and thus he has defilyt my chastyte and lost my name for euermore then hir frendys se hyr wepe and petuysly coÌ„playn Ì„ they coÌ„forthid hir os the cold And saied it wos no velany vn to hir for it wos ayenes hir will she answered sayd· yet shall ther neuer woman excuse hir bi Lucres for thou she coÌ„sentyd not to thys deed yet shall she not dye with out payn for that deed And with that word she had a knyffe redi vnder hir maÌ„till with wich she smote hir self f to the hert And for this cruelnes and this petuê° deth the pepull of Rome a rose and exiled this kiÌ„g for euermore Ì„ all his ê“geny and thê° sees sit thes kynges of rome Ì„ neuer wos none after ¶ Of the gouernans of Rome till the Emê‘ours be gan AFtyr this tyrant wos deid the romans ordeyned that ther shuld neuer be kyng more iÌ„ rome Bot they wold bi gouerned fro that forth bi consules So wheÌ„ thos kiÌ„ges had regned CC. yere xl they made this statute that .ij. consules shuld be chosen and they shuld goueren the cite the peepull and for this cause thes tow wor chosen that yf on of them wold make any excesse thee other shuld gouerne him For ther wos no thyng obeyed bot yf they coÌ„sented both also they shuld not stond iÌ„ ther diÌ„gnite passyng on yere for this cause that for dominacioâ— of long tyme they shuld not vsurpe vpoÌ„ them more then wos righfull In all this tyme the Empyre of rome was not dilatid passyng xij myell ne had no lordshipp passing xij myell The fyrst consules that wer made the called LuciuÌ„ the other BrutuÌ„ and thes two meÌ„ did gret thiÌ„gê in ther tyme but yet the pepull bare heuy of ther dominacion wher foor the chose an other man the wich shuld haue more auctorite then they thei clepeed hym dictator ¶ In this same tym ther wos a gret discencion be twix the pepull and the senate wherfoor they chosin Tribunas wich war Iuges ouer the pepull Ì„ defendit hem from wrong as sayeth Ysid For the dictator when he was chose he lasted ·v yere and the tribunas war remeued euery yere ¶ Bot ye must vndir stond that ye shall not haue heir after all the consules namys that gouerned Rome be twix the sesyng of the kynges and the beginyng of the Emê‘ours for it war to long to write specially wheÌ„ they wer euery yere new sen that oon man myght be chosen so oft tyme as we red And also for the endurynge of ther gouernance for they wer gouernours of Rome vC. yere Ì„ lxvij So the most famus men of thes shall be rehersed after the forme of cronyclis os they stond iÌ„ the boke wos ychon after other Incipit historia libri Esdre Anno muÌ„di iiij M vi C lix Et ante cristi natiÌ„tateÌ„ v C xl ZOrobobell after the coÌ„mandment of god founded the tempil Ì„ made it ê‘fite bot it wos long after vt pêª patet esdre 6o. Aftir the pepull of IerusaleÌ„ come fro babulon thes ij ruyled Ihesus the hee prest os gouernour Zorobobell as duke And thys maner of gydyng was kepid vn to Herodes tyme that the hee prestis shuld be principall and the dukis vnder them bot the dukes wos euer of the tribe of iuda after the prophesi of Iacob and vnder that good gydyng of prestis it is not rede the pepull to haue recedit fro the varay truthe of faythe as they did afoor in the tyme off Iues and of kyngis for then mony tymes they ran to ydolatry Esdras the prest of the kynrad of Aron this tyme excedid meÌ„ iÌ„ holynes throgh whos gret wisdoÌ„ all the Iues stait was holpin Cambises the son of Ciri regned on the kyngdom of Persarum the wich commaunded myghtili the tempull of Ierusalem shold not be bildid ayene his fadre coÌ„mandid it shold be byldid This Cambises made a cursed Iuge to be fleid or hilt a lyue Ì„ mad his son to sit on his fader skyn that thurgh that drede he shold drid falshed and iuge rightwisli ¶ This Cambises had mony namys in holx scriptur in the boke of Esdri Artharxerses or assuorus in historia Iudith that wasdoon vnder hiÌ„ he is called Nabogodonosor for Olifernes the prince of his cheualry subdued mony landes to his lord and at the last he come vn to Bethelem ther wos slayn of Iudit a woman vt pêª patet iuddith 2 et 13. Ereneides regned in Persis half a yere Darius regned at the perses the wich bi the mocion of Zorobobell coÌ„maundid thee werke of the teÌ„pull to be take ayene Ì„ ê¯maunded his princes that on no wise they shuld let it bot shuld help it in all that they could vide plraÌ„ iÌ„ esdre h o de h o teÌ„pore aÌ„biguuÌ„ ppÌ„ diuersitateÌ„ doctorum Circa annuÌ„ muÌ„di iiij M vij C xxxiiij Et anÌ„ xpÌ„i natiÌ„ iiij C lxv ABiuth son â—o Zorobobell of the lyne of crist wos a bowt this tyme· for of him and of other foloyng vn to Ioseph nothyng is had inscriptur but that Matheu the euangelest nombris them in the genologi And therfor the certayn tyme of them dewly cannot bi knaw IoachiÌ„ wos bisshop this tiÌ„ after iosophê° wos called Iosedech vndir whom ierusalem wos belded ayene vt dicit et h o idem pêª patet Neemie 12. In the CC.xliiij yere after that Rome wos made Thee Romans ordyned .ij. CoÌ„sules in the steid of ther kyng the wich shuld gouerne on yere aloin· lest that bi tariyng they shuld be proude And that the on shuld corec the other yf he excedit or errit Brutus wos the fyrst Consuler and Lucius the secund Ì„ then was ther a man that was called Dictator the nome of an office the wych shuld go with the pepull ayens ther enmys Titus puphius Marcus consules Then after the Romans complayned gretli on the condecions of the consules and then the power was put to .x. men to an excedyng cost to the comyn pepull for euerych on of them went like a kyng and need caused them to leue that dygnite And they tristed neuer to rest the were wos so strong ayens them Artharxerses wos kyng of Persarum vnder whome Esdras come to Ierusalem Neemias wos butteler to the same kyng whom afterward he sent to bylde the walles of Ierusalem Xerses rened after hiÌ„ ij monethes Segdianê° vij monethes after hiÌ„ lityll they did Circa annuÌ„ muÌ„di iiij M vij C lix Et anÌ„ xpÌ„i natiÌ„tateÌ„ iiij C xl ELiac hym is rehersed in the lyne of crist iÌ„ Math. po. and more of him is not had in scriptur Esdras an holy man and a conyug and worshipfully wos had emong the pepull thys man come fro babuloÌ„ with odyrr And he meued with veray cherite went ayene to bobulon that he myght wyn mo of Israell and saaue the sawles and bring them home with
put furth and shewed the accord Ì„ the tretis that wos stabilisshed Ì„ made bitwen tho ij kynges wich accord plesid to moch pepull and therfore by the kynges commaundement ther wer gadred Ì„ come to gedre in west mynstre church the frist sonday of lent that is to say the ij KalÌ„ of Februer the forsaid englishmen and frauÌ„shemun where was song a solempne masse of the Trinite of the arche bisshop of cantorburi master Simond Islepe ¶ And when the agnê° dei wos done the kyng beyng ther with his sonnys and also the kyng sonnys of fraunce othir nobull and gret lordis with candell light Ì„ crosses broght forth all that wer called ther to that wer not sworne a fore swore that same oth that wos writtyn vpoÌ„ goddis body on the masse boke in this wise we N. Ì„ N. swerin vpon goddis body Ì„ on the holy gospelles stedfastly to hold kepe toward vs the pees the accord made bitwen the ij kynges and neuer for to do the coÌ„trarie whan they had thus sworne they tokeÌ„ ther scroues that ther othis wer comprehendid in to the notaries this same yere in the ascencion eue about mydday was seyn the clipes of the son ther folowed soch a drought that for defaut of reyn ther wos gret barnesse of corne frute and hey ¶ And in the same moneth the vi KalÌ„ of Iune ther fell a sanguyn rain almost like blode at Burgon And a sangwyne cros from morne vn to prime wos seyn aperid at Boloyn in the heier the which mony men saw· and after it meued and fell in the midde see ¶ And in the same tyme in frauÌ„ce engloÌ„d moÌ„y other land as they that wer iÌ„ playn cuÌ„tres desert baren witnesse sodenli ther apperid ij Castels of the wich went out ij hostes of armed meÌ„ ¶ And that one host wos clothed iÌ„ white Ì„ that other iÌ„ blake and when bataill wos betwne them be gun· the white ouercome the blake And anone after the blake toke hert vn to them and ouercome the white and after that they went ayen in to ther castels than the castels and all the host vanesshed away ¶ And in this same yere wos a gret and an huge pestilence of pepull and namly of men whos wifes as women out of gouernauÌ„ce toke housbandis as well strangers as other lewde and simpull pepull the which foryeting ther honour Ì„ worsship and berthe coupled and maried them with them that wer of low dedre Ì„ litell repitacion in this same yere died Henri duke of Lancastre Ì„ also in this yere Edward prince of wales weddid the countes of kent that wos Sir Thomas wife holand the wich wos deê‘ted some time and deuorced fro the erle of Salisberi for cause of that same knyght ¶ And about this tyme began and arose a gret companie of diuerse nacions gadred to geder of whome ther leders gouernours wer englissh pepull And they wer called a pepull with out any hede the wich did moch harme in the ê‘tie of frauÌ„ce And not long after ther arose an other companie of diuerse nacions that wos called the whit companie the wich in the parties Ì„ cuntres of Lumbardie did moch sorow ¶ This same yere sir Iohan of Gaunt the sone of kyng Edward the thrid wos made duke of Lancastre by reson Ì„ cause of his wife that was the doughter heir of Henri sum tyme duke of lancastre ¶ Of the gret wynd and how prince edward toke the lordshyp of Gnyhen of his fadre went theder ANd in the xxxvij yere of kyng edward the xv day of Ianiu that is to sai on sent Maures day about euâ—Ì„sâ—ng tyme ther arose and come such a wynd out of the south with such a fersenesse and strength that it bristed and blew doune to thee ground high houses and strong bildynges toures churches and stepulles and other stronges and all other strong werkes that stoden still wer shake ther with that they ben yit and shall be euer more the febuller weykir while they stond And this wind lasted without any cessing vij dais continually ¶ And anone after ther folowed such waters in hey tyme Ì„ in haruest tyme that all felde werkis wer strongly let left vn don ¶ And iÌ„ the same yere prince edward toke the lordship of Guyhen and did to kyng Edward his fadre homage and feaute therfore Ì„ wend ouer see in to Gascoyn with his wife children And anoÌ„e after kiÌ„g edward made sir Leonell his son duke of Clarence sir edmond his other son erle of Cambrigge ¶ And in the xxxviij yere of his regne it wos ordeyned in the ê‘lament that men of law both of the chirche and temê‘all law shÌ„uld fro that time forth plete iÌ„ ther mother tong ¶ And in the same yere comen in to englond iij kynges that is for to sai The kyng of Fraunce the kyng of Cipres and the kyng of Scotland by cause to viset and for to speke with the kyng of englond Of whome they wer wonder wel come and moch worsshÌ„ippid ¶ And after that they had be here long time two of them went ayen home in to ther own cuntres Ì„ kyngdomes But the kyng of fraunce thurgh gret sekenesse maladie that he had abode still in englond ¶ And iÌ„ the xxxix yere of his regne was a strong Ì„ an huge frost Ì„ that lasted long that is to say fro sent Andrewes tide to the .xiiij. KalÌ„ of aprill that the tylth sawyng of the erth Ì„ other such feld warkie and hand werkes wer moch let left vn done for cold Ì„ hardenesse of the erth ¶ And at Orray in bretan that tyme wos ordeyned a gret dedely bataill bitwene sir IohnÌ„ of Mounfort duke of Britan sir Charles of bloys but the victorie fell to the forsaid sir IohnÌ„ thurgh help and socour of the englisshmen And ther were taken mony knyghtis Ì„ squyers and other men that wer vnnombred in the wich bataill wos slayn Charles him self with all that stode aboute him of the englishmen wer slayn but vij And in this yere died at Sauoy IohnÌ„ the kyng of fraunce whos seruice Ì„ exequies kiÌ„g edward let ordeyn did in diuerse places worsshÌ„ipfully to be don Ì„ to Douer of worshipfull men ordeyned him worthely to be led with his own costis Ì„ expens froÌ„ theÌ„s he was fet in to fraunce Ì„ beried at sent Denys ¶ In the xl yere of kyng Edward the vij KalÌ„ of Februer wos borne Edward prince edward son the wich wan he wos vij yere of old he died ¶ And in the same yere it wos ordeyned that sent Petres peÌ„s fro that tyme forth shuld not be payed the wich kiÌ„g· Yuo sometyme kiÌ„g of engloÌ„d of the cuÌ„tre of west saxons that began to regne in the yere of our lord god ¶ C.lxxix first
wherfor the erle of penbroke wos sent iÌ„ to gascoyn with a gret companie of men of armes for to distro the sege the wich passed the see and comen sauf to the hauen of Rochell Ì„ whan they wer ther at the hauen mouth or that they myght entre sodenly come vpon them a strong nauy of Spayn the wich tho ouercome thee englishmen in moch blemysshyng hurtyng slayng of moÌ„y peple for as moch as theenglish men wer not than redi for to fight ne warned of them And in the cuÌ„myng vpoÌ„ the Spanyardis all the english men othir they wer take or slayn x. of them wer wouÌ„did to the deth Ì„ all ther shipis brint ther they toke the erle with an huge tresour of the reame of engloÌ„d moÌ„y other noble men also on midsomer eue the wich is sent Edeldredis day Ì„ led them with them in to spayn ¶ And of this mischief wos no gret wonder for this erle wos a full ill liuer as an open lichour And also in a certayn parlament he stod was ayens the rightis and frauÌ„ches of holy chirch And also he couÌ„celed the kyng and his councell that hee shuld ax more of men of holy chirch than other ê‘sons of the lay fe ¶ And for the kyng other of his counsell acceppid toke rather ill opinions causes ayens men of holy chirch than he did for to defend Ì„ maynten the right of holy chirch it wos seyn after mony tymes for lake of fortun grace they had not ne bare away so gret victorie ne pouer ayens ther emnys as they did before ¶ This sam yere the kiÌ„g with a gret host entred the se to remeue theseege of Rochell but the wind wos euen contrari vn to him suffred him not long time to go ferfro the land wherfor he abode a certayn tyme vpon the see costes abidyng after a good wynde for them Ì„ yit come it not so at the last he come thens with his men to lond ward ayen anone as he wos on land the wynd began for to turne wos in an other cost than he wos afore ¶ How the duke of Lancastre with a gret host went in to flaunders passed by Paris thurgh Burgon Ì„ thurgh all frauÌ„ce till he come to Burdeux SOne after in the xlviij yere of the regne of kyng edward the duke of Lancastre with a gret pouer went in to flaunders and passed by Paris thurgh Burgon and thurgh all fraunce till he come vn to burdeux with out ony maner withstoÌ„diÌ„g of the frensshmen Ì„ he did them but litell harme sauf he toke ransoned mony places touÌ„es moÌ„y men let them after gon frely· ¶ The same yere the kyng sent certayn enbassetoure to the pope prayng him that he shÌ„uld leue of and medle not in his court of the kepyng reseruacions of benefices in englond Ì„ that tho that wer chosen to bisshoppes sees dignites frely Ì„ with ful right might ioy haue be confermed to the same of ther metropolitans Ì„ erchebishoppis as they wer wont to be of old tyme. ¶ of thes poyntes of othir touchyng the kyng his reame whan they had ther ansuer of the pope the pope enioyned them that they shuld certefi him ayen by ther lettir of the kynges will and of his reame or they determined ought of the forsaid articles ¶ In the same yere died Iohan the Erchebisshop of yorke IohanÌ„ bisshop of Ely willm bisshÌ„hop of Worcestre In whos stedis folowed were made bishoppis be auctorite of the pope mastir Alexander Neuyll to the erchebishoprich of york Thomas of Arundell to thee bisshÌ„oprich of Ely sir Henri wakseld to the bisshop of worcestre ¶ In the wich tym it wos ordeyned in the ê‘lameÌ„t that all cathedrall churches shuld ioy haue ther eleccions hole Ì„ that the kiÌ„g fro that tym afterward shuld not write ayens them that wer choseÌ„ bot rather help theÌ„ by his letter to ther ê¯firmacioÌ„ this statuti did moch ê“fit ¶ And iÌ„ this ê‘lameÌ„t wos graÌ„tid to the kiÌ„g a dyme of the clergi Ì„ a xv of lay fe In the xlix yere of the kiÌ„g edward died master willm witlesey erchbishoo of cantorberi the moÌ„kes of the same church askid Ì„ desierid a Cardinale of engloÌ„d to be erchebishop And therfor the kyng wos agreuid Ì„ had meÌ„t purposed to haue exilid the monkis of the same house And they speÌ„did moch good or they myght haue the kyngê graci ayen and his loue but yit wold the kyng not consent ne graunte to ther eleccion of the Cardinall ne of the pope also ne his Cardinales ¶ And at the begynnyng of August it wos tretid Ì„ spoken at burges of certayn pointes and articles hanging bitwene the pope the kiÌ„g of englond and this tretis lasted almost ij yere ¶ At the last it wos accordid bitwen them that the pope fro that time forth shuld not vse ne dele with the reseruacions of benefices in englond and that the kyng shÌ„uld not graunte ne let no benefices bi hys write that is called Quare impidit But as toching the eletcion aboue said ther wos no thyng touched ne do ¶ And that was wyted and put vpon certayn clerkis the wich rather supposid and hoped to be avaunced promotid to bisshoppriches wich they desired Ì„ couetid bi the court of rome rather than by any other eleccions ¶ This same yere about candelmasse ther met to geder at Bruges mony nobull worthy men of both sides and reames to trete of pees bitwen tho ij kynges ¶ And this tretis lasted ij yere with gret costes huge expensis of both ê‘ties And at the last they went and deê‘ted thens with out ony accord or effect the next yere after the .l. yere of kyng Edward iiij NonÌ„ of May beyng yit void and vacand the Erchebisshoprich of cantorburi master Symond sudberi bisshop of london wos made Erchebisshop master willm Courtney that was bisshop of Herford was than made bisshÌ„op of london and the bisshap of Bangore wos made bisshop of Herford ¶ And this same tyme in a certayn tretis and spekyng of pees trews wos taken bitwen them of fraunce englond fro midsomer to midsomer come ayen all an hole yere and about the begynnyg of Aprill the duke of Bretan with mony erles barons and other worthi lordis men of englond went ouer se in to Bretan wher he hath had all his lust desire and purpose ne had the forsaid trwys be so sone take the wich lettid them moch this same tyme the I le of Constantine wher that the castell of sent Saueour is in that long tyme was fought at and beseged of the frenshmen wos than yoldeÌ„ to the frenshmeÌ„ with all the appotenaunces in to gret harme and hindring of the reame of englond ¶ And this same yere ther wer so
ci dei â–ª Anno muÌ„di iijM.iij .iijC.xliij Et anÌ„ xpÌ„i natiÌ„ M.viij C lvi Iacob leued C.xlvij yere this Iacob had iiij wyfes or suÌ„ ê¯cubynes that is to wete LyaÌ„ BalaÌ„ ZelphaÌ„ Ì„ Rachell lyam wos the fyrst wiff Ì„ she wos blereit and she baar hym sex sonnys s. Iudas RubeÌ„ SymeoÌ„ Leny Ysachar Zabulon Ì„ a doghttyr that heyt Dina. Bala seruand to lya and ê¯cubyne to Iacob baar him ij· soÌ„nys s. Dan and Neptalim Rachel the secuÌ„d wieff to Iacob wos barran long tyme. and at the last she bare hym .ij. soÌ„nys Ioseph and Beniamyn Zolpha seruand to Rachel baar Iacob ij soÌ„nys Gad and Aser and euerychoon of thes maad a trybe of whom iÌ„ this place it is not necessary too speke vide plura gen Ioseph son to Iacob wos borne lxxxx yere of his fadre age he leued C. yere on Xerses this tyme wos kyng of babuloÌ„ vnder whom wos born Iacob he wos the vij kiÌ„g of babuloÌ„ Armauictre wos kyng after him after sent aug in that maÌ„nys dayes our lord apperit to Ysaac ê“mysing him tho thyngê the wich hâ— ê“mysed to his fadre Belocê° the ix kyng of babuloÌ„ wos after this maÌ„ vnder this belocê° or iÌ„ his tyme our lord speke with iacob promising hym that he had ê“mysit to his fader the wich war ij.s. the possessioÌ„ of the lond of ê“mission chanaan Ì„ the bnÌ„diccion of al pepull iÌ„ his seed the wich is our lord thuÌ„ crist Abraham a boute this tyme decessit Ì„ wos bereed iÌ„ hebroÌ„ Inachê° the frist kyng that euer was iÌ„ Grees wos this tyme. foor then the kyngdoÌ„ be gone Phoronius wos kyng after hym and he ordant lawis to the grekys etc. Anno muÌ„di iijM.iij .iijC.iiij Et anÌ„ xpiÌ„ natiÌ„ M. vnC. lxxxxix Ivdas soÌ„ of Iacob desceÌ„dit of hym Ì„ of this tribe of Iudas caÌ„ the kiÌ„gê ê“geni Ì„ at the last crist our lord ¶ Iudas gat Phares Ì„ phares EsroÌ„ Ì„ of thes meÌ„ litil his had iÌ„script bott Math rehersis them Beleus iÌ„ this phares days wos kyng of Assuriorum or of babuloÌ„ Ì„ he wos the .x. kyng vnder whâ—m ysaac decessid Athlas the gret Astronomyer wos also the wich is said to beer vp heuyn on his shuldre for the veray knaulech of the sterris Sarapis wos the thyâ—d kyng of arguiorum or of Grecorum â— this sarapis wos called other wisse apis and he caÌ„ iÌ„ to Egyppit with a myghty nauy Ì„ ther decessit Ì„ wos made of the blind geÌ„tyles the egipcions the grettest god emongê them Ì„ that tyme began ameruelê° suê‘sticion iÌ„ ydolatri of a calfe of .ij. colours the wich they called Apem. that calf deyd the dulis ê“currit a lyke calf to that· for to be maid that they myght dessoue the rude pepul Ì„ after that it come that the chyld of israel did on the same wise vt patet Ì„ what thiÌ„g cold be more wrechit or folisshir iÌ„ maÌ„ hauiÌ„g resoÌ„ Argus wos the .iiij. kyng of grekis after whoÌ„ the nobul cite of argê° toke his naÌ„me Cicropis edefied Athenas iÌ„ grecia Ì„ this cite wos the noricher of liberal sciens Ì„ of moÌ„y phelosoforê° yet they wordes saiued by dulys Ì„ gret suê‘sticiosite iÌ„ the cite wos maid vide augê° et mirabileÌ„ fabulaÌ„ reê‘ies Omogires the fyrst maÌ„ put ox sin to the plough Beleê° this tyme wos kiÌ„g of babuloÌ„ Ì„ he wos the .x. kiÌ„g of that region Ì„ vnder hym died ysaac Pharao wos kyng of Egipt the wich resayuyt Ioseph Ì„ exaltet hym for the iÌ„terpretacioÌ„ of his dremes vide sciÌ„siaÌ„z pulcherimaÌ„que historiaÌ„ gen 41. etc. Amythus wos the xij kyng of babuloÌ„ vnder whome dyed Ioseph a blessit maÌ„ iÌ„ chastite Pharao emonophis aboute Esrom dayes wos kyng of Egypt this pharao knew not Ioseph ner noÌ„e of his linage he coÌ„mandet the child of israel to be drenchynt as it is had exodi po. ye that be clerkes loke that boke for we that be none pas to the Croniclys bot a boute this tym the hystory of exodi be gone Anno muÌ„di iij M v C xliiij Et anÌ„ xpÌ„i natiÌ„ M.v C lx Aram son to Esrom of the lyne of crist wos aboute this tim he got Aminadab Naason of thes meÌ„ litill is wrete iÌ„ scriptur therfor I ê“cede to other maters Iob that holi man of al paciens the ensampyll a boute this tyme wos born of the lyne of nachor the brother of habrahaÌ„ he leued moÌ„y yeres Ì„ after that god had visit hym Ì„ had assayed hys pacieÌ„s he leued C.xl. yere ê‘ augê° greg lir Moyses abowt this tyme wos born the child of israel war iÌ„ gret tribulacion bondage Ì„ Moyses wos put iÌ„ the water to be drounet Aron a boute this tyme wos borne Dafrus wos king of babuloÌ„ he wos the xiiij kyng Ì„ Moyses ws borne vnder hym iÌ„ egipt Cicrops wos the fyrst kiÌ„g of Athenas after Sent austiÌ„ that tyme moÌ„y lesyng war wretyn iÌ„ the histories of the grekys the wich coÌ„miÌ„li war lesse then the coÌ„myn faame sayes of a litell thyng they wret a grett mater be cause to shew tther connyng for ther wos the vniuersite of grekys An o muÌ„di iij M vi C lxxxviij Et anÌ„ xpiÌ„ natiÌ„ M.v C xi AMynadab son to AraÌ„ of crist lyne wos this tyme. thys amynadab fyrst after moyses with a fool fayth entyrd iÌ„ to the reede see Ì„ dred not wheÌ„ moÌ„y a huÌ„drith war ferd lest they shuld be drenchit Ì„ therfor he deseruyt to bring forth the kyngê linage of whom deceÌ„dit our lord IhuÌ„ crist Moyses wos the fyrste iuge of israel that euer wos Ì„ he wos iuge xl yere this moyses was the most excelent ê“phit that euer god made Ì„ the most notabil writer of stories Ì„ of his louyng heuyn Ì„ erth speeke for he saw almyghty god clerli fais to fays the wich in this freel lyef wos neuer fondeÌ„ iÌ„scriptur bot of hym Ì„ paule the apostell Aron thee fyrst bisshope leued a C.xxiij yere this AroÌ„ wos called of god iÌ„ to the dignyte of the hee prest or of a bisshope Ì„ wos ordaÌ„t the eternall testameÌ„t to hym self to al that come after hym for the gret pouer of presthod when he wos an C.xxiij yere of age he decessit Ì„ wos bereid iÌ„ the hill of hor. Ì„ his son Heleazarê° succedit hym iÌ„ the bisshoprike· Pharao boccharis this tyme wos kyng iÌ„ egipt this Pharao wold not her the coÌ„maÌ„dment of god ner delyuer the child of israel wherfor he wos ponichit with x. plagis vt pêª patet exo And afterward he with all his hoost wos drounet iÌ„ the reid see Naason son to Aminadab wos prince of the tribe of Iudas iÌ„ the dissert ¶ And a bowt this tyme the
