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. XII. Out of the History of Procopius Caesariensis, concerning Cavades King of the Persians, and his Son Chosröes.

PRocopius the Rhetorician has written the af∣fairs transacted by Belisarius: [and he de∣clares,] that Cavades King of the Persians, de∣sirous to invest Chosröes being the younger of his other Sons, with the Kingdom, a 1.1 considered how he might procure his Son Chosröes to be adopted by the Emperour of the Ro∣mans; to the end that by this means the Kingdom might be most firmly se∣cured to him. In regard therefore * 1.2 he mist of this his design; by the inducement of Proclus who sate Quaestor to [the Emperour] Justinian, the Feud against the Romans was increased. Fur∣ther, the same Procopius with much exqu site∣ness and great elegance hath set forth the Actions of Belisarius Master of the Eastern Milice, at such time as the Romans and Persians were at War one with another. He relates the first Victory therefore of the Romans about the places Daras and Nisibis, when Belisarias and Hermoge∣nes commanded the Roman Army. To which he subjoyns also what hapned in the Country of the Armenians, and with how great [mischiefs] Alamundarus Commander of those Barbarians [termed] * 1.3 Scenitae, infested the Roman Pro∣vinces. Which Alamundarus took Timostratus, Brother to Rufinus, alive, together with the Souldiers † 1.4 under his Command; and after∣wards delivered him up [when Ransomed] with a vast sum of money.

Notes

• a 1.1

  〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. The conjecture of Learned men displeases me; who (instead of 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, de∣sires,) have mended it thus, 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, consulted how, &c. Nicephorus (book 17. chap. 10,) instead of these two words uses this, 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, thought, or, cast in his mind: which pleases me best. Vales.
• * 1.2

  Cavades.
• * 1.3

  Or, Who dwelt▪ in Tents: He means the Sara∣cens.
• † 1.4

  Or, A∣bout him.