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. L. The Embassie and Presents [sent from] the In∣dians.

AT the same time arrived Embassadours from those Indians who dwell at the rising Sun, and brought with them Presents. Which were various sorts of pretious Stones of an exquisite Lustre, and wild Beasts of a Nature different from those known amongst us. All which they presented to the Emperour, [thereby] decla∣ring that his Empire reach't a 1.1 to the Indian Ocean it self; and that the * 1.2 Roytelets of the Indians Country honoured him with Pictures, and Statues erected to Him, and profest their acknowledgment of Him to be the Emperour and King. b 1.3 Indeed, at the be∣ginning of his Empire, the Britains [who dwell] at the setting Sun, were the first that submit∣ted themselves to his Government: but now the Indians whose habitation is at the rising Sun, [did the same.]

Notes

• a 1.1

  〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 to the very ocean it self. It must, I think, be written, 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉; to their [that is, the In∣dian] O∣cean it self. Further, Metrodorus the Philosopher seems to have been the chiefest person of this Indian Embassie; who from the King of the Indians brought to Constantine very many Gems and Pearls: and pretended that he had brought many more, had not the Persian King taken them from him in his passage thorow Persia. By which lie Con∣stantine being prevailed upon, whilst with too much eagerness he pur∣sues what had been taken from Metrodorus, raises the Persian War, as 'tis recorded by Cedrenus and Amm. Marcellinus. But Cedrenus relates that in a place wholly foreign and disagreeable, namely in Constantine's twenty first year; whereas he ought to have placed it on the thirty first year of Constantine. For in this year the peace be∣tween the Romans and Persians was broken. Vales.
• * 1.2

  Leaders, or Princes.
• b 1.3

  〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. In the Fuketian Copy 'tis 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, &c. But in the Old Sheets the reading is, 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, which I like better. Vales.