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Show Thefift Bookeofthefirftpart a; Cuary.6.7. Ci wP5.S8.) ofthe Hiflorie oftheWorld, x $99 : ir Enemies;as areward ofthe vidorie which they had obtained. It was bootleffeto edafpuce. Whereforethe Athzansreferredrhemfelues ynto his difcretion. Sohee told Ariz: them,thattheir Commonwealthwaslike aTortoyfe,wherof Peloponnefiis was the thel: andtharholding themfelues withinthat compafle,they were out of danger , but ifthey would needs bee looking abroad, they:hould lie open'to blowes, which mightgreatly hnsrthems Hating fertled things thus in Peloponnefis, Hee went ouer to Naupadtus; svhere G/abriothe Con{ul had lainetwomoneths,' that might haue beene farre better fpent. There, whetheroutot compaffion which hee had vponthe Atolians; or out of diflike of king Phifips thriningfo faft: He perfwadedthe Confil to grant vntothebefie- 1 ged,Sto the Whole Nation;{o long Truce,that they might fend Embaffadors to Rome; and fabmitcing themfelues;craue pardon ofthe Senate. Moft like it is, that Naupadus wasin great danger:clfe would notthe Actolians haue made flich eatneft {uit as they did ynto Titus, for procuring of this fauour. Butif G/ebyio had beene {ure'tocarry it, in any ghort {pace : itmay well be thought hee would not haue gone away withoutit;fince the winning of that‘Towne,wherein was then the whole floure ofthe Nation, would haue thadethe promifed fubmiffion much morehumbleand fyncere. When they came vato Romiejno entreaty could helpethem to better Conditions,than one ofthefe two; That eitherthey fhould wholly permit themfelues to the goodpleafure of the Senate; Or elfe pay athoufand Talents,and makeneither'Peacenor Warre with any; further than asthe Romansfhould giue approbation.They hadnotfo muchmony:neither could they well ?° hopeto bee gently dealt withall, if they fhould gine themf{clues away vmto diferetion , which whatit fignified, they now vnderftood.. Wherefore they defired to hauc it fet dowae,ia what points,and how farreforth,they fhould yeeld vnto the goodpleafure of theSenate. Buthereof they could get no certaine anfwer: fethatthey were difmiffed as enemies, after long and vaine attendance. Whileft the Actolians were purfuing their hopes of peace, the Confull had little to doc in Greece} and therefore tooke ypon him grauely to fet things in order among the tractable Achzans. Hee would haue had them to reftore the ‘banifhed ‘Lacedemonians homeinto their Countriec;andtotake the Eleans into thefellowthipiof their Common- 25 wealth.) Thisthe Achzansliked well enough : but they did notlikeit, thatthe Romans fhould be meddling in all occurrences. Wherefore they deferred the reftitution of the baoifhed Lacedemonians: intending to make itan A& oftheir own meere grace. Asfor the Eleans:they werelothto be beholding tothe Rémans, and therebyto difparage the Achveans:into whofe Corporation they were defirous to be admitted,andfaw that they fhould have their defire, without {uch compulfiue mediation. TheRoman Admirall c.Léwiwe, much about the {fametime, fought a battaile at Sea with Pelyxemidas; Admiralltothe king Amtiochws. King Ewmenes brought helpe to the Romans, thoughit was not great: and fiue and twenty {aile of Rhodians cameafterthe battaile, when they were following the Chafe. ‘The kings Fleet was the betterof faile: ,4 but thatofthe Romans the bettermanned, ‘Wherefore Polyxenidas being vanquifhed in fight, was yet out ofdanger ; as foone as he bétooke himfelfe to a fpeedy retrait. And fach end hadthefirft yeeres warre; betweenie King Antiochus and the Romans. After this,as many ofthe Greeks as had followedthe vaine hopes ofthe Atolians, were glad to excufe themfelues by feare; thinking themfelues happy when'by Embafladours they had obtained pardon. On the contrarie fide,Philip of Macedon; Arch-enemie of late vato the Romans,did now fend togratulate this their Vidtorie : and,in recompence ofhis.good affection, had reftored