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Show -¢ The fife Bookeofthefirit part Crar..§.35, eete euill mafter.bothto.him andthem. :Hereupon greatioy was made, and, Pretors chofea (as in formertimes ). to. gonernethe Citieof which Andrenodorws was one, and>the chiefe, But fuch washisdefire ofSouataigntie, and fo vehement were the inftigations of his wate, thatfhortly thee began to practife with ‘Hippocrates, Epicides, and other Captainesof the Mercenaries; hoping to make himfelfe ftrong by their help,thar were Teaft pleafed with thechange, Aippocratesand Epicideshad beene with the Syracufian Pretors,andcold chem,that being fent from Hannibal to Hieronymus, they, according to inftructions oftheir Captaine, had done him,whileft he lined, what feruice they could, and thatnovwthey weredefirous to returnehome. They requefted therefore that they mightbefriendly difmmiffed ; and with aconuoy,that might keepe them from falling intothehands.ofthe Romans,and fetthemfafe at Locri. This was eafily granted , both 1 for thatthe Syracufian Magiftrates were well contented to earne thankes of Hannibal, with {uchalitele courtefie; and forthat they thoughtit expedient, to rid their Towne uickly of this troublefome couple, which were good fouldiers. and gracious withthe os but otherwife lewd men, it was notthedefire ofthefetwo Scicilians, tobe gone fo haltily as they madethew; they were more mindefull ofthe bufineffe,for which Fem: wibal had {ent them. Wherefore they in Ginuated themfelues into thebofomes offuchas were moft likely to fillthe Army withtumult,e{pecially of the Roman fugitiues, and thofethat had caufeto miftruft what fhould become of themfelués, when the Romanes and Syracufians werecometoagreement. Suchinftruments as thefe, Anaronodorns had great necd of: as alfo ofmany other, to helpe him in his dangerousatrempt. Hee found 10 Themiftinus, that had married Harmonia the fitter of Hieronymus, ready to take his patt; as being carried with the like paffions of his‘owne,and ofhis wife. But in feeking to in- creafe the numberofhis adherents,he reuealed the matterto one,that reucaledall tothe Cua rzi§. 5. "ofthe Fiftorie of theWorld, ~ "the leagueyét thatthe peace wouldneuer bekept. fyncerely,vatill this turbulentpaire of brethren were expelled theTfland.. Epicides fearing to fuftaine theblame ofhis brothers proceedings} and moredefirous to ferforward the warre;thanto.excufe any breachiof peace;went himfelfevnto the Leontines,whom he perfwadedtorebell againfttheSyra- qufians, For:hefaid, that fince they-hadall oflate fered one Mafter;there-wasli rtle reat fon why the Leontinesthould not be enfranchifed by:his death, :afwell.as the Syracufians;yea. or much ather,all¢hings confidered;fince in their ftreetestheT.yrant was flain; soandliberty firft proclaymed.'; Whereforejfince they ofSyracofewere not contentedta enioy the freedome purichafed among the Leontines ; but thoughtit good reafon;' that * they thould beare Dontinion ouerthofe that had broken the Chaine, wherewith both theoneiandthe other werebound: his aduice was, that fuch their artogancie fhonld be checked betimes,creit could get any colour oftightby prefcription.Hereunto occafion wasgiuen-by-onearticle ofthe League,made oflate by the Romans & Syracufians. For atwasagreed, That allwhich had beene fubsec?. to Hiero and Hieronymus, foould: hence: forth bevaffals rato the StateofSyrace/e.. Againt: this article,ifthe Leoatines would take exception,anid thereby challenge theiriowne due;. Epio‘des told them, that.in this ngs ueltie ofichanige, they had fit oportunitie to recouer the freedome, which their fathers hadloftnotmany ages before.Neither wasit vareafonable,which this ctafty Carthaginian propounded if the Leontineshad beene fubdued by the fame hand, whichitooke aolibertic from the Syracufians. ‘But fecing they had-long fince-yeelded ynro Syracufe; and beene fisbicét vnto that Citic, by what forme focuerit was gouerned ; this claime of libertiewas tatherfeafonable, thaniiuft,, Neuertheleffe, the mation of Epicides was highly approued::' infomuch that when meflengers came foone after from Syracufe, reft ofthe Pretors. Hereuponit followed, that he, and Themifiins, entring into the SeHate, were flaine out of hand : and afterward accufedto the People, of all the euill torebukethe Leontines, for that which they bad doneagainftthe Romans,.and to dehounce vnto Hippocrates and Epicides,that they fhould get themgone,eitherto Locri, or tempted,in fecking to vfurp the tyranny themfelues.It was alfodeclared,that the daughters of Hieroand Gele were acceflary tothis dangerous treafon: and thatthe - {pitits ofthefe women would neuerceafe to worke,vntill they had recoueredthofe royall Ornaments and Soueraigne power, whereoftheir family was nowdifpofleffed. Thele danghters therfore ofHiero & Gelo werealfo condemned to die; and executioners prefently fent by theenraged people,totake away theirliues. Demarataand Harmeniahad