The life & death of Nebuchadnezzar, the Great, the first founder of the Babylonian Empire, represented by the golden head of that image, Dan. 2. 32., and by the lion with eagles wings, Dan. 7. 4. as also of Cyrus, the Great, the first founder of the Empire of the Medes and Persians, represented by the breast, and arms of silver in that image, Dan. 2. 32., and by a bear, Dan. 7. by Sa. Clarke ...
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             The life & death of Nebuchadnezzar, the Great, the first founder of the Babylonian Empire, represented by the golden head of that image, Dan. 2. 32., and by the lion with eagles wings, Dan. 7. 4. as also of Cyrus, the Great, the first founder of the Empire of the Medes and Persians, represented by the breast, and arms of silver in that image, Dan. 2. 32., and by a bear, Dan. 7. by Sa. Clarke ...
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           Nebuchadnezzar -- I, -- King of Babylonia, 12th cent. B.C.
           Cyrus, -- King of Persia, d. 529 B.C.
        
      
    
     
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               THE
               LIFE
               &
               DEATH
               OF
               Nebuchadnezzar
               THE
               GREAT
               ,
               The
               first
               founder
               of
               the
               Babylonian
               Empire
               ;
               Represented
               by
               the
               Golden
               Head
               of
               that
               Image
               ;
               Dan.
               2.
               32.
               and
               by
               the
               Lion
               with
               Eagles
               Wings
               ;
               Dan.
               7.
               4.
               
               As
               also
               of
               CYRUS
               the
               GREAT
               ,
               The
               first
               founder
               of
               the
               Empire
               of
               the
               Medes
               ,
               and
               Persians
               ;
               Represented
               by
               the
               Breast
               ,
               and
               Arms
               of
               Silver
               in
               that
               Image
               ;
               Dan.
               2.
               32.
               
               And
               by
               a
               Bear
               ;
               Dan.
               7.
               5.
               
               And
               by
               a
               Ram
               with
               two
               Horns
               ;
               Dan.
               8.
               3
               ,
               20.
               
               He
               was
               the
               deliverer
               of
               Gods
               Israel
               out
               of
               Babylon
               ,
               the
               seventy
               years
               of
               their
               Captivity
               being
               Expired
               .
            
             
               By
               both
               of
               these
               ,
               much
               light
               is
               given
               to
               many
               of
               the
               Prophesies
               of
               
                 Isay
                 ,
                 Jeremy
                 ,
                 Esekiel
              
               ,
               and
               Daniel
               .
            
             
               By
               
                 Sa.
                 Clarke
              
               ,
               sometime
               Minister
               in
               St
               
                 Bennet
                 Fink
              
               ,
               London
               .
            
             
               LONDON
               ,
               Printed
               for
               
                 William
                 Miller
              
               at
               the
               Gilded
               Acorn
               in
               St
               Pauls
               Church-yard
               ,
               near
               the
               little
               North
               Door
               .
               1664.
               
            
          
           
             
             
               Licensed
               to
               be
               Printed
               ,
            
             
               
                 Roger
                 L'Estrange
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
             
               THE
               LIFE
               &
               DEATH
               OF
               Nebuchadnezzar
               THE
               GREAT
               ,
               The
               first
               Emperor
               of
               the
               CHALDEANS
               ,
               Who
               was
               represented
               by
               the
               Golden
               Head
               of
               that
               Image
               ,
               Dan.
               2.
               32.
               and
               by
               the
               Lion
               with
               Eagles
               Wings
               ,
               Dan.
               7.
               4.
               
               Whereby
               much
               light
               is
               given
               to
               many
               of
               the
               Prophesies
               of
               
                 Isay
                 ,
                 Jeremy
                 ,
                 Esekiel
              
               ,
               and
               Daniel
               .
            
             
               By
               
                 Sa.
                 Clarke
              
               ,
               sometime
               Minister
               in
               St
               
                 Bennet
                 Fink
              
               ,
               London
               .
            
             
               LONDON
               ,
               Printed
               for
               
                 William
                 Miller
              
               at
               the
               Gilded
               Acorn
               in
               St
               Pauls
               Church-yard
               ,
               near
               the
               little
               North
               Door
               ,
               1664.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             
             
             
               THE
               LIFE
               ,
               &
               DEATH
               OF
               NEBUCHADNEZZAR
               THE
               GREAT
               ,
               First
               Emperor
               of
               the
               CHALDEANS
               .
            
             
               NEbuchadonazar
               ,
               
               or
               Nebuchadnezzar
               ,
               was
               the
               Son
               of
               Nebuchadonazar
               ,
               or
               Nabopolaser
               of
               Babylon
               ,
               who
               was
               made
               General
               of
               the
               Army
               by
               Saraco
               ,
               King
               of
               Assyria
               ,
               and
               Chaldea
               ,
               after
               whose
               death
               Nabopolaser
               took
               into
               his
               hands
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               Chaldaea
               ,
               which
               he
               held
               by
               the
               space
               of
               one
               and
               twenty
               years
               ;
               At
               the
               same
               time
               Astyages
               was
               made
               Governour
               of
               Media
               by
               Cyaxares
               his
               Father
               ;
               and
               the
               better
               to
               strengthen
               themselves
               ,
               they
               entred
               into
               Affinity
               ,
               by
               Astyages
               his
               giving
               his
               Daughter
               Amytis
               to
               Nebuchadnezzar
               ,
               the
               Son
               of
               Nabopolaser
               ,
               and
               thereupon
               joyning
               their
               Forces
               together
               ,
               
               they
               took
               Ninive
               ,
               together
               with
               Saraco
               ,
               the
               King
               thereof
               ,
               placing
               a
               Vice-Roy
               in
               his
               stead
               .
            
             
             
               Shortly
               after
               ,
               the
               Governour
               of
               Coelosyria
               ,
               and
               Poenicia
               ,
               revolting
               from
               Nabopolaser
               ,
               he
               sent
               against
               him
               his
               Son
               Nebuchadnezzar
               (
               having
               first
               associated
               him
               with
               himself
               in
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               Babylon
               )
               with
               a
               great
               Army
               ,
               
               which
               was
               in
               the
               latter
               end
               of
               the
               third
               ,
               and
               the
               beginning
               of
               the
               fourth
               year
               of
               Jehoiakim
               ,
               King
               of
               Juda
               ;
               as
               appears
               Dan.
               1.
               1.
               compared
               with
               Jer.
               25.
               1.
               
            
             
               Nebuchadnezzar
               was
               no
               sooner
               thus
               associated
               with
               his
               Father
               in
               the
               Kingdom
               ,
               but
               the
               things
               which
               he
               was
               to
               act
               ,
               
               were
               presently
               revealed
               to
               the
               Prophet
               Jeremy
               ;
               the
               first
               whereof
               was
               the
               overthrow
               of
               the
               Egyptians
               ;
               First
               at
               the
               River
               Euphrates
               ;
               then
               in
               their
               own
               Country
               ,
               Jer.
               46.
               
               The
               first
               of
               these
               came
               to
               pass
               presently
               ,
               Neco's
               Forces
               ,
               which
               he
               left
               at
               Carchemish
               ,
               being
               cut
               off
               by
               Nebuchadnezzar
               in
               the
               fourth
               year
               of
               
                 Jehoiakim
                 ,
                 Jer.
              
               46.
               2.
               
               The
               second
               was
               not
               till
               after
               the
               taking
               of
               Tyre
               ,
               in
               the
               seventeenth
               year
               of
               the
               Captivity
               of
               Jechonia
               .
               Ezek.
               29.
               17
               ,
               18
               ,
               19.
               
            
             
               In
               the
               third
               year
               of
               Jehoiakim
               ,
               
               Nebuchadnezzar
               the
               second
               ,
               his
               Father
               being
               yet
               alive
               ,
               entred
               Judaea
               with
               a
               great
               Army
               ,
               who
               ,
               besieging
               ,
               and
               forcing
               Jerusalem
               ,
               made
               Jehoiakim
               his
               Vassal
               ,
               in
               despight
               of
               
                 Pharaoh
                 Necho
              
               ,
               who
               had
               made
               him
               King
               ,
               and
               took
               with
               him
               to
               Babylon
               ,
               for
               Pledges
               ,
               Daniel
               ,
               who
               was
               yet
               a
               child
               ,
               with
               
                 Ananias
                 ,
                 Misael
              
               ,
               and
               Azarias
               .
               He
               took
               also
               part
               of
               the
               Treasures
               belonging
               to
               the
               Temple
               ;
               but
               stayed
               not
               to
               search
               thorowly
               for
               all
               .
               For
               Necho
               hasted
               with
               his
               Army
               to
               the
               relief
               of
               Jehoiakim
               ,
               hoping
               to
               find
               Nebuchadnezzar
               in
               Judaea
               .
               But
               this
               great
               Babylonian
               had
               no
               mind
               to
               hazard
               himself
               and
               his
               Army
               against
               the
               
                 Egyptian
                 ,
                 Judaea
              
               being
               so
               ill
               affected
               towards
               him
               ,
               and
               himself
               far
               from
               all
               succour
               ;
               or
               sure
               place
               of
               retreat
               .
               If
               he
               had
               (
               as
               may
               be
               supposed
               )
               any
               great
               strength
               of
               Scythian
               Horsemen
               ,
               it
               was
               wisely
               done
               of
               him
               to
               fall
               back
               out
               of
               that
               rough
               Mountanous
               ,
               and
               hot
               Country
               ,
               into
               places
               that
               were
               more
               even
               and
               temperate
               .
               And
               besides
               these
               reasons
               ,
               
               the
               Death
               of
               his
               Father
               happening
               at
               the
               same
               time
               ,
               gave
               him
               just
               occasion
               to
               return
               home
               ,
               and
               take
               possession
               of
               his
               own
               Kingdom
               ,
               
               before
               he
               proceeded
               in
               the
               second
               care
               ,
               of
               adding
               more
               unto
               it
               .
            
             
               And
               this
               he
               did
               at
               reasonable
               good
               leasure
               .
               For
               the
               Egyptian
               was
               not
               provided
               to
               follow
               him
               so
               far
               ,
               and
               to
               bid
               him
               Battel
               ,
               until
               the
               new
               year
               came
               in
               ,
               which
               was
               the
               fourth
               of
               Jehoiakim
               ,
               the
               first
               of
               Nebuchadnezzar
               and
               the
               last
               of
               Necho
               .
               In
               this
               year
               the
               Babylonian
               ,
               lying
               upon
               the
               Banks
               of
               Euphrates
               (
               his
               own
               Territories
               bounding
               it
               on
               the
               North-side
               )
               attended
               the
               coming
               of
               Necho
               :
               
               there
               ,
               after
               a
               cruel
               Battel
               fought
               betwixt
               them
               ,
               Necho
               was
               slain
               ,
               and
               his
               Army
               forced
               to
               save
               it self
               by
               a
               violent
               retreat
               ,
               wherein
               it
               suffered
               great
               loss
               .
            
             
               This
               Victory
               was
               so
               well
               pursued
               by
               Nebuchadnezzar
               that
               he
               recovered
               all
               Syria
               ,
               
               and
               whatsoever
               the
               Egyptians
               held
               out
               of
               their
               proper
               Territories
               towards
               the
               North.
               The
               Egyptians
               being
               thus
               beaten
               ,
               and
               altogether
               for
               the
               present
               discouraged
               ,
               Jehoiakim
               held
               himself
               quiet
               ,
               as
               being
               in
               heart
               a
               Friend
               to
               the
               Egyptians
               ,
               yet
               having
               made
               his
               peace
               with
               the
               Chaldeans
               the
               year
               before
               ,
               and
               Nebuchadnezzar
               was
               contented
               with
               such
               profit
               as
               he
               could
               there
               readily
               make
               :
               he
               had
               forborn
               to
               lay
               any
               Tribute
               upon
               the
               Jews
               .
            
             
               But
               this
               cool
               reservedness
               of
               Jehoiakim
               ,
               was
               ,
               on
               both
               sides
               ,
               taken
               in
               ill
               part
               .
               Whereupon
               the
               Egyptian
               King
               Psamnis
               ,
               who
               succeeded
               Necho
               ,
               began
               to
               think
               of
               restoring
               Jehoahaz
               (
               who
               had
               been
               taken
               prisoner
               by
               his
               Father
               ,
               and
               carried
               into
               Egypt
               )
               and
               of
               setting
               him
               up
               ,
               as
               a
               Domestical
               enemy
               against
               his
               ungrateful
               Brother
               .
               But
               to
               anticipate
               all
               such
               accidents
               ,
               the
               Judean
               had
               put
               in
               practice
               the
               usual
               remedy
               ,
               which
               his
               Fore-fathers
               used
               :
               For
               he
               had
               made
               his
               own
               Son
               Jechonia
               ,
               
               King
               with
               him
               long
               before
               ;
               in
               the
               second
               year
               of
               his
               own
               Raign
               ,
               when
               the
               Boy
               was
               but
               eight
               years
               old
               .
               As
               for
               this
               rumor
               of
               Jehoahaz
               his
               return
               ,
               the
               Prophet
               Jeremy
               foretold
               ,
               that
               it
               should
               prove
               a
               vain
               attempt
               ,
               saying
               ,
               
                 He
                 shall
                 not
                 return
                 thither
                 ,
                 But
                 he
                 shall
                 die
                 in
                 the
                 place
                 whither
                 they
                 have
                 led
                 him
                 Captive
                 ,
                 and
                 shall
                 see
                 this
                 Land
                 no
                 more
                 .
              
               Jer.
               12.
               11
               ,
               12.
               
            
             
             
               The
               Egyptians
               ,
               
               having
               lost
               all
               their
               Mercenary
               Forces
               ,
               and
               received
               that
               heavy
               blow
               at
               Carchemish
               ,
               had
               more
               Gold
               than
               sharp
               Steel
               remaining
               ,
               which
               is
               of
               small
               force
               without
               the
               others
               help
               .
               Besides
               ,
               the
               Valour
               of
               Necho
               was
               not
               in
               
                 Psamnis
                 Apries
              
               ,
               who
               ,
               raigning
               after
               Psamnis
               ,
               did
               indeed
               once
               adventure
               to
               shew
               his
               face
               in
               Syria
               ;
               but
               after
               a
               big
               look
               ,
               he
               was
               glad
               to
               retire
               ,
               without
               adventuring
               the
               hazard
               of
               a
               Battel
               .
               Wherefore
               this
               declining
               Nation
               ,
               fought
               only
               with
               brave
               words
               ,
               telling
               such
               frivolous
               tales
               ,
               as
               men
               that
               mean
               to
               do
               nothing
               ,
               use
               ,
               boasting
               of
               their
               former
               glorious
               acts
               against
               Josias
               ,
               and
               Jehoahaz
               .
               And
               truly
               in
               such
               a
               time
               and
               case
               ,
               it
               was
               easie
               for
               Jehoiakim
               to
               give
               them
               satisfaction
               ,
               by
               letting
               them
               understand
               the
               sincerity
               of
               his
               affections
               towards
               them
               ,
               which
               appeared
               in
               time
               following
               .
            
             
               But
               Nebuchadnezzar
               went
               more
               roundly
               to
               work
               :
               
               For
               he
               sent
               a
               peremptory
               message
               to
               Jehoiakim
               ,
               requiring
               him
               not
               to
               stand
               upon
               any
               nice
               points
               ,
               but
               presently
               to
               acknowledge
               himself
               his
               Subject
               ,
               and
               to
               pay
               him
               Tribute
               ;
               Adding
               thereunto
               such
               terrible
               threatnings
               ,
               as
               made
               the
               poor
               Judaean
               lay
               aside
               all
               thoughts
               of
               adhearing
               unto
               Pharaoh
               ;
               and
               to
               yield
               to
               do
               ,
               as
               the
               more
               powerful
               would
               have
               him
               .
            
             
               Thus
               he
               continued
               in
               Obedience
               to
               Nebuchadnezzar
               three
               years
               ;
               During
               which
               time
               the
               Prophet
               Jeremia
               ,
               cryed
               out
               against
               the
               impiety
               of
               the
               Jews
               ,
               puting
               them
               in
               mind
               that
               he
               had
               now
               for
               three
               and
               twenty
               years
               exhorted
               them
               to
               repentance
               ;
               But
               because
               they
               had
               stopped
               their
               ears
               against
               him
               ,
               
               and
               the
               rest
               of
               the
               Prophets
               ,
               he
               now
               foretold
               that
               their
               Captivity
               was
               at
               hand
               ,
               and
               that
               they
               should
               bear
               the
               yoak
               of
               Bondage
               for
               seventy
               years
               .
               
               The
               same
               calamity
               he
               threatned
               to
               all
               the
               Neighbouring
               Nations
               ,
               
               to
               the
               
                 Egyptians
                 ,
                 Moabites
                 ,
                 Ammonites
                 ,
                 Idumaeans
                 ,
              
               and
               the
               rest
               ;
               foretelling
               that
               they
               should
               all
               drink
               out
               of
               the
               Babylonian
               Cup
               the
               Wine
               of
               his
               fury
               ,
               whom
               they
               had
               forsaken
               ;
               and
               that
               after
               the
               seventy
               years
               should
               be
               expired
               ,
               the
               Babylonians
               themselves
               should
               tast
               of
               the
               same
               Cup
               ,
               and
               be
               utterly
               subverted
               by
               the
               Medes
               and
               Persians
               ,
               
               by
               which
               means
               the
               Jews
               should
               be
               permitted
               to
               return
               into
               their
               own
               Country
               ,
               
               and
               Cities
               .
               The
               first
               imprisonment
               of
               the
               Prophet
               Jeremy
               seems
               to
               have
               been
               in
               the
               fourth
               year
               of
               this
               Jehoiakim
               ,
               at
               which
               time
               ,
               Baruch
               the
               Scribe
               ,
               wrote
               all
               his
               Prophesies
               from
               his
               mouth
               ,
               whom
               he
               sent
               to
               read
               them
               unto
               the
               People
               ,
               and
               afterwards
               to
               the
               Princes
               ,
               who
               presented
               them
               to
               the
               King
               :
               But
               fearing
               the
               Kings
               fury
               ,
               they
               had
               first
               set
               Jeremy
               at
               liberty
               ,
               and
               advised
               him
               ,
               and
               Baruch
               ,
               to
               hide
               themselves
               ,
               
                 Jeremiah
                 36.
                 ●9
              
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               Jehoiakim
               having
               heard
               part
               of
               it
               read
               to
               him
               ,
               
               and
               perceiving
               the
               ill
               news
               contained
               therein
               ,
               he
               made
               no
               more
               ado
               ,
               but
               cut
               the
               Book
               in
               pieces
               ,
               and
               cast
               it
               into
               the
               fire
               .
               All
               which
               ,
               Jeremy
               caused
               to
               be
               new
               written
               ,
               with
               this
               addition
               ,
               
                 that
                 the
                 dead
                 Body
                 of
              
               Jehoiakim
               ,
               
                 should
                 be
                 cast
                 out
                 ,
                 being
                 exposed
                 in
                 the
                 Day
                 to
                 the
                 heat
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 the
                 night
                 to
                 the
                 frost
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 there
                 should
                 be
                 none
                 of
                 his
                 seed
                 to
                 sit
                 upon
                 the
                 Throne
                 of
              
               David
               .
            
             
               Times
               thus
               runing
               on
               ,
               
               Jehoiakim
               thought
               himself
               secure
               from
               all
               danger
               ,
               as
               being
               Tributary
               to
               the
               Babylonian
               ,
               and
               yet
               withall
               ,
               well
               thought
               on
               by
               the
               Egyptian
               :
               About
               which
               time
               the
               mighty
               City
               of
               Tyre
               ,
               opposed
               it self
               against
               Nebuchadnezzar
               :
               and
               upon
               just
               confidence
               of
               her
               own
               strength
               ,
               despised
               all
               preparations
               that
               could
               be
               made
               against
               her
               .
               Now
               for
               as
               much
               as
               the
               tearm
               of
               seventy
               years
               was
               prescribed
               for
               the
               desolation
               ,
               as
               well
               of
               Tyre
               ,
               as
               of
               Jerusalem
               ,
               and
               other
               places
               ,
               and
               Countries
               ,
               its
               apparent
               that
               they
               that
               refer
               the
               winning
               of
               this
               City
               to
               the
               ninteenth
               year
               of
               Nebuchadnezzar
               ,
               have
               good
               ground
               and
               warrant
               for
               it
               .
               For
               the
               Siege
               thereof
               began
               in
               the
               seventh
               year
               of
               his
               Raign
               ,
               and
               lasted
               thirteen
               years
               .
            
             
               Here
               it
               will
               not
               be
               amiss
               to
               insert
               a
               brief
               note
               concerning
               the
               beginning
               of
               this
               great
               Princes
               Rule
               ;
               The
               third
               year
               of
               Jehoiakim
               ,
               was
               the
               last
               of
               Nabul●sser
               ,
               who
               being
               freed
               from
               other
               cares
               ,
               and
               businesses
               ,
               took
               notice
               of
               such
               as
               had
               revolted
               from
               him
               to
               
                 Pharaoh
                 Necho
              
               ,
               and
               sent
               this
               Noble
               Prince
               ▪
               his
               Son
               ,
               with
               an
               Army
               into
               Syria
               to
               reclaim
               
               them
               .
               In
               this
               expedition
               was
               Daniel
               carried
               to
               Babylon
               ,
               who
               therefore
               makes
               mention
               of
               it
               ,
               Dan.
               1.
               1.
               
               The
               year
               next
               following
               ,
               being
               the
               fourth
               of
               Jehoiakim
               ,
               was
               the
               first
               year
               of
               Nebuchadnezzar
               ,
               which
               Jeremy
               affirmeth
               in
               express
               words
               ,
               Jer.
               25.
               1.
               
               And
               from
               this
               we
               must
               reckon
               all
               his
               time
               ,
               and
               actions
               which
               follow
               to
               be
               spoken
               of
               .
               In
               his
               three
               and
               twentieth
               year
               he
               conquered
               Egypt
               ,
               and
               then
               began
               his
               great
               Empire
               ,
               there
               being
               none
               lest
               that
               durst
               offend
               ,
               or
               oppose
               him
               .
               The
               second
               from
               this
               year
               it
               was
               wherein
               Daniel
               saw
               that
               vision
               of
               the
               Image
               consisting
               of
               sundry
               mettals
               ,
               which
               prefigured
               the
               succession
               of
               great
               Kingdoms
               ,
               that
               should
               Rule
               the
               World
               before
               the
               coming
               of
               Christ.
               But
               to
               return
               to
               the
               Siege
               of
               Tyre
               ,
               which
               began
               in
               the
               seventh
               year
               of
               his
               Raign
               .
            
             
               The
               Stately
               City
               of
               Tyre
               covered
               all
               the
               ground
               of
               an
               Island
               ,
               
               that
               was
               divided
               from
               the
               Continent
               ,
               by
               a
               deep
               ,
               and
               broad
               Channel
               of
               the
               Sea.
               The
               Chaldaeans
               had
               no
               Fleet
               of
               Ships
               ,
               neither
               were
               they
               Seamen
               :
               the
               Tyrians
               excelled
               all
               other
               Nations
               in
               multitude
               of
               goodly
               Ships
               ,
               and
               skill
               to
               use
               them
               :
               and
               every
               Wind
               ,
               from
               one
               part
               or
               other
               ,
               brought
               in
               all
               needfull
               provisions
               to
               the
               City
               :
               Wherefore
               neither
               force
               ,
               nor
               Famine
               could
               greatly
               hurt
               the
               place
               ;
               whereof
               nevertheless
               ,
               the
               Judgements
               of
               God
               (
               denounced
               against
               it
               by
               Isay
               ,
               
               Jeremy
               ,
               and
               Esekiel
               )
               had
               threatened
               the
               destruction
               ;
               
               and
               the
               obstinate
               resolution
               of
               Nebuchadnezzar
               had
               fully
               determined
               to
               accomplish
               it
               .
               
