chartre of oblygacyon and our warraunt for euer more be ferme and stable without ony gaynsayenge we shall fronte this daye afterwarde be true vnto god and to the moder of holy chyrche of Rome \ and to the pope Innocencius the thyrde and to all that cometh after hym· And the realme of Englonde and of Irlonde we shall maynten truely in alle manere poyntes ayenst alle manere men by our power thrugh goodes helpe ¶ How the clerkes that were outlawed came agayne how kyng Iohan was assoylled SO whan thys chartre was made and ensealed the kynge receyued agayne his crowne of Pandulfus honde And sete anone vnto the Archebysshop Stephen and to all his other clerkes and lewede men that he had exyled out of thys londe that they sholde come ayen in to Englonde and haue agayne theyr londes and allo theyr rentes And that he wolde make restytucyon of the goodes that he had taken of theyrs ayenst theyr wyll ¶ The kynge hymself tho and Pandulf and erles and barons went unto wynchestre ayenst the Archebysshop Stephen ¶ And whan he was come the kynge wente ayenst hym and fell adowne to his feet and thus to hym sayde Fayre syre ye be welcome And I crye you mercy by cause that I haue trespassed ayenst you ¶ The Archebysshop toke hym vp tho in hys armes and kyssyd hym curteysly oftentymes and after ledde hym to the doore of saynt Swythunes chyrche by the honde and assoylled hym of the sentence and hym reconsyled to god to holy thyrche And that was on saynt Margaretes daye And the Archepysshop anone wente for to synge masse And the kyng offred at the masse a marke of golde ¶ And whan the masse was done all they wente for to receyue theyr londes without ony manere gaynsayenge ¶ And that daye they made all myrth Ioye ynough But yet was not the enterdytynge releaced by cause the pope had sette that the enterdytynge sholde not be done tyll the kynge had made full restytucyon of the goodes that he had taken of the holy chyrche And that hym self sholde do homage to the pope by a certayn Legate that he sholde sende in to Englonde ¶ And thenne tooke Pandulf his leue of the kynge and the Archebysshop and went agayne vnto Rome ¶ And the Archebysshop anone lete come before hym prelates of holy chyrche at Redynge for to treate counseyll how moche and what they sholde axe of the kyng for to make restytucyon of the goodes that he had taken of theym And they ordeyned sayd that the kyng sholde yeue to the Archebysshop thre thousande marke for the wronge that the kynge had done vnto hym And also by procyons to other clerkes .xv. thousande marke ¶ And the same tyme Nycolaus bysshop of Tuscam Cardynall Penytenciarius of Rome came in to Englonde thrugh the popes conmaundement the fyfth kalendas of Octobre and came to London the fyfth Nonas of Octobre for by cause that kynge Iohan and alle the kynges that came after hym sholde euer more holde the reame of Englonde and of Irlonde of god and of the pope payenge to the pope by yere as it is aboue sayd ¶ How the enterdytynge was vndone in EngloÌ„de and of the debate that was bytwene kynge Iohan and the barons of the reame AS kynge Iohan had done his homage to the Legate that shewed hym the popes letter that he sholde paye to Iulyan yelne ayen that was kynge Rychardes wyfe the thyrde parte of the londe of Englonde and of Irlonde that he had withholde syth that kyng Rycharde deyed ¶ Whan kynge IohnÌ„ herde this he was wonder wroth For vtterly that enterdytynge myght not be vndone tyll that he had made greâ— and restytycyon to the forsayd Iulyan of that she asked The Legate went thenne agayne to the pope after Crystmasse And the kynge sente ouer see to Iulyan that was kynge Rychardes wyf for to haue a relate of that she axed of hym ¶ And so it befell that Iulyan deyed anone after Eester And in so moche the kynge was quyte of that thynge that the axed ¶ But thenne at the feest of saynt Iohan that came nexte after thorugh the popes commaundemente the enterdytynge was fyrst releasyd thrughout alle Englonde 〈…〉 daye of Iulii And .vii. yere was the londe â—terdyted And on the mornynge mâ—n rough sayd masse thorugh out all London and so â—â—ter thorugh out all Englonde· ¶ And the neâ—â— yere after there began a grete debate bytwene kynge Iohan and the lordes of Englonde â—or by cause that he wolde not graunte the lawâ—â— and holde the whiche saynt Edwarde had ordeynâ—d and had ben vsed holden vnto that tyme that he had them broken For he wolde holde noo lawe but dyde all thynge that hym lyked and dysheryted many men without consente of lordes and perys of the londe And woâ— dysheryte the good erle Radulf of Chestre for by cause that he vndertoke hym of hys wyckednesse for by cause that he dyde so moche shame and vylany to god and to holy chyrche â–ª And also for he helde and haunted hys owne brothers wyfe and laye also by many wymmen greate lordes doughters For he spared no woman that hym lyked for to haue wherfore all the lordes of the londe were wrothe toke the cyte of London To cesse this debate the Archebysshop and lordes of the londe assenbled before the feest of saynt IohnÌ„ Bapâ—yst in a medowe besyde the towne of Stanys that is called Romney mede And the kynge made them there a chartre of fraunchyse suche as they wolde axe and in suche manere they weâ—e accorded and that accordement lasted not full longe For the kynge hymself soone after dyed ayenst the poyntes of the same chartre that he had made wherfore the moost parte of the lordes of the londe assembled and began to warre vppon hym ayen and brenned his townes robbed his folke and dyde all the sorowe that they myght made them as stronge as they myght with all the power they hadde and thought to dryue hym oute of Englonde and make Lowys the kyngê sone of Fraunce kynge of Englonde ¶ And kyng IohnÌ„ sente tho ouer see and ordeyned so moche people of Normans of Pycardes of Flemynges soo that the londe myghte not susteyne them but with moche sorowe ¶ And amonge alle this people â— there was a man of Normandye that was called Fawkis of Brent and thys NormaÌ„ and his company spared nother chirches ne houses of relygyon but they brente â—obbed it and bare a way aâ—l that they myght take so that the londe was all destroyed what one syde and other ¶ The barons lordes of Englonge ordeyned amonge theym the beste spekers and wysest men and sente them ouer the see to kynge Phylyp of FrauÌ„ce and prayed hym that he wolde sende Lowys hys sone in to Englonde to be kynge of Englonde and to receyue the crowne ¶ How Lowys the knges sone of Fraunce came
conuersyon of Saynt Poule helde parlemente at westmestre in the whyche parlemente was put forthe and shewed the accorde and the treates that was stablisshed and made bytwene the twoo kynges whyche accorde pleased to moche people And therfore by the kynges commaundement there were gadred and come togyder in westmynster chyrche the fyrste sondaye of lente That is to saye the .ii. kal february the forsayd Englysshemen and frensshmen where was songe a solempne masse of the Trynyte of the Archebysshop of Caunterbury mayster Symonde Issepe And whan Agnus dei was done the kynge beynge there with his sones And also the kynges sones of fraunce and other noble and greate lordes wyth candell lyght and crosses brought forth and that were callyd therto that were notte sworne afore swore the same othe that was wryten vppon goddes bodye on the masse booke in thys wyse we N. and N sweren vppon goddes body and on the holy gospels stedfastly for to holde and kepe towarde vs the peas and the accorde made bytwene the two kyÌ„ges and neuer for to do the contrary whan they had thus sworne they toke theyr scrowes that theyr othes were comprehended into the notaryes And in this same yere in the Ascencyons euen aboute myddaye was seen the clypses of the sonne And there folowed suche a drought that for defaute of rayne there was grete brennynge of corne fruyte and hey ¶ And in the same moneth the .vi. kal of Iune there fell a sanguyne rayne almoste lyke blode at Burgon and a saÌ„guyne crosse from morne vnto pryme apered was seen at Bolyn in the heyre the whiche many men saw and after it meued and felle in the myddes of the see ¶ And in the same tyme 〈◊〉 fraunce and Englond and many other londes as they that were in playne countreâ—s and dâ—serte baren withnesse sodeynly there apperyd two castels of the whiche weÌ„te out two hostes of armed meÌ„ And that one hoste was closed in whyte and that other in blacke and whan Batayll bytwene theym was begonne the whyte ouer came the blacke toke herte tho theym and ouer come the whyte and after that they wente ayen in to theyr castels and thaÌ„ the castels and all the hoost vanysshed away ¶ And in this same yere was a grete and an huge pestylence of people and namely of meÌ„ whoo 's wyues as womeÌ„ out of gouernaunce toke husbondes as well straungers as other lewde and symple peple the whyche forgetynge theyr honoure and worshyp coupled and maryed theym with theÌ„ that were of lowe degre and lytyll repuracyon ¶ In this same yere deyed Henry duke of LaÌ„castre ¶ And also in this same yere Edwarde prynce of walys wedded the countesse of Kente that was syr Thomas wyf of HoloÌ„de that whiche was departed somtyme deuorced fro the erle of Salysbury for cause of the same knyght ¶ And aboute this tyme begaÌ„ and rose a grete company of dyuerse nasoyns gadred togyder of whom theyr leders gouernours were Englysshe people they were called a peple wyth out ony hede the whyche dyd moche harme in the partye of fraunce· ¶ And not longe after there arose an other company of dyuerse nacyons that was called the whyte company the whiche in the partyes and countrees of Lombardy dyde moche sorowe ¶ This same yere syr Iohan of Gaunt the sone of kyng Edwarde the thyrde was made duke of Lancastre by reason cause of his wyf that was the doughter the heyre of Henry somtyme duke of LaÌ„caster ¶ Of the greate wynde and how prynce Edwarde tooke the lordshyp of GuyheÌ„ of his fader and wente theder· ANd in the .xxxvii. yere of kyng Edwarde the .xv. daye of Ianyuer that is too saye on saynt Maryes daye about euynsonge tyme there arose come suche a wynde out of the southe wyth suche a fyersnes and strenthe that it brasted and blewe downe to the grounde hyghe houses and stronge buyldynges toures chirches steples and other stroÌ„ge places and all other stronge werkes that stoden stylle were shaken ther with that they ben yet shall euermore be the febler and weyker whyle they stande And this wynde lasted without ony cessynge .vii. dayes contynually· And anone after there folowed suche waters in the hey tyme and in the haruest tyme that all felde werkes were strongely lette and lefte vndoyn ¶ And in the same yere prynce Edwarde toke the lordshyp of Guyhen dyde to kynge Edwyrde his fader homage and feaute therof wente ouer see in to Gascoyne with his wyf chyldren ¶ And anone after kynge Edward made hys sone Lyonell duke of Clarence and syr Edmonde his other sone erle of Cambridge in the .xxxviii. yere of his regne it was ordeyned in the parlement that men of lawe bothe of the chyrche and temporeslawe shold fro that tym for the plete in theyr moder tonge ¶ And in the same yere in to Englond thre kynges that ys to saye the kynge of Fraunce the kynge of Cypres and the kynge of Scotlonde by cause to vysyte and for to speke with the kynge of Englonde And after that they had be here longe tyme two of them went home in to theyr owne countres and kyngodms but the kynge of Fraunce throughte greate sekenesse and malady that he had abode stylle in Englonde And in the .xxxix. yere of his regne was a stroÌ„ge a grete froste that lasted longe that is to saye fro Saynt Andrewes tyde to the .xiii. kal of Apryls that the tylthe and sowynge of the erthe and other suche feld werkes and honde werkes were moche lette and lefte vndoyne for colde hardnes of the erth And at orray in Brytayn was ordeyned a grete dedely bataylle bytwene syre IohnÌ„ of Mountforde duke of Brytayne and syr charles of Bloys but vyctory fell to the forsayd syr IohnÌ„ thrughe helpe and socour of thenglysshmen And there were taken many knyghtes squyres other men that vnnoÌ„bred in the whiche batayll was slayne Charles hymself with all that stode about hym of Englysshmen were slayne but seuen and in this yere deyed at sauoy Iohan the kynge of fraunce whos seruyce exequyes kyng edwarde lete ordeyne dyd in dyuers places worhypfully to be done and at Douer of worshypful men ordeyned hym worthely tho be ledde with his owne costes and expeÌ„ces fro thens was brought to fraunce buryed at saynt Denys ¶ In the .xl. yere of kyng Edwarde the vii kal of Februer was borne Edwarde prynce Edwards sone the whiche whan he was .vii. yere of-aege he deyed· And in the same yere it was ordeyned that saynt Peters pens fro the tyme forthe sholde not be payed the whyche kyng yuo somtyme kynge of Englond of the countre of west saxen that began to regne the yere of our lord god vi· hondred .lxxix. fyrst graunted to Rome for the scole of Englond therto be contynued ¶ And in thys same yere there fell a grete rayne in hey tyme that it
ChaÌ„ shold be seruauÌ„t in bondage to Sem Iaphet for his vnreuereÌ„ce Neuertheles ye shall not trowe that all that desceÌ„ded of Cham were vnnoble meÌ„ of no power For they began fyrst to be myghty men of the erthe As it is open of Nemroth the kyng of Canaan Ascorum Nor all of Sem Iaphet were vertuous noble myghty meÌ„ whan almost euerche one fell in to the cryme of ydolatry and were ofte tymes oppressed of other men But this blessynge this cursyng hath a respect to vertue vyce for the whiche a man is called truly a noble maÌ„ or an vnnoble man For he that is vertuoê° is a noble maÌ„ he that is vnuertuous is not noble the same maner of wise tho that foloweth the faith of abrahaÌ„ rathar were called his childern than the Iewes the whiche carnally desceÌ„ded froÌ„ hym Neuertheles they had a spyrytuall preuelege of god for the faders merytê his blessyng these .iii sones oe Noe he beynge alyue after thy story of Philâ—iÌ„s were born .xxiiii. M. .vii. C. meÌ„ wythout wymÌ„en childern And they had on theÌ„ thre prynces Nemroth Iactan Suphen ¶ Anno mundi .ii. M.ii. C.xlii. Et ante xpÌ„i natiuitateÌ„ .ii. M.vi C.lvii SEm sone to Noe the seconde yere after the flood gate Arpharat other whyle he is called Melchisedeth The whiche fyrst after the flood made the cyte of Salem now it is caled Ierusalem ¶ Cham his broder opteyned Affricam gate sones tweyne Chus and Mesrayam And the two gate sones doughters many a regyon was of them many of them to vs ben vnknowen For they enhabyte haue theyr mansyons in the occydentall ynde ¶ Iaphet was broder vnto Cham was blessyd of his fader this Iaphet had .vii. sones as Gomor magog Maday Ianam· Tuball Masog Iras. And these .vii. gate sones doughters of them came many a regyon Vide pâ—â—a GenÌ„ .xv. ¶ Arpharat sone to sâ—m lyued CCCC .xxx. yere And gate Elam Assure Ludde Aram they gate many a sone doughter vt pêª genÌ„ ¶ This Assur by cause he wolde not rebell ayenst god in the edefyenge buyldynge of the toure of Babylon as Nemroth dyd therfore he was dryuen vnto the londe of Sennaars londe whyche was ryght straunge to hym was not afore enhabyted The whiche was called after his name Assuria And there he edefyed buylded a cyte afterwarde named Niniue the whiche was Metropolon of all the kyngdom of AssuriuÌ„ ¶ Chus sone to Cham was fader to Nemroth Thys Nemroth was a gyaunt of .x. cubytes longe he began to be myghty in the worlde he is called a boystous hunter afore god This man begaÌ„ that wretched vyce of coueytousnesse by hê tyranny with the whiche vyce euermore after this worlde is fulfyled And the pryncypalest kyngdom that he had was Babylon he had Archade Edissa Selencia the londe of Sennaar ¶ Sale sone to Arpharat lyued cccc .xxxiii. yeres of hym in scrypture is no thynge wryteÌ„ but that Moyses nombred hym iÌ„ the lyne that cometh of cryste Thê Sale gate a sone that was named Heber The whiche after the Hebrewes had the spyryte of prophecye And of this Heber the Hebrewes ben named For the Hebrewes tonge bode alone in his hous in the confusyon of the laÌ„gage And that laÌ„gage was called maÌ„nes langage the whiche euery man vsed afore the toure of Babyloa was buylded ¶ This Heber hadde two sones and one was called Iectan thrughe ensample of Nemroth decensendynge from Cham toke the Pryncehode vpon the childern of Sem. And he hadde .xiii. sones But these people after Ierom are not knowen of vs for fernesse of the couÌ„tree or mutaâ—yon chaungynge of the people or elles of some other manere cause ¶ Anno muÌ„di .ii. M. vi·C.xliii Et ante xpÌ„i natiuitatem .ii. M.v. C.lvi. ¶ Turris Babylonis PHaleg lyued two C. .xxxix. yeres this phaleg was the yonger sone of Heber iÌ„ his dayes was made the confusyon of langages For in his how 's abode the olde tonge al oule that was Hebrewe wherfore after Saynt Austyn in hym apered a greate stedfastnesse of right wysnes For this hous was free of that payne As not coÌ„seÌ„tynge to the buyldynge of the toure â—t secunduÌ„ Aug there was .lxxii. generacoÌ„ns so there were .lxxii. langage ¶ Iactaâ— oder to Phaleg Sem Nemroth prynce of Cham Sulphen of Iaphet these thre prynces with there peple gadred theÌ„ to gyder in the felde of Sennaar dredynge yeâ—â—ood to come ayen sayd Lette vs buylde a toure of the which the hyght shall reche to heuen c. GenÌ„ xii Our lord sawe the folysshnes of the people Maruayllously for the payne of ther synne he confouÌ„ded the tonge of theÌ„ iÌ„ so moche that none vnderstode what an other sayd And so they were disperpled asondred by all the worlde ¶ Of the malyce of thys Nemroth bokes ben wryten full ¶ And after the coÌ„fusyon of the langage he went to the londe of Pertees there he enstrocte taught them to doure worshyp the fyre as god And he left his sone Belus in Babylon the whyche Belus suâ—ceded hym And so from thens his progenye opteyned the kyngdom vnto the tyme of many a yere after ¶ In this tyme began many kyngdoms the most of those kyngdoms was the kyngdome of Scitarum But there were soo many rude boystous people in it that cyte was neuer hadde in worshyp And it was a stronge and a myghty regyon of dystauÌ„ce ¶ And about this tyme began the kyngdome of Egept the whiche with dyuers and many alteracyons often tymes was chaunged· also it is spoken of many tymes in scrypture ¶ Noblynesse or gentylmen about this sayd tyme beganne And this noblynesse or gentylmen was ordeyned for many causes ¶ The fyrst cause was necessyte For whan makend drewe sore men were prompte redy to doo euyll it was very necessary to withstande the greate malyce of the cursyd people agaynste good men Ther of a man is called a gentylmaÌ„ or a nobleman as before other in vertues notable ¶ wher of Ierom sayth I see no thynge elles in noblesse or iÌ„ gentylmen bute that they are bounden in a creteyn necessyte that they shall not recede fro the vertue and the gentylnesse of ther noble auncetours ¶ The seconde was the dyuers worshyppynge of the people For no man worshypt thenne but as hys naturall reason gaaf And they knewe not ryghtwysly what they sholde worshyp all thoughe they lyued peasyble amonge themself For they were so dull of wytte that they coude pondre no grete thynge but the was publysshed by the comyn people wherfore it was expedyent for ther peas be kept that they sholde haue princes of noble byrth ¶ The thyrde cause procedeth of some synguler strength Many tymes the comynalte were greued thrugh enmyes comynge vpon them And
weder at theyr wyll And the fyfth daye after they arryued in an hauen at Totnesse and came in to the yle of Albyon And there neyther man nor woman as the story telleth they founde but GyauÌ„tes And they dwelled in hylles in caues And Brute sawe the londe was fayre and at his lykynge And was good also for hym and for his people as Dyan a the goddesse hadde hym behyght And therfore was Brute wonder gladde and lette assembled vpon a daye all his â—olâ—e to make a solempne sacrefyce and a grete feest in honour reuerence of Dyana the goddesse of the whiche he hadde counseyll fyrste for to come in to this londe And thenne whan that they hadde ther solempnyte done as they vpon a daye sate at ther meete there came in vpon them .xxx gyauntes slewe of Brutes men .xxx. Brute and his men anone strete vp and faught with the gyauntes and slewe them euerychone excepte one that was called Gogmagog he was mayster of all the Gyauntes And he was stroÌ„ger and hygher than ony of other And Brute kepte hym for by cause that he sholde wrestyll with Corin that was Brutes maÌ„ Fo he was greter hygher than ony of bruces men from the gyrdelstede vp warde ¶ Gogmagog and Corin vndertoke there for to wrestell And so togyders they wente and wrestlyd a longe tyme but at the last Gogmagog Helde Corin so fast that he brake two rybbes of hâ— syde wherfore Corin was sore angry And there he toke Gogmagog betwixt his armes and cast hym downe vpon aroche soo that Gogmagog brake all to peces and soo he deyed an euell deth And therfore the place is called vnto this daythe saute of Gogmagog ¶ And thenne after Brute yaue alle that contree vnto Corin. And there Corin called it after his name Cornewaylâ— And his men he called Cornewaylles and so sholde men of tha countree be called for euermore And in that contree dwelled Corin and hys men And they made townes and howses and enhabyted the londe by theyr owne wyll ¶ How Brute buylded London and called thys londe Brytayne and Scotlonde Albyne and walys Camber ¶ London BRute and his men wente forth and sawe about in dyuers places where that they myght fynde a good place and couenable that they myght make a Cyte for hym and his folke And soo at the laste they came by a fayre Ryuer that is called Tamys and there Brute began to buylde a fayre cyte and lete calle it newe Troy in mynde and remembraunce of the grete Troy from the whiche place all ther lygnage was comen And this Brute lete felle downe woodes and lete eere and sowe londes And also lete mawe downe medowes for sustenaunce of hym and of his people And thenne he departed the londe to theym so that eueryâ—he of theym had a parte and a certayne place for to dwelle in ¶ And thenne Brute lette calle this londe Brytayne after his owne name and his folke he lette calle Brytons And this Brute had goten on his wyf Gennogen thre sones that were worthy of dedes The fyrst was called Lotrin the seconde Albanak and the thyrde Cambar And brute bare crowne in the cytee of Troy .xx. yere after the tyme that the cytee was made And there he made the lawes that the Brytons holde and this brute was wonderly well beloued amonge all men And Brutes sones also loued wonderly welle togyder· And whan Brute had sought all the londe in lengthe and also in brede he founde a londe that Ioyned to Brytayne that was in the northe and that londe Brute yaue to Albanak his sone And lete calle it Albanie after his name that nowe is called Scotlonde And Brute founde an other countree towarde the weste and yaue that to Cambar his other sone and lete calle it Cambar after his name now is called walys And whan Brute hadne regned .xx. yere as before is sayd thenÌ„e he deyed in the Cyte of newe Troy ¶ How Lotrin that was Brutes sone entred with moche honoure gouerned the londe well and worthely AFter Brute regned LotriÌ„ hê sone that was the seconde kynge in Brytayne The whiche began to regne the seconde yere of Samuell And this Lotrin was crowned kynge wyth moche solempnyte and glorye of all the londe of Brytayne And after whan he was crowned kynge Albanak and Cambar his two brethern wente agayne into theyr owne countree there they lyued with moche honour worshyp And LotriÌ„ theyr brother regned was kynge gouerned it well wysely for he was a good man wonderly well beloued of all his londe And it befell so that Albanak dwelled in his owne londe with moche honoure and worshyp And thenne came kynge Humbar of Hunlonde with a grate power aryued in Albyne wolde haue conquered the londe began to warre vpon kyng Albanak was slayne the people of that londe fledde vnto Lotrin tolde hym for he was kynge of brytayne how that his brother was slayne prayed hym of his helpe and of his socour for to auenge his brothers dethe Lotrin there anone lete assemble all the Brytons of Kente of Douer in to Dere went of Norfolke and Southfolke of Keftefen and Lyndessey And whan they were assembled they spedde them faste towarde there enemyes for to yeue them batayll And Lotrin had sente to Cambar his brother that he sholde come vnto hym with all the power that he myght make hym for to helpe to he dyde with a good wyll And so they came togyders toke ther waye pryuely for to go and seke Humbar where they myght hym fynde And so it befell that thys Humbar was besyde a water that was a grete Ryuer wyth hys folke hym for to dysporte And there came Lotrin and Cambar his brother with all ther people sodaynly or that ony of that other wyste And whan Humber sawe them come he was sore adradde for as moche as his men wyst it not afore and also they were vnarmed And anone Humbar for dredde lepte in too the water and drowned hym selfe and soo he deyed and hê men were all slayne so that none of theÌ„ escaped And therfore is that water called HuÌ„bar and euer more shal be for bi cause that thê kynge Humbar therin was drowned ¶ And after that Lotrin wente to his shyppes toke there golde and syluer as moche as he founde vnto hym self And all that other pylfre he gaf vnto other foke of the hoste And they founde in one of the shyppes a fayre damoysell that was kynge Humbars doughter she was called Estrylde· And whan Lotrin sawe her he tooke her with hym for her fayrnesse And for her he was ouertaken in loue and wolde haue wedded her This tydynges came to Corin anne thoughte to auenge hym vpon Lotrin For as moche as Lotrin had made couenauÌ„â— for to spowse Corins doughter that was called Guentolin And Corin in haste wente vnto hym vnto newe Troy and thus
