A chronological history of New-England in the form of annals: being a summary and exact account of the most material transactions and occurrences relating to this country, in the order of time wherein they happened, from the discovery by Capt. Gosnold in 1602, to the arrival of Governor Belcher, in 1730. : With an introduction containing a brief epitome of the most remarkable transactions and events abroad, from the Creation: including the connected line of time, the succession of patriarchs and sovereigns of the most famous kingdoms & empires, the gradual discoveries of America, and the progress of the Reformation to the discovery of New-England. / By Thomas Prince, M.A. ; Vol. I. ; [Four lines of Scripture texts]

THE INTRODUCTION.

_AS an Introduction to the NEW ENG|LAND Chronology, it may be grate|ful to many Readers, to see the Age of the World when This Part of the Earth came to be known to the Other; and the Line of Time, with the Suc••cession of the Principal Persons, Events and Trans|actions, which had been running on from the Crea|tion to the Settlement of this Country by a Colony from ENGLAND. And this I shall briefly show under the following Articles: which seem to me, the most clear and natural Heads, or successive PERIODS of Chronology; Especially for an English Reader.

• I. The Scripture PATRIARCHS.
• II. The JUDGES of Israel.
• III. The KINGS of Iudah.
• IV. The Babylonian, Persian, Grecian and Egyp|tian KINGS▪
• V. The Roman and Greek EMPERORS.
• VI. The KINGS of England.
  • 1. From EGBERT the 1st King of England, t•• the 1st. Discovery of the New World b•• CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS.
  • 2. From thence to the Arrival of the FIRST PLANTERS of Plimouth in New England.

And that I may croud the more Matter in a littl•• Room; I shall make use of the following Plain an•• Easy Characters, For Words and Sentences that 〈◊〉〈◊〉 very frequently occur in this Composure.

As,

Y. Stands

for - YEAR.

Y L.

for - Year of LIFE.

Y R.

for - Year of RULE or REIGN.

Y W.

for - Year of the WORLD: i. e. from the CREATION of the WORLD

Y C.

for - Year of CHRIST: i. e. from th•• BIRTH of CHRIST.

b.

for - at the BEGINNING of the Ye•••• either a little before or after.

e.

for - at the END of the Year, either•• little before or after.

m.

for - MONTH.

d.

for - DAY.

K.

for - KING.

And the Years are supposed to be Solar, and nea•• compleat, i. e. either a little more or less; and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Begin at the Spring.

I. Period. THE Chronology of the Scripture PATRIARCHS▪ in a continued Line, From the Creation of ADAM to the Death of MOSES; containing nearly 2553 com••pleat Years.

Tho' the Year of the World 1656, is Generally reckon'd to be the Year of NOAH's FLOOD; Yet taking the Years of the Patriarchs for Full Years or thereabouts, i. e. either a little over or under, sometimes one and sometimes the other, and so compleat in the whole, as Helvicus, Petavius, Usher and most Chronologers seem to allow; I think 'tis very Plain, that as ADAM liv'd 130 Years before SETH was Born, and ADAM was not 130 till the Beginning of the Year of the World 131, so SETH was Born at the Beginning of the same Year; and so —of the other Patriarchs: which will therefore unavoidably bring the Beginning of the FLOOD to the Beginning of the Year of the World 1657. And to this agree the Learned Func••cius, Bucholz••r, Scaliger, Reusner, Calvisius, Willet, Alsted, & Swan; who therefore seem in this Computation to be most accurate. And tho', From Gen. XI.26. many Moderns and all the Ancient Chronologers, even down to BEROALDUS a Professor of Geneva, have set the Birth of ABRAHAM at the 70 Year of TERAH; and the Samaritan Version in Gen. XI.32. makes TERAH to live no longer than 145, and so to have Died when ABRAHAM was but 75: Yet inasmuch as the Hebrew, with all the other ancient Versions and Iosephus also, make TERAH to live 205; and as ABRAHAM at 75 Remov'd from Haran, Gen. XII.4. and Stephen tells us that this was after hi•• Fathers Death, Acts VII.4; therefore BEROALDUS seem•• rightly to have set the Birth of ABRAHAM as the 130 Year of TERAH: and has drawn the following Trai•• of celebrated Writers after Him — Calvinus, P. Martyr, Mus••ulus, Iunius▪ Pareus, S••harpius, Capelli Tres, Diodati, Rivetus, Broughton, More, Willet, Ainsworth, Lightfoot, Usher, Richardson, Swan, Allen, Cary, Whiston, Lloyd, Marshal, Dr. Prideaux, and others; whom we chuse to follow for further Reasons which our de|signed Brevity will not allow us here to mention.

No	Birth		Decease
	First Y L	Y W	Last Y L.
1	ADAM	1 b		I m, 6 d, Adam CREATED
2	Seth	131 b		Adam Aged 130, Seth is Bor••
3	Enos	236 b		Seth Aged 105, Enos is Bor••
4	Cainan	326 b		Enos Aged 90, Cainan is Bor••
5	Mahalaleel	396 b		Cainan 70, Mahalaleel Bor••
6	Jared	461 b		Mahalaleel 65, Iared Born.
7	Enoch	623 b		Jared 162, Enoch Born.
8	Methuselah	688 b		Enoch 65, Methuselah Bor••
9	Lamech	875 b		Methuselah 187, Lamech Bor••
		930 e	Adam	Adam Dies, Aged 930.
		987 e	Enoch	Enoch TRANSLATED Aged 365.
		1042 e	Seth	Seth Dies, Aged 912.
10	Noah	57 b		Lamech 182, Noah Born
		140 e	Enos	Enos Dies, Aged 905.
		235 e	Cainan	Cainan Dies, Aged 910.
		290 ••	Mahalaleel	Mahalaleel Dies, Aged 895.
		422 ••	Jared	Iared Dies, Aged 962.
11	Shem	559 b		Noah 502, Shem Born.
		651 ••	Lamech	Lamech Dies, Aged 777.
		656 e	Methuselah	Methuselah Dies, Aged 969.
		657 b		II m, 17 d, FLOOD B••gt•••• •• little before Noah's 600 •• Ends
		658 b		II m, 27 d, FLOOD 〈◊〉〈◊〉 & Noah goes out of the Ar••
12	Arphaxad	659 b		Shem 100, Arphaxad Born.
13	Salah	694 b		Arphaxad 35, Salah Born▪
14	Eber	724 b		Salah 30, Eber Born.
15	Peleg	758 b		Eber 34, Peleg Born.
16	Reu	788 b		Peleg 30, Reu Born.
17	Serug	820 b		Reu 32, Serug Born.
18	Nahor	850 b		Serug 30, Nahor Born.
19	Terah	879 b		Nahor 29, Terah Born.
		996 e	Peleg	Peleg Die••, Aged 239.

		1997 e	Nahor	Nahor Dies, Aged 148.
		2006 e	Noah	Noah Dies, Aged 950.
20	Abraham	9 b		Terah 130, Abraham Born.
		26 e	Reu	Reu Dies, Aged 239.
		49 e	Serug	Serug Dies, Aged 230.
		83 ••	Terah	Terah Dies, Aged 205.
		84 b		I m Abib, 15 d, Abraham be••ing 75, and Receiving the PROMISE, Goes out of Haran for Canaan.
		96 ••	Arphaxad	Arphaxad Dies, Aged 438.
21	Isaac	1••••9 ••		Abraham 100, Isaac Born.
		126 ••	Salah	Salah Dies, Aged 433.
		158 e	Shem	Shem Dies, Aged 600.
22	Jacob	169 b		Isaac 60, Iacob Born.
		183 e	Abraham	Ab••aham Dies, Aged 175.
		187 e	Eber	Eber Dies, Aged 464.
23	Levi	256 b		Jacob 87, Levi Born.
		288 e	Isaac	Isaac Dies, Aged 180.
24	Kohath	290 b		Levi 34, K••hath Born
		299 b		Jacob 130, Goes into Egypt
		315 ••	Jacob	Iacob Dies, Aged 147.
25	Amram	364 b		Kohath 74, Amram Born
		392 e	Levi	Levi Dies, Aged 137.
		422 e	Kohath	Kohath Dies, Aged 133.
26	Moses	434 b		Amram 70, Moses Born
		500 e	Amram	Amram Dies, Aged 137
		514 b		I m Abib, 15 d, the 430 Y of Bondage Ends; and Moses 80, Begins to lead the Israelites out of Egypt.
		553 e	Moses	XII m, 1 d, Moses Dies, Aged 120 & Ioshua of Ephraim succeeds Him as Ruler of Israel.

II. Period. THE Chronology of the IUDGES of Israel. From the Death of MOSES to the Death of SAMUEL and SAUL: Containing about 396 compleat Years.

By 1 Kings VI. 1. and 2 Chron. III. 1, 2. compar'd with Numb. XXXIII. 3. It appears there were 479 Years and 1•• Days compleat, From the coming out of EGYPT, to the Found|ing of SOLOMON's TEMPLE: whereof 39 Years, 10 Months and the odd 17 D••ys may be assign'd to MOSES; 40 Years to DAVID; and 3 Years, 2 Months, to SOLOMON; 83 Years▪ 17 Days, in all. But the remaining 396 Years, being attended with many Difficulties; there have been various Schemes pro…posed by Learned Men for their Solution: And perhaps the last, devised by Sir Iohn Marsham, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 follow'd by Whisto••, Lloyd and Marshal, may be the best; who suppose the Years o•• several both of the Oppressi••••s and Iudges, to be Contemporary However, I shall here lay do••n the PRESIDENCY of the se|veral Iudges in a Successive order, according to the Years assign'd them in the sacred Records, inclusive of the several Oppressions as happening in their Times; and as supposed by Scharpius, Alsted, Baylly, Broughton, Lightfoot, Swan, and Allen; as also I••••ni••s, Pantaleon, More, Perkins, Helvicus, Isaacson & Tallents▪ only that the latter, supposing it to be 480 Years compleat and 17 Days, From the coming out of EGYPT to the Found|ing of the TEMPLE, make JOSHUA's Rule to be 18 Years whereas the other more exactly make it but about 17, as follows

No	Judges Y R	Tribes	Y W
1	Joshua. 1	Ephraim.	2554 b	Ioshua Begins to Rule. I. m Abib, 10 d, He leads th•• Israelites thro' Iordan in•••• Canaan.
	17		570 e	He Dies, Aged 110.
2	Othniel. 1	Iudah.	571 b	Othniel Begins to Rule.
	40		610 e	de Dies

3	Ehud. 1	Benjamin	2611 b	Ehud Begins to Rule.
4	Shamgar
	80		690 t	Shamgar Dies.
5	Deborah 1		691 b	Deborah Begins to Rule.
6	& Barak	Naphtali
	40		730 e	They Die (i. e. the last Survivor)
7	Gideon. 1	Manasseh	731 b	Gideon Begins to Rule.
	40		770 e	He Dies.
(8)	Abimelech 1	Manasseh	771 b	Abimelech made King.
	3		773 e	He is Killed.
9	Tola. 1	Issachar	774 b	Tola Begins to Rule.
	23		796 e	He Dies
10	Jair. 1	Manasseh	797 b	Iair Begins to Rule.
	22		818 e	He Dies.
11	Jephtha. 1	Manasseh	819 b	Iephtha Begins to Rule.
	6		824 e	He Dies.
12	Ibsan. 1	Iudah	825 b	Ibsan Begins to Rule.
	7		831 e	He Dies.
13	Elon. 1	Zebulon	832 b	Elon Begins to Rule.
	10		841 e	He Dies.
14	Abdon. 1	Ephraim	842 b	Abdon Begins to Rule.
	8		849 e	He Dies.
15	Sampson. 1	Dan	850 b	Sampson Begins to Rule.
	20		869 e	He Dies.
16	Eli. 1	Levi	870 b	Eli a Priest, Begins to Rule.
	40		909 e	He Dies, Aged 98.
17	Samuel. 1	Levi	910 b	Samuel Begins to Rule.
	30		939 e	His Solitary Rule Ends.
(18)	Saul. 1	Benjamin	930 b	Saul made King.
	10		949 e	Samuel & Saul Die & David, of the Tribe of Iudah suc|ceeds K Saul, as K of Iudah

III. Period THE Chronology of the KINGS of Judah in a Line•• Succession, From the Beginning of the Reign of DAVID, to the End of ZEDEKIAH's: Containing about 467 Compleat Years.

The precise Adjustment of the Years of this Period with the Reigns of the several KINGS of Iudah and Israel, is encum|ber'd with so many great Perplexities, as have exercis'd the Wits of the most Sagacious Men as much as any other Part of Scripture Chronology. Whether Mr. Whiston's surprizing Hy|pothesis may be allow'd with safety, who solves them by sup|posing, that Ieroboam Diminished the Year for the Obser|vance of the 10 Tribes, by 1 Month, while the Kings of Iud•• kept to the former Computation; I may not venture to deter|min. But among all the Systems I have met with, Bishop USHER's seems the clearest; which Swan, Whiston, Lloyd Marshal and Dr. Prideaux almost intirely follow; and which is nearly the same with Petavius's, lately followed by Le C•••••• and Perizonius. And here I must observe upon a strict Ex|amination, that Bp USHER's English Annals being Pri•••••• after his Decease, have many Errors of the Press in Figures whereas his Latin Annals being Published in London while h•• was Living there, and no doubt Corrected by Himself, t•• very rarely need Amendment. But whereas that Leare•• Writer Begins the Y of the Creation at the FALL, and •• rather chuse to follow Those who raise it to the SPRING before in the same Y of the Iulian Period 710; It therefor happens that our Numbers of the Mundane AEra assign'd to 〈◊〉〈◊〉 same Events which came to pass in the Spring and Summer are more by 1 than His, both in this and the other Period tho' those Events which happened in the Fall and Wi•• will co-alesce in the same Y of the World as Mi••; with the only Difference, that they are in the Former Part of His but in the Latter of Ours.

No	Y. W	Y R. Kings
1	2950 b	1 David	Begins to Reign over Iudah, 7 Y
	957 b	8	He Begins to Reign over all Is|rael, 33 Y.
	9••9 ••	40	He Resigns the Kingdom to his Younger Son Solomon.
2	990 b	1 Solomon	Begins to Reign: and David Dies 6 Months after.
	993 ••	4	II m, Ziph, 2 d, the TEMPLE Founded.
	3000	••1	VIII m, Bull, the TEMPLE Finished.
	1	12	VII m, Ethanim, in the 1st Y of the III Millenary of the World, and at the Opening of the 9th Iubile, the TEMPLE Dedi|cated.
	29 e	40	Solomon Dies. And his Son
3	30 b	1 Rehoboam	Begins to Reign, and 10 Tribes fall off to Ieroboam.
	46 ••	17	Rehoboam Dies. And his Son
4	47 b	1 Abijam	Begins to Reign, 3 ••••ars.
	49 ••	3	He Dies. And his Son
5	50 b	1 Asa	Begins to Reign, 41 Years.
	90 e	41	He Dies. And his Son
6	91 b	1 Jehosapha••	Begins to Reign, 25 Years.
	101	11	Homer Born, 4••0 Year before Herodotus.
	108 b	18	Iehosaphat Going against the Syrians, makes his Son Iehoram Vice-Roy.
7	112 b	22. 1 Jehoram	Made Copartner in the Kingdom, u••••n Iehosaphat's going against Moab.
	115 e	25.4	Iehosaphat Dies. And his Son

	3116 b	5	Ie••oram Reig••s a••one, 4 Year•• more.
	119 e	8	He Dies. And his Son
8	120 b	1 Ahaziah	Reigns 1 Year, and is slain by Iehu.
(9)	121 b	1 (Athaliah)	Ahazia••'s Mother Begins to Reig•• 6 Years.
	126 e	6	She is slain by Ie••oiada. And
10	127 b	1 Jehoash	Son to Ahaziah, Begins to Reig•• 40 Years.
	166	40	He i•• Killed. And his Son
11	1 Amaziah	Begins to Reign, 29 Y.
	194 e	29	He is Killed. And his Son
12	195 b	1 Uzziah	Begins to Reign, 52 Y.
	229	35	Iuly, 23 the 1st OLYMPIAD Restor'd by Ip••itus, when 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Historical Age Begins.
	246 e	52	Uzziah Dies. And his Son
13	247 b	1 Jotham	Begins to Reign, 16 Y.
	252 b	6	April 21 in the 3d Y of the •• Olympiad, ROME Founded b•• Romulus and Remus, a••cordi•••• to Varro.
	258 b	12	The Ancient Assyrian Empire under Sardanap••lus, destroy•• and parted by his Two Com••manders, Tiglathpilesor of Me••dia, & Nabonasser of Babylon

〈…〉〈…〉 AERA of Nabonasser, now K of Babylon, Begins this Spring, on Feb. 26, at Noon, being then the 1st Day of the Egyptian Y.
	3262 e	16	Iotham Dies. And his Son
14	263 b	1 Ahaz	Begins to Reign, 16 Y.
15	278 b	16. 1 Hezekiah	Son to Ahaz made Partner with Him in the Kingdom.
	e		••haz Dies.
	283 e	6	Shalmanesar, K of Assyria, take Samaria, and carries the 10 T••ibes into Captivity.
	306 e	29	Hezekiah Dies. And his Son
16	307 b	1 Manasseh	Begins to Reign 55 Y.
	324 e	18	Esarhaddon, or Asnapper, K of Assyria seizes Babylon, and adds it to his Empire. Feb. 9, at the e of this Y, being the 1st Egyp|tian New Year Day of his Reign
	361 e	55	Manasseh Dies. And his Son
17	362 b	1 Ammon	Begins to Reign, 2 Y.
	363 e	2	He is Killed. And his Son
18	364 b	1 Josiah	Begins to Reign, 31 Y.
	365	2	Thales, the Father of the Greek Astronomers, Born at Miletus, and lives 93 Y.
	366	3	Solon Born in Salamis, and lives 80 Y.

	3379 ••	16	NabopollaserGeneral to Chynilada|nus K of Assyria and Chalde••, rebells against his Master, and makes Himself K of Babylon Jan. 27, at the e of this Y, be…ing the 1st Egyptian New Year Day of his Reign.
	395 b	31	Pharaoh Necho leading his Army out of Egypt, slays Iosiah in Battle at Megiddo, & passes o•• to the Euphrates.
19		Jehoahaz	Iosiah's 2d S••n, Reigns 3 Mon•••••• Necho beats the B••bylonians, take•• Carchemis••, returns through Iudea, and carries Iehoahaz into Egypt.
20		1. Jeho••akim	Iosiah's Eldest Son, sometim•• this Summer Begins to Reig•• 11 Years.
	398	3	This Summer, Nabopollaser mak•• his Son NEBUCHADNEZ••ZAR Partner in the Empire and sets him at the Head of hi•• Armies Whence the Scrip|ture calls this the 1st Y of N••|buchadnezzar.
		4	Whereupon, Nebuchadnezzar be•••• Necho's Army at the Euphrate•• retakes Carchemish, and march•••• to Iudea.
		4	IX m. Chistieu, Nebuchadnezz•••• takes Ierusalem, and carr•• Daniel with a great many O|thers to Babylon: Whence 〈◊〉〈◊〉 70 Years of the Iews CAP••TIVITY Begin.

	3400	5	Nabopoll••••er Dying thi•• Su••mer, Nebuchadnezzar Begins to Reign alone, 43 Y.
	406 b	11	Iehoiakim taken by the Cha••deans and slain. Whereupon his Son
21		Jeconias	Reigns 3 Months 10 Days: and then with Ezekiel is carried to Babylon, by Nebuchadnezzar, in the 8th Y of hi••Reign.
22		1. Zedekiah	Iosiah's 3d Son, succeeds in th•• Km: and this Y, CYRUS the Persian is Born.
	417	11	IV m, 9 d, i. e. July 27, Nebu|chadnezzar s Army breakes up Ierusalem: and Zedekiah ••••ken, and carried to Babylon.
			V m, 7 d, i. e. Aug. 24, Nebuzara|dan enters Ierusalem; and 10 d i. e. Aug▪ 27, sets the Templ•• and City on Fire, and breake•• down the Walls &••
			Which is in the Nineteenth Y o•• Nebuchadnezzar's Reign from his Heading the Army, and the Seventeenth from the Fi••st Egypti••n New Year Day aft••r his Father's Death: In the Year of the Julian Period 4126; and 588 before the Vulgar Christian AEra▪ Usher, Prideaux, New|ton, &c.

IV. Period. THE Chronology of the Babylonian, Persian, Grecian and Egyptian MONARCHS successively, from the Destruction of the Kingdom of Judah by Nebuchad|nezzar, to ••he Destruction of the Kingdom of Egypt by Octavius Caesar: Containing exactly 558 Years.

Thus far the Hebrew and inspired Guides alone have led 〈◊〉〈◊〉 in a continued Path from the CREATION. But the Succes|sion of the Kings of Iudah sailing, we must now look to the Grecian Histories for the following Course of Time to the Be…ginning of the Roman Empire. And here the most knowing Enquirers have been in a perpetual strife till the Common of CHRIST 1613; When the famous MATHEMATICAL CANON of Claudius Ptolemy was happily discovered i••|tire in England. Which being founded on Astronomical Ap|pearances and Calculations, drawn from the Records of the Chaldean and Egyptian ••istorians and Astronomers, was re|ceiv'd with great Joy by the Learned World, and soon be|came the decisive Umpire among Chronologers, as agreein•• with Scriptur••, with the best ancient History, and with A|stronomy; to which they have therefore almost ever since ap|peal'd as to an uncontested Oracle. It begins with the Reig•• of NABONASSER K of Babylon, on the 1st d at Noon the 1st Egyptian m, called Thoth, which then was Feb. 2•• of the Iulian Period 3967; accounts by Egyptian Years of 36•• Days continually without Intercalations; reaches down 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the Reigns of the Babylonian, Persian, Grecian, Egyptian and Roman Monarchs, to ANTONINUS PIUS, when Ptole•••••• flourished; and numbers the Years of their Reigns by 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Number only of the Thoths, or rather Egyptian New Year D••••

included in them. To this Canon therefore we keep invariably in the Present Period: Having carefully examin'd it in Greek and Latin both in Calvisius and Petavius, in Greek only in Mr. Gregory, and in Latin only in Mr. Cary and Mr. Whiston▪ I have observed several Errors in the 4 former Prin••ed Copies, whereas the Table in Mr. Whiston seems to be free from any, except in the Column He adds of the Years of the Iulian Period, which seem to be too many by 1 down from the b of the R of Darius Hystaspis, and which I have here Corrected But as we must reduce the Egyptian Y in this Ancient Canon to the present Iulian; I shall from this time forward Begin the Y with the 1st of Ianuary thro' out our following Chronology.

N	Y W	1st E••yp•• new Y.D.	Y. R. Monarchs
				I. BABYLONIAN Monarchs.
1	3417		17. Nebuchadnezar	VII m, His Governour Ge|daliah Kill'd.
	421		21	Nebu••aradan carries the Rest of the Iews to Babylon.
	437			Pythagoras Born, and lives 80 Y.
	443 ••		43	Nebuchadnezzar Dies, & his Son Evilmerodach succeed••
	b			XII m, 25 d, i. e. April 15, Ieconias releas'd from Prison.
2	444 b	Jan. 11	1 Evilmerodach	Reigns 2 Y.
	445		2	He is Kill'd by Nericasso|lasser, his Sister's Husband
3	446 b	10	1 Nericassolasser	Reigns 4 Y.

	3449		4	He is Slain in Battle by C••|axeres (i e. Darius the Mede) & Cyrus.
4	450 b	9	1 Nabonadius	i. e. Belshazzar, Son to Evil|merodach, Reigns 17 Y
	466		17	Babylon taken, & Belshazz•••• slain.
				II. PERSIAN Monarchs.
5	467••	5	1 Cyrus	With his Uncle Darius Reign together 2 Y.
	468		2	Darius Dying, CYRU•• Reigns 7 Y more.
	••		3	In this 1st Y▪ He giv•• LIBERTY to the Ie••▪ to Return from their 70•• Captivity.
	475		9	He Dies. And his Son
6	476 b	3	1 Cambyses	Reigns 8 Y.
	483		8	He Kills his Brother Smerd•••• and Dies: and the Ma•• Line of Cyrus ends.
7	484 b	1	1 Darius	Hystaspis made K by Lo••tery, & Reigns 36 Y.
	485			Pindar Born.
	489 ••		6	XII m, Adar, 3 d, the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 TEMPLE Finished.
	497			Kings of Rome Expell'd, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Consuls 1st Elected
	513			Zoroastres appears at 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Persian Court.

	3515			The Persians invade Attica, and are beat at Mara|thon.
	519			Darius Dies. And his Youn|ger son
8	••	Dec. 23	1 Xerxes	by Attossa Daugh••er to Cy|rus, Reigns 21 Y.
	521			Herodotus B rn
	525			Xerxes passes ••n •• Greece wi••h 2 Million Men & his vast Nav•• beat at the Straits of Salamis.
	534			Thucydides B rn
	536			Socrates Born, & Lives 70 Y.
	540		21	Xerxes Kill'd. And his younger Son
9	e	17	1 Artaxerxes	Longimanus, Reigns 41 Y
	545			Democritus Born: and soon after, Hyppocrates
	547 b		7	I m, 1 d, Ezra being ap|pointed to Restore the Religious State of Iudea, sets out from Babylon.
				V m, 1 d, He Arrives at Ie|rusalem
	559 e			IX m, Chislieu, Neh••miah inform'd of the wretched state of Iudea and Ie|rusalem.
	560 b			I m, Nisan, He is appointed to Rebuild the City, and made Governour of Iudea for 12 Y.
	569			Isocrates Born, & Lives 98 Y.

	3573			M••ton observes the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Solstice to be on Iune 1•• in the Morning, & 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the LunarCycle of 19 Y (••••
	574 b			ThisSpring, the Peloponessi•• War Begins. (u)
	577			Plato Born, & Lives 80 〈◊〉〈◊〉
	581			Artaxerxes Dies▪ 〈◊〉〈◊〉 his Bastard Son
10	••	Dec. 7	1. Darius	Nothus, Reigns 19 Y
	600		19	He Dies. And his Son
1••	••	2	1. Artaxerxes	Mne••••oncall'd Arsaces, R 4••
	604			At the Battle of 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Cte••ias taken Captive, & Xen••phon Retreats 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Greece (u)
	621			Aristotle Born, and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 63 Y (u)
	624			Demosthenes Born, and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 59 Y. (••)
	646		46	Mnemon Dies, aged 94. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 his Son
2	••	Nov. 21	1. Ochu••	Artaxerxe••, Reigns 21 Y▪
	649			This Summer Alexander 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Great Born (u)
	664			Epicurus Born, and ▪ 72 Y (d. c. ••)
	667		21	Ochus Poyson'd. And 〈◊〉〈◊〉 youngest Son
1	••	16	1▪ Arogu••	call'd Arses, Reigns 2 Y.
	669		2	He is also Poyson'd, & 〈◊〉〈◊〉 whole Race of 〈◊〉〈◊〉 cut off.

