to such as was left alive it being reported that in that dear Food from Heaven in the dear years barren year there came down Food from the Air no otherwise than the Manna of old to the Israelites and that the year following the Earth of her own accord brought forth fruit Neither was Earth of its own accord brings forth Fruits These things in Palestina and other Regions where the former things were done only this misery saith the History throughout Palestina but also sundry calamities reigned in many other Regions and these things saith the History were about that time that is to say when the things aforesaid were controverted and done In the Civil State also these things hapned Aetius was lamentably Cap. 7. Aetius put to death at Rome also Valentinianus the Emperor and Heraclius by the Treason of Maximus because Valentinianus had ravished his Wife Maximus maâ—ries Eudoxia the Wife of Valentinianus against her will put to death at old Rome Valentinianus Emperor of the West together with Heraclius by certain Souldiers of Aetius through the Treason of Maximus who aspired unto the Empire and therefore wrought their destruction because the Wife of Maximus had been ravished by Valentinianus Valentinianus being dead Maximus married his Wife Eudoxia against her will she taking this in great contumely and reproach devised how to revenge her Husbands death she sends to Genzerichus to Libia She sends to Genzericus the Vandal to revenge her makes him fair promises puts him in good hopes of prosperous success requests him that unlooked for he would invade the Empire of Rome and promised to yeeld all into his hands He being a Barbarian unconstant of little trust gave no credit to her words sets the City on fire carries away the spoyl took Eudoxia He burns Rome carries away the spoyl takes Eudoxia and her two Daughters with him Returns marries Eudoxia's elder daughter to his Son Sends the other and her Mother to Martianus He tore Maximus in pieces and threw his body into Tiber. The short succession of the after Western Emperors Avitus reigned eight months Maximus 70. dayes Plague destroys Avitus Majorinus that succeeded him cut off by Treason Severus three years Anno. 458. Martianus dies Proterius opposed Cap. 8. Anno. 458. Timoth. Elurus chosen with her 2 Daughters returned got him home to Libia married Eudoxia the elder Daughter to his Son Honoricus but sent Placidia the younger Daughter and Eudoxia her Mother with a Princely Train unto Martianus thereby hoping to mittigate his wrath and displeasure who was not a little offended at the burning of Rome and the abusing of Valentinianus his Daughters he tore Maximus in pieces and threw his Carkass into Tiber. Nor did things cease here for short dates befel the next successive Emperors of Rome Avitus was Emperor eight months after the death of Maximus who reigned seventy dayes when he was dispatched by the Plague Majorinus the year following took the government of the Empire when Rhecimerus a Roman Captain had procured through Treason the death of Majorinus Severus became Emperor for the space of three years Also Martianus finished this course having reigned the space of seven years which those of Alexandria understanding they renewed their opposition against Proterius Dionysius the Captain of the Guard being absent they consulted to make Timotheus surnamed Aelurus to be their Bishop and having brought him into the great Church called Caesars they proclaimed him whilst Proterius was yet alive and exercised the Priesthood slew Proterius Proterius slain as he fled to the Font. Tyed with a Rope dragged derided whilst he was flying to the Holy Font as saith the History tyed him with a Rope and haled him to the four Poarches for all men to gaze at him through the perswasion of Timothy and with shouting and laughter revealed the murdering of Proterius afterwards they drew his Carkass through the City and burnt it to Drawn through the City burnt to Asâ—es His bowels tasted of Ashes neither abstained they from the tasting of his Bowels as the Bishops and Clergy throughout Egypt in their complaints to Leo who succeeded Martianus of them who were Eye-witnesses gave it at large under their hands which is said to be done with a He was run through the body with a Sword as it was rumoured that the Captain hasted into the City Six more killed with him His dead body lashed disjoynted and his Ashes thrown into the Air. naked Sword as the Captain hearing the rumor of the tumult came in post hast to Alexandria to quench it so being ran through the Body died and six more were killed with him and his dead body they lashed with a Whip and unjoynted his Members and when they had burned his body they threw the Ashes and scattered them in the Air. This outragious Villany thus committed put the Emperor to it who sent his