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A11028	Romes monarchie, entituled 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 Cæsar attaining soly to the Empire, and from him more briefly to Nero. VVhere in small compasse is described, manie most notable, 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 preualing, 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.	E. L., fl. 1596.	1596 (1596)	STC 21296; ESTC S110727	39,057	82

last agreede During whose raigne there chaunst not worthy deede Which was for profit of the publique wealth But left vnto the Senate all the care Seeing himselfe in rich estate and health Bent whole his minde to quiet life and fare Occasion great th'empire did appaire For now both Parthia Denmarke Poland France With other moe against Rome did aduance Thus may we see when as the floud is full It falles againe so fares all worldly haps Fruites first be ripe before men doe them pull In seasons faire sudden comes thunderclaps In midst of ioyes griefe all our mirth vpwraps And now behold of Rome the morning shine Past midday marke begins for to decline Diuines doe hold that in the fifteenth yeere Tyberius raignd our Sauiour Iesu Christ Did suffer death to make vs sinners cleere To dwell with him that sits in throne most highest Who helpes vs aye when dangers we be nighest Whose Empire stands and euer shal endure When worlds pompe still fleeteth neuer sure CAP. 16. The raigne of Caligula Caligula TYberius sonne Caligula so calde Succeeded next a most pernicious childe Vnto all vice he was a bondslaue thralde Most fit to dwell with sauage men and wilde A life he led that wicked was and vilde Great heapes of gold Tyberius in his raigne Had got he spent in one yeare lewd and vaine Claudius CLaudius next him supposde his vncle he Came to England reduc'd againe that land That did reuolt from Romanes soueraigntie The Britaines did resist him with strong hand But he orecame them with his Romane band And ere from thence did part vnto his fame A citie built and calde it by his name Nero. NExt him ensued Nero when once againe The Britons bold began to warre anew The Romanes they did pill and put to paine In France the Frenchmen also them orethrew A mightie wind in many countries blew In Syria and also Armen●… Their forces most were beat and shronk away Last out of Spayne old Galba did retire Drawne on by Iulius Vindex who from France Perswaded him to Caesars seate aspire See how Ambition mortall minds doe launce He was content though old to follow chaunce Did march to Rome vpon whose comming fled Nero who was most wretchedly found dead Whose storie full at large may well be seene In Tacitus in English fine translate A worthie present for a King or Queene For noble Peeres or others of high state His praise deseru'd shall neuer come too late Who did so well in English it reduce For high degree to serue for publique vse Where is describ'd Nero his monstrous life A common-wealth and state in pieces torne Where may be seene what fruites doe come of strife How broods of vice each quiet state doth scorne And seeke to ruine but subiects truly borne Flye ciuill discord bringing woes and spoyles Most foule are fowles their owne nests that befiles FINIS Who commanded the whole world Virg. Aene. lib. 6. Oct August The spread eagle the armes of the Emperour Whatsoeuer is decreed by diuine power worldly policie cannot withstand * Dido the new maried wife of Sicheus whō the king of Tyrus slue from whose cruel tyrannie Dido fled into Afrique 50. yeares before Troyes destruction * Betweene 350. or 400. yeares after Troyes destruction or Eeneas comming into Italie 1. Kinges 2. Consuls Iustice Iustice duly and rightly executed causeth a common wealth to florish * A prouince in Italie neere vnto Rome an il neighbour to their state L. Quintius Cincinnatus Dictator which office had endured now alreadie about 70. yeares Ingratitude * Burguinions Malice not of any continuance but vanquished by virtue The vertuous oftentimes are diffamed by enuie foyled * before mentioned About this time the care and charge of the commō wealth came from the Tribunes to Consuls againe * out of the place he was charged to stand in * 44. yeares after in a battell against the french Senonois Alexander the great In this time liued Homoer and Socrates * T. Vetu●ius Caluin and Spurius Post-humus albin Cōsuls who dishonourably had taken truce with the enemie greatly to the Romaines disgrace * Dionisius the tyrant of Syracusa There are many wold trust the barbar to trim their beards if they had any Constancie to the commonweale in a Magis●●ate The heathē scorned thē Machiauels deuises now a daies too much raigning Among Christians now a daies treasons are rewarded and traitors succoured The first vse in Italy of Ele●hants in warre 〈…〉 wars 〈…〉 the 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 yeares ere they made any conquestes abroad Libia a prouince in Afrique where Dido built Carthage Things at the highest decaying highest Hauing first gotten a partie in the countrie The chance of battaile vncertaine Ingratitude most vile They murdered him because at his returne the Lacedemonians should not glorie in the victory gotten by their Captaine If the heathen held their worde in matters of life and death how much more ought christians in smaller moments * And the exchange of prisoners on both sides * Hanno Carthage Captaine Daily practises of Machauellians * Mountaines parting France and Italie of a wonderfull height * By the countries about Rome Three times he gaue the Romaines the repulse and in the fourth had a most mightie victorie Publius Scipio the sonne of Cornelius Scipio before rehearst * Hannibal had al Italy at commādement The countrie being fertile they surfeted with the fruites so that many dyed * Neere to the floud Metaurus by M. Liuius and C. C. Nero. * Publius * Which place was assignde to him for the warre About this time his father and vncle were slaine in lberia in the Carthagiman wars One who had bin oft Consull Desire to reuenge his vncle fathers death * Of the Senate * The common passage into Afrique nerest from Italy where he was but slenderly furnished at first for such a war When he was sent for he had his armie before Rome walles Subtil practises vsed generally now a daies Hannibal a ●worne enemie to the Rom. by a vow at nine yeres of age in the time of Amilcar his father Discord the signe of destruction the plagues of common weales and priuate mesnages * Massinissa a King in the countrey betrothed to the daughter of Asdrubal giuē by the Carthagi first to him and after to Sysax another King in the countrey there to him maried and after Massinissa maried her againe whē for feare to be taken of the Romaines poysoned her selfe The nature of time * Nor to passe the limites of his countrey * Into Greece Ciuill discord the ouerthrow of the Macedonian Monarchie * Antiochus Enuie the enemie to all vertue * A house or manor of his in the countrey * Marcus Fuluius * Dispayre in distressed mindes solitarie are not alone Infernall plagues to earthly mindes distrest The remēbrance of pleasures past pincheth when penurie is victor Actes of distressed soules possest by despayre running through

