of fourteen years of age to be crowned king of England 1326. Gelasius the second Pope of Rome died in exile in the second yeare of his papacie 1119. Upon this day great disputation began at Tigurum in Germanie for religion after which a great chaunge began vppon the same to be in Helueâ—ia 1523. This was accompted an vnfortunat day amongest the Romanes called aterdies The 30 Day GOrdianus the 27. Emperour was slaine as vppon this day through the treason of Philip who succeded him in the empire after good seruice and maine victories ouer the Parthians in his returne from Parthia towards Rome ouer whose graue one of his captaines erected a monument for a memoriall of him yet his funerall was solemnized by a decree of the Senate Ludouicus the last Earle of Flanders of his familie and stocke dyed and the self same day Philip duke of Burgundie and sonne to Ioannes king of Fraunce succeeded him 1384. As vppon this day Lu. Cornelius Silla then Dictator at Rome triumphed most solemnlie ouer Asia Grecia and ouer Mithridates king of Pontus The pompe of this triumph endured two daies so set forth and solemnized to the great glory of Silla for this triumph of Silla and the roiall magnificence thereof was compted among the Romans one of their hundred great triumphes though from Romulus time the first king of Rome vntil Probus the Emperors time were registred 320. triumphes Anthimus bishop of Nicomedia a with manie moe Christians euen three hundred were tormented and martired vnder Galerius the Emperour after whom succeeded Constantinus the great Iulianus bishop of Cenomanenses and Adelgundis did suffer vpon this day tormentes vnder the Emperour Vespasianus 665. In old time at Rome the Romanes were woont to celebrat in the temple of concord in memorie of peace and quietnesse and this Ouid saith was appointed vppon this day Hâ—c erit a mensis fine secunda dies The inhabitants of Berna in Germanie with the aide of the Heluetians afflicted and troubled sore the people of Germany wasted tooke and occupied much of their territories 1536. The 31 Daie VPon this day being the last day of Ianuarie the Romanes vsed in auncient time to do sacrifice to their houshold gods called diâ—penates Husbandmen say that trees hewen or wood out downe vpon this daie will endure longer then other in anie building Clodius a noble Romane but yet malicious and enuious of other mens good fortune one that much troubled Rome by his greatnes and caused manie good men to bee banished as Cicero and others but as he returned from Aricia to Rome he was with all his companie by Milo slaine of whose death few semed to be sorie but Cicero had good cause to reioice and therefore Cicero defended Milo before the Iudges at Rome for the killing of Clodius as it is in his oration pro milone prooued 701. yeares after the building of Rome Noah vpon this day did let out a rauen and after a rauen a doâ—e which returned both in one day without finding of any land after the creation of the world 1657. Stephanus the third Bishop of Rome a Cilician borne diâ—d 772. this bishop called together Consilium Lateranense vnder Pipinus king of Fraunce In this councell Images were restored againe into the Romane church against a decree past before in the councell of Constantinople Within the moneth of Ianuarie died 29. Romane Emperours and in the said moneth the Romanes had 20. triumphes with great pompe solemnity 7. publicke solemne feastes with so manie sacrifices The names of the triumphers 1. C. Marius 2. L. Antonius 3. M. Censorius 4. C. Iun. Brutus 5. Iâ— Caesar. 6. August Caesar. 7. Q. Publius 8. Spâ— Carâ—ilius 9. M. Aemil. Paulus 10. Ser. Ful. Petinus 11. M. Atil Regulus 12. L. Iulius Libo 13. C. Iulius Caesar 14. Sex Apuleus 15. Cor. Dolabella 16. L. Corn. Silla The names of Feasts Gamelia Compitalia Epiphania Carmentalia Agonalia Chytra Equitia Of the moneth of Februarie with the Hebrewes called Schebat with the Athenians called Elaphobelion and with the Agiptians called Mecher Also of triumphes feasts playes funerals and natiuities within the samâ— moneth The first Day THis moneth in the olde Romanes time was dedicated vnto Neptune for vpon the first day of this moneth they were woont to sacrifice a sheepe to Iupiter in the Capitoll and withall a great feast they celebrated in the honour of Hercules for that Hercules was borne vpon this day Elaphobelia is a feast solemnized in Athens to Diana at what time the Athenians vsed to sacrifice a Hart vpon the fâ—rst day of Februarie to honour Diana and therefore the moneth of Februarie was so named according to the name of the feast Elaphobelia for in this moneth yearelie the Athenians held this feast with great solemnitie with sacrifices and ceremonies of Harts vpon the altars of Diana M. Valerius surnamed Corâ—us then Consul at Rome triumphed ouer the Vulscanes Satricians and the Antiates 407 after the building of Rome Q. Fab. Maxims Consul of Rome triumphed ouer the Ligurians vpon this daye after the building of Rome 520. And before him Fab. Pictor had a triumph graunted him ouer the Salentines and Mesapians 487. Tit. Coruncanus likewise Consul at Rome triumphed ouer the Vulscans 473. And Lu. Aemil. Regulus hauing subdued the lieutenant of Antiochus the great by sea had a triumph graunted him by the Senators at Rome 487. Lu. Cornelius Dolabella proconsul then in Spaine vnder Constantine then emperour had a triumph at Rome ouer the Lusitantans so that as vpon this day sixe seuerall solemne triumphes were in Rome by the aforesaid Consuls as you heard 655. Lu. Sergius Catilina conspired vpon this day the destruction of Rome but his conspiracie was preuented by M. Cicero 691. Lewes the twelfth king of Fraunce entered in league of peace with the Heluetians for ten yeares called Decennale faedus 1499. Car. Pulcher the 48 king of Fraunce died without children vpon this day 1327. After whome succeeded Phil. Valesâ—us Hic seminarium belli Anglicifuit Ladislaus the thirteenth king of Vngaria died on this day 1172. Upon this day Damiata a cittie in Egypt was taken by the Christians from the Sarazens but with great effusion of blaud 1220. Tritemius an histographer was borne on this daye 1462. And Con. Celtes a Germaine poet was also vpon this daye borne 1454. The second Day VPon the second of Februarie Christ Iesus the sonne of God borne of the Uirgine Marie 40. dayes was presented in the temple of Salomon in Hierusalem according to the lawe of Moses where iust Simeon and Anna confessed him in the presence of the people to be the sauiour of mankinde saying with exceeding great ioy Nunc dimittus This was amongst the Romans accounted one of their dismal daies for in those daies that some victory was lost or some vnfortunate explâ—its
head of anye enemie to the king heâ— should haue a blacke Horsse and a blacke Bull for his rewarde If in Scythia any victorie had beene gotten the Conqueror should drinke of the kings cuppe which was carried for that purpose with the armie and that euerye yeare during his life he might after that victorie drinke of the kings cuppe as a rewarde for his seruice In the games of Isthmia the victors were crowned with the Garlands made of Pine appointed by Solon that they should haue one hundreth drachmes In the games of Olympia the Uictor should be crowned with Lawrell and haue fiue hundreth drachmes and he that wonne the masterie thrise should haue his statue erected beeing 496. yeares after the building of Râ—me Martinus the second of that name a French pope of Rome died 884. It is written that this Pope got his office by enchantment or such other euill meanes Upon this daye appeared a great Comet after the which Lodowicke King that time of Germanie died within three dayes after 882. Petrus Benbus a Uenetian cardinall of Rome died 1547. I reede in Pandolphus Chronicles that Peter the Apostle came into Rome first vpon this day 44. In the cittie of Caesaria in Palestina Priscus Malchus and one Alexander three countrâ—emen were crowned martyrs vnder the Emperor Valerius vpon this day 259. Likewise Prisca a Virgine of that name a martyr vnder Claudius the Emperor 45. Iohn Philpot an Englishman a great deuine was bâ—rned at Smithfield 1556. Lispia was besieged by Iohannes Fredericke a Saxon being one of the Electors in the Empire but his siege was in vaine 1547. The 19. Day MArcus Aemilius Paulus proconsull of Rome triumphed ouer the Affricans by Sea In this triumphe of M Aemilius Paul as it did in fight differ from others so in victorie and triumphe he was contrarie to others triumphes for their Banners Flagges and Ensignes were set vp in most braue manner their shippes hanged ouer with cloth of Tishue Golde and Siluer decked and trimmed with Garlandes of seuerall floures and the Souldiers crowned with all manner of crownes Nauales coronae Images and statues and all the rich â—poâ—les set in publike places to bee seene their Captiues and Prisoners bound fast to the Mastes of the Shippes thus with all kinde of Musicke and pompe of triumphe they saile with victorie towards Rome M. Amilius Pau. Proconâ—ul of Rome triumphed ouer the Affricans by sea 499. yeares after the building of Rome Theodosius Hispanus was by Gratianus appointed Emperour in the East countrie vpon this daie in the roome of Valens the Emperour 389. And after that this Emperour Theodosius appointed his Sonne Arcadius to be with him a Caesar in the Empire died vpon this day at Constantinople 413. Henrie the eight King of England after he had raigned almost 38. yeares dyed vpon this daye as Sleidon affirmeth others saye and affirme it to the eight and twentith of this moneth at what daye Edward the sixte his sonne succeeded him 1541. As vpon this day in France were many martyred vnder the Emperour Antonius Verus specially three notable martyrs Maturus Attalus and Blaudina a Maide of such woonderfull constancie that when she was martyred she much astonished the tormentors and the beholders on Likewise Potentiana and Pontianus and many others vpon this day was made martyrs vnder Commodus the Emperour In Portingale vpon this daye a great Faire or meeting of men for the space of 15. daies is appointed The tvveentith Day VPon this day Gordianus the Emperor was borne 259. of whome games and plaies were celebrated with much mirth at Rome in remembrance of Gordianus birth Theophilus Emperour of Canstantinople being ouerthrowne twise by the Sarizens of very shame and greefe dyed in the twelfth of his Empire 842. Carolus the eight king of Fraunce was created Emperor of Constantinople vpon this daye by pope Alexander the sixte of that name Seruius Fuluius Proconsul at Rome triumphed by sea ouer the Affricans vpon this day 499. years after the building of Rome FraÌ„ciscus Valesius king of France with great regal pompe and solemnitie was crowned vpon this day at Remes 1515. some referre it to the 25. of Ianuarie Vladislaus duke of Lithuania was made a Christian by the Popes legat and was crowned king of Poland the selfe same day with great solemnitie in the citie of Cracouia 1320. whose posteritie continueth to this day as Mart. Chromerus a Polonian writer doth affirme Sebastianus a cittizen of Millaine a captaine vnder Dioclesian the Emperour in his warres suffred euerie torment and was martired with diuers others in Fraunce for the profession of Christ as vpon this day 304. Likewise Fabianus bishop of Rome was vnder the emperour Decius tormented with martirdome as vpon this day It is written in Martinus Cromerus that Margareta the countie Verboslay had aliue 36. sonnes Si credi potest Upon this day at Basil the riuer of Rhine was frosen ouer which was seene in no mans age before The 21 Day VPON this day the Iewes began their moneth Schebat their eleuenth month on the which they held a feast as they do vpon the first and the last day of euerie moneth celebrate solemnity in memory of their gouernment vnder Moses in the wildernesse also in remembrance of their deliuerance out of Egypt from Pharaos bondage and crueltie The 21 day of euerie moneth the Calcedonians hold it as an vnluckie and euil day for as the Romanes the Grecians and other countries recorded their altros dies blacke dayes vpon the which daies they would take no warre in hand nor enter into anie battell nor take in hand any great action so this daye the Calcidonians much lamented for that Darius lieftenant and generall of his warres after he had vanquished subdued and had spoiled and ransacked all the countrie to adde more crueltie he caused all the male children within Calcedon to be gelded and to be sent as Eunuches vnto Persea Lodowick king of Germanie died and was buried with his father as Melancthon affirmeth but Scotus referreth it to the 20. of August of the next yeare following Lodouicus the third and the last emperour of the house and stocke of Charles the great and first of that name died for verie griefe on this day for that hee was by the Vngarians ouerthrowne 911. Hadrianus the third was elected the eight pope of Rome who decreed that in the election of the pope the consent of the emperors should not be sought nor looked for 884. Likewise as vpoÌ„ this day Innocentius the fifth a Burgandinâ— was elected pope of Rome who raigned sixe moneths Carolus the eight king of France departed from Rome with a great armie vpon this day inuaded Naples and help the whole kingdome for a time 1495. Georgius Sigismundus Chauncelor to the great Emperour Charles the fifth Ferdinandus and Maximilian the second was vpon this day
borne in Augusta 1516. The 22 Daie PErtinax the ninth emperour of Rome which succeded CoÌ„modus in the Empire beyng a verie aged man of seauentie yeares old after he had raigned eightie daies was slaine as vpon this day in an vprore which fell among his garde through the treason of Iulianus who succeded Pertinax in the Empire 194. Selymus Emperor of the Turkes vanquished the Souâ—dan and the Mameluchos in a great battaile of this historie reade Sabel Iouius Carolus prince of Lotharingia was solemly maried to Claudia the daughter of Franciscus the second of that name kinge of Fraunce at Paris 1559. Edward Seimer an English man duke of Somerset and vncle to Edward the sixt king of England was beheaded vpon this day in the tower of London 1552. Ioanâ—es the second of that name was elected bishop of Rome vpon this day and died after within â— yeare 4. months 332. Anastasius surnamed Iconomachus was created patriarch of Constantinople vpon this day 710. Vincentius was martired vnder the Emperour Maximianus vpon this day which day amongest the auncient Romanes was holded a fortunate day for marriage and as Casparus Goldworne affirmeth being a faire day sheweth much good lucke to the Romanes I can read no more for this day The 23 daie MArcus Attilius Regulus being then Consull at Rome after he had giuen diuers ouerthrowes to the CarthaginiaÌ„s hauing discomfited Hamilcar with Hannibals father and after ioyned battaile with 3. Carthaginian Captains ouerthrew them and wan 73. citties in Affricke ouer whom he solemly tryuÌ„phed vpon this day 485. Antonius surnamed Caracalla the 22. emperour of Rome of the age of 43. yeares sâ—cceeded his father Seuerus in the Empire and was like to his father in condicion hee was out of measure giuen to sensualitie and vnto carnall concupiscence that he espoused his mother in law called â—uba he founded the bathes in Rome which were called Antonianae he dyed at Edissa as Eutropius affirmeth but Mar. Scotus saith that he was slaine in his viage against the Parthians as vpon this day after he had raigned sixe yeares and two moneths hee wanted the solemnitie of imperiall funerall for he was buried verie poore and simplie Otto the 3. Emperor of Constantinople was poisoned in Italie on this day 1000. his bowels were buried in Augusta and his bodie at Aquisgraine two yeares after that he had named the seauen electors of the empire called Septemâ—erâ— Many houses and many other buildings fel down in Thuringia by winde and tempest 1410. as is affirmed in the Chronicles Ioannes Leydenses king of the Anabaptists after hee had laid siege to the citie Monasteria killing and murthering for 6. moneths without mercie was iustlie punished and plagued for his tirannie vppon this day 1536. Emerentia a Romane virgin became a martir vnder the emperour Valentinianus 360. The 24 Daie CAius Caligula the some of Germanicus the fourth emperour of Rome with his wife Caesena and his Daughter were slaine in his owne pallace after he had three yeares raigned a vicious wicked and cruell emperour who had carnal copulation with all his sisters and vpon his daughter gâ—tten by one of his sisters he was cruell and horrible towards all men altogether addicted to auarice to fleshly lust and as he liued dishonourably so hee was slaine miserably as Sueton affirmeth and Eutrop. Philip king of Macedonia and father vnto Alexander the great ob non punitam libidinem was slaine by Pausanias in the mariage of his daughter with Alexander king of Epire in the middest of his regal pomp going most solemnlie with a traine of Princes into the theaters to see games and publick playes hauing before him twelue statues and Images of the Gods and hiâ— owne statue besides deckt with chaines Iuels most ritch and sumptuous before Christes birth 334. Anna the daughter of Ladislaus king of Vngaria the wife of Ferdinandus Caesar mother to Maximilian the Emperour and sister to Lodowick king of Germanie died vpon this day 1547. Aelius Adrianus the fifteene emperour of Rome was borne vpon this day in Italicia a Cittie in Spaine for whome the Romanes kept a yearely feast vpon this day and graunted publike playes to celebrate the memorie of Adrianus birthe called Natilitij ludi for hée was one of the number of the best Emperrours 119. Lu. Iul. Libo Consul of Rome vpon this day triumphed ouer the Salentines 486 yeares after the building of Rome Iohn the tenth was elected pope of Rome 914. This Pope gaue an ouerthrow to the Sarazens in Campania and after was taken by some Romanes in the 14. yeares of his papacie and was smoothered by thrusting the boulster where he lay into his throate Timotheus the disciple of Paul and Bishop of Ephesus suffered martyrdome vpon this daye vnder Nero the Emperour 50. Upon this daye the auncient Romanes vsed to sacrifice to Ceres and to Tellus and with all they celebrated the feast called Sementina The 25 Daie VPon this day the Apostle Paul was conuerted from his cruell persecution of the Christians who liued when the Emperor Caligula liued 34. Of this day the Husbandmen prognosticat the whole yeare if it be a faire day it will be a plentifull yeare if it be windie it will be warres if it be cloudie it dooth foreshowe the plague that yeare Clara dies Pauli c. M. Ati Regulus triumphed vpon this day oure the Salentines 486 yeares after the building of Rome Martianus the 64 Emperor of Rome dyed vpon this day after he had raigned sixe yeares And Leo the fourth of that name was vpon this day borne 751 who left behinde him his wife Irenes and his sonne Constantinus Fardinandus king of Sicilia died also this day leauing his kingdome to his Sonne Alphonsus 1494. Selymus the Turke vpon this day gaue an ouerthrowe to the Solthan of Aegipt and tooke Aelcairum which was somtime called Memphis the strongest Cittie in all Aegipt 1517. Gregorie the 4. Pope of Rome died on this daie he instituted the feasts of all Saints 844. Gelasius the second was elected Pope 1118. An Earthquake in Germanie happened vpon this day that 26. Castels fell and many townes beside 1349. The like happened in Uenice Adolphus Duke of Holsatiae was borne as vpon this day 1527. The Greekes were woont to sacrifice a feast in memorie of Theseus for the deliuerie of Greece from Minotaurus beside diuerse other feasts and sacrifices which they had in remembrance of Theseus the tenth king in Athens and the first that brought Athens to any perfection of good gouernement The 26 Day AS vpon this day Maximinus the 26 Emperor was slaine at Aquileia by Pupeinus his fellow in the Empire for after Maximinus time Albinus Pupienus and Gordianus were all three Emperors of Rome at one time and named Augusti This Maximinus was first a Shepheard in Thracia after became a
the riuer of Almono the sacred ceremonies were called Megalesia sacra This Berecynthia was called Pessinuntia to whome M. Iunius Brutus builded a temple dedicated those games and plaies called Megalenses ludi which should bee plaide in the spring time before the Idol of Pessinuntia by the finest and gallentest yongmen within Rome piched and chosen out by the Alcidebes the matrons of the cittie were cheefe in those plaies in their most sumptuous apparrell for in these playes were moddest shamefast chaste and honest actions vsed gesture Phocas the Emperour by the conspiracie of certaine that sought the Empire was slaine and vpon the same day Heraclius was elected in his roome Emperour yet Scotus referreth this murther vnto the nineteenth of Aprill in the yeare 611. Iohn Valesius the 50 king of Fraunce and father to Charles the fift surnamed the wise dyed as vpon this daye at London in England 1364. Lu. Posthumius Megellus the second time that hee was Consul at Rome with great pompe and glorie triumphed ouer the Samnits and ouer the Hetruscans by the appointment of the Senators 459 yeares after the building of Rome vpon the which selfe same daye 734. triumphed Lu. Cornelius Balbus ouer the Affricans in the beginning of the raigne of Augustus Caesar for the triumphe of those Consuls in those dayes were much obscured for the dignitie of the Consuls was defaced through the glorie of the Emperours who tooke from the Consuls all pompe and glory to set foorth their owne triumphes Upon this day 169. Lu. Septimius Seuerus was borne in a Towne called Lepus which was in Tripolinata a Prouince of Affricke This Emperour willed all men to call him Pertinax for the great zeale and goodwill which hee bare vnto him which Pertinax was slaine by Iulianus This Seuerus the Emperour by his victories ouer the Parthians and Arabians was surnamed both Parthicus and Arabicus Gregorie the eleuenth Pope of Rome died as vppon this day vnder this Pope all the Townes of Italie which were in subiection to the Pope reuolted and therefore this bishop remoued his seat from Fraunce into Rome againe The 8. daie FOr the space of thirtie daies the Israelites lamented much the death of Moses in the plaine of Noab vppon this day for after that God shewed all the land of Canaan hee went to the plaine of Moab to the top of mount Nebo where hee died and no man knoweth his graue to this day In Rome as vppon this day great solemnities of ceremonies and sacrifices were had and celebrated vnto Ianus in the temple of Concord in the temple of Health in the temple of Peace and in the temple of Ceres by all the women and matrons of the Cittie of Rome Aelius Pertinax the 26. Emperour of Rome when hee had raigned but 80 daies being a verie aged man was slaine in an vprore which fell among the gard through the reason of Iulianus who succeded him in the Empire notwithstanding some saie otherwise 194. Mar. Atil Regulus triumphed ouer the Samnites and ouer the Uolscanes I do not meane the great triumph which Regulus got ouer the Africanes when he sâ—ue 18 thousand enemies and tooke prisoners 5000. men when hee had receiued vnder his obeisance 73. cities and tooke 8. elephantes and sent them to Rome this was vpon an other day of which I shall speake of in an other place 459. Albertus marques of Brabenburge the scourge of Germanie with long warres manie yeares was borne vppon this day 1520 at which time died Henrie Glareanus poet Laureâ—tus in Friburge a towne in Germanie 1563. Aron and his two sonnes Madan and Abiliu remained at the dore of the taberâ—acle seauen daies and seauen nights and perfourmed that which Moses commaunded him from the spirit of God 2455. yeares after the creation of the world The 29 Day VPon this day Iosua the second Iudge of Israell that succeeded Moses sent out of Sichim two men to view Iericho and to spy the land at what time Rahab the harlot acknowledged the God of Israel and lodged the two Israelites and hid them from the king of Iericho who sought to kill them C. Claudius the 5. Emperour of Rome sonne to Drusus which was brother to Tiberius and vncle by the fathers syde to Caligula after he had raigned 13. yeares and 9. moneths hee was poisoned by his owne wife in the yeare of our Lord 41. Lectisternium a feast among the Paâ—nims in the honour of Iupiter Iuno and Minerua at what time sumptuous ritch beddes were spred in the Temples in the which their Images and Idols dect with all kindes of chaines of gould crownes garlands beset with Iewels and pearles were first laied in most magnificent and roiall manner with all ceremonies and solemnities in these gorgeous beds and a great feast celebrated with musick and mirth before them And after in the residue of the beds which were made within the temple as many as mightlie and eate and bare companie with their gods thinking themselues happie that they in this feast in their temples accompaniing their Idols had the fruition of so sacred a feast The Rabbies do affirme that as at this time our Sauiour Iesus Christ came to raise vp Lazarus from death at what time he came to Iericho and by the way gaue sight to the blind man and lodged in Zachaeus the publicans house The 30. Day THe French chronicles affirme that vppon this day the great and bloody victorie of Edward duke of Yorke fell which afterward was called Edward the fourth king of England Frederick the third being archâ—uke of Austria was crowned emperour and raigned almost 54. yeares he was also vpon this day elected and crowned king of the Romans as Nauclerus saith but Cuspinianus who best knew y e state of Austria referreth this to the first day of Ianuarie It is not much to bee maruelled that writers contend for daies syth they in greatest causes varie much in yeares vetustas erroris plena and thereâ—ore I repeat sometime histories that I wrot before The 31 Daie THe old Romans vppon thes day vsed solemne sacrifice and oblation to the moone vpon mount Auentiâ—e with such rites and ceremonies as the Augurers and high bishops had obserued for all ceremonies and sacrifice were by Numa Pomp. from the nimph Aegiria and also after Numa in the time of Torquine the prowd the booke of Sibill which were kept by the 3. magistrates called triumveri were full of these supersticious vaine ceremonies and sacrifices which the Romanes much honowred Ti. Pomp. Atticus died vpon this day 12. yeares after his frend M. Cicero was slaine by Hierenius and Popilius by y â— procurement of M. Antonius who likewise was ouerthrowen with his frend Cleopatra queene of Egipt by Oct. Augustus in this yeare that Pomp. Atticus died at what time ended the wars in Rome after the building of the citie of Rome 722. Henrie the first of
