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Show | othe Reader. sataatencseracunsiats n e 3ee r e S Sbeveesebets: PeASeseie Cease tm nas" $a the Aira of the fince the learned might wellbe withoutit, Lt will onely be needful co obferne, that howfoener offeme king Olympiads 4¢ 24.ye0res elder than that ofRome,and 29.than that ef Nabonaflar, yetthe reigne regard.The may bane begun at {uch a time oftheyeere as diduotfute with this difference. But hereof l takelittle meay wsore curious will cally finde my meaning :the Vulgar will wot finde the difficulsie, One familiar example explaine all. Queene Elizabeth began her reigne the 17 ofNowember,in theyeere ofonr Lard,t 558, She was crowned, helda Parltansent brake it up threw downe Tmages,and reformedmany things in Religion ; alin her firftyeeresyet not all im that yecre 155 8. but thecreater part in theyeere following 3 whetherwe begimwitbahe Sirf ofIanuarie,or with the 25.0 March. The like may be otherswhilesfmt iy this Table ; but fo, as the diffes rence ts neuer ofawhole yeere. The lulian Periodwhich Thane placedas the greater number, ouertheyeersof the World, was delinered by that bowerable and excellently learned LolephScaliger: being accommodated to the Luliahyeeres,. nom ix oe amongvs. It conjifteth of 7980 yeeres, which refultfrom the multiplication of £9.28 ,and15\ that is, of the Cycle of the Moone, the C;cycle of the Sunand the yeeres of ar Indittion, Besg dinided by any of the(é,it leanes EsoSES LDS RGR 2 ae | A | CHRONOLOG LCALEL Yeeres of the Iulian Period, VVorld, to bce carrent, the number ef the prejentyeere 5 or if no fraction remaineit [hemes the lajbyeere ofthat Cycle, For example:in the 4498.0fthis perioa, wher wae fought thegreat battaile of Cannz, the Prime or Golden Pattiarchs,&c, umber was 14.the Cycle of the Sun x8. and confequently the Deminicall letter F.as may be found by diniding the [ame unmber ofthe Lulian Period 4498. by 19 far the Prime,by 28.for she Cycle ofshe Sunne,This Toliam Periodafter the prefent accomspt, alwates exceedes the yeeres of the World by 632. Befides theformer vfs, Julian, The World, and Adam. andother thence redounding, it is abetter Charaster ofayeere, than any other fExa (as, From the begins ning ofthe World.Froin the Flond, From Trey taken, or the like} which are ofmore vncertainpofitien, More Efeallnot need to write, as touching the ufe or explieation of the/e Tables. Neither was thus ~~ TABLE ganic requifite to[ich as are conner{ant im workes ofthis kindle: itfufficerh sfhereby all be. madeplaine enengh ta she vulgar. ; Fe 683 1.Adé. 932_ Ee el Pe 813 it Serh. 912 rev Enos 106 | 905 vperfortoedany ibtig 196 91 266 161 ra. Allthe yeeres ofthe Patriarchs,whereintbey begate children dyed,o are reckoned compleat.which is mferredowt. ofthe addition of the yeeres before they begat, es 910 children, unto thofethatfollowed ; making alwayes a compleate [urmme, Cen. 5, poles EG fmf | a | "lala il 331 226 qt halaleel ee 66: | 1Lared 962 fae 388 228 163 noch, 265 1.M-| lohan 293) 228, 66 thufela j I. La-| .. 188. |mech, i777}2 "ondied abous th ‘ftbeyeere, : peor : i fi il) |