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Show The fift Booke of thefirft part Cuars. G42 vponthe matters of Afia: wherewith hee prayed themto let him alone ; even as Hee, without fuchcuriofitie, fufferedthemto doeinItalie what they thought good. As for his commingouerinto Europe: they faw well enough what bufinefle had drawne him thither ; namely,the warreagainft the barbarous Thracians : the rebuilding ofLyfimachia,&the recouery ofTownes to himbelonging, in Thrace & Cherfonefiis. Nowconcerning his title vnto that countrie, He deriued it from Se/ewcws : who made conqueft thereof, by his victory againit Zy/imachus. Neither wasit fo, that any ofthe places' in controuerfie betweene him and the other Kings,had beenetill of old belonging to the Macedoniansor Egyptians;but had bene feized on by them,or by others from whom they, received them,atfuch timeashis Anceftors,being Lords of thofe Countries, were 19 hindred by multiplicitic ofbufineffe,from looking vntoall that was their own.Finally hewilled them,neitherto ftandin fear ofhim,as if he intended oughtagainft themfrom Lyfimathia;finceit was his purpofeto beftow this citie vpon oneofhis fons,thatfhould reigne therein: nor yetto be grieued with his proceedingsin Afia;cither againft the free cities,or againft the king ofEgypt; fince it was his meaning to makethe free Cities beholding vnto himfelfe, and to toyneere long with Profomic, not onelyin friendthip,but inabondofneereaffinitic. Corse/ins hauing heard this,and being perhapsvnabletorefate it; wouldneedshearc further, whatthe Embaffadours of Smyrnaand of Lampfacus, whom he had there with him, could fay for themfelues. The Embafladors of Lampfacus beingcalled in, beganneatale ; wherein they feemed to accufethe king be- 30 forethe Romans, as it were before competent Iudges. dutiochus therefore interrupted them, and badethem hold their peace, forafmuch as hee had not chofen the Ro- pans would rathertakethe Citizens ofRhodes,to be Arbitrators betweene Him and them. Thusthe Treatie held fome few dayes,without anylikelihood ofeffedt.The Romans, ~ hauing not laid their complaintsin fuch fort, asthey might be a conuenientfoundation ofthe warre by them intended: noryet hauing purpofeto depart well fatisfied,& there- byto corroborate theprefent peace,were doubtful how to order the matter,in fueh wife as they might neither too rudely,like boiftrous Gallo-Greeks, pretend onely thegoodneffe oftheirfwords;nor yet ouer-modeftly,to retaine among the Greeks an opinion of 36 their inftice,forbeare the occafion ofmaking themfelues great. The king onthe other fide was wearie ofthefe tedious guefts ; that would take none anfwer, and yet fcarce knew whatto fay. At length came newes, without any certaine author, That Ptolomie was dead. Hereofneither theking, nor the Romans,would take Notice, though each of them were defirous to-hafteninto Egypt: Astiochus, to take poffeffion of the King- dome, and. Cornelius, to preuent him therof,and fetthe,Countrie in good order. Cornelius was fent from Rome Embaffadour,bothto Antiochand to Ptolomie : which aue him occafion to take leaue,& prepare for his Egyptian voyage. Both He, and his fellow Embaffadogs,had good leaucto depart all together: and the king foorthwith made ready,to be in Egypt with the firft. To hisfonneSeleucws he committed his Ar- 4° mie, and left him to ouerfeethe building of Lyfimachia: but, all his Sea-forccs Hee tooke along with him, and failed vnto Ephefus. Thence hee fent Emlgaffadours to T.Quintize:whomhe requelted to deale with him in this matter of peace,after {uch fort as might {tand with honeftie and goodfaith. But as he was further proceeding on his voyage, hewas perfectly informed that Prolomie wasaliue. This made him beare another way from Egypt: and afterwards a tempeft, witha gricuous fhipwracke, made him without any further attempt onthe way, glad to hauc {afely recouered his Port of Seleucia.Thence went he to Antiochia,where he wintred: fecure,as might appeare, of the Roman warre. Butthe Romans had not fo done with him.During the Treaty at Lyfimachia,(at leatt- 5° wife not long before orafterit) onc oftheir Embaffadours that had beene {ent vato the Macedonian,gaue him counfaile,4sin a point highly tending to his. good ; not tof contented with the Peace which was ganted vnto him by the Romans, but to defire fo- ciety with them,whereby they fhould be bound tohaue the fame friends and enemies. Andthis he aduifed him to doequickly, before the Warre brake out with -4»tisebas 5 left otherwife he might feeme, to haue awaited fome fit occafion of taking Armes 4Baine. They who dealc thus plainely, did not meane to be fatisfied with weake exculcs» Talikemannerfome ofthe Greckes were follicited; and particularly the gee Caary.