The eyght ages of the worlde.

The first age was from Adam to Noe: the second, from Noe to Abraham: the thirde, from Abraham to Dauid: the fourth, from Dauid to the transmigration of Babylon: the fyfth, from thence to Christe: the sixth, from Christe to the ende of the worlde: the seuenth, may be added as of them which be in rest which may be accompted from Christes passion to the day of iudgement: the eyght age, as of them which shall ryse agayne from the day of iudgement for euer.

And these ages be not so called for the distinct number of certain thousande yeres, but for certaine notable actes whiche were wrought in the begynnyng of euery one of them. For in the be­gynnyng of the first age the world was created, In the begyn­nyng of the seconde the worlde was purged by the flood, In the begynnyng of the thirde circum­cision was geuen agaynst origi­nall sinne, In the begynnyng of the fourth was the annoyntyng of the kynges of Israel, In the begynnyng of the fyfth was the transmigration of Gods people into Babylon, In the begynning of the sixth was the incarna­tion of the sonne of God, In the begynnyng of the seuenth were the gates of heauen opened, In the beginnyng of the eyght shalbe the resur­rection of the bodyes, the rewarde of good and euyll. Austen. Hierom. Orosius.

After the flood, sprang vp foure principall kyngdomes. Assirians of the east, where Belus was the first kyng. Sycioniorum of the west, where Egialcus was the first kyng. Scithians of the north, where Ninus was the first kyng. Egyptians of the south, where Mineus was the first kyng.

To this Belus succeeded Semiramis his wyfe, who dyd con­stitute Babylon the chiefe of his kyngdome, to whom Ninus succeeded, who was the deuiser of idols, making an image to his father Belus after his departure, and caused it to be honoured of all men. He obteyned all Asia, and called the head citie Nini­ue, he raigned in Thracia, he was the inuentor of the art Ma­gicke, and graued the seuen liberall artes in two pyllers, one of brasse, and another of bricke, he destroyed al maner of bookes. After hym succeeded Sardanapalus, and after hym Arbaces, who translated that kyngdome to the Medes, ouer whom raig­ned Astriages, whose daughter was wyfe to the prince of Per­sia, of whom sprang Cyrus, who conquered Astriages: after his death, Darius Astriages sonne raigned with the sayde Cyrus his nephewe.

From these chyldren of Noe do spryng 72. generations, of Iaphet 15. of Cham 30. of Sem 27. which was spread ouer all the whole worlde. Sem obteyned Asia, Cham Africa, Iaphet Europa, that is the north part. The generation of Sem shalbe folowed in this genealogie, for of the other two sprang the gentyles.

❧ Note, that where in any circle ye fynde two numbers, the vpper sheweth howe many yeres he lyued, the vnder number sheweth howe many yeres he iudged or raigned. Note also, that where thorow these tables any person or deede is mentioned not in the very wordes of the scripture, they may be aduouched out of histories Ecclesiastical.

[Page] A Nachor went out of Chaldee, and maryed Melcha the daughter of his broth [...]r [...], departing and abiding in [...] of [...] where his father being dead, and A [...]raham soiournying in Chanaan had three sonnes, Huz, [...] [...]mel, with other fiue: of Buz came Balaam.

[...]am was slaine by the Chaldees, because he would not worship the sire for God. Gen. 11. Whose daughter Sara Abraham toke to wyfe, and bare him a sonne, Isahac by name. Gen. 11.

D Loth. after he was come out of Egypt, and after the destruction of fiue cities by fire and brimstone, and his wyfe turned to a salt stone, because she loked backe: and being in the mountaine and made drunken of his two daughters. he begat two sonnes Moab, and Amon, of whom two great nations sprang. Gen. 11.

H Rebecca was wyfe to Isahac, and came out of Meso­potamia, Labans sister the daughter of Bathuel. Genesis .xxiiii.

I Iacob supplanted his brother Esau in his birthright & in his fathers blessing, went into Me­sopotamia, & erected vp a title nye to Lusan, which is nowe called Hierusalem, he layd him downe to sleepe and saw a lad­der reaching vp to heauen, and saw angels going vp and comming downe, and saw the Lord leaning vpon the lad­der, saying to him: This lande wyll I geue to thee and to thy seede, and afterwarde iourneyed ca [...]warde to Laban whom he serued xiiii. yeres for his daughters Lya, and Rachael. Rachael stole her fathers idols: Ia­cob wrestled with the angel, and his name was chaunged into Israel, his daughter Dina was rauished by Sichem, he erec­ted vp an aulter at Bethel, Rachel dyed of Beniamin, Ru­ben did abuse Bala his fathers concu­bine. Of the children of Iacob came a great issue. Gen. 25.

K Ruben founde the mandra­gues, and gaue them to Lya his mother, which gaue them to Ra­chel for the company of one night with Iacob, who laye with Bala his fathers concubine, ther­fore he was accursed of Iacob. Gen. 49.

[...] Of Simeon came the scribes, who with Leui slue y^e Si­chemites, from Leui came the priestes who sacrificed to god: from Iuda came y^e kinges, two childrē of Caath, but of the one descended priestes, of him onely is it sufficiēt to speake.

P Dathan and Abiron came from Ruben by reason of the first begotten, for that they would haue entred the office of Moyses, by sedicion which they raysed at the suggestion of Chore, which were swalowed vp of the earth, with 250. men, with all their housholde. Numeri. 16.

N This Caath was sonne of Leui father to Amram. Exo. 6.

O This Amram toke Isabeth the daughter of Leui to wyfe as the Iewes say. Exo. 6.

Th [...]re Abrahams father beeing offended with the Chaldees in [...] which they killed [...] with [...]. Nac [...]. Gen. 11.

[...] Abraham, after the death of his brother Aram in Vr of the Chaldees, taking Loth for his sonne by adoption, & Sara to his wyfe▪ the daughter of Aram, dyd iourney with his father into Charram. And after his fa­thers deceasse went into Sichem, where God appeared vnto him, saying: to thy seede wyll I geue this lande. And from thence he came to Penthapoli [...]. After that, he pitched his tent betwixt Bethel and Hay, and called vpon the name of the Lorde. And from thence he de­parted for the famine, and went downe into Egypt, where he na­med his wyfe his sister. And from thence he went to the valley of Mam­bre and deuided him selfe from Loth. He did deliuer Loth from his captiuitie, and killed fiue kinges, & toke tenthes of Melchisedech prieste and king. And in the .85. yere of his age he had a sonne of his hande­mayde called Ismael, whom with him selfe he did circumcide, and in the 100. yere of his age, he had Isahac. And after the death of Sara his wyfe, he maryed Cethura, and had fiue children of her: and when he had fulfilled 175. yeres, he dyed.

F Cethura was wyfe to Abraham after the death of Sara, though some thinke she was called Hagar being his wyfe, and afore his concubine, of whom he had fiue sonnes, from whom sprang the Sarasins, and dwelt wyde in the lande. Gen. 11.12.

These two did Ismael beget, with ten other by his wyfe of Egypt.

G Isahac was borne in the lande of Chanaan, circumcized the eyght day, and when he was .35. yeres old, his father would haue made him a sacrifice. And at fourtie yeres of his age, he toke to wyfe Rebecca, who labouring in her birth, heard the reuelation that Esau shoulde serue Iacob, and in the sixtie yere of his age, his two sonnes Esau and Iacob were borne. Afterwarde, Isahac in a great famine went to king Abimelech, and there fayned his wyfe to be his sister as his father did before him. And he dygged the three pittes which his father had made, which the Philistines did stoppe vp. Genesis. 28.

These two be the children of Ioseph, and eyther of them make a tribe by him selfe. Where the tribe of Leui was remoued from the lot of inheritaunce.

Thamar was geuen to wyfe by Iudas to his two sonnes Her and Onan, and after they were destroyed for their of­fence, she was sent away wydowe into her fathers house, of whom Iudas after the death of his wyfe Sue, finding her sitting in the high way, as he was going to shere his sheepe, did company with her, and had thereby two chil­dren, Phares, Zaram, and when Thamar was charged of ad­ulterie, she brought foorth Iudas ring and staffe, as pledge of his companying with her. Gen. 38.

