Inslinius thrax.
IVstinius the Thracian, diseended basely by Father and Mother, being first a swine-hearde, then a Neat-hearde, and last of all a seruaunt to a Wood∣monger. He became a souldior being but sixteene yeare old, and growing actiue and prompt, therin to offend the enimy, was taken in the Army, from whence arrising through all offices, to the gouernment of the Pretory, he was made Consail-After the death of Anastasius, a certaine rich Euunuche came vnto him who was a seruant to the sormer Emp. bringing him a great [ G] sim of mony to bribe the souldiors, that Theccritianus might be made Emp. Iasinius biting at this bait, and knowing how to help himselfe with that mo∣ny, bo••ght the Empire for himselfe, and then put Amantianus and Theocriti∣anus to death for conspiring against him, and in the ninth yeare of his raign, he adopted his sisters son Iustinianus in the Calends of April, and made him co-partner in the Empire, and then dyed in the fourth month after that. He raigne•• nine yeares and two monethes, being of a good and so and religion, for he b••••ished all the Ar••iaus, receiued Germans very curteously sent vnto him f••om H••mis••la Bishop of Rome, for restoring right beleeuing christians to those plac••s from which Anastasius had remoued them. He ordained the counsel 〈◊〉〈◊〉 should be inuiolably obserued: and he restored to his great [ H] costs, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 and carynth ouerthrown by Earth-quakes.