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Show The fift Bookeofehefirfipart Cuaris.G14, BefStethe Roman Armie drew neére, the Cam pans fele Sreat want of victualljasifthey had alreddy beenbefieged: This happened partly by Hoth ofthe Nation, partly by the éat wafteand {poyle,' which the Romans had if foregoingyeers made ‘vpontheir grounds: They fent therefore Einbaffadours to Hanaibal: défiring himto fuccourthem cte-thiey Were: clofed vp;‘as'they feated ito be Therely.° He gave them comfortable Words:and fent Heese wich'an Arinicto flipplytheir wants. Hawno"appointed thema day; agtin{¥iwhich they fhould be ready withalt thanét of carriages,to ftore themfelues with viduals? that he would prouidés Neither did he promife more thane ‘perfor. mod Por He califed great quantity of graine, that iad been laid Vp in: Cities ‘round ‘ about)tobe broughtinto his campe,three miles from Beneuentum. Thither atthe titre 1° appointed Came no morethan fortie Carts or Wagons; with'a few packe-horfes; as if this ad been énotigh to vittuall Capua.' Such was the tetchlefheffe of the Campans, Hahtowasexcecding angry hereat : and told them'they were worfe than very-beatts; fisee hiinger‘could not teach them to have greater care. Wherefore he gaue them a longetday! againft which he made prouifion to ftore thei throughly.' Of all rhefe doings WOrd-was [eft to the Roman Confuls,from the Citizens of Beneuentum.Therefore2. FiloivstHe' Conful raking with him fuch ftrengthas he thought needfull for the feruice; came into Beneuentum by night;where with diligericé he made inquitieintp the beha- tiour ofthe Enemic. He learned, that Hanno with part of his, Atmie was géne abroad téinake'prouifions; that fome two thoufand Wagons, ‘with a greatrabble of Cartcts 20 anid other Varlets, lay among the Carthaginians in their campe; {6 that'‘litcle good or dei was keptéall thought being fet vpon a great harieft. Hereu pon the Gonful bade his mien prepare themfchies toaffailethe Enemies campe? andleauitig all his impediments within Beneuentiin,he marched thitherward fo early ‘in the morning,‘that ‘hee'was thete with the firft breake'ofday. By' comming fo vnex pected, ‘lie had wel-neeteforced the'Campeon the fudden.Batit was very ftrong and very well defended ?*fo that the longér the fight contiiiued, the leffe defire had Zwlwixs to lofe more of bis men in thelatrempt;feeing many ofthem caft away,and yet little hope ofdoirig good. Thereforehe (aid, that-it were better to gocmore leifurely and fibftantially to worke; to fend for his fellow-Conful with there ‘oftheir Armie; andtolye betweenheHanne 33 and haitiesthat neither the Campaiis fhould depart' thence, nor the Carthaginians be able to télitife them? Being thiis difcotirfing, and aboutto found: theretrait; hee faw, thatfore ofhis men had gotten ‘ouer the Enemies Rampart. Thérewas great as of (Which was all onetothe fouldiér)an opinion‘of much that might be gorten in that Caitip?? "Whetefore fome Efifigne-beaters chrew! their Enfignes ouerthe ae willing theii‘meén toféréh'them on, Vnleffe they would indure the fhame and ‘di nour followifig'fuch4 loffeBeare offlich ignomitiy,than which nothing could be ei ter; made the Sotildiers adiienture fo defiperately; that‘Fu/ains;" perceiuing the ‘heat ' hisnietchanged'his purpofe, and incouraged thofe that were forewhat Tea40 t6 follow the example ofthem) that had already gotten ouer thé Tretiches.°Thus " Crarg§-i4, | ofthekiftdrieofeha Wor lds - howneywhichthey feared that chey thouldinot : i er he abléto matter. Neuertheleffe; \s,againit whom whilett they proff $68 Hanwoand Mago, that wer they ered:theit fernige tinvttibis,the Riosh anGap. taine, they drew-him-forth to.fight,and recoy lingfrom him, clofedvp theirgates: A littleformality they viedin pretending teare slet the Enenhy dhould breakeiin together with the Romans, ab fauing, Atinias himfel fe, anshfending -hita away by Seay dsialfoin confulting.a {mall while(¢becaufelperhaps many,ofthe withthe practife) whether they fliould yeeld the tationlafked notlong:-fos théythat had remoutoiedt irchiefe i 50 loledin thereft; andidelinered vpthe towne to Haznoand Mages iBhisgoodfacceffeyand ot hopeofthelike, detained Hannibalsin, thofe quarters; :whilefthe!Confals fortifying Béeneuentumto fecure their backes, addrefled themfelues vntothefiege of Gapuuaizisiv Manyjdilatters befelktheRomansdnthe begianitig ofthis great eneerprifel TiSempram tins Gracchusj avery goodman of watve, thatihadioflate been twice Gonful,iwas{lai ne either by treachery of fome Lticansythar drew him into ambuth; or by fome:Garth agit Nati ftragglers,among;whonhe fellvnawar esHis body, orhis head; was veryihonoy ? tably interred,citherby Hannibathiinfel f,or(for the ts agreenot) by theR omans: wibal {ent it-He was