The pastyme of people The cronycles of dyuers realmys and most specyally of the realme of Englond breuely co[m]pylyd [and] empryntyd in chepesyde at the sygne of the mearemayd next to pollys gate. Cum priuilegio.

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• Cōstā¦tine.

[ E] ¶Constans or constantyne the .iii. son of cōstātyne was next emperour the yere of cryst .vi.C.xl.iiii. he was an heretyk & put the pope Martin to exyle but at laste he was slayne of his own people. ¶Constantyn the .iiii. son of Cōstantyne was next emperour he was a good man he cawsid y^e pope Agatō to call a cōsell at Cōstātynople where it was ordeynyd that preestis grek{is} myght haue wyfis which to preestis latens was forboden. [ E]

[ B] ¶Also about this tyme the south saxōs rebellyd & refusyd to be vnder the west saxons & sone after they made Ethelwold theyr kyng / Also in this tyme Penda made war vppō Anna kyng of estāgles & slew hym in opyn battell after whom succedyd his broder Ethellerus / And after that Penda went to Northumberlāde to the ētēt to slee Oswy as he before had sleyn his broder Oswolde but Oswy profferid hym pese and wolde haue gyffyn hym many gret gyftis which Penda refusyd wherefore Oswy said becawse this panym refusyth my gyft{is} I shall offer them to god yf it plese hym and there made a vow to god that yf he had vyctory he wolde gyue his doughter to god with sufficient possessiō to byld .xii. abbeys and after that ioynyd battell and Penda was there sleyn in opyn feld & .xx. of his chefe Capteyns & his wyfe taken after which victory Oswy gaue thankis to god and performyd his promise and made Elfleda his doughter a nonne and byldyd .xii. abbeys wherof .vi. were in deyra & vi. in Brenicia this Oswy after this victory gouernyd the marchis and the south saxōs .iii. yere and gaue one of his douthers in mariage to Peda son to penda and made hym to be crystynyd and then made hym kyng of south marchys which was sleyn by treson of his wyfe and after y^t the kyngdome fell to wolpher{us} y^e other broder which was cristinid / In this tyme Excōbert kīg of kēt died & the kyng¦dome fell to Egbart his son also about this tyme Ethellerus kyng of Estangles was slayne by the army of Oswy kyng of Northūbers after whom succeddyd his broder Ethelwoldus / After whom reynyd Adulphus son to anna but how lōg he reynyd & who succedyd hym I find not for they were euer subduyd by the kyngis of Mercia vnto the tyme of the good kyng seynt Edmunde. [ B]

k				Egbert{us}		k
S	Ethelwoldus					S
A			Ethelerus		Ethelwold{us}	A
w						w
N				Egfridus		N
E						E
M		Peda				M