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. XXXVIII. That the Emperour arriving at the City Constan∣tinople, and being reproach't by the people upon account of the Goths, marches out of the City against the Barbarians. And coming to an in∣gagement with them near Adrianople, a City of Macedonia, is slain by them; after he had lived fifty years, and Reigned sixteen.

[MOreover,] the Emperour Valens coming into Constantinople about the thirtieth of May, in his own sixth and in Valentinianus Junior's second Consulate, finds the people in a ve∣ry sad and dejected condition. For the Barbarians, who had already overrun and ruined Thracia, did now plunder and destroy the very Suburbs of Constantinople; there being then no Forces ready that were fit to make a resistance against them. But when the Barbarians attempted to make nearer approaches, even to the very City walls, the Citizens were grievously troubled thereat; and murmured against the Emperour, as if he himself had brought the Enemy thither, and because he did not forthwith march out a∣gainst them, but deferred the War against the Barbarians. Moreover, when the Cirque Sports were exhibited, all with one consent exclaimed against the Emperour, because he was negligent of the publick affairs. They cried out therefore with a great deal of earnestness, Give us Arms, and we our selves will fight. The Emperour was highly incensed at the hearing of these Exclama∣tions against himself: and about the eleventh of June a 1.1 marches out of the City, threatning that if he returned, he would punish the Constanti∣nopolitans, both for the reproaches they then cast upon him, and also because they had here∣tofore been Abettours of Procopius's Tyranny. Having therefore said, that he would totally de∣molish the City, and * 1.2 Plough it up, he march't out against the Barbarians. Whom he drove a great way from the City; and pursued them as far as Adrianople a City of Thracia, situate in the Frontiers of Macedonia. Ingaging the Bar∣barians at that place, he ended his life on the ninth of August, in the now mentioned Con∣sulate. This was the fourth year of the b 1.3 two hundreth eighty ninth Olympiad. 'Tis reported by some, that he was destroyed by fire, after he had taken refuge in a certain Village, which the Barbarians assaulted and burnt. But others affirm, that having changed his Imperial habit, he ran into the midst of the main body of Foot: and when the Horse attempted a defection, and refused fighting; the Roman Foot were surroun∣ded [by the Barbarians,] and wholly cut off in the ingagement: amongst whom ('tis said) the Emperour lay, but was not known, his Im∣perial habit (whereby it might have been mani∣fested which was he,) being not upon him. He died after the fiftieth year of his age, having Governed the Empire thirteen years with his Brother, and Reigned three years after him. This Book containes [an account of affairs during] the space of sixteen years.

Notes

• a 1.1

  The rea∣ding must be [〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, marches out;] not [〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, passes by.] Moreover, the same days [which Socrates here assignes for Valens's entry into, and march out of, Constantinople,] are recorded in Idatius's Fasti, in these words: Valente VI. & Valentiniano Is. &c. In Valens's sixth and Va∣lentinianus's second Consulate, Valens Augustus entred Constantinople, from the East, on the third of the Calends of June [that is, the thirtieth of May.] And on the same year Valens Augustus went out of the City to the Fort on the third of the Ides [that is, the eleventh] of June. Vales.
• * 1.2

  The Ancients made use of a Plough, both at their de∣molishing, and also at their rai∣sing of a City. See Horace, Carm. Lib. 1. Od. 16.
• b 1.3

  It should be 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, not 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. It was usu∣all with Transcri∣bers of books, for brevities sake, to write these words thus. For they wrote 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, and 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, in∣stead of 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 and 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. Vales.