that name King of Fraunce died of a wounde that he got with running at Tilt on this day after hee had raigned 12 yeares after whom succeeded his sonne Franciscus the second of that name Pantaleon affirmeth that Franciscus the first raigned 32. yeares 1557. Alphonsus king of Spaine 1259 was by the Princesse of Gâ—rmanie elected to the empire which he refused for then the empire had bin void of an emperour 17. yeares which was the time of interegnum at what time Richard the Duke of Cornewall sonne to the king of England was crowned king of Rome of this time and of the certeintie thereof as Functius saieth writers do much varie Henricus the fourth of that name Emperour of Germanie was vpon this day being then the feast of Aester by Pope Clement the third as Functius saieth by Pope Steeuen the ninth crowned emperour who ranged 50. yeares whose wife named Bertha vsed the gouerment at her pleasure for she was the empresse and emperour Melancthon saieth in his chronicles that saint Ierom died on this day 420 at Betheme yet Volateranus affirmeth it 30. of September in the yeare of our Lord 442. Nehemias came vppon this day with letters from Artaxerxes to Hierusalem for the repairing of the Temple and also for the building vp of the walles of Hierusalem againe In the moneth Munychion among the Egiptians called Pharme Menedeâ— K. of Egypt ended his great and wonderous tombe which for the rarenesse thereof was called a Labyrinth the patterne whereof Dedalus brought with him from Egipt vnto Creet where he builded the like to king Minos It was hard for any that entred into this Labyrinth to come out thence without a guide This Labyrinth was made a place of buriall for the kinges of Egyptlineallie descending from the bodie of Menedes and not for others in so much that the kinges of Egypt afterwardes contended who should excell in these woorkes some in Labyrinthes some in building of Piramides and some in building of monsterous great Temples for their burials as the priestrs of Vulcan affirme in their sacred bookes at Memphis that 43. of the most aâ—ncient kings of Egypt were buried in these Pyramides of the which number 17. remained vntill the time of Ptolomi the sonne of â—agi one of the souldiers of the great AlexaÌ„der This was the first king of the Ptolomeis after the name of Pharaos for the first kinges of Egypt from Menas time vntil the time of 52. kings we haue as litle to write of as we haue of the first ancieÌ„t kings of Assiria The names of the Triumphes solemnized in Rome within the moneth of March and by whome 1 P. Valer. Publicola 2 L. Aemil. Mamertimus 3 L. Cornel. Lentulus 4 Q. Luctatius Cerco 5 M. Claud. Marcellus 6 A. Manl. Torqua Atticus 7 L. Papyrius 8 C. Fabricius Luscinius 9 C. Papyr Maso 10 L. Aemil. Papus 11 Cn. Manl. Volso 12 T. Manl. Torquatus 13 L. Aemil. Papus 14 C. Flamineus Nepos 15 L. Conel Scipio 16 C. Flamineus 17 Pub. Furius 18 Manlius Volso 19 M. Valerius Coruus 20 M. Pomp. Matho 21 M. Valer. Maximus 22 C. Conelius Scipio 23 L. Posthumi Megellâ—s 24 L. Conel Balbus 25 M. Atil Regulus The names of the solemne feasts and sacrifices within the moneth of Marche Munichia Matronalia Quinquatria Bachanalia Iunonalia Equiria Liberalia Quinquaria Minerualia Hylaria Megalesia These games and plaies called triumphant plaies vowed games must of necesâ—itie bee celebrated and solemnized after any great triumphe together with the feast Triâ—mphale Epulum which is also a feast appointed in the Capitoll belonging alwaies vnto any great triumphe Ludi Votiui Ludi Triumphales Ludi Natalitij Finis mensis Martij Of the moneth of Aprill which with the Iewes is called Nisan their first moneth with the Athenians called Thargelion their eleauenth moneth and With the Aegiptians Pharmute their eight moneth The first Daie THis moneth of April is called of the Iewes Nisan which is the first moneth with the Hebrues for the Iewes beginneth their yeare in this moneth in the old time this moneth was of the Romans consecrated vnto Venus at what time they celebrated a feast called Vernalia where the Romanes vsed sacrifice and solemine ceremonies vnto Venus bedeckt with garlands made of diuers flowres on their heads and mirtle branches in their handes Likewise the women and matrones of Rome washed and bathed themselues in sweete water and with garlands of mirtle crowned came vpon this day to the temple of Fortune and offered oblations and sacrifice with Frankencense and other sweete odors for their husbandes good successe and euents in warres In like order the auncient Greekes had vpon this day two great solemne feasts the one called Thargelia festa celebrated with many ceremonies vnto Apollo and vnto Diana according to the manner of the Gretians the other feast called Apaturia solemnized with diuers kinde of sacrifices vnto the goddesse Venus In Rome vpon this day Sempronius Blesus when he was Consul at Rome triumphed ouer the Affricans at what time woone many cities and though hee suffered shipwracke in his returne from Affrike to Rome with great riches and spoile yet the Senators graunted him to come with a triumphe into the Cittie of Rome 500 yeares after the bulding of the Cittie Q. Martius Philippus Consul of Rome made a braue entrie into Rome with great pompe and honor triumphing ouer the Hetruscans a people of Italy before the first warres of the Romans against the Carthaginians eight yeares for at this time the Romanes had enough to doe at home by meanes of the warres of the Tarentines Samnits Latens and of other nations about them Also on this day Ser. Caruilius Max. being Consul then at Rome triumphed most solemnely ouer the Sardintans 519. Tacitus the 34. Emperoâ—r of Rome after he had raigned but sixe moneths dyed by an vprore among the Souldiers the most common death that then happened to the Emperours of Rome one preuenting an other by treason that in 277 yeares 34 Emperours raigned in Rome as Onoph affirmeth but Iustine saith that Tacitus died of a feauer at Tarsus but I leaue contention Valens was by his brother Valentinianus made Emperour of Constantinople to gouerne ioyntlie the Empire vpon this daye 367. This was a cruell persecutor of the Christians for he commaunded that 80. Christians should be drowned that were sent to him froÌ„ the other Christians to entreat for mercie and fauour but Valeus being most worthyly afterward wounby the Gothes and flyeng from the battell so wounded to a little cottage in a podre village was burned most miserablie by the Gothes in his cottage where hee hid himselfe His brother Valentinianus had no better end for both were cruell Emperours Iustinus Thrax a base man borne who was first a Swineheard and then a heardman and afterward became to bee a Souldiour who after by manye euents of warres was made by the
cittie of Rome were great games and solemne shewes which continued 6. daies either in remembrance of anie great victorie had ouer the enemie or in memory of some kingdom gotteÌ„ to the Empire of Rome or for some great fortune past The Romans were wont vpon those daies to celebrate with great pomp and solemnitie games or plaies called Ludi magni as these games Circences Cereales Seculares and yet counted one of the vnfortunate daies among the Romanes Aulus Manlius being then consul of Rome when he had waged battail against Phalisa a wealthie citie in Italie he wan it within 9. daies siege where he slue 15. thousand the residue hee graunted life vnto ouer whom he had a triumph graunted by the Senate 512. Anacletus the third bishop of Rome the successor of Linus who succeeded Peter the Apostle if at anie time Peter was bishop of Rome this Anacletus raigned Bishop 12. yeares and two moneths hee ordained that a Bishop should be consecrated by the three Bishops and a priest should be made by one Bishop Carolus the second of that name king of Neaples after he had raigned 25. years died after whom succeeded Robertus 1308. The 5 daie VPon this day Noah had warning to make the arke as God commaunded him saying make thee an arke of Pine tree pitch it within and without the length thereof shall bee 300. Cubites the breadth 50. and the height of the arcke shall bee thirtie c. a windowe of a cubite length and two dores in the syde of the arke and three loftes one aboue another Carolus the great and first of that name king of Frannce and after emperour of Germanie was intreated by Pope Hadrian the first of that name and the 29. pope to come vnto Italie against the Longobards who much molested the Romane state at what time Charles ouerthrew their army and banished Desiderius their king who after yeelded himselfe to Charles and so finished the kingdome of the Longobards which continued in Italie 204 yeares and brought them subiect to the crowne of Fraunce Cazimirus king of Polonia in the 25. yeare of his raigne was by treason poisoned and on this day died 1194. This Cazimirus had four prouinces within Russia hee vanquished the Prussians and brought the Russians subiect to Polonia as Functius saieth Augustinus first a great philosopher and then a great heretick being the reader of the rhetoricke lector in Millaine by often hearing of Ambros his sermons then Bishop of Millaine and by often conferring was conuerted vpon this daie as Vincentius affirmeth vnto Gods church and became the onely doctor of the Latine church at what time raigned in Rome Gratianus and Valentianus emperours 373. Vincentius saith that hee was after disciple to Ambrose and was made bishop of Hipponia in Africk The 6 Daie VPon this day Pau. Iouius affirmeth that the citie of Rome togither with pope Clement the 7. of that name was taken and spoiled by the imperiall armie of Germanie by the Spaniards aide at what time Charles duke of Burbonie was shot through and â—laine at that assault The 7 daie 〈…〉 Ides of May are consecrated larideâ— to the houshold Gods at what time they vsed solemne 〈◊〉 with such 〈◊〉 and ceremonies as vppon this day the bakers of Rome did vse to crowne their Asses with bread made of dough and made garlandes likewise of Oken boughes about their Asses neckes and in the which feast the bakers of Rome were wont to sacrifice vnto their domesticall Idols called Lares new bread and fine flower this was a great festiual day among the bakers and with great solemnitie in Rome obserued Caiâ—s Sulpitius Petitus hauing bin three seuerall times consull at Rome and after made dictator who in his office of Dictatorship did triumph ouer the Gaules being afterward called Frenchmen Likewise Q. Fabius Vibulanus an excellent Romane of that time before ten Commissioners called Decemuiri were created seauen yeares and within 50 yeares of the last ouerthrow of Torquinus Superbus the seauenth and last king of Rome triumphed ouer the people called Aqui 294. yeares after the building of Rome Titus the sonne of Vespasian the emperour a man worthy of admiration and full of good vertues called homini deliciâ— being with his father at the assaulting of Ierusalem shot 12. arrowes and â—lue with euerie arrow one of the Iewes he was wont to saie that day was lost in the which hee gaue nothing for hee would say that no man ought to depart from an emperour sad or sorrowful vpon this day through his great agillitâ—e and courage first woon the walles for Ierusalem was stronglie walled by reason of so long warres for it was fiue times conquered Otto the second sonne to Otto the first Emperour of Germanie was elected king at Vuormatia and was crowned Emperour at Rome and raigned with his father 6 yeares and after his fathers death 10. years he maried Theophania daughter to Io. Zimisces Emperour of the Grecians for the emperour of Constantinople was so called he subdued Henrie duke of Bauaria and had good successe against the Greekes and also against the Saracens hee wasted and spoiled the most part of Bohemia he brought his armâ—e against Lotarius the 33. king of Fraunce hee burned and destroied vnto the verie cittie of Paris and also burned the suburbes of Paris he died at Rome poisoned by the Italians for his too much seueritie 〈◊〉 gouernment as is thought 984. Likewise Ladislaus the third and sonne to Emericus the 16. king of Hungaria after he had raigned scant one yeare died as Functius saith the seauenth Calend of September Bonfinus affirmeth that he raigned 16. yeares who in this is before Functius to be beleeued for his decades do entreat only of Germany The 8 Daie THis day was an vnfortunate day among the Romans for the first day of euery moneth after the Nones is recorded vnluckie for some great ouerthrowe which the Romans vpon this day sustained The Uirgins of Rome as vpon this daye in the temple of S. Michael vsed in old time to be married for that the Romans suppose that Michaell the Archangell appeared in that place where they then builded and dedicated a temple in memory thereof in the suburbes of Rome and therefore all the maides of Rome made choise of this day to marrie Henrie sonne to Frederike the second of that name Emperour of Germanie being yet but a boye in Colonia was by his father the emperor caused to be crowned king of Rome and after sent him to Calabria to see good order and peace kept 1222. As vpon this day Letters came from Artaxerxes king of Persia vnto Themistocles at Magnesia to leauie souldiers to assemble Captaines and charging him straightly to haue an eye to the Grecians armie according to his promise made vnto Artaxerxes when he was banished from Athens at what time he was taken into such fauour with the king of Persia as he graunted
offered vnto the Lord two waines loaden with fine flower also they offered 7. lambes without deformitie of one yeare of age and one young Bullocke and twoo Rammes to bee a sacrifice of sweet sauor vnto the Lord. Damiata a great cittie of Egypt being once ouerthrowne by the Saracens to the great losse of the Christians is now againe besieged and taken by the Christians and by them inhabited Rolandus sisters son to Charles the great the first French Emperour a man of great courage a skilfull souldiour after a terrible battaile fought about the mountaines Pyrenei died for meere penurie and want of water to coole his thurst The Romanes celebrated as vpon this daie a feast wherin were vsed manie sacrifices vpon manie altars in Rome much like to the feast of Hecatombea at what time in Athens they sacrificeâ— vppon an hundreth Altars and therefore the Scythians could not abide the superstitious ceremonies of the Grecians for they had no Altars no Temples no images nor no such ceremonies as y â— Egyptians had but in this sort the Scythians do vse their feast or sacrifice the beast that is to bee sacrificed is made to kneele vppon his legges the sacrificer standeth behind the beast to strike him downe then making his praiers to that God to whom he sacrificeth this beast not with fire not with vowes nor vpon altars in temples for the Scythians haue none but simplie after their Scythian manner hee taketh the skin off and putteth the flesh into a great cauldron of brasse or else in the skinne of the beast and so he laieth all the boans of the beast vnder the châ—ldron and puts fire into it and seethes it and after he sacrificeth the bowels of the beast either to Vesta which is chiefly worshipped in Scythia or to Mars of the rest they make this feast This is the order of al Scithian sacrifices The names of those Consuls and Captaines that had their triumphes graunted them by the Senators at Rome within this moneth of Maie are these that follow 1 Pub. Valerius Publicola 2 Qu. Pub. Philo 3 M. Claudius Marcellus 4 Q. Fab. Vibulanus 5 A. Manl. Torquat Atticus 6 C. Sulpitius Peticus 7 Tibe rius Caesar 8 L. Cornel. Maluginensis 9 C. Plautius Proculus 10 T. Manlius Torquatus The names of the feastes and sacrifices celebrated with great solemnitie in Rome within this moneth of May. Lenuria 1 Lemuria 2 Lemuria postrema Scyrpea simulacra Bendidia Agonalia The solemne games and plaies in Rome within May are thus named Ludi Maximi Ludi celebris Fabrici ludi Finis mensis Maij. Of the Moneth of Iune which the Hebrewes called Siuaâ— their third moneth with the Athenâ—ans Hecatombeon their first moneth and with the Egyptians called Pauni their tenth moneth The first daie ON this moneth the Athenians began their yeare which they called HecatoÌ„beon a month dedicated and also consecrated by the old ancient Romanes to Mercurius The Athenians as vppon this day being the first day of their yeare celebrated a solemne feast in the honor of Apollo at Athens which they call Hecatombea after the name of their first moneth vsing the ceremonies rites of such sacrifices according to the custome of Athens In Rome they held a feast to the goddes Carna called Fabaria in the which they were woont to vse sacrifice with great solemnitie and to offer vp new fresh beanes mingled with fine flower to this Carna and after their sacrifices and religious ceremonies were ended they kept this feast with much deuotion and great holinesse making cakes as the old Romanes in ancient time vsed of these beanes mingled with flower euerie man kept a peece of a cake or a whole cake in his house vntill that time in the next yeare following To this goddesse Carna Iuuâ—us brutus the first Consull at Rome after the king when hee had banished Torquinius the proud the 7 and last king of Rome solemnised a great sacrifice without the gate called Capena in mount Caelio and after celebrated a feast in memorie of this victorie according to a vow which he had made to the goddes Carna before the battaile on this day Likewise the Romanes builded a temple consecrated the same and dedicated it to Tempest In the 690 yeare after the building of Rome when Lucius Murena and Cecus Iuuius were Consuls at Rome Q. Metellus triumphed ouer Creet at the same verie day that Pompei the great eriumphed ouer the Pyrats on sea Uppon this day a famous combat was appointed betweene Carolus king of Cicilia and Petrus king of Aragon about the kingdome of Sicilia this was committed to an hundred chosen men of either side and they should fight it out the king of Aragon with an hundreth men the king of Cicilia should come with another hundreth men and on whether side the victorie should goe thether also the kingdome should goe Lodowick the fourth sonne to Iohn king of Bohemia was crowned king of Lumbardie at Millaine by his father who theÌ„ subdued Luca Parma Rhegium Mutina and other citties in Italie before he was elected Emperour of Germanie 1337. Iulianus Didius borne at Millaine in Italie a nobleman by birth and learned in the ciuill lawes yet factious and very ambitious after hee had raigned seauen moneths Emperour of Rome Functius saieth hee raigned but 65. daies was slaine by Sep. Seuerus and beheaded and his head put vppon a pole in the market place at Rome Nicolaus the second Pope of Rome died as vppon this day 1061. This Pope crowned Henrie the thirde Emperoure of Germanie and he caused that the Popes should bee chosen by the election of the twelue Cardinals onlie Robertus or as some say Rupertus Emperour of Germanie made a great preparation at Augusta with his armie to passe to Rome but the princes of Germanie at that time were against him hee returned without anie great thing done and tooke money of the Florentines to commence warre against Galeatius but before he came to Germanie from Rome hee died in Achaia after he had raigned ten yeares The 2 daie BY Henry the fourth and his armie the city of Rome was assaulted who after three sharpe terrible battails fought with Rodolphus duke of Suenia at y â— time elected K. of y â— Romans came and reuenged his mallice vppon pope Gegorie the 7. otherwaies named Hildebrandus draue him out of Rome and possessed all the cittie of Rome but when Gregorie was restored by Rodulphus as Pantaleon afâ—irmeth to his papacie againe Hildebrandus the Pope sent a crowne with this inscription to Rodulphus written rownd about the samâ— after this manner Petra dedit Petro petrus diadema Rodulpho Uppon this day Valterius duke of Aquitania with a great armie of the Saracens entred into Fraunce wasted and spoiled the countrie vntill king Pipinus sonne to Charles the great came and gaue battail in the which Valterus was slaine and the
and al were consumed and the vestall virgins forced to 〈◊〉 with the Idol of Vesta with them The play and games called Piscatorij which were celebrated in the fields of Mars as on this day by the fishmongers at Rome with their deuised mirth and sportes according to their custome The 8. daie AFter that Theseus had killed Scyron the Arcadian wrastling with him and a litle after slue Demastes in the citie of Herionia a great tirant imitating in al pointes Hercules who sacrificed Busirus and Aper cruell tyrants enen so Antheus the 8. daie of Hecatombeon at what time he saw his father Aegeus but of this Theseus and his exploits hereafter you shall read more In Vienna a towne in Austria a great meeting of the peers of Germanie with all the imperial state at what time the chiefe noble men of Austria ordained great games and plaies with great pompe and solemne shewes both on horsebacke and on foot which continued as Pantaleon saith the whole moneth of Iune at the which plaie Ferdinandus the Emperour brother to Charles the 5. was present 1559. Uppon this day Isacius Commenus was crowned Emperour of Greece by the Patriarch then of Constantinople and became afterward vngracefull to the Patriarch This Emperour after he had raigned two yeares and three moneths tooke the habit of a Munck vppon him and gaue vp the empire vnto Constantine Ducas and so afterward hee liued a monasticall life 1059. The 9. Day A Great feast in Rome was as vppon this day celebrated in the which they were wont to decke their Asses with garlandes about their neckes and Crownes vppon their heads and so to lead theÌ„ solemnly through the cittie of Rome into all streetes onely by the Milners and Bakers leauing their Mils and Baâ—khouses fully dressed with all kinde of flowers and greene boughes these asses being thus gorgeouslie and brauelie set out were loaden with bread of the which at their returne they kept a great solemne feast to the which they inuited their neighbours to celebrate the same after they had doone sacrifice to God Pan. Seruius Tullius the sixt king of Rome was vpon this daie slaine through the wickednes of his sonne in lawe Lu. Torquinius who was sonne to the last king before him whom Seruius succeeded also his owne daughter Tullia whom he had espoused to Torquinius was of the conspiracie and the onely means of her Fathers death in the 219. yeare after the building of Rome Pub. Rutilius Lupus then Consull at Rome after he had fought most valiantly with Marses was slaine in the battell at the riuer Thebonium the same very day Nola was taken by the Samnits and the yeare next following they gaue an ouerthrowe to Didius 664 M. Crassus a noble Romane equall in force and power to Caesar or to Pompey after many great victories was as vpon this day among tâ—e Barbarians and Parthians ouerthrowne at what time many noble captaines â—lew themselues for shame and sorrow of their ouerthrowe by Surena the Leiutenant of Parthia Censorimus Octauius Petromus and diuers other Romane Gentlemen slew themselues they strake off Pub. Crassus head and sent him to his father yet a liue but on that day slaine also In this battell 10000 Romanes were slaine and 1000 taken prisoners and after that Surena had bathed Crassus head in bloud and had melted gould into his mouth to the great reproche of the Romanes he sent both the heads of Crassus and of his sonne to Hyrodes king of Paâ—â—hia 50 yeares before Christ was borne Now Charles duke of Bugundie sonne to Philip brought 100000 armed men to Marten a towne in Heâ—uetia assaulted it but in vaine after tooke Lotoringia vpon the which offence warre grewe betweene Lewes king of Fraunce and this Charles this warre Paulus the second of that name pope of Rome pacified after this he came to the Emperour Frederike the third which lay then at Treueris with a braue companie of Horsemen expecting to bee created king of the Emperour but missing of that hope hee entered againe into armes and was slaine with 20000 of his men with him in a great battaile giuen him by Lewes the eleauenth king of Fraunce 1478. Alphonsus king of Arragon assaulted Naples as on this day tooke it and dwelt there then he warred in Apulia draue Renatus out of Apulâ—a and possessed the kingdome this king Iohana Queene of Sicilia depriued of his interest and title which he had through hir into Sicilia for she had adopted him after her dayes to be king of Sicilia and now she adopted into his place Lewis the third The long broiles of Henrie the fourth his furie and rage of ciuill warres was vpon this day ended at what time Rodulphus duke of Sueuia who also had married Henries sister and his great secret enemie was slaine at the riuer of Vuseredom in Saxonia as Marian Scotus affirmeth 1079. The 10 Daie TItus Didius Proconsull for the Romanes against the Celtiberians in Spaine whome hee most valiantly ouerthrew in a great battell ouer whome hee had his triumphe graunted him by the Senators with great honor into Rome as vpon this daye in the 660 yeare after the building of Rome Cruell Nero the sixt Emperour of Rome sonne in lawe to Claudius who adopted him his successor in the Empire not vnlike vnto his Unckle Caligula giuen to all riot and strange lust a tyrant that committed diuers murthers vpon his owne kinsâ—olkes slew his owne brother his mother and his wife hee murthered a great number of the Senators and cheefe men of the Cittie of Rome and at last he set the Cittie on fire that he might see how and after what maner fashion the Cittie of Troye burned when it was set on â—â—re vy the Gretians and hearing that he was adiudged by the Senators that he should be drawne naked through the Cittie with a forcke thrust into his head and so whipped vntill he were dead fled fourth of his pallace and slue himselfe three miles off from Rome 69. Frederike the first surnamed Barbarossa Emperour of Germanie in the voiage that he made to the holy land waged wacres against the Turke and ouerthrew him and subdued him and in Armenia died some say that he was drowned after he had raigned 37 yeares 1190. The 11 Day THe solemne feast called Quinquatria was in Rome most solemnlie celebrated with great mirth this feast endured fiue dayes in the honour of Minerua of this feast I haue spoken before Constantiâ—us surnamed Monomachus Emperour of Greece was maried vpon this day to Zoes and was crowned Emperour by Alexius Patriarch of Constantinople this Zoes whom he married had beene before married to the Emperour Romanus Argyropylus whose death she conspired with Michael Paphlago whom after she married who dyed within seauen yeares after then shee adopted to the Empire Michael Calaphates who likewise abused hir saying that Zoes went about to poison him
little puppets instarphalli for that was the onely pompe of the feast which these women did carrie about them with such madde frisking skipping and strange gamalds of daunsing hauing minstrles before them playing and they following after singing songes in the honour of Bacchus these little pictures were made by some fleights to mooue of themselues as though their chinnes mooued and sang with them for company mentula mutante as though they honoured the feast of Phallum with songes and dauncing to honor God Bacchus the like ceremonies the Pelasgans taught the Athenians who first erected the Image of Mercurie and vsed the like ceremonies in their sacrifices of the which Herodot doth write at large The 16 Daie MEtoichia a feast solemnlie kept at Athens in memorie of Theseus for diuers great good benefits doone to the Athenians this feast onely was for strangers which came to dwell at Athens which Theseus had brought from diuerse places at what time Theseus cained money which he marked with the stampe of an Oxe in the memory of the Bull of Marathon which he slue that feast is celebrated to this day by the strangers at Athens vpon the 16 of the moneth Hecatombeon which moneth also in Greeâ—e is generally called Cronius The most renowned victorie of the Greekes ouer the Persians by sea at Artemesium where Xerxes with all his whole Nauie was ouerthrowne as vpon this day this victorie made Themistocles to be so honored of the Gretians y â— the captains â—fter sacrifice doone gaue him an oliue branche in token of the victorie and they sent 300 of their lustie youthes to accompanie Themistocles his renowne grew such by this victorie that when Themistocles came to the next feast of the Olimpicall games all the people cast their eyes on him clapping their hands shewing him vnto strangers that knew him not of this daye diuers varye for that the moneths of the Gretians differre and are mistaken by writers Hugo Countie of Paris father to that Hugo Capetus which was the first king of Fraunce of the nations of the inhabitants called Galli whose stocke is famous among the Frenchmen dyed vpon this day and is buried at S. Denis in Paris 957. The 17 Daie THe Iewes celebrated a ioyfull feast in memorie of their deliuerance from Hamons malice at what time he had procured king Asueâ—us to direct his decree for the killing and murthering of so many Iewes as could be found within all the dominions of the king of Persea which were 127 regions and nowe by the meanes of Mardocheus and the prayer of Ester they were deliuered and Hamon and his ten sonnes hanged with an infinit number of their enimies slaine but this feast was kept on the thirteenth of the moneth Adar which is Marche Sp. Posthumius an auncient Romane as on this daye gaue battell to the Volscans and to the Aequeis and vanquished them the victorie was the greater and farre more famous for that the Romans then were not strong nor their territories great for it extended not past 18. miles from Rome 266. Io. Albertus king of Polonia dyed vpon this daye at Turone in Prusia after whom succeeded his brother Alexander duke of Lituania 1502. Upon the verie selfe same daye 48. yeares after Charles the ninth king of Fraunce was borne 1550. The 18 Day VNto Anna were certaine ceremonies and sacrifices vsed as on this day at which time Alexander the great fel in a Feuer after much surfetting and drinking within 21 daies after died at Babilon 324 yeares before Christ our Sauiour his birth Charles the 5. was elected Caesar and made emperour of Germanie as vpon this day though he was absent at Franckford about other businesse of his owne some referre it to the 28. of this moneth but he was crowned at Aquisgraue the 12. day of October as Func in his Chronicles most plainly affirmeth A League of peace was concluded betweene Henrie the first king of Fraunce and Philip king of Spaine that nowe is as vpon this day at Paris with great roialtie Pontianus the 19. Bishop of Rome was in the time of the Emperour Alexander Seuerus persecuted for the profession of the Gospell and died for the same in Sardinia Onophrius doth varie much from Functius and others as well in the numbers as in the time 231. The 19 daie ON mount Auentine great and solemne sacrifices with religious ceremonies were celebrated as on this day in the honor of Pallas In the great warres betweene the Polonians and the Russians in a battail at Sauichostum as on this day in the which the Russians were vanquished and oâ—erthrowen After some terrible battails and betweene Philip prince of the Catteians and Charles the fifth the Catteians yeelded at Hala in Saxonia at what time the riuer of Rheine did much harme to men and beastes 1205. The 20. Day THis day was the 40. daie after y â— Noah entred into the arâ—â— during which time the fountaines of the deepe were broken vp and the windowes of Heauen were opened that it rained for the space of fortie daies in so much that the water encreased rose 15 cubits aboue the height of any mountaine for an 150. daies that all flesh perished As on this day the Tarentines desired Pyrrhus king of Epyrus to assist them against the Romanes which was the first battaile that the Romanes had with any forreine enemie they builded a Temple in Circo Maximo to the God Summanus for the Romanes much feared Pyrrhus being the greatest warriour of the world and therefore they as on this daie vsed solemne sacrifice within this newe erected Temple vnto Summanus At Antiochia a great cittie in Siria by Godfredus and Balduinus two captaines and conductors of a great armie of christians was geuen a famous battaile vnto the Persians in the which battaile 5000. were slaine after they tooke Ierusalem where they raigned kinges one after another 1â—98 Philippicus surnamed Barnamus being but a Souldiour at Chersona became by seruice to bee Emperour of Greece and after he had raigned two yeares hee was forced to forsake the Empire vpon this day and by Artemius which is called Austasius was taken and his eies pluckt out and after put in prison where he died 715. Terouana a towne in Fraunce was assaulted and taken by the imperiall armie spoiled and afterward was lamentablie burnt with fire Io. Chrisostom a singular godly a learned man was banished by the generall councel then assembled at Cyprus for that he would not subscribe to the burning of Origens books which were by Epiphanius and Theophilus condemned but he was afterward called backe with great honor The 21 Daie AT the cittie of Rome this daie is kept a festiuall daie in the honor of Hercules to whom they do great sacrifice with al religious ceremonies thereunto belonging C. Centumalus proconsul for the Romanes ouer Iâ—yrica whom he vanquished and ouerthrew by a
