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Title:  Eight bookes of the Peloponnesian Warre written by Thucydides the sonne of Olorus. Interpreted with faith and diligence immediately out of the Greeke by Thomas Hobbes secretary to ye late Earle of Deuonshire
Author: Thucydides.
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was euery way in tumult, and in choler against Pericles, remembring nothing of what hee had formerly admoni∣shed them; but reuiled him, for that being their Generall, hee refused to leade them into the Field, and imputing vn∣to him the cause of all their euill: but Pericles seeing them in passion for their present losse, and ill aduised, and being confident hee was in the right touching not sallying, as∣sembled them not, nor called any Councell, for feare lest being together, they might vpon passion rather then iudgement commit some error: But looked to the guar∣ding of the Citie, and as much as hee could, to keepe it in quiet. Neuerthelesse he continually sent out Horse-men, to keepe the Scowts of the Armie from entring vpon, and doing hurt to the Fields neere the Citie. And there happened at Phrygij a small Skirmish, between one troope of Horse of the Athenians (with whom were also the Thes∣salians) and the Horsemen of the Boeotians;A Skirmish between the Athenian and Boeotian Horse. wherein the A∣thenians and Thessalians had not the worse, till such time as the Boeotians were ayded by the comming in of their men of Armes, and then they were put to flight, and a few of the Athenians and Thessalians slaine; whose bodies notwith∣standing they fetcht off the same day, without leaue of the Enemie: and the Peloponnesians the next day erected a Trophie. This ayde of the Thessalians was vpon an anci∣ent League with the Athenians, and consisted of Larissaeans, Pharsalians, Parasians, Cranonians, Peirasians, Gyrtonians, Phe∣raeans. The Leaders of the Larissaeans, were Polymedes and Aristonus, men of contrary factions in their Citie. Of the Pharsalians, Meno. And of the rest, out of the seuerall Cities, seuerall Commanders. The Peloponnesians seeing the Athenians would not come out to fight, dislodging from Acharnas,Archidamus remoues from Acharnas. wasted certaine other Villages, betweene the Hils Parnethus, and Brelissus.Whilest these were in Attica,The Athenians send 100. Gallies to infest the Sea-Coast of Peloponnesus. the Athenians sent the hun∣dred Gallies which they had prouided, and in them 1000. men of Armes, and 400. Archers, about Peloponnesus; the Commanders whereof were Charcinus, the sonne of Xenoti∣mus; Proteus, the sonne of Epicles; and Socrates, the sonne of Antigenes: who thus furnished, weighed Anchor, and went their way. The Peloponnesians,The Peloponnesians goe home. when they had stayd in Attica as long as their prouision lasted, went home through Boeotia, not 0