battle of the Muscovites who entred the Tarters Country grieved to see the slaughter of his enemies The great Cham of Tartaria gives him his daughter and stir'd him up against the King of China that stiled himself Lord of the world Tamerlane going against this King falling sick a Counseller drew away part of his soldiers who Tamerlane overcome and then on his march made a speech to his souldiers which ended his soldiers cried out one God in Heaven one Emperor on Earth he first forces a great wall the Chinaes made for defence of their Country and took great spoil The King of China summons his Priests to pray to the Sun a Lord came to Tamerlane to direct him to whom he gave a frontire Province and was very courteous to the people and he endeavors to get a great City for the comfort of his Army before he fight more he won the Suburbs by storm but considering the riches of the City might spoil his Soldiers for fighting took it on conditions the King of China marches towards Tamerlane the King rode in a Chariot whereof every part shone with Gold Pearls Rubies and Diamonds and his whole Army with Gold and precious stones Tamerlane took another place for refreshment and then sent out a party of 6000 horse telling the commander if they come upon you retire back and bring that great cloud to me which I hope to disperse he likewise ordered a great body to receive the enemy upon the formers retirement and another body ready to help the last if worsted reserving still another body with himself the Chinaes come on with his horse trappings as well as armor deckt with gold and silver he had likewise many armed Chariots they came altogether without any vantguard but Tamerlan's commander being wounded and retired another great body ingaging beat the enemy within the Kings Chariots but the King had yet about his person 150 thousand men then came on Tamerlane and broke through even within a second rank of Chariots where was 40000 men the King at last remain'd wounded with Tamerlane the battle being won which lasted eight hours there was slain two Kings alleys to the King of China who had divers strange weapons and ensignes wonderful riches was taken in golden vessels pretious stones and and rich Chariots the next day Tamerlane lookt upon his Army and took care of the King of China whose Army was at first 200 thousand foot and 150 thousand horse Tamerlane refreshed himself with water never drinking wine thanked God never in the least vaunted and went and saluted the King again who said to Tamerlane well let it suffice thee seeing thou fightest for honour that the Lord of the World and Childe of the Sun is in thy power China hath two hundred famous Cities in it and abounds with Silk Linnen Fish Fowle and Mines of Gold and Silver Tamerlane overthrew also the King of China's brother upon which Cities yeilded a passe but at length he made a peace with him injoying most of the Cities in China beating down all Idolls and so deliver'd the King to goe home After this the Emperor of Greece desired his aid against the Turk that would attempt his Country Tamerlane sends to the Turk to warn him not to meddle with Greece but the Turk bids him injoyn lawes to his own Subjects Tamerlane with what force his unkle and other Lords helpt him to sets forward sending victualls by Sea and his Campe was like a well govern'd City not the least wrong permitted Bajazet the Turks King forbad all prayers for Tamerlane and comes furiously to meet him and after as furiously joyns ' battle with great noise and cries the first that fought on Tamerlanes side was a Prince who charg'd so home as to come among the Janazaries and put them to great disorder but was slain there another great body was sent both sides fought so stoutly that it lasted long and many was slain and yet the battel doubtful at last when Tamerlanes side was ready to give back he made room by a charge upon the Janazaries and some Tartars of the Turks side revolted and with much adoe at a fresh charge the Turks great number was overcome and the King a prisoner and wounded and coming before Tamerlane shewed not the least submission said Tamerlane what if you had took mee then said hee I would have carried you about in a Cage so said Tamerlane shall you be serv'd and he was fed with fragments like a dogge Tamerlane marches against the Sulton of Egypt that assisted the Turks fought him near Alepo with courage on both sides but the Sulton fled though his Army was about 170 thousand after Tamerlane took Damascus and other places and set down before Cair assaulted it with fifty thousand the City was only ditcht not wall'd the Sulton opposed his passage but was forc'd to retreat into a second Trench The next day the Sulton was forc'd to leave the City and was pursued towards Alexandria where a party of Tamerlanes went first to prevent the Sulton gathering forces but the City desired to submit to Tamerlane and that the Sulton would not make that place a seat of warr so the Sulton not knowing what to doe went away with tears in his eyes and then Tamerlane return'd home and after his unkles death was Emperor of Tartaria Rupert Duke of Bavaria was chose by the Electors in his time Mahomet the Turk after Tamerlane died regain'd his fathers Dominions and killed his brother Sigismund King of Bohemia and Hungarie he was a wise Prince call'd a Counsell for union Husse was now burn'd for preaching against the Pope as also Jerom of Prague which caused the people to choose a general who beat the Emperors Army but the Emperor and Pope came againe yet shamefully fled from the Hussites against all perswasion that could be used Albertus the second subdued the Bohemians by meanes of the King of Polands help a Peace was made with the Turk when the Turke was gone the Pope sent a dispensation to break faith but the Christian forced was beaten to their shame and hurt Frederick the second Duke of Austria upon Petition promised to free the Germans as the King of France had his subjects from the Popes Tyranny at this time Scandenberg doing great things for the Turk being denied the Turks Dominions in Ipeus which he askt of the young Turk at his fathers death he turn'd against the Turke got several Towns by letters maintaind his own and beat the Turks armies many years he was a Princes son first given in hostage to the Turk Mahomet the second took Constantinople cruelly handling the Christians caus'd an Image to be held up saying in derision this is the God of the Christians and so here ended the Christian Empire in the East the Emperor of the Turks now making Constantinople his seat Maximilian the first was taken prisoner in Flanders but releived by his father being yet in government with him he writ in
shall not need to recommend or put you in minde of the good correspondence that ought to be kept between you for the good of your selves and Me and the whole Kingdom and I may tell you It is very necessary for Us all You will finde whoever doth not love Me doth not love you and they who have no Reverence for you have little kindness for Me. Therefore I pray let us adhere fast to each other and then We shall with the help of God in a short time perswade or oblige all men to that Submission and Obedience to the Law as may constitute a full measure of happiness to Prince and People and perswade Our Neighbors to that esteem and value they have formerly had for Us. The next day after the Speech the Parliament Voted Twelve hundred thousand pounds to be speedily rais'd and ordered the pretended Judges of the late King to be brought before them to show what cause they can why they should not be executed who generally alledged nothing but the Kings Proclamation FINIS Short Stories escaping the Book THE Emperors of Constantinople on their Coronation day had a Mason to present to them Marble Stones useing these words Choose Mighty Sir under which of these Stones Your pleasure is ere