of his people and at last was murdered by Artabanus his president ¶ A sedicion in Rome for the lawe Agraria Before Britayne knovven 421 The mistocles distroiyng and driuing away the Barbariens reedified and wa led Athenes The yere of the worlde 3492 The yere before Christe 471 At the laste for al his benifites by hys vnnaturall countrey men he was banished and of force driuen to go vnto Xerxes his vtter ennemy who rereyued him honourably and wold haue sent him with an army againste the Atheniens but he chosyng rather to dye than to be vnfaithfull to Xerxes or els to destroy his countrey poisoned him selfe Sedicion and pestilence in the citee of Rome Urbinia a virgin Uestale for loosynge hir chastytee was buryed quicke Aristides of Athenes for his wisedome iustice and temperance was right noble and famous He not withstanding that the AthenieÌ„s had exiled him without anye cause but onely for that he was counted to excell in iustice yet at his departyng he prayd to god that what so euer they desired it might come to good effect and coÌ„clusion And when he was called againe from banishment he neuer remembred any olde displeasure in so muche that he alwaye honoured Themistocles with whom he had perpetuall contention in the wealepublike Of his temperance this was a great token that notwithstandynge he had bene in the greatest dygnytiee and offyces in the commoÌ„ weale of Athenes yet dyed he so poore that he left not sufficient to burye hym worshypfullye And his daughters wer maried at the coÌ„mon charge of the citee And to his son Lycimacus was giueÌ„ by the people one huÌ„dred Minae whiche is of our money .239 poundes .xi. s. viii d. Unto this tyme Herodotus wrote his history The yere before Christe 469 Before Britayne knovven 419 ¶ Amilco capitaine of Cartage about this tyme The yere of the worlde 3494 after many victories bothe on lande and sea lost all his army by pestilence in Sicily Before Britayne knovven 417 Artabanus in hope to opteyne the empire slue Xerxes The yere of the worlde 3496 whome Artaxerxes to be reuenged of his fathers deathe with his sworde thrust him throughe the bodye The yere before Christe 467 whan he had reigned .vii. monethes Artaxerxes the seuenth emperour of Persia surnamed long hande reigned .xl. yeares â–ª his dominion was from the furthest parte of Inde vnto Aethiope ouer an .127 prouinces The yere of the worlde 3497 The yere before Christe 466 he embraced peace Before Britayne knovven 416 and therfore was beloued of his subiectes Artaxerxes made a great feast vnto his lordes be put away from hym the queene Uaschi The yere of the worlde 3499 The yere before Christe 464 Before Britayne knovven 414 because she refused to come to him and caused many maidens to be brought before hym amonge whom in place of Uasche he chose Hester Sicily was gouerned by the people Quintius builded in Rome the brothelhouses The Romanes mustered iÌ„ which there were found .124 214. heades of citesins A pestilence in Rome wherein the consules dyed Before Britayne knovven 412 The Uolscians besieged Rome The yere of the worlde 3501 The yere before Christe 462 The Romaynes tryumphed ouer the Uolscians with theyr alies The yere of the worlde 3502 The yere before Christe 461 Before Britayne knovven 411 In this battaile the name of Uolscians was almoste destroyed For there fell of them in discomfiture 10470. taken prisoners with .xiii. insignes .1250 Esdras by the licence of Artaxerxes came from Babylon to Hierusalem with .1775 Iewes The yere of the worlde 3503 The yere before Christe 460 Before Britayne knovven 410 to repaire the lawe and citee of god and to teache the people For he gathered and brought in order the bokes of holye scripture before scattered and destroied and inuented the hebre charectes whiche be vsed at this daye This yere also Hester began to reigne as queene Perdicas kyng of Macedon reigned .28 yeres Before Britayne knovven 409 The yere of the worlde 3504 The yere before Christe 459 The seruantes in Rome rebelled they toke the capital by their capitain Herdonius and slue Ualerius the coÌ„sul The consules triumphed ouer the Uolscians Before Britayne knovven 408 the citee mustered The yere of the worlde 3505 The yere before Christe 458 in whiche there were 1â—2419 citezens Quintius Cincinatus was chosen Dictatour froÌ„ the plough The yere of the worlde 3506 The yere before Christe 457 Before Britayne knovven 407 who wypyng awaye the duste and sweate from his face entred the citee and receiued that high auctoritee in whiche by his prowesse and wisedom he not only deliuerd the citee from the assaulte of theyr enemies but also vanquished theim After whiche vyctorye he surrendred his office and dignitee and repaired agayne to his husbandry whiche he diligently applied A sedicion The ten Tribunes or protectours of the coÌ„minaltee were created ¶ A man persuaded Artaxerxes to coÌ„maunde all the Iewes to be slayne Before Britayne knovven The yere of the worlde The yere before Christe 456 bicause Mardocheus wolde not doo reuerence vnto hym Before Britayne knovven 405 The yere of the worlde 3508 The yere before Christe 455 The king grauÌ„ted and the commandement was sent foorth and whan it should be executed In the meane while Hester declared hir kynred and deliuered the whole nacion from that mischiefe A maÌ„ was hanged vppon the galowes whiche he had prepared for Mardocheus and the other was exalted into the kynges fauour who as Philo witnesseth liued .198 yeares Empedocles and Parmenides philosophiers of Athenes in this time flourished The fyrst in musike was notable the other sequestryng him selfe from al company on the mouÌ„tayn Caucasus deuised the science of logike Cratinus Plato comedie writers and Aristarchus maker of tragedies liued A dissencion in Rome for the lawe Agraria ¶ Neemias obteined licence of the kyng and queene Hester Before Britayne knovven 403 to fynyshe Hierusalem The yere of the worlde 3510 The yere before Christe 453 At this daye begynneth the computacion of the .70 wekes of Daniel euery weke coÌ„teynyng seuen yere whiche fynished at the death of Tiberius after whom Gaius caused his ymage to be set in the temple vnder the name of great Iupiter ¶ Neemias with the helpe of Eliasib high priest sonne of Ioachim and Resa Mosolla son of Zorobabell with other princis of the people in .52 dayes fynysshed their worke And for feare of the inuasioÌ„s of theyr ennemies thei helde theyr weapoÌ„s in one hand and wrought with the other The walles beyng builded Neemias coÌ„manded the people to assemble and recited vnto them the law and celebrated the feast of that moneth he gouerned the people .12 yeres and after retourned vnto the kynge as he promised Not long after he repaired agayne into Iurie where he wrate the boke of his owne gestes and quietly fynyshed his lyfe The Romaines had hytherto no certayne lawe to preserue common coÌ„corde and peace in their publike weale wherby contrauersies and dissencions
of the worlde 3652 The yere before Christe 311 MOrindus a cruell prince Before Britayne knovven 261 began to reigne in Briteine he as oure cronicles saye foughte veyth a kyng who came out of Germany arriued here slue him with al his power Moreouer as they write oute of Irishe seas came foorthe a wonderfull monster whiche destroyed much people wherof the king hearing would of his valyaunte courage nedes fight with it by whom he was cleane deuoured When he had reygned viii yeres Here beginneth the kingdome of Syria wher Seleucus Nicanor first reigned .32 yeres Pestilence inuaded Rome Nola with other cityes was taken In this place the Scottes began theyr chronycles at Fergus son of Farquahard kinge of Irelande who as they write came with a great power out of Irelande to theyr ayd in the dissencion betwene them and the pitchtes where by hys wisedome and prowes be so behaued him selfe that he agreed those people and obteined suche fauour that they elected him to be theyr king he reigned among them .25 yeres and finally in passinge the seas betwene Irelande and Scotland he was drowned These histories of the Scottes asthey set them forth be full of errours and agre with no other historiens for they saye that Fergus slue Coil king of Britain when there was no suche of that name nor manye yeres after as it may in this boke playnly appeare But I will take the yeres of the reignes of theyr kinges as they write them whiche were from this time vnto the cominge of Cesar .260 yeres for whiche cause I haue here for the better agremente of the history and computacion of the yeres begun to write of them Before Britayne knovven 260 Lysimachia in Thracia builded The yere of the worlde 3653 The yere before Christe 310 Before Britayne knovven 256 Cassander caused Arsines The yere of the worlde The yere before Christe 309 the wife of great Alexander with her son Hercules to be put to death Ptholome inuaded Ciprus In Rome the tribunes of the souldiours that shoulde gouerne the Legions were ordeyned with the two admirals of theyr nauy Ptholome and Cassander The yere of the worlde 3655 The yere before Christe 308 coÌ„federates with Lysimachus and Seleucus â–ª Before Britayne knovven warred against Antigonus whose son Demetrius fought with theym and was ouercome by Ptholome Fabius Rutilanus vanquished the Hetruscians and gaue theym peace for .30 yeres The Romaynes tryumphed bothe of the Samnites and Hetruscians Demetrius Phalereus obteyned of Ptholome that the Atheniens might be restored to their popular gouernaÌ„ce Antigonus The yere of the worlde 3656 The yere before Christe 307 and all the other princis Before Britayne knovven 257 Before Britayne knovven 256 named theym selues kinges The yere of the worlde 3657 The yere before Christe 306 Demetrius the sonne of Antigonus delyuered Grece from tyraÌ„ny and ouercame and put to flight Ptholome in a battayle on the sea Fabius made proconsul ouercame brought in subiection the Samnites and sold .4000 of theyr complices The yere of the worlde 3658 The yere before Christe 305 The Romaines triumphed againe ouer the SaÌ„nites they renued their league with the Carthaginenses Before Britayne knovven 255 The yere of the worlde 3659 The yere before Christe 304 Seleucus buylded diuers cities in Syria The yere of the worlde 3660 The yere before Christe 303 GOrbomannus eldest sonne of Morindus Before Britayne knovven 254 reigned xi yeres A prince iuste religious Before Britayne knovven 253 he renued the temples of his goddes and gouerned his people in peace and wealthe Symon sonne of Onias surnamed the iust was hygh priest of the Iewes The auncient league was geuen to the Samnites the xxxi townes of the Equians were taken the Marrucines with other confederated them with the Romayns In a certayne caue in Umbria .2000 armed meÌ„ were destroyed with smoke and fyre The yere of the worlde 3661 The yere before Christe 302 Before Britayne knovven 252 Seleucus obteyned Babilon and buylded Antioche Ptholome The yere of the worlde 3662 The yere before Christe 301 Cassander Lysimachus Before Britayne knovven 251 and Seleucus ouer came and slue in battaile Antigonus king of Asia Cleominus a Lacedemon with a nauy of Grekes arriued on the costes of Italy Demetrius sonne of Antigonus Before Britayne knovven 250 succeded in the kingdome of Asia The yere of the worlde 3663 The yere before Christe 300 and reigned xvii yeres About this time the Romans began to vse barbours for before they neuer shaued theyr beardes The lawes Ualeria and Portia were made and the bishops and diuinours were consecrated The yere of the worlde 3665 The yere before Christe 298 A great famine in Athenes Before Britayne knovven 248 The yere of the worlde 3666 The yere before Christe 297 Antipater and Alexander sonnes of Cassander Before Britayne knovven 247 reygned in Macedone .iiii. yeres But Iustine writet h that Philip succeded Alexander The Samnites being driuen backe by Decius entred into Hetruria where they toke Ferentinum and other townes but by the consuls they were slayne and taken Before Britayne knovven 246 Fabyus Rutilanus triumphed vpon the Hetruscians and Gaules The yere of the worlde 3667 The yere before Christe 296 Before Britayne knovven 245 The yere of the worlde 3668 The yere before Christe 295 P. Decius auowed him selfe to die for the Romains There were slaine of the Hetruscians Gaules 24000 and of the Samnites by Uolumnius .16300 Before Britayne knovven 244 Attilius Regulus subdued the Sabines The yere of the worlde 3669 The yere before Christe 294 Posthumius the Hetruscians peace was giuen to the Uolscians and other for .xl. yeres Demetrius king of Asia The yere of the worlde 3670 The yere before Christe 293 obteined the roialme of Macedon Before Britayne knovven 243 whiche .6 yeres he kept Antipater sonne of Cassander slue his mother Demetriê° by fraud put to deth Alexander and Philip wherby he possessed the royalme of Macedon The Samnites and Hetruscians wer vanquished by the Romaines ARchigallo brother to GorbamaÌ„nê° The yere of the worlde 3671 The yere before Christe 292 was crouned king of Britain Before Britayne knovven 242 he was in coÌ„dicioÌ„s vnlike to his brother for he deposed the noble meÌ„ exalted the vnnoble he extorted frome men their goodes to enrich his treasury for whiche cause by the astates of the royalme he was depriued of his roial dignite whan he had reigned .v. yeres Nagid called also Nage succeded his father in the principalitee of the Iewes .x. yeres The Boeotians forsoke Demetrius whoÌ„ he subdued and toke Thebes A pestilence for which cause the ymage Aesculapius was brought from Epidaurus to Rome ¶ Fabius ouercome of the Samnites was rescued by his father he triumphed ouer them and put their capitain Pontius to death Pyrrhus vainquished Pantauchus The yere of the worlde 3673 The yere before Christe 290 Before Britayne knovven 240 This Pyrrhus kyng of Epyre was a valiaÌ„t and fierse warriour sterne of countinauÌ„ce and
