from rome whcih was vncle lonn to constantine Dagobert Rychemer ClodioÌ„ Theodomer ¶ Dagobert son of genebault was after his fader duke of fraunce orieÌ„tall he with a gret host passid the ryne tooke the cyte of treues in gallia After hym one Clodion was duke of fraunce orientall ¶ Rychemer son of clodomer was after his fader kynge of frenchmen he with the help of genebault wan many battells agayne the romayns gallis but at the last he was slayne by the romayns ¶ Theodomer â—one of rychemer was after his fader kynge of frenchemen he hade many bateylls in gallia agayne the romayns but at the last he was takyn he dyd· tiâ—aÌ„tis vsurpatours of the eÌ„pyre becawse â—hereof merciaÌ„dus by priuelege imê‘iall exteÌ„did y e lâ—â—netê of his gouernauÌ„ce thorow owt all the cuÌ„treys of heynault arâ—oys and pycardy and died after that he had be duke .xl. yere damase siricius Anastace Innocent ¶ Damase a spanyard was pope the yere of Cryst CCC.lxviij hyld these .xix. yere In hys tyme was the secoÌ„d generall councell in the cite of coÌ„staÌ„tinople he approuid .x. werkis of saynt Ierome ¶ Siricius a romayne held the se .xvi. yere ¶ Anastace a romayne held y e see iij. yere he ordeynid y e men shuld staÌ„d while y e gospell was reding ¶ Innocent borne at albanie hyld y e see .xv. yere he ordeynid pax to be born at mas valeÌ„tinian ValeÌ„s GraciaÌ„ ¶ Valentinian born at panonie or hongarie with his brother Valens were eÌ„ê‘ours the yere of Cryst CCC.lxvii this valentinian was a good cristen man made warr agaynst the saxons germayns did them discomfit died after that he had holden the empyre .xi. yere ¶ Valens his brother suruiuid kept the empyre with gracian valentinian son to valentinian before sayd this ValeÌ„s executid y e .iii. ê‘secucion agaynst y â— cristeÌ„ meÌ„ for he was an arieÌ„ seÌ„d to the gotê doctours to iÌ„struct theÌ„ in the law feyth of the arieÌ„s but yet he was by them slayn ¶ Gracian son of valentinian ouer liuid valens his vncle then was made emê‘our the yere of cryst CCC.lxxxii he ioynid with him in the empire of constantinople Theodose whyle that valentinian the yonger reynyd in the occident he put doune the ariens restorid the church put it in good estate Here endith the cronicle of seynt Ierome which lyuid vnto this time Maximius ¶ Maximianê° soÌ„ to leoniê° a britteyn vncle to saiÌ„t helin was next kyng the yere of crist CCClxxxii he coÌ„queryd the land amoricaÌ„ y t now is callid littell britteyn slew y e kyng with helpe of the britons gaue y e lond to Conon moredak a briten so callyd it litell brittayne wherfore his people callid him eÌ„perour after maximian went to rome by the way subduyd a grete part of germania a grete part of gallia fraunce wherfore the eÌ„ê‘ours gracian valentiniaÌ„ made sore ware agayns hym coÌ„myng with a grete host yet for fere of maximian valentine fled to constantynople and gracian to lyons in frauÌ„ce where he was slayn In this tyme conon morodak send in to gret britteyn to dionotê° duke of cornwall to haue meydens of they re owne nacion to be theyr wyfê which as galfridê° writeth seÌ„d to hiÌ„ vrsula his doughteâ— .xiM. other meydeÌ„s which by reÌ„peâ—t of y e se were driuiÌ„ to a place iÌ„ germania ClogioÌ„ Mercomer ¶ Clogion son of theodomer was after his father kyng of frenchmen the yere of cryst CCC.lx this Clogion to reuenge the deth of his fader with a grete host passed in to gallia and toke the cite of cambrey and slew all the romayns therin he conquered gallia vnto the flood of seyne ¶ Marcomer son of Clogion was after his fader kyng of frenchmen he had many grete bateylls agayn the romayns gallê but at the last he was sâ—eyn in germayn in an army agayns valentinian theÌ„ the frenchmen were with out kyng TaxaÌ„der ¶ Taxander sonn of Marciandus was after his father duke of tongres braband he was norisshid in the court of â—racian emperour which reynid the yere of cryst CCC.lxxxij he was there accusyd by eugenius graÌ„maticus one zozinê° Bonifaâ—e Celestine ¶ zorinus a Greke was nexte pope the yere of cryst CCCC xx he helde the see one yere in his tyme Pharamound began to reyne in fraunce ¶ Boniface a Romayne helde the see .ij. yere in his tyme saynt Ierome dyed ¶ Celestyne a Romayne borne in CaÌ„payne was pope the yere of cryst CCCC xxv helde the see .ix. yere in his tyme the .iii. generall counsayle was kepte in the cyte of Ephese agaynst the Nestoryens the Pellagiens heretykes at whiche counsayle there were CC. bysshoppes Theodose Archadius Honorius ¶ Theodose the graunte a Spanyarde borne was nexte Emperour the yere of cryst CCC.lxxxviii s. after the deth of Gracian for before he helde the Empyre of Constantynople .vi. yere with GraciaÌ„ and after helde it .xi. yere and than dyed at Mylleyne his body brought to Constnople in his tyme saynt Austyn lyued ¶ Archadius honoriê° sonnes to Theodose were ioynt eÌ„perous the yere of Cryst iiiC.xcviii but archadius was at constantinople honorius in the west ¶ Honorius ouer lifâ—id Archadius then began to be ioynt eÌ„ê‘our with Theodose the yoÌ„ger sonne to archadius the yere of cryst CCCCxi he held the empyre xv yere GraciaÌ„ amoÌ„g y e pagaÌ„ people where on Gwanê° beiÌ„g king melga his brother seiÌ„g theyr bewâ—e wold haue deuoured theÌ„ because Vrsula her maydens wolde not coÌ„sent therto they were therfore put to deth at a place where now y e cyte of Coleyn is sett but other storyes as Iacobus Philipê° anthoniê° sey y t they shuld not be sent furth of gret Bryttayne nor martired about y e tyme but in the time of Mercianus Emê‘our This Gwanus Melga were sent by the sayd emê‘ours Gracian Valentinian into grete bryttayne which there dystroyd churches of crystys fayth slew y e people wherof MaximiaÌ„ hauiÌ„g knolege seÌ„ta knyght of his thider callyd Gracianê° which droue out Gwanus Melga deffendyd kept the land to the vse of Maximian In his time Theodosius eÌ„perour of the Est with a grete power drofe Maxymian in to a towne in Italy callid aquilâ—a where he was takiÌ„ he did aft whos deth gracianê° beiÌ„g in britayn heriÌ„g therof a non made hiÌ„ self there kiÌ„g ¶ GraciaÌ„ after y e deth of MaximiaÌ„ was made kyng of bryttayne the yere of cryste CCCxc after that was so cruell vsid sich tirranny execucoÌ„n vppoÌ„ the britteyns y t at the last they rose agaynst hym by one assent slew hym after that he had reynyd there .iiii yere Mercomer PharamouÌ„d xv yere duriÌ„g which tyme .ii. dukis one aft another dyd gouern y e people y t is to sey furst dagobert broder to mercomer .v.
whom Cadwalleder In this tyme begaÌ„ gret deth iÌ„ brytteyn wherof many bysshoppê died iÌ„ this tyme oswy yaÌ„ sole kiÌ„g of all northuÌ„ber dyed egfridê° his soÌ„ was kiÌ„g after hym about this tyme coÌ„walcê° kiÌ„g of westsaxoÌ„s dyed keÌ„winê° succedyd hiÌ„ this keÌ„winê° made gret war agaiÌ„st y e brittons had vyctory also Egfrydus made oft war agaynst them the Pyctis had oft victory but the Pyctis one tyme by a polecy fleiÌ„g bak broght Egfride iÌ„to a strayt amoÌ„g mouÌ„teyns where Egfrydê° was slayn a gret part of hys people after whose deth a basterd brother of hys callyd Alfridus Notus was made kynge of all northumberland Sone after this Cad wall kynge of britteyns dyed but Polycronycon nor none other auctour shewyth any actys of Cadwall as galfryde doth nother of his beriall nor of the Image of brasse set vppon an horse of brase at Ludgate or y â— Cadwalladrus whych Bede callyth Cedwalla shuld be his son therfore I let all that matter pas ¶ Cadwalladrus which Bede callyth Cedwalla began to rule the bryttons as Galfryde affyrmith y e yere of cryst .vi. C.lxxxiiii Thys Cadwalladrus by Galfryde is callyd sonn of Cadwall but willmÌ„s de regibus seyth he was kyng of westsaxoÌ„s next after kenwyn descendyng lyneally of the noble blod of germayns Also holy Beda whiche was lyuynge the same tyme affyrmyth that thys Cedwalla or Cadwalader was kyng of westsaxoÌ„s dyscendyng of the kyngis blod of y e people callyd Geuissi which he expounyth to be westsaxons whyce .ii. seyngys may wel accord because y e west saxoÌ„s caÌ„ out of germania this cadwallader as beda affyrmyth for deuocion forsoke his kyngdome câ—me to rome there of the pope Sergyus was crystynyd after whoÌ„ succedyd hiÌ„ one HuÌ„ kiÌ„g of westsaxoÌ„s xxx.vii yere which after forsoke hys kyngdome also came to rome Also about this tyme Sebba kyng of EssaxoÌ„s was coÌ„uerrid to crystys feyth by seynt Erkynwald k     k S     S A  Adulfus    w Kenwynê° Â Â Â w N   Alfridê° Â N E     E M    Wolferus M Cloiter ¶ Cloyter soÌ„ of clouis was next kiÌ„g of fraÌ„ce y e yere of cryst .vi. C.lxii. he ordeynyd mayrs of y e palys and after that the kyngis of frauÌ„ce left all bysynes of the comyn wele study therof gaffthem self to slewth gloteny other pleasurs dyd no good but ons in the yere shewd them selff to theyre people with pryde pompe Pepyn ¶ Pepyn son to aÌ„sigises begga was duke of braband austry also prynce of y e palece of frauÌ„ce Sergius IohnÌ„ IohnÌ„ Sosinê° Â¶ Sergius borne at Annoch was next pope the yere of Cryste .vi. C.lxxxvii he hyld the see one yere and more ¶ IohnÌ„ a greke hyld the se next .iii. yere more ¶ IohnÌ„ a greke hyld the se next .ii. yere more ¶ Sosinus of Siria hyld the se next .xx. days In his tyme was made the furst duke of Venes callid Paulus Lucius LeoÌ„ciê° seÌ„d one IohnÌ„ Patrik which bete droue out y e sarsiÌ„s but after y e sarsiÌ„s returnid agayn wherfore IohnÌ„ Patryk returnyd toward y e eÌ„ê‘our for socour the people of his army therfore made one Tyber eÌ„ê‘our whych Tyber weÌ„t streyght to coÌ„staÌ„tynople cut of LeoÌ„ciê° nose put him in to exyle Also Ranulphus other auctours affyrme that Cadwalleder was kyng of west saxons And dyuers suppose that he myght be kyng both of weste saxoÌ„s kyng of bryttayns be inherytable to both for west saxons were next adioynyng to Cambria wher the bryttons dwelt This Cadwalladrus made war vppoÌ„ Lotharius kyng of kent dystroyd mych of that prouynce in whych war Lothariê° was slayne after whose deth one Edricus was kyng of kent after that Cadwalleder made war vppoÌ„ Ethelwold kyng of South saxons slewe hym in playne batâ—eyll made hys prouynce subduyd to hym In thys tyme the deth whych began in the tyme of Cadwall contynuyd so sore therwyth great