battaile geuen on the Sea ouer whom he with great commeÌ„dation triumphed cum nauali triumpho Mahomet the second of that name and the 6 emperour of the Turkes the onely scourge that plagued the Christians and also the only tâ—rant that afflicted Asia who did much augment his empire as vppon this day againe the third time hee laied siege to Rhodes and yet failed of his purpose and was forced to passe with his armie to Apulia The Heluetians being in warre with their next neighbours gaue them battaile at Lauppen a cittie in the Confines of Heluetia ouerthrew them and slue them to the number of three hundreth 1338. The 22 daie PHilip the sunne of Frederick surnamed Barbarossa and the first Frederick of that name after his great warres against Alsatia Argentina and Thuringia taking some repose in the castle of Bamberga was there traiterouslie slaine by Otto the County of Uâ—ietelspatch to the great grief of al Germanie after he had raigned 9. yeares 1208. The mariage of Philip king of Spaine was solemnly celebrated as vpon this daie at Paris in Fraunce vnto Elizabeth daughter to Henrie the second but Functius saith the first of that name king of Fraunce with great pompe roialtie magnificence in the which feast 8. daies after the marriage Henrie king of Fraunce was slaine by apeece of a staffe which brake ran through his eie into the braine pan as hee was running at Tâ—â—t 1559. The 23. daie AS vppon this day the Romanes vsed to sende mutuall presentes one to another and to salute their neighbours with diuers kind of sweet sauours as ginger peper suger and such like and likewise they gathered all kind of hearbs in the honor of Vulcan and after this they met togither with manie ceremonies and did great sacrifice vnto fire for the sauegard and tâ—ition of their young children The famous victorie of Hanniball ouer the Romanes at Thrasimenum in Perusia was such that Flaminius the consul was killed and fifteene thousand more slaine in the field and almost so manie taken this battail was so fiercly fought on both sides that a great earthquake which was at that instant ouerthrew some cities and turned mighty streams of riuers against their course and did manie terrible thinges besides yet they were so earnest in fight that nether parties felt it but the moane and lamentation was such in Rome for so great an ouerthrow that they recorde this day as one of their chiefe vnfortunate daies and this happened by the ouerâ—ight and rashnes of Flaminius the Consul Otto the first of that name Emperour of Germanie and sonne to Henrie the first duke of Saxonie and after crowned king of Germany maried y â— daughter of one Edmundus King of England this Otto ouerthrew the Bauarians and gaue the Hungarians such a terribl battaile at the riuer of Licum that 3. kinges were taken by Otto and hanges at that ouerthrow he after made warres vppon the Bohmians wasted and spoiled Bâ—hemia anâ— tooke their citties thence hee entred into Italie and lated siege to Rome and the gates were opened to him at what time he tooke the pope Benedictus the 5. from his papacie and restored Leo the 7 to his formâ—r estate The Turkes againe inuaded the Ile of Melitia and in the time of Solyman the tenth emperour laid hard siege to the castle of Mercurie where Caelius affirme that manie thousands on either syde were at that Turkish armie slaine 1565. Aâ—ulphus â—ountâ—e of Nassau was elected Emperour of Germany this Adulphus for his ambitious dealing against Albertus duke of Austria sonne to Rodolphus the Emperor which was well esteemed and beloued with all the â—lates of Germanie whome this Adulphus by all ambitious meanes sought to banishe and to driue him from Austria but he was therefore deposed from his Empire after he had raigned â—ixe yeares and with all the consents of the Princes of Germanie Albertus Duke of Austria was as vpon this day placed in his roome 1298. This day of Onophâ—â—us and others is set downe to be the 27 of Iuâ—e As vpon this day died that noble and valiant Gretian Pericles cheefe gouernour of Athens after Themillocles whose victories and triumphes were such that hee had nine â—euerall monuments equall in number to the nine victories which hee got in nine great battels set vp in diuerse places some in Athens some in other places of Greece but especially in Ceramicus which was a place appointed by the Athenians to honour Conquerours with triumphant arches and pillers with their names therevpon ingrauen with letters of gould whereby he merited by his victories lenitie iustice and diuers other vertues to be surnamed Olymphus The 24 Day A Great solemne feast at Rome at the which they vsed much deuotion witâ— sacrifice and many religious ceremonies to the goddesse Fortune as vpon this day they trimmed their shippes vpon the riuer Tyber with sundrie garlands and crowned their toppes with lawrell mirtle and Oken boughes in token of Triumphes and victories and there they banqueted and feasted with all pleasant mirthe and melodie Asdrubal brother vnto Hanniball being sent for to come from Spaine into Italie by his brother Hanniball fell into the handes of Appius Claudius Nero by an ambushment laid for him where he was slaine manfully fighting for himself his head was brought and throwne before Hannibals tents his armie slaine and taken and a great quantitie of treasure was brought to Rome this Asdruball has plagued the Romaines in Spaine and slue both the Scipios which had beene long conquerours for the Romans in Spaine of whom I shall speake when I came to the time of their dealings Warres being proclaimed against the Carthaginians by Scipio Affricanus and by Masinissa king of Numidia who had ioyned friendship with the Romanes this Masinissa being 92 yeares ould gaue an ouerthrow to king Syphax on this day this Masinissa left behind him 44 sonnes and appointed Scipio Affricanus whom he deerelie loued to be ouerseer and to distribute his kingdome as it pleased him amongst them 609 yeares after Rome was builded Vespasian the ten emperour of Rome a good and a vertuous man after he had raigned nine yeares and liued 69. yeares died in a manour of his owne among the Sabines of the Flixe as vpon this day 81 yeares after Christ. The Sarazens as vpon this day 1083 had a great battaile giuien them by the Spaniards in the territories of Granata in Spaine at what time by chaunce not lookt for an armie of Englishmen entred fresh into the battaile whereby the Sarazens were ouerthrowne this the French Chronicles allow and Pantal in his fift booke affirmeth Cazimirus Duke of Massonia was crowned king of Polande with solemne pompe and great magnificence as vpon this day being then vpon the feast of S. Iohn Baptist 1448. So also was Henrie the eight king of England and his wife Katherine Dowger crowned at
ouer the Romanes at the riuer Allia in the taking of the Citie of Rome by the Gaules for the great ouerthrowe of the Romanes at the battell of Canes by Hannibal The Bishops and the Southsayers made a decrée that n◠exploit nor battell should be taken that day and these daies to be recorded Atros dies Macrob. lib. 1. cap. 16. It was also an vnfortunate day amongst the Aegyptians for the Prophet Ezechiel did foreshew the calamitie and ruine of the kingdome of Aegypt vpon this day Ezech. 29. This day the statue of Commodus Antoninus was thrown downe from the place where it stood within three daies after his death So wicked an Emperour was this Commodus and so farre from the vertues of his father that all Rome honoured the father and hated the sonne and the moneth of September which he commaunded to bee called Commodus was after his death presently restored to his former name Charles the second was crowned king of Hungarie with much solemnitie and pompe vpon this day 1310. Philippus surnamed Longus king of Fraunce died 1320. Pantal. lib. 1. Iohn the fourth king of Lusitania and father in lawe to Charles the second died leauing his wife with childe which within twentie daies after his death brought a sonne and a Prince named Sebastianus 1542. Galeatius Duke of Millaine was slaine in the Church at seruice by a Citezin of Millaine named Andreus Lemponianus 1477. Charles the fift caused a méeting of many learned Catholikes and Protestants at Vnormatia a Towne in Germany for conference sake about the religion 1541. Sleid. lib. 13. Pius the fourth was elected Bishop of Rome vpon this day of whose solemnitie I haue laide downe in his inauguration of his papacie Upon this day Iohn Baptist bare witnes of the true Messias before his comming Math. 3. Machareus priest of Alexandria was martired 314. This day sheweth the nature and state of September The third Daie THe third day of euery moneth was in Gréece consecrated vnto Minerua among the ancient Gréekes of whose feasts sacrifices and ceremonies you shall read in their seuerall places for Minerua had her festiuall daies and all solemne sacrifice in Athens as Iuno had in Rome Marcus Tullius Cicero was borne at what time Quintus Scipio and Quintus Serrano were Consuls before our Sauiour Christ 110. yéeres This verie yéere the Cymbres inuaded Italie Gellius lib. 15. cap. 28. Vitellius was proclaimed Caesar by the souldiers in Germany after the foundation of Rome 821. yeeres Nicholaus Bishop of Florentia was elected to bee Bishop of Rome 157. Antherus Bishop of Rome and many other Christians suffered martyrdome vnder the Emperour Maximinianus 239. There was in Rome vppon this day a meeting of the Citizens to see the performaunce of vowes which they made to the Gods for their victories and to finde out the effect and purpose why these were made but being made they would also knowe the cause of the breach thereof if any were such The order and maner of vowes in what sort they were made and solemnized are set downe Upon this day happened such an earthquake so violent and so straunge that all the parts of the world were shaken therewith and much losse thereby in euery place sustained in the yeere of Christ 1117. The fourth Daie IN the moneth of Ianuary when the daies began to lengthen they held a great solemne feast at Rome with publike games and plaies in which the women went before they sacrificed vnto Venus to wash and to bath themselues in swéet water the next morning they were crowned with garlands of mirtle and so passing most solemnly through the stréetes of Rome into the Temple of Venus they offered to the Goddesse in sacrifice certaine yoong white pigeons In Athens this feast was so celebrated with great mirth and triumph in ioy that the spring came on the yong men had a publike feast wherein they vsed many ceremonies to the moone In India the king with his traine according to the maner of the countrie was wont to wash himselfe at a certaine riuer and after offered to the Gods in sacrifice blacke horses blacke buls for that colour is of greater estimation than white and more holy and acceptable to their Gods and after vsed much mirth He thought himselfe a most happie and fortunate prince to sée the sonne to come to visite him Genial lib. 4 cap. 20. Calis a hauen towne in France for the space of 211. yéeres in the possession of English kings was againe recouered and woonne vpon this day but Aemilius Paulus referreth it to the sixt of Ianuary Pantaleon lib. 1. Sigismundus king of Poland and sonne to Cazimerus was borne this day some say the first of Ianuary Charles the fourth of that name the Emperour entred into Paris in Fraunce with great pompe and brauery to make peace betwéene the king of England and Charles the first of that name king of Fraunce 1378. Iulius Caesar with a great armie passed into Gréece after Pompey the great whom Caesar the next yéere after ouercame in the battell of Pharsalia This day dooth forshew the nature and state of Nouember The fift Daie ALL Nones Calends and Ides marriages were prohibited with the Romanes Macrob. lib. 1. cap 15. The None of euery moneth was made a solemne day and kept holy in Rome for that Seruius Tullius the sixt king of the Romanes was borne vpon the selfe same day vpon the which day the seruants and bondmen of Rome had as much libertie as their maisters in some things like to the feast Saturnalia Caius Iunius Brutus at his beeing Consul in Rome the 2. time triumphed ouer them of Lucania and after ouer the Brutians after the building of Rome 470. yéeres solemnly with such pompe and solemnitie as was then in Rome vsed Rome was not yet come to hir great pompe and dignitie for none of their seuen Kings rode in any triumphant Chariot but eyther on foote like the triumph of Ouation or else on horsebacke from the Temple of Bellona where the Senators met them and brought them through the Cittie into the Capitoll where after sacrifice done they celebrated the feast called Epulum Iouis which feast was also called Epulum triumphale In the Ile of Andria a Well was consecrated to Liber Pater and two other fountaines the one in Caria the other in Arabia which being drunken this day tasted like wine Calend. Rom. Rodulphus surnamed Haspurgensis was crowned king of the Romanes this day 1274. Benth The pompe of Caius Marius in his triumph which hee had in Rome ouer Iugurth king of Numidia at what time Metellus depriued him of much of his honour in the conquering of Iugurth which spited Marius sore that the glory of his triumph should be thus hindered by Metellus but the greatest glory of his triumph had Silla by the meanes of Bocchus king of Numidia father in law to Iugurth who through trecherie deliuered Iugurth into the hands of Lu. Silla This was the
originall cause of the cruell and bloody ciuill warres after in Rome betweene Marius and Silla to the ouerthrow almost of the whole Empire Silla was then but Quaestor vnder Marius in the latter end of the wars Metellus which deserued best the triumph was also cut by Silla howbeit Marius had a solemne triumph granted in spite of Silla and his adherents and that with great solemnitie and pompe Plut. in Mario Charles Duke of Burgundy was slaine and his armie ouerthrowne vpon this day in a great battell at Nausen by the Heluetians whose onely daughter and heire Maximilian the Emperour married and thereby got the Dukedome of Burgundy to him and to his heires for euer as Philip Cominaenus affirmeth 1477. Ferdinandus Archduke of Austria was with great solemnitie and pompe crowned king of the Romanes in Colonia 1509. Sleid. A great slaughter of Frenchmen at Gent began by factions and ciuill discord and ended by shedding of much blood in a battell betwéene partie and partie 1568. Frederike one of the Electors of Saxonie died vppon this day 1429. The old auncient Romanes had vpon the fift day of Ianuary in the first time of their kinges elections certaine ceremonies of white beanes which among the Grecians were signes of good euentes to come as the blacke beanes prognosticate thinges infortunate to come Beside in y â— time of Romulus they sacrificed in Rome with milke and not with wine and so the Athenians did appease the furie of the Gods in sacrifices with water and honie clarified and not with wine of a long time after the first was vnto Dionisius in the which they sacrificed wine honie and milke The sixt Daie THis day among the Romanes was counted vnluckie called Ater dies though otherwise among all Christendome great mirth and feasting for the appearing of the starre this day for the three Kinges called Magi of the East offered then golde mirrhe frankinsence vnto Christ at Bethlem Math. 2. Iulius Caesar entred into Rome vpon this day with thrée seuerall triumphes at what time he was first named Perpetuus dictator He had fiue seuerall triumphes at Rome the first time ouer the Frenchmen the second time ouer the Aegyptians thirdly ouer the Affricans fourthly ouer the king of Pontus and fiftly ouer the Spaniards at what time hee vanquished Sextus Pompeius sonne to Pompei the great Cato and others of Pompeis frends and confederates It is written that in his first triumph he entred Rome with such a pompe that hee passed through the Cittie in the night time with fortie Elephants which carried lampes and light before Caesar twentie on the one side and twentie on the other into the Capitoll beeing set with such deuise as made a solemne sight at what time his Chariot was so laden with rich spoiles treasures and sumptuous tents that it was like to breake Of the region of Pontus hee wrote of his triumph to his frendes before hee came to Rome in thrée words Veni vidi vici hee got the victorie with such celeritie after the building of Rome 225. Pantal. lib. 1. Upon the selfe same day 26. yéeres after Augustus Caesar made his great and last triumph in Rome hauing brought all the kingdomes of the world subiect vnto Rome he caused Ianus Temple to bee shut and was neuer opened during the whole time of Augustus which was neuer shut but once by Numa Pompilius once by Augustus Caesar and once in Titus Vespasians raigne which was in all but thrise during the whole gouernement of the Empire of Rome which was a thousand yéeres and more Philip surnamed Pulcher was solemnly at Rhemes crowned king of Fraunce 1286. This day Henry the fift was crowned king of the Romans at Aquisgraue 1099. 200. yéeres after Henry the seuenth was crowned king in Rome vpon this day 1299. Charolus the brother of Lewis the ninth was crowned king of Rome and of Cicilia vpon this day by Pope Clement the 4. of that name Gethes king of Herulans with all his Péeres and Nobles came to Constantinople and was baptised in the time of the Emperour Iustinian 530. vpon this day Katherine the first wife of Henry the eight died vppon this day 1535. at Kimbaltâ—n was buried at Peterborow Adulphus Countie of Nassouia was elected Caesar and 18. yéeres after vpon the same day Lodowicke Duke of Bauaria was also chosen to be Caesar. Naucler 1315. Epiphanius saith that Christ wrought his first miracle at a marriage in Canaan a Cittie of Galilie where he turned water into wine vpon this day Idan 2. Pius the fourth was with great ceremonies in Rome vpon this day consecrated Pope Onoph 1560. Alexander Medices Duke of Florence was slaine in Millaine at seruice time by the trechery of one Laurentius an Italian 1536. Iouius Stephanus the sixt Clement the third and Pius the fourth thrée Popes were vpon this day elected yet in time distant 700 yeeres and more one after another The seuenth Daie VPon the seuenth day of the moneth Thebi which is Ianuary a festiuall great day is solemnized vnto Mars in the Cittie of Papremus in Egypt after sunne setting where the priests standing in the verie porches of Mars his chappell with great woodden keies in their handes hauing no leysure to looke vnto the sacrifice within the chappell for the great multitude which would violently enter in to sée the secrets of the ceremonies with these Priests were certaine persâ—ns which vowed to do their best with the Priests and to stand with them against these violent persons for in that chappell was the Image of the mother of God Mars honored and worshipped with such secret ceremonies as none might knowe but such as the Priests had appointed No man might enter intâ— this temple vnlesse he were cleane washed ouer Post venerem which in other countries was lawfull supposing multiplication to be acceptable vnto their Gods sauing in Egypt and in Gréece which abstained to defile their Temple In diuers Citties of Egypt as Heliopolis Butis others they haue this custome for their sacrificed beasts they are kept with such care from the father vnto the sonne being vowed to be sacrificed to the Gods in this manner When any Egyptian doth consecrate any beast or fowle to any of their Gods as in Egypt euery seuerall God hath his seuerall beast or fowle for sacrifice they shaue their childrens heades or halfe the haires of their heades they lay that in the one part of the ballance and in the other ende a piece of siluer that shall weigh downe the haires this money they gaue to those that keepe this sacred beast for sacrifice and by the lawe of Egypt if any man kill any of these beastes willingly he shall die for it if against his will he shall bee so punished or hee shall pay as much money as the Priestes of Vulcan shall set downe but whosoeuer killeth the bird Ibis shal die the death without any excuse The like law is read of the Thessalonians of their storkes and among
should be doone vnto her feast Carmentalia other opinions there be of this Carmenta which I heare omit The temple of Iuturna was dedicated in Martius field as vpon this daie Ferdinandus was elected Caesar after the manner of the Electors and was crowned with great solemnitie at Aquisgraue 1531. Stauratius the Emperor of the Aest kingdomes died vpon this day 804. Higinus a Greeke borne Bishop of Rome was martyred vpon this daye vnder Antonius Pius the Emperour and was buried in Vaticano in the first yeare of his consecration 144. This Bishop commaunded that one Godfather should be present at Baptisme also that matters belonging to the Church should not be vsed prophanely by laie men Likewise M. ltiades an Affrican borne suffered to be martyred vnder Maximianus the Emperor 309. some doo referre this to the tenth of December Marianus Scotus saieth that vpon this day Christ by the commandement of the Angell in the seauenth of his age was brought againe from Aegypt when Herod was dead in Galilie and Archelaus raigned in Herods place Before noone this day declareth the nature of December and after noone the nature of Nouember Laurentius Surius saith that vpon this day great sedition insurrection fell in Colleine at what time two of their cheefe Councellors were beheaded The twelft Daie CArolus the third surnamed Crassus the Emperour was driuen oâ—t of his empire in the tenth yeare of his raigne and died a verie poore man and was buried at the lake Podimiâ—us in Augia 888. At Colonia a great meeting with triumph at tilting and barriers of al the nobilitie of Germanie both on horse and foot with great pompe and solemnitie appointed by Florentinus countie of Holland and Sealand 1179. Also at Bamberga in Germanie the like turnement where many of the nobles and of the peeres met vpon this day 1486. Uppon this day 1514. were seene at Whittenberge three Sunnes in the firmament as Licosth de Prodigâ—js affirmeth Maximilian the Emperour in 33. yeare of his raigne died at Velsa a towne in Austra whose death an eclips of the Sunne the eight day of Iune before he died foreshewed the same Upon this day ended the feast called Compiâ—alia which endured three daies in Rome Iohn Castellanus a Doctor of Diuinitie was burned for his religion in Lotharingia 1524. Satyrus Ciriacus and Nicanor became martyrs vnder Claudius the Emperor 45. This day being the twelfe dooth foreshowe the nature and condition of the whole yeare and dooth confirme the eleuen dayes going before The thirteenth Daie THe Ide of euery moneth is consecrated vpon Iupiter Satori at what daye all kinde of Minstrels and all Trumpetors doe celebrate a great feast with much mirth dauncing and leaping in womens apparrell through the whole Citie of Rome for the Ides of euery moneth is with great care solemnlye celebrated with the sacrifice of a white Oxe by the priest of Iupiter called Flamen Dialis This day of any day in the moneth is most in reuerence and honour not onelie among the Romanes but also the Graecians as in the Ides of October the Mysteries and solemnities are such as they sent the Idol of Dionsyus out of Athens to â—leusina during the mysteries of the feast of the which Ides you haue in euery moneth the feast and seuerall ceremonies of the Ides this Ide of Ianuarie they had beside the Oxe which was sacrificed vnto Iupiter a Weather to be brought into the Temple of Iupiter crowned with a Garland of Oken leaues in memorie of the victorie that Augustus had ouer Marcus Antonius at the battell of Actium Quintus Publius the Consul of Rome triumphed ouer the Latines vpon this day after the cittie of Rome was builded 414. Caius Marius a Romane was borne as vpon this day and was afterward the first Consul that was elected out of the common people for before Marius time the Consuls were chosen out of the companie and societie of the Patritians this Marius grew so great in Rome that he became seauen times Consull of his victories triumphes and exploits doone you shall in their place and time find them but in the honor and memorie of this his birth they solemnized feasts and plaies called natalitij ludi and Plutarch saith that Marius died vpon that daie of the yeare that he was borne vpon as Pompei the great did and diuers others Marius died the same yeare that hee was made the seauenth time Consul being seauentie yeares of age You must vnderstand that nether these last conquerours or any other were he Dictator Consull or Pretor might enter into Rome with anie triumph vnlesse he had quieted the countrey subdued his enemies slaine 5000 in the field and the deliuerance of his charge to his successor by the appointment of the Senat then had he his triumph graunted him and the Senators Bishops and the priestes called Flamines in their purple robes and seuerall sumptuous garments then the nobilitie the magistrates and the Romane tribes with all the state and solemnitie of musicke came to meete the conqueror at the temple of Bellona out of the citie and so to march before the triumphant chariot with great pompe and state through the citie into the capitol singing hymnes in the praise of the victor in verses the temples decked with crowns and garlands the streets with sweet flowers trimmed and decked There certaine bulles were sacrifized vnto Iupiter with solemne ceremonies after sacrifice the feast called Epulum triumphale was celebrated this feast was often solemnised as occasions of triumphs forced of the greatnes of these feastes and of the sundrie seuerall pompe of some triumph more than others I haue in their time place spoken of them Octauius was vppon this day first named Augustus at what day a weather was brought into the temple of Iupiter as I wrote in the Ides and there was offred by Iupiters priest of the order of Flamines 711. Fridericus archduke of Austria being elected Caesar died of a consumption vppon this day 130. Ioannes king of France sailed ouer into England to redeeme his sonnes being pledges to Edward king of England as in the French chronicles is set downe 1364 Such a terrible tempest fell ouer all Germanie that they thought doomes day was at hand 1551. Uppon this day our sauiour Christ fedde fiue thousand men with fiue loues and two fishes as Beda affirmeth Carolus a king of Fraunce concluded a peace with Pope Alexander 1495. Philip duke of Burgundie gaue an ouerthrow to the English men in Baâ—auia 1425. The fourteenth daie AS vppon this daie the feast Chytra was celebrated to Neptune among the Grecians with due and solemne sacrifice in this feast the chiefe dish was broth or rather poddage made of all kind of hearbs which was so daintie in those daies in Athens as ius nigrum Lacedemoniorum called the black broath of Sparta they had yet not common to their