His moost vnhappy werke how he was in hastage at Rome and howe the prophecy of Danyell was completed in hym ye maye see in the boke of Machabeorum ¶ Quintus Flaminius Marchus Cato Thiberius Gracius were Senatours of Rome This tyme was soo contynuall and so moche bataylle that lerned men of Gentyles and of the true fayth both were wery for to wryte the actes or to haue theÌ„ in mynde In the whiche bataylles men meruaylled gretly on the stedfastnesse of the Romayns that no trybulacyon no drede no hardenesse myght not fere them but euer contynued in batayll And certaynly these Romayns after the worldes honeste they were the moost wysest men that were And therfore the Machabees desyred ther company ¶ Circa annuÌ„ mundi .v. M.lix Et ante xpÌ„i natiuitatem C.xl. MAthon sone to Sadoch of the lyne of Cryst gate Iacob vt patet Mathei .i. ¶ Symon sone to mathias was bysshop .viii yere Thys Symon was a very wyse man from youth vntyll his aege was euer of good conuersacyon euer more vertuous And at the last he was slayne of his brother Elay vt pêª .i. macha ¶ Iohannes Hircanus sone to Symon was after his fader .xxix. yere a noble man as al the kynrede was before hym This man after his decesse left his wyf a very wyse woman his fyue sones to gouerne the Iury of the eldest was called Aristobolus an vnpacyent man an vnhappy Hys owne moder with thre of his yonger brethern he prysoned slewe them thrugh hungre soo alone he lyued kynge bysshop one yere Vide plaura li. Machabeorum ¶ Publius Lucimius Lucius Emilius Lucius Lucinius Lucius Consorinus were Consules att Rome In whoo 's tyme the Cartagynes the Romayns warred strongely· But the Romayns subdued them entendynge to haue destroyed the Cartagynes vtterly But among the Romayns ther was a notable wyse maÌ„ called Scipio Nauta And amonge many notable couÌ„seylers two he gaâ— specyally to be had iÌ„ minde The fyrst that Cartago sholde not be destroyed that thrugh the occasyon of for and bataylles a In warde coÌ„corde sholde abyde amonge the Romayns a perpetuell strength for contynuell excercyse of batayll The seconde That in no wyse the other sholde be buylded in Rome For he sayd that was the moost enmye that myght be to the people that vsed warre For that place nourysshed slouth and prouoked lechery ¶ And how wysely this notable man gaaf counseyll the tymes folowyng declareth vide plca in Aug. dei ciuite dei libro .iiii. ¶ yet for all this counseyll that noble cyte of Carcago was destroyed of Cipio the Senatours And it brente .xvii. dayes contynuelly Many men there were solde many men ranne in to the fyre wylfully ¶ Corinthê° this same yere was destroyde of the Romayns the whyche was the rychest countree of the worlde ¶ Ptholomeus this tyme regned in Egypte was famylyer wyth the Romayns And so longe he his predecessours regned as they kept fydylyte to the Romayns And knowe euery man that there was none other cause that the power of the Romayns encreased so strongly abue other people but vertue the whyche habundanly rygned in them namely reght wysnesse whiche aboue all thynge they vsed And as longe as they kept mesures loued ryght wysnesse soo longe they were neuer ouercome And as sone as they were corrupted it is radde they were ouercomeÌ„ ¶ It is had in a certayne reuelacyon of god shewed to saynt Brygyte that oure lorde god bereth wetnesse to these olde Romayns That none in this naturell lyf lyued more ryght wysely And what lyghtes of faythe they shewed in the tyme of Crysten relygyon shall be shewed after warde ¶ Regum Iude orum restituitur ARistobolus was the fyrste kynge and preest in the Iury this man regned one yere alone and tooke to hym the Dyademe of the kyngdome And he helde hym not contente with that his fader gaaf hym in his testamente But he put his moder in pryson his brethern And therfore he perysshed wretchidly with his brother Antigonê° the whiche was of his couÌ„seyll and helped hym Vide magystrum in historiis ¶ Antigonus brother vnto the kyng was slayne thrugh the enuytee of the quene ¶ lexander was bysshop after Arstobolus he stode xxvii· yere And he was al atyraunte all though he appered sobre in the begynnyng But he made it knowen what he was in his stomacke for he slew his owne brother And in .xii. yere he slewe .l. thousande of the olde sage faders of grete vertue by cause they tolde hym his mysgydyng ThenÌ„e whan he sholde deye he left two sones behynde hym HircanuÌ„ and Aristobolum But certaynly he sayde his wyf sholde regne for she stode in the grace of the people ¶ Seruius Flaccus Lucious Fabiê° Plubius this tyme were Senatours at Rome This tyme bataylles amonste them sif beganÌ„e Of the whiche the firste cause the begynnynge was Graceus a myghhy man well knowen with noble Romayns began to seke a cause ayenst them And by cause that he myght do no thynge alone to them he meued the comyn people to theym sayenge That all the londes possessyons sholde be deuyded equaly and also the moneye cÌ„ And for that cause there was an Insurrreccyon in the whiche Graccus was slayne and many myscheues felle after Vide Orosium ¶ In the tyme of these men there was a chyld borne at Rome hauynge foure feet foure armes two faces and foure eyen ¶ The hylle of Ethna spetted out flammynge fyre horryble and destroyed the places nyghe aboute it ¶ And these men berynge rule Cartago was coÌ„maunded to be restored And it was fulfylled of the Romayns people And there was myghty batayll in the cyte of Rome ¶ Fabius with a lytell host ouercame the kynge of Armenye And there were drowned an honyred four score thousaÌ„de men in the water of Rome ¶ Ptholomeus Alexander was kynge in Egypte In his tyme was borne Lucerius a Poete the whiche afterward was madde for loue of wymÌ„en slewe hymself ¶ Pthoiomeus sone to Cleopatre regned after him vnder whom Salustius the noble wryter of hystoryes was borne ¶ Ptholomeê° Dionisius was after this man And in his tyme virgyll Oraciê° were borne ¶ Anno muÌ„di .v. M.C.xxxiiii Et ante xpÌ„i natiuitateÌ„ .ix. C.v. IAcob naturell fader to Ioseph of the lyne of crest is reherted in Luke Mathe lytell of hym is had in scrypture ¶ Alexandra wyf to Alexander was bysshop in the Iury .ix. yere shewed moche tyrannye al yf she was made bysshop by her feyned holy relygyon ¶ And HircanuÌ„ her sone she prouoked to the bysshopryche she ordeyned that he shold regne after This woman in the lyne of the bysshops is put fro the couÌ„tynge of the yeres Not as she vsed the offyce of a bysshop for it was not leyfull to her ¶ Hircanus sone to Alexandra regned .xxxiii yere This Hircanus after the
at Rome and coude not spede in his maters that desyred to haue spede in Thene he recedde froÌ„ Rome ouer the see and procured many a man to haue gone with hym Amonge whome was this Machomyte a grete man of wytte And this clerke promysed hym to make hym duke of the couÌ„tree yf he wolde be gyded after hym ¶ There he nouryssed a douue and put alle the corne that the douue ete in Machomâ— eeâ—e and so this douue had neuer noo meete but in his eere The foresayd clerke on a daye called the people meued theÌ„ to these suche a pâ—â—nce as the holy gost wold shewe to them in lykenesse of a douue And anone this clerke secretely lete flee this douue the whiche after his olde custome that he wonte to fell anone to the sholdyr of Machomyte put his bylle in his eere And the people sawe this anone he was choseÌ„ duke of that people of Corosame he sayd that he was the very prophete of god ¶ Thenne he made a boke of his lawe that was called Alkaron But he dyde it by Informacyon of thre of his maysters To whome the deuyl minystred the autoryte and the connynge ¶ The fyrste mayster was a Iewe a grete Astronomyer a Nygramancer The seconde was IohnÌ„ de Anthiochia The thurde was Sergius an herytyke And these thre made an vngracyous lawe and an vnhappy ¶ And what someuer was harde of beleue and noyous to doo they lefte that out of the lawe and they put that thynge in the lawe the whiche the worldly men were proue and redy to do That ys to saye Glotony Lethery repyne and suche other And also thys Machomyte ordeyned that a man sholde haue as many wyues as he myght occupye and fynde and refuse them twyes or thryes or foure tymes and take them agayye many meruayllous fals thinges ht made in hys lawe the whiche were to longe to reherce here But they be playne in his booke of Alkaron· And euer he wrote in hys boke that our lorde spake to Machomyte hys prophete sayenge on this wyse or on this ¶ Thus by hys false meanes he dysceyued the people And whan his maysters he had made this that was soo delectable He wrote it in a boke with letters of golde· And also he nourysshed a myghty camell secretly in a pryue place alonly wyth the hondes of Machomyte was alwaye fedde there pryuely he tyed this boke of the law that he had made about the camels necke \ and put this camel forth on a tyme in to the felde afore daye And thys camell Ioyed in hys lyberte for he was neuer lose afore And he wolde suffre noo man to come and touche hym And so there was a grete fame of suche a camell and the people ranne to see hym Amonge whome was this Machomyte But whan the camell sawe hym that had fedde hym al waye Anone he ranne vnto hym And he had taught this camell afore tyme to falle downe on his knees lycke his hondes And so he dyd afore all that people The people thenne cryed sayde that there was a very ensample that he was the true prophete of god ¶ Thenne they prayed Machomyte to open that holy boke with hys holy hondes the whiche was sent from heuen euer more to be kepte In the whiche boke is shewed how the peple shail worshyp god ¶ And Machomyte sayd this boke was wryten wyth auÌ„gels honde Soo by these fals meanes he torned to his lawe all the londe of Perse and all the Eest Imperyall agaynste Heraclium the Emperour· And he occupyed vnto the ende of Aleâ—dndre and Egypt Libya Arabya and Siria Thenne after he enfected alle Affrycam And but the grace of god wythstode hym He had enfected all Spayne and Fraunce And many other thynges he dyde whyche were to moche to wryte in this boke COnstantyne the thyrde the sone of Heraclii was Empour .xxvii. yere Thys Constantyne was a grete tyraunt a cursyd man and an heretyke Fals subtyll and odyous to crysten men Ne he gaaf no place to pope Mertyne he reysed a grete hoste agaynst the Lombardes And there he loste the felde fledde vnto Rome And honourably was receyued of the pope Viteliianus other of the the cyte And he rewarded not them lyke after theyr merytes as a prynce sholde haue done But vsed forth tyrannye and heresye wherfore at the last he was slayne of his owne knyghtes in a bath the whyche wolde no lenger suffre his tyraunye And so he wretchedly lyued and deyed vnhappely ¶ Martinus the fyrst was pope after Theodorum .vi. yere Thys Martynus was a very holy man â—rongely stroue for the fayth of god And whâ—n â—e â—ge masse oon a certayne daye aâ— the 〈◊〉 there pursewed hym to slee â–ª him a man that was called Spataryus of Olymphe And whan he wolde haue smyten hym he was blynde sodaynly This same man called a Synody in the Cyte of Rome and dampned Syrum Alexandrun Sergium Pyrum and Paulum heretykes wherfore Constantyne the Emperour exyled hym and he deyed a saynt ¶ Eugemê° a Romayne was pope after Martyne almoost thre yere and was an holy man but of hym lytell actes is wryten ¶ Vitellianus was pope after hym .xiiii. yere Thys man made the songe that the. Romayns vse And accorded it also with the orgayns And he also had the grace of the emperour the whiche was worth wyth his predecessours Neuerthelesse after warde he stode not iÌ„ his concorde Ne hetherto I coude not fynde that euer the chyrche of Rome hadde fully after the dethe of Constantyne the myghty lordshyp of the cyte and of other the whiche he yaue to the chyrche ¶ Anno dmÌ„ .vi. C.xliiii ADeodatus a. Romayne was pope after Vitellianus foure yere and in his dayes was translated the body of saynt Benedictus with the body of saynt Scolastica his syster fro the hylle of Cassyn vnto the monusterye of Floriecens nyghe Aurelian ¶ ConstaÌ„tyne the fourthe was Emperour after hys fader Constantyne the cursyd man Thys Constantyne was a good maÌ„ and hated heretyk â— ouer all thynge The chirche he repeyred and grace he recounsyled agayne to the chyrche â— come he with the pope gadred togyder the .vi. generall Synodus in the whiche was grauÌ„ted to prestes of Grece for to vse theyr leyfull wyues to the preestes of the Eest for cause of grete heâ—e but not to those of the west party by no meanes For they 〈…〉 ytted chastyte in the tyme of saynt Gregory And euery man may auertyse and prondre how moche the goodnes of a prynce is wrothe to the quyete state of the chyrche to the promocyon of the fayth and also the contrary how moche the malyce of a prince hurteth that thynge These two Constanyns the fader and the sone shewed openly For in the faders dayes the chirche neuer had rest and in the sones tyme it was quyete yet neuertheles our
desyre came to him for to goo in to Englonde ayen And whan he was come ayen he fouÌ„de so many playntes made to hym of his Iustyces of his clerkes that had done so many wronges falsnesse that wonder it was to here and for whiche falsnesse syre Thomas waylond the kynges Iustyce for swore Englonde at the toure of London for falsnesse that meÌ„ put vpon hym wherfore he was atteynt proued fals· And anone after whan the kyng had done his wyll of the Iustices tho lete he enquere espye how the Iewes dysceyued and begyled his people thorugh the synne of falsnesse and of vsury And lete ordeyne a preuy parlement amonge his lordes And they ordeyned amonge theym that all the Iewes sholde voyde out of Englonde for theyr mysbyleue and also for theyr fals vsury that they dyde vnto crysten men And for to spedde and make an ende of this thynge all the comyn alte of Englonde yaue vnto the kynge the .xv. peny of all theyr goodes meuable and soo were the Iewes dryuen oute of Englonde And tho went the Iewes in to Fraunce And there they dwellyd thorugh leue of kynge Phylyp that tho was kynge of Fraunce ¶ How kynge Edwarde was seased in alle the londe of Scotlonde through coÌ„sente and graunte of all the lordes of Scotlonde· IT was not longe after that Alexandre kynge of Scotlonde was dede and Dauyd the erle of Huntyngdon that was the kynges brother of Scotlonde axed claymed the kyngdom of Scotlond after his brother was deed for cause that he was ryghtfull heyre But many grete lordes sayd nay Wherfore greate debate arose bytwene theym there freÌ„des for asmoche as they wolde not consente to hys coronacyon and the meane tyme the forsayd Dauyd deyed so it befell that the sayd Dauyd had thre doughters that worthyly were maryed the fyrst doughter was maryed to Bayloll the seconde to Brus and the thyrde to Hastynges The forsayd Bayloll Brus chalenged the londe of Scotlonde greate debate stryf arose bytwene them by cause eche of them wolde haue be kynge· And whan the lordes of Scotlonde saw the debate bytwene them came to kynge Edwarde of Englonde seased hym in all the londe of Scotlond as chyef lord whaÌ„ the kyng was seased of the forsayd lordes the forsayd Baylol Brus Hastinges came to the kynges courte axyd of the kyng whyche of them shold be kynge of Scotlonde And kyng Edwarde the full gentyll true lete enquyre by the Cronycles of Scotlonde and of the gretest lordes of Scotlonde whiche of them was of the eldest blood And it was fouÌ„de that Baylol was the eldest And that the kyng of Scotlond sholde holde of the kynge of Englonde do hym frauce and homage And after this was done Baylol went in to ScotloÌ„de and there was crowyed kynge of Scotlonde ¶ And the same tyme was vpon the see grete warre bytwene the Englysshemen and the Normans But vpoÌ„ a tyme the Normans arryued all at Douer and ther they martred an holy maÌ„ that was called Thomas of Douer And afterwarde were the NormaÌ„s slayne that there escaped not one of theÌ„ ¶ And so afterwarde kynge Edwarde sholde lete the duchye of Gascoyne thrugh kynge phylyp of FrauÌ„ce thrugh his fals castynge of the Dousepers of the londe wherfore syr Edmond that was kynge Edwardes brother yaue vp his domage vnto the kynge of FrauÌ„ce ¶ And in the tyme the clerkes of Englond graunted to kynge Edwarde half â—eale of holy chirche goodes in helpynge to recouer his londe agayne in gascoyne And the kyng sent thether a noble company of hys bachelers And hymself wolde haue gone to Portelmouth but he was let thrughe one maddok of walys that had seased the castell of Swandon in to his honde for that cause the kynge torned to walys at Cristmasse by cause that the noble lordê of Englond that were sent in to Gascoyne had no comforth of there lorde the kynge they were take of syr Charlys of FrauÌ„ce that is to say syr IohnÌ„ of brytayne syr Robert Tiptot syr Raufe Tanny syr Hugh Bardolfe and syr Adam of Cretynge And yet att the assensyon was Maddok take in walys a nother that was called Morgan And they were sent to the tour of London and there they were byheded ¶ How Syre Iohan Baylol kyng of Scotlonde with sayde his homage ANd whan syre IohnÌ„ Baylol kynge of Scotlonde vnderstande the kynge Edwarde was werred in Gascoyne to whom the reame of Scotlond was delyuerd Falsly tho ayenst his othe with sayd his homage thrugh procurynge of his folke sent vnto the court of Rome thrugh a fals suggestyon to be assoylled of that othe that he swore vnto the kyng of Englonde soo he was by letter enbulled ¶ Tho chose they of Scotlonde dousepers for to brnyge Edward of his ryght ¶ And in the tyme came two Cardynalles from the cource of Rome fro the pope Celestme to trete of acorde bytwene the kyng of EngloÌ„d as tho cardinalles spake of accorde ThaÌ„ as turbeluyll was takeÌ„ at Lyons made homage to the warde of Parys put his sones in hostage thought to go in to Englonde aspye the countre tell them whan he came to Englond that he had broken the kynges pryson of Fraunce by ryght said that he wolde do that all Englysshmen walshemen sholde aboute the kynge for to brynge to the ende he swore vpon thys couenaunt dedes were made bytwene them that he sholde haue by yere a thousand pouÌ„des worth of londe to byrnge this thynge to an ende This fals traytour toke his leue wente thens came in to Englonde vnto the kynge seyd that he was broke oute of pryson that he had put hym in suche peryll for his loue wherfore the kyng cowde hym moche thanke full gladde was of his comynge ¶ And the fals traytoure fro that daye aspyed all the doynge of the kynge also his counselle for the kyng loued hym full welle and with hym full preuy But clerke of Englonde that was in the kynges how 's of Fraunce herde of this treason and of the falsnesse and wrote to another clerke that tho was dwellynge with Edwarde kynge of Englonde all how Thomas Turbeluyll hadde done his fals câ—niectynge and all the counselle of Englonde was wryte for to haue sende vnto the kynge of Fraunce ¶ And thoruhhe the forsayde letter that the clerke hadde sente fro Fraunce it was founde vppon wherfore he was ledde to London and hangyd and drawe there for his treason And hys two sones that he hadde put in Fraunce for hostage were thenne beheeded ¶ Of the Conquest of Berwyke SO whan the twoo Cardynalles were gone agayne in to Fraunce for to trete of the peas of cambroy the kynge sent thether of his erles and barons This is to saye syr Edmonde his broder erle of Lancastre and of Lecetre syr Henry Lacy erle of Nychol
sayd the sone shold become in hys tyme as redde as ony blood in tokenynge of grete mortalyte of people And that was knowe wel whaÌ„ the Scottes were slayne And syth sayd Merlyn the same dragon shold nouryshe a Fox that sholde meue grete werre ayenst hym that sholde not in hys tyme be ended and that semed well by Robert the Brus. that kynge Edwarde nourysshed in hys chambre that sythen stale a way meued grett werre ayenst hym whiche werre was not ended in his tyme And yet sayd merlyn that the dragon sholde deye in the marche of an other londe that hys londe sholde be long without a good keper And that men shold were for his dethe from the yle of Shephey vnto the yle of Mercyll wherfore alas shall be ther songe amonge the comyn people faderles in the londe wastyd And that prophecie was knowe ouer all full well For the good Kynge Edwarde deyed at Burgh vp sandys that is vpon the Marche of Scotlonde the englyssmen were dyscâ—mferced and sorowed in Northumberlonde For cause that kynge Edwardes sone sete by the Scottes no force for the ryot of Peers of Ganaston wherfore alas was the songe thrugh out all Englond for defawte of theyr good wardeyne from the yle of Shephey vnto the yle of Mercyll the people made moche sorowe for good kynge Edwardes dethe ¶ For they wende that good kynge Edwarde sholde haue gone in to the holy londe For that was holy his purpoos ¶ Vpon whoo 's soule god for his hygh Inginyte grace haue mercy ¶ Anno. dmÌ„ M.CC.lxxxiiii CElestinus was pope after Nicolas fiue monethes and nothynge noble of hym is wryten but that he was a vertuous man Bonefacyus the eyght was pope after hym .viii. yere This bonifacius was a man in those thynges the whiche perteyneth to courte for he was very experte in suche maters And bycause he had no pere he put no mesure to hys prudence And toke so grete pryde vpon hym that he sayd he was lord of all the worlde and many thynges he dyde with his myght power· the whyche fayled wretchedly in the ende He yaue an ensample to all prelatis that they sholde not be haue ne proude But vnder the fourme of a very shepeherde of god they shod â— more study for to belouyd of other subgectes thaÌ„ dradde This man is he of whom it is sayd that he entred as a fox He lyued as a lyon deyed as a dogge ¶ This tyme the yere of grace was ordeyned from an houÌ„dred yere to an hondred yere And the fyrste Iubyle was in the yere of our lord Ihesu Cryst a thousande thre houÌ„dred ¶ Benedictus the enleuenth was after Bonefacius .xi. monethes This man was an holy man of the ordre of the frere prechers and lytyll whyle lyued but dyssessyd anone ADulphus was Emperour .vi yere This man was erle of Anoxone And this Adulphus was not crowned by the pope for he was slayne in batayll ¶ Albertus was Emperour after hym ·x yere This man was the duke of Astryr fyrste was repreued of the pope after was confermed by the same pope for the malyces of the kyng of Fraunce the whiche was an enmye vnto the chyrche· to the alberte the same pope yaue the kyngdom of FrauÌ„ce as he dyde other kyngdoms But it proffyted not for at the last he was slayne of his neuewe ¶ Clemens was pope after Benedictus almoste .ix. yere and he was a greate buylder of castels and other thynges And he dampnyd the ordre of Templaryes and he ordeyned the seuen booke of the Decretales the whiche be callyd the questyons of Clementyns ¶ And anone after in a counseyle the whyche he helde atte Vyenna he reuokyd the same boke the whiche is successary Iohan called ayen in corporyd it and publysshyd it This Clement fyrste of all popes teanslatyd the popes sette fro Rome to Auinion and whether it was done bi the mocyon of god or by the boldenes of man dyuers men meruaylle ¶ IohnÌ„ the ·xxii was pope after bym .viii. yrre This man was all gloryous as for those thynges that were to be vsed thrugh the actyf lyf And he publysshed the Constytucyons of the clementynes sent theÌ„ to all the vnyuersytees And many sayntes he canonysed these fatte bysshopryches he deuydyd and he ordeyned many thynges ayeÌ„ste the pluralytae of benefyces many herytykes he dampned but whether he was saued or not our lord wolde not shewe to those be louyd very well ¶ Henry the .vii. was Emperour after Albert v· yere this Henry was a noble maÌ„ in warre and he coueyted to haue peas by londe and water He was a gloryous man in batayll And neuer ouercome with enmyes and atte the laste he was poysened of a frere whan that he howselyd hym by receyuynge of the sacramente ¶ Of kynge Edwarde that was kynge edwardes sone ANd after this kyng Edwarde regned Edwarde his sone that was borne att Carnriuan and thys Edwarde wente hym in tho Fraunce and there he spowsyd Isabell the kynges doughter of fraunce the .xxv. daye of Ianuari at the chyrche of our Lady at Boloyne in the yere of our lorde IhuÌ„ Cryste M. CCC vii And the .xx. day of Feuerer the nexte yere that came after he was crownyd solemply att westmestre of the Archebysshop of Caunterbury And there was soo grete presse of people that syre Iohan Bakwell was slayne and murdred And anone as the good kynge Edwarde was deed syr Edwarde hys sone kyng of englonde sent after Pers Ganaston in to Gascoyne so moche louyd hym that he callyd hym brother anone after he yaue vnto hym the lordshyp of walyngforde And it was not longe after that he yaue hym therldom of Cornewaylle ayenst the lordes wyll of englonde ¶ And tho brought syr walter of langton bysshop of Chestre in to pryson durauÌ„ce in the toure of London wyth two knaues alonely hym to serue For the kynge was wrothe wyth hym fore by cause that syre water made complaynt on hym to hys fader wherfore he was put in pryson in the tyme of Troylebaston the for sayde Pers of Ganaston made so grete maystreys that he wente in to the kynges tresory in the abbay of westmestre toke the table of golde with the trestls of the same many other ryche Iewels that somtyme were the noble and good kyng Arthurs toke theÌ„ to a marchauÌ„t that was called ameri of FriscoÌ„bande for he sholde bere them ouer the see in to Gascoyne so he went thens they came neuer ayen after wherfore it was a grete losse to this londe And whan this Pers was rychely auauÌ„syd he became so proude so stowte wherfore all the grete lordes of the reame had hym iÌ„dyspyte for his grete berynge wherfore syr Henry Lacy erle of Nicholl syr Guy erle of warwyk the whyche grete lordes the good kynge Edwarde syr Edwardes fader kyng of Englonde chargyd that Pers of Ganaston
daye and ledde them with them into Spayne And of this myscheyf was no grete wonder for this erle was a full ylle lyuer as an open lechoure And also in a certayne parlemente he stode and was ayenst the ryghtes fraunchyse of holy chyrche And also he counseylled the kyng and counseyll that he shold axe mo of men of holy chyrche than other persones of the laye meÌ„ And for the kynge and other men of hys counseyll accepted and tooke rather ylle opynyons and causes ayenste men of holy chyrche than he dyd for to defende and mayntene the ryght of holy chyrche it was after seen many tymes for lacke of fortune grace they had not ne bare awaye so grete vyctory ne power ayenst theyr enmyes as they dyd before ¶ This same yere the kyng with a grete host entred the see to remeue the syege of Rochell but the wynde was euer contrarye vnto hym and suffred hym not loÌ„ge tyme to go fer fro the londe wherfore he abode a certayne tyme vpon the see costes abydynge after a good wynde for theÌ„ yet come in not So at the last he come thens with his meÌ„ to lond warde ayen anone as he was a londe that wynde began to torne was in an other cost than he was afore ¶ How the duke of Lancastre with a grete hoost wente into flaundres passyd by Parys thrugh Burgon thrugh all frauÌ„ce tyll he come vnto Burdeux SOone after in the .xlviii. yere of the regne of kynge Edwarde the duke of Lancastre with a grete power went into flaundres passed by Parys thrugh Burgon thrughe all fraunce tyll he came vnto Burdeux without ony maner wythstandynge of the frensshemen \ and he dyde them but lytell harme saufe he toke raunsoned many places townes many men lette theym go after frely The same yere the kyng sent certayne embassatours to the pope prayenge hym that he sholde leue of medle not in his court of the kepiÌ„ge and reseruacyoÌ„s of benefycê in Englonde And that tho that were choseÌ„ to bysshoppes sees dignetees frely wyth full myght Ioy haue be confermed to the same of theyr metropolytans Archebysshops as they were wonte to be of olde tyme Of these poyntes and of other touchynge the kyng his reame whan they had theyr answer of the pope the pope enioyned them that they sholde certefy hym ayen by theyr letter of the kynges wyll of hys reame or they determyned ought of the forsayd artycles In this same yere deyed Iohan the Archebysshop of yorke Iohan bysshop of Ely wyllyam byssop of worcestre In whoo 's stedes folowed were made bysshops by auctoryte of pope master Alexander Neuyll to the Archebysshop of yorke Thomas of AruÌ„dell to the bysshopryche of Ely and syr Henry wakfelde to the bysshopryche of worcestre In the whiche tyme it was ordened in the parlement that all Cathedrall chyrches shold Ioy haue theyr eleccoÌ„ns hole that the kyng fro that tyme afterwarde shold not wrytte ayenst theÌ„ that were chosen but rather helpe them by his letters to theyr confyrmacyon this statute dyd moche profyte ¶ And in this parlemeÌ„t was grauÌ„tyd to the kynge a dyme of the clergy a .xv. of lay fee. ¶ In the .xlix. of the regne of kyng Edward deyed Mayster wyllyam wytlesey Archebysshop of Caunterbury the moÌ„kes of the same chirche asked and desyred a cardynall of Englonde to be Archebysshop therfore the kyng was agreued ment purposed to haue exyled the moÌ„kes of the same and they spended moche good or they myght haue the kynges grace ayen his loue but yet wold the kynge not consent ne graunt to theyr eleccoÌ„n of the Cardynall ne of the pope also ne his Cardynalles ¶ And at the begynnyge of August it was treated spoken at Bruges of certayne poyntes and artycles hangynge bytwene the pope and the kynge of Englond this treates lasted almoost too yere And at the laste it was accorded bytwene theym that the pope fro that tyme forth sholde not vse ne dele wyth the reseruacyons of benefytes in Englonde and that the kynge sholde not graunt ne lette no benefyces by hys wrytte that is called Quare impedyt But as touchynge the eleccion abouesayd there was noo thynge touched ne done And that was wyted and put vpon certayne clerkes the whiche rather supposed and hoped to be auauÌ„ced promoted to bysshhpryches whiche they desyred and coueyted by the court of Rome rather than by ony other eleccyons ¶ This same yere about Candelmasse there mette togyder att Bruges many noble worthy men of bothe sydes and reames to trete of peas bitwene tho two kynges And this tretes lasted two yere with grete costes large expensens of bothe partyes And at the laste they went departed thens without ony accorde or effecte The next yere after the .l. yere of kynge Edward the .iiii. NonÌ„ of May beynge yet voyde vacaunt the Archebysshopryche of Caunterbury mayster Symonde sudbery bysshoppe of London was made Archebysshop mayster wyllyam courteney that was bysshop of Herforde was than made bysshop of London the bysshop of Bangor was made bysshop of Herforde ¶ And this same tyme in a certayne treates spekynge of peas trewes was taken bytwene them of FrauÌ„ce Englonde fro mydsomer to mydsomer come ayen an hole yere about the begynnyng of Aprell the duke of brytayne wyth many erles barons and worthy lordes men of Englond went ouer see in to Brytayn where he hathe had all his luste desyre purpose ne had the for sayd trewes be soo soone taken the whiche letted them ¶ This same tyme the yle of Constantyne where that the castell of saynt Saueour is in that longe tyme was foughten at besyeged of the Frensshmen than yelde to the Frensshmen with al the apportenauÌ„tes in to grete harme hyndrynge of the reame of Englonde And thys same yere there were so grete and so passynge hetes ther with all a gret pestylence in Englonde in other dyuerse partyes of â—he worlde that it destroyed slewe vyolently stroÌ„gly both men wymen without nombre Thys same yere deyed syr Edwarde the lorde spencer a worthy knyghte a bolde in the mynster of Teukesbury worshipfully is buryed And lastynge this pestilence the pope at the instaunce and prayer of an Englysshe Cardynale graunted to all people that deyed in Englonde that were sory repentauÌ„t for theyr synnes and also shryueÌ„ full remyssyon by two bulles vnder lede .vi. monethes than next to last ¶ In this same yere the erle of Penbroke was taken rauÌ„soned bi Bartram Clayken bytwene Parys Calays as he come towarde Englond vpon saynt Atheldredes day that whiche saynt as it was sayd the erle oftentymes had affeÌ„ded and within a lytyll whyle after he deyed ¶ And in Nouembre next after there mette at Bruges the duke of Lancastre and the duke
