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

¶Anno dm̄ .CC.xliiii.

VRbanus was pope after Calist{us} .viii. yere / and olde and yonge he was very vertuous. And all the halowed vesselles of the chyrche he made of golde or syluer. This man lefte his popehede and went to Agryppa and .xi. thousande virgyns wyth hym. And y^e cler∣gy sayd he lefte not hys dygnytee for holynesse but for appetyte of tho virgyns / & wrote hym not in the booke of popes. And there he a vir∣gyn was martred with those virgins. ¶Pon¦cianus a martyr succeded Vrbanus. And he ordeyned that psalmes sholde be soyde daye & nyght in the chyrche of god. And that a preest sholde saye Confite or afore the masse. ¶An∣teros a martyr was pope after this man / this man ordeyned that a bysshop myght be reme∣ued from one vnto an other. And he made the lyfe of martyrs to be wryten. And he was slay∣ne and buryed in the Cimitery of saynt Calixt ¶Maximianus was chosen Emperour act Magūcia of the hoste / & not by y^e Senatours and regned thre yere / and destroyed the chyr∣che myghtely / and was slayne for Origene. ¶Gordian regned after hym .vi. yere / and of hym is lytell wryten / but he was slayne (Hiis diebus Celus dux Colchestrie in asclepio reg∣nat in britannia annis quasi .xxx. vs{que} ad ad∣uentum Constancii. Lati .M. vacat) ¶Phy∣lyp was Emperour after hym / & this Phylyp chose to hym Phylyp his sone / & they regned .xvii. yere: & were the fyrst Emperours y^t were crystend: and after slayne of the host: They be queued all ther tresour in ther deth: y^t it sholde be dysposed to poore men. And saynt Lauren∣ce at the assygnacyon of his mayster the pope

departed this tresour about Rome / the why¦che was greate cause of his martyrdome (Vt quidē dicunt) ¶Decius was Emperour thre yere / & in all thynges a tyraūt. For he entred thempyre whan he & the hoste had slayne the two Philyppes his lordes & after that he was slayne with his sone. ¶Fabian{us} a martyr & a Romayne was pope after Anteros .xii. yere / this was a very holy man. For whan Crysten men stode to abyde the eleccyon of the pope / so¦denly a whyte douue or a culuour descēded on hys heed / sayenge vnto hym / thou shalt be po∣pe of Rome. This man ordeyned euery yere y^e Creme sholde be halowed vpon Sherethurs∣daye. Also he deuyded regyons to deakens the whiche sholde wryte the lyf of maetrys. And at the laste Dicitus slewe hym. ¶Cornelius a martyr & Romayne was pope after Fabian{us} .iii. yere. This man toke vp the bodyes of Pe∣ter & Poul / & with grete honoure put them in worshypfull places with beata Lucina· ¶Lu¦cius was pope after Cornelius thre yere / and of hym lytell is wryten. ¶Gallus with his so¦ne Volucianus were Emperours two yere / & they foughte with Emilianus / & were slayne And Emilian{us} the thyrde moneth was slayne ¶Valerian was Emperoure wyth hys sone Galyene .xv. yere. Thys man was vertuous and manly in the begynnynge / but after was gyuen to vyce / & moche wrytchednesse. And so was his sone Galiene. This valerian wen∣te vnto the londe of Perse. And therfore y^e gre∣te blod of martyrs whiche he had shedde was taken of the kyng of Perse. And whan he had take hym he put out both his eyen & kept hym in grete bondage. And to this entente he kept hym / that whan so euer he shold ryde / this Ve¦ferian shalbe lye downe / & he sholde sette hys leet vpon hys backe whan he wolde take hys horse. This herde Galiene his sone y^t was lef∣te at Rome. And that caused hym that he was not so cruell ayenst Crysten men. ¶And here was the .viii. persecucyon of the chyrche ma∣de by the Emperour. And made y^e Romayns to lese ther kyngdomes / the whiche were neuer recouerd ayen to the emperour / And generall pestelence was thrugh out all y^e world for ther trespasse. ¶Stephanus a martyr after Luci∣us was pope .iii. yere / this man ordeyned that no man sholde vse none halowed clothes but to y^e worship of god. ¶Sixtus a martyr and a Romayne was pope after Stephanus two ye¦re. Thys man ordeyned that the masse sholde besayd vpon an awter the whiche afore was not / and thenne he deyed. ¶Dyonisius a Ro∣mayne was pope after hym two yere. Thys man deuyded parysshes and chyrcheyardes / and assygned to chyrches certen preestes. ¶Felix a martyr was pope after Dyonisius two yere. He ordeyned that for the memorye of martyrs masses sholde be sayde. Also he or∣deyned the Dedycacyon of the chyrche euery yere sholde be sayde. ¶Claudius was Empe∣rour after Valerian / this emperour subdued Gothas nobly / and thenne he dessessed.