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Show The fije- BokeofhefirStpare 486 Cuar3.§.19. ; ofthe Fiftorieofthe World. = Hians Hadneitherforces, hor couradeto wichitahd Bim! but their hearts fo faifed them thar they ferr'forth Vato themthitty Embaffadors,Princes ofthe citywhich Were their Pritty'Councell, to make fuite for peace. Thefe Being adtnitredsnto the pretence ofsz. * Excerpt.€ Po p79did not onely proftrate themifelues onthe ground; but kilfed the *feer' of him, and libtib.ts. ofthofe that fare iq'Councell withhim. Lindib,30Anfwetabletsthis bafe adoration was theirfpeechthat followed. "They ‘confeltnd themfehies to have vniuitly broken the Peace between themand Rome,and to hauedé. fered whaeScher pubifimenrit fhould pleate the Romans to infli@'Vpon'them, Yer chey Iiiinblybefonshe sejpzo and the reft,chat in common regatd "of thofe misfortunes wherérd all men ate fubiedtthe) would thew mercy vato the city df Carthage, andlet it temaine;as a inonument oftheir clemency; which, by the folly "oFher Citizens, had 10 Hbiw'twice defetued:to be overthrown :Herewithal they did not forget,to laythe blame werenot adiitted into the Citie, but were lodged without : vntill Lelins being fent for; came backe from Oftia,to be prefent whentheir demands wereto be heard, Then wa$ audience giuen them in the Temple of Ze//ona ; that ftood inthe Suburbs. The errand ofthefeEmbafladouts,was peacc,but the meaning ofthemand of their City, was onelytowinnetime, and get re{pite for warres vntill Haznibeland Mago fhould come out ofiltaly,eithet to chafe the Romans outofAfrick, or to obtain peace for Carthage, by. terrour.oftheir great names and Armies,vpon moreeafie conditions, Wherefore they. madeah idle'difcourfe ofthe League, that was concluded betweenthemand Leatius Catuld,artheiend ofthe formerwarre. This Leaguetheyfaid,all things well confide- ted, did frill remainein force: neither had there fince beene any warre atall, betweene IWthe people ofRome,& the Carthaginians. Forit was onely Henaibal, that, without any Ieaue from Garthage, had of his ownchead befieged and razed the Towne, of Sagun- Vpon Hammibal: who without their appoyntment had besufne ‘the warre's! and. was Maintained itt his doings bya Faion, without thé goodliking of the wholeCitic. tums and after that aduenturedin like fort, without Commiflion, to paffethe Alpes,and trouble (as he had done)the quict ofItaly. This beingfo,their Metlage was none other, By this iPappeares, tharthefe Embaffadours were to Barchines: but rather, that they were Hagno,andthe choice of his company ; who had powtheir long defiréd work in hand of fultid vatothe Romansforpeace. Whatfocuerthey were, irmult needs be thar they were imoft infolent menouerthofe that were {ubiedt varo their power : for they would fothavie made {lich adoration tothe Romans in their owne neceflity, valette they themfelues had expected thellike, wherethey had the aduantage. : It was not vnknowneto Scipio, orto his affiftants ja. what poorcafe the city ofRome then' was ; and how vilable to defray the charges ofcontinuing the war. Neither were * the Carthaginians, dotwithftandingti¢loffe offo many Atmies, in fich ill cafe, asthe Romans themfelires had Very lately beene. For they had money enough wherewith to wagemiore men: theyhada Citic farie ftronger than Rome;and they had the Sea fiec. Burtheywanted tteR oman refolution: and thetefore diftrufted the wals ofCatthac e though Vticaa weaker Citie-had all this while held out againtt Scipio and could not yet be forced by himand his Army; though fo often victoriousin the field.Seipiotheres fore accepted their fubmiffion, and told them, That though hee cameinto Aftickc, tomakea'conqueft, aadhot a Peace: yet hauing the Conqueft as it were in his haad,he would not deny to grant them the Peace which they defired; for therebyfhould all Nations yndetftahd thatthe people of Rome did follow the rule of Iuftice,both in making warre, and in concluding it. The Conditious which heimpofed vpon them, were thefe; 3° thatito defirethat the League before fpoken of,madein the time of Cata/js,might hereafter tand in force; as indeed:it hitherto did, and ought to doe. The Senators had canle towonder at this tale; hearing thefe Embafladors make (as it were) a icaft of a Warre, thathad beene foterrible. Whereforethey asked them a great many queftions, con- cetting that Peacemade by Zaétatins, and otherpaffages following beeweene thetwo Gities, But they, excufed themfelues, by theirage: (for they were all yong men ) and 20 hid}-That thofe things were beyond their knowledge andremembrance, Forthwith it appeated, Thatall,was but collufion, and that they fought no other than to gaine tine, vatill they mightrepaire the warre. Wherefore they were fent home in company.of Lalias, without any