The pastime of people, or the chronicles of divers realms; and most especially of the realm of England / Briefly comp. and imprinted in Cheapside, by John Rastell A. D. 1529. Now first reprinted, and systematically arranged [by T.F. Dibdin]. With facsimile wood-cuts of the portraits of popes, emperors, &c. and the kings of England.

  • John Rastell
Date:
1811
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Credit: The pastime of people, or the chronicles of divers realms; and most especially of the realm of England / Briefly comp. and imprinted in Cheapside, by John Rastell A. D. 1529. Now first reprinted, and systematically arranged [by T.F. Dibdin]. With facsimile wood-cuts of the portraits of popes, emperors, &c. and the kings of England. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    yere of Crist .CC.xx. and hild the epire but one yere: for they that chase hym, slew hym and his sonne Diaduenus in the cytte of Antioch. A 3nt$onui$ ljMeogabalu£, bastard to Caracalla, was then made eperour: his codicios were vile and detestable; wherfore, by y power of y me of war, he and his moder were slayn, after y he had reynid .iiii. yere. I Cl &ttreltU0 was next eperour; a vertious man; it was neuer found that euer he dyd wrong to any man. He made warre agaynst the Parthes. He was slayne by the men of warr, by the oc- casion of Maximian, at the cite of Magunce. @1 9]Ult occupyed then the epire, wythout auctorite of the senate; ;he made the .vi. parsecution vppon the crystin men. This Maximian, as Capitalius resitith, was sich a glotton that he wold ete xl. 1. weyght of flesh in a day, and drlk therto a mew of wyne, which is almost .iiii. galons. He was, by the senate, declaryd enmy to the comen wele, anddepriuid of his empyre. Cl the Old was emperour next after. He reynid but one yere. Cl t&ttpt0ttU£ &U& 'BaltlUl# were next made emperours ; and Gor- dian, sonn of the doughter of Gordian the Old, made Cesar. These held the empire one yere, and then were both slayn in the paleys. fll «ora:au the Yonger, before said Cesar, was the next em- perour, the yere of Crist .CCxli. He made war agayne the Parthes, and as he returnid, by the meanys of Phillip Darabye, he was slayn. d before sayd, was the made emperour, the yere of Crist .CCxlvii. He had a son callyd Philip, whiche he ioyned