[Page] A Moyses was borne in Egypt, his fathers name was [...] ▪ & his mothers name I [...]abe [...], he was put into [...]ed and cast into the water, whom the daughter of Pharao toke out of the water, and thervpon called his name Moyses, and at the suggestion of mary Moy­ses sister, was geuen to his mother to be nurished vp, and after certayne dayes was presented to the king, who put a crowne vpon his head, which he thrue from him: and after he was come to age, he con­quered the king of Ethiope, slue an Egyp­tian who hurt a Iewe, and a Iewe accu­sed him therof, & he fled out of Egypt, & toke to wife Sephora the daugh­ter of Iethro priest, and dyd his endeuour to deliuer the people of Is­rael from E [...] †

† [...] befor [...] the king working diuer [...] wonders, and after was made there guyde, and teacher of the Iewee in the lawe, and when he was 120. yeres olde he dyed. Exod. 2.

B Aaron toke the daughter of A­minadab to wife, of whom he had foure sōnes, who being of 123. yeres died in the mount Hor in the 30. yere of his comming foorth out of Egypt: b [...] this Aaron the priestes descended. Num. 20.

E Phinees the sonne of Eleazar hauing great zeale to the lawe of God, slue the Iewe that committed filthinesse with the woman of Moab, wher by gods wrath was pa­cified, he and his heires sworne priestes for euer. Num. 25.

F Iosue the sonne of Nun succeeded Moyses in office, and fought many battayles of the Lorde: he made a couenaunt of the wor­shipping of God, & beyng 110. yeres olde he dyed. After whose death the children of Israel committed idolatrie, who were greuously punished for the same. And after him God gaue them O­thoniel for their guyde: betwixt whose entry and Iosuas death, was committed that facte of the idol of Mica. Iud. 17 & that facte of the wyfe of the Leuite. Iud. 19.

G Othoniel conquered Kiriathsepher, that is, the citie of letters, wherfore he had Axā to wife, and de­liuered the people of Israel frō the king of Me­sopotamia, & the land was quiet fourtie yeres: after whose death the Israe­lites sinned against God, whervpon in his anger he deliuered thē into the handes of Eg [...]on king of Moab, and they serued hym eyghteene yeres. Iud. 3.

Heare at Moyses en­deth th [...] time of th [...] lawe of n [...] ture, conteyning yere 3689. & the [...] began the tym [...] of the lawe writ­ten, which did e [...] dure vnto the na­tiuitie of Christe, and conteyneth yeres. 1510.

H This Ahud was lame of his right hand, or left handed. he slue the king of the Moabites, & the land had peace four­score yeres. Iud. 3.

I Sanger slue sixe hundred Philistians with one share, he defended the Israelites, but after his death they sinned against god, and ther­fore were afflicted 20. yeres by Sisa­ra, in whose time Troia was buylden of Tros king of Dardan. Iud. 4.

K Debora wyfe to Barak a prophetesse, she fought a­gainst Sisara, and slue him by Iahel the wyfe of Hebar, & song her canticle, [...]nd the land had rest fourtie yeres, after whose death the Is­raelites sinned a­gainst God, & ther­fore were deliuered into the handes of Madian seuē yeres, in whose time Apol­lo founde the art of Phisicke, and the harpe. Iud. 4.

L Gedeon saluted of the angel, he sacrifi­ced to God vnder an oke, who for destroy­ing the aulter of Baal was called Ieroboal, he had a signe in a fleece that God woulde de­liuer Israel by his hand, in whose time Mercurius made the lute, & Tyrus the citie was buylded 250. yeres before the temple. Iud. 6.

M Abimelech sonne of Gedeon slue 70. of his brethren vpon one stone in one day yet Ioatham th [...] youngest fled to th [...] mountaynes, and spake the parable of y^e oliue, of the figtree of the vine, & of the bryer: this Abimelech was striken with a peece of a milstone, & bad his squire kill hym with his sworde Iud. 8.

C Mary Moy­ses sister, wife to Calef, for y^e drowning of Pharao in the red sea, song y^e Can­ticle. Exo. 15. and be­cause she dyd chyde Moyses for his wyfe the Ethiopi­an, she was striken with lepri. Num. 12.

D Chore straue a­gainst Moy­ses and Aa­ron for the priesthood, because he was of the first be­gotten of Ca­af: for which offence he was deuided from others, & swalowed into y^e groūde with his family, with Da­than and Abiron. Num. 16

N Naason comming foorth out of Egpyt a prince in y^e tribe of Iu­da, and so it is true that the Lorde said to Abrahā gen. 15. that in the fift generati­on, the childrē of Israel went out of Egypt: and so making an accompt ac­cording to y^e kingly tribes, as telling the generations, and not the persons, and therfore the successions which is to be seene, counting from Iuda to Naason for fiue times, it is saide there, he begat. But if it be cōtayned in that letter in the 4. ge­neration, the order must be taken in the priestly tribe coūting from Leui to Ele­azar. Exo. 5. Mat. 1.

O Salmon ma­ryed Rahab the harlot of Iericho, which re­ceaued y^e spies that Iosue sent, and hid them vnder the bunches of flax, of whom Salmon be­gat Booz, the grandfather of that Booz which begat Obeth: for they were three ioyntly together, the father, the sonne, and the nephewe, & they were called Bo­oz, and because it was a name of three men, Mathew the euangelist putteth him but once in his genealogie. Math. 1.

In this figure folowing, be the names of the [...]tions rep [...] ▪ where the children of Israel pitched their tentes in y^e des [...]r by the space of fourtie yeres, as appeareth in the bookes of Exodus and Leuiticus, whose names be briefely recyted in the bookes of [...]u­merie 33.

This figure folowing serueth to vnderstand the disposing of the Tribes and Leuites by foure quarters of the world about the ta­bernacle. At the cast was Iudas with 74600. of whom the chiefe was Naason▪ with other about him, y^e whole nūber was 186400 Towarde the south was Ruben with 46500. fighting men of his stocke, of whom the chiefe was Elisur, and about him was others to the number in the whole 18100. men. Toward the west was Ephraim with 40500 men, of whom the chiefe was Elisa­ma, nigh vnto him were others which were in the whole 108 [...]00. Toward the north was Dan, with 72700. men, the head of whom was Abiasar, and about him were others to the number of 175000. of fighting men. This is the summe of the children of Israel by the houses of their kindredes, so that the hoast amoun­ted to 600550. men. The Leuites were not numbred within the other tribes, and all these pitched their tentes about the taberna­cle, as appeareth Num. 2. but most largely Exo. 27.

This figure also serueth to vnderstand what Leuites, what cities, & in what tribes, the children of Leui with their suburbes dyd re­ceiue by lot for the tenthes of the tabernacles, as in Iosue. 21.1. Pa [...] 6. This figure also sheweth the sixe cities of refuge, vnto the which they did flee that by chaunce slue any man, and were therein saued; and after the death of the high priest, they returned againe into their owne houses. Deu. 4. Iosue. 20.

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From this Ozi was the priesthood translated from the children of E­leazar to Eli, whi­che was of y^e chil­dren of Ithamar, [...] these. 4. outward of y^e children of E­leazar, were depri­ued of the priest­hood vntil Sadoch

G. Abdon had 40 sonnes, and 30. ne­phewes of them, in whose dayes the people of Israel receeded not from the Lord: some thinke that that nota­ble fact of the Leuits wyfe, which is red in Iudg. 19. after whose death the Israelites dyd of­fende, was comit­ted, & therfore were plagued of the Phili­stines. Iud. 12.

