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             A geographicall and historicall disqvisition touching the Asia properly so called, the Lydian Asia (which is the Asia so often mentioned in the New Testament), the Proconsular Asia, and the Asian Diocese by James Ussher.
             Ussher, James, 1581-1656.
          
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             1643.
          
           
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           A
           
             Geographicall
          
           and
           
             Historicall
          
           DISQVISITION
           ,
           TOUCHING
           The
           
             ASIA
             properly
             so
             called
             ,
          
           The
           
             Lydian
             Asia
          
           (
           which
           is
           the
           
             Asia
          
           so
           often
           mentioned
           in
           the
           New
           Testament
           )
           the
           
             Proconsular
             Asia
          
           and
           the
           
             Asian
             ,
             Diocese
             .
          
           BY
           JAMES
           USSHER
           ,
           Archbishop
           of
           
             Armagh
             ,
          
           and
           
             Primate
          
           of
           all
           
             IRELAND
             .
          
        
         
           ACT.
           19.10
           .
        
         
           All
           they
           which
           dwelt
           in
           
             ASIA
             ,
          
           heard
           the
           Word
           of
           the
           
             LORD
             JESUS
             ,
          
           both
           
             Jevves
          
           and
           
             Greekes
             .
          
        
         
           1
           CORINTH.
           16.19
           .
        
         
           The
           Churches
           of
           
             ASIA
          
           salute
           you
           .
        
         
           REVEL.
           1.4
           .
        
         
           
             JOHN
          
           to
           the
           seven
           Churches
           in
           
             ASIA
             .
          
           Grace
           be
           unto
           you
           and
           peace
           .
        
         
           OXFORD
           ,
           Printed
           by
           HENRY
           HALL
           ,
           1643.
           
        
      
       
       
       
         
           To
           the
           READER
           .
        
         
           FInding
           much
           perplexitie
           in
           the
           severall
           acceptions
           of
           the
           name
           of
           
             Asia
             ,
          
           even
           taken
           in
           the
           stricter
           sense
           ,
           for
           that
           which
           was
           but
           a
           Member
           of
           
             Asia
          
           the
           
             lesse
          
           :
           for
           mine
           owne
           better
           satisfaction
           ,
           in
           reading
           as
           well
           of
           the
           new
           Testament
           as
           of
           other
           Ecclesiasticall
           and
           Civill
           Histories
           ;
           I
           endeavoured
           to
           try
           whether
           ,
           by
           a
           fit
           distinction
           of
           places
           and
           times
           ,
           some
           helpe
           might
           be
           found
           for
           the
           resolving
           of
           those
           difficulties
           .
           VVhere
           I
           learned
           withall
           ,
           both
           how
           wide
           he
           should
           erre
           in
           matters
           of
           this
           kinde
           ,
           that
           would
           trust
           only
           to
           
             Ptolemies
          
           Tables
           ,
           without
           further
           consulting
           with
           the
           ancienter
           Historians
           and
           Geographers
           ;
           and
           what
           use
           might
           be
           made
           of
           the
           
             Imperiall
             Laws
             ,
          
           not
           only
           for
           the
           furtherance
           of
           Civill
           prudence
           ,
           but
           also
           for
           the
           bettering
           of
           our
           knowledge
           in
           other
           
           parts
           of
           good
           learning
           .
           VVhich
           briefe
           Observations
           of
           mine
           ,
           now
           the
           second
           time
           revised
           ,
           enlarged
           ,
           and
           much
           amended
           (
           the
           former
           Edition
           being
           but
           suddenly
           thought
           upon
           )
           I
           here
           again
           present
           to
           the
           favourable
           view
           ,
           and
           submit
           to
           the
           riper
           judgement
           of
           the
           more
           intelligent
           Reader
           .
        
         
           
             
             Et
             veniam
             pro
             laude
             peto
             :
             laudatus
             abundè
             ,
          
           
             Non
             fastiditus
             si
             tibi
             ,
             Lector
             ,
             ero
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
         A
         DISQVISITION
         ,
         TOUCHING
         The
         
           ASIA
           properly
           so
           called
           ,
        
         the
         
           Lydian
           Asia
           ,
        
         the
         
           Proconsular
           Asia
           ,
        
         and
         the
         
           Asian
           Diocese
           .
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           I.
           Of
           the
           
             Asia
          
           which
           by
           the
           
             Romanes
          
           was
           first
           properly
           so
           called
           ;
           and
           the
           severall
           members
           thereof
           .
        
         
           AS
           the
           lesser
           
             Asia
          
           (
           now
           called
           
             Natolia
          
           or
           
             Anatolia
          
           )
           was
           a
           part
           of
           the
           
             great
             ,
          
           and
           
             Asia
             properly
             so
             called
          
           a
           part
           of
           that
           
             lesser
          
           ;
           so
           the
           
             Lydian
             Asia
          
           was
           a
           parcell
           of
           that
           
             Asia
          
           which
           was
           
             properly
             so
             called
             .
          
           For
           the
           fuller
           understanding
           whereof
           ,
           we
           are
           to
           call
           to
           mind
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Romanes
          
           having
           possessed
           
           themselves
           of
           the
           Countreyes
           which
           had
           formerly
           belonged
           unto
           the
           
             Pergamen
          
           Kings
           ,
           reduced
           them
           into
           the
           forme
           of
           a
           Province
           ;
           which
           they
           called
           ,
           
             a
          
           by
           the
           name
           of
           the
           great
           Continent
           ,
           
             Asia
             .
          
        
         
           This
           is
           by
           Cicero
           
             b
          
           distinguished
           into
           foure
           members
           :
           
             Phrygia
             ,
             Mysia
             ,
             Caria
             ,
          
           and
           
             Lydia
             .
          
           The
           first
           whereof
           is
           by
           
             Dionysius
             Afer
             ,
          
           
             c
          
           
             Strabo
             ,
          
           
             d
          
           
             Ptolemy
          
           and
           others
           ,
           divided
           into
           the
           
             greater
          
           and
           the
           
             lesser
             Phrygia
             .
          
           Within
           the
           
             greater
          
           those
           two
           
             Phrygia's
          
           were
           comprehended
           ,
           which
           in
           after
           ages
           ,
           were
           knowne
           by
           the
           names
           of
           
             Pacatiana
          
           and
           
             Salutaris
          
           :
           the
           former
           of
           which
           (
           mentioned
           in
           the
           subscription
           ,
           added
           by
           the
           Greeke
           Church
           unto
           the
           former
           Epistle
           of
           S.
           
             Paul
          
           unto
           
             Timothy
          
           )
           being
           the
           more
           Southerne
           part
           of
           the
           
             greater
             Phrygia
             ,
          
           is
           thought
           to
           have
           received
           that
           appellation
           from
           
             Pacatianus
          
           :
           who
           in
           the
           dayes
           of
           
             Constantine
          
           the
           great
           ,
           bore
           the
           office
           of
           the
           
             e
          
           
             Prefect
          
           of
           the
           
             Praetorium
          
           of
           the
           
             East
             ,
          
           having
           not
           long
           before
           beene
           at
           the
           same
           time
           
             f
          
           both
           
             Consul
          
           and
           
             Prefect
          
           of
           the
           City
           of
           
             Constantinople
          
           ;
           and
           (
           as
           it
           may
           seeme
           )
           diverse
           yeares
           before
           that
           ,
           began
           his
           preferments
           here
           in
           the
           West
           ,
           with
           the
           
             *
          
           Lieutenantship
           of
           our
           
             Brittaine
             .
          
        
         
           Of
           the
           latter
           ,
           there
           is
           mention
           made
           in
           a
           certaine
           
             g
          
           Constitution
           of
           
             Constantius
          
           the
           sonne
           of
           
             Constantine
             ,
          
           and
           in
           the
           Subscriptions
           both
           of
           the
           
             fourth
          
           generall
           Councell
           held
           at
           
             Chalcedon
             ,
          
           and
           of
           the
           fifth
           held
           at
           
             Constantinople
          
           ;
           in
           which
           last
           
             h
          
           
             Severus
          
           subscribeth
           as
           Bishop
           of
           
             Synnada
             ,
          
           the
           
             Metropolis
          
           of
           
             Phrygia
             Salutaris
             ,
          
           (
           however
           
             i
          
           
             Socrates
             ,
          
           by
           some
           lapse
           of
           memory
           ,
           and
           
             k
          
           
             Nicephorus
          
           blindly
           following
           him
           ,
           have
           made
           this
           to
           
           be
           a
           City
           of
           
             Phrygia
             Pacatiana
          
           :
           )
           as
           in
           that
           of
           
             Chalcedon
             ,
          
           
             l
          
           
             Abercius
             ,
          
           as
           Bishop
           of
           
             Hierapolis
             ,
          
           a
           Citie
           of
           the
           same
           
             Phrygia
             Salutaris
             .
          
           Where
           it
           may
           be
           noted
           ;
           first
           ,
           that
           besides
           that
           more
           knowne
           
             Hierapolis
          
           in
           
             Phrygia
             Pacatiana
          
           (
           of
           which
           we
           shall
           have
           occasion
           to
           speake
           hereafter
           )
           there
           was
           another
           of
           lesse
           note
           in
           
             Phrygia
             Salutaris
             :
          
           the
           one
           whereof
           in
           
             m
          
           
             Pli●yes
          
           dayes
           (
           before
           this
           new
           distinction
           of
           the
           parts
           of
           the
           greater
           
             Phrygia
          
           was
           brought
           in
           )
           belonged
           to
           the
           
             Laodicean
             ,
          
           the
           other
           to
           the
           
             Pergamen
          
           jurisdiction
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           that
           before
           this
           
             Abercius
             ,
          
           who
           was
           present
           at
           the
           Councell
           of
           
             Chalcedon
          
           ;
           there
           were
           two
           other
           Bishops
           of
           the
           same
           name
           ,
           who
           succeeded
           one
           another
           in
           the
           same
           See
           ,
           about
           the
           time
           of
           the
           Emperour
           
             Marcus
             Aurelius
             Antoninus
             ,
          
           whose
           Episcopall
           seat
           is
           by
           
             n
          
           
             Symeon
             Metaphrastes
          
           placed
           in
           that
           
             little
             Phrygia
             ,
          
           whereof
           
             Synnada
          
           was
           the
           Metropolis
           :
           whereas
           the
           other
           Greekes
           more
           consonantly
           to
           the
           truth
           do
           relate
           ,
           that
           
             o
          
           
             Abercius
          
           was
           Bishop
           of
           
             Hierapolis
          
           in
           
             Phrygia
             Salutaris
             .
          
        
         
           For
           the
           
             greater
             Phrygia
          
           (
           whereof
           this
           
             Salutaris
          
           was
           a
           part
           )
           both
           by
           the
           forenamed
           Geographers
           ,
           and
           by
           
             p
          
           
             Diodorus
             Siculus
          
           and
           
             q
          
           
             Livy
             ,
          
           is
           opposed
           to
           that
           which
           lay
           upon
           the
           
             Hellespont
          
           :
           and
           had
           in
           it
           the
           Cities
           of
           
             Ilium
          
           (
           called
           by
           
             r
          
           
             Herodotus
             ,
          
           the
           
             Pergamus
          
           of
           
             Priamus
             ,
          
           upon
           the
           river
           
             Seamander
          
           )
           and
           of
           
             Troas
          
           ;
           which
           is
           often
           mentioned
           in
           the
           
             s
          
           New
           Testament
           ,
           and
           by
           others
           named
           
             t
          
           
             Antigonia
             ,
             Alexandria
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             u
          
           
             Alexandrian
             Troas
          
           :
           from
           whence
           the
           whole
           Countrey
           
           retained
           the
           name
           of
           
             Troas
          
           ;
           aswell
           as
           the
           other
           appellations
           of
           
             x
          
           
             Epictetus
             ,
          
           the
           
             Hellespontian
          
           and
           the
           
             lesser
             Phrygia
          
           :
           beginning
           northward
           ,
           
             y
          
           according
           to
           
             Homer
             ,
          
           from
           the
           river
           
             Aesepus
             ,
          
           or
           
             z
          
           according
           to
           
             Damastes
          
           from
           the
           city
           
             Parium
             ,
          
           not
           far
           from
           thence
           ,
           and
           ,
           according
           to
           both
           ,
           extending
           it self
           from
           thence
           ,
           along
           the
           water
           si●e
           ,
           Southward
           unto
           the
           Promontory
           
             Lectum
             .
          
        
         
           Betwixt
           this
           
             lesser
          
           and
           the
           
             greater
             Phrygia
          
           was
           
             Mysia
          
           interposed
           :
           the
           borders
           of
           each
           other
           being
           so
           confusedly
           intermingled
           together
           ,
           
             a
          
           that
           it
           was
           a
           very
           difficult
           matter
           to
           distinguish
           them
           .
           And
           as
           the
           
             lesser
             Phrygia
          
           was
           called
           the
           
             Hellespontian
             ,
          
           and
           a
           difference
           thereby
           put
           betwixt
           it
           and
           the
           
             greater
          
           :
           so
           this
           
             Mysia
          
           likewise
           ,
           being
           in
           the
           countrey
           (
           although
           further
           removed
           from
           the
           
             Fretum
          
           or
           Strait
           )
           of
           
             Hellespont
             ,
          
           had
           the
           like
           name
           of
           the
           
             Hellespontian
             Mysia
          
           given
           unto
           it
           ;
           thereby
           to
           discriminate
           it
           from
           the
           
             ●strian
          
           
             *
          
           
             Mysia
          
           or
           
             Moesia
          
           :
           the
           
             Hellespontian
             Mysia
          
           and
           
             Phrygia
          
           joyntly
           making
           up
           that
           intire
           Province
           ,
           which
           in
           the
           division
           of
           the
           Empire
           made
           by
           
             Constantine
          
           (
           because
           it
           was
           setled
           under
           the
           government
           of
           a
           
             b
          
           
             Consular
          
           President
           )
           had
           the
           name
           of
           the
           
             c
          
           
             Consular
             Hellespont
          
           bestowed
           upon
           it
           .
        
         
           Thus
           
             Galen
             ,
          
           having
           occasion
           to
           prescribe
           the
           use
           of
           
             Mysian
          
           Wine
           ,
           declareth
           that
           he
           meant
           thereby
           ,
           
             d
          
           
             not
             that
             which
             was
             from
             the
             Mysia
             about
             the
             river
             Ister
             ,
             but
             from
             that
             which
             is
             named
             the
             Hellespontian
          
           ;
           which
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             is
             about
             our
             Asia
             ,
             and
             conterminous
             unto
             Pergamus
             .
          
           For
           that
           the
           greater
           
             Mysia
          
           reached
           Southward
           unto
           the
           
             Pergamen
          
           Territory
           ,
           and
           the
           
           plaine
           of
           
             Caïcus
             ,
          
           is
           by
           
             c
          
           
             Herodotus
          
           and
           
             f
          
           
             Strabo
          
           in
           like
           sort
           testifyed
           :
           as
           it
           reached
           from
           thence
           Northward
           unto
           the
           Mountaine
           
             Olympus
          
           ;
           which
           from
           the
           
             Mysians
          
           was
           called
           
             g
          
           
             Moesius
          
           or
           
             Mysius
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             h
          
           
             Mysians
          
           from
           it
           again
           received
           the
           surname
           of
           
             Olympeni
             .
          
           that
           which
           
             i
          
           
             Ptolemy
          
           calleth
           the
           
             lesser
             Mysia
          
           (
           the
           chiefe
           Citie
           whereof
           was
           
             Cyzicus
          
           )
           reaching
           from
           that
           mountaine
           westward
           unto
           the
           river
           
             Aesepus
             ,
          
           and
           there
           joyning
           with
           the
           Northern
           part
           of
           
             Epictetus
          
           or
           the
           
             lesser
             Phrygia
             .
          
        
         
           
             Caria
          
           was
           parted
           from
           
             Lydia
          
           by
           the
           winding
           currents
           
             Maeander
          
           :
           from
           the
           receiving
           of
           the
           river
           Lycus
           into
           it
           ,
           unto
           the
           emptying
           of
           it selfe
           into
           the
           
             Myrtoan
          
           sea
           .
           For
           howsoever
           
             Ptolemy
          
           taketh
           all
           that
           lyeth
           betwixt
           this
           and
           the
           river
           
             Cayster
          
           from
           
             Lydia
             ,
          
           and
           addeth
           it
           unto
           
             Caria
          
           :
           yet
           
             k
          
           
             Strabo
          
           maketh
           
             Maeander
          
           to
           be
           the
           limit
           betwixt
           those
           Provinces
           ;
           and
           aswell
           by
           
             Scylax
             Caryandensis
          
           in
           his
           Periplus
           ,
           as
           by
           
             l
          
           
             Pliny
             ,
          
           
             m
          
           
             Maximus
             Tyrius
             ,
          
           and
           
             n
          
           
             Stephanus
             Byzantinus
             ,
          
           it
           is
           reckoned
           among
           the
           rivers
           of
           
             Lydia
             .
          
        
         
           
             Lydia
          
           contained
           ,
           beside
           the
           inland
           region
           ,
           commonly
           knowne
           by
           that
           name
           ,
           the
           adjoyning
           countries
           also
           ,
           aswell
           of
           
             Ionia
             ,
          
           lying
           on
           the
           Sea
           side
           betwixt
           the
           mouthes
           of
           the
           river
           
             Hermus
          
           and
           
             Maeander
             ,
          
           
           as
           of
           
             Aeolis
             ,
          
           reaching
           up
           from
           
             Hermus
             ,
          
           either
           unto
           the
           River
           
             Caicus
          
           as
           
             Ptolemy
             ,
          
           or
           ,
           as
           
             Strabo
          
           would
           have
           it
           ,
           unto
           the
           very
           Promontory
           of
           
             Lectum
             ,
          
           the
           ancient
           bound
           betwixt
           
             Troas
          
           and
           the
           Sea-coast
           of
           the
           greater
           
             Mysia
             .
          