coÌ„sait of the kyng with his felouys and aftirward he descussit the drenmys of the kyng and wos made a maÌ„ of gret honesti vt pêª patet dan primo Ioathas the secund sone of Iosie regned on the Iues iij. monethes wos made kyng bi the pepull he wos not good And Pharao toke him lede hym in to Egipt Ì„ made hys heldir brother kyng· vt pêª patet 4º reguÌ„ 23. Anno muÌ„di iiij M v C lxxxviij Et anÌ„ xpiÌ„ natiÌ„tateÌ„ vi C xi IOachym or Ieconyas the son of Iosie wos made kynge of Iues by Pharao regned xi yere Ì„ be cause he liued noght ne herd not the ê“phettis Nabegodonoser toke hiÌ„ Ì„ made hiÌ„ his seruand iij. yere And he rebellid a yens hym afterward and he toke hiÌ„ and was aboute to haue led him vn to babulon bot his consell wos changed so Nabegodonser kylled hym iÌ„ Ierusalem Ì„ kest his bodi ower the walles after the prophesy of Ieromy and toke with hym the vesell of our lord and put them iÌ„ his tempull vt pêª patet 2º para vlt Samias wos bisshop vrias ê“phet was slain of Iecony the kyng Ì„ ieromy wos pÌ„seÌ„t Ioachim son to Ieconias regned iÌ„ the Iure iij. monethes and leued nought therfor a none he wos meuyt that he shuld regne no longer And wos bonden and translat iÌ„ to BabuloÌ„ moÌ„y with hym wer translayt vt pêª patet 4 reguÌ„ 24. Daniell Ananyas Azarias Misaell Ezechiell Ì„ Mardochius all thes with Ioachym the kiÌ„g wer led iÌ„ to babuloÌ„ yong child for be cause they wer of the nobull blode Anno muÌ„di iiij M viC. Et ante ypÌ„i natiÌ„tateÌ„ vi C SEdechias the thrid son of Iosie regned on the iues xi yere This sedechy wos a myscheuê° man iÌ„ his leuyng and he wold not here Ieromy the ê“phet Therfor he ê‘yschet wrecchidli And all the iury with hym And his â—en wer put out and his chylder wer slayn vt pêª patet 4º reguÌ„ Iosedech the son of Azarie wos bisshop Ì„ wos traÌ„slayt fro ierusaleÌ„ bi Nabogodonosor iÌ„ to babuloÌ„ Abacuk ê“phesyed ayenes Nabuch at babulon Ì„ ther be oppynyons what tyme this abacuk wos This abacuk broght mete to Daniell wheÌ„ he was put to the Lyons after ierom here endis the fourth age Ì„ the history of reguÌ„ This tyme the tempull of Salamon wos brent of the Caldees Transmigracio Here begiÌ„nis the fifte aage of the world during to the NatiÌ„te of crist Ì„ ierusalem wos destruyed this tempull stood iiij C xlij yere that is to wete fro the fyrst makyng the wich was made the fourth yere of SalamoÌ„ And fro that destruccion the wich wos made by Tytus that is to wete xlij yere after the passion of Criste Priscus torquinê° the v. kynge of Rome regned Ì„ he made Capitâ—lliuÌ„ quasi caput soluÌ„ For in the gronde werke wos found a hed with out ony body as for ê“phesy of thynges to cuÌ„ For ther afterward the senatours sat as on heed of all the world ¶ This tyme iij. chyldir wer kest in to a fornes brynnyng Ì„ with a myracull thei war deliuered as it it is schewed in dan pri o Nabogodonoser the son of Nabogodonosor the myghty regned iÌ„ babuloÌ„ This maÌ„ made an hyngyng gardyn with myghty costys for hys wiffe and mony meruelê° thinges he did so that he wold be named to excede Hercules in his gretnes Ì„ strength Enylmerodâ—ch brother to the later Nabagodonoser regned in babuloÌ„ This maÌ„ toke Ioachym out of preson worshippit him and his fadâ—â— deed body after the counsell of this man he deuidet to an huÌ„dyrth gripes lest that he shold rise from deth to lyue Nota The play of the Ches wos found of Xerse a philosophur for the correccion of Enylmerodach this tyme the kyng of babulon a gret tyrant the wich was wont to kyll his own maisters and wyse men And for he durst not rebuke him oppynly with sych a witty game he procurt hym to be meâ—ke Anno muÌ„di iiij M vi C xxxiiij Et anÌ„ iÌ„xpÌ„i natiÌ„tateÌ„ v C lxv SAlathiell of the line of crist wos son to Iecoâ—y the king of Iues the wich he gat after the transmigracion of babuloÌ„ as Marke the Euangelest saeth Seruius Tuliê° the sext kiÌ„g of Rome was of a bond codecion on the mother syed for she was a captiue madyn bot she was of the nobull blude This maÌ„ had gret louyng and nobully he bare hym in euery place iij. hellis to the cite he put diked the walles round a bowt Regusaâ— Sabusardach and Balthasar wer bretheren the wich regned on after a nother and wos kynges in Babuloo and Balthasar wos the last kyng in babuloÌ„ the wich wos slayn of Darius Cyrus· Plura vide danielÌ„ quinto DArius vnkyll to Cyro felo iÌ„ the kyngdoÌ„ with Ciro occupied the kyngdom of babuloÌ„ Darius translatit the kyngdom of babulons Caldees in to the kyngdoÌ„ of ê‘sarum Ì„ medorum Cyrus was emprour xxx yere This cyrus held the monarch hoill at perses of this man ê“phesied Ysaias he destruyed babulon and kylled Balthasar the kyng of babulon and he worschipped gretly Daniell the Iues he send home ayene that they shold bilde the tempull of god vt pêª patet esdre primo Babulon that strong castell was destrued Ì„ his pouer was taken fro him as it wos ê“phesied This wos the fyrst cite and thee grettest of all the world of the wich incredebyll thyngê ar wreteÌ„ and this that wos so strong iÌ„ on nyght wos destrued that it myght be shewed to the power of god to the wich power all other be bot a sparke Ì„ dust For it is saied for sothe that it wos incredabull to be made with mans handis or to be dethruyed with mans strenght wherof all the world myght take an ensample and it wold or myght be informyt Tarquinus suê‘bus wos the vij kyng of Rome he regned xxxv yere This man ê¯saued fyrst all thes tormeÌ„tis wich ar ordeyned for malefacturs as exile pÌ„soÌ„ weilis galowis fettres Ì„ manyclys chynes colers sych other Ther for his gret pride cruelnes god suffrid him to myschefe and in what maner wyse it shall bi shewed ¶ He had a son of the same name the wich son dofouled a worthy manys wiffe thei called hym Collatyn his wyffe wos called Lucres This Tarquynê° that wos this seuynth kiÌ„g son a foor saied come vn to this ladyes howse absent hir howsbond to soê‘ Ì„ to logiÌ„g and when all wer a slepe he rose with a suerde in his hond Ì„ with strengthe feir he rauychid the womaÌ„ And wheÌ„ he wos go the nexte day after she send vn to hir fadre to hir housbond for she was off gret kynne and thus she saied vn to them ¶ This kyngê son come heder os a freynd of whom I had no mystrist
trow that he was god after the fulychnes of the panyms And ther she shewed hym a fayr virgyn in heuyn holdyng a chyld in hir armys sayed to hiÌ„ This chyld is gret theÌ„ tho therfor do hiÌ„ worshipe ¶ The Monch of Rome a bowt this time mightili encresed And wheÌ„ it wos so that bi all the world in diuerse ê“uynsis batiles wer rased sodanli all men meruellyng they wersesid put them holly to the prince of rome that opynly it myght be shewed that sych a vniuersall peese come neuer by labur of batell bot of the power of the veray god That in his Natiuite peese shuld regne in all the world Herod Ascolonita wos kyng iÌ„ the Iuri xxxvij yere This Herod ydumeus wos the fyrst strang kyng that regned on the Iues The maister iÌ„ historiis sayes he wos a nobull maÌ„ and faythfull in the begynnyng and in all thyng he had hym nobully He wos veray gentyll vn to the romans and to the pepil that louyd peese And in his old age when he wold awr mekyll pleese the Romans And herd of the byrth of crist dredyng to be expulsit of his kyndoom as a stranger wrycchitly he fell and kylled the Innosentis and diuerse of his own chylder And at the last wos hatfull to all pepull and fell seeke and died wretchydly ¶ Mari the mother of crist was borne a foor ethe Natiuite of crist xvi yere or ther a bowte ¶ Of Kymbalyn that wos Androgeus son a good man and well gouerned the lond of Bretan AFter the deth of Androgen regned Kymbalin his son that wos a good man and well gouerned the lond in moch ê“sperite and pees all his lyfes tyme and in his tyme wos borne Ihesu crist our sauyour of that swete virgin Marie This kyng Kymbalin had ij sonnys Guidar Armoger good kynghtes and worthy and when this kyng Kymbalyn had rogned xxij yere then he died and lieth at London XpÌ„s natê° eÌ„ ex virgine maria an o muÌ„di v M C lxxx xviij IN the begynnyng of the xlij yere of Octauian the Emperour the wich be gan to regne in marrhe And the xxxi yere of Herod vij C li yere after that rome was belded The sext moneth from the consauyng of IohnÌ„ Baptist the viij kalend of Aprill The sext fery at Nazareth of galalee of the virgin Mari wos ê¯saued crist our saueour the same yere was borne XpÌ„s natus est Here beginnith the sexte aage during to the ende of the world And thee thred wos called Agrippa sone to aristoboly sone to the fyrst Herod the wich kylled Iamys and presenyd Peter ¶ The fyrst Herod when he saw his sonnys Alexium and aristobolem thurgh the pretens of his letter by the Emperour send striue for the succession off his kyngdom He disposed and made Antipatron that wos hys fyrst be goten soÌ„ to be bi for them and when they wer talkiÌ„g of the deth of ther fadir he kest theÌ„ away they went to the Emprour to complayn of the wrong of ther fadre ¶ And in thee meyn tyme the iij. kynges of Colan come by Herod vn to Ierusalem And when that they come not a yene by hym he thought that they war asshamed for to cum ayene by hym for be cause that they wer dessaued and that they fond not the chyld as he trowed Therfor in the meynseson he sessed to kyll the chyldyr off israell And than he went vn to Rome for thee citacion of the Emperour and he toke his way by the cite of Tarsum wher he brent the shyppes in the wich the iij. kynges of Colan shuld haue sailed in to ther own cuntre ¶ Then after a yere and certayn dayes this Herod come fro rome a yenâ—e acorded with his sonnis and for the confirmacion of his kindoÌ„ he wos made much boldyr And then he kylled all the chyldir of Bethelem that wer of ij yere of age and vndir· that had space of on nyght of aage and emong thes was ther oon of his own chylder And Aristobolus and AlexiuÌ„ wer had suspeckyt In so mych as they promysed a barbour a gret reward that he shuld take anâ—â—ut ther faders throte when that he did hym shaue And when this Herod herd this he was greued ther he kylled bothee his sonnys and herod agrippa his son he ordand to be kiÌ„g wher foor Antipater his holdest son wos a bout for to pusyn hys fadre the wich Herod agrippa vndyr stoed and presenit ther hys brother the wich the Emprour herd and sayed that he had leueyr be an hog off Herodes then for tyll be on of his sonnys For hys hoggys he sporeth and his sonnys he kyllis And when thatt Herod wos lxx yere off age He wos strikyn with a gret sekenes in his hondes and in his feit and iÌ„ his meÌ„bres that no leche myght cuÌ„ to hym for stynke and so died So Antipater his sune in prison herd tell this and ioyed gretly And therfor that cause he wos slayn ¶ Then stroffe Archelaê° an Herodes for the succescion of the fyrst Herod a fore the Emê‘our The Emperour ther thurgh consell of the senetours the half of the iuri idumya gaffe to Archelaê° vndir name of a tetrarche The other partte he deuided iÌ„ to too Galali he yaf to herod antippe And IturiaÌ„ and TraconitideÌ„ he yaf to Philippe herods brether ¶ And that same yere crist come froÌ„ Egippt Ì„ Archelaê° was accused mony tymes of the iues and was exiled iÌ„ to vieÌ„nam iÌ„ to fraunce in that place wer set iiij tetrarches to the repreuyng of the iÌ„stabulnes of the Iues ¶ And that same yer OctouiaÌ„ the emê‘our died Anno Cristy xij INRI Crux xpÌ„i Petrê° Credo iÌ„ deuÌ„ patreÌ„ omnipoteÌ„teÌ„ creatorem celi et terre Andreas Et in ihesum xpÌ„m filium eius vnicuÌ„ dominuÌ„ nrmÌ„ IohaÌ„nes Qui coÌ„ceptus est de spiritu scÌ„o natê° ex maria virgine Iacobus Passus sub poÌ„cio pilato crufixê° mortuus et sepultus ThoÌ„as Descendit ad iÌ„ferna tercia die resurexit a mortuis Iacobê° Ascendit ad celos sedet ad dexteraÌ„ dei ptiÌ„s omnipotentis Philippê° Inde veÌ„turus est iudicare viuos et motuos Bartholoê° Credo in spiritum sanctum Matheê° Sanctam ecclesiam catholicam Symon Sanctorum commumonem remissionem peccatorum Iudas Carnis resureccionem Mathias Et vitam eteernam Amen IHesu crist our saiueour roos from deth to lyue and saied to his discipules all the power in heuen and erth is geuyn vn to me And go ye thus iÌ„ to al the world and preche and teche wn to eueri creatur And I shall be with yow to the end of thee world ¶ Her he chose him lxxij discipules And he had xij apostolis the wich he send iÌ„ to al the world to pÌ„che ne it is not red that ther war mo orderis emong the discipuls of crist Of whom thee prestys and bysshoppis in the chirche of
and weddid his sister and thurgh the help of his brother and the Bulgares he recouerid his empire and kylled LiberiuÌ„ and Leonem the vsurê‘ of his reame and as mony tymes almost as he wyped any drope from his nose the wich they cut of So mony tymes ne he made on of his enmys to be kylled Leo the thrid wos pope after Sergius ij yere This man wos made pope by the pouer of the romaÌ„s and was not put in the nombre of popis for he yll entred bot he did no yll IoheÌ„s the sex a greke wos pope after him And he wos a martir bot of whom and wherfor the cause is not found in historiis it is said that it wos of the dukys of Lumbardy for thei wer emnys vn to the chirche myghtely IoheÌ„s the vij a ronan wos pope after him iij. yere bot nothing of him is writtyn Iustinianê° the secuÌ„d wos emê‘our ayen with his sonne Tibiri vi yere And this wos he the wich wos reued the empire a fore bi leo And when this man wos restored ayen he toke him to the right faith and worchipped the pope Constantin and certanly he destrued Creson the place wher he wos exiled to and all that duelled in it except child he killed them and he come ayene an other tyme to haue kylled the Innocentis and the men of that cuntre made ther a captayn a certayn maÌ„ wos called Philip an owtlay the wich anone went to him in bataill and kyllid him for hys cruelnes ayenes thos children Sysynnius was pope xx dais and then was gret strife and he decessid bot lytill of him is writtyn Constantin was pope after him .vij yere This man was a verey meke man so blissid that of all men he wos loued he went ower the see to Iustimian the emprour Ì„ wos resaued with gret honour and died a blissed maij Philippe the secund wos emê‘our on yere the wich fled iÌ„ to Scisilya for the host of the romans and he wos an heritike and coÌ„manded all picturs of senctis to be distruid wherfor the Romans kest a way his coyn ne wold not resaue no monay that had his ymage or his name writtyn vpon it Anastasius the secund after he had kylled Philipp was emprour iij. yere This man wos a cristin man and he leued well bot be cause he put out philippis eyn Ì„ kylled him afterward Therfor Theodosius faught ayens hym ower come hiÌ„ Ì„ theÌ„ he wos made a prest leued so quyetly Anno domini vijC.xiiij GRegorius the secund wos pope after Constantyn xvij-yere This Gregorii wos a chaste man an nobull man in scripture And about this tyme the popis began to deell more teÌ„ê‘ally with the emprours then they wer wont for ther falsenesse Ì„ therherici and also for to remeue the empire fro oo pepull to an other as the tyme requerid This man cursed Leo the emprour be cause he brent the ymages of sentys This same Leo commandid Gregori the pope that he shuld brine chirches and destruy them And he set nothing of his sayng bot commanded the contrari manly And so it is opynli shewed that the destruccion of the empire of roome wos the cause of herise For certanly faithfull peple with ther prelatis with on wyll drew to the pope and constranit the Emprours to leffe ther tyrannyde and therherise ¶ And this tyme in the est parte of the world strongly failed the veray faith for that cursed law of fals machomyte Theodosius was Emprour and regned bot on yere and he was a veray cristyn man and euyn os he did so was he done vn to for Leo deposit him and made him a prest Leo the thrid with Constantin his son wos emprour xxv yer This Leo when he wos myghty he deposit TheodosiuÌ„ and regned for him and wos desaued bi a certayn apostata the wich bad him that he shÌ„uld take and brene all the ymages of sentys wher fore he wos ponysshed bothe in bataill and in pestylence and with other infortunes and because he wos a cursed of gregori and bode ther in the iij. days therfore the pope with comyn pepull toke fro him all the west parte of his empire commandyng that no man shuld obay him ne socour him be cause he leued like an aritike· ¶ Holy men sayd ayenest him and mony bi him wos martired and exiled and at the last in his mysbeleue he died writchedly ¶ And in this mans dais bot that Karolus marcellus holp the cristyn faith and faught manly ayen the saresens and drofe them bacward iÌ„ to spayn the wich they had subduid Els they had entred iÌ„ to fraunce ¶ And Karolus slew .iijC.M. sarasons and mo of his pepull wer slayn bot xvM. NoÌ„ This man for the continuall bataill toke to lay men the tresour of the chirche wheâ—for sent Euchery the bisihop of Aurilian as he wos in hys prayers saw that same Karolum in saule and bodi payned in hell And the angell that shewed the bisshop this man sayd that that wos the iugement of all thos that toke away the goodis of thee chirche or of poer men And to fortefi that at the bisshop sayed and to preue it The abbot of sent Dionis went to the sepulcâ— ther that Karolus wos beried and opyned the chist that he lay iÌ„ And ther they se a dragon go out bot he had no bodi Gregory the thrid a Roman was pope after Gregori the secuÌ„de The wich conformed the worshippyng of the ymages of sentis with the cunsell almost of M. bisshoppis and he cursed horibly all the dispysers of thes ymages as the emprour and other that wer of that condicion Constantinus the fifthe wos emprour after his fader Leo .xxxv. yere He was a cursed man and a pure heritike so that he did sacrifice to deuels he pursuid the chirche nothyng that is good of him is writen and so by the sufferans of god the chirche wos trubelled long tyme. ¶ About this tym wer mony merueles And ther wer meruelus erth quakis and certaij cites that wer set on mountens they wer remeued Ì„ borne a way with the hilles in to the feldis sex myle thens as they stod and the cites wer not broken ne hurt In the land of Mesopotanyan the erth wos brokyn bi the space of ij myle And also ther wos a Mule that spake iÌ„ a mannys voce ash fell from heuyn And in the see of Pontico ther wos ysse for gret frost that was xxx cubittis of thyknesse And sters fell from heuyn so myghtely that men trowed that the end of the world had bene comen all thes betokened meruelus thingê to cum Anno domini vijC.xliiij ZAcharias wos pope after Gregori x. yere This Zachari wos a nobull man and arayed with all uertu with all men he was loued for his mekenes and he desposed the kyng of Fraunce Hydery and put iÌ„ his place PippinuÌ„ for he
was more ê“phetabull here ye may se what pouer the chirche had that tyme the wich translatid that famus kyngdom from the verey heyres to the kyngdom of pâ—â—pyn for a lefull cause vt habetur â—h q. h. alius Stephanus the secund a roman wos pope after Zachari .v. yere This man in all thing wos prophetabull vn to the chirch as well in word os in doctrine And he gouerned the spiritualte and the temparalty nobully he wos the louer and the defender of poer men This man anoynted PippinuÌ„ the kyng of fraunce and send him ayenes the LuÌ„bardis that he shuld compell them to restore the chirche of such goodis as they had with holdin from them long tyme vnrightuysli the wich he did He also translat the empire of the grekis to the frenshmen Paulus a roman was pope after him x yere This was a verey holy man for he did gret almos to faderles childer prisoners wedouys and other poer men that he myght be a folower of sent paule Constantine a roman the secund wos pope after Paule ij yere This Constantine wos a lay man and sodenli was made a prest os a tyrant and toke on him the dignite of the pope and with a gret sclander to the chirche he was pope a litell tyme. bot the faithfull men put him out and put out his eeyn And this wos the fyfth infamyd pope emong so mony heder to so the holy gost that holy apostyls seet kepid in all honour and holines ¶ Infenit martirs wer made this tyme by ConstaÌ„tin the emprour for he was such an heritike and men trowe that ther wos neuer no emê‘our ne no pagon that kylled so mony marters And this tyme the chirche wos trubled sore And verey preciusly bought the worshipyng of the ymages of sentys for the gret sheding of blod of martyrs And certanly that cursed emprour was not vn ponysshed for when that he died he cried with an horabull voise and said I am takyn to a fyer that is vnhabull to be distruid and so he yelden vp the gost to euer lastiÌ„g payn ¶ The empire of rome was deuydid about this tyme. for Stephen the pope tranlatid Itili other to Karolum yet a yong man And Constantyne held the lond of Grece wyth other landis ower the se with a gret labur And mony rebellyng ¶ This tyme Karolus magnus wos a nobull yong man and he began for to regne vpon fraunce And was the son of Pippini and his mother wos called Berta Stephenus the thrid was pope iij yere and he a mendid all the errurs of Constaotine and degrated all thos the wich that Constantine ordand in a gouernall synody Anno domini vij C lxxxiiij ADrianus a roman wos pope after Stephyn xxiiij yere This man wos myghtely worsshippid of the pepull no man grettyr a fore him In honour riches and byldyng This man set ij solom synodis The frist of iij C and .l. fadyrs The secund in rome with a C.l. fadyrs beyng present Charles the kyng of fraunce to whom it was granted the leberte of eleccion of the pope and to ordane the apostils seet Leo the fourth regned emprour with the grekis v. yere This Leo was a cursed man bot not so moch os his fader wos and he was a couetus man and he toke away a certan croune of a chirche and put it vpon his hede and anone he was corruppid wyth an axis and so dicessid he had a cursed wiffe the wich regned after him with hir son Constantine wos emprour after Leo and he wos a meke maÌ„ and put away his mother fro the kyngdom that she might take heed vn to hir womens warke botshe with a fenyt rankyr put out his eeyn afterward and hys childireyn also and regned ayens iij yere and at the last she wos about to haue be weddid Ì„ wheÌ„ the grekis ê‘sauyd that she wold be weddid to gret Karolus thei toke hir and shethir vp in a monastari and toke Nichoferum to be ther emprour ¶ The v. vniusall study the wich in old tyme was translait from Athyns vn to Rome a bout thys tyme was tranlatyd vn to Paris bi Karolus kyng of fraunce Nichoferus wos emprour after Constantine He wos a vere nygoij Ì„ was exaltid to his empire by the grekis bot he ê“fettit not for in his tyme all the est impariall wos brought to nought For the Romans put them vnder Karolus magnus ¶ Ierusalem a bout this tyme wos recouerid by Karolum with all the holy land And the seckit of sarisens wos distruied strongly for the destruccion of wricchis come then Michaell wos emprour ij yere And he was a verey cristiÌ„ maÌ„ and wos well beloued and also he wos cunnyng in all science Ì„ tho that Nichoferus had hurt and destressid of ther goodis bi his couetusnes this Michaell restorid them and made them riche ayene Nota. Karolus magnus the frist sant wos emprour after Michaell And he wos crouned emprour by Leo the pope from the wich tyme the empire wos translatyt fro the grekis to frauÌ„ce and germane And for the translacion of that empire the grekys all way wer defectieu vn to the Romans And the grekys strofe euermore with them bot it wos more with venuÌ„ys wordis theÌ„ with strength and more with craft then with bataill For thei had so gret enuy at the Romans that they nold not obey the chirche of Rome For certanly when that the popis wold writt vn to them for to obey the chirche of rome They wrot ayene and said ye haue take from our kynrad the empire and thorfor we will yow not obey and we vs take from you And for this nobull emprour Karolous it is to be vnderstond this man when he wos a yong man he wos a noynted kyng in fraunce by Stephyn the po pe In the yere of our lord ihuÌ„ crist .vijC.liiij when his fader Pyppino leued vnder whom and with whome he regned xv yere to the deth of his fadre ¶ Then after his fader vnder the yere of our lord god vijC.lxviij this Karolus with his brother Karolomanna regned ij yere Then his brother decessid in thee secund yere And this Karolus ther held all the hoell kyngdoÌ„ xiiij yere to the yere of our lord vij C lxxxiiij· in the wicch yere he went vn to Rome that he might be crouned Emprour of pope Adrian And ther he regned emprour xvi yere to the yere of our lord viijC. when pope Leo confirmed him ayen the emprour And after that he was emprour xiiij yere And decessid in the yere of his aage lxxij the wich wos the yere of our lord viij C xiiij if ye will se more of Karolus go to the boke of Turpinê° Libraminus his master for they wrot thes nobull actis Leo the fourth wos pope after Adrian xx yere This man when he went on a certan day with the letany to sent
