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Show The fift Booke ofthefirst pare 7 over §. 16, = -aies TT fell by the meanes ofthofe Captains that were fent from Carthage into Spain ; to hauene performedinthis laft battaile all duties ofa worthy Gen¢rall; ‘and finally when he fay the loffe irreparable, to haue ridden manfully into thethickeft of his Enemies; Where, fighting brauely,he was flaine. Of the numberthat died with him'in this battaile, the report of Liwie, and of Polpbius, doe very muchdifagree. For Linie faith, that the Car. thaginians had noleffe an overthrow, than was that, which they gaueto the Romansat Canney;that fiftie fixe thoufand of themwereflaine, fiue thoufand and foure hundred . taken prifoners; and aboue foure thoufand Roman Citizens, whomthey had captives with them,deliuered, and fetat libertie.He faith alfo,that of the Romansand their At fociates there were flaine cight thoufand:and ofthe bootie,that it was exceedinggreat, not onelyin otherkindes, but in goldandfiluer. Concerning the bootie, Polybins hath 1° no mention ofit. Likely itis to hane been as rich as Lisie reporteth it; for CAfdrubal came well-ftored with money. But Pelybius (who had no defire to make this batraile of Metaurus,a parallel vnto that of Cannz)reports no morethan about ten thoufand ofthe Carthaginian fide,and ewo thoufand ofthe Roman, to have bin flaine, The number ofthe prifoners he doth not mention: but only faith, That fome of the Carthagini an Princes weretaken aliue; and that all the reft died in the battaile. Wherby itmay feeme that they were all Barchines: forafinuch as they prefertedthe honour ofthemfel ues,and oftheir country, ab oue their lines. The ioy ofthis victory wasno leffe in Rome, than had been' thé feare of the cient, For euerfince it was knownein what fort Nero hadleft his Army ; the whole City was 20 troubled, as muchas lately at Hannibalhis comming thither. Men thoughtit ftrange, that the Confull fhould make firch a great aduenture,asthus to put the one halfofallt Romanforces,vnto hazard ofthe Dice. For what if Hanaibal fhould chanceto he haueno- tice of this his departure,and eitherpurfue him,orfet vpon the Army thatftaied behinde, much weakened, and without a Generall Thusdid they talke; yet referuing their cenfurevnto thefacceffe, with liberty toapproue or condemne, accordingt iffue. In the meane time thepeoplefilled the Market-place; the Women ranne o the tothe Temples, with Vowes and Prayers; and the Senators were daily in counfaile, waiting ftil ready at hand vponthe Magiftrates.as iffomegreat matter were likely to falout,that wouldaske euety ones helpe. In briefe,they. wereall fo full ofmelancholy, that when | firft newes ofthe vidtorie came,there were not manythat would beleeueit.Afterwards? when Meffengers arriued from the Confuls,with Letters containing all that had paffed: there wasnot onely great and ioyfull concourfe ofall forts ofmen vato the Temples, but the very face ofthe City was altered: and men from thencefor th beganto follow their priuate bufineffe;making contraéts one with another(which they had long forborn to doe)and attending their owne affairesin fuch wife, as if Hannibal werealready dti- uen outof Italy. Nero teturning to his campe,threwforth openly the head of Afdrubal before the Carthaginians: and producing his African prifoners bound ; fenttwoof them loofeto gille Hazzibal notice ofwhat had hapned. Thefe two prifoners might. have ferucd go well enoughto certifie Hannibal of the mifaduentute, without doing wrong to the dead body of Afdrabal : efpecially fince Hannibal, inghonourable, and.farre different manner, had giuen buriallto Gracchasand Adavcelles ;yeatoallthe Whofe carkaffes fell into his hands. But it may feeme, that howfocueRoman Generals, r the People ok Carthage wanted muchofthe generous difpofition, which was found among the Ro- mans,in their loue ynto the Common-weale:yet in dealing with enemies,theywere! more ciuill,¥and leffe pronetothe infolenicy ofrenenge. The belt excufe of this out: tage done by Nero,is, that he hoped much morebythe fuidden terrouroffach a fpetcle, thanbythe fimple relation of that whichhad paffed, to make adeep imprefiio a: of fearcinto the Carthaginians. It may alfo be faid, That he forgot himfelfe, being> Ouer-toyed with the greatneffe ofhis ptofperity.Forit was thebattaile ofMeraunsthat Weighed downethe ballance,and turtied the Tide ofthe Roman fortune ; which being then atthe loweft Ebbe,ceafed not afterwards to flow, tillit could not be cORTIAES aga banks; Hannibal hauing loftin this vn happyfight (befidesthat Worey, ae $ Brother)a ein! } ll the hope p that folongfuftained himin Italy, with-drey himich' into the Countrie ofthe his Brutians:and thither he caufed all the Lucan s that were @ psf Partieto remoue; as likewife all that dwelt in Metapontum. For he wanted a aca iGwarz.