Aphorismes ciuill and militarie amplified with authorities, and exemplified with historie, out of the first quarterne of Fr. Guicciardine.

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Title: Aphorismes ciuill and militarie amplified with authorities, and exemplified with historie, out of the first quarterne of Fr. Guicciardine.
Author: Dallington, Robert, 1561-1637.
Publication: London :: Imprinted [by R. Field] for Edward Blount,; 1613.
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Subject terms: Aphorisms and apothegms -- Early works to 1800.; Political science -- Early works to 1800.; Military art and science -- Early works to 1800.; Italy -- History -- Early works to 1800.
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APHORISME LXI.

THe 1 1.1 conquest is easie, where there is neither valour, counsell, power, nor desire of glorie: though that be more noble which preuaileth against Resistance, and opens his way with the sword, where he findes it shut against him. 2 1.4 But the greatest and most glo∣rious victorie of all, is, not onely to breake the for∣ces, but to triumph ouer the broken and deiected heart of the van∣quished.

Monte-fortino, a strong place belonging to Iacopo Conti a Ro∣mane Baron, is besieged, battered, assaulted, and sacked, all in one day. Mount-S. Iohn, a peece likewise of good strength, is wonne in few houres, the souldiers all slaine, the towne rifled, and burned. S. Germane is one of the keyes of the kingdome, it hath before it the faire riuer Garigliano, whereupon it standeth, high and vnpassable rockes on the one side, and deepe marishes on the other. Here the new king Ferdinand, with an armie of fif∣tie Squadrons of horse, and six thousand choise foote, attends the coming of the French, and intends to bid him battell. Yet at the

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very first bruite of the enemies approch, he shamefully quits the place, and retires to Capua, thence to Naples, to appease the tu∣mult there. He is no sooner gone, but the Capuans with their gouernour Triultio, render themselues to the French king. Auuersa followes the example of Capua: and Naples of Auuer∣sa. Such faithlesse and faint-hearted resistance made the Neapo∣litans, and so easie a purchase had the French king of so large and noble a kingdome: hauing with an vncredible course of vnheard of fortune, and beyond the example euen of Caesar him∣selfe, without spreading a tent, or breaking a lance, conquered all lets, before he came at them.

Notes

1 1.1

Facile est vincere non repugnantem. * 1.2

Non ille solus vincitur hostis, qui cadit in acie, pondere armorum oppressus, & * 1.3 virium: tutiùs etiam tuba tacente sub iugo mittitur voluntarius: qui sentit ex∣pertus, nec fortitudinem in rebelles, nec lenitatem in supplices animos, hosti deesse.
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* 1.2

Arist.

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* 1.3

Curt.

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2 1.4

Censebant Achaei, neque splendidam, neque firmam vllam victoriam, * 1.5 nisi quis palàm & ex condicto depugnans, animos quoque deiecisset aduersario∣rum.

—Nulla est victoria maior, * 1.6

Quàm quae confessos animo quoque subiugat hostes.

—Si decidit hostis * 1.7

Ire super satis est, vitam{que} relinquere victo.

Quae vindicta prior, quàm cum formido superbos * 1.8

Flectit?—

—Ignoscere pulchrum

Iam misero, poenae{que} genus vidisse precantem. * 1.9
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* 1.5

Poly. l. 13.

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* 1.6

Claudian.

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* 1.7

Stat. Theb. 8.

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* 1.8

Claud. de bel. Get.

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* 1.9

Id. Ibid.

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