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Show sristig The fift Bookeofthefiritpart Cn of his Colleague,made Fa/uiss the more haftic intaking vengeaiice:forfeare, left vpon thelike refpects, the R oman Senate might proue more gentle, than he thought behouefulltothe commonfafety,and honouroftheir State. Wherefore he tookethe Paines to ride by night ynto Theanum,& from thence to Cales: where he caufedall the Cae pan prifonersto fufferdeath ; binding themto ftakes, and {courging themfir agood while with rods,after which he ftrucke offtheir heads. This terribleexample ofvengeance,which the Carthaginians could not hinder. made all townesofItaly the leffe aptto follow the vaine hope ofthe Campans: & bred age neralinclination,to return vpon good conditions to the Roman fide. The Atellans Ca- latines,& Sabatines,people of the Campans,that in the former change had followed the fortune ofCapua,made alfo nowthe like fubmiffion, for very feare,& wantofabil. to ty torefift.They were therfore vfed with the like rigour, by Fa/uins: who dealt {o ex. tremely with themall,that he brought themintodefperation. Wherfore fome oftheir yong gentlemen,burning withfire ofreuenge,got into Rome: where they found means by night-time,to fet on fire fo many houfes,that a great part of the city waslike to haue bin confiumed. The beginning ofthefire in diuers places at once, argued thar it was no tafualtie.Wherfore liberty was proclaimed voto any flaue, and otherfufficientreward to any freeman,that fhonld difcouer whothofe Incendiaries were. Thusall came out: and the Campansbeing detested by a flane of their own (to whom, abouehis liberty promifed,was giuen abontthe fium ofan hundred markes) had the punifhmentan{werableto their deferts.Faluins hereby being more & more incenfed againit this wretched people,held them ina maneras prifoners within their wals : and this extreme feuerity caufed them at lengthto become Suppliants vnto the Roman Senate; that fome period mightbefet vnto their miferies.That whereupon the Senators refoluedin the end,was worfethanall that which they had fuffered before. Onely two poor womenin Capua (ofwhich once had been an harlot) were found notguilty ofthe late rebellion.The reft were,fome ofthem,with their wiues and children fold for flanes, andtheir goods confifcated;others laid in prifon,andreferuedto further deliberation: butthe generality of them,commandedtordepart out of Campania by acertaine day, and confinedvnto feuerall places,asbeft liked theangry victors.As for the town of Capua,it was fuffered to ftand,in regard ofthe beauty and commediousfite: but no corporation orformeofpolitie,was allowed to be therein; onely a Roman Prouoft was euery yeerfenttogouerne 30 ouerthofe that fhould inhabit it,and to doeinftice. This was the greateft ad, and moft important,hitherto done by the people ofRome,after many great loffes in the prefent Warre. After this,the glory ofHannibal begantofhine with a more dimme light, than before:his oile being farre fpent; and that which fhould haue reuiued his flame,being vnfortunately fhed; as fhall be toldin place conuenient. §. XV. Howthe Carthazinians, waking a partiein Sardinia andSicil,held warre againfi the Romansin thofe Tflands, and were ouercome. Hilftthings paffed thus in Italy,thecommotionsraifed in Sardinia & Sicil by theCarthaginians & their friends,were brouglit toa quiet & happy end by the induftrious valourof theRonians. The Satdinian rebellion was great & fudden:abauiethirty thonfandbeing vp inarmes, erethe Roman forcescould arriuethereto fuppreffe it.One Harficoras withhis fon Hyoffws,mighty men inthat Tand, Wwerethe Ring-leaders; being incited by Hanwoa Carthaginian, that: promifed the allt ftanceofhis country. Neither were the Carthaginians in this enterprife © focareleffe, 4 in thereft oftheir mainevadertakings,aboutthe fame time. Yet ithad beenbetter, # their care had bin directed vntothe profecution ofthat maine bufineffein Italy; wher" °° on this and all other hopés depended. Forit would haue fufficed, if they could haue hindred the Romans from fending an Army into Sardinia. Harficoras with his followersmight well enoughhaue ferued to driue out ‘Quintus Atatins the Pretor: Who ay ficke in the Prouince yand not more weake in hisdwne body; thanin his traine. But Whileft they fought Feuengeofthat particular iniurie, whereofthe fenfe was molt gr¢" uous; they neglected the Opportunity of requiting thofe that ‘haddone then Wrong, and ofthe fecuriag themfelues from all iniuries in the future: Their fortune #!fo% erie neeTn encerpits Cwarg.