darth by y e space of .xi. yere wherby the people at y e last were so mynyshyd y t vnneth y e quyk bodys suffysyd to bery the dede This Cadwallader as Galfridus wrytyth in the .iii. yere of hys reyn whether it were only for deuocyon or for fleyng of the deth went on pylgimage to rome and there by the pope Sergius was professyd a monk there dyed was the last kyng of the blood of brytteyns Also Galfrydus wrytyth that Iuor son to Cadwalleder Iue hys nevewe rulyd the bryttayns ioyntly after the departyng of Cadwallader made great war agaynst the saxons but they coud neuer preuayle after y e bryttayns were callyd welch meÌ„ of theyr duke leder callyd wallo or Gwallo or els of a quene of walys callyd Galaes Also about this tyme wolpherus king of Marches dyed after whoÌ„ succedyd hys broder Ertheldredus But now because y e Cadwallader as it apperyth was both kyng of brittoÌ„s of west saxons all the other kyngdomys were subduyd to the west saxons therfore in thys worke I wyl procede vppon the lyne of west saxons euer in tyme order shew how euery one of the other k Cothariê° k N  N E  E M Etheldredê° M Theodor ¶ Theodor son of Clouis was next kyng of france the yere of cryst .vi C.lxvi after y t he had bene a whyle kyng for his wantones lyghtenes he was expulsyd Chelderyk hys brother put in his stede after Chelderek for his cruelte was slayn than Theoder made kyng agayn CoÌ„staÌ„â—tine Gregory ¶ Constantyne of siria was next pope the yere of cryst .vii. C.vi he held the see .vii. yere he crystenyd ii kyngis of saxons which were at rome after went home becam relygyous men ¶ Gregory a romayn held the see next xâ—ii yere By his meanys y e germayns were coÌ„uertyd to cristê feyth he cursyd the eÌ„ê‘our Leo becaus he worshyppyd fals goddys Tibery Philippicus ¶ Tyber was next emê‘our the yere of cryst .vii. C. in his time IustynyaÌ„ before namyd emperour cam in agayne by the helpe of Carinus slew both Leoncius Tybere but he was after slayne in batteyll by one Phyllipicus and duryng this tyme the realme of Granado was takiÌ„ by the sarsyns ¶ Philippicus was next emperour he was declaryd an herytyk by y e pope CoÌ„staÌ„tyne put downe and hys eyeys put owte Iue Iewe or HuÌ„ kyngdomis endyd were subduyd to the west saxoÌ„s how the name of this hole laÌ„d of gret bryttayn was changyd in to EngloÌ„d which was in the time of of Egbert kyng of west saxoÌ„s as after shal be declaryd Also about this tyme Ethelrâ—dus kyng of Mercia was made a monke after whom succedyd in the kyngdome of Mercia kenredus Also about
went to germayn lombardy and Rome and had victory and tooke hostages and made the Romayne trybutaryes and galfrydus wrytyth and after cam agayn in to Brytteyn Also when Brenne was out of the lande one guthlach kyng of Denmarke beyng vppon y e see by tempest was dryueÌ„ to land in Northumberland which guthlach then becam Belinis man and dyd hym homage by othe and wrytyng and grauntid to hold his land of hym yeldyng a certeyn trybute by yere which couenantis were holden and payd vnto one hanelache was kyng of Denmarke This Brenne made the towne of Brystowe Belynmade Bylyngis gate after his name and when he had reynyd .xli. yere he dyed his body was brent y e ashis put in a vessell of gold set in the top of the Towre which he had made at Byllyngê gate ⸫ ¶ Gurgunciê° soÌ„ to Belyn reynyd next after a good man and a worthy he went to Denmarke slew Guthlach kyng because he payd not his trybute and so conqueryd the land agayn and as he retornid agayn to ward brytteyn as galfrydus wrytyth he met .xxx. sheppis on the see wyth men women y t were banysshyd owt of spayn that sought some contrey to dwell in and desyryd hym of socour theÌ„ Gurguncius sent his pepyll with them and lad them in to yreland that was than all wast and gaff yeÌ„ that land which toke it of his gyft and becam his trybutaryes he reynyd .xxv. yere ¶ Guitelinns soÌ„ to GurguÌ„cius reynyd next he wedyd a wyff callyd Marcia which was verey wyse acoÌ„nyng in all scyens She made the brytteyn lawys callyd the march laws he reynyd .xxvi. yere ¶ Sisilius son to Guiâ—elyne reynyd next peasably .xv. yere ¶ kymaurus son to Sisillius reynyd next â—ix yere ¶ Dauius brother to kymor reynyd next .x. yeer the lyne of cycambers †Melbrand Magius ¶ Magius was kyng of Cicambeâ—◠〈◊〉 Cymbers Bâ—â—gyeus â—ongers †Iuâ—ius Cesar Marcus regulus Lucius mallê° Scipio ¶ Also sone after this Marcus Regulus Luciê° Mallê° coÌ„su lis made warr agayns Aâ—â—lâ—ar duke of y e affricaÌ„s had victory slew mych peple brought xxvii M. presoners to rome wherfore y e CartagineÌ„s required peace coud not obteyn it wherfore y e warr coÌ„tynuyd after Marcus Regulus was dyscoÌ„fytyd Sone after that hannyball was made duke of the affrycaÌ„s cam with a grete nomber of people agayns the romayns in to Italy in a meruelous grete battell there had the victory slew of the romayns so many that the golde ryngê y t were pullyd of y e fyngers of the ded meÌ„ dyd fyll .iii. bushell yet after this Scipio beyng coÌ„sull of rome weÌ„t in to affrica against hannyball there in a battell venguyshyd the CartagineÌ„s slew aboue .xx. M. horse men toke allmost as manny prisoners subdewyd Cartage to the cyte of rome wherefore he was callyd Scipio affricanus The romayns at this tyme were meruelous strong they vsyd to send dyuers coÌ„sullê in to dyuers prouyncê to make war to make y e people subiectê tributaries to rome had no kiÌ„g nor over priÌ„ce nother gouernors but coÌ„sullis a dictator remouable which order so coÌ„tenuyd vntyll y e tyme of Caius Iulius Cesar ¶ Caius Iulius Cesar beyng consull was sent in to gallya which vanquysshyd the people there that lyftyd thaÌ„ with out aÌ„ny kyng but vnder certeyn soueryens in euery towne cyte by theÌ„ self made them subict to rome He vaÌ„quysshyd also Ariouistus kyng of Garmayn made the coÌ„trey subiect to rome he also passyd the se cam in to gret bryttayn but in his there aryving he lost many of his shippis much people agayns home Cassibelanus ther beyng kyng made sharp war that whether it were for lake of puruians of vitell or for lak of power he was fayn to retorne agayne in to gallya But ye next yere after he cam a gayn with a strong power ouer cam Cassibelan made the lande tributarie to rome payeng yeerely to the romayns .iii â–ª M.ii. after that Iulius retornyd in to gallya when he had ther made all the hole contrey vnder the subieccion of rome he sent vnto rome requiryng to haue a new luster to hym grauntyd which by Macellus coÌ„sull by meanis of pompeius was to hym denyed also y t he shuld not eÌ„ter in to rome with the power nomber of his harmy but Iulius what by his oun strenght with the helpe of his fryndys in rome enteryd with his army with triumphe grete pompe anon toke vppon hym to be callyd Dictator perpetuus so made hymself emperour Cesar made grete wart agayns his enmys of the Senators slew pompeius dyuers other But after y t with in v. yeris because he toke vpoÌ„ hiÌ„ to giue certeyn romes offyces which were accustomed to be gyuyn by y e people for y t y â— he was so hye myndyd y t he wold make no remouyng from his sege nor contenance of salutacion when the Senators cam toward hym his enmes of the Senators therfore conspyryd agayns hym in the councell house slew hym with bodkyns Heli Lud Cassibelan ¶ Hely that was son to Dignellius reynyd next his fader had .iii. sonis Lud Cassibelane Neâ—iê° Â¶ Lud son to Hely reynyd next after he gouernyd well the laÌ„d and louyd more to dwell at new troyâ— than at any other place of the land wherfore the name of new Troye was lost and callyd LuddestoÌ„ and now by chaunge of spech and letters it is callyd LoÌ„don This kyng made to the cite a fayre gate callyd Ludgate after his name he had ·ii sonnis Androgenus the other Tenencius he dyed and is buryed at London ¶ Cassibelan brother to lud was so good a man so wel belouyd that he was chosyn kyng next because Lud his sonnis were thaÌ„ so yong that they coud nother go nor speke But y e kyng afterward made Androgen yerle of loÌ„don Tenencius yerle of Cornwall In his tyme Iuliê° cesar that after was emperour of rome cam in to brytayn with gret power of romayns but cassibelan droâ— hym owt and after y t debate fell betwen the kyng androgen after that Iulius came agayne as galfridus writith by the help of androgen ouercam CassibelaÌ„ and made hym gyfâ— an yerely trybute to rome of .iii. M â— and anon after Iulius went to rome androgene with hym after in the Cenaâ—e house Iuliê° beiÌ„g emperour was slayn of the Cenatours with bodkyns This Cassybelan died withowt heyre of his body and is buryed at york Godfrey Charles ynach Saluiê° Swayne vxoreiê° Charlê brabaÌ„ ¶ Godfrey son to menapius was than sole kyng of tongres aft y e deth of his brethern leo thâ—utonicê° lyffyd iÌ„ grete heuynes iÌ„ his castel vppoÌ„ y e riuer of ryne payd yerly a rauÌ„soÌ„ to Rome to
