- Heracle
- Cōstā¦tine
[ E] ¶Heracle son to heracle pretor of affryk was next ē{per}our the yere of ryst .vi.C. & .xii. he enteryd perse with a gret hoste & toke Cosdrey the kyng there / he baptysyd his sone and brought the holy crosse that cryst dyed vpon in to Iherusalem before takyn by Cosdrey & therfore the fest of the exaltacyon is ha∣lowyd / he reynyd .xxx. yere.
¶Constantine the seconde sone to heracle was next emperour .iiii. monethis. [ E]
[ B] ¶In his tyme .ii. sonnis of Cheolryc{us} kingils{us} & Quichelynus after the deth of theyr faders broder Colwolfus rulyd•• Ioyntly the prīcypat of west saxonis which kyngylsus was after sole king of west saxons & crystynyd by saynt byryne / Thys kyngylsus fought oft agaynst the britteyns / About this tyme the kyngdome of Mercya began vnder one Penda a saxon the yere of cryst .vi·C.xxvi. which was gretest of the other .vi. & conteynyd from huntyngton to london & from the este see to the riuers of Syuerne & Dye / he had a sone callyd wolpherus which reyned after hym and was crystyned / Also in this tyme Orpewaldus son to Redwaldus kyng of Estāgles was cōuertyd & crystenyd. ¶Thys Edwyn was a noble man therfore for dysdayn that Penda had to hym / Penda excytyd Cadwan to make warre vpon hym so that they .ii. assembled a grete hostē & gaue to hym battell where Edwine was slayn after whose deth Eufrycus son of Ethelfrydus was kynge of Brennicia & Osrycus son of. Elfricus brother to Ethelfridus was kyng of Deyra: But anon after they were both slayne of Cadwā after whose deth Oswold secōd son of Ethelfridus was kyng of Brēnycya whom Cadwā wolde haue subdyed and made grete ware vpon hym but Cadwan was ther slayn / About thys tyme dyed Ethelbertus kyng of kent / after whom reynyd hys son Edwaldus whych denyed crystys feyth & maryed hys faders wyfe but after he was conuertyd to crystys feyth by seynt laurence successoure to seynt Austen / Also about this tyme Sebertus kyng of Essex dyed & lefte .iii. sones which denyed the fayth & expulsyd Mellitus byshop of lōdon from hys dyosyse / but sone after they were all slayne in a batteyll agaynst the west saxons and Segebertus made kyng of Essex which was after chrysty¦nyd by exortacyō of Oswy kīg of Northūbers & after was slayn & Cuichelm{us} made kīg / also aboue this tyme Orpewaldus kyng of estangles son to Redwaldus was crystenyd and after dyed / After whom succedyd his broder Sigebertus. [ B]
| k | Edwal•••••• | k | ||||||
| S | S | |||||||
| A | Orpewald{us} | ••••••••bert{us} | A | |||||
| w | w | |||||||
| N | E••fric{us} & Ofric{us} | Oswold{us} | N | |||||
| E | Tres filij s••ber•• Pagam. | ••igebert{us} | E | |||||
| Penda | M |
[ F] hys broder the cōtrey of tholo••e & to Sygebert his secōd sō ye contrey of austry / he relessid to ye saxons the tribute of .vC. oxon whyche they payd yerely to the kyngys of Fraunce / he warryd agaynst the Gascoyns And made the brit¦tons in lyttell britteyne to hym tributaries. [ F]