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Show ~g of War And Pe4ce · that which he giveth a~other _ Com~nif- · fion to do. That ·is more controverted, whether a conjc&ure of the wil\ of the highelt, where the_re is no mandate, ~e fufficient. To me tt fecmeth not. For tt tufficeth not to fee, what would be the pldfure of him that _hath t~e ~ighe~ Power, if he were contulted wtth 111 thts conjunCture of affairs ; but this is rather to be confidered, what he, where the matter admits delay, or is of doubtful deliberation, may defire fhould be done without confulting with him, if a Law were to be made about it. For, althouoh in fome particular faCt the par· ticul~r reafon ceafeth, which moves the will of the Sovera'tgn, yet the univerfal reafon holdcth~ which requires danoers to be withHood. VVhich cannot be, if every MagHhate ~r~w unto him· u11J.41. fel( the judgement thereof. J uHl y ther~- fore was C; Manlius accuied by hts • Or, Licutc:· Leoats * becaufc without command of aarus. thel.)Rorr:an people he had made VV~r upon the Gallo-Grecia1_1s; for, alb~tt the Legions of the Ga/lt had ferved 1 1~ the Army of ,e.Antiochzl-1, ~everthe.~ls after the peace agreed on Wtth .Anm· ch~t~ whethe1· that in jury were to be r~venged upon the Gallo-Grecians, was not at the pleafure of C. Man/iUJ ~ut of the people of Rom~. That C. Ctjar for carrying VV ar agatnfr the Germans, fuould be yielded up to the Germans, vm 71Jt Firjl • ll was the fen.tence pf. ('ato; n~r fo much (a~ I co~ce1ve) regarding jultice, as d~- 1irJ.Qg c.q acquje. the . City trom the fear 0f a~ U(urp~r ; for the Germans had grve.n,aid to the Gauls, ~n~mifs of th~ Ro111a,n 'eople~ and .th~ref<;>re had no ~~afqn,co cr>.Mplain of inj~ry done them if c~c;,Rom~ns had jult cau!e of warri,n~ aga.t~ft ~he . Gauh~ And .yet f.tJar o~ghc t()1 ~ave. b~ep. cont~nt : wJ.th ·the upu t(lon .of the Ge.t;t11a q~ o~t of'., Qaili4:· the Proymce committed to .him and n~t ~o pur.fue the Germans with' War 'W!thm their own bounds, efpecia1Iy. 'YlthP,ut )an_y appeatancc of danger tPcn~~ llpl~Js he had advjfcd fir.H with ~be pe~ple .9f N"?;t • .So , ~hen ~ the Germ~.Qs. had ~q rig~t . to require him ~P l?e given up. ~nto their hands, but the t~ople. of Rome had right to punilh un : JUft as the Carthaginians anf we-red t~e Romans, Whether S"f/tntHm ' ' 'Wfll ajfall/fe(i 6tpri'!JaU or pu6/ic!<_ Co~~~- LiY.l. Jl. . {el,. ~~ ~ol'!&eiv6. u 1'/ot t~ IPe .ma~ tht t)1Ujfi01f; . b~t thu~ .,b,thn- it WM af.. ~a;l,td. JHft~.,, or unjuf/ly: for to our J~ v,s ~ fl~ acco~ent,to ./u givm61 ourCi .... tt~tlfs,:whcther he di4 it o(him{clf, cr 6 (ommijflon; With you t~H!f/~ne u diA p~tAblf', 'Wheth:r it vere a viol~tti<?~ ~f" trtte' /e4· k' or no • r··1 C:tro d¢ fe-nd· s the a Ion th of Offl!<.vi114 and Decimm ::.~~~'"' w~o ,on their OWP heads too.k Ims a~lDll A11foniHI. But, fup,pofe , G Antony |
