gyltye in ye synne / The boke sayth that alle the peple of men fro the child ma¦le to ye old cam to do that synne but of wymē speketh he not that any cam thertoPau{per}Though women vse notte that
as seyth the mayster of sto∣ries. ye night he had delyd wythe his wyfe Syth thanne the dekē of ye old law was so herd punys¦hed for he touched goddes hutch ye elles shuld haue fal for he med¦led that
oft ī this world he punyssheth the les syn∣ne harder: than he doth the more synne / Therfore in the old lawe auoutre was punysshed as hard or harder than manslaughter: & yit māslaughter is more gruous synne than auoutrie
he wos ī his stomoke· for he slew his own bred: and ī xij. yere he slew .l.M of the old saage fadres of gret u{er}tu. be cause they told hī his mys¦gydyng: Then whē he shuldie hed left ij.
Also he ordant that all ye vessell of the awter shuld be glas or tyn and not tre os ī old tyme the cōsecracion of the glorius blode wos made ī tre vessell And this tyme passit and the worship
his enmys thurgh cuncel of two owles that fyrst shal̄ be in perel for to be vn done. but the old owle shall wend away a certayn tyme. and aft{er} he shal cum ayen in to this land ¶Thes two
thei swore by god &̄ by his namys that they shuld hī pursue & brenne as moch as they myght. and sayd that they old neu{er} faill kȳg Arthur. & rather to be deid. And they let write a lett{er}
austyn had the palliō of the dignite of the Ersbishop he made: ij. bisshoppis of his felaws yt come wt him frō rome yt on was cal∣led Mellyt & he duelled at londō. and yt other wos called Iustī
kyngdom. and kepid him in prison as long os he regned: In his tyme Iustinian the secund the wich in old tyme was exiled to cre¦sonam: opynly sayd he wold recou{er} his empire ayen. wherfor the pe∣pull of that cuntre
of goyng till that thei come vn to Excestre and token tho the to¦une and ther held them. ¶When kyng Alured herd the tydy¦ng anone he let take the hostages and went from thens vn to ex¦cestre with all
was so moch ¶The kīg begat vpon hir a son wos called Eldred &̄ whē this cheild was vi yere old the kyng his fader died. & abo¦ut yt tyme he had regned xvij. yere & lieth at Glastenburi.BEringari{us} the
whom he apperid. be not a ferde for I wos a man os ye be now bot I appeir now for i leuyd vnhappeli in old tyme like a best when I wos pope. ¶In this mans tyme ther was
the yere aft{er} the pope dampned yt p̄uelege. &̄ said on this wise. lett vs cōp̄hend all holy scriptur ye old testamēt &̄ the new. the lawis &̄ the {pro}phettis the gospell &̄ the canons of apostils. &̄ all the
of rome: & hee cursid willm the kyng of Cecill. & causid him to submitt him: This man the frist of all popis with his cardinales dueld in the old cite. Alexandre the thrid wos pope after him xij. yere
haue fulfillid the popis commandemēt. & now we haue shewed vn to you &̄ {pro}nouncid the popis will as we wer charged ther with. & as now ye haue said that if ye had wist the cause of our
the frere Carmes and ther they toke stone to make ther with the touer & moch sand &̄ mort & old robous that wos left ¶And for the dispite yt the bisshop had done vn to holy chirche he &
them eu{er}y yere diu{er}se shappis &̄ disgising of clothing of long large & wide clothis destitut & disert. from al old honeste & good vsage. ¶And an other tyme short clothis and strayt wasted dagged & kyt & on eu{er}y
Edward the vij. Kal̄. of Februer wos borne Edward prince edward son the wich wan he wos vij. yere of old he died. ¶And in the same yere it wos ordeyned that sent Petres pēs fro that tyme forth shuld
& haue & be confermed to the same of ther metropolitans &̄ erchebi¦shoppis as they wer wont to be of old tyme. ¶of thes poyntes & of othir touchyng the kyng & his reame whan they had ther ansuer of
August next after by euell excitacion & fals councell & for gret wrath and malice that the kyng had of old tyme vn to his vn∣cle the good duke of Gloucestre and to the erle of Arundell and to the