The historie of Iustine Containing a narration of kingdomes, from the beginning of the Assyrian monarchy, vnto the raigne of the Emperour Augustus. VVhereunto is newly added a briefe collection of the liues and manners of all the emperours succeeding, vnto the Emp. Rodulphus now raigning. First written in Latine by that famous historiographer Iustine, and now againe newly translated into English, by G.W.

Phocas.

PHocas captaine of the band, on the borders of Scithia, was chosen Emp. by the damned Army which he led, who quickly forgat M••uricius, and [ H] was not warned by his destruction to bewar of couetousnes, but in more greedy maner exacted many tributes, and kept golde more closely, with his courtiers who after the Persian maner disposed all thinges for they gaue au∣dience to Ambassadors, sat in iudgement and bestowed Offices, then which things is more wretched and blameable in a chiese ruler.

They were his greatest fauorites, who made the greatest hauock of the com∣mon

people, and he payed the Souldiers very sparingly. H•• declared the Ro∣maine Bishop, by the sollicitation of Bonifacius the thi••d, vni••ersall and ch••efe Bishop of the world. And by his sloath and negligence, the Empire of Rome lost all strength, consisting onely in a bare title, and it was brought to passe that either the name of an Empire must be laid aside, or else Ph••cas must d••e. There was one Priscus Patricius the sonne in law of Heracleonas, a great 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of the Emperor, his son Heraclius was P••opraetor and gouerned A••••rique, these three conspired to kill the Emperor, Heracleon who was capta•••• o•• the Wa••re, raised an army and brought it into Thracia, vnder colour to resist the Barbari∣ans, and to defend that region. Heraclius came out of Affrique into Constanti∣nople, [ A] least his father should be suspected to r••bel, and so they met at a set time, and of purpose made a tumult, and while the P••ae••orian Souldiers ranne to ap∣pease it, the ••ilthy Emp. was by the traitors beheaded in the thirteenth yeare of his raigne.