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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A35239	The history of the nine worthies of the world three whereof were Gentiles, I. Hector, son of Priamus, King of Troy, II. Alexander the Great ..., III. Julius Cæsar ..., : three Jews, IV. Joshua ..., V. David ..., VI. Judas Maccabeus ..., : three Christians, VII. Arthur, King of Brittain, VIII. Charles the Great, Emp. of Germany, IX. Godfrey of Bulloign, King of Jerusalem : being an account of their glorious lives, worthy actions, renowned victories and deaths : illustrated with poems and the picture of each worthy / by R.B.	R. B., 1632?-1725?	1687 (1687)	Wing C7337; ESTC R27845	111,812	196

After this the Jews had some rest But Alcimus the High Priest intending to beat down the old Wall of the Sanctuary was suddenly strucken by God became speechless and fell to the ground and having suffered grievous torments many days he died miserably Whereupon the People by general consent chose Judas Maccabeus High Priest who hearing of the great power and Victorys of the Romans sent two Persons to Rome to make them his Allies and Confederates and to write to Demetrius to give over his Wars against the Jews These Ambassadors coming to Rome were entertained by the Senate and an Alliance was concluded upon these conditions That none under the Romans should War against the Jews nor furnish their Enemies with Victuals Ships nor Silver That if any made War on the Romans the Jews should assist them That the Jews should neither add nor dimini●● from this Association without the general consent of 〈◊〉 Romans and that what was thus concluded should contit● forever The death of Nicanor and the loss of his Army being reported to Demetrius he sent another unde● Bacchides who coming into Judea and hearing tha● Judas was incamped at Bethzeth he marched again●● him with twenty thousand Foot and two thousan● Horse Judas had not in all above two thousand me●● who seeing the vast number of their Foes were muc● afraid so that many forsaking the Camp fled away an● there remained with Judas only eight hundred me● and his Enemies pressed so hard on him that he l●● no time to re-assemble his Forces yet he resolved 〈◊〉 fight with that small handful exhorting them to behav● themselves valiantly Who answering That they we not able to make head against so great an Army advise● him to retire and stand on his guard till he had re●● inforced himself Judas replied God forbid that the 〈◊〉 should see me turn my back upon mine Enemies though die and spend my last Bloud in this Battel yet will I neve● blemish my former Worthy actions by an ignominious flight And having again encouraged his Souldiers he commanded them to use their utmost courage again● the Enemy without any apprehension of danger Bacchides marshalled his Army in Battalia and ca●●sing the Trumpets to sound and his Souldiers to make 〈◊〉 great Shout he charged his enemies Judas did the like and encountred Bacchides upon which there ensued a most bloudy Fight which continued till Sun-set Juda●● perceiving that Bacchides and the flower of his Army fought in the right wing drew his most resolute Souldier● thither who brake in upon them and forcing them to fly pursued them to Mount Aza But the left wing followed Judas and inclosed him on the back part so that finding himself in much danger he with his Followers resolved to sell their lives dearly and fight it out to the last He slew a great number of his Enemies ●ill at length he was so wearied with killing that he ●ell to the ground and was there slain upon which his ●ew remaining companions betook themselves to flight Simeon and Jonathan his Brothers recovered his Body and buried it at Modin all the people weeping and making great lamentation for the death of so valiant 〈◊〉 Commander for whatsoever Virtue hath of great whatsoever valour hath of generous met in the person of Judas Maccabeus to make a Marvel of his life and give ●mmortal memory to his Name In the space of six years be sustained the great and prodigious Forces of three Kings of Asia as you have heard opposing himself with a little flying Camp against Armies of forty sixty an hundred thousand men which he put into disorder and confusion He defeated nine Generals of the Infidels in ranged battles and combates killing some with his own hands and carrying away their Spoils so that of all his great Qualities Valour always held the upper rank and worthily entitled him to the name of a Worthy The History of Arthur King of Brittain The Seventh Worthy of the World. Arthur the Great and Worthy Brittish King Glory and Victory to his Realm did bring He th' Heathen Saxons often overcame Inducing them to own the Christian Name He while he lived upheld the Sinking State And Conquest seem'd upon him still to wait His Subjects Love he thereby doth attain And he must chuse one after him to Reign The Pictish King this Choice doth much resent As if to wrong him of his Rights they meant Both Kings ingage in Fight where both Kings dy'd With Thousands of their Subjects on each side THe Brittish Writers have related such Strange and Miraculous Actions and Adventures of this Wor●hy Prince that many Intelligent Men have been apt to think that all which hath been written of his Heroicks deeds is meer