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Show = Cwarr.§.8, The fife Booke of the first pars ofthe Ehiftorieofibe World: was, goodconduc. They remembred what talke they had heard at Rome: and were themfelues affeG@ed with the Vulgar defire, of ending the warre quickly 3; wherein fince e£milins had acknowledged, that the aduantage was theirs, why did he makethem for bearé to vie it 2 "Thus hiought the common Souldier :/and thusalfo thought the Con. Cuar3.§.8. moft tic. Expedtation ts alwayes tedious ; dnd neuer more, than when thre: Buent'is:of importance. All men longed, bothat Rome, and'in the Armie, to bee freed from the doubrfull paffions of Hope and Feare t'therefore Ferentins, who haftenedtheir defire to of Hetruvia, could findevicualsicnouph, cand allthings needfull-ynto ‘his Armie the had beentin the Ci: full Tercntins , whio was foleffe popular in the Campe, than hee cffe&, waslikely to win'more thankes,than fhould his Colleagne,thoughgreater in pert formance. Thos While the Romansthinke thenifelues to haue the better of their Enemies, they fall into an inconuenience, than which few are more dangerous 5 Diffenfion oftheir chiefe Commandersi/arr0 wouldfight : £vsslies would fotoo, but faid that itwasnot yet time yivhy? becauferhe enemy muft fhortly diflodge, and remoue hence, into placesleffe fit for his horfe. But fhall the Romanswait, till Hamaiba?, hauing eaten vphis laft yeeres pronifions,retutne into Campania togather a fecond Harueft ¢ This would (faid Yerro) fanour too muchofQ.Fabias t And your hafte(faid Paulus) doth fauour no leffe ofC.Elaminins. Theit deedes werélike their words : for'they commanded by turnes interchangeably euery day. vzmilins lodged fixe miles from Hannibal, where the groutid was fomewhat vneuen. Thither ifthe Carthaginians would take paints to come; hee doubted notto fend them awayin fuch hafte, as they fhould notleaue rin. 4, banabethought himfelfe offying into Gaalezwherehee makes itndmo rethanor heare-fay jas perhaps wasiall therefvofthis Relation, Als forthe proceffe it Felfe: "it * very, incredible. For if Hatnibal,comming out of Gaule;through the Marithes andBoos Summer foregoing : what fhould hinder himto doe the like this yetre; efpecial l fee ing he bad plaid the carefull husband.in making a great haruefts finge he had beens Mafter ofthe open fields and befides} hadgotten, by furprife, no {mall partlone ofthie Romans prouifions:? Suteable hereuntoisiall the ref. If Hanniba l had taken nothing but _ cothe and cattell ; his Souldiers might perhaps haiie fallen into mutinie foy pay:' But he 10,broughegold with him into Italy): and had fowellincreafed his ftocke, fince he came intothat:Gountrie,that he had armed his/A frican Souldiersyall Roman: li ke; atid Joaden his followers with {poylez:hauing left wherewith to redeetne 4s many of his'owne,as were taken by the Enemy ; when the Romans weré not willing ,as finding itnot eaiteee docthelike.In this point therefore,weare to attend the general agreement of Hiftori- ans; who giveitas.a principall commendation vato Hanaib al; That he alwayes kepthis Atmiy:free fromfedition,thoughicwere compofed offundry Nations:no lefle different inMannets, Religion,andalmoftin Nature, than they were‘in languages :and well might hee foidoc, hauing:noroncly pronounced, ‘That whichofhis men foeuer fought nauely' with an\Etietay avas cherbya' Carthaginians «bur folemilyprotefted & wore ning tillthey were out of Italie. Butthey came not. Terentias therefore the next day #9 (belides other rewards)to make as many ofthem,asfhould deferue andfeeke it. free Ci. Neuertheleffe he fate downeclofe by Hanaibalswho as an vnbiddengueft gaue him but a rude wel-comeand entertainment. The Garthaginian Horfe, and light armature, fell vponthe Roman WVantcourrers; and putthe whole Armiein tumult, whileft twas ye fog thené:withhis wholeAsmy,tookéfolivtle pleafureinthe Countrie and Péople that hetnade defcended into the Plaines; his Colleague holding him, and befeeching him to ftays in march: but they were beaten off, not withoutloffe, for thatthe Romans had ie their Velites, fome troupes weightily armed,whereas the Carthaginians had ae ¢ day following, e£milius, who could not handfomely withdrawthe Armieoutof that over leuell ground,incamped vpon the Riuer Aufidus:fending a third part of his forces the water,to lye vpon the Eafterne bank, where they entrenched themfelues. a ; uer was more vawillingto figlit, than at this prefent: becaufethe ground ferued M "i ly for the aduantage of his enemie;with whom he meantto deale,when occafion drawhim to more equall tearmes: Therefore he ftirred not out of his Tfeeb a / tizensof Carthage: Theruhning away.into Gaile; wasa fenfeletfe deuice. Hannibal fakes in aimanner-all bis directions frdm Liwie.Butlofthis and