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A07324
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A continuation of Lucan's historicall poem till the death of Iulius Cæsar by TM
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May, Thomas, 1595-1650.; Lucan, 39-65. Pharsalia.; Cockson, Thomas, engraver.
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1630
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Rome as Scipio to him therefore of his owne accord he yeelded place and gaue him also that army which he had brought into Affrick Dion lib. 43. e Petreius had before beene vanquished by Caesar in Spaâ—ne Lucan lib 4. He was thâ—n pardoned and set free vpon oath neuer to warre against Caesar againe which oath here hee violated f Cleopatra saith Dion had stayed Caesar longer in Aegypt or else accompanied him to Rome if Pharnaces had not beene the hindrance this Pharnaces the sonne of great Mithridates was King of Bosphorus Cimmeriuâ— but mâ—ued with an ambitious desire of recouering all his fathers Kingdome while Rome was intangled in Ciuill warre he had rebelled and during the time of the Ciuill and Aegyptian warres had with small adoe subdued Colchis and all Armenia in the absence of Deiotarus besides many Cities of Cappadocia Pontus and Bithynia Caesar busied then in the affaires of Aegypt and hoping to subdue Pharnaces by a Lieutenants hand sends Domitius Caluinus to that warre commanding him to take the regency of Asia and of those armies which he found there Domitius ioyning the Kinâ—s Deiotarus and Ariobarzanes to him marches directly against Pharnaces who was then at Nicopolis where in fight Domitius was vanquished Dion lib. 43. g Those three words Veni vidi vici did afterward in Caesar's triumph expresse his sudden Conquest of Pharnaces and that then he vttered such a speech concerning Pompey Appian is â—y authoritie h Caesar in the midst of Winter sailed into Affrica by which speed of his saith Dion in comming vnawares vpon his enemies hee had often prospered in his greatest affaires nor was there any other so great reason why Caesar so much excelled all other Generalls of those times as his wonderfull speed in all expeditions Dion lib. 42. FINIS THE THIRD BOOKE The Argument of the third Booke Iuba from Scipio to his Kingdome goes Caesar escapes the ambush of the foes And till th' arriuall of his full supplies Himselfe within Rhuspina fortifies Sage Cato's counsell to great Pompey's sonne Iuba's returne the whole warre meets vpon Vzzita's plaines and is remou'd from thence To Thapsus fatall fields what dire ostents Foregoe the battell Caesar's victory To seuerall coasts the vanquish'd Princes flie NOw neere this mighty warre began to draw Those blood-stain'd swords which dire Pharsalia saw With no lesse guilt in Libya meet againe To draw that little blood that did remaine In Romes afflicted State Why did you spare It then oh gods to make a second warre Was it cause one though ne're so great a blow The Roman Empire could not ouerthrow Or must moe lands behold her fall moe grounds Drinke in the blood of her vnnaturall wounds Or must this second warre declare to all The State subsisted after Pompey's fall And once againe her freedome might haue seene Had Caesar's warre alone ' gainst Pompey beene Rome now in Affrick is those scorched grounds That once her Conquest saw now see her wounds Where once the Scipios with triumphant Fate Aduanc'd her Eagles ' gainst a riuall State This Scipio now in stead of barbarous foes In Romes behalfe ' gainst Romes Dictator goes But Fate a while content with meaner play Respiâ—s the tryall of so great a day So many liues as there resolu'd were met Must not be throwne into the hazard yet Nor must sad Thapsus giue the fatall blow Of Juba's fall and Scipio's ouerthrow Vntill Rhuspina and Vzzita's walls Haue felt the force of both the Generalls And other parts of Affrick haue beheld Some bloody Prologues to so great a held Fortune a while from helping Scipio Diuerts King Juba's strength inforc'd to goe With speedy marches to his Kingdomes aid Which a Sittius now and Bocchus did inuade And Caesar's troops remaining on the shore Of Sicily himselfe had crossed ore Into a land possessed by his foes With one weake new-fill'd legion nor to those That stay'd behinde could he appoint the port Where they should land or whither to resort As be in former warres had euer done Committing all to Fortunes rule alone So much on her protection he rely'd Nor had she euer fail'd his greatest need Could it not seeme to thine ambitious thought Caesar enough that Fortune euer wrought Th' accomplishment of all thy highest hopes When ere in field inuiron'd with thy troops Thou foughts against the greatest foes but she Without an army too must succour thee And all thy rash aduentures rectifie Was not thy scape from Aegypts treachery Thy safe arriuall on Brundusiums shore The stormy Seas so boldly ventur'd ore From Greece by night enough for her to doe How oft shall Fortune more her fauour show From priuate dangers in protecting thee Than in bestowing th' earths sole Monarchy From Adrumetum where in Garrison Confidius lay whose truth could not be won From Scipio's side does Caesar march away With his small army but in faire array Since now his highest hopes were not to get The Towne but thence in safetie to retreat Nor was that granted him Confidius horse With furious sallyes oft molest his course And vex his Armies rere t' encounter those Assaults does Caesar in the rere dispose The ablest men and marching slowly on Safe to Rhuspina brings his legion Nor did that act of warre though seeming small But well become so great a Generall From thence remouing Leptis him receiues In which a little Garrison he leaues And to Rhuspina marches backe againe That onely Towne in Affrick did remaine A safe retreat for Caesar's feeble power Nor thither then vnlesse a Conquerour Could he arriue danger beset the way Pierce Labienus and Pacidius lay In ambush there in which though timely spi'd Was Caesar's skill and Fortune wholly tri'd He breakes with conquest through the aduerse troops Fortune but mocking Labienus hopes Who now with losse forsakes the field and beares To Adrumetum his hurt Souldiers Caesar returning with his little band Vnto Rhuspina takes a worke in hand Of wondrous toile since now resolu'd no more To march from thence till on the Libyan shore His legions all arriue whom euery day Chiding the Winds and Fortune for their stay His eager thoughts expect two trenches downe To the Sea-shore he drawes one from the Towne Another from his Campe on either side With sharpned stakes and engines fortifi'd So well as that without the Garrison They might by land secure both Campe and Towne And make the shore betweene at his dispose But there inclos'd by his insulting foes For Scipio now with his great strength drew nigh He payes in wants for that securitie Nor can his men from out their Trenches goe To fetch prouision in by land the foe Cuts off all passage there and in disdaine Of Caesar's weaknesse on the spatious plaine Scipio oft sets his Battells in array Who ' mong'st themselues in wanton skirmish play And exercise their Elephants in sight Of Caesar's trenches and vnusuall fight In Roman armies those beasts ne're had beene Till Pyrrhus warr'd with Rome by Romans