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A11204	A view of valyaunce Describing the famous feates, and martiall exploites of two most mightie nations, the Romains and the Carthaginians, for the conquest and possession of Spayne. Translated out of an auncient recorde of antiquitie, written by Rutilius Rufus, a Romaine Gentleman, and a Capitaine of charge vnder Scipio, in the same warres. Very delightfull to reade, and neuer before this time publyshed.	Newton, Thomas, 1542?-1607.	1580 (1580)	STC 21469; ESTC S103186	35,382	100

from Rome Viriatus inuaded the rich countrey of Carpentania and without all feare spoyled at his pleasure Caius Plantius came from Rome with x. M. mē a M.iii. C. horse Thā Viriatus pretended to fly after whom he sent iiii M. men which were almost all destroyed and slaine He passed the riuer Tagus and camped in an hill ful of Oliues although it wer called Venus Mount There Plantius came vpon him and made hast to recouer his dishonour and after a sore fight he was discomfited and compelled shamefully to flye with great losse of his men the rest of the Sommer he kept within townes and durst not come foorth Viriatus went abroade the countryes requiring paiment for the sauing of their Corne. When these newes were known at Rome they sent Q. Fabius Maximus Emilianus sonne of that Emilius that ouercame Perseus king of Macedonie They gaue him authoritie to take what men he would he to giue respite to the olde souldiours tooke vp young men of the first beard hauing no practise in warre and came to Orsone a Citie of Spain w t xv M. men ii M. horse but he durst not enterprise to take any battaile in hand till he had trayned his men in feates of armes and bene at Gades to Sacrifice to Hercules Viriatus met with a company of his men that went a forraging killed the most part whom being againe set in arraye and order by their Leader the same Viriatus discomfited the second time and tooke a great praye from them When Maximus was come he durste not fight in open field but kept his men in exercises and gaue them leaue to skirmish to proue their hearts and to espie the aduauntage of his enimies doings When he went for vittayle he warded the Dimilances with men of armes that scoured the countrey as he had séene his father Paulus doe in Macedonia After the Winter hée came forth to battaile and ouercame Viriatus and put him to flight and of two Cities that he kept he tooke the one burned the other droue him to an holde called Vecor then went to herborow at Corduba Now was Viriatus nothing so brag as he was wont to be but sought helpe induced the Arbaceanes Titthianes and Bellanes al warlyke people that had kept warre of themselues to take his part which was an occasion of great a doe Viriatus was in an other part of Spaine and fought with Quintus Pompeius that was an other Capitaine of the Romaines and had the losse and from thence fled to Aphrodisio Venus Hill and from thence came sodeinly vppon the Romaines and put them to flight and tooke some of their Standards and chased them into their Campe and then droue awaye the garrison and Warde from Vtica and sacked the countrey of the Basetanes Quintus sending vnto them no ayde for lacke of knowledge and courage but remayned in house till Sommer was ended The yeare after Fabius Maximus brother to Emilianus succéeded Quintus and had two Legions of the Romaines other of their friendes that ther was xviii M. men a. M.vi C. horse He wrote to Micypsa king of Numidia that in hast he should sende him succour of Elephants and with a part of his armie went toward Vtica and by the way Viriatus gaue him alarme with great shoutes and terrible behauiour but he repulsed him without losse When x. Elephants were come from Africa he camped in a large field and fought with Viriatus and put him backe but at one time when the Romaines chased with out order he tourned vpon them and killed thrée M. droue the rest within and followed so hard that he found few or none in the way towarde the Campe but they were fled into their Cabbins out of the which the Capitaines had much a doe to draw them and had it not bene for Fannius sonne in law to Laelius who shewed y t night great wisedome and manhoode the Romaines had bene vtterlye destroyed Viriatus ceased not neither by the darke of night nor by the heate of day to molest them with all deuice till Emilianus had mooued his campe to Vtica Viriatus being distressed for lacke of vittayle and hauing a small armie burned his Campe by night and went into Lusitania After whose departure Emilianus spoyled the countrey and fiue Cities that had succoured him and from thence hée went by Cunea and so into Lusitania against Viriatus By the way two Kingleaders of Romaine théeues did him much displeasure which were called Curius and Apuleius Curius was afterward slayne and Emilianus recouered his losse and tooke diuers Cities of the which