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

¶How thys londe was called Englonde for the name of Engyst / & how many kynges were made after in thys londe.

SO whan. Gurmonde had destroyed al the londe thrugh out: he yaue the londe to the Saxons: & anone they toke it with good wyll / for the Saxons longe tyme had desyred it. For asmoche as they wereof. Engist{is} kyn∣red that fyrst had all the londe of. Brytayne & lete them be called. Englyssmen: for by cause of Engistes name: & the lond they lete call En¦glonde in theyr langage: & the folke ben called Englyshmen: for asmoche as in thys tyme it was called Engist{is} londe whan he had cōque∣red it of. Vortiger: that spoused hys doughter But fro the tyme y^t Brute came fyrst in to En¦glonde: thys londe was called. Brytane: and the folke Brytons. But syth the tyme y^t thys Gurmonde conquered it eftsones and yaue it vnto the. Saxons: they anone ryght chaūged the name as before is sayde. And whan thys was done. Gurmonde passed ouer in to Fraū∣ce: & there conquered many londes: & destroy∣ed all cristen peple there that he came. And the Saxons dwelled in this londe and began fast to enhabyte it at ther owne wyll. And they wol¦de haue made newe kyngis & lordes: but they myght neuer assent to haue only oo kynge for to be to them attendaunt / & therfore they ma∣de many kynges in dyuerse shyres: as it was in Engistes tyme. The fyrste kyngdome was Kente: & that othe. Southsexe: and the thyrde

westsex / the fourth Eestsex / & the fyfth Nothū¦berlonde / and y^e sixth Estangle that is to saye Northfolke / and Southfolke and the seuenth Mercheryche / and that is the Erldoste of Ny∣choll. Hūtyngdon. Herforde. Gloucetre. wynl¦chestre. wer wyke & Derby / and so departed all Englond in to .vii. partyes. ¶And after that it befell that tho kyng{is} warred oft tymes togy¦der. And euer he that was strongest toke hym that was feblest / and soo it was longe tyme y^t they had noo kynge crowned amonge theym / ne no crysten man was tho amonge them / ne crystendome nather. But were paynems tyll that saynt Gregory was pope of: Rome / that had seen childern of the nacyon of Englonde in the cyte of Rome / that were wonder fayre creatures / & had grete wyll and desyre theym to beholde. And axed of y^e marchaūtes whens they were / and of what nacyon. And men tol∣de hym that they were of Englonde / and In∣glysshe they were called / but they & all the peo¦ple of Englonde were paynems: and byleued not vpon god. ¶Alas sayde saynt Gregory: well maye they be called Englysshe: for they haue the vysages of angels and therfore well ought they to be crystened. And for this cause saynt Gregory theresente saynt. Austyn in to Englōde & .xl. good mē with hym that were of good lyf & holy men to preche & teche & to com∣uetre the Englysshe people & them to torne to god: & that was in the .vi. yere that saynt Gre∣gory had be pope of Rome / that is to saye / of∣ter thyn carnacyon of our lorde Ihesu Cryste .v.C.lxxxv. yeres as the Cronycle telleth.