time men worthie many were Amongst them all one Furius Camille For vertue past all those supplied that place For seruice good he was requited ill He is exile was forest to take his race Although sometime he Consull were in grace Ingratitude so raignes in peoples mindes For doing good with ill requitall findes Causelesse exilde the Senate him recalde Whose vertue sau'de all Rome from spoyle and sacke By French men wrought and therefore was restalde In dignitie for putting them to wracke Thus fortune plaies with men now forth then backe Dictator he was after in two yeares Vertue supprest at length more great appeares A worthy wight eke Manlius ycalde Soone after that the Capitall did guard Against the French who welnie hap it thralde In doing which he had an hard reward Suspicion foule his fame and glory bard Sans proofe suppos'd he would Romes state distaine For which he was cast from rocke Tarpeiane Decreed it was not any of his race Or noble house thenceforth should beare the name Of Marc which seem'de as then a great disgrace But to rehearse againe Camillus fame Who seuen times of Tribune had the name To leade the Romaines vnto battell bolde Had good successe and died very olde CAP. 3. Of Romes seueritie in iustice of their constancie for the common wealthes cause the time of Alexander the great his being and of the Romaines warres against Pirrhus King of Epirotes ROmes age was now three hundreth fourescore Also nine yeares when Captains there was found Most valiant wise the like was nere before Who in assaults their enemies brought to ground Themselues not dreading death or deadly wound Too long it were their names all to recite Who in defence of Romes estate did fight And in the same vs'de iustice for small crime Amongst all which one of them doe I finde Torquatus nam'de chiefe Consull at that time His onely sonne a thing farre out of kinde He caus'd to die for fighting vnassin'de Against his foe which he orecame in fight Though well he did law could not him acquight What lawes were made were duely executed Such men they were Heroicall of minde For dastards they disdain'd to be reputed For countries weale dutie and loue did binde Their deaths to seeke rather then liues to finde For to aduance the Romaines state and name Willing died many to gaine perpetuall fame One Decius Mus did vow to lose his life In fight against the Latines Romaines foes For countries cause which he perform'd in strife With them that time which made the Latines lose The field that day receiuing bloodie blowes One of selfe name after his sonne also In such like cause his life did eke forgoe Although that he were Consull at that time About which time as written I doe finde The Monarch great was then in chiefest prime Macedo king stout Alexanders minde Whose conquests great were but a puffe of winde For when he had maistred the world all At Babylon by poyson had his fall Against the state of Rome he did intend To haue made warre if Asia once subdued Then next through all Europa to haue wend His hands yet more in blood to haue imbrued But fates by death his purpose did seclude At 12. yeares raigne and 33. yeares age His part being playd he left vaine worlds stage His force against but death you heare forbad Papirius was for Romaines chieftaine chose Whose valiantnesse great fame attayned had In giuing foyle to Samnites cruell foes To Romaines tho in danger like to lose Their army all vnder their Consuls twaine Papirius force did victorie obtaine Dictator he that office after bare And earnest was in martiall discipline Expert and quicke in warlike feares his care Was euermore that souldiers should encline Not nice to be to lodge or dyet fine But valiant stout and to endure all toyle Which made them oft to giue their foes the foyle In this time loe of Romes encreasing fame In Saragosse the Tyrant then did raigne Whom to aduise with precepts good there came Diuine Plato who hardly scapt vnslaine This tyrants acts was had in such disdaine In histories who list to reade shall see His hatefull life vpheld by tyrannie Strange were his acts too many to be tolde Here in this place but for to make the rest To be supposde from one I cannot hold Of Barbar would he nere be trim'd or drest For feare the razor should his life arest His daughters aye with nutshels burning bright Should sindge his beard and so his head to dight But now returne to noble Rome againe After the death of Alexander great Fortie two yeares one Pirrhus that did raigne Epirotes King the Romanes state did threate His armie did their forces oft defeate Yet ere two yeares were gone and ouerpast He sought their peace and friendship at the last To which request the Senate would haue graunted But Appius Claude full seauen times elected Consull then old and blind their purpose daunted Of cowardise the Senate he detected In publique speech he Pirrhus peace reiected Fabritius eke gainst Pirrhus stout did stand Friendship with him to hold would at no hand Though Pirrhus did to him great presents send With offers mo for to reuolt and turne Vpon his side Fabritius would not bend For presents ne for promises once spurne Against Romes state such loue in him did burne To countries weale O patterne pretious stone For this our age to looke nay gaze vpon Yet more what did this noble heathen knight But Machiauels from whom all mischiefs springs Worke contrary he voyd of hate or spight No stabbing blades or murdring dags in brings No banketting nor phisicke poysonings Nor no such parts vile practises most euill Bred first in hell inuented by the diuell But he sends to Romes enemie Pirrhus king A runnagate a rogue a periur'd slaue A souldier of his owne who promising By poyson or some other