Fiction and Invention yea some are of opinion that there never was any such Person but though Historians disagree about times and places some writing carelesly and others superstitiously yet they all agree upon the Predecessors and Successors of this Noble King but as it is most execrable Infidelity to doubt that there was a Joshua Wicked Atheism to question if there were a David and unreasonable to deny the being of Judas Maccabcus As it may be judged folly to affirm there was never any Alexander Julius Caesar Godfrey of Bullen or Charlemagne so we may be thought guilty of incredulity and ingratitude to deny or doubt the honourable Acts of our Victorious Arthur This is premised in vindication of our Hero and his immortal name and fame whereby he justly gained the Title of the Seventh Worthy of the World. Now to his History After this Kingdom had for above four hundred and eighty years been subject to the Romans which began by the Conquest that Julius Caesar made here in the Reign of Cassibelan King of the Brittains seventeen years before the birth of our Blessed Saviour and ended in the time of the Emperor Gratianus three hundred seventy six years after Christ Vortigern of the bloud Royal of the Brittish Kings by usurpation and the Murther of Constance the Son of Constantius seized upon the Crown who growing odious and hateful to his Subjects both for his wicked life and ill got Soveraignty he was forced to send to Germany for the Saxons to aid and support him The Saxons at this time possest the third part of Germany holding all the Countreys between the River Rhine and Elbe bounded on the North by the Baltick Sea and the Ocean and governed by twelve Princes who elected a Soveraign Leader and General in time of War This being so sparious populous and near a Countrey well furnisht with Shipping which the Brittains wanted yielded always plentiful supplies to the undertakers of this action who were first Two brothers Hengist and Horsa After they had continued here a while as hired Souldiers and observed the weakness both of Prince and People their number dayly increased At first they had only the Isle of Thanet allowed them to inhabit but soon after the whole County of Kent

our dearest bloud and life In the mean time the Kings Commissioners pressing every one to declare himself one of the Jews whether induced by terror or reward steps forth from among the people to sacrifice according to the command of the King wherewith Matthias inflamed with Zeal was so displeased that he and his Sons fell upon him and hewed him in pieces they also slew Apollos the Kings Captain and other Souldiers who withstood them Then he overthrew the Altar and with a loud voice said All that are affected to the Laws of their Fathers and the Service of God let them follow me Whereupon many of them retired with their Wives and Children into the Desarts and Caves but were soon pursued and overtaken by the Kings Captains who again renewed their perswasions to them to offer Sacrifice to the Idols which the Jews absolutely refusing and resolving rather to die than commit such Impiety these bloudy Persecutors assaulted them on the Sabbath day and burnt them in their Caves who neither resisted nor defended themselves lest they should prophane the Sabbath Some thousands of Men Women and Children were there destroyed yet divers escaped who joyned themselves with Matthias and chose him for their Captain who then inform'd them that they might lawfully fight on the Sabbath if they were assaulted else they were guilty of their own deaths And having assembled a sufficient number he destroyed the Heathen Altars and slew those who had forsaken their Religion commanding them to circumcise their Children and driving from every place those whom Antiochus had appointed to see the Laws executed Having thus governed one year he fell sick and perceiving his death to approach he sent for his five Sons John Simeon Judas Maccabeus Eleazer and Jonathan whom he earnestly exhorted to follow his steps its maintaining the Law of God and fighting for their Countrey assuring them of the divine assistance which never fails those who love and fear God but taking pleasure in their virtues will grant them favour to recover their former liberty and peace And saith he God will establish you in the possession of your ancient Laws and though our bodies are mortal and subject to death yet the memory of our virtuous actions will remain to eternity never doubt therefore to venture your lives in so good a Cause but above all I exhort you to love and concord and whatever you find any one most apt and fitted for let him prosecute the same without contradiction from the rest I charge you to obey your brother Simeon a politick and valiant man in what ever he shall Counsel you but make Judas Maccabeus your Captain who is couragious and strong for he shall revenge the injuries and outrages that have been done to our Nation and shall put your Enemies to flight Assist him therefore like men of valour and such as fear God and thereby you shall be sure to prevail Soon after Matthias gave up the Ghost and Judas Maccab●us was made General who by the assistance of his Brethren and other Jews drove the Enemy out of the Country and cleansed the Land of Idolatry Which when Apollonius the General of Antiochus