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Show 388 The fife Bookeofthe fri pars = Cuarg.g.s Seifeofthat dayes lofje. Purther; be willed Letivulus té commend himto the Semates ‘amd in Particular to Fabius: willing them to fortefie Rame, as fajb as well they conta; ana telling Fabius,ther be dined and diedmsindefull of his whelefome counfaile, "hefe words wenture)or fometo like purpofe, the Gonful-vetered totewta/us,either when (perad. againtt his will hewas drawne tothat Battaile,orvvhen hebeheld the firftdefeat ofhis Hotfe, at wWhartimelic puthimfelfe in the headofhis Legions:vFor ‘I doubt not, but Hannibal knew vvhathefaid a good while before this;when he thought the:Gonfil & histroupe, isp little beteercaferhan ifthey had been bound. The wholc Grofle ofthe Romans, was inclofed indeedas within a facke; whereofithe African Batralions: made the fides. the paniards, Gaulesjand Hemnibal withyhis Carthaginians, the bottome;and Afdrubal with bis horfe,¢lofed ypthe mouths -inwvhich part,they fist of all were fhuffledtogeher, ! and beganne tleRont,vvherein all the reftctolloweds Gemilins therefore, who could not fithis horfe,whileft the battaile-yetlatted,and vvhileft rhe {paces were fomwhato. peosby' which hemight haue withdrawne himf{elfe,vvas now(had he neuer fo vvellbin mounted)vnableto flicy hauing in hisvvaydo clofe athrong‘ofhis owne miferable fol. lowers,andfomrany heapes ofbodies), as fell apace inthat great Carnage, ‘It fufficeth yato his honoutT hat ih the Battaile hefoughtno lef valiantly, than hehad watilybe. foreboth abftained himfelfe,and diffwaded his fellowsConfall,from fighting atall Tf when theday was vtterly loftjit had liewin his powwertofaue his own life,vntothe good ofhis countric; neuer more needingitl fhould thinke, that hee either too much dift eftcemed hinfelf;or beingtoo faintly minded, was vyedrie of the Wor dy and lis vn- 19 tharikefull Citizens: Bur iffiicha réfolution yvere praife-worthy- inswsilins,a8 proce: ding out of Roman valor,then wasthe Englifh vertue ofthe Lord vob» Talbor,Vifcount Lifle,fonnetotharfamous Earle of Shrewsbury jvvhovdied in the Battaile of Chaftillon, ded,Seaccom prable forteoucrthrow receiued:: Talbot was in the Rowre ofhis youth, Vohutt,eafily abléeto haueefcaped, and novanfwerable forthat dayes misfortuné,when he refufedto forfake his Father; who forefeeing theloffe of the battaile, and iotmeaning to ftaine his actions paft by flying in his old age; exhottedthis his noble'fonae to be gone and leauic him. : ¢ Intiuis teriibble ouerthrow-died all the Roman footsfauietwo or'three thoufand,who(as Linie faith)efcaped into the leffer campe;whence,the fame night,about fixe handredof 3 totrie their fortune,conuieyed themfelues away ere morning,about four thoufand foot, and two hundred horfe, partly in vvholé troups,partly difperfed, into Cannufiam next day,the Roman camps,both leffeand greater,were yeelded vato Lint,19 Hawnibalby : the thole that remained in them.Po/ybius hath noxmention of this efcape* onely reports, that theten thoufand, whom £yilius had lef on the Weft fide of Aufidus he (as was fhewed before) to fet vponthecampe of Hannibal, didas they were appointed, but ere they could effecttheir defire;which they had well-neere done,the battaile wasloft: atidHane nibal;comming oucrthe vvater to them,draue them into their own campe; vvhichthey 49 quickly yeclded;hauingloft two thoufand oftheir number. Like enoughit is, that atthe firft fightof Hanaibal,commingvpon them with his viGorious Artnie,a greater number ofthefe did fic;and thereby elcaped,whileft their fellowes, making' defence in vaine, retired into their campe,and heldthe enemie bufied. For about two Legions they were (perhapsnot halfefull;bur made vp by addition of.others, whofe fault or fortune vvas like)that hauing ferued at Cannz,vvere afterwards extreamiely difisraced by theState of Rome,forthat they had abandoned their companions fighting. Ofthe Romane horle Whatnumbers efcaped,itis vncertaine:but very few they vvere thatfauied themifelues in the firft charge,by getting behindethe Riuer; and Tévenrias the Conful recouered Ve nufia,with threefcoreandten at themoft in his companie. That he wasfo ill attended, itis no maruell: for Venufia lay many miles off tothe Southward; fothathis neerelt ofthe Hiftorie ofthe World, ledthernyand got into findry Townes! There diedin this peat Battaile ofCahne, be. fides \LwBmilins Paulas the Conful, two ofthe Romane Queftors or Treafurers,8 one and twenty Colonels or Tribunes ofthe Souldiets;fourefcore Senatots, or fuchias had borne Office,out of which they were tobe chofen into the Senate, Manyofthefe were ofefpeciall marke;as hauing been Adiles, Prators, or Confuls: among whom was Cz} Serwiliuethe