4	3669 ••	Nov. 15	1 Darius	Codoma••••us, Grea•• Grandson of Nothus Reigns 4 Y.
	671 b			Alexander Sails to Asia. (u)
				May 20, He beats the Persian Army at the Granicus (u)
	672			November, He beats Darius at Issus. (u)
	673		4	He Found•• Alexandria in Egypt. Whence the Canon Begins his R. (u)
				III. GRECIAN Monarchs.
1	••	14	1. Alexander	the Great, Reigns 8 Y.
	674			Octob. 1, He bears Darius near Arbela, & takes Ba|bylon &c (u. )
	675			Iune 28, Darius Kill'd by his Officers, the Persian Empire goes to the Greci|ans, & Calippus Begins hi•• Period of 76 Y (u. )
	681			May 22, Alexander Die••. And his Bastard Brother
2	••	12	1. Philip	Arideus, Reigns 7 Y.
	688			He is Kill'd. And Alexan|der's Son
3	••	10	1. Alexander	AEgus, by ••oxana, Reign:
	693			Sept. 6, Seleucus seizes Ba|bylon, and Reigns.

	••694 ••		6	Alexander AEgus Kill'd
	696			The Bastard Son of Alexan•••••• the Great, Kill'd, his 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Ends, & his Empire Divide•• among his Gener••••s
	700			Ptolemy Lagus se••••led K 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Egypt, Phaenicia & Iud••••
			[The Ptolemies]	IV. EGYPTIAN Monarch••.
1	e	Nov. 7	1. Lagus	Reigns 20 Y.
	704			Seleucus seizes Syria.
	714			Archimedes B, and Live 79 Y.
	720		20	Lagus resigns to hisYou••g•••••• Son
2	••	2	1 Philadelphus	Who Reign•• 38 Y.
	721			Lagus Dies.
	728			The Hebrew BIBLE Trans|lated into Greek. (u. )
	745			Berosus, being Old, Writ••••
	752			Hannibal Born, and Live•• 70 Y. (c. u)
	755			The Parthians under A••s••|ces, Begin the Parthi•••• Empire.
	758		38	Philadelphus Dies. And hi•• 〈◊〉〈◊〉
3		Oct. 24	1. Euergetes. I	Reigns 25 Y
	769			••. Scipio B, and Live 52 Y (c)
	772			Cato the Censor B, and Liv•• to the 85 Y. (c. u)
	783		25	Euergetes Dies. And hisSo••
4		18	1. Philopator	Reigns 17 Y.

	3793			Syracuse taken, and Archi|medes Slain.
	800			Polybius B, & Lives 82 Y (c)
			••7	Philopator D. And his Son
5		Oct. 13	1. Epiphanes	Reigns 24 Y.
	801			Antiochus the Great, K of Syria, seizes Palestine.
	803			P Scipio Overthrows Hanni|bal in Africa.
	815			L Scipio bears Antiochus the Great, and forces him to quit the Lesser Asia
	821
				P Scipio Africanus D, Aged 52 (c)
	822			Hannibal Drinks Poyson and D, Aged 70 (c. u)
	824		24	Epiphanes Kill'd by Poyson. And his Son
6		7	1. Philometor	Reigns 35 Y.
	835			Antiochus Epiphanes, K of Syria, Plunders Ierusalem and the Temple.
	837			His Army cruelly Destroy•• the City, sets up the Image of Iupiter in the Temple, and Persecutes the Iews. Whereupon Mattathi••s a Priest, and his Sons the Maccabees take Arms
	843			Hipparchus Begins his Celes|tial Observations, & finds the Autumnal Equinox on Sept. 27 (c. u)
	856			Cato the Elder D, AEtatis 85. (c. ••. u)

	3859		35	Philomet••r, Wounded in Bat|tle, D. And his Son 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Kill'd by Phil••••et••••'•• Brother, viz.
7		Sep. 29.	1. E••erget••s II. called Physco••, who R 29 ••
	862			Sept. 28, Hipparch••s Beg•••• his Period of 304 Y. (c. u.••
	888		29	E••erg••tes D. And his 〈◊〉〈◊〉
8		21	1. Soter	call'd L••th••rus, R 36Y
	898			Cicero B, & Lives 64 Y. (c••)
	899			Pompey the Great B, & Li•••• 58 Y. (c. u)
	905			Iulius C••sar B, and Live 56 Y. (c. u)
	924		36	Soter D And his Ba••+tard Son
9		12	1. Dionysius	Neos, call'd Auletes, R. 29 ••
	933			Herod the Great B, and Li•••• 69 Y. (u. p)
	935			Virgil B, & Lives 52 Y (〈◊〉〈◊〉
	940			Horace B, & Lives 57 Y (〈◊〉〈◊〉
				Pompey Puts an End to 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of the S••leucidae Kings 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Syria, and makes the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 a Roman Province.
	942			Octavius B, and Li•••• 76 Y. (c. u)
				Dec. 28, Pompey takes Ier••+salem (c. u.)
	943			Diodorus Sic••lus Flourishes (〈◊〉〈◊〉

	3945			Pompey, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 and ••ulius Caesar form the 1st Trium|virate.
	946			Livy B, & Lives 76 Y (c. )
	950			Aug. 26 Iulius Caesar 1st Lands in Britain. (c. l. )
	951			This Spring, he Lands the 2d time in Britain. (c. l. )
				Crassus Plunders the Temple of Ierusalem.
	952			He is slain in Battle by the Parthians.
	953			Dionysius Neos D. And his Daughter
10		Sept. 5	1. Cleopatra	Reigns 22 Y.
	955			Caesar Passes the Rubico•• and Begins the CivilWar. (••)
	957			Pompey BeatsCaesar at Dyr|rachium: but is Beat by Caesar at Phars••lia, and Kill'd in Egypt (c. u)
	959			Cato the Younger Kills Him|self at Utica. (c. u)
				Caesar, as High Priest, ••e|forms the Roman Calen|dar. (c. u)
	960 b			Ian. 1 being now plac'd a•• the Winter Solstice, the 1st Iulian Y Begins (c. u)

	3961 b			March, 15, Caesar Kill'd i•• the Senate (c. u)
	962			Ovid B, and Lives 59 Y. (c. ••)
				Octavius, Antony, & Lepid•••• form the 2d Triumvir••te▪ And Antony Kills Cicero, Aged 64. (c. u.)
	963			Octavius & Antony vanqui•••• Brutus and Cassius 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Philippi. (c. u)
	965			The Parthians Conquer Sy|ria & Phaenicia, & take Ie+rusalem: and Herod flying to Rome, the Senate vo•• Him K of Iudea. (c. u)
	966			Ventidius beats the Parthia•• out of Phaenicia & Syria (c. ••)
	967			Dec. 31, By the Help 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Sosius, Herod takes Ieru|salem and therein K A••|tigonus. (c. u)
	968			This Summer, Antony Kills 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Antigonus at Antioch.
	969			Octavius deposes Lepidus from the Triumvirate. (c u)
	974			Sept. 3. the Marine Victo|ry of Octavius over 〈◊〉〈◊〉 & Cleopatra at Actium (c. h. u.)
	975			Aug. 1, Octavius takes Alexan+dria: at which Antony Kill•• Himself, & soon after Cleo|patra: & Egypt is made •• Roman Province. (c. h u.)

V. Period. THE Chronology of the Roman EMPERORS suc|c••ssively, From the Beginning of the Reign of AUGUSTUS, to the Death of CONSTANTINE the Great, the 1st Christian Emperor, when the Empire came to be Divided: being the Spaceof 365 Years, 9 Months

Having brought the Reader thro' the darker Scenes of the ••ncient Ages to the b of the Roman Emperors; we are opening now into fairer Prospects, and the Path of Time grows clearer and more certain; partly by the Regulation of the Y by Iulius Caesar, and par••ly by the Advance of Learning in the Roman Empire. But tho' theCourse of Time thro' the present Period meets with little or no Difficulty; yet the punctualDates of ••hose great Events— the Decease of Herod, and the Birth, Ministry and Death of IOHN the Baptist and our Blessed SAVIOUR, have perplex'd the Minds of the most learned men as much as ••ny other Points of History. For the New English Reader'•• fuller view of these famous Problems, I must refer to Scalig••r, Calvisius, Petavius, Strauchius, Gregory, Light••oot, Swan, Whiston, Whitby, Prideaux, Marshal & Lardner, whose Performance•• are ••ound among us; but above all, to the critical Examination of Paterculus, Iosephus, Tacitus, Suetonius & Dio, compar'd with the Writers of the New Testament: without consulting whose Originals, I find there can be no Safety or Exactness in our Reasoning•• from them.

However, to oblige my Readers that cannot come at these authen••ick Records, I may briefly observe, as to the DEATH of HEROD, — That tho' A Bp. Usher and Mr. Whiston place i•• in November; yet Iosephus plainly representing that he Died a little before the Passover, and the Jewish Writer from whom they take that End of Herod's Li••e, being a Modern Author and of little Credi••, as Dr. Whitby observes from Dr. Allix; the Learned therefore seem to be giving up this Article, and the great Enquiry is, whether Herod Died in the Spring of the Y of Rome 750, 751, or 752, i. e. according to Varro's Computati|on, which Petavius, Cary & Perizonius follow in their Chronolo|gical Tables: tho' the very same years are called 749, 750, 751,

••ccording to Cato; followed by Helvicus, Isaacson, Swa and Tallents. Now because Iosephus mentions an Eclips•• of the Moon at Iericho in the Time of Herod's Final Illness; A••stronomers sea••ching for this C••••lestial Character, Kepler 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Petavius have found it on March 13 in the Y of Rome 750 ••nd therefore place the Decease of ••erod between this Phaeno••••en••n and April 11, the d of ••e ollowing Passover ho' Herod had not arriv'd to the 3 〈◊〉〈◊〉 entire Y from th•• He was declared King by the Rom n Sena••e; ye•• if Ioseph•••• Begins his Iewish Years with the 1st of Nisan, as Ptolemy — 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Egyptian with the 1st of Thoth; then on the 1st o•• Nisan in 750▪ Herod entred his 37th Y, and there is no Difficulty.

For (1) Iosephus tells us, that Herod was declared King by the Romans in the 184th Olympiad, Calvinus and Pollio being Consuls: Dio says, that these were Consuls in the Y of Ro•• ••14: and the Learned all agree that this Olympiad ended 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ••he Summer of this very Y. But by comparing these 2 Authors: seems to me that Herod did not Sail to Rome till the Winte•• ••oming on at the End of 714: and tho' Calvinus & Pollio bega•• ••heir Consulships in the 184th Olympiad; yet the 185••h bega•• in the Summer befo e Herod's Voyage; which Iosephus expres|ly tells us was after Pentecost & (〈in non-Latin alphabet〉〈in non-Latin alphabet〉,) in the Wi•••••••• Season. (2) Iosephus also says, that Herod Reigned 37 Y ••hat his Son Philip Succeeded Him in Part of his Dominion R••led also 37 Y, and Died in the 20th Y of the Empire o•• ••iberius: and all Chronologers agree that the 20••h Y of 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Began on Aug. 19, in the Y of Rome 786 By this 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ••lain, Iosephus means, not intire Years, with respect to eithe•• Son or Father, but the 37th Y currant only. (3) Iosephus 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ••o wri es in his Book of the War, that Archelaus S••cceed•• Herod in another Part of his Kingdom, viz Iudea, and bei•• ••ccus'd in the 9th Y of his Government, He was Banish'd 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ••ienna: But in his Book of Antiquities written after the othe•• and we may suppose more Correctly▪ He says, that Archel•••••• was Accus'd & Banish'd in the 10th Y of his Government; 〈◊〉〈◊〉

in his own Life, He repeats the same, asserting that His Father's Birth was in the said 10th Y of Archelaus. By which it seems that Archelaus was accus'd & sent to Rome in the Spring o••e of his 9th Y, & was got into his 10th before his Trial ther•• and Exile. And Dio says, He was accus'd & banish'd to Vi••enna & his Estate confiscated in the Y of Rome 759, Lepidus and Aruntius being Consuls. (4) Iosephus also tells us, tha upon Archelaus's Banishme••t, Augustus sent Cyrenius, who seize•• his Estate in the 37th Y after Antony was beat by Octa••vius at Actium: and the Learned all agree that the 37th Y from that Event Began on Sept. 2. in this very Y of Rom•• which Dio speaks of, viz. 759.

If therefore, 714, ending with the last Month Adar of th•• Iewish Y, be reckoned by Iosephus for the 1st of Herod's Reign and so his 2d Y Beginning with the 1st of Nisan; Then the latter e of Mar. 750 will be in his 37th Y; Then Mar. 759 wil be in the e of Archelaus's 9th, and the rest of the Y will be hi•• 10th; Then his Estate will be seis'd in the same Y, sometim•• after Sept. 2; And then the 37th of Philip will begin in Mar. 786 and He must Die between Aug. 19 this same Y (when Tiberius enters on his 20th,) and the Nisan of the next, when otherwise Philip wou'd enter into his 38th.

B••t if we fix the Decease of Herod to theSpring of 751; then we slight the Eclipse abovesaid (which no Astronomer will be free to) & cannot so easily make Iosephus & Dio agree. And if we carry his Death to the Spring of 752; then we both sligh•• the Eclipse, and make Iosephus interfere both with Dio and with Himself also. Whereas if we keep to the Caelestial Character▪ with the natural and easy Supposition above; there is a perfect Harmony in all their Numbers.

Now, the 750 Y of Rome is the 4710 of the Iulian Period▪ and in the Spring of this Y, I at present incline to place the Decease of Herod: tho' if a Lunar Eclipse at Iericho, cou'd be found by Mr. Flamsted's Observations, & Sir I Newton's Theory, in the Latter part of this Y, or b of the next; I shou'd then incline to think his Death was in the Spring ensuing. And by Mat. I▪ we know that CHRIST was Born before Herod Died; as by Luke I The Birth of IOHN was about half a Year before our SAVIOUR'S.

No	Y. W	Emperor
1	3975	Octavius	Aug. 31. The 1st Eg••p. new Y d of 〈◊〉〈◊〉 C••nquering Anthony & Egypt, and becom••ing Sole Military Head of the Roman Em••pire, for 43 Y ( &c.)
	978		Ian. 7 He receives the whole Administr••••••••on from the Senate: Ian. 13. the Name Him Augustus: and the REPUBLIC•• Turn'd into a MONARCHY ( &c.)
	984		Marc Agrippa Marries Iulia, only 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of Augustus
	985		The BLESSED VIRGIN Born
	986		Virgil Dies at Brundusium, AE••atis 52 (••)
	987		Herod Begins to Rebuild the Temple
	992		Lepidus the High Priest of Rome Dies, an•• Augustus succeeds
	993		March 19 M. Agrippa Dies (••)
	995		Tiberius Marries Iulia
	997		Augustus Begins to Rectify the Iulian
			Horace AEtatis 57, & Mecenas Die
	998		Dionysius Halicarnasseus Begins to write (••)
	4000		IOHN the Baptist B in the Former Part of 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Y, & CHRIST in the Latter
	4001		Herod D. AEt. 70 and his Son A••••chelaus Governs in Iudea 9 Y
	4004		The last Y before the Vulgar Christian 〈◊〉〈◊〉

			I. CENTURY.
	1		Ian I. Begins the 1st Y of the Christian or Dionysian AEra, call'd Anno Domini
	4		At the End of Feb. the Iulian Y comes right, and so continues (c. u. &c)
	6		Archelaus Accus'd before Au••ustus, is Banish'd to Vienna (j. d. p. u &c)
			Between Sept. 2 this Y & Sept. 2 next, Iu|dea made a Roman Province & Annex'd to Syria (i. d. c. u &c)
	8		November, Ovid Banish'd (c u.)
	12		Tiberius made Prince & Colleague with Augustus in the Provinces & Armies ( ••. d.)
	1443.	Aug. 19 Augustus Dies AEtatis 76, and his only Grandson Kill'd by
2		Tiberius	Who Reigns 22 Y, 6 m, 27 d
	17		Ovid Dies in Exile, AEtatis 59 (c. u)
	18		Livy Dies AEtatis 76 (••) & Strabo Publishes his Geography (pr)
	25		Strabo Dies
	26		Valerius Maximus and Velleius Patereulus Flourish
	28	15.	IOHN Begins his Publick Ministry and Bap|tizes CHRIST
	29		The Passover, on Lord's-Day April 17 (c)
	30		The Passover, on Saturday, April 8 (c)

	31		The Passover on Tuesday March 27 ()
	32		The Passover on Tuesday, April 15
	33		The Passover on Fryday April 3. when CHRIST was Crucified (c u. s w cr. w ll m. &c)
			Lords-Day, April 5. He Arises from the Dead (c u. ll &c)
			Thursday, May 14. He Ascends to Heaven. (c. u. &c)
			Lord's Day, May 24 the d of Pentecost, the HOLY GHOST pour d ou•• (c. u. ll. &c)
	34		Steph••n the 1st Christian Martyr Stoned (ll)
	35		Saul Converted & called Paul (p u ll) & Ti|berius proposes in the Senate to Deify CHRIST (u)
	37		March 16 Tiberius Dies AEtatis 78 (•• s d s p u) and his only Grandson Kill'd by his Brother's Grandson
3		Caligula	Who R 3 Y, 10 m, 8 d (c p u) Ioseph•••• Born between Sept. this Y & March next (j••
	38		June 13 Agricola the R••man General B ••t)
	40		Philo. Iudaeus goes Embassador to Rome (••) and the BLESSED VIRGIN D, AEtatis 60 (••)
	41		Jan. 24 Caligula kill'd, AEtatis 30 (••) and hi•• Uncle
4		Claudius	Reigns 13 Y, S m, 20 d (t. s. d. c. p u)
	43		Plautius & V••spasian sail to Britain, figh•• suc••ces••••ull••, & Claudius follows them (u)
	44		Claudius Returns to Rome, Triumphs, & cal•••• his Son Britannicus (t. c)

	46		Apollonius Tyaneus Flourishes (u)
	48		Quintus Curtius Flourishes (••)
	52		The 1st Famous Council at Ierusalem (u ll)
	54		Oct. 13. Claudius Poyson'd AEtatis 64 (t s. d &••) and his only Son Kill'd by
5		Nero	who Reigns 13 Y, 7m, 28 d (t s. c. u)
	60		Paul seized at Ierusalem (u. ll)
	61		Boadicia a British Q kills 70 (t) or 80 thou|sand Romans with their Associa••es (d) But Paulinus in 1 Battle Slays as many Britons: and Boadicia Kills Herself. (t. d. c)
	62		Persius thePoet Dies, AEtatis, 29 ()
	64		Nero 1st Persecutes the Christians at Rom•• (c u)
	65		Seneca & Lucan put to Death by Nero (t c. p
	66		In May, G••ssius Florus Begins the Iewish War (j c u)
	67		June 29, Paul Beheaded, & Peter Crucified at Rome (p. u ll)
	68		In March, the Army in Spain set up Galha (t. c u)
			June 8 Nero Kills Himself, AEtatis 31 (t. d.) 32 (s) And
6		Galba	Comes to Rome & Reigns (t. s. d c. u)
	69		Ian. 3. The Army in Gaul set up Vitellius (t. c. u)
			Jan. 15. Galba Kill'd at Rome, AEtatis 73 (t. s. d. u) by
7		O••ho	Who Reigns There▪ 94 d. (t. c. u)
			April 19, Oth•• Kills Himself, AEtatis 37 (t. d. c) 38 (s) And
8		Vi••el••us	Comes to Rome and Reigns (t. s d. c. ••)
			Iuly 1. The Army in Egypt Proclaim Ves|pasian (t. s. c. u)

			Dec 20. (t. m) Vitellius Kil••'d at Rome, AE••a…tis 55 (d) 57 (t. s)
9		Vespasian	R. (from Iuly 1.) 10 ••, wanting 6 d (s. ••. ••)
	70		April 14, The Passov••r Begins, and Titus lay•• seige to Ierusalem (j. c. p. u)
			Iuly 17, The Daily Sacrifice ceases (j c. u ••)
			Aug 10, The Temple Burn••, & the Roman E••|signs set on the E••stern Ga••e (j. u. m)
			Sep 8, Titus takes and destroys the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 City (j. c. u. m)
	73		Iudea intirely subdued, laid waste and quiet|ed (j c. u)
	77		Pliny Dedicates his Natural History to Titus (••
	79		June 24, Vespasian Dies, AEtatis 70. (s d. c. •• And his Eldest Son
10		Titus	Reigns 2 Y, 2 m. 20 d. (s. d. c. p)
			Agr••cola goes into Britain, and conquers 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Isle of Man, &c. (t. c)
			Nov. 2, Pliny Dies by the Eruption of Ves••••vius (c p)
	81		Sept 13, Titus Dies, AEtatis 41 (s c. p) 〈◊〉〈◊〉 his Younger Brother
11		Domitian	Reigns 15 Y, 5 d (s. d. c)
			Agricola Discovers & Conquers New Nati•••• in Britain (t. c)
	82		••uvenal & Martial Flourish (c)
			Agricola 1st Discovers Britain to be an Islan•• and Conquers the Orcades (t. c)
	83		Having Conquer'd Britain, He goes 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Ireland (t. c)
	85		Statius the Poet Flourishes (c)
	87		Agricola Re••••rns to Rome (c)
	90		The Apostle IOHN Banish'd into Patmos (••
	93		••lem••ns Romanus writes to the Corinthians (••
			Aug. 23. Agricola D▪ AEt. 56 (t. c)

	94		Iosephus Fini••hes his Antiquities, AEt. 56 (j. c)
	95		IOHN writes the Revelation •• and Quinti|llan Dies (c)
	96		Sep 18, Domitian Kill'd, AEt. 45, (s. d. c. p) And
12		Nerva	Chose b•• the Senate, •• 1 Y, 4 m, 9 d (d. ••)
	97		Apollonius Tyaneus D. AEt. 100 (d. )
	98		Tacitus writes of the German Manners (c)
			Jan. 27, Ner••a D, AEt. 66 (d. c. p) And
13		Trajan	A ••pan••ard R 19 Y, 6 m, 15 d. (d. c. p)
	99		IOHN the Apostle D, at Ephesus (c)
	100		Clement R••manus D, (p) and the Apostolick Age Ends.
			II. CENTURY.
	102		Pliny junr, goes Proconsul to Bithynia (c)
	107		Ignatius thrown to theLions at Rome (c)
	108		Trajan subdues Arm••nia, & extends the Em|pire from the Euphrates to the Tigris (d. c)
	115		He takes Arbela, &c. and subdue•• Assyria (d. c)
	117		Aug. 10, M•• D, in Cilicia, AEt. 64 (c. p) an••
14		Adrian	A Spaniard also, R 20 Y, 11 〈◊〉〈◊〉 (d. c)
	119		Plutarch Flourishes (c)
	122		Adrian goes into Britain (c) & Builds a Mi|litary Wall of 80 Miles in Length
	123		Appian, the Historian, Flourishes (••)
	125		Ptolemy Begins his Celestial Observations 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Alexandria (c)

	127		Su••tonius, the Historian, Flourishes (c. b)
	138		July 10, Adrian D, AEt 63 (d. c. p) and
15		Antoninu••	Pius R 22 Y, 7 m, 26 d (c. p)
			He makes his Son in Law, LUCIUS VERU•• his Colleague (d. c. p)
			Iustin Martyr, a Philosopher, becomes Christian (c)
	142		Pausanias writes his History (c)
	144		Iustin the Historian, (••) Galen the Phisici•••• And Aquila, Flourish (c)
	147		Arrian, the Historian, Flourishes (c)
	148		Diogenes Laertius Flourishes (••)
	150		Iustin Martyr writes his 1st Apology (c••)
	161		Mar. 6. Antoninus D, AEt. 75 (c) and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 in Law.
16		Aurelius	Reigns 19 Y, 11 d (d. c)
	162		Iustin Martyr writes his 2d Apology (••)
	163		Iune 1. He is Beheaded at Rome (c)
	164		Christianity Countenanc'd by Royal 〈◊〉〈◊〉 in Britain (c)
	167		Mar. 22, Polycarp Burnt at Smyrna (c. p)
	169		In Dec. LUCIUS VERUS, Emperor, D. 〈◊〉〈◊〉
	172		Epictetus, the Philosopher, Flourishes (••)
	180		Mar. 16, Aurelius D, at Vienna, 〈◊〉〈◊〉. 59 (〈◊〉〈◊〉 and his Son
17		Commodus	Reigns 12 Y, 9 m, 14 d. (d. c. p)
	181		Lucius, a British K, promotes Christianity 〈…〉〈…〉
	182		Theodotion makes his Greek Version (c)
	185		Origen Born, and Lives 69 Y (c p)
	190		The Iewish Misna written (c)
	192		Dec. 31. Commodus Strangled, AEt. 32 (d. c. p)
18	193	Pertinax	Ian. 1, Chose by the Senate, R 87 d. (d c▪••
			Mar. 28, AEt 68, He is Kill'd by the 〈◊〉〈◊〉, who sell the Empire to
19		Julian	Who Reigns 66 d (d. c. p)
			NIGER set up by the Army in Syria, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Albinus in Britain (hd. c)
			June 1, Iulian AEt. 61 (d) is Kill'd by

20		Severus	An African, set up by theArmy in Illyricum, R. 17 Y, 8 m, 3 d (d. c p)
	194		Clemens Alexandri••us Flourishes (c)
			Severus beats Niger at Issus, & beheads Him at Antioch (bd. c)
	195		Tertullian Begins to Write (c)
	198		Severus beats Albi••us at Lyon••, who is there beheaded (bd. c)
			III. CENTURY.
	201		Symmachus sets out his Greek Version (c)
	202		Lucius Florus & Philostratus Flourish (b)
	203		Irenaeus Bp. of Lyons put to Death (c)
	208		Severus Goes to War in Britain (c. p)
	209		Minutius Felix Flourishes (c)
	211		Feb. 4 Severus D, at York, AEt. 66 (d. c. p) and his Sons
21		Caracalla	And GETA Reign (d. hd) Caracalla R 6 Y, 2 m, 2 d (d. c. p)
	212		Feb. 25. He Kills his Brother Geta, AEt. 23 (d. c. p) and
	217		April 8, AEt. 30 (d) He is Kill'd in Meso|potamia, by the Intrigue of
22		Macrinus	A M••or, Chose by the Army R 1 Y, 1 m, 28 d (d. c)
	218		Iune 9, He and his Son Kill'd (d. c) by
23		Bassianus	A Syrian Priest, set up by the Soldiers R 3 Y, 9 m, 4 d (d. c)
	220		Iulius Africanus the Historian Flou••••••hes (c)
	221		Tertullian writes Ad Scapulam (c)
	222		Mar. 10, Bassianus, AEt. 19, Kill'd by the Soldiers (d. c) and his Cousin
24		Alexander	Another Syrian Priest, R 13 Y, 9 d (c. p)
	226		Artax••rxes a Persian, Rebells against the Parthians (c. p)

