Here begynneth the kalendre of the newe legende of Englande

¶De sancto Lamfranco archiep̄o.

SEynt lamfranke was borne in the Cytie of pape¦der / and in his youth he forsoke his faders succes¦syon gyuynge hym to studye / And when he had atteynyd hygh seculer lernynge he came into Norman∣dye / and there he was takyn with theuys and was cob∣byd of all that he had / wherupon he went to the abbey of Beccense in Normandye as to the porest house he could here of / and there he founde the Abbot bakynge of Bre∣de / and his handys were myrye to stoppe the Ouen / and there he enteryd into Relygyon / and lyuyd in profounde humylyte / & obedyence / On a tyme as he redde the lectu∣re the presydent founde a defaute at his redynge & bade hym amende it / and he redde as he was commaundyd / and yet he hadde redde better before / but that he dyd to shewe hym selfe obedyent / For the euyll maners of the Bretherne he thought to leue the Abbey and lyue in De∣sert and vsyd vnder coloure of a medesyn to ere Erbys to proue how he myght endure with them / And on a nyght a kynnesman of y^e Abbottys lately decessyd apperyd vn∣to hym / and shewyd hym the purpose of Lanfrāke / and tolde the Abbot it was not good for hym y^t he shulde goo frō hym / And when the Abbot with great wepyngys she¦wyd this to Lamfranke he sawe his coūceyll was dysco¦ueryd / wherfore he thought it was the wyll of god that he shuld tary / & so he dyd & was made pryor there / & after Abbot of Cadonyence / This blessyd man came into En¦glonde with wyllyam conqueroure / and was made Ar∣chebusshoppe of Caunterbury & dyd many notable thyn¦gys in thys Realme / He gaue great Possessyons to the Chyrche of Rochester / and restoryd seynt Albons to the fyrste estate / As he satte by the Kynge at a solempne feest

a Rayler seynge the kynge syt ī gloryouse apparell seyd lo I se god / lo I se god / And seynt Lamfranke remem∣brynge the hystorye of Herode aduertysyd the kynge y^t he shuld not suffer such wordys spokyn to hym that belō∣gyd only to god but that he shuld commaunde hym that speke them to be betyn / so that he shulde neuer after dare speke such wordys / and so it was don / He was a man of great lyberalyte / and as it is sayde gaue yerely in aknes fyue hūdred poūdys / And he was a man of a quycke spy¦ryt and recoueryd many thynges that were wrongfully holden fro his Chyrche / And oftyn tymes seynt dunstan apperyd vnto hym & cōfortyd hym she wynge to hym the crafty purpose of his enemyes / He was dyuerse tymes at Rome where he was had in great fauoure of the Pope / when it happenyd hym at any tyme to be at beccense he wolde not vse hym selfe but as he had ben pryour / he was profounde in humylyte large in almes / a great helper of pore men a defender of pupyllys and a comforter of wy∣dowys / And with sobernes he refourmyd the Monkys of Caunterbury / that had vysd before hys tyme Huntyn¦ge / Haukynge / and such other wanton disportys / and in the .xix. yere after he had ben busshope the .v. kalendas of Iune he Dyed and lyeth at Caunterbury in a Chyrche which he in his lyfe buyldyd.