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Show Thefifth Booke ofthe fir/tpart Cuarngig. Romans, the betterito'affire them{elues, cutadeepe trench, betweene the walls of the Citie and their Campe : and another on the out-fide thereof; that neither'the Cap. thaginidns might force any fuddenly, by a fallie, nor thofe of the Countrie without, breake'vpon them vnawares : which double defence keptthe befiegedalfo fromthete. ceiuing anyreliefeof viduals, and munitions, whileft the Siracufianfupplies:the affaiJants with:what they want. The befieged fendfor fuccour to Carthage: after they had beene inthis fort pent yp fiue moneths. The Carthaginians imbarke an Armie,withcertaine Elephants, vnderthe commandof Haazo ; who arriues with it at Heraclea; to:the Weftof Agrigentum. Hanno puts himfelfe into the field, and furprifeth Erbefus, 2 Ci: tic wherein the Romans had beftowed all their prouifion. By: meanes hereof, ithe fa: 4g mine without grewto be as great,as it was within Agrigentum'; andthe Roman campe nolefieftrcightly affieged by Hanno, thanthe Citie was-by the: Romanes:: infomuch| asif Hierowhad not fupplied them, they had beene forced: to. abandon: ‘the fieges But fecing'that this: diftrefle was not enough to make them rifes: Hanno-determined to giuethem battaile. Towhich end departing from Heraclea,:hee makes:approach vnto the Roman campe, The Romansrefolue to fuftaine him,and put themfeluesin or der. Hanno direcétsthe Numidian horfemen to charge the Vantguardy to:theend to draw them further on'; which done, hee commands themto returne asbroken,till they: came to the body of the Armie,that lay thadowed behinde -fome'rifing ground, The:Namidians performeit accordingly ; and whilethe Romanespurfued the Numidians, Hanno giues-vpon them,and hauing flaughtered many, beates the reft into their Trenches. i Afterthis encounter,the Carthaginians made no otherattempt for twomoneths, but lay ftrongly encamped, waiting vntill fome opportunitie fhould inuitethem. Bur 4» nibal that was befieged in Agrigentum, as well by fignes as meffengers, made Hanno know-howill the extremitie which he endured, was able to brooke fuchdilatory courfes.Hanvothereupon, a fecondtime, prouoked the Confuls.co fight : Bur his Elephants being difordeted by his owne Vantguard, which was broken by the Romans, he lofttheday : and with fuch as efcaped, he recouered Heraclea. Anuibal perceiuing this; and remaining hopeleffe of firccour,refolued to make his owne way.Findingtherefore ; that the Romans,after this daies vitory,wearied with labour,and fecured by their good fortune, kept negligent watch in the night ; hee rutht out ofthe Towne, withallthere- mainder of his armie, ‘and paft by the Roman‘cam pe without tefiftance. "Phe Conluls purfue him in the morning,but in vaine : fure they wefe, thar hee could not carry the Citie with him, which with littlea-doe the Romans entred, and pitifully fpoyled. The Romans, proudofthis vi@orie, purpofed ratherto follow the direétion of theit prefent goodfortunes, than their firft determinations. They. had refoluedin thebegitning of this Warre,onelyto {uccour the Mamertines, and to keepe the Carthaginians fromtheir ownecoafts : butnow they determine to make themfelucs Lords ofa | Sicil; . and from thence,being fauoured with the winde of good fucceffe, to faile‘ouerinto A-4° fricke.. It is the difeafe of Kings,-of States, and alfo of private men, to. cout the grteatcit things, but notto enioy the leaft ; the defire ofthat which weneither hane not neede,taking fromvs the true yfeandfruition of what wee haue already. "Thiscute vpon mortall men, was neuer taken from them fince the beginning of the World va to this day. ; To profecutethis Warre, Lucius Valerins and Titus Ofacilins, two new Contuls, att fent into Sicil.Wherupon, the Romans being Mafters ofthe field,many in-land Tows gauethemfelues varo them. On the contrarie, the Carthaginians keeping ftill the Lord: thip of the Sea, many maritimateplaces became theirs. The Romanstherefore,as "© to fecure their ownecoafts,often inuadedby the African fleets, as alfo to equall them 50 felues in every kinde'ofwarfare with their enemies, determine to: make'a fect. . 