long to lay your Bones Panopion flying his Bondman chang'd apparrell with him and lay down in his bed I willingly yeelding the Soldiers should stay him as they did for his Master A Court Parasite commending the Emperor Sigismond to his face the Emperor gave him a sound box on the ear In China they use to whip their Gods if they help them not when they pray unto them Francis King of France consulting how to lead his Army over the Alps his Fool sprang from a Corner saying rather take care how you shall bring your Army back againe The Romans ready to joyne battle with the Albanes three Champions was chose on both sides to avoid bloudshed to end the battel two of the Romans being slaine the other fled but the three Albanes pursuing him slowly by reason of their wounds and being at a distance from one another he returned and slew one after anonother so the day fell to the Romans Solon was so humble as he could not by the Athenians and friends be perswaded to accept of the honour of Soveraignty The Cretans brought up their sons from their youth in difficult labors to prevent idleness Scandenbtrg used to sleep but two hours in a night Mithridates King of Pontus kil'd his Mother Brother Three Sons and three Daughters to get the Crowne who was after slaine by another Son Alexander most ingratefully in a Feast slew Clitus whose mother had been his nurse and who a little before saved Alexanders life and Muleases King of Tunis tortured to death Mesâ—ar and Maenifet by whose meanes he had obtaind the Kingdom grieving to see them alive to whom he was so much beholding Vortigar King of the Brittains being in Wine was insnared by the Daughter of Hengist the Saxon to the undoeing of the Brittish Nation Lewis King of France used three dayes in a week publickly to hear grevances and right the wrongs of his people The King of Poland when his servant lost his hand in the warrs he sent him a golden hand Two of Dr. Vshers Aunts was blind from the Cradle and never saw Letter yet taught him to read and could repeat any part of the Bible When many Turks in assaulting Alba Regalin had got upon a fort a Hungarian woman thrust in among the soldiers and with a Scithe struck off two Turks heads which so incouraged the soldiers that the Turks was repeled The Daughter of Tarpia betraying her Father and Tower that he was Governor of to the King of Sabins for all the Sabin soldiers wore upon their left arme aiming at their bracelets coming for her reward King Tatius ordered the soldiers to throw bracelets and shields both from their armes upon her and so crusht her to death Among the Turks the grand Signeuor is not exepted from a trade Mahomet the great made wooden spones another Sulton made notches for Bows The Egyptians made a law that those which could not show how they liv'd should be put to death King Perses being overcome by Emelus grew into such passion as to slay two of his Nobles that came to comfort him A German falling into the hands of Theeves said to a company of Crows you are witnesses of my death the Theeves three years after being merry together seeing some Crowes said yonder be the witnesses of our Murther which words overheard they was examined and executed In the East-India they use to sing the prayses of the King when he goes abroad calling him Lord of the Sun and Moon King of Land and Rivers in every thing great great witch great lyon and so great any thing In the first year of King Charles of England 1625. died in London of the Plague within the Bill of mortality threescore and three thousand persons Many Dutch men in Joppa being drunk on St. Martins day the Turks came suddainly upon them and cut the throats of twenty thousand Alexander the great drank himself to death A young King of France scoffing at William the Conquerors great belly when he was sick saying he lay in at Roan William recovered marcht to Paris to show him his up rising also sackt Nants Henry the third of France would have his jester between him and Cardinall at solum processioning Caesar Burgia used to say aut Caesar aut Nullus but not long after was slain and Menorates a Physitian curing some desperate diseases would be called Jupiter One Averny forswaring himselfe could not speak a word till by inward repentance his tongue untied Pope John the 22. left in his treasury to his Heirs two hundred and 50 tuns of Gold The auncient Romans used when the Moon was eclipst to make a great noise with basons and panns to call her again Becket a Traytor to King Henry the second being murthered was first obscurely buried but after was made Martyr by the Pope and laid in a sumptuous shrine to which many great persons came in Pilgrimage with most rich offers the prints of their kneeling to his Tomb is to be seen at Canterbury to this day Philip King of France ordained that men that swore or blasphemed should be drowned Cicero though he was not rich would not take a fee at pleading any cause The Spaniards will be rich in apparrell though poor in purse and if he hath a Capon to supper the feathers must be strowed before the dore next morning Titus said he had rather perish by others then destroy them and two of the Senators convinced of affecting the Empire he told them that was at Gods disposal but if they askt any thing else he would give it them Dionysius the Tyrant punisht a Physitian because he could sing and Plato the Phylosopher because he could dispute better then himself Cineus the Orator won
was an enemy to extortors a lover of liberality that day he had not done some good in he accounted lost He gently admonisht two that had conspired against him and used them so lovingly that they repented the Jewes being subdued he had much peace Flavius Domitian persecuted Christians banisht John to Patmos hearing of Christs kingdome he feared but seeing two of Judas's nephews discoursing of the world to come to be poor he contemned them he was so impatient of labor arm government that he would use to be in a gallery pricking flies one asikng what company was with the Emperor was answerd not a fly some of his friends and others conspired his death one pretending business stab'd him at which the Senate rejoyced ordering his name should not be remembred Nerva was for his wisdome chose by the Senate he released many Christians John returned from Patmos he took away impositions forbad slanders as also making Eunuchs he brought up poor mens childdren restored goods unjustly gotten died of a sweat through coller against a Senator Trajanus the adopted son of Nerva a Spaniard was fair in carriage at first and beloved yet persecuted the Christians with great pains which they bore with much patience one was Simon the Apostle The Deputie of Bithanie troubled in mind for slaying Christians informed the Emperor how holily the Christians liv'd and zealously they worshipt Christ which mitigated the Emperors fury Adrian A Bishop and an Oratour writing for the Christian Religion the Emperor made a new edict for persecution the Jews followed a pretended Messias one Barcohebas the Emperor banisht them from their native soil he at last had a mind to build a Church for the Christians void of Images but was hindred by his friends Antonius Verus took much care of his people in famine Justin Martyrs writings for the Christian Religion was read in the Senate This Emperors death was much lamented the Romans sacrificed to him and canonized him for a God Marcus Aurelius was for wisdome esteemed a Phylosopher yet Martyrd Policarpus and Justinius but was molified a little by the Bishop of Lions and God sending raine to his army in distress upon the prayers of his Christian souldiers and fire and thunder upon his enemies he wrote to the Senate to deal gently with the Christians About this time William Duke of Normandy Conquer'd England the Danes came and Conquered Etheldred the ninth Saxon King and the King of Denmark left his son to rule but Edmond