The first part of the diall of daies containing 320. Romane triumphes, besides the triumphant obelisks and pyramydes of the Aegyptians, the pillers, arches, and trophies triumphant, of the Græcians, and the Persians, with their pompe and magnificence: of feastes and sacrifices both of the Iewes and of the Gentils, with the stately games and plaies belonging to these feastes and sacrifices, with the birthes and funeral pomps of kinges and emperours, as you shall finde more at large in the 2. part, wherein all kind of triumphes are enlarged. By Lodowick Lloid Esquire.

The 20 daie

THe Senators were wont to meete altogether as vpon this day in the Capitoll, and there both dined and supped that night, feasting and banquetting in the honour of Romulus their first founder and first King. Uppon this day it was not lawfull to kill any beast for sacrifice, they kept it so solemne and so religious, for Romulus was so fauoured among the olde Romanes, that long after his death they named him Quirinus

and sacrificed vnto him vnder that name.

Constantinus the fift surnamed Capronimus so called ••or that he defiled his crisme at the font when he was baptised sig∣num impietatis futurae, as Iustine saith, this was the sonne of Leo Isaurius, who abolished Idols and Images, this Capro∣nimus as vpon this day, was by his father created Emperour with him to gouerne, 720.

Mauritius Emperour of Constantinople a Cappadocian borne, of a poore Notarie became Emperour, vanquished the Persians, and the Armenians, he repressed the Longobards in Italie, and with many moe victories gouerned the empire with both courage and wisdome, but for his extreame auarice, not paying vnto the souldiers their wages, he with his two sonnes Theodosius and Tiberius were slaine by Phocas that succee∣ded him, as vpon this day, of this he was admonished in sleepe by a dreame, as Iustine and Scotus affirmeth, 603.

Heraclius the sonne of Heracleona, Emperour of Con∣stantinople, vpon this daye got a triumphant victorie ouer the Persians, with fire and sworde both in Persia and in Medea, he let lose Romane captiues and prisoners 50 thousand, hee persecuted their king Cosroes into Media, burning & killing: this Heracli••s was the only scourge of Persea, during whose time Cosroes could neuer gouerne his kingdome, neither stay in Persea, but from place to place persecuted by Heraclius, vntil Cosroes was slaine by his owne sonne Hormisda, to get his kingdome.

Notes

• Romulus
• Pant lib. 4 Iustin.
• Iustin. & Scotus.
• Diac. lib. 2 Functius.