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ANastasius was emperour seuen and twenty yere ¶In his first yere seynt patrik deyde the fyrste bisshop of Irlond the yere of his owne age six score and tweyne. In Aurelius Am¦broses tyme that was thenne kynge of brytayne ¶Gir in top / In his tyme were the abbot columba that hete kolunkillus also And seynt bryde that seynt patrik veyled and professyd and she ouerlyued hym sixty yere ¶These thre were buryed in vlster in the cyte dymeus as it were in a denne with thre chambre s

¶ Her bodyes were founden the fyrst yere of the comyng of sir Iohan the seconde kynge haryes sone in to Irlond / vpon her tombes these verses ben wreton / Hic iacent in duno / qui tumulo tu¦mulantur in vno / Brigida patricius atque columba pius / that is to saye / In duno these thre ben buryed right al in one tombe Bryde with patrik and also columba the mylde ¶R Men sa∣ye that this fyrst patrik among his other wōderful werkes & de¦des dyde thre grete thynges· One is that he droof with his staf al the venemous beestes oute of Irlend / The second is that he pray¦de and it was graunted to hym of god almyghty that none irissh̄ man shold abyde the comyng of Antecrist ¶The thyrde wonder is radde of his purgatorye. but that is more acompted to the las¦se patrik that was abbot and not bisshop· And was in his flow¦res aboute the yere of our lord eyght honderd and fyfty The

ma••tilogye speketh of hym that he fonde fyrst a rebell peple / and therfore he wente oute of Irlond and deyde in thabbay of glas∣tenb••ry at seynt bartilmew thappostlis daye ¶After felix gela∣sius was pope. fyue yere / he ordeined that thordres sholde be youen four tymes in the yere / and made the comyn pre••as tha•• is song in the masse tyme▪Vere dignum et iustum est and so forth vnto dies nostros / Also in hys tyme the denne was shewed at seynt mychaels mont in monte gargano. the yere of our lord four hon¦derd four score and twelue bygan the kyngdome of the eest an∣gles vnder vffa / Of hym all the est angles ben callyd vffynges and now we calle hem fycanes and fykeys also ¶ Beda libro •• capitulo decimo sexto / Also that yere was the grete slaughter of saxons in the siege of badon hille by the duc of brytons Aure∣relius Ambrose the four and fourty yere after the comyng of an¦gles. Henr / libro secundo That yere two dukes of saxons Cerdi¦cus and his sone kynricus with fyue shippes come a lond at cer∣dishore that now is called yarnemouth ¶Seynt leonard was born and kyng clodoneus was his godfader and toke hym oute of cold water ¶Whan gelasius was dede Anastasius was po∣pe two yere· he ordeyned that no clerk shold for wrathe leue his seruise vnsayd in holy chirche but only the masse / Also this pope cursed anastasius themperour After anastasius symachus was pope fyften yere / with hym was ordeyned another pope that hete laurencius / In that stryf were many manslaughters in the cy¦te· but they cam both to the dome of theodericus of Rauenne and the kyng demed that ••e that was fyrst ordeyned shold be ••ope / or he that hadde the more partye of the chesers to his election / And by that dome symachus was pope / he loued the clergye and halpe pour men / therfor paschasius a cardynal deke•••• after his deth in the payne of purgatorye was sette for to serue bathes for he fa∣uoured laurence partye vnto his deth· so tellith gregorius in libro dyalogorum / Also this pope ordeyned that euery sondaye and in fe••stes of martres gloria in excelsis shold be sayd at masse. R / Therfore somme men wold suppose that be made that foloweth in that ympne· but other men wene that seynt hillarye made al that foloweth in that ympne That yere deyde Remigius doctour of frensshmen and bisshop of Raynes. An heremyte w••rned Remy¦gius moder of his byrthe and of the maner of his byrthe· This heremyte had loste his eyen and his syght and was blynde for ofte wepynge that he vsed in his beedes· And prayd his moder

that whan the child shold be wened that the child myght wasshe the heremytes eyen with the moders mylk and soo sholde he haue his sight agayne ¶ Thenne this Remigins from his childhode dwellyd in a closet til he was two and twenty yere old ¶After that he was made bisshop of Raynes & was so mylde that wilde sparowes wold take met••of his hond Henr ¶That yere one porth with his two sones come a londe at por••esmouth in southse•••• and slowe a noble yonge man of the brytons and many other with hym / Lotharius kyng of ••raunce after his fader clodon••us regned one and fyfty yere-In his tyme Aurelius Ambrose dey∣de in Brytayn and his broder vter pen••ragon reg••ed after him ¶ R Vter pendragon by helpe of merlyn the prophete brought coria gigantum that is stonehenges oute of Irlond / Stonhenge is now in the playne of salesbury / of that bryngynge of stonhen¦ge out of Irlond speketh the bryttyssh story· yf it shold lawfully be y trowed / Also v••er pendragon slough gyllomaurus vortiger{us} sone. This gyllomaurus was kynge of Irlonde ¶ Also vter slowe osca engistus sonne and his cosyn osa and gorolus duc of corne wayle and wedded the same dukes wyf Iugerna: and ••ate on her the noble Arthur / ¶ But he was atte last poysoned with venym and deyde and was buryed by his broder Aureli{us} in coria gigantum that is stonhenge. ¶ After Symachus hor∣mysda was pope eyght yere· he reconciled the Grekes and ordey∣ned the clergye in rewle and in o••dre / and lefte in seynt peters chirche a beme of syluer of a thousand pound and sixty / ¶ Also he sente lettres to Anastasius themperour that fauoured entices errour and commaunded themperour that he shold amende hym self We wyl commaunde seyd themperour and not be commaū∣ded ¶Therfor he was afterward besette with his enemyes / and smyten with lyghtnyng and soo deyde ¶Whan Osca engystus sone was dede his sone octa regned after hym two and twenty yere in the kyngdome of counterbury that was the kyngd••me of ••••nte / Marrianus libro secundo ¶ That tyme Iordanus the bisshop was in his floures and made a cronyk