OBSERVATIONS.
POmpey having cleared his Army of that siege, it booted not Caesar to prosecute his purpose any longer: for when the end is mis∣sed for which any course is undertaken, it were folly to seek it by that means. We must rather
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POmpey having cleared his Army of that siege, it booted not Caesar to prosecute his purpose any longer: for when the end is mis∣sed for which any course is undertaken, it were folly to seek it by that means. We must rather
chuse new wayes, that may lead us to the end of our hopes, then follow the old track, which sorted to no effect. And yet neverthelesse, the sufficiency of the Generall is no way disabled: for,* 1.1 albeit a wise man doth not alwayes keep one pase, yet still he holdeth one and the same way.
Secondly, that of Xerxes appeareth to be true, that great attempts are alwaies made with great difficulty and danger. Wherein the wisdome of the heathen world ascribed all to Fortune,* 1.2 as the sole cause of all remarkable e∣vents,* 1.3 and that which filled up both the pages of all the Books, wherein men noted the course of things. Clades in bello acceptae, non sem∣per ignaviae, sed aliquando Fortunae temeritati sunt imputandae, Losses received in war, are not alwayes to be imputed to slothfull carriage, but oftentimes to the temerity of Fortune, saith Ar∣chidamus; and is that which is aimed at by Caesar.
Sapiens non semper it•• uno gradu, 〈…〉〈…〉.
Herodot.
〈◊〉〈◊〉 omnia ex∣pensa, om∣nia feruntur accep••a•••• & in tota ra∣tiore mor∣talium, s••la utt••••que paginam fa∣cit. Plin. lib. 2. cap. 7.