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Show Lhe fife Booke ifthefirft part Cuar3:Gan by force. The Roman fugitiuesand Renegado's,were more carefull than éuerto defend thereft ofthe Citie:being furetobe rewarded with eruell death, if aarcediuscould pre uaile, Hippecrates'and Himiles,were daily expected; and Zomilcar was fent away td Car. thage, i helpe fromthence,, Itwasnot long ere Hippocrates and Hemilio'came : whofell vpon the olde Camp ofthe Romans,whileft Epicides {allied out-of Aeradinia vpon Marcella. But the Romans made fuch defence in each part, thatthe Affaildnts were repelled. Neuertheleffe, they continuedto befer Marcel: whomthey heldia aman. ner as ftreightly befieged, as hee himfelfe did befiege the Towne, Butthe pettilenceat length confiumed,together with thetwoCaptaines\a great part ofthe Armiejand'caufed thereftto diflodge,The Romans were(thoughfomwhatlefle)affliéed with thefame pe- 1b ftilence,in fo much that 2 omilcar did put the Citie of Carthage in hope, that he might be taken\where he lay,if any great forces were fent thither. This 2 emi/ear wanted nodefire to. doe his Countri¢ fernice : but his courage: was. not anfwerable to his good will. He atriued at Pachynsts with aftrong fleet: where. he-ftaid ; being loth to doublethe Cape; for that the windes did better feruetheenemiethan him. Thitherfailed Epscides ourof Syratafe »to acquaint. him withthe necefiities:ofthe Cities and to draw himon, With muchintreatie, at length hecame forward: butmecting withthe: Roman fleét, that was readie forhim, hee ftood off into the deepe; and failed away to Tarentum, bidding sicit farewell. Then dur not Epiciaesreturne into Syrdeufe, but wentto Agrigentam : where he expected theiffie; with a very faint hope of heating any good newes. TheSicilian fouldiers thatremainedaliue ofHippocrates his Army,lay as neereas they"® could fafely,vnto Marcelivs,and fome ofthem, ina ftrong Townethree milesoff Thele had done what good they could to Spracu/e, by doing what hurt they could vntothe £0. mans. But when they wereinformed, thatthe ftateofSicwas giuenas defperateby the Carthaginians : they fent Embafladors to treat ofpeace ;andmade offer to compound, both for themfelucs ,andforthe Fowne. Heereunto. Marcellus willingly gauecare: for hee had ftaied there long enough ; and had caufe to feare , that aftera fittlewhile, the Carthaginians: might comethither ftrongagaine. He therefore agreed , both with the Citizens, and withthe Souldiers that lay abroad; ‘That they fhould be Mafters of their owne;enioyingtheir libertie and proper ‘lawes ; yet fifiering the Romanes to pols fefle whatfoeuer had-belonged vntérthe Kings, Hereupon they, to whom epicides had P left his eharge,were putto death; new Pretors chofea; and' the gates even ready tobec Citarg§y wfitbthe people OfMme ,ddtidiitave againit theta." The poore Cities little of conclufion ; which yet wasdelaicd ; either by fome feareofthe Citizens, that 48 had feene (as they thought) proofe ofthe Roeam auarice inthe fack of Epipola, Tyehe,and Neapalts the parts already taken; or by fomedefireof Adercellusto getthe Towneby force, that he mightvie the liberticofa Conqueror,and makeit wholly fubied&to emt Mericas a Spaniard was one of the fixe Captaines; that had been chofen inthelaft com- motion;: aman offuch faith, as vfually is found inMercenariessholding his ownc pat" cular benefit above all other refpects. Withthis Captaine, Marcellas dealt fecretly + ha uing afitinftrument, of the fame Nation, one Beliigemess that went in company with the Romane Embafladors,daily paffing to and fro. This craftie Agent perfwaded Merits', Thatthe Romans had alreadiegotten all Spaine:and that ifeucr he purpofed to make+ ownfortune good, cither at homein Spaiue, ovany where clfe!s itwas now the onc ¢q timeto do it; by conforming himfelfeto the wilhofthe Roman Generall. By fach hopes the Spamfb Captaine wascafily wonné,and fent forth his éwnebrother among the 57" éufianEmbaffadoursto ratificthe coucnant with A/ércellvs, 1° Thisvnder-hand dealing ofatarcellus againft the Syracufians,cannot wellbe re ded as honeft : neither wasic afterwards throughly approned at iis comming t0 *#™% For thebenefits ofHierero\the Komans-had beenc fiicli yas. deferued not to-be reque®® with the tuine ofhis Gountrie: mucheffe, that themiferies ofhis peopic, op (though partly through theirownefolie) by an Army ofMercenatics, fhould, aa od Lea, makegoodtheit patts agaitiftthehired fouldiers; and tRentitre were rasfi cen *the time, and obey thofe Minifters ofHamnibal, that ruled the Armie. But as long-as the werefeeafect the deathofHieronymnd « andnowof} ate, when they had pathered'coy *ragebythe fight GfEp/cides : tt had beene their chiefe care to maintaineamitie withthe "peopleOF Rome... ‘T hey had lately laine many the principal of Epicides hisfollowers « andmmany ofthemfelues