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 17, 2025.
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Vacation of the Empyre.
WHan thys Wiliam was dead, the empire stode with out a certayne emperoure se¦uentene yeares, and that not wythout great destruction of the Germane naci∣on. Thys mischaunge grewe by the cyuyl warres, that were raysed in the empyre by the bysh. of Ro. Now whan the debate was rysen amonge the E∣lectors* 1.1 for the choyse, some chose Alfonsus kyng of Spayne Emperoure, because he was a very wyse man, and endued with notable vertues. As for thys Alfonsus is he, who not only had hys plea∣sure in the science of Astronomye, but also aug∣mented
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and amēded the study thereof with many bokes wrytten. Thoughe Alfonsus was admony∣shed by the byshop of Rome to take vpon hym the Emperyall maiestye: yet refused he it earnestly, be∣cause of the vncertayn faythfulnesse and vnstable concord of the Romysh Byshops wyth the Empe∣rours. The other parte of the Electors chose Ri∣chard, the king of Englandes brother, and brought hym vntyll Basyll: but he was not accepted of the Empyre.
Alexander the .iiij. succeded after Innocentius. At thys time lyued Albertus the greate. and Tho¦mas Aquinas.
Vrbanus the .iiij. was after Alexander.
Clemens the .iiij. succeded Vrbanus. Thyssame caused Conradynus Conradus sonne to be be∣headed.
Whan Clemens was deade, was the see voyde two yeares through the dissension of choysynge a Byshop at the last was Gregorius the .x. chosen. The same admonyshed the Electors in the begyn∣nynge of hys byshopryck, to choyse agayne an Em∣peroure wyth egall consent, leste the state of the em¦pyre dyd wholy decaye.