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Show Thefife Bookeofthefirstpart -Cuar.s.§.<. toaske counfaileoftheRomans,and particularly of 7. Quivtins, before they engaged chéméelucsin abufineffe of fuch importance. Whileft thus they {pent time in fending Embaffadeurs, and were aduifed by Quiatio to letall alone, and to waitefor the comming ofthe Roman forces that would thortly beamongft them : Nabi was bold to gine ghemiuftercaule of complaint, by wafting their owne Territotie, Philepenien was thet! Pretorofthe Achwans, who had long binabfentin Crete ymaking war there for his mindesfake & recreation, Vato him the Achzans referred them- felues,giuing kim-leaue to order the warre at his pleafure ;cither ftayingtillthe Romans came,ordoing othetwife, ashe fhould thinke beft-He'madeall hafteto relicue Gyttheum by'Sea ; fearing left the Towne,and the Achzaa Garrifon within it,fhould be loft if 10 hev{ed any delay., But Philopemen was{o bad a Sea-man, that-hee knew ‘notia ftrong Ship froma rotten. Hee made a Quadrireme Gallichis Admiral]; that had fourefcore yeeresagoe beene counted a gallanc veflell, inthe Nauie of Amtigouus Gomatas, Neither was, thereftof his Fleet fo good, asmightencounterwiththat of:the Lacedemonian; Onely it fell out well;that he committed himfelfe to alight Pinnace or Brigandine,that Fought better with their wings, than: with her tallons.For his Admirall Gallie wasftemooatthefirft; and being rotten with age, {prang fomany'leakes, and tooke in water fo faft,thatfhe was faineto yeeld withoutfurtherrefiftance. Whenthe reft of the Fleete faw what was become oftheir Admirall, all were prefently difcouraged, and faued themf{elues with what fpeed they could. But Philepamen was not herewith danted. If 3g hee had failed in Sea-feruice, which was noneofhis OccupationsHefaid,that he would make amends by Land. The Tyrant withdrew-part of his Armie from the fiege of Gyttheum,to ftop. the Achwansif they fhould inuadethe Countrie, "But vpon thefe which were placed in guard ofLaconia; Phi/epemencame vnexpected:fired their Camp; and putall; faueavery few of them, tothe {word: "Then marched hee with all his Army towards Lacedemon: within ten mile whereofhe was,whenthe Tyrant met him that had already taken Gyttheum. It was not expected that Nabi would haue beene reae dy forthem fo foon.Orifhe fhould come from Gyttheum,with any partof his forces : yet wasit thought thar hee muft ouertakethem, andichargethem inthe Rere. They marchedtherefore almoft fecurely,in a long Troupereaching fomefiuemiles ; hauingtheir Horfe,andthe greateft part oftheir Auxiliaries at their: backss tobeare off any fadden impreffion. But Wabé,who formerly ynderftood, orat leaft fufpeéted, what courfethey would take, appeared inthe front ofthem with all his:Atmie ; encamped there where they meantto haue lodged- It was the cuftomeofPhilppemen, when he walked og trauelled abroad with his friends, to marke the fituation of the Countrie about him ; and to difcourfe, what mightbefall an Armie marching thefame.> He would fu ppofe, That hauing with himthere fuch a number ofSouldiers, orderedand forted in' fach manner, and marching towards {uch a place; he were vpon thatground encountred by a givater Armie, or better prepared to the fight., Then would hee put the queftion, whetherit were mect for him to'hold onhis way,retire, ov makéaftandewhat pééce:ofground it 4g were meet for him to feizevpon? and in what mannerhe mightbeft doe itein whatfort he fhould. order his men ? wherebeftow his Carriages, and vnder what Guard ¢ in what fort encampehimfelfe¢ and which way march the day following?» By fuch continuall meditation, Hee was grownefo perfect, that heedid neuer meet with any? difficultie, whencehee could notexplicate himfelfeand his followers.) Ar thistime hee: made a ftand : and hauing drawneyphisRere, Hee en camped neere vito the' place where hee was ; within halfea mile ofthe Enemie, His baggage,with all rhéreto belonging; he beftowed.on.a Rocke; encompaffing them round withshis Souldiourss "The ground was rough, the wayes bad,and theday almoft quite fpent;fo as Wabrs Gould not at the pre- fent greatly moleft him. Both Armies were to water at one Brooke;'whererothe Ache-§@ ans lay the ncerer.This watering therefore was like:to minifterthe firft occafionofskit mith. Pbéilopemen vnderftood this ; and Jaydian ambufhin place :conuenient ; ‘wherein- tothe Mercenaries of Nabisfelljand were flaughtered irdgreat numbers. Prefently after this, hee caufed one ofhis owne Auxiliariesto goctothe Tyrant} asa fugitine,and tell him,that the Achwanshada purpofeto get between himand:Lacedemon;wherby they wouldboth debarre.hisxetarne into,the Citic, and withall encourage the people to take Atmesfor the recouerie of their freedome, The, Tyrant hearing this, marched haltily