	228		AElian, the Historian, Flourishes (c)
	229		Artaxerxes beats & Kills Artabanus King o•• Parthia, and takes his Kingdom (c)
			Here Dion Cassius Ends his Roman Hi•• (d••
	230		Longinus Writes (c)
	231		Origen compleats his Tripartite Bible (c)
	235		Mar. 18, Alexander Kill'd in Germ•••••• AE••a••i•• 2•• (bd) by
25		Maximine	Set up by the Soldiers, R 2 Y, 6 m (c. p)
	236		GORDIAN the Father & Son set up in Afri•••• But the Son being overcome & Kill'd, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Father ••angs Himself, AEtatis 80 (c. p)
	237		〈◊〉〈◊〉 October, Maximine and his Son Kill'd 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Aquilla (bd. c) And
••6		Maximus	And ALBINUS, chose by the Senate, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 together (bd. c. p)
	238		In March, They are Kill'd by the Soldi•••• (bd. c. p) who make
••7		Gordian	Emperor, AEtatis 14 (bd) Who Rei•••••• 6 Years (c. p)
			Here Her••dian Ends his ••om. Hist. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 And Cons••rinus Write•• (c. p)
	244		〈◊〉〈◊〉 March, Gordian AEtatis 20, is Kill'd 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Pers••a, (c. p) by
••8		Philip	Arabs, set up by the Soldiers, R 6 Y (c)
	248		Cyprian made Bishop of Carthage (p)
	2••0		Philip Kill'd in Battle at Verona (c) by
29		Decius	An Hungarian, set up by the Soldiers, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 1 Year 3 m (c)
	251		He and his Son Slain in Battle by 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Goths (c. p) and
••0		Gallus	Chose by the Soldiers, R 2 Y, 4 m (p. ••••

	253		He and his Son Kill'd in Battle by his Officer (c) 〈◊〉〈◊〉
31		AEmilian	Set up by the Soldiers in Illyr••••••m But in the 3 m after, They Kill Him (c. p) for Fear of
32		Valerian	Set up by the Army in Germany, Reigns near 7 Years (c)
	254		Origen Dies, AEtatis 70 (c)
	258		Cyprian, with his Elders, Banished (c)
	259		Valerian taken & Kill'd by the Persians (c. p) And his Son
33		Gallienus	Reigns 9 Y (••r)
			Sept. 14. Cyprian Beheaded (c)
	260		ODENATUS of Palmyra, Repell•• the Per|s••ans (c)
	264		He Conquers the Eastern part of theEmpire, and is Proclaimed King (c. p)
	266		He being Kill'd, hi•• Queen Zenobia mal••••••in•• the Empire (c)
	268		Mar. 21. Ga••••tenus, AEt. 50, with his Bro|ther, Kill'd at Mila•• (c. p) And
34		Claudius II	A Dalm••tian, R 1 Y, 10 m, 15 d (br)
	269		Zenobia seizes 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Egypt (c)
			Claudius, in 2 or 3 Battles, Slays above 300 thousand Scy••hians, Goths, &c. (c. p)
	270		Feb. 5, Claudius D. (c. p) and his Brother
35		Q••intillus	Assumes the Empire (c p) But
			Feb. 22, the Soldiers Kill Him at Aquil••a (c. p) and chuse
36		Aurelian	A Daci••••, of Obscure Birth, R near 5 Y (c. p)
	273		He takes Zenobia & Palmyra, and puts L••n|gi••us to Death (c. p)
	274		CONSTANTINE the Great Born (p)

	275		Jan. 29, Aurelian is Kill'd near Byzantium (c. p) And
37		Tacitus	Sep. 25. chose by the Senate, R 6 m, 20 d (c. p)
	276		April 13, He Dies (c. p) and his Brother
38		Florian	Assumes the Empire, R 2 m, 20 d c)
			Iuly 3, He is Kill'd by the Soldiers in Cilicia (c. p) And
39		Probus	An Hungarian, chose by the Senate, R 6 Y 4 m (c. p)
	277		In severalBattles He slays near 400 thousand Germans, recovers 60 Cities & beats them out of Gaul (c)
	282		Nov. 2, The Soldiers KillHim in Hungary (c) 〈◊〉〈◊〉
40		Carus	An Illyrican, Reigns above 1 Y (c. p)
	283		He Dies by Lightning in Persia (c. p) And his Sons
41		Carinus	And NUMERIANUS succeed Him (c. p)
	284		Apr. 21 Numerianus Kill'd in Asia (c)
			SABINUS sets up in Italy; but Carinus over|comes Him at Verona (c)
42		Dioclesian	An Illyrican, of obscure Bir••h, set up by the Soldiers, R 20 Y. (c)
			Aug. 29, Begins the Egyptian AEra of Di••|clesian, or AEra of Martyrs (c. p)
			Dioclesian beats Carinus in 2 Battles. (c)
	285		Carinus Kill'd in Maesia by one of his Of|ficers (c. p)
	286		Apr. 1. Dioclesian makes MAXIMIAN 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Colleague (c. p)
			Carausius sets up in Britain, and R 7 Y (c)
	288		Achilles sets up in Egypt (c)
	291		Dioclesian and Maximian make Constanti•••• and Galerius, Caesars (c. p)

	292		Carausius Kill'd by his Intimate Alecto, who Reigns in Britain 3 Years (c)
	294		Dioclesian overcomes and Kills Achilles, and Reduces Egypt (c)
	••95		Alecto is overcome, and Britain Reduced (c)
	297		Arnobius Writes & Flourishes in Africa. (p)
			IV. CENTURY.
	303		In March, The Emperors put out a most severe Edict against the Christians (c. p)
	304		April 1 (p) or 21 (c) They both lay down their Empire. And
43		Constantius	Chlorus Reign•• in the West, and GALERIUS in the East (c. p) And are the first who Divide the Empire.
	306		Constantius Resigns Italy and Africa to Galerius (c)
			July 25, Constantius Dies at York (c. p) and his Son
44		Constantin	TheGreat, AEt. 33, R 30 Y, 9 m, 27 d (c. p) Sept. 25, the Soldiers at Rome set up MAX|ENTIUS (c. p)
	309		Maximian, Rising against Constantin, is taken and put to Death (c)
	311		••alerius D, & LICINIUS R in the East (c. p)
			Constantin Declares Himself a Christian (c)
	312		Sept. 24, He overcomes Maxentius near Rome; who flying, isDrown'd in the Tiber: and Constantin Recovers Italy (c. p)
	313		Constantin's Son Constantin Born (c)

		Oct. 2. A Number of Bishops meet at Rome, and first Condemn Donatus and his Followers c. p)
		Dec. 3, Diocl••sian D, in Retirement, at Salona (c)
	314	Oct. 8 Constantin Beats Licinius in Hungary: and again in Thrace; and they Agree & Divide the Empire (c. v••
	315	Arius put out of the Presbytery at Alexandria, on the Account of his Heresies (c)
	317	Constantin's Son Constantius Born (c)
	320	Licinius Persecutes the Christians; Forbidding them to meet in Synods, &c (••. c)
	321	Constantin's Son Constans Born (c)
	322	Lactantius Writes his Divine Institutions (c)
	323	July 3, Constantin Beats Licinius near Adrionople ( c)
	324	Sep. 18, He defeats Him finally, near Chalcedon, Becomes Sole Emperor, Restores the Christian Liber|ties (c. p. v) and Here Eusebius Ends his History (••)
	325	Licinius, Conspiring, is put to Death (c. p)
		May 20, The Famous 1st GENERAL COUNCIL▪ meets at Nice Condemns Arius and his Opinions, and Asserts the Deity of CHRIST ( p)
	326	Athanasius made Bishop of Alexandria (c. p)
	330	May 11, Constantin Dedicates Byzantium, and make it the 2 d Seat of the Empire (c. p)
	336	Arius Dies at Constantinople (c p)
	337	Constantin falling ill, is Baptiz'd: and May 22, Dies a•• Nicomedia, AEt. 65 By Will Dividing the Emp•••••• among his 3 Sons (c. p)

VI. Period. THE Chronology of the Greek or Eastern EMPE|RORS, From the Complete Division of the Empire at the Death of CONSTANTIN the Great, to the Restoration of the Western Empire by CHARLES the Great of France, and the Beginning of the Reign of EGBERT the first King of England: Containing about 463 Years, 7 Months.

We are now arriv'd at the fatal Partition of the Roman Em|pire. For tho' Marc Antony, Octavius and Lepidus, and some|time after, Sextus Pompey with them, assign'd themselves their several Shares thereof, to Reduce to Order, Defend and Go|vern; Yet, as Dio Observes this was at first for 5 Y only, and then Renew'd for 5 Y more, while the Empire remain'd united in Rome the Capital. And thus it likewise held intire, while Dioclesian and Maximian, with their 2 Caesars under them, took their several Provinces to Reduce and Vindicate. But when Constantius & Galerius receiv'd the Empire, they Parted it at least for Life, if not for Property: and Eusebius tells us, , that this was the first Division of the Empire; It was a thing, says He, which never sell out before. However it seem'd to continue in some sort intire, while Rome remain'd the Imperial City, without a Rival.

But when Constantin the Great, had with extraordinary Magnificence Rebuilt and Adorn'd Byzantium, and in the So|lemn Dedication given it the Name of NEW ROME; He made it the Imperial Seat of the Eastern Provinces, and to have no Subjection to the Other. Here He therefore fix'd his

Residence, and Reigned over the whole, S prea•••• wi••h his 3 Sons under Him, till his Decease in the Y C 337; When the Empire came to be Parted in the most effectual manner. CONSTANTIN the eldest had Europe on this side of the Alps: CONSTANTIUS the 2d had Thrace, Asia & Egypt; being nearly the same with the now Turkish Empire: and CONSTANS the Youngest had the Rest of Europe and Africa.

The Part which fell to Constantin was indeed in the 3 Year after, united to the Dominion of Constans: and both together bearing the Name of the WESTERN EMPIRE, was misera|bly harras'd and rent to pieces by the Picts, Scots, and Saxons in Britain; and by the Goths, Vandals, Francs, ••eruli, and other Barbarous Nations in the Continent; till it intirely ended with Augustulus, in the Y C 476; tho' in a measure Revived at the End of the present Interval by Charles the Great of France, in the Year 800. But the Part which fell to Con|stantius had the Name of the EASTERN EMPIRE, and endur'd the attacks of the Persians, Saracens, Turks, and Others, till 1453; when it was forc'd to yeild to the Ottoman Arms.

The Succession of these Eastern Emperors I therefore ch•••••• to follow through the present Period: and the more for this, that they were not only the Greatest Princes that were then in the World, but the Affairs of Learning then subsisted cheifly in their Dominions, and the Times of their Succession are more exactly stated than those of other Monarchs•• For though the polite and fine way of Writing among the Roman and Greek Historians declined greatly in the latter part of the foregoing Period, and expires in this, yet the Notes of Time were so well preserved, that Disputes among Chronolo|gers grow less and less considerable They chiefly, I think refer to the Roman Pontiffs in the Western Empire; wherein Onuphrius and Baronius disagree, which seem indeed to be very uncertain and uncapable of Decision, and with which we are little concerned.

Note, In the Present Period, where no Historian is cited, the Articles are taken from CALVISIUS.

N	Y. C	Eastern Emperors
			Sect. I To the Destruction of the Western Empire.
1	337	Constantius	May 22, R in the East, 24 Y, 5 m, 12 d
	340		In March, Constantin invading Constans, is slain near Aquilea: and Constans takes his Part of the Empire
			Eusebius, the Historian, D. & Ierom B
	350		Jan. 18, Magnentius se••s ••p in Gaul for the Western Empire, and at the Pyren••s Kills Constan••, AEt 30
			June 3, Nepotianus sets up at Rome
			July 1, Magnentius's Army overcomes and Slays Nepotianus, and seizes Italy and Africa
	352		Constantius beats Magnentius near Mursa in Pannonia
	353		He beats Magnentius twice in Gaul
			Aug. 11 Magnentius Kills Himself in Lyons: and Constantius becomes Sole Mo|narch of both the Empires
	354		Iulian Studies at Athens with Nazia••|zen and Basil
	355		Nov. 13, Augustin called Austin, B (••) or 354
	359		Ammianus, theHistorian, is in the Persian War
	361		Iulian Rebells in Gaul, and marches to Thrac••
			Nov. 3, Constantius Dies in Cilicia, AE. 46 And

2		Julian	Reigns 1 Y, 7▪ m, 22 d (sc. c. p)
	362		He is an Apostate to Hea••henism, and Perse+cures the Christians, Prohibiting the Schools, &c. (sc. c)
	363		〈◊〉〈◊〉 26, He is Slain in Battle with th•• Persians, AE••. ••1▪ (sc. c. p) And
3		Jovian	A Pannonian; (p) June 27, Chose by 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Army, •• 7 m, 22 d (c p)
	364		Feb. 17, (c) or 19 (p) Iovian D by the Va+por of Ch••rcoal in Gal••tia, AE••. 34 (sc. c ••)
4		Valentinian	A Pannonian, (p) Feb 25, Chose by 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Army, R over the whole 34 d, and the•• in the West only, 11 Y, 7 m, 18 d: 〈◊〉〈◊〉 making M•• Brother
5		Valens	Apr. 1, Emperor in the ••ast, R 14 Y, 4•• 9 d
			Theon, the Astronomer, Flourishes
	365		Hilary, Bp of Poi••iers, D (c) 367 (du)
	367		The••dosius the Ro••••a•• General, Rep••lls the Picts and Scots who had invaded Brit••••
	369		〈◊〉〈◊〉 made Bishop of Caesarea in Cappad•••••••• (c. du) 370 (p)
			The Ierusalem Talmud Finished by Ioha••••••
	371		Athanasius Dies (•• p)
	373		Galsilas, an Arian Bp, Translates the Bi•••••• into Gothick.
	374		Ambrose, a Civil Officer, chose by the People▪ Bp of M••••an. & Bap••iz'd 8 d after (c) 375 p
			Epiphanius a Bp in Cyprus, writes of Heresie••
	375		Nov. 17. Valentinian D, with a sudden 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of Anger, AEt. 55. and his Sons GRA|TIAN and VALENTINIAN II Reig•••• in the West (c. p)

	376		They Divide the Western Empire
	378		Jan. 1. Basil D. (c) 379 (p)
			Aug. 9. (p) or 10 (c•• Valens beat by the Goths, flying wounded into a Cottage in Thrace, Is Burnt to Death AEt. ••0 (c. p) and his Nephew
6		Gratian	Rules the Eastern Empire till Ian. 16 following Nazianzen made Bishop of Constantinople (c) or in Nov ••79 (p)
	379		Jan. 16, Gratian makes his General
7		Theodosius	Colleague in the Empire; Reigns in the East 16 Y, 2 d, (c. p)
	381		In May, The II General Council meets at Con|stantinople When Nazianzen Resign•• ••his Bishopric, & retires to a Private Life (••. p)
	383		Austin AEt 29, teaches Rhetoric at Rome.
			MAXIMUS the Roman General drives the Scots out of Britain into Scandia, where they keep 27 Y: sets up for Emperor and pastes into Gaul.
			Aug. 25, He Kills Gratian, AEt 25, & Pos+sesses Britain, Gaul, Spain and Africa, for 5 Y. 2 d (c. p)
	••87		Maximus Marches to Italy, and Valentinian flies by Sea to Thessalonica.
			••ustin, AEt. 33, Becomes a Christian (p)
	388		July 28 Theodosius beats Maximus near the Alps (p) Aug. 27, Maximus Kill'd at Aquilea ••s••. c) and Theodosius Restores the Western Empire to Valentinian.

	389		May 9, Nazianzen Dies (c p)
	392		May 15, Val••ntinian AEt 27. Strangled at Vi|enna by the Intriegue of EUGENIUS, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Assumes the Western Empire (sc. c. p. v)
	393		This was the Last Olympi••d observ'd in Greec••
	394		Sulpitius Sev••rus embraces Christianity.
			Sept 6, Theodos••us Bea•••• and Kills Euge•••••••• near Aquilea, and Recovers the Weste•••• Empire (c. p)
	395		Ian. 17, He D at Milan AEt 61 (sc. c. p) 〈◊〉〈◊〉 by Will, his Sons
8		Arcadius	AEt. 18, (p) R in the East 13 Y, 3 m, 1••d and HONOR••US, AEt. 11 (p) in the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 28 Y, 6 m, (c)
			Austin Ordain'd Bishop of Hippo, in Afric••
			Ierom Turns the Hebrew Bible into Lat••▪
	397		Apr. 4, Ambrose D, AE••. 64 (c. p)
	398		Jan. 26, (c) or Feb. 26 (sc. p) Chrysos•••••• Ordained Bishop of Constantinople.
	400		The Goths under Alaricus Brake into Dal|matia and Pannonia.
			Sulpitius Severus Writes his History, From the Creation to this Year.
			V. CENTURY.
	401		Apr. 10, Theodosius II Born to Arcadius (sc. c p) and Bap••••z'd by Chrysos••om.
			Alaricus brakes into Noricum & Italy.
	402		Stilicho Beats Alaricus back to Illyric••••
			Epiphanius, Bishop in Cyprus, Dies (c. v)
	404		June 20. Chrysostom Banish'd by Arcadi•••• into Cilicia (sc. c. p)

	405		Pelagius grows noted for his Errors
			Radagaisus leads 200 thousand Scythians and other Barbarians into Italy: But Stilicho Slays 100 thousand with Rada|gaisus, & the R••st Surrender (c. p)
	406		Dec 31, Godigisilus leads the Vandals & other Barbarians to the Rhine (c p)
	407		They miserably waste the bordering Country 〈◊〉〈◊〉
			The Roman Soldiers in Britain mu••iny, and chuse one Constantin Emperor who going over to Gaul, the Soldiers there Re|ceive Him also (c. p)
			Sept 14 (v) or Nov. 14, Chrysostom AEt 53, D in Exile, near the Euxine Sea (sc. c. p)
	408		May 1, Arcadius AEt 31, D••es at Constanti|nople (sc. c. p) and his Son
9		Theodosius	The II, R 42 Y, 2 m, 28 d (c. p)
			The Vandals march into the W••st and S••uth Parts of Gaul, and waste them.
			Aug. 23, Honorius Beheads S••ilicho: & Oct. 13, Th•• Vandals March for Spain, & se••ze it.
	409		Alaricus marches into Italy, & besieges Rome
			Aug. 24, By Stratagem He ••akes the City, compells the Citizens to Renounce Hono|rius, and Retires.
	410		••laricus Returns to Rome, & Besieges it again ••pr. 1, He takes the City, gives it •• Day•• to the Plunder of his Army: and then ••ays waste the Rest of Italy (c. p)
	411		Alaricus Dies in Italy, and the Goths chuse Athaulphus King.
			Constantin Overcome & taken by Constantius in Gaul, & put to D at Ravenna (c p)

N	Y. C
		The Scots, under Fergus, Return from Scandia to Britai••
		Athaulphus quits Italy, & seizes the Southern Part of Ga••••
	41••	Oct 18 sc. c) Cyril made Bishop of Alexandria (c. p
	415	Athaulphus quitting Gaul, Goes into Spain, & is Kill'd (c. p
	416	Two Councils in Africa Condemn ••elagius (c. p••
		Honorius Gives Wallia King of the Goths Part of Spain, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 condition of Warring against th•• Vandals.
	417	Wallia beats them in many Battles, and Honorius Give Him the Western Part of Gaul also.
	418	Apr. 24, Pharamond chose Duke of the Fran•••• in Franc••••i•• and July 23, He takes the Title of King
	419	July 2, Valentin•••••• III Born
	420	Ierom Dies, and Buried a Beth••••••em (c p)
	423	Theodoret chosen Bishop of Cyrus in Syria (c. p)
		Aug. 15, Honorius Dies at Rome, AEt. ••39, & his Secretary JOHN assumes his Empire (sc. ••. p)
	425	In Feb. Iohn seiz'd & put to Death at Ravenna (c. p)
		Oct. 15, (c) or 23 (p Theodosius makes VALENTINI|AN III Emperor of the West, who R 29 Y, 5 m
	427	In May, the Vandals under Gensericus quitting Spain▪ with 80000 pass to Africa & seize Mauritania (c ••••
	429	The City of Venice Founded.
	430	Aug. 28, Austin D at Hippo, besieg'd by the Vandal•• (••)
	431	Iun 22, the III GeneralCouncil meets at Ephesus (sc. c. p)
	435	Feb. 11 Valentinian by Treaty yeilds Numidia to the Vandals.
		Feb. 25 Theodosius Publishes his Code of Laws
	439	Socrates and So••omen here end their Histories (sc. c)
		Oct. 20 (••) or 29 (p) Gensevicus ta••es Carthage.
	44••	Attila K of the Hunns wasteth Thrace, Macedonia & Gre••••••
	44••	He returns to Scythia with 120 thousand C••ptives.
	444	Apr. 9 (••) or Jun 9 (p) Cyril of Alexandria Dies.

N	Y. C	E••stern E••pe••ors
	445		Prosper here Ends his Chronicle
			Meroveus Begins to Reign over the Francs, & was their 1st K who subdu'd part of Gaul
	44••		Theod••sius adds to his Code, The Novellae.
	448		The Britons harass'd by the Picts and Scots, send to the Saxons for Aid.
	449		Meroveus seizes the North Eastern Part of Gaul
			Henoist and Horsa, Brothers, Transport the Saxons in 3 Ships to Britain
	450		Aug. 1. Theodosius, Thrown from his Horse a Hunting, Dies (c p) and Aug. 25
10		Marcianus	A Thracian R 6 Y, 6 m (eg. c. p. )
	451		Attila with 700 thousand Men, wasteth Ger|many & enters Gaul (••) But Sept 27 (••) the Romans & Goths ••nder AEtius & Theu|doric beat Him; when Theudoric wi h 180 thousand on both sides were Slain in Battle▪ and 90 thousandDye of their Wounds
			Oct. 8. The IV General Council meets at Chalcedon (•• p)
	452		Henois•• makes Peace with the Picts, and falls on the Britons.
	453		Attila driven by Thorismund King of th•• Goths into Scythia, Dies.
	454		Valentinian Kills his General AEtius (••. ••)
	455		Mar. 17. MAXIMUS Kills Valentinian, and se••s up for Emperor of the West ••c. p)

			Upon which Genseric sails from Africa: Iun. 12 comes to Rome & Kills Maximus: Iun. 15, En••ers the City, spoils it for 14 d, and Returns (c. p)
			Iuly 10, The Roman Soldiers in Gaul make AVITUS Emperor of the West (c. p v)
	456		May 17. He is forc'd to Resign sg. c)
			Vortimer, a British King, Kills Horsa and forces Hengist back to Saxony.
	457		Jan 26 Marcianus Dies ••c. p v•• and 〈◊〉〈◊〉
11		Leo I	A Thracian Crown'd, Feb 7 (v) R 17 Y (eg. c. ••)
			MAJORANUS sent by Leo, Crown'd Apr •• at Ravenna R 4 Y, 4 m (c p v)
			Hengist Returns to Britain, takes the Km of Kent, which he transmits to his Posteri••••
	461		Aug. 2, Majoranus Depos'd, and A••g. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Kill'd by his General Ricimer c p)
			Nov. 19, SEVERUS Declar'd Emperor of the West, Reigns 3 Y, 9 m (c. p)
	465		Aug. 15. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 D (c. p) by Poyson (p) & the Sena 〈…〉〈…〉 to Leo for another.
	466		Pros••er of Acquitain Dies.
	467		ANTHEMIUS, sent by Leo, Crown'd Apr. 1•• Reign•• 5 Y, 3 m (eg c. p)
	472		Ricemer R••ses against Anthemius: Iuly 11, Kills Him, and sets up OLYBRIUS, who R •• m, 12 d (c. p)
			Aug. 18, Ricimer▪ & Oct. 23, Olyb••i••s D (c. p••
	473		Mar. 5, GLYCERIUS Crown'd a Raven•••••• Reigns 1 Y, 3 m, 19 d (c. p)
	474		In Jan. ••p) Leo Die•• (eg. c. p) and
12		Leo II	In••an••Son of Zeno by Ariadne Daughter to 〈◊〉〈◊〉 and Verina (••g c. p) Reigns •• m.
			••eo II D, AEt. 1 Y, 6 m: and his Fa••her

13		Zeno	An Isaurian, Reigns 17 Y, 3 m (eg c)
			NEPOS sent by Leo I, deposes Glycerius, and Iune 24 is Crown'd Emp. of the West (c p)
	475		Childeric King of the Francs Begins to Beat the Romans out of Gaul.
			Nepos makes Orestes a Goth his Colleague: Aug. 28, He deposes Nepos at Ravenna: Oct. 31, He makes his Son Momyllus Emperor of the West (c. p)
14	476	Basiliscus	Brother to Verina (eg) Drives Z••no into Isauria (c. p & R 1 Y, 6 m (c) 2 Y (eg)
			Odoac••r King of the Heruli comes into Italy, and takes Orestes: Aug. 23, is Proclaim'd King of Italy: Aug. 28, Kills Orestes: Sept. 4, Banishes Momyllus: and Entering Rome; Puts an END to the WESTERN EMPIRE (c. p)
			Sect. II. To the Revival of the Western Empire.
	4••7		Childeric wins a great Part of Gaul.
			More Saxons Go into Britain under Ella.
		(Zeno)	Recovers the Eastern Empire, and Basiliscus Starv'd to Death (eg. c. p)
	479		The Lombards, so call'd for their long Beards, (c. p) from Scandia, take Pomerania, & keep it 40 Y.
	480		May. 9, Nepos, late Emperor, Kill'd (c. p) by his Officers.
	481		Vortigern, a BritishKing, drove into a Towe•• and Burn••, by his own People

	486		Clovis King of the Francs, ex••end his King|dom in Gaul (c. p) & pu•••• an l••nd to the Roman Power There.
	490		Theodoric, King of the Go••••s in 〈◊〉〈◊〉 marches to Italy, & bea••••Odoacer in 3 Faules.
	491		Zeno Dies and his Wife raises & Marr••e••
15		Anaste••ius	A Grecian below the Se••atorian Order▪ Apr 9, Crown'd▪ R 27 Y, 3 m▪ 3 d (eg c. ••
	492		Ella Begin•• the South Sa••on K••n in Britain
	493		Theodoric Kills Odoacer, and seizes the King|dom of Italy (c p)
	494		Pope Gel••sius calls a Council of 〈◊〉〈◊〉 B shop••; in which He asserts his Primacy over all C••urches
	495		Cerdic, a Saxon, Sails to Britain with 5 Ship, and Bea••s the Britons.
	500		Theodoric Enters Rome in Great Splendor.
			VI. CENTURY.
	506		Feb. 2, Alaric, King of the Goths in Gaul, and Spain (c. p) Publishes his Abridgment of the Theodosian Code.
			The Babylonian Talmud, Collected by Rabbi Aser, Pub ished.
	507		Clovis Beats and Kills Alaric, & takes Par•• of his Kingdom (c. p)
	514		Cassiodorus Sole Consul of Rome.
	518		Proclus, the Mathema••ician, Flourishes.
			July 9, (c) Anastasius D, AEt. 88 (p) and

16		Justin	Set up by the Guards (eg. c) R 9 Y, 23 d
			Arthur Begins to Reign in Britain 24 Years
	519		Cerdic Begins the West Saxon Kingdom.
	526		May 29, a Great Earthquake at Antioch, ••eg c p. v•• wherein 300 thousandPerish ••v)
			Theodoric puts Boethius to Death, & D (c p)
			Priscian Flourishes at Constantinople.
			The Lombards seize Pannonia (c. p) and stay 42 Years.
	527		Dyonisius Exiguus Begins to Reckon the Years from the Birth of CHRIST
			Apr. 1, Iustin makes his Sister's Son, Iusti|nian, Colleague (c. p)
			Aug 1, Iustin D. (eg. c p) AEt. 77 (p) and
17		Justinian	AEt. 45 (p) R 38 Y, 3 m, 12 d.
			The Francs subdue Thuringia (c) or 528 (p)
	529		Feb. 7, Iustinian Publishes his Code of Laws.
			The Francs subdue Burgundia
	533		In Nov, Belisarius Beats the Vandals in Africa, and Tak es Carthage (c. p)
			In Nov, Iustinian Publishes his Institutions, and in Dec. his Digesta
	534		Belisarius Finishing the War in Africa, puts an end to the Vandal Kingdom, and car|ries their King to Constantinople (c. p)
	535		Belisarius Reduces Sicily (c. p)
	536		Evagrius Scholasticus Dies in Syria (eg. v)
			Belisarius Reduces the Eastern Part of Italy; and Dec. 10, Enters Rome (c. p)

N	Y. C
	537	Vitiges King of the Goths in Italy, Q••its the Gothic 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of Gaul to the Francs: Hence called France.
	538	The Goths & Burgundians take Mila••, & Kill 300 t••••••…sand People
	540	Belisarius takes Ravenna with Vitiges; and call'd to R••••pel the Persians, carries Him to Constantinople (c. p••
	541	The last Election of CONSULS at Rome. Belisarius Ravages Ass••ria.
	542	So Great a Plague at Constantinople, that 10 thousa•••• Dye in 1 day
	547	Ja•• 17, Totilas King of the Goths in Italy, takes Rom•• But B••lisarius Returning, Enters and Defends 〈◊〉〈◊〉 and Bea••s Him away.
		Ida, the Saxon, Begins the Kingdom of Northumberl••••••
	549	Belisarius Recall'd to Repel the Persians.
	550	Totilas Beseiges an d takes Rome again.
		The S••lavi under Lechus Seize on Poland, & Begin the 〈◊〉〈◊〉
	552	Iuly 9, The Armenians Begin their AEra
	553	May 1, The V General Council meets at Constantinople
		Narses sent to Italy, Bea••s Totilas, Wounds Him to Dea•••• and by the end of Iuly Recovers Rome and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 all Italy (c. p••
	554	In Feb. Teias, the last King of the Goths in Italy, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Overcome and Slain.
	556	Narses Finishing the War in Italy, Puts an End to 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Gothic Kingdom There.