Souldiour and from a Souldiour became an Emperour who raigned three yeares then was slaine he and his sonne being a verie childe 240. C. Iulius Caesar entred into Rome from mount Albanus with great pompe and triumphe vpon this day 727 years after the building of Rome in the which yeare hee also was slaine Leo the sonne of Martianus the Empepor was chosen emperor of the East after his father vpon this day 457. Editta Wife to Otto the Emperor died vpon this day and was buried at Magdenburge 948. Henrie the eight king of England died vpon this day leauing a sonne behind him his successor Edward the sixt 1547. Lusitania a countrey of Spaine was so shaken with an Earthquake that much harme and great losse of it ensued at what day the Cittie of Ulisbone fell prostrate to the grounde 1531. Upon this daye in Rome was builded a temple and dedicated vnto Castor and Pollux 270 yeares after the building of Rome Polycarpus Bishop of Smyrna Pionicus and diuerse others after much constancie and bouldnesse were martired vnder Antoninus Verus 150. Of Polycarpus death Euseb. writeth very strange things read 3. booke and 15. chap. of his martirdome in Smyrna Sextus Apuleus proconsul of Rome had his triumph granted him out of Spaine vnder Octauianus the Emperour 727 yeares after the building of Rome The 27. Daie COcceus Nerua the thirteenth emperor of Rome who succeeded that deadly tyrant Domitianus after that hee had raigned almost two yeares died vpon this day at Rome 66. This Emperour aduaunced the publike weale behaued himselfe verie soberlie vpright and courteous and yet stoute and manfull he adopted after him a good man to gouerne named Traianus for it was hard to finde a good Emperour then in Rome and harder for a good Emperor to liue in Rome such treacherie and tirannie raigned theÌ„ that one Caesar kiled an other and one Emperor destroied another that the empire continued not aboue 400 yeares but was carried from Rome to Constantinople Henricus the sâ—nne of Fredericus Barbarossa king of the Romanes was married to Constantia daughter to Rogerus king of Sicilia of whome Fredericus the second was borne Seffanus and Constantinus both then Emperors were apprehended and taken by Constantinus the some of Leo and put into a Monasterie being shauen like Friers both head and beard Upon this day by the commaundement of Charles the fift a speach was had concerning religion fiue yeares after the first controuersie at Ratisâ—one in Germanie but because of the busines and warre ensuing it tooke no effect 1546. Stumpf. affirmeth that vpon this day a great battell was fought betweene the Tigurines and Heluetians at Vâ—ila a towne in Germanie Vitilianus Bishop of Rome died as vpon this daye 670. after he had beene elected 14. yeares this bishop brought into the Romane Church the Organes and musicke Licosth in his bookes of woonders saith that vpon this day appeared two golden pillers the one on the right hand of the sunne and the other on the left 1704. Ignatius bishop of Antioche suffered martirdome vnder Arcadius the Emperor this Ignatus committed his Church to Policarpus bishop of Smyrna The 28 Day VPon this day Charles the Great King of Fraunce and the first of that name of a Frenchman was made Emperour of Rome by Pope Leo this brought the Empire from Rome into Germanie and hauing doone many great exploits after he had erected Colledges Schooles in Bononia Papia and Lutetia died at Aquisgrane in the 46. yeare of his raigne Of this Charles the great the Frenchmen haue their cheefe antiquitie in matters touching the roialtie and dignity of their inaugurations of their kings and of the buriall of their princes the solemnitie of either began by this king and from his time whose Eusignes and reliques are left as monuments to be vsed at the coronation of the Kings of Fraunce at this daye as I haue written in the generall inauguration and crowning of their kings Alexius the 4. emperor of Constantinople was slaine vppon this day 124. Lu. Cornelius Dolabella triumphed ouer the Lusitanians and Spaniads 6â—5 yeares after the building of Rome Mari. Scotus saith that vpon this daye 1079. a terrible battaile was fought in Germany by a place called Fladechies where countie Manfridus with many others died A terrible earthquake was heard ouer all Siria vppon this day at what time many townes and manie thousands of people perished Cedrenus in his chronicles of the Greekes 746. Pascalis was elected pope of Rome without the consent of Lewes surnamed Pius king of Fraunce and also Emperour of Rome Upon this day at Darmset by the riuer of Rhine a great solemnitie of the nobles and peers of Germanie with running at tilt and at barriers and other games was celebrated 1496. Amongest the old and auncient Romanes the feast called Equitia was solemnly wont to be celebrated and kept in Mars his field at Rome sometime in Circo Maximo For this feast Equitia they had certaine plaies and games where horses and Mules some lose and some bound together and shoult so run in Circo Maximo Some vsed one race some vsed another These mules and horses made such a sport at Rome that while this play was celebrated Romulus caused the Sabine virgins to be rauished for the which cause great warres grew betweene the Romanes and the Sabines and in memorie of this Romulus appointed the feast called Consualia The 29 daie AS vppon this day the auncient Romanes were woont to create their kinges and euerie yeare they celebrated a solemne feast in memorie of their Kinges The solemnitie of inauguration and crowning of the Kings of Rome I did write in my other Booke Aurelianus Emperour of Rome borne in Ponnonia after he had subdued the Gothes vanquished the French men tamed Egypt and recouered both the East and West countries vnder his dominion and empire of Rome and triumphed ouer Zenobia Queene of Palmeria after he slue Odenatius the king her husband And after manie other famous exploits done he vsed Solons law called Amnistian which Thrasybulus reuiued in Athens after the banishment of the thirtie tyrantes and was as vpon this day slaine by his owne seruants betweene Constantinople and Heraclia some referre it to the fourth of Februarie â—76 Likewise Dagobertus Magnus king of France died at Spinetum of the fâ—ixe on this day 645. Philippus the 28. emperour of Rome and the first of that name with his sonne named also Philippus were slaine in one daie the elder at Verona the yonger at Rome after they had raigned seauen yeares as Mar. Scot. affirmeth but Eutrop. sayeth 5. yeares Batildis the wife of Clodoueus the second of that name king of Fraunce died at Paris 670. Isabella the wife of Edward the second king of England after manie broiles threw her husband the king into prison and caused her sonne named also Edward being
doone or any other harme by fire by water or by any other mischance they called those dayes Atros dies on which dayes they ceased from any enterprises calling this day into minde Also as vpon this day the Romanes halloweâ— and consecrated their firebrands for that the cittie of Rome was twise taken by the Gaules foure times by the Gothes and had beene in diuerse dangers by fire therefore the priests called Flamines by the councell of Southsaires sacrificed firebrands vnto Vesta for among the Romanes the Uestall Uirgins were charged to keepe the immortall fire alwaies burning in the temple of Vesta as among the Grecians the old women had care of the holy Lampe in the Temple of Phoebus Andronicus surnamed Palaeologus was vpon this daye crowned Emperour of Constantinople 1314. in whose time Ottomanus the Turke began now his kingdom Guntherus an Earle of Germanie as Cusp saith was elected vpon this day Caesar by the most number of the Electors of the empire at Frankfort for hatred and priuie malice the bare vnto Carolus the fourth of that name and at that time Emperour 1349. The feast Hipapante with the Iewes commonly called with vs the feast of the Purification was by Sergius Bishop of Rome instituted in the which feast our Sauiour Christ was presented in the temple at Hierusalem according to the lawe of Moises 40 dayes after his natiuitie there was another kinde of purification in auncient time with the Romans which Picus and Faunus two Satyricall gods reuealed to Numa Pompilius with many other things among which they taught him the purification of lightning and thundring by secret ceremonies reuealed to Numa At Darmstat by the riuer of Rhein a great meeting of the Nobles of Germanie where much mirth and marshall exploits were done The third Daie VPon this day at Rome the fields were visited and the fruits were solemnly halowed and the Oliue trees were sanctified with processions of the priests and with sacrifice and misteries like to Amberuale sacrum at what time the people went together to visit their Corne howe their fruites in the fields prospered In procession they goe very deuout thrise round about the field one going before them bedeckt with Oken boughes with a comely solemne daunce singing verses in praise of Ceres whom all follow in like sort singing and daâ—â—cing vntill they had gone round about the field three times then they sit vpon the greene grasse which with solemne sacrifice of Milke Wine and Honnie combe which they offer vnto Ceres the Goddesse of Corne then they kill a Porke which they called Praecidanea and offer it vnto Ceres whom they call vpon in their hymnes and odes to prosper their corne Upon this day in Rome in the Senate house were had a iust view and an inquisition made with a certaine care of the Censores to amend things amisse among them and to punish offendors to direct them and to correct their faults euery fift yeare which time was called Lustrum at what time they might put out and in by the consents of the rest of the Senators such as had against the Cittie of Rome offended The Frenchmen which had inuaded Rome where by the noble Romane Camillus after they had possessed the Cittie seauen moneths driuen out of Rome and slaine to their losse and great harme 363 yeares after the building of Rome Au. Probus the 36 emperour of Rome a man of singular experience in warfare and able to match that noble emperour Aurelianus in all good parts was vpon this day created Emperor next after Tacitus 278. Henrie Duke of Bauaria and Unckle to Lewes the fourth then emperour died on this day 1290. Clodomanus king of Vngaria died on this day after whom succeeded Steffanus the second 11â—14 Basilius the great Bishop of Caesaria in Cappadocia died vpon this day 390. Gal. Picus entered secretly by night into the cittie Mirandula and then slew his Unckle Fran. Picus and his sonne and tooke the towne 1533. Uppon the third day of the moneth Mechir Sesostris a most famous King of the Egiptians who after hee had conquered diuerse countries and made his kingdome far more by his conquest specially by subduing of the Scythians whom neither Cirus Allexa nor Darius could do for the which cause the priestes of Vulcan suffâ—ed not the statue of Darius long after Sesostris time to be set vp before Sesostris though Egypt at that time was subiect to the Persians In memorie of his victories he erected in many regions pillers and arches of brasse of marble of Iuorie called Arcus triumphalis among the Romanes but proper to the Egyptians and his Image set thereon in token and monument of his triumphes for that was the order of the kings of Egypt to put their pictures and statues in stones and brasse in lue of triumph This Sesostris in Siria had his image set vpon a high piller of brasse with this sentence written betweene both his shoulders on his backe in Egyptian characters Hanc ego regionem meis sustinui humeris The 4 Daie THe Romanes celebrated for 6. daies certaine games called Ludi Gotici in memorie of their last ouerthrow or as some say they were appointed by the Gothes at what time they had taken Rome and then vsed enterludes as a triumphe of their victories and conquests Therfore the Romanes farre excelled all nations in feastes triumphes in plaies in sacrifices and ceremonies as I haue written of them in the places and daies appointed the Romanes would omit nothing that might be recorded for neither the Gothes the Perseans the Almanes the Sarmatians the Frenchmen and many other nations are forgotten among the Romanes but they are menâ—ioned vppon the Theators of Rome and in Circo Maximo once a yeare so the Gothes are remembred vpon the 4. day of Februarie by their games and plaies called Gothici ludi which endure 6. daies vpon the theators in Rome Lu. Septimius Seuerus the 27. emperour of Rome the only emperor elected forth of Africke which for his worthinesse and rare exploits ouer the Arabians and Parthians demerited to haue the names of Parthicus and Arabicus This Emperour at Yorke in England disseased on this day when hee had raigned eighteene yeares and foure moneths some say he died the twenty ninth day of Nouember these controuersies of daies cannot be well decided 212. Conradus the third of that name a Sueuian borne vpon this day made a voiage against the Saracens with a great companie of the princes of Germanie into Asia where the Saracens with much blood on either syde were discomfited 1147. The Iewes vpon this day being the 15. of their moneth Shebat do celebrat a feast of great mirth and ioy for that the spring beginneth and that trees and all things do begin to haue saâ— to florish at what time the Egyptians worshipped their bird Ibis for that in the spring time a number of serpents â—leeing from
Arabia into Egypt are by the birdes Ibides fought withall and vanquished and thereby Ibis doth often saue Egypt from the harme and danger of these serpents and therefore recorded in the bookes Memphis as one of the gods of Egypt by the priestes of Vulcan In Germanie great triumphes with tilting and barriers and other playes at Ratisbone by the nobles and peeres of â—auaria were as vpon this day solemnized This was the 35. turnement had in Germanie 1487. Under the Emperour Maximinus many were on this day martired as Veronica Philea with others of these martirs I haue in an other place entreated where you may haue infinite number that stoutly stood to the profession of Christ Iesus The 5. daie IN Rome as on this day two solemne feastes were celebrated the one amongest the Romane Uirgins called puellarum ferâ—ae the other amongest the nurses and mothers that gaue sucke called nutricum lactantium feriae on the which day among the Romanes the women sacrificed to Nundina the goddesse of infancie and consulted touching the bringing vp of these infants with their nourses prescribing lawes and orders of diet to the nurses that gaue sucke lest by libertie of feeding the infant might miscarie at what time they appointed vppon what day the infant should be named which was among the old Romanes vpon the ninth day and among the Grecians the fift day the ceremonies and the sacrifices that are vsed by the nurses for the health of the infant to the goddesse Nundina are manie in diuers countries according to their superstitious customs As vpon this day a feast and solemne sacrifice in old time was appointed in Quirinus valley against the furie of fire dedicated to the goddesse Agatha with torches done in the night time Octauius Caesar was now the third tiwe by consent of the Senators Consuls Magistrates â—and people saluted by the name of Augustus and also called Pater patriae as the most fortunate and best beloued Emperour of anie that raigned after him in Rome As vpon this day Iunius Pera at his being Consul of Rome with great pompe by the liceÌ„ce of the senators triumphed ouer the Salentines and also the Mesapians in such solemne sort as you read in the generall triumph The yeare that this triumph was solemnised fell vppon the time of Lustrum which was appointed euery fift yeare the state of the cittie should be examined per Censores at what time a generall mustering was had at Rome in the which were 360 and od thousands found of able men within the citie of Rome 487. Clemens the fourth a frenchman was on this day chosen pope of Rome 1265. this pope called Carolus the French king his cosyn germane went into Italie fought against Manfredus and Conradinus two noble captaines of Germanie whom Carolus that time vanquished and was by pope Clemens therefore crowned king of Sicilia paying yeerely to the Pope 40000. crownes as a tribute to the church of Rome The cittie of Millaine in Italie was taken by duke Franciscus surnamed Sfortia after long besieging of it 1444. The 6 Day THis was a dismal day to the Romanes fore those causes before reheased so the priestes of Memphis recorded this day vnfortunate for as the Romanes obserued their vnluckie daies by the name of Atridies so the Grecians the Egyptians and all nations haue recorded good and bad daies according to the first cause giuen whether it were good or bad though in truth none were more superstitious than the Romanes neither had such cause offered to note these daies because their ouerthrowes were great and their victories far greater Manfredus the Sonne of Fredericus the second and tutor to Conradinus his brothers sonne was slaine in a battaile at Beneuentum on this day by Carolus the French king 1126. Iohanna Borbania Queene of France and the wife of Charles the fifth died on this day 1378. and afeer within three daies hir daughter called Isabella died also which doubled the griefe of the king Beorgor king of Alania was on this day slaine and found dead at the foote of Bergome a mountaine so called 473. As vpon this day Pelagius the second of that name bishop of Rome died of the plague at Rome after whom succeeded Gregorius surnamed the great this was the last of 92 bishops that raigned in Rome then followed the race of Popes from Bonifacius the third which was the 63. bishop the first pope of Rome vntill Gregorius which was the 13 Pope 166. Eusebius a Greeke borne bishop of Rome was vpon this day 310. made martire for Christ Iesus vnder Maxentius the Emperour The 7 Day 〈…〉 〈…〉 〈…〉 〈…〉 〈…〉 The eight Day 〈…〉 〈…〉 〈…〉 〈…〉 〈…〉 The 9 Day 〈…〉 〈…〉 〈…〉 〈…〉 The tenth Day 〈…〉 〈…〉 〈…〉 〈…〉 〈…〉 〈…〉 〈…〉 〈…〉 〈…〉 The 11 Day 〈…〉 〈…〉 〈…〉 〈…〉 〈…〉 a part of Africa in consideration of this peace for 〈◊〉 Rome with al hir pompe and dignitie became to decline and the kingdomes in Germany began to florish and within a short time after to challenge the Empire Elizabeth wife to Henry the seauenth king of England died as on this day in London by childbirth 1503. Gregorius the second pope of Rome died on this day 731. he defended Images and extolled them to the highest honor in spite of Leo the Emperour for then Popes made Emperors sometime without the leaue of the electors The 12 Day ANdronichus Palaeologus the Emperour died on this day 1330. Leo the ninth was elected pope in Rome being before the 〈…〉 and now sent to Rome by Henricus the third then Emperour 1049. to bee chosen pope Iageslo duke of Liâ—uania afterward called Vladislaus was crowned king of Poland on this day in Craconia the chiefest cittie in Polonia 1386. Iane the daughter of the duke of Suffolke was maried to Gilford Dudley the duke of Northumberlands some was named and pronounced Queene of England and therefore on this day was beheaded in the tower at London 1554. Religion was changed in Basil in Germanie by the perswasion of Io. Occolampadius learned and a Godly deuine 1529. 〈…〉 In Italie on this day â—he â—ayres called Nundine nucerienses are kept which endure for 15. dayes Dionisia a maide of Alexandria was persecuted and beheaded for the Gospel as Eusebius saith Also Sosanna and Eulalia two other 〈◊〉 of Alexandria died martâ—rs on this day 262. The 13 Daie THe Romanes in times past vpon this day with great solemnities verie deuoutlie sacrificed vnto their god Faunus to whom they dedicated their plaies Lupercalia and also on this day they builded a temple vnto Iupiter hard by the riuer Tiber. Noe the third time did let a doue from the arke which returned not to the arke againe Upon this day the citie of Rome was by Camillus deliuered from the French men who tooke hir and possessed her for 7. moneths as Plutarch in Camillus life reporteth
were painted as I said and set foorth with all brauerie in the Ensignes of the Conquerour in like forme and shape as they were builded and situated in those Countries where they stood C. Claudius surnamed Caninus 2. Consul of Rome triumphed ouer the Samnits and the Lucanes 480. Lu. Aniti Gallus on this day subdued Gentius king of Illyria and with great glorye triumphed ouer him and ouer the Illyrians 586. Hierusalem was deliuered vp to Fredericus the second emperour by letters receiued of the Soldaâ— of Egipt 1219. Martin Luther dyed at Islebia a towne where hee was borne being 63 yeares of age 1546. The 19 Daie AMong the Romanes was a feast which they called Charistia festa which was celebrated onely betweene families and kindred of an house or stocke one saluting another with rewardes and presents no stranger might be in this feast Clodius Albinus which made himselfe to bee proclaimed emperour of Rome in France was by Septimius-Seuerus subdued and taken his armie ouerthrowne and himselfe with all his family slain as on this day at Lugdunum which is Lions 203. On this day were three kings bodies which had beene buried before most solemnly brought to Colonia and there buried againe 1178. Franciscus Duke of Guise was slaine on this day by Iohn Poltrotto at the siege of Aurelia and therefore was drawne in peeces by Horsses at Paris some say this fact was doone on the 18 of Februarie 1563. Upon this day died Sabinianus the 62. and last Bishop of Rome for after him next Bonifacius the third was made the first pope after 62. Bishops at what time papacie began in Rome together with the kingdome of the Sarazens of popes heereafter I will make no mention with this farewell that from Gregorie the great the last pope of Rome being in number 62 vntill Gregorie the 13. raigned 166. popes The 20 Daie ON this day beginneth the moneth Adar which with the Iewes is the twelfth moneth on which moneth the Prophet Ezechiel cried out vpon the Iewes and prophecied vnto them the calamitie and miserie following Lu. Aemilius Regillus triumphed ouer Antiochus the great king of Siria by sea after the building of Rome 564. Marcus Fuluius the nobler proconsul of Rome triumphed ouer the Aetolians Ambrocians and the Cephalenians with great pompe 566. C. Sulpitius Gallus consul at Rome triumphed on this daye ouer the Ligurians though not solemnized as one of the greatest triumphes yet with the companie and meeting of the Senators and the Patricians and the cheefe magistrates of the Cittie of Rome at Bellonas Temple from thense they brought him to the Capitoll being carried in a Charriot and his Souldiers crowned with lawrell this kinde of triumph as by the law appointed to any conquerour that reserued the decree of the Senators in their edictes made de triumphis Charles the 5. was crowned as on this day king of Lumbardie in Bononia 1530. Edward the 2. sonne to the first Edward borne at Carnarâ—â—on married Isabel the French kinges daughter at Bulleine and were both crowned at Westminster as vppon this day 1308. Aurelius Quintilius the 32. Emperour of Rome was slaine as on this day within 17. daies after he was by consent of the Senate created Augustus after his brother Flauius Claudius who raigned before him Emperour for twoâ—yeares almost Of these Emperours few or none haue their imperial funeral which among the Romanes excelled in solemnitie and state of funerall pomp such was the slaughter and murthering of emperours after they had first allowed 2. Caesars and one Augustus then 3. Caesars and at last 4. Caesars These many Caesars could not agree in one Empire for Nulla regni fides socio euerie Caesar would be Augustus and some Augustus would be Antoninus vntil their empire was taken froÌ„ Rome into CoÌ„stantinaple for of 89. Emperours that raigned in Rome from Iulius Caesar to Constantine the sixt you shall not reade of ten that died in their beds Elizabeth the wife of Philip king of Fraunce died on this day 1189. Iames Steward king of Scotland was slaine through treason by his owne subiectes as on this day 8436. The Heluetians vanquished in a great battaill an armie of Austria at Hardt 1400. The 21 Day IN Rome with the auncient Romans a feast was solemnized in this day called Vinalia at what time they vsed by old customes to â—ast their newe wines and to drinke their first drinke vnto Iupiter as the first founder and benefactor of their doings There was another feast called Uinalia celebrated by the priestes called Flamines at what time they gathered their grapes and hallowed the vines then they caused a lamb to be sacrificed vnto Iupiter and at what time the new wine was carried by the priestes flamines into the temple of Venus after large feastings and drinking of seruants and also of strangers and clownes of the countrie and therefore called Rustica vinalia The sacrifice which they vsed at this feast was called Meditrinalia vnto the goddesse Meditrina these superstitious ceremonies grew in Rome from Numas time for Romulus vsed no wine in sacrifice but milke mingled with honie so the old Grecians when Pythagoras and Vlisses vsed to do sacrifice to Vrania with water and honie mingled Another feast called Terminalia was celebrated in like sort at Rome but of some referred to the seauenth Calendes of March On this day Bonifacius the third was elected the first pope 606. years after that 63. bishops had vsed the seat by the names of bishops since the time of the Apostles Guido king of Italie a marshall man was by pope Steeuen the 5. of that name crowned emperour of Rome vppon this day 890. On this day the Christians ouerthrew an innumerable companie of the Saracens at the riuer Pharsura 1097. Carolus Pulcher the 48. king of Fraunce and the last before the house of Valloys came to the crowne of Fraunce was as on this day crowned king of Fraunce 1321. The 22 daie THe feast Terminalia was in Rome celebrated vnto Terminus the god of Confines The Romans had a teÌ„ple ioyntlie consecrated and dedicated to Faith and to tearme vnto whom they do sacrifice both publickly and priuatelie vpon the limites of inheritance and vppon the Confines of borders In old time they did sacrifice vnto Terminus with out anie bloud by the law of Numa as Lycurgus in like sort commaunded the Spartans to do no sacrifice to the Gods with bloud but with hearbs fruites corne honie milke wine which continued in Greece for a time therefore Numa instituted that in this feast Terminalia such sacrifice and oblations should be done to Terminus with synceritie and vprightnesse without bloud or murthering of any thing that had life as to him that was witnes of their limits confines and bondes and as a keeper of peace and a Iudge of Iustice. On this day being with the Iewes