of lond danegheld tayllage gyueÌ„ to the danes that was of euery bona taterre That is euery oxe londe thre pens A wepyntake and an hondred is alle one for the couÌ„tree of townes were wonte to gyue vp wepyn in the comynge of a lorde Lestage custome chaleÌ„ged in chepynges fares and stallage custome for standynge in stretes in fayre tyme. ¶ Of kyngdomes of boundes and markes bytwene them ca. xii THe kyngdome of Brytayne stode without departynge hoole and all one kyngdome to the Brytous frome the fyrste Brute vnto Iulius Cezars tyme and fro Iulius Cezars tyme vnto seuerus tyme thys londe was vnder trybute to the Romayns Neuerthelesse kynges they had of the same londe from Seuerus vnto the last prynce Gracyan successours of Brytayne fayled and Romayns regned in Brytayne Afterwarde the Romayns lefte of theyr regnynge in Brytayne by cause it was ferre from Rome and for grete besynesse that they hadde in other syde ThenÌ„e Scottes and Pyâ—tes by mysledynge of Maximus the tyraunte pursewed Brytayne and warred there with grete strength of men of armes longe tyme vnto the tyme that the Saxons come at the prayenge of the Bretons agaynst the Pyctes put out Gurmonde the Irysshe kynge with his Pyctes and the Brytons also wyth herê° kynge that hyet Careticus and drose hem out of Englonde in to wales and so the Saxons were vyctours and euery prouynce after hys strength made hym a kynge And so departed Englonde in seuen kyngdomes Netheles afterwarde these seuen kyngdomes euerychone after other came alle in to one kyngdome All hole vnder the prynce Adelstone Netheles the Danes pursewed this londe fro Adelwolfys tyme that was Aluredes fader vnto the thyrde saynte Edwardes tyme aboute a hondred .lxx. yere that regned contynuelly therin .xxiii. yere and a lytell more and after hym Haralde helde the kyngedome .ix. monethes And after hym Normans haue regned vnto thys tyme. But howe longe they shalle regne he woote to whom no thynge is vnknowen ¶ R. Of the forsayd seuen kyngdome her markes mares and boundes whan they began howe longe they endured here shal I som what shortly tell ¶ Alfre The fyrste kyngdome was the kyngdome of Kent that stretcheth fro the Eest Occyan vnto the Ryuer of Tamyse There regned the fyrst Hengistis and began to regne by the acomptynge of Dyonyse the yere of our lorde a hondred .lv that kyngdom dured thre hundred and .lviii. yere .iv. kynges vnto the tyme that Baldred was put out and Egbert kynge west Saxon Ioyned the kyngdom to his owne the seconde kyngdome was att soutsaxon that had in the Eest syde Kent in the south the see the yele of wyght in the weste Hampshyre in the Northsothery there Ella regned fyrste with his thre sones and began to regne the yere after the comynge of the Angles euen .xxx. but that kyngdome within shorte tyme passed into the other kyngdomes The thyrde kyngdome was of Eestsaxon and had in the eest syde the see in the weste the countre of London in the southe Temse and in the North southfolke The kynges of this countree of westsaxon fro the fyrste Sebertes tyme vnto the tyme of the Danes were .x. kynges that whiche were subgect somdele to other kynges Neuertheles of teâ—â—e and lengeste they were vnder the Kynges of Mercia vnto that tyme that Egberte the kynge of westsaxon Ioyned that kyngedome to his owne The fourthe kyngdome was of Eest Angels and conteyneth Northfolke and Southfolke and had in the eest syde and in the North syde the see in the Northwest Cambrygeshyre in the weste saynt Edmondes dyche and Herfordshyre and in the south Estsex And this kyngdome dured vnder twelue kynhes vnto the tyme that kynge Edmonde was slayne And thenne the Danes toke wrongfully bothe the kyngdomes of eest Angels and of eestsaxon Afterward the Danes were put out and dryuen awaye or made subget And then the elder kynge Edward Ioyned both the kyngdoms to his owne The fyfte kyngdome was of westsaxon dured lengest of all the kyngdomes had in the Eestsyde southsaxon in the north Tamyse in the south in the west that see occean In the kyngdom regned Serdryd wyth his sone Kenryk and begaÌ„ to regne the yere of our lorde fyue hondred .xx. And then after the comynge of Angels .lxxi. soo saythe Denys the other kyngdoms passed in to this kyngdome The syxt kyngdom was of Mercia was grettest of alle The markes and the meres therof were in the west syde of the Ryuer Dere fast by Chestre and Seuarne faste by Shrowesbury vnto bristowe in the eest the eest see in the south Tamyse vnto london in the north the Ryuer of Humber and so westwarde and downwarde vnto the Ryuer Merse vnto the corner off wyrhall there Humbre falleth into the west see Penda wybbes sone regned fyste in this kyngedome in the yere of our lorde Ihesu Cryste .vi. houndred .xxvi. so sayth Denys and fro the comyng of Angels an hoÌ„dred .lxxv. yere This kyngdome dured vnder .xviii. kynges aboute two hondred .lxiii. yere vnto the laste Colwulf the Danes betoke that kyngdome to kepe whaÌ„ burdred the kynge was put out But the elder Edwarde the kynge put out the danes â—oyned the kyngdome of Mercia to his owne kyngedome Netheles at the begynnyng this kingdome of mercia was departed into thre in the west mercia in myddell mercia and eest Mercia The .vii. kyngdome was Northamhym broruÌ„ that is the kyngdome of NorthumberloÌ„de the meres and Markê therof were by west and by eest the see of Occian by southe the Ryuere of Humbre and so downwarde to warde the weste by th ende of the shyres of NotynghaÌ„ and of Derby vnto the Ryuer of merce and by north the Scottes see that heet forth in Scottesshe see in Englysshe This kyngdom of northumberlonde was fyrste deled in two prouynces That one was the southe syde and heet Deyra and that other was the Northe syde and heet Brenycia as it were twoo kyngdomes the Ryuer departed these two kyngdomes that tyme. for the kyngdome of Deyra was frome the Ryuere of humbre vnto the Ryuer of tyne The kyngdome of Brenycia was fro Tyne to the Scottysshe see And whan Pyctes dwelled there as Beda sayth li.iii cap. ii That NynyaÌ„ that holy man conuerted men of the south syde Ida the kinge regned there fyrste and began to regne the yere of our lord fyue hondred .xlvii. so sayth Dyonyse In Deyra regned kyng elle the yere of our lorde fyue hondred .xlix. These two kyngdomes were other whyle as it is sayde departed bytwene twoo kynges and somtyme all hoole vnder one kynge and dured as it were .xx. Englysshe kynges .ccc.xxi. yere Atte laste Osbertus and Elle were slayne in the .ix. yere of her kyngdome the Danes slewe theym and Northumberlonde was voyd without kinge .viii. yere Then afterwarde the danes regned in Northumberlonde .xxxvi. yere vnto the oonynge of the kyngdome Adelstone he made subgecte the
then they sayd the who someuer wolde deffende kepe them from these peryles he shold haue the ryght of noblenesse for hym his heyers for euer more in thys maner of wyse many are radde to be noble meÌ„ ¶ The fourth cause of noblynesse was grete haboundaunce of goodes Somtyme the people we holdeÌ„ with grete penury of mete drynke And then they toke them and theyrs to some ryche man that thrugh that couenaunte they sâ—old tempre the grete straytnesse of ther hungre and after that they shold knowe hym as theyr lorde and a noble man ¶ Also there be founde certen noble men by the prouysyon of god thoughe they were but fewe of the whyche some abode in vertue as Dauyd and some fayled anone as Saull and Ieroboam Also it is radde that many were noble men by tyranny and vyolence Of the whyche some were destroyed anone And some abode in stablenesse as Paynymes myght ¶ Anno mundi .ii. M.ix C. .v. Et ante xpÌ„i natiuitateÌ„ .ii. M.ii. C.lxxxiiii SAruk lynelly descended from our forn fader Adam to Abraham And Nachor was sone he lyued an houndred and .xlviii. yere ¶ And aboute this tyme ydolatry began to encreace myghtely And yf ye reuolue loke the hystoryes ye shall fynde that thre thynges pryncypally brought men to the synne of ydoly That is to vnderstonde the affeccyon whyche theg had to deed men Dredde flaterynge agaynst ther prynces And the dylygence of artyfycers crafty men about scultures or grauynges wycked fendes thenne entred in to the ydollis and gaue answeres to the people And these wycked spyrytes confermed the erroure of the peple myghtely In so moche that what some euer manere of persone wolde not conforme hym to the reason he sholde greuously suffre the payne of deth Also there was added and put to these thynges the dysceyuynge laude and praysynge of Poetes the whiche wretches and also dampned men in to heuen with alle theyr gaye aourned wrytynges exalted And that same tyme whanne deuylles beganne for to speke so fayrly and so mekely to man The good lorde of his greate and abundaunt mery sente his aungelles That they sholde speke to hys elected men in vysybly leest that all man kynde sholde perysshe wyth thys myscheuous errour BElus sone to Nemroth this tyme was kynge of Babylon And he was the fyrst kyng of this world this man was he whom the errour of the people fyrst trowed shold be a god wherfore dyuers people named hym dyuersly And some called hym Bell some Baal some Baalim some Beelphagor some Belsabub And this vnhappy errour stode in man kynde more than two M. yeres ¶ Ninus sone to Belus the seconde kynge of Babylon of assurioruÌ„ regned .liiii. yeres And thys Ninus desyred for to haue lordshyp worshype and to that enteÌ„t that he myght be lorde of all the couÌ„tre about hym he gaue batayll to all that dwelled nyghe about hym And by cause that tyme the people were rude and had not the comynge of yght ynge nor armour anone he subdued vnto hym all Asiam And there was made the fyrste Monarche in the eest party And whan his herte was sory for the deth of his fader Belus he made to be made to hym for his coÌ„forte an ymage of his fader to whom he gaf so myghty reuereÌ„ce that what someuer gylty maÌ„ had fledde to that ymage ther shold no maÌ„ do vnto hym no hurte and he pardonned hym of all his trespasse· And thrugh his ensample many a man began to worshyp the deed ymage of theyr dere frendes Thenne these malycyous spyrites seynge the curyosyte of the peple hydde them within them and gaaf answeres vnto the peple and sayd they were goddes And coÌ„maunded them to doo reuerence vnto them as goddes Thê° that vnhappy synne of ydolatry was brought in the whiche repugned myghtely to goddes mageste And in so moche this madnesse grewe that he shold suffre the payne of deth that sayd they were men but goddes ¶ Anno muÌ„di .iii. M.C.xiiii Et ante xpÌ„i natiuitatem ii M.lxxv THare sone to Nachor lyued .ii. C. .v. yere this Thare after the deth of Aram went frome Vr of Calde passed in to Chartam with his childern his neuewes And it is sayd by cause he wolde not worshyp the 〈◊〉 as Nemroth had taught he was banysshe◠〈◊〉 couÌ„tre And the comyn opynyon of the Hebrewes is Nemroth regned there the whiche was called an other name Amraphel the kynge of Sennar whom longe tyme after this Abraham ouercame Vt dicitur GenÌ„ xiiii ¶ Anno muÌ„di .iii. M. C.lxxâ—â—iii Et ante xpÌ„i natiuitatem .ii. M.xv ¶ Here begynneth the thyrde arge of the wrolde durynge to Dauyd HEre begyneth the deuoute holy storye of holy patryarkes the whiche worshype the very god in ther worshyppyng they caughte it vide pla genÌ„ xii vsque ad finē◠¶ This Abraham a faythfull louer of god was born the xliii yere of Ninê° kyng of Babylon knowe ye that the .lxxiv. yere of AbrahaÌ„ thorugh the myghty glorye of the hye god The worde of mercy desceÌ„ded vpon maÌ„kynd for then he gan appere the oraculus of the promyse of god â—vide Au. xvi de ci dei ItmÌ„ genÌ„ xv For this tyme holy auÌ„gels appered to vs in forme of mankynde ¶ This Abraham had two brethern Aram Nachor and Aram gate Loth a ryghtwys maÌ„ an holy he deserued to be vysyted with auÌ„gles as his vncle Abraham was· And for this Loth abraham smote .iiii. kyngê for they toke Loth genÌ„ xiiii Of whom one was sayd to be Nemroth but he is called here amraphel And AbrahaÌ„ had many wyues as Sara Agar his childern his brethern had many childern But for vs that write cronycles it is not necessary to speke of all men but of the noble faders sed vide pla â—ine genÌ„ ¶ Melchisedech this tyme was kyng of SaleÌ„ This man was called a ryght wys kyng for his excedynge holynesse And he offred bred wyne to AbrahaÌ„ in sygne of a gret mystery He was also the preest of the hye god ¶ Semiramis the thyrde kyng of Babylon he ordeyned an army went into ynde opteyned that couÌ„tre And so by all AsyaÌ„ the kyngdom of Assuriorum was dilated he multiplyed the cyte of Babylon myghtly made walles about it This Semiramis had a wyf he forsoke her it is wryteÌ„ that she was slayne of her sone Ninê° by cause she prouoked hym to the vnlefull coÌ„cupysceÌ„ce sic di Au. viii dcci dei the mayster iÌ„ hê storyes sayth that she wedded hir owne sone he gate a childe on her the whiche ordened babylon to be the heed of al his reame ¶ Ninus the fourth kyng of Babylon was sone to grete Ninus Of this man lytell is wryten but that he slewe his owne moder as is sayd afore ¶ Arrius was the fyfth kyng of Babylon And vnder hym
he sayd to Lotrin Now certes sayde he ye rewarde me full euyll for the paynes that I haue suffred had many tymes for Brute youre fader And therfor syth it is so I wyll aueÌ„ge me now vpoÌ„ you And he drewe his fawcon on hygh wolde haue slayne this Lotrin the kynge But the damoysell wente bytwene tho made them to be accorded in this manere That Lotrin sholde wedde or spowse Guentolin that was Corins doughter so Lotrin dyd And netheles whan that he had spowsed Guentolin Corins doughter pryuely he came to Estrylde broughte her with childe gate vpon her a doughter the whiche was called Abram And it be fell so that anone after Corin deyed and after whan he was deed Lotrin forsoke Guentolin that was his wyfe and made Estrelde quene And there Guentolin that was his wyf went from thens all in greate yre and wrathe vnto Cornwayle there seased all the londe in to her owne honde for as moche as she was her faders heyre she vndetoke feautes and homages of all the men of the londe And after warde assembled a greate hoste and a grete power of men for to be auenged vppon Lotrin that was her lorde and to hym came yeue hym a stronge batayll and there was Lotrin her husbonde slayne and his men dyscomfyted in the v. yere of his regne Guentolin let take Estrylde and Abram her doughter and bounde theÌ„ boâ—he honde and foot and caste them bothe in to a water and so they were drowned wherfore that water was euermore after called Abram after the name of the daÌ„moyseyll that was Estryldes doughter· And Englysshe men calle that water Seuerne And walsshtmen calle it Abram vnto this daye to And whan this was done Guentolin lete crowne her quene of all the londe and gouerned the londe ful welle and wysely vnto the tyme that Madan her sone that Lotrin hadde goten vppon her was of .xx. yere of aege that he might be kynge and soo the quene regnd .xv. yere And thenne lete she crowne her sone kynge and he regned and gouerned the londe well and worthely And she wente in to Cornewaylle and there she dwelled all her lyues tyme. ¶ How Madan regned in peas all his lyf MAdan sone to Lotrin regned on the Brytons .xl. yere the whiche began to regne the .xv. yere of Saull And this Madan lyued in peas all his daye and gote two sones Mempris and Maulyn ThenÌ„e he deyed and lyeth at newe Troy ¶ Anno mundi .iiii. M.C.xxii Et ante xpÌ„i natiuitateÌ„ M.lxxxiiii â–ª ¶ Here begynneth the fourth aege durynge to the transfyguracyon DAuyd the second kynge in Israel regned this tyme a maÌ„ chosen after the desyre of god And he was anoynted in his yoÌ„ge aege by Samuell and after the dethe of Saul regned .xl. yere This Dauyd was a meruayle in all mankynde In whom euer was founde so moche power and soo moche humylyte soo moche noblynes so moche mekenes so greate a charge of seculary thynges and so pure deuoute a contemplacyon of spyrytual thyngê so many men to kylle so many teres to wepe for his trespaas Plura vide .i. reguÌ„ ¶ Abiathar this tyme was bysshop he fledde from Saull vnto Dauyd and he was gloryous with hym all his dayes Gad. Nathan and Asoph were prophetes thenne And Nathan was brother sone to Dauyd ¶ How Mempris slewe his brother Maulyn THis Mempris and hys brother Maulyn stroue fast for the londe And Memprin began to regne the .xxxv. yere of Dauyd And for by cause that he was the eldest sone he wolde haue had all the londe and Maulyn wolde not suffre hym so that they toke a daye of loue and accorde· And att this daye Mempris lete kylle his brother thorugh treason and hym self after warde helde the londe And anone lete crowne hym kynge and regned And after be came soo lyther a man that he destroyed within a whyle alle the men of his londe And at the laste he be came soo wycked and soo lecheâ—nus that he forsoke hys owne wyfe and vsed the synne of Sodomy wherfore almyghty god was gretely dysplesed and sore wrothe with hym And vpon hym toke vengaunce for by cause of his weckednesse For on a daye as he wente forthe on huntynge in a forest there he loste alle his men that were wyth hym and wyste not what he sholde doo and soo he wente vp and downe hym self allone and cryed after his men but they were gone And there camen wulues anone and alle to drewe hym in peces whanne he hadde regned xxiiii· yere whan hys people herde that he was soo deed they made Ioye and myrthe ynough and anone made Ebrac his sone kynge and he regned with moche honoure ¶ Anno muÌ„di .iiii. M.C.lxv Et ante xpÌ„i natiuitateÌ„ M.xxxiiii SAlomon the kynge of peas of the gyfte of our lorde had a synguler excegynge aboue alle men that euer was in this worlde but alonly god in wysdome and in ryches in deyntees and in glory famylyaryte with god And all though Moyses and Dauyd Peter Poul· Ierom and Austyn other mo exceded hym in holynesse but yet they exceded him not in glory and ryches· And this man so excedynge all men wretchedly felle Of this Salomon is redde in a pystle of saint Ierom that he gote a childe on the doughter of Pharao at .xi. yere of his aege Vide plura reguÌ„ ¶ Sadoch thys tyme was bysshop and for he declyned not to the parte of Adonie Dauyd sone but was with Nathan for Salomon and Abyathar on the other parte was deposed ¶ Anno mundi .iiii. M.ii. C.v. Et ante xpÌ„i natiuitateÌ„ .ix. C. lxxxxiiii ROboas succeded Salomon hys fader in his kyngdome but not in wysdome He was dysceyued thorughe the counseylle of yonge men And loste .x. trybus in soo moche as he answered not wasely the people as it is open iii. regum ¶ Achimias was bysshoppe and was the sone of Sadoch Vt patet primo parali ¶ Reges Israel incipiunt IHeroboas regned kynge in Israell xx.ii yere and he was fyrst of the hous of Salomon and a good mad But whanne he was made kynge he was a mycheuous man in ydolatry and made Israell to synne in ydolatry and many greeate Inconuyences were done almooste to the destruccyon of Israell For he was the fygure of Machomete Plura vide .iii. regum ¶ Abdias the sone of Roboas regned in the Iury thre yere And other whyle a good man and holpen by god and other whyle wretchedly dysposed in ydolatrye and therfore our lorde suffred hym to regne lytyll tyme Vt pêª .iii. regum et .ii. parali ¶ Anno mundi ·iiii M.ii. C.xxv Et ante xpÌ„i natiuitatem .ix. C.lxxiiii ASa the sone of Abdias regned .xvi. yere In the begynnynge of his regne he was a ryghtwys man and walked as Dauyd dyde And he ouercame the Ethyopes and destroyed ydolles but after that he
meny And then he sholde sende to her lorde the kyng feyne that he were come for to speke with hys doughter hym for to se so he dyde And whan the kynge and the quene herd that they came with moche honoure they hym receyued And the kynge of fraunce then lete lende thrugh al the realme coÌ„maunded that al men sholde be as entendauÌ„t to kynge Leyr the quenes fader in all maner of thynges as it were vnto hymselfe whaÌ„ kynge leyr had dwelled there a moneth more he tolde to the kynge to the quene his doughter how his two eldest doughters hadde hym serued Agampe anone lete ordeyne a grete hooste of FrensshmeÌ„ sente in to Brytayne with Leyr the quenes fader for to coÌ„quere his loÌ„de agayne his kyngdome And Cordeill also came with her fader in to Brytayne for to haue the realme after her faders dethe And anone they wente to shyppe passed the see came in to Brytayne fought with the felons theÌ„ dyscomfyted slewe then had he his loÌ„de agayne after lyued .iii. yere helde his realme iÌ„ peas after warde dyed so Cordeill his doughter thenne let enter him with moche honour at Leycestre ¶ Anno muÌ„di .iiii. M.iii. C.xlix Et ante xpÌ„i natiuitateÌ„ .viii. C liii AMasius sonne to Ioam regned on the Iewes .xxix. yere after the whiche the kyngdom of Iewes was without kynge .xiii. yere This man worshypped the goddes of Seyr vt pêª .ii. para .xv. ¶ Ieroboam sone to Ioam regned on Israel .xli. yere the whiche was manly and vyctoryous For he ouercame the kynge of Sirie restored Israel Damaske after the worde of Iono the prophete But he was not good Therfore sayth austyn if good men regne they profyte many a man And yf ylle men regne they hurte many men· ¶ Anno muÌ„di .iiii. M.iii. C.lxxxviii Et ant xpÌ„i natiuitateÌ„ .viii. C.xi. Ozias or Azarias sone to Amasie regned on the Iury .lii. yere the whiche lyued wel afore oure lorde of hym is none euyl thynge wryten but that he vsurped the dygnyte of preesthode vnder Azari the whiche he forbode hym For that whiche cause our lorde stroke hym with a leper vt pêª .ii. para ¶ Ozee bysshop prophete was this tyme the fyrst of the .xii. that is sende astaynst the .xii. tribus ¶ Ioel the secoÌ„de of the .xii. prophecyed of Iuda Ananias the thyrde prophecyed agaynst many people Abdias the fourth of the .xii. prophecyed agaynst Edom ¶ zacharius sonÌ„e to Ieroboam regned in Israel .vi. monethes the whiche began to regne the .xxxviii. yere of Ozias was nought iÌ„ his lyuynge as his predycessours were And Sellum slewe hym regned a moneth And Manahen slewe hym toke his kyngdome vt pêª .iiii. reguÌ„ This Manahen regned .x. yere the whiche began to regne the .xxxix. yere of Ozias \ he ruled hym myscheuously And our lorde toke hym in the power of the kynge of Assuriorum And he payed to hym a thousande talentes of syluer vt pêª .iiii. reguÌ„ ¶ Phaseia sonÌ„e to Manahen regned in Israel .ii. yere he began to regne the .l. yere of Ozias and he was nought in his lyuynge ¶ Phase slewe phaseia regned .xx. yere he began to regne the .lii. yere of Ozias dyde as other cursed men dyde Plura vide .iiii. reguÌ„ And after this Israel was without ony kynge .viii. yere ¶ How Morgan and Conedag that were neuewes to Cordeill warred vpon her And put her in pryson NOw as kynge Leyr was deed Cordeil his yongest doughter regned the .x. yere of Ozias kynge of Iury. And after her regned Conedag the .xv. yere of Ozias Cordeil that was Leyrs yongest daughter after the deth of her fader had all the londe .v. yere And in the meane tyme deyed her lorde Agampe hat was kynge of FrauÌ„ce after his dethe she was wydowe And there came Morgan and Conedag that were Cordeils systers sones to her had enuyte for as moche as theyr aunte sholde haue the londe So that bytwene them they ordeyned a grete power and vpon her warred gretely And neuer they rested tyll they had her taken and put her vnto deth And tho Morgan and Conedag seased all the londe departed it bytwene them And they helde it .xii. yeres And whan that those .xii. yeres were gone there beganÌ„e bytwene them a grete beatel so that they warred stroÌ„gely togyders And eueryche of theym dyde other moche dysease For Morgan wolde haue all the londe frome beyonde Humbre that Conedag helde But he came agaynst hym wyth a grete power so that Morgan durste not abyde but fledde a waye in to walys And Conedag pursued hym and toke hym slewe hym And tho came Conedag agayne and seased all the londe in to his honde and held it And regned after xxxiii· yere And thenne he deyed and lyth at newe Troy ¶ And by cause the matere conteyneth moost comodyously togyder of the kynges of Brytayne now called Englonde for the tyme of them is not certaynly knoweÌ„ what tyme of the wrolde the kynges folowen regned Therfore they shall be togyder tyll it be comen vnto Guentolen kyng of Brytayne now called EngloÌ„de ¶ How Reynolde that was Conedags sone regned after his fader in his tyme it rayned blood thre dayes in to kenynge of grete deth ANd after thys Conedag regned Reynolde hê sone that was a wyse knyght a hardy curteyes that wel nobly gouerned the londe wonder welle made hym beloued of all maner of folke And in hys tyme regned blood that lasted thre dayes As god wolde soone after ther came a grete dethe of people For hostes wythout nombre of people fought tyll that almyghty god ther of toke mercy and pyte tho gaÌ„ it cesse And this Reynolde regned .xxii. yere deyed and lyeth at yorke ¶ How Gorbodian regne in peas that was Reynoldes sone AFter thys Reynolde that was Conedags sone regned Gorbodian that was thys Reynoldes sone ·xv yere and thenne he deyed and lyeth at yorke ¶ How Gorbodian had .ii. sones how that one slewe the other for to haue the herytage how ydoyne ther moder slewe that other wherfore the londe was destroyed SO whan thys Gorbodian was deed hys two sones that he had be came stoute and proude and euer warred togyder for the londe And that one was called Ferres and that other Porres ¶ And thys Ferres wolde haue all the londe but that other wold not suffre hym This Ferres had a felonous herte thoughte thrugh treason to slee his brother But pryuely he wente in to Fraunce and there abode with the kynge Sywarde tyll vpon a tyme whan he came ayen and fought wych his brother Ferres But full euyll it happed tho he was slayne fyrste whan ydoyne ther moder wyst that Portes was deed she made grete sorowe for by cause that she loued hym more than
