foorth an other he subdued kynges He put to deathe Farnus the king of Media with his wife and seuen children He droue Sabatius out of Scithia into Italy and vanquished those fiers and wild people and deliuered Asia from theyr subiection Than Asia beinge subdued â–ª he ordeyned a Monarchie and buylded Niniue his regall citee translating his empire from Babilon to Assiria He first dedicated temples to Iupiter Belus and Iuno his parentes Of his lignage and yeares this epitaph he did write Iupiter Belus is my father saturne of Babilon is my grandfather Chus the Aethiope saturne my great grandfather saturne of Aegipt my great grandfathers father coelus called also Phoenix Ogyges vvas my great grandfathers grandfather From Ogyges to my grandfather the sunne 131. times compassed about his sercle froÌ„ my graÌ„dfather to my father .65 times from my father to meÌ„ .52 tymes Finally when he had reigned .lii. yeares by the stroke of an arowe he finished all his labours and warres with his life After whom succeded his wife Semiramis ¶ Thuyscon the fyrst prince of the Germaines instytuted lawes for his people The yere of the worlde 1909 The yere before Christe 2054 Lykewyse did Iuball amonge the Spaniardes â–ª and Samâ—thes among his Galles But contrary dyd Cham the Aegiptian Saturne for he endeuoured him to corrupt the Italians with his wickednes In Libia began strife betwene Rhea and HammoÌ„ for the adulterie coÌ„mitted with Amalthea and Rhea sought for Dionisius that she might destroye him Ianus made his last voiage into Italy The yere of the worlde 1924 The yere before Christe where he fouÌ„d Cham the corrupter of mankinde whome thre yeare he suffered then appoyntinge to him certaine people commaunded hym to depart thense to whome came Rhea and wedded her selfe to him then they bothe warred vppon Hammon and expelled him his royalme whyles C ham reigned in Libya he begat on his syster Rhea Osyris whom he named Iupiter Europs the second king of Sycionia reygned .xlii. yeres Ianus made his habitacion in Ianiculum a towne of Tuscain which he builded The yere of the worlde 1927 The yere before Christe 2036 where he ordeined his sonne Cranus the gouernour of his coÌ„mune weale whom the Romaines called Quirites Dyonisius the sonne of Hammon with great power expelled Cham and Rhea out of his fathers royalme and reteined with him Osyris whom he adopted to his sonne calling him by the name of his father Iupiter Hammon and gaue vnto him the hole realme of Aegipt At the same time was Pallas a maideÌ„ cast out by the lake Triton who of the same Dionisius was adopted to his doughter She first taught the Libians all the feates perteining to warre Thare in the .70 yeare of his life begat Abraham but he had before by an other wife Nachor and Aram. The yere of the worlde 1949 The yere before Christe 2014 Aram begot Loth Melcha and Abraham Iescha The end of the first parte ⧠Prologue to the second part HItherto extendeth the firste age wherin is comprehended all suche thinges as chaunced betwene the tymes of Adam and Abraham For these be the fyrst two thousand yeares during which time the world stoode without any prescript administracion or certaine lawe by the woorde of god The second age beginneth here at the byrth of Abraham and continueth to the coming of Christ albeit as touching the iust number of the yeres this worlde is not complete because as we haue warned afore god hasteth to the consummacion thereof Yet this is the verie and propre age of the world in which circuncision and the lawe were geuen with certaine policies and the true veneracion of god also instituted Wherin also the mightye kyngdomes and Monarchies succeded one an other For the worlde neuer declared at any tyme his myght and power as he dyd in this age At this place Eusebius began his chronicles who folowing the veritee of the hebrues might greatlye haue profited his posteritee but because he ensued the greeke exemplars he greatly erreth in computacion of yeares The second parte TO THE ende that ye shal know in what place the word and church of God was we will shewe somewhat of the spiritual kingdome Abraham the prince of fayth was borne in Ur a towne of Chaldey the 292. yere after the vniuersal floud the 44. yere of the reigne of Ninus the 1262. yere before the building of Rome wheÌ„ the true honor worde of god begaÌ„ to ceasse in the royalme of Chaldea Thare went froÌ„ thens to Mesopotamia with his sonne Abraham because he wold not be defiled with the wicked supersticions and idolatrie of the BabyloniaÌ„s The scripture calleth this idolatrie Vr chaldeorunt that is the fyre of Chaldeie For when in the sacrifices of the godly the fyre falling from heauen burned theyr sacrifyces the vngodly folowinge the example of theym kyndled theyr fire and so instituted a new honouring of god wythout the knowlage of the comming of Christ. This fire is called Ori masda that is to say the holy fier whyche kynges commanded to be borne before them vpon horses For the first occasion of idolatry by this fier began amonge men before that images were in vse Therfore Abraham the mighty and renoumed father of the elect nation lefte his countrey and kynsfolkes by the commaundement of god and takyng with hym Lot wente to soiourne in the lande of Canaan From whens shortely after thorough greate famine he was constreigned to go into Aegypte where he fearyng the foule lustes of the Aegypcians woulde not be knowen of Sara to be his wyfe for to aduoide the danger that myght chaunce through the beautee of hir He there as Iosephus writeth declared god to be the creator of all thinges teachyng them the sciences of Arithmetike and Astrologie Finally he retourned into Cananee where he deuided the countreie Lot choosyng Sodome and Abraham HebroÌ„ After this Lot was taken whom Abraham deliuered and rescued the spoyles which the princis of Assyria had taken and receiued with blessynge of Melchisedech kyng of Salem and high priest of almighty god called also Sem the son of Noe bread and wine to whom Abraham gaue the tenth of his praye The apostle sayeth that this Melchisedech was without genealogie because his progenie is not rehersed in the scripture Than Abraham begat on Agar his maid Ismael of whom cam the Ismaelites afterwardes called Sarracenes Finally in the .99 yere of his age beyng thryse blessed of God and hys name increased the promise of the euerlastyng testamente by the circunsion of the fleshe confirmed he accordyng to the commandement of god begate on the olde and barayne Sara hys worthy wife the gentil Isaac beyng bothe promised and blessed of god whom he circumcised and woulde haue offered in sacrifice had not god seyng his prompt obedience letted hym At the laste whan this moste holye patriarche had geuen Rebecca the daughter of Nathor to Isaac to bee his wife he died beyng a .175 yeres of age whose
them and in his triumphe solde .4000 of them in Rome Alexander brother of Olympias reigned in Molosso The yere of the worlde 3621 The yere before Christe 342 A temple buylded in Rome to Iuno Moneta Before Britayne knovven 292 The yere before Christe 341 In Rome it rayned stones the daye appeared as night The yere of the worlde 3622 About this time the Scenical plaies or comedies wer instituted in Rome to appease the wrath of the goddes Before Britayne knovven 291 Ragoas poysoned Artaxerxes The yere of the worlde 3623 The yere before Christe 340 Before Britayne knovven 290 and murdered all the kinges children except Arsees Philip leauing the siege of Byzance and Perintheus made a leage with the Atheniens other cities of Grece The CarthagineÌ„ses encresing theyr power with a new armie sayled into Sicily where by TimoleoÌ„ they were ouercome The Romaines triumphed in a battail fought with the Samnites by the manhode of P. Decius the tribune The Carthaginenses came to Rome to congratulate theyr victory Before Britayne knovven 289 Arses sone of Ochus the .xiii. emperour of persia The yere of the worlde 3624 The yere before Christe 339 reigned .4 yeres being but yet a childe but when he waxed greater Ragoas fearing that he wold take vengeaunce on him for the death of his father slewe him also with al the kinges bloud Here ended the house of Cyrus Out of Grece came new inhabitantes to inhabit Sicily whom Timoleon gentilly receiued and gaue lawes vnto the Syracusanes In Rome a conspiracye of souldiours began the cytesens were reconciled the lawe of armes instituted and the legions of souldiours ordeined euerye of whiche conteined .6000 footemen and .732 horsemen Before Britayne knovven 288 Philip vainquished at Cheronea the Boeotians and Athenienses suche as were taken The yere of the worlde 3625 The yere before Christe 338 moued with the wordes of Demades the oratour he deliuered frely and entred in amitee with the Atheniens The same houre in Italy a battayle was fought betwene the Lucanes and Tarentines in whyche Archydamus king of LacedemoÌ„ fighting for the Tarentines was slayne Before Britayne knovven 287 Mithridates king of Ponthus reigned .xxv. yeres The yere of the worlde 3626 Philip by all the cltees was called emperour of grece against the Persians The yere before Christe 337 Timoleon veraie aged paied his debt to nature The warres of the Romains agaynste the Latines in the whiche Manlius Torquatus and P. Decius wer coÌ„suls Manlius caused his owne sonne a valyaunt yonge man to be beheaded because he brake his aray to fighte with his enemye who had chalenged him Decius auowed him selfe to death for the Romayne army by whose meanes they obteyned the victory for the oracle had geuen answere that on the one parte the capitayne should be slayne on the other the hole hoste Ragoas murdered Arses with all the kynges bloude and procured Darius to be kinge The yere of the worlde 3627 The yere before Christe 336 Pausanius slue king Philip in the Theater Before Britayne knovven 386 The Latines submitted them to Aemilius The yere of the worlde 3628 The yere before Christe 335 Alexander surnamed the great Before Britayne knovven 285 son of Philip kinge of Macedony reigned 12. yeares In his youth he was instructed by Aristottel in learninge and according to his desires had like fortune for beinge but .20 yeres of age he vndertoke the enterprise to conquere all the world with an armye prepared by his father Philip whyche was of .32000 fotemen and .4500 horsemen hauing no capitain vnder the age of .60 yeres that not in their legges but in theyr armes they shuld put the hope of victorye and so with most valyaunt courage did set vpon the whoole worlde and had alwayes victory of his enemies In his first yere he was saluted emperour of Grece but being contemned of the Thebanes he vainquished them and taking theyr city by force he destroyed it and solde the people Dariê° the .xiiii. and last emperour of Persia reigned 6. yeres He was first made prince of Armeny by Ochus for his singular knowlage in warfare and for the same cause was elected king by them that slue Arses But after beinge with pride and vainglorye elated was by the great Alexander ouercome and loste with his life the monarchy of the Persians The Romaines subdued Latium and triumphed The yere of the worlde 3629 The yere before Christe 334 Alexander with his army passed ouer into Asia at Granicus he ouercame the Persians tooke Sardis Before Britayne knovven 28 Miletum and Halicarnassus subduinge all the landes vnto Phrigia and obteyned al the religioÌ„s as farre as Cilicia Minutia a virgin Uestal for incest was buried quicke Manasses brother of Iaddus the prieste of the Iewes Before Britayne knovven 2 contrary to the lawe The yere of the worlde 3630 The yere before Christe 333 buylded a temple vpon the mount Garisin Agathocles the tyran of Sicily with a nauye sayled into Affrica which he sore wasted Ragoas the murderer with the poyson which he prepared for to slea Darius perished hym selfe and so was worthily punished for his mischiefe Memnon capitaine to Darius got Chion Antissa with other cities ¶ Darius with a mightie army met AlexaÌ„der at Issus in Cilicia where he was ouercome put to flight hys mother wife and two daughters were taken whom Alexander honourably and with great humanitie entreated In this bataile there fell of the Aesians .20000 fote men and of horsemen .1500 Before Britayne knovven 282 Alexander came to Ierusalem The yere of the worlde 3631 The yere before Christe 332 he was receiued of the highe priest Iaddus by whose admonicion he did sacrifice He afterwardes besieged Tyrus and tooke it and also Gaza Before Britayne knovven Agis kynge of Lacedemon The yere of the worlde 3632 The yere before Christe 331 AlexaÌ„der without any great labour obteined Egipt buylded the citie AlexaÌ„dria In the temple of HammoÌ„ by the priestes he was called god and sonne of god FroÌ„ thens he returned into Syria where passyng his army ouer the riuer Tigris he fought agayne with Darius in which he obteined a bloudy victorie Before Britayne knovven 280 CEcilius the son of Guentheline and Mercia The yere of the worlde 3633 The yere before Christe 330 reigned .7 yeres of him there remaineth nothyng noble But that as the Scottes write in the fyrste yere of his reigne â–ª a people of Almaine called Pichies arriued here in Britain and possessed those partes whiche nowe be the Marches of bothe royalmes Englande and Scotlande Alexander toke Babylon Susa spoyled and burnte Persepolis the regall citie of persia Bessus presidente of Bactria wounded his lorde Darius to death whom Alexander apprehendyng for his vnfaithfulnes caused to be tied to two trees the tops beyng bowed brought together and so loused wherby he was torne in pieces Here endeth the Monarchy or empire of the persians in the yere after the arryual of Brute .778 WhaÌ„ it had continued
yere before Christe 2206 For Nemroth after he had by force broughte his borderers vnder subiection exhorted to his enterprise Iectan comen of the stocke of Sem and Suphue one of the chyldren of Iaphet For by these thre princes gouernance and fortune the hole posteritee of Noe was ruled Nemroth was a man veray bold and eloquent in tunge and sayed That the felicitee of man ought not to be ascribed vnto god but that rather euerye man obteineth it by his owne industrie For which cause he perswaded the people to builde an high towre ouer the whiche the water shuld not arise and that the top thereof should reache euen to the heauens The multitude were ready to fulill the commaundementes of Nemroth esteming the obeysaunce of god to be a greuous bondage and builded the towre But as soone as they began God foorthwith as the holye scripture testifieth by this meane dashed the pride of the buylders That where so many nacions gathered together which in number were .lxx. vsed but one language or speche god so confused theyr tongues that euery one of theim spake in sundry speches that the one might not vnderstand the other wherby of necessitee the woorke was lefte vnfinished and they scattered abrode through al the world ¶ After this varietee of tungues chaunced dyuers kyndes of monstruous people were brought forth in sundry places S. Augustine in his booke intituled the citee of god writeth in this maner God knowing in what similitude or diuersitiee of the membres of mans body the beaultie therof is comprehended wold also bryng into the worlde many monstruous people that therby the pryde of man might be abated Therefore what so euer maner men be borne in any place so that they be creatures reasonable mortal and begotten of man ought not to be doubted albeit thei be deformed and contrary to our nature The first Monarchie IT is to be vnderstand that those thinges which be done of magistrates and rulers ought to be taken and honoured as the worke of god We haue warned afore ī our preface that god wold the world to be gouerned by .iiii. monarchies the policie iustice correctiō might be kept amōg mē therfore many thinges be spoken of them in scripture God did set forth these monarchies or empires to Daniel by two facions The first vnder the similitude of a man whose head was of golde his breast of siluer his bealy of brasse hys legges of yron his fete parte of yron parte of earth and howe christ the stone brake the feete that the man should fal and so the world to ende Daniel interpreted this vision to signify the .iiii. monarchies For sayeth he the golden head signifieth the first monarchie which was of the Assyrians the siluer breast the kingdome of the Persiās the brasen bealy the reygne of the Macedons the yron legges the empire of the Romains the earthen and yron feete do betokē this present state of the empire of Rome because that at this season it is of lesse power and reputacion than it hath bene ¶ The foure beastes that were shewed vnto Daniel signified the figure of these monarches The Lion declared the strength of the Assyryans the beare the power of the Persians the leopard the valyant courage of Alexander the fourth beast the puissaunce of the Romaines ¶ There is more ouer that other cruel kingdomes shuld rise whiche should ordeine harde and straight lawes against the religion of Christe by whome is vnderstande the reygne of Mahomettes and Turkes at thse dayes So faithfully God remembreth vs that the histories of the world knowen we maye consider the ende therof to be at hande and that by this meanes we may establishe our fayth It appereth in the Bible that the first kyngdome was begun by Nemroth amonge the Babyloniās whom the scripture calleth a stronge hunter before the lorde that is a mightye prince who by force brought people to his subiection In that he was called a hunter is signified that he was a deceiuer of soules an oppresser of men and for that he withdrewe men from the true religion of God he was so called ¶ This Nemroth called also Nimrod and Babylonicall Saturne The yere of the worlde 1788 The yere before Christe 1175 was the sonne of Chus who was the son of Cham. He began the first empire and reigned .56 yeres He builded the towre Babell whyche he lefte vnfynished and finally for his wickednes was of the infernal spirites rapte in to hell Frome Nemroth Berosus the Chaldey and Metastenes the Persian began their chronicles ¶ The firste Monarchy began among the Chaldeis as Xenophon testifieth and the posteritee of Cham reigned firste of whome Nemeroth had his beginnynge All be 〈◊〉 that Cham was cursed yet god wōderfully deferred both the punishement and promyse Notwithstandyng the impyre dydde not continue in the handes of the posteritee of Nemroth For among the Assyrians rose vp a new kingdome by Assur of whom Niniue was builded who subdued the citee of Babylon whyche Diodorus Siculus doeth wryte and by this occasyon the Monarchy was changed from the Chaldeis to the Assyrians Strabo and diuers other make mencion of the citee of Niniue that standeth in Assyria wherby it maye bee easily gathered that Babylon and Niniue were two sundrye cities and not one citee called by diuers names The yere of the worlde 1797 The yere before Christe 2166 ¶ Comerus Gallus in the .33 yere after the fyrst arriual of Ianus in Italy and the .1414 yere before the buildyng of Rome brought inhabitantes into the royalme called after Italy and was made the fyrst kynge thereof He named the coūtrey after his owne name and taught theim bothe lawes and iustice The yere of the worlde 1799 The yere before Christe 2164 ¶ Iubal in the .142 yere after the Deluge receiuynge Spain for his porcion builded a famous citee of his own name in that parte whiche is nowe called Granado ¶ In the same tyme the prudente Samothes came into Fraunce and there first reygned ¶ Occeanus the son of Cham first reygned in Aegipte He by his sister Thetis had many chyldren Then came vppon him the corrupter of mankinde C ham his father The yere of the worlde 1802 The yere before Christe 2161 the Aegiptian Saturne who for the corruption of hys maners was surnamed Chamesenuus where he taught magike and was had in great renoume ¶ Gog with his father Sabus possessed Arabia The yere of the worlde 1805 The yere before Christe Triton Libia Chus Aethiopia and Getulus Getulia ¶ Thuyscon one of the sonnes of Noe The yere of the worlde 1812 The yere before Christe 2151 borne after the floud with the children of Istus and Mesa enhabited all the countreis from the mountain Adula to Ponthus and from the great riuer Tanais to the Ryne He was the founder of the Sarmatians and Germanes two mighty nacions and gaue vnto theym lawe After he had reygned .150 yeares he dyed being of his people estemed to
he there deceassed beinge .110 yeares of age whose bones the Hebrues caried with theym into the lande of Behest as Ioseph bound theym to doo in his death bead The resydue of his historye who so is desyrous to reade maye resorte vnto the holye byble where in the ende of Genesis it is at large set furth The Italyans beyng oppressed of the tyrannos gyantes in the tribe Palenâ—an called vnto theim Osyris Lucus began to reigne among the Gaules The yere of the worlde 2205 The yere before Christe 1758 who gaue hym selfe to huntyng The yere of the worlde 2208 The yere before Christe 1755 Osyris subduyng all Italy The yere of the worlde 2209 The yere before Christe 1754 and vanquishyng those giantes kept the possession therof ten yeres and than lefte Lestrigon his nephue the son of Neptune to be kyng ouer the Ianigenes ¶ Baleus the second of that name The yere of the worlde 2211 The yere before Christe 1752 the .11 emperoure of Assyria moste famously and triumphantly reigned .52 yeres to whome willingly the Indians submitted them selues ¶ Ioseph in this tyme was solde by his bretherne to the Ismaelites The yere of the worlde 2216 The yere before Christe 1747 ¶ Apis the thirde kyng of Argiues The yere of the worlde 2217 The yere before Christe 1746 reigned .35 yeares He left his brother Aegialeus kyng in Achaia and went him selfe into Aegypt where he was had in great honor ¶ Sueuus began to reigne ouer the Germanes The yere of the worlde 2219 The yere before Christe 1744 a maÌ„ veraie frequent prosperous in warres of whom the Suisses a people in Germanie veraye fiers and warlike toke their name He builded also a noble citee called Tigur ¶ At the same time reigned in Fraunce Celta of whome the people were called Celtes Lestrigo the neuew of Osyris began to reigne ouer the Italians ¶ Osyris returned into Aegypte and in a piller whyche shulde remaine for a perpetuall monument The yere of the worlde 2220 The yere before Christe 1743 he graued al his expedicion of the worlde Who after fiue yeres was slain of his brother Typhon with the consente of all the gyantes ¶ Busites in Phenicia the other TyphoÌ„ in Phrigia The yere of the worlde 2225 The yere before Christe 1738 Anteus in Libia the Lomnines in Spayn the LestrigoÌ„s in Italye and Mâ—linus in Candye beganne to tyrannise the worlde ¶ Isaac beyng .180 yeres of age The yere of the worlde 2229 The yere before Christe 1734 blessynge all his chyldren dyed and was buried in Hebron Ioseph by divine inspiracion The yere of the worlde 2230 The yere before Christe 1733 expounded the dreames of Pharao declarynge the seuen plentyfull yeares that were to come and the seuen barrain and hard yeres whiche shulde ensue that shoulde cleane consume the aboundance of the yeres precedyng â–ª by whose politike prouision Aegypt was relieued from famine and Pharao greately enriched therby for whiche cause he made hym Regente of his roialme and named hym the saluior of the worlde ¶ Of this Ioseph Trogus Pompeius and also his abbreuiatour Iustine writeth in this maner Ioseph was the yongest amongest the bretherne whose excelleÌ„t witte they fearyng solde hym vnto straunge marchauntes by whom he was brought into Aegypt Whan he there with diligent study had lerned magicall sciences in short time he grew in great fauour with the king For he was both experte in prodigies and also fyrst founde oute the vnder standyng of dreames Yea there was nothyng neyther of goddis lawe or mans that seemed to hym vnknowen in so muche that he foreseyng the bareynnesse of the fieldes to come gathered the cornes And so great were his experiences that all his answeres semed not to come of man but from god Moyses was the sonne of Ioseph whose excellent fauour besydes the inheritaunce of his fathers knowlage dyd coÌ„mend hym But the Aegypcians whan thei were plagued with the scabbes and filthynesse of body were admonished that thei shoulde expell hym with all the sycke people out of Aegypte leste that pestilence should infect more These be the wordes of Iustine Thei that desyre the truthe of this historie leat theim read the ende of Genesis The fertile or plentyfull yeres began no we The yere of the worlde 2231 The yere before Christe 1731 Herculus Lybius the sonne of Osyris and moste valiant capitain of his warres The yere before Christe 1731 for to be reuenged of his fathers deth The yere of the worlde 2232 toke his armour slue bothe the Typhons one in Aegipt the other iÌ„ Phrigia and also distroied Busyris in Phenicia Antheus in Lybia Milinus in Candie Lestrigones in Italye the Geryones in Spayne After whiche victories he substituted Hispalus kynge of Spayne And in Fraunce vpon Galathea the doughter of Celta he begat Galathes whiche was kynge after his grandfather and builded there the towne of Alexia In Italy he appoynted Thuscus kyng of whome they were alled Thuscas Finally after many notable actes by him done he deceased veraie aged amonge the Spaniardes nigh to the Gades where he was buried in a temple dedicated to him with diuine honoures The great famin or derthe beginneth The yere of the worlde 2238 The yere before Christe 1725 In the seconde yere therof Iacob with his sonnes and nephues descended into Aegipte Lacedemomia the noble citie of Grece The yere of the worlde 2241 The yere before Christe 1722 was in this time builded by Sparus the son of Phoroneus in the region of Peloponessus of whome it was called Sparta This afterwardes was the moste myghtie and flourishing citye of all the prouince of Grece Whyche kepte great and long warres with the Athenians to the vtter destruction of them bothe Unto these Lacedemonians Lycurgus gaue lawes and instructed them in those thinges that pertaineth to humanitie Amosis reygned in Aegipt .xxv. yeres The yere of the worlde 2245 The yere before Christe In which time the Dinastyes of Aegipt began to be called Pharaons Heratus the .x. king of Peloponessus reigned â–ª 46. yeres The yere of the worlde 2251 The yere before Christe Hercules Lybius in ten yeres subdued the Lestrigones and expelled theim out of Italy After whyche conquest he reigned peacebly .xx. yeres Argus the fourth king of Argiues The yere of the worlde 2253 The yere before Christe 1707 succeded his father Apis and reigned .70 yeares of whom his people were called Argiues In his reigne Grece began to haue the vse of cornes Iacob being in yeares .147 deceassed in Aegipte and was by his children sumptuously buried in Hebron The yere of the worlde 2259 The yere before Christe 1707 Altadas the .xii. emperoure of Assyria The yere of the worlde 2263 The yere before Christe reigned .xxxii. yeres he consumed his time in delicacies esteminge it a vayne thing to wast his life continually in labours and miseries which should not be for the benefite and vtilytee of mankind but to the destruction and seruitude ther of Therefore
dooen And so god declared that he is presente and dooeth faithfullye defende his people although they maye seme for a certainespace to bee tossed in the waues of these worldly troubles and perilles These gouernors after the custome of the hebrues were named iudges ▪ After Moyses Iosua was second Iudge or duke of the Hebrues And reigned .28 yeres according to the hebrues computacion he brought the children of Israell into the land of promission The sonne prolonginge the daye he ouerthrewe .xxxi. kynges and deuyded the land of Chananee to the Tribes He was godly sapient in warres myghty in peace fortunate and endued with al vertues when he was .110 yeres of age he ended his lyfe Perseus slewe Gorgones The yere of the worlde 2497 The yere before Christe 1466 after which he sayled from Grece into Asia and there with greuous and long war he vanquished those barbarous people and at the last beynge conquerour gaue the name to the people subdued For of Perseus they were called Perseans Thyrenus reygned among the Ianigenes in Italye fifty and one yeres The yere of the worlde 2498 The yere before Christe 1465 Busyris the sonne of Neptune in Aegipt The yere of the worlde 2500 The yere before Christe 1463 exercised his tyranny in sacrificing the bloud of his innocent guestes Lapis reygned in Candye The yere of the worlde 2503 The yere before Christe 1460 And Cyrene was builded in Libya Phoenix and Cadmus went from Thebes in Aegipt into Syria and reygned at Tyrus in Sidon The yere of the worlde 2506 The yere before Christe 1457 Chorax the .16 king of Peloponessus reigned .30 yeres The yere of the worlde 2507 The yere before Christe 1456 Liber Pater warred in India The yere of the worlde 2508 The yere before Christe 1455 in whose army were women called Bacchae rather for their fury thē for any vertue Asterius reygned in Candy The yere of the worlde 2513 The yere before Christe 1450 The great temple of Apollo at Delphos was burned by Plegra Phoenix builded Bythinia and gaue vnto the Phenicians certain letters to write by Romus reigned in Fraunce The yere of the worlde 2515 The yere before Christe 1448 Faunus Priscus possessed the empire among the Aborigenes in Italy The yere of the worlde 2517 The yere before Christe 1446 Iosua decessed The yere of the worlde 2521 The yere before Christe 1442 The seniors of the children of Israell gouerned them .xvii. yeres Israel serued the lorde all the daies of Iosua and the seniores whiche lyued long time after Iosua knew al the workes of the lorde whiche he had done in Israel Hypermnestra the doughter of Danaus The yere of the worlde 2523 The yere before Christe 1440 occupied the office of high priest among the Argiues Pandion the .v. king of Athenes reygned .40 yeres The yere of the worlde 2527 The yere before Christe 1436 Radamanthus and Sarpedon kinges of Licia Belochus the yonger the .xx. emperour of Assyria reigned .25 yeares He was called of the Hebrues as holye writte testifieth ChusanReschataim ▪ of Iosephus Chusartus The yere of the worlde 2530 The yere before Christe 1433 His daughter Actosa reigned with him .7 yeres Cadmus reigned in Thebes The yere of the worlde 2535 The yere before Christe 1428 The children of Israel fel from god and he delyuered them into the handes of Chusan Reschataim whom they serued .8 yeres Mellus Paphus Thasus and Calista citees were builded Epopeus the .xvii. kynge of Peloponessus reigned 35. yeres The yere of the worlde 2537 The yere before Christe 1426 Othoniel the first iudge of Israel of the tribe of Iuda The yere of the worlde 2538 The yere before Christe 1425 surnamed Zenes gouerned theym .40 yeares He deliuered the children of Israell out of the handes of the kinge of Assyria Linceus king of Argiues reigned .41 yeres The yere of the worlde 2540 The yere before Christe 1423 Amnus Faunigena reigned among the Aborigenes in Italy The yere of the worlde 2547 The yere before Christe 1416 Amphion and Zetus reigned togither in Thebes Pharao Menophis king of Egipt reigned .40 yeres ▪ Tarquon The yere of the worlde 2549 The yere before Christe 1414 Priscus reigned .34 yeres amonge the Ianigenes whiche nowe be called Tyrrhenes and Thuschanes for the knowlage of diuine thinges which thei learned of Ianus The yere of the worlde 2550 The yere before Christe 1413 Erichthonius in Troye reygned .46 yeres Paris in France and Testalibius Triton in Spaine reigned The yere of the worlde 2554 The yere before Christe 1409 Menophis of some called ▪ Maro buylded the Labyrinth in Egipte accordinge to which Dedalus framed the like in Candye where Minos reygned The yere of the worlde The yere before Christe 1408 Belopares the .xxi. emperour of Assyria reygned .30 yeres He conquered the Perseans with the Arabies The yere of the worlde 2560 The yere before Christe 1403 Armenia was taken by Cadmus Cocleus Triptolemon reigned in Eleusine Achaia was builded by Achaio The yere of the worlde 2567 The yere before Christe 1396 Erichtheus the v◠king of Athenes reigned .50 yeres The yere of the worlde 2572 The yere before Christe 1391 Laomedon the .xviii. kinge of Peloponessus reigned 40. yeres Dionysius called also Liber Pater was borne of Semele Ehud otherwise Aod of the tribe of Beniamin iudged Israell .80 yeres He delyuered them from the tyrranny of Eglon kyng of Moabites The yere of the worlde 2578 The yere before Christe 1385 whome they serued 18. yeres for the transgression of their lawe Abas kyng of Argiues reigned .23 yeres The yere of the worlde 2581 The yere before Christe 1382 An other Abas reigned that time in Thuschain Lamprides the .xxii. emperour of Assyria The yere of the worlde 2585 The yere before Christe 1378 reigned .32 yeres Cadmus taughte the rude Grekes theyr letters and reigned in Thebes After Zetus and Amphiō droue him from thens Zetus reigned .55 yeres in Aegypt The yere of the worlde 2589 The yere before Christe 1374 Tros reigned in Dardana The yere of the worlde 2596 The yere before Christe 1367 of whome it was called Troye It is written that in Pythia the first prophetesse was Phemonoe The yere of the worlde 2598 The yere before Christe 1365 who in hexametrum verses sange such thinges as were to chance Tantalus ruled the Phrigians The yere of the worlde 2602 The yere before Christe 1361 who before were called Meones Proetus kyng of Argiues reigned .xvii. yeres For the rauishemēt of Ganimedes The yere of the worlde 2604 The yere before Christe 1359 the warres of Ganimedes and Tantalus began Sycion the .xix. kyng of Peloponessus reigned .xlv. yeres he named the countreie Syclonia The yere of the worlde 2612 The yere before Christe 1351 which before was called Aegialea Sorares the .xxiii. emperor of Assyria The yere of the worlde 2617 The yere before Christe 1346 reigned .xx. yeres In his tyme the most swift horse Pegasus was foūd Perseus kept warre agaynst the persians
the citee of Rome wherevpon he builded a castell and named it Palantium The yere before Christe 1238 ¶ Hercules passing into Asia ouercame and slewe Laomedon the kyng of Troye The yere of the worlde 2725 but yet in this victorie he vsed a varaie noble and princely moderacion for he saued the kyngdome and would not destroy it and deliuered the possession therof to Priamus as to the true inheritour Thescus the tenth king of Athenes reigned .xxx. yeres After the death of Aegeus The yere of the worlde 2730 The yere before Christe 1233 he gathered togither all them that dwelled in Artica and brought them into a citee and one people that before dwelled scattered iÌ„ diuers places he coyned money and strake therin an oxe Many other woorthy actes he dyd and was compaygnion with â–ª Hercules in all his noble actes and deedes Mitreus the .27 emperor of Assyria reigned .xvii. yeres Uesores proclaymed warre agaynst the Scithians The yere of the worlde 2731 The yere before Christe 1232 of whom he was vanquished and put to flyght The Scithians by theyr captayne Taunases made Asia tributarie to them Hercules returned from Spaine into Italy and in the 55. yere before the comming of Aeneas he slew Cacus gaue lawes to the Itilians Taunases made Sornus the king of Medea tributary The yere of the worlde 2734 The yere before Christe 1229 At this place Iornandes began his historie of the Getes Of the Gothes the Parthians toke theyr â–ª beginning They driue the original of the Amazons vnto this age Lampeto and Merpesia queenes of Amazonia Tiberinus of the house of Uâ—a ruled the Thuscanes The yere of the worlde 2738 The yere before Christe 1225 Abimelech sonne of Gedeon the .vi. iudge The yere of the worlde 2739 The yere before Christe 1224 tyrannously occupied that rome thre yeres he slue his .70 brethern the sonnes of Gedeon and at the last was hym selfe miseserably slaine of a woman castinge downe a piece of a mylstone on his head Phestus king of Sicyonia reigned .8 yeres Thola the .vii. iudge iudged Israel quietly .23 yeres The yere of the worlde 2742 The yere before Christe 1221 Carthago was builded by Zano and Carthago TyriaÌ„s The yere of the worlde 2745 The yere before Christe 1218 Theseus when he was fity yeres of age rauished Helena And was coÌ„mitted to pryson by Aidoneus bycause he with Perithous wold also haue rauished hys doughter Proserpina Adrastus king of Siâ—yonia reigned .4 yeres Ammenophos king of Egipt reigned .xxvi. yeres The yere of the worlde 2747 The yere before Christe 1216 Polyphides in Sicyonia and Atreus in Argos reygned The yere of the worlde 2750 The yere before Christe 1213 Hercules ordained the plaies and games of Olimpus The yere of the worlde 2752 wherof cam the Olympiades the computacion therof The yere before Christe 1211 Remus reigned among th e Celtes And Erythreus in Spain About this time Telephus the sonne of Hercules by Auges the sister of Priamus reigned ouer the Gothes in Moesia he warred vppon the Greekes theyr capitaine Thessandrus he slue and vanquished Aiax and Achilles driuing the grekes out of his borders but he was wounded with a darte by Achilles Lycomedes king of Sycia reygned Cantanes the .xxviii. emperour of Assyria reigned .32 yeres The yere of the worlde 2758 The yere before Christe 1205 he subdued the Aethiopes The yere of the worlde 2760 The yere before Christe 1203 Theseus leauing Athenes wandred abrode After whom reygned Muestheus .24 yeres of him Plutarche maketh mencion in the life of Theseus But Iustine sayeth that Demephoon succeded Theseus who ayded the Greekes agaynst the Troianes wherby he obtayned the kingdome ¶ Minos gathering his power in Sicilie against Dedalus The yere of the worlde 2764 The yere before Christe 1199 was slaine of the daughters of Cotalus The yere of the worlde 2765 The yere before Christe 1198 Latinus of whom the Latines tooke theyr name ruled the Aborigenes Iair the .viii. iudge of Israell ruled them .22 yeres A man in all thinges prosperous he had .30 sonnes who were the princes of .xxx. cityes which were called the tounes of Iair Paris Alexander rauished Helena the doughter of Tyndarus The yere of the worlde 2768 The yere before Christe 1195 The Egiptians called her Uenus guest to whom they dedicated a temple at Memphis Agamemnon reigned ouer the Micenes .xviii. yeares he was soueraigne capitaine of the Greekes in the warres of Troye Penthiselea quene of Amazones flourished The yere of the worlde 2773 The yere before Christe 1190 Mezentius reigned among the Thuscanes The yere of the worlde 2774 The yere before Christe 1189 ¶ The great warres of Troye began for the rauishment of Helena the wife of Menelaus whom Paris tooke away with him into Phrigea for whiche acte the pryncis and citees of Grece were so fore displeased that by an vniuersall consent they went vnto Troie where ten yeres they consumed in most cruell warres and at the last wonne the citee whiche they cleane destroyed wyth the kyngdome therof Thuoris king of Egipte reygned .vii. yeares The yere of the worlde 2776 The yere before Christe 1187 Euripilus king of Gothes the sonne of Telephus for the loue of Cassandra came to the ayde of the Troyanes where he was slaine Memnon also and the Amazons broughte succoures to king Priamus Mopsus reygned in Cilicia The Egipcians were nowe gouerned by a certayne power called Dynastia Dyapolitana whiche continued 177. yeres The yere of the worlde 2783 The yere before Christe 1180 In the first yere of this Dynastia Troia was taken as Manetho sayth Latinus then reigned among the Latines who corected the latine tungue and of his owne name called theym Latines .428 yeres before the buylding of Rome In these warres flourished many noble and valiant men as Priamus Hector Paris Troilus Agamemnon Achilles Ulisses Aiax Nestor Dares Patroclus and the yl fauoured Thersites Pelasgus king of Sicyonia reigned .xx. yeres ¶ Gargoris called also Mellicola by reason he was counning in making of hony begaÌ„ to reigne in Spayne Then the royalme of Spayne was gouerned by sundrye princis by the space of .1071 yeres vntil the empire of the Carthaginenses which after .xxxv. yeres was vnder the dominion of the Romaines vntil the later reygne of the Gothes ¶ Demophon the sonne of Thescus reygned in Athenes .xxxiii. yeres The yere of the worlde 1784 The yere before Christe 1179 Aegistus also in Mycoenas was king ¶ Aeneas with .xx. shippes came into Italy to Latinus and Euander he vanquished Turnus The yere of the worlde 1786 The yere before Christe 1177 and wedded his wife Lauinia he also buylded Lauinium ¶ Iepte the ninthe iudge iudged the Israelites .vi. yeres he deliuered them from the Philistines whome for the synne of ydolatrie they serued .xviii. yeares he by an aduised vowe sacrificed his owne doughter Ascanius reygned ouer the Latines .xxxviii. yeres The yere of the worlde 2789 The yere before Christe 1174 From his son Iulius
