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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Sect. VIL. Divers enter/eats of war between the Romans and Carthaginians, with variable success. The Romans prepare to invade Africa, and obtain a great victory at sea. The victory of Duillius, as it was honoured at Rome with the first naval triumph that was ever seen in that city; so gave it unto the Romans a great encouragement to proceed in their wars by sea; whereby they hoped, not only to get Sicily, but all the o- ther isles between Italy and Africa, beginning with Sardinia, whither soon after they sent a fleet for that purpose. On the contrary side, Hamilcar the Carthaginian, lying in Panormus, carefully waited for all occasions that might help to recompense the late misfortune; and being advertised that some quarrel was grown between the Roman soldiers and their- auxiliaries, being such as caused them to encamp a- part, he sent forth Hanno to set upon them, who taking them unawares, buried four thousand of them in the place. Now during the continuance of the land war in Sicily, Hannibal, who had lately been beaten by sea, but escaped unto Carthage, meaning to make amends for his former error, obtained the trust of a new fleet, wherewith he arrived at Sardinia; the conquest of which island the Romans had entertained for their next enterprize. Now it so fell out, that the Romans crossing the seas from Sicily, arrived in. the port where Hannibal with his new fleet anchored. They set upon him unawares, and took the better part of the fleet which he conducted, himself hardly escaping the danger. But it little availed him to have escaped from the Romans. His good friends the Carthaginians were so ill pleased with this his second unfortunate voyage, that they hanged him up for his diligence; for (as it hath been said of old)' Non est bis in bello peccare;' In war it is to...