ytaly That is to wyte Ianus Picus Famus Latinus the whiche vnto Eneas regned about two hondred yere And thenne after warde frome this Eneas to Romulus it was regned vnder .xv. gouernours .iiii. C.xxxii yere After that fro the Cytee was made vnto the laste yere of Tarquyne that proude it was regned vnd .vii. kynges about two hondred and .xliii. yere· ThenÌ„e after warde vnder Senatours and Counsullers vnto Iulius Cezar Emperour by foure hondred .lxiiii. yere Romulus the fyrste of Romayns of whome they ben called in latyn Romans made the cyte to be named Rome after his name The whyche gadred togyder the peple on euery syde an C. of the sage men and wyseste he chose the couÌ„sell of whom all thynge he dysposed the whiche he named Senatours for the tyme of theyr aege And he made theyr names to be wryten in golden letters wherfore we wryte noble faders and thynges soo yet Also he called M. men of armes the whyche he named Milites a numero miâ—iâ—to But these were noble blod Therfore as saynt Austyn sayth de ciuitâ— dei And also ther was longe warre betwixt the Sabyns and them For Romulis toke many wymmen of the noble blode of Sabyns maryed theym to that vnnoble blood Of thys Romulus Orosyus wryteth moche euyll Vt patet in libro suo ¶ Aboute this tyme Merodach the kynge of Babylon sende grete gyftis to Ezechie the kyge of Iewes vt pêª .iiii. reguÌ„ .xx. And thenÌ„e the kyngdome of Babylon begon ¶ Anno mundi .iiii. M.lxxii Et ante xpÌ„i natiuitatem .vii. C·xxvii Ezechias the .xiiii. kyng of Iewes a good childe of a cursyd fader regned wyth a partyte herte to our lorde And he restored the hous of god ther was none lyke hym afore nor after amonge the kyngê of Iewes therfore our lorde god gloriyed hym For whan Senancheryb the kyng of Assuriorum came ayenste Ezechias with a myghty hoste our lorde stroke hys people and slewe an ·C lxxxv of fyghtynge men Sennacheryb fledde shamfully vt pêª .iiii. regum .ix. et .ii. para .xxxii. ¶ Sadoch this tyme was hyghe bysshop there ¶ Anno mundi .iiii. M.v. C.i. Et ante xpi natiuitotem .vi. C·lxxxxviii MAnasses kyng of Iewes regned .lv. yere he was an euyll chylde of a good fader for he dyd more cursedly than ony that was afore hym For he slewe the prophetes of god that the stretes in Ierusalem were al blody And he made ysai the prophete to be sawen the peces with a sawe of tree wherfore the kynge of Assuriorum wasted the Iury and toke Manasses â— put him in pryson And after Manasses repented his trespaas cryed for mercy to our lorde was herde Thenne he was restored to his kyngdome he amended his lyf vt pêª .iiii. reguÌ„ .xxi. et .ii. para xxxiii ¶ Selâ—um was bysshop and Echias after hym This tyme the .vii. wyse men had worshyp in Grece â— Tale. Solon Chilon Poreandus Eldobolus Bias. Pitacus Thys Talus founde fyrste the defawte of the sonne and the moone Vide plura august .viii. deci dei ¶ Numa the seconde kynge this tyme regned in Rome .xlii. yere the whyche was a greate worshypper of fals goodes He fulfylled Rome soo full that he myght haue noo place for hym self to dwele in This man put Ianuary and February to the begynnynge of the yere Vide plura in august de ciui dei ¶ Aboue alle reason it is meruaylle that suche men so extedyng in wytte in all thynges that was ylle receded fro the knowlege of very god Amon kyng of Iewes regned two yere the whiche was noughte in his lyuyng And he was strykyn of his seruauÌ„tes and he deyed without ony repentances ¶ Anno mundi .iiii. M.v. C.lviii Et ante xpÌ„i natiuitatem vi.xli IOsias the sone of Amon ac .viii. yere of his aege began to regne regned .xxxi. yere a good chylde of a peruerse fader in hys yonge aege he saught the grace of god And in that grace laudably abode vnto his ende His relygyous lyfe and his werkes ye maye see iiii regum .xxii. et .ii. para xxxiiii ¶ Azastas the sone of Elchie was bysshop ¶ Tobyas aboute this tyme deyed And he was a very holy man And he prophecyed the destruccyon of Ierusalem· ¶ Tulius Hostilius was the thyrde kynge in Rome And saint Austyn sayth in his boke deciuitate dei that from Rome was made vnto August the Emperour there was too contynuell bataylle that it was take for a merueylle and they were one yere without bataylle excepte ·xlii in Nume dayes in the whiche was contynuell peaas And that Tulius by cause he hadde reste he dyd cursedly to hys neyghburs and thenne he was slayne and all hys husholde wyth a stroke of lyghtnynge ¶ Nabugodonosor thys tyme was kynge of Babylon a manly man and a victoryous For he was the scourge of our lorde to punysshe the synÌ„es of many people This man was kynge of Babylon and after he conquered the kyngdom of Assuriorum and made it one monarche But many wayes scrypture speketh of this man nowe good and nowe euyll And for by cause scrypture concludeth that he ended his lyf in the louynge of god by the prayer of Danyell and in the knowlege of one very god some doctours saye He is saued and some saye it is doubte ¶ Ancus Marcius the fourth kyng of Rome regned .xxiii. yere This man for grace and truste that he had to Tarquinus Preiscus made hym the gouernour of his chyldren And Ayres and he ylle rewarded hym ¶ Danyell yet a chylde delyuerd saynt Susan and stode in the conceyte of the kyng wyth his felowes and after warde he dyscussed the dremes of the kynge and was made a man of grete honeste Vt pêª Danielis prio. ¶ Ionathas the seconde sone of Iosie regned on the Iewes thre monethes and was made kynge by the people and he was not good And Pharao tooke hym and ladde hym in to Egypte and made hys elder brother kynge vt pêª .iiii. regum .xxiii. ¶ Anno muÌ„di .iiii. M.v. C.lxxxviii Et ante xpÌ„i natiuitateÌ„ .v. C.xi. IOachim or Ieconyas the sone of Iosie was made kynge of Iewes by pharao regned .xi yere And by cause he lyued nought ne herde not the prophetes Nabudonosor toke hym and made hym his seruante thre yere And he rebelled ayenst hym after warde and he toke hym was aboute to haue ladde hym vnto Babylon but his couÌ„sell was chauÌ„ged and so Nabugodonosor slewe hym in Iherusalem and cast his body ouer the walles after the prophecy of Ieremy and tooke with hym the vesselles of our lord Ihesu vt pêª .ii. para vlt ¶ Samias was bysshop vrias prophete was slayne of Iecony the kynge and Ieremi was presente ¶ Ioachim sone to Ieconias regned in the Iury thre monethes lyued nought therfore anone he was meued that he sholde regne no lenger and was bouÌ„de and translated in to Babylon and many with hym were
translated vt pêª .iiii. regum .xxiiii. ¶ Daniel Anamas Azarias Mysaell Ezechiel Mardocheus all these with Ioachim the kyng were ladde in to Babylon yonge chyldern for by cause they werre of the noble blood ¶ Anno mundi .iiii. M.vi C. Et ante xpÌ„i natiuitateÌ„ .vi. C. SEdechias the thyrde sone of Iosie regned on the Iewes .xi. yere thys Sedeâ—hias was a myscheuous man in his lyuynge And he wolde not here Ieremy the prophete therfore he perysshed wretchedly and alle the Iury wyth hym And his eyen were put out hys chyldern were slayne vt pêª .iiii. regum ¶ Iosedech the sone of Azarie was bysshop was traÌ„slated fro Iherusalem by Nabugodonosor in to Babylon ¶ Abacuk prophecyed ayenst Nabuch at Babylon And there be opynyons what tyme this Abacuk â—as This Abacuk brought mete to Danyel whan he was put to the lyons after Ierom And here endeth the fourth Aege the hystore of Regum ¶ Here begynneth the fyfth aege of the worlde durynge to the Natiuite of Cryste THys tyme the Temple of SalomoÌ„ was brente of the Caldes Ierusalem was destroyed this Temple stode cccc .xlii. yere that is to wyte fro the fyrst makyng the whyche was made the fourth yere of SalomoÌ„ And fro the destruccion the whiche was made by Tytus that is to wite .xlii. yeres after the passioÌ„ of Cryst ¶ Priscus Torquinê° the fyfth kyng of Rome regned And he made CapitoliuÌ„ quasi caput soluÌ„ For in the grouÌ„de werke was fouÌ„de an heed without ony body as for prophecy of thynges to come For there after warde the Senatours sate as one heed of all the worlde ¶ This tyme thre childern were cast iÌ„ to a furnays brenÌ„yng with a myracle they were delyuern as it is sayd in danÌ„ pri o ¶ Nabugodonosor the sone of Nabugodondsor the myghty regned in BabyloÌ„ this man an hyngyng garden with myghty costes for his wyfe many meruailloê° thynges he dide So that he wolde be named to excede Hercules in his gretenesse strengthe Enilmerodach brother to the later Nabugodonosor regned in Babylon Thys man toke Ioachim out of pryson and worshiped hym his fader deed body after the couÌ„seyl of this man he deuyded to an hundred grypes leest that he shold ryse from deth to lyue ¶ Nota This playe of the chesse was fouÌ„de of Xerse a Philosopher For the correctoÌ„n of Eniimerodach thys tyme the kynge of Baby a grete tyraunte the whyche was wonte to kylle hys owne maysters and wyse men And for he durste not rebuke hym openly with suche a wytty game he procured hym to be meke Anno muÌ„di .iiii. M.vi C.xxxiiii Et ante xpÌ„i natiuitateÌ„ .v. C.lxv. SAlathiel of the line of Cryste was sone to Iecony the kynge of Iewes the whiche he gate after the transmigracoÌ„n of Babylon as Mark the EuaÌ„geliste sayth ¶ Seruius Tulius the sixt kyng of Rome was of a bonde condicyon on the maders syde For she was a captyue mayde but she was of the noble blode This man had grete louynge nobly he bare hym in euery place Thre hylles to the cyte he put· dyched the walles rouÌ„de about ¶ Regusar Sabusardach Balthasar were brethern the whyche regned one after a nother were kynges in Babylon And Balthasar was the laste kynge of Babylon the whyche was slayne of Darius Cirê° Plura vide daniel .v. ¶ Incipit monarchia Persarum DArius vncle to Ciro felowe in the kyngdom with Ciro traÌ„slated the kyngdomes of Babylon Caldees in to the kyngdom of Persarum Medorum Cirus was emperour .xxx. yere This Cyrus helde the monarche hole at Perses Of this man prophecyed ysayas he destroyed Babylon slewe Balthasar kyng of Babylon he worshyped gretly danyel the Iewes he sende home ayen that they sholde buylde the Temple of god Vt pêª Esdre pri o ¶ BabyloÌ„ that stroÌ„ge castel was destroyed hê power was take from hym as it was prophecyed This was the fyrst cyte the gretest of all the worlde of the whyche Incredyble thynges are wryten this that was so stronge iÌ„ one nyght was destroyed that it might be showed to the power of god to the whiche power all other ben but a sperke duste For it is sayd forsoth that it was Incredyble to be made with mannes hoÌ„de or to be destroyed with maÌ„nes streÌ„gth wherof al the world myght take an ensaÌ„ple it wolde or myght be enfourmed ¶ Tarquinê° Superbus was the .vii. kynge of Rome he regned .xxxv. yere Thys man concyued fyrst all the tormentes whiche are ordryned for malefactours As exile pryson welles galowes feters and manacles chayne 's colous and suche other â–ª And for his grete pryde and cruelnes god suffred hym to myschyef and in what maner of wyse it shall be shewed He had a sone of the same name the whiche defoyled a worthy mannes wyfe they called hym Collatin his wyf was called Lucres Thys Tarquinê° that was this .vii. kynges sone aforesayde came vnto the ladyes hous absente her husbonde to supper and to lodgyng And whan all were a slepe he a rose with a swerde in hys honde and with strengthe and fere he rauysshed the woman And whan he was gone the nere daye after she sende vnto her fader and to her husbonde for she was of greate kynne and thus she sayde to them The kynges sone came hyther as frende of whome â–ª I had no mystrust and thus he hath defoylled my chastyce loste my name for euermore Thenne her frendes sawe her wepe and pytously complayned and they comforted her as well as they coude and sayd it was noo vylany vnto her for it was ayenst her wyll She answered sayd yet shall ther neuer woman excuse her by Lucres For though she coÌ„sented not to thys dyde yet shall she not dye without payne for that dede And with that worde she had a knyf redy vnder her mantell with the whiche she smote herself to the here for this cruelnes this pyteous deth the peple of rome arose exiled the king for euer more all his progenye And thus seased these kynges of Rome neuer was none after Of the gouernaunce of Rome tyll the Emperours beganne AFter thys tyraunte was deed the Romayns ordened that theyr shoâ—de neuer be kynge more in Rome But they wolde be gouerned fro that forthe by CoÌ„sules So whaÌ„ tho kynges had regned .ii. hondred yere and .xl. they made thys statute that two Consules sholde be chosen they sholde gouerne the cyte the people for this cause these two were chosen that ony of theÌ„ wolde make ony yf excesse the other sholde gouerne hym For theyr was no thynge obeyed but yf they consented bothe Also they sholde not stonde in ther dygnyte passynge one yere for thys cause That for domynacyon of longe tyme they sholde not vsurpe vpon them more than was ryght In alle thys tyme the Empyre of Rome was not
dayes myscheuous playes were ordeyned that pestylence sholde cesse atte Rome Of the playes saynt Austyn treateth dylygently in repreuynge the falshede of the goddes the whyche desyred to be pleased with suche wretched playes Soo shamefully these playes were vsed with naked men and wymmen that honest men wymmen wolde not â—e at those playes ne yet beholde them Vide plura in Aug. de ciuitate dei ¶ Darius Notus regned at the Persees .xix. yere ¶ Plato the deuyne phylosopher and Arystotle his discyple were this tyme noble and famous clarkes ¶ Titê° Quintê° was dictator atte Rome and he was a couetous man whome Austyn de ciuitateÌ„ dei bryngeth in ayenste coueytous and proude Crysten men ¶ Gaius was a Senatour vnder whom was a grete bataylle agaynst the kynge of Turcorum And .viii. thousand men of theym were taken ¶ Marcus Valerius was also a noble Senatoure of Rome the whiche wyth .lx. thousande Romayns foughte wyth the Frensshmen had the better and slewe many of them ¶ Arthaxereses kyng of Persees called ayen to his Empyre Egypte And he put Nacranabo the kynge in Ethyopia many Iewes in to transmygracyon Also he sende Vagosum a prynce ouer Flom Iordan to aske ayen to the trybute that was forgete to Eldra that was the .vii. yere rente propter subbam terre ¶ Aâ—samus succeded hym and regned a yere ¶ Darius the sone of Arsamus regned with the Persees xxiiii yere This Darius was a myghty man and a bolde the whyche asked of the Grekes a trybute that was the cause of the destruccyon of the monarche of PersaruÌ„ For it was translyted to the Grekes after the prophecye of Danyll For it is sayd that Dariê° brought .xv. hondred thousande fyghtynge men whoÌ„ all Alexander slewe ¶ Iodas the sone of Elysaphat was hygh bysshop in Ierusalem in tyme of Mardachin Iohannes his sone succeded hym ¶ Arystotiles the moost subtell and famous phylosopher lerned this tyme. Senocrate the mooste chaste phylosopher was thys tyme with dyuerse other moo ¶ by cause the kynges of brytayne nexte after lyued in peas moost parte lytell of them is wryten therfore they shall be sette togyder tyll it be comen to Cassibolon kynge of brytayne the whyche was brother to Lud. ANd whan Cormbratus was deed regned Guentholen that was his sone a man of good condycyons and well beloued and he gouerned the londe welle and wysely And he regned .xxv. yere and after he deyde lyeth at newe Troy ¶ How kynge Seysell regned and well gouerned the londe after Guentholen ANd after Guentholen regned hys sone Seysell welle and worthely gouerned the londe as his fader hadde done before And he regned .xv. yere and deyed and lyeth at newe Troy ¶ How Kymor regned after Sysell his fader and he begate Howan that regned after his fader in peas ANd after Seysell regned his sone Kymor well nobly .xix. yere iÌ„ peas theÌ„ne after hym regned Howan his sone .x. yere and thenne he deyed lyeth at Ikaldowne· ¶ How kynge Mor with dyed thorugh myschaundâ—e thorugh a beest AFter thys Howan regned Morwith and he became so wycked so sterne tyll at the last a grete vengeaunce came vpon hym For whan as he wente vpon a tyme by the see side hemette with a grete beest that was black and horryble hydeous he weÌ„de that it had be a whale of the see bent an arblast wolde haue slayne that beest with his quarell but he myghte not smyte hym whan he had shot al hê quarlles that beest anoÌ„e came to him in a grete hast hym deuoured a lyue so he deyed for hys wyckednesse thorugh vengeauÌ„ce of god after that he had regned .ix. yere ¶ Of Grandobodiam that was Morwith sone that made Cambrydge AFter that thys Mor with was dede the brytons crowned BrandobodiaÌ„ his sone this Grandobodiam longe tyme regned in goodnes made temples and townes this Grandobodiam made the twone of Cambrydge the towne of GrauÌ„tham was well beloued of ryche poore for he honoured the ryche and helped the poore This Grandobodiam had .iiii. sones Artogaill Hesyder Higamus Petitur· And whan he had regned .xi. yere he deyed and lyeth at newe Troy ¶ Of Artogaill that was GrandobodiaÌ„s sone howe he was made kynge and sythe put downe for his wyckednesse AFter Grandobodiam regned his sone Artogaill .v. yere he became so wycked so sterne that the brytons wolde not suffre hym to be kynge but put hym downe made Hesyder his brother kynge he be came so good merci able that meÌ„ hym called kyng of pyte And whan he had regned .v. yere he had so grete pyte of hê brother Artogaill that was kiÌ„ge before· And anone he forsoke his dignyte toke his brother the crowne ayen made him kynge ayenst all the brytons wyll ¶ And after Artogaill became soo good of condicoÌ„ns that he was well beloued of the londe for he came so debonayr and free and dyde ryght reason to all maner of men And he regned .vi. yere and deyed and lyeth at Grauntham ¶ How Hesyder was made kynge after the deth of his brother AFter the deth of Artogail the brytons crowned an other tyme Hesyder but his two brethern Hygamus Petitur had of hym grete spyte scorne ordeyned them for helpe to warre vpon the kyng ther brother soo they tooke hym put hym in pryson the seconde yere of his regne And they departed all the londe betwixt them both but Higamus lyued but .vii. yere and tho had Petitur all the londe and he made the towne of Pickerynge ¶ How the brytons came and tooke Hesyder oute of prysone and made hym kynge the thyrde tyme. ANd whan thys Petitur was deed the brytons toke Hesyder anone and made hym kynge the thyrde tyme And tho regned he in peas .xiiii. yere And after he deyed and lyeth at Karleyll ¶ How .xxxiii. kynges regned in peas eche after other after Hesyder AFter the deth of Hesyder regned .xxxiii kynges eche after other in peas with out ony longe taryeÌ„ge I shal tell theÌ„ all how loÌ„ge eche regned as the story telleth the first kynge of tho .xxxiii. was called gerbodia he regned .xii. yere after hym regned morgan yere And after him regned Cighnus .vi. yere And after hym regned IowalaÌ„ .viii. yere And after him regned on Rohugo .xi. yere And after regned Voghen .xiii. yere And after hym regned Catyll .xv. yere And after hym regned Porrex .ii. yere after hym regned Cherin .xvii. yere after hym regned Coyl .xii. yere after him regned Sulgenis .xiiii. yere after hym regned Esdad .xx. yere after hym regned Andragie .xvii. yere after hym regned vrian v. yere and after hym regned Eliud .ii. yere And after he regned Eldadan .xv. yere And after hym regned Claten .xii yere after hym regned OuirguÌ„de .viii. yere after hym regned Mortan .vi. yere and after hym regned
¶ And whaÌ„ be herde that Nero was deed by whom he was sente to Ierusalem herde of these cursyd men regnynge At the Instaunce of these men not wyllyngly toke vpon hym the Empyre And anone as he was come to Rome he ouercame the tyraunte Vitellus and lete hym be drawe thorugh Rome after in to tybre tyll he was deed thenÌ„e lete hym sayle without sepulture for this the people desyred This man was cured of waspis in his nose anone as he byleued in our lorde Ihesu And that was the cause whyche wente to Ierusalem to venge Crystis deth He fought xâ—xii tymes wyth hys enemyes deyed the yere of grace lxiix ¶ Anno diuÌ„ lxxxiiii CLetus a martyr was pope .xi. yere thys Cletus was a Romayn and gretely beloued pylgrymages to sayntes sayenge it was more profyte to the helthe of maÌ„nes soule to visyte the place that saynt peter was in than â—or to fast two yere He cursyd alle tho men lettynge suche pylgrymages or counsellers contrary therto At the last he was martryd by Damiâ—â—an the Emperour ¶ Titus sone to Vespasianus was Emperour thys tyme regned thre yere And he abode stylle at IerusaleÌ„ after the eleccyon of his fader and destroyed the cytee And slewe there as the storye sayth with batayll and hungre .xi. hodred thousande Iewes And a hondred thousaÌ„de he toke and solde .xxx. for a peny By cause they solde Cryst for .xxx. pens and brought thens all thynge that was precyous and put them in his hous at Rome whiche was called TeÌ„pluÌ„ pacis But now is that place falle downe for the moost party and all these grete Iewelles ben dystrybuted to certayne chirches in Rome ¶ This Titus was so full of vertue that all men loued hym so set forth that they called hym the moost delectable of men He was full lyberall to all meÌ„ in so moche that he sayd often tymes the there sholde noo man goo from an Emperour with an heuy herte but he shold som what haue of his petycyon He wolde be sory that daye in the whyche he hadde graunted no man no benefyte ¶ whan that he was deed euery man that was in Rome wept for hym as that they had lost theyr fader ¶ Domician brother to Titus regned after him .xxiiii. yere .v. monethes First he was â—asy and after ward full vnresonable For moche of the Senate was destroyed by his malyce and also moche of his kynred He began the secoÌ„de persecucoÌ„n after Nero ayenst crysten men in the whiche persecucion IohnÌ„ the euangelyst was exiled in to Pathius after the Emperoure had put hym in to a tonne of oyle breÌ„nynge hurte hym not So this man was not the folower of his fader Vespasian ne his brother Titus but rathur lyke Nero his kyn rede And for these wycked condicyoÌ„s he was slayne in his owne palays at Rome in the .xxvii. yere of his aege· ¶ Clemens a martyr was pope .ix. yere and he succeded Cletus This Clemens fyrste of saynt Peter was ordeyned to be successour to hym And for peryll he wolde Linus and Cletus sholde be popes fore hym lest that thrugh that ensample prelates sholde ordeyne vnder theÌ„ who some euer they wolde This man made the lyf of martyrs to be wryten by regyons And he made many bokes He ordeyned that a chylde shold be confermed as soone as it myght namely after it was crystened And at the laste he was martred vnder Traian ¶ Nerua was Emperour after Domician oo yere two monethes And whan he was chosen he meued the Senate to make a lawe that thynge whyche Domician comaunded to be kepte sholde be broken By the whyche meane saynt Iohan the euaÌ„gelyst was losed out of his exyl suffrey to come ayen to Ephase This man dyde an other thynge ryght comendable that he assyned soo wyse a man as Traian was to gouerne the people after hym ¶ Nota. ¶ Traianus Hispanicus was Emperour .xxi. yere This Traianê° many man sayd He was the best amonge all the Emperours But in one thynge alone he was vicious In so moche as he for the loue of the fals goddes was aboute to destroye the crysten fayth Iugyng in hymself so moost to please god Some men say not by hymself but by other he pursewed the crysten fayth and in the ende of his lyf he dyde but fewe to dethe And all his louyng Isette at nought But at saint Gregory meued with pyte wepyng prayed vnto our lord for hym that he wold haue mercy vpon hym and by his prayer haue hym out of helle in to whiche place he was dampned And now yf that he be saud or not a grete alteracyon is amoÌ„ge doctours And to vs that wryte Crony eles it is no parte of our charge to determyn But all the eest parte of the world Babylon Selencia the vtter partes of the ynde Germayne the seconde after Alexander helde vnder In all these thynges so pyteous and soo mekely he guyded hym to euery man as a kynge He was gentyll and to no man vngeÌ„tyll the whiche is redde of fewe All his dayes he lyued that men sayd he was the moost worthy man in all his Empyre And thought and sayde euer more that noo man was more vnworthy to be Emperour than he ¶ Anno dmÌ„ C.iiii. ANacletus a martyr was pope ·ix yere And he was a Greke He monysshed an crysteÌ„ men that preestes shold be worshypped aboue all other men Sayenge that preestes doynge sacrifyce to god shold be borne out and not vexed but be worshypped And preestes whan they sayd masse the shold haue wyenesse with them and namely bysshops Also he decreed that clerkes shold were no berdes nor longe heere Also that a bysshop sholde be consecrated of thre and dyuerse other thynge At the last the .xii. yere of Traianus he was martred and buryed by the body of saynt Peter ¶ Plinius the seconde Oratour and phelosopher wrote moche thyngê Thys man meued Traianus that he sholde wythdrawe the sentence yeuen ayeste crysten folke wryten to hym that they sholde do noo ylle but take hede to the vertue But that they sholde ryse afore daye and worshoppe ther god secretly in the nyght· ¶ Euaristus a Greke a martyr was pope .x. yere and .vii. monethes after Anacletus Thys man ordeyned that man and woman sholde be wedded openly and that they sholde be blessyd openly of the preest and fader and moder And he was martred the thyrde yere of Adrian buryed by saynt Peter ¶ Alexander a Romayn was pope .viii. yere and .v. monethes This Alexander the moost parte of the Senatours he conuerterd vnto our lorde And he constytuted and ordeyned that hooly water sholde be spynkled in to crysten meÌ„nes houses And he ordeyned that the brede that prestes vse to synge with sholde be made of pure and clene brede and that in a lytell quantyte At the laste he was martred vnder Adryan that was the Emperour And many of them he conuerted
Alexandrum episcopum qui negauerunt in chrysto veram carnem fuisse et etiam negabant carnis nostre resurrectionem ¶ And after he hadde made many notable sermons and epystles he decessed ¶ Marcianus and valentianus were Emperours thys tyme .vii. yere In whose tyme was the grete Synody afore reherced whan Eusticem and Dyoscorus were condempned IN the tyme that Macianus was Emperour vortyger was kynge in Brytayne now called Englond In whose tyme ye. Saxons came in to Brytoyne made many kynges That is to wyte as is playne by the Cronyeles .vii And by cause it is tedyous to mannes reason to reherce many dyuers names to gyder as .vii. kynges of Englonde and in one tyme the Emperours and Popes Therfore the Cronycles of Englonde shall be sette togyder tylle that we shall treate of Alured In whose tyme the Danes came in to Englonde And the Popes and ye. Emperours and other kynges deed the same tyme shall be seâ—â—â— togyder ¶ Circa annuÌ„ dmÌ„ CCCC xlix ¶ How the wardeyns that had those chyldern to kepe that were Constanstynes ladde theym to lytell Brytayne for the treason and the falsenesse of vortiger Hyre begynneth the fyfth parte durynge to the comynge of the Danes THys tyme came ye. Saxons that were pagans fyrste in to Brytane now called Englonde vnder vortiger the whyche was crowned kinge of this londe This tyme those that had these two childern in kepinge the whyche were CoÌ„stantynes sons That is to saye Aurilambros and vter thrugh ordynance of Gosselin that was bysshop of London after the faders deth that is to saye Constantyne durst not dwelle in this londe with those childern but conueyed them vnto the kynge of lytell Brytayne For as moche as he tho wist the treason of vortiger that tho was made kynge Thorugh who me Constance the elder brother was slayne wherfore the hondred knyghtê of Pehites were put to dethe and bore all the blame as that vortiger hadde not wyst ther of ne consented And so the kepers of those two chyldern dradde lest vortiger sholde put them to deth thrugh his treason and falsenesse As he had done the brother before And therfore they were ladde ouer in to lytell Brytayn and the kyng them receyued with moche honour and lete them to nourysshe And there they dwelled tyll they became fayre knyghtê stronge and fyers And thourght to be auenged vpon Constaunce theyr brother whan they sawe theyr tyme and so they dyde as ye shalle here telle after warde ¶ It was not longe after warde that the tydynges came ouersee to the kynred of the hondred knyghtê of Pehites that were dampned put to deth thrugh Vortiger in thys londe therfore they were wonderly wrothe and swore that they wolde be auenged of theyr kynnes mens deth And came in to this londe with a greate power and robbed in many places slewe dyde all the sorowe that they myght whan Vortiger it wyst he made moche sorowe and was sore anoyed And in an other place also tydynges came to hym that Aurilambros and Vter his brother assembled a grete hoste to came in to moche Brytayne that is to saye in to thys londe for to be auenged vpon Constance theyr brothers deth Soo in that one half and in that other he was brougho in to so moche sorowe that he ne wyst whether to go ¶ How Engist and an .xi. thousande meÌ„ came in to this londe to whom vortiger yaue a place that is callde Thongcastell ANd soone after this sorowe tydinges came to vortyger that a grete nauy of strauÌ„gers were arryued in the couÌ„tree of Cent he wyst not wheÌ„s they were ne wherfore they were come in to this londe ¶ The kynge sent anone a messager thyder that some of sholde come and speke wyth hym for to wyte what folke they wert and what they axed and in to what couÌ„tree they wolde ¶ There were two brethern maysters and prynces of that stronge company that one was called Engist and that other Horne Engist wente to the kynge and tolde hym the cause wherfore they were come in to this londe and sayde Syrewe ben of a countree that is called Saxonne that is the londe of Germayne wheryn ys so moche sorowe That of the people ben soo many that the londe maye not them susteynes And the maysters and prynces that haue the londe to gouerne and rule They made to come before them men and wymmen that boldest ben amonge theym for to fyghte and that beste maye trauayll in to dyuerse londes And soo they sholde them yeue horse and harnes armour and all thynge that they nedeth And after they shall saye to them that they go in to an other countree where that they mowelyue as theyr And cetrees dyde them before ¶ And therfore syr kynge yf ye haue ought to doo wyth our company we ben comen in to youre londe And wyth good wylle you wolde serue your londe kepe helpe and defende from your enmyes yf that ye nede ¶ whan vortyger herde these tydynges he sayde gladly he wolde theym wyth holde vppon suche couenanuce yf they myghte delyuer hys londe of hys enmyes he wolde yeue theym resonable loÌ„des where they sholde dwelle for euer more ¶ Engyst thanked hym goodly and in thys maner he and his coÌ„pany a .xi. thousande sholde dwelle wyth the kynge vortiger And moche they dyde thrugh theyr boldenesse they delyuered hys londe of his enmyes clene ¶ Tho prayed Engyst the kynge of so moche londe that he myghte make to hym a Cyte and for hys meyne ¶ The kynge answered it was not to doo wythoute the coancell of Brytons ¶ Engist prayed hym eftsones of as moche plyce as he myghte compace with a thonge of a skynÌ„e wherupon he myghte make a. Mancer for hym to dwelle in And the kynge hym graunted freely ¶ Tho toke Engist a bulles skynne and kytte it as smaâ—e as he myghte all in to oo thonge all a rouÌ„de And ther with compaced he as moche londe as he myght thenÌ„e make vpon a fayre castell And so whan this castell was made he lett calle it Thongcastell for as moche as the place was marked with a thonge ¶ Of Ronowen that was Engistes douhter and how the kynge Voreiger spowsed her for her beaute SO whan this castell was made full well arayed Engist pryuely dyd sende by letter iÌ„ to the couÌ„tree where he cam fro after an C. shyppes fylled with men the were strong also well fyghtynge in all bataylles the they sholde also brynge wyth them Ronowen hys doughter that the fayrest creture that a man myghte see ¶ And whan those people were come that he hadde sente after he tooke them in to the castell wyth moche Ioye And hymself vpon a daye went vnto the kynge prayed hym there worthely that he wolde come and see hys newe maneer that he had made in the place that he had compassed wyth the thonge of the skynne The kynge anone graunted hym
