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Show The:fifth Bookeofthefrit part -Cuaraga, anid by force or practice,recouered in few yeares,all their old poflcfions:makingpeage with Syratufé, the chiefe 'Citi¢ of the Hand, that fo they might thebetter enable themfelues to deale with the reft. Somewhat before'this time,a troupe of Campanian Souldiers; Cuartgae e,whileft Micron with his Syracufians lay before ivonthe otherfide: Inthis their great'danger,came Appitis Claudius the Roman Confu ll, with an Atmie'td the ftreights of s#e¢/: whichpaffing by nightwith notable audaci tie3 ‘heopnt himfel them to departs fignifying yatothem,thatthe Mamertines were now become confe de! rate with the peopl fe intothe Towne; and fending Meflengers to the Carthaginians, and to Hitvon, reqitired tie,Lands, Goods; aid' Wiues, of thofe; whom they had murdered; Thefe Mercenaries called themfehues Aamertines:Good Souldiers they were:and likeenough itis, that ceedings; than the daw of the frronger, they ouer-ranne all the Countrie round about Wan vpou them,yea,and vpon the Carthaginians exacting tribute from miny Neighbor wan faft vponthem,& finally, confining them within thewalls ofe/a ; they alfo with apowerful places.Butit was not long,ere fortune turning her backe to thefe Adamertines, the Syrde cufians l Armie befieged the Cities It hapned ill that aboutthe fametime, aconrentionbegan, ‘betweenethe Syracujian Souldiersy then lying at:z and the36 Citizens ofspracé/e,and Gouernors of the Common-wealth 3 which thatthe ArmieeléGed two Gouernours among themfelues;to wit, Artemidorededfofar, usand Hie» yon, that wasafterward King. Hieron, being forhis yeares) excellent ly adorned with many vertues,although it was contrary to the polici¢ ofthat State;to approue anyele» ction made by the Souldiers,yet for thegreat clemencie he vfed athis firt efitrance, wvas by generall con{enteftablithed and made Gouernour. This Office, he rather vied asa Scale;thereby to climeto fome higher degrce, than refted content preferment. with his prefent Inbtiefe, there was foraewhat wanting,whereby to ftrengthen himfelf e within the Citie ; atid fomewhat without it, that gane ‘impediment, to: his obtaining, and fafe3z¢ keeping,ofthe place he fought; towit,a powerfull partie within.the Towne, and cer- tainemutinoustroups of Souldiers without, often and eafily mooned to {edition &tumult. Forthefirtt, whereby toftrengthen-himfelfe, he tooket owife the daughter of Lepeinessa man:ofthe greateftichimationand authoritieamong the Syracafians.: Forthie fecondi leading outthe Armieto beliege Mefara,he-quar tered all whichheheld fufpeéted,on the one fide ofthe Citie; and leading thofe Companies, thereft of his horfe and foot vntothe otherfide,as ifhe would haue affaulted it in two feuerall parts,he mat: ched away.vnderthe coueiridfthe Towne walls; and lefethe Mutiners to be cut in pieces by theaffieged:' So returning home," and leuyingan Armieo fhis owne Citizens, _ well traynedand obedien t;he hafted againe towards Meffanag was by the Mamerti nege (grown proud by their former viGorie ouer the Mutiner s)}.incountred in the plaines of Mylewn ,wherehe obtaineda moft fignall victorie, and leading with him mander Captiue into Spracufeshimfelfe by: common confent. was elected their Comand faluted King.Hereupon the Mamertiaes,finding themfelues vtterly infeebled, fome ofthem t+ folued taae themfeluesto the Carthaginians, othersto craue affiftan ce ofthe Romass: tocachof vvhom,the {euerall faGions: difpatched» Embaff adonts for: the very famte purpofe)« : 2 TheCarthagipiazs werefoone ready to lay hold vponthe good:of fer: forhat a Cap? taine of theirs.got intolthe CattleofAdefana, whereof they that had:fent for himgaue him pofleffion. But within little while;they:that weremore inclina blero the Romt5;59 had brought theit Companionsto fo good agreemeonty chat this. Captaine,cithet iby force, or by cunning, was turned out of doores, and the Towne:relérued for other Mafters) iii gritdeneb sy eet 13. Si «Phefemovnesdid muchioffendthe people ofcarthage'y who crucified their. Capraine s asboth aibtaitobrand Cowardy iidfttea Blect and Wrmhie'tos beficge2IMe/faus, as 2 Towneithar rebeliéd; having: oncebiri theirs: Hieronsithe new-made of ee (to grstific his peopic;incenfed withithe fthartiofinigri¢s lately reccineKing: d)added his for Setoche bik Genthaginians}wichwhom heentredsin to : + 2‘ lgague,e fori éxtesminasing Mameriie ~f a Mamertines outiofSicil. Sothe Mamertines onall fides were* that had