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

¶Anno dm̄ .CC.lxxiiii.

EVtician{us} a martyr was pope after Fe∣lix .viii. yere. This man ordeyned that corne & beenes sholde be blessyd on the awter. And he buryed .CCC & ·xliiii. ma••tyrs wyth his owne hondes. ¶Aurelius was Emperour after Claudius .v. yere this Au••elius 〈◊〉〈◊〉 crysten men was gentyll wherfore he had the victory in euery place gloryously. And whan he was desceyued by cursyd men & pur••e••••d crysten men myghtly / and namely in Frauce for there he abode / & after that he hadde neuer good fortune. But was slayne. And this was the nynth persecucyon of the chyrche & c••••sten fayth. ¶Tacitus was Emperour after thys man / And he regned but thre monethes and was slayne in Ponto. ¶Probus was Empe∣roure after hym .v yere and ·iiii. monethes. Thys man recouered Fraunce ayen: the why∣che was occupyed with Barbaryk men. And he yaue them & Pannonias lycēce to haue vy∣ne yerdes. And whan he had almoost a••l thyn∣ges well in peas he sayde. Knyghtes wyth in a lytell tyme shalle not be necessary: and anone after he was slayn at Sir••••iū· ¶Carus and his two sones Carun{us} & Numerian were em∣perours after Probus but some were they de∣de: and theyr fader was drowned: and the two sones were slayne: all these thre regned but .ii. yere. ¶Dyoclesian and Marimian came af∣ter these thre Emperours the one regned in the Est: and the other in the weste. ¶The fyrste thynge that Dyoclesyan dyde: he brente all y^e crysten mennes bokes that myght be founde. The two tyrauntes dyde more harme to Cry∣sten men than euer dyd ony other· For .x. yere lasted the persecucyon. And as we rede. wyth

in ·xxx. dayes .xx. thousande men were slayne for Crystis sake. And in Englonde all faythe was almost destroyed in y^e tyme of maximian ¶Gaius was pope after Eutician{us} / this mā ordeyned that no man sholde accause a bysshop or an other clerke to ony seculer Iuge. And y^t a pagon or an heretyke sholde not accuse a Cry¦sten man. Also he ordeyned that he y^t was wor¦thy shold ascende gree by gree to his ordre / fyr¦sten Benet / than Colet / subdeacon / deacon / & than preest. And at y^e last he was martred vn∣der Dyoclesyan. Arcellin{us} a martyr was pope after Gaius .xi. yere and .iiii. monethes This mā was persecuted sore / for drede of deth he of freed thre cornes of incense to the sacrefyce of the ydolles. And after warde he openly repen∣ted / & suffred the payne of deth for the fayth of the chyrche of god. Hys body laye vnburyed thre dayes for dred of the curse of god. And af∣ter thorugh auysyon of saynt peter & Marcell he was buryed at saynt Peters foot. ¶Mar∣cellus was pope after Marcellinus .v. yere. This man ordeyned that a generall counseyl myght not be ordeyned without the auctorite of the pope (vt pʐ .xvii. di .c. sinodū) ¶Also he chose .xv. Cardynalles in the cyte to burye cri∣sten men. At the last whan he had kept beestes longe tyme in a house closed in with them / by the commaundement of Maximian / he deyed for faute. ¶Eusebi{us} a martyr was after this man two monethes & certayne dayes. Thys man of a laye man was made pope / & he ordey¦ned that no laye māsholde accuse his bysshop but yf he went fro his fayth (vt pʐ .ii.ix.vii.c. laicos) Nato. ¶This tyme saynt Albon was martred in Brytayne. This Albon whan he was a pagan / he lodged a certayne man / the whyche conuerted hym to the fayth and after was Iuged vnto dethe. And moche people he torned vnto our lorde / that were nygh the wa¦ter / the whiche he made drye thrugh his pray∣er. And he suffred deth nygh y^e cyte of verelom (Vide plura in vita sancti Albani) ¶Melchi¦ades a martyr succeded Eusebius .iiii. yere. This man forbode y^e men sholde fast on Son∣daye or on Thursdaye in so moche as paga∣nes faste on those dayes. Atte the laste he was martred as al his predecessours were. ¶And vnderstonde ye that there were .xxxiii. popes of Rome martred eche one after other. Peter was the fyrste / and thys melchiades was the laste. And then̄e it was laudable after Grego∣ry / a man to desyre a bysshopryche. ¶Galeri∣us was Emperour after Dyoclesyan two ye∣re / and an other wyth hym called Constācius So was the Empyre in those dayes deuyded. Thys Constācius after he had conquered all spayne / he came in to grete Brytayne / & there he wedded a kynges doughter an whom he ga¦te grete Constantyne. And this same Constan¦cius deyed in Brytayne / & lyeth at yorke / as Martyne sayth in his Cronycles / and left on lyue Constantyne that was goten on Eleyne and was kynge of Brytayne and of Fraunce