Iustinus Iunior.
IVstinivs the Nephew of Iustinianus by his daghter, and an earnest follower of Iustinius, was for that cause alway nourished in court. He was of an easie disposition, and giuen to deserue the good opinion of men, by hie own li∣berality, by Iustinianvs he was proclaimed Emperor. He made a leagu with [ B] the Persians, remitting the annuall tribute which was payed to them by the Romaines. The Lumbards a people of Germany, by the perswasion of Narses, whom the Emperour had vniustly prescribed broke into Italy, which from Albuinvs vnto Desiderivs by the space of three hundred & foure years they held distinguished into seueral regiments. For Sophia wrot vnto Narses, who was an Euunuch that hee shoulde reture to spin womens worke. To whome Narses returned to this answer, that he would spin such a thread, as she shold neuer be able to breake. Iustinivs fell from his liberality to auarice, and also from true christianity to the heresie of Pelagivs, sending Longivs into the place of Narses (whom he had set at liberty) and instituted the Exarchatship [ C] a new kind of Magistracy.
This was ordained after christ fiue hundred threescore and eleuen years, and in the foure thousand fiue hundred and thirty fourth year of the world. By this Iustinyus, that he should be the Viceroy of the Empyre in Italy, and shoulde haue power to confirme the election of Popes, it endured one hun∣dred threescore and foure yeares. This Iustinius dyed through a sickenesse in his feet, in the eleuenth yeare of his raigne. In his time the Armenians recei∣ued the christian faith, and Monothelites spread their heresie, against whom he assembled a hundred and fifty Bishops at Consiantinople in counsell to con∣demne them. In which sinode it was permitted to the Greeke priests ro retain [ D] wiues but not to the Latines.