           For
           that
           
             Mysia
          
           reached
           unto
           the
           mouth
           of
           
             Caïeus
             ,
          
           is
           acknowledged
           not
           only
           by
           
             o
          
           
             Ptolemy
             ,
          
           but
           also
           by
           
             p
          
           
             Strabo
          
           himselfe
           :
           and
           yet
           ,
           because
           that
           in
           his
           time
           it
           was
           possessed
           by
           the
           
             Aeolians
             ,
          
           he
           declareth
           withall
           ,
           that
           
             q
          
           
             Aeolis
             ,
          
           then
           
             properly
             so
             called
             ,
          
           did
           extend
           
             from
             Hermus
             unto
             Lectum
             ,
          
           and
           that
           
             r
          
           
             when
             one
             turneth
             about
             from
             Lectum
             ,
             the
             renowned
             Cities
             of
             the
             Aeolians
             ,
             and
             the
             Adramyttian
             bay
             ,
             doe
             receive
             him
             .
          
        
         
           So
           doth
           
             Pliny
          
           likewise
           affirme
           ,
           that
           
             s
          
           
             the
             promontory
             Lectum
             did
             disterminate
             Aeolis
             and
             Troas
          
           :
           although
           elsewhere
           ,
           following
           other
           Authors
           ,
           he
           placeth
           
             Assos
          
           (
           the
           first
           City
           that
           occurreth
           after
           the
           doubling
           of
           the
           Cape
           of
           
             Lectum
             ,
          
           and
           whereof
           there
           is
           mention
           made
           
             Acts
          
           20.13
           ,
           14.
           )
           in
           
             t
          
           
             Troas
             ,
          
           as
           
             Ptolemy
          
           doth
           .
           But
           
             u
          
           
             Strabo
             ,
          
           and
           
             x
          
           
             Hellanicus
          
           before
           him
           ,
           maketh
           it
           a
           city
           of
           
             Aeolis
             :
          
           as
           
             Stephanus
             Byzantinus
          
           after
           them
           ,
           where
           he
           saith
           ,
           it
           
             y
          
           
             is
             a
             City
             of
             Aeolis
             about
             the
             Hellespont
          
           :
           from
           which
           the
           authority
           of
           
             Alexander
             Cornelius
          
           (
           subjoyned
           hereunto
           by
           him
           )
           saying
           that
           
             Assos
             in
             Mysia
             was
             a
             Colony
             of
             the
             Mitylenaeans
          
           (
           in
           the
           Island
           of
           
             Lesbus
             ,
          
           which
           lay
           next
           opposite
           unto
           this
           
             Mysia
          
           )
           swarveth
           little
           or
           nothing
           at
           all
           :
           
             Mysia
             ,
          
           after
           it
           came
           unto
           the
           possession
           of
           the
           
             Aeolians
             ,
          
           having
           gotten
           the
           name
           of
           
             Aeolis
          
           ;
           as
           by
           
             z
          
           
             Mela
          
           and
           
             a
          
           
             Pliny
          
           is
           fully
           testified
           .
           
           The
           not
           observing
           whereof
           caused
           
             Stephanus
          
           to
           make
           the
           
             Assos
          
           of
           
             Aeolis
          
           a
           different
           city
           from
           the
           
             Assos
             of
             Mysia
             neer
             unto
             Antandrus
          
           :
           for
           so
           do
           I
           read
           the
           place
           in
           him
           ;
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           .
           and
           not
           ,
           as
           the
           vulgar
           books
           have
           it
           ;
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           .
        
         
           The
           principall
           sea-townes
           of
           this
           part
           of
           
             Mysia
          
           or
           
             Aeolis
          
           
             b
          
           from
           
             Lectum
          
           to
           
             Caïcus
             ,
          
           over
           against
           
             Lesbus
             ,
          
           are
           by
           
             Strabo
          
           reckoned
           in
           this
           order
           :
           
             Assos
             ,
             Adramyttium
             ,
             Atarnus
          
           and
           
             Pitane
             .
          
           That
           
             Adramyttium
          
           (
           mentioned
           in
           Act.
           27.2
           )
           was
           
             c
          
           
             a
             city
             of
             that
             Mysia
             which
             is
             by
             Caïcus
             ,
          
           and
           
             d
          
           
             Atarna
             a
             city
             betwixt
             Mysia
             and
             Lydia
             ,
             neere
             unto
             Lesbus
          
           ;
           and
           
             e
          
           
             Pitane
             a
             city
             of
             Aeolis
             ,
          
           is
           affirmed
           by
           
             Stephanus
             .
          
           So
           as
           ,
           reckoning
           
             Atarna
          
           it selfe
           (
           as
           
             f
          
           
             Herodotus
          
           doth
           )
           among
           the
           cities
           of
           
             Mysia
             ,
          
           the
           rest
           of
           
             Aeolis
          
           downward
           will
           fall
           within
           the
           limits
           of
           
             Lydia
             .
          
           wherein
           we
           finde
           ,
           that
           aswell
           
             g
          
           
             Phocaea
          
           (
           which
           is
           within
           
             Aeolis
          
           )
           as
           
             Ephesus
             ,
             Colophon
             ,
             Lebedus
             ,
             Teos
          
           and
           
             Clazomenae
             ,
          
           the
           most
           knowne
           cities
           of
           
             Ionia
             ,
          
           are
           expresly
           placed
           by
           
             Herodotus
             .
          
           Neither
           is
           there
           any
           reason
           to
           be
           given
           ,
           why
           
             Cicero
          
           in
           his
           enumeration
           of
           the
           countries
           of
           
             Asia
             ,
          
           should
           wholly
           praetermit
           the
           mention
           of
           
             Aeolis
          
           and
           
             Ionia
          
           ;
           but
           that
           he
           comprehended
           them
           under
           the
           names
           of
           
             Mysia
          
           and
           
             Lydia
          
           :
           in
           which
           we
           see
           
             Adramyttium
             ,
          
           and
           all
           the
           other
           cities
           downeward
           unto
           
             Ephesus
             ,
          
           to
           be
           placed
           by
           
             Scylax
          
           in
           his
           
             Periplus
             .
          
        
      
       
       
         
           CHAP.
           II.
           Of
           the
           
             Lydian
             Asia
             ,
          
           and
           the
           seven
           Metropoliticall
           Cities
           thereof
           .
        
         
           THat
           heretofore
           
             Lydia
          
           was
           called
           
             Meonia
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Lydians
          
           termed
           
             Meonians
          
           :
           we
           read
           in
           
             a
          
           
             Herodotus
             ,
          
           
             b
          
           
             Diodorus
             Siculus
             ,
          
           
             c
          
           
             Dionysius
             Afer
             ,
          
           
             d
          
           
             Strabo
             ,
          
           
             e
          
           
             Pliny
             ,
          
           
             f
          
           
             Stephanus
             Byzantinus
             ,
          
           and
           others
           .
           And
           that
           
             g
          
           
             Meonia
          
           was
           in
           the
           dayes
           of
           
             Homer
          
           named
           
             Asia
             ,
          
           and
           the
           inhabitants
           thereof
           by
           
             Callinus
          
           (
           another
           Poet
           ,
           
             h
          
           elder
           then
           
             Archilochus
          
           )
           in
           the
           
             Ionian
          
           dialect
           termed
           for
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           for
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           or
           
             Asians
          
           ;
           we
           find
           to
           have
           beene
           the
           opinion
           of
           
             Demetrius
             Scepsius
             ,
          
           
             i
          
           who
           was
           equall
           in
           time
           unto
           
             Crates
          
           and
           
             Aristarchus
          
           the
           Grammarian
           .
           Whereunto
           we
           may
           also
           adde
           that
           of
           
             Euripides
             ,
          
           in
           his
           
             Bacchae
          
           ;
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
          
           together
           with
           that
           which
           is
           related
           by
           
             k
          
           
             Stephanus
             Byzantinus
             ,
          
           
             l
          
           
             Suidas
             ,
          
           and
           the
           great
           
             Etymologist
          
           ;
           that
           upon
           this
           
             Tmolus
          
           there
           was
           a
           city
           of
           
             Lydia
          
           seated
           ,
           which
           had
           the
           name
           of
           
             Asia
          
           :
           and
           by
           
             Strabo
          
           
             m
          
           ,
           that
           betwixt
           
           the
           two
           
             Lydian
          
           mountaines
           of
           
             Tmolus
          
           and
           
             Messogis
          
           lay
           the
           great
           
             Caystrian
          
           plaine
           ,
           which
           
             Homer
          
           calleth
           the
           
             Asian
          
           field
           ,
           in
           that
           verse
           of
           the
           second
           of
           the
           
             Iliads
          
           ;
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
          
           to
           which
           
             Virgil
          
           also
           hath
           relation
           in
           that
           of
           the
           first
           of
           his
           Georgicks
           ;
           
             
               —
               &
               quae
               Asia
               circum
            
             
               Dulcibus
               in
               stagnis
               rimantur
               prata
               Caystri
               :
            
          
           and
           in
           the
           seventh
           of
           the
           
             Aeneids
          
           ;
           
             
               —
               sonat
               amnis
               ,
               &
               Asia
               longè
            
             
               Pulsa
               palus
               .
            
          
           Whereunto
           the
           testimony
           of
           
             Eunapius
          
           may
           be
           referred
           likewise
           ,
           who
           speaking
           of
           that
           admirably
           learned
           Gentlewoman
           
             Sosipatra
             ,
          
           saith
           that
           
             n
          
           
             she
             was
             of
             that
             Asia
             which
             is
             about
             Ephesus
             ,
             where
             the
             river
             Cayster
             running
             through
             the
             countrey
             ,
             giveth
             his
             name
             to
             the
             plain
             by
             which
             it
             passeth
             .
          
        
         
           It
           is
           further
           also
           reported
           by
           
             Strabo
             ,
          
           that
           
             o
          
           in
           this
           plaine
           neere
           unto
           the
           banks
           of
           the
           river
           
             Cayster
             ,
          
           the
           inhabitants
           used
           to
           shew
           the
           Chappels
           dedicated
           to
           the
           honour
           of
           
             Caystrius
             ,
          
           and
           of
           one
           
             Asias
          
           ;
           whom
           the
           
             Etymologist
          
           
             p
          
           noteth
           to
           have
           been
           sometime
           King
           of
           
             Lydia
          
           ;
           and
           to
           have
           given
           the
           name
           unto
           this
           
             Asian
          
           field
           .
           ●r
           ,
           as
           
             q
          
           the
           
             Lydians
          
           themselves
           would
           have
           it
           ,
           to
           the
           whole
           land
           of
           
             Asia
          
           :
           alleadging
           further
           ,
           that
           from
           this
           
             Asias
             ,
          
           the
           sonne
           of
           
             Cotys
             ,
          
           the
           sonne
           of
           
             Maneus
             ,
          
           they
           had
           a
           tribe
           in
           their
           head-city
           
             Sardis
             ,
          
           which
           they
           called
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           as
           is
           recorded
           by
           
             Herodotus
             .
          
        
         
         
           Whether
           
             r
          
           from
           this
           
             Asias
          
           the
           continent
           of
           
             Asia
          
           did
           take
           his
           denomination
           ,
           or
           from
           the
           forementioned
           city
           of
           
             Lydia
             ,
          
           or
           from
           
             Asia
          
           the
           wife
           of
           
             Prometheus
             ,
          
           or
           from
           some
           other
           originall
           ;
           
             Stephanus
             Byzantinus
          
           leaveth
           us
           to
           enquire
           .
           But
           beside
           that
           the
           first
           vowell
           in
           
             Homers
             Asia
          
           is
           long
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           greater
           
             Asia
          
           (
           which
           
             s
          
           
             Stephanus
          
           acknowledgeth
           him
           to
           have
           been
           ignorant
           of
           )
           is
           of
           a
           
             *
          
           short
           quantitie
           :
           no
           man
           can
           doubt
           ,
           but
           the
           derivation
           of
           the
           name
           of
           
             Asia
          
           from
           a
           
             Lydian
          
           city
           ,
           or
           from
           a
           
             Lydian
          
           King
           and
           
             Heros
             ,
          
           is
           farre
           more
           properly
           applyable
           to
           
             Lydia
          
           it selfe
           ,
           then
           to
           the
           whole
           continent
           either
           of
           the
           greater
           or
           the
           lesser
           
             Asia
             .
          
           For
           that
           
             Lydia
          
           was
           
             t
          
           formerly
           called
           
             Asia
             ,
          
           is
           directly
           affirmed
           by
           the
           ancient
           Scholiast
           of
           
             Apollonius
             Rhodius
          
           :
           and
           that
           the
           
             Asia
          
           mentioned
           in
           the
           New
           Testament
           was
           comprehended
           within
           the
           bounds
           of
           
             Lydia
          
           (
           containing
           in
           it
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           above
           confirmed
           description
           ,
           
             Aeolis
          
           and
           
             Ionia
          
           )
           will
           quickly
           appeare
           to
           those
           that
           carefully
           compare
           the
           
             Acts
          
           of
           the
           
             Apostles
          
           and
           the
           booke
           of
           the
           
             Revelation
          
           together
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           16.
           chapter
           of
           the
           
             Acts
             ,
          
           the
           journey
           of
           S.
           
             Paul
          
           and
           his
           company
           is
           by
           S.
           
             Luke
          
           thus
           described
           .
           
             When
             they
             had
             gone
             throughout
             Phrygia
             and
             the
             region
             of
             Galatia
             ,
             and
             were
             forbidden
             of
             the
             holy
             Ghost
             to
             preach
             the
             word
             in
          
           ASIA
           ;
           
             after
             they
             were
             come
             to
             Mysia
             ,
             they
             assayed
             to
             goe
             into
             Bithynia
             :
             but
             the
             Spirit
             suffered
             them
             not
             .
             And
             they
             passing
             by
             Mysia
             ,
             came
             downe
             to
             Troas
             .
          
           Where
           it
           may
           be
           observed
           ,
           that
           the
           greater
           
             Phrygia
             ,
          
           (
           through
           which
           they
           passed
           into
           
             Galatia
          
           )
           and
           
             Mysia
             Olympena
          
           (
           which
           was
           next
           adjoyning
           unto
           
             Bithynia
          
           )
           and
           
             Hellespont
          
           wherein
           
             Troas
          
           was
           situated
           ,
           being
           all
           of
           
           them
           parcells
           of
           the
           
             Asia
          
           by
           the
           Romans
           
             properly
          
           so
           called
           ;
           are
           yet
           expresly
           distinguished
           from
           
             Asia
             ,
          
           in
           this
           more
           strict
           sense
           so
           denominated
           as
           
             Caria
          
           likewise
           ,
           wherein
           
             Miletus
          
           stood
           ,
           appeareth
           to
           be
           by
           what
           we
           read
           in
           
             Acts
          
           20.16
           ,
           17.
           
        
         
           And
           as
           these
           are
           thus
           exempted
           by
           S.
           
             Luke
          
           ;
           so
           the
           rest
           that
           remaine
           of
           
             the
             proper
             Asia
             ,
          
           together
           with
           the
           
             seven
             Churches
             of
             Asia
          
           mentioned
           in
           the
           Revelation
           of
           S.
           
             Iohn
             ,
          
           a●e
           all
           of
           them
           comprehended
           within
           the
           limits
           of
           that
           
             Lydian
             Asia
             ,
          
           whereof
           we
           have
           spoken
           .
           For
           ,
           that
           
             Pergamus
          
           was
           a
           city
           of
           
             Lydia
             ,
          
           is
           plainly
           affirmed
           by
           
             u
          
           
             Xenophon
          
           :
           to
           whom
           
             Aristotle
          
           also
           may
           be
           added
           ,
           in
           his
           booke
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           where
           he
           speaketh
           of
           a
           warre
           sometime
           raised
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           .
           That
           
             Smyrna
          
           at
           first
           was
           poss●ssed
           by
           
             x
          
           the
           
             Lydians
             ,
          
           is
           testifyed
           also
           by
           
             Aristotle
             ,
          
           treating
           of
           the
           birth
           and
           education
           of
           
             Homer
             :
          
           who
           seemeth
           to
           have
           had
           the
           surname
           of
           
             Maeonius
             ,
          
           either
           from
           
             Maeon
          
           the
           king
           ,
           or
           
             Maeonia
          
           the
           countrey
           it selfe
           of
           
             Lydia
          
           ;
           among
           the
           cities
           whereof
           ,
           
             Smyrna
          
           (
           the
           most
           likely
           place
           of
           that
           famous
           Poëts
           nativitie
           )
           is
           by
           
             Scylax
             Caryandensis
          
           reckoned
           .
           as
           
             Ephesus
          
           likewise
           is
           ,
           both
           by
           him
           and
           
             y
          
           Herodotus
           ;
           
             Sardis
             ,
             Philadelphia
          
           and
           
             Thyatyra
          
           by
           Ptolemy
           :
           and
           
             z
          
           
             Laodicea
          
           by
           Stephanus
           Byzantinus
           .
        
         
           Yet
           is
           
             Laodicea
          
           by
           
             Ptolemy
          
           referred
           unto
           
             Caria
             ,
          
           and
           by
           others
           unto
           
             Phrygia
             .
          
