Prolicionycion [sic]

¶ Capitulum tercium

TEno themperour regned after leo seuenten yere· In his ty¦me deyde childericus the fourth kynge of frenshem••n / and after him his sone clodenus lewys regned thyrtty yere / This in the fyften yere of his kyngdom while he ladde his hooste / and shold fyght ayenst a grete nombre of Almains / he loked in to he¦uen and sayd lord Ihesu crist whom my wyf worshipeth yf thou gyue me this daye the vyctorye I shal be crystned in thy name The Almayns fledde and he and his two susters and thre thou∣sand of his men were crystned on an esterday of seynt Remigi{us} bisshop of Raynes· And for they had no crysma. Lo a downe brought hem in his bylle a vyole with crysma / and the Bisshop enoynted the kyng therwith That vyole is kepte in the chirch of raynes / and with that crysma the kynges ben enoynted. sone after this while the king wēt to a batail ayēst one aladeric{us} that

warryd in guyan ¶ Remigius toke him a flaket ful of holy¦wyn and promysed hym vyctory & sayd / Goo forth as longe as this wyn dureth / Thenne the kyng drank and his seruauntes & the wyn fayled in no place ¶ Thenne he occupyed guyan and passed the ryuer of leyr and tu••one / and in seynt martins chirche he herde that verse of the sauter / Precinxisti me domine virtute ad bellum· that is lord thou hast byclypped me with vertue and strengthe to bataylle ¶Therfor the kyng was gladde with al & arayde hym for to passe the forde of the Ryuer vincenna / but the water began hugely to aryse. And an hynde appiered sodenly & passed the water to fore the kyng and shewde hym the forde / Thenne the kyng made the kyngdom of fraunce stretche vnto the hye hilles of Aragon that ben called montes pireni ¶ Therfore themperour anastasius herde of his name and sente hym a crow∣ne of gold rychely besette with precious stones with a kyrtell & a gyrdel· And fro that tyme he was assigned to be consul and Augustus for the comyn prouffyt of thempyre ¶And he was clothed in a consuls gowne / ¶And from that tyme the empyre of Rome that was somtyme translated to constantinople bygan to waxe lasse and lasse from daye to daye· And the kyngdom of fraunce bygan to sprede and wexe more and more ¶Whan Gise∣ricus kynge of wandels was dede his elder sonne homericus reg∣ned in Affryca eyght yere by sleyght of straunge nacions. this began first to doo myldly with crysten men / But at ende he com∣maunded to putte fyry plates to the brestes of holy maydens / by cause they sholde knowleche that bisshops and clerkes had leyn by them / Also he put a grete multitude of cristen men in a strayt pryson for they shold lete falle vryne and foul ordure eche vpon other / and so it semed that the stenche therof passed al that other paine Aboute that tyme seynt medarde and seynt gyldard bis∣shops of Roen confessours were in her floures / they were brethe∣ren of one wombe. bothe born in one day••y sacred bisshops in one day and bothe dede in one day ¶Henr / libro secundo ¶Elle and his thre sones Cymen plettynger and Cyssa come in to brytayne with thre shippes the yere after the fyrst comyng of Angles xxx And slowe many Brytons at cun••ueshore & chaced many vnto the wode Andresleger / and soo he occupyed souths••x ¶Henr / li / ••iunto ¶Andrysleger is a grete wode in the south side of kent•• bysides the hauen lymme and conteyneth fourty myle in lengthe and thyrtty in brede ¶After simplicius felix was pope eyght yere

Seynt Banabas body was founden in a caue· there his disciple Iohan had hyd it with the gospel of mathew th••t he had wry¦te with his owne style. ¶Barnabe p••echyd fyrst of crist at Ro¦me and was fyrst bisshop made of m••lan Willelmus de regibus

¶ That yere deyde engystus in kent xxxij yere after his co∣myng in to englond / he drof forth his tyme and dyde his dedes as moche with fraude as with strengthe / And hym was leuer to do cruelly than lawfully / After hym his sone was kyng Osca four and twenty yere· he defended the kyngdome and made it no mor•• & him held payd with his faders kyngdom and passed nowhere his faders boundes Eutropius libro quarto ¶Also in this ze¦no themperours tyme Aurelius Ambrose vsed the purpure in Brytayne ¶After the fyghtynge of the saxons he was lefte a¦lyue and no moo of the Romayns. And ouercome the saxons that were vyctours / And fro that tyme forth now that one and nowe that other hadde the maystrye and vyctory•• vnto the tyme that the saxons had the maystrye and wan alle the ylond / about that tyme seynt manmertus bisshop of vyen ordeyned solempne letanyes that ben callyd the rogacions ageyne erthe quakynge and tempeste of weder and parelle of wylde beestes that greued the peple that tyme / And it is called the lasse l••tanye for diffe¦rence of the more letanye that seynt gregory ordeyned to be sayde on seynt markes day Paulus libro primo ¶ Aboute that ty∣me Agrimundus the fyrste kynge of the longobardes er ••e cam in to pannonia he fonde seuen children leyde besydes a ponde / that a comyn woman had born at one burth•••• and cast hem there for they shold haue ben slayne / the kynge passed forth by and wold wyte what it were and torned the spere that he bare in his honde toward the children· and one of hem helde the sp••re wi••h his ho••¦de. And therby the kyng tolde that the childe sholde be grete / and lete take hym of the ponde and dyde do norysshe hym vp besyly And after agelmundus deth for his nobley he was chosen king and rewled the longobardes right wel long tyme ¶And for he was take from the ronde they named hym lamissio· For a pond is called lama in theyr langage / Of hym it is sayde that whan the A••••asoues werned the longobardes to passe one of her owne Ryuers This lamiss••o swymm••ng in the Ryuer fought with the strengeste woman of the Amasones / and slough her ryght th••re / And soo by couenaunt he ordeyned passage for his men / That yere Zeno the emperour sente theodericus to fyghte ayenst••

one oda••cer that had werred in ytaly fourten yere This theode∣ricus was the kynges sone of gothes and was delyuerd to Zeno in pledge. whan the couenaunt of pees was made / thenne whan theodericus was eyghten yere olde he passed bulgaria and panno¦nia and fedde hym and his in the lese of Aquylya ¶ Thenne Odaacer mette hym with alle the power of ytaly and was ouer come of hym Therfor he torned agayne to Rome and was put of by the Romaynes and wente to Rauen and there he was be∣sieged thre yere and slaine right there ¶ Thenne theodericus co∣me to Rome and was gladly resseyued and wedded Andel••lede the doughter of Clodoneus kynge of fraunce / And maryed his doughters and his susters to kynges that dwellyd there aboute Soo that wel nygh al ytaly was ioyned to hym by suche affy∣nyte