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Show Thefift Bokeofthefeltpari) Cun ARSgtd, diuides the {poile of the richyamongthe poore; and gitesilibeity to his Souldiers,to i8b, froranifh, andtomurder, fortwowholedayes and: nights, without controlement: the thirdday, when they had bluntedtheir barbarous appetites, and ftrewedtheiftreets with ten tholfand dead carkaffes, befidesthofe'that had broken their necks ouerthe walls:their finitehad'no furtherfubied ro worke on, Apathoclessinan afiembly of the people (being an eloquent knatic) perfwaded them, thar; forthe violent ficknefleyby.whichthe common-wealth was vtterly confumed, hee foundno better,than the violentremediesywhichhe had adininiftred:; and that hee affe&edno ‘other rhing,than thereducing ofthetate froman Oligarchie,orche rule of afew tyrannous!Magiftrares, cotheancient and indifferént Democratic; by which ithad beene 16 goucrned,fronrthe firltinftication, with {o:grearglorie ahd profperitie., This hedid, to haue the crowne clapt on his head:¢as it were) perforcesoFor, as hee knew: that hehad leferione living, within the Gitie, fits nor able, toexercife the office of a Mapiftrate ': {0 knewhevightwelljrhat all they which had afsifted;in the murder-and fpoile of their fel- low. Citizens, had novother hope ofidefence,thanithe fuppore of a lawlefle Lord,who had been partakerwith them,in theirvillanies andtruclties committed, Soas this Rabble, his Orationended,proclaimed him King againe and againe,faliting, andadoring him, by that namie, as ifichad beene giuento him by fomelawfull election. Henicehad our King Richara the thitda\piece ofhis patterne; burthe one wasofibafe, the other, of Kingly parents ;the one tooke liberty froma common-weale; the other foright onely:to fuccesdin 29 a Monarchie; the onecontinued his cruelty rothe ends theether,after hee had obtained the Crowne, fought, by making go6d lawesy to.recouer thé loue-of his people, Thelife of this'Tyrant, isbricfly written by:zs/line; more largely and particularly by Diedorus Siculus*s' the famme whereofisthis, The fame Amilcar that had brought him into Syracufe,and that had lent him fiue thoufand mento' helpe in the maflacte of the Citizens, was al{o content to winkeat many wrongs, that: hee did vnto the Confederates of the Carthaginians» It was the purpofe of Amiléar, to {ettle Agathocles in his tyranny, and to lerhim vexe and wafte the whole Hand ; bécanfe it was therebylike to come topaffc, thar heefhould teduceall Sicil into'fuch termes.asi would makeit beconie aneafie prey to Carthage. Bur when thecities,confederate withthe Carchagiaians, fent their Embaffadors; withicomplaiat of this ill dealing, to Carthage ; the Punick faith({0 3° muchiraunted by the Romans,asno better than micére falfhood.) shewedit felfevery honoufable,in taking order'forthe redreffe. Embafladours were fent to comfort the Sic lians, and to pur Agathocles in minde of -his covenants » Avéi/car was recalled homeinto Aftickanda new Captaine appointed to fucceed:im his charge,with finch forces,as might compell Agathoclesto veafon, if otherwife hee would not hcatken'to it. All this tended, to fauetheir Confederates, from fiiffering fuch:iniuties'in the! future. For thar which waspatt( fince it couldinot berecalledy theytookeorderto hane-it feverely. punithed. Amilear was accufed fecretly, andby way of: {crutinie.: rhe fuffiages being ginen, bit not calculated. jand foreferued varill he houldreturne. This was.not fo clofely hand- 4 ---- + Carthaginian foxces arriued.:. which thinking tp hae inconntred an ill- elablithed fee tant, found readie,ds.a ment, hey.him were beaten King.to defend his owne, ahd giue them tharpe chtertaineby him; anditheiv Namie sas fo TLempelt-beaten, that they couldncither. doe good by Landnor Sea,bur were gladto leauc their butiactle yndone > ae eee : 4 andreturne into Atsicke....:.;. ‘The Carthaginians, prepare a new fleet: which being yery gallantly manned & farnithed;was broken by foule weather, and the beft part ofit cafE away, euen whilett it was yerwithin kenning of their Citic, But Amsicar,the fonne of Gi/co, gathering together theremainders of his fhip-wracke, was boldto paffe onerinto Sicil, and landed notfar 1o fromGela;where 4,pathocles was foone readietd examine the canfe of their comming. Many,skirmifhes pafled betweene them, in which(commonly) the Syracufian had the better. But his good fucceffe begat prefumptions whereby, hee loft a batraile; more important thanall the orher.fights.Orie aduerfe chance ts enoughto ouerthfowsheftate of a Tytanttfit be nor vpheld by, greaticircum{pection. The war wasfoonetransferred to the walls of Syracufeswithin which4gathocles wasclofed yp, and-driuento make his laff defence by their helpe,who maybeiudged to haue loucdhim not very greatly. But theInhabitants. of Syracufe,after hat great malfacreofthe