Wyllyam Cheyne barons al and IohnÌ„ page esquyrer and soone after at yorke were drawen hangyd syr Roger Clyfforde syre Iohan of Mambray barons syr Goselyne Deuyll knyght ¶ And at Brystowe were draweÌ„ and hangyd Syr Henry of wemyngton syr Henry Mounâ—torde baroÌ„s ¶ And at Gloucerre were draweÌ„ and hangyd syr IohnÌ„ Gaffarde and syr Wyllyam of Elmebrughe barons at LondoÌ„ were hangyd and drawen Syr henry Tyes baron ¶ And atte wynchelse syr thomas Clepepyr knyght And ferthermore to telle of thys cruell occyon atte wyndsore was drawe hangyd syr Frauncâ—s waldeÌ„ham baron at Caunterbury was draweÌ„ and handyg syr Berthylmew Badelesmore and syr Berthylmew of Asshe bourucham barons and at Cardyf in walys syr Wylyam Flemmynge baron ¶ How kynge Edwarde wente into Scotlonde wyth an hundrde thousande meÌ„ of armys and myght not spede SO whan kynge Edwarde of Englonde had brought the floure of cheuaâ— â–ª vnto theyr deth thrugh counsell conâ—ente of syr Hugh Spenser the fader syr Hughe the sone he became as woode as ony lyon â–ª what so euer the Spensers wolde haue it was done So well the kynge louyd theym that they myght do with hym all thynge that them lyked wherfore the kynge gaaf vnto syr Hughe Spenser the fader the erldom of wynchestre and vnto syr Andrewe of Herkela the erldome of Cardoyllâ— in preiudyce and in harmynge of hys crowne And kyng Edwarde tho thrugh counsel of the Spensers dysheryted alle them that had be ayenst hym in ony quarel with Thomas of Lâ—castre And many other were dysheryted also by cause that the Spensers coueyted for to haue theyr londes And so they had all that they wold desyre wyth wronge ayenst all reason Tho made the kynge Robert Baldok a falâ—e pylled clerke Chaunceler of Englond thrugh counsell of the forsayde Spensers ¶ And he was a false rybaude And a coueytouse And so they counseylled the kynge moche that the kyng lete take to hys owne warde all the gooddes of the lordes that were put wrongfully to the deth in to hys owne honde And aswell they toke the goodes that were within hooly chyrche es the goodes that were wythout lete theym be put in to hys tresoury in London lette them calle hys for feytes And by there couÌ„sell the kynge wrought for euer more he dysheryted them that the godes ought thrugh ther couÌ„sell lete arer a talegge of all the goodes of Englonde wherfore he was the rychest kyng that euer was in Englonde after wyllyam Bastarde that comquered Englonde And yet thrughe couÌ„sell of them hym semyd that he hadde not ynough But made yet euery towne of Englonde for to fynde a man of armys vpon theyr owne costes for to go werre vpon the Scottes that were his enmyes wherfore the kynge went in to Scotlonde with an houndred thousande men of armys at wytsontyde in the yere of our lord Ihesu Crist M.CCC.xxii But the Scottes wente hyd them in mouÌ„teyns in wodes and caryed the Englysshmen fro day to day that the kynge myght for no manere thynge fynde theÌ„ in playne felde wherfor many Englysshmen that had lytyl vytaylles deyed ther for hungre wonder fast an sodenly in goynge and comynge and namely tho that had bene ayenst Thomas of Lancastre robbyd his men vpon hys londes whan kynge Edwarde sawe that vytaylles fayled hym he was wonder sore dyscomfyted bycause also that hys men deyed for he myght not spede of his enmyes So att the last he came ayen in to Englonde anone after came Iames Douglas and also Thomas Radulph with an huge hooste into Englonde in to Northumberlonde and wyth them the Englysshmen that were dryuen out of Englonde and came and robbed the countree and slewe the people also brente the twone that was callyd Northallerton many other twones to yorke And whan the kynge herde thys tydynges he lete so mane all maner men that myght trauyllee And so the Englysshmen mette the Scottes at the abbay of Beyghelande the .xv. day after Mygelmas en the same yere aboue sayd and the Englysshmen were there dysconfyted And at that dyscomfyture was take syr Iohan of Brytayne Erle of Rychmonde that helde the countree the erldome of Lancastre and after he payed an huge raunsonne was lete goo And after that he wente in to Fraunce and came neuer after agayne ¶ How syr Andrewe of Herkelay was take and put to deth that was Erle of Cardoil THen at that tyme was syr Andrew of Herkela the new was made erle of Cardoil for cause that he had taken the good erle Thomas of Lancastre ¶ He hadde ordeyned thrugh the kynges coÌ„maundement of Englonde for to bringe hym all the power that he myght for to helpe ayenste the Scottes as the abbaye of Beglonde And whan the fals traytour had gadred all the people that he myght shold haue come to the kynge vnto the abbaye of Beyghelande the fals traytour ladde them by a nother couÌ„tre thrughe Copelonde And thrughe therldome of Lancastre went thrugh the couÌ„tree robbed slewe the folke all that he myght And ferthermore the fals traytour had take a grete somme of golde and syluer of syr Iames Douglas for to be ayenst the kyng of Englonde to be helpynge holdynge with the Scottes thrugh whose treason the kynge of Englonde was scomfyted at Beyghelande or that he came thyder wherfore the kyng was to ward hym wonder wrothe and lete pryuely enquere by the couÌ„tre aboute how that it was And some men enquered and aspeyed so at the laste the trough was fouÌ„de sought And he atteynte take as fals traytour as the gode erle Thomas of Lancastre hym tolde of that he was pute vnto deth at hys taâ—ynge att Burbrugge to hym sayd Or the that were doon he sholde be take holde a traytour And so it was as the holy maÌ„ sayd ¶ wherfore the kyng sent pryuely to syr Anthony of Lucy a knyght of the countre of Cardoil that he sholde take syr Andrew of Herkela put hym vnto the dethe And to brynge this thynge vnto the ende the kynge sente hys Commyssion so that thys same Andrewe was take at Cardoill and ladde vnto the barre in the maner of an erle worthyly arayed wyth aswerde gyrde aboute hym and hosyd and sporyd ¶ Tho spake syr Anthoyn in this maner syr Andrewe sayd he the kynge puttyth vpon the for asmoche as thou hast be orpyd iÌ„ thy dedys he dyde to the moche honour made the erle of Cardoil than as a traytour to thy lorde laddest the people of hys countere that shold haue holpe hym at the batayll of Beyghel and and thou laddest them awaye by the countree of Copelande and thrugh the erldom of Lancastre wherfore our lorde the kynge was dyscomfyted there of the Scottes thrugh thy treason falsnesse and yf thou haddest come by tymes he had had the bataylle and treason thou
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
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
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
frely And with hym went thyder was well apayed wyth the castell wyth the fayr werke and togyder they ete and dranke wyth moche Ioye And whan nyght came that the kyng Vortiger sholde go in to hys chambre to take there hys nyghtes reste Ronowen that was Engistes doughter came wyth cuppe of golde in her honde and kneled before the kynge sayd to hym wassaylle And the kynge knewe not what it was for to meane ne what he shold answere there vpon for as moche as hymself ne none of all his Brytons coude noo Englysshe spese ne vnderstonde it but he spake in the same langage that Brytons done yet Neuertheles a latiner tolde it to the kynge the full vnderstandynge therof wassayll and that other sholde drynke hayll And that was the fyrste tyme that wasshayll and drynkhall came vp in this londe And frome the tyme vnto thys tyme it is well vsed in this londe ¶ The kynge Vortiger sawe the fayrnesse of Ronowen his armes layde about her necke thryes swetely kyssed her anone ryght he was enamoured vpon her that he desyred to haue her to wyf asked of Engist her fader And Engist graunted hym vpon this couenauÌ„t that the kyng sholde yeue him all the couÌ„tree of kent that he there myghte dwelle in and hys people The kynge hym graunted pryuely wyth a good wylle And anone he spowsed the damoysell and that was moche confusyon to hymselfe And therfore alle the. Brytons became soo wrothe for by cause he spowsed a woman of mysbyleue wherfore they wente all frome hym and noo thynge to hym tooke ne halpe hym in thynge that he had to done ¶ How Vortimer that was Vortigers sone was made kynge Engist dryuen out And how Vortimer was slayne THis Engist wente in to Kente and seased all the londe in to his honde for hym and for his men bycame with a lytyll whyle of soo grete power and so moche people hadde that men wyste not lytell tyme whyche were the kyngê men and whyche were Engistes men wherfore all the Brytons hadde of hym dredde and sayd amoÌ„ges theym But yf that they ne toke other counseyll bytwene them all the londe sholde be bytrayed thrugh Engist his people ¶ Vortiger the kyng had begoten on his fyrst wyf thre sones The fyrst was called vortimer The seconde Catagien and the thyrde Passent ¶ The Brytons euerychont by one assent chose vortimer to be theyr lod souerayne and counseyler in euery batayll crowned hym and made hym kynge wolde not suffre vortiger no lenger to regne for cause of the alyaunce betwixt Engist and hym ¶ The Brytons ordeyned a grete host to dryue out Engist and his company of the londe and yaue hym thre bataylles The fyrste was in Kente there he was lorde the seconde was at Tetforde and the thyrde in a shyre a thys half Colchestre in a more And in this batayll theym mette Catagien and. Horne Engistes brother so that eche of thym slewe other· but for as moche as the countree was yeuen longe befor to horne thrugh vortiger tho â—e spowsed his cosyn there he made a fayr castell that is called Horne castell after his owne name And vortiger was so anoyed for his brothers dethe that anone he lete fell downe the castell to the grounde And after he ne lefte nyght ne daye tyll he had dryuen out Engist his people of the londe And thenÌ„e Ronowen his doughter made sorow ynogh And quenâ—ely spake to them that were nexte the kyng vortimer and pryuyest with hym And so moche she gaue hym of gyftes that he was enpoysoned deyed at London the fourth yere of hys regne and there he lyeth ¶ How the. Brytons chose an other tyme Vortiger to be theyr kynge Engist came in to this londe and how they fought togyders AFter vortimers dethe the Brytons by theyr comyn asseÌ„t eft sones made vortiger theyr kynge vpon this couenaunt that he sholde neuer after suffre Engist ne none of his eft sones to come iÌ„ to this londe And whaÌ„ all this was done Ronowen the quene pryuely sente by letter to Engist that she hadde en poysoned vortimer and that vortiger her lorde bare ayen the crowne and regned And that he sholde come ayen in to this londe well arayed wyth moche people for to auenge hym vppon the Brytons and for to wynne this londe ayen ¶ And whan Engist herde these tydynges he made grete Ioy. And appareylled hym hastely with .xv. thousande men that were deughty in euery batayll came in to this londe And whan vortyger herde telle that Engyst was come ayen wyth a grete power in to thys londe he assembled hys Brytons tho went ayenst Engyst for to yeue hym Batayll hys folke But Engist dradde hym sore of the Brytons for they had dryuen hym before discomfyted hym with streÌ„gth wherfore this Engist prayed hym for a loue daye sayd he was not comen in to this londe for to fyght but for to haue hys lond ayen yf he myght accorde with the. Brytons of them to haue loue and grace The kynge Vortiger thrugh counseyll of hys Brytons grauÌ„ted hym a loue daye And thus it was ordeyned thrugh the Brytons that the same daye sholde be holden fast besyde Salysbury vpon a hylle And Engyst sholde come thyder with four hordred kdnghtes without moo And the kyng with as many of the wysest men of hys londe· And at that daye the kynge came with his couÌ„seyll as it was ordeyned but Engist had warned hys knyghtes pryuely then conmaunded that euery one of them shold put a longe knyf in hys hose And whan he sayde Fayre syres now ys tyme to speke of loue peas euery man Anone shold drawe out hys kynue slee a Bryton And so they slewe a M.lxi. knyghtes wyth moche sorowe many of them escaped And the kyng vortyger there hymself tho was taken ladde to Thongcastell put in pryson And some of Engystes men wolde that the kynge had be brente alle quycke And vortiger tho for to haue hys lyf grauÌ„ted them as moche as they wolde are yaue vp all the londe townes castelles cytees borughs to Engist and to his folke And all the Brytons fledde thes in to waiys and there they helde them styll And Engyst wente thorugh the londe and seased all the londe wyth fraunchyles And in euery place lete cast a downe chyrches and houses of Relygyon And wasted and destroyed crystendome thrughout all thys londe And lete â—aunge the nam of thys lond called brytayne that noo man of hys were soo hardy after that tyme to calle this loÌ„de Brytayne but calle Engist londe And then ne he departed all the londe to hys men and there made .vii. kynges for to strength the londe that the Brytons sholde neuer after come therem ¶ The fyrst kyngdome was Kent there that Engist hymself regned and was lorde mayster ouer al the other
¶ Of the kynge Eldred how the kynge Swyne of Denmake helde Englonde and how Eldred that saynt Edwardes brother was not beloued in hys Realme and therfore he fledde in to Normandye SO after this Edwarde regned Eldred his brother And saynt Dunstane crowned hym· And this saynt Dunstane deyed soone after that he hadde foryeuen the quene her trespaâ—s by cause that she was cause of kynge Edwardes deth And saynt Dunstane had her assoylled and penaunce hadde her â—â—oyned And she lyued after a chaste lyf and a clene ¶ This kynge Eldred wedded an Englysshe woman on her begate Edmonde Irensyde and an other sone that was called Edwyne And after deyed the quene theyr moder ¶ And in that tyme came Swyne in to Englonde that was kyng of Denmark for to chalenge and to conquere all that his auncetrees had before that tyme. And soo he conquered had it all his axyng ¶ For the good erle Cuthberte of Lynd eseye and all the people of Northumberlonde and almoost al the grece of Englonde helde wyth Swyne that was kyng of Denmark for so moche as they loued noâ— kynge Eldred for by cause that hys good brother Edwarde was slayn for loue of hym And therfore no man sette but lytell by hym wherfore kynge Swyne had all hys wyll and toke alle the londe And Eldred the kynge fledde thâ— in to Normandye And soo spake to the duke Rycharde that the duke yaue hym his syster Emme to wyf Vpon the whiche he gate two sones that one was called Alured and that other Edwarde And whan Swyne had conquered all the londe he regned nobly and lyued .xv. yere and thenne he deyed and lyeth at yorke ¶ How kynge Eldred came ayeÌ„ from Normandy and how knoght the Dane regned of the warre betwixt hym and Edmonde Irensyde THus after the deth of Swyne that was a Dane Knoght hys sone dwelled in Englonde and wolde haue ben kynge And tho came agayne Eldred out of Normandye with moche nombre of people with a stronge meyne that Knoght durste not abyde but fledde thens in to Denmarke The kynge Eldred had agayne his reame and helde so grete worshyp that he began for to destroye all tho that halpe Swyne that was a Dane ayenste hym And afterwarde came agayne this Knoghte from Denmark wyth a grete power soo that kynge Eldred durste not with hym fyght but fledde from thens vnto London and there he helde hym ¶ Tho came Knoght hym besyeged soo longe tyll that kyng Eldred deyed in the Cytee of London and lyeth at saynt Poules And he regned .ix. yere BOnuâ— was pope after Benedictê° one yere This man abode but a lytell tyme ¶ Bonifacius was pope after hym fyue monethes ¶ Benedictus was pope after hym .x. yere This man crowned Otto the seedde made many Romayns to be taken And he gadred a counseyll agaynst the kynge of Fraunce where Gylbert the Nygramancer was deposed ¶ Iohannes the ·xiiii was pope after hym .viii. monethes And he was put in the castell Aungell and was famyned to dethe ¶ Iohannes the .xv. was pope after hym foure monethes ¶ Iohannes the .xvi. was pope after hym almoost .xi. yere Thys man was taught in armes made many bokes elles lytell of hym is wryten ¶ Gregorius the .v. was pope after this man almoost thre yere And this Gregorius was made pope atte the Instaunce of the Emperour Otto thyrde for he was his consyn And whan he hadde be a lytell whyle pope and the Emperoure receded from the cyte of Rome Placentinus was put in by Crecensius a Counsul for moneye And thenne was stryfe a fewe dayes But the Emperour came soone after and tooke Crecensius the Consull and stroke of his heed putte out the eyen of this man Placencius pope the whiche put out his cosyn of the dignyte of the pope â–ª And maymed hym on other membres his knyghtes ne his dukes halpe hym no thynge For he dyde that thynge that he sholde not haue done And he suffred that that he deserued ¶ Nota. This Gregorius with the Emperour Otto ordeyned the chesers of the Empyre the whiche frome thens forth hathe a bode vnto this daye For the Frensshmen ne none other myghte not breke that ordynaunce And those theâ—ers of the Empyre by the pope and Otto were not made for ony blame of the Saxons but to eschewe the euylles to come And theyr names ben wryten for lerned men in latyn in these verses Maguntinensis Treuerensis Coloniensis Quilibeâ— imperu fit cancellarius horum Et Palatinus daâ—ifer Dux Portitorensis Marchio prepositus camere Pincerna Bohemus Hustatuunt dominum cuntis persecula summum Palatinê° est comes renâ— Marcio est Brandebur gensis Dux saxorum et rex Bohemorum veruÌ„ vt quidam dicunt ¶ Thrugh this occasyon the Egle hathe loste many a feder And in the ende he shall be made naked ¶ Otto the thyrde was Emperour .xviii. yere Thys man was a worthy man alle the dayes of hys Empyre And after the wysdome of his fader he was a very holy faythfull man to the chirche And in many bataylles he prosperyd by cause he was deuoute vnto almyghty god and hys sayntes And yaue myghty worshyppynge to the relykes of sayntes And oftentymes he vysyted hooly places ¶ This man was crowned by Gregorius hys cosyn And atte the laste he decessyd at Rome ¶ Anno dmÌ„ M.iiii SIluester the Seconde was pope after Gregorius foure yere· And he was made pope by the helpe oâ— the deuyll to whom he dyde homage for he sholde yeue hym all thynge that he desyred And he was called Hylbecte· And his enmye gate hym the grace of the kynge of Fraunce and he made hym the bysshop of Remensis but anone he was deposyd And after he gate the grace of the Emperour and was made the bysshop of Rauennie and after the pope But he hadde an ende anone and soo haue all that put theyr hope in fals deuylles ¶ yet men truste in his saluacyon for certayne demonstracyon of his sepulcre and for the grete penaunce that he dyde in hys last ende For he made his honde and in his legges to be curte of and dysmembred in all his body and to be caste out at the doore to foules and thenne his body to be drawen wyth wylde beestê and ther to be buryed where someuer they rested as an honde And they stode styl at saynt Iohan lateranensis and there he was buryed And that was sygne of his saluacon ¶ Iohannes the .xviii. was pope fyue monethes ¶ Iohannes the .xix. was pope after hym fyue yere And these two dyde lytell thynges ¶ Henricus the fyrste was Emperour in Almayne .xx. yere This henricus was duke of Barry and all accordynge he was chosen for his blessyd fame and good name the whiche he hadde ¶ And it is redde that many of these dukes of Barry werre holy men not all only in absteydynge of flesshely dysyres but also in vertuous lyuynge
And this man had a syster that was as holy as he the whome he yaue to wyf vnto the kyng of HuÌ„gry And she brought all Hungry vnto the ryght byleue the cristen fayth And his wyues name was sancta Konnogundis with whom he lyued a vyrgyne all his lyues dayes And also he dyde many a batayle as well in ytaly as in Almayne ayenst the rebellyous and prosperyd ryght wysly Atte the laste wyth a blessyd ende he decessyd And in the lyfe of saytn LaureÌ„ce he and hys wyf be put for ensamples ¶ Benedictê° was pope after IohaÌ„nes .xi yere This man hadde grete stryfe in hys dayes for he was put out \ and a nother put in And this Benedictus after that he was deed was seen of an holy maÌ„ bysshop in a wretchyd fygure and he had grete payne And thys fygure sayd He trusted no thynge in the mercy of god And no thyng profyted hym that was done for hym for it was goten with extorcyon vniustely Thenne this bysshop left his bysshopryche for dred of thys syght went in to a monastery lyued vertuously all hys dayes ¶ IohaÌ„nes the .x. was pope after hym ·xi yere and lytell profyted ¶ Of kynge Knoght that was a Dane ANd after the dethe of Eldred Knoght that was a Dane began to regne but Edmonde Irensyde that was kyng Eldredes sone by his fyrste wyf ordeyned a grete power of men began for to warre on kyng Knoghte And so he dyde many tymes and often And the warre was so stronge harde the wonder it was to wyte· ¶ And the quene Emme that dwelled tho in westmestre had grete drede of her two sones of the warre Alured Edwarde lest they sholde be defoyled mysdone thorugh this warre wherfore she sente theym ouer the see in to Normandy to the duke Rycharde theyr vncle And there they dwelled in saufte and peas longe tyme. ¶ This Edmonde Irensyde and Knoght the Dane warred strongely to gyder But at the last they were accorded in this manere that they sholde departe the reame betwixt them both and soo they dyde after they became good frendes And so well loued to gyder as they had ben brethern goten of one fader and of one moder borne ¶ How kynge Edmonde Irensyde traytoursly was slayne thorugh a traytour that was ralled Eldred of Strotton ANd after tho regned kynge Irensyde and Knoght the Dane But thus it befel afterwarde that in the same yere that they were accorded and so moche loued to gyder wherfore a fals traytour hadde enuytee to the loue that was betwixt theym and frendshyp whoo 's name was Edrith of Stratton that was a grete lord that was Edmonde Irensydes man of hym helde all the londe that he had And neuertheles he thought his lord to betray make Knoght kynge of the londe to the entente rychely to be auauÌ„ced and with hym be well beloued wherfore he prayed hys lord Edmonde Irensyde vppon a daye wyth hym for to ete And the kynge hym curteysly graunted to hym came at his prayer And at the mete the kynge ryally was serued wyth dyuers meeteê and drynkes And whan the nyght came that he sholde go vnto bedde The kynge toke his owne meyne went vnto the chambre there that he sholde take his nyghtes reste And as he loked hym about he sawe a fayre ymyge well made and in semblauÌ„t as it were an Archer with a boowe in the boowe a fyne arowe ¶ Kynge Edmonde wente tho nere for to beholde it better what it myght be And anon the arowe smote hym thrughe the body there slewe the kynge· For that engyne was made for to slee his owne lorde traytoursly ¶ And soo whan kynge EdmoÌ„de was thus deed and slayne he had regned but .x. yere And his peple for hym made moche sorowe And his body they baâ—e vnto Glastenbury there theym hym enâ—yred ¶ And this fals traytour Edrith anone went unto the quene that was kynge Edmondes wyf that wyst not of her lordes dethe Anone he toke frome her tow sones that were fayre yonge that her lorde had vpon her goten that one was called Edward that other Edwyn And lawe theym with hym to Londen toke them vnto kynge Knoght that he sholde do wyth them what his wyll were And tolde hym how subtylly he had slayne kyng Edmonde for by cause loue of hym so that kynge Knoght all Englonde in his power hooly myghte haue ¶ O thou fals traytoure haste thou my true brother that was soo true thus slayne for me maÌ„ I most loued in the world Now by my heed I shall for thy traueyll well rewarde as thou hast deserued anone lett hym be take bounde honde foot in maner of a traytour lete cast hym there in to Tamyse in thys maner the fals traytour ended his lyf The kynge toke the two childern and put them unto the abbot of westmestre to warde to kepe tyll that he wyst was best with them to do ¶ How kynge Knoght sente kynge Edmondes sones both in to DeÌ„marke to be slayne and how they were saued SO it befell soone after that kynge Knoghte had all the londe in his honde and spowsed the quene Emme thorughe consente of his baronage For she was a fayre woman the whiche was Eldredes wyf and the dukes syster of Normandye and they lyued togyder with moche loue as reason wolde The kynge axed vpon a daye counseyll of the quene what was best to do with the sonnes that were Edmonde Irensydes Syre sayd she they ben the ryght heyres of the londe and yf they lyue they wyll do moche sorowe with warre and therfore lete sende them in to a strange londe a ferre to some man that maye them defoyle and destroy The kynge anone lete calle a dane that was called walgar and commaunded hym that he sholde lede tho two childern in Denmarke and soo to doo and ordeyne for them that he sholde neuer here more of theym Syr sayde this walgar gladly your commaundement shall be done anone tho two chyldern he toke and ladde them in to Denmarke And for as moche as he sawe that the chyldern were wonder fayr and also meke he had of them grete pyte ruthe wolde them slee but ladde them to the kynge of Hungry for to noursshe for this walgar was well be knowen with the kynge well beloued Anone the kynge axed whens the childern were walgar tolde hym and sayde that they were the ryght heyres of Englonde and therfore men wolde destroye them And therfore syr vnto you they be come mercy helpe for to seke And for sothe yf they may lyue your men they shal become and of you they shall holde all theyr londe The kynge of Hungry receyued them wyth moche honour and lete them worthely be kepte ¶ And thus it befell after warde that Edwyne the yonger brother deyed Edwarde the
the kynge of Englonde was come in to Normandy all the grete lordes of Normandye torned vnto the kynge of Englonde and helde ayenst the duke theyr owne lorde and hym forsoke and to the kynge them helde and all the good castelles and townes of Normandy And soone after was the duke taken and ladde with the kynge in to Englonde And the kynge lette put the duke in to pryson and this was the vengeaunâ—e of god ¶ For whanne the duke was in the holy londe god yaue hym suche myghte and grace that he was chosen for to haue be kynge of Iherusalem and he forsoke it and wolde not take it vpon hym And therfore god sente hym that shame and dyspyte for to put in hys brothers pryson Tho seased kyng Hery all Normandye in to hys honde and helde it all hys lyfe tyme ¶ And in the same yere came the bysshop Ancelmus for the courte of Rome in to Englonde ayen And the kynge and he were accorded ¶ And in the nexte yere comynge after there began a grete debare bytwene the kynge Phylyppe of Fraunce and kynge Henry of Englende wherfore kynge Henry wente in to Normandye and there was stronge warre bytwene them two And tho deyeâ— the kynge of FrauÌ„ce lowys his sone was mad kyng anone after his deth And tho went kyng Henry ayen into Englond maryed Maude his doughter vnto henry the emê‘our of Almayne ¶ Of the debate that was betwixt kynge Lowys of FrauÌ„ce kynge Hery of Eenglonde how kynhe Henryes two snes were loste in the hyghe seâ— AS kynge Henry had be kynge .xvii. yere a grete debate arose betwixt kynge Lowys of Fraunce and kynge Henry of Englonde for by cause that the kynge had sente in to Normandy to hys men that they sholde be helpynge vnto therle of Bloys as moche as they myght in warre ayenst the kyng of FrauÌ„ce And that they sholde be as redy to hyâ— as they were to theyr owne lord for by cause that therle hadde spowsed hys syster dame maude And for this cause the kynge of Fraunce dyde moche sorowe to Normandy wherfore the kynge of Englonde was wonder wroth in hast wenâ—e ouer the see with a grete power came in to NormaÌ„dye for to defende that londe And the warre bytwene them lasted two yere tyll at the laste they two faught to geder And the kynge of Fraunce was dyscomfyted vnnethes escaped awaye wyth moche payne the moost partye of his men were taken And the kynge dyde with theym what hym best lyked And some of them he lette go freely and some he lete be put vnto the deth But afterwarde those two kynges were accorded And whan kynge Henry had oonly all the londe of Normandy dyscoÌ„fyted his enmyes of Fraunce he torned agayne in to Englonde with mocheÌ„ honour And his two sones wyllyam and Richarde wolde haue come after the fader wente to the see with a grete company of people But are that they myghte come to londe the shippe came ayenst a roche and alle were drowned that were there in saue oo man that was in the same shyppe that escaped And this was vpon saynt Katheryns daye and these were the names of them that were drowned Wyllyam and Richarde the kynges sones the Erle of Chestre Ottonell his brotger Geffroy Rydell Walter Emurci Godefray Archedeken the kynges doughter the couÌ„tesse of Perches the kynges nece the countesse of Chestre many other ¶ Whan kynge Henry and other lordes arryued in Englonde and herde these tydynges they made sorowe ynough And alle theyr myrthe and Ioye was torned in to mornynge and sorowe ¶ How Maude the Empresse came ayen in Englonde how she afterwarde wedded to Geffroy therle of Angoy ANd whan that two yere were agone that the Erle had dwelled wyth the kynge the erle went from the kyng and begaÌ„ to warre vpon hym dyd moche harme in the londe of Normandy toke there a stronge castell there he dwelled all that yere And tho came to hym tydynges that Henry the Emperour of Almayne that had spowsed Maude hys doughter was deed and that she dwelled no lenger in Almayne that she wold come ayen in to Normandy to her fader And whaÌ„ that she was come vnto hym he toke her tho to hym came ayen in to Englonde made the Englysshemen to do othe and feaute to the Empresse And the fyrste man that made the othe was wyllyam the Archebysshop of CauÌ„terbury And that other Dauid kyng of ScotloÌ„de and after hym all the barons and erles of Englonde ¶ Also after that the noble man therle of Angoy that was a worthy knyghte sent vnto the kynge of EngloÌ„de that he wolde grauÌ„t hym for to haue his doughter to spowse that is to saye Maude the Empresse And for by cause that her fader wyst that he was a noble man the kynge hym graunted consented ther to And tho tooke he his doughter ladde hir in to Normandy came to the noble knyghte Geffroy there he spowsed the forsayde Maude wyth moche honour the Erle begâ—te vpon her a sone that was called Henry the Empresse sone ¶ And after whan al this was done kynge Henry dwelled all that yere in Normandy after the loÌ„ge tyme a greuous sykenesse toke him where thorugh he deyed And this kyng Henry regned .xxxv. yere foure monethes And after deyed as is before sayd in Normandy And his herte was enteryd in the grete chirche of our lady in Rouen his body was brought with moche honour in to Englonde enteryd at Redynge in the abboye of the whyche abbaye he was begynner and founder HEnrycus the fourth was Emperour in Almayne after Harry the thyrde .xv. yere This man put his owne fader in pryson there helde hym tyll he deyed And tooke pope Paschall wyth hys Cardynalles presente them as it is sayd afore For the whiche cause as it is supposed he lacked yssue For he wedded the kynges doughter of Englonde Maude But after warde he came to grace and all the lawes of the chirche freely he resyned to Calixtus the pope And besought hym to yeue hym in penauÌ„ce that he sholde neuer come ayen to his Empyre that he myghte haue remyssyon of his trespaas And after the oppynyon of many a man he was wylfully exyled and deyed and hys wyfe bothe at Chestre in Englonde ¶ Gelasius was pope after Paschall two yere And fledde frome Henry the Emperour in to Bourgoyne and there decessyd Thys Emperour those Benedyctus a Spanyarde to be pope the whiche stroue with Calixtus ¶ Calixtus was pope after hym two yere and fyue monethes Thys Calixtus was the sone of the duke of Bourgoyne was chosen in the place of Gelasius And whan he sholde come to Rome he toke the for sayd Benedictus and made hym to ryde afore hym shamefully For he on a mule torned hys face to the tayle of the mule helde the tayle in
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
Englonde and also of Scotlonde· ¶ And anone after in the same yere kynge Edwarde of Englonde receyued of the duke of Brytayne hys homage for the erldom and lordshyp of Rychmonde And so folowynge in the .ix. yere of hys regne after Myghelmas rode into Scotlond And there was faste by saynt IohaÌ„nes towne almoost all the wynter tyme And soo he helde his Crystemas at the castell of Rokersbourgh ¶ And in the same yere trughout all Englonde abowte saynt Clementys tyde in wynter ¶ Chere arose suche a sprengynge and wellynge vp of waters and also flodes bothe of the see and also of the fresshe ryuers and sprenges that the see bankes walles and costes brake vp that mennys bestes and housys in many places namely in lowe countrees vyolently and sodaynly were drowned and fruyte dryuen awaye of the erthe thrugh contynaunce and abundaunce of waters of the see ouer more afterwarde were torned into more saltnesse and sourenesse or sauoure ¶ The .x. yere of kynge Edwardes regne kynge Edwarde entred the Scottes see after Mydsomer And to many of the Scottes he haue bataylle and ouercame theym and many he treatyd and bowed vnto hys peas thrughe hys doughtynesse and hardynesse ¶ And after the feest of saynt Myghell thenne nexte folowynge was the erle of Moryf hadde and taken at Edenbrugh brought into Englonde and put into pryson ¶ And in the monethes of Iune and Iulii thaÌ„ next folowynge in the xi yere of his regne was seen and apperyed in the fyrmament a beme sterre the whiche clarkes calle stella Cometa that sterre was seen in dyuers partes of the fyrmament ¶ Where after anone there folowed in Englonde goode chepe and wonder greate plente of chaffare vytaylles marchandyse there ayenst honger scarsyte myscheyf and nede of monye ¶ In so moche that a quartre of whete at London was solde for two shellynge and a good fatte oxe att a noble and fyue good douues byrdes for a peny In whiche yere deped syr IohnÌ„ of â—lâ—am erle of Cornewaylle that was kynge Edwardes brother and lyeth atte westmestre ¶ How kynge Edwarde made a duchye of the Erldome of Cornewayle and also of syxe other Erles that were newe made and of the fyrste chaleÌ„ge of the kyngdodome of Fraunce IN the yere of our lorde a M. CCC.xxx.vii and of kynge edwarde .xii. in the moneth of marche durynge the parlement at westmestre in lente tyme kynge Edwarde made of the erldome of Cornewayle a duchye and lete it calle the duchye of Cornewayle the whiche ducye he gaaf vnto Edwarde hys fyrste sone with the erldom of Chestre And also kyng Edwarde made att that same tyme syxe other erles That is for to saye Syr Henry the erle of Lancastres sone erle of Leycetre Wyllyam of BughuÌ„ erle of NorthamptoÌ„ wyllyam of Mountagu erle of Salysbury Hughe of Awdell erle of Gloucestre Roberte of Vâ—orde erle of Southfolke And wyllyam of Clyton Erle of Huntyngeton ¶ And in that same yere it was ordeyned in the same parlemente that no man sholde were noo clothe that was wrought out of Englond as clothe of golde ne of sylke or veluet or damaske or satyne baudkyn ne none suche other ne none wylde ware ne furres of bynde that see But suche as myght spende an hundred pouÌ„de of rente by yere but this ordynauÌ„ce statute was but of lytyl effect For yt was no thynge holden ¶ In the .xiii. yere of his regne kynge Edwarde went ouer see into Braban with quene Phylyp his wyf there beryng a chylde at And warpe there he dwellyd more than a yere for to treate wyth the duke of Braban and other alyed vnto hym of the chalengynge of the kyngdome of Fraunce to kynge Edwarde of Englond by ryght and by herytage after the deth of Karoll the grete kynge of Fraunce brother Gerymayne of quene Isabell kynge Edwardes moder the whyche was holden and occupyed vnryghtfull by Phylyp of Valoys the eÌ„mys of kynge Karoll the wheche duke and all his in the forsayd thynges all other longynge there to with alle hys men and goodes kynge Edwarde founde redy vnto hym and made behyght hym suerte by good fayth truste and after that the kyng hath hym ayen into Englonde lelft there the quene styll be hynde hym in Braban Than in the .xiiii. yere of his regne whan all the lordes of his reame other that oughten to be at his parlement were called assembled togyder in the same parlemeÌ„t holden at London after the feest of saynt Hylarye The kynges nedes were put forth promothed as touchinge the kyngdom of Fraunce For whiche nedes to be spedde the kynge axed the fyfte parte of alle the meuable goodes of Englonde the wulles the .ix. sheep of euery corne And alle the lordes of euery towne where suche thynges sholde be taxed gadryd sholde answere to the kynge therof had it and helde it at his owne lust wyl wherfore yf I shold knowleche the very trouth the ynner loue of the people was torned in to hate And the comyn prayers in to cursinge for cause that the comune people were soo strongely greued ¶ Also the for sayd Phylyp Valoys of Fraunce had gadred vnto hym a grete hoste destroyed in hys partyes kyngdome many of the kynges frendes of Englonde wyth townes castels many other of theyr lordhypoes and many harmes shamys dystytes dyd vnto the quene wher fore kyng Edwarde whan he herde thys tydynges strongely meued therwythe and red and sente dyuers letters ouer see to the quene to other that were his frendes Glagynge them certefyenge them that he wolde be there hymself in all the haste that he mygh ¶ And anone after Ester whan he had sped of all thinges that hym neded to haue he went ouer see ayen Of whose cominge the quene all hys frendes were wonder glad made moche Ioy And all that were his enmyes and held ayenst hym made as moche sorow ¶ In the same tyme the kynge thrughe counseyll of hys trewe lyeges and counsell of hys lordes that there we represent wyth hym wryte the kynhe of FrauÌ„ces name and toke and medled the kynges armes of Fraunce quartred with tharmes of Englond and commaunded forth with hys coyen of golde vnder dyserypcyon and wrytynge of the name of englonde and of Fraunce be made beste that myght bee and that is to saye the floreyne that was callyd the noble pryce of .vi shellynge .viii pens sterlynge and the half nobell the value iii· shellynge and .iiii. pens and the far thynges the value of .xx. pens ¶ How kynge Edwarde came vnto the scuys and dyscomfyted alle the power of Fraunce in the hauen ANd in the next yere after that is to say the .xv. yere of his regne he coÌ„mauÌ„ded and lete wryte in his chartres wryttes other letters the date of the regne of fraunce the fyrst And whyle that he was thus doynge and trauayllynge in
