Here begynneth the famous cronycle of the warre, which the romayns had agaynst Iugurth vsurper of the kyngdome of Numidy: whiche cronycle is compyled in latyn by the renowmed romayn Salust. And translated into englysshe by syr Alexander Barclay preest, at co[m]maundement of the right hye and mighty prince: Thomas duke of Northfolke
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- Here begynneth the famous cronycle of the warre, which the romayns had agaynst Iugurth vsurper of the kyngdome of Numidy: whiche cronycle is compyled in latyn by the renowmed romayn Salust. And translated into englysshe by syr Alexander Barclay preest, at co[m]maundement of the right hye and mighty prince: Thomas duke of Northfolke
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"Here begynneth the famous cronycle of the warre, which the romayns had agaynst Iugurth vsurper of the kyngdome of Numidy: whiche cronycle is compyled in latyn by the renowmed romayn Salust. And translated into englysshe by syr Alexander Barclay preest, at co[m]maundement of the right hye and mighty prince: Thomas duke of Northfolke." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A11367.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 4, 2024.
Contents
- title page
- ¶Here foloweth the table of this present hystorie.
- The preface of Alexander Barclay preest / vnto the right hye and mighty prince: Thomas duke of Northfolke.
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history
- ¶Here begynneth a compendyous extracte / contaynyng breffely the effecte and processe of this present cronycle / compyled in latyn by the famous Romayn Salust. And trāslated into englysshe by Alexander Barcley preest / at cōmaundement of the ryght hygh & myghty prince Thomas duke of Northfolke.
- ¶The prologue of this present cronycle compyled in laten by the famous romayn Salust: and trāsla∣ted into englysshe by Alexander Barcley preest.
- ¶Of what mater Salust intendeth to treat in pro∣ces of this boke / and what causes moueth hym of suche mater to write. ¶The fyrst chapter.
- ¶How the kyng Massinissa came into the fauour of the Romayns / and how the lande of Numydy was committed vnto hym. The seconde chapter.
- ¶Howe Publius Scipio counselled Iugurth at his departynge after the cyte of Numance was dystroyed. ¶The thyrde chapter.
- ¶The sentence of the letter dyrect from Publius Scipio captaine of the romaine army in Hispay∣ne vnto Micipsa kynge of Numidy. ¶The fourthe chapter.
- ¶Howe the kyng Micipsa adopted Iugurth vn∣to his sonne. ¶The fyfte chapter.
- ¶The exhortacion which the kynge Micipsa a lytell before his deth had to Iugurth. ¶The sixt chapter.
- ¶Howe the kynge Micipsa departed from lyfe / and of the first cause of dissencion and discorde betwene Iugurth / Adherball & Hiempsall. ¶The .vii. chapter.
- ¶How Iugurth by treason murdred Hiempsall the yonger sonne of kynge Micipsa. ¶The eyght chapter.
- ¶Howe Iugurth ouercame Adherball in batayll and putte hym to flyght: howe Adherball fledde to Rome to cōplayne to the senatours: and howe Iugurthe accloyed with rewardes many of the rulers of Rome: by whose fauour his cruelte was defended. ¶The .ix. chapter.
- ¶Here insueth the oracyon of Adherball: deuised in forme deliberatiue: in whiche he exhorteth the senatours to cōmaunde socours & ayde to be assi∣gned vnto hym / prouynge the same to be profita∣ble / honest and easy to the Romains to do: profita: ble: that he myght cōtynue a frende vnto the em∣pire of Rome: honest: for his father & grandfather had so deserued: easy to be done: for the Romains at that tyme had none other warre els where. ¶The .x. chapter.
- ¶Howe the embassadours of Iugurth replyed agaynst these wordes of Adherball: & what dy∣reccion was taken for bothe parties of the sena∣tours of Rome. ¶The .xi. chapter.
- ¶The descripcion of the habitable parties of the countrey of Affrike / namely of suche nacions as had amyte or warre with the Romayns. ¶The .xii. chapter.