            
             
               This
               haughty
               King
               ,
               impatient
               of
               resistance
               ,
               undertook
               a
               vast
               piece
               of
               Work
               ,
               
               which
               was
               ,
               to
               fill
               up
               that
               part
               of
               the
               Sea
               which
               divided
               the
               Island
               from
               the
               continent
               .
               The
               City
               of
               old
               Tyre
               ,
               that
               stood
               opposite
               to
               the
               New
               ,
               upon
               the
               firm
               Land
               ,
               and
               the
               Mountain
               of
               Libanus
               near
               adjoyning
               ,
               that
               was
               loaden
               with
               stately
               Cedars
               ,
               and
               abundance
               of
               other
               Trees
               ,
               furnished
               him
               with
               materials
               to
               effect
               it
               .
               Thirteen
               years
               were
               spent
               in
               this
               difficult
               ,
               and
               hopeless
               undertaking
               ,
               which
               need
               not
               seem
               strange
               ,
               if
               we
               consider
               ,
               that
               Alexander
               ,
               working
               upon
               that
               foundation
               which
               was
               remaining
               of
               Nebuchadnezzars
               Peer
               ,
               and
               being
               withall
               ,
               
               assisted
               with
               a
               strong
               Fleet
               ,
               was
               yet
               seven
               moneths
               ere
               he
               could
               make
               way
               into
               the
               City
               .
               Wherefore
               ,
               if
               the
               raging
               of
               the
               Sea
               was
               able
               to
               carry
               away
               that
               wherewith
               Alexander
               laboured
               to
               cover
               a
               Shelve
               ,
               with
               much
               more
               violence
               could
               it
               overturn
               ,
               and
               as
               it
               were
               ,
               consume
               the
               work
               of
               Nebuchadnezzar
               :
               who
               laid
               his
               foundation
               in
               the
               bottom
               of
               the
               deep
               ;
               Striving
               ,
               as
               it
               were
               ,
               to
               fill
               the
               empty
               Belly
               of
               this
               greedy
               Cormorant
               ,
               whereas
               the
               Macedonian
               did
               only
               stop
               the
               throat
               of
               it
               .
               All
               may
               know
               that
               God
               could
               easily
               have
               accomplished
               his
               own
               threatnings
               against
               this
               place
               (
               though
               it
               had
               not
               pleased
               him
               to
               use
               ,
               either
               a
               Miracle
               ,
               or
               such
               of
               his
               more
               immediate
               Engins
               ,
               as
               are
               Earthquakes
               ,
               &c.
               )
               by
               making
               at
               least
               ,
               the
               Seas
               calm
               ,
               and
               adding
               the
               favourable
               concurrence
               of
               all
               second
               helps
               .
               But
               so
               it
               pleaseth
               him
               oft
               times
               ,
               in
               chastising
               the
               Pride
               of
               man
               ,
               to
               use
               the
               hand
               of
               man
               ,
               even
               the
               hand
               of
               man
               ,
               striving
               ,
               as
               it
               may
               seem
               ,
               against
               all
               resistance
               of
               nature
               ,
               and
               providence
               .
               So
               that
               by
               this
               excessive
               labour
               of
               the
               Chaldeans
               ,
               that
               Scripture
               was
               fulfilled
               ,
               that
               
                 every
                 Head
                 should
                 be
                 made
                 bald
                 ,
                 and
                 every
                 Shoulder
                 should
                 be
                 made
                 bare
                 ,
              
               Esek
               .
               29.
               18.
               
               Yet
               would
               not
               Nebuchadnezzar
               give
               over
               till
               he
               was
               master
               of
               the
               Town
               .
            
             
               When
               he
               was
               entred
               upon
               this
               desperate
               undertaking
               ,
               whether
               it
               were
               by
               some
               losses
               received
               ,
               or
               some
               Mutany
               in
               his
               Army
               ,
               or
               some
               glorious
               rumour
               of
               the
               Egyptians
               strength
               ,
               his
               evil
               willers
               took
               courage
               to
               rebell
               against
               him
               ;
               and
               amongst
               them
               ,
               Jehoiakim
               ,
               renounced
               his
               subjection
               ,
               and
               began
               to
               hope
               for
               the
               contrary
               which
               soon
               after
               fell
               out
               .
               For
               Nebuchadnezzar
               gave
               him
               no
               leasure
               to
               do
               much
               hurt
               :
               But
               with
               part
               of
               his
               Army
               ,
               he
               marched
               strait
               into
               Judea
               ;
               
               where
               the
               amazed
               King
               made
               so
               little
               resistance
               (
               the
               Egyptians
               having
               left
               him
               ,
               as
               it
               were
               in
               a
               dream
               )
               that
               Nebuchadnezzar
               entred
               Jerusalem
               ,
               laid
               hands
               on
               Jehoiakim
               ,
               
               whom
               at
               first
               he
               bound
               ,
               intending
               to
               send
               him
               to
               Babylon
               ,
               but
               his
               mind
               changing
               ,
               he
               caused
               him
               to
               be
               slain
               in
               that
               place
               ,
               and
               gave
               him
               the
               Burial
               of
               an
               Ass
               ,
               to
               be
               devoured
               by
               Beasts
               ,
               and
               ravinous
               Birds
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               former
               Prophesie
               ;
               Leaving
               in
               his
               place
               his
               Son
               ,
               Jehoiakim
               ,
               
               or
               Jeconia
               ;
               
               whom
               yet
               after
               three
               moneths
               ,
               and
               ten
               days
               ,
               he
               deposed
               ,
               and
               sent
               him
               Pisoner
               to
               Babylon
               ,
               together
               with
               
                 Esekiel
                 ,
                 Mordecay
              
               ,
               and
               Josedech
               ,
               the
               High
               Priest.
               
            
             
               The
               Mother
               of
               Jeconias
               ,
               
               together
               with
               his
               Servants
               ,
               Eunuches
               ,
               
               and
               all
               the
               ablest
               men
               ,
               and
               best
               Artificers
               in
               the
               Land
               ,
               were
               also
               then
               carried
               away
               Captives
               .
               This
               Jechonias
               ,
               
               following
               the
               Counsel
               of
               the
               Prophet
               Jeremy
               ,
               made
               no
               resistance
               ,
               
               but
               submitted
               himself
               to
               the
               Kings
               will
               ,
               wherein
               he
               both
               pleased
               God
               ,
               and
               did
               that
               which
               was
               most
               profitable
               for
               himself
               ,
               
               though
               at
               the
               present
               it
               might
               seem
               otherwise
               ,
               to
               such
               as
               considered
               the
               evil
               that
               befell
               him
               ,
               rather
               than
               the
               greater
               evill
               that
               he
               thereby
               avoided
               .
               This
               only
               particular
               act
               of
               his
               is
               recorded
               in
               Scriture
               which
               was
               good
               :
               But
               it
               seems
               that
               he
               was
               at
               least
               a
               partaker
               in
               his
               Fathers
               sins
               ,
               if
               not
               a
               provoker
               ,
               which
               was
               the
               cause
               ,
               that
               though
               he
               submitted
               himself
               to
               Gods
               will
               ,
               yet
               did
               he
               not
               preserve
               his
               estate
               :
               For
               so
               it
               is
               said
               ,
               
                 That
                 he
                 did
                 evil
                 in
                 the
                 sight
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 all
                 that
                 his
                 Father
                 had
                 done
                 .
              
               In
               his
               stead
               ,
               Nebuchadnezzar
               set
               up
               Mattania
               ,
               his
               Uncle
               ,
               
               making
               him
               King
               of
               Judea
               ,
               and
               called
               him
               Zedechias
               .
               For
               like
               as
               Necho
               ,
               King
               of
               Egypt
               ,
               had
               formerly
               displaced
               Jehoahaz
               ,
               after
               he
               had
               slain
               his
               Father
               Josias
               ,
               and
               set
               up
               Jehoiachim
               ,
               
               the
               Son
               by
               another
               Mother
               :
               So
               Nebuchadnezzar
               slew
               Jehoiakim
               ,
               
               who
               depended
               on
               the
               Egyptians
               ,
               and
               ,
               carrying
               his
               Son
               Jeconias
               Prisoner
               to
               Babylon
               ,
               he
               gave
               the
               Kingdom
               to
               this
               Zedechias
               ,
               who
               was
               whole
               Brother
               to
               that
               Jehoahaz
               ,
               whom
               Necho
               took
               with
               him
               into
               Egypt
               ,
               and
               from
               Zedechias
               he
               required
               an
               Oath
               for
               his
               loyalty
               ,
               and
               faithfull
               subjection
               ,
               which
               Zedechias
               gave
               him
               ,
               and
               called
               the
               living
               God
               to
               witness
               in
               the
               same
               ,
               that
               he
               would
               remain
               assured
               to
               the
               Kings
               of
               
                 Chaldea
                 ,
                 2
                 Chron.
                 36.
                 13.
                 
                 Esek
                 .
              
               17.
               13
               ,
               14
               ,
               18.
               
            
             
               In
               the
               first
               year
               of
               Zedechias
               ,
               
               Jeremy
               saw
               ,
               and
               expounded
               the
               vision
               of
               the
               ripe
               ,
               and
               rotten
               Figs
               ,
               the
               one
               signifying
               those
               that
               were
               already
               carried
               away
               Captives
               ,
               the
               other
               signifying
               those
               Jews
               that
               yet
               remained
               ,
               and
               were
               afterwards
               destroyed
               ,
               Jer.
               29.
               17.
               
            
             
             
               In
               the
               fourth
               year
               of
               Zedechias
               ,
               
               Jeremy
               wrote
               in
               a
               Book
               all
               the
               evil
               which
               should
               fall
               upon
               Babylon
               ,
               which
               Book
               ,
               or
               Roul
               he
               gave
               to
               Seriah
               ,
               when
               he
               went
               with
               King
               Zedechias
               to
               Babylon
               ,
               to
               visit
               Nebuchadnezzar
               ,
               willing
               him
               first
               to
               read
               it
               to
               the
               Captive
               Jews
               ,
               and
               then
               to
               binde
               a
               stone
               to
               it
               ,
               and
               cast
               it
               into
               Euphrates
               ,
               pronouncing
               these
               words
               ;
               
               
                 Thus
                 shall
              
               Babel
               
                 be
                 drowned
                 ,
                 and
                 shall
                 not
                 rise
                 from
                 the
                 evil
                 which
                 I
                 will
                 bring
                 upon
                 her
                 .
              
               This
               journey
               of
               Zedechias
               to
               Babylon
               is
               probably
               thought
               to
               be
               in
               way
               of
               a
               visit
               ,
               
               and
               to
               carry
               some
               presents
               to
               Nebuchadnezzar
               ;
               But
               yet
               its
               likely
               he
               had
               some
               suit
               to
               make
               ,
               which
               his
               Lordly
               Master
               refused
               to
               grant
               ,
               and
               sent
               him
               away
               discontented
               .
               For
               at
               his
               return
               ,
               all
               the
               bordering
               Princes
               sent
               Messengers
               to
               him
               ,
               inciting
               him
               (
               as
               it
               seems
               )
               to
               those
               unquiet
               courses
               from
               which
               the
               Prophet
               Jeremy
               dehorted
               both
               him
               ,
               
               and
               them
               .
               About
               which
               time
               the
               Prophet
               ,
               by
               Gods
               appointment
               ,
               made
               bonds
               ,
               and
               yokes
               ,
               one
               of
               which
               he
               wore
               about
               his
               own
               neck
               ,
               others
               he
               sent
               unto
               the
               five
               Kings
               ,
               of
               
                 Edom
                 ,
                 Moab
                 ,
                 Ammon
                 ,
                 Tyre
                 ,
              
               and
               Zidon
               ,
               by
               those
               Messengers
               which
               came
               to
               visit
               Zedechias
               ,
               making
               them
               know
               ,
               that
               if
               they
               ,
               and
               the
               King
               of
               Juda
               continued
               in
               subjection
               ,
               to
               Babylon
               ,
               they
               should
               then
               possess
               ,
               and
               enjoy
               their
               own
               Countries
               ;
               If
               not
               ,
               they
               should
               assuredly
               perish
               by
               the
               Sword
               ,
               by
               Famine
               and
               by
               Pestilence
               .
            
             
               He
               also
               foretold
               them
               that
               those
               Vessels
               which
               yet
               remained
               in
               Jerusalem
               ,
               should
               be
               carried
               after
               the
               other
               to
               Babylon
               ,
               yet
               at
               length
               should
               be
               restored
               again
               .
            
             
               The
               same
               year
               Ananias
               ,
               
               the
               false
               Prophet
               ,
               took
               off
               the
               Woodden
               yoke
               which
               Jeremy
               did
               wear
               ,
               as
               a
               sign
               of
               the
               Captivity
               of
               the
               Jews
               ,
               and
               brake
               it
               :
               Vaunting
               ,
               that
               in
               like
               manner
               after
               two
               years
               ,
               
               God
               would
               break
               the
               strength
               of
               Babel
               ,
               and
               the
               yoke
               which
               he
               laid
               on
               all
               Nations
               :
               and
               that
               he
               would
               restore
               Jeconias
               and
               all
               the
               Jews
               ,
               with
               the
               Vessels
               ,
               and
               Riches
               of
               the
               Temple
               ,
               and
               put
               an
               end
               to
               all
               these
               troubles
               .
               But
               Jeremy
               instead
               of
               his
               Woodden
               Yoke
               ,
               wore
               a
               Coller
               of
               Iron
               ;
               and
               in
               sign
               that
               Ananias
               had
               given
               a
               false
               ,
               and
               deceitfull
               hope
               to
               the
               People
               ,
               he
               foretold
               the
               Death
               of
               this
               false
               Prophet
               ,
               
               which
               accordingly
               came
               to
               pass
               in
               the
               seventh
               Moneth
               .
            
             
             
               After
               this
               ,
               
               when
               Zedechias
               had
               wavered
               long
               between
               Faith
               ,
               and
               Passion
               ,
               in
               the
               eight
               year
               of
               his
               Raign
               ,
               he
               practiced
               more
               seriously
               against
               Nebuchadnezzar
               with
               his
               Neighbours
               ,
               
               the
               
                 Edomites
                 ,
                 Ammonites
                 ,
                 Moabites
                 ,
                 Tyrians
                 ,
              
               and
               others
               who
               were
               promised
               great
               aides
               by
               the
               Egyptians
               ,
               in
               confidence
               of
               whose
               assistance
               he
               resolved
               to
               shake
               off
               the
               Babylonian
               Yoke
               ;
               whereof
               when
               Nebuchadnezzar
               was
               informed
               ,
               he
               marched
               with
               his
               Army
               in
               the
               dead
               of
               Winter
               ,
               
               towards
               Jerusalem
               ,
               and
               besieged
               it
               .
               Jeremy
               perswaded
               Zedekias
               to
               render
               the
               City
               ,
               and
               himself
               to
               him
               :
               But
               Zedechias
               ,
               being
               confident
               of
               help
               from
               Egypt
               ,
               and
               being
               perswaded
               by
               his
               Princes
               ,
               and
               false
               Prophets
               ,
               that
               it
               was
               impossible
               that
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               Judah
               should
               be
               extirpated
               untill
               the
               coming
               of
               Shilo
               ,
               according
               to
               Jacobs
               Prophesie
               ,
               Gen.
               49.
               10.
               he
               dispised
               the
               counsell
               of
               Jeremy
               ,
               
               and
               imprisoned
               him
               .
               For
               Jeremy
               had
               told
               the
               King
               that
               the
               City
               should
               be
               taken
               and
               burnt
               ;
               that
               the
               King
               should
               not
               escape
               ,
               but
               be
               taken
               Prisoner
               ,
               and
               brought
               to
               the
               presence
               of
               Nebuchadnezzar
               :
               That
               he
               should
               not
               perish
               by
               the
               Sword
               ,
               but
               being
               carried
               to
               Babel
               ,
               should
               there
               die
               a
               naturall
               Death
               .
            
             
               The
               following
               year
               ,
               
               Jerusalem
               was
               surrounded
               ,
               and
               more
               strictly
               besieged
               by
               Nebuchadnezzars
               Army
               ;
               
               whereupon
               the
               King
               of
               
                 Egypt
                 ,
                 Pharaoh
                 Hophra
              
               ,
               entred
               into
               Judea
               with
               his
               Army
               ,
               to
               succour
               Zedekias
               ,
               of
               whose
               revolt
               he
               had
               been
               the
               principall
               Authour
               .
               
               But
               Jeremy
               gave
               the
               Jews
               faithfull
               counsel
               ,
               willing
               them
               not
               to
               have
               any
               trust
               in
               the
               succours
               of
               Egypt
               :
               for
               he
               assured
               them
               that
               they
               should
               return
               back
               again
               ,
               and
               in
               no
               sort
               relieve
               them
               .
               And
               it
               fell
               out
               accordingly
               .
               For
               when
               the
               Chaldeans
               removed
               from
               Jerusalem
               to
               encounter
               the
               Egyptians
               ,
               these
               bragging
               Patrones
               abandoned
               their
               enterprise
               ,
               and
               taking
               Gaza
               ,
               in
               their
               way
               homewards
               ,
               returned
               into
               Egypt
               as
               if
               they
               had
               already
               done
               enough
               ,
               leaving
               the
               poor
               People
               in
               Jerusalem
               to
               their
               destinied
               miseries
               ,
               Jer.
               34.
               11
               ,
               22.
               
            
             
               In
               the
               mean
               while
               the
               Jews
               ,
               who
               in
               the
               time
               of
               their
               extremity
               ,
               
               had
               released
               their
               Hebrew
               Bondmen
               ,
               and
               Bond-women
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               Law
               ,
               in
               the
               year
               of
               Jubile
               ,
               and
               
               made
               them
               free
               ,
               thereby
               to
               encourage
               them
               to
               fight
               ,
               did
               now
               upon
               the
               breaking
               up
               of
               the
               Chaldean
               Army
               ,
               repent
               of
               what
               they
               had
               done
               ,
               and
               thinking
               that
               all
               danger
               had
               been
               past
               ,
               they
               held
               them
               by
               force
               to
               their
               former
               slavery
               .
               But
               the
               Caldeans
               being
               returned
               to
               the
               Siege
               ,
               the
               Prophet
               Jeremy
               ,
               
               when
               the
               State
               of
               Jerusalem
               began
               now
               to
               grow
               to
               extremity
               ,
               counselled
               Zedekias
               ,
               to
               render
               himself
               to
               the
               Babylonians
               ,
               
               assuring
               him
               of
               his
               own
               Life
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               safety
               of
               the
               City
               if
               he
               would
               do
               so
               .
               But
               his
               obstinate
               heart
               led
               him
               on
               to
               that
               wretched
               end
               ,
               which
               ,
               his
               neglect
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               his
               Infidelity
               ,
               and
               Perjury
               had
               provided
               for
               him
               .
            
             
               Three
               and
               twenty
               Moneths
               the
               Chaldean
               Army
               lay
               before
               Jerusalem
               ,
               
               and
               held
               it
               exceeding
               straitly
               besieged
               ;
               For
               they
               built
               Forts
               against
               it
               round
               about
               ,
               2
               King.
               25.
               1.
               or
               ,
               they
               surrounded
               the
               City
               with
               Woodden
               Towers
               ,
               so
               as
               the
               Besieged
               could
               neither
               Sally
               out
               ,
               nor
               receive
               into
               the
               City
               any
               supplies
               of
               men
               or
               Victuals
               .
               
               Josephus
               saith
               ,
               that
               they
               overtopped
               the
               Walls
               with
               their
               high
               Towers
               which
               they
               erected
               upon
               Mounts
               ,
               from
               which
               ,
               with
               their
               Engines
               they
               did
               so
               beat
               upon
               the
               Walls
               ,
               that
               the
               desendants
               were
               forced
               to
               forsake
               their
               stations
               .
               And
               though
               the
               Besieged
               also
               raised
               Counter-Buildings
               ,
               like
               unto
               these
               ,
               yet
               the
               Great
               Nebuchadnezzar
               ,
               who
               Commanded
               all
               the
               Regions
               thereabouts
               ,
               &
               had
               the
               Woods
               ,
               and
               Rivers
               at
               his
               command
               ,
               found
               out
               means
               to
               disappoint
               &
               overthrow
               all
               the
               Citizens
               endeavours
               ,
               and
               to
               beat
               down
               their
               Towers
               as
               fast
               as
               they
               raised
               them
               .
               For
               his
               own
               works
               were
               guarded
               by
               the
               Walls
               of
               Jerusalem
               ,
               whereas
               theirs
               within
               lay
               open
               to
               his
               Batteries
               .
               Besides
               ,
               both
               Famine
               ,
               and
               Pestilence
               (
               which
               commonly
               accompany
               men
               straitly
               besieged
               )
               grew
               fast
               upon
               them
               ,
               whereby
               ,
               when
               the
               number
               ,
               strength
               and
               courage
               of
               the
               Jews
               failed
               ,
               
               the
               Caldeans
               made
               a
               breach
               ,
               and
               forcing
               an
               entry
               ,
               their
               Princes
               did
               seat
               themselves
               as
               Lords
               of
               the
               Town
               ,
               in
               the
               middle
               Gate
               ,
               2
               
                 King.
                 26.
                 2
                 ,
                 3
                 ,
                 4.
                 
                 Jer.
                 39.
                 2
                 ,
                 3.
                 
                 &
              
               52.
               5
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               Zedechias
               ,
               
               beholding
               this
               uncomfortable
               sight
               ,
               and
               finding
               no
               other
               means
               to
               escape
               the
               present
               danger
               ,
               lost
               both
               his
               Courage
               ,
               and
               his
               Hope
               at
               once
               ,
               and
               shifted
               himself
               ,
               together
               
               with
               his
               Wives
               ,
               Children
               ,
               Princes
               ,
               and
               principall
               Servants
               ,
               out
               of
               the
               City
               ,
               by
               a
               way
               under-ground
               ,
               leaving
               his
               amazed
               ,
               and
               now
               headless
               Subjects
               to
               the
               merciless
               Swords
               of
               their
               enraged
               enemies
               .
               Thus
               he
               ,
               who
               when
               the
               Prophet
               Jeremy
               perswaded
               him
               to
               render
               himself
               ,
               dispised
               both
               the
               Counsel
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               the
               Army
               and
               force
               of
               Nebuchadnezzar
               ,
               used
               now
               the
               remedy
               which
               one
               calls
               ,
               
                 A
                 wofull
                 ,
                 shamefull
                 ,
                 and
                 unfortunate
                 shift
                 .
              
            
             
               By
               this
               secret
               subterranean
               Vault
               ,
               Zedechias
               stole
               away
               ,
               &
               by
               the
               help
               of
               the
               dark
               night
               ,
               recovered
               the
               plains
               ,
               or
               desarts
               of
               Jericho
               .
               But
               by
               reason
               of
               the
               train
               that
               followed
               him
               and
               his
               (
               every
               one
               leading
               with
               him
               those
               whom
               he
               loved
               best
               )
               he
               was
               easily
               traced
               and
               pursued
               .
               How
               great
               soever
               the
               company
               was
               that
               attended
               him
               ,
               yet
               certain
               it
               is
               ,
               that
               they
               ,
               on
               whose
               fidelity
               he
               most
               relied
               ,
               no
               sooner
               beheld
               the
               Caldeans
               to
               draw
               neer
               ,
               but
               they
               all
               abandoned
               his
               defence
               ,
               and
               shifted
               for
               themselves
               in
               the
               Desarts
               ,
               as
               they
               could
               .
               For
               
                 whom
                 God
                 had
                 forsaken
                 ,
                 no
                 man
                 regarded
                 .
              
               And
               thus
               Zedechias
               was
               taken
               by
               the
               Ministers
               of
               Gods
               vengeance
               ,
               and
               being
               made
               a
               Prisoner
               ,
               together
               with
               his
               Children
               ,
               and
               Princes
               ,
               he
               was
               carried
               to
               Riblah
               ,
               in
               the
               Tribe
               of
               Nephthalim
               ,
               where
               Nebuchadnezzar
               then
               lay
               ,
               as
               a
               place
               indifferent
               between
               Jerusalem
               and
               Tyre
               ,
               with
               both
               which
               places
               he
               had
               at
               one
               time
               to
               do
               .
            
             
               Now
               when
               Nebuchadnezzar
               had
               laid
               before
               Zedechias
               the
               many
               Graces
               and
               Favours
               which
               he
               had
               conferred
               upon
               him
               ,
               
               together
               with
               the
               notable
               falshood
               and
               perjury
               wherewith
               he
               had
               requited
               him
               ,
               
               he
               commanded
               his
               Children
               ,
               
               Princes
               ,
               and
               Friends
               to
               be
               slain
               before
               his
               face
               .
               This
               being
               done
               ,
               to
               the
               and
               that
               so
               lamentable
               a
               spectacle
               should
               be
               the
               last
               ,
               
               that
               ever
               he
               should
               behold
               in
               this
               world
               ,
               he
               caused
               his
               eyes
               to
               be
               put
               out
               ,
               and
               so
               carried
               him
               like
               a
               Slave
               to
               Babylon
               ,
               where
               he
               consumed
               the
               rest
               of
               his
               life
               in
               perpetual
               imprisonment
               .
               Herein
               was
               that
               marvellous
               Prophesie
               of
               Esekiel
               fulfilled
               :
               
                 I
                 will
                 bring
                 him
                 to
              
               Babylon
               ,
               
                 and
                 he
                 shall
                 not
                 see
                 it
                 ,
              
               Esek
               .
               12.
               13.
               
            
             
               Thus
               in
               the
               eleventh
               ,
               and
               last
               year
               of
               Zedechias
               ,
               which
               was
               the
               eighteenth
               of
               Nebuchadnezzar
               ,
               the
               Chaldeans
               entred
               
               Jerusalem
               by
               force
               ,
               where
               sparing
               neither
               Sex
               nor
               Age
               ,
               they
               put
               all
               to
               the
               Sword
               that
               they
               found
               therein
               .
            
             
               In
               the
               year
               next
               following
               ,
               
               Nebuzaradan
               ,
               the
               Generall
               of
               the
               Babylonish
               Army
               ,
               burnt
               the
               Kings
               Pallace
               ,
               and
               the
               whole
               City
               of
               Jerusalem
               ,
               
               and
               after
               the
               fire
               had
               lasted
               from
               the
               seventh
               to
               the
               tenth
               Day
               ,
               
               he
               also
               burnt
               the
               Temple
               of
               God
               to
               the
               ground
               ,
               the
               richest
               and
               most
               Magnificent
               place
               that
               ever
               the
               Sun
               saw
               ,
               when
               it
               had
               stood
               four
               hundred
               thirty
               ,
               and
               one
               years
               .
            
