Chap. I. The Iewes wryte vnto Aristobolus of the clensynge of the temple, and of the feast of tabernacles. Of the fyre that was hyd in the pyt.

Chap. II. What Ieremy requyred of the Iewes that were in preson, and of their stories.

Chap. III. The Heith&ebar; kynges helde the temple at Ierusalem in honoure. The variaunce betwixte Simon and Onias. What Appollonius & Heliodorus dyd at Ierusalem. The punyshment of Heliodorus.

Chap. IIII. The wickednes of Symon. The faithfulnesse of Onias. Iason laboureth to be hye prest. Of his wickednesse, and how he was dryuen awaye. The alteracion of the presthode. Andronicus destroyeth Onias, and God striketh him therfore.

Chap. V. Wonderous thinges done at Ierusalem. Iason falleth vpon the cite, handleth abhominably, and yet is fayne to fle at the last. The kynge of Egipte taketh the cite agayne with greate bloudsheddynge.

Chap. VI. The kynge procedeth forth in his tyranny, as well in other cities where the lawe of God is kepte, as at Ierusalem. All this sendeth God for the wickednes of the people. The stedfastnesse of Eleazar.

Chap. VII. The death of the vij. brethr&ebar; & their mother. How constante they are to suffre, rather then to obeye the wicked kynge.

Chap. VIII. The manlynesse of Iudas Machabeus, and how Philippe medleth against him Iudas conforteth his people, and ouercommeth Nicanor.

Chap. IX. Of Antiochus and his pryde, & how God punyshed him.

Chap. X. Machabeus wynneth the holy cite agayne, and clenseth it. Eupator foloweth his father Antiochus. Iudas Machabeus ordreth him self well.

Chap. XI. What Lysias purposeth. Iudas withstondeth him, God taketh his parte. Lysias & Iudas are at one.

Chap. XII. Timotheus, Appolonius and other, ymagin treason. Iudas Machabeus punysheth them, wynneth Caspin & other cities.

Chap. XIII. Antiochus & Lysias make th&ebar; forth agaynst the Iewes. Iudas gathereth the people, & byddeth them call vpon God goeth on, and besyde Modin striketh a greate batell.

Chap. XIIII. Of Demetrius the sonne of Seleucus. The trayterous dealinge of Alcimus Nicanor breaketh falsely the bonde made with Iudas Machabeus. Of the m&abar;lynes of Razis.

Chap. XV. Nicanors wicked purpose. Iudas geueth his people godly consolacion Of his dreames and visions, and how Nicanor perished.

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