D. Abesson a Bethala­mite, of the tribe of Iu­da, iudged Israel. 7. yeres, he had thirtie sonnes and 30. daugh­ters, & ma­ryed them all, in whose tyme Paris rauished Helena, and the citie of Pa­ris was builded of Paris: in his .3. yere was Troy taken, and there dyd flowe .406. yeres vnto the first O­limpias, thē the Greci­ans for y^e glorye of their victory be­gan to note the tymes thus. In the yere frō the captiui­t [...]e of Troy. After that, they noted the times according to y^e number of their Olim­piades. Af­ter that, the Romanes noted their times thus. In the yere from y^e buil­ding of the citie. Lastly christian men noted † † their time frō the natiuitie of Christ. In the third yere from the captiuite of Troy, raigned Eneas three yeres in Italie, where raigned before him Ia­nus, Saturnus, Picus, Siluius Latinus, a­bout 150. yeres, at that tyme Anthenor builded Antherioridam, that is, Padua.

E. Ailon iudged the people ten yeres, Iudg. 13. in whose tyme Agamemnon king of Mycenae, and Menelaus of Lace­demonia.

H Sampson of the tribe of Dan, whose fathers name was Manue, he was a Nazarite, and sanctified in his mo­thers wombe, who did much destroy the Philistines, at the last by the de­ceite of Dalida his concubine, who did shere his head, wherby he lost his strength, was taken of the Phili­stines, and his eyes put out, and in time his strength growing to him, he shooke the pillers of the house, which fel downe & oppressed the Philistines, and therby kylled more by his death then he did by his lyfe: he was buried in his fathers graue, as in the booke of the Iudges: in whose time Ascanius the seconde kyng of the Latines buil­ded Alban. Iud. 13.

Boo [...] whē he went to slepe, toke [...] D who put her selfe vnder his clou [...], and sitting with the se [...]iors of the people of the citie of Bethel, for that the next of her kindred woulde not take her, he ma­ryed her, to rayse vp seede to his next kinsman that was departed. Ruth. 1.

A. Thola sonne of Phua, vncle to Abi­melech, of Isachar, who ruled the peo­ple .23. yeres. Iud. x. in whose dayes Pri­amus raigned in Troy.

B. Iahir he iudged the people 22. yeres, Iudg. x. in whose tyme Carmentis did finde the Latin let­ters, and the citie of Carthago was builded of Carthage.

C. Iepte a valiaunt Galadite, expelled by his brothers as a ba­starde, but afterward made ruler ouer the Galadites & ouer his brethrē: and purpo­sing to fight against the Amobites, made a vowe to God vn­wisely. Iudg. 11.

F. Hely iudge and priest, in correctyng his two sonnes Ophni & Phinees very slackly, and hearyng of their death & of the takyng of the arke by the Philistines, he fell from his seat and brake his necke. 1. Reg. 2. in whose tyme Siluius was king of the Latins.

Helchana came of Leui by Ysuar and Chore, whiche had two wyues, Anna, and Phenenna, of which Anna he begat Samuel the prophet, whō she did nurse vp, and Heli offered hym vp in Silo. 1. Reg. 1.

I. Samuel was called thrise of the Lorde, for he had .3. dignities, beyng priest, iudge, and prophete: he at the petition of the people of Israel annoynted Saul of the tribe of Beniamin for king, geuing him charge to kil the Amalechites, and Agag their king: which precept because he dyd not fulfill, he was reproued of the Lorde, and Samuel did annoynt Dauid the sonne of Isai in Bethlehem to be king. This Samuel was raysed vp after his death by a Phitonesse a witch. In his time began the people of Israel to haue kinges.

K. [...]imelech husbande to Noema, in the tyme of famine in the lande of pro­mise, vnder Hely the priest, [...]orneyed with his wi [...]e and his two sonnes, from Bethlehem into the lande of Moab. where his two sonnes toke to wyues Ruth & Orpha, where her husband and her two sonnes dera [...]g leauyng Orpha, Noema returned with her daughter Ruth a Moabite. which Ruth by the counsayle of Noema went into the fieldes of Booz cosin to her husbande, to gather eares after the mowers, which Ruth tolde Booz the consanguinitie of her husbande, and at last maryed her to wife, of whom he begat Obed the father of Iesse: in the tyme of this Elimelech the sonne stoode to the terrour of sinners agayne the Lorde. Ruth. 1.

M. Saul long sekyng for the Asses of his father, and findyng them not, went to Samuel in Ramatha, who powred a viall full of oyle vpon his head and annoynted him for kyng, and receaued three signes to the confir­mation of his annoyntyng: one in the sepulture of Rachel next the oke of Thabor: the seconde at the hyll of the Lorde, findyng a companie of the prophetes he prophecied amongst them: thirdly in Masphat, where by tempering of the lottes of the children of Israel, he was elected & annoynted. This Saul did deliuer the Ioabites of Galaad from Naas the kyng of the Moabites, & agayne was confirmed of Sa­muel in Galgo­la to be kyng, who fightyng a­gaynst the Phi­listians, and not tarying for Sa­muel by .7. dayes & doyng sacrifice against the precept of God and Samuel, was reproued of him▪ where Ionathas because he had eaten of the hony combe agaynst the prohibition, though he dyd it ignorauntly, was hardly saued from death, notwithstandyng the entreatie of the peo­ple, and Saul because he spared Agag the king of Amalech agaynst the precept of God and Sa­muel (though that Sa­muel mourned for him before God) the Lorde elected Dauid for kyng, and reproued Saul, for which cause Saul dyd persecute Dauid conti­nually: but finally Saul with his .3. sonnes, Io­nathas, Ami­nadab, & Mel­chisua was slayne of the Philistines in the mountay­nes † †of Gilboa .1. Reg. 31. In this kinges tyme Homer the Greeke poet lyued.

L. Abiel by many successions, that is to saye .18. came of Beniamin, of whose sonne, Cis by name, was king Saul borne, of whiche Cis Ner was brother. 2. Reg. 1.

N. Abner sonne of Ner slue Azael, and lying with the con­cubine of Saul, was reproued of Isboseth, whervpon he came to Dauid, & was pacified with him: and in his de­partyng from Hie­rusalem, he was slaine of Ioab and Abisai because he had killed Azael. 2. Reg. 23.

O. Semei the sonne of Zerra did curse Dauid when he fledde from the face of Absolon. 1 Reg. 16. whō Solo­mon did sley 3. Reg. 2. for that he cōmaun­ded him to kepe his house, & not to depart the li [...]ttes ap­poynted him in Hierusalem, which after .3. yeres he trans­gressed and fled to Achis the king of Geth. 3. Reg. 3.

P. Ionathas was dearely beloued of Dauid, & in signe of friendship he gaue to Dauid his apparell, and deliuered him from his fathers ire, for he knew that he was elected kyng by God: Dauid loued his sonne Miphiboseth, and did mercifully with him as he promised to Ionathas, for he set him at his table. 2. Reg. 9. at last was slayne of the Philistines. 2. Reg. 22.

[Page] [...] or Yshai is the sonne of Obed, who was the father of Dauid, this Obed was sonne to Booz & to Noema. Ruth .4 [...] This is Iesse or Yshai of whom Esaias the prophete wryteth. cap. [...]1. There shall come a sprigge foorth of the stemme of Yshai (whiche is Christ) and a young shoote shall growe out of his roote, the spirite of the Lorde shall rest vpon hym. &c.

In the time of Dauid Ioab the sonne of Seruia was liefte­naunt vpon the armie: Iosaphat secretari, that is, wryter of the actes: Sadoch and Abiathar priestes: Saraias scribe, that is, chancelor: Banaias ouerseer of Celetie and Pheleti, whiche were of the garde to Dauids person. Nathan, and Gad were prophetes in his time.

Dauid had eyght wyues, Egla, Abigal, Bethsabe, Ager, Ma­acha, Abigail, Achidoc, which were mothers of these children, in order as they go, beside other concubines, and other children many.

Nathan is he whom Dauid adopted vnto his sonne, he was not Nathā the pro­phet. By the counsel of this Ionadab: Amon did defloure his sister 2. Reg. 13.

A Amasa was lieftenaunt ouer the battayles of Dauid, whom Ioab slue deceytfully vnder the colour of imbrasing hym .2. Regum. 20.

B This Azael was a man very swift in running, whom Abner the sonne of Ner did kill, whervpon him selfe also was slayne. 2. Regum. 2.

