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he_o cast_v they_o out_o of_o paradyse_n in_o to_z the_o land_n of_o cursydnes_n that_o they_o shall_v live_v there_o with_o sweting_a &_o sorrow_n till_o they_o die_v vide_fw-la plura_fw-la gen_fw-la i_o ¶_o this_o adam_n be_v a_o holy_a man_n all_o the_o day_n of_o his_o life_n &_o great_a penance_n daily_o he_o do_v and_o he_o command_v his_o child_n to_o live_v ryghtwysly_a and_o namely_o that_o they_o shall_v avoid_v in_o all_o wise_n from_o the_o company_n of_o cayn_n and_o his_o child_n nor_o that_o they_o shall_v not_o marye_n with_o none_o of_o they_o ¶_o this_o man_n adam_n be_v our_o first_o fader_fw-mi and_o for_o one_o sign_n he_o put_v we_o out_o of_o parady_n but_o through_o his_o holy_a conversacyon_n &_o penance_n he_o give_v we_o ensample_n to_o come_v to_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n and_o he_o that_o will_v not_o follow_v his_o holy_a conversacyon_n &_o example_n for_o one_o sign_n ryghtwysly_a he_o can_v not_o complain_v on_o he_o as_z we_o do_v many_o ¶_o seth_n soon_o to_o adam_n be_v bear_v after_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o world_n c._n &_o xxx_o year_n &_o live_v ix_o c._n &_o xii_o but_o moses_n overskyp_v a_o hundred_o of_o those_o in_o the_o which_o abel_n weep_v in_o the_o vale_n of_o ploracyon_n nyghe_o ebron_n this_o seth_n for_o the_o oil_n of_o mercy_n to_o be_v goâ—en_v go_v to_o parady_n delbora_n be_v sister_n to_o abel_n abel_n be_v slay_v of_o cayn_o his_o broad_a this_o able_a the_o first_o martyr_n begin_v the_o chyrche_fw-fr of_o god_n this_o man_n after_o austyn_n make_v the_o cytee_n of_o god_n &_o he_o be_v the_o first_o cytezyn_v of_o that_o cyte_n and_o because_o that_o he_o be_v ryghtwyse_o our_o lord_n receyve_v his_o offering_n ¶_o calmana_n be_v sister_n &_o wyf_v to_o cayn_v this_o cayn_n be_v a_o curse_a man_n &_o he_o make_v the_o first_o erthe_o cyte_v that_o ever_o in_o this_o world_n be_v in_o the_o which_o he_o put_v his_o people_n for_o drede_n in_o so_o moche_v as_o he_o usyd_v caryn_n &_o violence_n for_o 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the_o town_n and_z ryfled_a &_o despoil_v it_o and_o take_v many_o prisoner_n and_o leave_v the_o town_n all_o bare_a which_o be_v a_o rich_a place_n and_o moche_v good_a therein_o and_o lad_n with_o they_o many_o rich_a prisoner_n in_o this_o same_o year_n in_o many_o place_n of_o france_n almaigne_n flaunders_n holonde_n and_o zeelonde_fw-fr child_n gadr_v theym_a togyder_n by_o great_a company_n for_o to_o go_v on_o pylgrymage_n to_o saint_n michael_n mount_n in_o normandye_n which_o come_v fro_o far_o countree_n whereof_o the_o people_n merueyl_v and_o many_o suppose_a that_o some_o wyckyd_a spirit_n meve_v they_o to_o do_v so_o but_o it_o dure_v not_o long_o by_o cause_n of_o the_o long_a way_n and_o also_o for_o lac_fw-la of_o vytaylle_v as_o they_o go_v ¶_o in_o this_o year_n reynolde_a pecok_n bysshop_n of_o chestre_n be_v find_v a_o herytyke_a and_o the_o three_o day_n of_o decembre_n be_v endure_v at_o lambeth_n in_o presence_n of_o