           The
           reason
           of
           which
           difference
           we
           may
           lea●ne
           from
           
             Strabo
             ,
          
           
             a
          
           who
           sheweth
           that
           the
           confines
           of
           
             Phrygia
             ,
             Lydia
          
           and
           
             Caria
          
           were
           so
           coincident
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           hardly
           to
           be
           discern●d
           the
           one
           from
           the
           other
           .
           which
           is
           the
           cause
           ,
           that
           though
           
           
             b
          
           he
           doth
           reckon
           
             Laodicea
          
           among
           the
           cities
           of
           
             Phrygia
          
           ;
           yet
           
             Hierapolis
             ,
          
           which
           was
           
             c
          
           opposit
           to
           it
           (
           toward
           the
           East
           )
           is
           by
           
             Stephanus
          
           
             d
          
           said
           to
           be
           seated
           
             betwixt
             Phrygia
             and
             Lydia
          
           :
           it
           by
           that
           meanes
           being
           placed
           in
           ,
           and
           
             Laodicea
          
           without
           the
           borders
           of
           
             Phrygia
             .
          
        
         
           This
           also
           doth
           
             Strabo
          
           assigne
           for
           another
           reason
           ,
           
             e
          
           why
           the
           bounds
           of
           the
           Provinces
           hereabout
           were
           confounded
           :
           because
           that
           
             the
             Romans
             did
             not
             divide
             these
             places
             by
             the
             nations
             ;
             but
             ordered
             them
             after
             another
             manner
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             circuits
             wherein
             they
             kept
             their
             Courts
             ,
             and
             exercised
             judicature
             .
          
           Five
           of
           these
           tribunals
           were
           seated
           in
           the
           cities
           of
           
             f
          
           
             Laodicea
             ,
             Sardis
             ,
             Smyrna
             ,
             Ephesus
             ,
          
           and
           
             Pergamus
             :
             Philadelphia
          
           was
           within
           the
           
             Sardian
             ,
          
           and
           
             Thyatira
          
           within
           the
           
             Pergamen
          
           circuit
           -
           although
           that
           
             g
          
           
             Thyatira
          
           was
           a
           
             Metropolis
          
           also
           of
           it selfe
           ,
           as
           
             Ptolemy
          
           declareth
           in
           his
           Geography
           ;
           and
           in
           all
           likelyhood
           
             Philadelphia
          
           also
           ,
           the
           only
           city
           remaining
           of
           those
           
             seven
          
           famous
           ones
           singled
           out
           ,
           as
           the
           seats
           of
           the
           most
           eminent
           Churches
           of
           all
           
             Asia
             ,
          
           in
           the
           book
           of
           the
           
             Revelation
             .
          
        
         
           For
           that
           
             Philadelphia
          
           was
           herein
           no
           whit
           inferiour
           unto
           
             Thyatira
          
           ;
           may
           easily
           be
           gathered
           by
           the
           respect
           which
           it
           still
           retained
           ,
           after
           that
           
             Lydia
          
           (
           as
           we
           shall
           heare
           )
           was
           separated
           from
           the
           
             Proconsular
             Asia
             ,
          
           and
           each
           Province
           ordinarily
           permitted
           to
           have
           but
           one
           
             Metropolis
             .
          
           For
           
             Sardis
          
           being
           then
           the
           prime
           city
           of
           
             Lydia
             ,
          
           the
           next
           in
           account
           after
           it
           was
           
             Philadelphia
             ,
          
           another
           also
           being
           placed
           betwixt
           it
           and
           
             Thyatira
          
           :
           as
           appeareth
           by
           the
           order
           of
           them
           constantly
           observed
           aswell
           in
           the
           
             h
          
           
             Civill
          
           as
           in
           the
           
             i
          
           
             Ecclesiasticall
          
           Catalogues
           
           of
           the
           cities
           belonging
           to
           that
           Province
           .
           Whereupon
           in
           the
           Acts
           of
           the
           
             Constantinopolitan
          
           Councell
           held
           under
           
             Mena●
             ,
          
           we
           see
           that
           
             Eustathius
          
           subscribeth
           himselfe
           ,
           in
           expresse
           termes
           ,
           
             k
          
           
             Bishop
             of
             the
          
           METROPOLIS
           
             of
             the
             Philadelphians
             ,
             of
             the
             Province
             of
             the
          
           Lydians
           .
        
      
       
         
           CHAP
           ,
           III.
           Of
           the
           
             Proconsular
             Asia
             ,
          
           and
           the
           severall
           alterations
           of
           the
           limits
           thereof
           .
        
         
           I
           Come
           now
           from
           the
           
             Lydian
             Asia
             ,
          
           and
           the
           seven
           Metropoliticall
           cities
           thereof
           ,
           unto
           the
           
             Proconsular
          
           :
           which
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           condition
           of
           
             a
          
           other
           Provinces
           ,
           had
           in
           severall
           times
           it's
           severall
           alterations
           .
           For
           in
           the
           distribution
           of
           the
           Empire
           made
           by
           
             Augustus
             Caesar
             ,
          
           it
           appeareth
           to
           have
           been
           the
           same
           with
           that
           former
           
             Asia
          
           of
           the
           Romans
           ,
           which
           we
           described
           in
           the
           beginning
           out
           of
           
             Cicero
          
           ;
           but
           in
           that
           which
           was
           afterwards
           brought
           in
           by
           
             Constantine
             ,
          
           to
           have
           been
           confined
           within
           the
           bounds
           of
           the
           
             Lydian
             Asia
             .
          
           the
           greatnesse
           of
           the
           one
           above
           the
           other
           being
           sufficiently
           intimated
           in
           those
           verses
           of
           
             Statius
             ,
          
           touching
           the
           yeare
           of
           the
           Proconsulship
           of
           
             Vectius
             Bolanus
          
           ;
           who
           ,
           before
           that
           ,
           had
           been
           Proconsul
           here
           in
           
             Brittaine
             :
          
           
             
               
                 b
              
               —
               quantusque
               potentes
            
             
               Mille
               urbes
               Asia
               sortito
               rexerit
               anno
               ;
            
             
               Imperium
               mulcente
               Togâ
               .
            
          
        
         
           That
           same
           yeare
           ,
           
             c
          
           wherein
           
             Caesar
          
           obtained
           first
           the
           surname
           of
           
             Augustus
             ,
          
           himselfe
           being
           then
           the
           seventh
           ,
           and
           
             Marcus
             Agrippa
          
           (
           who
           married
           his
           sisters
           daughter
           )
           the
           third
           time
           Consul
           ;
           was
           this
           politicall
           division
           
           of
           the
           Provinces
           ordered
           by
           him
           :
           farr
           diffe●ing
           from
           that
           Geographicall
           partition
           of
           countries
           delivered
           by
           his
           nephew
           
             Agrippa
             .
          
           whom
           
             d
          
           
             Solinus
          
           following
           in
           his
           Geography
           ,
           beginneth
           
             Asia
          
           from
           
             Telmessus
          
           of
           
             Lycia
          
           and
           the
           
             Carpathian
          
           bay
           :
           and
           boundeth
           it
           on
           the
           East
           with
           
             Lycia
          
           (
           or
           
             Lycaonia
             ,
          
           as
           
             e
          
           
             Pliny
          
           hath
           it
           )
           and
           
             Phrygia
          
           ;
           on
           the
           West
           with
           the
           
             Aegean
             ,
          
           on
           the
           South
           with
           the
           
             Aegyptian
          
           sea
           ,
           and
           on
           the
           North
           with
           
             Paphlagonia
             .
          
           which
           being
           made
           the
           limit
           of
           
             Agrippa's
          
           Asia
           on
           that
           side
           (
           and
           not
           
             Pontus
          
           or
           
             Propontis
             )
          
           doth
           necessarily
           shew
           that
           
             Pontus
          
           and
           
             Bit●ynia
          
           we●e
           included
           therein
           .
           whereas
           it
           plainly
           appeareth
           by
           
             Strabo
          
           and
           
             Dio
             ,
          
           that
           in
           
             Augustus
          
           his
           platforme
           these
           were
           a
           province
           by
           themselves
           .
           
             f
          
           they
           being
           made
           by
           him
           a
           
             Praetorian
          
           province
           ,
           and
           Asia
           a
           
             Consular
          
           ;
           containing
           in
           it
           (
           as
           
             Strabo
          
           witnesseth
           )
           all
           that
           
             Asia
          
           which
           was
           on
           this
           side
           the
           river
           
             Halys
          
           and
           the
           mountaine
           
             Taurus
             ,
          
           excepting
           
             Galatia
             ,
          
           the
           countryes
           that
           had
           been
           lately
           under
           the
           government
           of
           King
           
             Amyntas
             ,
          
           together
           with
           the
           province
           of
           
             Bithynia
          
           and
           that
           of
           
             Pontus
          
           and
           
             Propontis
          
           adjoyned
           thereunto
           .
           All
           which
           being
           deducted
           ;
           those
           countries
           will
           remaine
           ,
           which
           by
           
             g
          
           
             Onuphrius
          
           are
           assigned
           unto
           
             Augustus
          
           his
           
             Proconsular
             Asia
          
           :
           to
           wit
           ,
           
             Lydia
             ,
             Ionia
             ,
             Caria
             ,
             Mysia
             ,
             Phrygia
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Proconsular
             Hellespont
             .
          
           
             h
          
           the
           two
           Roman
           colonyes
           whereof
           ,
           
             Troas
          
           and
           
             Parium
             ,
          
           are
           by
           
             Paulus
          
           the
           Lawyer
           particularly
           noted
           to
           have
           beene
           seated
           in
           the
           
             province
             Asia
             .
          
        
         
           And
           this
           is
           it
           indeed
           ,
           which
           
             Ptolemy
          
           proposeth
           unto
           us
           ,
           as
           that
           which
           was
           accounted
           
             i
          
           the
           
             Asia
             properly
             so
             called
          
           in
           the
           dayes
           of
           
             Antoninus
             Pius
          
           ;
           who
           himselfe
           ,
           as
           
             k
          
           
             Proconsul
             ,
          
           had
           sometime
           
             l
          
           governed
           this
           
             province
             .
          
           Where
           ,
           in
           the
           Breviat
           of
           the
           first
           Table
           of
           Asia
           ,
           it
           is
           
           not
           to
           be
           passed
           by
           ,
           that
           mention
           is
           made
           of
           
             m
          
           
             Asia
             properly
             so
             called
             ,
             wherein
             was
             Phrygia
             .
          
           For
           howsoever
           that
           were
           no
           part
           ,
           either
           of
           
             Agrippa's
          
           Asia
           (
           from
           whence
           by
           
             n
          
           
             Solinus
          
           it
           is
           excluded
           )
           or
           yet
           of
           the
           
             Lydian
          
           Asia
           (
           from
           which
           in
           
             o
          
           the
           Acts
           of
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           as
           also
           in
           
             p
          
           the
           Letters
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           
             Vienna
          
           and
           
             Lions
             ,
          
           and
           
             q
          
           
             Tertullians
          
           booke
           against
           Praxeas
           ,
           it
           is
           clearly
           distinguished
           :
           )
           yet
           
             Hierapolis
             ,
          
           the
           chiefe
           city
           thereof
           ,
           by
           
             r
          
           
             Polycrates
             ,
          
           and
           
             s
          
           
             Vlpian
             ,
          
           and
           
             Iulius
             Africanus
          
           (
           as
           farre
           as
           we
           have
           him
           in
           
             t
          
           Eusebius
           his
           Chronicle
           )
           is
           placed
           in
           
             Asia
          
           ;
           as
           being
           contained
           within
           the
           limits
           assigned
           by
           
             Strabo
          
           to
           the
           Proconsular
           Asia
           ,
           as
           it
           stood
           in
           the
           time
           of
           
             Augustus
          
           and
           the
           heathen
           Emperours
           after
           him
           .
        
         
           But
           in
           the
           dayes
           of
           
             Constantine
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Christian
           Emperours
           that
           succeeded
           him
           ,
           the
           circuit
           thereof
           was
           much
           abbridged
           ,
           and
           a
           distinction
           brought
           in
           betwixt
           the
           
             Proconsular
             Asia
          
           and
           the
           
             Asian
             Diocese
          
           ;
           the
           one
           being
           put
           under
           the
           command
           of
           the
           
             Proconsul
             of
             Asia
             ,
          
           the
           other
           under
           the
           government
           of
           the
           
             Vicarius
             of
             Asia
          
           or
           the
           
             Asian
             Diocese
          
           :
           for
           so
           in
           the
           Imperiall
           Constitutions
           is
           he
           indifferently
           nominated
           .
           Thus
           in
           the
           CCCLXV
           .
           yeare
           of
           our
           Lord
           ,
           two
           Rescripts
           were
           given
           out
           by
           the
           Emperour
           
             Valens
          
           :
           the
           one
           
             u
          
           dated
           the
           27th
           .
           of
           January
           (
           in
           the
           latter
           end
           of
           the
           first
           yeare
           of
           his
           raigne
           )
           to
           
             Clearchus
          
           the
           
             Vicarius
             Asiae
          
           ;
           the
           other
           ,
           
             x
          
           the
           6th
           of
           October
           following
           ,
           unto
           his
           successor
           
             Auxonius
             ,
          
           under
           the
           style
           of
           
             Vicarius
             dioeceseos
             Asianae
             .
          
           This
           
             Auxonius
          
           
             y
          
           some
           doe
           imagine
           to
           be
           the
           same
           with
           
             Ausonius
          
           the
           Poët
           :
           without
           all
           ground
           of
           authority
           or
           reason
           ,
           removing
           him
           out
           of
           the
           Western
           
           into
           the
           Eastern
           empire
           .
           But
           of
           his
           predecessor
           we
           are
           sure
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           the
           same
           
             Clearchus
             ,
          
           whom
           
             Eunapius
          
           mentioneth
           to
           have
           been
           in
           his
           time
           preferred
           unto
           this
           government
           ;
           before
           he
           was
           by
           
             Valens
          
           promoted
           afterwards
           unto
           the
           
             Proconsulship
          
           of
           the
           other
           
             Asia
             .
          
        
         
           Concerning
           this
           first
           preferment
           of
           his
           he
           declareth
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           made
           
             z
          
           
             governour
             of
             all
             that
             Asia
             ,
             the
             jurisdiction
             whereof
             did
             extend
             from
             Hellespont
             ,
             through
             Lydia
             and
             Pisidia
             ,
             unto
             Pamphylia
             .
          
           which
           is
           as
           much
           to
           say
           (
           if
           my
           second
           thoughts
           doe
           not
           here
           deceive
           me
           )
           as
           that
           it
           contained
           in
           it
           the
           
             Consular
             Hellespont
          
           and
           
             Phrygia
             Salutaris
          
           adjoyning
           thereunto
           ;
           together
           with
           
             Phrygia
             Pacatiana
             ,
          
           descending
           from
           thence
           downeward
           ,
           by
           
             Lydia
          
           on
           the
           west-side
           and
           
             Pisidia
          
           on
           the
           east
           ,
           unto
           
             Pamphylia
             .
          
           For
           howsoever
           in
           the
           alterations
           that
           followed
           this
           (
           as
           we
           shall
           heare
           anone
           )
           the
           greater
           part
           of
           the
           in-land
           
             Lydia
          
           was
           brought
           under
           this
           
             Vicarian
          
           regiment
           (
           as
           ,
           not
           
             Pisidia
          
           and
           
             Pamphylia
          
           only
           ,
           but
           
             Lycaonia
             ,
             Lycia
          
           and
           
             Caria
          
           also
           were
           :
           )
           yet
           that
           in
           
             Clearchus
          
           his
           time
           this
           part
           of
           
             Lydia
          
           was
           parcell
           of
           the
           
             Proconsular
             Asia
             ,
          
           is
           sufficiently
           intimated
           by
           
             Eunapius
             ,
          
           extending
           it
           unto
           
             Tmolus
          
           
             a
          
           a
           mountaine
           placed
           in
           the
           Eastern
           border
           of
           
             Lydia
             .
          
        
         
           For
           touching
           the
           advancement
           of
           
             Clearchus
          
           unto
           the
           
             Proconsular
          
           government
           he
           writeth
           thus
           .
           
             b
          
           
             Things
             prosperously
             succeeding
             ,
             Valens
             was
             wonderfully
             well
             pleased
             with
             Clearchus
             ,
             and
             was
             so
             farre
             from
             depriving
             him
             of
             his
             former
             charge
             ,
             that
             he
             advanced
             him
             unto
             a
             greater
             
             government
             ;
             appointing
             him
             to
             be
             Proconsul
             of
             Asia
             now
             properly
             so
             called
             .
             This
             from
             Pergamus
             downewards
             taking
             the
             sea-coast
             into
             it
             ,
             toward
             the
             adjacent
             continent
             reacheth
             unto
             Caria
             ;
             the
             mountaine
             Tmolus
             circumscribing
             that
             of
             it
             which
             belongeth
             unto
             Lydia
             .
             Of
             the
             governments
             it
             is
             the
             most
             honourable
             ;
             and
             is
             not
             subject
             to
             the
          
           Praefectus
           Praetorio
           .
           
             saving
             that
             now
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             these
             late
             commotions
             ,
          
           
             c
          
           
             all
             things
             are
             againe
             confounded
             and
             disturbed
             .
          