¶ The other kyng had Southsex that now is called chychestre ¶ The thyrdet kyng had westsex ¶ The fourth had Eestsex The fyfth had Estangill that now is called Northfolke Southfolke Merchemeryk that ys to saye therldome of Nycholl ¶ The sixth had Leycheter shyre Northampton shyre Herforde and Huntyngdon ¶ The seuenth hadde Ox enforde Glouchestre wynchestre wer wykeand Derbyshyre ¶ How that Vortyger wente in to walys beganne there castell that wolde not stande wyth out morter tempred wyth blood AS Engist had departed all the lond in thys maner bytwene hys men and in lyuerde vortyger out of pryson suffred hym freely to go whyther that he wolde And he toke his waye and wente in to walys there that his Brytons dwelled for as moche as the londe was stronge wycked to wynne And Engyst â—neuer came therene neuer knew it before that londe ¶ Vortiger helde hym there wyth hys Bratons and axed counseyll what hym was best to do And they yaue hym counseyll to make a stronge castell that hym myghte hymself there in kepe and defende yf nede were Maâ—e sons in haste tho were fette began to werke vpon the hylle of Breigh but certes thus it befell that all the werke that the masons made a daye downe it felle the nyght and they wyste not what it myght be Ther of the kynge was sore anoyed of that chaunce wyste not what to do werfore he lette sende after the wysest clerkes also lerned men than were thorugh out walys that myght be foude for they sholde tell wherfore the fouÌ„dament so fayled vnder the werke and they sholde hym tell what was best for to doo And whan these wyse men longe tyme had studyed they sayde to the kynge that he sholde doo seke a chylde borne of a woman that neuer had with man to do And that chylde sholde be slayne and tempred with his blood the morter of the werke And soo sholde the werke euer endure withouten ende ¶ How the kynge lette seke Merlyn thorugh out all walys for to speke wyth hym AS the kynge herde this he commaunded his messagers anone to go thrugh out walys to seke that chylde yf they myghte hym fynde and that they sholde hym brynge forthe with them vnto hym And in recorde in wytnesse of thys kynge he hadde take them his letters that they ne were distroubled of no â–ª man ne lette And tho the messengers wente thens and spedde soo faste that they came in to a towne that was called Carmardyne and as they passed for the theyr waye they founde two chyldern of xxiiii· yere of aege thydynge togyder with hasty wordes And one of them sayde to that other Donebat sayde he ye do all wronge to chyde or stryue with me for ye haue no wytte ne no reason as I haue Certes merlyn sayde he of your wytte ne youre reson I make no force For men telle comynly that ye haue no thynge of god all myghty syth ye had neuer fader But euery man knoweth who was youre moder ¶ The messengers of the kynge vortiger whan they herde the stryue betwixt the two gromes they axed of them that stode besyde them whens that· Marlyn was borne and also whom hym nourysshed And the folke them tolde that a greate gentyll woman hym bare in Carmadyne that was called Adhanr But neuer myght noth man wyte who was his fader ¶ whan the kynges messengers herde these tydynges they wente anone to hym that was wardeyne of the towne tolde hym the kyngê wyll and shewed hym his leter wherfore they were come thyder ¶ Merlyn and his moder were fetched before the wardeyne of the towne And he commaunded them that they sholde go to the kynge as it was ordeyned by his messagers Merlyn and his moder wente thens and came vnto the kynge and there they were receyued with moche honour And the kynge axed of that lady yf the chylde were her sone whome hym be gate The lady answered full tenderly wepynge and sayde She neuer hadde company of worldly man But syr sayde she As I was a yonge mayden in my faders chambre and other of greate lygnage were in my company that oftentymes wente to place and solace I belefte alone in my chambre wolde not goo â—orthe for bernnynge of the sonne And onâ— tyme there came a fayre bacheler and entred in my chambre there that I was alone But how he came in to me and where I wyst it neuer \ ne yet knowe I not For the doores were fast barred and with me he dyde game of loue For I ne had myght ne power hym to defen from me And often he came vnto me in the forsayd maner so that he begate this childe But neuer myght I wyte what he was ¶ Of the answere of Merlyn wherfore the kynge axed why his castel myght not stonde that he had begonne ne proue SO whan Merlyn hadde herde all that his moder hadde sayd He spake to the kynge in this maner ¶ Syre how I was begoten axe ye no more For it be falleth not to you ne to none other to wyte But telle me the cause wherfore I am to you brought wherfore ye haue sente after me ¶ Truely sayd the kyng my wyse couseyllers haue done me to vnderstode that the morter of a werke that I haue begonne behouety to be thempred with your blood or the foundament shall fayle for euer more ¶ Syr sayd Merlyn wyll ye slee me for my blood to tempre with your morter ye sayd the kyng or elles my castell shall neuer stande as my couÌ„seyllers do me to vnderstonde Tho answerd Merlyn to the kyng Syr he sayd he sayd lete them come before me those wyse couÌ„seylles I woll preu they saye not well ne truly And whan the wyse men were comen Merlyn axed yf his blod were the cause to make this werke to stoÌ„de endure All tho wyse men were abasshed coude not answere Merlyn tho sayd to the kynge Syr I shall tell you the cause wherfore your werke thus fayleth may noâ— stande There is vnder the mouÌ„tayne there that ye haue buylded youre toure a grete ponde of water iÌ„ the botome of the ponde vnder the water there ben two dragons the one is whyte the other reede the fyght togyd ayeÌ„st your werke do ye myne depe eyll your men come to the pond cause your men to take a way the water all out thenne ye shall see the dragans as I haue you tolde the togyder fyght ayeÌ„st your werke this is the cause wherfor your fouÌ„dament fayleth The kynge anone lete dygge vnder that men came to the ponde And lette doo a waye the water and there they founde two dragons as Merlyn had tolde that egerly fought togyder The whyte dragon egerly assayled the reede and lyadde on hym so strongely that he myght not endure but withdrewe hym and rested in the same caue And whaÌ„ he had a whyle rested hym he
of god That after whan he were deed he sholde take hys doughter Argentyll and the londe and that he kepte her welle and nourysshe her in hys chambre And whan she were of aege she sholde be maryed to the strongest and worthyest man that he myghte fynde and thenne he sholde yelde vp her londe ayen ¶ Edell it graunted and by othe confermed hys prayer ¶ And whan Adelbryght was deed and enteryd Edell tooke the damoysell Argentyll and nourrsshed her in hys chambre and she became as fayre as ony myghte be ¶ How kynge Edell maryed that damoysell to a knaue of his kechyne THis kyng Edell that was vncle to Argentyll be thought how that he myght falsely haue the londe fro his nyce for euer more and falsely aynst hys othe thought to dysceyue the damoysell and to marye her to a knaue of his kechyne that was called Curan and he became the worthyest and strongest man of body that ony man wyst in ony londe that tho lyued and to hym he thought her shamfully haue maryed for to haue had her londe afterwarde but he was clene dysceyued For thys Curan was Hauelockis sone that was kynge of Kyrkelane in Denmarke and this Curan conquered hys wyues londe after warde and slewe kyng Edel that was hâ— wyues vncle and had al her londe as in an other place it telleth more openly he regned but .iii. yere for Saxons Danes hiÌ„ slewe that was grete harme to all Brytayn Srytons bare hym to Stoâ—henge and entyred hym honourably ¶ Of kyng Conan that was Curans cosyn AFter this Curan regned his cosyn Conan that was a wonder proude knyghte And regned and coude haue noo maner of loue but euer he was medlynge wyth hys people And tooke his vncle with warre and slewe his two chyldern ¶ The Saxons warred ayenst hym oftentymes but he them ouer came and soo he was in peas all his lyf tyme· And he regned .xiiii. yere And after he deyed and lyeth at London ¶ Of kynge Cortyf of Gurmonde that came thorugh the paynems in to Brytayne AFter this Conan regned his cosyn cortyf that was behated of all his peple no thynge beloued this Cortyf lost all Brytayne thrugh warre And iÌ„ his tyme fell the grete myscheyf in Brytayn the crystendom was destroyed all the Brytons were dryueÌ„ out of the londe and the londe lost with out ony recouer But after warde left the londe to the Saxons as ye afterwarde shall here For in that tyme there was a paynem that was called GormoÌ„de that was the kynges sone Daufrices of the panems folke that hadde the reame after hys fader was kynge sauf he bequaue yaue it to his broder And sayd that he wolde neuer be kynge but yf that he myght gete and conquere a reame in a straunge countree For he was bolde stronge of body And of hym prophecyed Merlyn sayde that hesholde be a wulf of the see And he lette assemble paynems wythout nombre lete appareylle shyppes wente by many londes toke homages feautees of many And so he wente by the see conquered many dyuerse londes So that he came in to Irlonde conquered that lond that often tymes warred vpon Brytons and Brytons vpon them oft wonne oft lost yaue hostages to Brytons And so they sent to Gurmonde there that he was in Irlonde that he shold come in to Brytayne and helpe them ayenst the Brytons to helpe them to delyuer that londe of them they wolde hym holde gladly for theyr lord For he was a paynem and they were paynems the Brytons were crystened well ought he them for to helpe so as they were all of one lawe whaÌ„ Gurmonde herde this prayer he hasted him as moche as he myght arryued in Scotlonde came in to Northomberlonde there that the Saxons were dwellynge and they confermed the couenauÌ„tes bytwene them that were made by othes by hostages for to bere hym true fay holde hym for lorde and paye to hym truage by the yere ¶ Tho began the. Saxons and ye. Affricans to destroye robbe and brenne townes destroye all thengâ— in asmoche as they myght spared neyther man woman ne chylde lerned ne lewde But all they slewe caste downe townes castels chirches so put they all the londe in grete destruccyon And as soone as they myghte flee they fledde thens as well poore as ryche bysshops abbottes chanons all other grete smal some in to lytell Brytayne some in to Cornewayle all tho the shyppes myghht haue ¶ How the kynge Gurmonde droue kyng Cortyf to Chechestre slewe the Brytons thrugh crafte engyne gate the same towne COrtyf the kyng fledde thens in to Chechestre that tho was stronge and there helde hym .xx. dayes this Gurmonde came and it besyeged But the cytee was so stronge that he myght not gete it by no maner of wyse with engyne that they myght doo Tho bethought they vpon a subtylte for to brenne the towne They made engynes wyth glewe of nettes toke pecys of thunder of fyre bonde it to sparowes feet than lete them flee and they anoÌ„e flewe lodged theÌ„ in the towne ther that theyr nestis were in stackes euesynges of houses the fyre began to kyndle brente all the towne And whan the. Brytons sawe that in euery syde they hyed them out fought but anone they were slayne and dyscomfyted And whyle batayll dured the kynge pryuely hydde hym and stale awaye in to walys men wyst neuer where he became and soo was the towne of Chechestre taken and destroyed And after Gurmonde wente and destroyed townes and cytees that neuer were after made ayen as it is seen yet in many places of thys londe ¶ How thys londe was called Englonde for the name of Engyst how many kynges were made after in thys londe SO whan Gurmonde had destroyed al the londe thrugh out he yaue the londe to the Saxons anone they toke it with good wyll for the Saxons longe tyme had desyred it For asmoche as they wereof Engistê kynred that fyrst had all the londe of Brytayne lete them be called Englyssmen for by cause of Engistes name the lond they lete call Englonde in theyr langage the folke ben called Englyshmen for asmoche as in thys tyme it was called Engistê londe whan he had coÌ„quered it of Vortiger that spoused hys doughter But fro the tyme that Brute came fyrst in to Englonde thys londe was called Brytane and the folke Brytons But syth the tyme that thys Gurmonde conquered it eftsones and yaue it vnto the. Saxons they anone ryght chauÌ„ged the name as before is sayde And whan thys was done Gurmonde passed ouer in to FrauÌ„ce there conquered many londes destroyed all cristen peple there that he came And the Saxons dwelled in this londe and began fast to enhabyte it
pope after Sergius two yere This maÌ„ was made pope by the power of the Romayns and was not put in the nombre of popes for the euyll entred but he dyde none euyll ¶ Iohannes the .vi. was pope after hym a Greke And he was a martyr but of whome and wherfore the cause is not founde in hystoryes It is sayd that it was of the dukes of Lambardy for they were enmyes to the chyrche myghtely ¶ Iohannes the .vii. a Romayne was pope after hym thre yere but no thyng of hym is wryten ¶ Iustinianas was Emperour ayen with his sone Tyberiê° .vi. yeres And this was he the whyche was reued the Empyre afore by Leo And whan this maÌ„ was restored ayen he toke hym to the ryght fayth and worshypped the pope Constantyne And certaynly he destroyed Creson the place where he was exyled unto and all that dwelled in it except the chyldern he slewe them And he came ayen an other tyme to haue slayne the Innocentes And the men of that countree made them a capytayne a certayne man that was called Philyp an outlawe that whiche anone went to hym in batayll and slewe hym for his outragyous cruelnesse ayenst those chyldern ¶ Sysinnius was pope twenty dayes and thenne was grete stryfe and he decessyd \ but lytell of hym is wryten ¶ CoÌ„stantine was pope after hym vii yere This man was a very meke man so blessyd that of all men he was beloued He wente ouer the see to Iustinianus the Emperour and was receyued with grete honour deyed a blessyd man ¶ Philyp the seconde was Emperour one yere the whyche fledde in to Scicilis for the hoste of the Romayns And he was an heretyke and coÌ„maunded all pyctures of sayntes for to be bestroyed wherfore the Romayns cast a way his coyne ne wolde not receyue noo moneye that hys name or ymage were wryten vpon ¶ Anastasius thseconde after he had slayne Philyp was Emperoure thre yere This man was a crysten man and helyued well But by cause he put out phylipis eyen and slewe hym after warde And therfore Theodosius faustht ayenst hym and ouercame hym And thenne he was made a preest lyued soo quyetly ¶ Anno dmÌ„ .vii. C.xiiii GRegoryus the seconde was pope after Constantyne .xvii. yere this Gregoryê° was a chaste man a noble man in scrypture And about this tyme the popes began to deale more temporally wyth the Emperours than they were wonte for theyr falsnesse theyr he resye And also for to remeue th empyre fro oo people to an other as the tyme requyred thys man cursyd Leo the Emprrour by cause he breÌ„te the ymages of sayntes This same Leo coÌ„maunded Gregorius the pope that he shold brenne chirches destroye them And he sette noo thynge of hys sayenge but coÌ„mauÌ„ded the couÌ„trary manly And so it ys openly shewed that the destruccyon of the Empyre of Rome was the cause of heresy For certaynely faythfull people wyth the prelates wyth one wyll drewe to the pope constrayned the Emperours for to leue theyr tyrannye and theyr heresye ¶ And thys tyme in the eest parte of the worlde strongly faylled the very fayth for that cursyd lawe of the fals Machomete· ¶ Theodosius was Emperour regned but one yere And he was a very crysten man euen as he dyde so was he done vnto For Leo deposyd hym made hym a preest ¶ Leo the thyrde with Constantyne his sone was Emperour .xxv. yere this Leo whan he was myghty he deposyd Theodosyê° regned for hym was desceyned by a certayne Apostata the whiche badde hym that he sholde take and brenne all the ymages of sayntes wherfore he was punysshed both in batayll in pestylence with other Infortunes And by cause he was accursyd of Gregoryus bode ther in thre dayes therfore the pope wyth the comyn peple toke for hym the best parte of hys Empyre coÌ„mauÌ„dynge that no man shold obeye hym ne socour hym by cause he lyued lyke an heretyke ¶ Holy men sayde ayenst hym And many by hym were marted exyled And at the last in his misbyleue he deyed wretchedly and in this manes dayes but that Karolus Marcellus holpe the Crysten fayth faught manly nyenst the Sarrasyns draue them backewarde in Spayne the whyche they had subdued els they had entred in to Fraunce And Karolus slewe thre hondred thousaÌ„de Sarasyns moo· And of his people were slayne but .xv. thousande ¶ Nota. ¶ This man for the contynuall batayll toke to laye men the tresoure of the chirche wherfore Saynt Eucharius the bysshop of Aurelian as he was in his prayers sawe that same Karolus in soule and body payned in helle And the aungell that shewed the bysshop this man sayde That that was the Iugement of all those that toke a waye the goodes of the chirche or of poore men And to fortifye that that the bysshop sayd and â—ue it the abbote of saynt Deuys wente to the sepulcre there that Karolus was burye◠〈◊〉 opened the cheste that he laye in And there thâ—â— see a grete dragon go out but he had no 〈◊〉 ¶ Gregorius the thyrde a Romayne 〈◊〉 pope after Gregoryus the seconde The 〈…〉 confermed the woorshyppes of the 〈…〉 sayntes with the couÌ„seyll almooste of a thouâ—â—â—de bysshops And he cursyd horrybly all the despyers of these ymages As the Emperour â—nd other that were of the condycyon ¶ Constanâ—nus the fyfth was Emperour aâ—te his 〈◊〉 Leo .xxxv. yere He was a cursed man a pâ—â—e heretyke to that he dyde sacrefyse to the deuylles He pursued the chyrche And 〈…〉 is good of hym is wryten And so by yeâ—ce of god the chyrche was trowbled longe tâ—me About this tyme were many maruaylâ—es there were merueyllous erth quakys And certayne cytees that were sette on mountayns they were remeued borne awaye with the hylles in to the feldes .vi. myle thens as they stode and the cytees were not broken ne hurte In the londe of Mesopotanian the erthe was broken by the space of two myle And also there was a mule that spake in a mannes voys Asshes fell fro heuen And in the see of Poncico there was yse for grete froste that was .xxx. cubytes of thykenesse And the sterres fell fro heuen soo myghtely that men trowed that the ende of the worlde had be comen All these betokened meruaylus thynges for to come ¶ Anno dmÌ„ .vii. C.xliiii Acharias was pope after Gregorius x. yere This zacharis was a noble maÌ„ arayed wyth all vertue wyth all men he was loued for his mekeneste And he deposyd the kynge of Fraunce Hydery and put in hys place Puppynus for he was more profytable ¶ Here may ye see what power the thyrche had that tyme the whiche translated that famous kyngdom fro the very heyres to the kyngdome of Pippinus for a leyfull cause Vthabâ—t .xv. q. v. alius ¶ Stephanus the seconde a Romayne was pope after zacharyas .v. yere Thys man in all
hys honde as a brydell tyll he came thrugh the cyte and there he was put in pryson And this pope made peas wyth the Emperour ¶ Honorius was pope after hym two yere and lytell of hym is wryten ¶ Nota. ¶ Hary the fourth Emperour of Almayne decessyd thys tyme and was buryed with his progenytours after some men wyth suche an Epytaphe Filius hic pater hic Auus hic proauus iacet istis ¶ But it is lykely to be truer that the Geralde sayd in Itinerario walke wherfore he sayth that after he had prysoned his carnall fader hys sperytuell fader the pope with his Cardynalles after he was reconsyled wylfully he was exyled And he lefte Maude his wyf the kynges doughter of Englonde pryuely and lyued an heremytes lyf at Chestre .x. yere where he myght lyue as noo man knewe hym And he called hymselfe Godyscallus the whyche Godysson is called So the Emperour secretely went awaye Maude hys wyf the Empresse there she went vnto her fader Henry in to Normandy where anone after she was wedded vnto Geffroy Plantaginet the duke of Andegame vpon whom he begate Henry the seconde afterwarde kynge of Englonde Vnder whom saynt Thomas of Caunterbury regned deyed ¶ Lotharius was Emperour aftey Henry the fourth .xii. yere And lytell of hym is wrytem but that he was manerely to the chyrche And that he subdued Roger the vsurper of the kynge of Cycyle ¶ Hugo de sancto Victory was a noble man this tyme atte Parys and a noble doctour of the nacyon of Saxons ¶ The ordre of saynt Iohan Baptyst at Iherusalem began thys tyme by the worshypfull man Reymonde myghtely dysposed vnto the weâ—ke of mercy ¶ All this ordre make theyr waye to serue poore men ¶ Anno dmÌ„ M.C.xxxiiii INnocencius was pope after Honorius xiiii yere and vii· monethes This maÌ„ was a very deuoute maÌ„ and wyth suche men he accompanyed hym and he had stryf ayenst â–ª Perys of Lyon the whiche named hym Anocletus And by strenth he tooke the popehede The whiche InnoceÌ„cius sawe and with two Galeys he fledde in to FrauÌ„ce was worshyp fully receyued of saynt Bernarde the whiche that tyme had alle the kynges and prynces in his honde And he prouoked them for to brynge this pope Innocencius in to dygnyte ayen And at the last all thynge was sessyd and hys enmyes were destroyed thrugh the Iugement of god And he was pope ayen lyued prouffytably was buryed at Latranence· ¶ How Stephen that was kyng Henryes systers sone was made kynge of Englonde AFter thys kynge Henry that was the fyrste was made kynge his neuewes syster sone Stephen erle of Bolonye For anone as he herde the tydynges of hys vncles deth theÌ„ne he passed the see and came in to Englonde thrught counseyll strength of many grete lordes in Englonde ayenst the othe that they had made to Maude the Empresse toke the reame he lete crowne Stephen kyng of the londe ¶ And the Archebysshop wyllyam of Caunterbury that fyrste made the othe of feaute to Maude the Empresse sette the crowne vpon Stephens heed and hym anoynetd And bysshop roger of Salysbury mayntened the kynges parte in as moche as he myghte ¶ The fyrste yere the kynge Stephen began to regne he assembled a grete hoste and went to warre Scotlonde for to haue warred vppon the kynge of Scotlonde But he came ayenst hym in peas and in good manere and to hym trusted But he made to hym none homage for as moche as he had made vnto thempresse Maude ¶ And in the fourth yere of his regne Maude the Empresse came in to Englonde tho began debate bytwene kynge StepheÌ„ Maude thempresse This Maude went vnto the cyte of Nicholl the kyng her besyged longe tyme and myght not spede so well the cyte was kept defended And tho that were within the cyte meruaylously scaped a way wythout ony maner of harme And tho toke the kyng the cyte and dwelled therin tyl Candelmasse And tho came the barons that helde wyth the Empresse That is for to saye the erle Radulphe of Chestre the erle Robert of Glocestre Hugh Bygot Robert of Morley and these brought wtth them a stronge power faught wyth the kyng and yaue hym a grete bataylle In the whiche bataylle kyng Stephen was taken sette in pryson in the castell of Brytowe ¶ How Maude the Empresse wente fro wynchestre to Oxenforde and after she escaped to walynforde and of the sorowe and dyscease that she had NOw as the kynge was takeÌ„ brought in to warde in the castel of Bristow this Maude the Empresse was made lady of Englonde all men helde her for lady of the londe But those of Kent helde with kyng Stephens wyfe also wyllyam of Prece his retenewe halpe them helde warre ayenst Maude them presse And anone after the kynge of Scotlonde came to them wyth a huge nombre of peple And tho went theyr togyder to wynchestre there that the Empresse was wolde haue takeÌ„ her But the Erle of Glocestre came wyth his power fought with them And the Empresse in the meane whyle that the batayll dured scaped from them wente vnto Oxenforde and there helde her And in that bataylle was the erle of Glocetre dyscomfyted taken wyth hym many other lordes And for hys delyueraunce was kyng Stephen delyuered out of pryson And whaÌ„ he was delyuered out of pryson he wente thens vnto Oxenforde besyeged thempresse that was tho at Oxenforde And the seyge endured fro Myghelmasse vnto saynt Andrews tyde ¶ And the Empresse lette clothe her tho alle in whyte lynnen clothe 〈◊〉 by cause she wolde not be knowen Fo◠〈◊〉 same tyme there was moche sorowâ— and â—â—e escaped by the Tamyse from them a waye that were her enmyes And from thens â—he wâ—nte to walyngforde there helde her And the kynge wolde haue beseyged ther but he had so moche to doo with the erle Radulphe of Châ— and with Hugh Bygot that strongely waâ—d vpon hym in euery place â— that he wyste whether for to torne And the erle of Glocester â—alpe hym with his power ¶ How Gaufryde the erle of Angoy â—auâ— vnto Henry the Empresse sone all Normandy ANd after thys the kynge wente vnto wylton and wolde haue made a castel there But tho came to hym the erle of Glocestre wyth a stronge power there almooste he had taken the kynge but yet the kyng escaped with moche payne And wyllyam Marâ—ell there was takeÌ„ And for whoo 's delyueraâ—ce they yaue vnto the erle of Glocestre the good castell of Shyrborn that he had taken ¶ And whan this was done the erle Robert all the kynges enmyes went vnto Faryngdon and begaÌ„ there for to make a stronge castell but the kynge came thyder with a stronge power and droue hym thens And in that same yere the erle Radulphe of Chestre was accorded with