No	Y. C	Eastern Emperors
	563		Belisarius Dies in Honour
	565		Nov 13. (c) or 14 (p) Iustinian Dies, AEt. 84, (hr) and his Sister's Son
18		Justin II▪	Reign•• 12 Y, 10 m, 22 d.
	567		Iustin sends Longinus, the 1st EXARCH, to Ravenna.
	568		Alboin King of the Lombards leaves Pannonla, and seizes the North of Italy (c. p)
	569		S pt. 3, (c) He marches in••othe Western Part (c. p)
	570		May 5, MAHOMET Born; Lives 63 Y.
	571		Alboin subduing the Western Part of Italy, is Proclaimed King of Italy.
	578		Sept. 26, Iustin makes Tiberius, a Thracian, his Colleague (c p v)
			Oct 5, Iustin Dies (c. v) and
19		Tiberius	Reigns alone 3 Y, 10 m, 9 d (eg. c. p)
	580		Gildas, the British Historian, Flourishes.
	582		Aug. 13, Tiberius Marries his Dau'ter to Mau|ricius a Roman, & makesHimColleague (eg. c. p)
			Aug. 14, Tiberius Dies (c. p•• and
20		Mauricius	Reigns 20 Y, 3 m, 9 d.
	588		An Earthquake destroys 60 thousand more at Antioch.
	59••		A Council in France Declares the Lord's Day to Begin at Evening.
	593		E••agrius Writes his History this Year
	595		••••hn, Bishop of Constantinople, Assumes the Title of Universal Bishop.
	596		P••pe Gregory sends Austin, a Monk, to Bri|tain, to Christianize the Saxons (c. p)
	597		〈◊〉〈◊〉 25, He and his Companions Bap ize Edelbert King of Kent, & 10 thousand of his Subje••••••.

			VII. CENTURY.
21	602	Phocas	A Centurion set up by the Army; Nov. 23 Install'd at Constantinople: Nov 27, Kills Mauricius's Sons before his Eyes, at Chalce|don, & then cuts off his Head (p)
	604		May 26, Austin the Monk, D in Britain (c. .
	606		Feb. 6, Boniface III, Chose Pope, calls a Council of 72 Bishops, who Decree, that not the Patriarch of Constantinople, but the Roman Pontiff shall be stiled Universal Bp.
22	610	Heraclius	The Roman Governor in Africa (c. hr.) in Iuly (c) Sails to Constantinople, Beats and takes Phocas: Oct. 3 (p) cuts off his Head, and R 30 Y, 7 m, 8 d.
	611		Constantin Born to Heraclius.
	614		Deus Dedit chosen Pope (c) who 1st Forbids Parents to Answer for their Children a•• Baptism (c. hr)
	615		The Persians take Ierusalem, & Kill 90 thou|sand People (c) or in Iune, 614 (p)
	622		July 15, at Sunset, Mahomet Files out of Mecca: Whence the Arabian, Hegira of AEra Begins (c p)
	628		The Persians Restore all to the Grecians (c. p)
	630		Clotair King of France overcomes the West|phalians and Frisians.
	631		Iune 17 (c Mahomet Dies, AEt 63 (c. p)
	632		Iune 16 The Saracens Beat and Slay the Persian King Izdegird: whence the Per|sian AEra Begins

	634		Aug. 23, The Saracens take Damascus.
	635		They invade Egypt.
	636		They take JERUSALEM & Antioch.
	••39		They take Edessa and all Mesopotamia.
	641		May 11. Heraclius Dies: and his Son
23		Constantin	By his 1st Wife, Reigns 4 m (c. p)
			In Sept, his Mother in Law Martina Poysons Him and makes her Son
24		Heracleon	Emperor: who Reigns 6 m.
			The Saracens take Caesarea, in Palestine.
	642		In Feb, the Senate depose Heracleon, cut off his Nose & his Mothers Tongue (c. p) & set up
25		Constans	Constantin's Son: who Reigns 27 Y (c. p)
	645		The S••lavi, under Zechus seize Bohemia.
	648		With 1700 Sail, the Saracens take Cyprus.
	653		They take Rhodes.
	668		This Summer Constans Kill'd in a Bath at Syracuse: (c. p) and his Son
26		Constantin	Pogonatus, Reigns 17 Y (c p)
			The Saracens take 80 thousand Captives out of Africa.
	670		Beda, the British Historian Born.
	680		Nov 7, The VI General Council opens at Con|stantinople, & holds to Sept. following
	685		In Sept, (c) Constantin D (c. p) and his Son
27		Justinian	II, AE••. 16, Reigns.
28	694	(Leontius)	Deposes Him, cuts off his Nose, sends Him into Banishment, and Reigns 3 Y.
	697		The Saracens drive the Romans out of all Africa: Upon which the Army sets up
29		(Absimarus)	Who Sails to Constantinople, takes Leontius, cuts off his Nose, shuts Him up in a Mo|nastery, and Reigns 7 Y. (c. p)

	698		Absimarus wa••••e••h Syria, & K••••ls 200 thou|sand Saracens▪
			VIII. CENTURY.
	703	(Justinian	II, Takes Constantinople, Recovers the Empire and hangs Absimarus.
	••04		Aripertus K of Lombard••, Gives the Cotti••n Alp••, which is the 1st Province Given to th•• 〈◊〉〈◊〉
	711		In May the Saracens under Taric land at 〈◊〉〈◊〉 beat Roderi••••s Army in 2 〈◊〉〈◊〉
			In Dec, The Army on the Eu••ine Sea set up
30		Philippicus	Who Sails to Constantinople, K••lls Iustinian with his Son, (c p) & Reigns 1 Y, 6 m: And thus the Imperial Line of ••eraclius ends
	712		The Saracens take several Cities in Spain.
	713		Iune 3. An Offi••er privily 〈◊〉〈◊〉 out Philip+picus's Eyes (c. p) and
31		Ar••emius	Iune 4, Begins to Reign (c. p)
			Sept. 10, The Saracens, after 7 Days Fig••t, Slay King Roderic, and sei••e ••is 〈◊〉〈◊〉
	714		The Army, in Phenicia, set up Theodosi••••▪ Collector of Taxe•• (c. p) & a Man of 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Ex••ract (••r) & Besiege Constantinople 6 〈◊〉〈◊〉
32	715	Theod••sius	Takes the City, with Artemius, shaves & send▪ Him into a Monastery.
33	716	Leo III	An Isaurian Capt. (c) of obsc••re Birth (••) Set up by the Army in Armenia; Mar 2•• Theodosius abdicates, & with his Son, Retire into a Monastery; & Leo •• 25 Y, 2 m, 24 d
	718		In Dec, Constantine Born to Leo.
	726		The Saracens breaking into France, Charles Martel Bea••s, and in one B••ttle Kills 3••0 thousand (••) or 375 thousand (••)

	72••		••na, K of the West Saxons goes to Rome, & makes his Kingdom Tributary to the Pope
	••3••		J••n. 7, Leo iss e•• out an Edict against Images (p)
	••31		Beda, AE•• 59 Finishes his Hist. of the English (c p)
	••34		Beda D es on A••cention Day, May 6
	••4••		Iun•• 18, Leo Dies ••c. p) and his Son
34		Constantin	Reigns 34 Y, 2 m, 27 d, c. p)
			Iune 27, He marches against the Saracens: and
35		Artava••da••▪	Who had Married his Sister, Sets up at Constan|tinople
	742		Charles the Great Born to Pepin, Son of Charles Martel.
	••43		In Sep••, Constantin Besieges Constantinople.
		(Constantin)	Nov. 2, Takes it, & Puts out ArtavasdasEyes
	••44		The Hunns seize on Transylvania.
	750		Ian. 25, Leo Born to Constantin (c. p)
	752		Pope Zachary Deposes Childeric K of France, Orders Him into a Monastery, Releases Pepin of his Oath, & Assigns▪ Him the Km (c p
			Aistulp••us King of Lombardy takes Ravenna and puts an End to the Exarchate in Italy, which had lasted 1••2 Y.
	••54		Feb. 10 (c) a General Council meets at Con|stantinople, (c▪ p & holds to Aug 8. (c)
	••55		Pepin makes Aistulphus yeild to the Pope all the Places He had taken from the Exarch.

	759		Fro••ola, a 〈◊〉〈◊〉 King in Sp••••••, beats the Saracens, and S••ays 52 thousand in one Battle
	766		Organs first bro't to France from Constan+tinople.
			Aug 17 Constantin makes an E••ict to Dis••solve the Mon••steries in Europe
	767		Anothe••, for Dissolving those in Asia.
	768		Sept. 24, Pepin Dies; and his Son Charles Reigns (c. p
	771		Ian 14 ••p) Constantin Bo•••• to Leo (c p)
	774		Charles Takes D••sideriu K••ng of Lombardy, puts an end to the Kingdom, adds it to his own & carries the King to France.
	775		He subdu••s Westphalia and Fris••••.
			Sept. 14, Constantin D (••. p.) and his Son
36		Leo IV	AEt. 26 (p) R••igns 5 Y ar••, 6 Da••s
	780		Charles subdues the Saxons a•• far as the 〈◊〉〈◊〉
			Sept. 6 (c) or 8 (p) Leo Dies, and his Son
37		Constantin	With his Widow Irene R togeth••r 10 Y, 1 m
	787		Charles subdues Bavaria.
			Sept. 24, a General Council meets at Nice ••c. p) and continues to Oct 13 (p)
	788		The Danes 1st come to the South of Britain in 3 Ships, and waste the S a Coasts.
	790		Charles wasteth the Sea-Co••sts of Spain, and drives the Saracens out of several Places
			In Octob, Irene Depos'd (c. p)
	791		Charles bea••s the Hungarians as far as the River Raab.

	79••		In Aug, Constantin puts out his U••c es Nicepho••rus (c p) and Christopher's Eyes (c)
			Syncellus Writes his Chronology.
	793		Alphonsus a Gothic King of Spain, Rebels a••gainst the Saracens, Slays 70 thousand, an•• frees Himself.
			The Dance a 2d time waste the South of Britain
	794		A Great Council at Francfort (c. p)
	795		Thudunus King of the Hunns yields Himself and his to Charles.
3••	797	Irene	••ug. 19, ••c) Orders her Son Constantin's Eyes to ••e D••g out, who Dies a few days after (c p) and then Killing Nicephorus and Christopher, the Reigns alone
	800		Nov 24, Charles enters Rome: Dec. 25, Pope Leo Crowns Him EMPEROR of the WEST (c p) which the People ap|prove with loud Acclamations.
			About the same time EGBERT Begins to Reign over the West Saxons; who sub|dues the Rest, and becomes the 1st Mo+narch of ENGLAND.

VII. and Last Period. THE Chronol••gy of the ENGLISH Monarchs, From the Revival of the Western Empire by CHARLES the Great of France, and b of the R of EGBERT, 1st Supream K of England in the Y C 8•• to the D of Q ELIZABETH, and b of the R ••f JAMES, the First Monarc•• of Great Britain, in 160•• Being 802 Y••ar••, 3 Months.

Having pass••d thro' the most busy and confused Period 〈◊〉〈◊〉 World has known, we are now arriving at a more se••tled 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of things, Especially in the West of Europe. And the End of the Y C 800, seems to be one of the most rema••kable Points of Time in History, on these 2 accounts, (1) The Revival of the West•••••• Empire in CHARLES the Great of France, Crown'd Empe|ror of th•• West at Rome, on Dec. 25 this Y (2) The b of th•• R of EGBERT the Great, as R••pin ca••ls him, about the sa••e Time asc••nding the T••••one of W••ss••x , who in the cour•• of 28 Y conquers the 5 other S••x••n Kingdoms in the South Part of Britain, and becomes the ••st Supreme K of Englan••

The E••stern E••pire indeed continues 652 Y, 5 m longe•• But as this is dwind••ng away by degrees, and both the Powe•• and Trans••ctions in the West of Europe grow more consider••••ble, as well as more nearly affect us, and the Successions of the Monarchs both of the Fran••s and English are pretty certain adjust d; we shall therefore shif•• the Scene of our Chronolog•• from the Eastern to the W••st rn Parts of the Ancient Rom••••

Empire, and annex it to the Lines of the Kings of England. And inasmuch as our Introduction is thus drawn out to an un|expected Length, and our English Histories are in the Hands of many; I shall therefore spare my Readers here, and give them little more than as accurate a List, as I am at present a|ble to compose, of our own Monarchs

But there offers a material Difficulty at the very Head of the present Period, which I m••st apply mys••lf to solve, as I have met with non•• that have attempted it be••ore me. It con|cerns the b of the R of Egbert. For (1) Some place it in the Y C 800; as Ethelwerd, Malmsbury, Huntingdon, Hoveden ; and from them the following Moderns, Polydore Virgil, Pan••taleon, Sir H. Savil , Glover and Mills, Mundy, Speed, Helvi••cus, Isaa••son, Alsted, Boxhornius, Fuller, Milton, Whitlock, the Indi••es at the End of Littleton and Cambridg Dictionaries, Tallents, Eachard, Rapin; and so Baker, Howell, Pointer and Salmon seem to imply (2) Some, in 801; as Harrison, and Holins••ed, Calv••sius, Perizonius, Hubner and Anderson. (3) O|••hers in 802; as M of Westminster, Stow, Howes, Daniel, and Tyrrel. Hoveden says, Some b the R of Egbert in 802: and Tyrrel says that Ass••••, S of Durham and the Bp of Litchfield are of the same Opinion.

To clear this matter, I (1) Observe that Rapin tells us,

W••en E••bert was chosen K of Wessex, he was at ROME with CHARLES the G••eat, who was soon after invested with the Imperial Crown▪ and There he took his leave of that Great Prince, &c.

Tho' whence Rapin had this Intelligence, I shou••d ••e glad to find. (2) Liecthenaw, Cario , Calvisius and Ricciolius infor•• 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Charles ••he Great, travelling from France, enter'd Rom•• 〈◊〉〈◊〉 v. 24▪ 800; was crown••d Empero•• the••e Dec. 25, and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 and Calvisius 〈…〉〈…〉 that City on Apr 24, 〈◊〉〈◊〉.

B•• this it seems (1) That Egbert set out with Charles from France some time in October or November, and that Britric K of Wessex was then alive. (2) That between Nov 24, and Dec 25, Egbert not only heard a•• Rome of his Election, but also se•• out thence for England. (3) We must therefore place his Election about November; and the b of his actual R about the same ime with the b of Charles's Empire. Or however, to define This Period more precisely — From the e of the Las•• ••o the e of This; i. e From the Imperial Coronation of Charles at Rome, to the D of Q Elizabeth, the Last mere Monarch o•• England, and b of the R of Iames, the First of Great Britain, i•• exactly 802 Y 3 m.

Sect. I. To the Discovery of the NEW WORLD by Columbus in 1492.

Having compar'd above 30 noted Lists and Histories of ou•• Kings, both in English and Latin, I found so many Inconsistenci•••• and Mistakes among them, especially in the Years before the Nor…man Conquest; th••t I was forc'd to lay by all the la••e Historian•• and betake myself intirely to those more Ancient and Original ••••|thors Ethelwerd, Ingulphus, Malmsbury, Hu••••ingdon, H••…veden, M of Westminster, and R of Chester; who are the only old Writers on ••hat former Par•• of the Period I can hear of in this Country: the 6 First in Latin, the last translated out of that Language into English by Trevisa in 1357, as Trevisa 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Caxton tell us. And as I have carefully perus'd them; I 〈◊〉〈◊〉 draw the following last intirely from them as far as they go▪ Excepting, where they are wanting in the preciser Notes of Time I s••••ll then take out of Holinshed, Stow, Speed, Tyrrel, Eachard, R••pin, or any other wherever I find them.

N. B. Wherever I use the Words Elect, Elected, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Chosen; they are so Express'd in the Original A••th••r•• ••ited.

No	Y. C
		I. The WEST SAXON Line.
1	800	EGBERT, Descended from C••rdic, b ••o R over Wessex Reigns after Charles's Coronation 37 Y, 1 m, 10 d.
	809	He reduces Cornwal and adds i•• to his Kingdom
	814	(i. e. 813, 14) Jan 28 CHARLES be Great D AE•• 71 and his S••n LEWIS R
	824	Egbert subdues the Kms of Kent and Essex, and add•• them to his own and t••e Km of the East-Angles submi••s to his Protection
	827	He makes the Ks of Mercia and Northumberland his Vassals
	828	He makes the Ks of Wales his Tributaries
	837	(i. e, 837, 8) He D 〈◊〉〈◊〉 4 In the Margin of Malmsbury, we therefore read 838 &
2		ETHELULPH, Son of Egbert Reigns 19 Y, 11 m, 9 d.
	838	The Scots ex••irpate the Pictish Nation
	840	Iune 20. LEWIS Emperor D: upon which his 3 Sons Divide the WESTERN EMPIRE; Charles the Youngest taking FRANCE; Lewis, GERMANY; and Lotharius the Eldest, ITALY, Burgundy and Lorrain, with the Imperial Dignity
	849	Alfred B to Ethelulph
	857	(i. e. 857, 8) Ethelulph Dies Ian. 13•• and
3		ETHELBALD, 1st surviving Son of Ethelulph R 2 Y, 11 m, 7 d, after the D of his Father
	861	He D Dec. 20. and

4		ETHELBERT, 2d surviving Son of Ethelulph (e. w. c••) R 5 Y, (e. m. hn. hv)
	866	He D (e ••v. w) i e. at the end of 866 and
5		ETHELRED I, 3d surviving Son of Ethelulph (e w ch) R 5 Y. and a li••tle more (hn)
	87••	He D (e. m hv) Apr. 23 (w. ••••) So that the R 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Et••elbert an•• Ethel••ed amount exactly to 10 Y 4 m, 3 d, and
6		••LFRED, 4 •• surviving Son of Ethelulph (e m w. ch) R 29 Y▪ 6 m, 5 d, tho' his E der B••other's Son Ethelwald w••s liv••ng 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the while (m. ••.)
	901	He D (e m hn) Oct 26. (e) or rather Wednesday Oct. 28 (l u w) and
7		EDWARD I S•••• of Alfred (e. m. ••r. ••v w) Elected 〈◊〉〈◊〉 (•••• v ••) R 23 Y▪ (m. •• mw) Tho' his Father's el|der Brother's Son Et••elwald was living, and C••aim'd the Crown (m w)
	924	H•• D (•• w and
		(Ethelw••••d) 1st Legitimate Son of Edward b to R▪ bu•• D a few days af••er his Father (m) is by this means le•••• out of the Catalogue of Kings and
8		ATHELSTAN, base Born Son of Edward (••i. w) AE•• •••• (m) Elected K (m. hn w) ••hile ••e h••d 3 Legiti••mate Bro••hers living (m hv. w) R 16 Y (m ••v)
	940	He D (m. ••v. w) Oct 27 (••v. w•• o tha•• the R 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ••••ward & A••••••lstan amount exactly to 39 Y. and
9		EDMUND I, 2d ••u••vi••ing and Legi••im••••e Son of Edward (m ••••. w) A••t 18 m. •••••• R 5 Y, 7 m (••••)
	943	Ed••ar Born to King Edmund (••v. w••

	946	K Edmund kil••'d in a F••ay (m. hv w) Tuesday May 26 ••c. i. m. hn. hv. ••) and
1••		••DRED, 3d Surviving and LegitimateSon of Edward (m. hv. w) R 9 Y, 6 m, (e. m)
	955	He D (m hv w) Nov. 23 (e) without Issue, (ch) and
11		EDWIN, 1st Son of Edmund (m hn hv. w ch) R 4 Y (e. m hn w) or rather 3 Y, 9 m (hv)
	95••	H•• is renounc'd by the Northern Half of the Km▪ which Elects his younger Br Edgar K (hv. w. ch)
	959	Edwin Dies (m. hv. w) and
12		EDGAR, 2d Son of Edmund (m. hn. hv. w. ch) AEt 16 (m. h••. ch) Elected K over the whole (hv. w) R near 16 Y (m)
	975	He D (i m hv. w) Thursday Iuly 8 (e. hv) AEt 32 (i. hv) So that the R of Edwin and Edgar amount exactly to 19 Y, 7 m, 15 d. And here Ethelwerd ends his Hist••ry (e) and
13		EDWARD II, 1st Son of Edgar (i. m. w) after a great stri e Elected K (hv. w) R 3 Y, 8 m, 10 d.
	978	(i e 978 9) He is kill'd (••v. w) by his Stepmother (m hv w) March 18 (tr tn) Malmsbury therefore s••ys 979 (m) and
14		ETHELRED II, 2d Son of Edgar (m. w) AEt II (m. ch) R 37 Y, 1 m, 5 d.
	987	The Nobl••s of France Reject the Race of CHARLES the Great, and chuse Hugh Capet, Earl of Paris, King; from whom the Kings of France have since Descended (c. p)
	1013	Swane K of Denmark Lands in Kent (hn. hv. w.) in

Iuly (h••. w) Thence sail•• to ••••e Humber, and con|quers all ••he North and West of England (m. hn. hv. w)
		In Aug (m w) Ethelred quits London, flies to the Isle of Wi••••t, and Swane is universally acknow|leg'd K of England (m. hn. hv. w)
		II. The DANISH Line begins.
1		SWANE, in Aug. conquers England, having no Rela|tion ••o the Crown b•• B ood.
	1014	(i. e 10••3 14) Beginning of Ian. Ethelred flies from the Isle ••f Wight to Normandy (m. hv. w)
		Fe•• 3. ••wane Kill'd (hv. w ch) i. e. 1013, 14 And
2		CANU••E, ••on of Swane, Elected K by the Da••es m hn hu. w) But the English send for
		(Ethelred) who in L••nt returns to England (hv. ch) drives Canute to Denmark, and resumes theCrown, (m. hn hv w)
	1015	This Summer (m) Canute returns to England, Land•• in Kent, and Recovers the Southern part of the Kingdom (m. hn. hv. w)
	1016	Munday, Apr. 23, Ethelred Dies at London (hv. w. ch) a••d
15		[EDMUND, II] call'd Ironside, 1st Son of Ethelred, Elected (••. hn) and Proclaimed K by the Citizens▪ (m. w) R 7 m, 7 d. But the rest of England El••ct Canute their K, (m. hv. w. ch)
		Oct. 18, is their last Ba••tle (w) upon which they a|gree to divide the Km; Edmund taking the S••••|thern Part and Canute the Northern, (m. hv. w)
		Nov. 30 K Edmund Kill'd (m. bv w. ch) and

