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

modestie After Maximus had spoken these wordes and promysed to distribute muche money amonges theym he soiourned a lytle whyle at Aquil●ia and then determined to retourne to Rome Wherfore hauing dismis●ed the rest the Armie into the Prouinces and theyr owne Stations him self retourned to Rome wych the Yeomen of hys Garde who hauynge the chyefest charge of the Emperours personne were chosen by Albynus and manye Germaynes hys frendes in whome he had moste affyaunce as in those whome before he was Emperour he had gouerned When he entered into the Cytye Albinus mette hym wyth yonge Gordian in his companye The Senate and all the people receyued them wyth Ioyful Cries Shoutes as if they triumphed But notwithstanding that the Empire were gouerned bothe openly and priuely with much modest grauitie euerye man spake well of it and all the people were gladde wyth the Prynces for that they were noble men borne worthye Thempyre yet the spytful and crabbed stomackes of the Pretorian Souldyours could not wel abide to heare those ioyfull prayses of the people but grudged murmured agaynste that nobilitye beynge sore greued that the Prynces were created by the Senate Theyr grudge was augmented by reason of the Germaynes whome Maximus retayned wyth hym in the Cytye For they thoughte that the Germaynes woulde worke theym myschiefe yf they attempted any great enterpryse They feared also treason lest perhaps they shoulde be put out of seruice for their sakes beinge mindfull of Seuerus the Emperour who discharged frō theyr lyuynges all the Slears of Pertynax Wherfore one daye when playes were celebrated in the Capitole and mens mindes addicted vnto reuels and pastyme sodeynly the Souldiours did manifestly shewe furthe theyr longe dissimuled rancour For beinge enflamed with yr● they ranne all together in a franticke moode vnto Themperyall Palayce requirynge the twoo olde Emperours to deathe It happened then as the Diuell woulde haue it that them selues agreed not very wel togethers But as the desyre to raygne is vnsaciable and the power of gouernaunce indiuisible eyther of theym coueyted to be the chiefe Ruler For Albinus was stomacked thereunto wyth the nobilitie of hys byrthe and hys twyse beynge Consull And Maximus was encouraged with hys Gouernaunce of the Citye and because he was the more skylfull in all affayres But in deade theyr bothe dignities of Senatours and theyr sufficient nobilitie of byrthe dyd prycke them bothe forwardes eyther to coueyte the sole Regiment whiche was the cause of theyr owne destruction For when Maximus hearynge that the Pretorian Souldyours were comme to slea hym determyned to cal for the ayde of the Germayns whyche were in the Citie seamed able ynoughe to withstande the Pretorians Albinus suspecting some deceyte to be forged against hym because he knewe that the Germaynes fauoured Maximus prohybyted them to be sent for deniynge that they were called to resyste the Pretorians but onely to the entent Maximus might obtayne the rule him selfe alone Whyles they thus contended wythin them selues ●oo sodeynlye wyth one assente the Souldyours were vyolentlye entered into the Palayce hauynge beaten downe the Porters There toke they bothe the olde men rente the garmentes they had on beynge in deade symple for that they abode wythin the dores and drewe them dothe naked out of the Palayce beatynge and skornynge theym as Emperours chosen oute of the order of Senatours And pullynge theym by theyr Beardes and eye lyddes sparynge no parte of their body with all the shame thei coulde deuyse thei caried them throughe the myddes of the Citie vnto their Campe determining not to murdre them in the Palaice but rather to tormēt them with a slowe kynde of death that thei might feale the more payne But when thei harde that the Germayns knewe the matter and were therefore fallen to harnesse and comming against theim furthwith thei put the two olde men to death after thei had moste vylaynouslye ordered theim And hauing left their bodyes in the myddes of the waye thei lyfted vp yonge Gordianus in their Armes when nothing elles was nere hande and proclaymed him Emperour And then thei called often vnto the people sayinge that thei hadde slayne wyth their owne handes those whome the people reiected at the fyrste and chosen