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Show - Thefib Bookeo/whefrstpart -|OnarPit Gig.dg 3 Se eeatla teLiEn aOhinn and vnexperiented in dangers ; themércen arie forces, thar they levie it ‘thefe atts, Will ratherfollow vs than thei,ifwe offer Sreater wapes thathey can give: which Wee ingy better promife and make good,by letting them hatre fomethare with vsin all the wealth Of the Carthaginians, han our enemiestan doc, ‘bymiaking fome addition to their fi. pends. Thus hetalked,asone already Mafterof all the riches in Aftick' and with nan braue words encouraged his men fo well; thar they were contented'to {et fire on all thejs fhips (refering one or twortovie as Meffengers ) .to'the end thar ino hope‘fhould te. maine, fauconely in victory. In this heat ofrefolution, they winne byforce two Cities; which after they had throughly fucked} they burnt tothe ground ; as a' marke of tétrour to all thar fhould makerefiftance: TheCarthaginians, hearing this, ‘are amazed 3 think-to ing that Amilear is broken, and his whole Armie déftroyed in Sicil. This impreflion fo di{maies them, that when they knowthe'truth of all, by fuch as had fcapedin the ldte Seg fight, yet ftillthey feare, and know not what. ‘They fufpect Amilcarsfaich, who had fut. fered 4gathectes roland in Africk''s they fafped their principalCitizens at home: of 2 mieaniig ro betray Carthage vatocheehémie; they raifea ereat Armie,andknow notto whofe chargéthey may fafely commitit.' There were'at that time two famous ‘Capraines in the Citic, Hanno and Bomilcar; great enemies, and therefore the more Vnlikely to con {pire againft the Common-wealth. Thefe are made Generals of the Armie lenied, which farre exceeded the forces of Ags: rhoctes, Butit feldome happens, that diffenfion betweene Comimanders produceth any x0 fortunate ctient-"' Neceilitie draue Agashorles to fight ahd the courage of his men, 1¢folued to'deale withthe whole multitude of the Carthaginians, made eafie the vidorie againft the one halfe of them. For Bomifear would not {tirre : but {liffered Hany to bee cut in pieces, ' CuarsS-4-1-4. ofthe Lijloryofthe World." 293s Sicil hee returned into Africk,where his affaires ftood anwery' bad demes, Archagathus, hisfon ne, had lottabattail esand . . . p+ : hes ee ¢,which.was worfel) hadillmieanes ro helpe himfel fe: his Armi¢ being in;naubinie fordacke.of-pay» Bun Agath atle pacific dothecumuly iby the agcutomed promilesof,grensboot ie and {poyle, sdx bac: now:beédecrime::tor: hints, to offer,peaceta the Carthaginiansaywhichtoobmainghey, wotild< qui-ttionleffe) haue gi- uento,him, borbmoney, enqugh-to pay bis Acmiejand aldtbat they chen held in Sicil:For theit Citicfailed had bene diftrefled,novonely bythisihis warre, bunby che trcafomof BemnilC47 NINO nor much of making himfeltelTyrant Guenchem) Bacanibitiom isblinde. felfe : oudobwhich Aggchgcleshadali histhoughrs fixed ypdnitheconquefofGarchagBir 19 dreamehe wasawaked,by. theloffe of aibattaileyhorfi-memorable iregard ofany'acci: dentthercin, as.of the ftrangeeucnts following it.-Tbe Carthaginians; after their: great misfortucesin-chis warre, had renewed tieisali facnifices o£children toi Saturdenctrom which they hadabftainedseyerdince theywmade(psateovith Gdlods baAnd-now they: thade ghoicc of fomesithe gaodlich ofjtheiriprifoners, taken in the banajle;roofferwntothe fid Idoll;in way. of, chankfulnefle for their vittories ds Theifire; with:swhich thefe:vna happicmen were confumedjeaupht hold upon thé lodgingsheerefeyntothe Altar; and ipwcadingin felfeifarther through the Cain pe, with thedelteuction ofmany ten, caufed fuch atumultasisvfvallinchelike cafes. vAtche fametimesthefikd accident of fire burne vpthePauilion.of, Agathocles¢, Hereupon} both the Atinies fed away y each of ‘them a0 beleeuingthapthe noife in,theaduexfe Campa} was a figné of theenemies comming to * inuadeit: Burthe, Carthaginians hiadafafeitetait $ deurhdcless byatecond errour; "fell intoanew,calamitic), Ja chebegioning ofthis his dightagthedatkey heeaner: with his owne Aftican Sbuldict's; and:thiakingthdm t0,beeenestics, (asiiideed the one halfe The feputation of this great vitorie, brought over a King of the Africans, from Of them. had xeuofted fromhimeto,the Garthaginians,instic att fearrdile) hee began' ra aflailethem , and. was fo-ftourlymefitted, shavinee lofkitehjs blinded tight, above foure neth many Towncs,and fetids word to Syracufe ofhis good firctefle, "The ‘Carthagi- thenecre-hope of,taking the,Gitie of Cauthages yare fomet diftoultefihisiowne faferie;he frick, which wasin dangerto bec loft, whileft he was ‘tfauailing in the conqueft of knew.no more how to moderate his prefenrweake featesstbandarely he hadknown how togouerne his,ambition. Therefore hee taoke. the way that casienextinro: his: head} the Carthaginian fociety , to take part With Agathocles : who purfuing his vidtorie wia- niansalfo fend'into Sicil, willing smicar, thei