$.t5. of theEiftorie of theWorld, ~enterprife was fiuch; as may feeme to haue encouraged them from being at the like charge, in cafes of more importance, For whereasthey fent ouer Afdrubat, furnamed; the Bald, with acompetentfleet and armic affifted in this expedition by Hawnothe Aus thorofthe rebellion, and by 44argo.a Gentleman ofthe Barchine houfe,and neere kin man to Hanazbal: it fo fell out, that the whole fleet by extremity of foule Weather, was caft vpon the Baleares : fo beatenandin fucheuill plight, that the Sardinians had ever yo {pent their hearts,and were in a mannerquite vanquiflied, ete thefe their friends could arriueto firccour them. Titus Manlins was fent from Rome with two and twenty thoufand foot, and twelue hundred horfe, to fettle the eftate of that Hand, whichhe had taken in,and annexed vn tothe Roman doninion,long beforethis, in his Confulthip. Itwas a laudable cuftome of the Romans, to preferue and vp-hold in their feuerall Prouinces, the gteatnefie and reputation ofthofe men, andtheir families,by whom each Prouince had beeneficft fubdued vnto their Empire. Ifany iniurie were done vato the Prouincialls ; if any grace wereto be obtained from the Senate ; or whatfoeuer accident requited the affiftance of aPatron:: the firft Conquerour, and his raceafter him, were the moft readie and beft approued meanes, to procure the benefit of the people fubdned. Hereby the Romans held very {ure intelligence, in euery Prouince, and had alwayes in readinefle fitmen to reclaime their Subiects, if they fell into any fuch diforder, as would otherwifehaue ree 20 quired agreater charge and trouble. The comming of Aznlias, retaynedin obedience allthat were not already broken too farre out. Yet was Harficorasfo ftrong in field,thar Manlius was compelled to arme his Mariners: without whom he could not haue made vp that number oftwo and twenty thoufand, whereof we hauefpoken before: helan= dedat Calaris or Carallis, where mooringhis {hips,he paffed vpinto the Countrey,and fought out the Enemie. Hyo/fus,the fonne of Harficoras, hadthen the command ofthe Sardinian Army left ynto him by his father, who.was gone abroadinto the Gountrey, to draw in morefriends to their fide. This young Gentleman wouldsneeds adnenture to get honour, by giuing battell tothe Romansat his ownedifcretion. So he safhlyad_ uentured to fight withan old Souldier: by whom heereceiued a terrible onerthrow5 30andloftin one day aboue thirtie thoufand of his followers.» Hyofas himfelfe, with the reftof his broken troupes, got into Cornus, thechiefe Towneofthe Ifland: whither Manlsspurfuedthem. Very foone after this deféature came Afdruba/ with his Cartha- sinians; too lateto winneall Sardiniain fuch hafte as he might haue done,if the tem pelthad not hindered his voyage; yetfooneenough, and {trong enough to faue the Towne of Cornus, andto put anew fpirit into the Rebells. A¢assias hereupen with- drew himfelfe backeto Calaris ; where he had notftayed long, ere the Sardinians(fuch of themas adhered to the Romanparty )crauedhis affiftance; their Countrey being wa4 fted by the Carthaginians, and the Rebells, with whomtheyhadrefinfed to ioyne. This drew Mantlins forth of Calatis: whereif hee had ftayeda little longer, 4fdrubal would 40 have fought him outwith fomeblemith ta his reputation, Burthe fame of Afarubaland his company,appeares to haue bin greater than was their ftrength. For after fome triall made ofthem in afew skirmifhes, M4n/ias aduentured allto the hazzardof a battailes Wherein he flew twelue thoufand ofthe enemies; and tooke of the Sardinians andCarthaginians,threethoufand. Foure houresthebattelllafted; andvictoryatlengthfell ta theRomans,bythe flight ofthe Iflanders,whofe courages had beene brokenintheir vnProfperousfight, not many dayesbefore. The deathi of yong Hyoftas, andofhis father Harficoras, that flew himfelfe for griefe, together withthe captiuity of Afdrebal him- {elfe, with Mago and.Hannothe Carthaginians, made the victory the more fantous: The jo Vanquifhed Armie fled into Cornus; whither Mavlivs followed them, and: in fhore {pace wonne the Towne. All other Cities of the Ifle that had rebelled,followed the example of Cornus,and yeelded yntothe Roman; who impofing vpon them fuchincreafe of tribute, orother punifhment,as beft forted withthe nature of their feuerall offences, or their ability to pay,teturned back to Calaris with a gréat bootie, and fropnthence to ome, leauing Sardiniain quiet. Thewarre in Sicill was ofgreater length,and euery way more burdenfometo Rome: asalfothe victorie brought more honourand profir, for thapthe R omans became thereY5; Not onely fauers. oftheir owne,asin Sardinia ; but Lords ofthe whole Countrie,by anfexing the City and dominionof Syracufc,to that which they enioyed beforeao : afte |