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CHAP. XV. That when the Emperour had banished Evagrius and Eustathius, the Arians sorely oppressed and afflicted the Homoöusians.
UPon the doing hereof, the Arians renewed their persecution against the Homoöusians a∣fresh. What had hapned, soon came to the Empe∣rours knowledge, who fearing, least a Sedition, cau∣sed by a contention of the multitude, should ruine the City, sent some Forces from Nicomedia to Con∣stantinople: and gave order, that both persons, as well he that was ordained, as he that had ordained him, should be apprehended, and banished, the one to one place, the other to another. Eustathius therefore was exiled to a 1.1 Bizua a City of Thracia; and Evagrius was conveyed away to another place. These things having been performed after this manner, the Arians, growing more insolent and bold, sorely afflicted the Catholicks: [some∣times] they beat them, [at others] they gave them contumelious language; [some] they shut up in prison, [others] they punished with Pecu∣niary Mulcts; in fine, they practised all sorts of afflictive and most unsufferable mischiefs against them. Which when they were unable to endure, they went to the Emperour, [with a design] to beseech him, that they might, in some measure at least, be freed from the Violence [of the Arians.] But, [although] they had proposed this design to themselves, [yet] they were wholly frustrated of their hope, because they expected to obtain it from him, who had been the Authour of their injurious usage.