called Ironside Etheldreds son set up himself after his fathers death and warr'd with Canutus the new King of the Danes after many bloudy battels the two Kings fighting hand to hand they devided the Nations but Etheldred was murthered by one that thought to be preferd by Canutus who caused him to be tormented to death and Canutus married Etheldreds widow and had a son by her call'd Hardie and was now King of England Scotland Denmark and Norway but Hardie residing in Denmark another son of Canutus by a former wife sets up himself who displaced the English out of offices banisht his Mother-in-Law and put her youngest son to death after this King dying his brother Hardy possesses the Crown but died in the midst of his Cupps at a marriage feast Edward the remaining son of Etheldred was brought into England married the Earl Bodwins daughter but died without issue he left the Crown to Edgar grandchild to Edmund Ironside and swore Bodwins son now Regent to be true to him but Harold Bodwins son got himself Crowned upon which the King of Norway came to incounter them with a great Army at which time William Duke of Normandy with a compleat Army came into England claiming a right to the Crown by Edward the Confessors gift Harold having the better of the King of Norway yet wasting his Army William in a battle where fell 66654. English with Harold having reigned not four months Conquered him and the kingdome in whose Line the Crown continued till King Richard the second who by desoluteness of life entertaining bad Counsellers lost the love of his Subjects against whom his Nobles took Armes but he consenting to bring the evill Counsellers to be punished by law the Barrons cashier their forces The King apprehended several on a conspiracy the Duke of Norfolk and Hartford impeaching one another ready to fight a Dewell was banisht but after when the King was subduing his enemies in Ireland Hartford now Duke of Lancester by his fathers death came into England the Nobility and Gentry resorting to him who summoned a Parliament the King not able to resist them yeelded the Crown to the Duke the King being sent to Ponfret Castle and dispatcht which bred woful wars after three or four Kings reigns Edward the fourth of the house of York by a war where was slain thirty six thousand men got the kingdom where it continued till Henry the seaventh kill'd Richard the Third and he marrying the Heir of York reconsiled both houses Commodus put many Christians to death even of noble birth he had three hundred Concubines some of which conspiring his death was executed but after by a pretended friend he was poysoned to the joy of the Romans Pertinax was an enemy to riot and meerly for brideling of disorders a tumultuous company with halberds went and slew him Didius Julianus bought the Emperors Throne of the soldiers who offered it to sail but one pretending a title he that pretended to it was proclamed and Julian slaine by command from the Senate Severius persecuted the Christians charging them with sacriledge and Rebellion being stird up to this by the Jewes the father of Origen was beheaded and many in Carthage a Captain going to execute a Virgin who prayed to God to turne his heart died himself for the Faith this Emperor was slain at York by the Northern men Bassinus and Geta the first slew the other his brother put to death a lawyer for not justifying his Murther married his mother in Law was slain by Macrimus Macrimus was chose Emperor took his son for his companion but not coming to Rome to govern and living in lust was beaten fled and pursued was found sick void of all favour he and his son was put to death and the Conqueror made Emperor Heliogabalus was a belly God worshipt and built a Temple to the Sun and would have had the Christians who was now grown numerous to make their prayers there He appointed a Senate of women about obscene matters had followed him many Chariotts of Bands and harlots he ordered that business which should be done by day to be done by night he studied to find out untasted dainâ—ies for his lewd courses the Pretorian soldiers murthered him drew his dead body through the streets and flung it into Tiber. Alexander Severus the adopted Son of the former delighted in wise Counsellers punished a flatterer with smoak yet martyrd many Christians some of them Senators The Judge that past sentence against Agapetus
to St. Peter The Kings of England and France goe now to the last help of the Christians about Jerusalem they took one place but falling out about honour returne home and the King of the Turks takes Jerusalem and other places possessed by the Christians Henry the sixth was the son of Frederick the Pope gave him in marriage one out of a Monastery and both Ciciles for a dowery the Emperor Pope and other Princes went to help the poor Christians in Palastina but the Emperor dying they returned doing nothing Philip the second by the help of the Saxons and Bavarians took upon himself to be Emperor but the Pope and Electors went to warrs with him but the people of Germany got them to agree the Emperor marries the Popes Nephew the Emperor was murthered in his Chamber by Count Palatine Now begun the Tartarian Kingdom they came from the Mountains of the Indies with wives and Children a fierce people against Christians and others they overrun the Meads Parthians Arminians Samaritan Asirians Persians and seated at Meotidis Paladis Otho the fourth refused to give gifts to the people at Coronation which bred commotions he invaded the Popes territories was excommunicated from the East the Venetians and French overcoming the Emperor they set up Baldwin of France Count of Flanders and when it descended to Robert his son he was crowned by the Pope as the German Emperors Frederick the second King of Cicile and Naples gave the Dukedome of Fundanus to the Church he yeilded to the Popes Canon of prescription to what the Pope would several made commotion against the Emperor the Pope joynes with them excommunicates the Emperor but the poor Christians in Asia desiring help the Emperor and Pope agree but the Emperor sending to the Pope news of his armies success against the Sarasens the Pope trampled upon his letter stirred up the Emperors son against his father to get some Dominions to the Church the Emperor returns subdues his enemies but gave a great sum of moneys before the Pope would absolve him the Emperor goes against Traytors in Italy the Pope writes to all Towns to stand out stirrs up the Venetians legats cursed him by a Bull deprived him of his dignities charg'd him with heresie the Emperor sends his Secretary to clear himself of those things the Bishops of Germany was true to him the Pope sent for a Counsel to depose the Emperor the Emperor took by Sea three Legats Monks soldiers and Treasure the Tartars come and destroy places adjacent and the Christians sent to the Emperor for help who wisht the Pope to consider Christendome but while the Emperor was ingaged for the Christians the Pope proceeded to depose him which put the Emperor to imploy his strength against him and he so brought him under that in anger and desparing the Pope died after the Emperor drove the Tartars out of Hungary but the next Pope forc'd the Emperor to more war in his own Dominions and two great parties there was the Emperors called the Gibilins and Popes the Guelts Conradus the fourth endeavouring to regain Apula his brother the Duke thereof got him poysoned the Pope sent two Armies to gain Cicily but he was beaten and died but the next Pope got Count Angow the King of France's brother to fight with the Duke of Apula that beat the former Pope and the Duke was overcome by Angow Young Conradus their sought to get his fathers Dominions was beaten by Angow and beheaded by the Popes advice So the Kingdome of Naples came into the hands of the French Radulph was chose at Frankford by the Electors he was affraid