Argos with a stone cast downe of a woman he was slayne Before Britayne knovven 223 ¶ Alexander the sonne of Pyrrhus The yere of the worlde 3690 The yere before Christe 273 was kyng of the Epyrotes The Tarentines hearing of the death of Pyrrhus sollicited the Carthaginenses to take theyr part whom the Romains ouercame and vanquished ELidurus afore named after the death of hir brother Archigallo for his pietee and iustice Before Britayne knovven 222 The yere of the worlde 3691 The yere before Christe 272 by the general consent of the Britons was again chosen king But he reigned not passinge two yere but er that his yonger brethren Uigenius and Peredurus raised war against him and toke him prisoner where he remained as they write in the tower of London during theyr reygne Eleazer the high priest of the Iewes Before Britayne knovven 221 Alexander king of Epirus got the realme of MacedoÌ„ The yere of the worlde 3692 The yere before Christe 271 Genutius the consul toke Rhegium and sent the right Legion whiche had forsaken the Romaines in the warres of Pyrrhus to Rome who by the commaundement of the people were whipped and after put to death VIgenius and Peredurus The yere of the worlde 3653 The yere before Christe 270 after the taking of theyr brother Before Britayne knovven reigned together .vii. yeres Uigenius theÌ„ died and Peridurus reigned after alone .2 yeres Demetrius sonne of Antigonus recouered the realme of Macedon and depriued Alexander of his kingedome who fled to the Arcadians Maynus yongest son of Fergus after the death of his vncle was king of Scottes he deuised manye supersticious ceremonies to be vsed in his pagan lawe and when he had reigned .29 yeres he died Before Britayne knovven 219 The Alexandrines sent by Ptolome to Rome obteyned the amitie which they desired The yere of the worlde 3694 The yere before Christe 269 In this yere the Romains first coigned syluer The Picentes first moued warre Before Britayne knovven 218 The Picentes were ouercome the Romaines triumphed ouer them The yere of the worlde The yere before Christe 268 they buylded Priminium in France Beuentum in Italy Before Britayne knovven 217 Amos Scyrach prince of the Iewes The yere of the worlde 3696 The yere before Christe 267 gouerned theym xiiii yeres Warre indicted to the Salentines Brunduse taken and moÌ„struous prodigies sene In Rome they mustered there were founde 2712â—4 heades The yere of the worlde 3699 The yere before Christe 264 The first warres betwene the Romans and Carthaginenses began in Sicily in the which Before Britayne knovven 214 Ap. Claudiê° triumphed vpon â–ª Hiero and the Affricans The yere of the worlde 3701 The yere before Christe 262 Peace being made with Hiero and the Syracusans Before Britayne knovven 212 he gaue vnto the Romaines .cc. talentes of syluer and the Affricanes wer vanquished in Sicily The yere of the worlde 3702 The yere before Christe 261 SLidure Before Britayne knovven 211 the third tyme was made king of Britayne who continued his later reigne honourably and iustly but beinge sore brused with age and troubles he finished his life when he had nowe lastely reygned .iiii. yeres The yere of the worlde 3703 The yere before Christe 260 Antiochus surnamed Theos the thyrd king of Siria reigned .xv. yeres Before Britayne knovven 210 Hanno duke of Carthage in a battayle vppon the sea was vanquished by Duilius the consul Cornelius his felowe was taken by the Carthaginenses The yere of the worlde 3704 The yere before Christe 259 L. Cornelius Scipio wasted the isles Corsica and Sardinia â–ª Hanno duke of Carthage was slayne Before Britayne knovven 209 The yere of the worlde 3705 The yere before Christe 258 GOrbonian reigned in Britayne .x. yeres Before Britayne knovven 208 Attilius Calatinus going to Camerina fel into the hoste of the Poenians or Carthaginenses and by the helpe of Calphurnius was rescued Anniball the elder being vanquished by the Romains of his own meÌ„ was hanged The yere of the worlde 3706 The yere before Christe 257 Xantippus king of Lacedemonia Before Britayne knovven 207 The Parthians refused the dominion of the Syrians M. Attilius Regutus with his companion vaÌ„quished the CarthagineÌ„ses on the sea warred in Affrica wher they were victours Regulus killed a serpent of wonder full greatnesse by Xantippus the Lacedemon he was ouercome and taken prisoner Arsaces inuaded the realme of Parthia suppressiÌ„g Andragorus the president therof Of him all the kinges of Parthia were called Arsaces Theodotus the president of Bactria coÌ„maunded him selfe to be called king The yere of the worlde 3708 The yere before Christe 255 Upon the sea the Carthaginenses were againe ouercome Before Britayne knovven 205 by the Romanes â–ª and they also by the cost of sicilie with tempest were destroyed Mathathias siloa receyued the principalite of the Iewes Before Britayne knovven 204 and gouerned them .x. yeres The yere of the worlde 3709 The yere before Christe 254 The consules destroyed the sea costes of Affrica returnyng victors into sicily aboute Palinurus they suffered shipwrecke Metellus in sicily ouerthrew Asdrubal The yere of the worlde 3712 The yere before Christe 251 and broughte 120. elephantes with great pompe to Rome Before Britayne knovven 201 Manasses was made hyghe priest of the Iewes The yere of the worlde 3713 The yere before Christe 250 Before Britayne knovven 200 Regulus being fyue yeres kept in prison was sent by the Carthaginenses to Rome on his fidelitee to obteine peace which if he could not â–ª to returne againe and yeld him self prisoner but he dissuaded the senate froÌ„ makiÌ„g peace or exchanging prisoners and so returned to Carthage to prison wher with most valiant mynd he vainquished fortune The coÌ„suls besiged Lilybeê° by Annibal the son of Amilcar thei wer vanquished lost most part of their army At the haueÌ„ Drepanus the Romans fought vnluckyly The yere of the worlde 3714 The yere before Christe 246 Before Britayne knovven 199 MOrgan was crowned king of britain who guided the royalme peacibly .xiiii. yeres Before Britayne knovven 198 The yere of the worlde 3715 The yere before Christe 248 The nauy of Carthage wasted sore the sea partes of Italy Seleucus Gallinicius the fourth kyng of syria The yere of the worlde The yere before Christe 245 reigned .xx. yere Before Britayne knovven 195 He put to death his stepmother Beronice with hir yonge childe For whiche crueltee many of his citees forsoke him and receiued ptolome Ptolomeus Euergetes the thirde kinge of Egypte reigned .26 yeres He subdued Gallinicius obteyned Syria Iudea Cilicia and other countreis Before Britayne knovven 193 Iosephê° Arses prince of the Iewes reigned .60 yeres The yere of the worlde 3720 The yere before Christe 243 he was coÌ„stituted gouernor of the tribes of samaria Gallinicius suffered shipwreck and was again restored to his royalme In this time continuall warre was betwene the Romaines and poenians Before Britayne knovven 192 Luctatius ouercame vanquished the Carthaginenses at the
also Appolonius the moste excellent oratour at that tyme in hearing him was greatly abashed and kepinge sylence a long space sayde at the laste Truely Cicero I prayse the and meruaile at the but I lamente greatlye the fortune of Grece when I consyder that not onely noblenes in dedes of armes and marciall affaires is taken frome vs by the valyantnesse and puissance of the Romains but also that the great prayse and glory of lerninge whiche was only left vnto vs is now by the translated to Rome Whiche saying was founden afterwarde very true for loke what subtilitee is in Logike what commoditee and secrete knowlage in phylosophie morall and naturall he knew and declared the same in latine in most perfecte eloquence And whiche is to be wondred atnotwithstanding that he being a verye yonge man came to practise in Rome and had studied abundantly the ciuile lawes and was meruailously occupied in greate and weightye causes and after that he was senatour was continually as it semed most busye about the weale publike yet he that doeth reade his workes althoughe we haue not the thyrd parte of them whiche he wrote shall thynke that he neuer did any other thing but reade great auctours and wrate bokes And yet did he exploit by his wisedome and diligence many great enterprises for the commoditee and sauegarde of his countrey as well in warre as in peace For the whiche the Senate and people gaue to him firste before anye other the name of Father of his countrey ¶ Catiline enterprised his conspiracy whyche by the great wisedome and diligence of Cicero was suppressed and Catiline slayne in battayle by Antonius who list to reade the history at length let him resorte to a booke intituled the conspiracy of Catiline traÌ„slated into english by Thomas Paynell where it is abundantlye and elaquently set forth The yere of the worlde 3902 The yere before Christe 61 Pompeie after he had subdued Armenia Before Britayne knovven 11 Cappadocia Paphlagonia Media Cholcis Iberia Albania Syria Cilicia Mesopotamia Iudea and Arabia tryumphed when he hadde twise before triumphed for winninge of Spayne and Affrike At this time he brought into the common treasure of golde and syluer in money plate xx thousande talentes whiche if they were common talentes amounted to .xx. hundred thousande poundes yf they were the great talentes .27 hundred and .26 thousand .641 poundes 1â— s. 4. d. besides that was geuen to the souldiours whiche had serued in his warres whereof may be gathered the woÌ„derful ryches of the Romains CAssiuelan the sonne of Heli Before Britayne knovven 8 as our vulgar historiographers write The yere of the worlde 3905 The yere before Christe 58 after the death of his brother Lud was made gouernour of Britayn which he ruled xix yeres In the .8 yere of his reigne Iulius Cesar who warred long time in Fraunce made the first viage of any straunger into this realme after subdued it where vnto this time it remayned vnknowen to the Romains ¶ France was appointed to Cesar for his prouince whither he was sent with .x. legions there to remaine for .v. yeres he in nine yeres reduced into the fourme of a prouince all that parte which is included within the mountaynes Pyrenes Alpes and Geâ—enna and the ryuers of Rine and Rhone and the occean sea he warred also vpoÌ„ the Germaines on the other side of Rine and ouercame the Britaines In al his warres fortune was but thrise contrary to him for in Britaine by force of the teÌ„pest his nauy was destroyed in FraÌ„ce a legion was vanquished at Gergonia and in the costes of Germany his ambassadours were slayne Before Britayne knovven 7 Ptolomeus king of Egipt driuen out of his realme came to Rome The yere of the worlde 3906 The yere before Christe 57 Cato being compelled tooke Cipers for his prouince and subdued it Clodius protectour of the comminaltie appoynted a daye to Cicero to be exyled Before Britayne knovven 6 Alexander the son of Aristobulus The yere of the worlde 3907 escaped from the Romaines and inuaded Iury The yere before Christe 56 but by Gabinius he was vaÌ„quished and taken Cicero in the .xvi. moneth of his exyle by the consent of all the people was called home with great honour Before Britayne knovven 5 Gabinius by the persuasion of Antonius The yere of the worlde 3908 The yere before Christe 55 restored Ptolome to his realme Before Britayne knovven 4 Edeix after the death of Ewin The yere of the worlde 3909 The yere before Christe 54 tooke on him the gouernance of Scotlande and ruled it â—8 yeres In the time of his reigne Britaine was subdued to the Romaines and Scotlande also troubled with sundry sedicions M. Crassus in his voyage toward Parthia entred Hierusalem and spoyled the temple of al the treasure whiche Pompeius left vntouched And then passinge the ryuer Euphrates fighting with the Parthians was slain with al his army Before Britayne knovven 3 A fyre chaunced in Rome by whiche .14 stretes were bourned The yere of the worlde 3910 The yere before Christe 53 Before Britayne knovven 2 Clodius was slayne by Milo who moued a sedicion in Rome The yere of the worlde 3911 The yere before Christe 52 ¶ The preface of Thomas Lanquet to the second parte of the histories of England I Haue hitherto briefli ronne ouer the liues of .72 kinges which reigned here in Britaine from the arriuall of Brute vnto the comming of Cesar the history wherof as I said before is very vncertaine obscure Yet neuerthelesse I haue not varyed from the vulgar opinion therof but haue brought the same in to a more certaine ordre conferring them with the other histories and gestes of the world wherby they haue a better apparance of truth But now that I am come to this time in which the Britons beganne to be knowen to the Romaines and other nacions of the world hauing also the helpe of credible historiens whiche before I lacked I shall the more veritably and in better order set foorthe our histories And for the better declaracion of this chronicle you shall vnderstande that the numbres set in the inner side of the page signifie the yeres of the reignes of the kiÌ„ges of Britain wherby may be perceiued in what yere of the reigne of a kinge anye notable thinge in the world was done As for the historye of Cesar I haue gathered it out of his coÌ„mentaries and out of the worshipful Beda whome I thinke more credible than our newe historiens VUhen C. Iullus Cesar had warred seuen yeres in Fraunce and Germany The yere before Christe 52 Anni regum britannie 7 comming vnto that part where Calais and Bolayne now stande The yere of the worlde 3911 he determined to make warre into Britaine whyche vntill that time remayned vnfrequented and vnknowen of the Romaines His quarell was because that in the warres of France he perceyued the Frenchmen to haue much succour and ayde from thense Wherfore preparinge .lxxx. shippes
