¶Of the ye••tes that saynt Iohn̄ the Almoner sent to the Patryarke of Ihe¦rusalem for a socoure agaynst the Pay¦nyms / And begynnyth in latyn ¶Do∣mino &c. Caplm .C.xxiiii.
THe holy Patryarke Iohn̄ se∣enge the dystruccōn of the tem¦ples of Iherusalem the why∣che sholde be made by the Persyens for the synnes of the peple. sente to the Pa¦triarke of Iherusalem a thousande pe¦nyes· a thousande sackes full of where and a thousande hogges heedes of bee¦nes & pe••sen to make potage wyth / A thousande pounde of yren. a thousand tonne of wyne and a thousande Egip¦tyens. cunnynge & good werke men in makynge and buyldynge of chyrches / ¶And he wrote to the sayd Patriarke in this manere / O very dyspensatoure of Ihesu cryste / I byseche the gyue me pardonne that I goo not to the / Tru∣ly I wold it were couenable that I my¦ight goo thider for to buylde in the pla¦ce of the Resurreccōn of Ihesu Cryst / ¶Notwythstondyng I praye the that thou take as for a thynge of noughte the gyfte that I sende to the / But pray god oonly that he gyue me that preuy¦lege to be wryten in ye boke of lyf /