fadre my brother therfor I haue quyte now your trauell ¶ Tho said kiÌ„g Richard he that died vpon the cros to bring mans soule from pyne of hell for yef the my deth I also for yef it the. ¶ Tho coÌ„mandid he that no man shuld him misdo ¶ But for all the kynges defeÌ„diÌ„g som of his men him folowed Ì„ pÌ„ueli him kylled Ì„ the vi day after the kiÌ„g did shriue hiÌ„ sore repeÌ„tans hauiÌ„g of his mysdedis Ì„ wos houseled anoynted this kiÌ„g regned bot ix yer xxxix wekis died Ì„ lieth beside his fadre at fountenerard HEnricus the v. wos emprour viij yere This henri was son to Frederik Ì„ he weddid Constans the kynges doughter of Cecill And thurgh the occasion of hir he subduid all the kyngdom of apulie he drofe all the pepull out that inhabit that land Celestinê° the thrid wos pope after ClemeÌ„s almost iij. yere This man wos crouned vpon Estyr day the day foloiÌ„g he crouned Henri the emê‘our he made a palas at sent Petres decesid Innocencius the thrid was pope after him viij yere Ì„ v. monnethes This man was well lettred and he made a boke of the wrecchidnes of mans condicion And he made splmÌ„ misse he made mony coÌ„stitucioÌ„s This man dampned the boke of IohnÌ„ ioachim the wich he made ayens mastyr Pers Lumbard the maker of thee sentans ¶ This tyme decesid the emê‘our Henri the princes of Almayn discordid for sum chose Otto suÌ„ choso Philip brother to henri then philip wos falsly slayn Ì„ Otto was crouned of Innocens in frauÌ„se the wich anone faught with the Romans for they yaf him no dew honor And for that cause ayens the popis will he toke the kyngdoÌ„ of Apulie froÌ„ Frederik wherfor the pope cursid him then after the fourth yere of his regne the prince of almayn made Fredirik emê‘our Ì„ victoriusly he subduid Otto Wyllyam of Paris this tyme began the ordir of the freres austyn the wich be calÌ„led freris mendicantes Franciscus an Italian a man of gret ê‘feccioÌ„ Ì„ a sampill to mony a man did mony a myracull this tyme and he ordand the frere Minores ¶ And the vi yere of pope Innocent the thrid The ordir of the freris preche is began vndir Dominik bot it myght not be coÌ„firmyd till the frist yere of honory ¶ Of kyng IohnÌ„ that in the frist yere of his regne lost all Normandie WHen kyng Richard was deid for encheson that he had non heir nother son ne doughter his brother Iohan was made kyng an crouned at westmynster of Hubert that tho was Erchbisshop of Cantorburi ¶ And whan he began to regne he become so meruelus a man and went ouer in to Normandie wered vpoÌ„ the kyng of fraunce Ì„ so long they wered to gedre till at the last kyng IohnÌ„ lost all Normandie Angeon wherfor he was sore anoyed it was no meruell ¶ Tho let he assemble before hiÌ„ at London erchebisshoppis bisshoppis abbots priors erles Ì„ barons held ther a gret ê‘lameÌ„t Ì„ axed ther of the clerge the tenth of euery chirche of englond for to coÌ„quere Ì„ get ayen Normandie Angeon that he had lost They wold not grauÌ„t that thiÌ„g wherfore he was wonder wroth ¶ And in that same tyme died Hubert the prior the coueÌ„t of Cantorburi chosen ayens the kiÌ„gê will to be Erchebirspop mastyr Stephen of langton a good clerk that woned at the court of rome send to the pope ther eleccion Ì„ the pope ê¯firmid it sacrid him at viterbi ¶ When the kiÌ„g wist this tyding he wos wonder wroth drofe the prior coueÌ„t fro cantorbury exiled them out of englond coÌ„mandid that no maner letter that come froÌ„ rome ne no coÌ„mandement shuld be vnderfenge ne pleted in englond ¶ When this tydiÌ„g come to the pope he sent to kiÌ„g Iohan be his letter prayed hiÌ„ with good will good hert that he wold vnderfenhe Stephen erchebisshÌ„op of Cantorburi to his chirche suffer the prior Ì„ his monkis to cuÌ„ ayen to ther own duelliÌ„g bot the kyng wold not grauÌ„te it for no thing ¶ How kyng IohnÌ„ wold nothiÌ„g done for the popis coÌ„mandement wherfor all engloÌ„d was enterdited and suspended ANd at the last the pope sent by his auctorite and enioyned to the bisshoppis of englomd that if the kyng wold not vndirfenge the prior of Cantorburi and his monkis that they shuld done generall interdityng thurgh out all englone and graunted full pouer to iiij bisshoppis to pronounce the interditing if it werned ¶ The frist was bisshop willm of LoÌ„don and that other bisshop Eustace of Ely Ì„ the iij was bisshop walter of wiÌ„chestre the iiij was bisshop Giles of Herford ¶ And thes iiij bisshoppis praied the kyng kneling on ther kneys Ì„ sore weppiÌ„g that he wold do the popis commandemeÌ„t shewed him the popis bulles of the enterditiÌ„g bot for no prayer that they myght pray he wold not consent ther to ¶ And wheÌ„ the bisshoppis saw this they weÌ„t from the kiÌ„g And in the morne after the AnuÌ„ciaon of our lady they pronouced the generall enterditiÌ„g thurgh out all englond so that the chirche doris wer shit with keis and with other fastynyng with walles ¶ And when the enterditing was pronouÌ„ced than the kyng be gane for to wax all out of mesure Ì„ anone in to his hand all the possessions of the iiij bisshoppis of all the clarge thurgh out all the land he toke Ì„ ordened men for to kepe it that the clarkis myght not haue ther leuiÌ„g Wherfore the bisshoppis cursed all them that put or shuld medle with holy chirche goodis ayens the will of them that owed them ¶ And when the kiÌ„g wold not of his malace sees for no maner thing Thes iiij bisshoppis a fore said went ouer the see come to the bisshop of CaÌ„torburi Ì„ told him all the thyng ¶ And the ErchebisshÌ„op to them said that they shuld gone ayen to CaÌ„torburi he shuld cum thider to them or els he wold send vn to them certan ê‘sons in his stede that shuld do as moch as him self wer ther ¶ And wheÌ„ the bisshoppis herd this They turned ayen in to engloÌ„d Ì„ come vn to CaÌ„torburi ¶ The tydiÌ„g comen to the kiÌ„g that the bisshoppis wer come ayen to cantorburi him selfe might not cuÌ„ theder that tyme. he send thider bisshÌ„oppis erles Ì„ abbotis for to trete with them that the kyng shÌ„uld vnderfenge the erchebisshÌ„op stephen the prior Ì„ all the moÌ„kis of cantorburi that he shuld neuer after that tyme no thiÌ„g take of holi chirche ayens the will of them that awed the goodis that the kyng shuld make full amendis to them of whom
cum out ther of ne to no ameÌ„dment ye shall vnderstand that this tyme afterward the sentance is vpon you yeffen and holdeth stede and strength vpon all tho that with you haue communed before this tym whethir they be Erles Barons or Knyghtys or any other what so euer that they be we them assoyle saufly vn to this day fro this tyme afterward of what condicion som euer that they be we them a curse that with you comyn ony word do we sentanse vpon theÌ„ openly and specially ¶ And we assoill clene Erles Barons Knyghtes all other men of ther homages seruis Ì„ feautes that they shuld vn to you done And this tydyng to confirme we yef playn pouer to the bysshop of wynchestre Ì„ to the bisthop of Norwiche ¶ And the same pouer we yif in to scotland to the bisshoppis of Rochestre of Salisburi ¶ And in wales we yeue the same pouer to the bisshoppis of sent Dauid Ì„ of Landaf Ì„ of sent Asse· ¶ And more ouer we send thurgh out all cristiÌ„dom that all the bisshoppis be yond the see that they done a cursse all tho that helpeth you or ony coÌ„cell yefeth you in ony maner nede that ye haue to do in any ê‘te of the world ¶ And we assoyell them also all by the actorite of the pope and coÌ„mand them also with you for to feght as with hiÌ„ that is emny to all holy chirche ¶ Tho ansuerd the kyng what may ye do more to me ¶ Tho ansuerd Pandolf we sayn to you in the word of god that ye ne none heir that ye haue neuer after this day may be crouned ¶ Tho said the kiÌ„g bi him that is almighti god I had wist this or that the come iÌ„ to my land that ye had me brought sich tyding I shÌ„uld haue made you ride all on yere ¶ Tho ansuerd paÌ„dolf full well weÌ„d we at oure frist coÌ„miÌ„g that ye wold haue be obedient to god Ì„ to holi chirch haue fulfillid the popis commandemeÌ„t now we haue shewed vn to you Ì„ ê“nouncid the popis will as we wer charged ther with as now ye haue said that if ye had wist the cause of our comyng that ye wold haue made vs ride all an hole yere as well ye myght haue said that ye wold haue takin an hole yere of respit bi the popis leue ¶ But for to suffre what deth ye coude ordeyn we shall not spare for to tell you holi all the popis message his wyll that we wer charged with ¶ How Pandolf deliuered a clarke that had falsed Ì„ conterfeted the kynges monay before the kyng him self ANd anone tho commandid the kyng the shereues bailies of Northamton that were in the kynges presence that they shuld bring forth all the prisoners that they myght bene done to deth before Pandolf for encheson the kyng wened that they wold haue gayn sayed ther dedis for cause of deth all thing that he had spokin afore ¶ When the prisoners wer com be fore the kiÌ„g the kyng commandid som to be hanged Ì„ sum to be drawen sum to draw out ther eyn out of ther hede ¶ And among all other ther was a clarke that had falsid the kyngis monay And the king commandid that he shuld be honged Ì„ draw â–ª ¶ And wheÌ„ Pandolf herd this coÌ„mandemeÌ„t of the kiÌ„g he stert him vp smartely and anone axed a boke and a candill Ì„ wold haue cursid him Ì„ all them that set vpoÌ„ the clarke any hand And Pandolf hiÌ„ self went for to sech a cros the kiÌ„g folowid hiÌ„ deliuerid hiÌ„ the clarke bi the hand that he shuld do with hiÌ„ what he wolde ¶ And thê° was the clerke delyuerid Ì„ weÌ„t theÌ„s ¶ And Pandolf Durant his felow went from the kyng IohnÌ„ come ayen to the pope of rome told him that kyng IohnÌ„ wold not amended be but euer abiden so accursed ¶ And notheles the pope grantid that yere thurgh out englond that meÌ„ myght sing masses in coueneble chirchis make goddis body and yef it to seke meÌ„ that shuld passe out of this world And also that men myght cristyn child ouer al the land ¶ And when the pope wist and saw that the kyng wold not ben vnder the rule of holy chirche for no maner thiÌ„g the pope tho sent to the kyng of fraunce in remision of his sinnes that he shuld take with him all the pouer that he myght Ì„ wend iÌ„ to englond for to distru kyng IohnÌ„ ¶ When this tidyng come to kyng IohnÌ„ tho wos he sore anoyed sore drad lest that he shuld lese his reame hym self be done to deth ¶ Tho sent he to the pope messangers and said that he wold bene iustyfied cum to a mendment iÌ„ all thinges and wold make satisfaccion to all maner men after the popis ordinaÌ„ce ¶ Tho sent the pope ayen in to engloted Pandolf and other messingers come to Cantorburi tho the king abode And the xiij day of May the kyng made an othe for to stand to the popis ordinance before Pandolf the legate iÌ„ all maner of thiÌ„ges in wich he wos a cursed Ì„ that he shuld make full restitucion to all men of holi chirche Ì„ of relegion of the godis that he had taken of them ayens ther will and all the gret lordis of engloÌ„d swore vpon the boke Ì„ bi the holydom that if the kiÌ„g wold not hold his oth they saied that they wold make him hold it by strength ¶ Tho put the kyng him to the court of rome to the pope tho yaf he vp the reame of EngloÌ„d of Irland for him and for his heires for euer more that shÌ„uld cum after him So that kyng IohnÌ„ and his heires shuld take tho ij reames of the popes handis Ì„ shuld euery yere pay ferme vn to the court of rome a thousand marke of siluer ¶ And tho toke the kiÌ„g the croune of his hede and set him on his kneys and thes wordis said he in hering of all the gret lordis of englond her I resigne vp the croune and the reame of EngloÌ„d in to the popis Innocent hand the thrid and put me holy in his merci and iÌ„ his ordinance◠¶ Tho vnderfenge Pandolf the croune of kiÌ„g IohnÌ„ and kepid it v. days as for sesing tagyng of ij reames of Englong and Irland and confermed all maner thynges by hys chartur that foloweth after Of the letter obligatorie that kyng Iohan made vn to thee court of Rome wherfore the Petres pens bene gadred thurgh owt all Englond TO all cristyn pepull thurgh out all the world duellyng IohnÌ„ by the grace of god kyng of englond greting to youre vniuersite and be it knowyn that for as moch as we haue greued and offendid god Ì„ our modre chirche of rome
said masse thurgh out all london Ì„ so after thurgh out all engloÌ„d ¶ And the next yere after ther began a gret debate bitwene king IohnÌ„ Ì„ the lordis of engloÌ„d for encheson that he wold not grauÌ„te the lawes hold the wich sent Edward had ordeyned had be vsed hold vn to that tyme that he had them broken for he wold hold no law bot did all thiÌ„g that hiÌ„ likid desheried mony meÌ„ with out ê¯sent of lordis Ì„ peris of the land wold desherite the good Erle Randulf of Chestre for enchesoÌ„ that he vndertoke hiÌ„ of his wykkidnesse for cause that he did so moch shame Ì„ velany to god and holy chirche And also fer he held hauntid his own brothers wife lay also bi mony other womeÌ„ gret lordis doughtres for he sparid no woman that him liked for to haue wherfore all the lordis of the land wer with him wonder wroth and went to london Ì„ toke the cite ¶ And for to cese this debate and sorow the erchebishop and other gret lordis of the land assembled them before the fest of sent Iohan baptist in a medow besides the toune of stanes that is called Romnemede And the kyng made them ther a chertour of fraunches such as they wold axen Ì„ iÌ„ soch maner they wer accordid and that accordemeÌ„t last not full longe for the kyng him selfe sone after did ayens the pointis of the same chartre that he had made wherfor the most parte of the land of lordis assembled them and began to were vpoÌ„ him ayen and brened his tounes and robbid his folke did all the sorow that they myght Ì„ made them as stronge as they myght with all ther pouer thoght to driue him out of englond and make Lowys the kynges son of fraunce kyng of englond ¶ And kyng IohnÌ„ sent tho ouer see and ordeyned so moch pepull of Normans Ì„ of Piccardes Ì„ of Flemmynges So that the land myght not susteyn them but with moch sorow ¶ And among all thes pepull ther was a maÌ„ of Normandie that was called Faukis of brent and this Normand his ê¯pany spared nother chirche ne house of religion bot thei briÌ„t robbed it Ì„ bare away all that they might take so that the land wos all destroied what on oon side on other ¶ The barons lordis of Englond ordeyned amoÌ„g them the best spekers and wysest meÌ„ sent them ouer se to kiÌ„g Philip of fraunce and prayed him that he wold send lowys his son in to engloÌ„d to be kyng of engloÌ„d Ì„ to vnderfenge the croune ¶ How Lowys the kinges son of fraunce come in to englond with a stronge pouer of pepull to be kiÌ„g of englond WHen kyng Ppilip of fraunce herd this tydyng he made certayn aliaunce bitwene them by ther commune eleccion that Lowys kyng Pphilipes sone of fraunce shÌ„uld go with them iÌ„ to Englond driue out kiÌ„g IohnÌ„ of the land and all that wer in presence of Lowys made vn to him homage and bicome his men ¶ And the barons of englond held them styll at londoÌ„ abiden Lowys the kiÌ„ges son of frauÌ„ce this was the next saturday before the Ascencion of our lord that lowys come in to englond with a strong pouer that tyme kyng IohnÌ„ had takyn all the castels of engloÌ„d in to alyens handis ¶ And tho com Lowys be segid Rouchestres castell toke it with strength the thursday in whitson wâ—ke lethonge all the aliens that wer theriÌ„ the thursdai tho next suyng he come to London ther he wos vnderfenge with mech honour of the lordis that a byden him ther all to him made homage ¶ And afterward on the tewysday next after the Trinite sonday he toke the castell of Reigate Ì„ in the morow after the castell of Gilford Ì„ the friday next after the castell of Farneham Ì„ the moÌ„day next after the cite of wynchestre to him was yold Ì„ in the morow after sent IohnÌ„ day the maner of woluesey and the tewisday after the vtas of sent Petre sent paule they toke the castell of Odiham and the moÌ„day after sent Margaretes day he ordend him toward Bawmore for to sege the castell and ther he duelled xv dais Ì„ myght not get the castell Ì„ than when the thens Ì„ come to london Ì„ the toure to him wos yolde ¶ How the pope send in to Englond a legat that wos called Swalo and of the deth of kiÌ„g iohnÌ„ ANd in the same time the pope send in to england a legat that wos called Swalo and he wos prest Cardinall of rome for to maynten kyng Iohans cause ayens the barons of Englond but the barons had so huge part and help thurgh Lowys the kynges son of fraunce that kyng IohnÌ„ wist not whidder for to turne ne gone ¶ And so it befell that he wold haue gone to Nycholl and as he weÌ„t thiderward he come by the abbey of Swynes hede Ì„ ther he abode ij dais ¶ And as he sat at mete he axed a monke of the house how moch a lofe was worth that wos set befor him vpoÌ„ the tabull And the moÌ„ke said that the lofe was worthe but and halfpeny ¶ O quod the kyng tho here is gret chepe of brede Now quod the kyng I may life soch a lofe shall be worth xx shillyng or half a yere be gone ¶ And wheÌ„ he had said this word moch he thougt oft he sighed tok ete of the bred said by god the word that I haue spokyn it shall be soth ¶ The moÌ„ke that stode before the kyng was for this word full sori in hert thoght rather he wold him self suffre deth and thought if he myght ordeyn ther fore some maner remedie ¶ And anone the moÌ„ke went to his abbot Ì„ wos shriuen of him Ì„ told the abbot all that the kyng had said· and praid his abbot for to assoill him for he wold yef the kiÌ„g such a drink that all Englond shuld be glad ther of ioyfull ¶ Tho went the monke in to a gardeyn and fouÌ„d a gret to de therin toke hir vp Ì„ put hir iÌ„ a cup Ì„ prikked the tode thurgh with a broche moÌ„y tymes till that the venym comen out of euery side iÌ„ the cup. tho toke the cup Ì„ fillled it with good ale brought it before the kiÌ„g kneliÌ„g said sir qd he wassale for neuer the days of your life dranke ye of so good a cup ¶ Begin monke qd the kiÌ„g Ì„ the monke dranke a gret draught Ì„ toke the kyng the cup the kiÌ„g also dranke a gret draught set douÌ„e the cup ¶ The monke anone right weÌ„t iÌ„ to the farmori ther died anone on whâ—â— seule god haue merci amen And v. moÌ„kis sing for his
greunted to Rome for the scole of englond ther to be continued ¶ And iÌ„ this same yere ther fell so moch rayn iÌ„ hey tyme that it wastid Ì„ distroyed bothe corne and hey And ther wos such a debate fightiÌ„g of sparous by diuerse places iÌ„ thes dais that men fond innumerable of theÌ„ deid iÌ„ feldis as they went ther fell also such a pestilence that neuer wos seyn such in no mannys tyme that leued than for meÌ„ that went to bede hole in good point· sedenly they died ¶ Also that tyme a sekenes that meÌ„ called the pokkis slow both men Ì„ womeÌ„ thurgh ther enfectyng ¶ And in the xli yere of kiÌ„g edward was borne at Burdeux Richard the secund son of prince edward of Englond the wich Richard kyng Richard of Amorican heued at the fountstone after whom he wos called Richard And this same Richard whan his fadre wos dede and kiÌ„g Edward also wos crouned kiÌ„g of englond the xi yere of his age thurgh right lyne and heritage and also by the comunes assent and desire of the cominalte of the reame ¶ About this tyme at kiÌ„g edwardis coÌ„mauÌ„dement of englond when all the castelles and tounes were yold to him that long wer holde in frauÌ„ce by a gret companie assembled to geder sir Bartram Cleykyn knyght an orped man and a good weriour went and purposed him to put out Pers kyng of Spayn out of his kyngdom with help of the most ê‘tie of the forsaid gret companie trustyng also vpon help and fauour of the pope for as moch as it come to his heir that the same Pers shuld lede and vse the most werst and sinfullest life out the wich Pers smiten with drede of this tidyng fled iÌ„ to Gascoyn to prince Edwarde for to haue help and socour of him ¶ And when he wos fled out of Spayn Henri his brother that was a basterd by assent of the most partaâ— of Spayn and thurgh help of that ferrefull companie that I spake of erste was made and crouned kyng of spayn And the nombre of that same companie wos rekened and sette at the nombre of lx M. fighting men ¶ This same yere iÌ„ the moneth of Iune ther come a gret companie and a nauye of thee danes and gadred them to geder in the north se purposing them to cuÌ„ in to englond to reue Ì„ robbe and also to sle with whome they countrid and met in the see Mariners and othir orped fighting men of the cuntre and disê‘peled them And they asshamed wente home ayen in to ther own cuntre ¶ But among all other ther wos a boustous vessell and a strong of ther nauye that wos ouer sayled bi the Englisshmen and wos parisshid and drenchid In the wich the Stiward and other worthi and gret men of Denmarke wer take prisoners and the kyng of englond and his councell prisoned the wich lordis the danois afterward come soughten all a bout for to haue had with ther goodis that they had lost and thay not wele apaied ne plesed of the ansuer that they had ther turned homewardis ayen leuyng be hind them in ther innes priuely writen in scrowes and on wallis Yit shall Danois wast thee wanes Than happid ther an english writer Ì„ wrot ayenst the dane in this maner wise Here shall danys fet ther banes ¶ And in this tyme Pers kyng of Spayn with other kyngê that is to say the kyng of Naune and the kyng of Malogre beyng menes weÌ„ten bitwen and praied couÌ„cell and help of sir Edward the prince thurgh whos couÌ„cel when he had vnderstond ther articles and desire that he wos required of tho kyngê loth he wos and ashamed to say nay and coÌ„trarie them bot notheles he wos a gast lest it shuld be ony preiudice ayens the pope and long time taried them or that he wold grauÌ„to or consent ther to till he had better councell and avisement with good deliberacion of kyng Edward his fader ¶ But whan he wos with euery dais and continuall besechiÌ„g of mony nobull men requirid and spoken to and withe mony praiers sent and made bitwen them Than prince edward sent to his fader both be pleynyng letteers and also be confortabull contenyng all ther suggestions and causes with all that other kynges Epesteles letters for to haue comforth and help of the wronges not onli to the kyng of spayn doo but also for such thyngê as myght fall to other kynges ¶ Also if it wer not the sonner holpeÌ„ and amendid thurgh the dome and help of knyghthod to them that it askid Ì„ desirid ¶ The wich letter whan the kyng and his wise councele had seyn such a kyngê spoyling and robbyng with moch maruell ¶ And sent ayen comfortable letters to prince Edward his son and to that other forsaid kyngê warned them for to arme them and ordeyn them ayens that misdoer Ì„ to withstond them by the help of good that wer such enmys to kyngê whaÌ„ this nobull prince had receyued thes letters him self with that oder kynges before said all ther councell called to gedre or that he wold vndertake the quarell he bonde knytt sore the kiÌ„g that was deposed with a gret oth that is to say that he shÌ„uld euer after maiÌ„ten the right beleue feith of holi chirche holy chirche also with all ther miÌ„stres rightis Ì„ lebertis to defeÌ„d froÌ„ all ther enmys all euels ¶ And all that wer ther ayens bitterli to puÌ„ysh destrobull all the rightes libertes pÌ„ueleges of holy chirch encrese Ì„ maiÌ„ten amend all thiÌ„ges that wer wrongfully takeÌ„ with draw Ì„ bore away by hiÌ„ or by ony oder bi cause of him hastely to restore ayen Ì„ to driue put out sarisens Ì„ al other misbeleued pepull out of his kiÌ„gdom with all his strength pouer suffre ne admitte noÌ„e soch for no maner thiÌ„g ne cause to duell ther in ¶ And that whan he had take a cristen womaÌ„ he shuld neuer cuÌ„ iÌ„ none other womans bed ne noÌ„e other mannys wife to defoule ¶ Al thes forsaid thingê trewly for to kepe ê¯tinu Ì„ fulfill as all his life time he wos bouÌ„d by oth a fore notaries in presons wytnesse of tho kynges with other princes ¶ And than that gracious prince prince Edward vnder toke the cause and the quarell of the king that wos deposid and be hight him with the grace of almighty god to restore him ayen to his kyngdom and let ordeyn Ì„ gadre to geder forthw t iÌ„ al hast his nauy with men of armes for to were Ì„ fight iÌ„ his forsaid cause ¶ And in this same tyme vpon sond of the scottis fe that moÌ„y a man it saw iij. days to gedre ther wer seyn ij Egles of the wich that on come out of the south that other out of the north cruelli stroÌ„gly they foughten to gedre Ì„ wrasteled to
