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A03094	The history of Herodian, a Greeke authour treating of the Romayne emperors, after Marcus, translated oute of Greeke into Latin, by Angelus Politianus, and out of Latin into Englyshe, by Nicholas Smyth. Whereunto are annexed, the argumentes of euery booke, at the begynning therof, with annotacions for the better vnderstandynge of the same historye.; History. English	Herodian.; Smyth, Nicholas, fl. 1556.	1556 (1556)	STC 13221; ESTC S104002	157,783	244

Macrinus lost the fauor of the Souldiors who chase Bassianus Emperour named him Antonyne The battailes made agaynste Macrinus the ouerthrowe of hym and his armye with hys death And thinsolence of Antonyne after he was Emperor And how he aodpted his cosyn Alexyanus otherwise named Alexander and made hym hys felowe in the Empire And finallye it telleth the causes wherfore and how Antony and Soemis hys Moother were slayne Â¶ The fyfte booke of the Hystorye of Herodyan WE haue in the former Booke treated of the Raigne death destructioÌ„ of Anthonine When Macrinus was come vnto Antyoche he sente letters vnto the Senate and people of Rome in thys forme Â¶ For asmuche as your selues perfectlye knowe what hath bene the trade of my lyfe from the beginnyng howe muche my maners haue bene bente vnto gentlenes and what clemency I haue shewed towards you in that my dygnitie whyche dyffered not muche from the hyghest tipe of dominion for Themperour alwaies committeth the custodye of him selfe vnto the fidelytie of hys Pretor I thinke it superfluous vse to many wordes vnto you Your selues are not ignorauÌ„t y t I alowed not the thiÌ„ges by Anthonine done wherby for your sakes I was ofte in peril of my life whiles he geuiÌ„g credit vnto euery vniu ste accusation as a man void of reason imagined your hole destruction he vsed to checke me ofte times vpbrayding me openly for my modest humanytie and calling me sluggard cockney For beinge a man delited w t flatery whoso euer incensed him to flagitiouse crueltie or prouoked to malice y e furious seÌ„sualitie of his fraÌ„ticke brayne or els sturred w t accusacions hys exasperate madnes those he accompted his most trusty secrete and faith full freÌ„des But for my part there hath bene nothing more acceptable vnto me from the begynninge then discrete modestie We haue now so finished this meruelous Parthian warre wherin thole Romaine Empyre stode in hasarde that beyng nothing inferioure in fyghte vnto our aduersaries we haue made theyr mighti king of an extreme enemy our faithful freÌ„de Who brought against vs an innumerable multitude of people Further whiles I am your Prince ye shal lyue frealy w tout trouble of discencion So y t ye shal haue cause to name my gouernauÌ„ce rather a coÌ„federacy of good meÌ„ theÌ„ an Empire Neither is ther any occasion why any man shuld iudge me vnworthy to be Emperour or impute it to anye faulte of fortune that being but a Knight I haue attained the Principall Soueraignite For of what effecte or value I praye you is y t the nobilyty it selfe yf it be not coÌ„ioyned w t geÌ„tle meeke clemencie And the gyftes of fortune doo bewtifye many vnworthily but y e vertue of the minde bringeth vnto euery man vsing the same a peculier glorie And although the nobilyte of byrth kinred w t abundauÌ„ce of treasure is accompted the proper substaunce of blessed men yet are not y e same in them coÌ„meÌ„ded as froÌ„ them selfes issuing but as deliuered of others But gentle mekenes modest affability as thei be to be woÌ„dred at so doo thei win much prayse vnto the hauer For what profited you the nobilytie of CoÌ„modus the successioÌ„ of Anthonine after his father Certes such hauing obtained theÌ„pire as it were their iust enheritauÌ„ce are wonte to abuse it as their priuate patrimony But thei whiche receaue the same at your handes being as it were bouÌ„den of dutie vnto you endeuour them selfes to requit your manifolde benefites Further y e natiue nobilitie of Princes chaÌ„geth ofteÌ„ times into pryde despysiÌ„g al others as their inferiors But thei which haue obtained y e same through profe of modesty do defeÌ„d ordre it as a thing goteÌ„ by labor haue al those inreuereÌ„ce which thei had before time And I for my part am fully determined to do nothing w tout your couÌ„sel aucthority to vse you as sole assistauÌ„tes CouÌ„sayllors in thaffaires of y e coÌ„meÌ„ wealth And ye shall al lyue at your own pleasures