Generall, to faccour rhe State of A- Sicil: Cmilcar fends therm fiue thoufand men : alfhis forces heethought it not need-3¢ full to tranfport; as hoping rather to draw Agathocles backe into Sicil, than tobe drawn home by one, that could jcarce retaine his owne Kingdome. But thefe good hopes thoufand of hismen,, This didfo-difcousage-his, proug :htare3-thatIbcing fallem from 3° which was., to fteale clofely,a-boord his thippes, with-hisyauagenfoane (theelder hee fufpected of Inceftandof Ambition ) and foroflie into:Stcil ; ebinking ic the beftcourfe tothiftfor himfelfe, as wanting veflels wherein to cranlpart his |Avmiss His elder fon; Arehagathys,perceining hisdritt, atrefted him, and put him vnder cuftodic : but by Meanes of a fudden:turault, hee was Ietloofes cfcapedjandfled alone, deauing both his fonnes behinde him, His flight being noy fed through the-Armi¢yalkwas in vprore; and extremitie of rage caufed not onely the commoa Souldier,\ bur:euen fuch as had hadabad iffue. Hee fpent fome time in winning a few ‘Townes, that' adhered vato the Syracufians : and hauing broughthis matters to fome good arder, hee conceiued a fudden hopeof taking Syracufe by furprife. It was a prettie (though tragicall ) accident, if itwere true,as Twilve relates it. "Amilear had a dreame , whichtold him that hee fhould fup thenext day within Syracufe, His fancic begot this dreame,,and hee verily beleeued it. Hee made more hafte than good fpeed, toward the Citic : and com- mingvponit onthe fudden, had good hope to carty it. But his enemies were preps red for hima,and had laied an ambuh to intrappehim, whereinto heefell. So lice was4® catried prifoner into the Citie ; in which it was likely , thar hee had no great cheare tohisfupper : forthey ftrucke offhis head, and fentitinto Africk (a welcome prefent) to Ctathotles, This goodfuccefle of things ar home, did put fuch Courage into the Sicilian Armie, beene friends tothe Tyrant, to lay hold ypon histwo:fonnes, asd kill them. That this flightof Agathocles was extveamnely bale ; Ineed not yle wordsto prove + That hisifeare Was truly, as all feate.is {aid ro. be, a pafSion,depriuing' him of the {uccours which reafon offered, the fequele doth manifeft., His forfaken Souldiers, being nowa headleffe company, and no longer an Arnie to be feared, obtained neuerthelefle aireafonable compos {ition from the Carthaginians : to whom they fold thofe places, whereofthey had potlet Jon, for ninetcene talents. Likewife, Agathocles himfelfc, hauing loft his Armie, did Nevertheleffe, by the reputation of this late warre, make peace with Carthage Vpon e¢* that Agarhocleswas bold to weare a Crowne, andftife himlelfe King ofAfrick. Hee ha allured Ophellas, King of the Cyrenians,totake his part,by promifes to deliuer the Cou: qualltermes. Opheltas came with a great Armie, and was friendly entertained. Bur the' traiterovs Of thofe whom heheld fufpe@ted : but ina beaftly rage depopulated whole Cities. Hee deuifed new engines of torment : wherein ftriuieg toextecd the Bulliof.Phataris, "het trie into his hands: for that (as hee faid) it was fufficient vnto himfelfe ro haue diverted the Carthaginians fromSicil Wherein ( after this warre ended ) he might reigne quietly Sicilian, taking an aduantage, did murthetthis his afsiftane; and afterwardsby £00 9 words, and great promifes, drew all the Cyrenian Armieto follow him in his Wartts Thushis villanie found good {ucceffe; and hee preuailedin Africke, that het got leyfire to makea ftep into Sicil. Many Townes in Sicil had ernbraced a defire-of tecoue ring their libertie; thinking it high timetofight at length for their owne freedom, act thattheyhad fo long beene expofed,(as 4 reward of vidtorie) cither varo Aliens, oa Tyrants, of theirowne Countrie. ‘Thefe had prevailed farre, atid gotten manytO their parts, asin acommoncaufe : 'whenthe comming of Agathocles abated their hig Ypirits, andhis goodficceffe in many fights, ‘compelled then ‘to' Obedience. ich i Afterthis, the Tyrarit; being deliuered from forraine enemies, difcouered his blow- {Nature.in moftabominable crueltics,among theSicilians. His wants,and.his:feares}. viged him {6 Violently, that he was notfatisfied withthe {poylesof the rich, orthedeath Jo Madea frame of braffe, that thould ferue ro {corech mens bodics, and withallgiue, um Ieaue to behold them in their miferic. So deuellifh is the nature of Iman; wheh! reafon; that fhould behis guide,is becomea flaue tohis bruitith affections. In.thefé-mifchietes Was fo, outragious, that hee.neither {pared Sexe,nor Age ; efpecially, whemhe wasane edofthe {laughter of hischildren.in Africk, But this wasnot the way to preledachis State >it threw him into new dangers... They. whom hec had chafedour ‘of icheir Cotm- trey, tookearmes againft him;and draue himintofuch feare, that lic. was! faine:to fteke the loueat Carthage, whichby ruling well.hee might haue| had in, Sicili Hee} freely»de+ liuered a |
