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Show dhe Aft Booke of the fift part Cuarzgu, that hauing beene ately fent from Carthage, with commiffion andanthoritie fromthe State,thoughe himnfelfe wronged grcatly by Hannibal; in that hee had fent voto himthis Mutines,to be his Companion, & to take vpon him, like as good aman as him({elfe. The indignitie feemed the greater,when Marines being to Rep afide VNtO Heraclea,forthe pa cifyirig offome troubles there amongthe Nam asans s aduifed (as directing Hemoand Epicides) notto meddle with the cnemie, vntill his returne. So much. therctore: thera. thet would Henaofight: and offered battell ynt6 Adartelns,bcfore he foughtit, Itis like, thata great part ofthe Roman Armywas left behi: d in Spracife,as need required: which tMadethe Carthaginians the better able to deale with thofe that came againft them, Bue whatfoeuer difproportion was betweene the two Armies ; farre greater were the oddes 19 Betwyeene the Captaines. Forhowfocuet the people ofCarthage would glue authoritie by fauour; yet could they rot gine worth and abilitie , in matter Ofwatre, The Nomidi- ans, hauing before coliceiued fome difplealute againft their Captains:.and being there- fore'fome ofthemn pone away to Heraclea ; were much more offeaded , when they faw that the vaine-glorious enuy of Hamre carried him ynto the fight, ypon a foolithdefire to'get vidtorie, without the helpe of Adatines their Counttiman, Wherefore they fene vate the Roman Gencrall, and bade hinybeconfident ; for thatit was nottheir purpofe to fhew themfelues his enemies that day, but ohely looke on, and fec the proud Cartha: Sividns well beaten ,by whom they had beene miliifed, They madegood their promile; andhhad theit defire. For Adeveellus, finding likelihood oftruth in theit meflagedid fo In Atily fer vpon the enemies, that hee brake thein at the firft charge 5 and with theflaughter of many thoufands.drouethein backe into Agrigentam, ; If Hazno could haute beene contented, to follow the diredtions ofone > thatywas abet ‘ter man ofWarte than himfelfe, and not hauc hazarded a battell without necd, the; Re tans would fhortly haucbeenereduced into termes. ofgreat dificultie. in cheirSictlian = = Warre. For Marcellus was fhortly after ro leaue the Prouince ;,and foone vpoa his depatture , there landedin the and 2upply of Fight thoufand foote, and three thovfand Numidian horfe, that were fentftom Carthage. The fame ofthis new Armic dew mani€ of the Sicilian} into rebellion. The Rotsam Atmic confifting (for the moft part) of the Legions ofCanze , tooke it very hainonfly , that.no good fernice donc ,couldbring 39 them intothe faadurofthe Senate, but that,as banifhed men, they were fent fatre from home, & notfuffeted to return back to Rome with their genetal. Mutines had pacified his Cothtrimen the Namidiens: &likeat honek man sGid what hee could forthofe whom he ferued, without contending againft the foolith pride of Hanne; finding thatthercwas # great alteration'; and a greater might haue beene., ifthe Aimic lately ouerthrownehad ‘Beétic entire! We: Cortclins the Rowman Pretor, vfedall diligence ,boti to pacifié his own mien, and to hinderthe Carthaginians. Hée recouered thofe tn-land Townes that had rebelled: and though hecould not hinder Azutines from ouer-running all the Country; yet'hee hindréd the Country from revolting vnto Matines. Abouethreefcore Townes, 4 great and fmal!', the Carthaginians held in Stil: of which CAerigchtum wasthe princk§ pull and farre bigger than any ofthereft. Thence iffued axtinesas oftenas hee plea --- = = SS SS eee: £0', in defpight ofthe Aomanes ‘ not oncly tothe faccour of his owne adherents, but tothe great wafte of thofe thar followed the contrarie part. But Hanee, in ftead ofber Gng Pleafed with Il thefe good feruices , was filled more and more-with entuie, againlt the mar that perfoimned them: Hee had (belike) tecetued inftru@ion from old ‘Hanns at Carthage, notto fuller Hannibal,orany Hannibalian . to haue {hare in the honourof thefe Sicilian Waites : which were therefore pethaps the more diligently fupplieds Cuap3$16. of the ti/tory of cle orld, -thefe indignities; but being, neither'a Carthaginian; HOPEAOred by thofe that bore all othe Lwayin' Carthagea He thought ir chewitert Way ,topla y the bet! ofhits owne game, sand forfake that Cities which waslikely 16 perith bythe' euil conntelpehar gonerncti Hedidnotthereforesy:as: his Colintrimen' had latelydone sco t, ntent Hitfelfe rd Tee His sAdueifatiies redpethe bitter frditso ftheir owne malicious once Weenie? atid tofite r that hatme; indoingwhercofhe would norbearea part ;'but confpi deliser'vp Aprigentam andxochislpe'te expell theni Vttetly ott of ed abainkt thein'ty was plad ofhis friend fhiip | andicarefully followed? ‘his "aduerci