some he spoyled and some hee pardoned and of x. M. prisoners he beheaded fiue hundred and killed the rest This done he passed ouer the Wynter and went to Rome hauing bene two yeare in Office His brother Maximus Emilianus tooke a Capitaine of théeues by yéelding and pardoned him and cut off the handes of the other He followed Viriatus and layd siege to Frisana into the which Viriatus got in by night and the next daye came so sodeinlye and fiercely out that first the Pieners and then the Souldiours fledde whome he droue to such barrein and wylde Mountaynes that they had no hope of escape Viriatus was not too proud of this victory but thought that now hée had a good occasion to make an honourable peace with the Romaines And so vpon treatie it was concluded that he shoulde bée taken as the Romaines friend al they that wer vnder him should remain Lords of such possessions as they had Thus had this war an ende by y e benefit of a Romain enimie But it did not long continue For Cepio Brother to Emiliane thought it dishonourable to the name of Rome and not to be ratified The Senate was content that hée should séeke new matter to fal out with him But he ceased not writing till the league was openly reiected Wherefore by this authouritie Cepio went against Viriatus and tooke the citie of Arsa whiche Viriatus had forsaken and was retired bicause he had no conuenient power He ouer tooke him at Carpentania and hadde farre greater power than Viriatus had wherefore Viriatus woulde not fight with him but sent away y e most part of his men by a priuie path and placed the rest vppon an hill in order of battaile and when he knew them to be come to the place which he appointed he set spurres to the horse with such spéede and celeritie that y e Romaines might cast their cappes at him so with y e scorne of his enimie he saued himselfe Cepio sacked the Vettones and y e Callecianes in Portugal many followed y e example of Viriatus liued of Robbing Sextus Iulius was sent against them who founde more a do than at the first he supposed the countrey was so great and the riuers so many as Taio Linia Leca or rather Lima Duero Gauda Loquitur Betis all Nauigable that they might escape

times to fight But surelye hée was more experte than anye other Capitaine and by his long experience in warres knewe that it was a thing bootelesse and woulde not auayle to fight and deale with such sauage people anye other waye than to subdue them by hunger which is remedilesse and the onelye thing that coulde ouer-throwe the Numantines as it didde in déede They that determined to dye in the space of thrée dayes dispatched them-selues some one way and some an other The other came forth at the place appoynted all deformed and horrible to sée their bodyes wer foule and their hayre long their nayles ouergrowen and ful of filth their garments ill fauoured and worse sauoured and the whole feature of their body vgly and terrible their countenaunce strange fierce their affections cruel beastly being by their dyet tourned from the nature of men The Romaines were asronished at the sight with meruaile at their disposition of bodye and minde they considered the penury the dolour and the paine that they had takē they abhorretd he remembrance of their feeding being driuen one to gnawe anothers flesh their infected ayre their perishing by hunger their decay by sword made the Romaines heauie in that their time of ioy Scipio reserued some of them for the triumph and solde the others This capitaine that had ouerthrowne two mighty cities and hard to be taken reserued Carthage that was so great and had Empire both by sea and lande and destroyed Numantia from the foundatiō that was but little and of smal receipte which he did either bicause it was so expedient for the Romaines or bicause hee was a man of cruell nature to them whom he tooke by force or as some men thinke bicause he thought his glorie should growe by the quantitie of their affliction and therefore he is called Africanus and Numantinus of the calamities that he wrought these two cities Whan he had diuided the countrey of Numantia to the next cities and quieted the suspected places with payment of money he went home by shippe After him came other capitaines and did no great feates sauing onely Didius slew a xx M. Aruaceanes and made y e Citizens of Termeto to leaue their strong situation and dwell in the plaine He also tooke Colenda ix moneths after he had beseaged it And in one thing followed the cruel●te of Lucullus for he made a number of Celtiberians beléeue that he would giue them lande to inhabite and apponted them to come to a place assigned with their wiues and children And when they were come in deede he made his armie to kill them euery mothers sonne After him came Flaccus and killed xx M. of them and at the citie of Belgida the people was disposed to rebell and caused the Senatours to consult what was