             
               After
               this
               upon
               a
               second
               search
               ,
               
               Nebuzaradan
               (
               not
               yet
               satiated
               with
               blood
               )
               commanded
               seventy
               and
               two
               others
               to
               be
               slain
               ,
               
               which
               had
               hidden
               themselves
               from
               the
               first
               sury
               ,
               to
               wit
               ,
               the
               chief
               ,
               and
               the
               second
               Priest
               ,
               two
               Commanders
               of
               Zedechias
               his
               men
               of
               war
               ,
               
               five
               of
               his
               houshold
               Servants
               ,
               
               and
               some
               others
               ,
               carrying
               away
               to
               Babylon
               the
               ablest
               of
               the
               People
               through
               all
               Judea
               ,
               and
               leaving
               the
               poorest
               labouring
               people
               ,
               with
               some
               that
               followed
               the
               party
               of
               Nebuchadnezzar
               ,
               to
               till
               the
               Ground
               ,
               over
               whom
               he
               placed
               Gedaliah
               ,
               
               the
               Nephew
               of
               that
               Saphan
               ,
               whom
               Josias
               had
               formerly
               imployed
               in
               the
               Reformation
               of
               Religion
               .
               
               This
               Gedaliah
               ,
               a
               Jew
               by
               Nation
               ,
               left
               Zedechias
               ,
               as
               it
               seemeth
               ,
               in
               the
               beginning
               of
               the
               War
               ,
               and
               by
               Jeremies
               desire
               to
               live
               with
               him
               ,
               its
               probable
               that
               had
               embraced
               the
               same
               advice
               ,
               which
               the
               Prophet
               gave
               to
               Zedechias
               ,
               which
               was
               ,
               to
               submit
               himself
               to
               the
               Babylonian
               King
               ,
               who
               being
               ordained
               of
               God
               for
               them
               ,
               as
               an
               instrument
               of
               his
               Justice
               ,
               was
               ,
               therefore
               irresistable
               .
            
             
               The
               Prophet
               Jeremy
               being
               left
               to
               his
               own
               choise
               to
               live
               where
               he
               pleaced
               ,
               
               made
               choise
               to
               go
               to
               Gedaliah
               ,
               to
               whom
               he
               was
               commended
               by
               Nebuzaradan
               ,
               and
               he
               ,
               not
               onely
               intertained
               him
               kindly
               ,
               
               but
               comforted
               him
               ,
               and
               all
               the
               other
               Jews
               that
               were
               left
               under
               his
               charge
               ,
               promising
               them
               favour
               ,
               and
               liberty
               ,
               so
               long
               as
               they
               remained
               obedient
               Subjects
               to
               Nebuchadnezzar
               by
               whom
               he
               was
               established
               Provinciall
               Governour
               over
               his
               own
               Nation
               .
            
             
               But
               ere
               the
               year
               was
               exspired
               ,
               a
               Prince
               of
               the
               late
               Kings
               Family
               (
               who
               during
               the
               Siege
               of
               Jerusalem
               had
               sheltered
               himself
               from
               the
               storm
               ,
               with
               Baalis
               ,
               King
               of
               the
               Ammonites
               )
               
               being
               attended
               by
               ten
               other
               chosen
               men
               ,
               whilst
               Gedaliah
               feasted
               them
               in
               Mitspah
               ,
               
               the
               City
               of
               his
               residence
               ,
               they
               trayterously
               slew
               him
               ,
               together
               with
               divers
               Chaldeans
               and
               Jews
               that
               accompanied
               him
               .
               
               This
               done
               ,
               they
               escaped
               ,
               
               and
               in
               their
               way
               ,
               encountring
               with
               eighty
               persons
               ,
               repairing
               toward
               Gedaliah
               with
               persents
               ,
               they
               slew
               most
               of
               them
               ,
               and
               onely
               spared
               some
               ,
               who
               promised
               to
               discover
               to
               them
               some
               Treasures
               that
               were
               hidden
               in
               the
               Fields
               during
               the
               War.
               They
               took
               with
               them
               also
               a
               Daughter
               of
               Zedechias
               committed
               to
               the
               care
               of
               Gedaliah
               by
               Nebuchadnezzar
               :
               This
               treachery
               of
               Ismael
               had
               been
               formerly
               discovered
               to
               Gedaliah
               by
               Johanan
               ,
               one
               of
               the
               Captains
               of
               the
               few
               remaining
               Jews
               ,
               but
               he
               would
               not
               believe
               it
               .
            
             
               Judea
               being
               now
               without
               a
               Governour
               (
               for
               Ismael
               durst
               not
               take
               it
               upon
               him
               ,
               but
               fled
               as
               fast
               as
               he
               could
               to
               the
               Ammonites
               )
               the
               residue
               of
               the
               Jews
               ,
               fearing
               the
               revenge
               of
               the
               Chaldeans
               ,
               resolved
               to
               fly
               into
               Egypt
               ,
               and
               besought
               Jeremy
               to
               ask
               counsell
               of
               God
               for
               them
               ,
               
               who
               returned
               answer
               ,
               that
               if
               they
               remained
               in
               Judea
               ,
               God
               would
               provide
               for
               them
               ,
               and
               shew
               them
               mercy
               ;
               but
               if
               they
               sought
               to
               save
               themselves
               in
               Egypt
               ,
               
               they
               should
               then
               undoubtedly
               perish
               .
               Notwithstanding
               which
               advice
               ,
               the
               Jews
               held
               their
               determination
               ,
               and
               despised
               the
               Oracle
               of
               God
               ;
               and
               constraining
               Jeremy
               ,
               and
               Baruch
               to
               accompany
               them
               ,
               they
               went
               into
               Egypt
               ,
               
               and
               by
               the
               permission
               of
               Pharao
               ,
               they
               dwelt
               in
               Taphnes
               ;
               where
               ,
               when
               Jeremy
               often
               reproved
               them
               for
               their
               Idolatry
               ,
               foretelling
               the
               destruction
               of
               themselves
               ,
               and
               the
               Egyptians
               ,
               he
               was
               ,
               by
               these
               his
               own
               hard-hearted
               and
               ingratefull
               Country-men
               ,
               stoned
               to
               Death
               ,
               and
               by
               the
               Egyptians
               ,
               who
               greatly
               reverenced
               him
               ,
               buried
               neer
               the
               Sepulchre
               of
               their
               Kings
               ,
               
                 Jer.
                 42.
              
               
               &
               43.
               
            
             
               The
               nineteenth
               year
               of
               Nebuchadnezzars
               Raign
               it
               was
               ,
               when
               destroying
               utterly
               the
               great
               and
               mighty
               City
               of
               Jerusalem
               ,
               he
               exceedingly
               enriched
               himself
               with
               the
               spoils
               of
               it
               ,
               and
               the
               Temple
               ,
               and
               by
               that
               dreadfull
               Example
               terrified
               all
               those
               that
               should
               dare
               to
               resist
               him
               .
               From
               that
               
               time
               forward
               ,
               he
               ,
               to
               his
               three
               and
               twentieth
               year
               ,
               laboured
               in
               the
               Conquest
               of
               those
               adjoyning
               Countries
               ,
               
               which
               God
               had
               exposed
               unto
               his
               Sword
               ,
               and
               commanded
               to
               wear
               his
               Yoke
               ,
               namely
               ,
               the
               
                 Edomites
                 ,
                 Moabites
                 ,
                 Ammonites
                 ,
                 Tyrians
                 ,
                 Sidonians
                 ,
              
               and
               Egyptians
               ,
               though
               some
               of
               these
               were
               already
               become
               his
               followers
               ,
               and
               served
               under
               him
               when
               Jerusalem
               was
               taken
               ,
               and
               burnt
               .
               But
               the
               Tyrians
               ,
               whose
               City
               was
               built
               upon
               an
               Island
               ,
               and
               therefore
               secure
               from
               the
               invasion
               of
               any
               Land-Army
               ,
               and
               whose
               Fleet
               was
               so
               strong
               ,
               that
               they
               needed
               not
               to
               fear
               any
               enemy
               at
               Sea
               ,
               were
               neither
               daunred
               with
               the
               fall
               of
               their
               neighbour
               City
               ,
               nor
               with
               the
               obstinate
               resolution
               of
               this
               mighty
               King
               imploying
               all
               his
               wit
               ,
               and
               power
               to
               work
               their
               subversion
               .
            
             
               That
               the
               City
               of
               Tyre
               was
               rather
               well
               pleased
               then
               any
               way
               discouraged
               with
               the
               destruction
               of
               Jerusalem
               ,
               it
               appeareth
               by
               the
               Words
               which
               Esekiel
               condemneth
               ,
               as
               the
               common
               voyce
               of
               Tyrus
               ,
               Esek
               .
               26.
               2.
               
               
                 Aha!
                 the
                 Gate
                 of
                 the
                 People
                 is
                 broken
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 turned
                 unto
                 me
                 ;
                 For
                 seeing
                 she
                 is
                 desolate
                 ,
                 I
                 shall
                 be
                 replenished
                 .
              
               Yet
               at
               length
               ,
               that
               great
               work
               before
               mentioned
               ,
               began
               to
               appear
               above
               Water
               ,
               and
               so
               to
               threaten
               them
               with
               inevitable
               mischief
               .
            
             
               Nebuchadnezzar
               still
               follows
               his
               work
               hard
               ,
               notwithstanding
               all
               discouragments
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               thirteenth
               year
               of
               the
               Siege
               ,
               and
               the
               nineteenth
               of
               his
               Raign
               ,
               he
               had
               brought
               it
               to
               such
               perfection
               ,
               that
               now
               the
               Citizens
               despaired
               of
               holding
               out
               against
               him
               ;
               whereupon
               all
               the
               chiefest
               of
               them
               imbarked
               themselves
               ,
               their
               Families
               ,
               and
               Treasures
               in
               their
               Fleet
               ,
               
               and
               escaped
               to
               the
               Isle
               of
               Cyprus
               ,
               but
               the
               poorer
               sort
               were
               left
               to
               the
               fury
               of
               the
               enemy
               ;
               who
               being
               enraged
               for
               being
               put
               to
               so
               much
               pains
               ,
               slew
               with
               the
               Sword
               ,
               not
               only
               such
               people
               of
               Tyre
               as
               dwelt
               on
               the
               Continent
               (
               who
               are
               called
               her
               
                 Daughters
                 in
                 the
                 Field
              
               )
               but
               the
               like
               execution
               was
               done
               in
               the
               streets
               ,
               into
               which
               with
               excessive
               labour
               ,
               the
               Chaldeans
               made
               way
               for
               his
               Horses
               ,
               and
               Chariots
               .
               Thus
               
                 Nebuchadnezzar
                 made
                 his
                 Army
                 serve
                 a
                 great
                 service
                 ,
                 against
              
               Tyrus
               ,
               
                 wherein
                 every
                 head
                 was
                 made
                 bald
                 ,
                 and
                 every
                 shoulder
                 was
                 made
                 bare
                 ,
                 yet
                 had
                 he
                 no
                 wages
                 ,
                 nor
                 his
                 Army
                 ,
              
               Esek
               .
               29.
               18.
               but
               was
               fain
               to
               rest
               contented
               with
               the
               
               Honour
               of
               having
               destroyed
               that
               City
               ,
               which
               in
               all
               mens
               Judgements
               had
               been
               held
               invincible
               .
            
             
               The
               destruction
               of
               these
               two
               Great
               ,
               and
               powerfull
               Cities
               ,
               having
               made
               the
               name
               of
               the
               Chaldeans
               dreadfull
               in
               the
               ears
               of
               all
               the
               Nations
               round
               about
               ,
               Nebuchadnezzar
               used
               this
               advantage
               of
               that
               reputation
               which
               he
               had
               obtained
               by
               his
               victories
               already
               gotten
               ,
               to
               the
               getting
               of
               more
               ,
               and
               more
               profitable
               ,
               with
               less
               pains
               .
               The
               Kingdom
               of
               Egypt
               was
               the
               mark
               which
               he
               chiefly
               aimed
               at
               .
               A
               Country
               so
               abounding
               in
               Riches
               and
               pleasures
               ,
               that
               it
               might
               well
               have
               tempted
               any
               Pri●ce
               ,
               finding
               himself
               strong
               enough
               ,
               to
               pick
               occasion
               of
               quarrell
               against
               it
               .
               Besides
               ,
               it
               was
               so
               far
               an
               enemy
               to
               the
               Crown
               of
               Babylon
               ,
               that
               ,
               had
               it
               been
               far
               poorer
               ,
               yet
               it
               must
               have
               been
               subdued
               ,
               or
               the
               Conquest
               of
               Syria
               could
               not
               have
               been
               secured
               .
            
             
               Yet
               was
               it
               needfull
               ,
               that
               before
               he
               entred
               upon
               this
               business
               ,
               the
               Countries
               adjacent
               should
               be
               reduced
               into
               such
               tearms
               ,
               that
               either
               they
               should
               wholly
               stand
               at
               his
               devotion
               ,
               or
               at
               least
               ,
               be
               able
               not
               to
               work
               him
               any
               displeasure
               .
               And
               herein
               the
               Decree
               of
               God
               concurred
               (
               as
               in
               all
               prosperous
               enterprises
               )
               with
               reason
               of
               State.
               For
               the
               people
               of
               
                 Moab
                 ,
                 Ammon
                 ,
                 Edom
                 ,
                 Damascus
                 ,
                 Kedar
                 ,
                 Hazor
                 ,
              
               and
               other
               adjoyning
               Regions
               ,
               whom
               God
               for
               their
               sins
               had
               condemned
               to
               fall
               under
               the
               Babylonian
               Yoke
               ,
               were
               such
               ,
               as
               regarding
               onely
               their
               own
               gain
               ,
               had
               ,
               some
               of
               them
               ,
               like
               Ravens
               ,
               followed
               the
               Chaldean
               Army
               ,
               to
               feed
               upon
               the
               carcasses
               that
               fell
               by
               the
               cruelty
               thereof
               .
               Others
               taking
               advantage
               of
               their
               neighbours
               miseries
               ,
               occupied
               the
               Countries
               ,
               which
               ,
               by
               his
               Victories
               ,
               belonged
               to
               Nebuchadnezzar
               ,
               all
               of
               them
               thinking
               ,
               that
               when
               the
               Babylonian
               had
               satisfied
               his
               fury
               ,
               he
               would
               be
               forced
               to
               forsake
               those
               desolated
               Countries
               ,
               and
               leave
               the
               possession
               of
               them
               to
               those
               who
               could
               first
               seize
               upon
               them
               .
               Particularly
               ,
               the
               Edomites
               ,
               
               and
               Philistines
               ,
               had
               shewed
               much
               malice
               against
               the
               Jews
               when
               their
               City
               was
               taken
               ,
               Esek
               .
               25.
               12
               ,
               15.
               
               Whether
               they
               had
               done
               any
               good
               service
               to
               the
               Chaldeans
               ,
               it
               appears
               not
               ;
               if
               they
               did
               any
               ,
               its
               like
               to
               have
               been
               in
               reference
               to
               their
               own
               advantage
               ,
               wherein
               yet
               they
               were
               deceived
               .
               
               The
               Ammonites
               were
               not
               contented
               to
               rejoyce
               onely
               at
               the
               fall
               of
               Jerusalem
               ,
               but
               presently
               they
               entred
               upon
               the
               Country
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               took
               possession
               of
               it
               ,
               as
               if
               ,
               not
               the
               Chaldeans
               ,
               but
               they
               had
               subdued
               
                 Israel
                 ,
                 Esek
                 .
                 25.
                 3.
                 
                 Jer.
              
               49.
               1.
               
               Neither
               can
               it
               be
               imagined
               what
               other
               design
               Baalis
               ,
               King
               of
               the
               Ammonites
               had
               ,
               when
               he
               sent
               Ismael
               ,
               a
               Prince
               of
               the
               Blood
               of
               Judah
               ,
               to
               murther
               Gedalia
               ,
               whom
               the
               King
               of
               Babel
               had
               made
               Governour
               over
               those
               that
               remained
               in
               Israel
               ,
               and
               to
               carry
               Captive
               into
               the
               Ammonites
               Country
               ,
               the
               People
               that
               abode
               in
               Mizpah
               ,
               than
               a
               desire
               of
               entanglng
               Nebuchadnezzar
               with
               so
               many
               labours
               at
               once
               ,
               as
               should
               force
               him
               to
               retire
               into
               his
               own
               Country
               ,
               and
               abandon
               those
               wasted
               Lands
               ,
               to
               himself
               ,
               and
               others
               ,
               for
               whom
               they
               lay
               conveniently
               .
               Such
               ,
               or
               the
               like
               Policy
               ,
               the
               Moabjtes
               also
               did
               exercise
               ,
               whose
               Pride
               ,
               and
               Wrath
               were
               made
               frustrate
               by
               God
               ,
               and
               their
               dissimulation
               condemned
               ,
               as
               not
               doing
               aright
               ,
               Jer.
               40.
               14.
               
               &
               41.
               2.
               
               &
               10.
               &
               28
               ,
               27
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               All
               these
               Nations
               had
               the
               Art
               of
               ravening
               ,
               
               which
               is
               familiar
               to
               such
               as
               either
               live
               in
               ,
               or
               that
               border
               upon
               Desarts
               ;
               and
               now
               the
               time
               ministred
               occasion
               to
               them
               to
               shew
               the
               uttermost
               cunning
               of
               their
               Thievish
               wits
               .
               But
               Nebuchadnezzar
               made
               void
               all
               their
               devices
               by
               sharp
               ,
               and
               sudden
               War
               upon
               them
               ,
               overwhelming
               them
               with
               unexpected
               ruine
               ,
               as
               it
               were
               in
               one
               night
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               Prophesies
               of
               Isay
               ,
               
               Jeremy
               ,
               and
               Esekiel
               ,
               who
               all
               foretold
               ,
               with
               little
               difference
               of
               Words
               ,
               the
               greatness
               ,
               and
               swiftness
               of
               the
               misery
               that
               should
               come
               upon
               them
               .
               It
               appears
               not
               with
               which
               of
               them
               he
               first
               began
               ;
               but
               it
               seems
               that
               Moab
               was
               the
               last
               that
               felt
               his
               heavy
               hand
               :
               For
               so
               ,
               many
               interpret
               that
               Prophesie
               of
               Isay
               ,
               threatning
               Moab
               with
               destruction
               after
               three
               years
               ,
               as
               having
               reference
               to
               the
               third
               year
               following
               the
               destruction
               of
               Jerusalem
               :
               the
               next
               year
               after
               it
               ,
               being
               spent
               in
               the
               Egyptian
               expedition
               .
               This
               is
               evident
               that
               all
               the
               principal
               Towns
               in
               these
               Countries
               were
               burnt
               ,
               and
               the
               people
               either
               slain
               ,
               or
               made
               captives
               ,
               few
               excepted
               ,
               who
               saved
               themselves
               by
               flight
               ,
               and
               had
               not
               the
               courage
               to
               return
               to
               their
               habitations
               too
               hastily
               ,
               much
               
               less
               to
               attempt
               any
               thing
               against
               Nebuchadnezzar
               :
               but
               lived
               as
               miserable
               out
               laws
               ,
               untill
               the
               end
               of
               the
               seventy
               years
               which
               God
               had
               appointed
               for
               the
               desolation
               of
               their
               Countries
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               of
               the
               Land
               of
               Judaea
               .
            
             
               When
               by
               a
               long
               course
               of
               Victory
               Nebuchadnezzar
               had
               brought
               into
               Subjection
               all
               the
               Nations
               of
               Syria
               ,
               
               and
               the
               bordering
               Arabians
               in
               such
               wise
               ,
               as
               that
               no
               enemy
               to
               himself
               ,
               or
               Friend
               to
               the
               Egyptian
               ,
               was
               left
               at
               his
               back
               ,
               that
               might
               either
               impede
               his
               proceedings
               ,
               or
               take
               advantage
               of
               any
               misfortune
               that
               might
               befall
               him
               ;
               then
               did
               he
               forthwith
               apply
               himself
               to
               the
               Conquest
               of
               Egypt
               ,
               upon
               which
               those
               other
               Nations
               had
               formerly
               been
               dependants
               .
               Of
               this
               expedition
               ,
               and
               the
               Victorious
               issue
               thereof
               ,
               the
               three
               great
               Prophets
               ,
               
                 Isay
                 ,
                 Jeremy
              
               ,
               and
               Esekiel
               have
               written
               so
               plainly
               ,
               that
               it
               s
               altogether
               needless
               to
               seek
               after
               any
               other
               authority
               to
               confirm
               the
               same
               .
               Long
               before
               it
               was
               prophesied
               by
               Isay
               ,
               that
               the
               King
               of
               Assyria
               ,
               or
               Babylon
               ,
               should
               lead
               away
               the
               Egyptians
               Prisoners
               ,
               and
               the
               Ethiopians
               Captives
               ,
               young
               ,
               and
               old
               ,
               naked
               and
               barefoot
               ,
               even
               with
               their
               buttocks
               uncovered
               to
               the
               shame
               of
               
                 Egypt
                 ,
                 Isa.
              
               20.
               4.
               
            
             
               But
               Esekiel
               ,
               and
               Jeremy
               ,
               as
               their
               prophesies
               were
               neerer
               to
               the
               time
               of
               execution
               ,
               so
               they
               handled
               this
               Argument
               more
               plainly
               ,
               and
               precisely
               .
               For
               Esekiel
               tells
               us
               cleerly
               ,
               that
               Egypt
               should
               be
               given
               to
               Nebuchadnezzar
               as
               wages
               for
               his
               great
               service
               which
               he
               had
               done
               against
               Tyre
               ,
               Esek
               .
               29.
               18
               ,
               19
               ,
               20.
               
               He
               recounteth
               also
               in
               particular
               all
               the
               chief
               Citys
               in
               Egypt
               ,
               saying
               ,
               that
               these
               by
               name
               should
               be
               destroyed
               ,
               and
               go
               into
               Captivity
               :
               yea
               ,
               and
               that
               Pharaoh
               ,
               and
               all
               his
               Army
               should
               be
               slain
               by
               the
               Sword
               ,
               
                 Esek
                 .
                 30.
                 4
                 ,
                 10
                 ,
                 &c.
                 Chap.
                 32
                 ,
                 2
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               And
               the
               Prophet
               Jeremy
               ,
               saith
               thus
               ,
               
                 Behold
                 I
                 will
                 visit
                 the
                 common
                 people
                 of
              
               Noe
               ,
               and
               Pharaoh
               ,
               and
               Egypt
               ,
               
                 with
                 their
                 Gods
                 and
                 their
                 Kings
                 ,
                 even
              
               Pharaoh
               
                 and
                 all
                 that
                 trust
                 in
                 him
                 ;
                 and
                 I
                 will
                 deliver
                 them
                 into
                 the
                 hands
                 of
                 those
                 that
                 seek
                 their
                 lives
                 ,
                 and
                 into
                 the
                 hand
                 of
              
               Nebuchadnezar
               
                 King
                 of
              
               Babel
               ,
               
                 and
                 into
                 the
                 hands
                 of
                 his
                 Servants
                 ,
              
               Jer.
               46.
               25
               ,
               26.
               
