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A01283	The strategemes, sleyghtes, and policies of warre, gathered togyther, by S. Iulius Frontinus, and translated into Englyshe, by Rycharde Morysine; Strategematica. English	Frontinus, Sextus Julius.; Morison, Richard, Sir, d. 1556.	1539 (1539)	STC 11402; ESTC S102662	73,047	226

that he had many men but good and experte men in knyghthode he had none ¶ Of continency and sober abstinence Cap. iii. IT is written that Marcus Cato was contented with the same wine that his maryners vsed Whan Cyneus the ambassadour of the Epirotiens broughte vnto Fabricius a greate somme of golde for a presente he wolde none of it sayenge that he wolde rather rule theym that hadde golde than haue it ¶ Attilius Regulus beinge a man in most high authorite was so pore that he founde hym selfe his wyfe and his childerne with a lyttelle plotte of grounde tylled by one baylye of housbandrye of whose deathe whan worde was brought hym he wrote vnto the Senate to prouyde an other to occupie his roume for seynge his seruant was deade he muste nedes applye his husbandrie hym selfe ¶ After Cn. Scipio had accomplysshed his worthy enterprises and noble feates in Spaine he deceassed in great pouertie and left not behynde hym soo moche money as shulde suffyse for the dowery of his doughters to whome for verye nede the senate was fayn to gyue dowerye of the common treasure Lykewyse dydde the nobles of Athens vnto the chylderne of Aristides whiche after he had ben in moste high rome and authoritie departed in great pouertie ¶ Epaminundas capitayn of the Thebans vsed so gret abstinency that in his houshold stuffe was there no more foūde but one brasyn caudron and one spitte to roste his meate on ¶ Annibal which vsed to ryse very yerly afore day neuer rested vntyl the nyght came agayne at length in the twye light he rested hym self at supper neither with hym were there any more beddes layde to meate than two The same Anniball beinge in warfare vnder the graunde capitayne Asoruball ofte tymes slept vpon the bare grounde and hadde noo more but his cloke to couer hym It is lefte in remembraunce also that Emilius Scipio was wonte to eate his breadde as he walked in his iourneye with his frendes The same thynge is also tolde of Alexander Macedo We rede also that Masinissa being nowe lxxxi yeres of age was wonte at noone eyther standynge before his pauilion or elles walkynge vppe and downe to eate his meate Whan Caius Curius had vanquished the Sabiens and the mesure of ground and landes that valyaunt men of warre are wonte to receyue was granted hym by decree of the Senate howse after a more ample maner he helde hym selfe cōtent with the porcion that was customablye gyuen affirmynge that he was an euyll citizen whiche was not contente to lyue as other dyd ¶ Also the continencie of the hoole Romayne armye hath ben oft very notable as the hoste that was led by M. Scaurus For Scaurus hath left in memory that the apple tree whiche was enclosed at the foote of his campe was lefte the morowe after whan the hoste remoued standing without touchyng of the frute ¶ After that L. Mummius had taken Corinthe and had not onely adorned Italy but also al the prouynce with ryche tables and costly ymages he of so great spoyles toke so lyttelle to his owne vse that the Senate was faine for very nede to gyue dowerye vnto his doughter of the common treasure ☞ Of Justyce Cap. iiii VUhan Camillus had besyeged the Phalisciens the scoole maister vnder pretence to walke abrode broughte the Phalisciens chylderne withoute the walles and delyuered theym vnto hym and sayde The citie muste nedes graunt nowe all his requeste to obteyne ageyne these their so deere hostages Camillus not onely abhorryng this falsehode but alsoo byndynge his handes behynde his backe delyuered hym to the chylderne with roddes to dryue hym hoome before them vnto their fathers By the whiche benefitte he gotte the vyctory the whiche his wylle and desyre was nat to obteyne by fraude For the Phalisciens for this Iustyce wyllyngly yelded them selfes ¶ Kynge Pirrhus physition came vnto Fabricius capitayne of the Romaynes and promised to poyson Pirrhus so that he wolde gyue hym a rewarde worthy of so great an enterprise Fabricius thynkynge he had noo nede to pourchace his vyctorie so wyckedly detected the phisytion to the kynge The whiche faythfulnesse as of duetie compelled Pyrrhus to seke the Romaynes frendshyp ¶ Of Constancie Cap. v. VUhan Cn. Pōpeius souldiors thret ned to spoyle the moneye that was caryed in the triūph Seruilius Glaucia exhortynge hym to deuide it leeste it wolde cause sedition he affirmed that he wolde no triumphe at all but rather