meanes in graue The Romanes should Pirrhus dead see or haue Fabritius n'wold to this foule deede consent But him fast bound to Pirrhus prisoner sent When Pirrhus saw the Romanes friendship hee Could not obtaine by treaties or reward Determined by warre the end to see With martiall men he stood vpon his guard And Elephants to combat strong prepar'd He was the first to Italy that brought Those beasts who bare mē on their backs that fought But to encounter Pirrhus haughtie pride And mightie force a noble Romane knight Dentatus cal'd with Romanes him beside For Romes estate who did not flye but fight They Pirrhus and his power discomfit quight Dentatus for his worthie valour showne Had triumph braue which through all Rome was knowne Vntill this warre which Pirrhus lastly made Fiue hundreth yeres the romaines had welnie Broyles still at home and often ouerlayd With neighbours nere people of Italie Doubtfull their chaunce and fortunes they did trie The Latines oft the Samnites Toscanes other One

Bythinia made him hye in hast In Pontus bounds shutting him vp full fast From whence also in fight was driuen away Flying for ayde to the king of Armenia Lucullus still did after him pursue And oftentimes with both the powers did fight Of those two kings who thought for to subdue Lucullus force when each in others sight Were come the Romanes oreprest them by might The Kings enforsed to forsake the field Their people most were slaine and fled some yeeld But here by meanes of mutinie and iarre In Romanes campe which did Lucullus let With Pontus king to make an end of warre Whereby he might the gaine of glorie get The Senate did a message send to set Lucullus home and in his roome did place Pompee those warres of Mithridate to chase Who late before great fame and credite gainde In vanquishing by sea the nauie strong Of Pirats stout who had with power attainde The soueraigntie of all the coasts along From Spayne to Hellespont there all among Those Isles yet further did their force extend By land also which Pompee brought to end The ouerthrow of whom did much preuaile For Romes welfare and for the common state So hard beset till then they could not saile Out from their shores but brought now to this rate Pompee prepar'd himselfe for Mithridate To Asia sped making his power there strong Those warres to end which Rome had vexed long Which entred too he prosecuted so As in short space Mithridate was bereft Of hope for ere to rise his state vnto When once his forces were asunder cleft Small was the succour tho vnto him left For after being besieged by his sonne Pharnaces cal'd his life he yeelded done Killing himselfe O fury foule despayre That doest inspire thy selfe in soules distrest But what is life say such a blast of ayre Foule honors seate chiefe cause of great vnrest The meane estate is ten times happier blest O pride of Rome Ambitions patterne left Which neuer will from following race be rest But yet a while behold this mightie king Stout Mithridate how fortunes frowning spight Did at the last his warres and conquests bring To wretched state that fortie yeares with might Most valiantly did with the Romanes fight And victor oft their Captaines many led With him each where captiu'd so well he sped Treasons he scapte and murmurings many a one Of body strong to walke on foote or ride No wound did euer make him shrinke or grone To shun the warres at any time or tide Gaynst poysoning he poyson did prouide Wherewith when as he would his life haue ended No power at all by poyson was extended His sonne as is rehearst Pharnaces nam'de Vsurping now his crowne and dignitie Mythridate saw his wracke in such sort fram'de Fearing to fall in farther miserie Into the Romaines hands by trecherie Drew forth the venim which he euer bare About his sword began it to prepare Two of his daughters being fast him by Did pray the King that they might first of all Take taste thereof the potion for to trie Loathing their liues to see their fathers fall He would not yeeld but they would needes enthral Themselues to death and dranke and present dyed The selfe same thing by Mythridate was tryed But would not worke his body long before He so prepar'de against all poison strong For to withstand all treason enuie bore Against his state who sought all meanes by wrong T'abridge his dayes but fortune made him long Happie to liue vnhappie for to die From Empire so to fall in miserie Vanquisht with griefe which long before his hart Ne bodie could the Romanes legions great Orecome by practise policie or art And now quoth he loe what doth me most freate Faithles souldiers children vnkind entreate Me too my friends vnfaithfull to me are These foes I flye rather then life to spare Vnto a Duke that stood vnto him neere Quoth he to me thou euer hast been iust From huing any longer rid me cleere Lest Romanes tread my glorie in the dust Ore me a king to triumph as they lust Since poyson will not end my wretched life Helpe me by bloudie stroke to cease all strife The Duke bewayled Mithridate with teares Yeelding his helpe to rid him of his woe To his right breast with trembling hand he beares The bloudie blade that did his life vndoe Mithridate with a stroke draue it into His breast when as the liuely sprite outbrast Thus this great king fortune with spight downe cast What therefore bootes long life with troubled state Though riches wealth and honor men possesse What doth auaile long life without debate In pleasure ioy neuer to feele distresse In weale or woe let life be more or lesse Death is all one at first as tarie long Since dye we must mid woes small ioyes among CAP. 11. The disturbance of Romes estate by the conspiracie of Catiline Ierusa'ems tribute to Rome warres by Iulius Caesar in Germany France and England by Pompé the King of Egypt was restored to his kingdome LIke as the day when fresh Aurora spreds Her curtaines large expelling darke nights shade Bright Phoebe doth rise from chamber and vnbeds Himselfe abroad with blasing rayes doth glade Aslant the earth where length of shadowes made By mistie cloudes all vanish quite away Rough winds arise it proues a stormy day Through heate perhaps a thunderclap may sound Or els rough Aeol raise a mightie wind With flouds of raine fast powring on the ground That heards of cattell scarse can finde Shilter to saue their bare backs thinly linde When as those beasts that feeding lye in stall Recks not the storme how great so ere it fall So fareth fates