ABSTRACT
72 Julius C:esar for the warres. From thence he went into Spayne, to make warre with Petreius and Varro, Pompeys Lieuetenants 1: first to gette their armies and provinces into his hands which they governed, that afterwardes he might follow Pompey the better, leaving never an enemie behinde him. In this jorney he was oftentymes him selfe in daunger, through the ambushes that were layde for him in divers straunge sortes and places, and likely also to have lost all his armie for lacke of vittells. All this notwithstanding, he never left following of Pompeys Lieuetenants, provoking them to battell, and intrenching them in: untill he had gotten their campe and armies into his handes, albeit that the Lieuetenants them selves fled unto Pompey. When Cresar returned agayne to Rome, Piso his father in lawe gave him counsell to sende Ambassadors unto Pompey, to treate of peace. But Isauricus, to flatter Cresar, was against it. Cresar beeing then created Dictator by the Senate,2 called home againe all the banished men, and restored their children to honor, whose fathers before had beene slayne in Syllaes tyme: and did somewhat cutte of the usuries that did oppresse them, and besides, did make some such other ordinances as those, but very fewe. For he was Dictator but eleven dayes onely, and then did yeld it uppe of him selfe, and made him selfe Consul, with Servilius Isauricus,3 and after that determined to followe the warres .... [The war against Pompey is traced until Cresar's victory at Pharsalia.] Then Pompey seeing his horsemen from the other winge of his battell, so scattered and dispersed, flying away: forgate that he was any more Pompey the great which he had bene before, but rather was like a man whose wittes the goddes had taken from him, being affrayde and amazed with the slaughter sent from above, and so retyred into his tent speaking never a worde, and sate there to see the ende of this battell. Untill at length all his army beeing overthrowen, and put to flight,4 the enemies came, and gotte up upon the rampers and defence of his campe, and fought hande to hande with them that stoode to defende the same. Then as a man come to him selle agayne, he spake but this onely worde: What, even into our campe? So in haste, casting of his coate armor and apparell of a generall, he shifted him, and put on such, as became his miserable fortune, and so stale out of his campe. Furthermore, what he did after this overthrowe, and howe he had put him selfe into the handes of the iEgyptians, by whome he was miserably slayne: we have sette it forthe at large in
