¶Anno mūdi .iii.M.vii.C.lxxv. Et ante xp̄i natiuitatē. M.iiii.xxiiii
BOos sone to Salmon of ye lyne of cryst was this tyme: but of hym is lytel wry∣ten / but that Ma••he. nombred hym in ye Geno¦logy. As doctours saye / there was made skyp¦pynge of names bytwyxt Boos & Obeth. For at the lest betwyxt them were .ii.C.lxxii. yere / ye whiche tyme to one mā may not be referred and therfore here many thynges is spoken of or I come to ye lyne of cryst agayne) Nichola{us} de lyra dicit qd sūc .iii. boos vn{us} post alium) ¶Sāgar was ye .v. Iuge of Israel / but he ly∣ued no yeres. ¶Dolbara was ye .vi. Iuge / th{is} Dolbora was a womā / & for ye grace of her {pro}∣phecy / was gyuē to her honour that she Iuged Israel. She by the cōmaūdemēt of god called Baruch that he shold go fyght with ye enemy∣es of Israel / & ye chyldren of Israel gate ye vyc¦tory agaynst Iabyn ye kyng of Chanaan & Ci¦zaram ye prynce of his chyualry & he destroyed them (vt ptʐ iudicū .iiii) ¶Phenies was bys∣shop / & this Phenies yet a yonge man for god¦des sake slewe many lecherous men / & therfo∣re our lorde was pleased with hym. ¶Satur¦nus this tyme was kynge of yealy & he was ye secōde kyng there / this Saturn{us} is sayd / to co¦me fro ye londe of cretens in to ytaly / who by ydolatry & thrughe a maruaylous blyndenes they sayd he was no man but a god. & yet they sayd that he regned vpon them as theyr kyng And he taught men to dounge theyr feldes. And of Saturn{us} ye Romayns were called Sa¦turniani. Pic{us} was son to saturn{us} & or he was kyng ī ytaly he was kyng ī larētin / & after his dethe / he was worshyped of ye gētyls for a god