faire weather now foule proue Stormes past there comes a quiet calme againe Seasons and times such earthly chances moue So Romes high state now whole then sicke with paine In worldly life cares be our daily gaine Lawes for the good of common weales firme seated Through ciuill strife their right vse are defeated As Pompee had those broyles and iarres late ended Seditious fire began to light againe Now Catiline by coniuration bended A number moe their countries peace to staine The state of Rome to spoyle ambitious braine But Cicero who Consull was that time Detected them of that most heynous crime But Catiline to Toscane came by flight Gathering fresh crewes of wretches all forlorne Gainst whom Anthonius Consull went to fight By whose great valour in pieces cut and torne The rebels were vnhappie wretches borne But fates to men doe aye alot such chance That by wrong meanes themselues thinke to aduance And in this yeare fine Cicero Consull was Ierusalem and all Iudea land Great Pompees power atchieu'de and brought to passe Did tribute pay vnto the Romaines hand Octauian eke as you shall vnderstand Who Emperour was in processe following here Receiu'de his birth at Rome in this same yere Fiue yeares after Gabinius and Piso

their sences Hannibal poysoned himselfe The ambition of antiochus King of Assiria who also would gouerne the King of Egipt being but yet a childe minding thereby to obtaine the Kingdome to himselfe Romes Ambassador feareth the great King of Assiria with a word * His breach of promise punished after in his sonne called Perseus solicited by his nobles after his fathers death to take in hand this warre * Who at this instant gaue vnto thē a great ouerthrow which weakened them sore to withstand this last warre * Ambition is neuer sufficed till death The wise foreseeth destinie but fooles fall in their folly A great nūber of their Children according to the last trues The people desired him for hope onely of the former Scipio who conquered Astique before The true patterne of a most noble Captaine Where Magistrates are not obeyed with a confusion commeth finall destruction The end of disobedience to the Magistrates in a common welth is many miseries The nature of fury once conqueror The miserie of disordered people euen their owne enemies do often lament to beholde On earth nothing permanent * The image of Apollo of fine gold pillars of golde of the waight of 1000. talents with innumerable other spoyles besides those taken by the souldiers Lucius Mummius had for surname Achaique Portugall subiect to Rome * 14. Yeares after Carthage destroyed and in the 622. of Romes foundation When the foote will rise against the head cut it off on the ground any more to tread In the yeare of Rome 625. Both the other Scipio and this dyed in the flower of their age Iugurth K. of Numidia a countrey in Afrique appertaining sometime to the Carthaginians Calphurnius Slaughter and ouerthrowes of the Romaines by the Germanes * The Latines Samnites To scanes Veientes Eques Falisques and others now such countries as areabout Rome Florence Genua Mantua Ferrara Sienna and others * Two countries in Asia * The Romanes Ciuill discord the onely mischiefe of all common-wealths which bringeth therein destructions sooner then any other plague Contentiō cause of hate and reuenge One poison driuen out by another and yet the griefe not cured The fruites of ciuill discord A quiet state the meane while True is an olde saying seldome comes the better Reuenge ioyned with ire * Prescribed by Sylla * Giuing many ouerthrowes to the Romans during the ciuill warres * Liued often most sumptuouslie c. Not medling any more in matters of the commonwealth * Pompee * Nere vnto Constantinople or beyond which com passeth the one side of all Europe Vnconstācie of mind in miseries engendreth dispayre Romes ambition still continueth By this King was inuented the triacle now vsed called by his name Friends and his souldiers forsooke him by meanes of his son who vsurped the crowne The longer life the greater strife The weakest alwaies goes to the wall Ciuill strife a destroyer * Gathereth a crew discontented through idlenes and voluptuousnesse The reward of rebeliious persons disturbing the quiet estate of the common wealth * A people in Germanie * A Countrey in France very fruitefull Iulius Caesar his first charge in warrein Germanie Caesar fortunate in al his warres Caesar in England Letters written to Rome from England * Commanded by the Senate or councell * The noble mind of Pompee to distressed Princes Where reuenge taketh roote nothing but death can supplant it Hate will build on a small ground to be reuenged * Caesa●… * Or Marcellis a towne in in France lying betweene Spayne and Italy on the sea coast Partly through feare of further trouble * And Pharsalie where they fought Pompe but young yet a great conqueror There was counted to be in siluer 2200. talents after our account in money an infinite some Besides prisoners there were 314. pledges children of Kinges and great Princes of countries by him ouer come shewed in the triumph with the images pictures of those slaine in battaile to represent his victories The greatnes of mans minde atchieueth many enterprises thought vnpossible which proueth true that a man is but his minde Cato slew himselfe at Vtica a city in Afrique for that hee would not fall into Caesars hands * Iuba a King in Afrique his league with Rome In his owne person ere he attayned the soueraigntie of Emperor hee had made war in three parts of the world viz Asia Africa Europe and from them all returned victor No sooner full sea but ebbe beginneth Ambition cause of many miseries Honers seat full of dangers Whē dread is least then is danger greatest * A relation to the fourth staffe in the first Chapter of this booke * The Turkes Summer the ripener of al fruites Autum the gatherer ●…orier Winter the destroyer spender Spring the quickner againe of all But this spring the comfort of all Christians the haruest hath been long God graunt many good laborers there in that whē Autum commeth winter following be not sharpe Planting with care and yet not knowing who shall enioy that they haue toyled for * Iu. Caesar Inconstancie the change of many strange chances Discention cause of distruction Liking and lust cause of dishonor Sweet meat will haue sower sauce Delightes with carelesnes bringes wracke and wretchednes Christes birth the spring of our ioyes The praise of Augustus Constancie in virtue maketh old age long happie Christs death our comfortable haruest God grant vs grace to gather therby fruites that in winter we dye not but liue The Brytaines reuolt from Romes gouernement Gloucester so Claudius Cae●ar Virtue buildeth vice plucketh downe * Who was gouernor of a prouince in France for the Romanes wrote letters into Spayne The onely decaye of the Empire was ciuill discord Virtues praise neuer dyeth Whose increase is mightie now a dayes