C This Ioab was Dauids seruaunt, whō he mayntayned in hie dominion against all men, whiche killed Abner the sonne of Ner the chiefe of Sauls hoast. 2. Regum. 2.

D Abisai went with Dauid when he toke away the speare and pitcher of water from the head of Saul in his sleepe, whom he would haue killed, but Dauid woulde not suffer him. 2. Reg. 23.

E By this Ietran or Natan the sonne of Dauid the virgine descended, as appeareth: beginning from him, & so goyng downe to Marie in the right line.

[...] the sonne of Iesse of Bethleem, the youngest of his brethren, elected of the Lord to be king, and [...] by Samuel annoynted 1. Reg. 16. after that, in Ebr [...]n he was made king vpon the tribe of Iuda seuen yeres and syxe monethes: thirdly vpon a [...] Israel thirtie and three yeres. He with his harpe dyd mitigate the furie of Saul the [...]by the killing of Goliath wan Ionathas heart vnto hym: he was made the sonne in lawe to the king, and hauing com­mendation of the virgins in their songues aboue Saule, suffred much enuie of hym, & was pursued diuersly by him to death, but was deliuered by the fauour of God. In Nobe he did eate the breades appoynted for the priestes, and counterfeted a madnesse before Achis king of Geth: he scaped from the handes of Saule: when the Phili­stines came vpon him, and when Saule persecuted him, Dauid cut the hem of his cloke in the caue that he was in: he maried Abigail the wyfe of Nabol the foolish, after his death: he toke priuily away the speare and pitcher of wa­ter which was at Saules head: After Saul was dead, comming from Achis in Sichelech, slue the Amalechites: the messenger that slue Saule, he executed, making a mor­ning song for hym, after whom Solomon his sonne succee­ded in his kingdome. 3. Reg. 1.2. cap.

Here returneth the priest­hood to the children of E­leasar in the time of Solo­mon, who dyd reiect Abia­thar, which was of the chil­dren of Ithamar, and resto­red to Sadoch the priest­hood, whiche was of the sonnes of Eleasar.

Solomon was constituted king of Israel of his father Dauid, who slue his brother Athonias, and Ioab, and Semei: receiued of God the gyft of wysedome, gaue a notable iudgement of the harlottes children, made the temple by the helpe of Hyram in seuen yeres and seuen monethes, and the tenth day of September dyd conse­crate it, brought the arke of God into the tēple, receaued honorably the queene of Saba, and at the last he filed his olde age by the loue of wo­men, and by the worshipping of idoles, & ther­fore the Lord swore that he would deuide his kingdome from the hande of his sonne: and af­ter he had raigned fourtie yeres, he was buried in the citie of Dauid. 3. Reg. 11. cap.

In the time of Solo­mon, Banaias the sonne of Ioiada was ruler ouer the hoast: Sadoch, and Azarias were priestes, Heliot, and Haia children of Sessa were scribes: Iosaphat was recor­der: Azarias sonne of Nathan was set ouer them which assisted the king: Yssuar stu­ard of y^e house: A­durā set ouer the tributes. 3. Re. 4.

F Adonias was deposed by Dauid, because he woulde raigne, and dyd appoynt Solomon, who slue him because he dyd aske Abisaak the Sunamite to wyfe. 3. Reg. 2.

G Absolon was a very fayre man, he slue his brother A­mon, he had the fauour of the people, he toke from his fa­ther his kingdome, lay with his concubines, at last was slayne with three speares. 2. Regum. 18.

H Amon did defile his sister Thamar in his fayned sicke­nesse, doyng him seruice by the counsell of Ionadab, and therfore was slayne by Absolon, who fled from his fa­ther, and by sute of Ioab was reconciled. 2. Reg. 13.

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Prohetes that were in the tymes of the kinges of Iuda in this second lyne.

In this lyne on the right h [...]nde [...]e put the kinges of Iuda, raigning ouer two tribes, of whom the first was Roboam, for the three kinges be­fore named, Saul, Da­uid, and Solomon, had the rule of all Israel.

A Roboam despising the counsel of the seniors, and folowing the aduice of the younger men, did much trouble gods people by hys rashnesse: he retayned two tribes with y^e leuitical tribe, & it was cal­led the king­dome of Iuda he vpon y^e de­merite of his sonnes, did suffer the in­uasion of Su­sar king of E­gypt, who toke away the targettes of gold, & put brasen in y^e same place .3. Re. 14

B Abia. folo­wed y^e sinnes of his father Roboam, who gathered toge­ther .900. souldiers, and dyd obreyd Iero­boam of his idolatrie, and the lorde dely­uered Israel into y^e handes of Iuda, and after 5000. of the people of Israel wer slaine▪ Iero­boam fled. A­bia after his death, was buried in the ci­tie of Dauid: in his time A­zarias liued in the temple of Solomon. 3. Reg. 15.

C Assa did right before y^e lorde, he suppressed the stues, and at the counsell of Azarias the prophete he destroyed all the idols & wods that his father had made: but after, for that he was confe­derate with Benadas the king of y^e As­syrians, he was reproued of Iehu, whō he put in the stockes, & so forsoke God, and died of the payne of his feete, and his sonne raigned after him. 3. Reg. 15.

D Iosaphat vp­on the inuasiō of his enemies into the lande of Iuda, re­ceaued com­fort of Oziel the prophet in the temple, saying to him: O Iuda and Hierusalem, feare not. &c. He called the place where Israel was spoyled, the valley of blessing: His ships (as Eleazar the prophete saide before) were destroyed in Asiongaber. 3. Reg. 22.

E Ioram maryed to wyfe the daughter of Achab king of Israel, and by her counsell did euill, and builded vp againe idolatrie, he killed seuen of his brethren, he was striken with an incurable disease that his bow­els departed from him: He was buryed in the citie of Dauid, but not in the sepultures of the kinges. 3. Reg. 22

[...]: that is, the tyme that the kinges of Iuda and Is­rael lyued eche one with the other: [...] as ye would say, of one tyme with an other.

F Ochozias had to mother Atha­lia the daughter of Achab, which prouoked him to do ill before the lord, he fought with Ioram king of Israel his vncle against Aza­el king of the Assyrians. In the besieging of Ramoth Galaad he was slaine, whose brothers .42. Iehu at the same time slue: Helias the prophete was taken vp into paradise. 4. Reg. [...].

These be the names of the kinges which raigned [...]fter Solomon vpon Israel, that is ouer ten tribes, vntill S [...] manassar king of the Assyrians, which put them nigh the flood of Gazan beyonde the mountaynes of the Medes and Persies, that is, beyond the mountes Caspius. It is red in the storie of Alexander of Macedonia, that he in the lan [...]e place brought in two vncleane nations Gog & Magog, lest the whole lande should be defiled of them. Antechriste shall deliuer them and bring them from thence, whom the Iewes loke for, and beleue that he is the Messias.

Prophetes in the times of the kinges of Israel.

G Ieroboam toke ten cuts of his cloke of Achia the Sidonite, fled into Egypt for the feare of Solomon, but after his death returned into Sichem, and was elected king of the ten tribes, he made the gol­den calues, and put them in Dan & Be­thel, and caused the people of Israel to commit idolatrie, which did sacrifice to the calues, who hearing the threate of Abdo the prophete, and after his hande whiche he stretched against Abdo was dryed vp, and by his prayer restored a­gaine: whiche prophete being slaine of a Lion for that he toke a diner of the false prophete, the saide Ieroboam leauing not his saide crooked wayes, notwith­standing the prophetes counsell, and as­king counsel of Achias by his wyfe of the recouerie of his childe, and hearing the heauy tidynges of his desolation, depar­ted, and his sonne Nadab raigned after him. 3. Reg. 11.

I Baasa though he was reproued of Iehu the prophet after he had buil­ded Rama against Asa, and letted by Benadab, Asa his friende dyed, and was buryed in Tharsa .3. Reg 15.16.