••Canute) by the whole Km is Elected K (hv) while 3 Sons of K Ethelred and 2 Sons of K Edmund are living (m. hv. w) R 18 Y, 11 m, 13 d, after Edmund.
	1035	Wednesday, Nov. 12, Canute the Great D (••v. w) and
3		HAROLD I, B••se Born Son of Canute (w) after a great strife (ch) Elected K (i. m. hn. hv. w. ch) Reigns 4 Y, 4 m, 5 d.
	1040	He Dies (w. ch) in April (m) 16 Kal Apr. i e. March 17 and
4		HAR••ICNUTE, a younger Son of Canute (m. hn. hv w. ch) Elected K (hn) and the chief Men of the Km se••d for him beyond Sea (hv. w. ch) while se|veral of Ethelred's Offspring are living, (m. hv. w) R 2 Y, 2 m, 22 d.
	1042	He Dies (hv. ch ) Tuesday Iune 8 (ch) and
		III. The SAXON or ENGLISH Line Returns.
1		EDWARD III, the 3 d Son of Ethelred, Elected King (i hn) while Edward Son of his Elder Brother K Edmund, is living (m▪ hv. w) R 23 Y, 6 m, 27 d (hv) or rather 28 d. And he is styl'd by the Mon|kis•• Writers, The Confessor, for being addicted to their Superstitions.
	1066	K Edward D (i. hn hv w) Thursday Ian. 5 (hn. h•• w ch) i. e Jan. 5, 1065, 6 and

2		HAROLD II, a Son of Godwin Earl of Kent, o•• no Re••ation to the Crown by Blood, Elected King, R 9 m, 9 d, (hv) and the Lords made him K, (c••) while Edgar Atheling with his 2 Sisters, Children o•• Edward S••n of King Edmund II, are living in England (m hn. hv. ch)
		Sept. 28, William, Base-born Son of Robert Duke of Normandy, neither of Saxon nor Da••••s•• Royal Blood, Lands near Hastings in Sussex; where he stays 15 d. (m. w. ch) Saturday Oct. 14, slays K Harold there in Ba••tle, and gains the Crown (hn. hv. w. ch) and
		IV. The NORMAN Line begins.
1		WILLIAM I, call'd sometimes the Conqueror and sometimes the Bastard, R 20 Y, 10 m, 28 d, (hv. w) or, more exactly 26 d.
	1067	E••gar Atheling goes into Scotland, marries his Sister Mar••aret to Malcom the K, (hn. w. ch) from whom the Scotish Kings desc••nd. (m. hn. hv. ch)
	1085	Here Ingulphus Ends his History. (i)
	1087	William I, Dies (m. hv. w. ch) Sept. 9 (hv. w) AE•• 59 (m ch) and
2		WILLIAM II, cal••'d Rusus, 2d surviving Son of Wil••liam I, succeeds, while his Elder Brother Robert is Living (m. hn. hv. w. ch) R 12 Y, 10 m, 23 d.
	1100	He is accidentally slain a Hunting (m hn. hv w c••) Thursday, Aug. 2 (m. hn hv) AEt 44 (c••) and
3		HENRY I, the 3d surviving Son of William I, Electe•• K while his Elder Brother Robert is Living, (m. •••• w. ch) AEt 32 (m. w. ch)

		Nov. 11, he marries Maud, Daughter of Malcom K of the Scots by Margaret abovesaid, and R 39 Y, 4 m. (m)
	1135	He D (m. hn. hv. w) Dec 1. (m. hn. hv) and
4		STEPHEN, a young••r Son of Stephen Earl of Blois a Norman (m. hn. hv) b•• Adela Daughter of William •• (m. hn. w) accepted K (m. hn) while Maud Daughte•• of Henry I, is Living (m. hn. hv. w. ch) R 18 Y, 10 m, 24 d, comprehending his 9 Months Captivity.
	1141	Feb. 2 (i e. 1140, ••) K Stephen taken in Battle and carried to
		MAUD (hn. hv. w ch) who is hereupon acknow|ledg'd Queen by the whole Kingdom excepting Kent. (hn hv. ch)
		Nov. 1 K Stephen releas'd (m w) Recovers the King|dom (hn. hv. w. ch)
	114••	Here Malmsbury ends his History & Novellae (m)
	1154	K Stephen D (hn. hv. w) Oct, 25 (••n. w) and
		Here Huntingdon ends his History (hn) and
		V. The FRENCH Line, or Plant••ga|nets of the House of Anjou, Begins▪
1		HENRY II, a Son of Geoffry Plantaganet Earl of An|jou (w ch) b•• Q Maud, Da••ghter of Henry I (m. ••v w ch) AEt 22, (hv. w) R 34 Y, •• m, 11 d.
	1171	Saturday, Oct. 16 (hv) he S••ils from Milford-Haven for Ireland, (hv w ch) arrives at Cork the next d▪ upon which all Ireland receive him for their So+vereign Lord (hv)

	1189	He D (hv. w ch.) Thursday Iuly 6 (hv. w) and
2		RICHARD I, Eldest surviving Son of Henry II (〈…〉〈…〉) R 9 Y, 9 m.
	1199	He D of a Wound receiv'd at a Siege in Fra•••••• (hv. w. ch. ) Tuesday Apr. 6 (hv ch) and
3		JOHN, Youngest Son of Henry II, Succeeds, whil•• Arthur Son of his Elder Br Geoffry is Living (hv. w. ch. ) R 17 Y, 6 m, 13 d.
	1202	Here Hoveden Ends his Annals. (hv)
	1215	Iune 15, K Iohn Grants the 1st Magna Charta o•• England.
	1216	K Iohn D (w. ) Oct. 19 (w. ) being Poyson'd by a Monk (ch. ) and
4		HENRY III, Eldest Son to K Iohn (w. ch. ) AEt 9 (ch. ) R 56 Y, 27 days.
	1224	(i. e. 1224, 5) Feb. 10, the 9th Y of his R, he 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the present Magna Charta.
	1272	Nov. 16, he D (w. ch. ) AEt 65. (w) and
5		EDWARD I, or rather IV, Eldest Son of Henry III, (w. ch. ) R 34 Y, 7 m, 21 d. (w)
	1282	Leolin P of Wales Rebelling, is Kill'd in a Figh•• (w. ch. ) viz, Dec. 3
	1283	David Brother to Leolin Taken (w. ch. ) Iune 24 Drawn and Hang'd (w. ch. ) about Octob. And Wales wholly Subdu'd and Subjected to the Englis•• Government. (w. ch )
	1305	Flavio of Amalfi near Naples, 1st discovers the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 virtue of the Loadstone, & applies it to Navigation
	1307	Edward I. D (w▪ ch. s) Fryday Iuly 7 (w. ) AEt 6•• Years, 20 days. (w)
		Here M of Westminster Ends his History. And
f. an old Manuscript of the 7th Part of Fabian's Chronicle. ...st. Stow. ...hl. Holinshed. ...pl. Polydorus Vergilius.

g. Galvanus. cx. Caxton. p. Petavius. c. Calvisius. a. Alsted. fl. Fuller.
6		EDWARD II, surviving Son to Edward I (ch f) AE•• 24 (w. f•• R 19 Y, 6 m, 18 d.
	1312	Nov. 13. Prince Edward, Born to King Edward II. (ch. hl st)
	1326	(i. e. 1326, 7) Tuesday Ian. 13▪ a Parliament at West|minster agree to Depose him (ch. f. hl)
		Jan. 25, They actually Renounce him (f. hl. st) and raise his Son
7		EDWARD III, AEt 15, to the Throne (ch. f. pl) R 50 Y, 4 m, 28 d (hl)
		Sept. 21, Edward II, D in Prison (ch. f) by a violent Death (f. hl. st) AEt. 43 (pl)
	1344	Macham, an Englishman, Sailing from England for Spain, driven out of his Course, 1st Discovers the Isle of Madera
	1357	Here Chester ends his Chronicle (ch) and Caxton carrie•• it on to 1460.
	1376	Lordsday, Iune 8, the famous Black Prince, eldest Son to K Edward III, Dies (f. hl. st) AEt 46 (pl. hl)
		Thursday, Feb. 19, 1376, 7, Iohn Wickliff, the 1st English Reformer, brought before the Bishops in Paul's Church, London (st) and silenc'd (hl)
8	1377	Iune 22, Edward III, Dies (f) AEt 65 (pl. hl. st) and
		RICHARD II, Son of the Black Prince, AEt 11 ( f. pl) Reigns 22 Years, 3 months, 8 days (f)
	1380	GUNS 1st used by the Venetians; the Nature of the Powder being before accidentally discover'd by a German Chymist (pl. ) viz Berthold Schwartz a Monk
	1382	Wickliff finishes his Translation of the BIBLE into English

	1384	Dec 31, Iohn Wickliff, Parson of Lutterworth 〈◊〉〈◊〉 there (st)
	1395	The Spaniards 1st Discover & Settle the Canaries (g••
	1399	The Parliament depose Richard II (cx. f. hl. st) Tuesday▪ Sept. 30 (s hl) and chuse for King (cx. hl. st)
9		HENRY ••V, Son to the Duke of Lancaster, 3 d So•• of Edward III, While ••he Heirs of the Duke of Clarence the 2 d Son are living (cx. s•• R 13 Y, •• m, 21 d (••••) or rather 20 d (st)
	1400	(i. e. 1399, 400) Richard II, Kill'd in Prison (cx. f) AEt 33 (p••) March 12 bro't, Dead, to London (cx f)
	1412	(i e 1412, 13•• Henry IV, Dies (cx f) March 20 ••f. ••l. st) AE•• ••46 (pl hl st) and
10		HENRY ••V, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 26 Son of Henry IV, succe••ds while the Senior Heirs of the Duke of Clarence and Living (cx. f) R 9 Y, 5 m, 10 d (f) or rather 11 〈◊〉〈◊〉
	1415	The Coasts of Africa, not being known beyond 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Non, in 29 Degrees North Latitude; the Portuges•• discover Cape Bajador 3 Degrees farther (g)
	1419	June 11, Henry V, marries the ••rench K's Da••ghter, and is made Regent & Heir of that K•• (cx. ••)
	1422	In Aug. Henry V, Dies (cx) Aug. 31 (f. hl. st) AEt 3•• (cx. pl) and
11		HENRY VI, only Son of Henry V, AEt 8 m, 23 days succeeds (cx s) R 38 Y, 6 m, 4 d (f)
	1428	LAWR••NCE COSTER at Ha••rlem in Holland, Begin•• to PRINT from Letters at first cut on 〈◊〉〈◊〉 T••bles, then in Leaden, and then in Tin (••j)
	1431	Dec 7, Henry VI, Crown'd K of France in Paris (cx. f. ••••)
	1440	At Christmas Iohn Faustus, Servant to COSTE••, Runs away with his Master's PRINTIN••-TOOLS

to Mentz; where he Practices the Ar••, and claims the Honour of its Invention (hj)
	1441	Gonsales and Tristan▪ Portugese, discover the Coasts of Africa as far as Cape Blanco (g)
	1442	Faustus first Prints a Book at Mentz (hj. with COSTER's Types (hj)
	1446	Iohn Guttenberg of Strasburg con••rives the Art (i. e. the present Way) of PRINTING, removes to Mentz, and here compleat•• it Faustus being assistant to him (a)
		Denis Fernandes Esq of Lisbon, 1st Discovers the Ri|ver Senega a Mouth of the Niger, and the famous Cape De Verde in Africa (g)
	1449	The Portugese 1st Possess the Azores (g)
	1450	Faustus 1st Prints a Book at Mentz with Copper and Leaden Types
	1453	May 29, Tuesday, the Turkish Monarch Mahomet takes Constantinople (c. p) and puts an end to the Greek Eastern Empire
	1460	(i e. 1460, 1) March 2 (st) the Lords meet and Depose Henry VI, and Elect
12		EDWARD IV, Eldest Son to Richard Duke of York, for King (cx. s hl ••) AEt 18 (st)
		March 4, They Proclaim him K (cx. f hl. st) Reigns 22 Years, 1 month, •• days (f) and
		Here Caxton ends his Chronicle (cx)
	1462	De Noli a Genoese sails from Portugal, and 1st disco|vers the Cape De Verde Islands (g)
	1467	Oct 28, ERASMUS Born at Rotterdam in Holland (c)

	470	Oct. 3 (st. Edward IV, Flies to Flanders, and Satur|day, Oct. 1,
		(Henry VI) Deliver'd out of the Tower, and admitted K••ng again (f st)
		Nov 26, A Parliament meets at Westminster, and K Edward Proclaim'd Usurper (f. hl)
	1471	(i e. 1470, 1) March 14 (hl) Edward IV, Land•• in the North of England (f. hl. st)
		(Edward IV) Apr. 11 comes to London, takes K Henry again (f. hl. st) & sends him to the Towe•• (st) where he is Kill'd, the night after May 21 (st) & the next d hisCorps expos'd in Paul'sChurch, London (f. st.)
		This Year, Desare•• and Descouar discover Guinea for the King of Portugal (g)
	1472	S••guira Discovers Prince's Island near the Equinoctial, and St. Thomas's Island under it, with the western Coast of Ethiopia as far as Cape Catharine. He is the first that passes the Line (g)
	1483	Apr. 9, Edward IV, Dies (f. pl hl. st) AEt 42 (st) 50 (pl) and his Eldest Son
13		EDWARD V, AEt 1•• (f. hl. st) bears the Name of King 2 months, 11 days (f)
		Wednesday, June 18, some of the chief of the Nobility and Commons set up for K, his Father's younge•••• Brother Richard; who takes the Royal Style and Power in Westminster-Hall on Thursday June 1•• (f. hl st) and Fryday June 20, is Proclaimed Kin•• (s) by the Name of

14		RICHARD III, and R 2 Y, 2 m, 1 d (hl. st) or rather 2 •• (f) soon after which, Edward V, with his onl•• Brother Richard are Kill'd in the Tower (f pl. kl )
		Nov. 10, LUTHER Born at Eysteben in Saxony
	1484	Diego Coon Knight sails to the River Cong••, and dis|covers the Shores of Africa to the Tropick of Ca|pricorn (g)
	1485	Aug. 22, K Richard Slain in Battle by Henry Tudor Ea••l of Richmond; who thereupon is Proclaim'd K in the Field (f. hl. st) R 23 Y, 8 m (st) And Here the Manuscript of Fabian's Chronicle Ends.
		VI. The WELCH Line, or Line of Tudors.
1		HENRY VII, Oct. 30, Crown'd at Westminster (hl. st)
		Nov. 7▪ a Parliament of his Calling, Mee••s (hl. st) Attaints the late K Richard▪ and se••••les the Crown on K Henry VII, and his Heirs (hl)
	1485	(i. e 1485, 6) Ian 18, He marries Elizabeth the eldest Daughter of K Edward IV (hl. st)
	1486	Aug. Bartholomew Diaz, Sails from Portugal, 1st Discovers the famous Cape of Good Hope, the Sou|thermost Point of Africa, & returns in Dec. 1487
		Sept. 20 Arthur Eldest Son to K Henry Born (hl. st)
	1487	(i e. 1487, 8) Jan 1, ZUINGLIUS B in Switzerland
	1489	Nov. 29, Margaret▪ Eldest Daughter to K Henry, B
	1491	June 22, Henry, 2d Son to K Henry, Born, afterwards King Henry VIII (hl. st)

Sect. II. To the Discovery of NEW-ENG|LAND, and Death of Q ELIZABETH▪

The united Continents of Asia, Africa and Europe, have be•••• the only Stage of History, from the CREATION to the Y C 1492. We are now to turn our Eyes to the West, and see a NEW WORLD appearing in the Atlan••ick Ocean to the great Sur|prize and Entertainment of the other. CHRISTOPHER CO|LUMBUS or Colonus, a Genoese is the 1st Discoverer. Being a skilful Geographer and Navigator, and of •• very curious Mind▪ He becomes possess'd, with a strong Perswasion, that in order t•• Ballance the Terraqueous Globe & Proportion the Seas and La••d•• to each other, there must needs be form'd a mighty Continen•• on the other Side, which Boldness, Art and Resolution would soon Discover. He 1st proposes his undertaking to the Genoese, and then to John King of Portugal; but being deny'd, He applie•• to Ferdinand and Isabella King and Queen of Spain, who after 5 Years urging, are at last prevailed upon to furnish him with; Ships and 90 Men for this great Enterprize; which throug•• the growing Opposition of his fearful Mariners, he at length ac|complishes, to his own immortal Fame, and the infinite Advantage of innumerable others. And as we are now Bound for this Western World, I shall chiefly fill our final Section with the principal and gradual Discoveries and Plantations there, till 〈◊〉〈◊〉 1st Discover the North Eastern Part we now call NEW-ENG••LAND: with the most material Hints of the Rise and Progress of that Reform'd Religion, which at length Produc'd its present Settlement.

N. B. We still begin with the famous Iulian Year, viz. wi••h Ian. 1, which I think the whole Christian World observes, ex|cept the South Part of Britain.

Y C	K of England Henry VII K of Spain Ferdinand
1492	Fryday, Aug. 3, Columbus 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ••••om Palos in Spain: Calls at the Canaries: Thursday, Sept. 6, Sails thence Westward: Sept. 14, 1st observes the Variation of the Compass: At 10 in the Evening between Oct. 11 and 12, lie defo•••••••• a Light: At a next Morning, Roder••c Tr••••na 1st Discovers Land; being Guanahani, (g. •• one of the Islands of the New World, call'd Lucayoes: where Columbus goes ashore and calls it St Salvador being ••bout 25 Deg. North Latitude Saturday Oct 2••, Discovers Cuba. Dec. 6, arrives at Bobio, which he calls Hispaniola where he builds a Fort and leave•• 38 men or 39,
1493	Wednesday, Ian. 16, he sails from Hispaniola: Satur|day, Feb. 18, arrives at St Mary's, one of the Azores: M••nday, March 4, at the River of Lisbon; and Fryday March 15, at Palos.
	Bartholomew Diaz sails from Portugal, 1st Pass••s the Cape of Good Hope, and sails to the ancient Ethiopia.
	Wednesday, Sept 25, Columbus sails from Cadiz in Spain: Lordsda••, Nov 3, Discovers one of the Caribbees, which he calls Dominica: next day sails Northward to another, which he calls Marigalante: next day to another, which he calls Guadelupe: Nov. 10, Discovers another, which he calls Monserrat: then another, which h•• call•• Anti••ua and 50 more to the Northwestward with Boriqu••n, now call'd Porto Rico: Fryday, 22, arrive•• at Hispaniola.
1494	Thursday, Apr. 24, He sails for Cuba: Apr. 29, des••cries i••: sails along the Southern Shore, and spies Iamaica 〈◊〉〈◊〉▪ May 14, arrives there: Returns to Cuba and 〈…〉〈…〉

1496	March, 10, Columbus sails for Spain: and Iune 11, arrives at Cadiz (h)
	This Spring Iohn Cabota, a Vene••ian, sails with 2 Ship•• from England, steers Westward: Discovers the Shore of the New World in 45 Degr. North Latitud••: 〈◊〉〈◊〉 alon•• the Coast Northward, to 60, and then So••thward to 38▪ Some say ••o Cape Florida, in 25: and returns to England (g)
1497	Thursday, Feb. 16, Melancthon Born at Bretten, in the Palatinate (c)
	June 20, Vasques Gama sails from Lisbon Southward▪ Passes the Cape of Good Hope, 1st sails to the East Indies▪ and returning by the same Cape, arrives at Lisbon i•• Sept. 1499 (g)
1498	Wednesday, May 30, Columbus sails from San Luca•• in Spain: July 31, Discovers an Island, (h) which 〈◊〉〈◊〉 calls Trinidada (g. h) in 9 Degrees North La•••• ude: (g) Wednesday, Aug. 1, he 1st Discovers the CONTINENT (h) sails along the main Coast Westward, (g. h) Discover•• Margarita (h) and many other Islands (g. h) for 200 Leagues to Cape Vela (g) crosses over to Hispaniola (g. h•• where, being seiz'd and sent Home in Chains by a ne•• Spanish Governor, he arrives at Cadiz, Nov. 25. 1500 (••)
1499	May 20, Alonso Ojeda, sails from St Mary's in Spain▪ with Iohn Cosa as Pilot, and Americus Vespucius a Flo|rentine, as Merchant: Steers Westward: In 27 days Dis|covers Land 200 Leagues East of Trinidada (about 5 Deg▪ North La••) sails along the Coast Westward to Cape Vela▪ Thence arrives at Hispaniola Sept. 5: Thence sail•• 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Porto Rico: and thence to Spain. (h)

	Nov 13 (g) Vincent Tannez Pin••on ••ai••s from Palos in Spain, for the Southern Part of the New-World: and passes the Equinoctial. (g. h)
1500	F••b. 26, (h) He Discovers Cape Aug••stin (g. h) in▪ 8 Deg. South La••. (g) Thence sailing along Northw••sterly, Dis|covers the River Amazons, and the Coast and Riv••rs of Brazile to Trinidada: (g. h) Thence at the end of Sept. (h) or Sept. 28 (g) arrives in Spain. (g. h)
	Munday, March 9 (h) Pedro Alvarez Cabral sails from Lisbon, for the East Indies: (g. h) S••eers so far Westward, as on Apr. 24 (h) he happens to Descry Brazile and en|ters a River there which he calls Port•• Seguro (g. h) i•• 17 Deg. South Latitude: whence he crosses over to the Cape of Good Hope and pursues his Voyage (g)
	Gaspar Corterial, by License of the K of Portugal▪ sail•• from Tercera, (g) Discover•• the Nor••h Eastern Coast of the New World, in 50 Deg. North Latitude (g. h) from him call'd Corterialis, and returns home to Lisbon. (g)
1501	Ian. ••, Roderic Bastidas sails from Cadiz to Cape Vela▪ Discovers 100 (h) or 200 Leagues (g) Westward, all a••long the Coast at St Martha, Cartagena, the Gulf o•• Dari••n, and as far as the Port afterward call'd Nombre d•• Dios: then Sails to Hispaniola. (h)
	Soon after, Alonso Ojeda se••s out on his 2d Vo••age, and Americus Vespucius with him: Sail to the same Place after Bastidas, and so to Hispaniola (h)
	Lordsday, Nov. 14, Prince Arthur of England, AEt 1•• (st) or 16 (hl) marries at London to Kathar••ne, AEt 18, Daughter to Ferdinand K of Spain (hl. st) One great Oc|casion of the Reformation in England, as we shall see her••|after.

1502	March 12 gm) A••r▪ beginning (st) Apr. 2 (sp) Pri•••••• Arthur Dies (hl. st)
	May 9 (h. pr) Columbus sails from Cadiz to Hispaniola: Thence to the Continent: Discovers the Bay of Hondur•••• Lordsday, Aug. 14, Lands. (h) Thence sails along th•• main Shore Easterly 200 Leagues (g) to Cape Gracias •• Dios, Veragua, Porto Bello and the Gulf of Darien (g. h)
	This Y, Sebastian Cabot brings to K Henry VII, 3 〈◊〉〈◊〉 taken in the Newfound Islands (st)
1503	Ian. 6, Columbus enters the River Yebra in Veragu••▪ where ••e 1st begins a Settlement; but soon breaks up, and sails to Cuba, Iamaica, and Hispaniola. (h)
	Aug. 8 (st) Margaret, eldest Daughter of Henry VII marries at Edinburgh, to Iames IV, K of Scotland (hl. ••••
1504	Sept. 12, Columbus sails from Hispaniola, arrives at 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Luca••, and going to Sevil, finds Q Isabella Dead (h) S••e Dies Nov. 26, this Year, (c)
1506	May 20 (h. at) Dies (••. h) at Valid••lid 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Spain: his Body carried over and buried in the Ca••he|dral of St Domingo in Hispaniola: (h) and his Son Iame•• succeeds as Heir. (g. h. pr)
	K Ferdinand orders 2 Bishops for Hispaniola, and esta|blishes the Tythes there for Support of the Clergy (••)
1507	Americus Vespucius goes from Lisbon to Sevil, and K Ferdinand appoints him to draw Sea Charts, with the Ti|tle of Chief Pilot: Whence the NEW WORLD af••er|ward unjustly takes the name of AMERICA (h)
1508	Iohn Diaz Solis and Vincent Yannez Pinson sail fro•• S••vil to Cape Augustin, Discover the Coast of Brazil Southward (h) to 35 Deg. South Lat. where they find th•• Great River Paranaguazu, which they call Rio de Plat••, or River of Silver (g) go on to 40 Deg. South La••itude, and return to Spain (h)
1509	Apr. 21 (pl) or rather 22, King Henry VII, Dies (hl st sp) Liv'd 52 Y (pl. hl) and his only surviving Son

	HENRY VIII, AEt 18 (pl. hl. st) R 37 Y▪ 9 m, 6 d.
	Iun•• 3, (hl. st) he marries his Brother Arthur's Widow, by Pope Iulius's Dispensation (pl. hl. st)
	Jul•• 10, CALVIN Born at Noyon in France
	Nov. 10, Alonso Ojeda sails from Hispaniola, and Iames Nicuessa follows him, to settle the Continent: they Land and meet at Cartagena; but are beaten off: & Ojeda begin•• a Settlement at St Sebastian, on the East side of the Gul•• of Darien. (h) Nicuessa begins another at Nombre de Dios, on the West side, (g. h) But are both soon broken up thro▪ the Opposition of the Natives (h)
1510	Iohn de Esquibel Sails from Hispaniola, and begins a Settlement at Iamaica (h)
	Iohn Ponce begins to settle Porto Rico (h. )
	Fernandez de Enciso and Basco Nunnez, begin to set••le St Mary's at Darien (h)
1511	Iames Velasquez begins to settle Cuba (h)
1512	Thursday, March 3, (i. e. 1512, 13) Iohn Ponce sail•• from Porto Rico Northwards: April 2, Discovers the CONTINENT in 30 Deg. 8 min. North Latitude, call•• it Florida, goes ashore, takes Possession: sails along the Coast Southerly: Lordsday, May 8, Doubles the Cape▪ Thence sailing Southerly, Discovers the Baha••aes, and re|turns to Porto Rico (h)
1513	Basco (h) or Vasco (g) Nunnez, hearing a Rumour of the SOUTH SEA; Sept. 1, sets out from Darien; (g. pr) Sept. 25 (g. h) from the Top of a High Mountain (h) 1st Discovers that Mighty Ocean: (g. h) Sept. 29, comes to it (g) Embarks upon it, and Returns. (g. h)
1515	Gaspar Morales marches from Darien across the Land to the South Sea, Discovers the Pearl Islands in the Bay of St Michael's, in 5 Deg. North Lat (g)
	Iohn Arias begins to People Panama on the South Sea,

and Discovers 250 Leagues on the Coast to 8 Deg. 30 〈◊〉〈◊〉. North Lat. (g)
	Gonsales Ferdinandus Oviedus Discovers the Island of Bermudas.
	The Complutension Bible Published at Antwerp which proves a Principal Instrument of ••he Reformation.
1516	Jan. 23, Ferdinand, K of Spain, Dies, & his Daughter's Son Charles of Austria Reigns. ( h)
	Feb. 11, (st) or 18 (hl) K Henry's Daught••r Mary B
	Sir Sebastian Cabot and Sir Thomas Pert sail from Eng|land to the New World, and Coast the Continent the 2d Time to Brazile.
	Feb. 8 (h) Francis Fernandes Cordova sails from Cuba and Discovers the Province of Yucatan (g. h) in 20 Deg. North Lat. (g) and the Bay of Campechy. (h)
	The Beginning of the REFORMATION.
1517	Oct. 31, LUTHER, an Augustin Fryar sets 〈◊〉〈◊〉 95▪ Theses against the Pope's Indulgences, on the Church Door at Wirtemberg in Saxony and begins th•• Reformation in Germany.
1518	Apr. ••, (h) Iohn de Grisalva sails from Cuba to Yucatan▪ and Discovers the Southern Coast of the Bay of Mexico (g h) with the Head of the Bay to St Iohn de ulua, and 1st calls the Country NEW SPAIN. (h)
	Francis Garay sails from Iamaica to Cape Florida, in 2•• Deg. North L••t. Discovers 500 Leagues Westward▪ on the Northern Coast of the Great Bay of Mexico to the River Panuco in 23 Deg. North Lat. (g) at the Bottom o•• the Bay.
1519	Jan. 12, MAXIMILIAN Emperor of Germany Die••▪ ••nd Iune 28, CHARLES K of Spain chosen Emperor.