and his army ouerthrowne to the number of 20000 slaine and the king himselfe taken at Ticinum as Pau. Iouius affirmeth yet Functius saith in his table that he was at Pauia taken 1525. Ferdinandus archduke of Austria was crowned king of Bohemia as vpon this daye at Praga 1527. Charles the fift was on the same daye that hee was borne created Emperour of Germanie in Bohemia by Clement the seauenth of that name Pope of Rome 1530. Charles the fift after hee had resigned the Empire to his brother Ferdinandus who by the consent of the Electors was most solemnly crowned Emperor at Frankeford and receiued into the Empire with great pompe and roialty by al the states of Germanie while yet Charles the fift liued who shortlye after dyed and was with great funeral pompe buried at Angusta by his brother Ferdinandus 1559. The 25 Day THe feasts called Bachanalia and Dionisia were solâ—mnly on this day at Rome celebrated banqueting and feasting in houses of neighbours dauncing and leaping in streetes mirth and plaies euerie where the one in the honour of Bacchus the other in the honour of Appollo The feast Bacchanalia is mencioned set forth at large in diuers other places for that this feast was euerye where solemnized This daye was amongst the Egyptians in the Booke of the Priests at Memphis recorded and named Aegiptiacus dies Aurelius Antonius was adopted by Adrianus the Emperour heire to the Empire and tooke presentlie on him the office of Tribunus militaris Annius Verus and Aelius Adrianus bothe Emperours of Rome were adopted by Antonius Pius as heires to the Empire Geta being Caesar was by his owne brother Antonius after Emperor on his mothers lappe slaine Principatus nos admittit socios Hâ—rodian 213. 〈…〉 The 26 Daie _ 〈…〉 〈…〉 〈…〉 〈…〉 The 27 Daie 〈…〉 〈…〉 〈…〉 〈…〉 〈…〉 〈…〉 〈…〉 The 28. daie 〈…〉 stow it vpon the Romanes I wil here promise and vow before your deuine maiesties to erect you vp altars to build vp temples to make you publicke games and plaies with all worship honor and reuerence which shall be celebrated with feasts and sacrifices with all solemne pompe and glorie in Circomaximo at Rome after victorie had So likewise they vowed for the countrie for the health and sauegard of the people and for taking away any plague 〈◊〉 or any other extreme perill or danger they vowed and promised with all faith to perfourme these plaies called Votiur Iudi and therefore great examinations and search was made of the bishops by whom the licence and aucthority of these plaies were first graunted least thinges extra vota should be found vnperfourmed which the Romanes tooke to be a sacrilige for of all other thinges they perfourmed their vowes to their gods whether it were in feastes plaies or sacrifice Also in Rome as on this day were much vnseemly mirth with plaies and games most riotously feasting and banqueâ—ting called their Carnifex daies vsed in Uenice and in many other citties of Italie On this day Iunius Brutus the first Consull of Rome after the kings were exiled fighting hand to hand in armes with Aruntius Torquinius Superbus sonne killed one another at what time the Citisens and matrons of Rome mourned and lamented his death at what time Torquine the proud with all his friends and aide of Hetruria had the last ouerthrow 246 Lu Scipio surnamed Asiaticus for his great victorie ouer Antiochus the great triumphed most solemnlie with great pompe in the cittie of Rome out of Asia and therefore was named Scipio Asiaticus as his brother was by subduing of Haniball called Africanus 564. Carolus the 7. of that name king of Fraunce was borne on this day 142. Heraclius the 75. Emperor of Rome from Iulius Caesar died at Constantinople as vpon this day 638. Hildegardus the wife of Charles the great and first of that name king of Fraunce and also the first Emperour of Germanie died on this day 783. but Melanc saith the last of April Franciâ—cus the second of that name king of Fraunce was as on this day borne in Ambrosia 1517. this was son to Henrie the first who was father to the king of Fraunce Fridericus the seacond had a great ouerthrow at Parma 1248. at what time the towne was also burned The names of the noble Romanes which triumphed within this moneth of Februarie M. Valer. Coruus Tit. Coruncanus Fab. Pictor Q. Fab. maximus L. Aemil Regulus L. Cor. Dolabella Iunius Pera L. Papyrius M. Popil Lenas L. Ful. Coruus Q. Fab. â—ax Rullianus Q. Fa. Max. Gurges C. Claud. Caninus L. Anicius Gallus L. Aemyl Regillus M. Fulâ—â—â—s nobilior Ca. Sulp. Gallus C. Duâ—c Nepos L. Cornel. Lentulus M. Claudius Marlus Scipio Asiaticus The names of the feastes and sacrifices done at Rome during this moneth Februarie called Scebat with the Iewes with the Athenians Elaphoboleon Elaphebelea Lupercalia Parentalla Quirinalia Fornacalia Charistia Terminalia Vinalia Bachanalia Taurilia Equiria The names of the games and plaies which were at Rome together with their triumphes and feastes solemnized Ludi Gothici Ludi Geniales Ludi Apollinares Ludi Votini Mensis Februaij â—inis Of the moneth of March which with the Iewes is called Adar the tenth moneth with the Athenians called Munichion the 8. moneth and with the Aegiptians Pharmâ—noth their 7. moneth The 1. Day VPpon this day the Romanes began their yeare euen from Romulus his time by the name of Annus Romuli on which day the Senate had made a decree that the altars in the temple of Vesta should bee consecrated new fire should be solemnlie set vp by Vestals virgins with greene Lawrell braunches likewise in the howses of Flamines the priestes of Vesta and in the house of the king called rex facroum in the market place and in the senate house great solemnities of 〈◊〉 ceremonies of fire and of lawrell draunches with feastes and mirth and especially the sacrifices of the priestes Besides the Romanes kept a solemne feast called Consualia in memorie of the 600. Saâ—â—ne virgins who after they were violently rauished by the councell of Romulus war ensued and they with one consent entred â—aked into the field betweene the two armies the one side being their fathers the other their husbands and with tears entreated both parties and reconciled their husbands vnto their fathers and their fathers vnto their husbands this feast was called matronaâ—a festa this day the women vsed to serue their seruants at supper and the husbands presented their wiues with giftes and therefore it is called of some 〈◊〉 festa This moneth in old time was first dedicated vnto Minerua therefore they keepe a great feast called Quinquatria at what time the Romanes kept the feast of Ancylia when Salij should daunce vp and downe the streetes of Rome 〈◊〉 in their hands small round Targats which fell from the aire in the time of Numa Pompilius singing and calling out vpon the end
of euery verse on the name of Mammuris for it was he that had made that target Ancylia This very day also they vsed in Rome in the hill Exquilinus a solemne sacrifice vnto Iuno in hee owne Temple vpon the which day Iosephus saith that the 〈◊〉 dedication of the temple at Ierusalem after the captiuitie of Babilon was licenced and permitted by Daâ—ius The Greekes held a solemne feast vnto Diana with great ceremonies and sacrifices called Munichia on the which day it is supposed by some writers that the third floud was in Achaâ—a in Greece which continued two moneths and drowned all Helespont the next regions into Asia when Ogyges gouerned Athens and Bellochus in Aâ—â—yria On this daye diuers noble Romanes had their triumphes with great honour in Rome as Pub. Valerius Publiâ—ola the first Consul after the kings who triumphed ouer Torquinius his armie and ouer the Vients after the building of Rome 264. Also Lu. Cornelius Lentuâ—us triumphed ouer the Samuits and Lucans with much solemnitie after the building of Rome 476. So did Quintus Luctatius being Consul triumphe ouer the Phaliscans 512. Lu. Silla after he had subdued the most part of the Citties of Greece he laid siege to Athens tooke it and slue most cruellie the cittizens on this day Mar. Claudius Marcellus Consul of Rome triumphed with great glorie on this day ouer the Germanes and Frenchmen after Rome was builded 537. Cai. Plautius Decianus and Lu. Aemilius Mamertinus both Consuls of Rome who had a solemne triumphe graunted them by the Senators ouer the Prinernates after the building of Rome 424. Lodowick the ninth of that name king of Fraunce with his three sonnes and with a great armie saâ—led from Massilia into Affrica against the Sarazens ouer whom he had a great victorie in the yeare of Christ 1270. On this day Valerius Maximianus was by Dioclesian the Emperour made Caesar who for a time gouerned the empire ioyntly 290. Basilius Emperour of Constantinople died on this day he was a poore man in the beginning and after hee came to be a Chamberlaine to the emperour Michael whom this Basilius slew and after gouerned the Empire 889. As on this day Franâ—iscus Guisius sâ—ue in Vasseio a towne of France 200 Frenchmen for religion in the church as they serued God 1562. The 2 Day AMongst the Romans the second day of March was counted a dismall day which they called Ater dies for the Romans as you heard recorded their fortunate dayes according to the euents of fortune and the actions of time On this day a great battell was fought in Saxonia at what time Albertus the Marquesse of Bâ—andâ—nburge was taken and his armie vanquished by Iohn Fridercus one of the empire 1547. The 3 Daie AS on this day the olde Romanes examined the numbers of the Sâ—nators placing and displacing by the consent of the two Consuls and the two 〈◊〉 of the Souldiers and of the people where by they might haue Seâ—atus legittimus Carolus duke of Bâ—rgundie with all his armie was ouerthrowne in a great battell at Graâ—sen by the Heluetians on this day 1476. Iohannes Fridericus Elector of Saxone died 1554 and Leo the tenth of that name a Florentine borne was elected pope of Râ—me 1513 against this Pope Martin Luther began to write and to set open the Church Râ—me to all men Lyâ—cost writes that on this daye little children came in to our Saâ—iour Christ to bee touched at what time hee rebuked the Desciples for the keeping backe of them The 4 Daie THis day among the Iewes was heauie and vnfortunate for Hamon had gotten from the King Assuerus licence to kill all the Iewes within his dominions and prouinces at what time Hester fasted for the Iewes and great sorrow was made by Hester and her nephue Mardocheus this 〈◊〉 â—â—ste Iudeorum festum but this sad daye was turned into a â—â—yfull day as you shall reade in another place Iudas Machabeus also made this day among the Iewes to be recorded most fortunate for he slew the great armie of Antiochus and the great blasphâ—mer Nicanor Antâ—ochus generall and hanged vp both his wicked hands which he held vp against the Temple and also his blasphemous 〈◊〉 on the walles of Hierusalem before the Temple of Salomon reade this historie in the second booke and last Chapter of the Machabes Au Manlius Torquatus surnamed Aâ—ticus at what time he was Consul at Rome triumphed with great honour ouer the Phalisses after the building of Rome 512. As on this day Iehoakin King of Iuda after he had beene carried captâ—â—e with diuers of his nobles among whome Daniel and his fellowes were also brought to Baâ—ilon he was deliuered out of prison by Euilmedorach king of Babilon after Nabuchodonosors death and was princely entertained with roiall garments and sitting at the Kings table all the dayes of his life Some thinke that vpon this day was the resurrection of our Sauiour Christ Iesus The 5 Day AS on this day the Iewes held a ioyfull feast called Festum sortium appointed by Mardocheus in memory of the suddeÌ„ alteration of their sadnesse and sorrowe being all then appointed for the sworde by the meanes of Hamon and now conuerted into ioye and solace for the escaping of their present danger at what time the Iewes slew 75000 Pagans and Heathens which were apointed in armes to destroie the Iews were woont to feast vpon this day in their church and when they heard of Hamons name Scamna pugnis malleis pulsant Reade the historie of Hester 9. Likewise vpon this day in the Cittie of Rome the old Romanes celebrated with great solemnitie sacrifice to the Goddesse Isis in memorie of their often prosperous sayling called Nauigium 〈◊〉 Lu. Papyrius at what time he was dictator of Rome triumphed ouer the Samnits with great pompe and glorie into Rome 429. And after him Caius Papyrius maso Consul of Rome most solemnlye triumphed from mount Albanus into Rome ouer the people called Corses 522. C. Fabricius Luscinius being Consul at Rome had a triumphe graunted him by the Senators with much pompe and honor ouer the Lucanes Brutianes and also ouer the Samnits at one time 471 yeares after the building of Rome Of this great triumph Liui speaketh of Likewise on this daye triumphed Lucius Aemilius Papus then Consul of Rome ouer the Frenchmen 528 years after the building of the Cittie of Rome And Câ—â—manlius being then Pâ—oconsul of Rome triumphed ouer the Frenchmen in Asia so that vpoâ— this day at sundrie seuerall times fiue solemne great triumphes were kept and solemnized in the Cittie of Rome A great oâ—er throw was giuen vpon this daye to the Sarazâ—ns at the â—oâ—ne called Nicea by the Christians 1097. Odoacer who made himselfe king of Italie after the Empire fell from Rome was vanquished and slaine in his owne house by Theodoricus King of the Gotes at Rauena 492. Fredericus the first of that name was as
and died in Ungaria when he had raigned 48. yeares Ferdinandus had the Empire resigned to him from his brother Charles the 5. who departed into Spaine with both his systers Marie and Leonara where he died in a monasâ—rie leauing the empire vnto his brother Ferdinandus who vppon this day was crowned at Frankfordâ— as both Sabel and Funâ— do affirme 1558. Fredericke the third of that name with great solemnitie and pompe was crowned Emperour of Rome 1451. The 18. Day THe sâ—arre called Miluus appeareth vpon this day in the morning Uppon the 18. of this moneth Munichyon which is March is the feast Adonia celebrated in the which feast the women and yong Uirgins of Greece did set vp in diueers places of their citties in euery streete in euery temple images like dead corses which they were woont to carrie at burials there they presented their mournings and lamentations made at the funerals of the dead with shriking and crying and beating themselues with blubbering eyes and haling their heires in token of the sorrowe and greefe that the goddesse Venus made for the death of hir friend Adonis Great sacrifice with ceremonies and solemnities were vpon this day in Rome to Gabriell the Archangell as Nouidius saith at which day the temple of Iunpiter Palatinus was burned with the bookes of Sibilla which were by the commandement of Numa Pompilius the second king of Rome kepte with great care in the temple aforesaid of Iupiter Euilmedorach king of Babilon and sonne to Nabuchodonozar aduaunced Ioachim king of Iude for that he by the 〈…〉 Ieremie yeelded himselfe with all his court to him and now in the 37. yeare of the â—aptiuitle of Babilon he was set at libertie out of prison and sat at â—he kings table with great fauour and honour all the dayes of â—oachims life some appileth this day to be the 27. of the twelfth moneth 〈◊〉 Opilius Macrinus emperour of Rome was slame with his some named Dâ—adimenus by the same selfe Souldiors that created them both emperâ—urs after they raigned both one yeare and two monthes Alexander Seuâ—rus whom the Romans named Caesar and the whole Senate created Augustus being but twelue yeares 〈…〉 prince that fououred all good men and 〈…〉 emperor that fauoured the Christians was slaine in Fraunce in a tumult that grew among the Souldiers vpon this day yet Melancthon referreth it to the 28 of Iune and Scotus to the 17 of December Upon this day appeared a horible Comet with a long taile which indured as Lycosthenes saith 8. weekes after the which infinite were the number that died in euery part of Europe by sicknesse which fell at that time 1400. The 19 Daie IN â—â—ld auncient time by the Romans a temple was builded on mount Coelio and vpon this day dedicated vnto Minerua where they were woont once euery yeare to celebrate a solemne feast called Quinquatria which continued fiue daies in memory of the birth or Minerua in this feast it was not lawfull for any man to drawe his sweard out of the sheath in so much the Fencers called Gladiatores might by no meanes playe on the stage vpon this daye Againe the children at Rome vpon this day kept their feast called Minerualia not vnlike to the feast Panathenea which the Athenians were woont to celebrate to Menerua In Rome likewise vpon this day was kept a great solemnetie among the Smithes and Carpenters and other artificers called Fabrorum â—erie In Athens the feasts of Knights at what time the yoong Knights of all Achia should meete vpon this daye at Athens and with great pompe and glorie they marched from the castlâ— of Minerua into the temple of Iupiter most soleâ—â—lie through the streetes and there in the temple vsed sacrifice and returned to keepe their feast in the castle of Minerua Upon this day Ioseph the sonne of Iacob after he was sold of his brethren into Egipt where after much imprisonment heâ— opend the dreame of king Pharao of the seauen fat 〈◊〉 and of the seauen leane kine that did deuoure the fat kine 〈…〉 therefore aduaunced to be head gouernour and ruler once all Egipt Phocion a noble Greeke captaine of Athens the sonne of Miltiades the worthy and glorious conqueroâ— of the famous battell at Marathon this Phocion no lesse famous for diuerse victories then his father after great seruice doone to his countrie was by his countrymen condemned to die to gratifiâ— Cassander king of Macedonia who saught by all meaâ—es the destruction of Phocion he to auoide the vniust sentence of his â—â—untriemen and the furie and rage of Cassander poisoned himselfe but some say that hee was by others poisoned but it was in Athens a reward appointed to any that resisted the religion of their gods Gaudentius and Ioâ—ius friends and companions of Hoâ—orius the emperour ouerthrew all the supersticious temples at Charthage in Affrica and burned their idols as vpon this day 398. The great councell called Lateranense where three hundred Bishoppes gathered together began vpon this daye 1182. The 20 Daie THe most glorious triumph of our sauiour Christ Iesus into Hierusalem was as vpon this day which triumph though it seemed contemptious to the Iewes for that he was borne poore and supposed to be a Carpenters sonne and that he rode vpon an Asse a simple silie beast without any pompe or triumphe which the Iewes expected to haue in their king that should be but these vaine people were much deceiued for this triumph onely excelled farre all the vaine solemnities and regall pompe either of Xerxes triumph into Greece or of Alexander the great into Babilon for as the victorie of this triumphant king did much exceed all their victories being made one so his triumph surmounted all the triumphes of the worlde were they all in one triumphe in this triumphe they spread their raiment vpon the way and cut branches of Palmes and sang Hosanna in excelsis which song contained in it selfe more maiestie and glorie then all the triumphant pompe of the world could deuise Some of the Iewes Rabbies affirme this daye to bee the first daye that was created for the latter Iewes referreth the creation of the worlde to the time of Autumne for then the Iubilers began and the yeare was plentifull of all kinde of things This was the second festiuall day in mount Coelio in memorie of Mineruas birth called Quâ—hquaria for this feast as you heard endured for fiue daies on the which daye Ouid the poet was borne and Cicero in that yeaâ—e was slaine when Pausa was Consul at Rome 40. yeares before Christes birthe The dedication of the crosse was in Rome vpon this daye where women onely vsed great ceremonies and solemnities at what time it was not lawfull for any man to sacrifice amongst women or to enter once into their church vpon this day Carolus Martellus a famous prince of Fraunce among many worthie renowned and great victories as well ouer
the Heathens and Sarazens as ouer diuers parts of France and speciallie the great victorie which he had vpon this day ouer Chilpericus the second of that name and 19 king of Fraunce at a place called Camericus in the 718. yeare of Christs birth Henrie the fourth king of England vpon this day after hee had beene deliuered from many hard chaunces and had diuers good haps in ciuill warres languished in sicknesse and died vpon the 20 of March and was buried at Canterburie One sacrifice the Scythians haue in this manner in the moneth Nisan which is March when one dieth in Scythia of any great state his friends and his neighbours carie all his beasts and kill them for a feast to solemnize the funerall of the dead as the Romans and the Gretians doe celebrate a feast for the honour of Emperours and Princes birthe The sonne of this Scythian dead man causeth his fathers head being filled with all sweete odors to be guilted ouer and to be set as a monument of his father where once euery yeare vpon the very daye that his father died he keepeth a solemne feast wher his friends and his neighbours doe yearely at this feast offer sacrifice with ceremonies therevnto belonging vnto this gilded head abhorring the rites and sacrifices of any countries beside their owne as you heard what they did to Anachares and Siales for the ministring of the sacrifice and ceremonies of the Gretians The 21 Day MAximus the Emperour or rather tirant after hee had raigned in the empire 77. daies and had in that short time slaine Gratianus at Lugdunum after he came from Brittain and had driuen Valentinianus from his empire in the west was vppon this day as Mar. Scotus affirmeth cut in peeces by the souldiers of the Emperour Valentinianus yet Functius saieth that he was beheaded not farre from Aquilea 430. Also on this day 269. Galienus the emperâ—ur who raigned 15. yeares 7. with his father and eight yeares he gouerned the empire after his fathers death as Eutrop saith but he was slaine with his brother Valerianus both Emperours at Millaine and that vpon this day some varie in his saying that Valerianus was brother to Galienus but I let such controuersies passe After that Carolomaunus the sonne of Lodowicke the second of that name and brother to Lodowick the third who raigned both kinges of France had recouered Italie and setled himselfe quiet hee died vppon this day of a sicknesse called Apoplexia 880. Maximilian the Emperour son to Frederick the third was borne vppon this day in the new cittie of Austria 1459. Rodolphus Sueuus was crowned king of the Romanes by the bishop Sigisfridus against Henry of Magâ—ntia who stood against him in the election to be king 1077. The 22. Day THe Iewes whose fiue daies of intercalation do now begin after the moneth Adar which is the twelft moneth with the Iewes and the Egyptians do vse this kinde of intercalation as the Romans do with Iulius Caesar who brought from Egypt to Rome a cunning Mathematician and made the Romane yeare to agree with Egyptians by adding euerie foure yeare a day Henrie the fourth being before elected Caesar returned vppon this day from Campaniaâ—o Rome in triumphant sort with great honor ouer the Normans 1084. The English men had an ouerthrow by the French men and the Scots in the territorie of Anioy as vpon this day 1421. Hennibal the scourge of Rome beeing called from Italie into Africk to resist Scipio being made a new Consul and sent from Rome as generall ouer the Romanes Hannibal before he returned from Italie caused a triumphant arch to be set vp by the temple of â—uno Lucina in the which hee caused to bee engrauen his exploits and noble victories and the name of all the Consuls Dictators and gallant Romane captaines which he vanquished and slue at three great battels Tâ—ebeia Trasymene and Cannes which were set in Greek and Punicke letters for a memoriall of his being in Italie as a Trophie and a monument of his feats and victories against the Romanes The 17 Daie POlomie counted this day to be the equinoctiall of the spring being the fourth day of the creation of the world on the which day the Sunne the Moone and the starres were created This was the fifth and the last day of Quinquatria festa which was consecrated to Minerua in mount Caelio vpon the which day all the Trompeters should come to the said mount and there begin to sound from thence through all the streets of Rome sounding the Trompets vntill they came to the Capitol which was warning to the Senators the Cousuls and magistrates of Rome to come to the Capitol to finish the sacrifice of Quiâ—quatria into Minerua and to make an ende of the feast which is called Tubilusthium Of this day Ouid saith Summa dies â— quinque tuba lustrare canora c. Cornel. Scipio then Proconsuld in Africk in most solemne sort within a triumphant chariot came victor into Rome ouer the Africanes The same Scipio might be wel compared vnto Sesostris who for his victories and conquestes was called the Hercules of Egypt This Sesostris exceeded for his proâ—nesse and valure These lefâ— more trophes and monuments of his triumphes behind him in Egipt in Ethiopia in Asia and in Sâ—ithia then either Alexander or Cirus such 〈◊〉 Archers 〈◊〉 pillers of brasse coppâ—â— and of Iuorie according to the custome of Egypt This Sesostris carried kings captiues bound to his chariot from place in place whose monumentes after his death were by the priestes of Egypt so kept and defended that they would not permit Darius to haue his statue exected before Sesostris though Egypt was at that time 〈…〉 The courage of this Scipio in Carthage 〈…〉 Sardima and in all Africa seemed no lesse but that among a number of Romane Hercules which in Scipios daies florished in Rome he might chalenge 〈◊〉 ouer them all Selymus the Turke and second of that name satled from his 〈◊〉 of Constantinople towards the Ile of Melitea with a great and huge number of shippes and he bestowed there a whole Winters warre without anie conquest done at all In the warres which chaunced betweene the Romanes and the 〈◊〉 after much slaughter on both sides they agreed that there should bee three men vppon the Romans side and three also vppon the 〈◊〉 â—ide which should end this strife and finish this warre betweene them Three Romanes came into the â—ielde which were both horne at one birth beeing Brethren and called Horatij and the other three Sabines called Curiatij these were likewise bretheren in like sort borne 〈◊〉 one 〈◊〉 called â—rigemini fratres cousin germanes to the Romanes they fought it so valiantly that two of the Romanes 〈…〉 other Romans which liued who perceiuing their eagernes the Romane made as though he would flee and the Sabine that was not hurt followed him hard at the heeles the other being sore wounded
came halting behind the Romane turned â—ppon the soden and fought with the Sabine and in fight slue him and then he easilie slue the other two being maimed before and not able to follow in fight ouer these Sabines M. Horatius was so receaued with such a triumph into Rome with al pomp and mirth his triumph was such that the Romanes long after vsed vpon this day a great feast in memorie of Horatius victorie The 24 daie THis was named amongest the Romanes Aegyptiacus dies either in memorie of some great victorie had ouer them by the Egyptians orels an ouerthrow The 5. day of the creation of the world wherein were foules fishes and other dumbe bâ—astes made by the Almightie vppon the which day our Sauiour Christ was taken by the Iewes and held his last supper As vppon this day Aurelius Quintilius was by the whole consent of the souldiers nominated Emperoâ—r and by the assent of the Senate hee was made Augustus a man of singular sobrietie of great patience and gentlenes hee succeeded his good brother Au. Claudius a worthie man and a noble emperour who for the worthie seruice hee did to his countrey had by the Senate appointed him a goulden sheeld to hang in the councell house and a goulden Image in the Capitoll for a perpetuall memorie of his worthines this good Quintilius raigned but 17. daies emperour after his brother and was slain as vpon this day The 25 daie CHrist Iesus the sonne of God tooke flesh of the virgin Marie vpon this day on the which day the Angell Gabriel â—â—luted the Uirgine The feast of the mother of the gods called Hylaria festa was solemnely celebrated in Rome vpon this day for that the daye began to be longer for in the time of Iulius Caesar and Octauius Augustus this day was counted the equinoctiall of the springe at what time the women of Rome sacrificed vnto Venus with great obsequies Theodosius the third of that name Emperour who was compelled by his Souldiers to take the name of an Emperor and within two yeares after was constrained vpon this daye to forsake the empire and to liue a priuate life in a monasterie he was so persecuted by â—eo the third surnamed Iconomachus so called for that hee defended Images who succeeded Theodosius 717. Frederike the second being Emperour was crowned king of Hierusalem and within 23. yeares after Conradinus the sonne of Conradus the Emperour was borne vpon this daye who died afterward at Naples 1252. Nicephorus surnamed Botoniates was elected Emperor of Constantinople vpon this daye who by Alexus was driuen out of his Empire into a monasterie where he died three years after he was chosen Emperor 1077. Iames the firste Bishop of Ierusalem after Christ and brother to him according to the manner of the Iewes which called them brethren that were cosins was stoned to death in witnesse of his faith as some writers suppose 64. Clemens the third Pope of Rome dyed 1191 by whose perswasion the Emperour Fredericke the first tooke a voyage into Italie besieged Mellaine Cremona Dertona and manye other Townes and Citties which reuolted from him he brought euen to the grouâ—de This Frederike was surnamed Aenobardus a Bononian borne and sonne to that Frederike which was Sonne to Conradus the Emperour The 26 Day THis was the seauenth day after the creation called the sabboth day The Rabbies of the Iewes more curious then wise in their fabulous bookes of Talmudists or Drash presume to know all things and let nothing passe they say that vpon this day Lazarus was raised from his graue being dead for foure dayes by Christ Iesus Conradus the second of that name a Frenchman after he had laide long siege to Melaine returned to Rome and was crowned Emperour of Rome by Pope Iohn the twentith of that name he reuenged vpon those that dwelt in Pannonia for that they aided the Italians he made his some Caesar during his abode at Rome 1017. Romanus Argyropilus Emperour of Constantinople by the meanes of his wife a lewde vitious woman named Zoes was strangled by Mychael Paphlago who succeeded him in the Empire and married his wife whome she also vsed as an instrument of hir wicked life for a long time but shee died of a miserable disease fit for such a beast 1033. Two Uirgines of Hypborea venturing as farre as Delos to performe certaine sacrifice vowed to the goddesse Lucina for safe deliuerance at childe birthe they dying at Delos in this iourney are so honoured of the yoong maides at Delos that they doo offer vpon the graue of these Hyperborean Uirgins the long haires of their heads and after three dayes they hang their haire vpon a long pole ouer their tombe and the young men in like sorte binding theyr haires with certaine sweete hearbes in a kinde of sacrifice vnto Argis and Vpis graue Againe in the Countrey of Iouia other ceremonies were vsed by a number of yongewomen singing hymnes of Lycaeus worke to further the celebration of the ceremonies naming often in theyr Songes the two Hyperborean Uirgins by the name of Argis and Opis with solemne musicke vpon their graue in the meane while the Priests sprinkeled their Asâ—es which were kept in a pot ouer the graue of these Uirgins vpon a company of sicke persons who sat vpon the graue of the Hiporean Uirgins this became a Scythian sacrifice and from Scythia as Herodot dooth reporte into Thracia called Saâ—ra triticea The 27 Daie NIsan or Abib the first moneth of the Iewes for on this daye their yeare began imitating the Egiptians for the first daye of the newe moone after the equinoctiall of the springe according to the oulde Iewes order custome but the latter Iewes begin their yeare after the moone in the equinoctiall autumne hauing respect to the best season of the yeare at what time the Iubileis of Moses began vpon the which day Noah vncouered the Arke and sawe the waters decreased and earth appeared yet staied in the Arke 56 daies expecting the word of the Lord. The 2. yeare after the Isralits departed out of Egipt in the first day of y e first moneth Nisan Moses reared the tabernacle whom the Maiestie of the Lord in the sight of all men couered all daye with thicke cloudes and all night with shining flames of fire Likewise Ezechias king of Iuda began as vpon this daye to repaire the Temple of Salomon at Ierusalem and caused the Priests and the Leuites to sanctifie the house of the Lord with sacrifices and thankes giuing at what time were dedicated 600 Oxen and 3000 sheepe The Rabbies affirme that vpon this daye Abraham the Patriarke was about to sacrifice vppe to GOD his sonne Isaac Upon this daye the olde auncient Romanes sacrificed with great solemnity to the mother of the gods Berecynthia which yearely the Romans vsed with great pompe carrieng most sumptuouslie the image of Berecynthia to bee washt in