Letters throughout the Empire to consider what was Cap. 9. The Emperor troubled sends Letters what were best to be done best to be done for there were two things in it the blood of Proterius and the dissatisfaction of the Decrees of the six hundred and thirty Bishops in the Council of Chalcedon and how to secure the peace of Alexandria so the issue returned upon Timothy Timothy is deposed banished who wrote bold Letters in answer to the Emperor's that were sent about and that Council who was deposed and banished to Gangrena aforesaid and Timothy called Basilius was put in to succeed Cap. 10. Basilius succeeds Proterius Annatolius being also dead Gennadius was Bishop of Constantinople and after him Acasius Master of the Hospital or Colledge of Orphans Thus things shook in reference to Religion and reeled up and Judgments on the State The Empire shaken down whilst men took upon them to settle and establish Religion And in the Civil State things shook also The Earth moved Cap. 12. An Earthquake at Antioch again at Antioch again it turned upside down in a manner all the building of that new City being well peopled without a waste corner or ruinous piece of building but all adorned and gorgeously set forth by the bountifulness of the Emperors contending successively who should excel the other therein the first and second Lodgings of the Pallace were overthrown the rest stood with the Bath adjoyning thereunto the Portly Gates of the Palace the place called the Four Porches the utter Turrets and Galleries near the Gates where the Stage-Playes were kept some Poarches that came out thence together with abundance of other places were turned to the ground Before the Earthquake began certain The people ran mad before it began people born in Antioch waxed mad raved above measure seeming to exceed all furious rage of bruitish fierceness which was preambulatory to this great calamity this grievous Earthquake hapned in the 506. year after the City was called Antioch The fourteenth day of the Month called Gorpiaeus after the Romans
September about the fourth hour in the night three hundred forty seven years being expired after the Earthquake under Trajan The Baths under Trajan Severus and Adrian the adjoyning Ostracina with the Porches and Nymphaeum were overturned As dreadful a fire or beyond it hapned at Constantinople in that Cap. 13. A dreadful fire at Constantinople much like that lately at London part of the City which lay next to the Sea and is called Oxstreet it lasted the space of four dayes and no man was able to quench it it flashed throughout the midst of the City consumed from the North part to the South end all Houses five Furlongs in length and fourteen in breadth left no building either publick or private no Pillars no strong Arches nor Vaults in all that time and in all that compass unburned to the Foundation but to have pierced the flint Stone and hard Mettal as if it had been stubble or straw on the North part of the City where the Haven lies This lamentable destruction reached from the Oxstreet unto the old Temple of Apollo on the South-side from the Haven of Julian unto the Temple of Concord in the midst of the City from Constantines Market unto the Market of Taurus a pittiful shew and dreadful to behold saith the History the goodly places and gorgeous high buildings that had been within the City the costly carved Timber yeelding heretofore great majesty unto the eye of man both publick and private were then become like craggy Hills and Rocks that no man could pass through confused heaps of filth and all kind of stuff full of deformity that the owners themselves could not discern the bounds of their Possessions nor say this or that place stood thus before the fire consumed them These are the words of the Historian in which I have put them down because it seems to bear some resemblance to the late dreadful fire in London Moreover in the East part of the Empire the Scythian War Cap. 14. The Scythian War waxed hot in the East Thracia Hellespont Ionia the Cyclades or 50. Isles Cnidos in Caria shaken with teâ—rible Earthquakes storms of Rain like floods fall in Constantinople and Bythinia Mountains made Plains and Valleys Hills Villages on float Islands in Lakes waxed hot Thracia Hellespontus and Ionia were wonderfully shaken with Earthquakes no less were the fifty Isles called Cyclades in the Sea Aegaeum Cnidos in Caria and Coo so that many buildings were thrown down to the ground Priscas also writes that at Constantinople and Bythinia such storms of Rain and Water fell for the space of three or four dayes it poured down like streams and floods beat down the Hills and Mountains with the violence thereof as saith the History and made them plain Valleys that the Villages were all on float and in danger of drowning and that in the Lake