vC.xlvii one Ida a saxon began to reyn as kyng in northuÌ„berland which was deuydyd in two partes one was Deyra whych conteynyd from the water of Humber to the water of Tyne the other was Brennicia whych was from Tyne to the scottysh see but one Ella reyned as kynge in Deyra with in .iii. yerys after that Ida began his reyne and in the tyme of Vortiporiê° but in processe of tyme both were one kyngdome to this domynyon also were adioynyd york shyre Derby Nottyngame ¶ In thys countrey reynyd dyuers kyngis somtyme one somtym an other as here after by the namys ther vnder doth apere ¶ Vortiporiê° soÌ„ of Aurelius was next kyng y e yere of cryst v. C.xlviii he was a vyctoryous knight in dyuers battayls dyscoÌ„fetyd the saxons In this tyme Ella before seyd in the south part of the kygdom of nortthumberland callyd Deyra as before is shewyd was there furst kyng and sone after Ida dyed after whom succedyd Adda after hym Clappa and after hym Thedulphus after hym Fretulphus and after hym Theodricus about this tyme Vffa kyng of estangles died Redwaldus his soÌ„ succedid hym also about thys tyme keÌ„ricus kyng of westsaxons died his .ii sonns Ceolmus Cuta succedid hym which after the deth of Otta kyng of kent expulsyd all the brytteyns out of kent which Cuta was after sleyn at abattell agaynste the bryttayns k      k S      S A  â—edwnldê° Â Â Â A w    Ceolmê° cuta  w  Ida Ella Adda Clappa  Thedulfê° N Cloiter Aribert ¶ Cloyter sone of Clouis was next kyng of all fraunce the yere of cryst vClix he was an euyll man he slew his .ii. neuewis maryed they re mother he slew y e lorde Dyuetot in normandy therfore the pope Agapyt made hym to make fre the contrey so that the lorde thereof was namyd kyng is to thys day he reynyd .v. yere ¶ Aribert son of Clotyer was next kyng he was a commen aduouterer and dyed after he had reynyd .ix. yere Charlê nason ¶ Charlis nasoÌ„ soÌ„ to astraciê° was after his fader duke of Braban Austry he maried woldbury doughter to the duke of Turyng wherby he was after duke of Turynge IohnÌ„ Benet Pelagius ¶ IohnÌ„ a romayn was next pope the yere of cryst .v. C.lxiiii he held the see .xiii. yere ¶ Benet a romayn held the see next .iiii yere more ¶ Pelagius a romayn hyld the see next .x. yere more he ordeynyd that clerkys in holy orders shulde sey dayly the .vii. hourys canonicall Tibere ¶ Tybere soÌ„ adoptyfe of Iustyne was next eÌ„ê‘our y e yere of cryst .v. C.lxxvi hyld y e eÌ„pire .vii. yere Malgo ¶ Malgo a duke and neuew to Aurelius conanus was made next kyng of bryttayn the yere of cryst .v. C.lii he manfully wythestode the saxons that they damagyd not that land greatly wherof he had possession In his tyme Ethelbertus began to reyn as kyng of kent gaue battell to Ceolmê° sone of kenricus then kyng of westsaxons it was the furst battell betwen the saxons This Ceolmus wann of the breytteyns diuers cites at the last chasyd Malgo hym pursuyd whych Malgo so dyscoÌ„fitid dyed after he had reynyd .xxxv. yere also sone after the deth of Malgo Ceolmus dyed after whoÌ„ his sonn Ceolricus succedyd kyng of westsaxons whych lyuyd not long after after whom succedyd his brother Chelwolphê° also about thys tyme Theodricê° kyng of BreÌ„nicia Ella kyng of Deyra dyed after whom Ethelricus succedyd as kyng of all Northumberland In thys tyme as some auctours affyrme began the kyngdome of essaxoÌ„s vnder a saxon callid Sledda after hym Erkinwinus which was crystenyd afterward but other affyrm that Sebertus was the furst kyng in essex that the oder before hym where as chefe rulers and no kyngis Also sone after this tyme Ethelbertus kyng of kent waxyd so vyctoryous y t he subduyd almost all the laÌ„d vnto the water of humber in to his dominion k   Ethelbertê° Â Â k S      S A      A w   Cheolrieê° Â Â w N fretufâ—s Theodriâ—us  Ethelricê° Ethelfâ—â—dus N    â—ledda   E Chelperyk ¶ Chelperyk son of Cloyter was next kyng of fraunce the yere of cryst .v. C.lxxiii he slew his wyfe in the nyght maryed one Andouere whome after he forsoke toke to wyfe on Fredegund an euyll and a cruell woman ⸫ Charlys haysbayn ¶ Charlys haysbayn son to Charles nason was after duke of tongres and Braband and Austry gregori the grauÌ„t ¶ Gregory the grauÌ„t a romayn was next pope y e yere of cryst .v. C.xCi held the se .xiii. yere more he coÌ„firmyd y e .iiii grete couÌ„sellê s of Nycee coÌ„stantynoble ephese calsidonieâ— this Gregory is one of the .iiii doctors of the chyrch he sent seynt Austen in to brytteyn which coÌ„uertyd y e people to crystis feyth This Gregory made dyuers holy omelyes anthemys hymnys responses more than any other pope he causyd all the heddys of all the ydolâ—s in rome to be smytten of also he was the furst pope that causyd hym selfe to be callyd in his style the seruant of the seruantis of god Mauryce ¶ Mauryce born in Cappadose begottyn of Tybere was next eÌ„perour the yere of cryst .v. C. lxxx.iii he was heddyd by Focas that was emperoure after hym ⸫ Carecticus Also abut this tyme Ethelricus kynge of all Northumberland dyed Ethelfridus his soÌ„ succedyd him whych dystroyd many brittoÌ„s slew .lij. moÌ„kis of baÌ„gar at a battell at westchester whych moÌ„kis were bryttayns lyuyd by the labour of theyr handis cam thy dyr only to pray for the brytteyns ¶ Carecticus was next kyng of bryttons the yere of cryste .v. C.lxxxvi He was yuell belouyd of hys own bryttoÌ„s wheâ—fore they excytyd the saxons to make war vppon hym which saxons send for GurmuÌ„dus kyng of Ireland by whose help they draue Carectycus in to Cambria now callyd walys and dystroed the church of crystis feyth that the byshop prestis fled hyd them for fere k   k S   S A   A w Chelwolfus  w N   N E  Erkinwinê° E Cloyter ¶ Cloyter son of Chelperyk was next kyng of frauÌ„ce the yere of cryst .v. Câ—lxxx vii wheÌ„ he was but .iiii. monethys old in y e kepyng of hys moder whych made great warr agaynst Theobert Thyery sonnys to Chyldebert kyng of metis Burgoyn when he was of age he was kyng of all frauÌ„ce Karloman ¶ karloman after the deth of Charlys was duke of Braban Sabinian Boniface Boniface ¶ Sabynian was next pope the yere of cryst .vi. C.vi he held the see one yere ¶ Bonyface born a romayn held the see next .ix. monethis ¶ Bonyface
duke of braban and austry Seueryne IohnÌ„ dalmate Theodore Martyn ¶ Seueryne a romayn was next pope the yere of cryst .vi. C.xxxv. he held y e see one yere ¶ IohnÌ„ dalmate held the see next .ii. yere more ¶ Theodore a greek held the see next .vi. yere more ¶ Martyne tudertyn held the see next .vi. yere more Heracleonas ¶ Heracleonas sonne of Heracle was next emperour y e yere of cryst .vi. C.xlii. But because he his moder rulyd not well y e coÌ„myn wele They cut his nose his moders toÌ„g were both excilyd In his tyme y e sekt of machomyte began which syth that tyme hath meruelously incresyd vppoÌ„ the cristen men dayly doth Cadwallê° Â¶ Cadwallê° or Cadwalin son to CadwaÌ„ was next made kiÌ„g of the brytteyns the yere of cryst .vi. C.xxxv. He was a noble man made grete war vppon the saxoÌ„s wan many townis castellis of theÌ„ specially in Mercia that Penda beyng there kyng was glade to sew to him for pese and some write that PeÌ„da â—yffyd vnder his tribute after took part with cadwall agayns the other saxon kyngis In this tyme one Segebertê° kyng of EstaÌ„gles was cristinid after betoke his kiÌ„gdome to one Edricê° his neuew made hem selfe a monk whaÌ„ PeÌ„da kyng warred in that contrey this Segebart was brought to the felde wher both he and Edricê° were sleyn after whose deth one Anna was ther made kiÌ„g Also about this tyme Edwaldus kyng of keÌ„t dyed ExcoÌ„bartus was made kyng whiche there reuiued the fayth of crist whiche was sore appalid He dystroyed the temples of fals goddis made there lent to be fast Also in this tyme kyngilsus kyng of west saxones be came crystened of seynt biryne bysshop after dyed kenwallcus his son reynyd after hym whych warrid oftymes agaynst y e brittons put theÌ„ to the wors Oswold of whoÌ„ I spake before was aÌ„ holy man But PeÌ„da which had disdayn at hym all other crysten pryncis made warr vppon hym slewe him After whose deth god shewyd for hym many myracles but after one yere of his deth Oswy his yoÌ„ger brother recoueryd y e kyngdome of Brenicia anon after he fouÌ„de vnlefull menis slewe Oswyn that was king of deyra whych Oswyne was soÌ„ to Eufrycê° eldest brother to Oswold toke to hym to be kyng of deyra one odilwaldê° son of oswold whych dyed before oswy About this time Ciuchelmê° kyng of Essex died after whoÌ„ succedyd Sigerus his broder Sebba which both denyed the feyth But Sebba was conuerâ—yd by seynt Erkynwâ—ld is buryed in paulys k     ExcoÌ„bertê° Â k S       S A Edricus     Anna A w   Comwalcê° Â Â Â w N    Oswy Oswynê° Â Oswynê° Odilwoldê° N E Cuichelmê° â—igernâ—â—ebba     E M       M Clouis ¶ Clouis soÌ„ of Dagobert was next kyng of frauÌ„ce the yere of cryst .vi. C.xlv In his tyme was grete darth in frauÌ„ce therfor he vncoueryd the church of seynt denys which was coueryd with syluer gaue it to pore people Eugenie Vitalion Adeodotus Donus ¶ Eugenie a romayn was next pope the yere of cryst .vi. C. l.iiii he held the see .ix. yere more ¶ Vitalion held the see next .xiiii. yere ¶ Adeodotus a romayn heâ—â— the see next .xiiii. yere ¶ Donus a romayn held the see next .v. yere CoÌ„staÌ„s CoÌ„staÌ„tine ¶ Constans or constantyne the .iii. son of coÌ„staÌ„tyne was next emperour the yere of cryst .vi. C. xl.iiii he was an heretyk put the pope Martin to exyle but at laste he was slayne of his own people ¶ Constantyn the .iiii. son of CoÌ„stantyne was next emperour he was a good man he cawsid y e pope AgatoÌ„ to call a coÌ„sell at CoÌ„staÌ„tynople where it was ordeynyd that preestis grekê myght haue wyfis which to preestis latens was forboden ¶ Also about this tyme the south saxoÌ„s rebellyd refusyd to be vnder the west saxons sone after they made Ethelwold theyr kyng Also in this tyme Penda made war vppoÌ„ Anna kyng of estaÌ„gles slew hym in opyn battell after whom succedyd his broder Ethellerus And after that Penda went to NorthumberlaÌ„de to the eÌ„teÌ„t to slee Oswy as he before had sleyn his broder Oswolde but Oswy profferid hym pese and wolde haue gyffyn hym many gret gyftis which Penda refusyd wherefore Oswy said becawse this panym refusyth my gyftê I shall offer them to god yf it plese hym and there made a vow to god that yf he had vyctory he wolde gyue his doughter to god with sufficient possessioÌ„ to byld .xii. abbeys and after that ioynyd battell and Penda was there sleyn in opyn feld .xx. of his chefe Capteyns his wyfe taken after which victory Oswy gaue thankis to god and performyd his promise and made Elfleda his doughter a nonne and byldyd .xii. abbeys wherof .vi. were in deyra vi in Brenicia this Oswy after this victory gouernyd the marchis and the south saxoÌ„s .iii. yere and gaue one of his douthers in mariage to Peda son to penda and made hym to be crystynyd and then made hym kyng of south marchys which was sleyn by treson of his wyfe and after y t the kyngdome fell to wolpherê° y e other broder which was cristinid In this tyme ExcoÌ„bert kiÌ„g of keÌ„t died the kyngdome fell to Egbart his son also about this tyme Ethellerus kyng of Estangles was slayne by the army of Oswy kyng of NorthuÌ„bers after whom succeddyd his broder Ethelwoldus After whom reynyd Adulphus son to anna but how loÌ„g he reynyd who succedyd hym I find not for they were euer subduyd by the kyngis of Mercia vnto the tyme of the good kyng seynt Edmunde k    Egbertê° Â k S Ethelwoldus     S A   Ethelerus  Ethelwoldê° A w      w N    Egfridus  N E      E M  Peda    M Agaton Leo. Benet IohnÌ„ Conon ¶ Agaton borne in Secyl wa next pope the yere of cryst .vi. C.lxxxi he hyld the see .ii. yere and more ¶ Leo borne in Secyle hyld the see .x. monthis ¶ Benet a romayn hyld the see next .vi. monthis ¶ IohnÌ„ siryan hyld the see next one yere Conon born in trace hyld the see nexte one monyth Iustinian Leoncius ¶ IustiniaÌ„ soÌ„ of coÌ„staÌ„tyn was next eÌ„ê‘our y e yere of cryst .vi. C.lxxxvii LeoÌ„ciê° cut of his nose eris put hiÌ„ in exile but after he obteynyd his eÌ„pyre so contynuyd .vi. yere ¶ Leoncius after he had put Iustynyan to exyle made him selfe eÌ„ê‘our In his time one Amilech admyrall of y e sarsins cam in to affrik wyth mich people agaynst