               Josephus
               accordingly
               saith
               ,
               that
               Nebuchadnezzar
               in
               the
               three
               and
               twentieth
               year
               of
               his
               
               Raign
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               fifteenth
               year
               after
               the
               destruction
               of
               Jerusalem
               ,
               
               did
               Conquer
               Egypt
               ,
               and
               kill
               the
               King
               thereof
               ,
               appointing
               a
               Vice-Roy
               to
               Govern
               it
               .
               And
               it
               is
               evident
               that
               his
               Victories
               which
               followed
               his
               Conquest
               of
               Syria
               ,
               were
               such
               as
               did
               more
               enlarge
               his
               Dominions
               ,
               than
               all
               his
               former
               Wars
               had
               done
               .
               For
               Esekiel
               in
               his
               30th
               Chapter
               reckoneth
               up
               (
               besides
               the
               whole
               Country
               of
               
                 Egypt
                 )
                 Phut
              
               ,
               and
               Lud
               ,
               with
               other
               Nations
               that
               may
               seem
               to
               have
               reached
               as
               far
               as
               into
               Mauritania
               ,
               which
               were
               conquered
               by
               him
               ,
               and
               added
               to
               his
               Empire
               .
               And
               truly
               it
               is
               worth
               observation
               how
               Pharaoh
               ,
               King
               of
               Egypt
               was
               infatuated
               by
               God
               ,
               who
               thought
               himself
               most
               safe
               in
               his
               own
               Country
               by
               reason
               of
               the
               well-defenced
               situation
               thereof
               ,
               and
               therefore
               very
               unwisely
               suffered
               his
               enemies
               to
               make
               a
               cleer
               way
               to
               his
               own
               doors
               by
               the
               Conquest
               of
               all
               his
               Friends
               ,
               and
               Allyes
               in
               Syria
               .
               For
               as
               the
               labour
               of
               this
               business
               did
               more
               harden
               then
               weary
               the
               Chaldean
               Army
               ,
               
               so
               the
               confidence
               ,
               and
               vain
               security
               of
               the
               Egyptians
               ,
               relying
               upon
               the
               difficulty
               of
               the
               passages
               which
               the
               enemy
               was
               to
               make
               through
               the
               Arabian
               Desarts
               ,
               and
               the
               great
               advantage
               which
               the
               River
               Nilus
               afforded
               ,
               did
               little
               avail
               them
               ,
               when
               the
               War
               came
               on
               ;
               Yea
               ,
               it
               did
               much
               astonish
               them
               (
               as
               may
               justly
               be
               thought
               )
               in
               the
               time
               of
               execution
               .
               It
               
                 being
                 usually
                 seen
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 hearts
                 of
                 men
                 fail
                 ,
                 when
                 those
                 helps
                 deceive
                 them
                 ,
                 in
                 which
                 they
                 bad
                 reposed
                 more
                 confidence
                 than
                 in
                 their
                 own
                 Virtue
                 ,
                 and
                 Valour
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Untill
                 this
                 time
                 the
                 Kingdom
                 of
              
               Egypt
               
                 had
                 flourished
                 under
                 the
                 Rule
                 and
                 Government
                 of
                 the
              
               Pharaohs
               
                 for
                 above
                 the
                 space
                 of
                 one
                 thousand
                 ,
                 four
                 hundred
                 ,
                 and
                 eighty
                 years
                 .
                 But
                 from
                 this
                 time
                 forward
                 ,
                 it
                 remained
                 forty
                 years
                 without
                 a
                 King
                 under
                 the
                 subjection
                 of
                 the
              
               Babylonians
               ;
               
                 and
                 then
                 at
                 length
                 it
                 began
                 to
                 recover
                 by
                 little
                 and
                 little
                 the
                 former
                 greatness
                 :
                 Yet
                 so
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 was
                 never
                 dreadfull
                 unto
                 others
                 as
                 it
                 had
                 been
                 ,
                 God
                 having
                 said
                 of
                 that
                 people
              
               ;
               At
               the
               end
               of
               forty
               years
               I
               will
               gather
               the
               Egyptians
               from
               the
               People
               whither
               they
               were
               scattered
               ;
               
               
                 and
                 I
                 will
                 bring
                 again
                 the
                 Captivity
                 of
                 Egypt
                 ,
              
               and
               will
               cause
               them
               to
               return
               into
               the
               land
               of
               Pathros
               ,
               into
               the
               land
               of
               their
               habitation
               ,
               and
               they
               shall
               be
               yet
               a
               base
               ▪
               Kingdom
               ▪
               It
               shall
               be
               the
               basest
               of
               the
               Kingdoms
               ,
               neither
               shall
               it
               exalt
               
               it self
               any
               more
               above
               the
               Nations
               ;
               F●●
               I
               will
               diminish
               them
               that
               they
               shall
               no
               more
               rule
               over
               the
               Nations
               ,
               and
               it
               shall
               be
               no
               more
               the
               confidence
               of
               the
               House
               of
               Israel
               ,
               Esek
               .
               29
               ▪
               13
               ,
               14
               ,
               15
               ,
               16.
               
               
                 For
                 whereas
                 it
                 had
                 been
                 said
                 of
              
               Pharaoh
               ,
               I
               am
               the
               Son
               of
               the
               wise
               ,
               the
               Son
               of
               ancient
               Kings
               ,
               
                 Isa.
                 19.
                 11.
                 and
                 whereas
                 they
                 had
                 Vaunted
                 ,
              
               the
               River
               is
               mine
               ,
               and
               I
               have
               made
               it
               ,
               Esek
               .
               29.
               9.
               
               The
               Princes
               of
               Egypt
               ,
               now
               became
               fools
               ,
               the
               River
               failed
               them
               ,
               the
               King
               himself
               was
               now
               taken
               and
               slain
               ,
               and
               that
               ancient
               Linage
               was
               quite
               extinguished
               .
            
             
               
                 Of
                 any
                 Wars
                 made
                 by
              
               Nebuchadnezzar
               
                 after
                 such
                 time
                 as
                 he
                 returned
                 from
                 the
                 Conquest
                 of
              
               Egypt
               ,
               
               
                 we
                 read
                 not
                 ,
                 except
                 that
                 against
              
               Ninive
               ,
               
                 the
                 destruction
                 whereof
                 was
                 forefold
                 by
                 the
                 Prophet
                 .
              
               Ninive
               
                 indeed
                 had
                 been
                 taken
                 long
                 before
                 by
              
               Merodoch
               ,
               
                 and
                 together
                 with
                 the
                 rest
                 of
              
               Assyria
               ,
               
                 made
                 subject
                 to
              
               Babylon
               .
               
                 Yet
                 was
                 it
                 left
                 under
                 a
                 peculiar
                 King
                 ,
                 who
                 rebelling
                 against
              
               Nebuchadnezzar
               ,
               as
               Jehoiachim
               ,
               and
               Zedechias
               ,
               
                 Tributary
                 Kings
                 of
              
               Judah
               ,
               
                 had
                 done
                 ,
                 was
                 made
                 partaker
                 also
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 ruine
                 .
                 That
                 the
                 destruction
                 of
              
               Ninive
               
                 followed
                 the
                 Conquest
                 of
              
               Egypt
               ,
               
                 is
                 clear
                 by
                 the
                 comparison
                 which
              
               Nahum
               
                 the
                 Prophet
                 made
                 between
                 this
                 City
                 that
                 was
                 to
                 fall
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 City
                 of
              
               Noe
               in
               Egypt
               
                 which
                 was
                 fallen
                 already
              
               ;
               Nahum
               3.
               8
               ,
               &c.
               
               Art
               thou
               better
               than
               populous
               Noe
               ,
               that
               was
               situate
               amongst
               the
               Rivers
               ,
               that
               had
               the
               waters
               round
               about
               it
               ;
               whose
               Rampire
               was
               the
               Sea
               ,
               and
               her
               wall
               was
               from
               the
               Sea.
               Ethiopia
               ,
               and
               Egypt
               were
               her
               strength
               ,
               and
               it
               was
               infinite
               :
               Put
               ,
               and
               Lubin
               were
               her
               helpers
               .
               Yet
               was
               she
               carried
               away
               ,
               she
               went
               into
               Captivity
               ;
               Her
               young
               children
               also
               were
               dashed
               in
               pieces
               at
               the
               top
               of
               all
               the
               streets
               ,
               and
               they
               cast
               lots
               for
               her
               honourable
               men
               ,
               and
               all
               her
               great
               men
               were
               bound
               in
               chains
               .
               Thou
               also
               shalt
               be
               drunken
               ;
               thou
               shalt
               be
               hid
               ;
               thou
               also
               shalt
               seek
               strength
               because
               of
               the
               enemy
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               This
               Great
               Monarch
               ,
               having
               thus
               spent
               his
               younger
               days
               in
               inlarging
               his
               Dominions
               ,
               he
               betook
               himself
               to
               rest
               ,
               that
               he
               might
               reap
               the
               fruit
               of
               his
               former
               labours
               ;
               and
               the
               first
               thing
               that
               he
               applyed
               himself
               to
               ,
               was
               to
               beautifie
               his
               Imperiall
               City
               of
               Babylon
               ,
               
               adding
               a
               new
               City
               to
               the
               Old
               ,
               which
               he
               compassed
               about
               with
               three
               
               Walls
               ,
               and
               made
               in
               them
               stately
               Gates
               .
               And
               neer
               the
               former
               Pallace
               he
               built
               a
               New
               one
               ,
               more
               stately
               than
               it
               ,
               wherein
               he
               raised
               stone-works
               ,
               like
               unto
               Mountains
               ,
               which
               he
               planted
               with
               all
               manner
               of
               Trees
               .
               He
               made
               also
               Pensile
               Gardens
               (
               one
               of
               the
               Worlds
               wonders
               )
               born
               upon
               Arches
               ,
               
               foursquare
               ,
               each
               square
               being
               four
               hundred
               Foot
               long
               ,
               filled
               above
               with
               Earth
               ,
               whereon
               grew
               all
               sorts
               of
               Trees
               ,
               and
               Plants
               .
               The
               Arches
               were
               built
               one
               above
               another
               in
               a
               convenient
               ▪
               heigth
               ,
               still
               increasing
               as
               they
               ascended
               .
               The
               highest
               ,
               which
               did
               bear
               the
               Walls
               on
               the
               top
               ,
               were
               fifty
               Cubits
               high
               ,
               so
               that
               they
               equalized
               the
               highest
               Mountains
               .
               He
               made
               also
               Aquaeducts
               for
               the
               watering
               of
               this
               Garden
               ,
               which
               seemed
               to
               hang
               in
               the
               air
               .
               This
               most
               sumptuous
               frame
               ,
               which
               out-lasted
               all
               the
               remainder
               of
               the
               Assyrian
               ,
               and
               all
               the
               Persian
               Empire
               ,
               is
               said
               to
               have
               been
               reared
               and
               finished
               in
               fifteen
               Days
               .
               
               He
               erected
               also
               an
               Image
               of
               Gold
               in
               the
               Plain
               of
               Dura
               ,
               sixty
               Cubits
               high
               ,
               and
               six
               broad
               ,
               commanding
               all
               his
               Servants
               ,
               and
               Subjects
               to
               fall
               down
               and
               Worship
               it
               ,
               Dan.
               3.
               1
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               But
               of
               all
               this
               ,
               and
               other
               his
               Magnficence
               ,
               we
               find
               little
               else
               recorded
               ,
               save
               that
               which
               indeed
               is
               most
               profitable
               for
               us
               to
               consider
               ,
               to
               wit
               ,
               his
               overvalewing
               of
               his
               own
               greatness
               ,
               which
               abased
               him
               to
               a
               condition
               inferior
               to
               the
               poorest
               of
               men
               .
               For
               whereas
               God
               had
               honoured
               him
               ,
               not
               only
               with
               many
               great
               ,
               and
               glorious
               Victories
               ,
               and
               much
               happiness
               in
               his
               own
               life
               ;
               but
               with
               a
               rare
               discovery
               of
               things
               that
               were
               to
               come
               after
               him
               ;
               yea
               ,
               and
               had
               manifested
               the
               certainty
               of
               his
               Dreams
               ,
               by
               the
               miraculous
               reducing
               of
               it
               into
               his
               Memory
               ,
               and
               given
               him
               the
               interpretation
               thereof
               by
               the
               Prophet
               Daniel
               :
               
               He
               notwithstanding
               ,
               became
               so
               forgetfull
               of
               God
               whose
               wonderfull
               power
               he
               had
               seen
               ,
               
               and
               acknowledged
               ,
               that
               he
               caused
               that
               Golden
               Image
               to
               be
               set
               u●
               ,
               and
               Worshipped
               ,
               appointing
               a
               cruell
               Death
               for
               them
               that
               should
               dare
               to
               disobey
               him
               ,
               which
               was
               utterly
               unlawfull
               ,
               and
               repugnant
               to
               the
               Law
               of
               him
               that
               is
               King
               of
               Kings
               ;
               And
               thus
               he
               who
               so
               lately
               had
               Worshipped
               Daniel
               ,
               the
               servant
               of
               God
               ,
               as
               if
               he
               had
               been
               God
               himself
               :
               now
               
               commanded
               a
               Statue
               to
               be
               erected
               unto
               himself
               ,
               wherein
               himself
               might
               be
               worshipped
               as
               God
               :
               From
               this
               impiety
               it
               pleased
               God
               to
               recall
               ,
               and
               reclaim
               him
               ,
               by
               the
               wonderful
               and
               miraculous
               delivery
               of
               those
               three
               blessed
               Saints
               ,
               
               out
               of
               the
               fiery
               Furnace
               ,
               
               who
               being
               thrown
               bound
               into
               the
               midst
               of
               it
               ,
               for
               refusing
               to
               commit
               that
               abominable
               Idolatry
               ,
               were
               preserved
               from
               all
               hurt
               of
               the
               fire
               ,
               loosned
               from
               their
               Bonds
               ,
               accompanied
               by
               an
               Angel
               ,
               and
               at
               last
               called
               out
               by
               the
               King
               ,
               and
               restored
               to
               their
               former
               honour
               .
            
             
               Nebuchadnezzar
               being
               amazed
               at
               the
               Miracle
               ,
               
               mad
               a
               Decre
               tending
               to
               the
               honour
               of
               God
               ,
               
               whom
               by
               the
               erection
               of
               his
               Image
               ,
               he
               had
               dishonoured
               .
               Yet
               was
               not
               this
               devotion
               so
               rooted
               in
               him
               ,
               that
               it
               could
               bring
               forth
               fruit
               answerable
               to
               his
               hasty
               zeal
               :
               Therefore
               was
               he
               forewarned
               of
               God
               in
               a
               Dream
               ,
               
               of
               a
               terrible
               Judgement
               which
               hung
               over
               his
               Head
               ,
               which
               Daniel
               expounding
               ,
               withall
               counselled
               him
               
                 to
                 break
                 off
                 his
                 sin
                 by
                 righteousness
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 iniquities
                 by
                 shewing
                 mercy
                 to
                 the
                 poor
                 ,
                 that
                 there
                 might
                 be
                 a
                 lengthening
                 of
                 his
                 tranquillity
                 ,
              
               Dan.
               4.
               27.
               whence
               it
               seems
               ,
               that
               injustice
               ,
               and
               cruelty
               were
               his
               faults
               ,
               for
               which
               he
               was
               thus
               threatened
               :
               But
               neither
               did
               the
               Dream
               ,
               nor
               advice
               of
               Daniel
               so
               prevail
               .
               For
               probably
               he
               believed
               it
               not
               ,
               but
               looked
               upon
               it
               as
               an
               idle
               Dream
               ;
               for
               that
               it
               seemed
               altogether
               unlikely
               that
               so
               great
               a
               Monarch
               should
               be
               driven
               from
               amongst
               men
               ,
               
               yea
               ,
               compelled
               to
               dwell
               with
               the
               Beasts
               of
               the
               Field
               ,
               and
               made
               to
               eat
               Grass
               as
               the
               Oxen
               ,
               this
               was
               altogether
               incredible
               in
               mans
               Judgement
               ,
               and
               therefore
               giving
               so
               little
               heed
               to
               it
               ,
               it
               s
               no
               marvell
               that
               he
               had
               forgotten
               it
               by
               the
               years
               end
               .
            
             
               One
               whole
               year
               was
               given
               to
               this
               haughty
               Prince
               wherein
               to
               repent
               ,
               which
               respiting
               of
               the
               execution
               may
               seem
               to
               have
               bred
               in
               him
               forgetfulness
               of
               Gods
               sentence
               .
               For
               at
               the
               end
               of
               twelve
               Moneths
               as
               he
               was
               walking
               in
               his
               Royall
               Pallace
               in
               Babel
               ,
               he
               was
               so
               overjoyed
               ,
               and
               transported
               with
               a
               vain
               contemplation
               of
               his
               own
               seeming
               happiness
               ,
               that
               without
               all
               fear
               of
               Gods
               heavy
               Judgement
               pronounced
               against
               him
               ,
               he
               uttered
               these
               proud
               words
               :
               
                 Is
                 not
                 this
                 great
              
               Babylon
               
                 that
                 I
                 have
                 built
                 for
                 the
                 house
                 of
                 the
                 
                 Kingdom
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 might
                 of
                 my
                 power
                 ,
                 and
                 for
                 the
                 Honour
                 of
                 my
                 Majesty
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 But
                 his
                 proud
                 speeches
                 were
                 not
                 fully
                 ended
                 ,
                 when
                 a
                 voice
                 from
                 Heaven
                 told
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 his
              
               Kingdom
               was
               departed
               from
               him
               ,
               &c.
               
               
                 And
                 the
                 same
                 hour
                 the
                 thing
                 was
                 fulfilled
                 upon
              
               Nebuchadnezzar
               ,
               and
               he
               was
               driven
               from
               men
               ,
               and
               did
               eat
               grass
               as
               Oxen
               ,
               and
               his
               Body
               was
               wet
               with
               the
               dew
               of
               Heaven
               ,
               till
               his
               hair
               was
               grown
               like
               Eagles
               Feathers
               ,
               and
               his
               hails
               like
               Birds
               Claws
               ,
               
                 Dan.
                 4.
                 33
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               
            
             
               This
               his
               punishment
               was
               singular
               ,
               
               and
               unexpected
               .
               For
               he
               ran
               amongst
               beasts
               in
               the
               fields
               ,
               and
               woods
               ,
               where
               for
               seven
               years
               he
               lived
               ,
               not
               only
               as
               a
               salvage
               man
               ,
               but
               as
               a
               salvage
               Beast
               :
               for
               a
               Beast
               he
               thought
               himself
               to
               be
               ,
               &
               therefore
               fed
               himself
               in
               the
               same
               manner
               ,
               and
               with
               the
               same
               food
               that
               Beasts
               do
               .
               Not
               that
               he
               was
               changed
               in
               his
               externall
               shape
               from
               a
               man
               to
               a
               Beast
               .
               For
               as
               St
               Jerome
               well
               expounds
               it
               ,
               when
               he
               saith
               ,
               vers
               .
               34.
               that
               his
               
                 understanding
                 was
                 restored
                 unto
                 him
              
               ,
               he
               shewed
               that
               he
               had
               not
               lost
               his
               Humane
               shape
               ,
               but
               his
               understanding
               ,
               being
               stricken
               with
               a
               Frenzy
               ,
               or
               deep
               Melancholly
               ,
               which
               made
               him
               think
               himself
               a
               Beast
               .
            
             
               
                 Seven
                 years
                 being
                 expired
              
               ,
               
               Nebuchadnezzar
               
                 was
                 restored
                 both
                 to
                 his
                 understanding
                 ,
                 &
                 to
                 his
                 Kingdom
                 :
                 and
                 (
                 saith
                 he
                 )
              
               I
               blessed
               the
               most
               High
               ,
               and
               I
               praised
               ,
               &
               honoured
               him
               that
               liveth
               for
               ever
               ,
               whose
               Dominion
               is
               an
               everlasting
               Dominion
               ,
               and
               his
               Kingdom
               is
               from
               Generation
               to
               Generation
               ;
               
               And
               all
               the
               Inhabitants
               of
               the
               Earth
               are
               reputed
               as
               nothing
               ,
               and
               he
               doth
               according
               to
               his
               Will
               in
               the
               Army
               of
               Heaven
               ,
               and
               amongst
               the
               Inhabitants
               of
               the
               Earth
               :
               and
               none
               can
               stay
               his
               hand
               ,
               or
               say
               unto
               him
               ,
               What
               dost
               thou
               ?
               At
               the
               same
               time
               my
               reason
               returned
               unto
               me
               ;
               and
               for
               the
               Glory
               of
               my
               Kingdom
               ,
               mine
               honour
               ,
               and
               brightness
               returned
               unto
               me
               ,
               and
               my
               Counsellers
               ,
               and
               my
               Lords
               sought
               unto
               me
               ,
               and
               I
               was
               established
               in
               my
               Kingdom
               ,
               and
               excellent
               Majesty
               was
               added
               unto
               me
               .
               Now
               therefore
               I
               Nebuchadnezzar
               praise
               ,
               and
               extoll
               ,
               and
               honour
               the
               King
               of
               Heaven
               ,
               all
               whose
               works
               are
               truth
               ,
               and
               his
               way
               is
               Judgement
               ,
               and
               those
               that
               walk
               in
               Pride
               he
               is
               able
               to
               abase
               ,
               Dan.
               4.
               34
               ,
               35
               ,
               36
               ,
               37.
               
            
             
               How
               long
               helived
               after
               this
               is
               uncertain
               ,
               but
               all
               agree
               
               that
               he
               raigned
               about
               twenty
               moneths
               copartner
               with
               his
               Father
               in
               the
               Kingdom
               ,
               and
               about
               three
               and
               forty
               years
               by
               himself
               alone
               .
            
             
               Whilst
               Nebuchadnezzar
               King
               of
               Babylon
               raged
               in
               Judea
               ,
               
               God
               prepared
               a
               worm
               ,
               which
               in
               due
               time
               ,
               should
               eat
               out
               this
               spreading
               Tree
               ;
               by
               reason
               of
               the
               cry
               of
               his
               poor
               People
               which
               entred
               into
               his
               ears
               :
               According
               to
               that
               of
               the
               Psalmist
               ,
               
                 Psal.
                 137.
                 8
                 ,
                 9.
                 
                 O
                 Daughter
                 of
              
               Babylon
               ,
               
                 who
                 art
                 to
                 be
                 destroyed
                 :
                 Happy
                 shall
                 he
                 be
                 that
                 rewardeth
                 thee
                 ,
                 as
                 thou
                 hast
                 served
                 us
                 .
                 Happy
                 shall
                 he
                 be
                 that
                 taketh
                 and
                 dasheth
                 thy
                 little
                 ones
                 against
                 the
                 stones
                 .
              
               For
               in
               this
               very
               year
               was
               Cyrus
               ,
               the
               Perso-Median
               born
               ;
               whose
               Father
               was
               a
               Persian
               ,
               and
               his
               Mother
               a
               Mede
               ;
               of
               whom
               this
               very
               Nebuchadnezzar
               at
               the
               hour
               of
               his
               Death
               ,
               
               uttered
               this
               Prophesie
               .
               
                 There
                 shall
                 come
                 a
              
               Persian
               
                 Mule
                 ,
                 who
                 shall
                 make
                 use
                 of
                 your
                 Devils
                 ,
                 as
                 his
                 fellow-Souldiers
                 ,
                 to
                 bring
                 you
                 into
                 Bondage
                 .
              
               He
               calls
               Cyrus
               a
               Mule
               ,
               because
               he
               was
               to
               be
               born
               of
               a
               Father
               and
               Mother
               of
               two
               divers
               Nations
               .
            
             
               FINIS
               .
            
          
        
      
       
         
           
             
             
               THE
               LIFE
               &
               DEATH
               OF
               CYRUS
               the
               Great
               ,
               THE
               FIRST
               FOUNDER
               of
               the
               EMPIRE
               OF
               THE
               MEDES
               ,
               &
               PERSIANS
               ;
               Represented
               by
               the
               Breast
               ,
               and
               Arms
               of
               Silver
               ,
               in
               that
               Image
               ,
               Dan.
               2.
               32.
               and
               by
               a
               Bear
               ,
               Dan.
               7.
               5.
               and
               by
               a
               Ram
               with
               two
               Horns
               ,
               Dan.
               8.
               3
               ,
               20.
               
               And
               the
               deliverer
               of
               the
               Israelites
               out
               of
               Babylon
               ,
               the
               seventy
               years
               of
               their
               Captivity
               being
               Expired
               .
            
             
               Whereby
               much
               light
               is
               given
               to
               many
               of
               the
               Prophesies
               of
               
                 Isay
                 ,
                 Jeremy
                 ,
                 Esekiel
              
               ,
               and
               Daniel
               .
            
             
               By
               
                 Sa.
                 Clarke
              
               ,
               sometime
               Minister
               in
               St
               
                 Bennet
                 Fink
              
               ,
               London
               .
            
             
               LONDON
               ,
               Printed
               for
               
                 William
                 Miller
              
               at
               the
               Gilded
               Acorn
               in
               St
               Pauls
               Church-yard
               ,
               near
               the
               little
               North
               Door
               ▪
               1664.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             
             
             
               THE
               LIFE
               ,
               &
               DEATH
               OF
               CYRUS
               the
               Great
               ,
               The
               first
               Founder
               of
               the
               PERSIAN
               EMPIRE
               .
            
             
               CYRVS
               was
               the
               Son
               of
               Cambyses
               ,
               
               King
               of
               Persia
               ,
               by
               Mandanes
               the
               daughter
               of
               Astyages
               ,
               King
               of
               Media
               ;
               He
               was
               so
               named
               by
               the
               Prophet
               Isay
               almost
               two
               hundred
               years
               before
               he
               was
               born
               ,
               
                 Isay
                 45.
                 1
                 ,
                 4.
                 
                 Thus
                 saith
                 the
                 Lord
                 unto
              
               Cyrus
               
                 his
                 annointed
              
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               Cyrus
               his
               first
               Education
               was
               under
               his
               Father
               Cambyses
               ,
               
               with
               whom
               he
               lived
               till
               he
               was
               twelve
               years
               old
               ,
               and
               somewhat
               more
               ;
               at
               which
               time
               ,
               he
               was
               sent
               for
               ,
               together
               with
               his
               Mother
               Mandanes
               ,
               by
               his
               Gandfather
               Astyages
               ,
               into
               Media
               .
            
             
               In
               Media
               he
               served
               Astyages
               ,
               first
               as
               one
               of
               his
               Halberdiers
               ,
               and
               then
               as
               one
               of
               his
               Armour-bearers
               till
               he
               
               was
               called
               home
               into
               Persia
               by
               his
               Father
               Cambyses
               ,
               when
               as
               yet
               he
               had
               one
               year
               to
               spend
               at
               School
               ;
               and
               when
               he
               had
               spent
               seventeen
               years
               at
               School
               amongst
               Boys
               ,
               he
               spent
               ten
               years
               more
               amongst
               youths
               .
            