Boan not far from Nicomedia by reason of the filth and baggage the Water brought thither were seen Islands These things hapned more Eastward At Rome Leo the Emperor Cap. 16. Anthemius made Bishop Genzerichus invades the West Basiliscus sent against him sent Anthemius at the request of the Roman Ambassadors to be Emperor of Rome who had married the Daughter of Martianus Basiliscus the Brother of Berina Leo's Wife he made Captain of an Army that he sent against Genzerichus that invaded those parts but as for Aspar whom himself had made Emperor Leo conspires the death of Aspar who he made Emperor and slayes him his Son and Patricius Anthemius slain Olymbrius succeeds Leo conspired his death and slew him with his Sons Ardaburius whom he had made Caesar and Patricius that he might scorn at the ignorance and insolency of Aspar their Father Anthemius after he had been Emperor five years was slain and Olymbrius by Rhecimerus was proclaimed Emperor After he was dispatched who reigned but seven months Glycerius was proclaimed Emperor Glycerius after him Nepos deposes him Orestes puts by Nepos Augustulus succeeds Odoacer follows who called himself King The last Emperor of Rome of the 1300 years after Romulus was Augustulus and after he had continued five years was deposed by Nepos Orestes after six and fifty dayes puts by Nepos After Orestes his Son Romulus sirnamed Augustulus succeeded who was the last Emperor of Rome of the thousand three hundred years after the Reign of Romulus When he departed this life Odoacer governed the Roman Common-Wealth who refused the name of an Emperor and would himself be called King So I have traced the Empire of Rome or the Western part of The end of the West Empire of Rome The cause assigned the Roman Empire to this foot which was the end thereof through the just Judgment of God who met with them and brought his calamities as he thought fit through Sedition and Civil War as the particular Judgments it fell out that the Empire came to Many reigned in the Wâ—st of equal Authoriâ—y No Emperor of the West for 330. years after the year 800. Carolus Magnus translated the name to the Emperor of Germany nought Many reigned in the West of equal Authority there was no Emperor of the West for the space of three hundred and thirty years afore the year eight hundred When Carolus Magnus King of France was by Leo the Third Bishop of Rome created Emperor from which time the Emperors of the West were called the Emperors of Germany Leo also after he had reigned seventeen years deposed himself and placed Leo who was of tender years the Son of Ariadne his Cap. 17. Anno. 457. Leo deposes himself Cap. 1 Places young Leo in his room Zeno comes to be Emperor with him Leo the younger dies Zeno Emperor alone Daughter and Zeno in the Empire in a while Zeno came to be Emperor with him by the procurement of Berina but Leo the younger departing he was Emperor alone And thus have I gone through this Council of Chalcedon and the consequences that in so small a tract of time ensued thereupon both of Blood and Judgment and to this time how that was shaken and brought down which broke the unity of the Christians by seeking to establish the Truth This Council was famous not only for the particulars already exprest but of counterfeiting More indirect dealings at the Council of Calcedon and horrible wickedness hands the wringing of the fingers of such as wrote directing their Pens compulsion by force to a Subscription to Blanks Souldiers with naked Swords standing by ready to dispatch them if they yeelded not said to be used in the business of Dioscorus for the accomplishing of his ends in the second Council of Ephesus which I note to shew what fraudulent courses At the second Council at Ephesus The proper consequences of forcing Religion of force and violence as well as blood and mischief were used by those Fathers of the Church as they are called in the taking upon them to determine and establish the
against the Christians was wholly quenched What wayes are here brought about in the Wisdom of God to bring to pass and what Judgements brings he over men ere they will cease their hands from persecuting those whom they should let free as to their Conscience to God Furthermore that it may appear that by other wayes then one More Judgments following Valeus the Hand of the Lord was stretched out against Valens for his cruelty to his Brethren And so to give yet more evidence of the revealed Judgements of God and his Vengeance Who ordaineth his Arrows against the Persecutors and so to shew how he makes that an opportunity of Reconciliation the running in division against which is a cause of punishment I shall produce one instance of reputation and weight even answerable to this case whilst yet Valens is to be discoursed of as not having breathed out