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A62424	The annals and history of Cornelius Tacitus his account of the antient Germans, and the life of Agricola / made English by several hands ; with the political reflecions and historical notes of Monsieur Amelot De La Houffay and the learned Sir Henry Savile.; Works. 1698	Tacitus, Cornelius.; Lipsius, Justus, 1547-1606.; Dryden, John, 1631-1700.; Bromley, William, 1664-1732.; Potenger, John, 1647-1733.	1698 (1698)	Wing T101; ESTC R17150	606,117	529

the Women any other Habit than the Men unless that the Women are more frequently cloath'd in Linnen Garments and those they checquer with Purple and part of the upper Dress is not made into Sleeves their Arms are naked and their Bosom lies bare However their Marriages there are very strict neither is there any part of their Customs that's more commendable for they are almost the only People of the Barbarians that are contented with one Wife apiece except a very few who not for Lasciviousness but out of State are surrounded with many Wives The Wife does not profer a Dowry to the Husband but the Husband to the Wife The Parents and Relations are by and approve of the Presents Presents not contriv'd for Womanish Toys nor by which the New-married Bride may be adorn'd but Oxen a Horse bridled a Shield with a Partisan and Sword Upon these Terms the Wife is receiv'd and she in her Turn brings some Arms to her Husband This is the greatest Tye these the Sacred Arcana's these they deem the Conjugal Deities and lest the Woman shou'd think herself exempted from the Thoughts of Bravery and the Hazards of War she 's reminded from the beginning of the solemniz'd Marriage that she 's now become a Partner of his Toyls and Dangers and that she will run the same Risque in Peace and War as he himself does This the yoak'd Oxen this the equip'd Horse this the presented Arms declare so they must live so they must die Those Things which she receives she restores uninjur'd to her Children what 's put into the Daughter-in-Laws Custody they return to their Nephews They therefore behave themselves with the strictest Modesty being debauch'd with no alluring Objects with no Provocatives in Banqueting The Men as well as the Women are equally ignorant of the Mysteries of Learning In so populous a Nation Adultery is rarely committed for which there 's a present Punishment that 's left to the Discretion of the Husbands The Husband having cut off her Hair turns her out of his House naked before her Relations and whips her through the whole Village There 's no Pardon for violated Chastity neither can her Beauty Age nor Wealth recommend her to another Husband No one there makes sport with Vices nor is the Age said to corrupt or be corrupted Those Cities do still much more reputably in which Virgins only marry and where it 's transacted with the Hopes and Desire of being but once a Wife so they receive one Husband as they do one Body and one Life nor is there a Thought beyond that nor a larger Desire not as if it were the Husband but as the Marriage-State that they affect It 's look'd upon as the highest Enormity to stint the Number of Children or to kill any of their Kindred Their good Morals avail more there than in other places good Laws In every House going naked and dirty they shoot out into those vast Limbs and those great Bodies we so much wonder at Every Mother gives suck to her own Child neither are they committed to the Care of Maids and Nurses The Masters and Servants are not to be distinguish'd by the Niceties of Education they live amongst the same Cattle on the same Ground 'till Age distinguishes the Free-born and their Courage signalizes them The Amours of the young Men begin late for which Reason their Youth is not impair'd Nor are the Maids too soon put upon Marriage their Age is the same their Stature alike Those that are equally match'd and strenuous Inter-marry and the Children resemble the Vigour of their Parents There is the same Respect paid to the Sisters Sons by the Uncle by the Mother's-side as by the Father Some think this Tye of Blood is more sacred and strict and in receiving of Hostages they rather require it as if they kept the Mind the more confirm'd and the Family the less reserv'd The Heirs and Successors to every Man are his own Children and therefore they make no Will If he has none the next Relations as the Brothers Uncles by the Father's or Mother's-side take possession and his Age is esteem'd proportionate to the Number of his Kindred and Affinity Nor are they respected who are without Issue They are obliged to espouse as well the Enmities either of a Father or Relation as their Friendships neither do they continue implacable For Homicide is atton'd for at a certain Number of Beasts and Cattle and the whole Family receives Satisfaction advantagious to the Publick because Feuds are pernicious to Liberty Not any Nation is so profuse in Entertainments and Hospitality It 's held the highest Crime to turn any one out of Doors every one treats answerable to his Fortune When the Provisions are all spent he which last entertained is a Guide and Companion of his Guest and