Prolicionycion [sic]

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AVrelianus of denmark born was emperour fyue yere / and somwhat of monethes / he was lyke to grete Alysaunder or to Iulius / For as Alysaunder in xij yere w••••te in to Inde / and Iulius in ten yere ouercome the Galles and the Germans and fought foure yere ayenst the cyteseyns▪ So in this four yere be restored the lordship of Rome / In his first tyme the state of holy chirche bygan 〈◊〉〈◊〉 soo that a solempne counseyl of Bisshops was made at Antiochia ¶In that counceyl paule the heretyk was condempned but afterward he was ••••eyred by shrewes & arered disese and stryf in holy chirche This Aurelianus ouer∣come the gothes fyue sythes· this was the fyrst amonge Roma∣yns that vsed clothes of gold / he dyde on his hede a dyadem•• a∣rayed with precious stones· he restored to the peple vse of swynes flessh / Atte last he cam in to gallia and martred many holy men and called the cyte genalium by his own name aurelyan And was after slayne fast by constantinople ¶After hym taci¦tus regned six monethes after the whiche he was slayne in pon∣tus ¶ Thenne after tha•• ••••••rianus regned thre monethes and was slayn in Tharsis ••••ter the passion of euticianus / gaius was pope nyntē yere. he ordeyned degrees of ordres in holy chirch ¶ Hostiariu•• lector exorcista and acolytus and other mo / And that no man shold accuse the mynystrys of holy chirche to fore a seculer Iugge Anatolius bisshop of Alysaunder in laodicia made a boo•• of the verrey ester day & ten bookes of arsmetrik ¶ The heresye of the manachies began to sprynge. Mauych••us was of perse a man of sharp wytte and of straunge man••••s ¶ First ••e was named mane•• ¶ The manychyes haue tha•• name of him▪ The•• s••y•• that ther ben tweyne fyrst werchers and maker•• of thynge•• / One of good and another of euil / one of l••ght and another of derknes· Giraldus and Alfredus.

¶Aleu•••• that tyme the ••••mayns sent one constan••••us for to

make coelus kyng of brytayne subgett / And for 〈◊〉〈◊〉 resseyue try∣bute that was denyed ¶ But coelus wa•• dede after the moneth of his comyng and constancius had the kyngdome / and wedded this coelus doughter / and gate on her the grete constantin Pro¦bus was Emperour six yere and somwhat of monethes / he wan gallia that was oute of theyr hondes and restored it agayne / he lete the galles and pannonyes haue vse of vynes / And whan he had wele nyghe sette al in pees / he sayd that in short tyme me sholde haue no nede to knyghtes / And atte last he was slayn 〈◊〉〈◊〉 a stryuyng of knyght••s ¶ Carus with his sones carinus 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Numerianus was emperour two yere and he was drowned 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the Ryuer Tigris / ¶ Also Numerianus was lad in a lytter for his sore eyen and his owne wyues fader Apru•• satte in a way••e for hym and slough hym ¶Thenne after many daye•• he wa•• vnnethe founde but by stenche of his carayn. ¶ Carinus was ouercome and slayn at margus