Here begynneth the kalendre of the newe legende of Englande

¶De sancto Birino ep̄o & confe••••ore.

SEynt birine was made Busshope by 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ho∣noryus and wassente into Englonde to Preche the worde of god in tho partyes where it hadde not ben prechyd afore / And when he was on the see he re∣membred that he had forgotten behynde hym his palle y^t he was wonte to mynystre the blessyd sacrament vppon And so he armyd hym selfe with faythe / and went out of the Shyppe into the see & went vpon the water / & fet his palle & came agayne to the Shyppe & foūde it standyng styll vnto his cūmynge agayne which before went a gre¦te course / And many in the shyppeseynge that Myracle were conuertyd. And so .xxxviii. yere after the cōmynge of seynt Augustyne he came into a porte amonge the peo¦ple of the westsaxons that were then all Paganes / And there he helyd a woman that myght neytherhere nor see And cristenyd the Kynge kynegylfus and seynt Oswal∣de the Kynge that then was come into tho partyes to ma¦ry the Kynge kynegylfus doughter was his godfader & both the Kynges gaue to seynt Byryne dorchestre to ma¦ke a Busshoppes see therin / And putte therin two Cha∣nons seculers / And in the tyme of Wyllyam conquerou∣re that see was translatyd to Lyncolne by the Busshope remyge / And in the tyme of Kynge steuyn the Bussope Alexaunder put Chanons reguler into Dorchestre / and bede de gestys Anglorū wrytyth y^t after so y^t byryne had conuertyd moche people / & buylded many Churches he dyed & was buryed in Dorchester & y^t he was after trans¦latyd to wynchester by hedda the busshope / & thereupon was great sute bytwixte Wynchestre / & Dorchestre for his Body & the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ••rote downe a Bulle to enquere the trouthe / And it apperyth not in the Legende what en¦de it toke / but it semyth to be the more {pro}bable oppynyon

that he lyeth at Dorchester for it was prouyd that myra∣cles had be doon in his name at Dorchester.