the_o archebysshop_n of_o caunterbury_n 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temple_n bar_n ¶_o and_o the_o earl_n of_o northumberlonde_n and_o the_o lord_n egremonde_n the_o lord_n clyfforde_v with_o xu_o hundred_o man_n &_o lodge_v without_o the_o town_n ¶_o and_o the_o mayer_n that_o time_n geffraye_fw-fr boloyne_n keep_v great_a watch_n with_o the_o comyn_n of_o the_o cyte_n &_o ride_v about_o the_o cytee_n by_o holborn_n and_o fleetstreet_n with_o a_o u_o thousand_o man_n well_o array_v and_o armyd_fw-la for_o to_o keep_v the_o pease_n ¶_o and_o the_o xiiii_o day_n of_o fevere_a the_o earl_n of_o warwyke_n come_v to_o london_n fro_o calays_n well_o beseen_v and_o worshypful_o with_o v_o hundred_o man_n in_o red_a jakette_n broudr_v with_o a_o ragged_a staff_n behind_o &_o before_o and_o be_v lodge_v at_o the_o grey_a frere_n ¶_o and_o the_o xu_o day_n of_o march_n the_o king_n come_v to_o london_n and_o the_o queen_n and_o there_o be_v accord_v and_o pease_n make_v among_o the_o lord_n and_z they_o be_v set_v in_o pease_n and_o on_o our_o lady_n day_n the_o twenty-five_o day_n of_o march_n in_o the_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n m._n cccc.lviii·_n the_o king_n &_o the_o queen_n &_o all_o the_o lord_n go_v on_o processyon_n at_o paul_n in_o london_n &_o anon_o after_o the_o king_n &_o the_o lord_n depart_v &_o in_o this_o year_n be_v a_o great_a fray_n in_o fletstrete_n bytwene_v man_n of_o court_n &_o man_n of_o the_o same_o street_n in_o which_o fair_a the_o queens_n attorney_n be_v slay_v ¶_o how_o the_o king_n household_n make_v a_o fray_n ayenste_n the_o earl_n of_o warwyke_a and_z of_o the_o journeye_n at_o blorehe_v also_o this_o same_o year_n as_o the_o earl_n of_o warwyk_fw-mi be_v at_o counseyll_n at_o westmynster_n alle_fw-mi the_o king_n household_n many_o gadr_v they_o togyde_a for_o to_o have_v slay_v the_o say_a earl_n but_o by_o the_o help_n of_o god_n &_o his_o friend_n he_o recover_v his_o barge_n and_o escapyd_v their_o evyll_n enterprise_n how_o well_o the_o coke_n come_v renning_a out_o with_o spite_n and_o pestle_n ayneh_n he_o and_o the_o same_o day_n he_o ride_v to_o ward_n werwyk_fw-mi and_o soon_o after_o he_o gate_n he_o a_o commyssyon_n and_o go_v over_o the_o see_v to_o ward_n calays_n ¶_o soon_o after_o this_o th'earl_n of_o salysbury_n come_n to_o london_n be_v encounter_v at_o bloreheth_n which_o the_o lord_n audley_n and_o moche_v other_o people_n ordain_v to_o dystroy_v he_o but_o he_o have_a knowledge_n that_o he_o shall_v be_v meet_v with_o be_v accompany_v with_o his_o two_o son_n sir_n thomas_n &_o sir_n john_n nevell_n &_o a_o great_a felyshyp_n of_o goodman_n and_o so_o they_o faught_v togyde_a where_o the_o earl_n of_o salysbury_n win_v the_o field_n and_o the_o lord_n audley_n be_v slay_v &_o many_o gentylman_n of_o cheshire_n &_o moche_n people_n hurt_v and_o the_o earl_n two_o son_n be_v hurt_v &_o go_v homeward_o afterward_o they_o be_v take_v and_o have_v to_o chestre_n by_o the_o queen_n menye_v ¶_o after_o calixt_v pius_n be_v pope_n &_o be_v chase_v this_o year_n m._n