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Show The fifth Bookeof the firft part ~ Cuap..§.2- the damds-inthe Mediterrancan Sea,to the welt ofSicill; and of Sici', thebetter part. It flourihed about {even hundred and thirty yeates,before the deftruGtion thereof byseia InPol, arth, P02 WhO befides other fpoyles,and all that the Souldiers referued, carried thence foure Lae hundred and feuenty thoufand weight offiluer,which make of our mony(ifour pounds Sduiean differ not ) fourteen hundred and tenthoufand pound fterling. Soasthis glorious Citie alfotakethe ran the fame fortune, vvhich many other' great.ones haue done, both before and en a fince.. The ruine of che goodlieft pieces of the world,fore-fhewes the diffolution ofthe cerne,that la Vvhole. bors che earth: About one hundred yearesafter fuchtimeas it was caft'downe, the Senate of Rome -caufed itto be rebuiltiand by Gracebss it wascalled Zemonia sit was againe and againe aro s, ad bandonedand repeopled,taken andretaken; by Genfericus the Vandal, by BeHifarimyn. eso der Jujliaian,. by the Perfiansby the Egyptians, and by the Atabomerans. It is now noallals, thing.Thefeatthereofwas exceeding {trong : and while the Carthaginians commanded bybereaung the-Sea,inuincible. :Forthe Sea compaffed it about; fauing thatit was tied tothe maine ihdiien: by anecke of land ; which paffage had two mile and more ofbreadth( Appian faith,three andbringing milesand one farlongby which we may be induced,to beleeue the common report,that themveinh the Citieit felfe was aboue twenty miles in compafle ; if not thatof Straéo,affirming the ReligionThe Citcuitto haue been twice'as great. ivf takethe Ttc had three wals,. withoutthe wall ofthe Citie; and betweene each ofthofe, three fourth theafe: res 3 7 and werewont OF foure ftreets, with vaults vnderground,of thirty foot deepe, in which they had to cate vp with Place forthree hundred Elephants,andall their food : ouer thefe they had ftables for *° their horfmen. of is ees : . : oecon' fourethon{and horfe,& Granaries for their. prouender.. They had alfo lodgingsin thele dogees,what fireets, betweene thefe ont-walles for foure thoufand horfe-men,andtwentie thoufand theypleated, tothedifcipline vfed:now by thofe ofChina fhe oth foot-men,which(according Sat. ; ) neuerEr pettePe threepartsre- Ped the Citie.It had towardsthe South part,the Caftle ofByr/a ; to which Serwiusgiues mainingThe two andtwentie furlongs in compaffe, that make two mileanda halfe. ‘This was the aie fame piece ofground, which Didoobtained of the Libyaws; when fhe got leaueto buy sana Ear onlyfo much Landof theth,as fhecould compaffe with an Oxe hide: On the welt =ee fide it had alfo the falt Sea,but in the nature ofa ftanding poole; fora certainearme Wotld:And ofLand,faftnedtoithe ground, on which the Citie ftood, ftretched it felfe towards 30 xéafon good: the weft continent, and left but feuenty foot open for the Sea to enter. forofthem hauethe bo- Ouer this ftanding Sea wvasbuilta moft fumptuous 47/ewad, hauingtheir fhips and gallies riding a dies of ourvi- vnder it. --- The formeof their Common-weale refembled that ofsparta; for they had titularic dedAndiis Sings,and the Ariffocraticall powerof Senators. But (as Regis well obferueth) the peo- thefreeman, plein latertimes vfurped too great authoritie in their Councels. This confufion in gowee tCot : the truft thatthey repofed in d th hath UCPHEMent,together with hired Souldiers, were helping func,that courage and thefentof fhame defer- caufes oftheir deftruction in theend.T woothermoreforcible caufes of their ruin,were theirauarice and their cruelty.*"Their auarice was fhewed both in exacting from their : : ) : and incon-40 ooo Vaflals(befides ordinary tributes) theone » halfe ofthe fruits ofthe earth; ardife. : ferring ofgreat Offices,not vpon gentle & merciful perfons,but vponthofe who could e the <s . . * ‘e FogtiyeomenOo tyrannize ouer the people;toaugmenttheir treafures.Their cruelty appeared,input haue bene, in ing themto death without mercy, that had offended through ignorance: the one 0 times,not long thefe rendred them odious totheirvaffals,whomit made ready,vponall o¢cafionstoreGince paft,For; a : ‘ seek uolt fromthem:the otherdid breakethe {pirits oftheir Generals, by prefenting in the fhewed inhis heatoftheir actionsabroad,the feare ofa cruell death at homé: Hereby itcameto palle, aife of ou . Sestak that many goodCommanders ofthe Carthaginian forces,after fome great laflereceiuees ButImayfay, haue de[perately caftine théfelues with allthat remained yndertheir charge,into thethro2t that they a ruction: it neceffary, neceft; : . their . loffes quickly, ine al BeEee of deftruction;holdingit eitherto tepaire or to rune than cutr sand COCther = and few ofthem haue dared to managetheir owne \beft \proiecs, after chat 5° ourNobliliie good forme,wherein they firft conceined them,for feare left the manner oftheif pio: and Gentri ‘ : 2 * as : searaety ceeding fhould bemifinterpreted # Te being the Carthaginiza tule, to crucifle, notone 1 y Fer,fncethe thevahappy Captaine; buteuen him, whofe bad counfailehad profperous cent. nde cefsiue bra~ faultsswherewithsiagenerall, Lewithti Ait poenalwales they of2 Carthage are taxed: byee Roman Hiftorians, 2 a m as kom the Whether