myghtely howe Ierusalem myght be wonne ayen but anone he decessyd ¶ Clemens the thyrde was pope after hym thre yere and lytyell he dyde ¶ Of kynge Rycharde that conquered ayen al the holy londe that the crysten men had loste ANd after this kyng Henry regned Rycharde his sone a stowte man a stronge a worthy also bolde And he was crowned at westmestre of the Archebysshop Baldewyn the thyrde daye of Septembre ¶ And in the seconde yere of his regne kyng Rycharde hymself and Baldewyn the Archebysshop of Caunterbury and Hubert bysshop of Salysbury and Radulf erle of Glocetre and other many lordes of Englonde went in to the holy londe And in that vyage deyed the Archebysshop of Caunterbury And kynge Rycharde wente before in to the hooly londe rested not tyll that he came forthe in his waye vnto Cypres and tooke it with grete force And after that kynge Rycharde went forth to warde the hooly londe gate there as moche as the crysten men had there before lost And conquered the londe ayen thoruhh grete myght saufe only the holy crosse And whan kynge Rycharde came to the cyte of Acres for to gete the cytee ther arose a gret debate bytwene hym the kynge of Fraunce so that the kyng of FrauÌ„ce went ayen in to Fraunce was wroth towarde kyng Rychard but yet for all that are kyng Rycharde wente ayen he toke the cyte of Acres whan he had take it he dwelled in the cyte a whyle But to hym came tydynges that the erle IohnÌ„ of Oxenforde hys brother wolde haue seased all Englonde in to his honde and Normandy also and wolde lette crowne hym kynge of all the londe ¶ And whan kynge Rycharde herde telle of these tydynge he wente ayen towarde Englond with all the spede that he myghte But the duke of Ostryche mette with hym and toke hym and brought hym vnto the Emperour of Almayne And the Emperour hym brought vnto pryson And afterward he was delyuered for an Huge raunson that is for to saye an hundred thousande pounde And for the whiche raunson to be paied eche other chalyce of Englonde was molten and made in to moneye And all the monkes of the ordre of Cysteaux yaue alle theyr bookes thrugh oute all Englonde for to doo them to selle and the raunson for to paye ¶ How kynge Rycharde came agayne from the holy londe auenged hym of his enmyes SO as this kyng Rycharde was in pryson the kynge of Fraunce warred vpon hym strongly in NormaÌ„dye and IohnÌ„ his broder warred vpon hym in Englonde But the bysshops and the baroÌ„s of Englonde with stode hym with all theyr power that they myghte gete tooke the castell of wyndesore and other castelles And the forsayde IohnÌ„ sawe that he had no myght ne power ayenst the barons of EngloÌ„de for to fyght But anone went hym ouer the see vnto the kynge of FrauÌ„ce ¶ And whan Rycharde came out of pryson was delyuered and came in to Englonde anone after Candelmasse in grete haste he went vnto Notyngham the castell of Notyngham to hym was yolden and tho dyscomfyted he hys brother Iohan and tho that with hym helde And after he wente vnto the cyte of wynchestre there he lete hym crowne kynge of Englonde And after he wente vnto Normandy for to warre vpon the kyng of FrauÌ„ce And the kynge of Fraunce came with .vi. hondred knyghtis to warde Gisors And kynge Rycharde mette hym and tho wolde haue yeuen hym bataylle But the kynge of Fraunce fledde tho and hondred knyghtes of his were taken and two hondred stedes that were trapped wyth yren ¶ And anone after wente kyng Rycharde for to besyege the castell Gaillarde â— And as he rode vpon a daye by the castell for to take a uysemente of the castell an arbarlaster somte hym with a quarell that was enuynymmed And the kyng drewe out the shafte of the quarell but the quarels heed abode styll in hys heed And it began for to rancle that he ne myghte not helpe hymselfe ne meue his armes And tho he wyst that he had dethes wonde vpon hym that he myght not be hoole for noo manere of thynge ¶ He coÌ„mauÌ„ded anoÌ„e sharpely all his men for to assoyle the castell Soo that the castell was taken or he deyed And soo manly his men dyde that al the people that were in the castell were taken the kynge dyde wyth them what he wolde And commauÌ„ded his meÌ„ that they sholde brynge before â–ª hym the man that hym so hurt so wounded And whan he came before the kyng the kyng axed hym what was his name And he sayd my name is Bertham Gurdon wherfore sayd the kynge haste thou me slayne syth I dyd the neuer none harme Syr sayd he Though ye dyde me neuer none harme ye your self with your owne honde slewe my fader my broder And therfor I haue quyte now your trauaylle Tho sayd kyng Rycharde He that dyed vpon the crosse to bryng maÌ„nes soule fro payne of helle foryeue that my deth and I also foryeue it the. Tho coÌ„maunded he that no man sholde hym mysdo But for all the kyngê defendynge some of the kyngê men hym folowed and pryuely hym slewe And the .vi. daye after the kyng dyde shryue hym sore repentaunce hauynge of hys mysdedes was houseled and enoynted ¶ Rud this kyng regned but .ix. yere and .xxx. wekes and deyed lyeth besyde his fader at Fontenerad HEnyicus the fyfth was Emperour .viii. yere This Henricus was sone to frederyk he wedded Constaunce the kyngê doughter of Cecyle though the occasyon of her he subdued alle the kyngdome of Apulye he droue all the people out the enhabyte that londe ¶ Celestinus the thyrde was pope after Clemens almost thre yere This man was crowned vpon Eester daye the daye folowynge he crowned Henry the emperour And he made a palays at saynt Peters decessyd ¶ Innocencius the thyrde was pope after hym .viii. yere .v. monethes this man was wel lettred he made a boke of the wretchydneste of maÌ„nes coÌ„dicoÌ„n he made speculuÌ„ misse he mad many coÌ„stytucyons This man daÌ„pned the boke of IohnÌ„ Ioachim that whiche he made ayeÌ„st mayster Peyrs Lombarde the maker of the Sentence This tyme decessyd the Emperour Henry And the prynces of almayne discorded for some chose Otto some chose Phylyppe brocher to Henry Thenne Phylyppe was falsely slayne Gtto was crowned of Innocencius in FrauÌ„ce that whiche anone afught with the Romayns for they yaue hym no dewe honour And for that cause ayenst the popes wyll he toke the kyngdom of Apulye frome Frederyk wherfore the pope cursyd hym Thenne after the fourth yere of his regne the prynces of Almayne made Frederyk Emperour and victoryously he subdued Otto ¶ wyllyam of Parys this tyme began the ordre of the freres Austyn the whiche ben called fratres mendicantes Franciscus an ytalyon
a man of grete perfeccyon an ensample to many a man dyde many a myracle this tyme. And he ordeyned the frere Minors ¶ And the .vi. yere of pope Innocencius the thyrde the ordre of the frere prechers beganne vnder Domynyke but it myght not be confermed tylle the fyrste yere Honorius ¶ Of kynge IohnÌ„ that in the fyrste yere of gis regne loste all Normandye AS kyng Rycharde was deed by cause that he had none heyre nother sone ne doughter thenÌ„e his brother IohnÌ„ was made kynge and crowned at westmestre of Hubert that tho was Archebysshop of Caunterbury And whan he began for to regne he became so meruaylous a man and wente ouer in to Normandye and warred vpoÌ„ the kynge of Fraunce And soo longe they warred togyder tyll at the laste kynge Iohan loste all Normandy Angoy wherfore he was sore anoyed it was no meruaylle ¶ Tho lete he asseÌ„ble before hym at London Archebysshops bysshops abbots pryours Erles Barons helde there a grete parlyament axed there of the Clergye the tenthe of euery chyrche of Englonde for to conquere and gete ayen NormaÌ„dy Angoy that had lost They wolde not graunt that thynge wherfore he was wonder wroth ¶ And in that same tyme deyed Hubert The pryour the couent of CauÌ„terbury chose ayenst the kynges wyll to be Archebysshop Stephen of Langton a good clerke that dwelled at the courte of Rome sent to the pope theyr cleryon the pope confermed it and sacred him at Viterbi· ¶ Whan the kynge wyst these tydynges he was wonder wroth droue the pryour and the couente fro Counterbury and exyled out of Englonde commauÌ„ded that no letter that come fro Rome ne commauÌ„dement sholde be receyued ne pleryd in Englonde Whan these tydynges came to the pope he sente kynge Iohan his letter prayed hym with good wyll and good hert that he wolde receyue Stephen the Archebysshop of Caunterbury to hys chyrche suffre the pryour and hys monkes to come ayen to theyr owne dwellynge But the kynge wolde not graunte it for no thynge ¶ How kynge IohnÌ„ wolde noo thynge do for the popes commaundement wherfore all Englonde was enterdyted and suspended ANd at the last the pope sent by his auctoryte and enioyned to the bysshops of Englonde that yf the kyng wolde not receyue the pryour of Caunterbury his monkes that they shold do general enterditinge thrugh out all Englonde And graunted full power to foure bysshops to pronounce the enterdytynge yf he it warned· The fyrst was bysshoppe wyllyam of London that other bysshop Eustace of Ely the thyrde was bysshop Walter of wynchestre the fourth was bysshop Gyles of Hertforde ¶ And these foure bysshops prayed the kynge knelynge on theyr knees sore werynge that he wolde do the popes commaundement And shewed hym the popes Bulles of the entertydynge but for no prayer that they myght praye he wolde not consente therto And whan the bysshops sawe this they wente fro the kyng And in the morne after the Annunciacion of our lady they pronounced the generall enterdytynge thrughout all Englonde so that the chyrche doores were shytte with keys with other fastynges with walles And whan the enterdytynge was pronouÌ„ced thenne the kynge began for to wexe all out of mesure anone toke in to his honde al the possessioÌ„s of the foure bysshops of all the clergye thrugh out of all Englond the loÌ„de he toke and ordeyned men for to kepe it that the clerkê myghte not haue theyr lyuynge wherfore the bysshops cursyd all them that put or shold medle with holy chyrche goodes ayenst the wyll of theym that ought theym ¶ And whan the kyng wolde not of hys malyce cesse for no maner thynge These foure bysshops afore sayd wente ouer the see and came to the bysshop of Caunterbury tolde hym all thynge And the Archebysshop to them sayd that they shold go ayen to Caunterbury and he sholde come thyder to theym or elles he wolde sende vnto theym certayne persones in hys stede that sholde do as moche as of he hymself were there And whan the bysshops herde thys they torned agayne in to Englonde and came vnto Caunterbury The tydynges came to the kynge that the bysshops were come againe to Caunterbury and hymself myght not come thyder that tyme he sente thyder bysshops Erles abbotes for to create with them that the kynge sholde receyue tharchebysshop Stephen the pryour and all the monkes of Caunterbury that he shold neuer after that tyme no thynge take of hooly chyrche ayenst the wyll of them that oweth the goodes And that the kynge sholde make full amendes to them of whom he had ony goodes taken And that hooly chyrche sholde haue alle fraunchyse as ferforth as they hadde in saynt Edwardê tyme the holy Confessour ¶ How Stphen of Langton came ayen â–ª in to Englonde thrugh the popes coÌ„mauÌ„dement and how he wente ayen SO whan the fourme of accordemente thus was ordeyned It was in a payer of endentures theyr seales to that one parâ—e and they that came in the kynges name put theyr seales to that other parte of the endentures And four bysshops aboue sayd toke that one parte of the endentures to them And that other parte of the endentures \ they bare with theym to shewe to the kynge ¶ Whan the kynge sawe the fourme and vnderstode he helde hym full well apayed of all maner thynges as they had ordened sauynge as touchynge restytucyon of the goodes for to make ayen To that thynge wolde not accorde so he sente worde ayen to the foure bysshops that they sholde do out and put awaye that one poynt of restyâ—ucyon But they answered that they wolde not doo one worde out ¶ Tho sente the kynge to the Archebysshop by the four bysshops that he sholde come to Caunterbury for to speke wyth hym there and sente vnto hym saufcondyte vnder pledges that is to saye his Iustyces Gylbert Peyteum Wyllyam de la Brener â— and Iohan fitz Hugh that in theyr conduyte sauely he sholde come go ayen at his owne wyll And thus in this maner tharchebysshop Stephen came to Caunterbury whan the Archebysshop was come the kyng came to Chillâ—â— For he wolde no nyghe Caynterbury at that tyme. But he sente by his Tresorer bysshop of wyncester that he sholde do out of the endentures the clause of restytucyon for to make of the goodes ¶ And tharchebysshop made hys othe that he wolde neuer doo out oo worde therof ne yet â—â— chaunge of that the bysshops had spoken ordeyned And tho the Archebyssop yede ayen to Rome without ony more doyng ¶ Kynge Iohan was wrother thaÌ„ euer he was before and lete make a comyn crye thrugh out all Englonde that all tho that had holy chyrche rentes and wente ouer the see that they sholde come ayen in to Englonde at a certayne daye or elles they shold lese
the kyng hymself afterwarde alle the lordes of the londe that they wolde holde that statute for euermore and who that them brake sholde be deed But the seconde yere after that the ordynaunce the kynge thrugh counseyll of Edward his sone and of Rycharde his brother that was erle of Cornwaylle also of other repented hym of that othe that he made for to holde that lawe and ordynauÌ„ce· And sente to the courtre of Rome to be assoylled of that othe And in the yere next comynge after was the grete darth of corne in Englonde For a quarter of whete was worth .xxiiii. shelynges And the poore people ete netles and other wedes for huÌ„gre And deyed many a thousande for defawte of mete ¶ And in the .xlviii. yere of kynge Henryes regne began warre debate bytwene hym his lordes for by cause he had broken the couenauntes that were made bytwene them at Oxforde ¶ And the same yere was the towne of Northamton taken folke slayne that were wythin For by cause that they had ordeyned wylde fyre for to brenne the cyte of London ¶ And in the monethe of Maye that the next after vpon saynt Pancras daye was the Batayll of lewes that is to saye the wenesday before Saynt DuÌ„stans daye And there was taken kynge Henry hym self and syr Edwarde his sone and Rycharde his broder erle of Cornewaylle and many other lordes And in the same yere nextse wynge syr Edwarde the kynges sone brake out of the warde of syre Symonde of Mountforth erle of Leycetre at Hertforde and wente vnto the barons of the Marche and they rceeyued hym with moche honour ¶ And the same tyme Gylbert of Claraunce erle of Glocetre that was in the warde also of the forsayd Symon de thorugh the commauÌ„dement of kynge Henry that wente fro hym wyth grete herte for cause that he sayd that the forsayd Gylbert was a foole and helde hym with kynge Henry ¶ And on the Saterdaye nexte after the myddes of August syre Edwarde the kynges sone dyscomfyted syr Symonde de Mountforth ac Kelyngworth but the greate lordes that were there with hym were takeÌ„ that is to saye Baldewyne wake And Wyllyam de Mouchentye and many other grete lordes And the Tewysdaye next after was the batayll done at EusbaÌ„ And there was slayne syr Symonde de MouÌ„tforth Hugh the Spenser Mountforth that was Raufe Bassectes fader of Drayton and other many greate lordes And whanne thys batayll was done all the gentylmen that had ben with the erle Symonde were dysheryâ—ed and ordeyned togyder and dyde moche harme to all the londe For they destroyed theyr enmyes in all that they myght ¶ Of the syege of Kenylworth how the geÌ„tylmen were dysheryted thorugh counseyll of the lordes of the reame of Englonde and how they came agayne and had theyr londes ANd the nexte yere comynge in May the fourth day before the feest of saynt Dunstane was the bataylle scomfyture are Chestrefelde of them that were dysheryted there was many of theym slayne· ¶ And Robert Erle of Feriers there was take and also Baldewyne wake Iohan delahay with moche sorowe escaped thens And oon saynt Iohanâ— the Baptyst tho sewynge began the syege of the castell Kenylworth the syege lasted to saynt Thomas eue the appostle in whyche daye syr Hugh Hastynge had the castel for to kepe that yelded vp the castell vnto the kynge in this manere that hymself the other that were within the castell sholde haue theyr lyues lymme as moche thynge as they had therin both hors harneys foure dayes of repyte for to delyuer clenly the castel of them self of all other maner thynge as they had within the castell soo they wente fro the castell And syr Symonde NouÌ„tforth the yonger the countesse his moâ— were gone ouer the see in to FrauÌ„ce there helde them as people that were exyled out of Englonde for euer ¶ And soone after it was ordeyned by the Legate Octobone by other grete lordes the wysest of Englonde that all tho that had be ayenste the kynge and were dysheryted sholde haue ayen theyr londes by greuous rauÌ„sons after that it was ordeyned And thus they were accorded with the kynge peas cryed thorughout all Englonde and thus the warre was ended And whan yt was done the Legate toke hys leue of the kynge of the quene of the grete lordes of Englonde wente tho to Rome the .lv. yere of kynge Henryes regne â— Edwarde kynge IohnÌ„s sone of Brytayne Iohan Vessi Thomas of Clare Rogere of Clyfforde Othes of GrauÌ„stone Robert le Brus. IohnÌ„ of Verdon and many other lordes of Englonde and of beyonde the see toke theyr waye to warde the hooly londe And the kynge Henry deyed in the same tyme at westmestre whan he had regned .lv. yere .xix. wekes on saynt Edmonds daye the Archebysshop of Caumterbury And he was enteryd on saynt Edmondes daye the kynge in the yere of the Incarnacyon of our lorde Ihesu Cryste M.CC.lxxii ¶ Prophecye of Merlyn of the kyng Henry the thâ— expowned that was kynge Iohans sone ANd of this HeÌ„ry prophecyed Merlyn sayd that a lambe sholde come out of wynchestre in the yere of the Incarnacyon of our lord Ihesu criste M.CC. .xvi. with true lyppes holynesse wryten in his hert And he sayd sothe for the good Henry the kynge was borne in wynchestre in the yere abouesayd he spake good wordes swete was an holy man of good consyence And Merlyn sayd that this Henry shold make the fayrest place of the worde that in his tyme shold not be fully ended he sayd soth For he made the newe werke of the abbaye of saynt Peters chirche at westmestre that is fayrer of syght than ony other place that ony man knoweth thorugh out al crystendom But kyng Henry deyed are that werke were fully at an ende that was grete herme ¶ And yet sayd Merlyn that this lambe sholde haue peas the moost parte of hys regne And he sayd full soth for he was neuer noyed thorugh warre neyther dyseased in no maner wyse a lytell afore his deth Merlyn sayd in his prophecye more in the regne ende of the forsayd lambe a wulf of a straunge londe shal do hym moche harme thorugh his warre and that he sholde at the last be mayster thorugh helpe of a reed foxe that sholde come forthe of the North west sholde hym ouercome And that he sholde dryue hym out of the water the prophecye full well was knowen For within a lytell tyme or the kyng deyed Symonde of MouÌ„tforde Erle of Leycerre that was borne in Fraunce beganne ayenste hym stronge warre thorugh whyche doynge many a good bacheler destroyed was and deyed and dysheryted ¶ And whan kyngâ— Henry had the vyctory at Eusham Symonde the erle was slayne thorugh helpe myght of Gylbert of clare erle of
full yll kytte wherfore the people playned sore So that the kynge enquered of the trespassours And thre houndred were atteynted of suche maner falsnes wherfore some where hanged and somme drawen and after hangyd ¶ And afterwarde the kynge ordeyned that the sterlynge halfpeny sholde go thorugh out all hys londe And commauÌ„ded that no man fro that daye afterwarde yaue ne feoffed hous of religyoÌ„ with londe tenemente without specyall leue of the kynge And he that dyde sholde be punysshed att the kynges wyll the yeft shall be for nought And it was not longe after the Lewelyn prynce of walys thrugh the tycemente of Dauyd hys brother bothe theyr consente they thought to dysheryte kynge Edwarde in asmoche as they myght so that thorugh them both the kynges peas was broken And whan kynge Edwarde herde of this anon he sent his barons in to Northumberlonde the Surreys also that they sholde go take theyr vyage vpon the traytours Lewelyn Dauyd And wonder herde it was for to warre tho For it is wynter iÌ„ walys whan in other couÌ„tres is Somer And Lewelyn lete ordeyne well arayed vytayll hys good castell of Swandon and was ther in an huge nombre of people plente of vytaylles so that kynge Edwarde wyst not wher for to entre And whan the kynges men it perceyuer and also the strenth of walys they lete come in the see bargees botes and grete plankys as many as they myght ordeyne haue for to go to the sayd castell of Swandon wyth men on foot also on hors But the walsshmen had so moche people were so stronge that they draue the Englysshmen ayen so that ther was so moche presse of people at the tornynge ayen that the charge the burden of men made the bargees the botes to synke there was drowned many a good kynght that is to say syr Robert Clyfford syr wyllyam of Lyndeseye that was· syre IohnÌ„s sone Fitz Robert syr Rychard Tanny and aÌ„ huge nombre of other all was thrugh there owne foly For yf they had had good espyes they had not be harmyd whan kynge Edwarde herde tell that hys people were so drowned â–ª He made sorowe ynough but tho came syr Iohan of Vessy frome the kynge â–ª Aragon And brought wyth hym moche people of bachelers and of Gascoynes and were souldyurs And dwelled with the sayde Iohn of Vessy receyued of hym wages and with hym were witholde and noble men they were for to fyght and brente many townes slewe moche people of walsshmen All that they myght take And all tho wyth strenth myght made assawte vnto the castell of Swandon and gate the castell And whan Dauyd the prence brother herde of this tydynges he ordeyned hym to flyght and Lewelyn the prynce sawe that his broder was fledde then he was sore abasshed for he had no power to his warre for to mayntene And soo Lewelyn gan for to flee and wynde well for to haue scapedde But in a morowe syre Roger mortymer mette wyth hym oonly wyth .x. knyghtes And sette hym rounde aboute And to hym went smote of hys heed presented the same heed vnto kynge Edwarde And in thys manere Lewelyn the prynce of walys was taken and hys heed smyten of and also alle hys heyres dysheryted for euermore thrugh ryght full dome of all the lordes of the reame ¶ How Dauyd that was Lewelyns broder prynce of walys was put to dethe DAuid that was the prynces broder of walys thrugh pryde wende to haue be prynce of walys after his brothers dethe and vpon this he sent after walsshemen to hys parleament at Dynbygh and folysshely made walys to aryse ayenst the kynge and began to meue warre ayenst kynge Edwarde and dyde all the sorowe and dysease that he myghte by hys power whan kynge Edwarde herde of thys thynge he ordeyned men to pursewe vppon hym And Dauyd fyersly hym defended tyll the he came to the towned of saynt Morice and there was Dauyd take as he fledde and ladde to the kynge And the kynge coÌ„maunded that he sholde be hangyd drawen smyte of hys heed quarter hym sende his hede to London and the foure quarters sende to the foure chyef townes of walys For they sholde take ensample therof and beware And afterwarde kynge Edwarde lete crye his peas thrugh out all walles seased all the londe in to his honde all the grete lordes that were left alyue came to do feaute homage to the kynge Edwarde as to theyr kynde lorde And tho lete kyng Edwarde amende the lawes of walys that were defectyue And he sent to all the lordes of walys by letter patentes that they sholde come all to parlament And whan they were come thou kyng sayd to them full curteysly lordynges ye be welcome me behoueth your counseyll your helpe for to go vnto Gascoyne for to amende the trespasse that to me was done whan I was there And for to entreate of peas bytwene the kynge of Aragon the prynce of Morrey all the kynges lyege men erles barons coÌ„sented grauÌ„ted therto And tho made hym kynge Edwarde redy went in to Gascoyne lete amende all the trespasses that hym was done in Gascoyne And of the debate that bytwene the kynge of Aragon the prynce of Morrey he sessyd and made theym accorded And whyle good kyng Edwarde and Elynore his wyf were in Gascoyne The good erle of Cornewayll was made wardeyn of Englonde tyll that kynge Edwarde came ayen And tho enquered he of hys traytours that coniected falsenesse agaynst hym And eche of them all receyued ther dome after that they had deserue But in the meane tyme that the good kynge Edwarde was beyonde the see to doo them for to make amendes that ayenst hym had trespassyd ther was a false the yf a traytoure that was called Rysap Merydok began for to make werre ayenst kyng Edwarde and that was for cause of syr payne Typtot wrongfully greued dysceased the forsayde Rysap meradok And whan kyng Edwarde herde all this matere it well vnderstode anone he sente by hys letter pryue seale to the forsayd RebellyoÌ„ Rysap Merydok that he sholde begynne in no maner wyse for to make reyse werre but that he sholde be in peas for his loue whan he came ayen in to Englonde he wolde vnder take the quarell amende al that was mysdon This forsayd Rysap Merydok dyspysed the kynges commaundement and spared not to doo all the sorowe that he myght to the kynges men of Englond But anon after he was take and ladde to yorke and there he was drawen and hangyd for his felonye ¶ Of dressyng that kynge Edwarde made of his Iusticê and of his clerkes that they had done for ther falsnes and how he draue the Iewes out of Englonde for ther vsury and mysbyleue AS kynge Edwarde had dwelled thre yere in Gascoyne a
power and so they sholde go in to Englonde that loude to dystroye from Scotlonde vnto they came to â—ente the Scottes trustyd moche vpon the FreÌ„sshmen but of the thyng they had no maner grauÌ„t neuertheles the Scottes beg to robbe kylle in NorthuÌ„berlond dyd moche harme ¶ How wyllyam waleys lete reyse the londe of Scotlonde as cheyf lorde And syr Hugh of Cressynham of the batayll of Fonkyrke AS tydynges was come to kynge Edwarde that wyllyam walys had ordeyned suche a stronge power And also that alle Scotlonde to hym was attendaunt redy for to slee Englysshmen and to dystroye the londe he was sore anoyed and sente anone by letter to therle of Garrenne to syr Henry Percy to wyllyam Latomer to syr Hughe of Cressynham his tresoroer that they sholde take power and go in to Northumberlonde and soo forth in to ScotloÌ„de For to kepe the countres and whan wyllyam waleys herde of theyr coÌ„mynge He began to flee and the Englysshmen hym folowed drâ—ue hym tyll he cam to Stryuelyn there he helde hym in the castell And the walsshmen euery daye them escryed menacyed and dyde all the dyspyte that they myghte soo that Englysshmen vpon a tyme in a mornynge went out fro the castell the mouÌ„tenaunce of .x. myles and passed ouer a brydge william waleys came with a stroÌ„g power droue them abak for the Englysshmen had ayenst hym noo power tho but fledde and they that myght take the brydge scaped but syr hughe the kyngs tresorer there was slayne and many other also wherfore was made moche sorowe ¶ Tho had kynge Edwarde sped all hys maters in FlauÌ„dres and was come ayen in to Englonde and in haste toke his waye in to Scotlonde and came theder at the Ascencyon tyde And all that he founde he sette a fyre and brente But the poore people of Scotlonde came to hym wonder thyck and prayed hym for goddys loue that he wold on them haue Mercy pyte tho the kynge coÌ„maunded that no man sholde doo them harme that were yolden to hym ne to no man of ordre ne to no hous of relygyon ne no manere chyrche but lete espye all that he myght where that he myght fynde ony of his enmyes tho came a spye vnto the kynge tolde where that the Scottes were assembled to abyde bataylle And on saynt Mary Mawdelyns daye the kynge came to Fonkyrk and yaue bataylle to the Scottes and at that bataylle were slayne .xxx. thousande Scottes and of Englysshemen .xviii. and no mo Of the whyche was a worthy knyght slayne that was a knyghte hospytelere that was callyd Frery bryan Iay. For whan Wyllyam waleys fledde from the batayll that same Frery bryan hym pursewed fyersly as his hors ranne it stert in a mire of a marys vp to the bely And Wyllyam waleys torned tho agayne and there slewe the forsayde bryan that was moche harme ¶ And that whyle kynge Edwarde wente thorugh Scotlonde for to enquere yf he myght fynde ony of hys enmyes And in that londe he dwelled as longe as hym lyked And there was no enmye that durst hym abyde ¶ And soone after Kynge Edwarde wente to Southampton for he wolde not abyde in Scotlonde in wynter season for esement of his people And whan he came to London he lete amende many mysdedys that were done ayenst his peas and lawes he beynge in Flaundres ¶ Of the laste maryage of kyÌ„ge Edwarde howe he wente the thyrde tyme in to ScotloÌ„de ANd after it was ordeyned thrughe the courte of Rome that kynge Edwarde sholde wedde dame Margarete that was kynge Phylyp syster of Fraunce And the Archebysshop Robert of wynchelse spowsed them to gyders thrugh the whiche Maryage there was made peas· bytwene kynge Edwarde of Englonde and kynge Phylyp of Fraunce ¶ Kynge Edwarde went tho the thyrde tyme in to Scotlonde tho within the fyrste yere he had enfamyned the londe so that he lefte not one that he ne came to hys mercye sauf suche as were in the castell of Estreuelyn that welle were vytaylled and stored for .vii. yere ¶ How the castell of Estrefelyn was be seged and wonne Kynge Edward came to the castell of Estreuelyn with a huge power beseged the castell but it lytell auaylled for he myhht doo the Scoctes no harme for the castell was soo stronge well kept kyng Edwarde sayde the bethought hym vpon a queyntesy· and let make anon two payr of hygh galowes before the tour of the castell made his othe that as many as were within the castell Notwithoutstandynge were he Erle of Baron he were take wyth strength but yf he wolde the rather hym yelde he sholde be hangyd vpon the same galowes And whan tho that were within the castell herde this they came yelde them all to the kynges grace mercy the kynge for yaf theÌ„ all his male talent there were all the grete lordes of Sfotlonde swore to kynge Edwarde that they sholde come to London to euery parlement shode stonde to his ordynance ¶ How Troylebaston was fyrste ordened THe kynge Edwarde went thens to london wende to haue had rest peas of hys warre in whiche werre he was occupyed .xx. yere that is to saye in Gascoyne in walys in Scotlonde and thought how he myght recouer hys tresour that he had spended aboute hys werre lette enquere thrugh the reame of alle the tyme that he had be oute of hys reame that men called Troylebaston and ordeyned therto Iustyces and in thys manere he recouered tresoure without nombre And hys purpose was for to haue goon in to the hooly londe to haue werred vpon goddes enmyes by cause he was crossyd loÌ„ge tyÌ„e before And neuertheles the law that he had ordeyned dyd moche good thrugh out all Englonde to them that were mysbode For tho the trespassed were well chastysed and after more meke better the pore comyns were in reste and peas And the same tyme kynge Edwarde prysoned his owne sone Edwarde by cause that Walter of Lanton bysshop of Chestre that was the kynges tresorer had complayned on hym sayd the forsayd Edwarde thrughe couÌ„sell entysynge of one GanastoÌ„ asquyre of Gascoyne had broke the parkê of the forsayd bysshop And thys Peers counselyd and ladde the same Edwarde and for that cause the kynge eâ—yled his sone out of Englonde ¶ Of the dethe of Wyllyam waleys the fals traytoure ANd whan thys kynge Edwarde had hys enemyes ouercome in walys Gascoyne and Scotlonde and dystroyed hys traytours all but only that rybaude Wyllyam â—les that neuer the kynge wolde hym yelde and at the towne of saynt Dominyk in the yere of kynge Edwarde regne .xxxiii. the fals traytour was take and presentyd to the kynge But the kyng wolde not see hym but sent hym to London to receyue his Iugement and vpon saynt Barthylmewes eue was he hangyd and drawe his