of their Caprichios may mistake the sence the good vertuous and well disposed spirits will construe the best the other will shew their kinde what faults soeuer there be espied my intent is to surprise vertue and subingate vice Praying the almightie to send loue peace vnitie and concord among all faithfull Christian Princes and their subiects in Christ Iesu that as all that beare that name from him in outward shew so all may both inwardly and outwardly follow him simply in manner of life and doctrine for the benefite of themselues in the life to come Farewell Romes Monarchie CAP. 1. The building of Carthage and Rome the expelling of Romes Kinges and first choosing of Cousuls there the ouerthrow of 300. Romaines being all of one name and familie called Fabians OF Priams pompe his pallace or his towne Srong Troy the wals or how those warres began Which ten yeres held by Grecians last beat down Or whether side the praise or glorie wanne Is not here ment at all vpon to scanne Yet will my muse in meane style pen I imploy Of warres to write long after that from Troy Aeneas came into Italia soyle But leauing him and farther on to passe Excepting too what euer iarre or broyle Did after chance till Rome yfounded was By Romulus whose birth is counted base Thus much is sayd because Aeneas line Is brought by writ in Caesars seate to shine For when Augustus surnam'de Caesar sate Sole with the Scepter in th'imperiall throne Virgil to praise his high discent and state In his Aeneidos makes it to him knowne How Troian race the world then rul'de alone Old Priams stocke of Troy that famous king In him * most fresh ore all the earth did spring But memorie and fame of nations olde Swift time makes ende as was as of beginning Romes base commence in writing is enrolde To be at first a webbe of slender spinning And yet at last had all the world winning As floudes at first come slylie creeping in So at full sea to ebbe do straight begin So worketh time of euery thing the change O Rome whose wings sometime the earth orespread Thy glories gone thy fame still lasting strange Thy captaines that did raise thy state are dead Both Pompee and Caesars aspiring head With many moe their monarchies and all Whom Time hath rais'de and likewise made to fall But what so fates and destinie allottes Fortune will not gainsay or backe withholde What subiect is vnto her staines and spottes Nought can auaile no mines or mounts of golde And what againe in fauour she doth holde Shall mount and weare both diademe and crowne And vnlook'te for as fast come tumbling downe Proofe of thse things by Carthage first of twaine Whose plotted seate queene Dido did beginne By graunt obtain'de and so much ground did gaine To build vpon in reach of a bulles skinne Which she cut small in pieces long and thinne In lengthes stretcht out it farre orespead the field In circuite there the walles she gan to build With houses braue high towers temples fayre The stately Forte which Birsa had to name Whose toppes high mounted seem'de to touch the ayre For strength and wealth the world it had for fame Yet for all that the Romaines it orecame The citie sackt and raz'de the walles to ground Whose match ech way on earth was thē scarse found Of Rome the walles and buildings first of all Olde writtes record that Romulus began To found the same whose meane estate some call Him shepheard borne or else a bare heardsman Nurst by a wolfe but he such glory wan As fates decree the chance of euery thing His power grew so as lastly made him king And after him if histories say true Two hundreth yeares adde fortie foure withall Sixe kings more raign'de ech one in order due The last of which his pride did cause to fall And name of king did euer after thrall To rule or rainge that famous citie in Who called was that time the proud Tarquin Their Kings expel'd two Consuls next bare sway Whose office was t'endure for a yeare Iunius Brutus to the state a stay Chiefe cause the Tarquins Romes kings chased were His owne two sonnes no whit he did forbeare For to be head with others seeking meane Their Tarquins kings for to restore againe A noble deed of iustice right and zeale O happie place where rulers vpright stand A worthy member of a publique weale A president for euery state and land Vice to correct with rod of iustice hand Thus Consuls two in place of kings did guide The state of Rome which after stretched wide During which time discordes did often rise At home and forth Toscane the countrie hight That then made warre but Rome did them despise Three hundreth Romaines went with them to fight All of one name cal'd Fabians put to flight Their armie and they all slaine left no more Of that name but a child who did restore Their house againe which chaunce to Rome did fall Thirtie three yeares after their kings decay And after that three hundreth yeares in all Of Romes building things at vncertaine stay By reason brawles did often them affray From them Ambassage to the Grecians went Who lawes to Rome in brassie tables sent CAP. 2. The third and fourth alteration of officers in Rome where after many changes the Consuls were of continuance vntill Iulius Caesar IN meane estate was Rome at that same time Wanting both wittes and men of wisedomes lore To make them lawes but things that be in prime Come to be ripe though it be long before In Greece that time were wisemen plenteous store That in all kind of Artes profound did florish Romes weake estate with wisedome they did norish Those lawes brought home the publike state weale Rechanged was from Consuls two as then To Decemuirs supremely that did deale With euery cause asmuch to say Tenne men But this new change was altered soone agen Appius Claude one of that number tho Committing rape that gouernment did orethrow A magistrate to doe an act so vile The people would no longer them permit Consuls againe were chose who but a while Did last but yet againe began to flit Their officers for so it was thought fit Two Tribunes then were chose whose power and might Was Consul like the peoples wrong to right This time also 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 three hundreth yeare And fifteene since 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ●●rst was founded An office was which onely one did beare Which seemes to be on great authoritie grounded Dictator calde who caus'de to death be wounded Spurius Melius who sought to be Romes roye His house and name for euer to destroye Two yeares next after gouernment againe To warlike Tribunes came seruing in warre Abroade at home as fortune list to raigne To stint all striues of mutinie and iarre And to keepe off the enemie a farre Which did endure about some seuentie In all which