dye than bowe and obeye to the lewde lybertie of his souldiours And whan he had ernestly reprehended them he caste forth his lauriate bundelles borne in sygne of vyctorie byddynge them fyrste to spoyle those and by that odiouse proffer he pacyfyed theym In a tyme of sedition amonges the citizens that rose in harneys whanne the souldiours were in their moste pride and fiercenes Caius Cesar feared not to put the holle legyon out of wages beheaddynge the captaynes of the sedition Afterwarde those whiche he had put out of wages besechynge hym not to put them to that reproche and infamy he restored and had most valiant warryors of them Whan Posthumius had encoraged his souldiors to warre they ageyn demanded of hym what his wylle was he bad them folowe hym catchyng and aduansynge the standerde he fyrste of all inuaded his ennemies the souldiours folowed after hym obteyned the victory Whan L. Marcellus was comen vnwares into the handes of the Gaulles he tourned his horse rounde aboute to loke on whiche syde he myght gette out whan he sawe hym selfe sore inuironned on euery side he callid y e goddis to helpe and strake into the myddes of his ennemies and as they stode bashefully meruaylynge at his boldenesse he escaped and slewe their capitayn also and where was scant hope of lyfe thens he brought spoyles of great rychesse Whan Paulus had loste his hooste at Cannas and Lentulus in so great danger offred hym a horse to flee he answered that he wolde not lyue after so great a losse and slaughter not withstādyng it chanced not through his defaut so sat styll on the same stone wherto he leaned being sore wounded vntyll that he was oppressed thrust through of his enmis Uarro his felow in offyce with greater constācie remayned alyue after the same distruction to whom the Senate with y t hole voice of the peple gaue thākes y t he dispaired not of the common welth the resydue of his lyfe tyme welle approued that he preserued hym selfe not for desire of lyfe but for loue of the cōmon welthe For he lette both his beard and his heare growe and neuer after eate his meate syttynge at the table and whan the people profred to gyue hym any honour and dignitie he refused it sayenge That it behoued the cōmon welthe to haue more prosperous rulers Sempro. Tuditanus and C. Octauius chiefe capitaynes in warre whan all was loste at Cannas and they but a very fewe togyther being also enclosed on euery

to no man his mynd he answered nothing to the messanger sente frome his sonne but walking by chaunce in his gardein with a lyttell rodde strake of the heades of the hyest poppies the messāger retornynge ayen without any aunswere told the younge man Tarquinius what he hadde sene his father do and he vnderstode that the chiefe of the citie were so to be serued ¶ Cesar mistrustinge the Egiptians made as thoughe he hadde bene sure of them passynge the tyme there in beholdynge the pleasures the workes and occupations of theyr Cytie Alexandria gyuynge hym selfe to bankettynge and feastynge as one taken and enamoured with theyr commodities and pleasures fallynge from his olde wonte vnto the maners and lyfe of the Alexandrians and in the meane tyme he prepared and conueyed in to the citie a garrizon wherwith he held and kept the contray Uentidius in the warre of the Parthenians perceyuinge that one Pharncus a Cirreslen borne which were associate with the Romaynes dydde vtter vnto the Parthenians all that was doone in the hoste by policye conuerted the falsehode of the barbarouse straunger vnto his owne greatte profyte for he fayned hym selfe to stande in dreade leste those thynges shulde happen whiche he most coueted and wyshed for those thynges to chaunce whiche he feared most of all Therfore he being pensiue and not a littel afrayde leste the Parthenians shuld come vpon him and passe ouer Euphra tes before that his legyons coulde repayre vnto hym which were in Cappadocia beyonde Taurus he wente ernestlye in hande with the traytour that he shulde by some solemne and accustomed poynte of falshode entise the Parthenians to passe ouer theyr host by Zeugma for as moche as it semed to be the nerest wave saying that if they toke that way he wolde lyghtly delude and auoid their arowes by the oportunitie of the place helpe of the hilles for if they dyd arange forthe theyr army into the open champion grounde he shuld there stande in vtter dispaire The barbarouse host being by hym brought into this opinion lefte the hylles and led about theyr army the lower waye and whyles they were preparynge all thynges nedefull and leyinge bridges ouer the brode water whiche was a very laboriouse and paynfull worke they spente and loste aboue xl dayes In the