saue his broder Clodiak his lyfe y t was there prisoner ⸫ ¶ Charlê ynach deê‘tid froÌ„ his fad godfrey iÌ„to archadia yer liuid iÌ„ warrê vndâ—r Luciê° Iuliê° coÌ„sull ¶ Swayn dought to charlê inach to oÌ„ swayn sist to Iuliê° cesar was maried to on Saluiê° brabaÌ„ to whoÌ„ Iuliê° gafe y e coÌ„trey of brabaÌ„ by whoÌ„ it toke furst y e name so â—is saluiê° was furst duke of brabaÌ„ ¶ Charlis brabaÌ„ soÌ„ to saluiê° to swayne was duke of toÌ„gres secoÌ„d duke of brabaÌ„ .xlvi. yere before y e byrth of cryste he maried y e doughter of Epitogrus duke of Turynge succedyd hym as duke Octauian ¶ Octauian Cesar Augustus of whom the eÌ„ê‘ours toke the name of Augustê° son to Caiê° Octauiê° Athia doughter to Iulia sister to Iuliê° Cesar was next made emê‘our In the .xlii. yere of his eÌ„pyre Ihesu Cryste the soÌ„ of God secoÌ„d ê‘son in Trinite took maÌ„nis nature was borne in the cyte of Bedlem in Iury of the virgyn Mary Conâ—eyuyd without maÌ„nis seed by the iÌ„spiracyon of the holy Gost as apperith in the bokis of the .iiii. EuaÌ„gelistis Mark Mathew Luke IohnÌ„ which wrote of his Godhed MaÌ„hod workis myracles He taught pÌ„chyd a new law exortiÌ„g all meÌ„ to meeknes charite rebukiÌ„g syn Ihesu Cryste IohnÌ„ Baptyst dispisiÌ„g war all contrary to the miÌ„dis of the gret kingis gouernours of the romaiÌ„s sich oyer but he dyspisyd all worldly honour ê¯quest victory taught exortid eueri maÌ„ to loue his eÌ„my and to do good for yuyll ¶ Also .vi. moÌ„this before the birth of cryst IohnÌ„ the Baptyst was borne A maruelouse holy man which lyuid in wildernes Baptisyng the people prechiÌ„g the coÌ„miÌ„g of Cryst Of whoÌ„ cryst hym self was baptisyd This Iohn was cosyn to cryste ¶ Ihesu Cryste while he was her iÌ„ yerth had mani dsiciples but amoÌ„g yeÌ„ al he electyd specyally .xii. Peter Andrew IohnÌ„ Iamis the more Thomas Iamis the las Philip Barthelmew Mathew Simon Iude Iudas skaryot But thys Iudas betrayed hys master Cryst sold him to the Iews yersor aft the asceÌ„cioÌ„ of crist ye apostellê did chose mathie iÌ„ the sled of Iudas yese .xii after the deth of cryst pÌ„chid iÌ„ diuers coÌ„tres coÌ„uertid ye pepul to cristis feyth Tenecius Kimbelinus ¶ TeneÌ„ciê° .ii. soÌ„ of ludreinid next he gouernid well the laÌ„d .viii. yere ¶ KiÌ„belmê° soÌ„ toteneÌ„ciê° reynid next In his time Iesu Crist was born froÌ„ y e creacioÌ„ of ye world .v. M. C.xc.ix Francus Clogion ¶ IohnÌ„ the Euangelest was cosyn to cryst he went in to ynde ther coÌ„uertyd mych people and after was brought to Rome by the coÌ„mandment of domycyaÌ„ put in to a vessell of boylyng oyle cam out without hurt from thens was banysshyd in to y e yle of patmose wher he wrot the appocalypse ¶ Iamis the more broder to seynt IohnÌ„ the Euangelyst went in to spayn ther prechyd after cam agayne into Iury there was he dyd by herod ¶ Thomas prechid to y e parthes medes after weÌ„t iÌ„ to iÌ„de wher he was martirid slayn with sperê ¶ Iamis y e lasse he was furst bysshop of Iherusalem where he was cast downe froÌ„ y e top of y e teÌ„ple to y e grownd so was martyryd dyed ¶ Phylyp prechyd in Seythie coÌ„uertyd allmost all the coÌ„trey after was crucyfyed ¶ Bartholomew was neuew to y e kyng of Syrye he prechyd in Lychane ynde after came in to albane a cyte in armonye ther coÌ„uertyd y e kiÌ„g y e quene .xii. cytes in y e coÌ„trey but after he was takyn by astiagius the kyngis broder which made hym to be fleyd quik after smot of his hed ¶ Mathew appostell euaÌ„gelist he wrot y e gospell iÌ„ hebrew toÌ„g he prechid iÌ„ egipt at y e last was he did ¶ SymoÌ„ was cosiÌ„ to crist he was chosiÌ„ bisshop of IherusaleÌ„ by y e appostellê after y e deth of seiÌ„t Iamê the lesse where he was crucyfyed when he was C.xx yere of age ¶ Iudas taddeê° he prechyd iÌ„ y e cyte of Edyssa after in Mesopotonya after was slayne iÌ„ armonye ¶ Mathye after y e asceÌ„cioÌ„ of cryst was chosiÌ„ appostell in the stede of Iudas skariot he prechyd in Iury but y e Iues stonid hym to deth after smote of his hed Tiberius Caligula ¶ Tiberiê° soÌ„ of Liuia whiche was wyfe to Octauyan was next eÌ„ê‘our y e yere after y e byrth of cryst .xvi. he was a man of grete litterature he made neuer war in his owne ê‘soÌ„ but by hys capteyns ¶ Caiê° caligula was next eÌ„ê‘our he was a viciê° maÌ„ wold haue beÌ„ worshypid as a god Guiderus ¶ Guiderê° soÌ„ to kimbeline reinid next he was a myghty maÌ„ of hye hert he denyed y e tribute to be payd to rome wherfor Claudius eÌ„ê‘our of rome caÌ„ iÌ„ to eÌ„glaÌ„d with a gret host of romayns gaâ— batteyl to y e kyng a romayn callyd Hamond changyd his armys preuely cam to y e kyng slew hym traytorously after y t Aruiragê° y e kyngis broder slew Hamond cast hym in to a water which was therfor callyd Hamond Hauyn where now Sowth Hampton is set wherof y e toun toke furst his name this Claudiê° wane agayn y e trybute to rome as y e boke of polycronyâ—oÌ„ affyrmyth But yet after y e deth of Guiderê° Aruiragê° toke to wyff Claudiê° doughter callyd gen wissa where by pese was made y e tribute to rome was releassid saue onely fealte this Claudiê° byldyd the towne of Glocester Herimerus Mercomer Clodomer ¶ Herimerê° soÌ„ to ClogyoÌ„ was next made kiÌ„g of frenchmeÌ„ in y e .xv. yere after y e byrth of cryste In his time y e gallis made gret warr agayns y e frenchmen distroyd mych of theyr coÌ„trey wherefore Herimerê° gederyd a meruelous grete nomber of frenchmen enteryd in to Gallya distroid y e coÌ„trey made theyr lordê dukis subiâ—et to y e frenchmen but yet lastly this herymerê° was sleyn in y e seyd warris ¶ Marcomer broder to herymerê° was next kiÌ„g of freÌ„chmeÌ„ y e yere of cryst .xxxii. he had many battellis agayns the romayns gallys In his tyme Ihesu Cryst sufferyd passyon was Crusefyed ¶ Clodomer soÌ„ of Marcomer was next kiÌ„g of freÌ„ch meÌ„ In his time yer aperid .iii. soÌ„iÌ„s iÌ„ y e firmameÌ„t which a lityll lytill ioynyd all iÌ„ to one aft y e yer was gret derth iÌ„ all Europa gret deth of meÌ„ bestis yis Clodomar passid y e reuers of rine meuze had gret war agaiÌ„s y e gallis with victory to his honor Seynt Peter Lyne ¶ Seynt Peter the appostell born iÌ„ galely cam to rome y e secoÌ„d yere of y e reyne of y e eÌ„ê‘oure Claudiê° y e yere from the byrth of
Ihesu cryste .xliiii. wher he held the se .xxv. yere froÌ„ y e time of Claudiê° to the tyme of the eÌ„ê‘our Nero which put to deth both hym seiÌ„t paul but seiÌ„t Peter in his lyfe coâ—sâ—tutyd S. Lyne S. Clete S. Clement Bysshoppis euery one of them succedyd hym in the see ¶ Lyne hyld the see next .xi. yere and .iii. monythis in the tyme of Nero Galba Oâ—to Viâ—elyus and Vespacian and was heddyd by Saturnius consull Claudius â–ª Nero. Galba Otto Viteliê° Vespacianus ¶ Claudius son of Drusyus which was broder to Tyberius vncle to Calygula was the v. emê‘our froÌ„ the byrth of Cryste .xliii. yere he caÌ„ in to Brytteyn now callyd EngloÌ„d slew the kyng Guiderê° Â¶ Nero soÌ„ of Claudiê° was the .vi. eÌ„ê‘our froÌ„ the byrth of cryst .lvii. yere he was most tirant cruell of all eÌ„ê‘ours he slew his moder to se y e place where he was coÌ„ceyuyd he slew his master Senecque Lucaâ—n many of y e Senatours he brent a gret part of Rome for his plesure he made the furst ê‘secucioÌ„ vppoÌ„ the Crysten men put to deth seynt Peter seynt Paull he fled froÌ„ the people that made insurreccion agayne hym fynally therfore slew hym self ¶ Galba after that cam 〈◊〉 spayne was made the .vii. eÌ„ê‘our from the byrth of Cryste .lxxi. But after that he had reynyd 〈◊〉 .vii. monythê they smote of his hed ¶ Otto was the .viii. emê‘our he wan .iii. batteyllis agayns Vitellius in the .iiii. was put to flyght wherfore in dyspayre thereof he slewe hym selfe after that he had be emperour .iii. monythis ¶ Vitelius was next emperour the yere of cryst .lxxii. he was takyn by y e people of VaspaciaÌ„ with in viii monythis slayn cast in the water of Tyber ¶ VaspaciaÌ„ was next eÌ„ê‘our he besegid the cyte of Ierusalem and last his son Titus at the sege and after came to Rome and ther dyed Aruiragus ¶ Aruiragê° the yoÌ„ger soÌ„ of KiÌ„belynê° broder to Guiâ—erê° was theÌ„ made kiÌ„g y e yere of Cryst .xliiii. he was a hardy wyse he bildid citê townis subduid y e peple by good laws iustyce y e aÌ„ll meÌ„ did gretly dred fere hiÌ„ also loue him he denied the tribute fealte to be payd to rome wherfore Vaspasianus was sent froÌ„ rome in to bryteyn with a grat power whoÌ„ Aruiragê° incouÌ„teryd in playn batteyll besid Oxonford where maÌ„ny of boâ—h ê‘tes were slayn y t noÌ„ coud tell who had the victory But oÌ„ the morow pease was made by the mediacioÌ„ of y e queen GeÌ„wissa Aruiragus submyttyd him self to the empyre was after gretly belouid of the hole senate rulyd the land by so good lawis y t al Europa spake of hym honour Athenor Ratherus Richemer ¶ Athenor sonn of Clodomer was next kiÌ„g of freÌ„chmen the yeer oeÌ„ crist .lxii he made a brygge wiâ— bottê ouer y e riuer of meuze to haue passyd in to gallia but wheÌ„ his peple were eÌ„teryd yeroÌ„ y e bryge brake mich of his peple wer drouÌ„nyd wherfor y e gallys caÌ„ vppoÌ„ Athenor theÌ„ y t wer past ouer Athenor vppoÌ„ his horse epâ— iÌ„ to the ryuer to haue swoÌ„ ouer to haue sauyd hym self there was drownyd ¶ Ratherê° soÌ„ to Athenor was next kiÌ„g of freÌ„chmeÌ„ y e yere of cryst .lxviii. he was a noble man hardy he defeÌ„did his laÌ„d froÌ„ y e Gallis made peaâ—e with germayns saxoÌ„s is buryed at Ratherdame ¶ Richemer soÌ„ of Ratherê° was next kiÌ„g of freÌ„chmeÌ„ y e yere of crist .lxxxix. heaydid wiÌ„dekiÌ„t kiÌ„g of saxoÌ„s agaiÌ„s y e gotis slew of theÌ„ .xx. M. made his