his last When the Emperor had left Antioch the Saracens who before Cap. 29. The Saracens war with the Romans under Mavia their Queen as a scourge And had like to over-ran them were fellow-Friends and in league with the Romans took up Arms against them under the Government of Mavia whose Husband a little before had departed this life and had like to over-ran all the Provinces of the Romans that lay towards the East had not the same hand stopt them who raised them up as a scourge unto Valens through such an opportunity as this of the Saracens There was one Moses who led in the Desart a Monastical The making of Moses a retired man amongst them a Bishop is her Proposition of Peace or retired kind of life and is said for his zeal to Religion his constant Faith and working of strange Miracles to be famous amongst them Mavia demanded this Moses to be her Bishop and so she would lay down Arms and be in league with them The Roman Captains accept thereof He is sent from the Wilderness to Alexandria to be so made He refuses to be made by the Bishop Lucius His Speech The Roman Captains accept hereof and laying aside all delayes command it to be done Moses hereupon is taken from the Wilderness and sent to Alexandria to be made Bishop and being come to be made Bishop he refuseth to receive Orders from him and after this sort reasons with him I think my self unworthy of the Priestly Order yet if it be for the profit of the Common-Wealth that I be called unto the Function truly thou Lucius shalt never lay hand upon my head for thy right hand is imbrued with slaughter and bloodshed When Lucius said again That it became The Bishop reproves him not him so contumeliously to revile him but rather to learn of him the Precepts of Christian Religion Moses answered I am not come to He replies and gives the reason of his refusal because of his Persecution And shews what the true Principles are of Christian Religion reason of matters of Religion but sure I am of this That thy horrible practises against the Brethren prove thee to be utterly void of the true Principles of Christian Religion for the true Christian striketh no man revileth no man fighteth with no man for the Servant of God should be no fighter but thy deeds in exiling of some throwing others to wild Beasts burning of some others do cry out against thee yet are we surer of the things we see with our eyes then of those we hear with our ears He having uttered these and such like words his He is brought to a Mountain and made Priest by the Exiled The Wars cease Friends brought him to a certain Mountain where he was made Priest of such as were exiled So the War with the Romans ended and Mavia married her Daughter to Captain Victor And Antioch being left by Valens the persecuted found comfort and Cap. 30. Peter bringing Letters from the Bishop of Rome the people thâ—ust out Lucius and place Peter in his Rome He dies in a shoâ—t time Timothy succeeds Peter being come from Rome with Letters from Damasus confirming both the Religion of Moses and the Creation or making of Peter Bishop of Alexandria The people thrust out Lucius who got him to Constantinople Peter being in his place after a little time died whom his Brother Timothy succeeded Valens being come to Constantinople found the people in great Cap. 31. Valens coming to Constantinople finds the people in heaviness because of the Goths They reflect upon and reprove him heaviness the Goths who had overrun Thracia having set upon the Suburbs of that City and there was no power prepared to repel them such a plague came upon the Empire for the persecution the Barbarians for so the Romans called the other Nations being come nigh the Walls the people of Constantinople were wonderfully sorry they lament their case and steping to the Emperor charged him with entertaining in his own Dominion such as now were ready to cut his own throat they blamed him for withstanding them no sooner they condemned him for proclaiming open War no sooner as they ran at tilt and were exercised in such Warlike Pastime they all with one consent ran unto the Emperor and cryed out against him that he had set such exercises at naught and said Give us Armour and we our selves will deal with them Thus was this persecuting Emperor He boils in anger and is plagued Leaves the City with threats what he would do when he returned plagued and boyling in anger at their exclamations left the City not without threatnings That if he returned again safe he would plague the City partly because they reviled him partly for the Treason of Procopius and lay it even with the ground and turn it into Arable Land for the Plough to pass through the Bowels thereof But he never returned for though his marching forth made the He returns not The Goths retreat to Adrianople He joyns Battel and is slain The manner