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Show The fift Booke ofthe sfirft. part CitapaSidi ofthe Hiyoryofrhe World. Cuavng.g twentic oftheirs; whereas the 4/ricans loft thirtiethat were funke, and threefvore,and three that weretaken. iO fttongll(as they think)on'the top ofamhill': but thereby they lofe rhe feruicesborliof their Béephaats,& oftheit hoife-men, ‘This difaduantageof theits, Régulas diftoters & Now,if amilcar, who had more Gallies than the Xomens; hadalfo diuidedhis Acct makes vie ofit. He/affailes thetn in theif trength.which they defend!a while, bar in fitie into foure fquadrons,(befidesthofe that he rangedin the front to draw on the. eng. the Romans pretiaile,de force them from the place,taking the {poile oftheir cari pe. Fol- mies, andto ingage them ) and thar, whileft he himfelfe fought,with one {quadron that charged him, all the reft ofthe enemies fleet had beene atthe} fame time cntertai. lowing this their good fortune at the heeles, they proceed to * Tams a Citie within fix. « This Cit teéne miles ofCarthage,which they affault'and take: thefirtt, by which Amilear vvas oppreftiiand Amilcar, being oppreft and {cattered, thaginians were greatly difmaied. The Numidians, their next Neighbours towards the ferssend Weft infule vpon their misfortunes; inuade,and fpoile their Tersitory, and forcethofe 113° and was thé Confuishad goodleifureto relieueboth the third and the foiirth {quadron,and got the viGorie. Charles the fift, among other his Precepts to Philipthei fecond his-fonne, where he" ‘eassabens By the loffe ofthis battaile at Ads,and more efpecially by the lofle of Tamiszthe Cars om the Turk ned; he had™*preuailed: But the fecorid {quadron, being free, came tothe refcucof 40 that inhabite abroad,t6 forfake their villages and fields and to hidethetmfelues within fege thewalls of Carthage. By reafon hereof,a great faminé at hand'threatens thé Citizens, which ha gat Atilins findes his own aduaritage, andaffures himfelfethde the Citie could not long hold '5 tees '° out yet he feared leftit might defendir felfe, yntill his'‘time of Office, that was neeré scheeee aduifeth him concerning Warre againftthe Tarkes, tells -him,; that, inal]. battailesbetweene them and the Christianshe fhouldneuerfaile to charge the'/ani/ars in the beging ning ofthe fight,andto ingage themat once with the veft.For(faith he)the lenifars,who expired, thotild'be*quite runout, whereby the new Confuls were like toreape the % ere faies Jionor' of obtaining it.Ambition therfore; thathath ho'refpedt buttoit felfe,perfwades mbteyof are alwaies referued intire inthe Reareof the battaileyandin whom the Tarke,repoteth his greateft confidence ; come vpin a grofle body ;whenall the troops,onboth fidesare disbanded and in'confulion; whereby they carriethe victorie before them withoutrefi- himto treat ofpeact with the Carthaginians. But he propounded vntothentfo vawor- 4 ri Ebp thy and bafe conditions,as thereby theirhearts, formerly poffefled with fearé; became 75" * fiance. By the fameorderoffight, and referuation, didthe Romansalfo preuaileagaint now fo couragious and difdainfull, charthey refolued,either to defend theiliberty, o1 other NationsForthey kept their Triargin ftore (who were the choice oftheir Armie) dietothelaft man. To ftrengthenthis their refolution; there arriucd at the fame tine a@ ex,the Key forthe vp-(hotandlaftbloww.A great and viorious aduantageit}hath euer beenefound, to'keepe fome'one or two good troopestolooke ons! whenall:elfe.are disbanded and20 ingaged. 20 sreatttroope ofGreekes, Whom they had formerly fentto enrertaine, Among thefe was totaal. avery expert Squidier, named Xantippus, a Spartan: vvlio beitig informed ofwhat had PAi%ipto loft, palfed) & of the ouerthrow Which the Carthaginians receiued neére ynto Adis, gaue it er durpublikelyithat the fame was occafioned by defatilt ‘ofthe Commanders,and not ofgain;theelurd; theNation. This bruit ran,till it cameto the Senate; Xentippus is fent for ; gities the "2784. §.VIIT. i The Romances preuailein prick. Atilius she Con[all propanndeth intolerable conditions of fealoaofhis opinion'; and‘iniconclufion, being made Generall ofthe Africas Dedahe Senet puts himfelfe into the field.' The Armie'whichhe led,confitted ofno more than twelue tenowned | peace tothe Carthaginians. He ts utterly beaten,and made prifoner. News Romans according totheir: former refolution, after,they: had repaired thouland fooryand foure thoufand horfe; with an hundred Elephants. No greater vvere ae: the forces wherewith the ‘Carthaginians fought for all that they had; Liberties Lives,out of his . Goods,Wines,and Children vvhich might well makeit fifpeted, thatthe Armies by hagswhere and re-victualled their fleete} {et faile for 4/rica,andarriued at the Promantory0 Hercules,a great Head-land,fomewhatto the Eaft ofthe Port, of Carahage, and fome fortieleagues ftom Heracles in Sicil, where. 