& there was saturnus & Iupiter born· & were first kynges there & of right it longeth to grecia of old tyme / and hath in the. south side the see libicus / And in the north the see of
dukes and capitayns of his owne / And so it se∣meth that Irlond shold longe to. brytayn by right of old tyme ffrom the first seynt patrik vnto Fedlinudius the kyngis tyme four honderd yere regned xxxiij. kynegs eueryche after
in the northside of. Irlond is the lond of lyf. In that Ilond noman may deye but whan they ben old and be vexed with grete skenes· they ben born oute in to the next londe and deye there /
of euyl lyuynge / coeuntes cum brutis / And there was a welle in that londe in grete reuerence of old. tyme and alway couerd· and yf it were lefte vncouerd the welle wold ryse and drowne al the londe:
hid in groundeAnd after this it shal be foundeBy grete studye & besynesOf hem that come after vs / that old men had by grete nedeWe haue by besy dede / TreuisaIn bokes ye may redethat kynde failleth not at
therof rennen stre∣ms of hoote bathes departed in to dyuerse places acordyng for man and woman of alle maner age old or yonge ¶ Basilius seyth that the water that renneth and passeth by vaynes of cer∣tayn metalle taketh in
of brytysshe and of yryssh. In praysyng of this ylond walsshe men ben wonte to saye a prouerbe and an old sawe· Mon main kembry / that is to saye in englyssh mon moder of wales / For whan othir
storyes wryten that the cyte of alclyud is that cyte that nowe is called Aldburgh that is to saye an old toun· and stondeth vpon the Ry¦uer o wse not fer for burgh brygge that is xv myle westward oute
auctorite and by the Romayns ryally and walled about with walles of brent tile Grete nobley that was there in old tyme is there yet in many pla¦ces seen / as the grete palayses gyantes towres noble bathes / Re∣leef
ben wayes vnder erthe with vowtes and stonewerke wōderly y wrought thre chambred wer¦kes / grete stones y graue with old mennes names therin There is also Iulius Cezars name wonderly in stones y graue & other noble mēnes also
the mesure of a child whan he is thre yere old is euen half his mesure and his stature that he shal haue whan he is of age. yf he lyue so log / the second as we see in
the breth shorteth & in al the body myght and strength abateth And though there were none other sekenesse in old men for the more dele le is se∣kenesse Also as we see that in the more world be two
also to peynt fayre culuers or downes in places ther culuers were wont to dwell / And quintilianus defendeth and excuseth a woman that was accused of spousebreche for she had born ablue man· And he leyed for her
is counely callyd caym and his sister Calmana Than / xv. yere aftir that whan adam was· xxx / yere old he gate Abel and his syster delbora / but Abel was slayne and his fader & moder made dole
grete R After that tyme grees began to haue tylth of corne so seyth ysidorus libro 5 / ¶Ioseph an honderd yere old and ten deyed in egypt and was enoynted with swete oynementis and kepte vnto the goynge of
two honterd yere and fyften¶ Moyses ¶ Capitulum 13AMram was caath sonne Caath was leuy sonne. this Am∣ram sixty yere old begate moyses on his wyf Iocabeth / Petrus ¶ Pharao vnder whom Ioseph was heete nephres by his owne
egypcians but he was slyly brought to his owne moder and she fedde him And whan he was thre yere old god almyghty made hym so fayr of shap and of stature· that whan he was born by stretes· al
& his warden ledde hym to his lorde & the lord ledd them both to leon the pope & the old wytches were cōuyct bifore the po¦pe & knowleched the dede the pope douted of this thyng & petr{us} da¦mian{us}
Egypt in Appolyn delphicus temple / ¶Also somme saye that Omerus was that tyme but to speke of his tyme old men discorden for somme saye that he was an hon∣derd yere somme an honderd yere & fourty Somme an
amasias departed the kyngdome while he was a lyue / & his sonne a child of / iij / ye¦re old yet myght not regne & so it semeth for whan his fader ama¦sias was deed his sonne Ozias was