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Show The fife Bookeofthefirt pars \ Crarids Sip Fequiifineywine Riristadtion,co the Senatey Herewithallthey fene4 great proportion of Corh t6 Rome,and thelike vacothe Armic that wasin Macedon. King Ma/aniffa would hauelent'yiito the Romanstwo thouland of his Numidian Horfes bur they-were contented with halfe the number § andbwould acceptnomore, Wermina met with'the Eitt- baffadours,to giue them entertainement, on the borders ofhis Kingdome s andwithotie any difputation, agrecdwith them vpon termes of peace. Thusavere the Romansbufied intaking order-fortheir Macedonian Warre, that they miighe purfueit ftrongly, and without interruption: ‘As for Amilcar and his Gaules:they laideficge vato Cremona, where L. Farias a Roman Pretor caine a then, foughe a batrailé with them;and ouercamethem. Amilcarthe Carthaginian ied in this-battaile: 10 and tie fuitofrhe vidiorie was fach,\as both made.amends for loffes paft, and?left the worke eafie to thofe, that afterwards fhould haue the managing of warre amongthofe Gaules. So wasthere good leifureto thinke vpon the bufinefle ofMacedon: where PhiLip wascarefully prouiding to giue contentmeng vato his Subiects, by punifhing a bad Coupfailour.whomrhey hated;asalfo to affure vnto himfelfe the Achawans,byrendring yatothem fome Townes thathe held oftheirs; and finally to ftrengthen his Kingdome, notonely by exercifingand ttayning hispeople, butby fortifying the paflages thatled thereinto out of Epirus. "This was in doing, when VsAim,hauing vnprofitably laboured torfindeway into Macedonstaking afourney(as Sa/picins had done before hitn') Wherein hecould not be fupplicd with vidtuals;determined at length to trieia new courfe. But y5 thencameaduettifement;that T.Quintins Flaninus was chofer Conful, and had Ma- codon alloted binv for his'Prouince 3 whofe comming was expeéted and he very -fhorthy-atriuedsarthe Armie:: alias DoW di atic §.X.11T. The Fomans begin to make warreby ntgotiation. TQuititius winaes « palfage again/ Philip, """The/faly wafted by Philip,the Romans, and Btelians. The Acheans forfaking the Macedotian,take part withthe Romans, Atreatie ofpeace, that was vaine. Philip delivers «Argos to Nabis the Tyrant, who prefently enters into League with the Romans, - He Romans had not beene wontin fortiier:timés, to'make 'Warre aftér fuch 3 3° Thatthey could not honeftly takepartwithWartales,their,goodfriendthoughhewer e) inftt Antiochus, whomthey heldin the like account; but,That they: would deale-with datiochus by Embaffadours, and (as commonfriends vntoboth ofthe Kings) doetheir beftto perfwadean attonementbetweene them. In fuch louing fafhion did they -now: carry themfelues, towardstheir good friendthe King Astiechus y who reciprocally at their intreaty, withdrew his Army fromthekingdomeiof Attalass:But howlittle he ol thefe tertnes of friendthip,after'that once they had madean‘end with Philip;ic ; : ‘ds will very fooneappeate. T.Quintius batting away from Rome;camedbetimes into his Prouince, with the fu p= ply decreed vnto him ; whichconfifted, for the moft/patt,ofold Souldiers,that had fer. Ouedin Spaineand Africk. He found Hus the old Conful, (whomiathis comming hee prefently'difcharged) 8 king Pbidip ofMacedon, encamped one againft.the other,inthe Streights of Epirus ; by theriuerof Apfus or Aous: It was manifeft)that eithertheRo- mansmuft fetch a compaffe about,and feek their way into Macedon,through the poore Countrey ofthe Daffaretians ; or elfe winne,by force,that paflage which the King de. fended. In taking the former way;they had already two ycerestogether mif-{pent theit time, and beene forced to returne backe without profit; forwantofvidtualls.: whereof they cotld neither carry withthem ftorefifficient,norfindeit on the way. But if they could once get ouerthefe Mountains,which diuided the Southof Epitus fromTheflaly; then fhould they enter into a plentifull Conntry; and,whichby long dependance onthe Macedonian,was become (ina maner) part of his kingdome,whereofat thade the South 40 borders Neuertheleffe, the.defire of winning this paflage, was greater thanthelikeli« hood. Forthe Riuer of Apfus,running along through that valley whichalone was open between¢ the Mountaines, made it all a deep Marifh and vopaffable Bogge: avery nar- tow way excepted , andapath cut out of the maine rockeby mans hand. Wherefore Quintins affayled to climbe in the Mountaines = but finding himfelfe difappointed:of thishope, throughthediligenceofhis enemie, who neglected not the guard of them thatwas very edfie;he was compelledto fit (til,without doing any thing forthe {pace of ! , forty