Prolicionycion [sic]

¶ Capitulum sextum

CRiste suffred dethe seuen dayes afore apryl / cassyodorus seyth· that daye was a greete Eclips of the sonne / Soo that none suche was a fore hond nowther after / soo that the ste••••es were seen in heuē & erth schakyng In Bythinya were throw•• doun many cytees / R / Also the stones were cloue / therfor it semeth that veynes & clyftes that now ben seen in quareis & in roches and in rokkes come of that erthe shakyng. for byfore that tyme onests were hoole withoute clyftes Ioseph̄ That yere in

the whyte soneday preestes in the temphe had styrynges & noyse of places ¶ Thanne they herde a voys breke oute sodenly faste by the temple that sayd passe we oute of these seges ¶Also that yere aboute pentecost that is whitesonetyde the apostles ordeyned the lasse Iames Alpheus sonne bisshop of Ierusalem / he songe first masse among them & reuled the bisshoprych at Ierusalem thyrtty yere / there were ordeyned seuen dekens / steuen / philip Pro¦corus Nychamor Timor permenas and nycholas· Nycholas•• sto∣de not as he sholde but he made his wyf comyn to al that wolde haue hir ¶ Eusebius in historia ecclesiastica libro tercio This nycholas had a fayr wyf and was blamed of the apos∣tles as though̄ he were Ielous and he brought forth his wyf & yf ony man wold lye by her he wold suffre it In simpel and innocent doyng though somme folowyd dyuerse lechery / yet ny∣cholas dide yet in despysyng of the vyse of Ielousy and not by wylle to teche men to desire flesshely lykyng and namely for his sonnes and doughters lyued chaste to her lyues ende and also ••e hym self toke none other wyf after his fyrst wyfe R ¶ Of this Iames take hede that he had four surnames and so be is na¦med Iacobus Alphay for he was Alpheus sone ••ur lordes bro¦der for he was moost lyke to oure lord in holynesse and in face So that many men were bygyled in the lykenesse of them two And therfor Iudas gaf the Iewes a signe of a cusse leste they were deceyued in takyng of crist ¶ Also he is called the lasse Ia¦mes for the other was Zebedeus sonne / though he were yonger than he for he was rather callyd of crist And is called the more Iames and that maner is vsed in the chirche of Rome and in many relygyons Soo that he that cometh first is called the more And he is called rightfull for the worthynesse of passynge holy∣nesse This was alway holy and clene mayde from the tyme that he was first born / he dranke neuer wyne nother sider nother tasted flesshe yren come neuer on his heede / ••e vsed neuer oyle ne∣ther bathes. ffor grete knelyng his knees were as the soles of his fete / he al one had leue to entre in to the holyest place of the tem¦ple / Firste of al he songe a masse / In the good fryday whanne criste▪ dyed he made his auowe that he wolde neuer ete er Criste were aryse The peple fonded wel fast to touche the ••emme of his clothis ¶ That yere bytwene the assencion that is hooly thursdaye and whytesonedaye Mathias was choosen and made Apostel in stede of Iudas the traytoure Of hem· it is wreton

in a story / though the auctor therof be vnknowen A man wa•• in Ierusalem that heete ruben as Ierom sayth of the lygnage of Isacar his wyf ••ete ciborea· In a nyghte whan they had payed dette of wedlok eyther to other. the woman dremed that she hadde y bore an ylle sonne that shold he traytour of his owne peple The child was born and callyd Iudas and the fader and the moder were a grysed for to sle the child other for to norysshe him vp / that sholde destroye his owne peple / therfor they put hym in a lytel cryb shape as a bote and dide hym in to the see and so he come in to an Ilond that hete scariot / there the quene of the Ilōd hadde no children and fonde the cryb and the childe and feyned her self with child and laye and feyned that she had childe· But long after the quene conceyued and yede with childe by the king Whan the childe was born and come to age· Iudas greuyd him ful ofte and made hym wepe ful ofte but al for noughte / for it was not worth the while / Atte laste it come oute that •• Iudas wa snot the kyngis sone ¶ And than he slowe pryuely the kin¦ges sone and d••ad the peyne and fledde to Ierusalem with men that were trybutarye and put them to pilatus courte that was than Iustyser ¶ And for thynges that be lyke acorde to geders Iudas had sone grete fauour of pylatus ¶ In a day pylatus loked oute of his palays in to rubens Orchard that sothely was Iudas fader And Pylatus had lykyng to the Apples· therfor he sent Iudas to gader him of the Apples / than ruben come and mette hym and after the stryf and strokes Iudas vp with a stone and smote ruben on the heede and slowe his owne fader But Iudas fled pryuely away after that euil dede And ther for men trowyd that ruben was sodenly dede ¶ Than Pilatus gaue to Iudas al Rubens catel and he gaue cyborea to be Iu∣das wyf Than in a day ciborea made grete mone bifore Iudas of her wrechyd and sorowful lyf / how she had put her yonge so∣ne in to the see stremes How she lost her husbande sodenly / & how she was maryed agaynst her wylle And soo it was knowen that Iudas hadde slayne his owne fader and wedde his owne moder / therfore by counseyl of ciborea Iudas folowed crist / that his trespas were forgeue / And soo Iudas was criste pro••oure and his disciple ¶Also that yere after the election of mathias and after the sendyng of the holy goste er the Apostles wold go aboute in to dyuerse londes / they come to Ierusalem to geders / & made the crede and steuē was stoned to deth six dayes a ••ore Ia¦nyuere

/ That yere peter the Apostel Iones sone of the prouince of galylee of the strete bethsayda Andrews broder bygan to hol¦de the bisshopes see in the eeste londes and was bisshop there four yere and song masses and sayde the pater noster ¶ Ieronimus de viris illustribus Whan peter come to antyochia & was bisshop there seuen yere· than he come to Rome / and was there fyue and twenty yere and seuen monethes / paul was conuerted And was with the disciples at damaske vnto after that he had recey∣ued crystendom of Ananias and thens he wente to Arabia. & thens agayne in to· damaske· and made thre yeres that hooly wryte callyd many dayes there he was lete doune ouer the wall in a cupe and come in to Ierusalem for to see peter and was with hym fyftene dayes and callyd with hym of the gospel ¶ After¦ward he come in to the countrees of Suria and of cicilia and of Assia and was there ••ourten yere / And whan the xiiij yere was doon he come to the Appostles in to Ierusalem / than whan he had appeled he come to the emperour in to Rome. there without the cyte he hured a comyn bern and taught therinne the wordes of lyf· Amonge the whiche Seneca that was neroes Mayster visited paule not only mowth with mouth / but also with lettres and pistles Persius the poete was born Tiberius cesar dey¦de poysoned with venym the yere of his age thre score and eygh¦ten as it were the fyrst day of october ¶Petrus capitulo sexto Tiberius knewe that he shold dye and called to him his neuews afore other noble men / Gayus his owne broders sone and tiberi¦us that he loued mooste the sone of his owne sonne drusus and ordeyned that he wold a morwe ordeyne hym a successoure and prayd fyrst to her goddes / And he ordeyned by hym self to putte afore his owne neuewes He that come fyrste to hym a morowe and warned Tiberius pryuely that he shold come fyrst in al ma¦ner wyse / But he was recheles a morowe and wolde not come til he had ete And gayus come fyrst and had the empyre· kymbe¦linus kynge of Brytons dyed and lefte after hym twey sones Guyderius and Aruiragus but guiderius had the kyngdome / And warned trybute / and soo he made the Romayns arise ayēst hym