his whole Empiere Partage of which great warres and discord bred Betweene all those to that succession led With cruell fightes each other long did thrall As last the Romaines came t'enioy them all Thus Romes triumphing glorie high did growe Her power was great by sea and eke by land With sack and spoyles of cities they did flowe Nations not any might Romaines force withstand Kings and countries fat off did at their hand Desire ayde amongst all which did come Ambassadors from Egypt vnto Rome Praying to guarde young Ptolomé their King Now vext with warres and like to haue the chafe With power which Antiochus did bring From Kingly seate and crowne him to displace The Senate gaue consent to right his case Sending vnto Antiochus to cease His warre and suffer Ptolomé liue in peace Which he obeyde but yet to haue a fleece Of Romaines spoyle and to reuenge late spight Did leade along his armie into Greece Procurde by meanes of Hannibal in flight From Carthage force by Scipio put to flight As is rehearst before from whence he fled Antiochus too with succour to be sped But into Greece the Romanes Armie brought Encountred him with whom `was Hannibal Orethrew thē both brought their powers to naught Here Carthage captaine had a second fall Antiochus eke receiued a farther thrall By sea also Rome got the vpper hand Expeld him thence into Assiria land Lucius Scipio was chiefe this warre that led Brother vnto Scipio calde African And for because so happilie he sped The surname of Asiatique he wan But speake againe of Scipio African Lieutenant to his brother in this war At his returne to Rome there fell a iar The Tribunes of the people did molest Through enuie sure the glorie he had won By meanes whereof in quiet for to rest From Rome he went their mallice for to shun To Lyterne till their heate of rage was done But there as some doe say such was his chaunce This worthy man death wounded with his launce Whose losse full many did lament no doubt So braue a man to dye at such an age For fiftie yeares he was not all full out Thus doe we see the valiant bold and sage When time brings death cannot withstand his rage Rome happie thou to breede so braue a wight Vnhappie folke his virtue so to quight Hereby is seene the fruites of enuie still Who ne're workes good but euill euermore Virtue she seekes for to destroy and kill Things that are whole she hurtes and maketh sore Those that are good the enuious doe abhore Which thing hath been and euer more will be Bright virtue blamde by foule iniquitie Where state and welth increaseth day by day By valour of the vertuous and the stout Enuie there rootes and takes such hold and stay In secret wise brauing among the rout And with pretence each cause is good no doubt Infecting sore such places that so florish Vnder the cloake of virtue vice doth nourish With pollicie and practise slie they frame Their brasen face and adders tongues to bite They glose and faine and flatter without shame With forged lies they faith and truth doe spite And where as once their venym vile doth light They doe not cease to puffe with poysoned breath Like Cockatrice to bring them to their death Alas the while so Rome did Scipio lose During which time Aetolia people were Taken to be the Romanes vtter foes But Fuluius whose noblenesse was cleare Subdued and brought them vnder Romanes feare Thus still their fame did euery day increase Held warres abroad at home the liu'd in peace Antiochus who late rehearst before To whom for ayde stout Hannibal did flie Enforst to keepe his countrey and no more His fortune with the Romanes force to trie His kingly life away from him did hye Vnto the King then of Bythynia Hannibal went for ayde on him to stay Which thing when as the Romanes vnderstoode To Prusias sent Bythinia King so hight To render him it should be for his good If not t'were meanes to worke him great dispight The Romanes would redresse the wrong with might Thus Hannibal was nere his ending dayes Whose noble acts won euerlasting praise And fame beside for euer during still But foule dispayre did much appayre the same In ougly shape who now came him vntill Monster most vile whose actes aye end with shame With in his minde such deepe conceites did frame As they alone together musing sate Of glorie past and now his wretched state Hope banisht was dispayre did bring in feare And he fear'd most to fall in Romanes hands When him before most ougly shapes appeare Hell seemed loose and round about him stands Griefe sorrow care thought miserie with bandes Ruine decaye woe wrack and endles strife Slaunder disfame and shame to rid his life Enuie reuenge hate discord and disdayne Mallice and scorne pride would not be behinde The pride of Rome so pincht his heart with paine Because reuenge did not fall to his minde And now dispayre againe his eyes did blinde When as these furies had his spirites possest More greater yet t'augment his great vnrest Shewed him his armies and his victories His glorious pompes his triumphes wealth and all Carthage great losse how Rome did him dispise The wracke eke of his brother Asdrubal After all this his owne mishaps and fall From so great height and lastly now to light Into their hands whom he did alwaies spight Midnight was come and euery thing at rest When sightes yet strange more monstrous did appeare As t'is with all by foule dispayre possest Tost and turmoyld with horror dread and feare And long before the day gan for to cleare In vision saw great battailes thousands slaine Huge heapes of dead whose blood the earth did staine Before him seem'd t'appeare great flames of fire Where in dispayre bad him goe end his life Murder fast by inflamde with rage and ire To kill him readie with a bloodie knife Waters to drowne himselfe and rid all strife The Romaines hands t'escape there is no hope Hang thy selfe quoth dispayre here is a rope Beholde this chamber wherein thou doest lye A thousand wayes there is to end thy woe See there a tower stately standing hye Thy selfe from top thereof thou soone mayst throw Here stab thy selfe thy valour greate to show Or cut thy throate or braynes do knocke from head No ioyes in lyfe in best case when th'art dead Dispayre at length the victory did gayne And Hanniball did geeue consent to dye Distressed he past hope did thinke life vaine With shame to liue that late in honours hye Did sit and now to dwell in miserie With them who were his cruell deadly foes He prayed dispayre some way else to dispose His wretched life those former meanes rehearst He liked not when sighing breath'd for ayre Both head and heart of Hannibal quick pearst Then what saiest thou vnto a potion fayre A bolle of wine carrouse

