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Show ~i~. I . . the pr'ttef/ce of th~ [ec;ond PR?Zick.._ war was Szc ~ Mm ~ • the ComroverlyaboucS.ag#ntum,the caufe de Argzvu CD'l~ h · rl' · f 'h C' h . . lra E pidaurio.s was t e m. 1 gna tH:m o ~ e art) t:tgmta~s •gens, qt4am for the Agteemems, wh1ch the 'Romans m pritu vo&averat unequal times had extorted from them,and ~"~«"~, m•x their c~m·age raifed by the profperity of vocAt ani,.,. their affairs in Spain noted by P l b · ~uomodo & . ' 0 )' tus, Gr.ecum.·,x;,, Likewile, Thu'cydides judgeth the true Latinum Prin- caufe of the Pe!oponnejian war to have dpior~m 'V~ been the Athenians growing Greamtls , mn,•1••!!J.;tf1:U which brought them into tu(picion with gmtru, tJJe ]e11~ h L d . b ftu at!Jbigui 11o- t e ace ernonudu? ut the pretence was ttSvimrM, Scl'ip. the controver[y of the {orcyret:tns , Poli· torts . co~{lantl- deans. and other_ things r where yet, he nop~t~:dam rmd- prom1fcuoufly u1eth the termes "' pretence pem ' quo d 'r: Th . h r. rt- alii ~J'"~•,[tt· an CLJUJ ~. ere IS t e 1ame dirretence in pe-.'Tei•'A.wuo- the Orat1on of thcCampanians to thli Ro· tan,,;.~1if~mex mans, when they fay they fought againll til._chttl~ b,ft11 ; the Samnites , in word for the Sidicines l'ttJ,quz lldre,T#· · d d r h r ' mtJtda ·arma ex lll. ee ror t eintel ve s ; becau[e they per· P•tr~clo fumftt ct:!tVed , when the Sidicines were con(uV'~ t~·ia'~· med, the fire would pafs on to thefil. And L~r1us l1b. 7. Livy rclateth, how Antiochus took arms f~}c~~uidem aglinfi the Romatu, i#fh~w,fo'r the death pra:tcxto opu~ of P zr.cil!d, and feme ofher rnatt~r.s ; in ~abcn~; fpe- truth~ becaufe he had great hope of iuc· c:em aJJqu2~ cefs by reafon of the decayed dilciplin of &1oecobtdun1 1 t1- the Romans. So Plutarchob[et'veth it was ru um ~a- ' di dedere.vcr~ not truly objec_led to Antony by (idro , ba jU.11t in hac that f-!e was the caufe of the Civil war , bi#oritt Pl~tar- when C afar,refolved uporl a War, had on~ ;;~ t11~':"~ aH· 1 ~ ta~e~ ~~e 'pre~e~t frgfu Anfon7 t. •· · · ~._:.._Cuntbtq;Pudoris Rumpunt fara mor2s. Juftos Fortuna Iabontr · · ~lfe ~ia motus , & caufas invenit armis, ~VI. 1··. CVI. Wars withoHt any cau[ear.' wild ttnd brutifh. ' \ . SOme, upon neither of the[e caufes,are , Larried into wars, greedy of danger-s , ' ~ as TacitHs fpeaks, for dangers fak._e. • . The faults of theie n'len exceed every hu- T:ic1t. PertCU• lnan name an d 1. s by Artf t ot l e terme d 1oru.m I pro'dp'- , . ' . • ter 'P'a a.v' 1. 6•&•11ft, fenty. Of theie , Seneca • I may vc Alarm Am-fay , it u not cruelty but ferity , whrc~ miamu, ~i~. 3 t. takJs plt-aJure in blood: w~ may call tt llt_h~mm1bus madners • w he reof t he re v/_ e [!u nd r v J( ;o rt s , qu'dtC' tJS &. vJan-. J' J I CJ IS (ltJUm C!L and none more evident than that which voluptabilc, runn~thto the [laughter ofmen,_andcut- jraii~os periting them to pieas. To which ientence, cula JUVant & very like ,are tho[e words of * Ariftotle : 1b~b1Ia. J ,. 1 "' d d h 1_ d h .~ .'J..uCr.dm, Verr cr-uel in ee is e to ve accounte , w Jo cap. 7 • Idem 1_ :t, mak! s hu friends his enemies, out ofcrzree- de Ira c. 5. de dinefs to fight and fhed blood. Dion Pru· Apo/l(Jdtro locuf: ronlis: ff/ithout caufe to be ca1·ried into tiM & Pbalari- -wars .'a n d ft.g ht s , t.S meer mad n e (f , t l' lat dne . :' rHa ~cf no. n • . et~ 1 , err- {eeks mi{ch)efto it {elf. And the fore.c1ted raseft. Sener;a faith , No man is fo inhuman, as *ultimo Nicho-to wAj/ httmanblood, or very few. mach. ora't. 37. C V I I. Agaihfl wars , which have · not juftifick_.caufes , or not trsdyfuch. EpiP . •• t BUt the greateH part of th.ofe that ~o to "Waf hive fua[ory caufes, and thou~' eiUiei" without juflill,k caufes , or with ~~eq1, Some ~are not at all for juft~flck_ caufes : |