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A33186	The history of the triumvirates, the first that of Julius Cæsar, Pompey and Crassus, the second that of Augustus, Anthony and Lepidus being a faithfull collection from the best historians and other authours, concerning that revolution of the Roman government which hapned [sic] under their authority / written originally in French, and made English by Tho. Otway ...; Histoire du premier et du second triumvirat. English	Broë, S. de, seigneur de Citry et de La Guette, 17th cent.; Otway, Thomas, 1652-1685.	1686 (1686)	Wing C4345; ESTC R13558	316,899	694

rellished with the new Souldiers that they deserted him and came over to Antonius's Army Decimus seeing himself by this means abandoned by all his Infantry dismist all the stranger Cavalry who were with him and out of his own Purse furnished them with Money for the charge of their Voyage retaining onely with him three hundred of those who were best disposed to his interest with this attendance he marched as far as the Rhine when being affrighted at the rapidness of the stream and the largeness of the River each man was for seeking a civil pretence of drawing off so there remained with Decimus onely ten of his Friends In this extremity he put on a Gallick habit to disguise himself and as he perfectly understood that Language he believed he might easily pass for some Cavalier that had quitted the service But the misfortune that followed him or rather the punishment of his Crime brought him into the hands of certain Moroders who without taking any Party were for plundering all they met withall he demanded to speak with their Captain and found by chance that it was one Camillus whom he had formerly obliged this Camillus received Decimus indeed very honourably but according to the Custome of those sort of People gave advice to Antonius of what had happened Antonius was touched with much Compassion to understand the sad condition of a man so considerable for his Birth and the great Offices he had born but as he could doe him no favour and was therefore resolved not to see him he sent word to Camillus to send him his Head which was immediately obeyed and when it was brought to him he caused it to be buried so Decimus was the second of Caesar's Murtherers upon whom the death of that great Man was revenged he had always been of his Party against Pompey and Caesar had honoured him with a particular Friendship as appears in his Will He had upon many great occasions made him Commander of his Cavalry and at last had given him the Government of Gaul which were things that made his Action appear by so much the more Infamous and Horrible Another of the Murtherers called Basilius perished also at the same time by the hands of his Slaves whom he had treated with all manner of Cruelty CHAP. XXX Presages which were before the Triumvirate The Alliance of Caesar Antonius and Lepidus called the Triumvirate They meet in a certain Island Their Ordinances NOthing so much satisfies the Pride of Mankind as the Opinion whereby they flatter themselves with being able to foresee what shall happen since by that means they imagine they are in some degree equal to the Gods and it was doubtless that presumption which first introduced Auguries Presages and all those sorts of Divinings and which so much recommended them to the Romans All their Histories are full of them but more particularly upon this occasion They believed that something must have been wanting to the importance of that great Issue which overthrew the estate of the whole Universe and laid the foundation of the greatest Empire that ever was in the World upon the Ruines of the Roman Commonwealth if it had not been foretold by Prodigies Dogs were heard to howl round about the City like Wolves and Wolves were seen running even about the Market place where they took away the Meat from the Shambles an Ox spoke as also did an Infant as it was fresh born from the Womb of its Mother some of the Statues sweated bloud and others water terrible signs were seen round about the Sun At last showres of Stones fell from Heaven and the Temples and Images of the Gods were broken with Thunder The Senate terrified with these Prodigies sent into Tuscany for those Men called Augures who professed the explanation of these sort of Prodigies and out of this Countrey it was that this Superstition first came into Rome The eldest Augure said That by these Presages the Gods foretold the restoring of Kings to Rome where they should have absolute Command over all men except said he my self and at these words he held his breath so obstinately that he stifled himself in the midst of the Assembly The success was but too answerable to his Conjectures Caesar and Antonius were united by the means of Lepidus who obliged them to see one another for the adjusting of their pretensions for this interview was chosen a little Island made by the River Panarus hard by Modena hither Caesar and Antonius came each with four Legions the River being between them Lepidus first went over alone into the Island to discover if there were reason to fear any surprizal when he had satisfied himself he held up his Robe which was a signal for them