chor among the Iſlands, and took thoſe who had taken him before, with ſome others; the Money he found upon them he made Prize of, to reimburſe his Charges, and he carry’d the Men to Pergamus or Troy, and there ſecured them in Priſon: In the mean Time, he apply’d himſelf to Junius, then Governor of Aſia, to whom it belonged to judge and determine of the Puniſhment of theſe Men; but Junius finding there was no Money to be had, anſwered Cæſar, that he would think at his Leiſure, what was to be done with thoſe Priſoners; Cæſar took his Leave of him, returned back to Pergamus, and commanded that the Priſoners ſhould be brought out and executed, according to Law in that Caſe provided; which is taken Notice of, in a Chapter at the End of this Book, concerning the Laws in Caſes of Pyracy: And thus he gave them that Puniſhment in Earneſt, which he had often threatned them with in Jeſt.
Cæſar went ſtrait to Rome, where, being engaged in the Deſigns of his own private Ambition, as were almoſt all the leading Men in Rome, the Pyrates who were left, had Time to increaſe to a prodigious Strength; for while the civil Wars laſted, the Seas were left unguarded, ſo that Plutarch tells us, that they erected diverſe Arſenals full of all manner of warlike Stores, made commodious Harbours, ſet up Watch-Towers and Beacons all along the Coaſts of Cilicia; that they had a mighty Fleet, well equipp’d and furniſh’d, with Galliots of Oars, mann’d, not only with Men of deſperate Courage, but alſo with expert Pilots and Mariners; they had their Ships of Force, and light Pinnaces for cruiſing and making Diſcoveries, in all no leſs than a thouſand Sail; ſo gloriouſly ſet out, that they were as much to be envied for their gallant Shew, as fear’d for their Force; having the Stern and Quarters all gilded with Gold and their Oars plated