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
squyres kept manly the water of seyn fought with theyr enmyes oft tymes And on that other syde of Seyn laye the erle of Hontyngdon master Neuyll the erles sone of westmer london and syr Gylbert Vmâ—reuyll erle of Keme and syr Rycharde erle of Arundell the lorde Feryers wyth theyr retenue before porte du pouÌ„te and eche of these lordes had stronge ordynauÌ„ce the kynge dyde make at PouÌ„tlarge ouer the water of Seyn a stronge and amyghty chayne of Iron put yt thrught grete pylis fast pyght in the grounde that wente ouer the Ryuer of Seyn that no vessell myght passe that in to kynde And aboue that chayn the kynge lete make a brydge ouer the water of Seyn that man hors all other caryage myght go to and fro at all tymes whaÌ„ nede were And than came the erle of warwyke and had goten DouÌ„fronte vnto kynge Henry of Englonde And anone the kynge sent the erle of warwyk to Cawdebeke for to be seyge yt And whan he came before the towne he sente his Heraudes vnto the Capytayne and badde hym yelde vp the towne vpon payne of dethe and anone he layde his sege And the Capytayne besought the erle that he myght come vnto hys presence and it pleased hym speke wyth hym and soo the good erle grauÌ„ted hym for to come And than he came oute and foure other burgeys came wyth hym entreated soo wyth this erle that this same towne was vnder composycyon to be done as the Cyte of Rome dyde and the Erle graunted and consented thoâ—to vpoon thys condycyon that the kynges nauye of Englonde wyth hys ordynaunce myghte passe by theym in saufte with out ony manere of lette or dysturbaunce And to his composycyon they sete to theyr seales And the shyppes passed vp by them in saufte and came before the Cytee of Rone in to an hondred shyppes there they caste theyr ankers and thanne thys Cyte was besyeged bothe by londe and by water And whan all this was done and the shyppes comen vp than came the erle of warwyke ayen to the kyng and lodged hym bytwene the abbaye of saynt Katherynes and the kyng tyll that the abbaye enteraced and so was yolden vnto the kynge And thanne he remeued hym thens and lodged hym before the porte Martenuylye and tho was the erle of Salysbury commaunded by the Kynge for to make hym redy for to ryde but there came hasty tydynges and made hym to abyde And soo he retorned ayen and lodged hym besyde the good Erle of Huntyngdon tylle that syege was ended ¶ And thenne came the good duke of Gloucestre the kynges brother from the syege of Chyrbourghe the whiche he hadde goten and stuffid it agayne vnto the kynges behoue and profyte vnto the crowne of Englond And whan he was comen to the kynge before Rone he lodged with greate ordynaunce before the porte Saynt Hyllary more nerer the towne and hys enmyes thenne ony other laye by .xl. roddes of lenthe within shote of quarell And wyth hym laye the Erle of Southfolke and the Lorde of Bergeyeney wyth all hys retenue and stronge ordynaunce and manly and proudly faughte euery day wyth theyr enmyes euer whan they yssued out of the cyte ¶ And thanne came the pryoure of Kylmayne of Irlonde ouer the see to the kynge wyth a fayr meny of armes of theyr owne countree gyse the somme of .xvi. hondred good mennys bodyes and the kyng welcomed theym and made theym goode there ¶ And thanne came thydynges vnto the kynge that the kynge of FrauÌ„ce and the Dolphyn with the duke of Burgoyne wolde come downe and rescowe the Cyte of Rone with a stronge power of all manere of nacyons and breke the syege And casteth hym to entre on the northe syde of the hooste by cause that there was the beste entrynge and moost playne and there for the kynge assyned the pryoure of Kylmayne wyth his power and lodged hym on the northe syde of the hoste for to stoppe theyr passage and was by the foreste of Lyons and of this ordynaunce they were full gladde so they went forthe in all haste kepte the grounde and the place that the kyng his counseyll had assygned and they quyte them as good warryours vnto thyer kynge ¶ Now wyll I tell you whyche were the chyef Capytayns gouernoure of the Cytee of Rome Monsyr â—uy Boteler was cheyf Capytayne bothe of the cyte and of the castell And Mon syre Teymygan he was Capytayne of porte Canx Mon syr de al Roche he was Capytayne of the Dysners Mon syr Anthony he was LyuetenauÌ„t to Mon syr Guy Botyler Henry Chantfyen he was the Capytayne of the porte dela Pounte· Iohan Materuas was Capytayne of the porte de la Castell Mon syr de Preant he was Capytayne of the porte of Saynt Hyllary The bastarde of Tyne he was Capytayn of the porte Martenuylle And graunt Iakes a worthy warryoure he was Capytayne of al meÌ„ of warre and he wys gouernour outwarde both on horsbacke and on foot of all men of armes whan they yssued out of the cytee of all the portes than he arayed them al they sholde encountre with our menye And eche of the Capytayns ladde fyue thousande men of armes and some moo And of the fyrste comynge of our Kynge theyr were nombred by Heroudes in to thre hundred thousande of meÌ„ and womeÌ„ chyldren what yonge and olde amonge all these was many a man full man of his hondes and so the preued them whan they yssued out of the cytee both on horsbacke and on foot for they came neuer att one gate allone but at thre or foure gates and atteÌ„ euery gate two or thre thousande of good mennys bodyes armed manfully encouÌ„tred with our EnglyssmeÌ„ and moche people slayne dyuerse tymes wyth gonnes quarelles and other ordynaunce And this syege dured ·xx wekes and euery they of the towne trusted to haue be rescowed but there cam none so att the laste they kepte towne soo lange that there deyed many a thousaÌ„des within the towne for defaute of mete of men and chyldren for they had eten theyr horses dogges and cattes that were in the towne And often tymes the men of armes drofe out the pore people out att the gates of the towne for spendynge of vytaylles and anone our Englysshmen drofe theym into the towne ayen Soo at the laste the Capytayne of the towne sawe the myschyef and that they were not rescowed and also the scarsyte of vytaylle and that the people deyed soo for defaute of meete euery daye many thousandes And also sawe yonge chyldren lye and souke theyr moders pappes were deed ¶ Than anone they sente to the kynge besechynge hym of hys grace and mercye and broughte the keyes of the towne vnto the kynge and delyuered the towne to hym al the soudyours voyed the towne with theyr horses and harnes and the comunes of the towne for to
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
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
that other And thought hym for to slee pryuely And pryuely she came to her sone vpon a nyght with two knyues and ther with kytte his throte and the body in to smale peces who herde euer suche a cursed moder that slewe with her owne hondes her owne sone And longe tyme after lasted the repreef shame to the moder that for by cause of the one sone she murdred the other so lost them bothe ¶ How foure kynges curtously helde all Brytayne and what were ther names ye shall here after AS the two brethern were deed they lefte not behynde them nother sonne ne dougter ne none other of the kynred that myghte haue the herytage And for as moche as the stroÌ„gest meÌ„ droue descomfyted the febleit toke all ther loÌ„des so that iÌ„ euery couÌ„tre they had grete ware and stryfe vnder them but amonge all other thynge there were amonge them in the counther that ouercame all the other and though ther myghte and strengthe they toke all the londes and euery of them toke a certayne countree in hys contree lete calle hym kyng one of theÌ„ was called Scater he was kyng of Soctlonde that other was called Dawalier he was kynge of Loegers of al the loÌ„de that was Lotris that was Brutes sone the thyrde was called Rudaâ— he was kiÌ„ge of walys the fourth was called Cloten was called kynge of Cornewayle But this Cloten sholde haue had all the londe by reson for by cause that there was no man that wyste none so ryght an heyre as he was But they that we strongest sette lytel by them that were of lesse estate and therfore this Cloten hadde noo more londe amonge them but Cornewaylle ¶ Of kynge Donebant that was Clotens sone wanne the londe THis Cloten had a sone that was called Donebant that after the dethe of hys fader became an hardy man and a fayr and a curteis so that he passed al the other kiÌ„ges of fayrenesse of worthynesse anoÌ„e a he was knyghte he wyste well that whaÌ„ hys fader lyued he was moost ryghtfull heyre of all the londe and shold haue had by reasoÌ„ But the other kynges that were of a moche more strengthe than he was toke from hym his londe And after warde this Donebant ordened him a grete power and conquered fyrste all the londe of Loegers after he wolde haue conquered all the londe of ScotloÌ„de walys And Scater came with his men yaue hym batayll And Rudac cam ayen wyth his walysshmen for to helpe hym â–ª but so it befel that Rudac was slayn also scater in playne batayll And soo Donebant had the victory conquered alle the londe well mayntened it in peas in quyete that neuer before it was so well mayntened ¶ How Donebant was the fyrst kyng that euer bare crowne of golde in Brytayne THis Donebant lete make hym a crowne of golde wered the crowne vpon his heed as neuer kyng dyde before and he ordened a statute that a maÌ„ had done neuer so moche harme myÈe come iÌ„ to the Temple there sholde no man hym mysdo but go there in sauete in peas and after go in to what londe or couÌ„tree that hym pleased wythout ony harme and yf ony man sette ony hoÌ„de vpon hym He thenÌ„e sholde lese his lyf And this DonebaÌ„t made the towne of Malmesbury and the towne also of the Vyse And whan he had regned well and worthely .xl. yere thenÌ„e he deyed and lyeth at newe Troy ¶ How Brenne and Belin departed bytwene them the londe after the deth of Donebant ther fader And of the warre bewixt them ANd after that this Donebant was deed his sones that he had departed the londe bytwene them as ther fader had ordeyned so that Belin his eldest sone had the al the londe of brytayne from Humber South warde And his brother Brenne had all the londe from Humber vnto Scotlond ¶ But for as moche that Belin had the better parte Brenne therfore wexed wroth and wolde haue had more of the lond belin his brother wold grauÌ„te hym no more wherfore coÌ„take warre arose amonge them two But Brenne the yonger brother had no myght ne strength ayenst Belin therfore Brenne rhrugh couÌ„sel of his folke went from thens in to Norwaeye to the kynge Olsynges prayed hym of helpe socour for to conquere all the londe vpon Belin hys brother vpoÌ„ that couenauÌ„t that he wolde haue his doughter to wyf and the kynge Olsynges hym graunted And Belin anone as hys brod was gone to Norweye he seased in to his honde all the londe of Northoumberlonde and toke al the castelles lete them be arrayed kepte the costes of the see that Brenne sholde not arryue in noo syde but that he were taken· †¶ The kynge Olsynges lette assembel a grete hoste and delyuered hys doughter to Brenne and all the people that he had assembled And thys damoysell Samie had longe tyme loued a kynge that was called Gutlagh and to hym she tolde all her couÌ„sel how that BrenÌ„e sholde her haue and her lede with hym for euer more and so he sholde lese her but that she myght for sake Brenne And whan Gutlagh had herde this tydynges he lay for to aspye BrenÌ„e with as many shyppes as he myght haue Soo the two fletes mette togyder and longe tyme they faught soo that Brennes men tourned ayen were dyscomfyted And kynge Gutlagh toke Samie put her in to his shyppe And BreÌ„ne shamefully fledde thens as a man dyscomfyted And this kyng Gutlagh wold haue gone in to his owene couÌ„tree but there came vpon hym suche a grete tempest that fyue dayes lasted soo that thorugh that tempest he was dryuen in to Brytayne with thre shyppes and no moo and tho that kepte the costes of the see toke Gutlagh and Samie and all his folke and them presented to Belin And Belin put them in pryson ¶ How Belin droue out of his londe kyng Gutlagh of Denmerk and Samie IT was not longe after that Brenne came agayne with a grete nauy sent to his brother Belin that he shold yeld ayen his londe to his wyfe and his folke and his castelles also Or elles he wolde destroye his londe ¶ Belin dradde noo thyng his malyce wolde no thynge do after that he hadde sayd wherfore Brenne came with his folke and foughte with Beline And then Brenne was discomfyted and his folke slayne hym self fledde wiâ—h .xii. men in to Fraunce And this Belin that was Brenne brother wente thenue to yorke and toke couÌ„seyll what he shold do with kyng Gutlagh For kynge Gutlagh proferde to become his man for to holde his londe fo him yeldynge yerely M.li. of syluer for euermore and for surenesse of this couenaut to be kepte Gutlagh shoâ—de brynge hym good hostage to hym sholde doo homage his folke yet he sholde swere
vpon a booke that it sholde neuer be broke ne fayled Belin tho by counseyll of his folke grauÌ„ted him his axenge so Gutlagh be came his maÌ„ Belin vndertoke of him his homage by an othe by wrytynge the same couenauÌ„tes And vpoÌ„ these couenauÌ„tes kyng Gutlagh toke Samie his folke wente thens torned ayen to Denmak Euer more after were the couenauÌ„tes holden the treuage payed tyll the tyme that Honelus was kyng of Denmarke also of his lond thorugh his wyf Gildebuâ—h that he had spoused for she was ryghe heyre of his londe ¶ This Belin dwelled tho in peas worshyp fully hym helde amoÌ„ge his barons and he made foure ryall wayes one from the eest in to the weest that was called watlynge strete and an other frome the north vnto the south and that is callen Ikelme strete And two other wayes he made in bossynge thrugh out the loÌ„de that one is called fosse that other Fosse dyke And he mayntened well the good lawes that Donebant his fader had made ordeyned in his tyme as befor is sayde ¶ How acordemeÌ„t was made bytwene BreÌ„ne Belin thorugh Cornewen ther moder BRenne that was Belins brother hadde longe tyme dwelled in FrauÌ„ce there had conquered a grete lordshyp thrugh maryage For he was duke of Bourgoyne thrugh the dought of the duke fewyn that he had spoused that was ryght heyre of the lond And this Brenne ordened a grete power of hys folke also of Fraunce came in to this londe for to fyght with Belin his brother And belin came ayenste hym with a grete power of Brytons and wolde tho haue yeuen hym batayll But ther moder Cornewen that tho lyued had that one brother wolde haue destroyed that other and wente bytwene her sones and them made acorde with moche payne So that at the laste tho two brethern with moche blysse wente togyder in to newe Troy that now is called LoÌ„don and there they dwelled a yere And after they toke theyr counseyll for to goo conquere all Fraunce And so they dyd and brente towne destroyed the londe both in length and in brede And the kyng of FrauÌ„ce yaue them batayl with his power but he was ouercome yaue trauge vnto Belin to his brother And after that they wente forth vnto Rome â— conquered Rome all Lombardy Garmany tooke humage feaute of erles bacons of all other And after they came in to thys lond of brytayne and dwelled there wyth brytons in Ioye and rest And tho made brenne the twone of brystowe and after he wente ouer to his owne lordshyp and theyr dwelled he all his lyf And belin dwelled at newe Troy and there he made a fayre gate that is called belynges gate after his owne name And whan thys belin hadde regned nobly .xi. yere he deyed and lyeth at newe Troy ¶ How kyng Cormbratê° slewe the kynge Cenmark for by cause that he wolde not paye his truage as he shold ANd after thys belin regned hys sone Cormbratus a good man and a worthy And the kyng of Denmark wolde not pay to hym his truage that is to saye a thousande pounde as he had sworne by othe for to paye it and also by wrytynge recorde to belin his fader wherfore he was euyll appayed wrothe and assembled a grete hoste of bryâ—ons wente in to Denmark slewe the kynge Gutlagh and brought the londe in subgecâ—ion all newe And toke of the folke feautes and homage and after wente ayene in to his owne londe And as he came fothe by Orkeney he fouÌ„de .xxx. shyppes full of men and wymmen besyde the coste of the see the kynge ared what they were And an Erle that was mayster of them all curteysly answered vnto the kyng sayd That they were exieled out of Spane soo that they had traueyled halfe an yere and more in the see to wyte yf they myghte fynde ony kynge in ony londe that of them wold haue pyte or mercy to gyue them ony loÌ„de in ony countree where in they myght dwuell and hauerest and become his lyege men and to him wolde do homage and feuate whyle that he lyued to his heyers after him and of hym of his heyres holde that londe And whan the kynge this herde he had pyte of hym yaue them an yel all wyldernesse there that no man was dwellynge sauf oonly wylde bestê And the Erle thanked moche the kynge and became hys man dyde him homage and feaute and toke all his folke and wente in to the same yle And the Erle was called Irlamall and therfore he lete calle the londe Irlonde after his owne name This kyng Cormbratus came ayen in to his londe and regned .xxv. yere and after he deyed and lyeth at newe Troy ¶ Anno muÌ„di iiii·M.iiii C.xl. Et ante xpÌ„i natiuitatem .vii. C.lvi. IOathan sone to Osias regned in the Iury .xvi. yere of this Ioathan no thynge is wryten of but that he toke not awaye excelsa as other dyde vt pêª .ii. para ¶ Amarias was bysshop And ysayas the noble prophete was in his dayes ¶ Olympias with the Grekes began the fyrste yere of Ioathan after Iosephus And after Beda Troy was destroyed foure hondred yere afore the fyrste Olympias began vnder Esalo a Iuge of Athens In whiche Coribus gate the chyualry amongê all men Olympus is the name of an hylle in Grecia the whiche for hys precyousnesse is called the hylle of god· And after Ierom one Olympias conteyneth fully foure yere in the whiche foure yere foure yerely prynces are made And these Olympiades are places ordeyned tothe worshyp of Iupater vnder the hylle of Olympo And the lawe of this That who someuer is beste in ony chyualry what someuer he desyreth he shall haue ¶ Anno muÌ„di .iiii. M.iiii C.lvi. Et ante xpÌ„i natiuitetem .vii. C.xliii ACham the sone of Ioathan regned on the Iewes .xvi. yere of this Acham no thinge that is good is wryteÌ„ for he forsoke oure lorde And our lord stroke him wyth hys owne people strongly and with the kynges of Tirri vt pêª .ii. para xx viii ¶ Achicob this tyme was bysshop Ozee kynge of Israell regned ·ix yere the whiche beganne to regne the .xii. yere of Acham kyng of Iewes This Ozee dradde not god for he lyued noughte And he was the laste kynge of Israell· And in the .ix. yere of hys regne he was taken of Salmanasar And Israell was translated in to Assirias vt habetur .iiii. regum .xvii. ¶ Anno mundi .iiii. M.iiii C.lxii. Et ante xpÌ„i natiuitateÌ„ .vii. C.xl. ¶ Rome AFter Euseby Rome was made in the hyl of Palatin the fourth yere of AchaÌ„ kyng of Iewes of two brethern Romulus and Remus .xi. Kal. Man the .vii. Olympiades begynnynge Iosephus Beda sayen the .vi. Olympiades so they defferre a yere Neuertheles it is redde other men to haue regned about that place myghtly in
the .xlii. yere of Octauyan themperoure whyche began to regne in Marche and in .xxx. yere of Herode .vii. C. and .l. yere after that Rome was buylded the .vi. monthe frome the conceyuynge of Iohan Baptyst the .viii. Kal. of Apryl the .vi. fery at Nazareth of Galylee of the virgyne Mary was conceyued Cryste our sauyour and the same yere was borne· ¶ Here at Crystys Natyuyte begynneth the sixte aege durynge to the fynall Iugement hauynge yeres as god knoweth ¶ Here begynneth the sixte aege durynge to the ende of the worlde THat daye our lorde Ihesu Cryst was borne a welle of oyle beyonde Tybre by Rome spraÌ„ge and ranne alle daye The goldyÌ„ yamge fell that whyche Romulê° had made and put it in his palays sayenge This ymage shall not fayle vnre a mayde bere a chylde ¶ whan Herode disposid hym to slee the chyldern of Israell he was commaunded by the letter of themperour to come to Rome to Answere to the accusacyon of hys chyldern Alexium and Aristoboli And ther were thre Herodes grely spokeÌ„ of for ther yll dedes The fyrste was called Ascolonita and vnder this man was borne cryste and the chyldren of Israell were slayne The secoÌ„de was called Antipas sone to the fyrst Herode vnder whom IohnÌ„ Baptyst heeded and cryst suffred deth And the thyrde was called Agrippa sone to Aristoboli sone to the fyrst Herode the whyche slewe Iames prysoned Peter The fyrst Herode whan he sawe his sones AlexiuÌ„ and Aristoboli thrugh the pretens of hys letter by the Emperour sende stryue for the successyon of his kyngdome he disposid and made Antipater that was his fyrste begoten sone to be before them and whan they were talkynge of the deth of theyr fader he cast them awaye they went to theÌ„perour to complayne of the wrong of therfader And in the meane tyme the thre kynges of Coleyne came by Herode vnto Ierusalem whan they came not ayen by hym he thought that they were ashamed for to come ayen by hym for bycause that they were disceyued and that they founde not the chylde as he denied therfore in the meane season he cessed to slee the chyldern of Israell and so wene vnto Rome for the cytacion of themperoure And he toke his waye by the cyte of Tarsum where he brente the shyppes in the whiche the thre kyngê of Coleyne shold haue saylled in to ther owne countree Thenne after a yere and certen dayes this Herode came frome Rome ayen accorded with his sones And for the coÌ„fyrmacoÌ„n of his kyngdome he was made moche holder and then he slewe all the chyldern of Bethleem that were of two yere of aege vnder that had space of one nyght of aege and amonge these was there one of hys owne chylrden And Aristoboli AleriuÌ„ werre had in suspeccion in so moche as they promysed a barbour a grete rewarde that he sholde take kitte ther faders throte whaÌ„ that he dide him shaue whan this Herode herde this he was greued there he slewe bothe his sones And Herode Agrippa his sone he ordeyned to be kige wherfore Antipater hys oldest sone was aboute to poyson his foder the whiche Herode Agrippa vnderstode prysoned there his brother that whiche the Emperour herde and sayd that he had leuee be an hogge of Herodes than for to be one of his sones for hys hogges he spareth and his sones he sleeth ¶ And whan that Herode was .lxx. yere of age he was stryken with a grete sykenesse in his hondes and in his feet and in his membres that noo lethe myght come to hym for stenche and soo he deyed ¶ So Antipater his sone in pryson herde tell of thys and Ioyed gretely and therefore that cause he was slayne ¶ Thenne stroue Archelaus and Herodes for the successyon of the fyrste Herode The Emperour there thrugh couÌ„seyll of the Senatours the halfe of the Iury and Idumea gaaf to Archelaus vnder name of Tetrarche And the other parte he deuyded in two Galylee he gaaf to Herode Antippa And Ituriam and Traconidem he gaafe to Philype Herodes brother ¶ And that same yere Cryste came from Egypte And Archelaus was accused many tymes of the Iewes was exiled in to Vyennam in to frauÌ„ce And in that place were sette foure Tetrarchees to the repreuynge of the vnstablynesse of the Iewes ¶ And that same yere Octauyan the Emperour deyed ¶ Anno xyristi x o I.N.R.I. ¶ Crux χÏristi IHesus Cryste at .xii. yere of aege herde the doctours in the Temple ¶ Our lorde Ihesu Cryst at .xxx. yere of Aege was baptysed· ¶ Ihesu Cryste the lorde of all thynges at .xxx. yere of aege .iii. monethes deyed far hys seruauntes ¶ Anninê° Rufus was bysshop in the Iury about this tyme. ¶ Valeriê° Geaceê° was after hym .xi. yere This man openly solde the bysshopryche he that moost yaaf had it And there was moneye in alytell whyle ¶ Poncius Pylatê° was Iuge Proctour in the Iury vnder the Emperour And vnder this man IohnÌ„ Baptyst began for to preche And our lode surffred deth the whyche was dampned to dethe vnryght wysly for drede of themperour ¶ Tyrus a certen kynge gate a chylde on Pyla a poore maÌ„nes doughter the whiche man hyght Arus this chylde of his moders name and hys beâ—syre put togyds was called Pylatus This Pylatus the fourth yere of hys aege was sente to his fader The whiche kynge of his lefull wyf had goten a chylde euen of the aege with Pylate by cause this lefull goteÌ„ chylde as they proceded in aege exceded this bastarde Pylatus he was full of enuye slewe his brother the lefull goten chylde wherfore forth with his fader seÌ„te hym to Rome for pledge for hys trybute that he payed to Rome entendynge he wolde neuer redeme hym In the whiche tyme the kyngê sone of Fraunce was pledge for his trybute the whiche exceded hym in streÌ„gth chyualry also he slewe hym Therfore the Romayns sente Pylate as a profytable man for the comyn wele to the yle of Ponto to tame the cursyd people the whiche slewe eueri Iuge that came to them And he that cursid man gouerned that vnhapy people what with thretynge with promyse with lawe with ieftes that noÌ„e of them durste contrai do to his pleasure wherfore he was called Pylate of Ponto ¶ Herodes Antipa yonge in his conuersacyons with yeftesâ— and messages drewe hym to hym made hym prynce of the Iury vnder hym And this tyme Pylate gadred moche moneye Herode not knowynge he wente to Rome that he might receiue of the Emperour that Herode had giueÌ„ him Wherfore Hyrode Pylate were enmyes togyder vnto the passioÌ„ of our lord whan that pylate sende Ihesus vnto Herode clothed in a whyte clothe thenÌ„e they were made frendes ¶ Ouidius Naso in ponto aboue thys tyme deyed the fourth yere of his exile ¶ Tyburius this tyme
was Emperoure at Rome he regned xxiii yere he lyued iÌ„ the yere that our lord Ihesu Cryst deyed somwhat after This maÌ„ was in al his werkes greteli auysed that there sholde be nothing sodenly done wyse iÌ„ warres studyous iÌ„ bokes fayr of speche fresshe in wyte saue he wold of tymes feyne hymself to do thiÌ„ges that he wolde neuer do of other This Emperour vnderstode trusted in cryst worshyped hym for god Some men saye at the last he was cruel ayenste people but it was a grete reasoÌ„ of pyte that he was euer gracious to his subgettes poore men And he had peas all his dayes alle the peple that said ayenst crysteÌ„ folke with out oni mercy he destroyed he exyled pylate for euer Thenne he decessed a worse succeded hym ¶ After Euseby it is wryten our lord at .xxx. yere of his aege chose his .xii. apostles the whiche made our Crede that is byleue and thei made it after the Resurreccyon of cryst after the holy ghost was sende vnto theÌ„ whan they had chose Mathia the apostle eche of theÌ„ made a part as it is shewed hereafter And this mathia was chose bytwene the doye of the Ascencyon and wytsondaye in the place of Iudas Scaryot the traytoust of the whiche Iudas in a history is redde thus ¶ There was a certen man in Ieruslem that hygh Ruben after saynt Ierom he was of the trybe of isacar And his wyf hyght Cyborea the whiche one a certen nyght whan he wolde lustely knowe his wyf she dremed that she shold bere a chyld of myschef the childe shold be a traitour to his king to al the peple of that regioÌ„ whaÌ„ that childe was borne called Iudas his fader his mod abhorred as well to slee ther chyld as to nourysshe a traytour to the kyng all his people ther fore they put him in to a panyer or a lepe in to the see he flowed to the yle of Scaryoth where the ladi of that place had no childe bi her husbonde she feyned her to be with childe but she fayled And after iÌ„ a lytell season the same layd quene coÌ„ceiued a chil of her husbonde whan that he was of aege Iudas many tymes angerd hym caused hym to wepe the whiche the quene sawe bete Iudas many tymes and after she knowleged that iudas was not the kynges snoe hers wherfore Iudas slewe the kenges sone he dradde the payne of the lawe fledde with certen exiles to Ierusalem And whaÌ„ he came there he gate hiÌ„ in to Pylates courte that was Iuge by cause that o cursed maÌ„ draweth to aÌ„ other therfore he drewe to pylate stode gretly in his fauour And vpon a certen daye whaÌ„ Pylate loked out of his palays in to an orcharde of a that maÌ„nes was called rubeÌ„ that was very fader to Iudas Pylate desyred to haue apples Iudas went to gadre apples Ruben ranne to Iudas for to lette hym bycause he toke hê apples whithaut ony leue whaÌ„ they had chyd this Iudas smote his fad on the heed with a stone slewe hym Iudas fled a way secretly aft that dede but it was said that rubeÌ„ died sodenly Then pylate gaf to Iudas all the goodes that RubeÌ„ had ciborea RubeÌ„s wyf that was moder to Iudas he dealed not curcesly wyth her as a maÌ„shold with hê wif for that she wepte wailed for she had put her soÌ„e to the see that she was maryed ayeÌ„st her well It was perceyued that Iudas had slaiÌ„ hê owe fad wedde hê owne mod ThenÌ„e ciborea his mod wyf meuyd hym to leue his synne then he folowed Cryst he forgaue hym his synÌ„e made hym his procoure apostle And howfals he was to Cryst it nedeth not to reherce And the same yere Mathewe was choseÌ„ the holy ghost was sende in to them as it is sayd afore ¶ The appostles or they were sparpied in to all the world they gadred theym cogyd in to IerusaleÌ„ made the Crede here folowinge that is our bileue Petrus ¶ Credo in deum patrem omnipotentem creatoeem celi eâ— terre Andreas ¶ Et in the sum xpÌ„m filium eius vnicum dominum nost rum IohaÌ„nes ¶ Qui conceptusâ— est de spiritu sancto natus ex maria virgine Iacobus ¶ Passus sub poncio pilato cruci firus moreuus et sepultus Thomas ¶ Descendit ad inferna tercia die resurrexit amertuis Iacbus ¶ Ascendit ad celos sedet ad dexteram die patris omnipotentis Phlippê° Â¶ Inde venturus est iudicare viuons etmortuos Bartho ¶ Credo in spiritum sanctum Matheus ¶ Sanctam eccleciam catholicam Semon ¶ Sanctorum communionem remissiom peccatorum Iudas ¶ Carnis resurrectionem Mathias ¶ Et vitam eternam Amen IHesu Cryst our sauyour rose fro deth to lyf sayd to his discyples All the power in heuen and in erthe is gyuen vnto me And goo ye thus in to all the wrold and preche and teche vnto euery creature and Ish all be with you vnto the ende of the world ¶ Here he chyse hym .lxxii. discyples he had .xii. apostles the whiche he sende in to all the worlde to preche Ne it is not redde that there were more ordres amonge the discyples of Cryste of whom the prestes and bysshops in the chirche of god yet kepe the fourme For to the appostles the bysshops succede and to the dyscyple preestes To the whyche two ordres all the chyrche is gyuen as a goodly Ierarche Vt patet in Decreto Damasie pape Iohannes wrote in Asia in Greke langage In principio erat verbum cetera Marcus wrote in ytalia but in greke langage Innicium euangelu Iesu cristi cÌ„ Lucas wrote in Grecea in greke langage Huic in diebus herodis iude sacerdos cÌ„ Matheus wrote in the Iury in Hebrewe langage Liber generacionis Ihesu cristi cÌ„ ¶ Here begynneth the ordre of Popes of Rome and contynneth as the lyne of Cryst dyde afore For in them god lefte his power ¶ Anno domini .xxxiiii. PEter a Iewe the fyrste pope was a blessed man a gloryous apostle of Cryst ¶ He was heed of the chyrche .xxxvii. yere And he helde hys bysshopryche in the eest .v. yere sayd masse he made our lorde alone sayd the Pater noster Thenne after he came to Antiochiam there he abode .vii. yere techynge the waye of trouth And Symon Magus he confounded away That season he preched to the people that were circuÌ„cysed the whiche were in Ponto of Galati Capadocia Asia Bichinia Thenne herde he that Symon Magus deluded the Romayns thrugh the loue of the fayth he came to Rome in the fourthe yere of Claudius the Emperour And there he preched the worde of god and shewed the falshede of Symon Magê° and tourned many a man to the
fayth Thenne he sende his precher by dyuerse prouynces by whome crysten relygyon was myghtely encreased ¶ He ordeyned the feest of Lenton afore Eester and Aduent and the Emerynge dayes to be fasted of all crysteÌ„ people in to the myrrour of the fyrste and seconde comynge of our lorde Ihesu ¶ ThenÌ„e whan he had be pope at Rome .xxv. yere .vii. monethes and ·viii dayes He was slayne of Nero Eiê° pla oê‘a vide actibus aplorum ¶ Baius this tyme was Emperour at Rome regned .iii. yere .x. monethes This Gaius was fyrst vicyous in lyuynge for two of his owne sesters he mysused and on one of them he gaâ—e a doughter whyche chylde he sette betwext the knees of Iupyter in the Temple and feyned after warde that Iupyter had goten her wherfore he dyde crye thrugh the couÌ„tree that alle men sholde worshyppe her as a goddesse This man also made an ymage lyke hymself and sente it to one Patronie Presydent at Ierusalem vnder the Romayns commaundynge hym that he shold compell the Iewes to do worshyp therto And fore thyse enormytees many other oure lorde suffred hym to be slayne at Rome in his owne Palays Of kynge Gynder that was Kymbalyns sone that wolde not paye the truage to Rome for the londe that Cassybolon had graunted and how he was slayne of a Romyne ANd after the dethe of thys Kymbalyn regned Gynder his sone a good man and a worthy and was of soo hygh herte that he wolde not paye to Rome that trybute that kynge Cassybolon had grauÌ„ted vnto Iulius Cezar wherfore themperour that was tho that was called Claudius Cezar was sore anoyed And ordeyned a grete power of Romayns came in to this londe for to conquere the tribute thrugh strengthe and for to haue it on the kynge· But thys kynge Gynder and Armager his broder assembled gadred a grete host togyd of Brytons yaue batayll to the Emperoure Claudius and slewe of the Romayns gerte plente The Emperour had after warde one that was called Hamon that sawe the people there fast slayne pryuely cast a waye his owe armes toke the armes of a deed Bryton and armed hym wyth hys armour came in to the bataylle to the kynge sayd in this maner Syr be of a good hert for goddes loue for the Romayns that ben youre enmyes anone shall be slayn dyscomfyted euerychone And the kynge gaf no kepe to his wordes ne to his speche forbi cause of the armes that he hae vpoÌ„ hym and demyd that he hadde ben a Bryton But the traytour euer helde hym next the kynge And pryuely vnder the sholder of his armes he smote the kynge wherfore the kynge deyed and felle downe to the erth ¶ whan Armager sawe his brother so deed herast awaye his arasmes and toke to him his brothers armes come in to the batayl amonges the brytons and badde them hertly for to fyght and fast laye a downe the Romayns And for the armes they wende it had be kyng Gynder that afore was slayne that they wyst not Thenne began the Brytons fyersly for to fygth slewe the Romayns So at the last the Emperour forsoke the felde and fledde as fast as they myght with his folkein to wynchestre And the fals traytour Hamon that had slayne the kynge fast anone beganne for to flee with all the hast that he myght And Amager the kynges brother pursued hym full fyersly with a fyers herte droue hym vnto a water there he toke hym And anoÌ„e smote of both honde and feet heed and hewed the body all to peres and thenne lete cast hym in to the water wherfore that wat was called Hamons hauen And after there was made a fayre towne that yet stondeth that is called Southampten And after Armager wente to wynchestre for to seke Claudius Cezar the Emperour of Rome And there Armager hym tooke And Claudius the emperour thorugh counseyl of the Romayns that were wyth hym left a lyue made peas with Armager iÌ„ this maner as ye shall here That is to saye How that Claudius the Emperour sholde yeue vnto Armager Gennen his fayr doughter for to haue vnto his wyf Soo that this londe from that tyme for warde sholde he in the Emperours power of Rome vpoÌ„ suche couenauÌ„t that neuer after warde no Emperour of Rome sholde take none other trybute of thys londe but only feaute And they were accorded And vpoÌ„ this couenaunt Claudius Cezar sent to Rome for his doughter Gennen And as she was come Claudiê° Cezar yaf her vnto Armager to wyf Armager spowsed her at LoÌ„don with moche solempnyte myrth And thenne was Armager crowned made kynge of Brytayne ¶ Of kynge Armager in whose tyme. saynt Peter preched iÌ„ Anthyoche with other apostles in dyuers couÌ„trees THis Armager regned well and worthely and gourned the londe ryght worshypfully ¶ And Claudius Cezar in remembrauÌ„ce of this accorde and for reuerence and honoure of hys doughter made in this londe fayre town a castell and lete calle the towne after his name Clauestren the whiche now is called Gloucestre â–ª thenÌ„e whaÌ„ all this was done the Emperour toke his leue thenÌ„e weÌ„te to Rome ayen And Armager thenne was kinge and gouerned the londe well and worthely all his lyues tyme. And this Armager gate a sene on his wyf whiche was callyd westmer And while that this Armager regned saint Peter preched in Anthioche And there he made a noble chirche In the whiche he satte fyrste in hys chayre And ther he dewelled .vii. yere and after he wente to Rome and was made pope tylle that Nero the Emperour lete martyr hym And then preched openly all the apostles in dyuerse londes the ryght fayth ¶ And whan Armager hadde regned .xxxiiii. yere he dyed and lyeth at the auncyente cyte of London ¶ How kynge westmer gaaf to Berynger an ylonde forlet And there this Berynger made the towne of Berwyke ANd after this Armager regned his sone westmer that was a good man and a worthy of body and well gouerned the londe It befell so that tydynges came to hym vpon a daye that the kynge Roderyk of Gascoyne was come in to thys londe wyth an hughe host of peple was dwellyng in Scanys more whaÌ„ kyng westmer herde those tydynges he lete assemble an huge host of Brytons came to the kynge Roderyk yaue hym batayll And kynge westmer slewe kynge Rodoryke wyth hys owne hondes in playne baytaylle ¶ And whan kyng Roderyks men sawe that ther lorde was slayne they yelded them all to kyng westmer became his men for euer more And he gaf them a couÌ„tree that was forleteÌ„ wherin they myghte dwelled ¶ And thyther they wente And dwelle there alle theyr lyues tyme and .ix. hondred men there were of theym nomoo lefte at that batayll· Theyr gouernour prynce was called Berynger And anone he began a towne that they myght ther in dwelle haue resorte
