PA NORM VS. 



AV.mil.Vro~ 



Corn 

 in Hamilia- 

 re->. 



t R Y X <i 

 Pa/jM re 



incumbcns,cum ijfde per incerpreces de prodenda Eryce agic:Galli pix- . 

 t corrupci,poftqaam Venens Erycina; cempium depra:daci effent.ad 

 Confulé cransfugientes Eryccm defcrunc. Confiil occupaca vrbe c]uam- 

 uis vel ficu fuo fatis municam perfpiccrcc,quó camen vndicjue eam a Poe- 

 norum vi & impetu protegerec,cohorces aliquoc in vcrcice, mox alias ad 

 ; p„. "'i"^" montis, qua aditus a Drepano crac, pnvlldio collocauic. Inccrea 

 pcrlatoCarchaginemde Eryce captanuncioSenatus,vc rebus in pra:- 

 S ceps eunribus aliquid fubfidij ferrc nc, Amilcarcm cognomenco Barcam, 

 virum acrenï& rei militaris prudentia nobikm , cum claffc & exercicu 

 in Siciha miccunc.ls exfccnllonc non longè a Drepano fada, odingcntis 

 a Confuhs exercicu pafllbus,in mótcpra:rnpco & excelfo caftramecacu^s 

 magnis preclanf^ue rebus concra Romanos gcftis,Erycem(nu£ mediani ^ 

 incervercicemmoncis &Romanorum vcnucjueprxfidia fuiffc ollen- 

 dimus; per frandem reccpic.Quod facinus Romanum luxca ac Pcenum 

 pan concencionc & xmulacione ac glori* itudio ad laborcs & pcriculo- 

 rum concemtum accendic. Romani cnim,cjui vcrcicem cenebanc a Pce- 

 nis,qui medio in loco eranc,veluci incerclufi/ummo in difcriminè verfa- 

 bancur;nec minus Carchaginienfes omnirerum inopia premebancur- 



duobus Romanorumpra:fidijs,aIcerofupraverc.cem,alceroaradicibus 

 monris obfefïi-adha^cvmcodumcaxac eoque admodum impedico ad 

 commeacus imporrandos adieu. SaluciPcenis fuic Amilcaris vigilancia c 

 & inu.aa in periculis animi forcicudo; & cjuód Romanos frcquenci ex- 

 curlione laceflendo , fuos fubinde commeatu Sc lupplcmenco rccreabac 

 Romanis aucem gloria ftudmm & mil.caris d.fciplmx fenericas,cum eo- 

 rumcjuiLilyba^umobfidebanc contra Amilcaris impccum conftancia 

 & pcrcinaciaanimos faciebat. I ca obfe (li inuicem, &obfidences fumma 

 animorum vcrincjue conrentione, contemtis periculis &ad cxtrema in- 

 „.„ f radi per bienniurn durabant; donec Porni prxlio nauali ad * ^Emes a 

 Lutacio Confulé fradi, Amilcare ad conditiones pacis concedenteab 

 A«.„r ^'y" '° r"''^^ Sicilia pr^Efidia deducere , & milicarcs co- 

 fx^ HMo pias in Africam Cranfporcare ex kwibus pacis coadti funt » 



APEnANQN. 



°"^"*'"S^^'^^''''^h" originis efTemulcofilopinicnibuscredi- 



^^^teftacumcft.Situm erac ï LiIyb?o x viii.p.m .in peninf.k cu- 

 •«^^lufdam ceruice inlkr falcis repand^: vnde & ipfi nomen Bre- 

 panmfitxci emm é]^i7ia^ov fdcm vocanc.Quibus yera fabularura inuo- 



lucris 



infulit.Gn 

 cis atyour» 

 Stepkmo, 

 Plinio 

 lil>.^.cap 

 ex Mela 

 x.c.^ _ 

 Aethufi 



