that is vertuus is a nobull man and he that is vnuertuus is not nobull The same maner of wyese tho that foloyt the fayth of Abrahe rather war cald his chyldyr then the Iues the wich carnally descendit from hym Neuer the leesse they had a spirituall preualeg of god for the fadyrs mÌ„yttis and his blissyng And of theâ— iij. sonnys of Noe he beyng alyue aftyr the hystory of PhiloiÌ„s war borne .xxiiij. M. Ì„ C· men with owte wemen and chyldyr and the had oon them iij. Princes Nenroth Iectan and Suphen Anno muÌ„di .ijM.ii .iiC.xlii. Et anÌ„ xpÌ„i natiÌ„ .iiM.vi .viC.lvii SEm son to Noe the secund yere aftyr the flode gat arphaxat Ì„ odyr whyle he is cald Melchesedech the wych fyrst after the flod mad the cite of SaleÌ„ Ì„ now is cald IerusaleÌ„ Cham his brother obtenyt affrâ—can â–ª Ì„ gat sonnys ij Chus Mescaym and thes ij gat sonnys dowttrys and many a region wos of them and mony of them to vs be wnknaw for the enhabytte in the occideÌ„tall ynd Iaphz wos brother vn to cham and wos blessit of his fadyr and he had vij sonnys s. Gomer Magog Maday IanaÌ„ Tuball Mosog and Iras. And thes gat sonnys and doghtrys and of them cam mony a region vide plura gen ih Arphaxat son to sem leuyde iii C xxx yere Ì„ gat Elam Assur Lud Ì„ AraÌ„ Ì„ they gat mony a sone doghter vt patêª patet gen This assur be cause he wold not rebell agaynes god in the bylding of the towor of babulon as nemroth dide Ther for he wos dreuyn vn to the lond of Sennaar a lond that wos strawnge to hym Ì„ wos not afor enhabit the wich wos callid aftyr his name Assuria Ì„ ther he bildit a cite aftyrward namitt Niniue the wich wos the metopoloÌ„ of al the kyngdom of assurirumâ—hus son to cham wos fadir to nemroth this neÌ„roth woe agyaÌ„t of .x. cubettis long Ì„ he be gon to be myghty iÌ„ the world and he is callid a busâ—wys hunter afoor god this man be gon that wrichyt vyce of couetues by hys tyraÌ„nyde wyth the wych euer moor aftir this world is fulfyllyd and the principall kyngdom that he had wos babulon and he had archad edissa selencia Ì„ the lond of sennaar Sale sone to arphaxat leuyd iiij C xxxiij yere and of hym in scriptur is no thyng wrettyn bot that Moyses noÌ„burs hym in the lyne that cumys of cryst ¶ This Sale gat a son that wos namyt Heber the wych aftyr the hebreus had the sprete off ê“phecy And of thys heber the hebreus be namyt For the hebreus tong boode allon iÌ„ hys how 's iÌ„ the ê¯fusion of the langage And that langage was callid manys langage the wyche euery man vsyett a for the toure of Babulon was bildyt ¶ This Heberhade .ij. sonnys Ì„ oon wos callyd Iectan a nother Phaleg this Iectan thurgh ensaumple of Nemroth descending froom Cam toke the pryncehood a pon the chyldrin of Sem. Ì„ he had .xiij. sonnys bot this pepul aftyr Iherom ar not knaw of vs for farnes of the cuntre or mutacion of the pepull or of sum other cause Anno muÌ„di .ijM.vi .viC.xliij Et anÌ„ xpÌ„i natit .ijM.v .vC.lvi Phaleg leuyd .ijC.xxxix yeer this Phaleg wos the yoÌ„ger sone of hebar Ì„ iÌ„ his dayes wos made the ê¯fusion of langage For in his howse a bood the olde tong allon Ì„ that wos ebreu wherfor aftyr Sant Austyn in hym apperith a greett stedfastnes of rygthtuysnes for this house wos free of that payen as not consentyng to the byldyng of the tour Et serm Augus ther weer lxxij generacions Ì„ so ther war lxxij langage Iectan brother to phaleg of Sem Nemrothe Prince of Cam Suphen of Iaphet Thes in Pryncis wyth thaer pepull gedyrid them to gedyr iÌ„ the felyde of Sennaar dreding the flood to cum a gayen and sayde let vs bylde a Touer of the wych the altytude shalÌ„ extend to heuyn c Gene. .ii. our lord saw the fulyshÌ„nes of the Towr of BabuloÌ„ pepull meruelusly for the payne of theer syn he confundyt the tong of theym so that no man vnderstood watt an other sayd Ì„ so they waer disparpuld by all the world Of the malis of this Nemroth bookys be wrytyn full Ì„ after the ê¯fusion of the langage· he went to the