K Hela ruled euill, who in his drunken­nesse was slaine in Tharsa of Zamri, be­ing head captayne of halfe of his horse­men, and Zamri being besieged by Am­ri, was destroyed by fire in Tharsa. 3. Reg. 16.

L Amri thre yeres before he dyd raigne, he dyd warre with Thibni the sonne of Ginath: after he had builded Sama­ria dyed. 3. Reg. 16.

M Achab the sonne of Amri, did euil be­fore the Lord aboue all the kinges that were before him, he worshipped Baal, and made him a temple: in his time was Iericho builded. This Achab imprisoned Micheas the prophet, and slue Na­both for his vineyard, and at last was slaine with an arrowe. 3. Reg. 22. In his time Helias prophecied of the drought, who slue 450. prophets of Baal, and for feare of Iesabel he fled into the desart.

Ochozias because he counseled with the god of Accaron for his sicknesse, and had twyse .50. of his chiefe men consumed by

fire of Helias, the third .50. escaped, but he dyed. 4. Reg. 1.

O Ioram slue Micheas with casting him downe headlong. E­lizeus the prophete in his tyme gaue water in the desart to three kynges and their hoastes, that is, to Ioram kyng of Israel, Iosaphat kyng of Iuda, and to the kyng of Edome, fighting against the Moabites, whose kyng offred his eldest sonne for a burnt offeryng: and after that Ioram had escaped the famine of Sa­maria at the telling of the lepers, he was wounded at the siege of Ramoth, and at the last slayne by Iehu with an arrowe. [...]. Reg. 3.7.8.9.

Kinges of Syria.

N Benadab warring against Achab was takē of him, and af­terward set at libertie, wher­fore he was reproued of He­lias

the pro­phete: he also besieged Io­ram the sonne of Achab in Samaria, but by the power of god he was expel­led, and was strangled of Asael, and so dyed. 3. Re. 20

These kyn­ges of Syria were they whiche dyd much spoyl the kyng­dome of Is­rael.

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A Athalia slue all the kinges blood, except Ioas, whom Iecabeth the wyfe of Ioia­da did hide se­cretly syxe ye­res, and nu­rished him vp. And this A­thalia was dis­honorably slaine of Ioia­da the Bishop 4. Reg. 11

B Ioas restored the treasure house to the re­paration of the temple, & after he had killed Zachari the sonne of Ioia­da the Bishop whiche made him kyng, he toke vpon him honour due vn­to God, & was slayne of his owne seruaūts 4. Reg. 12.

C Amasias being not taught by the parrable of the thissel, by Ioas king of Israel he was slayne, & ther­fore deliuered him vp the ci­tie, & the wal­les to be spoy­led, and the vessels of the tēple to be ca­ried away. 4. Reg. 14.

D Ozias lo­ued Tillage wel, but he vsurped the priestes office vnder Azaria, & therfore was striken with lepri, & so was a leper vnto the day of his death, in whose dayes were the prophetes, E­sai, Ozee, Io­hel, & Abdias. 4. Reg. 15.

E Ioathan buil­ded the gate of the tēple which is called beau­tifull, and of the Hebrewes it is called the gate of Ioa­than, of other the towre of y^e flocke, vnder whō Esai the prophete sawe the Lorde sit­ting. And the prophets Na­um and Mi­cheas began to prophecie. 4. Reg. 15.

F Achaz drewe his sonne tho­rough the fire, he was besie­ged of Rasin, and Phacec, & would not fol­low the counsel of Esai, he forsoke god, & destroyed the ornamentes of the temple. 4. Reg. 16.

And in this mans dayes was Rome buylded.

G Ezechias repaired that which his father destroyed, he pulled downe the bra [...]en serpent, hearing the reuiling wordes of Rabsaces, he humbled hym se [...]e before the Lorde, and had a signe from the angell of his deliuerie from the destruction of a great armie of men: and he geuing no thankes to God, fell in sickenesse, & had a signe of his recouery by the prophete Esai by the goyng backe of the sunne, and after he was recouered, he song his canticle to God: he shewed the treasures of the house of the Lord to the ambassa­dours of Babylon, for which the prophete rebuked him. 4. Re. 20. Esa. 37.

H Manasses was an euil man, & drue his sonne thorough the fire, and after he had cut the prophete Esai a sunder with a wooden sawe, & when he had defiled the streetes of Hierusalem with the blood of the prophetes, at the last he perceauing his wicked­nesse, chaunged his life to a better. 4. Reg. 21.

I This Iosias finding the booke of Deuteronomie in a chest, he destroi­ed al the idolatrie in the high places, he burnt all the bones of the false prophetes and priestes in Bethel, as Addo the prophete did prophecie, he made a great easter, and dyd en­crease the worshipping of God, he was slayne with an arrowe by the archers, vpon whose death Ieremi the prophete did wryte his lamenta­tions, and in the xiii. yere of his kingdome Ieremi began to prophe­cie, vsing the similitudes of a wa­king rod, of a boyling pot, and a lin­nen girdle. 3. Esdras. 1. Iere. 13.

[...] annoynted [...] [...] [...]aunt, after that he had slayne [...] [...]nd Ochozias, had throwne do [...] hedlong Iesabel, had beheaded y^e three score and ten sonnes of Achab, and kil­ed the fourtie and two brethren of O­ [...]hozias, he killed by subtiltie the pro­phetes and priestes of Baal in Sa­maria, and turned the temple of Baal into a common takes. 4. Reg. 21.

L Ioas after he had visited Elizeus, who counseled him to shoote his ar­rowe thrise into the ground, signifiing therby, that he shoulde thrise conquer Syria, he toke y^e treasure of Hierusa­lem, it beyng yelded vnto him, and A­masias ouercome. 4. Reg. 22.

M Ieroboam bounded out all the coastes of Israel, according to the wordes of the Lorde whiche was spoken by the prophete Ionas. 4. Reg. 14.

N Manaon by geuing 1000. talentes of siluer to Phul to go from hym, prouo­ked the kinges anger against hym. 4. Reg. 15.

Phul and other folowing him, raigned after Sardanapalus the last monar­chie of Assyria, and to recouer their old dignititie, dyd warre vpon their bor­derers, euē vnto Ezechias, whē Sen­nacherib was killed in the temple of his owne children, vpon his fleyng a­way from Iudea into Assyria, all his armie beyng destroyed. 4. Reg. 19.

O Facee the sonne of Romelius dyd not resist the king of the Assyrians in destroying all the countrey beyonde Iordane with the two tribes and the halfe: here began the destruction of the ten tribes. 4. Reg. 15.

P Osee the king of Isra­el though he gaue li­cence to the Iewes to go thryse in the yere to Hierusalē, the ten tribes of Israel were brought into captiuitie vnder Salmanasar king of the Assyrians, amongest whom was Tobias. 4. Reg. 17.

Merodac honoured the king of Israel E­zechias, to whose messengers he detected the treasures of the Lordes house and of his owne house, for whiche offence the kinges of Babylon did euer molest the kingdome of Iuda. Esai. 38.

Ioacas was made king of the people, Pha­rao substituted hym, and placed his brother. 4. Regum. 13.

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A Ioachim the first begotten sonne of [...] being made king by Pharao king of Egypt, gaue him a great sūme of mo­ney: he dyd euyll before the Lord, wherfore Vrias the pro­phete dyd reproue hym, but he dyd threate the prophete, & therevpon Vrias fled into E­gypt, but he returned hym againe and slue him, to whom Ieremi sayd, that he should be buryed lyke an asse. This Ioachim, after he had slayne Vrias, imprisoned Ieremi, & cut the booke of the prophecie of Baruch in peeces, and woulde not be warned by the example of the Rechabites: At the last was slayne of Nabuchodono­sor, and throwne without the walles. 4. Reg. 24.

B Ieconias the seconde, deliue­red him selfe by the counsell of Ieremi into the handes of Nabuchodonosor when he re­turned from Hierusalem, in whiche transmigration beside other x.M. was Daniel, E­zechiel, and the three children. 4. Re. 24.

