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.

ANcient Writers were wont, before their Books, to set an Index [or, Contents] of the Chapters; to the end, the Readers might know, at first sight as 'twere, what was treated of in each Book. Now this was usually done by them two ways. For they either prefixt the Contents of all the Books together, before their whole work; as Plinius Secundus has done in his Books of Natural History. Or else their usage was, to set the Contents of the Chapters before each Book; as Our Eusebius has done in His Eccle∣siastick History. For 'tis not to be doubted, but Eusebius did Himself make these Contents or Titles of the Chapters, and set them before His Books of History, as they now occur. We may indeed observe, that in these Contents Eusebius does always Speak of Himself in the first person. For instance, after the Contents of the Chapters of the Second Book, these words occur; 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. That is, Note, that this Book was collected by us, out of the Writings of Clemens, Tertullian, Josephus, and Philo. Besides, in His Seventh Book, these are the Contents of the last Chapter. 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, &c. That is, Concerning those Ecclesiastick persons who were famous in Our Own age, &c. Whence it may plainly be gathered, that Eusebius the Compiler of this History, was the Authour of The Con∣tents of the Chapters, also. Besides, Rufinus, who rendred the Books of Ecclesiastick History into Latine, about Six hundred years after Eusebius's death, found the same Contents in His Greek Copy, which now occur in Our Copies. And this is apparent from Rufinus's Manuscript Copies, one of which, written out above Seven hundred years since, I have in my Custody. For in them, the Contents of the Chapters are always set before every Book, in the same order wherein they are now placed in Our Greek Manuscript Copies. And Rufinus calls them Capitula. But Cassiodorus, in His Preface to the Tripartite History, terms them righter Titulos; as does like∣wise S^t Cyprian, in His Exhortation to Martyrdom [written] to Fortunatus. Compendium feci, says He, ut propositis titulis, quos quis noscere debeat & tenere; Capitula Dominica Subnecterem. Where you see that Tituli are distinguished from Capitula. Moreover▪ Suidas, in the word 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, and in the word 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, remarks that Tituli differ from Capitula. For instance, S^t Matthew [He says] contains Sixty eight Tituli, but Three hundred fifty five Capitula; and so concerning the other Gospels. Capitulum is properly a part of a Book, which contains the entire Narrative of some one thing. But Titulus is an Index set above the Capitulum; and sometimes One Titulus or Title contains many Capita or Chapters, as may be seen in The Pandects of the Civil Law. The same thing was heretofore visible in S^t Matthew's Gospel, which had more Chapters than Titles, as Suidas does attest. So also in the other Gospels. For, that passage which occurs in Suidas, namely, that S^t Mark had fourty eight Tituli, and but thirty six Capita, is faulty, and instead of thirty six, it must be mended thus, two hundred thirty three, as may be plainly gathered from The Canons of the Gospels which Our Eusebius composed. But sometimes each Titulus does answer each Capitulum, as tis in these Books of Ecclesiastick History. And in the Mazarine and Medicaean Copies, The Titali or Contents of each▪ Book are prefixed, together with the Numeral Notes, or, Figures. But in The Fuketian Manuscript▪ after the Titulus, 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 is added, together with the Numeral Note. But this term never occurs in those Excellent Copies which I have mentioned. Yea, instead thereof, I found the Word 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 placed in the Beginning of the Fourth Book, over the very Contents of the Chapters; 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. That is, The Contents of the Fourth Book. Vales.