Gordian the nenewe of that Gordian whiche the Romayne people had compelled to be Emperour This yonge Gordian therfore thei ledde into theyr Campe shut their Gates and there abode in quiete And the Germaynes hearing that those were slaine and throwen oute for whome them selues made that hast determined not to fight for them which were already deade but returned to Innes agayne This vnworthy and vylaynouse ende of lyfe had the two graue and modeste olde men exalted to the Type Diademe of the Empyre thrugh the nobilytie of theyr byrthe and synguler desertes After whome Gordian beynge almoste .xiii. yeres olde and of all the people proclaymed Prynce tooke vppon hym Thempyre ¶ The eande of the eyghte and laste Booke of Herodian ¶ The Annotacions in forme of a Table after the order of the Alphabete contaynynge the exposytion of many woordes Histories Fables sytuacions of places and description of Countreyes seruynge to the more easye vnderstandynge of the presente Hystorye A. AChilles was one of the most valyaūt Capitaynes of the Greakes againste Troy Sone of Peleus King of Thrace Thetis the Doughter of Chirō by whō he was enstructed in the feates of Armes He was slayne by Paris the Sone of Priamus and Hecuba at Troy y e Grete in y e Tēple of Apollo into y t whiche he was come during the truce betwene the Grekes Troians vnder assuraūce to marye Polixena the Doughter of Priamꝰ In al partes of his body he was w tout daūger of wounding sauing in the sole of y e foote By y t which his mother Thetis held him whē she plonged him for y e same purpose w tin Stix one of thinfernal floodes In y e same part of his foote not plōged did Paris woūde him whereof he died And was buried in a litle hil called Sigeū hard by Troy wher during the siege the Greekes encāped In the warre betwene the Greekes and the Troyans he slew Hector Troilus the Sones of Priamus and Hecuba Bretherne of the saeid Paris He was in heighte as Licophron wryteth vii cubites Adolescencie is the age betwene Childehood and m●ns age that is betwene .xiiii. and .xxi. yeres Seruius y e Gramariē Varro hath deuided the Ages in to Infācie Boies age Adolescēcie Youth olde age without any menciō of the perfect age of mās estate The whiche after the same diuision is conteyned betwene youthe and olde age Infancie endureth vnto vii yeres Boyes age vnto .xiiii. complete But Seruius Tullius a King of the Romaynes reckened all those which were vnder the age of .xvii. yeares to be Boyes and after .xvii. yeres vntyll .xlvi. to be yonge men and them he called olde men whyche were aboue .xlvi. yeres of age Beyonde

Bizantium Cyrus King of Persia was the Sone of one Cambises of an obscure familie in Persia Mandane the doughter of Astiages Kīg of Media Who after ther position of his dreame by the whiche he vnderstode y t his doughters Sone shuld be King of all Asye that him self shuld lose his Royalme caused Cirus immediatly after he was borne to be put furth lefte alone in a Forest to y e ende he might be deuoured of wylde beastes But there a Bitche gaue him sucke defended hym from Beastes and Byrdes vntyll that the Kynges Sheperde founde hym caryed hym home to hys wyfe and gaue her the charge to nouryshe hym The woman was afterwardes called Spa●on because amonges the Persyans a Dogge is so named After that he waxed greate he was called Cyrus by the Sheperdes his Companions knowen to be Astiages doughters Sone and sente into Persia where he obtained much credite and aucthority Finally he assembled an Armye to make warre vpon Astyages his Grandefather from whom he berefte y e Royalme of Media vnto the which the Persians were subiect And by thys meanes Cyrus became Kynge of Perse and Media Before hys tyme the Persians had no Kinges but were subiecte vnto other Royaulmes After his victorie against Astiages he vanquisshed toke prisoner Croesus the King Lidia which was so riche But in conclusion him selfe was ouercomen and slayne by Thomyris Quene of Scithia w●en he had reigned .xxx. yeres Vnto hym succeded Cambises his Sone as Iustin in his first booke mēcioneth Eusebius sayeth that Cābises reygned .viii. yeres Vnder Cirus Kynge of Persia by hys owne permissiō begā the reparaciō of y e Tēple of Hierusalē which notw tstādig was discōtinued many yeres after And at y e last finished the .vi. yeare of Darius Reigne Kinge likewise