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No v atten to nother instance no est orti, o admiration. Belittas, a nea relationi that Amygoces se his frien Basthes, a the were hunt-

head, and was otia to ear in in ieces illi his claws, when eapingdown, he rusae upon the east, ut his finger Nith in his ieeth, and cndeavoured, ut in vain, o save Basilies rom his devouring aws the lion the leavin his first re just expiring turned pota Belittas, and with gra*, ille him allo, after hau in received a mortal ound frona Belittas 'sMord so that they at three peris hed together. We burte them ea toeach other, at sing on ne side of the path a monument, illi an effigies of the wo friends, and n the other, that of the lion. I ill no relate to ou a third, concerning the frien d salpi Macentes Lonchates, and Arsacomas. The lalter of theseieinissent on an embam to Leucanor, a foveret g in the Bosphorus, o demand the tribute hich adbeen due o us frona thence three monilis, fel deepi in ove illi hisdaughter Mazara, a tali and beautis ut virgin The busne si he went ponwasio finis laed the kinili ad given his an siner, and the east was prepare dfor his departure. It is a custom in the Bosphorus for sui tors to demand their virgins in marria gerat thei public festivals and it ora appened that at this time, there Nere many of them ho came in ursuit o Magaea, Lings and thesons of kings; amongst,hom ere Tigrapates, ing of the Lagi, Adyrmachus, princem Machlyna, illi severat thers Those ho come on his occasion, rs sup eaceabi together, and when the east siver, ach ahes a cup, prinkles the wine n the table declares himself a sui tor to the virgin, and supporis his pretensions illi regarit o power, rank, and fortune. Aster many in compliance illi his custom, ad laid in their claim, and boaste do hingilom and reaires in thei possession Arsacomas, ast os ali, sieppe fortii, and taking the cup, id not like the est, mali a libation, for e never our ut the wine, a thin kiniit an assion to the deity,)drank up the whole atine draught, and thus spake Give me, o inmth daughter MaZaea to Nise, for I have greare riches and possession by farthan cither of these. Leucanor, ho et lane that Arsacomas a poOr, in a aud

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rema in here and as e Ust expect a speeit War, prepare arm S, Orses, and men or it yo are a good man, and we have many servant and dependent su numbers, there fore, I doub not, ill oin our cause, speciallyi Dyou sit on the tali' hide.' The thing was immediately agreed on, Lon-chates et ut so the Bosphorus, and Macentes sor Mach lina ora horse-bach, whil si Arsacomas stayexat home to armati forces lengiliae satin the

ji: red by another, and is nable to revenge himself, e sacrifices an X, cuis

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with us, is looked apon a the strongest mode of supplication. Whoe verpleases then comes, ahes a par of the lesti, and placita his right oot onthetide, ahes a solemn promiserio assct 'im to the ut most of his ab ilities: one to ais sive horsemen illi pay and provender, O so many oo ready

armed, o me tela, and ther more, acc9rdingto their an and fortune and

the oorest offers his own service A Prodigioris multitude is sonae times thus aflembled on the hide, and these armi es a re generali firm and in vincibi e being ali bound by ath; or, o standis pon the hi de is alWays consideredas the most solemn obligation. In his usines Arsacomas a nox de ei lyengaged, and had go together abolitive thousandior se, and of ight-armed,

In the mean time Lonchates ad the esto his way privately into Bosphorus, an die iniintroduce to theaing, ho was thera busted in sona af fairs of the state, tot diim, that he was usi arrived illi a commiliton romthe common ealth of Scythia, and had, ithai, sonae matters of importanceto communicate tolim in secret Lein des red by the k in immediatet toacqua in him illi them The Scythians, sat he with regaristo the forme par of m embasi, do by me, require and insist that our hepherdswill not ander ver in to thei felds, ut he ei Ritia in the Trachon Oheylikewis assure ou that the ob ber is hom ou eompla in os for ah in incursion into our territories, a re not authori sed by the public anxii ou seire any of them, ou may pini ista them a they deserve this they equeste might be made nown to ou. I must O , Oreo Ver, a qua intyOU, that Arsacoma ς, ho latet came here o an embaisy, is no v aisng agreat arm against ou incensed, I belleve, at the repulserae et illi, when e iue your aughte in arris e For these even ab s past, heliath sat on the ide, and has ire ady collect ei together no in confiderable number of forces. have eard, replied Leucanor, o forces at sed onthe hide, ut id not know e fore, that the were designe against me, ortha Arsacomas a to e thei generat.' gainst ou, and of alone, rejoined Lonchates, the whole expediti an is potia tedri ut, et een ur-lcives, Arsacomas is my VOXed enem y , he anno bear o se me referreube fore in by the et ters of Scythia, and in every thing tot accounted superior o him. Is there fore, ou ill promis to give me our ther