kinge ouer that parte of Iudea that Phylyp gouerned before time And not longe after added ther to the dominion of Herod and condemned Herode to perpetual banishement where he died miserably In Iudea Uitellius deposed Caiphas oute of the high priestes roume and ordeyned an other in his place called Ionathan the sonne of Anna. Caligula commaunded diuine honoures to be geuen to him Anni regum britannie 14 and temples to bee erected in his name The yere of the worlde 4001 The yere of Christ 40 Also that his Images should bee sette vp in all temples within the empire whiche caused great dissencion in Alexandria a citee of Aegipte for so muche as the Iewes there beinge would not consent in any wise to the worshippinge of the Images of Cesar. Anni regum britannie 25 Caligula retourning out of Germanie where he had atchiued nothing worthye memorye The yere of the worlde 4002 The yere of Christ caused his armye to be sette in good ordre vpon the sea bankes and his springalles and other abilementes and engines of warre to be disposed against the Occian sea as though he would comquere the sea and then commanded his souldiours to gather Muscle shelles saying that they were the spoyle of the sea which for his conquest and victory was due to the temple of Iupiter Petronius the president of Surrie was commaunded by Caligula to enforce and compelle the Iewes to suffer his images in theyr temple of Hierusalem whiche thyng the Iewes very ernestly withstode and desired Petronius that be woulde put theym all to present deathe rather then they shuld liue to see theyr lawe broken Great persecucion of the Iues in Babylon and also in a city of grece named Seleucia the causes wherof Iosephus writeth aboundantly in his last booke of the antyquities of the Iues. The ninthe day of the Kalendes of February Caligula was slaine by Chereas the tribune other gentlemeÌ„ of Rome The yere of the worlde 4003 The yere of Christ 42 after whose death was founde in his closette Anni regum britannie 26 two litle bookes one called a sworde an other a dagger In them bothe were intiteled the names of those senatoures and noble men of Rome whyche he purposed to put to deathe There was founde also a coffer wherein were diuers kindes of poyson wyth the which he entended to destroy a wonderful multitude of people About this time Aegiptus was kinge of the Aethyopes Suirtingus of the Saxones Lodrike of the Pectes Anni regum britannie 27 Claudius vncle to Caligula was made emperour by the foolishe rashenes of the souldiours The yere of the worlde 4004 The yere of Christ 43 contrarye to the will of the Senate and reigned .13 yeres He was in hys youth so sore bruised with peinful sickenes that both his body and witte was dulled and thereby made vnmete to all affayres as well politike as martiall In soo muche that his mother Antonia perceyuing his vntowardnes sayd that he was a moÌ„stre of vnperfite worke of nature And if she did note any maÌ„ of extreme folishens she wold say that he was more foole then her son Claudius Of nature he was angry feareful suspicious and somwhat inclined to crueltee in eating and drinking very vntemperate more giuen to dice plaie than was comely of the which as some write he made a boke He was also veraie forgetfull in so muche that when he had geuen sentence of condemnacion vppon certain persons Anni regum britannie 4 and commaunded them to be put to death the nexte daye folowyng he would aske for the same men to playe with him at dice and because they came not in season called them shuggardes at his firste entre he wan the fauour of the people but after he fel into so great conteÌ„pt that a grecian sayd to him openly in Greke thou art an aged man and a foole he was poysoned of his wife Agripina to the entent her son Nero might succede in the empire Scribonianus capitaine of the Romains in Delmitia rebelled and named him selfe emperour At whych time the host which fauoured Scribonianê° could not by any meanes spreade the baners nor remoue the standerdes out of their places with whiche miracle the souldiours being meued slewe Scribonianus Betus the sonne of Simon bishop of Hierusalem Claudius the emperour confirmed the kingdome of Agrippa added therto the hole dominion of Iudea and Samaria as Herode his graundfather had before him by whiche occasion Iudea was againe holye subiect to one kinge Iames the brother of Iohan The yere of the worlde 4005 The yere of Christ 44 was put to death by this Agrippa Anni regum britannie whiche had also to name Herode Claudius the emperour led an armie into Britaine to claime againe the tribute that was denied by king Guiderius whiche he recouered without greatte warre or bloudeshede as saye the latine cronicles but the english histories assirmen that he had geuen to him strong battail â–ª In the whiche a Romayne capitaine named Hâ—nâ—o changed his shelde armur and put on him the armur of a BritoÌ„ and so mengled with the BritoÌ„s entred there as the king was and slewe him at whiche time Aruiragus the kinges brother seing that sodeine mischeue armed him with the cognisaunce of the kinge and soo for king continued the fighte with suche manhode that the Romaines at that time were put to the worse ARuiragus the yongest sonne of Cymbeline and brother of Guyderius was ordeined king of Britain Claudius the emperor after diuers happes of battail The yere of the worlde 4006 The yere of Christ 45 toke kinge Aruiragus to his grace Anni regum britannie 1 and for so much as he perceiued him to be a valiant prince in tokeÌ„ of frendshippe as the englishe croniclers testify gaue to him his daughter in mariage named Genissa Claudius retourninge frome Britaine subdued to the empire the Ilandes called Orcades Marsus succeded Petronius in the prouince of Surry who for enuy of Agrippa deposed Mathias and made Eleonâ—us high priest in his roome The yere of the worlde 4007 The yere of Christ 46 Agrippa who was also called Herode Anni regum britannie 2 as he was celebrating a solemne feast in honour of Cesar for the plesantnesse of his speche was named of the coÌ„mon people a god And for so muche as he did not refuse the name of god and diuine honours geuen to him he was immediately striken with the wormy sickenesse wherof he died miserably within the space of .v. dayes paying woorthy punishment for depriuing god of his honour and persecuting christ in his apostles A great dearth and famine in Iudea which was greatlye holpen by the liberalitee of the queene of the Adhiabens Sainct Paule also gathered amonge the gentiles whiche were conuerted to the faith for the reliefe of the christians being in Hierusalem The Britons because theyr kinge Aruiragus as sayeth the Scottishe historie had repudiated his wife Uaoda to marie the Romaine lady Genissa
as Clea Myrrina Pytanae Cymae and in lyke maner two in Grece and thre in Galatia The temple in Rome called Pantheon whyche was dedicated to all the goddes was destroied with fyre Iohn the .vii. bishop of Hierusalem Anni regum britannie 34 The yere of the worlde 4067 The yere of Christ 106 Mogallus beynge ordeyned kynge of the Scottes after Lugtake at the begynnyng gaue hym selfe to folowe the wisedome and maners of his vncle Galdus and obteined diuerse great victories against Lucius Antonius the Romayne capitayne but in hys age he became odyble in all kynde of vices and chiefely in auaryce lecherye and crueltee He gaue licence to theues and robbers to take the goodes of their neighbours without punysshemente He fyrste ordeyned the goods of condemned personnes to be confiscate to the kynges vse withoute respecte of wyues chyldren or dettours for whiche naughtynesse he was slaine of his nobles Matheas the .viii. bishop of Hierusalem Anni regum britannie 37 The blessed martir Ignatius The yere of the worlde 4070 The yere of Christ 109 by the commaundement of Traian was brought to Rome to be deuoured of wild beastes at which time when he was led towarde Rome by ten men of warre whoÌ„ for thei r cruelty he called Leopardes by the way he confirmed all Christian men in the fayth as well by prayers as letters sayinge in thys wise So that I may finde Christ and imbrace hym I would there should come to me fyre gybbettes beastes crashinge of bones renting of all the body and all the tormentes of the dyuell And when he hard the roring of the lyons which shuld deuoure him he ioyously sayd I am the wheat of Chryst let me be grounde with the beastes teathe that I maye be founde to be pure and fine manchet Alexander the v. bishoppe of Rome .xi. yeres Anni regum britannie 38 Primus the .iiii. bishop of Alexandria The yere of the worlde 4701 The yere of Christ 110 Plinie the second was famous He wrate to Traian of the persecution of the Christians certyfyinge hym that there were many thousandes of them dayly put to death of the which none did any thing coÌ„trary to the Romaine lawes worthy persecution sauing that they vsed to gather together in the morning before day and singe himnes to a certain god whoÌ„ they worshiped called Christ In al their other ordinaunces godly and honeste wherfore the persecution by commaundement of theemperour was greatly dimynished Anni regum britannie 40 Philippus the .ix. bishop of Hierusalem Traiane ordeyned Pâ—â—â—â—amasâ—ates king of Parthia The yere of the worlde 4073 The yere of Christ 112 Armenia Assiria and Mesopotamia were made prouinces Anni regum britannie 41 Antioche was wel nere destroyed The yere of the worlde 4074 The yere of Christ 113 and vtterly subuerted with an earthquake Anni regum britannie 42 The yere of the worlde 4075 The yere of Christ 114 at whiche time the Emperoure Traiane being in those partes escaped hardly the daunger Anni regum britannie 43 Seneca the .x. bishop of Hierusalem The Iewes in the citye of Cyrene sayinge that their Messias was come rebelled against the Romaines The yere of the worlde 4076 The yere of Christ 115 and slue of theim and of the Grecians dwellynge in the city and countre nere aboute well nere .220000 thousande and being not contented with that shamefull murther of men vsed therin most beastly crueltye for they did eate the fleshe of the dead men and gyrded them selues with the bowels and annoynted their bodies with the bloud and couered theyr heades wyth the skinnes of the deade carkases The Iewes of Alexandria and Cipres beinge meued with the exaumple hereof slue in those partes â—40000 â–ª hauing to their capitaine one named Armenio The yere of the worlde 4077 The yere of Christ 116 L. Quietus a capitaine of the Romaynes Anni regum britannie 44 expelled al the Iewes out of Mesopotamia and siue of them many thousandes For which cause he was of Traiane made president of Iudea In Egypte and Cyrene were slayne an vnnumerable multitude of the Iewes by a Romayne capitaine named Martius Turbo The yere of the worlde 4078 The yere of Christ 117 The Parthiens deposed Parthemaspates Anni regum britannie 45 which was ordeined their king by Traiane and vsed agayne theyr formour liberties Iustus the second byshop of Hierusalem The yere of the worlde 4079 The yere of Christ 118 The emperour Traiane gaue place to nature Anni regum britannie some saye he was poysoned other affirme that he dyed of the bloâ—â—dy flixe The yere of the worlde 4080 The yere of Christ 119 Adrian reigned after Traiane in the empire .xxi. yeres Anni regum britannie 47 This emperour was of wyt so prompte and readye that he semed to be prepared for al matters wherin he communed In maners he was diuers soleyne of behauour merueilous in learning and especially in the Mathematicals also in phisike musike caruing painting and grauing very excellent in dedes of armes expert valiaunt and hardie a great fauorer of learned men and toward them bountefull and liberall he neâ—er sawe a pore man whom he did not relyefe and helpe out of his necessitee and accustomed to visitte sicke men twise or thrise in a daye his nature much inclined to emulacion and vayne glorye and would seme most excellent in al thinges he was more delited with hunting than was comly for an emperour In so much that he erected sepulchers and tomes for his greyhoundes and dogges At the beginning he was euell spoken of because he put diuers of the noble men to deathe Quadratus and Aristides deuout and wel learned men wrote certaine bokes to Adrian in defence of chrystiaÌ„ religion by meanes wherof the emperour was meued to wryte to Minutius FuÌ„danus proconsul of Asia that no man should persecute the christian people Adrian repaired the citee of Alexandria whiche was before destroyed and pilled by the commocion of the iewes Anni regum britannie 48 The emperour Adrian remitted the tribute to dyuers cytees and forgaue all maner debtes The yere of the worlde 4081 The yere of Christ 120 whether they perteined to him selfe or to the commune treasure Anni regum britannie 49 Xistus the sixte byshop of Rome â—ii yeres Plutarke the philosopher Phauorinus Apuleus The yere of the worlde 4082 The yere of Christ 121 Au-Gellius Appian many other lerned meÌ„ were famous Adrian hauing knowledge that the Romaines in Brytayne were ouerset by the Scottes and Pictes went the therward with a strong army and without any notable battaile as sayth the scottishe history made a walle .80 myles of length which some of our cronicles attribute to Seuerus Anni regum britannie 50 Iustus the v. byshoppe of Alexandria M. Antonius The yere of Christ 122 for his studiousnes and grauitee surnamed the philosopher The yere of the worlde 4083 a man of merueilous lerninge and excellent wisedome was borne at this time He was geuen to the studie of
nature he was made much worse by the counsâ—ile and familiaritâ—e of certaine euell disposed personnes as Piâ—rse of Gaueston Hugh the Spensers and other whose wanton counsaile he folowing gaue him selfe to the appetite and pleasure of the body nothing ordering his common weale by sadnesse dyscrescion and iustice whiche thinge caused first great variance betwene him and his nobles so that shortly he became to them â—dible and in the ende was depriued of his kingdome This Edwarde toke to wyfe Isabell the doughter of Philip the fayre king of France The Scottes did homage to kinge Edwarde at Dumfreis Otho king of Hungarie was taken and cast into prison by a noble man called Ladislaus ¶ Alphons the .xi. kinge of Castile reigned .xl yeres Robert was king of Naples Iohn nephew to Albert the emperour slewe his owne vncle betwene the two riuers of Heluecia called Risa and Aâ—ula nere to Rhine the place to this daye is called kinges fielde where the quene of Hungarye buylded an abbey After the death of Albert was great vnquietnesse in Italie for euerie citee desired a peculiar gouernoure And Philip of France was put in hope by the bishop of Rome to obteine the empire and therfore came into Italye wyth a great power and toke manye townes but failed of his purpose The yere of the worlde The yere of Christ 1309 Henrie the .vii. was ordeined emperour of Germanie and reigned .v yeres .viii. monethes Anni regum Angli 2 He was a noble and victorious prince therewith gentill liberall and of great iustice and honestye He assembled .iii. migâ—tye arâ—â—â—es of the whiche one he sent agaynst the Duke of Wirtenburge from whens he toke 72. castâ—â—s An other he sent with his sonne Iohn into Beheme to obtein that kingdome the third him selfe led into Italie against the citees Briâ—ium Florence Cremons and other rebelles which fauoured the Guelphes to whom he brought suche terrour and feare of his name as â—ewâ—mpe ours bâ— doâ—e before tiâ—â—e At Millaine he was crowned wyth a crowne of yron The crouch friers came first into Englande Anni regum Angli 3 The yere of the worlde 5271 The yere of Christ 1310 So great a dearth 〈◊〉 Scotlande that the common people did eate horse fleshe and other vnaccustomed meates to sustâ—ine their liues Charles was chosen king of Hungarie and reigned xxxiii yeares He hadde successiuely .iii. wifes Marye the doughter of the king of Polonie Beatrix the doughter of Henrye the emperour and â—elisabeth the daughter of the Duke of Boheme of the laste he receyued