abbot weÌ„te with him And anone after he was crowned kynge by thassent of the Brytons Thys kynge Constance whan he was crowned and made kyng he wyst ne knewe but lytell of the worlde ne cude nothynge what knyghthode axed· And he made vortiger his chyef mayster and couÌ„seyller gaf hym all his power for to-ordeyne do as moche as to the reame aperteyned So that hymself no thynge entermedled but only bare the name of kynge whan Vortiger sawe that he had all the londe in his warde gouernall he thought a preuy treason to slee Constance the kynge that he myght hym self be crowned made kynge regne And lete sende after an hoÌ„dred kynghtes of Pehites the worthyest of all the londe them helde with hym for to dwelle \ as to be kepers of hys body as he wolde goo thorugh the londe to ordeyne thinges that apperteyned to a kyng And this Vortiger honoured so moche the hondred kynghtes soo moche yaue them of golde syluer and so ryche Iewelles robes horses and other thynges plente wherfore they helde hym more lorde than they dyde the kynge And Vortyger tolde them yf he myght be kynge ye as it were thrugh treason he wolde make them rychest of the londe Soo at the laste thrugh grete gyftes that he had gyuen largely they cryed thrugh the courte that Vortyger were beter worthy to be kynge than Constance wherfore Vortiger made semblaunt as he had ben wrothe And he departed thens from the courte sayde he must goo elles were for thynges that he hadde to do And soo the traytour sayde for by cause that they sholde slee hym that ys to saye Constance ¶ whan thys Vortyger was gone yt befell soone after that tho hondred kynghtes of Pehyces brake the doores of the kynges chambre and there they hym slewe smote of hys heed aÌ„d bare it to Vortiger there that he dwelled And soo whan vortiger sawe that heed he wepte full tenderly with his eyen and neuer theles he was som deale glad in hys berte of his deth· ¶ And anone this vortiger toke those hondred kenghtes of Pehytes and badde hys seruauntes bynde theyr hondes behynde them and ladde them to London and ther they were dampned vnto dethe as fals traytours And anone after all the Brytons of the londe by the comyn assente crowned vortiger and made hym kynge of the londe ¶ Anno dmÌ„ C.lxxiiii SOther a martyr was pope after Anycetum .ix. yere the whyche decreed that a Nonne sholde not touche the pale of the awter nor put in sence therto And that she shold were a wymple about her heed And many perylles he sawe aboute matrymony Therfore he ordeyned that noo woman sholde be callen a lefull wyf but yf she were blessyd of the preest ¶ Elentherus a martyr was pope after Sother .xv. yere the whyche ordeyned that crysten men sholde refuse no meete resonable that was mannes mete Nota ¶ Also that noo man vnaccused in cryme sholde be put from his dygnytee or degree tyll he were conuycted thorugh ensample of cryst the whyche kepte styll Iudas Scaryoth not accused and Crist knewe hym gylty And what someuer he dyde amonge the apostles for the dygnyte of his seruyce abode ferme stable· And he sente also Legates vnto Lucie the kyng of Brytayne the whiche baptysed hym his peple And Fagus and Domianus legate the whyche the pope sente fyrst preched in Englonde and this crystendome dured in Brytayne two hoÌ„dred yere vnto the tyme of Dyoclesyan the Emperour whan saynt Albon was martred ¶ Marcus Anthonius Luciê° Comodê° were Emperours but Marcus deyed anone Lucius Comodus regned Comodus was called prouffytable of scorne for he was to euery man vnprouffytable He was yeuen vtterly to lechery Many Senatours Crysten men he made to be slayne He dampned his owne wyf to deth for aege He deyed a sodeyne deth with struglynge amonge maydens ¶ Helius Pertinax after this man was Emperour .vi. monethes and was a man of grete discrecyon whome Iulian the grete lawer slewe And he entred the Empyre was slayne the .vii. moneth of Seuerus ¶ Victora martyr was pope after ElentheriuÌ„ .x. yere for the discorde of the paschall tyme he called a couÌ„sell iÌ„ Alexand where he was presente that tyme many other where he decreed that Eesters daye shold be kepte on the Sonday but he must kepte the chauÌ„ge of the moone of Apryll that was to dyfferre fro Iewes for many bysshops of the eest abode that tyme the same daye that the yewes dyd halowe that feest ¶ Also he ordeyned that in the tyme of nede childern mystht be cristened in euery place in euery water ¶ zepherinê° a martyr a Romayne was pope after victor .ix. yere This man ordeyned that Crysten peple of .xii. yere of aege aboue sholde receyue his god on Eeester daye ones oo yere also he ordeyned that all the vessels of the awter sholde be glasse or tynne and not tree as in olde tyme the consecracyon of the glorious blood was made in tree vessell· And this tyme past the worshyp of the chirche grewe glasen vessell were forbode Vt patet de conse de pri ca. ¶ Origenes the noble clerke was thys tyme he wrote so moche that saynt Ierome sayde I haue redde of Origenes werkes .iiii. thousaÌ„de volimes without pystles He translated the Byble from Hebrwe in to Greke dyde many other grete thinges And of this Origenes Sampson Salomon and Traian is a grete question amonge doctours yf that they ben dampned or saued Therfore those thynges that with out perell we ben not bouÌ„de to knowe nor the chirche is not certifyed of them And therfore lete them alonly commytted vnto god ¶ Calistus a martyr a Romayne was pope after zepherinê° â—o yere and he ordeyned the Cimiteri in via apia where many a thousande martyr is buryed ¶ Also he ordeyned the feest of the Eemerynge dayes to be kept ¶ Anthoniê° Aurelius was Emperour .iii. yere And thys man lacked no kynde of lechery at the laste he was slayne amonge a greate multytude of peple for hys myscheuous lyuynge Anthonius Marcê° regned after hym .vii. yere This man lyued abstynatly therfore he was slayne as was his predecessour ¶ Alisander was Emperour after Anthoniê° regned .xiii. yere This man at the InstauÌ„ce of his moder a crysten woman the techyng of Origenes the whyche came to Rome to conuerte her was made so good vnto crysten men that he suffred them to haue ther couÌ„seylles theyr prayers by themself but neuertheles in this tyme the cursed offycers of hym made many martyrs ¶ Anno dmÌ„ CC.xliiii VRbanus was pope after Calistê° .viii. yere and olde and yonge he was very vertuous And all the halowed vesselles of the chyrche he made of golde or syluer This man lefte his popehede and went to Agryppa and .xi. thousande virgyns wyth hym And the clergy sayd he lefte not
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
in to batayll and the other for to abyde att wynchestre in the bysshop chyrche And for that cause he was called euer after vter Pendragon ¶ And Octa that was Engistes sone coÌ„mended vter but lytell that was made newe kynge And ayenste hym began to meue warre And ordeyned a grete power of his freÌ„des of hys kynne and of Ossa hys brother \ and had taken all the londe from Humbre vnto yorke But those of yorke helde strongely agaynst them and wolde not suffre them to come in to the cytee neyther to yelde the cytee to them And he besyeged the towne anone ryght and yaue therto a stronge assawte But they of the cyte them kept well strongely ¶ And whan vter herd therof he came thyther wyth a grete stronge power for to helpe rescowe the towne put a way the syege yaue a stronge batayll And Octa his company them defended as well as they myght But at the laste they were dyscoÌ„fyted the most partye of theÌ„ slayne And. Octa and. Ossa were taken put in pryson at London ¶ And vter hymfelf dwelled a whyle atte yorke and after he wente to London And at the Eester after he wold vere crowne holde a solempne feest And lette somone all his Erle and Barons that they sholde come to that feest And all those that hadde wyues sholde brynge them also to that feest And all the seygnoury came at the kynges coÌ„maundemente as they were commaunded ¶ The feest was rychely arayed and holden And all worthely sette to meete after that they were of astate Soo that the· Erle Gorloys of Cornewaylle and. Igreyne his wyf sate nexte vnto the kynge And whan the kyng sawe the fayrnesse of that lady and the beaute that she had He was anone rauysshed for her beaute and often he made to her nyce countenaunce in lokynge and laughynge So at the laste the Erle perceyued the preuy lokynge and laughynge and the loue bytwene them And roso vp from the table in wrathe and toke his wyf â—nd called to hym hys knyghtes and wente thens wrath wythout takynge leue of the kynge ¶ The kynge anone sente after hym that he sholde come agayne and goo not thens in dyspyte of hym And the erle wolde not come agayne in no maner of wyse ¶ wherfore the kynge was wrothe and in wrathe hym defyed as his deedly enmye ¶ And the erle wente thens in to Cornewaylle with his wyfe in the castell of Tyntagyll ¶ And the kynge lete ordeyne a grete host and came in to Cornewaylle for to destroye the erle yf that he myghte But he hadde put hym in suche a castell that was stronge and welle arayed called Tyntagyll and wollde not yelde hym to the kynge ¶ And the kynge anone besyeged the called there dwelled .xv. dayes that neuer myghte spede and euer he thought vppon Igreyne vpon her layde so moche loue That he wyste not what to doo ¶ So at the laste he called to hym a knyght that was called vlfin that was preuy wyth hym and tolde hym all hys counseyll and axed hym whaâ— was best for to done ¶ Syr sayde he sende after Merlyn anone for he came telle you the beste counseyll of ony man lyuynge Merlyn anone was sente after came to the kynge And the kynge tolde hym all his counseyll and his wyll Syr sayd Merlyn I shall doo so moche thrugh crafte that I can that I shalle make you come to nyght 〈◊〉 the castell of Tyntagyll shall haue all yoâ— wyll of that lady How vter begate on Igreyne that â—as the Erles wyf of Cornewaylle Arthur MErlyn thrugh craft that he co◠〈…〉 the kynges fygure in◠〈…〉 of the Erle and Vlfin Garlois 〈…〉 in to the fygure of Iorda◠〈…〉 erles chambrelayne so that ec◠〈…〉 transfygured in to others lyke◠〈…〉 Merlyn had soo done he sayde 〈…〉 Syr sayd he now ye may goo◠〈…〉 castell of Tyntagyll axe ene◠〈…〉 your wyll The kynge toke pry◠〈…〉 to gouerne and lede to a knyght that he moche loued tooke his waye towarde the castell with hym toke Vlfin his Chambrelayne and Merlyn whan they came thyder the porter demyd it had ben hys owne lorde And whan tyme came for to go to bedde the kynge went to bedde with Igreyne the erles wyf and dyde with her alle his wyll And begate vpon her a sone that was called Arthur And vppon the more we the kynge tooke his leue of the lady wente ayen to hys hoste And the same nyghte that the kynge laye by Igreyne in bedde that was the erles wyf the kynges men gaaf a grete assawte vnto the castell And the erle hys men manly them defended But at the laste it befell so that in the same assawte the erle hym self was slayne the castell taken ¶ And the kynge anone torned againe to Tyntagill and spowsed I greyne with moche honour made her quene ¶ And soone after tyme came that she sholde be lyuered bare a chylde a sonne that was called Arthur after gate on her a doughter that was called Amya â–ª And whan she came to aege a noble Baron that was lorde of Lyons weded her ¶ whan Vter longe tyme had regned ther came vpon hym a grete sykenesse as it were a sorowe ¶ And in the meane tyme those that had to kepe Octa that was Engistes sone Ossa his brother that thenÌ„e were in pryson they lete them go for grete yeftes that they them yaue went wyth theÌ„ And whan tho two brethern were escaped were in to theyr owne countree agayne Thenne they ordeynede them a gret power of folke and began for to warre ayen vpon the kynge ¶ How kyng Vter those A loth to kepe the londe of Brytayne whyle that he was seke for as moche as he might not for his syknesse ANd for as moche as kynge Vter was syke myght not helpe hym self he orâ— Aloth sone of Eleyne that tho was cho◠〈◊〉 to be wardeyne and chyeftayne of alle 〈…〉 And soo he anone and all hys Bryâ—â—mbled a grete hoste yaue bataylle to 〈…〉 his folke but Octa at the last was 〈◊〉 ¶ It befell thus after warde 〈…〉 â—â—ytons had dedignacion of Aloth 〈…〉 â—othe to hym attendauÌ„t wherfore 〈…〉 â—as anoyed wonder sore lete put 〈…〉 in the hoste amonges his folke 〈…〉 â—de hym to Vereloyne that tho was a fayre cyte there that saynt Albon was martred And after was the cytee destroyed wyth paynems thrugh warre· thyther they hadde sente Octauian and. Ossa ther people And entered in to the towne and lete make sure the yates there they helde them And the kynge came them besyeged made a stroÌ„ge assawte but the that were within manly theym deffended ¶ The kyng lete ordeyne his gunnes and his engynes for to breke the walles the walles were soo stronge that no man myghte them mysdo ¶ Octa his
whaÌ„ he had thus deuoutly made his prayer avoys fro heuen to hym sayd And hadde hym leue the Iurney a waye in to Englonde and that he sholde goo to the pope of Rome for it was not the wyll of almyghty god that the Brytons sholde regne more in Brytane ne neuer recouered it vnto the tyme of the prophecye that Marlyn sayd before he fuâ—fylled And that sholde neuer be vnto the tyme were come that the relyques of his body shall be broughte fro Rome translated in to Brytayne And whan the ralykes of other sayntes that haue ben hedde for the persecucyon of the paynem folke shall be founde openly shewed thenn shalle they recouer theyr londe agayne the whyche they haue soo longe tyme loste throughe theyr desertes ¶ whane Cadwaldre hadde herde this answere he maruayled gretely and tolde it to the kynge Aleyne ¶ Thene kynge Aleyne dyde sende for the clergye of his londe and made them to brynge the storyes and prophecyes that Merlyn and Sybyll had sayd in theyr prophcyes And whan he knewe that the prophycye that Festom had prophecyed of the Egle. And other prophecyes accorded to the dyuyne aunswere that Caddewalldre had herde He counselled hym ryght faythfully desyred hym to leue his people and his nauy submytte hym to the dyspocysyon of god and do all that the aungell had coÌ„mauÌ„ded hym ¶ Thenye Cadwaldre called yâ—or his sone and ymori his cosyn that was his systers sone sayd to them Taketh sayde he my folke my nauy that is here all redy passe into walys and be ye lordees of Brytons that no dyshonoure come to them by interrupcyon of the Paynem folke for defaute of lordes ¶ And thene hymselfe lefte his reame of Brytayne and his folke for euer more and tooke his waye vnto the pope of Rome Sergius the whyche worshypede hym moche and so he was confessed and toke penaunce for hys synnes And he had not longe dwelled there that he ne deyed the .xii. Kalendis in Maye â— the yere of grace .v. C.lxxii ¶ How kynge Offa was souerayne aboue all the kynges of Englonde and how euery kynge warred vpon other IT befell so that all the kynges in that tyme that were in thou londe as they of westsex Marchenryche Estangle of kente and of Southsex and of other costes eche warred vpon other And he that moste myght toke the londe of hym that was mooste feblest ¶ But there was a kynge amonge them that was called Offa that was saynte Oswaldes brother This Offa conquered all the kynges of the londe and regned all aboue them all ¶ And sâ—â— gret was the that warre in euery there bytwene grekes that no maÌ„ myght wyte how the lond wente But abbottos pryours men of Relygyon wrote that lyues dedes of kynges how longe euery of theym regned in what couÌ„tre in what manere euery kynge deyed of bysshops also And therof made grete bokys and lete calle them Cronycles And the good kyng Alured had that booke in his warde And lette brynge it vnto wynchestre and lete it be faste tacked to a pylar that men sholde it not remeue ne bere it thens so that euery man sholde it see therupon loke For therin ben the lyues of all the kynges that euer were in Englonde ¶ How the kynge of Northumberlonde Osbryght forlaye the wyf of Buerne Bocarde thrugh strength and after this Buerne conquered the kyng with power and strength ANd thus it befell in the same tyme that there was a kyng in Northumberlond â—e that was called Osbryght and soyourned atte yorke ¶ And this kynge wente hym vppon a daye in to a wood hym for to dysporte And as he came ayen he wente pryuely in to a good mannes house that was called Buerne and the good man of that place was gone that tyme to the see ¶ For oftentymes there he was wonte to spye theues and robbers that oftentymes were wonte to come in to the londe to robbe brenne and slee The lady that was Buernes wyfe was a wonder fayre woman ¶ And the kynge came vnto her whan that herhusbode was absente and she trusted none harme vnto the kynge and welcomed hym with moche honour and worthely hym serued in all thynge ¶ whan the kynge hadde eten he tooke the lady by the honde and â—adde her in to a chambre and sayde He wolde speke with her a counseyll And all the folke he made voyde fro the chambre saue only the lady and he But the lady wyst not wherfore he it dyde tyll that he had done alle hys wyll And whan he hadde done this dede He torned agayne to yorke And the lady he lefte there sore wepynge for the dede that the kynge to her had done ¶ And whan heâ— lorde was came home and sawe her wepe and suche sorowe and mornynge make he axed of her what she hadde done and why she made suche sorowe ¶ Syre she sayde subtylly and falsely the kynge Osbryghtâ— hathe doo me shame and vylanye ayeast my wyll And tolde hym all the truthe how the kynge had â—orlayne her with strengthe wherfore she sayde she hadde leuer to be deed than tolyue ¶ Fayre loue be stylle sayde he for ayenst strengthe feblenesse is yltell worthe and therfore of me shalte thou neuerthelesse beloued and namely for thou hast tolde me the treuthe And yf almyghty god grauÌ„t to me my lyf I shall the aueng ¶ This Buerne was a grete man and a myghty lorde and was well beloued and grete frendes hadde And lete sende for the grettest lordes of the londe and to them made hes complaynte of the despyte that the kynge to hym hadde done and sayde he wolde be auenged how euer yt were And all hys frendes counseylled hym that he sholde goo vnto yorke there that the kynge was hym to defye And Buerne toke his mayne and came to the kynge whan the kynge hym sawe he called hym curtously Buerne by name And Buerne hym answerred to hym sayde Syre I you defye and yelde vp feautes homages and londes and as moche as I haue holden of you fro this tyme for warde I wyll neuer of the nothynge holde And soo he departed fro the kynge without more speche or ony abydynge and tooke leue of his frendes and went in to Denmarke and playned to the kynge Godern tolde hym of the despyte of that the kynge Osbryght to hym hadde donne of his wyfe And prayed hym of socour and helpe hym for to auenge ¶ whan kynge Godern of Denmarke and the danys hadde herde the complaynt of thys Buerne and the prayer that he badde they were ryght wonder glasde in theyr hertes for as moche as they myght fynde a cause for to goo in to Englonde for to warree vpon Englesshe men and for to aenge Buerne of the despyte that the kyng Osbryght hadde done vnto hys wyf And for as moche as Buerne was sybbe vâ—to the kynge of Denmarke anone they lette
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
of Caunterbury VIctor the seconde was pope after Leo And of hym lytell is wryten ¶ Henry the seconde was Emperour after the fyrste Henry .xvii. yere this man was cosyn to Conradus he was borne in wood twyes takeÌ„ for to be slayne whan he was a chylde but god defended hym euermore whan he was made Emperour many amonastery he made in the same place in the wood where he was borne This maÌ„ was a victoryoê° maÌ„ he entred iÌ„ to ytaly there he toke Padulphus the prynce of Campany ¶ Stephanus the .ix. was pope after Victor .ix. monethes ¶ Benedictus after hym he toke the dygnyte of the pope Stephanus by strengthe kepe it .ix. monethes theÌ„ne decessyd ¶ Henry the thyrde was Emperour after Henry the seconde This Henry was an Inquyete man and many times troubled that hooly man Gregorius the .vii. And fyrst he axed foryeuenesse was assoyled· But he perceyuered not longe but brought in to an other pope ayenst hym sayd he was an heretyke And Gregoriê° cursyd hym And the chesers of the Emperoure they those the duke of Baxon for to be Emperour whom thys Henry in batayll ouercame And thenÌ„e he came to Rome with his pope pursewed pope Gregorius the Cardynalles also ¶ And thenÌ„e anone Robert the kyng of Naples droue hym theÌ„s delyuered the pope his Cardynalles Neuerthelesse yet he was a man of grete almesse .iii. tymes he faught in batayll at the last he deyed wrytchedly for he was put there by his owne sone For so as he dyde to other men so was he done vnto ¶ Nicholaê° the seconde was pope after Benedictê° two yere this Nicolaê° called a couÌ„seyll ayenst that Archedeken of Turonoseus the whiche was an heretyk taught ayenst the fayth For he erred in the sacrameÌ„t after he was coÌ„uerted was an holy man but he coude neuer conuerte his dyscyples ¶ Nota ¶ Alexander the secoÌ„de was pope after hym xii yere this Alexander was an holy man he ordeyned that vnder payne of cursynge that noo man sholde here a preestê masse whom men knewe had a lemman Vt pêª .xxxii. pÌ„cer hoc He had stryue with one Codulo but he expulsyd hym as an vsurper put hym out as a symonyer ¶ How Harolde that was good wyns sone was made kynge and how he escape from the duke of Normandy AS saynt Edwarde was gone oute of this worlde was passed to god and worthely enteryd as to suche a grete lorde oughte the barons of the londe wolde haue had Edwarde Elygus sone to Edwarde the outlawe that was Edmonde Irensydes sone to be kynge For as moche as he was moost kyndest kynges blood of the reame ¶ But Harolde sone thrugh the erle Godewyn the strengthe of his fader Godewyn and thrugh other grete lordes of the reame that were of his kynne vnto hym sybbe seased all EngloÌ„de in to hys honde anone lette crowne hym kynge after the enterement of Saynt Edware This Harolde that was Godewynes sone the seconde yere afore that saynt Edwarde was deed wolde haue gone in to Flaundres but he was dryuen thrugh tempest in to the couÌ„tree of Pountyse and there he was taken brought to duke wyllyam And this Harolde wende that tho thys duke wyllyam wolde haue be auenged vpon hym for by cause that the Erle Godewyn that was roldes fader had lete slee Alured that was saynt Edwardê brother and pryncipally for by cause that Alured was quene Emmes sone the was Rychardes moder duke of Normandy that was aiÌ„enll to the duke wyllyam And neuertheles whan the duke wyllyam had Harolde in pryson vnder hys power for asmoche as this Harolde was a noble wyse knyght a worthy of body that hys fader he was accorded with good kynge Edwarde therfore wolde not mysdo hym But all manere thynges that betwext them was spoken and ordeyned Harolde by hys good wyll swore vpon a boke vpon â—oly sayntes that he sholde spouse wedde duke wyllyams doughter after the deth of saynt Edwarde that he sholde besely doo his deuour for to kepe and saue the reame of Englonde vnto the profyte and auantage of duke wyllyam ¶ And whan Harolde hadde thus made his othe vnto the duke wyllyam he lette hym goo and yaue hym many a ryche yeftes And he tho wente thens and came in to Englonde and anone dyde in this manere whan Saynte Edwarde was deed and as a man falsly for sworne He lette crowne hym kynge of Englonde and falsely brake the coue name that he hadde made before wyth duke wyllyam wherfore he was wonder wroth wyth hym and swore that he wolde vppon hym be auenged what some euer hym befell ¶ And anone duke wyllyam lette assemble a grete hoste and came in to Englonde to auengâ— hym vppon Harolde and to conquere the londe yf that he myght ¶ And in the same yere that Harolde was crowned Haralde Herestynge kynge of Denmarke arryued in ScotloÌ„de and thought to haue be kynge of Englonde and he came in Englonde and robbed and destroyed all that he myght tyll that he came to yorke and there he slewe many men of armes a thousande and a hondred preestes whaÌ„ this tydynges came to the kynge He assembled a grete power and wente for to fyght with Haralde of Denmarke and wyth hys owne hondes de hym slewe and the Danes were dyscomfyted and tho that were lefte a lyue wyth moche sorowe fledde to theyr shyppes And thus kynge Harolde of Englonde slewe kynge Haralde of Denmarke ¶ Anno dmÌ„ M.lxvi. ¶ How wyllyam Bastarde duke of Normandy came in to Englonde slewe kyng Harolde ¶ Here come Normans and expulsyd Harolde a Saxon. ANnd whaÌ„ this bataylle was done Harolde be came so proude wolde no thynge parte with his people of the thynge that he had goten but helde it all to hym self wherfore the moost parte of his people were wrothe and frome hym departed soo that oonly with hym abode no moo but his soldyurs And vpon a daye as he sate atte meete a messager came to hym and sayde that wyllyam bastarde the duke of Normandy was arryued in Englonde with a greate hoste had take all the londe about Hastynge also myned the castell whaÌ„ the kynge had herde this tydynges he wente thyther with a lytell power in all the hast that he myght for there but fewe people wyth hym lefte And whan he was come thyder he ordeyned to yeue batayll to duke wyllyam But the duke axed him of these thre thynges yf that he wolde haue his doughter to wyf as he made swore his othe behyght or that he wolde holde the londe of hym in truage or he wolde determyne thys thynge in batayll This Harolde was a proude man a stronge and trusted wonder moche vpon his strength and faught with duke wyllyam and with his people But Harolde his men in this batayll were
dyscoÌ„fyted hymselfe there was slayne and thys batayll was ended at Tombryge in the seconde yere of his regne vpon sanyt Calixtê° daye and so he was buryed at waltham ¶ Of kynge william bastarde how he gouerned hym well wysely of the grete warre bytwene hym and the kynge of Fraunce AS williâ—m Bastarde duke of NormaÌ„dy had conquered all the londe vpon Crystmasse daye then nexte lete crowne hym kynge at westmestre and as a worthy kyng yaue vnto Englyshmen largely londes to hys knyghtes And after warde he wene hym ouer the see came iÌ„ to Normandy there he dwelled a whyle And in the seconde yere of his regne he came ayen in to Englonde and brought with hym Maude his wyf lette crowne her quene of Englonde oon wytsondaye ¶ And tho anone after the kynge of Scotlonde thoe was called Malcolin began to stryue warre with the kyng wylyam And he ordeined hym towarde Scotlonde with his men both by loÌ„de and by see for to destroye kynge Malcolin But they were accorded the kynge of Scotlonde became hys man and helde all hys londe of hym And kynge wyllyam receyued of hym is homage and came ayen in to Englonde And as kynge wyllyam hadde be kynge .xvii. yere Maude the quene deyed on whom kynge wyllyam hadde begote many fayr chyldern that is for to saye Robert Curthos wylllyam Rous Richarde also that deyed Henry· Beauclerke and Maude also that was the erles wyf of Bleynes and other foure fayr doughters ¶ And after his wyues deth grete debate began betwixt hym the kynge of Fraunce Philyp but at the laste they were accorded And tho dwelled the kynge of Englonde in Normandy no man hym warned he no man longe tyme. ¶ And the kynge of Fraunce sayde vppon a daye in scorne of kynge wyllyam had longe tyme lyen in chylde bedde and loÌ„ge tyme had rested hym there And this worde came to the kynge of Englonde there that he dyde lye in Normandye at Rome And for thys worde was tho euylle apayed also wonder wrathe towarde the kynge of Fraunce And swore by god that whaÌ„ he were arysyn of his sykenesse he wolde lyghten a thousande condelles to the kynge of FrauÌ„ce anone lete assemble a grete host of Normandy of Englysshe men And in the begynnynge of the Heruest he came in to Fraunce and brente all the townes that they came by thrugh the couÌ„tree and robbed dyde all the sorowe that he myght thrugh out all Fraunce And at the last he brenned the cyte of Mandos and coÌ„maunded his people to bere wood as moche as he myght brenne And hym self halpe ther to all the he myghte with good wyll And there was a greate hete what of the fyre what was so grete of the sonne that it was woÌ„dder hote that it stuffed hym so that he became fell in to a grete dysease sykenesse And whan he sawe that he was so stronge syke he ordeyned assgned alle Normandye to Robert Curthos his sone all englonde to wyllyam the Rous and bequone to Henry Beaclerke al his treasour And whan he thus had done he receyued all the sacrameÌ„tê of holy chyrche and deyed the .xx. yere of his regne \ and lyeth at Cane in Normandy ¶ Anno dmÌ„ M.lxvi. GRegorius the .vii. was pope after Alexander .xii. yere this man ordeyned in a generall Synodus that no preest sholde haue a wyf ne sholde dwelle with wymmen but tho that the holy Synodus of Micena and other decrees had suffred And thenÌ„e the preestê sette nought or lytell pondred hys ordynaunce This pope coÌ„maunded that no man sholde here masse of a preest that had a concubyne And he on acertayne tyme whan he was Cardynall and Legate in to Fraunce proceded sharpely ayenst prelates and that were symomers And amonge other was one bysshoppe there that was gretely famed with symonye And those that accused hym pryuely hyered them to saye the countraye The whiche the Legate conceyued and aforâ— all the people he sayde Lete the Iugement of this men cesse at this tyme for it is dysceyuable and lette god dyspose for it And sayde thus it is certayne That the dygnyte of a bysshop is the yeuer of the holy ghost And whosomeuer byeth a bysshopryche doth ayenst the holy ghost ThenÌ„e yf thou bysshop dyde not ayenst the holy ghost saye openly afore all the people Gloriâ— petri et filio et speritui sancto And many tymes he beganne to saye it but he coude neuer speke spiritui sancto Thenne he was deposyd of his bysshopryche and after he coude speke it wyll ynoughe ¶ Victor the thyrde was pope after hym oo yere this man was poysoned with venym in the chaly◠¶ Vrbanus was pope after hym two yere This man cursyd the kynge of Fraunce for his aduâ—â—â—erys And he called a counseyll at Claurum in the whyche he ordeyned that matyns of our lady shold be sayd euery daye and on Saterday her solempne masse And it is sayde that this was shewed vnto the freres of Cartusis ¶ Also he called an other counseyll att Turan for the holy londe to be wonne ayeÌ„ and pryuoked the people to that matere and within a lytell tyme after that matere the holy londe was recouered and the sepulcre of our lorde and Anthioche with many other cytees taken fro the Sarrasyns And it is sayd and byleued that CC.M. crysten men wente to that Iourny For there wente of states olde men and yonge and also ryche and poore and noo man compelled theym And this passage was made by the vysyon of our lady And the prynces of thys peaple were dyuerse One was Godfroy de Boloynt a full noble man of all the worlde and a vertuous man and an other was Beemonde the Duke of Neaples And the thyrde was Hughe the kynges brother of Fraunce and many other the whyche dyde full nobly for the fayth of god ¶ And it were to longe in this boke to reherce the gloryous actes that they dyde ¶ Of kynge wyllyam Rous that was kynge williams bastardes sone the destroyed townes houses of Relygyon for to make the newe forest ANd after thys wyllyam bastarde regned his sonne wyllyam the Rous. ¶ And thys wyllyam was a wonder contraryous man to god and holy chyrche and lete ameÌ„de make the towne of Cardies that the Paynems had destroyed Thys kynge wyllyam destroyed holy chirche theyr possessions in what parte he myght them fynde And theyr fore there was so moche debate bytwene hym and the Archebyssop of Caunterbury Ancelmus For by cause that he repreuyd hym of hys wyckednesse that he destroyed holy chyrche And for that cause the kynge bare to hym grete wrath And so he exyled hym out of thys londe the Archebysshop went to the courte of Rome there dwelled with the pope And this kynge made the newe forest caste downe destroyed .xxvi. townes .lxxx. houses of Relygyon
all for to make his forest lenger and broder· And became wonder gladde proude of his wood of his forest And nourysshed the wylde beestes that were within that it was meruayle for to wyte so that men called hym keper of wodes of pastures And the more lenger that he lyued the more wycked he became both to god to all holy chyrche to all his meÌ„ ¶ And this kynge lete make the grete halle of westmestre So vpon a daye in the wytsontyde he helde therin his fyrste feest and he loked hym aboute sayd that the halle was to lytell by the half deale And at the laste he became so contraryous that al thynge that pleased god dyspleased hym all thynge that god loued he hated deedly ¶ And so it befell that he dremyd vpon a nyght a lytell or that he deyed that he was lete blood and bledde a grete quantyte of blood a streme of blood lepte on hygh to warde heuen more than a hondred fadom and the clerenesse of the daye was torned vnto nyghte and derkenesse of the fyrmamente also ¶ And whan that he a woke he hadde grete drede soo that he not wyst what for to do And tolde his dreme to men of his counseyll and sayde that he had grete drede and supposyd that to hym was some myscaunce to come ¶ And the seconde nyght before a monke dremyd of the housholde that the kynge wente in to a chyrche wyth moche people he was so prowde that he dyspysed all the people that were with hym that he toke the ymage of the Crucefire shamefully bote it with his teeth And the Crucefixe mekely suffred all that he dyde But yer yâ— kyng and as a wood man rente of the armes of the Crucefixe caste it vnder his feet and defoylled it and threwe it alle a brode And â— grete fyre came out of the Crucefixe mouthe Of whiche dreme many a man had grete meruaylle and wonder ¶ The good maÌ„ that had dremyd this straunge dreme tolde it to a knyghte that was moost pryue wyth the kynge of all men the knyght was called Hamondes ¶ Soone the moÌ„ke and he tolde the dremes to the kyng sayd That it sholde betoken other thynge than good And neuertheles the kyng laughed ther at twyes or thryes and lytell seâ—te therby thought that he wolde go hunte and playe in the forest And men counseylled hym the he shold not go the day for no maner thinge ne come in the wood so that he abode at home before meete But oonly as he had eten no man hym myght lette but he wolde go vnto the wood for to haue his dysporce ¶ And so it befell that one of his knyghtes that hyght walter Tyrell wold haue shot to a harre and hys arowe glensyd vpon a braunche thorughe mysauenture smote the kynge to the herte And so he felle downe deed to the grouÌ„de with out ony worde spekynge and so ended hys lyf dayes And it was no meruaylle for the day that he deyde he had lete to ferme the Archebisshop ryche of CauÌ„terbury xabbayes also euer more dyde grete destruccyon to holy chyrche thrugh wrongfull takynge axenges for no man durste withstande that he wolde haue done And of his lewdenes he wolde neuer withdrawe nother to amende hys lyf And ther fore god wolde suffer hym no lenger to regne in his wyckednes And he had be kyng .xiii. yere and .vi. wekes and lyeth at westmestre ¶ Anno dmÌ„ M.lxxxviii PAschall was pope after Vrbanê° .xviii. yere and .v. monethes the wiche the .xiii. yeâ—e of his bysshopryche with his cardynalles was put in pryson by Henry the fourth Emperour they myght not be delyuered vntyll the pope had swore that he sholde kepe peas with hym and that he sholde neuer curse hym and on that promyse the pope yaue the Emperour a preuylege and the yere after the pope damned that preuylege sayd on this wyse Lete vs comprehende all holy scrypture the olde testament the newe the lawes of the prophecyes the gospell the canons of appostles all the decres of the popes of Rome that all they helde I holde and that that they dampned â— dampne and moost specyaâ—le that preuylege graunted to Henry the Emperour the whiche rather is grauÌ„ted to venge his malyce than to multeplye hes paceyence in vertue For euermore I dampne the same preuylege ¶ Of kynge Henry Beauclerk that was william Rous brother of the debate bytwene hym Robert Curthos his brother ANd whan wyllyam Rous was deed Henry Beauclerk his broder was made kyng bycause wyllyam Rous had no chylde begoten on his body And this Henry Beauclerk was crowned kynge att London the fourth daye after that his brother was decessyd that is to saye the fyfthe daye of August ¶ And anone as ancelmus that was Archebysshop of CauÌ„terbury that was at the court of Rome herde telle that wyllyam Rous was deed he came ayen in to Englonde the kynge Beauclerk welcomed hym with moche onour And the fyrst yere that kyng Henry regned was crowned He spowsed maude the was Margaretes doughter the quene of Scotlonde And the Archebysshop Ancelmus of Caunterbury wedded theme And this kynge begate vpon his wyf two sones a doughter that is to saye wyllyam and Richarde Maude And this Maude was after warde the Empresse of Almayne ¶ And in the seconde yere of hys regne his broder Robert Curthos that was duke of Normandy came with an huge hoste in to Englond for to chalenge the londe But thrughe counseyle of wyse men of the londe they were accorded in this manere That the kynge sholde yeue his brother the duke a thousande pounde euery yere And whiche of them that lyued lengest sholde be that others heyre and so bytwene them sholde be noo debate ne stryfe ¶ And thenne whan they were thus accorded the duke wente home agayne in to Normandye· ¶ And whanne the kynge had regned foure yere There a rose a grete debate bytwene hym and the Archebysshop of Caunterbury Ancelmus For by cause that the Archebysshoh wolde not graunte to hym for caleÌ„ges of chyrches at hys wyll And the reforde personse the Archebysshoppe Ancelmus wente ouer the see vnto the courte of Rome and there he dwelled with the pope And in the same yere the duke of Normandy came in to Englonde to speke with hys brether ¶ And amonge all other thynges the duke of Normandye for yaue vnto the kynge hys brother the forsayde thousande pounde by yere that sholde paye vnto the duke ¶ And with good loue the kynge and the duke departed there the duke went ayen in to Normundy And whan tho two yere were agone Thrugh the entycement of the deuyl and of symple meÌ„ a greate debate arose bytwene the kynge and the duke so that thrugh counseyll the kynge wente ouer the see in to Normandy and whan