to goe to Rome for Coronation because of the Popes Tyranny it was seaven years after the former Emperor before he was chose he overthrew the King of Bohemia who in time of vacansie invaded Austridg and called himself Emperor these gave their daughters to each others son Adolph borrowed money of King Edward of England to fight against France but wanted it for his own house he sought to win Austridg but the Duke thereof slew him and raigned in his stead in the East a Christian Army of Germans Hungarians was overcome by the Sultane of Egypt who let in Sluces near Nilus upon them a second Army under Frederick regain'd Jerusalem made a Peace with the Sarasens which the King of Navor by the Popes consent broke but was beat back and the Savages regain'd Jerusalem put all Christians to death and spoyled the Sepulcher of Christ Another Army came under the King of France but a forward commander venturing upon the Sarasens and Sulton with a part of the Army was overcome and after the whole Army the King being taken who wanted assistance from the Emperor the Pope keeping him in war at home The King of Tartarian was baptised and he overcame Syria Persia and took Damascus from the Sarasens but this Kings son at his fathers death left a commander that apostatized and set fire on Sesaria the next Army was of the Kings of France and England the French took Carthage and in Cicily brought the Prince of Cicily to give way to the profession of Christian religion Prince Edward of England was wounded by a venom'd knife by a deceitful Sarasen pretending letters yet recovered but failing of fores from the Emperor the Pope stirring up the Duke of Angow to destroy Fredericks posterity he returu'd The last Army again the Sarasens was by the Emperor who the enemy circumvented as they was lading a great prey took the Christian general and after utterly destroyed in Asia their Towns and Holds but the Prince of Tartars restored Syria again but he returning home his commander revolted to the Sulton of Egypt because the Pope warring with France no succour came to him Albertus after ten years raign was kild by his brothers son now sprang up the first Othoman King of the Turks a couragious warrior that inriched himself with spoyles he subdued great part of Bithynia and other places Henry the seaventh was a Prince of excellent properties wise just and belov'd neither proud in prosperity or dejected in adversity a Monk mingling poyson with the bread of the Eucharist poyson'd him Lewis the fifth was next but some of the Electors chose Frederick who was subdued but yet being Duke of Austria vext the Burgesses of Vren Swits for helping the other Emperor which places others made a league among themselves and are called Switzers or Cantons or Pages of Helvetia the Pope being displeased with Lewis sent to the Electors to choose another which they did Charles the fourth In his time the Turks passed the Helespontus and took several Townes which was their Conquest over those regions in Europe they now possess Charls procured of the Electors that his son should be King of the Romans Vinseslaus was sluggish and given to voluptuousness and was deprived of his dignitie About this time Tamerlane Captain of the Tartars the Pr. of Og's son slaying 30000 in a
into Flanders 6000 foot which did the French great service in taking Mountmedi St. Venant and the fort of Mardike Now the King of England had 2000 English Scots and Irish unimployed which the King of Spaine with consent sends with some others commanded by the Duke of York to assault Mardike but they after six houres conflict was forc'd to retire upon which the English and French straitly besieged Dunkirk to oppose them the Dukes of Austria and York and Condie assembled 16000 horse and foot 300 English foot gave the first onset who routing the Spanish foot the horse fled and the French pursued them till the Duke of York resisted but he was overpower'd and 2000 of the Spaniards fide was prisoners after which the Governor of Dunkirk the Marquess of Leda being slaine in a sallie Dunkirk was surrendred upon conditions and by the King of France and Cardinal in person put into the hands of the English About this time the Protestants of Piedmont was by their Duke of Savoy through the instigation of the Priests cruely forc'd into the woods the Protestants in many parts especially England contributed largely to them and at last Cromwell Protector of England got the King of France to mediate with the Duke for peace with them The Swede gathers a great Army having made a league with Brandenburgh comes into the Poles Country taking divers places as far as Wsee without a blow the Pole rendezvous 36 miles from Warsow had a hallowed sword sent him but the Swede giving him a great overthrow the King of Poland fled to Cracovia which yeelded to the Swede and the Pole fled towards Hungarie An Envoy came from the King of Polands Standardbarer in his name and other of the Nobility that seeing their King was fled out of his Country they submitted to the King of Swedeland as their Soveraign Elbin yeelded and the King of Swed made his Chancellor Governor of Prussia the Swede followed the King of Poland in Silesia beates him taking seaven Standards and sends to block up Danzick gives the Pole a great overthrow at Warsovia and now when the Pole in a manner lost all the Moscovite comes into Liesland against the Swede besieges Riga and the Emperor of Germany became the Swedes open enemy the Dane also came against him by Sea and Land and besieged Bremerverden from whence the Swede coming quickly drove him to Iutland the Swede goes then to Hulsten also takes Fredericks Ode after by the frost gets Funen Island the Poles now took Lisna destroyed many Protestants went into Prussia to Thorn the Swede and Dane make peace an Envoy came to the Swede from Cromwell Protector of England to assure him the Swedes enemies should be his enemies The pretended Lord Protector of England with fourteen daies sickness died the Ducth demanded of the Portugall the Isle of St. Thomas commerce with Brazeel The Turk demands double custome of the Christians at Ierusalem The French and some English enter Ostend on a surprise but are beaten out The Swede returne upon the Dane get into Zealand and besiege Copenhagen where was the King and Nobles of Denmark Corenburgh Caslte was yeelded to the Swede the Dane in a sally had 1500 disperst the Dutch fought for the Dane near Shoven where they lost eight Ships 100 men with Wittie Wittiens that died of his wounds the Swede only loosing two Ships but attempting to storm Copenhagen lost many valorous Officers and Soldiers in the tedious time of the Legure the King of Swedeland fell sick and died advising his Counsell to peace The K. of France marries the K. of Spains daughter concludes a peace who had been long enemies Embassadors come to the King of England from France Venice Holland to desire Amity Peace is supposed to be between England and Spaine war being made only by Cromwel The Turks with an Army of 80 thousand Tatrars now marches towards Germany subdues Transilvania places Soloni GÃ ber Prince carries away many thousand Christians Captives King Charles the Second of England his Restauration Richard Cromwell immediately after his Fathers death was by the Council Proclaimed the Lord Protector who not long after summond a Parliament which was very ready to settle the Government by a single person but in their proccedings being much for Tythes settling the Church and the Presbyterial Ministrie without the liberty others expected the Officers of the Army in consultation with some others resolve to bring again the Government to a Commonwealth which Richard Collonel Goff and others sought to oppose by drawing forces together who presently instead of fighting with run to Desboroughs and Lamberts party then the Officers of the Army put out the Parliament dethron'd Richard