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A17967 The thre bokes of cronicles, whyche Iohn Carion (a man syngularly well sene in the mathematycall sciences) gathered wyth great diligence of the beste authours that haue written in Hebrue, Greke or Latine Whervnto is added an appendix, conteynyng all such notable thynges as be mentyoned in cronicles to haue chaunced in sundry partes of the worlde from the yeare of Christ. 1532. to thys present yeare of. 1550. Gathered by Iohn Funcke of Nurenborough. Whyche was neuer afore prynted in Englysh. Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum.; Cronica. English Carion, Johannes, 1499-1537 or 8.; Funck, Johann, 1518-1566.; Lynne, Walter. 1550 (1550) STC 4626; ESTC S107499 318,133 586

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scipio_n y_fw-fr e_o young_a lxxviij_o nausica_fw-la lxxix_o son_n to_o paulus_n aemilius_n lxxx_o sicilia_n be_v y_o e_o cause_n of_o the_o war_n of_o carthago_n lxxvij_o why_o the_o king_n of_o it_o do_v claim_v the_o tytel_n of_o jerusalem_n clcu._n the_o battle_n of_o the_o scythian_n against_o cyra_n xxxvi_o scopa_n a_o captain_n of_o ptolomens_n by_o the_o school_n of_o alexandry_n xcv_o se●ts_n rise_v in_o jury._n lxxiiij_o sedechias_n deceive_v by_o y_z e_z high_a priest_n xviij_o his_o death_n ibid._n seditious_a punish_v l●iiij_fw-la xci_o cxxxix_o c●l_n fourteen_o xliij_o clu_o sel●n●ns_n lxvi_o of_o w●on_n he_o be_v stayn_v lxvi_o philopater_n lxvij_o sem._n foe_o iiij_o s●miramis_n do_v be_v man_n garment_n foe_n seven_o se●eca_n foe_fw-mi xc_o sergius_n galba_n xci_o vul●arned_v and_o a_o tyrant_n foe_fw-mi cxxxvi_o ser●●●s_o t●llius_n xxvij_o s●th●_n ij_o shave●burgh_n cclviij_o shyltage_n ●●●ned_v down_o to_o the_o ground_n cci_o shartou_n recaut_v cclxx_o s●●●r●s_n foe_n x●vi_fw-la sigebertus_n a_o history_n writer_n foe_fw-mi clij_o sigis●●un●us_a emperor_n cixxvij_fw-la his_o ●rp●d●●_n you_o against_o the_o tu●k●_n clxxix_o the_o histor●e_n of_o he_o with_o his_o ser●auntes_n foe_n clxxix_o simon_n foe_fw-mi lxxiij_o sisanne_v a_o wicked_a judge_n xl_o socrates_n
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