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Show Lhe fift Booke of thefirpart an 7 ~ " rene S| Crap.5 ather the battel of Cannx,the old king of Syracuf e died;whohad continued longatted. fat fricndivaco the Romans, and greatly relieucd them inthis prefent warre.He left his kingdometo Héeronymnt his grand-chi Id, that was about fifteene yeeres of age; Gelohis fonne, that fhould haue bitt his heire,being dead befores 'To this youngKing his faccef: four, Hereappointedfifteene tutors : of whichthe principall were Androno dorus, Zoje lusyand Thert(tins, who had matried his daughters, orthe daughters ofGelo, The reft werefuch, as he indged moftlikely:to preftrue thekin gdome, bythe fame art, where. byhimf elfe had gotten andfo long kept it. But withina little w hile, Androwodorus wax. ing wearieof fo manycoadiutors, began to commendthe. fufficiencie ofthe young Prince,as extraordinary in one of his yeeres ; andfaid,that he wasabletorule the King: 10 dome without help of any Protééor. Thus bygiuing ouerhis owne charge, he cauifed others to dothelike:hoping therebyto get the king wholly intohis hands;whichcame to paffle; ina fortjas he defired.. For Hieronymus, laying afide all care of gouernment, gauc himielte wholly ouerto his pleafures: orif he had anyregard ofhis Royall digniUc,it was onelyin matterof exterior thew,as wearin g'a Diadem ‘with: ornaments of purple, and being attendedby an armed guard. Hereby *hee offended the eyes of his people, that had neuer feene the like in Hiero, or in Gelhis fonne.: But muchmore hee offendedthem, whenby his infolent behauiour,futable his outward pompe, hegaue proofe, thavin-courfe oflife, he would teuiue the memotto y of Tyrants dead longfince, from'whom hetookethe patterne of his habit. He grew proud, luftfull; cruell,anddan-20 geroustoall thatwereabour him: fo that fiuch of hislate tutorsascouldefcape him by flight, were glad toliue in banifhment: the reft; being moft ofthemput todeath bythe Tyrant ;:manyofthem dying bytheir owne hands,t o auoidethedangerof his difpleafre, thatfeemed worfe than deathit felfe. Onely Andronedorus, Zotlus,and one ThraJo continued im grace with him, and were his Counfai lers; but not ofhis: Cabinet. Thefe, howfoeuerthey agteed in otherpoints,were at fome diffenfion about the maine pointof adhering, either to the Romians, or tothe Carthag inians. Thetwo formerof them, were wholly forthe Kings Pleafhtes, which wasfet on change : but Threfo, hauing more.regard of his honour and profit, was very earneft to' continue the amitie with Rome. Whilft as yerir remained fomewhat doubtf ich way the King would incline: a con{piracic againft his perfon, was detected ul,wh by aGroomeof his; to whom 3° one Theodor us had broken the matter, "Theadoras hereupon was apprehe nded, and tormented 3 thereby to Wiring out of him the whole practice, and the namesofthevndertakers. Long it was ere hewould {peakeany thing y but yeelding (as it feemed ) in the end, vatothe extremitie ofthe torture ; he confeff ed; that he had beene {et on by Thra2; whom heappeached of the treafon, togethe r with many more, that were ‘necte in loue or placeynto Hieronymus. All thefe therefore Were put to death, being innocent of the crime wherewith they were charged. But they that were indeed the Confpirators; walked boldly inthe {treetes; and neuer fhrunke for the matter': affuring themfelucs, that the refolution of Theodorns would yeeld'to no extremities Thus' they all 4° efcaped, and foone after found meanes to execute their purpofe." The King-himfelfe, when Téhra/owas takenout ofthe way,quickly refolue vponfiding with the Carthaginians, wheretohe was very inclinable before. Young dmen, when firft they erow Mafers ofthemfelues, loueto feenie wifer than their fathers, by taking different: courfes! Andtheliberality ofHieroto the Romans zin as might-haue beene'terined exceffiue, sweteittheir great necefiitie, liad oflarebeen fuch, not in tegatd ofhis prouidence ; wherein hetooke orderfor hisiowne Eftateehar depended-vpo ntheirs/Butthe young Nephew, taking dituletieedof dangersfarreoffresarded onely thethin gs' piefent ; the weaknelle of Romé,thepreualent foruines of Caithage,and themuch moneyt hat his geand-fathet had layed Ouvinvaine,to fhoulderyvp.a falling houfe. Wherefore he dealt with' Han bal : whoteadily entrediinto 890d correfpondence with him ; thar was maintained by Hippocratesand EpicidesCarthaginians borne, but grand-children ofa banifhed Sy cufanssThefe grewintofach fauouy lifted. So that when 4pp.Claudins With Hieronymussthat they drew him whithet in the Roman Pretor,hearing p<sg renewingthe Confederacic,betweene the peoplewhat was towards, a of ofRome,andtheBing d yracufe; his' Meflengers weiedifmimea with'an open feoffe, ae havethemtell himthe orderof the fightat Carine, that OW toaccomodate himfelfe,faying"That he could For Hyeronymws WON" he might thereby ere} hatdly beleenethe Catthagina™ * Curryshas oftheHilorie ofthe World, - : =. a ibe eels Sect SUA cee fowonderfull was the victory as they reporte d it. Hating thusdifmiffed the Romans,fe Sent Embafladors'to' Carthaceswhere he coneliideda agteatipart of the Tfland thould be annexedto his league:with condition,atfir, thae Dominion - but afterward, thar he fhould-reigne ouerall Sicil; and the Carthaginians reft fatisfied, With What they could getindealy. Atthefedoings Appiws Clandins did not gteatly fitre : partly for the in. dignities chat were offered; partly for thatit behoue d not the Romans; to éntertaine morequarrells, than were enforced vpon them by neceffit ie ;:and partly (as mayfeemc) fotthatchereputation , both of himfelfe, ‘and ofhis Citie; hadteceitied fuch blemifh, by thativhich hapnedvntohirw ih his lournysas much difcountenanced hitn when hee Jo caiic into Sicil;and forbade him to looke bigge. The moneytliat! Hera had beftowed ~ formerly vponthe Romans, wherewithto relieve them in their necetfitie? this Appius Was to carry backe yato him:it being refufed by the Roman Senate, with greater bratie» riethan their prefent fortune would allow. But in ftead of returning the'noney with thankes; as he had bin direéted, and asit had bin noifed abroad that ie fhould' doe : thé Watre apaintt PAilsp. King ofMacedon (whereof wehaue {pokenbefore') compelled the Romanstolay afidetheir vaine-gloric,and fend wordafter him,tha that money ouerto Atarcus Valerinssofwhole voyage into Greece, t he fhould configne the City had not o: therwife wherewith to beare the charge. This was done accordi ngly, and hereby Clagdivs which namein the whole continuance ofthat Familie , is taxed with pride)his ey 20 tand was changed, from aglorious oftentarion of the Roman magnani pittifall tune of thank¢-giuing,as mit needs haue bred forrow and mitie, into fich g commiferation,in fo tinea friend as Hierasor,ifit were delivered aftes his deaths matterofpaftime and {corn in Hieronymus the new King. But whileft Hieronymus was more defirous ofwarre, than well refolue d how to begin ity his owne death changedthe forme of things, andbred a great innouation in the flate of Syracafe; whichthereby might haue profpered more than euer, hadit beene wifely Souerned.: Hippocrates and Evicides; OF whom wee {pake before, were fent about the Countrie with two thoufand men, to follicite the Townes ,and perfwade themto thake offtheir obedienceto the: R omans.'The King himfelfe with an Armieof fifteene thou30 fand horfeand foot,wentto Leontium,a City of his owne Dominion : hoping that the ameofhis preparation,would make the whole Hand fall to him in all hafte,and accept him for Soueraigne. There the Confpirators took him on the fdden as he was pafling througha narrowftrect :and rathing betweene hith and his guard; ftrooke him dead. Forthwith liberty was proclaimed : and the found of that word fo ioy filly anfwered bythe Leon essthat the guard of Hieronymus, had little courage to reuenge their Mafters death. Yt for feate of the worft,a great largeffe was promifed vnto the Souldicrs, With rewards vnto their Captaines ; which wroughtfo effectually,that when many wickedaéts ofthe murdered King were reckoned vp,the Army,as in detefta tion of his bad life, futfered his carkaffeto lie vaburied. Thefe newes ranne quicklyto Syracufe: whi4° therfome ofthe Conipirators, taking alfo ofthe Kings horfes, pofted away to fignifie allthat had paffed, to ftirre vp the peopletolibertic, and to preuent Azdronodorus, ifhe orhis fellowes would makeoffer to vfurpeatyranny. The Syracuflans hereup on pre= fently tooke Armes, and:madethemfelues matters of their owne Citic. Andronédorus ontheother fide fortified the Palace,and the Ifland : being yet vacertaine what to does ctweendefire of making himfelfea foueraigne Lord,andfeare of fuffering puifhment, asa Tyrant, if his enterprife mif-carried. Hiswife Demavrata, that was the daughte r of Hiero, cherithed him in his hopes : putting him inminde of that wel-knowne Prouerbe, which Dionyfins had vfed 3 That a Tyrant{bould keepe his place, till bee were Waled ont of if 509 the heeles, and not ride away from it ow borfe-backe. But feare, and better counfaile Preuailed fo farre ,that Andronodorus, hauing flept vpon the matter, diffemb led his afections, and deferred his hope vntobetter opportunity. Thenext day he came forth; and made afpeech vnto the people: telling them, that he was gladto fee, howprudent- lythey behaued themfelues in fo greatia change ; thathe had ftood in feare, left they Would not haue contained themfelues within the-bounds of difcretion ; but rather aue fought to murder all without difference, thatany way belong ed to the Tyrant; andthatfince he beheld their orderly proceeding, and theircare, not to rauifhtheir li- ~ TY Perforce, but to wedit vnto themfor euershe was willingly come to them forth of his ftrength,and {urrendred vp the charge committed vato him, by one that had -‘tl |