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Remilus regned in Rome þat toke a fayre mayde to wyf̘, þe which conceyuyd & brought forthe a fayre sone / Wyse men come to þe Emperour for to haue his childe to norisshe. Than the Emperour anon̄ sent out a messanger̛ þorogh aƚƚ the Cite, þat [he] in whos hous ware founde fyre or water sholde haue his sone to
norisshe. When þis was publisshed̛ many ordeynyd hym fyre & water / The Emperour dyd cry also þat [if] he þat had þe childe to kepe norisshed hym clenly & purely he sholde be promotyd̛ to grete dignyte, & ellis he sholde be dampnyd̛ to þe wikkyd deþe / Anone while þei slept come a tyraunte whos name was Eulopius / þat slekkyd þe fyre & caste water out of the houses / But A-mong̘ hem was a man hyght Ionathas that aƚƚ nyght labouryd þat fyre & water sholde not fayle // But þere he shold̛ alway haue bothe redy / Whan morn̄ was comyn the messanger went aboute þe Cite to loke in whos hous he myght fynde fyre & water / But whan he had gone aboute þe Cite, in þe hous aƚƚ only of Ionathas he fonde fyre & water, & so þe Emperours sone was yove to hym for to norisse vnder þe forme by-fore seyde / Ionathas toke þe childe, and hirid masyns that thei sholde haunse his chambre with morter & stone, & whan the chambre was redy he called to hym peyntours & made his chambre to be payntyd in þis fourme / In þe waƚƚ of þe right syde he payntyd x ymages / & a-boue þes ymages þis scriptur was wryte / "he þat foulyth not þes ymages shaƚƚ haue A goldyn̄ crown̄ of þe Emperour.
And if he foule þe ymages he shaƚƚ be condempnyd to a foule deþe /" Than on þe dore he made to be drawe A goldyn̄ cheyre, & hym-self syttyng̘ þer-in crownid with a crowne of golde / & a-boue his hede was wryte þis / "þus shaƚƚ he be crownyd þat norisshith wele þe Emperours sone" / & whan aƚƚ þis was made / Ionathas was oft tyme temptyde to [leaf 234, back] defoule þe ymages / But whan he red þe scripture, he dred þat he shold dye an euyƚƚ dethe, & so aƚƚ þe temptacion̄ went A-way. And also whan he sawe wryten̄ on þe ymages hedes þe mede of þe crowne, more & more he studyed for to worship þe ymage, & for to kepe hem in fayrenes / & Whan þe child was not wele gouernyd & norisshed he ranne swyftly to þe perisshyng of þe enemy, And whan he saw hymself̘ sholde be hanged / he drede gretely & aƚƚ þe defautes of þe norisshyng̘ as to þe childe he Amendyd // But whan he sawe þe goldyn chayre & hymself̘ crowned with a crowne of golde, & red þe superscripcion̄ / "Thus he shaƚƚ do worship þat wele & clene norisshith þe sone of þe Emperour" / & þan he had so myche Ioy of þe picture of þe chayer þat aƚƚ his lyf̘ after he norisshed right wele þe child̛ after. The
Emperour, whan he hard this he sent for hym, & for his sone promotid hym to grete dignite.