iii. sonnes Ladislaus Lewes and Andrew Robert Le Bruze began to be of power againe in Scotlande discomfited sir Iohn Cummin Erle of Bucham and certaine other whiche helde on the Englishe part A counsaile holden at Uienna The yere of Christ 1311 where the name of the templares was abolished Anni regum Angli 4 The yere of the worlde 5272 Roberte Le Bruze expelled the Englyshmen out of a great part of Scotland and inuaded the borders of Englande Anni regum Angli 5 At Rome Henry the emperoure receyued the imperyall Diademe of the cardinals The yere of the worlde 5273 The yere of Christ 2312 He assigned certaine lieuetenantes to the cities of Lumbardye The Flemminges rebelled against kinge Philyp of France The pride and tirannye of Piers of Gaueston caused grudge and malice betwene king Edwarde of England and his nobles so that for this cause the saied Piers by suite of the nobles was twise or thrise banished the realme and styll called againe by the kinge Wherfore in thys yere the lordes beyng confederate slew him beside war wike to the great discontentyng of the kinges mynde ¶ Iohn the emperous sonne was king of Boheme Of Andronicus and his successours emperours of CoÌ„stantinople I finde no certaintie howe longe time they reigned I wyll therfore name as many of theym as I know gessing as nie the time as I can Egnacius saieth that Michaell Paleologus reygned about .xl. yeares next to hym he setteth Audronicus which had longe contencion with the younger Andronicus Blondus setteth betwene theim Caroloâ—oannes Anni regum Angli 6 Henrye the emperour besieged the cytie Florence The yere of the worlde 5274 The yere of Christ he made peace with Friderich king of Sicilie and ledde an armye against his mortal enemy Roberte Duke of Naples Not long after he was poisoned by a monke whyche in ministring the sacrament gaue him poyson The Englishemen encountred Robert Le Beuze his Scottes at Estriualin Anni regum Angli 7 The yere of the worlde 5275 The yere of Christ wher was foughten a strong but taile in the ende wherof the Englyshmen were discomfited and so egrely pursued by the Scottes that many of the noble men were slaine as the Erle of Gloucester sir Robert Clifforde sir Edmunde of Maule with other lordes to the nomber of .xlii. and knyghtes and baronâ—â—tes 67. beside .xxii. men of name whiche were taken prysoners and .10000 other common souldiours slaine or after the Scottishe historye .50 thousand after this time the forenamed Robert Bruze reigned as kinge of Scotlande The ciâ—â—syns of Pise in Italy chose for theyr Duke a noble man called Nâ—â—uicio ¶ Lewis the leueuth sone of Phillip Le Beaue was ordeined kyng of France and reigned .ii. yeres He led an armye against the Fleminges but he atchiued nothing worthy memory A vilayne called Iohan Tanner in dyuers places of England named him selfe the sonne of Edward the first and saied The yere of the worlde 5276 The yere of Christ 1315 Anni regum Angli 8 that by a false nourse he was stolleÌ„ out of his cradell and Edwarde that was nowe kinge put in hys place But shortly after he was conuict of his vntrouth and confessed that he dyd it by the mocion of a familyar spirite The Scottes inuaded Irelande and kept warre with the Irish men the space of .iiii. yeres Lewys was emperour of Almaine .33 yeres betwene him and Friderich Duke of Austrich was longe warre For part of the electours chose Friderike part Lewis of Bauarie These two Cesars with their armyes mette first at Frankforde but thei iâ—igned not in bataile than Leopalde a Duke of Austriche comynge to healpe hys brother profered battayle to Lewes but he gaue backe and fled to Eslengham wher was betwene theim a sore conflict so greatly to the losse of bothe partes that neyther of them claimed victorye The byshoprike of Rome after the death of Clemente was voyde .ii. yeres .iii. monethes The castell of Berwyke was yelden vp to the Scottes by the treason of Peter Spaldyng The yere of the worlde 5277 The yere of Christ 1316 Anni regum Angli A great moreine of beastes in Englande and therwith pestilence and other sickenesse Philippe the .v. for his heyghte surnamed the Longe was made king of Fraunce and reygned .vi. yeres The Scottes entred the borders of Northumberland and most cruelly robbing and hariyng the countrey Anni regum Angli 10 The yere
o wne inuencion The yere of the worlde 3311 The yere before Christe 652 Before Britayne knovven 602 The yere of the worlde 3318 The yere before Christe 645 Philippus the .vi. king of Macedon reigned .38 yeres Before Britayne knovven 595 Tullus kept fiue yeres warres with the Latines Lamsacus Abdera Selinis and Pâ—â—isthenes noble cities in this time were builded The yere of the worlde 3323 The yere before Christe Grece in this season first enterprised to vse the oracles of Apollo at Dodoneus Before Britayne knovven 590 Damasia ruled the Atheniens The yere of the worlde 3324 The yere before Christe 639 Ancus martius fourth kyng of Romanes reigned .24 yeres He was nephieu to Numa by his daughter Before Britayne knovven 589 He kept warres with the Latines toke PolitoriuÌ„ the second tyme beat it downe to the grounde broughte the people to Rome encreased the citye adding therunto the mount Auentine and Ianiculum he made the bridge Sublitius vppon Tiber and builded the citee Hostia â–ª the hauen or port of Rome In this same time L. Tarquinius Pryscus tam to Rome with his wife Tanaquil The yere of the worlde 3325 The yere before Christe 633 Phaortes Before Britayne knovven 588 in a conflicte made against the Assryians peryshed After whom succeded Cyaraxes the .vii. kynge of Media 4â— yeres Psammitichus the king of Egipte ioyninge wyth the Syrians in battayle obteyned the victory Helchias bigh priest Hieremias Sophonias Baruch and Olda prophetes flourished among the Iewes Iosias prouoking the king of Egipt to battayle was therin wounded and died Of whose deathe Heremy the prophet made his lamentacions Ioachas the .xx. king of Iewes Before Britayne knovven 587 reigned three monethes The yere of the worlde 3326 The yere before Christe 937 and was taken and brought captiue into Egipt In whose place his brother Ioachim was constitute the .xxi. kyng of Iewes and was king ouer theÌ„ .xi. yeares An insolent prince who not regardinge the prophecies of Hierentie but burning the bokes therof was finally slayn and left vnburyed like a beaste I Ago called also Lago gouerned this roialme of Britayne .xxv. yeres Missena fel from the Lacedemons Before Britayne knovven 586 Nabuchodonosor the great the .ix. king of Babylon The yere of the worlde 3327 The yere before Christe called of the Iewes Nabucadnezer Before Britayne knovven 584 reigned .xliiii. yeres The yere of the worlde 3329 The yere before Christe 634 He subdued the Syrians Egypcians Lybians Hiberians and brought the Iewes into captiuitee Finally he rebelling as it were against almightye god by the companye of beastes with whome by the stroke of god he was compelled to liue was made humble and acknowlaged the godhead to whom he gaue prayse glorye as al whose waies be iudgementes and workes righteous who also can humble the proud and giue and take kingdomes as pleaseth him The Scithians entred as farre as Palestine possessed al Asia and molested Egipt with warres Ioachim burned the booke of Hieremies prophecie After which dede Nabuchodonosor made him tributarye Before Britayne knovven 577 Hierusalem was taken the king slayne and cast out of the citee vnburied The yere of the worlde 3336 The yere before Christe 627 accordiÌ„g to the prophecy of Hieremy Before Britayne knovven 576 ¶ Ioachin called also Iechonias the .xxii. king of Iewes reigned thre monethes and .x. dayes The yere of the worlde 3337 The yere before Christe 626 he yelded him selfe willingly vnto Nabuchodonosor by the counsayle of Hieremie who sente him to Babilon with all the noble men and ornamentes and iewels amoÌ„g whom also was the prophet Ezechiel In his stede Nabuchodonoser constituted Mathanias the fourth sonne of Iosias whom he caused to sweare by the name of the lord that faithfullye he shoulde serue the Chaldeis in token wherof he named him Sedechias the xxiii and last king of the Iewes who was king .xi. yeres he finally for his arrogancye and vntruth both to god man was taken blinded imprysoned and miserablye finished his life Before Britayne knovven 575 Periander the tyran of Corinth in this time liued The yere of the worlde 3338 The yere before Christe Sadyates was king of Lydia .xv. yeres Perusina Mantua and Dirachium buylded Before Britayne knovven 574 The game of Chesse about this season was deuised by wise men The yere of the worlde 3339 The yere before Christe 624 to mitigate the mindes or hertes of tyrans Susanna the most chast matron of the hebrues by two false priestes was accused of adultery but by the policy of yong Daniel she was purged and the prestes committed to the fier Nechac called also Nechepsos kinge of Egipte Before Britayne knovven 571 reygned .vi. yeres The yere of the worlde 3342 The yere before Christe 621 Abacuk and Ezechiel beganne to prophecy among the Hebrues Draco the lawe geuer of the Atheniens wrote his lawes with bloude Sedechias brake his amitee with the kinge of Babylon The yere of the worlde 3344 The yere before Christe 619 and entered in league with the Egipcians Before Britayne knovven 569 For whiche cause Nabuchodonoser retourned and besieged Hierusalem whiche he continued one yere six monethes and fiue dayes Before Britayne knovven 566 After which the holy citye with the most sacred temple misarably with pestilence famine sword and fyre was destroyed The yere of the worlde 3347 The yere before Christe 616 The king him selfe with all his nobilitee taken his chyldren slayne before his face hys eyes pulled out and sent in captiuitie to Babylon Thus was the whole nacion of Iewes without respecte of age or kind eyther slayne or brought into Babilons bondage for theyr obstinacye against god his prophetes and for the sinne and preuaricacion of theyr kinges priestes and all the people the yeare after the vniuersall floude 169â— after the arriuall of Brute .492 after the beginninge of the kingedome of the Iewes .458 after the buyldyng of the temple .414 and after the buyldinge of Rome .137 ¶ Tarquinius Priscus the .v. kinge of Romans Before Britayne knovven 565 reigned 37 yeres The yere of the worlde 3348 The yere before Christe he doubled the numbre of Senatoures buylded the circuite wherin the playes and pastimes were kepte ouercame the Sabines encreased the baÌ„des of horsmen subdued the olde Latines fyrste entred Rome wyth tryumph made the walles and synkes to conueye the fylthe of the city and began the capitoll Finally he was slayne by the sonnes of Ancus Mattius whome he succeded Panetius first tyrannised Sixilye KInimacus succeded Iago in this royalme of Brytayne The yere of the worlde The yere before Christe 612 wherin he reigned .54 yeres Before Britayne knovven 562 Eniochida a capitaine of the Atheniens Stesichorus an exceltent poet in this time flourished Aliactes reigned in Lydia .49 yeres Arion the excellent harper by a Dolphin as it is writen was borne through the sea Before Britayne knovven 560 Daniel the most notable prophet florished in BabiloÌ„ The yere of the worlde 3353 The yere before Christe 610 he
from the prowes and vertue of theyr auncestours Wherfore if that mighty cytie shuld persist in that state knowinge the ignauy nicitee and sluggishenesse of the Romaynes nothinge were more certayne but that they would againe contende for the empyre and oppresse the Romans subduing them vnder theyr power but Scipio Nasica was of contrary opinion he wold not haue Carthage charge to be destroied First because it were an vnhonest thing that the Romains should shewe so great tyranny and so cruelly to slea such a people Moreouer it were vnprofitable for without that towne Aphrica cold be kept in due obedience excepte they woulde tourne all into a wildernesse Thyrdelye it was veray necessary that the Romains should haue such a citye aduersary vnto them whereby theyr people mighte be incited to prowesse and actiuitie otherwise it shoulde chaunce that they shoulde contend togither in ciuile warres if they had not a brode an enemy The yere before Christe 147 whome they shoulde feare Before Britayne knovven 97 but in conclusion Cato obteyned The yere of the worlde 3716 and Piso was sent to besiege Carthage Phanâ—as with certaine of his men fell vnto the parte of the Romaines Masimissa dying committed his sonne to the custody of Scipio Adâ—â—scus a man of a bace state Before Britayne knovven 96 whiche counterfayted him selfe to be Philip The yere of the worlde 3817 The yere before Christe 146 inuaded Macedony ouercam and put to flight Iuuencus the pretor Scipio besieged Carthage The Asians chose Ptolomeus for theyr kinge but he gaue it vnto Demetrius Demetrius called also Nicanor the .xii. kinge of Syria reigned .v. yeres Scipio after the continuall assault of six dayes Before Britayne knovven 95 tooke Carthage The yere of the worlde 3818 The yere before Christe 149 vnto whom Hasdrubal yelded him selfe And albeit that Scipio permitted free flighte to all yet in the spoyle of the city was committed great slaughter After when by the commaundemente of Scipio the citee was fyred the wife of Hasdrubal with a stoute courage lept into the fire finishing her life with that deathe whyche the first quene suffered The citee burned coÌ„tinually .17 daies shewing a miserable spectacle to her beholders It is sayde that after Carthage was thus destroied Scipio wente to beholde the place where some time that fayre and beautifull citie stode and there seinge the myserable ruine and desolacion therof with muche wepinge sayd That he did forsee Rome in time to come to lye in suche maner ouerthrowen and distroyed The destruction of this citie was done .679 yeres after the buylding therof 608. yeres after the buylding of Rome and 693. yeres after the arriual of Brute here in Britayne The same yere Corinte a noble citee of Grece was destroyed with fyre by Mummius the consul Metellus first in the streictes of Thermopâ—le and after in Phoea ouercame the Macedones brought Andariscuâ— in his subiection and recouered Macedony Mummius toke Corinth and destroyed it with fyre wherof came the metalles of Corinth In this time three notable triumphes were atRome Scipia triumphed ouer Aphrica before whose chariot Hasdruball was led Metellus ouer Macedonye before whom wente Andariscus the conterfeite Philip. And Mummius ouer Corinth before whom was borne the metalles and fayre tables of Corinth About