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Show The jpiBooeskeofibpees ehBpar,eel EE Cara Sg and ftrenigch grew chiefly from tharilkaffarance, which each oftheir Towns,oralmoft oftheir Families; pereciued ivfelfe to hold} whilett the generality Was-oppicfled bythe Duke of Alaay werdic foxsharthe peoplehadthereby growneas.watlike, as by extreme induftricjand ftraining themf€lues toofill their pablike Treafutie, they are all growne wealthy\teengatSedjand ablero wage great Armies for thein fetuices by Land.Whers forcifwe value ‘at fucharateas we ought, thepatient refolution} ;conformitie to xood Orders obedience toMagiftrateswith many. other Verttiess and:aboue.all-other, the greatloue ofthe Common-wealewhich was found in Rome in thefe dangerous times: we may-ttuely fay, ‘Phat ithe ‘Citiewas neuerin:gteater' likeliliood: to. profper«: Neithercan it be deemed orherwifestham that ifthe'fame-affections:of :the-people:had las fted, ‘whentheir Bmpire, being grown more large and-beautifull; fhould in allreas 18 fon hae been more'deare vnto them) ifthe riches and:delicaci¢s' of Afia had notinfe&ed themwith fenfualitie,and cartied their appetites mainly to thofe pleafures, wherin theythoughttheir well-beitig to confit; ifall the Citizens,and/Subiedts of Romecould hauebeleened their owne interefttoibe as:grear,inthofe.wvarres which thefelatter Em- perours made foxtheitdefence,as inthéfewhichweremanaged by: the Confils: the Empires founded vponfo-great-vertue, could not»have been throwne downe by the hands'ofradeé Barbarians, were theyn ever fo'many::But vito all: Dominions: God hath fertheir periods: Wtio;though he hath ginen vato Manthe knéwledge‘of thofewaies, byawhich Kingdomes rife andfall; yéc hath lefthim fubied vad theaffections, which draw onthefe fatall' changes, in thei¢times appointed: ans 40 th atkte j : The Ramazs winefameTorpes Lacefrom Hannibal., Hannibal winnes Tareatam. . ba Tbeflege ofCapua. Two vittories ofHannibal. The soarnéy pf Hannibal aed Arivte tbegates ofRome; Capua taker by the Rowsans... he People ‘of Rome raised themfelnes tothe vimiolt, for maineaining the Watrre: fo their Generals'gbroadontitted Ho part ofindultiie! in fecking'to' reoh A coneswhat Hid Beene [StThetowne of Cafiline, Febsm befieged. It was' well defetided By the Carthaginia garrifphsaiid tikelyto' haue' been relicued'by thofe of | ; Capith,iFMarcellas froin Nota hitthot ebme tocheaffittance' of‘his Colleague. Ne- 3 lierthiele(fethe placeHeld ditt fojobftinately, ‘that Fabins was parpoféd to pitic itouer: fayingthar the enterprife wasnotgreit ; ‘yer' as ditficlile, 'asa‘thifig' of mor‘ impor- tances But Adarcellus Was of a contraryOpinion. He aid; That many‘flich'things, as Were notar firft to hali¢ Héenvnder-taken' by great:""Commandets; ought yer, when once'they were takctrinhand,to be profequuted vnto the befk eect.' Sothe fiege held on: and'cht towne wis preffed fo hurd,that the Cainpans dwellitie thereitt grew fearefutt,aad Ctauedpatlet,offeringte bitreitp; fod all might Haneléid ro depart in fate- tic, whither they pleated.' ‘Whilelt'they ‘vverethustréating dfconditions : or whilelt theywere iffuing forth, accordingto the compofition alieady‘madet*¢ ‘foriris ‘diticrlly 49 Seported) Marcellus feizing Vpon'aGateentred with his Armie, and put'all'to fword thatcathe intheitwaysFi tie oftHOfe thatwere Art gotten ont, anto'Paesmthe Cop- fal: whlfairedthen aha ent them to Capua in fafety: all the cepwere eitherMaine, ‘or madeprifoners Tf radyaydeferucd tojtimendationsBy holdinghis yvord good yato theleityfhow vothowthefiighter ofchetetoeimprifonimerit afterward of fitch, 3 feapddthe heat of execution, Could Belexculedtby Mardellus' Td may be that hehel- Poahiintelte,after hetcaketsintik Rothatfaftiion, with foreS4uiddcation butthe fhall pay forit SesMicntMiatfam in Gafcoigte taken bythe Marihall ‘aMenlit, x(het TyasVoulng aaiyPratice,Farvobiethcentéteained pirleeabout compollt on; the beli¢gedfant t Fotitheir fetieralliguards?"¥pon hattydire of being ? ahs conditionspropofed: "The! Marthalltherefore Yifconeting « partot ti e ivaitlsVapharlled:eritreA by spalcdos tidput AtPAGePhe Gonernbiitvntothe Hote." Meet That StenoGE Moiiit MarfantrCommifteditipprolleerouts: the ofie, Shathe pad‘ridorderforthe Catt: rtaihiesabdCompanies, ro: oldthemfclues. seco Sig wteweiHtie tticroparlewithont pledges £6likey that He!ee hicotter Pisce ssiuca.Somelichonet-fight, eae ch the GouertionfofCafilinefebaieth to have com Fellteces yet eitherthe adutantage tahbyAfarcelesoO! by aibsie, Was acaaa CuAP.3.