w t the same libertye whiche beinge by yoÌ„ge Empers succeding their pareÌ„tes takeÌ„ away froÌ„ you both Marcus Pertinar endeuored enteÌ„ded to restore vnto you again Both the which aspired to theÌ„pire froÌ„ priuate estate degree For it is much better for a ma to leue vnto his posteritie y e beginninge of his kynred by him selfe adorned then to defile w t sensuall maners y e nobilitie vnto hym from his predecessors desceÌ„ded After this Epistle was red al thole Senate with one voice decreed the honour of Augustus vnto Macrinus Neither was the Senate so ioyfull w t the successioÌ„ of Macrinus as the coÌ„mon people were glad w t the death of Anthonine For euery maÌ„ as he excelled in aucthoritie riches so much the more he reckened y t he had auoided y t sworde whiche before heÌ„ge ouer his shulders Then wer al bribed Promoters Accusers SeruauÌ„tes whiche had betraied their Masters Lordê haÌ„ged vpoÌ„ Gibbettes And al thole Citie â–ª yea thole Romaine Empire was cleÌ„sed of al false Harlotes VacabuÌ„des PikethaÌ„kes Of y t which som were out of haÌ„d put to deathe other some punished w t banyshemeÌ„t And yf any of theÌ„ laye hid for feare of good meÌ„ y t wer now at rest y e same she wed som apparauÌ„ce of liberti by the space of one yere in y t which onely Macrinê° enioyed theÌ„pire For that was his only fault y t he furthw t dismissed not thole army hauiÌ„g seÌ„t euery maÌ„ to his own CoÌ„trey him self caÌ„not immediatli to Rome whiche was veri desirous of him the people eueri day loking calliÌ„g for him But he remained at Antioche in delicat lyfe vsed a flower pace in going theÌ„ he was before accustomed geuing answer rarely scarsely vnto Ambassadors other persons y t cam vnto him the same w t so low a voice y t none could well vnderstaÌ„d him And in y t doynge he endeuored to folow Marcus but to the resydew of his condicions he did in no point attaine For he vsed daily volupteouse diet taking pleasure in dauÌ„ synge and wrastelyng neglectinge the regimente of thempyre wearing Agglets of Golde a Gyrdle adorned with precious stones The which sumpteouse apparaile was nothiÌ„g gratefull vnto the Souldiors For thei estemed it more congruente to the Barbarous people and women then to theyr Prynce Wherefore in beholding thiese thinges thei greatly reproued it and despysed the trade of hys lyfe as a thing more wanton then became a warlyke person And they compared the wanton sensualitie of Macrinus and the wyttie and warlyke maners of Antonine Further they greatlye grudged that they laye styll in the Campe farre froÌ„ their natiue Conutrey oftentymes wanting their necessary foode and were not discharged home after peace made truce taken whiles he led hys lyfe in wanton pleasures Wherefore hauynge throwen as it were the brydle out of their mouthes thei spake

hys fathers frendes Wherefore I meruayled for what purpose CoÌ„modus so longe deferred the matter Why do you therefore thus staye and not execute that ye are commaunded and delyuer me from this dolefull and continual dread Vnto those wordes answered Letus sayinge Cease ê™ he to talke of thynges vnworthy youre selfe and your former lyfe we come not to desyre your deathe but the preseruacion of oure selues and all the Romaine Empyre For the TirauÌ„te is dead and hath suffred condigne punyshmente receauynge at oure handes those thinges he entended to do vnto vs. And we are commen hither to deliuer the Imperiall power vnto you whom onely of all the senate for temperauÌ„ce of lyfe aucthoritie age and grauyte of maners we knowe to be beste entyerly beloued reuerenced of the people Trustynge that we doo shalbe acceptable vnto theÌ„ and profytable to oure selfes Vnto whome Pertinax answered Leue of sayd he thus to scorne and mocke an olde man and so reproue him of timoriousnes entendynge fyrste to deceaue and after to flea hym Why ê™ Electus seynge that you do not credyte vs take this lytle booke for suerly ye knowe the haÌ„de of CoÌ„modus reade it your selfe and ye shall perfectlie perceaue what great dauÌ„ger we haue escaped neyther shal ye fynde in our wordes any temptacion but trustye reporte of truethe The whyche when Pertynax had donne thynkynge it beste to beleaue them whyche had bene alwayes theretofore hys especiall friendes and vnderstandynge all the matter he commytted hym selfe wholye vnto theyr power It seamed good therefore vnto them to go fyrste vnto the hooste and to assaye the myndes of