the seuen corn eres and of the seuen kyne¶ Iacob· ¶Capitulum duodecimumTHis yere that was the seconde yere of Fanus Iacob an honderd yere old and thrytty wente with his childer doū in to Egypte ¶ Augustinus libro octodecimo This
Iewry moost / helene the quene of adyabenes come to Ieru∣salem and bought corn al aboute for to susteyne nedy cristen mē at Ierusalem / and atte las she made two vnryels and heete bu∣rye therinne her body and her
germa∣yns strofe for a ponde that had plente of fysshe and by his pra¦yers the ponde waxed drye and bere corn and fruyte ¶ Also a chirche shold be buylded in a place but the place was to scarce and
come agayne vyctour oute of perse / I shal so des∣troye this cyte that it shal bere more heye than corn / thenne basili¦us prayd for the sauacion of the cyte / & saw by night in the mid∣del of
passynge of lyght / nowther of syghte and it was made subtylly by grauynge crafte that it semed very¦ly that corn growynge therynne waued hyder and thyder / as longe corne doth in feldes / and that vynes bourgened /
so many flyes / and flyed aboute in the londe of Ierusalem that they ete and des¦troyed vynes trees and corn / And whanne they hadde doo her iourney a day somme flye and somme yede on her fete to
/ Sone therafter fyl so grete honger that a busshel of Corn was solde for syxtene schyllynges / that tyme kynge henry made his four half bretheren so ryche that they despysed other lordes / Therfor come to geders at
men and of beestes and greete fallyng of reyne in somer and in heruest / therof cam grete derth of Corn so that a quarter whete was sold for fourty shillyngys / ¶ A wryter that hyghte Iohn had a
sōne / & ther folowed su che a drought / that for defaute of rayne ther was grete barines of corn fruyt & heye / And in the same moneth the vj kal of Iuyn ther fill a sanguyn rayne
this same yere ther fil so moche xxi yne in sey tyme / that it was d & destroyed both corn & hey / & ther was such a debate & fiʒting of sparewes by dyuse places in these dayes
he come in to the parlemēt at west mynstre / And in this same yere was a grete derth of corn in En glond, but thanked be god it lasted not longe. And in the ye∣re of kyng henryes regne
in a new cha pel on the southsyde of the quyre / Also this yere was a grete derth of corn in al Englond / for a busshel of whete was worth xl pens in many places of englond. &
of corn of fayr fontaynes and smale rennyng waters / and it is emong the montaynes toward the est whiche contre dureth wel yl myle of lēgthe & wel vj myle of brede / aboue ther is a lake or
euer wil∣liam malmesbury by tellyng of othir men mette of this Cyte / This Cyte hath plente of lyuelode of corn of flessh of fyssh / and specially of pris of Samon / this Cyte resseyueth grete marchaun¦dyse and sendeth
they abyde more in the south contre than in y• north contre / is by cause that ther is better corn londe more peple / moo no¦ble Citees / & moo prouffytable hauenes in the south contrey than in the
My Frend whyther ghost thow / ¶ And the labourer answerd / I goo for to sowe my ground wyth corn and with other gaynes suche as I hope that shalle ben neces∣sary for me in tyme comynge / And
Florence and pyscoye / A yong man deceyued of symplesse by counseyle of an olde man sette fyre in the corn of his tutour / whiche had charge to kepe hym / by cause that he wold vsurpe to hym
for all sedesFor corn gras and herbes that spredesTher ben woodes and medesHerbes and floures there spredesTher ben Ryuers and wellesValeyes and also hyllesValeyes brynge forth flodeAnd hylles metals godeCooll groweth vnder londeAnd gras aboue atte hondeThere lyme is copyousAnd
yongthe ben now∣her than ther ben in london / but at their ful rypyng ther is no carnel ne good corn founden but chaff for the moost parte / I woe wel there be many noble and wyse / and
moch corne & moch salt comynge newly from biyonde the see. & so make men to sel greate chepe ther corn and salt yt they haue: that they maye they msylfe afterwarde sylle ther corne and ther salt the derer