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PHILIP, after his triumphant returne into Macedon, by the Lieute∣nant of his Armie Parmenio, slaughtered many thousands of the Illy∣rians, and Dardanians, and brought the Thracians to pay him the tenth part of all their reuennues. But his next enterprise against the Perin∣thians staied his furie. Perinthus was a Citie of Thrace, seated vpon [unspec 10] Propontis, in the mid-way betweene Sestos and Brzantium, a place of great strength, and a people resolued to defend their libertie against Philip, where the Athenians incouraged and assisted them. Philip sate downe before it with a puis∣sant Armie, made many faire breaches, gaue many furious assaults, built many o∣uer-topping and commanding Towers about it. But hee was repel'd with equall violence. For whereas Philip thought by his continuall assaults to 〈◊〉〈◊〉 them, and waste both their men and munition, they were supplied, not only from the Persian with men and money, and succoured from Byzantium which stood vpon the same Sea-coast, but they were relieued from Athens, Chio, and Rhodes, by the conduction of Phocion, with whatsoeuer was wanting to their necessitie. But because those of [unspec 20] 〈◊〉〈◊〉, by reason of their neighbour-hood, and the easie passage by water, gaue them often and readie helpe; Philip remoued with the one halfe of his Armie and besieg'd it, leauing fifteene thousand foot before Perinthus, to force it if they could; but to be short, he failed in both attempts, (as all Princes commonly doe that vn∣der-take diuers enterprises at one time) and returned into Macedon with no lesse dishonour than losse: whereupon he made an Ouerture of peace with the Athenians, and greatly desired it, to which though Phocion perswaded them in all he could, and that by the occasion offered they might greatly aduantage their conditions; Yet Demosthenes with his eloquence preuailed in the refusall. In the meane while, Philip hauing digested his late affront, and supplied his expence, by the taking of an hun∣dred [unspec 30] and threescore and ten Marchants ships, he gathered new forces, and being ac∣companied with his sonne Alexander, led them into Scythya; but hee was also vn∣prosperous in this enterprise: For the Triballi, a people of Moesia set on him in his returne, wounded him, and tooke from him the greatest part of the spoiles, which he had gathered.