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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Francus. Clogi∣on.

¶Frāc{us} the .ii. was the furst kīg of the Frēchmē which was son to An∣chari{us} leder of ye Cicābers & discēdid of the aūcion line of Franc{us} son of Ector of Troy which Cicābers after that they forsoke the cyte of Cicāber in Hongary cam & dwelt nygh the Ryne now callyd gelders & holland / therfor loke Iuli{us} Cesar his comētaryes / He had many vyctorys agaīs y^e romaīs & gallis he made a bryge ouer y^e wat of Meuze & cā to gallia & slew aboue .l.M. peple •• he forsook y^e name of Cicābers & callid hī self kīg of Frēchmē But yet some callyd yē Cicā∣bers some germaīs & some frēchmē / this Frāc{us} dyed aft he had reynid .xxviii. yeer Look hanibald{us}. ¶Clogiō sō of Frāc{us} was next kīg of Frēchmē he made war agayn Tiberi{us} y^t was aft ē••our & cau∣sid hī to retorn toward rome agayn without vyctory / In the .x. yere of his reyn Iesu Cryst was born [ F]

¶Seint Peter

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borne in Betsa••ida in Galelye o¦ther wise callid Simon Bario∣na was prince of the apostellis to whom Ihesu Cryste gaue the keys of heuyn & auctorite to lose & bīd / he prechid furst ī y^e ••st par∣tys & there ••ang furst Masse and after cā to Anti¦och wher he pre∣chid and taryed ▪vii. yere & after y^t cam to rome. ¶Seynt An∣drew broder to seynt peter was furst dysciple to seynt Iohn̄ Baptyst & after one of y^e appostels of cryst he went in to grece & prechyd y^e gospellis & ther cōuertyd mich people but after he was martyryd by one Egyas.

¶Iohn̄ the Euangelest was cosyn to cryst he went in to ynde & ther cōuertyd mych people and after was brought to Rome by the cōmandment of domycyā & put in to a vessell of boylyng oyle & cam out without hurt & from thens was banysshyd in to y^e yle of patmose wher he wrot the appocalypse. ¶Iamis the more broder to seynt Iohn̄ the Euangelyst went in to spayn & ther prechyd & after cam agayne into Iury & there was he dyd by herod.

¶Thomas prechid to y^e parthes & medes & after wēt ī to īde wher he was martirid & slayn with sper{is} ¶Iamis y^e lasse he was furst bysshop of Iherusalem where he was cast downe frō y^e top of y^e tēple to y^e grownd & so was martyryd & dyed.

¶Phylyp prechyd in Seythie & cōuertyd allmost all the cōtrey & after was crucyfyed. ¶Bartholomew was neuew to y^e kyng of Syrye he prechyd in Lychane & ynde & after came in to al∣bane a cyte in armonye & ther cōuertyd y^e kīg y^e quene & .xii. cytes in y^e cōtrey / but after he was takyn by astiagius the kyngis broder which made hym to be fleyd quik & after smot of his hed. ¶Mathew appostell & euāgelist he wrot y^e gospell ī hebrew tōg he prechid ī egipt & at y^e last was he did ¶Symō was cosī to crist he was chosī bisshop of Iherusalē by y^e appostell{is} after y^e deth of seīt Iam{is} the lesse where he was crucyfyed when he was .C.xx. yere of age.

¶Iudas tadde{us} he prechyd ī y^e cyte of Edyssa & after in Mesopotonya & after was slayne ī armonye ¶Mathye after y^e ascēciō of cryst was chosī appostell in the stede of Iudas skariot he prechyd in Iury but y^e Iues stonid hym to deth & after smote of his hed.