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¶Capitulum 32

THolemeus lagus sonne regned after Alysaunder in egypt fourty yere and was cleped sauiour and had a surname Sother he putto Siria to his kyngdome & werred with the Ie∣wes that were ydel in the holy day and toke prysonners of hem and sette hem to sale ¶ In his dayes dyed Iadus bisshop of Iewes After Iadus his sonne Onias was bisshop

After hym Symon the rightful After hym his broder Elea∣zarus This tholomeus was soo stronge that he restored Pir∣rus kyng of epurtes to his kyngdome ayene after that his ene∣myes had put him oute of his kyngdome ¶ And he ouercome demetrius Antigonus sone & restored som of the kingdom to Sa¦lencus kyng of Siria / for the kyngdome was bynome Selen∣cus byfore ¶ Agathocles vsed tyrannye in Syracusa / Of his wonderful begynnyng me redeth in Trogus bookes

Tholomeus toke Iherusalem by fraude and gyle and toke many Iewes prysonners and sold hem for couetyse ¶ Theophratus the philosophre had that name theophratus for his noble spe¦kynge of god Almyghty ¶ This theofratus and menandis be in theyr floures ¶ Fro this yere the historye of ma••hebeis acompted the kyngdome of grece regnum grecorum ¶ About this tyme Selencus kynge of Siria bylde Antyochia Leodicia and selencia / ¶ The grete Symon Onias sonne is in his pro∣speryte and is cleped rightful for his rightful byleue and wor∣shipyng of god ¶ The tarentes dyd grete vyleny to the mes¦sagiers of Rome / therfor they toke with hem pirrus kyng of E∣pyrotes with four score thousand fote men and vij M / horsmen and twenty olyfauntes ayenst the Romaynes but pirrus was

ouercome in the thyrdde fyghtynge and torned home ayene to his owne countrey. ¶After this the tarentines and the cartagy¦nenses to geder werred ayenst the Romaynes and reysed the ba¦taylles that be cleped bella punica Eutropius Pirrus ouer∣come the Romayns in the first batayll and occupyed ytaly vnto the cyte prenestes xviij myle fro Rome ¶ And sente hem the prisoners that were taken a lyue without raunsome and buryed al that were slayne ¶And whan he beheld them lye with gri∣sely woundes and sterne terrible and cruel he heef vp his hand and sayde that he myghte be lorde of the world yf he had suche knyghtes ¶ Pirrus profered the fourth part of his kyngdom that he hadde geten / to one fabricius messagyer of Rome to holde with hym and be on his syde ¶ And fabricius wold not assē¦te· Than pirrus sente one cin••a with grete yeftes in message to the Romaynes and desired pees with skylful condicion

Trogus decimo septimo But he foūde no mannes hows that wold receyue his yeftes but was put of / and the prysone••s that were sente agayne were sklaunderd for euermore for they we¦re taken prysonners whyle they were armed Titus Cyneas came ayene and sayde to pirrus that he hadde sene the contreye of kynges· and sayde that nygh al that were there were such as pir¦rus was holden among his owne men Than in the seconde ba∣taylle pirrus was ouercome and his olyfauntes were slayne & twenty thousand of his men· For as Isoder sayth the Romain•• hadde ordeyned swyfte yonglynges sittynge by hynde horsmen· the whiche yonge men lept downe lyghtly in the fyghtyng and clawed and froted the Olyfauntes in the forheede with hors combes vnto the olyfauntes fylle downe and dyed right there ¶ Than pirrus was ouercome and went in to tarente and say∣led thens in to grece there he was afterward slayne Valerius ¶Pirrus fabricius hadde castels nyghe to geders and Pirrus Phicicien came to fabricius and promysede hym / that be wolde take to hym his lorde yf he wolde yeue to hym a couenable mede

¶ Than this fabricius bounde this Phicicien and sente hym to his lorde and messagyers to warne hym of the treson and of the falseheede / than the kyng wondred and sayde. ¶ This is Fabricius that is harder to be tourned oute of honneste / than is the Sonne to be tourned oute of his cours ¶ Titus / ¶ Pirrus was praysed of the Tarentines to werre ayenste the Romaynes And he axede of Appolyn what ynde the bataylle

shold haue / And Appolyn answerd hym Amphibolyce. that is / he that yaue him answer of double vnderstondyng ¶ It may befalle the pirrus to scomfit the romayns / Pirrus was cō∣fortid with. this answer & cam to eraclea the Cyte of Sampnia there the Romaynes the fyrst daye were a ferd of· the horrible gretenesse and shappe and smelle of Olyfauntes and fledde away for drede but in the second batayll pirrus was soore woū∣ded in his arme and went his wey thens In many places of ytaly blood sprang and ranne oute of welles and rayne of mil¦ke cam downe fro henen Selencus kyng of Siria toke many ie¦wes in to the cytees of his kyngdom and graunted hem as grete worship as the grekes had Eleazarus Symons broder is bis∣shop of Iewes The Romaynes buylde beneuent in Sāpmū / ¶ Gaufr / and Alfr ¶ Aboute this tyme Morindus the cruel sonne of dauius regned in brytayne his moder was called tan∣gustela and was dauius concubine This morindus did many cruel dedes and was eten atte laste of a grete beest of the see· and lefte after hym fyue sonnes / the first was callyd gorbomanus he loued wel rightwysenesse and regned a while and dyed Than the second sonne archgallo regned cruelly and atte last by the peple was putte out. Than the thyrd sone Elydurus a mild man and softe was made kynge and after fyue yere of his kyngedome he hunted in a wode called calcum that nowe is cal∣led Caltras besides Yorke. ¶ Gaufr ¶ Beside the Cyte Acliut he fonde his broder Archgallo maskyng that was putte oute of his kyngdome and kepte hym pryuely in his chambre and lay in his bed and feyned hym seke and sent for the lordes of the land and compellyd hem to restore his broder to the kyng∣dom / than archgallo regned ten yere and dyed ¶ Than Elydurus was restored efte to the kyngdome / but his twey other bretheren vygenius and Peridurus werred with hym and pri¦sonned hym in Trynouantum that is London̄ / and they twey regned by tymes eyther after other and dyed atte last ¶ Than Elydurus was take oute of prysonne and restored to the kyngedome the thyrdde tyme and lyued afterward in pees to his lyues ende / ¶ After hym two and thyrtty kynges reg∣ned among the brytayns eueryche after other / among the which kyng bledgaret passed all his predecessours in musicke & in me¦lodye· soo that he was called god of gle men After that hely regned fourty yere and lefte thre noble sonnes a lyue after him