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A05439	The lives of all the Roman emperors being exactly collected, from Iulius Cæsar, unto the now reigning Ferdinand the second. With their births, governments, remarkable actions, & deaths.; Sommario delle vite de gl'imperadori romani. English	Paoli, Gio Antonio de.; Basset, Robert.; Brathwaite, Richard, 1588?-1673.	1636 (1636)	STC 1558; ESTC S101064	79,050	401

hee used not by the instigation of any man but out of his owne invention and and furious braine this was one That being a Necromancer hee slew Christian women being great with child and tooke the children yet unborne out of their wombes the ashes whereof he used in his execrable art to make himselfe greater in authority and power All which availed him nothing because that fighting with Constantinus the Great upon a Bridge hee was by him throwne and drowned in the river Tyber which happened in the fift yeere of his reigne having no other sepulture then the River This Emperor used to joyne the living bodies of men with other dead carcases and being chain'd mouth to mouth hee caused them to bee tumbled up and downe 65. Licinius Anno Dom. 310. LIcinius a Dacian borne An. Dom. 310. being a man knowne to be singular and rare in feates of Armes was by Galerius made Captaine Generall afterwards Co-emperor For wretched avarice and bestiality of lust hee was knowne to be most dissolute and hee was so ill bred and extravagantly drowned in ignorance that he became an enemy of all litterate and learned men terming them the skum and filth of men endeavouring by all meanes that men should shun and avoid them as a poyson or a contagious plague He grew so insolent and proud for one onely victory which hee obtained in the East that hee slighted and contemned Constantinus and began to increase his cruelty and tyranny against the Christians Whereupon Constantinus opposed himselfe and they both joyning battaile this Tyger was put to flight in the Countrey of Pannonia and intending to reinforce his cause was in his 〈◊〉 campe by his owne souldiers manacred in Thessalonica at the age of 50 yeeres and of his government 〈◊〉 and was carelesly cast into a pit having no other respective funerall 66. Martinianus Anno Domini 312. MArtinianus Anno Domini 312. a Sclavonian by Nation a man meanely borne but well experienced in the Art Military was for that cause made Generall of the Horse He was created Emperor and Caesar in Bizantium but in a short time he lost both dignity and life because being taken in Thessalia with Licinius by the expresse command of Constantine they were both murthered by the Souldiers and therefore not having left any memoriall behinde him but this example that we may see and know that many were raised to the Imperiall dignity more by sedition ambition and interest in their souldiers than by any their just desert claime or title to such a degree But it is no wonder that in a manner all or most of them died immaturely and unfortunately being they had neither a meane order or regular way of governing themselves much lesse others living for the most part dissolutely not reflecting on the Proverb Qualis vita Finis ita Live well dye well 67. Constantinus Magnus Anno Domini 312. COnstantine An. Dom. 312. a Britan by Nation a man most valiant and worthy in a manner of an Empire more than any one of his Antecessors after the death of his * I suppose i● is meant Constantian Clor●● Father he was elected Emperor He overcame all the Tyrants of the Empire and recovered all rebellious Countries wherefore hee entered into the City of Rome in wonderfull pompe He began to persecute the Christians wherefore peradventure by the divine will and pleasure he was so infected with a Leprosie that the Physitians left him as incurable But the heavenly Grace was his assistance for being asleepe in the night hee saw a vision telling him that if he desired to recover his health hee should recall Silvester the Bishop and all the Clergy from exile Which thing he performing and being baptized he was immediately cured And increasing in devotion hee built many Churches to the glory and hon●it of God This Emperor would say in praise of Age that Age appeared to be best in foure things Old wood best to burne old Wine to drinke old friends to trust and old Authors to read of Moreover he said that there was but this difference betweene the death of old men and young men that old men goe to death and death comes to young men This Emperour built a City called by his name Constantinople whither hee after translated the Imperiall seate And being at the age of 66 yeeres he passed to a botter life to the great griefe of all and especially