§azo}.t. softhe'Hiflorie ofthe World, defend, fo many:places.as heheld.at. the préfent; becanfe they lay /toofarre afus ader; Wherefore hedrew them all intoaleffer compafie in the vtmoft corne¢ of Iralysitbeing acount ty/of muchfaftnefle,and the people exceeditigly déuote d ito. his-fernice: Ta this either becant ftrong for him,hauing all his forces vnited;or becatfeitis likely e Hannibal was:toa Lucans'& Metapontines, wasinot befotethe end.of Summer; that thisremoue ofthe ‘when their harueft: wag gathered in:jat what timesthe Senate. called \him home to Rome. Confultariedamong the Cifulpine Gaiilesyatill theend of Sammer44; Linins the other stlicre co ferthings bufinefle Vere gaue himno memorable impediment: infuch orderas:+hethought requifite : which done; he wrote vata Scnate, thatthete fowasnomoreneed ofhimand his Atmy.in that Proulnce, but thatthe Z; Pércizs, with the ovo Legionsithat were there before, might very well difchargethe placesForthisicaufe; hedefired leaueto returne honie; and thathe might bring his! Army? vyith' him. The Senate well vnderf tood hismeaning: which was; tohaue the well deferued.,.But forafmuchasit was well ksiowne,what honour offriumph,ashe intereft: Nero had in the late victory : order was giuen, that nor onely Livie with his, Armie likewife era; thoughleaving his Armie behind him;te.confronthould come home; but t#Hazwibel. Sothe honour oftriumph was grantedtothemboth: inthe pompe whereo fLiwie thade the greaé terthew,asriding. in a Chariot,and followed by his Souldiers; becaufe inhis Pronince; andypon his.dayofcommand; the vi@orysyas gotten: his Armieallo being prefent ar 49.thetriumph, ButWerethat rode on horfe-backe, and'without fuch attendance).was the more extalled-by the People and Souldiets, by whom, the vidtery Vvas ina ‘mabner ‘Whollyafcribed vnto his great worth. Neither wanted -Z./etarias Philo;and Q.Cacilins ‘their feruice: Forthey were commended vnto the People, as men worthy to be chofen good Confuls; and Confuls they, were chofen for-the yeer following. But nothing. was-done bythem; worthy ofmemory,in their Confulfhip. Neither indeed. from this yeer, which: the thirteenth of the prefent warre, yatill the eightcenthiyeere wherein: it ended) vvas «was there any;matterof importance wroughtia Tralysfane only thetaking ofLocri from the Mebtellas, Lieutenants tothe Generals, the due acknowledgment of Carthaginians by farprife. For Hannibal wanted ftreagth; wherewithto make any 30 Offer: and.che Romanshadlittle mindeto prouoke him; butthougheit well thathegreat was quiet. Such opinion had they. conceiued of him, that thoughall:abeur hin wentto tuine ; yetin him alonethey thought there was force enoughto hold pright. And fucely.. very notable are the commendations ginen-ynto hitn by himfelfev Pelydiu, vvhom Limethere in folloywes: That making warre vpon a Peopl¢,ofall otherthemoft warlikej he obtained fo many. viGories by hisiowne good cosduét: and that: leading an Army; Compounded offo many fundry Natfons, Africans, Spaniards,Gaules, Carthagin ians, Italians, and Greeks; which were, neitherin Language, Lawes, Conditio ns; oranyoerthing,oneliketo another; heheldrhem all in fuch good order, that they neuerfell tofedition among themfelues, or againft their Generall,.' Bucthat which Lisie addes 4h eteto,is yet perhaps ofgreater adiniration: That he {uftained his Army,without help fom other places,from this time forwardsvpon the hungry foile of theBrutians:whichs When it was be(t manured intimeofpeace, could hardly {utfice to nourifh the Inhabi« tants. It is therefore apparant, that by. his.properworth and vertue; hékept his Armic infach order and obedience,rather than by.any greatnefle ofreward andbootie: fince; after the death ofA/drubal,he madenoituafion vponthe: wealthierpartsof Ttaly ¢ bun held himfelfe fill amongthe poore Brutians. Where we.muft Jeaue ‘him, vatill hebe ns totheend ofthis Warre. drawneinto Africk by Scipio;whofe doings willhenceforthentertaine,and leadevsjv 6. XVIke How P.Connelitis Scipio she Riman,made entire tonque/t ofSpaine, : te I As ' : rhe fle How the Carthaginians were drineny Scipiofroms the Continent into ofGades. 4z0and, Afarubalthefonne ofGe/co,tock vpon them the charge of Spain, whert Afarubalthe fone of Amilcar departed thenceinto Italy; ‘Thefe agreed tozes ther,that 4ago{hould make a voyage tothe Baleares; thereto Jeuic a fupply of men ¢. Ok |