lond of ê‘sis and thor he toght them to worshyp the fyer as god And he laft his sone belus iÌ„ babulon the wych succedyt hym and so fro thens his ê“geny obtenyt that kyndoÌ„ vn to the tyme of mony ayere aftyr ¶ This tyme be gan moÌ„y kyngdoÌ„ys Ì„ the most of them all wos the kyngdom of ScitaruÌ„ bot ther war so rued pepull in it that hit was neuer had in worship And it wos amyghtty region of distaÌ„s ¶ A bowte this tyme be gan the kyngdom of Egypt the wich wyth dyuerse alteracioÌ„s maÌ„y tymes wos chongit And it is spokyn of ofttymes iÌ„ scriptur Nobulnes or Gentilmen abowte this time be gan And this nobulnes wos ordant for mony causis ¶ The fyrst câ—use wos necessite for when mankynd grouyd soor men war redy to do il it wos necessari to wythstond the malys of cursit pepull agoÌ„ys good men therof a man is callid a gentylman or a nobull man as be foor odyr in vertuys notabull wher of Gerom sayth I se nothyng ellis iÌ„ nobulnes or in geÌ„tilmen bot that thay er bonden in a certan necessite that thay shall not recede fro the vertu and the gentylnes of theer nobull awnssetory ¶ The secuede wos the dyuse worshÌ„yppyng of the pepull For no man worshyppyt then bot as his naturall reson gaff Ì„ they knew not rightwysly what they shuld worshyp all though they leuyd pessabuly emong them self â–ª for they war so dull of wytte that they culd ponder no greâ—t thyng bot that wos pubplychit be the commyn pepull wherfor it wos expedient for ther peesse to be kepit that they shuld haue pryncis of nobull byrthe ¶ The thyrd cause ê“cedit off sum senguler strength· Mony tymes the comyntees war greuyde thurgh eÌ„nys comyng apon them And then they sayd that who suÌ„ euer wold defend them fro thes pellys he shuld haue the ryght of nobulnes for hym Ì„ his ayres for euer more And in this maner of wyse mony ar red to be nobull men ¶ The fourth cause off nobulnes wos grett habuÌ„dans of good suÌ„ tyme the pepull wos holdyn wyth grett penury of meete Ì„ drinke Ì„ then they toke theÌ„ and thayres to sum rich man that thurgh that conant they shuld teÌ„ê‘ the grete stratnes of ther hongyr Ì„ aftir that they shuld knaw hym as ther lord Ì„ a nobull man ¶ Also ther be fond certayn nobull men be the ê“uision of god tho thay war bot fewe of the wych some a bood iÌ„
dayes of his lyfe gret penance and deyly he dide and he commandyt his chyldyr to lyff ryghtwysly and naamly that they shuld auoyd in all wyse from the cumpany off Cayn and his chyldyrn ner that they shuld not mary wyth nonÌ„ of them This man Adam wos owr fyrst fadyr and for co syn he put vs from paradyse bot throw his holy conuersacion and penance he gaff vs an exampull to cum to the kyngdom of heuyn And he that wyll nott folow hys holy conuersacion Ì„ exampull for co syn ryghtwysly he can not complayn on hym in so mych as we doo many â—â—eth son to Adam wos borne aftyr the begynnyng of the world C. and xxx yere and leuyd .ix C xij bot moyses ower skeppis a C. yere of thos in the wich Abell weppit iÌ„ the vaale of plorocion ny ebron â–ª this Seth for the oyle of mercy to be gettyn went to paradise â—elbora wos syster to abell Abell wos slayn of Cayn his brother this Abell the fyrst marter be gan the chyrche of god This man aftyr austyn mad the cite of god Ì„ he wos the fyrst citysyn of that cite be cause that hee wos ryghtwis owr lord resauyt his offyring â—almana wos systir and wiffe to Cayn this cayn wos a cursat mane and he mad the fyrst erthli cite that euer wos in this world in thee wich he put his pepull for drede in so mych os he vsit rauyn and violens for he trustit sych thingê to be doon to him os dyd to odir ther for he put hym and his in to sekir place this man slew hys brother abell for enuy and he wos punyschyt of god and wandyrt a bowte iÌ„ a dispare Ì„ efter wos slayn of Lameth ablynd maÌ„ Anno muÌ„di iiijC.xxxv. Et anÌ„ xpiÌ„ natiÌ„ iiijM.ix .ixC.lxxiiij ENos of the lyne of crist leuyd .ixC. yere and v. this Enos