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.

• Sergi∣us.
• Iohn̄.
• Iohn̄.
• Sosin{us}

[ P] ¶Sergius borne at Annoch was next pope the yere of Cryste .vi.C.lxxxvii / he hyld the see one yere and more.

¶Iohn̄ a greke hyld the se next .iii. yere & more

¶Iohn̄ a greke hyld the se next .ii. yere. & more.

¶Sosinus of Siria hyld the se next .xx. days / In his tyme was made the furst duke of Venes callid Paulus Lucius. [ P]

[ E] Leōci{us} sēd one Iohn̄ Patrik which bete & droue out y^e sarsīs but after y^e sarsīs returnid agayn wher∣fore Iohn̄ Patryk returnyd toward y^e ē{per}our for socour & the people of his army therfore made one Tyber ē{per}our whych Tyber wēt streyght to cōstātynople & cut of Leōci{us} nose & put him in to exyle.

[ B] Also Ranulphus & other auctours affyrme that Cadwalleder was kyng of west saxons / And dyuers suppose that he myght be kyng both of weste saxōs & kyng of bryttayns & be inherytable to both for west saxons were next adioynyng to Cambria wher the bryttons dwelt. This Cadwalladrus made war vppō Lotharius kyng of kent & dystroyd mych of that prouynce in whych war Lothari{us} was slayne after whose deth one Edricus was kyng of kent / after that Cadwalleder made war vppō Ethelwold kyng of South saxons & slewe hym in playne bat••eyll & made hys prouynce subduyd to hym / In thys tyme the deth whych began in the tyme of Cadwall contynuyd so sore & therwyth great darth by y^e space of .xi. yere wherby the people at y^e last were so mynyshyd y^t vnneth y^e quyk bodys suf∣fysyd to bery the dede / This Cadwallader as Galfridus wrytyth in the .iii. yere of hys reyn whether it were only for deuocyon or for fleyng of the deth went on pylgimage to rome and there by the pope Sergius was professyd a monk & there dyed & was the last kyng of the blood of brytteyns / Also Gal∣frydus wrytyth that Iuor son to Cadwalleder & Iue hys nevewe rulyd the bryttayns ioyntly after the departyng of Cadwallader & made great war agaynst the saxons but they coud neuer preuayle & after y^e bryttayns were callyd welch mē of theyr duke & leder callyd wallo or Gwallo or els of a quene of walys callyd Galaes / Also about this tyme wolpherus king of Marches dyed after whō succedyd hys broder Ertheldredus But now because y^e Cadwallader as it apperyth was both kyng of brittōs & of west saxons & all the other kyngdomys were subduyd to the west saxons therfore in thys worke I wyl procede vppon the lyne of west saxons & euer in tyme & order shew how euery one of the other

[ B]

k	Cothari{us}	k
N		N
E		E
M	Etheldred{us}	M