Romes Monarchie, Entitvled The Globe of Renowmed Glorie Briefly comprehending the first foundation and building of Rome by Romulus: The principall warres and conquests of the Romanes after the time of their first choosing Consuls, till Iulius Caesar attaining soly to the Empire, and from him more briefly to Nero. Where in small compasse is described, manie most noble, and vertuous acts, atchieued in their said warres, and conquests; strange Tragedies, secret practises and policies, Ambition, hate, and reuenge: and how insurrections, rebellion, strife, ciuill discord and discention preuailing, was the onely plague, ruine, and vtter destruction of many great Monarchies, Kingdomes, Cities, and Countries. Translated out of the French and Italian histories by E. L |
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CAP. 7.
The conquest of Achaia, the razing of the city Corinth, warres in Portugall, Spayne, and with the slaues in Scicilia, the razing of Numanitia in Spaine.
VVhen all these warres of Carthage ended were,
Th'acayan people gathered head amaine,
In Greece, and there an armie they did reare
Against Romes state, whose brauing to restraine,
Lucius Mummius Consull, leaue did gaine
To fight with them, of Romes force was he chiese,
Who them o'rethrew vnto their paine and griefe.
Th'acayan people gathered head amaine,
In Greece, and there an armie they did reare
Against Romes state, whose brauing to restraine,
Lucius Mummius Consull, leaue did gaine
To fight with them, of Romes force was he chiese,
Who them o'rethrew vnto their paine and griefe.
Their countrey subject vnto Rome they yeelded,
Corinth chiefe citie principall of Greece:
Hundreth of yeares full many, had been builded,
With sack and spoyle, his souldiers did it fleece,
Burning the same, left standing not one peece:
And after razde the same quight with the ground,
No dwelling left, in it for to be found.
Corinth chiefe citie principall of Greece:
Hundreth of yeares full many, had been builded,
With sack and spoyle, his souldiers did it fleece,
Burning the same, left standing not one peece:
And after razde the same quight with the ground,
No dwelling left, in it for to be found.
About which time, in Portugall there was,
A person stout, Viriatus cal'd by name,
But meane of birth, yet so it came to passe,
That from a shepheard, grew to so great same,
And with his force, the Romanes oft did tame,
But he by treason slaine, and not by fight,
Which causd that countrey, fall to Romanes right.
A person stout, Viriatus cal'd by name,
But meane of birth, yet so it came to passe,
That from a shepheard, grew to so great same,
And with his force, the Romanes oft did tame,
But he by treason slaine, and not by fight,
Which causd that countrey, fall to Romanes right.
Not far from thence, in Spayne a town did stand,
Numanitia cal'd, which long time warres did hold
With Romanes force, fighting with equall hand:
Both one, and other, gaynde as fortune would:
The Romanes tooke disdaine, a poore towne should
Braue them so long, and not to haue it tane:
Thither was sent stout Scipio African,
Numanitia cal'd, which long time warres did hold
With Romanes force, fighting with equall hand:
Both one, and other, gaynde as fortune would:
The Romanes tooke disdaine, a poore towne should
Braue them so long, and not to haue it tane:
Thither was sent stout Scipio African,
At whose aproach, disorder great was found
The army in, that at the siege did lie,
Which he reformde, and then by trumpets sound,
With sharpe assault Numantiaes force did trie:
Did take the same, the people mercie crie,
His souldiers spoyl'd, and sacked euery place,
And afterward did clearely it deface.
The army in, that at the siege did lie,
Which he reformde, and then by trumpets sound,
With sharpe assault Numantiaes force did trie:
Did take the same, the people mercie crie,
His souldiers spoyl'd, and sacked euery place,
And afterward did clearely it deface.
About this time within Scicilia isle,
Bondmen, and slaues, did make a great vprore,
Them to appease was vsed many a while,
Their number did increase, still more and more:
But yet an armie, was rais'd vp before,
For to subdue their power and their strength,
Whom Consul Fuluius pacified at length.
Bondmen, and slaues, did make a great vprore,
Them to appease was vsed many a while,
Their number did increase, still more and more:
But yet an armie, was rais'd vp before,
For to subdue their power and their strength,
Whom Consul Fuluius pacified at length.
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