The history of the warres of the Emperour Justinian in eight books : of the Persian, II, Vandall, II, Gothicke, IV / written in Greek by Procopivs of Caesarea ; and Englished by Henry Holcroft, Knight.

The Contents of the Chapters of the Second Book of the Persian War.

• ...CHAP. I. CHosroes seeks occasions of war; causes Alamundarus to pick quarrels, and invade; excepts against Justinian for seeking to gain Alamundarus, and for provoking the Hunnes to invade Persia. Ambassadours from Viti∣gis, King of the Goths, perswade him unto it.
• CHAP. II. The War in Armenia; where Sittas, a brave Generall, is unfortunately slain. Buzes succeeds. Upon the killing of John they revolt to Chrosroes, and perswade him to break the Perpetuall Peace.
• CHAP. III. A Comet. A cruell invasion of Hunnes into Thrace and Illyrium. Justinian dehorts Chosroes from war. Chosroes first invasion. His cunning taking of Sura; and destroying it. He causes, Candidus Bishop of Sergiopolis to redeeme their captives.
• ...CHAP. IV. Buzes abandons Hierapolis with a speech. Germanus is sent to Antioch: Hie∣rapolis compounds. Berrhoea is taken: Of their Bishop Megas.
• CHAP. V. The Antiochians refuse composition. In the absence of Megas their Bishop, Berrhoea is taken. He obtains their bodies of Chosroes, who had sackt the City before.
• ...CHAP. VI. Antiochia is assaulted; and presently takes. The Souldiers run away at another gate. Zaberganes disswades mercy. The cruel execution. Two Ladies drown them∣selves. Chosroes his vaunting dissimulation; and his character.
• ...CHAP. VII. Chosroes having robbed the Church of great treasures, and sackt the City, burnt it all, save the Church, and some few buildings. He spares the walls. The Ambas∣sadors get a promise of peace for a great summe in hand, and a yearly pension.
• CHAP. VIII. He burns the Church of St Michael the Archangel in Daphne, by a mistake: Enters Apamea, which had a piece of the true Cross; and takes all their treasures. Chosroes will be for the Prasini, Justinian being for the Veneti. Col∣chis redeems it self.
• ...CHAP. IX. Chosroes attempts Edessa. A digression of Augarus and Augustus, and Christs Letter, that the town should never be taken. Edessa gives a little money, and is let alone.
• CHAP. X. The redemption of the Antiochian captives hindred by Buzes. A digression why Chosroes claimed Constantina. Daras besieged, and saved by a counter-mine. Antioch of Chosroes. A Prodigy foreshewing the destruction of Antioch. Beli∣sarius having brought Vitigis prisoner, King of the Goths, is appointed General against Chosroes.
• ...CHAP. XI. Colchis, called Lazica, revolts to the Persian; and invites him thither with an army; being angered by John Tzibus, the Generall there. Belisarius resolves with the advise of his Captains to invade Persia.
• ...CHAP. XII. Chosroes his second invasion of the Romans in Lazica. Petra is taken by com∣position, after the killing of John Tzibus.

• ...CHAP. XIII. Belisarius at Nisibis fights with Nabedes, without much advantage: Sends A∣rethas to spoyl Assyria, who returns another way. Belisarius takes Sisabranum, and 800 Persians in it; then wisely returns in safety: and Chosroes comes out of Lazica.
• ...CHAP. XIV. Chosroes his third Invasion. Sergiopolis escapes; but their Bishop Candidus is made a captive, Belisarius comes post into the East, and gathers the scattered forces to Europus.
• ...CHAP. XV. Belisarius rids away Chosroes with a bravado. A Truce is agreed, yet Cul∣linicum destroyed by Chosroes.
• CHAP. XVI. An universall Pestilence: And how it raged in Constantinople, where dyed 10000 a day.
• CHAP. XVII. The peace is not concluded, through Justinians default. His Captains invade Persarmenia disorderly, and are overthrown at Anglon, and shamefully run away.
• ...CHAP. XVIII. Chosroes his fourth Invasion against the God of the Christians, and Edessa. He raises a mount. Stephanus, a Physitian, perswades peace, but cannot prevail.
• CHAP. XIX. The entreaties of Martinus for a peace are rejected. The Romans burn the Mount. The Persians are beaten back from their assaults. A truce for five years is accorded. Alamundarus hath a war.
• ...CHAP. XX. Chosroes plots: the possession of Lazica: And by his Ambassador Isdigunas the surprise of Daras; who failed in that design; but is magnificently entertained by Justinian at Constantinople.
• ...CHAP. XXI. Chosroes sends Fabrizus to kill Gubazes, who fails in his plot. Gubazes re∣volts to Justinian. Dagisthaeus besieges the Persians in Petra. The description of Phasis. Dagisthaeus by absurdly dallying, misses the taking Petra.
• ...CHAP. XXII. Mermeroe••, with an Army of Persians, forces his way through the passage. Whereupon Dagisthaeus runs basely from Petra, Mermeroes, having relieved Petra, retires home, leaving 5000, who are cut in pieces by Gubazes. John the Cappa∣docian, after Theodora's death, returns to Constantinople, a priest onely; and how he wore the habit of Augustus.