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A17524	The complete captain, or, an abbridgement of Cesars warres with observations upon them; together with a collection of the order of the militia of the ancients; and a particular treatise of modern war: written by the late great generall the Duke of Rohan: Englished by I.C.; Parfait capitaine. English	Rohan, Henri, duc de, 1579-1638.; Cruso, John, d. 1681.; Caesar, Julius.	1640 (1640)	STC 4338; ESTC S107127	109,532	199

The Complete CAPTAIN OR An Abbridgement of CESARS warres with observations upon them Together With a collection of the order of the Militia of the Ancients and A particular Treatise of modern war Written By the late great Generall the Duke of Rohan Englished by J. C. CAMBRIDGE Printed by ROGER DANIEL Printer to the Vniversitie And are to be sold at the Angel in Popes-head-alley in London 1640. April 24. 1640. Imprimatur per Typographum Academiae Cantabrigiensis Jo. Cosin Procan To his worthy friend Captain Cruso upon his excellent translation of the Duke of Rohan's Le parfaict Capitaine CAesar whose brain contriv'd at once the fate Of his great self and of the Romane State With mightie action caus'd where-ere he stood The trembling place to sweat forth humane bloud Who tam'd rebellion so as in that sinne His own contrivance had the traitour bin How nimble-ear'd and with what piercing sight He could discern advantage and then fight Cold waves winds hunger watching labour warre Were accidents through which he oft did dare How patient for his ends How quickly he Unthought of could defeat his enemy Whose expedition as an engine hurl'd Him from one side to th' other of the world Whose way of victory begot the fame That he but went and saw and overcame Dark stratageme quick action and the all Of him built up a mighty Generall And to make wonder gaze more he could be Th' Historiographer and th' Historie As if his mightie acts to vanquish men Had been on purpose done to trie his pen. Oblivion so threw dust upon what he Most fairly wrote unto posteritie And thou brave man at arms great Roan hast tane His lively portraict out of Mars his fane And arm'd thy self by him yea shown to all Thou knew'st to write and be a Generall See with what art the Chymist deals and how Spirits from bodies he extracts so thou How smart he gives his stratagemes and where Their hidden vertue lies he makes appeare Mark with how curious hand he those doth trie And fit unto our times and so apply The Grecian tacticks Cesar brought to Rome And this brave Duke to us as from their tombe What weapons and what forms may fit again He well revives which seem'd before but vain If e'r Pythagoras were right to hold A transmigration he doth it unfold But view his own directions quick and wise He makes towns strong but strangely doth surprise He rouzeth lazie minds and seems to write Men into field and teach them how to fight Mirrour of manhood that art here though gone Then Vertues self a better tombe there 's none And Thou my Friend that freely dost discover So rich a jewel and hast brought it over Merit'st no mean applause Me thinks I see Each noble mind admire thy industrie And cherish thy rare worth since few there are That for the publick undergo such care Mount still in thy endeavours and shine bright His glorie 's great that lends to others light To the right worshipfull Sir John Hobart Knight and Baronnet Sir Thomas Woodhous Knight Baronnet Sir John Holland Baronnet Sir Hamon le Strange Knight Sir Edward Waldgrave Knight Sir Charles le Gros Knight Sir Robert Kemp Knight Deputie Lieutenants of Norfolk and Norwich And Clement Corbet Doctour of the Civil law Chancellour and Deputie Lieutenant of Norwich Right Worshipfull A Great book is a great mischief as it is in the Greek Adagie and therefore it was well said of Seneca Magni artificis est clausisse multum in exiguo Such an Artist the late great Generall the Duke of Rohan hath here proved himself in his excellent abbridgement of Cesars warres with his own observations upon them and his Militia of the Greeks and Romanes His work is like fruits which are dried in the sunne contracted to a small bulk but full of substance and virtue The transcendency thereof moved me to communicate it to our Nation in these times of action May it please you to afford it your Patronage and to accept it as a testimonie of all due respects from Your most humble Servant J. C. The complete Captain OR An Abbridgement of Cesars warres The I. Book CESAR having the government of the Gauls for the space of five years the first war that he made there was against the Suisses Helvetii caused by the ambition of Orgetorix who was a rich noble and powerfull man in that Nation He perswaded this people which were hardy by nature and exercised in arms by the warres which they had with their neighbours to inlarge themselves into Gallia a countrey more spacious and better then their own For this effect resolution being taken they take three years space to make their preparations In which time they furnish themselves with waggons and horses of burden taking order that all their countrey be imployed to all sorts of grain to make their provision of victuall and name Orgetorix to be their Generall and Conductour who for his part imployeth that time in fortifying himself by the assistance of his neighbours Sequanus perswadeth Casticus a Burgundian to make himself Lord of his countrey as his father had been Aeduus draweth in Dumnorix of Autun brother to Divitiacus to the same designe the most powerfull man of his citie and giveth him his daughter in marriage But the Suisses being ever jealous of their libertie and perceiving that Orgetorix aspired to bring them under subjection seised on his person and during the contestations about his triall having a great train of kinsfolks and partakers he died in prison This abated not the designe of this people which on their appointed day having taken as much victuall as would serve them for three moneths burnt the rest of their corn and all their cities to the number of twelve and 4. hundred villages and having perswaded those of Basil Rauraci Tulingi Latobrici Distalingen and Clacky their neighbours to do the like they depart and march towards Geneva there to passe the Rhosne Cesar having intelligence thereof goeth speedily to Geneva assembleth what forces he can causeth a bridge to be broken down which lay upon the Rhosne Rhodanus and maketh a ditch and rampire of eighteen miles long from the lake of Geneva to the hill Jura to hinder their passage over the Rhosne Which the Suisses understanding send deputies to him to desire passage he holdeth them in suspense and promiseth them answer at another time mean while he prepareth to hinder them and they after refusall and having attempted the passage in vain take their way through Burgundie which Dumnorix procured for them Which Cesar observing leaveth Labienus at Geneva goeth and levieth new Legions followeth them and lighting upon them at the passage of the Saosne defeateth the fourth part of their troups Arrar which were not as yet passed over After that he maketh a bridge over the river and pursueth them but his victuall beginning to fall short and perceiving that Dumnorix hindered