tho' uninvited they go to the next House nor is it ill taken They are receiv'd with the same Civility no one distinguishes the known and unknown as far as relates to the Right of Hospitality It 's the Custom for him that 's going away to give if any thing 's requir'd And on the other hand there 's the same Freedom in demanding They take delight in being presented nor do they charge to Account what 's given or think themselves oblig'd by what 's receiv'd The Entertainment of their Guests is affable As soon as they rise from Sleep which for the most part spins out the Day they are wash'd oftentimes in warm Water the Winter there lasting long having done washing they go to Dinner Their Seats are at a distance and every one has a Table to himself they go arm'd alike to their Business and Feasts It 's reckon'd no Disgrace to hold out a Day and Night in Drinking Those frequent Broils amongst those who are addicted to Wine are seldom past over with ill Language but oftner by Death and Wounds But they consult of reconciling Enemies and contracting Marriages chusing their Princes and of Peace and War for the most part in their Banquets As if at no time the Mind was more open to unbiass'd Thoughts or warm'd to greater Enterprizes This Nation being neither crafty nor cunning by reason of the Priviledge of the place discovers the hitherto unreveal'd Secrets of the Heart therefore the Mind of all being naked and detected the next Day it 's spoken to anew the Reason of both times being weigh'd They debate when they know not how to dissemble resolve when they know not how to err Ale is their Drink Those who are next the Sea-Coast traffick for Wine Their Diet is simple wild Apples fresh Meat or Curds without making Preparations without Dainties they expect Hunger Against Thirst there 's not the same Temperance if thou wilt indulge their Drunkenness by furnishing them with as much as they covet they 'll as easily be conquer'd by Wine as by Arms. The Manner of their Shows is one and the same in all their Meetings naked young Men to whom it

removing him from the Province only that he might more securely carry on his ill Designs He declared that he had resumed the Command of the Army with the same Fidelity he before held it At the same time he order'd Domitius to take Ship and avoiding the Shores and Islands to sail into Syria through the Main Sea He arms the Servants that follow'd the Camp and forms into Companies the Deserters that came in to him and as he sail'd with them to the Continent he intercepted a Regiment of New rais'd Men that were going to Syria He writes to the Petty-Princes of Cilicia to send him Succours and his Son Piso was wanting in nothing that was necessary for the War although he had dissuaded him from Undertaking it 2 There is nothing which a brave Man will not do when his Father's Life and Honour are at stake But his case is pitiable to the last Degree who is under a Necessity to declar● against his Prince or against his Fath●r to be a Rebel or Barbarous to renounce Country of Nature and to chuse of two Du●ies which are both indispensable LXXX Piso's Squadron meeting near the Coasts of Lycia and Pamphylia with that which was carrying Agrippina to Rome the Enmity was so great that both sides at first prepar'd for a Fight but being restrain'd by mutual Fears they proceeded no farther than hard Words Marsus Vibius summon'd Piso to come to Rome to defend his Cause who answer'd him scoffingly That he would appear there when the Praetor who took Cognizance of Poysonings should appoint a Day both for the Defendant and the Plaintiffs 1 No Man ought to rally with Iustice till he is strong enough not to ●all under its hands In the mean time Domitius who was come to Laodicea a City of Syria intending to go to the Winter-Quarters of the Sixth Legion which he suppos'd to be most inclin'd to innovations is prevented by Pacuvius who had the Command of it Sentius acquainted Piso with this by Letter and advises him to make no farther attempt to debauch the Army by his Emissaries nor to raise a War in the Province and drawing together all those whom he knew to have an Affection for the Memory of Germanicus or to be of an opposite Interest to his Enemies he speaks great things in praise of him and by the way often reminds them that it was against the Common-wealth it self that Piso made War and afterwards marches with a good Body that was ready for Battel LXXXI Notwithstanding things had not succeeded according to Piso's expectation he was not yet wanting to take the best Measures for his safety in his present Circumstances but possess'd himself of a strong Fortress in Cilicia named Celendris and of the Auxiliaries which the Petty-Princes of Cilicia had sent him and the New rais'd Soldiers which he had lately intercepted with his own and Plancina's Servants and what Deserters had come to him formed into a Legion all of them compleating the Number of one To whom he made a Speech declaring That as he was the Emperor's Lieutenant in Syrid it was not the Legions which opposed his Entrance into the Province for it was upon their Invitation that he return'd but Sentius who under