Here begynneth the kalendre of the newe legende of Englande

¶De sancto Melore martyre.

MElianus duke of Cornewayle fader to seynt Me∣lorie was kylled by his owne broder called Rynol¦dus whiche toke vpon hym the Dukedome / then he toke Melorie with hym into Cornewayle be∣ynge of the age of .vii. yeres / and thought to kylle hym the∣re / and there he was desyred by the people that he shuld nat kyll hym / but that he shuld stryke of his ryght hande & his lefte fote and lette hym go / and so it was done / Thenne he had a hāde and fote made for hym of syluer / & was put to a Monasterye in Cornewayle where he encresyng in all ver¦tue & lernyd scriptur to his age of .xiiii. yer{is} & y^e hande wold open & shyte as it had ben of flesshe & bone aft Cerialtanus

that had the rule of hym at the desyre of the Duke cutte of his hedde / in the Kalend of Octobre / And as his sone was berynge of the hedde to Rynold by the waye he fell downe of a walle and brake his necke / And thenne his Fader toke the hede to bere it to the Duke / and by the way whenne he was nyghe deed for drynes the hedde badde hym sette his staffe in the grounde / and there he shuld fynde a welle and so he dyd / and the staffe waxed in to a tree and a fayre welle sprange at the rote thereof / And natwithstandynge whenne he hadde refresshed hymselfe he bare the hedde furth / and the Duke receyued it gladly and bad hym go to a hylle the∣re bye / & all that he sawe he wolde gyue hym for his rewar∣de / and whenne he came thy der he was stryken blynde and forthwith dyed and his flesshe melted awaye lyke waxe at the fyre. The body of seynt Melorye was .iii. tymes bury∣ed & euery tyme it was founde agayne aboue the grounde / wherfore by a hole counsell he was layde in a wayne and .ii. wylde bulles were put in it & they stode styll w^t it in a place that the people lyked nat: And whenne the people assayed to remoue it and coulde nat they buryed it there honorably The hedde was brought to Rynolde / and whenne he had towched it the thyrde daye after he dyed / and thenne it was buryed by the bysshoppes and the Clergye with the body / and nowe his relykes be at Malmesbury.