o pass_v the_o remainder_n of_o his_o life_n without_o affect_v any_o public_a action_n which_o make_v some_o imagine_n that_o he_o abhor_v and_o detest_a the_o transaction_n of_o tiberius_n however_o he_o be_v now_o but_o very_o young_a be_v not_o so_o old_a as_o his_o brother_n by_o nine_o year_n who_o be_v scarce_o thirty_o when_o he_o be_v slay_v it_o be_v not_o long_o before_o he_o plain_o discover_v character_n his_o temper_n have_v a_o natural_a antipathy_n to_o a_o lazy_a retirement_n and_o effeminacy_n nor_o in_o the_o least_o incline_v to_o any_o sort_n of_o luxury_n or_o covetousness_n but_o whole_o addict_v himself_o to_o the_o study_n of_o eloquence_n as_o wing_n whereby_o he_o may_v easy_o aspire_v to_o public_a business_n and_o government_n and_o it_o be_v very_o apparent_a that_o he_o do_v not_o intend_v to_o pass_v his_o day_n in_o obscurity_n when_o bettius_n a_o friend_n of_o he_o be_v impeach_v of_o high_a misdemeanour_n and_o he_o undertake_v public_o to_o defend_v his_o cause_n the_o people_n be_v in_o a_o ecstasy_n and_o transport_v with_o joy_n to_o find_v he_o at_o the_o
and_o caius_n likewise_o be_v then_o elect_v tribune_n the_o second_o time_n without_o his_o own_o time_n seek_v or_o petition_v for_o it_o but_o at_o the_o voluntary_a motion_n of_o the_o people_n when_o he_o understand_v that_o the_o senator_n be_v his_o declare_a enemy_n and_o that_o fannius_n himself_o be_v none_o of_o the_o true_a friend_n he_o begin_v again_o to_o flatter_v the_o people_n with_o other_o new_a law_n he_o propose_v that_o a_o colony_n of_o roman_a citizen_n may_v be_v send_v to_o repeople_v tarentum_n and_o capua_n and_o that_o all_o the_o latin_n shall_v enjoy_v the_o same_o privilege_n with_o the_o citizen_n of_o rome_n but_o the_o senate_n apprehend_v that_o he_o will_v at_o last_o grow_v too_o powerful_a and_o dangerous_a take_v a_o new_a and_o unusual_a course_n to_o alienate_v the_o people_n affection_n from_o he_o by_o their_o gratify_v they_o in_o thing_n beyond_o what_o they_o can_v reasonable_o expect_v livius_n drusus_n be_v fellow_n tribune_n with_o caius_n a_o person_n of_o as_o good_a a_o family_n and_o as_o well_o educate_v as_o any_o among_o the_o roman_n and_o no_o way_n inferior_a to_o those_o who_o for_o their_o eloquence_n and_o riches_n be_v the_o most_o famous_a and_o most_o powerful_a man_n of_o that_o time_n to_o he_o therefore_o the_o chief_a senator_n make_v their_o application_n exhort_v he_o to_o fall_v upon_o caius_n and_o that_o he_o will_v engage_v himself_o on_o their_o side_n in_o opposition_n to_o he_o not_o by_o use_v any_o force_n or_o oppose_v of_o the_o common_a people_n but_o in_o gratify_v and_o oblige_v they_o with_o such_o unreasonable_a thing_n as_o may_v otherwise_o very_o well_o deserve_v to_o be_v detest_v livius_n offer_v to_o serve_v the_o senate_n with_o his_o authority_n in_o this_o business_n and_o in_o order_n thereunto_o enact_v such_o law_n as_o be_v in_o reality_n neither_o honourable_a nor_o advantageous_a for_o the_o public_a his_o whole_a design_n be_v to_o outdo_v caius_n in_o please_v and_o cajol_v the_o populace_n as_o comedian_n do_v with_o obsequious_a flattery_n and_o popularity_n whereby_o the_o senate_n give_v plain_a testimony_n that_o they_o be_v not_o at_o all_o displease_v with_o caius_n management_n of_o affair_n but_o private_o design_v either_o to_o ruin_v he_o utter_o or_o to_o lessen_v at_o least_o his_o reputation_n for_o when_o caius_n propose_v the_o repeopling_a of_o only_a two_o colony_n abroad_o and_o mention_v the_o most_o considerable_a citizen_n for_o that_o purpose_n they_o accuse_v he_o for_o abuse_v the_o people_n but_o on_o the_o contrary_n be_v please_v with_o drusus_n when_o he_o propose_v the_o send_n of_o twelve_o colony_n abroad_o and_o each_o to_o consist_v of_o 3000_o person_n and_o those_o too_o the_o most_o beggarly_a rascal_n that_o he_o can_v find_v when_o caius_n divide_v the_o public_a field_n among_o the_o poor_a citizen_n and_o charge_v they_o with_o a_o small_a rent_n annual_o to_o be_v pay_v into_o the_o exchequer_n they_o be_v angry_a at_o he_o as_o one_o who_o pretend_v to_o gratify_v the_o people_n only_o for_o his_o own_o interest_n yet_o afterward_o they_o commend_v livius_n though_o he_o exempt_v they_o from_o pay_v even_o that_o little_a acknowledgement_n beside_o they_o be_v displease_v with_o caius_n for_o give_v the_o latin_v a_o equal_a power_n with_o the_o roman_n of_o vote_v at_o the_o election_n of_o magistrate_n but_o when_o livius_n propose_v that_o it_o may_v not_o be_v lawful_a for_o a_o roman_a captain_n to_o strike_v a_o latin_a soldier_n they_o promote_v the_o pass_v of_o that_o law_n and_o livius_n in_o all_o his_o speech_n to_o the_o mobile_n always_o tell_v they_o that_o he_o propose_v no_o law_n but_o such_o as_o be_v agreeable_a to_o the_o senate_n who_o have_v