pretended Crimes cover'd his own Malice against him That they might safely range themselves in Battel against Soldiers who would not ●ight when they saw Piso whom they heretofore stiled their Father and who they knew had the best Right if it were to be decided by Law and wanted not Courage if by Arms. After which he draws up his Troops in order of Battel before the Fort on a Steep and Craggy Hill the rest being environ'd by the Sea Opposite to them were ranged our Veteran Soldiers in good Order with a Reserv'd Body One side had the advantage in Soldiers and the other side in Ground But Piso's Soldiers wanted Courage and Hope nor had they any but Countrymen's Arms which were made in haste for the Present Occasion After once they were Engag'd the Victory was no longer doubtful than whilst the Romans were climbing up the Hill which they no sooner gain'd but the Cilicians ●led and shut themselves up in the Fort. LXXXII In the mean while Piso attempted to surprize the Fleet which lay at Anchor not ●ar off but not succeeding he returned and as he stood on the Walls sometimes lamenting his Fate sometimes calling to the Soldiers by Name and promising them great Rewards he endeavour'd to raise a Mutiny amongst them and did so far prevail that the Standard Bearer of the Sixth Legion went over to him with his Eagle Whereupon Sentius immediately order'd the Signal to be given by Sound of the Trumpets and Cornets the Works to be rais'd the Ladders to be set and the Stoutest Men to make the Assault whilst others ply'd the Enemy with Darts Stones and Fire-works thrown from Engines At length Piso's obstinacy being broken he desir'd 1 Superior Ministers who command in very remote Provinces ought not to stand still expecting fresh Orders when they have pressing Necessities to provide for for besides that these Orders would come too late because of the Distance of Places they ought on these Occasions to take a final Resolution and the rather because they to whom the Prince hath been pleas'd to commit his Authority ought to presume that he hath likewise left to them the Conduct of all unfore-seen Affairs which are not in their Instructions If Cardinal Iasper Borgia had not hasted to take possession of the Viceroyship of Naples and even by dextrous Management the Duke d'Osso●e who would not leave it on pretence that his presence was necessary there and that he expected another new Order from th● Court of Madrid Philip III. had run a great Risque of losing that Kingdom or at least of having an Insurrection in it Conjuratio Oss●ni●●● that upon laying down his Arms he might be permitted to remain in the Castle untill the Emperor was consulted Whom he would have to be Governor of S●ria But this was not granted nor could he obtain any thing more than a Passport and Ships to carry him to Rome LXXXIII After the News of Germanicus's sickness was noised at Rome and reported as is usual when bad News comes from far worse than it was Grief Anger and Complaints fill'd the City It was for this said they that he was sent to the remotest Parts of the Emprie and Piso made Governor of the Province of Syria This is the Effect of Livia's secret Conferences with Plancina 1 The Liberty of th● Tongue saith Mariana punishes the Excesses and the Injustices of Princes who cannot be Masters of Tongues as they are of Bodies History of Spain lib. 16. cap. 16. It is true enough what was said by Old men on Drusus's account that Emperors don't like a Modest and Courteous Disposition in their Sons for both Father and Son have been destroy'd for no other Reason but because they design'd to restore

Peace No they are made great by our intestine Discord and Dissentions they make their Enemies Faults the Glory of their Army composed of several Nations which Prosperity keeps together and Adversity will disband unless the French and Germans and what I blush to say some Britains too are foolishly lavish of their Blood to establish Usurpation It cannot be conceived that Enemies will continue longer Faithful and Affectionate than Servants the feeble Bonds of their Love are Fear and Terror if they are once removed they 'll streight begin to hate those they cease to dread All the Encouragements to Victory are on our side the Romans have no Wives to raise their Courage or Parents to upbraid their Flight they have either no Country to defend or if they have 't is another These few but fearful Men distracted by their Ignorance casting their Eyes on our strange Heavens Earth and Woods the Gods at last propitious have in a manner delivered into our Hands pent up and bound Ne'r fear the gaudy Terror of their glittering Gold and Silver that neither can defend or hurt We shall have Troops marching even in their very Army The Britains will remember sure their Country's Cause nor can the French forget their former Liberty Like the Vsipian Cohort the Germans will desert We have nothing more to fear their Garisons are drained their Colonies are made up of Old Men some refusing to Obey and others Commanding tyrannically while their Towns are at Difference and Discord among themselve● Here is the General and the Army their Tribute and Mines