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.

• Gordiā
• phillip darabi
• Decius
• gall{us} hostili{us}
• licini{us} & galiē

[ E] ¶Gordian the yonger before said cezar was thē next emperour the yere of crist .CCxli. he made war agayne the parthes and as he returnid by the meanys of phillip darabye he was slayn. ¶Phylip darrabye before sayd was thē made emperour the yere of crist .CCxlvii / he had a son callyd philip whiche he ioyned with hym in his ēpyre / he was the furst cristin man of all kyngys or ē{per}ours romaynes at which time he made grete solēnites & sportis .iij. dayes & nightis continuing / this seyd phyllyp & his son were put down & slayn by decius / y^t is to sey the fader at veron and the son at rome after that they had reyned vii. yere.

¶Decius borne in campeyn or hungarie was then made ēperour / he made the .vii. {per}secutiō agaīst the cristin mē where seynt fabiā & saynt cornill pope & seynt appolin where martyrid he was slayne in a battell / but some say he slewe hym selfe.

¶Gall{us} hostili{us} was thē made ē{per}our / he ioynid with hī his son volucian{us} they kept y^e ēpire .ii. yere ¶Lycinius valeriā with galiē his son were made ē{per}ours the yere of crist .CClvi. at the beginynge he was good & gentyll / but by the instigacion of an herytyke that was his famylier / he made the .viii. {per}secution agayns the cristin men of whome god toke vēgeāce for in a bateyle agayns sapor kyng of {per}ces he was takyn & his cyen put out and abode there all his life prysoner tyed wyth cheynis.

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