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Rh on another, Counterfeits his Fathers Name and Hand to Certain Letters, wherein he Promies his Aitance to the Neighbour Princes againt Labynetus. Thee Letters Ennus carry's to the King, and Charges his Father with Treaon,though in Appearance, with All the trouble and unwillingnes that was poible, Only a Sene of his Duty to his King and to his Country, wallow'd up All other Repects of Reverence and Modety that a Son ows to a Father. The King took All Thee Calumnies for Intances of Ennus's Affections to him, without the Leat Supition of any Fraud in the Matter: So that without any further Enquiry, he ordered Æop to be put to Death. The Perons to whom the Care of his Execution was Committed, being well Aured of his Innocence, and of the Kings Ungovernable Paions, took him out of the way, and Gave it out that he was Dead. Some few Dayes after this, there came Letters to Labynetus from Amais the King of Ægypt, wherein Labynetus was Deired by Amais to end him a certain Architect that could raie a Tower that hould Hang in the Aire, and likewie Reolve All Quetions. Labynetus was at a Great Los what anwer to return, And the Fiercenes of his Displeaure againt Æop being by This time omewhat Abated, he began to Enquire after him with Great Paion, and would often Proes, That if the Parting with One halfe of his Kingdom could bring him to Life again, he would Give it. Hermippus and Others that had kept him out of the Way, told the King upon the Hearing of This, That Æop was yet Alive; o They were commanded to bring him forth; which they did, in All the Beatlynes he had Contracted in the Prion. He did no ooner Appear, but he made his Innocence o manifet, that Labynetus in Extreme Difpleaure and Indignation, commanded the Fale Accuer to be put to Death with mot Exquiite Torments; But Æop, after All this, Interceded for him, and Obtained his Pardon, upon a Charitable Preumption, that the Sence of o Great a Goodnes and Obligation would yet work upon him. Herodotus tells this Story of Cambyes the Son of Cyrus, and Crœus, and with what Joy Cambyes received Crœus again, after he was uppoed to be put to death by his own Order; but Then it Varies in This, that he Caued Thoe to be put to Death, that were to have een the Execution done, for not Oberving his Commands.