Prolicionycion [sic]

¶ Capitulum 43

WHan Iulius cesar was slayne Octauianus of Rome xviij yere of age was sente with twey cōsuls for to pursue mar¦cus Antonius. that was than demed open enemy to the comente / for he made insurrection ayenst the Senatours and ayenst hem / that slough Iulius cesar This octauianus was a Romayne / Octauius the senatours sone And come of Eneas on his moder side by the kynrede called Iulia familia and was Iulius cesars neuew of his sister born and his owne sonne adoptiuus and Iu¦lius made him his heyre in his testamēt / Marcus was ouercome at mutina / and the twey consuls dyed by the wey· than had Oc∣tauianus the grete hoostes at his commaundemente ¶Octauian{us} made pees with Marcus Antonius atte desire of one lepydus / that was mayster of the horsmen to hym / Marcus antonius was fledde Than Octauianus cam to Rome in his xx yere of age / and toke the dygnyte and made hym self consul by strengthe / & afterward regned Emperour Lvj yere sex monethes and somme what of dayes that was from the moneth of marche to the firste day of october / In the whiche tyme he regned twelue yere with Antonius and four and fourty yere al one and soo he brought all the worlde in to one principate and lordship ¶ And as the kynges of Rome hadden the name of Iulius Cesar / and were callyd cesares soo they that cam after this octauianus Augustus had the name of hym Augustus Hugo capitulo Augeo This had not that name Augustus only of Augere that is for encreace or make more for he made more & eched the comune pro∣fyte / but for he was born in that moneth Augustus· owther for

For he had th•• vyctory in that moneth of Antonius and of cle¦opatra This augustus was the sone of one Actia Iulius sister doughter Eutropius libro septimo Than augustus the first of his empyre in wreche of Iulius deth exyled the Senatours and chaced brutus and cassius And toke cithero to Antonius paleys in hope of acord cithero was than in lxxij yere ¶Augus¦tinus de ciuitate dei libro tercio capitulo tercio ¶Tullius had fa¦uerd and tendrely kepte octauianus in his yongth ayenste the malyce of Antonius in hope that he sholde helpe moche thempyre and the comune profyte of Rome / Netheles octauianus lete An¦tonius slee tullius cythero as it were by a maner couenaunte of acord Than whan Antonius wold haue kytte of tullius tong for he had wryten moche ayenst him Antonius in blame of him than tullius answerd in metre and sayd. Nought dost thou An¦toni wrytynge shal nedes abyde ¶Eutropius Thanne Octo∣uianus with Antonius slough hem that slough Iulius Cesar. bothe brutus and cassius and grete multitude of other / And af∣terward they deled thempyre bytwene hem / So that Augustus hield spayne gallia and ytaly. and Antonius helde the este lan¦des ¶Valerius libro quarto ¶Porcia the grete catons doughter whan she herde that hir husband Brutus was slaine for she had none egge tole she toke brennynge coles in her mouth / Somme say that ouidius naso the poete was born at pelgius Salustius the aduocate and wryter of storyes dyed at Rome This hadde euer ••nuye to Cythero / he wedded terencia to wyf that Cythero had by dyuorse put from hym & forsaken Therfor cythero made gestes in reproue of salustius ¶Ysidorus libro primo This sa¦lustius was mayster of playes. and put fyrste this l••ttre / K / to t••e latyn lettres for to haue somme dyuersite of sowne bytwene / C / and 9 / Only latyn men vsen this letter K· ¶ Petrus decimo s••ptimo ¶The principate of Iewes fayled and herodes Ascolo¦nita regned in the Iewry six and thyrtty yere / his fader was Antipater of Idumea and his moder was of Arabia ¶Whan Hircanus Aristobolus broder and Antipater / this herodes fader. hadde be frendes and hadden grace of Iulius cesar. as they had∣den bifore of pompeus Hircanus was confermed in the king¦dome of Iewes· but soo that he shold not be callyd kynge And Antipater of Idumea was accused to Iulius of grete fal¦shede / than be shewed openly the wemmes of the four woundes / that he had in egypte therfore Iulius made hym procuratour of

the Iewry Afterward his second sonne herodes that was. af¦terward called ascolonyta for that he repayred the cyte Ascalon / he was made procuratour of galylee whan Antipater was slam by malyce of venym / this herodes had so grete grace of Antonius that of procuratours he made hym and his bretheren four pryn∣ces / Petrus 14 / Atte last this herodes folowed Antonius to Ro¦me and by helpe of him he was declared kynge of the Iewry And crowned. in the capitoyl in presence of themperour Augus∣tus Than this herodes was sente with twey dukes of Rome that sholde put hym in his kyngdome ¶ But Antigonus that occupyed the kingdom of the Iewry in the meane tyme by helpe of the perches he wounded so one of the dukes of Rome / that he¦rodes myght not regne byfore the fourth yere But atte last by helpe of Antonius that▪ was than al Athenes / whan Ierusalē was besieged fyue monethes and vnneth•• taken / herodes was broughte in to his kyngdome the fourth yere of his crownynge And therfor it is that somtyme moo yeres be redde of herodes Petrus This more herodes had nyne wyues & put hem away and wedded one mariammes that was hircanus Ne•••• and ar∣cumcided hym self for hir loue and torned to the sect of the iewes And bygate on hir Alisander and Aristobolus and on desides he bygate Antipater / On metheta he bygate Archelaus. On cleo∣patra he biga•••• philip and herodes antipas that was afterward called tetrarcha one of the four prynces / But this Aristobolus that was herodes sone bygoten on Beronica the doughter of his owne aunt called Saloma / he bygate the grete Agrippa Aristo∣bolus & herodes that was smyten of the Aungel as it is redde in actibus Apostolorum ¶ Also on the forsayd beronica he gate twey doughters mariammes and herodias that was afterward Philippes wyf that was Aristobolus ••ame and vncle / Netheles lyuyng this philip herodyas bycame this herodes wyfe that was Philippes brother / ¶ Atte laste ther fylle stryfe bytwene hir mariammes the more herodes wyf and Saloma hero¦des sister / ¶ And Herodes by counseyl of his sister slough first hircanus the bisshop And afterwarde he slough Ionathas the broder of mariammes that he hadde made bisshop ayenst god∣des lawe in his seuenten yere of age And than he slough his wyf Mariammes and the husbande of his sister Saloma and bare them on hand that they had layne by his sister Saloma

¶ But afterward Herodes for the dethe of Mariammes

fell in to wodenesse as a man that was ofte lunatik that is mad in certayn tymes of the mone and toke agayne his wyf dosides. and hir sone Antipater. And sende Alysaunder and Aristobolus the sonnes of mariamines to Rome for to lerne· But he slough hem afterwarde / Also herodes lefte after him many of his wyse werkes / for he honoured the temple and reparayled Samaria and called it sebasten in worship of cesar / he bylde a temple about the welle of Iordan He fulfylled the byldyng of cesarea in pa∣lestina in worship of cesar He sette an egle of gold that was gre¦te and heuy vpon the yate of the temple that was callyd specio¦sa in worship of the Romayns But the Iewes bare that ful he¦uy & toke it in euyl