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¶ Capitulum 2

VAlentinianus augustus his tyme is acounted to the cours of theodocius and of martinianus ¶ Eutcopius. He dradde the fortune of Aecius and patricius. and made hym slayne at Cartage. And the fortune of the west empire fyl doun with hym / But in the same yere valentinianus was slayne of Aecius frendes in the felde marcius twelue dayes to fore Aprill The daye after one max••mus a man of two consulatus toke the empyre of Rome / he herde that Gysericus kynge of the wandals was comynge oute of Affryca / And arayde hym for to flee / and was alto hewed of Valentinianus seruauntes· and thro∣wen lymmele in to the tybre / Thenne Gisericus cam to the cyte of rome· And Leo the pope mette him and plesed hym so that ••e

spared brennynge and manslaughter and toke prysoners and Ryches of the cyte and ladde with hym in to affryca / Amonge the whiche prysoners endoxia Augusta was toke prysonner. she hadde prayd gysericus to doo that cursyd dede In the tornynge agayne toward Affryca Gysericus destroyed the noble Cytees of Campania Nola and Capna. ¶ Thenne as Gregory saith in libro dyalogorum / Paulinus bisshop of the cite nola whan that he had spente al that he had in raunsons of pri∣sonners he wente in to Affrica and yaue hym self to be a man of straūge nacions and bound man for the raunson of a wydowes sone and was his lordes gardener and dyde soo wel in his offyce that he tourned his lord to crystendome / and wan and gate fre∣dom to men of his nacions ¶ Marcianus libro primo ¶In mar¦cianus fyfth yere horsus and engyst{us} fought ayenst the brytons in a place that heete aglystorp th••r horsus and cartigirnus slowe eche other· but engystus had the vyctory ¶Beda libro primo / ca¦pitulo 17 ¶That tyme the feyth of Brytons dyde faste fayle for company of saxons that were straunge men and of mysbyleue / & also by cause of pelagius heresye. that began to sprynge amonge them / therfor they sen••e in to fraūce for to haue helpe and socoure ayenst mysbyleuyd men / And to hem were sente germanus Al∣tisiodorus and lupus trecasinus bisshops ¶In seylyng by their holy preyers the tempest of the see seecyd and they destroyed that heresy•• by trouthe of loor•• and techyng by shewynge of myracles and by holynes of lyf ¶They hel••d a blynde damysel of ten yere old / ••henn•• saynt german went vnto the sepulcre of seynt albon 〈◊〉〈◊〉 l••f••e there holy relyquyes of thapostles and martires but he tok•• w••••h hym reede erthe oute of that holy place ¶ Th••nne he wente forth and sauyd the place of his lodgynge with al that was delyuerd hym from brennyng / whan other mēnes thynges were brente with fyre / And thenne he wente with the Brytons ayenste t••e saxons that were associat vnto the pyctes / he cryed t••ryes alleluya / and ouercome thenemyes without shedynge of blood and soo t••e ylond was clensed and german torned home agayne. But that heresye bygan to sprynge a••ene / and german was ofte prayd for to come and helpe / Thenne he come with lup{us} disciple seuerus and destroyed and dyde awey the••••our and tor∣ned home agayne / But he prayd valentinianus at Rauen for men of Armorica that is lytel brytayne and deyde / and by heest of themperour he was born for to be buryed at his owne chirche

AFter marcianus leo regned xvij yere In his fyrst yere vortimerus vortigerus sonne deyde in a stronge euy••l / And Engistus with his sonne osca gadryd strengthe and brought to¦gyder his knyghtes and men of Armes that were so sparpled & departed and fought strongly ayenst the brytons at crekenford Of hem were slayne four dukes and four thousand of other mē And he chaced the other dele oute of kente vnto london / and they neuer tourned afterward in to kente· for his broder ho••sus was dede with categirnus to fore hond / his buryel is yet shewed in the eest side of kente· And soo the kyngdome of kente bygan vnder engystus the eyghten yere after the comyng of saxons in to bri¦tayne / And engistus regned in kent after that four and twen∣ty yere. ¶ The heresye of the Acepheles bygan to sprynge and ••ncrecyd They agayne sayd the counseyll of calcydonense The acephales ben sayd as it were men withouten heede / for their auctor is vnknowen After leo hillary was pope seuen yere Engyst{us} and his sone osca at wyptysflete slowe twelue dukes of Brytons and of the angles was slayne but one that he ete wypet After hillarye simplicius was pope fyften yere· he ordey¦ned that noo clerk shold resseyue the inuestiture of his benefyce ne of his offyce of a lewd mannes honde