the kyng and came to his courte at his coÌ„maundement And the erle demed sauely for to come And the kyng anon lete take hym put hym in to pryson And myght neuer for no thynge come out tyll that he had yelded vp to the kynge the castell of Nicholl the whiche he had taken from the kynge with his strengthe in the .xv. yere of his regne ¶ And Gaufride the erle of Angoy yaue vp vnto Henry his sone all Normandy And in the yere that nexte ensewed deyed the erle Gaufryde And Henry his sone tho anoÌ„e torned ayen to Angoy there was made erle wyâ—h moche honour of all hys men of the londe And to hym dyde feaute homage the moost party of the londe And tho was thys Henry the Empresse sone erle of Angoy also duke of Normandy ¶ In the same yere was made a dyuorce bytwnene the kynge of Fraunce and the quene hys wyfe that was ryght heyre of Gascoyne For bycause that it was knowen and proued that they were sybbe and nyghe of blood And tho spowsed her Henry the Empresse sone erle of Angoy and the duke of Normandy and duke of Gascoyne ¶ In the .xviii yere of thys Stephen thys Henry came in to Englonde with a stronge power began for to warre vpon this kyng Setphen toke the castell of Malmesbury dyde moche harme And the kynge Stephen had so moche warre that he wyst not whyther for to go But at the laste they were accorded thrugh the Archebysshop Theobaldus thrugh other worthy lordes of Englonde vpon this condycyon that they sholde departe the Realme of Englonde but wene theym two so that Henry the Empresse sone sholde hooly haue the half of all the londe of Englonde And thus they were accorded peas was cryed thrughout al Englonde And whan the accorde was made bytwene tho two lordes kynge Stephen became so sory for bycause that he had lost half Englonde felle in to suche a malady and deyed in the .xix. yere and .viii. wekes and .v. dayes of his regne all in warre and in contake And he â—yeth in the abbaye of Feuersham the whyche he lets make in the .xvi. yere of his regne CElestynus the seconde was pope after Innocencius .v. monethes And lytell he dyde ¶ Lucius was after hym lytell proffyted for they deyed both iÌ„ a pestylence ¶ Eugenius the seconde was pope after hym .v. yere foure monethes Thys man fryst was the dyscyple of saynt Bernarde after the abbot of saynt Anastasius by Rome And came to the chirche of saynt Cesary and was chosen pope by the Cardynalles he no thynge knowynge therof And for drede of the Senatours he was consecrated without thys cyte thys man was an holy man suffred trybulacyon And atte the last he decessyd and lyeth at saynt Peters And after anone decessyd Saynt Bernarde ¶ Petrus Lombardus the bysshop of Parys brother to Graciam compyled the foure bokes of the Sentence this tyme. ¶ Petrus CoÌ„mestor brother to GraciaÌ„ and to Pyerrs Lombardus made Hystoriam Scolasticam and other bokes ¶ Fredericus primus after Conradus was emperour in Almayne in Rome ·xxxiii yere This man after the deth of Adryan the pope the whyche crowned hym dyde cursydly wyth Alexander to hym grete preiudyce For he dyd helpe foure that stroue ayenst the appostles sete And he faught myghtely ayenste the kynge of Fraunce through power of the Danys other nacyons But Rycharde the kynge of Englonde halpe for to expoulse hym And he destroyed medyolanuÌ„ to the grounde Of the whiche cytee the walles were hygher than the walles of yny other cytee This man at the laste after that he had done many vexacyons to the pope he was recounsyled for he dradde leste the Lombardes wolde haue rebelled ayenste hym he axed for yeuenes of the pope And toke the crosse vpon hym and wente vnto the holy londe and dyde many meruayllous thynges there almoost as moche as euer dyde Karolus magnus And there he came by a towne that men calle Armeniam and in a lytell water he was drowned and at Tyrum he was buryed ¶ Anastasius was pope after Eugenius foure yere and more This man was abbot of Rufy and thenne he was chose Cardynall and after pope ¶ Of kynge henry the seconde that was the Empresse sone in whose tyme saynt Thomas of Caunterbury was Chaunceller ANd after thys kynge Stephen regned Henry the Empresse sone and was crowned of the Archebysshoppe Theobaldus the .xvii. daye before Crystemas And in the same yere Thomas Beket of london Archebysshop of caunterbury was made the kynges Chaunceller of Englonde ¶ The seconde yere that he was crowned he lete caste downe all the newe castels that were longyngt to the Crowne the whiche kynge Stephen had yeue vnto dyuerse men them hade made erles barons for to holde with hym to helpe hym ayenst Henry thempresse sone ¶ And the fourth yere of his regne he put vnder his owne lordshyp the kyng of walis And in the same yere the kyng of Scotlond had in his owne honde that is to saye the cyte of Karleyll the castell of Bambrugh and the newe castell vpon Tyne and the erledom of Lancastre ¶ The same yere the kyng with a grete power wente in to walys lete caste downe woodes and made wayes made stronge the castell of Rutlonde Basyngwark And amonge the castels he made an howse of the Temple ¶ And in the same yere was Rycharde his sone borne that afterwarde was erle of Oxforde And the fourth yere of his regne he made Gaufryde erle of Brytayne And in that yere he chaunged his moneye And the .vi. yere of hys regne he ladde a grete hoste to Tolouse conquered it And the .vii. yere of his regne deyed Theobaldus the Archebisshop of Caunterbury and tho almoost al the cyte of CauÌ„terbury through myschyef was breÌ„te The .ix. yere of his regne Thomas beket that was his ChauÌ„celler was chosen Archebysshop of Caunterbury· And vpon saynt Bernardes daye he was sacred And in that yere was borne the kyngê doughter Eelenore ¶ And in the .x. yere of his regne saynt Edwarde the kyng was translated wyth moche honour ¶ And the .xi. yere of hys rgne he helde his parlameÌ„te at Northampton and fro thens sledde saynt Thomas Archebysshop of Counterbury for the grete debate that was betwixt the kynge hym For yf he had be fouÌ„de on the morowe he had be slayne therfore he fledde thens wyth thre felowes on foot oonly that no man wyste where he was \ wente ouer the see to the pope of Rome And this was the pryncypall cause For asmoche as the kynge wolde haue put clerkes to deth that were ataynt of felonye without ony preuelegye of holy chyrche ¶ And the .xii. yere of his regne was Iohan his sone borne ¶ And the .xiii. yere of his regne deyed Maude the Empresse that was
moder ¶ The .xiiii. yere of his regne the duke of Saxon spowsed Maude his doughter And he begate vpon her thre sones that were called Henry Othus and. Wyllyam ¶ And in the xv yere of hys regne deyed the good Erle Robert of Glocestre that founded the abbaye of Nonne of Eton. And in the same yere Marke kynge of Ierusalem conquered Babylon ¶ And the .xvi. yere of his regne he lete crowne his sone Henry at westmestre· hym crowned Roger Archebysshop of yorke iÌ„ harmyng of ThoÌ„as archebysshop of CauÌ„terbury wherfore this same Roger was accusyd of the pope ¶ How kynge Henry that was sone of kynge Henry the Empresse sone and of the debate that was bytwene hym and his fader whyle that he was in Normandye AFter the cornacyon of kynge Henry the sone of kyng Henry the Empresse lone That same Henry thempresse sone wente ouer to Normandy there he lete mary Elenore his doughter of the Dolphyn that was kynge of Almayne And in the .vii. yepe that the Archebysshop saynt â–ª Thomas had beÌ„ our lawed the kyng of FrauÌ„ce made the kyng saynt Thomas accorded And thenÌ„e cam Thomas the Archebysshop to Chaunterbury ayeÌ„ to his owne chyrche this accorde was made in the begynnyng of Aduente afterwarde he was slayne martred the fyfth daye of Crystmasse thenne folowynge For kynge Henry thoughâ— vpon saynt Thomas the Archebysshop vpon Crystmasse daye as he sate at hys mete these wordes sayd That yf he had ony good knyghtes wyth hym he had be many a day passeâ— auenged vpon the Archebysshop Thomas· ¶ And anone syr Wyllyam BretoÌ„ syr Hugh Moruile syr wyllyam Tracy syr Reygnâ—lâ—de Fitz vrse beers sone in Englysshe pryuely wente vnto the see came in to Englonde vnto the chyrche of CauÌ„terbury there they hyâ— martred at saynt Benets awter in the modeâ— chyrche And that was in the yere of the Incarnacyon of Ihesu Cryst M.C.lxxii yere And anone after Henry the newe kyng began for to make warre vpon Henry his fader vpon his brothern wyllyam Othus ¶ And so vpon a daye the kyng of Fraunce al the kynges sones and the kynge of Scotlonde and all the gretest lordes of Englonde were rysen ayenst kyng Henry the fader And at the last as god wolde he conquered all his enmyes And the kynge of Fraunce he were accorded· ¶ And tho sente kyng Henry specyally vnto the kynge of Fraunce prayed hym hertely for his loue that he wolde sende to hym the names bi letters of them that where the begynners of the warre ayenst hym And the kyng of fraunce sent ayen to hym by letters the names of theÌ„ that began that warre ayenst hym The fyrste was IohnÌ„ hys sone Rycharde his brother HeÌ„ry the newe kyng his sone Tho was Henry the king woÌ„der wroth cursyd the tyme the euer he hym begate whyle the warre dured HeÌ„ry his sone the newe kyng deyed sore repeÌ„tyng his mysdedes moost sorow made of ony maÌ„ for bycause of saint Thomas deth of CauÌ„terbury and prayed hys fader wyth moche sorowe of herte mercy for his trespaas And his fader forgaaf hym and had of hym grete pyte And after he deyed the .xxxvi. yere of his regne lyeth at Redynge ¶ How the crysten men loste alle the holy londe in the forsayd kinges tyme by a fals Crysten man that became a sarrasyne ANd whyle thys kynge regned the grete bataylle was in the holy londe bytwene the crysten men and the sarrasyns but Crysten men were there slayne thrugh greate treason of the erle Tyrpe that wolde haue had to wyf the quene of Iherusalem that somtyme was Baldewynes wyfe but she forsoke hym and toke to her lorde a knyght a worthy man that was called syr Gnyperches wherfore the erle Tyrpe was wroth wente anone ryght to the Soudan that was Soudan of Babylon became his man and forsoke hys crystendome and alle crysten lawe And the cerysten men wyst not of his dedes but wende for to haue had grete helpe of hym as they were wonte to haue before ¶ And whan they came to the bataylle thys fals Cresten man torned vnto the Sarrasyns forsoke his owne nacyon And soo were the crysten men there slayne with the Sarrasyns ¶ And thus were the crysten men slayne put to horryble dethe and the cyte of Ierusalem destroyed and the holy crosse borne a waye ¶ The kynge of Fraunce all the grete lordes of the londe lete them be crossyd for to go in to the holy londe· And amonges them wente Rycharde kynge Henryes sone fyrst after the kynge of Fraunce that tooke the crosse of the. Archebysshop of Toures But he toke not the vyage at that tyme for cause that he was lette by other maner wayes nedes to be done ¶ And whan kynge Henry his fader had regned .xxxvi. yere and .v. monethes and four dayes he deyed and lyeth at Fonntenerad ¶ Anno dmÌ„ M. C·lvi ADrianus the fourth was pope after Anastasius ·v yere This pope was an Englysshe man the voys of the comyn people sayth he was a bouÌ„de man to the abbote of saynt Albon in Englonde And whan he desyred to be made a monke there he was expulsyd and he wente ouer see and gaue hym to studye and to vertue And after was made bysshop of Albanacens thenne he was made Legate in to the londe of wormacian and he conuerted it to the fayth Thenne he was made pope and for the woundynge of a Cardynall he enterdyted all the cytee of Rome And he cursyd wyllyam the kyng of Cecyle and caused hym to submytte hym This man the fyrst of all the popes with his Cardynalles dwelled in the olde cyte ¶ Alexander the thyrde was pope after hym .xii. yere This Alexander had stryfe ·xvii yere and the foure stryuers that the Emperour sette ayenst hym he ouercame them cursyd them and all deyed an euyll deth This man also accorded Frederyke the Emperour and â–ª Emanuell of Constantinoble the kynge of seculoruÌ„ And this man nourysshed saynt Thomas of Caunterbury in his exyle ¶ Nota. ¶ Saynt Bernarde was canonysed by this Alexander and his abbot for bode hym he sholde do no myracles for there was so myghty concours of people And he obeyed to hym whan he was deed and dyde no moo ¶ Lutius the thyrde was pope after Alexander .iiii. yere and two monethes Of hym lytell is wryten In hys dayes decessyd Henry the fyrste sone to Henry the seconde this is his Epytaphy Omnis honoris honor decor et decus vrbis et orbis Milicie splendor gloria lumen aper Iulius ingenio virtutibus hector Achellis viribus Augustus moribus ore paris ¶ Vrbanus the thyrde was pope after Lucius two yere this man decessyd for sorowe whaÌ„ he herde tell that Ierusalem was taken with the sarrasyns· ¶ Gregorius the viii was pope after hym foure monethes And he practysed
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
theyr rentes for euer more And that he commaunded to euery Shyref thrugh out all Englonde that they shold enquyre yf ony bysshop abbot or pryour or ony other Prelate of holy chyrche fro the daye afterwarde receyue ony commaundement that cometh fro the pope That they sholde take the body bryng it before hym and that they sholde take in to the kynges hondes all theyr londes of holy chyrche that were yeue to ony man by the Archebychop or by the pryour of CauÌ„terbury from the tyme of eleccion of the Archebysshop And commaunded that alle the woodes that were the Archebysshops sholde be caste downe vnto the grounde and all solde ¶ How kynge IohnÌ„ destroyed the ordre of Cesteaux ANd in the same yere the Irysshe men began to warre vpon kynge Iohn the kynge ordeyned hym for to go in to Irlonde lete arere an huge taxe thrughout al Englonde that is for to saye .xxx. thousande marke And thus he sent thrugh out all Englonde vnto moÌ„kes of the ordre of Cisteaux that they shold helpe hym of ·vi thousande marke of syluer ¶ And they answered and sayd that they durst no thynge do without theyr chyef abbot yf Cisteaux wherfore kynge Iohan whan he came ayen from Irlonde dyde them so moche sorowe care that they wyst not wheder to a byde for he tooke so moche raunson of euery hous the somme amouÌ„ted to .ix. thousande .iiii. hondred marke so that they were clene lost destroyed voyded cheyr houses theyr londes thrughout all Englonde And the abbot of wauersaye draded so moche hys menace that he forsoke all the abbaye went thens pryuely ordeyned hym ouer the see to the hous of Cisteaux whan the tydynges came to the pope that the kynge hath done so moche malyce then he was to warde the kynge full wroth And sente to Legates vnto the kyng that one was called Pandulf the other Duraunt that they sholde warne the kynge in the popes name that he sholde cesse of his persecucion that he dyde vnto holy chirche amende the wronge the trespasse that he had done to the Archebysshop of Caunterbury to the pryour vnto the monkes of Caunterbury to all the clergye of Englonde And that he sholde rest ore al the goodes ayen that he had taken of them ayenst theyr wyll elles they sholde curse hym by name And to do this thynge and to conferme the pope toke them his letters in bulles patentes ¶ These two Legates came in to englonde came to the kynge to Northamton there that he helde his parlyamente full curteysly they hym salewed sayd Syr we come fro the pope of Rome the peas of the holy chyrche the londe to amende And we admonest you fyrst in the popes half that ye make full restytucyon of the goodes that ye haue rauysshed taken of holy chyrche of the londe And that yâ— receyue Stephen Archebysshop of Caunterbury in to his dygnytee the pryour of Caunterbury his moÌ„kes And that ye yelde ayen vnto the Archebysshop alle his londes rentes without ony withholdynge ¶ And syr yet more ouer that ye shall make restytucyon vnto all holy chyrche wherof they shall holde them wel apayed Tho answered the kynge as touchynge the pryour his monkes of Caunterbury All that ye haue sayde I wyll do gladly and all thynge that ye wyll ordeyne But as touchynge the Archebysshop I shall tell you in my herte as it lyeth That the Archebysshop leue his archebysshoppryche that the pope thenÌ„e for hym wolde praye thenÌ„e vpon auenture me sholde lyke some other bysshopryche to yeue hym in Englond And vppon this condicyon I wyl hym accepte receyue And neuertheles as Archebysshop in Englonde yf he abyde he shall neuer haue so goodê saufconduyte but that he shall be take ¶ Tho sayde Pandulf vnto the kynge Syre holy chyrche was wonte neuer to dyscharge an Archebysshop wythout cause resonable But euer it hath be wonte to chastyse prynces that to god holy chyrche were In obedyence ¶ What how now sayde the kyng menace ye me Naye sayde Pandulf But ye now openly haue tolde as it standeth in your herte And to you we wyll tell what is the popes wyll And thus it standeth that he hathe you hooly enterdyted accursyd for the wronges that ye haue done to holy chyrche to the clergye And for as moche as ye dwelle beth in wyll to abyde in malyce in wretchednesse wyll not come out therof ne to ameÌ„de ye shall vnderstande that this tyme after warde the sentence is vpon you yeuen and holdeth stede and strength and vpon all tho that with you hath comuned before this tyme whether they ben erles barons or knyghtê or ony other what so euer that they be we them assoylle saufly vnto this day· fro this tyme after warde of what condycyon someuer that they ben we them accurse that with you comyne ony worde do wene seÌ„tence vpon them openly and specially And we assoyle clene erles barrns knyghtes and all other meÌ„ of theyr homages seruyces and feautres that they sholde vnto you do And this tydynge to conferme we yeue playne power to the bysshop of wynchestre and the bysshop of Norwhiche And the same power we yeue in to ScotloÌ„de to the bisshop of Rochestre and of Salysbury And in walys we yeue the same power to the bysshop of saynt Dauyd and of Landaf of saynt Asse And more ouer we sente thrugh out all Crystendom that all the bysshops beyonde the see that they do accurse all tho that helpe you or ony counseyl yeueth you in ony maner nede that ye haue to doo in ony parte of the worlde And we assoyle them also all by auctoryte of the pope commauÌ„de them also with you for to fyght as with hym that is enmye to all holy chyrche ¶ Tho answered the kynge what may ye do more to me ¶ Tho answered Pandulf we saye to you in the worde of god that ye ne no heyr that ye haue neuer after this daye may be crowned Tho sayd the kyne By hym that is almyghty god I had wyst this are that ye came in to my londe that ye had brought me suche tydynges I shold haue made you redy all one yere ¶ Tho answered Pandulf Full well wende we at our fyrst comynge that ye wolde haue be obedyent to god holy chyrche haue fulfylled the popes commauÌ„dement now we haue shewed vnto you pronounced the popes wyll as we were charged therwith And as now ye haue sayde that yf ye had wyst the cause of our comynge that ye wolde haue do vs to ryde all an hole yere And as well ye myght haue sayd that ye wolde haue taken an hoole yere of respyte by the popes leue ¶ But for to suffre what deth ye coude ordeyne we shall not spare for to
tell you hooly all the popes message and his wyll that we were charged with ¶ How Pandulf delyuered a clerke that had falsyd counterfetyd the kyngê moneye before the kynge hymself ANd anone tho commaunded the kynge the Syrefs Baylyfs of Northampton that were in the kynges presence that they sholde brynge forth all the prysoners that they myght be done to deth before Pandulf for by cause the kynge wened that they wolde haue gaynsayd theyr dedes for cause of the deth all thynge that they hadde spoken afore ¶ Whan the prysoners were come before the kynge the kynge commaunded some to be hanged and some to be drawen and some to drawe out theyr eyen out of theyr heed And amonge alle other there was a clerke that had falsyd the kynges moneye And the kynge coÌ„maunded that he shoyde be hanged and drawed· And whan Pandulf herde this commaundemente of the kynge he sterte hym vp ryght quyckly anone axed a boke and a candell and wolde haue cursyd the kynge all theym that wolde sette vpon the clerke ony honde And Pandulf hym self wente for to seke a crosse And the kynge folowed hym delyuered hym the clerke by the hoÌ„de that he sholde doo with hym what he wolde And thus was the clerke delyuered went thens ¶ And Pandulf and Duraunt his felowe went fro the kyng came agayne to the pope of Rome And tolde hym that kynge Iohan wolde not amended be But euer abode so acrcusyd ¶ And neuertheles the pope grauÌ„ted that yere thorughout alle Englonde that preestes myght synge masse in couenable chyrches and consecrate our lordes body â— gyue it to syke men whiche were lykely to passe out of this worlde And also that men myght crysten chyldern ouer all the londe ¶ And whan the pope wyst and sawe that the kynge wolde not be vnder the rule of hooly chyrche for noo maner thynge The pope thenÌ„e sent to the kynge of FrauÌ„ce in remysseon of his synnes that he sholde take with hym alle the power that he myght go in to Englond for to destroye the kynge Iohan ¶ Whan these tydyges came to kynge Iohan thenne was he sore anoyed sore dradde lest he sholde lese his reame hym self be done to the deth ¶ Thenne sente he to the pope messengers sayd He wolde be Iustifyed come to amendemente in all thynges and wolde make satysfaccyon to all maner of men after the popes ordynaunce ¶ ThenÌ„e sente the pope ayen in to Englonde Pandulf and other messenger and came to Caunterbury to the kynge there abode· And the .viii. daye of May the kynge made anotheâ— for to stande to the popes ordynaunce before Pandulf the Legate in all maner of thynges in whyche he was accursyd And that he sholde make full restytucyon to all meÌ„ of holy chyrche of relygyon and of the goodes that he had taken of them ayenst theyr wyll And all the grete lordes of Englonde swore vpon the boke and by theyr holydom that yf the kynge wolde not holde his othe they sayd the they wolde by strength make hym holde it ¶ Thenne put the kymge hym to the courte of Rome and thenne gaaf he vp the reame of Englonde and of Irlonde for hym and for his heyers for euer more that sholde come after hym soo that kynge Iohan and his heyers sholde take the two reames of the popes hondes And sholde euery yere paye ferme vnto the courte of Rome a thousande marke of syluer And tho toke the kyng the crowne of hys heed sete it vpon his knees And these wordes sayd he in herynge of all the grete lordes of Englonde Here Iresygne vp the crowne the reame of Englonde in to the pope Innocencius hondes the thyrde put me hooly in his mercy and in his ordynaunce ¶ Tho receyued Pandulf the crowne of kynge IohnÌ„ and kept it â—yue dayes as fore seasynge takynge of two realmes of Englonde of Irlonde And coÌ„fermed all maner thyngê by his Chartre that foloweth afer ¶ Of the letetr oblygatorye the kynge IohnÌ„ made to the courte of Rome wherfore the Peters pens ben gadred thrughout al Englonde TO all crysten people throghout all the worlde dwellynge Iohan by the grace of god kynge of Englonde gretynge to your vnyuersyte And be it knowen that for as moche as we haue greued and offended god and our moder holy chyrche of Rome And for asmoche as we haue nede vnto the mercy of our lorde Ihesu cryst And also we may no thynge so worthy ofâ—re as competent satysfaccyon to make to god and to holy chirch but yf that yt were owr owne body as wyth our reames of Englonde and of Irlonde ThenÌ„e by the grace of god we desyre to meke vs for the loue of hym that meked hym to the dethe of the crosse Thorugh couÌ„seyll of these noble erles and barons we offre all freely graunt to god and to the appostle saynt Peter and saynt poule and to our moder chirche of Rome and to our holy fader pope Innocencius the thyrde and to all the pooes that cometh after hym all the reame and patronages of chirches of Englonde and of Irlonde with theyr appertenaunces for remyssyon of oure synnes and for helpe helthe of our kynne soules and of all crysten soul is So that from this daye after warde we wyll receyue holde of our moder chyrche of Rome as fee ferme doynge feaute to our holy fader pope Innocencius the thyrde and so to all the popes that cometh after hym in the same manere aboue sayd And in presence of the wyse man Pandulf the popes Subdeaken we make lyeges homage as it were in the popes presence and before gym were And shall do all manere thyngê aboue sayd And therto we bynde vs and all that cometh after vs our heyres for euer more without ony agayn sayenge to the pope and eke the warde of chyrche vacauntz And in token for this thyng for euer to laste we wyll conferme and ordeyne that our specyall rentes of the forsayd râ—ame sauynge saynt Peters pens in al thynge to the moder chyrche of Rome payeÌ„ge bi yere a thousande marke of syluer and two termes of the yere for all manere customes that we sholde doo for the forsayd reames that is to say to Myghelmas and atte Eester That is to saye .vii. hondred marke for Englonde thre hondred marke for Irlond Sauynge to vs and to our heyres our Iustyces and other fraunchyse other ryaltees that perteyne vnto the crowne And these thynges before ben sayd we wyll that it be ferme stable without ende And to that oblygacyon we our successours oure heyres in this manere be bounde that yf we or ony of oyr heyres thorugh ony presumpcyon falle in ony poynt ayenst ony of these thynges aboue sayde and he be warned and wyll not ryght amende he shall thenne lese the forsayd reame for euermore And that is
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
in to Englonde with a stronge power of people â— to be kynge of Englonde· ANone as kynge Phylyp of Fraunce herde these tydynges he made certayne alyaunce bytwene theym by theyr comune eleccyon that Lowys kynge Phylyps sone of Fraunce sholde go with theym in to Englonde and dryue out kynge Iohan of the londe And all that were in presence of Lowes made vnto hym homage became his men ¶ And the Barons of Englonde helde them styll att London and abode Lowys the kynges sone of Fraunce And thys was the nexte Saterdaye before the Ascensyon of our lorde that Lowys came into Englonde wyth a stronge power And that tyme kynge IohnÌ„ had taken alle the castels of Englonde in to Alyens hondes ¶ And tho came Lowwys and besyeged Rochestre castell and tooke yt wyth strength And the thursdaye in wytson weke lete hange all the Alyens that were therin And the Thursdaye nexte se wynge he came to London and there he was receyued with moche honur of the lordes that abode hym there all to hym made homage ¶ And after warde on the Tewysdaye nexte after the. Trynyte sondaye he toke the castel of Reigate And on the morowe after the castell of Gilforde and the Frydaye nexte after the castell of Farneham And the Mondaye nexte after the cyte of wynchestre to hym was yolde and the morowe after Saynt Iohans daye the maner of wuâ—ueseye to hym yelden â–ª And the Tewysdaye after the Vtas of saynt Peter and Poule they toke the castell of Odyham And the mondaye after saynt Margaretes day he ordeyned hym to warde Bawmore for to syege the castell and there he dwelled .xv. dayes and myghte not gete the castell and thenne wente he thens and came to London and the Toure to hym was yolden How the pope seÌ„te in to Englonde a legate that was called Swalo of the deth of kynge Iohan. ANd in the same tyme the pope sente in to Englond a Legate that was called Swalo and he was preest Cardynall of Rome for to mayntene kynge Iohans cause ayenst the barons of Englond But the barons had so huge parte helpe thorugh lowys the kynges sone of FrauÌ„ce that kyng IohnÌ„ wyst not to â—orne ne go And so it befell that he wolde haue gone to Nycholl· And as he went thyder warde he came by the abbaye of Swynes hede there he abode two dayes And as he sate at mete he axed a monke of the hous how moche that a loof was wroth that was sette before hym vpoÌ„ the table And the monke sayd â—hat the loof was wroth but an half peny O sayd the kynge tho Here is greate chepe of brede Now sayde he tho and I may leue ony whyle suche a loof shall be wrothe .xx. shelynges or half a yere be gone And so whan he sayd this worde moche he thought often he syghed toke and ete of the brede and sayd by god the worde that I haue spoken it shall be sothe· ¶ The moÌ„ke that stode before the kyng was for this worde full sory in hys herte thought rather he wolde hym self suffre deth thought yf he myght ordeyne therfore some maner remedy And anone the monke wente vnto hys abbot and was shryuen of hym and tolde the abbot all that the kynge had sayd And prayed hys abbot for to assoyle hym for he wolde yeue the kynge suche a drynke that all Englond sholde be glad therof and Ioyfull Tho yede the monke in to a gardeine and fouÌ„de a grete tode therin and toke her vp and put her in a cuppe prycked the tode thorugh with a broche many tymes tyll that the venym came out of euery syde in the cuppe And tho tooke the cuppe fyllyed it with good ale and brought it before the kyng knelynge sayenge Syr sayd he wassayll for euer the dayes of all your lyf dronke ye of so good a cuppe ¶ Begyne monke sayd the kynge ¶ And the monke dranke a greate draught and toke the kynge the cuppe and the kynge dranke also a greate draught and sette downe the cuppe The monke anon ryght wente in to farmere there deyed anone on whoo 's soule god haue mercy Amen And fyue monkes synge for his soule specyally shall whyle that the abbaye standeth The kynge rose vp anone full euyll at ease and commauÌ„ded to remeue the table and axed after the monke And men tolde hym that he was deed for his wombe was broken in sondre ¶ Whan the kyng herde this he coÌ„maunded for to trusse but it was for nought for is bely began to swelle for the drynke that he had droÌ„ke within two dayes he deyed on the morowe after saynt Lukys daye had many fayr chyldern of his body begaten that is to say HeÌ„ry his sone that was kyng after Iohan his fader Rycharde that was Erle of Cornewaylle and ysabell that was Empresse of Rome Elenore that was quene of Scotlonde And this kyng Iohan whan he had regned .xiiii. yere fyue monethes fyue dayes he deyed in the castell of ne werke And his body was buryed at wynchestre ¶ Anno dmÌ„ M.CC. FRedericus the seconde was Emperour xxx yere This man was crowned of Honorius the pope ayenst Otto for by cause that he sholde fyght wyth hym the whyche he dyde and expulsyd hym And fyrste he nourysshed the chyrche and afterwarde he dyspoyled it as a stepmoder· wherfore Honorius cursyd hym and all tho that were contrary to hys opynyon the pope assoyled And the same sentence Gregorius the .ix. renewed And this same man put Henry hys owne sone in to pryson and there murdred hym wherfore whan thys Emprerour an other season was lyke by an other sone of his owne he was murdred in the tyme of Innocentius the fourth ¶ Honorius the thyrde was pope after Innocenciê° .x. yere confermed the ordre of frere Prechers Mynors· And made certayne Decretalles ¶ Of kynge Henry the thyrde that was crowned at Gloucetree ANd after this kynge Iohan regned his sone Henry was crowned at Gloucette whan he was .ix. yere olde on saynt Symondes daye Iyde of Swalo the Legate of Rome thrugh counseyll of all the grete lordes that helde with kynge Iohan hys fader that is to saye the erle Radulf of Chestre wyllyam erle Marshall erle of Penbroke Wyllyam the Brener erle of Feries Serle the manly baron And all other grete lordes of Englonde helde with Lowys the kynges sone of FrauÌ„ce And anone after whan kynge Henry was crowned Swalo the Legate helde his counseyll at Brystowe at saynt Martyns feest And there were xi byssops of Englonde of walys and of other prelates of holy chyrche a grete nombre and erles barons many knyghtes of Englonde And all tho that were at that counseyll swore feawte vnto Henry the kyng that was kynge IohnÌ„s sone ¶ And anone after the Legate enterdyted walys for cause that they helde with the barons of Englonde Also all
kyng of Cecyle fro his kyngdome And after he had done many bataylles ayenst men of mysbyleue many trybulacoÌ„ns suffred he decessyd dyd many miracles ¶ Nycholaê° delira a noble douctour of dyuyte was thys tyme at Parys this man was a Iewe of nacyon he was coÌ„uerted myghtely profyted in the ordre of frere Mynours he wrote ouer all the Byble Grelles he was in the yere of our lord M·CCC xxx some man say he was a Braban that his fader his moder were crystne but for pouerte he vysyted the scole of the Iewes so he lerned the Iewes langage or elles thys Nycholaê° was informed of the Iewes in hys yonge aege ¶ Honorius the fourth was pope after Martynê° two yere lytell of hym ys wryten but that he was a temperat man a dyscerte ¶ Nicholaus the fourth was pope after hym foure yere this man was a frere Mynor although he was a good man in himself yet many vnhappy thynges fell in his tyme to the chirche For many a batayll was in the cyte thrugh his occasyon for he drewe to moche to the one parte And after hym thre was no pope two yere and .vi. monethes ¶ How kynge Edwarde that was kynge Henryes sone ANd after this kyng Henry regned Edwarde hys sone the worthyes knyght of the worlde in honour for goddes grace was in hym for he had the vyctorye of hys enmyes as soone as hys fader was deed he came to London with a noble company of prelates erles and barons and all meÌ„ dyd hym moche honour For in euery place the syr Edwarde rode in London the stretes were couered ouer hys heed with sylke of tapiscery and other riche couerynges And for Ioye of his comynge the burgeys of the Cyte caste out at theyr wyndowes golde and syluer hondes full in tokenynge of loue and worshyp seruyce and reuerence And out of condyte of Chepe ranne whyte wyne and reed as stremes both of the water and euery man dranke therof the wolde at theyr owne wyll this kyng Edwarde was crowned and enoynted as ryght heyer of Englonde with moche honour And after masse the kynge wente in to his place to holde a ryall feest amoÌ„ge them that dyde hym honour And whan he was sette to meete The kynge Alexander of Scotlonde came to do hym honour and reuerence with a qâ—eyntesye an hondred knyghtes with hym well horsyd arayde And whan they were alyght of theyr stedes they lete theym go whether they wolde who that myght take them tooke at theyr owne wyll wythout ony chalenge·r And after came syre Edmonde kynge Edwardes brother a curteys knyght a gentyll of renowne the erle of Corne wayllle and the erle of Glocestre And after thenne came the erle of Penbroke the erle of Garenne And eche of them by themself ladde in theyr honde an hondred knyghtes gayly dysgysed in theyr armes And whan they were alyghted of theyr horses they lete them go whether that they welde who that myght them catche them to haue styll without ony chalenge And whan all this was done kyng Edwarde dyde his dylygence his myghte for to amende and dresse the wronges in the beste manere that he myght to the honour of god holy chyrche to mayntene his honoure and to amende the noyannce of the comyn people ¶ How ydeyne that was Lewelyns doughter of walys prynce Aymer that was the erles brother of MouÌ„forde were taken in the see THe fyrste afterwarde the kynge Edwarde was crowned Lewelyn prynce of wales sent in to Faraunce to the erle MouÌ„forde that thorough couÌ„seyl of his frendes the erle sholde wedde his doughter And the erle tho auysed hym vpoÌ„ this thynge and sent vnto Lewelyn and sayd that he wolde sende after hys doughter so he sent Aymer his broder after the damoysell Lewelyn arayed shyphes for his doughter and for Syre Aymer and for her faare company that sholde goo with her And this Lewelyn dyd grete wronge for it was couenauÌ„ted that he sholde yeue hys doughter to no manere man without counsell consente of kyng Edwarde And so it befell that a Burgeys of Brystow came in the see with wyne laden and mette them toke them with myght and power And anone the Burgeys sent theym to the kyng And whan Lewely herde this tydynges he was very wroth and also sorowfull· and gan to warre vpon kynge Edwarde and dyde moche harme vnto Englysshmen and bete downe the kynges castels and began for to destroye kynge Edwardes londe And whaÌ„ tydynges cam vnto the kyng of this thyng he wente in to walys and so moche he dyde thorough goddes grace and his grete power that he drofe Lewelyn vnto grete myschyef that he fledde all maner of strength came yelded hym vnto kyng Edwarde yaue hym .l. marke of syluer to haue peas And toke the damoysell all his herytage made an oblygacoÌ„n to kynge Edwarde to come to his parlyamente two tymes of the yere And in the seconde yere after that kynge Edwarde was crowned he helde a generall parleamente att westmestre there he made the statutes for defaute of lawe by the comune assent of all his baronage and at Ester nexte sewenge the kynge sente by his letter vnto Lewelyn prynce of wales that he sholde come to his parlemeÌ„t for his londe and for hys holdynge in wales as the strenthe of his letter oblygatory wytnessyd Tho Lewelyn had scorne and dyspyte of the kynges commaundement And for pure wrache ayen began warre vpon kyng Edwarde and destroyed his londe And tho whan kynge Edwarde herd of these tydynges he wexed wonder wrothe vnto Lewelyn in hast assembled his people went hym to warde wales And warred so vpon Lewelyn the prynce tyll that he broughte hym in moche sorowe dysease And Lewelyn sawe that is defence myghte hym not auaylle and came ayen and yelded hym to the kynges grace cryed hym mercye and longe tyme kneled before the kynges fote The kynge had of hym pyte coÌ„maunded hym for to aryse And for his mekenes foryaue hym hys wrathe and to hym sayd that yf he trespassed to hym a nother tyme that he wolde dystroye hym for euermore ¶ Dauid that was Lewelyns brother that same tyme dwelled with kynge Edwarde and was a felle man and a subtyll and enuyous and also ferre castynge and moche treason thoughte· and euermore made good semblame and semyd soo true that noo man myght perceyue his falsnes ¶ How Lewelyn thrugh eggynge of his brother Dauyd werryd agayn vpoÌ„ kyÌ„g Edward IT was not longe after that tyme the kynge Edwarde yaaf to Dauyd Lewelyns broder the lordshyppe of Frodesham made hym a knyght and so moche honour dyde he neuer after to maÌ„ of walys by cause of hym kynge Edwarde helde his parlemente at London whan he hadde do in walys that he wolde and chaunged his moneye that was
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
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