the prophete Helias flourished Nepher Cheres in Egipt reigned foure yeres The yere of the worlde The yere before Christe 935 Capetus Syluius the brother of Capis Before Britayne knovven 885 was king ouer the Latines .13 yeres A famin in this time began which endured .iii. yeares Iosaphat The yere of the worlde 3031 The yere before Christe 932 the .vii. king of the Iewes reygned .25 yeares Before Britayne knovven 882 a prince both iust and vertuous he ordeyned iudges in euery citee of Iuda and commaunded the Leuites to read the law vnto the people that they might therby learne to feare god Ammenophis king of Egipt reigned ◠yeres Ophraganeus the .xxxvi. emperour of Assyria Before Britayne knovven reygned 50. yeres The yere of the worlde 3033 The yere before Christe 930 BRute surnamed Greneshield Before Britayne knovven 879 as the vulgar historye calleth him The yere of the worlde 3034 The yere before Christe 929 reigned here in Britaine .xii. yeres By the commaundement of Helias the prophete all the priestes and prophetes of Baal were slayne Amnus in Corinth ruled .25 yeres The yere of the worlde 3038 The yere before Christe 925 Ioahas was high priest of the Iewes Before Britayne knovven 857 Iehu Obadia Micha Iehiel and Eleazar prophetes flourished The yere of the worlde 3040 The yere before Christe 923 Osochor in Egipt reigned .6 yeres The yere of the worlde 3041 The yere before Christe 922 Tiberinus Syluius the .x. king of the Latines Before Britayne knovven 873 reigned .9 yeres Of him the riuer of Taber was named Before Britayne knovven 872 whiche before was called Albula because he was drowned therin The yere before Christe 921 Agelas in Corinth reigned .30 yeres The yere of the worlde 3042 Mecades gouerned the Atheniens .30 yeres Before Britayne knovven 871 Achab ouercame Benadab king of Syria twise In The yere of the worlde 3043 The yere before Christe 920 the second conflicte he slue of the Syriens 100000. Before Britayne knovven 870 LEyl the sonne of Brute succeded his father in this royalme of Britaine He builded the citee of Caerleil and reigned .25 yeres Before Britayne knovven 867 Spinaces kyng of Aegypt reigned .9 yeres The yere of the worlde 3046 The yere before Christe 917 Achab in the last bataile against Benedab was slayn After whom succeded his sonne Ochozias Before Britayne knovven 865 an ydolater The yere of the worlde 3048 The yere before Christe 915 who reigned two yeres Ioram the .ix. kynge of the Israelites brother to Ochozias Before Britayne knovven 863 reigned .xii. yeres The yere of the worlde 3050 The yere before Christe 913 He was slayne by hys seruant that succeded hym Agrippa Syluius the .xi. kynge of the Latines reigned .40 yeres In this tyme the prophete Heliseus and Homere the poete flourished Before Britayne knovven 862 Archelaus the .vii. kyng of Lacedemonia The yere of the worlde 3051 The yere before Christe 912 ruled theim 60. yeres continually The mightie armie of Moab and Ammon which rose agaynst Iosaphat god brought to nought Helias the mighty prophete after many miracles by hym dooen at length in a fyrie chariot was rapt into Paradise Before Britayne knovven 860 ¶ Iehoram by his father Iosaphat was assygned to bee kyng ouer Iuda ▪ he reigned .8 yeres The yere of the worlde 3053 The yere before Christe 910 and after he was stablished in his kyngdome slew all his bretherne and made the people to synne Before Britayne knovven 853 Persusennes kyng of Aegypt ▪ reigned .35 yeres Before Britayne knovven 853 Ochozias called also Ahazias The yere of the worlde 3055 The yere before Christe 908 the ninth king of Iuda reigned one yere who also for his ydolatry was slayne The yere of the worlde 3060 The yere before Christe Ioiada was high priest amonge the Iewes who lyued 130. yeres Before Britayne knovven 852 Iehu the .x. kynge of Israelites reigned .28 ▪ yeres he beyng of Heliseus anoynted kynge The yere of the worlde 3061 The yere before Christe destroyed cleane the house of Achab ▪ slew Ioram brake the necke of Iezabel kylled the priest of Baall and bourned the temple of ydolles Achalia widow of Iehoram after the deathe of his sonne Ochozias clene extermined all the lignage of Salomon sauyng Ioas a yonge babe who by Ioiada ▪ the hygh priest was saued and whan she had tirannously reigned .7 yeares was by the commaundemente of the high priest slain Felsinus gouerned the Thuschans .33 yeres Ioas the .xi. kynge of the Iewes and first of the house of Nathan The yere of the worlde 3065 The yere before Christe 398 reigned .40 yeres Before Britayne knovven 848 In the seuenth yere of his age he was proclaimed and anoynted kynge The yere of the worlde 3067 The yere before Christe 396 Before Britayne knovven 846 and Athalia was slain As longe as he folowed the good admonicion of Ioiada he prospered but after fallynge in to idolatry and other wickednes he slue Zacharias the prophete betwene the temple and the aulter for which dede god punished hym by the Syrians and after was slayne in his bed by his owne seruantes LUd Hurdibras or Rathudibras sonne of Leyl Before Britayne knovven 842 began to reygne in Britayne The yere of the worlde 3071 The yere before Christe 892 he buylyed the citees of Canterbury and Winchester the towne of Shastisbury whan he had reygned .29 yeres he deceassed The yere of the worlde 3072 The yere before Christe 891 Eudemus in Corinth reigned .25 yeres Dioginetus the .vii. prince of Athenes Before Britayne knovven 841 gouerned thē xxviii yeres The yere of the worlde 3073 The yere before Christe 990 Before Britayne knovven 840 Ascrazapes the .xxxvii. emperour of Assyria Before Britayne knovven 831 reigned 41. yeres The yere of the worlde 3082 The yere before Christe 881 Azahel kynge of Syria Before Britayne knovven 823 brought his army against Israell The yere of the worlde 3085 The yere before Christe 878 and wasted al the countrey ouer Iordan Bonanis ruled the Thuscanes .28 yeres Ioas repayred the temple The yere of the worlde 3086 The yere before Christe 874 Iehoiachas the sonne of Iehu the .xi. kynge of the Israelites reigned .xvii. yeres Before Britayne knovven 824 Aremulus Syluius the .xii. kyng of Latines reigned xix yeres The yere of the worlde 3090 The yere before Christe 873 Before Britayne knovven 823 He ordeyned the garrison of the Albanes vpon those mountaines where Rome is now and for his wickednes was slayne with lightnyng Lycurgus the law maker of the Lacedemones ī this time flourished He was a man so moderate and iust that when he might haue reigned after his brother Poludecta wold not take it vpon hym but gouerned the royalme to the vse of his yong Nephue Cabrilaus to whom beyng of age he restored the kyngdom and in the meane time garnished the citee with most honest lawes The seruātes amōg the Tyrians slue al their masters except one Strato who at length was made their kynge Senscoris
worlde 3162 The yere before Christe 801 but there began strife for the souerain dominion in whyche Morgan was slaine in a countye of Wales called now Giaumorgan After whiche victory Cunedagius gloryously ruled the hole yle .xxxiii. yeres Before Britayne knovven 749 Osorthon was king of Egipt .ix. yeres The yere of the worlde 3164 The yere before Christe 799 the Egipcians called him Hercules Azarias high priest Before Britayne knovven 747 Sosarmus the second emperoure of Media reygned xxx yeres Metasthenes erreth muche The yere of the worlde 3166 The yere before Christe 797 in that he writeth Mandanes to be second king Before Britayne knovven 746 Agamnestor ruled the Athenians .xx. yeres The yere of the worlde 3167 The yere before Christe 796 Procas king of Latins diyng bequethed vnto Amulius his roialme and to Numitor his treasure Before Britayne knovven 744 Amulius Syluius the .xv. kinge of Latines The yere of the worlde 3169 The yere before Christe 794 reygned xliii yeres Phacea the firste sonne of Manahen and .xv. kinge of the Israelites reigned two yeres and was traiterously slain by Phacea Before Britayne knovven 740 The yere of the worlde 3173 The yere before Christe 790 Psammus reygned in Egipt .10 yeres Phelesteus was the leauenth king of Corinth he reygned .12 yeres Phacea sonne of Ramalia .xvi. kinge of Israel reygned 20. yeres The yere of the worlde 3175 The yere before Christe 788 Before Britayne knovven 738 ¶ Numitor the elder sonne of king Procas beynge expelled from his kingdome by his brother Amulius liued on his owne lande his doughter because she should haue no child was made a vyrgin Uestale Notwithstanding in the seuēth yere of her vncles reigne she brought forth two children Remus and Romulus at one byrth wherfore according to the lawe she was buried quyck but the yong babes beynge caste foorth by the bankes of Tiber were founde by Faustulus the kynges shepeherde who broughte theym to his wife Acca Laurentia whiche for hir rapacitie was called of her neyghbours a wolfe The children when they waxed towarde men gatheringe a bande of shepeherdes and theeues slewe Amulius at Alba and restored theyr graundfather Numitor to his kingdome The yere of the worlde 3176 The yere before Christe 787 Iotham the .xiiii. king of the Iewes reigned .16 yeres Before Britayne knovven 737 a prince vertuous and inuincible he subdued the Ammonites and buylded the sumptuous gate of the temple Coenus king of Macedon reigned .12 yeres Before Britayne knovven 734 The yere of the worlde 3179 The yere before Christe 784 Bochorus reigned in Egipt .44 yeres and gaue vnto them lawes The yere of the worlde 3183 The yere before Christe 780 in his time a lambe spake in Egipt Before Britayne knovven 730 The Amazons and Cymmerians made many sodeine incursions into Asia where they longe time made great waste and slaughter The mighty warres of the Peloponenses and Atheniens with all theyr power and force was kepte wherein by mutuall slaughter they were compelled as vāquished to depart one from an other and to forsake the warres Naum and Micheus prophecied among the hebrues Antomenes The yere of the worlde 3185 The yere before Christe 778 the last king of Corinth reigned one yere Before Britayne knovven 728 After whom they had no more kinges but yerelye magistrates were chosen The kingdome of the Lydians in this time began where Ardisus first reigned .36 yeres Phulassar the second king of Babylon reigned .15 yeares Before Britayne knovven 727 he was called also Teglatphulassar The yere of the worlde 3186 The yere before Christe 777 he wasted and toke al the region Galatides Here beginneth the supputacion of the Olympiades The yere of the worlde 3187 The yere before Christe 776 the most sure kalender of the Grekes Before Britayne knovven 726 For the games were celebrated and kept at the mount Olympus euery fifty yere in the kalendes of Maye so that euerye Olympiade conteined foure yeres Aescylus gouerned the Atheniens .xxiii. yeres Before Britayne knovven 725 Here fayled the kingdome of the Lacedemones Before Britayne knovven 722 Tyrimas in Macedonia reigned .xxxviii. yeres The yere of the worlde 3188 The yere before Christe 775 Before Britayne knovven 721 Achas the .xv. king of Iuda reigned .xvi. yeres The yere of the worlde 3191 The yere before Christe 772 a wicked prince The yere of the worlde 3192 The yere before Christe 771 who wilfullye made him selfe subiecte to the king of Babylon Before Britayne knovven 720 The Lacedemons warred agaynst the Messenes .xx. yeares cruellye The yere of the worlde 3193 The yere before Christe 770 for the violacion of theyr virgines in the solemne sacrifices of the Messenes Celius in Thuscain reigned .xxi. yeres Phacea and Rasim king of Surie befyeged Achas the king of Iuda Before Britayne knovven 718 Hosea deceitfully slewe Phacea and was the last king that reigned ouer Israel .xix. yeres The yere of the worlde 3195 The yere before Christe 768 Tyrteus a poete of Athenes was capitayne of the Lacedemones Pericles and Sophocles writer of tragedies were constituted capitains of the Atheniens Hitherto Manetho continued his cronicle Medidus the king of Media reigned .xl. yeres The yere of the worlde 3196 The yere before Christe 767 Before Britayne knovven 717 RIuallo succeded Cunedagius The yere of the worlde 3197 The yere before Christe 766 a prince pecible and fortunate Before Britayne knovven 716 he reigned .46 yeres In his time as our chronicles say it rayned bloud wherof ensued great mortalitee of people Uria high priest Oseas Esaias Amos Micheas and Adad prophetes flourished Before Britayne knovven 712 Salmanasar the third king of Babylon reigned .17 yeres he toke Osea kinge of Israel The yere of the worlde 3201 The yere before Christe 762 and destroyed theyr kingdome leadinge theym captiue into Assyria by the vengeance of god who suffered long theyr wickednes In Lacedemonia Ephorus was constituted theyr firste magistrate Osea rebelled deniyng to paye tribute to the Assyrians The yere of the worlde 3204 The yere before Christe 859 Hosea of Israell desired aide of Sua king of Egipt ageinst the Assirians The yere of the worlde 3205 The yere before Christe 758 Before Britayne knovven Before Britayne knovven 708 The yere of the worlde The yere before Christe 755 Ezechias the .xvi. kinge of Iuda reigned .29 yeres Before Britayne knovven 705 a prince iuste vertuous and religious who clensed his countreye from ydolatry and brake the brasē serpent he brought agayne the true honouring of god and restored to the priestes their tenthes Alcamenon gouerned the Atheniens two yeares The yere of the worlde 3210 The yere before Christe 753 In the yere .1554 after the vniuersall floude Before Britayne knovven 703 and after Comerus the first king of Italy .1414 After the distruction of Troy .432 And after Brute arriued in England 356. Rome was builded in Itali by Remus Romulus The yere of the worlde 3211 The yere before Christe 752 Before Britayne knovven 702 Romulus the firste kinge
reigned in Aegypt .20 yeres The yere of the worlde 3251 The yere before Christe 712 Before Britayne knovven 662 Leochrates ruled the Atheniens .x. yeres The yere of the worlde 3252 The yere before Christe 711 Before Britayne knovven 661 Ioel Naum prophetes among the Iewes Before Britayne knovven 655 A pestilent disease inuaded Italy The yere of the worlde 3258 The yere before Christe 705 for which cause Numa instituted the priestes Salios ¶ In this tyme as many wryte Homere the prince of greke poetes feigned his warkes he bothe amended and encreased the greke letters and fyrst set furthe the rules of grammer Absander gouerned the Atheniens .10 yeres The yere of the worlde The yere before Christe 701 Before Britayne knovven 651 Gyges king of Lydia reigned .36 yeres he The yere of the worlde 3265 The yere before Christe 698 by the cōmandemēt of the quene Before Britayne knovven 648 slew Condaules because he had shewed hir naked to Gyges and so obteyned bothe hys wyfe and his realme ¶ Midas reignyng in Phrigia with drinkynge bulles bloud was poisoned Before Britayne knovven 644 Two yeres was the roylme of Egypt without a king The yere of the worlde 3269 The yere before Christe 694 Before Britayne knovven 643 Claucus Chius first inuented sondering of mettalles The yere of the worlde 3270 The yere before Christe 693 Before Britayne knovven 642 ¶ The Scottes feignyng their originall out of Spayne The yere of the worlde 3271 The yere before Christe 692 write that one Simon Brech a Spaniarde was elected to their kyng whiles thei inhabited Ireland before they knewe yet Scotlande And that by hym and his successours thei were guided by the space of .113 yeres ere they arriued in Albion This Symon brought with hym oute of Spayne the marble chayre in whyche the kynges of Scottes were wont to be crowned This chayre by Edwarde the fyrste was taken frome theym and broughte to Westmynster Merres an Ethiope reigned in Aegypt .xii. yeres Eryxias gouerned the Athenians .x. yeres The yere of the worlde 3271 The yere before Christe 692 SIsillus Before Britayne knovven 642 brother to Gurgustius reyned in Britayne xlix yeres The yere of the worlde 3272 The yere before Christe 691 Before Britayne knovven 641 The yere of the worlde 3279 The yere before Christe 684 Beumerodach the seuenth kyng of Babylon Before Britayne knovven 634 reygned .xxi. yeres Croton Corcyra Chalcedon Phaselis Sybaris Locris and Tarentum citees in this season were builded The yere of the worlde 3280 The yere before Christe 683 Archeus otherwise called Argeus Before Britayne knovven 633 was kynge of Macedon .xxxviii. yeres with great loue of his subiectes The yere of the worlde 3282 The yere before Christe 681 ¶ Here the Athenians altered agayne the state of theyr citee for abolyshyng the power of princes Before Britayne knovven 631 they yerely elected nine of the nobilitee to gouerne them The yere of the worlde 3283 The yere before Christe 80 Stephinatis was king of Egipt .vii. yeres Before Britayne knovven 630 After whom succeded Nichepsos a prince singular in astronomy who reigned .viii. yeres The yere of the worlde 3292 The yere before Christe Ammon the .xviii. kyng of Iuda Before Britayne knovven 621 reigned .iii. yeres A wicked prince wherfore he perished by the sworde of hys owne seruantes ¶ Tullus Hostilius the thirde kynge of Romaines reygned .xxxii. yeres He fyrste of the Romans vsed pourple and axes or maces to bee borne before hym Who supposinge the citee to waxe feeble and weake with ease and ydelnesse prepared warre ouercame the Albanes vanquished the Ueientes and Fidenates beate downe Alba to the grounde of the Romans and Albanes were one people made In the meane while the Sabines gathered an army betwene whom a cruell conflicte was made at the wood Malicusa the array of the Sabines was broken Tullus triumphed enlarged the citee addynge thervnto the mount Coelius In Rome that time it rayned stones and was vexed with the pestilence The kynge taken also with ▪ syckenes gaue him selfe to the institution of sacrifices But finally he with his hole house being striken with lightenyng perished whan he had with greate glory of warres reigned .32 yeres The barefoot cerimonies were first made in Lacedemō The yere of the worlde 3295 The yere before Christe ¶ Iosias the .xix. kinge of Iuda reigned .31 ▪ yeres Before Britayne knovven 618 A vertuous and iust prince for in his very childehod he began to seke the god of his father Dauid He purged his lande from al ydolles ymages and woodes burned the bones of the priestes of Baal and clensed all wickednes out of the citees of Manasse Ephraim Simeon and euen vnto Nephtalim he repaired the temple that the holye thinges might be couered The booke of the lawe of Moyses whyche had been lost a longe tyme was founde againe whiche he red vnto the people Finallye vppon to muche presumption be made warre vpon the kyng of Aegipt in whiche he was wounded and died therof Leostratus was capitayne of the Atheniens Sybilla Herophila in Samos was greatly estemed Before Britayne knovven 617 Psammeticus was kynge of Egypt .44 yeres The yere of the worlde 3296 The yere before Christe 667 He receiued into amitee the Ioues and Cares Before Britayne knovven 615 whiche against their willes arryued in Egypt The yere of the worlde 3298 The yere before Christe 665 grauntyng theim a place to inhabite he increased his hoste with outwarde retinue◠he subdued all Egypt and .xxix. yeres besieged Azotus which at length he toke Archilochus Simonides and Aristoxenus the musician in this tyme greatly were estemed Before Britayne knovven 613 Nabuchodonoser The yere of the worlde 3300 The yere before Christe 663 the fyrste and .vii. kynge of Babilon reigned xxix yeres Metius Suffetius capitayn of the Albanes for breaking his league was with horses drawen in pieces Before Britayne knovven 632 Ardis kyng of Lydia reigned .xxxvii. yeres ¶ In this tyme Zaleucus the moste seuere lawyer of the Locranses flourished The yere of the worlde 3301 The yere before Christe 662 who commaunded the eyes of his onely sonne whiche was condemned for adultery to bee put out leste that the generall lawe should be frustrate in him At length by the praier of the people gaynsaying it he in suche wise moderated his sentence that he cōmaūded one of his owne eyes and an other of his sonnes to be put out that the lawe might be fulfilled Phaortes the .vi. kyng of Media reigned .xxii. yeres The yere of the worlde 3303 The yere before Christe 660 Before Britayne knovven Cypselus playd the tyrant in Corin .xxvii. yeres The yere of the worlde 3307 The yere before Christe 656 Before Britayne knovven Alba distroied and Byzanee called now Constantinople was builded by Pausanias king of Spartanes Alemeō Leschon Lesbius were had in great renome Hystrus in Ponto Chantus and Stagera in Asia were buylded ¶ Phalaris tyrante of Agragentine flourished vnder whome the cunninge artificer Peryllus suffered in his
o wne inuencion The yere of the worlde 3311 The yere before Christe 652 Before Britayne knovven 602 The yere of the worlde 3318 The yere before Christe 645 Philippus the .vi. king of Macedon reigned .38 yeres Before Britayne knovven 595 Tullus kept fiue yeres warres with the Latines Lamsacus Abdera Selinis and Pâ—â—isthenes noble cities in this time were builded The yere of the worlde 3323 The yere before Christe Grece in this season first enterprised to vse the oracles of Apollo at Dodoneus Before Britayne knovven 590 Damasia ruled the Atheniens The yere of the worlde 3324 The yere before Christe 639 Ancus martius fourth kyng of Romanes reigned .24 yeres He was nephieu to Numa by his daughter Before Britayne knovven 589 He kept warres with the Latines toke PolitoriuÌ„ the second tyme beat it downe to the grounde broughte the people to Rome encreased the citye adding therunto the mount Auentine and Ianiculum he made the bridge Sublitius vppon Tiber and builded the citee Hostia â–ª the hauen or port of Rome In this same time L. Tarquinius Pryscus tam to Rome with his wife Tanaquil The yere of the worlde 3325 The yere before Christe 633 Phaortes Before Britayne knovven 588 in a conflicte made against the Assryians peryshed After whom succeded Cyaraxes the .vii. kynge of Media 4â— yeres Psammitichus the king of Egipte ioyninge wyth the Syrians in battayle obteyned the victory Helchias bigh priest Hieremias Sophonias Baruch and Olda prophetes flourished among the Iewes Iosias prouoking the king of Egipt to battayle was therin wounded and died Of whose deathe Heremy the prophet made his lamentacions Ioachas the .xx. king of Iewes Before Britayne knovven 587 reigned three monethes The yere of the worlde 3326 The yere before Christe 937 and was taken and brought captiue into Egipt In whose place his brother Ioachim was constitute the .xxi. kyng of Iewes and was king ouer theÌ„ .xi. yeares An insolent prince who not regardinge the prophecies of Hierentie but burning the bokes therof was finally slayn and left vnburyed like a beaste I Ago called also Lago gouerned this roialme of Britayne .xxv. yeres Missena fel from the Lacedemons Before Britayne knovven 586 Nabuchodonosor the great the .ix. king of Babylon The yere of the worlde 3327 The yere before Christe called of the Iewes Nabucadnezer Before Britayne knovven 584 reigned .xliiii. yeres The yere of the worlde 3329 The yere before Christe 634 He subdued the Syrians Egypcians Lybians Hiberians and brought the Iewes into captiuitee Finally he rebelling as it were against almightye god by the companye of beastes with whome by the stroke of god he was compelled to liue was made humble and acknowlaged the godhead to whom he gaue prayse glorye as al whose waies be iudgementes and workes righteous who also can humble the proud and giue and take kingdomes as pleaseth him The Scithians entred as farre as Palestine possessed al Asia and molested Egipt with warres Ioachim burned the booke of Hieremies prophecie After which dede Nabuchodonosor made him tributarye Before Britayne knovven 577 Hierusalem was taken the king slayne and cast out of the citee vnburied The yere of the worlde 3336 The yere before Christe 627 accordiÌ„g to the prophecy of Hieremy Before Britayne knovven 576 ¶ Ioachin called also Iechonias the .xxii. king of Iewes reigned thre monethes and .x. dayes The yere of the worlde 3337 The yere before Christe 626 he yelded him selfe willingly vnto Nabuchodonosor by the counsayle of Hieremie who sente him to Babilon with all the noble men and ornamentes and iewels amoÌ„g whom also was the prophet Ezechiel In his stede Nabuchodonoser constituted Mathanias the fourth sonne of Iosias whom he caused to sweare by the name of the lord that faithfullye he shoulde serue the Chaldeis in token wherof he named him Sedechias the xxiii and last king of the Iewes who was king .xi. yeres he finally for his arrogancye and vntruth both to god man was taken blinded imprysoned and miserablye finished his life Before Britayne knovven 575 Periander the tyran of Corinth in this time liued The yere of the worlde 3338 The yere before Christe Sadyates was king of Lydia .xv. yeres Perusina Mantua and Dirachium buylded Before Britayne knovven 574 The game of Chesse about this season was deuised by wise men The yere of the worlde 3339 The yere before Christe 624 to mitigate the mindes or hertes of tyrans Susanna the most chast matron of the hebrues by two false priestes was accused of adultery but by the policy of yong Daniel she was purged and the prestes committed to the fier Nechac called also Nechepsos kinge of Egipte Before Britayne knovven 571 reygned .vi. yeres The yere of the worlde 3342 The yere before Christe 621 Abacuk and Ezechiel beganne to prophecy among the Hebrues Draco the lawe geuer of the Atheniens wrote his lawes with bloude Sedechias brake his amitee with the kinge of Babylon The yere of the worlde 3344 The yere before Christe 619 and entered in league with the Egipcians Before Britayne knovven 569 For whiche cause Nabuchodonoser retourned and besieged Hierusalem whiche he continued one yere six monethes and fiue dayes Before Britayne knovven 566 After which the holy citye with the most sacred temple misarably with pestilence famine sword and fyre was destroyed The yere of the worlde 3347 The yere before Christe 616 The king him selfe with all his nobilitee taken his chyldren slayne before his face hys eyes pulled out and sent in captiuitie to Babylon Thus was the whole nacion of Iewes without respecte of age or kind eyther slayne or brought into Babilons bondage for theyr obstinacye against god his prophetes and for the sinne and preuaricacion of theyr kinges priestes and all the people the yeare after the vniuersall floude 169â— after the arriuall of Brute .492 after the beginninge of the kingedome of the Iewes .458 after the buyldyng of the temple .414 and after the buyldinge of Rome .137 ¶ Tarquinius Priscus the .v. kinge of Romans Before Britayne knovven 565 reigned 37 yeres The yere of the worlde 3348 The yere before Christe he doubled the numbre of Senatoures buylded the circuite wherin the playes and pastimes were kepte ouercame the Sabines encreased the baÌ„des of horsmen subdued the olde Latines fyrste entred Rome wyth tryumph made the walles and synkes to conueye the fylthe of the city and began the capitoll Finally he was slayne by the sonnes of Ancus Mattius whome he succeded Panetius first tyrannised Sixilye KInimacus succeded Iago in this royalme of Brytayne The yere of the worlde The yere before Christe 612 wherin he reigned .54 yeres Before Britayne knovven 562 Eniochida a capitaine of the Atheniens Stesichorus an exceltent poet in this time flourished Aliactes reigned in Lydia .49 yeres Arion the excellent harper by a Dolphin as it is writen was borne through the sea Before Britayne knovven 560 Daniel the most notable prophet florished in BabiloÌ„ The yere of the worlde 3353 The yere before Christe 610 he
in his youthe by his wysedome deliuered the innocent Susanna from death expounded the dreames of Nabuchodonoser and fynally cast into a denne among hungry lyons was by the power of God preserued from harme Afterwarde he prophecied bothe of the comyng of Christ and also of the empires of Babylon Media Persia Grecia and the Romanes Nabuchodonoser erected a golden stature or ydoll whiche he commaunded to be adored by whiche occasion the holye men Ananias azarias and Misael tryumphed in-the fyer After this he sawe the vision of the fallynge tree wherby he was warned of his falle For shortlye after he was tourned into a beastly fury liuing in the woodes as a beast seuen yeres Finally he was restored agayn to his helth and kingdome Europs king of Macedon reigned .xxvi. yeres Before Britayne knovven 557 Pittacus Miteleneus The yere of the worlde 3356 The yere before Christe one of the seuen wyse menne of Grece in this time excelled bothe in learninge and marcial feates Uaphres was king of Egipt .xxx. yeres Before Britayne knovven 553 Cyaraxes ouercam the Scithians The yere of the worlde 3360 The yere before Christe 603 and recouered Asia Before Britayne knovven 552 Sappho a poetesse and prophetesse The yere of the worlde 3361 The yere before Christe in this season was greatly renoumed Adrican kinge of Penians yelded him selfe and his to Aprius Before Britayne knovven 549 who brought his army into Cireneica The yere of the worlde 3364 The yere before Christe 599 where by them at Isara his armye was ouerthrowen put to flight and slayne excepte a fewe who by slyght saued theim selues Before Britayne knovven Astyages the .viii. and last kynge of Medes reigned 38. yeres The yere of the worlde 3365 The yere before Christe 598 He gaue his onely daughter Mandanes in maryage to Cambises a persiaÌ„ of whom Cyrus was born whiche Cambyses at length was taken by his nephieu Cyrus and deposed from his empire Marsiles a citee and fayre hauen of Fraunce in this tyme was builded vpon the Lumbarde sea The yere of the worlde 3369 The yere before Christe 594 Before Britayne knovven 544 Solon who for his wisedom is called one of the seuen wyse men of Grece gaue lawes to the Atheniens emong the which this is one that euery man yerely shuld shew to the magistrates his substance and kynde of occupacion wherby he honestly lyued And that suche children as were not by their parentes instructed in some honeste facultee shulde not bee bound in tyme of nede to find them necessaries He ordeined also sharpe punishment for sclanderers and theim whiche spake yll of dead men and abolished the cruel and blouddie lawes of Draco whyche were tempered with noo equytee but commaunded all transgressions egally lyke to be punished with death The yere of the worlde 3373 The yere before Christe 590 Amilinus Euilmerodach the tenth kinge of Babilon Before Britayne knovven 540 reigned .31 yeres he in the beginnyng of his reigne toke out of prison Ioachin kyng of Iewes honoured hym aboue all the princis of Babylon and his sonne Asir Iechonias was also deliuered who begat Salathiel the father of Zorobabel The eclips of the sonne which Thales dyd pronostique chanced nowe The yere of the worlde The yere before Christe 585 Cyrus among the shepardes chyldren in their playes was called theyr kyng Before Britayne knovven 535 Astyages to be reuenged on Harpagus for the sauing of Cyrus gaue him his owne sonne to eate The Hetruscians adorned Tarquinius with a golden crowne a scepter an yuory seate and a purple vesture The yere before Christe 584 The fiue yeres warre betweene the Sabines and Romaynes began The yere of the worlde 3379 Before Britayne knovven 534 Astyages warred agaynst the Lydians The yere of the worlde 3381 The yere before Christe 582 Astybarus with his sonne Apanda reigned in Media xâ— yeres â–ª as Metasthenes writ th Before Britayne knovven The plaies of Apollo called Istâ—â—ia and Pythia were in this tyme fyrst kepte Alcetas was kyng of Macedon .xxix. yeres The yere of the worlde The yere before Christe 581 The Scottes as their chronycles shewe Before Britayne knovven 531 in this tyme began to inhabit Scotlande The yere of the worlde 3383 The yere before Christe 580 where they liued long time vnder sundry capitaynes as they called theim Before Britayne knovven 530 vntil the tyme of Fergus sonne of Ferquard kynge of Irelande who ayded the Scottes agaynste the Pichtes and was the first kyng of Scottes as they saye The Sabines yelded them to the Romanes Anaximander a renoumed philosopher and phisicien in this time florished He taught the course of the celestial bodies and first made the Horoscopy or ascendent and also discriued the circuite of the land and sea Archestratides was king of Athenes Before Britayne knovven 527 Seruius Tullius the sixt kynge of Romanes The yere of the worlde 3386 The yere before Christe 577 reigned 44. yeres He ouercam the Ueientes and Hetruscians subdued the Sabines added the three hilles Quirinalis Fiminales and Aesquilinus to the citee he dydde â—â—ste a dyche about the walles and firste of all ordeined the valuacion and numbryng of the people whiche yet to al the worlde was knowen Under whoÌ„ Rome beyng brought to a valuacion had .84 thousand heades of citisens Finally he was slayn by L. Tarquinius the proude who Seruius yet liuynge affected the kyngdome by the entisement of his wyfe Tulla the daughter of Seruius Claudia a virgin vestale accused of incest for hir purgacion went to the shalowes of Tiber where fastenyng hir gyrdle to a shyp there stickynge spake these wordes If I be a virgin folow me Incontinent she drewe the shyp out of the shalowes to Rome Before Britayne knovven 523 Anamasis kyng of Aegypt reigned .42 yeres The playes exercised naked were kept at Athenes The yere of the worlde 3390 The yere before Christe 373 Aesopus a Phrigian by fortune bonde but in wyt free and excellent in this tyme florished by feignyng his pleasaunt fables Before Britayne knovven 521 Croesus the last king of Lydio reigned .xiiii. yeres In the beginning of his reigne fortune fauoured him The yere of the worlde 3402 The yere before Christe 562 wherby he gathered excedynge richesse by whiche he was so elated that he enterprised warres agaynst Cyrus kynge of Persia by whom he was taken and set vpon a greate pile of wood to be burned Than Croesus remembrynge the wordes of Solon who had tolde hym before That no man coulde be counted blessed or on all partes happy before the last day of his life with a great exclamacioÌ„ cried oute Solon Solon Solon Whyche wordes Cyrus hearinge caused of hym to be demanded what he was whom he called vpon than Croesus declared the whole circumstance of the matter whiche thyng Cyrus perceiuing acknowlaged hym selfe to be also a man and sore repented that he went about to burne hym who was equal to hym in honour and riches and hastily commanded hym to be deliuered from the fier
whom alwaies after he had in great honour and vsed much his counsaile Herodotus at this Croesus began to write his historie Cyrus by the counsaile of Harpagus brought his army agaynst Astyages and ouercame him in battaile Here the historians do somwhat vary for Metasthenes writeth that Cyrus and Darius togither vainguished Apanda whom I suppose to be Astyages ▪ and that they reigned also togither But I wil folowe the certaine computacion and agrement of most histories CYrus Before Britayne knovven 510 the first emperour of Persia reigned 30. yeres The yere of the worlde 3403 The yere before Christe 560 he ouercame the Medes Chaldeis and reunited the monarchy bringing it into Persia when the strong citee of Babylon subdued all Asia toke Cresus kinge of Lydia prisoner deliuered the Iewes frō the captiuitee of Babylon Finally by the ouermuche desyre of dominion warringe in Scithia was by Thomiris quene thereof whose sonne and armye he had ouerthrowen slayne and with him .20000 Persians whose head she caused to be cut of and put into a vessel of bloud as a meete tombe for it with these woordes Satysfye thy selfe vvith bloud vvhych thou hast alvvay thyrsted He excelled all men in his time in goodly personage wisdom prowesse and specially in memorie which was so excellent that he knewe all the men in his army and called theym by theyr sundry names when they came to him he also gloryed in the gardeins and orchardes whiche wyth his owne handes he made and the comely order of the trees that he had planted Chilon and Anaximines phylosophyers in thys tyme flourished COrbodug succeded his father Kinimacus in thys royaulme of Britayne The yere of the worlde 3404 The yere before Christe 550 as our Chronicles wryte .lxiii. yeres Before Britayne knovven 509 Regassar the .xi. king of Babilon reigned .iii. yeres Seruius kept warres with the Hetruscians .20 yeres after whiche they yelded Before Britayne knovven 507 Pisistratus the tyran of Athenes The yere of the worlde 3406 The yere before Christe ouercominge the Megarenses Before Britayne knovven 506 by craft possessed theyr empire .xxxiiii. yeres The yere of the worlde 3407 The yere before Christe 556 Labas Ardach the .12 king of Babilō reigned .6 yeres Atis the sonne of Cresus in hunting by chaunce was slayne with a darte notwithstanding the great prouysyon and carefulnesse of his father which before time dreamed that his sonne should perishe with yron Xenophanes Colophonius a philosopher in this tyme lyued Before Britayne knovven 502 Amintas king of Macedon reigned .50 yeres The yere of the worlde 3411 The yere before Christe 552 Cresus raised warre against Cyrus Before Britayne knovven 500 ¶ Balthasar laste kinge of Babilon reigned .v. yeres The yere of the worlde 3413 The yere before Christe 550 A prince geuen to voluptee who abusinge the holye vessels of the Iewes in his vicious bankettes was for that cause slayne by Cyrus and Darius in the taking of Babylon After this the hole monarchi was reduced to the persiās Daniell sawe the mistery of the foure empyres of the Chaldeis Persians Greekes and Romains Cresus king of Lydia was taken by Cyrus in battaile The yere of the worlde 3415 The yere before Christe 548 Before Britayne knovven 498 Cyrus and Darius according to the prophecy of Daniel Before Britayne knovven 496 tooke Babylon and slewe kinge Balthasar The yere of the worlde 3417 The yere before Christe 546 Daniel by the enuy of the princes was chast into a den of lions where by the power of god he remained vnhurt ¶ The same time perceyuing the ende of the captiuytye to drawe nere he prayed god in fasting sacke clothe and ashes to witsafe to bring his people to theyr lande whose prayer was herde Barathias called also zorobabel The yere of the worlde 3418 nephieu to Ioachim and Iesus the highe priest Before Britayne knovven 495 with .45370 The yere before Christe 545 Iewes were deliuered free from Babylon by Cyrus and retourned into theyr owne lande where they repayred agayne theyr cytee caste the foundacion of the temple renewed theyr lawes and sacrifices albeit they were sometime letted by theyr borderers Before Britayne knovven 492 Pisistratus the second time reygned in Athenes The yere of the worlde 3421 The yere before Christe 542 Before Britayne knovven 489 Policrates the fortunate tyran of Samos The yere of the worlde 3424 The yere before Christe 539 ouercame the Lesbians and entred inleague with Amasis at the last by a trayne be was hanged by Ozetes Malachias Aggeus and Zacharias prophetes liued L. Tarquinius the proude the .vii. king of Romaines reigned .25 yeres The yere of the worlde 3430 The yere before Christe 533 Before Britayne knovven 483 he first brought into the citee the vse of bondes whippes staues dongeōs prisons fetters chaines banishementes and other punishementes he ouercame the Uolscians and Gabians he subdued Suessa and Pometia he made peace with the Thuscanes and buylded a temple to Iupiter in the capitoll Fynallye besiegynge Ardea he lost his kingedome For when hys eldest sonne Sex Tarquinius had rauished the noble and chast matrone Lucrece wife of Collatine and she complayning this iniurie to her husbande father and other frendes in all theyr syghtes with a knife had finished hir life Then Brutus and Collatinus takinge therof occasion moued the people to a more libertee ' and so expelled Tarquine frome his kingedome he forsaken also of his armye came vnto Rome where the gates were closed agaynst hym Cyrus in Scithia warringe agaynst Thomiris Before Britayne knovven 481 the quene of Massagetes The yere of the worlde 3432 The yere before Christe 531 with .200000 Persiās was slayne Cambyses his sonne the .xi. emperour of Persia Before Britayne knovven 480 reigned .7 yeres .v. monethes The yere of the worlde 3433 The yere before Christe 530 He added to his monarchye Egipt ouercomming Psammenitus the king therof he subdued the Aethiopians He was a prince cruell and ebreous he slewe his brother and sister Among other his cruell deedes as it was seuere so was it righteous for he caused a fals iudge to be flayne quyck whose skin he hāged ouer the iudgement seat to be had alwayes in remēbraunce of those that possessed that place He prohibited the Iewes from buyldinge theyr citye pulled downe the temples of the Aegipcians goddis where with a tempest in the sandes he was destroied receiuing for his wickednes condigne punishment The Samyans buylded Cydonia in Candy Psammenitus the last kinge of Aegipt Before Britayne knovven 479 reigned one yere The yere of the worlde 3434 The yere before Christe 529 and was slayne by Cambyses after whom the royalme of Aegipt was brought vnder the monarchy of the Persians Pythagoras the famous philosopher in this time florished whose schole was not occupied in naturalles and astronomye as other but in arithmetike geometrye and musike whiche he reduced first into sciences and albeit that in his time none was comparable to him in wisdō yet would he
The yere of the worlde 3461 The yere before Christe 502 Before Britayne knovven 452 P. Ualerius Plublicola the contemner of rychesse after he had been fower times consul died so poore that he was buried by the common expenses of the citee ¶ The same yere a conflict was fought betwene the Romanes and Aruncians wherin the Romans as victours triumphed ¶ The Iones and Atheniens tooke Serdis and burnt it The yere of the worlde 3463 The yere before Christe 500 In the ninthe yere after the expulsion of the kynges a newe dignitee was created ī Rome Before Britayne knovven 450 called the Dictatorshyp whiche was of more power than eyther the consulshyp or maister of the horsemen for they all were obedyent to the Dictatour and he was not chosen but in daungerous warres ne contynued longer in that offyce than sixe monethes The Persians ouercame the Iones and toke Miletū ¶ Mardonius The yere of the worlde 3464 The yere before Christe 499 receiuyng of Darius a mighty nauy Before Britayne knovven 449 subdued the Thasios and brought the Macedons in subiection Nere vnto Athenes by tempest of the sea he suffred a great wrecke wherin there perisshed .20000 men He brought to his no lyttell damage and hurte Brygis vnder his power A conspiracie in Rome to bryng in Tarquine but by the industrie of the consul Seruius they were apprehended and put to deathe A. Post humius the Dictator fought with the Latines where he ouercame and triumphed FErrex with his brother Porrex Before Britayne knovven 446 ruled this lande of Britayn .v. yeres The yere of the worlde 3467 The yere before Christe 496 but it was not long ere they fell at ciuile discorde for the soueraigne dominion in whiche Ferrex was slayne And Porrex afterwardes by his mother was killed in his bedde Thus cruelly was the bloude and house of Brute destroied whan that this realme by the space of .616 yeares had been gouerned by that lygnage The feastes Saturnales were instituted in Rome Tarquine dyed at Cume In Rome were constituted xxxi tribus Before Britayne knovven 444 The commō people rose vp agaynst the Senatours for defente of their libertee Before Britayne knovven 443 The yere of the worlde 3469 The yere before Christe 494 The yere of the worlde 3470 The yere before Christe 453 but by the wisdome of Memmius Agrippa they were pacified and had graunted vnto theim the tribuneshyp that is protectours of the communaltee Before Britayne knovven 442 ¶ The Atheniens by their capitain Callimachus The yere of the worlde 3471 The yere before Christe 492 with the counsail of Melciades at Maratho ouerthrewe the army of the Persians in whiche battail there fell of the Persians .9300 of the Atheniens .192 The Uolsces were vanquished and peace was made Before Britayne knovven 441 After the death of the two brethern Ferrex and Porrex The yere of the worlde 3472 The yere before Christe 491 this royalme was rent in pieces with ciuil warres for lacke of one souerayn gouernour whiche continued the space of .51 yeres vntyl that the noble Dunwalle reduced the same in to one monarchy Gelon tyran of Sicily reigned ¶ Darius receyuynge knowelage of the ouerthrowe of his army at Maratho prepared in three yere warre agaynst the Grecians ¶ A great famine and pestilence in Rome Before Britayne knovven 440 Marcus Coriolanus by the protectours of the communaltee was exiled The yere of the worlde 3473 The yere before Christe 490 the Uolscians receiued him for their capitayn they proclamed warre agaynst the Romains they tooke many citees of the Latines bisieged Rome Finally at the humble prayers of his mother and wife he reised vp his siege for whiche cause the kynge of the Uolscians slue hym Before Britayne knovven 438 The Aegyptians rebelled agaynst the Persians The yere of the worlde 3475 The yere before Christe 488 Darius in the preparacion of his warres died Before Britayne knovven 436 Xerxes the fifte emperour of Persia reigned .20 yeres The yere of the worlde 3477 The yere before Christe 486 He succeded his father in the will to serue and honour god and dyd all thynges folowynge him that perteined to religion and vsed the Iewes liberally He exceded all his predecessours in rychesse and raysed vp all his power agaynst the Grecians He also subdued the Aegyptians constitutyng his brother president ouer them Hamilcar capitayne of the Carthaginenses Leostratus of the Atheniens The lawe Agraria in Rome was made ¶ Xerxes with an army of .1000000 men and a nauy of 1208. shippes made his expedicion into Grece The yere of the worlde 3478 The yere before Christe 485 Before Britayne knovven 435 At his setting foorth The yere of the worlde 3842 The yere before Christe 481 vpon the coste Sapiades in a calme day Before Britayne knovven 431 by a sodeyne pyrey .400 of his shippes were lost he made a bridge ouer the streictes of Helespontus with his ships wherupon his army passed ouer The yere of the worlde 3483 The yere before Christe 480 Before Britayne knovven 430 When he came to Athenes he bourned the city The Grecians toke .xv. shippes of Artemisium of which Sandaces was admyrall The battaile foughte at the streictes of Thermopyle where Leonides capitayne of the Lacedemones with 600. men put to flight the great army of Xerxes and ther with very werinesse of fighting dyed in the defence of theyr coūtreye Themistocles likewise at Salamine with a small noumbre of shippes destroyed the mightye nauye of the Persians ¶ That day that the Grecians ouerthrew the Persians at Salamine Gelon and Theron vaynquyshed Amylcar in Sicilie Amylco succeded ▪ his father Amylcar in Carthage Before Britayne knovven 429 The yere of the worlde 3484 The yere before Christe 479 Athenes Thesbia and Platea were destroyed by the barbarouse people Fabius fought a sore battayle with the Hetruscians in whiche he was victour he wold not triumphe because of the great numbre that was slayne The yere before Christe 478 ¶ The familie of Fabius Before Britayne knovven 428 at theyr owne charge for the publike weale The yere of the worlde 3485 warred agaynst the Ueientes in whyche they were al slayne except one who by his prowesse and wisedome reuiued that name agayne The yere before Christe 485 Mardonius toke Athenes Before Britayne knovven 425 receiued of Xerxes .30000 men The yere of the worlde 3488 and caused the kinge to retourne into his roialme They fought at Plateas where they were put to flyght The same daye vpon the sea Lenthichides ouercame them also Ionia forsoke the Persians Xerxes a freshe prepared warre agaynst the Grecyans ▪ Before Britayne knovven 422 The yere of the worlde 3491 The yere before Christe 472 Cymon the sonne of Mylciades capytayne of the Atheniens ouercame him both on lande and sea and compelled him to flee away in a litell fisher boote where before scarse the lande and sea were able to receyue his power For these warres thus vnfortunately atcheued he begā to be contemned