a_o particular_a regard_n to_o the_o people_n advantage_n and_o this_o true_o be_v the_o only_a action_n during_o the_o time_n of_o his_o tribuneship_n which_o prove_v advantageous_a to_o the_o public_a for_o the_o people_n be_v by_o this_o incline_v to_o show_v a_o more_o than_o ordinary_a love_n and_o respect_n to_o the_o senate_n and_o though_o they_o former_o suspect_v and_o hate_v the_o principal_a senator_n yet_o livius_n appease_v and_o mitigate_v all_o their_o former_a perverseness_n and_o animosity_n by_o convince_a they_o that_o he_o have_v do_v nothing_o in_o favour_n and_o for_o the_o benefit_n of_o the_o commons_o without_o their_o advice_n and_o approbation_n but_o the_o great_a credit_n which_o drusus_n get_v for_o his_o kindness_n and_o justice_n towards_o the_o people_n be_v that_o he_o never_o seem_v to_o propose_v any_o law_n either_o of_o his_o own_o head_n or_o for_o his_o own_o advantage_n for_o he_o commit_v the_o charge_n of_o see_v the_o colony_n right_o settle_v to_o other_o commissioner_n neither_o do_v he_o ever_o concern_v himself_o with_o the_o distribution_n of_o the_o money_n whereas_o caius_n be_v always_o the_o principal_a man_n concern_v in_o such_o considerable_a transaction_n when_o rubrius_n another_o tribune_n of_o the_o people_n have_v propose_v to_o have_v carthage_n again_o inhabit_v which_o have_v be_v former_o demolish_v by_o scipio_n it_o fall_v to_o caius_n lot_n to_o see_v the_o same_o perform_v and_o for_o that_o purpose_n he_o sail_v into_o africa_n drusus_n take_v this_o opportunity_n of_o his_o absence_n to_o insinuate_v himself_o still_o more_o into_o the_o people_n affection_n which_o he_o do_v chief_o by_o accuse_v fulvius_n who_o wa_z a_o particular_a friend_n to_o caius_n and_o depute_v a_o commissioner_n with_o he_o for_o the_o division_n of_o the_o land_n this_o fulvius_n be_v a_o man_n of_o a_o turbulent_a spirit_n and_o notorious_o hate_v by_o the_o senate_n and_o beside_o he_o be_v suspect_v by_o other_o to_o have_v foment_v a_o difference_n between_o they_o and_o their_o confederate_n and_o underhand_o to_o have_v persuade_v the_o italian_n to_o rebel_v though_o there_o be_v no_o other_o way_n to_o prove_v the_o truth_n of_o these_o accusation_n than_o by_o his_o be_v a_o suspicious_a person_n and_o of_o a_o seditious_a temper_n this_o be_v one_o principal_a cause_n of_o caius_n ruin_n for_o part_n of_o the_o envy_n which_o fall_v upon_o fulvius_n be_v derive_v upon_o he_o and_o when_o scipio_n africanus_n happen_v to_o die_v sudden_o and_o no_o outward_a cause_n scipio_n of_o such_o a_o unexpected_a death_n appear_v except_o some_o mark_n of_o blow_n upon_o his_o body_n which_o intimate_v that_o he_o have_v be_v violent_o murder_v as_o we_o have_v relate_v in_o the_o history_n of_o his_o life_n the_o great_a part_n of_o the_o blame_v be_v throw_v upon_o fulvius_n because_o he_o be_v his_o mortal_a enemy_n and_o that_o very_a day_n have_v reflect_v upon_o scipio_n public_o in_o the_o tribunal_n nor_o be_v caius_n himself_o clear_a from_o suspicion_n however_o such_o a_o horrible_a murder_n and_o commit_v too_o upon_o the_o person_n of_o one_o of_o the_o great_a and_o most_o considerable_a man_n in_o rome_n be_v never_o either_o punish_v or_o inquire_v into_o thorough_o for_o the_o mobile_n oppose_v and_o hinder_v the_o proceed_n of_o justice_n for_o fear_v that_o caius_n shall_v be_v find_v accessary_a to_o the_o murder_n but_o these_o thing_n be_v sometime_o after_o but_o in_o africa_n where_o at_o present_a caius_n be_v engage_v in_o the_o repeopling_a of_o carthage_n which_o he_o name_v junonia_n many_o ominous_a prodigy_n which_o presage_v mischief_n be_v report_v to_o have_v be_v send_v from_o the_o go_n for_o the_o first_o ensign_n staff_n be_v break_v with_o a_o violent_a gale_n of_o caius_n wind_n notwithstanding_o all_o the_o endeavour_n of_o the_o ensign_n to_o the_o contrary_n another_o sudden_a storm_n blow_v away_o the_o sacrifice_n which_o be_v lay_v upon_o the_o altar_n and_o disorder_v the_o whole_a platform_n by_o which_o the_o bound_n of_o the_o city_n be_v describe_v and_o beside_o all_o this_o the_o wolf_n make_v a_o incursion_n and_o carry_v away_o the_o very_a mark_n that_o be_v set_v up_o whereby_o they_o design_v the_o precinct_n of_o the_o city_n caius_z notwithstanding_o all_o this_o order_v and_o dispatch_v the_o whole_a business_n in_o the_o space_n of_o 70_o day_n and_o then_o return_v to_o rome_n understand_v how_o fulvius_n be_v prosecute_v by_o drusus_n and_o that_o the_o present_a juncture_n of_o affair_n will_v not_o suffer_v he_o to_o be_v absent_a for_o lucius_n hostilius_n one_o who_o side_v much_o with_o the_o nobility_n and_o of_o no_o small_a authority_n in_o the_o senate_n who_o have_v former_o sue_v to_o be_v consul_n but_o be_v repulse_v by_o caius_n interest_n whereby_o fannius_n be_v elect_v be_v in_o a_o fair_a way_n now_o of_o be_v choose_v consul_n because_o he_o have_v a_o numerous_a company_n of_o friend_n and_o it_o be_v general_o believe_v if_o he_o do_v obtain_v it_o that_o he_o will_v whole_o ruin_v caius_n interest_n who_o power_n be_v