in Samaria heard he invaded Judea Against whom Maccabeus went forth and in a terrible Battle overthrew and killed Apollonius taking his Camp and therein a very rich Booty together with his Sword. After this Seron Governour of Coelosyria with the assistance of many Apostate Jews marcht against Judas to B●thoron who observing his Souldiers discouraged by their great numbers and because they had fasted so long and were thereby disabled he incouraged them saying That Victory did not consist in numbers of men but in their Devotion toward God who had so assisted their Forefathers that with small Forces they had often defeated many thousands of their Enemies They were hereby so prevail'd upon that without sear of their multitude they ran all upon Sevon routed his Army and slew him together with eight hundred of the Syrians the rest escaping by flight Antiochus inraged at this defeat commanded Lysias the Governour of Egypt to go with a very strong Army and conquer Judea and then to sell the Inhabitants for Slaves to those that would give most and utterly to destroy and ruine Jerusalem Lysias having this command sent Prolomy Nicanor and Gorgias men of great Authority about the King with Forty thousand Foot and Seven thousand Horse to invade Judea who marching to the City of Emaus greatly increased their Forces Judas having viewed the Camp and number of his Enemies exhorted his Souldiers to repose their confidence and hope of Victory in God alone appointing likewise a Fast to humble themselves before God by supplications and prayers in such a time of extream danger and assuring them that God would have compassion on them and strengthen them to put their Adversaries to sham● Next day he mustered his Army discharging all who were newly married or had lately bought Possessions according to the Law and then spake thus to the rest Countrymen and Companions we had never more occasion to express our Courage and contemn Dangers than at this present For if you now fight valiantly you may in this one Battle recover your Liberties whereby you will have opportunity again to serve the True God and live a happy life But if you prove Cowards in this Encounter you will be branded with perpetual Infamy and indanger the utter extirpation of your Nation Consider therefore that if you fight not you must die and on the contrary assure your selves that in fighting for your Religion Laws and Liberties you shall obtain Immortal Glory Be ready Theerfore in the morning to give your mortal Enemies Battle Immediately news was brought him that a strong party of Horse and Foot were design'd to fal● on him that night whereupon Maccabeus suddenly resolved to break into the Enemies Army the same night while they were so divided Having therefore refreshed himself and his Army and leaving many Fires in his Camp to deceive the Enemy he marcht all night to seek them out Gorgias finding the Jews had forsaken their Camp imagined that they were fled to the Mountains for fear and deligently pursued them But in the morning Judas with only three thousand men ill armed shewed himself to the Enemy at Emaus and having observed their posture he perswaded his men To fight Valiantly since he was certain God would deliver their Enemies into their hands and thereupon causing his Trumpets to sound he fell upon them with such fury and resolution that being absolutely affrighted and surprized they instantly gave ground and having slain such as resisted he pursued the rest to the Plains of Idumea In this fight three thousand of the Enemy were Killed yet would he not suffer his Souldiers to take the spoil telling them that they were still to fight with Gorgias and his Army whom when by Gods help they had beaten they should then securely inrich themselves with the booty Gorgias and his

Army observing from a Hill the flight of their Frie●●s and the readiness of the Jews to give them battel were so discourag'd that they fled likewise whereupon Judas and his men return'd to gather the Pillage where finding great store of Gold Silver Scarlet and Purple they return'd home with Joy praising God for their good success Lysias was extreamly concerned at this overthrow and presently invaded Judea with Sixty thousand Chosen Foot and five thousand Horse and incamped in Bethsura Which Judas hearing came out against him with only ten thousand men and seeing their number so vastly exceed his he cryed earnestly to God that he would please to fight with him and for him and then charged the front of the Enemy with such force that he discomfited and slew above five thousand of them Lysias perceiving the resolution of the Jews who would rather dye than lose their liberty He returned with the rest of his Army to Antioch to reinforce them Mean while Judas assembled the People and told them That having obtained so many Victorys through the mercy of God they ought now to go up to Jerusalem and purifie the Temple that was desolate and to offer Sacrifices according to the Law of the Lord Then going up with a great multitude of People he found the Temple desolate the gates burnt and grass growing within the same At this sad spectacle he and all present could not forbear weeping and presently applyed themselves to purge the Temple Then Judas caused a Table a Candlestick and an Altar for Incense to be made