from beyonde the see for to helpe kynge Edwarde brought wyth hym .vii. C. men of armys arryued att Douer they had leue for to go forth tyll they came to yorke There the kynge them abode and the Scottes came thether to the kynge for to make peas accorde but the accordement lasted not bytwene them bat a lytyll tyme And at that tyme the Englysshmen were clothed al in cotes hodes paynted with letters and with floures ful semely with longe berdes therfore the Scottes made a byl that was fastenyd vpon the chyrche doores of Saynt Petyr towarde stangate thus sayd the scrypture in dyspyte of Englysshemen Longe berdes hertles prynted hodes wytles gay cotes graceles makyth EngloÌ„de thryftles SO in the Trinyte daye next after began the contak in the cyte of yorke bytwene the Englysshmen the Henaudes in the debate were slayne of the erldom of Nicholl murdred lxxx men after they were buried in saynt clementis chyrche in Folgate for cause that the Henaudes came to helpe the kyng there peas was â—ryed vpon payne of lyf lymme in that other halfe it was founde by an enquest of the cytye that the Englysshmen began the debate ¶ How the EnglysshmeÌ„ stoppyd the Scottes in the parke of Stanope and howe they torned ayen into Scotlonde THys tyme the Scottes had assembled all theyr power came into Englonde slewe robbyd all that they myght take brent dystroyed all the North couÌ„tree thrugh out tyll that they came vnto the parke of Sâ—aÌ„hope in weridale there the Scottes helde theym in a bussment but whaÌ„ the kyng had harde thorou spyes where the Scottes were anone ryght hoste desegyd them within the forsayd parke so that the scottes wyst not where to go out but only vnto ther harmes And they abode in the parke .xv. dayes vytaylles faylled them in euery syde so that they were gretly peyred of bodyes syth that Bruce came fyrst into Brytayne vnto thys tyme there was neuer seen so fayre an hoste what of Englysshmen of alyaÌ„ces of men of fote the whyche ordeyned theym for to fyght wyth the Scottes thrugh eggynge of syr Henry of Lancastre of syr Iohan Henaude that wolde haue gone ouer the water of wyth for to haue fought with the â— Scottes But syr Roger Mortymer coÌ„sentyd not therto for he had pryuely taken mede of the Scottes them to helpe that they myght go away into theyr owne couÌ„tre ¶ And this same Mortymer counseylled somoche Thomas of brotherton the erle Marshall that was kynge Edwardes vncle that the forsayd Thomas shold not assemble at the tyme vnto the Scottes And he assentyd but wyste not the doynge bytwene the Scottes the forsayd Mortymer And by cause that he was Marshall of Englonde as to hym perteyned euer after warde he sent hastely to the erle of Lancastre to syr IohnÌ„ of Henaude that they sholde not fyght with the Scottes in preiudyce and harmynge of hym his fee yf they dyde that they sholde stonde to theyr owne paryll And the forsayd erle Marshall was all arayed with his batayll att the reredoos of the erle of Lancastre for to haue fought with hym with his folke yf he had go to fyght wyth the Scottes in thys manere he was deceyued wyste no thynge of the treason And thus was the kyng pryncypally dysceyued And whan it was nyghte Mortymer that had the watche for to kepe of the host that nyght distrobled the watche that noo thynge myght be done And in the meane whyle the Scottes stele by nyght to ward theyr owne couÌ„tre as fast as they myght ¶ And so was the kyng fasly betrayed that wenyd that alle the traytours of londe had ben brought to an ende as it was sayd before ¶ Now here you lordes how tratoursly kyng Edwarde was dysceyued how meruayllously boldly the scottes dyde of werre For Iames douglas wyth two huÌ„dred men of armys rode thrught out all the host of kyng Edwarde the same nyght the Scottes escaped towarde theyr owne couÌ„tree as is aboue sayd tyl that they came to the kyngê pauylyon slew there many men in theyr beddes cryed Naward naward and nother tyme a Douglas a Douglas wherfore the kyng that was in hys pauylyon moche other â—â—lke were wonder sore a frayed But blyssyd be almyghty god the kynge was not taken in greto peryll was tho the reame of Englonde and that nyghte the mone shone full clere and bryghte And for all the kynges men the Scottes scapyd harmeles ¶ And oon the morowe whan the kynge wyste that the Scottes were escapyd in to theyr owne couÌ„tree he was wonder sory and fulle hertely wepte wyth hys yonge eyne and yet wyste he not who hadde hym doone that treason· ¶ But that fals treasone was fulle welle I knowen a good whyle after as the storye makyth mencyon ¶ Tho kynge Edward came ayen vnto yorke full sorowfull And hys host departyd and euery man wente in to his owne countree wyth full heuy chere mornynge semblaunt And the Henaudes toke theyr leue and went in to theyr owne countree And the kynge for theyr trauayll hugely rewarde them ¶ And for bycause of that vyage the kynge had dyspended moche of his tresoure and wastyd And in that tyme were seen two moones in the fyrmament the one was clere that other was derke â–ª as men myghte see thrugh the worlde ¶ And a grete debate was that same tyme agaynst pope Iohan the .xxii. after saynt Petyr the emperour of Almayn tho made hym emperour ayenst the popys wyll that tho helde hys see at Auinyon werfore the emperour made hys crye at Rome ordeyned a nother pope the hyght Nycholas that was a frere Mynor that was ayeng the ryght of holy chyrche wherfore he was cursyd the power of that other pope soone layed And for cause that suche merueylles were seen men sayde that the worlde was nygh at an ende ¶ Of the dethe of kynge Edwarde of Carnaryuan ANd now go we ayen to syr Edwarde of Carnaryuan that was kynge Edwardes fader somtyme kynge of Englonde put downe of hys dygnyte Alas for his trybulacyon sorowe that hym befell thrugh fals counsell that he louyd trustyd vpon to moche that after warde were dystroyed thrughe theyr falsnesse as god wolde ¶ And this Edward of Carnariuan was in the castel of Berkelay vnder the warde kepynge of syr Moryce of Herkelay also of syr IohnÌ„ Matreues to them he made his complaynte of hys sorowe of his dysesee ofte tymes axyed of his wardeyns what he had trespassyd ayenst dame Isabell hys wyf and syr Edwarde his sone that was made newe kyng that they wolde not vysyte hym ¶ And tho answerde one of hys wardeyns and sayd My worthy lord dyspleyse you not that I shal telle you the cause is for it is doon them to vnderstonde
Lancastre vnder peas trewes went vnto the yates of the cyte proferynge to them that wolde abyde a batayll in the felde vnder suche condicyon that yf the kynge of Englonde were ouer comen there as god forbyd it sholde that than he sholde neued chalenge the kyngdom of fraunce And there he had of theym but short scornfull answere came tolde it to the kynge his lordes what he had herde what they sayd And thenÌ„e went forth the newe kynghtes with many other makyng assawte to the cyte they dystroyed the subbarbes of the cyty And whyle al these thynges were doynge the Englysshmen made them redy for to be auenged vpon the shame and dyspyte that was done the yere at wynshelse and ordeyned a nauye of lxxx· shyppes of men of London and of other marchauntes .xiii. thousande men of armes and archers and went serched and skuÌ„med the see and manly token and helde the yle of Caux wherfore the Frensshmen that is for to say the abbot of Cluyn the erle of Tankeruyll bursygaude that tho was stewarde of Fraunce wyth many other men of the same couÌ„tre by the comune assent of the lorde Charles that thâ— was regned of Fraunce they hastyd them went to the kyng of Englond askynge besechynge hym stedfaste peas euerlastynge vpon certayne condycoÌ„nes that there were shewed wryten The whiche whan the kyng hys couÌ„seyll had seen it it pleased hym neuer a deale but syth it wolde be none other wyse the tyme of better accorde delyberacyon the Frensshemen besely with grete in stauÌ„ce asked trewes for the see costes and the kyng grauÌ„tyd them ¶ And in the morow after the vtas of Pasche the kynge torned hym wyth his host to warde OrlyauÌ„ce destroyenge wastynge all the couÌ„tre by the way And as they went theder ward there felle vpon theym seche a storme tempest that none of our nacyon neuer herde ne sawe none suche thrugh the whyche thousandes of ouer men thryr horses in theyr Iourney as it were thrugh vengeaunce sodeynly were slayne perysshed the whiche tempestê were full grete yet fered not the kyng ne moche of his peple but they wente forth in theyr vyage that they had begoÌ„ne wherfore about the feest of Phylyp Iacob in May fast by in CarnocuÌ„ the for sayd lordes of FrauÌ„ce metynge there with the kyng of Engelonde apsyble accorde a fynall vpon certayne condyons grauÌ„ts artycularly gadred wryten togyder euermore for to laste dyscertly made to both the kynges proffytable to both theyr reames of one assente of Charles the regner gouernour of FrauÌ„ce of Parys of the same reame wryten made vnder dare of carnocuÌ„ the .xv. daye of May. they offred ê“ffred to the kyng of EngloÌ„d requyring his grace in all thynges wryten that he wolde benynglâ— admyt them holde theÌ„â—erme stable to theÌ„ to theyr heyres for euermore thens for the the whiche thyngê artycles whan kyng Edwarde had seen theÌ„ he grauÌ„tyd them so that both partyes sholde be sworne on goddes body on the Euangelyst that the for sayd couenaunt sholde be stablysshe so they accorded graciously Therfore were ordeyned and dressed on euery syde two barons two baronettes and two kynghtes to admitte and receyue that othes of the lord Charles regeÌ„t of FrauÌ„ce of syr Eeward the fyrste sone and heryre of kynges Edwarde of Englonde And the x· daye of May there was songen a solempne masse at Parys and after the Agnus dei sayd with dona nobys paceâ— in presence of the for sayd men that were ordeyned to Admitte receyue the othes of all other that there myght be Soo Charles layd hys ryght honde on the patent with goddes bodye hys left honde on the myssall sayd we N. sweren on goddes body the holy gospels that we shall trewly stedfastly hold toward vs the peas the accorde made bytwene the two kynges and â— all hys lordes for more loue and strenth of wytnesse he deased and departed the relyques of the crowne of Cryst to the knyghtes of Englond they token curtously theyr leue the fryday nexte the same othe in presence of the forsayde knyghtes of other worthy meÌ„ prynce edwarde made att Louers Afterwarde both kynges theyr sones the moost noble men of both reames within the same yere made the same othe for to strength all these thyngê afore sayd the kynge of Englond axyd the gretest men of fraunce had his askynge that is to saye .vi. dukes .viii. erles .xii. lordes all noble barons good knyghtes And whan the place tyme was assygned in whiche both kynges with theyr counsell sholde come to gyders al the forsayd thynges bytwene theym spoken for to retefye make ferme and stable the kyng of Englond anone weÌ„te toward the see at Hountflet began to saylle leuynge to hys hostes that were lefte behynde hym by cause of his absence made moche heuynes and after the .xix. day of Maye he came in to Englond went to his palays att westmynstre of saynt Dunstons daye the thyrde daye after he vysyted Iohan Kynge of fraunce that was in the tour of London and delyuerd hym frely from all maner of pryson sauf fyrst they were accorded of thre myllyons of floreyns for his raunsoÌ„me and the kynge comfortyd hym cheryd hym in all places wyth all solace and myrthes that longen to a kynge in his goynge home warde ¶ And the .ix. daye of Iulii in the same yere this same Iohan kynge of fraunce that afore laye here in hostage wente home ayen in too his owne londe to treate of tho thynges and other that londe and fallen to the gouernaunce of his reame ¶ And afterwarde mette and came togyder att Calays bothe two kynges with bothe theyr counseyll aboute all Halowen tyde And there were shewed the condicyons and the poyntes of the peas and of the accorde of bothe sydes wrytten and there with out ony with sayenge of bothe sydes gracyously they were accorded And there was done and songen a solempne masse and after the thyrde Agnus dei vpon goddes body and also vppon the masse boke bothe the kynges theyr sones and the grettest lordes of bothe reames and of theyr counseyll that there were presente had not sworne before the forsayde othe that they had made and tytled bytwene theym they behyghten to kepe and alle other couenauntes that there bytwene them ordeyned· ¶ And in thys same yere men beestes trees and houses wyth sodayne tempeste and stronge lyghtnynge were perysshed and the deuyll apperyd bodely mannes lyknes to moche people as they wente in dyuers places in the countrees and spake to theym in that lyknes ¶ How the greate company arose in fraunce and the whyte company in Lombardye and of other meruaylles Kynge Edwarde in the .xxxvi. yere of his regne anone after Crystenmasse in the feest of the
wasted dystroyed both corne hey And there was suche debate fyghtinge of sparowes by dyuerse places in these dayes that men founde innumerable dede in the feldes as they wente And there fell also suche a pestylence that neuer seen suche in noo mannes dayes that than lyued for men that wente to beded hole in good poynt sodenly they dyed ¶ Also the tyme a sykenes that men calle the pockes slewe bothe meÌ„ women thrugh theyr enfectinge ¶ And in the xli yere of kynge Edward was borne at Burdeux Rycharde the seconde sone of prynce Edwarde of Englond the whiche Rychard kynge Rycharde of Amorycan heueden at the fouÌ„â— stone after whom he was called Rychard and this same Rycharde whan his fader was deed kyng Edwarde also he was crowned kyng of Englonde the .xi. yere of his aege thrugh ryghte lyne and herytage also by the comâ—ne assent and desyre of the comynalte of the reame ¶ Aboute this tyme at kyng Edwardes commaundement of Englond whan all the castels townes were yolden to hym that longe were holden in fraunce by a grete company assembled togyder syr Bartram Claykyn a noble knyght and a good warryour wente and purposed hym to put out Pers kynge of Spayne out of his kyngdome with helpe of the mooste partye of the forsayd grete company trustynge also vpon helpe and fauour of the pope for as moche as it come to his eeres that the same pers sholde lede vse a synfull lyf the whiche Pers smyten wyth drede of this tydynge fledde into Gascoyne to prynce Edwarde for to haue socoure of hym And whan he was fledde out of Spayne Henry his broder that was bastarde by assent of the moost party of Spayne thrughe helpe of the ferefull company that I spake of fyrst was crowned kyng of Spayne the nombre of that same coÌ„pany was rekened sette at the nombre of .xl. M. fytynge men ¶ This same yere in the moneth of Iune there come a grete coÌ„pany a nauye of the Danes gadred them togyder in the Northe see purposynge them to come into Englonde to reue and to robbe and also to sle with whom they countred mette in the see maryners and other gode fytynge men oâ— the countre dysperpled theym And they ashamyd went home ayen into theyr owne couÌ„tre but amonge the other there was a boystous vessell and a stronge of theyr nauye that was ouer saylled by the Englysshmen was perysshed drenched In the whiche the Stewarde other worthy and greate men of Denmarke were taken prysoners the kynge of Englonde his couÌ„seyll prysoned them the whiche lordes the Danes afterwarde sought them all about for to haue hadde them ayen wyth theyr goodes that they had lost they not well apayed ne pleased of the answer that they had they torned homwardes ayen leuynge behynde theÌ„ in there Innes preuely writen in scrowes and on walles yet shall Danes wast the wanes Thenne happed there an Englysshe wryter wrote ayenst the Duke in this manere here shall Danes fette theyr banys ¶ And in this time pers the kynge of Spayne with other kynges that is to saye the kynge of Nauerne and the kynge of Malogre beynge meanes wenten bytwene and prayed counseyll and helpe of syr Edwarde the prynce whos counseyll whan he had vnderstandynge theyr artycles and desyre that he was requyred of tho kynges lothe he was and ashamed to saye nay and contrary to them But netheles he was a gast lest it shold be ony preiudyce ayenst the pope and longe tyme taryed them or that he wolde graunte or consente therto tyll he had better counseyl rauysemente with good delyberacyon of kyng Edward his fader But whan they were with hym euery day contynually besechynge of many noble men requyred spoken to with many prayers sente made bytwene them thaÌ„ prynce edward sente to his fader both by coÌ„playnyng letters also by confortable conteynyng al theyr suggestyons causes wyth all the other kynges epystles letters for to haue coÌ„forte helpe of the wronges not only done to the kyng Spayne but also for suche thynges as myght falle to other kynges Also yf it were not the soner holpeÌ„ and amended thrugh the done helpe of knyghthode to theÌ„ that it asked desyred ¶ The whiche letter whan the kynge hys counseyll had seen suche a kynge spoylynge robbynge with moche merueyll And sente ayen comfortable letters to prynce Edwarde hys sone to that other kynges warned them for to arme them ordeyne theym ayenst that misdoer and to withstande them by the helpe of god that were suche enmies to kynges whaÌ„ this noble pryÌ„ce had receyued this letters hym self with that other kynges before sayd all there counseyl called togider or that he wolde vndertake the quarell he bounde knytte sore the kynge that was deposed with a grete o th that is to saye that he sholde euer after mayntene the ryght byleue faythe of holy chyrche and also wyth all theyr mynysters ryghtes libertees to defende from all theyr enmyes all euylles And al that were there ayenst bytterly to punysshe destroble al the ryghtê lybertes preuyleges of holy chirche encrease mayntene amende alle thynges that were wronfully taken withdrawen and boreÌ„ a waye by hym or by ony other by cause of hym hastely to restore ayen to dryue and put oute sarasyns all other mysbyleued people out of his kyngdom wyth all his strenth his power and suffre ne admitte none suche for no manere thynge ne cause to dwelle therin And that whan he had taken a crysten woman he sholde neuer come in to none other womans bedde ne none other mannes wyfe to defoyle ¶ All thyse for sayd thynges trewly for to kepe contynue and fulfyll as alle hys lyfe tyme he was douuden by othe afore notaryes in presence wytnesse of tho kynges wyth other prynces ¶ And than that gracyous prynce Edwarde vndertoke the cause the quarell of the kyng that was deposed and behyghte hym with the grace of almyghty god to restore hym ayen to his kyngdom lette ordeyne gadre togyder forth with in alle haste his nauye with men of armes for to warre and fyght in his for sayde cause ¶ And in this same yere vpon the sande of the Scottes see that many a man sawe it thre dayes togyder there were seen two Egles of the whiche the one come out of the southe that other out of the north cruelly strongly they fought togyder wrastled togyder the south elge fyrst ouercome the north Egle all to rente hym with his bylle his clawes that he shold not reste ne take no byrthe the south Egle fleyth home to his owne costes· ¶ And anone after there folowed was seen in the morne after the sonne rysynge after in the last daye of Octobre sauynge
reame saynge that it sholde despended in defendyn he of holy chyrche of his reame netheles it profyted no thynge wherfore aboute mydsomer after he made a grete host of the worthyest men of hys reame AmoÌ„ges whom were some lordes that is to say the lorde Fytzwater the lord graunson and other worthy knyghtê of whyche knyghtê the kynge ordeyned syr Robert Knolles a proude knyâ—t and a welle assayd in dedes of armes for too be gouerneur that thrugh his counseyl gouernaunce all thynge shold be gouerned dressed And whan they come into fraunce as longe as they dwelled helde them hole togyder that frenshemen durste not fall vpon them And att the laste about the begynnynge of wynter for enuye couetyse that was amoÌ„ge them and also dyscorde they sondred parted them into dyuerse coÌ„panyes vnwysely folesly But syr Robert Knolles hys men wente keped thym saufe within a castell in Brytayne And whan the frensshmen sawe that our men and felaushyp were diuyded into dyuerse companyes and places not holdynge ne strengthynge thym togyders as they out for to do they felle fyersly on oure men for the moost partye toke them or slewe theÌ„ tho that they might take ledde with them prysoners ¶ And in the same yere pope Vrbanâ— came fro rome to Auynyon for this cause that he sholde accorde made peas bytwene the kynge of FrauÌ„ce the kynge of Englond for euer more But alas or he began his treates he deyed wyth the sekenesse the .xxi day of Decembre and was buryed as for the tyme in the cathedrall chyrche of Auynyon fast by the hygh awter and the nexte yere after whan he had lyen so his bones were taken out of the erth buryed new in the abbay of saynt vyctorye fast by Marcylle of the whiche abbaye he was somtyme abbot hymself And in both places that he was baryed in there he many grete myrcales done wrough thrugh the grace of almighty god to many maÌ„nes helpe to the worshyp of god almghty ¶ And after whom folowed nexte and was made pope Gregorye Cardynalle Deken that before was called Pyers Roger. ¶ In the same yere Lymoge rebelled faught ayenst the prynce as other cytes dyde in Guyhem for grete taxes cossages raunsons that they were put and sete to by prynce Edwarde whyche charges were importable wherfore they turned fro hym and fellen to the kynge of Fraunce And whan prynce Edwarde this he was sore chafed agreued and in hys tornynge home warde ayen in to Englonde with sore scar musshes and fytynge and grete sautes fought with theym and toke the forsayd cytee and destroyed it almoost to the grounde and slewe all that he founde in the cyte And than for to say the sothe for dyuerse sekenes maladyes that he had and also for defaute of money that he myghte not with stande ne tary on hys enmyes he hyed hym ayen in to Englonde with his wyfe and menye leuynge behynde in Gascoyne the duke of Lancastre syr Edmond erle of Cambrydge wyth other worthy and noble men of armes ¶ In the .xlvi. yere of kynge Edward at the ordynaunce and sengynge of kynge Edwarde the kynge of Nauerne come to hym to Claryngdon to treate wyth hym of certayne thynges touchynge his warre in Normandye where kynge Edwarde had left certayne syeges in his stede tyll he come ayen But kynge Edwarde myghte not spede of that that he seked hym And so the kynge of Nauerne wyth grete worshyp grete gyftes to his leue wente home ayen ¶ And abowte begynnynge of Marche whan the parlemente at westmyster was begon the kyng asked of the clergye a subsydye of .l. M. pouÌ„de the whiche by a good auysement and by a generall coÌ„uocaoÌ„n of the clergye it was graunted ordeyned that it sholde be payed and reysed of the lay fee. And in thys parlement at the request askynge of the lordes in hatred of men of holy chirche the Chaunceler the tresourer that were bysshops and the clerke of the pryue sale were remeued and put out of offyce in theyr stede were seculer men put in And whyle thys parlement lasted there come somlepne embassatours fro the pope to treate with the kyng of peas and sayd that the pope desyred to fulfyll his predecessours wyll but for all theyr comynge they sped not ¶ Of the besygynge of Rochell how the erle of Penbroke his coÌ„pany was takeÌ„ in the hauen wyth spanyerdes all hys shyppes brent THe .ix. daye of Iune kynge Edward in the .xlvii. yere of his regne helde his parlemente at whynchestre it lasted but .viii. dayes to the whiche parlement were sompned by wryte of men of holy chyrche .iiii. bysshops .v. abbottes without ony moo This parlement was holden for marchauntes of London of Norwhiche of other dyuerse placê in dyuerse thynges and poyntes of trason that they were defamed of that is to saye that they were rebell wolde arise ayenst the kynge this same yere the duke of Lancastre the erle of Cambrydge his brother come out of Gascoyne into Enlonde tooke wedded to theyr wyues peters doughter somtyme kynge of Spayne Of whyche two doughters the duke had the elder the erle the yonger that same tyme there were sent two Cardynals fro the pope that is to saye an Englysshe Cardynall a Cardynal of Parys to treate of peas bytwene these two reames that whyche whan they had ben both longe eche in his prouynce countreees fast by treatynge of the forsayd peas att the last they toke with theym the lettes of procuracye went ayen to Rome without ony effect of theyr purpose ¶ In this yere was there a stronge Batayll in the see bytwene Englysshmen and flemynges and the Englysshmen had the victory toke .xxv. shyppes with salt and sleynge and drenchynge all the meÌ„ that were therin vnwetynge they they were of that countree And moche harme shold haue fallen therof had not peas accorde sone be made bytwene them ¶ And in this same yere the frensshmen besyeged the towne of Rochell wherfore the erle Penbroke was sent into gascoyne wyth a grete company of men of armes for to dystroye the syege whyche passed the see and came sauf to the hauen of Rochell whan they were there at the haueÌ„ mouth or that they myght entre sodaynly come vpon them a stroÌ„ge nauye of Spanyardes the whiche ouercame the Englysshmen in moche blemysshynge hurtinge and sleynge of many people for as moche as the Englysshmen were than not redy for to fyght ne were ware of them And as the Spanyerdes came vpon them all the Englysshmen other they were takeÌ„ or slayne and .x. of theym were sore wouÌ„ded to the deth and all theyr shyppes brente and there they toke the erle wyth a grete tresour of the reame of EngloÌ„de and many other noble meÌ„ also on mydsomer euen the whiche is sayÌ„t Edeldredê