Romanes force the citie should o'rethro But like as time of euery thing makes end So now of Carthage fast came on the fine Besiegde with out with in themselues they bend To iarre alas of vtter ruine a signe Strength fayld and with dispayre they gan to pine Yet long and oft they did the Romanes grieue Whom Scipio by his valor did relieue Succour by land and sea from them he tooke Brake downe the walles entred the citie in When terror loe the Carthaginians shooke Like people mad to runne the doe begin In desperate case to loose all or all win Killing and kild at length the Romanes gaine The maistrie and the citie to obtaine Which to beholde what heart but would lament To see how Carthage stoode in wofull case Her stately fort cal'd Birsa torne and rent And houses sackt before the owners face Huge flames of fire rising in many a place A woefull thing for to beholde with eye Smoake dim the ayre and flames to reach the skie Great was the slaughter made by Romaines all In euery streete ran murder blood and fire The sillie babes from mothers breastes doe fall Husbands and wiues a sunder doe retyre Brothers and friendes and sisters pay the hyre Of death alas a griefe it was to see The cities ruine and their great miserie Some with the sword some midst the flame to burne A spectacle most horrible to rue Both magistrates and people dying mourne Of former welfare their ilfare last to view Scipio himselfe shed teares with griefe that grew To see the ruine of that citie olde Late rich and fayre welnie laid flat on molde Continued had seuen hundreth yeares and more Flourisht most braue with plentie of each thing And had commaund ore kingdomes cities store Rul'de eke by sea as chiefe imperiall King With store of ships that riches home did bring All in short space consumde and ruinde quight Subiect vnto blinde fortunes cruell spight Which well may shew the state of kingdomes all Though nere so rich so populous and stout But fortune can and hath made them to fall And welnie razde both names and places out Recount we will some chiefe among the rout What is become of Troyes pompe and pride Of Priam King and all his power beside Assiria that Monarchie so great The Persian Mede and Macedonian King In battaile that Darius stout did beate And all the world did subiect to him bring Carthage may here draw with them in one string Thus worketh time change and chance of each thing Base high to raise more faster downe to bring Thus Carthag loe came to her finall ende Razde to the ground to Rome rich spoyles were brought That were of choyse and Scipio eke did send Scicilians too braue statutes finely wrought And ornaments the Carthaginians cought Long since from them which antique were and olde Which they by force from them also did holde In Rome was ioy for this great victorie With high and low Scipio did triumph gayne His prayses were extended to the skie With peoples voyce and sound of trumpes amayne For surname also was giuen him Africane Because an end he made of so great warre Whereby Romes gloriy stretcht exceeding farre 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 WHen 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 chiefe Who them o'rethrew vnto their paine and griefe Their countrey subiect 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 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 fame And with his force the Romanes oft did tame But he by treason slaine and not by fight Which caus'd that countrey fall to Romanes right Not far from thence in Spayne a towne 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 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 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 CAP. 9. The second warres in Asia the death of Scipio African warres with Iugurth King of Numidia and warres in Germanie France and other places SOone after this in Asia warre was mou'd On the behalfe of Attalus the King Who by his will had giuen to be prou'de His kingdome crowne and euery royall thing The Romanes too but one a plea did bring Against the case namde Aristonicus But Rome replyed and brought an action thus With armed men to trie the matter out Aristonious orecome and brought to yeld Perpenna Consul with his Romane rout Captiued him in battaile on the field Which yeare following to death too soone did yeeld Scipio as he within his house tooke rest Strangled t'was thought by some whom he lou'd best Not much aboue fiftie sixe yeares of age Loe valiant wightes foule fortunes cruell spight Rome was perplext with dolor griefe and rage And as some write in skies appear'd a sight It's said the sonne kept not his course aright How ere it was the losse was great to Rome So time brings too all earthly things their doome In France ensuing after this also The Consull Fabius gain'd a battell great And Gracchus Tribune of the people tho A man most rare on matters graue to treate By Enuies rage some did him cruell threate For slaine he was about diuiding lands The wise we see cannot shun malice hands And now began the warres of Iugurth stout Which Salust doth at large most plainly show Where may be seene great matters brought about And of the rest before past on a row In other workes who will them reade may know Why this small worke was writ one cause was chief Romes rising