§.4, ofthe Hiftorie of the World, ‘That conftantly faithfully they fhouldabidein the friendthipoft hepeopleofRome: Itwasneedleffe to fay plaialy wheretdithis entreatie tended the froward anfver made bythe Aitolians,declares them to hauewell-vinderftoodthe purpofe, They complained; that hey were not alike honoured bythe Romans aftertheVidory pee has i fom : during the Warre. They that focomplained weré:the mokt moderate ofthe: eee cryed our that they-had been wrongedyanddefraudediofwhat wwas promifed yato th a. : vpbraiding withall the Romans,as menmtothem beholding:; not only forthelr Vagory ouer Phi/ip,but even forhelping themtofer foovin Greece,whichelferhey-nénen.could have done: Hereto the Roman gauie gentle anfwers: telling chem thatithere was:no more 10 to doe, than to fend Embaffadors roithe Senate, and-véter their gricfés andithenithould all be well, Suchcaretooke the Romans in Greece; for theinWatre-intended.againitAusjechsse, The fame hereof atriuing at Carthage,gane matten vntothe enemies of Henvibal, whetwith both to pickeathanke of the Roman Senate;andto chafe out of their citie abit ho= nourable man, whom they fo greatly hated: He hadiof late exercifed -his vertueiagaintt them in the Ciuill adminiftration':and.giienthem ani oucrthrow,ortwos in thelong Robe. Theludges atthartime bore all che fivay'in Carthage + holding their, places du: ting life; and hauing f{ubiectvnto them,thelines,goods,and fame of all the refts Nei: ther did they -v{ethistheir power with\moderarion:bur confpired infich wife together, 20 that who fo offendedany one ofthem,fhould hauethem all: tobe hisenemics ; which being once knowne,He wasfureto befooneaccufed and condemned. Iathis theit.im= tentrule ofthe citie,Haenba/ was chofen Pretor.By vertueof which Office;though ¢ was fuperiour vnto them during thatyeeres yethad irnorbeentheirmannerto beare much regard vnto fuch an annuall Magiftratejas.attheyetres end. muft bee accountable tothem, if: ought were laid vnto hischarge. Hannibal therefore fending for one ofthe Queftorsor officers ofthe Treafurie, to. come and fpéake with him;,the proud, Qua, ftor fet lightly thereby, and would notscome. For she :was of the aduerfe Faction to Hannibal ; ‘and men of his place were to-be chofenincathe Order ofIudges: jin. con- templation whereof, he was filled already withthe {pire of future Greatnefie. But hee 3® hadnot to doe with fuch atame Pretot;as werethey-thatihad occupied-the plage: be- fore, Hamvibal{ent for him bya Purfiuant; and having thisapprehended him,broughe him into iudgement beforea publique affembly of the people. There he not onely thewed, what the vndutifull'ftubborneneffe ofthis Quieftor had beene; but. how, vn- fufferablethe infolencie ofall the Iudges atthe prefent was : whofe vnbridled power made themto regard neither Lawes nor Magiftrates. To this Oration when hee \perceived that all the Citizens wereattentiueand fauourable; Hee: foorthwith propoun- eda Law, which paffed with the generall good liking; ThattheIndges fhould be cho- fen from yeeréto yeere,and no oneman bee continucdin that Offices wo yeeres, toge- ther. Ifthis Lawhad beene paffed,before he paffed ouetIberussit would not. per= 40haps haie beene in the powerof Hanao;' to:haue brought him vate neccflity of reforrt Carthagini, This Tribute ethe Ming another grieuance, concerning the Roman Tribute g ans Were faine ro leuié by Taxation laid'vpon the whole Commonalties as wantin Money in theiy publique Treafurie; wherewith to defray citherthat, ordiuers other Deedfull charges. Hannibal confidering this, beganne to examinethe publique Reue~ wayes ues; andro takea perfect note, both how much cameinto the Treafuric, by. That the ahd meanes whatfoctier- and in what fortit was thence Jaid outs So he found, Ordinary charges of the Common-wealth did notexhauft the Treafurie : butthat wic- ked Mapiftrates,and corrupt Officers, turning the greateft part of the monies to their . Hereof hee Owne vie, were thereby faineto loadethe people with needlefle, burdensTreafur e wer rrhéc bher ofthé efe Rob : common Treafure were 4 that thefe demonttration, Somade fich plaine and fo (i the Cartha- ri abyknaueries as formerlythey ginians were freedfromthe neceffitic of making fuch poore {hifts, vertuc of Hatthe Butas te. ownekfta their ad vied; when they knew/not the valueof Citizers: fo they of the- Roman Bibel, was highly commended byall thar were good vatill now; litde serageaninn, ation, which had; fince the making of ‘the pedce goes $5 cw illSanne to tage extreamely;as being by him ftriprof their ill-gotten to haue been in felues them thought ey whenth even employed alithoritie,both at once, friend é compelled toreftore,with fhame, what they had ge their I poffefion ofthe vanquithed Carthage. Wherefore they fent Jetrersito PpppP 3 - |