be gan to call the name of owr lord hit myght hape he fond sum wordis of prayer or mad sum ymages for god to bee worschippit as is now in the chyrche ChaynaÌ„ leuyd aftir ix C yere and .x Anno muÌ„di vijC. lxxxxv Et anÌ„ xpiÌ„ natiÌ„ .iiijM.iiii .iiiiC. Ì„ iiii MAlaleel of the lyne of crist leuid .viiiC. lxxxxv Iareth of the same lyne leuid .ix C lxii Enoch of the saame lyne leuid ccc yere and lxv This Enoch wos a rightwis maÌ„ and pleeset god and for his grett holines our lord translait hym in to paradise wher he leuis with Heli. in gret rest of bodi and saule tyll the cummyng off Ante crist Then they shall go forth for the comfortacion off good men And they shall be crownyt with the crowin off Martirdoome Matusele of cristis lyne leuyd ix C lxix This Matusale wos the olddyst man that euer ony scriptur has mynd of for when hee had leuyd neer vC. yere owr lord said to him byld the an howse now and thu will for yet thu shall lyffe vC. yere And he onsward sayd for so lytill a tyme as vC. yere I will byld no howse bott rest vndyr trees and heggis Ì„ ther slepit os he wos wontt to doo a for tyme. Anno muÌ„di M.iiijC.liiii Et anÌ„ xpÌ„i natiÌ„ .iijM.vij .vijC·xlv â–ª LAmeth wos of age vijC.lxxvij This lameth the fyrst agaynes natur and good maners ordant that a mane myght haue .ij. wyffes in doyng of his a woytery and he wos so or punyshit of them for they gaff hym mony a strype for it his so that by what thing a man synnys by the same he is punyshit ¶ This lameth slow Cayn not wylliÌ„gli bot when he wos old and blynd he wos lad of an child the wich trouyt that he had seen a wyld best Ì„ sayd to his master that he shuld schote and so he slew Cayn wher for he beete his chyld so soorthat the chyld also wos deed ¶ And it is to be knaw that all craftys orscyens liberall or hond craftis or of physike seruyng to the curiosite off man ar red that they wor foundyn of the chyldor of lameth and for they dred the ê‘ell to cum of the flood and the fyer ther for Tuball grauyt the same craftys in ij· pelours the theon woos of marbull and tho odyr of tyell or breke Tuball fond fyrste the craft to wyrke gold and siluer and yrne and wos the fyrste grauer that euer wos Iabe fond fyrst tentoria for scheper dys and pauylyons for odyr men Iuball fond fyrst the crafte to play a pon an harpe and organs odyr musik instremeÌ„tis he vsyt Noema fond the craft fyrst to weue lyne and wollyne clothe and to draw thredys of wooll Ì„ flax and a for that tyme the pepull vsytt the skynnys of bestys for ther clothys Anno muÌ„di ·M viC.xlii. Et anÌ„ xpiÌ„ natiÌ„ .iiiM.v .vC. lvn The shype of Noe had iÌ„ lenght iiiC. cubettis iÌ„ bred .l. in altytude xxx vide plura Gen. 6 knaw ye after doctoris that a conuenieÌ„t payn this tyme wos ordant to the world For theÌ„ lechory habundyt the wych defollyt maÌ„ys body And ther by water the erth wos wasshyt and cleÌ„sud In the signe of the promys that god mad to man that ther shuld neuer be sych a flod agayn And the rayn bow has ii principall colurs the wich represeÌ„t the ii IugemeÌ„tis The watyr colur representis the flode that is passit the fyeer colur be tokyns the Iugement to cuÌ„ Ì„ fyâ—re the wych we certanli abyde In the end of the world be cause couetues shall habunde by fyer it shall be brenet gold and syluer by the fier is wonte to be clens yt Noe Here begiÌ„nith the secunde aage of the world duriÌ„g to habrâ—ham And a noon the flod cam and stode a bown all hillis xv cubittis vide plura gen .7 Aftyr the flode a gret drunkiÌ„nes betyd vn to Noe. and thurgh the occasion of that drunkynnes he blessit his ij soÌ„is Sem and Iaphet for the fadyrs honor that thei haad to hym Ì„ for the honest shame that they couyrt meekly ther fadyr membyrs whan that he wos droyng and his son Cham for his skornnyng and his vnreuerens he cursed And heer aftâ—r sent Austyn is mad the fyrst mencion of bondage And of nobulnes contrary to hit for Noe sayd that Cham shuld be seruand in bondage to Sem Ì„ Iaphet for his vnreuerens Nerye shall not trow that all that desceÌ„dit of Cham war vnnobull men and of no power for they be gan fyrst to be myghty men oon the erthe as it is opyn of Nemroth Ì„ the kyngê of Chanaon and ascorum Nerall of Sem and Iaphet war vertuê° and nobull and myghty men when almost euerych oon fel in to the crime of ydolatry and war oft tymes oppressit of odyr men Bot this blessing and this cursyng has a respec to vertu and vyce for the wheâ—cch a maÌ„ is cald truli a nobull man or a vnnobull man for he
