L. VIVES.
ARalius (a)] In the old copies Argius: in Eusebius, Analius, sonne to Arrius the last King before him, hee reigned fortie yeares. The sonne in Assyria euer more succeeded the fa∣ther, Uelleius. (b) Esau and Iacob] Of Iacob, Theodotus, a gentile, hath written an elegant poem and of the Hebrew actes. And Artapanus, and one Philo, not the Iew, but ano∣ther, Alexander Polyhistor also, who followeth the Scriptures, all those wrote of Iacob. (c) Xerxes the elder] Aralius his sonne: hee reigned forty yeares. There were two more * 1.1 Xerxes, but those were Persian Kings: the first Darius Hidaspis his sonne, and the second suc∣cessor to Artaxerxes Long-hand, reigning but a few moneths. The first of those sent the huge armies into Greece. Xerxes in the Persian tongue, is a warriour, and Artaxerxes a great warriour. Herodot. in Erato. The booke that beareth Berosus his name, saith that the eight King of Babilon was called Xerxes, surnamed Balaus, and reigned thirty yeares, that they cal∣led him Xerxes, Victor, for that hee wone twise as many nations to his Empire, as Aralius ruled, for hee was a stoute and fortunate souldiour, and enlarged his kingdome almost vnto India. Thus saith that author, what euer hee is. Eusaebius for Balaeus readeth Balanaeus: 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 in Greeke, is Balnearius, belonging to the bathe. (d) Thuriachus] Eusebius hath it, Tira∣•…•…, * 1.2 and so hath the Bruges old coppy: but erroniously, as it hath much more. Egyrus (saith Pausanias) was Thelexions sonne, and Thurimachus his sonne, in the seauenth yeare of whose reigne Isaacs sonnes were borne. (e) Armamitres] He reigned thirty eight yeares, and Leucippus, the sonne of Thuriachus forty fiue, our counterfeit Berosus calleth him Arma∣•…•….
(f) Inachus] In Peloponesus there is the Argolican gulfe (now called Golfo di Na∣•…•…) * 1.3 reaching from Sylla's promontory vnto Cape Malea, and the Myrtoan sea (now called 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Mandria) conteining the Citties Argolis, Argos, and Mycenas, the riuers of Inachus, and Erasmus, and part of Lycaonia. Here did Inachus reigne at first, and gaue his name to the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 that springs from mount Lyrcaeus. Some thinke that both hee and Phoroneus reigned at Argos in Thessaly, but the likenesse of the name deceiueth them. For there is Argos indeed 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Thessaly, called Pelasgis by Homer, and there is Pelasgis in Poloponesus, and Achaei, and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 in both countries. Strabo saith that Pelops came into Apia with the Phthiots that 〈◊〉〈◊〉 now in Thessaly, and gaue Peloponesus his name afterwards: and that there were some Pelasgi, that were the first inhabitants of Italy about the mouth of Po, and some Thessalians 〈◊〉〈◊〉 inhabited Vmbria. But Pelasgus was the sonne of Niobe, Phoroneus his daughter and * 1.4 〈◊〉〈◊〉, and from him came the Achiues and the Peloponnesians that first peopled Aemonia (afterwards called Thessaly) in great multitudes. Dionys. Halicarn. Achaeus, Phthius and Pelasgus were the sonnes of Neptune and Larissa, came into Aemonia, chased out the Barbari∣•…•…, and diuided it into three parts, each one leauing his name vnto his share. I thinke be∣•…•… they would continue the memory of their old countrey, hauing left Achaia, Pelasgis, 〈◊〉〈◊〉, and Larissa the Argiue tower, at Argos, here they would renew the names for the me∣•…•… and fame of their nation.