ase of saint Francis. In the year one thousand
ccxxj, at the festival of saint Luke the Evangelist a violent wind
rushed from the north, shattering houses and orchards, and the towers
of churches; and there were seen fiery dragons and evil spirits
[Sidenote: In the xliij^{rd} of king H. iij.]
fluttering in the tempest. In the year one thousand cclviij, at
Teukysbury, a certain Jew on Saturday fell into a cesspool, and would
not allow himself to be drawn out on the Saturday, on account of his
reverence of his sabbath; but Richard de Clare earl of Gloucester
would not allow him to be drawn out on the following Sunday because of
[Sidenote: In the ix^{th} year of king Edw. second.]
his reverence of his own sabbath; and so he died. In the year M.
cccxvj, a very great pestilence of animals and men, and inundation of
rains took place, whence was produced so great a dearness of corn,
[Sidenote: In the xxiiij^{th} year of K. Edw. the third.]
that a quarter of wheat was sold for xl _s'._ In the year of our Lord
M. cccxlviij, there began a great plague at London, about the festival
of saint Michael, and it endured until the festival of saint Peter ad
[Sidenote: In the xxxv^{th} and xxxvj^{th} year of king Ed. third.]
vincula next following. In the year of our Lord one thousand ccclxj,
the xviij^{th} kl. of February, on the festival of saint Maurus abbot,
happened a violent and terrible gale throughout all England. In the
same year was a second plague, in which died that noble and brave man,
[Sidenote: In the xliij^{rd} year of king Edw. third.]
Henry duke of Lancaster. In the year of our Lord one thousand
ccclxviij, was a third plague, in which died the noble lady Blanche,
duchess of Lancaster; who lies honorably entombed in the church of
[Sidenote: In the v^{th} year of king Richard second.]
saint Paul, London. In the year of our Lord one thousand ccclxxxij,
the xij^{th} kl. of June, namely, the iiij^{th} day before pentecost,
immediately before noon, there was a great earthquake throughout all
England.

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A COPY OF THE GREAT TABLET HANGING IN THE SAME PLACE, BY THE SAID TOMB
OF THE SAID ROGER LATELY BISHOP OF LONDON.

[Sidenote: The ages of the world.]

In the beginning God created the heaven and earth and all things which
are in them. But on the sixth day from the creation of the world, was
[Sidenote: 1.]
made the first-formed Adam. The first age of the world, from Adam to
Noeh acc