cccc.lulii·_n &_o he_o be_v callyd_v before_o aeneas_n a_o eloquent_a man_n &_o a_o poet_n laureate_n he_o be_v embassatour_n of_o the_o emperor_n before_o tyme._n and_o he_o write_v in_o the_o counseyl_n of_o basyle_n a_o noble_a treatyse_n for_o thactoryte_n of_o the_o same_o also_o he_o canonyse_v faint_a katherine_n of_o senys_n this_o pope_n ordain_v great_a indulgence_n &_o pardon_n to_o theym_v that_o will_v go_v &_o be_v against_o the_o turk_n &_o write_v a_o pystle_n to_o the_o great_a turk_n exhort_a he_o to_o become_v crysten_v and_o in_o the_o end_n he_o ordain_v a_o passage_n against_o the_o turk_n at_o ankon_n to_o which_o moche_n people_n draw_v out_o all_o party_n of_o cristendome_n of_o the_o which_o people_n he_o send_v many_o home_n again_o by_o cause_n they_o suffyce_v not_o &_o anon_o after_o he_o die_v at_o the_o say_v ankon_v the_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n m._n cccc.lxiii_n the_o xiiii_o day_n of_o august_n ¶_o how_o andrew_n trollop_n &_o the_o souldyour_n of_o calays_n forsake_v the_o duke_n of_o york_n &_o their_o master_n th'earl_n of_o warwyk_fw-mi in_o the_o west_n country_n the_o duke_n of_o york_n the_o earl_n of_o warwyk_fw-mi and_o of_o salysbury_n see_v the_o governaunce_n of_o the_o ream_n stand_v moo_v by_o the_o queen_n &_o she_o counseyll_v &_o how_o the_o great_a prince_n of_o the_o land_n be_v not_o callyd_v to_o counseyl_n but_o set_v a_o part_n and_o not_o only_o so_o but_o it_o be_v say_v through_o the_o ream_n though_o say_v lord_n shall_v be_v dystroy_v as_o it_o open_o be_v show_v at_o blorehethe_n by_o they_o that_o will_v have_v slay_v the_o earl_n of_o salysbury_n thenne_fw-fr for_o savacyon_n of_o their_o lyve_n &_o also_o for_o the_o comynwele_n of_o the_o ream_n think_v for_o to_o remedy_n thyse_n thing_n assemble_v they_o togyder_n with_o moche_n people_n and_z take_v a_o field_n in_o the_o west_n country_n to_o which_o the_o earl_n of_o warwyk_fw-mi come_v fro_o calays_n with_o many_o of_o the_o old_a 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septon_n that_o now_o be_v call_v shaftesbury_n bryton_n tellen_v that_o a_o eagle_n prophesy_v there_o sontyme_o bladud_n leyle_n soon_o a_o nygramancer_n be_v the_o ix_o king_n of_o bryton_n he_o build_v bath_n and_o call_v it_o caerbathon_n englyssman_n call_v it_o after_o athamannus_n cyte_n but_o at_o the_o last_o man_n call_v it_o bathonia_n that_o be_v bath_n ¶_o wilhell_n depon_n li.ii_fw-la in_o this_o cyte_n well_v up_o &_o sprynge_v hot_a bath_n &_o man_n ween_v that_o julius_n cezar_n make_v there_o such_o bath_n ¶_o r._n but_o gaufre_v â—_o monutensis_fw-la in_o his_o bryton_n book_n say_v that_o bladud_n make_v thilk_o bath_n because_o wyllyam_n have_v not_o seen_v that_o brytysshe_a book_n write_v so_o by_o tell_v of_o other_o man_n or_z by_o his_o own_o guess_v as_o he_o write_v other_o thing_n not_o best_o avysed_o therefore_o it_o seem_v more_o sothe_o that_o bladud_n make_v not_o the_o hot_a bath_n ne_o julius_n cezar_n do_v such_o a_o deed_n though_o bladud_n 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