Prolicionycion [sic]

¶ Capitulum Octauum

TIberius constantinus was Emperour seuen yere / This was myldest of alle men and yaue the tresour of the pala∣ys to pour men / therfor his wyf blamed hym ofte. And men sa∣ye that he answerd her in this maner / I truste in oure lord that money shal not faile vs at our nede if we put our tresour in heuē Thenne he passed in a day besydes themperours palays at constā∣tinople / and sawe a crosse grauen in the pauiment of marbelstone And him semed that he was not worthy to trede vpon it with his fete and specially vpon that that shold be prynted in the forhedes of mankynde And toke vp that stone / And sawe another graue

in the same wyse· & thenne he sawe the thyrdde in the same wise grau•• & toke it vp & foūde ther vnder tresour withoute ende / Po¦pe Iohan deyde / On his tombe it is wreton in metre in this man Bynam worshipe thoughte and word Iohan besyly thoughte / with wylle to plese god. that alle thynge hath wroughte After hym the fyrst benet was pope four yere / he brought many thousandes of mesures of whete in shippes oute of Egypte / and delyuerd the cyte of Rome fro the meschyef of honger while king Albuynus besieged that cyte. Therfor they wrote in his tombe in metre in this maner / Fader benet thou benet thou liuest greten mynde / Title of vertues fayrenes and gretene sorowe Maria∣nus. ¶ That yere Ceaulinus kynge of westsaxons ouercome the Brytons and toke of hem the famous cyte gloucetre su••cetre· & bathan cestre. Also that yere seynt maurus deyde the yere of his age lxxij / he bare his maystres seynt benettes stole on his necke as long as his lyf lasted After benet pelagius was pope ten yere