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Show gas eee Thesitft, Bookeoftheirk part ieee Cuar.z.¢.3 -7 ys yn ohereunte,thatfuch aKing,is neuerthelefle,a man,mutt.die, and may.ctre: yet.wifedome Medometinllle him fre¢,fram eraman from deathsboth with god withoutthe help soi fime;One thing I may;not omit,asa figgular bencfit(though therebe many other he. dides)vedounding vato this,King,as the fruirof.his goodnefle, The people ae liue vnsaata pleafantyoke,arenoronely louing to their Soueraigne Lordbut free ofcourage, nd nogreaterin mufter ofmen, than offtoutfighters, if need require : whercasonthe seontrary, ‘herhatruleth as-ouer flaues, {hall beattehded.in rime ofneceffity, by flauith thindes, neither louing his perfon,, nor nepagns his,ortheir own honour. Cowards nay be furious, and flaues outragious, for.atime;, but among {pirits that haueonce Romadflar. paige varodlauery vaiuerfally itisfound true,thatHamer faithjGod bereancth 3 aman of 16 alfe his vertue,that day when he cafteth bim into boudaze. ) oO!thefethings,I might perhaps more feafonably haue fpoken,in the generaldifcourfe of Gonernment: but wherefo iucly an example,ofthe calamity following a tyrannical tnle,and the vfe ofimercenaries,thereupon dependingsdid offerit felfc,as is this prefent "bufineffle ofthe Carthaginians; thought that the note would be more: ¢ffcétuall, than being barely deliucred,as ourofa common place. HURL trl N5: e OPTTT. as dai on. Coe the ‘mare arainft the Adercenaries wad diaer/ly wanaged by Hanhband Amilcarwith uated e varighlefucce/je. The bloidycounsfailesof the Atercemartes. and their fitall Geltrn- a0 Bay,chat enters ~ towards Car- «- ios, ny an a. oF Apollo, At er? srefled, ;S-cannot steadily. finde, by, whati,namg,henceforth,I. fhouldcall, chem, Theyre no longerin, pay with the Carthaginians ; neither care. they, to,pres ; : . Cnn 3 ‘ Eing now.toreturnevatothofe Mercenaries, from whom haue thus. farre di- thage,notfarce! thistime itis end, chat theyeeeke their wagesalready, due; fo tharthey are neither Mercenatie s,nor d Port one és 5 foe ni. Miutiners. Had they. all beene {abies yato Carthage, then might they, iuftly hauebeen ferta,& by the-termed Rebels: but Spendizs,and others;that.werethe piincipall part of themy, ought cnae allegeanceto that State,.which they endeuorédto, {ubnest.., WhereforeI will Melba. Niger borrow thename.oftheirlate occupatioa, and ftill callsthem Mercenaries, as Polybius'30 ; er faiththatehe alfodoth, Leespg itPhefe ving theaduantage oftheir prefent ftrength,befieged *Vticajand Hippagreta, theplace, Cities ofgreat im Pottafice,as being feated wpon the weftern HanemotCarthage,where ---. itis dinided byaneck ofland;Hippagreta ftanding inwards vponthe great Lake, Vtica called Maza. further out vpon the Sea, Neither was the Campc at Tunes abandoned, which lay‘filchares.It wes thy to hinderthe Carth aginians,from paffing Vp into the countrié;.for Metheand spenSadbull be, 4% Wanted not men,to follow.the war inall parts at.onces fore Carthage, 2.) How-the Carthaginians wereamazed with this tedperilany man may cone eee: = give. But the bufineffe it felfe awakes them haftily.vaexpec ‘They are hardly preftonall fides; fore Carthage Seitherefore crauailed their brainesto the vttermoft,how.to thake offthefe furious dogs 48 wasfervp,fo fromtheit fhoulders, who fometimes by night, fometimes by day, came. vato, the very did it after . bai NE? : : Z gencrall ; .who failed ~ a Citharcies wals.oftheiroi Citic. In this ¢xigent, Haan was made their aotin throwne down hisaccuftomed diligcnceofm aking algood preparation:burhad gottentogetherwhat"peameeri focuer-wasincedfull,as welltorclieuea Towa befieged,as.to batter and affaile anyplace Panick Warre. defended againit him.-Withthefe prouifions,and with an hundred Elephants, hecame pos -- Veica,fofaddenly,that the enemies as y the death of Cato the yon. getswhoheld ey he thatworthy pees 5 intherime or men furprifed, forfook thein,Trenches, and ». ; . . : ate.ae tetired themf{elucs vntoa rifing piece of. woody ground, where, they might be tale galattthe violence of his beatts. Hanno, thinking that be,had,ro doe with. Numidians, avhofecuftome was, afterany lof, to flie two or three whole daics iourny off; prcica ly entred the Town;to thew bimfelfe,after this his viGory, But thele good fellowes*5°t gainftwhom heswasto war, had learnediof Amilcar,toxetite and to fight againe, m40y P#8eSiN. one day.as, need required. Thercfore'as foomas, they. perceiued,that hek e Cenfriethe BOthOW tovicaviGory; they affailed their own Camp,and with great flaughter, dee huedatiehe WeGarthaginians out ofit,forcing them.to, hide themfelues within Veia; andgot Po! timeofthat Sellionofalithe ftore, thar Heznohad broughtforth e .reliefe ofthe ;Towne. Tals P3° ee = beginning Harve followedwithfutable indifcretion :_ lofing the benefit of man) C cheftove of OPPOttUmities, and fuffering the enemies to take