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 WARRE With the VANDALS. (Book 2)

• ...CHAP I. GElimer maketh head. Attempts a revolt of the Hunns. Belisa∣rius encourages his Army. The Hunns hover between both.
• ...CHAP. II. Gelimer and Tzazon encourage their soldiers. The Romans order. John begins. The rest of the horse give the Vandals an absolute defeat. Ge∣limer basely runs away from his Camp and Army; which is quite ruined, and the Camp spoyled, where they found infinite wealth.
• CHAP. III. The disorder of the Romans after the victory and huge booty. The unfor∣tunate death of John the Armenian, being ready to take Gelimer. Pha∣ras the Herulian is left to besiege Gelimer in the mountain of Pappua. Belisarius fortune to get the royal treasures of Gelimer.

• ...CHAP. IV. Sardinia and Corsica recovered to the Emperour. Likewise Ebusa, Majo∣rica, and Minorica. The Goths refuse to render Lylibaeum. Pharas at∣tempts Pappua, and fails. The delicacy of the Vandals; and the hard∣ness of those Moors.
• ...CHAP. V. Gelimer refuses the counsel of Pharas at first: desires a loaf, a sponge, and a harp. Upon the sight of his Nephew, a boy, beaten by a Morish boy for snatching vp a cake, he relents. Being brought to Belisarius, on a sudden he fell a langhing.
• ...CHAP. VI. Belisarius discovers a plot against him, of his fellow-Commanders. The Moors revolt, upon the Oracle of their soothsaying women. The Ar∣my is left by Belisarius with Solomon. Belisarius triumphs at Constan∣tinople: Where were shewed the spoils of the Temple of Jerusalem. Ge∣limer hath Towns given him to live on.
• CHAP. VII. The unfortunate loss of Aigan and Rufinus. The original of the Moors from the Canaanites subdued by Joshua. Solomon perswades peace; but is answered with denyal.
• ...CHAP. VIII. Solomon kils 10000 Moors, and takes their camp and baggage. At Burgaon kils 50000. and utterly routs them: He took so many prisoners, that a Moorish boy was sold for a sheep. He fulfils their womens prophe∣sie, that they should be destroyed by a man without a beard.
• CHAP. IX. The Moors remaining, fly to Jabdas to mount Aurasium. Althias his sin∣gle combat with Jabdas. Solomon makes war on him in Aurasium without effect. He prepares a new war that way, and against the Moors of Sardinia.
• ...CHAP. X. Belisarius in Sicily. A strange passion of the Sun a year together. A muti∣ny of the soldiers in Africk, caused by their Vandal wives. Solomon fled to Belisarius into Sicily.

• ...CHAP. XI. Stotzas General of the mutiners; besieges Carthage. Belisarius coming from Sicily with 100 men, frights him away, and defeats his Army at Membresa. Then upon a mutiny in Sicily, returns. The Commanders of Numidia are forsaken by their soldiers, and slain by Stotzas.
• ...CHAP. XII. Germanus, the Emperours nephew, is sent into Africk. He pacifies the Ar∣my somewhat. Defeats Stotzas in Numidia; takes the mutiners Camp. Stotzas flies into Mauritania, and so that mutiny ended.
• ...CHAP. XIII. Maximinus his mutiny; who growing worse, being made one of the Generals life-guard. Is defeated and crucified.
• ...CHAP. XIV. Solomons second Government of Africk. He beats Jabdas to the top of Aurasium. Takes Zerbule, and besieges Jabdas in Tumar.
• ...CHAP. XV. Solomon encourages his Army. He assails, and takes the two Castles, and Jabdas flies into Mauritania.
• ...CHAP. XVI. Sergius, nephew to Solomon, is Governor of Tripolis, and kils 70 Moors who came to treat. Antalas revolts, and with the Leucathian Moors in∣fests Africk Solomon is slain. Sergius made Governor of Africk. Is hated. Antalas grows strong.
• ...CHAP. XVII. Solomon the younger scapes his imprisonment by a wile. Himerius being taken, gets Adramettus for the Moors. Which is recovered again by the stratagem of Paul a Priest. The Moors and Stotzas do much mis∣chief.
• ...CHAP. XVIII. Areobindus is joyned with Sergius, then is sole Governor after the death of John, son of Sisinniolus; who having wisht to die after the killing of

• Stotzas; and Stotzas having in like sort wisht against John, they both have their wishes in a sort. Gontharis plots against Areobindus with Antalas; and Areobindus hath a counterplot with Cutzinas.
• ...CHAP. XIX. Gontharis perfidiously kils Areobindus after oath given by Reparatus, the Bishop of Carthage, at the baptism of, 28c. and usurps. The pusillanimi∣ty of Areobindus in his death. Artabanes the Armenian plots his ruine.
• ...CHAP. XX. Gontharis plots a marriage with Projecta. Artabanes willingly omits the beating of Antalas. With Gregorius and Artasiris plots to kill Gon∣tharis, and resolutely does it at a feast. Africk under John, after vari∣ous successes, gets quietness.