The Four Monarchies. 297
And fain would Etwteites draw to their fide,
But he alone moft ' faithfull did abide :
The other all had Kingdomes in their eye,
But he was true to's mailers family.
Nor could Cratencs, whom he much did love.
From his fidelity once make him move:
Two Battles fought, and had of both the belV
And brave Craterus flew among the reft;
For this fad^ fhrife he poures out his complaints, [166]
And his beloved foe full fore laments.
I fliould but fnip a ftory into bits
And his great A6ts and glory much eclipfe,
To fhew the dangers Etimenes befel,'"
His fhratagems wherein he did excel:
His Policies, how he did extricate
Himfelf from out of Lab'rinths intricate:"
He that at large would fatiffie his mind.
In Plutarchs Lives his hiftory may find.
For all that fhould be faid, let this fuffice.
He was both valiant, faithfull, patient, wife,
Pythcm now chofe Prote6tor of the ftate.
His rule Queen Euridice begins to hate.
Sees " Arrideus muft not King it long.
If once young Alexander grow more ftrong,
i now. y Two battells now he fought, and had the heft,
^ great. ^ verfe.
w And much ecliple his glory to rehearle
The difficulties Eumenes befell, « The next two lines are not in the first edition. " Perceives.
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