        
         
           Where
           touching
           the
           limits
           of
           this
           
             Asia
          
           NOW
           
             properly
             so
             called
             ,
          
           it
           may
           be
           noted
           ;
           that
           as
           
             Galen
          
           (
           in
           the
           place
           before
           alledged
           )
           maketh
           the
           
             Hellespontian
             Mysia
          
           (
           which
           in
           the
           old
           dist●ibution
           of
           the
           Empire
           was
           within
           the
           precinct
           of
           the
           jurisdiction
           of
           the
           then
           
             Proconsular
             Asia
          
           )
           to
           be
           
             conterminous
             unto
             Pergamus
             ,
          
           where
           he
           himselfe
           was
           borne
           :
           so
           
             Eunapius
          
           from
           the
           same
           
             Pergamus
          
           beginneth
           the
           bounds
           of
           the
           now
           
             Proconsular
             Asia
          
           ;
           extending
           the
           length
           thereof
           from
           thence
           downeward
           unto
           
             Caria
             ,
          
           and
           the
           breadth
           from
           the
           
             Sea
          
           unto
           the
           mountaine
           
             Tmolus
             ,
          
           which
           is
           by
           
             Euripides
             ,
          
           in
           his
           
             Bacchae
             ,
          
           called
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             the
             fortresse
             of
             Lydia
          
           ;
           and
           on
           the
           side
           whereof
           
             Sardis
          
           (
           a
           chiefe
           city
           of
           that
           province
           ,
           and
           
             Eunapius
          
           his
           owne
           countrey
           )
           is
           not
           only
           by
           him
           ,
           but
           also
           by
           
             d
          
           
             Herodotus
             ,
          
           
             e
          
           
             Strabo
             ,
          
           and
           
             f
          
           
             Pliny
          
           (
           how
           soever
           
             Ptolemyes
          
           Tables
           doe
           misplace
           it
           )
           sufficiently
           proved
           to
           have
           beene
           situated
           .
           that
           ridge
           of
           the
           mountaine
           ,
           on
           which
           
             Sardis
          
           was
           seated
           ,
           bounding
           that
           part
           of
           
             Lydia
          
           toward
           the
           East
           (
           as
           we
           have
           said
           )
           and
           the
           other
           tract
           thereof
           reaching
           from
           thence
           unto
           
             Hypaepa
             ,
          
           a
           city
           of
           lesse
           name
           within
           the
           same
           country
           :
           as
           
             Ovid
          
           declareth
           in
           those
           verses
           ;
           
             
               
                 g
              
               Nam
               freta
               prospiciens
               latè
               riget
               arduus
               alto
            
             
               Tmolus
               in
               ascensu
               ,
               clivoque
               extensus
               utroque
               ,
            
             
               Sardibus
               hinc
               ,
               illinc
               parvis
               finitur
               Hypaepis
               .
            
          
           
           By
           which
           description
           it
           appeareth
           ,
           that
           this
           
             Proconsular
             Asia
          
           was
           little
           or
           nothing
           different
           from
           the
           
             Lydian
             Asia
          
           ;
           called
           
             Lydia
             ,
          
           not
           only
           by
           
             Herodotus
          
           and
           
             Scylax
             ,
          
           but
           also
           (
           if
           I
           mistake
           not
           )
           by
           
             h
          
           
             Constantius
          
           the
           Emperour
           himselfe
           .
        
         
           To
           
             Valens
             ,
          
           the
           elder
           
             Theodosius
          
           succeeded
           in
           the
           Eastern
           Empire
           :
           who
           took
           away
           
             i
          
           the
           
             Consular
             Hellespont
          
           from
           the
           jurisdiction
           of
           the
           
             Vicarius
          
           of
           the
           
             Asian
             Diocese
             ,
          
           and
           put
           it
           under
           the
           command
           of
           the
           
             Proconsul
          
           of
           
             Asia
             .
          
           Which
           state
           of
           the
           then
           
             Proconsular
          
           or
           
             proper
             Asia
          
           that
           Greek
           Geographer
           might
           seeme
           to
           have
           respected
           ;
           who
           beginneth
           his
           enumeration
           of
           the
           XLVIII
           .
           Provinces
           of
           the
           continent
           of
           
             Asia
             ,
          
           with
           
             
               Pontus
               and
               Bithynia
               .
            
             
               
                 Asia
                 properly
              
               so
               called
               .
            
             
               Great
               Phrygia
               .
            
             
               
                 Lycia
              
               and
               
                 Caria
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Galatia
                 ,
              
               &c.
               
            
          
           as
           we
           have
           it
           presented
           unto
           us
           by
           that
           most
           curious
           searcher
           of
           all
           such
           kind
           of
           rarities
           ,
           
             k
          
           
             Claudius
             Salmasius
             .
          
           Wherein
           it
           is
           observable
           ,
           that
           
             Hellespont
             ,
             Aeolis
             ,
             Ionia
          
           and
           
             Lydia
          
           are
           included
           in
           ,
           aswell
           as
           the
           
             greater
             Phrygia
          
           and
           
             Caria
          
           are
           excluded
           from
           the
           
             Asia
          
           then
           
             properly
          
           so
           called
           .
           Whence
           that
           new
           addition
           of
           
             Hellespont
          
           being
           put
           aside
           ;
           the
           remaine
           will
           prove
           to
           be
           the
           same
           with
           that
           which
           a
           little
           before
           was
           styled
           by
           
             Eunapius
             ,
          
           the
           
             Asia
             now
             properly
             so
             called
             .
          
        
         
           In
           the
           dayes
           of
           
             Arcadius
          
           (
           the
           son
           and
           successor
           of
           the
           foresaid
           
             Theodosius
             )
          
           this
           addition
           of
           
             Hellespont
          
           to
           the
           jurisdiction
           ,
           was
           much
           abated
           by
           the
           detraction
           of
           the
           maine
           inland
           part
           of
           
             Lydia
          
           from
           the
           body
           of
           the
           
             Proconsular
             Asia
             .
          
           Which
           is
           the
           cause
           why
           
             l
          
           
             Palladius
             ,
          
           speaking
           of
           the
           
             Asian
          
           Synod
           of
           seventy
           Bishops
           held
           
           by
           
             Chrysostom
          
           in
           the
           CCCCII.
           yeare
           of
           our
           Lord
           ,
           doth
           separate
           the
           Bishops
           of
           
             Lydia
          
           from
           the
           Bishops
           of
           
             Asia
             .
          
           for
           as
           for
           the
           subscriptions
           of
           the
           first
           Councell
           of
           
             Nice
             ,
          
           both
           those
           which
           are
           found
           in
           some
           
             Latin
          
           books
           ,
           and
           those
           
             Greek
          
           ones
           that
           have
           beene
           lately
           published
           
             m
          
           out
           of
           
             Sambucus
          
           his
           copy
           :
           they
           being
           quite
           dissonant
           the
           one
           from
           the
           other
           ,
           and
           having
           in
           both
           of
           them
           diverse
           manifest
           tokens
           of
           forgery
           and
           corruption
           ,
           doe
           deserve
           here
           no
           regard
           at
           all
           .
        
         
           Yet
           in
           this
           distraction
           of
           
             Lydia
          
           from
           the
           
             Proconsular
             Asia
             ,
          
           it
           appeareth
           aswell
           by
           
             n
          
           the
           Civill
           and
           
             o
          
           Ecclesiasticall
           lists
           of
           the
           Provinces
           of
           the
           Easterne
           empire
           ,
           recorded
           by
           the
           Grecians
           ,
           as
           by
           the
           
             p
          
           subscriptions
           of
           the
           Councell
           of
           
             Chalcedon
          
           and
           other
           of
           the
           Eastern
           Synods
           ;
           that
           the
           Southerne
           part
           of
           
             Lydia
             ,
          
           lying
           betwixt
           the
           rivers
           of
           
             Maeander
          
           and
           
             Cayster
             ,
          
           which
           we
           noted
           to
           have
           beene
           attributed
           by
           
             Ptolemy
          
           unto
           
             Caria
          
           (
           and
           wherein
           were
           the
           cities
           of
           
             Priene
             ,
             Magnesia
             ,
             Trallis
          
           and
           
             Nysa
          
           )
           was
           still
           reserved
           unto
           
             Asia
             :
          
           together
           with
           all
           that
           lay
           upon
           the
           sea-coast
           from
           
             Ephesus
          
           upward
           ,
           not
           only
           unto
           
             Pitane
          
           and
           the
           mouth
           of
           
             Caicus
          
           (
           which
           we
           shewed
           to
           have
           beene
           a
           parcell
           of
           the
           
             Lydian
             Asia
          
           )
           but
           also
           unto
           
             Assos
          
           and
           the
           promontory
           of
           
             Lectum
          
           ;
           which
           was
           possessed
           first
           by
           the
           
             Mysians
             ,
          
           then
           by
           the
           
             Lydians
             ,
          
           and
           lastly
           by
           the
           
             Aeolians
             .
          
           for
           that
           this
           also
           ,
           at
           least
           wise
           from
           
             Antandrus
          
           downward
           ,
           was
           sometimes
           accounted
           as
           an
           appendant
           unto
           
             Lydia
             ,
          
           may
           be
           gathered
           ,
           partly
           from
           the
           words
           of
           
             g
          
           
             Scylax
             Caryandensis
          
           (
           though
           here
           corrupted
           )
           partly
           from
           the
           testimony
           of
           
             Xenophon
          
           ;
           who
           telleth
           us
           that
           he
           and
           his
           company
           ,
           
             r
          
           departing
           from
           
             Antandrus
             ,
          
           passed
           by
           the
           sea
           side
           of
           
             Lydia
             ,
          
           unto
           the
           playne
           of
           
             Thebe
             ,
          
           and
           through
           it
           unto
           
             Adramyttium
             .
          
           compared
           with
           
             Strabo
             ,
          
           
           relating
           to
           the
           same
           purpose
           ,
           that
           the
           former
           
             s
          
           inhabitants
           of
           the
           playne
           of
           
             Thebe
          
           were
           the
           
             Lydians
             ,
          
           then
           called
           
             Meones
          
           :
           and
           that
           
             t
          
           in
           his
           time
           the
           name
           of
           the
           
             Lydian
             gates
          
           was
           still
           preserved
           in
           
             Adramyttium
             ,
          
           as
           a
           memoriall
           of
           the
           building
           of
           that
           city
           by
           the
           
             Lydians
             .
          
           Although
           yet
           ,
           by
           the
           authority
           of
           
             Galen
          
           and
           
             Eunapius
             ,
          
           we
           begin
           our
           
             Lydian
             Asia
          
           from
           the
           river
           
             Caïcus
          
           and
           
             Pergamus
          
           :
           those
           other
           places
           of
           
             Atarna
             ,
             Thebe
             ,
             Adramyttium
          
           and
           
             Antandrus
             ,
          
           being
           by
           
             u
          
           
             Herodotus
          
           also
           referred
           to
           
             Mysia
             ,
          
           and
           not
           to
           
             Lydia
             .
          
        
         
           To
           conclude
           therefore
           the
           various
           alterations
           of
           the
           limits
           of
           the
           
             Proconsular
             Asia
          
           :
           as
           we
           have
           referred
           Ptolemies
           
             Asia
             properly
             so
             called
          
           to
           the
           
             Proconsular
             Asia
             ,
          
           as
           it
           was
           ordered
           by
           Augustus
           ;
           and
           Eunapius
           his
           
             Asia
             now
             properly
             so
             called
             ,
          
           to
           that
           which
           was
           by
           Constantine
           ;
           and
           the
           namelesse
           Geographers
           
             proper
             Asia
             ,
          
           to
           that
           which
           was
           by
           the
           elder
           Theodosius
           :
           by
           the
           like
           reason
           also
           ,
           what
           Simplicius
           writeth
           in
           the
           dayes
           of
           Justinian
           touching
           
             x
          
           his
           
             Asia
             now
             so
             called
             ,
          
           and
           Symeon
           Metaphrastes
           long
           after
           him
           (
           though
           concerning
           elder
           times
           ,
           wherein
           these
           provinces
           stood
           in
           a
           far
           different
           posture
           from
           that
           which
           he
           presenteth
           unto
           us
           )
           
             y
          
           of
           the
           confluence
           of
           the
           inhabitants
           of
           
             Asia
          
           unto
           Abercius
           ;
           we
           may
           well
           suppose
           to
           have
           relation
           unto
           this
           last
           settlement
           ,
           which
           was
           made
           in
           the
           dayes
           of
           Arcadius
           and
           the
           younger
           Theodosius
           .
        
      
       
       
         
           CHAP.
           IV.
           Of
           the
           
             Asian
             Diocese
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Metropolitan
           cities
           thereof
           ;
           with
           the
           Civill
           and
           Ecclesiasticall
           government
           setled
           therein
           .
        
         
           A
           
             Diocese
             ,
          
           in
           the
           language
           of
           the
           times
           whereof
           we
           speake
           ,
           was
           
             a
          
           a
           circuit
           comprehending
           within
           it
           many
           
             provinces
             :
          
           and
           the
           
             Asian
             Diocese
          
           in
           that
           sense
           ,
           sometimes
           taken
           more
           strictly
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           distinguished
           from
           the
           
             Proconsular
             Asia
          
           and
           the
           provinces
           subject
           to
           the
           jurisdiction
           of
           the
           Proconsul
           thereof
           ;
           and
           sometimes
           more
           largely
           ,
           as
           containing
           those
           Proconsular
           provinces
           also
           under
           it
           .
           The
           former
           acception
           hath
           place
           in
           that
           Constitution
           of
           
             Theodosius
          
           the
           elder
           ,
           whe●e
           
             b
          
           the
           
             Proconsular
             Asia
          
           and
           the
           
             Asian
             Diocese
          
           are
           both
           nominated
           together
           :
           and
           generally
           where
           ever
           the
           office
           of
           the
           
             Vicarius
          
           or
           
             c
          
           
             Comes
          
           (
           for
           these
           two
           titles
           are
           used
           
             d
          
           to
           signifie
           the
           same
           dignitie
           )
           of
           
             Asia
          
           or
           the
           
             Asian
             Diocese
          
           (
           or
           
             e
          
           
             Region
             ,
          
           as
           Julianus
           Antecessor
           rendreth
           it
           )
           is
           made
           mention
           of
           .
           The
           latter
           ,
           when
           the
           
             Asian
          
           is
           rehearsed
           joinctly
           with
           other
           Dioceses
           of
           the
           Eastern
           Empire
           :
           as
           in
           L.
           
             Si
             quis
             post
             hanc
             .
          
           C.
           
             Ut
             nemo
             ad
             suum
             patrocin
             .
          
           and
           L.
           
             Provinciae
             Thraciar·
          
           C.
           
             de
             militari
             veste
             .
          
        
         
         
           According
           to
           which
           acception
           ,
           
             whole
          
           
             f
          
           
             Asia
             ,
          
           as
           Theodoret
           calleth
           it
           ,
           in
           the
           dayes
           of
           the
           younger
           
             Theodosius
          
           did
           consist
           of
           
             eleven
          
           Provinces
           .
           
             g
          
           
             three
          
           whereof
           appertained
           to
           the
           disposition
           of
           the
           
             Proconsul
          
           of
           Asia
           :
           the
           proper
           
             Proconsular
          
           which
           he
           governed
           by
           himselfe
           ,
           the
           
             Consular
             Hellespont
             ,
          
           and
           that
           of
           the
           
             Rhodes
             ,
          
           and
           the
           other
           scattered
           Islands
           called
           
             Cyclades
          
           ;
           which
           were
           first
           
             h
          
           made
           a
           
             Province
             ,
          
           and
           placed
           under
           a
           
             i
          
           
             President
             ,
          
           by
           the
           Emperour
           Vespasian
           
             k
          
           
             eight
          
           were
           under
           the
           
             Vicarius
          
           or
           Lieutenant
           of
           Asia
           :
           
             Lydia
             ,
             Caria
             ,
             Phrygia
             Pacatiana
          
           and
           
             Phrygia
             Salutaris
             ,
          
           with
           those
           foure
           other
           which
           were
           superadded
           to
           that
           
             proper
             Asia
          
           of
           the
           ancient
           Romans
           ,
           whereof
           we
           made
           mention
           in
           the
           beginning
           out
           of
           Strabo
           and
           Cicero
           ;
           namely
           
             Pamphylia
             ,
             Lycia
             ,
             Lycaonia
          
           and
           
             Pisidia
             .
          
        
         
           This
           distribution
           is
           to
           be
           seen
           in
           the
           Latin
           list
           of
           the
           Provinces
           and
           Dignities
           of
           both
           the
           Empires
           ;
           called
           by
           
             l
          
           
             Alciat
          
           the
           Breviary
           of
           
             Theodosius
             the
             younger
             .
          
           
             m
          
           by
           whom
           
             Lycia
          
           was
           divided
           from
           
             Lycaonia
          
           and
           made
           a
           Province
           by
           it selfe
           ;
           
             Myra
          
           being
           appointed
           the
           
             Metropolis
          
           and
           place
           of
           the
           residence
           of
           the
           President
           thereof
           :
           as
           
             Iohannes
             Malela
          
           setteth
           downe
           in
           his
           Chronicle
           .
           Which
           report
           of
           his
           if
           we
           admit
           for
           authentique
           ;
           we
           must
           withall
           say
           ,
           that
           
             Theodoret
             ,
          
           in
           the
           place
           even
           now
           alledged
           ,
           had
           relation
           to
           the
           state
           of
           his
           owne
           time
           ,
           when
           speaking
           of
           the
           care
           which
           
             Chrysostom
          
           had
           of
           
             Asia
             ,
          
           he
           saith
           that
           
             it
             was
             governed
             by
             eleven
             Presidents
             .
          
           joyning
           the
           
             three
          
           Provinces
           which
           were
           under
           the
           
             Proconsul
             of
             Asia
             ,
          
           with
           the
           other
           
             eight
          
           
           that
           were
           under
           the
           
             Vicarius
          
           of
           the
           
             Asian
             diocese
          
           ;
           which
           otherwise
           ,
           if
           
             Lycia
          
           and
           
             Lycaonia
          
           had
           been
           conjoyned
           ,
           would
           have
           been
           but
           
             seven
          
           Provinces
           .
        
