Here begynneth the kalendre of the newe legende of Englande

¶De sancto wilhelmo martire.

SEynt Wyllyam the Martyr was borne in seynt Iohn̄s towne in Scotlande / and in his youthe he lyuyd a wanton secoler lyfe / and after he was sodeynly turnyd into a newe man / chastysynge his Bo∣dye subduyd his flesshe to the spyryte / He vsyd the crafte of Bakynge / and euery tenth Lo••e he wolde geue for the loue of god to poore men / dayly he vsyd to be at the Chur¦che / and in a mornynge erlye he foūde at the Churche do¦re a enfaunte in poore apparell whom he brought whom norysshyd hym / taughte hym his crafte / and louyd hym syngulerly aboue eny other of his seruaūtys / after he por¦posyd to goo on pylgrymage to the placys where our lor¦de suffred his Deth and passyon / and toke with hym on∣lye the sayde yonge man whom he had brought vp as be¦fore apperyth / and so he came to Rochestre / & as he was goynge fro thens to Caunterbury the sayde yonge man full of the Deuyll in purpose to kylle hym ledde hym oute

of the hyghe wayes & tolde hym that he had lernyd that it was the waye / & when he had broughte hym after his porpose out of all wayes he kyllyd hym with a Hachet / & there lefte hym in the wood wheropon a madde woman that ranne nakyd into y^e woddys came by the place whe∣re the gloryous martyr laye / and when she sawe hym she made hym a garlande of Erbys and put it vpon his hed∣de / and lyke a Woman in that case spake to hym as if he had ben a lyue / and on the nexte daye she came agayne & sayde she wolde haue her Garlonde agayne / and so toke it fro his Hedde and put it ou her Hedde / and fourthwith as it touchyd her Hedde she was hoole / and had her wyt¦tys restoryd and anon was a shemyd of her nakydnes / & knewe that she was made hoole by the merytys of y^e sayd gloryous martyr / And he lyeth at Rochester.