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Show The fifth Bookeofthefrit part Cuaratg Oars..1. of the Fiftory of the World. the like: ofall which,the Adacedemian had aboundance ; the Roman hauing nought, eS their fitht Pxnick watre,were trained,in the rudiments of Nau igation ; fitting ypon the and Indians were? Whom Alexander vanquifhied'yaslikewifeobwhavforte the Mmangsnian Phalcnx was.and howwell appointed, againft {ich armesiasic commonlyiehcoudtre': any man,that hathtaken paines to reade the foregoing-ftorie ofthem) doth fuffict ently viderftand JY et was this Phalanx neuerjorveryfeldomic, ableto ftandyapdinft the Roman Armies: which weré embattailed in fo excthlenva fotmejas Pknow not; Whethér Wenatid atmes.As for Sea-forces sie that thall confider after what fort the Remays in fhoare,and beating the fand with poles,to pradtife the ftroke of the Oare, as not daring ~ tolanch theirill-built veffels into the Sea;wil eafily conccitte,how farre too weakethe would haue prouedin fuch feruices. y Now forhelpers in warre; I doe notfee,whyall Greece and Atscedon, being abfolute. ly‘commanded by Alexander,might not wel deferue to belayd in ballance,againftthofe parts of#ta/p,whichthe Romanrheld in ill-affured fubiection, To omit therefore all be. nefit,that the Eafterne world, more wealthy, indeede,than valiant,could haueaffoorded 10 vnto the Afacedonian : let vs onely coniccture,howthe States of sicil/and Carthage,nee- tefbneighboursto fuch a quarrell (had it happened) would haue ftood affected. The SiciGans were, forthe molt part, Grecians, neitheris it to be doubted,that they would readily haue fubmitted themf{eluts vnto him,that ruled allGreece befides them.In what termes they commonly ftood,and howill they wereableto defend themfelucs, it fhall appeare ation, Sure it is that Alexanders comming into thofe parts, would haue brought excel: fie ioy, to themthat werefaineto per the helpe of Pyrrhus, by offering to becomehis fubietts. As forthe Carthaginians ; if Agathocles, the TyrantofSyracu/e, hated of his people, andilf ablt to defend his ownebefieged. Citie, could, by aduenturingtofaile into 4/ricke,puttheit Dominion, yea and Carthage it felfe, in extreme hazard, {hall weyo thinke that they would haue beencable to withftand Alexander ¢ But,why doe I quetion their abilitie, feeing that they fent Embaffadours, with their fubmiffion, as farre as Babylon, crethe warredrew neere them¢ Wherefore it is manifeft, that the Romans muft,without other fuccour, than perhaps offome other few italian friends (ofwhich et there were none,that forfookethem not, atfometime, both before and afterthis) ue oppofed their valour,and goodmilitarie difcipline,againft the powerofall Countries,to them knowne, ifthey would haue maderefiftance. Howthey could hauefped well,in vndertaking fuch a match; it is vneafie to findein difcourfe of humanereafon. Tristrue; that vertueandfortune worke wonders : butit is againft cowardly fooles,and thevnfortunate : forwhofoeuer contends with one too mightie for him either muftex-36 cell in thefe,as much as his enemy goes beyond him in power ; or elfe muft looke, both tobe ouer-come, and to be caft downt fo muchthe lower, by how machthe opinion of his fortune and vertue renders him fufpected,as likely to make head another timea- lb vanquither. Whetherthe Roman, or the Macedonian, were in thofe dayes the etter Souldier, I willnot take vpon me to determine : though I might,without partialitic, deliuer mine owneopinion, and preferrethat Armie,-whichfollowed not onely Philipand Alexander, but alfo Alexanders Princes after him, <inthegreateft dangers of all forts ofwarre ; beforeany,that Rome either had, orin longtimeafter did-fend forth. Concerning fortune; who can giue a rule. that {hall alwayes hold? Alexander. was victoriousin every battailethat he fought: and the Romexsin the iffue of euery warte.49 But forafinuch as Liwie hath indged this a matter worthy of confideration ; 1 thinkeit a Great patt of Komes good fortune,that Alexander came not into Italie : where inthree yearesafter hisdeath,thetwo Roman Confuls,together withall the power ofthatState, were {urprized by the Samnites, and enforced to yeeld vptheirarmes. Wemaythere- -_-- . = nisisicinseiatnsinanterinacayeiaenstices ctpeadeiiaimes In what fort Philip wan his DominionAm Greeces whavananner-df inemthepesfalas any Nationbefidesthein haue vied;either before of fince.The Raman weaponsilikewife both offerifiueanddefenfiue,wereof greater vfe,than'thofe with which any other Nation hath feried before thefiery inftruments of Gun: powder wereknowne: Asfotthee: yonemies,with which Rome hadto doe : we finde,tharthey} which ‘did ouer-match her ia numbers,were as farre ouer-matchedbyher,in pons;and that theyjof whomthe had littleaduantage in