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¶Circa annū mundi .v.M.lix. Et an¦te xp̄i natiuitatē .C.xl.

MAthon sone to Sadoch of the ly¦ne of cryst gate Iacob (vt pʐ Ma¦thei .i.) ¶Symon sone to Mathathias was bysshop .viij. yere. This Symon was a very wyse man / & from his youth vntyll his aege was euer of good conuer¦sacyon / euer more vertuous. And at the last he was slayne of his brother Elay. (vt pʐ .i. macha) ¶Iohānes Hircanus sone to Symon / was after his fader .xxix. yere a noble man as all the kynre¦de was before hym. This man after his decesse left his wyf a very wyse woman & his fyue sones to gouerne the Iury / of the eldest was called Aristobolus an vn∣pacyent man & an vnhappy. His owne moder with thre of his yonger brethern he prysoned & slewe them thrugh hungre & so alone he lyued kyng & bysshop one yere (vide plura li. Machabeo{rum}) ¶Pu∣blius Lucimius. Lucius Emilius. Luci∣us Lucinius. Lucius Consorinus were Consules at Rome. In whoos tyme the Cartagynes and the Romayns warred strongely. But the Romayns subdued them / entendynge to haue destroyed the Cartagynes vtterly. But amonge the Romayns ther was a notable wyse mā called Scipio Nauta. And amonge ma¦ny notable counseyllers / two he gaaf specyally to be had in mynde. The fyr∣ste that Cartago sholde not be destroyed that thorugh the occasyon of forand ba∣taylles / a Inwarde concorde sholde aby∣de amonge the Romayns / and a perpe∣tuell strength for contynuell excercyse of batayll. The seconde. That in no wyse the other sholde be buylded in Rome. For he sayd / that was the moost enmye that myght be to the people that vsed warre. For that place nourysshed slouth

and prouoked le••hery. ¶And how wyse¦ly this notable man 〈◊〉〈◊〉 counseyll / the tymes folowynge declareth. (vide plura in Aug. de ciuitate dei. libro .iiij.) ¶Yet for all this counseyll that noble cyte of Cartago was destroyed of Cipio & the Senatours. And it brente .xvij. dayes cō¦tynuelly. Many men there were solde / & many men ranne in to the fyre wylfully ¶Corinth{us} his same yere was destory de of the Romayns / the whiche was the rychest countree of the worlde. ¶Ptholo¦meus this tyme regned in Egypte / and was famylyer with the Romayns. And soo longe he & his predecessours regned as they kepte fydelyte to the Romayns. And knowe euery man / that there was none other cause that the power of the Romayns encreased so strongely aboue other people / but vertue / the whiche ha∣bundantly regned in them / and namely ryghtwysnesse / whiche aboue all thynge they vsed. And as longe as they kepte mesures & loued ryghtwysnesse / so longe they were neuer ouercome. And as soone as they were corrupted / it is radde / they were euercomen. ¶It is had in a cer∣tayne reuelacōn of god shewed to saynt Brygyte that our lorde god bereth wyt∣nesse to these olde Romayns. That no∣ne in this naturell lyf lyued more ryght∣wysly. And what lyghtes of fayth they shewed in the tyme of Crysten religyon shall be shewed afterwarde.