the romans sent legats the wich coÌ„maÌ„ded antiaco that he shold sese of his tyrannyde a yenst hym And Marcê° publiê° made a cerkill a boute Antiochi thê° sayng The senetours of Rome the pepul coÌ„maÌ„dith the that thow go not out of this cerkell till thow haue anwsar to this mater This antiochê° seyng that he myght not coÌ„tinu his tyranyde sayed yf it be thê° coÌ„maÌ„did me of the senetour romans pepull I must nedis turne ayene so woed angre he wos that he lost the seege of Alexander Ì„ turned to the poer releuys of the Iues vengyng hym vpoÌ„ them be cause he myght not veÌ„ge hym an no myghtier pepull vtêª iÌ„ li o machabeorum primo et 2o. MAthathias an holy maÌ„ of all louiÌ„g most worthy hated iÌ„ his hert ê¯uersacioÌ„ al synners alonly tristyng iÌ„ our lord god of israel vtêª pri o macha 2º And this man had v. soÌ„nes of the same loue vn to god This maÌ„ wos not bishop iÌ„ israel bot his iij. soÌ„nes wer Iudas machabeê° wos bishop iij. yere and he wos son to Mathathias This macabeê° was the most named maÌ„ that euer wos iÌ„ israell the wich had neuer none like hym a foor ne after he wos iÌ„ batell a myghty man and offred hiÌ„ to dye a marter for the lawys of god Ionathas his brother succedit hym xix yere the wich grew iÌ„ uertu gouerned stedfast stode iÌ„ the lawis of god and after falsly was slayn of Criphone ij of his soÌ„nys plraÌ„ vide iuda et freÌ„ eiê° libro macha Antiochê° Epiphanes son to Antiochê° the myghty this tyme was kyng of Syrry this maÌ„ from the heed vn to the fort with iÌ„ Ì„ with out all was cursed And therfor he was figured to antecrist moÌ„y marters cruelly he made and falsly he disposid hym to entyr iÌ„ to Egipt as his fader did bot he obtened not For the romans lettyd hym his most vnhapy werkes Ì„ how he wos iÌ„ hostage at Rome how the ê“phesi of daniell is completed in hym ye may se in the boke of machabeorum Qvintus Flaminius Marchus Catho Thiberiê° Graccê° weer senetours of Rome this tyme was so contiunall and so mych batell that lerned men of Gentyles and off the trew fayth bothe wer wery to writte the actys or haue them in mynde iÌ„ the wich batellis men merueled gretly on the stedfastnes of the RomaÌ„s that no tribulacion no drede no herdnes myght feere them bot euer contynuid in batell And certanly thes Romans after the worldis honesty they wer the most wise men that wer And therfore the Machobees desired ther companye Circa annuÌ„ muÌ„di v M lix Et ante xpÌ„i natiÌ„tateÌ„ C·xl MAthan son to Sadoch of the lyne of crist gat Iacob vt pêª patet Math .1o. Symon son to Mathathias wos bisshope viij yere This symon was a veray wise man and from hys youth vn tyll his age wos euer of good conuersacion euer more uertuus Ì„ at the last he was slayn of his brother Elay vt pêª patet pri o machabeo Iohannes Hyrcanus son to Symon wos after his fadir xxix yere a nobull man as all the kynred wos be fore hym This man aftir his decesse left his wife a veray wysse woman And his .v. sonnys to gouerne the Iuri of whom the holdest wos called Aristobolê° an vnpacient man and an vnhappy His own mother with .iij. of his yonger brether he presenit and slew them thurgh honger and so a loyn he leued kyng and bisshop on yere vide plura libro machabeorum Publius Lucinius Luciê° Emilius â–ª Lucius Lucinius Lucius Censorinus wer coÌ„sules at Rome in whos tyme the Cartagines and the Romans wered strongly bot