Page 749 when he offer'd a solemn Sacrifice to the Gods, he invited Lysimachus and all his Friends, with the Chief Officers and Commanders of the Thracians to Supper: And having prepar'd Two Apartments, he cover'd the Beds whereon Lysimachus and his Friends were to sit, with rich Carpets, part of the spoils taken in the Battle; but for himself and the rest of the Thracians, the Coverings were but poor and mean. He prepar'd likewise Two sorts of Suppers; That for Lysimachus and his Friends, consist'd of all sorts of Rarities and noble Dishes, set upon Silver Tables: But for the Thracians he order'd Herbs and Flesh meanly Drest, to be set upon a Table uncover'd, in wooden Platters. To conclude, the first were serv'd with Wine in Gold and Silver Bowls: But for himself and his Thracians, he order'd Cups of Wood and Horn, after the manner of the Getes: Afterwards in the height of the Feast, he fill'd up the greatest Horn with Wine, and calling Lysimachus Father, askt him whether of the two seem'd to him more Princely, a Thracian, or a Macedonian Supper? When Lysimachus answer'd a Macedonian—See the rest in the Fragments of Sentences.
5. King Demetrius, after he had forc'd the rest of the Cities to a submission, carri'd himself nobly towards the Baetians: For besides the 14 Persons that were the Heads of the defection, he pardon'd all the rest.
6. Agatharcus was Valorous and Couragious, above his Age For he was very young.
7 Timaeus was a bitter Censurer of former Historians, yet in other parts of his History, very careful to declare the Truth, but his hatred of Agathocles was such, that he forg'd many things in relation to his actions; for being Banish'd by Agathocles out of the Island, he could not be reveng'd of the Tyrant while he liv'd: but after his death he loaded him with Reproaches in his History, to make his Memory odious to all Posterity. For besides the Vices this King was really guilty of, he imputed many others to him, invented of his own Head, and always lessen'd his prosperous successes, and aggravated his misfortunes which were really casual, and turn'd them upon himself, as the cause of them through his own miscarriages. For whereas all know that Agathocles was a prudent and expert Soldier and Commander, and was Bold and Couragious in the greatest Difficulties, he all along in his History is continually calling him a weak headed Coward. And yet who is there that is ignorant, that none were ever under meaner Circumstances, that afterwards attain'd to such a Degree of Sovereignty and Dominion? For his Poverty and mean Birth was such, that from his Childhood he was but a mean Artificer: But afterwards by his Valour, he not only gain'd the Sovereign Power over all Sicily, but Conquer'd a great part of Italy and Africa. And any one may justly wonder at the Vanity of Timaeus, who almost in every Page extols the Valour of the Syracusians, and yet affirms him, who Conquer'd them, to be the greatest Coward of any Man living. From these contradictions and inconsistencies it's clear and manifest that out of a private Pique and Disgust he betray'd the Trust of a faithful Historian: And therefore his last five Books, wherein are set forth the acts of Agathocles, for very good reason, were never approv'd by any.
8. Callias likewise the Syracusian deserves as much to be Censur'd as the other, who being inrich'd and advanc'd by Agathocles, never leaves off praising him far above his desert, and so dishonouring History, which should be the Herauld of Truth. For whereas Agathocles in many things violated both the Laws of God and Man, he cryes him up as the most Pious and Righteous Man in the World. To conclude, as Agathocles by force took away the Citizens Goods, and most injuriously bestow'd them upon this Writer; so this admirable Historiographer in way of requital, loads him in his History with Praises of all sorts and sizes. But in my opinion it were no difficult Task, by way of grateful Return, to repay favours receiv'd from Princes, by moderate and due Praises and Commendations.
9. After the * Mercenary Soldiers had agreed with the Syracusians, they Marched away, and were receiv'd by the Messenians, as Friends and Confederates: and being thus kindly entertain'd by the Citizens, in the Night they Murther'd all their Landlords, and took their Wives as their own, and possessed themselves of the City.
10 When Demetrius was a Prisoner at Pella, Lysimachus sent an Ambassador to Seleucus to Caution him, not to suffer him upon any Terms to get out of his Hands, being (as he said) an insatiably ambitious Man, and one continually plotting against all the Kings; and promis'd he would give him 2000 Talents, if he would put Demetrius to death: But Seleucus the King, sharply rebuk'd the Ambassadors, for perswading him not only to violate his Faith, but to commit so horrid a piece of Wickedness against one so near related to him: But he writ a Letter to his Son Antiochus, who was then in Media, to ask his Advice what should be done with Demetrius; for he had resolv'd
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