¶Anno dm̄ .C.xliiii.
THelesporus a Romayne was pope .xi. yere thys man ordeyned thys aungels ympne to be songe in the masse (Glorya in ex∣celsis deo &c̄) & the gospell to be redde afore the sacrynge / and ō Crystemasse daye thre masses to be songe. And he ordeyned there sholde noo masse be songe be fore thre of the clocke. And at the laste he was martred & buryed at saynt Peters· ¶Ignyus a Greke was pope foure ye¦re. This man ordeyned that a chylde shold ha¦ue a god fader & a god moder at the time of bap¦tysynge: & also one at confyrmacōn. Also that no Archebysshop / excepte the pope shalde con∣dempne his Suffrygan but yf the cause were shewed in the prouyncyal coūsell of bysshops. Then̄e he was martred & buryed at saynt Pe∣ters. ¶Anthoni{us} Pius was Emperour .xxii. yere with his sones Aurolio and Lucio This mā was myghtly wyse & naturelly fayr of spe∣che / the whiche lyghtly in oo man is not foūde Noto. ¶Excedinge men in wysdom comyn∣ly are not fayre speched / nor peasfull namely of nature / ne contrayous. Excedynge men in fayre speche comēly are lesse than wyse. Thys man was meued with both these proprytees. Therfore many kyngdomes the whyche rece∣ded from other Emperours wylfully to thys man torned ayen. And to crysten men was no ne so gentyll. He sayd thrught the ensample of Cipio. I hadde leuer kepe one heereof a man / than slee an hondred of myn enmyes. And so¦me martyrs were made vnder hym / but they were made vnder the cōmoundemente of the Emperours afore. And the crygen people we¦re soo hatefull vnto the bysshops & to the pree¦stes of ye Temple of the fals goddes: that they prouoked the prynces alwaye ayenste them. For they supposed that the crysten fayth shol¦de destroye them· Therfore it was noo mer¦ualle: all though the pryce was vnpleased: for they sayd All ther goddes were deuyllesy•• lower Iuges pursued crysten folke & mar••ed: