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Show ·446 of W~tt t#l.d , Pt4Gt in the times of vflexander the ~ac.ttfo .. 11ian , is d:cant this opinion of D10dorus Lib. 18. Si.calus ; Being more v~lliant than wife they brof!lght< ruine updn 'their Country. Of that forefaid (ato and Scipio , who after the Pharfalick Vittory would not tubmit co Ctt{ar, Pltuarch pa£{et.h his judgment thus : They are tr> be b'lamed; M they that loft manr and gallant. men in Africa, t Guido Bl~,:. ton~ purpofe. t That which I .have faid d'racenfts :ad of liberty , I mean of Qther thmgs defiMediolanen- rable , if there be a i:nore juft or an equal fes apu~ Gun- expectation of a greater evil oppolite. dlerum • For, as Arijfides faith well , It is the manner to fave the 1hip , by cafHng forth the lading , not the paffcngers.· Om71itt ftcu ri pro libtrtatt /ertmtM: ~ed. liintatem contemtA nemo (alute Sanus amat; ntq;·tnim ctrttt fMfceptio c/Adi4 .§2.14am t.•itare que114, ni(i cum ratiOTJt faluth, Lilmtati& arr.or,fcd gloria van11 putanda rP. . Ana?tilaus, who1111 the Famine conftrcined to yield Bizantium 1 m~de this defenfe , faying, Men were to fight a,;ainlt men, not againft t he nature of thin~s. So Xenophon. Procopius Gott. 4. faith , Men dl> not praife voluntary death , fo long as any hope prevailes over the danger. Diodorus Siculus h2ving ope~ed the Counfells of the war undertaken by the Si.thonians after 1\lcx: mders death, faith , 1 n the judgment of wifer men, they littempted a thing rather glorious than profirable,m aking haft inco danger unntcdfary land not taking warning from the notable overthrow of Thebes. !. 1 CXXVI. 447 C XXV I. He that is not much " the Stronger ought to remit punifhment. MOreover~ i~ the e}ca8ing of punilhments, tt 1s tnofi obfervable , tha.t war lhould nev.er be entred it;tto ./ upon that ground, aga.mfi him who hath equal forces. For as a Civil Judoe mufl ;fo he that will avenge wicked atts by war ~mull: be much fironger than the offender. Nor doth prudence only , or Love of his peo~ le r~quire , that On~ abfiein from a penllous war , but J ufitce too, that is , governing Jufl:ice,wh.ich by the very nature of government obhgeth the fuperiour no lefs to care for inferiours , than the infe- . riours to obedience 4 Whereto is confe-quent , what is rightly delivered by Di- Cdiet , - . . . h K' h 1 vmes, t at a mg, w o for light cauies , ,~.11r• t~ •s ". ·M tJt·J · or for to exact punilh!Jlents not nece£fa- ~i11tt trali. 1. lit ry, and drawing after. them great danger , 111~· cap.Jo..~; • undertaketh a war, 1s bound to his fub-je6l: s to repair the damaoe-s arifino thence For ,though n?t .to t~e e~emies, y$!t co hi; own people, lDJ~ry 1s done by him, who upon fuch caufes mvol ves them in fo orea,. ~n. evil. Livy faith, War isjuft, to :ho;, Lib. lo~ tt tS nece JTarJ : and their arms . are pious · wh~ have no hope left them but in 11rms~ "'Ovid.Fattr~ Ovu/. ~ thus : . . Slla gtrllt lfJi4 Let 11ot the foldier ~rmed he .,. les, qr~!lnu ~~r- BHt to difarm the Enemie * ma cotr&tllt,. · • . . llrmA, cxxvn. |