the like itis enoueh to fay That all Hiftorians lone toextoll theiriowa Gountrie+:men; and where a loffe cannot be diffembled; onthe hondr ofthevidory takenfromthe En emy,‘and given vnto blinde jo Fortune,chereto lay.albtheblame onfomeftrange mifgoucrnment oftheir own forces: asifthey, might eafily hauewonall, butloftallithrough fuch folly, as no Enemy'ca n hope tofifdeia them:anorhertime: - an Armiefortaging the Countrie,wasnot likely to carry about with it fufficient quar ty,for any longtime, : 4 inhis Relte Hereit would notbe paffed ouer with filence, That Livie differeth much in ; ru tion froni Polybins : telling manyftrangetales, of the mifery into which se? oO beene driuen; and of bafe courfes that he deuifed to take, if the Romans coul co 4 4 tained their patiencea little longer.‘Hee had ( faith Zéwie but tennedayes proul Oh " meat. He had not moneyto pay his Souldiers. They werean vnruly Rabble, gt aaa outof {euerall Nations; fo that he knew not howto keepe themin order; butt er oh murmuting,theyfell to flat exclamations,firft, about their Pay,and Prouantt, er ¢- wards for very famine.Efpecially the Spaniards were ready to forfake him, oe ie lier to the Romanfide. Yea Hannibal himfelfe was onee vpon the point,to haue a "At Seeae "f wayinto Gaule with all his horfe, and left his foot vnto their miferable nfl Soul cou he as himasfarre get to refolued counfaile,he othér all of length forlack vnfait gt §° Romans,intothe Southermoft parts ofApulia;to the end,that both his be reliened withthe mote early hartieft. But whileftlie was that his hung vicein diers might finde the niore difficulty in running from him ; and about to put " wich the Romians preffed him fo hard, tha they enen forced him tof)i he execution, aie hee moft défired, enento fight a battaile vpon open Champaine ground: : oe was victorious. It was not vacommendable in Linie, to {peake the beft golly theyha Citizens; and, where they didill, to fay,That, withourtheir ownegreattor ys" For by rep (aid) donepaffing well. Further al{o hee nay be excufed ; as writing one! aca thushee faith Hannibal de fusd in' Galliam Cdicitar) agit? ; Hannibal (fe bast of Nowilesws teturiie backeroithetwo Armies, where they lye.encanyped on the River MidasHarnowwas perfwaded,tharirconcernedhimin honouryto make good his word enerd tie fortified himfelfe ; expecting when Hanaibal fhould diflodge,and ryon,Cannz, or fomeother place, wherehis ftore lay,for want ofneceflaries :Wi bes all hafteto gebhibn out of'itsAnd:whar fidild henow do there withhis hor/es at how:ceuld he be trufted;:citherthére or elfewhere ¢ yea,how-could hedefire tolive: having betrayed allthis Armies dnd relinquifhed his miferable foot,to the buteheric of Heirenemids Thistaléthettore'P/utarch omitteth;who in writing the life ofHanwibal, vata the peopleof Rome: :and fiactehe had thus long waited in‘vaine,to getthecon fent af Panlys, nowat length'to vfe his owne authoritie sand, without!any more difputing Othe matter; to fight svhen hisowneday came.:-When thereforeit: was his'tirne to Sommand:; atthe firftibreakeiof the day‘he began to 'paffe the River; without ftaying to is ai his:\Col league.good morrow. But Panlus caine-to him 3a nd foug ht, as in former anes; to hduedifwadedshimy from putting the eftateof his Counttie toa'needl efleha- tard, Againit whofe words and fubftantiall argaments, Teremtivs could alleageno ne other, thanpaint ofHonours. Hannibal chad prefented:thembattaile at their ‘Trenches : thould they endiirc this Brauado? Hehad feht his Numidianis ouer the River but euéa the #y before, ivhofell vyponthe Romansthat were fetching water'to'the lefler Gatipe 5 a deaue then fhamefully torunne"withim their defences, which alfothey madeoffer @aflaylé : muftthis-al (odefufferede Hee wouldtior endureit forit could-ot' but Weaken the épirivof the Roman Souldier ywhichas yer was liuely atid full of {ich cotilage, as promifed dffored victory t\iWhen emilins perceiued, thathee could nov hindet so MteiohR materefolutionof his Companion lice rooke all care; that what he fawihultbe . = Mnightibe'done well. ‘Penthoufand R oman foorlie cauifed to beleft'behinde; in Fetedtericimpe, ppofitevnto the Carthaginian: to theiarent)that either Waserbal mighe be compelledtoileane behinde him Tome anfweralic number; for defenceoF his ihe (s¥hich out of hispanciviehelwas lefleableta {pate front the batrailé, than Relea sh ae that thele ten ‘thoufarid, falling vpon the Carthaginian Cathpe, pilose fe is thegan;8e taking it with: all-vhe'wealch tlictin,might'thereby(as commons Sida ora )terriffe and diftrae che Enemies mthe heatéofAght. This done, alforh, Oakus went ouer the watehwich theisArmiie td the lefler ‘Campe, whence ethey:decw forth theis nion,i:andidanged'thenr inidtder of battaile - the grontid ~ Vvvvz on |