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Show FhejpeDoekeofibeontpert «1Crailggayihi and2/drab wd ich-drave himfelfinto Latitattia (which istrow Portagalywhither the Romans had illmeanesto follow,beingaltogether vilaequainted int thole paresraal gohadfoon ended thisbufineffe, ata returned ‘into 'S paine's-W here he-mietwithvone Hannotchefame perhaps that hadlately-binimployed in Sicily who ‘brought new ford ces out of A frick; & camer fuceced inplace of H/drabalthe Barchine. Leis nov valikes Cua gary.ft. way by thetreafon offuch falfe Auxiliatiesmade bim.on the otherfide very, doubt full ofrelyingvpon thofe;chat might perhaps betray, him in his greateftineed, Yet fince one Gilchas;that was Lord ofeight andtwenty,towns;-had. promifed. himthe laf, Winter; toraifeithreethoufand foot; and fine hundred horferfor hisferuice: he refolued:to pice lpchat\Spaine was nowthe berterjand hhorereadily furnithed with inen, and all thitigs neetifull from Carthageswhenthat fonne of Amilcar, whofe anthority "hid: been gieg2 teftywasthence departed. For hereby mightthe fictionsdiligence'ofold Menkoapprone ivfelfejagainft thatnobleraceofy Warrioins>' when it thouldiappeare, that things didi profper much thé berter by being leftvhtothe handling ofother men/ Whether itweHel® vpon-defiretolmake good fomefaeh opinion raifed of him athome,""or whether vpon confidenceinthe forces that he brought ouer:Hammotook thefield, and led azago witht! vfe.ofthofe, and fome fet others, that might helpeto make afhew; and yetnorbe 10 ofhorfeimcouert:! which breaking vpon them vnexpetted -s> caufed them.to fall off: They made at firftan-orderly retreat: but being more hardly preffed, they shortly:be, tookethemfelues to plaine flight. After this inconnter, which.added, fome courage ta Celtibtriansjnot very far frowtinew Carthage: where,by mony,and other perfivafions: theRomans,and abated.the prefumption ofthe Carthaginians,there were daily skirmi: thes between the horfeandlight armature, on bothfides ; wherein was nothing done of importance,A/drabaldrewforth his Armie, andarra ged it before his; Trenches; helénied aboueninethonfandmen. ) ¥ P.Serpioin themeane whilecontrained himfelfein the Eafterne parts ofSpainesattenafliftance ofC:Clantins Nero,and 1.Linias thé Coniuls. Buthearing ofthe' leuie made by Hanno and Atago;among the Celtiberiansshe fent Ma. S/tinds the Propretor,with ten'2 thonfand footand fiuehundred horfe.sp/anasgorintelligence by fome fagitine Celti: the like did Scipio; each of them to fhewthathe durft fight, yet,not proceeding any, fars ther. Thus they.continued many daies: 4/aruéal being fill the Avfh.that ifltied forth in 20 themorning; andthe firft that, in the euening, withdrew, himfelfe. into his, Trenchess The Spanifhi Auxiliaries were placed on-bothfides inthe wings;the Carthaginians were, inthemidft, withtheir Elephants before them ; and appolite ro.thefe onthe other fide berians;who becamehis puides\that their Cotinttimen incamped. apart from thé Cars thaginians in greatdiforder'? ‘as itien -featingnd datiger; Beeaiife they were-ar home. Whiereforeasclofelyas he was able;he drew nite? to thefe Celtiberians: & falling vpon them onthe fudden;gaue themfach an otierthrow, that'Hunno-and "1r4eé comming to themfutcour, imftead ofheartening & re-inforciig thembecanie partakers ofthe lolle. Mago {aucdhimfelfe with all the horfejandold' Companies of foot, which weteaboiit two thoufand:andinten daies iourriy browghe them fafesto Afarabal. The tet of the Africans-wereeithe? flaine or taken: among whom) Harve had the ill lucké to be taken prifonersthough he kept hinifelfe ont of the fight viitill all was loft.As forthe Celtibe rians,they: knew bétterhow-toimake fhift;and faued mioofthemfelues by running inte the yvoods: 2 * t3H2 , : 7 fricould no otherwife be, but that Scipio wasiintich troubled with the dangérwherin Tealy tood; by the:comming thither of 4/drwbal: Ten thoufand foot and eighteen htitdied orfe he did thereforedend ont ofS pain(as it is reported by fome‘Authofs)to the defenceofhis owneCountriczor was perhaps.about to fend: thems and thereupon 'remaittedat new Carthage, intentiuetothe néceffity and fuecefle Of his‘Coutitrimen a homey But when He had word ofthe great victory at Metaniisy whicly fell oue Jong beforethe end ofthe Summer;then night he well aduéniturépto take in'Hand the itire conqueftof Spain; which mu@needsbe muclvalienated fromthe Carthaginians,by the reportof fuch afi ouerthrow:' The S panith Souldiers that ferued vider? Hannibal, and thofe that had bin fencouer into Africke: wereas pledges heretofore, by whom theit county was held obnoxious to the Carthaginians, But: wheieit was noyfed abroad, Thavalbwhich hadfollowed A/drubal into Ttaly} were Falleninto the hatids ofthe Romans;and thartnvibalwithhisArmy wastlofed Vpinia freightwhence he couldnot get