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 The Fotir Monarchies. 293

And Leonatus feeks to flop/" that fo

He jo3'ne not with Antipater their" foe.

The Athenian Army was the greater far,

(Which did his Match with Cleopatra mar)

For fighting ftill, while there did hope remain

The valiant Chief amidft his foes was flain.

'Mongft all the princes'' of great Alexander

For perfonage, none like to this Commander.

Now to Antipater Craterus goes,

Blockt up in Lamia ftill by his foes,

Long marches through Cilicia he makes.

And the remains of Leonatus takes :

With them and his he into Grccia went,

A^itipater xQXo.'di'^Ci from prifonment:

After which time the Greeks did never more

A61 any thing of worth, as heretofore:

But under fervitude their necks remain'd,

Nor former liberty or glory gain'd.

Now di'd about the end of th' Lamian war [163]

DemoJIkenes, that fweet-tongue'd Orator,^

Who fear'd Antipater would take his life

For animating the Athenian ftrife:

To end his dayes by poifon rather chofe

Then fall into the hands of mortal foes.

Craterus and Antipater now joyne,

In love and in affinity combine,

'« Striving to flop Leonatus, « that. o Captains.

P The next four lines are not in the first edition.

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