principall men, made in-the beginning ofthisnew d.yranny, werc(for the moft part)fuch, as had beene either mercenarie Souldiers, infranchiled flanes,orrbafe,é necdic peoples helpers if eftablifhing the prelent Gouernment,, and Executioners ofthe murders, and fjpoyle, committed ia that change. Ifthere were any other (as fomethere were), they werefo well obferucd,, and (withall) fo fearefull, that rhey. durft notfturre., But it was enough, thatthey, all, 2- 20 steed in the common defence ofthemfelues and their Citic, Famine was likely.to. grow ypon them, and inforce them to changetheir refolution. In this neceffity, Aeathecles aduentured vpoaaftrange.courfe, which the euent,commendedas wife. He imbargued 4s many ashe thought nreet,, in thofe veffels that rode in the Hauen; and committing the gouernment of the Citic to his brother Aztander, willed the peopleto be of good courage, for that (as he told them) hee had bethoughthimfelfe ofaimeane,both to raife the lege, and to repaire all otlact Joffes..A Carthaginian fect lay, in the mouth ofthe Hien, bothro hinder the entrance ofvittuallers,‘andto keepé the belieged from affu; ing forth. Now,at fuch.timne as-Azathocles was xeady to.depart, aducrtifement caine, than many 30 thips of burden, laden with coraé,and otherpronilions, were drawing neefe ynto Syracule, To intercept théfe,the Carthaginians hoifefaile, andlanch forth into the deepe. They were not far gone, whenthey might behold zathocles, ifuing forth of the Port, With purpofe (as they thought) to giue .coouoy vnto his victuallers. Hereupon they Wheeleabour, and make amaine towards him,as thinking himthe better bootie.Heneither abodé their comming, nor fled backe into the Citie,bnt made all {peed towards A- tickesand was purfued by the Carthaginians,as long as theday would giue them lighr. Inthe meane feafon,the victuallers were gotten to Syracufe; which was the moreplenti- led, but that Amilcanhad foone notice of it. In managing his -bufineffe with Agathoelessicis likely thatiheehad an cyeto hisowne profit;-as wellas tothe publike benefit of his: Countric.: For he had made fuchacompofitioniwiththe Syracfian, as gaue him net onely meahesto weaken others;butto ftrengthemhimfelfe, borhin power and authors : {mall umber. Whenthe Carthaginian-Admirall perceiued frit, that by purfuing two fets at once, he had miffed ofthem both; and fecondly, that Agathocles returned not aSaine,but was goneto {eeke his fortune elfewhere, hee thoughr-it goodto purfuethofe tie, euctagainftthe Carthaginians.Suchis comimdaly:the cuftomeof thofe,that hope fo that Were fled, and to attend fo well vpon them, that they fhould not haue leifure to doe ullyrelieued by their comming, forthat Agathocles had ynburdened the place of no worke their owneends by cunning pradices,thinking'to deale fubtilly and finely, tY mifchiefe in fome other part. The Carthaginian Nauie followed dvathocles(whether by chance, of by relation of his Gatthaginians hada purpofe to'dcale fubftantially 5. and thattherefore: it would bee Uchas had met with hit at Sea)direétlytowards Aftick,and ouer-rooke him afterfixe es. Hehad (at the firft) a great ftart of them; fo that (belike) they rowed hard, and Wearied themfelues, in fecking their owne misfortune. Porhe foughe with them,& beat fpin theit threads fo fmall, that they are broken withthe very winde. Amilcar faw, that hatdtor him, to makerhem follow hiscrookeddeuices : which if hee could pot doe,# waste be expected,thartheir anger would breakelourintofo much the greater extent 50 tie; by how'much the mote they had‘concealedie! "Therefore:hee-followed. the exam ple, which fomeofhis fore-goers had taught him), and; for feare of {ach a death; ast IndgeS might award him; he ended his ownelifein whatforthe thought bette; Ths oe {peration of Amilcar ferued to informe Agathocles'of:the Carthaginians incent. Hee}! . they would not be deluded with words, andtherefore refdlued to get the ftart of them : action. Hee diffembled no longer; but,in ftead of fpoyle:and' robbery; anade Ops Watre vponall their Adherents. Hee: had madethe better Ppart of Sicil hisCarthaginia owoes isi . = eorleoftheRepl].a, thElifl CuaritcS.4at. 4a: 34 viel sabe 5 = sre tpt Mem; and, hauing {unke,or taken many,drauethereft to flie which waythey could, la- 50 Sn With fuch ftrange tidings ofhis voyage. : When «Agathocles had landed his men in Africk;.then did he difcoucr vato them his Proiect, letting themynderttand, That there was no better wayto dinert the Carthagi~- MaNs,not oalyfr6 Syraea/e,but from all the Ie ofSicil,than by bringing the wat fotheir Wadoors. For here (Laid he)they haue many that, hate them,and thar will readily take sunesagaioit them, as (oone as, they perceius that.there is an, Armic on foot, which "sto looke vpontheir walls. Theis Townes,arell fortifiedtheir people i ; = = ane |