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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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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Caesar, Julius.
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London :: Printed by R. Daniel and are to be sold by Henry Tvvyford ... Nathaniel Ekins ... Iohn Place ...,
1655.
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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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"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." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A31706.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 29, 2024.
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THE FIRST OBSERVATION.
THe circumstance in this history which noteth
the sudden breaking out of wars, when the
course of things made promise of peace, sheweth
first, what small assurance our reason hath of her
discourse in calculating the nativity of After∣chances:
which so seldome answer the judgement
we give upon their beginnings, that when we
speak of happinesse, we find nothing but misery;
and contrariwise, it goeth often well with that
part which our Art hath condemned to ill for∣tune.
And therefore I do not marvel, if when
almost all nations are at odds, and in our best
conceits threaten destruction one to another,
there happen a sudden motion of peace: or if
peace be in speech, soothing the world with plea∣sing
tranquillity, and through the uncertainty of
our weak probabilities, promise much rest after
many troubles; there follow greater wars in the
end then the former time can truly speak of.
Which being well understood, may humble the
spirits of our haughty politicians, that think to
comprehend the conclusions of future times under
the premises of their weak projects, and predesti∣nate
succeeding ages according to the course of
the present motion: when an accident so little
thought of shall break the main stream of our
judgement, and falsify the Oracles which our
understanding hath uttered. And it may learn
them withall, how much it importeth a wise com∣mander
to prevent an evill that may crosse his de∣signe,
(how unlikely soever it be to happen) by
handling it in such manner as though it were ne∣cessarily
to confront the same. For then a thing
is well done, when it hath in it self both the cau∣ses
of his being, and the direct means to resist the
repugnancy of a contrary nature: and so hap
what will, it hath great possibility to continue the
same.
Notes
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