do with the slothful People of _Asia_. _Fabius Maximus_ had as much Courage, as _Titus Sempronius_, _Caius Flaminius_, or _Varro_; and more Judgment: That great Commander knew that he had to do with an Enemy educated in the Camp, well vers’d in Arms, skilful in Military Discipline, who by a singular Fate, or Felicity, had obtained many Victories; therefore he was not rashly to venture all, but to use Delay to weary him out; that was the only Hope left against so great an Enemy, to evade his Assaults, and to drill on the Combat till an Opportunity was afforded for a Remedy. In the mean time, he was to be watch’d, restrain’d, and, as it were, nibbled at; wherein he was so happy, that _Fabius_ was as much Renown’d as _Scipio_ himself, who ended the War against _Hannibal_; for who knows whether _Scipio_ would have ever overcome him, if _Fabius_ had not first stopped the Course of his Victories? To overcome by Prudence is as highly to be priz’d, as to overcome by Force. The former has nothing common with Beasts, but Force has. The Emperor _Ferdinand_ had the same Design with _Fabius Maximus_, if his and _Solyman_’s Forces had been equal. His first Work would have been, to put all to the hazard of a Battel; but the Inequality considered, his next Design was, to stop an over-flowing Flood in Walls and Banks; and herein he employ’d his utmost Endeavours. ’Tis about Forty Years since _Solyman_, in the Beginning of his Reign, took _Belgrade_, slew _Lewis_ King of _Hungary_, and thereby promised himself the Possession of that and other Countries; in hopes whereof he besieged _Vienna_, and, renewing the War, he reduced _Gonitzium_ again, threaten’d _Vienna_ at a Distance. But what did he get by this great Armament: He was forced to stick in that Part of _Hungary_ which he had already taken. He that was wont to conquer great Kingdoms by one Expedition, now subdued only some weak Castles and small Towns, which cost him dear: ’Tis true, he saw _Vienna_ once, but never after. ’Tis said, that _Solyman_ wished his Life to be prolonged, to see three Things finished, _viz._ The Structure of his Temple, a sumptuous and magnificent Work! the repairing of the old Aquæducts to bring Water enough into _Constantinople_, and the Conquest of _Vienna_. The two first he hath accomplished; but at the third he sticks, and I hope ever will; so that he always calls _Vienna_ his _Ignominy_ and _Disgrace_. But to return.