Sieh The Conti] fetnenes: Neither wis ‘theretiauchecunning needefulb;! rohe perforinance of thar-w hich asubanes Rad vndet. botakdrl nHor he witthis: viewidiun? edid foreibly feize vp onalgat es whereatthey Iet in lome Ramat Companies y that lay neere inva\peadinefleforthe parpofe fifth¢heard the noyfe ythoughtit had bechenaworfe ‘matrer than e trans >. When Gmevtich tuth tife lth: Wamidians: ashe hadibecnewell acquainted with '6Flate, Bitt Whehs makin hafteto pacifie the trouble, hefawand heafdsche Roman? interm ixed}anhone thdfe difcontented Followersofadutiness: forthwitlthe betooke-himfelfeto fighé: and fing umfclfe, with Epicides.,in afiival Baike fetifaile forAfr ickelesuing'all his Armieand Adberentsin sici/,rochemercitofthe Romianseltat hencet orwatd contirtied matters BF othe whole Handyor wid ; Bo 190) pies ag) Rewiomethe Confilhaving. taken Agrizenrans, did tharpe executi on ofiattice vpon'all the'Gitizens:'Theiprincipall of!them he feowrgéd with rods! and afterwards behead ed, -€8 Wasthe manner of the:Rowans: all che ¥e. OFthem' HE fold for flatiesyand confifcated their goods'; fending Hometo Remethe monié that was railed ofthe boorie? was indeedea tithe \:whertin.Rome ftoodtt lef neceitySfgolds than Offteelé"This which Mayshatit bene the reafon , why Lewinis dealt {6 cruelly with theAgrigentinesNedee theleffethe fame of furch {éueritiebred: a retrour among all the Depéndants ‘of the Ci shaginiansfo thatin great hatte they foughttomake theit peace. Abotit forrié yeelded themfeluesquickly vntothe Komansy twenty were delivered: Vpby Townes Trewfon, and fixe onely ftayed to be worine by forée:"Thefe thitgsdone; Lentem returned home £0 Rome's ccart'ying with kim ‘about foure'theufand enfrom Cdeatirna': that werea Companie ofontlawesbankrouts, and banifhed tnen; accuftemed to lite by fpoylé ‘of others;jin thefe.troublefomeriinés, He beRowed them abbott Ahegmori Seg,where they nightexercifetheirowne OCcupation againit theDyv#iaas:a théenith kindest‘ped. ' ple, thatawerd enemics vntothofeok Rhegiiamyand'to the Romans, As fot" Waltine s,He was Welltewarded,andindde Citiseniof Rrme: where he linidd ta good accomp t ; accom pabying thetwo Scipio's intheir iotirnic agaiitt Aatiichwsand thetein doing (asivis Tid) Very efpeciall fernice, °So by thistenterprile ofsiti/, ‘the Carthaginians walked mich OF their forces, thar with greater profit mighthatie beene employed in Jralie: leaving yer Vato the Aomansinthe end of this watre, thieentire poflémori of this Mand ; Which they * Wanted when iv began: ) cdainboncore GXVI FOTATISDSN Hom the warvepalfid betweene the Romans and Hannibal in italicfromthe taking ofcapu ; tothegreat vitierieat Mestaurias cr Ley yA His Hortly after the winning bf Capua;\Marechascamets Rome + where torhis good Awhilelt tale was neglected, that fhould have beche regarded more than all the relt, cruices done.inithe land 6f Syeil ; hehad granted ynio bit the ‘honour of the leffer- Triumphs: whichwascalled Ovation. The'greater ‘Tetmph was' denied him + becaufe he-bad:not :finithed the warte) but was faineto lane his Armiebehinde and Saueit this owne forine ; thinking thereby to difcountenance the man , and make hith little cfteemed , as one ont of Office, among the Wumidians, Butit fell out quite togetherwith At. tulerivs Lanines,; who Succeeded hit'in the pouerninent of sicihand 56 Was, atthe time ofhis elegtion, making warre againtt King Philp in Greece, Great eotiiplaintwas made agauiltthie Conful Mareclus, by the' Syracefins) foxvHat Ww hichhe had Wherefore tothewhis authoritie, and that it was not in the powet of Haneibsl, #0 appoint ynto himan Affiftant or Dirc@or : Heetooke awayfrom Adatines his uteae ‘contrariesand this fpightfull dealing, occafioned the loffe of whatfoeuer the Carthagintt ans held in Sicil. For the Numidians wetc{o incented by the indignitie offered yato that Contriman' beitigfuch abraue Commander,' that' they. offered him their feruice Md Tequitéthe wrongs and wete thenceforth-abfolutely at his owne difpofition. 4 fel 744iLewinus, the Romane Sonfall. was newly cofte into the Protince , when this i outs' andwith him did Marines enter into intelligence, Forhe could no longer Pit nele im in the Province. He ftdied how long in Reme'y before he was againe chofen Confull oneynto them ithey alledging their great friendfhip tothe peopléof Rome,in the time of their late King Aver; and afhiming,that their Citie did neuer willingly ‘breake'the alliance; excepting when it was opprefied by fuch Tyrants,a8 werethot gfeater encinies t0Rome than to alkgood menthatdjued in Spracafe: The Confal onhe other fide, tecko- ned the labours and dangers whereunto they had puthitn : willing-them to be mrogne themfelyes to the Carthaginians that had holpen:themin their neccMtie; atid not a |