the romans sabduit them intendyng to haue destrued the Cartagines vtterly Bot emong the Romans ther wos a notabull wisse man calldd Cipio nauta and emong mony notabull consellys .ij. he gaffe specealli to be had iÌ„ miÌ„de The fyrst that Cartago shuld not be destrued that thurght the occasion of forand batellis a inward concord shuld a bide emong the Romans and a ê‘petuall strength for continuall exorcise of batell The secund that in no wise the teathur shuld be belde in Rome for he sayed that was the most enmy that myght be to the pepull that vsid were for that place nuryched slouthe and prouoked lechory And how wisely this notabull man yaf counsell the tymes foloyng declare vide plura iÌ„ augê° de ciuitete dei et oro libro quarto Yet for all this counsell that nobull cite of Cartagie wos destruyed of Cipio and the senetours and it brent xvij dayes continually mony men ther wer sold and mony men ran in to the fyer willely ¶ Corinthus this same yere wos destruyed of thee romans the wich wos the richest cuntre of the world Ptholomeus this tyme regned in Egipt and wos famulier with thee romans And so long he and his predicessurs regned as they kepyd fidelite to the romans and knaw euery man that ther was no other cause that the pouer of the romans encresed so strongly a bown odir pepull bot vertu the wich abundantly regned in them and nomli rightwisnes the wich a bown all thyng they vsed And as long as they keped mesurnes and loued rightwisnes so long they wer neuer ouer comen And os soon as they wer corrupped it is red thei wer euer ower comen Hit is had iÌ„ a certayn reuelacion of god shewed to Sent Briget that our lord god beris witnes to thes oold Romans that noon in this world of puer naturall reson leued more rightwisly And what lyghttis of faythe they shewed in the tyme of cristyn relegion shall by shewed afterwerd RegnuÌ„ iudeorum restituitur ARistobolê° wos the fyrst kyng and prest iÌ„ the Iuri This man regned on yere a loyn and toke to hym the dyame of the kyngdom And he held hym not content with that that his fadre yaf hym iÌ„ hys testament bot he put his modir iÌ„ preson and his bred therfor he periched wrechidli with his brother antigonê° the wich wos of his counsell and helpet hym vide mrmÌ„ iÌ„ historiis ¶ Antigonê° brother to the kyng wos slayn thurgh the enuy of the quene Alexander wos bisshop after aristobolus and he stood xxvij yere And he wos all a tyrend all though he appered sobur iÌ„ the begiÌ„yng bot he made it knawyn what he wos iÌ„ his stomoke· for he slew his own bred and iÌ„ xij yere he slew .l. M of the old saage fadres of gret uertu be cause they told hiÌ„ his mysgydyng Then wheÌ„ he shuldie hed left ij sonys bi hynd hiÌ„ HircanuÌ„ AristoboluÌ„ bot certanly he saied his wyfe shuld regne for she stood iÌ„ the grace of the pepull Seruiê° Flaocê° Lucius Celius Fabius Publiê° this tyme wer senetours at rome this tyme batels emong them self be gan of the wich the fyrst cause Ì„ the begiÌ„yng wos Graccê° a myghty maÌ„ well
none after he wos martyred ¶ And here wos the fyrst that euer thee chirche of Rome had an infamet pope for all the predicessurs of all this liberin wer sentis and yaf holy sampuls Iulianus apastota wos after constantyn emprour ij yere and viij monethes he was cleped apostata for hee fled this Constantyne wiche killep his brether and for fere of deth wos made a cristyn man and a monke bot afterward by the counsell of a negromeÌ„ser he asked the duell whether he shuld be emprour or not The duell said that he shuld be emê‘our vpoÌ„ a condicioÌ„ that he shuld for sake his cristin faith and be vttyr emny to cristiÌ„ men and so he did for he yaf leue to the Iues that they shuld byld ayene the tempull in spite of the cristyn meÌ„ and he toke all the goodis that cristiÌ„ meÌ„ had distruied moÌ„y of them Ioninianê° wos emê‘our after hym viij monethes for when Iulian wos deid the host chose hym emê‘our he was a cristiÌ„ man