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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67709	Xenophon's history of the affairs of Greece in seven books : being a continuation of the Peloponnesian War, from the time where Thucydides ends, to the battel at Mantinea : to which is prefixed an abstract of Thucydides and a brief account of the land and naval forces of the ancient Greeks / translated from the Greek by John Newman.	Xenophon.; Newman, John.	1685 (1685)	Wing X19; ESTC R31868	205,778	512

XENOPHON'S HISTORY OF THE Affairs of Greece In SEVEN BOOKS BEING A Continuation of the Peloponnesian War from the Time where Thucydides ends to the Battel at Mantinea To which is prefixed an Abstract of Thucydides and a brief Account of the Land and Naval Forces of the Ancient Greeks Translated from the Greek By JOHN NEWMAN LONDON Printed by R. H. for William Freeman over against the Devil Tavern by Temple-Bar in Fleet-Street 1685. To the Right Honourable George Lord Dartmouth Master General of His Majesties Ordnance and Armories Master of the Horse to His Royal Highness and one of His Majesties most Honourable Privy Council My Lord THe Dependance I have on your Lordship's Mannor of Lewisham where this first Essay of my Labours had its Birth made me presume to offer It to your Lordships Patronage which however I scarcely should have ventured to do being so little known to your Lordship as I am if your Condescention and Affability did not make as great a part of your Character as any other of those Heroick Qualities of which it is composed Indeed there is so near a Parallel betwixt your Lordship and my Author that I need not go farther for an Apology For both of you with all the advantages of Nature Birth and Education entred early upon high Trusts happily executed them Both great Lovers and Asserters of Monarchy For whilst Plato drew the Idaea of his Common-wealth Xenophon compos'd the Model of a perfect Monarchy in his admirable Cyrus which was indeed a dangerous undertaking for an Athenian but cannot come up to the reputation of your Lordships Heroick Deportment in the House of Commons when with undaunted Resolution a manly sort of Eloquence unanswerable Arguments in short with the same Spirit with which you use to Fight you maintained the cause of the Crown and the Succession stem'd the Torrent of an impetuous faction slenderly seconded yet unmoveable from your Princes Interests in a Conjuncture when Loyalty was more Criminal than Treason and his Sacred Majesty in no less danger at Oxford than his Father of blessed Memory when he was actually besieged there Both of you great Promoters of Learning and Favourers of learned men and which rarely happens joyn'd with it an exquisite skill in Martial Affairs Both of you concerned in and successfully perform'd that part which is justly reckoned the most difficult Point of War for as Xenophon conducted the Grecian Army through the large Tracts of Asia and made good their Retreat so did your Lordship bring off the English from Africk and as a good Angel delivered them when they lay exposed as a cheap prey to the worst sort of Barbarians An Action which considered in all its Circumstances the difficulty of the Work the violence of the Season a vigilant powerful and implacable Enemy watching all his advantages to fall upon you was not only of greater Consequence to the Nation but an instance too of Conduct not inferior to the other Indeed it is a common Observation that those very Persons who since endeavour to lessen that performance when your Lordship with your accustomed Obedience undertook the Expedition gave it out for impossible Not to mention that by the way as it were You almost ruined Sally that troublesome Nest of Pyrats the greatest Infesters of the English Navigation Nor to say any thing of the great Number of poor English Slaves which you most charitably redeemed who every day they rise are obliged to bless your Lordship for the Sight of their Native Countrey and all the Comforts of their Lives This History relates the Downfal of three Famous Common-wealths and one would think were a sufficient Argument to convince even our Republicans that that same accursed Fruit which could thrive no better in its own Native Soyl would much less prosper transplanted hither and engrafted on one of the most Ancient Monarchies in the World. And as your Lordships Courage and Conduct contributed very much to the reducing a Neighbouring Common-wealth to its just Bounds for the Dutch will never forget your Lordship tho English men should so was there no one more instrumental in crushing a rising Common-wealth here at home Your Lordship still broke and prevented their Designs put them clear out of the Road of 41 puzzled all their Cabals by securing the Magazines and Stores which if you had not come in their way they with great probability looked upon as their Own So that those who at first could not comprehend the Reason of your Proceedings upon the discovery of the late Horrid Conspiracy cannot sufficiently admire and applaud your Lordships Vigilance and Conduct Indeed as no Subject would have been worse treated if their Treasonable Designs had took effect so are all sorts of People sensible of it to that degree that scarcely any one is now reckoned truly affectionate to the Service of your Two Royal Masters who has not a Particular Esteem and Honour for your Lordship It is well for the Common Interest that you have not leasure to make out the Parallel by writing an History although your own Exploits would afford sufficient Matter for one Your Lordships hours are employed about more necessary and no less lasting Works than my Authors Not only the Present Age but late Posterity too will be indebted to your Lordships indefatigable and extensive Care for their Peace and Security both at home and abroad There is one happy disparity betwixt You and my Author that as he lived in the Dregs of a Common-wealth so does your Lordship serve the Wisest and Bravest Princes in the World who are no less Renowned for their Firmness to their Friends and Royal Bounty in Rewarding them Then Athens will be Infamous to all Ages for her Ingratitude to those who did her the greatest Service That you may long live to do them More and Greater Services is now a Publick Wish but in a more particular manner of Your Lordships most humble and obedient Servant John Newman THE PREFACE TRanslation having been so much in Vogue of late and several Authors turn'd into English I made some Attempt herein though with small hopes of Success But at last having mentioned my Design to that Learned Gentleman and my honoured Friend Sir Edward Sherborne he was pleased to encourage my Endeavours both with the Communication of his own Sentiments and the free use of his Curious and Choice Collection of Books for which I thought my self obliged to return him this Publick Acknowledgment as also for the great Civilities and continued Favours received from his hands But amongst other Inducements I had to Translate this Piece of Xenophon One was to shew by the Examples of the Famous Commonwealths mentioned in this History that there is not that liberty to be expected from these Forms of Government which our Republicans propos'd to themselves and Followers For though the continual Cry of the Greeks was for Liberty and against Oppression yet they procured no further Remedy by their Alterations than