this time thorough the warres and dissencion of the Iues there arose among them sundrye sectes and opinioÌ„s in theyr religions of which there were .iii. sorts The first were called Pharisei that is segregate or chosen They vsed certayne constitucions of men beside the lawe of Moyses by whiche they were segregate frome the residue of the people They reputed theim selfes better then all other they obserued feigned fastes prayed commonly in the stretes that they might be sene and called maisters Their learning was some what better theÌ„ the others For they taught the immortalitie after this lyfe and that god would punishe sinne they belâ—ued also Messias to come to saue such as beleued and to iudge suche as sinned The second sect were Sadduceis they cloked theyr wickednes vnder a glorious name For Sadducei is as much as iuste or holy They taught that there was neyther angell spirite nor life after death that god gaue the lawe onely for this that honestly and quietly we should lyue receiuing of god here in this life the rewards of iustice They interpreted the scriptures according to the iudgement of mans reason neither any other thing wold they here as concerning that which pertained to the maner of theyr liuing they were plain Epicures A wonderfull thing to be hard that such ethnike opinions shuld crepe In amonge the pecuâ—ar people of god and that so â—â—rre that openly they were not afrayd to teache and constant loâ— to affirme that after this life â–ª there remayned none other life Essei â—ere the thirde who considering both the Phariseis and Sadduceis vnder an honest preteÌ„ce of name to folowe theyr lustes and desyres â–ª neyther almoste to do any thing that was worthy for theyr profession therfore thought thei to declare the seueritee of their life in dedes and wold be called Essei that is labourers and studied to be sene holy and for the most part ledde an Anabaptistical life absteining from matrimony and willinge all thinges to be coÌ„men among them they delited in â—â—eane apparel and praied before the sonne rising Uiriatus a Lusitaine raysed the Spaniardes against the Romanes The yere of the worlde 3819 The yere before Christe 144 he ouerthrue Uetilius Before Britayne knovven 94 and destroyed al his army Demetrius entred into amite with Ionathas POrrex a vertuous and gentil prince reigned in Britaine .v. yeres The yere of the worlde 3820 The yere before Christe 143 Before Britayne knovven 93 Ptolomeus Euergetes â–ª the .vii. kinge of Egipte reigned .29 yeres a man very cruell and wicked which delited in effusion of blod for he slue his sisters sonne in hir armes and many other abhominable actes he committed whiche be not conuenient to be writen Ionathas renewed amitee with the Romaynes and Lacedemones Plautius ioyning battayle with Uiriatus was put to flighte Demetrius was taken by Arsaces king of Parthia and put to death The yere of the worlde The yere before Christe 142 Before Britayne knovven 92 Mithridates the .vi. king of Parthia after he had subdued Demetrius inuaded Babilon with al the regions betwene the riuers Idaspes and Indus Claudius the consul at the first conflict was put back by the Galles but at the second time he obteined the victorye and slue .v. M. of them Câ— Unimanus was shamefully beaten and put to flight by the Lusitaines Antiochus Theos the .xiii. kinge of Syria reygned foure yeres Before Britayne knovven 91 The yere of the worlde 3822 The yere before Christe 141 Ionathas betrayed by Triphon was slayne Before Britayne knovven 90 Simon his brother was made the third capitayn of the Iewes and reigned .viii. yeres The yere of the worlde 3823 The yere before Christe 140 he ouercame Antiochus Gâ—iphus and
the children within Bethlem and the borders beinge vnder the age of two yeres to be slayne whyche slaughter done he woulde haue killed him selfe but beyng let by his seruaunnt he died within fiue dayes when he had reigned .37 yeres Archelaus the .13 kynge of Iewes reigned .ix. yeres and finally was banished into Fraunce In the first yere of his reigne a sedicion was moued againste him Anni regum britannie 21 The yere of the worlde 3964 The yere of Christ 3 in whiche .3000 were put to death Anni regum britannie 23 ¶ An other sediciō began firste by Iudas Galileus and after by Simon the seruant of Herode The yere of the worlde 3966 The yere of Christ 5 who taking vpon him a crowne was vainquisshed and slaine by Gratus The last was raysed by Athonges a shepeherd For whyche there were hanged by Uarus .2000 men Anni regum britannie 26 A greate famine inuaded Rome The yere of the worlde 3969 so that Augustus expelled all straungers out of the citee The yere of Christ and a great number of seruauntes The cause Orosus doeth ascribe that Cesar praised his nephieu Caius in dispisinge to woorshyp the god of heauen whan he was thereto warned by the priestes at Hierusalē at what time he passed into Syria Anni regum britannie 27 Tiberius in .3 yere subdued al Illyria The yere of the worlde 3970 which lieth with in Italy Noricum Thrace Macedony The yere of Christ 9 the riuer of Donow and the Adriaticall sea This warre next vnto the warres of Carthage was most greuous Anni regum britannie Quintilianus Uarus with thre legions The yere of the worlde 3972 The yere of Christ 11 was slain by the Germains whose ouerthrow was as greuous to the Romans as was the viage of the Cimbrians into Italy Archelaus toke the wyfe Glafira his brother Alexanders wydowe contrary to the lawe And after throughe his insolency he was by Augustus vanisshed to Uienna in Fraunce Anni regum britannie 30 Here ended the kyngdome of the Iewes The yere of the worlde 3973 The yere of Christ 12 and Iurye after thys tyme was redacted into the forme of a prouince and ioyned to Syria Iudas Gaulonites associatynge to him Sadducus a Pharisei and the chiefe of the sect of the Esseans moued a sedicion for paiyng of tribute whervpon ensued much thefte ▪ slaughter and burninge of the temple Tiberius with an army passed the Ryne to warre vppon the Germaynes Anni regum britannie 31 Iesu Christ our lorde beyng but .xii. yeres of age The yere of Christ 13 and thre monethes was founde at the feaste of Easter The yere of the worlde 3974 disputynge with the doctours in the temple and was brought home by hys parentes to Nazareth ▪ what other thinge he dyd vnto the .xxx. yere of his lyfe the Euangelistes make no mencion Augustus Tiberius mustering the people of Rome founde .9370000 men ¶ Germany beynge subdued Anni regum britannie 32 Tiberius triumphed ouer the Illyrians The yere of the worlde 3975 The yere of Christ 14 ¶ Augustus Cesar finished his lyfe at Nol◠Anni regum britannie 33 and was buried at Rome in the fyeld Martius The yere of the worlde 3976 The yere of Christ 15 whose death the senat so lamented that they saide that they woulde eyther he had not ben born or els being born that he had not died Tiberius priuily caused Agrippa to be slaine The yere of the worlde 3977 ¶ Claudius Tiberius Nero Cesar Anni regum britannie 34 the .iii. emperour of Rome The yere of Christ 16 son bothe by mariage and adoption to Augustus reigned .23 yeres he was metely politike and fortunat in warre well learned and endued with muche eloquence but with a veraie mischeuous cruel couetous and disceitfull wit feygning to do that thing whiche he wolde not and not to do that whiche he would In sodeine answers he was better than in those whiche he studied for At the firste he feygned that vnwillingly he toke vpon him the greuous and troublous charge of the empyre And wheras certain of his counsail moued him to leauy exactions of the people he answered that it was the office of a good shepherde to shere his shepe and not to pyll theim It is written that he put to deathe a smith who had inuented to make a glasse flexible laiyng to his charge that if he should lyue and teache other that golde and siluer should nothinge bee estemed He suppressed the Getulians and craftily circumuented Marobodus the kinge of the Sueuians he poisoned also Drusus and Germanicus the sonnes of his brother Drusus ¶ The printer ¶ Hitherto the said yong man Thomas Lanquet continued this history called the Epitome of Cronicles was than attached with a greuous sicknesse whereof he dyed ▪ whan he was of age .xxiiii. yeres on whose soule god haue mercy and the same folowed and finished by Thomas Couper who after instāt request to him made was at length content to take vpon him the peine for he well considered what labour and trauaill it was accordinge to the first inuencion to searche and reade ouer so many and diuers histories and cronicles to accomplishe the saide purpose ¶ An epistle to the reader FRom the beginninge of the worlde to thys tyme of the byrth of our sauiour Christ the studious younge man Thomas Lanquet not without great laboure and diligence broughte hys Chronicle Whose enterprise and the honest affection that he therein declared towarde his countrey I thinke worthye memorye For if he might haue gon through as he begō and wel brought forwarde the same vndoubtedly it woulde greatly haue delighted theim that take pleasure to reade the notable and famous thinges done longe before our tyme. For he hathe briefely set foorthe the gestes and actes of forayne and straunge countreis and therwith iuigned the hystorie of this realme of Englande after the opinion of most writers euen from the firste arriuing of Brutus in such wyse that a diligent reader maye gather the variable state and condicion of all countreis and nacions at all tymes But deathe whiche spareth no man ne can bee eschewed brake his course and as it were trypped hym in the myddes of hys rase that he coulde not atteyne to the marke wherat he ranne Wherfore lest they that desyre the profitable knowlege of histories should be destituted of so great a commoditee and lest the fruites of so diligent a labour shoulde lye hydde and tourne to the profyte of no man At the instance of certaine of my nyghest frendes whose requestes the matter so standing I could not well denie I haue taken vpon me to fynishe this cronicle although in dede I greatly dispaired that I shulde be able to accomplishe the same But when I considered firste though it were an harde matter yet might it be ouercomen with labour than howe profitable the exercise should bee for me to reade and peruse so many good auctours as were necessary for the performaunce of the same
in prison Anni regum britannie 16 and after beheaded at the castell named Macherunta Our sauiour Christ whan he had finished the legacy of god the father The yere of the worlde 3994 The yere of Christ 33 opened the doctrine of eternal life Anni regum britannie 17 to his vnkynde people the Iewes offred him selfe wyllyngelye to the moste cruell death of our redempcion paâ—ynge the raunsome of that bondage to the whiche we were thral and in daunger At whiche tyme of hys passion was a great erthquake and at syxe a clocke of the daie so terryble a clypse of the son contrary all naturall course that for great darkenes it semed to be very nighte The third day folowinge he rose again from deth to life coÌ„quering ones three mightie aduersaries to whose tyrannye wee were subiecte that is deathe sinne and Satan On the xl daye declarynge him selfe to be a mightie and puisant conquerour he ascended to the righthande of the father wher he remaineth as the only and perpetuall defeÌ„dour and meditatour of his people from whens according to his blessed promise the .50 day he sent his heuenly spirit and quaylyng in thi s poyt the promulgation of this law in the mount of Oreb for euen as the children of Israell 50. daies after their deliuerye frome the captiuitee of Aegypt and bondage of king Pharo receiued the law written with the finger of god so in like maner his blessed apostles the veraie children of god the fifty day after our deliueraunce from the spirituall Egypt and seruage of Pharo the diuell receiued his heauenly spirite the true comfortour which should leade theim into all truth and writte the eternall law of god in their hertes The Iewes began to persecute the apostles and martyred Stephen stonyng him to death Anni regum britannie 8 Sainct Paule the elect vessel of god beyng called by a vision The yere of the worlde 3995 The yere of Christ 34 was made of an open aduersarye and cruell persecutour of the churche of Christ the most faithfull apostle and true doctour of the gentles Emonge whom he taught the word of god with so great fruite and encreased so largely the Christian faith that he was after worthely named the chiefe of the apostles Symon Magus whiche had seduced the people of Samaria with Magicall artes and wichechrafte was by Philip conuict of his errour and baptized Candaces also the Eunuke of the queene of Moorens was conuerted to the faythe of Christe and baptized of Philippe ¶ Pilate after the death of Christ as witnesseth Tertulian wrate to Tyberius the emperour of the deathe vertue and miracles of Christ who after that he had published the same in the senate wold haue had Christe to bee ascribed and numbred among the gods of the Romains but the senatours would not consent therto in any wise because that Pilate wrote to the emperour of that matter and not to theim But Tiberius continued in his sentence and defended on paine of death that no man shold persecute the Christian people Iames called the brother of Christ was ordeined byshop of Hierusalem ¶ Tyberius the emperour because he woulde not be disquieted with the businesses of the comon weale but onelye at rest and idlenes departed frome Rome to the Isle of Capres wher he gaue him selfe only to 〈◊〉 leisure ¶ Sainct Paule went to preache the gospell in Arabia and after retourned to Damascus The byrde called Fenix aboute this time came in to Aegypte The yere of the worlde 3996 The yere of Christ 35 Anni regum britannie 19 Philo a Iewe of Alexandria a man veraie eloquente and wel learned was famous He wrote againste appiane and defended the Iewes both grauely and wisely he wrot also diuers thinges in praise of Christian religion wherfore of Hierome he is numbred among the ecclesisticall writers Areta king of Arabia made fierce war vpon Herode because that after he had maried his daughter The yere of the worlde 3997 The yere of Christ 36 Anni regum britannie 20 and liued with her certain yeres he lastly forsoke her kept Herodiades the wife of his natural brother being then liuing Sinnaces and Abdus vnknowing to Artabanus king of Parthia cam in ambassade to Rome desiring to haue Phrahates to their kinge Phrahates shortly after sickened dyed in Surrei and than was Mithridates of