of Persya as witnesseth the .vi. .vii. Chapiters of Esdras in the Bible and Sabellyque in the .vii. Booke of his secōde Enneade After Cambyses two Brethern called Magi vsurped y e kingdō .vii. Monethes After whō Darius raigned .xxxvi. yeres And in the seconde yere of his Reigne Zorobabell by his permissiō renewed the reparacion of the Tēple of Hierusalē This Darius was nat he y t Alexāder the great vanquished but that was the .x. king after him called Dariꝰ also In whom the Royaulme of Persia toke hys eande Cyzicum is a Citye of Asye vpon the Sea syde in a Royaulme called Misia the lesse as witnesseth Ptolomee in the fyrst Table of Asie And so sayeth Plinie in the .xxxii. Chapiter of his .vi. Booke D. DAnubie or Danowe Loke on Ister Darius loke on these wordes Alexāder Cirꝰ Dionisus the Elder was a Tirant of Sicile Son of Hermocrates as saieth Sabellique He was verye well learned as writeth Plinie who preferreth none before him sauīg Plato in Philosophye Philopenꝰ in Poetrie two y e notablest men of learning in all his time In y e same yere y t the Kingdō of Athenes ended and Darius Kynge of Perse dyed Dionisus loste his Royalme as sayeth Sabellique in the nynthe Booke of hys fyrste Enneade Wherein he agreeth not wyth Eusebius Dyonisius Sonne was likewyse named Dyonisius the yonger who was also a Tirante of Sicile and raygned in a citye called Siracuses out of the whiche he was expulsed twyse ones by Dion And the second tyme by Timoleon sent agaynst hym by the Corynthians After thys seconde expulsion he kept a schole and taught yonge chyldren at Corynthe as wryteth Valerius Maximus E. Eridanus is a Ryuer of Italye otherwyse called Padus whych cōmeth as sayth Plinie in y e .xvi. chap. the .iij. boke of his natural History out of a mountaigne called Vesulus After that he hideth him selfe in the grounde and issueth out againe in the confynes of the Foruibienses Of all Ryuers ther is none more renowned The Grekes cal it Eridanus There is no Riuer besydes that encreaseth greater wythin so lytle space For it hathe a merueylous abundaunce of water falling into y e Sea Adriaitque Betwene the cytyes of Rauenna and Altinum it is verye domageable vnto the Countrey For by the space of .vi. skore myles as sayeth Plinie it doeth seperate it selfe into many Riuers Lakes And because that euerye Ryuer is large and great they call the same seuen Seas as witnesseth Herodyan in hys eyght boke Euphrates Loke on thys worde Syrye Europe Loke on thys worde Aphryque G. Galatians are those whiche enhabit the realme of Galatia which is in Asya betwene Bithinia Capadocia as sayen Plinye in the laste chap. of hys fyfth boke and Ptolome in y e fyrst Table of Asye The same Realme is called also Gallogretia and the people Gallogreci because that when the Gaules came to the ayde and succour of the kyng of Bythynie they helde and possessed that part of the Royalme Wherefore it is so named as wryteth Sabellique Gallus a Ryuer Looke on theyse wordes Goddesse Pesynuntyne Ganymedes was Son of Tros king of Phrigia who had Issue Ilus Assacus and Ganimedes The Fables surmise which is the most cōmon opinion y e Iupiter rauished Ganimedes for his beauty by an Egle. But Sabellique in the .x. boke of hys fyrste Enneade sayth y t Ganymedes the Son of Tros was rauished by Tantalus kynge of Paphlagenie to abuse hym Whereby there arose great warre betwene the two kynges And it is most lyke that being very yonge he was iniuriously rauished by Tantalus vnder y e signe of the Egle were the battayles fought vpon the land or Sea Whych hath bene cause of the inuentiō of the Fable that sayeth that the Egle by ordynaunce of Iupiter rauyshed hym Gaule or Fraunce Cesar in his commentaries saith that Gaule is deuided into thre partes wherof y e Belges helde the one the Celtes another and the Aquitans inhabited the thyrd The Aquitans are seperated frō the Celtes by the Ryuer of Garumna The Celtes are sequestred from the Belges by the Ryuers of Marne and Seyn And the Belges are sundred frome the Almaignes by the Rheyn In the which diuision Gaule Narbonique is not comprised Ptolomee in hys fourth Table of Europe and in the chapyters of the same dothe deuyde Gaule into foure partes appoyntynge Gaule Aquitanyque to extende as farre as the Ryuer of Loyre And from Loyre to the Ryuers of Seyn and Marne is Gaule named