pofleffion ofallthe,cnrrance f.0m rf. a +. ; : . ¢ wreten his cruckeies. « L. mM y fa iv ar thage tothe firme land, 7 emma CHAv2i§.3. ofthe iftorieofthe World. jj.PheCarthaginians perceiving'this,were exceedingly troubled, and didtherfore Jet fall choix (aeve-ancliarsfending tothe field their great Captaine, .dmilcar, whom they funithedswithtentheuland foot offupply, and feuenty Elephants, Amilcar had worke enough todoe,before-heshould be gable to meet. with the cnciny-vpon, equall, ground. For belides other placesof aduantage thatthe Mercenaries had occupiedHauxo-had {uficred ahem to win theoncly; Bridge, by which the Riuer Macras, or Bagradas, was pallablewnto rhefeythat were totrauaileintothe, Continent,: This riuerhad not,,.many, foordgnorcholecafiefora Ginglemanto get ouers but vpon them all. was keptfic guard.asgaue td-dnisear litule hope-of prenailing in fecking way by force. As; for the » Bildgedttelfe;44atho and his followers were there lodged:and had there builra Lown, whereinlye commoddioufly,inrentiueonely.to the cuftody thereof, But Amilcar had obleracdthat the very,mouth of Bagradas vfedto be fometimescloyed with fand and gtanelisthat was driuenin by, certaine.cuftomari¢ winds, and¢ould notbe driuen out as gaine) by force. ofthat flow riuer,till the wind falling, or changing, fufferedthe weight ofthe waters,to disburdentheir chanhell. Hereof he made vie, and taking his opportwa nitie,pafled the Rivercontrarytoallexpectation,cither ofthe enemy, ox ofhis owne Qitizens,;:! 9 a There was no.need to bidssperdivs looke about, him when onceit was heard, that) .4a wmilcar was'come ouet Bagradas);. .all the Mercenaries were troubled with the newess 20 knowing thatrhey were no longer to,deale with the improuident Stauiry, ofHaxve, bug withaniable {pitit,cuea-with their own Matter inthe Art of Watre;whom they admi- red,thoughthey hated'him. But this feare was {foone.changed'into prefiimption; when morethanfifteen tloufand, oftheir owne focietyswere come from Vtica;.andother ten thorfandfroim the guard of the Bridge. ‘Their Armie was farre greater, than that of .A, milcarrand they were," in their owne mdgement, the better men,.vpon which.confi- dence, they.refolued to.charge-him.on all Ades,and beat him downe,in defpight of ‘his Worth and reputatidn. Wath this refolution they, attended ypon himswatghing forfome aduantagesand (till exhorting one,znotherto play the men,andgine the onfct.E{pecial. ly they chat followed himhin the Reare,had a great mindeto begin the fight; , Whercuns # to their promprneflewas fuch,astooke from chem their former circum{pestion,; Amsile tarheld:his way towards the Bridge, keeping himfelfe on-p aine gronnds, that. were fits telbforthe feruiceof, hisElephants,which he placedin front of his Armie. Neither made he thew. ofany.defiveto fight,butfuftered the rathnefle of his enemies to increafe, till it thouldbreake inte:fome diforders At length perceiningthat with more boldneffe than 800d heeds, they followed himfo,neere, as youldbelittle for their good, if hethould tiMevponthem, he haftened hismmarch;euen.to.fuch a pace, as madeafhew little diffe. sing from plaine flight. The Mercenaries prefently fell ypon his skirts ; belecuing; that forfeare ofthem he-was ready torunaway,Butsy hileft they confufedly,as in fudden o» 9 pinion of victory,were drivenatthe heeles of:thofethat had the Reare;, dmilcar whec- 4 ledabout; and. metthem.inthedace, charging them hotly, bur in very. good order, fo thatamazed with the apprehenfion,of inexpected danger, hey fled without makingany teliftance. Inthis ouerthrow,there were fixe thoufand of the Mexcenaries flainc,.and about two thoufand taken; the reft.fled,fometo the Campe at Vtica,orhérs to the town atthe Bridge; whither dmilear followed themfofaft,that he wan the place ealily;, the €nemies being thence alfo fled vnto Tunes, as not haning recollected their {pirits.co take it good. | ba; wing ; Thefameofthis victorytogether with the diligence ofdmilcar.in purfuingit,cauled may. Townsreuolted,partly by feare,partly by force,to return tothcir formerobedis ence, Yet wasnot Matho wanting to +himfelfe, in this dangerous time., He fent about Numidia and Africk,for new fupplies; admonifhing the people, now. or neuer ta doe theirbeft,for the recouery,.of their freedome;he perlwaded Spemdins,and: Autaritms,that Was.a\Cptaine ofthe Gaules, to wait vpon Amulcar, and alwayesto keepe. the higher 8tounds,or at leaftthe foot offome hill, wherethey might befafe from the Elephants; and he himfelfe continued to preffe the Town of Hippagreta with an hard fiege.It was Receflary for Amilcar,in pafling from placeto, place, as his bufineffe required, to take fich wayes as there were: forall the country lay notleuell; Therefore, Spendims, who fill Coatted him had once gotten'a notableaduantage ofground: the Carthaginians ly« #8 ina Plainefartounded with hils,thar were occupied by the Mepoeaahy ith es umidi |