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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09632	An houreglasse contayning I a computation from the beginning of time to Christ by X. articles. II A confirmation of the same for the times controuersed before Christ: as also that there wanteth a yeare after Christ, in the vsuall computation. With other matters, offered to the iudgement of the learned, and vse of the studious in chronologie and historie. By Thomas Pie Doctor of Diuinitie.	Pie, Thomas, 1560-1610.	1597 (1597)	STC 19900; ESTC S114788	70,716	120

AN HOVREGLASSE Contayning I A Computation from the Beginning of Time to Christ by X. Articles II A Confirmation of the same for the times controuersed before Christ as also that there wanteth a yeare after Christ in the vsuall Computation With other matters offered to the iudgement of the learned and vse of the studious in Chronologie and Historie By Thomas Pie Doctor of Diuinitie LONDON Printed by John Wolfe 1597. To the most Gracious and Reuerend Father in Christ IOHN by the prouidence of God Lord Archbishop of Canterburie Primate of all England and Metropolitane and one of her Maiesties most Honorable priuie Councell HOW necessarie and requisite Chronologie is in the studie of all Historie Diuine or Humane it being the right eye thereof as Geographie is the left there is no man vnlesse he be blinde of both eyes but may easily discerne and will freely confesse Without which we cannot but wander in the estate affaires of the world as Polyphemus in his caue and be tossed in the vast Ocean of Historie as a Pilot without the Northstarre discerning nothing in the mayne course thereof but an huge heape of diffused matter For which cause Athenaeus is so sharpe in reprehending both Plato and Xenophon for misnoting the times of some stories and Thucidides findeth the same fault with Hellanicus Dionysius with Fabius Pictor Plutarch with Thucidides for misdating the Ostracisme of Themistocles and the Raigne of Artaxerxes and Tullie with certaine before him which made Numa to be the scholler of Pythagoras who was borne not a fewe yeares but whole ages after Numa And therefore it is the more straunge that Ouid after him should fall into the same errour Hieron ad Nepot de vica clericali Hierome writing to Nepotian of vnlearned preachers in his time alleageth this example out of an Oration of Tully for Quintus Gallus which now is not extant Quidam Poeta nominatus homo perliteratus cujus suntilla Colloquia Poetarum Philosophorum cum facit Euripidem Menandrum intersese alio loco Socratem Epicurum disserentes quorū aetates non annis sed saeculis scimus esse disiunctas quantos is plausus clamores mouet multos enim condiscipulos habet in Theatro qui simul literas non didicerunt Doubtlesse had Tullie himselfe beene there or at the sermons of Hieroms vnlearned preachers I would God our age were voyde of the like he would haue exclamed Ad Atticum li. 6. as he did of one Metellus 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 turpem Oh foule ignorance of Historie It is a wonder to see the Beauperes of the Lawe Bartolus and Paulus Castrensis rouing at Randon about the time and age of Papinian and Diocletian and that when they handle the same of purpose for the reconciliation of certaine lawes and a verie world to behold the great Antiquaries of the Saxons Specul Saxon. li. 3. ca. 43. Alb. Stadenfis ad annū 917. Epiph cont haer l. 7. tom 3. Socrates li. 5. ca. 21. Lact. diuin instit li. 4. ca. 5. Aug. de doctr Ch. li. 2. Retract li. 2. De ciuit Dei li. 18. auerring that their first auncestors were Alexanders Macedonian companies which assoone as Alexander was dead arriued in Germanie euen iump at that time when Theodorik king of Frankes had warre with Ermifrid king of Thuringians which was little lesse than a thousand yeares after Alexander and the great Historicians of the Danes Iohannes Magnus Archbishop of Vpsala Pantaleon and Heminges making Dan the Archege and Grandsire of the Danes to be equall in antiquitie to Gedeon who was at the least a thousand yeares after Gedeon And therefore the lesse maruell that the great Fathers in Diuinitie are sometime out of their numbers too as Epiphanius mistaking the death of Iustin Martyr to be vnder Adrian Socrates misplacing the martyrdome of Polycarpus to be vnder Gordian Lactantius affirming that Moses was 900 yeare before the Troian warre and Augustin himselfe likewise auouching that Plato went into Aegypt in the time of Ieremie the prophet and producing Ambrose for a witnesse thereof though afterward he both confesse the misciting of Ambrose and also acknowledge that Plato was borne after Ezra his time But it is not my purpose here to imitate Castor Rhodius who as Suidas recordeth hath written in large volumes 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Errours of time and Ignorances of Historie In ancient time the Pagans so out faced and ouerbore the Christians with such mistaken Histories antedated and forged authorities worne and worme-eaten antiquities that the Christians were constrained to bestow more time and diligence in that studie as among other Eusebius and before him Clemens Alexandrinus haue performed that part most painfully and profitably whose tract other since haue diligentlie traced And albeit many in our time haue laboured in this argument with great paines and no lesse praise whose candle my selfe 〈◊〉 scarse worthy to hold yet finding none of them all fully to content me in the mayne Computation of the yeares of the worlde or thorowly to cleare that principall account being the grounde of Chronologie and as it were the maine bodie whereout all other Computations as branches doe spring no man I hope will blame my indeuours eyther for wading further in the broken yce to finde out the trueth or for diuulging my opinion and reasons in this naked shadow and short delineation since it is done to this ende that the iudgement of the learned may be had thereof not that the coniectures of other should be preiudiced thereby as I would not haue the conceites or authoritie of any to preiudice or forestall the trueth It was truely said of Seneca to Lucilius of all partes of learning generally and it is verified of this specially Epist l. 8. ep 7. Multum egerunt qui fuerunt ante nos sed non peregerunt Besides this great men imployed in great matters busied with waightie affaires and bestowing their studie in the greater partes of learning haue not that libertie and quiet leasure which these 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and lesser studies doe require Which since the Almightie hath vouchsafed me as I take it for no small benefite of his goodnes especially in these euill times and very dogdaies of the Church and Religion which now lie together in a desperate paroxisme and most dangerous fitte ioyntly shaken and assaulted by Poperie and Atheisme and daily weakned yea hazarded by both but that the zealous care of her sacred Maiestie and the carefull foresight of her Honourable counsaile holdeth in life so I thought it my duetie to imploy some part thereof in these smaller and lower argumentes which greater matters will not suffer other men to stand about and thorowly to looke into Which labours of mine if the lownesse thereof in regard of your Highnes breede not too great a disparage I hight as wholly due to your Grace in respect not onely of the common right in that you are the highest person