appointed to lie'in repor backeofthe:Army-that fhould befieze Capua. Buthi Benéhentum, thete tol fectiré: the s dearh hapnedinanill time,tothe 20 gteat hinderance. ofthat bufines: The Volones or Enfignes,and.avent euery.one whither he thoughtSlanes lately manutifed,forfodktheir good; as ifthey, iad beer difchatged bythe deceafe oftheir Leader;fo thatinaske d {onic labour to-fecke thethout,ahd:bring thembacke into their. camp. Neuertheleffe,the Gonfi ils went forwatd with thejriworky and drawing:neer to, Capua;did all a@s, ofhof tility whichthey.couldi Mapothe GarthaBidlansand thecitizens of Capua, gaue-them an hard'welcoriie;ivherin abone fiftedite hundred Romans were.loft.Neither was it long eré\Hannib al came thither, who fought with the Confuls, andhad the better; infomuchtha he.cauledthem.to diflodgex They Fethoued by night,and wentfeuerall waies : Fu/uisuttowar ds Canney; Glandigs into Lub Cania. Hannibal followed. after Claudius, who; hauing:led|hima great walke/fettheik 3°compaffeabout,and returned to Capua s: It fo fell fils, fLoutman,and onethat with good commendationt.that.oneAtabeus Centbaign Pe. ons bad difchatgedthe: placiofa snturion,lay. withanArmynot far ftom thence;: wher e Hebiibal nefted;whénhewas Weaty ofhunting after Clandins. This Penule had made great vauntstorlie Roman Séhate, ofwonders which.he would workeyifhe might betrufted witht he leadingrof fine thoufand men. The Fathers wete vawilling in fach:atitne, totei ed the vertueoF. any 890d Souldier, how. medn e foeuerhis condition werés! Wherefore they gauié Ihiniwhe charge ofeight thoufands and: he himfelfe being aprop er many arid talking brauelysen ered vp fo many voluntaries,as almoft-doubled his numbe r. » Butumicering oftheithoftages,andthought the piinithment greatef than the offetice. Whee aie : thuswick Hapnibelshe gaue proofe ofthedifference, between aftout Centu rion,and one able to eentnand in chiefe,Heand his fellowes:were all(in .a manne r) laine,fcarce aithoufand ofthem efcaping.Soone after this, da#ni bal had word,that Cuegs Fulvinsa Roma nPre torwith eighteenthoufand men, wasin Apulia, verydarele fle;and 4:maniinfafficient orthecharge which he held... Fhither therforehehafted to vifit him:-hopingtoy deale MWe bettér with the maine ftrength of Roine, whichipoin aue cut offthofe forces, that lay inthe Prouinces about ted at Capua, whet he fhould , ;vnderinen: of {mall ability, ming vpon Fa/uixsshe found him-and hismenfo iolly, thatneeds they: wouldhate fought the fir night,:Wherefore it. was notto bedoubted,what would happen'the:day péowing. So he beftoweéd Mago with threethonfand of‘his lighte armied ft ;) in places soMetcabout moft fic foram buth. Then offing bartell to Fa/wint; he foone had: Himlim:the "ap-whence he made him glad toefcapealiue;leauing all, faue two thoufand of his fol owerss dead behind him, hefetwo gteat blowes,teceiuedtheione prefentlyiafter the other} much theRomans, Neuerthelefs;alt care was taken,to gather vp the fimall reliqu aftonithed és ofthe broken Armies: and that the Confils fhould goe fubftantiall y forwards with the fiege of *pua; which was ofTatthtum made nbmore adoe, fit opened their gates to Hannibal. The Taw ; : eit Would have donethe like) vpon'the like reafon,had niet fome companies lyoTone; madeProclaRation,That whofoeuer would iflue ont of Capuabeforea certain day ey prefixed; fhould Campe was'Wonné?' in'which weré Maine aboue fixe thoufand: and ‘taken, re : uen thonfand,belides afl the tore of:victualls, and-cattiages, ‘With abundince "of oe tie, that Hiznohad larely gotten fromthe Roman' Confederates? This yee and the neerer approach ofboth the Confals; made them of Capuafend apittifi - baffage to Hannibal putting him in mindé ofall the loue, ‘that he was wont to' pt a vnto their Citie:and how he had made fhew,'to' affet it-no leffe than Carthage. edy now, they faid, it would beloft, as Atpi'was lately? ifhe ‘gane'not trong atid Ton fuccour. Haxnibalantwered with comfortable words: ‘and ‘fent away two ara hoffe;ro keep thet grounds'from fjpoile;whileft-he himfelfe was detained Ne ‘avin? tum,partlyby hope ofwinhing the Citadell, partly by the difpofition, which en manytownes adioynitig, to yeeld vit him. Among' the hoftages of the aaa that lately Rad Bed SurofRomejand Being oner-rakenifuffered deathfor ae pert; were fome'ofthe Metapontifiés.and other cities 6Fthe Greeks,inhabiting that : as part ofItaly,which was called ofOld' Magna Grecia,Thee peopletooktohart t Jorethe Metapotitines,as fomas the Romati giftifon wastakenfrom theiti;to defendt ees of great confequence; bath in matter of reputation, and imma other refpeds, hetwo Confuls facedown: before the towne,aiid C.Clendins Nero,nyone she Pretors,came with his Amyfrom Suctlulatotheir affiftance.Th Ddddd hae |