of the Christians then living whom he did entirely love and cherish Hee obtained the sole Monarchy of the whole Empire and every where restored peace to the Church He was prolected 〈◊〉 in all his wars he exhorted 〈…〉 to Christianity but compelle 〈◊〉 It was thought that he was poisoned of his brothers at Nicomedia in Greece and had pompous sunorals worthy of so great a Man at the Gity of Constantinople which hee had lately built● 68. Crispus An. Domini 314. ABritan by birth was Crispan An. Dom. ●14 who by his Father Constantiue was elected Emperour and honoured with the title of Casar hee was a man so proper and compleate in the beauty of person that Fausta his Mother in law sought by all meanes possible to allure and intice him to her lust unto whom he by no meanes willing to consent by his vertuous obstinacy converted her vicious love into an extreaunity of hatred insomuch that she accused him to his Father for a forcible violator of her chastity To whose words Constantine giving credit caused the vertuous young man to be miserably put to death at Pola in Histria But not long after this sallacy of the Mother in law comming to light and the innocency of the chaste young man worth an eternall memory being manifestly discovered the wicked Step mother sought to excuse the incestuous malice with the pretence of her plot to wit That Crispus should not be a hinderance to the honour of her sonnes in the Imperiall claime But at length by the perswasion of Helena who was infinitely grieved for the death of her Grand-child the wicked step-mother was put into a hot bath wherein shee breathed her last and suffered a death to●● mild for such an impious and treacherous impurity This Emperor was taught and instructed in Learning by the famous Lactantius It is evident that he was singularly qualified valiant and fortunately victorious Helena his Grand mother much lamented his immature death which was not onely suddaine but mischievous and griev'd the whole Empire who by that meanes were deprived of so hopefull a Governour 69. Constantinus Anno Domini 314. COustantine was the second of that name An. Dom. 314. After the death of his Father Constantine the Great the Empire was divided into many parts but that of France Spaine the Alpes England and Scotland did befall to his charge but not contented with these hee pretended by hereditary right that also of Italy and Affrick which here demanded by way of Embassie but not obtaining his pretended cause he made

Warre upon his brother Constans Commander of those parts And after many bloody battailes he was alwayes victorious with a grievous massacre and slaughter on both fides But at length Constans gathering new forces and supplies came upon him with a terrible assault and routed him putting his souldiers to flight sword and prison most of them cut in peeces himselfe also was mortally wounded and falling from his horse he was slaine neere Aquileya at the 〈◊〉 of 25 of the which hee governed onely three This Emperor by divine assistance overcame the Almans Britans and other powerfull Nations hee recalled Athanasius from banishment and restored him to his Bishopricke of Alexandria of which hee was formerly deprived Those Warres which he raised concerning his right unto the government of Italy and Affrick did mightily oftentimes disturbe his minde Whereupon hee would usually say to his Commanders of his Armies Let there be no malice in the prosecution of my cause towards my Brother used for I grieve when I thinke that wee whom God and Nature created for union should by divellish ambition and covet ousnesse be divided Howsoever hee continued his warres undertaken though with a great reluctancy as desiring rather to imploy the souldier than advantage himselfe This Emperor had a petition offered him divers times by an old Cittizen of Rome and still he was answered by the Emperour That he had no leasure whereupon the old man said aloud Why then give over to be Emperour 70. Constans Anno Domini 314. THe division of the Empire being made upon the death of the Great Constantine the Father An. Dom. ●14 Constans one of the sonnes takes upon him the possession of ●●ly Affrick and all the Isles of Solevonia Dalmatia Macedonia and Achata He fought against his brother and having slaine him in a short time he made himselfe master of all France In the beginning of his government hee was a famous Prince and just but afterwards altering his life wholly changed it into a worse giving himselfe solely to pleasures and solaces with such disorders which caused him insupportable paines in his limbes and especially his joynts whereby falling into a loathing and detestation of himselfe and a generall