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. XXXIV. The setting at Liberty those free persons in the Gynaecea, or them delivered over to Sla∣very.

a 1.1 ALso, whatever persons, by force deprived of their Nobility, have from the Judges received some such like sentence as this, that being thrust into the * 1.2 Gynaecea or Linyphia, they have endured b 1.3 Cruell and miserable Labour, or were ac∣counted Servants of the Treasury, their Pristine splendour of Birth c 1.4 being of no advan∣tage to them: Let such men (rejoycing both at the honours they formerly enjoyed, and at the † 1.5 priviledge of their Liberty,) re∣cover their usuall dignities, and in fu∣ture live in all manner of gladness. And let him (d 1.6 who has changed his Liberty for Slavery, by an unjust and inhumane madness of the e 1.7 Seller, and hath often f 1.8 lamented his un∣usuall servile offices, perceiving himself on a sudden as 'twere made a servant from being a free man;) receive his former freedome according to this our command, and restore himself to his Parents, and undergo those Labours that befit a Freeman; ha∣ving cast out of his memory those misbecoming servilities, g 1.9 which he had before Laboured un∣der.

Notes

• a 1.1

  〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. The Medicaean Copy has it 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, more∣ever, whatever persons, &c. Vales.
• * 1.2

  See chap. 20. note (e.)
• b 1.3

  〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. In the Me∣dicaean Co∣py I found it written 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 from which, though a corrupt word, I presently smelt out the true and genuine reading of this place. I write therefore 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉; an unusuall and miserable Labour. For, such servilities in the Gynaecea and Weaving Houses were unusuall to free men. The same Copy has 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, not 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. Vales.
• c 1.4

  〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. The reading in the Medicaean Copy is truer, thus, 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, &c. being of no advantage to them. And a little after, from the same Copy I write 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, re∣joycing—at, &c. Vales.
• † 1.5

  Or, Goods.
• d 1.6

  〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. The Medicaean Copy adds a word, in this manner, 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, &c. which is truer, if I mistake not. For the Emperour distinguishes two sorts of men: some of which, being nobly born, were enslaved to the Gynaecea, or made servants of the Fiscall Farms, which was a nobler servitude: others of them, whose extraction was meaner, were sold to private men. In the Fuketian Manuscript the reading is, 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. Vales.
• e 1.7

  〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. In the Me∣dicaean Copy 'tis written 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. He means the boldness and imma∣nity of the Judge, who had despoiled a free man of his Liberty, on account of his confession of the true God. In the Kings Sheets I found it written 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉; the Fuketian Copy has it 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. Vales.
• f 1.8

  〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, lamenting: in the Medicaean Copy the reading is truer, thus, 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, hath—lamented. Vales.
• g 1.9

  〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 In the Medicaean Copy 'tis more ele∣gantly exprest, 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉; and a little before 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, having cast out of his memory. And the same is the reading in the Kings Sheets and Fuketian Copy. Further, from these words 'tis sufficiently apparent, that what I have said is true, viz. that in this latter place Constantine speaks of the viler and meaner sort of peo∣ple, who had been sold by the sentence of the Judge. For, con∣cerning the former sort who were eminent for the splendour of their Birth, Constantine says that they may now recover their Pristine di∣gnity. But he sends away these latter to the Services and Labours usually undergone by Freemen. Vales.