Wyllyam Vessy Baron and of other baronettes aboute .xiii. of the best and wysest of Englonde ¶ And in the same tyme the kynge Edwarde toke his vyage to Scotlonde for to werre vpon IohnÌ„ Baylol kynge of Scotlonde ¶ And syr Robert Roos of Berwyk sledde fro the Englysshmen wente to the Scottes And kyng Edwarde wente hym towarde Berwyk and besegyd the towne And tho that were within manly them defended sette a fyre and brente two of Kynge Edwardes shyppes and sayde in dyspyte and repreyâ— of hym wenyth kynge Edwarde with his longe shankys to haue gete Berewyk all our vnthankes gas pykes hym and whan he was doon gas dykes hym whan kyng Edwarde thys scorne anone thorugh hys myghtenesse he passed ouer the dyches and assaylled the towne and came to the yates and gate and conquered the towne and thrughe hys gracyous power slewe .xxv. thousande and .vii. hondred scottes and Kynge Edwarde loste no man of renoune saufe syr Rycharde of Cornewayle and hym kylled a Flemynge out of the redde halle with a quarell as the forsayd Rycharde dyde of hys helme And comaunded theym for to yelde them and put them in the kynges grace And the Scottes wolde not wherfore that halle was brent and cast downe And all tho that were therin were brente and kynge Edwarde loste noo moo men at that vyage of symple estate but .xxvii. Englysshemen And the wardeyn of the castell yaue vp the keyes of the castell wythout ony assawte And there was taken syre Wyllyam Douglas Symonde Frysell and the erle patryk yelded them to the peas But Ingham of Humbresmylle Robert the Brus that were with kynge Edwarde forsoke kynge Edwarde and helde with the Scottes And afterward they were taken and put in to pryson And tho lete kynhe Edwarde close in Berwyk wyth walles with dyches and after Robert Rous went to Tyndale and sette wuyerbrydge a fyre and Exham and Lamerstok and slewe and robbyd the folke of the countree And after that he wente fro thens to Dunbarre And the fyrste wenesdaye of Marche the kynge sent the erle of Garenne syr Hugh Percy and syre Hugh Spenser wyth a fayre company for to besege the castell But one that was called syre Rycharde Sywarde a traytoure and a fals man ymagyned for to begyle the EnglysshmeÌ„ and sente to the Englysshmen theym for to deseeyue and sayd That he wolde yelde to theym the castell yf they wolde graunt them .viii. dayes of respyce that he myhht sende and telle to syr Iohan Bayloll that was kynge of Scotlonde how is men fared that were within the castell ¶ And hym worde but yf he wolde remeue the sege of the Englysse men that they wolde yelde that castell vnto the Englysshe men ¶ The messenger tho came to syr Iohan Baylol that tho was kynge of ScotloÌ„de where that he was wyth his hooste and the messenger tolde hym all the caas And syr Iohan toke his hoste and came on the morowe erly towarde the castell and syr Rycharde sywarde sawe hym come that was mayster of the counseyll and keper of the castell and sayd vnto the Englyssgmen O sayde he now I see a fayre company and well apparelled I wyll goo ayenste theym and wyth them to mete and theym assaylle And syr Hughe Spenser sawe the falsnesse of hym· and the treson· And sayd to hym O traytour take and proue your falsnesse shalle not auaylle you And Hughe Spenser commaunded anone to bynde hym And all in hast wente ayenst ther enmyes and slewe of Scottes .xxii. thousand For the Scottes had that tyme no man wyth them of honour saufe Patryke Graham that manly foughte and longe at the laste he was slayne And tho sayde the Englysshmen in repreyf of the Scottes Thyse scaterande Scottes holde I for sottes of wrenches vn ware Erly in a mornynge in an euyll tymynge wente ye fro DuÌ„bare ¶ As tho that ware within the castell sawe the scomfyture they yelded vp the castell vnto the Englysshmen And bounde theyr bodyes godes castels to kynge Edwarde And soo there were take in that castell thre erles .vii. barons and .xxxviii. knyghtes xi clerkes and .vii. Pycardys and all were presentyd to kynge Edwarde And he sente theÌ„ to the towre of London to be kepte ¶ How kynge Edwarde of his greate grace delyuered ayen the Scottes oute of pryson that were cheyftayns of that londe and they drewe them to the Frensshemen thrugh counseyll of Wyllyam waleys AS kynge Edwarde had made tho an ende of the werre and taken the cheyâ—â—eyns of Scotlonde tho came syr Iohan Baylol and yelded hym vnto kynge Edwarde put hym in his grace and he was ledde to London and whan kyng Edwarde was come thether they were brough before hym And the kynge axed howe they wolde make amendes of the trespaas and losse that they had doon to hym and they put theym in his mercy Lordynges sayde the kynge I wyll not of your londes ne your goodes but I wyll that ye make to me an othe vpoÌ„ goddys body to be true to me and neuer after this tyme ayenst me bere armys â–ª And all they consentyd to the kynges wyl and swore vpon goddys body That is to saye syr IohnÌ„ of Comyn the erle of Scraâ—hron the erle of Carryk and also foure bysshops vndertoke for all the clergye and so the kynge delyuered theÌ„ and yaue them sauf conduyce to go in to ther owne londe And it was not longe afterwarde that they ne aryse ayenst kynge Edwarde for cause that they wyst well that kynge Edwardes folke was take in Gascoyne as before is sayd But syr IohnÌ„ Bayloll kynge of Scotlonde wyste well that his londe sholde haue sorowe and shame for theyr falsnesse· And in hast weÌ„te hym ouer the see to his owne londes and there he helde hym and came neuer ayen wherfore the Scottes chose vnto theyr kynge wyllyam waleys a rybaude an harlot comen vp of nought and moche harme dyde to Englysshmen and kyng Edwarde thoughte how he myght haue delyueraunce of his peple that were take in Gascoyne And iÌ„ hast wente hym ouer the see in to Flaunders for to werre vpon the kyng of FrauÌ„ce And the erle of Flaunders receyued hym wyth moche honour and grayntyd hym all his londys at hys owne wyll And whan the kynge of Fraunce herde telle the kyng of Englonde was aryued in Flaundres and came wyth a greate power hym for to dystroye He prayed hym of trewes for two yere so that the Englysshe marchauntes also Frenche myght saufly go and come in bothe sydes The kynge Edwarde grauÌ„ted â—â— so that he muste haue his men out of pryson that were in Gascoyne the kynge of Fraunce anone graunted and so they were delyuerd ¶ And in the same tyme the Scottes sente by the bysshop of saynt andrewes in to FrauÌ„ce to the kynge to syr Charles his brother the syr Charles sholde come wyth hys power and they of ScotloÌ„de wolde come with theyr
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
companye ¶ How Robert Brus was dyscōfyted in batayll how Symonde fryselly was slayne THe Frydaye next before the Assumecyon of our lady kynge Edwarde mette Robert Brus besyde saynt Iohans towne in Scotlōde and with his companye of the whyche company kyng Edwarde slewe .vii. thousande whan Robert Brus sawe thys myscheyf he began to flee and hydde hym that no mā myght hym fynde But syr Symonde fryseld pursewed hym sore so that he torned ayen abode batayll for he was a worthy knyght and a bolde of dody And thenglysshmen pursewed euer sore in euery syde and slewe the stede that syr Symonde rode vpon and they toke hym and ladde hym vnto the host And syr Symonde began for to flatre and speke fayre and sayde lordes I shall yeue you four thousand marke of syluer myn hors harneys and all myn armour and become a begger Tho answered Theobaude of Peuens that was the kynges archers Now so god me helpe it is for nought that thou spekeste For all the golde in Englonde I wolde not lete the go with out commaundement of kynge Edwarde tho was he had vnto kyng Edwarde the kyng wolde not se hym but cōmaunded to lede hym a waye to haue his dome at London and on our ladyes eue Natiuite he was hangyd and drewe his heed smyte of hangyd ayen wyth cheynes of yern vpon the galowes And his heed was sete vpō London brydge vpod a spere and ayenst Crystemasse the bodye was brente by cause that the men that kepte the body by nyght they sawe so many deuyls rampyng wyth grete yren hokes renynge vpō the galowes and horryble tormented the body many that them saw anone after they deyed for drede some wexed mad◠fore syknes they had in that batayll was take the bysshop of Baston the bysshop of saynt Andrewes and the abbot of Scōne all armyd with yren as men of armes as fals traytours and fals prelates ayenst theyr othe And they were brought to the kynge and the kynge sente them vnto the pope of Rome that he shold do with theym what his wyll were ¶ How Iohan therle of Alethes was taken and put to dethe ANd at that bataylle fledde syre Iohan erle of Alethes and wente to a chyrche and there hydde hym for drede but he myghte haue there noo refute for cause that the chyrche was enterdyted thrugh generall sentence and in the same chyrche he was taken And this syr Iohan went well to haue scaped fro the deth for cause that he claymed kynred of Kynge Edwarde the kynge wolde not lenger be bytrayed of his traytours but sent hym to London in hast And there was hangyd hys head smyten of his body brent all to asshes But at the prayer of the quene Margerete for cause that he claymed of kynge Edward kynred his drawynge was for yeuen hym ¶ How Iohan that was Wyllyam waleys brother was put to dethe AS the grettest mayster of Scotlonde were thus doon to euyll deth destroyed for theyr falsnesse Iohan that was Wyllyam waleys brother was take doon vnto dethe as syr Iohan erle of Alethes was ¶ How Robert the Brus fledde from Scotlonde to Norway ANd at the same tyme was robert the brus moche hated amonge the peple of scotlonde so that he wyste not what he was best to do for to hyde hym he wente to Norway to the kynge that had spowsyd his syster there helde hym socour for to haue Robert the Brus myght not be foūde in Scotlonde Sokynge Edward tho lete crye hys peas thrught out all the londe and his lawas were vsyd hys mynystrys serued thrugh out all the londe ¶ How kynge Edwarde deyed SO as kynge Edwarde had abatyd hys enemys turned south warde and sykened atte Burgh vpon sande in the marche of Scotlonde and callyd to hym Henry Lacy erle of Nichell syr guy erle of warwyk syr Aylmer erle of Penbroke and syr Robert of Clyfforde baron and prayed theim vpon the fayth that they hym oughte that they sholde make Edwarde of Carnaruan kynge of Englonde assone as they myght And that they shold not suffre Peers of Ganaston come agayne in to Englonde for to make hys sone to ryot and they graunted hym with good wyll And the kynge toke hys sacramente of hooly chyrche as a good Crysten man sholde and deyed in repentaunce And whan he hadde ben kynge .xxxv. yere he deyed and was buryed at westmestre with moche solempnyte Vpon whose soule god haue mercy ¶ Of Merlyns prophecyes that were declared of kynge Edwarde That was kynge Henrys sone OF this kyng Edward prophecyce Merlyn and called hym a dragon the seconde of the .vi. kynges that sholde regne in Englonde and sayd that he sholde be medled with mercy and also with strenthe and fyernesse That sholde kepe Englonde frome colde and hete And that he sholde opene hys mouthe towarde walys and that he sholde sette his foot in wyk and that he sholde close with walwes that sholde doo moche harme to his sede And he sayde sothe For the good kynge Edwarde was medled with mercye and with fyernesse with mercy ayenst his enmyes of walys and after of Scotlonde with fyernesse whan he put them to dethe for ther falsnesse and traytourily as they hadde deserued And welle keped he Englond frome colde and heet sythe he kepte it frome alle manere of enmyes that ranne vppon hym to doo hym ony wronge ¶ And welle he opened his mouthe to warde walys and made it quake thrughe hydour of hys mouthe whan he conqueryd it thruoghe dynte of swerde For the prynce Lewelyn and Dauyd hys brother Ris and Morgan were put to dethe thrughe theyr falsnesse and theyr foly And he sette hys foot in to wyk and conquered Berwyk at the whiche conquest were slayne .xxv. thousande and .vii. hondred out take suche as were brente in the redde halle ¶ And the walles that he lete make shall be noyous vnto his sede As men shall here after inthe lyf of syre Edwarde of Carnaruan hys sone And yet sayd Merlyn that he sholde make ryuers ren in blood wyth brayne the semyd well in hys warres there as he had the maystry And yet Merlyn sayd that ther sholde come a people out of the nortwest durynge the regne of the forsayd dragon that shold be ladde by an yll greyhoūde that shold the dragon crowne kynge that afterward sholde fle ouer the see for drede of the dragon without comynge ayen that was proued by syr Iohn̄ Baylol the kynge Edwarde made to be kynge of Scotlonde the falsly aroyse ayenst hym ▪ after he fled to his owne londes of Fraūce neuer he came ayen in to Scotlond for drede of kyng Edward And yet sayd Merly that peple that shold lede the sayd greyhoūd sholde be faderles vnto a certayne tyme soth he sayd For the peple of Scotlonde gretly were dysesyd after syr Iohan baylol was fled And merlyn
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
sholde not come in to Englonde for to brynge his sone Edwarde in to ryot And all the lordes of Englonde assembled them a certayn day att the frere prechers at London And there they spake of the dyshonour the kynge Edwarde dyde to hys reame to his crowne and so they assentyd alle bothe erles and barons and all the comyns that the for sayd Peers of Ganaston sholde be exyled out of Englonde for euer more and so it was done For he for swore Englonde and went in to Irlonde and there the kyng made hym cheyfteyne gouernour of the londe by hys commyscyon And there this Pers was cheyfteyne of all the londe And dyd there all that hym lykyd â–ª and hadde power what he wolde and that tyme wer the templers exyled thrugh all cristiantee for by cause that myn put vppon theym that they sholde do thynges ayenst the fayth and good byleue Kyng Edwarde louyd Peers of Ganaston so moche that he myght not for bere his coÌ„pany And so moche the kynge yaue behyght to the people of Englonde that the exylyge of the forsayd Peers shold be reuokyd atte Stamforde thrugh them that hym had exyled wherfore Pers of Ganaston cam ayen into Englond And whan he was come ayen in to his londe he dyspysed the grettest lordes of this londe And called syr Robert Clare Erle of Gloucetre horesone And the Erle of Nycholl syr Henry Lacy brustenbely and syr Guy Erle of warwyk the blacke hound of Arderne And also he callyd the noble erle Thomas of Lancastre churle many other scornes and shamys them sayde and many other grete lordes of Inglonde wherfore they were to warde hym full angry and wroth ryght sore anoyed And in the same tyme deyed the Erle of Nycholl But he chargyed or that he was deed Thomas of Lancastre Erle that was his sone in lawe that he sholde mayntene hys quarell ayenst this same Peers of Ganaston vpon his blessynge ¶ And so it befell thorugh helpe of the erle Thomas of Lancastre and all so of the Erle of warwyk that the forsayd syr Peers was heeded att gauersich besyde warwyk in the .xx. day of Iune in the yere of grace M.CCC and .xii. wherfore the kyng was sore anoyed and prayed god that he myght se that daye to be auenged vpon the deth of the forsayde Peers ¶ And so it befell afterwarde as ye shall here Alas the tyme. For the forsayd Erle of Lancastre many other grete barons were put to a pyteous dethe and martred for by cause of the forsayde quarell The kynge was to att London And helde a parleament and ordeyned the lawes of Symonde Mountforde wherfore the erle of Lancastre and the Erles and alle clergye of Englonde made an othe thrugh counseyll of Robert of wynchelse for to mayntene the ordynauntes for euer ¶ How Robert Brus came ayeÌ„ in to Scotlonde and gadryd a grete power of men for to werre vpon kynge Edwarde ANd whan syre Robert the Brus that made hym kynge of Scotlonde that before was fledde in to Norway for drede of deth of the good kynge Edwarde And also he herde of the debate that tho was in englond bytwene the kynhe his lordys he ordeyned an hoste came in to Inglonde in to Northumberlonde and clene dystroyed the countree ¶ And whan kynge Edwarde herde this tyynges he lete assemble hys hoste and mette the Scottes at Edstreyelyn in the daye of the Natiuite of saynt Iohan Baptyst in the thyrde yere of his regne in the yere of oure lorde M.CCC .xiiii. Alas the sorowe losse that ther was done For there was slayne the noble Erle Gylbert of clare syr Robert Clefford baron and the kynge Edwarde was scomfyted and Edmonde of maule the kynges Stewarde for drede wente drowned hymself in a fresshe ryuer that is called Bannokysborne wherfore they sayd in repreyf of kynge Edwarde for asmoche as he louyd to go by water also for he was dyscomfyted at BaÌ„nosborne therfore the maydens made a songe therof in the countree of kynge Edwarde â–ª and in this manere they soÌ„ge MaydeÌ„s of Englonde sore may ye morne for tyÈt haue lost your leÌ„mans at baÌ„nokysborne with heuelogh what wenyth the kyng of Englonde to haue gote Scotlond with rombylogh AS kynge Edmonde was dyscomfyted woÌ„der sore and faste he fledde with his folke that were left aliue weÌ„t vnto Berwyk there helde hym after he toke hostages .ii. chyldern of the rychesse of the towne And the kynge went to London toke couÌ„seyl of thynges that were nedefull to the reame of EngloÌ„de ¶ And in the same tyme it befel that tho was in Englonde a rybaude that was called Iohan TaÌ„ner And he yede sayd that he was the good kynge Edwardes sone and lete hem calle Edwarde of CarnariuaÌ„ And therfore he was take at Oxforde And there he chaleÌ„ged frere carmes chyrche that kyng Edwarde hadde yeue them whiche was the kynges halle And afterwarde was thys Iohan ladde to Northampton drawen hangyd for his falsnesse or that he was deed he confessyd sayd before all tho that were there that the deuyll beyhyght hym that he sholde be kynge of Englonde that he had serued the deuyll thre yere ¶ How the towne of Berwyk was take thrugh treason and how two Cardynales were robbyd in Englonde ANd on mydlente Sondaye in the yere of our lorde M.CCC.xvi Berwyke was loste thorugh false treson of oon Pers of Spaldynge the whyche Pers the kynge had put there For to helpe that same towne with many burgeyses of the same towne wherfore the chyldren that were put in hostage thrughe the burgeyses of Berwyk folowed the kynges marchâ—â—se many dayes fettred in stroÌ„ge yrens And after the tyme two Cardynalles in to Englonde as the pope had theym sence for to makepe as bytwene Englonde and Scotlonde And as they wente to warde Durham for to haue sacred mayster Lowys of Beamont bysshop of Durham they were take robbed vpon the moore of wynglesdom Of whiche robbery syr Gylbert of mytton was atteynt take and hangyd drawen at LoÌ„don his heed smytte of put vpon a spere set vpon newe gate the foure quarters sent to foure cytees of Englonde and that same tyme befell many myscheues in Englonde for the poore people deyed in Englonde for hungre and so moche and so faste deyed that vnethe meÌ„ myght bury them For a quarter of whete was at .xl. shelynges â–ª and two yeres an half a quarter of where was worth .x. marck· and of tyme the poore people stole chyldern and ete them ete also the houÌ„des that they myghte take also hors and cattes And after there fell a grete myrreyne amonge bestes in dyuers countrees of engloÌ„de durynge kynge Edwarde lyues tyme. ¶ How the Scottes robbyd NotuÌ„berlonde ANd in the same tyme came the Scottes ayen in to Englonde and dystroyed Northumberlonde and breÌ„â—t and
of accorde the hym alyed to the barons came with that company sur Roger Dammory syr Hugh dandale that had spousyd the kynges neces syster syr Gylbert of clare erle of Gloucetre that was slayne in Scotlonde as before is sayd And tho two lordes had tho two partyes of the erldom of Gloucerte sur Hugh Spenser had thyrde party in his wyues half the thyrde syster and tho two lordes wente to the barons wyth all theyr power ayenst syr Hugh theyr brother in lawe And so there came wyth them syr Robert Clyfforde syr Iohan MoÌ„bray syr Goselyn Dauyll syr Roger Mortymer of werk syr Roger Mortymer of wykmore his neuewe syr Henry Trays syre IohaÌ„ Gyffarde syr Barthylmewe of Bardesmore with all theyr coÌ„pany and many other that to them were consent all the grete lordes came vnto westmestre to the kynges parlemente And so they spake dyde that bothe syr Hughe SpeÌ„ser the fader also the sone were out lauwed of englonde for euermore And soo syre Hugh the fader wente vnto Douer and made moche sorowe fell downe vpon the grounde by the see banke a crosse wyth his armes and sore wepynge sayd Now fayr Englonde and good Englonde to almyghty god I the betake And thryes kyssed the grounde and wenyd neuer to haue come ayen· And wepynge cursyd the tyme that euer he begate syr Hugh his sone sayd for hym he had lost all Englond And tho in presence of theÌ„ all that were aboute hym yaue hym his cursee went ouer see to his londes But Hugh the sone wolde not go out of Englonde but helde hym in the see and his company robbyd .ii. dromedores besyde Sandwyth and toke and bare a waye alle the godoes that was in them to the value of .lx. M.li. ¶ How the Kynge exyled erle Thomas of Lancastre and alle that helde with hym and how the Mortymer came and yelded hym to the kynge of all the lordes IT was not longe after that the kynge made syr Hugh Spenser the fader syr Hugh the sone come ayen in to Englond ayenste the lordes wyll of the reame And soone after the kynge with a stroÌ„ge power came and beseged the castel of Ledys and in the castel was the laby of Bladelesmore for cause that she wold not graunt that castell to the quene Isabel kinge Edwardes wyfe but the pryncypall cause was for syr Berthylmewe was ayenst the kynge and helde with the lordes of EngloÌ„de neuertheles the kynge by helpe socoure of men of London also of helpe of Southeren men gate the castel maugre of them all that were with in and toke with them al that they myght fynde And whan the barons of Englonde herde these tidynges syr Roger Mortymer many other lordes toke the towne of Brugge wroth wyth strenth wherfore the kyng was wonder wrothe and lete outlawe Thomas of Lancastre and Vmfroy de Bohoune erle of Herforde and alle tho that were assentynge to the same quarel And the kyng asseÌ„bled an huge host and came ayenst the lordes of Englond wherfore the Mortymers put them in the kynges grace And anone they were sente to the toure of London and there kept in pryson And whaÌ„ the barons herd thys thyng they came to poutfert there that the erle Thomas soiourned and tolde hym how that Mortymers both had yelde them to the kynge put them in hys grace ¶ Of the syege of Tykhyll SO whan Thomas Erle of Lancastre herde thys he was wonder wrothe all that were of there company greatly they were dyscomfyted ordeyned there power togyder and besyeged the castell of Tykhyll But tho that were wyth in manly defended them that the barnos myght not gete the castel and whan the kyng herde that his castell was beseged he swore by god by his names that the lege sholde be remeued assembled an huge power of people wente theder ward to rescowe the castell his power encresyd fro daye to daye whan the erle of Lancastre the erle of Herforde the barons of there coÌ„pany herde of thys thynge they assembled all theyr power wente them to Burton vpon trent kept the brydge that the kyng shold not passe ouer â–ª but it befell so on the tenthe daye of Marche in the yere of grace M.CCC.xxi the kyng the Spensers syr Aymer Valaunce erle of Penbroke Iohan erle of Araundell theyr power wente ouer the water dyscomfyted therle Thomas and his company· And they fled to the castell of Tetbury from thens they went to Pountfret And in that â—yage deyed syr Roger Daumore in thabbay of Thebury And in that same tyme the erle thomas had a traytour wyth hyme that was callyd Robert Holonde knyght that the erle had brought vp of nought had nourysshed hym iÌ„ hys butrye had yeue hym a thousaÌ„de marke of londe by yere And so moche the erle louyd hym that he myght do in the erles court all that hym lyked bothe amonge them hyghe lowe and so craftly the theyf bare hym ayenste his lorde that he trustyd more vpon hym than ony man on lyue and the erle had ordeyned by his letters for to goo in to the erledome of Lancastre to make men aryse to kepe hym in that vyage That is to saye .v. huÌ„dred men of armys But the fals traytour came not there no manere men for to warne ne for to make arayse to helpe his lord And whan that the fals traytour herde tell that hys lord was dycomfyted at Burton vpon Trent as a fals traytour theyf stele a way robbyd in RaueÌ„sdele his lordes men that came fro the scomfyture And toke of them hors harneys and al that they had slewe of them all that they myghte take came yeldyd hym to the kynge ¶ whan the good erle Thomas wyste that he was so bytrayed He was so abasshed sayde to hymself O almyghty good how myght Robert Holonde fynde in hys herteme to betray sythe that I louyd hym so moche O god well maye nowe a man se by hym that no man maye dysceyue a nother rathar than he that he trustyth moost vpon He hath full euyll yelded me my goodnes the worshyp that I haue to hym done and thrugh my kyndnesse haue hym auauÌ„cyd made hym hyghe where that he was lowe And he makyth me go from hyghe vnto lowe but yet shall he deye an euyll dethe ¶ Of the scomfyture of Brurbrygge THe good Erle Thomas of Lancaste Humfroy de Bohoune ele of Herford and the barons that with theym were toke counsell bytwene them at the frre prechers in PouÌ„tfret tho thought Thomas vpon the traytour Roberte Holonde And sayde in repreyf Alas Robert Holonde hath me betrayed and is the red of some euyll shred And by the comyn assent they sholde goo to the castell of Dunstanbrughe the whiche perteyned to therldome of Lancastre that they sholde abyde
batayll was Roger Clyfforde take syr IohnÌ„ Mombray syr wyllyam Tuchyâ— Syr wyllyam fitz wyllyam and many other worthy knyghtes there take at that batayll Syr Hugh Dandell nette daye after was taken and put in to pryson and sholde haue be doon to dethe yf he hadde not spousyd the kynges nece that was Erle Gylbertes syster of Gloucestre â— and anon after was syr Berthylmewe of Badelesmore taken at Stow parke a maneyr of the bysshop of Lyncoln that was his neuewe many other barons and baronetters wherfore was made moche sorowe ¶ How Thomas of Lancastre was heedyd at Pountfret and .v. barons hangyd and drawen there ANd now I shall tell you of the noble erle Thomas of Lancastre wha he was take brought to yorke many of the cyte were full glade and vpon hym cryed with an hyght voys O syr traytour ye be welcome blessyd be god for now ye shall haue the rewarde that longe ye haue deserued And caste vppon hym many snowe balles many other repreues they dyd hym But the gentyll erle all suffred sayd nother o worde nor other ¶ And at the same tyme the kyng herde of thys scoÌ„fyture was ful glad Ioyous in grete hast came to PouÌ„tfret And syr Hugh Spenser and syr Hugh his sone syr IohnÌ„ erle of Arundell and syr Edmonde of wodestoke the kynges brother erle of Kent syr Aymer of valaunce erle of Penbroke and mayster Robert Baldoke a fals pyllyd clerke that was pryue and dwelled in the kynges court all came theder wyth the kynge And the kyng entryd in to the castel and Syr Andrewe of Herkela a fals tyraunte thrugh the kynges coÌ„maundement toke wyth hym the gentyll Erle Thomas to Pountfret and there he was prysoned in his owne castell that he had newe made that stode ayenste the abbaye of kynge Edwarde ¶ And syr Hugh Spenser the fader the sone cast and thought how in what maner the good erle Thomas of Lancastre sholde be deed wythoute Iugement of hys perys wherfore it was ordeyned thrugh the kynges Iusticus that the kyng sholde put vpon hym poyntes of treason And so it befell that he was ledde to barre before the kynges Iustices bare heed as a theyf in a fayre halle in his owne castell that he had made ther in many a fayre feste both to ryche to poore ¶ And these where is Iustices syr Hugh SpeÌ„ser the fader Aymer of Balaunce erle of PeÌ„broke syr Edmonde of wodstok erle of Kent syr Iohan of Brytayne erle of Rychemonde syr Robert Malemethrop Iustyce and syre Roberte hym a couplyd in this manere ¶ Thomas court excludeth you of all maner answer Thomas our lorde the kynge puttyth vppon you â–ª that ye haue in hys londe ryden wyth baner dysplayed ayenst his peas as a traytour ¶ And with the worde the gentyll erle Thomas with an hygh voyce sayd Nay lordes forsoth and by saynt Thomas I was neuer traytoure ¶ The Iustyce sayd ayen tho Thomas oure lorde the kyng putteth vpon you that ye haue robbyd his folke and murdred his people as a theyf Thomas also the kynge puttythe vpon you that he dyscoÌ„fyted you our people wyth his folke in his owne reame wherfore ye weÌ„te fledde to the woode as an outlaw â–ª and thomas as a traytoure ye shall be hangyd by reasoÌ„ but the kynge hathe foryeuen you that Iugement for loue of quene Isabell And Thomas reson wolde that ye sholde be hangyd but the kynge hath foryue you that IugemeÌ„t for by cause loue of your lygnage But for asmoche Thomas as ye were taken fleenge and as an outlawe the kynge woll that your heed shalle be smyten of Anone haue hym oute of prees and brynge hym to his Iugement ¶ Whan the geÌ„tyll knyght Thomas had herde all these wordes wyth an hygh voyce he cryed sore wepynge and sayd alas saynt Thomas fayr fader Alas shall I be deed thus Graunt me now blessydful â–ª god answere But all auayled hym no thynge For the cursyd Gascoyns put hym hyther thyder on hym cryed wyth an hyghe voys O kynge Arthur moost terryble dredefull well knowen shewed now is thyn open traytour And an euyll deth shalt thou ryght anone deye Haste thou not ryght well deserued it ¶ And thenne thyse cruell folke sette vpon the gode knyhht Thomas for very scorne an olde chaplet that was alle to rente that was not worth an halfe peny And after that they sette hym vpon a whyte palfroy full vnsemely also all bare wyth an olde brydell And wyth an horryble noyse they draue hym out of the castell to warde hys deth and they cast vpon hym many balles of snowe in dyspyte And as the traytours lad hym out of the castell tho sayde he these pyteous wordes And his hondes helde vp on hygh to warde heuen Now the kyng of heuen yeue us mercy for the erthly kyng hathe vs forsaken and a frere precher wente with hym out of the castell tyll he came to the place that he endeth his lyfe vnto whome he shroue hym all hys lyfe And the gentyll erle helde the frere wonder fast by the clothes sayd to hym Fayr fader abyde with vs tyll that I be deed for my flesshe quakyth for drede of dethe ¶ And the sothe for to say The gentyll erle sette hym vpon hys knees and torned hym to warde the eest but a rybaude that was called Hygone of mosâ—â—on sette honde vpon the gentyll Erle and sayd in dyspyte of hym Syr traytour torne the towarde the Scottes thy fowle deth to receyue torned to warde the Nosth The noble erle Thomas answered tho wyth a mylde voys and sayd now fayr lordes I shall do your wyll And with that worde the frere went from hym sore wepynge And anone a rybaude wente to hym smote of hys heed the .xi. Kalendas of Auerell In the yere of grace M.CCC .xxi. ¶ Alas that euer suche a gentyll blood sholde be don to deth withouten cause reason And traytoursly the kynge was counseylled whan he thrugh the fals counseyll of the Spenser suffred syr Thomas his vncles sone to be put to suche a deth so he beheeded ayenst all maner of reasoÌ„ And grete pyte it was also that suche a noble kynge sholde be dysceyued and mysgouerned thrugh counsell of the fals Spensers the whyche tho he mayntened thrughe loselry ayenst his honour also his proffyte For after warde there fell grete vengaunce in Englonde for by cause of the forsayd· Thomas dethe whan the gentyll erle of his lyf was passyd the pryour the monkys of Pounfret gate the body of syr Thomas of the kynge buryed it before the hyghe awter on the ryght syde ¶ That same daye that thys gentyll knyght was dede were hangyd and drawen for the same quarel at PouÌ„tfret syr Wyllyam Tuchet Syr Wyllyam Fitz Wyllyam syr werreyn of Isell Syr Henry Bradborn syr
dydest for the grete somme of golde syluer that thou receyued of Iames Douglas a Scot the kynges enmye And our lorde the kynge wyl that the ordre of knyghthode by the whiche thou receyued al thyne honour and worshyppe vppon thy body be all brought to nought thyn estate vndoyne that other knyghtes of lower degree mowe after beware whyche lorde hathe the auaunted hugely in dyuerse countrees of Englonde and that al may take ensample by there lorde after warde truly for to serue ¶ Tho commaunded he anone a knaue To hew of hys spores of his helys and after he lete breke the serde ouer hys heed the whiche the kynge yaue hym for to kepe and defende hys londe ther wyth whan he made hym Erle of Cardoyll And after he lette hym be vnclothed of hys furred taberde and of hys hode and of his furryd cotes and of his gyrdell ¶ And whanne this was done Syr Anthony sayde thenne vnto hym Andrewe sayde he Nowe arte thou noo knyghte But a knaue and for thy treason the kynge wylle that thou shalte be hangyd and drawen and thy heed smyten of and thy bowels take oute of thy body and brente before the and thy body quartryd and thy heed sente to London and there it shall stonde vpon London brydge and the foure quarters shall be sente to foure townes of Englonde that all other maye beware and chastysed by that And as Anthony sayde so it was done all manere of thynge in the laste daye of Octobre in the yere of grace M.iii. C.xxii. yere And the sonne torned in to blood as the peple it saw and that dured from the morne tyll .xi. of the cloke ¶ Of the myracles that god wrought for sayÌ„t Thomas of Lancastre wherfore the kynge lete close in the chyrche dores of the pryory of PouÌ„tfert that no maÌ„ sholde come therin for to offre ANd sone after that the good erle Thomas of Lancastre was martryd there was a preest that loÌ„ge tyme had be blynde dremed in his slepe that he sholde go to the hylle there the good Erle Thomas of Lancastre was doon vnto deth and he sholde haue his syghte ayen so he dremed thre nyghtes sewynge and the preest lede hym to the same hyll and whaÌ„ he came to the place that he was martryd on deuowtly he made there his prayers And prayed god and saynt Thomas that he myghte haue hys syght ayen And he was in hys prayers he layed hys ryght hoÌ„de vpon the same that the gode man was martryd on a drope of drye blood and smale sonde cleuyd on hys honde there with stryketh his eyen And anone thrugh the myght of god saynt Thomas of Lancastre he had his syght ayen And thankyd tho almyghty god and saynt Thomas And whan this myracle was knowen amonge men the people came thither on euery syde and knelyd and made theyr prayers at his tombe that is in the pryory of Pountfret and prayed that holy martyr of socour and of helpe god herde there prayer ¶ Also there was a yonge chylde drowned in a welle in the towne of Pountfret and was deed thre daye and thre nyghtes And men came and layed the deed chylde the sayd Thomas tombe the holy martyr and the chylde arose from dethe to lyfe as many a man it sawe ¶ And also moche peple were out of ther mynde and god sent them theyr mynde ayen thorough vertue of that holy man And god hathe yeue there also to cryppyls theyr goynge the crokyd theyr hoÌ„des there feet and two blynd also theyr syght to many syke folke there â—elthe of dyuers maladyes for the loue of this gode martyr ¶ Also there was a ryche man in CouÌ„dom in Gascoyne and suche a malady he had that al his ryght syde rotyd fel a way froÌ„ hym that men myght see his lyuer hys herte and so he stanke that vnneth they myght come nyghe hym wherfore hys frendes were for hym wonder sory But at the last as god wolde they prayed to saynt Thomas of Lancastre that he wolde pray almyghty god for that prysoner behyght for to go to Pountfret for to doo theyr pylgrymage he thought that the Martyr saynt Thomas came to hym and anoynted alle his sike body and therwith the good man a woke was all hole his flesshe was restored ayeÌ„ that before was roâ—yd falleÌ„ a way For whiche myracle the good man and his freÌ„des louyd god and saynt Thomas euermore after And this good man came into Englonde And toke with him foure felowes and came to PouÌ„tfret to the holy martyr dyd theyr pylgrymage the good man that was syke came thyther all nakyd saufe his preuye clothes And whan they had done they torned home ayen in to theyr owne couÌ„tre and tolde of the myracle wher soo euer that they came ¶ And also two men haue ben heelyd there of the mormale thrugh helpe of the holy martyr thoughe that euyll be holde in curable And whan the Spensers herde that god dyde suche myracles for thys holy man they nolde byleue yt in noo manere wyseâ— but sayde openly that it was grete heresye suche vertue of hym to byleue and whan syr Hugh Spenser the sone sawe all this doynge anone he sente his massager from Pountfret there that he dwelled to kyng Edwarde that tho was at Grauen at scypton for cause that the kynge sholde vndo the pylgrymage And as the rybaude the messager went to warde the kynge for to do his message he came by the hylle theâ—e the good martyr was doon to dethe And in the same place he made his ordure and whan he hadde done he rode to warde the kynge and a stronge flyre came vpon hym or that he came to yorke and tho he shed alle hys bowelles at his fuÌ„dment And whaÌ„ syr Hugh Spenser herde this tygynges somdele he was adradde and thoughte for to vndo thys pylgrymage yf he myghte by ony manere a waye and anone he wente to the kynge and sayde that they sholde be in greate sklaundre thrughe out alle crystendome for the deth of Thomas of Lancastre yf that he suffred the peple to do there pylgrymage at PouÌ„tfret so he counseled the kynge that he coÌ„mauÌ„ded to shyt the chyrche dores of Pountfret in the wyche chyrche the holy martyr was enteryd and thus they dyd ayenst all frauÌ„chyses of holy chirche so the foure yere after myght no pylgryme come to the holy bodye bycause the monkes suffred men to come honour that holy body of saynt Thomas the martyr thrugh couÌ„sell of syr Hughe Spenser the sone and thrugh couÌ„sell of mayster Roberte Baldok the fals pylled clerke that was the kynges chauÌ„celes the kyng consented that they sholde be lette to theyr wages lete make wardeyns ouer there owne good longe tyme throughe coÌ„mauÌ„dement of the forsayd syr Hugh Spenser .xiiii. Gascoynes well armyd kepte the hylle there that the good
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
