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A43199	Ductor historicus, or, A short system of universal history and an introduction to the study of that science containing a chronology of the most celebrated persons and actions from the creation to this time, a compendious history of ... transactions ... of the ancient monarchies and governments of the world, an account of the writings of the most noted historians ... together with definitions and explications of terms used in history and chronology, and general instructions for the reading of history / partly translated from the French of M. de Vallemont, but chiefly composed anew by W.J., M.A.	Hearne, Thomas, 1678-1735.; Vallemont, abbé de (Pierre Le Lorrain), 1649-1721. Elémens de l'histoire.	1698 (1698)	Wing H1309; ESTC R15760	279,844	444

there that God published first with his own Mouth the Ten Commandments which are still a Compendium of all the Holy Laws and are look'd upon by all Christians as the most firm and unshaken Foundation of their Piety which no Body can strike at without committing a Crime Two Months after the going out of Egypt the Manna is sent from Heaven which served for Food to the Israelites during 40 Years The third Month the Law was given Sacrifices offered and an Alliance made betwixt God and the People 2455. Afterwards the Ceremonial Law is given and the Tabernacle the Priesthood the Holy Utensils the Priestly Habits and all that belongs to the Levitical Service is settled and regulated 2470. Dardanus first King of Troy 2500. Letters brought into Greece by Cadmus 2493. Moses dies 120 Years old Here ends the Pentateuch which contains 2493 Years of the History of the World 1457. Ioshua Moses's Successor goes dry-foot over the Iordan and enters the Land of Canaan The Walls of Iericho fall to the Ground He stops the Sun that he may have time to compleat the Defeat of the Gabaonites 2499. Ioshua being old divides the Promised Land among the Children of Israel having defeated 31 Kings and conquered in six Years the greatest part of Palestine 2517. Ioshua dies 110 Years old having govern'd the Israelites during the space of 24 Years 2671. Gideon judges Israel 1279. The Israelites through their Sins fall under the Power of the Madianites This Fourth Servitude lasts 7 Years 2679. Deliver'd by Gideon 2741. The 5th Servitude of the Israelites under the Philistines and Ammonites 1210. 2710. Hercules liv'd 2720. The Voyage of the Argonauts to Colchis for the golden Fleece 2750. Towards this time Paris Son to Priam King of Troy commits a Rape on Helena The Grecians to revenge this Affront besiege Troy 1194. EPOCHA V. 2767. The Taking of Troy 1183. This Epocha reaches as far as the finishing of the Temple and lasts 180 Years HElena Tyndarus's Daughter being an extraordinary Beauty Theseus fell in Love with her and ravish'd her from her Parents but her Brother having rescu'd her gave her in Marriage to Menelaus Brother to the King of Micenae from whom Paris Son to Priam King of Troy ravish'd her a second time The Grecians resented this Affront declared War to the Trojans besieg'd their City and having taken it after Ten Years Siege burnt it to the Ground This War is the Subject of the two greatest Poems that ever were written the Iliad and Aeneid But the Genius of Homer and Virgil is more to be extoll'd than the Valour of their Hero's for this we see and know to be real but there is Reason to believe the other is but Fiction These Times are called Fabulous or Heroick by reason of those that have been celebrated by the Poets under the Names of Hero's and Demi-gods in the History of which they have intermix'd abundance of Fables Historians place about this Time Castor Pollux Achilles Agamemnon Vlysses Hector Sarpedon Iupiter's Son Aeneas Son of Venus whom the Romans acknowledge for the Founder of their Empire Aeneas flying from Troy settles in Italy marries the Daughter of Latinus King of the Aborigines and succeeds him From Aeneas a Race of Kings succeeded out of which sprung Remus and Romulus the Founders of Rome 2781. Abdon Judge of the Israelites famous for his 30 Sons 1169. 2800. Heli High-priest of the Iews is succoured in the Defence of the People of God by Sampson then but 19 Years of Age who kills himself 1000 Philistines with the Jaw-bone of an Ass. 2808. Sampson pulls down the Temple of Dagon and at his Death kills more Philistines than he had done during his Life 1142. 2848. The Ark is taken by the Philistines Ophni and Phineas are killed in the Fight Heli the High-Priest hearing this News falls down from his Seat breaks his Neck and dies 2849. Samuel the last Judge of the People of God succeeds Heli 1101. 2879. The Israelites ask for a King God gives them Saul then 40 Years old 1071. 2881. Saul is rejected by God Samuel goes to Bethleem to anoint David King then but 15 Years of Age. 2890. Saul dies miserably having obliged his Shield-bearer to run him through with his own Sword 2889. David now 30 Years old succeeds Saul and is anointed King at Hebron 1061. 2890. The Athenians spread their Colonies in that part of Asia minor called Ionia which is particularly owing to the Care of Cod●us the last King of the Athenians The Aeolian Colonies were settled much about that time and all Asia minor was by degrees filled with Greek Cities 2929. Solomon is made King by his Father David 2930. Solomon succeeds his Father David 2932. Solomon in the 4th Year of his Reign lays the Foundation of the Temple of Ierusalem 1018. 