armes;had as little aduantage of hearin multitude. Fhis alfo(asP/utarch Wellobferticth') wasa part of her happineffe ; thar fhe'was neuer ouer-laied with ‘too tot prcat wartcsat ofice. l Hereby it came to paffe, that haiting'at firftincreafed herftrength;byacceffion of the Sibines 2hahing wonthe State ofAlba, againtt which the aduerturedsher ownte felfe,. as Htweréih wager,vpon'the heads' of three Champions and--hating-thereby made her felfe Priticéfle of Lariam: the did-aftetwards,by long warre, in many ages, ‘extend her Dominion ouerall' /ralie:! Fhe carthagiaians had well-neare oppreffed "her? butther 29 Souldiéiswere Metcenatic : {6 that for want of properftrength;they were'eafily beaten atthait 6Wi doors.' The £ tolzams, arid:witlithem all; ‘orthe moft! ofGreece) affited het aeainiht Philip the Macedonian: he being beaten} did Jend herthis helpe; to beat°*the faitie Yerolians. The wartes'againtt antiochas,and orher Afatiques, were fachas gaue‘to Rome finall caale of boattthough muchofioy : forthofeoppofiteswereas bafe ofcourageasitlie lands whichthey held wereaboundaht oftiches: Sicily Spaine,and all Greece; fellinto Kerhands, by vffig heraide, to protec them againft the Carthapiniansiand Max cedonianss Thallhor'needeto fpeake of her othet'conquefts":' it was eafie to'get more-whenfhe had gotten‘allthis.Itisnot my putpofe'to difgrace thie Roman valour' ( which was very Pnobleyor'to blemiflithe reputation of fo many fanious victories: lam notfoidle:This I faysThae aniongall their wars,| finde not any,whetcin their valout hath appearedjcom* patablétothe zmo/jb.1fmny iudgement feeme oucr-partiall; our wartes in France may helpeto make it good. : Eintherefore icis well knowne,that Rome (or pethapsall the world befides) hadne- ueratly fo brane a Commander in watre;as TiliasCufar'sand that no ‘Roman armie was comparable yntothat, which ferued vnderthe fame Ca/ar. Likewife,it is apparant,that this gallant Armieswhich had giuen faireproofé of the Romancourage;in good: perfor- mance of the Welwcrian ware, whenit firft entredihto Genle ,was: neuertheleffe ytterly diheartned, when C4/ar led it'againft the Gerasany.' Sothat we may-inftly imputeyall 40 that ws extraordinary in the valour oficefarsmensto their long exercife, vndér fo good aLeader, in fo greata wat.) Now'lerys:ingenerall, compare with thedeedes done by: thefe be(Pof Roman Soulditrssin their'principall feraice; the things performed in the+ amé Countrie,by our common Englifh Souldiersy: levied in hatte, fromfollowing the fore permit Liwieto admire his own Romans,andto compare with Alexander thofe Cap- Catt,or fittifig'on the fhop-ftall': fo fhall wefee the difference? Herein willl we deale: aitelysand beleene ce/ar, in relating the aG@sof the Romans : but willcall the Brinch His lowers: that thefameconceitfhouldblind our tudgement, we cannotpefmit without ftorians toWitnefle, what aGions were performed by the'E.nglifh. Tncafars times Frege! taines of theirs,which were honoured fufficiently, in being thought equall to his fol muchyanitie, Nowin deciding fuch a controuerfie,me thinkes it were not amiffe,foran Engh[bmem, togiuefuchafentence between the Macedonians and Romans,as the Remansoncedid (be-52 ing chofen Arbitrators )betweene the Ardeates and Aricini,that ftroue about a piece ° land, faying,Thatit belonged vato neither of them,but vnto the Romans themfelucs. Iftherefore it be demanded, whether the Macedonian, or the Roman, were the st Watriour¢ Iwillanfwer: The Englifbmen, Forit will fooneappeare, to any that fhal examine the nobleacts of our Nation in warre,thatthey were performed by no aduat = ofweapon; againft no fauage ot vomanly people; the enemybeing fare Spa ©vsin number,andall needeful] prouifions,, yeaas welltrained as we,or comme? bettcr,in the exercife ofwarre. In Was inhabiredby the Gau/esa {rout people) but inferiouitto the Prench; by whom they! of Gaiile! was! Were fib ded ¥ eucti when the Romans gauc themaffifiance: The'Coahtric Tentin futidertas Ce/ar witneffeth)into many Lordthips: fome of which were gouerned! ~ BY Petty' Kings others by the multitudes none ordeied'in Lachfort as might makeie ap* so Pllable'to the nearent Neighboir. The fadions weremany, and'violen f:inotlomely! in stheFalithroughthe Whole' Countrie but betweene the pettie Sratessyda'in every Caria,' adalmonin cuéty Houle! What Bredteraduantage coulda Coniqierourdefire? i there Wasapreater. Mrioniftios,: with his. Gevmans, Na ouer-ton the GONen much patroFititt libieCHantlittledivereht frommeer' favery: janee - Germansprendiled in wartevpontlie Gaales, that the Gantes'( who had Cana the'HetterSoyldicrs di hold thethfelues tid way equal td thofedaily Firuiddlers? Haid France vita oiitErghyhKings; Romeiv felfe,by this tinie/and aiabr 3 bethe {0 prepared Y Kkkk2 "this |