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Show Lhe fifth Bokeofshe fofpee Oo Crava,Sue, ~~ thoughtequallto mine dwnefollawers, I wouldotherwifehaue dealt withoBurforfo muchiasconcernes the: Pro pofition inhand; Ahethar beheldthis, may well remeniber thatthefimeenemytroubled vs more inotrmarch towards Fayal,thanih ont taking the thore;thathe'fought howto ftopvsin place of his aduantageythat many ofourmien were flaine-orhurt by:him,among whonySir47thor Gorges was thor! in!-that march and thar fucliasw(thinking-all dangertobepatt, when wehad won good fodtingy| wouldneads followvs tothe: Towhe,were driven by himto'forfakethe paceofa nan ofWari be- takeithermfelues toamhaftie trot: Forclid ofthisdigrefion,Phopethatthis queftion {hall never come to trial} his Maiefties many moucable Forts will forbid theexperience! And althoughthe Exghiwill'ye noleffedifdaine;than.any Nation'vnder heatien can dod,to be'beacen vpon their owne ground:or.elfewhereby aforrdigticehemy ;, yertoventertaine thofe that thallamile VS; Withsheir owne beeféin theit belties;and beforethey eareof out entiCapong,Ttake ittobe the wifeltway.Todoc whichis Maieftyafter God,will imploy hisgoud thips ontheSea,and nottrnft to any intrenchment vpon thefhore! $0 How the Romans attempt againe toyet the maflerie ofthe Seas. The victory ofCxcilius the Reman Confull at Panornins : The freze of Lilybtum: How a Rhodian Gallic entred Lilybe- 2 ute nt pleafure,in de pight ofthe Komanfleet, Thar it a mather ofgreat difficultic to flop shepaffage ofcood os The Rowrans, by rexfow ofgriciins loffes yeccined, under Clau- dias ad Tunis their Con/ulsabandon the Sexsigaint. , 177 Hen,withouta {trong Nauie, the Romans foundit altogther: impollble ¢iV \ } ther to keepe what they had already, gotten in Sics/, orto enlarge their Dos : minions in-4/rica ovelfewhere,they refolued once againe,norwithftanding their late mifaducntures,to ftrengthen their fleet and thips.of war.|. So cavfing Attic new Galliestobebuilt, &the oldtobe repaired,they gaue them in, charge(together withcer- taineLegions ofSouldiers)to the new Confuls,C,Ari/ins8cLe Manlis.On the other fide, .. Afaratal perceiuing thatthe Romaws;partly by reafon ofthe shipwrackewhichthey had? lately foftered, partly by reafon ofthe ouerthrow which they receiued iby Xantippus 10 Africawere lefie daring thanthey hadbin in the beginning ofthe warre ; and withall, that one of the Confuls was returnedintoiradie,. with theone -halfeofthe Armic; and that Ceci/ixs,with onely the other halfe, remained: at. Panormuss. -he-remoued:with the Carthaginian forces from Lilybeum towardsit, hoping to prouoke.Cacilive,to: fight. But the Confull was better aduifed,..Ror. when Afdrubal had made his approches fomewhat neerethe Towne; Czcilins caufed a deepetrenchtobe.cut, a good-diftance without the ditch ofthe Citie:betweene which and his trench-he left ground fufficient,to eibattaile a.Legion ofhis Souldiers. To thefe he gaue order thatthey fhould aduance themilelues, 48 and patie ouerthenew trench,till fachtimeasthe African Elephants were thrift vpon them.From thofe beafts he commanded themto retire, by.flow'degrees, till they had drawn-on the Elephants tothe brinke ofthe new trench, which'they couldby nomeans pafle.This they: performed accordingly.For whenthe Elephants: were ata ftand, they werefo gawled and beaten,both.by thofeSouldiersthat were onthe infideofthe trench, & bythofethat lay ia the trenchit felfe, that being:intaged by theimany wounds, they . brake backe furioufly. vpon theirowne foot-men,and-vtterly difordered them: Cecilia efpying this aduantage,fallied with all the force he had 3and charging the othertroup, that ftood embattailed,. hevtterly brake them, and.putthemtortheir heeles 5 making' @ great flaughiter of thent,and taking all their Elephants. » Thexeport ofthis vidory being brought to Remesthe whole State;filled with coursp% 5° Cuap.tSao.) ofthe Hiftorieofthe World, fixetowres of defence; and by forcible engines weaken fo mapy-other parts ofthe Ci~ ty,asthe defendants begin.to defpaire.Yet Himilco,Commander ofthe place. failethnor inal that belongsto amaanof Warre. All that isbroken, hee repaireth withadmirable snippets he makethmany-furious fallies,and giveth tothe Romans.all.the affronts thar poflibly could be made, "He hath in Gasrifon ( befides the Citizens )ten thoufand Soul- diers; among whichthere are certaine Lieutenants, and other petty Officers, thatcon- fpire torender.and betray,the Towne, But.the marter.is reucaled byan-Achwzan, called Alexonwho had formerly, inidanger ofthelike treafon,faned Agrigentum, Himiles wferh thehelpe of Adexon, to affuretne