periurie. ice,ctaft,vnfaithfulnefle,and expence ofour © bethele;luft,ctuelty,auar Grandes,bath | taught themto raife their Rents,fince by Tnclofures,and difmembring of Manriouts; the Court Baron, andthe Court Leet, che Princip' lities of the Gentric of Zny/and, hane be ne d ‘ 5 i et hem now 20 foruiceat all, and yerelintee ) a litlelone, iffalued, the Tenant, hauing. payed:ynto their Lords thpis sacke Reat, owe, themfelues -- of the Hiftory ofthe World. themfelues were free fromthe fame'crimes, let the triall be referred vnto theiraétions. The firft league between Carthage and Kome, was very ancient: having bin.made; the yeare following the expulfion of Targuine. In that league, the Carthaginians had the fu- periotity, as impofing ypon the Romans, the moreftrict conditions. For it, was agreed, that the Romans fhould not fo muchas hauetrade, in fome part of4frick;, nor faffer any fhip of theirs to pafle beyond the:headland, or cape, then called thefaire Promontorie, ynleffe it were by force of tempeft : whereas on' the otherfide,no Hauen in stalie was forbidden to the Carthaginians,'A fecond league was made long after, which ¢ howfoeuet ithath pleafed: Zinie to fay, thatthe Romansgrantedit, atthe Carthaginians intreayo tie)vvas more ftriétthanthe former; prohibiting the Remanesto have trade in'any- part LinDec1.h.7. ofAfrice,or inthe land ofSardinia. By thefetwo treatiés,it may appeavethat the Carthaginians hadan. intent not only to keepethe Romans(as perhapsthey did othe people)from getting any knowledge ofthe ftate of4/rick;butto countenance & vpholdthem, .intheirtronblingall zte/, whereby they themfelues mighthane the better meanesto occupie all SiciH, yvhileft that Tland fhouldbe deftitute ofytalian fuccours. Hereupon vvefind good. caufe, ofthe ioy that was in Carthage,and.ofthe Crowne ofgold,weighing twenty and fiue pound,fent-from thefice to Rome, vvhenthe Sammites were ouerthrownie. But thelittle ttate\ofRome pre- wailed fafter in ta/ie,than the great powerofCarthage did in Sicill, For that mighty Ar- Xenoph 20 mie ofthree hundred thoufand men,which Haenibal conducted out ofAfrick into sicéf, bi wan only two Citiestherein:. many«great fleets were deuoured bytempeftss and howfocuer the Carthaginians prevailed at onetime, the Sicilians, eitherby their owne valour,or by the affiftance oftheir good friends out of Greece, did at fome othertime repaire their owneloffes,& takereuenge vponthofe Inuaders. But neuer. were the peopleof carthage in better hope ofgetting all sici/, than whenthe death of-Agathor/es the Tyrant,had left the whole Iland.in combuftion ; the eftate of Greece being {uch,-at the fametime,that it feemed impoffible,for any fuccout to be fent from thence. Bat whileft the Carthaginians werebufie, in making their aduantage,ofthis good opportunity; Pyrs rhi,innited by the Taréntinesjand their fellowes, cameinto Italie, where hemadetharp 3° warre vponthe Romans.Thefe newes were vnpleafing to the Carthaginians, who, being afubtile Nation,eafily forefaw,that the fame bufie difpofition,yvhich had brought this Prince outiof.Gréece into Italie,would as eafily tranfport him ouerinto Sieid,asfooneas he could finith'his' Roman vvarre.Topreuent this danger,they fent A4agoEmbaffador to ®ve; yvho declared in their name,thatthey were forry to-heare, vvhat mifaduenture hadbefallen the Remans,their good freinds, inthis vvar with Pyrrhwss and thatthe peo? PleofCarthage were very-willing toafliftthe ftate ofRome,by fending anArmyinto Ita heiftheir helpe were thought needfull,againft the Epirers. It wasindeed,themainedefireofthe Carthaginians, tohold Pyrrhiusfo hardly tovhis Wotkein/alie,thatthey might at good l¢ifure, purfuetheir.bufineffeim sied:' vyhich 4° caufedthemtomake {ich a goodly offer. Burthe Romans vwveretoo high-minded: and Tefufed to accept any fuchaide oftheirfriends, left it fhould blemifh thi¢irreputation) and make thena feeinevnableto ftand by their owne ftrengths: Yet the meflage-was tas kenlouihgly,asit ought ;andthe former league ‘betweene Rome and Carthage renueds With couenantsadded,concerning the prefent bufineffe ; Thatif either ofthe:two:Cis ties made peace with Pyrrhws,it fhould be with teferuation oflibetty; to affifi:the other, incafe that Pyrrbas fhould indade either oftheir Dominions: All this notwithftanding; andnotwith{tanding that the fame 44ago went and treated with Pyrrhw,vfing all:imeans tofound: his intention$.Ca: matter very. diffichlr; where one vpon cuery new: occafion changeth his owne purpofes) yetPyrrhus found leifure! to» make a fteppe into Sicilh Where, thoughinfine he: was neither getter nor.fauer, yet hecleane defeated the puts se Poles ofCarthage, leauingthem at his departure from thence;:as farre fromany.end, as whenthey firft began. ; f : So manydifafters, in an enterprife, that from the firft vndertaking had bin fo ftrongly' the oat induced wellchane purfued;through'the length of many generations,might cheir de aa But intendment. their prouidencerefifted higher am belecue,that Siniansto of winning that fruitfull Iland;was fo inueterate;that with vnweatied patience,they fti continued in hope,offo much the greater‘an harueft,by how much their coftandpaines therein buried had bin'the mote. 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