Here begynneth a shorte and abreue table on the Cronycles ...

¶Anno mundi .iiii.M.ix.C.lix. Et ante xp̄i natiuitatē .ii.C.xl.

ELyud of the lyne of cryst: gate Eleazar as it is open ī Mathe. i^o. & more in scry¦pture is not hadde of hym. ¶Omias bysshop was sōe to Symon simō was bisshop after hī the whiche was a very relygyous man. He re∣fourmed the Temple of god in to better and enceraced the cyte of Ierusalem with mani o∣ther good thynges. ¶Sempronius. Appius. Claudius. Gueus. Gaius. Artilius. Rgulus. Emelius Fabius thys tyme were Senatours at Rome. Thys Sempronius fought ayenst the countre of Picentes: and almoost the chy∣ualry on both the partyes were slayne: excep∣te a fewe Romayns were lefte a lyue: & subdu∣ed the coūtree. Appius Claudi{us} subdued Sira¦cusanas & y^e coūtree of Penos: & put grete try∣bute to thē. Atil{us} Regul{us} a noble senatour ouer came thre Kynges & .lxxiii. cytees he subdued: & a dragō of a .C.xv. foot he kylled. After war¦de whan he was ouer cruell ayenst his enmy∣es: & denyenge to yeue them peas: but yf they wolde paye a myght trybute: they almoost be∣ynge in dyspayr & fought ayenst hym: & ouer∣came hym & his hoste & toke hym: & neuerthe∣lesse yet they wolde fayne haue had peas: but thys moost faythful man had leuer dye in pay¦nes

grete / than to yeue rest and peas to cursyd peple. His louynge gretly saynt Austyn exal∣teth. ¶Emelius Fabi{us} and Gai{us} wolde haue delyuerde Regulus but they opteyned not. ¶Ptholomias Euer gites this tyme was kin¦ge of Egypt a victoryous prynce and a mygh¦ty. This man subdued Siriam & Ciriliā / and the moost parte of Asie / & tooke ther goodes & brought them in to hys coūtree. Ptholomeus Philopater / sone to Euergites regned in Egypte .xvii. yere. This man fought ayenst two brethern. Seneleū & grete Antiochū / & he prostrated many a thousāde / but neuertheles he preuayled not (Vide plura in Iohē su{per} Da¦nielis) ¶Hanyball the moost cursed kynge of Peno{rum} & of Affricano{rum} myghtely hoted y^e Ro∣mayns / for he destroyed them almoost to y^e vt¦termest ende / & nyghe the cytee of Rome he de∣stroyed. And soo many noble men of Rome he slewe at one time / that thre bussheles ful of gol∣de rynges he drewe offyngers. Also ī a certay¦ne water / of the slayne bodyes of these Roma¦yns / he made as it were a brydge / that his host myght passe. And at the laste Cipio y^e noble se¦natur direckid his host to hym & scōfyted hym and almoost Cipioes hoste of Romayns was slayne. ¶Lucaci{us} consull. Simproni{us} Vale∣rius. Fulnius Lutin{us} staius & Cipio / ruled at Rome / this tyme the Romayns had peas one yere alone / & it was take for a myracle tha•• they had rest so long. For afore this tyme in .iiii.C. & .xl. yere the Romayns had neuer rest. These Consules whan the yere was done gadred all the strengthe of ytaly / & they had in theyr host .viii.M. armed men for drede of the Frenssh∣men / whom they dradde strongly / & after war¦de y^e Romayns subdued them. ¶Epiphanes the sone Philopater regned in Egypte .xxiiii. yere. Cleopatra doughter to grete Antiochus was his wyf· ¶Antroch{us} magnus thys tyme regned in Syr••y / the whiche dyde moche mys∣chyef to the Iewes (vt pʐ Mathe) ¶Onias this tyme was bysshop in Ierusalē. This O∣nias for the tyranny of Antiochus fledde with many Iewes in to Egypte / feynynge hym to fulfyll the prophecye ysaie .xix. that is to wyte To builde the Temple. But ī that he sin̄ed for he sayd otherwyse than he thought. The kyn∣ge of Egypte gracyously receyued hym / & gaf hym y^e londe of Helipolees / & there he buylded his Temple. ¶Somon his sone was bysshop at Ierusalem / after that his fader was fledde.