2914. Homer born EPOCHA VI. 2940 Solomon or the Temple finished 1010. This Epocha reaches to the Foundation of Rome and lasts 250 Years KIng David had made the Project of the Temple of Ierusalem but the many Wars wherewith his Reign was embroiled kept him from putting it in Execution The profound Peace which his Son Solomon enjoyed inclined this young Price to bend all his Thoughts upon that Work and he had the Honour of raising upon Earth the first Temple that was ever consecrated to the Name and Glory of the True God He appointed 3600 Persons to oversee the Work-men 80000 more to hew and cut Stones in the Mountains and 70000 others to carry the Materials on their Shoulders He obtained Leave of Hiram King of Tyre to fell Cedar-trees on Mount Libanus and in 7 Years time he built a Temple where the Majesty of God was sensibly conspicuous when upon the Day of its Dedication a Cloud fill'd all the Temple insomuch that the Priests could not stay in it to perform the Duties of their Office Solomon is courted by the King of Tyre The Queen of Sheba makes him a Visit. 2960. Solomon dissolves into an excessive Love of Women who make him idolatrous 2969. Rehoboam succeeds his Father Solomon 918. The bruitish and extravagant Haughtiness of th●s young Prince made him lose Ten Tribes which Ieroboam drew away both from their God and their King constituting a separate Kingdom call'd The Kingdom of Israel in opposition to the other of the Two Tribes call'd The Kingdom of Iuda the former reigning in Samaria and the latter in Ierusalem which Separation continued till the Kingdom of Israel was pulled down and the Ten Tribes carried into Captivity by Shalmaneser King of Assyria in the Year of the World 3227. 3026. Achab 7th King of Israel reigns with his Wife the impious Iezabel Daughter of Ithabalus King of Tyre and Sidon 924. 3029. Iehoshaphat the good King of Iudah 3035. Miracles of the Prophet Elijah He is taken up into Heaven in a fiery Chariot 3040. Miracles of the Prophet Elishah Eli●ah's Disciple 3040. Lycurgus the great Law-giver of Lacedemon liv'd 3062. Athalia Queen of Iuda

by the Syrians reigned over them 23 years But Antiochus Asiaticus and his Brother both of them the Sons of King Antiochus the Pious reigned over part of Syria of which Tigranes could not make himself Master They went to Rome to Petition for the Kingdom of Egypt which belonged to Setene their Mother and themselves too and continued their Suit for two years together Tigranes put Setene Sirnamed Cleopatra to Death in Prison and by this means the Title which Antiochus Asiaticus had to the Kingdom of Egypt and to part of Syria fell to the Ground In several Engagements Tigranes was defeated by Lucullus the Roman Consul who was Governor of the Province of Cilicia After this Pompey marched to Tigranes who was so much terrified at the very sight of him that he quitted his Diadem and with a great deal of Submission and Respect yielded himself to Pompey But he mov'd with Compassion put the Diadem again upon his Head re-established him in his Kingdom of Armenia upon certain Articles and made Syria a Roman Province This happened in the year of the World 3885 before Christ 64. Anno Vrbis Romae Conditae 688. 87 Having thus given you a short Account of the Kings of Syria from Seleucus the immediate Successor of Alexander the Great in that part of his Conquests down to Tigranes we shall in the next place give you a List of the Kings which reigned in Asia Minor who possessed another part of Alexander's Conquests Sect. 3. The Kings of Asia Minor or Pergamos PErgamos a City of Mysia situated on the River Caica in Asia Minor was the Capital City of a great State called The Kingdom of Pergamos which began about the year of the World 3634 before Christ 316 years It had eight Kings and lasted the space of 188 years Years of the World Years before Christ. 3634. 1. Antigonus one of Alexander's Captains who had Asia Minor for his Share marched against Eumenes routed and killed him being betrayed by his Veteran● Soldiers At last Antigonus was routed and slain by Seleucus King of Syria and Casander King of Macedonia He reigned 15 years 316 3649. 2. Demetrius his Son succeeded his Father Antigonus and reigned 15 years He was expelled Asia won Macedon but was expelled thence taken by Seleucus and within 3 years after died 301 3666. 3. Next after him succeeded Philaterus Intendant of the Finances of L●simachus King of Thrace against whom he rebelled and became King of Pergamos in the 16th year of his Age over which he reigned 20 years 282 3688. 4. Eumenes succeeded his Brother Philaterus and reigned about 21 years He subdued several small Places round about Pergamos and defeated the Army of Antiochus the Son of Seleuchus near Sardes At last he died by immoderate Drinking 262 3709. 