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

¶Anno dm̄ .CCCC.xiiii.

zOzimus was pope after Innocēcius two yere & .viii. monethes / This man ordeyned that clerkes sholde be noo ta∣uerners ne selle no wyne / & that a boūde man sholde be made no preest 〈…〉〈…〉 the lycence of his lorde. ¶Bo•• 〈…〉〈…〉 Romayne was pope after zozimus foure yere. This man or∣deyned that a woman sholde not touche y^e pal¦le of the water ne sholde not wasse the awter. ¶Celestim{us} a Romayne was pope after Bo∣nifacius .viii. yere & .ix. dayes / the whyche or∣deyned the psalme afore masse. (Iudica me¦deus. &c̄.) And at the begynnyng of the masse sholde be sayde a verse of a psalme / and at the Grayle / and that the Offertorye sholde be say∣de afore the sacrynge. This same man sente saynt Patryke to Irlonde to conuerte y^e londe and Palladius deaken of. Rome to the. Scot∣tes to be conuerted. ¶And in the fourth yere of thys man there was a generall. Synody at Ephysima of thre hondred bysshops ayenste Nestorium an heretyke. ¶Theodosius the yonger wyth valentinian his neue we regned .xxvii. yere. In his tyme was the feest ordey∣ned / whyche is called Aduincula sancti petri. And in his tyme deyed saynt Austyn / in the ye¦re of his aege .lxxvi. And this tyme was reysed the .vii. slepers / y^e whiche sleped two hondred yeres. Thys man deyed at Constantynople & there was buryed. ¶This tyme the. Saxons entered Englonde / and anone by lytyll and ly∣tell they grewe vp myghtely. And at the laste they opteyned all the londe. ¶Sixtus a Ro∣manyne

was pope after Celestinus .viii. yere. This was a holy man & a meke And lytell of him is wryten but y^e he buylded Sācta māria maior. ¶Leo Tuscus a Confessour was po∣pe after Sixtus. Thys man was as hooly as ony mā. Fyue tymes in a daye or more he wol∣de saye masse. And on a tyme. After yt befell whan a cretayne woman kyssed hys honde / he was tempted wyth her / And for the trespa∣as that he hadde done / vnto hys penaunce he made hys hode to be stryken of. And whan the noyse rose vpon hym that he myght not saye masse as he was wonte to do / thenne he was ryght sory. And all only betoke hym in prayre to our lady to helpe hym. And our lady resto∣red hym hys honde ayen and thenne he sayde masse as he was wonte for to doo. And so that myracle was openly shewe to all people. And in the tyme of thys pope. Marcian the Empe∣rour beynge there / was congregate at. Calce∣dony the fourth vnyuersall. Synody of .vi. ❀ hondred and .xxx. bysshops agaynst. Eugicem the abbot of. Constantynopolyton. & (Alexan∣drum episcopum. qui negauerunt in chrysto veram carnem fuisse. et etiam negabant car∣nis nostre resurrectionem.) ¶And after he hadde made many notable sermons and epy∣stles he decessed. ¶Marcianus and valentia¦nus were Emperours thys tyme .vii. yere. In whose tyme was the grete. Synody afore re∣herced / whan Eusticem and Dyoscorus were condempned.

IN the tyme that Macianus was Empe¦rour vortyger was kynge in Brytayne now called. Englond. In whose tyme y^e. Sax∣ons came in to Brytoyne & made many kyn∣ges. That is to wyte as is playne by the Cro∣nyeles .vii And by cause it is tedyous to man∣nes reason to reherce many dyuers names to gyder as .vii. kynges of Englonde and in one tyme / the Emperours and Popes. Therfore the Cronycles of Englonde shall be sette togy∣der tylle y^t we shall treate of Alured. In whose tyme the Danes came in to Englonde. And y^e Popes and y^e. Emperours and other kynges deed the same tyme shall be se•••••• togyder.