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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 18, 2024.

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  • opili{us} macri∣nus
  • Antho¦nius
  • aureli{us} alexād
  • Iule marim̄
  • Gordiā·
  • pupiē{us} & balbi∣us

[ E] ¶Opilius macrinus was by the men of war made emperour the yere of crist .CC.xx. & hild the ēpire but one yere: for they that chase hym slew hym & his sonne diaduenus in the cytte of antioch. ¶Anthonius heleogabalus bastard to caracalla was then made ēperour his cōdiciōs were vile & de∣testable wherfore by ye power of ye mē of war he & his moder were slayn after yt he had rēynid ·iiii. yere. ¶Aurelius alexander was next ē{per}our / a vertious man / it was neuer found that euer he dyd wrong to any man / he made warre agaynst the parthes / he was slayne by the men of warr by the occasion of maximian at the cite of magunce·

¶Iule maximian occupyed then the ēpire wythout auctorite of the senate / he made the .vi. parsecu∣cion vppon the crystin men this maximian as Capitalius resitith was sich a glotton that he wold ete xl.l. weyght of flesh in a day & drīk therto a mew of wyne which is almost .iiii. galons / he was by the senate declaryd enmy to the romen wele & depriuid of his empyre

¶Gordian the old was emperour next after / he reynid but one yere.

¶Pupienus & Balbius were next made emperours & gordian sonn of the doughter of Gordian the old made cesar / these held the empire one yere & then were both slayn in the paleys. [ E]

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