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A09569	The key of historie. Or, A most methodicall abridgement of the foure chiefe monarchies, Babylon, Persia, Greece, and Rome Being a generall and compendious chronicle from the Flood. Digested into three bookes. Whereunto is added a marginall chronologie of euery Roman emperors raigne, and of all the most memorable persons and accidents. Together with briefe illustrations vpon the more obscure names, places, and offices. With a directory table for the more profitable reading of history. Written by that excellent and most learned man Iohn Sleidan.; De quatuor summis imperiis. English. Abridgments	Sleidanus, Johannes, 1506-1556.; Darcie, Abraham, fl. 1625.	1627 (1627)	STC 19850; ESTC S114662	111,008	406

The Parthians broke into Syria and seized vpon Armenia putting their King Tyridates to flight And such was the insolencie of the Seythians that they threatned Italie also and were likely to haue done much mischiefe had not Aemilianus Gouernour of Moesia vpon the coast of Sarmatia encouraging his soldiers with faire promises and hope of rewards giuen them an ouerthrow and pursuing them very farre Aemilianus 252. m. 4. tooke from them their owne Territories for this cause the soldiers proclaime him Emperour and Gallus vpon notice hereof marching forth to resist them was slaine together with his sonne Volusianus his Collegue in the Empire In this age flourished Cyprian Bishop of Carthage certaine of whose Epistles to Lucius Bishop of Rome whom hee calls his brother and collegue are amongst diuers others yet extant and many more of his to Cornelius where amongst other matters hee complaines of those who being for their offences condemned by the Bishops of Affrica and degraded from their Priesthood had appealed to Rome for it is fit saith hee that where the crime is committed there the cause should bee discussed Sithence euery Pastor hath a certaine portion of a flocke committed to his charge whereof he must render an account to the Lord therefore the concord of Bishops is not to bee abrogated Valerianus 252. An. 7. nor their decree to be annihilated who had alreadie giuen sentence in the cause in Affrica In the meane space another armie lying in the Alpes creates Valerianus Emperour a man of Noble parentage which when it came to the cares of Aemilians soldiers they to shake off all danger from themselues kill their owne Emperour and flie to Valerianus his partie This Aemilianus when hee was made Emperour sent his letters to the Senate wherein hee promised to deliuer Thracia and Mesopotamia from the enemy to recouer Armenia and on euery side to repel the enemies of the Roman State Valerianus making warre against the Persians was by fault of one of his Captaines taken prisoner by Sapor King of Persia whom the neighbouring Princes and confederate Nations counselled but all in vaine to haue dismissed For it was the destinie of the Romans to grow more valiant in resistance after they were conquered Valerianus thus taken prisoner Gallienus 295. An. 8. his sonne Gallienus succeeded He wholly gaue himselfe to his pleasures neglecting the Common-wealth insomuch as the armies which lay dispersed in the Prouinces elected euery one a new Emperour as in Gallia Spaine the Pannonia's Illyricum Egypt Affrica and the rest but partly by him partly by ciuill dissentions amongst themselues all those were ouerthrown In his raigne the Gothes seize vpon Thracia forrage Macedonia and besiege Thessalonica the Scythians inuade Bythinia Cappadocia and Asia and striking through the n Which parteth Europe and Asia Euxine sea into o A Riuer in Jllyricum which begins in Germany and is there called Danubius or Danow Isther offer hostilitie against the free-borroughs of the Romans but so excessiue was his rechlesnesse then when these newes of the Prouinces reuolt and publike calamitie came to his eares his reply was in derision and scorne as though all this could not hinder the subsistance of the Common-wealth or the preseruation of the dignitie thereof or the state thereof bee any whit impaired thereby Thus by this dishonourable course of life growne into contempt as well at home as abroad hee got himselfe many enemies in the Common-wealth the Scythians and Gothes mixt together with other Nations being about 320000. strong were then vp in armes and had conspired the destruction of the Romans Flauius Claudius 167. An. 1. m. 9. Aurelianus 269. An. 6. but Flauius Claudius who succeeded after Gallienus was slaine with much adoe vanquished all those in Moesia and other places Hee was a man of great prowesse and worthie of a longer life After Claudius followed Aurelianus because his worth was eminent hauing made euident proofe thereof in Claudius his raigne against the enemie in many places He made warres in Insubria and with the Marcomannes at the beginning indeed with much hazard and ieopardie but at length after the Sibylla's bookes by his command were perused and the Senate had purged Religion with happy successe After his returne from thence to Rome where hee inflicted a penaltie vpon those who in his absence had raised an insurrection he made warre for recouerie of those Prouinces which lay eastward and in Syria which Zenobia held a puissant and magnanimous Queene and her owne childrens Tutrix being left to her by her husband Odeuatus who in Gallienus his time behaued himselfe very couragiously