the Souldyours whome Letus promised easely to wynne vnto his sentence because he knewe that hys aucthoryte beynge theyr Captayne woulde somewhat preuayle amonges them Wherefore as many as were presente hasted them vnto the Campe when muche of the nyghte was passed nexte before the fyrste daye of Ianuarye They sente besydes trustye messengers to spreade abrode the rumor that Commodus was dead And that Pertynax whyche shoulde be Emperour was nowe goynge towardes the hoste That bruyte beynge ones blowen sodeynly all the people as they were madde ranne throughe the streates All menne reioysed and euery manne seuerally wente to tell hys frende whyche hadde eyther dygnitye or rychesse remaynynge for vppon theim depended the greateste daunger whyle Commodus lyued They wente therfore vnto the Temples to render thanckes vnto the GODDES talkynge togyther dyuersely Somâ— sayde the Tyrraunte is destroyed some other the sworde player Yea manye spake thynges more detestable And suche wordes as feare had tyll that daye repressed in sylence the same did thei now thrughe license frealy goten bluster oute A great parte also of the people ranne hastely to the campe fearinge lest the menne of armes wold not willyngly accepte Pertinax for Emperour For thei thought that a moderate Prince was not verye gratfull vnto the Souldiors who were accustomed to serue tyranny and exercyse all violence Wherefore they ranne in diuerse plumpes vnto the Campe for to coÌ„pel them to obedience And when they were there arriued Letus and Electus w t Pertinax came thither also And the meÌ„ of Armes beyng called togithers Letus said thus vnto them CoÌ„modus your Emperour is deade of an Appoplexie No other man was the cause of hys death then himselfe For wheÌ„ we in vayne gaue him good and holsome counsel he orderinge himselfe as you all knowe he accustomed was sodeynlye choked with ouermuche meate and drincke so that he perysshed by the ende hymselfe sought For all men dye not by one kynde of death but vnto many men there are dyuers causes and yet all tende to one ende But touching hym we and the people of Rome haue brought vnto you a man graue in age moderate in lyfe and very experte in warfare whose valyaunte prowesse you that are aunciente Souldiors haue by experience knowen And the reste haue iudged beyng so many yeres ruler of the Cyte not onely worthiest honour but also admiracion woÌ„der Wherfore fortune hath not alonely gyue him as a prudent Prince but also a moste louing father vnto you Whose soueraignitie in thempyre shall not perticulerly be mooste pleasaunte vnto you that presently beholde hym but also vnto them that defende the bankes of Riuers and the boundes of the Romayne Empyre as those that retaine in memory the notable actes by him atchiued We shall not at thys presente wynne the Barbarouse people vnto vs by gyftes but beynge myndefull of those thynges they suffered whyles thys man was Capytayne they wyll be rather subdued wyth feare When Letus hadde spoken these woordes the people could no longer wythholde them selues But whyles the menne of armes stoode styll in theyr dompes they pronounced Pertynax Emperour and callynge hym theyr parent they praysed hym with moost ioyful acclamacyons The same dyd the Souldyours alsoo although not with like alacritie But the nomber of the people myxed amonges them beyng voyde of armure and celebratyng the feastfull day easely compelled theÌ„ to shoute and call Pertynax Augustus Furthewyth they being sworne in allegyaunce vnto hym and the sacrifice ended all the people and men of armes crowned wyth Lawrell folowed hym After he was conueyed in the nyghte as we before sayde into the Imperyall Palayce by the Souldyours and the people he was troubled wyth manye cares And although he semed too be of a constante and stoute mynde yet dyd thynges presente put hym in feare not very muche solycyted for hys owne life for he had at other tymes contempned greater perylles but throughe the recordyng in hys mynde the sodaine mutacion of tiranny and ponderynge the nobylytie of manye Senatours who he thought woulde not permyt after an Emperoure of moost noble byrthe thempyre to come vnto a man of pryuate and base stocke For al be it hys temperate and frugall lyfe were well spoken of and that he had gotten in warrelyke affayres great renowne yet was he of symple lygnage Wherefore after the daye appeared he wente too the Senate house not suffrynge the fyre