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Show Thepyt Bookeoftheyirftpare' Cwiar.t.§.10, men,attending their profit when allthings wete"extreatne dedte in Antwerp, pafled it boares ofteor tWelue Tonhe) bythe mouth ofthe Dikes Cannon,in 'delpight of it when aftrong Welterly windesand 4 Tide‘of floud Fanoureuthém ; asialfo with'a con: trarie Winde,ind an ebbing wattr,they tuttied backe agaitie'!s'{0 ashee wasforced, it theend, td build his Stockado ouérthiwart the Riatry' to "his maruailous "troubleand charge. ; tke Fort Saint FANterrified not Vsin the yeere 1996. when he entred the Port oF Caliz Sneither didthe Fort at Puntal; when'we werd entred) beatevs from our'aticho: ving byic, though it plaid vpon vs with foure Demi-catinons within' point blanque, fromifx¥ih the mainingtilktwelueat nodne, ‘Phe flegeoFO fend, and of ‘infanyother 1 places} imiy be ginen for proofe; how hatda'matterit is to ftop the paffge' of a'good thip;without anottier'as good to Encouniresit. Yet this iS trae;that where Fortis fo fet: asthat ofAngra ih Tercera,that there is nd paffage along befide it, or'tharthe thipsaie driuén'to tine vpon a bow-line towardsit; wanting all helpe ofwinde atid ride,thete, and in fach places}is it of great v{e; and fearefull ? othetwife not. But to retiirnie'to onr aduenturous Rhodiairé Hee arrives id fafety at Carthage, and makesthem know theeftate ofLilybeuni. Orhers'alfo,after this' take vpon them to doe thelike;and performe it witli the faine fucceffeThe Rontahs'therefore labour'to choak the chantrell ; and; for thar purpofe, fill'inany' Merchants thips ‘with great ftones, and finke them thetdin»'Fhe force ofthe Tides clearest againe'm' part : but they groun-20 ded {o'many of tholé great ‘bellied boates' inthe beft' of the entrance, as at laft it madea manifeft rifing and heape,like a raggedIland, in thé paflage. Hereby it came tO paffe;that'a'Carthiaginian Gallic; takitig her courfe by nighr, and not' fufpedting any fach impediment, tanne/het{elfe/a-ground thereon, anid was' taker.' ‘Now comes the braue'R hodian, ‘thinking to-enter, as heehad done before +‘ but this Carthaginian Galliejaiittle beforetaken, gate him chafe, and gathered vpon him ; ‘hee fitides what thee is, both by her forme andby her {wiftneffe': and being riot able to tunne from her, =e to fightwith het.' But (ice isttoo welltiatined for him, fo that he is beaten and taken. Lilybeum,afterthis,is sréatlydiftrefled, the Souldiets Being worne with labour and watching. Butin this defpairethere tofe fo violentatem peft; as fome Of the' Romans? wooddtn Towers, by whichi they ouet-topttlie walls of Lilybzum,were ourer-turned. A Greeke Souldier vindercakes to firethofe thar werefallen, and perforinesit' forthe firé'was no foonerkindléd; bit being blownvato by the bellowes of atempeft,it i1- cteafed fo faft,as it becainerefiftlefie,aid in thé end burnedall to athes, and melredthe brafén heads ofthébatcering Rammes: Heréupon; defpaireatd wearineffe hinder the Roméahstrom repairing their Engines': fo thatthey telolue, by 2'long fiege, to ftarue the defendants. Melo ‘Yponrelation of what had paft, 2fupply oftenne chonfand Souldiers is fent from Rome,vader' mM, Clandind, the Confull,' Hee atritfes ac Meffana, and marcheth onet {and to Lilybeuin-Wwhere hauing re-inforced the Armic, and fiipplicd the'Gallies with new Rowers, he propoundsthe furprife of Drepaniim, a Citic onthe otherfide of the Bayof Lilybeum. This feruice'the Captainés and Souldiets willingly embrace. Sothe Cnari LS. FQ, ofthe Fiiftorie ofthe World, thirtieGallies, befides his owne,and fo fledaway »allithereft ofhis deet tothe numb of ninetie and fourc thips; were taken orfunke by the Carthaginians, Adberbal for this feruiceis greatly honoured at Carthage'; and \C/endids, fot his indifcretion and fii heya Butyas muchdiferaaéd at Rome. {|The Romans, notwith(tanding this great loffe,armethreefcore Gallies, with which they fend away. Lelunins,their Confiull;to take charge of their bufineffe in Sicil. Lamins arrinesat Meflana,where he meetes with the whole remainder' ofthe Roman fleet thofe excepted which rodein:the Port ofLilybzum\ ‘One hundred and twetity Gallies hee had; and befidesthele, hee had' gottentogetheralmoft eight' hundred thips' of ‘bur. fothen, which'were ladeh with allneceflarie prouifionsfor the Armie? "Withthis great fleet hearriuesiat Syracufe, where he ftaies a while 3 partly to take in corne- paitly, to wait for fome, that were too flowof ifaile,to keepe company withhim alongfrom Mer. fana,Inthemeanetimeshe difpatcheth'away towards'Lilybxum, his Queftors or Trea. farers; (0whom he commits the one'halfe ofhis vidtualers, with'fome allies for their eonuoy, ») dbherbalwas not cateleffe, after hislate-vidory': but