and stoutly in those parts Wheresoeuer this Emperour set his foot there he ouerthrew the enemies of the Romans as in Illyricum Thracia and the rest and at length arriuing in the p Syria enemies country after no lesse doubtfull then dangerous battell ouerthrew and tooke the q Zenobia Queen who relying vpon the Armenian and Persian auxiliars most valiantly resisted him The chiefe Citie in that Country which he subdued was Palmyra the Citizens whereof vpon the Emperours returne out of Asia into Europe rebelled killing their Gouernour and maintaining a Garrison for their defence But the Emperour making another expedition thither demolished the conquered Citie put all to the sword not sparing any age or sexe After this he recouered Egypt which then had reuolted and of a new reduced the Gallia's into the Roman subiection Then hee triumphed at Rome and from thence marching through Illyricum proclaimed warre against the Persians but in his iourney was slaine by his owne familiar friends After his death there was a * Jnterregnum vacancie for a r For sixe moneths Tacitus 275 m. 6. space which had neuer happened before since Romulus his decease At length Tacitus succeeded who continuing Emperour but a few moneths atchieued no memorable exploit him the Senate requested that he would not ordain his children his successors after him in the Empire Florianus m. 2. Probus 276 an 6. m. 4. but some man of approued worth and integritie which was Probus who being confirmed as well by the Legions as the Senate recouered Gallia and in diuers battels ouerthrew the Å¿ Inhabiting Franconia now called Frankenlandt French a people of Germanie who had gotten possession thereof He vanquished the Sarmatians and other Nations in Illyricum and coasting through Thracia with the very terrour of the name of the Romans and the greatnesse of his noble exploits obliged the barbarous people to his subiection In Asia hee setled a peace and the fame onely of his name made the Parthian King sue for peace Hee concluded a peace with the Persians and from thence returned into Thracia and transplanted those forraigne nations whom he had subdued into the Roman territories some whereof continued in subiection but others contrariwise notwithstanding afterwards hee vanquished all or the greatest part of them and hauing composed the rebellions in Gallia Hispaine and

Britaine in his iourney through Illyricum towards his intended warre against the Persians was trecherously slaine by his owne soldiers At this time the Common-wealth flourished peace being setled in all nations on euery side farre and neere in so much as Probus would sometimes say that the world would come to that passe shortly that there would be no need of Legions and garrisons but the souldiers offended at this his speech thought it best to cut him off After him followed Carus Carus 282. An. 1. and some moneths together with his sonnes Corinus Numerianus hee subdued the Sarneatians who now after Probus his death were growne more insolent and menaced euen Italie it selfe then making an expedition against the Persians tooke Mesopotamia and marching on further died His yonger sonne Numerianus serued in the warres with him his other sonne Carinus hee had set ouer the Gallia's Numerianus was slaine by his t Arius Aper Diocletian 284. an 20. wiues father and in his place came Diocletian with whom Carinus had diuers conflicts about obtaining the Empire but was ouerthrowne and slaine Diocletian in regard of the troubles and seditions in many places kindling tooke to him for his Collegue Maximianus He quiered the country of Gallia then in commotion as also Affrica and Diocletian Egypt putting the Authors of these broiles to death He recouered Britaina also in the tenth yeer after the reuolt and to the end that the state of the Common-wealth might be more firme and to auoid new commotions about succession hee adopted Galerius and Maximianus Constantius Chlorius Galerius being sent by Diocletian against Narses King of the Parthians had ill fortune in that warre losing the major part of his armie but afterwards commanded to renew the warre he ouerthrew the enemie in maine battell and marching on further in those places then any other Emperour except Trajan tooke Ctesiphon subdued all Assyria and recouered the fiue Prouinces lying beyond the riuer u Running through Armenia Tigris which had reuolted in Trajan the Emperours time Diocletian hauing setled the affaires of Asia returned into Europe where the Scythians Sarmatians * Almaines lying betwixt the Alpes and Ments as Carion supposes Alans x People of Sarmatia Bastarnans y ●welling about the Riuer Carpis in Scythia Constantius Galerius 304. an 2 m 3. an 7. m. 5. Carpies Chatties and Quadies were then all in peace Afterwards both hee as also Maximianus resigning their Soueraigntie inuest their Collegues before mentioned with the title of Emperours Constantius of the Gallia's Britaine the Hispaines Italie and Affrica and Galerius of Illyricum Greece and Asia Marcellus was then Bishop of Rome whose decree is extant prohibiting Bishops from calling a Synode without the authority of the Sea of Rome as also to condemne any Bishop who should appeale to Rome But Maxentius the Emperour persecuting him his estate as others before him was both meane and miserable Whereupon it may easily bee coniectured whether or no he in those perplexities and lurking corners could take