             
               When
               Cyrus
               was
               now
               almost
               sixteen
               years
               old
               ,
               Evilmerodach
               the
               King
               of
               Assyria
               ,
               being
               about
               to
               marry
               a
               wife
               called
               Nicotris
               ,
               
               made
               an
               in-rode
               ,
               with
               a
               great
               Army
               of
               Horse
               and
               Foot
               ,
               into
               the
               borders
               of
               Media
               ,
               there
               to
               take
               his
               pleasure
               in
               hunting
               ,
               and
               harrassing
               of
               the
               Country
               :
               against
               whom
               ,
               Astyages
               ,
               and
               Cyaxares
               his
               Son
               ,
               and
               Cyrus
               his
               Grand
               child
               ,
               who
               then
               first
               began
               to
               bear
               Arms
               ,
               being
               but
               about
               fifteen
               or
               sixteen
               years
               old
               ,
               marched
               out
               ,
               met
               with
               him
               ,
               and
               in
               a
               great
               Battel
               ,
               overthrew
               him
               ,
               and
               drave
               him
               out
               his
               borders
               .
               Indeed
               the
               Death
               of
               Nebuchadnezzar
               ,
               the
               Father
               of
               Evilmerodach
               ,
               gave
               courage
               to
               those
               that
               had
               found
               him
               a
               troublesome
               neighbour
               ,
               to
               stand
               upon
               prouder
               tearms
               with
               the
               Babylonians
               ,
               than
               in
               his
               flourishing
               estate
               ,
               they
               durst
               have
               used
               .
            
             
               But
               Evilmerodach
               ,
               being
               too
               proud
               to
               digest
               this
               loss
               which
               he
               had
               received
               by
               the
               Medes
               ,
               and
               their
               Allies
               ,
               the
               Persians
               under
               Cyrus
               ,
               he
               drew
               unto
               his
               party
               the
               Lydians
               ,
               and
               all
               the
               People
               of
               the
               lesser
               Asia
               ,
               with
               great
               gifts
               and
               strong
               perswasions
               ,
               hoping
               by
               their
               assistance
               to
               overwhelm
               his
               enemies
               with
               a
               strong
               invasion
               ,
               whom
               in
               vain
               he
               had
               sought
               to
               weary
               out
               by
               a
               lingring
               War.
               
            
             
               The
               issue
               of
               these
               great
               preparations
               made
               by
               Evilm●r●●ach
               against
               the
               Medes
               ,
               was
               such
               as
               opened
               the
               way
               to
               the
               fulfilling
               divers
               Prophesics
               which
               were
               many
               years
               before
               uttered
               against
               Babel
               ,
               by
               Isay
               ,
               and
               Jeremy
               .
               For
               the
               Babylonians
               and
               their
               Confederates
               ,
               who
               ,
               trusting
               in
               their
               numbers
               ,
               thought
               to
               have
               buried
               the
               Medes
               and
               Persians
               under
               their
               thick
               showers
               of
               Arrow
               ,
               and
               Darts
               ,
               were
               encountered
               with
               an
               Army
               of
               stout
               and
               well
               trained
               men
               ,
               weightily
               Armed
               for
               close
               fight
               ,
               by
               whom
               they
               were
               beaten
               in
               a
               great
               Battel
               ,
               
               wherein
               Evilmerodach
               was
               slain
               .
               After
               which
               that
               great
               Empire
               that
               was
               raised
               and
               upheld
               by
               Nebuchadnezzar
               ,
               was
               grievously
               shaken
               and
               enfeibled
               under
               his
               unprosperous
               Son
               ,
               and
               left
               to
               be
               sustained
               by
               his
               
               Grand-child
               Belshazzar
               :
               a
               man
               more
               like
               to
               have
               overthrown
               it
               when
               it
               was
               greatest
               and
               strongest
               ,
               than
               to
               repair
               it
               when
               it
               was
               in
               a
               way
               of
               falling
               .
            
             
               Xenophon
               relates
               the
               matter
               thus
               ,
               When
               the
               Babylonian
               had
               enlarged
               his
               Empire
               with
               many
               Victories
               ,
               and
               was
               become
               Lord
               of
               all
               Syria
               ,
               and
               many
               other
               Countries
               ,
               he
               began
               to
               hope
               that
               if
               the
               Medes
               could
               be
               brought
               under
               his
               Subjection
               ,
               
               there
               would
               not
               then
               be
               left
               any
               Nation
               adjoyning
               ,
               able
               to
               make
               head
               against
               him
               .
               For
               the
               King
               of
               the
               Medes
               was
               able
               to
               bring
               into
               the
               Field
               sixty
               thousand
               Foot
               ,
               and
               ten
               thousand
               Horse
               ,
               to
               which
               the
               Forces
               of
               Persia
               being
               joyned
               ,
               made
               an
               exceeding
               great
               Army
               .
            
             
               Considering
               therefore
               the
               strength
               of
               such
               a
               neighbour
               ,
               he
               invited
               Craesus
               ,
               King
               of
               Lydia
               ,
               a
               Prince
               very
               mighty
               both
               in
               men
               and
               Treasure
               ,
               and
               with
               him
               other
               Lords
               of
               Asia
               the
               less
               to
               his
               assistance
               ,
               alleadging
               that
               those
               Eastern
               Nations
               ,
               were
               very
               powerfull
               ,
               and
               so
               firmly
               conjoyned
               by
               League
               ,
               and
               many
               Alliances
               ,
               that
               it
               would
               not
               be
               easie
               ,
               no
               nor
               possible
               for
               any
               one
               Nation
               to
               resist
               them
               .
            
             
               With
               these
               suggestions
               ,
               backed
               with
               rich
               Presents
               ,
               he
               drew
               to
               himself
               so
               many
               adherents
               ,
               as
               he
               compounded
               an
               Army
               of
               two
               hundred
               Thousand
               Foot
               ,
               and
               sixty
               thousand
               Horse
               :
               Of
               which
               ten
               thousand
               Horse
               ,
               and
               forty
               thousand
               Foot
               were
               brought
               by
               Craesus
               ,
               who
               had
               great
               cause
               of
               enmity
               against
               the
               Medes
               ,
               for
               that
               they
               had
               made
               great
               Wars
               against
               his
               Father
               Allyattes
               .
               
               Whereupon
               Cyrus
               was
               by
               his
               Father
               Cambyses
               ,
               and
               the
               Council
               of
               the
               Kingdom
               ,
               made
               Generall
               of
               the
               Persian
               Army
               ,
               and
               sent
               away
               into
               Media
               with
               thirty
               Thousand
               Souldiers
               ,
               and
               one
               Thousand
               Commanders
               ,
               all
               of
               equall
               Authority
               under
               him
               ;
               and
               when
               he
               came
               thither
               ,
               he
               was
               also
               made
               by
               his
               Uncle
               Cyaxares
               ,
               who
               had
               sent
               for
               him
               ,
               Generall
               of
               the
               Median
               Forces
               ,
               and
               the
               management
               of
               the
               War
               against
               the
               Babylonian
               was
               wholly
               comitted
               to
               him
               ;
               With
               this
               Army
               he
               marched
               against
               Evilmerodach
               ,
               
               and
               his
               associates
               ,
               and
               in
               a
               very
               bloody
               Bartell
               ,
               overthrew
               them
               .
               In
               which
               defeat
               ,
               Evilmerodach
               ,
               King
               of
               Babylon
               ,
               being
               slain
               ,
               so
               many
               of
               his
               Subjects
               revolted
               ,
               that
               Babylon
               it self
               could
               no
               longer
               be
               secured
               
               but
               by
               the
               help
               of
               Mercenaties
               ,
               waged
               with
               great
               sums
               of
               money
               out
               of
               Asia
               the
               less
               ,
               Egypt
               ,
               and
               other
               Countries
               ,
               which
               new
               leavied
               Forces
               ,
               were
               also
               defeated
               ,
               and
               scattered
               by
               Cyrus
               ,
               
               who
               following
               his
               advantage
               ,
               possessed
               himself
               of
               a
               great
               part
               of
               the
               lesser
               Asia
               .
               Those
               Persians
               which
               followed
               Cyrus
               ,
               and
               were
               by
               him
               levied
               ,
               are
               reckoned
               to
               be
               thirty
               thousand
               Foot
               ,
               of
               which
               one
               thousand
               were
               Armed
               Gentlemen
               ;
               the
               rest
               of
               the
               common
               sort
               were
               Archers
               ,
               and
               such
               as
               used
               the
               Dart
               ,
               or
               Sling
               .
            
             
               Craesus
               ,
               notwithstanding
               the
               men
               lost
               ,
               and
               the
               Treasure
               spent
               in
               the
               quarrell
               of
               the
               Babylonians
               ,
               
               yet
               did
               he
               Conquer
               
                 Aeolis
                 ,
                 Doris
              
               ,
               and
               Jonia
               ,
               Provinces
               possessed
               by
               the
               Greeks
               in
               Asia
               the
               less
               ,
               adjoyning
               to
               his
               Kingdom
               of
               Lydia
               .
               He
               gave
               Laws
               also
               to
               the
               
                 Phrygians
                 ,
                 Bithynians
                 ,
                 Carians
                 ,
                 Mysians
                 ,
                 Paephlagonians
                 ,
              
               and
               other
               Nations
               .
               He
               also
               enforced
               the
               Ephesians
               to
               acknowledge
               him
               for
               their
               Lord
               ;
               He
               also
               obtained
               a
               signall
               Victory
               against
               the
               Sacaeans
               ,
               a
               Nation
               of
               the
               Scythians
               ;
               All
               which
               he
               performed
               in
               fourteen
               years
               .
            
             
               And
               being
               now
               confident
               by
               reason
               of
               his
               good
               successes
               ,
               and
               withall
               ,
               envious
               at
               Cyrus
               his
               Fame
               ,
               and
               prosperity
               ;
               doubting
               also
               that
               his
               great
               Victories
               might
               in
               the
               end
               grow
               perilous
               to
               himself
               ,
               he
               consulted
               with
               the
               Oracle
               of
               Apollo
               ,
               whom
               he
               presented
               with
               marvellous
               rich
               Gifts
               ,
               what
               success
               he
               might
               hope
               for
               in
               his
               undertakings
               against
               Cyrus
               ;
               from
               whom
               he
               received
               this
               ambiguous
               answer
               ,
               Craesus
               Halym
               penetrans
               ,
               
               
                 magnam
                 pervertes
                 opum
                 vim
                 :
                 Craesus
              
               passing
               over
               the
               River
               Halys
               ,
               shall
               dissolve
               a
               great
               Dominion
               :
               For
               the
               Devil
               being
               doubtfull
               of
               his
               success
               ,
               gave
               him
               this
               Riddle
               ,
               which
               might
               be
               construed
               either
               way
               ,
               to
               the
               ruine
               of
               Persia
               ,
               or
               of
               his
               own
               Lydia
               .
            
             
               Hereupon
               Craesus
               (
               interpreting
               it
               as
               he
               most
               desired
               )
               resolved
               to
               stop
               the
               course
               of
               Cyrus
               his
               progress
               ,
               and
               therefore
               despised
               all
               the
               Arguments
               used
               by
               Sandanes
               to
               the
               contrary
               ,
               
               who
               desired
               him
               to
               consider
               afore-hand
               ,
               that
               he
               provoked
               a
               Nation
               inhabiting
               a
               barren
               ,
               &
               Mountanous
               Region
               ;
               a
               People
               not
               covered
               with
               the
               soft
               silk
               of
               Worms
               ,
               but
               with
               the
               hard
               skins
               of
               Beasts
               ;
               not
               fed
               with
               
               meat
               to
               their
               Fansies
               ,
               but
               content
               with
               what
               they
               found
               ;
               Drinkers
               of
               Water
               ,
               and
               not
               of
               Wine
               ;
               and
               in
               a
               word
               ,
               a
               Nation
               Warlike
               ,
               Patient
               ,
               Valiant
               ,
               and
               Porsperous
               ,
               over
               whom
               if
               he
               became
               Victorious
               ,
               he
               could
               thereby
               enrich
               himself
               in
               nothing
               but
               Fame
               ,
               in
               which
               he
               already
               excelled
               :
               and
               if
               by
               them
               he
               should
               be
               beaten
               ,
               and
               subdued
               ,
               so
               great
               would
               his
               loss
               appear
               of
               all
               things
               ,
               which
               the
               world
               makes
               account
               of
               ,
               that
               the
               same
               could
               neither
               be
               hastily
               recounted
               ,
               nor
               easily
               conceived
               .
            
             
               Notwithstanding
               this
               solid
               ,
               
               and
               seasonable
               Counsel
               ,
               Craesus
               having
               prepared
               a
               powerfull
               Army
               ,
               advanced
               with
               the
               same
               toward
               Media
               :
               but
               in
               his
               passage
               he
               was
               retarded
               at
               Pterium
               ,
               a
               City
               in
               Cappadocia
               of
               great
               strength
               ;
               which
               whilst
               he
               attempted
               both
               by
               power
               and
               policy
               to
               take
               ,
               and
               Conquer
               ,
               Cyrus
               came
               on
               ,
               and
               found
               the
               Lydians
               encamped
               before
               it
               .
               Neither
               of
               these
               Champions
               were
               inferior
               to
               other
               ,
               either
               in
               strength
               ,
               or
               opinion
               .
               For
               out
               of
               doubt
               ,
               Craesus
               ,
               as
               he
               excelled
               any
               Prince
               of
               that
               age
               in
               Riches
               ,
               and
               ability
               ,
               so
               was
               he
               not
               inferior
               unto
               any
               in
               Territories
               and
               Fame
               ,
               that
               then
               lived
               .
               
                 But
                 Kingdoms
                 and
                 Commonwealths
                 have
                 their
                 increase
                 ,
                 and
                 Periods
                 from
                 Divine
                 Ordinance
                 .
              
               This
               time
               was
               the
               Winter
               of
               Craesus
               his
               prosperity
               ,
               the
               leaves
               of
               his
               flourishing
               estate
               being
               ready
               to
               fall
               ;
               and
               that
               of
               Cyrus
               but
               in
               the
               first
               Spring
               and
               Flower
               ;
               
                 the
                 God
                 of
                 all
                 Power
                 ,
                 had
                 given
                 a
                 date
                 to
                 the
                 one
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 beginning
                 of
                 Glory
                 to
                 the
                 other
                 .
              
            
             
               When
               these
               two
               Armies
               were
               in
               view
               each
               of
               other
               ,
               after
               divers
               skirmishes
               had
               passed
               between
               them
               ,
               the
               Persians
               ,
               
               and
               Lydians
               began
               to
               joyn
               together
               ,
               and
               to
               encounter
               each
               other
               in
               grose
               Bodies
               ;
               and
               as
               either
               of
               them
               began
               to
               retreat
               ,
               fresh
               supplies
               were
               sent
               in
               from
               both
               their
               Kings
               .
               And
               as
               the
               Persians
               had
               somewhat
               the
               better
               of
               the
               Day
               ,
               so
               when
               the
               dark
               vail
               of
               night
               had
               hidden
               each
               Army
               from
               the
               others
               view
               ,
               Craesus
               doubting
               what
               success
               the
               rising
               Sun
               might
               bring
               with
               it
               ,
               quitted
               the
               Field
               to
               Cyrus
               ,
               
               and
               withall
               speed
               possible
               ,
               retreated
               towards
               his
               own
               Country
               ,
               and
               taking
               the
               next
               way
               thither
               ,
               he
               recovered
               Sardis
               ,
               the
               first
               City
               of
               Lydia
               ,
               and
               his
               Regal
               Seat
               ,
               
               without
               any
               pursuit
               made
               by
               Cyrus
               to
               retard
               him
               ;
               where
               ,
               being
               arrived
               ,
               and
               nothing
               suspecting
               Cyrus
               his
               approach
               ,
               or
               any
               other
               War
               for
               that
               Winter
               ,
               he
               dismised
               his
               Army
               ,
               and
               sent
               the
               Troops
               of
               his
               sundry
               Nations
               to
               their
               own
               Provinces
               ,
               appointing
               them
               to
               re-assemble
               at
               the
               end
               of
               five
               Moneths
               ,
               acquainting
               his
               Commanders
               with
               his
               intent
               of
               renewing
               the
               War
               at
               the
               time
               appointed
               .
            
             
               The
               morning
               being
               come
               ,
               Cyrus
               finding
               that
               the
               Lydians
               were
               departed
               ,
               put
               his
               Army
               in
               order
               to
               pursue
               after
               them
               ,
               
               yet
               not
               so
               hastily
               ,
               and
               at
               their
               heels
               ,
               as
               to
               be
               discovered
               .
               But
               getting
               good
               intelligence
               of
               Craesus
               his
               proceedings
               ,
               he
               so
               ordered
               the
               matter
               ,
               that
               he
               presented
               not
               himself
               before
               Sardis
               ,
               till
               such
               time
               as
               Craesus
               had
               disposed
               of
               his
               Army
               ,
               and
               sent
               them
               to
               their
               Winter
               Quarters
               .
               His
               coming
               being
               altogether
               unlooked
               for
               ,
               and
               unfeared
               ,
               
               he
               had
               opportunity
               enough
               to
               surround
               Sardis
               with
               his
               Army
               ,
               wherein
               Craesus
               had
               no
               other
               Companies
               than
               the
               Citizens
               ,
               and
               his
               ordinary
               Guards
               ,
               insomuch
               as
               after
               fourteen
               days
               Seige
               ,
               
               Cyrus
               took
               the
               City
               by
               Storm
               ,
               and
               put
               all
               to
               the
               Sword
               that
               made
               resistance
               .
            
             
               Craesus
               now
               having
               neither
               Arms
               to
               Fight
               ,
               nor
               Wings
               to
               fly
               ,
               in
               this
               common
               calamity
               ,
               he
               throst
               himself
               into
               the
               heap
               ,
               and
               multitude
               of
               his
               miserable
               Subjects
               ,
               and
               had
               undergone
               the
               same
               lot
               with
               the
               rest
               of
               the
               vanquished
               persons
               ,
               had
               not
               a
               Son
               of
               his
               ,
               who
               had
               been
               dumb
               all
               his
               Life
               before
               (
               by
               the
               extremity
               of
               Passion
               and
               Fear
               )
               cryed
               out
               to
               a
               common
               Souldier
               ,
               
               who
               was
               with
               a
               drawn
               Sword
               pursuing
               his
               Father
               ,
               that
               he
               should
               not
               kill
               Craesus
               .
               Hereupon
               he
               was
               taken
               and
               imprisoned
               ,
               and
               despoiled
               of
               all
               things
               ,
               but
               onely
               the
               expectation
               of
               Death
               .
            
             
               Shortly
               after
               he
               was
               bound
               with
               Fetters
               ,
               and
               Placed
               upon
               a
               large
               and
               high
               pile
               of
               Wood
               ,
               to
               be
               burnt
               to
               ashes
               thereon
               .
               
               To
               which
               ,
               when
               Fire
               was
               set
               ,
               and
               kindled
               ,
               Craesus
               remembring
               the
               discourse
               which
               long
               before
               he
               had
               with
               Solon
               ,
               the
               Athenian
               Lawgiver
               ,
               he
               thrice
               cryed
               out
               ,
               
                 O
                 Solon
                 ,
                 Solon
                 ,
                 Solon
                 ,
              
               and
               being
               demanded
               what
               he
               meant
               by
               the
               invocation
               of
               Solon
               ,
               he
               at
               first
               used
               silence
               :
               
               But
               being
               urged
               again
               ,
               he
               told
               them
               that
               now
               he
               found
               that
               true
               ,
               which
               wise
               Solon
               had
               long
               since
               told
               him
               ;
               
                 That
                 many
                 men
                 in
                 the
                 race
                 and
                 course
                 of
                 their
                 lives
                 might
                 well
                 be
                 accounted
                 Fortunate
                 ,
                 but
                 no
                 man
                 could
                 discern
                 himself
                 to
                 be
                 happy
                 indeed
                 till
                 his
                 end
                 .
              
            
             
               Of
               this
               his
               answer
               ,
               Cyrus
               being
               speedily
               informed
               ,
               and
               thereby
               being
               put
               in
               mind
               of
               the
               mutability
               of
               Fortune
               ,
               and
               of
               his
               own
               mortality
               ,
               he
               commanded
               his
               Ministers
               of
               Justice
               ,
               speedily
               to
               withdraw
               the
               Fire
               ,
               and
               to
               save
               Craesus
               ,
               and
               bring
               him
               to
               his
               presence
               ;
               which
               being
               done
               ,
               Cyrus
               demanded
               of
               him
               ,
               who
               it
               was
               that
               had
               perswaded
               him
               ?
               or
               what
               reason
               had
               instigated
               him
               to
               invade
               his
               Territories
               ,
               and
               to
               make
               him
               ,
               of
               a
               Friend
               ,
               an
               Enemy
               .
               To
               which
               Craesus
               thus
               answered
               :
               
                 It
                 was
                 thy
                 prosperous
                 ,
                 and
                 my
                 unprosperous
                 destiny
                 (
                 the
              
               Grecian
               
                 Gods
                 with
                 all
                 ,
                 flattering
                 my
                 Ambition
                 )
                 that
                 were
                 the
                 inventers
                 ,
                 and
                 conducters
                 of
              
               Craesus
               
                 War
                 against
              
               Cyrus
               .
            
             
               Cyrus
               being
               much
               affected
               w
               th
               this
               answer
               of
               Craesus
               ,
               
               and
               bewailing
               his
               estate
               ,
               though
               he
               was
               victorious
               over
               him
               ,
               did
               not
               only
               spare
               his
               life
               ,
               but
               intertained
               him
               ever
               after
               as
               a
               King
               ,
               and
               his
               companion
               ;
               Thus
               Heroditus
               relates
               it
               .
               But
               Xenophon
               saith
               ,
               that
               Cyrus
               did
               entertain
               Craesus
               friendly
               at
               the
               first
               sight
               ,
               and
               makes
               no
               mention
               of
               any
               such
               cruell
               intent
               of
               burning
               him
               alive
               ;
               and
               this
               may
               seem
               the
               more
               probable
               ,
               because
               Craesus
               was
               his
               Grandmothers
               Brother
               ,
               and
               it
               s
               very
               likely
               that
               neerness
               of
               Alliance
               might
               withhold
               Cyrus
               (
               if
               he
               had
               been
               vicious
               ,
               which
               he
               was
               not
               )
               from
               so
               cruell
               a
               purpose
               as
               to
               have
               burnt
               him
               alive
               .
            
             
               When
               Cyrus
               afterwards
               passed
               with
               his
               Army
               over
               Araves
               into
               Seythia
               ,
               
               he
               left
               Craesus
               to
               be
               a
               companion
               ,
               and
               counseller
               to
               his
               Son
               Cambyses
               ,
               whom
               he
               made
               Governour
               over
               his
               Empire
               in
               his
               absence
               ,
               with
               whom
               he
               lived
               all-the
               Reign
               of
               Cyrus
               ,
               and
               did
               afterwards
               accompany
               Cambyses
               in
               his
               Expedition
               into
               Egypt
               ,
               where
               he
               hardly
               escaped
               his
               Tyrannous
               hands
               .
               At
               this
               time
               the
               Races
               of
               three
               of
               the
               greatest
               Kings
               in
               that
               part
               of
               the
               World
               came
               to
               an
               end
               ;
               to
               wit
               ,
               of
               the
               
                 Babylonians
                 ,
                 Medians
              
               ,
               
               and
               Lydians
               ,
               in
               
                 Balthasar
                 ,
                 Xiaxares
              
               ,
               or
               
                 Darius
                 Medus
              
               ,
               and
               Craesus
               .
            
             
               After
               this
               Lydian
               War
               ensued
               the
               great
               Conquest
               of
               Babylon
               ,
               which
               gave
               unto
               Cyrus
               an
               Empire
               so
               large
               ,
               and
               mighty
               ,
               that
               he
               was
               justly
               reputed
               the
               greatest
               Monarch
               then
               living
               upon
               the
               Earth
               .
               How
               long
               time
               the
               preparations
               for
               this
               great
               action
               took
               up
               ,
               is
               uncertain
               ,
               onely
               it
               seems
               that
               ten
               whole
               years
               did
               pass
               between
               his
               taking
               of
               those
               two
               Cities
               of
               Sardis
               and
               Babylon
               ;
               which
               time
               was
               not
               wholly
               spent
               in
               providing
               for
               the
               Assyrian
               War
               ,
               but
               much
               of
               it
               in
               setling
               the
               Estates
               which
               he
               had
               already
               purchased
               ;
               Ctesias
               also
               tells
               us
               ,
               that
               during
               this
               time
               Cyrus
               invaded
               Scythia
               ,
               and
               being
               victorious
               over
               that
               Nation
               ,
               he
               took
               Amorges
               their
               King
               Prisoner
               ;
               But
               being
               in
               a
               second
               Battel
               overthrown
               by
               Sparetha
               ,
               the
               Wife
               of
               Amorges
               ,
               himself
               was
               taken
               Prisoner
               ,
               and
               so
               one
               King
               was
               released
               for
               the
               other
               .
               
               Gobrias
               about
               this
               time
               (
               a
               Nobleman
               ,
               whose
               onely
               Son
               ,
               the
               King
               of
               Babylon
               ,
               in
               his
               Fathers
               life
               time
               ,
               had
               in
               a
               hunting
               match
               ,
               villainously
               slain
               )
               together
               with
               his
               Friends
               ,
               revolted
               to
               Cyrus
               .
            