also the Soldiers in Ireland falling in with those in England Henry Cromwell is deprived of his Deputyship then the Army bring in the remaining part of the long Parliament of the year 41 excluding the secluded Members still who preently place all Officers for a Commonwealth put out others but people being now weary of the tossings of Government inclin'd to armes Sir George Booth appeard with an Army of above 6000 but the Parliament sent Lambert who subdued him he endeavouring to escape in womens apparrel was taken prisoner the Parliament upon Lamberts returne gave him 1000 pound not long after Lamberts and Desboroughs friends in the Army Petition to the Parliament for a general for which the Parl. percieving a single person againe aim'd at put out Lambert Desborough and seaven Officers of the Army more Colonell Morlie guarding the Parliament Lambert with a party stops their going to the house Morlie requires their admition they stood one against another with their guns cockt ready to fight but the Counsell of State perceiving that the Soldiers would all be of Lamberts side ordered the guards to goe home the Parliament sitting no more the Officers of the Army at Walingford house make Fleetwood General Lambert Lieftenant General Desborough Major-Generall of the horse and Monk of the foot and erected a Committee of Safety but upon dissatisfaction by letters Monck complain'd of their turning out the Parliament Lambert goes with an Army of 10000 against him Monk sent Commissioners to treat at London but on their returne being not satisfied with what his Commissioners had done he marching towards England desired another Treaty at Newcastle and call'd a convention in Scotland who assisted him in his motion Hazlerig and Morley sease on Portsmouth with whom many of the Soldiers joyn'd for the Parliament and the Navie also declare against Lambert the Soldiers about London fell in also for the Parliament the Parl. now sitting Lamberts Army deserted him Monk marches towards London the Counties and London by Commissioners hinted their desire privately to him the Parliament sent Commissioners to him who satisfied the Parliament in him he gave uncertain hopes by his carriage and letters to all but promis'd he would be for the Parliament and against Lambert the Parliament entertain
him coming to London and grant his desire that the old soldiers may goe out of London of which City the Common Council not long after Vote to pay no more taxes without a free Parliament upon which the Parliament imprison some and ordered Monk to pull down the gates Monck his Commission being within a day or two out draws up his forces by Morefields came into the City telling them his intentions and writ a letter to the House about filling them up but they tedious in the qualifications of Members the Members formerly secluded pressing Monk he admitted them to sit who made Monk General released Sir George Booth appointed a Council of State to govern till a new Parliament came as they had provided and so dissolved themselves the Parliament assembled the Lords also sate who as also the General receiv'd letters from the King at Breda about a general pardon and liberty the Parliament invite the King to returne to his Kingdoms ordered General Moùntague to attend his commands Proclaimed him sumptuously in London and sent divers Lords and Commons and of London severall Aldermen and others goe beyond Sea to him the King ariving General Monk met him at Dover who kneeling to kiss the Kings hand the King took him up into his Coach at Canterbury the Majestrates presented the King with a cup of Gold Major General Browne and the Lord Major with divers Citizens with Gold Chaines went to bring him into London where rich Tapestry was hung out with the Companies Streamers and the Conduits run with Wine at White-Hall the Speakers of both Houses congratuled his well coming home to his Throne and the King assuring them that they should not be more ready to ask what is fitting then he to grant it retired to his lodgings The Parliament proceeded on an Act of Indempnity the King makes Proclamation for all those to come in that had a hand in his fathers death at last the Act past to pardon all but the Kings Judges and those that came in upon the Kings Proclamation not be executed without the Parliaments consent after which all in possession was tried Harrison Scot Scroop Peters Jones Carie and others was hang'd and quartred Martin Titchburne Lilburn Penington and others that came in reserved in the Tower Okey Holland Hewson Lile Goffe Whalie was never taken the Parliament having also past an Act for disbanding the Army one for Rolemony and about twenty more the King in his Speech at dissolving them call'd them a healing Parliament In London about seventy persons rose in armes one night to pull down the Monarks of the earth as Antichristian who meeting with resistance fled to a wood yet came two dayes after earlie in the morning when the City guards was five times stronger but was soon scatterd but above twenty kill'd first and last most themselves and those who were taken was tried and hang'd The King sends out writs for another Parliament before they met he was Crown'd making General Monk Duke of Albemarle Mountague Earl of Sandwitch Hollis Sir George Booth others Barons the first day of Coronation besides the Judges the Nobles rod from the Tower before the King in rich gilt embroidered Sutes of apparel hors-trappings with rich Pages and Liveries the second day the Peers went on foot from Westminster-Hall to the Abby Barrons Viscounts Earles Marquesses Dukes with their Robes and distinct Coronets some of the Bishops in rich Copes after assembled the Kings second Parliament who passed an Act to confirm several Acts of the former Parliament who was not summoned by the Kings writts news came of the tryall execution of the Marque of Argile Goutherie a Minister in Scotland The Parliament of England passing an Act for the preservation of the King and another for a free present of monies another for repealing an Act for disabling persons in holy Orders to exercise Temporal jurisdiction several other Acts proceded on an Act about conformity using the common prayer was adjorn'd 3 months about 7 weeks after a Proclamation was made in the Kings name for establishing Bishops in Scotland another for appointing the money Stampt with the Cross and Harp the States Armes in the time of the late Commonwealth to be brought to the Mint for other money allowing for Coinage Collonell Hewson one of the Kings Judges died in Holland In October 1661. Malaga was visited with a raine that swelled to such a height that it carried away whole Bridges of Bâ—ick and Stone whole houses with the people in them and abundance of wood and other materialls were driven into the Sea and a part of the City wall was overthrown the houses spoyld were about twelve hundred the people that perished thirteen hundred the damage of Oyle Wine and Rasons and otherwise to the value of about three millions of Gold About the same time at St. Malo hapned its uncertain how a fire which burnt three dayes and consumed three hundred houses About this same time the Spanish and French Embassadors Coaches skirmishing for precedency at their attendance of a Swede Embassador through London the Spaniard getting the better and about five of the French slaine the King of France sent to the Court of Spaine for satisfaction but receiving little and the Marquess of Cartena being informed of the French Commissioners not proceeding in the limits according to the new peace took Rantie but the Governor of Aras by a small fight many being wounded regained the former post but the King of Spain sending a great present to his Daughter the Queen of France and the new borne Dolphin The King of France resented this gift so kindly as that he declared there should be no war but wrote thanks to his