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Show heSifeRoakeaFthefikt part"Car,s.S9, Cuar.6, §Is of the Fiftorie ofche World. - career noble deedes confutedfiafficiently the author offugh falfe tales-And.thusbegontheha tred: which being notregarded nor thought ypon by the Scipio's, whileft it. was nourifh- SSS Ce a re CaHir VI ed by theis-cneaay,brake aut vpon aduantage,efpecially againgt.Z,.Seipio: his brother being.dead,or out ofthéway.A feuere inquiry andiudgementbeing appointed ofpurpofe agaidit Scipie,matters;were fo carried, tharhewas{eene condemned ina fum ofmoney, far exceeding his abilityito pay.. Formew payment, his body fhould haue beenJaid Vp.in prifoa:-butfrom thisitigour of the Liaw hewas.treed by Tiberixs Gracehes the fame Tri- Thelecond.eMacedonian Warre. ay ; bune whoihad-canfed the fiiteagainft the African to be let fall,, Inhis eftate,which was dake The Condition wherein tho/e Princes and Eftates remained, which were affociates ofthe Rex confifcared tothe vfe ofthe Gitie, when there neither appeared anyfigne. of his haning manswhen the warre with Antiochus was finifbed. The Romans quarvell with Philips beenebeholding to dxtiocsss;nor-was found fo much as what he had beene condemned -10 topay;;thenfell hisaccufers;and.all whofe hands had been againtt him, into theindignation of the People. Butfor this was £.Scipio no whit the better. His kinred, friends,and They deale infoleutly with the Acheans. The Macedonian , being umreadse for warre, obtaines peace at Rome, by hisfonne Demetrius ; of whom thenceforth bee becomes iealous, neceffarywie,being redeemedfor him by his neereft friends, And thus. began the ciuill warre ofche Toxgue,inthe Romanpleadings: which hadei- Aes Fter the ouerthrowof Astiochas, although Philip of Macedon, 3G ISS Eumenes King ofPergamus, the Commonweale of the AchzNe) ans, and all other the States of Greece, were gouerned by the fame Lawes and Magiftrates, as they formerly had beene, be- Clients madé fuch acollectionfor him,.as would. haue{et him inbetter eftatethan before, iFhe had acceptedit, Hee tookeno more shan {uch ofhis owne goods;.as were of thernot beene,or not beene much regardable,vatill now,fince the Punicke Warre. Se- cutitie of danger fromabroad;and fomewantoffufticient employment,.were efpeciall helpes to the kindling ofthis fire; whichfirft caught hold vpon that great Worthy,to » forethearriuall ofthe Romans in thofe parts : yerin Verytruth (the publike declaration excepted) they were none.other than # whofe yertue Rome was indebted,for changing intofo,great fecurity her extreme dan- ger-Butthefe factious contentions did no long whilecontainthemfelues within heat of words,and cunning practice. For, when the Art ofleading the multitude,in {uch quarrelfome bufineffe,grew to perfe@ion, they thatfound themfelues.ouer-matched by their aducrfaries at this kinde ofweapon,began to make oppofition;firft,with clubs & ftones, afterward with {wordsjand finally, proceeded from frayes 8: murdersin the ftreets,vatobattailein the openfield. Cornelia, daughterofScipiothe African, a Lady ofrare ver- 20 abfolute vaffalsto the People of Rome. Forof hole fiue Prerogatiues belonging toa Monarch,or ynto Soucraigne power, int 7) whomfoeucrit reft;'namely, To make Lawes, To create Magis Prrates, Toarbitrate Peace and Warre, Tobeate Monie, and ta referwe (as the Frenchcall it) ledernier refort, ox thels/t Appcales, the Romans had affurned foure; and the greateft o£ tue,that in honour ofher two fonnes was more commonly named Mather ofthe Gracchi, them fo abfolutely, thatis, Te 4ppeale, or laft'refort, as every petty iniurie offeréd'to each other by the forenamed Kings orStates, was heard and, determined either bythe Roman Embaffadors, or Commiffioners, in thofe places whence the Complaintcame, der.of Law,but rather approued by the Senate. At thefetimes.the Scnatoursbegan to teftion,ifeither King,or Common-weales, declined,Heorthey were beaten,and infor¢edto obedience,or had their Eftates and Regalitics vtterly diffolued. Neuertheleffeit faw thofe her-twofons, whileft they,were but yong,flaughtered in Rome, together with fomeoftheir friends,by thofe whomthey oppofed,andtheir death not reuenged by ortake vpon them authoritie; more than was tothem belonging.They conferred ypon the Confulsall the whole powerofthe Citie, vnderthis forme, Let the Con[uls pronide,that