how diversly reported Anno. 381. Goths to retreat as far as Adrianople a City of Thracia lying on the confines of Macedonia yet there as he joyned Battel he was slain in the fiftieth year of his Age after he had reigned thirteen years with his Brother and three years after his decrease Some say he was burned to Ashes in a certain Village whitherto he fled which the Goths set on fire others that the Horse having yeelded without any great fighting he threw off his Imperial Robe and thrusting himself among the throng of Footmen was there slain and his body lay there unknown And this was The end of the Persecutor and the vengeance that overtook him who pretended to Christ yet tore the Christians the end of this wicked Persecutor whom vengeance met with at last though he seemed to prosper a long time in his persecuting of the Christians to whose Master he as well as they pretended whom yet he tore in pieces and destroyed which now came to be
spoken I shall mention no more In Alexandria there was a Woman whose name was Hypatia Cap. 15 A third Tragical Scene in Alexandria Hypatia a Woman and the most eminent Philosopher of her time the Daughter of Theon who so profited in profound Learning that she excelled all the Philosophers of her time and not onely succeeded in Plato's School the which exercise Plotinus continued but also expounded to as many as come to her the Precepts and Doctrine of all sorts of Philosophers wherefore many that gave themselves to the study of Philosophy flocked to her from every Countrey Moreover for her grave courage of mind her modest and matron-like behaviour she sticked not to present her self before Princes and Magistrates neither was she abashed to come into the open face of the Assembly wherefore great envy and spight of mind arose against her being had in admiration and reverence of all Women for her singular modesty and because Suspected to influence the difference between the Bishop and Orestes Is set upon by a Reader rude Company Carried to a Church she conferred oft and had a great familiarity with Orestes so that she was charged by the people as the cause why the Bishop and Orestes were not become Friends At length one Peter a Reader of that Church having a company of rude persons with him watched her coming from some place or other pulled her out of her Charriot haled her into the Church called Caesareum stripped Stript stark naked tormented with sharp shells till life departed Her body quartered And burnt to Ashes Cyril and the Church of Alexandria stained with this blood Christians ought to be no fighters by the Historians judgment her stark naked razed the skin and rent the flesh of her body with sharp shells until the breath departed out of it then they quartered her body brought them to a place called Cinaron and burned them to Ashes This heinous offence saith the Historian was no small blemish both to Cyril and the Church of Alexandria For saith he the professors of Christian Religion should be no fighters they ought to be far from commiting of murther and bloodshed This was done the fourth year of Cyril's Consecration the tenth Consulship of Honorius and the seventh of Theodosius in the Ember dayes The Jews also were not without their devises in this day of Cap. 16. The Jews come on with a 4th Tragedy They deride Christ Crucifâ—â— a Child wickedness and mischief who at a certain place called Inmestar between Chalcis and Antioch in Syria at their Interludes and Playes derided Christ Jesus and those that believed in him After this sort they took the Child of a Christian and nailed him to Deride scourge him till breath departed a Tree and set him on high when they had so done first they deride and laugh at him then like mad men they scourge him as long as breath remained in his body This gave occasion of great contention between them and the Christians and the Emperor hearing thereof wrote to the Lieutenant and Magistrates of that Province to make diligent search for the Authors of so great a mischief and to punish them severely They are punished in earnest therefore the Jews for that shameful Act which they had committed in jest were plagued in earnest The Persians also drew a line of blood and cruel torments over Cap. 18. A fifth Scene of blood acted by the Persians upon the Christians of tâ—at Nation with great extremity those of that Nation who in the time of Isdigerdes King of Persia were become Christians whose Son Baratanes succeeded him through the perswasion of the Magicians and Southsayers being forced thereunto vexed the Christians out of measure and punished them with divers torments after the manner of Persia through the extremity of which they fled unto the Romans for They fly for succor to the Romans succor praying them to pitty their case and not to suffer them in that measure