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shalliave her,' replied Leucanor, ho wellaneta the cause os Arsacomas si es eniment, and was, esides, greatly alarmed, si alwaysinood in ea os Scythian arm y wear then, Didae Lonchates that ou ill land by this agreernent, an neve den What ou have no promis d. V Thea in g, lis tingit his hand to heaven was bout o ratis; iti an ath, henion chates interrupi in him, aid, mo here. O in g, te any observinxus, mould suspeehthe cause : et has et ire to the temple o Mars, saut the oors after has and xv ea in secret sor, i Arsacomas mould e appri sed of this, hemill certaini destro; me bes ore the batile, an he has citready go aio er- fultu ardo defend hi m. V et his the iam in replied the kinx do our treat, and et non solio xv ithout my command . V his sa id the guariis reti red, and hey ent together into ille temple Rhen, ionchates illione and dra Sin his Sord, and with the theri opping the mout his Leucanor, est he mouid cry ut, iunget it into his breast then cut tingiis his head , id it unde his garment, an illas e came ut of the temple, pretende to e talking withaim, and as i he had been senti sonae erranii, and was to retur thither. He then immediat et goti ac to the place here hel ad les his horse led, and molant in him, rode ossinith at speexto Scythia. The Posphorians, ho ere for a long time ignorant of the assair, neve pur- ed hi m and when they a me to the no Alege of it, ere employed in disputes concerning the succession.

Thus id Lonchates ut fit his promise of bringin with him the head o

Leucanor Macentes, hocin the cohar se of his ourne had been acqua in ted vitii hat appen ei in Bosphorus, came to Machylia, an hau in fir informe Ad yrmachus of the dea th of Leucanor thus ad dresseda im, Theci ty sat he , oh on thea ing' son in-la as et to the throne; oumould aste, there fore, to et ile a distracted state, and ake possesso of the Lingdom : et our ii e follo 3 ou in the charia, for theight of the Ling's

Lonclati f. Lonchates and Macentes might, accordindit Lucian 's account,a very goodand determined frientis, ut the wero certain ly very bad men, reaLing through al laws hvman and divine, that the might ut fit thei promise T say the truth, after ali the romanticstories hichiu author has producet in favour of his Scythian heroes, e canin ly gather romthem, that amongst these illustrious avages, friendship was a that time, as charit is at presentamong us, the favourite an factitonable persedition and that the found it no ver dissiculitas to practi se ne virtuerat the expence of ali the est.

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Alania, and who eques Io tomahe ali possibi haste to Bosphorus, est theempire lioula devolve o Eubiotus, a bastar brother of Leucanor 's, a friendio the Scythians, and ur avoNed ne my. Macentes, horia id his, ad greatly the resemblance of an Alaniata, thei arm S in deed, and a noua o e re the a me illi ours, and there is orat this distere nee that the Scythian wear longe hair, ndie had ahen si just o much as ould mahelim more likeone of them they, there re, ave fuit credit o hat he had a id, and hepassed sor mea relationis ast ira and a Zaea. Andio , continued heAdyrmachus I, ill ei ther accompany ouo Bosphorus, o sta here be-hind, and concludi theiride. As Jo a re a relation, replied Ad vi machus yo h ad belle rem ain, an come long with her, is ou go illi me bouwillini ad tora number of attendanis, ut Dyo sta to accompanu heryour presen ce Wil supply the place of many it Was accordingly thus determin ed. Adyrmachus et for Nard, eaVing a Zaea, ho Nas et a virginto the care o Macentes: e pulier for that da into a carri age, ut as sonas night came on, he place her On his Ni horse havinita ken care o have

another o solio him), the mounte himself on the fame ad ille illi herand instea of oing on toward Maeotis, turn ed aside to the Mediterraneankeeping the Mitraea mountain o his right harad, and restin his beatitisulcharge a prope interva is reached Scythia illi heri the third a1 Hi, horis, at the en of the ourney, after standi laxa se Minutes, eli orenandi ted. Macentes deli vered Magaea in to the and of Arsacomas there sat he take her, I have performedi promise The lover, structi be-yon mensure illi a ght so nexpected, and ourin forti his than k in

great abundance, Ceasse, aid Macentes, thus to reat meras a person disse rent Domahyself to retur than ks to me for his, is ascis rio hi hand were to than the est forteat in it hen ounded, o stroah iniit, hen inpalm ho ridiculous ero it to suppos that, ni te a our member lare,one lim performe any thing extraordinary, hen it contributed to the se

an advantage of the who leto seein it adted for iis AEn good, a be iniitsel a par of that hicli received the benesit. Thus spoke Macentes to his frien Arsacomas in the mean time Adyrmachus, appriZe of the decet practi sed on him, proceede not on hisjourne to Bosphorus, o Eubiotus, ein called in by the Sauromatians,

Righ hanae Accordinuto the old age, χειρ χειροι et si the sentiment here is nobi and natural the image made se of put us in ind of Shakspeare' Lear.

