¶Anno mundi .iii M.vii.C.xxxv. Et ante xp̄i natiuitatē .M.iiii.C.lxxiiii.
SAlmen of the lyne of cryst was aboute th{is} tyme / & had a wyfe that hyght Reab Moyses about thys tyme decessed / the water of frome Iordan was drye. Ierico was take / the son̄e stode in the fyrmament Inmeuable (Historia li. Iosue incipit. et Iudicū) Iosue se∣conde Iuge of Israel was a myghty mā in ba¦tayll / & the fyrst in deserte he ouercame Ama∣lech / & after Moyses of god he was ordened iu¦ge of Israel / of whom ye bataylles the werkes & the relygyous lyf / ye may see in ye boke of Io¦sue wryten. ¶Eleazar was ye secōde bysshop And he & Iosue deuyded the londe of promyssy on to the childern of Israel. And of hym descē¦ded the bysshops vnto cryst / a fewe excepted. ¶Othonyell of ye trybe of Iuda / was ye thyr∣de Iuge. And thys man delyuered ye chyldern of Israel from ye oppressyō of the reame of me¦sopotamie / the whiche he ouercame in batayl This man toke Axam to his wyf / ye whiche as¦ked the vale londes aboue & beneth of her fad Calepth (vt pʐ Iudicū .i.) ¶Aoth was ye four the iuge of Israel· This man subdued Eglon the kyng of Moab & delyuered the childern of Israel. This was a myghty man in batayl: & he vsed the one as wel as thother for his ryght honde. ¶About this tyme ye kyng of ytaly be∣gan. And many tymes theyr names ben chaū¦ged: of the whiche progenyte of the Romayns more clerely is shewed. ¶Ian••s was ye fyrst kyng of ytaly: & after warde of ye rude gētyles he was worshyped as god: & they feyned hym to haue two faces. for they worshypped his fe¦est in ye begynnyng of the yere: as he were the ende of ye last yere. And the begynninge of the fyrst. And of hym ye moueth of Ianuary hath his name. ¶Amictus was the .viii· kynge of Babylon vnder whom Iosue decessed.