If I had at the first yeelded my selfe, neither
my power nor your glorie had beene set foorth to the world, & vpon
mine execution I should straight haue beene forgotten. But if you
now grant me life, I shall be a witnesse for euer of your mercifull
clemencie."
The emperour with these words being pacified, granted life both to
Caratake, and also to his wife and brethren, who being loosed from
their bands, went also to the place where the empresse Agrippina sat
(not farre off) in a chaire of estate, whom they reuerenced with the
like praise and thanks as they had doone before to the emperour. After
this the senat was called togither, who discoursed of manie things
touching this honourable victorie atchiued by the taking of Caratake,
esteeming the same no lesse glorious, than when P. Scipio shewed in
[Sidenote: Siphax. L. Paulus.]
triumph Siphax king of the Numidians, or L. Paulus the Macedonian
king Perses, or other Romane capteins anie such king whom they had
vanquished.
Heerevpon it was determined, that Ostorius should enter the citie of
Rome with triumph like a conqueror, for such prosperous successe as
hitherto had followed him: but afterwards his proceedings were not so
luckie, either for that after Caratake was remooued out of the waie,
or bicause the Romans (as though the warre had beene finished) looked
negligentlie to themselues, either else for that the Britains taking
compassion of the miserable state of Caratake, being so worthie a
prince, through fortunes froward aspect cast into miserie, were more
earnestlie set to reuenge his quarrell.
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