5. Attalus Nephew to Philaterus succeeded Eumenes and reigned 44 years 'T is said that he governed with so much Prudence and managed his Treasures so thriftily that his Subjects freely conferred on him the Title of King which his Predecessors presumed not to take up thô they did hold the Quality and Grandeur of One. He defeated the Gauls contrary to all Expectation At last he fell sick at Thebes and was removed thence to Pergamos where he died in a good old Age being about 72 years old 241 3753. 6. Eumenes II. the eldest Son of Attalus succeeded him and reigned 40 years His three Brothers Attalus Phileterus and Atheneus bore so much Respect as well as Love to the King their Brother that they becames his Life-Guards 197 3793. 7. Attalus II. Sirnamed Philadelphus succeeded his Brother Eumenes and reigned about 21 years He drove Orophernes and Demetrius Soter out of Cappad●cia and fully re-established Ariarathes in his Kingdom He was conquered by Prusias King of Bithynia who entred Pergamos robbed the Sta●ues of the Gods and rifled the Temples Upon this Atta●us sent his Brother Atheneus to Rome to complain thereof to the Senate who ordered Prusias to forbear warring against Attalus P●usias slighted the Orders of the Senate burnt the Temples made great Havock in the Neighbouring Countries and defied Attalus who had shut himself up in Pergamos The Senate sent a third time Ambassadors to make up a Peace between him and Attalus which at last was effected This Attalus was a great Friend to the Romans and a constant Favourer of Learned Men at length Peace and Idleness corrupted and spoiled this good Man who left his Kingdom to Attalus Philometor his Nephew 157 3813. 8. Attalus III. Sirnamed Philometor the last King of Pergamos succeeded his Uncle and reigned only 5 years He was a very cruel Prince put his nearest Relations and dearest Friends to Death not so much as sparing his Mother or his Wife In the Second Year of his Reign he retired into the inmost Parts of his Palace where he dressed himself in a very mean Habit let his Beard and Hair grow without cutting never appeared in Publick led a Life exempt from all manner of Pleasures and seemed to inflict a Punishment upon himself for the Crimes he had been guilty of Having thus quitted the Administration of the Government he dug in his Garden sowed Seeds and by an extravagant sort of Humour laid out his greatest Care in cultivating Venemous Plants such as Henbane Hellebore Hemlock Aconite c. He extracted the Juice and Liquor and gathered the Seeds of them of which he made a great many dangerous Presents to his Friends He became so skilful in the Art of Botany especially in whatever related to the Manuring of Plants that he composed a very curious Book upon that Subject wherein as Varro relates he set down the Season of Sowing and of Gathering the Seeds of Plants He applied himself to Founding of Metals became a great Master in that Art cast several Figures and made use of them in raising a Mausoleum to the Memory of his Mother At last being too eagerly set upon these sort of Exercises which exposed him continually to the Heat of the Sun or the Furnace he was seized with a violent Feaver and died on the seventh day of his Illness 137 Eudemius of Pergamus carried the Last Will and Testament of Attalus to Rome and gave the Diadem of the Kingdom and the Royal Robe to Tiberius Gracchus Tribune of the People By this Will Attalus made the People of Rome his Heir Populus Romanus bonorum haeres esto The Romans finding by their Common Law that his Kingdom was a part of his Demeans seiz'd thereon by virtue of these Words Let the People of Rome be the Heirs of my Demeans There was some Fault found with the Romans for putting such a Construction on his Will but having the Power in their own Hands they made it to be a good Title In this City it was that they first dressed Sheep-skins and of them made Parchment whereon they wrote before the Invention of Paper and hence came the Name of Parchment called in Latin Charta Pergamena CHAP. V. Of the

the Tartars and ascended the Throne of the Empire of China and established the 21st Family named Mim The twenty second State was under the XXI Family named Mim which had 16 Emperors and lasted 276 years 1369 In the year 1645 Zunchin the last Emperor of the Family of Mim being conquered by the Tartars who invaded his Territories retired into a Garden of his Palace where he hanged himself And Xunchi who had conquered China was the first Founder of the 22d Family named Cim The twenty third State was under the XXII Family named Cim and is that Family which is at present in Possession of the Throne We have had so little to do with China till of late Days that 't is hardly worth our while to set down the Names and the Chronological Succession of all the pretended Chinese Emperors from the time of Noah yet if any Credit be to be given to the Account which Father Martini and Father Couplet two Jesuits have handed down to us about this Matter I believe we could not put too high an Esteem on such a Chronological Series of Kings which reaches to the very first Ages of the World But to be plain in the case We do not think these Collections to be much worth since we are uncertain whether these Fathers were able Criticks or no and upon what Memoirs they founded their Account For thus much we learn from their very Histories That there happened several Distrubances in China which occasioned the Loss of a great many of its ancient Records