gedre and the south egle frist ouer come the north egle and all to rent and tore him with his bill his clawys that he shuld not rest ne take no breth ¶ And after the south egle fligh home to his own costes ¶ And anone after ther folowed wos seyn in the morn a fore the son rising and after iÌ„ thee last day of October saue on day mony sterris gadred to gedre on an hepe fell doune to the erth leuyng behynd them fery bemys in maner of lightynyng whos flaumes brent and ê¯sumed mens clothis mens here walkyng on the erth as it was seyn and knwen of mony a man ¶ And yit that northeren wynd that is euer redy destinat to all ill fro sent Kat mes eueÌ„ till iij. days after lost good with out noÌ„bre vnrecouerabull And iÌ„ the same days ther fell come also such lightiÌ„yng thuÌ„der snow haill that it wasted destroid meÌ„ bestis houses Ì„ trees ¶ Of the bataill of spayn beside the water of Nazers that was bitwen prince Edward Ì„ sir Henri basterd of spayn IN the yere of our lord a M.ccc.lxvij of kyng Edward xlij· the iij. day of Aprill ther wos a strong batall and a gret in a large feld called Priazers fast bi the water of Nazers in spayn bitwen sir edward the prince Henri the bastard of spayn but the victori fell to prince edward bi the grace of god ¶ And this same prince edward had with hiÌ„ sir IohnÌ„ duke of lancastre his broder other worthi meÌ„ of armes about the nomber of xxx M. ¶ And the kiÌ„g of spayn had on his side men of diuerse nacioÌ„s to the noÌ„bre of an C. M· Ì„ mo wherfor the sharpenesse Ì„ fersenes of his adusarie with his full boystous gret strength made driuen the rightfull ê‘tie a bak a gret way but thurgh the grace of almyghty god passing any mans strength that huge host wos disê‘bled myghtfully be the nobull duke of Lancaster his host or thot the prince Edward come nigh him ¶ And whan Henri the bastard saw that he turned with his men in so grete haste and strength to fle that an huge companie of them iÌ„ the forsaid flode and of the brigge therof fellen doune Ì„ parisshed ¶ And also ther wer take the erle of Dene and sir Bartram Clekyn that wos chief maker and causer of the were also chiuetayn of the vaunt ward of the bataill with moÌ„y other gret lorddis and knyghtis to the nombur of ij thousand of whom ij hondrith wer of frauÌ„ce and moÌ„y also of scotland And ther wer felled in the feld on our enmys side of lordis and knyghtis with oder meyn pepull to the nombre of vi thousand and moo and of englishmen bot a few ¶ And after this The nobull prince edward restorid thee same Pers to his kyngdom ayen the wich Pers afterward thurgh trechery and falsenesse of the forsaid bastard of Spayn as he sat at his mete was strangled and deid But after this victori mony nobull and hardy men and nobull of englond in Spayn thurgh the flâ—x and other diuerse seknes toke ther deth ¶ And also in the same yere iÌ„ the Marche wos seyn stella Comata bitwen the North costis and the west whos bemes stretched toward Fraunce ¶ And in the next yere suyng of kyng Edwardis regne xliij in Aprill Sir Leonell kyng Edwardis son that was Duke of Clarence went toward Mileyne with a chose meyne of the gentils of Enlond for to wedde Galoys doughter and haue hir to his wife by whom he shuld haue half the lordship of Mileyn But after that they wer solemply wedded and a bout the Natiuite of our lady the same duke of MileiÌ„ died And in the same yere the frenshmen breken the pees and the trews ridyng on the kynges ground and lordship of Englond in the shÌ„ire and cuntre of Pountife And token and held Castelles and tounes And bere the Englishmen on hond falsely and sotelly that they wer cause of brekyng of the trewes ¶ And in this same yere died the duches of Lancaster And is beried worshipfully in sent Paules chirche ¶ The xl iiij yere of kyng Edwardis regne was the gretest pestilence of meÌ„ and of gret bestes and by the gret fallyng of waters that fell at that tyme. ther fell gret hyndring and destroyeng of corne in so moch that the next yere after a busshell of whet was sold for xl pens ¶ And in this same yere about thee laste ende of May kyng Edward held tho his parlament at westmynster in the whiche parlament wos tretid and spoken of the oth and the trewes that was broke betwen him and the kyng of fraunce and how he myght best vpoÌ„ his wroÌ„g be aueÌ„gid ¶ In this same yer iÌ„ the assuÌ„cion of our lady died quene Philip of englond a full nobull and good woman at westmiÌ„ster full worsshipfully is beried entered about midsomer the duke of lancastre Ì„ the erle of Herford with a gret coÌ„panie of knyghtis weÌ„t iÌ„ to frauÌ„ce wher they get them but litell worship name for ther wos an huge ost of freÌ„shmen vpoÌ„ chalkhull brigge an other ost of englishmen fast by the sam brige that loÌ„g tyme had leued ther. And moÌ„y worthi men gret of the englisshmen ordeyned yaf couÌ„cell for to fight Ì„ yaf botaill to the frenshmen but the forsaid lordis wold nothing ê¯sent ther to ne assent for no maner thing ¶ Ther anone after it happid that the erle of werwike come thederward for to were when the frenshmen herd of his comyng or that he come fully to land they left theâ— tentis Ì„ pauilyons with all ther vitales Ì„ fled and went a way priuely And when the erle was comyn to land with his men he went in all hast toward Normandie Ì„ destroyed the I le of caws thurgh dynt of swerd and thurgh fier ¶ But alas in his returnyng to englondward home ayen at Calais he wos taken with sekenesse of the pestilence died not leuyng behind hiÌ„ after his daies so nobull a knyght and orped of armes ¶ In wich tyme rened Ì„ wered thilk orped knyght sir IohnÌ„ Hawkewod that was an englishmaÌ„ borne hauyng with hiÌ„ at his gouernauÌ„ce thilk white coÌ„panie that is aforsaid the wich o tyme ayens holy chirche and an other time ayens lordis werid Ì„ ordeyned gret batailles and ther in that same cuntre he did mony meruelus thynges ¶ And a bout the conuersion of sent Paule the kyng when he had endid and done the entering and the exiquies with gret costes and rialtes a bout the sepulture berieng of quene Philip his wife he held a ê‘lament at westmynstre in wich ê‘lament was axed of the clargie a thre yeres dyme that is for to say a gret dyme to be payed iij. yere during ¶ And the clargi
day after met sodenly wos smyten with a palasie lost his speche on marie magdelene dai died ¶ Of the deth of kyng edward how sir IohnÌ„ Monsterwarth knyght wos drawen honged for his falsenesse RYght anone after in the lij yere of kyng Edward in the begynnyng of october Pope Gregarie the xi brought remeued his court with him from Auinion to rome ¶ And the xij day of Aprill Iohan Monsterworth knyght at london was draw Ì„ honged than quartired sent to iiij chief touÌ„es of englond and his hede smyten of set vpon london brigge for this same IohnÌ„ wos full vn trew to the kyng to the reame Ì„ couetous vnstabull for he toke oft tymes gret soumes of monay of the kyng his councell for men of armes wagis that hee shÌ„uld haue paid them toke it to his own vse he dred that at the last he shold be shent acused for the same cause Ì„ fled priuely to the kyng of fraunce Ì„ wos suore to him Ì„ bicome his man Ì„ behight him a gret nauy out of spayn in to confusion distroyng of engloÌ„d ¶ But rightfull god to whom no priuite is vnknowne suffrid him frist to be shend Ì„ spilt or that he so tratoursly falsly his lige lord the kyng of englong Ì„ his pepull in his ream in the wich ground the same Iohan wos bore wykkedly thurgh bataill destroie or bring his cursed purpose about ¶ In the fest of sent George tho next after kyng Edward yaf to Richard of Burdeux his heir that wos prince edwardis son at wyndesor the ordir of knyghthod made him knyght the wich kyng edward whan he had regned li. yere and more the xi KalÌ„ of Iune he died at Shene and is buried worshipfulli at westmynstre on whois soule god haue merci amen ¶ This kyng edward was forsothe of a passing goodnesse full grecious among all the worthy men of the world for he passid shone by vertu of grace yef to him fro god a boue all his predicessours that wer nobull men worthy he wos a well herted maÌ„ a hardy for he drad neuer no mishâ—ppis ne harmes ne euell fortun that might fall a nobull weri our and a fortunat for both on land se in all batailles and assembles with a passing glorie ioye he had the victorie he was meke benyngne homeli sobre soft to all maner of men as well to straÌ„gers os to his own subgectis Ì„ to oder that wer vnder his gouernauÌ„ce ¶ He wos deuout holy both to god Ì„ holy chirch for he worshipped holpe Ì„ mayntened holy chirche Ì„ ther mynisterres with all maner reueraunce he wos tretabull well auised in temê‘all and wordly nedes wise iÌ„ couÌ„cell discret meke to speke wt. iÌ„ his dedis Ì„ maners geÌ„till wel taught hauiÌ„g pitte of them that wer iÌ„ disese plentious in yeueng of benefaites almose bisi Ì„ curious iÌ„ bylddyng Ì„ lighili he bere suffred wroÌ„ges Ì„ harmis wheÌ„ he was yeue to any ocupacioÌ„ he left all oder thiÌ„g for the tyme tent ther to semly of body a meyn stature hauiÌ„g all way to high to lawe a good chere ¶ And ther sprong shone so moch grace of hiÌ„ that what maner man had behold his face or had dremed of hiÌ„ he hoped that day that all thiÌ„g shÌ„uld hap to hiÌ„ ioyfull likiÌ„g ¶ And he gouned his kyngdoÌ„ gloriously vn to his age he was large iÌ„ yeueÌ„g wise iÌ„ speÌ„ces he was fulfilled with all honeste of good maners Ì„ vertues vnder whoÌ„ to liue it wos as for to regne wherfor his fame his loos sprong so fer that it come iÌ„ to hethennesse barborie shewiÌ„g Ì„ telling his worthenes Ì„ manhod iÌ„ all landis that no land vnder heuen had brought forth so nobull a kiÌ„g so gentill so blessid or myght rase such an other whan he wos dede ¶ Neuer the latter lechorie and meuyng of his flesh haunted him in his age wherfor the rather as it is to suppose for vnmesurable fulfilliÌ„g of his lust his lyfe shorted the sonn ¶ And here of take good hede lyke as his dedis berith witnesse· for as in his begynnyng all thiÌ„ges were ioyfull and likyng to hiÌ„ Ì„ to all pepull ¶ And iÌ„ his midde age he passid all pepull in high Ioye worship and blissednesse right so when he drew in to age drawyng douÌ„ward thurgh lechori othir sinnes litell and litell all tho ioyfull and blissid thyngê and ê“sparite decreced and mishappid Ì„ infortunat thyngê Ì„ vnê“fitable harmes with mony euels began for to spring the more harme is it continued long time after CLemens the sext wos pope after Bendict x. yere this maÌ„ in name dede was vertuus mony thyngê that benedict was rigus iÌ„ he made ese certan that he depriuyt he restorid and the rigusnesse of the faith of Benedict was laudabull But moch more laudabull wos the mekenesse of Clement ¶ This man wos a nobull prechour and mony sermones he geddrid he let no man paasse from him bot he yaf him good councell And decessid a blissid man Karolus the iiij wos Emprour after Lodewik xxxi yere This man wos the kyng of Beeme a wise man a myghty And this man wos chosin Emprour by the coÌ„maundement of Clemens Lodewik beyng on liue in his coÌ„temacy be cause he asked mekely the popes blissing Ì„ to be crouned of him as ather good kynges did Therfor he wos proteckid of god and preualed ouer all his enmys And mony fauerabull lawes he made to spirituall men the wich yit er called Karolma at the last he decessid a rich man iÌ„ vertu and goodis Innocencius the sext wos pope after Clement x. yere And he wos a gret louer of religious men and he founded a monastery in frauÌ„ce of the ordir of Cartusiens and was a gret canonyst Vrbanus the v. wos pape after Innocent This man was abbot of Missolens of the ordir of sent Benet a doctur and is take for a seint He made the crosse to be prechit ayens the turkis And he made a pasage to the Turkis· And to him sent Brygit wos sente from crist for the confirmacion of ther rule And then he wos poysenned and decessid Gregorie the xi wos pope after hiÌ„ viij yere This Gregorie did litell And after hiÌ„ foloyd the tribulacioÌ„ the wich our lord shewed to sent Brigit for the sinne of the clargie Venselans son to Karolus a forsaid was Emprour xiiij yere And he wos a child and was chosen when his fadre wos on liue but he toke no kepe of the empire and when he wos warned mony tymes to take heid vn to it and wold not he was deposed For he yaf all his delite and lust vn
Subandy the wich wos cosin and alied almost to all the princes of cristyndoÌ„ and euerychon left him Then iÌ„ the yere after ther wos a pees made Felix resauid for it plesid our lord his name to be glorified by a obiect of the world as wos that Ianuens· in comê‘ison to the duke the pope This Nicholas was a maister in diuinite and actiue man a rich man iÌ„ ê¯saites moÌ„y thyngê that wer fallen he bildid ayen all the wallis of rome he renewed for dred of the Turke And ther was a uerse made of this vnite and publisit in the cite Lux fulsit muÌ„do cessit felix nicholao And that iÌ„ the yere of our lord M.iiijC.xlix The yer of grece with a gret deuocion was ê¯firmid Ì„ innumerabull pepull weÌ„t to the apostill setis ¶ How kyng Henri the vi regned beyng a child not oon yere of age of the bataill of vernaill in Perche AFter kyng Henri the v. regned henri his son but a child and not fulli on yere of age whos regne began the frist day of Septembre in the yere of our lord M. cccc.xxij This king beyng iÌ„ his cradell wos moch dowtid and drad by cause of the gret ê¯quest of his fader Ì„ also the wysdoÌ„ guydyng of his vncles the duke of Bedford Ì„ the duke of Gloucestre ¶ This yere the xxi day of October dyed Charles the kyng of frauÌ„ce lieth beried at sent Denys And than wos the duke of bedford made regent of fraunce And the duke of Gloucestre wos made ê“tector and defendour of englond ¶ And the frist day of march after wos sir willm Taillour prest degradid of his presthode and on the morow after he wos brint iÌ„ smythfeld for herise ¶ Thys yere sir Iames stiward kyng of scottis maried Dame Iane the duches doughter of Clarence of hir frist housband the erle of somerset at sent mari ouays ¶ Also this yere the xvij day of August wos the bataill of vernaill in perche bitwen the duke of bedford regeÌ„t of frauÌ„ce Ì„ the duke of AlauÌ„sone wich was a gret bataill The duke of Bedford had â— on his sid with hiÌ„ the erle of salusberi MouÌ„tagu the lord Talbot all the pouer that they coud make in Normandie the garysouns kept And also mony Capitayns with moch pepull of the duke of Borgoyns ¶ And on that other side was the duke of Alaunson the duke of Turon that wos therle douglas the erle Boughan with moÌ„y lordis of frauÌ„ce Ì„ gret coÌ„ponie of scottis and Armynakis And than the Erle douglas called the duke of Bedford Iohan with the leden swerd And he sent him word ayen that he shÌ„old find that day that his swerde wos of stele ¶ And so the bataill ioyned on both sides and faught long tyme that ther wist no man who shÌ„old haue the better a gret while bot at the last as god wold the victori fell vn to the English partie For ther wer slaiÌ„ the erle douglas wich a litel before wos made duke of Turon the erle of boughan the erle of Almarre the erle of TouÌ„ar the erle of vauÌ„tedor and the viscount of Nerbonne wich was on of them that slew duke IohnÌ„ of Borgoyn knelyng before the Dolphyn Ì„ mony mo vn to the nombre of x. thosand and mo And ther wos taken prisoners thee duke of AlauÌ„son and mony othir lordid and gentillis of frauÌ„ce bot scottis that day wer slayn doune right the substance of them all ¶ And the thrid yere of kyng henri the sext the Duke of Gloucestre maried the duchisse of holand weÌ„t ouer the se with hir in to henaude for to take possession of hys wyfes heritance wher he wos honorably receyuid and taken for lord of the land bot sone after he was fayn to returne home ayen tho and left his wyfe Ì„ all his tresour that he had broght with him in a toune that is called Mounse in henaud wich promised him for to be trew to him Notwithstondyng they deliuered the lady vn to the duke of borgoyn wich sent hir to Gaunt And from thens she ascapid in a man nys clothyng and come in to Zeland to a touÌ„e of hir own callid Ziorixee And from thens she went to a toune in holand called the Ghowde and ther shÌ„e wos strong ynowgh and withstode the said duke of Burgoyn ¶ And sone after the duke of gloucestre sent ouer in to Zeland the lord fitzwater with certayn men of were and archiers for to help and socour the forsaid duchefse of holand wich â—andit at a place in Zeland called brewers hauen wher the lordis of the contre come douÌ„e and faght with him and in conclosion he wos fayn to with draw him and his meny to the see ayen But yit he slew and hurt diuerse lordis and moch pepull of that same cuntre And so retourned home ayen with his meny and preuaylid no thyng ¶ And also this same yere theâ— Erle of Salusberi the erle of suffolke the lord Wylby and thee lord scalis with ther retenue laid sege to the cite of Manus the wich cite wos yolden to them with mony othir strong touÌ„es and Castellis to the nombre of xxxvi ¶ This tyme all NormaÌ„die and a gret part of frauÌ„ce vn to Orliaunce wos vnder the obeyssaunce of the kyng of englond And all the remenauÌ„t of fraunce wos in gret tribulacion and mischief ¶ How ther wos a gret fray lyke to haue bene bitwene the cardinall the duke of Gloucestre And of the coronacion of king Henri the sext both in englond in frauÌ„ce IN the iiij yere the same nyght that the maire of london Iohan Couentre had takyn his charge was a gret watch in London for a fray that wos betwen the bisshop of wynchestre and the Duke of Gloucestre protectour c ¶ For the maire with the pepull of the cite wold abide bi the duke of gloucestre as ê“tectour of the reame bot by labour of lordis that went bitwen in speciall by the labour of the prince of Portyngale ther was a pointement taken that ther was no harme done And after the bataill of verneyll in perche thee duke of bedford com ouer in to Englond And on witsonday this same yere at Laycestre he dubbed kyng Henri knyght And forthwith the said kyng Henry dubbed all thes knyghtis whos names folowith that is to wit sir Richard duke of yorke also the son and heir of the duke of Norfolke the erle of Oxford the Erle of westmerland the son and heir of the erle of Northumburland the son Ì„ heir of the erle of vrmond the lord Roos sir Iamys buttelar the lord martrauas sir Henry gray of Tankeruile sir willm Neuill lord fawconbrigge sir George Neulll lorde latimer the lord wellis the lord berkle the son and heir of the lord Talbot sir Raufe gray of werk Sir robert veer sir Richad gray sir Edmond hongerford Sir Robert
abstinence of were for a certayn tyme in the name of the Duchesse not of duke because he had gon froÌ„ his othe legeaunce that he had made to kyng Henri therfore the kyng neuer wold write ne oppointe ne haue to do with hiÌ„ after bot al in the duchesse name ¶ Also this same yere quene Iane died the secund day of Iule wich had bene kyng Henri the fourthis wife and wos caried fro Bermondsey vn to Cauntorberi wher she lieth beried bikyng Henri the iiij hir housbond ¶ This same yere died all the lions in the toure of london the wich had not ben seyn mony yeres before out of mynde ¶ How Owayn a squier of wales that had weddid quene Katerine wos arestid And of the scisme bitwen Eugenie Ì„ felix IN the xvi yere of kyng Henri died Sigismond Emprour of Almayn knyght of the garter whos terment the kyng keped at sent poules in london rialli wher was made a riall heerse and the kyng in his astate clad in blew wos at euen at dirige and on the morow at masse c. ¶ And after him wos elect and chosin Albert duke of Ostrich wich had weddid SigismoÌ„dê° doughter for to be epÌ„rour This maÌ„ wos taken resaued to be kiÌ„g of beme vngari be cause of his wife that was sigismondê° doughter wich left after him none othir heir ¶ This Albert wos emprour but on yere for he wos poysened so died sum saieth he died of a flix bot he wos a vertuus man petifull so moch that all the pepull that knew him said that the world wos not worthy to haue his presens ¶ This same yere on Owayn a squier of walis a man of law byrth wich had mony a day before secretly weddid quene Katerine and had by hir iij. sonnys and on doughter wos taken Ì„ commauÌ„did to newgate to prison be my lord of Gloucestre ê“tectour of the reame ¶ And this yere he brake prison by the meyn of a prest that wos his chapelayn and after he was takiÌ„ ayen by my lord Bemond and brought ayen to newgate wich afterward wos deliuered at large And on of his sonnys afterwarde was made erle of richemond and an othir erle of penbroke Ì„ the thrid a monke of westmynstre wich monke died sone after This same yere also on Newyeres day at baynardis castell fell doune a stake of wod sodenli at afternone slew iij. meÌ„ mischeuisli and foule hurt othir Also at bedford on a shrireday wer xviij men murtherid with out stroke by falliÌ„g doune of a stair as they com out of ther comune hall mony foule hurt ¶ In the xviij yer sir Richard Beauchamp the good erle of werwike died at Roon he beyng that tyme leuetenaunt of the kyng in Normandie from thens his body wos brought to warwike wher he lieth worsshipfully in a new chapell on the south side of the quere ¶ Also this yere wos a gret derth of corne in all englond for a busshell of whete wos worth xl pens in mony places of engloÌ„d yit men myght not haue y nough wherfor Steuen broune that tyme mare of londoÌ„ seÌ„t iÌ„ to pruce broght to londoÌ„ certain shippis ladeÌ„ with rie wich did moch good to the poer pepull for corne wos so scarce iÌ„ engloÌ„d that iÌ„ suÌ„ places of engloÌ„d poer pepull made them bred of fern rotes ¶ This yere the generall councell of Basilie deposid eugenye And they chose Felix wich wos duke of Sauoye And than began the scisme wich endurid vn to the yere of our lord ihuÌ„ crist M. cccc.xlviij This felix wos a deuoute priÌ„ce Ì„ sawe his sonnys son after leued an holi life wos chosin pope of the councell of Basile Eugenye deposed And so the scisme wos long time and this Felix had not moch obedience be cauce of the neutralite for the most parte and well nygh all cristyndome obeied reputid Eugenye for veray pope god knawoth who was veray pope of them both for both occupied during the life of Eugeny ¶ This same yere sir Richard wiche vecarie of hermettesworth wos degratid of his presthode at Poules brint at toure hill as for on heritike on sent Botulphus day how well at his deth he died a good cristyn man wher for after his deth moch pepull come to the place wher he wos brent and offrid made a heppe of stonys Ì„ set vp a crosse of tre Ì„ held him for a sent till the maire sheriues by the kyngê commauÌ„demeÌ„t Ì„ of bisshoppis destruyed it made ther an dong hill ¶ Also this same yere the shireues of london set out of sent Martins the grauÌ„t the sentorie v. ê‘sons wich afterward wer restorid ayen to the sentorie by the kiÌ„gê Iustices ¶ After albert the thrid Frederike wos chosin Emprour This Frederik duk of Osterik wos long Emprour Ì„ differid for to be crouned at rome because of the scisme but after that vnite wos had he wos crouned with imê‘iall diademe with gret glorie and triumphe of pope Nicholas the iiij This wos a pesabull man quiet and of siÌ„gular paciens not hating the chirch he weddid the kyng of Portingales doughter c ¶ How the duchesse of gloucestre wos arestid for treson committed to ê‘petuall prison in the I le of maÌ„ And of the deth of mastir Roger Bolingbroke IN this yere Elinour Cobham duchesse of gloucestre was arestid for certayn pointes of treson laid ayen hir wher vpoÌ„ she was examined in sent Stephenys chepell at westmynster before the Erchebisshop of Cantorburi And ther she wos enioyned to open penaunce for to go thurgh chepe bering a taper in hir hand and after to ê‘petuall prison in the I le of man vnder the kepyng of sir Thomas stanley ¶ Also that same tyme wos arestid master Thomas southwell a chanon of westmynster mastir Iohan Hume a chapelayn of the said lady mastir Roger bolingbroke a clarke vsing nigromancie on mariorie Iurdemayn called the wicch of Eye beside westmynstre Thes wer arestid as for beyng of councell with the said duchesse of gloucestre And as for mastir Thomas southwell he died iÌ„ the toure the nyght before he shÌ„uld haue be reyned on the morne For he him self sayd that he shold die iÌ„ his bed not by Iustices ¶ And iÌ„ the xx yere maistir IohnÌ„ hume and mastir Roger bolingbroke wer brought to the gild hall in london and ther before the mair the lordis chief iustices of englond wer rayned and dampned both to be drowen hanged quartired but master iohnÌ„ hume had his chartre and wos ê‘doned by the kyngo· bot mastir Roger wos drawen to Tyburne wher he confessid that he died giltles neuer had trespasid in that he died fore Notwithstondyng he wos honged hedid quartired on whos soule god haue mercy ¶ And margeri iurdmain wos brent in smythfeld ¶ Also this yere wos a