vnto hitn' Demerrind his younger fonne; whom fome few yeeres they had kept'as dm hoftage. Alfo King Pro/omie of Egypt,gratulating the Ro- than Victory,fent word how greatly all Afiaand Sytia were therebyterrified. In which 50 regard Heedefired the Senate not to foreflowtime ; butto fend'an Armie, as foone 2s mighbbe, into! Afia ::promifingthathis affiftance, wherein foeuerit pleafed them to vic it; fhould not bee wanting. "This Ptolemie was the fonne-inlaw of King Antiochus: but hewas the friend ofPortuneyHewnderfload tong before,as did all that were indifferent beholders ofthe'Contention, that the Romans were liketo have the vpper hand. he famedid Atiochusnow beginto filpea,who'had thotight himfelfea whileasfafeat E- phefus,asifthe had bitin another world: biit Wastold by ‘Hannibal,Thiatt was not fo far OubofiGreece ifito Atia,is ouvofftaly ined Greece : and thatthere was no doubt but the Romans woulddoon/bethere, & make hitis tiythe-chance ofa battell for his nit ffi live bas : 2h§eW dnb sine aut Lucitis' Scipio, basing with him Publinsthe Africdm, his ¢lder brother, for bis. Lieutenant! 0, wifentvinto Greeves\ Heegrantstong Toute tothe AEtoliansthatfo he might at leifure paffe Gato fias' Macks traublefomebufimefeby Seas end divers fights, An mnafion pin Busments his Kingdome: with thd:finie of Rergimus, rayfed by-4n handfull of the Acheansi LiScipio the Comful comes ivtomafias whereAnsiochus maf earpeltlydefireth peace,and ts denied it. ThebattaileofMagnelix: wherein Antiochus, being vanquilbed, geclderh to vthe Romans good pleafures'The Conditions of she peace. In-what fort the Romans vfed Bo. theirVidtorze: LiCoxnelius Scipiolafter amofl fumptuons trinmph over Antiochus, is « furmamed The Afpatique,zs his brather masfiled The African. J Corielins Scipio, the brother of P:Scipio the African, was. chofen -Confal at Romewith qitaiss. Lélinswasvery gracious in the Senate : and'thereforebeing defirous.(as generally all Confuls were) of the more honourable employ ment; offered:to referre tothe arbitrementofthe Senate, if L.carvelius would bee fo pleafedsche difpoficiowoftheir Prouinces'; without putting ittothehazzardof a Lotterie. Lucius hauinetalked-withhis brother Pabhes,approued well of the motion. Sucha queftionshad not of dongtimebecn pucvnto the Fathers: who therefore werethe more 46 défirous to make anviiblatneable Decree. But the matter being, cthetwife fomewhat indifferent) P.Sciprothie African {aid openlythus much,That if ithe Senate would appoint his brother tb thexarre againtt Avriochus\He himfelfe wouldfollow his,brothet inthatwaryas his uiedtenanv.| Thefewords wete.Heard with fieh approbation,that the controuierfie was forthwith ar amends Forif datitehas relied'y pon, Hannibal,and thould Happen rolbejdirected' wholly by thargreat Captaine ; whatbecter man could they op- pote, than Sc/pio s thathad beenevittorious againft thar fame Great Worthy ‘ But indeed a worler man might haue-{erucd wellenough the turnes For! Hexwibal - ab- : reataacini rare¢ 2 e€xXeeppring:a wandthent hes a folute Command; Hor"fcarce any tunttiof.great igh f a re y confaltarionwhere his wifedomewasmuch approued, i ved in 90 much difliked. It is worthy ofremembrance ; asa figne of the reedomethat his cenfuresy cuen whileft hee livedin fich 2 Gourt. dapiochus muttered oe see prefenceiofchis famous Captaine: thinking,as may feeme,to haue eae ne >: . gallant ly ae e , oth he had beene ferued by fiichbraue men in ae8 Borthey were ur ¢ ; as Gases, of furniture coftly fach with Elephants, Men,Horfesand ings ms e se glittered witha terrible bravery ona Sun-fhine day.:W hereupoa ; ¢ fing himfelfe with thar goodly {peGtacle,asked Hansibal what he thought; and whether wins ih capePm allthisiwerenot en ough forthe Romaiis. Enough (faid Hasnibal) O° n the backes of, mop couetonsmen in allthe world, 2 meaning, that all his Coft.vpo lit imate good, Souldiers. 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