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ADrianus helius Traianus cosyn was Emperour one and twenty yere and ten monethes / he was connyng in the lan¦gage of grue and of latyn and made in Athenes a lybrarye of wonder maner werke· He was connynge of musique of phisick of payntyng of grauyng of meltyng and of castyng of brasse /
and of other metal· Whan bookes of oure byleue were wreton by one quadratus the disciple of thappostlis & by one 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of athenes· Adrianus bad and commaunded by his lettres 〈◊〉〈◊〉 cristen men shold not be dampned without trespas put against hem & proued / he made many lawes / but he hadde grete enuye to the noble loos and renomme of traianus· So that he forsoke the prouynces that traianus had wōne· as siria / mesopotania & Ar¦menia / & purposed to haue left dacia· but his frendes caused him to chaunge his thought / Also this Adrianus ouercome the Ie¦wes that were eftsones yet rebell and chaced hem oute of ierl̄m And put therinne men of other nacions ••nd sith that tyme the place where crist suffred his passion is within the northe walles of the cyte of Ierl̄m / whiche was to fore that tyme withoute the walles / In this Adrianus tyme the philosopher secundus was flouryng whiche put hym self to silence & wold not speke to his lyues ende. And the cause of his scilence was this / he had 〈◊〉〈◊〉 & study••d atte scole of Athenes & herde of the vnstydfastnes of women And therfore in a tyme whan he come home & was vn∣knowen of his frendes / he thought tassaye & proue the vnstyd¦fastnes of his owne moder· & yaue to a wenche ••er seruaunt yef∣t••s & she brought hym pryuel•••• by nyght vnto his moders bedde Thenne his moder bygan to 〈◊〉〈◊〉 hym and comforte him for to haue to doo with her / nay moder sayd he it is not sitting to me to defowle that place from whiche I cam of / why / sayd she / who art thou. I am sayd he secundus thy sonne / And whan his moder herd that she deyde forthwith for shame and sorowe / Thenne he sa¦we and vnderstode that his moder was deede by his defaul••e in spekynge and t••llynge what he was vnto her and made grete doole and sorowe / and auowed neuer to speke after / and soo he neuer spak after but lyued as a d••mbe man to his lyues ende / And helde his auowe v••to his lyues ende· so that he wold not sp••ke fo•• man••ce ne for fayre bihe••tes and yet he was brought to fore Adrian th••mperour· but speke wolde he neuer as it is wre¦ton in ••he questions that he wrote in his scylence tyme / the leffor{us} the pope was a greke after sixtus passion he was pope xj yere. he ordeyned the lente 〈◊〉〈◊〉 be fasted to fore cester. And that noman sholde synge masse to fore the hour of vndern - & that men shold singe thre masses with gloria in excelsis on crystemas day. That yere Eustace that to fore was callyd Placidas was martred and his wyf and children ¶ That tyme the thre maydens
fides spes & caritas and her moder sapiencia were martred at ro¦me •• Adrian themperour deyde in campania in the dropecye •• That tyme Aquila of the ylond pontus was flourysshynge· He was the second after seuenty that torned holy wryt oute of hebrue in to grue ¶ After the passion of Thelefferus Igynus a greke philosopher of Athenes was pope four yere· he ordeyned the clergye to be rewled in ordre and in degree ¶Also he ordey∣ned that no Archibisshop shold condempne his suffrygan but in sight and in heeryng of othe•• suffrigans and bisshops of the same prouynce