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.

Henry 2.

HEnry the second of this name, a Bavarian, surnamed claudus, either the sonne of the first Otho, or Nephew by his daughter, being chosen Emperor by the electors, according to the instituion of Gregory, in the yeare of our Lord 1003. deferred his iourney into Italy, by the space of xii. years. He had much to do with the French, but more with the people of Mets. Being crowned at Rome by Benedict the eight, he remoued to c••p••a, and expulsed the Saracens out of Italy. He besieged Troia in the borders of Apulia, [ D] where once Hanniball pitched his camp, and was builte by the Greekes, and tooke it by composition. Historians do much commend this Henry, that be∣ing a most christian prince, hee liued alwaies chast with his wife 〈◊〉〈◊〉. Hauing ouerthrown the hungars, he petswaded them to christianity by rea∣sons and importunat intreaties, giuing withall his daughter in marriage, to Stephenk of hungary: when he had gouernd the Emzelously & religiously

eight years he died, and was buried at Vrāberg, Conradus the ii. a Frenchman, being lawfully chosen his successor by the electors, for the integrity of his life, and the miracles after his death, he was admitted into the Cathalogue of Saints.