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Show of War And p t4Ct and virgin~ , exclames , Cruel ails, 0 y~ Gods ~f qrecce , and fo far IU I can re. rrumbcr ,difhoneft even m the Jig ht of B~~r. /Jarians ! And it is fie to be oblerved a· * Belifu:us mong Chrilti.ms ~ , not only as a pan of obfcrv•d ire- military di'fcip.lin, but alfo as a part of very where, the Law of Nations, chat -whofoevcr hath :anhdTohrilas vio'ten~Iy injur'd Cha!Hry, thouoh in wen ~took tL ld h h Comes and War , ulou every w ere be obnoxiou Romc.Pr<-cop. unto punillul'\ent. for , qe!ther by the Gou. ;. He/Jrew Law Jhould any fuch o{tender ~Wcu1t ·. z,~ ·n11 ~1• -have efcaped, as may be underfioo~ by lJC ;J 1' 11 0 h f • * fl · d b eloquently ex- ~ at part o. lt , conn1tuce .a out ma~ry· polir~ ds in his mg a Captive, ~nd not fellmg her af~erbook. of Hu- ward.Upcn wh1ch plac~ Bacchai rheHemham~ y·h.Jofe- 6rew Mafier: It WIU qods will that the p us,rn IS fe- C f h rr:. . fh l ' cond againft amp o t. e l.Jraclttes ould ve holy, not Appian,fa :th, polluted Wtth whoredomes and other abomi• TheLQ~took. nations, lilt.! the campes of the Gentile!, c.arc f9r cap· Arrian , when he had related how Alt· tJves J'n war d k . h h I 'f that they ' xan er, ta en Wlt t ~ ove o 7.\Exane, 1hould not be would not a6u(e her IU a captive through lut~o fh~me, luft,but vouchfafed~erthe bonoNrof Mar~ fpecully wo· r_iage ,addes a commendation of the deed, ~~~;the Per- Plutarch, of the fame deed; He did not nan King . luftfullJ abuff her , but , 1U became II Chofroesa£- Pht/ofopher, tqok_. her for hu wife. And lixt him ro the one Torquatus, pecau(e he had offerd via· ~~~~~h;rih~d !~nee; to a yirgin of the enemies, was ca{~ Apame•n. rJed away mto Cor fica* by decree of th~ m;a·d. Pr~op. Romt~nsl as th~ fa~e Plut"rch has it. Pcdic. ~; , 553 . X :X X l V~ · Of .Waft .. Tbe Enemies Cap. 1• things may /11 fpoyltd. (;' /~ero faid! It is ~ot .agt~inft nAt~re Offic. 3~ V to [poi/ him, whom 1t u lawful to.k!ll. Sueton. NeroNo wonder then, that the Law of Na- ne 40. dons perm.m e d t he goo ds of .enem.te s to fti4o1m1qiJNAamta D[cpceal-i-be fpolled , when it had pe.rmttted them-lllltiarNm jNrt felves to be fiain. PolJbius in the fift ~f btlli opule~tif!ibis Hiflories faith , it is ~omprehended m tn_41'Nm prDvm· the Law of war, t ha t t he c~o rtl· fi cat·t ~ns, de1ea Mrumo.r rCalyicp.r . Havens, Towns, Men, Shtps, FrUitS ~f Si&eltmimtp· , the Enemies, and all things llke, rna y e1- tiont h1fli/i either be carrved away ordeHroyed. And in vitlt4 aligrt• Livw we read, Thert are certain Laws ofP0ffif[a t 1 ' . . ffi fl' omt: d nes 1111111 c~tp J· W~tr,whtch are nght to be don~ or Ju ~~ ; vita~ va{lar. n.unelJ,for Jield.rto he 6urnt ,houfes rutn d, Lib. 31. fpoi/es of men and Cattell to be brottght a- · WIJ. You rna y find in Hillorians, almoft in every page, whole Cities overchr9wn , or walls leveHed with the ground , popu-lations and burnings of the Countrey. And we mufl:note , fuch things are law-fill alfoupon thofe that yield. The Town[- Annal. IJ. mtn, faith Tacitus, openint their gates f•bmitted them(tlves, and all they had, to fhi Romans: Themfelves wer.e.fpared, the T nPII rMs fired. ' XXXV. |