yoÌ„ger soÌ„ callyd SoÌ„no duke priÌ„ce of a gret nuÌ„ber of peple which dyd iÌ„habyt y e laÌ„d now callid germania This SoÌ„no had a soÌ„ callid Clodomer which byldyd y e towne of Frankford Iuliê° Â¶ Iuliê° eldyst soÌ„ to charlê brabaÌ„ was after his fad duke of toÌ„gers brabaÌ„ iÌ„ y e lvii· yere after y e birth of crist a senatour of rome callid anthonie with his coÌ„panioÌ„ callid granê° for fere of Nero â— eÌ„ê‘our fled to vis â—uliê° for help which gaue theÌ„ theyr people a place callid hollaÌ„d wheâ— they bildyd a stroÌ„g place namyd hit aÌ„thonia after callyd wylteÌ„bourg now callyd vtâ—eth after â—eâ— weÌ„t with theyr people iÌ„ to y e forest of ardeyn yere bildiÌ„d a gooly pales which is callid at â—is day â—aâ—eÌ„ Clete clemeÌ„t Anaclete Euarist AlexaÌ„der ¶ Clete a Romayne was nexte made pope the yere of Cryst .lxxxi. he helde the see .xii. yere in the tyme of Tytus and Domician whiche dyde put hym to deth ¶ Clement a Romayne was nexte made pope the yere of Cryst .xCiiii. and helde the see .ix. yere and .ij. monthes and in the tyme of Nerua Troian and then was martred ¶ Anaclete a greke helde the see in the tyme of Troyan but the storyes make no mencyon howe longe and was martyred ¶ Euaryst a greke helde the see .ix. yere and .x monethes in the tyme of Troyan he ordeyned y e clerkes sholde were no berde nor longe here and after was martyred ¶ Alexander a Romayne helde the see .x yere and .vii monethes from the tyme of Troyan vnto the tyme of Adryan vnder whom he was martyred Titus Domician Nerua Troianus ¶ Tytus sone to Vaspasyan was nexte Emperour the yere of Cryst .lxxxi. he destroyed y e cyte of IherusaleÌ„ where .vi. C.M. Iewes were slayne a C.M. taken prysoners solde some wryte there was xi.c.m slayne then the kyngdome of Iewes decayed was destroyed ¶ Domician sone to Vaspasyan broder to Tytus was nexte Emperour he was a grete tyrauÌ„t and dyd y e .ii. persecucyon agaynst the crysten men and banysshed saynt IohnÌ„ the euangelyst in to the yle of Pathmos ¶ Nerua was nexte emperour he adnulled y e actê of Domician and then saynt IohnÌ„ came from Pathmos to Ephese ¶ Troianus sone Adoptyfe to Nerua was next emperour y e yere of crsty C. he dyde y e .iii. persecucyon of crysten men this Troianus was called the best of al emperours the moost ryghtful indyfferent Iuge y t euer was y t it is sayd y t saynt Gregory longe after his dethe prayed to god for his saluacyon by whose prayer by especyal grace he was delyuered out of hell and saued as some holde oppynyon Maurus ¶ Maurê° sone to Aruiragus was made nexte kynge of Brytayne y e yere of cryst .lxxiiii. In his tyme came one Roderyk to Brytayne with a grete nomber of people called Pictis which of olde tyme were named Gotes but Maurus gaue hym batayle anone slewe hym in westmerlande at Staynes more and the people y t fled made after y t humble request to Maurus whiche accepted them to grace gaue theÌ„ a wast countre in y e farthest ende of Skotlande
polycronycon .ii. cuntreyes Hampshyre and Somerset Thys Arthur had great war contynually wyth the the saxons but at the last as apperyth by the seyd galfridus wrytyng he brought them in to suche frame that he was accoÌ„ptyd for chefe lord of all brytteyn wheÌ„ he had set the land in some quietnes he gaue the rule therof to hys neuew Mordred with a grete army saylyd in to frauÌ„ce where as galfride wrytyth he wrought wonders but the french cronycles the wryters of the romayns speke nothyng therof nor that he shuld slee Luciê° the emperours lieutenaunt for they sey ther was no such Lucius lieutenaunt to the emperour at that tyme nor long before nor long after therfore some suppose that galfryde wrote that story for affeccioÌ„ because he was a welchman borne in the tyme of kyng Henry the .ii. syth the coÌ„quest And yet he that wyll now go to the shryne of seynt Edward at westmynster shall there fynd heÌ„gyng in the shryne the prynt of ascale in red wax about the border wherof is wryttyn thus Arthurus patricius BrittaÌ„nie Gallie Dacie iÌ„ê‘ator which they afferm was the seale takyn from an old dede of some gyft or grauÌ„t made to y e house by kiÌ„g Arthur wherof y e perchemeÌ„t wrytiÌ„g for age is wastyd putrefyed but yetsome meÌ„thnyk it but a thyng faynyd of late by some maÌ„ hauyng effeccioÌ„ to Arthur that for dyuers k Otta  k S   S A   A   Cerdreus w from heuyn for his armys also a staÌ„derd of red sylk whych they euer syth vse to bere in theyr batells whych before bare in theyr armis .iii. todys thys Clouys made war agaynst the gotys folowars of the sekt of the aryens wan of them Gascoyn Guyon of fraune vnder him rulyd gall belgyke and of his name it was furst callyd austry Siluester Vigilius ¶ Syluester born in campayn was pope next the yere of cryst .v. C.xxxviii he held the see one yere ¶ Vigilius a romayn hyld y e see next .xvii. yere more he was exylyd by belyzare lieutenant to IustimaÌ„ in to the yle of pontus where he dyed vyctory agaynst hys enmys send Belizare hys lyeutenaunt agaynst the Perses subduyd them made the wandellys in affryk obedyent to the empyre â— Thys Iustinian byldyd a temple in coÌ„stantinople iÌ„ the honour of seynt Sophia at the laste dyed beyng owt of hys mynde after that he had ben emperour .xxxix. yere ConstaÌ„tinus resoÌ„s one is for they say y e tyme of Artur supposid was befor y e westmister was fouÌ„did byld vppoÌ„ a wyld busâ—hy place full of thornis then callyd thorney which was in y e tyme of Sebertê° kyng of essex which was after y e deth of Arthur more thaÌ„ .xl. yere so y t Arthur coud make to that howse no such graunt And also they say that it is not possyble y t that wax shulde last so long vnto this day which is almost M. yere also they sey that y e tyme of Arthur supposid nor .v. C. yere after they vsyd to put no seale of wax to theyr dedis nor wrytyngys but y t vse began syth y e coÌ„quest of wyllyaÌ„ coÌ„querour for at the tyme of the seyd coÌ„quest they vsyd but only to subcrybe theyr handis to dedys wythout any seale of wax as apperyth as this day in dyuers abbeys in englond of the grauÌ„tis by dedys made by seynt Edward dyuers other to which ye shall neuer fynd seale of wax but only subcrypcyon of theyr handis but yet all this not withstandyng I wyl nother denye the seyd story of Arthur nor exort no man presysly to affyrme it but to let euery man be at his lyberte to beleue ther in what he lyste But yet forthere some sey that when Arthur was out of the realme this Mordred was desyrous to be kyng with grete gyftis drew to hym Cerdicus kyng of west saxons by whose assent he was crounyd at London kyng of Brittayn and Cerdicus crounyd kyng of west saxons at winchester to whoÌ„ this Mordredê° gaue .vii. other prouincis s southsex where Elle his .iii. soÌ„nis beforseyd reynyd Southereâ— Barâ—shere whilshire Dorset DecuoÌ„shire Cornwall sone after this Cerdicus dyed whereof hering Arthur cam in agayne and landyd at Sandwych where Mordrede gaue hym strong batteyl but arthur at lenght wan the land vpon hym wherfore Mordâ—ed repayryd to wynchester wyth new sodears and gaue to Arthur anewe battell wher Mordred was put to the wors yet thrydly he gaue to Arthur a nother battell besyde Glastonbury wher Mordred was slayn and arthur wouÌ„dyd to deth after he had reynyd ouer the bryttayns as gallfridus wrytith .xxvi. yere This Arthur is buried at Glastonbery wher his bonis were found in the tyme of king Henry the .ii. in a toÌ„be of stone with a crosse of led lyeng therin vppon which crosse was wrytyn thus Hiciaceâ— inclitus Arthurus quondam brittannie Rex et guenora vcor sua secunda in insula Auellona Also after Cerdicus kenricus his sone was kyng of westesaxons Also sone after this the kyngdome of soth saxons was subduid to the west saxons Tyll the tyme of Ethelwold which also was slayne by Cadwaleder kyng of westsaxons about thys tyme Otta kyng of kent dyed they were after y t with out kyng aboue .xl. yere til the tyme of Ethelbertus ¶ CoÌ„staÌ„tinus son of Cador duke of cornwale by asseÌ„t of the brytteyns was then made kyng of brittayns the yere of cryst .v. C.xliii agaynst whom the soÌ„nys of Mordred made war but at the last as k  k S o fimimt ê¯ectes soutsaxoimÌ„ pro tempore S A  A w kenrieê° w Cheldebert ¶ Cheldebert y e eldest soÌ„ of Clouis was next kiÌ„g he beldyd y e church of seynt germayn besyde parys Pelagius ¶ Pelagius a romayne was nexte pope y e yere of cryst vC.â—iii he held the see .xi. yere Iustin ¶ Iustyne y e yonger born at trace nevew to Iustynian was next emperour the yere of cryst vC.lxv he was an heritik of the sekt of pelagyen he dyed frantyk Aurelius Vortiporius galfride sayth he slew one of them in y e church of sent aÌ„phiabill in winchester the other in a hous of freris in London but that seyng of galfryde shuld not seme to be trew for than there were no freris in all britteyn yet after this war on Aurelyus conanus cosyn to Constantyne the kyng made warre agayns the kyng slew hym in the felde ¶ Aurelyus Conanus was made kyng of brittons the yere of cryst .v. C.xlvi he was a man of lyght credence beleuyng euery furst tale which was his grete hurte he toke hys vncle that shulde haue bene kyng put hym in pryson slew his .ii. sonnys reynyd but .ii. yere leuyng after hym a sonne callyd Vortiporius In the tyme of this aurelyus the yere of cryst