of his people and at last was murdered by Artabanus his president ¶ A sedicion in Rome for the lawe Agraria Before Britayne knovven 421 The mistocles distroiyng and driuing away the Barbariens reedified and wa led Athenes The yere of the worlde 3492 The yere before Christe 471 At the laste for al his benifites by hys vnnaturall countrey men he was banished and of force driuen to go vnto Xerxes his vtter ennemy who rereyued him honourably and wold haue sent him with an army againste the Atheniens but he chosyng rather to dye than to be vnfaithfull to Xerxes or els to destroy his countrey poisoned him selfe Sedicion and pestilence in the citee of Rome Urbinia a virgin Uestale for loosynge hir chastytee was buryed quicke Aristides of Athenes for his wisedome iustice and temperance was right noble and famous He not withstanding that the AthenieÌ„s had exiled him without anye cause but onely for that he was counted to excell in iustice yet at his departyng he prayd to god that what so euer they desired it might come to good effect and coÌ„clusion And when he was called againe from banishment he neuer remembred any olde displeasure in so muche that he alwaye honoured Themistocles with whom he had perpetuall contention in the wealepublike Of his temperance this was a great token that notwithstandynge he had bene in the greatest dygnytiee and offyces in the commoÌ„ weale of Athenes yet dyed he so poore that he left not sufficient to burye hym worshypfullye And his daughters wer maried at the coÌ„mon charge of the citee And to his son Lycimacus was giueÌ„ by the people one huÌ„dred Minae whiche is of our money .239 poundes .xi. s. viii d. Unto this tyme Herodotus wrote his history The yere before Christe 469 Before Britayne knovven 419 ¶ Amilco capitaine of Cartage about this tyme The yere of the worlde 3494 after many victories bothe on lande and sea lost all his army by pestilence in Sicily Before Britayne knovven 417 Artabanus in hope to opteyne the empire slue Xerxes The yere of the worlde 3496 whome Artaxerxes to be reuenged of his fathers deathe with his sworde thrust him throughe the bodye The yere before Christe 467 whan he had reigned .vii. monethes Artaxerxes the seuenth emperour of Persia surnamed long hande reigned .xl. yeares â–ª his dominion was from the furthest parte of Inde vnto Aethiope ouer an .127 prouinces The yere of the worlde 3497 The yere before Christe 466 he embraced peace Before Britayne knovven 416 and therfore was beloued of his subiectes Artaxerxes made a great feast vnto his lordes be put away from hym the queene Uaschi The yere of the worlde 3499 The yere before Christe 464 Before Britayne knovven 414 because she refused to come to him and caused many maidens to be brought before hym amonge whom in place of Uasche he chose Hester Sicily was gouerned by the people Quintius builded in Rome the brothelhouses The Romanes mustered iÌ„ which there were found .124 214. heades of citesins A pestilence in Rome wherein the consules dyed Before Britayne knovven 412 The Uolscians besieged Rome The yere of the worlde 3501 The yere before Christe 462 The Romaynes tryumphed ouer the Uolscians with theyr alies The yere of the worlde 3502 The yere before Christe 461 Before Britayne knovven 411 In this battaile the name of Uolscians was almoste destroyed For there fell of them in discomfiture 10470. taken prisoners with .xiii. insignes .1250 Esdras by the licence of Artaxerxes came from Babylon to Hierusalem with .1775 Iewes The yere of the worlde 3503 The yere before Christe 460 Before Britayne knovven 410 to repaire the lawe and citee of god and to teache the people For he gathered and brought in order the bokes of holye scripture before scattered and destroied and inuented the hebre charectes whiche be vsed at this daye This yere also Hester began to reigne as queene Perdicas kyng of Macedon reigned .28 yeres Before Britayne knovven 409 The yere of the worlde 3504 The yere before Christe 459 The seruantes in Rome rebelled they toke the capital by their capitain Herdonius and slue Ualerius the coÌ„sul The consules triumphed ouer the Uolscians Before Britayne knovven 408 the citee mustered The yere of the worlde 3505 The yere before Christe 458 in whiche there were 1â—2419 citezens Quintius Cincinatus was chosen Dictatour froÌ„ the plough The yere of the worlde 3506 The yere before Christe 457 Before Britayne knovven 407 who wypyng awaye the duste and sweate from his face entred the citee and receiued that high auctoritee in whiche by his prowesse and wisedom he not only deliuerd the citee from the assaulte of theyr enemies but also vanquished theim After whiche vyctorye he surrendred his office and dignitee and repaired agayne to his husbandry whiche he diligently applied A sedicion The ten Tribunes or protectours of the coÌ„minaltee were created ¶ A man persuaded Artaxerxes to coÌ„maunde all the Iewes to be slayne Before Britayne knovven The yere of the worlde The yere before Christe 456 bicause Mardocheus wolde not doo reuerence vnto hym Before Britayne knovven 405 The yere of the worlde 3508 The yere before Christe 455 The king grauÌ„ted and the commandement was sent foorth and whan it should be executed In the meane while Hester declared hir kynred and deliuered the whole nacion from that mischiefe A maÌ„ was hanged vppon the galowes whiche he had prepared for Mardocheus and the other was exalted into the kynges fauour who as Philo witnesseth liued .198 yeares Empedocles and Parmenides philosophiers of Athenes in this time flourished The fyrst in musike was notable the other sequestryng him selfe from al company on the mouÌ„tayn Caucasus deuised the science of logike Cratinus Plato comedie writers and Aristarchus maker of tragedies liued A dissencion in Rome for the lawe Agraria ¶ Neemias obteined licence of the kyng and queene Hester Before Britayne knovven 403 to fynyshe Hierusalem The yere of the worlde 3510 The yere before Christe 453 At this daye begynneth the computacion of the .70 wekes of Daniel euery weke coÌ„teynyng seuen yere whiche fynished at the death of Tiberius after whom Gaius caused his ymage to be set in the temple vnder the name of great Iupiter ¶ Neemias with the helpe of Eliasib high priest sonne of Ioachim and Resa Mosolla son of Zorobabell with other princis of the people in .52 dayes fynysshed their worke And for feare of the inuasioÌ„s of theyr ennemies thei helde theyr weapoÌ„s in one hand and wrought with the other The walles beyng builded Neemias coÌ„manded the people to assemble and recited vnto them the law and celebrated the feast of that moneth he gouerned the people .12 yeres and after retourned vnto the kynge as he promised Not long after he repaired agayne into Iurie where he wrate the boke of his owne gestes and quietly fynyshed his lyfe The Romaines had hytherto no certayne lawe to preserue common coÌ„corde and peace in their publike weale wherby contrauersies and dissencions
rose amoÌ„gest theÌ„ For which cause they elected ten men whom they seÌ„t in to greece to write out the lawes of Solon and to learne the customes also of other great cities vsynge moreouer the counsel of the wyse philosophers The ten tables wer drawen out whiche were hanged openly in the courte of Rome This is the originall of the Romain lawes whiche they borowed of the Grecians ¶ Famaine pestilence inuaded the cytee the Consule Nuintilius dyed The yere of the worlde 3511 The yere before Christe 452 Before Britayne knovven in whose place was substituted Sp. Furius The ambassadours retourned from Greece with Solons lawes The yere of the worlde 3512 The yere before Christe 451 Before Britayne knovven 401 The people of Rome altered the state of their commoÌ„ weale The yere of the worlde The yere before Christe 450 for in place of their Consules Before Britayne knovven 400 they created teÌ„ men who had power geuen them to stablyshe lawes The lawe of the ten tables was confirmed in Rome Anaxagoras a notable philosopher mayster of Pericles in this time liued Sophocles a poete of Athenes and a wryter of tragedies flourished Pericles the valiant capitain of the Atheniens in this tyme was renoumed for his wisdom and prowes In all his tyme he nothing encreased his reuenues but alwais enriched the commune weale Finally beyng sycke vnto death the noble men of the citee coming to comfort him talked among them selues how by his marciall prowes he was victour in nyne great batailes Whiche wordes Pericles hearing saide vnto them That he muche maruailed that they extolled so much that thing whereof the more part was in fortune and had happened to other as well as to him and that whiche was most to be praised they spake nothing of it For neuer man saied he in this cytee by myne occasion had cause to mourne Appius Claudius with his felowes Before Britayne knovven 398 by force obteyned the souerain dominion The yere of the worlde 3515 The yere before Christe 448 To the first .x. tables two more were added The .x. men were deposed for their tyranny and lasciuiousnes specially for the death of Sicius and rauyshment of the daughter of Uirginius whom hir father to kepe hir vndefiled with his owne handes slue ¶ The Consules wer created again and Appius cast in prison and after exiled Pericles capitaine of the Atheniens made truse with the Lacedemones for .xxx. yeres Before Britayne knovven 349 Hitherto writeth Dionisyus Halicarnasseus The yere of the worlde 3517 The yere before Christe 444 Before Britayne knovven 391 MUlmutius Dunwallo the sonne of CloteÌ„ The yere of the worlde 3522 The yere before Christe 441 duke of Cornwall reduced his royalme into one monarchy beinge before by ciuyl warres and dissention lacerated and broughte into dyuers dominions He was the firste that was crowned kinge and constituted good lawes which long after were called Mulmutius lawes he gaue priuileges vnto temples and ploughes and began to make the .iiii. notable wayes in Britayn In london called then Trenouant he buylded a great temple whiche some suppose to be S. Paules some Blackewell haul Finally when he had brought this royalm to welth and quyetnes reigninge herein .40 yeres he dyed honorably leauinge after him two valyaunte and noble sonnes Belinus and Brennus The office of Censores instituted in Rome Before Britayne knovven 388 A famin in Rome The yere of the worlde 3525 The yere before Christe 438 by which many for lacke were forced to throwe them selfe into Tiber. An earthquake chaÌ„ced also The Fidenates rebelled agaynst the Romains Before Britayne knovven 386 Tolumnius kinge of Ueientes The yere of the worlde 3527 The yere before Christe 436 commaunded the Romaine ambassadours to be slayne Before Britayne knovven 385 The Romanes in reuenging the deth of theyr ambassadours warred against the Fidenates and Uetentes The yere of the worlde 3528 The yere before Christe 435 Tolumnius was slayne and the Romaines triumphed Before Britayne knovven 383 Iudas the sonne of Eliasib was constituted high priest of the Iewes The yere of the worlde 3530 The yere before Christe 433 About this time the Atheniens confederated them selfes with the Corcirens The Corinthians kept greuous sea warre with the Corcirens in whiche bothe partyes gloried to be victours ¶ Aboute this time the warres of Peloponessus began For the citees of Grece after they had expulsed the Persians being of greater streÌ„gth and power waxed proude and insolent and therby fell at discorde and variance among them selfes and for lyghte and smal causes vexed eche other with cruel deadlye and continuall warres in so muche that by them Grece was vtterly destroyed and lastly lost their libertee and were brought in seruage vnder kynge Phillip of Macedon and for their honest and commendable lawes and fourme of gouernance which thei had vsed before time succeded a dissolute order of al thinges and great corrupcion of maners The first occasion of this warre began betwene Corcyra and Corinth with whom the other citees toke part so that all Grecia was deuided And the cheife leaders of one part were the Atheniens and of the other the Lacedemoniens These warres as Xenophon witnesseth contynued .28 yeres with great varietee and change of Fortune For somtimes the Atheniens by the manhode and policie of theyr capitaines had the vpper hand sometime the Lacedemones But in the ende the Atheniens were vainquished their countrey destroyed and the walles of the citee beaten to the grounde and thei put vnder the seruage of .30 tyrannes An Eclipse of the Sonne Archelaus the king of Macedone reigned .24 yeres The yere of the worlde The yere before Christe 431 Archidamas king of Lacedemon Before Britayne knovven 381 The Atheniens in battayle on horsebacke ouerthrewe the Peloponenses in Phrigia Cleopompus capitayn of the AthenieÌ„s toke ThroniuÌ„ vanquished the LocreaÌ„s droue the Aegineis out of their countrey to whom the Lacedemones gaue landes to inhabite vpon A sore pestilence toke the Atheniens Before Britayne knovven 380 The Lacedemones ambassadours The yere of the worlde The yere before Christe 430 taken by Sadocus were slain of the Atheniens ¶ Sitalces kynge of Thrace warred vpon Perdiccas Before Britayne knovven 379 and wasted the countrey of Macedone The yere of the worlde 3534 The yere before Christe 429 but by the counsaile of Setheus to whome Perdiceas had promised his sustre Stratenices in mariage Sitalces retourned againe into his countrey The Lacedemoniens beseged Platea in Grece which was confederate with the Athenians Lesbus forsoke the frendshyp of the Atheniens The Chalcidenies ouerthrue and slue the Atheniens The Atheniens by theyr capitain Phormio ouercame the Corinthians Pachetes capitaine of the Atheniens toke agayne Mytiâ—ene and Lesbus Platea was taken by the Lacedemones and beaten downe Before Britayne knovven 378 The yere of the worlde 3535 The yere before Christe 428 And Athenes shaken with diuers erthquakes likewise the yles of Euboea and Atulanta A greuous sedicion and ruffling in Corcyra where many of
before Christe 362 and brother of Manasses was high priest of the Iewes A pestilence in Rome Camillus the second Romulus and father to his vnkinde citee finished his last daye Before Britayne knovven 311 Perdiccas foughte with the Illerians The yere of the worlde 3602 The yere before Christe 361 he was taken and brought to extreme myserie Artaxerxes of Persie foughte vnfortunately agaynst the Egipcians and loste many of his men Before Britayne knovven 310 Philippus father to great Alexander The yere of the worlde 3603 The yere before Christe 360 obteyned the kingdome of Macedon Pausanias and Argeus making also title to it he subdued Pmphibolis warred with the Atheniens and toke Bardillus king of Illyria Callimedes capitaine of Atheniens Before Britayne knovven 309 In Rome The yere of the worlde 3642 The yere before Christe 359 by an erthquake in the marketplace the earth opened whiche made an horrible gulfe or pit out of whiche issued such a vapour that it infected all the citye with pestilence The diuinours declared that this hole coulde not be closed til some noble man would cast him selfe into it ¶ Than Marcus Curtius a worthy knight of Rome for the saluegarde of the people armed at all pieces ridinge on a great courser richelie trapped ▪ lepte into the gulfe and incontinente the earthe closed The place was after called Curtius lake When L. Manlius was accused of Pompeius the Tribune for banishinge of his owne naturall sonne T. Manlius withoute gilte or trespasse and was therefore likely to be condemned ▪ the yonge man him selfe whose banishemente was obiected agaynste his father founde meanes to come into the chambre of the Tribune and with his swoorde drawne forced him to sweare that he wold not continue in the accusation of his father Wherby he deliuered him out of daunger In Grece the warre called Sociall beganne Before Britayne knovven 308 among the cities The yere of the worlde 3605 The yere before Christe 358 In the frenche warres T. Manlius vainquished and ouerthrue a frenche man of exceding greatnes and toke from him a chiene of golde for whiche he and all his lignage were surnamed Torquati The yere of the worlde 3606 The yere before Christe 357 Dion obteined Syracusas and ouercame Dionisius Before Britayne knovven 307 The Romaines fought with the Tiburtines and Gaules in whiche they triumphed double GUinthelinus after the deathe of his father was crowned king of Britain The yere of the worlde 3607 The yere before Christe 356 Before Britayne knovven 306 A prince sober and quiet who had to wife a noble woman named Marcia of excellent learninge and knowledge She deuised certain lawes whiche longe time among the Britons were greatly estemed and named Marcians lawes Finallye when this vertuous prince had reigned .26 yeres he died The Phenices and Cyprians forsoke the empire of the Persians Dion ouercame the Dionysians whyche possessed Syracusa and deliuered his countrey he was elected theyr capitaine The yere of the worlde The yere before Christe 355 Archidamus kinge of Sparta Before Britayne knovven 305 Philomelus capitain of the Phocenses got the temple of Delphos The Tarquinians vanquished Fabius vnaduisedly fightinge and sacrifised 307. Romanes Before Britayne knovven 304 Spartacus king of Bosphorus The yere of the worlde 3609 The yere before Christe 354 In Sicily Dion was slain by his hyred souldiours Calippus who was the causer of it toke on him the administration of the ysle Philip besieged and destroyed the city Methenes The Locrenses meting in battayle with Philomelus were ouercome taken and slayne Upon this began a sedicion through all Grece Before Britayne knovven Artemisia quene of Caria The yere of the worlde 3610 The yere before Christe 353 Hipparinus son of Dion expulsing Calippus recouered his fathers royalme The warres of the Argiues and Lacedemones Philip beyng ayded with a bande of Thessalians ouercame the Phocenses subdued Lyeophrones and hanged Onomarchus Fabius vanquished the Tarquiniens and Falliscians Phaylus Before Britayne knovven 302 The yere of the worlde 3611 The yere before Christe 352 capitain of the Phocences recoueringe a new power went into Beotla where fighting he was againe ouerthrowen and put to flight The warres of the Lacedemons and Megapolitaynes in whiche the Lacedemons obteined the victory by their capitaine Archidamus Contenciō in Rome for the election of consuls in whiche the Senatours obteyned Before Britayne knovven 301 Artaxerxes with great industry recouered Egipt Phinicia and Cipers he toke Sidona by treason The yere of the worlde 3612 The yere before Christe 351 and caused Temnes the kinge who betrayed the citye to be slayne Arymbas king of Molossa The Romanes fought prosperously with the Tyburtyans and Tarquiniensis but to cruelly they raged on thē for scourging .348 of the chiefest they also tyrannouslye put them to death Before Britayne knovven 300 Protagoras kinge of Salamine The yere of the worlde 3613 The yere before Christe 350 submitted him to the Persians Artaxerxes subdued Egipte and droue Nectanebus into Aethiope Mentor the president of the sea coste of Asia by craft and force gotte al the cities and regiōs theraboutes vnder the dominion of Artarerxes The yere of the worlde 3614 The yere before Christe 349 Spartacus king of Pontus dyed in whose place his brother Parisades was chosen who reigned .38 yeres Before Britayne knovven 299 Philip inuaded the Chalcidenses by assault toke the castell Gera compelled certayne townes to be vnder his obeisaunce and expelled Pitholaus out of Thessaly The yere of the worlde 3615 The yere before Christe 348 Peace giuen to the Tarquiniāses other for .xl. yeres Before Britayne knovven 298 The yere of the worlde 3616 The yere before Christe 347 The temple of Apollo at Delphos Before Britayne knovven 297 with them that fled thither were al bourned Popilius triumphed ouer the Galles the pristinat possession of the consulships was restored to the fathers The yere of the worlde The yere before Christe 346 The Phocenses submitted them to Philip Before Britayne knovven 296 for his benefycence of al Grece he was called emperour The warres of Fraunce renued M. Ualerius by the helpe of a crow did vainquishe and kil a mighty frenche man For which cause he and his posteritie were called Coruini The yere of the worlde The yere before Christe 345 Timoleon a Corinthean sayled into Sicilye he arriued at Tauromenium and got Syracusa Before Britayne knovven 295 A pestilence in Rome the Carthaginenses made league with the Romains The yere of the worlde 3619 The yere before Christe 344 Philip with fyre and sworde wasted Illyria Before Britayne knovven 294 delyuered Thessalye from tyrannes with his benificence wan the citees of Grecia with whom they tourned into amitee Dionysius yelded him to Timoleon The yere of the worlde 3620 The yere before Christe 343 Before Britayne knovven 293 he forsaketh Sicily sayleth into Corinthe and miserably led a priuat life Timoleon restored the Syracusanes to theyr lybertye Cersopleptus king of Thracia Coruinus warred vpon the Uolscians vanquished
among theym .231 yeares And thus was the empire brought out of asia into Europe amoÌ„g the grekes vntil the time that the Romans reduced it vnto them Alexander subdued Hyrcania and fell into the riot of the persians with druÌ„kennes and fury wherby he slue diuers of his frendes He toke Cedrosios and Euergetas and subdued Arachosia Alexander king of Epirus ouercame the Samnites and Lucanes in Italy A muster in Rome and new citezens ordeyned The Thracians by theyr capitaine Memnon fel from Alexander agaynste whom went Antipater who ouer came them setteled the matters and estate of Thracia In the meane time also the Lacedemons with an host foughte for theyr libertee but they were vanquished by Antipater and theyr kinge Agis slayne The yere of the worlde 3634 The yere before Christe 329 In Rome .170 women were apprehended and condeÌ„ned Before Britayne knovven 279 bycause they had prepared poyson to destroye theyr neyghbours which were coÌ„strayned to drinke that they had prepared for the destruction of others The yere of the worlde 3635 The yere before Christe 328 Alexander obteined Paropamissa Before Britayne knovven 278 he buylded an other Alexandria vpon the mountayne Caucasus Mophis a king of India did submit him selfe to Alexander The Lucanes yelded theim to the Romaines The yere of the worlde 3636 The yere before Christe 327 Alexander warred in India fought with Corus king therof Before Britayne knovven 277 who came with .60 princes and .400 ElephaÌ„tes with toures and yet was he taken by Alexander and restored againe to his royalme Alexander buylded Nicea and Bucephala in memory of his good horse and tooke by assault Agalassis Arimbas king of Epirus Before Britayne knovven 276 The yere of the worlde 3637 The yere before Christe 326 The warres in Grece began wherin Leoschenes the Athenien was capitayne Alexander subdued the Cosseans The yere of the worlde 3638 The yere before Christe 325 Zopirion by the commaundement of Alexander warred in Scithia where he with .3000 was slayne Before Britayne knovven 275 The yere of the worlde 3636 The yere before Christe 324 Thalestris quene of Amazons for the desyre to haue issue by Alexander Before Britayne knovven 274 came .35 dayes iourneys to him and after retourned being conceyued with childe When Alexander in thre yeres both to the greate perill of his and destruction of many nacions had gotten an empire scarse sufficient for being vnuanquished of the east in his mind also he had vaÌ„quished the west through whiche being blowen vp with pride he caused him selfe to be named and honored for king of al landes and lord of the whole world and sente foorthe his nauye into the east occean to serche if there were anye other worlde to conquere But in his returne homewarde beyng in his moste glory at the citee of Babylon abiding for the ambassadours of all nacions was there poysoned by hys owne men whom for his outragious crueltee and druÌ„kennesse they began to detest And thus Alexander with an inuincible courage ended his life and by Ptholomeus was buried in his citie Alexandria where the space of seuen foote of grounde helde him to whom before the whole worlde was to lyttel The Lucanes and Apulians cam into the societee of the people of Rome A lawe stablished in Rome that no man for debte shuld weare yrons Before Britayne knovven 273 KImarus succeded Cecilius The yere of the worlde 3640 and reigned .iii. yeres in Britaine The yere before Christe 323 After the death of Alexander as the empyre was soone gotten so likewise was it quickly deuided among his capitanes euen as a pray ouerthrowen by the great lyon is gredely deuoured by the yong whelpes and they also fell together by the eares in parting of it Antipater for his part had Macedonye and Grece Ptholomeus Egipte Aphrica and parte of Arabye Laomedon Syria Philotas with his sonne Cilicia and Illyria Agrâ—patos the greater Media Antigonus Phrigâ—â— Learchâ—s Litia and Pamphilia Cassander Caria Menander Lydia Lysymacus Thracia and Pontus Eumenes obteyned Cappadocia Paphlagonia These princes for the soueraine dominioÌ„ warred one on the other til thei wer almost destroyed Ptholomeus sonne of Lagus was king of Egipt .xl. yeares he was fyrste by horsemen and after with the common assent chosen kinge Phillip called Arideus brother to Alexander reygned vii yeres in Macedone Warre indicted to the vestines whoÌ„ Iunius Brutus vanquished The Samnites warre wherein there were 20000. slayne and the Romayns triumphed Before Britayne knovven 172 Eumenes slue Neoptâ—lemus The yere of the worlde 3641 The yere before Christe 322 Perdicas brought an armi into egipt agaiÌ„st Ptholome The warres betwene the AtheniaÌ„s Aeolians begaÌ„ Onias son of Iaddus was high priest amoÌ„g the iewes The yere of the worlde 3642 The yere before Christe 321 ELanius called also Danius Before Britayne knovven 271 was king of Britaine nyne yeres Claudius Pontius captain of the SaÌ„nites Before Britayne knovven 270 ouer thrue and vanquished the Romans The yere of the worlde 3643 The yere before Christe 310 to their gret shame Papyrius Cursor ouercame the FereÌ„tanes The yere of the worlde 3644 The yere before Christe 319 Before Britayne knovven 269 beat down the Samnites tooke Lucerias with .7000 Samnites whom he brought in bondage The kyngdome of Asia began Before Britayne knovven 268 where Antigonê° reigned first .18 yeres The yere of the worlde 3645 The yere before Christe 318 who caused Eumenes taken and betrayed by Alexanders souldiours to be cast in prison Olympias mother of Alexander caused Euridices Before Britayne knovven 267 and Arideus the king to be slayne The yere of the worlde 3646 The yere before Christe 317 Al Syria in this time was much vexed by Ptholome who toke IerusaleÌ„ also by fraude on the Sabbot daye and led away captiue a great numbre of Iewes Cassander obteined the roialme of Macedony Before Britayne knovven 266 and reigned .xix. yeres The yere of the worlde 3647 The yere before Christe 316 he commanded the quene Olympias to be put to deathe â–ª who with a stoute mynde not fearyng death offered her head to the hangman and in the very yange of death mynded hir honestee for with hir handes she kept down her clothes that no parte of hir body should be sene Peace was made through all Apulia the Romans gaue lawes vnto their alies The yere of the worlde 3648 The yere before Christe 315 Glautias king of Illyria Before Britayne knovven 265 brought vp Pyrrhus .xii. yeres and than restored him to his fathers kingedome ¶ The warres of the Samnites were renued and they put to flyght in reuengement wherof they besieged postia and plistia citees confederate with Rome The yere of the worlde 3649 The yere before Christe 314 Satricula was taken and Aurelius master of the Romayne horsemen slayne Before Britayne knovven 264 The yere of the worlde 3650 The yere before Christe 333 Cassander assigned landes to the Abderites in the extreme partes of Macedony Before Britayne knovven 264 The yere
of the worlde 3652 The yere before Christe 311 MOrindus a cruell prince Before Britayne knovven 261 began to reigne in Briteine he as oure cronicles saye foughte veyth a kyng who came out of Germany arriued here slue him with al his power Moreouer as they write oute of Irishe seas came foorthe a wonderfull monster whiche destroyed much people wherof the king hearing would of his valyaunte courage nedes fight with it by whom he was cleane deuoured When he had reygned viii yeres Here beginneth the kingdome of Syria wher Seleucus Nicanor first reigned .32 yeres Pestilence inuaded Rome Nola with other cityes was taken In this place the Scottes began theyr chronycles at Fergus son of Farquahard kinge of Irelande who as they write came with a great power out of Irelande to theyr ayd in the dissencion betwene them and the pitchtes where by hys wisedome and prowes be so behaued him selfe that he agreed those people and obteined suche fauour that they elected him to be theyr king he reigned among them .25 yeres and finally in passinge the seas betwene Irelande and Scotland he was drowned These histories of the Scottes asthey set them forth be full of errours and agre with no other historiens for they saye that Fergus slue Coil king of Britain when there was no suche of that name nor manye yeres after as it may in this boke playnly appeare But I will take the yeres of the reignes of theyr kinges as they write them whiche were from this time vnto the cominge of Cesar .260 yeres for whiche cause I haue here for the better agremente of the history and computacion of the yeres begun to write of them Before Britayne knovven 260 Lysimachia in Thracia builded The yere of the worlde 3653 The yere before Christe 310 Before Britayne knovven 256 Cassander caused Arsines The yere of the worlde The yere before Christe 309 the wife of great Alexander with her son Hercules to be put to death Ptholome inuaded Ciprus In Rome the tribunes of the souldiours that shoulde gouerne the Legions were ordeyned with the two admirals of theyr nauy Ptholome and Cassander The yere of the worlde 3655 The yere before Christe 308 coÌ„federates with Lysimachus and Seleucus â–ª Before Britayne knovven warred against Antigonus whose son Demetrius fought with theym and was ouercome by Ptholome Fabius Rutilanus vanquished the Hetruscians and gaue theym peace for .30 yeres The Romaynes tryumphed bothe of the Samnites and Hetruscians Demetrius Phalereus obteyned of Ptholome that the Atheniens might be restored to their popular gouernaÌ„ce Antigonus The yere of the worlde 3656 The yere before Christe 307 and all the other princis Before Britayne knovven 257 Before Britayne knovven 256 named theym selues kinges The yere of the worlde 3657 The yere before Christe 306 Demetrius the sonne of Antigonus delyuered Grece from tyraÌ„ny and ouercame and put to flight Ptholome in a battayle on the sea Fabius made proconsul ouercame brought in subiection the Samnites and sold .4000 of theyr complices The yere of the worlde 3658 The yere before Christe 305 The Romaines triumphed againe ouer the SaÌ„nites they renued their league with the Carthaginenses Before Britayne knovven 255 The yere of the worlde 3659 The yere before Christe 304 Seleucus buylded diuers cities in Syria The yere of the worlde 3660 The yere before Christe 303 GOrbomannus eldest sonne of Morindus Before Britayne knovven 254 reigned xi yeres A prince iuste religious Before Britayne knovven 253 he renued the temples of his goddes and gouerned his people in peace and wealthe Symon sonne of Onias surnamed the iust was hygh priest of the Iewes The auncient league was geuen to the Samnites the xxxi townes of the Equians were taken the Marrucines with other confederated them with the Romayns In a certayne caue in Umbria .2000 armed meÌ„ were destroyed with smoke and fyre The yere of the worlde 3661 The yere before Christe 302 Before Britayne knovven 252 Seleucus obteyned Babilon and buylded Antioche Ptholome The yere of the worlde 3662 The yere before Christe 301 Cassander Lysimachus Before Britayne knovven 251 and Seleucus ouer came and slue in battaile Antigonus king of Asia Cleominus a Lacedemon with a nauy of Grekes arriued on the costes of Italy Demetrius sonne of Antigonus Before Britayne knovven 250 succeded in the kingdome of Asia The yere of the worlde 3663 The yere before Christe 300 and reigned xvii yeres About this time the Romans began to vse barbours for before they neuer shaued theyr beardes The lawes Ualeria and Portia were made and the bishops and diuinours were consecrated The yere of the worlde 3665 The yere before Christe 298 A great famine in Athenes Before Britayne knovven 248 The yere of the worlde 3666 The yere before Christe 297 Antipater and Alexander sonnes of Cassander Before Britayne knovven 247 reygned in Macedone .iiii. yeres But Iustine writet h that Philip succeded Alexander The Samnites being driuen backe by Decius entred into Hetruria where they toke Ferentinum and other townes but by the consuls they were slayne and taken Before Britayne knovven 246 Fabyus Rutilanus triumphed vpon the Hetruscians and Gaules The yere of the worlde 3667 The yere before Christe 296 Before Britayne knovven 245 The yere of the worlde 3668 The yere before Christe 295 P. Decius auowed him selfe to die for the Romains There were slaine of the Hetruscians Gaules 24000 and of the Samnites by Uolumnius .16300 Before Britayne knovven 244 Attilius Regulus subdued the Sabines The yere of the worlde 3669 The yere before Christe 294 Posthumius the Hetruscians peace was giuen to the Uolscians and other for .xl. yeres Demetrius king of Asia The yere of the worlde 3670 The yere before Christe 293 obteined the roialme of Macedon Before Britayne knovven 243 whiche .6 yeres he kept Antipater sonne of Cassander slue his mother Demetriê° by fraud put to deth Alexander and Philip wherby he possessed the royalme of Macedon The Samnites and Hetruscians wer vanquished by the Romaines ARchigallo brother to GorbamaÌ„nê° The yere of the worlde 3671 The yere before Christe 292 was crouned king of Britain Before Britayne knovven 242 he was in coÌ„dicioÌ„s vnlike to his brother for he deposed the noble meÌ„ exalted the vnnoble he extorted frome men their goodes to enrich his treasury for whiche cause by the astates of the royalme he was depriued of his roial dignite whan he had reigned .v. yeres Nagid called also Nage succeded his father in the principalitee of the Iewes .x. yeres The Boeotians forsoke Demetrius whoÌ„ he subdued and toke Thebes A pestilence for which cause the ymage Aesculapius was brought from Epidaurus to Rome ¶ Fabius ouercome of the Samnites was rescued by his father he triumphed ouer them and put their capitain Pontius to death Pyrrhus vainquished Pantauchus The yere of the worlde 3673 The yere before Christe 290 Before Britayne knovven 240 This Pyrrhus kyng of Epyre was a valiaÌ„t and fierse warriour sterne of countinauÌ„ce and
terrible to behold and semed to be framed of nature to martiall prowesse By a doubtfull aunswere of Apollo he was enduced to ayde the Tarentines againste the Romaines whom he ouerthrue in .ii. great batailes but with such losse of his owne capitaines frendes and souldiours that he saide if we ouercome the Romaines ones againe we shal be vtterly vndone Wherfore marueilynge at the maÌ„hode and vertue of the Romains he sayde with a lowd voice to his frendes Oh howe easie were it for me to subdue thehole world either to my self by the aide of Romaine souldiours or to the Romaines if I were theyr kinge Samnium was cleane destroied by the Romanes and the warres whiche endured .49 yeres betwene theym was finished and all Italy pacifyed and subdued vnto the Romanes The yere of the worlde 3675 The yere before Christe 288 Ptolomeus Seleucus Lysimachus and pyrrhus king of Epirus warred againste Demetrius Before Britayne knovven 238 whom they ouercame pyrrhus possessed the royalme of Macedony ¶ The citie Lysimachia wyth an erthquake was ouer throwen ELidurus the thirde sonne of Morindus brother to Archigallo The yere of the worlde 3676 The yere before Christe 287 was elected kyng of Britain Before Britayne knovven 247 A vertuous and gentill prince who gouerned his people iustly Whan he had reigned .v. yeres as he was in huÌ„tyng in a forest by chaunce he met with his brother Archigallo whom moste louyngly he imbraced and fouÌ„de the meanes to reconcile him to his lordes and than resigned to him his royall dignitee The Macedons receiued pyrrhus for their kyng .7 monethes Lysimachus by fraude kylled Antipater his sonne in lawe and possessed the kyngdome of MacedoÌ„ vii yeres The yere of the worlde 3677 The yere before Christe 286 Demetrius in Cilicia vanquished Seleucus Before Britayne knovven 236 The yere of the worlde 3678 The yere before Christe 285 Ferithias brother to Fergus Before Britayne knovven 235 was chosen kynge of Scottes duryng the nonage of his brothers children who bi Ferlegê° his neuew for the desire to reigne was slaine whaÌ„ he had reigned .xv. yeres and Ferlegus for that act fled Scotlande Demetrius submitted him to Seleucus The yere of the worlde 3679 The yere before Christe 284 Ptholomeus philadelphus kynge of Egipt Before Britayne knovven 234 reigned xxxviii yeres The yere of the worlde 3680 The yere before Christe 283 Before Britayne knovven 233 A prince aboue al other geueÌ„ to study and learnynge he made a librarie in Alexandria whiche he furnyshed with innumerable bokes of al sciences among whiche as chiefe was the volume of Moyses lawe For the king hearing of that diuine lawe was in Hierusalem being veraie desirous to haue it translated first discharged out of his bondage al the iewes in his realme who were aboue .100000 Then sit he Demetrius Aristeus to Eleazer the high priest with great giftes to the temple of god desiring that the lawe might be sent with lerned men to translate it into Greke Incontinente Eleazar sent .72 interpretours who commenly be called Septuaginta interpretes These the kinge honourably receyued and sent them to Demetrius clerke of his librarye in Alexandrye who prouided a place for them where they assembled daily to interprete the holy scripture and in .72 daies finished it Which being done the king with great giftes dimissed them home The Lucanes Brutians Samnites Hetruscians being confederate with the Galles made a vtage towardes Rome But by Dolobella they were driuen backe The Galles slue the Romaine ambassadours Cecilius the pretour and .13000 souldiours Before Britayne knovven 232 ARchigallo thus restored to his royall estate The yere of the worlde 3681 The yere before Christe 282 ruled the people quietly and iustelye .x. yeres and then changed his life with death Aggal Esly receyued the principaliter of the Iewes â–ª gouerned them .8 yeres Before Britayne knovven 331 The Tarentines spoyled the Romaine nauy The yere of the worlde 3682 The yere before Christe 281 wold not receyue the ambassadours of Rome Before Britayne knovven 230 Ptolomeus Ceraunus reigned one yere in Macedon The yere of the worlde 3683 The yere before Christe 280 and was vanquished by the Galles Lysimacus being ouercome in battaile of Seleucus died Seuen monethes after Seleucus by the falshode of Ptolome lost his life The warres of the Grekes against the Aetolians Warre indicted to the Tarentins they sent to Pyrrhus for ayde he cometh and with the helpe of his Elephantes ouercometh Leuinus the coÌ„sul Pyrrhus wondring at the continency of Fabritius in refusing his riche gettes which he sent to him didde send Cynea to Rome for peace blynde Appius Claudius persuaded theym to the contrary Before Britayne knovven 229 Antiochus Soter the second kinge of Asia and Syria The yere of the worlde 3684 The yere before Christe 279 reigned .xix. yeres About these daies bloude was sene to springe out of a well and milke to fall from the cloudes Meleagrus was king of Macedon .2 monethes After whom Antipater reigned .45 dayes Softenes reigned in Macedone .ii. yeres he ouercame the Galles in Macedon Pyrrhus was vanquished by the consules by flight he saued him selfe and returned to Tarentum The Scicilians after the death of Agathocles Before Britayne knovven 228 because they were continually vexed with the warres of the Carthaginenses sent for Pyrrhus The yere of the worlde 3685 The yere before Christe 278 and gaue vnto him the dominion of the whole islee An other Brennus capitayn of the Galles which inuaded Grece after many spoyles there done robbed the temple of Appollo at Delphos and to excuse his sacrilege sayed that the goddes neded nothing but they beynge riche ought to parte theyr goodes to poore men but he being ouerthrowen by the power of god for peyne killed him selfe his armye beyng destitute of a capitaine wyth lightning hayle hunger and pestilence was vexed and for desperation killed theyr wiues and children and so were scattered through Asia and grece But at laste they gathered agayne together and aydinge Nicomedes the king of Bithinia when they had gotten the victory deuided the countreye with him whiche was called after Gallogrecia The yere of the worlde 3686 The yere before Christe 277 Antigonus Gonates reigned in Macedon .xxxvi. yeres he ouercame the Galles Before Britayne knovven 227 The yere of the worlde 3688 The yere before Christe 275 Polybius the historiographer flourished Before Britayne knovven 225 Hiero king of Sicily reygned Pyrrhus expulsing Antigonus possessed Macedony The Tarentines called Pyrrhus out of Sicily to helpe them whom Curius the consul vaynquished he triumphed at which time in Rome the elephaÌ„ts wer first sene Pyrrhus lefte Italy and Sicilye Maslot Nahum prince of the Iewes Before Britayne knovven 224 succeded his father and reigned 7 â–ª yeres The yere of the worlde 3689 The yere before Christe 274 The PeloponeÌ„ses by tresoÌ„ were deliuered to Antigonê° The warres of Pyrrhus against the Lacedemones After many greuous battayles by him fought in Grece at the assault of