ferited then. In this courfe,at firtthey {ped fo well,that they didnot only defend Meffana apaink the Cities ofsici/ Confederate;to wit,againtt the Syracufians,and others, but theyrather = clofed ¥p within Meffine i the Carthaginians \ying witha Nauieat Seajand with an Armi¢ on the! one fide ofthe _Town vader Agathocles being entertained within Me(fana as friends,& finding themfelues too trong forthe Citizens; tooke aduantage of the power ‘that they had to doe Wrong and with perfidious cracltie,flew.thofe that had trufted them; which donesthey Occupied the Ci. meeré defperation of finding any that would approoue their barbarous treachery, ad-zg ded rage vnto their ftoutnefle. Hauing therefore-not anyother colourof their pro- a ofthe Fiiftorie of the World, 10° e of Rome, and that therefore he was: cometo gitte them proteaion: euen by force of warre,ifreafon would not preuaile, This meflage wasvtterly neglected; Andfo beganne the vvarre betweene Rome ind Carthage s wherein, tt willthen be time to fhew, on which part was the infticeofthe quarrell, when {ome actions of the Romanes lately foregoing thissh iaue Beene firtt cons fidered. é §. TIT. The beginning of the fir Panick warre. That it wit wainfily vndertaken Ly the Ro- manes, Hen Pyrrbws began his wars in dtalie,the Citic ofRheginnr, being! wellaffe- 20 ‘ } \ / éted to, Rome,and not only fearing tobe taken by the Epirotibut much'mor e i diftrufting the Gerthagintans, as likely.to feize vponsirin that bufie time; foughtaide from the Remavs,8 obtained fromthem.a Legion, confitting of4.\thoufaad Souldiers, vnder the conduct ofDecins Camipanissa Roman Prefect by whom they were defended & aflured for the prefent. \Butaftera while,this Roman Garrifon; confidering at good leifure, the fact.ofthe Mamertines,committed.in Meffana,(a Citic in Sieidfituare almolt oppofite to Kheziur»; and no otherwiledinided than by anarrow Seay which fe uereth it fromyradie.) and rather weighing the gréatneffe ofthe baaties than the odioufnelle ofthewillanie,by which it was gotten; refolued finally; to makethe like' purchafe, bytaking chelike wicked courfe.Contedetating thereforethemfeliessvith the Wtumer= tnes.they.cnrertained. theit Holts of |Rheginvi, afterche fame manner; ‘dividing the oile,and atl which chat State had,amongrtli¢mfelués: eu When.complaint was ntade to the Seiiateand people Of Rome, ofthis ourwage ; they fining their houour thereby-preatly tainied.-( foro Nation in theiworld madea tore cuere profeffion ofiufticesthan they did;during allthe timeioftheir growing greatnefsy telolued,after a while,to taketeuehge vpoh the offenders, Aadithis they performéd homly acer,when they-had. quenched therfites,kindled:in itedie by Pyrrbus.' For, not- Wwithftanding that thofe,Xomans in \Réeginm(as men forthe fouleneffe of their fadjhopes tile ofpardon) defended themfelues with an obftinate refolution : yet inthe-end}'the Milants forced them ; atid thofe which,efcaped the prefent furie}wene brought bourld to Mamewhere,after the vfuall tormerits by whipping inflicted;accotding tothecuht ome ofthe Countric, they had their heads ftricken from, theixfliouldérs sand the people of chums were againe reftored to their formerlibertieand éftates. one is execution.ofIuftice being newly performed,and the fame thereoffounding ho- Aourably, throughall quarters of/a/ée: meffengers came to Reme,from Meffana,d eliring iclbe againft,the Carthaginians, and Syracifians, that wercin a neadinefleto infidthe tke punifhment vpon.the Utamertiness for-the like offences A very. impudent requeft Mas, yvhich they .made:.who haning: both ginen example ofthat villanie to the Soman Souldiers,.and holpen.theni;withioint foices:tomakeir good, doeintreatthe fo lNdpes to give them that jafliftance, which they wetc wont to receiue-fromtheir fel- OWsthecucs, heRewans could not fuddenly:refolue, whether the vyay: ofihonettic: or ofprofit, Wereto be: followed sthey eucrmorepretended the one;but theymanytimes walkedin wt other. Chey confideredshowcontrary the course of fnecobring the Mamertipss was fotheir Former counfells,and aGions: feeing forthe fame offences theyhadl ately-put ‘torment, and to the{word,theit owneSouldiers; and reftored thie opprefledto their sesttic,Yet when they beheld the defcription ofthe, Carthaginian \Dominionjand that they Were already Lordsof the bef part of Africasof the Mediterran Ilands, of a-great ime: and fome part of sicilicfelfe; ie it felt whileft j (< they ey feared, OfSpates alfo feared, that th Syracufé paesfe |