to eternitie CAP. 14. The fortunate and prosperous raigne of Octauius Augustus Caesar in whose time our Sauiour Christ was borne WHen Summers heat with parching flames had burnd The earths fresh coate deckt sweet by Flora queene Whose colours gaye to russet browne was turnd Through drought fire hot each pleasant field was seene Bare backt deep scortcht with chawnes in steede of green Ceres vncrownde her garland withered ripe Pan haruest home to Swaines had playd with pipe Fruites falling fast Autum the same did hye Cleare dayes began to be o'recast with cloudes Turning to mists and raine descends the skye Birds couerts seeke and beasts together crowdes Close from the cold in house by fire shrowdes The rustique sort and greater swaynes beside Content perforce the winters wrath to bide Whilst chilling colde with many a bitter blast Disroabes the trees and bating quight the ground When Saturne with his cruell lookes doth cast A mantle thicke the colour seene and found White euery where but skies blacke low all round This globe vpon and when's depending seene Trees leau'd with yce in liew of Sommers greene When whistling windes do sheere the tender skinne And razor like piercing doth make a raze On seelie creatures barely clad and thinne Nye staru'de with cold looking with rueful grace Doe wish the spring to hasten on a pace Which doth ensue when Phoebe warme beames doth show His force from high to dying things below Then from his hole the seelie flye doth creepe For ioy to feele the warmth approaching nye Each creature else whom winters wrath made weepe Reioyce cloudes past beholding cleere the skye Beastes caues fruites earth fowles naked bushes flie Mounting towards ayre and all doe seeme to sing The sweetest time of all is in the spring Which season chaunst when Caesars burning sunne And haruest toyle began to end and drew Both Autumne and his winter course in one Dispoyling him of all his prime gaynd hue Octauius spring began the world anew So fresh a spring as neuer was before Vpon the earth nor euer shall be more Caesar thus slaine his glory laied downe low His force that late did through the world flie Ambitious mindes doth point and as t'were show Their vading ioy when they haue toucht the skie Great is their fall that seeke to climbe on hie Restlesse their mindes besides their bodies toyle Consuming time themselues with cares do spoyle Octauius who was Caesars sisters sonne The birth of whom recounted is before Such loue belike had of the souldiers wonne Of Legions he did gather a great store Reuengement of his vncles death he bore Secret in mind but seemde as though that he Tooke armes to fight against Mare Antonie In fauour of the publique state and weale But ere t'was long th'empire did diuide With him and Lepidus they three to deale In causes all before them to be tried Triumuirates so cald for to decide Matters of warre of peace contention strife What euer els concerned goods or life Marc Antonie at this time bare such sway As by his power he gaue commandement Marcus Tullius Cicero for to slay Who late in warres with power against him went This same was he that was so eloquent But now behold how enuy sowed seede Quarrels betweene the Triumuirates to breede For Lepidus deposde his office fro Vpon suspition of some trecherie Esteem'd Octauius for his mortall foe Reuengde to be drew to him Antonie To Egypt-ward they both in hast did flie Where Antonie tooke after vnto wife Cleopatra which bred foule hate and strife Cupid blind god the Romanes heart did wound At sight of this Egyptian stately dame Agreeing both conuenient time was found To quench desires heate and burning flame Strange may it seeme to some the noble fame These two liu'd in with honour wealth at will All pleasures sought their minds for to fulfill Fine sumptuous feastes delights with triumpes braue What daintie thing was thought on was not had Gold pearle stone attyre that hart could craue Nothing did want that might their minds make glad Sportes were deuisde t'expell all causes sad This life they led but Antonie to blame For one part plaid which wrought his end with shame Octauius sister he had espousde before Casting her off th'egyptian tooke to wife Which now at last grew to a canker sore A cause that moued Caesar vnto strife When Antonie amidst this pleasant life With his rich queene of Egypt wearing crowne Dread set apart fortune began to frowne Caesar his armie into Egypt lead Egyptians force the Romanes made to flie Hast and away who fast did runne best sped Cleopatra and her braue Antonie Their high estate brought downe by destinie Force and hope faylde their welfare to regaine Excesse was turn'd to penurie and paine Recalling both their former liues to count Now feeling want reliefe to them was strange No hope againe vnto their state to mount Despaire throughout their sences all did range Working vile meanes their wretched liues to change With griefe of which so nipped both their hartes As loathing life the same to death impartes The Empire sole Octauius then did sway Antonie dead peace through the world was Fortie foure yeares he raigned day by day And in the twentith nine it came to passe That Iesu Christ our onely Messias Was borne for vs of a pure virgine Our soules from hell for to redeeme and winne The Monarch now long resting without warre Nation not any durst once striue gainst Romes state By sea or land neere hand or yet a farre The first that did were Germanes full of hate People that time louing strife and debate But subiects Caesar brought them vnder yoke So fortunate he was and bare such stroke Some say that oft reuoluing in his minde The burden great of gouernment he bare Determind once the same to haue assignde To others to discharge him of that care But priuate being knew not how t'would fare To leade that life might be vnto him strange Doubting besides of Romes estate the change Of noble minde with vertues fully fraught Peace to obserue both liberall bountie free To learned men who vertue sought and taught For in his time most higest in degree And perfect fine it's written for to bee The Latin tongue but now corrupt vnpure To that was then which we haue now in vre When as the terme of fortie foure yeares Expired was Caesar at vtmost date Of life did leaue as by record appeares In quiet peace his high Imperiall state A thing no doubt ordainde before by fate So for to be for good of all mankinde As learned clarkes in holy writ doe finde CAP. 15. The raigne of Tyberius next Emperour OCtauius dead whose name Augustus was Next did succeed Tyberius to the state His sonne adopt and kinsman in like case It's sayd the Senate humbly did him treate Vnwilling for to rule his braines to beate To take the state on him at