conclufionarall of peace; and, in effect, without anfwer., This hotwithftanding, wee finde in Polybins, ‘That the Senare receiuing aduertifement from, 2 Scipio,ofthat which had paffed betweenhimandthe Carthaginians in this Treatie of 4 peace, approued the Conditions by him propounded, andgaue him licence therenp- On, toproceed ynto conclufion. This may with goodreafonbee beleeued,finceit was not vaknowne,that ifthe warre continued, all rhefe goodly hopes muttreft_vponthe mot vncertaine iffue ofone battell betweén Hannibaland Scipiox wherein if fortune - fhould. be auerfeto them,theirforces in Africke were no better than quiteloft. } ® Mattersthus hangingin fafpence,before the Carthaginian Eibafladors came backe That they fhould tendci'vp vito him all the prifonersthat they had taken,together with = Renegadoes and fugitiue flanes: That they fhould withdraw their Armies outofIta- ftom Rome,a Fleete out ofSicil, wherein weretwo hundred fhippes of burden, and thirty Gallies, being boundfor Afticke, to vidtuallthe Roman Campe,was ouer-faken, byfoule-weather at Sea,and hardly efcaping wreck, was difperfed,and driuen aground pay agreat funme of money, With certaitte huhdred. thonfand buthels of Wheatand barley. To confider of thefe Articles, he gaue themthree dayes: and whenth¢y approucd them, tt hese ; 204 fend , <y had approucd hepranted a Truce; thar they might Embafladours vato the Roinan Senate. ? YES StHOL 8 ere was at that time, as Wee finde in Appiam, and maygatherout of Polybius,a great p jnice dearth ofyituals in Carthage, which caufedthe people to cry out vpon their Magitrates, that the fhould not let fuch a bootyefcape them , faying, that the dangerof fait Were forhat hunger Minewas greater and worfe, than ofbreaking Truce. Wahether the multitude in CarViged them, or that they yeelded to their owne greedy defires : Jeand Ganle :- That they fhould not meddle in Spaine, nor yétin any Iland betwecne Tealy and Afritke: ‘That they fhould'delitier vp all their thippes of warre,{aue twenty5 and that they fhould This done, Mafaniffa was difmiffedand went home ined his kingdome,as if the war 4° oveit) ety uedeaatiepeRee roti cuay fent with Zeliws ysto Rome: dared niferies would be shore! Yat : 3 aes whieeete a Bakes ae ee andan apse ing Whcrefore all the Temples werefer opens Waser!holy day YS appointed bhomnted fo tor thankelgiv and {upplicatio n to their gods. Leis bfialy W ithEmbaffadors fiom King Ma/aniffa : whio'gratula ting the happy ScdareesABavarice shserasfr nowhis fabiege avonont er made requeft for the Numidians, fuch as Were i and priloners in Rome,that they might be beftowed vpon him,whoby rendring them to liberty, fhould'doe an ac very plaufible that would make him Cious amonghis people in the beginning of his reigne, The Roman Senate were not! hind withA44/anif/a in Complement? But {hewihsthemfelues to be highlyplea fed sith all that Scipio had donieand Mould defor hini.they called hing King againe-releal ed his Nuinnstisins that Wertecaptittes, and {ent him two purple Caffocks thathad each ofthem one sold Sutton, ivith fith ocher prerets)as ih time oftheir pouerty might feruetote- ftiffe theiPgéo.d will! Starcely Wet? tHefe and 2elius cone from Rome,when thenewes came,that Emban tdorsfioin Carchapewere artiaiedto defire peace,Thefe Embaifadors indiuers parts of the Bay of Carthage, euen in view,and vader command of the Citie: thagevnderftood(as it{eemsthar allthis difcourle of Peace in han d,was no betterthan Mette mockery ,and therefore cared not for obferuation of particular points, whenthey 3 Meant deccit in the whole. It was the mannerin Carthage,as likewife in Alexandri 1,f01 Pi dling in vptoares; the ¢lamors allthe tafcality,together with women & boyes,to be me oO the boyes being in fuch tumults no leffe violent than of the men. Wherefore it is ho Matuaile, iflittle regard werehad ofreafon, or ofhononr,in any fuch commotion. ft Ccte was fent out vnder 4/arubai,to gather vp the difperfed Romenihipecs of Natta (forthe Gallies,by force ofOares,recouered the ftation whereto their cept loyned? and bring them into Carthage; which was done. Seépia was hereat much onended; ne Sonely forthe loffe, and forthat the Towne was therebyrelicued; but for that bythis teach ofTruce,he fore-faw the intention ofthe Carthaginians ro renewthe wat an require Put himto more trouble. Wherefore he fent Embafladours vato them, bothto fromentertaining any Ot her hope, ftisfaGion forthe iniury done ; and to deterrethem the Carthaginians to v pThefegane defired. much fo ‘Manin the peace whichtheyhad Inde os were come from Rome vato Scipio, with allowance to erftand, That Letters But (faid they) we hola tt tiePeace.vpon thofe conditions which hehad propounded. V5, 6Hniffec before theground to felues caftyour, bane Tange,ThatJeswhofe lately |