The ancient ecclesiastical histories of the first six hundred years after Christ, written in the Greek tongue by three learned historiographers, Eusebius, Socrates, and Evagrius. Eusebius Pamphilus bishop of Cæsarea in Palestina, wrote ten books. Socrates Scholasticus of Constantinople, wrote seven books. Evagrius Scholasticus of Antioch, wrote six books. Whereunto is annexed, Dorotheus, Bishop of Tyrus, of the lives and ends of the prophets, apostles, and LXX disciples. All which authors are faithfully translated out of the Greek tongue by Meredith Hanmer Doctor in Divinity. Last of all, herein is comprized a brief chronography collected by the said translator, with a copious index of the principal matters throughout all the histories. The sixth edition corrected and revised. Hereunto is added, Eusebius his life of Constantine, in four books. With Constantines oration to the clergy
| Author/creator | Eusebius, Bishop of Caesarea |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London : printed by Abraham Miller, and are to be sold by Luke Fawn at the sign of the Parrot in St Pauls Church-yard, 1663. |
| Description | [6], 119, [11], 190, 201-598, [18] p. |
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| Other author/creator | Hanmer, Meredith, 1543-1604. |
| Other author/creator | Socrates, Scholasticus, ca. 379-ca. 440. Ecclesiastical history. English. |
| Other author/creator | Evagrius, Scholasticus, b. 536? Ecclesiastical history. English. |
| Other author/creator | Dorotheus, Saint, 255-362, attributed name. |
| Other author/creator | Eusebius, Bishop of Caesarea, of Caesarea, ca. 260-ca. 340. Life of Constantine. English. |
| Other author/creator | Saltonstall, Wye, fl. 1630-1640. |
| Uniform title | Historia ecclesiastica. English. |
| Variant title | Lives, the ends, and the martyrdomes, of the prophets, apostles, and seventy disciples of our Saviour. |
| Variant title | Chronographie. |
| Series | Early English books online. ^A888680 |
| General note | The attribution of the biographies to Dorotheus is traditional but unsubstantiated. |
| General note | "Eusebius his life of Constantine" has separate dated title page; the translation is by Wye Saltonstall. |
| General note | "The ecclesiastical history of Socrates Scholasticus", "The ecclesiasticall history of Evagrius Scholasticus", "The lives, the ends, and the martyrdomes, of the prophets, apostles, and seventy disciples of our Saviour", and "A chronographie" have separate dated title pages; register and pagination are continuous. |
| General note | Includes index. |
| General note | Text and register and continuous despite pagination. |
| General note | Reproduction of the original in the Bodleian Library. |
| References | Wing (2nd ed.) E3422B. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2028:3) |
| Other title | Historia ecclesiastica. English. |
| Other title | Pannonian lives. English. |
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