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Show ‘Lhe fft Bookeof-rbe firft part 480 CudrzG,o, ofthe Eliftory ofthe World. Which the emansmight haue bin found occupied, cuen vith the, ordinary Carthagi. Ldmilear boldly bad him chufe,whether he would talke of it, ot hos for that the "Arines, Profecution oftheir tnaine intendment againft Rome it {elfvntill {uch timeascucry,litce thorne were pulledout of the fides of fo preat.a.Prouince, then muft Emporjehane bin befieged and forced : vvhich by reafon of alliance withthe, Ma/ss/égxs, eaue vnto, the pole toyceld vp vntothem.Nowfincethé Romans, contraty torheir cuhorie vpon like #an Garrilons,orfome little addition therunto.Forifit were thought meet,to defertie Romans,atall times whenthey pleafed;a readyand, fecure Harbour, But. the, towne.of Expori# WaStoo trong tobe wonnein hafte: ithad,long defended it. felfe againgtthe Barbarians shauing not aboue foure hundred paces of, wall tothe main Land,and exceedingly well fortified ;a great Spanib Town of the famename,lying without it,that was three miles in compatle,very ftrong lukewife,and friend vntothe Grecians,thoughnoto- rg uer-muchtrofted. Wherfore to forcethis town ofEmporie, that was, befides the proper ftrength,liketa be fo wellaffifted by theiMa/silians, Rotwans, and fome Spaniards, vvyould hauebinawarkeof little leffe difficalty,) thanvvas the Romas warre (in appearance) after the battaile at. Cxaa«.: yea it had-binin effectnoneother, than to alterthefeate of the yvarre ; which Hannibal had already fixed, with bettcr iudgement, neerevnto the gates of kome. The difficulty ofthis attempt, being duch as caused it: altogether.to be whichshis Country had putintohis hands to vfe againft her Enemiesit was net his pure aduantages,were content to let Amilear hauc his wil,& not to'ftand with him Vpon point ofhonour,whileft otherwife they might quietly riditheir hands ofhim ; Plaine enough itis, thatthey werefarte from thinking hima man confumed "with miferies, a3 Fabius would haue him feeme.Hereunto agrees the relation of Polybiae : whi Aarly,& by name! chatgeth Fabive vvith yntruthsfaying,that howfocuer Amiléav; & his Souldiers; had én: durediall extremitie,yet they behaued themfelues as men that had ‘no' fenfe therofs and 10 were asfarfrom being either vanquithed,or tired; as were their Enemies:Such being the diffetence between -Fabins' (as alfo perhaps between otherold Writers of the Rowan ftory)8 thofe that had more regard oftruth,thanof flattering thé mighty" City ofRime: wemtift take it in goodpart,that howfoeuer Lewie introduceth Hannojin one place; ioy2 ning very. foolifhly his own fhamefull ouerthrow at the Hands;*vegatew,ovith the BUCA « sepatcts Tix femices ofAmilear at Eryx,as ifboth ofthem had hada like cuentzyet® elfewhere he fore //as,eryccms beareth:not to put'amotelikely tale (though with as impudent a commenioration ofhis que Ante ocum forborne;preatfolly it,was,to bemuchitroubled aboutexpelling the Romans vtterly out proponite, ownvahappy condad)yinto the fame Henvo his motith,making him faygThat the affaires los Ct. Linlib.2 te their. own doores, by making {trong vyar vpontheir, City... at Seaz:wherein himfelfewas Generalls)' Now;concerningthe'doings'ofthe Sespies'in ofSpaine : vvhom, they, might more. cafily hauediuerted thence;and drawn ‘home' to For cuen.fo the -Remanes of Carthage went neuerbetter, thana little before the lofle oftheit Pleetiti that battaile 8 Linlibvr go} afterwards remooucd Haxmbalinio.cdfrick, by fending an Army.to Carthagesand by *° Spainethere'is caufe to with, tharthis Fabins\ivith Validatio,&¢ others ofthe like tamp; as theywere plaufiblesand tended to keepe the purfefull, Inthemeane. while they {uf- Strangeveports of the Roman riclories sm Spairie, before Afdrubal, thefoume of Amilcar . LMomed thence hisbrather Hannibal sate vtalte, taking the like courfe, they' now. endeuourcd.to changethe feate ofthe vyar,, transfer-?° ring it out ofItalze into Spasne. Buttheprivate. aficctions of men, regarding. the,common good no orherwife, thanasiisiacceflary totheir owne purpofes, did make them ealily winke at,opportunities, and ‘hope,that fomewhat would.fall out well ofit felfe, thoughthey{et nor too their helping hands. Hanwo vvas a malicions. wretch : "yet they that thought himfo, were well enough contented to:hearken vnto his difcourfes,asiong fered Heawibal,& all thenoble houfe of _dnilearto weary themfelues in trauaile forthe Common-wealth : vvhich all Carthage in generall highly. commended, but weakely allifted as if the induftry ofthefe Barchives had bin fomwhat morethan needfull. Sure-; Q Tythe Us; \sagimians,in gcnerall,were far leffe honourable than the peopleof. Rome:not Only. in gouerament of their fubie&Prouinces,butin adminiftrarion oftheir own Eftate; few ofthem preferring