gret fray in london in flete strete by nyghtis tyme bytwen men of court and men of london and diuerse men slayn and sum hurt And on herbotell was chief causer of the misgouernaunce Ì„ affray ¶ Also this yere at chesing of the maire of londoÌ„ the comuÌ„es named Robert Clopton Raulin holand taliour And the aldermen toke robert clopton and brough him at the right hand of the meirs as the custom is And than certayn tailours and othir hond craftis men cried nay nay not this man bot Raulyn Holand wherfore the maire that wos padysly sent them that so cried to newgate where they abode agret while and wer ponisshed ¶ In this same yere wer diuerse enbassatours sent in to Guyan for a mariage for the kyng for the Erles doughter of Armynake wich wos ê¯cludid but by the meyn of the erle of suffolke it was let and put a parte ¶ And after this the said erle of Suffolke went him ouer the see in to fraunce and ther he tretid the mariage bitwen the kyng of Englond and the kynges doughter of Cecile and of Ierusalem And the next yere it wos concludid fully that mariage by wich mariage the kyng shold deliuer to hir fadre the duchie of Angeo and the Erledom of Mayn wich wos the keye of Normandie ¶ Then departid the Erle of suffolke with his wife diuerse lordis and knyghtis in the most raal astate that myght be out of Englond with new chares and palfreys wich went thurgh Chepe and so went ouer the se and resaued hir and sithen brought hir in the lent after vn to hampton wher she landid and was rially resaued ¶ And on Candilmasse euen before by a gret tempest of thounder and lightenyng at afternone Poules steple wos set on fire on the middis of the shaft in the timbur wich was quenched by force of labour and specially by the labour of the morow masse prest of the bow in chepe with was thought impossible sayf onli the grace of god ¶ This yere wos the erle of stafford made create duke of Bokyngham the erle of werwik duke of warwyke the erle of Dorset marquis of Dorset Ì„ the erle of suffolke wos made marquies of suffolke ¶ How kyng Henri weddid quene Margarete and of hir coronacion IN this yere kyng Henri maried at southwik quene Margaret And she com· to london the xviij day of May by the way all the lordis of englond ressayued hir worshipfully in diuerse places And iÌ„ especiall the duke of gloucestre and on thee blake heth the maire with the aldermen and all the craftis in blewe gounys browderd with the deuise of his craft that thei myght be bi knowen mette with hir with reed hodis and brought hir to london wher wer diuerse pagentis and countinaunce of diuerse histories shewed in diuerse places of the cite rially and costely ¶ And the xxx day of May the forsayd quene wos crouned at westmynster And ther wos Iustis iij. days during within the sentorie be fore the abbey ¶ This yere the priour of kylmian appellid the erle of vrmond of treson wich had a day assigned to them for to fight in smythfeld And the listis wer made and feld drassid but whan it come to point the kyng commaundid that they shuld not fight but toke the quarell in to his hand And this wos done at the instance Ì„ labour of certayn prechours and doctours of london as mastir Gilbert worthyngton parson of sent Andrewes iÌ„ holborne and othir ¶ Also this same yere come a gret enbassade in to Englond out of frauÌ„ce for to haue concludid a ê‘petuall pees but in conclusion it turned vn to a trews of a yere ¶ About this tyme dred sent Barnardyn a gray frere wich began the new reformacion of that ordir in mony places in so moche that they that wer reformed bene called obseruauntes wich obseruauÌ„tes bene encresid gretli iÌ„ Ytali iÌ„ Almayn ¶ This Bernardyn was Canonysed by pope Nicholas the .v. In the yere of our lord M. cccc.l ¶ Iohannes de Capistrano wos his desciple wich ê“fited moch to the reformacion of that order for whom god hath shewed mony a fair miracle also here is to be notid that froÌ„ this tyme forward kyng Henri neuer ê“fited ne went forward bot fortune began te turne from him on all sides as well in fraunce Normandie Guyan as in engloÌ„d Sum men holden opinion that kyng Henri yaf comyssion plenery to sir Edward hull sir Robert Roos Dene of sent sauerins and othir to conclude a mariage for him with the erle of armynakis sustre wich wos ê“mised as it wos seid Ì„ ê¯cludid but afterward it wos brokyn he wedded quene margaret as afore is said wich wos a dere mariage for the reame of englond For it wos knowen verili that for to haue hir wos deliuered the duchie of Angeo and the erledoÌ„ of mayne wich wos the keye of Normandie for the frenshmen to entre ¶ And about this the said marquies of suffolke axed in plaiÌ„ ê‘lameÌ„t a xv Ì„ an halfe for to fetch hir out of frauÌ„ce Lo what a mariage wos this as to the comparison of that othir mariage of armynake For ther shuld haue bene deliuered so mony castels Ì„ tounes iÌ„ Guyan and so moch good shÌ„uld haue be yeuen with hir that all englond shÌ„uld haue bene ther by enriched but ê¯trari wyse fell wherfore euery gret prince ought to kepe his ê“misse for be causa of brekyng of this ê“misse and for mariage of quene margaret what losse hath the reame of englond had by losing of normandie and guyan â–ª by diuision in the reame the rebellyng of comunes ayenst ther prince Ì„ lordis what diuision among the lordis what murder sleyng of them what feldis foughten and made in conclusion so mony that mony a man hath lost his life and in conclusion the kyng deposed the quene with hir son fayn to flee in to scotland and from thens iÌ„ to frauÌ„ce and so to loriyn the place that she come frist fro ¶ Mony men demeth that the brekiÌ„g of the kiÌ„ges promise to the sustre of the erle of armynake was cause of this gret losse and aduersite ¶ How the duke of gloucestre the kiÌ„gê vncle wos arestid at the ê‘lameÌ„t of bury his deth how angeo iÌ„ mayn wos deliuered IN the xxv yere of kyng Henri wos a ê‘lament at Burâ— called sent Edmondis buri about wich was commauÌ„did all the comunes of the cuntre to be ther in ther most best defensabull aray for to await vpon the kyng To wich ê‘lament come the duke of Gloucestre vmfrey the kyngê vncle wich had bene ê“tectour of englond all the none age of the kyng and anone after hee wos iÌ„ his loggiÌ„g he wos arestid by the viscouÌ„te bemoÌ„d the coÌ„st a bull of engloÌ„d whom accompanied the duke of Bokyngham and mony othir lordis And forthwith all his seruauÌ„tes wer coÌ„mauÌ„did for
bene withstonde ¶ For the kyng Ì„ all the lordis of the ream of Englond wer departed except the lorde Scales that kepid the tour of london ¶ And the fifth day of Iuyll he did done smyte of a mannys hede in southwark and the nyght after the â—naire of london with the aldermen and the communes of the cite concludid to driue a way the capitayn his host sent to the lord scalis to the toure Ì„ to mathew gohe a copitayn of Normandie that they wold that nyght asaille the capitayn with them of Kent ¶ And so they did y come to londoÌ„ brige iÌ„ to southwarke or the capitayn had ony knowlege ther of ther they sought with them that keped the brigge And the Kentishmen went to harnes and come to the brigge Ì„ shot faught with them gat the brigge made them of londoÌ„ to fle slow mony of them this endurid all the nyght to Ì„ fro to ix of the cloke on the more And at the last they brent the draw brigge wher mony of them of londoÌ„ wer drowned In wich nyght Sutton an aldermaÌ„ was slayn Roger heysant and Mathew gohe and mony othir And after this the Chancilar of Englond sent to the Capitayn a pardone generall for him othir for all his menye And then they deê‘ted from southwarke euery man home vn to his own hous ¶ And when they wer all deê‘tid and goon· ther wer ê“clamacions madem Kent southsex and othir places that what man coude take the captayn quike or dede shÌ„old haue a M. mark And aftir this on Alixander Iden a squier of Kent toke him in a gardeÌ„ in southsex iÌ„ the takiÌ„g the CaptaÌ„ IohnÌ„ Cade wos slaiÌ„ Ì„ after behedid his hede set on londoÌ„ brigge ¶ And anone after then the kyng come in to Kent and did his Iustices sitte at Cauntorberi and enquered who wer causaries chief cause of this Insurreccion ¶ And ther wer viij men Iuged to deth in on day in othir places mo And from thens the kyng weÌ„t in to southsex and in to the westcuntre wher a litell before wos slayn the bisshop of Salisberi ¶ And this same yere wer so mony iugged to deth that xxiij hedes stode vpon londoÌ„ brigge at on s ¶ Of the feld that the duke of york toke at brentheth iÌ„ KeÌ„t and of the burth of prince Edward of the frist bataill at sent Albons wher the duke of Somersete wos slayn IN the xxx yere of the kiÌ„g The duke of yorke com out of the march of wales with therle of DeuiÌ„shire the lord Cobham gret puissaunce for reformacion of certayn Iniuries and wroÌ„ges also to haue Iustice on certayn lordis beyng about the kyng Ì„ toke a feld at brontheth beside dertford in Kent wich wos a stroÌ„gfeld for wich cause the kyng with all the lordis of the lande went vn to the blake heth with a gret and strong multitude of pepull armed and ordeyned for the were in the best wyse And when they had mustred on the heth Certayn lordis wer tho sent vn to him for to tret and make appointement with him wich were the bisshop of Ely and the bisshop of wynchestre and the erles of Salisberi and of werewyke And they concludid that the duke of Somersete shold be had to ward Ì„ to ansuer to such articles as the duke of yorke shold put on him and than the duke of yorke shÌ„usd breke his feld and cum to the kyng wich wos all promised by tho kyng ¶ And so the kyng commaundid that the duke of Somersete shold be had in ward And than the duke of york brake vp his feld and come to the kyng and whan he was comen ê¯trarie to the promisse afore made the duke of somerset was preseÌ„t in the feld a waytyng and chief about the kyng made the duke of yorke ride before as a prisoner thurgh londoÌ„ and after they wold haue put him iÌ„ hold But anoyse aroso that the erle of march his son was commyng with x. thousand men to londonward wherfore the kyng and his couÌ„cell ferid and than they concludid that thee duke of yorke shold deê‘te at his own will ¶ About this tym began gret diuision in Spruce bitwen the gret mastir and the knyghtis of the duche ordre wich wer lordis of that cuntre For the comunes and touÌ„es rebellid ayenst the lordis and made so grete were that at the last they called the kyng of Pole to be ther lord the wich kyng come and wos worshipfully resaued and laid sege to the castell of Marienburgh wich was the chief castell of strength of all the land wan it and drofe out the mastir of dansk Ì„ all othir places of that land And so they that had ben lordis mony yeres lost all thirseygnorie and possessions in tho landis ¶ And the yere of the Incarnacion of our lord M. cccc liij on sent Edwardis day the quene Margaret wos deliuered of a fair prince wich wos named Edward That same day IohnÌ„ Norman wos chosin for to be maire of londoÌ„ And the day that hee shuld take his oth at westmynsire he went theder by water with all the craftis wher afore tyme the maire aldermen and the craftes rode on horsbake wich wos neuer vsed after For sen that tyme. they haue gone euer by water in barges ¶ Ye haue well vnderstond before how that contrari to the promisse of the kyng and also the ê¯clusioÌ„s taken bitwen the kyng the duke of yorke at brentheth the duke of Somerset went not to ward but abode about the kyng and had gret rule and anone after he wos made capitayn of calais ruled the kyng his reame as he wold wherfore the gret lordis of the reame Ì„ also the comunes wer not plesid For wiche cause the duke of yorke the erle of warwyk the erle of salisburi with mony knyghtis and squiers and moch pepull come for to remeue the said duke of somersete othir fro the kyng ¶ And the kiÌ„g hering of ther comyng thought by his couÌ„cell for to haue gon westward and not for to haue met with them Ì„ had with him the duke of somerset the duke of Bokyngham the erle of stafford the erle of NorthuÌ„berland the lord Clifford mony othir ¶ And what tyme that the duke of yorke Ì„ his feliship vnderstode that the kyng wos deê‘ted with thes lordis from london Anone he changed his way and coste the cuÌ„tre come to sent Albonys the xxiij day of May Ì„ ther met with the kyng to whom the kyng sent certayn lordis desired them to kepe the pees and deê‘te but in conclusion whils they treted on that on side· the erle of warwik with the march men oder entred the toune on that oder side fought ayeÌ„st the kyng and his ê‘tie and so began the bataill Ì„
that is vertuus is a nobull man and he that is vnuertuus is not nobull The same maner of wyese tho that foloyt the fayth of Abrahe rather war cald his chyldyr then the Iues the wich carnally descendit from hym Neuer the leesse they had a spirituall preualeg of god for the fadyrs mÌ„yttis and his blissyng And of theâ— iij. sonnys of Noe he beyng alyue aftyr the hystory of PhiloiÌ„s war borne .xxiiij. M. Ì„ C· men with owte wemen and chyldyr and the had oon them iij. Princes Nenroth Iectan and Suphen Anno muÌ„di .ijM.ii .iiC.xlii. Et anÌ„ xpÌ„i natiÌ„ .iiM.vi .viC.lvii SEm son to Noe the secund yere aftyr the flode gat arphaxat Ì„ odyr whyle he is cald Melchesedech the wych fyrst after the flod mad the cite of SaleÌ„ Ì„ now is cald IerusaleÌ„ Cham his brother obtenyt affrâ—can â–ª Ì„ gat sonnys ij Chus Mescaym and thes ij gat sonnys dowttrys and many a region wos of them and mony of them to vs be wnknaw for the enhabytte in the occideÌ„tall ynd Iaphz wos brother vn to cham and wos blessit of his fadyr and he had vij sonnys s. Gomer Magog Maday IanaÌ„ Tuball Mosog and Iras. And thes gat sonnys and doghtrys and of them cam mony a region vide plura gen ih Arphaxat son to sem leuyde iii C xxx yere Ì„ gat Elam Assur Lud Ì„ AraÌ„ Ì„ they gat mony a sone doghter vt patêª patet gen This assur be cause he wold not rebell agaynes god in the bylding of the towor of babulon as nemroth dide Ther for he wos dreuyn vn to the lond of Sennaar a lond that wos strawnge to hym Ì„ wos not afor enhabit the wich wos callid aftyr his name Assuria Ì„ ther he bildit a cite aftyrward namitt Niniue the wich wos the metopoloÌ„ of al the kyngdom of assurirumâ—hus son to cham wos fadir to nemroth this neÌ„roth woe agyaÌ„t of .x. cubettis long Ì„ he be gon to be myghty iÌ„ the world and he is callid a busâ—wys hunter afoor god this man be gon that wrichyt vyce of couetues by hys tyraÌ„nyde wyth the wych euer moor aftir this world is fulfyllyd and the principall kyngdom that he had wos babulon and he had archad edissa selencia Ì„ the lond of sennaar Sale sone to arphaxat leuyd iiij C xxxiij yere and of hym in scriptur is no thyng wrettyn bot that Moyses noÌ„burs hym in the lyne that cumys of cryst ¶ This Sale gat a son that wos namyt Heber the wych aftyr the hebreus had the sprete off ê“phecy And of thys heber the hebreus be namyt For the hebreus tong boode allon iÌ„ hys how 's iÌ„ the ê¯fusion of the langage And that langage was callid manys langage the wyche euery man vsyett a for the toure of Babulon was bildyt ¶ This Heberhade .ij. sonnys Ì„ oon wos callyd Iectan a nother Phaleg this Iectan thurgh ensaumple of Nemroth descending froom Cam toke the pryncehood a pon the chyldrin of Sem. Ì„ he had .xiij. sonnys bot this pepul aftyr Iherom ar not knaw of vs for farnes of the cuntre or mutacion of the pepull or of sum other cause Anno muÌ„di .ijM.vi .viC.xliij Et anÌ„ xpÌ„i natit .ijM.v .vC.lvi Phaleg leuyd .ijC.xxxix yeer this Phaleg wos the yoÌ„ger sone of hebar Ì„ iÌ„ his dayes wos made the ê¯fusion of langage For in his howse a bood the olde tong allon Ì„ that wos ebreu wherfor aftyr Sant Austyn in hym apperith a greett stedfastnes of rygthtuysnes for this house wos free of that payen as not consentyng to the byldyng of the tour Et serm Augus ther weer lxxij generacions Ì„ so ther war lxxij langage Iectan brother to phaleg of Sem Nemrothe Prince of Cam Suphen of Iaphet Thes in Pryncis wyth thaer pepull gedyrid them to gedyr iÌ„ the felyde of Sennaar dreding the flood to cum a gayen and sayde let vs bylde a Touer of the wych the altytude shalÌ„ extend to heuyn c Gene. .ii. our lord saw the fulyshÌ„nes of the Towr of BabuloÌ„ pepull meruelusly for the payne of theer syn he confundyt the tong of theym so that no man vnderstood watt an other sayd Ì„ so they waer disparpuld by all the world Of the malis of this Nemroth bookys be wrytyn full Ì„ after the ê¯fusion of the langage· he went to the lond of ê‘sis and thor he toght them to worshyp the fyer as god And he laft his sone belus iÌ„ babulon the wych succedyt hym and so fro thens his ê“geny obtenyt that kyndoÌ„ vn to the tyme of mony ayere aftyr ¶ This tyme be gan moÌ„y kyngdoÌ„ys Ì„ the most of them all wos the kyngdom of ScitaruÌ„ bot ther war so rued pepull in it that hit was neuer had in worship And it wos amyghtty region of distaÌ„s ¶ A bowte this tyme be gan the kyngdom of Egypt the wich wyth dyuerse alteracioÌ„s maÌ„y tymes wos chongit And it is spokyn of ofttymes iÌ„ scriptur Nobulnes or Gentilmen abowte this time be gan And this nobulnes wos ordant for mony causis ¶ The fyrst câ—use wos necessite for when mankynd grouyd soor men war redy to do il it wos necessari to wythstond the malys of cursit pepull agoÌ„ys good men therof a man is callid a gentylman or a nobull man as be foor odyr in vertuys notabull wher of Gerom sayth I se nothyng ellis iÌ„ nobulnes or in geÌ„tilmen bot that thay er bonden in a certan necessite that thay shall not recede fro the vertu and the gentylnes of theer nobull awnssetory ¶ The secuede wos the dyuse worshÌ„yppyng of the pepull For no man worshyppyt then bot as his naturall reson gaff Ì„ they knew not rightwysly what they shuld worshyp all though they leuyd pessabuly emong them self â–ª for they war so dull of wytte that they culd ponder no greâ—t thyng bot that wos pubplychit be the commyn pepull wherfor it wos expedient for ther peesse to be kepit that they shuld haue pryncis of nobull byrthe ¶ The thyrd cause ê“cedit off sum senguler strength· Mony tymes the comyntees war greuyde thurgh eÌ„nys comyng apon them And then they sayd that who suÌ„ euer wold defend them fro thes pellys he shuld haue the ryght of nobulnes for hym Ì„ his ayres for euer more And in this maner of wyse mony ar red to be nobull men ¶ The fourth cause off nobulnes wos grett habuÌ„dans of good suÌ„ tyme the pepull wos holdyn wyth grett penury of meete Ì„ drinke Ì„ then they toke theÌ„ and thayres to sum rich man that thurgh that conant they shuld teÌ„ê‘ the grete stratnes of ther hongyr Ì„ aftir that they shuld knaw hym as ther lord Ì„ a nobull man ¶ Also ther be fond certayn nobull men be the ê“uision of god tho thay war bot fewe of the wych some a bood iÌ„
Reignold that wos Gonedag son rened Gorbodian that wos this Reignold son xv yere Ì„ then he died lieth at yorke ¶ How gorbodian had ij sonnys how that one slew the other for to haue the heritage And how ydoyne ther modre killed thatt other wherfor the land was destruied WHen this Gorbodian was deid his .ij. soÌ„nys that he had become stout proude euer wered to geder for the land Ì„ the one was called Ferres Ì„ other Porres And this ferres wold haue all the land but the other woldnat suffre him this ferres had a felons hert thought thurgh tresoÌ„ to slee his brother but preualy he weÌ„t iÌ„ to fraunce ther abode with the kiÌ„g Syward till vpoÌ„ a tyme whan he come ayene Ì„ fought with his brother ferres but ful euell it happed tho for he was slayn fyrst wheÌ„ ydoyne ther moder wist that Porres was deid she made gret sorow for enchesoÌ„ that shee loued hym more theÌ„ that other Ì„ thought him for to kyll preualy ¶ And preuely she come to hir son vpoÌ„ a nyght with ij knyues therwith cut his throt the bodi also iÌ„ to small peces who herd euer suche a cursed moder that kyllid with hir owne handes hir own son and long tyme after last the reproue Ì„ shame to the moder that for enchesun of that one son she murdred the other Ì„ so lost them bothe ¶ How .iiij. kynges courtasly held all Breten and what be ther names ye shall heyr after WHen the ij brethern war deid they nad left behynd them nother son ne doughter ne noÌ„e other of the kynred that myght haue the heritage Ì„ for as moch as the strangest meÌ„ driueÌ„ scomfited the feblest Ì„ toke all ther londes so that in euery coÌ„tre they had gret were Ì„ strife vnder them but emong all other thynges ther were amoÌ„ges them iÌ„ the contre that ouer come all tho other Ì„ thurgh ther myght Ì„ strenght they tuke all the londes Ì„ euery of them tok a certayn coÌ„tre iÌ„ his contre let call hiÌ„ kyng Ì„ con of theÌ„ was cald Scater Ì„ he wos kiÌ„g of scotland that other wos called Dawaliere Ì„ he was kiÌ„g of loegers Ì„ of all the land that wos Lotrins thatt wos Brutes son The thrid was called Rudac and he was kyng of walis And the iiij was called Cloten Ì„ was kiÌ„g of Cornewaill but this Cloten shold haue had all the land by reson for be cause thar wos no maÌ„ that wist noÌ„e so right heir os he was butt they that were strongest set litell bi hem that wer of lesse estate and therfor this cloteÌ„ had nomore laÌ„d amoÌ„g hem but cornwaill ¶ Of kyng Donebant that was Clotens son wone the lond THis Cloten had a son that was called Doneband that after the deth of his fadre by come an hardy man and a fair and a curteys so that he passed all the other kingê of fairnes Ì„ of worthenesse And a none as he was knyght he wist well that when his fader lyued he was most rightfull heir of all the loÌ„d and shold haue had by reson but other kynges that were of moch more strength than he toke from hym his lond ¶ And afterward this Doneband ordeyned him gret pouer and conquered fyrst all the land of Logeris a and after he wold haue conquered all the land of scotland and wailles and Scat came with his meÌ„ and yaf him batell and Rudac come ayene with his walys men for to help hym but so it be fell that Rudac wos kylled also Scater iÌ„ playn bataill and so Doneband had the victorie and conquerid all the land and well maintined it in pees and in quiete that neuir befor it was so well mayntined ¶ How doneband was the frist kyng that euer bore croune of gold in bretan THys Doneband let make hym a croune of gold and wered the croune vpon his hede as neuer kiÌ„g did bifore and he ordyened a statut that and a man had done neuer so moch harme and myght comeÌ„ in to the tempull ther shold no man hym mysdo but gone ther in safete and in pees and after goin to what lond or cuÌ„tre that hym plesed with owt ony harme â–ª and if ony man sett any hond vpon hym he than shold lese his life And this Doneband made the toun of Malmesberi and the toune also off the vise And when he had regned well worthely xl yere then he died and lyeth at new Troy ¶ How Bronne and Belin deê‘ted bitweyn them the lond after the deth of Doneband ther fadre and of the were be twix them ANd after that this Doneband wos deid his soÌ„nys that he had deê‘ted the land bitweyn them as ther fader had ordeyned so that belyn his eldest son had all the land of bretan from humbar southward And his brotherbrenne had all the land from humber to ScotlaÌ„d but for as moch that BeliÌ„ had the better part Brenne therfor waxed wroth wold haue had more of the lond Ì„ belyn his brother wold greunte hym nomore wherfor coÌ„take were a roso betweyn them two But brenne the yonger brother had no myght ne strenght a yens belyn Ì„ therfor brenne thurgh coÌ„sell of hys folke weÌ„t fro thens iÌ„ to norwey to the kyng Olsinges prayd him of help socour for to coÌ„quer all the lond vpoÌ„ belin his brother vpon that connaund that he wold haue his doughter to wise Ì„ the kyng Olsinges him graÌ„ted belyn anoÌ„e as his brother wos a go to norway he seysed iÌ„ to his hond all the land of northhuÌ„berloÌ„d Ì„ toke all the castelles Ì„ let them be arayed and keped the costes of the see that brenne shold not arriue iÌ„ no sied but that he war take ¶ The kyng ol singes let assemble a gret host and deliueryd his doughter to brenne all the pepull that he had ordeyned Ì„ this damisell Samye had long tyme loued a kyng that wos called Gutlaghen and to hym she told all hir counselÌ„ how that Brenne shold hir haue hir lede with hym for euer more so he shold lese hir but that she myght for sake brenne And whan gutlagh had herd this tydiÌ„g he lay for to aspy brenne with as mony shippis as he myght haue so the two fletes metten to gedre and long tyme they faught so that Brenne turned ayene and wer discomfited And kyng gutlagh toke Samye and put hir in to his shyppe and brenne sham fulli fled thens as a man discomfitied ¶ And this kyng gutlagh wold haue went in to his owne contre but ther come vpon hiÌ„ sych a gret tempest that ·v dayes lasted so that thurgh that tempast he wos driuen iÌ„ to breten with iij. shippis and no mo Ì„ tho that keped the costes on the see toke Gutlagh and Samye