Ì„ he said it wos not lefull to a cristiÌ„ maÌ„ to be a lord ouer so moÌ„y hethiÌ„ pepull Thei ansuerd and saied rather theÌ„ he shuld forsake the empire they wold be cristined And thê° toke he the dyngnite bot sone he wos deid Ì„ iÌ„ meruelê° maner for hee wos laid iÌ„ a close house after his iornay made all of stone newly whited with lyme in the wich they made to his comforth as they thought a fyer of charcoill and of the ayre of thes ij in the morâ— he was fond deid Valentinian with his brother Balent was Emprour after Ioninianus xi yere for he departed the empire Ì„ yaf his brother the est and keped hym self the west part This balentinianus wos a lord with Iulian apostata it happid him on a tyme for to go in to a tempull of fals goddis for to doo sacrifice and mynisteris stood therwith water haloid after ther gise with the wich they strenkilled the lordis This valentenianus smot the minister that kest the weter vpon hym and sayed he wos rether defouled ther bi then clensed be cause of this Iulian did exile hiÌ„ Bot our lord god for his opyn confession of his name rewarded hym with the empire His brother valent fell in to the opinyoÌ„ of the arrianes and died in that herici This same valent leuid iiij yere after valentinianus with Gracian the emprour ¶ This tyme leuyd sent Ambros. Anno domini .iijC.lxiiij DAmasê° wos pope after Felix xviij yere and ij monethes This wos an eloquent man in metyr and he wrot mony stories of pepis and martirs He ordand that gloria potri shuld be sayed in the end of the psalmes Ì„ that wos at the prayer of sent Ierom And thurgh the mocion of this pope ierom translait thee bibill from hebreu in to latyn and then he dicessed a confessur Valens with Gracian and valentinianuÌ„ wer emprour iiij yere in this tyme wer chirchis opynd ayene Ì„ cristyn men had leue to renew the seruys of god that wos defended a fore with Emprours infecked with harecy as wos valens and other werfor the chirche had no liberte when valens wos on liue ¶ A Synodus of an hundreth and .l. bisshoppis was gedred vnder Damase pope at Constantinople ayenes MacedomuÌ„ an heritike the wich deuyed the holy gost to be veray god And then wos the credo made that is song on holydayes in the chirche Augustinus a CartagineÌ„s of affrica wos this time He wos as nobull a retricion as myght be· and in all phelosophy and poetre iÌ„coÌ„porabull all thyng that any phelosophur fond iÌ„ his youth he vnder stood with litill labour a bowt this tyeÌ„ he wos send to mediolanuÌ„ wher hee was turned anone of sent Ambrose and baptised This man grew vn to a nobull doctor of the chirche And not long after that he wos bisshop of Yponens and ther he leuyd liij yere and mykyll diuinite he wrote vt pêª patet in libris suis Siritius wos pope after Damasus xv yere he dampned haritikis and litell els is writtyn of him Theodosius son to Gracian with valantyne his vnkell wos Emprour xxvij yere This man wos a cristyn man and gracius and in gouernance like to Traian soon wroth and a none reconsiled This man on a day when he wold haue gone to haue herd masse sent Ambros ê“hibit him the entre of the chirch till he had penance and made satisfaccion for the slayng of the xxx knyghtes the wich he slew in anger at Constantinople wherfor they made a law that the sentence of a prince shuld be deferit xxx days of thos that shuld do exicucion if they myght fall in the grace of the prince with in xxx dayes ¶ A bout thys tyme wos a child borne in the castell of Emons from the nauyll Ì„ a bown deuyded iÌ„ to ij bodies hauiÌ„g .ij. hedis ij wittis so that the on slepiÌ„g or etiÌ„g the oder slepid not ne ete not And wheÌ„ they war ij yere of age the on decessid Ì„ the other leued iij. dayes after Claudianus poeta wos this tyme Arcadius Ì„ Honorius regned xiij yere Ì„ in ther tyme rome wes ne distruyed bi an kyng called Alaticus of the wich destruccion rose a gret blasphemy of the romans for they sayed they fared