Here begynneth the kalendre of the newe legende of Englande

¶De sancto Edga••e••ege ••t ••••••fessore.

THe lyfe of this blessyd Kynge was founde in the boke that is called Cathologus sanctorū / when the great Legend was nygh fynysshed and by∣cause it coulde not be put in after the ordre of the letters it is ••ette laste of all the seyntes / and in the Kalendre it shall kepe the ordre as other seyntes do after the letter / Seynt Edg••¦rekynge of Englande when he was aboute the age of .xvi. yeres beganne his Raygne in the ••yme of Otho the Empe¦roure at his byrth seynt Dunstane Archebysshop of Caun¦terbury ha••••e the voyce of an Aungell fro Heuyn sayinge peas be to Englande as l••nge as this childe shall Raygne and as longe as our Dunstane shall lyue / He raygned .xvi. yeres & euery yere he foundyd a new Monastery & gouer∣nyd the Realme i•• hygh peas & Iustyce / he subdued y^• kyn¦ge of scotlande / & the kyng{is} in Wales to the nombre of ••yue and dyuers other he compellyd to come to his court & toke a perpetuall ••the that they shuld be 〈◊〉〈◊〉 vnto hym / What by by polycye / and what with fere he refreyned his people fro great outragyous drynkynge and he was so terryble and streyght of punysshement that there was noo pry••••t the•••• in all the Countrey n•• any great Rob••er of the people / He kylled al y^• wylde b••stes in Englande that we••e ••••uenours and lyued by blode / and cōmaunded Guydale kyng ••f ••••••les that he shuld for his ••ribute yerely brynge vnto hym thre Hundred W••lnes whiche he dyd many yeres tyll he sayde there were no m•••• / Euery yere after{is} Ester he 〈…〉〈…〉

serche the see to take Pyratys and r••bbers of the see / And in wynter he wolde go 〈◊〉〈◊〉 by euery prouynce to put a∣way theuys and to serche the Demeaner of great m••n that they breke nat Iustyce / On a sondaye he was dysposyd to go•• on huntynge / and desyred seynt Dunstane to 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of masse tyll he came / And whenne the houre drewe nere seynt Dunstane put on his v••••tymentes and lenyd vpon the Aul¦ter and sodeynly fallynge a slepe he was ledde into Heuyn where he harde Aungelles synge Kyrie eleyson .ix. tymes / After he awakyd and taryed a whyle and was rapte agay∣ne and harde theym synge with an hyghe voyce Ite miss a est / wherto was answeryd Deo gratias. Thenne after his clerke came to hym and tolde hym that the kyng was come to whom he answeryd that he had harde Masse / & that he nedyd nat any more to say Masse for that daye / and when the kynge askyd hym why he wolde n••t say Masse he she∣wyd hym his vysyon / & by that occasion he {pro}hybyted the kynge y^t he shuld neuer after go a huntynge on the sonday which monycion y^e kynge toke benygnely & fro thens kept it all his lyfe / This blessyd kynge in many thyng{is} maye be resembled to the great kynge Dauid / for as kynge Dauid was fyrste kynge of Iuda / and after was kynge of all the Lande aswell of Iuda as of Iherusalem / and helde it at his deth peasyblye / So this noble kynge was kynge of all this Realme of Englande / and hadde the hole monarchye therof peasybly / whiche hadde ben byfore tyme deuydyd in to many kyngdomes / and was called Re••pacificus / Also as kynge Dauid was a myghty defender of his subgettes / a subduer of ••••bellys / and so was this blessyd kynge as in his lyfe / And also in Cr••nycles wyll appere / and as kyn∣ge ••au••d moche encreasyd the seruyce of almyghty god /

And appoyntyd dyuers men therto p̄payrynge many thyn¦ges to haue buyldyd the Temple to the honoure of god / so this blessyd man made & repayred dyuerse Monasteryes in this Realme / wherby the seruyce of god was moche en∣creacyd. Also when kynge Dauid had offendyd / and was wherfore reprouyd by the Prophete Natham anone he cō∣fessyd his offence cryed mercy and dyd penaūce in lyke wy∣se when this blessyd kynge had offendyd / and seynt Dun∣stane reprouyd hym therof anone ferynge the Iugement of god he knowlegyd his offence / and dyd seuen yeres pe∣naunce as in the lyfe of seynt Dunstane apperyth in the lat¦ter ende of seynt Patrykes lyfe in the Legende it apperyth that many yeres after the departynge of this blessyd kynge his body was founde vncorrupt / and that when the place that was newly ordeyned for hym was to lytell / Oon pre∣sumptuously attemptyd to make the body mete for the pla∣ce / wherupon incontynent the blode folowed so that all that were there present fearyd greatly and therupon he was ho¦norably leyde in a Shryne by the hyghe Aulter / whiche he had gyuen to the sayd Churche and anone he that so presū¦ptuously had offendyd sodeynly fell downe and expyred A man that was madde / and also a blynde man at the tumbe of this blessyd kyng receyued helth / and he lyeth at Glaston bury / Praye we then to thyse glorious seynt{is} that be in this present Kalendre that by merytes of theyr prayers we may haue grace so to passe by thyse transytorye thynges that af∣ter this short lyfe we may come to the Euerlastynge lyfe in the kyngdome of heuen. Amen.

¶Explicit.