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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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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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Rastell, John, d. 1536.
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[London :: Printed by John Rastell,
1530?]
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Great Britain -- History -- To 1485 -- Early works to 1800.
Europe -- History -- 476-1492 -- Early works to 1800.
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"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." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A68635.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 17, 2024.

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  • Iohn̄.
  • Iohn̄.
  • Sergi∣us.
  • Benet.

[ P] ¶Iohn̄ was next pope the yere of cryste .M.i. he held the see .iiii. monythis & more / he ordeynyd that ye dyryge shuld be song yerely in the euyn of all s••yn••is.

¶Iohn̄ a romayn was next pope the yere of cryste .M.i. he held the see .iiii. yere & more. ¶Sergyus a romayn hyld the see next .ii yere.

¶Benet of tusque hyld the see next .xi yere in his tyme Iherusalem was takyn by the sarasyns and the Sepulcre of cryste distroyd. [ P]

[ B] saylyd in to Normandy to his wyf and when swanus herd of his depertyng he areryd gret sōmis of money of the people & a grete parte of seynt Edmondis landis which the people there claymyng to be fre of kyng{is} trybute denyed to pay / wherefor swan{us} dyspysyng ye holy marter enteryd ye teritory of seynt Edmond & spoylyd ye countrey so that men of that countrey fell to preyr so that shortly after this swanus dyed sodenly yellyng & crieng among his knyghtis some sey that he was stykkyd with the swerd of sent Edmond / wherof he dyed the .iii. day after / In fere wherof Canutus his son which rulyd as kyng after his fader graūtyd to them all theyr lybertes / after this when Egelredus herd of the deth of swanus he made prouysyon & came in to Englond of whose cōmyng so kanutus beyng vnprouydyd saylyd in to Demars / & retornyd agayne the next yere with a grete nauey & landyd in ye south countrey wherfore ye eldest son of kyng Egelredus callyd Edmond yronsyd made {pro}uysyon with the eyde of Edrycus to mete hym but Edrycus cam not but dysseyuyd hym for as it was after prouyd Edrycus had promysyd his fauor to kanutus / by reason wherof kanutus enteryd ye cōtrey of west saxons & forsyd ye people there to swere to hym fealte & to gyf to hym pleggis / In this tyme Egelredus beyng at London was takyn with a grete sekenes & there dyed & was buryed in the north syde of Poulys church behynd the quere after that he had reynyd & vnwysely gouernyd the realme .xxxvi. yeris / leuyng after hym his seyd eldest son Edmond yronsyde / & Alfryde & Edward whych were in Normandy and thyder before sent as is before rehersyd.

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