neuer well sethyn crist come to rome Ì„ be rafeed them ther goddis by the preching of Pet Ì„ Paule And yit this Archadius subduit all his emnys by the pouer of god Ì„ shed no blud A yene this blasfemy sent Austyn made that solemp werke the wich they call de ciuitate dei Honorius wos emprour with Theodosius his brother son xv yere and he wos a man of holy lyfe for ij wifes he had and with bothe yit he died mayden he louyd specialy the chirch hated haritykys Ierom died this tyme at Bedlem the yere of his aage lxxxxi Sanctus Herachydes the wich wrote vitas patruÌ„ to Lansum episcopuÌ„ wos this tyme Iohannes Crisostamus wos exiled of Endochia the wiffe of Archadij and thurgh heyt of the sone he wos deid Anastasius wos pope after Siritius iij. yere This man ordand that euery man shuld stond at the redyng of the holy gospell and that he that wos a manyd man shuld not be prest Innocencius wos pope after Anastasiê° This man ordant that seke men shuld be anoynted with holy hoyl and at masse the kys of pees to be yeffen he dampned Pelagin an haritike Ì„ mony other thinges did vt pêª patet 26. q. i. Anno domini iiijC.xiiij ZOzimê° was pope after Innocent ij yere Ì„ viii monethes This man ordant that clerkys shuld be no tauerners ne sel no wyne and that a bond man shuld not be made prest with out the licens of his lord Bonifacius a roman wos pope after ZoziuuÌ„ iiij yere This man ordand that a woman shuld not toch the pall of the awter
gret fray in london in flete strete by nyghtis tyme bytwen men of court and men of london and diuerse men slayn and sum hurt And on herbotell was chief causer of the misgouernaunce Ì„ affray ¶ Also this yere at chesing of the maire of londoÌ„ the comuÌ„es named Robert Clopton Raulin holand taliour And the aldermen toke robert clopton and brough him at the right hand of the meirs as the custom is And than certayn tailours and othir hond craftis men cried nay nay not this man bot Raulyn Holand wherfore the maire that wos padysly sent them that so cried to newgate where they abode agret while and wer ponisshed ¶ In this same yere wer diuerse enbassatours sent in to Guyan for a mariage for the kyng for the Erles doughter of Armynake wich wos ê¯cludid but by the meyn of the erle of suffolke it was let and put a parte ¶ And after this the said erle of Suffolke went him ouer the see in to fraunce and ther he tretid the mariage bitwen the kyng of Englond and the kynges doughter of Cecile and of Ierusalem And the next yere it wos concludid fully that mariage by wich mariage the kyng shold deliuer to hir fadre the duchie of Angeo and the Erledom of Mayn wich wos the keye of Normandie ¶ Then departid the Erle of suffolke with his wife diuerse lordis and knyghtis in the most raal astate that myght be out of Englond with new chares and palfreys wich went thurgh Chepe and so went ouer the se and resaued hir and sithen brought hir in the lent after vn to hampton wher she landid and was rially resaued ¶ And on Candilmasse euen before by a gret tempest of thounder and lightenyng at afternone Poules steple wos set on fire on the middis of the shaft in the timbur wich was quenched by force of labour and specially by the labour of the morow masse prest of the bow in chepe with was thought impossible sayf onli the grace of god ¶ This yere wos the erle of stafford made create duke of Bokyngham the erle of werwik duke of warwyke the erle of Dorset marquis of Dorset Ì„ the erle of suffolke wos made marquies of suffolke ¶ How kyng Henri weddid quene Margarete and of hir coronacion IN this yere kyng Henri maried at southwik quene Margaret And she com· to london the xviij day of May by the way all the lordis of englond ressayued hir worshipfully in diuerse places And iÌ„ especiall the duke of gloucestre and on thee blake heth the maire with the aldermen and all the craftis in blewe gounys browderd with the deuise of his craft that thei myght be bi knowen mette with