John Trapp on Matthew 1:11

Verse 11. And Iosias begat Iechonias.] Rob. Stephanus restoreth Ludovico. 12. [illegible: 1 word], [illegible: 3 words] est mutatio, [illegible: 1 word] qui prius digito coelum [illegible: 1 word] vi [illegible: 1 word], nunc [illegible: 1 word] serpere, [illegible: 1 word] esse [illegible: 1 word] eres. Budaeus. and rectifieth the text thus; Iosias begat Iakin and his brethren, and Iakin begat Iechanias. For otherwise, the middle fourteenth, (whereby S. Matthow reckoneth) would want a man. Iehoahaz, younger brother to Iakin had, after his fathers death, stept into the Throne, but was soon ejected. [illegible: 1 word] prospers not. Abimelechs head had stollen the crown, and by a blow on his head he is [illegible: 1 word] at Shechem. What got most of the Caesars by their hasty advancement, nisi ut citius inter ficerentur? Some think [illegible: 1 word] Pedaiah (whose naturall son Zorobabel was, [illegible: 1 word] Chro. 3. 19) should be [illegible: 1 word] reckoned, though he be [illegible: 2 words], [illegible: 1 word] he was [illegible: 1 word] and died: obscurely in [illegible: 1 word]. As one hath it. Notandum, saith the Chronologer, quod nullus Pontificum, egregij aliquid a tempore Bonifacij tertij pro sedis Romanae tyrannide constituens, diu supervixerit. Quod & huic Bonifacio accidit. It is remarkable that no Pope, of any note for activity in his office, was long of life.