Here begynneth a shorte and abreue table on the Cronycles ...

¶How kynge Eldred came ayē from Normandy / and how knoght the Da∣ne regned / & of the warre betwixt hym and Edmonde Irensyde.

THus after y^e deth of Swyne that was a Dane. Knoght hys sone dwelled in Englonde / and wolde haue ben kynge. And tho came agayne Eldred out of Normandye with moche nombre of people / & with a stron∣ge meyne that Knoght durste not abyde / but fledde thens in to Denmarke. The kynge El∣dred had agayne his reame / and helde so grete worshyp / that he began for to destroye all tho that halpe Swyne that was a Dane ayenste hym. And afterwarde came agayne this Kno¦ghte from Denmark wyth a grete power / soo that kynge Eldred durste not with hym fyght but fledde from thens vnto London / and the¦re he helde hym. ¶Tho came Knoght & hym besyeged soo longe / tyll that kyng Eldred dey∣ed in the Cytee of London / and lyeth at saynt Poules. And he regned .ix. yere.

BOnu•• was pope after Benedict{us} one yere. This man abode but a lytell tyme ¶Bonifacius was pope after hym fyue mo∣nethes. ¶Benedictus was pope after hym .x. yere / This man crowned Otto the seedde / &

made many Romayns to be taken And he ga∣dred a counseyll agaynst the kynge of Fraun∣ce / where Gylbert the Nygramancer was de∣posed. ¶Iohannes the ·xiiii. was pope after hym .viii. monethes. And he was put in the castell Aungell / and was famyned to dethe. ¶Iohannes the .xv. was pope after hym fou∣re monethes. ¶Iohannes the .xvi. was pope after hym almoost .xi. yere. Thys man was taught in armes / & made many bokes / & elles lytell of hym is wryten. ¶Gregorius the .v. was pope after this man almoost thre yere. And this Gregorius was made pope atte the Instaunce of the Emperour Otto thyrde / for he was his consyn / And whan he hadde be a ly¦tell whyle pope / and the Emperoure receded from the cyte of Rome. Placentinus was put in by Crecensius a Counsul for moneye / And thenne was stryfe a fewe dayes. But the Em∣perour came soone after / and tooke Crecensi∣us the Consull / and stroke of his heed / & putte out the eyen of this man Placencius pope / y^e whiche put out his cosyn of the dignyte of the pope▪ And maymed hym on other membres / his knyghtes ne his dukes halpe hym no thyn¦ge. For he dyde that thynge that he sholde not haue done. And he suffred that that he deser∣ued. ¶Nota. This Gregorius with the Em∣perour Otto ordeyned the chesers of the Em∣pyre / the whiche frome thens forth hathe a bo¦de vnto this daye. For the Frensshmen ne no¦ne other myghte not breke that ordynaunce. And those the••ers of the Empyre by the pope and Otto were not made for ony blame of the Saxons / but to eschewe the euylles to come. And theyr names ben wryten for lerned men in latyn in these verses. (Maguntinensis Treuerensis Coloniensis Quilibe•• imperu fit cancellarius horum. Et Palatinus da••ifer Dux Portitorensis. Marchio prepositus ca∣mere. Pincerna Bohemus Hustatuunt do∣minum cuntis persecula summum. Palatin{us} est comes ren••. Marcio est Brandebur gen∣sis Dux saxorum et rex Bohemorum. verū vt quidam dicunt. ¶Thrugh this occasyon the Egle hathe loste many a feder. And in the en∣de he shall be made naked. ¶Otto the thyrde was Emperour .xviii. yere. Thys man was a worthy man alle the dayes of hys Empyre. And after the wysdome of his fader / he was a very holy faythfull man to the chirche. And in many bataylles he prosperyd by cause he was deuoute vnto almyghty god and hys sa∣yntes. And yaue myghty worshyppynge to y^e relykes of sayntes. And oftentymes he vysy∣ted hooly places. ¶This man was crowned by Gregorius hys cosyn. And atte the laste he decessyd at Rome.