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Show The fift Booke ofthefirpare Cwar.3..21 hee faid,that he was not thercofignorant; and that without any note ofinfolenée bie uer-weening,he might well refufethe conditions offered. Forwas it'motplaine, thai all thefe Countries,with which the Carthagivians now fo willingly departed, were already pontie fromthe Romans If {aid He, thefe Conditions had beemepropounded whilef? asyetjee detai. nedfome part ofItaly, they mightperadwestare not hawe bere veieGeds! Buk' zs the Cd]e' nore frands, 1fee no reafen,why Ifbouldremit unto jowany one piece of thefe miyformer ‘demands. to which the Carthaginians baneyeelded already, and thonghe wee tobeoracions li Realieijo wsoderately, Rather Lfay,that the ininries which they haxé done meince, bane made fbemw oy. worthy ofobtaining peace uponfofriendly terwses. But Icannot blame thee, Hannibal5 though thos would:/? be glad to make thy Citizens vnderftand; from how mich oftheir burden they 19 are by thy meaneseafed. Onely thou miusft thinke, that in likefort it concernes mein bonoirwot tolet then begaiers orfauers bythe wrongs which they bane done of late. Thon knowell weil, that befides thofe offers mbich thon here:haftmede; they were wellcontented to reflore unter ranfome-free, allprifoners that they haneofoarsstopay vsfide thoufana' Talents 3 to deliver ofthe Fiyftorie of the World, Cwar.3.G.21. Frontof his Battaile. Next behinde thef@hemadehis Vantguard allofMercenaries, I fgutians,Gaules,Balcares and Moores: Then followed his Battaile: which was of Carthaginians & Afiicans;more intereffed in the quarrell than were thofe Mercenaries;though not folgodd fouldiets: but to helpc(if it might be)theirwant of courage; they had with them foute thoufand Macedonians, lately fent from King Philip. More than the {pace of afurlong behinde thefe camehis Rereward, confifting of thofe braue Souldiers which hadferred him in his Italian warres ; and were the onely men; in whom he repoled any confidence. Oppofiteto Lelins, in his owne right wing hee beftowed the Carthaginian | Horle:Tychens andthe Numidians he placedin his left wing againftAdafaniffs. Hee was WP deed farre too weake for the Enemie in Horfe,both in number and in goodnefle; For Gyles and Mezerallus had no morethanthreethoufand; and thofe not fo well exerci: fedas were the foure thoufand ofAta/anif/a. The Carthaginians alfo were no more, nog aifcharged ofall this, by their breach of-truce; their[popling ofour Fleet, and their violating our Embaffadors ?Not/o. But iftheycan be contented, befides all this, to wake[uch amends fmoneorhier than firch as could be leuied inthe hafte of afew:dayes; and thereniainder of thole.that iad oflate beeneoften vanquifhed;and accuftomedto flye.Butit was no time fo Ha ibal; neither had he perhapsauthoritie, to make:thefe his coinpanionis alight ' dferuc : foot, fetting better menin theirfaddles: All that he could haue done, wag ns atieh i ‘ ry and expect more helpe. Had Verewinathe fon ofSyphax come thi- anfwertagineyou orherwife, you may enc‘prepareforwarre, and blame Jour ovne[elues, for that Thane deniedyoupeace. v ; defect.Yee other defect: al other fupply all relltoto fupply might haueferuedwell ¢f number ‘tnigtitl Hotle yiHaamibel mutt be mena r delay: faine to comfort rooke no Lords of Carthag the'ctorieotCiribewectidbrovtld adiince et vp their Callies, and to deliver boftagesfor affaranceof faire dealing." CAtrdmuft theynow be asf (ball require,for thefe iniuries nevply done:then'will [take adnice with my Conncell-what é : 2 Hereupon they brake off: ‘and 'tettirned each to ‘his owne Campe, with no other newesthan warre; bidding their Souldiers prepare fora bartaile;wherein fhould be decided the quarrel] between Rome & Carthage.Thenexc morning atbreake ofday they iflued into thefield> a'notable nrarch;and fuch'as hath very feldome beenfound ': ‘whe. ther we regard the-Generals, their Airmiies,thetwo cities that contended importanceofthe batraileat hand.Scipia ordered histnen after theRomar3 or the great manmer:placing firftthe He/tati, divided into their Maniples,or {mall Battalion s, witha reafonablediftance betweenethem: Nor farre behinde thefe followed the Principes , likewife dinided'; and fo after them the Triaré#, But herein Scipio altered alittle the ordinary cuftome ofthe Romans: He placed not the Mani ples of his. Principes Oppofite vato the void {paces betweene the Ha/laté, that forhe Haflati, as waswfuall; might tweene the: Principes; but tie placedthem diteétly one behinde'another,fall backe be- 3° File. Thishe did; bécaufe ofthe Elephants,whereof Hannibal had many. as it were, in thofe beafts the danger was leffe,whileft there was open way te letthemthrough.Forof Therefore heetoolefich order; that when they-had pafled through the {paces betweene the firft Battalions, they fhould not come vponthe Principes in Front. Vitohis Velites,orthofe ofthe light armature;that were to beginnethefight,he gaue direction, ‘that when they found