Catholick Majesty for the twelve China dishes and Diamonds sent to the Queen and Dolphin worth 50000 Crownes but the Prince of Spaine now died notwithstanding the body of St. Diego was brought from Lizna to his Chamber who as one wisely or other wisely observes hath done great cures for the Princes of Spaine About this time the Turks pretended to the Emperor of Germany if he beleeve it that he will come no further then Transilvania and is ready to make peace with the Emperor it s supposed only because he finds the Christians gathering so great strength against him that he had better then to come on towards Germany joyn with the confederate rebellious Army of the Popish Subjects against their King and make shure if he can that Kingdome In England King Charles the Second being sure to the Infanta of Portugall she is generally pray'd for in the Churches under the name of Queen Catherine In Spaine there is a Prince borne to Comfort against the loss of the new diseased Prince In England the King appoints several learned persons of the Episcopall and Presbyterian perswasions to reveiw the Liturgie who after long debating about the Common Prayer and Ceremonies come no nearer one another then at the beginning The
for the King of Ipyrus more Townes by his eloquence then the King himself by the sword The son of Craesus seeing one running at his father with a drawn sword through strong affection though dumb all his life before cried O kill not the King The rich Cardinal of Winchester that procured the death of the good Duke of Glocester King Henry the sixth being struck with an incurable disease cryed fie will not death be hired will money doe nothing An Earle that used commonly to say let me be drown'd in a privy if such a thing be not so was so drown'd at St. Peters Monastery at Erford Sila put to death all he could remember and caus'd it to be regestred that he had precribed and put to death 4700 Citizens of Rome Contentions was so great in Constantius time between the Bishops that they brought whole bundles of Petitions against one another to the Emperor who desirous of Peace burnt them without reading Cardinall Langi acknowledged that formation of the Masse was needful and liberty of meats convenient but that Lather should reform all that was not to be endured Catos Daughter being married to Brutus who conspiring against Julius Caesar being troubled in mind and not imparting it to his wife observing it she being grieved took a rasor and wounded her thigh and losing much blood fell into a Feaver and after at hearing of her husbands death killd her self The first Christian King in the world was Lusius of the Brittains The first Christian Emperor Constantine was borne in England England is called the Granery of the Western world the Pope formerly received yearly from hence more then Ten tuns of Gold Cleobis and Bilon brethren in Greece lov'd their mother so dearely as they harnessed themselves to draw her Coach when she was to goe to Junoes Temple Some Elephants the Magull keeps to execute Malefactors some they pash to death presently others they break their joynts by degrees as they are bid William the Conqueror gave a mannor and certain yard-lands in Buckingamshire to one upon this condition that the possessor thereof should find litter for the Kings Bed when he came that way Rubenius Celer would needs have it ingraven on his Tomb that he had lived with his wife Ennea fortie three years and yet they never fell out In a battel when the Persians was overthrown by the Turks many women was slain that being arm'd followd their husbands in the battel Cleopatra Queen of Egppt at a banquet drunk up a pearl dissolved worth fifty thousand pounds and one dish at second course was valued at two hundred and fifty peeces of gold When the bloody Danes raged in England they coming to a Nunnery at Coldington in Scotland Ebba the proresse with the rest of the Nuns cut off their own noses and lips chosing rather to preserve their virginity then their beauty yet the Danes burnt the Monastery and them in it Godfrie of Bulligne with his followers in four years conquered all the goodliest Provinces of Asia in one fight his men stood in blood to the anckles in another he slew a hundred thousand Turks or Infidells Two brothers followers of Phythagoras lov'd so intirely that Dionysius condemning one the other offered to dye in his stead which the Tyrant seeing desired to be a third in their affection Pericles was so patient as he dispatcht much business and after came softly to his house at night and ordered his man to light home a fellow that had been railing at him all the day Theomesticles by the strength of his memory could call all his soldiers by name King Romulus was first a Shepheard Priscus a banisht stranger and Servius a Bond slave as his name imports Calvin an eye witness testifies that when Geneva embrased the Gospell the Magistrates found by visiting the relicks that what was adored as the braine or St. Peter was a Pummis stone and Anthonies arm was the sinew of a Stag the parcell of wood in Europe which the Papists say are parts of Christs Crosse will load a ship though the Crosse was no more then a man could bare Boca di porco or Swinsmouth being chose Pope changed his name Sergius which president his successors follow if one be a Tyrant he is called Clemens if unjust Inosent Micypsa on his death-bed caused all his sons to write this sentence in golden letters by concord small things are increased by discord great things are overthrown Ten Noble virgins delivered by the Romans as hostages to Parsonna upon Peace with him being abroad without guard escapt home but Publica Consul to the Romans returned them again though his own Daughter was one of them De Thermes a French General knighted a soldier for first mounting a bulwark and an hour after hang'd him for doing it without command Henry the fourth K. of England when his eldest son Prince of Wales was committed by the Lord chief Justice for afronting him on the Bench thanked God he had a Judge so impartiall and a son so obedient to submit to Justice The Egyptians being releeved with Corne by King Apis and the Corn being done by the labor of the Ox they worshipt Apis under the form of a pide Ox. In Poland there was bred a stinking disease by reason of a vicious humor glewing together the haire of the head in the form of little Serpents full of nastiness yielding if pricked blood and the cutting of this haire at first would cause the humor to torter some other part of the body Erostratus a young man to make himself famous and to perpetuate his name set on fire Diana's Temple at Ephesus one of the Stateliest fabricks of the world Eunomius the heretick boasting he knew God Basil to convince him of his ignorance graveld him in twenty one questions about the pismire A Spanish Cobler lying on his death-bed laid a speciall charge upon his eldest son to retain the Majesty worthy his family The Mahomitans pray with a still voyce useing many words which set forth the omnipotency eternity and other atributes of God and acknowledge themselves burthens to the earth poyson to the Air dareing not to look to heaven but comfort themselves in Mahomet and pray five times a day at 6.9.12.3 and 6. at night King Sapores straitly besieging Nisibis upon the prayer of a devout man God sent an Army of Gnatts and Flies that tormented away the Persians A Varlot betraying the Isle of Rhodes to the Turk to have his daughter was after told by the Turk that if he should be his son in law he must not be a Christian but a Musleman within and without and so fleyed off his baptised skin and put him in a bed strewed with salt to get a new skin killing him with shame and torment Judge Morgan Lord chief Justice of the Common pleas refusing any witness to speak or any other matter to be heard in favour of the adversary her Majesty being partie the Queen declared that her pleasure was that whatever