Anno domini C.iiij ANacletus a martir wos pope ix yere and he was a greke he monyschyd all cristen men that prestes shuld be worsshipped a bown all other men sayng that prestys doyng sacrifice to god shuld be borne out and not vexid bot be worshippâ—d and prestys when they sayed masse they shuld haue witnes with them an namly bisshoppis ¶ Also he decreid that clerkys shuld wer no berdys ne long haer also that a Bisshop shuld be consecrityt of iij. and diuerse other thynges at the last the xij yere of TraiaÌ„ he wos martyred and beried by the body of sent Petre ¶ Pleuius the secund oratory Ì„ phelosophur wrot mych thynges This man meuyd Traian that he shuld with draw the sentens yeffen a yene cristen folke writtiÌ„ to hym that they shuld do no ill bot take heed to the vertu bot that they shuld rise a foor day and worship ther secretly in the nyght Evaristus a greke and a Martir wos x. yere vij monethes pope after Anacletus This man ordand that man and womaÌ„ shuld be weddit opynly and at the shuld be blyssed opynly off thee prest and fadre and mother And he was martired thee .iij. yere off Adrian and beried by sent Petre Alexander a Roman was Pope viij yere and v monethes This Alexandre the most parte off thee Senetours he conuerted vn to our lord And he ordant that holy water shold be kest in cristyn menys howses and that bred to syng with shuld be made of clere bred that iÌ„ a litill quantite At the last he was martird vnder Adrian that wos the Emprour and mony of them he conuerted to the faythe Sixtus a Roman wos pope x. yere and iij. monethes This man ordant sanctus sanctus sanctus etc. shuld be sayed in the masse and at the holy thynges of the chirche shuld not be towched bot of mynisteris of the cherche Also that the corpraxe shuld not be made of sylke bot of puere lyn cloth wouen and not died and that a woman shuld not toche the holy vessell off the awter ne the pall ¶ Also he ordand that if any bisshoprik wer vacant that no byshope shuld be resaued in to his benefice bot with the popis letteris also that no masse shuld be sayed bot on an awter Ì„ at the last he wos martred Adrianus wos Emprour xxi yere This adrian in mony thynges is commendit to cristeÌ„ meÌ„ other while he was graciê° Ì„ certayn of them that wold not do sacrifice to the fals godes he kylled he was a vniusall maÌ„ almost in all sciens pees he had all his dayes bot with the Iues Ì„ moÌ„y a law he made ¶ And than he commandet that cristyn meÌ„ shold not be dampned to deth bot with dew processe Ierusalem he subduid a yene Ì„ prohibyt that no Iue shuld dwell ther in bi no wisse Cristyn men he suffred ther to dwell ayenes his will hee come to the empire bot he gouerned him veray well When the senetours prayed hym to call his son Emprour after hym he sayed it is enough to me that ayenest my will I haue regned wheÌ„ I haue not deserued for the empire of rome shuld not go bi successioÌ„ of blod bot to sich men as deserues it thurgh ther merittis moÌ„y tymes he regnes vn vertuisly that is a kyng borne· and vertu shuld cuÌ„ be foor his kyngdom Eustachius otherwyes called Placidus and therospita hys wiffe and ij of ther sonnys â–ª of whom meruelus thynges be red wer martird bi the coÌ„maÌ„dment of AdriaÌ„ This placidê° wos master of the emê‘ours knyghtes ¶ Ierusalem wos restorid be Adrian and made largyr so that the place wher crist died wos with in the wallis the wich wos with owt befoor And this is the thrid beldyng a yene of that cite for it wos thries destrued s of Caldeis in the tyme of Zedechie of Anthiacus in the tyme of Machabeorum and of Titus in the tyme of vaspasian Anno domini C.xliiij TElesphorus a roman wos pope xi yere This man ordand this Angels ymne to be song in the masse s Gloria in excelsis deo etc. and the gospell to be red a fore the sakring and on cristynmes day iij. masses to be songne And he ordand ther shuld no masse be sayed a foor iij of the cloke and at the last he wos martird and beried at Sent Petrus Ignius a greke was pope iiij yere This man ordand that a chyld shuld haue a godfather and a godmother at baptim and confirmacion ¶ Also that no Archebysshop exceppit the pope shuld condemne his suffrigan bot yf that the cause wor shewed in the prouynciall coÌ„cell of bisshoppis theÌ„ he wos martird beried at petrus Anthonius Pius wos Emprour xxij yere with hys sonnys Aurolio and Lucio This man was myghtyly wysse a naturalli fair of speche the wich lyghtly iÌ„ on maÌ„ is not found nota Excedyng men in wysdome commynly ar not fayre speched ner peesfull namely off nature nor contrariwyes Excedynge men in fayer spechee commynly ar les then wyse This man was meued with bothe thes properteys Therfor mony kyngdomys the wych recedid from other Emprours wyllely to thys man turned a yene And to cristiÌ„ meÌ„ wos noÌ„ so gentyll He sayed thurgh the ensampull of Cipio I had leuer kepe on heyre of a man then kyll an hundreth of my enmys And suÌ„ marters wer made vnder hym bot it wos made thurgh the commandement of thee Emprours a for ¶ And the cristyn pepull wor so hayetfull vn to the Bisshopis and to the prestes of the tempull of the fals goddys that the prouoked the Princes all way a yenes them For they supposid that the cristen fayth shuld destruy them ¶ Therfor it wos no meruell all though the priÌ„ce wos ilplesed for they saied all ther goddis wor dules yf lawyr Iugis pursuit cristen folke and martired them ¶ This tyme x M martres wor crucified in Armenia in a hegh hill called arath Pompeê° trogê° isto tempore historias tocius orbis a nino vsque ad octaui aâ—um deduxit Anno domini C.liiij PIus italicê° wos Pope xi yere iiij monethes and xij dayes This man ordend the fest of ester euer more shuld be halued on the sonday And also an heritike commyng fro the selite of the iues shuld be resâ—ued Ì„ be baptisit Then he wos martired and beried in Sent poâ—â—â—s Auicetê° wos pope after Piâ—s almost x. yere This man made mony decrees of the canon and for bisshopis vt iÌ„ ca· violatores etc. Galienê° a lech getyn iÌ„â—gamo wos in gret fame at rome the wich not allonli exponed the bokes of ypocras bot he put mony of them to his bokes And of this man is saied for his discrete abstynens the wich he hused he leued an C.xl yere he neuer ete ne dranke his fyll nâ— absâ—ineÌ„ciâ— he neuer toke raw frutis alwaâ— he had a sweit brethe he died a lonli thurgh age and no
vessell of the awter shuld be glas or tyn and not tre os iÌ„ old tyme the coÌ„secracion of the glorius blode wos made iÌ„ tre vessell And this tyme passit and the worship of the chirche grew glasin vessill wer ê“hibit â–ª vt pêª patet de conse di pri ca. Origines the nobull clarke wos this tyme he wrot so mych that sent Ierome saied hym self to haue red of Origen warke iiijM. volumys with out pystils he translatit the bybyll from hebru in to greke and did moÌ„y other gret thiÌ„gê And of this Origene Samson Salamon Traian is a gret questioÌ„ amonges docturs if that they be dampned or saued Ther forre thos thynges that with out perrill we be not bondyn to knaw ner the chirche is not certified of them and therfor let them be aloynly commytted vn to god Calistus a marter and a roman was pope after Zepherinus v. yere and he ordand the cimitori in via apia wher moni a M. martires is beried Also hee ordand the fast of the emering dayes to be keped Antonius Aurelius wos Empeour iij. yere And this man lacked no kiÌ„d of lechory and at the last he wos martired emong a gret multitude of pepull for his myssecheuus leuyng Antonius macus rened after hym vij yere This man leued obstinatlâ— and therfor he wos kylled as wos his predicessur Alexander wos Emprour after Antonius and regned xiij yere This man bi instance of his mother a cristin woman the techyng of Origen the wiche come to Rome to conuert hir· wos made so good vn to cristyn meÌ„ that he soffrid them to haue ther counsels and ther prayers by them selfe bot neuer the lase in his tyme the cursed officers of hym made mony martirs Anno domini CC.xliiij VRbanus wos pope after Calisto viij yere and old Ì„ yong wos veriy vertuus And all the halouyd vessell to the chirche he made of gold or syluer This man laft his pope heod Ì„ went to Agrippam Ì„ xi M. virgins with hym Ì„ the clargy said he laft not his dignite for holines bot for appetite of thos virgins Ì„ wrote hym not in the boke of popis And ther he a virgin wos martired with thos virgins Poncianus a marter succedid vrbanus Ì„ he ordant that psalmys shuld be saied day nyght in thee chirche of god And that a prest shuld say confiteor a fore thee masse Anteros a martir wos pope after this man This man ordand that a bisshop myght be remeued from on vn to an other And he made the lyfe of martirs to be writtyn and he wos slayn and beried in the cimitory of seut calixt Maximiaê° wos chosin emprourÌ„ at Maguncia of the host and not bi the senetours Ì„ regned iij. yere and destruyed the chyrche myghtely and was slayn for Origen Gordian regned after hiÌ„ sex yere and of hym is lityll writtyn bot he wos slayn Hijs diebus Celus dux colchestrie in asclepio rignat in britannia annis quasi triginta vsque ad aduentum constancij lati M vacat Philip wos emê‘our after hym and this Philip choesse to hiÌ„ Philip his son and they regned vij yere And they wer the fyrst Emprâ—urys that euer wer cristyned Ì„ after slayn of the host They bequethe all hyr tresour in ther deth that hit shuld be disposid to poer men And sent Laurens at the assynacion of his master the pope deê‘tid this tresour a bowt rome the wich was gret cause of his martirdome vt quid dicunt Decius wos emprour iij. yere and in all thinges a tyrant for he entyrid the empire when he the host had slayn the ij Philippis his lordis And after that he was slayn wyth hys son Fabianus a marter and a roman wos pope after Anteras xij yere This wos a veray holy man for when cristyn men stood to a bide the eleccion of the pope sodenli a white dowe or a culuur decendid on his heed sayng vn to hym thow shall be pope of rome this man ordend that creme euery yere shuld be haloid vpoÌ„ sher thursday also he deuided regions to dekyns the wich shuld writte the lyffe of martirs and at the last Decius kylled hym Cornelius a martir and a roman wos pope after Fabius iij. yere this man toke vp the bodyes of Petre and Paule and with gret honour put them in worschipfull places with beata lucina Lucius wos pope after Cornelius iij. yere and of hym lityll is writtyn Gallus with his son volucianus wer Emprours ij yere and they fought with Emilianus and wer slayn and Emilianê° the thrid moneth wos slayn Valerian wos Emprour with his son Galiene xv yere This man wos vertuus and manly in the begiÌ„nyng bot after he wos geuyn to vice moch wricchidnes and so was his son Galiene This valerian went vn to the loÌ„d of Perse and ther for the gret blod of martirs wich he had spied wos takyn of the kyng of Perci And wheÌ„ he had take hym he put out bothe his euyn and kepid hym in gret bondage and to thys intent he kepyd him that when so euer he shuld ryde this valerian shuld ly doune And he shuld set his feet vpon his bake when he wold take his horse This herd Galiene his son that wos left at rome and that caused him that he wos not so cruell ayenes cristyn men ¶ And here wos the viij ê‘secucion of the chirche made by thi Emprour and made the romans to lees ther kyngdoms thee wich wer neuer recouered ayene to the emprour and a generall pestelans wos thurgh out all the world for ther trespas Stephanê° a merter after Lucius wos pope iij. yere This man ordaned that no man shuld vse no haloed clothis bot to the worship of god Sextus a marter and a roman wos pope after Sstephanus ij yere This man ordant that the masse shuld be sayed vpon an autor the wich a fore wos not and then he died Dyonisius a roman was pope after hym ij yere This man deuided perichys chyrche yerdes and assigned to chirchis certayn prestis Felix a martir wos pope after Dyonisius ij yere He ordaned that for the memori of martirs masses shold be sayed Also he ordant thee Dedicacion of the chirche euery yere shold be sayed Claudius was Emprour after valerianus he subduid Goth as nobully and then he desseset Anno cristi CC.lxxiiij Euticianus a mertir wos pope after Felex viij yere This man ordand that corne and benys shuld be blissed on thee auter And he bereid iij C Ì„ xl iiij martirs with his own hondes Aurelius wos Emprour after Claudius v. yere This Aurelius fyrst to cristiÌ„ men wos gentyll wherfor he had the victori in euery place gloriusly And when he wos dessaued by cursit meÌ„ and pursued cristiÌ„men myghttely and namly in fraunce for ther he a bood and after that he had neuer good fortune bot was slayn And
none after he wos martyred ¶ And here wos the fyrst that euer thee chirche of Rome had an infamet pope for all the predicessurs of all this liberin wer sentis and yaf holy sampuls Iulianus apastota wos after constantyn emprour ij yere and viij monethes he was cleped apostata for hee fled this Constantyne wiche killep his brether and for fere of deth wos made a cristyn man and a monke bot afterward by the counsell of a negromeÌ„ser he asked the duell whether he shuld be emprour or not The duell said that he shuld be emê‘our vpoÌ„ a condicioÌ„ that he shuld for sake his cristin faith and be vttyr emny to cristiÌ„ men and so he did for he yaf leue to the Iues that they shuld byld ayene the tempull in spite of the cristyn meÌ„ and he toke all the goodis that cristiÌ„ meÌ„ had distruied moÌ„y of them Ioninianê° wos emê‘our after hym viij monethes for when Iulian wos deid the host chose hym emê‘our he was a cristiÌ„ man Ì„ he said it wos not lefull to a cristiÌ„ maÌ„ to be a lord ouer so moÌ„y hethiÌ„ pepull Thei ansuerd and saied rather theÌ„ he shuld forsake the empire they wold be cristined And thê° toke he the dyngnite bot sone he wos deid Ì„ iÌ„ meruelê° maner for hee wos laid iÌ„ a close house after his iornay made all of stone newly whited with lyme in the wich they made to his comforth as they thought a fyer of charcoill and of the ayre of thes ij in the morâ— he was fond deid Valentinian with his brother Balent was Emprour after Ioninianus xi yere for he departed the empire Ì„ yaf his brother the est and keped hym self the west part This balentinianus wos a lord with Iulian apostata it happid him on a tyme for to go in to a tempull of fals goddis for to doo sacrifice and mynisteris stood therwith water haloid after ther gise with the wich they strenkilled the lordis This valentenianus smot the minister that kest the weter vpon hym and sayed he wos rether defouled ther bi then clensed be cause of this Iulian did exile hiÌ„ Bot our lord god for his opyn confession of his name rewarded hym with the empire His brother valent fell in to the opinyoÌ„ of the arrianes and died in that herici This same valent leuid iiij yere after valentinianus with Gracian the emprour ¶ This tyme leuyd sent Ambros. Anno domini .iijC.lxiiij DAmasê° wos pope after Felix xviij yere and ij monethes This wos an eloquent man in metyr and he wrot mony stories of pepis and martirs He ordand that gloria potri shuld be sayed in the end of the psalmes Ì„ that wos at the prayer of sent Ierom And thurgh the mocion of this pope ierom translait thee bibill from hebreu in to latyn and then he dicessed a confessur Valens with Gracian and valentinianuÌ„ wer emprour iiij yere in this tyme wer chirchis opynd ayene Ì„ cristyn men had leue to renew the seruys of god that wos defended a fore with Emprours infecked with harecy as wos valens and other werfor the chirche had no liberte when valens wos on liue ¶ A Synodus of an hundreth and .l. bisshoppis was gedred vnder Damase pope at Constantinople ayenes MacedomuÌ„ an heritike the wich deuyed the holy gost to be veray god And then wos the credo made that is song on holydayes in the chirche Augustinus a CartagineÌ„s of affrica wos this time He wos as nobull a retricion as myght be· and in all phelosophy and poetre iÌ„coÌ„porabull all thyng that any phelosophur fond iÌ„ his youth he vnder stood with litill labour a bowt this tyeÌ„ he wos send to mediolanuÌ„ wher hee was turned anone of sent Ambrose and baptised This man grew vn to a nobull doctor of the chirche And not long after that he wos bisshop of Yponens and ther he leuyd liij yere and mykyll diuinite he wrote vt pêª patet in libris suis Siritius wos pope after Damasus xv yere he dampned haritikis and litell els is writtyn of him Theodosius son to Gracian with valantyne his vnkell wos Emprour xxvij yere This man wos a cristyn man and gracius and in gouernance like to Traian soon wroth and a none reconsiled This man on a day when he wold haue gone to haue herd masse sent Ambros ê“hibit him the entre of the chirch till he had penance and made satisfaccion for the slayng of the xxx knyghtes the wich he slew in anger at Constantinople wherfor they made a law that the sentence of a prince shuld be deferit xxx days of thos that shuld do exicucion if they myght fall in the grace of the prince with in xxx dayes ¶ A bout thys tyme wos a child borne in the castell of Emons from the nauyll Ì„ a bown deuyded iÌ„ to ij bodies hauiÌ„g .ij. hedis ij wittis so that the on slepiÌ„g or etiÌ„g the oder slepid not ne ete not And wheÌ„ they war ij yere of age the on decessid Ì„ the other leued iij. dayes after Claudianus poeta wos this tyme Arcadius Ì„ Honorius regned xiij yere Ì„ in ther tyme rome wes ne distruyed bi an kyng called Alaticus of the wich destruccion rose a gret blasphemy of the romans for they sayed they fared neuer well sethyn crist come to rome Ì„ be rafeed them ther goddis by the preching of Pet Ì„ Paule And yit this Archadius subduit all his emnys by the pouer of god Ì„ shed no blud A yene this blasfemy sent Austyn made that solemp werke the wich they call de ciuitate dei Honorius wos emprour with Theodosius his brother son xv yere and he wos a man of holy lyfe for ij wifes he had and with bothe yit he died mayden he louyd specialy the chirch hated haritykys Ierom died this tyme at Bedlem the yere of his aage lxxxxi Sanctus Herachydes the wich wrote vitas patruÌ„ to Lansum episcopuÌ„ wos this tyme Iohannes Crisostamus wos exiled of Endochia the wiffe of Archadij and thurgh heyt of the sone he wos deid Anastasius wos pope after Siritius iij. yere This man ordand that euery man shuld stond at the redyng of the holy gospell and that he that wos a manyd man shuld not be prest Innocencius wos pope after Anastasiê° This man ordant that seke men shuld be anoynted with holy hoyl and at masse the kys of pees to be yeffen he dampned Pelagin an haritike Ì„ mony other thinges did vt pêª patet 26. q. i. Anno domini iiijC.xiiij ZOzimê° was pope after Innocent ij yere Ì„ viii monethes This man ordant that clerkys shuld be no tauerners ne sel no wyne and that a bond man shuld not be made prest with out the licens of his lord Bonifacius a roman wos pope after ZoziuuÌ„ iiij yere This man ordand that a woman shuld not toch the pall of the awter
in to an other contre wher that they mowe lyuen as ther auncestres did them be fore ¶ And therfor sir kyng yf ye haue ought to do with our company we be come in to your land Ì„ wyth good wil you will serue and your land kepe help defend from your enmys yf that ye nedeth ¶ When vortiger herd this tydyng he sayed he wold gladly them withold vpon sich couenant if they myght dalyuer his land of his emnys he wold yef them resenable londes wher they shuld duell for euer more Engist thonked goodly Ì„ in this maner he and his companye xiM. shold duell with the kyng vortiger and moch they did thurgh ther boldnes they deliuered the land clene of his emnys Tho prayed Engist the kyng of so moâ—h land that he myght make to hym a cite Ì„ for hys meny ¶ The kyng ansuerd it wos not to done with out conceill of his bretons ¶ Engist prayed hym eftsones of as moche place os he myght compas so with a thonge of a skyn wher vpon he myhht maake a maner for hym to duell on ¶ And the kyng hym granted frely ¶ Tho toke engist a bull skyn and cut it as smale as he myght all in to on thuong all a round and ther with compassed he os mych land as he had vpon a faire castell and when this castell was made he let call it Thwong castell For as mych as the place wos marked with a thwong ¶ Of Ronewen that was Engistes doughter and how the kyng vortiger spoused hir for hir bowte WHen this castell was made and full well arayed Engist preualy did send by letter in to the cuntre wher he come fro after an hondreth shippes fyllid with men that wos strong bold and also well fightyng in all batellis and that they shuld also bryng with them Ronewen his doughter that wos the fairest creature that a man myght se ¶ And when thos pepull wos comeÌ„ that he had sent after he toke them in to the castell with moch Ioy And hym self vpon a dey went vn to the kyng and prayed hym ther worthely that he wold cum and see his new maner that he had made in the place that he had compassed with a thuong of the skyn ¶ The kyng anone graunted hym frely and with hym went thider Ì„ wos well a payed with the castell Ì„ with the fair werke to geders ther they eten and dronk with moch ioy ¶ And whan nyght come that the kyng vortiger shuld go iÌ„ to his chamare for to take ther his nyghtes rest Ronewen that wos Engist doughter come with a cup of gold iÌ„ hir hand and kneled be fore the kyng and saied to hym wassaill and the kyng wystnot what it wos to mene ne what he shuld ansuer for as moch as hym self ne none of his bretons coud no english speke ne vnder stond it but spekyn in the same longage that bretons done yit ¶ Neutheles a latimer told the kyng the full vnderstondyng therof wassale and that other shold ansuer drynk haill ¶ And that wos the fyrst tyme that wassaill and drink haill come vp in this land and from that tym vn to this tyme it is well vsed in this land ¶ The kyng vortiger saw the fairnes of Ronewen and his armes laid a bowt hir nec and iij. swetly kytsed hir and anone right he wos a namered vpan hir that he desired to haue hir to wif and asked of Engist hir fadre ¶ And Engist granted hym vpon this couenant that the kyng shold yef hym all the cuÌ„tre of kent that thhe er myght duele in his pepull ¶ The kyng him graunted preuely with a good wyll and anone after he spoused the damysell and that wos moch ê¯fusion to him self ¶ And therfore all the bretons become so wroth for be cause he spoused a womaÌ„ of mysbeleue wherfor they went all from hiÌ„ Ì„ nothyng to him toke kepe ne help hym in thing that he had to done ¶ How vortimer that wos vortigers son was made kyng Ì„ Engist wos driuen out and how vortimer wos slayn THis Engist went in to kent and seised all the land in to his hond for hym and for hys men and by come in a lityl whyle of so gret pouer and so moch pepull had that men wyst not in lytell tyme wich wer the kynges men and wych were Engist men wherfor all Bretons had of hym dred and sayed amongê them bot yf that they ne toke other counsel be twen heÌ„ all the land shuld be betrayed thurgh Engist and his pepull vortiger the king had be goten on his fyrst wife iij. sonnys the fyrst wos called vortimer that secuÌ„d Catagren the thrid Passent ¶ The britons euerychon by on asseÌ„t chose vortimer to be ther lord souerayne counceller iÌ„ euery bataill crouned hiÌ„ Ì„ made hiÌ„ kiÌ„g Ì„ wold suffre vortiger no longer to regne for enchesoÌ„ of the aliance bituix engist Ì„ hiÌ„ The britoÌ„s ordined a gret host to driue out engist his coÌ„panie of the land Ì„ yaf hiÌ„ iij. batallis that fyrst wos iÌ„ Kent ther he wos lord The secuÌ„d wos at Tetford Ì„ the thrid iÌ„ a shire athis half Cooll iÌ„ a more ¶ And iÌ„ this botell them met Catagren Ì„ horne Engistes brother so that ych of them slew other Bott for as moch os the cuÌ„tre wos yef loÌ„g by for to horne thurgh vortiger tho he spoused his cosin ther he made a fair castell that is called horncastel after his own name ¶ And vortimer wos so annoyed for his bred deth catagreÌ„ that he wos deid iÌ„ sich a maner Wherfor anoÌ„e he let fell the castell to gronde ¶ And after that he ne left night ne day till he had driueÌ„ out engist all his pepull of the laÌ„d Ì„ wheÌ„ Engist wos driueÌ„ a way Ronewen his doughter made sorow y nowe quentely spek to them that wer next the kiÌ„g vortimer priueyst with hiÌ„ so moch she yaf hiÌ„ of yeftes that he wos enpoisened Ì„ died at london the iiij yere of his regne and ther he lieth ¶ How the bretoÌ„s chose an other tyme vortiger to be ther kiÌ„g Ì„ Engist come in to this land and they fouhten to gedre AFter vortimers deth the. Britons by hir commune asseÌ„t eft sones made vortiger hir kyng vpon this conuenient that he shold neuer after suffre Engist ne none of his eftsones to come iÌ„ to this land ¶ And wheÌ„ all this wos done Ronewen the quene preuely sent by letter to Enegist that she had enpoisend vortimer Ì„ that vortiger hir lord ayene bare the croune Ì„ rened and that he shuld come in to this land well arraied with moche pepull for to a venge hiÌ„ vpon the britons and to wynne this land ayein ¶ And whan Engist herd this tydynges he made gret Ioye and apparelled him hastely with xv thousand men that wer doughty in