had alfo beene flaine, both lately and in formertimes hecate ofthistheir defire'vnto the peace. What though: it weretrue , that the Rafcalitie and fomill aduifed pctforis, ioyned with the fouldiersin‘hatred ofthe Romans,by ocraaan "Weoftheflaugrer whichthcy heard tobe done atLeontinm., and afterward in thofe paitsoftheitowne Citie which was taken * Ought therefore the Romanebeheld Generallzina teatié of peace licld Withthe Syracafians , to make a bargaine ynder-hand againft them, witha Captaine 6ftheMercenaties > Thefe things were obiected againit A¢arcellus ar his fetuttie home. But the Senatorsthoughtir a great deale better to comfort the Spray cufianswith gentlewords, & promife ofgood viagein timeto come; thanto reftoreth hootie,add giu¢ ouér the Dominion ofa Citie,fo great,wealthy ftrottg,dnd many wayese important.‘Nenettheleffe ifwe confider the many inconueniences and great mifchiefe s Wheteuhito Syracu/é was obhoxious; both by caill neighbours; and by. that very forme agOfpolicie, after Which it wasgouerned : weemaytruely afirme, That itreceiued no = fmallhenefic, by becomming fubieé ynto Rome, For therebyit wasnot onelyaflured againift all ferrainé énemies, domefticall confpiracies, and {uch Tyrantsas ofolde.ha d reigned therein : but freed fromthe neceffitie ofbanifhing, or murdering ,the moft Worthie Citizetis;'asal{o from all factions,inteftine {editions, anda thoufand the. like mifeties; thar were Wontto grow out ofthe jealoufie, wherein they held their libertie "Mavaine,' Neither ehioyed that City, fromher firft foundation, any fach longtime ‘ofhia pitteffe ,as that wherein it foutiflied when it refted fecure vnder the protection OFRéme, and was nd more molefted,by the difeafe ofambition , whereof by. Marcellas his vidtori¢ it was throughly cured. ‘But fuchbencfit, arifing from wrongsdone, {eres lot tOthake ihinfticé the more exctifable; ynleffe we fhould approue the an{wer ofthat 3° Thief, Who being foiindto haue'ftollen afiluer cup froma ficke man, {aid > Hee neyer Teanes drinking. Ghee : By the tréalon ofa¢ericus,, the Romas Atmie was let.into poflefion ofall Syracuse: opened vnto Marcedws : when fuddenly the Roman fugitines difturbed all. Thele pet ceiuing their owne condition tobe defperate; perfwaded the other Mercenarie fouldiers, That the Citizens had bargained onely for themfelues, and betraied the Arinieto the Romans. Wherefore they prefently tooke Armes, and fell vpon the new chofen Pretors ; whom they flue, and »made eleGion offixe Captainesthat fhould commatd overall. But fhortly it was fourid dut, that there wasno dangerat all tothe Souldiers; excepting only thefugitiues. The Treatie was therefore againe fet on foot, and wanted of the Eliftory of theWorld. Wherein; the bootythat it found, was faidto hauebin noléffe, than could be hopedfor, iftheyhad taken Carthaze it felfe; that maintained warreby Land and Sea againftthem. All thé goodly workes and Imageries wherewith Syracu/e was martelloufly adorned, Wete cartied away te Rome; and nothingleft vntouched; {ane only the houfes, of thofe banifhed mien, that had efcaped from Hippocrates and Epicides, into the Romaz Campe. Amotiz other pittifullaccidents; the death of Archimedes was gtcatly lamented,cuen by Adercellus himfelfe. He was fo buficabout his Geomerrie, in drawing figures, that hee ¥harkencd trot to the noyfe, and vprore in the Citie; no, nor greatly attended therude Souldier that was about to kill him. Marcellus tooke heauily the death ofhim;and cau- fed his body to behonourably buried, Vponhis Tombe(as he had ordainedin hisdifer time) Was placed a Cylinder & a Sphere,withan in{cription ofthe proportion between them ; which hee frft found out. Inuention of fo little vfe, as this mayfeeme.,pleae edthat great Artift better, than the deuifing ofall thofe engins, that made him fo,faMous, "Such differenceis in the 1udgementoflearried men, and ofthe vulgat fort;For many an'one would thinke the monicloft,that had bin {pentypon a fonne,whofeftndies ich Vniuerfitie had brought forth {ich fruit, asthe proportion between a Sphere.pnd 4 Cylitider. , ie Afterthe taking ofSyraca/e, all the Townesin Siei/ ycelded vntothe Romans, except jo maces anda few places thereabout. At -<grigentum lay Epicides with one Harp. 4 Carthaginian; and Mutinesan African, that was lately fent from Hannibal.: This Matéees y many good peeces offeruice, had added fome credit to the. bearen Carthaginian fides and withalf made his ownename great. By his perfwafions,, Hanxeand épicides adueny tured to mcer Marcellus without the Towne, and not behane, themftclucsas men, exper Ging tobec befieged. Neither was hee morevaliant in counfell, rhansin executions Once and apainehe fetypon the Romanes , where they lay encamped. and. droue ther fearfully into theirTrenches.This bred ennie in Epitides and Hanno:clpecially in Hazvo, Becée3. | that |