to approach Caesar and Antonius advanced each with 300 Men a-piece whom they left at the foot of those Bridges which had been made there for that present purpose and onely themselves entred the Island where they imbraced and afterwards sate down in an open place where both the Armies might see every thing that passed Caesar as he was Consul sate in the midst so they spent about two or three days there for the regulating their interests This was towards the end of November in the year above dated At last it was agreed upon That Caesar should quit the Quality of Consul the Title whereof should be left to Ventidius for the rest of the year That the Supreme Authority should be divided between those three in the same manner as it had been executed by Consuls That they should keep it for the space of five years under the name of Triumviri and in the Quality of the Reformers of the Commonwealth That they should cause that Authority to be confirmed by the Roman People That Antonius should have all intire on the other side of the Alps Lepidus that on this side of the Alps with Spain and Caesar Africa with the Isles of Sardignia and Sicily That Italy should remain in Common as also the Eastern Provinces which were at present in the possession of Brutus and Cassius In this manner says Plutarch did these men divide the World between them as if it had been their Inheritance The charge of making War upon the Conspiratours was given to Antonius and Caesar while Lepidus was to stay at Rome with four Legions To Antonius's Troops were added four more and three to Caesar's to the end that they might each have an Army of twenty Legions afterwards they disposed the matter of Rewards and that Article was indeed of great importance for the retaining of the Troops in their Obedience then was it ordered That the Lands and Houses of 18 of the best Cities of Italy which should be chosen out by the Triumviri according as they found reason to be angry with them should be abandoned in propriety to the Souldiers The greatest of them were Capua Regium Benevent Luceria Rimini and Vibonia All this was regulated without the least contest or dispute but they

ill The death of Pansa His dying words to Caesar. DECIMVS was at Macedonia and in great disputes with himself in what manner he ought to proceed with Caesar but as he knew how irreconcilable a hatred he had reason to expect from him he thought it his best way to break down all the Bridges that were upon the River and after that precaution he sent a Herald to Caesar who in the name of Decimus Gave him thanks for the liberty which he owed to his relief and taking all the Romans to Witness protested that it was onely by mere hazard that Decimus had been ingaged in the unhappy Conspiracy At last he begged of him That he would allow of a free interview the River being between them Caesar received this discourse very surlily and made answer That Decimus owed him no obligation that he came not thither by any means for his relief but to fight with Antonius who nevertheless might one day come to be his Friend but that Decimus should ever be his mortal Enemy and that he would neither speak with him nor see him Therefore says he let him go wherever he has a mind to go since those who are at Rome will have it for Decimus who was near the River understood this answer And be●ought Caesar that he would onely for the Letters of the Senate which confirmed him in the Government of Gall and forbad him admittance into the Province Caesar though offended with his insolence did not think it seasonable at this time to resent it though he might easily have done it so he returned to Bulloigne to see Pansa who lay there wounded they wrote both to the Senate and at the instance of Cicero there were ordered 50 days of publick Devotions and Thanksgivings which had never been done for any other Victory before The promise also of 500 Drachma's to the Legions was confirmed with a farther Provision that it should be paid to the Widows or Heirs of those who died in Battel Pansa died of his wounds some few days afterwards whose death occasioned some suspicion of Caesar at least the Physician he made use of one whose name was Glyco was put into Prison and accused for having poysoned the wound but Brutus answered for the Honesty of the Physician and wrote in his behalf to Cicero yet still Caesar's Enemies spread the suspicions abroad as also that he had slain Hirtius in the heat of the Battel But Pansa himself was so well persuaded to the contrary that he desired to see him before his death and thus spoke to him I loved your Father more than my self and when he was slain in the Senate I would have hazarded my own life to have saved his had I been furnished with Arms. I would doe his Memory Iustice in doing you some Service which my misfortune hinders me from on this occasion which should be by advertising you of what designs the Senate have against you for it is nothing but the fear of your Troops which forces those People to caress you and they had never allowed you those Honours you are at present possessed of but to fire you more to the destruction of Antonius Their business is to dash you to pieces one against the other by that means