the Commonwmeale receiut no detrimentBy.this Decree of theirs,and by their proclaiining any Citizen-cnemy tothe State,they thought to haue wonnea great. aduantage ouerthe multitude.But after the death of¢, Gracchus, and of Seturninus.a popular man, whona by fuch authority they did put out ofthe way, it was not long ere Aderivs,a famous Captaine,oftheirs,was fo condemned, whoby forceof armes returned.into the Gitie,,and murdered allithe principall Senators: whereupon began the ciuill wacres: which giting vnto\Sjla,whopreuailed therin,meansito make himfelfeabfoluteTiord of Rome,taught Csfari2man of higher{pirit;toaffed and obtaine the like foueraign power,whenbythe 4g like Decree ofthe Senate hewas prouoked.It is true, thatneuerany Conful had finally caufe to reioyce,of his hauingput inexecution fuch authority,to him committed bythe Senate.Butas the furie of the multitade,in pafling their Lawes,by. hurling offtones, and othér violence, made the Citie ftand.in need of a Soueraigne Lord: fo the vehemency of the Senate,in condemningas enetties thofe that would not fubmitthemfelues, when they were guer-topped by. voycesitithe Honfe, did compell Cé/ar, or giue himat Jeaft pretence, toright him({elfe by armes:;wherewith preuailing againft his aduerfaries, hee tooke fuch.order,that neither Senatenor, people, {hould thenceforth be able to doe him wrong,So by inteftine difcord,the Romans confuming all or moft oftheirprincipal ci- tizens,loft their owne freedome,and.becamefubie@s vato the arbitrary goucrnment of 50 onesfuffering this change in three generations,afterthis beginning oftheirinfolent rule, wherdin.they tookeyponthemasthe higheft, Lotds on éarth todee even what theyli- fed. -Yieshad not Romeindeed attained hitherto. vato compleat greatnefle, nor beleeuedofiher felfeasififhee had, whilatt aking fate-crowned onthe ThroneofAlexander, continiiing andvpholding the reputation,ofa-former Em pire. Wherefore this confum- mation of her honour was thought vpon betimes, Howatwas cffeed, the fequele will difcouer, ; Tit CHAP. of otherwife by the Senators themfelnes within Rome; from whofearbitrement, or di is true, that they had their owne Lawes,and Offices‘oftheir owne ordaining: yet fo, as Acithertheir Lawes were offorce,whenthe Romans interpofed their will'to.che contra- nor thereif e{peciall ry,fleither was theielection of Magiltratcs {6 free,as that they had ae i regard ynto the goodpleafure ofthefe theirMafters. ciAndtofuchdegreeof feruitudethe fenerall Eftates of Greece.did bow very gently: or, as theras being thankefull for their deliuerance from a yeke more fenfibly gricuous; being skilful inthe Art of fattery,and therin taking delight, fince therin STa tht 1an ae chiefe hope of thriuing; or,as being more fearful of di {pleafing the ftronge yin PEON ng being off,and Further lining Ewwenes full oftheir ownehonour.But pity to the Romans,was not,of long time,queftioned aboutany of his Soe pa diverfion oft cir pte ts tie vato themin matterof warre & peace, together with the Vas helifted, vatill they ould other4° another way,gining him leaue to vic his own him, chat ie be Ince sdb auaileableto little ita was Neither ofhim.. difpofe Wile oa a Poets fubducd. ted vpon the Nations, by shem not throughly eB tod iF Well as vyponhis ownehigh deferts) werethey veryloning\ es iraba in ee i nate Houfe, vaill Carthage was ruitted,aud their Dorriinion fe Weg terwards to the kings ofMauritania, Cappadocia,andothe! ore Ea ceiatall on ynto themfelucs,by the Mimiftery of kings ,¢!pecially ofits TINGS, as ¥ himfelfe; rot forgetfall ; 4 more noble temper; ae thewed F oe Beersqoios ypta them. Now the Macedonian‘ wasofhe4 mior t his faca orthe hist-reputation of his king §° Ofhis hi owne formerpreatnefle,the honout off © Kon fiued by the Raftians; than.as A eaten? dome. But fuch magnanimity was hone otheriwile a Ha 3 ti fa ye n of him atio valu &4 ingtat ReBad re. Wherfore docwichitand inda . the pride oftheir fortune,they could not ared the waye: try ¢ Wantof due reueretice to theiteftatc, fe j h erCoe ee ebre ioue? ate soi the‘ch of ta ‘s ei ri lately ginen pallageto thcir Atmiegthroug gs hee oth thine ,and his andfurnifhed them both with yictials es he Chi aid ochus: man VPP aa ,againft or us and es of Ari Citics the Hellefpont inteo AGisThr idonthe abat com yet dedto was ade,heYats States ofTheffali and Maroneay |