             
               It
               s
               very
               probable
               also
               ,
               that
               no
               small
               part
               of
               those
               troubles
               which
               sprang
               up
               in
               the
               lower
               Asia
               ,
               grew
               soon
               after
               Cyrus
               his
               departure
               with
               his
               Victorious
               Army
               ,
               before
               the
               Conquest
               was
               fully
               established
               .
               For
               after
               Cyrus
               was
               returned
               out
               of
               Asia
               the
               less
               ,
               many
               Nations
               which
               were
               formerly
               Conquered
               by
               Craesus
               ,
               and
               now
               by
               Cyrus
               ,
               revolted
               from
               him
               ;
               Against
               whom
               he
               imployed
               Pactias
               ,
               and
               then
               Harpagus
               ,
               who
               first
               reduced
               the
               Phocians
               under
               their
               former
               Obedience
               ;
               and
               then
               the
               rest
               of
               the
               Greeks
               that
               inhabited
               Asia
               the
               less
               ,
               as
               the
               
                 Jonians
                 ,
                 Carians
                 ,
                 Aeolians
              
               ,
               and
               Lycians
               ,
               who
               ,
               very
               resolutely
               (
               according
               to
               the
               strength
               they
               had
               )
               defended
               themselyes
               ;
               But
               in
               the
               attempt
               upon
               Babylon
               it self
               ,
               it
               s
               not
               to
               be
               questioned
               but
               Cyrus
               imployed
               all
               his
               Forces
               ,
               having
               taken
               order
               beforehand
               ,
               that
               nothing
               should
               be
               able
               to
               divert
               him
               ,
               or
               to
               raise
               that
               Seige
               ,
               or
               to
               frustrate
               that
               work
               upon
               which
               he
               did
               set
               all
               his
               rest
               .
            
             
             
               And
               great
               reason
               there
               was
               ,
               
               that
               he
               should
               improve
               all
               his
               Policy
               and
               strength
               unto
               the
               taking
               of
               that
               City
               ,
               which
               ,
               besides
               the
               Fame
               and
               reputation
               that
               it
               held
               ,
               as
               being
               the
               Head
               of
               an
               Empire
               ,
               which
               depended
               thereupon
               ,
               was
               so
               strongly
               fortified
               with
               a
               trebble
               Wall
               of
               great
               heigth
               ,
               and
               surrounded
               with
               the
               waters
               of
               Euphrates
               ,
               that
               were
               unfordable
               ,
               and
               so
               plentifully
               Victualled
               for
               many
               years
               ,
               that
               the
               Inhabitants
               were
               not
               only
               free
               from
               fear
               ,
               and
               doubt
               of
               their
               estate
               ,
               but
               through
               their
               Confidence
               ,
               they
               derided
               ,
               and
               despised
               all
               the
               Projects
               and
               power
               of
               their
               Besiegers
               .
            
             
               For
               not
               long
               before
               ,
               
               Nicotris
               ,
               the
               Mother
               of
               Belshazzar
               ,
               a
               witty
               ,
               and
               active
               Woman
               ,
               foreseeing
               the
               storm
               that
               was
               ready
               to
               fall
               upon
               Babylon
               from
               the
               Medes
               ,
               to
               hinder
               their
               passing
               the
               River
               by
               Boats
               into
               Babylon
               ,
               She
               turned
               the
               River
               Euphrates
               ,
               which
               before
               ran
               with
               a
               strait
               ,
               and
               swift
               course
               ,
               drawing
               it
               through
               many
               winding
               Channels
               ,
               which
               she
               had
               cut
               for
               that
               purpose
               ,
               whereby
               she
               made
               it
               to
               run
               more
               slowly
               than
               formerly
               it
               did
               :
               and
               then
               she
               raised
               a
               huge
               Dam
               upon
               each
               side
               of
               the
               River
               ;
               and
               up
               the
               River
               from
               the
               City-ward
               ,
               she
               digged
               a
               vast
               Pond
               ,
               which
               was
               every
               way
               three
               or
               four
               hundred
               Furlongs
               wide
               ,
               into
               which
               she
               turned
               the
               River
               ,
               thereby
               leaving
               the
               old
               Channel
               of
               the
               River
               dry
               ;
               which
               done
               ,
               she
               fell
               to
               work
               ,
               and
               fenced
               the
               Banks
               within
               the
               City
               with
               Brick-walls
               ,
               and
               raised
               the
               Water-Gates
               ,
               answerable
               in
               every
               point
               to
               the
               rest
               of
               the
               Walls
               ,
               which
               were
               made
               on
               the
               farther
               side
               of
               the
               Channel
               ,
               round
               about
               the
               City
               .
               She
               built
               also
               a
               stately
               ,
               and
               Magnificent
               Bridge
               of
               Stone
               in
               the
               midst
               of
               the
               City
               ,
               which
               joyned
               to
               the
               Kings
               Houses
               ,
               that
               stood
               on
               each
               side
               the
               River
               :
               and
               having
               finished
               all
               her
               Works
               ,
               and
               Fortifications
               ,
               she
               turned
               the
               River
               out
               of
               the
               Pond
               into
               its
               right
               Channell
               again
               .
            
             
               And
               now
               came
               Cyrus
               to
               invade
               the
               Country
               of
               Babylon
               ,
               
               and
               appeared
               before
               the
               Walls
               of
               the
               City
               ,
               and
               there
               challenged
               the
               King
               to
               a
               Duell
               ,
               or
               single
               Combat
               ,
               but
               he
               refused
               it
               .
               At
               this
               time
               Gadatas
               ,
               a
               Noble
               man
               of
               Babylon
               ,
               
               whom
               Belshazzar
               had
               gelt
               ,
               upon
               a
               jealousie
               that
               he
               had
               of
               him
               with
               his
               Wife
               ,
               fell
               over
               to
               Cyrus
               ,
               in
               revenge
               whereof
               the
               Babylonians
               sallied
               out
               ,
               and
               fell
               upon
               his
               Lands
               ;
               but
               Cyrus
               set
               upon
               them
               ,
               and
               routed
               them
               ;
               At
               which
               time
               the
               Cadusii
               whom
               Cyrus
               had
               appointed
               to
               bring
               up
               the
               rear
               of
               his
               Army
               ,
               unknown
               to
               Cyrus
               ,
               set
               upon
               a
               Country
               lying
               neer
               to
               the
               City
               ;
               but
               the
               King
               of
               Babylon
               falling
               out
               upon
               them
               ,
               cut
               them
               all
               off
               .
               Yet
               Cyrus
               ,
               quickly
               revenged
               the
               Death
               of
               his
               men
               ;
               and
               then
               came
               to
               an
               agreement
               with
               Belshazzar
               ,
               to
               hold
               truce
               with
               the
               Ploughmen
               on
               both
               sides
               ,
               and
               the
               War
               to
               go
               on
               between
               the
               Souldiers
               onely
               .
               After
               which
               ,
               passing
               beyond
               the
               City
               ,
               he
               took
               in
               three
               of
               their
               Forts
               ,
               and
               so
               returned
               into
               the
               confines
               of
               Assyria
               ,
               and
               Media
               ;
               and
               thither
               ,
               upon
               his
               invitation
               ,
               came
               his
               uncle
               Cyaxares
               ,
               and
               was
               by
               him
               honourably
               received
               ;
               and
               intertained
               in
               a
               Pavilion
               ,
               that
               had
               been
               the
               King
               of
               Assyrias
               :
               and
               Winter
               now
               approaching
               ,
               they
               entred
               into
               consulatation
               to
               provide
               things
               necessary
               to
               maintain
               the
               Siege
               .
            
             
               The
               only
               hope
               of
               Cyrus
               with
               his
               Medes
               ,
               
               and
               Persians
               (
               who
               despaired
               of
               carrying
               by
               assault
               a
               City
               so
               well
               ,
               and
               strongly
               fortified
               ,
               and
               manned
               )
               was
               in
               cuting
               off
               all
               supplies
               of
               victuals
               ,
               and
               others
               necessaries
               ;
               Whereof
               ,
               though
               the
               Town
               was
               said
               to
               be
               stored
               sufficiently
               for
               more
               than
               twenty
               years
               ,
               yet
               might
               it
               well
               be
               imagined
               ,
               that
               amongst
               such
               a
               World
               of
               People
               as
               dwelt
               within
               those
               Walls
               ,
               one
               great
               want
               or
               other
               would
               soon
               appear
               amongst
               them
               ,
               and
               vanquish
               the
               resolution
               of
               that
               unwarlike
               multitude
               .
               Yet
               in
               expecting
               that
               success
               of
               this
               course
               ,
               the
               Besiegers
               were
               likely
               to
               endure
               much
               hardship
               ,
               and
               travel
               ,
               and
               that
               all
               in
               vain
               ,
               if
               they
               did
               not
               keep
               strict
               watch
               ,
               and
               sure
               guards
               upon
               all
               the
               Avenues
               ,
               and
               Quarters
               of
               it
               .
            
             
               Which
               that
               he
               might
               the
               better
               do
               ,
               he
               caused
               presently
               a
               vast
               trench
               ,
               both
               for
               breadth
               and
               depth
               to
               be
               cast
               round
               about
               the
               Walls
               of
               the
               City
               ,
               casting
               the
               earth
               ever
               towards
               his
               own
               Army
               ,
               and
               made
               store
               of
               Bulworks
               all
               along
               upon
               it
               ,
               for
               his
               Guards
               to
               be
               upon
               :
               and
               then
               ,
               dividing
               
               his
               whole
               Army
               into
               twelve
               parts
               ,
               he
               ordered
               that
               each
               of
               them
               should
               Watch
               his
               Moneth
               ,
               by
               turn
               .
            
             
               And
               yet
               this
               was
               a
               very
               hard
               work
               ,
               
               considering
               the
               vast
               circuit
               of
               those
               Walls
               which
               they
               were
               to
               gird
               in
               ,
               having
               neither
               men
               enough
               ,
               nor
               yet
               sufficiently
               assured
               to
               their
               Commander
               ;
               the
               consideration
               whereof
               Ministred
               unto
               the
               Babylonians
               matter
               of
               good
               Pastime
               ,
               when
               they
               saw
               the
               
                 Lydians
                 ,
                 Phrygians
                 ,
                 Cappadocians
              
               ,
               and
               others
               ,
               quartered
               about
               their
               City
               to
               keep
               them
               in
               ,
               who
               ,
               having
               been
               their
               Ancient
               Friends
               ,
               and
               Allies
               ,
               were
               more
               like
               to
               joyn
               with
               them
               ,
               if
               occasion
               were
               offered
               ,
               than
               to
               use
               much
               diligence
               on
               the
               behalf
               of
               Cyrus
               ,
               who
               had
               ,
               as
               it
               were
               but
               yesterday
               ,
               laid
               upon
               their
               necks
               the
               galling
               Yoke
               of
               servitude
               .
            
             
               Whilst
               the
               Besieged
               were
               thus
               pleasing
               themselves
               with
               this
               foolish
               fansie
               ,
               and
               vain
               mirth
               (
               the
               ordinary
               forerunners
               of
               sudden
               calamity
               )
               Cyrus
               ,
               who
               by
               God
               that
               set
               him
               on
               work
               ,
               
               was
               made
               strong
               ,
               valiant
               ,
               constant
               ,
               and
               inventive
               ,
               devised
               ,
               and
               by
               the
               labour
               of
               his
               men
               ,
               digged
               so
               many
               Channels
               as
               were
               capable
               of
               receiving
               the
               Waters
               of
               Euphrates
               ,
               and
               so
               to
               draw
               the
               same
               from
               the
               Walls
               of
               Babylon
               ,
               that
               thereby
               he
               might
               make
               his
               approaches
               the
               more
               facile
               ,
               and
               assured
               ,
               which
               ,
               when
               by
               the
               labour
               of
               many
               hands
               he
               had
               performed
               ,
               he
               waited
               for
               a
               fi●
               time
               wherein
               to
               put
               in
               execution
               ,
               what
               he
               had
               designed
               .
               For
               he
               had
               left
               in
               each
               of
               the
               Trenches
               towards
               the
               River
               ,
               certain
               Banks
               ,
               or
               Heads
               uncut
               till
               he
               saw
               his
               opportunity
               .
            
             
               Now
               Belshazzar
               finding
               neither
               any
               want
               or
               weakness
               within
               the
               City
               ,
               
               nor
               any
               possibility
               for
               his
               enemies
               without
               ,
               to
               approach
               the
               Walls
               by
               reason
               of
               the
               great
               River
               that
               surrounded
               them
               ,
               he
               prepared
               an
               exceeding
               sumptuous
               Feast
               ,
               Publick
               Plays
               ,
               and
               other
               Pastimes
               ,
               and
               thereto
               invited
               a
               Thousand
               of
               his
               Princes
               ,
               or
               Nobles
               ,
               besides
               his
               Wives
               ,
               Courtezans
               ,
               and
               others
               of
               that
               Trade
               .
               This
               he
               did
               ,
               either
               to
               let
               the
               Besiegers
               know
               that
               his
               Provisions
               were
               sufficient
               ,
               not
               onely
               for
               all
               needfull
               uses
               ,
               but
               even
               for
               superfluity
               ,
               and
               excess
               ;
               Or
               
               because
               he
               hoped
               that
               his
               enemies
               by
               this
               time
               were
               discouraged
               ,
               and
               even
               broken
               under
               their
               manifold
               disasters
               :
               Or
               else
               he
               made
               this
               Feast
               in
               Honour
               of
               Bell
               ,
               his
               most
               adored
               Idol
               :
               or
               lastly
               ,
               because
               it
               was
               his
               Birth
               ,
               or
               Coronation
               Day
               :
               Or
               for
               many
               ,
               or
               most
               of
               these
               respects
               .
            
             
               Yea
               ,
               he
               was
               not
               contented
               to
               use
               ,
               and
               shew
               such
               Magnificence
               as
               no
               Prince
               else
               could
               Equall
               ,
               but
               he
               listed
               up
               himself
               against
               the
               God
               of
               Heaven
               ,
               Dan.
               5.
               23.
               
               For
               he
               ,
               his
               Princes
               ,
               his
               Wives
               ,
               and
               his
               Concubines
               ,
               made
               Carousing
               Cups
               of
               the
               Golden
               ,
               and
               Silver
               Vessels
               which
               his
               Grandfather
               Nebuchadnezzar
               had
               taken
               out
               of
               the
               Temple
               which
               was
               at
               Jerusalem
               ;
               
               and
               in
               contempt
               of
               the
               Lord
               of
               Heaven
               ,
               he
               praised
               his
               own
               Puppets
               made
               of
               Gold
               ,
               and
               Silver
               ,
               and
               Brass
               ,
               and
               Iron
               ,
               and
               Wood
               ,
               and
               Stone
               ;
               Whilst
               Belshazzar
               was
               thus
               tryumphing
               ,
               and
               had
               his
               brains
               well
               filled
               with
               vapours
               ,
               he
               beheld
               a
               hand
               ,
               which
               by
               Divine
               power
               wrote
               upon
               the
               Wall
               that
               was
               opposite
               to
               him
               ,
               
               certain
               Words
               which
               he
               understood
               not
               ,
               wherewith
               ,
               so
               great
               a
               fear
               ,
               and
               amazement
               seized
               upon
               him
               ,
               that
               the
               joynts
               of
               his
               loins
               were
               loosed
               ,
               
               and
               his
               knees
               smote
               one
               against
               another
               ;
               Which
               Passion
               when
               he
               had
               in
               some
               measure
               recovered
               ,
               he
               cryed
               aloud
               to
               bring
               in
               the
               Astrologers
               ,
               the
               Chaldeans
               ,
               and
               the
               Southsayers
               ,
               promising
               them
               great
               rewards
               ,
               and
               the
               third
               place
               of
               Honour
               in
               his
               Kingdom
               ,
               to
               him
               that
               could
               read
               ,
               and
               expound
               the
               writing
               :
               But
               it
               exceeded
               their
               Art
               ,
               and
               Skill
               .
            
             
               
                 In
                 this
                 disturbance
              
               ,
               
               
                 and
                 astonishment
                 ,
                 the
                 Queen
                 ,
                 hearing
                 what
                 had
                 passed
                 ,
                 came
                 in
                 ,
                 and
                 observing
                 what
                 distraction
                 the
                 King
                 was
                 in
                 ,
                 after
                 Reverence
                 done
                 ,
                 She
                 used
                 this
                 Speech
              
               ;
               O
               King
               live
               for
               ever
               ;
               Let
               not
               thy
               thoughts
               trouble
               thee
               ,
               non
               let
               thy
               countenance
               be
               changed
               ;
               there
               is
               a
               man
               in
               thy
               Kingdom
               in
               whom
               is
               the
               Spirit
               of
               the
               holy
               Gods
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               Days
               of
               thy
               Father
               light
               ,
               and
               understanding
               ,
               and
               Wisdom
               like
               the
               Wisdom
               of
               the
               Gods
               was
               found
               in
               him
               ,
               whom
               the
               King
               Nobuchadnezzar
               thy
               Father
               ,
               the
               King
               I
               say
               ,
               thy
               Father
               made
               Master
               of
               the
               Magicians
               ,
               
               the
               Astrologers
               ,
               the
               Chaldeans
               ,
               and
               the
               Southsayers
               ;
               For
               as
               much
               as
               an
               Excellent
               Spirit
               ,
               and
               knowledge
               ,
               and
               understanding
               ,
               in
               interpreting
               Dreams
               ,
               and
               shewing
               of
               hard
               Sentences
               ,
               and
               dissolving
               of
               doubts
               were
               found
               in
               the
               same
               Daniel
               ,
               whom
               the
               King
               named
               Belteshazzar
               .
               Now
               let
               Daniel
               be
               called
               ,
               and
               he
               will
               shew
               the
               Interpretation
               .
            
             
               This
               Queen
               was
               either
               the
               Grandmother
               ,
               or
               the
               Mother
               of
               Belshazzar
               ;
               For
               it
               appears
               that
               She
               was
               not
               any
               of
               the
               Kings
               Wives
               ,
               because
               She
               was
               absent
               from
               the
               Feast
               ,
               and
               in
               regard
               of
               her
               age
               ,
               past-banquetting
               ,
               and
               dancing
               ;
               Yet
               upon
               the
               report
               of
               the
               Miracle
               ,
               She
               came
               in
               to
               comfort
               ,
               and
               cheer
               up
               the
               King
               ;
               and
               whereas
               Daniel
               was
               forgotten
               ,
               and
               neglected
               by
               others
               ,
               of
               younger
               years
               ,
               and
               latter
               times
               ,
               this
               old
               Queen
               remembred
               well
               ,
               what
               Daniel
               had
               done
               in
               the
               days
               of
               Nebuchadnezzar
               ;
               Grandfather
               to
               this
               Belshazzar
               ,
               and
               kept
               in
               mind
               ,
               both
               his
               Religion
               ,
               and
               Divine
               gifts
               .
            
             
               When
               Daniel
               
                 was
                 brought
                 into
                 the
                 Kings
                 presence
                 ,
              
               
               
                 he
                 said
                 unto
                 him
              
               :
               Art
               thou
               that
               Daniel
               ,
               which
               art
               of
               the
               Children
               of
               the
               Captivity
               of
               Judah
               ;
               whom
               the
               King
               my
               Father
               brought
               out
               of
               Jewry
               ?
               
               I
               have
               heard
               of
               thee
               that
               the
               Spirit
               of
               the
               Gods
               is
               in
               thee
               ,
               and
               that
               light
               ,
               and
               understanding
               ,
               and
               excellent
               Wisdom
               is
               found
               in
               thee
               ;
               and
               now
               the
               Wise
               men
               and
               the
               Astrologers
               have
               been
               brought
               in
               before
               me
               ,
               that
               they
               should
               read
               ,
               this
               writing
               ,
               and
               make
               known
               to
               me
               the
               Interpretation
               thereof
               ,
               but
               they
               could
               not
               do
               it
               :
               And
               I
               have
               heard
               of
               thee
               that
               thou
               canst
               make
               Interpretations
               ,
               and
               dissolve
               doubts
               :
               Now
               if
               thou
               canst
               read
               the
               Writing
               ,
               and
               make
               known
               to
               me
               the
               Interpretation
               thereof
               ,
               thou
               shalt
               be
               clothed
               with
               Scarlet
               ,
               and
               have
               a
               chain
               of
               Godl
               aboue
               thy
               neck
               ,
               and
               shalt
               be
               the
               third
               Ruler
               in
               the
               Kingdom
               .
            
             
               But
               Daniel
               
                 made
                 answer
                 in
                 a
                 far
                 differing
                 stile
                 from
                 that
                 which
                 he
                 had
                 used
                 to
                 his
                 Grandfather
              
               ;
               
               
                 For
                 the
                 evill
                 which
                 he
                 had
                 foretold
                 to
              
               Nebuchadnezzar
               
                 he
                 wished
                 that
                 it
                 might
                 befal
                 his
                 enemies
                 :
                 But
                 to
                 this
                 King
                 (
                 whose
                 contempt
                 of
                 God
                 and
                 vicious
                 life
                 he
                 hated
                 ,
                 he
                 answered
                 in
                 these
                 Words
              
               ;
               Let
               thy
               gifts
               be
               to
               thy self
               ,
               and
               give
               thy
               rewards
               
               to
               another
               :
               Yet
               I
               will
               read
               the
               writing
               to
               the
               King
               ,
               and
               make
               known
               to
               him
               the
               Interpretation
               :
               
                 which
                 yet
                 before
                 he
                 did
                 ,
                 he
                 shewed
                 him
                 the
                 cause
                 of
                 Gods
                 judgements
                 against
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 reason
                 of
                 this
                 terrible
                 sentence
                 ,
                 whereof
                 the
                 King
                 and
                 all
                 his
                 Wise
                 men
                 were
                 utterly
                 Ignorant
                 ,
                 the
                 substance
                 whereof
                 is
                 this
                 ,
                 That
              
               Belshazzar
               
                 forgetting
                 Gods
                 goodness
                 to
                 his
                 Father
                 ,
                 whom
                 all
                 Nations
                 feared
                 ,
                 and
                 obeyed
                 ,
                 and
                 yet
                 for
                 his
                 Pride
                 ,
                 and
                 neglect
                 of
                 those
                 benefits
                 ,
                 as
                 he
                 had
                 deprived
                 him
                 of
                 his
                 Estate
                 ,
                 and
                 understanding
                 ;
                 so
                 upon
                 the
                 acknowledgement
                 of
                 Gods
                 infinite
                 power
                 ,
                 he
                 restored
                 him
                 to
                 both
                 again
              
               ;
               And
               thou
               his
               Son
               
                 (
                 said
                 he
              
               )
               O
               Belshazzar
               ,
               hast
               not
               humbled
               thy
               heart
               ,
               though
               thou
               knewest
               all
               this
               ,
               But
               hast
               lifted
               up
               thy self
               against
               the
               Lord
               of
               Heaven
               ,
               and
               they
               have
               brought
               the
               Vessels
               of
               his
               House
               before
               thee
               ,
               and
               thou
               and
               thy
               Lords
               ,
               thy
               Wives
               and
               thy
               Concubines
               have
               drunk
               Wine
               in
               them
               ,
               and
               thou
               hast
               praised
               the
               gods
               of
               Silver
               ,
               and
               Gold
               ,
               &c.
               and
               the
               God
               in
               whose
               hand
               thy
               breath
               is
               ,
               and
               whose
               are
               all
               thy
               ways
               ,
               hast
               thou
               not
               Glorified
               :
               Then
               was
               the
               part
               of
               the
               hand
               sent
               from
               him
               ,
               and
               this
               writing
               was
               written
               ,
               
               
                 Mene
                 ,
                 Mene
                 ,
                 Tekel
                 ,
                 Upharsin
                 ,
              
               Whereof
               this
               is
               the
               Interpretation
               :
               Mene
               ,
               God
               hath
               numbred
               thy
               Kingdom
               ,
               and
               finished
               it
               :
               Tekel
               ,
               Thou
               art
               weighted
               in
               the
               ballanees
               ,
               and
               art
               found
               wanting
               :
               Peres
               ,
               Thy
               Kingdom
               is
               divided
               ,
               and
               given
               to
               the
               Medes
               ,
               and
               Persians
               .
            