to re-establish Pompey's Pa●t● is being the thing which they most pressingly recommended to Hirtius and me but the Friendship wherewith Caesar once honoured me obliges me to give you such Counsel as I my self would take upon the same occasion unite your self with Antonius for it is the onely way to preserve your life and advance your Fortune I could not with Honour have given you this advice sooner because it would have betrayed the Trust which they reposed in me but at present since Antonius is ouerthrown Hirtius dead and I just following him I think my self discharged of my Oath and therefore may acquit my self of what I owe to the memory of Caesar. I surrender you your Troops and would also restore you those which the Senate gave me did I not fear it might cause their aversion towards you for the Commanders are but so many private Spies upon our Conduct so I would have you consent that they may be put into the hands of Torquatus He died about a quarter of an hour afterwards having given his Troops to Torquatus who by orders from the Senate carried them to Decimus and Caesar sent the Bodies of the two Consuls to Rome with great Magnificence CHAP. XXIV Cassius in Syria He raises great Forces The Conduct of Cleopatra Brutus defeats Antonius's Brother and takes him Prisoner IN this manner the Senate endeavoured by all sort of ways to re-establish their Authority and the news which came from the East gave them very great hopes of it Cassius arriving in Syria found the Legions in that Province revolted by reason of the death of Sextus who was a young Man and a Kinsman of Iulius Caesar who had left him there upon Honour to Command a Legion whereof Cacilius Bassus was Tribune or Colonel This young Man lived very disorderly and when Bassus advised him to reform his Conduct he used him ill so that the Souldiers provoked to see their Colonel affronted fell to Mutiny and in the Tumult Sextus was slain They well knew that Caesar who was then alive would not forgive them that fault so they desperately resolved to stand by what they had done and debauched also another Legion into their Crime Caesar sent orders to Marcus to reduce them to their Obedience with three Legions which he Commanded but the Mutineers got the better of him so far that he was forced to demand the assistence of Crispus who had three other Legions in Bithynia they had besieged Bassus who defended himself very well when after the death of Caesar Cassius with the Senates orders arrived in the Province The Mutineers were transported with this occasion so they declared immediately for the Senate and Cassius managed it so well that he brought over Marcus and Crispus also into his Interest by that means re-uniting all those Troops under his own Command He had also notice that Alienus was in Palestine with four Legions that Cleopatra had raised and which she had put into Alienus's hands by the Command of Dolabella Cleopatra reigned then in Aegypt by the Authority of Caesar who loved her and had placed her upon the Throne after the death of her Brother and it was in acknowledgment of those favours that she had raised these Troops to offer him their service when he should march against the Parthians The death of this great Man had altered those thoughts to others of Revenge so understanding that Dolabella was in Syria and that he had declared himself against Caesar's Murtherers by the death of Tr●bonius she sent him those Legions under the Command of Alienus Cassius with his Army marched against him which forced Alienus finding he was not strong enough to give him Battel with the four Legions to go over to his

with the same eagerness as if he had still been at the head of them and perhaps they might have got the Victory which they disputed till five in the Evening if the Wind that rose had not separated them and given the Enemies the advantage to beat them by piece-meal for want of a Commander to rally them Three hundred Vessels yielded to the Conquerour but there were but five thousand Men killed on the beaten side Caesar having done all he could to spare the Lives of those brave Souldiers whom he looked upon as his Subjects He made Anthony's flight be every where published and those that obstinately defended themselves he asked who they fought for now He drew off his Souldiers whom he saw too eager after the slaughter and gave here such marks of his Clemency as served to efface the memory of the battel of Philippi and the horrible Proscriptions of the Triumvirate He granted a general pardon before it was desired and satisfied himself with the Punishment of a very few and those his particular declared Enemies Caesar lay in his Gally upon the place and the next day went ashore The Legions of Anthony testified no less faith and affection to their General than the Souldiers of his Fleet. Though several of them had seen his retreat yet they could not tell how to believe that he who so often had experience of the inconstancy of fortune and had still surmounted all his misfortunes with greater Courage should be capable of leaving all having sufficient Forces to dispute the Empire there remaining nineteen Legions entire and twelve thousand Horse they still hoped he would come