enter_v the_o city_n and_o pursue_v he_o pompey_n send_v his_o army_n from_o brundisium_n to_o dyrrachium_fw-la he_o be_v censure_v for_o leave_v italy_n caesar_n go_v for_o spain_n pompey_n army_n in_o greece_n of_o thâ—se_a that_o resort_v to_o he_o §._o 18._o he_o follow_v caesar_n into_o thessaly_n §._o 19_o §._o 20._o lesbos_n §._o 21._o his_o death_n death_n sicily_n the_o author_n design_n in_o write_v life_n alexander_n family_n philip_n dream_n dream_n furious_a &_o warlike_a he_o consult_v the_o oracle_n the_o birth_n of_o alexander_n his_o person_n describe_v describe_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d his_o manner_n and_o exercise_n exercise_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d his_o magnanimity_n his_o education_n and_o tutor_n he_o came_v eucephalus_fw-la and_o back_n he_o aristotle_n alexander_n tutor_n tutor_n a_o college_n his_o letter_n to_o aristotle_n his_o inclination_n to_o learning_n his_o courage_n and_o early_a entrance_n upon_o action_n his_o difference_n with_o his_o father_n reconcile_v by_o demaratus_n the_o corinthian_a break_v on_o it_o again_o philip_n murder_v by_o pausanias_n the_o beginning_n of_o alexander_n reign_n attend_v with_o great_a difficulty_n he_o overthrow_v the_o triballian_n take_v thebes_n and_o race_n it_o the_o family_n of_o the_o poet_n pindar_n spare_v the_o story_n of_o timoclea_n he_o pardon_v the_o athenian_n be_v choose_v general_n of_o the_o grecian_n the_o behaviour_n of_o diogenes_n the_o cynic_n towards_o he_o he_o consults_z and_o force_v the_o oracle_n alexander_n army_n and_o preparation_n his_o liberality_n he_o pass_v the_o hellespont_n and_o visit_v achilles_n his_o tomb._n the_o battle_n of_o granicus_n alexander_n pass_v the_o granicus_n in_o despite_n of_o the_o enemy_n his_o dangerous_a encounter_n and_o preservation_n by_o clitus_n sardis_n take_v be_v irresolute_a be_v encourage_v by_o a_o old_a prophecy_n pisidia_n and_o phrygia_n subdue_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d cut_v the_o gordian_a knot_n darius_n march_n towards_o he_o a_o messenger_n darius_n his_o dream_n interpret_v alexander_n fall_v sick_a his_o confidence_n in_o his_o physician_n philip._n by_o who_o he_o be_v cure_a darius_n reject_v good_a counsel_n the_o battle_n of_o issus_n darius_n escape_n alexander_n take_v with_o the_o persian_a luxury_n and_o riches_n his_o generous_a usage_n of_o darius_n his_o wife_n and_o daughter_n his_o continence_n he_o be_v angry_a with_o those_o who_o will_v have_v corrupt_v he_o his_o temperance_n and_o manner_n of_o life_n describe_v he_o be_v give_v to_o brag_v and_o subject_n to_o flattery_n the_o expense_n of_o his_o table_n cyprus_n and_o phoenicia_n yield_v to_o he_o he_o besieges_n tyre_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o signify_v tyre_n be_v thou_o his_o care_n of_o his_o old_a master_n and_o personal_a valour_n in_o extremity_n of_o danger_n he_o take_v tyre_n and_o gaza_n where_o he_o be_v wound_v by_o a_o strâ—nge_a accident_n his_o esteem_n of_o homer_n he_o build_v alexandri_n his_o journey_n to_o the_o temple_n of_o jupiter_n hammon_n in_o which_o he_o be_v wonderful_o guide_v and_o preserve_v be_v flatter_v by_o a_o priest_n alexander_n opinion_n of_o the_o deity_n and_o politic_a use_n of_o be_v think_v a_o god_n he_o be_v jeer_v by_o anaxarchus_n the_o expense_n of_o tragedy_n defray_v by_o king_n darius_n his_o proposal_n reject_v alexander_n generous_a usage_n of_o darius_n wifâ—_n make_v he_o jealous_a 〈…〉_z 〈…〉_z the_o sun_n but_o without_o reason_n of_o which_o he_o be_v convince_v by_o tyreus_n the_o eunuch_n darius_n his_o prayer_n the_o event_n of_o a_o great_a battle_n gather_v from_o a_o ridiculous_a accident_n at_o the_o battle_n of_o gausamela_n gausamela_n august_n some_o copy_n have_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o fear_n alexander_n though_o infinite_o inferior_a in_o number_n refuse_v to_o steal_v a_o victory_n his_o reason_n for_o it_o his_o reason_n for_o it_o a_o instance_n of_o his_o conduct_n his_o armour_n describe_v a_o good_a omen_n before_o the_o battle_n darius_n fly_n and_o alexander_n gain_v a_o entire_a victory_n he_o be_v proclaim_v king_n of_o asia_n he_o court_v the_o grecian_n take_v babylon_n a_o account_n of_o naptha_n with_o a_o experiment_n of_o it_o and_o some_o conjecture_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d here_o some_o of_o the_o original_a be_v lose_v concern_v the_o nature_n of_o it_o vast_a treasure_n find_v at_o susa_n alexander_n enter_v into_o persia_n his_o speech_n to_o xerxes_n his_o statue_n xerxes_n