so much vpon him as to establish such manner of decrees At length Constantius dying at Yorke Galerius adopted Severus and Maximianus In the meane space the Preterian souldiers at Rome elect Maxentius their Emperour After Seuerus was slaine Maximianus made choice of Licinius for his Collegue in the Empire Among those arose great troubles whereupon the Nobles of Rome call home Constantine Constantius his sonne then imploied in the Gallia's to rescue their Citie from the tyranny of Maxentius Constantine the Great 306. an 30. m. 9. d. 27. Hee marching forward into Italie with part of his armie in pitcht field got the victorie and afterwards quite defeated Maxentius his forces at the Citie of Rome After this hee fought against Licinius who being ouerthrowne in battell and almost growne into hatred with all men was at length slaine by his own souldiers Many write that the cause of this warre was for that Licinius did bitterly persecute the professors of Christianitie although he had been very often intreated and admonished to the contrary by Constantine For from the time of the resurrection of Christ vntill this age almost three hundred yeeres the professors of Christ were diuersly punished omitting those whereof the Scripture makes mention as of z Acts 7. Stephen a Acts 11. Iames the brother of Iohn b Acts 9. Peters imprisonment and inlargement by the Angel passing ouer in silence Paul likewise who grieuously persecuted the Church of God but after his conuersion escaped no kinde of punishment for Christs cause the Roman Emperours also as Nero Domitian Trajan Septimius Seuerus Decius Valerian Aurelian Diocletian and Maximian committed most horrible and outragious masfacres But Constantine comming to the Empire and imbracing the true Religion affoorded harbour and refuge to the Christians Then first of all beganne the Bishops of Rome to liue in safe●ie for till then almost all of them who from Peter whom they will haue to be their first are reckoned to thirty three were tormented with persecutions Their decrees are inserted in the bookes of the Councels but the greatest part of them are so sleight triuiall quite different from the sacred Scriptures as makes it credible that they were a long time after forged by some others But if they bee true and proceeded from them then indeed that which Paul by prophesie foretold 2 Thes 2. seemes most rightly to bee applied to this place that then that sonne of perdition and man of sinne beganne to worke the mysterie of iniquity That decree yet extant goes vnder Anacletus his name the fourth from Peter as they reckon wherein he ordaineth the Church of Rome to be by Christs command and institution the head of other Churches To Alexander the next after him is that decree attributed where he commands that the water should be consecrated with salt to purge the people and to auoid the snares of the Deuill But iudge I pray you how far those differ from that Maiestie of the Apostles how farre from the writings of S. c S. Ierom writes that he dyed in the 68 yere after the passion Suidas says that he liued 120 yeares Iohn the Euangelist who almost liued till this very time I haue onely set downe these two decrees that by them wee may iudge of the rest for they are almost of the same molde and cary open colour of ambition and not onely the speech wants the grace but also the matter it selfe hath no salt in it Colos 4. both which Paul requires in the Ministers of the Church And to this place also appertaines that decree of Constantine the Emperor which they haue inserted into their books for the foundation and bulwarke of their power For the cause and occasion of his excessiue d In conferring as they imagine the City of Rome the Empire of the West c. vpon he Popes liberality which is there set downe may out of history be disproued

was afterward by his consent confirmed Then dispatching his Legates into Germanie to certaine Bishops willed them to assemble in Councell but they refused it alledging that it was contrary to the custome and priuiledge of their Nation This designe miscarying He in some certaine Councels held in Italy decrees That Massing Priests shall haue no wiues but shall dismisse them or else leaue their places sending this his decree to the Bishops in Germanie vrges earnestly vnder a penalty denounced to haue it established but the Clergy as they call them and whole streame of Massing-Priests stiffely reclaime calling him an heritike that propounds such doctrine sithence Christs words are That all should not receiue this word Mat. 20. And Paul saith They that cannot containe let them marrie 1 Cor. 7. But this Pope not regarding Christs word and contemning Pauls authority would constraine men to reiect the vse of mariage which is lawfull and ordained by God and to burne in most filthy flames of lust and rush into manifest lewdnesse but they would rather leaue their Ministery then matrimony He neuerthelesse as before sending his agents pressing it on and standing stiffely vpon it the Archbishop of Mentz began to hearken to him who at first gently admonishes those in his inrisdiction and afterwards assembling a Councell at Erphord would flatly inioyne them but an vproare arising he escaped death very narrowly The Emperour in the mean time to reuenge the ignominie recei●ed the precedent yeare when besieged by the Saxons hee wrought out his safety by flight in the night time makes