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A00440 The auncient ecclesiasticall histories of the first six hundred yeares after Christ, wrytten in the Greeke tongue by three learned historiographers, Eusebius, Socrates, and Euagrius. Eusebius Pamphilus Bishop of Cæsarea in Palæstina vvrote 10 bookes. Socrates Scholasticus of Constantinople vvrote 7 bookes. Euagrius Scholasticus of Antioch vvrote 6 bookes. VVhereunto is annexed Dorotheus Bishop of Tyrus, of the liues of the prophetes, apostles and 70 disciples. All which authors are faithfully translated out of the Greeke tongue by Meredith Hanmer, Maister of Arte and student in diuinitie. Last of all herein is contayned a profitable chronographie collected by the sayd translator, the title whereof is to be seene in the ende of this volume, with a copious index of the principall matters throughout all the histories; Ecclesiastical history. English Eusebius, of Caesarea, Bishop of Caesarea, ca. 260-ca. 340.; Hanmer, Meredith, 1543-1604.; Socrates, Scholasticus, ca. 379-ca. 440. Ecclesiastical history. English. aut; Evagrius, Scholasticus, b. 536? Ecclesiastical history. English. aut; Dorotheus, Saint, 255-362, attributed name. aut 1577 (1577) STC 10572; ESTC S121374 989,961 618

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be_v bountiful_a and_o liberal_o to_o geve_v he_o take_v that_o gold_n to_o be_v counterfeit_a whi●h_o be_v gather_v with_o lawyer_n the_o tear_n of_o the_o commonalty_n he_o be_v so_o move_v with_o these_o circumstance_n that_o he_o forgive_v unto_o they_o that_o be_v tributary_n unto_o the_o empire_n one_o whole_a year_n tribute_n again_o such_o manor_n and_o ferme_n as_o adaarmanes_n have_v in_o manner_n bring_v to_o decay_n by_o cease_v they_o at_o grievous_a tribute_n he_o restore_v unto_o their_o former_a liberty_n and_o not_o only_o consider_v their_o loss_n but_o recompense_v they_o over_o beside_o he_o forgive_v the_o miurious_a exaction_n and_o pention_n for_o the_o which_o other_o emperor_n accustom_a to_o deliver_v and_o in_o manner_n to_o sell_v their_o subject_n to_o be_v abuse_v of_o the_o magistrate_n at_o their_o pleasure_n and_o make_v a_o law_n
pierce_v ●…t_o 〈…〉_o i_o 〈…〉_o 9_o when_o tiberius_n have_v ●aigned_v 23._o year_n he_o die_v paul_n be_v convert_v to_o the_o ●aith_n the_o eunuch_n convert_v by_o philip_n preach_v the_o gospel_n to_o the_o aethiopian_n his_o contreyman_n act_n 8._o euseb_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 1._o  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr chri_n caius_n caliguia_n succee_v tiberius_n pilate_n which_o give_v the_o sentence_n upon_o christ_n fall_v into_o such_o misery_n be_v acuse_v for_o his_o cruelty_n that_o he_o slay_v himself_o in_o the_o time_n of_o caius_n euseb_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 7._o philo_z judae_fw-la u_fw-mi flourish_v about_o this_o time_n he_o be_v send_v in_o embassy_n unto_o cavis_fw-la from_o the_o jew_n in_o alexandria_n euse_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 5._o he_o come_v first_o to_o rone_n under_o caius_n the_o 2._o time_n under_o claudius_n euseb_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 18._o philo_z write_v a_o notable_a book_n of_o the_o christian_n at_o that_o time_n in_o egypt_n 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