his_o palace_n burn_v by_o thais_n a_o athenian_a whore_n several_a instance_n of_o alexander_n munificence_n to_o ariston_n to_o a_o poor_a soldier_n to_o photion_n to_o serapion_n to_o proteas_n to_o mazeus_n to_o parmenio_n he_o reprove_v the_o luxury_n of_o his_o farite_n his_o encounter_n with_o a_o lion_n express_v in_o figure_n of_o brass_n dedicate_v to_o apollo_n at_o delphos_n the_o ingratitude_n of_o his_o favourite_n how_o tender_a he_o be_v of_o his_o friend_n health_n and_o reputation_n assist_v they_o in_o their_o love_n and_o domestic_a affair_n a_o long_a march_n in_o pursuit_n of_o darius_n a_o memorable_a instance_n of_o alexander_n prudence_n and_o self_n denial_n the_o death_n of_o darius_n and_o punishment_n of_o bessut_o conjecture_n about_o the_o caspian_a sea_n alexander_n put_v on_o the_o persian_a habit_n which_o grieve_v the_o macedonian_n the_o story_n of_o the_o amazonian_a queen_n come_v to_o visit_v he_o be_v a_o fiction_n he_o persuade_v his_o man_n to_o pursue_v the_o war._n his_o method_n to_o preserve_v his_o new_a conquest_n the_o politic_a use_n he_o make_v of_o his_o favourite_n the_o fall_n of_o philotas_n occasion_v by_o his_o arrogance_n he_o be_v betray_v by_o his_o mistress_n antigone_n dimnus_n his_o conspiracy_n the_o falsehood_n of_o court_n friend_n the_o death_n of_o philotas_n and_o his_o father_n parmenio_n the_o murder_n of_o clitus_n prince_n can_v bear_v bold_a truth_n alexander_n repent_v of_o clitus_n his_o death_n both_o priest_n and_o philosopher_n caâ—_n flatter_v base_o callisthenes_n his_o true_a jest_n upon_o anaxarchus_n the_o character_n and_o fall_n of_o callisthenes_n who_o offend_v alexander_n by_o his_o moroseness_n and_o refuse_v to_o adore_v he_o aristotle_n himself_o suspect_v this_o passage_n be_v mention_v before_o alexander_n burn_v all_o his_o own_o and_o his_o soldier_n baggage_n he_o grow_v cruel_a a_o odd_a portent_n a_o spring_n of_o oil_n find_v sysimethres_n his_o rock_n take_v alexander_n discourse_n with_o acuphis_n with_o taxiles_n his_o friend_n râ—pine_v at_o his_o bounty_n to_o stranger_n his_o war_n with_o porus_n he_o pass_v the_o hydaspes_n and_o defeat_v porus._n porus_n his_o stature_n his_o elephant_n a_o city_n build_v in_o memory_n of_o bucephalus_n the_o macedonian_n refuse_v to_o pass_v the_o ganges_n which_o grieve_v alexander_n what_o care_v he_o take_v to_o deceive_v posterity_n his_o voyage_n down_o the_o river_n his_o danger_n among_o the_o mallian_n he_o be_v desperate_o wound_v his_o question_n to_o the_o indian_a philosopher_n with_o their_o answer_n the_o arrogance_n of_o calanus_n a_o gymnosophist_n his_o emblem_n of_o government_n alexander_n prayer_n when_o he_o come_v to_o the_o sea_n what_o loss_n he_o sustain_v in_o his_o march_n back_n his_o rietous_a progress_n through_o carmania_n a_o prize_n of_o dance_a win_v by_o bagoas_n alexander_n great_a preparation_n for_o a_o voyage_n to_o sea_n how_o hinder_v a_o custom_n of_o the_o king_n of_o persia_n cyrus_n sepulchre_n rifle_v alexander_n move_v at_o the_o inscription_n calanus_n barus_fw-la himself_n a_o drink_a match_n alexander_n marry_v statira_n darius_n his_o daughter_n he_o pay_v the_o debt_n of_o his_o army_n forgive_v antigenes_n his_o fraud_n his_o seminary_n of_o soldier_n the_o macedonian_n discontent_v he_o take_v &_o guard_n of_o persian_n the_o macedonian_n submit_v the_o old_a and_o disable_v dismisied_a with_o 〈…〉_z 〈…〉_z hephestion_n death_n a_o whole_a nation_n sacrifice_v to_o he_o stasicrates_n his_o extravagant_a design_n of_o a_o statue_n alexander_n warâ—ed_v not_o to_o go_v to_o babylon_n several_a presage_n of_o his_o death_n alexander_n distrust_v the_o go_n his_o usage_n of_o cassander_n a_o wonderful_a effect_n of_o fear_n the_o nature_n of_o superstition_n alexander_n fall_v sick_a after_o a_o great_a debauck_n a_o diary_n of_o his_o sickness_n he_o hear_v his_o admiral_n relate_v his_o voyage_n the_o macedonian_n admit_v to_o see_v he_o hie_v death_n not_o without_o suspicion_n of_o poison_n which_o be_v contradict_v the_o death_n of_o statira_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d forum_n maximum_fw-la athenis_fw-la sub_fw-la dio_fw-mi 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d caenae_fw-la frugi_fw-la apud_fw-la lacones_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o adagio_fw-it 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d locus_fw-la 5._o vel_fw-la 6._o miliar_a ital_n distans_fw-la ubi_fw-la templum_fw-la dianae_n mynich_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈…〉_z su_fw-es 〈…〉_z &_o pond_n genus_fw-la march_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d allude_v to_o the_o lucky_a chance_n call_v venus_n venus_n he_o mean_v julius_n caesar_n a_o exact_a character_n of_o tiberius_n and_o caius_n a_o drachma_n be_v seven_o penny_n half_a