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. IV. How many of those who had been instructed by him, became Martyrs.

THe first of them was the aforementioned Plutarchus, whom (when he was led to Execution) * 1.1 he of whom the discourse is, ac∣companied to the last hour of his life, and again wanted little of being kill'd by the men of his own City, as seeming the cause of Plutarchus's death. But then also the providence of God preserv'd him. Next to Plutarch the second of Origen's disciples, that was a Martyr, was Serenus. Who by fire gave a triall of the faith which he had re∣ceiv'd. Heraclides was made the third Martyr of the same School. The fourth after him was a 1.2 Heron. Both which persons were beheaded, the former of them while he was yet learning the Principles of Christianity, the latter when he was newly b 1.3 Baptiz'd. Besides these, another Serenus, dif∣ferent from the former, is declared the fifth Champion of Piety [who came out] of this School. Who, 'tis reported, was punish'd with the loss of his head, after a most patient suf∣ferance of many Torments. And of women,

c 1.4 Heraïs, who as yet was learning the Principles of Christianity, did, as he himself somewhere says, depart this life, having received Baptism by fire.

Notes

• * 1.1

  That is Origen.
• a 1.2

  Christo∣phorson calls him Heronex.
• b 1.3

  〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, i. e. newly Ba∣ptized. 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 in Gregory and Chrysostom, and many other di∣vines is pecullarly us'd in this sence to Baptize, and rendred by the Translatours Baptizare.
• c 1.4

  I long since con∣jectured it should be [〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉] in one word, not [〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉] two words; which conjecture I found confirmed by the Kings, and Fuk. M. SS. Rufinus agrees hereto, who translates this place thus, Sed & mulicres plurimae, in quibus Hera quaedam Catechumena. 'Tis a proper name derived from Juno, who is called in Greek 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉: whence comes 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, Heraiscus, the name of an Egyptian Philosopher, concerning whom see Suidas. The Greoks celebrate the memory of this Herais on the fourth, or rather the fifth day of March, as 'tis in the Menologie set forth by Canisius. I am not certain whether this person be the same with Irais the Alexandrian Virgin, who in the Roman Martyrologie is said to have suffered Martyrdom (to∣gether with some others) at the City Antinoe on September 22. In Cardinal Sirletus's Menologie, at the fifth of September these words occur; Natalis B. Martyris Rhaïdis, quae igne consumpta est; i. e. the birth-day of the B. Martyr Rhaïs, who was burnt. This is the same whom Eusebius mentions here. Therefore there were three Heraïs's; the first is she mentioned in the Menaeum, at the fifth day of March: the second Heraïs is the Catechumen, of whom mention is made in the Me∣nologie, on the fifth of September: the third Heraïs the Egyptian Vir∣gin, born at a place called Tamma; whose fathers name was Peter, a Presbyter: she suffered Martyrdom when she was twelve years old, as 'tis in the M••n••um, at the 23^d of September: where she is called Hieraïs: in the Roman Martyrologic she is termed, Iraïs. Vales.