to be so lamentably oppressed whom Atticus Bishop Atticus of Constantinople receives them The Emperor determines their relief of Constantinople courteously received and wrought with the Emperor so that what through that and other particulars of difference that lay between them he intends to stand to their relief especially seeing he had sent to demand the fugitive Christians of the Emperor and denyed those whom he had lent for the Gold-Mines to return and also had stopped the Romans Marchandize War is proclaimed so that League was broken and War was proclaimed and the The Persians are beaten again and again and a third time Cap. 20. Persians through the wonderful hand of the Lord who was near them in their straits were again and again overcome and the Persians being yet again overcome upon the refusal of a tender of Peace by perswasion of his Souldiers who were called a certain number of them Immortal who would needs make one attempt more upon the Romans ere they accepted thereof and multitudes were Prisoners many of whom died for Famine and the rest were like so to do Accasius Bishop of Amida gathered his Acacius Bishop of Amida and his Clergy Cap. 21. Redeem the Persian Prisoners with their Cups Dishes Plate Jewels Clergy together upon the commiseration of their lamentable state there being seven thousand that were in this condition said Our God hath no need neither of Dishes nor of Cups for he neither eateth nor drinketh these be not his necessaries Wherefore seeing this Church hath many precious Jewels both of Gold and Silver bestowed of the free will and liberality of the Faithful it is requisite that the captive Souldiers should therewith be redeemed and delivered out of Prison and Bondage and that they also perishing with Famine should be with some part thereof refreshed and relieved Which his Clergy consenting unto and the Treasury being cast and translated he turned it into money and not only paid Turned into money Cloath and send them home which so took on the King of Persia that he lent for Acacius The War turns into Peace and the utter ceasing of Persecution The Saracens under Alamundarus promising great things to the Persians therewith the Ransom-money but supplyed them with necessaries and to carry them home which so took with the King of Persia that he desired earnestly to see Acacius whom the Emperor commanded thither The issue of these Wars procured a Peace and the quite extinguishing the persecution of the Christians in the Kingdom of Persia It is said That in these Wars the Saracens coming to assist the Persians under Alamundarus a valiant Captain who promised not only to beat the Romans but to take in Syria and Antioch being in a sudden fear of the Romans approach that though the Romans were not near them For fear of the Romans ran into Euphrates 100000. drowned they ran into the River Euphrates where an hundred thousand with their Armes were drowned Nor
of any part of his Host and tryumphed that Summer on the parts that separate the Roman and Persian Dominion Chosroes being afflicted with this deep distress dismayed and Cap. 15. Chosroes with deep distress dies having made a Law That the Persians should never make War with the Romans The Roman inundation of Judgment stopt Little mentioned of Tiberius as to Religion The Reasons supposed and given discouraged pining away and languishing with sorrow died leaving a Law behind him That the King of Persia should never make War with the Romans as an everlasting memorial of his utter foyl and flight whom succeeded his Son Hormisda Thus the Affairs of the Romans had success and a stop was put on the inundation of Judgement which had like to have over-run the whole Roman Empire and put it in the dust There is little or no attempt that I hear of made by this Tiberius about Religion the History therein is silent It 's very like there was a good sence remained of what was the cause of the former Judgments which he was loath to draw further upon him by new matters for the Empire was like to have fallen by what had been already only Anatalius of Antioch being found to have sacrificed to Cap. 18. Anatalius of Antioch Sacrifices to Idols A great ado about him and with Gregory because of him Idols and he having got into great friendship with Gregory the Bishop a great ado there was and suspition was had of Gregory so that the Emperor was constrained to sift out the matter and by torment to put Anatalius to it whether Gregory was in such things as those Anatalius hearing what should befal him ere he was brought from Antioch is said to have run to the Picture of Is brought from Antioch An instance of their Superstition Mary called the Mother of God which hung by a Cord in the Prison setting his hands behind him and making supplication and praying unto it the Picture is said to have