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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66762	The modern states-man. By G.W. Esq	Wither, George, 1588-1667.	1653 (1653)	Wing W3172; ESTC R218029	60,150	275

Touchstones to convince the world of the purity of thy metal and on their own shoulders advancing thee above an ordinary height that the World might take notice of thy growth and stature and as with thee so hath she done with others even with all all those whom she intended to advance examples of which both divine and humane histories abundantly offer to our veiw Thus was it with Israel in their conquering the promised land Sihon king of the Amorites first sets upon them then Og king of Baashan came out against them c. thus we find it with divers others in other Authors which to avoid prolixity I shall passe by instancing in one and that so well known that few if any therebe but have heard thereof and that the Common-wealth of Rome which from a small beginning grew up into so vast a body that her Eagles-wings spread over the greatest part of the then known world CHAP. VI The beginning of the Common-wealth of Rome and the causes of its growth THis City or rather Town of Rome being founded by Romulus and inhabitants gathered together from divers places was no sooner built but it was threatned with ruin in its very infancy and the best it could expect was but an ages duration for the greatest part of the inhabitants being single all hope of issue was cut off which onely could afford it a longer life Wives thus wanting and none to be obtained by consent so contemptible were they in the eyes of their neighbours they attempt what craft and force would do and their Plot succeeded to their minds for having proclaimed publick plays and invited their neighbours they suddenly provided themselves wives of the Sabine Virgins which came with their Parents to be spectators Yet this remedy seemed as dangerous as the disease for the Sabines were a great and war-like nation and a Colony of the Spartans after whose manner they lived in Towns without walls reputing themselves safe in their own valour and the Romans could not but expect they would resent the affront But see how fortune which we Christians truly tearm Providence gave them assistance by giving let to the conjunction of their enemies though of one nation and alike interessed in the quarrell First the Caeninenses come against them whose King being slain by Romulus in fight hand to hand and their Army defeated were compelled to leave their old habitations and go and dwell at Rome by the Conqueror who by this means encreased his strength as well as reputation and became the better able to deal with the rest This war done the Fidenates Crustimini and Antenates begin another and run the same fortune and likewise being incorporated with the Victors still encrease the Roman Stock The rest grown wise by these examples unite and put the Romans to such a plunge that it was easie to conjecture what have would have been the issue had they taken this course at first but by the intercession of the women running in between the armies a peace was made and both Nations joyned in one the City keeping its old name of Rome from Romulus the people being called Quirites from the chief Tribe of the Sabines the Roman and Sabine Kings jointly reigning Now could the wisest among the sons of mē have judged that a rape should have begot an union but there is an hand above disposes of things above our suppositions which continued its favour till Rome grew of perfect strength This was he that withdrew Porsenna and changed his enmity into love and admiration that restrained any warlike Marcian or Lucan any Mulius Silo or Telesinus with the joint forces of Italy from falling upon her untill she was able to bear the storm that out supplies off from Hannibal when he had almost born down all before him and made the envy of his own Citizens instrumental to their own ruin that made Antiochus sit still until Philip was brought under and Tigranes look on until Mithridates was beaten out of his kingdom yea that provided work by the Sarmatians for Mithridates till the Marsian war was over that divided the Cimbri and Teutones so that Marius when he had overthrown one party had time to joyn with the other Consull to help destroy the other and suffered not three hundred thousand fighting men in one body to attempt Italy and in like manner the slaves and fencers giving Crassus opportunity to defeat them who had ranged Italy and oft put the Roman Armies to rout that by a few Geese saved the Capitol and caused the unjust banishment of Camillus to be a means to preserve Rome CHAP. VII A Parallel ANd hath not Providence in the same manner dealt with this Common-wealth which was no sooner established in England but it was threatned from Ireland where Dublin Derry and a few forces under Generall Monk were onely left us two being besieged and the third in an incapacity to afford them relief when things were thus desperate God divided the Rebels and made O Neal instrumental in the relief of Derry neither could they be pieced untill Ormond was totally broke and the other party under the Popish Bishop of Clogher fought and routed The Irish cloud almost dissolved a Scotch storm threatens us which yet came not on so suddenly but that we had time to provide shelter Providence causing them to trifle away much time in their treaties and other mockeries insomuch that the greatest part of it fell in their own Nation the tayl only besprinkling some parts of this where it totally vanished And here we can never sufficiently admire Gods goodnesse to this Common-wealth who when the enemy had given our Army the slip and left them so far behind them suffered them not to march up to London but to empound themselves at Worcester and so over-ruled the hearts of this Nation that notwithstanding the malice and hatred of many to the present Government yet not any considerable person or number joyned with the enemy even marching through the most discontented and disaffected Counties The North being cleared the Dutch jealous of our encrease who have found the sweetnesse of a State Government endeavour to clip our wings and to usurp our long held soveraignty of the seas having undermined our Trading a long while before but they may put what they have got by it in their eyes without any danger unlesse of making themselves weep notwithstanding their treacherous and base attempt upon a small squadron with one of our Generals in the time of Ttreaty and before denouncing a war and that even upon our own coast whilst we besides the honour and repute gained abroad are grown more potent at sea in one year than we had like to have been in many ages had they let us been at quiet and even thus the Carthaginians compell'd the Romans to become Masters at sea by their injuries provoking that stout nation to adventure a sea fight though so ignorant that the Consull taught them to row by sitting