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Show The fift Booke of the first part ---__, Cuar.3.§.:2. §. X IT. Thegreat troubles that Hannibal raifed im all quarters, to the Citie ofRome. Pofthumins the Reman Generall,with bis whole Army, @ hiine by the Gaules. Philip King ofMactdoy, enters into a League with Hannibal,againit the Romans, The Romans iojping with the Lxoliensmake warre upon Philip in Greece : and afterwards concludea peace with him ; the better tointend their bufime/fe against the Carthaginians. V\ ] Ee left Hannibal wintering at Capua:where he and his new Confederates Cuar.3.§.it, % ofthe Hifforie ofthe World, ‘ . was ofgreat importance, yeelded vntolhini sas did allother places thereabout. except onely the Towne of Rhegium,ouer againftSicil. (The great faith ofthe Petiliansis worthy tobe recordédja$2 notable teftimony ofthe goodgoucinmentiynder whichthe Romandabieds liued. ‘As for the Samnites, Campanes, and others, whofe carneftneffe in rebellion may fecineto prowe the contrary, we aréto confider,'Thatthey hadlately contended with Rome fot Soueraignty, and Weie now tran{ported withambition! which tcafon can hatdly,mioderate,. or.benefirs allay. The Petiliatis,in the'very beginning oftheir danger,did fend to\Rome for helpe: where reioyced (as may be thought) nota little, to heare the good newesfrom Carthage of fuch mighty aide,as was decreedto be fent thence vnto him, theitMeffengers receiued.an{wer from the Senare,Thatthe publike misfortunes hadnot 10 left meanes, to rélicue their Affociatesthat were fo farre diftant. ‘The Rerilian M.efen- barnes, andto driueaway their Cattellto Getyon: his victories affording him Jittle o. theRomanfubiecion that hadia'prinate inrifdi@ion within chemielues) felidowntothe ground,and humbly befought theFathersnot to gine thie away: promiifing to do and in former times he had found worke enough, to carry the Romans corne into his owne ! ther profit, than fuftenance for his Armie; by making him Mafteroftheopen field, He might perhaps haue forced fome walled townes,in like fort as he did Geryon, and the Caftle of Cannz : but had he {pent muchtime, aboutthe getting ofany one place well defended ;the hunger, that his Army muft haue endured the Winter and Spring fol: lowing,vatillcorne were ripe, would haue gricuoufly punifhed him for fach imployment ofthe Summer. This may haue beenthereafon, why he forbore to aduenture vpon Rome, after his victorieat Cannz. For had hee failed (as it was a matter of no certaintic )to carry the Citieat his firft comming ; want of viétuals would haue compel- Ied him to.quit the enterprife. Yea, many of the people that opened fo haftily. their 20 gates vnto him, vponthefreth bruit of hisglorious fucceffe, would hauetaken time-of deliberation, and waited perhaps the euent of another battaile : if being,either for wantofmeanes to force the Citie,or ofneceflaries to continuea fiege before it,repelled ¢as might feeme )fromthe walles of Rome, he had prefented himfelfe vnto them with a leffened reputation, fomewhatlater in the yeere , when timeto force their obedience Was wanting,vnleffe they wouldfreely yeeld it. Butthis great part of the careandtra- uell was paft,when fo many States ofItaly were become his the ycere following, the Samnites, and other old enemies of Rome, werelike to receiue.a notable pleafirre of theirnewalliance with Carthage, by helping to lay fiege vnto that proud Citic, whichfo long had held themin fubie@tion. Thus the Winter was paffed ouerioyfully,.. fauing that there camenotanytydings ofthe preparations, to fecond the welcome teport of thofe mighty forces, that were decreed and expected. The Spring drew on: and of the promifedfupply there arriued no more, than onelythe Elephants. How late it was ere thefe came,I finde not : onely wefinde, that after this hehad abouethirty of them ; whereasall, faue one, that he broughtouerthe Alpes,had binloft in his iourney throughthe Marifhes of Hetruria. Very bad excufe ofthis exceeding negligence, they that brought the Elephants could make vnto Hanaibal.. If they were his friends, they told: him truely, what mifchiefes the perfwafion of Hane wrought among. the t00 niggardly Carthaginians. Otherwife, they might perhaps informe him, thatit was thoughta fafer, though a farther way about,to paffe along through Spaine and Gaule,as 40 he himfelfehad done ; and increafe the Army,by hyring the Barbariansin theiourney; than to: commit the maine ftrength oftheir Citie,to the hazzard ef the Seas: efpecially wanting a commodious Hauen,to receiue the Fleet that fhould carry {uch a number of Men, Horfes,and Elephants, with all needfull prouifions. With thefe allegations H47wibalmutt reft content 3 and feeke;as wellas he can, to fatisfie his Italian Confederates ‘Therefore when time of the yeere ferued, Hetooke