perhaps deferued this heauy fentence:: but Heraclea,the daughter of Hiero, and wife of Sofippus, being altogether innocent, was murdered together with her two young daughters, inthe haftie Romans; nor thoughtthemfelues bound to obferuethe.cquenants,which others with: which they had done,whileft Hieronymus liued, as by hisauthoritie; and now finceat- execution ofthis rath iudgement. Her husband Sofippus was. louer of the Common-wealth ; and in that refjpeétfo hated by Hieronymus, that being fent Embaffadorto king Ptolomie,cxc:he durft not returne home,but ftayed in Egypt as a banifhed man. This confideration, when it wastoo late, together with fomepitifull acci- dents accompanying the flanghter, fo affected the multitude s that ( pardoning them{elues} all cryed out vponthe authors of fo fouleabutcherie. Being thus incenfed a-4g gainft the Senate ; and knowingnot otherwife howto fatisfic their anger, they called for an eleGtion ofnew Pretors, intheroome of Asdronodorus and Them:ftins, that were lately flaine;meaningto fubftitute fich in their places,as the Senators fhould hauclittle cauletolike. Atthe lection were prefenta great rewt, not onely of the poorer Cittizens, but offouldiers that preffed into the throng. One of thefe, named Bpisides Pretor;another named Hippocrates : andthe leffe that the old Pretors and Senators approued this nomination, the more eager was the multitude, and by agenerall ery force them tobeaccepted.. Thefe being made Pretors, did what they could to hinder 4 Srecment that was in hand, betweenethe Syracufians and the Romans. But hauingtheftri.< uen.in vaine,and {eeing that the People ftoodin feare of Ap. Claudius, and of Marella, § that waslately comeinto Sicilthey gaueway vnto thetime,andfuffered the old league ofHirato be re-confirmed,which afterward they purpofedto diffolue by prattife.The Leontines hadfomeneed.of a garrifon , and to them wasfent Hippocratesthe Pretor,a™ tended by fuchfugitines, & mercenary fouldiers, as were moft burdenfome to Syracue Thither when he came, he began to doe many a@sofhoftiliry againft the Romans: a. in {ecret,afterward more openly & boldly.Marcellus,rightly vaderftanding the purpo!* of thele wo brethren,fent wordvntothe Syracufians, that they had already er whither elfetheylifted, fo that they ftayed.notin Sicilsword was returned,That they of Leontium had notrequefted the Syracufians, to ntake any bargaines forthem with the out warrant had madelintheir names. This peremptory anfwer was forth-with repor30ted vata. Marcel/ns by the Syracufians.who offeredihinutheit affiftance in doing iuftice ¥pon the Leontinés their Rebells.; with condition,That when the Towne was taken, it might betheirs againe;, A4arcel/us requited.no better, Rrisfaaion : but forth-with.tooke the bufineffe in hand, which he difpatched in onedaysAt the fir aflauley Leontinm was taken : all fauethe Caftle, whereinto, Hippocrates and Epitides ficd ; and. ftealing thence away by night; conueyed themfelues ihto thetowne of Herbefus. Thefirlt thing thay Marcellus did, when hee had.wonne,the Towne, was thefame, which other; Roman Captains vied after vidtory,to feck out the fugititieR oman flaues aad renegado!s,whom he caufed all to die: thereft both of the Town{-men and Souldiers;hetooke to mercy; forbearing alfo to ftrip or fpoylethem. But the fameofhis doings was btuited after a 40 contraric fort. It was faid; that. hehad flaine, Man; Woman, and.Childe; and purthe Towneto facke. Thefenewes met the Syracufian Army vponthe way, asit was going toioyne with aarcellus, who ‘had ended: his bufineffe before. ;About eight thoufand ercenaries there were,that had beerie fent forth ofSyracufe, vnder,Safis and Dinorse- #5, two of the Pretors,to ferue'againft the Leontines and.otherrebels. Thefe Captains Were Honeftmen,and well affectedto,their Couatrey, : but the Souldiers that.followed them,had thofe difeafes,with which all mercenaries are commonly infeéted, They took matter deeply to heart,that their fellow-fouldiers(as now they termed thofe againft Wwhomthey went ) hadbeene fo cruelly butchered : and hereupon they felltomutiny,; jothough what to demand, or.with whomto bee'angry, they couldnottell.; The Pretors ereforethought it beft, to turnetheir vnquiet thoughts another way, and fetthem aworke infome place elfe : for.as.much asiat Leontinum,there wasno need oftheir feruices Sotowards Herbefustheyimarched ; wherelay Hippesrates and Zpieitles, the architects ofall this mifchiefejdeuifing what further harmethey might doe ; but now fo weakely accompanyed, that they feemed ynable toefcape the, punifhments. belonging to their Otencespalt.. Hereofthetwo brethren were no Jefle well aware: and therefore aduen= tured vpon a'remedylittle lefle def;perate thantheirprefent cafe... They iflued forth of Herbefus vnatmed, with Oliue branches intheirhands,.in mannerof Suppliants ;and 40 ptefented themfeluestothe Army,Six hundred men ofCreetwereia the vantguard; that |