Argos with a stone cast downe of a woman he was slayne Before Britayne knovven 223 ¶ Alexander the sonne of Pyrrhus The yere of the worlde 3690 The yere before Christe 273 was kyng of the Epyrotes The Tarentines hearing of the death of Pyrrhus sollicited the Carthaginenses to take theyr part whom the Romains ouercame and vanquished ELidurus afore named after the death of hir brother Archigallo for his pietee and iustice Before Britayne knovven 222 The yere of the worlde 3691 The yere before Christe 272 by the general consent of the Britons was again chosen king But he reigned not passinge two yere but er that his yonger brethren Uigenius and Peredurus raised war against him and toke him prisoner where he remained as they write in the tower of London during theyr reygne Eleazer the high priest of the Iewes Before Britayne knovven 221 Alexander king of Epirus got the realme of MacedoÌ„ The yere of the worlde 3692 The yere before Christe 271 Genutius the consul toke Rhegium and sent the right Legion whiche had forsaken the Romaines in the warres of Pyrrhus to Rome who by the commaundement of the people were whipped and after put to death VIgenius and Peredurus The yere of the worlde 3653 The yere before Christe 270 after the taking of theyr brother Before Britayne knovven reigned together .vii. yeres Uigenius theÌ„ died and Peridurus reigned after alone .2 yeres Demetrius sonne of Antigonus recouered the realme of Macedon and depriued Alexander of his kingedome who fled to the Arcadians Maynus yongest son of Fergus after the death of his vncle was king of Scottes he deuised manye supersticious ceremonies to be vsed in his pagan lawe and when he had reigned .29 yeres he died Before Britayne knovven 219 The Alexandrines sent by Ptolome to Rome obteyned the amitie which they desired The yere of the worlde 3694 The yere before Christe 269 In this yere the Romains first coigned syluer The Picentes first moued warre Before Britayne knovven 218 The Picentes were ouercome the Romaines triumphed ouer them The yere of the worlde The yere before Christe 268 they buylded Priminium in France Beuentum in Italy Before Britayne knovven 217 Amos Scyrach prince of the Iewes The yere of the worlde 3696 The yere before Christe 267 gouerned theym xiiii yeres Warre indicted to the Salentines Brunduse taken and moÌ„struous prodigies sene In Rome they mustered there were founde 2712â—4 heades The yere of the worlde 3699 The yere before Christe 264 The first warres betwene the Romans and Carthaginenses began in Sicily in the which Before Britayne knovven 214 Ap. Claudiê° triumphed vpon â–ª Hiero and the Affricans The yere of the worlde 3701 The yere before Christe 262 Peace being made with Hiero and the Syracusans Before Britayne knovven 212 he gaue vnto the Romaines .cc. talentes of syluer and the Affricanes wer vanquished in Sicily The yere of the worlde 3702 The yere before Christe 261 SLidure Before Britayne knovven 211 the third tyme was made king of Britayne who continued his later reigne honourably and iustly but beinge sore brused with age and troubles he finished his life when he had nowe lastely reygned .iiii. yeres The yere of the worlde 3703 The yere before Christe 260 Antiochus surnamed Theos the thyrd king of Siria reigned .xv. yeres Before Britayne knovven 210 Hanno duke of Carthage in a battayle vppon the sea was vanquished by Duilius the consul Cornelius his felowe was taken by the Carthaginenses The yere of the worlde 3704 The yere before Christe 259 L. Cornelius Scipio wasted the isles Corsica and Sardinia â–ª Hanno duke of Carthage was slayne Before Britayne knovven 209 The yere of the worlde 3705 The yere before Christe 258 GOrbonian reigned in Britayne .x. yeres Before Britayne knovven 208 Attilius Calatinus going to Camerina fel into the hoste of the Poenians or Carthaginenses and by the helpe of Calphurnius was rescued Anniball the elder being vanquished by the Romains of his own meÌ„ was hanged The yere of the worlde 3706 The yere before Christe 257 Xantippus king of Lacedemonia Before Britayne knovven 207 The Parthians refused the dominion of the Syrians M. Attilius Regutus with his companion vaÌ„quished the CarthagineÌ„ses on the sea warred in Affrica wher they were victours Regulus killed a serpent of wonder full greatnesse by Xantippus the Lacedemon he was ouercome and taken prisoner Arsaces inuaded the realme of Parthia suppressiÌ„g Andragorus the president therof Of him all the kinges of Parthia were called Arsaces Theodotus the president of Bactria coÌ„maunded him selfe to be called king The yere of the worlde 3708 The yere before Christe 255 Upon the sea the Carthaginenses were againe ouercome Before Britayne knovven 205 by the Romanes â–ª and they also by the cost of sicilie with tempest were destroyed Mathathias siloa receyued the principalite of the Iewes Before Britayne knovven 204 and gouerned them .x. yeres The yere of the worlde 3709 The yere before Christe 254 The consules destroyed the sea costes of Affrica returnyng victors into sicily aboute Palinurus they suffered shipwrecke Metellus in sicily ouerthrew Asdrubal The yere of the worlde 3712 The yere before Christe 251 and broughte 120. elephantes with great pompe to Rome Before Britayne knovven 201 Manasses was made hyghe priest of the Iewes The yere of the worlde 3713 The yere before Christe 250 Before Britayne knovven 200 Regulus being fyue yeres kept in prison was sent by the Carthaginenses to Rome on his fidelitee to obteine peace which if he could not â–ª to returne againe and yeld him self prisoner but he dissuaded the senate froÌ„ makiÌ„g peace or exchanging prisoners and so returned to Carthage to prison wher with most valiant mynd he vainquished fortune The coÌ„suls besiged Lilybeê° by Annibal the son of Amilcar thei wer vanquished lost most part of their army At the haueÌ„ Drepanus the Romans fought vnluckyly The yere of the worlde 3714 The yere before Christe 246 Before Britayne knovven 199 MOrgan was crowned king of britain who guided the royalme peacibly .xiiii. yeres Before Britayne knovven 198 The yere of the worlde 3715 The yere before Christe 248 The nauy of Carthage wasted sore the sea partes of Italy Seleucus Gallinicius the fourth kyng of syria The yere of the worlde The yere before Christe 245 reigned .xx. yere Before Britayne knovven 195 He put to death his stepmother Beronice with hir yonge childe For whiche crueltee many of his citees forsoke him and receiued ptolome Ptolomeus Euergetes the thirde kinge of Egypte reigned .26 yeres He subdued Gallinicius obteyned Syria Iudea Cilicia and other countreis Before Britayne knovven 193 Iosephê° Arses prince of the Iewes reigned .60 yeres The yere of the worlde 3720 The yere before Christe 243 he was coÌ„stituted gouernor of the tribes of samaria Gallinicius suffered shipwreck and was again restored to his royalme In this time continuall warre was betwene the Romaines and poenians Before Britayne knovven 192 Luctatius ouercame vanquished the Carthaginenses at the
Isles Egates The yere of the worlde 3722 The yere before Christe 242 In a short time after the whole nauy of Carthage betwene Sicily and Sardinia was almost distroyed with teÌ„pest Wherby Amilcar desired peace which was graunted Here endeth the first warres of Carthage The yere of the worlde 3722 The yere before Christe 241 Doruidilla the sonne of Maynus Before Britayne knovven 191 was made kyng of the Scottes who reigned .xxviii. yeres he gaue all hys study and desire to huntyng in so muche that therof he made lawes and continued all his lyfe in peace Demetrius the .xxxv. king of Macedon reigned .x. yeres By the exundatioÌ„ of Tiber and fyre Rome was sore wasted The yere of the worlde 3723 The yere before Christe 240 Onias Before Britayne knovven 190 the sonne of iust Simon in this time florished Arsaces buylded Dara The yere of the worlde 3725 The yere before Christe 238 The Romayns warred with the Phaliscians Before Britayne knovven 188 slue 150000. of them they fought also prosperouslye with the Galles The yere of the worlde 3726 The yere before Christe 237 Eumenes king of Bithynia Before Britayne knovven 187 in this time inuaded Asia The warres in Ligustia now called LuÌ„bardy where the Romains triumphed and passed ouer the great ryuer of Poo The yere of the worlde 3728 The yere before Christe 235 The Sardiniens rebelled by the meanes of Carthage but by the Romains thei wer subdued Before Britayne knovven 185 peace was renued with the Poenians and in all other places the teÌ„ple of Ianus was shut which was not closed before sens the tyme of Numa EMerianus brother to Morgan Before Britayne knovven 184 succeded in the royalme of Britaine The yere of the worlde 3729 The yere before Christe 234 whan he had tyraÌ„nously reigned vii yeres he was deposed Amilcar with an army was sent into Spaigne Before Britayne knovven 183 wher he dilated the empire of Carthage The yere of the worlde 3730 The yere before Christe 233 Antigonâ—â— the .36 king of MacedoÌ„ reigned .12 yeres Before Britayne knovven 181 Teuca quene of Illyria slue the Romain ambassadors The yere of the worlde 3732 The yere before Christe 231 Armenes king of Cappadocia Before Britayne knovven 379 The yere of the worlde 3734 The yere before Christe 229 Teuca quene of Illyria florished The yere of the worlde 3735 The yere before Christe 228 The warres of Illyria Before Britayne knovven 178 the consules toke many citees and subdued both the roialm and the quene The yere of the worlde 3736 The yere before Christe 227 IUal was chosen king of Britaine for his iustyce and temperaunce which he gouerned .xx. yeres peacibly Before Britayne knovven 177 Seleuâ—ê° Cerâ—unus the .v. king of Syria Before Britayne knovven 175 reigned .3 yeres The yere of the worlde 3738 The yere before Christe 225 and was slayne by the capitaines of Ptholome The Romayns made a league with Amilcar The warres of Fraunce began The bishops contaminated the citee with sacrafices they buryed quicke in the oxe market a frenche man and frenche woman wyth a Greke woman Before Britayne knovven 174 Mithridates Arsaces king of Parthia The yere of the worlde 3739 The yere before Christe 224 At the first encountre betwene the Romanes and Galles the Romanes were shamefully put back then C. Attilius comming to the rescue was there slayne but yet the Galles were ouercome Before Britayne knovven 172 Antiochus the great the .vi. kinge of Syria reygned 36 yeres The yere of the worlde 3741 The yere before Christe 222 The RomaÌ„s at the riuer Adua vaÌ„quished the Galles Before Britayne knovven 171 Prusias of Bithinia The yere of the worlde 3742 The yere before Christe 221 Acheus of Taurus kinge Cauarus of Fraunce Attalus of Asia Marcellus subdued the Galles that inhabited Lombardy and toke Millan by force the frenchemen put theÌ„ selfes and theyrs vnder the power of the people of Rome Before Britayne knovven 170 Demetrius king of Illyria and Ariarates kynge of Cappodocia reigned The yere of the worlde 3743 The yere before Christe 220 Antigonus vanquished Cleomenes and spoiled hym of his realme obteyned Sparta toke Tegeta and was receyued of the Argiues The Istrians were subdued by the Romaines Before Britayne knovven 169 Ptolomeus Philopater the .4 kinge of Egipt The yere of the worlde 3744 The yere before Christe 219 reygned .xvii. yeres he slue his parentes and his brother and so inuaded theyr royalme Philip .37 king of Macedon gouerned theÌ„ .42 yeres The warres social betwene the Acheans Aetolians Annybal the sonne of Amilcar was ordeined capitain of Carthage like as he was of noble and valyaunte courage so was he wise gilefull and of wonderfull polycy wherby he wrought much scath to the Romans against whom he conceiued such enmitee wrath in his youth that beynge a childe of .viii. yeares of age he swore to his father that his life shoulde fayle hym before he woulde leaue the hatred that he had coÌ„ceiued in his hert towarde theim Wherfore in his childehode beyng demaunded whan the warres of Carthage and Rome shoulde haue an ende steringe the duste of the grounde with his foote answered They shall then be finished when one of the partes is brought into thys fourme The yere of the worlde 3745 The yere before Christe 218 The beginning of Anniball his warres Before Britayne knovven 168 he tooke Saguntum the people of whiche citee were so faythfull to the Romaines that after great famine by him susteyned rather then they woulde yelde them to Anniball burned them selfes theyr wiues children and goodes Aemelius toke Dimalis a city of Illyria the residue submitted them to the Romains Demetrius fledde into Macedonie Philip ouercame the Illyrians and droue theym out of Macedonie The Rhodians moued warre against Bizantians Theodotus by treason delyuered Ptolemaiâ—a and Tyrus to Antigonus The yere of the worlde The yere before Christe 217 The warres of Syria Before Britayne knovven 167 betwene Antiochus and Ptolomeus in whiche Antiochus was vainquished Annibal subdued the Galles as far as Pyreus he ouercame theym at the riuer Rhodanus at Ticinus he ouerthrue the Romaines and at Trebeia vanquished Sempronius with his army he firste perced the mountaynes making his waye with fire vineger where he brought ouer his armye into Italye beinge of .80000 footemen 10000. horsemen and .xx. Elephantes The yere before Christe 216 The warre in Candy betwene the Gnosians LitiaÌ„s Corn. Scipio subdued a great part of Spayn The yere of the worlde 3747 Before Britayne knovven 166 A battayle at the lake Trasymenus where Flamminius the consul was slayne and the Romaines put to flight The yere of the worlde 3748 The yere before Christe 215 Aniball obteined the noble victorye of Cannas where Aemyltus the consul was slayne Before Britayne knovven 165 with two Questors .21 Tribunes .90 senators .300 of the nobilitye .4000 footemen and .2700 horsemen and came within three myles of Rome Mithridates warred vpon the Sinopenses The yere of the worlde 3749 The
which by Corn. Lentulus were subdued and slayne Before Britayne knovven 146 Antiochus in Coâ—losyria subdued all the citees belongyng to Ptolomeus The yere of the worlde 3767 The yere before Christe 196 Nabis the tyran of Lacedemon receiuinge the citee of Argiues fel to the parte of the Romaines Quintius in Thessaly put Philip also to flight The Lumbardes submitted them to the Romaines the Millanners were vanquished and slayn Sempronius in Spayne was kylled Antiochus repaired the citee Lysimachia Before Britayne knovven 145 The yere of the worlde 3768 The yere before Christe 195 Peace made betwene Philip and the Romaines The citees of Grece were restored to their libertee A sedicion of seruauntes began in Thuscayn M. Acilius subdued and hanged them Anniball bycause he wold not come in the Romaines daunger The yere of the worlde 3769 The yere before Christe 194 fled vnto Antiochus Before Britayne knovven 144 Quintius made war vpon Nabis prince of LacedemoÌ„ Cato subdued the Spaniardes and triumphed Antiochus perceiuinge that he coulde not get the royalme of Aegypte The yere of the worlde 3770 The yere before Christe 193 made his power against Asia Before Britayne knovven 143 and toke Rhodes and Samos and than by the prouocacion of Anniball he prepared war against the Romaines Peace was geuen to Nabis And Quintius triumphed thre daies in Rome GEruntius reigned here in Britain .20 yeres The yere of the worlde 3771 The yere before Christe 192 Iosephus the son of Thobias deliuered the Iewes from the furye of Ptolome Before Britayne knovven 142 Corn. Scipio subdued the Lusitanes Antiochus gaue vnto Ptolome in mariage his daughter Cleopatra The yere of the worlde 3772 The yere before Christe 191 Before Britayne knovven 141 Philopoemenes capitaine of the Acheans ouerthrue the souldiours of Nabis slue moste parte of the armye and spoyled the countrey of Lacedemon The yere before Christe 190 Antiochus was put to flight Before Britayne knovven 140 and driuen out of Grecia by Attilius Glabrio The yere of the worlde 3773 Scipio Nasica vanquished the Galles and triumphed ouer them The yere of the worlde 3774 The yere before Christe 189 Anniball in a batail on the sea was vanquished of Eumenes at Thiatyria Scipio Nasica subdued Antiochus Before Britayne knovven 139 and granted him peace vpon condicion that his dominion should onely extende no further than the mountaine Taurus Anniball fled vnto Prusias king ofBithinia Philopoemenes ouercame the Lacedemones Before Britayne knovven 138 brake down their walles The yere of the worlde 3775 The yere before Christe 188 abrogated the lawes of Licurgus L. Bebius by the Ligurians was inuironed with al his army and slayne Scipio triumphed ouer Asia Seleucus called also Philopater the .vii. king of Siria reigned .xii. yeres Before Britayne knovven 136 he by the instigacion of one Symon The yere of the worlde 3777 The yere before Christe 186 that was gouernoure of the temple of Hierusalem sent Heliodorus to haue taken away the treasure of the temple but by the angels of god he was let hardly escaped â–ª Scipio Affricanus after his manifolde benefyttes done for the citee of Rome was banished to Linternum Gracchus defended the cause of Scipio and maryed his youngeste daughter A daye also was appoynted to Scipio Asiaticus to aunswere his accusers Before Britayne knovven 135 Reutha cousin germain to Reuther The yere of the worlde 3778 The yere before Christe 185 was made gouernour of Scotland during the nonage of Thereus the son of Reuther who ruled quyetlye the roialme .xvii. yeares and then resigned the gouernance therof to Thereus The wantonnes or delicacy of the Asians began to take place in the citee of Rome cookes to be had in estimacioÌ„ Before Britayne knovven 134 Simon son of Onias high priest of the Iewes The yere of the worlde 3779 The yere before Christe 184 The Romaines at Hippones were ouerthrowen Calphurnius and Quintius subdued the Spaniardes Before Britayne knovven Hircanus The yere of the worlde 3780 The yere before Christe 183 the sonne of Iosephus was made prince of Iudea where he ruled .xvi. yeres He accordinge to Philo was the last prince of the house of Dauid For after his deceasse the Machabeis obteyned bothe the pryncipalitee and office of high pryest Calphurnus and Quintius consules tryumphed ouer the Lusitaines and Celtiberians Cato the noble Censor in this time flourished who was very olde or he lerned the latine and greke letters Before Britayne knovven 132 Onias the sonne of Simon the iuste The yere of the worlde 3781 The yere before Christe 182 was made high byshop of the Iewes Philopoemeus taken by the Messenians drynkynge poyson finished his life T. Quintius was sent to Prusias to requyre Annibal to be deliuered to the Romaines but Annibal because he would not come in theyr handes poysoned him selfe Scipio Affricanus died at LinternuÌ„ vpon whose tombe was written O ingrate conntrey vvhyche hast not so muche as my bones A sedicion dyd ryse among the Iewes for the chyldren of Ioseph Demetrius the sonne of Philip beynge accused by his brother Perseus The yere of the worlde 3782 The yere before Christe 181 Before Britayne knovven 131 was poysoned by Dida presydente of Poeonia The yere of the worlde 3783 The yere before Christe 180 A pestilence in Rome Before Britayne knovven 130 Pinarius subdued the Isle Corsâ—ra to the Romaines The yere of the worlde 3784 The yere before Christe 179 Fuluius Fiaccus ouercame agayn the Spaniardes Before Britayne knovven 129 The yere of the worlde 3785 The yere before Christe 178 Ptolomeus Philometor .vi. kynge of Egypt Before Britayne knovven 128 reigned xxxv yeares and fynally dyed by excedynge ioye that he tooke of a victorie Gracchus vanquisshed the Celtiberians and Fuluius triumphed ouer the Ligurians The yere of the worlde 3786 The yere before Christe 177 Perseus the .xxxviii. and last kyng of Macedon reygned .xi. yeres he warred agaynst the Romanes Before Britayne knovven 127 and at the last was taken by Paulus Aemilius the consul and brought prisoner in a triumph to Rome His yoÌ„gest son of necessitee to sustein his lyfe was driuen to occupie a smithes crafte So vncertain is the state of fortune The Histrians put to flight the Romains ouercome M. Licinius with his men of warre Manlius the consul subdued theim agayne and vanquisshed their drunken kynge The yere of the worlde 3787 The yere before Christe 176 Sempronius Gracchus ouerthrewe the Ilienses and Balarians in Sardinia Before Britayne knovven 126 Aepulo prynce of the Hystrians was taken and all hys countrey submitted them to the Romanes The yere of the worlde 3788 The yere before Christe 175 Iesus called also Iason brother to Onias was highe priest of the Iewes Before Britayne knovven 125 The yere of the worlde 3789 The yere before Christe 174 Antiochus Epiphanes the .viii. kyng of Syria reigned xi yeres A prince geuen to falsehoode and mischiefe Before Britayne knovven A schisme amonge the Iewes for the office of the highe prieste The yere
of the worlde 3790 CAtellus reigned here in Brytayne .x. yeres The yere before Christe 173 Claudius ouercame the Celtiberians Before Britayne knovven 123 and vtterly vaÌ„quished them after which time they obeyed vnto the empire The yere of the worlde 3791 The yere before Christe 172 Popilius the consul receyued to hys rule and gouernaunce the Ligurians Before Britayne knovven 122 The yere of the worlde 3792 The yere before Christe 171 The seconde warres of Macedon began Before Britayne knovven 121 Arâ—aratres kynge of Thracia desired amitee with the Romaines which was graunted to him ¶ Perseus kyng of Macedone ouercame the Romans at Sycurium Before Britayne knovven 120 The yere of the worlde 3793 The yere before Christe 170 Ap. Claudius sent into Illyria with an armie was beaken backe and put to flight at Uscana ¶ Thereus the son of Reuther kinge of Scottes The yere of the worlde 3795 The yere before Christe 168 reigned .xii. yeares Before Britayne knovven 118 he for his tyrrany and vicious liuing by his lordes was depriued of his kyngedome and exiled out of his royalme Antiochus toke Hierusalem spoyled the temple forced the Iewes to forsake theyr lawes defiled the temple with an ydol He also ouercame Ptolome at Pelusium and besieged Alexandria Eleazar a Iew of .90 yeres of age was slain because he would not contrary to his lawes eate swines fleshe At the same time seuen yong men with their mother were put to terrible death because they wold not offend their lawe Matathias with his fine sonnes defended the cause of the Iewes and slue Apollonius Perseus toke many cities of Illyria and Martius the consul prosperously entred into MacedoÌ„ with his army Matathias died by an othe be bound his sonnes to preferre the lawes and wealthe of their countreys before their lyues Before Britayne knovven 117 The yere of the worlde 3796 The yere before Christe 168 Iudas Machabeus gouerned the Iewes .xii. yeres In shorte tyme he delyuered them from their enemies and restored the lawes sacrifices againe He obteined the amite of the Romans wherby the Iewes preserued their libertee Then for the defence of his countrey with praiyng and fighting he slue .35000 of his ennemyes with Nicanor the capitain of Demetrius whose head he did set vpon the castell of Ierusalem his thretnyng haÌ„de he hanged against the temple and his blasphemous tonge he gaue vnto byrdes to be deuoured Finally after many batails prosperously by him fought he was slaine by Bacchides a capitaine of Demetrius C. Popilius and C. Decimius ambassadours of the Romaines restored Egypte vnto Ptolome Antiochus at their commaundement returned into his roialme L. Anicius subdued Illyria and Gentius kinge therof submitted him to the Romaines Aemilius Paulus the consulle vanquished Perseus conquered al Maccdone Câ— Octauius arriued at Samothracia whither Perseus was fled who being destitute of any succour yelded him selfe The yere of the worlde 3797 The yere before Christe 166 Here endeth the kingdome of the Macedones Before Britayne knovven 116 The mooste pompous and royall triumph of Aemilius was shewed in Rome The yere of the worlde 3795 The yere before Christe 165 Iudas purified the temple from Idols Before Britayne knovven 115 and dedicated a temple vnto the lorde Prusias king of Bithinia commended his son Nicomedes to the tuition of the Romains Marcellus subdued the Galles of the mountaines Sulpitius the Ligurians Antiochus hearinge of the prosperous successe of the Iewes in a fury purposed to destroye theym all but god the beholder of all thinges strake him with suche an incurable disease that wourmes issued out of his body whiche so putrified the fleshe that the sauour thereof no man might abide and so most miserably died The yere before Christe 163 COilus succeded Catellus in the realme of Britain who quietly reigned .xx. yeres The yere of the worlde 3800 Before Britayne knovven 113 Antiochus Eupater the .ix. king of Siria reigned .ii. yeares he besieged toke and destroied Bethsura made peace with Iudas and after brake his promise and spoiled the temple The yere of the worlde 3801 The yere before Christe 162 Alchimus by Lysias was constituted highe pryeste of the Iewes Before Britayne knovven 112 Antiochus slew Philip whom his father had left to be gouernour of his roialme Demetrius Soter brother to Antiochus Epiphanes Before Britayne knovven 111 was the .x. kinge of Siria The yere of the worlde 3802 The yere before Christe 161 and reigned .xi. yeares he lying in hostage at Rome fled from thens and slue bothe Antyochus and Lysias but Alexander the sonne of Eupator fled away The yere before Christe 158 Iudas metinge in battaile with Betheron slewe him and ouerthrue al his army The yere of the worlde 3805 Before Britayne knovven 108 Iudas by the people was apointed to the office of high priest he also entered in league with the Romanes Iosine brother to Thereus was made king of Scottes a prince geuen to peace and quiet he reigned .24 yeres Iudas committing battayle with Bachides at Barziâ—on was slayne Before Britayne knovven 106 The yere of the worlde 3807 The yere before Christe Before Britayne knovven 105 Ionathas the .xi. capitaine of the Iewes The yere before Christe 155 brother vnto Iudas gouerned them .xv. yeres The yere of the worlde 3808 He vanquished Bachides at the riuer Iordan and finally was slayne with a .1000 of his men at Ptolomais by the craft of TriphoÌ„ Before Britayne knovven 104 Nasica vanquished the Dalmatians The yere of the worlde 3809 The yere before Christe Before Britayne knovven 103 Alexander the son of Antiochus tooke Ptolomais The yere before Christe 153 Before Britayne knovven 101 Alexander entered in amitee with Ionathas The yere of the worlde 3810 The yere of the worlde 3812 The yere before Christe 151 Demetriê° ioyning battail with Alexander was slain Before Britayne knovven 100 Alexander called also Balaâ—s the .xi. kinge of Syria The yere before Christe 150 reygned .v. yeres The yere of the worlde 3813 He maried the doughter of Ptolome kinge of Egipt The warre beganne betwene the Carthaginenses and Masimiâ—sa king of Numidia Scipio called after Aphricanus of his owne good wil toke vpon him the warres of Spain in which he fought prosperously agaynst them Corn. Nasica prohibited the buylding of the Theater as a thing vnprofitable and hurteful to good maners Before Britayne knovven 99 The yere of the worlde 3814 The yere before Christe 149 Ionathas vanquished Appolonius surnamed Titus toke Azotum Before Britayne knovven 98 subdued Ascalon The yere of the worlde 3815 The yere before Christe 148 and with great victorye retourned to Ierusalem Ptolomeus for treasoÌ„ wrought against him forsoke the alyaunce of Alexander and gaue his doughter Cleopatra vnto Demetrius â–ª The third warres of Carthage began in which they chose the two Asdruballes capitaines of their footmen and Phanâ—as capitaine of theyr horsemen Cato persuaded the Romans vtterlye to destroy Carthage consydering as he sayd the Romaines to degenerate lytell and lytel
lastely by the treason of his sonne in lawe was slayne Q. Pompeius subdued the Termestiâ—s but by the Numantians he was vanquished and forced to make an vnprofitable peace Uirâ—arus was slaine by his owne men CHirimus kinge of Britaine The yere of the worlde 3825 The yere before Christe 138 through his drunkennes as our chroniclers write Before Britayne knovven 88 reigned but one yere Triphon murdering his priÌ„ce Antiochus inuaded the kingdome of Syria Before Britayne knovven 87 FUlgen son to Chrrimus The yere of the worlde 3826 The yere before Christe 137 reigned .2 yere in Britain Triphon called also Diodotus the .14 king of â—â—ria reigned .iii. yeres Simon confirmed his league with the Romains Before Britayne knovven 86 Mancinus beinge ouerthrowen of the Numantiâ—es The yere of the worlde 3827 The yere before Christe 136 and driuen out of his campe was forced to conclude a peace greatly to his dishonour ELdred reigned in Britaine one yere The yere of the worlde 3828 The yere before Christe 135 Before Britayne knovven 85 Antiochus Sedetes the .xv king of Syria reigned ix yeres He was inuited bothe to the mariage and kyngedome by Cleopatra and after by the helpe of Simon he slue Triphon â–ª ¶ In Rome a childe was borne with foure feete foure handes foure eies as many eares and hauinge both natures In the lande of Bonony corne grue out of trees ANdrogius likewise reigned one yere in Britaine The yere of the worlde 3829 The yere before Christe 134 Before Britayne knovven 84 In Sicily a rebellion of .70000 seruauntes began which moued a cruel Tedicion VRianus the son of Androgius suceeded his father in the realme of Britain Before Britayne knovven 83 and reigned .iii. yeres The yere of the worlde 3830 The yere before Christe 133 he wholy gaue him selfe to the desyres of the fleshe Nâ—mantia a noble citye of Spayne by the assaulte of Scipio was destroyed This citee by the space of .14 yeares with .4000 of theyr owne souldiours not onelye withstode .40000 Romaines but also vainquished theÌ„ oftentimes For whiche cause Scipio the yonger who destroyed Carthage was sent thyther He enclosed the citie about with a great trenche WhaÌ„ the NumaÌ„tines by long siege were sore famished they determined to finishe their misery with death thaÌ„ with a sodaine erupcion they brake forth vpon their enemies And if Scipio had not ben there present the Romaines had fled away so egerly they assayled them but by the gret multitude of the romaynes they were driuen backe and many of them slayne than the residue in good order retyred into the town and closed their gates where with the sword poison and fier they consumed them selfes their goods and their citee leuyng neither maÌ„ nor goods for a spoil to the romaynes Finnane the son of Iosine Before Britayne knovven 82 was made king of Scottes a iust and vertuous prince The yere of the worlde The yere before Christe 132 as they write which gouerned them .30 yeres The sect or religion of the priestes Druides in this time was instituted in the isle of Man Simon walkyng through the citees of Iudea wente to Hiericho with his two sonnes Iudas Mathathias where by ptolome his son in lawe they were traiterously slayne Hitherto extendeth the boke of Machabeis Hircâ—nus called also Ioannes son of Symon .iiii. capitaine of the Iues gouerned them .26 yeres Antiochus in the feast of tabernacles besieged Hierusalem by gentlenes he subdued the Iewes graunted them to lyue accordyng to theyr fathers lawes Not longe after that Carthage and Numantia were thus destroied the Romans fel at dissencion For Gracchus protectour of the comminaltee beynge displeased with the nobilitee because they noted hym to bee an authour of the Numantine league made by Maneâ—nus to wyn the fauoure of the people decreed to diuide certein landes among them For whiche cause the Senat was incensed to anger and the people to pride Wherevpon a day of session was appointed wherat the coÌ„mons beyng also gathered by the senat they were dryuen away and Gracchus with .200 slayne Attalus kynge of Asia by his testament bequethed his royalme to the people of Rome Before Britayne knovven 81 ELiud kyng of Britaine reigned .v. yeres The yere of the worlde 3832 The yere before Christe 121 Before Britayne knovven 80 Aristonicus the son of Attalus inuaded Asia The yere of the worlde 3833 The yere before Christe 130 and slue Licinius Crassus with all his army Before Britayne knovven 79 Nicomedes of Bithinia Mithridates of Pontus The yere of the worlde 3834 The yere before Christe 129 Ariarates of Cappadocie Pylemenes of Paphlagonie kinges aided the Romaynes agaynst Aristonicus Mar. Perpenna consull sent agaynst Aristonicus euer came and tooke hym Metellus made a lawe in Rome that all men shulde be forced to be maried Before Britayne knovven 78 Scipio Aphricanus the yoÌ„ger The yere of the worlde 3835 The yere before Christe 128 who destroied Carthage and Numantia beyng accused of his enemies made answere therof and in the mornyng after was founde dead in his bed strangled as som affirmed by his wyfe Sempronia who was of the house of Gracchus Before Britayne knovven 77 Hireanus did fyrst among the Iewes nourishe straÌ„gers Antiochus encouÌ„tryng with Arsaces kynge of Parthia in batayle was slayne The yere of the worlde 3836 The yere before Christe 127 Before Britayne knovven 76 Demetrius the .xvi. kyng of Syria The yere of the worlde 3837 The yere before Christe 126 brother vnto Antiochus reigned .iiii. yeres Before Britayne knovven 75 Dedancius kyng of Britayne reigned here .v. yeres The yere of the worlde The yere before Christe 125 Before Britayne knovven 74 In Aphrike there swarmed suche huge multitudes of locustes that thei deuoured not onely all the fruites The yere of the worlde 3839 The yere before Christe 124 herbes and rotes but also dyd gnawe euen the bitter barkes whiche after with a sodeyn wynde being dryuen togyther on heapes were long tossed in the ayre fell at the laste into the Aphrican sea and by violence of the water were cast here and there on land whervpon insued such infection of the ayre and pestilente sauour that it caused great murrayn of bestes and byrdes the putrifaction of whose carcases did also the more augment the foresayde plague through whiche there died in Numedye .80000 men and about the partes of Carthage and Urica dyed also aboue .ii. hundred thousand L. Opimius first of all other by warre subdued the Ligurians on the further side of the mountaynes Before Britayne knovven 72 Alexander Zebenna the .xvii king of Syria The yere of the worlde 3841 The yere before Christe 122 vanquished Demetrius and reigned .ii. yeres The Romaines repayred agayne Carthage and stored it with newe inhabytauntes Seleueus brother to Demetrius was put to death because he without the consent of his mother tooke vppon him the crowne The yere of the worlde 3843 The yere before Christe 120 Deâ—onus reigned in Britaine .ii. yeres Before Britayne knovven
in whiche expedicion Herode was Anni regum britannie 11 A domestical sedicion beganne in the house of Herode The yere of the worlde 3954 The yere before Christe 9 for Salome his sister accused Aristobulus and Alexander of Parricide for which cause theyr father caste theym in pryson About this time Herode presumed to open the tombe of Dauid trusting to haue there some great treasure but when he had founde a precious vesell and woulde haue entered further a fyre yssued out of the darke and destroied two of his men wherby he was let from his pourpose Warre betwene Herode and the Arabians in whyche Herode was victour Herode caused his sonnes Aristobulus and Alexander to be hanged The yere of the worlde 3956 The yere before Christe 7 Anni regum britannie 13 The yere of the worlde 3599 The yere before Christe 4 There flourished at this time in Rome manye learned men as Uirgil Horace Ouide Saluste Liuius Anni regum britannie 16 Hortensius Antenodorus with many other The yere of the worlde 3961 The yere before Christe 2 Cesar the thirde time closed the temple of Ianus Anni regum britannie 18 vniuersall peace was throughout the whole world he stablished his publike weale with good lawes Cyreneus presidente of Siria Anni regum britannie 19 did first describe and numbre the people of Iudea The yere of the worlde 3962 The yere before Christe 1 ¶ The preface of Tho. Languet to the thyrd parte of his chronicle IN my former bokes I haue declared those thinges accordinge to my power which haue chaunced during the time that the lawes of nature and Moyses were in theyr force taking my beginninge frome the creacion of the first man AdaÌ„ And continuinge the same through the thicke mistes and darkenes of the olde wordes I am nowe at length come vnto the birth of the new man our saluiour Iesus Christ where I purpose with the Legales ceremonies shadowes and errours of the ancient time to finishe those partes and nowe with the bright beames of that euerlasting son whose risinge hath lightned all the worlde to begin this my laste booke When Cesar Augustus by the wil of god had stablyshed most sure peace through the worlde our redemer Iesu Christe veraye god and man vpon whome peace wayted was horne in the .xiii. yere of the reigne of Augustus after the viuersall floude 23â—5 yeres frome the byrthe of Abraham 2â—12 yeares After the departure of the Israelites out of Egipte 1509. yeres From the arryuall of Brute in Englande 11â—7 yeres After the building of the temple by Salomon .1029 yeres from the buyldinge of Rome 752. yeres After the captyuytye of Babylon 614. yeres and in the laste yere of the .194 Olympyade But here is to be noted that the first yeare of our Lorde hathe but .7 dayes after some computacion for he was borne the .25 of Decembre and the firste of Ianiuer folowing began the second yere IESVS of Nazareth kynge of Iewes and onely heade of chrystyanes Anni regum britannie 19 The yere of the worlde 3962 The yere of Christ 1 with the father and the holy ghost one eternall god and almightye Lorde of all thynges begotten by hys father god in euerlastingnesse and in the fulnesse of time taking fleshe of the pure virgin mary by the worke of the holy ghost and beinge veray god and man accordinge to the holy oracles of the prophetes to redeme with his bloude the straâ—ing shepe and lost grote was borne in BethleheÌ„ a citee of Iuda where incontinent by the glorificacion of the angelles the agnicion of the sheperdes the veneracion of the wise men the prophecy of the holy Simeon and the admiracion of the doctours he was had in honoure And then from the .12 yere of his lyfe and in age wisedome and fauour bothe wyth god and man encreased he was in the .15 yere of Tiberius reigne baptised in Iordane by Iohn to the example of his and so executed all thinges subduing his fleshe with fastinge the dyuel with prayer and the worlde with humilitye At whiche tyme the wekes of Daniel beinge fulfylled he taughte euerye where moste constantly euen to the crosse partly with his mightie woorde and partelye with his effectuall woorkes the kingedome of god that is the true knowledge of god the father and his excedinge charitee towardes mankynde with the sure confidence in him the son of god declaring also the waye of helth and the mutuall loue with the rewardes of the faithful punishmentes of the vnfaithful Thenfor the confirmacion of his doctrine and faithe eueÌ„ with a litle becke he commaunded calmenesse to the elementes helthe to all diseases lyfe vnto the deade obedyence vnto the quicke detection vnto thoughtes abolicion vnto sinnes and flight vnto the deuell For all this after all the passions and labours of mans miserye whiche he suffered sinne onelye excepte whereby he witnessed hym selfe to be a veray man and after the innumerable documentes and beneficiall deedes passing mannes power openly shewed vnto his vnkinde people the Iewes by whiche he declared him selfe to be true god as it was before written in the prophetes he was by the elders of the Iewes and people his disciple Iudas Scarioth betrayinge him taken accused endited scorned scourged crowned with thornes crucified betwene theeues and euen than all thinges fulfylled with the quakinge of the erthe and darkenesse of the sonne he died After whyche beynge buried he loused hell and the thirde daye folowinge lyke a conquerour of sinne death and hell he rose againe from whiche time beinge .xl. daies conuersaunt with his in the xxxiii yere of his lyfe with glorious triumphe he ascended to the heauens vnto his father from whense he cam Where beinge the onely â–ª mediatour intercessour and aduocate of his sittinge on the righte hande of god his father shall in the ende of the worlde be iudge ouer all the liuing and the deade rendringe to euery man according to his deseruinge to the faythefull certainlye life but to the vnfaythful euerlasting death Than good and euyll segregated with the whole worlde purged and pacifyed our lorde Iesu Christe the onely and veray almighty emperour of the worlde as he hath from the beginninge soo dothe he now and for euer shall reygne to whom euerye knee of celestiall terrestrial and infernall creatures shal bow and euery tongue shall confesse that Iesus Chryste is the lorde to the glorye of God the father to whome bee all glory worlde without ende Amen The yere of Christ 2 ¶ Eusebius Cesarensis began his ecclesiasticall historye at this place The yere of the worlde 399 Anni regum britannie 20 Christ in the eight day of his natiuitee was circumsised on the .xiii. worshipped of the wise men The seconde of February he was presented in the temple and the night folowing Ioseph being warned by an angell fledde with Iesu and his mother into Egipte frome the dangier of Herode who coueting to destroy Christ commanded al