the refjpect ofthe Weale,publike aboue their prinate,intreft.. But as they thriued little inthe end, by-their parfimonyvfed toward their own Mercenaries, vvhenthe former Roman, war was Sinitbed': fothéconclufion ofthis vvar prefenty.wvill make them complaine,with feeling fighes,oftheir negligence. in {upplying Hannibal,al- ter thevictory at Canme; vyhengladly they yvould give all their Treafures,,to redecme the opportunity,that nowtheylet paffe,as if it vvere coft enough to fendia few handfuls Into Spaine. That both the Spaxifh bufinefle, and the fate of.pfrick it felf, depended wholly, or 46 for the moft part,vpon fuccefle of thingsin stale the courfe ofa@ions following will make manifest... Particularly. how matters vvere-ordeted in Spaine by the: Carthaginiat Gonernours,it is very hard,and almoft impoffible,to fer downe,; For, thoughiwemutt hot reprehend, ‘in thac worthy. Hiftorian Linie, thetendér loueof his own Country; Pol. lib.t. Guar.3.§. ti vwhich made him giue credit vnto,Fabias & others: yet muttvve not, for hisfake, be- Ieeue thofelies, which the wnpartiall iudgement-of Po/jbi#s hath: candcmnedy inthe Waiters that gaue them-originall. Jt were, needleffetorchear{e all that may be,found had cithenwritten(ifthey could not writeinore temperatlynothing at all ; orthat' the tender affection of Livieto his Romeshad not caufed himto thinke toowellof their rela* tions:whichare fichas:followio13 20 grind -40 a pG19 } Pais 14 : XL. { 1 yt hath bin thewedalready, haw: P.: cvtzelias stipio.thie Confub; returning from 30 [ex into: Jtalie,to.encountet with Henhibalathisdefcentfrom thexid/pessfenr'be+ fore-him his brother. Crews, with pare of his Fleetiand: Armiy; irito: Spaime. Two Komen, Legions; vvith foureteenethouland footvof. the «Confederates; and' tivelué hundred horfe,had binalotted vnte:the\ Confill, therewith) ro make\ war in Spainie as Stink Hanpibal; who fince he vyas marching into stalie withthe ftrerigth of his Ariny; PScipio beleeued,thatagood partof théfe his own forces might: well be {pared from thespanifh Expedition; & therefore made boldto carry {ome ofthenumber backéwith him,fending onthis brother with the'reftias his Lieutenant. Publias himfelfe remained iN falieall the titneof his Confulthip :which: being expired, He was fent Proconfuk Ito Spaimeby the. Senate, with an; Armie of cightthonfand.men; -atidd Fleet of thirty 49 Gallies, The Ads of theferwo Brethren in their Pronince, were very great s-and,as they-are teported,fomewhat matuellous,, Forthey continually prenailed in: Spaine, againtt the Certhazinians « whomthey vanquithed in fo manybattailes,: anid with-drew from theif ance fo,many ofthe Spagiards their Confederates s:thativve haue icaufe té wohdery OW the enemy,could{o often,findmeanes to repaire his forces, andrerurhe iftronginto HeheldsButasthe Romans, by pretending todeliue: the Country fromthetyianny of. Ctithece,mighteafily win vnto their Confederacyscas niany: as: were palled with the' One cxamplemay tffritan yoke, and:durft aduentuve to .breakeitothe!anctent repurationof the Firft! to fubmur chem{clueswato the Remars. Contrary herenntowe find in, the /ifeef Amil- hole, thathad renolted ynto the Romans, vvere.it only by thememaryieffichilies fe selle,asthe like rebellions in.fosmertimes had found. -Heteto may bi added«hecurs in Polybins,concerning the vntruth of that Roman Hiftorian Fabies,... fuffice,}, He faith,of cmsilear and jhis men.at-Eryx,,.in the. former vvat,That haueg cleane {pent their ftrength,and being euen brokéeniwith many miferies,. they, were glid car, fet downe by ezmilins Probus, ThatEryx vwasindich fort held by the Carthage aus, thatit,feemcd robe, in as oodcondition, asifinthofe parts there had norbiaany Wwats,: Thefe words, ‘being referred tothe braue refolution ofthe Carthaginian fou - cts,and the fingular vertuoftheir,Generall infuling{ch fpiritiinte chem ;-may be kenas not oucrliberall., Rorin the weary ofpeace between w4milear and» Catulas whica the Rememfirkt ofallrequired,thatthis Gairifon of Exyx'fhould lay downe their Armes and forfakesici/, threatningthat oshexwifs he vvonldinot calke of any aea r equctors might feruc co armiethe Naturals againit thefeilduaders and to reelaimet wagintanscealare.iwhichieafily raifed-Souldiessamong thofe-valiant!biittinthat Ager Poore,and gold-thirity, Nations J Neither wast, of {mall importance; rharfonsaiy oft the Spaniards had theig childsenkinfmen,andfelends,; abroad withitenmiti/in his teat #2 Wats,orferuingthe Carthaginians in Aftiogn And peraduenture; ifyvedurtt be bold ta fay.it , theviGtories ofthe Seipioss weremeither {o many,nor fogteatas they: are stoutbyLise.Thiswe. may; beboldtpfayy That theigreamCapraime Pubius, Or Liute! his pesfon,makethanobiestionyyatoSeipinyyvhich neithier Sciping inor'Lidie for bias |