readie for warre and violating the league which he had made the yeere before musters vp all the forces hee could possibly make and in the moneth of Iuly setting vpon the Saxons who by their frequent Ambassadours had but in vaine solicited him for peace discomfits them in many battels not without great l●sse of his owne men no small number of the prime Nobilitie being then slaine Pursuing his victorie hee harrazes their country faire and wide and by his Ambassadors exhorts them to yeeld willing them to hope for all fauour from his benignitie but that failed though a certaine few obeied Bucco Bishop of Halberstadt and Otho Duke of Bauaria banished by the Emperour had the chiefe mannaging of this warre The Archbishop of Mentz againe solicited by Gregory the VII assembles another Councell and makes a new proposall about the Clergies not marrying but was entertained in like manner as before and stood in great hazard of his life whereupon he thought it his best course vtterly to lay off this designe The Saxons thus put to flight the Emperour dismisses his forces and the auxiliarie Princes but vpon condition that they should againe present themselues in armes before him on the two and twentieth day of October following When that day came a great many appeared and amongst them many Bishops but not so many in number as before There againe the Saxons send their Ambassadours for peace in camping themselues at Northausen The Emperour sends them answer that one way to peace was to yeeld themselues so they though seeming rather to doe any thing then this yet certaine Princes which were sent as Intercessors and Ambassadors from the Emperour promising them very largely that they should not thereby incurre any indammagement either of liberty or goods at length assented and the Bishop of Maidenburgh and Halberstadt Otho Duke of Bauaria Magnus Duke of Saxony and Fredericke Count Palatine yeelded themselues into his hands and likewise soone after many of the rest of the Nobilitie The Emperour at first commits them to custodie not without fauour but afterwards flying from his promise caused them to be carried into seuerall places how bee it not long after hee set Duke Otho not onely at liberty but also intreated him very familiarly but for the rest both kept them prisoners and gaue their goods for a prey to others Then raising new Castles and Forts wholly bends himselfe against the safetie and libertie of the Saxons and in his absence committed the whole charge of gouernement to Otho Duke of Bauaria by parentage descended from the Saxons After this hee conftituted a Bishop at Bambergh as also at Cullen and an Abbot at Fulden Now a little before this hee was accused to the Pope and most especially for selling Ecclesiasticall promotions Whereupon the Pope by his Legate cites him to make his appearance at Rome within a certaine time and to giue his answer in the cause But he cals a Synod of Bishops and Abbots at Wormbs there it is decreed that the Pope for that he came to the Papacie by sinister meanes should bee depriued of his place forthwith publishes this at Rome by his Ambassadors Henry the IIII. excommunicated by Gregory the VII alias Hildebrand an 1076. But the Pope not a whit moued hereat both excommunicates him and also more especially the Bishops of Mentz Vtrecht and Bambergh hauing formerly excommunicated certaine of his familiar friends by whose counsell hee supposed him to haue beene drawne on to this practise Furthermore the Princes of Germany decpely offended at the Emperours demeanour and disposition especially for that contrary to his promise hee persecuted the Saxons with so obstinate hatred conspire against him and so much the rather because he was interdicted the Church Whereupon they dismisse the surrendred prisoners the custodie whereof was committed to them by the Emperour iudging them not to bee tied to him in any bond of allegiance At the same time certaine Nobles in Saxonie stirring vp and drawing on others into their partie surprise those Castles euery where raised some by force and command other some by dedition and dismisse the Garisons in safetie first binding them by oath neuer after to beare Armes against Saxonie The Emperour vpon notice hereof in subtle policie sets at libertie the rest of the imprisoned Princes to the end that they returning into Saxonie might doe him faithfull seruice in punishing the Rebels for hee saw there was no other meanes to bring about his wished successe with more facilitie then by kindling factions amongst them and renting one from another but the euent was not correspondent for they after their returne home well acquainted with his qualities with ioynt mindes might resolued to fight for the common liehrtie and Duke Otho also forsaking him did the like yet the Emperour was full fraught with good hope hauing broken through Bohemia into the Country of Campania aided with Bohemian forces but when he was certified of the Saxons coniunction and their Armie in readinesse despairing victory retires Then at length the Princes of Germanie appointing the day met together in great abundance thither also repaires the Popes Legate who vnfolding the causes of the Emperours excommunication exhorted them to create another which otherwise they were about to doe of their owne accord for making a rehearsall of his life euen from his tender yeeres they pronounced him to be the blemish dishonour and