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A43199	Ductor historicus, or, A short system of universal history and an introduction to the study of that science containing a chronology of the most celebrated persons and actions from the creation to this time, a compendious history of ... transactions ... of the ancient monarchies and governments of the world, an account of the writings of the most noted historians ... together with definitions and explications of terms used in history and chronology, and general instructions for the reading of history / partly translated from the French of M. de Vallemont, but chiefly composed anew by W.J., M.A.	Hearne, Thomas, 1678-1735.; Vallemont, abbé de (Pierre Le Lorrain), 1649-1721. Elémens de l'histoire.	1698 (1698)	Wing H1309; ESTC R15760	279,844	444

of Portugal by all whom being refus'd he at length obtain'd it of Ferdinand and Isabella King and Queen of Spain who in the Year 1492. gave him Three Ships with Men and Provisions with these he set out and happily effected his Intention discovering Cuba and Hispaniola and return'd to Spain 1493. Afterwards Americus Vespusius being set forth by Emanuel King of Portugal discover'd the Southern Continent of America which Name he had the Honour to give to all that vast Country 149● Maximilian Emperor an excellent Prince 1493. Henry VIII King of England 1509. he married Katharin of Spain the Widow of his Brother Arthur 1509. Charles V. Son of Philip who was the Son of Maximilian and Mary of Burgundy which Philip married Ioan the Heiress of Spain by which means Charles succeeded in both these Estates 1516. and was chosen Emperor on the Death of Maximilian 1519. Fr. Picus Count of Mirandola in Italy and D. Erasmus Native of Rotterdam flourished Martin Luther begins to Preach in Germany against Indulgences and other Errors of the Church of Rome 1517. Solyman styl'd The Magnificent began to Reign 1520. The Island and City of Rhodes after a vigorous Defence taken by the Turks 1523. Belgrade was taken and Vienna besieg'd by Solyman King Henry of England Wars successfully with France 1510. writes against Luther and obtains the Title of Defender of the Faith 1521. Is divorc'd from Queen Katharin and marries Anne Bollen 1533. Beheads her and marries Iane Seymour 1536. Marries Anne of Cleeve and Katharin Howard 1540. Marries again the Lady Katharin Parr 1543. he advanc'd Cardinal Wolsey to the highest pitch of Greatness who having displeas'd him is pull'd down and Cromwel advanc'd 1531. Cromwel also disgrac'd and beheaded 1540. This King suppress'd Monasteries and made way for the Reformation which follow'd in the Reigns of his Son and Daughters The Straights of Magellanica in America discover'd and nam'd by Ferdinand Magellan 1520. Mexico and Peru conquer'd by the Spaniards about this time The Name of Protestant first began on occasion of a Protestation the Lutherans made against a Decree of the Chamber of Spire against them 1529. The Smalcaldan League or agreement between the Protestants of Germany for their mutual Defence made at Smalcald 1540. The Council of TRENT began 1540. Edward VI. Son of Henry VIII by his Wife Iane Seymour succeeds his Father at 9 Years of Age 1547. a wonderfully wise and pious Prince he reforms Religion and expels the Superstition and false Doctrin of the Romish Church his Uncle Edward Seymour the Protector beheaded 1551. Mary his Sister succeeds him 1553. she restores Popery marries Philip the Son of the Emperor Charles V. afterwards King of Spain 1554. loses Callice which had been held by the English ever since King Edward IIId's time 1557. Elizabeth her Sister Queen of England 1558. restores the Reformation and reigns with great Wisdom and Reputation 44 Years The Emperor Charles V. Resigns all his Kingdoms 1557. Ferdinand his Brother chosen Emperor 1558. Philip II. his Son succeeds him in Spain 1558. Charles IX King