he knew that the ê“phesy that festome had ê“phecied of the Egle and other ê“phecies accorded to the dyuine ansuer that Cadwaldre had herd he councellid to leue his pepull and his naue and submitte him to the disposicion of god and done all that the angell had commanded him ¶ Than Cadwaladre called Ynor his son and Yuory his cosin that was his sustres son and saydd to them Taketh saied he my folke and my naue that his heir all redy and passe ye in to wales and be ye lordis of bretons that no dishonor come to them by interrupcion of the paynyms folke for defaute of lordis ¶ And then he him self left his reame of Bretan and his folke for euer more and toke his way vn to the pope of Rome Sergius the wich worsshipped him moch and so he wos confessed and toke pennaunce for his synnes ¶ And he had not longe duelld ther that he ne died the .xij. Kalend of May the yere of grace .v. C.lxxix ¶ How kyng Offa wos soueraxn a boue all the kynges of Englond ana how euery kyng wered vpon other IT befell so that all the kynges in that tyme that wer in the lond as thei of Westsex Merchenrich EstaÌ„gle of keÌ„t and of southsex and of other costes eche wered vpon other and he that was most myghty toke the land of him that was most febel ¶ But ther was a kyng amonges them that wos called Offa that wos sent Oswaldes brother This offa conquered all the kynges of the land and regned a boue them all ¶ And so grete wos the were in euery cuÌ„tre bitwen kynges that no man might wit how the lond went ¶ But abbotis Priours men of relegion writen the lyues Ì„ dedis of kynges and how long euery of them regned and in what cuntre and in what maner euery kyng died Ì„ of bisshoppis also And ther of made gret bokes and let call them the cronicles And the good kyng Alured had that boke in hys warde and let bring it vn to wynchester and let it be fast tached to an piler that men shuld it not remeue ne bere it thens so that eueri man myght it se and ther vpon loke ¶ For ther in be the liues of all the KiÌ„ges that euer wer in Englond ¶ How the kyng of Northhumberland Osbright for lay the wyfe of Buerne bocard thurgh strength and after this buerne conquered the kyng with pouer and strength ANd thus it befell in the same tyme that ther wos a king in Northhumberland that wos called Osbright and soiorned at Yorke and this kyng went hiÌ„ vpon a day in to a wod him for to disporte and when he come ayene he went priueli in to a good mans hous that was called Buerne Ì„ the good man of that place wos gone that tyme to the see ¶ For often tymes he wont ther to aspie theues and robers that oft tymes wer woÌ„t to cum in to the land to rob brene and sle ¶ The lady that was buernes wife was a wonder fair woman and the kyng com vn to hir when that hir housbond wos absent And so she trastid none harme vn to the kyng and welcomed him with moch honour and worthely him serued in all thing ¶ When the kyng had eten he toke the lady by the hand leed hir iÌ„ to a chamber sayd that he wold speke with hir a councell Ì„ all the folke froÌ„ the chamber he made void saf only the lady he but the lady wist not wherfor he it did till that he had done al his will And wheÌ„ he had done this dede he turned ayene to yorke the ladi he left ther woÌ„der sore wepyng for the dede that the kyng to hir had done ¶ And wheÌ„ hir lord was comeÌ„ home saw hir wepe sich som mornyng make he axed of hir what she had done why she made such sorow ¶ Sir qd she queinteli falseli the kiÌ„g Osbright me hath done shame velonye ayens my will· told hiÌ„ the trewth how the kiÌ„g had hir forlayne with strength wher for she sayd she had leuer to be deid than lyue ¶ Fair leef be styll ê™ he for ayenes strength febelnesse is litell worth therfor of me shalt thou neuer the lasse be loued and namly for thou hast told me the trewthe ¶ And if almyghty god grante me lyfe I shall the well auenge ¶ This Buerne was a gret man a myghty lord wos well beloued gret frindis had and let send for the grettest lordis of the land to them made his ê¯playn of thee dispite that the kyng to hiÌ„ had done said that he wold be auengid how so euer that it wer all his frendis concelled grented to wend vn to yorke ther that the kyng wos ¶ And buerne toke hys meyne come to the kyng And wheÌ„ the king hiÌ„ saw he called hiÌ„ courtasly Buerne by name buerne him ansuerd and to him saied Sir I you defy and yelde vp feutes hoomages and londis and os moch as I haue holden of you and so fro this tyme forward I wyll neuer of the nothing hold so he deê‘tid from the kyng with out more speche or ony a bydyng toke loue of his freÌ„dis Ì„ weÌ„t in to Denmarke plened to the kyng Godryne told hiÌ„ of the dispite that kiÌ„g Osbright to hiÌ„ had done of his wyf praid him of socour and help him to auenge ¶ When kyng Godrine of denmarke and the danois had herd the complaynt of this Buerne and of the preier that he had they wer right wonder glad iÌ„ hert for as moch that they myght find a cause for to gone in to Englond for to were vpoÌ„ the English men also for to aueÌ„ge Buerne of the dispite that the kyng Osbright had done vn to his wife ¶ And for as moch os Buerne wos sibbe to the king of Denmarke Anone they let ordeyne a gret host of men let ordeyne them shippes and as moch as them nede to haue to that viage ¶ And when all the host was redy the kyng made his ij bretheren cheftaynes that wer nobull knyghtes of body and also bold that on was called Hunger that other Hubba ¶ How the Danys toke yorke and kylled the kyng Osbright and afterwarde kyng Elle WHen all thyng wos redy tho ·ij bred token leue of the kiÌ„ge Godryn and went toward the see for to wend ouer in to Englond as fast as they myght spede Now is Buerne so well comforthed and fast hyed him with the Danois that they bene ariued in the north cuntre and comen thurgh out Holdernesse and destruyed all the cuntre and brenned tounnes and robbyd folÌ„ke and kylled all that myght be taken till that they comen vn to yorke ¶ And wheÌ„ kyng Osbright saw them cum he toke his pepull that he had with him and come out of the cite and
therfor god wold not that he shuld regne no longer than iiij yere died lieth at winchester Leo the sext a roman wos pope sex monethes Stephanus the vij a roman wos after him ij yer IohnÌ„ the xi a roman wos pope iij. yere Stephanus the viij a germane was after hiÌ„ viij yere Martin the thrid wos after him iij. yere and of thes sex popis is nothyng had in scriptur for what cause I canot tell Anno domini ixC.liiij AGapitus a roman wos pope after Martin ij yere viij monethes and nothyng of him is writtyn Iohannes the xij a roman wos pope after Agapite almost viii yere he had a fader that heght Alberyke wos a worthi man in the cete of rome He inducit the nobull men to swer that after the deth of agape they shuld chese OctouianuÌ„ his sonne pope so it was done Ì„ was named IohnÌ„ and he was an hunter and a lecherus man so that opynli he kepid women wherfor certayn cardinals wrot to Otthoni the emprour of saxon that he shuld cum â—on to rome for to help to distruy the sklandir of the cherche this the pope persaued and the hand that wrot that pystyll he made to be cut of And mony timis he was warned by the eÌ„prour the clarge that he shuld correc him self bot he nold not for nothing then he was deposed and Leo wos put in vn to his place wherfor the emprour wos anoyed and come ayen and beseged Rome so long tyll they toke Benedict to him restorid Leo. ¶ Of kyng Edgar that regned a bone the kynges of scotland and of wales and how that he was begyled thurgh the takyng of his wife ANd after this Edwyne regned Edgar his brother a maÌ„ that moch loued god and pees and holy cherche also And was a worthy man a gret lord of blod myghty Ì„ mayntined well this lond in pees ¶ And this Edgar wos lord Ì„ king aboue all the kynges of scotland and of wales from the tyme that Arthur was a gone Ì„ neuer wos sithen kyng of his pouer And this edgare wos sent Edwardis fadre when edgares wif wos deid that wos sent edwardis moder Ì„ entered he hard speke of the fairnes of Estrild that wos Orgarus doughter a baron of deueÌ„shire that wos so farr a woman that all men did speke of hiâ— he called on of his knyghtes that he moch loued Ì„ trustyd vpon Ì„ told him Go quod he to the nobull baron Orgar of deueÌ„shire se if that is doughter be so farr as men spekith of if it be soth I wyll haue hir vn to my wife ¶ This knyght that was called Edelwold went forth his way as the kyng him had sayd and come ther that the lady wos and when he saw hir so fair he thought to haue hir hiÌ„self to wife and therof spakeÌ„ to Orgar hir fader Ì„ hir fadre wos an old man and had no mo childre but only hir and saw that Edel wold wos a fair yong knyght and worthi and riche and wos well beloued with the kyng and thought his doughter shuld well be maried beset vpon him and granted hiÌ„ is doughter if the good lord the kyng wold consent ther to ¶ Then thys Edelwold come ayene to the kyng and told him that she wos fair ynough vpon to see but she wos wonder lothly Tho ansuerd thee kiÌ„g said that he toke bot litell charge Sir qd edelwold tho she is hir fadres heir and I am not riche of landis and if ye wold coÌ„sent and grant that I myght hir haue than shuld I be rich ynowghe In goodis name qd the kyng I consent ther to Edelwold thankid tho the kyng moch and went ayene in to Deuenshire and spoused the damisell in that cuntre he duelled ¶ And thê° it befell vpon a tyme that he told his counsell and all this thing vn to his wife howe and in what maner he had begiled his lord the kyng that wold haue had hir vn to wife And anone as she it wist she loued him neuer more afterward os she did before ¶ This lady consaued bi him a son and â—â—heÌ„ tyme wos that the child shuld be borne Edelwold come to the kyng prayed hiÌ„ to heue a son of his at fontstone the kyng him granted let call hiÌ„ Edgar of his own name ¶ And when this wos done he thought that all was syker ynowgh for the kyng that he wold not taken his wife for as moch as his lord wos a â—oly maÌ„ an amerous ¶ How that kiÌ„g edgar weddid estrild after the deth of edelwold THus it befell that all men in kyng Edgarys court thospeken and sayed that edelwold was richely avaunced thurgh the mariege of his wife and yit they sayd he was a vaunced â–ª an hondreth fold more For he had spoused the fairast woman that euer was seyn And the kiÌ„g herd speke so moch of hir bewte he thoght that edelwold had him dessaued and begiled Ì„ thought priuely in his hart that he wold gone in to deueÌ„shire as it wer for till huÌ„t for the hert Ì„ for the hynde Ì„ other wild bestis than he shuld se ther the lady or he deê‘ted thens And this lady wos duelling at a maner place beside the forest ther that the king wold huÌ„t and at that maner he wos herburghed all nyght and when tyme come that the kyng shuld sope and the sone shone the kyng asked after his gossip and after his godson and edelwold made hir to cuÌ„ before the kyng And neuertheles if it otherwise myght haue bene she shÌ„uld not haue comen in his sight by his will ¶ The lady welcoÌ„ed the kyng and swetly him cussed and he toke hir by the hond Ì„ tho next by him hir set so soppid they to gedre And ther was a custom Ì„ an vsage in this land that tyme that when on dronke to an other the drinker shuld say wassayll and that other shuld ansuer say drinke haill and thus did the kyng the lady mony tymes Ì„ also kyssed And after sopper when tyme was to go toâ—ed the kyng went to bed thynkyng hertely on the fairnes of that lady tho was ouer comen for hir loue that him thought that he shuld die bot if he had his wyll on hir vpon the morne the kyng aroos in the forest went him for to disport with hertis hyndes Ì„ all other wild bestys of the hertis gret plente he sent to that lady thris he went to solacen speke with that lady whilles he duelled ther in that cuÌ„tre ¶ And after that the kyng remeued thens Ì„ thought hiÌ„ how he might best deliuer edelwold from his wyfe as he had him fryst dissaued ¶ And the kyng anone after viij days let ordeyn a parlament at Salesberi of all his baronage
concell to haue Ì„ for to ordeyn how the cuÌ„tre of northhuÌ„beland myght best be kepid that the danois come not ther the land to destruy ¶ And this edelwold come vn to the kynges ê‘lament the kyng sent him vn to yorke for to bi keê‘ of that cuÌ„tre ¶ And thus it befell that men that knew him not slew him by the way ¶ And anone as the kyng herd tell that he wos deid he let send after the lady estrild that she shuld cum to the cite of london ther ben wedded to the kyng with gret solempnite Ì„ worship and held a solempne feste he wered a croune that wos of gold and the quene an other ¶ And sent dunstan amorow come vn to the kyng in to the chamber fond the kyng iÌ„ bed and the quene also yfeyr And seÌ„t dunstone axed the kiÌ„g who she wos Ì„ the kyng ansuerd sayd this is the quend Estrild the erchebisshop sent dunstone sayd that he did gret wrong a yens godis will to take a woman to wif whos child ye had take at the fontstone the quene for that worde neuer after loued sent dunstone notheles the good maÌ„ warned of that foly to be left bot it availled litell for the loue betwyn them was so moch ¶ The kiÌ„g begat vpon hir a son wos called Eldred Ì„ wheÌ„ this cheild was vi yere old the kyng his fader died about that tyme he had regned xvij yere lieth at Glastenburi BEringariê° the thrid wos emprour after Henri vij yer this BeriÌ„gari wos emê‘our in Italy iÌ„ whos tyme wos grett diuision Henri the emê‘our decessid Ì„ Otto began to regne iÌ„ al many Lotheriê° regned after hiÌ„ ij yere decessid wheÌ„ Otto regned iÌ„ almany Ì„ had a wyfe that heght Dalnydam the wich after weddid otto BeriÌ„gariê° the iiij wos after him This man with gret tyrannyde subduit Itali wherfor the pope Ì„ oder romans called Otto that he might deliuer them the wich he did Ì„ he toke beriÌ„gar by strength twyes he owtlayd him Ì„ he toke Lothoriê° wife the wich the tyrand had prisoned Leo the viij wos pape after Benedictus on yere and iiij monethis This man was chosin with the comyns voce and IohnÌ„ was deposit This Leo ordant that no pope shuld be made with out the consent of the emê‘or For the malas of the romans the wich oppressid them This man granted all the yeftis to Otto his successurs the wich war yef by Iustinian Karolus to the chirche that he myght defend Itali from the rebilions IoheÌ„s the xij wos pope after him almost wiij yere This IohnÌ„ suffrid gret wrong of the romans for he wos take and exiled bot Otto bare this heuely for he kylled the nobull men of rome and certan of them exiled for euer more Benedictus the sext was pope after him vi yere This man was take iÌ„ castill angill was straÌ„gled Nota. The empire thâ— is tyme wos translatid to the almayns the same cause is her as was be fore for the vicious leuyng ne thes vnhapi men culd not be informit that they cold eschew that co vice thurgh the wich thei saw so mony nobull men ê‘isshed Otto was emprour after Beringariê° xij yere This Otto wot the frist emprour of alman he wos all vertuus as an other kyng Karolus for he wos the defender of the chirche of god the senguler ê“moter for the wich he was worthy to be emprour mony meÌ„ of fals beleue he coÌ„uerted and he held with him pope Benedict the vsurper of the popehed in to saxony and ther he decessid in his exile And this emprour decesid a riche man in vertu and goodis Otto the secund was emê‘or after his fader and he was a nobull man to the chirche as his fader was mony a bataill he had ayens fals men of beleue and at the last he almost lost all his host iÌ„ Kalabur yit he for sâ—th with al his mynde be sought sent Peter to help meruelusly sent petre deliuered him And his wife wos the doughter of the emprour of Constantynopolitan of the romans blod and this man was crouned of Benedictus the pope ¶ Of sent Edward the marter how Estrild his stepmâ—ther let kyll him for to make Eldred hir own son kyng ANd after this Edgar regned Edward his son that hee begate vpon his frist wife that well and nobully gouerned the land â–ª for he was full of all maner of goodnesse and lad a full holy lyfe and aboue all thyng he loued god and holy chirche and the quene Estrild that wos his stepmother let him sle for encheson to make hir own son Eldred kyng and thus on aday wos he slayn as ye shall heir afterward ¶ It befell thus on a day that the kyng Edward weÌ„t in to a wode for to play iÌ„ the south cuÌ„tre beside a toune that is called warham iÌ„ wich forest wos grete plente of hertis hyndes Ì„ when he had ben a while ther hiÌ„ for to play he thought vpoÌ„ his brother Eldred that wos with his moder the quene for hir place wos nygh the forest and thought for to go thider viset Ì„ se his brother toke with him bot a litell meny and went him tho toward his stepmoders house that iÌ„ that time soiourned in the castell of Corfe Ì„ as he rode in the thiknes of the wode to aspy his gam it befell that he went a mys lost his meÌ„y that with him come at the last he come out of the wode as he lokid him abowt he saw ther faste beside a maner that his stepmod duelled in Ì„ thiderward he went allone anone it wos told the quene how that the kyng wos commyn allon with out companye Ì„ therfor sho made Ioye ynough thought how that she myght don that he wer slayn as priueli as she myght Ì„ called to hir on of hir knyghtys to whom shÌ„e had told moch of hir consell betwen them both they come to the kyng Ì„ courtasly him resaued Ì„ the kyng told that he wos cumen hir to visit also for to speke with Eldred his brother The quene mony times him thankid Ì„ him prayed to alight harburgh with hir all that nyght ¶ The kyng said that he myght not but ayen he wold wend vn to his folke if he myghtt them find ¶ And when the quene saw that he wold not abid she prayd him that he wold ons drink Ì„ he granted hir anone as the drinke wos comen the quene drank vn to the kyng Ì„ the kyng toke the cup Ì„ set it to his mouthe in the meyn tyme whiles that he drank the knyght that wos with the quene with a knyfe smot the kyng vn to the hert Ì„ ther he felle doune deid of his palfra
vn to the erth The quene for this dede yaf the knyght gold siluer gret plenti Ì„ of other riches ynough And the knyght anone as this wos done went him ouer the se Ì„ so scappid he out of this land ¶ When this kyng Edward thus wos martired Hit was in thee yere of the Incarnacion after our lord ihuÌ„ crist ixC. lxxx· yere he had regned xij yere and an halfe Ì„ lieth at glastenburi ¶ Of kyng Eldred and how the kyng Swyne of denmarke held englond and how eldred that wos sent edwardis bred was not beloued iÌ„ his reame therfor he fled in to Normandie AFter this kyng edward regned eldred his brother and sent Dunstan crouned him and this sent Dunstone died sone after that he had for yefen the quene hir trespasse estrild for encheson that she wos cause of kyng edwardis deth and sent duÌ„stane had hir asoled and pennance hir enioyned and she lyued after chaste life and clene ¶ This kyng Eldred weddid an englissh woman on hir he begate edmond Irenside an other son that wos called edwyne And after died the quene ther mother And in that tyme come Swyne in to englond that was kyng of Denmarke for to chalange and conquere all that his auncestres had before that tyme and so he conquered and had it all at his axyng ¶ For the good erle Cutâ—ert of lyndesey Ì„ all the pepull of northhumberland and almost all the gret of englond held with Swyne that was kyng of Denmarke for os moch as they loued not kyng eldred for encheson that his good brother wos slaiÌ„ edward falsely for encheson of him and therfor no man set but litell by hiÌ„ wherfor kyng swyne had all his will and toke all the land and eldred the kyng flede tho in to Normandie so spake to the duke Rechard that the duke yaf hym his sustre Emma to wife vpoÌ„ the wich he gat ij sonnys that on was caled Alured that other edward when Swyne had conquered all the land he regnet nobeli leued xv yere Ì„ then died Ì„ lieth at yorke ¶ How kiÌ„g eldred come ayen froÌ„ Normande how knoght the danois regnet of the were betwix him edmond Irenside AFter the deth of Swyne that wos a Danois Knoght his son duelled in englond and wold haue be kyng and tho come ayene Eldred owt of Normandye with moch nomber of pepull with a strong menye that Knoght durst not abide bot fley thens in to Denmarke The kyng eldred had ayen his reame and held so gret lordship that he by gan to distruy all tho that holpid Swyne that wos a Danois ayens him ¶ And afterward come ayen this Knoght from denmarke with a gret pouer so that kyng Eldred durst not with him fight but fled fro thens vn to london and ther held hym ¶ Tho come Knoght and him beseggid so long tyll that kyng Eldred died in the cite of london and lieth at sent paulus and he regned ix yere BOnus was pope after Benedictus on yere This maij abode bot litell tyme. Bonefacius wos after him .v. monethes Benedictus wos after him x. yere This man crovned otto the secund and made mony romans to be take he gedrit a consell ayens the kyng of fraunce wher Gylberd the Negramensier wos deposit Iohannes the xiiij was pope after him viij monethis and he wos put in castell angill and wos famed to deth Iohannes the .xv. wos after him iiij monethis Iohannes the xvi wos after him almost xi yere This man was taught in Armys and made mony bokys and els litell of him is writtyn Gregorius the v. wos pope after this man almost iij yere This Gregori was made pope at the instans of the emprour Otto the thrid for he wos his cosin And when he had be a litell while pope and the emprour recedid from the cite of rome Placentinê° wos put in bi Crescencio a consull for monay and then was strife a few dais bot the emprour come sone after ayen and toke CrescenciuÌ„ the consull and stroke of his heed and put out the eyn of this man the wich put out his cosin of the dignite of the pope And maymet him on odir menbyrs and his knyghtis ne his dukys holped him nothyng For he did that thing that he shÌ„uld not haue done and he suffred that at he diserueâ—d Nota ¶ This Gregori wyth the emprour Otto ordand ther the chesers of the empire the wich from thens forthe hath a bydyn vn to this day For the frensshmen nor none othâ—r myght not breke that ordinanse thos chesers of the empire by the pope and Otto wer not made for ony blame of the Saxons bot to eschew the ê‘els to cum aned the namys be writyn for lerned men in latyn in thes versis Maguntinensis Treuerensis Coloniensis Quilibus imê‘ij fit cancellarius horum Et palatinê° dapifer Dux portitorensis Marchio prepositus camere Pincerna bohemus Hij statuuÌ„t dnÌ„m cunctis ê‘ secula suÌ„muÌ„ Palatinê° est comes renâ— Marchio est Brandeburgensis Dux saxonuÌ„ et Rex bohemorum verum vt quidam dicuÌ„t thurgh this occasion the Egill has lost mony a fether Ì„ in the end he shall be made nakid Otta the thrid wos emprour xviij yere This man was a worthy man all the dais of his empire after the wisdom of his fader he wos a veray faithfull man to the chirche and in mony batailles he ê“sperit be cause he wos deuote to almyghty god his sentis and yaf mighty worsshippyng to the Relekes of sentis oft tymes he vesid holy places This man wos crouned bi gregori his cosin Ì„ at the last he decessed at rome No Anno domini M.iiij SIluester the secund wos pope after Gregori iiij yere And he wos made pope bi the help of the deuell to whom he did homage· for he shuld yef him all thing that he desyrid he wos called Hylberd his emny gat him the grace of the kyng of fraunce and he made him the bisshop of Remensis bot anone he was deposit and after he gat the grace of the emprour and wos made the bishop of RaueÌ„nie and after pope bot he had an end anone so haue all that puttys ther hope in fals deuelis Yit men tristin iÌ„ his saluacion for certayn demonstracion of his sepulcur for the gret pennance that he did in his last end For he made his haÌ„d Ì„ his leggis to be cut of Ì„ dismeÌ„byrt iÌ„ al his body to be cast out at the doore to foulys theÌ„ his bodi to be drawi with wild bestis ther to be beried wher suÌ„ euer they restit as an hound and they stoed still at sent IohnÌ„ latronys Ì„ ther he wos beried and that wos sign of his salÌ„uacion Iohannes the xviij wos pope .v. monethis Iohannes the xix wos pope after
