The auncient ecclesiasticall histories of the first six hundred yeares after Christ, wrytten in the Greeke tongue by three learned historiographers, Eusebius, Socrates, and Euagrius. Eusebius Pamphilus Bishop of Cæsarea in Palæstina vvrote 10 bookes. Socrates Scholasticus of Constantinople vvrote 7 bookes. Euagrius Scholasticus of Antioch vvrote 6 bookes. VVhereunto is annexed Dorotheus Bishop of Tyrus, of the liues of the prophetes, apostles and 70 disciples. All which authors are faithfully translated out of the Greeke tongue by Meredith Hanmer, Maister of Arte and student in diuinitie. Last of all herein is contayned a profitable chronographie collected by the sayd translator, the title whereof is to be seene in the ende of this volume, with a copious index of the principall matters throughout all the histories

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Title: The auncient ecclesiasticall histories of the first six hundred yeares after Christ, wrytten in the Greeke tongue by three learned historiographers, Eusebius, Socrates, and Euagrius. Eusebius Pamphilus Bishop of Cæsarea in Palæstina vvrote 10 bookes. Socrates Scholasticus of Constantinople vvrote 7 bookes. Euagrius Scholasticus of Antioch vvrote 6 bookes. VVhereunto is annexed Dorotheus Bishop of Tyrus, of the liues of the prophetes, apostles and 70 disciples. All which authors are faithfully translated out of the Greeke tongue by Meredith Hanmer, Maister of Arte and student in diuinitie. Last of all herein is contayned a profitable chronographie collected by the sayd translator, the title whereof is to be seene in the ende of this volume, with a copious index of the principall matters throughout all the histories
Author: Eusebius, of Caesarea, Bishop of Caesarea, ca. 260-ca. 340.
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Subject terms: Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 -- Early works to 1800.
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CAP. XVII.

The ende of the persecution and the finall confusion of the tyrant.* 1.1

SUch things had they prepared during y^• whole time of persecution, which in the * 1.2 tenth yeare by the goodnes of God wholy ceased, yet after the eight yeare it begāne somwhat to slacke & relent. for after that the deuine and celestiall grace of God behelde vs with a placable and mercifull countenance, then our princes, euen they which heretofore warred against vs, after a wonderfull manner chaunged their opinion, song a recantation, and quenched that great heate of persecution, with most benigne and milde edicts and constitutions published euery where in our behalfe. The cause of this was not the humanity or compassion (as I may ••o terme it) or benigni∣ty of the princes, being farre otherwise disposed (for they inuented dayly more and more, greuous thinges against vs, successiuely vnto that time, they founde out sundry sleyghtes and newe puni∣ments one after an other) but the apparent countenance of the deuine prouidence reconciled vn∣to his people, withstood the power of mischiefe and quelled the author of impietie, and the wor∣ker of the whole persecution. And yet according vnto the iudgment of God it was behoueable that these things should come to passe, yet vvoe vnto them (sayth the Lorde) by vvhome offence doth* 1.3 rise. Wherefore a plague from aboue lighted on him, firste takinge roote in his fleshe, and after∣wards proceeding euen vnto his soule. there rose vpon a sodayne in the secret partes of his body an impostume or running sore, afterwards in the lower parts of his priueyties a botchye corrupt byle, with a fistula, whence ishued out corrupt matter, eatinge vp the inward bowels, and an vn∣speakeable multitude of lice, swarming out & breathinge a deadly stinche, when as the corpulen∣cy of the whole body through aboundance of meat, before the disease came, was turned into super fluous grossenes, and then beinge growen to matter, yelded an intollerable and horrible spectacle to the beholders. Wherefore of the phisicians, some not able to digest that wonderfull noysome stinche were slayne: some other (by reason of the swellinge throughout the body, there remayned no hope of recouery) beyng not able to helpe at all with theyr phisicke, were cruelly executed thē selues.

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* 1.1

Cap. 16. in the Greeke.

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* 1.2

Anno Do∣mini. 320.

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* 1.3

Math. 18. Luk. 17. God plagued Maximinus the tyrante ••••eng at Tar∣sus, so that he was in a lamē table plight.

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