or anye other tokens of dygnytye too be borne before him vntyll the determynacion of the Senate were hearde Whoo as soone as they saw him receiued him al by one accord w t ioyfull welcommynges saluting him as Augustus and Emperour But he refusyng the name of Emperoure as a thynge odyous excused his age and desyred pardon saying there were many of the Senatours more worthy thempyre then he And wyth that worde he tooke Glabrio by the hande commaundynge hym to syt in Themperyall Throne For this Glabrio was the noblest of the Senatours accomptynge the lyne of hys genealogie vnto Aeneas the sonne of Venus and Anchises and now the second time CoÌ„sull Who answered Pertynax thus Truely I whome of all meÌ„ your selfe iudge moste worthye do giue you place in thempyre and with me al the Senate committeth vnto you thole soueraigne aucthoritie Than Pertinax beyng almoste constrayned by the earneste prayer of euerye Senatour and halfe as yet

payment For ê™ he it is safely kepte in my house With which promyses the menne of armes beynge entysed and trayned wyth great hope pronounced Iulyanê° theyr Prynce and gaue hym the surname of Commodus Then dysplayinge theyr baners vpon the which they had painted the pyctures of Iulianus they concluded to brynge hym furthe Wherefore when Sacryfyce after the vsage was ended he wente furthe enuyroned wyth a greater Garde then other Emperours were accustomed For hauyng boughte thempyre by vyolence agaynste the peoples wyll and by fylthye shame w t good cause he feared thinsurrectyon of the Commynaltye But the Souldyours beynge armed and compassed on euerie syde like a cyrcle that if nede requyred they myghte fyghte toke into the myddes of theym theyr Emperoure and lyftynge theyr shyldes and Targettes ouer theyr heades to be therebye the more safer yf any stones were throwen from the houses they broughte hiÌ„ into theÌ„perours Palayce None of the people durste resyste them neyther dyd they folowe the Emperoure as they accustomed with ioyful shoutes but euerye manne cursed hym bytterlye reprouynge hym for that he hadde purchased thempyre wyth money Then fyrst of all were the dysposicyons of the Souldyours corrupted then increased the fylthy and insacyable couetyse of money with contempt of themperyall Maiestye For when there was no maÌ„ remaynynge that woulde reuenge the cruell deathe of the late Prynce neyther anye that woulde wythstande that fylthye facte of sale and vnhoneste marchaundyse the same gaue occasion vnto the menne of armes to waxe thereafter more vnreuerente and rebellynge in so muche that auaryce and contempte of the Prynce daylye encreased euen vnto deathe For Iulyanus hauynge obtayned thempyre gaue hym selfe to ryotte neglectynge the weake publyke and leadynge a naughtye voluptuouse lyfe â–ª yea he deceyued the truste of the Souldyours beyng vnable to performe hys promyses vnto them For he had nat so greate substaunce as he bragged of and the common treasure was exhausted by the immoderate dispeÌ„ces of Commodus For these causes the men of armes on the one part detested him On the other side the people not ignoraunt thereof despysed hym Wherefore they pursued him as he passed by with reproche vpbraiding hym for hys fylthye and vnstable pleasures so that opeÌ„ly in the very Theater vnto the which a great multytude of men resortethe thei wold rebuke Iulianus and call Nyger y e Protector of the Romayne Empire and PresideÌ„te of the Soueraine principality prayeng hym that he woulde wyth all speade come vnto theÌ„ and delyuer them from those manyfolde iniuries The same Niger had bene CoÌ„sull and then was gouernor of all Siria the whyche was the chiefeste dignitye at that tyme. For all Phenyces and all the Regyons vnto the ryuer of Euphrates were vnder hys dominion He was then somwhate stryken in age and hauynge bene occupyed in many weyghty affayres had obtayned the renowne of modestye and ryghteousnesse so that he seamed to folowe the lyfe of Pertynax By the whiche he chiefly wanne the fauor of the people For which respecte thei with often clamours called vpon hym taunting wyth reproches Iulianus beynge present and extollyng wyth prayses and ioyfull showtes Nyger that was absente Whereof when Niger once hearde trusting that all thinges wold prosper accordyng to hys desyre seynge that Iulianus was of the men of Armes neglected as one that had violated hys truthe and promyse and of the people contempned as a man