The commentaries of C. Julius Cæsar of his warres in Gallia, and the civil warres betwixt him and Pompey / translated into English with many excellent and judicious observations thereupon ; as also The art of our modern training, or, Tactick practise, by Clement Edmonds Esquire, ... ; where unto is adjoyned the eighth commentary of the warres in Gallia, with some short observations upon it ; together with the life of Cæsar, and an account of his medalls ; revised, corrected, and enlarged.

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Title: The commentaries of C. Julius Cæsar of his warres in Gallia, and the civil warres betwixt him and Pompey / translated into English with many excellent and judicious observations thereupon ; as also The art of our modern training, or, Tactick practise, by Clement Edmonds Esquire, ... ; where unto is adjoyned the eighth commentary of the warres in Gallia, with some short observations upon it ; together with the life of Cæsar, and an account of his medalls ; revised, corrected, and enlarged.
Author: Caesar, Julius.
Publication: London :: Printed by R. Daniel and are to be sold by Henry Tvvyford ... Nathaniel Ekins ... Iohn Place ...,; 1655.
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Subject terms: Caesar, Julius. -- De bello Gallico. -- English.; Pompey, -- the Great, 106-48 B.C.; Caesar, Julius. -- De bello civili. -- English.; Military art and science -- Early works to 1800.; Gaul -- History -- 58 B.C.-511 A.D.; Rome -- History -- Republic, 265-30 B.C.
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VVHich advise although at this time it sor∣ted to small effect, yet it better suted the valour of the Romans, and savoured more of tempered magnanimity then that former ha∣zard, which argued the weaknesse of their minds, by their over-hasty and too forward resoluti∣on. For as it imported greater danger, and discovered a more desperate spirit, to break through the thickest troups of their enemies, and so by strong hand to save themselves by the help of some other fortune; so it mani∣fested a greater apprehension of terrour, and a stronger impression of fear, which can af∣ford nothing but desperate remedies: for desperate and inconsiderate rashnesse riseth sooner of fear, then of any other passion of the mind. But such as beheld the danger with a lesse troubled eye, and qualified the terrour of death with the life of their spirit, reserving extremity of help to extremity of perill, and in the mean time attended what chances of ad∣vantage might happen unto them upon any enterprise the enemy should attempt; they, I say, so gave greater scope to Fortune, and inlarged the bounds of changing accidents.