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AFter that mauricius was slayne Focas regned eyght ye¦re· Ethelfridus kynge of northumberlond foughte ayenste Edan kyng of Scottes at dexsastan and hadde a solempne victo∣rie / but theobaldus the kynges broder was slain and the hooste of alle that be ladde Beda libro secundo. Also that yere the
holy fader seynt austyn in a mydwynter daye whan he hadde crist¦ned ten thousand Englysshmen in the weste Ryuer that is cal∣led swale besydes yorke / he knewe that he shold deye and ordey∣ned hym a successour one laurence / while he was alyue hym self for the state of holy chirche in Englond· that was yet rude and boystous / And that he dyde by ensample of seynt peter that made clement his helper and his successour / Also he ordeyned mellitus bisshop of estsaxons / The Ryuer thamyse departeth bytwene hem and kente / her chyef Cyte was london in the whiche Ethelbertus kynge of kente buylded seynt paulus chirche / for to be cathedrall chirche and the bisshops see R ¶ Another cronyke seyth that se¦bertus kynge of eest angles made paulus chirche in lond••n / and he made Iustus bisshop in kente atte cyte dornbres that nowe is called Rochestre. And had fyrst the name of one rufe / and is by∣west dorobernia that is caunterbury thre and twenty myle / In the which cyte of Rochestre kynge ethelbertus lete bylde a chirch of seynt Andrew Also the grete gregory deyde that yere After hym gaminianus was pope two yere / he ordeyned that the houres of the day shold be rongen to at chi••ches· And he sp••k euil of gregory· for he had made to grete cost on poure men Therfore seynt gregory app••ered to hym thryes and blamed hym· And ••t¦te fourth tyme by cause he wolde not amende he smote hym on the hede / and thenne he a woke and yelded vp the goost ¶Also that yere in wales seynt dauyd deyde that hete dewy also· he was bis∣shop of mene••ia that now is called seynt dauyes ¶Aboute that yere deyde seynt Iohan the Amener patriarke of Alexandria / ones to hym in his praiers appiered the fairest maide that might be crowned with olyue and called her self mercy and promised hym that he shold spede wele / yf he wolde take her to his spouse. And fro that day forward Iohan was the more merciable. So that alle poure men he called his lordes ¶Therfor it is that seynt Iohans hospitalers calle poure men lordes / ¶ Also this Iohan hadde al the poure mennes na••es of his cyte wryten in a booke Also he vsed twyes a weke to sytte alle day to fore the chirche do∣re for to a••orde men that were in stryf· In a tyme he hadde seten there al day / and sawe no man pleyne thenne he groned and sai¦de / who is me wretche for this da•• / was I not worthy to do noo good dede. yes sayde the dekene / this day thou sholdest be gladde & and make grete ioye. for nowe men ben made right as Angels without strif ¶Also on a tyme while the gospell was a reding
the peple wente oute of the chirche for to talke and telle tales / & he wente oute also and sate among hem and sayde where the she¦pe be / there the herde shal be / thenne goo ye in to the chirche and I shal goo with you / or yf ye abyde here I shal abyde with you
¶And after that he taughte hem for to stonde at Chirche in the masse tyme •• ¶ And Iohan in his prayers was ofte herde as it were spekynge with god almyghty and saynge so so / Lord Ihesu· thou yeuest largely and I dele forth / loke who shal haue the maystrye After Saminianus the thyrdde Bo∣nefacius was pope eyght monethes and eyght and twenty da∣yes / he ordeyned that no clothes sholde be leyd vppn the auter but white clothes / after the thyrdde boneface. the fourth boneface was pope seuen yere· he purchaced of themperour Augustus focas. that seynt peters chirche at Rome shold be heede of al the chirches in the worlde· For the chirche of Constantinople called her self the fyrste ¶Also he purchaced that pantheon myght be halowed in worshipe of alle halowen Pantheon was the chirche that was somtyme halowed in worship of the goddesse Cybele and neptu∣nus there fendes slewe oft crysten men Therfore euery yere two dayes to fore nouembre the pope syngeth there and the peple hou¦seled / Also he treted that lynynge the bisshop noman sholde treate of the newe election of his successour but thre dayes after the Bisshops deth· Also he demed that monkes myght vse the office of prechynge of crystenynge and of assoyllynge / ¶Aboute that tyme tunica domini inconsutulis that was oure lordes kyrtell· or cote withoute ony seme was founden in the vale of Iosephat in a cofre of marble by gregory bisshop of Antiochia and broughte to Ierusalem R ¶ Yf this be sothe it semeth that it may not stonde that is radde to fore honde in T ••erius Cesars tyme / For there it is radde that Pilatus stode to be demed to fore Tiberius cesar and myght not be dampned / while he hadde on that kyrtel withoute semes. Tunica xpristi inconsutilis· yf pilatus had this kyrtell with hym at Rome It semeth that it was not afterwarde y take thennes and brought to the vale of Iosephat Also yf that tyme that kyrtel was founden in the vale of Iosephat. So it semeth not that pilatus had not that kyrtel with hym at Ro∣me Treuisa ¶It was noo more maystrye to brynge that kyr∣tel fro Rome in to the vale of Iosephat than it was to brynge it fro Ierusalem to Rome And so it may wel stonde that pilatus hadde that kyrtel at Rome· And the same kyrtell was founden
afterward in the vale of Iosephat Beda libro secundo Also that yere ethelfridus kyng of northumberlond destroyed th•• Brytons at legecestre the Cyte of legyons that Brytons callen coerlegyons that is chestre / he slough ther about a two thousand two honderd monkes of thabbaye of bangor that were comen to praye for his knyghtes and he slough hem fast by the cyte only •• / with her leder bruciuayl that escaped oute of the hoost & fledd ¶The nombre of the monkes that dwellyd in that abbay were two thousand and an honderd that is seuen sythes thre honderd / And alle they lyueden by trauaylle of theyr owne hondes. The perses aroos ayenst thempyre and toke Ierusalem and had a way the baner of the crosse And byname the romayns many prouyn¦ces / thenne baraclyan Rector of affryca slough Foca themperour and made his owne sone heraclius emperour