not worthy for that he had purchased hys principalytie he beganne to hope for the obtayning of the Empyre And fyrste he dysmyssed home some on time some an other diuerse of the Capytaynes Tribunes and other meÌ„ of Armes who likewyse had knowledge of all newes that were brought vnto him from Rome This dyd he to the inteÌ„t the rumors mighte be spreade verye broade in the Easte For so he supposed to ioyne manye vnto him yf he seamed nat to enterprise the occupyeng of the Empyre by disceite but to succor them that desyred ayde Wherfore all the people there aboutes came incontinentlye towardes hym euerye man by hym selfe besechynge hym to take the charge of the common wealthe furthwyth vpon hym For the nacioÌ„ of y e Sirians is naturally vnstable and prone vnto chaunge of thinges And thei loued Nyger exceadingly for that he behaued hymselfe verye gentely amonges them delytynge them wyth plesaunte playes and suÌ„pteouse solempnities The Sirians are also of their owne nature very desyrouse of suche shewes Amonges whome the Antyochians enhabyting a great and famouse Cyte do throughoute the hole yere eyther in the Citie selfe or elles in the Suburbes celebrate feastes and playes Wherefore in settyng furthe shewes and solempnytes vnto them he so wanne their hartes that they feruently loued hym The whiche when Niger perfectly perceaued hauing a certayne daye commaunded the men of armes to be presente and all the people commynge togithers in a hyghe place for that purpose erected he said vnto them as ensueth Peraduenture your selues know howe gentle my dysposicioÌ„ hath bene how loÌ„ge I haue coÌ„sulted or I weÌ„t aboute any weyghtye matter neyther woulde I haue come furthe to speke vnto you at this tyme yf I hadde bene ledde eyther by myne owne pryuate counsell or by assured hope or elles with affection surmountinge truste But the Romaynes call me and with intercessions weary me to stretche my helpyng haÌ„de vnto theÌ„ and that I should not permyt so excellente and gloriouse an Empyre lefte by our elders to be nowe shamefully destroyed And as it is a presumtuouse and rashe thinge to medell in so weightie affayres without occasion so yf a maÌ„ deny succour vnto theÌ„ that wante and desyre it then is he then in the lasshe of Cowardyse and Treasone Wherfore for this purpose am I come furthe vnto you that I myghte knowe youre aduyse what ye iudge beste to be done and that I myghte vse you as Counsellers in all thys busynesse Yf it do prosperouslye comme to passe the commodytie thereof shall be comune vnto you and mee It is no smal riches that solicite vs but it is the very Romain people vnto whom the Goddes haue giuen the domynion of al thinges and the Romaine Empyre selfe as yet wauering and to no man certainely establisshed The counsayle whych we enter is assured yf we consyder the mindes of the suters no manne being able to resyste vs. For they that come from thence reporte that the men of armes theÌ„ selues of whome he bought thempire are not very faithful vnto him for y t he hath not perfourmed his promyse Let me heare now your opinions herein Whiles he spake these wordes furth with thole armye and all the common people saluted him as Emperour and Augustus And when he was clothed wyth Purple and adorned wyth Imperyall vesture beyng there sodaynlye as of purpose founde wyth the fyre borne before hym they conuayed hym fyrste vnto the Temples of Antyoche and then to hys owne house The whyche as it were

whych ententes when Seuerus knew thynkynge it not good to worke wyth open enmytie and manyfeste warre hauynge none occasyon that myghte seme honest thereunto he determyned to cyrcumuente hym wtih preuy Treason and close deceit Wherefore he sente wyth letters of Commyssion vnto Albynus certayne of the moste trustye and faythefull Purseuauntes whyche vsed to carye themperiall letters whome he commaunded that hauynge delyuered those lettres vnto hym they should say they had other secrete matters to declare so that al other were commaunded to auoidaunce And then getinge hym from his garde thei should sodeinly murder hym He delyuered poyson also vnto them wherewith they should yf it were possible allure his taster eyther of meate or drincke to dyspatche him But Seuerus truthe was suspected of Albinus frendes And therefore thei admonyshed hym to beware of that false and desloyall person full of disceit treason For he was manifestly knowen to be a periured and vntrue