OF THE

HISTORY

OF THE

WORL D:

ENTREATING OF

THE TIMES FROM THE SETTLED RULE OF ALEXANDER'S SUCCESSORS IN THE EAST, UNTIL THE ROMANS, PREVAILING OVER ALL, MADE CONQUEST OF ASIA AND MACEDON.

BOOK V. CONTINUED.

CHAP. IV.

Of Philip the father of Perseus, king of Macedon. His first acts and war with the Romans, by whom he was subdued.

SECT. I.

How the Romans grew acquainted in the east countries, and desirous The beginning of many princes, with great wars, The Etolians overrun Peloponnesus. Philip and

of war there. at one time. his associates make war against the Etolians. Alteration of the state in Sparta. The Etolians invade Greece and Macedon, and are invaded at home by Philip.

OF the great similitude found in worldly events, the limitation of a matter hath been assigned as a probable cause. For since nature is confined unto a subject that is not un

RALEGH, VOL. IV.

a Plut. in Vita Sertorii.