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ANd after it befell thus on Crystmasse euen / as the holy man Edwarde was at goodes seruyce Matyns for to hereof that hyghe solempne feest. He became full lyke and in the morowe endured with moche payne the masse for to here. And after masse he lette hym
be ladde in to his chambre / There for to reste hym. But in hys halle amonge hys barons & his knyghtes myght he not come theym for to comforte and solace / as he was wonte for to do at ye worthy feest. wherfore all theyr myrth and comforte amonge all that were in the hal¦le was torned in to care and sorowe / by cause they dradde for to lese the good lorde ye kynge. ¶And vpon Saynt Iohn̄ daye Euangelyste that came nexte / the kynge receyued hys rygh¦tes of hooly chirche / as yt befaylleth to euery cristen man & abode the mercy and the wyll of god. And ye two pylgrymes he lete before hym come and yaue theym ryche yeftes and beto∣ke theym to god. Also the abbot of westemestre he lette before hym come and tooke hym that rynge in the honour of god and saynt Mary / and of Saynt Iohan the euangelyst. And the abbot toke it & put it amonge other rekyles / so that it is at westmestre / & euer shall be so laye the kyng syke tyll the twelfth eue. And tho dey¦ed the good kynge Edwarde att wehmestre / & there he lyeth. For whoos loue god hathe she∣wed many a fayre myracle. ¶And this was in the yere of the. Incarnacyon of oure lorde Ihesu Cryste .M.lxv. And after he was trans¦lated and put in the shryne by the noble mar∣tyr saynt Tomas of Caunterbury.
VIctor the seconde was pope after Leo And of hym lytell is wryten. ¶Hen∣ry the seconde was Emperour after the fyrste Henry .xvii. yere / this man was cosyn to Con¦radus / & he was borne in wood / & twyes takē for to be slayne whan he was a chylde / but god defended hym euermore. whan he was made Emperour / many amonastery he made in the same place in the wood where he was borne. This mā was a victoryo{us} mā / & he entred ī to ytaly / & there he toke Padulphus the prynce of Campany. ¶Stephanus the .ix. was pope after Victor .ix. monethes. ¶Benedictus af¦ter hym / & he toke the dygnyte of the pope Ste¦phanus by strengthe & kepe it .ix. monethes / & thēne decessyd. ¶Henry the thyrde was Em¦perour after Henry the seconde / This Henry was an Inquyete man / and many times trou¦bled that hooly man Gregorius the .vii. And fyrst he axed foryeuenesse & was assoyled· But he perceyuered not longe but brought in to an other pope ayenst hym / & sayd he was an here¦tyke. And Gregori{us} cursyd hym. And the che∣sers of the Emperoure they those the duke of Baxon for to be Emperour / whom thys Hen∣ry in batayll ouercame. And then̄e he came to Rome with his pope & pursewed pope Grego¦rius & the Cardynalles also. ¶And then̄e ano¦ne Robert ye kyng of Naples droue hym thēs & delyuered the pope & his Cardynalles. Ne∣uerthelesse yet he was a man of grete almesse. & .iii. tymes he faught in batayll / & at ye last he deyed wrytchedly / for he was put there by his owne sone. For so as he dyde to other men / so was he done vnto. ¶Nichola{us} ye seconde was pope after Benedict{us} two yere / this Nicola{us} called a coūseyll ayenst yt Archedeken of Turo¦noseus / ye whiche was an heretyk / & taught a¦yenst ye fayth. For he erred in ye sacramēt / & af∣ter he was cōuerted & was an holy man but he coude neuer conuerte his dyscyples. ¶Nota ¶Alexander ye secōde was pope after hym xii. yere / this Alexander was an holy man. & he or¦deyned yt vnder payne of cursynge yt noo man sholde here a preest{is} masse whom men knewe had a lemman. (Vt pʐ .xxxii. p̄cer hoc) He had stryue with one Codulo / but he expulsyd hym as an vsurper / & put hym out as a symonyer.