Prolicionycion [sic]

¶ Capitulum 18.

THe fourth constantyn the forsayd Constantins sonne was Emperour seuenten yere. Grimiwaldus kynge of longo∣bardes the nynthe daye after his bledyng on the arme shotte at a douue and his veyne to brake· And leches leyd therto venemo{us}

thynges and soo he was dede ¶Beda libro quarto capitulo secun¦do That yere theodorus tharchebisshop come in to kente fyue da¦yes to fore Iuyn the second yere of his consecracion / and he was bisshop there one and twenty yere and four monethis. This man was a monke born in thars in Scicilia and was connynge both in hooly letture and in seculer letture· in grue and in latyn / whan he was six and sixty yere olde vitalianus the pope sente him bis∣shop in to Englond / and sente Adrian thabbot with him for to hel¦pe hym / For he sholde brynge nothyng that is ayenst the feyth in to hooly chirche of Englonde as the grekes dyde· Anone he was comen / he wente aboute in to alle the ylonde and taught the ordre of right byleue and of right lyuyng· and the lawful holdynge of the eesterday and taughte his disciples the craft of syngynge of calculyng of Astronomye bothe in latyn and in grue by help of Adrian and ordeyned bisshops in certayne places / And the bisshops that were not lawfully ordeyned he put hem away / or or¦deyned hem to be bisshops in other places / Among the whiche ced¦da that was not lawfully ordeyned bisshop of York. knowleched mekely his oune defaute. And theodorus put hym away fro the see of york and restored there wilfridus. and ordeyned cedda that was confermed atte last bisshop of mercia at prayer of king wul¦ferus and badde hym ryde on horsbak / Beda libro tercio capitulo visesimo sexto / That tyme doctours were ful besy to serue g••d and not the world. the herte and not the wombe / therfor the habi¦te of Relygyon was thenne in greete worship. soo that a monke or a clerk shold be gladly receyued And men that wente by the way prayd to haue his blyssynge And they wente for none other cause by weyes and stretes but for to preche and teche / for cris••e∣nyng and for sauacion of mannes soule And they wold ressey∣ue none possessions for to bylde abbayes but it were profered hem and they were dryuen to resseyue it by strengthe of lordes / Beda libro quarto capitulo quinto ¶Also that yere deyde Oswy kynge of northumberlond / his sonne Egfridus was kynge after him fiften yere / ¶ Item capitulo decimo octauo ¶This had Ethelfreda that had be Tonbertus wyf prince of the south girwy¦es whan Egfridus had had his wyf twelue yere and myght ha¦ue no leue of her for to dele with her for prayers / ne for yeftes. Thenne she hadde leue of the kyng and was made menchone one yere at Colud vnder Aebba kyng Egfridus aunte And after that she was made Abbesse of Ely. there she ete but ones a daye