	Beginning of this Y, ••uinglius comes to Zurich; soon Preaches against the Pope's Indulgences, and begins the Reformation in Switzerland. (sl)
	In Feb. (g) Fernando Cortes sails from Cuba to Yucatan, and then to St Iohn de ulua: Whence Francis de Mar|••ejo and Roderic Alvarez sail Northward, and Discover ••he Coast to the River Panuco: Fryday, Apr 22 Cortes L••nds and begins a Town, which he calls Vera Cruz: (h) at the end of Aug. sets out for Mexico; (g) Nov. 8, enters that Great City, then containing 60 thousand Houses. (h)
	Aug. 10, Ferdinand de Magellanes, (g. h) a Portugese (h. ps) sails from Sevil to find out a South West Passage to the East Indies, and go round the Earth, (g. h) Dec. 13, D••scries Brazile and enters the River Ianeiro, in 23 Deg. 45 min Sou••h Lat: sails along the C••ast Southward: and Oct. 21, 1520, D••scovers the Cape at the Northern Entrance of the famo••s Straits which bare his name: Nov. 7, enters them; and Nov. 27, opens the great Sou|thern Ocean (h) which he calls the Pacifick: (ps) sails Northwesterly 3000 Leagues▪ March 31, 1521, Disco|vers the Philipine Islands; In one of which, viz. Z••bu, he is slain in a Fight with the N••tives, Apr. 27. Upon which his Ship sails to Borneo; where the Men chuse Iohn Sebastian del Cano their Captain: Nov. 8, he arrives at the Moluccaes: In the beginning of 1522, sails thence to the Cape of Good Hope; and Sept 6, arrives at San Lucar (h) with ••u•• a Dozen Men (ps) Being the 1st that ever encompassed the Earth. (g. h)
1520	Dec. 20, Luther burns the Canon Law, publickly, at Wirtemberg. (••l)
1521	The Augustin Fryars at Wirtemberg leave off the Mass, and are the 1st who do so. (sl)
	Tuesday, Aug. 13, Cortes takes the City of Mexico, and puts an end to that Great Indian Empire. (h. & G••g••)

1521	K Henry VIII, writes against Luther (st) ••or which (i. e. 1521, 2) Feb. 2, ••he King receives a B••ll ••rom the Pope▪ wherein he and his Successors for ever, are Declar'd, De|fenders of the Christian Faith (bl)
1523	Ian. 29, the Senate of Zurich reject the Traditions of Men, and declare the Gospel shall be taught according to the Old and New Testament. (••.)
	July 1, Iohn and Henry, 2 Augustin Fryars, Burn'd at Brussels for professing the Holy Scriptures to be the only Rule of Faith, &c. (sl)
	[N. B. The REFORMATION coming on and crowd|ing us with more important Matters; I shall only Re|cite the Voyages to the NORTH EASTERN Parts of the NEW WORLD.]
1524	Iohn Verrazano, a Florentine, sent from France by K Francis I, coasts along the North Eastern Part of the New World, from 28 to 50 Deg North Lat. (ps) He is the 1st that sails from France thither.
1525	Stephen Gomez sails from the Groyn to Cuba and Florida, and thence Northward to Cape Razo in 46 Deg. North Lat, (g) in search of a North West Passage to the East Indies, and returns to the Groyn in 10 Months: (g. h) The 1st Spaniard who sails on these Coasts.
	Apr. 13, The Magistrates of Zurich abolish Mass and all the Popish Ceremonies, in their Dominions. (sl)
	Albert, 33d Master of the Teutonick Order, made Du•••• of Prussia, and embraces the Reform'd Religion. (sl)
	By K Henry's leave & the Pope's confirmation (hl) Car|dinal Woolsey suppresses 40 Monasteries in England, for the building of his Colleges in Oxford and Ipswich (st)
1526	About Aug. Patrick Hamilton, Abbot of Ferne in Scot|land, returning from Germany, where he had been a School|lar

to Luther, is Burnt for the Reform'd Religion (hl) at St Andrews on Feb. 28, following, (Fox) He is the fi••st Martyr for it in Scotland.
1527	March 18, Gustavus Erickson King of Sweden, calls the States together, & begins the Reformation there. (••)
	Cardinal Woolsey in••uses Scruples into K Henry's mind, about his Marriage with his Brother's Widow. (hl. st)
	Francis Colb and Berthold Holler having Preach'd the Gospel at B••rn; Dec. 17, the City appoints a Publick As|sembly and Disputation there, and the Scriptures to be the only Rule, and to have the sole Authority in all the Debates. (sl)
1528	Ian. 7, the Great Assembly and Disputation, begins at Bern and holds to Ian. 26; wherein Zuinglius, Oecolam|padius, Capito, Bucer, &c. Defend the Reform'd Religion; and thereupon Popery is abolish'd in Bern and Constance, and in their Dominions. (sl)
	In March, Pamfilo de Narua••z sails from Cuba with 400 men, for the Conquest of Florida: April 12, arrives the••e (h) marches to Apelachen •• Thence coming down to the ••ea, and Coasting Westward, is lost with many more in a S••orm about Mid-November, which de••eats the En|terprize. (ps)
1529	〈◊〉〈◊〉 9, Piles of Images burnt before the Cathedral at Basil: ••nd Feb. 12, Popery abolish'd there. (sl)
	Feb 20, Mass abolished at Strasburg. (sl)
	The 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of the Empire at Spire making a Decree a|gains•• the Re••orma••ion; Apr. 19, the Elector of Saxony•• 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Marquess of Brandenburg, Ernest and Francis Dukes of Lunenburgh, the Landgrave of Hess, and Coun•• of An••••lt, publickly read their PROTEST against it, se|ve••al C••••••es joining with them: whence they take the fa••ous Name of PROTESTANTS. (sl)

	Oct. 19, King Henry takes the Great Seal from Car|dinal Woolsey, (s••)
	Nov. 3, The Parliament of England meets, (hl. st) com|plain•• of the Clergy's Non-Residence, Pluralities, and Exactions on the People: But the Bishops oppose, and hinder many of the Regulations (hl)
1530	At the beginning of this Y, (hl) William Tindal Pub|lishes his Translation of the New Testament in English beyond Sea; which King Henry Prohibits, and orders the Bishops to make a new one (••l st)
	Iune 20, The ••amous D••et of the Empire at Aus••••••g, begins: and Iune 25, the Protestant Confession of Faith▪ drawn up by Melancthon, since call'd the AUSBURG CONFESSION, Read in the Dyet. (sl)
	Sept. 19, K Henry, by Proclamation, forbids his Subject•• to purchase any ••hing from Rome. (hl. st)
	Tuesday, Nov. 29, Cardin••l Woolsey Dies: and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Cl••••gy of England being Guilty of a Praemunire, for m••intaining the Cardinal's Le••antine Power; ••hey in Con|vocation, agree to Pay the King 100 thousand Pounds for Pardon, make their Submission to Him, and own him Supre•••• Head of the Church of England, (hl. st) which they never confes••'d before (hl) And
	Here Polydore Vergil ends his History. (pl)
	Dec. 22, Diverse Protestant Princes and Deputies 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Cities in Germany, meet at Smalcald, and enter into a League Defensive (sl)
1531	Aug. 19, Thomas Bilney Burnt at Norwich (hl) fo•• Preaching the Reform'd Religion (Fox)
	Oct. 11, Zuinglius slain, AEt. 44, in a Bat••le between the Zurichers and their neighbouring Enemies (sl. c)
1532	Ian. 15, (Keeble) The Parliament of England meet▪ complain of the Cruelties of the Bishops, & Enact, They

shall Pay no more M••ney to the Pope, (hl. st) they having Paid the last 42 Y, Sixty (st) or 160 thousand Pounds. (hl••
	Iuly, K Henry Suppresses the Priory of Christ-Church, London. (st)
	Aug. 23, William Warbam, Archbishop of Canterbury D; and Thomas Cranmer Succeeds. (st)
	Sept. Farel and Saunier, from Preaching in Piedmont, come to Geneva and begin to Preach the Reform'd Re|ligion in Private Houses. (Sp••n)
	Nov. 14, King Henry privately marries Ann Bulleign (hl gm) but Stow says, Ian. 25, 1532, 3. (st)
	Nov. Calvin oblig'd to fly from Paris to Basil, for the Reform'd Religion. (bz)
1533	Feb. 4, The Parliament of England meets; Enact•• that none shall appeal to Rome; that Katharine shall be no more called Queen, but Princess Dowager of Prince Arthur, (hl. st) and that neither the Clergy nor Convo••ca••ion shall exact an•• Canons contrary to Law, or with|out the King's Consent.
	March 28, Liberty of Private Opinion; and Iune 26, Liberty of Private Worship allow'd at Geneva. (sn)
	Lordsday, Sept. 7, The Princess Elizabeth Born to King Henry. (hl. st)
1534	March 1, Farel, the 1st Protestant who Preaches Pub|lickly at Geneva.
	Apr. Iames Cartier sails from St Malo's in France: In May, arrives at Newfoundland, (ps) Falls with Lat. 48 & 30, Discovers the Great Bay of St Lawrence; sails to 51 Deg. North, in hopes to pass to China, but is disap|pointed and returns (g)
	July 22, Iohn Frith, and Andrew Hewet a Young Man, Burnt in Smithfield, London, for not owning the Bodily Presence of Christ in the Sacrament. (hl. st)
	Aug. 15, Ignatius Loyola (B in Spain in 1••••1) now, with 9 others at Paris, begins the Society of I••••••its.

	Nov 3, The Parli••ment of England meets, Enacts the King's Supremacy, and abolishes the Pope's Autho|rity thro' the Realm. (hl. st)
	Nov. A Persecution of the Prote••tants, Rages in France, and many Burnt. (sl)
1535	Iames Cartier sails again from France, Discovers the River Canada, sails up 3••0 Leagues (g) to the Great and Swift Fall, Builds a Fort, (ps) calls the Land NEW FRANCE, Winters there, & next Y goes home. (g)
	Aug. 27▪ The Roman Catholick Religion abolish'd in Geneva. 〈◊〉〈◊〉
	Oct. (〈◊〉〈◊〉) K Henry sends Thomas Cromwell, (st) Dr. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 and others, to visit the Priories, Abbies and Nunneries; who set all at Liberty under 24 Years of Age, with those who are willing to go out, and shut up the rest. (hl. st)
	The Senate of Ausburg receives the Reformation. (sl)
1536	Feb. 4, The Parliament of England meets and gives the King all Religious Houses of the value of 200 Pounds and under, with all their Lands & Goods. (hl. st
	May 1, The Parliament of Ireland meets at Dublin, and Pass Laws for the King and his Successors to be Su••ream Head of the Church of Ireland; abolishing the Pope's Au|thority; Suppressing of Abbies; and make it a Praemunire, to pursue any Process from the See of Rome
	May 19▪ Q Ann Beheaded, with a Sword, (hl st) and the next Day (st) K Henry marries Iane Seymour. (hl. ••••)
	Iune, K Henry abrogates a number of Holydays, ••spe|cially in Harvest Time (hl)
	Iuly 10, Cromwell made a Lord; and Iuly 18, made Knight and Vicar General, under the K, over the Spiri|tualty;

and sets diverse times as Head over the Bishops in Convocation. (hl. st)
	Iuly 11, (c) or rather 12 Enasmus Dies at Basil.
	Aug. 1, Calvin Publishes his Institutions at Basil then goes to Farel and Viret at Geneva, and carries on the Re|formation there.
	Sept. Cromwell orders the Parsons & Curates, to Teach the Lord's Prayer, Ave, Creed, and 10 Commandments, in English. (hl st)
	William Tindal Burn'd at Villefort near Brussels, for the Reformation. (hl)
1537	Aug. 12, Christian K of Denmark Crown'd, calls the States together, deposes the Bishops, & Reforms the Km. (c)
	Oct. 12, Prince Edward Born to K Henry. (hl. st)
1538	Lordsday, Feb. 24, The famous Rood or Image of Borley in Kent, made with dive••se Wires to move the Lips and Eyes, shew'd at Paul's by the Preacher, and Broken to ••ieces. (st)
	May 23, a Rood in London, with his Tabernacle, pull'd down and broken to Pieces▪ (st)
	Diverse Abbies Suppressed to the King's use. (st)
	Sept. Cromwell takes away all the noted Images, to which Pilgrimages and Offerings had been made, with ••he Shrines of counterfeit Saints, as Thomas a Becket, &c. Suppresses all the Orders of Fryars and Nuns, with their Cloisters and Houses (hl. st) & orders all the Bishops and Curates thro' the Realm to see, that in every Church, the BIBLE of the largest Volumn Printed in English, be so placed that all may Read it. (st)
	Nov. Iohn Lambert Burnt in Smithfield, for not owning the bodily Presence of Christ in the Sacrament. (hl. st)

1539	Apr. 28, The Parliament of England meets, (hl st) Gran•• all Religious Houses to the K for ever, (st) & Enacts the 6 Articles, which sets up an Inquisition in the Km, and brings many honest People to Death. (hl)
	May 12, (••) or 18 (ps) Ferdinand de Soto, with 900 Men besides Sea-men, sails from Cuba, to conquer Florida▪
	May 30 (ps) or 31 (h) arrives at the Bay of Spiritu Santo: Travels Northwards 450 Leagues from the Sea▪ There meets with a Great River a quarter of a Mile over and 19 fathom Deep, (h) on whose Bank he Dies; and i•• Buried in it, May 21, 1542, (ps) AEt 42, (h) upon which his Successor Alverado, Builds 7 Brigantines; (h. ps) 〈◊〉〈◊〉 29, 1543, embarks, and sails down the River, in 17 days, 400 Leagues, and in 2 days more, (h) viz Iuly 18, goes out to Sea, (ps) sails Westerly along the Coast, (••. ps) and Sept. 10, arrives at Panuco (ps)
1540	Apr. 18, Parliament of England meets, Dissolve•• the order of the Knights of Rhodes or St. Iohn's, in Eng|land, (hl st) and Ireland, (st) and gives their Houses and Esta••e to the King. (st)
	July 19, Cromwell attainted in Parliament for Heresy and Treason, without being heard; and Iuly 28, Be|headed. (hl. st)
	July 30, Robert Barnes, D. D. Thomas Garrard, B D▪ and William Ierom, B. D. Burnt at Smithfield, for the Reform'd Religion. (hl. st)
	Sept. 27, The Pope Establishes the Order of Iesuits, (p. d) and M••y 14, 1543, makes Ignatius Loyola their General. (d)
1541	Iune 13, The Parliament of Ireland meets at Dublin▪ Enacts the K and his Successors to be Entituled Kings of

Ireland, (hli. st) whereas they had been only call'd Lords of Ireland before. (hli)
1542	Ian. 23, King Henry first Proclaim'd at London, King of Ireland. (hl)
	Feb. 15, The Parliament of Ireland meets at Limerick, and makes an Act for the Suppression of Kilma••nam and other Religious Houses. (hli)
	The French K sends Francis la R••che, Lord of R••••ewell, his Lieutenant, with 3 Ships and 200 Men, Women and Children, to Canada: where he Builds a Fort, Winters and Returns. (ps)
	Dec 7, Mary B to K Iames V, of Scotland: Dec. 14, he D, (AEt 31) & she Succeeds: But the Earl of Arra•• made Regent, who professes the Reform'd Religion, causes Fryar Guilliam to Preach against Images and other fruitless Ceremonies, and gives Liberty for ••he Bible to be had in English, & publish'd universally thro' Scotland
1544	Iune, The Letany set forth in English, and order'd to be Read in every Parish Church in England. (st)
1545	Nov. 23, (hl) or 24, (st) the Parliament of England meets, and commits to the King, all Colleges, Chantries and Hospitals, to Order as he thinks Expedien•• (hl. st)
	Dec. 13, The Council of Trent begins (c. ri. d)
1546	Ian. b, The Elector Palatine embraces the Reformation; and Ian. 10, instead of Mass, has Divine Service said a•• Heidelberg, in the Vulgar Tongue (sl)
	Feb. 18, Luther Dies at Eys••eben, AEt 63 (sl)
	March 1, (Fox) George Wisehart Burnt at St Andrews in Scotland, for Preaching the Reform'd Religion ( Fox) which he had Learnt in the Schools of Germany
154••	Ian. 28, K Henry Dies (hl. st) AEt 56, & his only Son

	EDWARD VI, AEt 10, Reigns 6 Y, 5 m, 8 ••. (hl)
	Feb. 1, Sir Edward Seymou•• Earl of Hertf••rd, Chosen (hl. st) and Proclaimed (hl) 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Protector; and Feb. 17, made Duke of Somerset. (hl s••
	March, (st) The Protector forbids Processions; Order•• the Gospel and Epistle to be Read in English, (st) & send•• Commissioners thro' the Realm to remove Images out of Churches, and w••••h them, Preachers (hl. st) to disswade the People from their Beads & such like Ceremonies (st)
	Sept. The K's Council causes the Book of Homilies & Pa|raphrase of Erasmus to be set forth & had in Churches. (hl)
	Nov. 4, The Parliament of England meets at Westmin|ster; Repeals the Statute of the 6 Articles, (hl. st) Enacts the Sacrament to be given in both kinds; (st. k) & grant•• the K, all Chantries, Free Chappels, & Brotherhoods. (hl. st)
	Nov. 16 (hl) or 17 (st) The Rood and other Images pull'd down in Paul's, London: and soon after in all o|ther Churches in England (hl. st)
	Nov. end, Peter Martyr, a Florentine, who had for 5 Y with great applause, ••aught at Strasburg, goes into England, at the Invitation of Cranmer in the K's Name, and made Professor of Divinity in Oxford. (sl)
1548	March, The K, sends forth a Proclamation for admi|nistring the Sacraments in both kinds, to all who should be willing from Easter forward: whereupon at Easter be|gins the Communion and Confession in English. (st)
	Nov. 4, The Parliament of England mee••s: wherein the Mass is wholly abolished, and a Book for uniformity of Divine Service is established. (hl. k)
1549	Apr 6, A Proclamation 〈◊〉〈◊〉 put down Mass, thro' the Realm. (st)
	Apr. 10, The Cloister, Chappel & Charnel House at Paul'•• London, begin to be pulled down. (st)
1550	Iune 11, The High Altar in Paul's Church, London,

pulled down, and a Table set in the Room; and soon af|ter, the like in all the Churches in London. (st)
551	Feb. 27, Bucer Dies at Cambridge. (sl)
	Sept. 1, The French K's Embassador enters the Council of Trent, & delivers a Protestation, that his Master own•• them not for a General or Publick Council, & that neither He nor his People would be oblig'd to submit thereto. (sl)
1552	Ian. 22, The Duke of Somerset Beheaded. (hl. st)
	Ian 23, The Parliament of England mee••s; wherein the Book of Common Prayer, newly Corrected & Amended, is Established. (hl)
	Iuly 31, The famous Pacification at Passaw concluded, between the Emperor & the Protestant Princes of Germany; wherein 'tis agreed, that none shall be molested for Religion, and that Protestants be admitted into the Im|perial Chamber. (sl)
	Nov. 1, The New Service Book begins to be used at Paul's, and through the whole City of London: and all Copes, Vestments, Hoods and Crosses, therein forbidden are laid aside, as by Act of Parliament Order'd. After which, the upper Quire of Paul's Church is broken down, and the Communion Table set in the lower Quire. (st)
1553	Apr. & May, Commissioners sent for all the Parish Copes and Vestments, Gold and Silver Candlesticks, Censors, &c. in all the Churches thro' the Kingdom. (st)
	Iuly 6, K Edward Dies, (hl. st) AEt 16: having by Will appointed for his Successor,
	JANE Gre••▪ Grandaughter to Mary, Youngest Daugh|ter of Henry VII, (hl. st) who on Iuly 9, (hl) or 10 (st) is Proclaim'd Q••een at London But Iuly 19,
	MARY I, E••dest Daughter of Henry VIII, is there Pro|claimed Q••een, Prevails▪ Aug. ••, enters the City, (hl st) and Reigns 5 Y, 4 m, 11 days. (hl)
	Aug. 27. The Latin Service begins to be sung at Pauls▪ (st)
	Oct. 5. The P••rl••ament of England meets at Westmin|ster, which Enacts the Church Service to be said in Latin: as in the last Year of Henry VIII. (st)

	Dec. 20, The Church Service begins to be said in Latin thro' the Km, according to the Act of Parliament. (st)
1554	Feb. 12, Q Iane Beheaded (hl. st) within the Tower. (••l)
	July 20, Philip, Son to the Emperor, Lands at South|hampton to Marry the Q••een, (sl. hl. sp) Iuly 25, he mar••ries her at Winchester, (s•• hl. st) the Emperor's Embassador presenting him a Resignation of the Kingdoms of Naple•• and Ierusalem. (sl. hl)
	Wednesday, Nov. 21, Cardinal Pool from Rome, Land•• at Do••er: Nov. 28, (hl) comes into Parliament and ex|hor••s them to return to the Church, and re-submit to the Pope's Authority: Next day, the whole Parliament dra•• up a Supplication to the K & Q, to interceed with the Cardinal to restore them to the Bosom of the Church, and Obedience of the See of Rome: Next d, Present it, (hl. st) upon which, the Parliament being on their Knees (hl) 〈◊〉〈◊〉 by a Power from the Pope, Absolves them; and they all go to Chappel and Sin•• with great Joy for this Recon|ciliation. (hl st)
1555	Feb. 4, Iohn Rogers Burnt in Smithfield. (hl. st) Feb. 8, Lawrence Saunders at Coventry: Feb. 9, Bp Hooper at Glo|c••ster; and Dr. Taylor at Hadley; (Fox) and July 1, Iohn Bradford in Smit••field, (hl. st) all, for the Reform'd Re|ligion. (••ox)
	Sept. 25, The Dyet of Ausburg Decree, That bo••h, Those of the Augustin Confession and the Roman Catholicks, shall enjoy their Religion freely. (sl)
	Oct. 16, Bp Ridley and Bp Latimer, Burnt at Oxford, for the Reformation. (hl st)
	Oct. 25, The Emperor resigns the Kingdom of Spa•••• to his Son Philip II▪ (c)
	Cardinal Pool appoin•••• Dr. Story and others, to visit e|very Church in London and Middlesex, and repair the Rood-Losts and Images (st)
	Dec. 18, Iohn Philpo•• Burnt in Smithfield, for the Re|form'd Religion. (Fox) AE•• 44 ••hl)

••556	Sa••urday, March 21, Archbishop Cranmer Bu••nt at Ox|ford, for the same, (••l st) & the next day, Cardinal Pool is Consecrated Archbishop of Canterbury. (st)
	Charles, Marquess of Baden, Embraces the Augustan Confession, & begins to Reform his Churches. (s••)
	July 31, Ignatius Loyola, Founder of the Iesuits, Die•• (p. ) at Rome, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 65; having spread his Order thro' the World, and set up 100 Colleges in diverse parts of Christendom▪
	Nov 21. Io••n Fecknam install'd Abbot of Westminster, and 14 Monks receive the Habits with him. (st)
	De•• 3, The Pro••estant Nobility in Scotland, begin to sign an Associa••ion to Promote the Reform'd Religion.
1558	Feb. 24, Charles V, Resigns the Emperial Dignity: March 18, His Brother Ferdinand chosen Emperor: and Sept. 21, Charles V, Dies. (c. )
	April, (bc) 20 (Fox) Walter Mille condemn'd at St An••drews in Scotland for the Reform'd Religion, and B••rn•• (bc. Fox) 2 days after, Aged 82 Years.
	Apr. 24, The Queen of Scots Married in Paris to Francis the Dauphin of France. (hls)
	Nov. 1••, Queen Mary of England, D in the Morning, AEt 43: Cardinal Pool in the Evening (hl. st) And her Y unger Sister
	Q ELIZABETH, Reigns 44 Y, 4 m, 7 days.
	Dec. 3, Sets forth a Proclama ion in London, that the Gospels and Epistles for the day, shall begin to be Read in Mass-time, in English, in the Churches, on Lordsday, Ian. 1, which is accordingly observed in most Parish Churches in the City. (st hl)
1559	Ian. 25, The Parliament of England meets, restores to th•• Crown, the Supream Government of the State Eccle|siastic••l, & orders the Book of Common Prayer to be used in English, and as in the time of K Edward VI (st hl)

	March 2, A Council of the Prelates and Clergy of Scot|land meet at Edinburg; when the Temporalty Demand to h••ve Divine Service in the Sco••ish Tongue, with other Re|formations; which the Bishops Refuse, and occasion great Troubles in the Kingdom. (hl)
	May 2, Iohn Knox, arrives at Leith, from Geneva, and goes to a Convention of Pro••estants at Perth: (cl) May 10▪ They pull down the Images and Altars there, and in the neighbouring places: (hls) ••une 4, E••rl of Argile and Lord Iames Stuart, the Q's Natural Brother, do the like at St Andrews: Iune 26, at Sterling, and then at Edin|burg, (••t) & other Lords at Glas••ow: upon which a Civil War arises and Q Elizabeth helps the Protestants. (••ls)
	Lordsday, May 1••, Divine Service begins in English i•• the Churches of England, according to the Common Prayer▪ Book in K Edward's Time (hl st)
	Iune 28, The Pro••estant Ministers of France hold their 1st Synod at St German's when they agree on their Confession of Faith, drawn up by Calvin.
	Iuly 10, Henry II, K of France D: & his Son Francis II, who had married the Q of Scots succeeds. (hls. p)
	In Iuly, There are 13 or 14 Bishops, with many other Clergy depriv'd in England, for refusing the Oath to the Q••een's Supremacy. (hl. st)
	Saturday, Aug▪ 12 By Order of Dr Grindal, newl•• Elect Bp of London, the high Altar of Paul's Church, with the Rood and Images of Mary and Iohn taken down, (hl) and Aug 23, 24, 25, Roods & other Images in Churches, wi••h Copes, Vestments, Altar Cloaths, Books, Rood Los••s, &c. Burnt in London. (hl. st)
	Dec. 17, Dr. Parker Consecrated Archbishop of Can|terbury, by 3 depriv'd Bishops; and then they Consecrate the rest (fl)
1560	Apr. 19, Melancthon D (c) at Wirtemberg (fl) AEt 64.

