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wherefore_o at_o their_o earnest_a request_n hannibal_n come_v from_o arpi_n and_o have_v comfort_v his_o friend_n on_o a_o sudden_a he_o fall_v upon_o puteoli_n a_o sea-town_n of_o campania_n about_o which_o he_o spend_v three_o day_n in_o vain_a there_o be_v six_o thousand_o in_o garrison_n wherefore_o he_o leave_v it_o and_o march_v to_o terentum_n werein_o he_o have_v great_a intelligence_n in_o the_o mean_a time_n hanno_n make_v a_o journey_n against_o beneventum_n where_o t._n gracchus_n meet_v he_o battle_n hanno_n have_v with_o he_o about_o seventeen_o thousand_o foot_n brutian_o and_o lucan_n beside_o twelve_o hundred_o horse_n most_o of_o they_o numidian_n and_o moor_n four_o hour_n he_o hold_v the_o roman_n work_n ere_o it_o can_v be_v perceive_v to_o which_o side_n victory_n will_v incline_v but_o gracchus_n his_o soldier_n which_o be_v most_o of_o they_o slave_n have_v receive_v from_o he_o a_o peremptory_a denunciation_n that_o this_o day_n or_o never_o they_o must_v purchase_v their_o liberty_n by_o bring_v every_o man_n a_o enemy_n head_n the_o sweet_a reward_n of_o liberty_n be_v so_o desirable_a that_o they_o fear_v no_o danger_n in_o earn_v it_o though_o the_o cut_n off_o their_o enemy_n head_n trouble_v they_o exceed_o which_o gracchus_n perceive_v proclaim_v that_o they_o shall_v cast_v away_o the_o head_n assure_v they_o that_o they_o shall_v have_v their_o liberty_n present_o after_o the_o battle_n if_o they_o win_v they_o day_n this_o make_v they_o run_v headlong_o upon_o the_o enemy_n who_o their_o disparate_a fury_n have_v soon_o overthrow_v if_o the_o roman_a horse_n can_v have_v make_v their_o party_n good_a against_o the_o numidian_n but_o though_o hanno_n do_v what_o he_o can_v and_o press_v so_o hard_o upon_o the_o roman_a battle_n that_o four_o thousand_o of_o the_o slave_n retire_v to_o a_o ground_n of_o strength_n yet_o be_v he_o glad_a at_o length_n to_o save_v himself_o by_o flight_n with_o two_o thousand_o horse_n all_o the_o 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wife_n and_o child_n and_o this_o be_v according_o do_v by_o all_o with_o much_o chieerfulness_n then_o go_v forth_o marcellus_n against_o hannibal_n who_o army_n be_v now_o great_o diminish_v by_o long_a and_o hard_a service_n his_o credit_n also_o among_o his_o italian_a friend_n be_v much_o weaken_v by_o the_o loss_n of_o capua_n this_o put_v he_o upon_o pillage_n those_o town_n which_o he_o can_v not_o keep_v think_v that_o the_o best_a way_n both_o to_o enrich_v himself_o and_o to_o presâ—â—â—_n it_o from_o his_o enemy_n but_o this_o far_a alienate_v they_o from_o he_o marcellus_n whereupon_o salapia_n yield_v to_o marcellus_n and_o betray_v to_o he_o a_o gallant_a regiment_n of_o numidian_n the_o very_o best_a that_o hannibal_n have_v after_o this_o the_o consul_n take_v two_o city_n of_o the_o samnite_n wherein_o he_o slay_v above_o three_o thousand_o of_o hannibal_n man_n which_o hannibal_n can_v not_o prevent_v the_o roman_n be_v grow_v strong_a in_o the_o field_n than_o he_o 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place_n desire_v ever_o 〈◊〉_d come_v to_o battle_n but_o upon_o unequal_a term_n hannibal_n only_o entertain_v he_o with_o skirmish_n mean_v to_o keep_v his_o army_n entire_a till_o asdrubal_n come_v to_o he_o but_o marcellus_n be_v so_o importunate_a that_o he_o can_v not_o be_v rid_v of_o he_o wherefore_o hannibal_n bid_v his_o man_n to_o beat_v sound_o this_o hotspur_n roman_n captain_n of_o who_o he_o can_v not_o be_v rid_v till_o he_o have_v let_v he_o blood_n then_o follow_v a_o battle_n wherein_o hannibal_n have_v the_o victory_n battle_n take_v six_o ensign_n and_o slay_v about_o three_o thousand_o of_o the_o roman_n beat_v marcellus_n rate_v his_o man_n exceed_o and_o call_v they_o coward_n which_o do_v so_o shame_v they_o that_o they_o ask_v pardon_v and_o desire_v he_o to_o lead_v they_o forth_o again_o against_o the_o enemy_n hannibal_n be_v angry_a to_o see_v that_o nothing_o will_v make_v they_o quiet_a and_o so_o they_o fight_v again_o and_o though_o the_o roman_n have_v the_o better_a of_o it_o fight_v very_o desparate_o yet_o they_o lose_v so_o many_o man_n that_o they_o have_v little_a cause_n to_o boast_v of_o the_o victory_n only_o this_o advantage_n they_o have_v that_o hereby_o fabius_n get_v time_n to_o prosecute_v his_o siege_n at_o tarentum_n without_o disturbance_n fulvius_n the_o other_o consul_n this_o while_n take_v in_o diverse_a town_n of_o the_o hirpines_n luâ—uls_n and_o volscentes_fw-la that_o willing_o render_v themselves_o and_o betray_v hannibal_n garrison_n to_o he_o fabius_n by_o the_o treason_n of_o a_o brusian_a captain_n in_o tarentum_n have_v the_o town_n deliver_v into_o his_o hand_n and_o yet_o when_o he_o be_v enter_v he_o put_v all_o to_o the_o sword_n brutian_n as_o well_o as_o other_o take_v whereby_o his_o credit_n be_v much_o impair_v all_o the_o riches_n of_o the_o town_n he_o seek_v out_o which_o be_v very_o great_a and_o send_v it_o to_o the_o treasury_n at_o rome_n where_o there_o be_v much_o need_n of_o it_o 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