Hâ—beria ordeined in his place wherof ensued deadly warre betwene the Parthians Armenians and Hiberian Paule retourned to Hierusalem The yere of the worlde 3998 The yere of Christ 37 The yere of the worlde 3999 The yere of Christ 38 Agrippa Anni regum britannie 21 a Iue beyng accused for speaking of certaine wordes against Tyberius was ledde to prison Anni regum britannie 22 at whyche time it was hys fortune to meete wyth a southsaâ—er which tolde him before of his deliueraunce and wonderful prosperitee to the whiche he was after aduansed by Calihula and Claudius Pilate was commanded by Uitellius prouost of Surrei to go vnto Rome there to aunswere to certaine complainctes which should be layed to his charge by the Iewes for whiche accusations he was after deposed and banished to Lions in France wher as Eusebius sayth he slue him selfe Marsellius was made president of Iudea Lu. Uitellius president of Surrei Tyberius after longe sickenes the .xvii. daie of the kalendes of Aprile paide his dette to nature Caius Caligula the son of Germanicus and .4 Cesar Anni regum britannie 23 was admitted to the empire with so great reioysinge of the hole citee The yere of the worlde 4000 The yere of Christ 3 that within lesse then thre monethes there were 1500â—0 sacrifices offered in thankes geuinge to the goddes that he beinge of the stocke of Germanicus happened to be theyr emperour This man at the firste beginning was of maners right pleasaunt and commendable But after he became so detestable in pride incontinency and beastly crueltee that he semed rather a monster of a man and filthye example of all vice than a prynce or gouernour of a publike weale He vsed to sytte in the temple amonge the goddes sumptuouslye arayed in purple and golde offring him selfe to be worshipped of the people he defloured three of his owne sisters and tooke other mens wiues vyolently frome theym Often tymes he bewayled the condicion and state of his age that it was not made famous with any notable or gret calamitees of the common weale for certain displeasure that he conceiued towarde the Romaines he wished ernestlye that all the people of Rome hadde but one necke that he for his pleasure might destroye suche a multitude Throughe thys greate mutacion of maners in Caligula happened thys prouerbe to rise There was neuer a better prince at the beginning nor a worse tyran at the endinge Caligula deliuered Agrippa oute of prison and in the steede of his fetters and yroÌ„s gaue to him a crowne and a chiane of golde of the same weighte as his yrons were and made him
toke on hym the crowne and vsed muche tyrannie the space of .12 yeares he neuer loughe but whan he harde of the dyscorde and saughter of his nobles and therefore in the ende for hys crueltee was slayne of Craithline the sonne of Findoke with .200 of his naughtie counsailours Eusebius bishop of Laodicea was famous Tetricus whiche was named emperoure in Fraunce yelded hym and his host to Aurelianus The emperour Aurelianus fortified the wals of Rome and so augmented the citee The yere of the worlde 4236 The yere of Christ 275 Anni regum britannie 14 that it was in compasse fiftye miles he published a persecucion against the Christians And shortly after goyng with an armie against the Persians betwene Heraclea and Byzance was slayne of hys secretarie Mnestaâ—us Tacitus was emperoure .6 monethes Anni regum britannie 16 and after hym Florinus his brother .ii. monethes The yere of the worlde 4238 The yere of Christ 277 whiche bothe beynge chosen of the Senate were slaine of the souldioures the one at Ponte the other at Tarsis The yere of the worlde 4239 Uraranes kynge of Perse. The yere of Christ 278 Probus the emperoure reigned .6 yeres and .4 monethes he is numbred amonge the most renowmed princes Anni regum britannie 17 And was famous in marcyall affaiers as well whan he was pryuate as after he had obteyned the imperiall auctoritee he quieted Fraunce subdued the Germains and slue of them .400000 The yere of the worlde 4240 The yere of Christ 279 Manes auctoure of the secte of Maniches Anni regum britannie 18 was in these dayes He was a Persian borne in maners rude and barbarous and of a firce and cruell nature and withoute all modestee he endeuoured to perswade the people that he represented the fourme of Chryste sometimes he sayed that he was Paraclitus that is the true comforter that was promised by Christe His folowers denyed Chryste to haue taken veraye fleshe They reiected also the olde testament and part of the newe Probus the emperour in Illiria subdued the Samaricians Anni regum britannie 19 In Thrace the Gothes by coÌ„position yelded to him The yere of the worlde 4241 The yere of Christ 280 Passing into Asia he slewe the notable robber Palfurius â–ª and ouercame the monstruous people called Blemie which haue no heades but their eyes and mouthes in their breastes He restored Ioppe and Ptolomâ—is to the empire and made peace with Narseus kinge of Parthe. He vanquished also Saturnius which traiterouslye rebelled in Alexandria Cirillus bishoppe of Antioch was famous whose workes we haue at this daye Anni regum britannie 20 The yere of the worlde 4242 The yere of Christ 281 Proculus and Bonosus named theÌ„ selues emperours at Agrippina in Fraunce but they were quickely subdued by Probus which in all hast led against them a stroÌ„g armye Anni regum britannie 22 Probus by the labor of his souldiors The yere of Christ 283 caused the great hil in Syrmia called Almus The yere of the worlde 4244 the mount Aureus in Mesia to be set with vâ—â—es Not longe after he was slayne of his souldiours because he made them to labour so sore and not so much as in winter suffered them to be at rest It was his saying also that souldiours ought not to spende corne and vitayle excepte they laboured to profyte the common weale Anni regum britannie 23 Carus was made emperour of the souldiours The yere of the worlde 4245 he with his son Numerianus The yere of Christ 284 a yonge man of great towardnes tooke in hande the warres that Probus had prepared for against the Persians and when he had obteyned all the land lyeng betwene Euphrates and Tygris without resistence of any aduersarye purposinge to extende further the boundes of the Romain empire as some wryte was slayne with lightninge Numerianus his sonne whose eyes were sore for weapinge for his fathers death was murdered by â—per his wifes father Dioclesian succeded Carus in the empire The yere of the worlde 4247 and reygned 22. yeres Anni regum britannie 25 The yere of Christ 286 He descended but of a base and vnknowen familye in so much that he was supposed to be the sonne of a nota ry Of witte he was sharpe quicke and subtile of nature geuen to cruelty In politike affayres studyous and diligente towarde christian religion impious and cruell At the first entre with his owne handes he slewe Aper the murderer of Numerianus and not long after in a ieopardus battaile vanquished and slewe Carinus the yonger sonne of Carus which for his cruelty and filthy life was detested of all men Craithlint the son of Findoke after the deathe of Donalde the â—â—ranne was made king of Scottes and reigned .24 yeres with great wisedome and iustice In hys time happened great variance betwene the Pictes and Scottes whiche continued frendes from the time of Fegus the first king of Scottes to these dayes for stealyng of a greyhound wherof ensue great murder and slaughter of men on both partes After that Dioclesian was aduaÌ„ced to the gouernaÌ„ce of the empire The yere of the worlde 4248 The yere of Christ 287 Anni regum britannie 29 there hapned diuers coÌ„mocioÌ„s in sundry prouinces wherfore fearing that he alone shuld not be able to susteine the trauaile of so many ieopardies he made Maximian surnamed Herculeus partaker of the empire and sent him into Gallia to quiete the commocion whiche was moued by Amandus and Aelianus whom he easily vanquished and for that time brought FrauÌ„ce into a quietnesse Polidore and the latine historiographers referre the storye of Carausius Alectus and Asclepiodatus to this time And the Scottishe history sayth that he was a noble man of the Scottes and vncle to kinge Crailinâ—e but let the reader folowe his owne iudgement and that shal seme to him most veritable COnstantius a duke of Rome Anni regum britannie was sente into Brytaine to recouer the tribute The yere of Christ 289 shortly after whose arriuall Coil which than was kinge dyed wherefore the Britains to haue more suertye of peace wylled this Duke to take to wife Helena the doughter of Coil which was a wonderful fayre mayden and therewyth wel learned This Constantius when he had recouered the tribute retourned with his wife Helena to Rome as chiefe rulerof Britaine Because of diuers warres that rose in many prouinces the .ii. emperours chose to them .ii. other noble men Galerius and Constantius whiche was before sent to Britaine to helpe theym in theyr affayres Anni regum britannie 3 The yere of the worlde 4252 The yere of Christ whome they called Cesars Galerius was sent into the east partes againste the Persians â–ª Constantius had the tuition of Fraunce Dioclecian after he had subdued Achilleus The yere of the worlde 4253 The yere of Christ 292 that rebelled in Egipte Anni regum britannie 4 conquered and vtterly destroyed two noble and riche citees called Busiris and Copon he subdued also the cite
Wherefore he confessed that it hapned for his crueltee towarde the Christians and called in his proclamacions whiche he had published against them But notwithstandinge he dyed miserably and as some write not susteininge the stenche of his owne sore slewe him selfe Maximinus whyche a litle before had taken on hym the name of an emperour in the east kept secret the commaundementes of Galerius wherein he forbade the persecucion of the Christians and after his death most cruelly tourmented them in euerye place And to the intent to corrupte the youthe â–ª he feygned actes of Pylate and Christe which he caused to be openly read to children in their scholes Ormisda the sonne of Narses king of Persians kepte warre with his brother for the kingdome and beyng put to the worse fled to the Romains Constantine came with a parte of hys armye against Marentius The yere of the worlde 4276 The yere of Christ 315 Anni regum britannie 6 whiche vexed the Romains with greeuous exaction and tribute Whan he was in his iourney by a vision in the night he sawe the sygne of the crosse in the element shyning like fyre and an angell thereby saiyng in this wâ—se Constantine in this signe thou shalâ—e ouercome Wherewith he beynge greatly comforted shortly after vanquisâ—hed the armie of Marentiâ—s who fleeyng out of the battaile was drowned in Tyber Maximinus whiche did persecute the Christians in the east parties warred against Licinâ—us of whom he was ouerthrowen and as he was preparing for an other battayle ended his lyfe miserablye of a paine in the guttes whereby the empyre was onelye vnder the dominion of Constantine and Licinâ—us which was before diuided in iiii partes Licinius obteyninge the dominion of Asia restored the Christians from banishement Anni regum britannie 7 The yere of the worlde 4277 The yere of Christ 316 Dioclecian finished his last daie nere to Solonae before his death whan he was entised by Herculius to take on him againe the imperiall auctoritee he answered in this wyse if you dyd see the herbes whiche I haue planted and sette here with my owne handes you would neuer desyre to be emperour againe Crispus and Constantius The yere of the worlde 4278 The yere of Christ 317 the sonnes of Constantine and Licinius his nephew Anni regum britannie 8 were made Caesars Lactantius was famous and wrate his woorke The yere of the worlde 4279 The yere of Christ 318 De diuinis institutionibus Anni regum britannie 9 to Constantine the emperour Constantine forbade all persecution of the Christians The yere of the worlde 4280 The yere of Christ 319 Anni regum britannie 10 Licinius emperour of the east The yere of the worlde 4281 The yere of Christ 320 persecuted the Christians Anni regum britannie 11 and expelled theim oute of his palaice pretendynge this cause that they praied more for the prosperous succeasse of Constantine than for him Baâ—ilius byshop of Amasia in Ponte was martyred The yere of the worlde 4282 The yere of Christ 321 Anni regum britannie 12 Constantine ordeined the sondaie to be kepte holy The yere of the worlde 4283 The yere of Christ 322 and that men vacant from other occupacions Anni regum britannie 13 shuld employ them selfe onely to praier Eustathius byshop of Antioch The yere of the worlde 4284 The yere of Christ 323 Anni regum britannie 14 Arrius priest in the churche of Alexandria began first this heresie that the sonne in deitee was not equall with the father nor of the same substaunce but onely a mere creature Unto this errour he induced a greate parte of the worlde beynge than chrystened and many famous clerkes and great learned men Arrius was excommunicated by Alexandre whyche was than bysshop of Alexandria A noble man called Alexander in a commocion at Carthage was named emperour and shortly after was subdued by a company of a souldiours that CoÌ„stantine sent againste him Anni regum britannie 16 Ciuile warre betwene the emperours Constantine and Licinius â–ª The firste battaile was fought in Hungarie The yere of the worlde 4286 The yere of Christ 325 where Licinius was ouerthrowen than he fled into Macedonie and repairing his armye was againe discoâ—mfited Finally beyng vanquished both by sea and lande he lastlye at Nicomedia yelded him selfe to Constantine and was commaunded to liue a priuate life in Thessaly where he was slaine of the souldiours Helena the mother of Constantine at Hierusalem founde the crosse on the which Christ suffered his passion and the .iii. nayles wherewith his feete and handes were perced The yere of the worlde 4288 At Nicena was called a generall counsaile Anni regum britannie 18 in the whyche the emperour Constantine was present The yere of Christ 327 with .318 by shops by whome was determined against Arrius that the sonne was equall with the father whiche decre was confirmed by the emperour and Arrius with .vi. other byshoppes banisshed In this counsaile whan certaine byshops woulde haue ordeyned that priestes should not thens foorth companye with their owne wifes Paphnucius a man of greate vertue and learninge vehemently withstode their myndes saiynge that it woulde be cause of howredome and aduoutrie Octauius Duke of Iesses or weast Saxones whom Constantine made lieuâ—tenant in Britaine rebelled and endeuoured to expell the Romains out of the land wherof whan Constantine had knowlege he set against him a Duke named Traherne with certaine legions of souldiours after whose arriuall in Britaine was foughte a fierce battaile nere to Winchester in which Traherne was put to the worse and constreigned to flee towarde Scotlande whom Octamus folowed â–ª and in Westmer lande gaue to him the seconde battaile in whiche Octauius was chased and Traherne was victour who pursued him so egrely that Octauius forsoke the lande and sailed to Norwaie OCtauius repairinge his armie Anni regum britannie 1 came againe into Britaine but in the meanetyme an Erle whiche fauoured his partie The yere of the worlde 4290 The yere of Christ 329 by treason murdered the fore named Traherne and than Octauius called in the englisâ—he cronicles Octauian reigned in this lande at the least .54 yeres In whiche tyme as saithe the Scottishe historie he was troubled with often warres by the Romaines Polidore sayeth that this realme was in good quiete al the time of Constantine and his successours vntill the .v. yere of Gracian and maketh no mencion of this Octauius whiche thing I speake not for anye reproche to Polidore whome I knowe right well to haue folowed most certaine and commendable auctours but onely to shewe to the reader the diuersitee of histories Crispus the sonne of Constantine and the yonger Licinius his nephew with manye other noble men by the enuious suggestion of Fausta the emperours wife wer vniustly put to death Constantine according to the custome of the RomaÌ„s solemnised the twenteth yeare of his reigne with great bankettes and feastes at the which were all the byshops and priestes that assembled in the counsayle of