& neuer vsed lynen clothes / After the nyghtis collacion she awo¦ke vnto the day / She deyde after that she had be abbesse seuen yere and lay hoole and founde xvj yere Beda libro quarto capitulo quinto / That yere was made a synode of bisshops vnder theodor{us} at Tetford In that synode was ordeyned a statute of the right holdyng of the eestertyde / the second that no bisshop sholde assoyle in another mannes bisshopryche The thyrde that bisshops sholde not distourbe abbayes ¶ The fourth that clerkes and monkes shold not chaunge benefyces withoute leue of her souerayns The fyfthe that in a prouynce the synode shold be gadred ones in a yere ¶ Egbertus kyng of kente deyde And his broder lothari∣us reg••ed after him enleuen yere ¶Marcus libro secundo Also that yere Agilbertus bisshop of westsaxons wente a waye wrothly for kenwalcus the kyng departed his bisshoprich a twey¦ne· And lentherius was made bisshop in his stede and confermed of theodorus. by the kynges wylle and he was bisshop seuen yere That yere was grete slaughter of fowles that faught to gyd••r ¶••enwalchus kyng of westsaxons deyde the / xxx yere of his kyngdō / R. His wyf sexburga regned after him one yere. But beda sayth that vnderkynges or smal kynges deled the kyng¦dom bytwene hem ten yere ¶Beda libro quarto capitulo sexto That yere seynt Chedda deyde at lychefelde / the thyrde yere of his bisshopryche. theodorus made wynfryde cheddes dekene bisshop in his stede and put hym donne not longe after for he was vnobedy¦dyent and made sexwulfus abbott of medampstede bisshop in his stede / ¶R Medampstede is now named peterburgh / and was somtyme in the kyngdom of girwies ¶ Wynfridus was putte doune the fourth yere of his consecracion and wente to barowe After deo datus pope bonus was pope a yere and six monethes / Beda vbi supra After the deth of wyna Erkenwolde the thir¦de bisshop of london made two abbaies one to him self in suthery in the ylond cereot that now is named chirchecye fiften myle out of london westward and another to his suster ethelberga / by eest london in the prouince of cessex / the abba••e hete now berkyng Ther she was abbesse in grete holynes. ¶To her seint Aldelme brought a book of maiden hede ¶Willelmus de pon libro secundo ¶It is supposed that by this holy maidens prayers it is that this place was neuer yet destroied / But that other abbaye of cherche seye was destroyed by the danes / And the kinge Edgar bilded it ageyne That yere oswinus bigan to regne ouer the westsaxōs

and regned thre yere and fought ayenst wulferus kynge of mer¦cia at wydanheaf Also that yere deyd wulferus kynge of mer¦cia and his broder etheldredus regned after hym thyrten yere For wulferus sone kynred{us} myght not regne. for he was so yong Wulferus wyf ermenylda / whan her husbonde was dede was ma¦de mynchon at ely / And her doughter werburga vnder etheldre¦da Marianus ¶ Her eme etheldredus made this werburga menchon in somme abbeyes of maydens at Trykyngham at we∣dunām at hamburgam. she deyde in the fyrst abbey. and was bu¦ryed in the thyrd as she had promysed while she was alyue· there she laye hoole and sounde aboute a thre honderd yere vnto the co∣myng of the danes R ¶Atte last whan the danes laye at Ry¦pyndon & had dryuen away the kyng of mercia / the Cyteseyns of hamburga drad and toke the bere that conteyned the body of that maide that was tho fyrst torned in to powder / & fled therwith in to legecestria that is chestre. as to the moost syker place ayenste pe¦ryll and meschyef of Alyens and of straunge enemyes ¶ In that cyte chestre were seculer chanons from kynge ethelstones ty∣me to the comynge of normans & ofte possessions were yeuen ther to / And thenne monkes of Relygyouse dwellyd there in worship of that mayde / Mar. li / 2 / Thenne kynge wulferus hadde thre bre∣theren as it is a fore sayd weda etheldredus / and merwaldus that was kyng of west mercia / his quene Ermenberga was Er¦menredus doughter kyng of kente· And she bare hym thre holy doughters. Mylburga / Myldreda / and mylguyda. and one sonne Meresyn a man of grete ••oolynes ¶ Quene Ermenberga was Ermenredus doughter ¶ Willelmus de pontificibus libro quar∣to ¶ Also wulferus had two holy susters kynedda and kyne swyda menchons and were bothe buryed at medehampstede that nowe is peterburgh ¶There seynt ethelwoldus bylded an Ab∣bay afterwarde / Kyneswyda conuerted so kynge offa / that after that she had forsake hym to husbonde· he wente to Rome with kin¦redus and Egwinus bisshop of the wiccyes and bycam a mon∣ke ¶Agatho was pope thre yere / In his second yere was made the sixth synode at Constantinople of two honderd bisshops and four score / In that synode it is seyd that in cryste ben two wyl∣les and two kyndes / Wylles and kyndes of Godheed and of manhede