	The English begin the Trade of Fishing a•• Newfound|land.
	Iuly 7, (st) or 8, (bc. cl) Peace Concluded in Scotland: & Aug. 13, a Parliament meets at Edinburg: Aug. 17, agrees on a Protestant Confession of Faith; (cl. pt) and Aug. 24, (••l) make 2 Acts for Abo••ishing the Mass, and the Pope's Authority in the Kingdom. (cl. pt)
	Dec. 5, Francis II, K of France Dies, (bc. c) AEt 17; and his Brother Charles IX, Succeeds, (c) AEt 10 (d)
	Dec. 20, The first National Assembly of the Reform'd Church of Scotland meets at Edinburg. (cl pt)
1561	Ian. 17, The first Book of Discipline allowed by the Council of Scotland, (pt) Subscrib'd by a great part of the Nobility. (cl)
	May 21, The Parliament of Scotland meets, and makes an Act for Demolishing all the Monasteries. (bc)
	Aug. 20, (••ls. cl) or 21, (bc) The Q••een of Scots ar|rives at Leith from France. (hls cl. bc)
1562	Ian. 17, An Assembly of Delegates from all the Par|liaments of France, meet at St German's; wherein is Pass'd the famous Edict, allowing Liberty of Conscience to Pro|test••••••s, and of Worship without the Cities, and of Synods in Presence of a Magistrate. (bo)
	Chatillon, Admiral of France, sends Iohn Ribalt to Flo|rida: arrives at Cape Francis in 30 Deg. North Lat: May 1, enters a River, which he therefore calls the River May: Discovers S others; one of which he calls Port Royal, sails up the same many Leagues, Builds a Fort, calls it CHARLES, ••nd leaves the•••• a Colony; which soon Mutinies, kills their C••p••. Albert for his Severity, and brakes up. (ps)
	There are this Year accounted 2150 Assemblies of Pro|••estants in France. (ho)
156••	••an. 12, The Convocation of the English Clergy meets: ••an. 31, they finish the 39 Articles. Of the Lower House,

43 Present are for Throwing out the Ceremoni••s; but 35 for keeping them: However, These, with the help of Proxies, carry it by 1 Vo••e above the ot••er.
	The Bishops now beginning to urge the Clergy to Sub••scribe to the Liturgy and Ceremonies, as well a•• the Ar|••icles; Cove••dale, Fox, Humfr••y, Sampson, Whittingham, and others, Refuse to Subscr••be▪ And this Begins the AE••a of NONCONFORMITY in England (fl
	Dec, 4, The Council of Tre••t dissolves ••c
1564	Chatillon sends Rene Laudoni••r to Florida: In Apr. se••s sail wi••h 3 Ships: Iune 22, Arrives 10 Leagues above Cape Francis, and then in the River May; B••ild a Fo•••• thereon; and in Honour of his King, Charles IX, ca••••s i•• CAROLINA (ps)
	Ma•• 27, Calvin D at Geneva: Aged 54 Y, 10 m, 17 d (bz)
1565	July, Henry Stuart, Lord Dar••ly, made by the Q of Scots▪ Duke of Albany: (••••s) Iuly 29▪ ••••e marries him; & ••he next day, they are Proclaimed K and Q. (••c)
	Aug. ••, Capt. Ribalt arrives from France at Florida, a|gain, with 7 Sail: But Sept. 4, Pedro Melendes, with 6 great Spanish Ships, comes into the River, Massacres Ri|balt and all his Company, Possesses the Country, Builds 3 Forts, and puts 1200 Soldiers in 'em: Laudonier esca|ping to France. (ps)
1566	Capt. Savalet, of Gascony in France, begins to Fish at Lacady; & goes every Y, making 42 Vo••ages, to 1607 (ps)
	Iune 19, Iames B to the Q of Scotland. (hc. hls. st)
1567	••eb 10, His Father Kill'd (hls. st) by Earl Bothwell; whom the Q••een soon after marries. (••c hls)
	Iuly 24, The Q••een of Scots Resigns the Crown to her

S••n, & makes 〈…〉〈…〉 Murray Regent, (••ls) & ••uly ••9▪ ••er said Son, JAMES VI, is Crown'd. (hc st. cl)
	Capt. D••min••que de Gour••es, wi••h 3 Ships, sails ••ro•• Fran••e to Florida: Apr. 1568. arrives in the River May, ••••ays most of the Spaniards, takes their For••s, Razes 〈◊〉〈◊〉: and in Iune, arrives at Rochel. (ps) And thus the French Attempts on F••orida End.
1568	May 16 (st) or 17 The Queen of Scots comes into England; and i•• soon secur'd. (st )
15••••	Cartwright, Margarets Professor of Divinity at Cam|bridge, begins ••o oppose the Hierarchy, & is depriv'd. (str••
1571	The Parliament of England begin; and make an Act, to Deprive all Cl••rgyman who subscribe not to the 39 Articles, ••k•• up••n which many Clergymen are D••priv'd. (fl. str.)
15••2	Aug. 24, & few days after, Seventy thousand ••rotestants Massacred in Paris, and other parts of France. (c)
	Nov. 20 The 1st Presbyterian Church in England set up at Wandsworth near London; when they chuse XI Elders. (fl••
1574	May 30, Charles IX, of France Dies: and his Brothe•• Henry III, Reigns (st. p)
1575	May 17, Archbishop Parker Dies, (st hl) and Feb. 15, Edmond Grindal E••ected Archbishop of Canterbury. (st)
1576	Iune 15, Capt. Pro••is••e•• sails fr••m Blackwall, (sl) Iune 18, from Harwich to find a N W Pass••ge to the East Indies: Iuly 20, Discovers a C••pe he 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Q Elizabeth's Fore••and; and then the Straits which ••a••e his name, (st) Aug. 9, Enters a B••y in L••. 63, sails 60 Leagues, Lands, takes a Savage (s••) But the s••e ob••iges him to re|turn; and arrives in England, Sept. 24
1577	Dec. 13, C••pt. Francis Drake sai••s fr m ••limouth round the World, & Returns to Plimouth, Nov. 3, 1580. (st. ps)

••579	Ian 23, The 7 Dutch Provinces Unite at Utrecht.
	Sir Humphry Gilbert obtains a Pa••ent of Q Elizabeth▪ for Places not posses••'d by any ChristianPrince, provided he takes Possession within 6 Years.
1581	Ian. 16, The Parliament of England meet, and Enact a Fine of 20 Pounds aMonth, on every one that comes not to Common Prayer, (k) and in Iuly, sundry are Fin'd (st)
1582	Oct. 5, The New ••tyle begins, which calls it the 15th (ri )
	Robert Brown Publishes a Book upon Reformation (••) wherein he write•• against the Common Prayer, (st) and condemns the Church of England, as no Church. (cm••
1583	Iune ••, Elias Thacker; and Iune 6, Io••n C••ping 〈◊〉〈◊〉 to Death at Bury in Suffolk, for spreading Brown's Books against the Common Prayer. (st)
	Iune 11, Sir Humphry Gilbert sails from Plimouth for Newfoundland: Aug. 1, arrives at the Bay of Concepti••n▪ Aug. ••, a•• the Harbour of St Iohns: Aug 5, take•• Possession: Aug. 20, Sails for the Southern Parts: Aug. 29, loses a Ship on the Shoals of Sablon: Aug. 31, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 homeward: At midnight after Sept. 6, he sinks in a grea•• Storm; & Sept. 22, the other Ship arrives at Falmouth
	Iuly 6, Archbishop Grindal Die••: and Sept. 23, Ioh•• Whitgift made Archbishop of Canterbury, (st) who zeal|ously presses Subscription to the Articles & Common Prayer▪ which occasions incredibleDistractions in the Church. (cm)
1584	Mar 25, Sir Walter Raleigh obtains a Pa••ent of Q Eliz▪ for foreignParts not possess'd by any Christian Prince
	Apr. 27, He sends Philip Amidas & Arthur Barlow 〈◊〉〈◊〉 2 B••rks, from the Thames: Iuly 2, Descry the Coast of Florida: Sail 40 Leagues for a Harbour; 〈◊〉〈◊〉 one, 7 Leagues West of Roanoak: Iuly 1, take Pos…session for Q••een Elizabeth; and from her call the Country VIRGINIA: Iuly ••▪ They come to Roanoak▪ and Mid September, arrive in En••land.

1585	Apr. 9, Sir Walter sends Sir Richard Greenvil (ps s) from Plimouth: Iune 20, falls with ••lorida: Iune 26, Anchor•• at Wococon, (ps) leaves the first Colony of above 100 People under Mr. Ralph Lane, at Roanoak: (ps. s) Iuly 25, Sir Richard sails, discovering theCoast North Eastward, to the Ches••pians, (ps) and Sept. 18, arrives at Plimouth. (s)
	Capt Iohn Davis sails from England, to find a N W Passage to the East Indies: sails up 66 Deg. North, in the Straits that bare his Name; the next Year to 80 D••gr. and afterward to 83 Degrees. (cm)
1586	Ian 1, Sir Francis Drake arrives at Hispaniola, ( cm) takes St Domingo: Sails to the Continent and takes Carta|gena: Sails to Florida; ( st cm) May 29, takes St Iohn's Fort at St Augustine; Iune 9, arrives within 6 Leagues of the English at Roanoak; and Iune 18, sails, with this 1st Colony for England.
	A Fortnight after, arrives Sir Richard Greenvil; & not finding the first, leaves there a second Colony of 15 Men, (ps) or 50, (s) and Returns to England. (ps. s)
1587	Feb. 8, The Q of Scots Beheaded in England. (st. cm)
	Sir Walter sends another Company to Virginia under Mr. Iohn White, Governour, with a Charter & 12 Assistants: Iuly 22, arrives at Hatarask, finds the 2nd Colony at Roa|noak Destroy'd, (ps) & lands 115 for a 3d Plantation. (s)
	Aug. 13, Manteo, the 1st Savage Baptiz'd▪ Aug. 18, the 1st English Child Born of Mrs. Dare, & nam'd Virginia, (s) & Aug 27, The Governor sails Home for Supplies. (ps)
1588	Iuly, The Spanish Armada Destroy'd in the Chane•• of England (st cm)
1589	Iuly 22, K Henry III, of France, stab'd (c) by a Iacobin Fryar, (d) D ••he nex•• d, (c) & Henry IV, succeeds. (c. p)
••590	March 20, G••vernour Whit•• sails from Plimouth; (s)

Aug 15, arrives at Hatarask, but finding not a Man of the ••hird Colony, returns. (ps. s)
1593	Apr. 6, Henry Barrow, Gen•• & Iohn Greenwood, Clerk, put to Death at T••burn, for Publishing certain Books against the Hierarchy. (n)
	May 29, (n) Mr. Iohn Penry put to Death at St. Thomas Watering's for a Manuscript found in his Study a+gainst the Hierarchy and Pe••secution. (n)
1598	The French K Grants the Marques•• De la Roche a Com|mission to conquer Canada & other Countries no•• posses••'d by any Christian Prince; and in April, gives the famous Edict of Nants, to the Protestants (••)
	••ept. 3, Philip II, K of Spain Dies, (p. ) AEt 72, and his Son Phi••ip III, Succeeds. (p. ••
1602	March 26, Ca•••• Bartholomew Gosnold sails from Fal|mouth, for the NorthPart of Virginia, with 32 Persons; 12 of whom are to begin a Plantation: May 10, Discovers Land in 43 Deg: sails along the shore to May 15; when he see•• a Head-Lana in 42 Degr; Anchors; & catching great store of Cod-Fish, names it CAPE COD, & goes a shore: May 16, sails round the Cape; May 21, Discovers an Island in 41 & 15; May 22, Lands, and calls i•• Martha's Vineyard▪ May 24, comes to another next it, which he names Dover Cliff, & then to another, which he calls Elizabeth Island▪ May 31, Lands on the Main, and returns to Eliz. Island▪ Iune 1, Determines on a Settlement here, & begins a Fort: Iune 13, the Men who were to stay, recant and resolve for England; Iune 17, They all set Sail; and Friday▪ Iuly 23, Arrive at Exmouth (ps)
1603	March 24, Q Elizabeth Dies, AEt 70. (cm. ) And
	JAMES VI of Scotland, Proclaim'd K of England, and Begins the BRITISH MONARCHY.

The End of the Introduction.