with other sorts of Miseries the Punishment of Slaves which you must suffer for ever or revenge on this Spot therefore going to fight remember your Ancestors and pity your Posterity XXXIII They received this Speech with Ioy Singing and Shouting and making different Noises according to the rude Custom of their Country And as the Troops came together and the glittering Armour appeared some of the Hottest advanced forward and both Armies were putting in Order Agricola altho' his Soldiers were very joyful and scarce to be restrained by Advice supposed it best to say something before they engaged In eight Years time Fellow-Soldiers by your Pains Fidelity and Valour and the auspicious Fortune of the Roman Empire you have conquered Britain In so many Expeditions and bloody Battels there was need of your Labour and Patience to encounter opposing Nature as well as Resolution to resist the Enemy As I do not repent my having you for my Soldiers so I hope you do not your having me for your Leader I have surpassed the Limits of our ancient Generals and you the Bounds of preceding Armies We do not possess the End of Britain by Fame and Report but have actually seized it with our Arms and Pavilions Britain is found and subdued I have often heard the Brave cry out when you were fatigued with Bogs and Hills and Rivers in your March When shall we have an Enemy When shall we fight They now appear forced from their lurking Holes and you enjoy your Wish and a fit Opportunity for your Valour All Things will be prone and yield to us if Victors but cross and adverse if vanquished For as to have finished such tedious Iourneys to have evaded such great Woods and crost so many Arms of the Sea is honourable and becoming if we go on so if we turn our Backs that which was our Advantage will prove our Danger We have not their Knowledge of the Country or the same Provisions for the Army But we have Swords and Hands and in them we have All I am very well satisfied Flight is neither safe for the General nor the Army an honourable Death far excels a mean ignoble Life Safety and Honour dwell together But it cannot be inglorious to fall on the utmost Confines of Earth and Nature XXXIV If you had new Nations and an untried Foe I would make the Deeds of other Armies an Argument for your Courage But now reflect on your own Exploits interrogate your own Eyes they are the same who by Stealth and under the Covert of the Night assaulted the Ninth Legion and were routed by a blast of your Breath they are the most apt to run of all the Britains for which Reason they are now alive When we Travel the Wild Forest we chase away the sturdy Monsters of the Wood with Force and Violence but the Rascal Herd flies at the Noise of every Passenger so the most daring Britains are long since dead these are but base ignoble Numbers whom you have found not because they have resolved to fight but because they are the last you have overtook their Bodies are fixed with excessive Fear to the Ground o'er which you 'll gain a fair and signal Victory Put an end to your Expeditions and let this Day finish the Work of fifty Years convince the Commonwealth that neither the Length of the War nor any Excuses for not making an end of it can be charged upon the Army XXXV Whilst he was speaking their Ardor was visible when he had ended they freely vented their Ioy running to their Weapons As they were thus fired and rushing forwards he put them in order Eight Thousand Foot he placed in the Middle and Three Thousand Horse in the two Wings the Legions he placed before the Trenches thinking it would mightily add to his Glory if he could gain a Victory without the Effusion of Roman Blood or at least keep them as a Reserve in case of a Repulse The Britains drew up their Army on the higher Ground most for shew and Terror but so as the foremost Battalions stood on the Level the rest rising one above another with the Hill the Chariots and Horsemen fill'd the middle part of the Field with their din and clatter whirling up and down Agricola perceiving their Numbers to be Superior that he might not be charged at once in Flank and Front widened his Ranks so that his Army became more thin as well as more extended Some advised him to make the Legions advance but he being always ready to hope and resolute in Danger alighted from his Horse and placed himself a Foot before the Ensigns XXXVI The Fight began at a distance which the Britains managed with great Constancy and Cunning avoiding or putting by whatever was cast at 'em with their short Bucklers and great Swords but poured upon us a Shower of Darts till Agricola encouraged three Batavian Cohorts and two Tungrians to bring them to Sword 's Point and Handy-blows which they were well verss'd in being old Soldiers But that was no way of fighting for the Britains who wore little Shields and great Swords without Points so that they were not fitted for a close or open Fight Whilst the Batavians dealt Blows striking them with the Bosses of their Bucklers battering and bruising their Faces and thrusting others aside who upon even Ground opposed their Passage advanced up the Hill the other Cohorts with a joynt