penny_n penny_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d tiberius_n make_v augur_n he_o marry_v claudia_n the_o daughter_n of_o app-claudius_n he_o be_v choose_v quaestor_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o make_v a_o peace_n with_o the_o numantine_n the_o peace_n broken_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d plutarch_n style_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d have_v no_o other_o way_n to_o express_v the_o latin_a word_n sapiens_fw-la he_o be_v choose_v tribune_n the_o law_n concern_v the_o division_n of_o land_n tiberius_n speech_n m_o octavius_n oppâ—ses_fw-la this_o law_n octavius_n depose_v this_o law_n be_v again_o ratify_v an_fw-mi obolus_fw-la be_v a_o penny_n farthing_n tiberius_n dispose_n of_o king_n attalas_n legacy_n to_o the_o common_a people_n tiberius_n speech_n several_a ill_a omen_n happen_v to_o he_o tiberius_n slay_v gracchus_n his_o character_n he_o be_v choose_v quaestor_n his_o dream_n his_o law_n other_o law_n prefer_v by_o c._n grach_n cajus_n power_n the_o italian_a mile_n contain_v 8_o furlong_n caius_n choose_a tribune_n the_o second_o time_n the_o death_n of_o scipio_n ill_a omen_n happen_v to_o caius_n caius_n miss_v of_o his_o three_o tribuneship_n tribuneship_n this_o say_n be_v occasion_v from_o a_o poisonous_a herb_n in_o that_o country_n which_o whoever_o taste_v of_o he_o present_o seem_v to_o laugh_v and_o in_o that_o posture_n die_v opimius_n be_v the_o same_o person_n who_o in_o this_o life_n be_v before_o mention_v by_o the_o name_n of_o l._n hostilius_n a_o decree_n of_o the_o senate_n against_o caius_n gracchus_n licinia_n speech_n to_o her_o husband_n caius_n gracchus_n fulvius_n send_v his_o young_a son_n tâ—_n treâ—â—_n of_o a_o peace_n fulvius_n and_o his_o elder_a son_n slay_v caius_n flight_n caius_n death_n the_o power_n of_o education_n to_o conquer_v affliction_n
head_n and_o burst_v forth_o into_o tear_n with_o lamentable_a outcry_n say_v alas_o how_o great_a be_v the_o calamity_n of_o the_o persian_n be_v it_o not_o enough_o that_o their_o king_n consort_n and_o sister_n be_v a_o prisoner_n in_o her_o life-time_n but_o she_o must_v now_o she_o be_v dead_a also_o be_v but_o mean_o and_o obscure_o bury_v oh_o sir_n reply_v the_o eunuch_n as_o to_o her_o interment_n or_o any_o respect_n or_o decency_n that_o be_v omit_v at_o it_o you_o have_v not_o the_o least_o reason_n to_o accuse_v the_o ill_a fortune_n of_o your_o country_n for_o to_o my_o knowledge_n neither_o your_o queen_n statira_n when_o alive_a or_o your_o mother_n or_o child_n want_v any_o thing_n of_o their_o former_a happy_a condition_n unless_o it_o be_v the_o light_n of_o your_o countenance_n which_o i_o doubt_v not_o but_o the_o mighty_a oromasdes_n will_v yet_o restore_v with_o great_a splendour_n and_o glory_n than_o ever_o and_o after_o her_o decease_n i_o assure_v you_o she_o have_v not_o only_o all_o due_a funeral_n ornament_n but_o be_v honour_v also_o with_o the_o tear_n of_o your_o very_a enemy_n for_o alexander_n be_v as_o merciful_a and_o gentle_a after_o victory_n as_o he_o be_v dare_v and_o terrible_a in_o the_o field_n at_o the_o hear_n of_o these_o word_n such_o be_v the_o grief_n and_o emotion_n of_o darius_n his_o mind_n that_o although_o there_o be_v not_o the_o 〈…〉_z least_o ground_n for_o they_o he_o can_v not_o choose_v but_o entertain_v some_o absurd_a suspicion_n for_o take_v tyreas_n aside_o into_o a_o more_o private_a apartment_n in_o his_o tent_n unless_o thou_o likewise_o say_v he_o to_o he_o have_v desert_v i_o together_o with_o the_o good_a fortune_n of_o persia_n and_o be_v become_v a_o macedonian_a in_o thy_o heart_n if_o thou_o bear_v i_o yet_o any_o respect_n and_o own_v i_o for_o thy_o sovereign_a darius_n tell_v i_o i_o charge_v thou_o by_o the_o veneration_n thou_o pay_v the_o deity_n of_o sun_n mithras_n and_o this_o right_a hand_n of_o the_o king_n do_v i_o not_o lament_v the_o least_o of_o statira_n misfortune_n in_o her_o captivity_n and_o death_n have_v i_o not_o suffer_v something_o more_o injurious_a and_o deplorable_a in_o her_o life-time_n and_o have_v i_o not_o be_v miserable_a with_o less_o dishonour_n if_o i_o have_v meet_v with_o a_o more_o severe_a and_o inhuman_a enemy_n for_o how_o be_v it_o possible_a a_o young_a man_n as_o he_o be_v shall_v treat_v the_o wife_n of_o darius_n with_o so_o much_o generosity_n without_o pass_v the_o bound_n of_o a_o virtuous_a conversation_n whilst_o he_o be_v yet_o speak_v tyreus_n throw_v himself_o at_o his_o foot_n and_o eunuch_n beseech_v he_o neither_o to_o wrong_v alexander_n so_o much_o nor_o his_o dead_a wife_n and_o sister_n as_o to_o harbour_v such_o unjust_a thought_n which_o deprive_v he_o of_o the_o only_a consolation_n he_o be_v capable_a of_o in_o his_o adversity_n in_o a_o firm_a belief_n that_o he_o be_v overcome_v by_o a_o man_n