             
               The
               very
               evening
               or
               Night
               of
               this
               Day
               ,
               wherein
               Belshazzar
               thus
               Feasted
               ,
               and
               wherein
               these
               things
               were
               done
               ,
               Cyrus
               ,
               either
               by
               his
               Espeials
               ,
               or
               being
               inspired
               by
               God
               himself
               ,
               whose
               Ensign
               he
               followed
               in
               these
               Wars
               ,
               finding
               the
               time
               ,
               and
               opportunity
               fit
               for
               him
               ,
               even
               whilst
               the
               Kings
               Head
               ,
               
               and
               the
               Heads
               of
               his
               Nobility
               ,
               were
               no
               less
               distempered
               with
               the
               vapours
               of
               Wine
               ,
               than
               their
               hearts
               were
               with
               the
               fear
               of
               Gods
               Judgements
               ,
               he
               caused
               all
               the
               Banks
               ,
               and
               Heads
               of
               his
               Trenches
               ,
               to
               be
               opened
               ,
               and
               cut
               down
               with
               all
               speed
               ,
               and
               diligence
               ,
               whereby
               that
               great
               River
               Euphrates
               was
               quickly
               drawn
               dry
               ,
               and
               himself
               with
               his
               Army
               passing
               through
               the
               Channell
               which
               was
               
               now
               dry
               ,
               without
               any
               opposition
               ,
               they
               easily
               made
               their
               entrance
               into
               the
               City
               ,
               finding
               none
               to
               disturb
               them
               ;
               
                 Invadunt
                 urbem
                 somno
                 ,
                 Vinoque
                 sepultam
                 :
              
               All
               the
               Town
               lay
               buried
               in
               Wine
               and
               Sleep
               ;
               
               and
               such
               as
               came
               in
               the
               Persians
               way
               ,
               were
               put
               to
               the
               Sword
               unless
               they
               saved
               themselves
               by
               flight
               ,
               as
               some
               did
               ,
               who
               ran
               away
               crying
               ,
               and
               filled
               the
               Streets
               with
               an
               uncertain
               tumult
               .
            
             
               
                 Such
                 of
                 the
              
               Assyrian
               
                 Lords
                 as
                 had
                 formerly
                 revolted
                 from
              
               Belshazzar
               to
               Cyrus
               ,
               
                 did
                 now
                 conduct
                 a
                 Selected
                 company
                 to
                 the
                 Kings
                 Pallace
                 ,
                 which
                 being
                 easily
                 forced
                 by
                 them
                 ,
                 they
                 rushed
                 strait
                 into
                 the
                 Chamber
                 where
                 the
                 King
                 and
                 his
                 Princes
                 were
                 Banquetting
                 ,
              
               
               
                 and
                 there
                 slew
                 both
                 him
                 and
                 them
                 without
                 mercy
                 ,
                 who
                 strove
                 in
                 vain
                 to
                 keep
                 those
                 lives
                 ,
                 which
                 God
                 had
                 newly
                 threatened
                 to
                 take
                 away
                 .
                 Now
                 was
                 that
                 prophesie
                 fulfilled
                 ,
              
               Jer.
               51.
               30
               ,
               31
               ,
               32.
               
               The
               mighty
               men
               of
               Babylon
               have
               forborn
               to
               fight
               ;
               
               they
               have
               remained
               in
               their
               Holds
               ;
               their
               might
               hath
               failed
               ;
               they
               became
               as
               women
               ;
               they
               have
               burnt
               their
               dwelling
               places
               ;
               Her
               barrs
               are
               broken
               .
               One
               Post
               shall
               run
               to
               meet
               another
               ,
               and
               one
               messenger
               to
               meet
               another
               ,
               to
               shew
               the
               King
               of
               Babylon
               that
               his
               City
               is
               taken
               at
               one
               end
               .
               And
               that
               the
               passages
               are
               stopped
               (
               viz.
               
                 of
                 the
                 River
              
               Euphrates
               )
               and
               the
               Reeds
               they
               have
               burnt
               with
               fire
               ,
               and
               the
               men
               of
               War
               are
               affrighted
               ;
               
                 The
                 Prophet
              
               Isay
               
                 also
                 ,
                 two
                 hundred
                 years
                 before
                 this
                 subversion
                 of
              
               Babylon
               ,
               
                 in
                 his
                 forty
                 seventh
                 Chapter
                 ,
                 and
                 elsewhere
                 ,
                 describeth
                 this
                 destruction
                 so
                 feelingly
                 ,
                 and
                 lively
                 ,
                 as
                 if
                 he
                 had
                 been
                 present
                 ,
                 both
                 at
                 the
                 terrible
                 slaughter
                 there
                 committed
                 ,
                 and
                 had
                 seen
                 the
                 great
                 and
                 unseared
                 change
                 ,
                 and
                 calamity
                 of
                 this
                 great
                 Empire
                 ;
                 Yea
                 ,
                 and
                 had
                 also
                 heard
                 the
                 sorrows
                 and
                 bewallings
                 of
                 every
                 surviving
                 Soul
                 ,
                 thereunto
                 subject
                 ;
                 which
                 Prophesie
                 he
                 begins
                 with
                 these
                 words
              
               ;
               Come
               down
               and
               sit
               in
               the
               dust
               ,
               O
               Virgin
               daughter
               of
               Babylon
               ,
               sit
               on
               the
               Ground
               ;
               there
               is
               no
               Throne
               ,
               O
               daughter
               of
               the
               Chaldeans
               :
               For
               thou
               shalt
               no
               more
               be
               called
               tender
               ,
               and
               delicate
               ,
               
                 &c.
                 
                 And
                 though
                 it
                 cannot
                 be
                 
                 doubted
                 that
                 God
                 used
              
               Nebuchadnezzar
               ,
               
                 and
                 the
              
               Chaldeans
               
                 as
                 his
                 Instruments
                 to
                 punish
                 the
                 Idolatry
                 ,
                 and
                 wickedness
                 of
                 the
              
               Jews
               ,
               
                 yet
                 did
                 he
                 not
                 forget
                 that
                 in
                 the
                 Execution
                 of
                 Gods
                 Judgements
                 ,
                 they
                 had
                 used
                 much
                 rigour
                 ,
                 and
                 extremity
                 ;
                 as
                 we
                 see
              
               Isay
               47.
               6.
               
               I
               was
               wroth
               with
               my
               People
               ;
               I
               have
               polluted
               mine
               Inheritance
               ,
               and
               given
               them
               into
               thine
               hand
               ;
               Thou
               didst
               shew
               them
               no
               mercy
               ;
               Vpon
               the
               Ancient
               hast
               thou
               very
               heavily
               laid
               the
               Yoke
               ;
               
                 and
                 again
              
               ,
               I
               will
               rise
               up
               against
               them
               ,
               saith
               the
               Lord
               of
               Hosts
               ,
               and
               will
               cut
               off
               from
               Babel
               the
               Name
               ,
               and
               the
               remnant
               ,
               and
               the
               Son
               ,
               and
               the
               Nephew
               :
               
                 Meaning
                 Evilmerodach
              
               ,
               and
               
                 Belshazzar
                 .
                 And
                 again
              
               ,
               Isay
               13.
               15
               ,
               &c.
               Every
               one
               that
               is
               found
               shall
               be
               thrust
               thorow
               ;
               and
               every
               one
               that
               is
               joyned
               to
               them
               shall
               be
               slain
               with
               the
               Sword
               ;
               their
               Children
               also
               shall
               be
               dashed
               to
               pieces
               before
               their
               eyes
               ,
               their
               Houses
               shall
               be
               spoiled
               ,
               and
               their
               Wives
               ravished
               .
               Behold
               ,
               I
               will
               stir
               up
               the
               Medes
               against
               them
               ,
               which
               shall
               not
               regard
               Silver
               ,
               and
               as
               for
               Gold
               ,
               they
               shall
               not
               delight
               in
               it
               ;
               their
               Bowes
               also
               shall
               d●sh
               the
               young
               men
               to
               pieces
               ,
               and
               they
               shall
               have
               no
               pitty
               on
               the
               fruit
               of
               the
               Womb
               ;
               their
               eye
               shall
               not
               spare
               children
               .
               And
               Babylon
               ,
               the
               Glory
               of
               Kingdoms
               ,
               and
               beauty
               of
               the
               Chaldees
               excellency
               ,
               shall
               be
               as
               when
               God
               overthrew
               Sodom
               ,
               and
               Gomorrah
               ,
               &c.
               
                 Read
                 also
                 Chapter
                 fourteenth
                 .
                 No
                 Historian
                 that
                 was
                 either
                 present
                 at
                 this
                 Victory
                 of
              
               Cyrus
               ,
               
                 or
                 that
                 received
                 the
                 report
                 from
                 others
                 truly
                 as
                 it
                 was
                 ,
                 could
                 better
                 describe
                 ,
                 and
                 leave
                 the
                 same
                 to
                 posterity
                 after
                 it
                 was
                 acted
                 ,
                 than
              
               Isay
               
                 hath
                 done
                 in
                 many
                 parts
                 of
                 his
                 Prophesie
                 ,
                 which
                 were
                 written
                 two
                 hundred
                 years
                 before
                 any
                 of
                 these
                 things
                 were
                 attempted
                 .
              
            
             
               The
               Greatness
               ,
               
               and
               Magnificence
               of
               Babylon
               ,
               were
               it
               not
               by
               divers
               grave
               Authours
               recorded
               ,
               might
               seem
               altogether
               Fabulous
               ;
               For
               it
               is
               reported
               for
               truth
               ,
               that
               one
               part
               of
               the
               City
               knew
               not
               that
               the
               other
               was
               taken
               three
               days
               after
               ;
               which
               is
               not
               impossible
               if
               we
               consider
               the
               vast
               Circumference
               of
               it
               .
               
                 Diodorus
                 Siculus
              
               saith
               ,
               that
               it
               was
               in
               compass
               three
               hundred
               ,
               and
               sixty
               Furlongs
               ,
               which
               make
               forty
               five
               Miles
               .
               The
               Walls
               were
               so
               thick
               that
               
               six
               Chariots
               might
               pass
               in
               front
               thereon
               ,
               and
               they
               were
               three
               hundred
               sixty
               and
               five
               Foot
               high
               ,
               and
               were
               adorned
               ,
               and
               beautified
               with
               one
               hundred
               and
               fifty
               Towers
               .
               Strabo
               gives
               a
               greater
               circuit
               ,
               adding
               twenty
               five
               Forlongs
               more
               to
               the
               former
               compass
               ,
               reckoning
               it
               at
               three
               hundred
               eighty
               five
               Furlongs
               ,
               which
               makes
               forty
               eight
               Miles
               and
               one
               Furlong
               .
               Herodotus
               finds
               the
               compass
               yet
               to
               be
               greater
               ,
               namely
               four
               hundred
               and
               eightty
               Furlongs
               in
               circuit
               ;
               the
               thickness
               of
               the
               Wall
               he
               measures
               at
               fifty
               Cubits
               ,
               and
               the
               height
               at
               two
               hundred
               of
               the
               same
               Regall
               Cubits
               .
               For
               entrance
               ,
               it
               had
               a
               hundred
               Gates
               of
               Brass
               ,
               with
               Posts
               ,
               and
               Hooks
               to
               hang
               them
               on
               of
               the
               same
               Mettall
               ;
               and
               therefore
               did
               the
               Prophet
               Isay
               rightly
               intitle
               
                 Babylon
                 ,
                 The
                 Princess
                 ,
                 and
                 Glory
                 of
                 Kingdoms
                 ,
              
               Isay
               47.
               5.
               
               &
               13.
               19.
               
            
             
               But
               when
               Cyrus
               had
               won
               her
               ,
               he
               stript
               her
               out
               of
               her
               Princely
               Robes
               ,
               
               and
               made
               her
               a
               slave
               ,
               dividing
               ,
               not
               onely
               her
               goodly
               Houses
               ,
               and
               her
               whole
               Territory
               ,
               with
               all
               the
               Riches
               therein
               contained
               ,
               amongst
               his
               Souldiers
               ;
               but
               also
               bestowed
               the
               Inhabitants
               themselves
               as
               Bondslaves
               ,
               upon
               those
               that
               had
               taken
               possession
               of
               their
               goods
               .
            
             
               Cyrus
               having
               obtained
               this
               great
               ,
               and
               Signall
               Victory
               ,
               the
               glory
               of
               which
               was
               a
               reward
               for
               his
               service
               done
               for
               him
               who
               was
               the
               Authour
               of
               it
               ,
               and
               of
               all
               goodness
               ,
               and
               thereby
               translated
               the
               Empire
               of
               the
               Chaldeans
               to
               himself
               ,
               
               according
               to
               the
               Prophesies
               which
               went
               afore
               of
               him
               ;
               in
               this
               first
               year
               of
               his
               Empire
               ,
               he
               made
               a
               Decree
               that
               the
               Captive
               Jews
               should
               return
               again
               into
               their
               own
               Country
               of
               Judea
               ,
               and
               that
               they
               should
               build
               again
               the
               House
               of
               God
               in
               Jerusalem
               ,
               having
               now
               endured
               ,
               and
               finished
               the
               seventy
               years
               Captivity
               foretold
               by
               the
               Prophet
               Jeremy
               .
               The
               tenour
               of
               which
               Decree
               was
               thus
               ,
            
             
               Thus
               saith
               Cyrus
               King
               of
               Persin
               ;
               
               The
               Lord
               God
               of
               Heaven
               hath
               given
               me
               all
               the
               Kingdoms
               of
               the
               Earth
               ,
               and
               hath
               charged
               me
               to
               build
               him
               an
               House
               at
               Jerusalem
               which
               is
               
               in
               Judah
               ,
               Who
               is
               there
               among
               you
               of
               all
               his
               People
               ?
               Let
               his
               God
               be
               with
               him
               ,
               and
               let
               him
               go
               up
               to
               Jerusalem
               which
               is
               in
               Judah
               ,
               and
               build
               the
               House
               of
               the
               Lord
               God
               of
               Israel
               (
               He
               is
               God
               )
               which
               is
               at
               Jerusalem
               :
               And
               whosoever
               remaineth
               in
               any
               place
               where
               he
               sojourneth
               ,
               let
               the
               men
               of
               his
               place
               help
               him
               with
               Silver
               ,
               and
               with
               Gold
               ,
               and
               with
               goods
               ,
               and
               with
               Beasts
               ,
               besides
               the
               free-will
               Offering
               for
               the
               House
               of
               God
               that
               is
               in
               Jerusalem
               ,
               Ezra
               1
               ,
               2
               ,
               3
               ,
               4.
               
               
                 He
                 also
                 brought
                 forth
                 and
                 restored
                 the
                 Vessels
                 of
                 the
                 House
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 which
              
               Nebuchadnezzar
               
                 had
                 brought
                 forth
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Temple
                 at
              
               Jerusalem
               ,
               
                 and
                 had
                 put
                 them
                 into
                 the
                 House
                 of
                 his
                 gods
                 ;
                 These
                 were
                 brought
                 forth
                 and
                 numbred
                 unto
              
               Sheshbazzar
               
                 the
                 Prince
                 of
              
               Judah
               ;
               
               
                 and
                 this
                 is
                 the
                 number
                 of
                 them
                 ;
                 Thirty
                 Charges
                 of
                 Gold
                 ,
                 a
                 thousand
                 Chargers
                 of
                 Silver
                 ,
              
               
               
                 nine
                 and
                 twenty
                 Knives
                 ,
                 thirty
                 Basins
                 of
                 Gold
                 ,
                 Silver
                 Basins
                 of
                 a
                 second
                 sort
                 four
                 hundred
                 and
                 ten
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 other
                 vessels
                 a
                 thousand
                 ;
                 All
                 the
                 vessels
                 of
                 Gold
                 and
                 Silver
                 were
                 five
                 thousand
                 and
                 four
                 hundred
                 .
              
            
             
               The
               number
               of
               Jews
               that
               then
               returned
               out
               of
               Chaldea
               ,
               
               under
               their
               Leader
               Zorobabel
               ,
               the
               Son
               of
               Salathiel
               ,
               and
               Nephew
               to
               King
               Jeconias
               ,
               and
               Joshua
               the
               Son
               of
               Josedech
               ,
               the
               High
               Priest
               ,
               were
               about
               fifty
               thousand
               :
               And
               as
               soon
               as
               they
               arrived
               at
               Jerusalem
               ,
               they
               built
               an
               Altar
               to
               the
               living
               God
               ,
               and
               sacrificed
               thereon
               according
               to
               their
               Law
               ,
               and
               afterwards
               bethought
               themselves
               how
               to
               prepare
               materials
               for
               the
               building
               of
               the
               Temple
               .
            
             
               Cyrus
               having
               set
               all
               things
               in
               order
               at
               Babylon
               ,
               returned
               ,
               through
               Media
               ,
               into
               Persia
               ,
               to
               his
               Father
               Cambyses
               ,
               and
               his
               Mother
               Mandanes
               ,
               who
               were
               yet
               living
               ;
               and
               from
               thence
               returning
               again
               into
               Media
               ,
               
               he
               married
               the
               only
               Daughter
               and
               Heir
               of
               Cyaxares
               ,
               and
               for
               Dowry
               ,
               had
               the
               whole
               Kingdom
               of
               Media
               given
               him
               with
               her
               ;
               And
               when
               the
               Marriage
               was
               finished
               ,
               he
               presently
               went
               his
               way
               ,
               and
               took
               her
               with
               him
               ;
               and
               coming
               to
               Babylon
               ,
               from
               thence
               he
               sent
               Governours
               into
               all
               his
               Dominions
               ;
               
               Into
               Arabia
               he
               sent
               Megabyzus
               ;
               into
               Phrygia
               the
               greater
               ,
               Artacaman
               ;
               into
               Lydia
               ,
               and
               
                 Jonia
                 ,
                 Chrysantas
              
               ;
               into
               
                 Caria
                 ,
                 Adusius
              
               ;
               into
               
               
                 Phrygia
                 Helle
                 spontiaca
              
               ,
               or
               the
               less
               ,
               Pharmichas
               ;
               But
               into
               Cilicia
               ,
               &
               Cyprus
               ,
               &
               Paphlagonia
               ,
               he
               sent
               no
               Persians
               to
               Govern
               them
               ,
               because
               they
               voluntarily
               ,
               and
               of
               their
               own
               accord
               took
               his
               part
               against
               the
               King
               of
               Babylon
               ;
               yet
               he
               caused
               ,
               even
               them
               also
               to
               pay
               him
               Tribute
               .
            
             
               Cyrus
               having
               spent
               one
               whole
               year
               with
               his
               Wife
               in
               Babylon
               ,
               
               gathered
               thither
               his
               whole
               Army
               ,
               consisting
               of
               one
               hundred
               and
               twenty
               Thousand
               Horse
               ,
               and
               two
               Thousand
               Iron
               Chariots
               ,
               and
               six
               hundred
               Thousand
               Footmen
               ,
               and
               having
               furnished
               himself
               with
               all
               necessary
               provisions
               ,
               he
               undertook
               that
               journey
               wherein
               he
               subdued
               all
               the
               Nations
               inhabiting
               from
               Syria
               to
               the
               
                 Red
                 Sea.
              
               
            
             
               The
               time
               that
               Cyrus
               enjoyed
               in
               rest
               and
               pleasure
               after
               these
               great
               Victories
               ,
               
               and
               the
               attainment
               of
               his
               Empire
               ,
               is
               generally
               agreed
               upon
               by
               all
               Chronologers
               to
               have
               lasted
               only
               seven
               years
               ;
               In
               which
               time
               he
               made
               such
               Laws
               and
               Constitutions
               as
               differ
               little
               from
               the
               Ordinances
               of
               all
               wife
               Kings
               that
               are
               desirous
               to
               establish
               a
               Royal
               power
               to
               themselves
               and
               their
               Posterity
               ,
               which
               are
               recorded
               by
               Xenophon
               .
            
             
               The
               last
               War
               ,
               
               and
               the
               end
               of
               this
               Great
               King
               Cyrus
               is
               diversly
               written
               by
               Historians
               :
               Herodotus
               ,
               and
               Justine
               say
               :
               That
               after
               these
               Conquests
               ,
               Cyrus
               invaded
               the
               Massagets
               ,
               a
               very
               Warlike
               Nation
               of
               the
               Scythians
               ,
               Governed
               by
               Tomyris
               ,
               their
               Queen
               :
               and
               that
               in
               an
               encounter
               between
               the
               Persians
               ,
               and
               these
               Northern
               
                 Nomades
                 ,
                 Tomyris
              
               lost
               her
               Army
               ,
               together
               with
               her
               Son
               Spa●gapises
               that
               was
               the
               Generall
               of
               it
               .
               In
               revenge
               whereof
               this
               Queen
               making
               new
               levies
               of
               men
               of
               War
               ,
               and
               prosecuting
               the
               War
               against
               Cyrus
               ,
               in
               a
               second
               sore
               Battel
               ,
               the
               Persians
               were
               beaten
               ,
               and
               Cyrus
               was
               taken
               Prisoner
               ,
               and
               that
               Tomyris
               cut
               off
               his
               Head
               from
               his
               Body
               ,
               and
               threw
               it
               into
               a
               Bowle
               of
               blood
               ,
               using
               these
               words
               ,
               
                 Thou
                 that
                 hast
                 all
                 thy
                 time
                 thirsted
                 for
                 blood
                 ,
                 now
                 drink
                 thy
                 fill
                 ,
                 and
                 satiate
                 thy self
                 with
                 it
                 .
              
               This
               War
               which
               Metasthenes
               calls
               Tomyrique
               ,
               lasted
               about
               six
               years
               .
            
             
             
               But
               more
               probably
               this
               Scythian
               War
               was
               that
               which
               is
               mentioned
               before
               ,
               which
               Cyrus
               made
               against
               the
               Scythians
               after
               the
               Conquest
               of
               Lydia
               ,
               according
               to
               Ctesias
               ,
               who
               calleth
               
                 Tomyris
                 ,
                 Sparetha
              
               ,
               and
               makes
               the
               end
               of
               it
               otherwise
               ,
               as
               you
               may
               see
               before
               .
            
             
               The
               same
               Ctesias
               also
               recordeth
               ,
               that
               the
               last
               War
               which
               Cyrus
               made
               was
               against
               Amarhaus
               ,
               King
               of
               the
               Derbitians
               ,
               another
               Nation
               of
               the
               Scythians
               ,
               whom
               ,
               though
               he
               overcame
               in
               Battel
               ,
               yet
               there
               he
               received
               a
               wound
               whereof
               he
               died
               three
               days
               after
               .
               
            
             
               Strabo
               also
               affirmeth
               ,
               that
               he
               was
               buried
               in
               his
               own
               City
               of
               Pasagardes
               ,
               which
               himself
               had
               built
               ,
               and
               where
               his
               Epitaph
               was
               to
               be
               read
               in
               Strabo's
               time
               ;
               which
               he
               saith
               was
               this
               ,
            
             
               O
               ,
               
               
                 vir
                 ,
                 quicunque
                 es
                 ,
                 &
                 undecunque
                 advenis
                 ,
                 neque
                 enim
                 te
                 adventurum
                 ignoravi
                 :
                 Ego
                 sum
              
               Cyrus
               ,
               qui
               Persis
               
                 Imperium
                 constitui
                 ;
                 pusillum
                 hoc
                 Terrae
                 ,
                 quo
                 meum
                 tegitur
                 Corpus
                 ,
                 mihi
                 ne
                 invideas
                 .
              
               O
               thou
               man
               ,
               whosoever
               thou
               art
               ,
               and
               whensoever
               thou
               comest
               ,
               for
               I
               was
               not
               ignorant
               that
               thou
               shouldst
               come
               :
               I
               am
               Cyrus
               that
               founded
               the
               Persian
               Empire
               :
               Do
               not
               envy
               unto
               me
               this
               little
               Earth
               with
               which
               my
               Body
               is
               covered
               .
            
             
               When
               Alexander
               the
               Great
               returned
               from
               his
               Indian
               Conquests
               ,
               he
               visited
               Pasagardes
               ,
               and
               caused
               this
               Tomb
               of
               Cyrus
               to
               be
               opened
               ,
               
               either
               upon
               hope
               of
               great
               Treasure
               ,
               supposed
               to
               have
               been
               buried
               with
               him
               ,
               or
               upon
               a
               desire
               to
               honour
               his
               dead
               Body
               with
               certain
               Ceremonies
               ;
               when
               the
               Sepulchre
               was
               opened
               ,
               there
               was
               found
               nothing
               in
               it
               ,
               save
               an
               old
               rotten
               Target
               ,
               two
               Scythian
               Bows
               ,
               and
               a
               Sword.
               The
               Coffin
               wherein
               his
               Body
               lay
               ,
               Alexander
               caused
               to
               be
               covered
               with
               his
               own
               Garment
               ,
               and
               a
               Crown
               of
               Gold
               to
               be
               set
               upon
               it
               .
            
             
               Cyrus
               finding
               in
               himself
               that
               he
               could
               not
               long
               enjoy
               the
               World
               ,
               he
               called
               unto
               him
               his
               Nobility
               ,
               with
               his
               two
               Sons
               ,
               
               Cambyses
               ,
               and
               Smerdis
               ,
               and
               after
               a
               long
               Oration
               ,
               wherein
               he
               assured
               himself
               ,
               and
               taught
               others
               ,
               about
               the
               immortality
               of
               the
               Soul
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               
               punishments
               and
               rewards
               following
               the
               ill
               ,
               and
               good
               deservings
               of
               every
               man
               in
               this
               life
               ;
               He
               exhorted
               his
               Sons
               ,
               by
               the
               strongest
               Arguments
               he
               had
               ,
               to
               a
               perpetuall
               Concord
               and
               agreement
               .
               Many
               other
               things
               he
               uttered
               ,
               which
               makes
               it
               probable
               ,
               that
               he
               received
               the
               knowledge
               of
               the
               true
               God
               from
               Daniel
               ,
               whilst
               he
               Governed
               Susa
               in
               Persia
               ;
               and
               that
               Cyrus
               himself
               had
               read
               the
               Prophesie
               of
               Isay
               ,
               wherein
               he
               was
               expresly
               named
               ,
               and
               by
               God
               preordained
               for
               the
               delivery
               of
               his
               People
               out
               of
               Captivity
               ;
               which
               act
               of
               delivering
               the
               Jews
               ,
               and
               of
               restoring
               of
               the
               holy
               Temple
               ,
               and
               the
               City
               of
               Jerusalem
               ,
               was
               in
               true
               consideration
               the
               Noblest-work
               that
               ever
               Cyrus
               performed
               .
               For
               in
               other
               actions
               he
               was
               an
               Instrument
               of
               Gods
               Power
               ,
               used
               for
               the
               chastising
               of
               many
               Nations
               ,
               and
               the
               establishing
               of
               a
               Government
               in
               those
               parts
               of
               the
               world
               ,
               which
               yet
               was
               not
               to
               continue
               long
               :
               But
               herein
               he
               had
               the
               favour
               to
               be
               an
               Instrument
               of
               Gods
               goodness
               ,
               and
               a
               willing
               advancer
               of
               his
               Kingdom
               upon
               earth
               ,
               which
               must
               last
               for
               ever
               .
            
