¶Circa annū mundi .iiii.M vii.C.lix. Et ante xp̄i natiuitatē .iiii.C.xl.
ELyac is reherced in the lyne of Cryst in Mathee. prio & more of hym is not had in ••crypture. Esdras a holy man a connynge and worshypfully was had amonge the peple this man came frome Babylon with other / & he meued with very Charyte went ayen to ba¦bylon / that he myght wynne moo of Israel / & saue the soules & brynge them home with hym In this tyme he repeyred the lawe and the ho∣ly bokes the whiche the Caldees had brente / & an happy wytnesse to all the worlde he lefte in scrypture. He foūde newe letters / and lyghter in faccyon / the whiche thorugh the holy goost fulfylled he came ayen to Iherusalem wyth a grete multytude / and with the kynges preuy∣lege / that he sholde teche ye people the lawe that he had repeyred. And there he deyed in a good aege. ¶Neemias an Hebrewe butelere of kyn¦ge Arthaxerses / at his lordes cōmaundement wente from Babylon in to Ierusalem. where of he hadde .xii. yere the ledynge of the people / And the .v. yere he began to repeyre the yates and the walles of Ierusalem / the whiche wer∣ke he ended in two yere and four monethes / & that whit greue Impedymentes. For the halfe of the people stode armed without the cytee to withstod the people of other nacyonne. inten∣dynge dystroy them / & ye other parte laboured in armes holdinge in the one honde stones for walles / and in the notable other honde aswer¦de / or nyghe by it (Vide pluralio. suo) ¶Per∣menides a phylosopher / and namely in mor∣tall thynges was abute thys tyme. ¶Socra∣tes a phylosophar whyche vnderstode moche of the power of god / and he was Platoes may¦ster. Democrit{us} ypocras / and other / of whom the noble werkes abode were also.