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' 257 agaifift cheR omans > whofincehisl Repthadi is, eaeeauingTraly ileltiliem se , had 2wol-peeredilpo pofleftthe dott labout'theymarched with all fpeedtowards the Seaxfide sithatthey might fall' vpcon him ;whildfthts was bufiein getting his menand dartidges @ thip-board>' Bur the fic. _ shaking this faiteloccafions! helimbarked for Ttaly,s bunwasirt beatenb ginian Gallics,in-his paflagesand fecondly, aflayled in Traly it felfe, by deanh sthey had brought vpon'Amtivonus,they were fo carelefle ofthe Sea-men;! that withour m of all that coffe wasnoway anfwerable'rotheir expectation, Forbeing'protd of the terrour which ohe Mamertines\thdt attended himin the flraits ofthe Gountric..Laftly;afterhe had desl redarentumyhe fought aithird battaile with theR omans, led by M.Curins, who was ri Sérious ouerhira,and forc't him our ofoltalyyintohisowne Epirus, ; " - A Prince hewas far more valianr than conftant,:and-had he beene buta Generallof an Aiimic; for fome: othergteat King orStaté,.and hadbeene direétedto haueconque red any one countrey orkingdothe, itistobeethought, thar hee wouldihaue purchafedin o lcflehGnourshan any.man of warte,) citherpreceditig-o¢ fuccee ding him fora greater Captaine, ora valianter man, hath beene no where found. But hee neuer ftaied vponany 10 acre eis: indeede; the dif€afe hee had, whereof not lodgafterh ee died 1G SMOTIY903 * Bere gion te SccreLi. Hox eee thefonne of Demetrius dclinered Macedonfrom e whanctbe Kingdome of Macedonfrom Antigonus. : z intokenSa the Gaxles. How Pyrrhus Hewertuc ofSofthenes being too weake to.defendthe kingdome of Macédonand the:forcune which:had accompanied ‘him againft Belgiws;'failing him iathisats "° temiptsragainft -Bremaus » the Macedonians: were! no leffe-glad to fubmiy thet: a wato chit goucrninent of 4utigonsi, than they had been formerl y defirous to fite themfelucs fromthe impotentrlc of his FatherDemetrius His commin g intothe Countic, withian Armie, Nauie, and Treafure befceming aking ; did¥atherbreed good hope " rs people, than fillthem with much confidence » fot he wasdrin ento-vfe againftthe ee cnely thofe forces, which he brought: with him, haviing‘none other than es svifbes of the Niesiicns,tovibe hisparts Bremews, with the maine ftreneth of his callorderthey:felito the fpoyle of what they found on the thore,‘andiin fuchthips as lay a ; t con grouade" nePattofthe Atinie had left: Axstizonns} whiere he lay if'conert sand hadfaned it felfe by -eeiting aboardthe fleet:in which number'wete fore wellexperienced men of wat who ae onering the mich aduantage offredvnto them,by the defperate prefamption of their fb enemies tooke courage,and encouraged others,to lay manly hold vpon the opportirity. So che whole number, both of Souldiers and Maritiers; landifig together, with great tefolution; eae fo braue a charge vpon the difordered Gaules; ‘that their contemptastis boldricile was thereby changedinto firddaine feare, atid they' after a'great flanghter, dri; yen tocaftthein{elues into the feruice of Amtizonus, The fame of this vi@oric,caufed all the barbarous Nations in thofe. quarters, 'to reer tertaine their ancientbeliefe of the Macedonian valour:by which, thetcrrible and refittlefle oppreffors of fo many Countries, were oucrthrowne, To {peake more ofthe Gaulesin this place; and to thew how, about thefetimes, three Tribes ofthempaffed ouer into.Afia the leflo, with theirwarres and conquefts.there; I - holdit needleffe : the vi@orious armies of the Romans, taming them hereafter, in the Countries which now they wanne,fhallgiue better eccafion, to rehearfe thefe matters : briefly, 20.«Howfoctterthe good ficcefle of Antigones got him teputation, among: the barbardiis people, yet his owne Souldiers, that withouthis leading;;had wonncthis viGory, cotld northereupon'be perfivaded to thinke hima goodman ofwarre:: knowifg that he-had Ho intereftin the honouroftheferuice, wherein hiscondud was no better, chan creeping intoawood. This ( asiprefently will appeare) was greatly helpfull vnte Pyrrhus.s though'as yevhe eae Seite tofpoylethe Temple of 4pohoar Delphos, halting fe Arri0 more behind knewnotformuch. For ?yrrhas,when hisaffaires in Iralieftood vpon hard tearmesy had a'which were aboutfif e teene thoufan e Ms d ioor,an d three thoufan a d horfé:Thefe could.not beidle, face i but 7 = ght to get fomewhat for themfelues,in theabfenice of their'fellowes : and therefore ‘ fitteto