The history of the church from our Lords incarnation, to the twelth year of the Emperour Maricius Tiberius, or the Year of Christ 594 / as it was written in Greek, by Eusebius Pamphilius ..., Socrates Scholasticus, and Evagrius Scholasticus ... ; made English from that edition of these historians, which Valesius published at Paris in the years 1659, 1668, and 1673 ; also, The life of Constantine in four books, written by Eusibius Pamphilus, with Constantine's Oration to the convention of the saints, and Eusebius's Speech in praise of Constantine, spoken at his tricennalia ; Valesius's annotations on these authors, are done into English, and set at their proper places in the margin, as likewise a translation of his account of their lives and writings ; with two index's, the one, of the principal matters that occur in the text, the other, of those contained in the notes.

CHAP. XXVI. How the Jews were vexed with innumerable mischiefs, and how at last they entred upon a war against the Romans.

a 1.1 MOreover Josephus, discoursing at large about the calamities that happened to the whole Jewish nation, makes it manifest in express words, amongst many other things, that a great number of the most eminent personages amongst the Jews, having been cruelly beaten with scourges, were cru∣cified even in Jerusalem by the command of Florus. For it happened that he was Procuratour of Judea, when the war at first broke out, in the twelfth year of Nero's Reign. Afterwards, he says, that

after the revolt of the Jews there followed great and grievous disturbances throughout all Syria, those of the Jewish nation being by the inhabitants of every City every where destroyed as enemies, without all commiseration: In so much that a man might see the b 1.2 Cities filled with dead bodies that lay unburied; and the aged together with the in∣fants cast forth dead, and women not having so much as any covering upon those parts which na∣ture commands to be concealed: and the whole c 1.3 Province was full of unspeakable calamities: But the dread of what was threatned was greater and more grievous than the mischiefs every where perpetrated.

Thus much Josephus relates word for word. And such was the posture of the Jews affairs at that time.

Notes

• a 1.1

  At these words I be∣gan the chapter, following the autho∣ritie of the Kings M. S. But in the Maz. M. S. we found ano∣ther rea∣ding, and a different distincti∣on. For that begins the cha∣pter from these words (which are the conclu∣sion of the foregoing chapter) [And ••hu•• much I have rela∣ted, &c.] and it points the whole place thus, [And thus much I have related that the History here∣of might be yet farther confirmed. Moreover, Josephus, discoursing, &c.] and puts the full point after these words [makes it manifest in express words.] The same reading is observed by the Med. and Fuk. M. SS. But the reading and punctation in the Kings M. S. seems to me to be much better; which both Nicephorus and Rufinus followed. I had almost forgot to put you in mind, that these words [〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉] in the title of this chapter, ought to be taken adverbially; for so Rufinus translates it; Ut innumeris Judaei malis afflicti sint, ac novissimè contra Romanos arma moverint. Vales.
• b 1.2

  These are the words of Josephus in his second Book of the Jews wars, pag. 814. Edit. Genev.
• c 1.3

  In the original 'tis here 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉; in Josephus and Nice∣phorus 'tis written 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. By the Province we must in this place understand Judea, which after the death of Agrippa the Elder was reduced into the form of a Province, and governed by Procura∣tours sent from the Emperour. Vales.