10 herein. fortunefauoured them with this accident, that beitig altogether ignorant thip-wrights craft;aftorme ofwindethruft one-ofthe Carthaginian Gallies; 9 f fine bankes, to the fhoie. indred Now had the Romanesa, patterne, and by it they beganne to fet vp #2 are sb Luingueremes, which were Gallies; rowed by fiue on euery ‘banke, and twent "the threeonabanke : and while thefe werein prepating, they éxercifed their me 1.45 feat of rowing. ‘This they didafter a Strange fafhion, They placed vpon the eno ‘Caamu§od. cof thetlyboryop the World: ality dates) imordérot the: bankesin-Gallies, whereon,they-placed their watemen, by eat them'tobeatethe {and with:leng poles,orderlysand asthey weredirected _""" -and how,to:mount and Gallic;, ofthe e learnetheftrok theMafter, thar fothey might ae 3 ! ; Oi 2 ip aves. arcveetes ficet wast finithed, fomerigging and other implements excepted, -C.Cors gelisoncofthe newConfuls( for shay changed euery yeare) was, made Admirals who ptinemorein loue with this new kinde ofwarfare, thant well aduifed, ‘paft ouen toMe/- ima with ferenteene Gallics; Ieauingthetelt to follow:him, Therehe: ftaied not, but »Hanwouldneedsrow' along: thie: coaftte Lépara,hopingto doe fomepiece offeruices, adtime, Gouernour, in, Pamorimas ; who-being 50 nibalya' Carthaginian was atthe fame nertifed*ofthis new Sea tans arrival, fent! foorth. one Bosdes,| a-Senatour, of Carthage, withtwentie:Gallies' to entertaine. shim, -Boodes; falling vpon, the Gonfull vilawates, tooke both him and the fleet he commanded. When Haxnibalreccined this,good foolith newesstogether witlithe:Romay Galliésy and thei Gonfull s/he grey no leffe! the:reft of hardietham Cornelias had bin «; For-tieefancying,to himfelfe to, furprize the Roman Rect, oh theirowneicoaft;! exé they wereyet in all points prouided,; fought chém outwith a flecte of:fiftie® faile}: wherewith falling) among ‘them, he, was well beaten; andleauing the greater number 6£hisownebehinde him, made an hardiefcape vader Cornefins. had with the reft : for of one hundred:and'‘twentie Gallies, the Romans beaten 20 Joft bur fenenitcene,fo'as one-hundted.and three remained;which werejnot eafily : 43 3 reso slic} sit8 fo! : by fiferedis iisids cing aduertifed of. <corwelins his ouerthrow, make; hafte to redeemie beesine, iim sepind!oe er oftheir fidetsto: his; Colleague, Dailins, Duilins, eonfoes Q thatthe Romanvellels weresheduie and.flow, the wafricam Galliesshaning:the them, deuifed.acertaine Engine in the prowof his Gallies, whereby they cenago ic dis i or grapple themfelues with their enemies, when they were (as we call th -_ Hoved\chaeiswhenthey brought the-Gallies fidés together, This done, " oer tmeffe hips had gotten theaduantage,andtheAfricans loftiit:. Forneithendid fought; cing 3 fetue thent.dottheir Mariners craft, the Veflels wherein both Nations and yaar. © pike 3° pen Hothat all. wasito,be, carried bythe aduantage of weapon, crufh, a Lg men. -Befides.this,as.the heauier. Gallies were accidentally Aveyo bsegeshaners the fides: of thelighter and weaker,,{o were they. by, the reafon,o ene cat vie their ban i fteady., and thofe thatbeft kepttheir feet, couldal fo,beft Maiefties greatfhips, anda ple may begiuen between,one of the long boates of his « is Sea, mutk He a i saline remy 2" he that,will happily, performea fight at onging 9 "goed choice of Veftels.to; fight 'in : hemuft-belecue,that there: isimore 5 Mt Hl etvAABE : man of warre, vpon.the waters, than.great durings and muft sae i 1 me "se cf deale of difference, betweenefighting loofeorat large,and BrePPI ings . a apihips: OPE iwift. thole.ina holes,as and:makeas.great well, as pierce 4? flowthip madman, than soa man ar 5FOF ther,without confideration, belongs rather toa a 4 ' 4 . byfuch anignorant brauerie re oe ed aeoral of Renee ' 4 the Margqueffeof Santa Cruz, \In like fort hac than ag inthe yeere 15 83--if he had) not, beenc better aduited, Englan his demeanour. ahavpanecet ee es ae osee fault-with aan " wer an-Atmie aboord them ; and hchad none;they:hadmore fhips than pe : PER . smaniles A = vp< eene thathaeasthis bag Kingdomeot charging endangered greatly sfo fhullend Veffels.he had se<a onthe ches etalk toan Spree that boord:andenters brats om dl Bee wae >) Wife,the Spaniards hadan hundred,\for twentic of, Quis, to defendt which had heat ones, ' - soButour Admirall knew his aduantage,and heldit: Beene worthy to -haue heldshis-head.Heereto {peakein generall : ae apes Cillars age fitter for priuate hands than for the Prefle, )I fay, T ate Seah theaduantage,,on : € ae oa rape thippes; all good failers,and good {hips, haneForif the fleet of an e riers vo Hundredzs good fhipsjand offlower fayling. themfelucs ncere together, .in'a groffé (quadton sthe twentie hips, .c ae Be en, maameneny onanyangle: thall forcethem to giue ground, and:to' fall ee EEN ey fellowes? ofwhiclifo'inanyas intangle, arc mae:Se 6.9 |