away; andleft his Campe,- which hardly: orhierwife wouldhaue beeng forced. Some Cu17.58.06. ofthe Lisporie ofthe World, "Some Companies he madeto ftay behinde,and thew: themfelues vpon the, Rampart; thereby to conceale his departure. But Philoepomsen was not fotobe beguiled. Hee eafily wonnethe Campe, and ganechafeto Wabis: whofe followers being ouertakens had.no ere toturne about and make head. The enemies being thus difperfed, and fled inte Woods,whete theylay in couert allthat day, Philepersen conceined aright, that their feare and neceffitie would teachthemtocreepe homewards, and faue themfelues, when, itgrew darke. Wherefore inthe Eucniag, when hee had gathered togetherall thofeof. his Light-armature, which had. followed the chafewhileft itwasday, He led forththe qo tet that had well refrethed themfelues, & occupied the two molt ordinary paflages vnto Lacedemon. So Nabihis men, whenit was darke night,.. perceiuing in Philopemens Campe great ftore oflights, thoughtthat all had beene at reft : and therefore aduentutedto make an efcape home. Butthey, were (o way-laid,that hardly onc. quarter ofthem gotintoSparta. Thirty dayes togetherafter, this,did Phé/opemem watt the Countrey roundabout, whileft Wabi durft not iffue forth ofhis Towne ;and then returned home, leaning the Tyrant.in.a manner without forces, The Roman Embafladors were then in Greece,& T..Qaintins among themslabouring tomake their partie ftrong againft Antiochus & Nabu,whom they. knewto bee follicited bythe Arolians.Very faire countenance they alfo madevato Philip ;and with comfortable promifes drewjhim to make thew, whatfoeuver hee thought, of good correfpon20 dence. They promifed to reftorevnto him his fonne, and were contented to let him, hope,that he fhould receiue other fanours, at their, hands ;_and.vegzine poffeflions of. many places, by them taken from him. Thus did the Romans prepare for watreagainik Antiochus in Greece,whileft their Embaffadors that were with him in-Afia, denyed\o- therwife to grant him Peace, than ifhe would yeelde vnto one. ofthe Conditions, by them fo often propounded. Thelong abfence of this King in; Syria, where he had ac complifhed the marriage, betwecnie Prolomie and his danghter.; together with thedeath ofyong Antiochus the kings{onne, which happened,during the Treatie, and hindered, or feemed to hinder the King,from giuing audiencein, perfontothe Embafladours;caufedthem to returnc hometo Rome;as vncertaine oftheir anfwer.as at their fetting forth, 30 One thing that might haue beene, and partly was,beneficiall ynto,them, they, broughe to paffe during their abodeat Ephefus; either by cunning, ox (as. Li#ie rather thinkes) by chance. Finding Hawnita/ there, they. difcourfed oftea, with him, and blamed. him for hauing thus fed vnto Aptiochas,vpon acaufelefle {ufpition wheria he heldthe Romans; thajhonoured his vertue, and intended him no harme, Many haneaffirmed that P.Se- pio Was onc ofthefe Embaffadors ; and that he, among other, difcourfes,with Hanpibal, demanded once, Which ofall thefamous Captaines that bad. lined, Haanibal indged. the moft worthy ? So Hannibal gaucto Alexander.of Macedon the Sirk place: to: hwrrhas the fecond : andthethird he challenged vato himfelfe..-Bat Scipio. who thought his owne title better, than that it ought to be foforgotten: asked yet further, Whot wouldett thou 40 haue faid then,Hamnibal,if thou hadft vanquifhed me?..To whom the Carthaginian replied, Then would not I haue giuen thefirft placeto Alexander, but haue claimed it as duevnte myfelfe. Nowwhether this were fo, or otherwife ; the often and fy iendly conference ofHaznibalwith the Roman Embaffadors,made him fufpected of Antiochus; whotherefore did forbearea whileto vie his counfell, Yer afterwards, when Hannibal erceiued this changein the King ;, andplainly defiring him to.ell the caufethereof, peard what it was: He eafily recouered his former gracc,and credit. For hee told how his Father had canted him to fweare atthe Altars, when he was alittleboy, T hat he nes uer fhould be friend vato the Romans. Wherefore he willed the king not to regard ay Vaine furmifes: but to knowthus much, ‘That fo long as he thought vpon pone Mi 50 Rome, folong would Hznwibaldoc himall good feruice: whereas agerreten ci a fome,other tended to make peace, then fhouldit behoouc himto vfe the counfaile of man, ero St: . pt The Htolians.and theitfriends,were noleffe bufie allthis while,in nae seies tie ftrong againftthe Romans, than were the Romans, in snlteriogy bette) i rn sr Greece,They had fooften dealt with Antiochus, vanting mapeh oft fat Gna ae ‘adh Strogaring themfeliues thie honourof the victory againit I i hi ith x a tailed with tohimsefpec ialy when the Roman Emballadorsae rt Maccdohinns Peace,vales he would buy itat adearc rate.They dealt in bkefo But ‘ |