born in marsâ— held y e see next .vi. yere he ordeynyd the fest of all seyntis Focas ¶ Focas was iÌ„ y e lyfe of mauryce next eÌ„ê‘our y e yere of cryst .vi. C.iiii he gaue to boniface y â— .iiii. y e teÌ„ple callid poÌ„tâ—eoÌ„ there of made a church dedycate to our blessyd lady seiÌ„t mary This Focas was takyn by Heracle which smote of his fete handis after with a stone tyed about his nek cast hym in to the see after that be had holden the empyre .viii. yere CadwaÌ„nus About thys tyme begaÌ„ y e kiÌ„gdom of Est saxoÌ„s vnder Sebertê° y e yere of cryst .vi. C.xiiii Also somwhat before this tyme .ii. cheldern of Angles were seÌ„t to Rome to be solde whych wheÌ„ seynt Gregory beyng a monk saw theyr bewty seyd they myght well be callyd angles for they were lyke Angellê he therfore after y t he was pope hauyng coÌ„passyon y t theyr cuÌ„tre was not crystynyd sent seiÌ„t AusteÌ„ thyder whych Came furst in to keÌ„t there coÌ„uertyd kyng Ethelbert crystynyd hym the yere of cryst after Bede other wryters .v. C. xC.vi a grete part of y e coÌ„tre of kent after crystenid Many M. mo of y e bryttons Thys Ethelbert began the church of polys as some wryters afferme excityd a cytyzin of LondoÌ„ to make a church in the worshyp of sent peter in the west end of LondoÌ„ theÌ„ callyd Thorney now callyd westminster but other hystories afferme y t Sebertê° kyng of Essex fouÌ„dyd y t seyd abbey of westmiÌ„ster Also about this tyme Redwaldê° kiÌ„g of EstaÌ„gles was crystyned whych sone after denyed y e feyth thys seynt Austen made one Melytus bysshop of london by whose prechyng Sebertus kyng of essex was crystynyd ¶ CadwaÌ„nus a duke of north wales was after y e deth of carecticus by y e brytteyns made they re kyng gouernoure in y e yere of cryst .vi. C.xiii. in y e time of Chelwolphê° king of west saxoÌ„s he made stroÌ„g warre vppoÌ„ Ethelfridus kyng of northuÌ„ber as some say he sâ—ew hym but some sey that there was a pese made bytwyxt hym Ethelfridus whych coÌ„tynued duryng they re lyfes but Giraldus caÌ„breÌ„sis affermith that Edwyn soÌ„ to Ella kyng of Deyra in northuÌ„ber slew Ethelfride kept the hole kyngdome of northuÌ„berland in his owne hand .xvii. yere oswold oswy sonis to Ethelfridus for fere were by theyr wardeÌ„s seÌ„t to Albania Thys Edwin was crystynyd by synt paulyn Also about this tyme Eden kyng of scottis eÌ„terid in to NorthuÌ„berland wyth a grete army whom this Ehtelfridus incoÌ„terid slew the most part of the scottis y â— frome that day C. yere after the scottis drust neuer Inuade the land in whych batell Theobald broder to Ethelfridus was slayn k    k S     A    A w  â—iâ—ctilsê° Â w N   Edwinê° N  â—ebertê° Â Â E Dagobert ¶ Dagobert soÌ„ of the secoÌ„d cloyter was next kiÌ„g of fraÌ„ce y e yere of crist .vi. C.xxxi he fouÌ„d y e church of seiÌ„t denis .ii. legê froÌ„ parê he gaue to heybert Pepin ¶ Pepyn the elder soÌ„ to karloman was duke of Braban Austry also prynce of the palys of frauÌ„ce he had a soÌ„ callid Grymoald .ii. doughters Begga Geretrude whych was a saynt Thys Grymold dyed with out issue Deus dedit Boniface Honore ¶ Deus dedit a romayn was next pope the yere of crist .vi C.xiiii he held the see .iii. yere ¶ Boniface borne in champayne helde the see nexte .v. yere ¶ Honore borne in champayne held the se next .xiii. yere Heracle CoÌ„staÌ„tine ¶ Heracle son to heracle pretor of affryk was next eÌ„ê‘our the yere of ryst .vi. C. .xii. he enteryd perse with a gret hoste toke Cosdrey the kyng there he baptysyd his sone and brought the holy crosse that cryst dyed vpon in to Iherusalem before takyn by Cosdrey therfore the fest of the exaltacyon is halowyd he reynyd .xxx. yere ¶ Constantine the seconde sone to heracle was next emperour .iiii. monethis ¶ In his tyme .ii. sonnis of Cheolrycê° kingilsê° Quichelynus after the deth of theyr faders broder Colwolfus rulydâ— Ioyntly the priÌ„cypat of west saxonis which kyngylsus was after sole king of west saxons crystynyd by saynt byryne Thys kyngylsus fought oft agaynst the britteyns About this tyme the kyngdome of Mercya began vnder one Penda a saxon the yere of cryst vi·C.xxvi which was gretest of the other .vi. conteynyd from huntyngton to london from the este see to the riuers of Syuerne Dye he had a sone callyd wolpherus which reyned after hym and was crystyned Also in this tyme Orpewaldus son to Redwaldus kyng of EstaÌ„gles was coÌ„uertyd crystenyd ¶ Thys Edwyn was a noble man therfore for dysdayn that Penda had to hym Penda excytyd Cadwan to make warre vpon hym so that they .ii. assembled a grete hosteÌ„ gaue to hym battell where Edwine was slayn after whose deth Eufrycus son of Ethelfrydus was kynge of Brennicia Osrycus son of Elfricus brother to Ethelfridus was kyng of Deyra But anon after they were both slayne of CadwaÌ„ after whose deth Oswold secoÌ„d son of Ethelfridus was kyng of BreÌ„nycya whom CadwaÌ„ wolde haue subdyed and made grete ware vpon hym but Cadwan was ther slayn About thys tyme dyed Ethelbertus kyng of kent after whom reynyd hys son Edwaldus whych denyed crystys feyth maryed hys faders wyfe but after he was conuertyd to crystys feyth by seynt laurence successoure to seynt Austen Also about this tyme Sebertus kyng of Essex dyed lefte .iii. sones which denyed the fayth expulsyd Mellitus byshop of loÌ„don from hys dyosyse but sone after they were all slayne in a batteyll agaynst the west saxons and Segebertus made kyng of Essex which was after chrystynyd by exortacyoÌ„ of Oswy kiÌ„g of NorthuÌ„bers after was slayn Cuichelmê° made kiÌ„g also aboue this tyme Orpewaldus kyng of estangles son to Redwaldus was crystenyd and after dyed After whom succedyd his broder Sigebertus k     Edwalâ—â—â— Â Â k S        S A  Orpewaldê° Â Â Â â—â—â—â—bertê° Â A w        w N   Eâ—fricê° Ofricê° Â Â Â Oswoldê° N E Tres filij sâ—berâ— Pagam    â—igebertê° Â Â E     Penda    M hys broder the coÌ„trey of tholoâ—e to Sygebert his secoÌ„d soÌ„ y e contrey of austry he relessid to y e saxons the tribute of vC oxon whyche they payd yerely to the kyngys of Fraunce he warryd agaynst the Gascoyns And made the brittons in lyttell britteyne to hym tributaries aÌ„sigisê° et Begga vxorciê° Â¶ Ansigises whych was son to seynt Arnolde was maryed to Begga Doughter to Pepyn
this tyme Lotharius king of keÌ„t was slayne by the south saxoÌ„s by the excityng of Edricus son to Egbert which succedyd hym with in a yere a halfe Edricus dyed widredus son also to Egbert succedyd hym Also about this tyme Alfridus Notus dyed after whom succedyd Osredus which was slayn by CoÌ„redus which succedid hym .ii. yere After whom succedyd Offricus ¶ Iue or Iewe descendyng of the blod of west saxons as willmÌ„s de regibus sayth was next kyng of west saxons after Cadwallader which made gret war vppon the kentysh saxons that the men of Dorobernia or Canterbury grauntyd to Iue for a recompence for the deth of Mulkyng brother to Cadwallader before slayne .iii. M. li This Iue by the excityng of his wife Etheldreda which was an holy woman abbesse of Berkyng gaue vp his kyngdome to Ethellerdus hys nevew toke a poore mannys wede in company of poore men went to rome therfore this Iue shuld seme to be the same person that Beda callyth HuÌ„ or Iue coÌ„sydering both the time of his reyne goyng to rome no variaunce but in wrytyng of the letters as in taking V. for N. that this Iuor Iue of whoÌ„ Galfridê° spekith to be other ê‘soÌ„s so all theyr seyngis may stand to geder ¶ Hit is seyd that this Iue was cause y t y e peter pens were grauntid to be payd of euery house in EngloÌ„d but the cause therof is not knowen certayn but som sey y t Ethelwold grauntyd them furst Also about this time Offa king of Essex kenredus kyng of Mercia went to rome were there ê“fessyd monkis after whoÌ„ succedyd in essex Sileredus in Mercia Colredus k  Edricê° Â Â Â k N Osredê° Â Conredê° Â Â N E     â—ileredê° E M  Kenredê° Â Colredê° Â M Clouis Cheldebert ¶ Clouis son of Theodor next kiÌ„g of fraÌ„ce y e yere of crist .vi. C.xciii ¶ Cheldebert .ii. soÌ„ of theodor was next kiÌ„g of frauÌ„ce y e yere of crist viC.xcvii charlê mertel ¶ Charles mertell soÌ„ of Pepin was after his fader duke of Austry prince of the palece of fraunce He was protektour to Theodor the yong kynge of fraunce deffendyd his Gregory ¶ Gregory a sirien was next pope the yere of cryste .vii. C.xxx he held the see .x. yere more Anastace Theodose Leo ¶ Anastace was next emperour the yere of cryst .vii. C.xiiii he was put owte by Theodose ¶ Theodose was next emperour he was a crysten man but he was put from his empyre ¶ Leo was next emperour he was an heretyke He comauÌ„dyd the imagis of seyntys to be put down therfore he was cursyd of Gregory pope so dyed Ethellardus Cutbertus ¶ Ethellardus the neuew of Iue began hys reyn ouer the west saxoÌ„s the yere of cryst vii.xxiiii some men call him Etheldredus In this tyme Offricus or Osbrygh reynyd in northumberÌ„ to whoÌ„ Bede wrote the story callyd historia anglicana some say to his successour Colwolcus ¶ Cutbertus the neuew of Ethellardus began his reyn ouer the west saxons the yere of cryste .vii. C.xxxix In this tyme holy Bede before spokyn of dyed In this tyme Colwolphê° kyng of NorthuÌ„berÌ„ gaue vp his kyngome to Egbertê° his cosyn was made a monk this Cutbertê° made oft war agaiÌ„st Ethelwold kyng of Mercia Here is to be notyd that many of these saxons kyngis were holy men byldyd many churches foundyd many abbes indowyd them with gret land many of them liuyd verteously so dyed now be takyn as holy sayntys Also this Egbertus that was kyng of northuÌ„berlaÌ„d forsoke his kyngdome for the loue of cryst toke the tonsure of seynt Peter Pall after whoÌ„ succedyd his son Osulphus which with in a yere was slayne by the northumbers after whoÌ„ succedyd Moll ethelwold within .vii. yere laft his kingdome to Helredus whych after .ix. yere was expulsid by the northumbers which made ethelbert theyr kyng which was expulsyd with in .v. yere Elwolphus made kyng which was slayne After whom succedyd Osredus which sone after was expulsyd by the northuÌ„bers Ethelredus made kyng which was after slayne And anon after Egbert kyng of west saxons subduyd them to his domynyon k    Wydredê° Â k N Offricê° Â Colwolfê° Â Egbertê° N E  Cuthredê° Â Â Â E M    Ethelwoldê° Â M Dagobert Cloiter Theodor ¶ Dagobert son to Cheldebert was next kyng of fraunce the yere of cryst .vii. C.xv. ¶ Cloyter the second son of Cheldebert was next kyng of fraunce the yere of cryst .vii. C.xix ¶ Theodor son of dagobert was next kyng of fraunce the yere of cryst .vii. C.xxvi land from enmys In his tyme the sarsyns enteryd the realme of fraunce with an innumerable peple both men women children agaynst whom this Charlys martell made a gret battayll slew of them as some wryters affyrme .iii. C. lxxxv·M Saresyns zachari StepheÌ„ Pall ¶ zachary a greke was next pope the yere of Cryst vii C.xli. he helde the see .x. yere ¶ Stephen a romayne hyld the see next .v yere ¶ Pall a romayn held the see next .x. yere coÌ„stantine Leo ¶ Constantyne sonn of Leo was next emê‘our the yere of crist .vii. C.xlii. he was accursyd of pope Pall after dyed ¶ Leo sonne of Constantyne was nexte Emperoure He was couetouse of precious stonys tooke a crown full of precyous stonys out of the church of seynt Sophia put it vppoÌ„ his hed which stonis so brosid his hed that therof he died In his time the eÌ„pire decresyd and the saâ—â—yâ—s occupyed a greaâ— ê‘t of the Eest and the freÌ„chmeÌ„ rulyd in Italy Sigebertus Kenulphus ¶ Sigebertus cosyn to Cutbert begaÌ„ his reyn ouer the westsaxons y e yere of cryst .vii. C.xlv he was cruell tyraÌ„nous to his subiectê tornyd theyr lawes costomys after his one wyll put one of his lordis to deth which aduerâ—â—syd him to be reformyd wherefore his subiectis by one assent wyth y e eyd of one kenulphus deposyd him he was after in such mysery that he walkyng alone without comfort a swyne herd whose lord he before had slayne in reuenging his lordys deth there slew the seyd Segebert In his tyme Egberd was kyng of Northunberland· ¶ Kenulphus of the blod of Cerdicus son to Offa king of Merchis was made king of west saxoÌ„s y e yere of cryst .vii. C. xlviiiâ— he was a good man to his subiectis kept among them good pease In his tyme Offa slew a tyraÌ„t callid Bomredus that before had slayne Ethelwold king of Mercia made him self king After whose deth this Offa as neuew to Ethelwold reynid there as king he had warre with the northumbers them subdued also had war with Etheldred which than tooke vppon hym to be king of Estangles toke him
