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. LVIII. Concerning the Building of that termed the Mar∣tyrium of the Apostles, at Constantinople.

a 1.1 AFter this He began to build a Martyrium in that City which bore his own name, in memory of the Apostles.] And when he had raised the Church to an un∣expressible height, he made it Splendid and Glorious by a variety of all manner of Stones, covering it with Crusts of Marble from the Foundation to the very Roof. He laid the inner-Roof all over with Lacu∣naria of very small work, and gilded it thorowout with Gold. b 1.2 Above, in∣stead of Tyles, Brass was laid, which afforded the whole Structure a secure defence against showers. Which [covering] being likewise over-spread with Gold, shined gloriously: in so much that, it * 1.3 dazled their eyes who beheld it at a distance, [the Brass] † 1.4 reverberating the Rayes of the Sun. But the whole c 1.5 Roof was encompas∣sed round with chased Net-work, made of Brass and Gold.

Notes

• a 1.1

  Who sees not, that this passage was made by another hand? For it does not in the least agree with the following chapter. In this chapter Constantine is said to have begun to build the Church of the Apostles, after Easter in the year 337. But in the fol∣lowing chapter, which 'tis ma∣nifest was written by Eusebius, that Church appears to be now finished. But from Easter to Pente∣cost, on which day Constantine died, the ground could scarce be dug up, in order to laying the founda∣tion of the Temple. Wherefore that Church must necessarily have been begun to be built long be∣fore▪ See chap. 36. Vales.
• b 1.2

  〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. It must be, 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. Vales.
• * 1.3

  Or, Se•••• forth brightnesses to them who, &c.
• † 1.4

  Beating back.
• c 1.5

  〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. Above, at book 3. chap. 36, Eusebius terms the outward Roof of a Church, 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. Therefore 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 seems here to be the Roof of the whole Church, or at least of the Altar. Such Roofs built in form of a Circle, we French-men do at this day term Domat••▪ Further, concerning the magnificence of this Church of the Apostles, Gregory Nazianzene, in his Poem de Insom••io Anasta∣sia, writes thus:

  〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉.

  That is▪ And likewise the magnificens Temple of Christ's Disciples, distinguished by four sides in form of a Cross. In this Form Churches were heretofore built, as Gretser hath remarqued in his Books de Cruce, and Marcus in the Life of S^t Porphyrius. Vales.