Prolicionycion [sic]

¶ Capitulum 20

AVrelius Alexander was emperour thyrten yere / This was soo cruel in corrections of the lawe of chyualrye / that he vndyde hool legyons that made grutchyng and stryf / his asses∣sour was one vulpianus a connyng man of lawe / ¶ He was slayne at magounce in almayne in stryuyng of knyghtes In his tyme the sixth translacion was founden of holy wrytte at nycapolis in palestina ¶Marcus ¶ Calixtus the pope was martred in Alexanders tyme ¶ And the fyrst vrban was pope after hym eyght yere / he ordeyned that the offryng of cristen men shold none otherwyse be spente than in vse of holy chirche and in helpe of nedy cristen men / for they ben the vowes of cristen men & the prys of synne In his tyme the chirche of rome began fyrst to haue londes and rentes and with the prouffyt therof· he fonde notaryes and clerkes to wryte the lyuynge and dedes of holy sayntes To fore this tyme holy cirche lyued as the Apostles / And receyued only money to the vse ••f nedy cristen men This. is that vrban that cristned valerianus the spouse of seint cecile and was atte last martred with hym in Aurelius tyme After him poncianus was pope fyue yere And atte last 〈…〉〈…〉 brought and martred at sardinia / ¶ And afterward 〈◊〉〈◊〉 brought his body to Rome & buryed it there Me sayth that our Siriacus was pope after this poncianus one yere But by cau¦se he resigned the papacye ayenst the wyll of the clergye. And

one Antherus was made pope / And for he wente to Agrippina. whiche nowe is called coleyn with enleuen thousand maydens / whom he had crystend wel nygh al· he is not sette in the booke of rekenyng of popes / The cardynalys trowyd that he had lefte the poperych not fo•• ••euocion but for lykyng of maydens Netheles he was a clene mayde y martred with the sayde maydens / Af∣ter that Aurelius was slayne at magounce / Maximinus Iuli¦us was made emperour by the hoost withoute auctoryte of the se¦natours and was emperour thre yere / he poursiewed holy chirche and specially for orygenes / And he was slayne atte last in aqui¦la· Gordyanus was Emperour six yere and was slayne of one phelip prefect of the pretory not fer from Rome after that gordi¦anus hadde ouercome the parthes / Fabian was pope after An∣therus fyften yere / whan the pope was deede this passed by the way and talked with his frendes of the••chesyng of a newe pope

¶ Thenne a downe came sodenly and sat on his heede and say¦de thou shalt be crowned bisshop of Rome ¶ And soo he was chosen by goddes ordenaunce and ordeyyed seuen 〈…〉〈…〉 to wryte the dedes of holy martres / And he ordeyned that 〈◊〉〈◊〉 yere crysme and oyle sholde be halowed in holy chirches 〈◊〉〈◊〉 he was martred atte last in decius tyme· In this popes tyme one nanacius a prest of Rome desired to be pope and bycam an here∣tyke and denyed that a synful man myghte be saued / therfor was made a counseyll of sixty bisshops· That tyme was Af∣fricanus the wrytar flouryng· h••••ac••ydes the bisshop sayth that he wrote the lyues of holy fadres in a booke that is callyd para∣dysu••· affrycanus was prayd and wente to Alexandria & occu∣pyed the mayster chayr after orygenes / Also that tyme co••lus the duc of colchestre slough asclepiodotus and regned in brytain thyrtty yere vnto the ecomyng of constancius