outtclien didit greatly behoucthe Spanidrdstoiconfortie theirifelues vato the wil oftheVidors: Fharitwas thefucceffe ofthings inTtaly ywhich pane'fiich confidence vato Scipio; itis the more probable, becaufe he took not this gréat enterprife if hand, vatillthe Summer wasalmoft {pent. Ca/drubattherefore vfedthe benefitofthiefealons 4 and bydifpofing his Armie into many Gatrifons, hindred the Enemy from doing °Y great exploit betore WinteraSothevery lengthiofway;and thé time.of theyeere, O fed seépio to returnebacke: without any other matterperformed,than that his Brorhet L.Scip:otook byaffault the Towne ofOringis. ; ft Againft the Next yeers danger,Afdrubalprepared agreat Army:and {pared not a nortranailéii ftrengthening *himfelfe, For the triall oPhis laft fortune in Spaine. W! feutney:choufand foot,fourethoufand horfe\and two andthitty Blephants,he took a field: whichnumbér Tbeleeuethaehe could hardly haue raifed;withont Boldly detty j é Bic Kee oions dogthetcuth of thofereportsthatcaihe frog Tealy‘sespiothought hisat ig Roman ue : c ableto doe any greatcharme, ifthey would-reuolts; So, with, fiue and forty\thoufand foot, and: three thoufand,horfe, he fought, out, the Enemy;.necr ynzo..whom. he "incamped. At hisfirft comming, Magoand Ms/anifa.fell vpon-him 3 vvith. hope.to takehim ynprepared, whileft he was makinghisilodgings., Burhe layde certain troups hithyas purpofing afrefh toifetvpon the Romans: So heentred intothecountryofthe tile;asit mayfeeme, tothe proceedings of A/drubal thefontie!of amilcdr } againkk whomysheis reported by fome Writers to hauefent part ofhis forces into Italy, ‘to the oftheHyftorie of the World, t00 weaketo incouniter with fuch amultitude: Whereforehe imdgedit needfullto vie the helpeiofhis Spanifh friends; But.the death ofhis Father and-Vncle, that were cafta- were the Roman Legions.When they had.in this oyder,confronted.one anothex,thayeh atfarre diftance, many daies together:s,it grew..to be. the comnjon opinion, that they thouldthortly meetin the fame forme; and bematched.oneachpart,withthe Enemies long beforedefigned But Scipio, when. le purpofed indeedro fight, altered the forme.o§ his Armies and 'withall,came forth earlier than hehadbeen WORt«, Fle,.canted his mem and horfes,to be well fedde betimes inthe mornipg, yefore day and thenfearforth his _ horfeand light armature,totzaine,ounthe Carchapinians with their-ballies em prysving #0herein the: fame tricke,whereby hemightrememberthanHapnilal had beater his father inthe battaileof Trebia.HisRoman,Lagions he befowedinthenyingshis.S paniasdsiy the battaile. 4/drubalfencforth his horfe inallhafte,tpentestaine the Romans;.whilett he himfelfeatranged bismenyin their wonted ordes}.arche Hill foon.vpon! whichhee sacamped, Inthe skirmithes.of the horfe itcould notbee difcerned, which patt, bad,the better :fince being ouer-prefledonieither-fide,they-had.a faferetrait;vato their fogte,s andone troupe feconding another by courfe, returned 0, charge, This fight was proptay ed by Scipio to a greatlengtln: becaufe his men; havingavellted-them{elues,, werehike tohold out better than the Enemie, But about neone hecaufedhis wings, to aduancea 800d pace ; leauing theirbattaile of Spaniards far hebinde rhem,that-game.on deifyrely, #9 according to.direction. ‘The S panithMexcenaries thatftood.in,4faxydahis wings, were 80 way comparable, faueonly innumber,to the Lating aad RomanSeuldiers.that came *gainft them,for they wene-frelh Souldicrsjleuied in-hafte.; and fighting: ongly in.nelpect Oftheir pay. Being therefore charged infront by the Legions,and.in flanke, atthedange time; by-the Roman, Velites, and by, forme cohosts,that-were appointedto wheelea othe fame purpole; they wereforely, prefled -,and swith much, difficultie made xefiftance, The-Gatthagitiians, would faine hauefucgoured them |. burthat they, darft;not ftir out oftheir placesjbecaufe ofthe Spanish barcelhywhich was.comming again {t thems thought were as yet farre off. 'Thusthebelt.part of.afdrabal his, Armic.ftoodidle, joXntill the wings werebroken. For, had headuentured tomectwith the Spaniagds,hee Muft have caft himfelfeintothe open {pacerthatlay.before him, betweene. the. Romar Wings: to the depth whereof when heebacharriued, lic,fhould haue found shimiclfeinr clofed in fuck fort,aswasthe Gonfull Paulus.nt tha,battaile,of,Cannz.., Wherefore, he idonely.imploy hisElephants; which.did,accozdingse theirmanner,nogreateharm tohis Enemies,than.tohis,Friends..When they ;were-chafed with wounds, they could Aolongerberuled by thejp.guides + but ran, as.,chanoe.ted,.them,, and troubled ‘otk patts ; orthofe perhaps the miore, that were the more-ynwillingto, kill. them, Jp.proSefleoftheahr, the Romans, whothadwell refrefhed their; hodics in, the. morning, saduredduitie., arhon-the,>othersbegan, as fo faint, swith travelandbeate, of oe ICEG~ e |