Westfalians against whom he had much ado to defend himself untill that his souldiers returning from forrage part of them made their way through the enemies and regained the camp but the rest were cut in pieces Neverthelesse this relief bereft the enemies of all hope of forcing the camp and so they returned to their countrey with their bootie A while after arrived Cesar who rebuked Cicero for transgressing his command Then he resolveth afresh to expose the countrey of Gueldres to fire and sword and to pursue Ambiorix who had yet escaped after that he sendeth his army to garrison which he supplieth with corn and then goeth into Italy Observations IN this warre Cesar had no great resistance all fleeing before him having nothing to do but to pillage and burn the countrey notwithstanding there be very good observations to be made thereupon for though you learn not hence how to fight a battel or to expugne fortresses yet you may here learn how to deal with such as save themselves by flight and by retiring into inaccessible places wherein many Commanders have failed for the not observing of three principall things which Cesar did First to prevent the enemy by such extraordinary diligence as to surprise them before they be able to retire themselves or their victuall into the forrests so that by this means you may constrain the one to yield and the other to perish through famine The second to divide your army into as many parts as you can with safety that so assayling a countrey in severall places all at once the inhabitants thereof will be doubtfull to what part to retire unto And the last is to hinder the souldiers from disbanding when they go to pillage for fear they be cut off by the enemies By which oversight many great inconveniences have often befallen conquering armies which should teach us never to slacken the severity of military discipline though we believe our selves far from an enemie and in great security The example we have in this book of Q. Cicero is excellent in that kind who received a great losse and had like to have been utterly defeated by suffering himself to be perswaded by the importunity of his souldiers which contrary to Cesars command would needs go out of their trenches to forrage We 〈◊〉 further see the difference between old souldiers and new who for want of experience knew not how to choose what was for their safety and honour but retreated to a hill and there were cut in pieces but the other knowing there was no safetie but by recovering the camp made their way with their swords and saved both themselves and their camp Here we may observe how ingenious sear is to seek out subjects to augment it self for because this place was the same where Titurius and Cotta had been defeated the yeare before they took it for an ill omen Let us further observe that Cesar when he would make an expedition for seven or eight dayes wh re was diligence required discharged himself of his baggage which in truth is a marvellous impediment in a champain it is impossible to conduct an army well if according to occasions you do not strongly intrench your camp or march without baggage Let us also admire the good intelligence Cesar had by spies a thing of such utilitie as that a Prince or Generall ought to spare no cost for it being the most powerfull means to undertake brave designes and to avoid great ruines Neither must we forget his dexterity in dividing those which were entring into a combination against him and his assaulting them severally nor his customary d ligence in surprising them having atteined to the end of the most part of his great designes by these wayes We will conclude the observations of this book with the stratageme of Labienus who desirous to fight with those of Triers before the G rmanes were joyned to them resolved to make it publickly believed that he was afraid of them and that he would retreat knowing right well that there were Gauls in his own army which would discover it to them and in the mean time gave order secretly to retreat with a great noise making shew of much fear whereof they of Triers having intelligence without staying for the Germanes conceiving they ought not to let slip the occasion which offered it self unto them passed the river and came disorderly as to an assured victory but Labienus turneth upon them in good order and defeateth them Yet would I not counsel you at any time to attempt such a stratageme with new-levied souldiers which usually are fearfull when they see men running towards them and without order which on the contrary assureth those which are experienced The ninth warre The VII Book THe affairs of Gallia quieted Cesar goeth into Italy according to his custome where he heareth of the death of Piso and the garboils of Rome which gave new occasion to the Gauls of revolting Chartres began the Auvergnats followed and at length many others Vercingetorix an Auvergnat is chosen Generall for all Cesar hearing this cometh away in the depth of winter Gaballi passeth the mountains of Genaudan covered with snow and appeareth in Auvergne before it was known that he was come from Jtaly which caused many to hold for him and startled those which were revolted With the same diligence he passeth into Burgundy and Champaigne where he assembleth his army cometh to Berry and besiegeth it Bituriges and taketh Vellaudunum from whence he takes 600 hostages then forceth Gien or Orleans where was made a great slaughter Vercingetorix Genabis seeing the successe of his enemie and conceiving his army insufficient to deal with him in the field endeavoureth to conquer him by taking away all means of subsistence and to this purpose burneth more then twenty towns Avaricum preserving onely Bourges and that too against his advise Cesar besieged it where he suffered much and found himself in great difficulties and necessities at length having overcome them he taketh the town putteth to the sword fourty thousand men there refresheth his army During this siege he attempted to surprise Vercingetorix his camp but was repulsed yet was not discouraged at all with all this ill successe but continueth the warre with much resolution and prudence and Vercingetorix to hinder his enemie from passing the river of Alier Elaver breaketh down all the bridges neverthelesse Cesar making shew to passe in one place taketh advantage to do it in another then goeth and besiegeth Clairmont Gergobia Vercingetorix encampeth on the other side where were many assaults and brave combats neverthelesse Cesar is constrained to quit the siege whether for that he made doubt of taking the town or whether to prevent the revolt of the Autunois artificially procured by Litavicus who having procured himself to be chosen Commander of a relief sent to Cesar being but ten leagues from him pretended to have received news from the army that all the