Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . try and awaited the approachof the Britons. They chose for their camp a narrow strip of land, with adense forest in the rear, while before them spread out a spacious plain. Onthis plain the host of Boadicea encamped, now numbering (including the wo-men and children, who had been invited by the soldier-queen to witness thecontest, and
Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . try and awaited the approachof the Britons. They chose for their camp a narrow strip of land, with adense forest in the rear, while before them spread out a spacious plain. Onthis plain the host of Boadicea encamped, now numbering (including the wo-men and children, who had been invited by the soldier-queen to witness thecontest, and share in the spoils of the undoubted victory) two hundred andthirty thousand. Boadicea, still stung with the wrongs she had suffered, was*iger to engage with Paulinus. With her daughters beside her, in a war char-iot, she traversed the ranks of the Britons, inflaming their zeal for her cause,and animating them with courage, by passionate addresses. Loud shoutv rang along the lines of the British army, and exclamations ofloyalty were heard on every side. But while these demonstrations denotedconfidence of victory on the part of the Britons, Paulinus was unawed, and byforcible appeals to his soldiers, he raised their hopes and courage to the high- JOSEPHUS. 47 cst pitch. He pointed to the multitude of Britons^ as a nandful of men andimmense number of women and children—he exhorted them to believe theBritons to be cowards— charged them to keep close together so as to advancein an unbroken phalanx, and to fight sword in hand after they had thrown theirdarts. Then ordering a charge to be sounded, the Romans advanced in a sol-id column, hurled their javelins with terrible effect, with desperate power ranks of the Britons, and with sword in hand spread death and deso-lation in their path. Such an unexpected and fierce onslaught, struck terrorto the islanders, for they supposed the Romans would be awed by their num-bers ; and it was in vain that Boadicea en
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