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¶Circa Annū mundi .v.M.xxxiiij. Et ante xp̄i natiuitatē .C.lxv.

ELeazar of the lyne of cryst was a∣bout this tyme. Of hym no thyn¦ge wryten in scrypture / but y^t Math nom¦breth hym (vt pʐ pri^o) ¶Onias Pius was to the Iewes bysshop this tyme an holy man / & well beloued w^t god & man And not alonely w^t good men but euyll men also. At the last vnryghtwylly was slayne of Adronito (vt pʐ. n. machabco•• ¶Paulus Therencius Scipio Affrica∣nus / these were Senatours at Rome. These two crected an hoste arenst Ha∣nyball / & there almoost the Romayns hope deyed. For there was slayne .〈◊〉〈◊〉.M. Romayns. And this noble Scipio affricanus brought ayen the state of the Romayns people the whiche stode 〈◊〉〈◊〉 dyspayre euer to haue recouered. For he fought w^t Hanyball manly & dis••omf••∣ted hym. All Spayne he ouercame. A••l Affrica he subdued grete Antiochus he brought to be his seruaunt. All 〈◊〉〈◊〉 made trybutary to the Romayns∣this man so noble & so victoryous by his ow¦ne vnkynde coūtree was outlawed and there he deyed. ¶Philo••eto•• the sone Epiphanes of Cleopatra regned in E∣gypte .xxxv. yere. This kynge yet a 〈◊〉〈◊〉 / noble Antiochus gretly oppressed w^t many dysceytes / but the Romayns ••ent Legates / the whiche comaunded Antio∣chus y^t he sholde cesse of his tyranny ayenst hym. And Marcus Publius made a cercle to Antiochus thus l••ynge. The Senatours of Rome & y^e people 〈◊〉〈◊〉 de••the y^• y^• go not out of this 〈◊〉〈◊〉 tyll y^• haue answered to this mater. This An¦tiochus seynge that he myght not conty¦nue his tyranny sayd. Yf it be thus cō∣maunded me of the Senatours & Ro∣mayns people I must nedes towne ayen & so wood angry he was / that he lost the sege of Alexander / & tourned to the poo∣re releues of the Iewas vengynge hym vpon them / by cause he myght not ven∣ge hym on a more myghtyer people (vt pʐ in li^o Machabeo{rum} .ij.)

MAthathias an holy man / and of all louynge moost worthy bated in his herte the conuersacyon of all syn¦ners / alonly trustynge in our lorde god of Israell (vt pʐ primo macha .ij.) And this man had .v. sones of the same loue vnto god. This man was not bysshop in Israel / but his thre sones were. ¶Iu¦das Machabeus was bysshop .iij. yere / & he was sone to Mathathias. This Ma¦chabeus was the moost named man y^t e∣uer was in Israel / the whiche had neuer none lyke hym afore ne after. He was in batayll a myghty man / & offred hym to deye a martyr for y^e lawes of god. ¶Io¦nathas his brother succeded hym .xix. ye¦re. The whiche grewe in vertue / and go¦uerned & stode stedfaste in the lawes of god & after falsely was slayne of Cry∣phone & two of his sones (Plura vide Iuda et frēm eius li. macha) Antiochus Epiphanes sone to Antioch{us} the mygh∣ty this tyme was kynge of Syrry. This man from the heed vnto the feet within & without all was cursyd. And therfore he was fygured to Antecryst. Many mar¦tyrs cruelly he made / & falsely he dyspo∣sed hym to entre in to Egypte as his fa¦der dyde / but he opteyned not / for the Ro¦mayns letted hym. His moost vnhappy werke / & how he was in hostage at Ro∣me / and how the prophecy of Danyell was completed in hym / ye may see in y^e boke of Machabeo{rum}. ¶Quintus Flami¦nius. Marchus Cato. Thiberius Gra∣cius were Senatours of Rome. This ty¦me was so contynuall and so moche ba¦tayll / that lerned men of Gentyles and of the true fayth bothe were wery for to wryte the actes or to haue them in myn¦de. In the whiche bataylles men mer∣uaylled gretly on the stedfastnesse of the Romayns / that no trybulacyon / no dre∣de / no hardynesse myght not fere them / but euer contynued in batayll. And cer∣taynly these Romayns after the worl∣des honeste / they were the moost wysest men that were. And therfore the Macha¦bees desyred ther company.