Rudied howto v(eittothe bett advantage. The fhips and prifoners thar he had takén;hefent to Carthage.Ofhis owne Gallies heidelinered thittieto Carthalo; who had threefcore and ‘tefitie more vader his ownecharge and fent him torry,what good might be doneagaintthe Roman fleetih the Haven ofLilybeum. According tovthis direétion, Carthalo fiiddenly' enters ‘the mouth ofthat Hauen, where hee findes the Romans, moreattentiue tothe keeping in of the befieged Carthaginians,thanto the defence of their owne againft-anotherfleet. So + he chargeth them,boords,andtakesfome, and fires the reft. The Roman Campetakes alarme, and haftens to the refcue. But Hizmiléo, Gouernourof the Town, is not behinde hand ; who fallies ont‘at the fame time, and putting the Romans to great diftreffe,giues Carthalo good leifureto goe through withhis enterprife. After this exploit, Cartha/e ranine all along the South coatt ofSicil, deuifing how. to Workemifthiefe to thé ehemie ; wherein Fortune prefented him witha faire occafion, which he wifely managed.He wasaduertifed by hisScouis,thatthey had defcried,neere athand, a great flect, confifting of allmahnerof Vellels» Thefewere the viGwallers, which the Confull Zu#ize, more haftily than prouidently;had fent before him! towards Lilybaumicerthalo was glad to heare oftheir comming : for heand his men were-full 30 ofcourage,by reafon oftheirlate victories. Accompting thereforethe great multitudé ofRoman Hulks approching,tobe rathéra prey,thana ficet,likely to make ftrong oppo- fition,he haftens to encounterthem. It fell out according to his expectation. The Romans hadno minde to fight : but were gladto feckefhelter in an open Road, full of tocks,vnder couert ofa poore Towne, belongingto their partie; that could helpe td fane them-onely from the prefent danger,by lending them engines & other aide, wheres with to beatoffthe Carthaginiansthataflailed them. Caztha/otherefore,hauing taken-4 few of them,lay waiting forthe reft,that coyld not long ride vnder thofe rockes, but Would be forced by any great changeofwinde,eitherto put out into the deepe, or to 40 fave their men, howthey could,by taking land, with the loffe of alltheir thipping. Whi-+ left hewasbufiedinthis care ;the Confull. ests drew neere, and was difcouered, "A= herbal is Goucrhout ofthe Towne)'4 valiatt'and prudent min' of warte, who being Baintt him carehalo makes out, andfindes himaltogether vnprepatedto fight, as being Wholly ignorant ofthat which had hapned,! The Confull:had neither mearies'to‘flie, ignorantofthe new fuipply artitied at Lilybaum, Was ar firft amizedat theit fudden approach's!but haning recouered his fpitits, hee perfwades the Souldicrs, rather to fight abroade, than to be enclofed. Herewithall Hee ptomifech great rewards to fuch, 3 PY Nodanger fo great,as that of the enemie.The Carthaginian, feeing this,betakes himfelfe ta Station betweene thetwo Roman fleets ; where hewatcheth, to fee whichofthem Confiuill embarques his troupes,and arriues onthe fiiddénin the mouth ofthe Port. 4" Norabilitie to fight: Therefore he likewiferaninto a very dangerous ‘Creeke ; thinking their valoutfhall'deferue them 3 offering toleade chemhimfelfe,and to fight inthe heat yg Would fir ftir, with arefolution to aflault that, which fhouldfirft dareto put it felfe'in- ofhis cet. Hauingfirfficiently encouraged his méh; héthiafts intothe Sea towar ii B Romans. The Confull, deceived of his expe@ation, calls'backe the foremott Gt a that he might now tarfhall therh for defence: Hereupon forte rowe baekiward, for forward, in great corififion. zdherbal findés atid followes'his'aduantage, aid forois the Confulll into a Bay ‘at hand, whétcin he rarizech himfelfe;' hauing the land ase backe': hoping thereby to keepehimfelfe from béing incompatfed. But he vn ati ‘othe Sea.So as nowallthe three fleets were on the Southcoaft of Sicil, berweene'the fomontori¢of Pachinusand Lilybeum;a Tract exceeding dangerous;when the wihde by, and for want of Sea-roomé, fo fttcightened, as he cdldior turhe firntfelte a Way fronthis enetnies,not range hitnfelfe in any ofdet. Therefore wie hopeoftefiftance,keepingthe fhore ofthis left hatid, hee thiraft out of 5° Kormed at South. The Carthaginiins,who-knewthe times oftempeft, andtheirfignes, finding (belike )fome fwelling billow (for fowe doeinthe Weft of England, beforea Ottherly Aorme ) hafted to doublethe Gapé ofPachinus, thereby to couer themfelues tomthe rage at hand. But the Romans; who knewbetter howto fight,than howto Na- aout, and acter found any foule weatherinthe entrailes'of their beafts, their Sooth- Pe beingall land-prophets,were fuddenly ouer-taken' witha boiftrousSouth winde; Adall the Galliesforced againft the rocks, andwtterly wrackt, : This Oo000 2 |