best to be done and bicause they were long or the could conclude they set fire on the place and burned them all After the which time there was no great a doe till Q. Sertorius a noble man of Rome and of the faction of Cinnia made much a doe in Spaine against the Romaines against whom Cecelius Metellus and Gneus Pompeius were sent and after that Certorius was traiterously slayn by Perpenna one of his owne sort Pompey made an end of the warre and slewe Perpenna After him Caius Caesar had somewhat adde with Pompeies childrē who wer fauoured in y e country and last of al Octauius Cesar subdued them that disobeyed and made an end of them All the which things bicause they were done of the Romaines against Romaines in the time of ciuil warre they be declared in the bookes appropriate to the same And whē the Emperour of Rome had the Lordship of all the world and euery land was at his commaundement than Spaine was cōpelled to receiue such gouernment as he did appoint which 〈…〉 president of iustice and a 〈…〉 warre And after the decli●●… 〈◊〉 of the Romaine Empire they r●●●uered libertie and grewe into kingdomes as other countries did FINIS Imprinted at London by Thomas East 1580. After some hee lived but 120. and after some 300. yeares A milcar slaine Ther vve sundry of this name vvhereoft one vvas naturall brother to Annibal The Zacynthiane builded Sagunt Asdrubal slaine by a slaue to reuenge the death of his master The inward grudge and Old malice of Annibal toward the Romaines Sagunt besieged Valiaunt stomacks of the Saguntines Sagunt cōquered Open d●fiaunce betvveene Rome and Carthage Called new Barbarie Publius Cornelius Scipio and his brother slaine with too much hardinesse A patterue of a most valiant tovvardly victorius Cap●●aine For he vsed many times to go into the Tēple alone and to shut the dore after him and therevppon vvas thoght to haue cōferēce with Iuppiter Numanda besieged vvonne by Scipio Secrecie vvise dealing in a polytique General of great force A vvorthy vvarrior to encourage his souldiors revvardeth ech according to their valyant seruice Vvhich is novv the countrey of Granada A wise capitaine letteth no occasion slip that may anie reayes further his affaires Battaile of Cerbona The vēturous enterprise of Scipio Novv called Biskay Illiturgo vtterly razed and all the inhabytauntes slaine Desperate inuincible courage of the Astapians Mutinie of Souldiours against their capitaine Discipline and pollicy of a noble capitaine Rebellious souldiers executed King Indibilis rebelled and being ouerthrovvn in battaile entred into new league and vvas pardoned Massinissa becōmeth a most faithfull confederate with Scipio and the Romaines Siphax maryed to Sophonisba The country of Traiane and Adriane Emperours Indibilis slaine Cato a most stout Capitaine vehement Orator vvan more cities in Spaine than hee abode daies A notable pollycie of Cato Flouting mockerie requited Biskay Great care and pollicy vsed by Gracchus for the succouring of his besieged friends They that meane mischiefe many times fall into mischiefes themselues Sharp vvar renued Great slaughter of the Romaines Discommodity of Elephants in vvarres Lovvring lucke of Nobilior his companie Double deling of Marcellus VVilfulnes couetousnes of Lucullus Novv called Taio Stout courages with out skill order soon ouerthro●…en VVicked shameful dealing of Lucillus Crueltie getteth hatred at all hands Combat betvveene Scipio and an other big chalenger of huge stature Lucullus vntruth breache of promise made him and all his to fare the vvorse Iust deling vertue is beloued euen of the enimies Portugall Romaines through their ovvn folly ouerthrovvne The chāce of vvarre diuers Neither barrel better Hering Viriatus a stout vvarriour and vvorthy Capitaine Ventidius slaine and his army discomfited Profperous successe of Viriatus Fannius praysed The Romaines and Viriatus friendes louers Viriatus his policie Manlye heartes in vvomen Novv Rio Cauado Braga in Portingale Descriptiō of Viriatus hovv he vvas traiterouslye murdered Praise of Viriatus Cartagena Numantia now called Soria Pompeius his men for laide vnto by the Numātines Termātines Desperate dealinges Pompei greatly troubled in minde for his losses mishap at the siege of Numantia Double dealing of Pompei vvith the Numātines Deuise of Flaccus to saue himself and his men Famine and mortalitie able to dant euen the stoutest Vnnaturale more thē brutish vnkindnesse to leaue our friends and companions in extremitie Mancinus ●eprochfully vsed The noble victorious Scipio The vvarlyke discipline of Scipio The Authour of this history Polllcie of Scipio to vvinne the citie by famine The riuer Duero cha●ned ouer Valiant enterprise of Ritogenes Punishment of vvilful vvilde yong heads Hunger maketh the stoutest to stoupe The miserarable lamentable state of the Numantins Numantia conquered by Scipio Crueltie falshod of Lidius