man hauing by their owne childerne entysed Nigers Capitaynes to betray their maister And then after he had abused their labour and brought all hys purpose as he wold to passe slâ—we bothe them and theyr childerne Wherefore hys Actes them selues made apparaunte hys vnfaythfuâ—â— and noughty dysposycion And for that cause Alâ—ynus strengthened hym selfe with a greater and stronger garde then he was accustomed permitting no messanger sent from Seuerus to be lette in rashely vnto hym except he fyrste laide a syde his weapon and were throughely serched Now when the purseuauÌ„tes were arriued from Seuerus and hauinge openly deâ—iuered their letters sayed that they had other secrete â—â—structions to vtter priuelye vnto hym Albynus incontinenly suspecting the mater caused them to be apprehended And then by seuerall examinacions hauâ—nge founde out the truth and by order perceyued the hole Treason caused execution oute of hande to be done vpon the offenders And prepared hym selfe agaâ—nst Seuerus as his apparauÌ„t enemye The whyche tâ—inge when Seuerus knewe beynge a man of wrathâ—full and cruell nature he resolued to hynde no lenâ—er the despyte and hatred he bare to Albynus Wherefore he called the hole armie togithers and made thiâ— oracion vnto them Â¶ No man oughte tâ—embrayde me of ouer moche lyghtnes for that I haâ—e heretofore done neyther accompte me false and vngratefull towardes hym whoÌ„ I reputed for my frendâ— I haue performed all thynges Yea I haue receyued hym into the soeretie of my dominion beinge now moste perfectlye establyshed the which thing a man wyll scarselye doo to his owne brother And that whiche you haue vnto me onely delyuered the same haue I with hym participated But all thiese our bountefull benefites hath Albinus moste shamefully recompensed contempnynge oure prowesse forgetting his allegiaunce and coueytynge with perill the hole rule wherof he myght haue bene partaker without batayle or contencion He feareth not y e Goddes by whoÌ„ he hath so ofteÌ„ sworne Neither dothe he consyder or fauoure your laborious trauayles whyche you haue wyth so greate renowne and glorye for our sake sustayned And assuredly him selfe wanted not the profites of our successes Yea hadde he obserued his fidelitee the gretest porcion had ben his And as a man yf he be authour of myschiefe shall be accompted vnryghteous so yf he reuenge nat the iniurye receyued he shalbe esteamed a cowarde When we made warre agaynste Niger we had not so iuste and lawfull causes of anger bycause we hated him not as a bereuer and robber of theÌ„pyre for the same hanging in the myddes and then wauering in coÌ„trouersye eyther of vs affected and drewe vnto him selfe with equall enclosure But Albinus neglecting hys loyaulty allegiauÌ„ce and othe after he hath obtained by our large liberalitee the honours whiche are onelye geuen to our lawfull children had rather become our noysome enemy theÌ„ our freÌ„dely familiar Wherefore as we bewtifyed hym with our manyfolde benefytes of honour and glory euen so let vs nowe wyth force and strength conuince and daunte hys trayterous and feable harte As for tharmy of that small Ilande is not able to sustayne or abyde the brunte of your might For seynge ye haue youre selfes almoste alone by your owne valyaunt prowesse subdued the hole orient who wold doute but at this preseÌ„t thrugh the ioyneng of so great power for here is welnye the hole Romayne armie you would not ouerthrow and put to flyghte so small a number who hathe serued vnder a man beyng neyther sober nor valiaunte Capitaine for who is I praye you ignoraunte of his voluptuouse lyfe more agreable to Heardes of Swine theÌ„ to LegioÌ„s of Soulâ—iors Let vs therfore valiauÌ„tly set forward against hâ—m w t the stoutenes we haue accustomed affienge ouâ— selues in the Goddes so wickedly by him coÌ„tempned as principall guides of oure voyage and myndefull of the victorious signes by vs heretofore erected the whiche he hath also vtterly despised WheÌ„ Seuerus had this moch spokeÌ„ incoÌ„tineÌ„tly thole armie pronoâ—ed Albynus their commune enemy And hauing reâ—â—iued Seuerus w t ioyful acclamacions shewed by â—â—eyr shoutes their good willes towardes him thei enâ—med y e maÌ„ w t an inestimable hope added to his enteâ—â—ryse Wherefore after he had liberally destributed amoÌ„ges the Souldiors grete giftes he led theÌ„ al forwaâ—â—es against Albinus hauinge seÌ„t also a crewe of