- ¶How Iugurth inuaded the kyngdome of Ad∣herball yet ones agayn: and how Adherball agayne was ouercome in batayle: & put to flyght. ¶The .xiii. chapter.
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¶Howe the fauourers of Iugurth at Rome la∣boured so in his cause / that thre yong men inexpert and w
t out policy were send embassador s into Affrike to cesse this stryfe bytwene the two kynges: and howe these embassadours re∣tourned to Rome without any thyng done ¶The .xiiii. chapter. - ¶The sentēce of the letters sent from Adherball vnto the senatours of Rome: what tyme he lay beseged by Iugurth within the towne of Cirtha. ¶The .xv. chapter.
- ¶Howe the senatours sēde newe embassadours to Iugurth / commaundynge him to desyst from {per}secucion of Adherball: and howe they preuay∣led nothyng: how the towne of Cyrtha was yel∣ded to Iugurth: and howe he slewe Adherball. ¶The .xvi. chapter.
- ¶Howe the rulers of Rome for the moost parte were greuously displeased for grauntyng of this-peace: and disalowed the same. And how Mem∣mius inflamed the cōmen people agaynst the fa∣uourers of Iugurth. ¶The .xviii. Chapter.
- ¶The orison of Memmius had before the com∣men people of Rome. In whiche orison he indu∣ceth them to defēde their lyberte: And to represse and persecute with hatered the noble men of Ro∣me. ¶The .xix. Chapter.
- ¶Howe Memmius induced the people of Ro∣me by the sayd orison: so that Cassius was sent for Iugurthe to brynge hym to Rome to declare and accuse the supporters of his dedes. ¶The .xx. chapyter.
- ¶Of the behauour of the soudyours and other whiche were laft in Numidy whyle Scaurus the consull was at Rome. ¶The .xxi. chap.
- ¶Howe Iugurth came to Rome with Cassius and howe he behaued hymselfe there. The .xxii. chapyter.
- ¶How Iugurth encreased his crueltie at Rome and renued his murdre in sleayng an other noble man of the stocke of Micipsa by occasion wherof he was constrayned to departe from Rome / and the batayle renewed agayne of hole. ¶The .xxiii. chapyter.
- ¶Howe Albynus consull of Rome renewed the warre agayng Iugurthe / and at last returned a∣gayne to Rome leauynge his brother Aulus in Numidy / with the army in his rowme. The .xxiiii. chapyter.
- ¶How Aulus and the romayne army were dis∣confyted of Iugurth: and howe peace was graū¦ted to hym by Aulus: and to what shame the Ro¦mayns were put by rasshe foly of the same ca∣pytayne Aulus. ¶The .xxv. chapyter.
- ¶what sorowe and heuynes was at Rome: and how they demeaned themselfe in the cite after that tydynges herof were brought thyder. ¶The .xxvi. chapyter.
- ¶wherof the dyscorde and takyng of parties by¦twene the noble men and cōmens of Rome / had fyrst begynnyng. ¶The .xxvii. chapyter.
- ¶Howe Metellus was creat consull and sende by the Romayns to warre agaynste Iugurthe: & of the wyse and dyscrete behauour of the same Metellus. ¶The .xxviii. chapyter.
- ¶Of the behauour of Iugurth agaynst Metel∣lus: and howe he sende embassadours to Metel∣lus requyring vnfaynedly to yelde vp the kyng∣dome of Numidy to the empyre of Rome: And howe Metellus behaued hymselfe agaynst the same embassadours. ¶The .xxix. chapyter.
- ¶Howe Iugurth prepared and addressed hym∣selfe agayne to warre: and what ordynaunce and policy he vsed agaynst the newe consull Metellus. ¶The .xxx. chapyter.
- ¶Of the fyrst batayle foughten by∣twene Metellus and Iu∣gurth. ¶The .xxxi. chapyter.
