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

¶How Cōstātine that was kīge Constā¦ce sone / & the sone of Saynt Eleyne gouerned & ruled the londe / & was Emperour of Rome.

AFter kynge Constance dethe regned Constantyne hys sone and the sone of saynt Eleyne that foūde the holy crosse in the hooly londe. And how Constantyne be came Emperour of Rome. ¶It befell soo in y^e tyme there was an Emperour at Rome that was a Sarrasy & a tyraunt / y^t was called Maxen∣ce / that put to dethe all that byleued ī god & de¦stroyed hooly chirche by all his power & slewe∣all Crysten mī that he myght fynde And amō¦ge all other he lete martyr Saynt Katheryne. And many other crysten people that had dre∣de of deth fledde & came in to this londe to kyn¦ge Constantyne. And tolde hym of the sorowe that Maxence dyde to the Crystyanytee wher¦fore Constantyne had pyte / & made grete soro¦we / & assembled a grete hoste & a gret power and wente ouer vnto Rome / and there tooke the cyte and slewe all that there was ī that we¦re of mysbyleue that he myghte there ••ynde / And tho was he made Emperour and was a good man & gouerned hym so wel that all ••on¦des to hym were attendaunt for to be vnder his gouernaunce· ¶And this deuyll & ty••aun Maxence that tyme was in the londe of Gre∣••e / & herde these tydyngs / & sodeynly became wood / and sodeynly he deyed and so he ended hys lyf. ¶whan Constantyne went from thys londe vnto Rome: he tooke wyth hym hys mo¦der Eleyne / for the moche wysedome that she coude / and th••e other grete lordes that he mo∣che loued / y^e one was called Hoell an another was called Taberne / and the thyrde Morhyn And toke alhys londe to kepe vnto the Erle of Corne wayle that was called Octauyan. And soo anone as thys Octauyan wyste that hys lorde dwelled at Rome. Incōtynent he seased all the londe in to hys honde / & therwyth dyde all hys wyll amonge hyghe & lowe & they hell∣de hym for kynge. ¶whan these tydynges ca∣me to Constantyne the Emperoure: he was wonder worthee towarde the Erle Octauyan And sent Taberne wyth ·xii.M. men for to de¦stroye the erle for hys falsenesse. And they ar∣rayued at Por tesmouth. ¶And whan Octa¦uyan wyst that he assembled a grete power of Brytons and dyscomfyted Taberne & Taber∣ne

fledde thens in to Scotlonde. and ordeyned there a grete power / and came ayne in to thys londe another tyme to yeue batayll to Octaui¦an. ¶whan Octauian herde that / he assem∣bled a grate power & came to warde Taberne as moche as he myght / soo that those two hos∣tes mette togyders vppon Stanesmore / and strongely smote togyder / & tho was Octaui∣an dyscōfyted / & fledde thens vnto Norwaye. And Taberne seassed all the londe in his hon∣de / townes & castelles / and as moche as they ther had. And syn Octauian came ayen from Norwaye with a grete power & seased all the londe in hys honde & droue out all the Roma∣yns •• and was tho made kynge and regned.