clemencie and gentilnesse to Antonine in moderacion and temperate sobernesse to Aurelius and in studie of good letters euen to the chiefe phylosophiers Whan he was younge he so profyted in Christian learning that he read openlye holye scripture in Nicomedia But after by the counsayle and company of Libanius the Rhetorycian he fell agayne to the idolatrye of the Pagenes and is therefore called Apostara that is one that forsaketh his professyon He dyd not persecute the Christians with so open crueltee as other princes had dooen but absteined from bloudshed and endeuoured by craftye meanes to withdraw theim from their belife aduaunsynge theim to honour and dignitee whiche did forsake Christ and leanyng theim as vyle and abiect slaues that continued in theyr religion In his tyme were manye godly and well learned men whiche withstode bothe his crafty assautes and peinâ—ted philosophie amonge the whiche was Apollinaris that wrate a boke to Iulian. Iulian gaue commandement that ChristiaÌ„ men shuld not be traded and brought vppe in the knowlage of good letters saiynge â–ª that he and his adherentes philosophiers were wounded with their owne feathers He opened agayne the temples of idolles Athanasius whiche was retourned from banishemente to Alexandria by the intercession of southsaiers and Nicro nanciars was by Iulian expelled agayne from the citee Iulian and the Iewes endeuoured to builde agayne the temple of Hierusalem in dyspyte of the Christias but they were prohibited and letted of God with tempestes wyndes lyghtnynges and earthquakes by the whiche many of theim were slayne and theyr woorke destroied Iulian goyng agaynste the Persians spoiled Asstrie and conquered many townes and cytees And at length preasyng casshely into battaile among his enemies was slayne At whiche tyme as it is written whan he had receiued his deathes wounde he takinge his hande ful of bloude â–ª and castyng it into the ayer saied in this wyse Vicisti Galilee that is O thou man of Galilei thou hast the vpper hande meanyng of Christ whom he called alway Gallileus Iunian a godly man whiche had suffered great reproche for the faith of Christe in the time of Iulian was chosen emperour of the souldiours in their extreame necessitee The yere of the worlde 4327 The yere of Christ 366 who refused that auctoritee a good space saiyng Anni regum britannie 38 that he beyng a Christyan could not be gouernour of Paganes and Infidelles at which tyme the whole hostes with one dayce crâ—â—d we be ChristiaÌ„s and forsake vtterly oure idolatrye This Iuuian beyng put to the worse in a battaile or â—â—â—aine agaynste the Persyans of necessitye was constreigned to make a dishonorable peace for besyde the losse of .v. prouinces beyond the riuer Tygris he was bounden not to ayde the kynge of Armonye their sworne friende to whiche thinge the Romaynes were neuer constreigned before that daye Iuuian called from banishment the byshops whyche were exyled in the tyme of Constancius and Iulian and shortlye after finished his lyfe of an ague when he hed reygned .viii monethes About this time one Eugenius was made king of Scottes Here the Scottishe historye maketh a longe processe of the fyerce and cruel war that he kept agaynste Maxymus the Romayne capitayne and the Pictes and Britaines whiche I thinke to be of no more credyte then the residue of their history that they haue feigned from the beginning For vndoubtedlye if they had put the Romains to so much trouble as their cronicles shewe bothe in the tyme of the conquest and after Cesar Tacitus Ptolemei Plinie and other would haue made some mencyon of the Scottes as thei did of the Trinobantes Cenimagnes Segontiaces Bidrices Brigantes Silutes Iâ—cenes and diuers other Ualentinian folowed in the empire and reygned .xx yeares Anni regum britannie 39 He was a veraie good emperour The yere of the worlde 4328 The yere of Christ 367 comely in visage and countenaunce of a goodli personage and had a sharpe and fine witte in maners most lyke to Aurelius of nature seuere and graue insest agaynst vice specyally couetousnes In his communicatyon he was cleane and peked and of custome spake but seldome In al hys actes he obserued oportunitye of time and place wyth great discretion and was verye cunninge in peynctyng caruinge and making images of waxe or claye He fauoured much Christian religion and was a great mainteyner therof He made his brother Ualens partaker of the empire and committed to him the east Procopius by treason vsurped imperiall auctoryty in Bythinia In Phrigia the souldiours of Procopius forsoke hym and went to Ualens Anni regum britannie 40 The yere of the worlde 4329 The yere of Christ 368 by which meanes Procopius was taken bounden delyuered to the emperoure and by his commmaundement beheaded Ualens was baptysed of Eudoxus a byshop of the Arrians which beinge in great fauour in the emperoures courte wrought muche trouble to the catholike bishops Ualens went with an army against the Gothes whyche passing the riuer Danuby ouerrode the countrey of Thrace Al Constantinople fell haylestones of wonderful bygnesse with which many men were slayne In Fraunce wull descended from the ayre myxed with rayne Ualentinian made Gratian his sonne Augustus The Frenchemen about this time first obteined their name of Ualentinian to be called Franci that is fierce and valiaunt bycause they chased the Ataines out of the marishes and fennes of Meotides and for that dede he forgaue them tenne yeres tribute They were called before Sicambri and had their beginning of the Troianes A very great earthquake in Bithinia whyche ouerthrew the citee Nicea The yere of the worlde 4331 The yere of Christ 270 Anni regum britannie 42 The doctrine of the heretikes named messaliani beganne The yere of the worlde 4332 The yere of Christ 371 whiche denyed the grace of Baptisme and sayed Anni regum britannie 43 the holy ghost came onely by prayer The folowers of this heresye gaue them to sleape and idlenesse and called their dreames prophesies Basilius was famous a man of incomparable vertue and learninge borne in Cappadocia He was taught of his father as well grammer as other learninges called Quadriâ—ialles Afterwarde he went to Athenes where whyles he exactlye studyed in philosophye Gregorius called Nazianzen being than wholye dedicate to the studie of scripture and louinge Basile entirelye came into the schole where he read in a chear and takinge him by the hand brought him to a monasterye where leyinge a parte all bookes of philosophye they onelye entended to readinge of scripture at lengthe diuidinge theym selues Basile went about Ponte teachinge the people the true faith and at this time was made bishop of Cesaria Ualentinian the emperour maryed an other wife Anni regum britannie 44 and therfore published a law The yere of the worlde 4333 The yere of Christ 372 that who so would might take ii wifes The kingdome of Spayne tooke his beginning of one Athanaricus Athanaricus otherwise called Alaricus kinge of Gothes persecuted the christians and with
after at the casteâ—l of Flynte they toke kinge Richarde and helde him as prysoner in the tower of LoÌ„don where he yelded vp and resigned to the sayd Henry Duke of Herforde all his power and kingly title to the crowne of England and Fraunce knowlaging that he was worthely deposed for his demeriteâ— and misgouerning of the common weale Warre in Lumbardy betwene Galias duke of Myllayne and the citees of Florence and Mantua Boniface bishop of Rome went to Perusia to set agrement betwene the nobles and the commons of the cytee which were fallen at variance A great noumbre of people in Fraunce were vexed and dyed of the plague Ipedimic The yere of the worlde 5360 The yere of Christ 5399 A blasing sterre was sene at the same tyme wyth beames of most feruent fire HEnrye the .iiii. was ordeyned kynge of Englande more by force as it appeared Anni regum Angli 1 than by lawful inâ—cession or election which thing turned him to muche vnquietnesse caused often rebellion in this realme of courage he was noble and valiant and after the ciuil warres was appeased shewed him selfe very gentil and louinge to his subiectes Henrie his sonne was made prince of wales Galias duke of Myllayne bought the citee of Pyse of Robert the sonne of Iames Apâ—â—an He receyued also by composicion and fayre promyses the citee of Perusium whiche belonged to the bishoppe of Rome and not long after brought to his subiectioÌ„ Bononia and Luca wherby his seig nory was greatly augmented This yere a certayne priest arayed all in white came out of the alpes into Italie bringing with him a nombre of men in the same apparaâ—le called the white sect or felowship which secte of white companions Bonyface the bishop of Rome dispercâ—ed and burnt the priest that was theyr head and mayster Bishop Boniface at the intercession of his people retourned to the citee of Rome which thing he refused to dooe vntil they had grauÌ„ted to receyue a senatour or gouernour of their citee at his appointment that a stranger and none of the citee according to the decrees of his predecessours this senatoure wss called Malatesta beyng before of the citee Pizaurie Mahomet the Turke murdered Orchane his brother The yere of the worlde The yere of Christ 1400 Sir Iohn Hollande Duke of Exeter Anni regum Angli 2 brother to king Richarde and the dukes of Amnarke and of Surrey with the erles of Salesburye and of Gloucester other that fauoured Richard of Burdeur conspired agaynste king Henrie and appoyncted priuily to murder him at a feast and iustes whych should be holden at Oxenford or as some write at a mumming in the castel of Winsor But howe it was theyr treason was disclosed and they all for the same put to death with as many knightes squiers as were of that alyaunce and confederacy King Richarde was put to death in the tower of London and caried through the citee that men myght se him and so conueyghed to the abbey of LaÌ„glei there buried A certayne priest was burned in Smithfielde Uariance in Scotland betwene the erle Douglas and the erle of March for which the erle of Marche fled into Englande and after wrought the Scottes much wo. Sigismunde kinge of Hungarye caused to be put to death .xxxii. of the noble men of his realme wherefore in his absence certayne of the people sent for Ladyslaus from Naples and made him theyr kynge shortlye after SigismuÌ„d recouered agayne his kingdome by strength and force of armes but yet it was not longe ere that he was agayne taken of the nobles of his realme and cast in prison at the towne of Soclos and there kept a good space being put into the handes of a wydow whose husband he had putte to death whom he entreated with so fayre wordes and promisses that he was sette at his lybertee and recouering agayne his kingdome putte to death Stephen Uuayuoda In Englande sir Roger Clarinâ—on a knight The yere of the worlde 5362 The yere of Christ with his ii seruantes Anni regum Angli 3 the priour of La. and .viii. gray friers were hanged at Tyburne for making of tauntinge and scoffing rimes and verses agaynst the king King Henry went towarde Wales to quiete a rebellyous sedicion which was arrered among the Welshemen by one Owen of Gleandere Warre betwene Galias of Myllayne and the Florentines Uinceslaus the emperour for his cowardise and vnhonest life was deposed and Rubertus or Robertus duke of Bauarie aduanced to the imperial auctoritee by the electours of Germanye This emperour went into Italy agaynst Galiatius of Millain but he preuailed nothing The bishoppe of Rome published a law that no priest shuld be admitted to a benefice vntill he had payed the first fruytes of the same whereby he was made lorde of the worlde Ladislaus the sonne of Charles who was before kyng of Naples was restored ag ayne to his fathers kingdom About this time sir Henrye Persie Erle of Northumberlande The yere of the worlde 5363 The yere of Christ made a viage into Scotlande Anni regum Angli 4 in the quarel of Mumbray erle of March. Patrike Hepburne inuading the borders of England was discomfited and many of his men slaine and taken prisoners Sir Thomas Percy Erle of Worcester HeÌ„ry Percye sonne to the erle of Northumberlande rebelled and gathered a great power agaynst king Henry of EnglaÌ„d with whom they encountred nere to Shrosâ—bury but to theyr owne confusion for in that conflict was slayne sir Henrye Spenser with diuers noble men on both partes and prince HeÌ„ry the kinges sonne wounded with an arrowe in the face Sir Thomas Percye was taken after beheaded his brother the Erle of Northumberland fled for feare into Scotlande Galiatius duke of Myllayne departed out of this life and gaue to Iohn his sonne the duchye of Millayne to Philipye the lordshippe of Pauie After his decease rose many tyrannes in Italy which vexed that couÌ„trey with most cruell sedicion and warre For the nombre of xxv citees forsoke the dominion of the lordes of Millayne and chose to them priuate gouernours Mahomet the Turke when he had slaine his brother obteined alone the kingdome who after the death of the Tartacian Tanberlanis recouering again his fathers dominioÌ„ vexed with extreme murder and slaughter the Bulgares and Walaches toke the citee Hadrianopolis which he made his seat royall The yere of the worlde 5364 The yere of Christ The emperour Robert came into England only to se the countrey and commodityes therof Anni regum Angli 5 wher he was receiued with great triumph Cambaleschia Neptaâ—um and Quinsâ—li great cyties of Scythia vnder the dominion of the Tartarians were first founden Great discencion and variance in France betwene the Dukes of Burgoyne and Orliance Anni regum Angli 6 The yere of the worlde 5365 The yere of Christ in so much that mortall warre was arrered on bothe partes to the great dysturbance and vnquietnesse of
