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Show Thefife Boke of thejir?part Cwarx.6ay, cuery fide,in fo barea ground as affoorded nota fhiritb to couerthem, could breake out and fhrowd themfelueswithin woodsiadioyning<I fhould much wonder;did nota grea. ter miracle following call away mineattention.7, Fowteins is in P.Scépio's campe; onthe North fide of Iberus, fearefull(as may be fuppofed)ofhis ownelife; fince his General], with two parts ofthe Roman Armie,hadlittle hope to remaine long fafe within it.Thither comes L.Martiaayong Roman Gentlemah of anotable fpirit: who hauinggathered togetherthe {eattered Souldiers, and drawne forhe Companies out of their Garrifons, makes a prettie Armie. The Souldiers,beingto.choofe aiGenerall by moft voices, preferre this Z.Martins before Fonteins tae Liciitenanty! aswell they may. For A/dre. balsthe fonne of Ge/eo comming vpon them; this: 41 A¢artivs fo :incourageth his men, (fondly weeping when he led them forth,vpon ¢emémbrance oftheir more honourable Generalslately flaine) and -admonifheththem of their prefentineceffity,that she beates the Carthaginians intotheirTrenches.A notable viGory perhaps he might hauegotten put thathe wifely founds.the retrait; referuing the fry. ot his Souldiers toagreateroc.cafion.The Carthaginiansare at firft amazed, and wonderwhence: this new boldnefle growes in.enemies lately. vanquithed, and now? againe littleberter than takén: but awhen they: {ee, that the Roman dares not follow his aduantage,they returntotheir for niet fecurity; and vtterly\defpifing him,{ct neither. Corps dvgard, nor Sentinell,but reft {ecure,asif no enemy were neere,: Martine therefore animatcshis fouldierswith lively words; and telsthem,/Thatthere is noiaduenture more fafe, than ‘that vvhich is fur-2 theft from fufpition of being vnder-taken.: They are foone perfwaded to follow him, in.any defperate piecoofferuices! So hedeadesthem forthiby night, and fteales vpor theGampeofH/drabel :, wvherefindingino guardy bir the enemies faftafleepe, or very drowzie; He entets,withoutrefiftance;! fires theinCabbines,! cand giuesa terrible alanme,forhat all afftighted, the Carthagitians run head-long énevponanother, they know not which way, All, paffages out i ftheir Campes:Marsins hath prepoffeffed,fo that there isnojway toefcape,faucbyleaping'downe the Rampart: which asmany doc, as.canthinke vponit, and run-away toivard the Campe,of 4/drwbal. the fonne of Amilsar, that lay, fixe miles off. But: A¢ertivs: hath way-led them. In a Valley :betweene their two campes-he hath beftowed.a Roman cohott, arid know hot what number of ., Horfe; fotharintothis Ambufhthey fall euery one; andare cutin pieces. Butlelt perchance any fhould haueefeapedand give thealarmebefore his comming; Atartivs hae ftens to bethereas fooneas theye By whichdiligent {peed,He comes earlyin themor- ~ ning vponthis further campes whichwithnogreat difficulty he enters, and partly by apprehenfion ofdanger whichthe Enemies conceiued, when they beheld the Roman thields, foule, and bloudied vvith their former execution, Hee driués head-long into flight, all that can-faye themfelues from thefury of thefword, Thirty feuen thoufand oftheenemies perifhin this nights worke; befidesathoufand eight hundred and thitty, taken prifoners. Hereunto Valerius Antius addes, that the campe of Adago Was alfo ta 44 Cwar.3.9.11. oftheFiftorie of the World. offendedathis prefumption in yfurping it : forefecing well; hatitwasamatterofill ; confequence,to hauethe fouldiers abroad make choicesamong themfelues,of thofe that fhould command Armies and Prouinces, Therefore C, Claudius Nerg wae difpatched away,with all conuenient hafte,into S paine: cartying with him aboutfixe thoufand of the Romanfoot,and as many, ofthe Latines,with three hundred Roman horfe,& ofthe Latines cight hundred. It happened well,that about thefe times,theaffaires ofRomebeganto profperin Ita. ly,Scaftorded means ofending abroad fucha {trong fupply: otherwife,the victories of Martins wouldill haueferned,either to keep footing in Spain,or to ftop the Carthagi. nian Armies from marching towards the Alpes, For when Claudius, landing with his new forces,tooke charge of that remainder ofthe Army, which was vnder A¢artiwsand Foateiusshe found furer tokens ofthe ouerthrowes receined, than of thofe miraculous yictories,w,hereofAsart¢ius had made his vaunts vnto the Senate.The Roman party was forfaken by moft ofthe Spanifhfriends: whom howto reclaime, it would not ealily be deuifed. ¥. et Claudinvs aduanced boldly towards 4/drubal the brother ofHeanibal: whom hefound among the Aufetani,neer enough at hand,incampedina place called Lapides atrisout of which there was no iffue,but onely through a ftreight, whereon the Roman feized at his firft comming.What fhould hauetempted any man of