the children within Bethlem and the borders beinge vnder the age of two yeres to be slayne whyche slaughter done he woulde haue killed him selfe but beyng let by his seruaunnt he died within fiue dayes when he had reigned .37 yeres Archelaus the .13 kynge of Iewes reigned .ix. yeres and finally was banished into Fraunce In the first yere of his reigne a sedicion was moued againste him Anni regum britannie 21 The yere of the worlde 3964 The yere of Christ 3 in whiche .3000 were put to death Anni regum britannie 23 ¶ An other sediciō began firste by Iudas Galileus and after by Simon the seruant of Herode The yere of the worlde 3966 The yere of Christ 5 who taking vpon him a crowne was vainquisshed and slaine by Gratus The last was raysed by Athonges a shepeherd For whyche there were hanged by Uarus .2000 men Anni regum britannie 26 A greate famine inuaded Rome The yere of the worlde 3969 so that Augustus expelled all straungers out of the citee The yere of Christ and a great number of seruauntes The cause Orosus doeth ascribe that Cesar praised his nephieu Caius in dispisinge to woorshyp the god of heauen whan he was thereto warned by the priestes at Hierusalē at what time he passed into Syria Anni regum britannie 27 Tiberius in .3 yere subdued al Illyria The yere of the worlde 3970 which lieth with in Italy Noricum Thrace Macedony The yere of Christ 9 the riuer of Donow and the Adriaticall sea This warre next vnto the warres of Carthage was most greuous Anni regum britannie Quintilianus Uarus with thre legions The yere of the worlde 3972 The yere of Christ 11 was slain by the Germains whose ouerthrow was as greuous to the Romans as was the viage of the Cimbrians into Italy Archelaus toke the wyfe Glafira his brother Alexanders wydowe contrary to the lawe And after throughe his insolency he was by Augustus vanisshed to Uienna in Fraunce Anni regum britannie 30 Here ended the kyngdome of the Iewes The yere of the worlde 3973 The yere of Christ 12 and Iurye after thys tyme was redacted into the forme of a prouince and ioyned to Syria Iudas Gaulonites associatynge to him Sadducus a Pharisei and the chiefe of the sect of the Esseans moued a sedicion for paiyng of tribute whervpon ensued much thefte ▪ slaughter and burninge of the temple Tiberius with an army passed the Ryne to warre vppon the Germaynes Anni regum britannie 31 Iesu Christ our lorde beyng but .xii. yeres of age The yere of Christ 13 and thre monethes was founde at the feaste of Easter The yere of the worlde 3974 disputynge with the doctours in the temple and was brought home by hys parentes to Nazareth ▪ what other thinge he dyd vnto the .xxx. yere of his lyfe the Euangelistes make no mencion Augustus Tiberius mustering the people of Rome founde .9370000 men ¶ Germany beynge subdued Anni regum britannie 32 Tiberius triumphed ouer the Illyrians The yere of the worlde 3975 The yere of Christ 14 ¶ Augustus Cesar finished his lyfe at Nol◠Anni regum britannie 33 and was buried at Rome in the fyeld Martius The yere of the worlde 3976 The yere of Christ 15 whose death the senat so lamented that they saide that they woulde eyther he had not ben born or els being born that he had not died Tiberius priuily caused Agrippa to be slaine The yere of the worlde 3977 ¶ Claudius Tiberius Nero Cesar Anni regum britannie 34 the .iii. emperour of Rome The yere of Christ 16 son bothe by mariage and adoption to Augustus reigned .23 yeres he was metely politike and fortunat in warre well learned and endued with muche eloquence but with a veraie mischeuous cruel couetous and disceitfull wit feygning to do that thing whiche he wolde not and not to do that whiche he would In sodeine answers he was better than in those whiche he studied for At the firste he feygned that vnwillingly he toke vpon him the greuous and troublous charge of the empyre And wheras certain of his counsail moued him to leauy exactions of the people he answered that it was the office of a good shepherde to shere his shepe and not to pyll theim It is written that he put to deathe a smith who had inuented to make a glasse flexible laiyng to his charge that if he should lyue and teache other that golde and siluer should nothinge bee estemed He suppressed the Getulians and craftily circumuented Marobodus the kinge of the Sueuians he poisoned also Drusus and Germanicus the sonnes of his brother Drusus ¶ The printer ¶ Hitherto the said yong man Thomas Lanquet continued this history called the Epitome of Cronicles was than attached with a greuous sicknesse whereof he dyed ▪ whan he was of age .xxiiii. yeres on whose soule god haue mercy and the same folowed and finished by Thomas Couper who after instāt request to him made was at length content to take vpon him the peine for he well considered what labour and trauaill it was accordinge to the first inuencion to searche and reade ouer so many and diuers histories and cronicles to accomplishe the saide purpose ¶ An epistle to the reader FRom the beginninge of the worlde to thys tyme of the byrth of our sauiour Christ the studious younge man Thomas Lanquet not without great laboure and diligence broughte hys Chronicle Whose enterprise and the honest affection that he therein declared towarde his countrey I thinke worthye memorye For if he might haue gon through as he begō and wel brought forwarde the same vndoubtedly it woulde greatly haue delighted theim that take pleasure to reade the notable and famous thinges done longe before our tyme. For he hathe briefely set foorthe the gestes and actes of forayne and straunge countreis and therwith iuigned the hystorie of this realme of Englande after the opinion of most writers euen from the firste arriuing of Brutus in such wyse that a diligent reader maye gather the variable state and condicion of all countreis and nacions at all tymes But deathe whiche spareth no man ne can bee eschewed brake his course and as it were trypped hym in the myddes of hys rase that he coulde not atteyne to the marke wherat he ranne Wherfore lest they that desyre the profitable knowlege of histories should be destituted of so great a commoditee and lest the fruites of so diligent a labour shoulde lye hydde and tourne to the profyte of no man At the instance of certaine of my nyghest frendes whose requestes the matter so standing I could not well denie I haue taken vpon me to fynishe this cronicle although in dede I greatly dispaired that I shulde be able to accomplishe the same But when I considered firste though it were an harde matter yet might it be ouercomen with labour than howe profitable the exercise should bee for me to reade and peruse so many good auctours as were necessary for the performaunce of the same
in prison Anni regum britannie 16 and after beheaded at the castell named Macherunta Our sauiour Christ whan he had finished the legacy of god the father The yere of the worlde 3994 The yere of Christ 33 opened the doctrine of eternal life Anni regum britannie 17 to his vnkynde people the Iewes offred him selfe wyllyngelye to the moste cruell death of our redempcion paâ—ynge the raunsome of that bondage to the whiche we were thral and in daunger At whiche tyme of hys passion was a great erthquake and at syxe a clocke of the daie so terryble a clypse of the son contrary all naturall course that for great darkenes it semed to be very nighte The third day folowinge he rose again from deth to life coÌ„quering ones three mightie aduersaries to whose tyrannye wee were subiecte that is deathe sinne and Satan On the xl daye declarynge him selfe to be a mightie and puisant conquerour he ascended to the righthande of the father wher he remaineth as the only and perpetuall defeÌ„dour and meditatour of his people from whens according to his blessed promise the .50 day he sent his heuenly spirit and quaylyng in thi s poyt the promulgation of this law in the mount of Oreb for euen as the children of Israell 50. daies after their deliuerye frome the captiuitee of Aegypt and bondage of king Pharo receiued the law written with the finger of god so in like maner his blessed apostles the veraie children of god the fifty day after our deliueraunce from the spirituall Egypt and seruage of Pharo the diuell receiued his heauenly spirite the true comfortour which should leade theim into all truth and writte the eternall law of god in their hertes The Iewes began to persecute the apostles and martyred Stephen stonyng him to death Anni regum britannie 8 Sainct Paule the elect vessel of god beyng called by a vision The yere of the worlde 3995 The yere of Christ 34 was made of an open aduersarye and cruell persecutour of the churche of Christ the most faithfull apostle and true doctour of the gentles Emonge whom he taught the word of god with so great fruite and encreased so largely the Christian faith that he was after worthely named the chiefe of the apostles Symon Magus whiche had seduced the people of Samaria with Magicall artes and wichechrafte was by Philip conuict of his errour and baptized Candaces also the Eunuke of the queene of Moorens was conuerted to the faythe of Christe and baptized of Philippe ¶ Pilate after the death of Christ as witnesseth Tertulian wrate to Tyberius the emperour of the deathe vertue and miracles of Christ who after that he had published the same in the senate wold haue had Christe to bee ascribed and numbred among the gods of the Romains but the senatours would not consent therto in any wise because that Pilate wrote to the emperour of that matter and not to theim But Tiberius continued in his sentence and defended on paine of death that no man shold persecute the Christian people Iames called the brother of Christ was ordeined byshop of Hierusalem ¶ Tyberius the emperour because he woulde not be disquieted with the businesses of the comon weale but onelye at rest and idlenes departed frome Rome to the Isle of Capres wher he gaue him selfe only to 〈◊〉 leisure ¶ Sainct Paule went to preache the gospell in Arabia and after retourned to Damascus The byrde called Fenix aboute this time came in to Aegypte The yere of the worlde 3996 The yere of Christ 35 Anni regum britannie 19 Philo a Iewe of Alexandria a man veraie eloquente and wel learned was famous He wrote againste appiane and defended the Iewes both grauely and wisely he wrot also diuers thinges in praise of Christian religion wherfore of Hierome he is numbred among the ecclesisticall writers Areta king of Arabia made fierce war vpon Herode because that after he had maried his daughter The yere of the worlde 3997 The yere of Christ 36 Anni regum britannie 20 and liued with her certain yeres he lastly forsoke her kept Herodiades the wife of his natural brother being then liuing Sinnaces and Abdus vnknowing to Artabanus king of Parthia cam in ambassade to Rome desiring to haue Phrahates to their kinge Phrahates shortly after sickened dyed in Surrei and than was Mithridates of Hâ—beria ordeined in his place wherof ensued deadly warre betwene the Parthians Armenians and Hiberian Paule retourned to Hierusalem The yere of the worlde 3998 The yere of Christ 37 The yere of the worlde 3999 The yere of Christ 38 Agrippa Anni regum britannie 21 a Iue beyng accused for speaking of certaine wordes against Tyberius was ledde to prison Anni regum britannie 22 at whyche time it was hys fortune to meete wyth a southsaâ—er which tolde him before of his deliueraunce and wonderful prosperitee to the whiche he was after aduansed by Calihula and Claudius Pilate was commanded by Uitellius prouost of Surrei to go vnto Rome there to aunswere to certaine complainctes which should be layed to his charge by the Iewes for whiche accusations he was after deposed and banished to Lions in France wher as Eusebius sayth he slue him selfe Marsellius was made president of Iudea Lu. Uitellius president of Surrei Tyberius after longe sickenes the .xvii. daie of the kalendes of Aprile paide his dette to nature Caius Caligula the son of Germanicus and .4 Cesar Anni regum britannie 23 was admitted to the empire with so great reioysinge of the hole citee The yere of the worlde 4000 The yere of Christ 3 that within lesse then thre monethes there were 1500â—0 sacrifices offered in thankes geuinge to the goddes that he beinge of the stocke of Germanicus happened to be theyr emperour This man at the firste beginning was of maners right pleasaunt and commendable But after he became so detestable in pride incontinency and beastly crueltee that he semed rather a monster of a man and filthye example of all vice than a prynce or gouernour of a publike weale He vsed to sytte in the temple amonge the goddes sumptuouslye arayed in purple and golde offring him selfe to be worshipped of the people he defloured three of his owne sisters and tooke other mens wiues vyolently frome theym Often tymes he bewayled the condicion and state of his age that it was not made famous with any notable or gret calamitees of the common weale for certain displeasure that he conceiued towarde the Romaines he wished ernestlye that all the people of Rome hadde but one necke that he for his pleasure might destroye suche a multitude Throughe thys greate mutacion of maners in Caligula happened thys prouerbe to rise There was neuer a better prince at the beginning nor a worse tyran at the endinge Caligula deliuered Agrippa oute of prison and in the steede of his fetters and yroÌ„s gaue to him a crowne and a chiane of golde of the same weighte as his yrons were and made him
the wylde beastes parte otherwise most cruelly were slaine at whiche time appered the most terrible example of the wrathe and vengeance of god for the contempte of hys worde and veritee For what herte is soo stonie or hard that wyll not tremble for feare when it considereth that god toke soo sharpe punishement vpon his owne people whom before he loued moste entierlye and amonge al other nations of the world chose for his peculiar flock and vyneyarde The yere of the worlde 4035 The yere of Christ 74 Uespacian the emperour and Tytus his sonne triumphed for their victorye and conquest in Iudea Anni regum britannie 2 Lussius Bassus was ordeined legate or graund capitain into Iudea where he broughte in subiection certayne of the iewes which rebelled in the town named Macherus Uespacian endeuoured with honest lawes to restore the citee of Rome to hir pristinate fourme beautee and pleasantnesse which was greatly corrupted by the vncleane lyfe of that monstruous emperour Nero. The yere of the worlde 4036 The yere of Christ 75 The temple of Iupiter in the Capital was repaired by Uespacian Anni regum britannie 3 Ceâ—ennius Petus president of Surie discomfited put to flighte and toke prisoner Antiochus kynge of Comagine and sent him to Rome to the emperour Here endeth the histories of Ioseph and Egesippus debello Iudaico The yere of the worlde 4037 The yere of Christ 79 Anni regum britannie 4 Achaia Lycia Rhodus Byzantium Samus Thracia Cilicia Trachea comagene were made prouynces of the empire Galdus after the deathe of Dardannus was ordeyned kyng of Scottes the most valiaunt and noble prince that euer reigned amonge theÌ„ and endued with many excellent and pryncely qualitees At the firste entree he punyshed the wycked counsaylours of Dardannus and after called a parliament of his lordes wherin many noble actes were deuysed and the naughty lawe of kyng Ewyn by the whiche the wife 's of the commons were fâ—â—e to the nobles was abrogated and foredoone Of hym the Scottes made many goodly remembraunces in the honour of his noblenes and great victories that he atcâ—â—ued About this time Petulius Cerealis was sent of the Romaines as lieutenaunt to Britaine where he discomfited Galdus kinge of Scottes vanquished the Pictes and Sylurians subdewed to the Romaynes the countrey of Brigantes ouerthrewe and chased Uodicia the daughter of the valiant woman Uoada and quieted the kentishe men and certaine other Britons whiche rebelled After this Petulius a Romain named Iulius Frontinus waslieutenaÌ„t in Britain who warred also against the Scottes and Pictes Uespacian made enquirie of all the noble and valiaunt men amonge the Iewes Anni regum britannie 7 The yere of the worlde 4040 The yere of Christ 79 whiche were linially descended from Dauid Whereof ensued a sore and greuous persecucion emonge the Iewes ¶ Three citees of Cypres weere ouerthrowen wyth an earthquake A sore pestilence at Rome Anni regum britannie 8 Uespacian dyed of the flixe The yere of the worlde 4041 The yere of Christ 80 Titus the son of Uespacian reigned .ii. yeres The yere of the worlde 4042 The yere of Christ 81 He was excellently well learned Anni regum britannie 9 and of so pleasaunt swete and gentle behauour that he meruailouslye deserued the fauour of all men In so much that he was therfore named comonly the loue and delite of mankinde He neuer dimissed any man frome hym without hope to obteine his request saiyng that no man ought to go sadde from the speache of a prince Whan he remembred that in a hole daie he had done no benefytte to any man he saied to hys familiars frendes I haue loste a daie reputing that daie lost that he had not done some benefytte in beyng admitted high prieste he aduanted that he toke that â—sâ—â—e vpon him onely to the entente to kepe his handes cleane from bloudeshed and affirmed that him selfe woulde rather die than he woulde suffer any man to perishe The yere of the worlde 4043 The yere of Christ 82 The hyll in Campaine named Uesuuius raged more vehemently with fyre than it was wont Anni regum britannie 10 and casting out great flames dyd much hurt to the countreis liyng therabout A great parte of the citee of Rome was destroyed with sodein mischaunce of fyre which continued burning the space of .iii. daies Turpaneus about this time was king of Danes Tytus the emperour beyng sodeinly taken with an ague and perceiuing that death would nedes ensue greatly bewayled that his life shuld be taken from him causelesse for so muche as he neuer didde any thinge in all his life whereof it did repente him sauynge one but what that thing was he shewed not Anacletus was made the .ii. byshop of Rome after sainct Peter The yere of the worlde 4044 The yere of Christ 83 Domician by nature brother vnto Titus Anni regum britannie 11 but veraye vnlike in maners â–ª reygned .15 yeres whan he was firste admitted to the empire he vsed much to be in his secrete oratorie alone and there did nothing but take flies and pricke them through with a nedle wherfore whaÌ„ it was demauÌ„did of U Chrispus who was with the emperour he wyttylye answered Not so muche as a flie At the beginninge this Domician shewed him selfe to abhorre soo much from murther that vneth he would suffer oxen to be kylled for their sacrifice and beynge ordeined Censor of maners was very diligent in his office but in the end folowyng the steppes of Nero and Caligula he became a detestable and cruel tyranne ¶ In the tyme of this Domician a valiaunt capitaine of the Romaines called Iulius Agricola made war nyne yeres continually vpon certain of the Britains Scottes and Pictes and discomfited theÌ„ in many greate batails vntil that Domician enuiyng his successe remoued him from that prouince he subdued to the Romains Anuandale the Isle of Man Carrike Kyle Cunigham wyth many other regions Domician ordeyned that no man shoulde be gelded or made Euneukes Anni regum britannie 13 Anianus bishoppe of Alexandria ended his life The yere of the worlde 4046 after whom sucâ—eded Abilius The yere of Christ 85 Anni regum britannie 14 The emperour Domician outlawed and put to deathe a great noumbre of the noble men and ancient senatours of Rome The yere of the worlde 4047 The yere of Christ 86 Anni regum britannie 16 Quintilian was famous taught Rhetorike in Rome The yere of Christ 88 receiuing his salary out of the emperours escheker The yere of the worlde 4049 In his time were many other great learned men as Cornelius Tacitus the yoÌ„ger Plinie Sueton Ualerius Flaccus Patauinus Iuuenal Marcial Domician passed the riuer Dounce or Dunaw wyth an army against Darnâ—peâ—us king of Gothes The Gothes vaynquished and putte to flighte the Romaines and slue theyr capitaine Fuscus Menander a notable heretike disciple to Simon Magus was famous in these dayes teachynge that no man could be saued oneles he were baptized in his
fire The yere of the worlde 4105 The yere of Christ 144 Tyber ouerflowed the citee Anni regum britannie 19 In Asia dyuers townes were ouerthrowen wyth earthquakes A chylde was borne with two heades A woman at one byrthe was delyuered of .v. chyldren In Mesia .iiii. meke lions offered them selfes to euery man to be taken at this tyme what soeuer misfortune happened in any parte of the worlde it was holly imputed to Christian religion Conarus whiche was the chiefe causer of hys fathers deathe was made kynge of Scottes who dyssimuled the vices wherto he was naturally inclined but as soone as he was established in the kyngdome he wasted al the rentes perteininge to the crowne in hys leude lustes and gaue landes and riches to most vile and naughtie persones because they fauoured his corrupt lyuing He inueÌ„ted new actions vpon hys people and therefore was of hys nobles cast in pryson and his wycked counsailours haÌ„ged In his place Argadus guyded the realme about .14 yeres Herus the .v. byshoppe of Antioche Crescens a philosopher caused Iustine a greate learned man and defendour of Christian religion to be persecuted because he rebuked the philosophers In whiche persecucion Iustine with his death glorified Christ and coÌ„firmed his religion Anni regum britannie 27 The yere of the worlde 4113 The yere of Christ 152 Anni regum britannie 34 Policarpe bishop of Smirna came to Rome The yere of the worlde 4120 The yere of Christ 159 Anicletus the .x. pope .xi. yeres Anni regum britannie 35 Atidius Cornelianus ruler of Siria The yere of the worlde 4121 The yere of Christ 160 Iulianus the .vii. bishop of Hierusalem Anni regum britannie 36 Antonius Pius the emperour gaue place to nature The yere of the worlde 4122 The yere of Christ 161 Anni regum britannie 37 Marcus Aurelius Antonius succeded Pius The yere of the worlde 4123 The yere of Christ 162 and reigned .xix. yeres He made Lucius Uerus his kinsmaÌ„ of equall power with him in the empire This Lucius was muche geuen to wanton and dissolute liuinge and was of nature fierce and cruel but Marcus was of excellent vertue wisedome and learning and seemed to be prouyded of god against the troubles and miseries which happened to the common weale in his time For vndoubtedly the state of the empire had bene greatly appared ne had bene the great wisedome of this emperour which by his foresight and counsaile gouerned the same and kepte it froÌ„ much daunger he made many goodly lawes which at this day remayne in the pandectes Uologesus The yere of the worlde 4124 The yere of Christ 163 king of the Parthians sente his defiaunce to the emperour Anni regum britannie 38 made warre vpoÌ„ the Romains and dyscoÌ„fited Acidius Cornelius president of Surie agaynste whom Lucius Uerus was sent with an army who whaÌ„ he came to Antioche and Daphnis in Surye gaue hym selfe to pleasure and bankettinge and made warres by his capitaines Statius Priscus fought prosperously in Armenie and toke their chiefe towne Aâ—taxaâ—ae Auâ—dius Cassius and Narsius the Romain capitains perced the countrey with their host eueÌ„ vnto Babilon Media subduing alwaies their aduersaries before them for which prosperous successe Lucius Uerus though he were not present was named Parthicus Armenicus Medicus In this time flourished the famous astronomer Ptolomei by whose benefite remaine at this day in the world the noble sciences called Mathematicall the knowlage wherof the Egipcians had kept amonge them euâ— from the time of Ioseph to this Ptolomei whiche is aboute 20000. yeres For first the great Alexander afterwarde the Romains for that cause had Aegipt alwayes in high estimacioÌ„ and lest that goodly knowlages should decay with great costes mainteined the AegipciaÌ„s schole whiche than at last perished whan that countrey became subiect to Macomet and the Sarasens wherein that cursed people moste of all other thinges declared their rude Barâ—arâ—knesse suffering that noble schole which hadde continued aboue thousandes of yeres ben preserued bi so many great princes in the which flourished al kindes of honest disciplines through their vile ignoraunce and crueltee to perishe The yere of the worlde 4126 The yere of Christ 165 Seleutia a noble citee of Assyria was taken Anni regum britannie and .500 thousand men therin A great dearth and pestilence in Rome so that they caried out men that were dead in cartes and wagons Marcus the emperour published very straighte lawes concerninge of dead men Ethodius nephewe to Mogallus was ordeyned king of Scottes and reigned â—3 yeres This man was greatly delyting in huntinge and made manye lawes therof he rewarded Argadus for his good administracion of iustice he quieted the yles and beynge accompanied with Pictes vaÌ„quished Uictorine the Romain capitayn and brake downe the wall of Adrian The yere of the worlde 4127 The emperour loked for warre of the Britons Anni regum britannie 41 agaynst whom he sent Calphurâ—ius Agricola The yere of Christ 166 Ausidius Tictorinus went with an army againste the Catteans whiche had broken into Germanye and Rhetia and spoyled those partes The yere of the worlde 4128 The yere of Christ 167 The two emperours Marcus and Lucius Anni regum britannie 42 triumphed for the victories in Parthia The yere of the worlde 4129 The yere of Christ 168 The emperours of Rome made preparacion for a ieoperdous warre against the people of Germani named Marcomanni Anni regum britannie 43 The yere of the worlde The yere of Christ 169 ¶ A greuous persecution of the Christian people in Asia and in Fraunce where a great numbre of them Anni regum britannie 44 whiche truly professed Christe suffered most cruell tourmentes and peines At Lyons in France were many christians martired among the which was Phâ—tinus their bishop whoÌ„ Ireneus succeded whose workes remaine at these daies to the great profit of christian religion Soâ—er the .xi. pope .8 yeres The holy man Policarpus bishop of Smirna was burnte Anni regum britannie 45 Asianus The yere of Christ 170 bishop of Sardis wrote a boke to Antonius the emperour in defence of christian religion The yere of the worlde 4131 Theophilus the .6 bishop of Antioch Ualens the .9 bishop of Hierusalem Anni regum britannie 46 Whan bothe the emperours came with their puissance to the citee Aquileia The yere of the worlde 4132 The yere of Christ 171 the Germains which were causers of the foresaide commocion repented theym and desired peace whiche being to them graunted the emperâ—uis returned iâ— to Italy by the waye it fortuned Lucius to dy After that Marcus was returned into Italye The yere of Christ 173 not onelye Marcomanni Anni regum britannie 48 The yere of the worlde 4134 but also diuers other people of Germanye rebelled against whoÌ„ the emperour sped him in all hast which warre he finished and subdued his enemyes with as great wisedome fortune and successe as euer did any prince that man can remembre Whan that the
emperours souldiours were inclosed by his enemies Anni regum britannie 49 and in great distres of water The yere of the worlde 4135 The yere of Christ 174 by the praier of certaine christians whiche were as than in the hoste it rained so plentiousely that not onely they were reliued with aboundaunce of water but also a great numbre of their aduersaries slaine and destroyed with the tempest of raine and lightning Dolicianus the .x. bishoppe of Hierusalem that was a gentle Anni regum britannie 50 Auâ—dius Cassius who was sent to quiete the east partes traiterously named him selfe emperour The yere of the worlde 4136 The yere of Christ 175 but not long after he was slaine of his owne souldiours and his heade brought to the emperour Anni regum britannie 51 In this time diuers deuoute and greate learned men bothe in writinge and open disputations The yere of the worlde 4137 The yere of Christ 176 defended the christian veritee against the vaine opinions of many heritikes that were spread in the churche as Aâ—gesipoâ—s Dionisius bishoppe of Corinthe Pynithus of Creete Theophilus of Antioche Melito of Sardis Ireneus of Lions Apollinarts of Hieropolis Modestus Philyppus Musanus and other Tatian an horrible heritike was famous whiche before tyme was a chrstian disciple of Iustine the Martyr this man taught that matrimonye was noo better than horedome or aduoutry He forbade also diuers kindes of mâ—atâ—s About this time Calphurnes Agricola was sent from Rome into Britaine where he repayred the walle of Adrian that was brokeÌ„ down by the Pictes and Scottes he subdued the welshemen and other Britons that rebelled and quieted the I le of Wight The yere of the worlde 4138 Antonine his sonne Commodus Anni regum britannie 52 triumphed for hys victory in Germanye The yere of Christ 177 Eleutherius the .xii. pope .xiii. yeres The yere of the worlde 4139 The noble and famous phisician Galene Saluius Iulianus the lawier The yere of Christ 178 Fronto the famous oratour Anni regum britannie 53 Oppian a poete were in great estimacion Montanus an heretik taught mariage to be dyssolued and prescribed lawes of fasting Prisca and Maximilla women whom Montanus affirmed to haue the spirite of prophecie Gratus proconsul of Asia The yere of the worlde 4141 The yere of Christ 180 LUcie the sonne of Coilus Anni regum britannie 1 was ordeyned kinge of Britones who in all his actes and deedes folowed the steppes of his forefathers in suche wise that he was of al men loued and dread This Lucie in the eight yere of his reigne that was about the yeare of our lorde 187. sent louinge letters to Eleutherius pope desiringe him to sende some deuout and lerned men by whose instruction bothe he and his people mighte be taught the faythe and religion of Christe where of Eleutherius beynge veray glad sent into Britaine two famous clerkes Faganus and Dunianus by whose diligeÌ„ce Lucie and his people of Britaine were instructed and baptized in the faith of Christ .1294 yeres after the arriuall of Brute The citee of Smirna was ouerthrowen with an earthquake for the restauracioÌ„ wherof the emperor remitted ten yeres tribute Marcus Aurelius Antonius ended his life Antonius Commodus the .18 Emperour reigned after his father .13 yeres Anni regum britannie 2 This man The yere of the worlde The yere of Christ although he were of nature mischeuous wicked cruell and euen from his infancy inbrasinge filthy pleasure gluttony riote with other vices yet by the counsail of certaine wise men whiche before apperteined to his father at the beginning of his reigne his dissolute life was much restreined but at length through the importune sute of flatterers he shut vp his eares against all good reason and counsayle and alwaye sought occasions to despatch out of the way the mooste wise and graue Senatours whiche were as bridels to his naughtinesse He vsed often times to play naked at weapons with the sworde players not only in the common scholes but also openly in the theatre wherby he greatly defaced the imperiall maiestee CoÌ„modus triuÌ„phed for his victories ouer the Germains Pantenus a man of great deuocion and learning was in highe estimacion at Alexandria and taughte in open schole diuine letters of whiche occasion the custome remayned there alwayes that certayn most excellent in al kinde of learning should be chosen to instructe the people in godly knowlage Lucilla the emperours sister The yere of Christ for so muche as she was by her brother depriued of certayne imperialle honours which were geuen to her by hir father Anni regum britannie 4 The yere of the worlde 4414 by meane of adulterie entised a noble yonge man named Quadratus to conspire against the emperour who by the counsaile of the more part of the senate committed the whole matter to one Quintianus whiche watching his time shoulde slea the emperour but he by his rashnes was detected taken and straightly examined and vttered the hole conspiracie For whiche cause Commodus kendled a greuous hatred towarde the senatours Perennius whom Commodus had made gouernour of the empire vnder him Anni regum britannie 8 The yere of the worlde 4184 The yere of Christ 187 for so muche as by priuy meanes he aspired to the imperiall auctoritee was putte to death In these dayes was great quietnesse in the churche and many noble men of Rome were conuerted to the faith among whiche was Appolonius who reading openly in the senate a boke that he had made in defence of Christian religion The yere of the worlde 4149 The yere of Christ 188 was after beheaded Anni regum britannie 9 The capital a liberarie were burned with lightninge The yere of the worlde 4151 The yere of Christ 190 Maternus a souldiour conspired to slea Commodus but he was disclosed bi one of the same coniuracion Anni regum britannie 11 and so preuented Cleander whom the emperour had aduaunced from a seruaunt to high dignitye in Rome vsed greate crueltee and exaction towarde the people for whiche cause they reised a great commocion The emperour to satisfie the people commanded Cleander to be put to death and his head to be caried about the citee Uictor the .13 pope .x. yeres A great dearth and scarcitee in Rome Commodus published that he would be called Hercules and the sonne of Iupiter The Scottes and Pictes not longe from this time ouerthrewe Trebellius the Romaine capitain in Britaine The Britons through the couetousnes of Trebellius rebelled and were vanquished shortli after Pertiner was sent by Commodus into Britain and warred against the Scottes and with gentlenes and wyse counsaile quited the Bâ—â—â—ons Commodus in shoting or casting the darte had so stedie a hande The yere of the worlde 4152 The yere of Christ 191 Anni regum britannie that he would hit what so euer he appoynted Wherfore to shewe his cunninge in these feates in the open sightes he killed a great multitude of wilde beastes In this time were
of Alexandria and put manye of the noble men to death Anni regum britannie 10 Narâ—es king of Perse The yere of Christ 298 troubled the countreyes of Armonâ—e and Mesopotamia with deâ—dly warre The yere of the worlde 4259 Thys Nâ—rses had a sonne so beastlye cruell that when his father gaue vnto him a pauilion of camelles skinnes sumptuously wrought betwene with golde and demaunded whether it pleased him he aunswered that it woulde please him muche better if he mighte be kinge that he myghte make a more gorgious pauilion of mens skinnes Constantius in France proued Fortune in one day to be bothe frowâ—ed and fâ—uâ—urable For at the fyrste he was chased and so egrelye pursued of the Almaynes that vneth he hym selfe might be drawen by a corde ouer the walles of the citee Lâ—ngâ—â—â— And within lesse than .v houres hir hoste was augmented and he slewe of the Almaines welâ— nere .40 thousande whereby theyr power was greatly decayed and Fraunce in more quiete Anni regum britannie 11 Galerius whiche was sent agaynst the Persians The yere of the worlde 4260 The yere of Christ 299 beyng â—anquished in battayle fled to Dioclecian of whom he was so vngently receyued that when he mette him in his iourney the space of a mile that he ranne by his chariote he had not of him a woorde But Galerius beynge nothing therwith discomforted repaired his armye and in Armenia the greater ouerthrue the Persians conquered all Assyria broughte in subiection fiue prouinces beyonde the riuer Tigris and retourned to the emperoure with great spoyle Anni regum britannie Dioclecian and Maximinian triumphed for theyr greate victories â–ª The yere of the worlde 4264 The yere of Christ 309 after whiche triumphe Dioclecian gaue commandement that he would be worshipped as a god saying that he was brother to the sonne and the moone and adourning his showeâ— with golde and precious stoones commaunded the people to kisse his feete The yere of the worlde 4265 The yere of Christ 204 By the iust iudgement of god Anni regum britannie 16 for certaine enormityes vsed in the churche the greatest and moste greuouse persecution of the Chrystianes was moued by Dioclesian who in the moneth of Marche whan the feaste of Easter was nighe at hand commaunded all the churches of the Christians to be spoyled and cast to the earth and the bokes of holy scripture to be burned and that all Christian men that were of any auctoritee shuld be as it were disgraded and remaine as persons infamous And furthermore that no seruant remaining in the fayth shuld be made free that all prelates and chiefe ministers of the churche shoulde be with al tourmentes constreigned to worship Idoles This persecution continued .10 yeares Dioclecian and by his counsayle Maximinian gaue vppe the imperial auctoritee The yere of the worlde 4268 The yere of Christ 207 Anni regum britannie 19 and led the residue of theyr life as priuate persons Constantius and Galerius which before were named Cesars The yere of the worlde 4269 The yere of Christ 208 succeded in the empire Anni regum britannie 20 betwene whome the gouernance therof was thus deuided that Galerius shuld rule in Illiria Asia and all the east partes and Constantius in Italye Spayne Fraunce Britaine and Affryke But he was a moderate and wise prince refused Affrike and Italye and reteyned onely Spayne Fraunce and Britayne This Constantius was a man of great affabilitee clemency and gentylnesse and there with very lyberall indeuoiringe alwaye to enriche his subiectes lytle regarding his owne treasure thinking that to be his that the commons had Wherefore he sayde that it was better that priuate persons had the commen treasure to the vse of the weale publike than to be locked vp in princes coffers In festiuall dayes â–ª when he had his nobles to any banket he borowed plate of his frendes to furnish his cubbourdes Galerius the other emperour was of maners ryght commendable sauing that he was cruell towarde chrystian people For whiche cause he was striken of God with extreme and vile sickenesse as after shall appeare Galerius chose by adopcion .ii. noble men of whiche Maximinian he made gouernour of the east and Seuerus of Italâ—e and Afrike Anni regum britannie 21 While this Seuerus was absent from Rome The yere of the worlde 4270 The yere of Christ 309 the souldiours chose one Maxentius the sonne of Maximinian to be emperour Against whoÌ„ whaÌ„ Seuerus came with an armie â–ª beyng forsaken of his own souldiours he was constreigned to flee and nere to Rauenna was takeÌ„ and slaine This Maxentius was a cruell tyranne Of hys incontinence and other vices be many examples in the historie named Tripartita COnstantius died in Yorke after whom Constantine succeded Anni regum britannie 1 as wel in the kingdome of Britain The yere of the worlde 4271 The yere of Christ 310 as in the gouernance of other realmes â–ª that were subiecte before to his father This Constantine was a right noble valiant prince son of Helena woman of greate sanctimonie and borne in Britayne He was so mightie in marciall prowes that he was surnamed the great Constantine And had the faithe of Christ in suche reuerence that alwaie most studiously he endeuoired to augment the same In wytnesse of his belife he caused a booke of the gospels to be caried before him And made the byble to be copied oute and sent into all partes of the empyre Of this man the kinges of Britaine had firste the priuilege to weare close crownes or Dyademes Galerius emperour of the east whan he harde of the death of his captaine Seuerus made Licinius partaker of the empyre This Licinius in feates of armes was experte and cunninge but he hated learning so extremely that he saied it was a pestilence and poyson in the common weale Fincâ—rmake after the death of his cosin Cairthquint was ordeined kinge of Scottes and reigned seuen and fortie yeres Anni regum britannie 2 Maximinian Herculius The yere of the worlde 4272 desiringe to be emperour againe came to Rome The yere of Christ 311 and by priuy meanes endeuoured to defeite his owne sonne Maxentius of the empire But he was reiected of the souldiours driuen from Rome Wherefore he fled into Fraunce to Constantine his son in law whom also to slea he laide in waight traiterously opening â–ª his pretended malice to Fausta his daughter the wife of Constantine But she abhorringe the impious minde of her father disclosed the matter to hir husbande who commaunded Herculius to be taken and slayne The yere of the worlde 4274 The yere of Christ 312 In the .x. yere of the persecucion Anni regum britannie 4 Galerius the chiefe minister therof fell into a wonderfull sicknesse hauinge a sore risen in the nether parte of his bealy whiche consumed his priuie membres from whens swarmed great plentie of wourmes whiche were ingendred of the putrifaction This disease coulde not be holpen with any surgerie or phisike