get, either a fupply, wherewith to continue his warre againftthe Romans;orfome im,than hethought neceflaryto guard the borders of Macedon. and Pannoni Bt = ee offering to fell him peate,ithe would pay well foric; which bythe one €0. ee heehad learnt (asthey thought) not to refufe. Antigonns wasvo: ing weaken his teputation,by condefcending totheir prond demand ssyetheiidg- oe vn; ne ee theirfurious choler, by vncourteous. words or viage, as Cerannns Sas ondly done. W herefore hee thtertained their Embaffadours in very louing reocitioms ean. a royall feaft : wherein he expofed totheir view, {uchabut- a allie.g6 sit ion : or uer, oY. thattheyyw were not! fornuch delight li ed withthe j meat, as; ee E the ve ms std itwwasferned, He thought hereby, to make chem vn-49 ane, HOW greata Prince hee was, > and how able, aie able. ifnced if nce required ire , to wage "3 a mightic ighti eee end, he likewife did thewvnto them his Campe and Nanie, but éfpecially pecson tar -- bravery erued onely to kindle their grcedyappetites ; who sierra aps ips hheame es his ‘Campefull é of wealth, andill fortified, himfelfe/ ‘ullofow il forti imfelfe ss(2s Sonaka sk ee ce both in ftrength and courage inferiour vnto the Gauls, eden ©: 3, - theydiffered the prefent pofleflours, to fpendtheriches hore ert mpted affuredly their owfie.: Theyre ttirned therefore to their Cot - - other newes in their mouthes,than of {poyle and purchafe: which ed the Gaules: head-long, to Axtzgonus his where the expectedted agre ag a campe; Sonus vid bootie,t 4 ,hanithe 1 victory ouer Cerannus had Biuch to Belpins.wheret Their hey commin uddaine>; yernotfo fuddaine) but that 4aticonys' gwasted: i ity wh the couragé.of his ownmen. diflodecd ed for e arritiall, and conutlg fomewhatbefo en, dillodg himfilte wich hi re their e wuiici fe; with his wholeatmie and carridce intoccitaine woods xdioyninng, g, where Wirt O° ¢ WOOcS aaloyni So ; lay clofé. The Ganles, hi Sel a,finding 5 ee . r forfakén, werenot i haftie' to purfue himbar fefe! fotki hiign Min . - of the Souldiers:i:in hope of 'fiiding all thar wast! Sty when they:had fearched euery placein vaine, anguc ate ° fent vato Aatigonus for helpe : not without threats;! in cafelic were denied: ‘So washee feeming honourable pretence, to forfakeItalie,vnder colour of makitg ‘his word good, 30 infeeking teuchge.T he thteats which he had vfed in brauery,meere neceflitie forcedhim, athis termine into Epirws;toputin praaiife. a i ( Heebroushehome witlrhim, eight thoufand foot, and flue hundred horfe : amarmie t00 litleto be employed, by his retlefle naturé, in any action of importance; yet grea- terthan he had meanesto keepein pay. ‘Therefore he fell vpon Macedon'; intending ‘to take what {poyle he couldgetsand make Aatigozus compound withhim,to be freed from tfouble At his Arftientrance into this bufinefle, two thoufand of Antigouns his Souldiets telioledsvnto' Pyrrbus 5 and many Cities either willingly or perforce, receiued him, Such faire beginnings,cafily perfwaded the courage of thisdaring Prince, to fetvpon An- Heoius him felfe;and to hazard his fortune, intriallof.a battaile, for the whole kingdome 4° OF Macedon, ; yt l ; i 4 Trappeares, that 4atigonus had nodefireto fight with this hot warriour ; but thought itthe wife way ; by protracting of time,to. wearie him out. ofthe Country. For Pyrrhas ouertooke himin'a ftreight paflage, and charged himin the reare3 wherein _were the Gaulesand the Elphants,which were thoughrthe beftof his ftrength : amanifeft proofe thatheWwas inretrair. TheGaules very brauely {aftained Pyrrhus his impreffion 5 yet Were broken at length ( when moft ofthemwereflaine) after a fharpe fight : wherein it fems that Antigonas keeping his Macedonian Phalanx within the fireight,and not aduanhe cing to their *fuccours tooke awaytheir courage by deceiving their expe@ation. I to so Captaines of the Elephants were taken fooneafter ; who finding themfelues cxpofed and the the fame violence that had confumed fo many ofthe Gaules,yeelded themf¢lues beafts. All this was donc in full view of Antigens, and his Macedonians, to their great difeomformwhich emboldened Pyrrhas,tocharge them where theylay in their ee Where the Phalanx could be charged onely ina front, irwasa matter of extreame diffi- culiey if notimpofsibleyto'force ir. Bur the Macedonians had {encfo much, thatthey had no deGvéto fightagainit Pyrrhys 5 who'dilcoucred fowell their affections, that hee . ‘ aduentured |