Notes

• See Bib. Polyg••••t.
• By Gen. VII.6, 11, & VIII.13, 14, It seems that Noah 〈◊〉〈◊〉 not ••orn till the III m of this Y.
• According to the Note above, and the ••r••face to this Period.
• Helvicu•• out of Epiphanius.
• 〈◊〉〈◊〉 again out o•• Epiphanius.
• Helvicus out of Nicepheru•• & E••sebiu••.
• i, e. One of the Two different Schemes in Helvicus.
• 'Tis uncertain when Ehud Died & Shamgar began to Rule.
• i. e. 80 Years From the beginning of Ehud's Rule.
• Tis uncertain when Barak began to Rule, or who out-lived.
• i. e. 40 Years, From the beginning of Deborah's Rule.
• Helvicus, out of Cedrenus, says that Saul was made K, 10 Years before David.
• Helvicus, out of Cedrenus, says that Saul was made K, 10 Years before David.
• Broughton, out of Sedar Olam, says, that Samu••••••••nd Saul Died the same Year, i. e. Samuel at the Beginning, and Saul at the End.
• In the Y of the Iulian Period 3710: & before the Real Birth of CHRIST 1000, but according to the Common Account 1004.
• So say, Herodotus Himself: and agreeably Sir I. Newton •• ys, that both Hesiod & Ho••er ••••ourish'd 870 Y be••ore the Christian AEra, which Bp Usher se••s in the Y W 3135.
• So Calvisius & Alsted.
• An Ol••mpiad contains the space of 4 Year••, wa•• commonly ••••••l••brated ••t the 1st Full Moon after the Summ••r Solstice, & the Olympiaa B••gin•• in the Y o•• the Iulian Peri••••, 3938, & before Christian AEra 776: so Calvisius, Helvi••us, Petavius, Usher, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Cary, Newton, &c.
• Approv'd by Cicero, Pomponius Atticus, Au••ustus, Plutarch, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Pa••er••ulus, &c in the Y of the Iulian Period, 3961, and befor•• the Christian AEra 753.
• In ••he b of the Y of the Iulian Period 3967, & 747 before the Vulgar AEra of the Bi••th of CHRIST, by the Consent of all Astronomers. W••eth••r He Began to Reign befor••, seems uncertain: but this to b•• 〈◊〉〈◊〉 i•• the 1st Eg••ptian New Year Day of his Reign. Ptolemy.
• Acco••di••g to P••ol••my •• Mathematical Canon.
• Sir I. N••wto•• Places the Birth of Solon 10 Y after.
• Acco••di••g to Ptolemy.
• So B••r••si••s in Iosephus.
• But Ian. 21, at the e of this Y, which is at the b of the Y of the Iulian Period 4110, being the 1st Egyptian New Year Day of his Reign; Ptolemy therefore Begi••s his Reign from thence, according to his usual Method.
• Sometimes called Coniah, Conias and Iehoiachin.
• He was a Great Astronomer of Alexandria in Egypt.
• Thoth was the Egyptian Mercury: And as the 1st d of their Ye•••• were devoted to Him; both the d and the m were named fro•• Him. Gregory.
• i. e. Darius the Son of Hystaspes.
• Stanley, who critically s••arches into this matter.
• Ian, 11, this Y is Nebuchadnezzar's 43 Egyp New Y d, and in the following Summer, the 37 Y of Ieconias's Captivity Ends: Ne|buchadnezzar therefore Dies between Ian, 11, and April 15 of this Y.
• This is the 1st Egyp New Y d of Evilmerodach's Reign: and so of the Rest.
• Nericassolasse••'s Son Laboroso••rchod Reigns 9 m, and then is Kil••▪ But there being no Eg••p New Y d in his R, the Canon Omitts His
• Both the Scriptur•• and Xenophon call this the 1st Y of Cyrus.
• For the Reason above, the Canon leaves ourSmerdis •• Counterfeit 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Cyrus, who suc••••eded Cambyses 7 m, and was then discover'd and 〈◊〉〈◊〉▪
• Calvisius and Helvicus.
• Calvisius, Helv••cus, Cary, Strauchius, Newton, &c.
• Dr. Pri••eaux.
• Usher.
• Ushe••.
• Ushe••.
• Usher.
• Diogenes Laertius.
• By Comparing the 2 last Articles it seems that Artaxerxes Began his R••ign between Nisan & Chislieu in Y W 3540.
• His only lawful Son Xerxes Succeeded, but was quickly Kill'd 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Succeeded by his Brother So••dian, and He by his Brother No••h••••: but as the 2 former Reign'd but 8 Months, & had no Egyp New I •• included; the Canon therefore leaves them both out.
• Tho' He had 3 Sons by his Queen, & 11•• Sons by Concubines.
• Strauchius.
• Strauchius.
• Strauchius.
• Alsted.
• Strauchius says it Began at the Summer Solstice; and Alsted, on Iune 28.
• The Canon makes it 12 Y from the b of his R to the b of the R of Ptolemy Lagus over Egypt.
• Alsted.
• Whence the AEra of the Seleucides Begins with the Eastern Nations▪ except the Chald••ans who begin it in the following Spring, & the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Book of Maccab••es in the Spring before. (Alsted)
• The following 6 Years being Times of great Confusion, thro' 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Strife of Alexander's Generals for the several Parts of the Empire, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Ptolemy Lagus comes to be Settled K of Egypt; the Canon therof 〈…〉〈…〉 the said 6 Years also to AE••us.
• Cary.
• Cary.
• Dr. Prideaux
• From Him Succeeds a Race of Princes ruling in Iudea, till the Roman Senate gave the Km from K Antig••nus to Herod an Idumaean.
• The former Part of his R His Mother Governed.
• Cicero & Sue••oniu•• say, that S••ter's only Legitimate Off-spri•••• Bernice immed••ately Succeeded Him and Married her Cousin Al••••••ander, who quickly Ki••ing her, ••eigned 25 Y; and then the Eg••••••tians c••pelling Him, raised Auletes to the Throne: But Appian 〈◊〉〈◊〉 that Alexander Reign'd but 19 d after He Killd his Queen; and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the Egyptians Killing Him, Auletes Succeeded; (u) A••d 〈◊〉〈◊〉 CANON follows Appian.
• He was Iulius C••sar's Si••er's Grandson by her Dau••hter 〈◊〉〈◊〉
• Helvicus.
• Isaacson.
• Dr. Halley in Philosoph. Transac.
• Dr. Halley in Philosoph. Transac.
• He had 2 Legitimate Sons: But by Iulius Caesar's Favour, Cleopatra, is Preser'd before them.
• Helvicus.
• In order to which, by the Direction of Sosigenes He makes this Y to consist of 445 d, (Lydia••, Peravius, Usher, Strauchins, Prid••aux, &c.)
• These Y are called Iulian from Iulius Caesar who appointed them: They contain 365 d, 6 hours; which 6 hours in 4 Y make 1 d, and added in Feb. every 4••h Y, makes that Y to consist of 366 d, and is call'd a Leap Y: But thro' Mistake, the Romans made every third Y a Leap Y for the 1st 36 Y of this AEra••; and then August••us reduc'd them into Order. (Lydiat, Cal••is••us, Petavius, Us••er, Prideaux.)
• By the Mistake above, this was called the 1st of Ian. of the following Y.
• By the continual Instigation and Bribery of Herod. (u. p)
• By the Mistake above, this was called the 2 of Sept.
• See the Calculation of 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Eclipse at the e o Mr. ••histo••'s 〈…〉〈…〉; tho' his Calculation is for the Meridian o•• 〈◊〉〈◊〉 which mak••s it something later in the M••rning than it appear'd 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• By the mistake above, this was call d Aug. 29▪ and hence 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Egyptian AEra begins, by the Consent o all Chronolo••••ers.
• Suetonius.
• Dio.
• Ptolemy.
• So Ovid: but Censorinus on Ian. 17
• Calv••sius.
• Ushe••
• Calv••sius.
• Petavius.
• Ushe••
• By whom she had A••rippina & Agrippa-Posth••m••s, &c (••)
• Calv••sius
• Nicephorus.
• Iosephus.
• Lloyd.
• M••rsh••••.
• Calv••sius.
• Calv••sius.
• But had no Iss•••• by Her: tho' He had a Son by a former Wife. (••)
• Calv••sius.
• Ushe••
• Prideau••.
• By omitting the 3 Intercalations for the 12 Y••••rs fo••••owing
• Calv••sius.
• Ushe••
• Prideau••.
• Calv••sius.
• Petavius.
• Ushe••
• Swan.
• Car••.
• Lloyd.
• Prideau••.
• Iosephus.
• Between an Eclipse of the Moon on Mar. 13 and the P••ssover o•• April 11
• Iosephus.
• Dio.
• K••pl••r.
• Petavius.
• Car••.
• Iosephus.
• Dio.
• K••pl••r.
• Petavius.
• Car••.
• Cycle of the Sun 9, Y o•• Rome according to ••arro, T••citu•• and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 753, Iulian Y 45, and Y of the I••lian Period 4713; 2 all Chro|nologers agree.
• 1st brought into use by Dionysiu 〈◊〉〈◊〉 in the common Y C 527, who supposin•• CHRIST was Born on December 25 o•• the foregoing Y, Begin the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 AEra with thi•• 1st o•• Ian.
• Paterculus.
• Ta••itus.
• He wa•• of the Claudian Family, & 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Son in Law to Augustus. (s)
• So T••cit•••• & Suctonius, tho' Dio to d more.
• Helvicus.
• Helvicus.
• In the 15 Y of the R of Tiberius; which Begins Aug. 19 this Y▪ (L••k. III. p••. ••. s••. m.) Tho' A B p Usher, & Dr. Prideaux place the b of the Baptist's Ministry 2 Y 〈◊〉〈◊〉, viz. in the 15th of Tibe|riu••'•• P••in••••pality, (see Luk. III. pr. s. d)
• 〈…〉〈…〉
• L••rdner.
• Paterculus.
• Ta••itus.
• Bp Richardson.
• Bp Richardson.
• In the 19th Y of the R of Tiberius, which Ends Aug. 19, (••. ••)
• Bp Richardson.
• Bp Richardson.
• Bp Richardson.
• So Taci••us and S••e••onius; tho' Dio ••0 d aft••r.
• Son to A••rippin•• by Germanicus the Son of Dru••u•• younger Bro••ther of Tiberius (••)
• So Tacitus and Suetoni••••; tho' Dio to 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• Younger Bro••her to G••••man••cus, and Both Sons ••f Dr••su•• 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Anto••ia minor, Dau••••t••r of Ma••c Antony by O••tavia Siste•• o•• Au••ustus (••)
• Son of Domi••••••s by Agrippina Jun•• Daught••r of Germanicus by 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ••en•• (••)
• And thus the I••li••n, Octavian, Claudian and Domitian Familie•• expire.
• Galba, Otho and Vite••lius were of several F••m••lies: and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Rei••ns b••ing sh••r•• and int••r••er••ng, Ptolem•• omits them, and sets 〈…〉〈…〉 Nero.
• Between Sept. last Y, & March this, ••n the ••3th Y o•• Domitian (j)
• The Last of the 12 CAESARS (Iulius being ••he 1st) describ'd by Suetonius: and in Domitian the Vespasian Famil•• also Ends.
• Philostratus.
• Tillemont.
• Herodian.
• Of Obs••ur•• Birth, and the 1st Emperor that was not a Roman t tho He carried the Empire to the greatest Extent, From the Or••ader of Scotland, to the Bounds of India (d. )
• Herodian.
• Petavius says in the Year after.
• H••••rn.
• The Army 1st Chose AUDENTIUS; but He Refused theEmpire (h••)
• A Counterf••it Son of Car••ealla, and went by the Name of Antonine, Avitus, H••liogabal••••, &c. (d)
• He had been a Thracian Shepherd, of mean Birth, and prefer'd 〈◊〉〈◊〉 for his Great Body and Courage (hd)
• He was the Son of Gordian the Elder's Daughter (hd)
• H s Father had been Captain of a Band of Robbers (c)
• He was of M••••rish Extract and Born of obscure Parents (c)
• In his R, about 30 Officers set up Themselves in Divers Parts of the Empire: but are at length Destroyed (c)
• P••tavius, from the Alexandrian Chronicle, tells us, that on Sept. 17 this Y, Dioclesian was Proclaim'd Emperor at Chalce••on.
• Con••tantius was the Son of Eu••ropius by the Daughter of Cris•••••• Brother to Claudius II. (c)
• Whereby Their Meetin••s are dissolved, their Churches pulled down▪ their Bibles Burnt, &c. In Egypt only, which is but one Province of the Empire, there were 144 thousand Kill'd and 700 thousan•• Banished (c)
• Eusebius.
• Vales••us.
• So Calvisius, from Zosimus: But Eusebíus says He hang'd Himself and Pe••av us sets it in the Y C 310.
• Sigoniu••, in Valesius.
• Petavius and Valesius, from Idatius, place this Victory in the following Y with the other.
• Of Licinius's Army of 130 thousand in this Battle, scarce 30 thousand escaped (c)
• It consisted of 318, B••shops, or Pastors of Churches, besides Elders, Deacons &c. (c. p) and Valesius, From the Alexandrian Chronicle &c. places their Convention on Iune 19 this Y: But this being Saturday▪ and May 20, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Thursday, I rather incline to sc. p.
• Socrates Scholasti••us.
• Ca••••ing it N•••• R••me: But the name of Constantinople soon Pre|vailed, and still continues (c. )
• Socrates Scholasti••us.
• Socrates Scholasti••us.
• D Cassius; Lib XLVI-XLIX.
• Eccl. Hist; Lib. VIII, Cap. 13.
• Calvisi••s.
• Petavius.
• Calvisi••s.
• Petavius.
• Calvisi••s.
• Petavius.
• 〈…〉〈…〉, tho Petavius says that Prosper sets his Birth in 3••0.
• Socrates Scholasticus.
• Calvisi••s.
• Petavius.
• Socrates Scholasticus.
• Calvisi••s.
• Petavius.
• He was Son to Eu••••opia, Daughter to Constantius Chlorus
• Petavius.
• Valesius.
• Calvisi••s.
• Petavius.
• Socrates Scholasticus.
• Calvisi••s.
• Petavius.
• So p and v from Idatius: tho' Socrates says Aug. 15
• Socrates Scholasticus.
• Calvisi••s.
• Petavius.
• Valesius.
• H•• was Son to Iulius, Son to Constantius Chlorus (hr)
• Petavius.
• Socrates Scholasticus.
• Calvisi••us.
• H•• leaves an un••orn Daughter; after Married to theEmperor 〈◊〉〈◊〉, but lest no I••s••••.
• And in Him the Imp••rial Line o•• Constantin the Great and o•• Con|stant••••s Chlorus Ends.
• They were the Sons of One Gratian, a Roper by Trade (hr) 〈◊〉〈◊〉 D••••in.
• 〈◊〉〈◊〉: king Britain, Germany, Gaul and Spain; and VA|L••NTINIAN 〈◊〉〈◊〉, Ill••r ••um, Sicily and Africa (c)
• He was call'd Theodosius the Great, and was S••u to Theodos•••••• the 〈…〉〈…〉 ••eneral in Brit••in. (••)
• It 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of but 150 Bishops, or Pastors of Churches, 〈…〉〈…〉, and asserts the Deit•• of 〈…〉〈…〉
• He was of obscure B••rth, and from a Grammar School-master became a Scribe and Trea••urer to Valentinian (c)
• He was a ••••andal by Birth (p) But chei•• Minister of State, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 General to Honorius (c)
• Petavius says He was a Scotsman; Hearn says a Welshman.
• He was one of mean Deg••ee, and Chosen ••mperor, for th•• Name sake only (c. p)
• An Illyrican by Birth and General to Honorius (c. p)
• He is the 1••t of t••e 〈◊〉〈◊〉 who weares the T••tl•• of King (••)
• Son to Const••n••ius the Roman General by 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Daughter 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Theodos•••••• the Great (sc. c. p)
• It had ab••ve ••00 Bishops, and Condemns Ne••torius (c. p)
• It 〈◊〉〈◊〉 a Collecti••n o•• all th•• 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Law•• from Constanti•• the G••••at (c)
• 〈…〉〈…〉
• 〈…〉〈…〉
• 〈…〉〈…〉 II, a Vir••in, 〈…〉〈…〉. 52, took Him fo•• 〈…〉〈…〉, & advanc'd Him t•• the ••mpi••••, thou••h a Man 〈…〉〈…〉
• Thi•• 〈◊〉〈◊〉 wa•• Fought near 〈…〉〈…〉 and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 make the 〈…〉〈…〉 th••usand; 〈◊〉〈◊〉 say••, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 re••kons, 170 thou|sand; and 〈◊〉〈◊〉, ••00 thous••••d.
• It had 630 Bishop▪ or ••astors, & Condemns 〈◊〉〈◊〉 & hi•• 〈…〉〈…〉
• And in Him the Emperial Line of 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the G••eat, Ends.
• Tho' Calvis••••s & Petavi••s agree b••th in the b & e of the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of OLY|BRIUS yet Calvis••••s plainly 〈◊〉〈◊〉 in making his Reign 3 m, 23 ••
• Fo•• his low Stature, He is call'd Augustulus (c) and Evagrius call Him Romulus (••g)
• And all the while, Ze••o and hi•• Wife Ari••dn•• live only on R••ots, Herbs and Water (c. p)
• Calvisius, by Mistake, calls Him Vo••timer.
• Th••s•• were called, 〈…〉〈…〉, or Eastern Goth••▪ those in Gaul and Spain, were called Visi-Go••h••, or We••tern Goths (c. ••)
• He came to Lif•• in the Tomb: whence his d••lor••u•• Cries were heard: But his ••ife▪ Fo••bidding to open it▪ He Dies for Hunger, having 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the Fl••sh 〈◊〉〈◊〉 his Arm•• to the B••ne (••)
• 〈…〉〈…〉 D••a••h, hi•• 〈◊〉〈◊〉 su••cee••s to the K n in Sp••in onl••, an•• 〈◊〉〈◊〉 tak•• th•• 〈…〉〈…〉 Part of 〈◊〉〈◊〉 (c. p)
• 〈…〉〈…〉 in ••n exceeding strong Bu••lding, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 by 〈◊〉〈◊〉 to secure Him from it (••. p)
• He was a Thrac••an of the meanest Birth, being in his Youth a 〈◊〉〈◊〉 (••) and cou'd not Write hi•• name (p)
• 〈…〉〈…〉 was aSc••thian by D. scent, & Plac'd the Birth of CHRIST 〈…〉〈…〉 or 4 Ye••••s too late, as is generally now agreed.
• 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Digesta are a Collection; and the Institutions, an Abridgment of 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Roman La•••••• which had been made for 1200 Y past (••)
• By the Wars in Italy, the Fields lay untill d, and so great a 〈◊〉〈◊〉 follow'd, that in Pic••••um 50 thousand Men Perish'd, the Wom••n 〈◊〉〈◊〉 their Ch••l••ren, 2 Women Kill'd 17 Men and Eat them (••)
• Eva••rius says, This Pla••us spread over th•• Wo••ld, lasted 52 Year•• and in a manner Destroyed the whole Earth (eg)
• Their Years are ••xa••tly in the Form of Nabonasser's, which the•• obser•••• to this d (••)
• It had abov•• 150 Bis••ops; and Condemns the Erronious Writi•••••• of Theodorus, Theodoret and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 (••g. c. p. v)
• Narses was by Descent a Pe••sian, and an Eunuch, but a 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Commander (p)
• The Story of his Blindnes•• and Begging, is a Fi••tion of the Papists, to Punish Him for the Power He exercised over their Ponti••s (c)
• In the 12 Year o Mauricius (eg) which is between Aug. 14 this Year and Au••. 14. next (c. ••. v)
• Sammes Britannia.
• Iuly 15 at Sunset is the Beginning of Fryday Iuly 16 according to the Oriental Reckoning; And these Arabian Years▪ are Lunar, of 12 Months; whereof the Odd have 30 d, the Even 29; 354 in a••l.
• The Years are of the same sort with Nabonasser s: and the Persians still make it the Head of their Civil Computations (c)
• Which continues in their hands 463 Y to Y C 1099, when God|frey of Bulloign retakes it (c)
• It has 150 Bps, (c) and Condemns the Monothelites (c. p)
• Which 〈…〉〈…〉
• He was th•• FRENCH GENERAL, the 〈…〉〈…〉▪
• 〈…〉〈…〉 to Pay a Roman Penny (i. ••. seven pe••e•• half-penny) a 〈…〉〈…〉 Thence called P••t••r Pe••ce (c)
• 〈…〉〈…〉, on Ascenti••n d 〈…〉〈…〉, May 6, (p) Bu•• Ascen|tion 〈…〉〈…〉 Y 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Ma•• 26, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 seems to be Right.
• 〈◊〉〈◊〉 was the las•• o•• the M••rov••••n Line: an•• Pepin was his 〈…〉〈…〉 of Stat•• and General (〈◊〉〈◊〉)
• It 〈◊〉〈◊〉 33•• Bps, cond••mns Images, (••. p) an•• the Eastern Churches call i•• the VII General Co••••cil: tho the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of Images won't 〈◊〉〈◊〉 it (••)
• His Brother Charleman R w••th him: but D in 771, without 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Male, and leave, the whole 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Charles sirnam'd the Great (c. p)
• It has 350 ••ps, (p) 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the Worship of Images, (••. ••) 〈◊〉〈◊〉 not with Divine H••nour (c) and the Papists call this the VII Ge|neral C••••ncil.
• It has 300 B••s, 〈…〉〈…〉 &c. ••rom all Parts of Charles's Do|minions (c) and 〈…〉〈…〉
• Th••y were her Husband's Brothers: And th•••• the Race of Leo, the 〈◊〉〈◊〉, End••.
• Wess••x, or the 〈…〉〈…〉 co••tain••d ••hat Part of 〈◊〉〈◊〉 excepting 〈…〉〈…〉 on t••e South sid•• of Thames: the Km 〈…〉〈…〉 and incorp••r••ted▪ to Wessex by 〈…〉〈…〉 in Y C 722. (〈…〉〈…〉)
• H••w••den say••, 〈…〉〈…〉 Quid••m volunt 802.
• In his F••••i 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Antii••, &••.
• And y••t M o•• 〈…〉〈…〉 th•• D of Egbert in 837, a••ter a R o•• 37 Y, •• m, which 〈…〉〈…〉 the 〈…〉〈…〉.
• In h••s 〈◊〉〈◊〉, chi••fly made by 〈◊〉〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• Ethelwerd
• Malm••bury.
• Huntingdon.
• Hoveden.
• He was the 17th successive K of Wessex, tho' not in a direct Descent; and with a Q Dowager made Q Regent, he was the 18th succ••ssive Monarch.
• Malm••bury.
• Huntingdon.
• Hoveden.
• M of Westminster.
• M of Westminster.
• Calvisius.
• Petavi••s.
• Petavi••s.
• Calvisi••s.
• Petavi••s.
• Ethelwerd
• Malm••bury.
• Huntingdon.
• Hoveden.
• Ethelwerd
• Huntingdon.
• Hoveden.
• Ethelwerd
• Huntingdon.
• Hoveden.
• Ethelwerd
• Huntingdon.
• Hoveden.
• Ethelwerd
• Malm••bury.
• Huntingdon.
• Hoveden.
• M of Westminster.
• Speed.
• Eachard.
• Malm••bury.
• Ethelwerd
• Malmsbury.
• Huntingdon.
• Hoveden.
• M of Westminster.
• Polydorus Vergilius.
• Buch••nan.
• Calvisius.
• Calvisius.
• Peravius.
• Hoveden.
• M of Westminster.
• Ethelwerd
• Malm••bury.
• M of Westminster.
• R of Chester.
• Ethelwerd
• M of Westminster.
• R of Chester.
• More, Helvicus and Daniel strangely omit him.
• Ethelwerd
• M of Westminster.
• Speed.
• Eachard.
• 〈…〉〈…〉
• ¶
• 〈…〉〈…〉
• 〈◊〉〈◊〉 says Edmund I, and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 were Sons of Athel|••t••n. (••••)
• The Monki•••• Writer•• ca'l him 〈◊〉〈◊〉 th•• Mart r, only becau•••• he wa•• a Friend to their Superstitions and March 18, from hi•• Death, is call••d St Edward's Day.
• R••pin.
• Tind••l in th•• margin o•• 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• i. e. accounting to the d of hi•• D; but to the Conquest o•• Englan•• by Swan••, no more than 3•• Y. •• m.
• 〈…〉〈…〉. Tind••l inthe margin o•• Rapin. r. Rapin.
• They send for and promise to stand by him, upon condition ••e would Rule better. (m. hn. hv. w. ch)
• Hoveden seems to Place Canute's Return between Aug. 15, & Sep. 8. (bv)
• Malmsbury by mi••take says, St. Gregory's for St. George's d: 〈◊〉〈◊〉 so Holinsh••d observes.
• Hoveden mistakes in calling this the 15th Indict, when it is the 14t••▪
• He was K of England, Denmark, Norway (i. m. hn. hv. w) and par•• of Sweden (i. m) and a little before he D, made his Sons, Swane K of Norway, and Ha••dicu••t•• K o Denmark. (hv. w. ch)
• Tyrre•• from the Saxon Annals.
• i. e. Malm••bury in his Continuation of ••ede.
• hv by mistake says 6 〈◊〉〈◊〉 July, Tuesday; wherea•• 6 Ides July this Year is Saturday: He should therefore have said 6 Ides Iune, which is Tuesday June 8, at Che••ter ha•• it.
• Holinsh••••d.
• 〈◊〉〈◊〉 say•• right, this ••attle 〈◊〉〈◊〉 on 〈…〉〈…〉 b••ing S••turda••, whi••h 〈◊〉〈◊〉 O••t. 14: but wrong in c••lling this 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Cal. Nov. which is 〈◊〉〈◊〉 2••, and a 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• m and ch mistake in saying he D in the 22d Year of his R.
• 〈…〉〈…〉 viz. M••ud, to who••e 〈…〉〈…〉 But 〈…〉〈…〉 3•• Yea••▪ 3 m••n••••••.
• 〈…〉〈…〉, Lord••day Feb. 2, 1••42: For Lordsday Feb. 2, 〈…〉〈…〉.
• And 〈…〉〈…〉, H••ntin••don en•••••• his Hi••t••ry in 113••.
• 〈…〉〈…〉 K of England sine•• 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉〈◊〉, that hath 〈…〉〈…〉 having 〈…〉〈…〉 only 〈◊〉〈◊〉 his Mo••h••••; tho' 〈…〉〈…〉 S••otla•••• ar•• o•• Prior 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• an old Manuscript of the 7th Part o•• Fabian's Chronicle.
• an old Manuscript of the 7th Part o•• Fabian's Chronicle.
• So the Latin Charter, in Tyrrel.
• an old Manuscript of the 7th Part o•• Fabian's Chronicle.
• an old Manuscript of the 7th Part o•• Fabian's Chronicle.
• an old Manuscript of the 7th Part o•• Fabian's Chronicle.
• an old Manuscript of the 7th Part o•• Fabian's Chronicle.
• an old Manuscript of the 7th Part o•• Fabian's Chronicle.
• So the Latin Charter in Coke's Institutes: In some things diff••r•••••• from the other, as they appear compa••'d in Tyrre••.
• an old Manuscript of the 7th Part o•• Fabian's Chronicle.
• an old Manuscript of the 7th Part o•• Fabian's Chronicle.
• an old Manuscript of the 7th Part o•• Fabian's Chronicle.
• an old Manuscript of the 7th Part of Fabian's Chronicle.
• an old Manuscript of the 7th Part o•• Fabian's Chronicle.
• an old Manuscript of the 7th Part o•• Fabian's Chronicle.
• an old Manuscript of the 7th Part of Fabian's Chronicle.
• an old Manuscript of the 7th Part of Fabian's Chronicle.
• an old Manuscript of the 7th Part of Fabian's Chronicle.
• Stow.
• an old Manuscript of the 7th Part of Fabian's Chronicle.
• Galvanus.
• Caxton.
• Caxton.
• Petavius.
• Calvisius.
• Alsted.
• Alsted says, Froi••••ard makes mention of Guns in 1340; and that in 1380, Schwartz Publishes the Manner of using them. And Calvi|sius says, Mariana Describes the Moors in Spain as using Guns in 1342.
• Fuller.
• 〈…〉〈…〉
• Caxton & 〈◊〉〈◊〉 say, Trinity Sunday, in the 7th Ye r of Henry V, which is 〈◊〉〈◊〉 11, 〈…〉〈…〉 and 〈…〉〈…〉 Day 〈…〉〈…〉, in the ••th Y •• Henry V, whi••h i•• Iune 3, 1••20.
• 〈…〉〈…〉
• 〈…〉〈…〉
• 〈◊〉〈◊〉 in Alsted.
• the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of Li••••thenaw.
• Ma|riangelu•• in Boxhornio.
• Mariangelus ascribes the Invention of Copper and Leaden Type•• to 〈◊〉〈◊〉: The Colonian Ann••li••t ascribe•• the present way of PRINTING (i. e. by separat•• Letter••) to Guttenberg: and they both, with Cluverus agree on the 1••t Printing o•• a Book there|with, in 1450. (See Cluveru•• and 〈◊〉〈◊〉)
• Polydore also says Nov. 26; but wrongly sets it in 1471.
• f says, Sherethrusday, which is Maundy Thur••day (M••nshew) and this Y, April 11. and pl say Apr. 11, but wrongly places it in 1472.
• f says on Ascention Eve, May 22, which is Right: hl also say•• Ascention Eve, but hi Margin is wrong, in calling this May 2••, and consequently in Placing th•• Death of K Henr•• on May 23.
• Sir T. More, in hl, and st, says AEt 53: But Stow corrects him, and says it should be 42.
• f call•• Thursda••, June 20, and Fryday, 21: and st in the margi•• calls Wednesday, June 22, and Thursday 25; whence other Historian follow their mistak••s; when Wednesday this Year is Iune 18, &c.
• Sleidan.
• Sleidan.
• Calvisius.
• pl says also, Aug. 22; but wrongly places it in 1436.
• His only Relation to the Crown is by his Mother, Grandaughter to Iohn Beaufort, a Base-born Son of Iohn a Ga••n••.
• Purchase.
• G••••ver & Mille••.
• Speed.
• In ou•• Place, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 sets his Birth in the 2d Y o•• Henry VII; In an|other Place he sets it in the 3d Y, which seems more likely.
• Fuller.
• Speed.
• Herera sa•• 90 Men; but Ga••vanus say, 120.
• H••••ris and the Atlas Geograph••••s m••stak•• in saying Aug. 2.
• 〈…〉〈…〉
• H••••era.
• H••••era.
• Gal••an•••• say••, They Discover Land on O••t. 10. and perhaps Herer•• mi••••t mistake, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the Seamen's method; who set down at N••on O••t. 1••▪ 〈…〉〈…〉 of the 24 Hour•• proceeding, and give 'en the Da••e of O••t. 11.
• H••••era.
• H••••era.
• 〈…〉〈…〉
• H••••era.
• 〈…〉〈…〉
• H••••era.
• 〈…〉〈…〉
• H••••era.
• H••••era.
• 〈…〉〈…〉
• ••••lvanus mist••kes in ••aying O••t. 25.
• H••••era.
• Atlas Geo••raphu••.
• 〈…〉〈…〉
• H••••era.
• H••••era.
• H••••era.
• Smith say••, that Iohn carries hi•• Son Sebastian with him, who a••••terwards pro••eed, in these Discoveries. Whence Stow, Purc•••••••• Harris, the Atlas, and others, erroneously ascribe them all to S••bas••tian only. Purchase say, Sebastian in Ramusio, Places hi 1st Voy•••••• in 1496: tho' the Map under hi•• Picture in the Privy Gallery, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Cambden, in 1497, and so Smith. But Stow in 149••; unless 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Voyage he men••ions be another.
• Galv••n••s se••ms to mistake in placing this 3d Voyage of Colu•••••••• in 1497.
• Galvanus places Bastidas's Voyage a••ter Ojeda's, & both in 1502.
• Neither, Hackluyt, Purchase, Harris nor Perrier mention any Voyages of Americus. The Atlas Geographus give•• u•• a from Gry|••a••s; the 1st in 1497, and the 2d in 1500: But▪ Herera say••, they were p••ov'd to be mere Impositions of Americus, and he only went twice with Ojeda.
• Galvanus says in May 1506: and H••r••r••, on 〈◊〉〈◊〉 day, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 20, this Year; But M••y 20 this Year, is Ascension day Eve.
• Galvanus sets this Voy••ge in 1512.
• Beza in Vit Calv.
• Galvanus place•• these Attempts under 1508: and '••is likely, this was the Year when they set sail from Spain: and so Herera seems to make it.
• Atlas Geographus.
• Purchase.
• Calvisius.
• Cro••ai Elenchu••.
• Calvisius.
• Both st and hl Place it in the 7th Year of Henry VIII, which 〈◊〉〈◊〉 be Feb. 1515, 16: but 1518 in the margin of hl is wrongly Printed.
• Purchase.
• Calvisius.
• Sleidan.
• Calvisius.
• Sleidan.
• H••r••ra say, he only sends Iam••s de Comargo.
• Sleidan.
• He calls thi•• Cap••, The Virgins, because Discov••r'd on St Ursula'•• day, (h) and M••ll m••••takes in calling it the Vi••gin Mary's.
• Herera represents this Voyage as be••inning Northward and endin•• at Florida, and so to ••uba, &c.
• 〈…〉〈…〉 places this in 1527.
• H•• 〈◊〉〈◊〉 to be lost about the Mouth of the Great River Mississippi▪ (see 〈◊〉〈◊〉.)
• Holinshed mistakes in placing this on Nov. 17.
• N. B. There were many others ••urnt for the same Religion, in 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Parts of the Kingdom, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 before and after: For which we must 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ••o Fox's 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• Ricc••olius.
• Dupin.
• Keeble says Feb. 3, 1••34, 5.
• N. B. The Numb•••• o•• Houses, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 3••6; value of 〈…〉〈…〉 Ye••rly, above 32 thousand Pounds; moveable Good••, above 100 ••••••••|sand Pounds; Pe••sons put out of them, above 10 Tho••san••. (〈◊〉〈◊〉)
• Holinsh••••'•• Hist••••y of Ireland.
• Ho••••••sh••d is right, in plac•••••• this in the 28th Y of K Henry; 〈◊〉〈◊〉 wrong in 〈◊〉〈◊〉 1539 in the Margin.
• i. e. over all Ecclesiastical and Religious Affairs and Persons.
• Boxhorni••s.
• So the Date of the Dedication.
• Beza in Vit Calv.
• Bale & Fox call him The Apostle of the English (fl. Fox)
• Stow says, Those Images were bro't up from diverse Parts of Eng|land and Wales to London, and Burnt at Chels••y: That he Suppress'd the Abb••y at Canterbury, with Becket's Shrine, and commanded his Bones to be Burnt (st)
• Here they Guess'd the River to be 15 Leagues wide, found it open|ing with 2 Mouths into the Sea, and judg'd it 800 Leagues 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the Head. (h) By w••ich, I think, 'tis plain, This is the ••reat Missi••ipp•• River. (see 〈◊〉〈◊〉)
• Keeble says, the Parliament meets Apr. 12, (k)
• Ho••in••hed, in his His••o••y ••f Ir••l••nd, mistake•• in placing this Sessio•• of Parliament in 15••2; But 〈◊〉〈◊〉 in sayin•• the 33 •• Y of Henry VIII.
• H•• was the Son of K Iames IV, o•• Scotland, by Margaret Eldest D••ughter to K Henry VII, of England; and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 mistake•• in saying he 〈◊〉〈◊〉, AEt 33; & 〈◊〉〈◊〉 tells us he was Born Apr. 11. 1512.
• 〈…〉〈…〉
• Buch••n••••.
• 〈…〉〈…〉
• 〈…〉〈…〉
• 〈…〉〈…〉
• 〈…〉〈…〉 calls him Sophec••rdini.
• ••a••ter this Year is Lordsday, Apr. 1, and H••••inshed p••aces thi•• a Year before: But from the A••t of Parliament in Nov, 〈…〉〈…〉 seem•• to be Right.
• i. e. 〈…〉〈…〉 Death o•• Edward VI.
• Bishop Hooper and Mr. 〈◊〉〈◊〉, we••e the Heads of the Nonco••|formists in England (••••)
• 〈…〉〈…〉
• Dupin.
• 〈…〉〈…〉
• Ca••derwood.
• 〈…〉〈…〉
• 〈…〉〈…〉
• Petri••.
• He is the Last Mart••r 〈…〉〈…〉 Protestant Religion in Scotland, (••ox) and his Death the Death of Popery there: For upon this the Protestants thro' the Km ••••ite in their Defence against their Enemies. (bc. )
• Petri••.
• Petri••.
• Boh••en's Co••••inu••••ion of Sleidan.
• Quick•• Synodicon.
• Fuller says, There was but 1 of all the Bishop••, ••iz. of 〈◊〉〈◊〉 who Con••o••m'd to the Queen'•• Command••.
• F••ller mis••••k••s in say••ng AEtatis ••3.
• King I••mes's Pa••ent of Newfoundland in Purchas.
• 〈◊〉〈◊〉 mistakes in 1st placing These Acts in the Parliament of Dec. ••5, 15••7; when they were only Renew'd & further R••tified. (See cl & pt.)
• ••••r••pe's Annal••.
• ••••r••pe's Annal••.
• Coverd••le had been Bishop in the R of Edward VI, and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 to Consecrate Ar••hbishop 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Fox was the 〈…〉〈…〉 Dr. Humfrey was 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Profess••r of Divinity, and 〈…〉〈…〉 College, O••ford: Dr. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 wa•• D••an of Christ' Church, Oxford: and Mr. Whittingham D••an of Dur••am
• 〈◊〉〈◊〉 says, She Proclaim'd him King on Satur••••y, July 28, at Eve••; and the next Morning, Marri••s him: But this 〈◊〉〈◊〉 unlik••l••.
• 〈…〉〈…〉 in 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the Coro••ation on Iuly 1••.
• N. B. 〈…〉〈…〉 West si••e 〈…〉〈…〉, in th•• Country since cal••'d 〈◊〉〈◊〉: But the Fren•••• Attemp••, ••n the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 side, in the Coun••••y since call'd Ca••olina.
• 〈…〉〈…〉
• 〈…〉〈…〉
• 〈…〉〈…〉 G••vernment of the C••urch by Arch|bish••••••, 〈…〉〈…〉, Arch D••••cons, &c.
• 〈…〉〈…〉
• 〈…〉〈…〉
• 〈…〉〈…〉
• 〈…〉〈…〉
• 〈…〉〈…〉 to 〈◊〉〈◊〉 in placing his Arrival i•• E••••land, in Aug.
• 〈…〉〈…〉
• Petit.
• H••rri••.
• 〈…〉〈…〉
• He finds here 20 〈◊〉〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Fi••hing Vess••••s, and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of other Nations.
• H••rris.
• H••rris.
• Purchas.
• Purchas.
• Smith.
• Smith.
• Purchas.
• This Country i•• sin•••• cal••'d N••rth Caro••ina; and the land 〈◊〉〈◊〉 E••stward suc••••••ds in 〈◊〉〈◊〉 N••m•• 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• Smith.
• These Straits ••unning up near one No••th and ••o near the Pole, and having different c••••our'd P••opl•• on the several sides; seem to be the Dividing Sea between Greenland and America.
• Cate••'s Account of this Voyage, Printed in 1589.
• Cate••'s Account of this Voyage, Printed in 1589.
• Both cm and p•• mistake St Anthony's for StIohn's; & also in saying, that he took St Helena. (S••e Cates's Account, who was in the Voyage.)
• Cate••'s Account of this Voyage, Printed in 1589.
• Thu•• the 3•• Colony of Old Virginia is broken up: and tho' Sir Walter sends 〈…〉〈…〉 to seek them, (••s) yet never one of them 〈◊〉〈◊〉 to this day, 1622. (••)
• Howes.
• Howes.
• Perier.
• Howes.
• Howes.
• Howes.
• Howes.
• Howes.