         
           Indeed
           ,
           
             n
          
           in
           the
           generall
           enumeration
           of
           the
           Provinces
           of
           the
           Easterne
           Empire
           ,
           which
           we
           meet
           withall
           toward
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           foresaid
           
             Theodosian
             Breviary
             ,
          
           there
           are
           but
           
             ten
          
           Provinces
           numbred
           of
           the
           whole
           
             Asian
             diocese
          
           :
           the
           first
           and
           principall
           of
           them
           all
           ,
           to
           wit
           
             Asia
          
           it selfe
           ,
           by
           some
           errour
           (
           wherewith
           
             o
          
           
             Onuphrius
          
           also
           and
           
             p
          
           
             Contius
          
           was
           misledd
           )
           being
           omitted
           .
           Which
           was
           nothing
           amended
           by
           
             Isidorus
             Mercator
             ,
          
           but
           increased
           rather
           ;
           when
           he
           reckoneth
           up
           
             q
          
           
             twelve
          
           Provinces
           in
           this
           
             Asia
          
           :
           the
           first
           and
           chiefe
           whereof
           he
           maketh
           to
           be
           
             Asia
             it selfe
          
           ;
           
             r
          
           in
           which
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             is
             Ilium
             ,
             or
             Troy
          
           ;
           the
           second
           
             Lydia
             ,
          
           the
           third
           
             Galatia
             .
          
           Whereas
           
             Ilium
          
           was
           situated
           not
           in
           this
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           province
           of
           
             Hellespont
          
           :
           and
           
             Galatia
          
           appertained
           to
           the
           
             Pontican
             ,
          
           and
           not
           to
           the
           
             Asian
          
           Diocese
           .
           Whence
           ,
           by
           the
           way
           ,
           we
           may
           correct
           an
           errour
           that
           hath
           crept
           into
           the
           Greek
           edition
           of
           the
           subscriptions
           of
           the
           6.
           
           Action
           of
           the
           Councell
           of
           
             Chalcedon
          
           :
           wherein
           ,
           though
           
             Theosebius
          
           Bishop
           of
           
             Ilium
          
           had
           put
           to
           his
           name
           ,
           yet
           
             Stephen
          
           the
           Metropolitan
           of
           the
           
             Ephesians
             ,
          
           among
           those
           absent
           Bishops
           that
           were
           under
           his
           jurisdiction
           ,
           doth
           nominate
           
             Rufinus
          
           Bishop
           ,
           not
           
             Timi
          
           (
           as
           the
           Latin
           books
           have
           it
           )
           but
           
             Ilii
             .
          
        
         
           
             s
          
           Some
           do
           think
           ,
           that
           the
           Emperour
           
             Iustinian
          
           did
           take
           away
           
             Hellespont
          
           from
           the
           government
           of
           the
           
             Proconsul
          
           of
           
             Asia
             ,
          
           and
           joyned
           it
           with
           
             Pontus
             Polemoniacus
             .
          
           But
           that
           errour
           arose
           from
           the
           old
           Latin
           translation
           of
           the
           XXth
           .
           Novell
           of
           Justinian
           ;
           
             t
          
           
             Hellespontus
          
           being
           therein
           put
           for
           
             Helenopontus
             ,
          
           in
           the
           
             Pontican
          
           diocese
           :
           as
           appeareth
           not
           only
           by
           the
           Greek
           text
           and
           
             u
          
           
             Iulians
          
           
           Latin
           Epitome
           thereof
           ,
           but
           also
           by
           the
           Latin
           it selfe
           (
           acknowledging
           afterwards
           ,
           that
           this
           mutation
           was
           made
           in
           
             Galatia
          
           and
           the
           
             Pontican
             ,
          
           not
           the
           
             Asian
          
           diocese
           )
           and
           by
           the
           
             XXVIIIth
             .
          
           Novell
           most
           evidently
           .
           Though
           sure
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           
             x
          
           he
           took
           from
           the
           Lievtenant
           or
           
             Vicarius
          
           the
           government
           of
           the
           
             Asian
             diocese
             ,
          
           and
           confined
           him
           within
           the
           limits
           of
           
             Phrygia
             Pacatiana
             ,
          
           whereof
           he
           constituted
           him
           Count
           or
           
             Comes
             .
          
        
         
           By
           that
           which
           in
           the
           second
           chapter
           hath
           been
           delivered
           ,
           it
           appeareth
           ,
           that
           under
           the
           first
           Emperours
           there
           were
           many
           metropoliticall
           cities
           within
           one
           Province
           ;
           and
           some
           chosen
           out
           of
           them
           wherein
           Courts
           of
           justice
           were
           erected
           ,
           unto
           which
           the
           next
           adjoyning
           circuits
           might
           upon
           all
           occasions
           have
           recourse
           .
           Whereupon
           those
           contentions
           afterwards
           did
           arise
           betwixt
           the
           cities
           of
           the
           
             Proconsular
             Asia
             ,
          
           touching
           each
           ones
           dignitie
           and
           precedency
           :
           for
           the
           composing
           whereof
           
             Aristides
          
           made
           that
           Oration
           of
           concord
           unto
           them
           ,
           which
           is
           still
           extant
           .
           Wherein
           yet
           the
           common
           desire
           of
           all
           the
           
             Asians
          
           accorded
           in
           this
           ;
           
             y
          
           that
           the
           
             Proconsul
             ,
          
           at
           his
           first
           comming
           into
           the
           province
           ,
           should
           
             passe
             into
             Asia
             by
             sea
             ,
             and
             among
             the
             other
             Metropoles
             first
             arrive
             at
             Ephesus
          
           :
           as
           by
           the
           Rescript
           of
           the
           Emperour
           
             Antoninus
          
           (
           vouched
           by
           
             Ulpian
             ,
          
           in
           his
           first
           book
           of
           the
           Proconsuls
           office
           )
           most
           manifestly
           appeareth
           .
        
         
           But
           in
           the
           disposition
           of
           the
           Empire
           made
           by
           
             Constantine
          
           it
           was
           ordered
           ,
           that
           in
           every
           Province
           there
           should
           be
           but
           one
           chiefe
           city
           held
           for
           the
           
             Metropolis
          
           :
           and
           that
           unto
           it
           ,
           
             l
          
           all
           the
           Provincials
           should
           resort
           for
           the
           administration
           of
           publike
           justice
           .
           Whereupon
           
             Ephesus
             ,
          
           being
           by
           the
           former
           Imperiall
           Constitution
           ,
           grounded
           upon
           the
           joincte
           consent
           of
           the
           
             Asians
          
           
           themselves
           ,
           
             z
          
           preferred
           before
           all
           the
           rest
           (
           as
           being
           the
           ordinary
           place
           of
           the
           convention
           of
           the
           
             Common
             Councell
             ,
          
           and
           it self
           held
           to
           be
           
             a
          
           the
           
             common
             treasury
          
           of
           
             Asia
          
           )
           was
           appointed
           to
           be
           the
           sole
           
             Metropolis
          
           of
           this
           
             new
          
           Proconsular
           Asia
           ;
           and
           withall
           retained
           the
           preeminence
           which
           formerly
           it
           had
           above
           all
           the
           cities
           of
           the
           
             old
             .
          
           Whereof
           ,
           we
           may
           see
           the
           testimonies
           ,
           aswell
           of
           
             b
          
           
             Chrysostom
          
           and
           others
           of
           the
           ancient
           who
           wrote
           upon
           the
           Epistle
           of
           S
           
             Paul
          
           to
           the
           
             Ephesians
          
           ;
           as
           of
           the
           Emperour
           
             c
          
           
             Theodosius
             ,
          
           in
           the
           letters
           wherby
           he
           summoneth
           
             Dioscorus
          
           and
           other
           Bishops
           to
           appeare
           at
           the
           second
           Councell
           at
           
             Ephesus
             ,
          
           assembled
           by
           him
           in
           the
           yeare
           of
           our
           Lord
           CCCCXLIX
           .
        
         
           Whence
           he
           that
           wrote
           the
           book
           of
           the
           places
           mentioned
           in
           the
           Acts
           of
           the
           Apostles
           (
           falsly
           fathered
           upon
           S.
           
             Hierom
             )
          
           saying
           that
           
             d
          
           
             where
             the
             city
             of
          
           Ephesus
           
             is
             ,
             there
             is
             the
          
           Asia
           
             specially
             so
             called
          
           ;
           may
           seem
           to
           have
           meant
           no
           other
           thing
           thereby
           ,
           but
           that
           the
           province
           which
           had
           
             Ephesus
          
           for
           it's
           
             Metropolis
             ,
          
           was
           that
           which
           had
           the
           name
           of
           
             Asia
          
           in
           a
           singular
           manner
           appropriated
           unto
           it
           .
           if
           therein
           he
           looked
           any
           further
           then
           to
           the
           ba●e
           words
           of
           the
           text
           ;
           wherein
           it
           is
           said
           ,
           that
           
             Paul
          
           
             e
          
           continuing
           at
           
             Ephesus
          
           by
           the
           space
           of
           two
           years
           ,
           
             all
             they
             which
             dwelt
             in
          
           Asia
           
             heard
             the
             word
             of
             the
             Lord
             .
          
           and
           that
           afterward
           
             f
          
           
             he
             determined
             to
             sayle
             by
          
           Ephesus
           ,
           
             because
             he
             would
             not
             spend
             the
             time
             in
          
           Asia
           :
           and
           thereupon
           sending
           for
           the
           Elde●s
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           
             Ephesus
             ,
          
           he
           said
           unto
           them
           ;
           
             Ye
             know
             from
             the
             fi●st
             day
             that
             I
             came
             into
          
           Asia
           ,
           
             after
             what
             manner
          
           I
           
             have
             beene
             with
             you
             at
             all
             seasons
             .
          
           Out
           of
           all
           which
           it
           was
           no
           hard
           matter
           for
           him
           to
           gather
           at
           large
           ,
           as
           
             g
          
           
             Erasmus
          
           did
           after
           him
           ;
           that
           
             Asia
          
           in
           the
           new
           Testament
           denoteth
           that
           part
           of
           
             Asia
             minor
             ,
          
           in
           which
           
             Ephesus
          
           standeth
           .
        
         
         
           It
           is
           here
           also
           further
           to
           be
           noted
           ,
           that
           as
           in
           the
           state
           of
           the
           civill
           government
           ,
           the
           jurisdiction
           of
           the
           annuall
           
             Presidents
          
           (
           by
           
             Aristides
          
           styled
           
             h
          
           
             Bishops
          
           )
           was
           extended
           unto
           all
           the
           cities
           that
           were
           contained
           within
           the
           limits
           of
           their
           severall
           provinces
           ;
           and
           when
           but
           one
           Metropolis
           was
           appointed
           unto
           every
           province
           ,
           wherein
           the
           Governour
           was
           to
           keep
           his
           ordinary
           residence
           ,
           the
           Provinciall
           Presidents
           had
           from
           thence
           the
           appellation
           of
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           (
           or
           
             M●tropolitan
             Judges
             ,
          
           as
           ,
           at
           the
           end
           of
           the
           first
           Novell
           of
           Justinian
           ,
           the
           
             *
          
           old
           Latin
           Interpreter
           rendr●th
           it
           :
           )
           so
           ,
           in
           the
           Eastern
           empire
           especially
           ,
           the
           Ecclesiasticall
           r●giment
           was
           herein
           conformed
           unto
           the
           civill
           ;
           there
           being
           but
           one
           
             Metropolitan
             Bishop
          
           setled
           in
           every
           Province
           ,
           unto
           whom
           the
           Bishops
           of
           all
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           cities
           were
           subordinated
           .
           By
           which
           meanes
           it
           came
           to
           passe
           .
           that
           of
           
             the
             seven
             Churches
             in
             Asia
             ,
          
           spoken
           of
           in
           the
           book
           of
           the
           Revelation
           ,
           
             Ephesus
          
           alone
           in
           the
           dayes
           of
           
             Constantine
          
           had
           the
           Metropoliticall
           dignitie
           left
           unto
           it
           .
           Then
           after
           the
           dayes
           of
           
             Valens
          
           the
           Emperour
           ,
           the
           inland
           
             Lydia
          
           being
           separated
           from
           
             Asia
             ,
          
           the
           Bishop
           of
           
             Sardis
          
           (
           which
           had
           been
           the
           
             i
          
           ancient
           seat
           of
           the
           
             Lydian
          
           Kings
           )
           became
           the
           Metropolitan
           of
           that
           province
           :
           the
           sees
           of
           
             Philadelphia
          
           and
           
             *
          
           
             Thyatira
          
           being
           made
           subject
           to
           him
           ;
           as
           
             Smyrna
          
           and
           
             Pergamus
          
           were
           to
           the
           Bishop
           of
           
             Ephesus
             .
          
        
         
           There
           remained
           then
           of
           the
           
             seven
             ,
          
           only
           
             Laodicea
          
           :
           which
           got
           the
           honour
           of
           being
           
             the
             Metropolis
             of
             Phrygia
             Pacatiana
          
           ;
           as
           we
           read
           in
           the
           Greek
           subscription
           of
           
           the
           first
           epistle
           unto
           
             Timothy
          
           :
           the
           
             §.
          
           latenesse
           whereof
           is
           thence
           rightly
           collected
           by
           the
           learned
           
             k
          
           
             Cujaicus
             .
          
           For
           as
           the
           distinction
           of
           
             Ph●ygia
             Pacatiana
          
           and
           
             Salutaris
          
           is
           no where
           to
           be
           found
           before
           the
           distribution
           of
           the
           provinces
           made
           by
           
             Constantine
             :
          
           so
           at
           that
           time
           also
           ,
           when
           but
           one
           
             Metropolis
          
           was
           allotted
           unto
           every
           Province
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           question
           ,
           whether
           of
           those
           two
           
             *
          
           prime
           cities
           that
           were
           so
           nea●e
           together
           ,
           
             Hierapolis
             ,
          
           which
           without
           all
           controversie
           was
           acknowledged
           to
           belong
           unto
           
             Phrygia
             ,
          
           was
           not
           rather
           chosen
           to
           be
           the
           mother
           city
           therein
           ,
           then
           
             Laodicea
             ,
          
           which
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           doubtfull
           situation
           thereof
           (
           as
           we
           have
           heard
           )
           was
           indifferently
           challenged
           to
           appertaine
           unto
           
             Phrygia
             ,
             Caria
          
           and
           
             Lydia
             .
          
        
         
           In
           the
           dayes
           of
           the
           succeeding
           Emperours
           indeed
           ,
           
             l
          
           who
           yielded
           so
           farr
           to
           the
           ambition
           of
           some
           Bishops
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           content
           there
           should
           be
           two
           Metropolitans
           in
           one
           Province
           ,
           both
           these
           cities
           were
           accounted
           for
           the
           
             Metropoles
          
           of
           
             Phrygia
             Pacatiana
          
           which
           is
           the
           cause
           ,
           why
           in
           the
           fourth
           generall
           Councell
           ,
           assembled
           at
           
             Chalcedon
             ,
          
           aswell
           
             m
          
           
             Nunechius
             Bishop
             of
             the
          
           Metropolis
           of
           
             Laodicea
             ,
          
           as
           
             Stephen
             Bishop
             of
             the
          
           Metropolis
           
             of
             Hierapolis
             ,
          
           do
           subscribe
           for
           themselvs
           and
           
             the
             absent
             Bishops
             which
             were
             under
             them
             .
          
           as
           also
           in
           the
           
             fifth
          
           general
           Councell
           held
           at
           
             Constantinople
             ,
          
           there
           is
           mention
           made
           at
           the
           same
           time
           of
           
             n
          
           
             Iohn
             Bishop
             of
             the
          
           Metropolis
           of
           the
           
             Laodiceans
             ,
          
           and
           
             Auxanon
             Bishop
             of
             the
          
           Metropolis
           of
           the
           
             Hierapolitans
          
           :
           &
           in
           the
           
             sixth
             ,
          
           of
           
             Tiberius
          
           Bishop
           of
           the
           
             Laodiceans
          
           and
           
             Sisinnius
          
           of
           the
           
             Hierapolitans
             ,
          
           either
           of
           them
           
           giving
           unto
           his
           seat
           the
           title
           
             o
          
           of
           
             the
             Metropolis
             of
             the
             Pacatian
             Phrygians
             .
          
        
         
           And
           although
           by
           a
           Canon
           of
           the
           said
           Councell
           of
           
             Chalcedon
          
           it
           was
           provided
           ,
           that
           any
           
             Bishop
          
           which
           afterward
           
             p
          
           would
           attempt
           to
           make
           such
           divisions
           to
           the
           derogation
           of
           the
           rights
           of
           his
           owne
           
             Metropolitan
             ,
          
           should
           be
           deprived
           of
           his
           dignitie
           ;
           and
           that
           
             q
          
           the
           new
           
             Metropoles
          
           formerly
           constituted
           by
           the
           Imperiall
           Charters
           should
           so
           content
           themselves
           with
           this
           honour
           ,
           that
           the
           proper
           rights
           should
           still
           be
           preserved
           unto
           that
           which
           was
           the
           
             Metropolis
          
           indeed
           :
           yet
           we
           see
           for
           all
           this
           ,
           that
           
             r
          
           in
           the
           lists
           of
           the
           Bishopricks
           of
           the
           East
           made
           in
           the
           succeeding
           times
           ,
           there
           are
           still
           distinct
           suffragans
           reckoned
           under
           these
           two
           Metropolitans
           of
           
             Laodicea
          
           and
           
             Hierapolis
          
           ;
           and
           that
           diverse
           other
           private
           
             Bishops
          
           were
           not
           hereby
           restrained
           from
           aspiring
           unto
           a
           
             Metropoliticall
          
           dignitie
           .
           among
           whom
           (
           to
           speak
           onely
           of
           those
           who
           were
           within
           the
           compasse
           of
           the
           
             Lydian
             Asia
             )
          
           was
           the
           Bishop
           of
           
             Smyrna
          
           ;
           who
           found
           the
           meanes
           to
           be
           made
           first
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           or
           
             independent
             ,
          
           and
           then
           
             t
          
           a
           
             Metropolitan
          
           with
           
             u
          
           
             seven
          
           suffragans
           depending
           upon
           him
           .
           
             x
          
           the
           Bishop
           of
           
             Pergamus
          
           ;
           who
           was
           exempted
           likewise
           from
           his
           subordination
           to
           
             Ephesus
             ,
          
           and
           made
           a
           
             Metropolitan
          
           by
           himself
           .
           and
           the
           Bishop
           of
           
             Philadelphia
             :
          
           
             s
          
           
             y
          
           who
           by
           
             Andronicus
             Palaeologus
          
           the
           elder
           was
           substituted
           into
           the
           place
           of
           the
           Bishop
           of
           
             Sardis
             ,
          
           and
           made
           Metropolitan
           of
           all
           
             Lydia
             .
          
