So great was the Honour of Sepulture amongst the _Pagans_, says _Quenstedt_, _De Sepult. Vet._ p. 24. [Sidenote: Sepulture deny’d Enemies out of Revenge.] That when they design’d to shew the greatest Envy and Reproach to their most inveterate Enemies, they depriv’d their Bodies of Sepulture, as is noted in the History of the Heroes in _Homer_, in the War between _Polynices_ and _Eteocles_ the _Theban_, and other antient Histories, as likewise in _Claudian_, _De Bello Gild._ v. 39. Now _Mezentius_ fearing this, does not desire _Æneas_ to spare his Life, but earnestly entreats him to afford him Burial, _Virg._ _Æneid_, Lib. 10. v. 901. _Nullum in Cæde Nefas, nec sic ad Prælia veni; Unum hoc, per, si qua est Victis Venia Hostibus, oro Corpus Humo patiare tegi_, &c. Nor ask I Life, nor fought with that design; For this, this only Favour let me sue, (If Pity can to conquer’d Foes be due;) Refuse it not; but let my Body have The last retreat of Human Kind, a Grave. _Dryden._ _Turnus_ also intreats the like Favour: _Et me, seu Corpus spoliatum Lumine mavis, Redde meis._ Æneid, _Lib._ 12. _v._ 935. Or if thy vow’d Revenge pursue my Death, Give to my Friends my Body void of Breath? [Sidenote: Sepulture strictly observ’d in War.] However, generally speaking, Sepulture was observ’d as well in Time of War as Peace, to which purpose Heralds or Embassadors were wont to be sent to make Truce ’till they could bury their Dead; which if deny’d, says _Grotius_, the Antients thought their War more lawful and just. Thus _Hannibal_, a sworn Enemy to the very Name of _Romans_, is said by _Livy_, _Decad._ 3. _Lib._ 2. to have sought the Bodies of _Caius Flaminius_, _Tiberius Gracchus_ and _Marcellus_ Roman Generals, conquer’d and slain by him, that he might bury them. Likewise _Philip_ of _Macedon_ is equally to be commended for his Humanity, in performing Funeral Rites and Ceremonies towards his deceas’d Enemies; of which see _Peter Faber_, Lib. 3. _Semestr._ cap. 13. p. 183. who also gives the like account of his Son _Alexander_, in that after he had overcome _Darius_, he granted leave to his Mother to bury him after what manner she pleas’d, and withal commanded the same Honour to be afforded the _Persian_ Nobles; as also that all such Soldiers as were found slain should be bury’d with care, as is recorded by _Q. Curtius_, Lib. 3. _Valerius Maximus_ likewise, _Lib._ 9. _cap._ 8. tells us the _Athenians_ so strictly observ’d this Custom in their Wars, [Sidenote: Generals put to Death for neglecting it.] that they punish’d those Generals with Death that neglected to bury the Slain, tho’ otherwise they were Men of Valour and had done several extraordinary Exploits. [Sidenote: Others have perform’d it with great Care.] _Plutarch_ in his Lives, informs us how careful _Nicias_, an _Athenian_ General, was in