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Show The fife Booke of the pxft party atRome: wherein they complainediasifthe Barchine Factiongrow ftrorg ‘againe, and Panvibil would fhortly be in armes: Queftionlefte; if oppreffirig the Citie by ainiuftice atid robbing the Treafurie, werethe bnely way to hold Carthage in peace witiRome : thefe Bneniiesto the Barchines mightavellcrie-our; (That haning donetheir beft already tolkeepe allin quiemthey faw nore other likelihdod than of, Warte. But hauing none other matter co alledsegchan theirownelinuentions: they faid) E Hat Hannibalwaslike yrto'awilde bealt, which iould neuer be vamed!>That fecret'melfages paft hetwetne him, and King mrecknis Vand: that hewas wonttocomplaino of idlenefle, asiftit were harmefullto Catthase swithawharelfetolikectieé they could imagine. Thefeaccufa:. tions they directed not yato the Senate: butaddrelfing their lertersctaftily,euery one to 16 the beft ofhis ownefriends at Rome,and {uch as were Senators ; they wrouglitfo well, chat ticither publikenotice ofthei' Con fpiraciewastakenat- Caithage; northe authoririe ofthe RomanSenate,wanting'to the furtherance oftheir malicious purpofes Onely PiScipio is faidto haueadmonithed the Fathersythattheyfhould not thus difhonourably fubfcribejand become Seconds tothe accufersiof Hammtbal iasif they would opprelfe, by fubofning or countenancingfalfewitnefles; againfthimsthe man, againft whom. in warrethey had not'oflong time prevailed, nor vfed their Victory in fuch bafe tanner, when they obtainedit. Burthe Romans were norall fo: great-minded as.saipie':) they withed for fome fuch advantage again{t Hammibalsand were gladitohane found it,Three Embafladours they! fent: ouer ‘to Carthage, ClSernilins, Q.Terentins, and As.Clauding 20 Marcellus: whofe very namesimport {ufficient canfe of bad afiection to Haanibal.Thefe having pait the Sea, wereentertained by thofe that had procuredtheir comming; and, being bythem inftradted howto carry themfelues|gaue oats That they werefentto end feme controuerfiesbetween the/Carthaginians and Mafaniffe,, But Hannibal bad kept fuch good efpiall-vpoti the Romiahs}\that he knew theirmeaning well enough :,againt which he was neuer'vnprepared:Ie were enoughtofay, That he efcapedthembyflight: butin theactions of{6 fimousa manil hold itnovimpertinentto rehearfethe particularities/ Having openly -thewedhinfeltes aswashis manner, intheiplace of Affembly, He went forth'ofthe ‘Towne when itbeganto waxe darke, accompanied with two which were ignbtant of his derériination: thoughfuclras-he mightwell truft.He had appoin: 30 ted Horfesito be in a readineffé avaicertaine place :iwhence'ridiag all night, Hecameto a Towerof his owneby the Seaside Thtrehadheea Ship furnithed with all things needful ; ‘as having long expedted the!neceffitieoffome ‘fiich iourney. So Hee bade Afticke farewell; lamenting the: misfortune: of-his' Counttey, more than his owne, Paffing ouerto the He of Cercinay hee found there in the: Haven fome Merchants fhippes of Carthage) They faluted him'ref{pectiuely : and the-chiefe among them be- gan to enquire, whitherhice was bound. Heefaid; Hee went Embafladourto Tyres and that he enterided'there in the Handito makeafacrifices, jwhereto Hee inuited all the Meichants, and Matters of the Shipssit was hoteiweéather :-and therefore Hee would thTeammade * ‘Hee made 4de needes hold his i Feaft'vponthe fhore; where, becaufe there wanted couert, them bring thitherall their files and yardsto be viedin fteadof Tents. They did fo; and feafted with him tillit waS lave avhight: atiwhich time he leftthem there aflecpe $ and putting to Sea,held on his:courfeto Tyre, All that nightjand the day following,He was fure nor tobe purfued:For the Merchantédidincithertnake.hafte to fendany newes of him to Carthage,as thinking himto be gone Embafladour: neither could they,without fomedlofie of time, fuch of them as:made:moft {peedhomeward, getaway from Cefcina; being bufied awhilein fiteing theit tackles, At Carthage; the mille of{o great a perfon was divterfly conftrucd:Somegheffed aright,That heywas.fed.But the more cons ton Opinion was, Fhat the Romans had made himawayeAtlength camenewes Wact he had beenefeeneand ther the Roman Embaffadours; having. none othererrand1 thi-< therjaccufed him(withan euill'grace)as a troublerofthe Peace; wherbythey-onely di couetedthe mifchiefeby thent intendedagainfthimand the:malice of theirsenatst fing the while theirpurpofe,; and:caufing mento vnderftand, thatHcfled nor thus wit Out great reafon, : Hannibal comming to'Tyté,the Mother-Citie of Carthage, was there eaters Royally.z'as one; in whofegreat worth! and honour the Tyrians, by reafon,of ,ait betweenetheir Cities; thoughttliem(felues to haueintereft, Thence went hee ton! tiochacidjfinding the King