hir with reed hodis and brought hir to london wher wer diuerse pagentis and countinaunce of diuerse histories shewed in diuerse places of the cite rially and costely ¶ And the xxx day of May the forsayd quene wos crouned at westmynster And ther wos Iustis iij. days during within the sentorie be fore the abbey ¶ This yere the priour of kylmian appellid the erle of vrmond of treson wich had a day assigned to them for to fight in smythfeld And the listis wer made and feld drassid but whan it come to point the kyng commaundid that they shuld not fight but toke the quarell in to his hand And this wos done at the instance Ì„ labour of certayn prechours and doctours of london as mastir Gilbert worthyngton parson of sent Andrewes iÌ„ holborne and othir ¶ Also this same yere come a gret enbassade in to Englond out of frauÌ„ce for to haue concludid a ê‘petuall pees but in conclusion it turned vn to a trews of a yere ¶ About this tyme dred sent Barnardyn a gray frere wich began the new reformacion of that ordir in mony places in so moche that they that wer reformed bene called obseruauntes wich obseruauÌ„tes bene encresid gretli iÌ„ Ytali iÌ„ Almayn ¶ This Bernardyn was Canonysed by pope Nicholas the .v. In the yere of our lord M. cccc.l ¶ Iohannes de Capistrano wos his desciple wich ê“fited moch to the reformacion of that order for whom god hath shewed mony a fair miracle also here is to be notid that froÌ„ this tyme forward kyng Henri neuer ê“fited ne went forward bot fortune began te turne from him on all sides as well in fraunce Normandie Guyan as in engloÌ„d Sum men holden opinion that kyng Henri yaf comyssion plenery to sir Edward hull sir Robert Roos Dene of sent sauerins and othir to conclude a mariage for him with the erle of armynakis sustre wich wos ê“mised as it wos seid Ì„ ê¯cludid but afterward it wos brokyn he wedded quene margaret as afore is said wich wos a dere mariage for the reame of englond For it wos knowen verili that for to haue hir wos deliuered the duchie of Angeo and the erledoÌ„ of mayne wich wos the keye of Normandie for the frenshmen to entre ¶ And about this the said marquies of suffolke axed in plaiÌ„ ê‘lameÌ„t a xv Ì„ an halfe for to fetch hir out of frauÌ„ce Lo what a mariage wos this as to the comparison of that othir mariage of armynake For ther shuld haue bene deliuered so mony castels Ì„ tounes iÌ„ Guyan and so moch good shÌ„uld haue be yeuen with hir that all englond shÌ„uld haue bene ther by enriched but ê¯trari wyse fell wherfore euery gret prince ought to kepe his ê“misse for be causa of brekyng of this ê“misse and for mariage of quene margaret what losse hath the reame of englond had by losing of normandie and guyan â–ª by diuision in the reame the rebellyng of comunes ayenst ther prince Ì„ lordis what diuision among the lordis what murder sleyng of them what feldis foughten and made in conclusion so mony that mony a man hath lost his life and in conclusion the kyng deposed the quene with hir son fayn to flee in to scotland and from thens iÌ„ to frauÌ„ce and so to loriyn the place that she come frist fro ¶ Mony men demeth that the brekiÌ„g of the kiÌ„ges promise to the sustre of the erle of armynake was cause of this gret losse and aduersite ¶ How the duke of gloucestre the kiÌ„gê vncle wos arestid at the ê‘lameÌ„t of bury his deth how angeo iÌ„ mayn wos deliuered IN the xxv yere of kyng Henri wos a ê‘lament at Burâ— called sent Edmondis buri about wich was commauÌ„did all the comunes of the cuntre to be ther in ther most best defensabull aray for to await vpon the kyng To wich ê‘lament come the duke of Gloucestre vmfrey the kyngê vncle wich had bene ê“tectour of englond all the none age of the kyng and anone after hee wos iÌ„ his loggiÌ„g he wos arestid by the viscouÌ„te bemoÌ„d the coÌ„st a bull of engloÌ„d whom accompanied the duke of Bokyngham and mony othir lordis And forthwith all his seruauÌ„tes wer coÌ„mauÌ„did for