Lugdunensis And from Seyn vnto Rheyn Gaule Narbonique extendeth it selfe vnto the Sea Mediterranean beyonde the Alpes and the Ryuer Varus vnto the Pyrrhenyan Mountaignes Gaule the rounded or otherwyse called Lumberdye is in the Lymytes of Italye and is the same countreye whyche is named Liguria nexte vnto the Alpes and the Sea All the other Gaule or Fraunce is called Gaule bering bushe Gaule Narbonique was before tyme named Brachata as sayeth Pliniie in the thyrde boke and the fourth chapyter Goddesse Pesynuntyne is y e same that Cicero in hys bokes of the lawes calleth the Moother Idea whyche is the selfe same that the Romaynes name the Moother

¶ The History of Herodian a Greeke Authour treating of the Romayne Emperors after Marcus translated oute of Greeke into Latin by Angelus Politianus and out of Latin into Englyshe by Nicholas Smyth Whereunto are annexed the Argumentes of euery Booke at the begynnyng thereof with Annotacions for the better vnderstandynge of the same Historye ¶ Cum gratia priuilegio regali ad imprimendum solum VVILLIAM Coplande ❧ To the ryghte honorable Lorde Wyllyam Earle of Penbroke c. Lorde President of the Kyng and Queenes Maiesties Counsayle in the Marches of Wales and one of theyr Maiesties most honorable preuie Counsaile his humble Oratour Nycholas Smyth wysheth all thynges prosperous AMongest all those that haue by theyr wrytynge beautifyed the Greke Latyn tonge none are supposed right honorable vertuous Lord so much to haue profited mortall affaires as Historiographers who haue faythfully reduced into writyng the actes deades of such as in fame either good or euyll haue passed thys transitorye lyfe They haue put before our eyes the lyues maners and doinges of all sortes of men w t theyr counselles fortunes and aduentures the whiche theyr posteritie maye as in a paynted Table beholde and therby learne to profyte aswell the Common wealthe as their owne priuate estate Chieflye through the manyfold examples bothe good and euyll conteyned in Histories all sortes of people may attayne by them to more knowledge in shorte space then otherwyse they might in al theyr liues if y e same were much lōger then the commō age of man For profe wherof we haue the memorie of Lucius Lucullus the noble Romaine who as Cicero wryteth at his departure frō Rome against the great kyng Mythridates beyng vtterly vnskylfull in warfare whyles he sayled on the Sea so trauayled in conferring wyth learned men and reading of Histories that when he arriued in Asie he was so excellente in warlyke knowledge that by the confession of Mythridates he deserued preferment aboue all the Chieuetaynes in warre that were before his tyme. Alexander Seuerus also Emperour of Rome when so euer he made preparation to warre accustomed to consulte w t such as were expert in Histories And good cause why For yf Vse as sayeth Afranius hath engendred wysedome and Memorye as the Moother hath brought her into lyghte Who oughte to be more sage and discrete then they whiche reteyne in memorie the deades maners not only of one age or Citie but of al ages nacions Thys much considerynge ryght excellent Lorde and enduced by the prudente wordes of Salust in hys Preface to Catilines wonderfull Coniuration wherby he exhorteth man yf he entende to be reputed worthyer then other mortall Creatures so to employe hys whole labour and studye that he ouerslyp not hys lyfe in slouthful silence as sauage and brute beastes whom Nature hath fourmed prone subiect to y e filthie lustes of the bealy I haue enterprysed to trāslate out of Latyn this presente Historie of Herodian a Greke Authour treating of the Romayn Emperours betwene Marcus the Philosopher and Gordianus the yonger not before I thynke brought into oure Englyshe tonge And haue presumed to dedicat y e same vnto your good Lordshyp whome not onely fame but also experience doeth apparaūtly proue to be the perfect Patrone of knyghtlye prowes and vertue Humbly besechyng your good Lordshyp of your accustomed clemencie so to accepte thys my symple gift beyng the Croppe of my barreyne Haruest as may embolden other ioyfullye to embrace it and encourage me to employe my poore labour further hereafter And so I remayne a continuall Intercessor to almyghtye God for the prosperous estate of youre Lordshyppe wyth contynuall encrease of vertue and honour ¶ THE