the kynges brother of Englonde and syr IohnÌ„ of Henaude and syr Roger Mortymer of wygmore and syr Thomas Rocelyn and syr Iohan of Cromwell and syr wyllyam Trussell and many other of the alyaunce of the gentyll erle Thomas of Lancastre that were exyled out of Englonde for his quarel and were dysheryted of theyr londes ordeyned them a grete power and arryued at Here with in South folke And soone after they pursewed the Spenseâ—s tyll that they were takeÌ„ put pyteuous dethe as before is sayd and theyr coÌ„pany also for the grete falsnes that they dyde to kynge Edwarde to his peple ¶ And Merlyn sayd also more that the gote sholde be put in grete distresse and in grete angusshe and in grte sorow he sholde be lede his lyf and he sayd sothe For after the time that kyng Edwarde was take he was put into warde tyll that the Spensers were put to deth and also bycause that he wolde not come vnto his parlement at London as he had ordeyned and assygned hymselfe vnto hys baronage and also wolde not gouerne and rule his people ne his reame as a kynge sholde doo Wherfore some of the barons of Englonde came and yelde vp ther homages vnto hym for theym al the other of the reame in the daye of the coÌ„uersyon of saynt Poule in the yere of his regne .xx. And they put hym out of hys ryaltee for euermore And euer lyued afterwarde in moche sorowe and anguysshe LOdowicus was Emperour after Henry fourâ— yere this Lodowicus was duke of Banare and he dyspysed the coronacioÌ„ of the pope wherfor the pope hyÌ„ moche labour deposyd many perylles he had aft he trowbled gretly the vnyte of holy chyrche And theÌ„ was chosyn ayenst hym Frederyk the duke of Ostryche and he ouer came the duke abode a rebelyon to hys ende and in grete peryll to hys soule And at the last Karolus was chosyn ayenst hym the whiche preuaylled and sodenly Lodowic fell downe of his hors and dyscessyd ¶ IohnÌ„ Mandeuyll a douctour of physyk a knyght borne was in Englonde abowte thys tyme. And he made a merueyllous pylgrymage For he went almoost abowte all the worlde And he wrote his dedys in thre langages and decessyd· and was buryed at Saynt Albons ¶ Benedictus the .xxii. was pope after IohnÌ„ .vii. yeres and more thys man was a monke and in all his ynogthe he was of good conuersacyon and a doctour of dyuinite And whan he was made pope he refourmed thorder of saynt Benet in that thynge that was nescessary he was a harde man to graunt benefyces lest he had grauÌ„tyd it to an vncunnynge man he made a decretall the whiche began Benedictus deus in donis suis And he was very cruel in fayth for that of sommen lytyll louyd he was so stoute a man that almoost he wold not knowe his owne cosyns ¶ Anno dmÌ„ M.CCC.xxii ¶ Of kynge Edwarde the thyrde after the Conqueste ANd after this kyng Edwarde Carnariuan regned syr Edwarde of wyndsore his sone the whyche was crowned kyng anoynted at westmestre thrugh couÌ„sell consent of all the grete lordes of the reame the Sondaye in Candelmasse eue in the yere of grace M.CCC.xxvi that was of aege at that tyme but .xv. yere And for cause that hys fader was in warde in the castell of Kenilworth also was put downe of his ryaltee the reame of EngloÌ„de was without kyng from the feest of saynt Katheryn from the yere aboue sayd to the feest of Candelmasse And tho were all manere plees of the kynges bynche astente And tho was coÌ„mauÌ„ded to all the Shyrefs of Englonde thrughe wrytte to warne the partyes to defendauÌ„tys thrugh somnynge ayen And also ferthermore that all prysoners that were in the kynges gayolles that were attachid thrugh Shyrefs sholde be lete go quyte ¶ The kynge Edwarde after hys coronacyon at the prayer besechynge of his lyege of the reame grauÌ„tyd them a chartre of stedfast peas to all them that wolde it axe And syr Iohnn of Henaude and hys company toke his leue of the kynge of the lordes of the reame tornyd home to theyr owne couÌ„tre ayen And eche of them hade full ryche yeftes euery men as he was of value estate ¶ And tho was Englond in rest peas grete loue bytwene the kyng hys lordes And comynly englysshmen sayd amonges them that the deuyll was dede but the innumerable tresour of the kyng his fader the tresour of the Spensers both of the fader of the sone and of the erle of Arundell and of mayster Robert Baldok that was the kyngê chauÌ„celer was departyd after the quene Isabelles ordynaunce syr Roger Mortymers of wygmore so that the kynge hadde noo thynge therof but at her wyll her delyuerrauÌ„ce ne of theyr loÌ„des as afterwarde ye shall here ¶ How kynge Edwarde weÌ„te vnto staÌ„thop for to mete the scottes ANd yet in the same tyme was the Kynge in the castell of kenilworth vnder the kepynge of syr Henry that was erle Thomas of Lancastres broder that tho was erle of Leycetre And the kynge grauÌ„tyd hym the erldome of Lancastre that the kyng his fader had seasyd in to his honde put out Thomas of Lancasters broder so was he erle of Lancastre of Leycetre and also Stywarde of Englonde as hys broder was in his tyme But syr Edwarde that was kyng Edwardes fader made sorowe wythout ende by cause he myght not speke wyth hys wyf ne with his sone wherfore he was in moche myscheyf For though it was so that he was ledde rulyd by fals counseyll yet he was kyng Edwardâ— sone callyd Edwarde with the longe shankys and came out of the worthyest blood of the worlde and they to whom he was wonte to yeue grete yeftes large were most pryue with the kyng hys owne sone they were his enmyes bothe nyght daye procured to make debate contake bytwene hym hys sone Isabell his wyf But the frere prechers were to hym gode freÌ„des euer more cast both by nyghte by daye how they myghte brynge hym out of pryson And amonge theyr company that the freres had priuely brought ther was a frere that was callyd Dunhened â— and he had ordeyned gadryd a grete coÌ„pany of folke to kepe att that nede but the frere was taken put in 〈◊〉 of Pountfret there he deyed in pryson syr Henry erle of Lancastre that hadde the kynges fader in kepynge thrugh coÌ„mauÌ„demeÌ„te of the kynge delyuered Edwarde the kynges fader by endeÌ„ture of syr Thomas of Berkelay And so syr IohnÌ„ Matreuas they ladde hym from the castell of kenylworth to the castell of Berkelay kepte hym there saufly ¶ And att Ester next after his coronacyon the kynge ordeyned a grete huge host for to fyght ayenst the Scottes And syr IohnÌ„ the erles brother of Henaue came
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
that came after hym shold holde of Brute of his heyres that is to say of the kynges of Brytayn by feaute homage And frome that tyme vnto thys tyme of kynge Edwarde the tame of Scotlond was holde of the reame of Englonde by feaute and seruyce as aboue ys sayd in the Cronycles of Englonde of Scotlonde berythe wytnesse more playnely And accursyd be the tyme that this parlement was holden at Northampton For there by fals councyll the kyng was there falsly dysheryted and yet he was with in aege ¶ And yet whan that kyng Edward was put out of hys ryalte of Englonde yet men put not out of the feautes seruyse Scotlonde Ne of the fraunchyses dysheryted hym for euer more ¶ And neuertheles the grete lordes of englonde were ayenst to conferme the peas the â—rwes abouesayd saâ—f only quene Isabell that tho was the kynges moder Edwarde and the bysshop of Ely and the lorde Mortimer But reason and lawe wolde not that a fynalle peas sholde be made bytwene them without the comyn assente of Englonde ¶ Of the debate that was bytwene quene Isabell syr Henry erle of Lancastre of Leycetre and of the rydynge of Bedforde THen as the for sayde Dauyd had spowsyd dame IohanÌ„e of the toure in the towne of Berwyk as before is sayde The Scottes in dyspyte of the Englysshmen called dame Iohanne the countesse make peas for the cowardly peas that tho was ordeyned But the kynges persone bare all the wyte and blame wyth wronge of makynge of the accorde And alle was done thrugh the quene Roger Mortymer And it was not longe after that the quene Isabell ne toke in to her hondê all the lordshyp of Pountfret almoste all the londes that were of ony value that apperteyned to the crowne of Englonde Soo the kynge had not to dyspendede but of hys vses and of hys escheker For the quene Isabell the Mortymer hadde grete mayne of the retenewe that folowed the kynges courte euer more went and toke the kynges pryces for her peny worthes at good châ—pe wherfore the countre that they came in were fullsore addrade and almoost dystroyed of theym ¶ Tho began the comynaâ—te of Englonde for to haue enuye to Isabell the quene that somoche louyd her before whan she came ayen for to pursue the fals traytours the Spensers fro Fraunce And in that same tyme the fals traytour Roberte of Holonde that bytrayed hys lorde syr Thomas of Lancastre was tho delyuerde and out of pryson was wonder preuy witth the quene Isabell also with Roger Mortymer But that auaylld hym but lytyll For he was taken at Myghelmasse that tho cam nexte after as he rode to warde quene Isabell to London and syr Thomas whyther smote of his heed besydes the towne of saynt Albons And thys syr Thomas dwelled with syr Henry erle of Lancastre and he put hym asyde for drede of the quene For the quene loued hym wonder moche And prayed vnto the kyng for hym that the same Thomas might be exyled out of Englonde And the noble erle syr Henry of Lancastre had often tymes herde the comyn claymore of the Enghysshmen of the dysease that were doon in Englond also for dyuers wroÌ„ges that were done to the comyn people of the whyche the kyng bare the blame with wronge For he was but fulle yonge tender of aege thought as a good man for to do awaye slake the sklauÌ„der of the kynges persone yf that he myght in ony manere a wyse so as the kynge was therof nothynge gylty wherfore he was inperyll of lyf lymme· ¶ And so he asseÌ„bled all his retenuwe wente spake with them of the kynges honoure and also for to amende his estate And syr Thomas Brotherton erle of Marchall and syr Edmond wodstok that were the kynges vncles and also men of London made theyr othe hym fo to mayntene in the same quarell And theyr cause was this that the kynge sholde holde his house and hys meyne as a kyng ought for to do and haue all his ryaltâ—e· And that the quene Isabell sholde delyuer out of her hondes in to the kynges honde alle manere of lordshyps rentys townes and castels that apperteyneth vnto the crowne of Englonde as other quenes haue done here before and medle with none other thynge ¶ And also that syr Roger Mortymer sholde abyde and dwelle vpon his ownâ— londes For moche people In so moche that the comyn people were dystroyed and gretely domaged thoroughe suche wrongfulle takynge ¶ And also the enquere howe and by whome that the kynge was betrayed and falsly dysceyued att Stanhope and thrughe whose counseyll that the Scottes went awaye by nyght from the kynge And also how and thrugh whoo 's counseyll the ordynauÌ„ce that were made at the kynges coronacyon was put downe That is to saye that the kynge for amendement and helpynge of his reame in honour of hym sholde be gouerned and rulyd by .xii. of the grettest wysest lordes of the reame and wythout them Sholde no thynge be grauntyd ne done as before is sayd whiche couenauntes were malicyously put downe fro the kynge where many harmes shamys and repreues haue falle to the kyng hys reame and that is to vnderstonde for asmoche as Edwarde kynge of Englonde some tyme was ordeyned by assent in playne parlement for to be vnder warde gouernaunce of Henry erle of Lancastre his cosyn for saluacyon of hys dody he was take out of the castell of Kenilworth there that he was in warde thrugh colour of quene Isabell of the Mortymer without consent of ony parlement they tooke ladde hym there that neuer after none of his kynred myght wyth hym speke ne see after tratorursly toke morored hym for whose deth arose a sklauÌ„dre thrugh all crystendom whan it was done And also the tresore the syre Edwarde of Kernaruian left in many places in Englonde and in walys was wastyd borne awaye wythout the wyll of kynge Edwarde his sone in dystruccyoÌ„ of hym of al his folke ¶ Also thrughe whose counseyll that the kynge yaue vp the kyngdom of Scotlond for the whiche reame the kynges auÌ„cetours had full sore traueiled and so dyd many a noble maÌ„ for theyr ryght was delyuered vnto dauyd that was Robert brus sone all the ryght that no ryght had to the reame as all the world it wyst And also by whom the chartres remeÌ„braunces that they had of the ryght Scotlond were take out of the tresory taken to the Scottes the kynges enmyes to dysheritynge of hym and of his successours to grete harme of hys lyeges grete repreef to all Englysshemen for euer more ¶ Also wherfore dame Iohan of the toure the kynges syster Edward was dysperagyd and maryed vnto Dauyd that was Robertbrus sone that was a traytour enmye vnto Englonde thrugh whoo 's counseyl she was take into our enmyes
hondes out of Englonde ¶ And in this meane whyle the good erle Henry of LaÌ„castre hys companie toke counseyl how those poyntes aboue sayd myght be amended to the worshyp of the kynge to hys profyte to the profyte of his leygê and the quene Isabel thrughe coniectynge also of the Mortymers lete ordeyne a parlement at Salysburye And at the same parlement the Mortymer was made erle of Marche ayenst all the barons wyll of Englonde in preiudyce of the kyng of hys crowne And syr Iohan of Eltham the kynges brother was gyrde with a swerde of Corne waylle and tho was callyd erle of Corne waylle euer more quene Isabell procuryd so moche ayenst her sone the kyng that she had the warde of the forsayde syr Edward of his loÌ„des And at that parlemente the erle of Lancastre wolde not come But ordeyned all his power ayenst quene Isabel and the Mortymer And men of London ordeyned them with fyue huÌ„dred men of armys ¶ Whan quene Isabel wist of the doynge 〈◊〉 swore by god and by hys names full angerly that in an euell tyme he thought vppon tho poyntes Tho sente the quene Isabell the Mortymer after theyr retenwe after the kyngys retenewe soo that they had ordeyned amonge them an huge hoste And they counseylled the kynge so that vppon a nyght â— they rode .xxiii. myles to Bedford there the erle of Lancastre was with his company and thought to haue hym dystroyed and that nyght she rode besyde the kynge her sone as a knyght for drede of dethe And it was done the kyng to vnderstond that the erle Henry of Lancastre and hys company wolde haue dystroyed the kyng and hys counseylle for euer more wherfore the kynge was somdele to wardes hym heuy and anoye◠¶ Whan the erle Marshall and therle of Kente the kynges brother herde of thys tydynges they rode soo in message bytwene theym that the kynge grauntyd hym hys peas to therle Henry of Lancastre for a certayne raunsomme of an leuen thousande pounde But that was neuer payed afterwarde And thyse were the lordes that helde with Syr Henry of Lancastre Syr Beaumont syr Fouk fytz waren syr Thomas Rocelyn Syr wyllyam Trusdrâ—â— â—ynghtes moo that were to hym consented and alle those were exyled thrughe counseylle of the quene Isabell and of Mortymer For the Mortymer wayted to haue theyr loÌ„des yf that he myght thrugh ony maner coniectynge For he was to coueytous hadde to moche his wyll and that was grete pyte ¶ How kynge Edwarde went ouer the see for to doo his homage vnto the kynge of FrauÌ„ce for the duchye of Guyhenne IT was not longe after that the kyng of Fraunce thrugh counseyll of hys Donzepers sente to kynge Edwarde of Englode that he sholde come to Parys do his homage as reason it wolde for the duchye of Guyon so thrughe couÌ„sell of the lordes of Englonde kynge Edwarde went ouer see And at the Ascyon tyde he came vnto Parys the thyrde yere of his regne for to do his homage vnto the kyng of frauÌ„ce the kyng receyued hys homage made of hym moche Ioy worshyp but whan kynge Edwarde had done hys homage hastyly he was sent for in to Englonde thrugh the quen Isabell his moder anone hastyly he came ayen in to Englonde vpon wytsonday without ony takynge leue of the kynge of FrauÌ„ce wherfore he was wonder wrothe ¶ How syr Roger Mortymer bare hym proudely and soo hyghe ANd now shall ye here of syr roger mortymer of wygmore that desyred and coueted to be at an hygh astate so that the kyng grauntyd hym to be callyd erle of Marche thorughe out all hys lordshyp And he became soo proude hauteyn that he wolde lese forsake the name that his elders had euer be fore for the cause he let hym calle erle of marche And none of the comnyns of Englonde durste calle hym by other name for he was callyd so by the kyngys crye that men shold calle hym erle of Marche And mortymer bare hym so hauteyn so proude that wonder it was for to wyte also dysguysed hym with woÌ„nder ryche clothes out of al manere of reason both of shapynge and of werynge wher of the Englysshmen had grete wonder how and in what manere he myght contryue or fynde suche manere pryde they sâ—yd amonge them comynly that his pryde sholde not longe endure ¶ And the same tyme syr Gyffray Mortymer the yonge that was mortymers sone lete calle hym kynge of foly and so it befell after warde in dede for he was soo full of pryde and of wretchydnesse that he helde a rounde table in walys to all men that the der came and couÌ„terfeted the doynge and the manere of kyng Arthurs table but openly he fayled for the noble kynge Arthur was the moost noble lord of renomme that was in all the worlde in hys tyme yet came neuer none suche after For all the noble knyghtes iÌ„ all crysteÌ„dom of dedys of armys assayed dwellyd wyth kynge Arthur helde hym for there lorde and souerayne And that was well seen for he conquered in a bataylle a Romayne that was callyd Froll And gate of hym the reame of Fraunce and slewe hym wyth hys owne hondes also he faught with a gyaunt that was callyd Dynabus slewe hym that had rauysshed fayre Elayne that was kyng Howels neâ—e kynge of lytyll Brytayn after he slewe in bataylle the Emperour of rome that was callyd Lucye that hadde assembled ayenst Arthur for to fyghte wyth hym so moche people of Romayns and Pebytes sarasyns that no man cowde nombre them and he dyscomfyted them alle as the story tellyth ¶ And in that same thyme comyn voyce spronge in Englond thrugh coniectynge and ordynaunce of the frere prechers that syr Edwarde of Carnariuan that was kyng Edwardes fader of whome the geste tellyth sayde that he was alyue in the castell of Corf wherof all the comyns of Englonde almoost were iÌ„ sorowe and drede whether that it were soo or not For they wist not how traytoursly Mortymer had hym done murthred ¶ How Edmonde of wodstok that was erle of Kente the kynges brother Edwarde of Carnaryuan was heedyd at wynchestre ANd vppon a tyme it befell soo that syr Edmonde of wodstok erle of Kent spake vnto pope Iohan the .xxii. at Auinion sayde that almyghty god had ofte tymes done for Thomas loue of Lancastre many grete myracles to many men and wymmen that were thrughe dyuers maladyes vndoone ¶ As vnto the worlde and thrughe his prayer they were broughte vnto there helthe and soo syr Edmonde prayed the pope hertely that he wolde graunt hym grace the forsayde Thomas myghte be traunslatyd But the pope sayde naye that he sholde not be traunslatyd vnto the tyme that he were better certyfyed of the clergye of Englond and seen by theyr obedyence what thynge god had done for the loue of
commaūde hym in my name that he be your frende and youre helpe for to take the mortymer al thynge yleft vpon peryll of lyf lym̄e ¶ Tho sayd Mountagu Syr my lorde graunt mercy ¶ Tho wente forthe the forsayd Mountagu and came to the Conestable of the castell and tolde hym the kynges wyll ¶ And he answerde and sayde· The kynges wyll sholde be doone in as moche as he myghte and that he wolde not spare for no manere of dethe And that he swore and made his othe ¶ Tho sayde syr wyllyam of Moūtagu to the constable in herynge of them alle that were helpynge to the same quarell Now certes dere frende vs behouyth to werke do by your aduys for to take the Mortymer syth that ye be keper of the castell and hath the keyes in your warde ¶ Syr sayd the Constable wyll ye vnderstonde that the castell yates ben lockyd with the keyes that dame Isabell sent hyther and by nyght she hath the keyes ther of and layeth them vnder the lursell of the bedde vnto the morowe and so ye maye not come in to the castell by the yates by no manere of wyse But I knowe an aleye that stretchythoute of the warde vnder the erthe in to the for sayde castell that gothe in to the weste whiche aleye dame Isabel the quene ne none of her men ne the Mortymer ne none of his company knowith it not And so I shall lede you thrugh the aley so ye shall come in to the castell withoute aspyenge of ony man that are your enmyes And the same nyghe syr wyllyam Mountagu all the lordes of his quarell the same Constable also went theym to hors made semblaūt as it were for to go out of Mortymers syght But anone as Mortymer harde thys tydynges he wende that they wolde haue gone ouer see for fere of hym ¶ And anone ryght he his cōpanye toke a coūseyll amonge theym for to lete theyr passage snetelletters anone to the porters so that none of the grete lordes sholde go home to theyr owned coūtrees but yf they were arested take And amonge other thynges wyllyam Elande Conestable of the for sayd castell pryuely ladde syre wyllyam of Mountagu hys company by the for sayd waye vnder the erth tyll they came in to the castell went vp in to the toure that Mortymer was in But syr Hughe of Trompynton theym ascryed hydously and sayd a traytours it is all for nought that ye ben comyn in to this castell ye shall deye yet an euell dethe euerychone And anone one of theim that was in Mountages company vp wyth a mace and smote the same Hugh vpon the heed that the brayne braste out and fell on the grounde and soo was he deed of an euyll deth ¶ Tho toke they mortymer as he armyd hym at the toures dore whan he herde the noyse of theym for drede ¶ And whan the quene Isablell sawe that the Mortymer was taken she made moche sorowe in herte thyse wordes vnto theym she sayd Now fayre syres I praye you that ye doo noo harme to his body a thy knyght our welbeloued frende and our dere cosyn ¶ Tho wente they thens and came and brought Mortymer and presentyd hym vnto kynge Edwarde he commaunded to brynge hym in saue warde ¶ But anone as they that were consentynge vnto mortymers doynge herde tell that he was taken they wente hydde them and pryuely by nyght wente out of the towne eche one his waye with heuy herte and mornynge chere lyued vpon theyr londes as well as they myghte ¶ And that same yere that Mortymer was take He hadde .ix. score knyghtes without quyres and sergaūtes of armys fote men And then̄e was mortymer ladde to London and syr Edmonde of Bedforde was ladde wyth hym and was taken to the constable of the toure to kepe ¶ But after warde was the Mortymers lyfe examyned at westmestre before the kynge and before all the geate lordes of Englonde for peryll that myght falle to the reame And to enquer◠also whiche were consentynge to syr Edwardes dethe the kynges fader also thrugh whome the Scottes escaped fro Stanhope in scotlonde without leue of kynge Edwarde And also how the chartre of ragman was delyuered vnto the Scottes them the homages and feautees of the lordes of Scotlōde were conteyned that the Scottes sholde doo euer more to the Englysshe kynge for the reame of Scotlond wherfore he was Iugyd to be drawen and hangyd for his treason And this myscheyf came vnto hym on saynt Andrewes euen In the yere of the Incarnacyon of our lorde Ihesu cryste M.CCC.xxx ¶ Howe kynge Edwarde gate ayen vnto hym gracyously the homages and feautees of Scotlonde wherof he was put oute thrughe the false counseyll of the quene Isabell his moder syre Roger Mortymer that was newely made Erle of Matche NOw haue ye herde how Iohan Bayllol in the tyme of peas was chosen to be kynge of Scotlonde for cause that he came of the eldest doughter of the Erle Dauyd of Huntyngton that was kynge Alysanders broder of Scotlond that deyed without heyre of hys body begoten And how this Iohan made his feaute and homage to kynge Edwarde Henryes sone the thyrde for his londes of Scotlonde And how he afterwarde with sayd hys homage thrugh counseyll of the Scottes in the yere of our lorde ·M CC.lxxiiii and sente vnto the pope thrugh a fals suggestyō that he made hys othe vnto the forsayd kynge Edwarde ouer hys estate and his wil of the whyche othe the pope hym assoyled thrughe hys bullys to hym ysent ¶ And anone as kynge Edwarde wyst therof he ordeyne anone hys barons and came vnto Berwyk and cōquered the towne at the whyche conquest there were slayne .xxv. thousande .vii. hundred Bayllol that was kyng of Scotlond came yeldyd hym to gode kynge Edwarde the kyng delyuered hym out of the toure of London and all the grete lordes with hym that tho were taken at Berwyk yaue theym saufconduyte to goo into Scotlonde And the Scottes sythe thrugh theyr falsnesse warred vpon the good kynge Edwarde And whan syr Iohan Bayloll kynge of Scotlonde sawe all this he wente ouer see vnto Dunpier and lyued there vpon hys londes as well as he myght tyll that the Scottes wolde amende theym of theyr mysdedys and trespaas and ladde with hym syr Edwarde his sone wherfore the Scottes in dyspyte of hym callyd hym syr Iohan Turnlabard for bycause that he wolde not ne offend ne trespaas ayenst the good kynge Edwarde of Englonde And soo he for soke hys reame of Scotlonde and sette therof but lytyll pryce And this syr Iohan dwellyd longe tyme in Fraunce tyll that he deyed there syr Edward his sone receyued hys herytage and dyde homage to the kynge of Fraunce for his londes of Dunpier And so it befell afterwarde that Edward that was Iohan Bayllols sone had with hym a squyre
kepe theym in the best manere that they myght ¶ The Scottes vnderstode that crabbe sayd sothe for soke the sege and wente thens by nyghte ¶ whan thys thynge was knowe thrughe Scotlonde how that the lordes knyghtes were dyscomfyted at Gaskemore of Scotlonde thrughe syre Edwarde Bayllol ye shall vnderstonde that the lordes ladyes the gentyls of Scotlond came wonder faste to saynt Iohannes towne yeldyd theym vnto Bayllol to hym dyd homage feaute for theyr sondes yelde theym to his peas he theym receyued frely And fro thens he weÌ„te to the abbay of Scone there he was crowned kyng of Scotlond after he lete crye hys peas thrughe out all the londe ¶ And at that same tyme it befell that kynge Edwarde helde his parlement amonge hys leyges at the newe castell vpon Tyne for to amende the trespaces and the wronges that had ben done in his londe And syr Edwarde Bayllol kynge of Scotlonde came to hym thyther and dyde to hym homage feautee for the reame of Scotlond And in thys maner kynge Edwarde of Englonde gadred ayen hys homages feautees of Scotlonde wher of he was put out thrughe counseyll and assent of dame Isabell hys moder and of syr Roger Mortymer erle of Marche Tho toke Bayllol kyng of Scotlond hys leue of kynge Edwarde of Englonde went thens in to his owne londe of Scotlonde set but lytyll by suche as had counseylled hym holpen hym in hys quarel wherfore they wente from hym went lyued by theyr owne londes and renttes in Scotlond ¶ And so it befel after warde not longe that that the kynge of Scotlonde ne remeued came to the toure of Anande there tooke hys dwellynge and thyder came to hym a company of knyghtes stronge men worthy yelded them vnto the kynge And bare theym so fayr in dede and in couÌ„tenauÌ„ce so that he trustyd moche vpon theym And anone as the traytours sawe that he trustyd moche vpon theym they ordened amonge theym fyfty in a company and wolde haue slayne theyr lorde the kynge But thrugh the grace of almyghty god he brake thrugh a walle an hole in his chambre as god wolde scapyd theyr trechery all hys men were slayne and he escaped with moche dred vnto the towne of Cardoyll And there he helde hym sore anoyed And this befell vpon our ladyes euen the coÌ„cepcyon ¶ Tho sent kynge Edward Baylloll to kynge Edwarde of Englonde how falsly and tratoursly he was in lytyll tyme put to shame sorowe thrughe his lyege men vppon whom he trustyd wonder moche And prayed hym for the loue of god that he wolde mayntene hym helpe hym ayenst hys enmyes the kynge of englond had of hym grete pyte behight to helpe hym socour hym and seÌ„t hym worde that he shold hold hym in peas styll in the forsayde cyte of Cardoyll tyll that he had gadred his power ¶ Tho ordeyned kyng Edwarde of Englonde a counseyll at London lete gadre his men in diuers shyres of Englond and whan he was alle redy he wente towarde the towne of Berwyk vpon Twede and theder came to hym kyng Edward Baylloll of scotlond with his powere and beseged the towne And made without the towne a fayr towne of pauylyons and dyched theym all abowte so that they had no drede of the â–ª Scottes made manye assawte with â—onnes and wyth other engynnes to the towne wherwyth they dystroyed many fayre houses chyrches also were beten downe to the erthe with grete stones the spitously came out of gonnes other engynes And neuertheles the Scottes kept ryght well the towne that tho two kynges myghte not come therin longe tyme. nâ—theles the kynges abode there so longe tyll tho that were within the towne fayled vytaylles also they were so wery of wakynge that they wyst not what for to do ¶ And ye shall vnderstende that tho scottes that were wythin the towne of Berwyk thrugh comyn counseyl theyr assent lete crye vpon the wallys of the twone that they myght haue peas of the EnglysshmeÌ„ and therof they prayed the kyng of his grace mercy prayed gym of trwes for .viii. dayes vpon this couenaunte that yf they were not rescowed in that syde of the towne towarde Scotlond of the Scottes within .viii. dayes that they wolde yelde theym vnto the kyng the towne also And to holde this couenaunt they prouffred to the kinge .xii. hostages out of the towne of Berwyk ¶ Whan the hostages were delyuerde vnto the kynge anone tho of the towne sent vnto the scottes tolde theym of theyr sorowe myscheyf And the Scottes tho came pryuely ouer the water of Twede to the bought of the abbaye syr wyllyaÌ„ Dyket that was tho Stewarde of scotlonde many other that came wyth hym put theym theyr in grete peryll of themself att that tyme of ther lyf For they came ouer a brydge that was to broke the stones away many of theyr company were there drowned But the forsayd wyllyam went ouer other of company came by the shyppes of Englond slew in a barge of Hull xvi· meÌ„ and after they went into the towne of Berwyk by the water syde wherfore the Scottes helde tho the towne rescowed askyd theyr hostages ayen of the kynge of Englonde the kynge sente theym worde ayeÌ„ that they axyd theyr hostages with wroÌ„ge syth thath they came into the towne of Enlonde syde for couenaunt was bytwene theim that the towne sholde be rescowed by the halfe of Scotlonde and anone tho commauÌ„ded kynge Edwarde to yelde the towne or he wolde haue the hostages and the Scottes sayd the towne was rescowed welle ynoughe therto they wolde theym holde whan kyng Edwarde sawe the Scottes breke theyr couenauntes that they made he was wonder wrothe and anone lete syr Thomas Fytz wyllyam and syr AlysaÌ„der of Feton warden of Berewyk the whyche Thomas was person of Dunbarre and lete theÌ„ be take fyrste afore that other hostages for cause that Syr Alysanders fader was keper of the towne ¶ And tho commaunded euerye daye two hostages of the towne tyll that they were all do to deth But yf they yelded the towne so he sholde teche them for to breke theyr couenauntes And whan they of the towne herde thyse tydyngê they became wonder sory and sente to the kyng that he wolde graunt them other .viii. dayes of respyte So that bytwene two hundre men of armys and .xx. men of armes myght by strenthe go bytwene them to the towne of Berwyk theym for to vytaylle that the towne must be holde for rescowed And yf soo were that .xxi. or .xxii. or more were slayne of tho two hundred before sayde that the towsholde not be holde for rescowed And thys couenaunte to be holde they sente to hym other .xii. of the forsayd towne in hostage the kynge of Englonde
grauntyd theym theyr prayer toke the hostages on saynt Margaretê eue in the yere of grace M·CCC xxxiii the Scottes came fyersly well arayed in foure wynges for to mete kynge Edwarde of Englonde and Edwarde the kynge of Scotlonde with theyr power and came faste and sharply ayenst euensonge tyme And the same tyme was flood atte Berwyk in the water of Twede that no man myghte goo ouer on hys hors nor on fote â— and the water was bytwene tho two kynges and the reame of Englonde And that tyme abode the Scottes in that other syde for cause that the englyssgmen sholde haue be drowned ¶ Thys was the arraye of the Scottes how that they came in batayll ayenst the two kynges of Englonde and of Scotlonde In the vaunt warde of Scotlonde where thyse lordes THerle of Moryf Iamys Frysell Symond Frysell Walter stewarde Reynolde Cheyn Patryke of Greham Iohan le graunt Iamys of Cordoyl Patryk Parkeys Roberte Caldecottes Phylyp of Melledrum ThomÌ„s Gylbert Rauf wyseman Adam gurdon Iamys Gramat Roberte Boyd Huhhe Park with .xl knyghtê newe dubbyd .vi. C. men of armes .iii. M. of comyns In the fyrste parte of thalfe batayll were thyse lordes the Stewarde of Scotlonde the erle of Mory Iamys his vncle wyllyaÌ„ douglas dauyd of Lyndesey Marcolyn Flemynge Wyllyam of keth DnÌ„sen Cankok with .xxx. bachelers new dubbyd ¶ In the seconde parte of the batayll were thyse lordes Iamys Stewarde of Corden Alein Stewarde wyllyam Abbrehin wyllyaÌ„ Morys Iamys Fytz wyllyam Adam lemost walter Fytz. Gylbert IohnÌ„ of Cerleton Robert wallam with .vii. C. men of armys and .xvii. M. comyns ¶ In the thyrd parte of the batayll of Scotlonde were thyse lordes The erle of Moref the erle of Ruf therle of Strahern the erle of Soth erlonde william of Kyrkkelay IohnÌ„ CaÌ„bron Gylbert of Hey wyllyam ramsey wylliam PreÌ„degest Kyrston Harde wyllyam Gurde Arnold Garde Thomas Dolphyn wyth .xl. knyghtes newe dubbyd .ix. C. men of armys .xv. M. of comyns ¶ In the fourth warde of the batayll of Scotlonde were thyse lordes Archbalde Douglas the erle of Lencuax Alysander le Brus. the erle of Fyff IohnÌ„ Canbell erle of Atheles Roberte Lawether wyllyam of Vypouynt wyllyam of Lonston Iohnn de Labels Groos de Sherenlawe Iohan de Lyndesey Alysander de Gray Ingram de Vmfreuille Patryk de Polesworthe Dauyd de wymes Mychell Scot. wyllyam Landy Thomas de Boys Roger Mortymer with xx bachelers new dubbyd .ix. C. men of armys .xviii. M. .iiii. C. of comyns The erle of Dunbar keper of the castelle of Berewyk halpe the Scottes with .l. men of armys And syr Alysander of Ceton keper of the for sayd towne of Berwyk with an C. men ef armys And also the comyns of the towne wyth ·iiii C. men of armys with .viii. C. of fote men ¶ The somme of therles lordes aboue sayd amounteth .lxvi. ¶ The some of bachelers newe dubbyd amouÌ„teth to an C.lx. ¶ The soÌ„me of men of armys amounteth .iii. M.C. ¶ The suÌ„me of the comnyns amounteth .liii. M. and .iii. C. ¶ The soÌ„me totalle of the people abouesayd amounteth .lxv. M.vii C.xlv And thyse .lx. .vi. gretate lordes ladde all the other greeste lordes abouesayde Infonre bataylles as it is tolde beforen allon fote and kynge Edwarde of Englonde and Edwarde Bayllol kyng of Scotlonde hadde well apparelled theyr folke in foure bataylles for to fyghte on fote ayenst the Scottes theyr enmyes ¶ And the Englys the mynstrels blewe theyr trumpetes and the. yr claryons and hydously ascryed the Scottes And tho had euery Englysshe batayll two wynges of pryce archers The whiche at that batayll shot arowes so faste and soo sore that the Scottes myghte not helpe themsefle And they smote the Scottes thousandes vnto the grounde And they began for to flee fro the englysshmen for to saue theyr lyues And whan the Scottes knaues saw the scomfyture and the Scottes fall fast to the grounde they preckyd faste theyr maysters horse with the sporis for to kept theym from peryl sete theyr maysters at on force And whan thenglyssmen saw that they lept on theyr horses faste pursued the Scottes all that abode they slewe downe ryght ¶ There men myght see the doughtinesse of the noble kynge Edward of hys men how manly they pursewed the Scottes that flowe for drede And there men myght see many a Scottysshman caste downe vnto the grouÌ„de the baners dysplayde hackyd in to peces many a gode haberyoyne of stele in the blode bathe And many a tyme the Scottes were gadred in to coÌ„panyes but euer more they were discomfyted ¶ And so it befell as god almyghty wolde that the Scottes had that day nomore fayson ne myghte ayenst the Englysshemen than .xx. shepe among .v. wulues And so were the Scottes dyscomfyted yet the scottees was well .v. men ayenst one englysshmen And the batayll was done on Halydoune hyll besyde the towne of Berwyk At the whiche batayll were slayne of the Scottes xxxv· thousande .vii. houndred and .xii. And of the Englysshemen but only .xiii. And this victory befel to the Englysshmen on saynt Margyretes euen the holy virgyn martyr in the yere of our lorde Ihesu cryste M.CCC.xxxii ¶ And whyle thys doynge lastyd the Englysshe pages toke the pylfre of the Scottes that were slayne euery man that he myght take wythout ony chalengynge of ony man And so after thys gracyous victory the kynge torned hym agayne vnto the same syege of Berewyk ¶ And whan they be syeged sawe and herde how kynge Edwarde had spede they yelded to hym the towne wyth the castell on the morowe after saynt Margaretes daye ¶ And thenne the kynge dyde ordeyne syr Edwarde Baylloll with other noble and worshypfull men to be kepers and gouernours of all Scotlonde in hys absence And hymselfe torned ayeÌ„ and came into EnloÌ„de after this vyctorye with moche Ioye and also worshyp and in the nexte yere folowynge after that is for to say in the yere of the Incarnacyon of oure lorde Ihesu eryste M.CCC.xxxiii And of kynge Edwarde vii· he wente ayen in to Scotlonde in wynter tyme Atte the whiche vyage the castell of kylbrygge in Scotlonde for hym and for his men that were with hym he recouered and had ayenst the Scottes All at his owne luste ¶ And in that same yere syr Edwarde Bayloll kyng of Scotlonde helde his parlement in Scotlonde with many noble lordes of Englonde that were at that same parlemente bycause of theyr londes and also lordshyps that they had in the reame of Scotlonde And helde all of the same Baylloll And in the .viii. yere of hys regne abowte the feest of saynt Iohan Baptist syr Edward Bayllol they vere and true kynge of Scotlonde as by heretage right lyne made his homage and feaute vnto kynge Edwarde of Englonde for the reame of Scotlonde att new castell vppon Tyne In the presente of many a worthy man and also of comyns bothe of the reame of