depareed,vifited-hisfon in Daphne: whofriendly wereo"™, Csa PiSiS4. of the LyfPory of the World. med him,andfent himvatohis Father at E phefiisycliac exceedingly reioyced at\his comming. As Antiochus had caufe tobe glad; inthat he hadgotten 'Wannibal fo hadthe Romatis no great.caute to be therefore forrie:-otherwifeshan as they:had:muich difgtaced thei felues, by-di{couerieof their impotent malice, in ¢hafing him thus out of hisCountrie: For it wouldnot prouealike calie viitathis great Gommiander}toimake ftont)Souldiers ofbale Afatiques,as it had binbyhis;trayning and difcipline; romake very, feruiccable and skilfull men of WWarse ofthe Spaniatds, Africans, Gaules, and,,other Nations; that were hardie,though vnexperienced: Orwereit fuppofed, that one mans worths:efpeci- o ally being {o,extraordinary, could.alter the nature of cowardly-people:yet was it therewithall confiderable,that thevanities ofAatiochws;the puide ofhis Gourt,thie baferiedte ofhis Elatterers, and a thoufand other fuchvexations, would bee farre more powerfull inmaking vaprofitablethe vertue of Hannibal ; now a defolateand banithed man » than had binthe yillanie ofHaano,and his Complices, hindering himin thofea@ions where. imhe had thehigh Gommand, and.was feconded by his. warlike, brethren; Wherefore the name ofthis. Great Garthaginian,would onely help to ennoble the Roman Vidory: orif it further feruedto hearten Astiochw,and make him leflecarefull to auoid the war ; then fhould it further ferue,toinftifiethe Romans.in their quarrell.Andiit feemes indeed that it was.no little part oftheir care,to get a faire pretence of making warre, For detie- 2° chus,as is faid beforeshauing newly fent Embafladorsto 7. Quintins, requiring thatthe Peacemightfaithfully be kept:.it. was not probable, that hee had any meaning. to-take Armes ; ynleffe by meere violence he.were thereto. enforced, 'Qnely the Atolians wete greatly, fufpected, as aturbulent people, defirous ofinnovation,and therefore praGifing with this Great King; whom they wifhed to fee among themin Greece. Inthisregard, andto appeafetheny; they had oflate beene anfwered with gentle words by oneofthe ten Counfailours, -Thatthe Senate would grant them whatfoeuer. with: v¢afon :they thould aske. But this promife was.too large, and vnaduifed. For when their-Embaflzdours cameto Rome,the Senate, would grant them nothing ; but whollyreferred them 107.Quintinus, whofanoured them leaft.' Hereatthey. murmured, but kneynot how to 30 right them{elues.:otherwifethan by {peaking {uch words,as might haften.she Romans outof Greece for very fhame ; who hadno defire to be thence gone. The daily talke at Rome wasof.warwith Assioches;but in Greece,when the Romans Would leaue the Countrie:For the Atolians were wontto vpbraidthe reftiofithe Greeks With the vain libertie. which the Romans hadproclaimed; faying, That thefe their De~ linerers hadlaid heauyerfetters yponthem, than‘formerly they, did. weare; .buviyet brighter and fairer,thanthofe ofthe Macedonian : likewife,t ipwasa graciousact of Titus.to take from the legs ofthe Greekstheir chaine;and ticitabo their necks. There: Was indeed no caufe oftarrying longerin Greece, ifthe Romans had no orher, meaning than what they pretended. For Philip madeno delay, in accomplifhmentof that which 4° was laid yponhim:all the Townes ofGreece were at libertie,and the whole Countrie at Peace, both with the Romans, and within it felfe. As for Aatiochus « Hee made it his daily {uit, That the Peace betweene himand Rome,fuchas itwasymight bee confirmed, and ftrengthened by a League of more affurance. Neuertheleffe, T.Qbintins would Reeds feare that Antiochus meant forthwith tofeize vpon Greece,as fooneas hee and his Atmiewere thence departed. And inthis regard, Heeretained full in:bis cannons Chalcis, Demetrias,and the Acrocoriathus ¢ by benefit of which I ates . mig 1 etter with{tand the dangerous Inuafion like tobe made by Ansioehas.Suteable yard the Wings of Ouistius. were the reports oftheten Embafladours, that hectlpetacions ouer toaffitt him ; when they returned backe into the Citic. Antiochus, they fei wou i aes ftionleffe fall vpon Greece:wherin he fhould find not onely.the &xolians, bigoh jo Tyrant of Lacedamon,ready-to giue bim entertainment. W DETEKOKe iar -_ ter way,thanto doc fomewhatagaintt thefe their fufpeced enemi¢ oa a(pociallye@ se Ngtis, who could worft make refiftance; whileft Autiochus was farre aw a I . Ci m HOt intentiue to his bufinefle. Thefe reports went not onelycurrent throng ~~ ee es the Vulgar; but found fach credit phraepines ote~~aetoaie Win, re, agai shichtimeit, was expected that : , African,defired, andobrained, a fee ooa ee P: Cornelius Scipsothe and his Narre.againtt the King, j nthe Warrejag : Sarato be Generalli Cond Confulfbip aah aaintention aal(ha; , with |