¶Anno dm̄ .C.liiii.
PIus ytalicus was pope .xi. yere. & .iiii. monethes and .xv. dayes / This mā or∣deyned the feest of Eester euer more sholde be halowed on the sonday. And also an heretyke comynge fro the secte of the Iewes sholde be receyued and baptysed. Thenne he was mar∣tred and buryed in saynt Peter. ¶Anicetus was pope after Pi{us} almoost .x. yere / this man made many decrees of the Canon and for bys¦shops (vt in ca{us} violatores. &c̄. ¶Galienus a leche goten in Pergamo was in grete fame at Rome. The whiche not alonly expowned the bokes of ypocras but he put many of them to his bokes. And of this man is sayd / for his dis¦crete abstynence the whyche he vsed / he lyued an hondred & .xl. yeres. He neuer ete nor dran∣ke hys fylle. ¶Nota abstinenciam. ¶He ne∣uer toke rawe fruytes. Alwaye he had a swete brethe. He deyed all only thrugh aege & noo sy∣kenesse. ¶Marcus Anthonius the true / and Lucius Comodus were Empyrours .xix. ye∣re. These toke the Empyre after Anthony the meke / and thenne began two Emperours to regne / but Luci{us} Comodus decessed. And An∣thom was Emperous a lone / the whiche was a victorious man and a noble / but that he ma¦de the fourth persecucion to kylle crystē men. This Marcus was of so grete sadnesse & sted∣fastnesse / ye for no chaunce he lough neuer / ne chaūged no chere / nother for gladnesse ne for sorowe. And whan he was a childe / he was of suche manhode / that on a certayne tyme whā he loked his tresour / and had not that whiche he myght gyue his knyghtes & his men whan he wente to fyght ayenste the Germayns / the Sclauous / and Sarmatus / he wolde hurte ne greue no body / but had leuer to selle his wy¦ues golden vessell and her arayment / her bed∣dynge / & all her ryall stuff / than take taxe of the Sena••ours / or of hys prouynce vnder hym But he gate the victorye of his enmyes / & re∣couered all ayen / and released the prouences or ther trybutes. ¶And those that wolde selle hym his wyues tresour ayen he restored them ther moneye / and those that wolde not / he ne∣uer greued them. But the tables of ther dettes betwixt hym and them he brent openly in the market place and thanked them / that they hel¦ped hym in his necessyte.