C Sedechias who first was cal­led Mathanias, being without any feare of al the warninges geuen vnto hym by the pro­phete, was besieged of Nabuchodonosor, and led blinde into Babylon, and there dyed a shamefull death, and was buried 4. Re. 26.

Here endeth the fourth age, hauing yeres as the Hebrues write 473. after the seuentie 485. and from Adam to Sede­chias tyme .4612.

D Salathiel was sonne to Ioachim the youn­ger, or Ieconias, nephewe to Sedechias. Mat. 1.

E Zorobabel sonne to Salathiel dyd expound the riddle of the strength of the wine, of the king, of the woman, and of the trueth, vnto Darius sonne of Idapsis, for which he gaue him rewardes, and in the seconde yere of his raigne graunted to finishe the temple. 1. Esdras. 3.

K Cyrus after he had slayne Baltasar, trans­lated his kingdome of Babylon to him selfe, who gaue the Iewes in captiuitie their li­cense to returne, the numbe [...] was 50000. that departed within three yere: this deliue­rie was brought about by the request of Ag­geus, Zacharie, and Zorobabel. 3. Edras. 2.

L Cambises otherwyse called Nabuchodono­sor, had the Monarchie of the east seuē yeres together, he forbad the buylding of the tem­ple, he beyng desirous to be adored lyke a god in Israel: at the last was slayne. In his time was Holophernus his chiefe cap­tayne, discomfited by Iudith, whose head she cut of and shewed it openly vnto the peo­ple, and so deliuered Israel: whervpon she made a canticle of thankes for her victorie. Iudit. 13.14.

F Nabuchodonosor a sorcerer was cast foorth into a wood, and nourished of a wilde goate. and bewrayed by an Owle sitting ouer the bushe, and so a leper toke him vp His name riseth of that, for Na­bu, is by interpretation an Owle, [...] a goate, and Nosor a leper, who after­warde was made king of the Chaldees, and slue the king of Egypt, and after­ward by his prowesse gate the monarchie of the Assyrians, and raigned in Baby­lon in the fourth yere of Ioachim king of Iuda, and in the ninteenth yere of his raigne besieged Hierusalem and toke it, & put in prison Sedechia, the two tribes and people of Israel, whose eyes he put out, and slue his children, and destroyed the temple. He slue Saran, and So­phoni the prophetes of the Lorde, with diuers of the nobilitie of the Iewes. This man at the last for his pride was turned into a wilde beast, and seuen monethes together had his dwelling with them: but through the prayer of Daniel and his seuen yeres penaunce he was restored againe. Daniel. 4.

Nabuchodonosor the lesse, was cal­led the sonne of the great, he did beauti­fie notablie the temple, and repaired his princely pallace of Babylon, he made a gardein whiche dyd hange, for his wyues sake. Dan. 6.

G Euilmoradac in the time that his fa­ther was turned into a beast, did many wicked thinges, and for that his father kept not promise with him, fearing that he woulde rise againe, he counseled with Ioachim, and toke vp his fathers carcase againe, and deuided it into 300. peeces, and gaue it vnto 300. vultures. This king of Babylō had three sonnes, of the whiche one was Baltasar. 4. Regum. 25.

H Baltasar the last king of Babylon, he made a feast wherin he was drūke: he com­maunded the vessels of the temple of God to be vsed at his table, wherin he & his wiues dranke, at what time he saw a hand in a wall writing Mane, techel, pha­res, whiche Daniel dyd interprete the wordes thus: Mane, God hath numbred thy kingdome and brought it to an end, Techel, thou art wayed in the ballance and art founde to light, Phares, thy kingdome is dealt in partes, and is ge­uen to the Medes and Persians. And that night he was slayne of Cyrus, vn­der whom Susan was deliuered from the accusation of the elders. Dan. 13.

I Darius sonne of Astriages raigned with Cyrus hys nephew, who slue Baltasar, to whom Cy­rus commit­ted the do­miniō of Ba­bylon, and of the Medes: This Darius toke Daniel with him into the Medes, and extolled him aboue all his noble men, and deli­uered hym from the lions denne. 1. Esdras. 6.

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A. Vnder Artaxerses Longimanus, Ne [...]mias the sonne of He [...] ­chias a Iewe, & butler to Artaxerses in the castle of Susis, hearyng the lande of Hierusalem to be in great afflictions, and being pined therwith, the king pitiyng him, gaue him letters of imbassage to Hierusalem, and there he ministred necessaries for the buildyng of the worke: and by the helpe of Elizaphat hye priest, and other priestes, he builded the walles with sixe porches, as in this round figure here vnder written appeareth. He had many resisting him, so that by the space of two yeres the workmen were fayne to holde in one hande their trowels, and in the other hande their swordes, and Neemias deliuered the people of Israel from vsuries. And while Esdras read the lawe, and the people weepyng, he wylled them to come to­gether to heare the lawe foure tymes in the day, and foure tymes in the nyght. And so Neemias dyed, & was buryed next to the wall which he dyd builde. 3. Esd. 5.

A. Artaxerses when he raigned, Esdras repaired the com­mon Librarie, & repaired the lawe burnt of the Chaldees, & deuised newe caractes of letters more easie to be writ­ten & read, and for that he was called a swift scribe, and had license of Artaxerses to teache the lawe of God in Hierusalem, & gaue hym power to fraunchesse the Le­uites from all tributes, & to minister punish­ment vpon all transgressours.

B. Iohn the sonne of Iu­das, the bro­ther of Iesus, who conspired agaynst his brother Iohn to get the hye bishoppricke, and thervpon gat the famili­aritie of Va­gosus in trust of whō he rose against his brother, whervp­on Iohn im­patientlie slue his brother Yessus: For which act O­chus the king at y^e suggestion of Vagosus, did call for a­gayne the tri­bute of the .7. yere, whiche was released by Esdras. 1. Mach. 9.

These be the names of the Citie of Hie­rusalem. Solima: Luza: Bethel: Ieroso­lima: Gebus: Helia: Hierusa­salem, & Salem.

C. In Simons tyme Iesus made y^e booke of Sapience, which is called Ecclesiasticus, of which Simon he maketh there mention. 1. Mach. 9.

D. Onias priest sonne of Si­mon the iust, for the crueltie of Antiochus the great king of Syria, fled to Ptolomie into Egypt, & there builded a temple like to the Iewes, which endured 250. yeres, till the tyme of Vaspasian the Emperour, who destroyed the citie. 2. Mach. 3.

E. Alchimus was made the bishop by De­metrius, and alway aduer­sarie to Iudas Machabeus, he destroyed the walles of the house of the Lorde, and the workes of the prophetes, he was striken and miserably dyed of the paulsie. 1. Mach. 7.

F. Ptolomeus the sonne of Lagi, vnder a colour of sacrificyng entred Hie­rusalem and solde many captiues of Iurie and Garizim. Hest. 12.

G. Ptolomeus Philadelphus beyng a great louer of bookes and learnyng, by the counsayle of Demetrius & Aristeus, deli­uered .120000. Iewes, and sold eche of them for 130. peeces of siluer, he sent his oblations into y^e temple of God, he receaued the 70. interpreters in Alexandria honorably, whi­che were sent frō Eleazar the hye priest, and after their inter­pretation, whiche was done in .70. dayes, he sent them home agayne with great rewardes, he remitted the tri­bute of the .7. yere to the ministers of the temple. Dan. 13.

After these kinges of Egypt there were other kinges in Egypt which be not here set vntyll Cleopatra, which beyng conquered with her louer Anthonie, then the lande of Egypt came to be in the possession of the Romanes.

We reade of three temples in the Scripture, first the temple of the Lorde made by Solomon, the seconde in the mount Ga­rasim, made by Manasses the brother of Iadus hye priest in the tyme of Darius the last king of the Assyrians, the thirde in Egypt in the region of Elipoleos of Onias the priest.

O. Alexander translated the kingdome of the Persies to him selfe, and toke Tyrus and Gaza, and in his anger was goyng to Hierusalem, because Iadus the priest denyed him both his tribute and his victu [...]ls, but Iadus and other of the priestes met him, whom he dyd reuerence.