PROHEME OF the historie of Herodian treating of the Romayne Emperours after Marcus THey whiche haue delyuered vnto theyr posteritie auncient tradicions and endeuored to renewe by writyng the olde memorye of hystories They I saye earnestly affecting the renowne of erudicion and learning and busyly studyeng to preserue theyr names from thiniurie of obliuion did employ moche lesse laboure in searching oute the truthe then in trimmynge the style of their Histories Knowinge precisely that althoughe they falsefyed any thing longe before theyr time passed the same coulde not be reprehendid and yet neuertheles them selfes shold through the pleasaunt eloquence of their finely penned talke obtayne very muche commoditie of their paynefull trauayle Other some beyng moued with perticuler enmityes and hatred of Tyrauntes or elles fallen into vnmeasurable flaterye with praysyng of Princes Cyties priuate persons dyd through skylfull knowledge of wryting blase and extoll farre aboue truthe thinges that by them selues were symple of no estimacion But I in contrarie wyse haue enterprysed to wryte an historye not receyued of others vnknowen or elles wanting witnesses but at this present fixed and remaining in the memories of the Readers and collected with synguler trueth and diligence Trustyng that the knowledge of those thinges being many and great and not longe agone happened wyll not be vnpleasaunt to the posterite For yf a mā wyll well ponder al the ages synce the time of Augustus when the Romayne superioritie was commytted to the arbitrement of one man he shall not fynde in all those ii.c yeres so many almost perdy are reckened betwene Augustus and Marcus so diuers successions in thempire so variable chaunces and happes in the warres either Ciuyle or foreyn so manie nacions raised vp or so many of our owne and barbarous Cities destroyed besides earthquakes and plagues the liues also of Princes and Tiraunts so straunge and incredible that none or at the lest verie few like examples can be founde amongs our elders Of whiche princes some of longe tyme remayned in authoritie other some a shorte while enioyed the dominion yea many of them scarcelie entered into honour and being onlie named Emperours lost thempire the verie same daye they tooke it vpon them And when by the space of .lx. yeres the Citie of Rome had sustained more gouernours then for the time sufficed it came to passe that many straunge thinges and worthy admiracion chaunced For the Princes somewhat striken in age as men expert in sundry affayres did prudently gouerne themselues and their charge On thother side the yonge men ledinge their liues in voluptuousnes inuented and commaunded new thinges dayly wherbie it happened that the yonge princes beinge of vnlike age and licence did also folow vnlike studie maners How these thinges were done in obseruinge a iust order of the trew tyme and prynces we will now declare ¶ The contentes of the fyrste booke THe Authour beginneth his historye at the ende of Marcus Antoninus reigne who was successor vnto Aurelius Antoninus surnamed Pius And it behoueth to know that after y e opiniō of Eusebius in his tables Marcus Antoninus was the .xiiii. Emperour of Rome But after the opinion of other Historiographers he was the .xvii. The fyrst was Iulius Cesar The seconde Octauius Cesar Augustus The

Senatour al other y e bare any rule in the prouynces or excelled in byrth or ryches auengyng hym selfe as he made semblaunte vpon hys enemyes but in deade couetousenesse was the onely cause wherw t he of al other Emperors was most intached For as he gaue place to no man were he euer so commendable in pacience of mynde perseueraunce in laboures and glorye of warfare euen so beynge aboue all measure addicted vnto auaryce he heaped treasure throughe vniuste murders executed vpon euerye tryflyng cause somtime without anye at all enioying thempyre rather throughe force and feare then anye beneuolence or good wyll of the people Neuertheles at the fyrste he would seme familiare affable in settyng out gorgeous shewes and pageauntes of al sortes w t the sleing of an C. cruell beastes at a tyme the whyche he had sent for out of our owne and Barbarouse Regyons He gaue besydes ryche rewardes and publysshed a sumpteous game gettynge from all partes valylyaunte Champyons and cunnynge wrestlers We sawe