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CHildebertus the second sonne to Theodoryche, and brother of Clodoueus foresayde / began his domynyon ouer ye realme of Fraūce, in the yere of grace .vi. hundred .lxxx. and .xiii / and the .vi. yere of Iue then kynge of westsaxons. In tyme of whose reygne also the foresayde Pe∣pyn contynued as chefe ruler of the kynges house / all be yt ye he for such other charge as he had of ouerseyng
of the realme, set in hys place a sub∣st••tute or depute, as his sonne Gri∣monart and other.
Thys Pepyn contrary to the lawe of the chyrche / helde besyde hys law∣full wyfe called Ple••trude, a womā named Alpayd. For the whyche the holy bysshop of Treet named Lam∣berte, blamynge and rebukynge the sayde Pepyn / of the brother of the forenamed Alpayde, whyche is cal∣led Dodon or Dodoin, was slayne & martyred, in the yere of our lorde .vi. hundred .lxxx. and .xii / as testyfyeth Antoninus in the .vi. chapyter of the ••iii. tytle of the seconde parte of hys worke called summa Antonini. And as affermeth the sayde Antoninus & also the Frenche cronycle / the sayde Pepyn receyued of the sayd Alpayde a sonne, whom he named Charlys / whyche Charlys was after surna∣med Marcellus, & was ryghte pro∣fytable to the realme of Fraunce, as after shall appere.
Of the foresayd kyng Chyldebert is nothynge lefte in wrytyng worthy memory / excepte that he receyued of hys wyfe a sonne named Dagobert / and kepte the name of a kynge by ye terme of .xvii. yeres, as sayth the cro∣nycle in French / and than dyed / and was buryed in the abbey of Caus in ye chyrch or chapell of saīt Stephan.