vaderftanding to incampein fucha place,1 doe norfinde :andaslittle reafon can I find in that which fol. 20 lowed, Foritis faid, That.4/arwbal, feeing himfelfe thuslockt vp, made offer to depare forth-with out ofall Spaine,and quitthe Prouincetothe Romans,vpon condition,that heand his Armiemight be thence difiniffed, That he. {pent many dayes, in entertayning parlee with Claudius aboutthis bufinefle, That night by night he conucighed his footmen(a few ata time)through very difficult paffages, out of the danger; and that finally taking aduantage ofa mifty day,Heftole away withall his Horfe and Elephants, leauing his Camp empty. .Ifwe confider, thatthere were at the fametime, befides this Afarubal, two other Carthaginian,Generals in Spaine ; we {hall finde noleffe caufe to Wonderat the fimplicity ofClaudius, vvho, hoped toconcludea bargaine forfo greata Conatry,with one ofthefe three,Chieftaines,than at the ftrange nature of thofe pafla. 3 ee eaneh whichthe footmen could hardly creepe out by night; the Horfe and Ele. 1 following them.in, a-darke mifty,day. Wherefore in giuing beliefe to plants eaftly llichatale, itis needfull that we {uppofe, bothhe danger wherein the Carthaginians Wete,and the conditions offered fortheir fafe departure, ta haue beenoffarleffe value,; owfoeueric was;neither this,aoroughtelfethat the Romanscould doe,ferued to purchafeany newfriends in Spaine,or to recouer the old which they hadloft. Like enough; tts,that the old Souldiers,which had chofen 4dartius their Propretor,tookeit not wel, that the Senate,regardleffe oftheir good deferts, had repealed their election, and fenta topretor whom they fancied not.{o well. Some {ich occafion may haue moued them todefire a Proconful,and(perhaps)young Scipie by name:as ifatitle ofgreater dignity ken, and feyenthoufand laine; and that in another \battaile with 4/drabal, there were flaineten thoufand more;befides fourethoufand three hundred and thirtie taken ptlToners. Such is the power offomeHiftorians. Liste therefore hath elfewhere vvell obferued, That there isnone fo intemperate, as Valerius Antins, in multiplying the sum bers that haue fallenin battailes; That, while A¢artiue was making an Orationto his 4 Wetencedfull to worke regard in the Barbarians;and the beloued memory of C#. and fouldiers, a flameof fire fhone abouthis head, Liuiereporteth as a commontale,not g¥ ¥ ended it,to the great honourand benefit of his Country. He was aman of good! uingthereto any credit: and temperately concludeth, That this Captaine #447t™ gota Prefence,&& fingularly well conditioned: efpecially.he excelled in Temperance, Conti- great name;which he might well doe, ifwith fo {mall forces, and in fuch diftreffe, He could clecrely getoff from the Enemies,& giue therapy. parting blow, thoughit were farre leffe than that whichis here fet downe. Ofthefe occurrents L.Martins {ent word to Rome,notforgetting his owne goodfer uice,whatfoeuerit was,butfettingitout in {uch wife,asthe Senate might iudge him wor thy to hold the place oftheir Vicegerent in Spaine : which the better tointimate me them, He ftiled him(elfe Propreror. The Fathers were no leffe moued with rhetidip. than the cafe required : and therefore took fich carefull order,for fupplying thet oi cesin Spain,thatalthough Hennibal cameto the gates of Rome,ere the companies - Publis.likely to doegood, wereit reuiued in one of thefame family. Whether vpoa, theleot vpon otherreafons;C.Claudins wasrecalled out of the Prowince; and Pabhins the fonne ofP.S¢ipio {ent Proconful into Spaines Thisis that Scipio,who afterward transferred the warre into Africk: where he happi- Hency,Bounty,and other vertuesthat purchafe lone; of which qualities;what great vie €made,thall appeare in the tenourofhis Actions following. As for thofe things that #¢ reported of him,fauouring.a.littletoo much ofthe great Alexanders vanity; How. he Sovled to walkealone inthe Capitoll,as one that had fome fecret conference with lupiter; OW 2 Dragon (which muft,haue been. one. of the.gods;.and,'in likelihood, Zapér t-him{elfe) was thought to haue conuerfed with his Mother,entring her Chamberof, fen,& vanithing away at the commingin ofany. man; and how ofthefe matters henou- tithed the rumour,by doubtful anfwers; I holdthem no better than fables, deuifed by Morians,whothought thereby toadde vnto the glory ofRome: that this ngble Citie ed to ferue in that Prouince, could be fentaway; yet would they not ay atide tot might feeme, notioncly ro: haue furpafled;other Nationsin vertuc oftheprnetalitys Propretor, which Aéertiw had affumed » they thought it too great for him, bd might ferneto adorne this Roman Champion. Forit is confidently, ;eitten,: as matter fence ofthe Citic it felfe, but thipped them in ali hafte for Spaine. 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