fraunce thrughe his counseyll he wrote to al the prelates dukes erles and baroÌ„s and the noble lordes of the countre and also to dyuerse of the comune people dyuers letters maundementes berynge date att Gandaue the viii daye of February ¶ And anone after wythin a lytyll tyme he came ayen in to englonde with the quene and her chyldren ¶ And in the same yere on mydsomer euen he began to saylle to warde Fraunce ayen and manly and fyersly he felle vpon Phylyp of Valoys the whyche longe tyme laye and had gadryd to hym a full longe boystous meny of dyuers nacions in the hauen of Sceuys there they foughten togyder the kynge of frauÌ„ce and he wyth theyr hostes fro myddaye to thre of the clocke in the morne in the whyche batayll were slayne .xxx. thousande men of the kynges coÌ„pany of fraunce and many shyppes and cogges were taken And soo thrugh goddes helpe he had there the vyctorye and bere thens a gloryous chyualry ¶ And in the same yere abowte saynt Iames tyde without the yates of Saynt Omers Robert of Arthoys with men of EngloÌ„de Flaun faught ayenst the duke of Burgon the Frensshemen att whiche batayll were slayne take of the frensshmen .xv. barons .lxxx. knyghtes shyppes barges were take vnto the nombre of CC. and .xxx. ¶ The same yere the kynge makynge abydynge vpon the sege of â—ornay the erle of Henaude with Englysshe archers made assaulâ—â— vnto the towne of Saynt Aâ—ande where they slewe .l. knightes many other and also destroyed the towne ¶ And in the .xvi. yere of hys regne folowynge in the wynter tyme the kynge stylle vpon the forsayd seyge sente of tyme into englond vnto hys tresorer other purueyours for golde moneye that sholde be seÌ„te vnto hyÌ„ there iÌ„ his nede but his proctours and messyngers cursedly and ful slouly serued hym at hys nede deceyued hym on whoo 's defaute latches the kyng toke trewes bytwene hym and the kynge of frauÌ„ce And thenne kynge Edwarde full of shame and sorowe in hys herte wyth drewe hym fro the sege come into Brytayne and there was soo grete stryue of batayll that he loste many of his peple And whan he had doone there that he come for he dressyd hym ouer see in to Englond warde ¶ And as he saylled to warde Englonde in the hyghe see the moost myshappes stormes and tempestes thondre lyghtnynge felle to hym in the see the whyche was sayde that it was done yraysyd thrugh euyll spirytes made by sore ery nygro mancye of them of fraunce wherfore the kynges herte was ful of sorowe and aÌ„guysshe welllynge syghynge sayd vnto our lady in thys wyse· ¶ O blessyd lady Saynt Mary what is the cause that euer more goynge into fraunce al thynges wethers fallen to me Ioyfull and lykynge and as I wold haue them but alway tornynge into Englonde warde all thyngê fallen vnprofytable and very harmfull neuertheles he scapyd all perelles of the see as god wolde and came to the tour of London by nyght ¶ And the same yere the kyng helde his Crystmas at Meneres sent worde to the Scottes by his messagers that he was redy wolde doo fyght with theym but the Scottes wolde not abyde that but fledde ouer the Scottes see hyd them a well as they myght ¶ And in the .xvii. yere of his regne aboute the feest of the CoÌ„uersyon of saynt poull kynge Edwarde whan he had ben in Scotlond sawe that the scottes were fledde tho he come ayen into Englond And a lytell before lent was the turnement at Dunstable tho the whyche tourmente come alle the yonge bachelary chyualry of Englond with many other erles and lordes At the whiche turnemente kyng Edward hymself was there present ¶ And the next yere folowyng in the .xviii. yere of his regne att hys parlemente holden at westmynster the auyzeme of paske kynge Edwarde the thyrde made Edwarde his fyrst sone prynce of walys ¶ And in the .xix. yere of his regne anone after in Ianyuer before lente the same kynge Edwarde lete make full noble Iustes grete feestes in the place of hys byrth at wyndsore that there was neuer none suche seen there afore At whiche feest ryalte were two kynges two quenes the prynce of walys the duke of Cornewayle .x. Erles .ix. Countesses barons and many burgeys the whiche myghte not lyghtly be noÌ„bred of dyuerse londes beyonde the see weren many straungers And at the same tyme whan the Iustes were done kynge Edward made a grete souper in the whiche he ordened began hys rounde table ordened stedfasted the daye of the rounde table to be holden there att wyndesore in the wytsone weke neuer more yerely this tyme Englyssh men so moche haunted and cleuyd to the woodnes foly of the straungers that from tyme of comynge of Henaudes .xviii. yere passed they ordeyned and chaunged theym euery yere dyuerse shappes and dysguysynge of clothynge of longe large and wyde clothes dystytute dyserte frem all olde honest and gode vsage And an other tyme shorte clothes and strayte wastyd gagged and kyt and on euery syde slatered and botoned with sleues and tapytis of surcotes and hodes ouer longe and ouermoche hangynge that yf I the sothe shall saye they were more lyke to tormentours deuyls in theyr clothynge shokynge other araye than to men the wymen more nycely yet passed the men in araye euouslyer for they were so strayte clothed that they lefe hange fore tayles sewyd byneth wythin there clothes for to fele and hyde theyr arsers the whiche dysguysynges pryde parauenture afterwarde broughte fourthe caused many myshappes myschyef in the reame of Englonde ¶ The xâ— yere of kynge Edwarde he wente ouer in to Brytayne and Gascoyne In whoo 's coÌ„pany wente the erle of warwyk the erle of Souffolke the erle of Huntyngton and the erle of Arundell and many other lordes and comune people in a greate multytude wyth a greate Nauye of CC. and .xl. shippes anone after mydsomer for to auenge hym of many wronges and harmes to hym doone by Phylyp of Valoys kynge of Fraunce ayene the trewes before honde grauntyd the whych the trewes he falsly and vntrewely by cauelacyons and dysquatter ¶ How kynge Edwarde saylled in to Normandy arryued at hogges with a grete host IN the .xxi. yere of hys regne kynge Edwarde thrugh counseyll of alle the grete lordes of Englond callyd gadred togyder in his parlemente at westmestre before Ester ordeyned hym for to passe ouer the see agayn for to disease dystrobled the rebelles of FrauÌ„ce And whan his Nauye was come togyder and made redy he wente with a grete hoste the .xii. daye of Iulii and saylled in to Normandye arryued at hogges ¶ And whan he had rested hym ther .vi. dayes for by cause of trauaylyng of the
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
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
of Angoy with many other lordes and prelates of bothe reames for to treate of peas ¶ Of the dethe of prynce Edwarde and of the lorde Latymer and dame Alyce peres thrughe whome and hyr maynteners the Reame many a daye was mysgouerned NOt longe after the .li. yere of Kyng Edwardes regne he lette ordeyne holde at westmynster the grettest parlement that was seen many a yere afore In the whiche parlemente he asked of the comynaltee of the reame as hee had done afore a grete subsydye to be graunted to hym for defeÌ„dynge of hym and of his reame but the comunes answerd that they were soo ofte daye by daye greued charged with so mani talagâ—s subsydyes that they myght no leÌ„ger suffre noo suche burthoÌ„s and charges that they knewe wyst well ynough that the kynge had ynough for sauynge of hym and of hys reame yf the reame were well truely gouerned But that it had bee soo longe euyll gouerned by ylle offycers that the reame myght nother be plenteuous of chaffre marchaundyse ne also with rychesse And in these thynges they profyred themself yf the Kyng wolde certaynly to preue it and stande by and yf it were foundeÌ„ and proued afterwarde that the Kynge had nede they wolde gladly euery man after hys power and state hym helpe and lene And after this were publysshed shewed in the parlemente many playntes and defautes of dyuers offycers of the reame and namely of the Lorde Latymer the kynges chamberlayne bothe to the Kynge and eke to the reame ¶ And also att the laste there was spoken treated of dame Alyce Pers for the grete wronges euyll gouernaunce that was done by hyr counseyl in the reame The whiche dame Alyce pers that the kyng had holden longe tyme to hys lemman wherfore it was the laste wonder though thrugh the frealter of the womans excytynge hyr steringe he consented to hyr lewdnesse euyll couÌ„seyl the whiche dame Alyce also the lorde Latymer other suche the meued the kynge to euyll gouernaunce ayenst his profyte the reame also all the comynalte asked desyred that they sholde be remeued put awaye and in theyr stedes wyse meÌ„ worthy that were trewe wel assaied proued and of good gouernaunce sholde be put in theyr stedes So amonge al other there was one amonge the comunes that a wyse knyght and a trewe and an eloquent man whoo 's name was Pers delamare And this same pers was chosen to be speker for the comunes in the parleament And for this same Pers tolde and publysshed the trouthe and rehersed the wronges ayenste the forsayd dame Alyce other certayne persones of the kynges counseyll as he was bydde by the comyns ¶ And also trustynge moche to be supported mayntened in thys mater by helpe fauour of the. prynce anone as the prynce was dede att the instaunce requeste of the forsayd dame Alyce thys Pers de amare was Iugyd to perpetual pryson in the castell of Notyngham ¶ And in the .vi. kal. of Iule lastynge the same parlemente deyed prynce Edwarde kynge Edwardes fyrst sone that is to saye in trynyte sonday in worshyp of whyche feste he was woÌ„te euery yere where that euer he were iÌ„ the worlde to holde and made the moost soleÌ„pnyte that he myght whos name fortune of knyghthode but yf it had be of an other Ector alle men bothe crysten hethen whyle that he liued was in good poynt woÌ„dred moche and dradde hym wonder soore whoo 's body is worshypfully buryed in Crychyrche at Caunterbury And in this same yere the meÌ„ and the erles tenauntes of warwyk arose malycyously ayenst the abbot couent of Euesham theyr tenauntes destroyed thabbaye the towne wouÌ„ded bete theyr men slewe many of theym wente to theyr maners places dyde moche harme and brake downe ther parkes closes slewe theyr wylde bestes chaced them brekynge theyr fysshe poundes hedes lete the water of theyr pondes stewes ryuers renne out toke the fysshe bare it with them and dyde theym all the sorowe that they myght in so ferforthe that forsoth they had destroyed perpetuall that abbay with all theyr membres apportenaunces but yf the kynge the soner had not holpen it taken hede therto therfore the kyng sent his letters to the erle of warwyk chargyng hym coÌ„mauÌ„dynge hym that he sholde stynt redresse amende tho euyll doers brekers of his peas and so by meanes of lordes other frendes the peas was made bitwene them and for this hurtynge as it is sayd the kynge wolde not be gouerned as that tyme bi his lordes that there were in the parlement but he toke made his sone the duke of Lancastre his gouerneur of the reame the whiche stode soo styll as gouernour tyl the tyme that he dyed ¶ The same yere after caÌ„delmasse or the parlement was done the Kynge asked a subsidye of the clargy of the lay fee it was grauÌ„tyd hyÌ„ that is to say that he sholde haue of euery persone of the lay fee both man and woman that passed fourtene yere of aege foure peÌ„s out takeÌ„ pore beggers that were knowen openly for nede pore beggers ¶ And that he shold haue of euery man of the holy chyrche that was benefyced or promoted twelue pens and all other that were not promoted iiii pens out taken the .iiii. ordres of the frere beggers This same yere after Myghelmasse Rycharde prynce Edwardes sone was made prynce of wales to whom the kyng gaf the duchy of cornewayle with the erldom of chestre And about this tyme the Cardynale of Englond the .iiii. day before mary Mawdalenes day after dyner sodaynly was smyte with the paslye and loste his speche on mary Mawdalenâ—s daye deyed ¶ Of the dethe of Kynge Edwarde how syr Iohan Monster warch knyght was draweÌ„ hanged for his falsnesse Ryght anone after in the .lii. yere of Kynge Edward in the begynnynge of Octobre pope Gregorye the .ix. broughte remeued his courte wyth hym from Auyâ—yon to come ¶ And the .xii. daye of Apryl Iohan Monsterwarthe Knyght att London was drawen hangyd than quartred sent to four cheyf townes of Englond his heed smyten of sete vpon londen brydge for this same IohnÌ„ was full vntrewe to the kynge and to the reame coueytous vnstable for he tooke oftymes grete soÌ„mes of money of the kynge his couÌ„seyll for men of armes wages that he sholde haue paed them tooke it to his owne vse he dradde that att the laste he sholde be shent accused for the same cause and fled pryuely to the kyng of Fraunce was sworne to hym become hys man and behyghte hym a greate nauye out of Spayne in to confucyon destroynge of Englonde But the ryghtfull god to whom no preuyte is vnknowen suffred hym fyrst to
malyce of this fals walsshe man And than the kynge came in to wales with his power for to dystrye this Owen other rebelles fals walsshemen And anone they fled in to the Montayns and there myght the kynge do them no harme in no maner wyse for the montayns so the kynge came ayen in to Englond for lesynge of moche of his peple thus he spedde not there ¶ In this same yere was grete scarsyte of whete in Englonde for a quarter of whete was at .xvi. shellynge And there was marchaundyse of Englonde sent in to Prure for whete anone they hadde lade fraughtshypoes Inough and came home in saufte thanked be god of all his gyftes ¶ And in the .iii. yere of kynge Henryes regne there was a sterre seen in the fyrmament that shewed hym self thrugh all the worlde for dyuerse tookens that sholde befall soone after the whiche sterre was named by clergyâ— Stella cometa and on saynt Mary Mawdelenes daye next folowynge in the same yere was the bataylle of Shrowesbury And thyder came syr Henry Percy the erles sone of NorthuÌ„berlonde wyth a grete multytude of men of armes and archers and gaaf a batayll to Kynge Henry the fourth thrugh the fals and wycked counseyll of syr Thomas Percy his vncle erle of worchestre and there was syr Henry Percy slayne the moost parte of hys people in the flede and syr Thomas Percy taken and kept faste in holde twoo dayes tyll the kynge had sette in reste hys people on bothe sydes And than syr Thomas Percy was Iuged to the deth to be drawen and hanged and hys heed smyten of for his fals treason atte Shrowesbury and his heed brought to london and sete on london bridge ¶ And the other people that there was slaine oon bothe parties the kynge lette burye ¶ And there were slayne on the kynges syde in that batayll the Erle of Stafforde and syr walter Blunte in the kynges cote armur vnder the kynges baner and many moo worthy men vpon whoo 's sowle god haue mercy Amen ¶ And in the fourthe yere of kynge Henryes regne came the Emperouer of Constantynople with many gretee solaes and knyghtes and moche other people of his countree in to Englonde to kynge Henry wyth hym to speke and to dysporte and to se the good gouernaunce condycions of our peple to knowe the coÌ„mydytees of Englonde And our kyngeÌ„ with al his lordes goodly and worshypfully receyued and welcomed hym and alle his menye that came with hym and dyde hym all the worshyppe that they coude and myghte And anone the kynge commaunded all maner offycers that he sholde be serued as worthely and ryally as it loÌ„ged to suche a worthy lorde And Emperoure on his owne coste as longe as the Emperoure was in Englonde and all hys men that came with hym ¶ And in this same yere camen dame Iane the duches of Brytayne into Englonde and londed atte fallemouthe in Cornewayle And frome thens she was broughte to the Cytee of wynchestre and there she was wedded vnto kynge Henry the fourth in the abbaye of saynt Swythynes of wynchestre wyth all the solempnyte that myght be done made And sone afterwarde she was brought from thens to London And the mayer and the aldermeÌ„ with the comunes of the cyte of London rode ayenst hyr welcomed hyr and brought hyr thrugh the cyte of London to westminster there she was crowned quene of EngloÌ„de there the kynge made a ryall and solempne feest for hyr and for al maner of men the thyder wold come And in this same yere dame BlauÌ„che the eldest doughter of kyng Henry the fourth was sent ouer see with the erle of Somerset hyr vncle with mayster Rychard Clyfforde than bysshop of worcestre and with many other lordes knyghtes ladyes worthy squyres as longed to suche a kyÌ„ges doughter and came into Colayn And thyder came the dukes sone of Barre with a fayre menye and receiued this worthy laby and the bysshop of worcestre wedded sacred theym togyder as holy chyrche it wold And there was made a ryall feest a grete Iustynge in the reuerence of worshyp of theÌ„ all people the thyder came whan this maryage and feest was done the erle the bysshop and al theyr menye toke theyr leue of the lorde the lady came home ayen into Englond in saufte thanked god ¶ And in the .v. yere of kyng HeÌ„ryes regne the lorde Thomas hys sone wente ouer see the erle of Kent many other lordes and knyghtes wyth meÌ„ of armes and archers a greate noÌ„bre to chastyse the rebelles that afore had done moche harme to oure Englysshmen marchauntes to many townes portes in Englonde on the see costes And the lord Thomas the kynges sone came into Flaundres before a towne that is called Scluse amonge all the shyppes of dyuers nacyons that were there after there they rodeÌ„ with theyr shyppes amoÌ„ge them and weÌ„t on londe sported them there two dayes came ayen to theyr shyppes toke the brode see there they mette wyth thre Carackes of Iene that were laden wyth dyuerse marchauÌ„dyse wel maÌ„ned they fought togyder longe tyme but the Englysshmen had the vyctory brought the Carackes into the Cambre before wynchelse there they cunâ—ed these goodes one of these Carackes was sodaynly brente there And the lordes and theyr people torned theym home ayen and went no further at that tyme. ¶ And the same tyme Serle yoman of kynge Rychardes robbes came in to Englonde out of Scotlonde tolde to dyuerse people that kynge Rycharde was on lyue in ScotloÌ„de so moche people byleued in his wordes wherfore a grete parte of the people of the reame were in grete errour grutchynge ayeÌ„ste the kynge thrugh informacyoÌ„ of lyes and fals lesynges that this· Serle had made For moch people trusted byleued in his sauynge But at the laste he was taken in the Northe countree ther by law Iuged to be drawen thrugh euery cyte good brugh townes in Englond so he was serued at the last he was brought to london vnto the gylde halle before the Iustyce and there he was Iuged for to be brought to the toure of london and there to be layd on an hurdell and than to be drawen thrugh the cyte of London to Tyburne there to be hanged thanne quartred and his heed smyteÌ„ of and set on London brydge hys quartres to be sent to four gode townes of Englonde there sette vp thus ended he for hys treason and decessed ¶ And in the .vi. yere of kyng Henryes regne the fourth the erle of Marre of Scotlonde by cause conduyt come into Englonde to chalenge syr Edmonde erle of Kent to certayne courses of warre on horsbacke And so this chalenge was accepted grauÌ„ted and the place taken in smythfelde at london and this erle of Marre the Scot
London and euery good towne of Englonde sent ouer the see to his rescowe certayne peple well arayed of the beste and chosen men for the warre ¶ And the seconde daye of August the forsayd duke of gloucestre aryued at Calays wyth all his army .v. hondred shyppes moo ¶ And the duke of Burgoyne all his hoost that laye in the syege as soone as they aspyed the sayles in the see before they approched Calays haueÌ„ sodaynly in a mornynge departed frome the syege leuynge behynde hym moche stuff and vytayle fledde in to Flaundres and Pycardye And in lykewyse dyde the syege that laye befor Guyâ—es where as they of Gwenes toke gregonne of brasse called Dygâ—on many other grete gonnes serpentes And than whan the duke of Gloucere was aryued wyth hys host He wente in to Flaunders there he was .xii. dayes dyde bute lytell harme excepte that he brente two fayre vyllages Poperynge Bell other houses whyche were of no stronge buyldynge so he retorned home ayen· ¶ And thys same yere the kyng of Scotlonde besyeged Rokesburgh with moche people But syr Raufe graye departed froÌ„ the castell ordeyned for a rescowe But as soone as the kynge of ScotloÌ„de vnderstode hys departynge sodaynly he brake his syege weÌ„te his waye lefte moche ordinaunce behynde hym where he gate hym no worshyp· This same yere the seconde daye of Ianyuer quene Katheryne the whiche was the kinges moder and wyf to kynge HeÌ„ry the fyfte deiÌ„ed departed out of this wolde was brouht ryally thrugh LondoÌ„ soo to westmÌ„ there she lyeth worshypfully buryed in oure ladyes chapel ¶ And also this same yere the fourth day of Ianyuer felle downe the gate wyth the tour on it on LondoÌ„ brydge to warde South warde with two arches al the stone theron ¶ This same yere was a greate treate holdeÌ„ bitwene Grauenynge Calays bytwene the kyng the duke of Burgoyne where was iÌ„ the kynges name the Cardynall of Englonde the duke of Norfolke and many other lordes for the duke of Burgoyne was the duchesse hauynge fulle power of hyr lorde as regnette and lady of hys londes where was taken by thaduyse of bothe partyes an abstynence of warre for a certayn tyme in the name of the duchesse and not of the duke by cause he had gone frome his othe and legaunce that he had made to kynge Henry the fyfte therfore the kynge neuer wolde wryte ne appoynt ne haue to doo with hym after but all in the duchesse name ¶ Also thys same yere quene Iane deyed the seconde day of Iule whiche had ben wyfe to Kynge Henry the fourthe and was caryed frome Bermondsey to Caunterbury where she lyeth buryed by kynge Henry her husbonde This same yere deyed all the Lyons in the toure of London the whiche had not ben seen many yeres before ¶ Howe Owen a squyre of wales that had wedded quene Katheryne was arested and of the scisme bytwene Eugenie Felix IN the .xv. yere of kynge Henry the sixth deyed Sygysmondus Emperour of Almayne and knyght of the garter whos termeÌ„te the kynge kepte at saynt Poules in London tyally where was made a ryall heerse and the Kynge in his astate cladde in blewe was atte euen at dyryge on the morne at masse c. And after hym was electe and chosen Albert duke of Osteryk whiche had wedded Sygysmondus doughter for to be Emperour This man was takeÌ„ receyued to be Kynge of Beme and Vngary by cause of his wyf that was Sygysmondus doughter whiche left none other heyre after hym This Alberte was Emperoure but one yere for he was poysened so deyed some saythe that he deyed of flix but he was a vertuous maÌ„ pytefull moche that all the peple the knew hym sayd that the world was not worthy to hauy his presence ¶ This same yere one OweÌ„ a squyre of wales a meÌ„ of low byrth whyche had many a day befor secretly wedded quene Kateryn had by hyr .iii. sones â— one doughter he was takeÌ„ coÌ„mauÌ„ded to Newgate to prysoÌ„ by my lord of Gloucestre protectour of the reame And this yere he brake the prysoÌ„ by the meane of a preest that was his chapelayn after was takeÌ„ ayeÌ„ by my lorde BomoÌ„de brought ayeÌ„ to Newgate afterwarde deliuered at large And one of his sones afterwarde was maâ—e erle of RychemoÌ„de an othâ—r erle of PeÌ„broke the thyrde a moÌ„ke of westmÌ„ whiche moÌ„ke dâ—yed sone after ¶ This same yere also on Newe yeres daye at Bernardes Castell fell downe a stake of wode sodaynly at after none and slewe thre meÌ„ myschyfly foule hurte other ¶ And at Bedforde on a shyresdai were xviii meÌ„ murdred without stroke by fallynge downe a stayr as they come out of the comune â—alle and manifoule hurte ¶ In the .xviii yere syr Rycharde BeauchaÌ„p the good erle of warwyke deyed atte Rone he beynge the tyme lyuetenate of the kiÌ„ge in Normandye and frome thens his body was brought to warwyke where he lyeth worshypfully in a newe chappel on the south syde of the quere ¶ And also this yere was a grete derth of corne thrughout all Englonde for a bussell of where was worth xl pens in many places of Englonde ¶ And yet they myght not haue ynoughe wherfore Steuen Browne that tyme Mayre of LondoÌ„ sente into pruce and broughte to London certayn shyppes laden wyth rye whiche dyd moche good to the poore people For corne was soo scarse in Englonde that in some places of Englonde poore people made them brede of fern rotes ¶ This yere the generall couÌ„seyll of Basylyde posed Eugeny they chose Felix whiche was duke of sauoy than began the scysme whiche endured vnto the yere of our lorde M. CCCC.xlvii ¶ This felix was a deuoute prynce sawe his sones sone And after lyued an holy lyfe and was chosen pope of the couÌ„seyll of Bysyle Eugeny deposed And so the scysme was longe tyme. thys Felyx had but lyttll obedience by cause of the naturalyte for the moost parte wel nyghe al crystendome obeyed and reputed Eugeny for very pope of theym bothe gor bothe occupyed duryng the lyf of Eugeny This same yere syr Rychard whyche was vycarye of Hermettelworth was degrated of his preesthode at Poules brent at toure hylle as for an heretike on saynt Botulphus daye how well att his deche he deyed a good Crysten man wherfore after his dethe moche people come to the place where he was breÌ„te and offred and made an hepe of stones set vp a crosse of tree helde him for a saynt tyll the Mayre shreues by the kyngê coÌ„maundement of bysshappes dystroyed it made there a douÌ„ge hylle ¶ And also this yere the shreues of London set out of saint Martins the graunte of the sent wary fyue ê‘sones whyche after warde were restored ayen to the sentwary by the kynges
for the frenssmeÌ„ to entre ¶ And aboute this the sayde Markys of Suffolke axed in playne parlement· a fyftene and an half for to fetche her out of frauÌ„ce ¶ Loo what a mariage was this as to the comparysoÌ„ of that other maryage For there sholde haue be delyuerde so many castels and Townes in Guyon and so moche golde sholde haue be yeuen with her that alle Englonde sholde haue be therby enriched but coÌ„trary wyse fell wherfore euery grete prynce ought to kepe hys promyse For bycause of brekynge of this promyse for maryage of quene Margarete what losse hath the reame of Englond had by lesynge of NormaÌ„dye Guyon by dyuysyon in the reame the rebellynge of comyns ayeÌ„st ther prince and lordes what dyuysyon amoge the lordes what murdre and sleynge of theym what feldes foughte made in conclusyon soo many that many a man hathe loste his lyfe in conclusyon the kynge deposed the quene wyth her soone fayne to fle into ScotloÌ„de from thens in to FrauÌ„ce so to Loreyne the place that she came fyrst fro many meÌ„ deme that the brekyngege of the kynges promyse to the systyr of the erle of Armynack was cause of his greate losse aduersyâ—e ¶ How the duke of Gloucestre the kynges vncle was arested at the parlyament of Bury and of hys dethe how Angeo in Mayn was delyueredd IN the .xxvi. yere of kynge Henry was a parlyament at Bury called Saynt Edmondes bury abowte whiche was coÌ„maunded all the comyns of the countre to be there iÌ„ their moste beste defensyable araye for to wayte vpon the kynge To whiche parlyament came the duke of Gloucestre Vmfry the kynges vncle whiche hadde be protectoure of EngloÌ„de all the noneage of the kynge And anone after as he was in hys lodgynge he was arested by the VycouÌ„te Beaumont the Conestable of Englonde whome accompanyed the duke of Bukyngham and many other lordes ¶ And for the wyth all his seruauntes were coÌ„maunded to departe frome hym And xlii of the chief of theym were arested and sente to dyuerse prisons And anone after this sayd areste the sayde duke was on the morowe deed on whos soule god haue mercy but how he dyed in what maner the certente is not knowe Some saye he deyed for sorowe some said he was murdred bytwene two federbeddê some sayd that a spytte was put in his fuÌ„damente But how he deyed god knoweth to whome no thynge in hydde then whan he was deede he was layde open that all men myght hym se· And soo bothe lordes knyghtes of the shyre wyth Burgeys came sawe hym lye dede but wouÌ„de ne token coude they not perceyue how he dyde Here may men marke what this worlde is ¶ This duke was a noble man a grete clerke ruled worshypfully the reame to the kinges behoue and neuer cowde be fouÌ„de fawte to him but enuye of theÌ„ that were gouernours had promysed the duchy of Angeo the erldome of myan caused the dystruction of this noble man For they dradde that he wolde empeshed the delyueraunce And after they sente his boody to saint Albons wyth certayn lyghtes for to be buryed And so syr Gerauys of Clyfton had then the charge for to conueye the corps And so it was buryed at Saynt Albons in the abbaye And fyue ê‘sones of hys housholde were sente to london there were they reyned Iugyd to be drawen hanged also quarered Of whome the names were syr roger chamberlayne knyght one mydelton a squyre Richard denham· whiche v. ê‘sones were draw fro the toure of london thrugh Chepe to tyborn· there lete done quycke and them striped to haue be heded quartred then the marqueys of Suffolke shewed there for thez the kyngê ê‘don vnder his grete seale soo they were ê‘doned of the remenauÌ„ce of all the other execusyon had theyr lyues so they were brought ayeÌ„ to loÌ„don after freely delyuered Thus begaÌ„ trowble in this reame of Englonde for the dethe of this noble duke of Gloucestre al the comyns of the reame begaÌ„ for to murmure for it were not coÌ„tent· ¶ And after the pope Eugeny was deed Nycholas the fyfte was elect pope this Nycholas was chose for Eugenye yet hangyng these sysmo notwithstondyng he gate the ObedieÌ„ce of all crysteÌ„ reames For after he was electe sacred pope certayne lordes of fraunce of EngloÌ„de were sente in to Sauoy to pope felix for to entreate hym to seasse of the papacye And by the specyall laboure of saynt IohaÌ„nes he sessed the seconde yere after the pope Nycholas was sacred And the sayde felix was made Legate of fraunce and Cardynal of Sauoye· and he resygned the hole papacye to Nycholas And after lyued an holy lyf deyed an holy man And as it is sayde almyghty god shewed myracles for hym This was the .xxiii. scysme bytwene Eugeny and Felyx dured .xvi. yere ¶ The cause was this the generall counseyll of Basyle deposed Eugeny whyche was oonly pope and Indubytyte for asmoche as he obserued not and kepte the decrees and statutes of the counseyll of Constance as it is sayde before Nether he rought not to yeue obedyence to the gener all counseyll in no maner wyse wherfore arose a grete alteracyon among wryters of thes matere pro et contra whiche can not accorde vnto this daye one partye sayth that the counseyll is aboue the pope And that other partye sayth nay but the pope is aboue the counseyll God blessed aboue all thynge yeue and graunte his peas in holy chirche spouse of cryste amen This nycholas was of Iene comen of lowe degree a doctour of dyuynyte An actyf man he Reedyfyed many places that were broken ruynous and dyd make a walle aboute the palays and made the walle newe abowte Rome for drede of the Turkis the people wondred and gretely merueylled of the ceasyng and resynyng of pope Felix to the pope Nycholas coÌ„syderynge that Nicholas was a maÌ„ of so homely a byrth the other was of affynyte to all moste party of cristen priÌ„ces wherfore ther was a uerse publysshed as is a fore sayde ¶ How syr â—raunsoys Aragonys toke Fogyers in Normandye and of the losse of ConstaÌ„tynople by the Turke IN the yere of kynge Henry .xxvii. beyng trewes bytwene frauÌ„ce and Englond A knyght of the Englisshe partye named Syr Fraunces aragony toke a towne in NormaÌ„dye named Fogyese ayeÌ„ste the trewes of whyche takynge begaÌ„ moche sorowe losse for thys was the occasyoÌ„ by the whiche the frenssmmeÌ„ gate all Normandye ¶ Aboute this tyme the Cyte of CoÌ„stantynople whiche was the emperial cytye in all Grece was takeÌ„ by the turkes â–ª Infydels whiche was bytrayde as some holde oppynyoÌ„ And theÌ„peroure taken slayne the ryall chyrche of saynt Sophya robbed dyspoyled and the relyques and ymages and the rode drawynge aboute the stretes whiche was done in spyte of Crysten
fayth and sone after all crysteÌ„ fayth in Grece perysshed and cessyd There were many Crysten meÌ„ slayne and innumerable solde and put in captyuyte ¶ By the takynge of this towne the Turke gretly was enhauÌ„ced in pryde and a grete losse to all crystendome ¶ In the .xxviii. yere was a parlyament holdeÌ„ at westmÌ„ from thens adyourned to the blacke freres at LondoÌ„ and after cristmas to westmynster ayen ¶ And this same yere Robert of Cane a man of westcountre wyth a fewe shyppes comynge out of the bay lade with salt whiche shyppes were of Pruce flandres Hollande and zelande and brought theym to Hampton wherfore the marchauntes of Englonde beynge in Flaundres were arested in Brydges Ipre and other places and myghte not be delyuered ne theyr dettes dyscharged tyll they had made apoyntment for to raye the hurtes of shyppes whiche was payde by the Marchauntes of the staple euery peny in lyke wyse the Marchauntes and goodes beynge in Dansyke were also arested and made grete amendes This same yere the frensshmeÌ„ in a mornyng toke by a trayne the towne of Pounte al Arche there in the lorde Fawconbrydge was taken prysoner And after that in Decembre Rone was taken loste beynge therin syr Edmonde Duke of Somerset the Erle of Shrewesbury the whiche by a poyntement left pledges and loste all Normandye and came home into Englonde And duryng the sayde parlyamente the duke of Suffolke was arested and sente in to the toure there he was a moneth after the kynge dyd do fetche hym oute for whiche cause all the comunes were in a greate rumoure what for the delyueraunce of Aungeo Mayne after lesynge of all NormaÌ„dye in especcyall for the dethe of the good duke of Gloucestre in so moche in some places meÌ„ gadred made theyÌ„ Capytayns as blewberde other whyche were take put to dethe And then the sayde parlyamente adyounyd was to Leycetre And theder the kynge brought with hym the duke of Suffolk And whaÌ„ the comyns vnderstode that he was oute of the Towre comeÌ„ thyder they desyred for to haue execucyoÌ„ on theym that were cause of the delyuerauÌ„ce of normaÌ„dye hadde because of the deth of the duke of Gloucestre and hadde solde gascoyne and guyan of the whiche they named too be gylty The duke of Suffolke as chyef The lorde Saye the Bysshop of salysbury dauyel many mo And for to please thou comyns the duke of Suffolke was exyled oute of Englonde for .v. yere ¶ And so duryng the parlyameÌ„te he wente into Norfolke there he toke his shyppyng for to goo out of the reame of Englonde into fraunce And this yere as he saylled on the see a shyppe of werre called Nycholas of the toure mette wyth his shyp and founde hym therin whome they toke out and brought hym in to theyr shyppe to the maystre the capytayne and there he was examyned and at the laste Iuged to deth And so they put hym in a caban and his chapylayne wyth hym for too shryue hym And that done they brought hym into Douer rode set hym into the bote smote there of his heede And broughte the body a londe vpoÌ„ the sondes and set the heede ther by And this was done the fyrst daye of May. Lo what auayled hym nowe all hys delyueraunce of Normandye And here maye ye schow he was rewarded for the deth of the duke of Gloucestre thus began sorowe vppon sorowe and deth for dethe ¶ How this yere was Insurreccyon in KeÌ„te of the comyns of whome Iack Cade an Irysshe man was capytayne THis yere of our lorde M·cccc .l. was the grete grace of the Iubyle at Rome where was greete pardon in so moche that froÌ„ all places in crystendome grete multytude of people restorcyd thyder And in this same yere was a grete assymble and gaderynge to gyder of the comyns of kente in to gret nombre And made an Insurreccyon and Rebelled ayenste the kynge and his lawes And ordeyned them a Capytayne called IohaÌ„n Cade an IryshmaÌ„ whiche named hymself Mortymer cosyn to the duke of yorke And this Capytayne helde theym togyder and made ordynauÌ„ces among theym and brought theym to the blacke hethe where he made a byl of peâ—ycyons to the kyng and hys counseyll and shewed what Iniuryes oppressyons the poore comyns suffren vnd coleur for to come to hys aboue and he hadde a grete maltytude of people ¶ And the .xxvii daye of Iune the kynge and many lordes Capitayns· and men of werre wente to warde hym to the blacke hethe· And whan the Capytayne of kent vnderstode the comynge of the kynge wyth so grete puyssaunce he wythdrewe hym and his people to smok a lytyll vyllage And the .xxviii. day of Iune he beynge withdraweÌ„ and gone the kynge came with hys armye sett in ordre and enbatayl led to the blacke heth by aduys of his couÌ„seyll syr Vmffrey Stafforde squyre two valyaunt capytayns wyth certayn people for to fyght wyth the capytayne to take and bringe hym and hys accessaries to the kynge whiche wente to Senok ¶ And the Capytayne wyth hys felshyp and mette wyth theym fought ayenst them and in conclusyon slewe them bothe and as many as abode wolde not yelde theÌ„ were slayne ¶ DuriÌ„g this skyrmysshe felle a grete variauÌ„ce amonge the lordes men and comyn people beynge on blacke hathe ayenste theyr lordes Capytayns sayenge playnly that they wolde go vnto the Capytayne of kente to assyste and help hym but yf they myght haue execucyon on the traytours beynge about the kynge wher to the kynge sayd nay they sayd playnly that the lorde Saye tresourer of EngloÌ„de the bisshop of Salysbury the baron of Dubby the abbot of Gloucestre Drnyel treuiloÌ„ many mo were traytours and worthy to bee dede wherfore for to plese the lordes meny also some of the kynges hous the lorde Saye was arested sente to the toure of london then the kyng he ryuge tydynges of the dethe ouer throwenge of the Staffordes he wythdrew hym to londoÌ„ frome thens to kelyng worthe For the kyng ne the lordes durst not truste the towne housholdemen ¶ Then after that the capytayne had hadde thys vyctorye vppon the Staffordes anone he toke syr Vmfreys fallete hys bryngantynes smyten ful of gylte naâ—les also hisâ— gylte spoâ— And arayed hym lyke a lorde a capytayne resorted with al his meny and also moo thaÌ„ he had before to the blacke heth ayeÌ„ To whome came the archebysshop of CauÌ„terbury the duke of BuckynghaÌ„ to the blacke hethe spake with hym And as it was sayd they founde hym wytty in his talkynge his request so they departed ¶ And the thyrde day of Iuly he came entred into London wyth al his people there dyd make cryes in the Kynges name in his name that no man sholde robbe ne take no maner goddes