of France 1560. The Civil War for Religion began there 1562. The Massacre of the Protestants at Paris 1572. Maximilian II. Emperor 1564. The Wars in the Low-Countries against the Inquisition c. began 1565. King Philip sends Duke d' Alva to suppress it 1567. William Prince of Orange heads the Protestants in the Low-Countries 1572. Under whose Protection Holland throws off the Spanish Yoke and soon after Six more of the Provinces joyn with them and altogether conclude a solemn Union at V●recht 1579. Queen Elizabeth being at this time at War with Spain gives them assistance The famous Sea Fight at Lepanto wherein the Venetians kill 20000 Turks and sink 200 Galleys 1572. Henry III. King of France 1574. The Holy League in France began 1576. Rodolphus II. Emperor 1576. Sir Francis Drake Sails through the Magallonnie Streights thence over to the Phillipine Islands and the East-Indies and having encompass'd the whole Globe of the Earth returns to England 1580. Pope Gregory XIII Corrects the Calander 1582. William Prince of Orange Assassinated at Delft 1584. Succeeded by his Brother Maurice who for many Years maintain'd the War against the Spaniards The Spaniards with a mighty Armado attempt to invade England but are totally routed by the English 1588. Mary Queen of Scots beheaded in England 1587. Henry III. King of France is stab'd by Ia. Clement a Friar 1589. Henry IV. King of Navarre succeeds him 1589. Turns Roman Catholick restores the Peace of the Nation Years of Jes. Chr. Makes an Edict at Nants in favour of the Protestants 1598. Is stab'd by Ravillac 1610. Iames King of Scotland succeeds Queen Elizabeth in the Throne of England 1602. The Gun-powder Plot 1605. Philip III. King of Spain 1598. Peace made between Spain and Holland whereby the united Provinces are declar'd a free State 1609. Lewis XIII King of France 1610. Gustavus Adolphus the famous King of Sweden began to Reign 1611. Matthias King of Hungary and Bohemia elected Emperor 1612. Frederick Count Palatine of the Rhine Marries the Lady Elizabeth Daughter to King Iames of England 1612. Frederick II. chosen Emperor 1619. The Elector Palatine being chosen King of Bohemia is oppos'd by the Emperor and defeated in the Battle of Prague 1620. Philip IV. King of Spain 1621. The Elector Palatine outed of all his Dignity given to the Duke of Bavaria 1624. Great Wars in Germany ensued King Charles I. King of England succeeds his Father 1625. Henry Frederick Prince of Orange succeeds Maurice 1625. Cardinal Richelieu chief Minister in France He labours to ruine the Protestant Party and finally takes the City Rochel their chief Strength after a long Siege and vigorous Defence 1628. The renown'd Gustavus Adolphus after many victorious Acts in Germany Italy c. is slain at the Battle of Lutzen in Germany November 6 1632. Christina his Daughter succeeds him 1632. Count Tilly the Emperor's General famous for his Conquests in Bohemia Denmark and Germany died 1632. Portugal throws off the Spanish Yoke and receives Iohn Braganza of the ancient Royal Family for their King 1640. Ferdinand III. chosen Emperor 1637. The Rebellion and Massacre in Ireland 1641. King Charles by reason of the Factious disorders in London retires into the North is denied entrance into Hull 1642. Sets up his Standard at Nottingham Aug. 2. 1642. Lewis XIV the present King of France began to Reign being then but Five years old 1643. William II. Prince of Orange Father of his present Majesty of Great Britain succeeded his Father in all his Honours 1647. Peace among the Germans c. concluded at Munster in Westphalia 1648. The Civil War rages in England King Charles I. Martyr'd 164● The famous Rebellion at Naples on occasion of the grievous Excises headed by Thomas Aniello commonly call'd Massanello 1647. Oliver Cromwel usurps the Government of England under the Name of Protector 1651. The Prince of Orange dyes October 8. 1650.

