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Show The fift Bookeoftbefirshpart\) .-CuansS.ig Gua PG1g. hauc his.pardon, ard be faffered to inioy all chatvnto him belonged : which day'being patt,therefhould be nograce expedted.This offer was contumelioufly reiedtedithe Ca. puansrelyitig on their owne ftrengthjand the'fuctours attendedfrom Hannibal, Before the-Gity was clofed'vp, they fentMeffengers tothe Carthaginian; whichfound him at Brundafium. He hadimade along ioutny,in hope ofgaining the Tarentine Citadel! : ofwhich expectation failingyhe turned to Brundufium, vporm aduertifement that he fhouldbelevin: ‘Phere: the Capuans met himy ‘toldjhim' of their danger with eameft words,and were with words as brauely rescomforted.' Mebade them confider; howa few:dayesfince he hadichafed the Confuls our of! their fields; afd told them; thathe would prefently comethither again,and {erd the Romansgoing,asfaftas before.With this good anfwerthe Mefflengers returned,and hardly could get backe-into'the City ; 1° whichtheRomans had almoftintrénchéd round. As for Haawsbalhimfelfe, ‘he was of epinion,that Capua,being very wel manned,and heartily deuored! vntohis friendhip, would holdouta long time,and'therby gine him leifire,to doe what hethoughr requis ficeamonethe Tarentines,and inthofe Hafterne'partsofItaly,whilft the Roman Army fpenvit\felfe in a tedious fiege.Thushe lingredjand therby gauethe Confuls time, both tofortifiethemfelues at Capua,& to:difpatch the eletion ofnew Magiftratés in Rome} whilefthe him felfe purfued hopes,that neuer found {uccefle. | i Glandina and Falaias,when theitterme ofoffice jvas expired;were appointed to continuethefiege at Capuairetainingthe fame Armies as Proconfuls. The townef-menoften fallied. out; rather ima brauery;:thanlikelihood to vvorkeany matter ofeffec; the4 Enemy:lying clofewithin his Trenches,as intending,without otherviolence,to fabdue thenyby famine.» Yetagainftthe Campan horfe>(for their foot was eafily beaten) the Romansvwfedtothrutt out fometroupes, that fhould hold them skirmith. Inthefe exercifes the Campans vfually had thebetter,to the great griefe oftheir proud Enemy;who {corned totake foile atthe handsoffuch Rebels "It was therefore denifed,thatfomeaétiue and ‘couragious yong men, fliould learne to ride behind the Roman menatatmes, Icaping vp, andagaine difmounting lightly, as occafion ferned. Thefe were fatnithed dikethe Velites,hauing each ofchemthree or foure{mall darts:which,alighting in time ofconflié,they difcharged thicke vpon the Enemies horfe; whom vanquithing in this kinde.offeruice, they much difheartened inthe maine. The time thus paffingy and fa- minedaily increafing within the City, Hannibalcameat length, not expected bythe Romans:andtaking'a Fort oftheirs; called Galatia, fellvpontheir CampetArthe fame time'theCapuansiffued with their whole power,in as terrible manneras they could deuife:fetting all their multitude ofvnferuiceable people on the wals, which witha loud noyfeiofPans and Bafons, troubled thofethat»were occupied in fight. Apis Clanains oppofing himfelftothe Campans,eafily defended his Trenches againft them;& fo wel xepreffed them,that he drauethemiat length backe into their City. Nenerthelefs,in pur fuing'themto their gates; He réceiued'a wound; thataccom panied him in fhort fpace aftertohis graue. 9. Fulwine was held harderto histaske,by Hannibal andthe Carthaginianarmy.The Roman campwaseuen atpoint to haue bin loft; and Hannibal his Ey lephants,ofwhich he brought three & thirty,were either gotten within the rampart, of elfe(forthe report varies)being fore ofthem flaine'vpon it,felbinto the ditchi;& fille itvpinfuch fort,that their bodies:fermed'as a bridge vnto the Affailants. Itis faid, chat Hannibalin this tumult caufed fome fagitiues;that could {peake'Latine wel,to proclaima aloud,asit were inthe Confuls name, ‘That cuery one of the Souldiers thould fhift for hiinfelfe, and flit betimes ynrothenext hils; forafinuch as the Cam pwas already lol Burall would notfernésThe fraud was deteé&tcd: andthe Army;hauing fitten thereto long, hadat goodleifare ftrongly intrenched it felfe, fo.as little hope there was to the fiegeby force: vag 58 This did extreamly perplex the Carthaginian. The purchafe of Capua had (as ¥ e thought)with-held him from taking Romeitfelfe:é now his defire ofwinning the *© reatinecitadell,had wel-neer loft: Capua; in refpeet of which; neitherthe Citaee" ae northe City ofTarentum,.weietohaue bin much regardedFalling therefore aepersts anger withhimfelfe and:his hard fortune; that of fo many gteat vitor ; had made no greater vfe: onthe fuidden he entertained an haughty refolution, or Ye - vpon Rome; aiid.carry to the walls of: that proud City, the danger of 16; teatned Capua. This he thoughtwonld bea ingane} to draw the Roman Gene oa ofthe Fiftorie