Þat we ben vndir þe hundrid ȝeere of .x. lettre/ I schewe schortly by Bede[29] vpon þe profetis of Sibille/ and by Joachim[30] in þe book of þe seedis of profetis/ & oþere writeris of stories. Ffro þe bygynnynge of Latyn lettris to Crist Ihū/ were seuene hundrid ȝeer/ and fro Crist til now/ þrittene hundrid ȝeer and sixe & fyfty[31]/ so þat þere ben to come of our abece but foure & fourty ȝeer/ & bi þis of þe hundrid ȝeere of .x. beþ passid sixe & fifty ȝeere. Þe synnes bi cause of whiche suche persecucioun schal be in Goddis Chirche our tyme ben þes/ for Goddis Chirche is foundid in kynrade of prelatis. Þis same rekened Joachim[32] in þe bookis bifore. Also for goodis of holy Chirche þat prelatis wiþ holdeþ to hem/ as pensiouns/ firste frutis/ fermes/ prouendris/ þe whiche may wel be clepid collibiste/ þes synnes and oþere suche ben marchaundise walkynge in derkenessis. Þe manere of tribulacioun schal be such as Joachim[33] seiþ in þe book of þe charge of profetis. Men of holy Chirche schal be seyd in a manere of careyne/ þei schal be cast out as dogge in myddis placis. Her wiþ acordiþ Carnosencis/ in a book þat he clepiþ pollicraticon[34]/ þe seuenþe book/ þe tenþe chapitre/ & he aleyeþ Gregor seiynge þus/ pestilencis/ smyttingis to gidere of folkis/ & hurtlynge to gidere of rewmes/ & oþir harmes schal come to þe erþe/ for þat worschipis of holy Chirche beþ ȝeue to vnworþi men. And in þe eiȝteþe book[35]/ defaute of prestis among Goddis folk bryngiþ in tirnauntis. Þat þis tribulacioun is nyȝe/ and whanne it schal come/ bi hem þat tretiþ þis matir is/ whanne men schulle wante teeþ/ and comynly alle children/ boren siþþen þe first pestylence/ ben such þat wanten eiȝte grete teeþ. Herwiþ acordiþ Merlyn Ambrose[36]/ þat such angusche is nyȝe/ for as by hem/ in þe tyme of þe myscheif of þe kok/ þat we clepe fraunce/ þat schal be distroyed by þe sixte of irlond/ þe witt is our kyng wiþ his children. Sibille[37] acordiþ herto/ þat suche tribulacioun is nyȝe/ in þes verse: Gallus succuutus aquile victricia signa/ Mundus adorabit/ est vrbs vix presule digna/ Papa cito moritur/ Sesar regnabit vbique/ Sub quo tunc vana cessabit gloria cleri.