by frequent Minorities produces none but lazy ill educated Princes who leave all the Authority to the Mayors of the Palace 693. Theodosius III. Emperor 714. The Moors being Masters of Spain endeavour to spread beyond the Pyrenees but Charles Martel Mayre of the Palace repulses them He defeats them in the famous Battle at Tours where Abderame their General is slain with a prodigious number of those Infidels 716. All the Gauls submitted to the French under Charles Martel 716. Leo Isaurus Emperor 716. Great Dispute about Image-worship Constantius Copronymus Emperor 741. Pepin Son to Charles Martel raises himself to the Royal Dignity to which Childeric's sloth had opened him a way Pope Zacharias declares the French free from the Oath of Allegiance they had sworn to Childeric 752. Charles the Great succeeds his Father Pepin 767. Leo made Collegue with his Father in the Empire 769. Marries Irene makes his Son Collegue 777. Constantine with his Mother Irene 780. Constantius and Irene expel one another alternately at length Irene reigns alone 790. Alphonsus the Chast reigns in Spain and frees it from the ignominous Tribute of an hundred Virgins which his Uncle Mauregat had granted the Moors 793. The Romans despising the Government of Irene then sole Empress and the Lombards being grown too powerful apply themselves to Charlemaign who having conquer'd Desiderius the last King of Lombardy protected the Popes won over to Christianity unbelieving Nations restored Sciences and Ecclesiastical Discipline assembled Councils and made his Piety and Justice shine throughout all the World is declared Emperor of the West 800. EPOCHA XII Charlemaign or the Establishment of the New Empire 800. This Epocha goes to the taking of Constantinople by the Turks and thereby the Downfal of the Eastern Empire and lasts 653 Years CHarles the Great call'd in French Charlemaign was one of the greatest Princes that has been He was Couragious Learned and Eminent by a great many Virtues He favoured very much Men of Learning having declared himself Patron to them as well as to the Holy See for he took no less Care of the Church than he did of his Kingdom Pope Leo III. who in 795. had succeeded Adrian was very much abused by his Enemies which Charlemaign sensibly resenting came to Rome to punish the Authors of it The Pope out of a grateful Acknowledgment for the many Favours which both this King his Father and Grandfather had done the Holy See crowned him on Christmas-day in S. Peter's Church and saluted him Emperor Thus the 800th Year of JESUS CHRIST gave a New Emperor to the West Nicephorus obtains the Empire of the East from Irene 803. Michael Curopolitanus Emperor of the East 811. Leo V. Emperor of the East 813. The Heptarchy in Britain was united in Egbert who was Crowned sole Monarch 819. He gave the Name of England to his Kingdom The Danes begin to Infest the Land Ludovicus Pius Emperor of the West 814. His Children conspire against and Imprison him for some time 830. Michael Balbus Emperor of the East 821. Theophilus his Son succeeds him 829. Michael his Son 842. Ethelwolf Son of Egbert King of England 837. The Dominions of Ludovicus Pius divided amongst his Sons Lotharius has the Title of Emperor and Dominion over Italy c. Ludovicus part of Germany and France c. and Charles sirnam'd the Bald the rest 841 Michael the Eastern Emperor expells his Mother who had Rul'd with him 854. Bardas her Brother Rules with his Nephew 855. Lewis II. Emperor of the West 856. Ethelwald King of England 857. Ethelbert succeeds him 860. Ethelred King of England 866. Basilius Macedo Emperor 867. The Danes rage here Alfred King of England 872. He is much molested by the Danes An eminently Virtuous Prince He founds the University of Oxford Charles the Bald Emperor of the West 876. Lewis III. call'd the Stammerer 878. Carolus Crassus Emperor 880. The Normans a Northern People invade and lay waste the Western part of France while the Sarazens spoil Italy Carlomanus who had agreed to give the Normans 12000 Marks of Silver to make them leave his Dominions is no sooner Dead but they come again into his Kingdom out of a subtle pretence that the Treaty ended with his Life Hugh the Abbot Fights them and makes such a Slaughter of them that they left France in quiet for some time 884. However Lewis the Simple soon after permits them to settle in that part now call'd Normandy Leo VI. succeeds his Father Basilius in the Empire of the East 886. Arnolphus chosen Emperor of the West 888. Eudo charges the Normans kills 19000 of them and drives them before him every where 889. Lewis IV. his Son a Child Emperor 900. Oppos'd by another Lewis set up by the Pope Edward the Elder Son of Alfred King of England 901. The Hungarians waste Germany Italy c. in the time of Lewis IV. in whom ended the Line of Charlemaign in Germany for the Empire was given to Otho Duke of Saxony and afterwards Conrad Duke of Franconia chosen Emperor 912. Alexander Son of Leo Emperor of the East 911. Romanus his Collegue 919. Raises his Sons to the Empire they expel him 944. And