turned away from him detesting him as a wicked person and one that God abhorred Also that she appeared to many that are called faithful and set them against Anatalius saying He had reviled her Son Which things I quote to shew how Superstition was entred in those dayes and how the Historian seemed to be addicted thereunto The Sacrificers condemned to perpetual banishment The people put them into a Boat burns them quick In the end nothing could be found against the Bishop but the Sacrificers were condemned to perpetual banishment which the People would not suffer but putting them into a Boat burnt them quick Also against the Emperor and Eutychius they cryed out as Traytors to the Faith and both Eutychius and those who sat in Commission on Anatalius had been dispatched could they have been found whom they diligently sought for As for Natalius he was first thrown to the ravenous Beasts in compass of the Theatre Anatalius thrown to the ravenous Beasts Then hanged on a Gallows The wolves haled his Carkass to the Earth of them to be torn in pieces next hanged on a Gallows on which hanging the Wolves came and haled the Carkass to the Earth and with great ravening rent it in pieces which was never seen before Nor was the Empire free from other troubles but in the third Cap. 17. A great Earthquake at Daphne and Antioch Anno. 580. Other troubles at Constantinople Antioch year of the Reign of Tiberius about noon-day there arose such an Earthquake at Antioch and Daphne that Daphne with the force and violence thereof fell to the ground and many both private and publick buildings in Antioch were unjoynted and broken asunder Other calamities at Constantinople and Antioch followed which vexed the Cities out of measure with great Tumult and Sedition The Affairs of the Empire standing as aforesaid in reference Cap. 19. Justin dies Tiberius sole Emperor Sends Mauricius against the Persians His great success to Persia Justinus being dead and Tiberius being clad with the Imperial Robe saw cause to put Justinianus from his command his latter enterprises having not so good success against the Barbarians and to place Mauricius a wise and sober man very diligent and politick and moderate in his diet and otherwise in his room who waging War in Forreign Countries took both Cities and Castles which lay most commodious for the Persians and carried thence so great a prey that he filled Isles Towns and Countries that had lain a long time desolate and not inhabited with the Captives manured the untilled Land and made it arable and filled his Armies who valiantly fought with him against other Nations and stored Families with Captives of which there were both good cheap and store With the Head and chief of all Persia he also made War to Cap. 20. The overthrow of the greatest Captains of Persia wit Tamo Chosroes and Adaarmanes who led great Armies in the field the former was overthrown in the front of his Host not saith the History with the fortitude of the Roman Army but the only piety of the Captain and his Faith in God Adaarmanes by plain force was put to flight and that not onely when Alamundarus Captain of the Barbarians called Scenetae betrayed him in that he would not come over the River Euphrates and aid him but also when Theodorichus Captain of the Scythians durst not tarry within the reach of the Enemy but shewed them immediately a fair pair of heels together with the men whom he led Tiberius being now ready to give up the Ghost he caused Mauricius Cap. 22. Anno. 585. He dies having caused Mauricius to be proclaimed Emperor and given him his Daughter full of Glory to be proclaimed Emperor and to him gave in marriage his Daughter Augusta giving him the Empire in Dowry and his own title of Tiberius and Augusta the name of Constantia So he ended his dayes leaving behind a name of glory and praise to future Generations Justinus reigned alone twelve years ten months and odd dayes with Tiberius three years and eleven months Tiberius was Emperor by himself four years During the Reign of Mauricius there is nothing mentioned Mauricius is not mentioned Evagr. lib. 6. per totum as medling with Religion So the History of his Wars is not made mention of in this Tract which hath relation only to Religion and as the medling therewith was a consequent because of which Wars Fire Earthquakes other Judgments are mentioned as a Looking-glass for and an admonition to England in the History of matters of Religion imposed or sought to be so by him at all only variable conditions of the Empire as good and bad men had to doing in the under management thereof Therefore I need not be particular in those things which related to the Wars which no otherwise stand me in stead or serving my purpose then as I can produce them as consequences of having to do with Religion and the imposing