who_o virtue_n raise_v he_o far_o above_o the_o pitch_n of_o human_a nature_n that_o he_o ought_v to_o look_v upon_o alexander_n with_o love_n and_o admiration_n who_o have_v give_v no_o less_o proof_n of_o his_o continence_n towards_o the_o persian_a woman_n than_o of_o his_o valour_n among_o the_o men._n the_o eunuch_n confirm_v all_o he_o say_v with_o solemn_a horrid_a oath_n and_o be_v far_o enlarge_n himself_o in_o the_o description_n of_o alexander_n moderation_n and_o magnanimity_n upon_o other_o occasion_n when_o darius_n not_o able_a to_o contain_v himself_o any_o long_o break_v from_o he_o into_o the_o next_o room_n where_o before_o all_o his_o courtier_n he_o lift_v up_o his_o hand_n to_o heaven_n and_o utter_v this_o prayer_n you_o god_n say_v he_o who_o be_v the_o prayer_n author_n of_o our_o be_v and_o supreme_a director_n of_o kingdom_n above_o all_o thing_n i_o beg_v of_o you_o to_o restore_v the_o decline_a affair_n of_o persia_n that_o i_o may_v leave_v they_o at_o least_o in_o as_o flourish_v a_o condition_n as_o i_o find_v they_o and_o have_v it_o in_o my_o power_n to_o make_v some_o grateful_a return_v to_o alexander_n for_o the_o kindness_n which_o in_o my_o adversity_n he_o have_v show_v to_o those_o who_o be_v dear_a to_o i_o but_o if_o indeed_o the_o fatal_a time_n be_v come_v which_o be_v to_o give_v a_o period_n to_o the_o persian_a monarchy_n if_o our_o ruin_n be_v a_o debt_n that_o must_v be_v inevitable_o pay_v to_o the_o divine_a vengeance_n and_o the_o vicissitude_n of_o thing_n then_o i_o beseech_v you_o grant_v that_o no_o other_o man_n but_o alexander_n may_v sit_v upon_o the_o throne_n of_o cyrus_n the_o truth_n of_o these_o passage_n be_v attest_v by_o most_o writer_n but_o to_o return_v to_o alexander_n after_o he_o have_v accident_n reduce_v all_o asia_n on_o this_o side_n the_o euphrates_n he_o advance_v towards_o darius_n who_o be_v come_v down_o against_o he_o with_o a_o million_o of_o men._n in_o his_o march_n a_o very_a ridiculous_a passage_n happen_v the_o servant_n who_o follow_v the_o camp_n for_o sports-sake_n divide_v themselves_o into_o two_o party_n and_o name_v the_o commander_n of_o one_o of_o they_o alexander_n and_o of_o the_o other_o darius_n at_o first_o they_o only_o pelt_v one_o another_o with_o clod_n of_o earth_n and_o after_o fell_a to_o fisticuff_n till_o at_o last_o heat_v with_o the_o skirmish_n they_o fight_v in_o good_a earnest_n with_o stone_n and_o club_n so_o that_o they_o have_v much_o ado_n to_o part_v they_o till_o alexander_n order_v the_o two_o captain_n to_o decide_v the_o quarrel_n by_o single_a combat_n and_o arm_v he_o who_o bear_v his_o name_n himself_o while_o philotas_n do_v the_o same_o to_o he_o who_o represent_v darius_n the_o whole_a army_n be_v spectator_n of_o this_o encounter_n with_o mind_n prepare_v from_o the_o event_n of_o it_o to_o make_v a_o judgement_n of_o their_o own_o future_a success_n after_o they_o have_v fight_v stout_o a_o pretty_a while_n at_o last_o he_o who_o be_v call_v alexander_n have_v the_o better_a and_o for_o a_o reward_n of_o his_o prowess_n have_v 12_o village_n give_v he_o with_o leave_n to_o vest_n himself_o after_o the_o persian_a mode_n thus_o we_o be_v inform_v by_o the_o write_n of_o eratosthenes_n but_o the_o great_a battle_n of_o all_o that_o be_v fight_v gausamela_n with_o darius_n be_v not_o as_o most_o writer_n tell_v we_o at_o arbela_n but_o at_o gausamela_n which_o in_o their_o language_n signify_v the_o camel_n house_n forasmuch_o as_o one_o of_o their_o ancient_a king_n have_v escape_v the_o pursuit_n of_o his_o enemy_n on_o a_o swift_a camel_n in_o gratitude_n to_o his_o beast_n settle_v he_o at_o this_o place_n with_o a_o allowance_n of_o certain_a village_n and_o rent_n for_o his_o maintenance_n it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o in_o the_o month_n august_n boedromion_n about_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o feast_n of_o mystery_n at_o athens_n there_o happen_v a_o eclipse_n of_o the_o moon_n the_o 11_o night_n after_o which_o the_o two_o army_n be_v then_o in_o view_n of_o one_o another_o darius_n keep_v his_o man_n in_o arm_n and_o by_o torchlight_n take_v a_o general_a review_n of_o they_o but_o alexander_n while_o his_o soldier_n sleep_v spend_v the_o night_n before_o his_o tent_n with_o his_o divine_a aristander_n perform_v certain_a mysterious_a ceremony_n and_o sacrifice_v to_o apollo_n in_o the_o mean_a fear_n while_o the_o elder_a of_o his_o commander_n and_o chief_o parmenio_n when_o they_o behold_v all_o the_o plain_a between_o the_o river_n niphates_n and_o the_o gordyaean_a mountain_n shine_v with_o the_o light_n and_o fire_n which_o be_v make_v by_o the_o barbarian_n and_o hear_v the_o rude_a and_o confuse_a voice_n out_o of_o their_o camp_n the_o terror_n and_o noise_n of_o which_o resemble_v the_o roar_n of_o a_o