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¶How saynt Edwarde deyed the Twelfth daye.

ANd after it befell thus on Cryst masse euen / as the holy man Ed¦warde was at goddes seruyce matyns for to here of that hyghe solempne feest. he became full syke / and in the morowe endured with moche payne the masse for to here. And after masse he lete hym be ladde in to his chambre / there for to reste hym. But in his halle amonge his barons and his knyghtes myght he not come theym for to comforte and solace / as he was wonte for to do at that wor∣thy feest. Wherfore all theyr myrth and

comfort amonge al that were in the hal∣le was tonned in to care & sorowe / bycau¦se they dradde for to lese the good lorde the kyng. ¶And vpon saynt Iohn daye Euangelyst that came next / the kyng re¦ceyued his ryghtes of holy chirche / as it befalleth to euery crysten man / & abode the mercy & y^t wyll of god. And the two pylgrymes he lete before hym come & ya¦ue theym ryche yeftes & betoke theym to god. Also the abbot of Westmestre he le¦te before hym come & toke hym that ryn¦ge in the honour of god & saynt Mary / & of saynt Iohan the Euangelyst. And the abbot toke it & put it amonge other relykes / so that it is at Westmestre / & e∣uer shall be / & so laye the kyng syke tyll the twelfth eue. And tho deyed the good kynge Edwarde at Westmestre / & there he lyeth. For whoos loue god hath she∣wed many a fayre myracle. ¶And this was in the yere of the Incarnacyon of our lorde Ihesu Cryste .M.lxv. And af∣ter he was translated & put in to y^• shry¦ne by the noble martyr saynt Thomas of Caunterbury.

UIctor the seconde was pope af∣ter Leo / & of hym lytell is wry∣ten. ¶Henry y^• seconde was Emperour after the fyrst Henry .xvij. yere / this man was cosyn to Conradus / & he was borne in a wood / & twyes taken for to be slay∣ne whan he was a childe / but god defen¦ded hym euermore. Whan he was made Emperour / many a monastery he made in the same place in the wood where he was borne. This man was a victoryous man / & he entred in to Ytaly / & there he toke Padulphus the prynce of Campa∣ny. ¶Strepha••••s the .ix. was pope after Victor .ix. monethes. ¶Benedictus af∣ter hym / & he toke the dygnyte of the po¦pe Stephanus by strength & kept it .ix. monethes / & thenne decessyd. ¶Henry the thyrde was Emperour after Henry the seconde / this Henry was an 〈◊〉〈◊〉 man / & many tymes troubled that ho¦ly man Gregorius the .vij. And fyrst he axed forye••enesse & was assoyled. But he per••euered not longe / but brought in an other pope ayenst hym / and sayd he was an heretyke. And Gregori{us} cursyd hym. And the chesers of the Emperour they chose the duke of Saxon for to be Emperour / whom this Henry in batay∣le ouercame. And thenne he came to Ro¦me with his pope & pursewed pope Gre¦gorius & the Cardynalles also. ¶And thenne anone Robert the kynge of Na∣ples droue hym thens / and delyuered the pope & his Cardynalles. Neuerthelesse yet he was a man of grete almesse. And .xij. tymes he faught in batayll / and a•••• the laste he deyed wretchedly / for he was put there by his owne sone. For so as he dyde to other men / so was he done vnto ¶Nichola{us} the seconde was pope after Benedictus two yere / this Nichola{us} cal∣led a coūseyll ayenst the Archedeken of Turonoseus / the whiche was an her••ty¦ke / & he taught ayenst the fayth. For he erred in the sacrament / & after he was cōuerted & was an holy man / but he cou∣de neuer cōuerte his dyscyples. Nota. ¶Alexander y^• seconde was pope after hym .xij. yere / this Alexand was an holy man. & he ordeyned y^• vnder payne of cur¦synge that no man sholde here a preest{is} masse whom men knewe had a lemman (Vt pʐ .xxxij. p̄ter hoc) He had stryue w^t one Codulo / but he expulsyd hȳ as an v∣surper / & put hym out as a symonyer.