T H E L I F E OF S C I P I O A F R I C A N U S ; W I T H O ES A ND I LL S R TI N T U T A ONS . THE RE V . EDW RD E A B RWICK. c i i o fri canus su n or ue m dn mun ortal es nasci ol n mn ut esset in S p A pe , q v e t, us er omnes nu meros ho mimbus efficacit r os cnd re quo se virt p e t e t. V S ALER IU MA X IMU S . L ON D ON I E D FO R R O E R TR I PHOOK OL D ON D - S R EE PR N T B T , B T T A N D H OD GE S A ND M‘ RTH U R D U L I N A , B ! ‘ - - By B M Md l an. Bow S treet . C ovent Gat den . 1 8 1 7 . TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE E Y A H N R G R T T A N , A S A MA L L B UT S I N C E R E R I U E O S , T B T F E S E E M A N D G RA I U D E T T T , T H I S L I FE O F S O R U S C I P I A F I CA N , I S H BL D I CAT UM Y ED ED , ms A A E R I B Y TT CH D F END , A N D D E V O E D H U M LE S E RV AN T B T, EDW RD BERWI A CK. J ul 1 8 1 y , 7 . A D V E RT I S E MENT . THE R E have been several Lives c omposed of ' c o fricanus the E d anc n w s of S ipi A l er by ie t riter , a u us ellius whic h no fragments now rem in . A l G m n ons t he nam s of two of h m C a us O ius e ti e t e , i pp , and u us H nus who d in t he n of A u J li ygi , live reig us s. The oss of the L f o f S c o su os d t o g t u l i e ipi , pp e w n P u a c h is the one r nc a to be ritte by l t r , p i ip lly be d Of his mod n B o a h s one w o regrette . er i gr p er , r te in La n and the o h in nch. The nam of ti , t er Fre e t he s is B onoo A ccioli a o n n who fl ou fir t t , Fl re ti e, rished in the fifteenth century : his Life of S cipio ’ was ans a d n o nch ha s de l Escl use tr l te i t Fre by C rle , and f om nch n o En sh Sir homas o h r Fre i t gli by T N rt , in the n of u n b h e na reig Q ee Eliza et . Th me of the nch B o a h is the b Se an de la ou Fre i gr p er Ab é r T r, who o a ou the m dd of the l as c n u wr te b t i le t e t ry . His L f w as ans a d n o En sh h ev i e tr l te i t gli by t e R . R cha d Pa in the a 1 8 . I t ma c i r rry, ye r 7 7 y ex ite som su se ha no his o cal m mo ia of such e rpri , t t t ri e r l an illustriou s man was ever u ndertaken by an Eng l sh xc a a d d one a i writer, e ept very bri ge by Mr. S m h of P s on in the a 1 1 3. Wh h the it re t , ye r 7 et er fo o n S ch h ch is now humblv off d t o ll wi g ket , w i ere b AD V E RTI S E MENT . the u c a a to om s do suffic n P bli , gree bly pr i e, es ie t us c to his c ha ac mus be f to the ud j ti e r ter, t le t j g m n of the cand d a e t i re der. r Wa u on o s d w h som us n ss o f D . rb rt b erve it e j t e hat a in his L f of Bacon had for wit, t M llet, i e , so I f a obse r gotten that he was a phil o pher . like vation should be applied t o the Editor of the prese nt L f ha he has fo o n ha Sc o was a n i e, t t rg tte t t ipi ge e ral he mus bow w h su m ss on as the a of , t it b i i , b ttle Z ama al one has obtained a pl ac e in the following com a on S c o n in his m nd much mor pil ti ; ipi bei g , i , e in s n in his c han m a ca ac hou h tere ti g ivil, t ilit ry p ity , t g i n the l atter he outstripped the greatest c aptain that d ever live . The Ed o n nds shou d the n account it r i te , l prese t of S c o c the a o a on of the u c ipi re eive ppr b ti p bli , t o give an Histori cal Sketch of such o ther branches of ha o am as n uc d the h sto an of t t N ble F ily, i d e i ri the Roman Empire t o denominate Ital y the c ountry P d f of the S cipios. A e igree o the Family will be n to u a the ho . give , ill str te w le MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE S C I P I O A F R I C A N U S . m at ue ma norum non mi nus ot u Clarmum v iroru q g , quam negotii rati o MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE S C I P I O A F R I CA N U S . U L I S O RN EL I U S S C I PIO s n u s P B U C , di ti g i hed from the great men of his family by the sir nam of A r can was the son of u Cor e f i us, P blius nelius S c o and o n in Rom in a of ipi , b r e the ye r an ‘ Of uc the city five hun dred d seventeen . s h a c a s as ma ha a n his a p rti ul r y ve tte ded e rly life, hi story is silent the name of his mother Pom on a ar n on but ha of his p i is b ely me ti ed, t t pre c eptor is n ot ; consequently it is u seless t o form any c onjec tures rel ative either t o t he kind Of d uca on or to the ca and a ns e ti he received, re p i h ch We ma na a w i were expended on it . y tur lly suppose he had the best masters to i nstruc t him A u spic atius c neota paren té gignunt ur : si e u t S c ipi o Af c anus o nat ns rimus ue C ze sarum a c aaso ma s ri pri r , p q tri — u te ro d ic t ade ausa e t C aeso nes a a t . P Y us : qu c ppell i LIN , . 7 c . l , 9. 4 in whatever learning w as then in fashion at Ro as as in the m n s and n a me, well ele e t ge er l nc s of the f n I f he had pri iple military pro essio . n ot the properest masters provided for this pur o he had at as in his own f am p se, le t ily, his fa and nc hom his s ther u le, with w he served fir t am a n at the a e of s n n U n at c p ig g eve tee . til th o his nam not no c in s o and peri d, e is ti ed hi t ry, at ha m n he a a s in a h w ch t t ti e i deed ppe r lig t , hi c a m o ur a c u a a n on and ma s him l i s p rti l r tte ti , ke an c o f u a n a a s in Obje t pec li r i terest .