Abortiv tiations :pith Philip.-Winter had now set in and T. Quin s, after the capture of Elatea, had quartered his troops in Phocis and Locris. Political dissensions broke out in Onus, the one varty summoned the Aetolians. who were J‘r口‘.口了 the nearer. to their aid.the other narty called in the Romans. The Aetolians were the first to arrive on the scene ，but the other vartv. the wealthier and more influential one, refused JL砂， them admittance and after hing a message to the Roman general held the city pen his a rrival. The citadel was garrisoned by Philip's troops and neither the threats of the Opuntians nor the authoritative tone of the Roman commander availed to turn them out. The place would have been attacked at once had not a herald arrived from the king asking for a place and time to be appointed for an interview. After considerable hesitation! the r equ est Was granted. Quinctius' reluctance was not due to his not wishing to have the credit of bh g the war to a close by arms and by negotiations, for not yet know whether one of the new consuls might not be sent out as his successor or whether he would be continued in his command, a decision which he had charged his friends and relations to do their utmost to secure." He thought, however, that a conference would suit his purpose and leave him at liberty to turn it in favour of war if he remained in command, or of peace i f he had to leave. __They selected a spot on the shore， of t地Maliac咖if near 1V Icaea. The king proceeded thither from vemetrias m a warves.el escorted by five swift barques. He was accompanied staff, Agesimbrotus, commandant of the Rhodian fleet, Phaeneas, the chief ma梦strate of the Aetolians, and two .Achaeans, Aristaenus and Xenophon. Surrounded by this group of notables the Roman general advanced to the edge of the beach, and on the king coming forward to the head of his ship, which was lying at anchor, he called out to him, “if you would step ashore we should both address and hear one another more comfortably." The king refused to do this, on which Quinctius asked,“W- hat on earth are you afraid of?” In a proud and kingly tone Philip replied,“ I fear no one but the immortal gods but I do not trust all those I see about, and least ofall the Aetolians." “That." answered Ouinctius.“is a danzer to which all who ，、.，v into conference with an enemy are equally- exposed, if,, that 曰︺.15 0，勺 no faith is kept."“Yes; T. Quinctius," was Philip's rejoinder,“but the rewards of treachery, should any be meditated, are not the same for both sides;Philip and Phaeneas are not equal in value. The Aetolians would not find it so difficult to substitute another m心strate, as the Macedonians would to