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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1893 Excerpt:...1 so was made a deacon in order/ and than he buylded many monasteryes 1 chirches/ 1 well ordered them/ 1 was of many myracles. The feest also of many other holy sayntes/ mar?. confes. and virg. fT To morowe. C The.v. day of September. At rome ye feest of saynt Victoryn a martyr/ yl was a famous man of vertue 1 myracles/ so yl by the hole assent of the people/ he was electe bysshop of amyterne/ 1 soone after he was accused for a christyan vnto y emperour Nerue/ 1 after many turmetes he was haged by ye heles his heed downwarde ouer a stynkynge dyche full of carayne 1 brymstone/ 1 there henge thre dayes in ye cofession of Chryst 1 so departed. In a gate of rome the feest of saynt Herculiane. At capua the feest of saynt Quynt/ saynt Arconcy 1 saynt Donate martyrs. In y frauchest of teruernens ye feest fo. xcix. of saynt Bertyne an abbot 1 cofessour. Addicyons. C The feest also of an other sayt Victoryne a cofessour that was a gentyle 1 a grete lerned man/ scolemayster vnto saynt Ierom/ 1 in his age he was couerted vnto Chryst/ 1 made many pfytable werkes/ 1 moche edyfyed the chirche. The feest also of saynt Gondegrand a martyr. And the feest of many other holy sayntes.1c. f To morowe. C The.vj. day of Septeber. the feest of saynt zachary the nphete/ that in his age came from caldey vnto his owne coutree/ t there was buryed nere vnto ye pphete Agge. In affryke the feest of saynt Donaciane/ saynt Presydy/ saynt Mansuete/ saynt Germane and saynt Fuscole/ all cSfessours 1 bisshops/ that notwlstandyng were put to many turmetes/ racked/ scourged 1 beten with staues/ 1 after put vnto exyle/ from whiche company was taken saynt Lety/ a noble man of excellent doctryne/ yl after longe 1 harde prison 1 many turmentes was brent/ so a martyr. In capadoce at reatyne the feest...