also in the tyme of hys Reygne sundrye playes of all sortes set furthe in all the Theatres with supplycatyons and watches lyke the sacryfyces of Ceres The same are called Seculer celebrated as they reporte at the ende onely of euery thyrde age And the common Cryers went throughe al the Citye and all Italye callynge all men to the Playes whyche they neuer sawe before nor thereafter shoulde se sygnyfyyng thereby that the space of tyme betwene the celebracion passed that was to come exceded al thage of a man Now Seuerus after he had soiourned a while at Rome and partycypated the regymente of thempyre wyth hys .ii. sonnes perceyuyng hym selfe to be famouse as yet but by one Cyuyle vyctorye obtained agaynste the Romayne power for the whyche also he had refused to Tryumphe determyned to become notable wyth the ouerthrowe and standardes of the Barbaryens Wherfore vnder coloure of reuenging hym selfe vpon Barsemius kynge of the Atrenyens who had assysted Nyger he led hys armye into thoryent And there beyng at the verye poynte to inuade Armenia he was preuented by the kynge therof who sente vnto hym wyllynglye bothe pledges and presētes humblye desyrynge that he myghte entre into frendshyppe and conclude a peace wyth hym After the whyche done Seuerus seyng hys purpose in Armenia proceade as hym selfe wysshed helde on hys iourney towardes the Atrenians And Agbarus the kynge of the Osrohenians came also and yelded him selfe vnto hym And delyuerynge hys chyldren as hostages amplyfyed the truste of hys truthe and loyaltye conceyued by sendynge to the increase of hys armye a greate power of Archers From hence Seuerus passed ouer the Realme of Interamna and the fyeldes of the Albenyans and made a rode into Arabye the fertyle from whence come all the sweete odyferous herbes whyche we vse for pleasaunt● vapours and perfumes And hauing there destroyed ma-many Cities villages and wasted the hole cuntrey he entred into Atrenia There he besyeged the Citye of Atras beyng buylded vpon an high Rocke cōpassed wyth mightye and stronge walles and fortifyed with a wonderfull puyssaunt garrison of Archers Wherefore the Seuerian hoste assaulted this Citye with all the force thei had and moued to the walles Towres engyns of all sortes omytting nothyng that might auaile to the assaulte and batterye of the same On the other syde the Atrenyans stowtely defended theyr Citie shootinge and throwing downe arowes dartes and stones wherewith thei gretely vexed the Seuerians Thei threwe downe also earthē vesselles fylled with certayne wynged venemous lytle beastes The whiche falling vpon the eyes and faces of the Seuerians or elles creapynge by lytle and lytle in at the open partes of their bodies dyd ryghte sharpely stynge and wounde them The Romayne Souldiours besydes were fallen into diseases beyng vnable to away with the feruentnes of the ayre there because it was to extremely hote throughe the continaunce of the Sonne so that by thiese casualties mamy more of them perished then by the handes of their enemyes Wherefore Seuerus perceyuinge them all for wearied and worne the sieage not prospering and the hoste receyuinge more domage and losse thē gayne or profyt determyned before they vtterlye peryshed to lede them from thence verye sorowefull that they departed withoute atchieuing their entended enterpryse For beyng theretofore accustomed to wynne the victorie in all batayles thei then accompted them selues ouercomen for that they had not vanquished But fortune euermore fauorable vnto them so prouided that thei retourned not w tout any thinge done but with more fortunate successe then thei loked for For the hole armye beyng shypped in sundrie vesselles arriued not as thei fyrste purposed at the hauen of Rome but throughe the rage and vyolence 〈◊〉 the waues were driuen to lande in the costes of Parthian nat farre from the Citie of Ctesiphon wherein standeth the Palayce royal of the Parthenyā Kinge Who then liuing in reste and reckening the warres which Seuerus had with the Atremās nothing pertinent to his charge did not in that his ydle tranquillitie suspecte or thinke vpon any peril or myshappe towardes hymselfe entended When the Seueria armye was as I sayd by vehemencie of weather driuen on lande at the bankes of this Royaulme thei began oute of hāde to spoyle and ryfle all the Cuntrey driuing