the field:and hauingfinifhed what refted to be doneat Cafilinum, fought to make himfelfe Mafter of fome good: Hauentownetherabout;that might ferueto entertaine the Carthaginian Fleet,ortake from Enemiesat home all excufe, which they-might pretend by wanr.thereof. To.the same purpofe,and to doe what elfe was needfull, He fent-Himilco vnto the Locrians,and A oto the Lucans: not forgetting at onceto affay all quartersof Italy,yea,th¢ HesofStcil & Sardinia ; fincethe fiege ofRome;mutt needs be deferredynto anotheryet #4¥" wemadeanill iourney ofit, being: met, or ouer-taken, by: T. Sempromins Longas: W100 gets(Embaffadoursthey are termed'as were all others; publikely fent-from. Cities of {uffer what{oeuer was pofliblesiti defence of their Towne; againft the ‘Gatthaginians, Hereupon'the Senatefell ca confultation dgaine: and hauing throughly‘confidered-ali their forces remaining,plainelyiconfeffed, that ic was ndt insheir powerto giue anyres lief.Whereforethefe Embaffadauirs were willed toreturne liome; and to bid their ‘Cis tizens prouide hereafter fortheir ownefafetie, as hauing already difcharged their faith tothe vemo ft. Alithis norwithftanding, the Petilians ¢aswWas {aid }held out fome m103 2 neths; and hauing ftriuen:in vaine to defendthemfelues, when there was-no apparant pofibilitic, gaueto the Carthaginians a bloudy vidtdrit quer them; being vanquithed as tauchby famine; as byiany violen¢e.of the:Affailants. The Romans avthistime were indeed in fuchill cafe,charkamazbalwithia little helpe from Carthage,might hanereduced them into termes of gear excrémitic, For wheres as, ina great brauerie,beforetheis loffeat Canoe, they iad shewed their high mindes; bycntertaining the care of things farre off, notwithftanding'the great wacre that lay.vps onthem {o neere at hand:it noiv-fell.out miferably allat once, thattheir fortune abroad Was nowhit bettenthan at home. £. Pefbamivs A/binus their Pretor they: had fent, with an Armic offiueand twenty thoufandyinto Gaule ; to theLlyrian king Rémews they 3° had {eat for their tribute due,| whereofthie pay-day waspaft; willing him, if he defired forbearance, to deliuer hoftages for his performanceof what was due sand to Philip king‘of Macedontheyhad feat, to.require, thar:he{hould deliuer Vp vaoto:them Deme- trius Pharius,cheir Subie& and Rebiell,whom hehadreceiued. But nowfroynall. quartersthey heare tidings,little furableto their formicrglorious, conceits. Pofbumins with all his Armie was cut in pieces by the Gaules;in fuchfort,rhat {carce tetimen efcaped, Themanuierofhis oucrthtow was very ftrange.Fhere was a great Wood,called by the Gaules,Litans ; through which he wasto pafle.-Againft his comming,the Enemies had fawedthe Trees fo far, thata little force would {erus to caftthem downe. When there» {ote Poithumixs, with his whole Armie, was entred into this dangerons. pailage, the Gaules, thar lay about the wood, began to caftdowne the Trees : whichfalling one a- gainftanother, boreall dawnefo faft, that the Romans were ouer-whelmed, Men and orles'; in fach wife,that no more efcaped,than is faid before.' How thisitedious worke offawing fomany Trees,could take defired effect, ‘and neither be perceiued, nor made fttate, either by fome winde, that might haue blowne all downe before the Romans ented, or by fomeother ofthofe miany aecidents;whercto the device was fabiect; Ido Not well. conceiue. Yetfomefiuchthing may-tiaue beené done.: and what failed inthe tratagem, fupplicd with the Enemies fword. Itis not perlaps worthy tobe omitted,as *monumentof the fauage condition,wherwith Lombardie, a Countrie now fo ciuill $0 Was infected in elder times, Thatof Pofhumins his skull, being cleanfed, and trimmed Vp with gold,a drinking cup,was madé,and confecratedin their principall'Femple,as an holy veflel,for the vfe of the Prieft.iatheir foleninities. Ofthis great onerthrow,when Word was brought to Rome ; the amazement was no Jeffe than the calamity But forroy Could giue horemedieto the mifchiefe: and anget was vaine, where there wasted fors cesto reuenges Tribute from the Illyrians there came none: neither do I finde, that fly: flue aboue twothoufand ofhis men p-with the loffe of fewer, than three hundred Ro Was a fecond time demanded;this we finde,That with Plewratas,and Scerdiletas Ulyrian Petellia or Petiliaby forces after it had held out fome moneths. He won likewile € . Ypon even tearmes ; entreating their affiftanceagain{t Philip and. Per/ewss, NOE comman= mans. But Himilce {ped farre better, By helpe ofthe Bnitians;his:good friends,bew - fentia ; and Croton,that was forfaken by the Inhabitants, Al(o the City of Locri,W was ings,as al{o with Gentins,who reigned within a few yeers following, the Romansdealy tingtheir dusic, a5 Vaffals, TheMacedonian troubled them yet' little farther. ie paving |