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 June 11, 2024.
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OBSERVATIONS.
JOy is an opening and dilating motion, and
oftentimes openeth the body so wide, as it let∣teth
out the soul, which returneth not again.
And in like manner, the causes of all such exsul∣tations
do, for the most part, spread themselves
further then is requisite.
Pompey having victory in hope,* 1.1 rather then
in hand, boasted as though all were his: not con∣sidering,
that the happinesse or disaster of hu∣mane
actions, doth not depend upon the parti∣culars
rising in the course thereof, which are va∣riable
and divers, but according as the event
shall censure it. Whereupon the Russes have a
saying in such cases, that he that laughs after∣ward,
laughs then too: as Caesar did.
Notes
* 1.1
Human••tum actionum fel•• itas in∣feli 〈…〉〈…〉 re∣rum parti∣culis, quae multae sunt & varie. sed ex eventis judi intu••. Dionys. Hal. lib. 9.