before them all the heardes of Catel and flockes of sheepe thei founde And burning many vyllages in their waye thei marched by small iorneyes to the Citye selfe of Ctesiphō in the which the great Artabanus then laye And there fyndenge the Barbarouse people vnpurueyed of defence thei slew all that resisted sacked the Citie and caryed away as Captiues bothe women and children The king hym selfe with a fewe horsemen only escaped His treasure ornamentes and householde stuffe the Seuerians as conquerours seased vpon and then retourned Thus Seuerus more thrughe fauorable fortune then prudent policye obtayned the Parthian Conquest After the prosperous atchieuinge wherof he sente vnto the Senate and people of Rome gloriouse Letters full of ostentaciō Tables wherin were gorgeouslie paynted and at length sette out his myghty batailes and valiaunt victories For the which the Senate decreed many honours vnto him and gaue him the surnames of the nacions by hym before Conquered In the meane whyle after this happe in the orientall affaires he retourned towardes Rome hauīg his two Sonnes who were then of rype age in hys Companie And after he had finished his iorney cōmitted the rule of y e prouinces vnto those which lyked hym best and mustered the Misians Pannonyens he finally entered into the Citie with Triumphe The people receyued hym w t ioyfull shoutes and all other Ceremonies to the same appertaining vnto whome he graunted certayne extraordynary holye dayes sacryfyces and shewes And hauynge gyuen amonges theim great giftes hym selfe also solemnyzed sundrye playes for his victorye After this he remained a longe tyme at Rome 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Phalaux in the honoure and remembraunce of Alexander When thei were so assembled he commaunded them to seperate themselfes in bandes a greate space one from an other that he mighte electe oute of them the apteste ages statures and personages for the warres The yonge men creditynge the same and perswaded wyth a coloure of truthe thrughe the greate honoure he had before shewed towardes theyr deade Prince resorted thither in many cōpanyes bringinge with them their Parētes and Bretherne with ioyouse acclamaciōs shoutes Then Antonine went about eche companye vewing them and praisinge this and that in euerye one as he liked vntil his whole host had compassed them vnwares and loking for no such thinge And when he perceaued them al to be enclosed with his armie entangled as it were with nettes him self came furth with his garde and gaue a watche word vnto the Souldiours who furthwith ran vpon the people and slewe with meruaylous slaughter the naked and vnarmed youth al other that wer present Of the Souldiors some were occupied in murdering onely other some buried the deade corpses in huge pyttes coueringe them with earth againe raysed a meruaylous highe hil Many were drawen half dead into y e pittes many were buryed quicke There perished besides very many of the Souldiours them selfes For they which had any breth remaining and not fully lost theyr natural strength clipping the Souldiors which ranne vpon them drewe the same also into the pittes wyth them And there was so great a murdre committed that with streames of bloud which ranne alonge the playnes not onely the mouthe of Nylus but also the Sea by the Citie became red of colour Thys eanded Antonyne affecting the Parthyane surname and renowme of Thoriental conquest although the people were nowe in perfecte peace inuented this crafte He wrate letters vnto Artabanus king of Parthia and sent vnto him Ambassadors with sundrie sumptuous giftes In those letters he wrate that he wold take to wife the kinges doughter for y t him self was a prince and a princes sonne And therfore it besemed not hys estate to become son in law of any priuate or meane persone but rather to mary a Queene or the doughter of a great and puisaunt king He alledged that the Empires of Rome and Parthia being the .ii. mightiest of the world ▪ shoulde by this affinitie ioyne togethers and no ryuer disseuerynge them be of so great strength that it were impossible for any forreyne power to vaynquishe them For quod he all the Barbarous nations whiche are nowe subiecte vnto both these Empires wyll easely continewe in subiection when euerye of them shall haue theyr owne rulers and gouernours