themfeluésto'beouer- charged;cither by the Enemies, or (which was moftto be feared) by the Elephants, they fhould runne backe through thofé lanes that were betweene the Maniples-and thatthofe which were fwifteft, or otherwi fe beft able, ,, thoald continue ontheir flight,yntill theywere gorb chinde al] their owne Armie,therby leauing roome enough vnto thofe that were woun ded,or caft behind, to faue them- felues onthevoyde ground, that was betwixt the firft and fecond, or the fecond and third battailes; without cloyingv p the way betweenethe Maniples, whichheedefired tokeepe open. His Italian horfe he placediin theleft wing vnderc. Lelius. Inthe right Wihg was d4«faniffa with his Numidians. He himfelfe riding vp and downe, exhorted his men to doe valiantly ; vfing words,not many; but forcible, Hee bade them remember what they had atchieued, fince their comming into Africk. Hetold them » that if this day were theit's,the warre wasatan end: and that their vi@ory in this war, fhould maket hem Lordsof alithe world ; for that afterward s,none would be found able to te 5¢ fift them: Onthe contrary, ifthey were beate n y heasked them whither they would flic. They werefarre from home, yeaand farre fro m their owneftanding Campe: neither Was thereanyplacein Africke,that would giu thaginians hands, they knew whatto expect, ethemfhelter : "ifthey fell into the CarAnd therfore there was ‘none other W Yo bur death or victory: valeffe they would liuelik e wretched (laues vnder moft mercileffe Enemies, Tn, fuch neceflity, he {aid, that they which confid er themfelues to be, & take refolution anfwerable thereunto; hane neuer beene khown Hanaibel onthe ogherfide placed his Elephants, that etofaile of getting victory: were more than fourelcon a Z.yehedid ieed dayesatter, with fixteenethonfand and vpwards,tite moft ofthetti uf i i the hope that he repofedin his old italian fouldiers ; whofe vertue ad himfelfe,with wroughtercater wonders, when it wasmore ftrongly oppofed. He encouraged there ees conc feuerall conditions: promifing ynto the Merto their heir feuerall i tote his men,avith i words agreeable a ies bi es i ifill rewards: threatning the Carthaginians with ineuita slefert i by the many vite old fellow-fouldiets, imaring hishis old animating éi Deatiehaday they loft that day ; but efpecially oy f hi a xe rh d oleinba againft farre greater numbers. Hee badethemto looke lik fo many,Y> as thing thing like any vere any i nate, whether they were i Deeeceiniedcan to remember, thathuge fee Armie whicht aug ‘ Canis. Hee willed them praca at ars ‘aoa parca P. Scipio, euen the father ofthisman, whom theyhad firft of altco pelTha S were, ogi wrhich they they yonderbeheld,d,were, Hee toldthem,that thefe Legions: Me eneaves: Lee R0led fich,as for their os cuen seps Roman Souldiers: forthe moft part ofthem,the very "worlt ofthe¢ Roman ee i betrufted t oF iconedareae i Gaftardly flight out of fundrybattailes, ¢ onldnolonger araetack.dultead i their owne Countrie. As for the reft:they - OFeee farherewereduily Gil 3 cadena -apons,by whicl feare ofE thofe weapons, i ntinuall i br a A tkuctow heentreated thefehisold companions, vpon eensa make meant wholly to repofe himfelfe,that they would this day ftriueto g é toions vied thetwo G Whenthey the fight. Toa! actadrewncefe allan Re eshotiicns: fad a is pocknemiersis ; os Dain -femen on bothfides began to skirmifh, The Trumpe ae th artaine commanded rn his weep and Hannibal battatic: ane? founded dto to battaile: fwarte, Otherint+ eaisued es semnidian were ae aaa , Misckeypontire Ronsans.ofthele Elephants(as - wing,turned back for tare: ane » point of the left ft aa ed t ftood neerevnto the poin itdered. Mafanif/a an ticownSinmidien which they afftighted Siealty fuffering the Cok ; andnotpains Numidians the fame vpon Horfe; harze f eithis, great =fpoile beafts made ofthofe Wet Maniptes field. Thereft he field. se stwreealdke The quite out ofthe meee them themfelues,drane ee ee Vignasouls: dobhen fjpaces intothe theyfollowed ofthe Roman Velites,whom Mowing Without any harmtothe Battalions themfelues; which gaue the or Ubid emer at ms Tae lyas sei io had well prouided. Diuers ofthem receiuing + a a vrcrewthallthey difordeted gouercd ay aaa longrbe openficld. teh dthat : intothe b eh Sotheir ileconldno battaile,and chat wing hei ownefins : againft whomthey gauet9 © naa fort. fike en WECM sagan t h : werein ich thagini t which he viedin iswadd inft the Numidians; ad fame aduantage, that 444/aniffe hadagait aaaretopetherwithaflow 4 ee ieestetinian ~ batialesof fooraduanced, ane in h: ttime they gaue a fhout, toeane while ee Wately pace tilthey were almoft within a weapons ence sh in al audacitie,2 and ie in time lecme' s . Ndran oncatthe thecenariesfora Romans ; wounding more harme} dcoing Aebooed ati ‘ many,and Mercenaries*o t.. The~of < ware eieat preuailedagain afterawhile, thanthey tooke.But Roman difci difcip line = caroithelped nota itle,t Me atthe batell berres netthe eee Miolence ofthefe vatrained Barbarians-Whereunt of |