Souldiers after he had ranne through all kinde of preferment in the field Emperour 517 who as vpon this daye did adopt to the Empire his sisters sonne named Iustinianus in the ninth yeare of his raigâ—e and dyed within foure moneth after he was a good Christian and rooted out the heresie or the Arians and Neâ—torians Conradus the third of that name king of Bonaria borne in Sueâ—ia nephew to Henrie the fourth being his daughters sonne was by the consent of all Princes of Germanie elected Eâ—perour vpon this day 1139. he made a voiage into Asia against the Sarazeâ—s but returned without any thing doone by meanes of treason at home by a wicked man named Manuell who succeeded after him by treason in the Empire as Onoph and Iustine affirmeth As vpon this day 1081. Alectius surnamed Comnenus was elected to succeed Nicephorus the Emperour who after he had ended many battailes he erected an Hospitall for pâ—â—re fatherlesse children and also a free schoole to be there instructed and brought vp after they were able to come from the Hâ—spitall Clephis king of the Longobardes was slaine in Papia by the Italians 568. â—or before this time they had determined with Albonius there to inuade Italie foure yeares before this king Clephis was slaine Maunt Aeâ—na in Sicilia was so shaken with an earthquake that the fire that flamed therewith out of this hill destroyed and burned many places at what time the monasterie of S. Leo was vtterlye spoiled and consumed as vpon this daye 1536. Rome was taken vpon this daye by Alaricus king of the Gotes after he had continued his siege two yeares 414 after Christ as Pau. Aemilius in his first booke setteth downe at large Sigismundus king of Polonia died when hee had raigned 42. yeares 1548. after whome succeeded also his sonne Sigismundus Some also hold opinion that our Sauiour Christ came vpon this day to Bethania and called Lazarus from his graue where he had beene foure dayes dead and buried and he liued after as Mar. Scotus affirmeth 24 yeares but he borroweth of the Rabbies all this vncertaine coniecture of the time for the Iewes will be ignorant in nothing The 2 daie VPon this day the old Romanes celebrated a solemne feast with great ceremonies in memorie of Quirinus who was borne vpon this day at what time the Romanes kept the feast Lupercalia with great solemnitie Christ after hee raised Lazarus from the graue would not enter to Ierusalem which was 15 furlonges distant from Bethania for the Iewes hearing of these miracles tooke councell how they might kill him and therefore Iesus went to Ephraim a Cittie fiue miles distant from Bethanie Iane the wife of Philip surnamed pulcher king of Fraunce the 45 king in number died vpon this day 1304. This queene was the onelie daughter of Henrie King of Nauarre Honorius the fourth of that name was elected Pope of Rome as vpon this day at Perusium this pope builded many houses vpon the mount Auentine and assigned to manie poore men certaine Gownes and clothes called Album amictum It is written that a Iew being baptized vpon this day against his will presentlie put fire in his owne house tooke his wife and his children out and ran vp and downe in the streets saying alowd and crying out I am a Iewe I am a Iew and no christian his house being burned and 40 houses more in Constantia by the meanes of this his furie 1349. The 3 daie VPon fridaie before the feast of Aester Christ Iesus our sauiour suffred his passion as vppon this daie by whose death death was swallowed vp and the power of Sathan ouerthrowen Henricus the second king of Fraunce and Philip which is now king of Spaine after many years of warre at length concluded peace vpon this day 1559. Eulalius in a schisme against Bonifacius then Bishop of Rome was elected bishop and Bonifacius rebelled as on this day This Bonifacius while yet he was â—ishop which was 3. yeares and foure monethes ordained that none should bee allowed a priest before he were 30 yeares of age Pub. Posthumius Tubertus Consul then at Rome triumphed ouer the Sabines 250. after the building of Rome This was one of the first triumphes in Rome after the kinges were banished at what time in their triumphes they vsed no such solemnitie and pompe as they did after as to bee drawen in chariots so sumptuouslie with four elephantes or with four white Steedes or with such pompe and roiall solemnitie or in wearing purple robes and triumphant garments neither yet crowned with garlands nor with any great magnificence which was after among them practised The godly Ezechias king of Iuda as some write repaired the temple as vppon this day and therein prepared oblations and sacrifices to please the Lord at what time hee continued therein 8. daies instructing the people and sanctifying of the temple The 4. Day AGrippa Menenius surnamed Lanatns fellow Consull to Posthumius Tubertus in the selfe same yeare 250. after the building of Rome triumphed ouer the Sabines and made also his triumph the next day after Tubertus his fellow ouer the Sabines Liuie said that they both had their triumphs graunted by the senators in one day ouer the Sabines they rode not in chariots but were brought with serieants and officers before them and with such pompe as was vsed in those daies for then they triumphed but within Italie The greatnes of the Romanes triumph grew by the warres of Africa which was the first after they had conquered Italie The 5 Daie PLaies and games called Megalesia were celebrated as vppon this day in the honour of Cibeles the mother of the goddes the sacrifices and solemnities done to this goddesse in the the temple at Rome were vsed in the 27. of March as you before haue read yet some referre these plaies to the last of March but plaies are vsedmanie times as occasion serueth The Israelits vpon this day with their captaine Iosua passed through the flood Iordane at what tyme the water dried before them as the red sea did in the time of Moses and Aaron and Iordane stood still vntil the priests had brought the Arke through the riuer vnto the other side at which time the waters came againe together The Iues as on this day yearly prouided a male lamb of a yeare old without anie spot or blemish on him for the feast of Easter which they kept on y â— 14. daie of their moneth Nisan then they kill him and take part of his blood and strike it on the two side poastes and vppon the vpper dore post of the howse where this lambe should bee eaten God ordained this sacrifice as a token and a pledge of their deliuerance Lotarius sonne to Lodowick surnamed Pius the 24. king of Fraunce and the second emperour of Rome of a French man being then king of Italie by his father thither sent was vppon
in Egipt vnder Pharao the second in Ierusalem vnder king Ezechias the 3. and last vnder our Sauiour Christ at his death Againe in the second yeare after the Israelits came out of Egipt vpon the selfe same day in the wildernesse of Sinay the people of Israell celebrated the feast of the Passeouer by the commaundement of the Lord vnto Moses at euen of the 14. day of the moneth In Rome vpon this day Cerelia festa were most solemnlye with great ceremonies after their auncient custome celebrated in the honor of their goddesse Ceres vpon that day also the old Romans appointed with pompe and state great plaies called Circenses ludi to the same selfe goddess In this feast the most statelie magnificent shewes of all other solemne games were plaid in the great roome called Circus Maximus this was seâ— foorth cheefely by the triumphant emperors dedicated to Iupiter for their victories and before the Emperors by the Câ—â—suls and Dictators for before they went into the battell they would go into the Capitoll and after sacrifice and due ceremonies done vnto Iupiter they vowed if the gods would graunt them victorie to celebrate publike plaies in this place Circo Maximo which contained in length three furlongs of breadth one furlong madâ— and enlarged by Caesar the Dictator the buildings and seates which were made for the people to sit and to behold the games amounted to the number of 200060. seates The 10 Day THe Isralits departed from Rameses a citie in the land of Gosan the 15. daye of the first moneth which the Iewes call Nisan on the morrow after the passeouer vnder the conducting of Moses and Aaron after that God had plagued the Egiptians and had smitten the first borne within all Egipt and God spared not the cheefe rulers and in remembrance of this their deliuerance and going out of Egipt and from the tyramite of Pharao God commaunded to sanctifie the first borne vnto him aswell of men as of beasts the number that came out of Egipt were 600000 beside women and children this was doone 2. Die Azinorum God gaue the citie of Iericho vnto Iosua and Iericho was taken after Iosua had gone about the citie sixe dayes as the Lord had commaunded him and the seauenth day Iosua compassed Iericho seuentimes and the seauen priests that bare the Arke should sound their seauenth trumpet of Rams hornes a long blast and all the people shall shoute and then the walles of Iericho shall fall 2494. Christ Iesus our Sauiour by all probable reason of some of the best Astronomers did offer vp himselfe vpon the crosse to God his father vpon this day for our sinnes and transgression Some also of the Fathers holde opinion that Adam was created vpon this daie and that our Sauiour Christ tooke flesh of the Uirgin Marie vpon the same daye that he dyed Upon this daye Septinâ—ius Seuerus the 21 Emperour of Rome was borne in a Towne called Lepos in a Prouince of Affricke 195. Also Theodosius Iunior the sonne of Arcadius the Emperour was borne vpon this day 401 in the declining state of the empire there were three Theodosij the first of them was a noble Emperour out of the house and progenie of Traiane to whome he was most like in manners and conditions and all his life was resembled to Traianas life his victories were such that he merited to be called Theodosius the great Lewis surnamed Balbus the 26. king of Fraunce after hee had raigned 2 yeares died as on this day 879. Rossana a cittie of Assiria with all the villages and townes within thirtie miles about were by a great earthquake shaken downe to the ground also the great temple called Sophia at Constantinople with manie townes and buildinges of the cittie were ouerthrowen vpon this day by that earthquake 1556. Lodowick Duke of Millaine was taken by the French men and brought to Fraunce captiue vnto Lewis the 12. king of Fraunce 1500. Eight yeares before this died Laurentius Medices duke of Florence as vppon the same day 1492. The 11. daie THis was the third day of the feast of the vnleuened bread and the second day after the Israelites had departed out of Egypt at what day the Israelites remoued from Sucoth to the desart of Ethan in the edge of the wildernes not far from the red sea In the 16. of Nisan which is the eleuenth of April Ezechia king of Iuda sanctifyed the house of the Lord in the eight day and made an ende in the sixteenth in the which day Ezechias the king brought seuen Oxen seuen â—ams seuen sheep and seuen goats to be a sinne offering for the kingdome for the sanctuarie and for Iuda and their blood were sprinckled vpon the Altar and the Leuites with Cymbals Psalteries and harps and all instruments of Dauid and the Priestes held the trompets and the sonnes of Aaron were commaunded to offer these on the Altar of the Lord. As vppon this day the noble Roman Milo was condemned to 〈◊〉 at Rome for the killing of Claudius at what time Cicero pronounced an eloquent orationin the behalfe of Milo fifteen yeares before the birth of Christ. Selymus the ninth Emperour of the Turkes began his empire vpon this day at what time his father Baiazeth was poisoned by a Iewish phisition 1512. fyue yeares after hee had subdued Siria and conquered Egypt looke Alcairon which is called Meniphis the chiefest cittie of Egypt and tooke also their king Soldanus and haled him through the streetes of Alcairon by a rope after he commaunded him that he should be hanged in the chiefest gate of the cittie Iulius the second pope of Rome was vanquished by Lewis the eleuenth king of Fraunce at Rauenna where the pope lost 16. thousand souldiers and at that battaile Leo the tenth which was elected Pope would vppon that day be crowned pope to chaunge the vnfortunate day to bee fortunate some referre this day to be the 27. of March As on this day Lewis of Burbonie prince of Condie conâ—erred with the peeres of France at Aurelia about religion which was in question 30. yeares before at Ratisbone by Charles the fifth at what time they consulted to take a voiage against the Turke and this continued the space of a whole yeare and ended as vppon this day 1542. As vppon this day three sonnes and two Rainbowes were seene in the skies at Uenice The 13 daie THis was the fourth day of the vnleuened bread the third day after the Israelites had gone out of Egypt and the 4. day Pharo made readie to march after them for Moses had brought the bones of Ieseph out of Egipt for so Ioseph willed and made the children to sweare that they should take his bones away with them and the Lord went before them by daie in a piller of a cloud and by night in a piller of fire The Iewes held another feast called festum manipuli
at that time with great solemnitie was according to the commaundement kept at Ierusalem of the often inuation spoile destruction of Ierusalem you shall many times heere for it was destroyed fiue times first by the Egiptians they by the Chaldeans and after by the Romans c. The Frenchmen after many harde conflicts by the Germans and the Germans by the Frenchmen as vpon this day through the aid of the Hâ—luetians vanquished and ouerthrew the imperiall armie of Charles the fift in Pedemontana at what time the Frenchmen got such a victory yet to their smart insomuch that Charles the Emperour and Frances Valoys the French king were both contented to conclude a peace 1544. Leo the fourth Emperor of Rome in the fift and last yeare of his raigne at the earnest sute and request of his Nobles and also of the people elected and made his sonne Constantine the seauenth of that name his fellow Emperour to gouerne with him in the empite which was the onely sure way to staye himselfe in the empire being matcht with his sonne as it was the costome and manner of the Romane Emperours to do 776. Philip a verye yâ—ong man in the 20. yeare of Lodowike â—urnamed Craâ—sus was crowned king of Fraunce vpon the sixteene kalend of Maye which is the foureteene day of Aprill 1128. The 15 Daie THis was the seauenth day and last of the feast called vnleauened after the Israelits passed through the red sea and had giuen thankes to God for their deliuerance they came to the wildernesse of Sin which is betweene Elim and Sinai where they wandred three dayes murmering against God and Moises who tooke them from the flesh pots of Egipt at what time Quales couered their tents and Manna couered the ground so GOD pleased then their humors and yet were these people not pleased Numa Pompilius the second king of Rome instituted a feast to appease the goddes at what time the plague fell vpon their cattell this feast was called Fordicidia in which feast it was not lawful for the priests to offer no sacrifice but pregnantem bouem at what time the Idols of their housholde gods which were called Lares had vpon them a long robe made of Dogges skins and crowned with a Garland made of sweete flowers to whome sacrifice was offered with corne and Frankencense for their Idols were kept in their houses and in theyr gardens to driue sprites away and to watch their houses from any harme or danger that might happen in the night time Pipinus sonne to Charles the great king of Fraunce and Emperour of Rome was crowned king of Italy by his father and Lodouicus surnamed Pius his other sonne who succeeded him both in the Empire and in the kingdome of Fraunce was made king of Aquitania 781. Romanus Argyropylus Emperour of Constantinople when he had raigned fiue yeares and sixe moneths died vpon this daye Iustine saith that he was through treason drowned where he hathed himselfe 1033. Henrie the sixt of that name was crowned Emperour of Rome by Pope Celestinus with great pompe and solemnitie this was sonne to Fredericke surnamed Barbarossa who raigned 38 yeares Emperour during which time this Henrie was crowned king of Rome 1191. Balduinus first Earle of Flaunders and after was elected Emperour of Constantinople after he had raigned scant one yeare leauing the Empire to his brother Henrie who succeeded him and raigned after him sixe yeares 1205. I find in some Chronicle that Charles the seauenth king of Fraunce as vpon this daye gaue a great ouerthrowe to the Englishmen in Normandy but it was well requited for Henrie the sixte king of England in the tenth of this Charles his raigne was crowned king of France in their cheefe Church at Paris Functius could say no lesse with wounds and calamities enough to requite the first ouerthrowe so that Victor became Victus 1450. The 16 Daie I Finde not much that were doone vpon this daye worth the writing sauing of the death and election of some Bishops of Rome amongst whom Anicetus the tenth bishop of Rome suffered death vnder the emperour Seuerus this Bishop instituted that no priest should haue a beard nor let his hatre to growe long 160. Lodowicke Countie of Helsfenstein was most cruellye murthered and slaine in an vprore of the Countrie men in Sueuia but after they were like sheepe slaine in manye places of Germanie for the same 1525. I reade that in Scythia they were wont to celebrate a feast once a yeare in the moneth Thargelion to worship and to honour Mars his sworde in the which beside the sacrificing of a horse they vsed this ceremonie to lay the sword of Mars called Acinax as Mercuries sword was called Harpen vpon a pile of wood vnto the which the Scithians did more reuerence then to anye of their other gods and did sacrifice vnto this sword of euerie 100 prisoner one as the beastes were saficed but in this maner first they powred wine vpon the heads of the prisoners that should be slain in sacrifice after they tooke them into a certaine great vessell where they were slaine and from thence caried to the place where Mars his sword was put vp and taking the bloud of the sacrificed men they powred it vpon the sword of Mars for among the Scythians the chiefe seruice is to drincke of the blood of the first man that they kil of their enemies and to bring his head to the king of whose scull if hee be a great man the king doth drinke of The 17 Day VPon this daie the Iewes were wont to celebrate a feast in memorie of their Passouer which they vsed for a long time after the departing of the Israelites out of Egipt this was called Festum vincite in remembrance of the noble victorie and glorious triumph they had ouer Pharo with all his peers nobles and al the force and power of Egipt at what time the read sea was appointed by God to make an end of Pharos tyrannie and to giue his people victorie Felicianus with his naked sword in his hand most cruelly wounded Carolus king of Hungarie beeing at meat at one table with him and had then slaine him had hee not bin saued by the companie which were with him conuersant at the Table 1330. Martin Luther being as on this day before Charles the 5. and all the states of Germanie shewed and opened the falshod the abhominations and wickendes of the Romane religion of their indulgences and defended most syncerely this religion It is written that as vpon this day the sea brake into Flanders and drowned an hundred thousand people beside the losse of Cattels infinit number the like hath not bin seene before as Munster affirmeth he 18 Daie THe feast Equiria was celebrated with great solemnitie at Rome as vpon this day in Circo maximo with other pastimes and plaies called Circenses ludi which were alwaies appointed
to perfourme some vowes made for victorie obtained In this feast Equiria the Romanes vsed after the race and running of horses or mules to tie flaxe to Foxes tailes and then to fire it and to let them runne and plaie their partes among the people with much mirth and sport which they call Vulpium combustio the burning of the Foxe Gregorie the fift of that name pope of Rome who iointly with Otto the second of that name Emperour appointed and ordeined first the electors of Germanie that should make choise of their Emperour so that by Otto the second and Gregorie the fift this order of election was made 1001. Mar. Scotus affirmeth that at the feast of Easter Ierusalem was taken and destroied by Titus the emperour at what time two hundred thousand Iewes perished by sword and famine an hundred thousand sould and nintie thousand dispersed into all partes of the world Uppon the 14. Calend of Maie the old Druydes vsed their sacrifice which was vnder an oke whereon grew Messelden there they caused diuers and sundrie kindes of meat for their feast and two white bulles to be brought forth bound the priest being the sacrificer all clad in white should clime vp to the tree with a bill or an axe in his hand to cut off the Messelden from the tree then offered they their sacrifice to the Goddes vppon an altar which they made and laying their handes vpon the altar according to their custome offered Messelden supposing it to bee a sure remedie for all kinde of poison and also a present cause in their beasts being barreÌ„ to becom fruitful Aâ—ter sacrifice done they sate vnder the oke and held their feast with their ceremonâ—es according to the custome and Lawes of the olde Druydes which were of all people most superstitious for in all Countries their chiefe and greattest men of honour in old time were religious men as among the Persians Magi among the Ethiopians Gymnosophistae among the Scythians Agrippei these were honored as goddes in their countrie for without the councell and aduise of these men no man in their countreies would presume to take anie thing in hand these were of such great credite and of such honour as you haue heard before of the aucthorities of the Priestes in Egypt of Augurers in Rome and of the old Philosophers in Greece they appointed their feastes and they instituted their Sacrifice and all other Ceremonies belonging vnto their Goddes The 19 daie ONe of the three daies in which the Israelites were in the wildernesse of Sur and found no water that they might drinke for it was so bitter vntil the Lord shewed vnto Moses a tree which hee commaunded to bee cast into the water and so the waters were made sweete Uppon the 24. day of the moneth called Nisan which is the ninteenth of Aprill at the great Hidekill which is Tigris in prophane histories appeared to Daniel at euen a man clothed in linnen whose loines were girded vp with fine gold of Uphaz his body like vnto the Turkis stoane his face was like lightning his eies were like vnto flames of fire his arms and his feet were like in coloure to pollished brasse and his voice was like vnto the voice of a great multitude he instructed Daniel concerning the kinges of Persea of Greece of Egypt and of Syria their continuance and ende their warres and gouernment c. read Daniel who is the verie grounde and center of all true chronicles concerning the three last monarchies of the world Otto the eight Emperoure of Rome after hee had slaine Galba and inuaded the Empire was by Vitellius at that verie instant made Emperour who by the armies of the Germanes was discomfited in a light skirmish at Hebriacus for verie sorrow and greefe smote himselfe into the hart with his owne dagger as vppon this day when hee had raigned but 86. yeares and 15. daies Phocas who sâ—ue and succeeded Mauritius the good Emperour betweene these two Emperours was great difference the one gouerned the empire discreetlie and most happie the other brought the empire by his slouthfulnes and lecherie into such weaknesse and infamie that nothing remained sound but the naked name of an Emperour and therfore was burned by Heraclius in a village not far from Constantinople but Gerardus mercator referreth it to the 27. of March whereof also I remember to make mention Philip surnamed Pulcher the 45. king of Fraunce enâ—ised Guide the Earle of Flaunders to send his daughter to Paris and willed 30 Noble men and 30 gentlewomen to accompanie her thether promising to marrie hir whom hee welcomed in this sort he drowned the Earles daughter with hir thirtie gentlewomen and hanged 30. noble men and within a while after the Earle of Flaunders him selfe was taken by deceipte of Carolus phillips brother and had the like entertanment hereby grew great and terrible warres in so much that philip was iustlie depriued out of his kingdome This day among the Egyptians was recorded in the bokes of their priesâ—es at Memphâ—s called of the Romanes Egyptiacus dies The 20 daie THe Senators were wont to meete altogether as vpon this day in the Capitoll and there both dined and supped that night feasting and banquetting in the honour of Romulus their first founder and first King Uppon this day it was not lawfull to kill any beast for sacrifice they kept it so solemne and so religious for Romulus was so fauoured among the olde Romanes that long after his death they named him Quirinus and sacrificed vnto him vnder that name Constantinus the fift surnamed Capronimus so called â—or that he defiled his crisme at the font when he was baptised signum impietatis futurae as Iustine saith this was the sonne of Leo Isaurius who abolished Idols and Images this Capronimus as vpon this day was by his father created Emperour with him to gouerne 720. Mauritius Emperour of Constantinople a Cappadocian borne of a poore Notarie became Emperour vanquished the Persians and the Armenians he repressed the Longobards in Italie and with many moe victories gouerned the empire with both courage and wisdome but for his extreame auarice not paying vnto the souldiers their wages he with his two sonnes Theodosius and Tiberius were slaine by Phocas that succeeded him as vpon this day of this he was admonished in sleepe by a dreame as Iustine and Scotus affirmeth 603. Heraclius the sonne of Heracleona Emperour of Constantinople vpon this daye got a triumphant victorie ouer the Persians with fire and sworde both in Persia and in Medea he let lose Romane captiues and prisoners 50 thousand hee persecuted their king Cosroes into Media burning killing this Heracliâ—s was the only scourge of Persea during whose time Cosroes could neuer gouerne his kingdome neither stay in Persea but from place to place persecuted by Heraclius vntil Cosroes was slaine by his owne sonne Hormisda to get his kingdome The 21 Day PLutarche in the life