Quarrelling between themselves are depos'd by Constantine who Reigns alone till Poyson'd by Romanus II. who makes himself Emperor of the East 960. Henry sirnam'd the Fowler Emperor of the West 920. Ethelstane King of England 924. Otho the Great Emperor of the West 938. Edmond Son of Ethelston King of England 940. Edred Brother to Edmond succeeded in the Non-age of his Nephews 946. Edwin the eldest Son of Edmond a wicked Prince 955. Edgar his Brother a very good Prince 959. Otho the Great subdued and converted to Christianity The Danes conquer'd in Italy Hungary Bohemia c. Iohn Zimisca Emperor of the East 969. he obtain'd Victories over the Sarazens and honours the Image of the Virgin Mary and first coin'd Gold with this Inscription Iesus Christus Rex Regum Otho II. Son to Otho the Great Emperor of West 973. Basil and Constantine Brothers Emperors of East 975. Edward sirnamed the Martyr King of England 975. Kill'd by his Step-mother Elfreda and succeeded by Ethelred with Elfreda 978. The Danes invade the Land and committing great ravage are all Massacred in one Day 1002. Henry call'd the Saint Duke of Saxony chosen Emperor 1008. The Sarazens by the Instigation of the Iews pull down the Church of Ierusalem and the Holy Sepulcher which revives the Devotion of the Christians of the West and their Hatred against the Iews whom they Banish and Destroy 1009. Edmund sirnam'd Ironside King of England 1016. At the same time Canute the Dane was made King by part of the Nation Guido Aretinus a Monk invents musical Notes 1022. Conrade II. Duke of Franconia Emperor 1025. Romanus III. Emperor of the East 1028. Michael Paphlago Emperor of the East 1034. Herald the Dane King of England 1036. Hardicanute succeeds him 1040. a wicked Prince the

of the Ancients familiar to you since you may there gain with Pleasure and without Difficulty what has cost others so much Care and Labour The Art of Government so exceedingly capricious and tedious which could otherwise be attained to only by a long Experience and tiresome Custom is taught by History with all the Ease imaginable There ●ou may meet both Virtues and Vices in their proper Dresses as likewise observe the various Conditions of Humane Life together with the parpetual Instability and Vicissitude of Things of this World as also the Establishment Revolutions and Fall of Empires In a word you may there observe how Virtue goes seldom unrewarded nor Vice unpunished and that therefore it is the surest way to Glory and Honour to be Innocent and Iust and to abhor Vice which the ●●●enging Hand of God has branded with Infamy in this World and prepared Punishments for in the other The great Character History bestows on good Men and the Ignominy it casts on the Bad with that Severity which neither spares the Crown nor the Mitre are sufficient Motives to inspire the Love of Virtue and Ab●orrence of Vice Cornelius Tacitus says very well That it is not one of the least Benefits of History that Vice is always therein represented Infamous for thereby great Men are deterr'd from evil Courses for fear of the Iustice of an impartial Historian Let a Prince be never so great a Libertine he will always have regard to his Reputation even at a time when he has the greatest Contempt for Virtue The Emperor Tiberius who was immoderately cruel and voluptuous would no doubt have been yet more Vicious had not he dreaded the Account his Historian would have given of him wherefore you see him retire at length from the Eye of the World and hide himself where he thought to be secure from an Impartial Pen. Can there then be a Study more useful to Mankind especially to Princes than where they find treasured up all manner of Rules for their Conduct Selymus Emperor of the Turks did not acquire that great Reputation which almost obscur'd the Memory of his Predecessors who treated History with the greatest Contempt but by causing Caesar's Commentaries to be Translated into his Language for thereby he became so true an observer of the Conduct of that great Captain that in a short time he Conquer'd the greatest part of the Lesser Asia and Africa Also Caesar himself did not arrive to that pitch of Glory and Honour that we find he did but through a violent Emulation which he conceiv'd at reading of the Life of Alexander insomuch that he could not refrain from Tears when he consider'd that he had done little at an Age when that mighty Conqueror had subdu'd so many Kingdoms Yet however great might be Alexander's Ambition it is certain that he had form'd his design of Conquering the World upon reading of the Actions of Achilles in Homer and whom he chose all along for his Model But not to go out of France who does not know that the Emperor Charles V. laid the Basis of that prudent and politick Management which afterwards render'd him one of the greatest Princes of Europe upon the Life of Lewis XI written by Philip de Comines Nothing has so great Influence over Mankind as the Impressions receiv'd from the Examples of great Men for we are naturally apt to believe thro a good Opinion we