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 4.

HEnry the 4. (but with Ignatius the third) sonne of the last Henry, was a Prince addicted to all wicked and vngodly course, and by Gregory the seuenth (otherwise called Heldebrand, to whom he was aduersary) declared an enemy of the church, and interdicted. Wher at finding himself agreeued, he leuied an Army, and taking with him Clement, whom he had [ F] created Bishop in Germany, came to Rome, where he ouerthrew the chur∣ches of S. Peter and Paule, and besiedged Gregory. His mother Agnes, a woman of excellent Wisedome, he depriued from all gouernment, for that she rebuked him in these his courses. He ouerthrew Rodulph, elected Empe. by the Princes, at the instigation of Gregory. What in him lay, he hindered the iourny of the christian Princes to the Holy lande. At last being taken by his son Henry, whom he had chosen Emperor, and committed to prison at Leyden in the xlviii. yeare of his raigne, hee departed this life, through the loathsome stincke of the prison. Heldebrand sent the imperiall crowne to Ro∣dulph with this inscription: Petra dedit Petro, Petrus diadema Rodulpho, mea∣ning, [ G] that as Christ gaue soueraigne authority to the church, so the church had power to bestow it againe on Princes.