H. xerses raigned after Artaxerses his father two monethes, after whom Sogdianus his sonne .7. monethes, and after him his sonne Darius called Bastard .20. yeres, vnder whom E­gypt lande receeded from the Per­sians, after his death raigned Artax­erses or Assuerus, who raigned ouer 127. Prouinces: in the dayes of this Darius, Plato the Philosopher was famous. Esd. 4.

I. Assuerus after his sumptuous feast, when he expulsed Vasti, and had maryed Hester for his Queene, he caused Ammon to be hanged for the murther he committed vpō the Iewes, and so also were ten of his children hanged, Mardocheus was exalted to honour, who wrote to the hye priest in Hierusalem to obserue this feast for a perpetuall memorie. Hest. 7. About this tyme Aristotle dyd heare Plato readyng.

K. Ochus sonne to Artaxerses, at the suggestion of Vagosus his lieftenaunt restored agayne the tributes that were released by Esdras to the ministers of the temple.

N. Antiochus Epiphanes after he harde of the death of his father & cowardy of his brother, being pledge at Rome, stole priuily away, & was receaued in­to certaine cities of Syria, he put in the temple the idol of Iupiter, & compelled the Iewes to worship it.

L. Antiochus the great kylled his brother Se­leucus, he re­newed the tri­bute of .7. yeres, subdued Iurie, ouercame Phi­lopator the king of Egypt, for whose crueltie Onias the hye priest fledde to Ptolomeus E­piphanes, at the last he was slain in Perside of the priestes in the temple of Nanae. 2. Mach. 1.

M. Seleuchus Philopator the sonne of Antiochus magnus sent Eliodore to Hie­rusalem to spoyle the treasurie of the temple, whervpon he was slayne of two young men, who yet at the request of Onias was raised vp agayne, and sent vnto him. 2. Mach. 3.

The children of Mathathias.

A. Mathathias priest in Medin, but not the bye priest, after he had slayne the messengers of Antiochus, which com­pelled the people of Israel to commit idolatrie, and after he had slayne the Iewe in the sight of them all that did sacrifice vpon the aulter, he fled with fiue of his children, and with others which feared God, and hid them selues in caues and in wooddes, and vp­on the Sabbath daye he taught them to vse ar­mour, and restored the lawes of the fathers, destroyed the aulter of the idols, circum­cised the children that were not circumcised, and towarde his death he made a testament, commaundyng the lawe to be obserued. 1. Mac. 2.

B. Iudas Machabeus that notable trium­pher in Israel, who had neuer y^e like be­fore nor after, whose workes be set out in the booke of the Machabees, after standyng in defence of the lawe of God, he was slayne, and offered him selfe as martir to the Lorde. 1. Mach. 9.

C. Ionathas stoode faythfullye to the testament of God, but at the last he was guil [...]fully slaine with his .2. sonnes of Triphō. 1. Mach. 9.

D. Eleazar goyng a­bout to supplant the Elephant, which as he thought, caryed Antiochus, goyng through y^e armie kil­ling on both sides, felled the Elephant, which dyd oppresse him to death. [...]. Mach. 6.

E. Simon a pru­dent man tyl. his olde age, and victorious, but at the last he was slayne vngra­tiously of his sonne in lawe 1. Mach. 15.

F. Iohn Hircanus did open two of the eyght lockers of Dauid, and gaue to Antiochus to rayse vp his siege from Hierusalem .300. talentes, and to styll the murmure of the people for the spoylyng of the graue: he was the first that builded hospitalles for sicke folkes, which he did with the rest of the money.

G. Aristobolus after he had put his mother in prison and three of his brethren, he set the crowne on his owne head, and at the suggestion of his wife, he killed his brother Antigonus.

H. Alexander slue about .1000. of the Iewes, and he obeyng his wife gaue vp his Crowne.

I. Alexandra his wife promisyng to her sonne Hir­canus the dominion, put in prison Aristobolus her other sonne.

K. Hircanus after his mothers death was chased of his brother Aristobolus & discomfited, he fled to Hierusalem, & at the last agreed that Aristobolus should be chiefe ruler, and Hircanus vnder him, which Hircanus went to Aretha king of Arabia se­cretely, to helpe him agayne to his dominion, whiche Aretha commyng into Iurie besieged Hierusalem, and shoulde haue taken it yf one Scaurus duke of the Romanes had not raysed vp the siege and so departed.

L. This Aristobolus▪ ouercommyng his brother Hircanus in battayle, was taken prisoner in Hierusa­lem of Pompeius, & brought to Rome: but he breaking pri­son out of Rome, with a great multi­tude of the Iewes, besieged Alexandria, which he woulde haue destroyed, but Aristobolus was taken and brought agayne to Rome with his children.

M. Antigonus the sonne of Aristobolus by the helpe of Li­sania his nephewe, promisyng to Par­thus kyng of the Parthians .1000. talentes and .500. virgins, to restore him into the king­dome agayne: and he hauyng many thou­sande men of the Parthians, besieged Hierusalem. At the last the king of the Parthians constitu­ted Antigonus kyng, and slue Hircanus af­ter he had cut of his [...]ares.

N. Antiochus Eupater after the takyng of Bethsura and the besiegyng of Hierusalem, and his promise made to the Iewes of obseruyng their lawes, he droue out Philip out of Antio­chia. At the last he and Lysias bounde of their owne armie and at the commaundement of Demetrius Sother, the children of Seleuchus were slayne. 1. Mach. 7.

O. Demetrius Sother the sonne of Seleuchus returnyng to Rome, slue Antiochus with Lysia, & did constitute Alchimus for hie bishop, with whom Bacchades was sent into Iurie, & destroyed many about Hierusalem, he lost Nichanor, who was slaine by the hande of Iudas, who was killed by Bacchides & Ionathas, withdrawing his helpe, although he promised him many thinges. Alexander meeting with him, which was y^e sonne of Epiphanes, the said Bacchides was destroyed. 1. Mach. 10.

P. Demetrius was ouercome of Antiochus the younger, by Triphon after he was returned from Arabia. 1. Mach. 10.11.

Q. Antiochus was the last king of the Assirians, the lande of Syria was tribu­tary to the Romanes, and Pompei was sent against Tigrauen king of Armenia, he made Scaurus lieftenaunt in Syria, and then when Aristobolus & Hircanus were at debate, and being receaued into Hierusalem by Hircanus friendes, he brake vp the temple wherin Aristobolus friends were, for whiche cause he was neuer fortu­nate after al he was before: for he made the por­ches of the temple stables for his horse. And after he had made Hircanus bi­shop, he led Aristobolus with his chil­dren captiue to Rome, and here ended the kingdome of Syria, which came into the Empire of the Romanes.

R. Antiochus the younger gaue the priesthood to Iona­thas, and was slain by sleight of Triphon, who desired to r [...]igne. 1. Mach. 11.

Triphon slue his mai­ster Alexander, and Io­nathas the Machabite with his two sonnes. 1. Mach. 1.

S. Iulius Caesar in the tyme of Cassius liefetenaunt of Sy­ria, warred with Pompeius, & after his victorie, held the chiefe rule .3. yeres and .7. monethes, for before him the comon wealth was gouerned vnder cō ­sulles .464. yeres, and from the tyme of Romulus it was gouerned vnder .7. kinges .240. yeres, at the ende wherof succeeded the con­sulles vntyll Iulius Caesars dayes, who ruled alone.

T. Crassus toke away almost all the golde of the Temple, from the which Pompei kept his handes cleane, he spent it vpon his souldiers that he had in Par­thia, whervpon he had golde crammed into his mouth, and therof dyed.

[Page] [...] made of his father liefetenaunt of [...] a no­table meete, with his com­panie: being king of y^e Iew­es by Anthonie & Augustus ▪ & by S [...]us was after brought in into the kingdome of Iurie, who slewe y^e infantes, amongst whom he thought to haue killed Christe, he had .7. wiues, yet the scrip­ture speaketh but of these 4. he slewe Maria [...]ne his wife by the accusation of her sister for adulterie with her husband, whom he also slue, he slue his sonnes, Antipater, Ansiobulus, & Alexander, and many other Iewes: at the last he slue him selfe, & dyed miserably, leauing Archelaus his sonne after hym. This Herode next hym hath his brothers, vnder whō be his wiues, & vnder them his .6. sonnes of his .4. wiues.