Nicene Arnobius the Rhetorician flourished in Affrike and wrate diuers bookes of christian religion Constantine repaired Drebena The yere of the worlde 4291 The yere of Christ 330 a citie of Bithinia and called it Heleonoples after his mothers name Anni regum britannie 2 At Antioch the Arrians were of such power The yere of Christ 331 that they had the rule of all the churche and banished theyr bishop Eustathius Anni regum britannie 3 The yere of the worlde 4292 Constantine perceyuing that his wife Fausta had caused him for false pretended causes to put to death his son Crispus with other of the nobilitee commaunded hir to be beheaded Iuuencus a priest of Spayne The yere of the worlde 4293 The yere of Christ 332 wrate the gospels in heroycall verses Anni regum britannie 4 Athanasius was ordeyned bishop of Alexandria The yere of the worlde 4294 The yere of Christ 333 a man in holinesse of life and great learninge Anni regum britannie 5 veraye excellent and for the fayth of christe susteined many and great persecucions of the Arrians For when in the counsayle holden at Laodicea and other places with most puissant argumentes he confounded theyr heresie he steered almost the whole world against him whiche at that time was infected with that diuelishe errour The emperour repaired and augmented Byzance a citee of Thrace and named it constantinenople He conueyed from all partes of the world the most notable and fayre imagery tables peintinges caruinges to adourne and garnishe the same Coâ—stantine gaue large giftes and yerely renenewes to the maintenaunce of the clergye and preachers The yere of the worlde 4295 The yere of Christ 334 Sâ—â—or kinge of the Persians Anni regum britannie 6 persecuted the professours of Christes religion at whiche time were .16000 Christians martyred Constantine wrate to the kinge of Persee willinge him no more to persecute the christan people Antonius the heremite was famous The yere of the worlde 4296 The yere of Christ 335 The temples of the gentils were destroyed by the commaundement of the emperour Constantine Anni regum britannie 7 The yere of the worlde 4297 The yere of Christ 336 The Romains ouercame the Gothes in Sarmatia Anni regum britannie 8 A wonderful pestilence and famine wherwith an innumerable multititude miserably perished in Surie Cilicia other places which was iustly sent of god for the extreme crueltee that was not longe afore exercysed agaynste the Christians among all nacions The yere of the worlde The yere of Christ 339 Constantine was baptized of Eusebius byshope of Nicomedia Anni regum britannie 11 and shortly after ended his life in the same cytee and was buried at Constantâ—nenople â—fter his death the empyre was dyuided agayne into iii. partes betwene his .iii. sonnes The yere of Christ 340 Constantius reigned with his brethren Anni regum britannie 12 after their deceasse .24 yeres The yere of the worlde In maners he was indifferent of nature vnâ—pâ—e to generacion verie temperate in liuing He made a lawe that pheasauntes and other lyke delycate meates shoulde not be vsed in feastes it is sayde he dyd neuer spette In iudgementes he was iuste and rightuous but he sauoured the secte of Arrians and therfore was alway cruell towarde the catholike bishops The yere of the worlde 4302 The yere of Christ 341 Athanasius whiche before was banished Anni regum britannie 13 by the helpe of the yonger Constantine that ruled in fraunce was restored againe to his bishoprike But he taryed not longe therin quiet For the Arrians had infected Constantius emperour of the east and caused him to expel Athanasius agayne from Alexandria The churche at this time was in miserable state and condicion for in euerye citee were men of diuers sectes opinions and doctrines whyche most infestly dyd persecute eche other and speciallye the Arrians so furiously raged that manye commocions and frayes were made by them euen in the churches and houses of prayer and not a fewe men slayne Which rufflynge and businesse alyenated manye of the Gentyles from the fayth and caused them to retourne to their idolatrie Sapor kinge of Persee wasted and spoyled Mesopotamia Anni regum britannie 14 Manye cities in Asia and the east partes were ouerthrowen with earthquakes The yere of the worlde 4303 The yere of Christ 342 Anni regum britannie Constans fought against the Danes and SamaritiaÌ„s and ouercame theim The yere of the worlde 4304 The yere of Christ 343 Constantine whiche ruled in France and Spayne being not contented with his porcion of the empire but desyring to be lorde ouer all made warre against hys brother Constans in Italye and was slayne of the souldyours that his brother sent to appeace his malice nere to the citee Aquileta whereby Constans alone obteyned the dominion of the weast Arrius whose mischiuous heresie had caused muche ruffling in the churche aboute this time finished his lyfe miserably auoyding his guttes at his fundament as he was doinge the nedes of nature a litle before he shoulde haue disputed openlye with the deuoute and great clerke Alexandre bishop of Constantinople Macedonius a priest of Constantinople taught that the holy ghost was a creature and no god Anni regum britannie 16 The yere of the worlde 4305 The yere of Christ 344 Betwene this man and one Paulus was great strife Anni regum britannie 18 The yere of the worlde 4307 The yere of Christ 346 whether of theim shoulde succede Alexander in the bishoprike of Constantinople so that Hermogines mayster of the chyualrye was slayne of the people when he came with the emperours auctority to stablishe Macedone whom the Arryans fauoured Sapor king of Peâ—see vexed the Christian people with a greuous persecution Eusebius beinge ordeyned byshop of Constantinople by Constancius the emperour fauoured the Arrians excedingly and caused a counsaile to be holden at Antioch where for so muche as the more part were Arrians their doctrine was alowed and vniust sentence geuen against Athanasius for false accusacions An earthquake in dyuers places and specyally in Antioche where it continued the space of a whole yere Athanasius fled to Constans emperoure of the West of whome he was gentlye receiued and by his healpe restored to his byshopryke of Alexandria A counsayle was holden at Sardis where 30â— bishops approued the actes of Nicene counsayle The yere of the worlde 4310 The yere of Christ 349 Anni regum britannie 21 But the bishopâ— of the east refused to be in theyr company and assembled them at Philopolis where they cursed the sentence of the foresaieb counsayle of Nicene Constancius had euil fortune in his warres agaynste the Persians The yere of the worlde 4311 The yere of Christ 350 Anni regum britannie 22 For he encountred theim in eyght greate battayles in the whiche he was alway put to the worse and in this yere whan he had almost obteyned the victorye and hadde theim at a great vantage by the foolysshe rasshenesse of his souldiours he
clemencie and gentilnesse to Antonine in moderacion and temperate sobernesse to Aurelius and in studie of good letters euen to the chiefe phylosophiers Whan he was younge he so profyted in Christian learning that he read openlye holye scripture in Nicomedia But after by the counsayle and company of Libanius the Rhetorycian he fell agayne to the idolatrye of the Pagenes and is therefore called Apostara that is one that forsaketh his professyon He dyd not persecute the Christians with so open crueltee as other princes had dooen but absteined from bloudshed and endeuoured by craftye meanes to withdraw theim from their belife aduaunsynge theim to honour and dignitee whiche did forsake Christ and leanyng theim as vyle and abiect slaues that continued in theyr religion In his tyme were manye godly and well learned men whiche withstode bothe his crafty assautes and peinâ—ted philosophie amonge the whiche was Apollinaris that wrate a boke to Iulian. Iulian gaue commandement that ChristiaÌ„ men shuld not be traded and brought vppe in the knowlage of good letters saiynge â–ª that he and his adherentes philosophiers were wounded with their owne feathers He opened agayne the temples of idolles Athanasius whiche was retourned from banishemente to Alexandria by the intercession of southsaiers and Nicro nanciars was by Iulian expelled agayne from the citee Iulian and the Iewes endeuoured to builde agayne the temple of Hierusalem in dyspyte of the Christias but they were prohibited and letted of God with tempestes wyndes lyghtnynges and earthquakes by the whiche many of theim were slayne and theyr woorke destroied Iulian goyng agaynste the Persians spoiled Asstrie and conquered many townes and cytees And at length preasyng casshely into battaile among his enemies was slayne At whiche tyme as it is written whan he had receiued his deathes wounde he takinge his hande ful of bloude â–ª and castyng it into the ayer saied in this wyse Vicisti Galilee that is O thou man of Galilei thou hast the vpper hande meanyng of Christ whom he called alway Gallileus Iunian a godly man whiche had suffered great reproche for the faith of Christe in the time of Iulian was chosen emperour of the souldiours in their extreame necessitee The yere of the worlde 4327 The yere of Christ 366 who refused that auctoritee a good space saiyng Anni regum britannie 38 that he beyng a Christyan could not be gouernour of Paganes and Infidelles at which tyme the whole hostes with one dayce crâ—â—d we be ChristiaÌ„s and forsake vtterly oure idolatrye This Iuuian beyng put to the worse in a battaile or â—â—â—aine agaynste the Persyans of necessitye was constreigned to make a dishonorable peace for besyde the losse of .v. prouinces beyond the riuer Tygris he was bounden not to ayde the kynge of Armonye their sworne friende to whiche thinge the Romaynes were neuer constreigned before that daye Iuuian called from banishment the byshops whyche were exyled in the tyme of Constancius and Iulian and shortlye after finished his lyfe of an ague when he hed reygned .viii monethes About this time one Eugenius was made king of Scottes Here the Scottishe historye maketh a longe processe of the fyerce and cruel war that he kept agaynste Maxymus the Romayne capitayne and the Pictes and Britaines whiche I thinke to be of no more credyte then the residue of their history that they haue feigned from the beginning For vndoubtedlye if they had put the Romains to so much trouble as their cronicles shewe bothe in the tyme of the conquest and after Cesar Tacitus Ptolemei Plinie and other would haue made some mencyon of the Scottes as thei did of the Trinobantes Cenimagnes Segontiaces Bidrices Brigantes Silutes Iâ—cenes and diuers other Ualentinian folowed in the empire and reygned .xx yeares Anni regum britannie 39 He was a veraie good emperour The yere of the worlde 4328 The yere of Christ 367 comely in visage and countenaunce of a goodli personage and had a sharpe and fine witte in maners most lyke to Aurelius of nature seuere and graue insest agaynst vice specyally couetousnes In his communicatyon he was cleane and peked and of custome spake but seldome In al hys actes he obserued oportunitye of time and place wyth great discretion and was verye cunninge in peynctyng caruinge and making images of waxe or claye He fauoured much Christian religion and was a great mainteyner therof He made his brother Ualens partaker of the empire and committed to him the east Procopius by treason vsurped imperiall auctoryty in Bythinia In Phrigia the souldiours of Procopius forsoke hym and went to Ualens Anni regum britannie 40 The yere of the worlde 4329 The yere of Christ 368 by which meanes Procopius was taken bounden delyuered to the emperoure and by his commmaundement beheaded Ualens was baptysed of Eudoxus a byshop of the Arrians which beinge in great fauour in the emperoures courte wrought muche trouble to the catholike bishops Ualens went with an army against the Gothes whyche passing the riuer Danuby ouerrode the countrey of Thrace Al Constantinople fell haylestones of wonderful bygnesse with which many men were slayne In Fraunce wull descended from the ayre myxed with rayne Ualentinian made Gratian his sonne Augustus The Frenchemen about this time first obteined their name of Ualentinian to be called Franci that is fierce and valiaunt bycause they chased the Ataines out of the marishes and fennes of Meotides and for that dede he forgaue them tenne yeres tribute They were called before Sicambri and had their beginning of the Troianes A very great earthquake in Bithinia whyche ouerthrew the citee Nicea The yere of the worlde 4331 The yere of Christ 270 Anni regum britannie 42 The doctrine of the heretikes named messaliani beganne The yere of the worlde 4332 The yere of Christ 371 whiche denyed the grace of Baptisme and sayed Anni regum britannie 43 the holy ghost came onely by prayer The folowers of this heresye gaue them to sleape and idlenesse and called their dreames prophesies Basilius was famous a man of incomparable vertue and learninge borne in Cappadocia He was taught of his father as well grammer as other learninges called Quadriâ—ialles Afterwarde he went to Athenes where whyles he exactlye studyed in philosophye Gregorius called Nazianzen being than wholye dedicate to the studie of scripture and louinge Basile entirelye came into the schole where he read in a chear and takinge him by the hand brought him to a monasterye where leyinge a parte all bookes of philosophye they onelye entended to readinge of scripture at lengthe diuidinge theym selues Basile went about Ponte teachinge the people the true faith and at this time was made bishop of Cesaria Ualentinian the emperour maryed an other wife Anni regum britannie 44 and therfore published a law The yere of the worlde 4333 The yere of Christ 372 that who so would might take ii wifes The kingdome of Spayne tooke his beginning of one Athanaricus Athanaricus otherwise called Alaricus kinge of Gothes persecuted the christians and with
this thinge was mente of the Sarasens whiche after that inuaded the empire with greatte crueltee The yere of the worlde 4596 The yere of Christ 635 CAdwalline the son of Cadwane Anni regum britannie 1 began his reigne ouer the Britaines He was valiant and mightye and warred struÌ„glye vpon the Saxones and made Penda king of Mertia to him tributarie Kingilphus kinge of weast Saxones was tourned to the right belife The yere of the worlde 4597 The yere of Christ 636 by a holy man called Berinus Anni regum britannie 2 Sigeberte kinge of Eastangles or Northfolke ordeyned good letters to be learned and exected scholes in dyuers partes of his dominion as he somtime had sene in Fraunce By him was the first coÌ„mon schole founded at Cambridge Dagobert king of Fraunce whiche before had lyued as a moderate and good prince The yere of the worlde 4598 The yere of Christ 637 Anni regum britannie 3 waxed nowe a cruell tyranne and with exactions pilled his people and beside his crueltee he was geuen to al sensual lust of the body He most cruelly destroyed the countrey of Poeters and â—ared the stretes of their citee and sowed therin sault in token of vtter destruction He subdued the also the Sclaâ—ines Gascosnes shewed toward theÌ„ great crueltee Heraclius the emperour fell into the heresie of the Monothelites whiche beleued that there was but one will in christ The yere of the worlde 4599 Seuerinus the 6â— pope one yere .ii. monethes Anni regum britannie 4 The yere of Christ 638 Tulga king of the Gothes in Spaine reigned .2 yeres The Arabians theyr name being chaunged and called Srrasens by the leading of Mahomet inuaded Persia and ouercame their king Ormisda by which meane Persia was subdued to Mahamet and his law Anni regum britannie 5 The yere of the worlde 4600 The yere of Christ 639 Iohn the .iiii. of that name pope one yere .ix. monethes Anni regum britannie 7 In Kent there reigned a Saxone named Ercombert whiche helde that principate .xx. yeres noblye The yere of the worlde 4602 The yere of Christ 641 He reuyued againe the Chistian faithe whiche was greatlye minished in diuers places of his kingedome He destroyed the temples of the Gods and ordeined Lent to be fasted Cindasuindus reigned amonge the Gothes in Spaine x. yeres Theodorus whiche was sonne of a bishop in Grece was made pope and liued .vi. yeeres .v. monethes The Sarasens forsoke the obedience of the emperour for so muche as thei were dimissed out of wages Anni regum britannie 8 The yere of the worlde 4603 The yere of Christ 642 where beforee they were as hyred souldiours vnder the emperours capitaines They coÌ„quered Damascus toke Phenicia spoiled Antioch beseged Hierusalem and subdued to their signorie all Aegipt It is vneth credible howe muche the power of this kingedome encreased within shorte space Rotharis kinge of Lumbardes beinge infected with the heresie of Arrius ordeined that in euery citee should be .ii. bishops a catholike and an Arrian Heraclius the emperour after the deth of his wife ioigned to him in mariage his owne naturall daughter by his first wife and not longe after died of a straunge disease Kenwalchus king of west Saxones in Britaine was driuen out of his kingedome by Penda Anni regum britannie 9 The yere of the worlde 4604 The yere of Christ 643 and kept from thens by force the space of yeres Constantine the sonne of Heraclius succeded his father in the empire â–ª When he had reigned .iiii. monethes he was slaine by the treason of his stepmother Martina In his time Theodorus was made lieutenant of Italy Heraclianus was made emperour by his mother Martina and reigned notfull .ii. yeres Penda kinge of Mertia warred vpon Oswald the good and holy king of Northumberland and slew him in battaile with many of his knightes The yere of the worlde 4605 The yere of Christ 644 Mertina the emperours mother Anni regum britannie 10 for the murder that she had before committed by the iudgement of the senat had her tongue cut out and was also banished with her sonne the emperour whiche had his nose cut of in token of reproche For that he was consentinge to that cruell deede Constans was made emperour This man fauoured the heresie of the Monotholites and was therewithall verie couetous For whiche causes he became odious to his subiectes and was slayne when he had reigned .27 yeres The yere of the worlde The yere of Christ 645 Clodonei the yonger sonne of Dagobert Anni regum britannie 11 beganne his reigne ouer the middle part of France and his elder brother Sigibert was made kinge of Austratie or Loraine This Clodouei was also called Lowes The yere of the worlde 4607 The yere of Christ 646 Oswie the brother of Oswalde Anni regum britannie 12 obteined the kingdome of NorthuÌ„berland in Britaine Who slewe Oswine his brothers sonne and made Odilwaldus partaker of hys kingdome Ferquharde the son of the late kinge Ferquharde was made king of Scottes and reigned .xviii. yeeres Thys man in his priuate life was liberal aboue his power but when he was auctorised kinge he became a cruell couetous and gloutenous tyranne wherfore he was striken of god with a vile and peinfull sickenesse wherof he died The yere of the worlde 4608 The yere of Christ 647 Kenwalcus kinge of weast Saxones Anni regum britannie 13 was restored to his kingdome by the helpe of Anna king of Eastangles Martine was ordeined the .71 pope The yere of Christ 649 In Fraunce was suche dearth and scarcitee Anni regum britannie 15 that a quarter of wheate was solde for .v. nobles The yere of the worlde 4610 Wherfore kinge Clodouei to succour the poore people caused the church of S. Menies that his father had couered wyth syluer plates to be rased vp and couered againe with lead and that siluer to be distributed amonge the nedy folkes The yere of Christ 650 Martine pope assembled a counsaile of .105 bishops In the whyche Corus byshoppe of Alexandria The yere of the worlde 4611 Anni regum britannie 16 and Seruius Pyrrhus and Paulus whyche successiuely hadde bene bishoppes of Constantinople were condemned for heresie Recisuindus was ordeined kinge of the wisigothes in Spaine and reigned .18 yeres .11 monethes By the exhortacion of Martine pope Theodorus the lieuetenant of Italy Anni regum britannie 17 The yere of the worlde 4612 The yere of Christ gaue battaile to Rocharis the Lumbarde nere to the riuer Scultenna wher he was vanquished and beaten with the losse of .vii. thousande souldiours Wherof Rotharis beinge very proude annexed to his kingdome all the countrey of Ligurie Kenwalcus builded the bishops sea of Winchester in Britaine Anni regum britannie 20 The yere of the worlde 4615 The yere of Christ 654 Anni regum britannie 22 Penda king of middle Englande made warre vpon Anna kinge of Eastangles The yere of the worlde 4617 The yere of Christ 656 and slew
Sedechias a Iewe whom he vsed for his physicion Carsius the sonne of Alphons kinge of Spaine .iii. yeres Charles surnamed the .iii. spedde him towarde Italy to clayme the imperial crowne Anni regum Angli 8 The yere of the worlde 4840 The yere of Christ 879 but Iohn the pope not willinge to make him emperour but woulde the imperiall auctoritee shoulde remaine with the Frenchemen fled into Fraunce and auctorised king Lewys the stammarer and sonne of Charles the balde But after .ii. yeres he retourned to Rome and annointed Charles the thirde Anni regum Angli 10 The yere of the worlde 4842 The yere of Christ 881 and crowned him with the imperial Diademe by which meanes the empire came again to the Germaines This Charles defended Italy from the inuasion of the Sarasens Lewys and Charlemaine the sons of Lewys the stammarer were proclaymed kinges of Fraunce Betwene whom and Lewis of Germanie fel strife and debate by the meane of two Frenche gentilmen called Gossellne and Conrade whiche excyted Lewys the Germaine to warre vpon the .ii. yonge kinges Ordinius succeded his brother Garsius in the kingedome of Spayne and reigned .viii. yeres The Normains or Danes inuaded robbed and pylled the countreys of Fraunce about the riuer Maze Ordonius kinge of Spayne The yere of the worlde 4843 The yere of Christ 882 by the vntrouth deceyued and put to death the .iiii. Erles of Galyce Anni regum Angli 11 For whyche deede the prouince of Gallice forsoke his dominion and ordeyned to them certaine iudges to whom they coÌ„mitted the gouernance of theyr realme The Normains continually robbed Fraunce and possessed many partes therof as Campaine and the countrey about the riuer Lyger Martine the .ii. was pope one yere Lewys kinge of Germanie died wherefore Charles the emperour departed from Italye to take possession of his brothers landes The Danes conquered brent and cast to the grounde Treuersand vanquished the Frenchmen Anni regum Angli 13 Lewys kinge of Fraunce ended his life The yere of the worlde after whom Charles or Charlemaine his brother The yere of Christ 884 fel at communicacion of peace with the Danes And finallye concluded that Godfrey their kinge to confesse the faythe of christ and to be christened shoulde enioye the whole prouince of Frise. After this time the space of .60 yeeres the empyre of Rome was vexed with ciuile warres and al kinde of misery in so muche that by the iniurie of these times honestâ—e greatly decayed and the name of learning and good letters was almoste forgotten Alurede of Englande was sore ouerset with newe companies of the Danes But at lengthe takinge to hym a valyant courage he enterprised to espy the maner of his enemies in this wise He did on him the habite of a mynstrel and with his instrument of musike entered the tentes of the Danes and in shewing them pastime and soÌ„g he espied all theyr flouth and idlenesse and harde muche of theyr counsayle Than priuily retourninge to his army with a chosen companye fell vpon the Danes in the night and slew of them a great noumber and lastly concluded a peace on condicion that as many of theym as woulde be christened shoulde inhabite the prouinces of Eastangles and Northumberlande the other to depart into Fraunce Adrian pope one yere He obteyned that the emperours auctoritee shoulde not be loked for in the creacion of the pope The yere of the worlde 4847 The yere of Christ 886 Charles the emperour Anni regum Angli 15 after the death of his kinsman was made kinge of France By the counsayle of Notus Alurede king of England ordeyned the first grammarschole in Oxenford frauÌ„chesed that towne with manye great libertees The Normains besieged the citee of Paris and afier yode to Soysons The yere of the worlde 4847 The yere of Christ 887 destroying the countrey before them Anni regum Angli 16 Leo the sonne of Basile emperour of Grece The Hunnes a people of Scithia breaking out of their owne countrey inuadde Pannonie expelling the Gepides and Auares and ioygned them with theyr kynsmen the Hungares Phroilla expelling his brothers children Anni regum Angli 18 toke on him the kingdome of Spaine The yere of the worlde The yere of Christ and when he had reygned one yere died being taken with the leaprie Certaine of the Danes retourned againe into France into Englande and besieged the towne of Rochester and were driuen backe by kinge Alurede Anni regum Angli 20 Charles the emperour for his negligence The yere of the worlde 4852 The yere of Christ 891 was deposed by Arnolphus his nephew choseÌ„ emperour in his place who reigned .xii. yeres Eudo sonne of Robert Duke of Angâ—â—w was made king of France and protectour of the yong prince Charles the simple The Lumbardes partly desyringe to renew their kingdome partly contemning the feblenesse of the Romans ordeyned Beringarius to be emperour an other company dissenting from theim made Uuido kinge of Italye whiche was before Duke of Spoletum betwene which two noble men was arrered deadly warre Alphons the .iiii. reigned .v. yeres Leo the emperour by ayde of the Turkes at the first encounter vanquished the Bulgares But afterwarde trusting to their false pretended peace he was putte by theim to great domage Anni regum Angli 21 The Danes with most egre crueltee entred .iiii. partes of this lande together The yere of the worlde 4853 The yere of Christ 892 and when they were expelled froÌ„ one parte foorthwith they passed to an other Yet that notwithstanding the good and valiaunt kinge Alurede behaued him so wisely that by the redy assistence of his people he had of them alwaye the vpper hande Uuido king of Italye chased Beringarius out of his countrey to Arnulph the emperour whiche as then was occupied in the warres against the Normains whoÌ„ he subdued At election of Formosus popewas great strife and variance but in the ende he by Mars and money obteined the bishoprike Arnolph entred Italy against Uuido The yere of the worlde 4855 The yere of Christ 894 and tooke Bergamum and honge theyr erle Ambrose vpon a gibbette Anni regum Angli 23 Zuuentebaldus Duke of Morauia rebelled agaynst Arnolph whiche had committed to him the Dukedome of Boheme whome for so muche as he could not bringe in subiection by his owne power he desyred helpe of the Hungares by whose assistence he brought the Duke to due obeysance Donalde the .vi. reigned in Scotlande .xi. yeres He made a law that all men that did forswere them selfe or speake of the diuell should be burned in the lyppes with a hote yron The Normains besieged Paris the second time Englande was vexed with .iii. maner scourges warre of the Danes The yere of the worlde 4856 The yere of Christ 895 great mortalitee of men Anni regum Angli 24 and moreine of beastes Arnolph went into Italye the seconde time and by force entred the citee of Rome The yere of the worlde 4857 The
was an englyshe earle called â—drâ—cus which by his falshode had broughte suche hurt to his natural countrey Anni regum Angli 1 The yere of the worlde 4978 The yere of Christ 1017 and lastly was auctour of the deathe of the noble king Edmunde And therof him selfe brought fyrste knowledge vnto Canutus the Dane-saying in this wyse Thus haue I â—oâ—e Canutus for the loue I bâ—are towarde you To whom he aunswered seeinge for my loue thou haste murdered thyne owne soueraygne lorde whom I loued most entyrelye I shall in rewarde thereof exalte thy head aboue all the lordes of Englande And forthwith commaunded him to be beheaded and hys head to be set vpon a spere on the highest gate of London The yere of the worlde The yere of Christ 1018 VUhan Canutus was stablished in the kyngdome Anni regum Angli 1 he had knowledge howe Olauus kinge of Norway in his absence inuaded the countrei of Denmarke Wherfore in all haste he spedde hym thytherwarde and by the manhode of the Englyshe souldiours obteyned of theim a noble victory and recouered Norway to his sygnorye Wherefore when he retourned into Englande he demeaned him toward all men as a sage gentyll and moderate prynce and so continued .20 yeres The yere of Christ 1025 Chunrade was chosen emperour of Rome Anni regum Angli and reigned xxv yeres The yere of the worlde 4989 he caused his sonne Henry to be made Cesar at Aquisgrane The yere of Christ 1026 Canutus called a parliament at Oxenforde Anni regum Angli 9 where it was decreed that Englyshemen and Danes should holde the lawes of Edgare late kynge The yere of the worlde 4987 The yere of Christ 1027 Constantine after the death of his brother Anni regum Angli 10 gouerned the empyre of Constantinople .iii. yeres The yere of the worlde 4988 Robert was ordeyned Duke of Normandy which was the father of William conquerour Chunrade after he had quieted the Sweues yode to Rome there was crowned with the imperyall dyademe Henry the son of Robert was named king of Fraunce to whom his mother Constance was so vnkynde The yere of the worlde The yere of Christ 1029 Anni regum Angli 12 that she would haue preferred her yonger sonne Wherfore Henry was forced for succour to resorte to Roberte Duke of Normandie of whom he was gently receyued and by his healpe restored to hys kyngedome and reconsyled to hys mother Romanus emperour of Constantinople reygned .v. yeres and .vi. monethes The yere of the worlde The yere of Christ 1030 Anni regum Angli 13 Câ—uâ—rade emperour of Rome went with an armye agaynste the Hungares and theim subdued A noble man of Spayne called Roderike expellyng the Sarasens toke the famous citee Ualentia The yere of the worlde The yere of Christ Canutus yode in Pilgramage to Rome Anni regum Angli 15 The yere of the worlde The yere of Christ 1033 The Bargonious submitted them to the obedience of Anni regum Angli 16 Chunrade the emperour by whyche meanes Burgoyne was dâ—uyded in two partes the tone buâ—â—â—ng vppon Campayne was subiecte to the French kyng the tother next to Bizance obeyed to the emperour Henrye king of Fraunce warred vppon the Erles of Campayne and Flaunders and wan from them diuers castels and townes Canutus entred Scotlande wyth a stronge power and theim subdued whych at thys time refused his empyre Anni regum Angli 17 The yere of the worlde 4995 The yere of Christ 1034 Michaell surnamed Paphlagon when he had murdered Romanus Anni regum Angli 18 maryed his wife Zoen The yere of the worlde 4996 The yere of Christ 1035 and vsurped the imperyall crowne of Constantinople .vii. yeres and .viii. monethes Anni regum Angli 19 Henrye cesar the son of the emperour Chunrade The yere of the worlde 4997 toke to wife the doughter of Canutus king of Englande The yere of Christ 1036 Anni regum Angli 20 The Normains The yere of the worlde 4998 which a season had helde by force the countrey of Pâ—el in Italye neare to the ryuer Aufidius The yere of Christ 1037 fought a stronge battayle with the Grekes for the possession of the same in whyche fighte the Grecians were chased and slayne Wâ—llyam the sonne of Robert after his father departure towarde Hierusalem was proclaimed Duke of Normandy being yet ve ry yonge Canutus king of Englande dyed who for hys vertue and honest lyfe was worthy to liue perpetuallye He was a man of great magnificence and vsed suche iustice and temperaunce that in his dayes was no prynce of such renowme and notwithstandinge that he was so puissante a prynce yet towarde god he shewed him selfe humile and lowe as by an notable history appeareth which is wrytten of Polidore in the ende of his â–ª vii booke of the Englyshe history Anni regum Angli 1 HArolde the sonne of Canutus by his wife Elgina The yere of the worlde 4999 The yere of Christ 1038 for his swyftnesse surnamed harefoote began hys reigne ouer this realme of Englande In the beginninge he shewed some token of crueltee in that he banished his stepmother Emma and toke from her suche Iewelles and treasure as she had The Danes of Denmarke chose to their king Canutus the younger otherwise called Hardikinitus the sonne of the elder Canutus by Emma The Norwayes ordeyned king a noble man called Magnus and thus sodaynly was the noble principate of the Danes seuered in .iii. partes The yere of the worlde The yere of Christ 1309 Peter the seconde king of Hungary .ii yeres Anni regum Angli 2 The yere of the worlde 5002 The yere of Christ 1040 Henry the third of that name a man of noble courage Anni regum Angli 3 was chosen emperour of Rome and reygned .xviii. yeares At his first entringe he warred vppon Ulderike king of Boheme But he hauinge ayde of the Hungares putte him to the worse Dulcane was king of Scottes Makedâ—walde and certayne other vnruly persons rebelled In this tyme as sayeth the Scottyshe historye Sueno king of Norway inuaded Scotlande Which thinge by conference of hystopries shoulde seme to be somewhat before this tyme. Dulcane when he had reygned .vii. yeres was slayne by his brother germaine Makbeth The yere of the worlde The yere of Christ 1041 HArdikinutus Anni regum Angli 1 king of Denmarke after the deathe of Harolde was ordeyned kinge of Englande He for the iniurie done to his mother Emma caused the corps of Harolde to be taken out of the sepulcre and smyting of his head cast it into the riuer of Thames He burdened his subiectes with exactions and tribute and in meate and drinke was so prodigall that hys tables were spred .iiii. tyme in the daye and the people serued with great excesse When he had reygned .iii. yeares he dyed sodeinly nai without suspection of poysoning The yere of the worlde 5003 The yere of Christ 1042 In this yeare was an erle in Englande called Godwine a man of great
Christ through euil couÌ„saile was wythout gylte banyshed and fled into Wales and shortly after was reconsiled to the kyng Theodora gouerned the empyre of Constantinople .ii. yeares Henrie emperour of Germanie departyng out of this life committed his yonge son to the tuicion of Baldwine â–ª Erle of Flaunders Sewarde Erle of Northumberlande dyed of whom it is redde The yere of the worlde 5018 The yere of Christ 1057 that whan he sawe well he shoulde dye Anni regum Angli 15 he caused his armoure to be put on hym and so armed at all places sittynge in a cheire sayed that so it became a noble man to dye and not liyng as another meane person Henrye the .iiii. beyng yet a chylde was ordeyned emperour of Germanie and reigned .50 yeres In his tyme by meane of trouble sedicion and warre the Romayne empyre so greatly was appayred that neuer after it could be restored to the prystinate maiestye nor recouer againe the former might and puisaunce The causers whereof were the byshoppes of Rome whiche vexed well nere the whole worlde with moste cruell and deadly warres and specially Hildebrande called Gregory the .vii. The Saxones vnder the leadyng of Duke Otho rebelled The yere of the worlde The yere of Christ 1058 and by Ecbert the emperours capitayne Anni regum Angli 16 were vanquisshed and brought in subiection Michaell surnamed the elder emperoure of Constantinople one yere Great businesse and rufflynge in Rome for the election and deposicion of certayne byshops as Stephene the .ix. Bennet the .x. Nicolas the .iii. Andrew king of Hungary was vanquished of one Bela and depriued of his kingdome The emperours armie whiche came to rescue was ouerthrowen kyng Andrewe slayne and the Marques of Thurynge constreigned with hunger and famine to yelde hym selfe to hys enemyes Bela by force toke on hym the crowne and reigned .iii. yeares Isacius Murdered Michaell emperoure of Constantinople The yere of the worlde 5020 The yere of Christ 1059 and reigned in his place .iiii. yeres Anni regum Angli 17 Algarus Erle of Mertia whiche was before Erle of Oxenforde beyng maliciously accused was exiled oute of this lande by king Edwarde the seconde time and fledde againe to Griffine Duke of Wales Wherwith Edward was greuouslye displeased and sente Harolde the eldest sonne of Godwine which was than of great power to warre vppon the saide Griffine who spoyled the countrey of Wales expelled Griffyne out of his lordship and by his policie reconsiled erle Algarus to kynge Edwardes grace and fauour Anni regum Angli Philip the first of that name The yere of the worlde 5021 The yere of Christ was ordeined kynge of Fraunce He maried Bertha the wife of Baldwine erle of Holande and had by her certayne children whom after he had repudiate and coupled to him â—ertrâ—dam the wife of Fulco whome he affectioned that all thinges were done at her becke and commaundement and would not forsake her vntil he was constreigned by Urbane the bishop of Rome to take to him his firste wife Baldwine erle of Flaunders assembled an army and made towarde Spayne against the Sarasens and subdued Gascoyne to him and to the yonge emperour Godfrey erle of Puell in Italye in his deathe bedde neglecting his owne bretherne made Bagelarde his heir and successour which was immediately driuen out of his lordshippe by Robert Guiscarde Godfreis brother who after made him selfe erle of Calabre and Puell Otho duke of Bauarie Anni regum Angli 19 In this yeare of our lorde after the computacion of the Scottes Malcolme or Malcolme recouered the crowne of Scotlande and reigned .35 yeres The yere of the worlde 5022 The yere of Christ Anni regum Angli 20 Alexander the .ii. was ordeyned bishoppe of Rome at which time the bishoppes of Lumbardie woulde haue aduanced to that sea one Cabolus The yere of the worlde 5023 The yere of Christ by meanes wherof ciuile warre was arered and great armies gathered on bothe partes In fine after sore fighte and great murder the fautours of Cabolus were chased and he him selfe hardly escaped This ruffling continued a long space Otho bishop of Coleine by priuy meanes conueighed Henry the emperour from the ordring guydinge of his mother and set him in full power to rule after his owne mynde The empire at this time was chiefelye gouerned by bishops Otho Marques of Thurynge gaue firste title of hys possessions to the bishop of Mense Henry the emperour of Germanie reuored Salomon to his fathers kyngdome of Hungarye and gaue to him in maryage his owne syster After which tyme Salomon reygned .xiiii. yeres Harolde the sonne of Erle Godwyne went into Normandie The yere of the worlde The yere of Christ 1063 Anni regum Angli 21 where he made faythfull promyse to Duke William that after the death of Edwarde he woulde kepe the kingdome to his behalfe on whych condicion he brought with him at his retourne his brother Tasto Isacius emperour of Constantinople shoore hym selfe a monke after whom reygned Constantine .vii yeres Sanctius kinge of Spayne Anni regum Angli 22 was murdered by one of his housholde seruauntes The yere of the worlde 5025 The yere of Christ 1064 Wherefore Alphons the .vi. whom he had before expelled was agayne restored to his kyngdome Tosto enuiyng his brothers prosperity vsed muche vilany toward him and kinge Edwarde The yere of the worlde 5026 The yere of Christ 1065 Anni regum Angli 23 for the whiche he was forced to leaue the lande and flye into Flaunders The noble king Edwarde finished his last daye when he had reigned 23. yeres .vii. monethes and odde dayes He purged the olde and corrupte lawes and piâ—ked out of them a certayne which were most profytable for the commons and therfore were they called the common lawes For restitution wherof hapned diuers commocions and insurrections in this lande HArolde the eldest sonne of Godwine Anni regum Angli 1 being of great power The yere of Christ 1066 in Englande and therwith valiant and hardie The yere of the worlde 5027 toke on him the gouernance of this lande nothing regarding the promise that be made to William of Normandye Wherfore when William sent to hym ambassades admonishing him of the couenauntes that were agreed betwene them Harolde would in no wyse surrendre to him the kingdome whyche wyllyam claymed not onely for the promise that was made to hym but also because he was next of king Edwardes bloud In this meane time Tosto which fledde out of the land stered agaynst his brother the king of Norway who entringe the Northe partes of Englande wyth a great puysaunce discomfited .ii. erles that gaue to him battayle â–ª But Harolde makinge haste to rescue his people slewe the kynge and his owne brother Tosto and chased the Norwayes with disworship to their shippes When Willyam Duke of Normandye perceyued that he could not by any meane bringe Harolde to fulfyl hys promyse nor by treaty to yeld to hym the kyngdome by force he