have of our selves that we are capable of doing any thing that has been done before Somewhat like this the Bishop of Meaux speaks of History in his excellent Discourse address'd to the Dauphin For says he tho' History were of no use to other Men yet ought Princes however to read it since there is no better way to bring them acquainted with the Power of Passions and Interests as also with the fo●ce of Time and of good and bad Councils Histories are made up of nothing but Actions all which seem chiefly to be compil'd for the Vse and Imitation of great Men If Experience be necessary to acquire that P●udence which makes them Govern well there can be nothing more assistant to them than to joyn Examples of Times past to the Experience of Times present Whereas Princes now adays scarce ever care to be convinc'd of any Error but at the Expence of their Subjects or their own Honour when by the help of History they might form an infallible Iudgm●nt without running any hazard IV. History has those Charms that it has recovered its Readers from the most dangerous Sicknesses nay even when the Art of Medicine has been at loss for a Remedy Examples of which we have in two Kings of Spain and Sicily Alphonsus and Ferdinand both whose Maladies were so charm'd by reading Livy and Curtius that they were restor'd to their Health when they had been given over by all their Physicians 'T is also reported That Lorenzo de Medici commonly stil'd the Father of Letters was recover'd from a very dangerous Illness by the Relation of a Passage out of the History of the Emperor Conrade III. which was as follows This Emperor having reduced the rebellious City of Veinsberg commanded it to be entirely destroy'd and moreover ordered that its Inhabitants should be all made Prisoners except the Women only Whereupon these Women made their humble Suit to the Emperor that they might save at least what they were able to carry away which being granted Conrade was infinitely surpriz'd to see them march out with their Husbands and Children on their Backs and mov'd to so much Compassion thereby that he immediately pardoned the whole City It was to this Passage that Lorenzo de Medici ow'd his Life which made Bodin to cry out Quanquam Historia salutare est Medicamentum Method ad Histor. Proemio p. 5. V. History is of that known Benefit in discovering the Truth of the Christian Religion that without the Assistance of it and Philosophy we could never be able to oppose the Atheists and Pirrhenians What we borrow from Philosophy to defend Religion with is very considerable and solid for thereby through a Contemplation of the Universe we come to the knowledge of a Sovereign Being which Created and Governs it and likewise are sufficiently convinc'd that this great Work cannot possibly be Eternal In a word The just and due Order of all things of this World produces such a Beauty and Harmony as could not proceed but from the great Wisdom and Power of the Almighty A Philosopher demanding one Day of St. Anthony who liv'd in the Deserts of Appi How he could apply himself to the Contemplation of Heaven without the assistance of Books The Holy Hermit answer'd This vast Globe meaning the World serves me instead of a Library and the Creatures therein contain'd are as so many legible Characters whereby I can discover the Omnipotence of God and which by consequence easily disposes me to a Meditation on his Grandeur St. Clement of Alexandria being inspir'd with the same Thought

Iugurtha is too minute and particular He should not have said so much to make the Bounds of the Kingdom of Atherbal and Iugurtha then in question What need was there to describe all that vast Country and to distinguish the particular Manners of so many different Nations Trogus charges Sallust and Livy and not without a great deal of Reason with a wanton and immoderate Excess of Harangues in their Histories And indeed all those Speeches we put in the Mouths of great Men carry with them an Air of Falshood for from what Memoirs can a Man pretend to have fetch'd them And besides a Warrior never speaks like an Orator Therefore Harangues are Supposititious as well as that which Sallust makes Catiline speak to the Conspirators which probably was secret and extemporary Most of Sallust's Harangues are always admirable but never to the purpose Nothing can be finer than Marius's Speech it is the soundest Piece of Morality in the World concerning a noble Birth every thing there is reasonable and Antiquity cannot boast of many Discourses where one may find so forcible Persuasions to Virtue but that is out of its proper Place And the Air with which he makes Cato and Caesar give their Opinions in the Senate himself as great as he is is little proportion'd to the rest of the History We ought to make the Picture of none but important Persons wherein Sallust is faulty for he gives us the Picture of Sempronius who is but indirectly concerned in the Conjuration of Catiline Sallust with all his Simplicity is too prolix when he inveighs against the Corruption and loose Manners of his Time