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ADeodatus a. Romayne was pope af∣ter Vitellianus foure yere / and in his dayes was translated the body of saynt Bene¦dictus / with the body of saynt Scolastica his syster fro the hylle of Cassyn vnto ye monuste∣rye of Floriecens nyghe Aurelian. ¶Constā∣tyne the fourthe was Emperour after hys fa∣der Constantyne the cursyd man. Thys Con∣stantyne was a good mā and hated heretyk •• ouer all thynge. The chirche he repeyred / and grace he recounsyled agayne to the chyrche ••
come & he with ye pope gadred togyder the .vi. generall Synodus in ye whiche was graūted to prestes of Grece / for to vse theyr leyfull wy¦ues / & to the preestes of ye Eest for cause of gre∣te he••e / but not to those of the west party by no meanes For they 〈…〉〈…〉ytted chastyte in ye tyme of saynt Gregory. And euery man may auer∣tyse and prondre how moche the goodnes of a prynce is wrothe / to the quyete state of ye chyr∣che / & to the promocyon of the fayth / and also the contrary / how moche the malyce of a prin¦ce hurteth that thynge. These two Constan∣yns the fader and the sone shewed openly. For in the faders dayes the chirche neuer had rest and in ye sones tyme it was quyete. yet neuer∣theles our lord suffred the Sarrasyns and the Bulgars to entre in thys londe / that he them myght not wyth stande / but that he made hys peas with them / & payed to them yerely a tru∣age / so nyghtely preuaylled that cursyd secte of Machomyte / and after he deyed blessydly. ¶Nota. ¶That there were .vi. generall Synodus / & moost pryncypall of the whyche the auctoryte is equall to ye gospell for ye truth of the gospell is declared by them ayenst the .vi. pryncypall heresyes the whyche strongely trowbled the chirche for the subtyltee of these heretykes to dysceyue symple men. ¶Thys tyme deyed Saynt Cedde of Lytchefelde / the thyrde yere of his bysshopryche. ¶Demus a Romayne was pope after Adeodatus thre ye¦re. Of this man lytell is wryten. ¶Bonyfacy¦us was pope after hym / & lytell of hym is wry¦ten / but that he lyued ly••e a preest. ¶Agatho was pope after hym / and he was a very holy man. For on a daye whan he kyssed a lepre / the lepre anone was made hoole. ¶Iste et de con∣sensu princypys iussit celebrari sextū sinodum apud {con}stantinopolin .CC.lxxx. ep̄o{rum}. in qua as¦seret duas naturas et duas voluntates esse in xp̄o. ¶Leo the seconde was pope after Aga∣tho thre yere / this Leo was an holy man & suf∣fycyently taught in latyn & greke / this man or¦deyned that the pax sholde be yeuen after ag∣nus dei / and dyed a blessyd man. ¶Benedic¦tus the seconde pope after Leo almoste thre ye¦re. This man aboue all thyng was vertous and his name accorded with his dedys. And in his tyme was a grete pestylence. ¶Iustini∣anus the seconde was Emperour this tyme / & he was a very good man / a prudent & a lar∣ge / & he encreaced ye Empyre of Rome mygh∣tely / But he charged the offyce of the chyrche ouer moche. Many lawes he made / and after was not good he intended to haue lette the dy∣crees of the .vi. Synodus / wherfore the .x. yere of hys. Empyre he was taken of Leo the prynce of patrici•• and Tyberio / & they cutte of hys nose & hys tonge & exyled hym to Cryso∣nā. There was then turbacyon in the chirche for stryue & heretykes. ¶And knowe all men whan varyaunce falleth betwixt grete lordes Thenne errours ben multeplyed / for there is no man corrected them / therfore that ys often tyme preued in the cyirche. Thenne after felle a varyaunce betwixt Leo and Tyberio. And Tybereo preuaylled / and he exyled Leo / & cut¦te of his nose the thyrde yere of his regne / and regned for hym· Iustinian{us} fledde to the Sar¦rasyns and the Bulgars / the whyche restored hym ayen to his Empre / and slewe Leo and Tyberio / ye whiche fauoured heretykes. Then¦ne this same Iustinianus reformed hymselfe to the chyrche of god / and had grete repentaū∣ce But he venged hym to cruelly on his aduer¦saryes / so that he wolde haue slayne the ••r In¦nocent childern Therfore he was slayne wyth his sone / of Phylyp whom he exyled.