- ¶How Bomylchar vndercaptayne of Iugurth and his company were dysconfited by Ruti∣lyus vndercaptayne of Metellus. ¶The .xxxii. chapyter.
- ¶what wast and dystruction Metellus made in the lande of Numidy after this first batayle and flyght of Iugurth: and of the gyle of Iugurth agaynst Me∣tellus. ¶The .xxxiii. chapter.
- ¶Of the great ioy which was demeaned at Ro¦me for this worthy behauour of Metellus: and howe he gyded hymselfe and his army to conty∣nue and augment this honour which he had go∣ten. ¶The .xxxiiii. chapyter.
- ¶Howe Metellus besyeged Samam one of the strongest townes of Numidy: and howe Marius vnder captayne of Metellus escaped the danger of Iu∣gurth. ¶The .xxxv. chapter.
- ¶Howe Iugurth assayled and inuaded the ten∣tes of the romayns in the meantyme whyle Me¦tellus gaue assaut to the towne of zammam. ¶The .xxxvi. chapyter.
- ¶How Metellus behaued himself for his part & of the great cōflyct which the romayns had aga∣ynst the Numidyans: Metellus with his fotmē assaylinge the towne of zāmam for the one part: and Iugurth fiersly fighting with the romayns speremen for the other part. The .xxxvii. chap.
- ¶How Metellus remoued the siege from zam∣mam: & howe Bomylchar so {per}swaded Iugurth that he yelded hymselfe / his kyngdome / and all other thynges / to mercy & grace of the romayns. And howe Iugurth after losse of his men / trea∣sour / elephantes / armour / and horse: changed his mynde agayne. ¶The .xxxviii. chapyter.
- ¶How Marius by ambition laboured to be cō∣sull and to prosecute the warre of Numidy: and how he detracted and supplāted the consull Me∣tellus. ¶The .xxxix. chapyter.
- ¶Howe Iugurth renewed the warre agaynste Metellus / and how the numidyans inhabyters of the towne of Vacca by treason murdred the garnyson of romayns whiche Metellus had set in the same towne. ¶The .xl. chapyter.
- ¶How Metellus destroyed the towne of Vacca and slewe all the inhabitauntes / in reuengynge their treason. And howe Tupilius lyeutenaunt or captayne of towne / was beheded at commaū∣dement of Metellus. ¶The .xli. chap.
- ¶Howe Bomylchar conspyred treason agaynst Iugurth and by what meanes this treason was discouered and Bomilchar with certayne other put to deth for the same. ¶The .xlii. chap.
- ¶How Metellus renued the warre agaynst Iu¦gurth: and howe Marius was creat consull and assigned to execute the warre of Numidy at plea¦sure of the cōmens agaynst the wyll of all the no¦ble men of Rome. ¶The .xliii. chapyter.
- ¶Of the seconde batell foughten bytwene Me∣tellus and Iugurth: and howe Iugurth lost the batayle and also one of his chiefe townes named Thala. ¶The .xliiii. chapyter.
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¶How Metellus fortified the cite of Leptis and at request of the embassadours of the same cytie
sende thyder garnyson to defēde the cyte agaynst Iugurth: and of the sytuacion of the same cyte & behauour of thīhabytant{is} therof. The .xlv. cha. - ¶The discripcion of that place of Affrike which is named the Phelen auters: and for what cause the sāe place was first so named. The .xlvi. cha.
- ¶How Iugurth assembled a newe army of the rude getulyans agaynst the romayns: and how he associated vnto hym Bocchus kynge of the Mauriens to strengthe hym in batayle agaynst Metellus. ¶The .xlvii. chapyter.
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¶Howe Metellus vsed hymselfe herynge that these two kynges were confederat agaynst hym and how after he was certifyed that the prouyn∣ce of Numidy was assigned to Marius the new consull: he c
ssed the warre for the nones. ¶The .xlviii. chapyter. - ¶Of the great ordynaūce and preparacyon whi¦che Marius the newe cōsull made agaynst Iugurth and for the warre of Nu∣midy. ¶The .xlix. Chapyter.