vast_a ocean_n they_o be_v so_o amaze_v at_o the_o thought_n of_o such_o a_o multitude_n that_o after_o some_o conference_n among_o themselves_o they_o conclude_v it_o a_o enterprise_n too_o difficult_a and_o hazardous_a it_o for_o they_o to_o engage_v so_o numerous_a a_o enemy_n in_o the_o day_n and_o therefore_o meet_v the_o king_n as_o he_o come_v from_o sacrifice_v beseech_v he_o to_o attack_v darius_n by_o night_n that_o the_o darkness_n may_v conceal_v the_o horror_n and_o danger_n of_o the_o ensue_a battle_n to_o this_o he_o give_v they_o the_o so_o celebrate_a answer_n that_o he_o will_v not_o steal_v a_o victory_n which_o though_o some_o may_v think_v childish_a and_o vain_a as_o if_o he_o play_v with_o danger_n yet_o other_o look_v upon_o it_o as_o a_o evidence_n that_o he_o confide_v in_o his_o present_a condition_n and_o make_v a_o true_a judgement_n of_o the_o future_a in_o not_o leave_v darius_n in_o case_n he_o be_v worsted_n so_o much_o as_o a_o pretence_n of_o try_v his_o
danger_n cato_n bold_o oppose_v he_o and_o make_v he_o appear_v so_o infamous_a that_o he_o be_v force_v to_o leave_v the_o town_n and_o when_o cicero_n come_v to_o thank_v he_o for_o what_o he_o have_v do_v you_o must_v thank_v the_o commonwealth_n say_v he_o for_o who_o sake_n alone_o it_o be_v that_o he_o do_v every_o thing_n thus_o he_o gain_v a_o great_a and_o wonderful_a reputation_n so_o that_o a_o certain_a advocate_n in_o a_o cause_n where_o there_o be_v only_o one_o witness_n against_o he_o tell_v the_o judge_n they_o ought_v not_o to_o rely_v upon_o a_o single_a witness_n though_o it_o be_v cato_n himself_o and_o it_o be_v grow_v proverbial_a among_o the_o people_n if_o any_o very_a unlikely_a and_o incredible_a thing_n be_v assert_v to_o say_v they_o will_v not_o believe_v it_o though_o cato_n himself_o shall_v affirm_v it_o one_o day_n a_o debauch_a prodigal_a talk_n in_o the_o senate_n about_o frugality_n and_o temperance_n amnoeus_n stand_v up_o cry_v who_o can_v endure_v this_o sir_n to_o hear_v you_o that_o feast_n like_o crassus_n and_o build_v like_o lucullus_n talk_v like_o cato_n so_o likewise_o those_o who_o be_v wild_a and_o dissolute_a in_o their_o manner_n yet_o affect_v to_o seem_v grave_a and_o severe_a in_o their_o discourse_n be_v in_o derision_n call_v cato_n at_o first_o when_o his_o friend_n will_v have_v persuade_v he_o to_o stand_v to_o be_v tribune_n of_o the_o people_n he_o think_v it_o not_o convenient_a for_o that_o the_o power_n of_o so_o great_a a_o office_n aught_o to_o be_v employ_v only_o as_o the_o strong_a medicine_n when_o thing_n be_v bring_v to_o the_o last_o necessity_n but_o afterward_o in_o vacation-time_n as_o he_o be_v go_v accompany_v with_o his_o book_n and_o philosopher_n to_o leucania_n where_o he_o have_v a_o pleasant_a seat_n by_o the_o way_n they_o meet_v a_o great_a many_o horse_n carriages_n and_o attendant_n of_o who_o they_o understand_v that_o metellus_n nepos_n be_v go_v to_o rome_n to_o stand_v to_o be_v tribune_n of_o the_o people_n hereupon_o cato_n stop_v and_o after_o a_o little_a pause_n give_v order_n to_o return_v immediate_o at_o which_o the_o company_n seem_v to_o wonder_n do_v you_o know_v say_v he_o how_o dangerous_a of_o itself_o the_o madness_n of_o metellus_n be_v but_o now_o he_o come_v assist_v with_o the_o counsel_n of_o pompey_n he_o will_v fall_v like_o lightning_n on_o the_o state_n and_o bring_v it_o to_o utter_v ruin_n wherefore_o this_o be_v no_o time_n for_o idleness_n and_o diversion_n but_o we_o must_v go_v and_o prevent_v this_o man_n in_o his_o design_n or_o brave_o die_v in_o defence_n of_o our_o liberty_n nevertheless_o by_o the_o persuasion_n of_o his_o friend_n he_o go_v first_o to_o his_o countryhouse_n where_o he_o stay_v but_o a_o very_a little_a time_n and_o then_o return_v to_o town_n he_o arrive_v in_o the_o evening_n and_o go_v straight_o the_o next_o morning_n to_o the_o forum_n where_o he_o begin_v to_o solicit_v for_o the_o tribuneship_n in_o opposition_n to_o metellus_n the_o power_n of_o this_o office_n consist_v rather_o in_o control_a than_o perform_v any_o business_n for_o though_o all_o the_o rest_n except_o any_o one_o tribune_n shall_v be_v agree_v yet_o his_o denial_n or_o intercession_n can_v put_v a_o stop_n to_o the_o whole_a matter_n cato_n at_o first_o have_v not_o many_o that_o appear_v for_o he_o but_o as_o soon_o as_o his_o design_n be_v know_v all_o person_n of_o the_o best_a quality_n and_o of_o his_o own_o acquaintance_n take_v part_n with_o he_o for_o they_o look_v upon_o he_o not_o as_o one_o that_o desire_v a_o favour_n of_o they_o but_o one_o that_o seek_v to_o do_v a_o great_a kindness_n to_o his_o country_n and_o all_o honest_a man_n who_o have_v many_o time_n refuse_v the_o same_o office_n when_o he_o may_v have_v have_v it_o without_o trouble_n but_o now_o seek_v it_o with_o danger_n