hatred of the whole Empire a conspiracy was complotted against him and a certaine Magnentius being created Emperour some to give Constans content or perhaps at his owne request slew him but lamentably as he reposed himselfe in his Pavilion at the foote of the Pyrenean Mountaines neare a place called Helena at the age of 30 and of his government 13 yeeres He governed after his 〈…〉 Italy and many other Provin●●● of the Empire and after his brother whom he slew he writ menacing to his brother Constantius for the restitution of Athanasius who lamenting the death of the Innocent Crispus doubted not to terme him a Martyr 71. Constantius Anno Domini 325. COnstantius also the sonne of Constantinus Magnus and Fausta An. Dom. ●25 was created Caes●● 〈◊〉 the liew of the vertuous and innocent C●ispus unjustly slaine as is before mentioned Hee was happy in his civill warres and wonderfully active in throwing a dart In the division of the Empire the Ensterne government was assigned him with the Seate at Constantinople In his time the Arrian Sect much flourished whereby he was much assisted whereupon there was a Councell called and held in Laodicea whither Arrius came with many of his adherents and also many Christians and many Bishops and Prelates disputing concerning matters of Faith were confined and punished by this Constantius himselfe being an Arrian But by the death of his brothers hee remaining sole and absolute in the Empire he governed warily and with prudence Neverthelesse by the Roman Senate two Emperours were created against whom he declaring open waries in battaile overthrew them and therefore by the Army hee was entituled Augustus And being 45 yeeres of age hee sickened of a bloody flux and shortly dyed being buried in Constantinople This Emperor put his Uncles and many of the Nobility to death suspecting them to have poysoned his Father Constans He declined to the Arrian Sect hee caused his Uncles sonnes Gallus and Iulianus to be brought up in good Litterature hee inhibited Magicke and Idolatry upon paine of death and dyed in the opinion of an Arrian 72. Magnentius Anno Domini 350. COnstans the aforesaid E●perour raised this Magnentius of a youth An. Dom. 350. a French man by birth and although he were vemeanely borne neverthelesse hee caused him to bee trained up in the Military Art inso much that hee made him Generall of his forces in Sclav●nia in which government he was protected from death by Constans and in liew of requitall he slew him most ingratefully and by subtilty creepes into the Imperiall seate anno Domini 350 and comming into Italy he created his brother Caesar in Milan and gave him the Alpes in charge to secure France Magnentius afterwards fighting a battaile against Constantius who thirsted the revenge of his brothers death was by him overthrowne and vanquished with a great slaughter of his men and mustering up the residue of his Army he fled to Lions where not finding himselfe secure his life in hazard nor any hope of re●●●●●● slew himselfe with a knife at 〈◊〉 of 53 and the sixth moneth of his government This Magnentius was spurd on onely Regnandi capiditate With the desire of command and seeing himselfe to fall short of his expectation every way despairing first slew his owne Mother then his Brother and lastly himselfe as I said before and by much soliciting of his friends to the Captaines souldiers interred at the place of his death 73. Decentius Anno Domini 350. DEcentius a French man born An. Dom. 350. was created Caesar in Milan as is before mentioned and instantly commanded to the Alp●● for the defence and tuition of the matters of France which was no● to●●ering and in a manner falling into an open rebellion against the Empire which perhaps would have so happened had it not beene curbed and held in action in divers parts at once which dissipated their forces and disabled them for resistance and defence This Eraperor either for non performance of any laudable acts as for the shortnesse of his life hath left not any memorable thing to posterity but onely this that having understood the unfortunate and miserable end of his brother taking it to the heart and fearing to fall into the hands of the enemies of Magnenti●s intended his owne death and as a 〈◊〉 impatient and surious mad m●●●●ving not brought to perfection 〈◊〉 privated plots and designes 〈◊〉 a garter about his necke and without the helpe or hand of any man strangled himselfe 74. Iulius Apostata Anno Domini 356. JVlian being a man most learned in the Greeke An. Domini 356. and admirable in the Latin to●g●●●● and of a most strong and able memory was wondrous affable courteous and liberall to all and as one aspiring greedily to