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Title:  The mirrour of mutabilitie, or Principall part of the Mirrour for magistrates Describing the fall of diuers famous princes, and other memorable personages. Selected out of the sacred Scriptures by Antony Munday, and dedicated to the Right Honorable the Earle of Oxenford.
Author: Munday, Anthony, 1553-1633.
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The InductionPTOLOMYE King of Egipt, es∣poused his fayre Daughter Cleo∣patra to Alexander the Sonne of the Noble Antiochus, the which contracted betweene them two a great bond and league of ami tie / the which Ptolomye afterward periurd ely for∣look, in recalling his former fauour from Alexan∣der, labouring by all possible meanes for to defeat him of his Kingdome, and Alexander remayning for a time out of his Realme: serued fit for the pur pose of Ptolomye, for he leuyed a great Armye of men, and iournyed into Siria, where he was very honorably receiued into euery Cittie, because it had beene so commaunded before by Alexander, & his trecherous treason was not suspected / for be cause he was the Kings Father in law. But Pto∣lomye whose going was only for that intent: in e∣uery Cittie left certayne well armed men, to for∣tifye them for his practise. And hauing subdued all the Citties on the Sea coasts: ioyned in Lea∣gue with Demetrius, and took Cleopatra his daugh ter from Alexander, and gaue her to Demetrius, ray∣sing vp a slaunderous reporte of Alexander, how that he sought all meanes to kill him. When as his greedy and vnsatiable couetousnes was no∣ted and espyed: he departed to Antioche, where he set two Crownes vpon his owne head, the one of Egipt / the other of Asia. Alexander at that time making his aboad in the dominions of Cicilia, & hauing been ixcitated with the cruell attempt of his rather in law: returned home, making open 0