the body and after the burying they take his ashes into seuerall pottes and keepe it diuers kindes of feastes bee called Lustrum of which I shal more at large shewe as occasion serueth The Carthaginians were vanquished in Sicilia by Timoleon the Corinthian in a great battaile ouer whome hee triumphed at Rome as vppon this day The first king of Fraunce called Pharamundus was elected as vppon this day 419. at what time the Frenchmen were called Sicambri from the 86. of Olympiad vntill Francus time which was in the 104. Olympiad of this Francus they were named Frenchmen The 25 Day PLyntâ—ria festa which properlie in Athens is solemnised vnto Minerua vppon the 25. of September but sometime in Aprâ—â— and sometime in Iulie but the ceremonie is a like at all times for the priestes of Minerua called Praxiergides do take from the image of this goddesse al hir raiment and iewels keep the image close couered ouer at what time certaine secret sacrifice with hidden ceremonies thereunto belonging were celebrated vnto Minerua in bathing and in washing y â— image with sweete rose water with decking of it againe with diuers kinde of flowers with spices and delicate odors for so it is named among the Athenians the weshing feast compted vnfortunate to do any thing for that Minerua as vppon that daye is not to bee seene Also by Numa Pompilius the second king of Rome Rubigalia festa was instituted in Rome and vppon this day celebrated in the second yeare of Numas raigne for that time the corne should be weeded which feast is celebrated out of the cittie of Rome in the fields by Iupiters priests called Flamen Quirinalis the sacrifice that should be offered in this feast to Pales for Corne and for cattell was wine and frankensence powred vpon the entraels of a dogge with verses song vnto the goddesse Pales to prosper the corne and the cattell and to preferre the fruites of the fields Alcibiades after hee had bin banished from Athens for his carelesse and negligent seruice at Siracasa hee went to Sparta and conferred with the Lacedemonians against his countreymen the Athenians yet by meanes of Thrasybulus Alcybiades was receiued againe into Athens with great ioie The famous cittie of Tripolis was by the Souldane and the Saracens vpon this day subdued ouerthrowen at what time all the Christians were slaine that dwell there or were at that warre The 26 Daie MOses and Aaron were commaunded to number the Israâ—lites in the wildernes the number wherof came to 603550. that were about twentie yeares of age and beside the Leuites which were 22000. died all in the wildernesse for their disobedience and their vnthankfulnesse towardes God onelie Iosua and Caleb excepted The Temple at Ierusalem was begon as vpon this daie to be built by Zorobabel Nehemias and other infinite number of the Iewes that returned from the captiuitie of Fabilon at what time they laid the foundation of the house of God in the new moone of the second moneth and in the second yeare they were come to Iurie and to Ierusalem of their vowes and sacrifices read the third of Esdras Marius Antonius surnamed the Philosopher was borne as vpon this day in his time onelie the Romanes were gouerned by two emperours at one time who with indifferent authoritie gouerned the empire in whose time on part of England receiued the faith Conradus the second of that name a French man borne was by Pope Iohn the second of that name 1027. with great solemnitie and pompe at Rome crowned Emperour and his brother Gebardus for that he rebelled against the Emperour his brother was compelled to bee a Muncke Conradus created then his owne sonne king of Rome in the second yeare of his raigne The 27 daie OT to the fourth of that name was crowned Emperour by y â— consent of al the princes of Germanie by pope Innocentius the fourth in contempt of Philip the sonne of Fredericke Barbarossa brother to Henrie the sixte who then gouerned the Empire This Otto maried Philip daughter and raigned foure yeares inuaded Sicilia and did much iniurie vnto the church wherefore Pope Honorius excommunicated him I can find no great thing written vpon this daie The 28 daie THe feast called Floralia was at Rome vpon this day celebrated this feast was commaunded by the bookes of Sibilla with great honor and solemnitie to bee kept at what time the Romanes were wont to sacrifice vnto their goddesse Flora all kind of flowers and fruits that the earth yeelded most deuoutlie and religiouslie crauing Flora to prosper and to encrease all thinges in their fields and elswhere abrode 516 after the building of Rome Likewise the old Romanes celebrated great games and solemne shewes called Ludi celebres these plaies endured vntil the fourteeuth of May for these plaies which the Ediles vsed vppon the Theaters when it pleased them for all other plaies sauing the plaies of Ludi celebres and Ludi Liberales had their daies and times appointed by the law of the high bishop and by the Priestes flamines Syuius Otto was borne as vppon this day in the 34. yeare after Christ as Functius noted in his tables of the Emperour of Rome at what time Aruntius Camillus Domitius Aenobardus were Consuls at Rome this after inuaded by killing of Galba the seuenth Emperoure of Rome when that Galba had raigned but seauen moneths and euen so Otto was by Vitellius in like sort vanquished within 95. daies of his raigne at what time Otto as you heard of his death in another place thrust himselfe into the hart with his owne dagger As vppon this day 518. Fla. Valerius Emperour of Constantinople surnamed by the Grecians Dicoros for that he had one blacke eie and the other graie was stricken by a thunderbolt and died after hee had raigned 27 yeares this Emperour was by the perswasion of his wife much addicted to the monstruous heresie of Eutichianus some say this emperour died the tenth of Iulie The 29 daie A Great ceremonie according to the custome of the Romans were celebrated as vppon this day to the goddesse Vesta in mount Palatine where sometime Romulus the founder and first king of Rome dwelt Decius the 29 emperor of Rome borne at Bubalia in Hungaria in whose time the 8. persecution began he persecuted the christians so extreamlie that he made an act that all that worshipped Christ should be slaine but he and his sonne called also Decius in the warres against the Gothes were slaine some wrote that he was drowned in Thracia in the riuer Abricium some wrote that he was swallowed into the earth by an earthquake and some say that he suncke in bogs and marish ground his bodie could neuer bee found hee raigned two yeares The 30 Daie ARcadius Emperor of Constantinople deuiding the Empire betweene Honorius who then was made Emperour and himselfe this Arcadius following his wife Eudoxias councell fell
into such hatred that his owne Tutor Rufinus conspired his death with Alaricus king of the Gothes but Rufinus treason was found and therefore he was slaine Caianus attempted the like treason and was likewise slaine this Arcadius banished that godlie and learned man Iohn Chrisostome Bishop of Constantinople and after he had raigned thirteene yeares died vpon this daye leauing behind him Theodosius Iunior his sonne to succeede him A great terrible earthquake was in Italie vpon this daye at what time Charles the great the first Emperour and king of that name was at Spoletum this earthquake did much harme not onely in Italie but also in Fraunce and Germanie 802. The names of those Consuls and Captaines that had their triumphes graunted them by the Senators at Rome within the moneth of Aprill are these that followe 1 Q. Martius Phillippus 2 M. Valerius Max. 3 C. Sempronius Blesus 4 S. Caruilius Max. 5 P. Posthumiâ—s Tubertus 6 Agrippa Menenius Lanatus 7 C. Aurelius Cotta The names of the feasts and sacrifices celebrated with great solemnitie in Rome within this moneth of Apriâ—l Thargelia Vernalia Carnia Fordicidia Vincite Equiria Quirinalia Agonia Palilia Vinalia Lustria Plyntiria Robigalia Floralia The solemne games and plaies in Rome within Aprill are thus named Megalenses Ludi Ludus Magnus Ludi Cereales Ludi Hastiles Ludi Celebres Finis Aprilis mensis Of the moneth of Maie with the Hebrewes called lair their second moneth with the Atheniaus called Scyrophorion their last moneth and with the Aegiptians called Pachon their ninth moneth The first Daie THis moneth of Maie is called with the Iewes Iair and the first daie of Maie is the 6 of Iair and with the Athenians named Scyrophorion this moneth in old time was consecrated vnto Maia the mother of Mercurius for as vpon this day in old Rome a temple was both consecrated and dedicated vnto Maia vnder the name of Bona dea in this temple one of Vulcans priests called Flamen Vulcanalis should offer a Sowe farrowing to Mercurie and to this mother Maia The Romanes vsed to sacrifice on this day and with much solemnitie they were woont to offer vpon the altars of their goddesses euery goddesse in hir owne temple and vpon hir own altar diuerse kindes of oblations and sundrie orders of sacrifices to their cheefe Idol which they called Bona dea another to Fauna another to Saturnus wife called Ops and another to the goddesse Fatua of these Macrobius in his first booke and Nouidius in his fift booke maketh mention Likewise they sacrificed to their houshould gods called Lares the order and discription of their ceremonies in these sacrifices I haue expounded them in their places the Athenians also held a feast called Scyreum festum in this feast none might be but the Senators and cheefe men of the cittie of Athens resembling much the Iewes feast called Palmarum festum at what time they vsed to make them boothes of greene branches of palmes and of Oken boughes in like sort as the Romans kept the feast called Vmbracula so the Athenians kept theyr feast called Scyrea Put. Valerius Publicola the first Consul of Rome after their kings vpon this day triumphed ouer the Sabines and ouer the Uients he was the first that entred into Rome triumphing vpon a chariot drawne with foure horses the victories of this noble Romane were many for he had beene foure times Consul a very discreet wiseman he did in his time set vp some solemne games and feasts appointed sacrifices vnto Pluto for he found in some of Sibils books that the oracles of Apollo were not fully kept who euer commaunded feasts and sacrifices to be doone to the goddes as Liuius and Plutarch affirmeth 278. In like order triumphed Quintus Publius Philo being then Pâ—oconsul of Rome ouer the Samnits and ouer the Palepolitans with great honour and solemnitie at Rome and by the full consent of the Senators for none might enter with a triumph into Rome without the Senators had licenced the same so great was the authoritie of the Senate this triumph was in the 427 yeare after the building of Rome Leo the sonne of Constantinus the fift surnamed Capronimus Emperour of Constantinople after he had raigned fiue yeares and had made his sonne Constantinus the fixt of that name with the consent of the people emperour to gouerne ioyntlie with him in the Empire dyed as vpon this day 790. Pipinus surnamed the short was created king of Fraunce vpon this day 751 This was sonne to Charles the great and brother to Lewes called Pius This Charles in his life time had made Lotarius his eldest sonne king of Italie and made this Pipinus his second Sonne king of Aquitania and made his third sonne called Lewes king of the Noricans as Functius affirmeth yet others varrie in this Bela the third and 14 king of Hungarie died vpon this day after he had raigned 23 yeares 1199. The second Day THis day was taken for an vnfortunate daye among the olde Romans and so recorded that no man might marrie vpon this daie for among the Romanes certaine daies were prohibited to marrie called dies non nâ—pâ—iales as Macrobius maketh mention M. Claudius Marcellus consull at Rome in the which office hee had bene seauen seuerall times and for his courage and prowes the Romanes called him ensem Romanum the sweard of Rome of whom Hanniball was woont to say nec victorem nec victum quietum habeo Marcellum â—and also named him the Romane Hanniball as vppon this day triumphed ouer the Insubrians and ouer the people of Comenses 557. This day was the birthday of Frederick marques of Brandenburge the sonne of Albertus surnamed the Achilles Germanicus vpon the which day the Saracens were ouerthrowen by the Greekes in Thracia by sea The 3 Day THe Romans recorded this day diem Egyptiacum in their calenders on the which day the women of Rome might not lawfullie goe into the Chappell of the holie crosse for the Egyptians had two vnfortunate dayes in the which the priestes of Egypt had commaunded that nothing should be attempted on those daies the Romanes being as superstitious as they obserued these two daies with like reuerence as the Egyptians did as Nouidius affirmeth Mahomet the second of that name and the sixt Emperour of the Turkes as vppon this day sent three seuerall armies the first to Italie the second to Rhodes and the third to Egypt in which armie he was present himselfe this Emperour affected the whole world and therefore began in Greece with the empire of Constantinople which he besieged and subdued and after died at Bythinia of the Colicke 1481. The cittie of Constantia was most lamentablie burned as vpon this day 1314. vppon the which time also happened such an earthquake in Polonia that manie townes fell and much cattel lost not without the distruction of manie people 1200. The 4 daie VPon this day in the
vnto Themistocles the reuenues of three great citties of Asia for his allowance of bread wine vittels these three citties were Myontia Lampsacus Magnesia where Themistocles was when these letters came from the king but after Themistocles had wayed the charge of Artaxerxes he resolued with himselfe in this sort After secret sacrifice vnto the gods and solemne feast made vnto his friends first to keep promise with the king of Persia to whome he promised his seruice during his life against the Gretians and therefore he resolued to die like a true Grecian for his promise was but during life for he manfully dranke Buâ—â— bloud mingled with poisoâ— and dyed least he might seeme to sâ—aine the glory of the Athenians or hinder Cimon of his victories and triumphes which he was like to haue ouer the Persians at that time The 9 Day AS vpon this daye at night the Romans vsed great sacrifices and ceremonies for three seuerall nights one after another to purge and to cleanse theyr houses from sprites that walked in the night time called Lemures and therefore they solemnized and dedicated feasts to those sprits called Lemuria â—octurna to driue those sprites from their houses supposing by their sacrifices to appeace them As on this day being the 14. of the second moneth â—air they which were defiled by a dead man or any other way vncleanâ— should keepe the passeouer vnto the Lord for they were deferred for their vncleannesse from the 14. day of the first moneth vntill the 14 of the second moneth and they should eate it with vnleauened bread and sower hearbes as the Lord had commaunded also they should leaue none of it vntill the morning nor breake any bone of it After that Ezechias had proclaimed throughout all Israell from Beerseba to Dan that they should come and â—ould the feast of the passeouer at Ierusalem the 14. daye of the second moneth the Leuits slue the passeouer the same day and brought in the burnt offerings vnto the house of the Lord in this feast Eâ—echias king of Iuda gaue 1000 yong Oxen and seuen thousand sheepe to the congregation and his Lords gaue also 1000 Oxen and 1000 sheepe and so in this feast a great number of the Priests and of the Leâ—â—ts were sanctified 〈◊〉 there was great gladnesse and ioye in Ierusalem The 10 Daie AS vpon this day Clau. Tiberius Nero the third Emperour of Rome sonne to Liuia Augustus wife by hir first husband triumphed ouer the Germans the Illyrians the Dalmatians and ouer the Pannonians after this great triumphe fell to all kinde of lasciuiousnesse in so much that he became in such contempt with the people that insteed of Tiberius Nero they called him Biberius Mero and he commaunded that the cheefe cittie of Cappadocia called Mazaca should be called Caesarea after him Tiberius Claudius sonne to Drusus and vncle to Caligula the fift Emperour of Rome was borne vpon this day on the which day Camillus a Romane was proclaimed emperour in Dalmatia by the Soudliors and vpon the fift day after he was slaine by the same selfe Souldiors The 11 Daie COnstantinople before time called Byzantium a noble cittie in Thracia was as vpon this day after her second building finished in the 20 yeare of the raigne of Constantine the great and in all points made equall to Rome and by some called Noua Roma but he named it Constantinople after his owne name he rebuilded a new the cittie Drepana in Bethanya and named it Helenopolis after his mothers name which was named Helena Lotarius sonne to Lewis surnamed Pius the 24 king of Fraunce and the second Emperour of Rome of a Frenchman after that his father Lewis the godlie dyed Lotarius succeeded him in the Empire but his two brethren rebelled against him Lewis and Charles surnamed Caluus a battell was fought betweene them at Fonâ—oniacus where after the shedding of much blood they concluded a peace Lotarius should hould Italie and the empire Charles should be king of Fraunce and Lewes should gouerne Germany and Hungeria 824. The 12 Daie IN the 600 yeares of Noach life and in the 17. day of the second moneth entred Noah with his three sonnes Sem Cham and Iaphet and their three wiues into the arke Come thou and all thy house said the Lord to Noah to the arke for thee haue I seene righteous in this generation and take of euery cleane beasts seauen and seauen the male and his female but of the vncleane cattell take two the male and the female of fowles of the ayre seuen and seuen the male and the female to keepe seed a liue on earth and they came two and two male and female into the arke as God had commaunded them In Athens as vpon this daye a great feast was solemnlie kept and celebrated in the memorie of the most famous and glorious victorie at Mantinaea the cheefe cittie of Arcadia the glorie thereof fell to the Thebans through the prowisse and courage of Epamâ—ondas their generall Lu. Cornelius Maluginenses then Consul at Rome triumphed ouer the Voliâ—cans and the Antiates after which triumphe the triumphant banquet was celebrated with great pompe and solemnity from Bellonas temple vnto the Capitol in the 294. yeare after the building of Rome Charles king of Fraunce hauing subdued the Neopolitans entered into the Cittie of Naples with a most solemne triumphe with great pompe and honour most sumptuous and riche in his imperiall robes but he was troubled by the Venetians and by the power of Millaine in his returne from Neapoles to Fraunce this Charles had married a Duches of England espoused before to Maxilian the Emperor The 13 daie THis was the third and last daye of the feast Lemuria at what time the men and the women celebrated a feast with great pompe and solemnitie according to the old auncient rites and ceremonies of the Romans for feastes and sacrifices were the onelie meanes they vsed to appease their gods for euery victory or triumph they had they celebrated a feast in memorie of that day and for euerie ouerthrow they receaued they recorded that to be a most vnfortunate day The Romans began their games and plaies as vppon this day which were called Persici â—udi which continued for the space of fiue daies in memorie of the victories which the Romanes obtained against the Persians ouer whom triumphed T. Flaminius with great pompe and after him againe triumphed P. Aemilius with woonderfull great regall solemnitie The temple of Pantheon was as on this day consecrated at Rome with great solemnitie vppon whose alter cherries and beanes were offered in sacrifice c. Also the Iewes do celebrate a solemne feast in memorie of the great plague in the which died 3000. learned Iewes as vpon this day ended this feast which was kept by the Iewes 30. daies after their feast called Manupulorum festum The 14. Day LEwis the eleuenth king of Fraunce
ouerthrew the Uenetians as vpon this day in a great and terrible battaile at Bondinum where 8000. Italians were slaine Cleomenes king of Sparta being taken of Ptolomi king of Egipt in the wars was put in prison but Cleomenes brake the prison in Alexandria but when he saw he could not escape the handes of the king after much slaughter within the towne exhorted his companie which were but thirtie in number to die like men by their own handes and not by the enemie saying let not Fortune triumph ouer fortitude which being perfourmed and the newes brought to Ptolomie hee caused the bodie of king Cleomenes to be hanged vp vpon a Crosse and commauÌ„ded also his bodie their to bee kept and watcht the watch at length espied a serpent wreathed about his head and coueres all his face in so much that no raâ—â—ning fowle durst come neere him the king fell to so superâ—â—icious a feare that hee had offended the Goddes that hereupâ—on he with his nobles and all the Ladies of the court began to make manie sacrifices of purification making also their praiers and supplications vnto Cleomenes as vnto ademie God calling him the sonne of the Gods with sacrifising of diuers oblations in the verie place of execution so supersticious and blinde were those Egyptians in religion towards their gods The 15. daie FRom the desarts of Sinay the children of Israell departed vpon the twenteeth daie of the second moneth and rested in the wildernes of Pharan at what time the Lord commaunded Moses to make two trompets of syluer to call the congregation together when y â— campe should iourney these trompets should bee sounded also on their feast daies in the beginning of their moneths they were likewise commaunded by the Lord to sound these trompets ouer their burnt sacrifices and peace offeringes The Romanes vsed sacrifice after their heathenish custome vppon this daie to Iupiter feretrum and vpon the which daie they were wont to make Images of rushes called scyrpea simulacra to offer vppon the Altar of their Idols when none might celebrate sacrifice or approch nigh to any of the sacred altars before he had sprinckled his bodie with cleane water and had vppon his head a crowne of lawrell consecrated by Iupiters Priest called Flamen dialis to whom the sacrifice was solemnised besides he should be instructed in the secrete misteries of the hidden ceremonies belonging to the sacrifice Uppon this day God Mercurie was born to whom the Romanes builded a Temple in a place called Circus maximus there they celebrated a great solemne feast and vsed sacrifice and appointed sundrie games and plaies and all kind of exercise both on horsebacke and on foot and at that verie feast they kept mercatorum ferias the Marchants feastes where they offered oblations and sacrifices in the honor of God Mercurie The ten magistrates of Rome called Decemuiti vpon this daie after they were first created and the lawes of the twelue tables brought from Athâ—ns to Rome came with great pompe and glory to the market place of Rome hauing an 120. sariants bearing maces and 〈◊〉 before them as though they were ten kinges thereby grew sedition in the cittie for their pride â—ust rape and other wicked dealings which were intollerable they were put downe after they had by force gouerned 3. years more like to ten tirants or ten Torquins then to ten ciuil magistrates C. Plautius proculus Consull at Rome triumphed ouer the Hernices with whom Marcus Fabius Ambustus was made Consull at which time the Torquinians so called for that they held with Torquinius the prowde offered 307. Romane souldiers being taken prisoners in the waie of sacrifice I meane killed them most cruellie and offered their blood vp insacrifice to the furies called Eumenides but they were well requited for so manie Torquinians were at an other time slaine and sacrifised in the maket place at Rome Valentinianus Iunior the third of that name as Iustine affirmeth which was by the souldiers proclaimed emperour being but a boie after his fathers death was by Maximus that then was made emperour of Brittaine by the souldiers driuen out of the empire to Theodosius after a while through the treason of Eugenius was slaine but herein writers do much varie On this day Rodulphus surnamed Burgundus died being the 31. king of France after he had raigned two yeares by himselfe then Lodowick with his mother returning from England whither before they fled for succour is restored to his kingdom againe Funct affirmeth that he died the first callends of Iune Also the Christians besieged Nicea a citâ—ie of Stria for this time the Saracens had scattered themselues not onely in Asia and Affrick but also vnto Europe but they were met withal in all places by the Christian Princesse and fought with all with manie ouerthrowes geuen vnto them 1097. The 16 Day THis is one of the daies that Titus the Emperour besieged and wan the inner part of the wall called of the Iewes Acran where the Romanes set vp their ensignes and aduaunced themselues vppon the walles at what time a great slaughter was made in Ierusalem by Titus Vratislaus The first king of Bohemia was crowned as vpon this day beeing the 17. kalend of Iune by the bishop of Treuira called Eugelbertus in the chiefe church of Praga who died by a fall from his horse within few daies after the coronation after whom succeeded his brother Conradus who raigned king of Bohemia for the space of seuen moneths Conradus the second of that name and sonne to Henrie the fourth emperour of Germanie was vppon this day being then the feast of Pentecost crowned king of the Romanes at Aquisgraue by Hermanus archbishop of Collen The 17 Daie AGaine the Israelites offended the Lord and the fire of the Lord burnt amongest them and consumed them that were vttermost of the host and Moses praied for the people and the fire staied they loathed Manna which the Lord raigned vnto them from heauen they desired the flesh of Egypt the Cucumbers Melons Leekes Onions and Garlike and Moses was wearie with the crie of the people and hee praied vnto the Lord for them and for himselfe and the Lord eased Moses of his chardge and caused him to bring 70. of the elders of Israell to the tabernacle that they might haue the spirit of Moses to gouerne the congregation with Moses The 18. Day THe Romans record in their old CaleÌ„ders that Iupiter Ammon their god as borne vpon this day and therefore in memorie of his birth they held a feast and vsed solemne sacrifice Alexander the great was made to beleeue by the priests of Ammon that hee was this Iupirers sonne and therefore he commaunded that he should be so called Upon the 23 day of the second moneth Simon the brother of Iudas Machabeus succeeded after his brother Ionathan wonne the castle of Ierusalem and entred into it with thankes giuing with
branches of palme trees in their haÌ„ds with harps Cloudes Cymbals and Flutes with Psalmes and songs vnto the Lord that they thus vanquished the power of Antiochus and Simon commaunded that this day for euer should be celebrated and kept with feasts and sacrifices in memorie of this successe The noble Romane Titus surnamed Torquatus for that he in a combate betweene a Frenchman who chalenged any of the Romane armie and himselfe slew the Frenchmen hand to hand in the sight of both the armies and tooke his chaine all bloudie from the Frenchmans necke and put it about his owne he triumphed after being Consul of Rome ouer the Latens ouer the Campanians ouer the Arrunces and ouer the Sidotians with great pompe and glorie at Rome 413 yeares after Rome was builded Solimane the tenth king of the Turkes sent 250 sailes with them 40000 Souldiers vnder the conduction of two great Captaines Bassa Mustapha and Bassa Pyalis into the Ile Melita where the armie of Rhodians horsemen defended it most valiantly and gaue at that time a great repulse to the Turkes 1565. Franciscus the firste of that name surnamed Valesius was after many battels had with Charles the fift sometimes Uictor and sometimes vanquished and at last taken at Papia by the Emperour Charles and after this peace concluded and Elenora the Emperors daughter married to Frauncis Valoys King of Fraunce others say that he married Claudia Lewis the 11 his daughter the most writers affirme that the king of Fraunce was taken vpon the 24 of Februarie by the armie of Charles the fift 1523. Clemens the sixt of that naâ—e and the 198 pope was elected on this day and raigned pope ten yeares this pope reduced the Iubiley into 50 yeares according to the account of yeares for euery seuen yeare was the sabboth yeare with the Iewes and euery seuen sabboth yeare was the yeare of the Iubiley according to Moses lawe this Clemens was a iollie pope he crowned Charles the fourth Emperor of Germanie 1342. The 19 Day AT Athens vpon this day the feast called Bendidia was most solemnely kept and celebrated in the haâ—en of Pyraea in the memorie of many great prises brought into that hauen by Orators and noble great captaines as Themistocles Phocion Pericles and others for in sea victories Athens excelled all the Citties in Greece on the which day the Romans also celebrated a festiuall day for their aduocates and pleaders in lawe called â—eriâ— aduocatorum The Iewes this time do offer vnto the Lord two new loues for haruest in Iudea is sooner then with vs for we are further from the Pole almost twentie degrees then Ierusalem is but they being rebellious people still forsooke the Lorde though they receiued all blessings at his hande yet were their mindes of the flesh of Egipâ— crying for their bellie but while the flesh was yet betweene their teeth the wrath of God was kindled and smote them with an exceeding great plague and the place was called where they were buried the Graue of lust for they so murmured for meate that God sent them Quailes till they all lothed it as they did Manna Mahomet the 2. of that name and the sâ—xt emperour of the Turks tooke Calcides a great towne of the ile of Nigropontus through treason most cruelly slue and killed the inhabitants thereof hee inuaded Siria tooke Eubaea and banished Stephanus king of Mysia out of his kingdome and vsed him before he banished him as Cambises vsed the iudge in Persea left his skin behinde this was a most cruel Turke but he was requited with like measure by Scanderberge who then raigned king in Epirus who curbed this Tâ—rke and subdued him with many great victories The 20 daie AFter the Israelits had departed from the graues of Lust vnto Hazeroth where also Aaron and his sister Miria grudged against Moises their brother for the which Mâ—ria was stricken with leprosie and was at the prayer of Moises healed after she was shut out of the hoast for seauen dayes and then remooued the Israelits and pitched in the wildernesse of Pharan The feastiuall dayes called Agonalia were on this daye celebrated at Rome in this feast the Romane youthes contended about masterie at what time they vsed al kinds of exercise for triall of agilitie courage and strength hauing therevnto many kindes of Garlandes appointed for rewardes vnto the victors imitating the order and manners of warres in scaling of walles and assaulting of Fortes in fighting of battels and such other militarie discipline that some were crowned with Lawrell some with Pine some with Oken boughes euerie Uictor bearing in his hande a branche of Palme in token of victorie Fredericke the second of that name Emperour of Germanie after that pope Gregorie the ninth had excommunicated Frederike for no cause manye conflicts and great warres grewe betweene the Pope and the emperour the Archbishops of Collen and Maguntia draue this Frederick from his empire and vpon this day elected Henâ—ie Prince of Thuringia in his place as Emperor but Frederike came in by the sword and tooke both the Cardinals and imprisoned them and agreed with the pope The 21 Daie THe ould Romans kept a festiuall day called Tubiâ—ustria in the which feasts the Magistrats met at the Capitoll and celebrated a solemne sacrifice vnto Vulcane and after went about the cittie with sounding of trumpets at euery sacrifice they did for then they offered in three seuerall places in the first a sheepe in the second a sowe and in the third a Bull to purge the Cittie of Rome of their greeuous offences and thus they went about these sacrifices to please their gods vppon the which day also the Iewes in Ierusalem were by Titus the Emperour so straightlie shut in that they lookt but for the sword and fire Upon this day Lewis surnamed Pius king of Fraunce and some to Charles the great after he had raigned 26 yeares died and was buried at Metis 840. on the which day Phillip king of â—ispaine that now is and sonne to Charles the fift was borne 1527. A firie Dragon was seene at Lucerna a towne in Heluâ—tia 1471 flyeng vp and downe in the ayre about the riuer Russus after the which sight ensued great warres called Bellum Sueuicum Christ Iesus our Sauiour ascended vp to heauen vpon this daye being the 40. daye after his glorious resurrection being at that time the last of May. The fift wonder that was seene before the destruction of Ierusalem was vpon this day which seemed to be an hoast of men armed running on horsebacke and in chariots aboue the cittie of Hierusalem in the skies a little before sunne setting The 22 daie THe 27 daye of the second moneth Noach came out of the arke and his three sonnes Sem Cham and Iaphet and God blessed Noach and made a couenant with Noach neuer to destroy the world againe with water in token