Honorius byshop of Rome .x. yeres .vii. monethes He chose Iohannes de Columna a cardynall to bee soueraygne capitaine of the warres into Asâ—a who sped him thitherward with the souldiours that bishop Innocent had prepared for that purpose There went with him Andâ—ewâ— kinge of Huâ—garie Henrye Duke of Niuerna Gulthâ—â—rus chamberlayne to the frenche king which ioygning their puissaunce with the king of Hierusalem besyeged Damas in Egipt somtime called Heliopolis The ordre of our ladies souldiers began first in ArragoÌ„ AFter the disceasse of Iohn Henry his sonne Anni regum Angli 1 of the age of .ix. yeeres by the counsaile of Wylliam Duke of Gloucester The yere of the worlde 5179 The yere of Christ and the Erles of Penbroke and Chester was proclaimed kinge of England These noble men before mencioned with their retinewe kepte sharpe warre with Lewis the french kinges sonne and his affinitee who by the couenauntes made before with the Englishemen claimed the crowne but after certaine skirmishes and battailes Lewis somewhat more inclyned to peace which sadly was concluded and he departed hense into France Than was Henry confirmed in the kingdome who coming to iust age waxed strong mighty of body and of metely comely personage of nature gentyll of minde more sage and wise than valiant and hardye liberall towarde the poore In his tyme he ordeyned many lawes to the great commoditye of thys realme and reygned .56 yeres Ranulph Duke of Chester toke his iorney towarde the holy lande The citee Damyata in Aegipt was taken of the christians after long siege Anni regum Angli 2 The yere of the worlde The yere of Christ 1219 Robert the son of Peter was ordeyned emperour of Constantinople Anni regum Angli 3 and reigned .vii. yeres The yere of the worlde 5181 The yere of Christ 1220 In Thuscia two erles possessed certaine citees belonging to the empyre whych whan Friderich by force of armes had recouered the two erles fled to Honorius bishop of Rome who commaunded Friderych to restore to theÌ„ their cities which thinge whan he denied the byshop denounced him accursed and forbade him the communion with the faythfull saying that those citees belonged to the churche of Rome Hoccota Can the second emperour of the TartariaÌ„s he vaÌ„quished the Turkes his thre sonnes inuaded Persia India and Cumania Kinge Henry of England began to builde our ladye church in Westminster The Christians in Egipt being brought in great ieopardy Anni regum Angli 4 by the pollicie of the Souldayne The yere of the worlde 5182 The yere of Christ 1221 restored to hym the citee Damyata and making a peace retourned into Europe The TartariaÌ„s a people of Scithia after many other countreis of the east subdued to them Georgiana the greater Armenie and then passing the mountaines called Riphei inuaded Polonia and Hungarie They in short space coÌ„quered so manye countreys that their prince for his large pessessions was called the great Cahan Alexander king of Scottes maryed IohaÌ„ the sister of kinge Henrye of Englande A proclamacion made thoroughout Englande to auoyde straungers because one Fonkes de Brent helde the castell of Bedforde agaynst the kinges wyll At the same time appeared a blasynge sterre and much hurte was done by thunder lightning and earthquakes and many vncought and strange sightes were sene Robert emperour of ConstaÌ„tinople maried a maiden which before was fiaunced to a noble man of Burgoin wherwith the burgonion being greatly meued The yere of the worlde 5183 The yere of Christ Anni regum Angli 5 entred by violence into the emperours palace and cutte of the maydens nose and cast her mother into the sea Iohn king of Ierusalem came to Rome and gaue his doughter in mariage to Friderich themperour geuing for her dower the title of the kingdome of IerusaleÌ„ for whiche cause the kinges of Sicilie to this day be writen kinges of Hierusalem A counsayle holden at Oxenford of the bishops of Englande where a certayne man was condemned which taug ht that he was Iesus Chryste and to confirme the same he shewed the tokens of wounds in his handes bodie and feete About this time Gilesbie Ros rebelled against Alexander king of Scottes and was subdued and slayne with his two sons by the erle of Buchqhame whom the king sent agaynst hym The gray friers of the order of Francis came first into Englande The yere of the worlde 5184 The yere of Christ 1223 Friderich the emperour Anni regum Angli 6 whiche was excommunicated by the bishop of Rome caused his sonne to be made partaker of the empire Iohn kinge of Ierusalem toke in mariage Beringaria the doughter of the kinge of Spayne The men of Caithnes in Scotland â–ª burned their bishop because he cursed them for not payinge their tythes for whiche dede the kinge didde hange .iiii. hundred of the chiefe doers gelded their children disherited the erle A conspiratie was made agaynst king Henry of England by one Constantine in the citye of London for the whiche he was drawen and hanged the morowe after Lewys the eyght or after some the ninth was made kynge of Fraunce after his father Anni regum Angli 7 The yere of the worlde 5185 The yere of Christ 1234 and reygned .iiii. yeres He made league with Friderich themperour wher by the name of brotherhoode was renewed betwene the Frenchmen and Germaynes Anni regum Angli 8 The lordes and gentilmen of Englande first graunted to king Henrie the warde and maryage of theyr heyres The yere of the worlde 5186 The yere of Christ Anni regum Angli 9 Richarde the brother of kinge Henrye The yere of the worlde 5187 The yere of Christ 1226 ouercame the Frenchmen recouered Poyters â–ª and kept the Gascoins in due obedience Robert emperour of Grece ended his life in Achaia Gregory the .ix. was bishop of Rome .xiiii. yeres He was a man inflate with pride and for certayne vain causes as witnesseth the Abbote of Ursberge agayne excommunicated the emperour Friderich Ferdinand king of Arragon expelling the Sarasens out of the citie Ualencia Anni regum Angli 10 The yere of the worlde 5188 The yere of Christ 1227 and the yle called Maiorica reduced theim to the fayth of Christ. Lewes king of Fraunce wan certayne castels in the countrey of Poyters and shortly after toke and spoyled the citee Auignon which for the heresy of the Albigenses was cursed of the bishop of Rome the space of seuen yeres ¶ Baldwine the .ii. beyng yet a childe was made emperour of Grece to whom bicause he was not of sufficient age Iohn Brenne king of Ierusalem was appointed as a tutour and gouernour The bishop of Rome made Iohn king of Ierusalem Duke of Romandiola and lord of Rauenna Anni regum Angli 11 Lewis the .ix. and sonne to Lewys the laste kinge began his dominion ouer France The yere of the worlde The yere of Christ 1228 who for his youth was of dyuers thought vnmeete to take on him so greate
subdued the Welshemen which oftentimes rebelled Baldwine emperour of Constantinople and Raimunde Erle of Tolows Anni regum Angli 29 coming into Italy The yere of the worlde 5203 The yere of Christ 1242 obteyned of Friderich that the .ii cardinals whych he kept in prison might be sette at libertee Aldermen first chosen in the citee of London Anni regum Angli Kinge Henrie of Englande The yere of the worlde 5204 The yere of Christ 1243 by the stering of a Frencheman named Erle of Marche sayled into Normandie with a fayre companye purposinge to recouer Poyters Fuyan and other countreys but after manye bakerynges somewhat to the losse of the Englishemen Henrye founde meanes of peace whiche was concluded for the space of v. yeres Innocent the .iiii. being ordeined bishop of Rome fled to Lyons in Fraunce for feare of Friderich emperoure where he called a counsayle This man gaue redde hattes first to the cardinalles Henrie the firste was kinge of Spayne .ii. yeres being but a childe He maried his kinswoman the kynges doughter of Portugall and died as he was playing with children by the falling of his throte Ferdinande the fourth a man of great noblenesse The yere of the worlde 5205 The yere of Christ 1244 was king of Spayne .xii. yeares Anni regum Angli He conquered well nere all Spayne from the dominion of the Sarasens Gino Can the .iii. emperour of the Tartarians vnder him Batho vanquisshinge the Scythes made his royall seate in Cathay Anni regum Angli 28 The Tartarians ouerran Asia called Georgiana and after that inuaded Armenia entred euen to Iconium The yere of the worlde 5206 The yere of Christ 1245 the royal palace of the king of Turkes An other company of the Tartarians vnder their leader Bato wyth most cruel inuasions wasted the countrey of Polonie Hungarie Russia Gasa and with great tirannie afflicted the same At Tollet in Spayne a Iew digging in the grounde to enlarge his vineyarde â–ª found a holow stone wherin was a boke of the bignesse of a psalter written in greke latine and hebrewe the mattier whereof was of .iii. worldes to come and declared the coming of Christ to be the beginning of the thirde which was expressed in this maner In the beginnynge of the thirde worlde the son of god shal be borne of a mayde By occasion of this booke the Iew was turned to the faith of Christ. The yere of the worlde 5207 The bishop of Rome assembling a counsayle at Lyons excommunicated Friderich the emperour The yere of Christ 1246 Anni regum Angli 29 and depriued him of al imperiall auctoritee commaundinge that he should no more be called Cesar. The emperour committed the gouernance of Italy and Lumbardie to his sonne Euâ—ius king of Sardinia and then besieged Parma which he toke and destroyed and buylded a newe citee in the same place called Uictoria About this time was a terrible earthquake in Englande and in Fraunce Grossioni a people of Arabie by the steeringe of the Souldaine of Babylon The yere of the worlde 5208 The yere of Christ 1247 Anni regum Angli 30 cruellye afflicted the Chrystians in all Asia and vsed most spitefull vilanie towarde the sepulchre of Christ in Ierusalem The electours of Germanie hearing of the deposicion of Friderich ordeined the Lanthgraue of Thuring to be king of Romains who shortlie after disceassed and then they chose William erle of Hollande At this time were many preachers in Sueuia whych sharpelye rebuked the abuses of the bishop of Rome and his cardinalles namely his false vsurped Pardones The yere of the worlde 5209 The newe citee Uictoria was taken spoyled and destroyed by the friendes of the bishoppe of Rome The yere of Christ 1248 Anni regum Angli 31 and the emperour Friderich chased Lewis the Frenche kinge departed fro Paris in his iourney toward the holye land with many other nobles and bishops of Fraunce Shortlye after his arriuall he broug ht to his subiection the citee Damyet of Egipt Friderich notwithstandinge the bishop of Romes cursinge subdued well nere all Italye excepte a fewe cityes which fauoured his enemies Kinge Henrie of England seised the franchesses of the citee of London for a iudgment geuen against a widow named Margaret Uyell But shortelye after they were restored ¶ Alexander the thyrde .ix. yeares of age succeded hys father in the kyngedome of Scotlande and reigned 3â— yeares He hadde perpetuall amytee with the kynges of England Anni regum Angli 33 Friderich ordeyned Manfrede his bastarde son The yere of the worlde 5211 The yere of Christ 1250 prince of Tarentum Ehunrade his sonne by his wyfe Iole he ordeyned his heyre and shortly therâ—pon payed hys debte to nature in Pâ—ell Some wryte that he was pâ—â—soned and not vnlyke for the blessed fathers thought theim neuer in quiete vntil they had dyspatched that good emperour oute of lyfe After whiche tyme Italye was still dyuided into the faccions of the Guelphes and Gibelynes In Italie bloud issued out of bread as oute of woundes flesshely cut Anni regum Angli 34 and blouddy cloudes appeared The yere of the worlde 5212 The yere of Christ 1251 Lewys kynge of Fraunce â–ª entendyng to besiege Babilon by sickenesse and other maladies lost a great part of his armie and in the ende was hym selfe taken prysoner of the Souldaine with his .ii. bretherne Charles and Robert the Erle of Poyters the Erle of Angeow â–ª the Erle of Flaunders the Duke of Britain the Erle of Scisons which were al deliuered vpon a great raunsome In Fraunce a company of younge men namyng them selfes shepherdes vowed to restore their kyng to libertee but for the hooredome and robbynge that they vsed the people of the countrey about the dead seâ— set vpon them slewe theyr capitains dispâ—rced that simple felowshyp Chunrade the soÌ„ne of Friderich toke on him the kingdome of Puell He was cursed also by the byshoppe of Rome Iames kynge of Arragon by the ayde of Ferdinande kyng of Castile Anni regum Angli 35 subdued the iles called Beleares The yere of the worlde 5213 The yere of Christ Mango Can the fourth emperoure of the Tartarians Chuarade kyng of Puell was poysoned by his brother Manfrede who was suspected also for the death of hys father King Henry of Englande maried his daughter Mary to Alexander kinge of Scottes and receyued homage of the same Alexander for the realme of Scotlande The Augustine friers beganne to inhabite in Wales Aboute this tyme the Tartaryans vnder theyr kynge Mango or Metho receiued the fayth of Chryst and after made sharpe warre vpon the Turkes toke from theym many countreis Accursius that made gloses on the lawe Compostellanus and Ostiecâ—is that wrate on the decrees Bertrucius a physycyon Uincent an hystoryographer Alexander Gallus a grammaryan and Stanslay the holy byshoppe were famous Anni regum Angli 36 Lewis kynge of fraunce retourned out of Asia into his countrey The yere of the worlde 5214 The yere
pollicye and manlye actes so demeaned him selfe Anni regum Angli 55 that oftentimes he put the Turkes to gret shame disworship for despite whereof they subourned a false Sarasen by whose treason he was putte in greate daunger as his life For he was wounded with a venemous darte and therof was sicke longe after Ephren a Greke of Constantinople and Ptolomois of Luke in Italie historiographers Stephene the .v. was king of Hungarie .ii. yeres He by the ayde of the Germaines ouercame Othacarus kinge of Boheme and subdued Buda to hys kingdome The Tartarians conquered and ouerrode all Persia. At Grenewich beside London was a lambe yened hauing two perfite bodies and but one head Anni regum Angli 56 The yere of the worlde 5234 The yere of Christ 1273 Richard kinge Henries brother and king of Romaynes finished his life and was buried at Hayles A counsayle called at Lions in Fraunce by Gregorie the Romaine bishop against the Grecians for the proceding of the holy ghost and for communication to be had for the recouerie of the holy land Michael emperour of Constantinople submitted hym to the church of Rome Hulderich king of Carinth solde his principate of Carinthia and the countreys of Carniola Marchia Sclauonie with other to Othacarus kinge of Boheme for which landes was after warre betwene Othacarus and the emperour Rodulph of â—abishburge was ordeined emperoure of Almayne This man neuer receyued the imperiall dyaâ—eme nor entred into Italie For he vsed to recite to hys familiars the fable of the foâ—â— that sayde to the Lyon be was a ferde to enter into his denne because he perceiued the steppes of many beastes goinge inward but of none that retourned out agayne And so he sayed manye emperours haue entred Italie with great pompe and glory but by the meanes of the bishop they retourned euel handled with great iniuries At the citee of Formâ—ulâ—â—â—n Italie the Gibelines slewe wel nere .8000 of the Guelphes King Henrie of England departed out of this life Anni regum Angli 1 EDwarde the firste of that name after the conqueste surnamed Longeshanke The yere of the worlde 5235 The yere of Christ began his reigne ouer this realme of Englande and reigned xxxiiii yeeres He was muche troubled with the rebellion of the Welshemen â–ª and Scottes and also with warre in Fraunce Of stature he was taule and mightie of bodie but nothinge grosse His eyes were somewhat blacke and in tyme of anger semed fierye of so noble and valiant hart that his courage neuer fainted in most hard and daungerous enterprises of witte excellente of great towardnesse 〈◊〉 apte to euerye thinge that he him selfe applied He hated extremelye the insolent presumpcion of priestes whiche he thought onely to rise of aboundaunce of riches he was a suâ—e friende and at idle times muche geuen to huntinge He profited greatlye his realme with newe and holsome lawes to the redressing of many enormities and specially of the false dealing of bakers and millers Ladislaus the fourth was kinge of Hungarie syxtene yeeres Alexander kinge of Scottes did his homoge to Edward of England The yere of the worlde 5236 The yere of Christ Anni regum Angli 2 Innocent the .v. was bishop of Rome .vi. monethes Honorius the .iiii. fiftye dayes Iohn the one and twentieth .viii. monethes The bishoppes see was voyde .vi. monethes And then Nicholas the thirde made bishop He wreasted from the emperour of Almaine al the countrey of Bononie Flaminia in the emperoures name toke from Charles kinge of Sicilie the gouernaunce of Hâ—truria Warre betwene the Uenecians and the citee Ancon The yere of the worlde 5237 The yere of Christ 1276 King Edward entred again into Wales against Lewline and forced hi m to desire mercie and grace Anni regum Angli 3 Ladislaus king of Hungarie made warre to the people called Comam and them vanquished He vsed hym vnhonestly toward his wife keping other strumpets at his pleasure The citee of Rome was werie of the dominion of their bishoppes The statute of Mortmane was first enacted by kinge Edwarde The yere of the worlde 5238 The yere of Christ 1277 Anni regum Angli 4 Michael Tonie was hanged drawen and quartered for treason Nicholas bishop of Rome endeuoured to erect .ii. newe kingdomes in Italie for his two nephewes He vsurped the power of a senatour in Rome and would suffer non other to be created Deadly warre was reased betwene Rodulph the emperour The yere of the worlde The yere of Christ and Othacarus king of Boheme Anni regum Angli 5 whiche encâ—untring in the fieldes of Austriche foughte a sore battayle wherein the emperour obteined the victorie and Othacarus was slain Whose sonne Albert the emperour gentilly entreated and made him Duke of Austriche Reformacion was made in Englande for clippinge of the kinges coyne Anni regum Angli 6 The yere of the worlde 5240 The yere of Christ for whiche offence .284 Iewes were put to execution Halfepense and farthinges were firste coyned in England ¶ Uenceslaus was the .vi. kinge of Boheme who for his holinesse is noumbred among the sainctes Discencion in Rome for the election of the bishop Anni regum Angli 8 Martine the fourth was bishop of Rome .iiii. yeres The yere of the worlde 5242 The yere of Christ In his firste yeere was borne a childe of a woman that was verie familiar with him all hearâ—e and armed with clawes lyke to a beare Wherof when the bishop had knowledge he caused all the images of beares in his palaice to be raised out for a manifâ—â— profe that he was perswaded that such fauoures as the woman doth conceiue in time of her conception shal be represensed in the childe at hys byrthe Michael Paleologus emperour of Grece was excommunicated by the Romaine bishop for breaking certain promises that he made in the counsayle of Lyons The Sarasens vanquished the Scythes and Armenians nere to Ganalâ— and after great slaughter wanne the citee Peter king of Arragon sailed into Afrike with a great nauie and brought from them muche riches and praye He endeuoured also to recouer the kingdome of Sicilie â–ª wherto he made claim by the right of his wife ConstaÌ„ce the daughter of Manfrede Anni regum Angli 9 Dauid the brother of Lewline prince of Wales vnkindly and traiterously excited his brother agaynst king Edward of England The yere of the worlde 5243 The yere of Christ The citee of Pisâ— was destroyed by the Germaines Tongader the Tartarian first receiued the law of Mahumet He conquered Babilon by the helpe of the Armenians About this time Wilhelmus Placentinus and Taddeus phisicions were famous And likewise Guydo Bonatus an astronomer The people of Sicilie detesting the pride auarice effeminate wantonnesse of the Frenchmen by the counsaile of a noble maÌ„ called Iohn Piochiâ—â—us in one night slew all them that were within the iland in like maner was it doone in the citee of Formâ—ulâ—â— shortlye after whiche murder the king of Arragon entred
be a god ¶ Reu in the .32 yeare of his lyfe begat Saruch The yere of the worlde 1820 The yere before Christe ¶ Ianus in this time brought inhabitantes into Hyrcania and Mesopotamia The yere of the worlde 1825 The yere before Christe 2138 ¶ Ganges The yere of the worlde 1828 The yere before Christe 2135 of his owne name founded him an habitacion in India And certaine people came out of Italy from Comerus who inhabited Bactria ¶ Nemroth the Babilonical Saturne The yere of the worlde 1833 The yere before Christe 2130 sent foorth these princes with inhabitantes Assyrius Medus Moscus and Magog who inhabyted the roialme of Assyria Media Moscouia and Scithia ¶ Nowe that we be come to the habitacion of Scithia we shal briefly declare theyr historyes The nacyon of the Scithians bothe in theyr originall beginninges and empires were no lesse renoumed by theyr women than by theyr men They thrise obtained the empyre of Asia whiche they kept tributarie vnto them vntyl the time of Nynus they them selfes remaining coÌ„tinually witho ut the subiection of other princis They put to shamefull flight Darius king of Persia thei ouerthrew Zopyrona the capitaine of Alexander with his armye in like maner they slew Cyrus with all his power They rather heard of the Romans than felt them Of theym arose the nacions of the Parthians people veraie laborious and hardye in warres Among theim no crime is so greuous as thefte for they hauyng their substance and cattell without houses or other defence might haue nothyng in sauegard yf theft were not sharpely punished As for gold and syluer thei dispise as muche as other nacions desire it This coÌ„tinence hath taught theim rightuousnesse that they neuer desyre other mens goodes For the desyre of riches is there where the vse of it is Whiche moderacion and absteinyng from other mens good I wishe vnto all men for than truely so great warres shoulde not so longe nor among so many bee continued neither shulde the sword destroye more men than the natural course of doth shuld take away Certes this semeth wonderfull that nature shuld geue vnto theim that which the Christians by the godly wisedome of Christe by the long preceptes and instructions of holy men can not attein vnto Muche more preuaileth in theim the ignoraunce of vices than in vs the knowlage of vertnes Finally from theim hath come people fearefull and vengeable to all the worlde as the Alanes â–ª Hunnes Gothes Bulgarois Slauanois Turkes and Tartarians â–ª Moreouer the women of that nacion at the riuer Thermodoon reuenged the deathe of their husbandes with the slaughter of theyr ennemies and lest that some shoulde seme more happier than other some they slue all the men that remained and forthwith abhorred the desyre of matrimonie calling it rather bondage than mariage Neuerthelesse whan that by warre they had obteined peace and by theyr valiaunt prowesse had conquered a great part both of Asia and Europe stablishyng theim a kyngedome by the name of Amazons Than leste their nacion should decaye through lacke of men they vsed the company of theyr borderers If men children were borne thei were either slain or sent to their fathers the women thei preserued exercisyng theim not in sowyng spinnyng or idelnesse but in feates of armes ridyng and huntyng The right pappes of theyr children thei feared of that it shoulde be no lette to theim in shootynge For whych cause they were called Amazons that is hauynge but one pappe By this maner exercise thei became so strong and hardy that they feared not to fight hand to hand with the most valiant princes Hercules Thesius Achilles and the great Alexander But howe long time these women continued or when they ceassed we can not certainly finde yet we rede that Minothea one of theyr quenes for the desyre too haue issue by the great Alexander came with .30000 women .25 dayes iourney to him and after thirtye dayes returned beynge conceiued with childe Iupiter Belus the sonne of Saturne The yere of the worlde 1844 The yere before Christe 2119 the seconde emperour of Babilon reigned .62 yeares He founded and edified Babylon more like a towne then a citee and continued iÌ„ peace vntil it was toward the end of his reigne Comerus after the maner of the Scithians The yere of the worlde 1846 The yere before Christe 2117 frome whens he cam taught his Italyans to make townes with chariottes and wagons Therfore in the Scithians tung they be called vâ—ii because they cal cartes veias For long after the Scithians vsed cartes and chariottes in stede of houses vnder which they made theyr stables and aboue theyr lodginges â–ª Tyrus after he had founded Tyrum with the chief of his people toke the sea and inhabited Thracia Arcadius then possessed Arcady and Aemathius Macedonye ¶ Saruch in the .xxx. yere of his life begatte Naphor The yere of the worlde 1850 The yere before Christe 2113 which was the .xviii. in discent from Adam In this season begaÌ„ the kingdome of the Sicyonians The yere of the worlde 1875 The yere before Christe 2088 nowe called Morea where Aegialeus firste reygned .52 yeres and called 〈◊〉 Aegialeâ— Nachor when he was .29 yeres of age begat Thare The yere of the worlde 1879 The yere before Christe 2084 who was the .xix. in discent from Adam This Thare in his youth begat Aram and Nachor but after by an other wife he had Abram The childreÌ„ of Aram were Lot Sara and Melcha Ianus brought inhabitauntes into the fertil Arabia The yere of the worlde 1888 The yere before Christe 2075 who of his name were called Ianuteans C ham came into Italy and there The yere of the worlde 1898 The yere before Christe 2065 〈◊〉 â—â—nâ—ing Camerus beganne to rule the people â–ª and with his wickednes and vices corrupted them Ianus leauing inhabytauntes in Arabia departed from thens and came into Aphrike to Triton Triton lefte Hammon his sonne king of Libya The yere of the worlde 1903 The yere before Christe 2860 who toke to wife Rhea his sister but neuertheles vnknowing to Rhea he begat Dionisius on Amalthea a young woman whome he sente to be nourished into Nysa a towne of Arabie Belus began to be inflamed with the desyres of war but being preuented by death he committed to his sonne Ninus the charge to dilate his empire Hytherto extendeth the golden worlde The yere of the worlde 1906 The yere before Christe 2057 Ninus the third emperour of Babylon reygned .52 yeres He was the sonne of Iupiter Belus who first of al changed the goldeÌ„ world of Saturn into the yron world violating the law of nature wherby euery royalme was rather defended than enlarged by theyr priuate princis whose iudgement and wyll was in steede of lawes and were therto not chosen by ambicion but by vertue and wisedome But Ninus moued with a new desire of augmenting his empire dyd first sette vppon his borderers rude and ignorant in warres than one victory bringing
of Romaines the sonne of Rhea Ilia the virgine Uestale reigned 38. yeres In the xviii yere of his age he beganne to make a litell citee on the mount of Palatine afterwardes he builded a temple and made therof a sanctuary for the tuicion of al transgressours he ordeined lawes and specially that no Romaine should exercise any handy crafte but onely geue theim selues to marciall feates and husbandry Womē adulterours or drūken to be punished by death he instituted their sacrifices he vanquished in battayle Acron king of the Cecinenses cōsecratīg his armour vnto Iupiter he ouerthrewe the Antemnates tryumphed ouer the Sabines receiued Tatius theyr king into the felowshyp of his kyngdom toke the Fidenes ouercame the Camerines constituted the hundred Senators ordeined the Centurions and appointed the twelue serieantes Finally in the marishe Caprea striken with lightnyng he was neuer after sene wherfore they supposed he was takē vp to the goddis ¶ The Athenians altered the fourme of their commune weale The yere of the worlde 3212 The yere before Christe 751 chosyng a magistrate Before Britayne knovven 701 whose power shuld endure ◠yeres in whiche Carops first gouerned them Rome not able to conteine in hir two lordes was the cause that Romulus slu his brother Remus At that tyme also was Nunca Pompilius borne In the nynth yere of the rebelliō of Osea was Samaria taken and the ten tribes led awaye captiue by Salman Assar. Before Britayne knovven 700 Thales Milesius one of the seuen wise men The yere of the worlde 3213 The yere before Christe 750 flourisshed in naturall philosophy among the Grecians Sennacherib the fourth kyng of Babilon The yere of the worlde 3218 The yere before Christe 745 reigned fiue yeres Before Britayne knovven 695 he besieged Ezechias in Hierusalem whose army the angel of god destroyed to the number of .185 thousand and consumed their bodies in to dust that the ayre shoulde not by them be infected The kynge fledde with a fewe to Niniue where after .15 dayes he was slayne in the temple of his owne sonnes The Lacedemones kept warre twentie yeres agaynste the Messenians whose capitaine Aristomenes hauynge an heary hert slue alone 300. Lacedemones Before Britayne knovven 692 In this tyme Sibylla Erithrea lyued who prophecied most plainly of Christ. The yere of the worlde 3221 The yere before Christe 742 Before Britayne knovven 691 ¶ Ezechias in his extreme sicknesse was healed by god his lyfe was prolonged by .xv. yeres The sonne The yere of the worlde 3222 The yere before Christe 741 to the wonder of all the worlde returned his course backward by tenne degrees Aesimedes magistrat of Athenes gouerned thē .x. yeres Mydas reygned in Phrigia and Aliactes in Lydia xiiii yeres Assaradon the .v. kyng of Babylon reigned .v. yeres The yere of the worlde 3223 The yere before Christe 740 Before Britayne knovven 690 Narus Syracusa Cathimo in Sicily and Rauenna in Italy were builded The citee Messana was taken by the Lacedemones Merodach the fift king of Babylon reigned .lii. yeres The yere of the worlde 3227 The yere before Christe 736 surnamed Baladad Before Britayne knovven 686 he sent vnto Ezechias ambassadors to signifie to hym how glad and how ioyfull he was for that he had recouered againe his health Sabachon an Aethiope reigned in Aegypt .22 yeres he ouercame Bochorus that was theyr kyng Perdica kyng of Macedon reigned .51 yeres The yere of the worlde 3229 The yere before Christe 734 Before Britayne knovven 684 Hydromancie or diuinaciō by waters was brought into Italy by Persians Before Britayne knovven 682 Tarpeia in rewarde of hir treasone The yere of the worlde 3231 The yere before Christe 732 beynge oppressed with shieldes of the Sabines gaue the name vnto the hill Tarpeius on whiche the capitole was builded Elidicus gouerned the Atheniens .x. yeres Cardiceas called also Anticarmin the .iiii. king of the Medes reigned .xiii. yeres The yere of the worlde 3232 The yere before Christe 731 Meles was kyng of Lydia .xii. yeres Before Britayne knovven 681 The yere of the worlde 3236 The yere before Christe 727 Manasses the xvii kyng of Iuda reigned .55 yeres Before Britayne knovven 677 a wicked prince The yere of the worlde 3237 The yere before Christe 726 who raysed vp ydolles defiled the temple Before Britayne knovven 676 sacrificed his children to the goddis fylled Hierusalem with the bloud of innocentes dispysed the admonitions of prophetes and put to death the moste holye prophet Esias cuttyng hym in the midle with a saw wherfore god beyng displeased reised vp the kynge of Babylon who with a mightie power inuaded Iury toke the kynge by a traine and brought hym captiue to Babylon Than in his captiuitee aknowlagynge god he confessed his sinnes and toke repentance through which findyng grace he was restored to his kyngdome where he abolished all ydolatry restored the true honoryng of god commanded that it shoulde be obserued and iustly passed all the residue of his lyfe in the feare of god He also repayred the walles of the holy citee and ordeined garrisons in all his citees GUrgustius succeded Riuallo in this royalme of Britaine The yere of the worlde 3242 The yere before Christe 721 and reigned .38 yeres Before Britayne knovven 671 Hippomenes gouerned the Atheniens .10 yeres The Carenses obteined the soueraintee of the sea The yere of the worlde 3244 The yere before Christe 719 The warres that were kept betwene the Lacedemones and Argiues began in Tyria Before Britayne knovven 669 The yere of the worlde 3248 The yere before Christe 715 Candaules reigned in Lydia .xvii. yeres who through the fonde loue that he had to his wyfe Before Britayne knovven 665 for hir excedynge fayrenesse not contented in his minde therwith but that he must also disclose the secrets of matrimony as though silence shoulde haue been a preiudice to hir beautee shewed hir naked to his frende Gyges by whiche deede his frend beyng enticed of his wife to adulterie became his mortall enemy and his wife also alienated hir loue from hym to Gyges And therfore afterwarde he was slayne by the same Gyges Romulus beyng in the marishe Caprea was neuer after founde After whose death the senatours chose ten iudges who reigned a whole yere Diocles the .v. kyng of Media reigned .54 yeres Before Britayne knovven 664 Numa Pompilius The yere of the worlde 3249 The yere before Christe 714 the son of Pomponius the leuenth king of Romanes reigned .42 yeres Before Britayne knovven 663 The yere of the worlde 3250 The yere before Christe A man endued both with wit and vertue he kept no war he ruled the people in peace he apointed both lawes and customes ordeined the sacrifices priestes erected manye chapels and temples elected Martius high bishop created the religion of the Feciales and Salios consecrated the virgines vestals deuided the yere in to monethes and to the ten monethes added Ianuary and February Finally in the 43. yere of his reigne he died Tarachus an Aethiope
was surnamed Plato vntyll he was .xx. yeares olde he gaue him selfe to make amorous verses whiche after he came to here Socrates he bourned and then most atteintiuely he folowed Socrates as longe as he liued And after that he did not onely here the famous philosophiers and Geometriciās in Grecia but also wente into Italye Affrike and Egipte to learne the misticall sciences he sayled thrise into Sicilie where escaping the daunger of death he was solde as a bondman he deuided philosophie into three partes that is morall naturall and racionical And by Athenes chase a place called Achademia wherī he taught wherof his disciples were called Achademici and nowe all places where learninge is exersised he called Achademia Furthermore he is called Diuinus Plato for his excellēt doctrine whiche conteineth many thinges as sainct Augustine sayeth that doth accorde with holy scripture in so much as therin is perceiued the first part of Genesis vnto Spiritus domini ferabitui super aquas and the gospel of S. Iohn vnto Et tenebre cum non comprehenderunt with the mistery of thre persons in diuinitee therein expressed he died as he was writinge beynge of the age of lxxxi yeres Iudas the high priest slue his brother Iesu in the temple at Hierusalem GUrguintus sonne of Beline The yere of the worlde 3588 The yere before Christe 375 succeded his father reigned in this realme .xix. yeares Before Britayne knovven he subdued Denmarke compelling them to continue their tribute and in his retourne home met with a fleete of Spaniardes whiche were sekinge for habitacions because theyr countrey was to populus and not able to susteine them to whom the king granted the isle of Irelande to inhabite in and to holde the same of him as theyr soueraygne lorde But the Socrates write that the Spaniardes arriued before this time in Irelande which I haue before declared Before Britayne knovven 324 Amintas kinge of Macedon vanquished by the Illyrians was forced to pay theyr charges The yere of the worlde 3589 The yere before Christe 274 and to lay Philip in hostage who being sent to Thebes and cōmitted to the custodie of Epaminondas was by him instructed in all maner disciplines The Romans fought prousperously with the Uolsciās and Latines the Antiates submitted thē to the Romās Alexander was king of Macedon one yere Before Britayne knovven 323 The yere of the worlde 3590 The yere before Christe 373 ¶ The citee of Rome was .v. yeres without magistrates by meanes of a great discord variance that was meued for promulgation of certaine lawes in the which was desired firste that one of the consulles shoulde be chosen among the commons nexte that dettes should be diminished thirdely that none of the nobles shoulde possesse ouer a certayne stinte of landes Whiche lawes the noble men would not in any wise suffre to take effect And therfore the tribunes Liciuius and Sexius whiche deuysed those lawes letted and forbad any other magistrates to be chosen the space of .v. yeare and then were they constreigned by externall warre for that tyme to breake vp their contention which shortly after they renewed ¶ Epammondas a Thebane borne in sundrye qualitees bothe of the body and mynde was renoumed In al kyndes of musike he was perfectly instructed and daunced therwith excedyngly well There was no vertue that in hym was lacking he oftentymes refused great summes of money and riche presentes sent to him by princes although he were pore sayinge If the thyng were honest whiche he were required to do he woulde do it bycause it was good without any rewarde yf it were yll and not honest all the goodes of the worlde shuld not make hym to do it If it were profitable vnto his countrey he was bounden and redy to do it freely yf it were otherwise no ryches mought counteruaile the loue that he bare to his commune weale In bataile he ouercame the Athenians and Lacedemones and in one daye had the victorie of al Grece Finally in a conflycte at Mantinea betwene the Thebanes and Lacedemones he was woūded vnto deth with a longe spere the head remayning still in his body yet retayned he lyfe vntyll his hoste had the victory and than sayde I haue lyued long enoughe for I dye vnuanquished He was so poore that he was buried at the charges of the citee The yere of the worlde 3591 The yere before Christe 372 ¶ Ptolomeus Alorites craftely depriued Alexander both of his realme and lyfe and reigned .4 yeres Before Britayne knovven 322 The yere of the worlde 3593 The yere before Christe 370 Uagorus capitaine to Artaxerxes Before Britayne knovven 320 violated the temple of Hierusalem reuenging the death of Iesu. The yere of the worlde 3594 The yere before Christe 369 Theo reigned in Egipt two yeres Before Britayne knovven 319 The yere of the worlde 3595 The yere before Christe 368 Perdicasiew Ptolomeus Before Britayne knovven 318 and reigned in Macedone viii yeres Agesilaus king of Lacedemonia in his returne out of Egipt by a sodain tempest beyng driuen vpon the coost of Libya dyed whan he was .84 yeres of age ¶ Aristotle the renoumed philosopher sonne of Nichomachus the phisicion borne in Stagera in Grece consumed his youth ryotrouslie afterwarde he was scholar to the noble Plato .xx. yeres continually he excelled al men in sharpenesse of witte and knowlage in diuerssciences Wherfore king Philip of Macedony sente his sonne Alexander to him to be taughte sayinge that he thanked god that he had a sonne borne in his time This man began a sect the folowers wherof were called Peripatetici and taught after the deathe of Plato .xxiii. yeres he was banished out of Athenes because it was supposed that he deemed not well of theyr goddes It is wrytten that he died by this occasion As he went by the sea side he perceyued fishermen sittinge and doinge of somwhat and when he asked what they did they tolde him a riddle which when by longe study he coulde not assoyle for shame and sorowe he dyed The Romanes instituted againe theyr magistrates Artaxerxes Ochus the .xii. emperour of Persia reigned xxvi yeres Before Britayne knovven 315 he was a blouddy prince who The yere of the worlde 3598 The yere before Christe 365 besyde other tyrannies that he exercised murdred his owne brethren he reduced the Aegipcians vnder the monarchie of the Persians and at length was slayn of one of his officers The Galles brake into Italy agayn The yere of the worlde 3599 The yere before Christe 364 and by Camillus they were vanquished Before Britayne knovven 314 Consules were againe created in Rome The yere of the worlde 3600 The yere before Christe 363 one of the nobilitee Before Britayne knovven 313 the other of the cominaltie In this yeare also the nobilitie tooke vpon them the offices of Pretor and Edilis for graunting to the commons the o ther consulship Before Britayne knovven 312 Iaddus the sonne of Ioannes The yere of the worlde 3061 The yere
yere before Christe 214 Antiochus indicted warre to Acheus Before Britayne knovven 164 Philip kinge of Macedonye tooke Thebes and entered in league with Anniball Posthumius by the deceit of the frenchemen was slayn Marcellus ouercame Annibal and the Scipions vanquished Asdrubal in Spayne Fabius Maximus was created Dictator of Rome ¶ This man in his youth exercised bothe eloquence and prowesse and therfore after became as well in armes as counsaile a captaine most excellent and subduyng many countreis to the Romains triumphed fiue times At this time beyng made Dictatour against Anniball he so tempered prudence with manhode that by detracting of batail and training Annibal from place to place and at sundrye aduantages skyrmisshynge with him he minished his puisance and preserued the publike weale of his couÌ„trey In so muche that Annibal whan he had oâ—erthrowe Minutius the CoÌ„sull and was constreigned by Fabius whiche came to the rescue to retyre with losse of his men said Dyd not I tell you that this clowde wold at the last bryng vs a storme Calling Fabius a clowde because he houered vpon the hylles Before Britayne knovven 163 ¶ Nathak brother of Doruidilla The yere of the worlde 3750 The yere before Christe was made kynge of Scottes who for his tyranny in the seconde yere of his reigne was slaine by his owne lordes The poenians were ouerthrowen by Fabius at Benenentum Before Britayne knovven 162 ¶ Pleuratus kynge of Thracia The yere of the worlde 3751 The yere before Christe 212 Scerdiletus kinge of Illyria Hitherto writeth Polibius Syphax kinge of Numidia entred in amitee with the Romaines Before Britayne knovven 161 Reâ—thar son of Doruidilla a yong childe The yere of the worlde 3752 The yere before Christe 211 contrary to the lawes of Scotland was made kynge for which cause Scotlande was vexed with ciuill warres in maner to the desolacion thereof and the Britons entred and subdued it whiche they kepte as the Scottes write .xii. yeres vnder their subiection their kinge Reuthar beyng expelled out of his royalme and lyuing in Irelande but afterward by entreatee vpon certain conditions he was againe restored to his kingdome and reigned in all .26 yeres ¶ Anniball tooke Tarentum and the Scipiones were slayne in Spaine Before Britayne knovven 160 The Romaines were in such feare The yere of the worlde 3753 The yere before Christe 210 by the comming of Anniball towardes Rome that thei determined to haue forsaken the citie and to fle in to Greece But by the prowes and wisdome of the yong Scipio they were persuaded to the defence of their countrey who whan all other feared to be capitaines in so daungerous warres tooke vpon him to deliuer Italy from the power of Anniball beinge but .22 yeres of age for which cause he was fyrst sent into Spayne with an army * This Scipio was of wonderful towardnesse euen froÌ„ his childhode for beyng but .xvii. yeres olde in a greate battayle by Pauia in Lumbardy he rescued hys father whan he was enuyronned with ennemies and in daunger to be slayne After he had prosperousely finisshed the warres that he had taken in hand he was so greatly renoumed that men came out of all countreys onely to see and honour him And as he was famous in marcial prowesse so was he excellently well learned and fauoured learned men excedingly in so much as he refused to here the ambassadours of Carthage makynge entreatee for peace vntyll thei had brought to hym Terence the latin poet in whom he after so greatly delited that it is sayde he holpe hym to make his comedies Atâ—alus of Asia Pleuratus of Thracia Scerdiletus of Illyria were kynges The yere of the worlde 3854 The yere before Christe 209 Before Britayne knovven 159 The Aetolians confederated theim selues with the Romaynes and indicted warre to Philyp Scipio toke newe Carthage in Spaine and sent Mago prisoner to Rome Fuluius the consull recouered Tâ—â—eÌ„tum Scipio ouer came and vanquished Hasdruball The yere of the worlde 3755 The yere before Christe 208 Before Britayne knovven 158 RImo gouerned this roialme of Britayn .xvi. yeres The yere of the worlde 3756 The yere before Christe 207 Philyp kynge of Macedon Before Britayne knovven 157 fought prosperouslye agaynst the Aetolians Nere vnto Lacinius Annibal ouerthrue the Romains in whiche conflict Marcellus the consull was slayne Ualerius wasted Aprica and vanquisshed the Carthaginenses on the sea In Spayne Hanno was takeÌ„ and the Carthaginenses that were with him The yere of the worlde 3757 The yere before Christe 206 slayne Before Britayne knovven 156 P. Sulpitius Proconsull of Grece Hostilâ—us put Anniball to flyght At Sena Asdruball with his army was ouerthrowen and vaÌ„quisshed by the coÌ„suls whose head Nero caused to be cast into the campe of Anniball Before Britayne knovven 155 Spaine was subdued to the Romains Before Britayne knovven 154 The warre betwene Syphax and Masinissa began The yere of the worlde 3758 The yere before Christe 205 in whiche Syphax droue Masinissa out of his roialme The yere of the worlde 3759 The yere before Christe 204 Before Britayne knovven 153 Scipio vanquished the Poenians and Sempronius ouercame Anniball The yere of the worlde 3760 The yere before Christe 203 Before Britayne knovven 152 Ptolomeus Epiphanes the .v. kyng of Egypt reigned 24. yeres he passed not the age of foure yeares The yere of the worlde 3761 The yere before Christe 202 whan his father dyed Wherfore he was committed to the gouernance of the Romains whiche was the occasion of great warres betwene Antiochus and the Romaines Scipis destroyed the campe of Syphax and Asdruball Syphaax was taken by Lelius and brought to Rome Annibal was coÌ„pelled to retourne to Carthage to the defence therof the .xvii. yere after he first entred into Italy Before Britayne knovven 151 Scipio and Anniball met togither in battayl The yere of the worlde 3762 The yere before Christe 120 in which Anniball was put to flight The Carthaginenses desired peace whiche was graunted to them but .500 of theyr shippes were drouned in the sight of the citee Here endeth the second warres of Carthage Before Britayne knovven 150 Peace was giuen to Carthage The yere of the worlde 3763 The yere before Christe 200 Masinissa was also restored to his royalme Scipio retourned to Rome with great triumph after whose chariot Terence the comical poete folowed as prisoner Before Britayne knovven 149 The warres of Macedon began because that Philip sent succours to the Carthaginenses The yere of the worlde 3764 The yere before Christe 199 Ser. Sulpitius went into Macedon where he toke many townes The french warres arose in which Furius triumphed Bebius Pamphilus The yere of the worlde 3765 The yere before Christe 198 entring into the landes of the Millaners Before Britayne knovven 148 with all his army was enclosed Quintius the consul ouerthrue kynge Philip. The yere of the worlde 3766 The yere before Christe 197 The Atheians stablished peace with the Romaines Before Britayne knovven 147 A rebellion of seruantes in Rome
