The thre bokes of cronicles, whyche Iohn Carion (a man syngularly well sene in the mathematycall sciences) gathered wyth great diligence of the beste authours that haue written in Hebrue, Greke or Latine Whervnto is added an appendix, conteynyng all such notable thynges as be mentyoned in cronicles to haue chaunced in sundry partes of the worlde from the yeare of Christ. 1532. to thys present yeare of. 1550. Gathered by Iohn Funcke of Nurenborough. Whyche was neuer afore prynted in Englysh. Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum.
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The thre bokes of cronicles, whyche Iohn Carion (a man syngularly well sene in the mathematycall sciences) gathered wyth great diligence of the beste authours that haue written in Hebrue, Greke or Latine Whervnto is added an appendix, conteynyng all such notable thynges as be mentyoned in cronicles to haue chaunced in sundry partes of the worlde from the yeare of Christ. 1532. to thys present yeare of. 1550. Gathered by Iohn Funcke of Nurenborough. Whyche was neuer afore prynted in Englysh. Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum.
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Carion, Johannes, 1499-1537 or 8.
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[Imprynted at London :: [By S. Mierdman] for Gwalter Lynne, dwellynge on Somers Keye, by Byllinges gate. In the yeare of our Lord M.D.L. And they are to be solde in Paules church yarde, nexte the great Schole, at the sygne of the sprede Egle,
[1550]]
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"The thre bokes of cronicles, whyche Iohn Carion (a man syngularly well sene in the mathematycall sciences) gathered wyth great diligence of the beste authours that haue written in Hebrue, Greke or Latine Whervnto is added an appendix, conteynyng all such notable thynges as be mentyoned in cronicles to haue chaunced in sundry partes of the worlde from the yeare of Christ. 1532. to thys present yeare of. 1550. Gathered by Iohn Funcke of Nurenborough. Whyche was neuer afore prynted in Englysh. Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A17967.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 16, 2025.
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Of the Machabees kynred.
MAtathias exhorted hys chylderen,* 1.1 to resist Antiochus, and these rayg∣ned in order by successiō, as princes.
Iudas Machabeus the first, van¦quyshed* 1.2 the capytaynes of Antio∣chus Epiphanes, and recouered the temple wythin thre yeare, and had notable victo∣ries. But assone as he had conspyred wyth the Ro¦manes,* 1.3 makyng a league wyth them, he was slayn, and dyed. For God wyll not haue vs to leane to mans helpe, but that we shoulde sett oure truste in hym. He raygned v. yeares.
Ionathas raygned nyneten yeare: he toke part* 1.4 wyth Alexander, which vsurped the kyngdome in Syria. Afterwarde was he slayne of Triphon, ve∣ry vnfaythfully. He had an vnhappye ende, for be∣cause
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he trusted too the ayde of naughty and sedi∣tious men.
Simon reigned eight yeare: he ouercame An∣tiochus* 1.5 Gryphus. He was at the last slayn by trea∣son, of his owne brother in lawe.
Ioannes Hircanus was Simons sonne: the sa∣me* 1.6 reigned syx and twenty yeare. In his tyme be∣sieged Antiochus Gryphus Ierusalem, but by ge∣uyng of mony was he apeased, and breakyng vp the syege, left the citie. Afterward gat Hircanus Sa∣maria.