¶Anno mundi .iiii.M.iiii.C.lxii. Et ante xp̄i natiuitatē .vii.C.xl.
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¶Rome.
Here begynneth a shorte and abreue table on the Cronycles ...
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- [Enprynted at Londo[n] :: In powlys chyrche yarde at the west dore of powlys besyde my lorde of londons palays by me Iulyan Notary,
- In the yere of our lorde god. M.CCCCC.xv. [1515]]
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AFter Euseby Rome was made in the hyl of Palatin the fourth yere of Achā kyng of Iewes of two brethern Romulus and Remus .xi. Kal. Man. the .vii. Olympiades be¦gynnynge. Iosephus & Beda sayen the .vi. O¦lympiades / & so they defferre a yere. Neuerthe¦les it is redde other men to haue regned about that place myghtly in ytaly. That is to wyte Ianus. Picus Famus. Latinus / the whiche vnto Eneas regned about two hondred yere. And thenne after warde frome this Eneas to Romulus / it was regned vnder .xv. gouerno∣urs .iiii.C.xxxii. yere. After that fro the Cytee was made vnto the laste yere of Tarquyne yt proude / it was regned vnd .vii. kynges about two hondred and .xliii. yere· Then̄e after war¦de vnder Senatours and Counsullers / vnto Iulius Cezar Emperour / by foure hondred .lxiiii. yere. Romulus the fyrste of Romayns / of whome they ben called in latyn Romans / made the cyte to be named Rome after his na¦me. The whyche gadred togyder the peple on euery syde an .C. of the sage men and wyseste he chose / the coūsell of whom all thynge he dys¦posed / the whiche he named Senatours for ye tyme of theyr aege. And he made theyr names to be wryten in golden letters / wherfore we wryte noble faders and thynges soo yet. Also he called .M. men of armes the whyche he na∣med
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Milites (a numero mi••i••to) But the∣se were noble blod. Therfore as saynt Austyn sayth (de ciuit••. dei) And also ther was longe warre betwixt the Sabyns and them. For Ro∣mulis toke many wymmen of the noble blode of Sabyns / & maryed theym to that vnnoble blood. Of thys Romulus Orosyus wryteth moche euyll (Vt patet in libro suo) ¶Aboute this tyme Merodach the kynge of Babylon sende grete gyftis to Ezechie the kyge of Ie∣wes (vt pʐ .iiii. regū .xx.) And then̄e the kyng∣dome of Babylon begon.