but yf he payed for it And came rydyng thorough the cyte iÌ„ grete pryde smote his swerde vppoÌ„ london stone in Canwycke strete ¶ And he beynge in the cyte seÌ„te to the toure for to haue the lorde Say And so they fette hym brought hym to the yelde halle before mayre chaldermen where that he was examyned And he sayd he wolde ought to be Iuged by his petys And the comyns of Kent toke hym by force froÌ„ the mayre officeâ—â— that kepte hym and toke hym to a prest to shrewe hym And or he myght be half shriueÌ„ they broughte hym to the standerd in the chepe syde and there smote of his heed on whos soule god haue mery Amen ¶ And thus deyed the lorde Saye Tresourer of Englonde ¶ And this they set his heed vpon a spere bare it all about the Cyte And the same daye about Myle ende Cromere was beheded And the daye before at after none the Capytayne with certayne of hys men went to Philyp malpaus house robbyd hym and toke a waye moche good And from thens he wen to saynt Margaretes patens to one Gertis house and robbyd hym and toke away from hym moche good also Att whiche robbyng dyuerse men of London of thier neyghbours were at· and toke part wyth theym ¶ For this robbyng the peples hertes felle frome hym· And euery thryfty men was a ferde for to be serued in lyke wyse ¶ For there was many a man in London that a wayted wolde fayn haue sene a comyn robbery whyche almyghty god forbyd For it is to suppose yf he hadde not robbyd he myght haue goon ferre or he had be wythstonde for the kynge and all the lordes of the reame of Englonde were departed except the lorde Scalys that kept the toure of London And the fyfte daye of Inâ— he dyd do smyte of a maÌ„nys hede in south werke And the nyght after the mayre of London with the Aldermen the Comyns of the cyteâ— concluded to dryue away the capytayne hys hooste And sent to the lorde Scales to the toure to Mathegough a capytayne of NormaÌ„dye that they wolde that nyght assayll the Capytayne with theym of kente And so they dyd come to London brydge in such werke or the Capytayne had ony knowlege therof they fought with theym that kept the brydge And the keÌ„â—ysshmeÌ„ weÌ„t to harnes came to the brydge shote and foughte with theÌ„ gate the bridge made theyÌ„ of LondoÌ„ to flee slewe many of theym thys endured all the nyght to fro tyll one of the clocke of the morowe And at the laste they brente the drawe brydge where many of theym of london were drowned In the whiche nyght satton and alderman of LoÌ„don was slayn Roger heysaunte Mathegough many other And after this the chaunseler of Englonde sent to the Capytayne a pardon generalle for hym an other for his meny and then they departyd fro such werke euery man to his owne hous ¶ And whaÌ„ they were al departed gone ther was proclamacyons made in Kente South sex other places that what man coude take the Capytayn quycke or deed sholde haue a thousaÌ„de pouÌ„de ¶ And after this one Alexander ydeÌ„ a squyer of kent toke hym in a gardeÌ„ in suthsex And in takeÌ„ IohnÌ„ Cade capytayne was slayne and beheded And his heed sette vpon London brydge And anone after the kynge came in to kente and dyd his Iustices sytte at Caunterbury and enquyred who was causers chyef cause of this Insurreccyon And there were .viii. meÌ„ Iugyd to the deth in one daye in other places mo And from thens the kynge went in to Southsex and in the weste countree where a lytell before was slayne the bysshop of Salysbury And this same yere there were so many Iugyd to deth that thre hedes stode vppon LondoÌ„ brydge atte ones ¶ Of the felde that the duke of yorke toke att Drenched in kent of the byrch of prynce Edwarde of the fyrste bataylle at Sayne AlboÌ„s where the duke of somerset was slayne IN the .xxx. yere of the kynge the duke of yorke came out of the Marche of walys with therle of Deuenshyre the lord Cobham and grete puyssaunce reformacyon of certayne Iniurys and wroÌ„ges and also to haue Iustice vpon certayne lordes beynge about the kynge toke a felde at Brentheth besyde Detford in Kente whiche was a stronge felde for whyche cause the kinge wyth all his lordes went vnto blacke heth wyth a grete and a stronge multytude of peple armyd and ordeyned for the warre in the beste wyse And whan they hadde mustre on the hethe certayne lordes were tho sente vnto hym for to treate and make apointmeÌ„t with hym whiche were the bysshop of Ely the bysshop of wyncestre therles of Salysbury of warwyk And they concluded that the duke of Somerset sholde be had to warde and to answere to suche artycles as the duke of yorke sholde put on hym And then the duke of yorke shold breke his felde come to the kyng whiche was all promysed by the kynge And soo the Kynge commaunded that the duke of Somerset sholde he hadde in to warde And thenÌ„e the duke of yorke brake vp his felde and came to the kynge And whan he was come contrarye to the promyse afore made the duke of Somerset was preseÌ„te in the felde awaytynge and cheyf aboute the kynge And made the duke of yorke ryde before as a prysoner thrughe london ¶ And after they wolde haue put hym in holde But a noyse arose that therle of Marche hys sone was comynge with .x. thousande men to London warde wherfore the kynge and hys counseyll feryd And thenÌ„e they concluded that the duke of york sholde departe att his owen wyll ¶ Abowte this tyme began grete dyuylyon ne Spruce bytwene the greate mayster and the Knyghtes of the duchye ordre whyche were lordes of that couÌ„tree For the comyns townes rebelled ayenst the lordes and made soo greate werre the at the last they called the kyng of Pole to be theyr lorde the whiche kynge came and was worshypfully receyued And besyeged the castell of Marâ—engburgh whiche was the cheyf castell of strength of all the londe Anâ— waâ—ne it droue out the mayster of Daâ—ske â— and all other places of that londe so they that had ben lordes many yeres loste all theyr seygnourye and possessyons in tho londes ¶ And in the yere of the Incarnacyon of oure lorde M. CCCC.liii on saynte Edwardes daye quene Margarete was delyuerde of a fayre prynce whyche named was Edward That same day Iohan Norman was choseÌ„ for to be Mayer of London And the daye that he sholde take hys othe att westmynster he wente thyder by water wyth alle the craftes where afore tyme tho mayer alderme and the craftes rode on horsbacke the whiche was neuer vsyd after For syn that tyme they haue euer goon by water
in botes and barges ¶ ye haue well vnderstonde before how that contrary to the promyse of the kyng also the conclusyons take bytwene the kynge the duke of yorke att Brentheth the duke of Somerset went not to warde but abode about the kynge had grete rule And anone after he was made Capytayne of Calays ruled the kyng his reame as he wolde wherfore the grete lordes of the reame also the comyns were not pleased For whyche cause the duke of yorke the erle of warwyke the erle of Salysbury with many knyghtes and squyres and moche other people came to remeue the sayde duke of Somerset and other fro the kynge And the kyng herynge of theyr comynge thoughte by hys couÌ„seyll for to haue gone westwarde not for to haue mette with them And had with hym the duke of Somerset the duke of Bokyngham the erle of Stafforde the erle of Northumberlonde \ the lorde Clyfforde many other ¶ And what tyme that the duke of yorke and his felyshyppe vnderstonde that the kyng was departed wyth the lordes from London anone he chaunged hys way costed the couÌ„tre and came to saynt Albons the .xxiii. daye of May. there mette with the kyng to whom the kyng sent certayne lordes desyred them to kepe the peas and departe But in conclusyon whyâ—e they treated on that one syde the erle of warwyk with the Marche men other entred in to the twone on that other syde and fought ayenst the kynge and his party and so began the batayll and fyghtinge whiche endured a greate whyle But in conclusyon the duke of yorke obteyned and had the vyctory of the Iourneye In whyche was slayne the duke of Somerset the erle of Northumberlonde the lorde Clyfforde and many kynghtes and squyres and many moo hurte And on the morne after they brought the kynge in grete astate to London whyche was lodged in the bysshops palays of London And anone after was a grete parlemeÌ„t at London in whiche parlement the duke of yerke was made protectour of EngloÌ„de the erle of warwyk Capytayne of Calays the erle of Salysbury Chaunceler of Englonde And all suche persones as had the rule before aboute the kynge were set a parte and myght not rule as they dyd before ¶ And this same yere deyed pope Nycholas the fyfte after hym was Calixt the thyrde This Calixt was a Catalane the actes of hym shal be shewed here after folowynge· ¶ In this same yere fell a grete affraye in LoÌ„don ayeÌ„st the LuÌ„bardes the cause begaÌ„ bycause a yonge man toke a dager frome a LuÌ„barde brake it wherfore the yoÌ„ge maÌ„ on the morne was seÌ„te fore to come before the Mayer the aldermeÌ„ there for offeÌ„ce He was coÌ„mytted to warde And theÌ„ne the mayer departed fro the yelde halle for to goo home to his dyner But in Chepe the yonge meÌ„ Mercerye for the moost partye prentyses helde the Mayre the Shyrefs styl in Chepe And wolde not suffre theym to departe vnto the tyme that theyr felowe whyche was commytted to warde were delyuered and so by force they rescowed theyr felowe from pryson And that done the Mayre departed and the Shrefes also and the prysoner deliuered whiche yf he had be put to pryson He had be in Ieoperdye of his lyfe And thene began a rumoure in the cyte ayenst the LoÌ„bardes And the same euenynge the hond crafty men of the towne arose and raÌ„ne to the Lumbardes houses and dyspoyled and robbed dyuers of them wherfore the Mayre and the Aldermen came with the honest people of the cyte And droue them thens and sente some of theym that had stolen to Newgate ¶ And the yonge man was rescowed by his felowes sawe this greate rumoure affraye robbed ensewed of hys fyrste meuynge to the Lumbarde departyd and wente to westmynster to saynt wary Or elles it hadde coste hym hys lyfe For anone after came downe an Oyer determyne for to do Iustyce on all theym that so rebelled in the Cytee ayenste the Lumbardes On whyche satte wyth the Mayre that tyme wyllyam Marowe the duke of Bokyngham And many other lordes to se execucyon done But the comynes of the Cytee secretely made them redy and dyde arme them in theyr howses and were in purpoos to haue rongen the comyne belle whiche is called bowe belle but they lete by syde men whiche came to the knowlege of the duke of Bokyngham and other lordes ¶ And in contynente they arose for they durste noo lenger abyde for they dowted that the hole Cyte sholde haue rysen ayenst theym But yet neuerthels two or thre of the cyte were Iuged to dethe for this robbery were hangyd at Tyborne ¶ And anone after the kynge the quene other lordes rode to CoueÌ„tre and withdrewe theym fro London for this cause And a lytyll before the duke of yorke was sent for to grenewych And there was dyschargyd of the protectourshyppe And the erle of Salysbury of his ChauÌ„chelershyppe And after thys they were sente fore by preuy seale for to come to CoueÌ„tre where they were almoost disceyued the Erle of warwyke also and shold haue ben dystroyed yf they had not seen well to ¶ How the lorde EgremoÌ„de was take by the Erle of Salysbury soÌ„es of the robbynge of Sandwytche THis yere were taken four grete fysshes bytwene Ereth london that one was called Mors Maryne the seconde was a swerde fysshe the other two were whalys In this same yere for certayne affrayes done iÌ„ the northe couÌ„tre bytwene lord EgremoÌ„de the erle of Salysbury sones the sayd lord Egremond whoÌ„ they had coÌ„dempned in a grete somÌ„e of money to the sayd Erle of Salysbury therfore he was coÌ„mytted into pryson in Newegate in London where whan he had be a certayne space he brake the pryson thre prysoners with hym escaped weÌ„t his waye Also this yere the erle of warwyk his wyf weÌ„t to Calays with a fayre felisshyp toke possessyon of his offyce about this tyme was grete reformacoÌ„n of many monesteryes of relygyoÌ„ in dyuerse partyes of the worlde wiche were refourmed after the fyrst Instytutycyon and coÌ„tynued in many places ¶ This same yere was a greate batayll in the Marches bytwene the londe of HuÌ„gry Turkey at a place is called Septedrad where Innumerable Turkes were slayne more bi myracle thanÌ„e by maÌ„nes honde for oonly the honde of god smote theym saynt Iohan of Capystrane was there preseÌ„ce prouokyd the cristeÌ„ people beynge theÌ„ne aferde for to pursue after the Turkys where an Infynyte multytude were slayne dystryed the Turkys sayd that a grete noÌ„bre of armyd meÌ„ folowed theÌ„ that they were aferde to turne ayen they were holy angelles This same yere the prysoners of Newgate in LondoÌ„ brake theyr pryson went vpon the sedes and fought ayeÌ„st theym of the Cytee kepe the gate a longe whyle But att
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
of Cornewale were chauÌ„ged to Exestre therto is subget DeueÌ„shyre Cornwale ¶ De orientalibus episcopis IT is knowen that the Eest Saxons alwaye fro the begynnynge to nowe were subgette to the bysshop of London But the prouynce of the eest Angels that conteyneth Norffolke and Souffolk had one bysshop att Donwyk the bysshop heet Felix and was a Bourgon was bysshop .xvii. yere after hym Thomas was bysshoppe .v. yere after hym boneface .xvii. yere Thenne Bysy afterwarde was ordeyned by Theodorus ruled the prouynce whyle he myght endure by hymself allone After hym vnto Egbertes tyme kyng of westsaxon an hoÌ„dred .xliii. bysshops ruled that prouynce oone att donwyk and an other of Elyngham Neuertheles after Ludecans tyme kynge of Mercia lefte and was only one see att Elyngham vnto the .v. yere of wyllyam conqueroure whan Herfastus the .xxiii. bysshop of the estrene chaunged his see to Tetforde and his successour Herbertus chaunged these fro Tetforde to Norwhiche by leue of kynge wyllyam the reed The see of Ely that is nyght therto the fyrst kynge Henry ordeyned the .ix. yere of his regne and made subgect therto Cambrydgeshyre that was tofore a parte of the bysshopryche of Lyncoln and for quytynge therof he gaafte to the bisshop of Lyncoln a good towne called Spaldynge ¶ De episcopis Merciorum wilhelmus HEre take heede that as the Kyngdome of Mercia was alwaye greteste for the tyme so it was dealed in mo bysshopryches and specyally by grete hyrte by kynge Offa. whyche was .xl yere kynge of Mercia he chaunged the Archebysshops see fro Caunterbury to Lychfelde by assent of Adryan the pope Thenne the prouynce of Mercia of Lyndeffar in the fyrst begynnynge of her crystendom in kynge wulfrans tyme had one bysshop at Lytchefeld the fyrst bysshop that was there heet Dwyna the seconde heet Celath were both Scottes after them the thyrde Trumphere the fourth Iarmuanus the fyfte Chedde But in Edelfydes tyme that was wulfrans broder whan Chedde was deed Theodorus tharchebysshop ordeyned ther wynfrede Cheddes deken Netheles apud Hyndon after that for he was vnbuxum in some poynt he ordeyned there Sexwulf abbot of MedaÌ„stede that is named burgh but after Sexwulfus fourth yere Theodorus tharchebysshop ordeyned fyue bysshops in the prouynce of Merâ—ia And so he ordeyned Bosell at wyrcestre Cudwyn at Lychfelde the forsayd Sexwulf at Chestre Edelwyn att Lyndeseye at cyte Sydenia he toke Eata monke of the abbaye of Hylde att whyt by made hym bysshoppe of Dorchestre besyde Oxenforde Tho this Dorchestre heet Dorkynge so the see of that longeth to westsaxon in Saynt Byrynes tyme longed to Mercia from Theodorus the Archebysshops tyme Ethelred kynge of Mercia hadde destroyed Kente this bysshop Sexwulf tooke Pyctas bysshop of Rochestre that come oute of Kente and made hym fyrste bysshop of Herdforde at last whan Seâ—fulf was dede Hedda was bysshop of Lychefelde after hym and wylfryd flemed out of Northumberlonde was bysshop of Chestre Netheles after two yere Alfred kynge of NorthumberloÌ„de deyed and wylfrede torned agayne to hys owne se hagustalden and soo Hedda helde bothe the bysshopryches Lychfelde and of Chestre after hym come Albyn that heet wor also and after hym come thre bysshops Torta at chestre wytta at Lychfelde And Eata was yet atte Dorchestre After his dethe bysshops of Lyndesey helde his see .iii. hondred .liiii. yere vnto â—emygius chaunged the see to Lyncoln by leue of the fyrste kynge wyllyam But in Edgars tyme bysshop Leot winus Ioyned both bysshopryches to gyeer of Chestre and lyndeffaâ— whyle his lyfe edured ¶ De episcopis Northumbran Wilhel de pon li. ca. xi AT yorke was one see for all the prouynce of NorthuÌ„berlonde paulinus helde fyrste the see was ordeyned of the bysshop of CauÌ„terbury helde the see at yorke .vii. yere Afterwarde whaÌ„ kynge Edwyn was slayne and thynges were dystroubled Poulinus wente thens by water awaye into Kent from whens he come fyrste toke with hym the pall ¶ Wilhel li·iiii And so the bysshopryche of yorke ceased .xxx. yere the vse of the palle ceased there an hondred .xxv. yere vnto that Egbart the bysshop that was the kynges brooder of the londe recouered it by auctoryte of the pope R. whan saynt Oswolde regned Aydanus a Scot was bysshop in bernica that is the north syde of Northumberlonde after hym Finianê° after hym Salmanê° Â¶ wylhel vby s. At last he went in to ScotloÌ„de with grete in dygnacyon for wylfre vnder toke hym for he held vnlawfully Besterdaye .xxx. yere after the Paulinus was gone from thens wilfred was made bysshop of yorke ¶ Beda li. iiii But while he dwelled longe in FrauÌ„ce about hys sacrynge at excytynge of quartadecimonorum that were they that helde Eesterdaye the .xiiii. daye of the mone Chedde was ytake out of hys abbay of Lynstynge wrongfully put out iÌ„ to the see of yorkesby assent of kynge Oswy but thre yere after warde Theodorus tharche bysshop dyde hym a waye assygned hym to the prouynce of Mercia restored wilfred to the see of yorke But after by cause of wrathe that was bytwene hym the kyng Egfryde was put out of the see by Theodorus helpe tharchebysshop that was corrupt wyth some maner mede this was done after the wilfred had ben bysshop of yorke Cumbert at Hagustalde chirche Eata att Lyndeffar chirche that now is called holy ylonde in the Ryuer of Twede Aydanus founde fyrst the see And Theodorus made Eadhedus bisshop of Ropoune that was comen agayne out of Lyndeseye wilfred had be abbot of Repune Theodorê° sent Trunwynus to the londe of Pyetes in thendes of Englonde fast by Scotlond in a place that heet Candida casa and whiterne also there saynt Ninian a Bryton was fyrst fouÌ„der doctour But all these sees out take yorke fayled lytyll lytel for the see of Candida casa that is Galle waye that tho longed to \ Englonde and dured many yeres vnder .x. bysshops vnto that it had noo power by destroyenge of the Pyctes The sees of Hagalde of Lyndeffar was soÌ„tyme all one vnder .lx. bysshops about four score yere ten and dured vnto the comynge of the Danes In that tyme vnder Hyngar Hubba ardufe the bysshop yede longe about with saynt Cuberts body vnto kynge Aluredes tyme kyng of west Saxon the see of Lydeffar was sette at Kunegestre that is called Kunyngysburgh also the place is called now Vbbesforde vpon Twede At the last the .xvii. yere of kyng Egbere kyng Edgars sone the se was chauÌ„ged to Durham saynt Cutberâ—tê body was broughte thyder by the doynge of Edmonde the bysshop fro that tyme forwarde the see of that Hagustalde of lyndeffar fayled vtterly The fyrst kyng Henry in the .ix. yere of his regne made the newe seat Caerleyll The archebysshop of Caunterbury hathe vnder hym .xiii. bysshops in Englonde and .iiii. in wales he hath Rochostre vnder hym
that se hath vnder hym a parte in Kent alone London hath vnder hym Estsex Myddelsex half Herdforthshyre Chychestre hath vnder hym Southsex the yle of wyght wynchestre hathe vnder hym Hampshyre Southery Salesbury hath vnder hym Barkshyre wyldshyre Dâ—rsete Exetre hath vnder hym Deuenshyre and Cornewayle bathe hath vnder hym Somerseteshyre alone wyrcestre hathe vnder hym Gloucestreshyre wyrcestreshyre and half warwykshyre Herdforde hath vnder hym Herfordshyre Chestre is bysshoppe of Couentree of Lychefelde hath vnder hym Cherstreshyre Staffordshyre Derbyshyre halfe warwykshyre and some of Shropshyre and some of Lancastreshyre fro the Ryuer of Mersee vnto the Ryuer Rypylle Lyncoln hath vnder hym the prouynces that ben bytwene Temse and humbre that ben the shyres of Lyncoln of Leycestre of Norhampton of Huntyngdon of Bedforde of Bockyngham of Oxenforde and halfe Herdefordeshyre Ely hathe vnder hym Cambrygeshyre outake Merlonde Norwyche hathe vnder hym Merlonde Norfolke and Suffolke Also tharchebysshop of Caunterbury hathe foure suffreygans in wales that ben Landaf Saynt Dauyes Bangor and saynt assaph The Archebysshop of yorke hathe nowe but two bysshops vnder hym that bene Durham and Caerleyll ¶ R. And so ben but two prymates in Englond what of hem shall doâ— to the other and in what manere poynt he shall be obedyent and vnder hym It is fully conteyned within aboute the yere of our lorde Ihesu cryste a thousande .lxxii. tofore the fyrst kynge wylliam the bysshops of Englond be commaundemente of the pope the cause was handled and treated bytwene the forsayd prymates ordeyned demed that the prymate of yorke shall be subgette to the prymate of CauÌ„terbury in thynges that longen to the worshyp of god and to the byleue of holy chirche that in what place euer it be in Englonde that the prymate of CauÌ„therbury wylhote constreyne togader a counseyll of clergy the prymate of yorke is holden with his suffrygans for to be there and for to be obedyent to the ordynaunce that there shall be lawfully ordeyned whan the prymate of yorke shall come to Caunterbury and with other bysshops he shall sacre hym that is chosen so wyth other bysshops he shall sacre hys owne prymate yf the prymate of yorke be dede his successour shall come vnto the bysshop of Caunterbury and he shall take his ordynauÌ„ce of hym and take hys othe with prosessyon lawfull obedyence After about the yere of our lord .xi. C. lxxxxv in the tyme of kyng Rycharde ben resons sette for the partye for eyther prymate what one prymate dyd to that other in tyme of Thurstinus of Thomas and of other bysshops of yorke frome the conqueste vnto kyÌ„ge Henryes tyme the thyrde Also there it is sayde howe eche of them starte frome other This place is but a forspekynge and not a full treatê therof Therfore it were noyfulle to charge this place with all thylke reasons ¶ Of howe many manere people haue dwelled therin ca. xiiii BRytous dwelled fyrst in this ylonde the xviii yere of Hely the prophete the .xi. yere of Solinus postumus kynge of Latyns .xliii. after the takynge of Troye tofore the buildynge of Rome CCC.xxxii yere ¶ Beda li. i They come hyder toke hyr cours frome armonyk that now is that other brytayn they helde longe tyme the south countres of the ylond It befell afterwarde in Vespasianus tyme duke of Rome That the Pyctes shypped oute of Scycya into Occean and were dryuen aboute with the wynde and entred in to the North costes of Irlonde and fouÌ„de there Scottes and prayed to haue a place to dwell Inne and myghte none gete For Irlonde as Scottes sayd myght not sustayne bothe people Scottes sente Pyctes to the northe syde of Englonde and behyght them helpe ayenste the Brytons that were theyr enemyes yf they wolde aryse and tooke them wyues of theyr doughters vppon suche condycyon yf doubte fylle whoo sholde haue ryght to be kynge they sholde rathar chese hym of the moder syde than of the fader syde of the women kyn rathar than of the men kynd ¶ Gaufre In Vaspasyan the Emperous tyme whan Marius Aruiragus sone was kynge of Brytons One Rodryk kynge of Pyctes came oute of Scycya and ganne to destroyed Scotlonde Marius the kynge slewe this Rodryk and gaue the north partye of Scotlonde that heet Cathenesia to the meÌ„ that were came with Rodryk and were ouercome by hym for to dwell Inne But these men had noo wyues ne none myght haue of the nacyon of brytons ther for they sailled into Irlonde toke to theyr wyues Irysshemens doughters by that couenaunte that the moder blood sholde be put tofore in successyon of herytage Gir. ca. xvii Netheles Sirinus super Vyrgilium saythe that Pyctes agatyrses that hadde some dwellynge plyce aboute the waters of Scycya and they ben called Pyctes of Peyntynge smytynge of woundes therfore they are called Pyctes as paynted men These men and these gothes ben all one peple For whan Maâ—imus the tyraunt was wente out of Brytayne into Fraunce fâ—r to occupye th empyre Then Gratianus and Valentianus that were brethern and folowes of th empyre brought these gothes out of â—cya with grete gyftes wyth flaterynge and â—re behestes into the north countre of Brytaâ—ne For they were stalworth and stronge mâ— of armes and soo these theues bryborus were made men of londe and of countree and dwelled in the northe countrees And helde there cytees and townes ¶ Gaufre Carancius thâ— tyraunt slewe Bassyanus â— and gafe the Pyâ—â—eâ— a dwellynge place in Albania that is Scotlond there they dwelled loÌ„ge tyme afterwarde and medled with Brytons ¶ R. Thenne sythe that Pyctes occupyed fyrste the 〈◊〉 syde of Scotlond It semeth that thâ— dwge place that this Carancius gaat them is the southe syde of Scotlonde that stretchethe frome thawrte ouer walle of Romayns werke to the Scottesshe see and conteyneth Galleway and Lodouia that is Lodewaye ¶ Thâ—rfore Beda li.iii ca. ii speketh in this manere Ninian the hooly man conuerted the southe Pyttes Afterwarde the Saxons come and made that Countree longe to Brenicia the Northe partye of Northumberlonde vnto the tyme that Kynadius Alpinus sone kynge of ScotloÌ„de put out of the Pyctes and made that countree that lyeth bytwene Twede and the Scottesshe see longe to his kyngdome ¶ Beda li· ca. i. Afterwarde longe tyme the Scottes were ledde by duke Renda and came oute of Irlonde that is propre couÌ„tree Scottes and with loue or with strenthe made hym a place fast by the Pyctes in the Northe syde of that arme of the see that breketh in to the londe in the weste syde that departed in olde tyme bytwene Brytons and Pyctes Of thys Duke Renda the Scottes hadde the name and were caled Darlendinas as it were Rendaes parte for in her speche a parte is called dall ¶ GirpÌ„ The pyctes myghte haue noo wyues of Brytons bute they toke hem wyues of Irysshe Scottes and promysed hem fayre for to dwell
frottynge vnshap that we southern men maye vnneth vnverstonde that langage· I suppose the cause be that they be nyght to the alyens that speke straungely And also by cause the kynges of Englonde abyde and dwelle more in the southe counteree than in the north countree The cause why they abyde moore the south countre than in the north countree is by cause that there is better corne londe more people moo noble cytees and mo profytable hauens in the southe countree than in the northe countree ¶ De gentis huius moribus Gir. in 〈◊〉 â–ª FOr the maners and doynge of walsshemen and of scottes ben to fore somwhat declared Nowe I purpose to telle and declare the condycyons of the medled people of Englonde But the Flemynges that been in the west syde of wales ben now all torned as they were Englysshmen by cause they companye with Englysshmen And they be myghty and stronge to fyghte and ben the moost enemyes that walsshemen haue and vse marchaundyse and clothynge and ben full redy to put themselfe in auentures and to peryll in the see and londe bycause of grete wynnynge and beÌ„ redy somtyme to the plowe and somtyme to dedes of armes whan tyme and place areth It semeth of these men a greate wonder that in a boon of a wethers ryght sholder whan the flesse is soden awaye and not rosted they knowe what haue be done is done and shall be done as it were by spyryte of prophecye and a wonderfull crafte They telle what is done in ferre couÌ„tres towenes of peas or of warre the state of the royame sleynge of men and spousebreche suche thyÌ„ges they declare certayne of tokenes sygnes that is in suche a sholder bone ¶ R. But the Englysshemen that dwelle in Englonde ben medled in the ylonde ben ferre fro the places that they spronge of fyrste tornenne to the contrarye dedes lyghtelye withoute entysynge of ony other men by her owne assent And vnesy also vnpacyent of peas enemyes of besynes and full of slouth ¶ Wilhel de pon li.iii sayth That whan they haue destroyed theyr enemyes all to the grounde thenÌ„e they fyghten wyth theymself and sleeth eche other as voyde and an empty stomak werketh in it selfe ¶ R. Netheles men of the southe ben esyer moree mylde than men of the North. For they ben more vnstable and more cruell more vnesy The myddell men ben parteners with bothe Also they vse them to glotony more than other men and ben more costlewe in mete and clothynge Men suppose that that they toke that vyce of kynge Herceknot that was a Dane For he heer sette forth twyes double messe att Dyner and at souper alsoo These men ben spedefulle on hors and a fote Able and redy to all maner dedys of armes and be wonte to haue vyctorye and maystrye in euery fyght where noo treason is walkynge and been curyous and can well telle dedys and wonders that they haue seen Also they gone in dyuerse londes vnnethe ben ony men ryche in her owne londe or more gracyous in ferre and in straunge londe they can better wynne and gete new than kepe thyr owne herytage Therfore it is that they be sprade soo wyde and wene that euery londe be owne The men be able to all manere sleyght wytte but to fore the dede blonderynge and hasty And more wyse after the dede than tofore an leuen of lyghtly what they haue begon ¶ Solinus li. vi Therfore Eugenius the pope sayd that Englysshmen were able to do what euer they wolde and to be sete put tofore all other ne were that lyght wytletteth And as Hanyball sayd that the Romayns myght not be ouer comee but in ther owne couÌ„tre so EnglysshmeÌ„ maye not be ouer come in straunge londes but in ther owne countre they be lyghty ouercome ¶ R. These men despysen her owne prayse other mennes vnneth be pleased nor apayd with theyr owne estate what befalleeh becometh other men they wyll gladly take to them self Therfore it is that a yeman arayeth hym as a squyre a squyre as a knight a knyght as a duke a duke as a kynge yet some go abote wyll be lyke to all manere state ben in no state For they take euery degre that be of no degre for in derynge out ward they be myntrals and herowdes In talknynge grete spekers In etynge drynkynge glotons In gaderyng of catell hucksters and tauerners In araye tormentours In wnynynge argry In trauayle tantaly In takynge hede dedaly In beddes Sardanapaly In chyrches mawmetes In courtes thoÌ„dre only in preuylege of clergy and in prebendes they knowleâ—he themself clerkes ¶ Treuysa As touchynge the termes of latyn as argi tantali dedali serdanapali ye muste vnderstonde them as the poctes feyned of them Argus was an harde and kept bestes he had an hoÌ„dred een and Argus was also a shyp a shyp man a chapman so argus myght se before behynde on euery syde Therfore he that is wyse ware can se that he be not deceyued may be called Argus And so the Cronycle sayth in plurell nombre that Englysshmen ben argy that is to saye they se about where as wynnynge is That other worde tantaly the poete feyneth that Tantalus slewe his owne sone wherfore he is dampned to perpetuall penauÌ„ce he standeth alwaye in water vp to the neyther lyppe hath alwaye rype apples noble fruyte hangynge downe to the ouerlyppe But the fruyte ne the water maye not come wythin his moute He is soo holde and standeth bytwene mete and drynke and maye neyther eete ne drynke and is euer an hongred and a thyrste that woo is hym alyue by thys manere lykenesse of Tantalus they that do ryght nought there ys moche is to do in euere syde ben called tantaly It semeth that it is to saye in trauaylle they be tantaly for they do ryght nought therto The thyrde worde is dedaâ—e take hede that Dedalus was a subtyll and a slye man And therfore by lykenes they that ben subtyll and slye they becalled dedaly And the fourth worde is sardanapaly ye shall vnderstonde that Sardanapalus was kynge of Assyryens was fulle vnchast vsed hym for to lye softe And by a maner of lykenys of hym they that lyue vnchastly ben called sardanapaly ¶ R. But amonge all Englysshmen medled togyders is soo grete a chaungynge dyuersyte of clothynge of a raye so many maners and dyuerseshappes that well nyghe is there ony man knowen by hys clothynge hys araye of whate some euer degre that he be Ther of prephecyed an hooly Anker in kyng Egelfredes tyme in this manere Henry li. vi Englysshmen for as moche as they vse them to drynkelâ—wnâ—es to treason to rechelesnes of goddes hous fyrst by Danes then by Normans and at the thyrde tyme by the Scottes that they holde the moost wretches lest worth of all other they shall be ouercome
Iustices ¶ And after Alberte the thyrd Frederyk was chosen Emperoure â–ª This frederyk duke of Osteryk was loÌ„ge Emperour dyfferred to be crowned at Rome by cause of the scysme but after that vnyte was had he was crowned wyth the Imperyall dyademe wyth grete glorye and tryumphe of pope Nycholas the iiii This was a peasyble man quyete and of synguler pacience not hatyngethe chryche he wedded the kynges doughter of portyngale ¶ How the duchesse of Gloucestre was arested for trason coÌ„mytted to perpetuall pryson in the yle of Man of the dethe of mayster Roger Bolyngbrok IN this same yere Elynoure Cobham duchesse of Gloucestre was arested for certayne poyntes of treason layde ayen hir whervpon she was examynde in Saynt Stephens Chapell att westmÌ„ afore the Arche bysshop of Caunterbury And there she was enioyned to do open penaunce to go thrughe the Chepe beryng a taper in hir hande after to perpetuall pryson in the yle of Man vnder the kepyng of syr thomas stanley Also that same tyme was arested mayster Thomas southwell a chanoÌ„ of westmÌ„ mayster IohnÌ„ haue a chapelayne off the sayd lady mayster Robert bolyngbroke a clerke vsyng Nygromancye and one Margery iouroemayn called the which of Eye belyde westmÌ„ there were arested as for beynge of conÌ„seyl with the sayde duchesse of Gloucestre and for mayster Thomas suthwel deyed in the tour the nyght before he sholde haue be reyned on the morowe for he hymself sayd that he sholde deye in his bedde not by Iustyces ¶ And in the .xx. yere mayster IohnÌ„ hume mayster Roger bolyngbrok were brought to the gylde halle in LondoÌ„ there before the Mayre the lordes chyef of Englonde were reyned daÌ„pned bothe to be draweÌ„ hanged quartred but mayster IohnÌ„ hume had his charter by the kyng but mayster Roger was drawen to tyburn where he coÌ„fessed that he deyed gyltles of this mater neuer hadde trespaced in that he deyed fore Notwithstondyng he was haÌ„ged heded quartred whos soule god haue mercy AmeÌ„ ¶ And margere iurdemayn was brent in smythfylde also this yere was a greate fraye in london iÌ„ flete strete by nyghte tyme bytwene meÌ„ of courte and men of london And dyuerse meÌ„ slayne and some hurte And one Herbotel was the chyef canser of the mysgouernauÌ„ce affraye ¶ Also this yere at the chesynge of the mayre of londoÌ„ the comeÌ„s named Robert Clopton and Raulyn Holande talyor and the aldermeÌ„ toke Robert clopton and brought hym att the ryght hande of the Mayre as custome is And than certayn talyourâ— and other hâ—de craftes men cryed nay nay not thys man but Raulyn holande wherfore the Mayre that was Padyslye sente theym that so cryed to Newgate where they abode a grete whyle were punysshed· ¶ In this yere were dyuerse enbassatours sente in to Guyon fro a maryage for the kynge for the Erles doughter of Armynake that whiche was concluded but by the meane of the erle of Suffolke it was lette put a parte· ¶ And after this the sayd erle of Suffolke wente hem self ouersee in Fraunce and there he trated the marynge bytwene the kinge of Englonde and the kynges doughter of Cycyle and of Iherusalem And the nexte yere yt was concluded fully that maryage by whiche maryage the kynge sholde delyuer to hir fader the duke of Angeo and the erldome of MayneÌ„ whiche was the keye of Normandye TheÌ„ne departed the erle of Suffolke wyth his wyfeÌ„ dyuerse lordes and knyghtes in the moste ryal astate that myght be oute of Englonde wyth newe chares palfreys whiche wente thrugh the chepe and so wente ouer the see and receyued hir and than after in the lenten broughte hyr vnto Hamton where she laÌ„ded there was ryally receyued ¶ And vpoÌ„ Candelmas euen before by a grete teÌ„peste of thondre lyghenynge at after none Poules styple was set on fyre on the mydddes of the shaft in the tymbre whyche was quenched by force of laboure And specially by the morowe masse preeste of the Bowe in chepe whyche was thought impossyble sauf only the grace of god ¶ This yere was the erle of Stafforde made create Duke of Bukynghm therle of werwykd of warwyk the erle of Dorset markys of Dorset the erle was made Markê of Soffolk ¶ How kynge HeÌ„ry wedded quene Margarete of her coronacyon THis yere kinge henry maryed at Suthwyk quene Margarete she came to loÌ„don the .xxviii. day of may And by the waye al the lordes of EngloÌ„de receyued hyr worshypfully in dyuerse places And iÌ„ especiall duke of Gloucestre on the Blacke heth the Mayre with all the aldermeÌ„ all the craftes in blewe gownes broudred wyth the deuyse of hys crafte that they myght be knowen met with hyr with redde hodes brought her to londoÌ„ where were dyuerse pageÌ„ris countenauÌ„ce of dyuerse hystoryes shewed in dyuers places of the Cytie costely ¶ And the xxx daye of May. the forsayd quene was crowned at westmÌ„ ther was Iustes thre dayes durynge wythin the Sayntwary before the abbaye ¶ This yere the pryour of Kylmain apeled therle of Vrmonde of treason whyche had a daye to theym assygued for to fyght in Smythfelde And the lystes were made the felde dressed But whaÌ„ it came to poynt the king coÌ„maunded that they sholde not fyghte but toke the quarell in to his honde And this was done at the InstaÌ„ce labours of certayne prechers doctours of loÌ„don as mayster Gylbert worthyngton persone of saynt Andrewes in Holbron other ¶ Also this yere came a grete embassate in to Englonde out of frauÌ„ce for to haue coÌ„cluded a perpetual peas but in coÌ„clusyon it torned in to trewes for a yere ¶ Aboute this time dyed saynt Bernardyne a gray frere whiche began the newe reformacyoÌ„ of the ordre in many places in so moche that they that were reformed beÌ„ called ObseruauÌ„tes â–ª whyche obseruauntes been gretly encreaced in Italy in almayn this Bernardyn was canonysed by pope Nycholas the .v. in the yere of our lorde MCCCC l ¶ IohaÌ„nes de Capristrano was his dysciple whiche profyted moche to the reformacion of that ordre for god hathe shewed many a fayre myracle ¶ Also here is to be noted that frome this tyme forwarde kynge HeÌ„ry neuer profyted ne wente forwarde but fortune begaÌ„ to torne frome hym on all sydes as well in fraunce Normandye Guyon as in Englonde soÌ„ men holden oppynyon that kynge Henry gaue commyssyon preuarly to Syr Edwarde Hull syr Robert Roos Deane of Saynt Senerynes and other to coÌ„clude a maryage for hym with the Erle of Armynakes syster whiche was promysed as it was sayde and coÌ„cluded and after broken and he wedded quene Margarete as afore is sayde and a full dere maryage for the reame of Englonde for it was knowe verely that for to haue hyr delyuerde was the duchy of Angeo the erldom of Mayn whiche was the keye of Normandye