The Romaynes he affyrmed had an armye of fote men the whyche wyth speares and in playne battayle excelled all other And the Parthians had a greate power of horsemen and experte archers Wherefore these thynges ioyned togethers and agreinge in one they shoulde he sayde easely retayne vnder one Scepter and Diademe the Empire of the whole worlde The pleasaunte spyces and fyne clothe also whiche came from them to the Romaynes and the goodly metall and all curious wroughte thynges which were transported from the Romains to them agayne shoulde not after thys mary age be seldome caried as it was wont by marchauntes but thuse therof shoulde be in common to them without let or interruption in one land and vnder one gouernour After the Parthian kinge had receaued these letters he fyrst denied the request saying that a barbarous matrimony became not a Romain For what cōcord quod he woulde be betwene them which vsed not one language nor one kind of liuing appayrel There were he sayde at Rome manye Senatours doughters amonges whome the Emperoure might chose hym a wyfe as there were in hys dominion certayne called Arsacide Neyther was there anye cause he thoughte why anye of them shoulde be alyenated from theyr natiue countrey With thys aunswere he repulsed the Emperours suyte But Antonyne neuer lefte of sendynge manye gyftes and promysynge by othes hys perfecte loue towardes hys doughter vntyll the Barbarous prynce beleuynge hys wordes promysed to geue hym hys doughter to wyfe When the fame of thys was spredde all the Barbarous people prepared themselues to receaue the Romayne Emperoure reioysynge wyth a certayne hope of contynuall peace thereafter Then Antonine hauing passed without let or staye of anye man the Riuers entred into the Parthian Region and rode thrughe the same as hys owne And in hys waye all the people celebrated sacryfices burning encense vpō the decked Aultares wherwith he fayned hym selfe to be greatly pleased After a lōge iorney he approched at the laste nyghe the Palaice of Artabanus Who met wyth him in a certaine plaine before the Cytye to receaue hym as a newe Brydegrome and hys Sonne in lawe And a greate multytude of the Barbarouse people crowned wyth theyr countrey floures and apparayled in garmentes adorned wyth golde and varyable colours celebrated the same as a feaste and solempnytye daunsynge togithers by the sounde of Pypes and Tabors For in those instrumentes they are aboue measure delyted especially when thei are ones wel tyipled with wine But when all the multytude were assembled togythers and hauing lefte their horses behinde and laide asyde their bowes and arrowes applyed them selfes to banquetynge and gatheringe togither in a rude plumpe stode withoute order whyles thei suspected no harme but euery mā thrusting forwardes to see the newe maryed man Sodeynly Antonyne wyth a preuy sygne commaunded all hys men to slea and destroy the Barbarouse people They beyng astonyed with that sodeyne chaunce turned theyr backes and fledde from the Romaynes whyche pursued and slewe them Artabanus hym selfe beynge socoured and set vpon a horse by some of hys Garde dyd wyth greate dyfficultye escape But the residewe of y e Parthians were euery where ouerthrowen and murdered For thei neither had their horses which thei most vsed thei hadde perdie sente theim before to grasse neyther coulde thei flee for theyr wyde garmentes hangynge downe to theyr heales interrupted theyr runnynge Thei broughte not besydes theyr bowes and arowes with them for what neaded that at a weddynge Thus after a great murder done on the Parthiens and a greate bootye of men and beastes taken captyues and ledde awaye Antonyne departed And withoute any resystence burned the Townes and vyllages geauing lycence vnto his Souldiours to ransake and spoyle all that they woulde or could This mischief calamitie did the Parthiens vnwares receiue Then Anthonyne hauing vyseted the inwarde partes of Parthia and his Souldiours beyng weryed w t rapyne and murder retourned into Mesapotamye From thence he sygnified vnto the Senate people of Rome that he had subdued Thoriente and brought in subiection all the men of those Regiōs The Senate albeit thei before knewe perfectly the hole circumstaunce for Princes affayres can by no meanes contynew longe in hugger mugger yet throughe feare and flaterye