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

¶Anno dm̄ .C.iiii.

ANacletus a martyr was pope ·ix yere And he. was a Greke. He monysshed an crystē men: that preestes shold be worshyp∣ped aboue all other men. Sayenge: that prees∣tes doynge sacrifyce to god shold be borne out and not vexed: but be worshypped. And pree∣stes whan they sayd masse the shold haue wye¦nesse with them and namely bysshops Also he decreed that clerkes shold were no berdes nor longe heere. Also that a bysshop sholde be con∣secrated of thre: and dyuerse other thynge. At the last the .xii. yere of Traianus he was mar∣tred and buryed by the body of saynt Peter. ¶Plinius the seconde Oratour and pheloso¦pher wrote moche thyng{is}. Thys man meued Traianus that he sholde wythdrawe the sen∣tence yeuen ayeste crysten folke: wryten to hym that they sholde do noo ylle but take hede to the vertue: But that they sholde ryse afore daye and worshoppe ther god secretly in the nyght· ¶Euaristus a Greke & a martyr was pope .x. yere and .vii. monethes after Anacle∣tus. Thys man ordeyned that man and wo¦man sholde be wedded openly: and that they sholde be blessyd openly of the preest and fader and moder. And he was martred y^e thyrde ye¦re of Adrian & buryed by saynt Peter. ¶Alex¦ander a Romayn was pope .viii. yere and .v.

monethes. This Alexander the moost parte of the Senatours he conuerterd vnto our lorde And he constytuted and ordeyned / that hooly water sholde be spynkled in to crysten mēnes houses. And he ordeyned that the brede that prestes vse to synge with sholde be made of pu¦re and clene brede and that in a lytell quanty∣te. At the laste he was martred vnder Adryan that was the Emperour. And many of them he conuerted to the fayth. ¶Sixtus a Roma∣yn was pope .x. yere and .iii. monethes. Thys man ordeyned (Sanctus Sanctus Sanct{us}. &c̄) Sholde be sayd in the masse. And that the holy thynges of the chirche sholde not be tou∣ched but of mynysters of y^e chyrche. Also that the corporax sholde not be made of sylke / but of pure lynnen clothe wouen / and not dyed and that a woman sholde not touche the holy / vessell of the a wter / ne the palle. Also he ordey¦ned / that yfony bysshop were vacant / that no bysshop sholde be receyued in to his benefyce but with the popes letters. Also that no masse shold be sayd but vpon an a wter / & at the last he was martred. ¶Adrianus was emperour .xxi. yere This Adriani many thīges is cōmē dede to crysten men / other wylle he was graci¦ous / and certeyn of them that wolde not do sa¦cryfyce to the fals goddes he slewe. He was an vniuersall man all moost in all scyence. Peas he had all his dayes / but with the Iewes and many a lawe he made. And thenne he cōmaū¦ded that crysten men sholde not be dampned to dethe but with due processe. Ierusalem he subduded ayen / & forbadde that no Iewe sholde dwelle therin by no wyse. Cristē mē he suffred there to dwelle. Ayenst his wyll he came to the Empyre / But he gouerned hym very welle. whā y^e senatours prayed hym to calle his sone Emperour after hym / He sayd / it is not ynou¦ghte to me that ayenst my wyll I haue regned whiche I haue not deserued. For y^e emperour{us} of Rome shold go by successyon of blood / but to suche men as haue deserued it thrugh theyr merytes. Many tymes he regned vnuertuous¦ly that is a kynge borne / & vertue sholde come before his kyngdom. ¶Eustachius other wy¦se called Placid{us} & Therospita his wyf / & two of ther sones / of whom merueyllous thynges ben redde / were martred by the commaunde∣ment of Adrian. This Placidus was mayster of the Emperours knyghtes Ierusalem was restored by Adrian and made larger / soo that the place where Cryste deyed was within th•• walles / the whiche was without before. And thys ys the thyrde buyl dynge agayne of that cyte / for yt was thryes destroyed. Of the Cal∣dees in the tyme of zedethee / of Anthyocus in the tyme of Machabeorum / and of Tytus in the tyme of Vespacian.