taft yeers Conful,and Atinetins;late mafter of thehot{e! The ‘number of prifoners,taken inthis battaile, Lisie makes no greater'than three thoufand foot; and threé hundred horfe: too few to haue defended forthe fpace ofone halfe houre, both the Roinan Camps; whichyetthe fame Zéuée faith, to haue bin ouer-cowardly yeelded 10 YP» We may therefore doe better,to gine credit vito one of the prifoners, whom the fame Hiftorian fhortly after introduceth, {peaking in the Senate, and faying, That they weté'no leffe than'cight thoufand, It may thereforebe, that thefe three thoufand were only fich asthe Enemie {pared,when the fury ofExecution was paft: but to thefe mutt beaddedabout fine thoufand more,whoyeeldediin the greareitampe;when theircom- pany were'eicherflaine or fled: So the reckoning falls out right which the Romanes; elpecially the Conful Varro, had before caft vp (asiwe fay) without their Hoft; nothing fo chargeable, as now theyfinde it. On the fide of Hawaiba/there died fome foure thou. fand Ganles, fifteen hundred Spaniards and Africansjand two'hundred horfe;or there- abouts:'a loffe not fenfible,in the ioy offo greaavitory; which fhe had purfued, as jo Maharbaladuifed him,and forthwith marchedaway towards Rome;itis little doubted, butthatthe Warte had -prefently-been'at an endi Bat he 'beleeued nor fo farre in his owneprofperity; and was thereforetold,: That beeknew howtoget, nor how tovfe,a viltorie..| more highly robe honoured! For e£miliuswas old} gricuoutly, if nor mortally} woun- them brake forth; and ioyning with fuch ofthofe ia the greatercampe, as werewilling Cuarzi§.8. §. 1X, Ofthingsfollowing the battaile at Canne, DNiistonsnn caufe doth Polybius' reprehend thofetwo' Hiftorians, Fabin the Roman and Péilinusthe Carthagintat: Who regarding morethe pleafure of them,vnro whofe Honoiir they- confecrated their' tranailes, than the truth of 30 things,and information oF pofteritie;magnifiedindifferently; whether good or'bad,all ations and proceedings,the oneofhis Carthaginians,the otherofhisRoman Quirites, and Fathers confcript. No man offoundiddgemelit will'condemine'tthis liberty of-cenfure,which Polybsu hath V fed. For, torecompenice his iunioritie(fich‘as it was) he pro" daceth fabftanciall argumetits,to iuftifie his owneRelation; and cotifureth the vanity of thofe former Authors,out oftheir own writings,by conferenceof placesill co-hering: Whichpaines isto be fulpected; thathewould for haue taken,‘had he been' borne in either ofchefe two' Cities:but have {pared fome'part of his diligence, and beénconten ted, to'hauie all men thinke better afid nore honourably than it deferued, of his owne 4° Conntrie The like difeafe it is to be feared, that we fhall hereafterfinde in others; and fhall haue fomecaufe to with,that iter they were fomewhat leffe Roman, or elfe, that fome Workes ofther oppofite Writers were extant,that fo we mightat leaftheare both fides {Pe4Ke- being henceforth deftitute of Po/ybius his helpe,that was a man indifferent. But fin¢e this cannot be, we muft be fometimes bold, ‘to obferue the colieretice of things;aiid beleewe fo much only to betiue,as dependeth vpon good ae dite probabilitie.'Phis attentiue circuraf{pection1s ieedfull at the prefent': oh is the tepughancie,or forgettulneffe;which wefind in the Beft Narration,ofthings 0 a the BattailéofCann: For it is faid,that foure thoufandfoot & horfegathered together $6 DOU the Confiil Teremrins at Venutiathat orhers'to thenumbet often thoufand gorint to Canfufium,choofing fortheir Capraines, yong P'Scipia, and Ape Clanidiis; sadly 14! vvay thither,had been through the midft of Hannibals Armie, ifthe paffage had beene the Confull Terenting Farrosioyning hiscompany vnto thofe of Scipio at ‘Canny ers Wrote viito the Senate; 'thathe had now well-neereten thoufand ‘men about him; that by"way;sfo difappointing the Numidians that seekcontre. Of fuch as could norho! that Had been taking'order for pacifying thofe titties in the Citic, which Brew ie Open. Therefore it muft needs be,thar vvhen once he got out offight,he turned vp ine Pacewvith the'Conful,but tooke other vvaies,and fcattered' ouerthe ficlds; 6¥? thoufandyor thereabout,vvere gathered vp by the were Nuiidians, and madeprifoners: the reftvvere flaine, all faue three hundreds: who difperfed themfeluies'in Aight,as rd thefe letters of the Conful were brought to Rome, when the Seniate was newly rifen, the fit bruie ofthe Ouctchrowsatid ‘yer, that Embafladours from Sete ter ade Confiiltation,wherherit were meetito {end anyor;withoutfurther circurti a i é With Bawnibdywete fent'vnto Teveapinsand found tim' at Venufla/a pretty while bee . ; ‘ é fthe forshe wiete thofe lettets,vvluich ouer-took(ina manner)at Route thefirft aeel |