meÌ„â—â—rifle rase BizaÌ„tium which was yet shut after the â—â—ceipt of Nigers Souldiours The which Citie beinâ— at leÌ„gth by famyne coÌ„quered defaced the Theater â—he hote bathes al other goodly buildenges therof vâ—erly destroied it selfe reduced into y e forme of a vilâ—ge was giueÌ„ vnto the PerinthiaÌ„s as Antioche waâ—â—nto the LaodiciaÌ„s Then he exacted grete somes of â—oney to repayre the Cityes which the NigriaÌ„ Souâ—â—iors had batered despoiled Hym selfe coÌ„tinued hiâ—â—orney w toute intermissioÌ„ not gretly regarding y e holâ—â—aies or any painefull labor For he was equally paâ—â—eÌ„t of colde heate trauailing ofteÌ„ times bareheaded â—â—er y e highe craggy mouÌ„taines in the bytter shaâ—â—e winter when the snow fell coÌ„tinually out of y e skie â–ª Wherby he stirred his Souldiors as with his own â—aÌ„ple vnto alacrite of minde and sufferauÌ„ce of labor â—use trauailes For thei were not coÌ„strained to abide â—â—ose paines thrugh ani feare or straite law coÌ„mauâ—â—ement but rather thrugh a certaine emulacioÌ„ exâ—â—ple of their Prince He sent certayne also before to â—â—ke the streites of the Alpes and to defende the entrâ— and passages into Italie Now when Albinus hâ—rde that Seuerus made no delaye in the mater but ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ as eueÌ„ at haÌ„d being before as it were in a dreame aâ—d passynge the tyme in ydle pleasures he was now stryken wyth a meruaylouse and sodeyne feare Neuerthelesse he furthewith lauÌ„ched out of Britaine vnto the coste of Fraunce right ouer aneanste it where on the shore he pytched hys campe and sente letters vnto the Rulers of the nexte nacions desyring them to sende hym money and victualles for the ayde and sustenaunce of his armye Thei

Senatour al other y e bare any rule in the prouynces or excelled in byrth or ryches auengyng hym selfe as he made semblaunte vpon hys enemyes but in deade couetousenesse was the onely cause wherw t he of al other Emperors was most intached For as he gaue place to no man were he euer so commendable in pacience of mynde perseueraunce in laboures and glorye of warfare euen so beynge aboue all measure addicted vnto auaryce he heaped treasure throughe vniuste murders executed vpon euerye tryflyng cause somtime without anye at all enioying thempyre rather throughe force and feare then anye beneuolence or good wyll of the people Neuertheles at the fyrste he would seme familiare affable in settyng out gorgeous shewes and pageauntes of al sortes w t the sleing of an C. cruell beastes at a tyme the whyche he had sent for out of our owne and Barbarouse Regyons He gaue besydes ryche rewardes and publysshed a sumpteous game gettynge from all partes valylyaunte Champyons and cunnynge wrestlers We sawe also in the tyme of hys Reygne sundrye playes of all sortes set furthe in all the Theatres with supplycatyons and watches lyke the sacryfyces of Ceres The same are called Seculer celebrated as they reporte at the ende onely of euery thyrde age And the common Cryers went throughe al the Citye and all Italye callynge all men to the Playes whyche they neuer sawe before nor thereafter shoulde se sygnyfyyng thereby that the space of tyme betwene the celebracion passed that was to come exceded al thage of a man Now Seuerus after he had soiourned a while at Rome and partycypated the regymente of thempyre wyth hys .ii. sonnes perceyuyng hym selfe to be famouse as yet but by one Cyuyle vyctorye obtained agaynste the Romayne power for the whyche also he had refused to Tryumphe determyned to become notable wyth the ouerthrowe and standardes of the Barbaryens Wherfore vnder coloure of reuenging hym selfe vpon Barsemius kynge of the Atrenyens who had assysted Nyger he led hys armye into thoryent And there beyng at the verye poynte to inuade Armenia he was preuented by the kynge therof who sente vnto hym wyllynglye bothe pledges and preseÌ„tes humblye desyrynge that he myghte entre into frendshyppe and conclude a peace wyth hym After the whyche done Seuerus seyng hys purpose in Armenia proceade as hym selfe wysshed helde on hys iourney towardes the Atrenians And Agbarus the kynge of the Osrohenians came also and yelded him selfe vnto hym And delyuerynge hys chyldren as hostages amplyfyed the truste of hys truthe and loyaltye conceyued by sendynge to the increase of hys armye a greate power of Archers From hence Seuerus passed ouer the Realme of Interamna and the