           So
           as
           of
           the
           Bishops
           of
           the
           
             seven
          
           Churches
           mentioned
           in
           the
           book
           of
           the
           
             Reuelation
             ,
          
           he
           of
           
             Thyatira
          
           only
           excepted
           ,
           all
           at
           the
           last
           became
           
             Metropolitans
             ,
          
           as
           they
           were
           at
           the
           first
           .
        
         
         
           But
           among
           all
           these
           ,
           the
           See
           of
           
             Ephesus
          
           had
           evermore
           the
           preeminence
           .
           And
           as
           it
           was
           the
           mother
           city
           of
           the
           
             Proconsular
             Asia
          
           :
           so
           was
           that
           
             Asia
          
           likewise
           the
           prime
           Province
           of
           all
           the
           
             Asian
             Diocese
          
           ;
           and
           had
           in
           such
           esteem
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Proconsul
          
           thereof
           was
           exempted
           from
           the
           jurisdiction
           of
           the
           
             Praefectus
             Praetorio
             Orientis
             ,
          
           (
           as
           before
           we
           have
           heard
           out
           of
           
             Eunapius
          
           )
           unto
           which
           the
           
             Vicarius
          
           or
           Lieutenant
           of
           the
           
             Asian
             Diocese
          
           was
           subject
           .
           Conformably
           whereunto
           in
           the
           Ecclesiasticall
           government
           ,
           the
           Bishop
           of
           
             Ephesus
          
           was
           not
           only
           held
           to
           be
           the
           
             Metropolitan
          
           of
           the
           
             Proconsular
             Asia
             ,
          
           but
           also
           the
           
             Primate
          
           of
           all
           the
           provinces
           that
           were
           contained
           within
           the
           compasse
           of
           the
           whole
           
             Asian
             Diocese
             .
          
           Vpon
           which
           ground
           it
           was
           ,
           that
           among
           those
           Bishops
           which
           
             Palladius
          
           (
           in
           the
           life
           of
           
             Chrysostom
          
           )
           mentioneth
           to
           have
           beene
           ordained
           by
           
             Antoninus
          
           Bishop
           of
           
             Ephesus
          
           ;
           
             z
          
           some
           were
           of
           
             Lycia
          
           and
           
             Phrygia
             ,
          
           as
           well
           as
           others
           of
           
             Asia
          
           :
           the
           ordination
           of
           these
           latter
           being
           challenged
           by
           vertue
           of
           his
           
             Metropoliticall
             ,
          
           of
           the
           others
           by
           his
           
             Patriarchicall
          
           jurisdiction
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           Arabick
           Acts
           of
           the
           Councell
           of
           
             Nice
          
           (
           which
           that
           worthy
           Knight
           Sr.
           
             Thomas
             Roe
             ,
          
           among
           other
           rare
           monuments
           ,
           brought
           with
           him
           from
           the
           East
           and
           bestowed
           upon
           the
           famous
           library
           of
           the
           University
           of
           
             Oxford
          
           )
           it
           is
           affirmed
           that
           
             a
          
           
             the
             Patriarchship
             of
             Ephesus
             was
             translated
             unto
             the
             Bishop
             of
             Constantinople
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             was
             then
             made
             the
             second
             in
             order
             ,
             and
             the
             Patriarch
             of
             Alexandria
             the
             third
             .
          
           and
           a
           Constitution
           is
           therein
           recited
           ,
           that
           
             the
             Patriarchall
             see
             should
             be
             translated
             from
             Ephesus
             to
             the
             Imperiall
             city
             ;
             that
             so
             honour
             might
             be
             done
             both
             to
             the
             Empire
             and
             Priesthood
             together
          
           :
           and
           ,
           to
           the
           end
           the
           other
           
             Bishop
             might
             be
             honoured
             (
             and
             not
             lightly
             set
             by
             ,
             because
             of
             the
             transferring
             of
             the
             Patriarchall
             chaire
             
             from
             him
             )
             that
             he
             should
             enjoy
             the
             eminent
             title
             of
             Catholicus
             .
          
           for
           proofe
           whereof
           ,
           the
           testimony
           of
           one
           
             Dionysius
          
           is
           there
           alledged
           .
        
         
           But
           neither
           the
           authority
           of
           this
           obscure
           
             Dionysius
             ,
          
           nor
           of
           the
           latter
           Arabians
           following
           him
           ,
           is
           of
           sufficient
           weight
           to
           gaine
           credit
           to
           this
           relation
           :
           especially
           seeing
           it
           is
           well
           known
           ,
           that
           the
           title
           of
           
             Catholicus
             ,
          
           taken
           in
           this
           sense
           ,
           
             b
          
           is
           of
           a
           very
           late
           originall
           ,
           and
           (
           for
           ought
           we
           can
           find
           )
           at
           no
           time
           attributed
           unto
           the
           Bishop
           of
           
             Ephesus
          
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           Bishop
           of
           
             Constantinople
          
           had
           the
           
             second
          
           place
           among
           the
           Patriarchs
           first
           assigned
           unto
           him
           ,
           not
           in
           the
           Councell
           of
           
             Nice
             ,
          
           but
           
             c
          
           in
           the
           second
           generall
           Councell
           held
           at
           
             Constantinople
          
           in
           the
           yeare
           CCCLXXXI
           .
           After
           which
           advancement
           ,
           the
           first
           Bishop
           of
           that
           see
           we
           read
           of
           ,
           that
           extended
           his
           jurisdiction
           beyond
           the
           sea
           unto
           
             d
          
           the
           
             Pontican
          
           and
           
             Asian
          
           dioceses
           ,
           was
           
             John
             Chrysostome
             ,
          
           
             e
          
           who
           passing
           over
           unto
           
             Ephesus
             ,
          
           and
           holding
           there
           the
           foresaid
           Synod
           of
           the
           LXX
           .
           Asian
           Bishops
           ,
           placed
           
             Heraclides
          
           in
           the
           Bishoprick
           of
           
             Ephesus
             ,
          
           then
           vacant
           by
           the
           death
           of
           
             Antoninus
          
           ;
           and
           deposing
           XIII
           .
           Bishops
           ,
           who
           were
           charged
           to
           have
           been
           simoniacally
           ordained
           by
           him
           ,
           placed
           others
           in
           their
           roome
           .
        
         
           And
           ,
           although
           within
           foure
           yeares
           after
           ,
           aswell
           
             Heraclides
          
           as
           the
           other
           thirteen
           Bishops
           of
           Chrysostoms
           ordination
           were
           removed
           againe
           ,
           and
           the
           former
           Bishops
           restored
           to
           their
           places
           :
           yet
           it
           appeareth
           by
           the
           acknowledgement
           of
           the
           
             Pontican
          
           and
           
             Asian
          
           Bishops
           in
           the
           XVIth
           .
           Action
           of
           the
           Councell
           of
           
             Chalcedon
             ,
          
           that
           his
           successors
           continued
           their
           claime
           ,
           and
           challenged
           still
           a
           right
           at
           leastwise
           in
           the
           ordination
           of
           the
           
             Metropolitans
          
           of
           both
           those
           Dioceses
           .
           Which
           power
           of
           ordaining
           Metropolitans
           ,
           not
           only
           in
           the
           
             Thracian
          
           
           but
           also
           in
           the
           
             Pontican
          
           and
           
             Asian
          
           diocese
           ,
           being
           thereupon
           confirmed
           unto
           the
           Bishops
           of
           
             Constantinople
          
           by
           a
           
             f
          
           speciall
           act
           of
           that
           Councell
           (
           beside
           
             g
          
           a
           liberty
           given
           to
           all
           clerkes
           that
           had
           any
           suit
           with
           their
           Metropolitan
           ,
           to
           prosecute
           the
           same
           either
           before
           the
           Primate
           of
           the
           Diocese
           or
           the
           Patriarch
           of
           Constantinople
           ,
           at
           their
           owne
           election
           )
           gave
           occasion
           unto
           
             Euagrius
          
           to
           write
           ,
           that
           
             h
          
           the
           
             Councell
             of
             Chalcedon
             took
             away
             the
             Patriarchicall
             right
             from
             the
             Church
             of
             the
             Ephesians
          
           ;
           and
           that
           by
           
             Timothy
          
           of
           
             Alexandria
          
           (
           the
           deadly
           enemy
           of
           that
           Councell
           )
           it
           was
           restored
           thereunto
           againe
           .
        
         
           After
           which
           time
           we
           see
           ,
           that
           the
           Bishop
           of
           
             Ephesus
             ,
          
           as
           
             Metropolitan
          
           of
           the
           
             Asian
             province
             ,
          
           subscribeth
           thus
           unto
           the
           
             Constantinopolitan
          
           Synod
           held
           under
           Menas
           .
           
             i
          
           
             I
             Hypatius
             ,
             by
             the
             mercy
             of
             God
             Bishop
             of
             the
          
           Metropolis
           
             of
             the
          
           Ephesians
           
             of
             the
          
           Asian
           
             province
             ,
             have
             defined
             and
             subscribed
             .
          
           and
           as
           
             Patriarch
          
           of
           the
           
             Asian
             diocese
             ,
          
           to
           the
           letters
           sent
           by
           the
           
             sixth
          
           Councell
           of
           
             Constantinople
             ,
          
           unto
           Pope
           
             Agatho
             ,
          
           thus
           .
           
             k
          
           
             I
             Theodorus
             by
             the
             mercie
             of
             God
             Bishop
             of
             the
          
           Metropolis
           
             of
             the
          
           Ephesians
           ,
           and
           
             Primate
             of
             the
          
           Asian
           Diocese
           ,
           
             both
             for
             my self
             ,
             and
             the
             Synod
             that
             is
             under
             me
             ,
             have
             subscribed
             .
          
        
         
           For
           although
           in
           the
           times
           of
           the
           latter
           Emperours
           also
           ,
           he
           still
           retained
           the
           title
           of
           
             Primate
          
           or
           
             l
          
           
             Exarch
             of
             all
             Asia
          
           ;
           yet
           
             all
             Asia
          
           did
           not
           import
           therein
           the
           whole
           
             Asian
             Diocese
             ,
          
           but
           the
           
             Asian
             Province
          
           only
           :
           the
           
             exarchate
          
           of
           the
           
             Diocese
             ,
          
           having
           been
           wholly
           engrossed
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           the
           Patriarch
           of
           
             Constantinople
             .
          
           Which
           
           is
           the
           cause
           ,
           why
           
             Balsamon
          
           noteth
           ,
           that
           
             m
          
           the
           priviledge
           heretofore
           granted
           unto
           
             Exarches
          
           by
           the
           Councell
           of
           
             Chalcedon
             ,
          
           was
           in
           his
           dayes
           of
           no
           force
           at
           all
           .
           
             For
             although
             some
             of
             the
             Metropolitans
          
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             are
             named
             Exarches
             ;
             yet
             have
             they
             none
             of
             the
             other
             Metropolitans
             within
             the
             Dioceses
             any
             wayes
             subject
             unto
             them
             .
          
           and
           
             n
          
           
             Iohn
             ,
          
           in
           a
           late
           Synod
           held
           after
           the
           time
           of
           the
           Councell
           of
           
             Florence
             ,
          
           subscribeth
           himselfe
           
             Bishop
             of
             the
             Metropolis
             of
             the
             Ephesians
             ,
             and
             Exarch
          
           (
           or
           Primate
           ,
           not
           of
           the
           
             Diocese
             ,
          
           but
           )
           
             of
             the
             Province
             of
             the
             Asians
             .
          
        
         
           And
           of
           the
           Asian
           
             Diocese
             ,
          
           with
           the
           
             Civill
          
           and
           
             Ecclesiasticall
          
           government
           thereof
           ,
           thus
           much
           in
           briefe
           may
           suffice
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           TO
           The
           Right
           Honourable
           ,
           the
           House
           of
           PEERES
           ,
           now
           assembled
           in
           PARLIAMENT
           .
           The
           Humble
           Petition
           of
           JAMES
           Archbishop
           of
           ARMAGH
           .
        
         
           Humbly
           sheweth
           ,
        
         
           THat
           whereas
           your
           Lordships
           were
           pleased
           to
           employ
           your
           Petitioner
           in
           preaching
           before
           you
           on
           the
           Fast-day
           ,
           the
           22.
           of
           December
           last
           :
           (
           which
           service
           ,
           according
           to
           his
           mean
           ability
           ,
           he
           was
           carefull
           to
           performe
           :
           )
           so
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           one
           
             Iohn
             Nicholson
             ,
          
           having
           got
           into
           his
           hands
           a
           collection
           of
           some
           rude
           and
           incoherent
           Notes
           of
           that
           Sermon
           ,
           took
           the
           boldnesse
           to
           publish
           the
           same
           (
           under
           the
           Title
           of
           
             Vox
             Hiberniae
          
           )
           as
           a
           true
           Relation
           of
           that
           which
           was
           uttered
           before
           your
           Lordships
           that
           day
           .
           Which
           being
           in
           many
           places
           void
           of
           common
           sense
           ,
           &
           in
           the
           whole
           every
           way
           unanswerable
           unto
           what
           vvas
           fit
           to
           have
           been
           delivered
           before
           so
           Honourable
           and
           judicious
           an
           Audience
           ,
        
         
           His
           humble
           request
           is
           ,
           That
           your
           Lordships
           would
           be
           pleased
           ,
           to
           call
           in
           that
           suppositions
           Pamphlet
           ,
           
             &c.
             
          
        
      
       
       
         
           
             
               Die
               Veneris
               ,
               11.
               
               Februarii
               ,
               1641.
               
            
          
        
         
           Ordered
           by
           the
           Lords
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           That
           a
           Book
           concerning
           the
           
             L.
          
           Arch-bishop
           of
           
             Armagh
             ,
          
           being
           published
           and
           printed
           by
           
             Iohn
             Nicholson
             ,
          
           shall
           be
           called
           in
           and
           suppressed
           .
        
         
           
             JO
             .
             BROWNE
             .
             
               Cleric
               .
               Parliam
               .
            
          
           To
           the
           Wardens
           and
           Company
           of
           the
           
             Stationers
          
           of
           
             London
             .
          
        
      
       
       
         
           AN
           Order
           of
           the
           Commons
           House
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           FOR
           The
           suppressing
           of
           an
           other
           Pamphlet
           ,
           falsly
           fathered
           upon
           the
           said
           
             Archbishop
          
           of
           Armagh
           .
           
             Die
             Martis
             ,
             9.
             
             Febr.
             1640.
             
          
        
         
           WHereas
           complaint
           hath
           been
           made
           unto
           us
           by
           
             Iames
          
           Lord
           Arch-Bishop
           of
           
             Armagh
          
           and
           Primate
           of
           all
           
             Ireland
             ,
          
           that
           a
           certain
           Pamphlet
           hath
           beene
           lately
           most
           injuriously
           fathered
           upon
           him
           ,
           and
           spread
           abroad
           under
           the
           false
           title
           of
           
             The
             Bishop
             of
             Armagh's
             direction
             to
             the
             house
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             concerning
             the
             Liturgie
             and
             Episcopall
             Government
          
           :
           It
           is
           this
           day
           ordered
           in
           the
           Commons
           House
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           that
           the
           Master
           and
           Companie
           of
           Stationers
           ,
           and
           all
           others
           whom
           it
           may
           concerne
           ,
           shall
           take
           such
           course
           for
           the
           suppressing
           of
           the
           said
           Book
           ,
           that
           they
           shall
           not
           suffer
           it
           to
           be
           put
           in
           print
           ,
           or
           if
           it
           be
           already
           printed
           ,
           not
           permit
           the
           same
           to
           be
           divulged
           .
           And
           if
           any
           man
           shall
           presume
           to
           print
           or
           publish
           the
           Book
           above-mentioned
           ;
           That
           he
           ,
           or
           they
           ,
           shall
           be
           then
           lyable
           to
           the
           Censure
           of
           the
           said
           House
           .
        
         
           
             
               H.
               Elsynge
            
             Cler.
             Domûs
             Comm.
             
          
        
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A64646e-290
           
             
               Trist.
               lib.
            
             1.
             
               e.
               leg.
            
             6.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A64646e-490
           
             a
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Strabo
             ,
             
               Geograph
               .
               lib.
            
             13
             
               pag
            
             624.
             (
             
               edit.
               Graeco
               .
               latin
               .
               an
            
             1620
             )
          
           
             b
             
               Namque
               ,
               ●t
               opinor
               ,
               Asia
               vestra
               constat
               ex
               Phrygiâ
               ,
               Mysiâ
               ,
               Ca●iâ
               ,
               Lydiâ
               .
            