whiche tyme Uentidius had gathered his strength together and stode in a redynesse iii. dayes before the Parthenians came and so ioyned with theym in battayle and sleinge the better parte of them wonne the felde Mithridates being enclosed by Pompeius sought meanes to flee the morow folowynge and to cloke this his purpose he sent forth his men a forraging euen vnto the valeys harde vnder his ennemies nosis And furthermore to put awaye all suspition he appoynted with many his ennemies to talke with them on the morowe and commanded many fyers to be made through all his army And the nyght folowynge at the sounde of the trumpette in the seconde tyme of watch he brought forthe his hole army euen by the tentes of his ennemies The emperour Domitian called also Germanicus sekynge all meanes how to represse the Germayns whiche kepte them selfes in their armour knewe very well that if the Germaynes shulde perceyue the commynge of so great a capitayne and emperour that they wold prepare theym selfes to warre with moche more endeuour and greter enforcement deceyued them by a pretense of his goinge into France And so sodenly brake in vpon that barbarous and fierce nation and vanquisshed them to the great sauegarde and welthe of the prouinces ¶ What tyme Asdrubal and Anniball his brother lay with theyr armies in son dry placis Claudius Nero chosing and setlyng his campe nye vnto Anniball forasmoche as the sayde Nero coueted to matche and breke the strength of Asdruball before his brother Annibals strength and his were ioyned togyther hauynge also lyttelle confydence in his owne power made haste to his felowe Liuius Salinator that was appoynted to warre ayenste Asoruball And to thende Anniball shoulde not perceyue nor suspecte his departynge whan he had picked out ten thousand of the most valyant men of his hoost he commanded the other that he lefte behynde to kepe watche and warde as they were wont to do kyndlynge as many fyres and settynge forthe the same face and bragge of the armye as before whanne they laye all togyther lest Anniball suspectynge somewhat theyr smal number shulde set upon them And so he departed priuily and came to his felowe and ioyned theyr armyes in one sufferynge in no wyse the campe to be enlarged lest Asdruball perceyuynge some token of his commynge shoulde haue refused to fyght so with bothe theyr powers togither they set vpon hym and ouercame hym and than he agayne with all spede possible returned vnto Anniball Thus by one policie he begyled the oone and oppressed the other two of the moste experte and skylfull capitaynes of Carthage ¶ Themistocles capitaine of Athenes exhortynge the cytezens to repayre spedily their walles whiche they had caste downe by the commaundemente of the Lacedemoniens made aunswere vnto the ambassadours sente from Lacedemon to interrupte that their pourpose that he hym selfe wolde come and putte awaye their suspition And thyther he came where faynynge hym selfe sycke he droue forthe a certayne space and whan he perceyued that his cautell and crafte was suspected he ernestly contended that the rumour was false whiche they had herde requiryng them to sende some of the noble men to Athens which myght credibly informe them of the fortification of the Citie and priuily conueyed letters to his frendes wyllynge them to retayn these ambassadours vntyll they had fully fynyshed theyr work and thanne after to sende worde vnto the Lacedemonians that the citie was well strengthned and defensed and that theyr ambassadours and noble menne myght in no wyse retourne agayne before that they hadde sent Themistocles home the whyche requeste the Lacedemoniens were fayne to fulfylle leste the losse of one man shoulde haue bene the deathe of many Metellus Pius in Spayne beinge demaunded what he was mynded to do the day folowynge aunswered on this wyse If this cote on my backe knewe and coulde vtter it I wolde bourne it Whan a certayne man axed Licinius Crassus what tyme he wolde remoue his armye he aunswered Arte thou afraid thou shalte not knowe that by the trompette ¶ To serche out the secretes of ennemies Capit. ii SCIPIO Aphricanus takyng his occasion and time conuenient sente Lelius in ambassage to kynge Syphax and with hym certain of his chiefe capitaynes and centurions in slaues apparell whose charge was to viewe and marke of what strength the kynges army was They goinge about this of purpose let go an horse and run nynge vppe and downe after hym sawe the place where the greattest parte of al the kynges prouision lay whiche whan they had shewed Scipio the warre by fyer was ended ¶ Whan the Carthaginenses perceyued that Alexanders ryches and power was so greate that he gaped