- ¶The orison or exhortacion of the consull Mari∣us: had to the cōmen people of Rome before his voyage into Numidy / whiche exhortacion is de∣monstratyue contaynynge the laude and prayse of Marius: and dysprayse and blames of the no∣ble men of Rome. ¶The .l. chapyter.
- ¶Howe Marius after his exhortacion endyd: anone laded shyppes with ordynance of warre and sende forwarde with the same one Mālyus his imbassadour: and howe he himselfe anone af¦ter folowed withal his company. And howe he behaued hymselfe in Numidy at fyrste begyn∣nynge. ¶The .li. Chapyter.
- ¶Howe Metellus the olde consull retourned to Rome: and of the worthy and valyant be∣hauour of Marius agaynst Iugurthe and of his great actes at his begyn∣nyng. ¶The .lii. Chapyter.
- ¶How Marius wanne the great and rych cytie named Capsa: and how he vtterly distroyed the same and gaue all the rychesse therof to hauocke among his soudyours. ¶The .liii. chapyter.
- ¶Howe Marius by fortune more than by stren∣gth wanne the strongest castell of all Numidy / wherin were the tresours of Iugurth. ¶The .liiii. chapyter.
- ¶How in the meane tyme whyle this castel was in wynnynge / a noble man of Rome named Lucius Sylla: came from Rome to Marius with a great bende of horsemen: and of the maners & behauour of this Sylla. ¶The .lv. Chapyter.
- ¶How Marius preuayled in batayle agaynst both the two kynges / Iugurth and Boc∣chus. ¶The .lvi. chapyter.
- ¶Of the great prouysion and wysdome of Ma∣rius after his victory: and of the seconde batayle which he had agaynst the two kynges / in which also he had great vyctory with laude & honour. ¶The .lvii. Chapyter.
- ¶Howe Bocchus after that he was thus twyse ouercom in batel / purposed to make peace with the romains: and howe at his request Marius sende vnto hym Sylla and Manlius to knowe his mynde in that behalfe. ¶The .lviii. Chapiter.
- ¶Of the wordes of Sylla tresourer of the roma¦yne army had before kyng Bocch{us}. The .lix. cha.
- ¶Of the answere of Bocchus made to Sylla: and of the vnstablenesse of mynde of the same Bocchus. ¶The .lx. chapyter.
- ¶How Bocchus chan̄ged his purpose yet ones agayne: and sende newe embassadours to Ma∣rius to treat of the peace: and howe Sylla recey∣ued and treated them in absence of Marius. ¶The .lxi. chapyter.
- ¶How Marius harde them bassadours of Boc∣chus & sende them to Rome: and how they were answered of the senatours. ¶The .lxii. chapyter.
- ¶How Marius sent Sylla agayne to Bocchus at his desyre: and what danger the same Sylla escaped by helpe of Volux / son of kyng Bocchus. ¶The .lxiii. chapyter.
- ¶Of the metyng and secrete apoyntmentes by∣twene Bocchus and Sylla: and howe bytwene them both they abused Asper / the imbassadour of Iu∣gurth. ¶The .lxiiii. chapyter.
- ¶Of the seconde cōmyng togyder of Bocchus and of Sylla: and of the wordes of Bocchus had to Sylla: and replycation and answere of Sylla agayne to hym. And how Bocchus graunted & concluded to betray Iugurth to the romayns. ¶The .lxv. chapyter.
- ¶Howe Bocchus betrayed Iugurth and dely∣uered hym bounde to Sylla. ¶The .lxvi. chap.
- ¶How Marius was receyued into Rome with triumphe: and howe Iugurth was cast into prison: where he contynued in myse∣rable captiuite tyl he dyed. ¶The .lxvii. cha.
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