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.

The yeare of Christ .CC. lv••••.

VAlerianus the .xxviii. Emperoure raygned* 1.1 syxe yeares. He was chosen Emperoure of the hoost in hygh Germany, and the Senate confirmed the same. For he was borne of a moste noble kynred at Rome, and had behaued hymselfe valiauntly in Germany.

At the laste was he taken of kynge Sapores* 1.2 by the Perses, and lyued in moost vyle seruyce For the barbarus king was so haut and presumptuous, that whan he had taken the Emperoure, he vsed hym for a chayre: and whan he wolde ride, he trode vpon the backe of Valerianus lyenge on hande and fete, and so stept on hys horse backe. But Sapores was lykewyse punyshed by Odena••us the Ro∣mane captayne.

GAlienus sonne to Valerianus the xxix. Em∣perour,* 1.3 gouerned y^e Empyre with his father▪ & after that the father was taken, he raigned nyne yeares. He was learned in good sciences, but lyuynge in greate excesse and dronkennesse, he gouerned but slowly the empyre, wherefore it mynyshed in many contryes. In the meane season was Posthumus made captayne of the hooste in* 1.4 Germany, whofor the singular endeuour to accom¦plysh his duety▪ was made Emperour of the hoost. But whan Galyenus had sent hys army agaynst Posthumus, he appoynted amonge the rest the Frankes to be in the hooste. And by thys occasyon were the Frankes fyrst steared to warre, the which afterwarde also, whan Posthumus was slayne

by sayenge of wayte and treason, remayned stylle in harnesse: the whyche we wyll also treate of here after, whan we shall treate of Carolus magnus. But we wolde lyghtely shew thys, lest the reader* 1.5 shulde be ignorant what was the occasyon why the Frankes dyd fyrst set them selues agaynst the Ro∣manes: and by the same meanes became they mygh¦ty in Germany and Fraunce. Of thys maner than beganne the Gotthyes fyrste to destroye the Ro∣mane domynyon, afterwarde the Frankes, and so forth other nacyons, so that I passe ouer in the me∣ane season that great slaughter, that the Perses in the East haue done.

Notes

• * 1.1

  〈…〉〈…〉an••••s.
• * 1.2

  Sapores kyng of the Perses. An example of great pre∣sumption.
• * 1.3

  〈…〉〈…〉e.
• * 1.4

  Posthumus.
• * 1.5

  The Fran∣kes settinge themselues against the Romanes.