Mention is therein made of a certain Yven-ti the third Emperor of the tenth Family who about the year of our Lord 552 when he saw himself apprehended and made Prisoner before he would surrender himself broke his Sword and burnt his Library wherein were above 140000 Volumes which he did upon the Consideration that neither his Sword nor his Books would be of any farther use to him In short let the Case be how it will I fancy no body would believe me if I should here say That Hoam-ti the third Elected Emperor 2697 years before Iesus Christ built a Temple to the Supreme Monarch of the Universe That he adorn'd his Head with the Regal Diadem That he made choice of a Yellow-colour'd Habit which none of his Subjects durst wear That he was a great Lover of Musick And that he brought Astronomy and Physick to its Perfection For we are so uncertain upon what Grounds these things are told us that we read all this Account as a perfect Romance However we shall here subjoin some Curiosities which cannot but create a great deal of Pleasure and Satisfaction to them who read it Confucius the Chinese Philosopher IN the year of the World 3233 and 717 years before Iesus Christ was the famous Confucius born the greatest Philosopher that China ever had He drew in his first Breath in the Village of Leu ye hard by the City of Kiofeu in the Province of Xanton on the North of Nankin It was under Kimvam the 24th Emperor of the third Family that he began to signalize himself by the fineness of his Philosophy to the Profession of which he adjoyned a singular Innocence of Manners His Writings are full of very fine Maxims and such as tend wholly to establish Quietness in private Families and Peace in the publick State He was of the Opinion that it is very important for Sovereign Princes that the Fathers should have a Supreme Authority over their Children He would have their Authority be very extensive because in truth the Inclination of a Child receiving a right Ply betimes and being kept to an entire Dependance under a Paternal Authority would be the more easy to submit to the Yoke of Regal Power The Chinese and the adjacent Nations such as the Inhabitants of Tunquin and Iapan stiled Confucius a wise and a holy Man His Writings are in as much Esteem among those Nations as the Gospel is among the Christians There is scarce a City but has a magnificent College dedicated to Confucius and every where may be seen Inscriptions in Golden Letters To the Memory of the Great Master or rather To the Memory of the Illustrious Prince of Learning Never did any Philosopher receive greater Honours from his own Country insomuch that his Posterity was highly honoured not only by Noble Titles but also by great Revenues and particular Marks of Esteem About the year of the World 3728 Xi-hoan-ti the second Emperor of the fourth Family governed with a great deal of Severity and Cruelty This was the Man who caused the famous Wall to be built to cover China from the Incursions of the Tartars About the year of the World 3786 reigned Ven-ti the third Emperor of the fifth Family who was a Prince of extraordinary Temper In his time Paper was first invented in China In the year of Christ 650 Cao-cum caused several Temples to be erected to the true God and favoured the Establishment of Christianity which had been formerly preached in China under his Predecessor In the year of Christ 1064 Ym-cum the fifth Emperor of the nineteenth Family began to reign In his time lived the famous Historiographer Su-ma-quam whose Annals begin with Hoam-ti which most of the Chinese look upon as the first Founder of their Monarchy We hope this short Account of the Chinese thô by way of Digression will not be ungrateful to the Learned World and shall now proceed to give you an Account of those other States and Empires which afterwards being conquered composed successively a great part of the Roman Monarchy beginning with that of Egypt as being one of the most ancient CHAP. VI. Of the Kings of Egypt EGypt anciently called Misraim and the Land of Ham Aeria Potamia Ogygia Melampodus and Osyria derived its present Name from Egyptus the Brother of Danaus It is part of Africa bounded on the North by the Egyptian or rather part of the Mediterranean Sea on the East by Arabia Petrea and Sinus Arabicus on the South by Ethiopia and on the West by Cyrenaica It was formerly divided into the Vpper and Lower Egypt but at present it is divided into four Parts I. Errif or the Lower Egypt containing the old proper Egypt and Augusticana II. Pechria Demisor or Middle Egypt containing the greatest part of old Arcadia III. Sahid or the Vpper Egypt part of old Thebais IV. The Coast of the Red Sea containing part of the ancient Thebais and Arcadia There is in Egypt the famous Istmus of Sues that parts the Red Sea from the Mediterranean which several Princes have in vain attempted to cut so as to joyn those two Seas There is nothing more obscure or uncertain in History than what has commonly been published concerning the Government and Succession of the first Kings of Egypt Here we walk even in Egyptian Darkness it self and cannot set two Steps forward without being misled Historians cannot agree among themselves about the Names the Time the Number nor the Series of these