Page 759 Prudent and Serious amongst them knew not what to think of him, what he aim'd at or design'd; for some gave a favourable Construction of it, others accounted it Folly, and some no other than downright Madness.
44. After Eumenes was way-laid, and news came to Pergamus that he was dead; Attalus something too rashly, hand over head, on a sudden Marry'd the Queen; but Eumenes returning a little time after, took no notice of it, but embrac'd his Brother, and carried with the same Respect towards him, as he did before.
45. Cotys, King of Thrace, was Valiant in War, and Prudent in his Counsels, and highly to be commended for his Care and Diligence in all other Respects; besides all which he was of singular Temperance and Sobriety; and that which was most remarkable for his Honour and Commendation was, That he was altogether free from the Natural Vices of the Thracians.
46. Perseus having taken Chalestrus by Storm, put all that were able to bear Arms to the Sword; and whereas Five hundred of the Garrison Soldiers got into a Fort, and Treated for their Lives, the King upon laying down their Arms gave them Quarter, and liberty to be gone. But when they were out of the Town, and on their way, ac¦cording to the Terms granted them, the Macedonians (whether of their own heads, or by order from the King is uncertain) pursued them and flew them every Man.
47. Charopus the Epiros and Son of that Charopus who in the War against Philip, sent a Guide to Titus Flaminius to direct him through the Strait and difficult Passes in the Mountains, by which means the Romans unexpectedly passing those places, possessed themselves of the Straits; this Charopus I say being bred up at Rome, upon the account of the good Services of his Grandfather to the Romans, had great Interest with the most Eminent Persons of Quality, and being a fellow of extraordinary Malice and Impudence, was ever and anon at Rome accusing and slandering the chiefest Persons of Quality in Epirus, so that by terrifying all that were in a Capacity to oppose him, he became as it were absolute Lord and Master of all Epirus.Cephalus therefore, and others that were oppressed by his Calumnies, were forc'd to Confederate with Perseus, and to that end, sent Messengers to him into Macedonia, and by them promis'd to deliver up Epirus into his hands.
48. King Eumenes being out of all hopes of taking Abdera which he he had then besieg'd, dealt under-hand with one Pytho, a chief Man among the Abderites, who by his Servants and Freemen, to the number of 200, Guarded the strongest part of the City; this Man being corrupted with Bribes, and won with fair promises, let him in at the Gates, and so Eumenes gain'd the City. But Pytho receiving but a poor and mean Reward for his Treason, and seeing before his Eyes the utter Ruin and Destruction of his Country, repented of what he had done, and pin'd away for Grief.
49. When an Opportunity was put into the hand of Perseus, to cut off the whole Army, he loyter'd not far off, about Dius in Macedonia, careless and negligent in the very nick of time, wherein only by a Shout and sound of Trumpet, he might have surpriz'd and taken all the Enemies Forces, who were then shut up and inclos'd within steep and craggy Rocks: And as the King was Negligent, so the Macedonian Guards that were plac'd upon the tops of the Mountains, were in like manner as Careless in their Watch, in their several Posts.
50. Perseus looking upon all to be lost, and altogether discourag'd, commanded Nico his Lord Treasurer, to throw all the Money and Treasure at Phacis into the Sea.
He sent away likewise Andronicus the Squire of his Body to Thessalonica, with orders forthwith to burn his whole Fleet; who came accordingly to Thessalonica, but with a purpose to Act more prudently; for he forbore to execute his Orders, hoping by preserving the Shipping, to ingratiate himself with the Romans.
51. Perseus in the mean time pulling down all the golden Statues at Dion, ordered all the Inhabitants with their Wives and Children to remove along with him to Pydna, than which (a Man may justly say) nothing was more Imprudently done by Perseus, during this War.
52. At this time the Cydoniates committed a most Impious Fact against all the Laws and Customs of Greece; for being receiv'd by the Apolloniats into the City, as Friends in time of Peace, they seiz'd upon the Place, and put all the Men to the Sword, and divided their Wives and Children among themselves, and took possession of the whole Territory.
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