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Show .59ti Ibidem EurH\beus Captivus : !i(uit me necabur~t ' non erunt purlt !"1""114· • • ,. Lib. 1 :z.. t Capitol. M. Antonio. cA.qu,tatem etwn '"'A c•ptoJ boflcs (ujiodivit. · f f: . wife , without controverfy ( a1th he) they .do amifs. Tofpare Capti~es,_i~a . ~ i ·, 'command of Goodnefs and Equ1ty, ia1th ~ Senect~'*; and in Hifl:ories we find them .c.. . De b>ene,. f, h d d h h 18• every w ere commen e. , w ?' w en too - breat a number of Ca puves m1ght be burdenfome or dangerous , chofe rather to let them all go, than to fia y them. For the fa-rrie cauies,chey that yield-up themfelves, R c0~enaming for the faving of their lives, t Thhee Peormfia1nnss whet he t: .m ba tte ll or m. a 1r.t ege, are not to ~~~he fort of be teje&ed t. Therefore Arrian faith,the "Petra, Gotti,J+ flaughter made by the Thebans upon w.e. ~~kc f:.J>~ thofe that yielded, was not according co on.Yft~l,:e ~i~h the ·manner of the qrecians. Likewife in ;~~tyok.~,apd .Thucydides *: Ye receiv'd us wi!Ling,11nd we woul4 . jlf:etching forth our hands: and the. Ore· fpare yo~ -, cidns ufe not to kill [uch. TheSyr~tcuftan tdhof.iog~!'>J.lh 'Senators in Diodorus Siculus; It ~· wor· e tre ~at , " r. and f)lve you · .thy o.f a Noble mtnd, to [pare a.Juppliant, :~gainft your· Sopater : To [ave [uppliants , u a cu~om wills, as~- in wah. In towns belieged, 'twas obfer· f~tes ChdnC-. ved by the 'R..!!_mam , before the Ram had vans an 1- r d h tizensofthe [mitten the wall. CteJar * cnouncet to Roman Em~ the Advatici, He would fave their City, pire. if before the Ram had touched the wall, ridtbSerFranum they yielded. Which is fiill in ufe' in Jn re ru ranc. c h G G 1.& Ht1Jrici ;. weak places, her ore t e reat uns are .. Tht1cyd.l1h.3. fired : in {lronger places, before an Af· >t Ctt{.l. "'·de fa1tis made upon the walls. But qcpro*, bell? Gall~ctJ. not fo mu~h refpeelipa what is done ,as ~ c~c. offic, ~! • · - -- l:l - - · -- ~ha! what ought to be done, delivers his judg4 ment thus; As you muft confu!t for the good ~[ thofe whom you have {uhdued by force , [o 11re they to be rec.eiv• d into proteefion (though the Ram hath [mitten t'he wttll) who lay down their arm!, anti fly to the mercy oft he Generals. The Hebrew lnrerpreters oblerve , That their AnceGors had a cullom, when they befieaed a City, not to eng ire it round, but to lca ve one part open fo! thofe that wou! d fl. y t, t So. s.cipiq tiJthe end the leis blood miahc be lhed at ~mllltnus at ·r ak "m g of 1· t , The fame EquJC'P, Y command~, itnheg oovef1 Ctharro-w· t~t They ~e fpared ,-who w1thout 'cond1- thage, proda· nons fubm1t the_mfe!ves to the 'Conque- med,They ror, or become Juppliants. To kili them !hou,ld flyth~t th•,.•. ca ll .1r .o r me~ cy , ~·· cruc l , rta .l t h ,1.., ..a. ct.- wou.d.Polytmu. till ... ?alluft * all~ , of the (ampfaniam, : Annal. r "'· whoytelded themiclves to Marius, vvhen Bello Jug. he had related the Daughter of the yong men, addes, It wa-s dme again(f the Law . ofW.cr, that is , the Natural Law. The Gmeelfwhere .. , Not m~n armed, nor in* L. I . de ord. batte/l according to the Law of wt~tr , but Re~.. . l~l' Jl . t y T. • • J' 'lints were atn • ea , h1s lS alfo tb Lu!· V·J O'. JUYtot • to e ~ m arm a • ee~devoured, that they m:ty rather be repugnttntefq; cont\ramed through fear to yield , than c11des. & alibi; be flain. This is ·prais• din Brutus ; who qui ?edim umf• ffml not hu men to do execution upon btra 1 1115 ~c f 114 1 .rr.. b' .AL :r . 1_ r. et r1m mtrt ;11 et ~ wverJartes.;uut Jurroundedthem with lib. H· brs 'Ht~rfe, commanding them to be [pai'ed, MtiMfe thttt would prefent/y be His . XLVII. |