§:14. ofthe Hiftorie oftheWorld. a rabley WhenthisiWorke vvasehded; many fmall townes oftheSamnitcs,aadlome. of the Lucans and Apulians,werd recouered: vvherein were taken, orflaine, about flue and twenty thoufandof the Enemies; andthe country gticuoufly vvafted by,abins; Marcel dus lying ficke au Nola, Hannibal inthemeane while was about Tarenttum;. waitingto hearefromi thofe, that had promifedto ginevp therowne;, But M./e/eriws the Roman Propretor had thruft fo matly-men into lity that thetraitoursdurft not-ftirre. Whereforethe Carthaginian yyas faine to departyhauing vvearied himfelfein vaine yvith expectation. Yet he vyafted not thecountry,' burconrented himfelfe yvith hope; that they would pleafe him betterin 10 time following: Sohe departed thence toward Sal ipia: vyhich, he chofe forhis vyintring place; and began to victuall it; when Summer was but halfe paft. Ic is faid, that hevvasin loue vvitha yong Wenehin that towne,in yvhichregard if he beganhis vvin< tet more timely,chan otherwife he required, He didnot like she Romans; whom necetfity inforced, to. make their Summer laft as long as they were able to trauell vp & down the'country. ' ; About this time began great troubles in Sicil, vyhither Adarecllus the Conful vvas fent, totake fuch order forthe Prouince, as need thould require, Ofthe doingsthere, which wore out moretime than his Confulthip, vve vvill {peake hereafter. ; 20 Thenew Confuls, chofenat Rome,were Q.Fabivsthe fonne of the prefent Conful, and 7.Semipronius Gracchus the fecondtime. The Romans found it needfull for the publiqueferuice,to imploy oftentimes their befablemen: and therefore madeit lawfull, duting the vvarre} to recontinuetheir Officers, and choofefuch,asbadlately held their places before; vvithout regarding any diftance of time, whichwas otherwife required, Theold Fabius became Lieutenant ynto his fonne:-which was perhaps the refpect, that moftcommended his fonne vnrothe place., Jt isnoted, That when the oldman came intothecampe, arid'his fonne rodeforthto meet him + eleuen.ofthe twelue Liéors, which carried an axe with a bundle ofrods beforethe Conful,fufiered him,in,regard of duereuerence,to paffe by them on horfe-backe,which was againft the cnftoie. Butthe fonneperceining this,commandedthe lat ofhis Li@ors te.noteit; who.therupon bade 3° the old Fabias alightjand cometothe Conful onhis feete. The fathet cheerful y,did fos fayingy it was my ainde, fonne, tomake trialmbetber thou diddeft vaderfland thy felfe tobe Conful, Cafsius Altininea wealthy Citizen ofArpis| who, /after the battell.at-Can- ne;hadholpen the Carthaginian iaro that towa,feeing now,the fortune ofthe Romans toamend;came.priuily to this Conful Fabius, ‘and offered to render-it backe; ynto-himy ifhemight be therfore vvell rewarded. The Gontuk purpofed to follow old examples: anditomakethis 4/iaivs a patternetoall traitors: vling hint, as Camillus and_gabricius haddoné thofe, that. offered their. faithfull feruice againtt the Falifci,..and King Pjrs rusBuv 2.Fabins che father, was-ofanother, opinion: and faid, it was.a.matrer of ‘ dangéronis confequences, That. it-fhould be,thought morefafetoreuolt from the Ros Habs than toturne yntothem:) Whereforeit was concluded, thathe fhould. be fent tothetowne of Gales, and there kept as prifoner; ,yatill they.could better refolue,what todoewith him, or what vfeto make ofhim. Haibal, vnderftanding that \A/tinins Wasgone, and among the Romans; tookit not forrowfully kutthought this agoodoctaflons to feize vponall the mans riches,vvhich were greats, Yet that he.might feeme tatherfericte,than,couctous,he fent for the wife and children ofA/sinins into his camp: Where hauing examined them by torment,partly concerning the departure and intenti+ Ons ofthis fugitive,partly,and more ftrictly,abouthis riches,whatthey were;and wherg they lay,He condemned them,as partakers ofthe treafon, ro ibe burntaline; and tooke soalltheir goods vato himfelfe. Fabing the Conful fhortly aftercame to,Arpi:.which he Wonhe by \Sca/ado, ina ftormy. and rainy.night,, Fine thoufand of Haznibals Souldiers yin thetowne;and ofthe Arpines themfelues,there were aboutthree thoyfand. Thefe Were thruft formoft by the CarthaginianGarrifon,whenit was vaderftood,that the Ro+ Mans:had gotten quet the wall, and broken open, a Gate. Forthe Souldiers held the townfmen fiulpected;and therfore thought it.no wifedome,to truft themattheir backs, tafterfomeditrle xefiftances the Arpines gaueouer fightyand entertained parleeayith the Romans:protefting,that they-had been betrayed by their Princes,and werebecome fhbie& tothe Oarthagimians,againft their wills.In proceffe of this difcourfejthe Arping fetor Weatyntothe Roman Gonful:,and receining his faith for fecurity ofthe fone : prefently |