C. Archelaus after long bat­tayle with his brethren, made liefetenaunt of Idumea and Iurie of the Senate of Rome, being puft in pride for y^e promise of his roome, was accused before Caesar for tirannie, & was driuen out in exile to Vienna of Burgan­die, where he died, whiche landes being brought vnder tribute, Componius was sent of Augustus Caesar, whiche Componius was Procurator of Iurie. Mat. 2.

D. Herode Antipas slew Iohn Baptist, to whom Pilate sent Christe, vnder whom he suffered being Tetrarche of Galilee, after long battayle with Archelaus, enuiyng He­rode Agrippa king of y^e Iew­es, after Christes death, went to Rome by the coun­sayle of his wife, he was driuen in exile by the accu­sation of Herode Agrippa to Lions, where he dyed mise­rably with Herodias his con­cubine. Mat. 14.

E. Herodes Agrippa oft trou­bled with varietie of for­tune, to whom was geuen the Tetrarchie of Trachonitis by Caligula, the which Phi­lip refused, and Claudius af­terwarde added Samaria and Iudea, and called him kyng. And he beyng desirous to please the Iewes, slewe Iohn & Iames, imprisoned Peter, toke vpon him gods honour, and therfore dyed eaten of wormes. Act. 12.

It is to be noted that Ma­than & Melchi descended from Dauid, but Mathan by Solo­mon, and Melchi by Nathan. Mathan had to wife one Estha, of whom he begat Iacob, & Iacob being dead, Melchi of the line of Nathan the sonne of Leui maryed her to wife, of whō he had Hely, & so Iacob & Hely were made brothers of one venter. Hely maryed a wyfe, & dyed without chyl­dren, and therfore Iacob ma­ried her, of whom he had Io­seph, so that Ioseph was the naturall sonne of Iacob, and the sonne of Hely by lawe, & therof it is that Matthewe calleth Ioseph the sonne of [...]acob, and Luke calleth Ioseph the sonne of Hely.

L. Iohn Baptist was prophe­ [...]ied to Zacharie by the angel Gabriel, and was borne of Elizabeth when she was [...]aren, sanctified in her wombe: when he was .vij. [...]eres of age went into wil­ [...]ernesse, where he liued an [...]ustere life, and after Christ was baptised, and had prea­ched penaunce, and shewed Christ, he was beheaded by Herode Antipas at the request of Herodias his concubine in [...]he .32. yere of his age. Luk. 1.

A Antipater borne in Idumea, a gentile, was con­federated first with Hi [...]anus, who went at his counsayle to the kyng of Arabie, he ioyned with Pompeius, and after his death with Iulius Caesar whom Caesar sent with .3000. men against Pellucium, in which battayle doyng valiantly, yet he had many woundes, he was accused of Antigonus for the death of his father and brother, and for betraying of the Empire, before Caesar. Whervpon he put of his clothes, and shewed the scarres of his woundes which he receaued for Caesars sake, saying: Though my tongue speake not, let these woundes declare whether I haue ben a traytor. At the last he was poysoned: he had Crispis to wife, neece to the kyng of the Arabians, of whom he had foure sonnes & one daughter, as appeareth here.

F. Componius and his folowers in this line, were Procurators of Iurie, this Componius was made Procurator of Iurie by Augustus Caesar after that Archelaus was exiled, who because the Samaritanes entred in the night into Hierusalem, and to the Temple, and did cast the bones of the dead men about the Temple, he commaunded the gates of the Temple to be shut vntil the day, who after his returne to Rome Marcus was sent, after his returne was sent Annius Ruffus, in whose dayes Caesar was slayne: after whom Valerius was sent to be Procurator of Iurie.

G. Valerius a Greke borne, he was made Procu­rator of Iurie by Tiberius Caesar, he deposed Anna and substituted Ismael, whom within a whyle he deposed & set vp Eleasar the sonne of Annas, and after a yere deposed him, and appoynted Simeon, whom he also depriued after a yere, and constituted Iosip­pus which was also called Caiphas, vnder whom Christe suffered, he after .xi. yeres forsoke Iurie and returned to Rome, after him Tiberius sent Pontius Pilate, vnder whom Herode Agrippa to the honor of Tiberius Caesar builded the citie of Tiberias. After y^e death of Herode, Ascolonita the monarchie of the kingdome of the Iewes was deuided into two partes by the Senate of Rome, and one part was geuen to Archelaus vnder the name of the Tetrarch, that is, of Iurie and Idumea, and it was promised him that if he did worthily he shoulde be made king. An other part was deuided into two Tetrarches, and one part therof was geuen to Herode Antipas ouer the riuer, and Galilee: and to his brother Philippus was geuen the Te­trarchie of Ituria or Traconitis: and to Lisania, was geuen the Tetrarchie of Abilen.

[...], in the [...] you ioyne the [...] so begynneth the sixt age, which shall continue to the day of iudgement.

H. Pontius Pilate was made Procurator of Iurie by Tiberius Caesar, who commyng to Hierusalem woulde haue the image of Iulius Caesar to be set in the temple: in the .17. yere of his rule he pronounced false sentence agaynst Christe, he woulde haue brought into the temple the images of the Gentiles, contrarie to the lawe of the Iewes, and the money receaued into Cor­bonam, that is, of the Arke wherin was put the offrings of the priestes to the repayryng of the temple, & also of the Treasure house, wherin was put the oblations of all passengers: he turned to his owne vse, and therfore Tiberius exiled him to Lions his owne countrey, where he dyed to his shame. Ioh. 19.

I. Octauianus or Augustus Caesar after he came to the em­pire, found pacified the whole world, & therfore he disi­red to knowe what regions, what cities, what castles, what villages, what men were vnder his Empire, for he had the rule of the whole worlde, and this de­scription was first made of Cirinus the liefetenaunt of Syria, and than was Christe borne. And hauyng desire to builde a notable pallace, he woulde knowe howe long it shoulde continue, and had aunswere from Cibilla that it shoulde endure so long tyll a virgin should bring foorth a childe, whervpon he called it eternum, that is, euerlastyng: But Christe beyng borne of a virgin, the pallace fell downe, whervpon he builded an aulter to God borne of the virgin, and called it the aul­ter of heauen, he raigned .13. yeres after Christes birth, and in the .41. yere of his rule, he numbred the people in Rome, and there were founde ninetie tymes three hundred thousand, and 80. thousande, and sixe hundred men. Luk. 2.

K. Tiberius was the sonne of Augustus and of Iulia his wife, he had two Nephues, one of his sonne called Ti­bur, and another of his brother called Gaius, he woulde haue substituted after him the sonne of his sonne whom he loued better, but Herode Agrippa loued better Gaius, and wished him to be Emperour, for which wishe he put Herode in prison. In the .15. yere of his raigne Iohn Baptist began for to preache and to baptise, and in his 18. yere Christe was crucified, and Tiberius dyed.

The Apostles dispearsed through the whole worlde to preache the Gospell of Christe, were for Christes sake slayne by diuers tormentes, except Iohn the Euangelist: Peter and Paule in the [...]9. from Christes passion, and in the .14. yere of Nero were slaine at Rome, the same day Andrewe in Patras, Iames both of them and Matthias in Iurie, Iohn the Euangelist was translated from Ephesus, Thomas and Bartholmewe in Iudea, Simon and Iudas in Persia, Matthewe in Ethiope, Marke in Alexandria, Luke in Bithinia, Barnabas was martered in Cipresse.

M. Paul in the seconde yere from Christes death, was by miracle conuerted to the fayth: in the .13. yere Paul and Barnabas were deuided in Antioche, and went vp to Peter and Iames in Hierusalem, and in the .14. yere they went to preache, and Paul after long preachyng in Iurie and Greece came to Rome.