             Cicero
             ,
             
               in
               orat
               .
               pro
               Flacco
               :
               ad
               ipsos
            
             Asianos
             
               ve●ba
               facien●
               .
            
          
           
             c
             Strabo
             ,
             
               lib.
            
             12
             
               pag.
            
             571.
             
          
           
             d
             Ptolem
             ,
             
               Geograph
               .
               lib.
            
             5.
             
               cap.
            
             2.
             
          
           
             e
             Cod.
             Theod.
             
               lib.
            
             10.
             
               tit
            
             15.
             
               de
               advocato
               fisci
               .
               l.
            
             2.
             
          
           
             f
             
               Ibid.
               l
            
             3.
             
               tit.
            
             5.
             de
             sponsal
             .
             
               l.
            
             4.
             
          
           
             *
             
               Vid.
               Cod
               Theod.
               l
            
             11.
             
               tit
            
             7
             de
             exact
             .
             
               leg.
            
             2.
             
               ad
            
             Pacatianum
             Vicarium
             Britannia●um
             .
          
           
             g
             
               L.
            
             Cum
             appellatio
             .
             
               C.
            
             de
             appellationib
             .
          
           
             h
             Severus
             
               Episcopus
               Synnadensium
               ,
               Metropoleos
               Phrygiae
               Salutaris
               .
               Concil.
            
             5.
             
             
               Collat.
            
             8.
             
          
           
             i
             Socrat.
             
               Histor.
               Ecclesiastic
               .
               lib.
            
             7.
             
               cap.
            
             3.
             
          
           
             k
             Nicephor
             .
             Callist
             .
             
               histor.
               .
               lib.
            
             14.
             
               cap.
            
             11.
             
          
           
             l
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             
               Concil
               Chalcedon
               .
            
             Act.
             16.
             
          
           
             m
             Plin.
             
               Histor.
               natural
               .
               l.
            
             5.
             
               c.
            
             29.
             
             
               &
            
             30.
             
          
           
             n
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             
               &
               post
               .
            
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Metaphrast
             .
             
               in
               Actis
               Abercii
               ,
               Octob.
            
             22.
             
             (
             
               M●
               .
               in
               Bibl.
               other
               .
               Colleg.
               Corp.
               Christi
               ,
               Oxon.
            
             )
          
           
             o
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             
               Menaun●·
               Graec.
               
               MS.
               O●tob
               .
            
             22.
             
          
           
             p
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Diodor
             .
             
               Sic
               lib.
            
             18.
             
          
           
             q
             
               In
               Asiâ
               Phrygiam
               utramque
               ,
               alteram
               ad
               Hellespontum
               ,
               majorem
               alier●m
               vocant
               ,
            
             Liv.
             lib.
             38.
             
          
           
             r
             Herodot.
             
               lib.
            
             7.
             
          
           
             s
             Act
             16.8
             ,
             11.
             
               et
            
             20
             ●
             ,
             6.
             2
             ●or
             .
             2
             12.
             2
             Tim.
             4.12
             .
          
           
             t
             T●oi●
             ,
             
               Antigonia
               dicta
               ,
               nunc
               Alexand●
               a
               Col●nia
               Rom
            
             Pl●n
             .
             
               lib.
            
             5.
             
               cap
            
             30
             
          
           
             u
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             Strabo
             ,
             
               lib.
            
             13.
             
               pag.
            
             581.
             
             Ptolem
             
               lib.
            
             5.
             
               c●p
               .
            
             2.
             
             Galen
             .
             
               de
               simplic
               medic●m
               facul●
               .
               lib.
            
             9.
             
          
           
             x
             Strabo
             ,
             
               lib.
            
             2
             
               pag.
            
             129
             
               &
               lib.
            
             12.
             
               pag.
            
             563.571
             .
          
           
             y
             
               Vid.
            
             Strabon
             .
             
               li
               .
            
             13.
             
               pag.
            
             582
             ,
             583
             ,
             586.
             
          
           
             z
             
               Ibid
               pag.
            
             583.
             
               init
            
             :
          
           
             a
             
               Id.
               lib.
            
             12.
             
               p●g
               .
            
             571
             ,
             572.
             
          
           
             *
             
               De
               qua
            
             Macer
             
               l
               C.
               est
               capi
               cudus
               ,
               in
            
             D.
             
               de
               offic.
               adsessor
               l.
            
             3.
             
             
               &
            
             Ulp●anus
             
               in
               D.
            
             de
             captiv
             .
             &
             postlimin
             .
             &
             redempt
             .
             l.
             9
             
               Vid.
               et
            
             Strabonem
             ,
             l.
             12
             
               p●g
               .
            
             57l
             .
             
               ex
            
             Arte
             midoro
             
          
           
             b
             
               Noritia
               utriusque
               Imperii
               .
            
          
           
             c
             
               L
            
             Offic.
             H●llesponti
             .
             
               C.
            
             de
             offic.
             com
             .
             sacr.
             patrimon
             .
             
               vel
               potiùs
            
             〈◊〉
             proconsulis
             &
             legati
             .
          
           
             d
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Galen
             .
             
               de
               sanitat
               ,
               tuend.
               lib.
            
             ●
             .
          
           
             c
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             Herodot.
             
               lib.
            
             6.
             
             §.
             28.
             
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             
               Id.
               lib.
            
             7
             §.
             42.
             
          
           
             f
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             S●rabo
             .
             
               lib.
            
             12.
             
               pag.
            
             576.
             
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             
               Id
               ibid.
               pag.
            
             571.
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             
               &c.
               Ibid.
               Et
               adde
               ex
            
             Pausama
             
               in
            
             Atticis
             (
             
               pag.
            
             4.
             
               et
            
             10.
             )
             
               ips●m
               u●bem
            
             Pergamenam
             
               d●ctam
               fuisse
               olim
            
             Teuthraniam
             .
          
           
             g
             
               Mons
            
             Olympus
             ,
             Moesius
             (
             
               al.
            
             Mysius
             )
             
               dictus
            
             ;
             civitas
             Oly●pena
             .
             Plin
             
               lib.
            
             5.
             
               cap.
            
             32.
             
          
           
             h
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Herodot.
             
               lib.
            
             7.
             
             §.
             74.
             
               vid.
            
             Strabon
             .
             
               lib.
            
             12.
             
               pag.
            
             571.574.576
             
          
           
             i
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             Iem
             .
             
               lib
            
             5.
             
               cap
            
             2.
             
          
           
             k
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Strab.
             
               lib.
            
             12
             ▪
             
               pag.
            
             517.
             
          
           
             l
             
               Lydia
               perfusa
               flexu●
               si
               amnti
               Maeandr●
               recursibus
               ,
               super
               Ioniam
               proced●r
               ..
            
             Plin
             
               l.
            
             5.
             
               cap.
            
             29
             ▪
             
          
           
             m
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             
               Maxim.
               Tyr.
               disse●t
               .
            
             38.
             
          
           
             n
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             
               Stephan
               .
               de
               Vrbib
               .
            
          
           
             o
             Ptolem·
             
               lib.
            
             5.
             
               cap.
            
             2.
             
               cujus
               Graecus
               tamen
               textus
               in
               mari●ima
               hujus
               orae
               descriptione
               manifesto
               librarii
               errore
               ,
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               nomen
               habe●
               ,
               pro
            
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
          
           
             p
             Strabo
             .
             
               lib.
            
             12.
             
               pag.
            
             571.
             
          
           
             q
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             
               Id.
               lib.
            
             13.
             
               pag.
            
             586.
             
          
           
             r
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             
               Id.
               i●id
               .
               pag.
            
             605.
             
          
           
             s
             
               Promontariam
               Lecton
               disterminan●
               Ae●lida
               &
               Troada
               .
            
             Plin.
             
               lib.
            
             5
             :
             
               ●ap
               .
            
             30.
             
          
           
             t
             
               Id.
               lib.
            
             2.
             
               cap.
            
             96.
             
               &
               lib.
            
             36.
             
               cap.
            
             17.
             
          
           
             u
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Strab.
             
               lib.
            
             15
             
               pag.
            
             7●5
             .
          
           
             x
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             
               Id.
               lib.
            
             13.
             
               pag.
            
             610.
             
          
           
             y
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Stephan
             .
             
               in
            
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
          
           
             z
             
               Ex
               quo
               ab
               Aeolus
               incoli
               coepit
               ,
               Aeolis
               facta
               .
            
             Pompon.
             M●la
             .
             
               ●ib
               .
            
             1.
             
               cap.
            
             18.
             
          
           
             a
             
               Aeolis
               proxima
               est
               ,
               quondam
               Mysia
               appellata
               .
               Plin.
               lib.
            
             5
             
               cap.
            
             30.
             
          
           
             b
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Strabo
             ,
             
               lib.
            
             13.
             
               p●g
               .
            
             581.
             
          
           
             c
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             
               Stephan
               .
            
          
           
             d
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             
               Id.
               
            
          
           
             e
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             
               Id.
               
            
          
           
             f
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             He●odot
             .
             
               lib.
            
             1.
             
          
           
             g
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             
               Id.
               ibid.
            
          
        
         
           Notes for div A64646e-5080
           
             a
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Herodot.
             
               lib
            
             7.
             
             §
             74.
             
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             
               Id.
               lib.
            
             1.
             §.
             7.
             
          
           
             b
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Diodor
             .
             
               l●b.
            
             4.
             
          
           
             c
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Dionys.
             
               in
               Pe●●egesi
               .
            
          
           
             d
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             Strabo
             .
             
               lib.
            
             13
             
               pag.
            
             586.
             
          
           
             e
             Lydia
             ,
             
               Mae●nia
               antè
               app●llata
               .
            
             Plin.
             
               lib.
            
             5.
             
               ca●
               .
            
             29.
             
          
           
             f
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Stephan
             .
             
               &
               vice
               vertâ
               ,
               in
               G●aecolati●o
               Cyrilli
               Glossario
               .
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               ,
               Maeonia
               .
            
          
           
             g
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             S●r●bo
             ,
             
               lib
            
             13.
             
               pag
            
             6●7
             .
          
           
             h
             
               Id
               lib.
            
             14.
             
               ●ag
               .
            
             648.
             
          
           
             i
             
               Id.
               lib.
            
             13.
             
               pag.
            
             609.
             
          
           
             k
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Ste●h●n
             .
             de
             V●b●b
             .
             in
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
          
           
             l
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             S●d
             in
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             &
             Etymologic
             .
             in
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
          
           
             m
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             (
             leg.
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             S●●abo
             ,
             lib.
             13.
             pag.
             629.
             
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Id.
             lib.
             14.
             pag.
             650.
             
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Ver.
             Scholiast
             .
             Aristophanis
             ,
             in
             Ach●rnen
             .
          
           
             n
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Eunap
             .
             Sardian
             .
             in
             vitâ
             Aed●sii
             ,
          
           
             o
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             Strabo
             ,
             lib.
             14.
             pag.
             650.
             
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             E●●●ath
             .
             in
             Iliad
             .
             ●
             pag.
             254.
             edit.
             Roman
             .
          
           
             p
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             Etymologic
             ▪
             magr
             .
             in
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
          
           
             q
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Herodot.
             lib.
             4.
             §.
             45.
             
          
           
             r
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Steph●n
             .
             de
             Urbib
             .
             in
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
          
           
             s
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             
               Id.
               ibid.
            
          
           
             *
             Yet
             it
             is
             long
             in
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             :
             whereof
             
               Stephanus
               ,
            
             in
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             for
             so
             the
             place
             is
             to
             be
             restored
             out
             of
             
               Dionysius
            
             :
             whose
             verse
             this
             is
             ,
             in
             his
             Periegesis
             .
             as
             those
             others
             also
             of
             the
             river
             
               Tanais
               .
            
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             So
             
               Ovid
            
             likewise
             
               lib.
            
             5.
             
             Metamorphos.
             
               Iam
               super
               Europen
               sublimis
               &
               Asida
               terram
               .
            
             a●d
             
               lib.
            
             9.
             of
             
               Miletus
               —
               et
               in
               Asideterrâ
               Moenta
               constituis
               .
            
          
           
             t
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             scholiast.
             .
             Apollon.
             Argonaut
             .
             
               lib.
            
             2.
             
          
           
             u
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             
               Xenoph.
               de
               exped.
               Cyri.
               lib.
            
             7.
             
          
           
             x
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Aristot
             .
             lib.
             3.
             de
             Poëtica
             :
             apud
             Pluta●ch
             .
             in
             lib.
             de
             vitâ
             &
             poësi
             Homeri
             .
          
           
             y
             Herodot.
             histor.
             .
             lib.
             1.
             
          
           
             z
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             St●phan
             .
             
               de
            
             Vrbib
             .
             in
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
          
           
             a
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Strabo
             ,
             lib.
             13.
             pag.
             628.
             
          
           
             b
             Id.
             lib
             ▪
             12.
             pag
             ▪
             576.
             &
             lib.
             14.
             pag.
             663.
             
          
           
             c
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             I●
             .
             lib.
             13.
             pag.
             ●29
             .
          
           
             d
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Steph●n
             .
             de
             Vrbib
             .
          
           
             e
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Strab.
             lib.
             13.
             pag.
             629.
             
          
           
             f
             Plin.
             lib.
             5.
             cap
             29.
             
             &
             30.
             
          
           
             g
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Ptolem.
             l.
             5.
             c.
             2
             
          
           
             h
             Hieroclis
             .
             Notit.
             Orientalis
             Imperii
             ;
             in
             Appendice
             Geographiae
             sacrae
             Caroli
             à
             Sancto
             Paulo
             ed●t
             .
             Paris
             .
             an.
             1641.
             pag.
             29.
             
          
           
             i
             Ordo
             M●tropolitar
             .
             ibid.
             pag.
             13
             ,
             &
             45.
             &
             in
             to●o
             1.
             
             Juri●
             Graeco·
             Roman●
             .
             pag.
             90.
             
          
           
             k
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Concil.
             Constantinop
             .
             sub
             Menâ
             ,
             Act.
             5.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A64646e-8000
           
             a
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Strabo
             ,
             lib.
             17·
             pag.
             840.
             
          
           
             b
             
               Stat.
               lib.
            
             5.
             
             
               Sylvar
               .
               in
               Pro●reptico
               ad
               Crispin
               .
            
          
           
             c
             Dio
             ,
             lib.
             53.
             
          
           
             d
             Solin
             .
             Polyhist.
             cap.
             ●3
             .
          
           
             e
             Plin.
             lib.
             5.
             cap.
             27.
             
          
           
             f
             Strabo
             ,
             lib.
             17.
             pag.
             8●0
             .
          
           
             g
             Onuphr.
             Panum
             .
             Commentar.
             Reipubl
             .
             Roman
             .
             lib.
             3.
             pag.
             378.
             (
             edit.
             Francof●rt
             .
             an.
             1597.
             )
          
           
             h
             
               In
               provincià
               Asià
               duae
               sunt
               juris
               I●alic●
               ,
               Tria●
               &
               Parium
               .
               l.
               In
               L●si
               ●an
               .
            
             D.
             
               de
               Censib
               .
            
          
           
             i
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Ptolem.
             lib.
             5.
             cap.
             2.
             
          
           
             k
             Jul.
             Capitolin
             .
             in
             
               Antonino
               Pio.
               
            
          
           
             l
             
               Provinciae
               Asia
               praerat
               .
            
             Marcianus
             ●
             C.
             in
             L
             ,
             
               D●
               vus
               Hadrian
               .
            
             D.
             
               de
               custod
               .
               &
               exhibit
               ,
               reor
               .
            
          
           
             m
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             ad
             sin
             .
             libri
             8.
             
             Geograph
             Ptolem.
             
          
           
             n
             
               Asiam
               excipit
               Ph●ygia
               .
            
             Solin
             ▪
             Polyhist
             .
             cap.
             43.
             
          
           
             o
             Act.
             2.9
             ,
             10.
             
             &
             16.6
             .
          
           
             p
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             E●seb
             .
             lib.
             5.
             hist.
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
          
           
             q
             
               Pacem
               Ecclesi●●
               Asiae
               &
               Phrygiae
               inferentem
               .
            
             Tertullian
             .
          
           
             r
             Polycrat
             .
             in
             epistolià
             Synodicâ
             ,
             apud
             Euseb
             :
             l●b.
             5.
             hist.
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
          
           
             s
             Ulpian
             .
             in
             D.
             
               de
               Aquâ
               quotidian
               .
               &
               aest●v
               .
            
             l.
             1.
             §.
             13.
             
          
           
             t
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Euseb.
             Chron
             ad
             an.
             10.
             
             Neronis
             .
          
           
             u
             Cod.
             Theodos
             .
             lib.
             5
             tit.
             11.
             
             
               Ne
               c●lon
               .
               insciodom
               .
            
          
           
             x
             Ibid.
             lib.
             12.
             tit.
             1.
             
               de
               Decu●ionib
               .
            
             leg.
             69.
             
          
           
             y
             G●id
             .
             Pancirol
             .
             Commentar.
             in
             Notit.
             Orient
             .
             I●
             per
             .
             cap.
             122.
             
             Vid.
             &
             Jo●.
             Scaliger
             .
             Ausonian
             .
             lection
             .
             lib.
             2
             ,
             cap.
             17.
             
          
           
             z
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Eunap
             .
             in
             vitâ
             Maxim●
             .
          
           
             a
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Strabo
             .
             lib.
             13
             pag.
             629
             
          
           
             b
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Eunap
             .
             in
             vitá
             
               Maxim.
               
            
          
           
             c
             
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               .
            
             
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               .
               Euripid.
               in
               Bacchis
               .
            
