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Show Lbe fiftBooke of the\firfpare Cuav2Gs 4 Cuarggin. Aarnbal. Beflarthe GouernorotSawmtnina'fimple man,fuffered himifelfito be perfwa ded by one Aceduxa Spaniard,thav'the only way to getthe fmouré& hearty goodwill of the Country,vvas byfreely reftoring vnto them thicir Hoftagessas refting,vvithout any pledge, affured oftheir faith. Burthé crafty Spaniard,being trufted with thismeffage & reftirutiomofthe Hoftagesjcarriedthemall to the: Rawaw Generals ? perfwading then, as hehad done Beffar, tomake the Libetalicy their own. Heteby the Rox-ans purchated muchdouesifthetale vere true: Sif iv vvere Wot rather true; asafterward) and ere this i } ‘Pheiyeare following waslikevnto this'? afdrabal mutt beibeaten again yTheewo Scipio's divide theirforces : Caitiakes war by Tandy Riby Seal xfdrubal,vvithinuch 10 labourandeftreaty;hathgottem foure thoufand Foor; & fwe@hundred horfe ourofiws frick vHe repaires his Bleety and! prouides euery avay'tdimakeorefiftancés: Buc all his chiefoSea-nen,and Matters of hiis thips,reuolt vato the komany: ibecaufethey had bin chidden the laftyearefor'their negligence, which hadbetrayed:the Nany.. Theteiolt ofthefefhip-maftersanimates toxebellion the Ca? petians; ot ‘Curpetanky an Tn-landpeo- pleabout Toledo,inthe very CenterofSpaines:i Thefe Uompchy milchiefe}fo thaviat arobalisfain to makeaiourney tothem. ‘Hisfudden comitning' cuts offHome of thes, thatwere found feattered abroad in the fieldsiBur they making-head foivatiantly "allaile him,thatthey drive him,forvery feare, toeneanpe himfelfe trongly onan high' peede?® ofground ; whence he dares not come foorth:'to' giue ‘them battaile." Sothey take' Town by force,wherein he had laid'vp all tisprouifions';and-thortly niake chemfelnes Matters of the'Country roundabout.This goodfudcefle breeds negligetice ; for which they-dearely pays4/drnbal comes vpon théih,takes'them vnptepared;" beatsthent, kils the moft ofthemand difperfeth thereft ; fo thar the whole Nation yeéldecti totiim the nextday.'Then come directions from Carthage that' S4fdrubal thouldleade his Aimy forthrinto Italy :-which we may wonder, why thé Carthaginians would' appoint him 'to do,ifthiey had bin informed by his letters it' what! hard cafehewas yandhad foweakly fupplyed himyas is fhewed before. ‘But thug we findit répotted : and'thaevpon the 30 very rumourofthis his iourney,almoft all Spainevvas ready. to fall to: the ‘Romans: Af arubaltherforefends word prefently to Carthage,-That this mutt not befor,if they will needs haueit fosthatthen they'muft fend him 4 Succeffory arid well attended witha ftrongArmy;whichto imploy they fhould firid Ww orkemorethan enouglisfach notable men werethe Romar Generals. But' the Senate'of Carthage isnor muchimooued vvith thisiexcufe: 4/arubal mufttneeds be gone ;Himileo, vvith fiich forces:'as arethought expedient for that feruice both by Land & Seazisfenttotake the charge ofSpain.Wher fore Afdrabal hath now'no more to do; than-to futnifh himfelfe with ftofe of mony, that he might haue wherewithal to win the friendfhip of the Gaw/s ; through whole Countries: he mutt pafle, as Hasnibal had doné before hii! The Carthaginians vvere 40 =- tooblame, fornor remembring to ‘eafe him'of thisicarey Bur fitice if canbeno ecter;he layes great Impofitions vpon all the Spaniards hisfubiédts "and hauing got ten together as much'treafure ashe could, onward hemarcheth toward Werns. The ser find him,and 444¢08¢.Amilcarthe fonneofGemilcar, with an Any of threefcorethoy> tofandmen,befieging Illiturgi : (whichthe learned Ortelimand dthers,: probably conjez Gureto hdueftood,where Carinnenxisnow,in the Kingdome of Aragon;forthcrewas Witurgisjafterwardealled Forum tui); quite another ¥vay):aTowne of the. I llergetes theitin¢ereft N cighbours, for hauing reuolted.vntothe Romians: The towne is greatly: diftrelfed;but moft ofall, fof vvant ofviduals.: The Romansthereforebrake throueh betweene the Enemies Campes, vwithterrible flaughter of al) that refift thems and hae uingvigiualled the place, incouragé the townef!men to detend their wallsias ftoutly, as they fhouldanon beholdthem fighting: man fully wieluthe befiegers, in othein behalfey Sotheyiffte forthabout fixteenthoiifand againftclirecftorethoufandsand killing more! i+ 1,23 ofthe enemics,than'them({clues:werein nambev,draueallchethree CarthaginianCom- somanders,euery one ourofhis quaitér; and todke that dayy ibefides prifoners and other bootie, fifticand eight Enfignesys:y 2905 4 : ( The Carthaginian Arthie, being' thus beaten ftom Illiturgiy:fall ypon Incibili;: thad flood alittle Southward:from themouth of Iberus: The Spdhiards aré blamed, as -tao greedy ofearning money by watreyforthus re-inforcing the broken Carthapinians, But itmay bewondred;whencethe Gaithaginians had money to pay them 2 ifince d/deubal waslately,driuen to poll the Coiintry; wantingmoney