             
               Cyrus
               had
               Issue
               two
               Sons
               ,
               
               Cambyses
               ,
               and
               Smerdis
               ,
               and
               three
               Daughters
               ,
               
                 Atossa
                 ,
                 Meroe
              
               ,
               and
               Artistoua
               .
               At
               his
               Death
               he
               bequeathed
               his
               Empire
               to
               his
               Eldest
               Son
               Cambyses
               ,
               appointing
               Smerdis
               ,
               his
               younger
               Son
               ,
               to
               be
               Satrapa
               ,
               or
               Leiutenant
               of
               
                 Media
                 ,
                 Armenia
              
               ,
               and
               Cadusia
               .
               He
               reigned
               about
               one
               and
               thirty
               years
               ,
               and
               died
               aged
               .
            
             
               The
               Greek
               
                 Historians
                 wholly
                 ascribe
                 the
                 Conquest
                 of
              
               Babylon
               to
               Cyrus
               ,
               
                 because
                 that
                 he
                 commanded
                 the
                 Army
                 in
                 Chief
                 ;
                 yet
                 the
                 Scriptures
                 attribute
                 it
                 to
              
               Darius
               ,
               
                 King
                 of
                 the
              
               Medes
               ,
               
                 whose
                 General
              
               Cyrus
               
                 was
                 :
                 For
                 when
              
               Babylon
               
                 was
                 taken
                 ,
                 and
              
               Belshazzar
               
                 slain
                 ;
                 It
                 s
                 said
              
               ,
               Dan.
               5.
               31.
               that
               Darius
               the
               Median
               
                 took
                 the
                 Kingdom
                 ,
                 being
                 about
                 sixty
                 two
                 years
                 old
                 .
                 It
                 was
              
               Darius
               
                 also
                 that
                 placed
                 Officers
                 over
                 the
                 severall
                 Provinces
                 thereof
                 ,
                 as
                 we
                 read
                 ,
              
               Dan.
               6.
               1
               ,
               2.
               
               It
               pleased
               Darius
               to
               set
               over
               the
               Kingdom
               a
               hundred
               and
               twenty
               Princes
               ,
               which
               should
               be
               over
               the
               whole
               Kingdom
               ,
               and
               over
               these
               ,
               three
               Presidents
               ,
               of
               whom
               Daniel
               was
               the
               first
               ,
               
                 &c.
                 
                 And
                 thus
                 
                 was
                 it
                 Prophesied
                 by
              
               Isay
               
                 long
                 before
              
               ;
               Behold
               !
               I
               will
               stir
               up
               the
               Medes
               against
               them
               ,
               
                 &c.
                 and
                 by
                 the
                 Prophet
                 Jeremy
              
               ;
               The
               Lord
               hath
               raised
               up
               the
               Spirit
               of
               the
               King
               of
               the
               Medes
               :
               for
               his
               device
               is
               against
               Babylon
               ,
               &c.
               
               Jer.
               55.
               11.
               
               
                 And
                 again
              
               ,
               verse
               28.
               
               Prepare
               against
               her
               the
               Nations
               ,
               with
               the
               Kings
               of
               the
               Medes
               ,
               the
               Captains
               thereof
               ,
               and
               all
               the
               Rulers
               thereof
               ,
               and
               all
               the
               Land
               of
               his
               Dominion
               .
            
             
               But
               certain
               it
               is
               that
               the
               Honour
               of
               that
               great
               Victory
               over
               Babylon
               was
               wholly
               given
               to
               Cyrus
               ,
               who
               was
               the
               Instrument
               preordained
               ,
               and
               forenamed
               by
               God
               himself
               :
               not
               onely
               for
               this
               Action
               ;
               but
               also
               for
               the
               delivery
               of
               his
               Church
               :
               Yet
               Daniel
               makes
               it
               plain
               ,
               that
               himself
               :
               not
               onely
               lived
               a
               great
               Officer
               under
               King
               Darius
               ,
               but
               that
               he
               continued
               in
               that
               estate
               to
               the
               first
               year
               of
               Cyrus
               ,
               which
               was
               not
               long
               after
               ,
               which
               also
               was
               the
               year
               of
               Daniels
               Death
               .
            
             
               
                 As
                 for
                 the
                 age
                 of
              
               Cyrus
               
                 we
                 are
                 beholding
                 to
              
               Tully
               
                 for
                 it
                 ;
                 who
                 in
                 his
                 first
                 Book
              
               de
               Divinatione
               ,
               
                 Cites
                 it
                 out
                 of
                 one
              
               Dionysius
               ,
               a
               Persian
               
                 Writer
                 ,
                 in
                 this
                 manner
              
               .
               The
               Sun
               
                 (
                 saith
              
               Dionysius
               )
               appeared
               unto
               Cyrus
               in
               his
               sleep
               ,
               standing
               at
               his
               feet
               ,
               which
               ,
               when
               Cyrus
               thrice
               endeavoured
               to
               take
               in
               his
               hands
               ,
               the
               Sun
               still
               turned
               aside
               ,
               and
               went
               away
               :
               and
               the
               Magi
               ,
               who
               were
               the
               most
               learned
               men
               amongst
               the
               Persians
               ,
               said
               that
               by
               his
               thrice
               offering
               to
               take
               hold
               of
               the
               Sun
               ,
               was
               portended
               to
               him
               that
               he
               should
               raign
               thirty
               years
               ;
               
               which
               came
               to
               pass
               accordingly
               :
               For
               he
               lived
               to
               the
               Age
               of
               seventy
               years
               ,
               and
               began
               not
               to
               raign
               till
               he
               was
               forty
               .
            
             
               In
               the
               first
               year
               of
               Belshazzar
               ,
               
               Daniel
               had
               the
               Vision
               shewed
               him
               of
               the
               four
               Beasts
               ,
               signifying
               the
               four
               Monarchies
               ;
               and
               of
               God
               delivering
               over
               all
               power
               ,
               and
               Sovereignty
               to
               the
               Son
               of
               man
               ,
               Dan.
               7.
               
            
             
               In
               the
               third
               year
               of
               Belshazzar
               ,
               the
               Vision
               of
               the
               Ram
               ,
               and
               Goat
               ,
               foreshewing
               the
               destruction
               of
               the
               Persian
               Monarchy
               by
               Alexander
               the
               Great
               ,
               and
               the
               great
               misery
               which
               Antiochus
               should
               bring
               upon
               the
               People
               of
               God
               was
               shewed
               to
               Daniel
               ,
               living
               then
               at
               
               Susa
               ,
               in
               the
               Province
               of
               Elam
               ,
               upon
               the
               bank
               of
               the
               River
               Vlai
               ,
               which
               environed
               the
               Castle
               of
               Susa
               ,
               and
               parted
               the
               Provinces
               of
               Susa
               ,
               and
               
                 Elemais
                 ,
                 Dan.
              
               8.
               whence
               we
               may
               collect
               ,
               that
               at
               that
               time
               the
               Province
               of
               Susa
               was
               not
               in
               the
               hands
               of
               the
               Medes
               and
               Persians
               ,
               but
               of
               the
               Babylonians
               ,
               under
               whom
               Daniel
               then
               lived
               .
            
             
               Darius
               the
               Mede
               ,
               son
               of
               Cyaxares
               ,
               or
               Ahasuerus
               the
               Son
               of
               Adyages
               ,
               took
               upon
               him
               the
               Kingdom
               ,
               which
               was
               delivered
               over
               to
               him
               by
               Cyrus
               ,
               the
               Conquerer
               ,
               Dan.
               5.
               31.
               
               &
               9.
               1.
               
               The
               Angel
               ,
               in
               this
               first
               year
               of
               his
               Raign
               ,
               is
               said
               to
               have
               confirmed
               ,
               and
               strengthened
               him
               in
               his
               Kingdom
               ,
               Dan.
               11.
               1.
               
               After
               which
               he
               raigned
               two
               years
               .
            
             
               Towards
               the
               end
               of
               the
               first
               year
               of
               Darius
               the
               Mede
               ,
               the
               seventy
               years
               of
               the
               Babylonish
               Captivity
               expired
               ,
               which
               began
               under
               Jehoiakim
               ,
               in
               the
               first
               year
               of
               Nebuchadnezzar
               ,
               at
               which
               time
               God
               promised
               that
               they
               should
               return
               into
               their
               own
               Country
               ,
               
                 Jer.
                 29.
                 10.
                 
                 Thus
                 saith
                 the
                 Lord
                 ,
                 that
                 after
                 seventy
                 years
                 be
                 accomplished
                 at
              
               Babylon
               ,
               
                 I
                 will
                 visit
                 you
                 ,
                 and
                 perform
                 my
                 good
                 Word
                 towards
                 you
                 ,
                 in
                 causing
                 you
                 to
                 return
                 to
                 this
                 place
                 .
              
               Upon
               consideration
               of
               which
               very
               time
               ,
               now
               so
               neer
               approaching
               ,
               it
               was
               ,
               that
               Daniel
               powred
               out
               that
               most
               fervent
               Prayer
               for
               the
               Remission
               of
               his
               own
               sins
               ,
               and
               of
               his
               Peoples
               ;
               and
               for
               that
               promised
               deliverance
               out
               of
               their
               Captivity
               :
               Whereupon
               the
               Angel
               Gabriel
               brought
               him
               an
               answer
               ,
               not
               onely
               concerning
               this
               ,
               but
               also
               for
               the
               spiritual
               deliverance
               of
               the
               Church
               to
               be
               wrought
               at
               last
               by
               the
               Death
               of
               the
               Messias
               ,
               uttering
               that
               most
               famous
               ,
               and
               memorable
               Prophesie
               of
               the
               seventy
               Weeks
               ,
               Dan.
               9.
               12
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               The
               Samaritans
               ,
               by
               the
               means
               of
               some
               Courtiers
               about
               Cyrus
               ,
               whom
               they
               had
               bribed
               for
               that
               purpose
               ,
               distributed
               the
               Jews
               in
               their
               building
               of
               the
               Temple
               ,
               
                 Ezra
                 4.
                 5.
              
               
               Whence
               proceeded
               that
               three
               weeks
               mourning
               of
               the
               Prophet
               Daniel
               ,
               which
               Fast
               he
               begun
               about
               the
               third
               Day
               of
               the
               first
               Moneth
               ,
               in
               the
               third
               year
               of
               
                 Cyrus
                 ,
                 
                 Dan.
                 10.
                 1.
                 4.
                 
              
               After
               which
               ,
               upon
               the
               four
               and
               twentieth
               Day
               of
               the
               first
               Moneth
               ,
               that
               vision
               of
               the
               Kings
               of
               Persia
               ;
               of
               Alexander
               the
               Great
               ,
               and
               his
               Successours
               ,
               and
               their
               Kingdoms
               ,
               was
               shewed
               and
               revealed
               unto
               Daniel
               ,
               as
               he
               stood
               upon
               the
               bank
               of
               Hiddikel
               ,
               or
               Tygris
               ;
               All
               which
               is
               contained
               in
               the
               three
               last
               Chapters
               of
               Daniel
               ;
               which
               (
               as
               may
               be
               collected
               out
               of
               the
               close
               thereof
               )
               was
               the
               last
               Vision
               that
               ever
               he
               had
               ,
               and
               that
               but
               a
               little
               before
               his
               Death
               .
            
             
               FINIS
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
               Courteous
               Reader
               ,
               be
               pleased
               to
               take
               notice
               that
               these
               Books
               following
               ,
               are
               Printed
               for
               ,
               and
               sold
               by
               
                 William
                 Miller
              
               ,
               at
               the
               Gilded
               Acorn
               in
               St
               Pauls
               Church-yard
               ,
               near
               the
               little
               North
               Door
               .
            
             
               Hick●s
               Revelation
               ,
               Revealed
               ,
               Folio
            
             
               Clares
               Martyrology
               Compleat
               ,
               with
               the
               Persecutions
               of
               England
               to
               the
               end
               of
               Queen
               Maries
               Reign
               ,
               Folio
               .
            
             
               —
               Lives
               of
               ten
               Eminent
               Divines
               ,
               some
               being
               as
               follow
               ;
               Bishop
               Vsher
               ,
               Dr
               Gouge
               ,
               Dr
               Harris
               ,
               Mr
               Gataker
               ,
               Mr
               Whittaker
               ,
               &c.
               and
               some
               other
               famous
               Christians
               .
            
             
               —
               Life
               of
               
                 Christ
                 ,
                 4º
              
            
             
               —
               Life
               of
               Herod
               the
               Great
               ,
               4º
            
             
               A
               Prospect
               of
               Hungary
               ,
               and
               Transylvania
               ,
               together
               with
               an
               account
               of
               the
               qualities
               of
               the
               Inhabitants
               ,
               the
               Commodities
               of
               the
               Countries
               ,
               the
               Chiefest
               Cities
               ,
               Towns
               ,
               and
               Strong-holds
               ,
               Rivers
               ,
               and
               Mountains
               ,
               with
               an
               Historycal
               Narration
               of
               the
               Wars
               amongst
               themselves
               ,
               and
               with
               the
               Turks
               ,
               continued
               to
               this
               year
               1664.
               
               As
               also
               a
               Brief
               Description
               of
               
                 Bohemia
                 ,
                 Austria
                 ,
                 Bavaria
                 ,
                 Steirirark
                 ,
                 Croatia
                 ,
                 Dalmatia
                 ,
                 Moravia
                 ,
              
               and
               other
               Adjacent
               Countries
               ,
               contained
               in
               a
               Map
               joyned
               therewith
               ;
               by
               which
               Map
               you
               may
               know
               which
               Places
               are
               in
               the
               Power
               of
               the
               Turk
               ,
               and
               which
               Christians
               have
               4º
            
             
               Ctadocks
               KNOWLEDGE
               and
               PRACTICE
               ;
               Or
               ,
               a
               Plain
               Discourse
               of
               the
               Chief
               Things
               necessary
               to
               be
               KNOWN
               ,
               BELIEVED
               ,
               and
               PRACTISED
               in
               Order
               to
               SALVATION
               ;
               4º
            
             
               Ford
               ,
               of
               Baptism
               ,
               8º
            
             
               Cott●n
               ,
               on
               the
               Covenant
               of
               Grace
               ,
               8º
            
             
               Culverwell
               ,
               of
               Assurance
               ,
               8º
            
             
               Records
               Urinal
               of
               Physick
               ,
               8º
            
             
               Ravius
               Oriental
               Grammar
               ,
               12º
            
             
               Peacocks
               Visitation
               ,
               12º
            
             
               Dr
               Tuckney's
               Good
               Day
               well
               Improved
               ,
               12º
            
             
               —
               Death
               Disarmed
               ,
               12º
            
             
               —
               Balm
               of
               Gilead
               ,
               12º
            
             
               Clamor
               Sanguinis
               ,
               12º
            
             
               King
               Charles's
               Works
               ,
               24º
            
             
          
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A33322-e470
           
             His
             Parentage
             .
          
           
             Ninive
             taken
             .
          
           
             Nebuchadnezzar
             made
             King.
             
          
           
             Prophesies
             of
             him
             .
          
           
             His
             first
             Action
             .
             He
             Conquers
             Jehoiakim
             .
          
           
             His
             Fathers
             death
             .
          
           
             He
             Conquers
             
               Pharaoh
               Necho
            
             .
          
           
             He
             Conquers
             Syria
             .
          
           
             2
             Chron.
             36.
             9.
             
          
           
             The
             weak
             estate
             of
             the
             Egyptians
             .
          
           
             Nebuchadnezzar
             lays
             a
             Tribute
             upon
             Jehoiakim
             .
          
           
             The
             Captivity
             foretold
             .
          
           
             Jer.
             25.
             15
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Jer.
             27.
             
          
           
             Jer.
             25.
             12
             ,
             &c.
             And
             their
             return
             .
             Jeremy
             imprisoned
             .
          
           
             Jeheiakim
             burns
             the
             Roule
             .
          
           
             Tyre
             rebelleth
             against
             Nebuchadnezzar
             .
          
           
             Tyre
             besieged
             .
          
           
             Isay
             23.
             
          
           
             Jer.
             25.
             
          
           
             Esek
             .
             26.
             
          
           
             The
             difficulty
             of
             the
             work
             .
          
           
             Jehoiakim
             rebels
             ,
             and
             is
             taken
             ,
             and
             slain
             .
          
           
             Jer.
             22.
             18
             ,
             19.
             
             &
             36.
             30.
             
          
           
             Jeconias
             made
             King
             :
             and
             imprisoned
             .
          
           
             Jer.
             29.
             2.
             
          
           
             2
             Kin.
             28.
             8
             ,
             16.
             
          
           
             2
             Chron.
             36.
             10.
             
          
           
             Jer.
             24.
             1.
             
             &
             29.
             1
             ,
             2.
             
          
           
             Esek
             .
             17.
             12.
             
          
           
             Zedekiah
             is
             made
             King.
             
          
           
             Jer.
             37.
             1.
             
          
           
             2
             King.
             24.
             17.
             
          
           
             Jer.
             24.
             2.
             
          
           
             Babylons
             destruction
             foretold
             .
          
           
             Sundry
             Prophesies
             of
             Jeremy
             .
          
           
             Jer.
             51.
             59.
             
          
           
             Jer.
             27.
             8.
             
          
           
             Ananias
             a
             false
             Prophet
             .
          
           
             Jer.
             28.
             
          
           
             Jer.
             28.
             15.
             
          
           
             Zedechias
             rebels
             .
          
           
             Esek
             .
             17.
             15
             ,
             17.
             
          
           
             Jerusalem
             besieged
             .
          
           
             Jer.
             32.
             
             &
             34.
             
          
           
             Jer.
             44.
             
          
           
             Egypt
             a
             broken
             staff
             .
          
           
             Jer.
             37.
             3
             ,
             10.
             
          
           
             Lev.
             25.
             39
             ,
             40
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Jer.
             34.
             
          
           
             Jer.
             39.
             
          
           
             Jer.
             39.
             
          
           
             Jer.
             39.
             1.
             
             &
             52.
             4.
             
          
           
             Jerusalem
             taken
             .
          
           
             Zedechias
             flyes
             and
             is
             taken
             .
          
           
             And
             carried
             to
             Babylon
             .
          
           
             Jer.
             34.
             3
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             2
             King.
             25
             ▪
             4
             ,
             7.
             
          
           
             Jer.
             39.
             4
             ,
             7
             &
             52.
             7
             ,
             11.
             
          
           
             2
             King.
             25.
             8.
             
          
           
             Jer.
             52.
             13.
             with
             39.
             8.
             
          
           
             The
             Temple
             ,
             and
             City
             burnt
             
          
           
             2
             King.
             25.
             18.
             
          
           
             Jer.
             39.
             8
             ,
             9.
             
             &
             52.
             14
             ,
             23.
             
          
           
             2
             Chron.
             36.
             18
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Poor
             People
             left
             under
             Gedaliah
             .
          
           
             Jer.
             39.
             10.
             
          
           
             Jer.
             40.
             16
             
          
           
             Jeremy
             goes
             to
             them
             .
          
           
             Jer.
             40.
             6.
             
          
           
             Gedaliah
             slain
             .
          
           
             Jer.
             41.
             2.
             
          
           
             2
             King.
             25.
             25.
             
          
           
             Jeremy's
             counsel
             rejected
             .
          
           
             Jer.
             43.
             
          
           
             He
             is
             carried
             into
             Egypt
             ,
             and
             stoned
             .
          
           
             Nebuchadnezzar
             Conquers
             divers
             Nations
             .
          
           
             Tyre
             is
             taken
             .
          
           
             The
             Jews
             enemies
             threatned
             .
          
           
             They
             are
             destroyed
             by
             Nebuchadnezzar
             .
          
           
             Isa.
             16.
             14.
             
          
           
             Egypt
             attempted
             by
             Nebuchadnezzar
             .
          
           
             Egypt
             conquered
             .
          
           
             Carnall
             confidences
             .
          
           
             Egypt
             never
             recovered
             its
             strength
             again
             .
          
           
             Ninive
             destroyed
             .
             See
             before
             
          
           
             Babylon
             beautified
             
          
           
             Pensile
             Gardens
             .
          
           
             Nebuchadnezzars
             Golden
             Image
             .
          
           
             D●n
             .
             2.
             31
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             His
             Pride
             .
          
           
             A
             Miracle
             .
          
           
             Dan.
             3.
             26
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Dan.
             3.
             29.
             
          
           
             He
             makes
             a
             Decree
             to
             Gods
             Honour
             .
          
           
             His
             dream
             interpreted
             .
          
           
             He
             dwels
             with
             the
             Beasts
             .
          
           
             His
             Bodily
             shape
             not
             changed
             .
          
           
             He
             is
             restored
             to
             his
             Kingdom
             .
          
           
             And
             gives
             Glory
             to
             God.
             
          
           
             Gods
             Justice
             
          
           
             A
             Prophesie
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A33322-e8210
           
             His
             Parentage
             .
          
           
             His
             Education
             .
          
           
             His
             first
             Action
             in
             War.
             
          
           
             Evilmerodach
             is
             slain
             .
          
           
             The
             strength
             of
             Media
             .
          
           
             Cyrus
             made
             Generall
             of
             the
             Army
             .
          
           
             He
             overthrows
             the
             Babylonians
             .
          
           
             Cyrus
             his
             great
             victories
             .
          
           
             Craesus
             his
             Victories
             .
          
           
             The
             Devils
             subtilty
             .
          
           
             Good
             Counsel
             neglected
             .
          
           
             Craesus
             marches
             against
             Cyrus
             .
          
           
             A
             great
             Battel
             .
          
           
             Craesus
             retreats
             .
          
           
             Cyrus
             pursues
             him
             .
          
           
             And
             beseiges
             him
             in
             Sardis
             .
          
           
             Sardis
             taken
             .
          
           
             Craesus
             preserved
             
          
           
             He
             should
             have
             been
             Burnt
             ,
             but
             is
             saved
             .
          
           
             Cyrus
             makes
             him
             his
             friend
             .
          
           
             Cyrus
             invades
             Scythia
             .
          
           
             His
             danger
             .
          
           
             The
             strength
             of
             Babylon
             .
          
           
             Babylon
             fortified
             by
             Nicotris
             .
          
           
             Cyrus
             invades
             Babylon
             .
          
           
             Cyrus
             besieges
             it
             .
          
           
             The
             Babylonlans
             vain
             Hopes
             .
          
           
             Cyrus's
             stratagem
             .
          
           
             Belshazzars
             Feast
             .
          
           
             His
             Blasphemy
             .
          
           
             The
             Writing
             on
             the
             Wall.
             
          
           
             The
             Kings
             distraction
             
          
           
             The
             Queen
             comforts
             him
             .
          
           
             Daniel
             brought
             in
             .
          
           
             The
             Kings
             Speech
             to
             him
             .
          
           
             Daniels
             answer
             .
          
           
             He
             reads
             ,
             and
             Interprets
             the
             writing
             .
          
           
             Cyrus
             drains
             Euphrates
             .
          
           
             Babylon
             taken
             .
          
           
             Belshazzar
             slain
             .
          
           
             Prophesies
             fulfilled
             .
          
           
             The
             greatness
             of
             Babylon
             .
          
           
             Babylons
             miserable
             Captivity
             .
          
           
             Cyrus
             releases
             the
             Jews
             .
          
           
             His
             Decree
             for
             it
             .
          
           
             Or
             Zorobabel
             .
          
           
             He
             restores
             the
             vessels
             of
             the
             Temple
             .
          
           
             The
             Jews
             come
             to
             Jerusalem
             .
          
           
             His
             Marriage
             .
          
           
             His
             Governours
             .
          
           
             His
             great
             Army
             ,
             &
             Victories
             .
          
           
             Cyrus
             his
             Civil
             Government
             .
          
           
             His
             last
             Wars
             .
          
           
             His
             Death
             .
          
           
             His
             Epitaph
             .
          
           
             Alexander
             opens
             his
             Sepulchre
             And
             honours
             his
             Tomb.
             
          
           
             Cyrus
             his
             last
             words
             .
          
           
             His
             Issue
             .
          
           
             His
             Age.
             
          
           
             Some
             usefull
             Observations
             .