meane tyme the people of Argos, who had already conspyredde to recouer and take agayne the gouernement, espying the tyme whan the Lacedemonyans ex∣ercysed themself all naked accordinge to their custome: they arose vppe againste their gouernours in armure, and some of them they dyd slay, and the other they bannished, who, bifore that they were chased or dryuen fromthence, had sent vnto the Lacedemonyans, to haue theire ayde, but they slacked tomuch their cōming through cause of their sayde excercise or playes, notwythstandinge they sone after deferred or put them of, and issued fourth into the feldes for to succour the said gouernours. But beinge arryued at Tegea, and vnderstandinge there that the said gouernours were driuen away, they retourned frōthence & acheued or made an ende of their said playes. Afterwardes ambassadours were sent vnto them, as∣well by those, that were chased fromthence, as also by those, that gouernedde the towne, the which were hearde by ye Lacedemoniās in the presence of their allyes. And after that the thinges were at lengthe debated, it was declared, that the go∣uernours were wronfully and wtout cause bannished, and was concluded to go thider in armure, and by force to place thē agayne wythin the towne, but the exe∣cution beinge to longe delayed, they, that were wythin the towne, fearynge to be ouercomme and takene, reallied themself afreshe wyth the Athenyans. thinking to be by them garded and defended: and that done, they caused soubdainelye the walls to be made from the towne vnto the sea, to the ende that if they were em¦pesched or lett to haue victuails by lande, they might yet haue them by sea, and∣thys they dyd (hauinge intelligence wyth some of the Cyties of Peloponese) in so great diligence, that there was not man nor woman, yonge nor olde, small nor great, that imploied not himself therin. Also the Athenyans sente thider all their masons & carpenters, so yt the said walls, were acheued and fynished at the ende of sommer. Whych parceued, the Lacedemonyans assembled all their allyes, ex∣cept ye Corinthians, and in the beginning of wynter they wente to make warre a∣gainst them vnder conducte of their king Agis. And they had also some intelly∣gence in the towne of Argos, but seinge that it came not to effecte, they toke the walles, whyche were newely made and not fully fynished, by force, and rasedde them downe. And afterwardes they dyd take a small towne, that was in the ter∣rytorye of the sayde Argos, named Hysias, by assault, and dyd slaye all the nota∣ble or beste men that they founde wythin it, and afterwardes retourned frome∣thence into their houses. And sone after the Argyues yssued fourth of their town wyth all their force agaynste the Phliasians, & pillagedde alle their lande, for so∣muche as they hadde receyuedde their exiles or bannyshedde men: of whome some had there, houses and heredytamentes, and afterwardes retourned from∣thence into their towne. That same wynter, the Athenyans made warre against Perdiccas in Macedonie, vnder colour of thys, that they sayde, that he had con∣spired against them wt the Lacedemonyans and the Argiues, and that whan the same Athenyās had prepared their army for to sende them into Thrace against the Chalcydes and the Amphipolites vnder the conducte of Nyrias, he hadde dissembled wyth them, in suche sorte, that the sayde enterpryse coulde not be exe∣cuted, and by that meane he was declared their enemy. And in thies entrefaicts passed that winter, which was the ende of the fourtenth yere of that same warre. At begynnynge of the sommer followynge, Alcibiades wyth twenty shipps pas∣sed into Argos, and there beinge entred into the cytie, he toke three houndred of the burgeoses of the towne, whyche he suspected to take the parte wyth the La∣cedemonyans, whome he caused to departe and to be caryed into the Islandes whyche the Athenyans gouernedde in that same quarter.