and put himself at the head of them and try a second battel and though at last they lost that hope and were quite surrounded both by Sea and Land they kept themselves yet seven days in their Camp but the flight of Canidius and all their chief Officers so broke their measures that they resolved to accept of the conditions that Caesar offered them Thus the Roman Empire so long torn by the Ambition of three men at last with much Joy submitted to the Command of one alone hoping to see an end of all the mischiefs that were caused by the Divisions of the Triumviri all whose Authority by this Victory was united in the Person of Caesar. CHAP. XXIX Anthony 's displeasure against Cleopatra He retires into Libya and returns into Aegypt Anthony was still taken up with those Melancholy reflexions the present condition of his fortune inspired him with when he perceived some light Gallies of Caesar's that rowed up to him in spight of all his despair he could not bear that his Enemies should come and brave him without being able to defend himself He therefore commanded the Pilot to tack about and face them this dispensed them all except one whereupon there appeared a man with a Javelin in his hand that came up to him very fiercely threatning him Who art thou cryes Anthony that hast the Insolence to dare persue them I am answered he Eurycles the Lacedemonian brought hither by the good fortune of Caesar to revenge my Father whom you put to death This was Lachares whom Anthony had punished for his extortions and oppressions however Eurycles durst not engage Anthony's Gally but attacked Cleopatra's Admiral and gave him so rude a shock that he ran him all on one side and easily took him and another Vessel laden with all that Princess's Equipage After he retired with his Prize which was very rich Anthony fell again into his Melancholy and continued so three days without seeing the Queen hindred either through shame or anger They arrived so at Tenarus where Cleopatra's women so bestirred themselves that they brought them to see one another and to eat together in this place several of Anthony's Vessels came to him and some of his Friends who informed him of the total defeat of his Fleet but believing his Legions held out yet he sent to Canidius to retreat through Macedonia and return into Asia Then he purposed to retire into Africa and assembled his Friends to exhort them to retire and take their measures for their safety After which he made a Vessel draw near wherein was all his Money and what else he had of value which he gave them to divide among them They all refused his Presents and weeping told him They would always follow his Fortune This testimony of their Fidelity moved him so much to Compassion that he could not refrain Tears Complaining of his fortune that put him out of Capacity of giving them tokens of his acknowledgement and gratitude who had given him such signal marks of their affection he added that he should very much injure them if he should suffer them any longer to be entangled in his Misfortunes So he absolutely Commanded them to retire themselves and wrote to Theopilus Governour of Corinth to grant them refuge till they had made their Peace with Caesar. After he had given these orders he went into Africa from whence he sent Cleopatra into Aegypt and remained almost alone wandring through the Desarts of Libya without any other company than Aristocrates and Lucilius one a Greek and the other a Roman both excellent Rhetoricians Lucilius was he that saved Brutus from being taken at the battel of Philippi and ever since following Anthony even to his death continued his affection But Anthony then heard that the Governour had revolted to Caesar which put him into such a violent despair that he attempted to kill himself His Friends hindred him from that fatal resolution by their Prayers and Remonstrances and persuaded him to return to Alexandria where he found Cleopatra about an enterprize that shewed the greatness of her spirit As that neck of Land which joyns Asia and Africa is but three hundred furlongs over this Queen drew her Gallies upon Carriages into the Red Sea where she designed to embark her self withall her Treasures and the most affectionate of her Subjects and go and plant her self in some remote part of the World far from the dangers of War and the fear of slavery But the Arabians near the City of Petra that were Enemies to the Aegyptians burned those Vessels that were first transported thus which made Cleopatra abandon that design and apply her self to fortifie the avenues of her Kingdom which were of very difficult access Anthony's behaviour was very different he shewed nothing but a shamefull weakness He shunned all Company and built a house near the Pharos far out into the Sea where he shut himself up without either Friends or Domesticks to imitate Timon as he said since he had no less reason than that Athenian to hate mankind that seeing himself betrayed by those whom he had most obliged this perfidiousness gave him occasion to suspect and hate all others In this retirement Canidius brought him the News of the loss of his Legions and here he heard how Herod King of the Iews and all the other Kings of Asia had