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

¶Anno dm̄ .C.lxxiiii.

SOther a martyr was pope after Any∣cetum .ix. yere the whyche decreed that a Nonne sholde not touche the pale of the aw∣ter: nor put in sence therto. And that she shold were a wymple about her heed. And many pe¦rylles he sawe aboute matrymony. Therfore he ordeyned that noo woman sholde be callen a lefull wyf: but yf she were blessyd of the pre∣est. ¶Elentherus a martyr was pope after Sother .xv. yere: the whyche ordeyned that crysten men sholde refuse no meete resonable that was mannes mete (Nota) ¶Also that noo man vnaccused in cryme: sholde be put from his dygnytee or degree tyll he were con∣uycted: thorugh ensample of cryst the whyche kepte styll Iudas Scaryoth not accused: and Crist knewe hym gylty. And what someuer he dyde amonge the apostles for the dygnyte of his seruyce abode ferme & stable· And he sente also Legates vnto Lucie the kyng of Brytay∣ne: the whiche baptysed hym & his peple. And Fagus and Domianus legate: the whyche the pope sente fyrst: preched in Englonde and this crystendome dured in Brytayne two hō∣dred yere: vnto the tyme of Dyoclesyan the Emperour whan saynt Albon was martred. ¶Marcus Anthonius: & Luci{us} Comod{us} we∣re

Emperours / but Marcus deyed anone / & Lucius Comodus regned. Comodus was cal¦led prouffytable of scorne / for he was to euery man vnprouffytable. He was yeuen vtterly to lechery. Many Senatours & Crysten men he made to be slayne. He dampned his owne wyf to deth for aege. He deyed a sodeyne deth with struglynge amonge maydens. ¶Helius Per∣tinax after this man was Emperour .vi. mo∣nethes / and was a man of grete discrecyon / whome Iulian the grete lawer slewe. And he entred the Empyre / & was slayne the .vii. mo∣neth of Seuerus. ¶Victora martyr was po∣pe after Elentheriū .x. yere. & for y^e discorde of the paschall tyme he called a coūsell ī Alexand where he was presente y^t tyme / & many other / where he decreed that Eesters daye shold be ke∣pte on the Sonday but he must kepte the chaū¦ge of the moone of Apryll & that was to dyffer∣re fro Iewes for many bysshops of the eest a∣bode that tyme / the same daye that the yewes dyd halowe that feest. ¶Also he ordeyned y^t in the tyme of nede / childern mystht be cristened in euery place / & in euery water. ¶zepherin{us} a martyr & a Romayne was pope after victor .ix. yere. This man ordeyned that Crysten pe∣ple of .xii. yere of aege & aboue / sholde receyue his god on Eeester daye ones oo yere. also he or¦deyned that all the vessels of the awter sholde be glasse or tynne / and not tree / as in olde ty∣me the consecracyon of y^e glorious blood was made in tree vessell· And this tyme past / & the worshyp of the chirche grewe / & glasen vessell were forbode (Vt patet de conse. de pri. ca.) ¶Origenes the noble clerke was thys tyme / & he wrote so moche / that saynt Ierome sayde I haue redde of Origenes werkes .iiii. thousā¦de volimes without pystles. He translated the Byble from Hebrwe in to Greke / & dyde ma∣ny other grete thinges. And of this Origenes Sampson. Salomon / and Traian / is a grete question amonge doctours yf y^t they ben dam¦pned or saued. Therfore those thynges y^t with out perell we ben not boūde to knowe nor the chirche is not certifyed of them. And therfore lete them alonly commytted vnto god. ¶Ca∣listus a martyr & a Romayne was pope after zepherin{us} ••o. yere / and he ordeyned the Cimite¦ri (in via apia) where many a thousande mar∣tyr is buryed. ¶Also he ordeyned the feest of the Eemerynge dayes to be kept. ¶Anthoni{us} Aurelius was Emperour .iii. yere. And thys man lacked no kynde of lechery / & at the laste he was slayne amonge a greate multytude of peple / for hys myscheuous lyuynge. Antho∣nius Marc{us} regned after hym .vii. yere. This man lyued abstynatly / & therfore he was slay∣ne as was his predecessour. ¶Alisander was Emperour after Anthoni{us} & regned .xiii. yere This man at the Instaūce of his moder a cry∣sten woman & y^e techyng of Origenes / y^e why∣che came to Rome to conuerte her / was made so good vnto crysten men y^t he suffred them to haue ther coūseylles & theyr prayers by them∣self / but neuertheles in this tyme the cursed of¦fycers of hym made many martyrs.