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.

• Iohn̄.
• Grego∣ry.
• Iohn̄.

[ P] ¶Iohn̄ a romayn was next pope the yere of cryste .x.C.lxxxiii. he helde the see .x. yere and more ¶Gregory was next pope he helde the see .ii. yere & more he was nygh cosyn to otton the .iii. ēperour he ordenyd y^t y^e emperour shulde be chosen by .vii. pryncis of almayne whych is obserued to this day ¶Iohn̄ that was byshop of Pleasaunce helde the see .x. monethis [ P]

[ E] In his tyme one crescencius a consul put doun pope Gregory & made Iohn̄ byshop of Pleasaūce for rewarde of money pope whereof Otto beyng not content cam to Rome with a grete power and be∣seged crescencius in castell angell and at y^e last took hym & smote of his hed & put doun pope Iohn̄. [ E]

[ B]

Sone after a grete sykenes of the bloody flyx reyned wherof mych people died and for lak of good Iustyce many theuis and bribors were in the land and grete mysery and myschefe / This Egelred{us} gafe hym self to lechery and polyng of his subiectis and disinherited men of theyre possessions and caused them to redeme y^e same agayn with grete summys of money for he payed grete tribute to da∣nys yerely whych was called dane gylt or danys money which was īcresed frō .x.Ml. a yere to .xl.Ml. yerely / These danys before were so proud y^t they kept the husbōdmēlyke vyleyns they lay in theyre housys and ete & drank and payed nought and kept theyr wyfes / doughters and seruauntes at theyr plesurys as the kemys and galowglashis do now in yreland and the husbondmen callyd them then lorde dane whych word now we vse in obprobrye callynge hym y^t we rebuke lurdayn / This egelred{us} maried Emma doughter to Rychard duke of Normandy & after y^t send streyte and secrete cōmyssi∣ons to euery ruler of euery towne in Englond y^t vppon sent Brycis day at a certeyn howre y^e danys shulde be sodenly slayne & so it was {per}formyd which turned after to more trouble / After that tithing{is} cam in to denmark of the murder of these danis anon after swanus kyng of denmark / with a grete host and nauy landyd in Cornwall and there dyd grete hurt and when he hard that the kyng was cō∣myng to him with y^e power of his land he toke his shippis & landyd agayne in northfolk / wher that duke Vskatell met hym and bete hym & slew many of the danys wherfore Swanus for that yere re¦tornyd agayne to denmark / and ther made great prouyssyon y^t the next yere after he landyd agayne at Sandwych and there spoylyd the cuntre and when he herd tell that any host was cōmyng agayne hym then he toke his shippis & landyd agayn in suthsex & spoylyd that contrey / & as sone as he hard of any host of Englyshmen comyng to ward hym then he wold enter & land in a nother cuntrey / and euer brent robbyd and slew the people without pyte and so weried the Englyshmen that inconclusiō y^e kyng was fayn to take peace with thē & gaue to kyng swanus therfore .xxx.M.l after which pease thus made Swanus returned agayn to denmark [ B]

[ F] ¶This Lewis was the last kīg of the blood of Pyppin he died without issue & ordenid Hugh Capet [ F] his famylyer to be his heyr.