he is always angry with his Country and always discontented with the Government He gives us too ill an Opinion of the Commonwealth by his Invectives and Reflections upon the Luxury of Rome Thus nothing can be more eloquent than the Description of the Condition Rome was in when Catiline took the Resolution of making himself Master of it And when that admirable Author represents the Commonwealth corrupted by Luxury and Avarice and sinking under the Weight of its own Greatness he uses the most exquisite and eloquent Expressions that can be met with in any History 'T is in those Images that a Man of Skill has an opportunity to shew it and the Historians of the first Rate are full of those fine Strokes Sallust's Preambles which are great Speeches full of Sense and manly Eloquence seem to me to carry with them an Air of Affectation They are generally Common Places that have no Relation to the History Perhaps this Author had some Pieces of Reserve which he employed upon occasion as Cicero us'd to do That Method may be good for an Orator who speaks often in Publick but such Precaution is not allowable in an Historian who is supposed to be Master of himself and of his time Among the Latins Sallust has a noble Expression a true Wit and an admirable Judgment No Person ever imitated so well the judicious exact and severe Stile of Thucidides He is sometimes stiff in his Expressions but he never flags his Conciseness makes him now and then obscure his Manners are always true and he gives Weight to all what he says His Sentiments are always fine although his Morals were bad For he continually declaims against Vice and always speaks well of Virtue I find him a little too morose and peevish with his own Country and too censorious upon his Neighbour but take him all together he is a very great Man IV. Titus Livius was of Padua and not of Apona as some have imagined Soon after he was come to Rome he got into the intimacy of all the great Persons of that Capital of the World which gave him an opportunity to take all the necessary Instructions for the Composition of his History which he Published under the Reign of the Emperor Augustus He wrote one part of it at Rome and the other at Naples where he sometimes retired to Study and give himself up intirely to his great Work His History reached from the Foundation of Rome to the Death of Drusus in Germany and contained 140 or 142 Books But we have but 35 of them left and those too by an additional Misfortune do not follow one another The second Decad is wanting We have only the first third and fourth with about a half of the fifth As for what we want we must be contented with the Epitome or Abridgment which Florus has made of it if so be that we can see without indignation a small imperfect Copy which has in some measure robb'd us of so great and compleat an Original For Abbreviators are generally charged as necessary to the loss of the Books which they Abridge Men are naturally lazy and are glad to meet with Epitomes to save themselves the trouble of reading great Volumes Thus the loss of Trogus Pompeius is laid upon Iustin and that of Dion Cassius upon Xiphiliuus because they have Epitomiz'd them There are a world of Learned Men that cry up to the Skies the Merit of Livy's History Vossius who relates all that has been said in his Commendation gives us in four words a fine Panegyrick upon that Author Nothing says he can be greater or richer than this Writer Nihil hoe Scriptore est grandius atque uberius We have remark'd somewhere in this Book that Alphonsus King of Arragon recovered of a very dangerous Fit of Sickness by the reading of Titus Livius But we have forgot one particular which does no less honour to that Author which is That this great King as an acknowledgment of his Recovery demanded of the City of Padua the Bone of the Arms wherewith that famous Historian had writ his History and having obtained his Requests this Wise Prince caused that Bone to be transported to Naples where he received it like a precious Relick However in the very Age he lived Asinius Pollio found fault with something in him which he calls Patavinity This Patavinity was a Country way of writing such as North-Country Men and others will have with respect to the English Tongue unless they live a considerable time in London or either of the Universities These was says Quintilian in Livy a Country way of Writing that betray'd his Birth at Padua and some Expressions which could never pass upon the Courtiers and Politest Men in Rome Some think it strange the Livy who was a Man of Wit should relate so many populous Reports which he did not believe at all himself as he always seems to in●inuate His History is full of Prodigies Now an Ox has spoken another time a Mule has ingendred and then again Men and Women Cocks and Hens have changed their Sex There rains nothing but Stones Flesh Chalk Blood and Milk The Statues of the Gods are said to have spoke wept or sweated Blood In short adds Mr. de la Mothe la Vayer how many Apparitions of Phantoms do we not find in him How many