of the crosse of oure lord but it is nat so & they do wronge yt make men to byleue so. In Cypre ly¦ethe saynt Gononon of whom men of that countre ma∣ke greate solemnyte and in the castell
churche of oure lady. where she dwellyd vii. yere whan she was in the londe of Iewes for dreede of kynge herode. And there lyethe the body of saynt Barbara vngyn. & there dwellyd Ioseph whan he was selde of
there sōme of their churches and in yt towne dwellyd somtyme abraham the Patryarke. This towne of beabe foundyd vrrey wyfe of whom Dauyd engendred Salon the wyfe that was kynge of Ierusa¦lem and of xii. kyndes of Israel and
thynges of heuen. The moūt syon is within the cyte & it i lytell higher than the other syde of the cyte and that cyte is stronger on that one side than on the other for at the fote of
say a tre of the which the cros was made that men yode ouer. Also in that vale is a churche of oure lady and there is the sepulcre of oure lady & oure lady was of age whan she
chur¦che of oure lady where oure lorde shewed hym vnto hyr in this lykenesse that betokened the trynite. And there ne∣re is a churche of saynt George where his hede was smy¦ten of. And than to the castellof Chinay
he had a fayre gardeyne wherein were many trees beringe all maner of frutes yt he might fynde / & he dyd plant therin all maner of erbes of goode smell and that bare floures. and there was many fayre
he wente to the dore and vn barred it & toke one of the kny∣ghtes by the honde and seyde hit be semythe not to make a castellof holy churche & toke hem by the honde & seyde come
of kyng ali∣sa der how on a tyme as he shulde haue a batayle with the kyng of Inde & this kyng of inde brou¦ghte with hym many oly¦fauntes beryng casteles of tre one her backes as the kynne
& caste oute of her vij. fendes & for gaffe her all her synnes in heryng of all that there were. thā she toke soche a loue to criste that she lefte all hee lordshippis the castellof maudeleyn with
her owne soné in the temple & the iiij. at the weddyng of cane ga¦lilee. Thus muste the walle of pacience defende the walle of maydenhode This wall of maydenho¦de & hit be well kepte hit is passing all othir.
the batayle shulde be the hill of garganus was o∣uer cuered with a grete myste & arrowes come oute of the myste fleyng of fyre & bltis of thoun∣dir & hurte moche peple of the paynemes in so mo¦che that
of grete rage & dyspourueyd of wytte slew & hirselfe wyth the swerde of Eneas / & how be it yt to fore is made mēcyon of this occysion. It was no thynge but for to shewe the dyuercyte
that the cyrcuyte of the pla¦ce was enuyronned wyth the thonge of a skynne or hyde as to fore is sayd. And the castellof the toun was named brose takynge his name of the hide of an oxe /
isle of Sardayne. and after went he to Thebes And alle thus eschaped dedalus oute of the pryson of My¦nos kynge of Crete / Now shalle I leue to speke of this mater and shalle telle of Eneas and of
called to hym a hondred of the wysest men that were in his ooste / for to sende theym towarde kyng Latynus in his cyte of Laurence for to requyre hym of peas & of alya∣unce. and that he was
the troians for to enheryte his royame of the ly∣nce of troye / And that kynge Latyne hadde all redy consen¦ted to theym for to buylde and sette a castell vpon the ryuer of Tonyre / soo that they sholde
of the ost had grete merueylle / turnus sayd that the cas¦tell must be take wyth stregthe of armes / And also he kne¦we well that Eneas was not there but came faste ayenste hym accompanyed of Palas. and
be sette vpward ayenst the walles / ¶How the assawte was grete atte the gate of the castel / ¶Capitulum xlvijBEfore the gate of the castell was a grete toure. and knyghtes were within that deffended it: they that we¦re
the sone of kyng euander / & whan he was ded he toke awaye from hym a riche rynge of golde / Whan Palas was slayne there was made grete sorowe for hym of Eneas / and of his fe∣lawes