enoynted sacred anone sodaynly he was chaunged into a newe man set all his entent to lyue vertuously in mayntenynge of holy chyrche destroyenge of heretykes kepynge Iustyce defendynge of his reame subgettes ¶ And for as moche as hys fader had deposed by hys labour the good kyng Rycharde pyteously made hym to deye for the offence done to hym ayenst his legaunce he had sent to rome for to be assoyled therof For whiche offeÌ„ce our holy fader the pope enyoyned hym to make hym to be prayed for perpetually and lyke as he had done to be takeÌ„ from hym his naturall lyf therfore he shold do fyside four tapers to breÌ„ne perpetually about his body that for the extynccoÌ„n of his bodely lyf his soule may euer be remembred and lyf in heueÌ„ in spyrytual lyfe And also that he sholde euery weke on the daye as come aaboute of hys deth haue a solempne masse of requieÌ„ on the eueÌ„ afore dyryge wyth .ix. lessons a doole to poore peple alwaye on that daye of a xi shellynges .vii. pens to be deled peny mele and ones in the yere at his annyuersary his termeÌ„te to be holden in the most honest wyse â— bedeled the daye .xx. pouÌ„de in pens to poore people And to euery monke .xx. shellynge whyche alle these thynhes performed thys noble kynge for his fader for kyng Henry the fourth his fader performed it not durynge hys lyf of whome as it is sayd that god dyd touche hym was lepreor that he deyed ¶ And also thys noble prynce lette do calle all the abbottes pryours of saynte Benets order in Englond had all them into the chapytre hous of westmynster for the reformacyon of theyr order wherin he had comunycacyon and also wyth bysshops and meÌ„ of the spyrytualte in so ferre forth that they doubted sore as that he wold haue had the temporaltes out of theyr hondes wherfore by the aduyse labours and procurynge of the spyrytuallyte encouraged the kyng for to chalenge Normandye and his ryght in Fraunce to that entente to set hym a warke there that he shold not seke none occasyons for to entre into suche maters And than all his lyf tyme afterwarde he laboured was besy in the warre in conquerynge a grete parte of the reame of fraunce and so afterwarde that by the grement of the Kynge Charles he had the gouernaunce the rule of the reame of fraunce and he was proclamed regnet heyre of fraunce ¶ And so notwithstandynge for alle this grete warre that he had neuertheles yet he remeÌ„bred his soule also thought that he was mortall nedes must deye for whyche cause he ordeyned by hys lyfe tyme the place of his sepulture where as he is buryed and hath euery daye thre masses perpetually songen in a chapell our his sepultur of the whiche the myddyll masse the fyrste and the laste masse shall be as it is assygned by hym as it apperyeth by these verses folowynge Henrici misse quinti sunt hic tabulate Que successiue sunt per monachos celebrate ¶ De dmÌ„ca Prima sit assumpre de festo virginis alme Poscit postremaÌ„ cristus de morte resurgens ¶ Feria secunda Prima salute de festo virginis extat Nunciat angelicis laudeÌ„ postrema choreis ¶ Feria tercia Esse deum natum de virgine prima fatetur CoÌ„memorat natam sic vicima misse mariam ¶ Feria quarta Prima celebretur ad honoreÌ„ neupmatê almi Vltima conceptam denunciat â—eÌ„ mariam ¶ Feria quinta Semper prima colideber de corpere cristi Vltima sit facta de virgine purificata ¶ Feria sexta Concedet vt prima celebretur de truce sanctaÌ„ Atque salutate fâ—et postrema maria ¶ Sabbato Omnes ad sanctos est prima coleda super nos Vltima de requie pro defunctis petit esse Semper erit media de proprietate dâ—ci ¶ And yet the noble Kynge Henry the fyfte founded twoo houses of relygyon on is called Syon besyde Braynforde of the ordre of Saynt Brygfâ—te both of meÌ„ and women and on that other syde of the Ryuer Tamyse an how 's of monkes of Chartrehous in whyche twoo places he is contynually prayed for nyght daye For euer whan they of Syon resten than they of the Chaptre hous do theyr seruyce in lyke wyse whan they of the Chartre hous resten the other gooth to by ryngynge of the belles of eyther place eche knoweth whan they haue ended theyr seruyte whyche be nobly endowed do dayly there grete almes dedes as in Charter hous certayne chyldren be founde to scole at Syon certayn almes geuen dayly And yet besyde all thys he founde a recluse the whyche shall be alway a preest to praye for hym by the sayd Chartre hous whyche preest is suffycyently endowed for hym a seruaunt Lo here may all prynces take ensample by thys noble prynce that regned so lytyll tyme not fully .x. yere dyde so many noble actes as well for his soule to be perpetually remembred prayed for as in his conquestes he beynge in his moste lusty aege dysposyd to eschewe synne was a grete Iusticerâ— in so moche that all the prynces of crystendome dradde hym also of hethenes he had determyned in hymself yf god wolde haue spared hym to haue warred on the Sarasyns for to knowe the ayde of other prynces alle the passages in the Iourneye he sente a knyght of Henaude named Hugh de lanoye vnto Iherusalem but or he retorned he deyed at Boys de vencence in the .xxxvi. yere of hys aege on whos soule god haue mercy Amen FElyx the .v. was pope whaÌ„ Eugenyus was deposed .ix. yere This man Felyx was duke of Sauoyen deuonte prince an olde man and he saw his ckyldes chylde This maÌ„ whan he lyued a holy lyf was chosen pope of the counsell of Basyle and eugeny was deposed and there was stryfe longe tyme. And he had no grete obedieÌ„ce for the deposycyoÌ„ of eugenye And at the laste Eugenye decessed and than felyx â—esygned to Nycholas for fauoure of puas to be had he was made legate of Fraunce Cardynal of Sabyanus This was the xxiii stryfe bytwyxt Eugeny and felyx it dured xvi· yere and thys was a new cause neuer seen before for the counseill of Basyle deposed Eugeny they vere pope and there was noo mo for he obeyed not the decrees of the couÌ„seyl of Constantinople as they sayd ne he charged not to obeye the counsyel of basyle but he sayde rather the countrary sholde be done than as they decreed wherfore there arose a grete alteracyon in the mater for some sayde one waye some an other coude not accorde to thys daye for that one partye sayde that couÌ„â—eyll was aboue the pope an other partye sayde the contrary the the pope was about the couÌ„seyll But they lefte it vndetermyned
ayenste a Roche of longe speres lenthe Also in Leginia is a pounde there ben seen colmans byrdes The berdes been called certelles and come homely to mannes honde but yf men do hym wronge or harme They gone a waye and come notte agayne and the water there shall be bytter and stynke and he that dyde the wronge shall not a stert wythoute wretche and myschyef but yf he do amendes ¶ R. As touchynge Patryks purgatorye ye shalle vnderstonde Saynt Patyrk that was abbote and not byshoppe whyle he prechyd in Irlonde laboured and studyed for to torne thylke wycked men that lyued as beestes oute other euyll lyf for drede of paynes of helle and for to conferme hem to good lyfe and they sayde they wolde not torne but some of theim myghte knowe som what of the grete paynes and also of the blesse that he spake of Thenne saynt Patryk prayed to god almyghty therfore ouer lorde Ihesu Cryste appyered to saynt Patryk and toke hym a staffe ladde hyÌ„ in to a wylde place and shewed hym there a rounde pytte that was derke wythin and sayde that yf a man were very repentaunce and stable in byleue and wente into this pytte and walkede therin a daye and a nyghte he sholde see the lorowes and the paynes of euyll men and the Ioye and blysse of good men Thenne Cryste vanysshed oute of patryks syght â— and saynt Patryk arered and buylded there a chyrche and putte therin chanons reguler and â—se the pytte aboute wyth a walle and 〈…〉 in the chyrche yerde at the eest ende 〈…〉 chyrche and faste shette wyth a stronge 〈◊〉 For noo man sholde nycely goo in wythout 〈◊〉 of the bysshoppe or the poyour of the place â—ny men wente in and come out agayne in Patryks tyme and tolde of paynes and Ioye thâ—â— they hadde seen and the meruaylles that they sawe been there yet wryten and by cause ther of many men torned and were conuerted to ryghte byleue ¶ And also many men went in â— câ—me neuer agayne In kynge stephens tyme â—ynge of EngloÌ„de a kynght that hyght Owayne 〈…〉 saynt Patryks purgatory come agayne dwelled euer aft duryng his life iÌ„ nedes of thabbaye of LudeÌ„sis that is of thordre Chystews tolde manye woÌ„dres that he hadde seeÌ„ in Patryks purgatorye ¶ That place is called Patryks purgatorye the chirche is named Reglis Noo maÌ„ is enioyned for to goo into the purgatorye But couÌ„seylled that he sholde not come therin butte take vpoÌ„ him other penauÌ„ce And yf a maÌ„ haue auowed bestale wyll nedes goo therin He shall fyrst go to the bysshoppe theÌ„ne he shall be seÌ„te with letters to the pryoure of the place they bothe shal couÌ„ceylle hym to leue yf he wille nedes go therto he shalle be in prayers in fastynge xv daies after xv dayes he shal be how seld ledde to the dore of the purgatorye with processyon letany yet he shall be couÌ„seylled to leue it yf he be stedefaste wyll entre the doore shal be opened he blessed goo in a goddes name holde forthe his waye the dore shall be shytte tylle the nexte daye whaÌ„ the tyme is the pryoure shalle come opene the dore yf the maÌ„ be comeÌ„ he ledethe hym in to the chyrche wyth ê“cessyoÌ„ there he shall be fyftene dayes in prayers fastynge ¶ Of the meruaylles of sayntes of Irlonde ca. xxix HEre Gyraldê° maketh mynde that as meÌ„ of this nacyon beÌ„ more angrye than other meÌ„ more hasty for to take wretche whiles thei beÌ„ alyue so sayntes halowes of this lond ben more wretchefull than sayntes of other londes Clerkes of this loÌ„de beÌ„ chaste sayeÌ„ many prayes done grete abstyneÌ„ce a daye drynketh all nyghte so is afouÌ„ted for a myracle the lechery regneth not there as wyne regneth ben chosen out of abbayes into the clergye done as monkes sholde whate they that beÌ„ euyll of theÌ„ beÌ„ worste of al other So good meÌ„ amonge theym thoughe they beÌ„ but fewe been good at the beste prelates of that couÌ„tree beÌ„ full slowe in correccyoÌ„ of trespas besy in contemplacyn notte in prechynge of goddes worde Therfore it is that all the Sayntes of the londe been coÌ„fessours noo martyrs amoÌ„ge theÌ„ noo woÌ„der for all the prelates of this londe clerkes prelates sholde doo as to theÌ„ vnknoweÌ„ Therfore whaÌ„ it was put ayeÌ„ste the bysshoppe of Cassyl how it myghte be that soo many sayntes beÌ„ in Irlonde neuer a martyr amonge theym all sythen that the meÌ„ ben so shrewed so angry the prelates so rycheles slâ—we in correccyons of trespas The bysshop answered frowardely ynoughe sayde oure men beÌ„ shrewed angry ynoughe to theÌ„selfe but to goddes seruauÌ„tes they leye neuer honde but do heÌ„ greate reuerence worshyp But Englyssh meÌ„ come into this londe that caÌ„ make martyrs were wont to vse the crafte ¶ R. The bysshop sayd so bycause the kynge Henry the secoÌ„de was to newe comeÌ„ into Irlonde frensshly after the martyrdome of saynt Thomas of cauÌ„terbury Gir. In this loÌ„de in wales in Scotlond beÌ„ belles staues with croked hedes other suche thynges for relyques in greate reuereÌ„ce worshyp Soo the meÌ„ of this loÌ„de dreden more for to swere vpoÌ„ one of thylke belles golde staues thaÌ„ vpoÌ„ the gospell the chyfe of all suche relyques is holdeÌ„ IhuÌ„s staffe that is atte Deuelyn with that whiche staffe they saye that the fyrste saynte Patryke drofe the wormes out of IrloÌ„de Augus de ci· dei ca. vii yf meÌ„ axe howe it maye be that dyuerse manere of beestes of dyuerse kynde that be kyndly goteÌ„ bitwene mayl female come beÌ„ in yloÌ„des after Noes flode MeÌ„ supposeÌ„ that suche bestes swaÌ„me into yloÌ„des aboute fyrste to the nexte soo for forthe into other Or els meÌ„ sayllynge into ylondes broughte wyth heÌ„ suche beestes for loue of huÌ„tynge or angels that god almyghtes coÌ„mauÌ„demeÌ„t brought suche bestes into yloÌ„des aboute or the erthe brought theÌ„ for the fyrste fulfylled tho goddes coÌ„mauÌ„demeÌ„te \ the coÌ„maun ded the erthe to brynge forth gras quicke bestes ¶ Here endeth the descrypcyoÌ„ of Brytayne the whiche coÌ„teyned EngloÌ„de wales Scotlonde And also bycause IrloÌ„de is vnd the rule of EngloÌ„de of olde tyme it hathe so coÌ„tynued Therfore I haue sette the descrypcyoÌ„ of the same aft the sayd Brytayne whiche I haue takeÌ„ out of Poly cronycon and also enprynted by one somtyme scoâ—e mayster of saynt Albons vpon whose soule god haue mercy Amen Enprynted at LondoÌ„ in powlys chyrche yarde at the west dore of powlyâ— besyde my lorde of londons palays by me Iulyan Notary ✚ In the yere of our lorde god M. 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dylated possynge .xii. myle The fyrst Consules that were made they called Lucium and the other BrutuÌ„ and these two men dyde grete thynges in theyr time But yet the peple bare heuy of theyr domynacyon wherfore they chose an other man the whyche shold haue more auctoryte than they they called hym Dictator ¶ In this same tyme theyr was a grete dyscencyon betwixt the people and the Senate werfore they chose Trybunas wyth theyr Iuges ouer the people and defended them fro wronge as saythe ysyder For the Dictator whan he was chose he lasted .v. yere and the Trybunas were remeued euery yere ¶ But ye muste vnderstoÌ„de that ye shall not haue here after all the Consules named that gouerned Rome bytwene the sessynge of kyngê the begynnynge of themperours For it were to long to wryte specyally whan euery yere were newe syn that one man myght be chosen soo oftentymes as we rede and also for the endurynge of ther gouernaunce For they were gouernours of Rome .v. C. yere .lxvii. So the moste famous men of these shalle be reherced after the fourme of Cronycles and as they stonde in the boke was echeone after other ¶ Incipit historia libri Esdre ¶ Anno muÌ„di .iiii. M.vi C.lix Et ante xpÌ„i natiuitateÌ„ .v. C.xl. zOorobabell after the commaundemeÌ„t of god fouÌ„ded the Temple and made it parfyte but it was longe after Vt pêª Esdre .vi. After the people of Ierusalem came fro Babylon these two ruled Ihesus the hyghe prest as gouernour and zorobabelas duke And this maner of guydynge was kepte vnto Herodes tyme that the hyghe preestes sholde be prayncypall and the dukes vnder theym But the dukes were euer of the trybe of Iuda after the prophecye of Iacob And vnder that good gydynge of preestes it is not redde the people to haue receded fro the very true fayth as they dyde afore in the tyme of Iewes of kynges For then many tymes they raâ—e to ydolatrye ¶ Esdras the preest of the kynrede of Aron thys tyme exceded men in hoolynes thorugh whose grete wysedome all the Iewes state was hopen ¶ Cambyses the sone of Sâ—ri regned oon the kyngdome of Persarum the whyche commaunded mygtely the Temple of Ierusalem shold not be buylded ayen Hyâ— faders commaunded it sholde be buylded Thys CaÌ„byses made a cursyd Iuge to beâ—leyed or helte a lyue and made his sone to sytte on his faders skynne that thrughe that drede he sholde drede falshede and Iuge ryghtwysely Thys Cambyses hadde many names in holy scrypture in the boke of Esdre Arthaxerseâ— or Assures in historyâ— Iudith that was done vnder hym he called Nabugodonoscor or Olyfernes the prince of his chyualry subdued many londes to his lorde And at the last he came vnto Bethuleem and there was slayne of Iudith a woman vt pêª Iudith .ii. et .xlii. ¶ Enereydes regned in Perses half a yere ¶ Darius regned at the Persees the whiche by the mocyon of zorobabel commaunded the werke of the Temple to be taken ayen And commaunded his prynces that on nowyse they shold lette it but sholde helpe it in all that they coude Vide plura in Esore vode v o tempore ambiguuÌ„ propter diuersitateÌ„ doctorum ¶ Circa annuÌ„ muÌ„di .iiii. M.vii C.xxxiiii Et ante xpÌ„i natiuitateÌ„ .iiii. C·lxv ABiuth sone to zorobabell of the lyne of Cryste was aboute this tyme. For of hym and of other folowynge vnto Ioseph nothyng is hadde in scrypture but thaâ— Mathe theuangelyst nombreth theym in the Genelogy and therfore the certayn tyme of them duely can net be knowe ¶ Ioachim thys tyme bysshop after Iosephus was called Iosedech vnder whome Ierusalem was buylded ayen vt dicit et hoc idempatet Neemie .xii. ¶ In the .ii. hoÌ„dred and .xliiii. yere after that Rome was made the Romayns ordeyned two Consules in the stede of theyr kynge the whyche sholde gouerne one yere alone leest that by taryenge they shold be proude and that the one sholde coâ—recte the other yf he exceded or erred ¶ Brutus was the fyrste Consull and Lucius the seconde And thenne was there a man that was called Dictator the name of an offyce the whyche sholde go wyth the people ayenste ther enmyes ¶ Titus Puphis Marcus consules ¶ Thenne after the Romayns coÌ„playned gretly on the condycyons of the Consules And then the power was put to .x. men to an excedynge coste to the comyn peple For eueryche one of them wente lyke a kyng and nede caused them to leue that dygnyte And they trusted neuer to reste the warre was soo stronge agaynst them ¶ Arthaxeses was kynge of Persarum vnder whome Esdras came to Ierusalem And Neemias was buteler to the same kynge whom after warde he seÌ„t to buylde the walles of Ierusalem ¶ zerses regned after him two monethes Segdianus .vii. monethes and lytell they dyde ¶ Circa annuÌ„ mundi .iiii. M vii C.lix Et ante xpÌ„i natiuitateÌ„ .iiii. C.xl. ELyac is reherced in the lyne of Cryst in Mathee pri o more of hym is not had in â—crypture Esdras a holy man a connynge and worshypfully was had amonge the peple this man came frome Babylon with other he meued with very Charyte went ayen to babylon that he myght wynne moo of Israel saue the soules brynge them home with hym In this tyme he repeyred the lawe and the holy bokes the whiche the Caldees had brente an happy wytnesse to all the worlde he lefte in scrypture He fouÌ„de newe letters and lyghter in faccyon the whiche thorugh the holy goost fulfylled he came ayen to Iherusalem wyth a grete multytude and with the kynges preuylege that he sholde teche the people the lawe that he had repeyred And there he deyed in a good aege ¶ Neemias an Hebrewe butelere of kynge Arthaxerses at his lordes coÌ„maundement wente from Babylon in to Ierusalem where of he hadde .xii. yere the ledynge of the people And the .v. yere he began to repeyre the yates and the walles of Ierusalem the whiche werke he ended in two yere and four monethes that whit greue Impedymentes For the halfe of the people stode armed without the cytee to withstod the people of other nacyonne intendynge dystroy them the other parte laboured in armes holdinge in the one honde stones for walles and in the notable other honde aswerde or nyghe by it Vide pluralio. suo ¶ Permenides a phylosopher and namely in mortall thynges was abute thys tyme. ¶ Socrates a phylosophar whyche vnderstode moche of the power of god and he was Platoes mayster Democritê° ypocras and other of whom the noble werkes abode were also ¶ Circa annuÌ„ muÌ„di .iiii. M.viii C. Et ante xpÌ„i natiuitateÌ„ .iii. C·lxxxx Azor is reherced in the lyne of Cryste in Mathe .io. but no thynge of his dedes is wryten in the scriptur ¶ Elyasyb or Elysaphat succeded Ioachim in the bisshopryche vt dicit Eusebius et magister histo ¶ Camillus was Dictator at Rome in whoo 's
man saynt Thomas was don vnto his deth so that no pylgryme myght come by that way Full well wente he to haue take crystis myght hys power the grete boos of miracles that he shewed for hys martyr saynt thomas thrugh all crystendom And that same tyme the kynge made Roberte of Baldok the fals pylled clerke thrugh prayer of syr Hugh Spēser sone was made Chaūseler of Englonde And in the same tyme was the castell of walyngforde holden ayenst the kynge thrughe prysoners that weren wythin the castell for saynt Thomas loue of Lancastre wherfore the people of the coūtre came toke the castell of the prysoners wherfore syr Iohn̄ of Goldyngton knyght and syr Edmonde of Becche prysoners were taken sent vnto the kyng to Pountfrete there they were done in pryson and the forsayd Roger was sent vnto yorke and there he was drawē hangyd And anone after syr Roger Mortymer of wygmore brake out of the tour of London in thys manere The forsayd Roger herde that he sholde be drawe hangyd at London in the morow after say◠Laurence day and on the day before he helde a fayre feest in the toure of Lōdon and there was syre Stephen Segraue constable of the tour and many grete men with them and whan they sholde soupe the forsayd Stephen sente for all the offycers of the tour they came sowped with hym and whā they sholde take there leue of hym squyre that was callyd Stephen ▪ that was full preuy with the forsayd Roger thrugh hys counsell yaue them all suche a drynke that the leest of them all slept two dayes two nyghtes in the meane tyme he escaped a waye by water by the thamys and went ouer the see and helde hym in Fraunce wherfore the kynge was sore anoyed and put the same Stephen out of his Constabellary ¶ How the quene Isabell went in to Fraunce for to treate of peas bytwene her lorde the kynge of Englonde and the kynge of Fraūce her broder THe kyng went tho vnto London and there thrugh coūsell of syr Hugh Spenser the fader of his sone of mayster Robert Baldok a fals pylled clerke his Chaūcheler let sease to all the quenes londes into hys hondes and also all the londes that were syre Edwardes his sone and were so put to theyr wagys ayēst all maner of reason that was thrugh the falsnesse of the Spensers ¶ And whan the kyng of fraunce that was quene Isabelles brother herde of this falsnesse he was sore anoyed ayenst the kynge of Englonde his fals counsellers wherfore he sent a letter to kyng Edward vnder his seale· that he shold come at a certayne day to do hys homage therto he somoned hym els he sholde lese all Gascoyne And so it was ordeyned in Englonde thrugh the kyng hys coūsel that quene Isabel sholde go into Fraunce for to treate of peas bytwene her lorde and her broder that Olyuer of yngham shold go into Gascoyne haue with hym .vii. M. men armys moo to be Seneschall wardeyne of Gascoyne so it was ordeyned that quene Isabell came into Fraunce and with her wente syr aymer of Valaunce erle of Penbroke that was there murdred sodenly in apreuysege but that was thrugh goddes vengaūce for he was one of the Iustycys that cōsented to saynt thomas deth of Lancastre and wolde neuer after repent hym of that wyckyd dede And all that tyme syr Olyuer of yngham wente ouer into Gascoyne dyde moche harme to the kynge of Fraunce tho he gate ayen that kynge Edwarde had loste and moche more therto ¶ How kynge Edwarde sente syr Edwarde hys sone the eldest in to Fraunce THe quene Isabell had but a quater of a yere dwelled in Fraunce whan syr Edwarde her eldest sone axed leue tho for to go in to Fraūce for to speke with his moder Isabel the quene his fader the kynge grauntyd him with a good wyll sayd to hym go my fayr sone in goddys blyssynge and myn and thynke for to come ayen as hastely as thou may And he wēte ouer the see in to Fraunce the kynge of Fraunce hys vncle receyued hym with moche honour sayd vnto hym Fayr son ye be welcome and for by cause that your father come not to his homage for the duchye of Guyon as his auncetours were wont for to do I yeue you that lordshyp holde it of me in herytage as all manerauncetours dyd before you wherfore he was callyd duke of Guyon ¶ How the kynge exyled his quene ysabell Edwarde her eldest sone AS kynge Edwarde of Englonde herde tell how the kyng of Fraunce had yeue the ducye of Guyon vnto syr Edward his sone without consent and wyll of hym that is sone had receyued the duchye he became wonder wrothe sente to hys sone by letter that they sholde come ayen in to Englond in all the haste that they myght And the quene Isabel and syr Edwarde her sone were wonder sore a dradde of the kynges menaced of hys wrath pryncypally for the falsnesse of the Spensers both of the fader also the sone at his cōmaundement they wolde not come wherfore kyng Edward was full sore anoyed lete make a crye at London that yf quene Isabell Edwarde his eldest sone came not in Englōde that they sholde be holde as our enmyes both to the reame also to the crowne of Englonde for that they nolde come into englonde but both were exyled the moder her sone ¶ Whan the quen herd thyse tydynges She was sore adradde to be dystroyed thrughe the fals conyectynge of the Spensers wente wyth the knyghtes that were exyled out of Englonde for saynt Thomas cause of Lācastre that is to say syr Roger of wigmore syr wyllyam Trusell syr Iohan Cromwell many other good knyghtes wherfore they toke theyr counsell ordeyned among them for to make a maryage bytwene the duke of Guyhenne the kynges sone of Englond the erles doughter of Henaude that was a noble knyght of name and doughty in hys tyme. yf that thynge myght be brought a bowte then̄e stode they trowynge wyth the helpe of god and with his helpe to recouer theyr herytage in Englond wherfore they were put out thrugh the fals cocnectynge of the Spensers ¶ How kyng Edwarde thrugh coūsel of the Spensers sent to the Douzephers of Fraūce that they shold helpe that the quene Isabell her sone syr Edwarde were exyled out of Fraunce AS kynge Edwarde and the Spensers herde how that quene Isabell syr Edwarde her sone ▪ had alyed them to the Erle of Henaude to them that were exyled out of englonde for cause of thomas of Lancastre they were so sory that they wyst not what for to do wherfore syr Hugh Spenser the sone sayde to syr Hugh the fader in this maner wyse Fader cursyd by the
tyme the counsel that euer ye coÌ„sented that the quene Isabell sholde goo in to Fraunce for to treate of accorde betwene the kynge of Englonde her broder the kynge of fraunce for that was your counsell for at that tyme for soch your wytt fayled for I drede me sore leest thrugh her her sone we shall be dystroyed But yf we take the better counseylle ¶ Now fayre syres vnderstonde howe merueylous felony falshede the Spensers ymagyned cast For pryuely they lete fyll fyue barelles ferrours with syluer the soÌ„me amouÌ„tyd .v. M. pounde they sent those barelles ouer â—ee pryuely by an alyaunt that was callyd Arnold of Spayne that was a broker of LoÌ„don That he sholde go to the Douzepers of FrauÌ„ce that they sholde procure and speke to the kyng of Fraunce that quene Isabell her sone Edwarde wer dryuen exyled out of FrauÌ„ce And amonge all other thynges That ther were braught to the deth as pryuely as they myghte but almyghty god wold not so for whan this Arnold was in the hygh see he was take wiâ—h Selanders that mette hym in the hyghe see and toke hym and ladde hym to the erle of Henaude theyr lorde moche Ioye was made for that takynge And at the laste this Arnold pryuely stele a waye from thens And came to London And of thys takynge of other thynâ—â—s the erle of Henaude sayd to the quene Isabell Dame make you mery be of good there for ye be rycher than ye wened for to be take thyse fyue barelles full of syluer that were sâ—â—te to the Dourpers of France for to slee you youre sone Edwarde and thynke you hastely for to goo in to Englonde and take with you Syre Iohan of Henaude my brother and .v. houÌ„dred men of armys For many of them of Fraunce in whom ye haue had grete truste done you for to scorne and almyghty god graunte you that grace your enmyes to ouercome ¶ The quene Isabell sent tho thrugh Henaude and Flaundres for her souldyours ordened her euery daye for to go in to Englonde ayen so she had in her company syr Edmonde of wodstok that was erle of Kent that was syr Edwardes broder of Englde ¶ How kynge Edwarde lette kepe the costes by the see and lete trye all the pryce men of armys and foot men thrugh Englonde AS kynge Edwarde herde telle the quen Isabell Edwarde her sone wolde come in to englonde wyth a grete power of alyauÌ„tes with them that were outlawed out of englonde for there rebellyousnesse he was sore a dradde to be put downe for to lese his kyngdom wherfore he ordeyned to kepe hys castels in walys as well as in Englond with vytayllers theyr appaâ—ylles and lette kepe hys ryuers also ye. at the feest of DecolacioÌ„ of saynt IohnÌ„ Baptyst the Cytezyns of London sent to the kyng to Prochestre an C. men of armys also he coÌ„mauÌ„ded by hys letters ordeyend that euery hundred wepeÌ„take â—otrye as wel men of armys as men on foot and that they sholde be put in .xx. soÌ„me and in an hundred soÌ„me And commaunded the alle tho men were redy whan ony shoute or crye were made for to purpose take the alyauntis that came in to Englond for to ben bme hym the londe for to put him out of his kyngdon And more ouer he lete crye thorugh his patent in euery fayre in euery market of Englonde that the quene Isabell syr Edwarde his eldest sone the erle of Kent that they were take and saufly kepte without ony manere harme vnto them doynge all other manere people that come with them anone smyte of ther hedys without ony manere raunsom takynge of them And what man myght brynge syr Rogeres mortymer heed of wygmore sholde haue an huÌ„dred pouÌ„de of money for his trauall ¶ And ferthermore he ordened by his patrent coÌ„maunded to make a fyre vpon euery hyll besyde the ryuers and in lowe countrees for to make hyghe bekenesse of rymbre That yf it so were that the alyuntes came vnto londe by nyght tyme that thenÌ„e the Inhabycauntys there aboute sholde endeuoyr them selfe in goodly hast to lyght fyre the bekenes that the countree maye be warned come mete there enmyes And in the tyme deyed syr Roger Mortymyer his vcle in the toure of London ¶ How the quene Isabell and syr Edward duke of Guyhenne her sone came in to London at her with and how they dyde AS quene Isabell and syr Edwarde her sone duke yf Guyhenne syr Edwarde of wodstok erle of Kente syr IohnÌ„ the erles brother of Henaude there company dradde not the menace of the kyng ne of hys traytours for they trusted all in goddys grace came to Her with in South floke the .xxiii. daye of Septembre in the yere of grace M.CCC.xxvi And the quene syre Edwarde her sone sent letters to the Mayre comynalte of London requyrynge them that they sholde be helpynge in the quarell and cause that they had that is to saye to dystroye the traytours of the reame But none answeres were sent ayen wheâ—fore the quene and syr Edwarde her sone sent a nother patent letter vnder the seases the tenour of whiche letter here folowyth in this maner ¶ Isabell by the grace of god quene of englonde lady of Irlonde and couÌ„tesse of Pountyf and we Edwarde the eldest sone of the kynge of Englond duke of guyon erle of Chestre of Pauntyf of moustroyl to the Mayre to all the comynaltee of the cytee of London sendyth gretynge for asmoche as we haue before the tyme sent to you by your letters how we be come into thys londe in good arraye and in good manere for the maner for the honour profyte of holy chyrche and of our dere lorde the kyng and all the reame with al the reame with all our myght and power to kepe and mayntene as we and al the good folke of the forsayd reame are holden to doo And vppon that we praye you that ye wolde be helpynge to vs in as moche as ye maye in this quarell that is for the comune profyte of the forsayd reame and we haue had to this tyme none answere of the forsayde letters â— ne knowe not your mynde in that party wherfore we sende to you ayen and praye charge you chat ye bere you so ayenste vs that we haue no cause to greue you but the ye ben vnto vs helpynge by all the wayes that ye maye or may knowe For wytte ye well in certeÌ„ that we and all that be come with vs into thys reame thynke not to do ony thynge but that thynge that shall be for the comyn profyte of all the reame but oonly to destroye Hugh SpeÌ„ser our enmye and enmye to all the reame as ye it wel knowe wherfore I praye you and charge you in the fayth that ye owe vnto