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

difficulty Anno Domini 985. because there was a great confusion about him and Henry Duke of Bavaria but afterwards the Electors all accorded to Otho and this their election was confirmed by Pope Benedict of those times He was not any way different from the conditions o● his predecessors for he was a great defender of the Church And in all his warres which were many he remained invincibly victorious having alwayes a brave spirit wherefore he was called the wonder of the world Finding all in quiet and peace he intended to go into Italy which he did and came to Rome and was crowned by Gregory the fifth with wonderfull solemnity and being very desirous to returne into Germany he was poisoned by the Romanes and died suddenly in Rome the eightenth yeare of his Empire committing his body to his sons to be conducted solemnly into Germany there to be interred at Aquisgrane and his ashes to be inurn'd after the Romane fashion This Emperour married Mary the daughter of the king of Arragon which Mary often entised a young Earle a man of a singular chastity as being himselfe also married to the satisfaction of her lust but being by him repulsed she complained to Otho that the Earle had forced her to his desire Wherefore Otho commanded him to be beheaded The Earles Lady taking up the head of her husband came and threw it before Otho as he was at that time in the seate of Iudgement with many teares and word charging him that hee was guilty of innocent blood which shee proved by taking before his face and the rest of his company a red hot Iron in her hand 〈◊〉 custome it ●as among ●●e Romans ●at whosoe●er did take a ●●d hot Iron 〈◊〉 his hand ●●d was not ●●rt wa● held ●●nocent of ●●at act wher●● he was ac●●sed which never hurt her Otho seeing that and the Lady thereupon insulting promised her his owne life in satisfaction But the Peeres after much intreaty somewhat pacified the Lady and the matter being more seriously sifted the whole crime fell upon the Empresse whom Otho commanded to bee burnt and gave the Widdow 3 Castles to her and her children for ever Barro This Emperour also appointed divers Offices in the Empire as Chancellor Dapifer Pincerna and the like adding those places as honorable to those Earles and Counts upon whom hee conferred them thenceforth to be irremoveable for ever 125. Henry 2. HEnry the second borne in Bavaria Anno Domini 1001. was by the Electors created Emperor in the yeere of Grace 1001 being at first Duke of Bavaria Hee was an excellent and Saint-like man and had a Lady to his wife worthy and like himselfe adorned with all compleat perfections This man by the reason of serious occupations concerning the Imperiall affaires could not for a certaine space come into Italy but dispatching his businesses of greatest importance he came to Rome not in a pompous manner but with a conveniet and due greatnesse and was by Benedict 8 then Pope crowned Emperour Afterwards he went toward Capua against the Saxons and staied them out of Italy together with many Greeks which favoured the Turks At length having well composed the Empire and founded the bishoprick of Bamberge he matched his sister in marriage to Stephen king of Hungary afterwards falling sick in a short time died I finde it not recorded where to the great greife of all men and lieth enterred at Bamberg before mentioned 126. Conradus 2. NOt without great contention two yeeres after the death of Henry this noble and sublime Prince borne in Franconia Anno Domini 1024. was lawfully chosen Emperour who immediately made warre upon Elibrand Duke of Milan and besieged him although out of his owne clemency and noble minde and by the intreaty of the Arch-bishop of Colonia he raised his siege Departing thence hee went to Rome and by Pope Iohn was crowned Emperour with great solemnity and triumph After some dayes departing from Rome he warred against the Sclavonians and bravely overcame them He ordayned many most commodious and profitable lawes amongst which this was one That what Prince soever violated the peace hee should lose his head It is not found nor certainly knowne when how nor where this most Christian Emperour dyed Neverthelesse it is credibly to be supposed that a good end concluded so good beginnings and so vertuous a life but had ininterment at Spires Glaber amongst other Authors reporteth that on the Feast of Saint Peter and Saint Paul the 29 of June Anno Domini 1033 at sixe of the clocke in the morning the Sunne began to be eclipsed and continued untill eight in a very strange manner the Suune seeming to bee of the colour of a Saphire being in the upper part like the Moone in the last Quartile and the countenances of men seemed of the colours of the dead pale and wanne and whatsoever was in the Ayre seemed of a yellow or Saffron colour to the terrour of all men so that the greatest Philosophers and learnedst of those times could not give any other reason but that it portended mortality and demonstrated a power incomprehensible by humane nature and reason 127. Henry 3. AFter the good Conradus Anno Domini 1039. Henry his sonne borne also in Franconia succeeded in the Empire In the beginning of his Reigne hee fought very fortunately against Hurdericus King of Bohemia and made him tributary so that he never after disturbed him He overthrew the Hungarians and restored Solon to his Kingdome of which hee had beene deprived by Ladislaus About this time there grew many ●issensions in Rome amongst the Pre●ates concerning the Popedome and ●●e with singular prudence laboured ●o pacifie them and caused a Coun●ell to be called in which Clemens ●he second was elected as true Pope ●nd by him was crowned Emperor After wards hee made warres upon ●he Sarazens Returning into Germany he built a ●ately and sumptuous Church in Samberge dedicating it to St. Gregory and obtained it to be a Cathe●rall with an obligation of sending ●certaine quantity of Incense to the Pope and a white Horse with due Furniture Bertholdus reports this That Hen●y beginning to loath and hate his wife ●ho was a most innocent and vertuous ●oman committed her to prison ●here he compelled many to violate and ●orce her he commanded his second sonne Conradus to doe the like which he refusing being his step-m●ther this Henry denied him to b● his sonne and after some other inward infirmitie besides his Apoplexy as peradventure iealousie which many times breeds from a meer but false suspition and causeth perpetuall dissention and debates which by continuance altereth the nature of love converting it to a loathing and hatred oftentimes to the ruine of one or both parties He died in Aquisgrane leaving his sonne Henry to inherit the crowne imperiall and had his funerall obsequies performed in a most royall and glorious forme and thus buried at Spires 128. Henry 4 TOr the memorable