oftheWorld, one of them at leaft,vnto the defence Oftheir owné home. Ifthey rofe from the fi with their whole Army,then had he his defire: Ifthey dinided their forces ‘then waste likely, that either he, orthe Campans,fhould well enough deale wich them a art. Ne in ther did he defpaire, thatthe terror ofhis coming might fo aftonifhthe titheeadle vith, in Rome,as he might enter fomepart ot other ofthe City. His onely feare was, left! che Campans,being ignorantof his purpofe, fhould thinke he had forfakenthem: aad ther: npon forthwith yeeld themfelues to the Enemy. To prevent this danger, he fent lettats to Capua bya fubtile Numidian: who running asa fugitiue into the Roman Cam colt: ueighed himfelfe thence ouer the innermoft Trenches into the Citic, The aie ti Rome, was to be performed with great celerity: no {mall hope ofgood fiicceffe retin inthe fiddenneffe of hisarriuall there. Wherefore he caufed his men: to haue ik a ae dineffe ten dayes vidtualls ; and prepared as many boates, as might in one pight tran{port his Armic ouetthe Riuer ofVulturnus. This could not be done {fo clofely, but that theRoman Generals by fomefugitiues had notice of his purpofe. With this anges therefore they acquainted the Senate,whichwastherewith affected,according to thediuerfitie ofmens opinions,in a cafe of{uch importance. Some gaue counfell to let alone Capua,yea and all placeselfe,rather than to put the towne of Rome into perilof being taken by the enemy.Others werefo farre from allowing ofthis, as they wondred how any man could thinke,that Hawmibs/, being vnableto relieue Capua, fhould indge him0 felfe ftrong enough to winne Rome;and therefore ftourly faid, That thofe Lesions which were kept at homefor defenceof the City, would erie the turne well enouch.to keepehim out,and fend him thence,if he were fo vnwife, asto come thither. Bur it wis finally concluded,that Letters fhould be fent to Fa/wizsand Clandita, acquainting them perfectly with the forces, that at the prefent were in Romé:who, fince they knew belt What the ftrength was which Hannibal could bring along with him, vvere beft ablé to indge, what was needfill to oppofe him. So it was referred vnto the diferetion ofthefe Generals at Capua,to doas they thought behoueful: & ifit might conueniently be, neitherto raife their fiege, nor yet to put the city of Rome into much aduenturé. Accor _ ding tothis Decree ofthe Senate,9. Fulwias took fiftcen thoufand foot, andathoufand #horfe,the choife of his whole Army: with which he hafted toward Rome;leaning 4pp. Claudins,who could nottrauell by reafon ofhis wound,to continue the fiege at Capua. Hannibal;haning paffed ouer Vulturnus,burnt vpall his boats ; and left nothing that might tran{port the Enemy, in cafe he fhould offer to purfue or coaft him. Then hafted C away toward Rome,ftaying no longerinany one place, than he needs muft. Yet foundhethe Bridges ouer Liris broken down, by the people of Fregellz : which as it flopped hima little on his vvay ; foic madehim the more grieuoufly to {poyle their lands, whiles the Bridges were in mending. The neerer that he drewto Rome, the ptcater waft he made: his Numidians running before him; driuing the Countrey; ani killing of taking multitudes ofall forts and ages, that fled out ofall parts round 4- 49bout, The mefferigers ofthefe newes came apace,one after anotherinto the Citiefome cw bringing true aduertifements;but the moft of them seporting the conceits oftheir Own feare. Allthe ftreets, ahd Temples in Rome, were peftered with vvomen,crying, and Prayingand rubbing the Altars wichtheirhaire,becaufe they could doenone other 00d. The Senators were all in the great market, orplace of Affembly ; ready to gine their aduice, ifit were asked, orto take directions giuenby the Magiftrates. All places fmoftimportance wereftuffed vvithfouldiers : it being vncertaine, vpon vyhich part Hannibal would fall. Inthé midft ofthis trepidation, there came news that Quintus Paluiessvith part ofthe Army from Capua,washafting to the defence ofthe city. The joOffice ofa Proconful did expire,at his returne home,and entry into the Gates of Rome. eg tele Fuluinus might lofe nothing by comming into the city in time offuch ite) an Act waspaffed, That he fhould have equall power with the Confuls du- ing his abode there. Heand Aavnibal arriued atRome, one foone after another: Fal- ee: Reding been long held occupied in paffing ouer Vulturnus, and Hannibal receiuing a in his iourney,as much'as the Country was able to giue. TheConfuls,and dic ers without the Gatesof Rome, attending the Carthaginian. Thither ‘Aa ed the Senate : and as the danger grew neerer and greater; fo took they more . Aue efpeciall orderagainft all occurrences. Hannibal came to the Riner Anio n; three miles fromthe Towne: whence he aduanced with twothonfand horfe, * Ddddd a and |