The Works Of Sir Walter Ralegh, Kt Volume 7; The History Of The World

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text

• The Works Of Sir Walter Ralegh, Kt Volume 7; The History Of The World available on December 08 2015 from Indigo for 35.5
  
• ISBN bar code 9780217900744 ξ1 registered December 08 2015
  
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Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1829 Excerpt: ...And for this reason was it apparent, that L. Scipio had granted so long a truce to the /Etolians. But since, in this long interim of truce, that haughty little nation had not sought to humble itself to the Roman majesty, it was now to be brought unto more lowly terms than any other of the Greeks. The best was, that so great a storm fell not unexpected upon the.Etolians. They had foreseen the danger, when their ambassadors were utterly denied peace at Rome, and they had provided the last remedy; which was, to entreat the Rhodians and Athenians to become intercessors for them. Neither were they so dejected with any terrible apprehensions, that they could not well devise upon helping themselves, even by repurchase of countries lost, where they spied advantage. Poor king Aminander lived in exile among them, whilst Philip of Macedon kept for him possession of his lands and castles. But the Athamanians (besides that many of them bore a natural affection to their own prince) having been long accustomed to serve a mountain lord, that conversed with them after an homely manner, could not endure the proud and insolent manner of command, used by the captains of Philip''s garrisons. They sent therefore some few of them to their king, and offered their service toward his restitution. At the first there were only four of them; neither grew they, at length, to more than two and fifty, which undertook the work. Yet assurance that all the rest would follow, made Aminander willing to try his fortune. He was at the borders with a thousand.Etolians upon the day appointed; at what time his two and fifty adventurers, having divided themselves into four parts, occupied, by the ready assistance of the multitude, four the chief towns in the country to his use. The fame of this...

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