Herode and streight depriued The yere of the worlde 3928 The yere before Christe 35 Hircanus beyng deliuered out of prison Anni regum britannie 8 came to Hierusalem to Herode The yere of the worlde 3929 The yere before Christe 34 Herode slue Aristobulus the high prieste Anni regum britannie 9 and restored Ananelus againe to that office Pompeius brake the peace made with Cesar Anni regum britannie 10 he was driuen out of Sicily The yere of the worlde 3930 The yere before Christe 33 and fleyng towardes Asia was slaine Hitherto extendeth the historie of Appianus of the ciuil warres of Rome Antonius by reason toke Arrabanes king of Armeny whom he bounde in siluer chaines to make him to confesse Anni regum britannie 11 where his treasure laye whiche whan he had got The yere of the worlde 3931 The yere before Christe 32 was therwith elated and moued warre against Octauianus and put awaie his wife Octauia the sister of Octauian and maried Cleopatra the quene of Aegypte Octauianus Cesar subdued the Iapides Dalmacians and Hungarians Anni regum britannie 12 About this time on the further side of Tiber in a common tauerne The yere of the worlde 3932 The yere before Christe 31 ther sprang forth a fountaine of oyle out of the grounde whiche for the space of a day ran abundantly abrode Anni regum britannie 13 The warres betwene Cesar and Antony began in whiche Antony was ouercome and put to flight The yere of the worlde 3933 The yere before Christe 30 They mette again at Pharus vppon the sea where betwene them was fought a cruell and doubtfull battaile Anni regum britannie 14 The yere of the worlde 3934 The yere before Christe 29 tyll Cleopatra with .xl. shippes fled after whom folowed Antony wherby his men were discomfite and he for sorowe thruste him selfe through with a sworde and halfe alyue was brought to the tombe which Cleopatra made for her selfe Cleopatra perceyuing that she was kept for the triumphe of Cesar escaped frome hir keepers to the tombe wher Antony laie and there araied in gorgious apparell settinge to hir breastes twoo adders dyed in that maner Cesar in the remembraunce of his victorye builded the citee Nicopolis at Accium An erthquake in Iury wherby .xxx. M. people perished Herode toke parte with Cesar and discomfited the Arabikes Iesus the son of Sabetes was hygh priest of the Iues. ¶ Here ended the kyngdome of the Egypcians whiche after this time was gouerned by a presidente of the Romaynes Anni regum britannie 15 Cesar returned from the orient The yere of the worlde and entred Rome with thre triumphes and in token of peace The yere before Christe 82 shut vp the temple of Ianus whiche in .200 yeres before was neuer shutte In his honour by the consente of the senate and people the name of Augustus was geuen to him the moneth Sextilis in the remembraunce of his birth and victories was called August Herode put to deathe his wyfe Mariamnes Anni regum britannie 16 and other his nere frendes The yere of the worlde 3936 The yere before Christe 27 Corn. Gallus president of Aegypt Cesar opened the temple of Ianus and made warre against the Cantabrians and Asturians two mischeuous people of Spaine whom he vainquished Thither came vnto him the ambassadours of India and Scithia desyring the amitee of the Romaines M. Crassus subdued the Thracians and Corn Gallus Anni regum britannie 18 president of Aegypte The yere of the worlde 3938 The yere before Christe 25 kylled him selfe in whose rome succeded Sempronius The yere before Christe 23 All Spayne by Cesar was subdued Anni regum britannie 20 and the temple of Ianus shut The yere of the worlde 3940 but it was opened againe through the commocions of the Germaines and other nacions Herode deposed Iesu the hyghe prieste and constituted Simon whose daughter he maried In this time Grece by Tiberius Drusus was subdued The yere of the worlde 3941 The yere before Christe 22 Drusus the son in lawe of Augustus Anni regum britannie 21 broughte in subiection the Germanes with other people bordring about them Cossus in affrike ouercom the Mosulanes and Getulanes and Piso subdued the Uindelicos Peace was made with the Parthians who restored to the Romaines their baners taken from Crassus and Antonius Cesar added to the dominyon of Herode Samaria Gaza and diuers other regions Uergil and Horace most famous poetes in thys tyme flourished The yere before Christe 20 Cesar sayled into Syria he graunted to Herode the prouince Auramitides The yere of the worlde 3943 Anni regum britannie 23 and wrate hym amonge the noumbre of his frendes CYmbelinus the sonne of Theomantius reygned king of Britayn .xxxv yeres The yere of the worlde 3944 The yere before Christe 19 Anni regum britannie 1 Of him there is no no table thinge wrytten but that in his reygne oure sauiour Iesu Christe the veraie light of the worlde was borne of the virgin Mary Herode pulled cleane downe the temple builded by Zorobabell and Esâ—a after the captiuitee of Babylon and with moste sumptuous buyldinge reedefied an other according to the figure of Salomons Ewin the thirde sonne of Edeir succeded his father in the roialme of Scotland Anni regum britannie 3 reigned .7 yeres The yere of the worlde 3946 The yere before Christe 17 A prince giuen al to vice lechery for beinge not contente as they write with a 100. concubines with whome he myghte fulfyll his luste but he made lawes that it shuld be lauful for his subiectes to haue as many wiues as they myghte kepe that the wife 's of the commons should be commune to the nobles and that the lorde should haue the mayden head of al virgines dwellinge in his lordeshippe whiche last lawe endured vntill the time of Malcolm Cammorre and from thens vntill this time they pay a fine for the redempcion of theyr maydenhead When he hadde thus continued .7 yeres in exercising his tirannye and fylthy lust he fell in hatred of his lordes and by theym was deposed and slayne in prison Anni regum britannie 5 The most blessed and pure virgin sainct Mary The yere of the worlde 3948 The yere before Christe 15 mother of our saluiour Iesu Christ was borne of the holye matrone sainct Anna. Anni regum britannie 8 Herode finished the temple The yere of the worlde 3951 The yere before Christe 12 the people with great ioy did celebrate a feast Herode gaue wiues vnto his sonnes The yere of the worlde 3952 The yere before Christe 11 for he maryed Aristobulus vnto Beronices Anni regum britannie 9 the daughter of his sister Salome and Alexander to Glafira the daughter of Archelaus king of Cappadocia Anni regum britannie 10 Metellane nepheu to Edeir The yere of the worlde 3953 The yere before Christe 10 was chosen king of Scottes a vertuous and quyet prynce who peaciblye reygned 39. yeres M. Agrippa subdued Bosphorus
the holy bishop of Blasquew were in Scotlande The yere of Christ 571 Narses by whose knighthode and wisedome the Gothes were expelled out of Italy The yere of the worlde 4532 Anni regum britannie 20 by the enuious coÌ„plaint of certaine noble men and the malicious suggestion of Sophia the empresse was sent for by letters from Italy and because he was an Eunuke with wordes of reproche commanded to retourn to Constantinople to destribute flaxe and yarne to the empâ—resse haÌ„dmaidens with whiche wordes he being greatly mened wrate again in this wise That for theyr vnkindenesse he would begyn to spinne suche a threde that the empresse with all hir power should neuer be able to make an end therof And forthwith departed from Rome to Naples where he remaining intised the Lumbardes to warre vpon Italy Childerich sonne of Soysons in Fraunce repudyate his second wife Golsand toke Fredegunda a woman of exellent beautie whom before time he had vsed as his wife The yere of Christ 572 Longinus was sent of the emperour to succede Garses in the gouernance of Italy The yere of the worlde 4533 Anni regum britannie 21 who ordeyned and brought to new maiestrates in Rome called exarchi and chaunged much the ancient fourme of gouernance of Italye Athanagildus kinge of Spaine dyed at Tolet. After him succeded Limba who after .iii. yeres gaue the principate to his brother Leonogildus Narses by the counsayle of Iohn the Pope Anni regum britannie 22 was called againe to Rome The yere of Christ 573 and made consul vnwitting to the emperour The yere of the worlde 4534 Narses ended hir life in Rome Anni regum britannie 23 after whiche time the Lumbardes inuaded Italy The yere of the worlde 4535 The yere of Christ 574 leuing the countrey of Panonie to the Hunnes of whom it was after called Hungarie The Lumbardes partly by force partly by dedicion receyued Uincentia Uerona Millain and diuers other citees of Italy The yere of Christ 575 It was not longe from this time that warre was arrered The yere of the worlde 3536 betwene Chilperich of France and his mother Segibert Anni regum britannie 24 for certayne lande that he claymed of his brother Chilperich at first had somewhat the fordele but iÌ„ fine peace was concluded Leonogilduswas ordeined kinge of the wisigothes in Spaine and reigned .xviii. yeres He chased the Suytzers out of Spaine and slewe theyr king Andâ—ca 17â— yeres after they hadde first setled their kingedome in that countrey Anni regum britannie 25 Chilperich brake the league made with his brother Sigibert The yere of the worlde 4537 The yere of Christ 576 and sent his sonne Clodouey to warre vppon the towne called Burdeaux in the prouince of Neustria Alboynus kinge of Lumbardes Anni regum britannie 26 conquered Pauie The yere of the worlde 4538 and possessed all Gallia Cisalpina nowe called Lumbardye and a great part of Italye lyinge next to the Alpes The yere of Christ 577 Entreatie of peace was made betwene Chilperich and Sigibert who being accorded fell at agrement to make warre vpon theyr thirde brother Gunthranus Anni regum britannie 27 Alboynus kinge of Lumbardes The yere of the worlde 4539 The yere of Christ 578 at a banket drinkinge in a masarre being made of the scul of Commundê° his wifes father wyth woordes of reproch minded his wife of her fathers death Wherewith she beynge greued and entending to reuenge hir fathers quarel fyrst committed aduoutrie with a noble yonge man called Helmelchildis and after entised him to slea hir husbande whiche thinge done they fought fearinge the crueltie of the Lumbardes fled to Longinup lieuetenant of Italy taking with them great treasure and riches Ethelbert king of the Saxones in Kent gaue battayle to Ceawlmus kinge of the west Saxones in whyche fight were slayne .ii. Dukes of Ethelbert and him selfe with his people chased This was the fyrste warre betweene the Saxones after they had lande and dwelling within the countrey of Britaine Kinnatil brother of Conwallus reigned in Scotlande iiii monethes and after him Aidane .27 yeares In his time variance hapned betwene the Pictes and Scottes because that Lerudeus king of Pictes wold not restore to Aidane certaine traitours whiche fled out of his land Iustine the emperour dyed after whom Tyberius chiefe gouernour vnder him Anni regum britannie 28 The yere of the worlde 4540 The yere of Christ 579 and by adopcion his sonne obteyned the empire This man was wise valiant iust merciful liberall toward the pore and in religion a true Christian. He on a tyme seing in the floore of his palaice the signe of the crosse vpon a great marble stone meued with religion commaunded the stone to be taken vp vnder the whiche he founde an other like vnto the same vnder that the .iii. and the fourth whyche all beynge remeued he founde in the same place vnestimable riches of money And moreouer the treasure also that Narses had hydde in the grounde was to hym disclosed whiche war almost innumerable And the great riches that Rosimunde brought into Italie to Longine the lieuetenaÌ„t he also receiued Thus god prouideth for liberal princes that be good to the poore Rosimunde by the counsaile of Longinus lieuetenant of Italie gaue poyson to hir new husbande Holmelchildis who immediatly perceiuyng the strength of the poyson by him receiued inforced hir to drinke the remnant And so they bothe endynge their iiues with one poyson were woorthily rewarded for the aduoutrie and murder by theim before committed Cutwalphus the sonne of Cerdicus king of the weast Saxones fought valiauntly against the Britaines and berafte theim of .iiii. great townes Clephis a fierce and outragious tyranne was chosen kyng of Lumbardes which subdued to his lordship dyuers citees of Italie and not longe after for hys crueltee was slayne of his owne people Sigibert making sharpe warre vpon his brother Childerich The yere of the worlde The yere of Christ 580 besieged him in the citee of Turney Anni regum britannie 29 was there slain by the deceite of FredeguÌ„de the wifeof Chilperich After the death of Cutwalphus before named his brother Ceawlmus desirous of honor made sharpe warre vpon the Britains and toke froÌ„ theim the famous citees of Gloucester Worcester and Bath The Lumbardes after the death of Clephis chose vnto them .30 Dukes or capitaines The yere of the worlde 4542 The yere of Christ 581 by whose giding Anni regum britannie 13 with in the space of one yere thei subdued Urbina Umbria Picena Pelignia Marsie Samnites Campania and dyuers other countreis of Italie towarde the whyche they vsed most extreme crueltee Pelagius the 61.x yeares .xi. monethes Ceawlmus kyng of weast Saxones made new warre against Malgo and the Brytains and after longe warre obteined of them the victory Tyberius the emperour chased the persians The yere of the worlde 4545 The yere of Christ 584 and droue them out of the boundes of the Empyre Anni regum britannie 33
into thre lordshippes The yere of Christ 624 Edwine the sonne of Ella Anni regum britannie 12 whiche was persecuted of Ethelrede kyng of Northumberlande The yere of the worlde 4585 made sore warre vpon the said Ethelrede and slew him in plaine battaile and then ceased into his possession the kingdome of Northumberlande This Edwine was the firste christian king of that countrey The three sonnes of Ethelbert fled into litle Britaine Siroe the eldest sonne of Coscoas of Persia for enuy that his father preferred his yonger brother in the kingdome Anni regum britannie by a conspiracie imprisoned his owne father The yere of the worlde 4586 The yere of Christ 625 his yonger brother with their wifes and children and commanded them to be put to death And then made league with the emperour on condicion that all the landes that the Persians had wonne by force of armes should be againe restored to the empire and the holy crosse withall Heraclius recouered Afrike and Aegipte to the empire of Rome MAhomet of Arabia whyle there was great confusion of thinges both in the east and west beganne his errour He came but of a base stocke and being fatherlesse one abdâ—mâ—naples a man of the house of Ismaell bought him for his slaue and loued him greatly for his fauoure and witte For whiche cause he made him a ruler ouer his marchaundise and other businesse Then one Sergâ—us a monke which for heresie fled into Arabia instructed him in the heresy of Nestorius In the meane season his maister died without children leuinge behinde him muche riches and his wife a widow 〈◊〉 .50 yeres of age whom Mahomet maried and when she died was made heire and greatlye encreased in ryches And for his magicall artes was had also in great honour of the foolishe people Wherfore by the counsail of Sergius he called him selfe the great prophet of god and shortly after when his name was publyshed and of great auctoritye he deuised a lawe or kinde of religion called Alcaron in the whiche he toke some part wel nere of all the heresies that had bene before his time Wyth the Sabellians he deuided the trinitâ—e wyth the Manyches he affirmed to be but two persones in the deytee he denied the equalitee of the father and the son wyth Eunonius and sayde with Macedone the holy ghost was a creature and approued the multitude of wifes with the Nicolaytes he borowed of the Iewes circumcision and of the gentils muche supersticion and somwhat he toke of the christian veritee beside many diuelishe phantasies inuented of his owne braine Those that obeyed his law he called Sarasens When he had liued .40 yeres he died of the fallinge sickenesse whiche he had of longe time dissembled saying when he was taken therewith that the angel gabriell appered to him whose brightnes he coulde not beholde Honorius the .68 pope xii yeres .xi. monethes The yere of the worlde 4587 The yere of Christ 629 About this season beganne the kingdome of Mertia Anni regum britannie 14 or middle Englande vnder the stronge painim Saxone called Peuda Whiche lordship conteined Huntingtonshire Hereforde shire Gloucestershyre â–ª and other And was greatest of all the other kingedomes At that time reigned in diners partes of this land .7 kinges Sibertus amonge the east Saxones Redwoldus king of East angel now North. Suff. Ethelbert king of Kent Ethewolphus of Southser Kingilus and Quincellinus of weast Saxones Penda of Mertia Edwine of Northumberland The yere of the worlde 4588 Sirâ—e gouerned the Persians one yere And after him his sonne The yere of Christ 627 Adheser an other yere Anni regum britannie 15 and then was Hormisda their kinge Sisecundus expelled his owne brother obteined the kingdome of Spaine and reigned .vii. yeres Quincellinus kinge of west Saxones for a certayne grudge and displeasure sent a sword man by priuy meâ—nes to slea and murdre Edwine of Northumberland for whiche cruell intencion beynge shortly after espyed Edwine made fierce warre vpon Quincellinus and hym vanquished in battaile and slew a great noumbre of his souldiours Brunichild a woman of peruerse and euyll disposicion maligned alway against Clothayre king of France hir nephewe â–ª and therfore excited one Sigisberde to claime the lande of Austracie But in the ende this Sigiderd was taken and slaine and Brunichild for hir manifold mischieue put to most vile and shamefull deathe which in her time had bene occasion of the deathe of .x. princes beside other Edwine king of Northumberlande was baptised of the holy bishop Paulinus and after him manye of his people Clothayre released to the Lumbardes the tribute of .12 thousande poundes that was sette vppon them by Gunthranus his vncle Edwine kinge of Northumberlande for the refreshinge of waifaring men ordeyned certaine cuppes and dishes of yron to be fastened by suche clere welles and fountaines as did renne by the waye side Orpewaldus king of Eastangles tourned to the faithe of christ Kinge Ferquarde of Scotlande for his crueltee and negligence in the affaires of the coÌ„mon weale was of hys lordes disgraded and cast in prison for sorow wherof he slew him selfe Anni regum britannie 19 Dagohert was ordeyned king of fraunce after Clothayre The yere of the worlde 4592 The yere of Christ 631 In the firste beginninge of his reigne one Heibert his halfe brother claymed a parte of the kingedome and for the same made some stering But the matter by wise counsayle was quieted and Heibert coÌ„tented with a porcion of land assigned to him in Gâ—ian Donewalde the thirde sonne of Eugenius was ordeyned kinge of Scottes and gouerned the realme vertuously and wisely .xv. yeres A noble man of the Lumbardes named Ariâ—aldus deposing Adiold obteined that kingdome and made peace with the Romaines Penda kinge of Mertia The yere of the worlde 4594 The yere of Christ 633 and Cadwaue of Britaine enuiyng the prosperitee and quietenesse of Edwine of Northumberland made on him deadly warre Anni regum britannie 21 in the whiche Edwine was slaine after whom Eaulfricus the eldeste sonne of Ethelfride and his vncles son Ofriâ—us gouerned ioynctly the kingdome of Northumberland Which bothe being miscreantes tourned the people againe froÌ„ the faith of Christ. Anni regum britannie 22 The forenamed kinges of Northumberlande were both slaine in battaile of Cadwaâ—e Penda kynges of Britaine and of Mertia The yere of the worlde 4595 The yere of Christ 634 Than did Oswalde the seconde sonne of Ethelfrine take vpon him the kingdome against whom Cadwane king of Britaines made fierce warre and was of him vanquished and slaine Suintilla the seconde of that name king of Spaine .iiii yeres The emperour Heractius being greatly delited with the dilusions and enchauntmentes of witches and south saiers was monished that a greuous storme shoulde come to the empire by the circumsised people Wherfore interpreting it to be spoken of the Iewes he inforced all that were vnder his dominion vnwyllynglye to professe the fayth of christe but
lawyers Falco Ionius Ruellius Cornarius Fuchsius phisicioÌ„s Sarzorus Zieglerus Oroutius Apianus Munsterus excâ—lâ—ent in the quadriuialles Urbanus Hessus Uidas Ursinus Glarean Sapidus poetes Paâ—lus Riccius Rhenanus Sadoletus Gryneus Uines Aurogallus Doletus other innumerable learned men and most experte and cunnyng in all sciences lyued in these dayes whose woorkes declare them to the whole worlde Commaundment was geuen by kyng Henrie to the â—ishops that Tindalles translation of the new Testament should be called in and thaâ— they shulde see an other sette foorth to the profite of the people A great deluge in Brabant Holland Selande and the sea coastes of Flanders where the waters oâ— the sea and other ouerflowed all the countreies Muche harme was doon also about Rome by the greate risynge of the ryuer Tyber and vnseasonable tempestes of wyndes The wylde Irishemen perceiuyng the â—rle of â—ildare to be in Englande inuaded his landes and dyuers other countreis Wheâ—fore kyng Henry sent thyther the Erle of Klidare and sir Willyam Skeuington which shortly brought them to good order The byshop of â—ondon caused a great noumbre of the new Testamentes of Tyndals translation to be burned At Augusta the emperour helde a counsaile of the princis of Germany where it was consulted howe to mayntain warre against the Tuâ—ke to haue an vnitie in matters of religion Wherevpon the churches of Germanye offred their confession to themperour but nothynge was doone therin sauyng that certayne malicious friers toke vppon them to confute those confessions withoute scripture or reason The Cardinall was arested and on S. Andrewes day dyed at Leycester as he should haue been broughte to the Tower of London One boyled in Smithfielde at London for poysonyng The Emperour Charles made Ferdinand his brother kyng of Rome The yere of the worlde 5492 The yere of Christ 1531 Anni regum Angli 23 A great earthquake wel nere in al Portugall the space of eyght dayes In the citie of Ulisbone or Luxborne a thousande foure hundred housen were ouerthrowen and aboue .600 so shaken that they were redy to falle All the churches were caste to the grounde as it were heapes of stones This earthquake cam as it were by fittes seuen or eight tymes in a day the people forsooke the citie and went into the fieldes A great pâ—stilence rose by menes of the vapours of this 〈◊〉 A blasyâ—ge sterre appeared in Germanie Italye and Frauâ—câ— towarde the weaâ—â— three weekes togyther in the moneth of Auguste The Turke came agâ—yne into Hungary entendyng to coâ—quere Uienna but he was ouerthrowen by the capitaynes that were lâ—fte in the garrisons and a great number of his men taken and slayne In the sea coastes of Hollande a fysshe was caste vp by the sea that was in lengthe .68 foote in the thyckenesse xxx the yaunyng of his mouthe was .xiii. foote wyde In this season were dyuers preachynges in this realme one agaynst an other concernyng the â—ynges mariage diuorsement from the lady Katherine The frenche kynges mother dyed The kyng of Polonie vanquished Uuauoyda and the Ualachâ—aus A battayle was foughten betweene the Tigurines and theyr neyghbours wherin Zuinglius was slayne Kynge Henry beganne to buylde his palaice at Westminster Anni regum Angli 24 The yere of Christ 1532 Kyng Henry went ouer the sea to mete with the french kyng The yere of the worlde 5493 with whom he went to Bulleyne and the French kyng came agayne with hym to Caleys where after feastyng and bankettyng eche toke leaue of other and returned to theyr realmes The kyng of long tyme had not kept company with the lady Katherine bycause his mariage was in controuersye and by dyuers vniuersities and learned men determined to be agaynst the lawe of God Wherefore on S. Erkinwaldes day he maried priuyly the lady Anne Bulleyne whiche on Whitsonday the next yeare folowynge was crouned Quene with great solemnitie It was ordeyned by acte of parliament that the kinges subiectes shuld no more paie annates or fyrst fruites nor susteyne any suche exactions or impositions they hadde before tyme paid to the sea of Rome for consecratyng electyng or geuyng of licences or dispensations But that they shulde haue all suche thinges within the realme and sue no further for the same King Henry was diuorsed from lady Katherine which had been his brothers wife Anni regum Angli 25 On Miâ—somer daie died the Frenche Queene The yere of the worlde 5494 The yere of Christ 1533 wife to the Duke of Suffolke Ladie Elizabeth was borne at Grenewiche An esquire of Gloucestershyre called William Tracie by one Doctour Parker the byshop of Worcesters chancellour was taken out of his graue and burnte after he had been dead .iii. yeres because he sayde in his wyll he wolde haue no funerall pompe at his burieng neither passed vpon Masse and that he trusted in god onely hopyng in hym to be saued and by no saincte Within the space of these two yeares appeared .iii. blasyng sterres in dyuers partes beyonde the sea Thaamas Sophie of the Pâ—rsians nere to Euphrates ouerthrewe the Turkes in a great battayle Kyng Henry sente the Duke of Northfolke the lorde Rocheforde and other in ambassade to the French kyng as then intendynge to mete with the bysshop of Rome at Nece Daily skyrmishing betwene the borderers of England and Scotlande and yet no warre proclaimed and many robberies murders and sâ—aughters doone on bothe partes and althoughe the commissioners of Englande and Scotlande satte at Newcastell entreatyng a truce and amitee yet the Scottes ceassed not to robbe bothe by land and Sea A peace concluded betwene Englande and Scotlande The bishop of Romecursed king Henry and the realme of England bycause of the diuorse from lady Catherin Certain mâ—nkes friers and other euâ—ll disposed persons of a diuellyshe entent had put in the heades of many of the kynges subiectes that they had knowlage by â—euelation of god and his sainctes that he was highly displeased with kynge Henry for the diuorsement frome the lady Catherine and surmised among other thynges that God had reuealed to a Nunne named Elizabeth Barâ—on whom they called the holye mayde of Kent that in casâ—â—he kyng proceded to the sayde diuorse and maried an other he should not be kynge of this realme one moneth after and in the reputation of god not one day nor houre This Elisabeth Barton by false dissimulation had often practised and shewed to the people meruaylous alterations of her visage and other partes of hir body as she had been rapt or in a traunce and in those feyned traunces by fals hypocrisie as thoughe she had been inspired of god spake many woordes in rebukyng synne and reprouyng newe opinions whiche she called heresiâ—s and amonge them vttered diuers thinges to the greate reproche of the kyng and the quene and to the establyshyng of ydolatry Anni regum Angli 26 pylgremage The yere of the worlde 5495 The yere of Christ 1534 and false worshippyng of god for whyche naughtynâ—s she
Shortly after the vertuous lady queene Iane his mother dyed in childbedde was buried at Windsor An assemble was holden at Wittenberge wherin the preachers of Germany agreed concernynge the controuersy of the sacrament of the body and bloud of Christe Sir Thomas Percy syr StepheÌ„ of Hamelton sir Iohn Bulmer and his wife William Lomley Nicolas Tempest and the abbottes of Ierney and Riuers also the lord Darcy the lord Husey Robert Ask wer condemned and put to deathe for high treason Iames kyng of Scottes maried ladie Magdalene the Frenche kynges eldest daughter Frier Forest was hanged and brent in Smithfielde for treason and heresie with the image of Daruell Gathern of Wales The yere of the worlde 5499 The yere of Christ 1538 in whiche idolle the Welshemen had a greate confidence and feigned of him many straunge thynges In the moneth oâ— december the Marques of Excester the lorde Mountacute and sir Edwarde Neuell were beheaded for treason that was layd to their charges Sir Nicholas Carew maister of the horses was beheaded for treason Pilgremage and idolatrie were forbydden dyuers images alâ—o hauynge inginnes to make theyr eyes open and shutte and other partes of theyr bodye to steere and many other false iuglynges as the bloudd of hayles and suche lyke wherwith the people of longe tyme had been deceiued were espied out and destroyed Abbaies were suppressed and all friers monkes channons nunnes and other sectes of religion were roted out of this realme for theyr iniquitie and naughtinesse In Maâ—e the citisyns of London mustred al in bryghte harneis with coates of white silke and clothe Anni regum Angli 31 and chaines of golde in three great battailes The abbottes of Redinge Glastenburye and Colchester wyth dyuers other were atteinted of treason and put to death It was ordeined that suche religious persons as were discharged of their profession might purchase pursue and be sued in al maner of accions Auctoritee was graunted to the kyng by acte of parliament to nominate and make bishops and bishoprikes by his letters patentes or other writinges The landes and profites of all abbaies heretofore dissolued or that hereafter should be dissolued were assured to the kynges hyghnesse and his heyres The greate Onele of Irelande inuaded the Englisshe â—ale and brent almoste .xx. myles within the same wherfore the lorde Graie beynge deputie there assembled a stronge power and droue hym backe Duke Friderike of Bauerie Palsgraue of Rhine the Marshall of Duke Iohn Friderike electour of Saxonie with certaine other came to London by whome the mariage was concluded betwene Kyng Henrie and the lady Anne sister to the Duke of Cleue who in Decembre was receyued into the realme with great triumphe and sumptuous prouision The commons of Gaunt rebelled and were brought in subiection and cruelly handled by the Emperour The acte made for the abolishynge of opinions concernyng the .vi. articles was publisshed with greate rigoure and extremitee Whiche ye maye reade in the actes of the paâ—liament holden the .xxxi. yere of the kyng Anni regum Angli 32 In this yeare was so great a hâ—ate and drought that in many places the people wold haue geuen one busshel for the grindynge of an other The yere of the worlde 5501 The yere of Christ 1540 and dyuers great ryuers were dryed The byshoppe of Chichester and doctour Wilson were deliuered out of the tower vpon the kynges pardon Many died of hotâ— burning agues and of the laske in all partes of this realme The religion of the knyghtes of the Rhodes was dyssolued by acte of parliament By commaundement of kinge Henrie certaine learned men were apoincted to set foorth an vniforme introduction into the latine tongue whiche onely shoulde be taught in all scholes the vse of all other grammers beynge sette a parte Barnes Hierom Garrarde priestes were forced to recante at S. Maries spitle in London Lorde Cromwel late before created Erle of Essex and Water lorde Hungerforde were beheaded the .28 day of Iuly The .xxx. day Robert Barnes Thomas Garrarde Wylliam Hierom priestes were burned The same daye Thomas Abell Edwarde Powel and Richarde Fetherston were haÌ„ged drawen and quartered for mainteinyng the byshop of Romes auctoritee and deniyng the kinge to be supreme head of the churche of Englande Kyng Henrye by auctoritee of the clergie was diuorsed from his pretenced mariage made with the ladie Anne of Cleue and maryed shortlye after the ladie Katherine Hawarde where they were sworne to bee true prisoners and than were delyuered to the custody of dyuers noble men whiche honourably iâ—tertained them In this season an heraulde of England rydyng on the borders syde to doo a message was mette by certayne rebelles which cruelly against all lawe of armes slew him in his coate armure But they for this moste vengeable deede were sâ—nt to the kyng the yere folowyng who worthily executed them for that offence After the ouerthrowe of the Scottishe army the kyng of Scottes dyd not long enioy his lyfâ— for he died incontinent after leauynge his queene with chylde who was delyuered of a mayden At Newe yeares tyde the Scottes that were taken by Caâ—liâ—e were by the kyng sent home agayne with greate gyftes vpon condicion to agree to certaine articles for the welth of bothe realmes The Burdeux flâ—te was arested in Gascoyne and lykewyse the â—renchmen hâ—re and at the I le of Wight wer taken seuen shippes laded with marchandise of the frenchemen Wherevpon the ambassadours of bothe parties were restreined after dyuers requestes proponed to the ambassadour of France ceâ—tain respite was graunted to knowe his maysters mynde who wolde not agree to any reasonable demandes nor yet receiue the kynges herald who came with honorable and indifferent conditions of peace for whiche causes and most specially for the common profite of Christendom seyng the French kyng had entred in league with the Turke and procured hym to make warre vpon Christendome and also that he withholdyng from kyng Henry his tribute he with the emperour Charles ioynâ—tely proclaymed warre agaynste the frenche kynge In the meane tyme a parliament was holden at London in which an act was made wherby the common peâ—ple were restreigned from râ—dyng the holy scripture and in liâ—u of it was sette foorth by the kynge and his clergie a doctrine for all his subiectes to folowe to the whiche all bookes that were repugnaunte by auctoritee of the saied parliament were condemned In thys parliamente was graunted a subsidie to the kynge of .ij. sÌ„ of the pounde of goodes and .iii. sÌ„ of landes to be paied in thre yeares Anni regum Angli 35 Thomas Becon Wysedom The yere of the worlde 5504 The yere of Christ 1543 and Shingleton wer forced to recante openlye at Paules crosse The Abrine a lorde of Ireland with diuers of the wild Irishe submitted them vnto Kynge Henrie King Henry maried lady Katherine Latimer at Hampton court About this time the Sacre of Diep a shippe royal and the minion of Englande foughte a cruell fyght
of his father in battayl and burned with his wife and children Narses a noble and valiant knight was ordeyned capitaine of the warres in Italy The yere of the worlde 4516 The yere of Christ 555 Anni regum britannie 4 This man was no lesse renoumed for his pietee and godlinesse thaÌ„ for his warly policie and marciall knighthode and therwith of nature was gentil and liberall Under him fortune smyled againe vppon the empire and the power of the Gothes decayed The Gothes spoyled robbed the countreyes of Grece called Corcira â–ª Ehiruâ— Acarnania Aetolya and also greatly troubled the seas Nere to the citee Ancon the Romaine capitatnes in a battaile on the sea vanquished and slewe the Gothes and destroyed many of their shippes and after that setting on land chased them with great slaughter of men Pelagius .58 pope .11 yeres The great benificence gentilnesse and liberalitee of Iustinian meued many straunge princes to strength ayde him in the warres against the Gothes in Italy Anni regum britannie 5 Narses with a puissant and mighty army â–ª The yere of the worlde 4517 The yere of Christ 556 entred Italie At Tagina by the healpe of the Lumbardes the Gothes were put to flight and theyr kinge Totilas slayne with .vi. thousande of his soulidiours Narses sped him in all haste towarde Rome Gobazer was kinge of the Lazes sometime called Cholci Mermoroer capitaine of the Persians in the east recouered Petra ouercame the Romaines for which cause Bessa the Romaine capitaine was disgraded and dyscharged of his army Teâ—as a valiaunt knight was ordeined king of the Gothes Anni regum britannie 6 The yere of the worlde 4518 The yere of Christ 557 who foorthâ—with made league with Amingo and Lothayre the kynges of Burgoyne and Fraunce and of them receyued great ayde against Narses Narses recouered the citee of Rome at Tarentum the Gothes were discomfited Sysuâ—ldus kinge of the Brentes or Herules whiche hitherto toke part with the emperour forsooke Narses and alied him with the freÌ„chmen and Lumbardes and together with theym ouer ronne the countrey of Italye bothe against the Gothes and also the Romaines Italy on all partes was assayled with moste cruell warres For Narses diuidinge his pussiancie â–ª in dyuers partes sette vpon the Gothes and the citees with them confederate And in like maner Teias seperatinge his Gothes in sundrye costes warred vpon the friendes of the empyre The Persians about Onagaris with great reproch chased and slewe the Romayns Agila kinge of Spaine was murdered of his owne people Anni regum britannie 7 Narses vanquished and vtterly subdued the Gothes in a battaile nere to Niceria The yere of the worlde 4519 The yere of Christ 559 in the whiche Teias was slaine with a hundred thousande souldiours After whiche victory bothe the kingdome and name of the Ostrogothes decayed in Italy This happened .64 yeres after the gothes first possessed Italy vnder theyr kinge Theodorich Athanagildus was after Agila king of the Gothes in Spaine he reigned .14 yeres The yere of the worlde 4520 The yere of Christ 559 Narses remained as gouernour of Italy .xvi. yeres Anni regum britannie 8 The yere of the worlde 4521 The yere of Christ 560 Martinus and Iustinus Anni regum britannie 9 the emperours capitaines in in the easte partes ouercame the Persians and slewe of them .xii. thousande Zates was ordeined kinge of the Lazer by the emperour The yere of Christ 561 Narses after the death of Teias Anni regum britannie 10 granted peace to the Ostrogothes The yere of the worlde 4522 and receiued by dedicion all the citees of Tuscia The Gothes conspired with the frenchemen and Burgonions whiche feared the prosperous successe of Narses and inuaded the partes of Italy nere to Fraunce But thea in two battayles were vanquished by Dagiste us the Romaine Uuidis capitaine of the Gothes was taken and sent to Constantinople Amingo Duke of the burgonions was slaine Lothayre kinge of Fraunce escaped by flight Iustinus was made prouost of Armenia and Cholcis Anni regum britannie 11 The yere of the worlde 4523 The yere of Christ 562 Cosroes kinge of Persians made peace with the emperour A great earthquake wherwith the citee Berincho was ouerthrowen and the iles called Coi greuously shaken Lothayre kinge of Fraunce dyed and lefte after him iiii sonnes whiche were all of peruerse and frowarde disposicion and speciallye Arithbertus the elder who in filthie pleasure was more corrupte than any woman and ended his life in the embrasing of harlottes Chilberich reigned in France with his bretherne and after theyr discease .24 yeres He was wrapped in mortall warre and trouble of the worlde sometime by right sometime by wronge For betwene these bretherne hapned often debate and strife He toke to wife Golsanda the king of Spaines daughter whom he dyd after repudiat casting vnlauful loue to one of hir maydens called Fredegunda For whose sake he put from him also his seconde wife Anâ—ouera a woman of great byrthe and made the sayd Fredegunda queene Anni regum britannie 15 In the latter dayes of Iustinian the Hunnes wasted the countrey of Thracia and Grece The yere of the worlde 4527 The yere of Christ 566 and were vanquished and slaine by the noble capitaine Bellizarius whose end I thinke worthy of memorye that we may thereby consider the ingratitude of men towarde those persones at whose hand the common weale hath receiued most high benefites This noble man by whose policie and knighthode the Persians were vanquished the Uandales subdued Afrike recouered againe to the empire many triumphant victories atchieued on the Gothes in his later daies was constreigned to begge his bread from dore to dore and lastli as a miserable begger ended his life For Iustinian the emperor for a light cause and smal trifle bereft him of his sight and sent him in exyle Germanus a Romaine capitaine in a battayle on the sea vanquished a great multitude of the Hunnes and againe on the land vtterly subdued the remnant Iohn the .59 Pope .12 yeres .11 monethes Anni regum britannie 17 Iustinus the seconde The yere of the worlde 4529 The yere of Christ 568 after the death of Iustinian obâ—teined the imperiall crowne A man surprised with pride contempning pouertee and most cruelly murdered the nobilitee In auarice his desire was so vnsaciate that he caused yron chestes to be prepared in the whiche he might locke vp that treasure that by vniust exactions he had extorted of the people He fell also into the heresye of Pelagian and not long after was bereft of his wittes and so ended his life when he hadde reigned .xi. yeres Sigibert duke of Austracie hauinge ayde of his brother Chilberich warred vpon the Suitzers and theym vanquished Conwall was ordeyned kinge of Scottes and reigned x. yeres He was a man of great deuocion and gaue muche to churches He made many lawes concerninge the libertee of priestes In his time S. Colme of Irelande and Mungo