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

CAP. XXIII.* 1.1

ƲƲhen as all the synode came not vnto the Emperour, Eusebius together with that crue, framed a newe accusation against Athanasius: that he shoulde report he woulde stay the carying of corne from Alexandria to Constantinople. wher∣at the Emperour being moued, banished Athanasius in∣to Fraunce.

THe aforesayd letters of the Emperour, sett the whole councell together by the eares, so that diuers of them returned home to their cities. but Eusebius, Theognis, Maris, Patrophilus, Vr∣sacius, and Valens gott them to Constantinople, they reason no longer of the broken cup, or the table that was ouerthrowen, or of Arsenius that was sayd to be murthered: but they frame them selues, to forge out an other accusation. They informe the Emperour, that Athanasius threatned* 1.2 he woulde cause, that no corne shoulde be conueyed from Alexandria (as they then vsed) to Con∣stantinople: and that Adamantius, Annubyon, Arbathion and Peter that were Bishops, hearde it out of Athanasius his owne mouth. but then truely the accusation is like to be hearde, when the ac∣cuser carieth creditt with his person. The Emperour was wonderfully moued at this, and tooke great indignation against Athanasius, exiled him, & commaunded that he should abide in Fraunce. some report that the Emperour did it for this pollicie, * 1.3 to see whether with his absen••e, he coulde reduce the Church to vnitie and concorde. for Athanasius was the man that woulde in no wise com∣municate with the Arians, being exiled he ledd his life at Triuere a city in Fraunce.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Cap. 35. in the Greeke.
• * 1.2

  Athanasius is accused by the Arians.
• * 1.3

  Socrat. li. 2. cap. 2. in the epistle of Cō stātinus sayth so.