kyngdom Also after the deth of Cuthredus kyng of Essex the Essaxons lyffyd with out kyng long tyme tyll at the last they submyttyd them self to be subiectê to Egbert kyng of weste saxons This Egbert also wan the towne of Chester from the brytteyns whych they before long tyme had kepte And after this victory thus obteynyd he shortly callyd a councell of his lordis by they re aduyce was crownyd king of all EngloÌ„d then send forth hys coÌ„myssyoners cuÌ„mauÌ„dement chargyng straytly that from that day the saxons shuld be all callyd englysh men and all the hose shuld be callyd Englond This Charlmayn ordeynyd the .xii. perys of Fraunce to be at the crownyng noyntyng of the kyng He subduyd Dydyer kyng of Lumberdy which had by force takyn dyuers laÌ„dys froÌ„ the pope AdryaÌ„ restoryd the pope to the possessyon of them therfore the pope grauntyd hym many gret priuilegys conteynyd in the Canon Adrian Luderyk ¶ Luderyk borne in Germayne was by Charlmayn made forester of Flaunders and the contrey was callyd Flaunders after the name of his wife callyd Flandrie Pascall eugenie Valentyne ¶ Pascale a romayn was next pope the yere of cryst .viii. C.xvi. he held the see .vii. yere and more he ordeynyd that no clerkis shuld obteyn benefices of lay men ¶ Eugenie a romayn hyld the see next .iiii. yere more he was martyrid his eyes put out by the romayns that hatyd hym ¶ Valentyne a romayn hyld the see next .xl. days Lews the milde ¶ Lewes the furst callyd the myld son to charlmayn was next bothe emperour kyng of frauÌ„ce the yere of cryst .viii. C.xv. he ordeynyd by a couÌ„sell a booke to be made of the cerimonis of the church to be kept by y e clergy he reformyd y e pryde the suê‘fluite of the men of the church his .iii. soÌ„nis lothayr Lews Pepyn coÌ„spyryd agayns hym coÌ„pellyd hym to fle from the empyre in a monkê clothyng buâ— at the last he obteynyd agayn his Imperyall dygnite Mychell theÌ„perour of Constantinople send to hym the booke of seynt deâ—yse de celesti Ierarchia ¶ But yet not withstondyng that this Egberte had thus obtaynyd the Domynyon of the hole laÌ„d yet after that dyuers toke vppon them to be kyngis in dyuers of the .vii. kyngdomis as beforesayd and there rulyd for a seson but yet they neuer long contenued theryn but were subduid agayn shortly except that they were trybutaries to the kyngis of west saxons In the .xix. yere of this Egbert the danis enteryd in to this land the second tyme spoylyd the Ile of â—hepey wherfore Egberte his knyâ—htis met with theÌ„ gaue them battell but Egbert with his peple were compellyd to forsake the feld and after the danis coÌ„federyd with the west brytteyns dyd mych hurt to Egbertê land albeit Egbert kept nobly his domynyon as kyng of all the land but yet he coud not so expulse the danis but that they euer were abydyng in one place or other of the land duryng y e lyf of Egbert whych reynyd .xxxvii. yere then dyed Lews thâ— milde ¶ After that this Charlys subdewyd y e saxoÌ„s weÌ„t in to spayne with a grete host agayns y e infidellis and there conqueryd a grete contrey but as he cam home by the mouÌ„teyns of phyrâ—enes rouÌ„ceuaulz the Gascons gafe hym a grete battell where Rouland Olyuer were slayn and other of the noblest of his Army he ordeynyd the vnyuersite of Pares he byldyd .vii. Churches in y e honor of seynt Iamys Also he was Emperour made by pope Leo laft the gouernauÌ„ce of FrauÌ„ce to his eldyst soÌ„n Charles but he dyed before his father ¶ Lews y e myld was next kyng of FrauÌ„ce also Emê‘our as apperyth a boue among the Emê‘ours In his tyme a grete coÌ„pany of the Danis Normanys inuadyd the land of FrauÌ„ce dyd grete hurt but this Lews shorly after vanquesshyd theÌ„ drâ—fe them owt of his laÌ„dis Also this tyme in a grete tempest of hayle in FrauÌ„ce ther fell down owt of the heyre a pese of yse whych was .xv. fote in lenght .vi. fote in brede .ii. fote of thyknes Ingecam ¶ Ingecame was after Luderyk his fader forester of Flaunders .xv. yere lyeth at harelebeke Gregory Sergius Leo. ¶ Gregory a romayn was next pope the yere of cryst .viii C.xxvii he held the see .x. yere ¶ Sergius the second a roman hyld the see next .iii. yere he was the furst that changyd his name at his creacion for before his name was Groâ—ng than wold be callyd Sergius ¶ Leo a roman hyld the see next .viii. yere more he was so holy a man that by his prayer to our lady he chasyd a serpent a Cokatryce from the furnase of seynt lucine of whos smell mych people dyed therfore he comauÌ„dyd the vtas of the assuÌ„pcion to be halowyd Loyter Lews ¶ Loytare son of lews the myld was next emperour the yere of cryst .viii. C.xl. he his brother lews had gret warr agayns theyr broder Charlys the bald kyng of fraÌ„ce where in a meruelous gret battell Charlys had the victory after that Loyther Ioynyd wyth hym in his empyre lews his son after he went to relygyon ¶ Lews son of Loyter was after his fader next emperour the yere of cryst .viii. C.lv. Ethelwolfê° ethelwaldê° ethelbertê° Â¶ Ethelwolphus soÌ„ to Egbert begaÌ„ his reyn ouer the westsaxoÌ„s the yere of cryst .viii. C.xxxii some sey y t this Ethelwold fouÌ„dyd furst y e vnyuersyte of OxoÌ„ford He had .iiii. sonnys by his wyfe Osburga a woman of low byrth the furst was callyd Ethelwold the .ii. Ethelbert the .iii. Etheldrede the .iiii. Alurede all these were kyngê of Englond after hym About thys tyme Bertulphus kyng of Mercya slew holy seynt wolstoÌ„ sone after Bertulphus dyed burdredus was kyng of mercia after him which after maryed the doughter of Ethelwolphus In this tyme the danis dyd gret hurt in englond cam to London ther robbyd spoylyd but y e kyng drofe them out of y e land and coÌ„pellyd theÌ„ to take the see after y e Ethelwolphus had thus reynyd .xxii. yere he dyed is buryed at wynchester ¶ Ethelwaldus the eldest son of Ethelwolph was next kyng of west saxons and of the most part of EngloÌ„d he was vicoius of lyuing was slayn of the danys In this tyme seynt Edmond was kyng of estangles ¶ Ethelbertus the .ii. son of Ethelwolphus began his reyn ouer the most part of Englond the yere of cryst .viii. C lvi In this tyme the danis with a more strenght enteryd the west part of this land cam to winchester toke the cite but the kyng coÌ„pellyd them to for sake theyr cite fought wyth them as they went to theyr shyppis many of them were slayn takyn Charlê the bald ¶ Charlys the
Leo aretius hyld the see next .lx. dayes but he was taken by Crystofer a connyng preest whych was desyrouse to be pope kept in a toure tyll he dyed ¶ Crystofer whych kept the seyd leo in prison was then next pope by vsurpacyon .vi. monethys but he was depryuyd from his see and sergius the next pope succedyng put hym in perpetuall pryson ¶ Sergius a romayn was than next pope the yere of cryst ixC vi he causyd pope formose his body to be taken out of his graue smote of his hed adnullyd all his actis allegyng that he had conspyryd agaiÌ„s pope IhonÌ„ Arnold Lewis CoÌ„rard Henri ¶ Arnold son of CarlomaÌ„ was next eÌ„ê‘our y e yere of crist .viii. C.xc. was crounyd by pope formose he was so etyn with lyse coud haue no medeciÌ„ dyed ¶ Lews soÌ„ of Arnold was next emperour y e yere of cryst .ix. C.iii. he coud not obteyn y e crown imperiall because Berenger occupyed the contrey of Italye ¶ Conrard broder soÌ„ of the emperour Lewis was next emperour he hyld the empyre in almayn but he coud not obteyn the crown emperiall ¶ HeÌ„ry soÌ„ of Otton duke of saxon was next emperour the yere of crist .ix. C.xx but he obteynid not the crown emperyall but hyld it in almayn as Conrard dyd Edward y e caÌ„ froÌ„ frauÌ„ce iÌ„ to eÌ„gloÌ„d were drifyn bak agayn also about the .xxi yere of kiÌ„g Alurede the danis landyd iÌ„ .iiii. ê‘tê of eÌ„gloÌ„d but Alurede euer resestid theÌ„ so maÌ„ly pursewd yeÌ„ froÌ„ place to place y t at y e last he drof theÌ„ to north walis This noble kiÌ„g Alurede deuydyd y e nyght day iÌ„ .iii. partes wherof he speÌ„â— .viii. houris in prayer charytable workis other .viii. houris with his couÌ„cellours or iÌ„ study of scyeÌ„s other .viii. houris iÌ„ his naturall rest sustinaÌ„ce which order he kept duly by tapers of war breniÌ„g tryeÌ„g y e certeynte of y e tyme except he were let by seknes or other gret iÌ„pedimeÌ„tê ¶ Edward soÌ„ of Alurede began his reyn ouer the west saxons and the more parte of Englond y e yere of cryst ixC in the ·v yere of his reyne one clyto Ethelwold kynisman to the kyng rebellyd excityd y e danis to rise agayns hym but the kyng compelled hym the danis to 〈◊〉 to frauÌ„ce which caÌ„ afterward agayn gaff batteyl to the kyng but Clyto many of y e danis were slayne y e reÌ„naÌ„t coÌ„strenid to seche pease which was to theÌ„ grauntyd payeng certeyn money but they anon after brake that couenantis asemblyd an other host and gaff batell to the kyng where ii· of they re kyngis .ii yerlis and many a M of the danis that occupied the contrey of norththumberland were slayne