all of Gold putting up a Rail and Gates to the Temple and throwing down the Altar which was prophaned by Antiochus he built a new one of stones neither Newed nor Hammered And on the twenty first of Chasleu or September lights were put in the Candlesticks perfumes layd upon the Altar Loaves set upon the Table and Sacrifices offered upon the New Altar which had been neglected for three years past Then did Judas and his Countrymen celebrate a Feast unto the Lord for eight days praising God with Hymns and Psalms He also inclosed Jerusalem with a Wall and built 〈◊〉 Towers thereon in which he planted Garrisons against the incursions of the Enemy and fortified Bethsura for a defence to it The Nations ●ound about envying this prosperity of the Jews surprized many of them by Treachery whereupon Judas made an incursion slew many Idumeans and brought a great prey out of their Countrey besieging the Sons of Baan their Prince who lay in wait for the Jews and at length setting fire to their Towers killed all that were therein After this he overcame a mighty Army of the Ammorites under the command of Timotheus taking and burning their City of Jazor and leading their Wives and Children Captive into Judea The Neighbouring People hearing of his departure assaulted the Jews and Galaad who retiring into the Fort of Dathema sent to Judas for relief And at the same time Letters came out of Galilee that they were indangered by the Inhabitants of Ptolemais Tyre Sydon and others thereabout Judas hereupon sent his Brother Simeon with three thousand chosen men to relieve Galilee and himself with his Brother Jonathan and eight thousand others marched to Galaad Simeon fought against his Enemies in Galilee and slew about three thousand pursuing them to the Gates of Ptolemais and taking much spoil and releasing many Jewish Prisoners he returned victoriously home But Judas passing Jordan was there inform'd that his Brethren were Besieged in their Cities and Castles and some already in great extremity Hereupon he first fell upon the Inhabitants of Bozra took their City set it on fire and kill'd all able to bear Arms Then marching all night he arrived early next morning to the Castle where the Jews were Besieged by the Army of Timotheus who were just ready to scale the Walls when Judas dividing his Forces into three Battalions couragiously assailed them who hearing it was Maccabeus were surprised with such dread that they instantly fled Judas his men slaying about eight thousand in the pursuit Then marching to Molla he seized it slew all the men therein and burnt it with Fire after which he destroy'd several other places Soon after Timotheus raised another Army wherewith he marched to Jordan exhorting them valiantly to oppose the Jews and to hinder their passage over the River since if they once past Jordan they were sure to be defeated Judas hearing this marched hastily against the Enemy and passing the River unexpectedly fell upon them with such violence that casting away their Arms they fled for their lives some endeavoured to save themselves in Carnain but Judas taking that City and Temple slew them and burnt the same and then he led away all the Jews who dwelt in Galaad with their Wives Children and substance and brought them into Judea When he drew near the Town of Ephion they had barricado'd up his way that he could not pass and refusing upon his desire to open the passage he Besieged the City took it by assault burnt it and slew all the Inhabitants After this passing over Jordan they came into Judea with great joy and gladness praising God and Offering Sacrifices of Thanksgiving for the safe return of the Army because in all these Batrles and Encounters they had not lost one Jew But whilst Judas and Simeon were gone upon these expeditions the two Captains with whom he had left the rest of his Forces with a strict command to have a watchful Eye over Judea but not to join Battle with any Enemy till his return being desirous to gain the repute of valiant men went out with their Souldiers toward Jamnia against whom Gorgias Governor of that place issued out and slew two thousand of them the rest flying back into Judea Then Judas and his Brethren took divers Cities from the Idumeans and with much Booty and great Joy returned home The Bloudy Antiochus being at this time in Persia heard of a wealthy City called Elymais wherein stood a rich Temple of Diana Thither he went and beseiged it but the Inhabitants sallied out and with great loss drove him from thence whereupon he returned to Babylon where having notice of the overthrow of his Captains in Judea and the power of the Jews this with his former defeat so wrought upon him that he fell sick and finding no hope of recovery he called his most familiar Friends about him telling them That he was plagued with this violent and desperate affliction for tormenting the Jews destroying the Temple committing horrid Sacriledge and contemning the True God But now he vowed if it pleased the Lord to restore him he would become a Jew and do many great things for them and would go through all the known World to declare th● power of God Who knowing his hyprocrisy continued to plague him in a terrible manner He had an intollerable pain and torment in his bowels and inward paits from whence issued abundance of Worms