daies. This long time of reft gant hope vnto Philip, that the tvar might becended by com: polition, vpon fomereafonabletermes. He therefore foidealt with fomeofthe Epirots, trifling manner. It was theirvie, to give battaileto the Enemie, as foone as they met with him.) Ifherefufed it,they befieged his Townes:and fo forcéd him to ®(amongwhom hee had manyfriends) that Hee and the Confull hadia meeting together. trie the fortune of a day,withhis difaduantage in reputation,when he had long forborne it (as inwould beinterpreted)vpon knowledgeof his owne weakneffe. Butin this their Warre with Piilip, they began to learne of the fubtle Greekes, ithe art of Negotiation: libettie« and to thake amends for the iniuries; which he had.donetomdny people in his - j Cuar.4..§. Be ofthe Fiftorie ofthe World. wherein hitherto they werenotgrownefo fineyias within little! while they proued. Their Treafury was poore,and ftood indebted, many yeers after this,vnto privat men, for part ofthofe moneys that had. beene borrowed in the fecond Punicke Warre. This had made the Commonaltie:auierfe from the Macedonian warrey and had thereby dri- 46 uen the Senators,grecdy ofthe enterprize, to make vie of theit cunning. Yet being we2ry ofthe flow pace wherwith theirbufineffe went forward,they. determined to increale their Anmie; that they mighthane theleffencedto'relie vpon their Confederates. So they: leuied eight thoufand Foot, and eight hundred Horfe (the greater part ofthem of the Larines\whichtheyfent with T..Quintivs Elaminins,the new Conful into Macedon. ‘heir Nauie,and othermeanes could-well haue ferued, forthe fetting foorth and tranf- portationofa greater Arnie : but by ftrainingthemf{elues to:the moft oftheir ability, they:fhould (befidesother difficulties incident vntothe fitenagce of thofethat are too shanyandtoo fare fromhome) hauebred fomeicaloufie in their friends of Greece, andthereby haucloftfome friends, yea; perhaps ‘haue incteafed the number of their se enemies more than of their owne Souldiers.: This prefent augmentation ofthe forces wasveryrequifire, forthat Astalus, about the fametime, exenfed himfelfe vnto them, by his Eurbatfadours ; requefting that either they:would yndertake the defence of his Kingdomeagainit Antioghm, who inuadedit; or'elfethar they would ‘not take it ¥A- courteoufly, that he quitted the: Warre witln PAiiip;-and returned home, to looks vhto that Which .more concerned him. ‘Theit anfver was'remarquable' They faid) That iewas not theirmannerto vf the aydeof their' fiends, longerthantheit friends: had-goodsoppottunitie y:and. could ‘alfoe bee wellcontented' to affoord Rat But hothing waseffected.» The Confatl would haue himtofet all Townes of Greeceat late'warres, Philipiwas contentedto gine libertie to thofé whom hee had fubdued of hep but vnto'fuch) as had beenelong {ubiectwnta him and-his Anceftors, Hee thought itagainftall reafon, thatheethouldrelinguifbhis claymeand.domision ouer them.:'He alfo faidyp That‘as farv'e Foorthiasit fhould appeare that hee had done'wrong ynto-any Towneor people whatfotuer; He could wellbe pleafedto make finch amends,as might eeineconuenient in the iudgertient of fomefree State, that had notbeene intereffed in But herewithall .Qasstias wasnot fatisfied: There needed (he faid) na thofe quarrels. 49itidsement or compromife yforafmuch as itwas apparent, chav Philip hadalwaits been After the Inuader .: and had tiot made warre, as ione prouoked; inhis owne defence, was -_ this altercation, when they fhould:cometo particulars: and iwhen the Confiul the firtt that he om Tedt6 atic thofe*Towns,thathewould haueto be fetat libertie; Weiethe Theflalians!: Thefehadbecne fubieds (though conditional vate theMacer Onan' Kings, everfirice the dies of Alexander the Great; and of Pheiphis . athe te hérefore;as{oohcas Flaminins liad named the I heffilians; tle a a rage ema ded what fharper coridition Heé would hance jaid vpon him, had, hee beene but yang flied? "Arid herewirh3fl abruptly He flag aways refiifing tolheare any more of {uchdifils JO COUe) =: ‘ 5 dayes together, cohen Afterthis the Confull ftroue in vaine two or three henhe had -~soeerinee ‘ainfethe dificutties of thavpallage which'Pbikp kept.Wcane to hinsigs et meee t+ rhere take to orrfe whatt folue norre could nd clfea ed the' Romans, who . ing long kepe tom Charopus a Prince ofthe. Epitorsthat fanour acquainted with all Spee 8 ; -_ beats in:thofe Mountaines,wadehroughly they 1s fafh any danger,to'a place where s,without dealing wassa Orevndertéoketoguide the Romanes 5 fs . Beate : ‘eachcrous no t us dealing,b> Baud hau@aduantage of the Encmy- Dhis guide; for feare of sre |