ofhié owne? andbeing: bearen' inhisiousny,had loft his wealthy carriages,when his Gamipewas taken afterthe batted) by dderaHowfoetter it liappens, the Carchaginiatis (according tocthicip cuftomey are: beaten againeat Incibils; :whereitheve wereiof them aboueé thirteen thoufand flainesrin.tib. 3. and abouethreethonfand taken; befides rwo.and forty Enfignes, and>nine Elephants. After this,(in amanner)all the people of Spaine fell fromthem vato'the, Romans: This Could Fabius, Valerius Antins, or fome other Hiftorian, to whomLisiz gauecredit, con- quetall Spaine twice in one yeere, by wittning famous victories, whereofthefe good! 1 5 ome a aptaines, P.and C#.Scip¢o,perhaps were not aware. he Romans,notwithftanding this large accefle of Dominion, winter on their owhe deofIberus, Inthe beginning ofthe next yeert, great‘ Armies of the Spaniards rifeagainkt 4/druba!. and are ouerthrowne by: him; P.Scipio, to/helpe.thefe: his friends) ig oteed to make great haft ouer the Riuers. At Caftrumaltum,'2 place ‘inthe mid-way? tween new Carthage and Saguntum,famous bythe'death of the great Amilcar; Pabe! 4° ins Scipio incampeth:and ftores the place with vidtuals, ‘being ftrong and defencibles! asintending to makeir his feate for awhile. Burthe Coutitry, round abouris too full oP Hemies:the Carthaginian horfe haue charged the Romans intheirmarch, écaregone! pio stieubing thefe newsyare carefilthow to aitel him' ofi thie way: They befiege74 (fo calkebofthe Rivers hame running by it)the richett rownieiniall thofe quarters that ofcleare, falling alfo vpon fomeftragglers, or fuchas lageedbehind their fellowes: iti March, they haue cut offtwo thoufand ofthem. Hereuponitisthought behouefully td rstike vato fome place inore affured, So Pab/: withdraweshiinfelfe vato Mons viorie Satrifing fomewhat Eaftward from Incibili, ouer-lookérh:the Southerite, Outlet of! Spaniardshis followersjhad rather be vanquithed at'home ; than gct the vidory,and a ralthe fonne of Gefeo,with a full:Army, arrives to help his Companions: As they lid! us Neere incamped together, P, Séipia, with fome light-armed, going: clofely ro view! was confederate with "Afdrabal vwho therupon tte ps afideto:relieue iti "The Komre meet him,and fight a battaile with him : which they winnethemore eafily; for thar the terwardshe haled into 2ea/y Great nambers'are flainé: and few thould havie efcaped, bur that the! Spamiarderanne away, ere the batrailes were filly ioyned. Their Campe «4 the: Romanstakejand fpoile: whereby (quettionlemejeheyaire maruelloully enitiched;2 the mony that could béraked together' in Spaimes "being carried along inthis heltas OX Pedition. Thisdayes cuentioynes all Spaineto the Romanes; if any part of the-Gounty ftood in doubt before.and puts 4/drubal fo far from all thought oftrauellinig int nay, thatitleaucs hitn fall hopeof‘keeping himfelfe fate iii Spaines OF thefe exploits ae Linlib.23, Thefe Letterscocto Rome, inaneuillfeatons tlie Statebeipg foancely able; after ghd loffeat,Cabnbe,to helpe:it felfeat home,¥etrehefe isikensal+ovw hardlyjaidbhow avachi tothe contineadations ofthardonéand:cate, whith the priate Citizens:ofRiomebara voto the Gommon-ivealth}fhal be inferted elfe:swhére;imothestdlationspfithings wherb ofthe tftithis leffequeftionable. At the comming ofthisftipply}thetwa Scipias pura member thelaft newes ofhim arid how feaiefully he miftrnttedHis own fafctie: They: fing fo manyparticuilarities,vyhereof I canbelécue fo few » Bur fince vetind hobettey 3 ~ Rome;theyean neltherntiold theit forces together,cog tantlyany linget inehePtoineels the Afarwbad, and hunt him-out ofhis lurking holes: What 2lfeican we thinke;:thavred wedind,thar all the:Spami/> Hottigessvereleft in new CarthageIam yveary of reheat. certainties, we muftcontent our felues with thefe, eee tera en ofthe HiforixopsheONGAY uettifementiis fent to Romerand Lerrersto the Stifare,from Pyand Cx.Scipio, where ; Contents are ; Thatthey haue neither mony,appattell,norbread,wher ewithto _- their Army and-Fleét s That alhis Waliting + fo as vnileffe they-may be'tupplye ol ts, Thitherthe Garthaginians purfue him:His bréthebCa.repaires vito hims8s4/- othe Places thereabouts,is difcoueted by the enemies: whore like to rake him; butelar EWithdrawes himfelfeto an high piece of: ground; where they befiege him, vorillihiy! tother Cx.fetcht him off, After this(but I know not why) Gaftulo,a great city of Spain? Whence Hsnnibal had taken-hima wife, ioynethwich the Romans; thonghebeing farve' thant from them,and feated ontheliead ofthe Riuer Bortis. Neuértheleffe the Carthas Bilians paffe quer Ibexus;to befiege Witurgi apain,whereintodgeth a Roman gartifor, Ping to, win ir by famine, Wemayiufly wonder, what{houldmouerthemto neghee: therebellion of Cafale, yeaand the Roman Army lying foiclofe: by thenijand tokieke tures further offin that vetyvplace, wherein they |had-beea fo! gricyoutly het the Bbbbb |