Prolicionycion [sic]

¶ Capitulum 27

WHan Benet was putt oute / the second nycolaus was pope aboute two yere / In his tyme hooly chirche in Fraunce was gretely destroyed by berengarius Archedeken of Toreyn / he sayde that the ooste in the aulter is not veray crystes bodye / but it is a fygure therof / Ayenste him the pope made a counseylle at versel in ytaly of an honderd bisshops and thirtene / in the which counsayll berengarius withsayde his erroure as it is sayd in de∣crees de consecracione diui / 2· Ego berengarius / But after the po¦pes deth his heresy byganne ef••e to sprynge / Than hyltebrandus the pope determyned and yaue the dome ayenst his fauctours / To his errours answerd lanfrank· pryour of becceus in his boo∣ke called liber sintillarum / And specially wymund that was a monke of normandye / and afterward bysshop of Auersan in A∣pulya / that was tho the moost proufyte / So that Berengarius amended his lyf atte laste / soo that somme men helde hym an ho∣ly saynt / he expowned the Apocalyps and vsed mekenes and almes dede and voyded the syghte of women / and vsed symple mete and cloth / and that by thappostles loore / Hyldebertus Bys¦shop of Cenonia in his versus praysed hym moost in this ma∣ner / Of hym now wondrynge / shal wondre the world euermore This berengarius that dyed / shal dye no more / And than thus After deth with hym / lyf byd I in euen reste / Noo better be my lot / I praye than is his lot / Loo here me may see / how the noble Bisshop passyd in maner of praysyng / But the Rethoryke with his fayr speche brekyth oute oftyme in that manere / therfore the poete sayth / Ryche speche shedyth oute ofte wel fayr reede floures But among al this take heede / that though berengarius amen∣ded his sentence. yet he myght not amende al that he had apeyred with his loore in dyuers landes / Suche it is to a peyr other men

by word owther by euyl ensample that whanne his owne synne is awey yet noyeth it and greueth other mennes synnes / Me sayth that the noble bisshop of Carnotens / Fulbertus spak ther of in his latter sekenesse / For whanne he sawe Berengarius co∣me to hym among other men / Doth hym awey sayd the Bisshop for I see a fende folowe hym that apeyreth the eyer all aboute / Also this Berengarius whan he dyed on a twellifth daye / had mynde how many wretches he apeyred / by his euyl loore whanne he was a yonge man / And sayd / this daye I hope that Cryste wol shewe him to me / in the day of his owne shewynge / outher for my penaunce towarde blysse / owther for other that I haue apeyred by myn euyl loore toward peyne / Aboute this tyme Ma¦nanus the scot was closed in the abbay Fuldence and was the¦re ten yere / whan kynsius Archebisshop of york was dede / Aldre¦dus bisshop of wyrcetre was archebisshop after hym / and wente t•• Rome with Tostius Erle of northumberlond for to receyue the palle / but he was founde blame worthy in his answer / & he was pryued of al maner worship / & as he wente homeward he was robbed of al that he hadde / Therfor tostius therle wente ageyn to Rome and entreated soo the pope by skylles that he alledged / that the pope yaue Aldredus the Archebisshopryche / Tostius sayd that nacions of fer landes shold sette ryght lytel by the po∣pes cu••s / whyle it was soo scorned of theues that dwellyd there nygh. therfore owther aldredus shold haue his catayll restored / owther it wolde seme that he was robbed by fraude of the pope / Also the kyng of englond shal here therof and withdraw th•• tri¦bute of saynt peter / It is euyl doo sayd therle that Aldredus shal goo home worshiples and be robbed of al that he had / And soo Aldredus hadde the pall and wente in to englond and made wulstan the pryour bisshop of / wyrcetre / Noo man wold gladly of Stygandus the archebisshop of caunterbury receyue the yefte of bisshopryche nowther wiliam conquerour whanne he was co∣me wold receyue the blessyng of hym / After nycol the second Alysaunder was pope enleuen yere and was chosen by the Car∣dynals / and defended hym manly ayenste one Candulus tha•• the ytalyens had chosen pope / They sayd that no man shold be cho¦sen pope but yf he were of the paradys of ytaly born / Herald duc of westsaxon by commaundement of kynge Edward wente in to wales with fewe horsmen after crystemasse and sette kyng gryffyns palays on fyre / at Ruthlan and his shippes also / But

Gryffyn fledde and escaped / After that aboute the Rogacion ty¦me he wente aboute Brystow with a grete naueye / and sayled nyghe al aboute wales & his broder Tostius Erle of northumber¦land mette hym with an hooste of horsmen and destroyed soo the countrees of wales / that the walsshmen delyuerd pledgys and payed trybute as they were wonte / and outlawed and put oute her kyng gryffyn and slough hym atte last aboute the fyfth day of August / and sente his heede to harold therle / After that kyng edward graunted the lande of wales to Gryffyns twey brethe¦ren that sware to hym feute / ¶ Henricus libro septimo / ¶This yere harold wente toward normandy to speke with his broder wylynotus and with his broders sonne hacun / that were in pledge with duc wyliam· But he was dryuen with tempeste in to the prouynce of ponntyf / The duc of that land toke hym / and sente hym to duc wiliam / Me sayth that there harold er he myght escape sware that he wold wedde duc wiliams doughter & that he shold kepe for hym Englond whan kyng Edward we¦re dede / And soo he hadde his neuewe with hym and cam in to englond ageyn / R / But his broder wylynotus left in duc wyl¦iams warde alwey yet while he regned / ¶ Henricus vbi supra / ¶Also that yere in kyng edwardes co••••t at•• wyndsor Tostius was agreued and wroth & wente thens to herford / there Harold had arayd a feste for the kyng / there Tostius to hakked his bro∣der seruauntes and souced her lymmes / and sente worde to the kyng that yf he wold come to his feste he shold haue salt mete y∣now / The northumbres herde therof and putte oute her duc Tosti¦us and slough his seruauntes also and they brake his tresory and made hym flee in to Flaundres / ¶Willelmus de Regibus / But the kynge herde therof and sente harold to take wreche of the wronge that was of his broder / they alleyed that they were frely born and frely nourysshed / and that they myght not suffre the cruelnes of dukes / Also that they had lerned of her souera∣ynes / to mayntene fredome owther ellys take the deth / Also that they sholde lyghtly be ladde by an esy duc / Thenne harold semed that it were more wysedome to fauoure the countre / than to take heede to the syngler prouffyte of his broder / and sente that his hoost shold come ayene / and wente to the kyng and procu∣red that malcherus sholde be her erle / Al this greued Tostius / & therfore he wente in to flaundres with his wyf and his childer and was there vnto the kynges deth /