could be brought in favour of the Subject should be admitted Micithus servant to Tyrant Aneuxilus was left by his dying master to be Viceroy during his childrens minority who behaved himself so gently and justly that the people thought him fit to rule but notwithstanding he resigned to the Children at age his power and therewithall the Treasures he by providence had heaped up and contenting himself with a small pittance he went and liv'd privately but with great respect Aristides the Athenian would not favour any mans cause because he was his friend or doe injustice to any because he was his enemy once seeing an enemy that the Judge was so angry with as to hear no more of his cause Aristides beg'd at the Judges feet that his offender might make his defence Aristides being at another time Judge between two private men one of them said Sir this man hath done you wrong also to whom Aristides replied friend I am here to doe thee right not my self M. Cato prised every Citizens goods and rated their apparrel coaches wives chaines and Jewels to the end that those which were so superfluous in those things should pay the more subsidie to defray the charge of the Common-wealth Demosthenes being banisht by his ungrateful Citizens departing out of the City perswaded the young men not to meddle with matters of State assuring them that if they had offered him two wayes at first the one to goe into the assemblies to make Orations to the people the other to be put to death presently and that he had known as he now did the troubles that man suffers that medles in the affairs of the Commonwealth together with the fear envie accusations that attend the same he would have chosen death rather then the other Archimedes was so hard at his Mathematicall studie when Syracuse was taken that he heard not the noise yea not heeding even when the soldiers broke upon his study they thinking he slited them a soldier run him through Pithagorus liv'd a whole year in a Cave that being sequestred from the society of men he might the better studie philosophy Cato Vlisensis did so industriously adict himself to the studie of Greek Authors that as he set in the Senate house shadowing his bookes with his gowne he was upon all oportunities reading of them King James coming into the Library at Oxford seeing the chains by which the books was fastned wisht that if ever it was his destiny to be a prisoner that the library might be his prison Philip King of Macedon besieging Abidus when the people saw that they could not escape they first cast their goods into the sea and then kild their wives and children and themselves leaving an emptie City for him Antigonus observing one of his soldiers very valiant ready to adventure on desperate services and yet looking pale and lean would know what he ailed and finding he had a dangerous disease Antigonus using all the means he could got him recovered but perceiving after he was less forward then formerly the King demanding of him the reason he ingenuously confessed that he now felt the sweetness of his life and therefore was loath to loose it Zalucus the lawmaker having made a law that the Adulterer should lose both his eyes not long afar his own son was proved guilty before him of than sin whereupon to shew the love of a Father and sincerity of a Judge he put out one of his sons eyes and one of his owne Mercurius Trismigistus was in such respect among the Egyptians that in reverence of him it was not lawfull to pronounce his name commonly and rashly how then should we never use Gods name but to purpose and with seriousness If any of us Jewes saith Josephus be asked of any point of the Law we answer it as readily as if we had been asked our own name The Venetians punish with death those that misimploy but a small matter of the publick stock to their own private profit Phil Melancthon tells of a play that was to be acted of the death and passion of Christ he that acted Christs part on the Crosse was wounded to death by one that should thrust his sword into a bladder of blood and he with his fall killed one that acted a womans part lamenting under the Crosse his brother that was first slaine seeing this slew the murtherer for which himself by the order of Justice was hang'd Theodorick and Frederick slew their own brother Thrasimaâ—d King of the Visigothes to get his kingdome and after Theod had reigned thirteen years he was served in the same kind by his owne brethren who slew him to get his kingdome Cato Major accused threw envy for his vertue was forc'd to plead for himself forty six times before the people Charles the fifth bestowed when the King of Tunis came to him such perfume upon his dishes that one Peacock and two Pheasants drest cost 100 Duckets Balisarius having obtained many great victories against the Vandalls and ingraven them on a pillar he erected of 100 pound weight of gold had after through the malice of the Empresse his eyes put out and driven to such want as to beg in the way side pray give a half-penny to poor Balisarius Mahomet the great being murmured at by his Captains as doating upon a Lady a wondrous beauty he called them to see her in most rich attire who they admired but he to shew he preferred not his private affection before the publick drew out his cemiter and immediately cut off her head In the Magulls country where mens bodyes dead are burned many of their wives to gain the repute of loving ones will burn with them and will not be perswaded from it by great proffers from the King The Mahometans by their law are injoyned to make restitution of ill gotten goods if they cannot presently satisfie they give bills if they know not to whom to restore they bequeath it to Hospitalls Bathes or Churches Cyrillus loving an only son unmeasurerably giving him liberty to doe what he list without correction at last his son came to be so vile as to offer violence in his drunken humour to his Mother with child killed his Father and woundead two sisters to death Morgan Bishop of St. Davis who condemned Martyr Farras and usurpt his Bishoprick not long after strucken by Gods anger his meat would not goe down but pict up againe either at his mouth or nose in a horrible manner till death There was such a Tempest at Cardinall Wolsies Funeral as blew out all the Torches and his black body so stunck that they was fain to throw his body in his Tomb and there leave him Alexander besieging an Indian City the people within set fire of it and the soldiers breaking in labored not more to quench it and save the people then they did to increase the flame rather then be captives Madam Charlot de Vrsnes a French Lady publisht at Paris her homilies as they are called upon the obscure Epistle on the Hebrews with the approbation of two Doctors Marois and Tenot and with the priviledge of the King Mazentius the barbarous Tyrant would tie dead and living bodies together and say let men fell themselves die Dead bodies to the quick he joyn'd and Composing face to face and hand to hand Flowing with putred filth strange torment by Embraces foul he slowly caus'd to die A Governour under the Duke of Normandy not effecting his desire in abusing a gentlewoman imprison'd her husband and cut off his head upon which complaint being made to the Duke he sent for both parties the Governor tremblingly confessing the truth the Duke askt him if he would marry the Gentlewoman and give her his estate who yeelded to it then askt the Gentlewoman if she was willing who advised by her friends the Governor being a great man in his Princes favour she consented and the Duke saw them married and then askt the Gentlewoman whether she was satisfied yes said she but said the Duke so am not I and so sent the Governor to prison and beheaded him Dyogenes the conceited Phylosopher being one day washing of hearbs was told by Plato if you could court Dyonisius you need not wash herbes Dyogenes replyed if you could wash hearbes you need not Court Dyonisius and seeing an untoward wrestler undertake to cure diseases askt him whether he had now meanes to cast those to the ground who had before worsted him The invention of Printing Lawrence Jans a rich Citizen at Harlem in the Low Countries walking into woods for recreation cut in peeces of wood the letters of his name printing them on the back of his hand which pleasing him he cut three or four lines and putting Inke upon them he printed them upon paper and joyning hereat he determined to find out an Ink more fastening and with his Cousen Tho Petresse got a way to print whole sheets but of one side only after he changed his letters of wood into lead A prophane wretch swaring he believed not that the Soule survived the body and that he would sell his Soule which after the Devill in mans shape buying of him for wine he was in the presence of several persons carried away and never heard of FINIS