Naples conquered the cytie of Rome The yere of the worlde The yere of Christ 1413 HEnry the .v. was crowned king of Englande Anni regum Angli 1 and reygned .x yeeres he was a prince of greate nobleâ—nesse and prowes of statute personage raule and sklender of nature gentili and liberal â–ª in deâ—es of armes expert and cunning wherby he conquered manfully his enemyes and brought France to his subiection Before the deathe of his father he applied and gaue hym selfe to all vice and insolencie of life and drew vnto him riotous and wildly disposed persons but whan he was admitted to the rule of the lande sodeinely he became a new man and tourned all that rage of wildnesse into sober wyse behauiour and vice into vertue And that he mighte not be againe corrupted he charged all his olde companions that vpon peine of their liâ—es none of theim shuld come within .x. mâ—les of the place that he was lodged in By procurement of the emperour Sigismund a great counsayle was holden at Constance for the vnion of the churche whyche contynued the space of .iiii. yeeres to what profyte of the churche let hym iudge that hath dyligently reâ—de the histories of that tyme Anni regum Angli 2 The yere of the worlde 5375 The yere of Christ with the actes of the counsayle and wel considered what therof ensued In this counsayle were the tâ—re bâ—shops deposed the doctrine of Wickâ—â—effe condeÌ„ned and M. Iohn Husse with Hieronomus of Prage aâ—iâ—dged to be burned for preaching agaynst the byshop of Romes vsurped power Iohan the sister of Ladislaus a woman of notable lightnesse and 〈◊〉 succeded her brother in the kingdome of Naples Kyng Henrâ— of Englande sent an ambassadâ— to Charles the frenche kynge makinge clâ—yme to the realme of Fraunce to whom aunswere was made with great gesting and scoffing In Englande for so muche as sir Oleâ—stell knyghte was aâ—peched of heresy and flew the lande Anni regum Angli 3 The yere of the worlde 5376 The yere of Christ 1413 many of hys adherentes eâ—tending a coâ—â—ocion assembled them in great noumbre Wherof the kyng being enfourmed by strength toke manye of theim Of whiche noumbre .38 were after for the same hanged and brent in Thickettes fielde beside S. Giles at London Iohn Husse was burned for preaching agaynst the byshop of Rome It is written that a lytle before his death he sayed in this wise The monye of Husse hath this inscription on the one parte whan a hundred yeres be come and gone ye shall aunswere to god and to me And in lykewyse In the yeare 〈◊〉 lorde .1415 Iohn Husse was condempned In the other part ye read beleue that there is onelye one catholike churche Ammurates the sonne of Mahometes king of Turkes 34. yeres Iohn the â—i king of Spayne or Castile .50 yeres While king Henry was shippinge of his people into Fraunce Anni regum Angli 4 siâ—â—â—charde Erle of â—ambridge The yere of the worlde 5377 The yere of Christ sir 〈◊〉 Scrope 〈◊〉 oâ— Englande and sir Thomas Gray knight were 〈◊〉 for treason and so strayetlye 〈◊〉 that it was conâ—â—ssed that they were purposed to haue slaâ—ne the kinge by the corrupting of the Frenchemen wherefore they were all three adiudged to dye there presently Kâ—nge Henrie whan he had taken the towne of 〈…〉 in Normandye was compassed and enclosed with a wonderful great host of frenâ—hmen in the which 〈…〉 â—l thousande fightinge men at whiche 〈◊〉 not withstanding that he had with him not passinge .13 00. fâ—oâ—emâ—n and .ii. thousand speares of which man◠〈…〉 and dâ—seâ—sed by the grace of god and a noble pollyâ— by him inuented he discomfited his enemyes slew of theim to the nombre of .10000 and toke prisoners wâ—l nere as many His pollicie was that â—uerye be 〈◊〉 shoulde prepare him a sharpe picked stake and at the encountring of ehe horsemen to pitche the saâ—e before him and sodeynly to retyre backe shooting wholye together with great violence by whiche meanes a great nombre was distressed and the whole host discomfited Thys is called the battaile of Agâ—ncourte Antonius de Butrio a lawier Ualescus and Monteger rana phisicâ—ons â—eonardus Areâ—â—nus and Pogius lerned men flourished Hieronomus of Prage was condemned by the counsail of Constantine and burned Of the great learninge eloquence and honest life of this man with the hole storye of his death read in the epistle of Pogius written to one Nicolas In Boheme after the burninge of Husse and Ierome was a great tumulty sedicion and ciuile warre For the common people which faâ—â—ured Husse gathered together in great noumbre and by the rashenesse of their leaders exercised many cruell dedes This sedicion encreased muche by the â—sâ—â—mmate negligeÌ„ce and cowardise of their king Uenceslaus Wâ—aÌ„ 〈◊〉 thâ— .v. was chosen bishop of Rome Anni regum Angli 5 by the agrâ—eâ—ente of the counsaile The yere of the worlde 1378 The yere of Christ 1407 and the other .iii. deposed the emperour Sigismunde made mencion of the reformacion amendement of maners as wel of the clergy as of the laytee that by negligence and ouer much licece were greatly corrupted but it pleased the bishoppe to deferre that matter to an other time and departed toward Rome contrary to the emperours will and pleasure The emperour Sigismunde came in to England to entreate a mâ—anâ—s of peace betwene the king of England and Fraunce but all was in vayne For in the end no peace could be agreed vpon Kinge Henrâ— made an other vyage into Normandye whâ—â— he wan the castel of Towike the townes of Canâ—l Louers Falois Newlin Cherburgh Argâ—ntiâ—â— â— Baoua with diuers other stronge castels holdes abbayes and piâ—es and lastly besieged the citee of Roan Anni regum Angli 6 Philipe the sonne of â—alias The yere of the worlde The yere of Christ 1418 by force of armes made claime to his fathers Dukedome of Millayne and wan diuers citees from the new tyrannes Brachius a noble man of Italy conquered froÌ„ the bishop of Rome well nere al S â—eâ—â—rs patrimoâ—â— Debate and varâ—ance in Fraunce betwene the dolphin and the Duke of Burgoyne whiche turned the realm to great misery At the same time one Iohn Uillaâ—s by the procurement of the duke of Burgoyne as the common fame went entred by night into the citee of Paris with a company of men and went where the kinge was and gatâ—e the rule of his person and after murdered within the citee theim that they knewe to beare any rule to the nombre of .iii. thousande Iohn Duke of Burgoyne The yere of the worlde 5380 The yere of Christ 1419 which was the occasioner of the duke of Orliance death Anni regum Angli 7 was slayne in presence of the Dolphine Kinge Henrye of Englande after that with great noblenesse and manhode he hadde continued his warre in Fraunce conquered Roan subdued al Normandy and by composicion with the lordes was proclaymed regent of Fraunce for
in his youthe by his wysedome deliuered the innocent Susanna from death expounded the dreames of Nabuchodonoser and fynally cast into a denne among hungry lyons was by the power of God preserued from harme Afterwarde he prophecied bothe of the comyng of Christ and also of the empires of Babylon Media Persia Grecia and the Romanes Nabuchodonoser erected a golden stature or ydoll whiche he commaunded to be adored by whiche occasion the holye men Ananias azarias and Misael tryumphed in-the fyer After this he sawe the vision of the fallynge tree wherby he was warned of his falle For shortlye after he was tourned into a beastly fury liuing in the woodes as a beast seuen yeres Finally he was restored agayn to his helth and kingdome Europs king of Macedon reigned .xxvi. yeres Before Britayne knovven 557 Pittacus Miteleneus The yere of the worlde 3356 The yere before Christe one of the seuen wyse menne of Grece in this time excelled bothe in learninge and marcial feates Uaphres was king of Egipt .xxx. yeres Before Britayne knovven 553 Cyaraxes ouercam the Scithians The yere of the worlde 3360 The yere before Christe 603 and recouered Asia Before Britayne knovven 552 Sappho a poetesse and prophetesse The yere of the worlde 3361 The yere before Christe in this season was greatly renoumed Adrican kinge of Penians yelded him selfe and his to Aprius Before Britayne knovven 549 who brought his army into Cireneica The yere of the worlde 3364 The yere before Christe 599 where by them at Isara his armye was ouerthrowen put to flight and slayne excepte a fewe who by slyght saued theim selues Before Britayne knovven Astyages the .viii. and last kynge of Medes reigned 38. yeres The yere of the worlde 3365 The yere before Christe 598 He gaue his onely daughter Mandanes in maryage to Cambises a persiaÌ„ of whom Cyrus was born whiche Cambyses at length was taken by his nephieu Cyrus and deposed from his empire Marsiles a citee and fayre hauen of Fraunce in this tyme was builded vpon the Lumbarde sea The yere of the worlde 3369 The yere before Christe 594 Before Britayne knovven 544 Solon who for his wisedom is called one of the seuen wyse men of Grece gaue lawes to the Atheniens emong the which this is one that euery man yerely shuld shew to the magistrates his substance and kynde of occupacion wherby he honestly lyued And that suche children as were not by their parentes instructed in some honeste facultee shulde not bee bound in tyme of nede to find them necessaries He ordeined also sharpe punishment for sclanderers and theim whiche spake yll of dead men and abolished the cruel and blouddie lawes of Draco whyche were tempered with noo equytee but commaunded all transgressions egally lyke to be punished with death The yere of the worlde 3373 The yere before Christe 590 Amilinus Euilmerodach the tenth kinge of Babilon Before Britayne knovven 540 reigned .31 yeres he in the beginnyng of his reigne toke out of prison Ioachin kyng of Iewes honoured hym aboue all the princis of Babylon and his sonne Asir Iechonias was also deliuered who begat Salathiel the father of Zorobabel The eclips of the sonne which Thales dyd pronostique chanced nowe The yere of the worlde The yere before Christe 585 Cyrus among the shepardes chyldren in their playes was called theyr kyng Before Britayne knovven 535 Astyages to be reuenged on Harpagus for the sauing of Cyrus gaue him his owne sonne to eate The Hetruscians adorned Tarquinius with a golden crowne a scepter an yuory seate and a purple vesture The yere before Christe 584 The fiue yeres warre betweene the Sabines and Romaynes began The yere of the worlde 3379 Before Britayne knovven 534 Astyages warred agaynst the Lydians The yere of the worlde 3381 The yere before Christe 582 Astybarus with his sonne Apanda reigned in Media xâ— yeres â–ª as Metasthenes writ th Before Britayne knovven The plaies of Apollo called Istâ—â—ia and Pythia were in this tyme fyrst kepte Alcetas was kyng of Macedon .xxix. yeres The yere of the worlde The yere before Christe 581 The Scottes as their chronycles shewe Before Britayne knovven 531 in this tyme began to inhabit Scotlande The yere of the worlde 3383 The yere before Christe 580 where they liued long time vnder sundry capitaynes as they called theim Before Britayne knovven 530 vntil the tyme of Fergus sonne of Ferquard kynge of Irelande who ayded the Scottes agaynste the Pichtes and was the first kyng of Scottes as they saye The Sabines yelded them to the Romanes Anaximander a renoumed philosopher and phisicien in this time florished He taught the course of the celestial bodies and first made the Horoscopy or ascendent and also discriued the circuite of the land and sea Archestratides was king of Athenes Before Britayne knovven 527 Seruius Tullius the sixt kynge of Romanes The yere of the worlde 3386 The yere before Christe 577 reigned 44. yeres He ouercam the Ueientes and Hetruscians subdued the Sabines added the three hilles Quirinalis Fiminales and Aesquilinus to the citee he dydde â—â—ste a dyche about the walles and firste of all ordeined the valuacion and numbryng of the people whiche yet to al the worlde was knowen Under whoÌ„ Rome beyng brought to a valuacion had .84 thousand heades of citisens Finally he was slayn by L. Tarquinius the proude who Seruius yet liuynge affected the kyngdome by the entisement of his wyfe Tulla the daughter of Seruius Claudia a virgin vestale accused of incest for hir purgacion went to the shalowes of Tiber where fastenyng hir gyrdle to a shyp there stickynge spake these wordes If I be a virgin folow me Incontinent she drewe the shyp out of the shalowes to Rome Before Britayne knovven 523 Anamasis kyng of Aegypt reigned .42 yeres The playes exercised naked were kept at Athenes The yere of the worlde 3390 The yere before Christe 373 Aesopus a Phrigian by fortune bonde but in wyt free and excellent in this tyme florished by feignyng his pleasaunt fables Before Britayne knovven 521 Croesus the last king of Lydio reigned .xiiii. yeres In the beginning of his reigne fortune fauoured him The yere of the worlde 3402 The yere before Christe 562 wherby he gathered excedynge richesse by whiche he was so elated that he enterprised warres agaynst Cyrus kynge of Persia by whom he was taken and set vpon a greate pile of wood to be burned Than Croesus remembrynge the wordes of Solon who had tolde hym before That no man coulde be counted blessed or on all partes happy before the last day of his life with a great exclamacioÌ„ cried oute Solon Solon Solon Whyche wordes Cyrus hearinge caused of hym to be demanded what he was whom he called vpon than Croesus declared the whole circumstance of the matter whiche thyng Cyrus perceiuing acknowlaged hym selfe to be also a man and sore repented that he went about to burne hym who was equal to hym in honour and riches and hastily commanded hym to be deliuered from the fier