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A breuiat cronicle contaynynge all the kinges from Brute to this daye and manye notable actes gathered oute of diuers cronicles fro[m] Willyam Conquerour vnto the yere of Christ a. M.d.c.lii.; Chronicles of England.
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Edward The king of scottes taken prisoner In the tyme of the seige before Callys Dauid of Scotlande by the settinge on of the french kinge warred on the borders of England But the quene assembled a strong armye as well of preestes as laye men and nere to Durham toke in batayle the kinge of Scottes prysoner with manye of his greatest Lordes and earles and slew of the common soudiers .xv. M. About the .xxii. A greate derth thorough out all the worlde yeare of kynge Edward the .iii ther was a wonderful famyn and Pestilence raygned throughout all the world In Italye scant the .x. person of an .c. was lefte on lyue In the citie of parys in Fraunce died L.M. and in the citie of London besyde the bodies buried in churches and churcheyardes and monasteryes and other places of buriall there was buryed in the charterhouse churche yerde .l. M. persons and aboue as wryteth Fabian In thys yeare the Captayne of Callys conspyred to betraye it agayne to the Frenchemen calis like to betrayed the historye whereof declareth wonderfully the great manhode pollycie liberalytie gentylnesse of the noble kinge Edwarde reade Frosarde the .c. and .v. Chapter of his fyrste boke The tirany of the byshop of rome c. Aboute this time kinge Edward was elected to be Emperour But he consyderynge the trouble vnquietnesse of the byshop of Rome refused it And then they chose the Marques of Messena whiche also refused it Gines yelded to the englishmeÌ„ In the xxvii yere of king Edwardes raygne the towne and castel of Gines was yelded to the english meÌ„ A voyage into Gascoyne In the .xxix. yeare of kinge Edwardes raygne Prynce Edwarde of Wales with a stronge companye of Soudyers passed into Gascoyne where he made sore warre destroied Castelles and townes before hym with greate successe and toke the Castell towne of Rehemorentyne with other A voyage iÌ„to frauÌ„ce Aboute this tyme king Edward sayled to Calys began to make war vpon frauÌ„ce but shortly after he returned because the Scottes rose inuaded the Englysh borders In the .xxx. The battaile of poytiers yeare of kynge Edwardes raygne prynce Edward of Wales nie to the citie of Poytiers ioyned batayle with king Iohn of fraunce on whome the prynce wan a noble victory In this conflycte kynge Iohn was taken wyth hys yonge sonne Phillippe The fifth king takeÌ„ prysoner there were taken .ix. earles the archebyshop of Sens and many other greate lordes Baronettes and knyghtes meÌ„ of name to the nombre of xvi.c and there were slayne the Duke of Burgoyne the Duke of Athens syr Iohn Cleremond Marshall of Fraunce with many lordes Baronetes knyghtes and menne of Armes to the nombre of xvii.c and iii. M of other meane persones And after this felde thus wonne the Prynce with his prysoners returned to Burdeaux And shortely after they sayled in to Englande where they were of kinge Edwarde noblely receyued In the xxxiii yeare kynge Edwarde with the Prynce his sonne wetne to Calys and so in to frauÌ„ce where he made sharpe warre A voiage iÌ„to frauÌ„ce and burned and destroyed the countre without mercye But shortly after by great entreaty ther was a peace concluded on this condicion that kinge Edward should haue to his propre possession the countres of Gascoyne and Guyan Poyters Lymosyn Beleuile Exanctes Calys Guines and diuers other lordshyps townes Castels and all the landes to them belonging without knowledge of any souerainte The freÌ„ch king raunsomed obeysaunce homage or subiection for the same and that the french kyng shoulde paye for his raunsome .iii Myllons of Scutes whiche amounte to v.c M. li. and so kynge Iohn was delyuered In the .xxxvii. yeare of kinge Edwarde The deth of the freÌ„ch king kynge Iohn of fraunce came into englande of his fre wyll to sporte hym and had greate chere And shortly after dyed at the Sauoy at London In this yeare also Prynce Edwarde toke possessyon of the Duchie of Guyen and Acquitaine and did homage to his father for the same Prince edward made duke of Guyen About the .xl. yeare of king Edward Dampeter of Spayne was expulsed his realme by his basterd brother Henry wherfore he fled to Prynce Edward whych was then at Burdeaux A bataile iÌ„ Spaine But this Peter by the ayde of Prynce Edwarde fought with his brother Henry and put him to flyghte and slue .v. M. of his men And restored Peter to dyuerse cities and holdes which he before had loste But not longe after the Prynce returned home and heÌ„ry repayred his army and warred vpon his brother so fearselye that in the end he vtterly vanquished hiÌ„ to deth and then without resistence possessed the kingdom of Spaine In the .xlii. yere of kyng Edward new variaÌ„ce begaÌ„ betwen EnglaÌ„d FrauÌ„ce A voiage iÌ„to frauÌ„ce wherfore the duke of LaÌ„caster was sent with an army into frauÌ„ce nere vnto Arde the Duke of Burgoyne lodged within a mile of the Englysh armye the space of xviii dayes and neuer profered batayle but at the laste stole awaye pryuelye by nyghte and then entered the Duke further into fraunce as Froysar sheweth at large In the .xliii. yeare syr Roberte knolles entered the realme of frauÌ„ce with a stronge army and wasted destroyed the countrie and passed euen by Parys ranged in batayle and without any notable battayle returned About the xlv yeare the french men made sharpe warre in Gyen Great variaunce iÌ„ Gascoine and many dyuers skyrmyshes wer betwene the frenchmeÌ„ and the englysh men but most commonlye alwayes the englyshemen loste and the citie of Lymoge other cities rebelled against Prince Edward Wherfore Prynce Edwarde perceyuinge all this what for lacke of money and what for sykenes maladyes that he had he departed into England leuyng behynd him hys bretheren the Duke of Lancaster and the Earle of Cambryge to rule Gascoyne but sone after they came into Englande In the .xlvi. A baâ—â—â—◠〈◊〉 yeare of kyng Edwardes raygne the Earle of Penbroke was sent with a great army to fortefye the towne of Rochell But he was met on the Sea wyth a companye of Spanyardes betwene whome there was a cruell fyghte but the Englishe men were discomfited and the earle of Penbroke was there taken wyth a .c.lx. mo prisoners and the most parte of his men slayne and drowned And sone after the towne of Rochel was yelded to the Frenchmen A voiage iÌ„to frauÌ„ce Also in the .xlvii. yere the duke of Lancaster landed at Calys with a myghtye armye passed throughe fraunce robbyng and spoylyng the countre eueÌ„ to Burdeaux and wer neuer fought with saue onelye at a scirmyshe they loste .l. Speres and xx archers In the .l. yeare of this kynge there was suche syckenes and mortalite A greate deathe as well in Italy as in England the innumerable of people died The deth of Prince Edwarde In the .li.