Ductor historicus [electronic resource] : or, a short system of universal history, and an introduction to the study of it. The third edition augmented and improved. In Three Books. Containing, Book I. A Chronology of all the most Celebrated Persons and Actions from the Creation to this Time. To which is premised an Explication of Terms, and other Praecognita. Book II. An Introduction to History, Wherein an Account is given of the Writings of the Ancient Historians, Greek and Roman, with the Judgment of the best Criticks upon them. Together with an Ample Collection of English Historians. Book III. A Compendious History of all the Ancient Monarchies and States from the Creation to the Birth of Christ. Extracted from the most Celebrated Authors Ancient and Modern, Coins, Inscriptions, Manuscripts, &c. By Tho. Hearne, M. A. of St. Edm. Hall, Oxon.