Prolicionycion [sic]

¶ Capitulum 22·

THe second iustinian{us} regned agein with his sone tiberi{us} vj yere / This was he that was priued of thempyre by leo / but for he recouerd thempyre this yere / therfor the storye maketh efte mynde of him / thenne Iustinianus was restored and helde the right feyth and worshiped Constantin the pope and destroyed cer¦sona the place of his exylynge and slough alle that dwellyd the rinne oute take children / And efte whan he wold slee the chil∣dren / men of that prouynce made hem a Capitayne one philipicus that was exyled and dwellyd there / And anone he wente to con¦stantinople and slough Iustinianus That yere deyde alfridus kyng at driffelde After hym his sone Osredus a childe of viij / yere regned enleuen yere / ¶ Ssinmus was pope twenty dayes After him the fyrst constantyn was pope seuen yere / he denounced philipicus an heretyk· for he had put ymages of holy sayntes out of chirches Beda libro quinto capitulo 19 ¶That yere kenre∣dus kynge of mercia lefte his kyngdome to colredus the sone of his cāme Etheldredus and wente to Rome with Offa· the kyn¦ges sonne of westsaxons and with egwinus bisshop of wiccies ¶ Treuisa / ¶The See of wyke was torned to worcetre and is there yet ¶ Thenne it foloweth in the storye / Colredus kynge of mercia translated fyrst the body of seynt wesburgh the mayde out of therthe atte abbay of hamburgh / that had leyn there nyne yere hoole and sounde / And dured soo hoole and sounde vnto the

comyng of the danes at Rypendon· aldelme. bysshop of shirburn deyde· hym buryed egwinus. this aldelm was kyng Iues broder sone kenten and was called aldelm as it were in an olde Elme¦or an olde helme and moost connyng in lettres of grue and of la¦tyn. he had and vsed instrumētes of musike pipes and strenges and other maner gleo· Fyrste he was a monke and thenne he was made preest & abbot of malmesbury / he toke vpon him this martirdome that whan he were temptyd in his flesshe. he wolde holde with hym a fayr maide in his bed as longe as he was saing the sauter fro the begynnyng to thende· Treuisa Saue reuerence of seynt aldelm / this semeth none holynes ner wysedom but pu∣re very foly bothe for him self and for perylle and drede of temp¦tacion of the woman as it may be preuyd both by Auctoryte & reason Thenne it foloweth in the storye / the seuenth day of the weke whan chapmen come he prechyd to hem besyly the worde of god Atte last his grete fame exyted sergius the holy man pope to sende after hym by lettres and by pystles / thēne he cam to ro¦me and hadde desired longe to see that cyte and had with him ves¦tementes for to synge alwey masse and songe masse to fore the pope in seynt Iohns chirch latran. There on a day after his mas¦se he had supposed to haue take his chesible to one of his seruaun¦tes behynd hym / But the seruauntes were not there and the che¦sible fyll on the sonne beme / and the sonne beeme bare hit long ty∣me where his other seruauntes faylleden / That chesible is yet in thabbay of malmesbury ¶ Also that tyme the holy pope was deffamed that he hadde goten a bastard childe whan the childe was nyne dayes olde he was brought to crystnyng to seynt aldel¦me and seynt aldelme coniured the childe of nyne dayes olde that he sholde telle yf sergius the pope had bygote hym / the childe an∣swerd and sayd that the pope was gyltles of that dede. Atte las¦te Aldelm with many pryueleges wente home ageyne to his ab∣beye and wrote noble bookes de virginitate / De termino Postali De veteris ac noui testamenti floribus· de caritate. de sensibilium rerum natura· De regulis pedum metricorum / de methaplasmo & de metrico dyalogo. he was abbot of malmesbury fourty yere / And was Bisshop foure yere ¶ And that tyme his bretheren made hem another abbot / but they buryed hym whan he was dede And Egwinus the bisshop cam to his buryeng as it is supposed by warnyng of god almyghty / ¶ Afterwarde hooly bisshopdunston worshipped gretely his place and highted