          
           
             d
             Herodot.
             lib.
             1.
             §.
             84.
             &
             lib.
             5.
             
             §.
             101.
             
          
           
             e
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Strabo
             .
             l.
             13.
             pag.
             625.
             
          
           
             f
             Lydia
             
               celebratur
               maximè
               Sardibus
               ,
               in
               latere
               Tmol●
               montis
               ,
               qui
               antè
               Timolus
               appellabatur
               .
            
             Plin
             ,
             lib.
             5.
             
               c.
            
             29.
             
          
           
             g
             
               Ovid
               .
               Metamorph
               lib
            
             9●
             .
          
           
             h
             L.
             
               Cùm
               appellatio
               .
            
             C.
             
               de
               appellatio
               nib
               .
            
          
           
             i
             L.
             
               Offic.
               Hellesponts
               .
            
             C.
             de
             offic.
             
               comi●
               .
               sacr●
               p●trimon
               .
            
             vel
             potius
             ,
             
               proconsulis
               et
               legati
               .
            
          
           
             k
             Salmas
             .
             Plinian
             .
             exercitat
             .
             in
             Solin
             .
             pag.
             803.
             
          
           
             l
             Pallad.
             in
             vitâ
             Chrysostomi
             :
             &
             ex
             eo
             Georgius
             Al●xandrinus
             ,
             tomo
             8.
             edít.
             Savilian
             oper
             .
             Ch●ysost
             .
             pag.
             202.
             
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
          
           
             m
             In
             Commentario
             Jo.
             Seldeni
             ad
             Eu●ychu
             Origin●s
             ubi
             rectissin
             è
             monuir
             ,
             
               Subscriptiones
               has
               Graecas
               recentiores
               multò
               esse
               commatis
               quàm
               Co●stantini
               temporae
               admittunt
               .
               (
               pag.
            
             128.
             )
          
           
             n
             
               Hie●oclis
            
             No●itia
             Oriental
             ▪
             Imperiis
             in
             Append.
             G●og●aph
             sacr.
             pag.
             27.
             
          
           
             o
             
               Photius
               ,
            
             de
             ordine
             Metropolita●
             .
             ibid.
             pag.
             43.
             et
             in
             tomo
             .
             1.
             juris
             Graeco
             Romani
             ,
             pag.
             90.
             
          
           
             p
             Subscript
             .
             Concil.
             Chalced
             ,
             Act.
             6.
             
             Concil.
             Constantinop
             .
             VI
             .
             Act.
             18.
             &c.
             
          
           
             g
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             S●ylax
             in
             Per●plo
             .
          
           
             r
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             X●noph
             .
             de
             exped.
             Cyri
             ,
             lib.
             7.
             
          
           
             s
             Strabo
             ,
             lib.
             13.
             pag.
             586.
             
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Id.
             ibid.
             pag.
             613.
             
          
           
             u
             Herodo●
             .
             lib.
             7.
             de
             
               Xerxi●
               exercitu
               .
            
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Simplic
             .
             in
             Aristot.
             
             Phys●c
             .
             lib.
             5.
             
          
           
             y
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Metaphrast
             .
             in
             Actis
             Aberc●●
             ,
             Octob.
             22.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A64646e-11590
           
             a
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             Balsamon
             ,
             in
             Concil.
             Chalcedon
             .
             can.
             9.
             
          
           
             b
             Cod.
             Theodos
             .
             lib.
             16.
             tit.
             1.
             
               de
               fide
               Cathol
            
             l.
             3.
             
             
               Nec
               non
               etiam
               in
               Asià
               Proconsula●s
               atque
               Asianâ
               diocesi
               ,
               Amphilochio
               &c.
               
            
             Ita
             enim
             ex
             MS.
             Malmesburiensi
             (
             quem
             mihi
             communicavit
             V.
             C.
             (
             Jo
             Seldenus
             )
             locus
             resti●uendus
             est
             .
          
           
             c
             Imp.
             Const●ntin
             .
             ad
             
               Tertullianum
               P.
               V.
               Comitem
               dioeceseos
               Asianae
               .
            
             Ibid.
             lib.
             2.
             tit.
             26.
             
               finium
               regundor
               .
            
             l.
             1.
             
               Impp.
               Arcad
               .
               et
               Honorius
               A
               A.
               Nebridio
               Comit●
               Asia
               .
            
             Cod.
             Justinian
             .
             lib.
             11.
             
             
               In
               quib
               .
               caus.
               colon●
               .
               censiti
               .
            
             l.
             2.
             
          
           
             d
             Imp.
             Constantinu●
             ad
             
               Tiberianum
               Vica●ium
               Hispaniarum
               .
            
             in
             l.
             
               Si
               à
               sponso
               .
               C
               de
               donationib
               .
               ante
               nupt.
            
             et
             ad
             
               Tiberianum
               Comitem
               Hispaniarum
               .
            
             in
             l.
             
             
               Cùm
               servum
               .
               C
               de
               serv
               .
               fugitiv
               .
            
          
           
             e
             
               Vicarius
               Asiana
               regionis
               .
            
             Julian
             .
             Epitom
             .
             Novel
             .
             8.
             sive
             Constitut.
             15.
             
             §.
             56
             ▪
             (
             ●dit
             .
             Lugdun
             .
             an.
             1567.
             )
             quam
             idem
             ibid.
             paulo
             pòst
             
               Asianam
               dioecesim
            
             appellat
             .
             Simili●er
             &
             in
             Constitut.
             24.
             
             §.
             98.
             
             
               Asianam
               regionem
            
             vocat
             ;
             quae
             in
             Authentic
             .
             
               C●llat
               .
            
             4.
             tit.
             2.
             
               (
               de
               appellationib
               .
            
             §.
             
               Similique
               modo
            
             )
             nomine
             
               Asiana
               diocoeseos
            
             designatur
             .
          
           
             f
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Theodore●
             .
             histor.
             .
             Ecclesi●stic
             .
             lib.
             5.
             cap.
             28.
             
          
           
             g
             
               Subdisp●sitione
               vt●●
               Spectabilis
               P●oconsulit
               ●sia
               ,
               Provincia
               infra
               scripta
               :
               Asia
               ,
               Insula
               ,
               H●llespontus
               .
            
             Notitia
             Provinciar
             .
             &
             dignitat
             .
             utriusque
             Impetu
             .
          
           
             h
             
               Sub
               Vespasiano
               principe
               Insularum
               provine
               a
               facta
               est
               .
            
             Sext.
             R●fus
             ,
             in
             Breviario
             .
          
           
             i
             L.
             
               Iamdudum
               .
            
             C.
             
               Vbi
               ●ausa
               .
            
          
           
             k
             
               Sub
               despositione
               viri
               Spectabili●
               V●●arit
               Dioeceseos
               Asiana
               ,
               Provincia
               inf●ascr●pta
               .
               Pamphyli●
               ,
            
             &c
             Notit.
             Provinciar·
             
          
           
             l
             
               Alciat
               :
               Pa●erg
               .
               lib.
            
             5
             
               c.
            
             13.
             
          
           
             m
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Jo.
             Malel
             .
             Ant●ochen
             .
             Chronic.
             M.S.
             lib
             ,
             14.
             
          
           
             n
             
               Asianae
            
             X.
             
               Pamphylia
               ,
               Hellespontus
               ,
               Lydia
               ,
               &c.
            
             Notit
             ,
             utriusque
             Imperii
             .
          
           
             o
             Onuphr.
             Commentar.
             Reipub.
             Ro●ā
             .
             lib.
             3.
             pag.
             424.
             
          
           
             p
             Cont.
             〈◊〉
             .
             in
             Iustinian
             .
             Novell
             .
             8.
             cap.
             2.
             
          
           
             q
             
               In
               Asia
               XII
               ,
               prima
               ipsa
               Asia
               .
            
             Vid.
             Salmasii
             Eucharistic
             .
             de
             Eccles.
             suburbicar.
             .
             pag.
             347.
             
          
           
             r
             
               Asiae
               Provincia
               XII
               .
               Asia
               ipsa
               ,
               in
               qua
               est
               Ilium
               ,
               id
               est
               ,
               Troia
               ,
               Lydia
               ,
               Galatia
               ,
               Ly●ia
               ,
               Caria
               .
               hellespontu●
               .
               &c.
            
             Provinciar
             .
             Romanar
             .
             libell
             .
             ab
             Ant.
             Sconhovio
             &
             Andr.
             Schotto
             edit.
             ex
             Isidori
             Collect.
             epistolar.
             .
             Decretal
             ,
             MS.
             
          
           
             s
             Guid.
             Pancirol
             .
             Commentar.
             in
             Noti●
             ,
             O●ient
             ,
             Imper
             ▪
             cap.
             210.
             
          
           
             t
             Au●hentic
             .
             Collat.
             3.
             tit.
             7.
             
               de
               administra
               .
               offic.
               in
               sacr.
               appellat●on
               .
            
          
           
             u
             Julian
             .
             Constit
             .
             25.
             
             §
             ,
             102.
             
          
           
             x
             Iustinian
             .
             Novel
             .
             8.
             cap.
             2.
             Nov.
             20
             ,
             c●p
             .
             6.
             Nov.
             24.
             cap.
             5.
             
             &
             Nov.
             27.
             init
             .
          
           
             y
             
               Impe●ator
               noster
               Antoni●u●
               Augustus
               ad
               desideria
               Asianorum
               resc●i●sit
               ;
               Proconsuli
               ●ecessitatem
               impositam
               ,
               per
               mare
               Asiam
               appli●a●e
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               .
               primam
               attingere
            
             Ulpian
             in
             
          
           
             l
             
               Observa●e
               .
            
             D.
             
               de
               offic.
               Procons
               .
            
          
           
             z
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Eus●b
             .
             lib.
             4
             hist.
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
          
           
             a
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Aristid
             .
             or●t
             de
             concord●â
             ,
             ●d
             civitat●●
             Asi●t●c●s
             .
          
           
             b
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Ch●ysost
             .
             in
             argument
             .
             epist.
             ad
             Eph●s
             .
          
           
             c
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Th●odos
             .
             ●un
             .
             epist.
             a●
             Dioscor
             .
             in●er
             Acta
             Co●cil
             .
             E●h●sin
             .
             〈◊〉
             .
             (
             inser●a
             Actioni
             1.
             Concil.
             Chalcedon
             .
             )
          
           
             d
             
               ●p●cialiter
               ubi
               E●hesu●
               civitas
               est
               ,
               Asia
               vocatur
               .
            
             Lib.
             de
             locis
             Act.
             Apostol.
             inter
             H●eronymi
             &
             Bedae
             o●era
             .
          
           
             e
             
               Act.
            
             19.10
             .
          
           
             f
             
               Act.
            
             20
             16
             ,
             18.
             
          
           
             g
             Erasm
             
               A●no●
               .
            
             in
             
               A●t
               .
            
             16.
             
             &
             Rom.
             16
             ▪
             
          
           
             h
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Arist●d
             .
             in
             orat
             .
             citat
             .
             quum
             anteà
             dixister
             .
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             qu●●st
             ille
             
               sortitus
               annus
            
             ;
             de
             quo
             
               St●ti●●
               ,
            
             suprà
             p●g
             .
             13.
             
          
           
             *
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             are
             vvith
             him
             
               Iudices
               p●ovinciarum
               ,
            
             in
             N●vell
             69.
             
          
           
             i
             
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               .
            
             
               S●rabo
               ,
               lib.
               13.
               pag.
               625.
               
            
          
           
             *
             
               In
               the
               Latine
               edition
               of
               the
               subscriptio●s
               adjoyned
               unto
               the
            
             9.
             
             
               Action
               of
               the
               Councell
               of
               Chalcedon
               ,
            
             Thyatira
             
               is
               made
               subj●ct
               to
            
             Synnada
             .
             
               but
               the
               Greeke
               readeth
               the●e
               ,
               not
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               ,
               but
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               rather
               ;
               a
               se●
               well
               known
               to
               be
               suffragan
               to
            
             Synnada
             ,
             
               the
               Metropolis
               of
            
             Phrygia
             Salutatis
             .
          
           
             §.
             
               although
               it
               be
               elde●
               then
               those
               middle
               times
               ,
               wherein
               Phrygia
            
             Pacatiana
             ,
             
               by
               a
               meta●hesis
               of
               the
               first
               syllabl●s
               ,
               was
               called
            
             Capatiana
             :
             
               as
               may
               be
               seen
               in
            
             Hie●ocles
             
               his
               Civilla
               à
            
             〈◊〉
             
               his
               Ecclesiastica●l
               list
               of
               the
               provinces
               .
            
             in
             Appendic
             .
             Geographiae
             sacrae
             .
             p●g
             .
             27.39
             ,
             41.49.53
             .
          
           
             k
             
               Vnde
               satis
               liquere
               potest
               ,
               de
               sub●criptione
               primae
               epistolae
               ad
               Timotheum
               ,
               recentio●em
               eam
               esse
               .
            
             Cujac
             .
             in
             exposit
             .
             Nove●l
             145.
             
          
           
             *
             
               Lao●icea
            
             and
             
               Hierapolisa●
            
             they
             w●re
             neer
             one
             onether
             (
             and
             so
             conjoyned
             by
             the
             Apostle
             ,
             in
             Coloss
             413.
             )
             so
             have
             th●y
             the
             first
             place
             also
             assigned
             unto
             them
             among
             the
             cities
             of
             
               Ph●ygia
               Pacatiana
               ,
            
             by
             
               Hie●ocles
            
             in
             the
             civill
             list
             of
             the
             Provinces
             :
             Append.
             
             Geogr.
             sacr.
             pag.
             21.
             
          
           
             l
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Concil.
             Chalcedon
             .
             Can.
             12.
             
          
           
             m
             Subscript
             .
             Concil.
             Ch●lced
             .
             Act.
             6.
             
             &
             16.
             
          
           
             n
             Concil.
             V.
             Collat.
             8.
             
          
           
             o
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Concil.
             VI
             .
             Constantinop
             .
             Act
             ,
             18.
             
          
           
             p
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             ●oncil
             .
             Chalced.
             c●n
             .
             12.
             
          
           
             q
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             &c.
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             
               Ibid.
               
            
          
           
             r
             Notit.
             Graec.
             in
             appendic
             .
             Geograph
             .
             s●cr
             .
             pag.
             16.
             
             &
             18.
             it●m
             48.
             
             &
             52.
             
             Jur.
             Graeco
             .
             Roman
             .
             tom.
             1.
             pag.
             94.
             
             &
             98.
             
          
           
             t
             Jur.
             G●aeco·
             Roman
             .
             tom.
             1.
             pag.
             88.
             
             &
             245.
             
          
           
             u
             Ibid·
             pag.
             100.
             
          
           
             x
             Georg.
             Co.
             din
             .
             Curep●lat
             .
             de
             Offic.
             Constantinop
             .
             pag.
             221
             ,
             &
             .
             237.
             edit.
             Fr.
             Junii
             .
          
           
             s
             Notit.
             Graec.
             in
             Append.
             Geograph
             .
             sacr.
             p●g
             .
             8.
             
             &
             40
             
          
           
             y
             Ibid.
             pag.
             219.
             
             &
             231.
             
             Vid.
             S●lmas●i
             Eucharistic
             .
             de
             Eccles.
             suburbicar.
             .
             pag.
             383.
             
          
           
             z
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Sozomen
             .
             hist.
             lib.
             8.
             cap.
             6.
             
          
           
             a
             Ca.
             35.
             
             &
             .
             32.
             quorum
             indicium
             debeo
             D.
             Edovardo
             Pocolcio
             linguae
             Arabicae
             in
             Academiâ
             Oxoniensi
             professori
             doctissimo
             .
          
           
             b
             
               Cathol●ci
               nomen
               infirmâ
               imperti
               atate
               natum
               .
            
             Salmas
             .
             Eucharistic
             .
             de
             Eccles.
             suburbicar
             :
             cap.
             3.
             pag.
             511.
             
          
           
             c
             Concil
             ▪
             Constantinopol
             .
             I.
             ●a●
             .
             3.
             
          
           
             d
             Theodoret.
             lib.
             5.
             histor.
             .
             cap.
             28.
             
          
           
             e
             Pallad.
             &
             Georg.
             Alexandrin
             .
             in
             Vità
             Chrysostomi
             .
             Sozomen
             .
             lib.
             8.
             histor.
             .
             cap.
             6.
             
          
           
             f
             Concil.
             Chalcedon
             .
             Act.
             16.
             
             &
             Canon
             .
             28.
             
          
           
             g
             Ibid.
             Can
             9.
             
             &
             17.
             
          
           
             h
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Euagr.
             histor.
             .
             lib
             ,
             3.
             cap.
             6.
             
          
           
             i
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Concil.
             CP.
             sub
             Menâ
             ;
             Act.
             5.
             
          
           
             k
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Synod
             .
             VI
             .
             Constantinop
             .
             Act.
             18.
             
          
           
             l
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             In
             ordine
             thronor
             .
             Metropolitan
             .
             ad
             calcem
             Codini
             .
             de
             officiis
             Constantinopol
             ,
             Vid.
             
             Salmasii
             Eucharistic
             ,
             de
             Eccles.
             Suburbicar
             .
             cap.
             2.
             pag.
             385
             ,
             408
             ,
             409.
             
          
           
             m
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Theod.
             Balsam
             .
             in
             Concil.
             Chalcedon
             .
             can.
             9.
             
          
           
             n
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Subscript
             .
             Concil.
             Constantinopol
             .
             sub
             .
             Gregorio
             Patriarchâ
             habit
             .
             Vide
             Sirmondi
             Propemptic
             .
             lib.
             2.
             cap.
             5.
             pag.
             214.
             
             &
             218.