heereof he setteth his bowe in the clowdes in memorie of his promise A great solemne day among the Romanes at what time they with processions sacrifices went to visit their corn this feast was called â—ustratio segetum on the which day they builded vp a temple and dedicated the same to the goddesse Fortune that shee might vouchsafe to accept their processions and sacrifice and to prosper their corne Constantinus the great that good Emperour that fauoured the Christians and the church of Christ after manie great good thinges by him done died as vpon this daâ—e at Nicomedia a cittie in Bithinia after he had raigned 31 yeares and had liued 66. Lodowick the fourth of that name surnamed Bâ—uarus was most solemnly crowned Emperour of Germanie by all the Cardinals of Rome in spite of pope Iohn the 22. of that name in saint Peters Chuch at Rome for the Pope had elected Friderick duke of Austria and would haue crowned him and stood against the state of Germanie for the space of 8. yeares wars did grow in so much that Frederick was taken and killed by Lodowick the fourth 1327. Henrie the third surnamed Niger sonne to Gerardus the second who was by his fathers meanes crowned king of the Romanes as vpon this daie and afterward by consent of all the Princes of Germanie was elected emperour who streight inuaded Bohemia and subdued them hee plagued Hungaria spoiled their countrey and subdued two of their chiefe citties and restored their king whom they had driuen out of his kingdome againe 1054. The 23 Day CRunnus the Prince of Bulgaria gaue a great ouerthrowe to the Christians as vpon this daie at Adrinopohs a town which Adrian the Emperour builded and called it after his own name about which time Mahomet the 2. went to Rode vppon this day with an infinite number of souldiers and there plaied the cruell tirant for three moneths both on sea and vpon land besieged Rhode and seeing that hee could do no good hee returned his siege and marched with his army toward Apulia 1474. After the Philistines had the great victorie ouer the Israelites when they had found the bodie of Saul being slaine and his three sonnes dead in the field with him they stripped Saul out of al his armour they cut of his head and sent it to the land of the Philistines to publish the victorie and they hanged the armour of king Saul in the temple of Astaroth their Assirian idol they commaunded also that his body should bee hanged on the wall of Bethshan and his head to be set on a pole they sent also the heads and the quarters of Ionathan Abinadab and Malchisha being the three sonnes of king Saul vnto diuers cities of the Philistines to hang them vpon poles in the temples before their Gods in token of victorie and triumph An ouerthrow was geuen to Charles the fifth his armie at Uisurgine and vppon the same day Wittenberge was yeelded vp vnto the Emperour for this Charles the filâ— neuer quieted himselfe before he had subdued all Flanders and the most part of Germanie vnder his empire 1547. The 24 daie A Great daie among the Syracusans and commaunded to be solemnly celebrated in memory of their famous victorie had ouer the Athenians by the riuer called Asinara at what time Niccas generall for Athens with all his whole armie were ouer throwen slaine and scattered This Syracusa the chefe citie in Sicilia was by the perswasions and councell of Alcibiades taken in hande to the great hurt and losse to Athens Otto the thirde was crowned Emperour of Germanie by Gregorie the 5. pope of Rome after hee returned to Saxonia and hearing that Gregorie the 5. whom hee had caused to bee made Pope was deposed by Crescentius and by the cittizens and had put in his roome a Grecian borne named Iohn the 17 of that name the Emperour returned in all hast besieged the cittie and tooke it tooke Crescentius pluckt out both his eies cropt his eares off and put him vppon an asse to ride through Rome as a spectacle and after slue him he restored Gregory to his papacie and made Iohns eies to bee had out and after to be banished 1000. Edward the 5. with his brother Richard sonnes to Edward the fourth king of England were slaine some say smothered some say drowned in the tower at London by that cruel monster Richard the third their owne vncle Edward the 4. his brother 1483. The 25. Day SEruius Tullius the sixt king of Rome triumphed on this day ouer the Hetruscans and ouer the Sabines this annexed to the cittie three hilles or litle mounts called mount Qâ—irinall mount Uiminall and mount Erquiline he entrenched rounde the walles of the cittie and he did first inuent the mustering of men at what time their was not found in Rome past 84. thowfand cittizens M. Marcellus being againe reconciled to the Emperour Caius Caligula was slaine by his familiar frende Magius Chilo as he returned to Rome by the way and after Magius slue himselfe the 43. yeare of our sauiour Christ. Sethon one of Vulcans priestes afterward made king of Egypt being so hated of his people and in such contempt with his subiectes that at what time Senacherib king of the Assirians came with a great armie of Arabians to inuade Egypt at what time in the moneth Pachon the people forsooke Sethon and reuolted from him how be it hee was warned by a vision in sleepe to geeue battail to the Arabians which he perfourmed he pitcht his tentes at Pelusium hauing fewe souldiers in his band the night before the battail should bee fought a great and huge swarme of rats and mise came and deuoured their bowstringes their quiuers spoiled their targets bucklers and did eat vp al their matches for their shot in fine they disordered all thinges in the Arabian camp that in the morning they were sorced to flie in which flight manie were slaine and taken Sethon the king hauing this victorie in this the priest of Vulcan caused an arch to be made on which y â— statue of SethoÌ„ was set in Spayrs holding a rat in his hand with this inscription In me quis intuens pius est in this order did the Egyptians triumph in their monstruous huge works and buildings setting vp their pictures Images to stand in Spairs to manifest their triumphes but in their sacrifices and superstitious ceremonies they farre exceeded the Romanes which I haue for example set downe for that they began long before the Romanes who had most of their sacrifice and ceremonies from the Grecians and the Grecians from the Egyptians The 26 Daie VPon this day beginneth the third moneth which the Iewes call Siban or Syuan the seuenth of this moneth answeareth the first of Iune In the third moneth in the which the Israelites went out of Egypt they came vnto the wildernesse of Sinay where the Israelites pitched their Tentes and
armie of the Saracens was ouerthrowen and killed at Petragoricon 968. The 3. daie M Fab. Ambustus at his third time being Consul of Rome triumphed with great solemnitie ouer the Tiburtines vnder whom the Torquinians which were subdued and taken to the number of 307. souldiers in his first Consulship were slaine and sacrificed in Rome for that they rebelled with Torquinius their last king against their countrie and now again by this Fabius in his third Consulship 348. of the best noble men were brought prisoners vnto Rome where they were whipped and scourged and after put to the sword in the maket place at Rome 397. yeares after the building of Rome Charles the third king of Neapolis leauing his sonne Ladislaus behind who after his father succeeded in Apulia went vnto Hungaria and their was created king 1386. but shortly he was slaine through the conspiracie of these noble men in Hungaria but Boof referreth this day to the 5. of December and also affirmeth that this king was bidden to Buda to a feast and was slaine sitting at the table Antioche a famous cittie in Siria was besieged by Godfredus and his armie which were Christians and was taken in that voiage they went to Ierusam into the holy land to fight against the Saracens and Infidels which were scattered into al partes of Asia and then dwelt in Ierusalem against whom manie Christian princes went to commence warre and to seeke to vanqtish out of the holie land 1090. The 4. Day VPon this daie a temple was builded and dedicated to Hercules in Circo Maximo a place where the Romanes vsed all kind of exercises and agilitie both on horsebacke and on foot at which time they also celebrated a feast in memorie of Hercules with solemne games and shewes in Numitia Also an other temple was dedicated to Bellona with great solemne sacrifice in the which Ap. Claudius a noble Romane caused this day to be celebrated in memorie of the victories of Pub. Sulpitius and also Fabritius against king Pyrrhus when he was wounded his Elephantes slaine and his armie vanquished to the number of 20000. men The 5 daie AS vpon this day the Romans builded a temple vnto Faith and yerely on this day they did vse solemne sacrifices to Iupiter Sponsar their patron for the Romanes had Iupiter in most honor to whom chiefly they did sacrifice the 2. was to Mars the 3. was to Quirinus which they named Romulus during his life putting him in the nuÌ„ber of the Gods they called him by the name of Quirinus The Boetians had a great ouerthrow by the Thessalians vpon this day at Gerestion two Countries in Greece long before the Peloponesian warre which war was the destruction of Greece As vpon this day the Thebans had that famous victorie ouer the Lacedenionians at which battail CleoÌ„brotus the king with al the peeres and chiefest of the Lacedemomans were slaine that noble Greeke Cleomines was slaine at the kinges foote with a thousande of the most valiant Spartans about him at that time there was a great feast at Sparta When this newes came to the Ephories of the victorie of the Thebanes This battaile was 30. years after the ouerthrow of Athens by Lisander the Lacedemonian and now the ouerthrow of Sparta by Epaminondas the Theban these two citties were named the two eies and the two legs of al Greece and yet Sparta could not abide Athens neither could Athens abide Sparta Gauerus countie of Egmond and Philip countie of Hornia were vppon this daie at the commaundement of Duke Dalbe at Brussels in Brabant beheaded The 6. Daye VPon this day Moses was called vp to mount Sinai by the Lord with his minister Iosuah where he was sixe daies couered with a clowde and in the seauenth the Lord appeared vnto Moses whose glorie seemed to bee like vnto consuming fire and Moses was in the mount fortie daies and also fortie nightes The huge and monstruous Temple of Diana at Ephesus which for the greatnes thereof was deemed to be one of the seuen wonders was burnt as vppon this daie at what time the priestes of Diana cried out running vp and downe and saying that this daie is borne the tormentor and plage of all Asia for at that verie daie Alexander the great was borne when the Temple was on fire which afterward verified the priestes sayings yet some hold opinion that hee was borne the 6. day of Aprill 3610. Philip king of Macâ—donia gaue a great ouerthrow as on this day to the Illiricans by Parmenios courage then being lieuetenant vnto him hee tooke the cittie of Potidea and there wan the garland of price in the games which were vsed in the mount Olimpus for running tilting also iusting with other exercises on horseback which were vsuall and had in great estimation among them Iulianus Apostataan exceeding great persecutor among the Christians and of the Christian religion resembled by Eutropius to M. Antonius whom this Iulianus endeuored in all pointes to imitate hee was well seene in the liberall sciences hee excelled in the Greeke tongue who in his warres against the Parthians after hee had conquered Assiria and returned thence was slaine by his enemies after he had raigned ninteen moneths as Eutrop saith who was present in these warres that hee was slaine in the 7. yeare of his raigne and the sixt calend of Iulie when hee had liued 31 yeares Alexander sonne to Baâ—ilius and brother to Constantius raigned two yeares a most vicious and wicked Emperour nether like father nor brother geuen to lust and slothfulnesse calling those to honor and to bee chiefe with him which were most like to him in vice and therefore hee died by such a filthie surphet as is most straunge with bleeding at his nostrels and also at his priuities when he had raigned two yeares not so long as Iustin writeth The 7 daie ON this daie the Romanes builded a Temple called Templum mentis for that they had bowed going to the African warres if they returned with victorie to build vp a Temple in memorie of the same and to dedicate it vnto Minde for they supposed Faith Mind Peace Concord and Fortune to bee canonised goddesses and therefore builded to these Temples feastes and sacrifices The temple of Vesta was opened in Rome as vppon this day to renew the lampes where the Uestals Nunnes kept the holie and immortall fire this ceremonie of keeping the holie fire was also in the Temple of Apollo in Delphos and likewise at Athens but they differ in the ceremonies for in Greece old women which were past mariage and in Rome yong maides who might not marie with great deuotion and religion These lightes were neuer put out but once in Athens in the time of Aristion once in Delphos when the temple of Apollo was â—â—rnt by the Medes and once in Rome in the time of the ciuill â—â—rres betweeâ—e Pompei the great and Caesar when altar fire
Westminster in the yeare of Lord 1532. Iohn Baptist was borne as vpon this day but I finde great contrauersie heerein amongst writers The 25 daie THe 25 daye of Iune beginneth the fourth moneth of the Iewes called Tamutz and the first daye of the moneth Tamutz Henrie the fourth emperour of Germanie gaue a great ouerthrowne on this daye to Rodulphus duke of Sueuia and king of Italie whome Pope Gregorie the seauenth called also Hildebrandus who reuoulting against Henrie the 4. crowned Emperour and against all the states of Germanie that betweene them both began great warres and diuers terrible battels the first at Fladenhen the second at the flood Ellestra the third at Merseburge a towne in Saxonia where Rodulphus was ouerthrowne and his armie scattered and slaine with no lesse losse to Henrie the victorie onely excepted 1080. Ludouicus Gallorum Delphinus duke of Aquitania and sonne to Charles the sixt surnamed Beneamatus was made king of Apulia by pope Iohn the 24 of that name and the lawfull king Ladislaus was by the Pope reiected This Dolphin of Fraunce married Margaret the daughter of Iames king of Scotland and within a while after died after whom succeeded Iohn his brother in Apulia Iohanna the sister of Ladislaus succeeded 1436. The most of the priâ—ces of Germanie being protestants professed the Gospell and confessed the same before Charles the fift emperour at Augusta as vpon this day in the assembly of the Peeres of Germanie for Martin Luther had disputed and opened the treacherie of Papacie in diuerse townes of Germanie and had wrote in the defence of the Gospell 1â—â—0 The 17 Daie AS 〈◊〉 this day Ancharsis the philosopher after he had traueâ—â— Egipt Greece and other places returning into the countrie of Scithia againe being excellently well learned he liking the religion of Greece better then Scythia vowed to the mother of the gods that if he sailed safe to Scythia that hâ— would celebrate hir feast day and offer sacrifice after the manner of the Cyzecenians which he performed in Scythia in a woâ—die place called Hyllaea not farre from Achilles race there Anacharses was spyed in his Grecian robe with his Thyrsis in his hand with such madde ceremonies as are in the sacrifice of Orgies after the manner of the Grecians Saulus the king of Scythia being his owne vnckle as Herodot saith was brought to the place who finding Anacharsis occupyed in the Grecians ceremonies shot him through with an arrow and slew him so that the Scythians cannot abide to heare of the name of Anacharsis for that he followed the Grecians supersticious ceremonies Iulianus Apostata the Emperour a great persecutor of the Christians a man excellentlye well seene in the Greeke tongue and learned in the liberall sciences he was likened by Eutrop. to Marcus Antonius in many things after he spoiled Assâ—ria and had vanquished the Parthians and returning from thence a conquerouâ— was slaine in the sixt of the calende of Iuly after he had raigned seuen yeares 366 it is of others otherwaies written as I said before read Ammianus In the moneth of Pauni Sesostris king in Aethiopia which kingdome he subdued erected vp many pillers within Egipt as triumphes of his victories according to the Egiptians custome and manner of triumphes cleane contrarie to the Lacedemonians who by the lawe of Liâ—urgus were forbidden to make any monument of their victories within Gâ—â—ece in marble brasse or Iuâ—rie for that it would mooue ciuill warres and stirre more enuie and discorde betweene Cittie and Ciâ—â—ie or betweene tribe and tribe it was also among the Romans that no triumphe might be had for any victorie gotten by ciuill warres for they refused therein to triumphe both Marius and Silla and after Caesar and Pompey and at last Augustus and Antonie for the best and the greatest conqueror hath no cause of triumphe in câ—â—ill warres The 27. Day CAius Marius a noble Romane was borne as vpon this day this Marius was Consull at Rome 7. times of whose triumphes and victories during that time you shall reade them in their places and in their time Likewise Câ— Carbo who was Conâ—ull at that time in Rome with Marius when ciuil warres were betweene Silla and Marius and slaine in that yeare of his Consulship by Pompei the great being then but a yong man was also borne with Marius as vpon this daie Romulus bâ—â—lded a Temple at Rome to Iupiter Sâ—ator in that place where hee staâ—ed when he fled from the Sabines who had then secretlie entred into Rome through the treacherie of Tarpeâ—a to reuenge the rauishment of their daughters and young Sabine virgins who were entised and deceaued by Romulus then Romulus being forced with shame to flie lifted vp his hand to heauen and praised Iupiter to staie the flight of his people and they staied vppon a sudden and in that place Romulus builded a temple as vppon this day to Iupiter the staier backe of Romulus and of his people Iouinianus after the death of Iulian the Apostata was by the consent of the armie in Persea chosen as vppon this day to haue the administration and rule of the Empire a verie good Prince and a religious Emperour for hee instituted that the tithes should bee paied to the Churches how be it hee had litle good successe for hee fell sicke and died within eight moneths after 365. As vpon this daie died Martianus at Constantinople in the seauenth yeare of his raigne He from a meane souldier first in Lidia became emperour of all Greece hee recouered the Emâ—â—e being much troâ—led and also weakned at that time hee asâ—â—aged the furie of the Parâ—â—ians and subdued the Uandoles and vanquished Attila king of the Gotes and concluded peace with all countries for hee loued peace and would often say Arma non induamus dum pace potiri possumus 458. The 28. daie AFter that Theseus had reduced all things in order and had reformed Athens and remoued Iudges and Magistrates to a greatter state to whom hee builded a councell hall long before Areopagyts who were before the Aâ—phâ—ctions and after that Theseus had brought all into one corporation hee instituted a great feast and common sacrifice for al the countrie of Attica called Panathenaea This was the onely greatest feast among the Athenians to this feast no straunger might come and therefore hee appointed another feast in Athens for straungers the 16. of Iune called Metoichia In the moneth Pauni in the Cittie of Bubasti in Egypt a great feast is celebrated in the honor of Diana to this feast they came from all partes of Aegipt men and women some by sea and some on foot the men cum tibijs dauncing and reioicing through euerie towne as they trauell through the countrie the the women crepitacula tenentes in like maner sing daunce some clapping their handes togither some with one noise and some with another with such antick toâ—es and
this day elected and created emperour of Rome after his fathers death where he raigned 15. yeares hee made his sonne Lodowick the second of that name his fellowe to gouerne with him in the empire Lodowick the 9. king of Fraâ—ce sailed as vpon this day from thence into Asia with a verie great armie to ease the christians being much vexed and afflicted by the Saracens and afterward returned safe and sound into Fraunce againe as Functius saith but others said that he was taken by the Saracens in Damiata 1250 Charles the fourth of that name and sonne to Iohn king of Bohemia was as on this day crowned emperour of Germany which Lodowick Bauarus being aliue had raigned Emperour 32. yeares tooke it so greeuouslie that Charles should be emperour during his life that falling downe from his house on hunting died more for sorrow of the empire then for the fall 13â—5 Upon this day Charles the 5. entred into the citie of Rome accompanied with pope Iulie the 3. who with great triumphe was receiued of the citizens where for a time hee remained to consult with the Pope of all estates of Christendome in matters of state and religion Philip king of Spaine that now is proclaimed peace vppon this day at Bridges betweene Henrie the second of that name king of Fraunce and himselfe 1559. The 6. daie AS vpon this day the magistrats of Athens did examine and visit the whole citie in that sort that the Romans afterward vsed in their Lustrum euerie fift yeare with the Greeks called penrerides In Greece they celebrated a feast in memorie of Dianas birth which fel vpon this day in which feast no sacrifice might be offred of blood but the feast was solemnized with wafers fine cakes and wine they sacrificed fraÌ„kinsence sweet odors and spices besydes they should honor this feast with all kind of delicate sweete flowers and adorne their Idols with all garlands for in this feast all ioyes and mirth was solemnized with musicke dauncing and feasting but no killing of anie liuing beast vppon this day and therefore it is called Hylaria festa Some also hold opinion that the birth day of Alexander the great and his death was vppon this day but better referred vnto the 8. of Iune Likewise that learned Philosopher Socrates the Athenian died vpon this day as Plutarch supposeth The second circumcision was by Iosua performed by the commaundement of God in Gilgar for now they had left off 40 yeares after the first circumcision and Iosua made him sharpe kniues as the Lord commaunded him and circumcised all those which were borne in the wildernesse after they came out of Egipt for all their olde Captaines and the Isralits that came out of Egipt were circumcised in the wildernesse and for their disobedience to God they died euery one sauing Caleb and Iosua they rebelled against God and contemned Moses for they remained 40. yeares in the wildernesse Our Sauiour Christ returning into Hierusalem curssed the Figge tree for his barrennesse at what time he entred into the temple and taught there and stope the mouth of the Saduces and Phariseis and returning to mount Oliuer tooke occasion by beholding of the Temple to prophesie the destruction both of the cittie and of the world M. Aurelius Antonius Bassianius which is also named Caracalla died on this daye at Edessa when he had raigned sixe yeares and two months Pantaleon saith that he was both borne and dead as vpon one day 218. The 7 Daie THe Athenians vsed vpon this daye to celebrate the feast of Thargelia in the honour and memorie of Apollo also the feast called Carnia was also solemnized in Cirena to Phoebus which is called Apollo and taken for the Sunne for the Sun was worshipped by so many names that almost in no countrie the Sunne escapeth without feasts and sacrifices with all kind of solemne worship doone vnto him for he is worshipped with the Greekes by the name of Phoebus with the Latins by the name of Apollo with the Egiptians by the name of Serapis with the Persians by the name of Onamasdris c. Christ our Sauiour being in Bethania in the house of Simon the lepor at what time the woman powred vpon his head a box full of pretious ointment where Iudas â—he 〈◊〉 was angrie for the waste thereof Zeno surnamed Isauricus a deformed man and base borne was by Leo Iunior his owne father made Emperour 490. who vsed the Empire more liker a tyrant then a Emperour in whose time Constantinople was set on fire and the most part thereof burned at what time 120 thousands bookes were quite burned to ashes amongst which bookes Homers poems were being written with goulden letters In testino draconis of 120 foote long he died very poore as Iustine others affirme Charles the eight of that name king of Fraunce died suddenlie vpon this day at Ambrose 1497. leauing no lawfull heires behinde him to succeed and therefore Lewes the 12. of that name succeeded the 59 king of Fraunce this king was called Pater populi the last king before the stocke of Valoyes became to be king of Fraunce Anastasius the 40 Bishop of Rome after the Apostles was elected vpon this day who instituted that no lame impotent or maimed person should be admitted to minister in the Church and this Bishop also commaunded that men should stand vp at the reading of the Gospell 398. The 8 Daie VPon this daye the Romanes vsed a great triumphe with pompe and solemnitie and with plaies in memorie of Iuba king of Numidia by Augustus Caesar then conquered and brought to triumphe 45. A disâ—â—all day and vnfortunate among the Iewes for that vpon this day the K. Assuerus otherwise called Darius Hisdaspis king of Persea made a lawe and a decree by his cheefe counceller Haman that all the Iewes being euery where scattered in these his kingdomes which were a 127 prouinces should be destroyed and slaine both man woman and childe and therefore this day was among the Iewes named Luctuosus Iudeorâ—m dies In the temple at Ierusalem about nine of the clock at night shined such a light so bright about the cheefe altar that it seemed to be day the brasen gates of the temple of their owne accord opened and many woonders seene The 9 Daie THe charge and manner of eating the Passeouer which was to be kept in the 14 daye of the first moneth which is Nisan at euen the first day of the feast of vnleauened bread for this feast continued with the Iewes seauen dayes this was celebrated in memorie of their deliuerance at that night when all the first borne of Egipt man and beast were slaine by the Angell of the Lord and in the remembrance of the bloud of the lambe which the Iewes sprinkled vpon the doores as a warning to the Angell to spare the Iewes of this feast of Passeouer the first was