CHAP. I. The Foundation of Carthage, and her Growth till the first Punick War Conquefts of the Carthaginians in Africa Conquefts of the Carthaginians in Sardinia Conquefts of the Carthaginians in Spain Conquefts of the Carthaginians in Sicily CHAP. II. The Hiftory of Carthage from the firft The March after the Passage of the Rhone Interview between Hannibal and Scipio in A- Peace concluded between the Carthaginians and Romans. The End of the fecond Punick War Hannibal reforms the Courts of Justice and the ibid. ` A Digreffion concerning the Manners and Cha- racter of the fecond Scipio Africanus 350 THE EN D. ERRATA, in the Hiftory of the Egyptians. Age 4. 1. 2. r. Heptanomis. p. 8. 1. 38. inftate r. imitate; p. 9. 1. ult. de ftroy'd 1. defign'd; p. 10. I. 4. and p. 16. 1. 23. to r. in; p. 12. 1. 17. r. rife; p. 15. 1. 26. little F. fubtle; p. 16. 1. 5. after fame put a; p. 46. I. 31. r. Almighty; p. 62. 1. 9. r. Flakes; p. 63. 1. 28. boiled r. bolled; p. 68. 1. 15, 16, dele, which reigned in this Kingdom of God; p. 74. 1. 20. Conduct r. Court; ib. 1. 22. his r its; ib. 1. 27. r. own'd; 45 p. 76. 1. 4. Idumis r. Bufiris; p. 83. 1. 5. Machus r. Inachus; p. 93. 1. penult. were r. wore; p. 94. 1. S. There 1. These. In the Hiftory of the Carthaginians." P Ace 123. I. 5. impartial r. imperfect; p. 131. 1. 10.dele bad before fupported; p. 139. 1. 9. 1. have bad; p 141. 1. 25. Juftice . Injustice; p. 142. 1. 3. bear 1. base; ib. 1. 10. impious r. imperious; p. 143. 1. 18. r. inexorable; p 145. l. 11. r. Mummius; ib. 1. 24. r. Sichaus; p. 152. 1. 10. 1. Durius; p. 151. 1. 12. and 152. 1. 24. r. Tarraconenfis ; p. 149. Nate' Arcudia; ib. r. Naima or Taimi; p. 160. &c. Selinuntum r.. Selinus; p. 162. 1. penult. r. Phalaris; p. 163. 1. 26. Town r. Power; p. 166. Ï. 23. Arcadia r. Acradina; ib. 1. 28. longer r. long; p. 171. l. 28. r. Rhegium, p. 189. Note. Son r. Sort; p. 201. 1. 30. undeniable r. unavoidable; p. 210. 1. 26. after Befiegers put a; p. 213. 1. laft, furnifb'd r. finif'd, p. 220. 1. 37. fecure r. fevere; p. 227. 1. 27. Excufes r. Exceffes; p. 236. 1. 16. of r. or; p. 238. 1. 27. arrefting r. wrefting; p. 241. 1. 20. r. bought; p. 242. 1. 7. 1. higher; p. 249. 28. put Lacinian before Promontory; p. 251. 1. 21. put not before perfuading; p. 255. 1. 8. was 1. were; p. 319. 1. 22. r. withdraw. ܀܀܀܀ THE PREFACE. SECT. I. The Usefulness of Prophane History, chiefly with regard to Religion. T Dates. HE Study of prophane Hiftory we are to would by no means deserve a feri-obferve in ous Attention, or a long Applicati-ides Facts Hiftory beon, if it was confin'd to a barren and ChroKnowledge of the Facts of Antiquity, and nological a dull Inquiry into the Dates and Years of every remarkable Event. It is of little Concern to us to know that there were once living fuch Men as Alexander, Cafar, Ariftides, Cato, and that they flourish'd in this or that Year of the World; that the Empire of the Affyrians gave place to that of the Babylonians, this to the Empire of the Medes and Perfians, who at laft themselves yielded to the fuperior Force of the Macedonians, in their Turn fwallow'd up in the mighty Empire of Rome. I. The BUT it is of great Importance to know by Reasons of what Methods thefe Empires were founded, the Elevaby what Steps they rofe to that Elevation of a ftion and Fall of Em Gran-ires. 2. The Ge Character ple and Grandeur which we admire, wherein confifted their folid Glory and real Happiness, and to what Causes their Decay and Fall were owing. NOR is it lefs concerning to ftudy carefully nius and the Manners of the People, their Genius, of the Peo- their Laws, their Cuftoms; and above all, to remark what were the Characters, the their Gove-Talents, the Virtues, the very Vices of those who govern'd them, and who, by their good or bad Qualities, contributed to the Rife and Fall of the Empire, which had them for Conductors and Mafters. Sour. THESE are the great Objects which ancient History presents to our Understandings, bringing as it were in Review the Kingdoms and Empires of the old World before us, and along with them all the great Men who have diftinguish'd themselves in any manner; by which we are inftructed lefs by Precept than Example, above all in the Arts of Empire, in the Science of War, in the Principles of Government, in the Rules of Policy, in the Maxims of Civil Society, and the Conduct of Life proper to all Ages and Conditions. FROM hence likewife we learn, what no 3. The Origin and Man, who has a Tafte and an Inclination for Progress fine Learning, can be indifferent about, by of Arts and Sciences, what Means it was that Arts and Sciences were invented, cultivated, and brought to Perfection; here the Reader discovers and traces as it were with his Eye their Origin and Progrefs; and fees with Admiration that the nearer he approaches to thofe Places which were the Habitations of the Sons of Noah, the more he finds Arts and Sciences approach |