4mt/car himfelte. as yetftaid, From 3 3° Sea,before fpoken of,were miffe-numbred ;'the one confifting of an hundred andforty epic eee. thonfand,and the'other ofan hundred aiid fifty thoufand:vvereit not commonly found !ockbur brake thatthey which vie the feruice ofmercenary Souldiers,are ftrongerabroad,than artheir sokesiogai this Head-land (leauingthe entranceinto Carthage )they coatted the Eaft-fide of the Promontoric, villthey came to Clypea, a Towneabout fiftic Exg//b mile fromit. There they diftembarked, and preparedto befiege clypea; which,to eafethemoflabour, wes own doores.''° rifled all,threw Xantippus, taking the field withthis 'Ariile, marched direly towards the Romans 5 imo he Ares yeelded vntothem. Now had they a Port oftheir owne. on Africafide; vvithout which and ranging his troups ¥por faire and Tétell ground, ‘fittett both for his Elephants allinuafionsaré foolifh. By this time werethe -4ricans alfo arrived attheir owne Ca" thage,fearing that the Roman ficet and armie had directed themfeluesthither : but being adueitifed thatthey had takén C/ypea,they made prouifionsofall forts,both by Seaand Land} fortheir defence. The Remans fend'to Rome for diredtions, and inthemeane and Horfe; prefented theibattaile. The 'Rémanes vvondered much, whencethis' new collrage Of their enemies might' grow: but confident they vvere, that it fhouldfoone be'abated, Their chiefe ate was, how'torefiftthe violence' of the Elephants.' A- the\Confulls fhould remaine with the Armie, andthat the otherfhould returne, with o gaint them they placed the Ve/ites, oF light-atinted Souldiers, saforelorme hope : that thefemighe, cithéer-with datts and other ¢afting' weapons;drine backe the beafts vpon tacenemies}or at led breake their' violenée!and hinder then from rufhing freely wan fleetand armie ; except fortie fhips,fifteene thoufand foot, and fiue hundred horle, ; that wereleft with Atilias. had bin accuftomed to doe.' By' which means ,4s they vvere' the leffe fubica vnftheimpreffion of the Eléphants ; fo ‘were they fo ‘much the more expofed vato the Vidlétice of hoxfe;wherein the Enemit did farre ‘excéede theta' The Elephants were } white wafteall round abourthem. The order ginen from the Senate, vvas,that oneof thefleet into walie. According tothis direction, Manlius the Contull is fent home te Rome; whither he carried with him twentiethoufand 4frican Captaines,with al the Re Vpon the Lesions. To the fame end, théy made their battailes deeper in file, than they Placed by xeirippus, all in' one ranke, ‘before his Atmie ; whichfollowed them at 4 efonable diftance hisHorfemen, and' fome light2armed ‘foote, ofthe Carthaginians eee: vere in the wings. Thefirft onfet vvis'giuen by the Elephants, apainft With thefe forces, Regm/us eafily wannefome Towns and Placesthat were vawalled, atid laidfiegeto others. Buthe performednogreat matter, before he came to Ais Yet Thold ie worthy ofrelation, that neerevnto the Rinerof Bagrada, he encountre witha Serpent ofone hundred and twenty foot long,whichhefluesnot without ales many Souldiers;being driuen to yfe againft it {uch engines ofwarreyas ferued prope Y . for theaffaulting ofTownes. At Adis he met with the Carthaginian Armic, whereotts ; inte Captainies were Hanno and Boflar,ctogether with Amilcar, who had broughtouct § tie the Velites vvere {6 witableto. make'tefiftanee; that'they‘brake'into the batealions SHowitis,and ‘put them' ifto {ome diforder. Inthis cafe; the depth of the Romane 50 Battaile yas helpfull. "For when thebeafts had fpenttheir force, in piercing through #eiv of the fit tankes thie {quadtans' neuerthelelfe perfiftedin'their order, without Steil five thoufand foote,andfiue hundred horfeto-fuccour his, Countrie. Thee = SPehing. Butthe Carthaginian horfe,ohauing atthefirlt encounter, by reafon of thelt Wantage in number, driuen thofe of ti/ins out ofthefield, beganne'to' ‘charge fite,from necefliticofcomming to blowes: yet had.they a, geeat!defire,t il > Uurtic-face enery way; could neither pale forward nioryet retire; but had very much @3 Of'to fake igiod the pround. whereon they toed?: In the meane! while, ‘fucly of like ) had an intent,rather to wearic himotft of Cries} by warie protraction:? felves thanto vndetgoe the hazard ofa maine fight. They-vvere carefull to hold a the ‘Fowneof adi out ofhis) hands. Intending therefore to follow their gencka e5 polejand*yetto difturbehiminthe fiegeiof Adis sthey ingampe, neere, ynto ieong]; ‘zi Romanebattalions in Aanke; and pie them in great diftrelle; vvho being forced to Cie Ronit2dhad efcapedthe futie ofthe Elephaitsand lef them at -thelt backes, , Nano 3 fel} |