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0 ! The Jewes comprehend bothe these bokes in one which the Grecians because of the length deuide into two: and they are called Chronicles, because they note briefly the histories from Adam to the returne from their captiuitie in Babylon But these are not those bokes of Chronicles, which are so oft mencioned in the bokes of Kings of Judah and Israel, which did at large set forthe the storie of bothe the Kingdomes, and afterward perished in the captiuitie: but an abridgement of the same, and were gathered by Ezra, as the Jewes write after their returne from Babylon. This fyrst boke conteineth a brief rehearsal of the children of Adam vnto Abraham, Izhak, Jaakob, and the twelue Patriarches, chiefly of Judah and the reigne of Dauid, because Christ came of him according to the flesh. And therefore it setteth forthe more amply his actes, bothe concerning ciuil gouernement, and also the administracion, and care of things concerning religion, for the good successe whereof he rejoyceth, and giueth thankes to the Lord.