his shrine / & yaf therto organs and belles holy relykes and orna¦mentes / & by cause men shold not take hem awey vnskylfully he cursed therfor and wrote in this maner / Bisshop dunstan yeueth seynt Aldelm Organs· who that taketh hem awey lose he the kyn¦gdome of heuen ¶Also in a water st••ne it is wreton in this ma∣ner / Archebisshop dunstan heete Iute this stene. For it shold in the holy temple serue seynt Aldelm. Also in the belle of the fray∣tour it is wreton in this maner / In hie halle of heuen come he ne¦uer that stelyth this belle oute of seynt Aldelms seete ¶Aboute this yere deyd seynt wylfridus ¶In his tombe ben wreton suche verses ¶ Wylfridus holy by mynde / worthy by name / Greued with peryls here wel many long tyme. thre sithe fyften yere· Bis∣shop he was here a lyue / And passyd with ioye to the blys that is in heuene Beda libro quinto capitulo 19 ¶This child was of sharp wytte and wente in the fourtenthe yere of his age to thab∣bay of lyndeffare and lerned there many thynges of the loore of Relygyon / & knewe thenne that somme thynges were not right∣fully holden of the Scottes And wente to Rome for to lerne mo¦re parfyght loore / there he lerned the four gospels of Boneface tharchedeken and the compot of the eester and other nedefull thin¦ges to the vse of holy chirche / In his comyng ageyne he dwellyd with Alfinus bisshop of lugdunensis till he was slayne by the quene batild ¶Thenne wylfridus wente ageyne in to Brytay¦ne and resseyued londe of kyng of wyns for to make an Abbay at Rypoun· there he was made preest of Agilbertus ¶ After that whan the stryf was ended of the eester terme. he was chosen bisshop of yorke as it is sayd a fore honde / whan he was dede his preest Acta was bisshop after him at hagustal̄d chirche. Beda libro quinto capitulo secundo That yere deyde Adrianus Abbot of seynt peters and helper of theodorus tharchebisshop· his disci∣ple and successour was albynus / Of him it is wreton innermore

¶ Item capitulo duodecimo That tyme nactanus kynge of pictes sente messagers to col̄fridus abbot of Bedaes abbay / that is thabbaye gerwyk to be. enformed of the very hol̄dynge of the ester tyde & of the man of tonsure of hoolly chirche / emong other thingis he wrote to hym / that for to holde a right the eester terme Thre rules ben nedeful̄ to knowe / Tweyne of hem ben conteyned in moyses lawe and the thyrd in the gospell by thordenaunce of thappostlis / And soo he sente to hym the very true maner and reu¦lis to holde the eesterday like as we now hol̄de ¶ The second

Ius••inianus sent his hoost for to take Philipicus that he hadde lefte at pontus in cersona. but the hoost torned to philipicus syde and slough Iustinianus The second philipicus that hete darda¦nicus also was Emperour one yere and six monethes / he fled in to scicilia for the hoost of rome· And by cause he was an heretik he commaunded to scrape of al the payntynge of chirches Therfor the Romayns threwe awaye al maner money that his ymage was graue ynne / the second Anastasius was Emperour thre yere after that he had slayne philipicus ¶In his tyme Da¦gobertus was kynge of Fraunce after his fader Childebertus / & regned enleuen yere by suffraunce of pypinus vetalus / that yet ruled the kynges hows After Constantinus the second grego¦ry was pope sixten yere ¶ That yere seynt cuthlacus the Anker deyde in crowlond. And I••e kyng of westsaxons and colredus kyng of mercia foughten at wodenesburgh so sharply. and either of hem bare hym self so vngraciously. that it was not knowen / whether of them hadde worse spedde ¶ The thyrde theodosius was Emperour one yere and was goodly and benygne. and ouercome his predecessour Anastasius and made hym a preest But after one yere this theodosius was putt downe and made a clerk by his successour the thyrdde leo the stronge / ¶ In his ty∣me come many sarasyns and besyeged Constantinople thre yere. It semeth that Iohan damascenus was that tyme in his flow∣res and was brought in to Perce There were lettres wreton of his enemyes and throwen forth and founde and openly redde / In whiche lettres was conteyned his conspyracye ayenste the prince. Thenne his right honde was smyten of / for he sholde neuer ward wryte / but he prayd fast to our lady that he seruyd bysy¦ly and his honde was restored to hym ageyn ¶R It it is not to suppose that this Iohan is Iohan theremyte that is sette in the book of faders / soone after hillarion and warned theodosius the emperour of other vyctoryes ¶It is another Iohan that was in the thyrdde theodosius tyme in grece and afterward in Perce and made many noble bookes in bothe philosophye. ¶That Io∣han theremyte was long tyme to fore the grete gregory· And this Iohan damascenus was long tyme after the grete gregorye

¶That is knowen by that· that this Iohan damascenus in his bookes of diuynyte aledgeth the grete gregoryes noble and grete myracle of the drlyueraunce of Traianus· that may not be vnder¦stande of gregory nazauzenus· for he was aboute constantinople

and aboute pontus and vnnethe come euer at Rome / But myn¦de of that myracle of the delyueraunce of Traianus atte sepulcre of thappostles in the cyte of Rome by the grete Gregory pope is holden euery yere as holy chirche maketh mynde / In tretynge of dedes that helpeth hem that ben dede / Iohan damascene alledgeth that myracle