sone after etheldredus duke of Marcia dyed after whose deth the kyng commytyd the rule of that contrey to the dukis wyf Elfleda which was syster to the kyng about the .xiii. yere of kyng Edwardis reyn a nauye of danis which iÌ„ Aluredis tyme were dryuyn in to frauÌ„ce landyd a gayne and spoyled in dyuers placis wherfore y e kiÌ„g hym self preparyd toward them by land and send a nother nauye to enconter them vppon the see for fere wherfore those danis voydyd y e laÌ„d fled iÌ„ to Ireland also after y t the britoÌ„s enteryd the coÌ„trey of Breknowe But lewis Charlon ewdo charlâ— the siÌ„ple ¶ Lewys Charlon sonis to lewis the stutter were next kiÌ„gis of fraunce y t yere of Cryst .viii. C..lxxx they reynid v. yere y t is to sey lews .iiii. yere CharloÌ„ one yere ¶ Eudo soÌ„ of roâ—t yerle of aÌ„geow was next kiÌ„g ¶ Charlys the symple sonne of lewes the stutter was next kynge of fraunce the yere of â–ª cyste ixC.iiii In his tyme y e SareseÌ„s eÌ„tered y e laÌ„d of burgoyn but the kyng fought wyth theÌ„ had y e victory but not without losse of men arnold ¶ Arnold the graunt son to Balldewyn the balld was the .iii. yerle of Flaunders he lyeth at Gaunt Anasâ—tace Laudo IohuÌ„ Leo. Stephen IohnÌ„ Leo. Stephen Martin Agapit IohuÌ„ ¶ Anastace a romayn was next pope the yere of Cryst .ix. C.xiii. he hyld the see .ii. yere ¶ Lando of Sabye hyld the see next .vi. monethys ¶ IohnÌ„ a romayn hyld the see next .xiii. yere ¶ Leo a romayn hyld the see next .vii. monethys ¶ Stephen hyld the see next .ii. yere ¶ IohnÌ„ a romayn hyld the see next .iii. yere ¶ Leo a romayn hyld the see .iii. yere more ¶ Stephen a romayne hyld the see next .iii. yere ¶ Martyn hyld the see next .iii. yere more ¶ Agapyt hyld the see next .x. yere ¶ Iohn a romayn hyld the see next .ix. yere OttoÌ„ Otton ¶ OttoÌ„ the furst callyd the grauÌ„t son of HeÌ„ry was next eÌ„ê‘our the yere of cryst ix C. xxxvii◠¶ Otton the .ii. sonne of OtoÌ„ the graunte was next emperour he was crownyd yuiÌ„g hys fader Ethelstane edmoÌ„d edredê° this Elfleda withstod theÌ„ droue theÌ„ bak took the queen of welchmeÌ„ prisoner the same yere Elfleda wan the towne of darby from the danys dyd many other noble dedys sone after that noble Prynces Elfleda dyed and than the kyng seisyd that contrey of Mercia ioynyd hit to his own kiÌ„gdome This Edward subduid y e kiÌ„g of skotlaÌ„d cuÌ„bers fortune was euer freÌ„dly to hiÌ„ iÌ„ his warris ¶ Ethelstane the son of Edward began his reyn ouer the most part of EngloÌ„d the yere of cryste .ix. Cxxv he maryed hys syster to Sitherus a dane then kyng of northuÌ„berlaÌ„d he made CoÌ„staÌ„tyne kyng of Skottys subiect vnto hym after y t restoryd him agayn to his kyngdome After this Sitherus died therfore Ethelstane seysid northuÌ„ber iÌ„ to his own haÌ„d wherfore y e soÌ„ of Sitherê° maried y e doughter of CoÌ„staÌ„tyne kiÌ„g of skottê whych both coÌ„fetheryd agaynst y e kyng Ethelstane eÌ„teryd northuÌ„berlaÌ„d by the ryuer of huÌ„ber with a gret host of danis skottys other whoÌ„ the kiÌ„g incouÌ„teryd there in playn battell CoÌ„staÌ„tyne was slayn .v. small vnder kiÌ„gis .xii â— dukys with y e more ê‘t of the straÌ„gers This Ethelstane subduid the west brittoÌ„s at harford â— he had mych war styll with the danys ¶ EdmoÌ„d broder to Ethelstane begaÌ„ his reyne ouer EngloÌ„d y e yere of cryst ix Cxl In the furst yere of his reyn the danys of northuÌ„berlaÌ„d rebellyd to whose help .ii. princis of danys one callyd Anlaff A nother callyd Reynold caÌ„ froÌ„ IrelaÌ„d with a gret host of danys other straÌ„gers but kiÌ„g EdmoÌ„d with Malcolyn kyng of skottis his people bete them bak made them to forsake that contrey of northuÌ„berlaÌ„d wherfor he gaff Malcolyn the contrey of Cumberland and scysyd y t resedu in to his own haÌ„dê ¶ Edredus the broder of EdmoÌ„d was next kyng
the kyngê son mete them dyd discoÌ„fort them and syr Symon fled dyuers of his coÌ„panye were takyn prisoners But after that syr Symon Mounforde the erle of Leyceter hym selfe gatheryd a great coÌ„pany met with the sayd syr Edwarde at Enesham where betwene them was fought a cruell battell where syr Symon the erle was slayne and many other that toke the barons parte And after at a ê‘lyment holden at wynchester all the statutes ordynauÌ„ces made at Oxenforde were vtterly adnulled all bondes wrytynges made for the same were cancelled brokyn And after y t the kynge came to wyndsore intendynge to haue dystroyed the citye of London but the Mayre Aldermen other of citezyns put them into the kynges mercye and grace at wyndsore whervpon they were coÌ„mytted to prison put out of theyr offyces the CoÌ„stable of the Towre made custos of the citye But after they were restored and pardoned and the citye payde to the kynge for a fyne .xx. M. markes ¶ After this at a parlyament holdyn at Northampton many y t toke the barons parte were disinheryte whiche therfore gathered them to gyther went to the yle of Elye kept it w t strength ¶ Also about the .l. yere of his reyne he ordayned the statutê of Marlebryge And about the .li. yere the statuê were made ordayned for weyghtes mesures that is to say that .xxxii. greynes of whete drye rounde takyn in the myddes of y e ere shulde wey a sterlynge peny .xx. of those sterlyng pens shulde make an vnce .xii. vnce shulde make a pounde troy and .viii. pounde troy shulde wey a galon of wyne .viii. galons of wyne shulde make a busshell of London whiche is the .viii. ê‘te of a quarter Also that .iii. barly cornes drye rounde shulde make an ynche .xii. ynches to a fote â—iii fote to a yarde .v. yardes a halfe to a ê‘che or pole .xl. pole in lengthe foure in brede to make an acre of lande this staÌ„dardes of weyght were coÌ„fyrmed the xv yere of Edwarde the .iii. And also in the tyme of henry the .vi. and Edwarde the .iiii. and lastly coÌ„fyrmed in the .xi. yere of Henry the .vii. Howe be it in the tyme of kynge Henry the .vi. it was ordayned y t the same vnce shulde be deuyded in .xxx. ê‘tes called .xxx. pens in kyng Edwarde the .iiii. his tyme into .xl. partes called .xl. pens And in kynge Henry the .viii. his dayes into .xliiii. partes called .iii. â— viii d but the weyght of the vnce troy the mesure of the fote was ordayned euer to be at one stynt In the .lii. yere of his reyne y e erle of Glocester refused the kyng in the marches of wales gatheryd moche people many of the coÌ„pany disinheryted drewe to hym whiche came to the citye of London by intretye and fayre meanes polecye came into the citye and many of the coÌ„mons toke his parte fortefyed the citye with Bulwarkê Barbycans shortely after the kynge came to Stretforde of the bowe with a great coÌ„pany But by the meanes of one Octobanus y â— popes Legate whiche than lay in London a peace was takyn so the warre was endyd Also durynge the whyle of all this sayd besynesse after that syr Edwarde the kynges son had the victory tyll almost the later ende of this kynges reyne There were but fewe Mayres of the citye of London but the franches of London were seasyd into the kynges handes and there were ordayned custodyes gardens and no mayres who that was coÌ„stable of the Towre was also câ—stos of the citye In the .lv. yere of this kynge syr Edwarde the kyngê son toke his iourney into the holy laÌ„de whiche went to the citye of Acres defended it from the Soudan of Surrey whiche after his coÌ„mynge beseged it with C.M. Sarazyns whiche citye had byn lost if the sayd syr Edwarde had nat come manfully defendyd it Also in the .lvi. yere of this kynges reyne his son Edwarde thus beynge in the holy lande kyng Henry fell sicke at westmyster dyed the .xvi. day of Nouerbre the yere of Chryst M.CC.lxxii and is buryed at westmyster Edwardus .j. Gregory Innocent Adryan Iohan. ¶ Gregory was nexte pope the yere of Chryst M.CC.lxxi he hylde the see .iiii. yeres ¶ Innocent hylde the see nexte .vi. monethes ¶ Adryan hylde the see nexte .xxxix. dayes ¶ IohnÌ„ hylde the see nexte .viii. monthes ¶ Radulphus ¶ Radulphe was nexte chosyn Emperour the yere of chryst CC.lxxiii and confyrmed by pope Gregory he hylde the see .xix. yere Edwarde the fyrst EDwarde the fyrst of that name and sonne to Henry the thyrde after he harde of the deth of his father came from the holy lande and was crowned kynge at westmyster the .xix. day of Auguste the yere of christ M.CC.lxxiii at whiche tyme Alexander kyng of Scottê was present and dyd homage to kynge Edwarde In the seconde yere of this kynges reyne the kynge went into wales and there subdued Lewellyn prynce of wales whiche after y e rebelled and was subdued agayne payde to the kyng a fyne of .l. M. markes Also in the .iii. yere of this kynges reyne were made the statutes called westmyster primer where ben contayned goodly statutes fyrst howe clerkes indyted of Felonye shal be delyuered to the ordynaryes of Assise of plees of lande of Arteyntes and many other goodly statutes ¶ In the .vi. yere of this kynge the Chauncery coÌ„myn place and Escheker were remoued to Glocester where dyuers statutes were made but the courtes contynued there but for one terme and about this tyme there was a parlyament at London for reformacyon of the kynges coyne whiche was clypped and wasshed by the Iewes and almost .iii. C. Iewes were cast therfore about the same tyme began the foundacyon of the house of the freres prechours at Ludgate ¶ In the .x. yere of this kynge Lewellyn prince of wales rebelled agayne and the kynge sent thyther therles of Northumberlande and Surrey with many other knyghtes but Dauyd brother to Lewellyn with a great power met with them nere to a place called Hauardyne where betwene them was a great battell where the welchemen had the victorye and the erles fled many of the englysshemen slayne taken But the next yere after y e kyng sent thyther a more power to besege y e castell of Snowden but many of thenglysshemen were drowned beynge vpon a brydge made of barges and plankes but after that they pursued â—o the welchemen that Lewellyn and Dauyd his brother fledde but after Lewellyn was takyn by syr Edmonde Mortymer whiche smote of his heed and sent it to the kynge and after by dome of all the lordes he and his heyres were disinheryte for euer And after that Dauyd his brother was taken and after drawne hanged and quarterde And after