fyeldes of the Albenyans and made a rode into Arabye the fertyle from whence come all the sweete odyferous herbes whyche we vse for pleasauntâ— vapours and perfumes And hauing there destroyed ma-many Cities villages and wasted the hole cuntrey he entred into Atrenia There he besyeged the Citye of Atras beyng buylded vpon an high Rocke coÌ„passed wyth mightye and stronge walles and fortifyed with a wonderfull puyssaunt garrison of Archers Wherefore the Seuerian hoste assaulted this Citye with all the force thei had and moued to the walles Towres engyns of all sortes omytting nothyng that might auaile to the assaulte and batterye of the same On the other syde the Atrenyans stowtely defended theyr Citie shootinge and throwing downe arowes dartes and stones wherewith thei gretely vexed the Seuerians Thei threwe downe also eartheÌ„ vesselles fylled with certayne wynged venemous lytle beastes The whiche falling vpon the eyes and faces of the Seuerians or elles creapynge by lytle and lytle in at the open partes of their bodies dyd ryghte sharpely stynge and wounde them The Romayne Souldiours besydes were fallen into diseases beyng vnable to away with the feruentnes of the ayre there because it was to extremely hote throughe the continaunce of the Sonne so that by thiese casualties mamy more of them perished then by the handes of their enemyes Wherefore Seuerus perceyuinge them all for wearied and worne the sieage not prospering and the hoste receyuinge more domage and losse theÌ„ gayne or profyt determyned before they vtterlye peryshed to lede them from thence verye sorowefull that they departed withoute atchieuing their entended enterpryse For beyng theretofore accustomed to wynne the victorie in all batayles thei then accompted them selues ouercomen for that they had not vanquished But fortune euermore fauorable vnto them so prouided that thei retourned not w tout any thinge done but with more fortunate successe then thei loked for For the hole armye beyng shypped in sundrie vesselles arriued not as thei fyrste purposed at the hauen of Rome but throughe the rage and vyolence ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ the waues were driuen to lande in the costes of Parthian nat farre from the Citie of Ctesiphon wherein standeth the Palayce royal of the ParthenyaÌ„ Kinge Who then liuing in reste and reckening the warres which Seuerus had with the AtremaÌ„s nothing pertinent to his charge did not in that his ydle tranquillitie suspecte or thinke vpon any peril or myshappe towardes hymselfe entended When the Seueria armye was as I sayd by vehemencie of weather driuen on lande at the bankes of this Royaulme thei began oute of haÌ„de to spoyle and ryfle all the Cuntrey driuing before them all the heardes of Catel and flockes of sheepe thei founde And burning many vyllages in their waye thei marched by small iorneyes to the Citye selfe of CtesiphoÌ„ in the which the great Artabanus then laye And there fyndenge the Barbarouse people vnpurueyed of defence thei slew all that resisted sacked the Citie and caryed away as Captiues bothe women and children The king hym selfe with a fewe horsemen only escaped His treasure ornamentes and householde stuffe the Seuerians as conquerours seased vpon and then retourned Thus Seuerus more thrughe fauorable fortune then prudent policye obtayned the Parthian Conquest After the prosperous atchieuinge wherof he sente vnto the Senate and people of Rome gloriouse Letters full of ostentacioÌ„ Tables wherin were gorgeouslie paynted and at length sette out his myghty batailes and valiaunt victories For the which the Senate decreed many honours vnto him and gaue him the surnames of the nacions by hym before Conquered In the meane whyle after this happe in the orientall affaires he retourned towardes Rome hauiÌ„g his two Sonnes who were then of rype age in hys Companie And after he had finished his iorney coÌ„mitted the rule of y e prouinces vnto those which lyked hym best and mustered the Misians Pannonyens he finally entered into the Citie with Triumphe The people receyued hym w t ioyfull shoutes and all other Ceremonies to the same appertaining vnto whome he graunted certayne extraordynary holye dayes sacryfyces and shewes And hauynge gyuen amonges theim great giftes hym selfe also solemnyzed sundrye playes for his victorye After this he remained a longe tyme at Rome sate

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