and was much terrified at it Justinian was strong for the Christian faith of the four Counsells he by Bellisarius overcame the Persians recoverd what his predecessors had lost in Asia Africk Europe also Carthage from the Vandalls drove the King of the Gothes out of Italy recoverd Sicile but the Goths chose another King and recoverd Italy but was beaten out again one of the Emperors Captains angry with the Emperors Sons wife sends for the Longabards out of Panamia who possessed themselves of that part of Italy call'd Lumbardie This Emperor abridged the Roman Laws call'd a counsell about disputations moved Origens and Theodorus writings Justinus Jun having his Dominions wasted put on the Emperial robes on Tiberius wishing him wisely to governe the Roman Empire the King of Persia was now so high that he would not admit of the Emperors Embassadors but was subdued by the Emperor who subdued also the Goths and Vandals the King of Goths put to death his own Son for turning from Arianisme Maritius to whom Tiberius gave his Daughter and Kingdome suffered twelve thousand soldiers to be slain through not parting with a little money to ransome them for which the souldiers brought him before Phocus who they had chose who killd the Emperor and his Wife and Children Phocus reigned in Cruelty and Drunkenness the Roman Empire was weakned by divers enemies the Patriarch of Rome perceiving that the Patriarch of Constantinople was like to be the chief he wrote against Supremasie but afterward being in great favour with the Emperor he got him to ordain the Bishop of Rome to be universal Bishop and the Church of Rome head over all Churches which dignity was importunately begged and with much contention obtain'd This Emperor was overome by his Son-in-law and others and brought to Heraclianus who commanded his head and feet to be cut of and stump burnt Heraclianus the King of Persia had now taken Jerusalem who gave the Jews leave to kill many thousand Christians and would not have peace with the Emperor without the Emperor would turn Pagan but the Emperor subdued him and regaind Jerusalem after this he fell into the heresie of the Monotholites and was given to insest and curious arts At this time begun the Monarchy of the Sarasens a people of Arabia who fought under the Emperor against the Persian but craving wages for their services was called Arabian doggs by the Emperors Treasurer upon which they chose Mahomet their Captain took Damascus conquered Syria Palestina Egypt Persia and consulted with an Apostate Bishop and some Jewes and set up a mixt Religion or Alcoran of Judaisme Christianisme and Paganisme commanding all people that could be conquered by fire and sword to receive this doctrine he overthrew a great army of the Emperors the Emperor about renewing his Army died with grief Constantius was soon poysoned by his fathers second wives advise that her Son might reign but the Senate cut out her tongue and her beautiful Sons nose and banisht them about this time the Sarasens took Caesaria and slew therein 7000 Christians Constans revenged himself on them that conspired his fathers death and subdued one whom the Army chose Emperor cut off the noses of his two brothers because their beuty should not commend them the Sarasens was now brought to pay tribute unto the Emperor who though he was something Heretical yet calld a Counsell that utterly condemnd the Monotholites Justinian was cruell to the Citizens of Constantinople but a Nobleman took him cut off his nose and banisht him and burnt two of his Counsellers in the belly of a brasen Bull but the Souldiers being inconstant they cut off the Noblemans nose and put him into a Monastery and chose another but the first Emperor by another Princes help recovers his power slew both the other Emperors and continuing cruel still Philipicus got him slain by a servant Philipicus was declared Heretick by the Bishop of Rome for rasing pictures out of a Temple had his eyes put out by Artemius his Secretary Artemius deposeth the Patriarch of Constantinople for not keeping the Faith Theodosius taking the Emperor forc'd him to take the habit of a Monk and Theodosius reigned in his stead but hearing of Leo's being chosen went to a Monastery and gave over his governing Leo Isaurus destroyed Images the Bishop of Rome forbad tribute to be paid him excommunicated and disauthorised him sent out curses against him and hot warrs there was between Emperor and Pope This Pope Gregory the second was reckoned a Conjurer though the Lumbards had joyned with him in routing the Emperor yet in sharing he casts to clear Italy to the Roman Sea and to ingage Charles of France he sent him the keys of the holy Sepulcher and St. Peters Chaine This Pope decreed in a Senod that all that would not do religious honour to Images should be cut off from the body and blood of Christ The Sarasens utterly destroyed the Gothes in Spain but was beaten out of France with the loss of three hundred thousand Constantius Copronymus fighting against the Arabians the Senate great favourers of Images gave out the Emperor was dead and chose another but he returned and won Constantinople he gathered a general Counsel which condemn'd worshiping of Images The Turks and Scythians now invaded the Arminians and Sarasens but the agreement was that the Turks in Persia should be called Sarasens who also embrased the Mahomitan Religion the Pope and King of France overcame the Lombards Leo the former's son was zealous against Images punisht those near him for worshiping of them Irene the wife of Leo was deposed by her son Constantius but she pluckt out both his eyes and imprisoned him where he died for grief she persecuted those that was not for Images of Saints and Fathers she was at last banisht and deposed by Nicephorus who raigned eight years after her but now the famous Empire of the East was in a manner extinguisht Nicephorous treats with Charles the great and contents himself with small Dominions besides the Turks and Goths in the West and Hunnes and Lumbards had continued long in their several Dominions got from the old Empire Charles the great he was first King of France but declared and crown'd by Leo the third Bishop of Rome a prudent Emperor a detester of worshiping of Images he fought against the King of Denmark and Bohemia enemies to Christians he appointed his kinsman over Italy and left his son Lodovicus Emperor Lodovicus called for his meekness pious was crowned by the fourth Bishop of Romet Barnard governor of Italy rebelled but was beheaded his sons also rebelled whom the Emperor pardoned the Sarasens from Egypt invade Sicily burning towns and killing Priests the Emperor with the Bishop of Romes help drove the Sarasens away the Bishop of Vtrech threatned to excommunicate the Emperor if he would not leave his wife because she was his kinswoman this Emperor gave over his right in choosing Pope to the Clergy and people