hired Souldiersy and. imployerhHannibal. to appeafe io'the troupes, of the Gaules; which did.wauer, and had {ent their agents tothe enenly.All promife conftancie and truth ; fo thatche Araitors, being ynable to performe what they had vadertaken,are faine to liuc inthe Roman campeas fugitives, that had wiought no gpad wWherby,to delernetheinbread, in.the meane while,atupply.often thoufand Souliets i$ {ent from. Carthageto their relicfe,Hauing Haznibalche fon of Amilear, fortheit Conductor : who,in defpightof all refatance;entred the Portand Gitie,tothe incredie bleioy ofthe befiegeds Fhe old Souldiers, together with the new, Companies,(thereto petlwaded by. Himslco with hope ofgreatxeward ).xcfolue, to fet) ypon,the Romans in theit Trenches,either force.them to abandonthe fiege,or(at leat) to take from them, orfet on.fire,their engines ofbatterie. Theattemptis prefently made,and purfued to the vitermoft.with great flanghter on.both.fides. Butthe ,Romans being more: in aumber, and hating theaduantage of the ground, hold till their-places, and. with extreme difiz cultiedefen.d nheir.eaginese; best] Sl a esit incor 0. They ofGarthage defire greatly.to,vndenitand the ftateofthings: at Lilybennry. but know not how to fend into the.Towne.,A certaine Rhedian yndertakes the feruice; and haning recciued his difpatch,failes with one Galli¢ to,figula,a little Land neere Lilybas um, Thence; taking histime, he,dtcered.direétly. with thePorts and hauing;a,pafling fwift Gallic, he paft through the belt ofthe Channel,andinecoueredithe water-gate; ere any ofthofe,which the Romans had.to guard rhe Port,¢puld thruft from the fhoores on eitherfide, Thenextday.neicher attending the couert of the darkenigh,nor dreading to. be boor- ded by the Roman Gallies,who waitedhis returne,hefet daile, and {hipped his. Qares (his Gallic being exceeding quick offtecrage,& himfelfcexpertin all parts of the chan- 30 nell )recouered the Hauens mouth,and the Sea,in defpight of.alithe purfuitmade after him. Then,finding himfelfe out of danger of being incompafled. by:many,he turned a= £aine towards the mouth.ofthe Hatien challenging any one, if any.onedurf{t,come forth, tovndertake. him, This enterprife,and thie,well performing ofit,.was very remarkable, and much wondred atin thofe dayes;.and yet, wherethere was.no great Artillerie,nor anyother weapons offire,to kill a-farre off,the aduenture whichthis Rliodianmade was Not greatly hazardous.For in this Age, ayaliant and iudicious man,of war will notfeare to pafleby the beft appointed Fort of Europe, withthe help of. agood Tide,and a leas ing gale ofwinde: no, thoughfortie peeces ofgreat Autilleric opentheir, mouthes, a- 40 Sainithim, and threaten to teare himin pieces. : is athe beginning of our late Queenestime,when Denmatke & Sweden were at War; out Faft-land @eet,bourd for Leif-land,as forbidden by the King of Denmarketotrade With the fubie@s ofhis enemies,& he threatnedto fink their fhipsif they. camethrough the ftreights ofElfenour:Notwithftanding this;our Merchantg(hauing.a,{hip ofher. Maz lefties,called the Minion,to defend them)madc the aduenture,and{uftaining fome-Vol- 4SOf hot, kept on their courfe.The King made all che prouifion he conld,to,topthem, Srlinkethemsar their returne.. But the Minion,commanded,(as.Itakedtyby wiptam Bar ™#z)-leading the way,didnot onely paffe ont withLittle lofle,bur did beandowne, with tulletie, a great partof the Fort of Elfenour; .whichat thar time jvas.net fo..welt prepared.a new Alcet oftwo hundred faile,whichthey fent into sit//, to gine end to tat watre,that had now lafted foureteenc yeares, Withthis fleet and:armiethe Romar? ©d sotampard, as now perhapsitis: andthe flect.of Merchants that.fallowed,;him, aweut foluctoattcmaptLélybeum,cthe onely place ofimportance which the Carthaginian? Sal in Sici/,and.allindcedque Drepapam,that was necte adioyning: They fecdown Ye-™" it,and poffefic themfelues ofall the places ofaduantage ncere vatoit; efpecially of ~ : % Parma belieging Antwevp,, and finding no, poflibilitie to,mafter, it; otherwile shan by famine, laid ‘his Canon. onshe bancke.of the Rivet; {0,,wellro parpole, 45. command the-hauenswhich hada very difficulrentrance.Theyalfo beatto thie ortid w#tto pafic by.Yet the Hollanders and Zelanders, not blown yp by.any.winde ofglo- xc towses,ofdefences & by forcible engines weakenifo many otherpartsofthe en Du ike ‘rough without any, wound received. Neitherywasut long:,fince,, that the, Duke Seuen with the face; of the water, that hee thoughtic impollible for) the leaft Comming tofinde a good markerfor their Butter and. Cheefe, cuca the. poore . Oo009 _ mén, |