that_o he_o may_v defend_v their_o liberty_n and_o their_o government_n it_o be_v report_v that_o so_o great_a a_o number_n flock_v about_o he_o that_o he_o be_v like_a to_o be_v stifle_v amid_o the_o press_n and_o can_v scarce_o get_v through_o the_o crowd_n he_o be_v declare_v tribune_n with_o several_a other_o among_o who_o be_v metellus_n now_o when_o cato_n be_v choose_v into_o this_o office_n have_v observe_v that_o the_o election_n of_o consul_n be_v grow_v very_o mercenary_a he_o sharp_o rebuke_v the_o people_n for_o this_o corruption_n and_o in_o the_o conclusion_n of_o his_o speech_n protest_v he_o will_v accuse_v who_o ever_o he_o shall_v find_v give_v money_n yet_o pass_v by_o silanus_n by_o reason_n of_o his_o alliance_n for_o he_o have_v marry_v servilia_n cato_n sister_n so_o that_o he_o do_v not_o prosecute_v he_o but_o lucius_n murena_n who_o be_v choose_v consul_n with_o silanus_n he_o accuse_v of_o bribery_n there_o be_v a_o law_n that_o the_o party_n accuse_v may_v set_v a_o guard_n upon_o his_o accuser_n to_o watch_v he_o lest_o he_o shall_v use_v any_o indirect_a mean_n in_o prepare_v the_o accusation_n he_o that_o be_v set_v upon_o cato_n by_o murena_n at_o first_o follow_v and_o observe_v he_o strict_o yet_o never_o find_v he_o deal_v any_o way_n unfair_o or_o unjust_o but_o always_o generous_o and_o candid_o go_v on_o in_o the_o just_a and_o open_a method_n of_o proceed_v so_o that_o he_o much_o admire_v cato_n great_a spirit_n and_o noble_a nature_n and_o easy_o trust_v to_o his_o integrity_n for_o meet_v he_o abroad_o or_o go_v to_o his_o house_n he_o will_v ask_v he_o if_o he_o design_v to_o do_v any_o thing_n that_o day_n in_o order_n to_o the_o accusation_n and_o if_o cato_n say_v no_o he_o go_v away_o free_o rely_v on_o his_o word_n when_o the_o cause_n be_v plead_v cicero_n who_o be_v then_o consul_n and_o defend_v murena_n do_v so_o witty_o expose_v cato_n and_o the_o stoic_a philosopher_n and_o their_o paradox_n that_o he_o raise_v great_a laughter_n in_o his_o judge_n whereupon_o cato_n smile_v say_v to_o the_o standard_n by_o sir_n we_o have_v a_o very_a pleasant_a consul_n murena_n be_v acquit_v and_o afterward_o show_v himself_o no_o passionate_a but_o a_o very_a prudent_a man_n for_o when_o he_o be_v consul_n he_o always_o take_v cato_n advice_n in_o the_o most_o weighty_a affair_n and_o in_o all_o the_o time_n of_o his_o office_n give_v he_o much_o honour_n and_o respect_n of_o which_o not_o only_a murena_n prudence_n but_o also_o cato_n oblige_v humour_n be_v the_o cause_n for_o though_o he_o be_v terrible_a and_o severe_a as_o to_o matter_n of_o justice_n in_o the_o senate_n and_o at_o the_o bar_n yet_o he_o be_v very_o courteous_a and_o good-natured_a to_o all_o man_n in_o private_a before_o cato_n take_v upon_o he_o the_o office_n of_o tribune_n he_o assist_v cicero_n at_o that_o time_n consul_n in_o many_o thing_n that_o concern_v his_o office_n but_o most_o especial_o in_o prosecute_a catiline_n conspiracy_n which_o he_o do_v with_o great_a courage_n and_o success_n this_o catiline_n have_v plot_v a_o dreadful_a and_o entire_a subversion_n of_o the_o roman_a state_n contrive_v to_o raise_v great_a sedition_n and_o drive_v they_o into_o a_o civil_a war_n but_o be_v detect_v by_o cicero_n be_v force_v to_o fly_v the_o city_n yet_o lentulus_n and_o cethegus_n conspire_v with_o several_a other_o and_o blame_v catiline_n as_o one_o that_o want_v courage_n and_o have_v too_o much_o caution_n for_o such_o desperate_a design_n they_o themselves_o resolve_v to_o set_v the_o whole_a town_n on_o fire_n and_o utter_o to_o ruin_v the_o empire_n of_o the_o world_n by_o tumult_n at_o home_n and_o war_n from_o abroad_o but_o the_o design_n be_v discover_v by_o cicero_n as_o we_o have_v write_v in_o his_o life_n and_o the_o matter_n bring_v before_o the_o senate_n silanus_n who_o speak_v first_o deliver_v his_o opinion_n that_o the_o conspirator_n ought_v to_o suffer_v the_o last_o of_o punishment_n and_o be_v therein_o follow_v by_o all_o that_o speak_v after_o he_o till_o it_o come_v to_o caesar_n who_o be_v very_o eloquent_a and_o look_v upon_o all_o change_n and_o commotion_n in_o the_o state_n as_o matter_n for_o he_o to_o work_v upon_o desire_v rather_o to_o increase_v than_o extinguish_v they_o wherefore_o stand_v up_o he_o make_v a_o very_a merciful_a and_o persuasive_a speech_n that_o they_o ought_v not_o to_o suffer_v otherwise_o than_o according_a to_o law_n by_o which_o they_o can_v not_o be_v put_v to_o death_n and_o move_v that_o they_o may_v be_v keep_v in_o prison_n thus_o be_v the_o house_n almost_o whole_o turn_v by_o caesar_n they_o be_v also_o afraid_a of_o the_o people_n insomuch_o that_o silanus_n retract_v and_o say_v he_o do_v not_o mean_a death_n but_o imprisonment_n for_o that_o be_v the_o utmost_a of_o what_o a_o roman_a can_v suffer_v upon_o this_o