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there re totis o vn country, and having got Ogether a large riny, madean irruption through the mountain into Scythia : Eubiotus also no longas ter, invade us bringing ali his Grecians, together illi the lani, and Sauromates, mali in about Kenty thous and the forces of Eubiotus and Adyrmachus uni ted forme together an arm y, fio les thalaminet thou sand men, third par of hicli ere archers, ho foughtin hork-bach. e, for I as myself at that batile, furnishing a hundredior se at mym n eXpence, having collected abo ut thiri tholas and orces, made ea agains them unde Arsacomas and when e sal them ad vancing, senti ut a part of our hors esto attac them The batile a hardi iugii foris long time, ill in the ei distar troops egan to ive Way ur phalanx astroken, and the whole Scythian arm y Ut, Scit ere, in t two part one of hicli, parilysubdued, aved them selves retreat, and the Alani id io choos tophars hae them the ther, hich was the malle division, as Mon in closed,

and totali surrounded by the Alani and the Mach linians, ho by thei daris

tes in the thigh, and Macentes in the mouider illi a spear, and likewis onthe ea d by a batile-ax; hic bella perceived by Arsacomas, ho Wasthen illi has, and who could o bear the thought o desertin his friendς, he et spur to historse, and brandishin his Mord, rode so furiousi throughthei ne mi es an g, that the Mach linians, nable to resist his impetuosi ty gaveway, and leti in passi qui te up to them He re covered the wOunded heroes, and exhorti in them ocioin him, rustedispoia Adyrmachus, and with onet, loci of his sword, clave bina in Wo. On the death of thei leader, the sol-dier soon turnei thei bach and sed a did, in a litile time aster both the Alani and the Grecians Thus ere e lac more victorious, ursu ingand illin numbers, ill night coming on, ut an en to the saughter. The nex da we received ambasiador stom them illa ternas of peace thei eo ple o Bosphorus submitte to pay us oubie tribute, themach linians offered hos ages, and the Alani, o mahe has amend for this invasion, promi Leest reduce the indians, ho ad longaeld ut against us, o obedience. On these conditions Ne ere prevallession in compli ance illi the opinion os

Arsacoma S,

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Arsacomas an Lonchates, who transactei the whole assair, o mahe ea cewith them. Such things, Mnesippus, ill Scythians dare o do for their

You halli ear hat a frien did for me, hos nam is Sisinnes V licia in earchis Grecia literature, Ι est y Nn country to gorio Athens, Iwenti sexto Amastris, his cit be initia in Way, and convenienti situ alediar hos who come ro Scythia, and o far frona Carambis. Sisinnes, hora ad been m companion rom a child, accompani ed me thither. ei in mediately ooked ut for a lo igin nea the harbour, and removing urbundies loci out of the hip without suspecting an mischi es, est them here,

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thinime an or base or a subsistence; ut Sisiniae siegged I Nould, o no account, do an such thing and endeavouredo Console me, by saying, he had thought on a method to procure vietuat for us He hire himself as a porter, o carr ood Dona the arbour, and with the mone bought ussonae provision ex mor ning, si Nas aikin in the forum, e sama procession o well-made, moble Iouilis these, in Understood, ere tofight a gladiator for a considerable sum o mone in three day after Assoon ache had earn exiliis, e came to me, an se id, Toxaris, o longer complainifieing poor, o in three days time Lwillis ahe ou rich. During the intervat, e made hat hist e could o live, and the appotnted time sor his spectacle nota approachin g, e resorte to t. He had ted methere, in deed, a suo a Grecia night, hic hi ad omething ne and extraordinar incit sat dotan in the theatre, an dii si sax severat,il die stshunted by dogs, ound ex ith spears, and then et on to glit illi somemen, ho e supposed e re malefactors the gladiator the came o thesis ge, and the crier bringing on a tali lust youth, proclai med that i any man would fght withaim, he laould come forti, an asinae Nard heshould receive en thous and drachmas. Upon this, Sisinnes ot up and lea pinginto the in idille of the theatre, declare himself ready to figlit, demandedili arms, and receiving the money, rought it to me Toxaris, aidae, i I conquer, e saal have nough to live on, and willio aWay together: is Idali, ou ill bur me, and re turn to Scythia. He then too the arnas, and put ora very thingi ut the helmet, choosinito fight with his head bare. At thesii si inset he was readfuit Nounded, hau in his knee ut illi ahoohed 4word, and alee ling plenti fully perceived ii, and was almost de ad xvith fear. rushed, oKever, on his adversary, whom he observe lco ming on illi great impetuosty, and struch in on the reast with sicli force, that he fel l oK in his Det Sisinnes as himself, o wea withthe wound he had received that he almost alia ted asi stoo ove his eadsoe, and seemed just expiring ran to, at sed p and comforte hi muas sonis he was declared conqueror, Ptoo him in m arnas, and carried hi nilio me illi me B degrees, with great care, erat tengili recovered, and is novi in Sc thia; havin marrie my sister, though hecis stili lanae of the

This, Mnesippus, a no done in Alania, o amongst the Mach linians, sothat it doth no stat ad in need of itnesses, nor canali truth of itie calle inquestion:

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batis Sisinnes. Liuili noru giveso for my fifth instanc the stor of Ab anchas, and then I have done This an came sonae time ago into a cis of the Borysthenes, with

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Sebor . Alluding to the method mentioned by oraris, os contractina mendatiar,