for ther went of statis old men and yonge riche and poer no man compellid them and this passage was made bi the vision of our ladi and the princes of this pepull wer diuerse On wos Godfray the bollion a nobull man of all the world Ì„ a vertuus man And an other was BeemuÌ„d the duke of Napuls The thrid wos Hugh the kynges brother of fraunce and mony other the wich did full nobully for the faith of god and it wer to long in this bake to reherse the glorius actis that they did ¶ Of kyng willm Roos that wos willm bastard son that destruyed tounes houses of religion for to make the new forest ANd after this willm bastard regned his son william the Rous and this willm was a wonder contrarious man to god and holy chirche let amende and make the toune off Cardeis that the paynyms had destroyed ¶ This kyng willm destruyed holy chirche and ther possessions in what ê‘te he myght them find â–ª ¶ And therfor ther was so moch debate bitwen him and the erchebisshop of cantorburi Ancelme for encheson that he vndernamme him of his wickidnesse that he destroied holÌ„y chirch And for encheson therof the kyng bore to him gret wrath and for that cause he exiled him out of this land and the erchebishop tho went to the court of Rome and ther duellid wyth the pope ¶ And this king made the new forest cast doune distruid xxvi tounes and lxxx houses of religion all for to make his forest lenger and broder and bicome wonder glad and proud of his wod of his forest and C the wild bestys that werther within that it was meruell for to wit so that men called him keper of wodis and of pastors and the lenger that he leued the more wekked he become bothe to god and to all holy chirche and to all his men ¶ And this kyng let make the gret hall of westmynster so vpon a day in the witsontyde he held ther in his frist fest and he lokid him a bout and said that the hall wos to litell bi the halueÌ„ dele ¶ And at the last he become so contrarius that all thing that plesed god displesid him and all thing that god loued he hatid deidly ¶ And so it befell that he dremyd vpon a nyght a litel or that he died that he wos let blod and bled a gret quaÌ„tite of blode and a streme of blode lepit on eigh toward heueÌ„ more than an hundreth vethem and the clerenes of the day was turned vn to nyght and dirkenesse and the firmament also ¶ And when that he a woke he had gret drede so that he not wist what for to done Ì„ told his dreme to men of his councell and said that he had gret dred and supposed that to hiÌ„ was sum mischance to cum ¶ And the secund night before a moÌ„ke dremed of the housold that the kiÌ„g went in to an chirche with moch pepull Ì„ he wos proud that he dispised all the pepull that wos with him and that he tok the ymage of the crucifix and shamfully bote it with hys tethe ¶ And the crucifix mekeli suffred all that he did but the kyng as a wode man rent of the armys of the crucifix and cast it vnder his fete and defouled it and threw it all a brode Ì„ a gret flame of fire come out of the crucifix mouth of wich dreme mony men had gret meruell and wonder ¶ The good man that had dremmed this straunge dreme told it to a knyght that wos most priuey with the kyng of all men and the knyght wos called HamuÌ„des soon the monke and he told the dreme to the kyng and saied that it shuld betokyn other thing than good and neuerthelas thee kyng laughed ther at twyes or thries and litell set ther by and thought that he wold go and hunte play in the forest And meÌ„ counsellid him that he shuld not that day for no maner thiÌ„g come in the wod so that he a bood at home before mete But anone as he had heten no man might hiÌ„ let bot he wold gon vn to the wod for to haue his disporte ¶ And so it befell that on of his knyghtis that heght walter Tirell wold haue shot to an hart his arew glensid vpon a branche and thurgh missaueÌ„tur smote the kiÌ„g to the hert so he fell doune deid to the grund with out ony word spekyng and so endid his life days ¶ And it wos no ferli for the day that he died he had let to ferme the erchebisshopprich of Cantorburi and xij abbeis also euer more did gret distruccion to holy chirche thurgh wrongfull takyng Ì„ axinges for no man durste withstond that he wold haue done and of his lethernesse he wold neuer withdraw nother to amend his life therfor god wold suffre hiÌ„ no lenger to regne iÌ„ his wikkidnes Ì„ he had bene kiÌ„g xiij yere Ì„ vi wekis Ì„ lieth at westmynster Anno domini M.lxxxviij PAscalÌ„ was pope after vrbaÌ„ xviij yer v. monethis the wich the xiij yere of his bisshopprich with his cardinales wos put iÌ„ prisoÌ„ bi Henri the fourth the emê‘our Ì„ they might not be deliuerid till the pope had suorne that he shuld kepe pees with hiÌ„ that he shuld neuer curs hiÌ„ on that ê“mis the pope yaf the emê‘our a pÌ„uylege Ì„ on the yere after the pope dampned that pÌ„uelege Ì„ said on this wise lett vs coÌ„pÌ„hend all holy scriptur the old testameÌ„t Ì„ the new the lawis Ì„ the ê“phettis the gospell Ì„ the canons of apostils Ì„ all the decrees of the popis of rome that at they held I hold and that at thei dampnid I dampne and most specialy that preuylege grauÌ„tid to Henri the emê‘our the wich rether is grantid to venge his males then to multiple the pacieÌ„s in vertu for euer more I dampne that same preuilege ¶ Of kyng Henri beauclerke that wos willm Rous brother Ì„ of the debate betwen him Robert Curthos his brother ANd when this willm Rous wos deid Henri beauclerke his brother wos made kyng for encheson that willm Rous had no child begoten of his bodi and this henri beauclerke was crouned kyng at london the iiij day after that his brother was decessid that is to say the v. day of august ¶ And anone as AncelÌ„me that was Archebisshop of Cantorburi that was at the court of rome herd tell that willm Rous wos deid he come ayen in to englond the kyng beauclarke welcomed him with moch honour ¶ And the frist yere that kyng henri regned Ì„ wos crouned he spoused Maude that wos Margaretis doughter the quene of Scotland and the erchebisshop Ancelme of cantorburi weddid them ¶ And this kyng begate vpon his wife ij sonnys and a doughter that is to say willm Richard Ì„ Maude And this
he had any goodis taken and that holy chirche shuld haue all fraunchis as ferforth as they had in sent Edwardis tyme the confessour ¶ How Stephen of langton com in to englond thurgh the popis coÌ„mandemnt and how he went ayen When the forme of accordement thus wos ordened hit was in apayr of endenturs and thei put ther seales to that one part and they that comen in the kynges name put ther seales to that other parte of the Endentures and iiij bisshoppis aboue said toke that on part of the endenturs to them and that other part of the endenturs they bore with them to shew to the kyng ¶ When the kyng saw the forme Ì„ vnder stode he held him full well apayed of all maner thyng as they had ordeyned sauyng as techiÌ„g restitucion of the goodis for to make ayen to that thyng he wold not accorde so he send word ayen to the iiij bisshoppis that they shuld do out and put a way that on poynt of restitucion ¶ But they ansuerd that thei wold not done on word out Tho sent the kyng to the erchebisshop by tho iiij erchebisshoppis that he shuld cuÌ„ to caÌ„torburi for to speke with him ther sent vn to him saufcondit vnder plegges that is to say his Iustices Gilbert Peitevyn willm de la Brener and Iohn be fitz Hugh that in ther conduit saufely he shuld come Ì„ go ayen att his own will iÌ„ this maner the erchebisshop Stephen come to cantorburi ¶ And when the erchebisshop was comeÌ„ the kiÌ„g come to Chilham for he wold no ney cantorburi at that time but he sent bi his tresorour bisshop of wynchestre that he shuld done out of the endenturs the clause of restitucion for to moke of the goodys ¶ And the Erchebisshop made his oth that he nold not neuer don out o word therof ne yit change of that the bisshoppis had spoken ordeyned And tho the erchebisshopp weÌ„t ayen to rome with out any more doyng ¶ KiÌ„g iohnÌ„ was tho wrother then euer he wos before and let make a comyn cry thurgh out all englond that all tho that had holy chirche rentis and went ouer the see that thei shuld cum ayen in to Englond at a certan day or els they shuld lese ther rentis for euer more Ì„ that he coÌ„mandid to euery shereue thurgh out all englond that they shuld enquere if any Bisshop Abbot Prior. or ony other prelat of holy chirche fro that day afterward resaued any coÌ„maundemeÌ„t that comen fro the pope That thei shuld take the bodi briÌ„g it before hiÌ„ that they shold take in to the kynges hondis all ther landis of holy chirche that wer yefen to ony man bi the erchebisshop Stephen or bi the prior of cantorbury from the tyme of eleccion of the erchebisshop commandid that all the woddes that wer the erchebisshoppis shÌ„uld be castyn doune vn to the gronde Ì„ all solde ¶ How kyng IohnÌ„ destruyed the ordir of Cisteaux ANd iÌ„ the same tyme the IrishmeÌ„ began to were vpon kiÌ„g IohnÌ„ and kyng IohnÌ„ ordeyned hym for to wend in to Irland and let arere an huge taxe thurgh out all Englond that is for to say xxxv M marke And thus he sent thurgh out all englond vn to the monkis of the ordir of Cisteaux that they shuld help him of vi M. marke of siluer ¶ And they ansuerd and said that thei durst nothiÌ„g done with out ther chief abbot of cisteaux wherfor kyng IohnÌ„ when he come ayen from Irland did them so moch sorow care that they not wist werfor to abide for he toke so moch ransom of euery house of them that the somme ammounted to ix M.ccc marke So that they were clene lost Ì„ destruid and voided ther houses ther landis thurgh all eÌ„glond Ì„ the abbot of wauersay dred so moch his manace that he for soke al the abbey weÌ„t theÌ„s Ì„ priuoly ordeyned hiÌ„ ouer see to the hous of cisteaux when the tidiÌ„g come to the pope that the kiÌ„g had don so moch malice tho was he toward the kiÌ„g full wroth Ì„ sent ij Legates vn to the kyng that on wos called Pandolf Ì„ that other DuraÌ„t that they shold warne the kiÌ„g iÌ„ the popis name that he shuld cese of his ê‘secucioÌ„ that he did vn to holy chirche and amend the wrong and the trespase that he had done to the Erchebisshop of Cantorburi and to the priour and vn to the monk is of Cantorburi and to all the clarge of Englond and that he shuld restore all the goodis ayen that he had teken of them ayens ther will And els they shuld curse him bi name and to do this thing and to conferme the pope toke them his letters in bullis patentz ¶ Thes ij legatis come in to englond and come to the kyng to Northamton ther that he held his parlament and full courtasly they him salued and saied Sir we be comen fro the pope of Rome the pees of holy chirche and the land to a mend ¶ And we amonest you frist in the popis halfe that ye make full restitucion of the goodis that ye haue raueshed and take of holy chirche and of the land and that ye vndirfenge Stephen erchebisshop of Cantorburi in to his dignite and the Prior of Cantorburi and his monkis and that ye yeld ayen vn to the Erchebisshop all his landis and rentis with out any wtholdyng ¶ And sir yit more ouer that ye shall make restitucion vn to all holy chirche wherof they shall hold them well apayed ¶ Tho ansuerd the kyng as tochyng the priour his monkis of Cantorburi all that ye haue said I will done gladly and all thyng that ye will ordeyn ¶ But os tochyng the Erchebisshop I shull tell you in myn hert as it lieth that the erchebisshop let his bisshopprich and that the pope than for him wold pray and than vpoÌ„ a venture me shold like some other bisshopprich for to yef him in Englond Ì„ vpon this condicion I wold him resaue and vnderfenge ¶ And notheles in Englond as erchebisshop yef he abyde he shall neuer haue so good saufcondit but he shall be take ¶ Tho said Pandolfe vn to the kyng sir holy chirche wos woned neuer to discharge an Erchebisshop with out cause resonable but euer it hath be woned to chastyse princes that to god and holy chirche wer inobidient ¶ What how now quod the kyng manace ye me ¶ Nay said pandolf but ye now opeÌ„le haue told as it standeth in your hert ¶ And to yow we will telle what is the popis will And thus it standith that he has you holy enter dited and a cursed for the wronges that ye haue done to holy chyrche and to the clarge ¶ And for as moche as ye duell beth in will to a bide in malace wricchednes Ì„ woll not
come aspi vn to the kyng and told him wher the Scottys wer assembled for to a bide bataill ¶ And on sent mari Magdelene day the kyng come to fonkirke and yaf bataill to the scottis and at that bataill wer kylled xxxiij thousand scottys and of englishe men but xxviij no mo of the wich was a worthy knyght slayn that wos a knyght an hospiteler that wos callid Freri brian Iay. ¶ For when willm wales fled from the bataill thatt same frere Brian him pursued fersly as his hors ran it start in to a myere of a maries vp to the bely ¶ And willm walis turned tho ayene Ì„ there kylled the forsaid Brian that wos moche harme ¶ And that while kyng Edward weÌ„t thurgh scotlaÌ„d for to enquere if he myght find any of his enmys And iÌ„ that land he duelled as long as him likyd and ther wos none enmye that durst him abide ¶ And sone afterward kiÌ„g Edward weÌ„t to south hamtoÌ„ for he wold not abyde in scotland in wynter seson for esemeÌ„t of his pepull And when he come to londoÌ„ he let ameÌ„d mony misdedis that wer done ayens his pees and his law while that he wos in Flaundres ¶ Of the last mariege of king Edward and how he went the thrid tyme in to Scotland ANd afterward it was ordeyned thurgh the court of rome that kiÌ„g edward shuld wedde dame Margaret that was kiÌ„g Philip sustre of frauÌ„ce and the Erchebisshop Robert of wynchelse spoused theÌ„ to gedre thurgh the wich mariege ther wos made pes betwen kyng Edward of englond kyng Philip of fraunce ¶ Kyng edward went tho the thrid tyme in to Scotland tho within the first yere he had enfamined the land so that ther left not on that he ne come to his merci sauf tho that wer in the castell of Estreuelin that wos well vetaled Ì„ astorid for vij yere ¶ How the castell of estreuelin wos beseged KYng Edward come with an huge pouer to the castell of estreuelin and beseged the castell but it litell a vailed for he might do the scottis none harme For the castell wos so strong well kepid ¶ And kyng edward saw that thought him vpoÌ„ a queyntize Ì„ let make anone ther .ij. paire of high galews before the tour of the castell Ì„ made his oth that as moÌ„y as wer iÌ„ the castell wer he erle or baron he wer take with strength but if he wold the rather him yold he shÌ„uld be honged vpoÌ„ the galewis ¶ And when tho that wer within the castell heerd this they come yeld them all to the kyngê grace Ì„ merci And the kiÌ„g for yaf them all his maletalent ¶ And ther wer all the gret lordis of scotland swore to kyng edward that they shuld cum to london to euery parlament shuld stond to his ordynance ¶ How Troylebastonne wos first ordeyned THe kyng Edward went thens to londoÌ„ and wenet for to haue had rest Ì„ pees of his were iÌ„ the wich were he wos ocupied xx yere That is to say in wales in Gascoyn and in ScotlaÌ„d And thught how he myght recouer his tresour that he had spendid about his were let enquere thurgh the reame of all the tyme that he had bene out of his reame that men called Troillebaston And ordeyned ther to Iustices Ì„ in this maner he recoueryed tresour with out nombre ¶ And his enchesoÌ„ wos for he had thought for till haue gone iÌ„ to the holy land for to haue werid vpon goddis enmis For enchesoÌ„ that he was crossid long tyme before ¶ And neuer thelas that law that he had ordeyned did moch good thurgh all englond to them that wer mysbode For tho that trespassid wer well chastised and afterward the moch more meker Ì„ the better Ì„ thee poer commyns wer in rest Ì„ in pees ¶ And the same tyme kiÌ„g Edward prisoned his own son edward for enchesoÌ„ that Walter of langtoÌ„ bisshop of Chestre that wos the kynges tresorar had made vpoÌ„ him complayn said that the forsaid edward thurghe couÌ„sell Ì„ ê“curment of on Pers of Ganaston a squyer of gascoiÌ„ had brokyn the parkis of the forsaid bisshapois Ì„ this Pers couÌ„cellid and lad this same edward ¶ And for this cause kyng odward exiled his son out of englond for euer more ¶ Of the deth of willm waleis the fals tratour ANd wheÌ„ this kyng Edward had his enmys ouer cummyn in wales Gascoyn and in Scotland and distroyd his traitours all but only that ribaud willm wales that neuer to the kiÌ„g wold him yeld and at the last in the toune of sent Dominic iÌ„ the yere of kyng Edwards regne xxxiij That fals tratour wos take Ì„ presentid to the kyng but the kyng wold not se him and sent him to london to underfenge his Iugement vpon sent Bartholomes eue he wos honged and draw his hede smyten of hys bowelis take out of his bodi and brint Ì„ his bodi quartired and sent vn to iiij of the best tounes of scotlad and his hede put vpoÌ„ a spere set vpon london brigge in exampull that the scottis shuld haue in mynd for to do amys ayens ther leige lord eftsones ¶ How the scottis come to kyng edward for to ameÌ„d ther trespasse that they had done ayens him ANd at Mihelmasse tho next commyng kyng Edward helde his parlament at westmynstre and thider come the scots that is to say the bisshop of sent Andrewes Robert the Brus erle of Carik SimoÌ„d the Frisell IohuÌ„ the erle of Athell thei wer accordid with the kiÌ„g and bounde and by oth swore that they afterward if any of them misbore them ayens kyng Edward that they shuld be disherited for euer more ¶ And whan ther pees was thus made They toke ther leue priueli and weÌ„t home vn to ther own cuntre ¶ How Robert the Brus chalenged scotland ANd after this Robert the Brus erle of carik sent by his letter to the erles and barons of Scotland that they shulde come to him to Scone in the morow after the concepcion of our lady for hegh nedes of the land and the lordis come at the day assined ¶ And the same day sir Robert the Brus said fair lordis full well ye know that in my ê‘son duelled the right of the reame of scotland os ye wate well i am rightfull heir sith that sir iohan Bailoll that wos our kyng vs hath forsaken Ì„ left his land ¶ And though it so be that kyng Edward of englond with wrongfull pouer hath made me to him assent ayens my wyll if that ye wyll graunt that I may be kyng of scotland I shall kepe you ayens kyng edward of englond ayens all maner men and with that word the abbot of Scon arose vp and before them all said that it was reson for to helpe him Ì„ the land ta kepe
spenser the son had the thrid ê‘te in his wifes half the iij. sustre tho ij lordis went to the barons with al ther pouer ayens sir hugh ther broder in law and so ther come with them sir Roger of Clifford sir IohnÌ„ Mombrey sir Goselin dauill sir roger Mortimer of werke sir roger mortimei of wigmore his nepheu sir Henri Trais sir IohnÌ„ Giffrad sir Bartholemew of badelsmore with all ther companye and mony oder that to them were consent all the gret lordis comen vn to westmynstre to the kyngê ê‘lament and so they spoken and did that bothe sir huge Spenser the fadre and also the son were outlawed of Englond for euer more ¶ And so sir hugh the fadre went vn to Douer and made moch sorow and fell doune vpon the ground by the see banke acros with his armes and sore wepiÌ„g said Now fair englond good englond to all myghty god I the betake and thries cussid the grouÌ„d and wened neuer for to haue comen ayen and wepyng full sore cursed the tyme that euer he begat sir Hugh his son And said for hiÌ„ he had lost all Englond and tho in presence of them all thatt were about him he yaf him his curse and went ouer the see to his landis ¶ But hugh the son wold not gone out of Englond bot held him in the see he and his companye robbed .ij. DromoÌ„dis beside Sandewich and toke and bare away all the goodis that wos on them the value of xl M. pound ¶ How the kyng exiled Erle Thomas of Lancastre Ì„ all that held with him and how the Mortimer come yeld him to the king and of the lordis HIt wos not long after that the kyng ne made sir Hugh spenser the fadre and sir hugh the son cum ayen in to engloÌ„d ayens the lordis will of the reame ¶ And sone after the kyng with a strong pouer come and beseged the castell of Ledes Ì„ in the castell was the lady of Badelesmore for encheson that she wolde not graunte that castell to quene Isabell kiÌ„g Edwardis wife ¶ But the principall cause was for encheson that sir Bartholomew badelesmere was ayens the kiÌ„g held with the lordis of englond notheles the kiÌ„g by help socour of meÌ„ of londoÌ„ Ì„ also of help of southeren men gat the castell maugre of them all that wer therin Ì„ toke with them all that thei might find ¶ And when the barons of engloÌ„d herd this tidyng sir Rogere Mortimer and other mony lordis toke the touÌ„e of burggeworth with strength wherfore the kiÌ„g was wonder wroth let outlaw thomas of Lancastre Ì„ vmfra de Bohoune erle of herford Ì„ all tho that wer assentant to the same quarell ¶ And the kyng asseÌ„bled an huge host Ì„ come ayenst the lordis of engloÌ„d wherfor the Mortimers put theÌ„ in the kiÌ„gê merci Ì„ his grace Ì„ anoÌ„e they wer sent to the toure of london Ì„ ther kept iÌ„ prisoÌ„ ¶ And when the barons herd this thyng they comen to Pountfret ther that the erle Thomas sodiourned Ì„ told him how that Mortimers both had yeld them to the kyng Ì„ put them in his grace ¶ Of the sege of Tykhill WHen Thomas erle of Lancastre herd this they wer wonder wroth and all that wer of his companie Ì„ gretly they wer discomfited and ordeyned theyr pouer to geder beseged thee castell of Tykhill but tho that wer within so manly defeÌ„did heÌ„ that the barons might not get the castell wheÌ„ the kiÌ„g herd that his castel was beseged he swore by god Ì„ bi his names that the sege shÌ„old be remeued and assemaled an huge pouer of pepull went thiderward to reskewe the castell his pouer encresid froÌ„ day to dai ¶ When the erle of Lancastre Ì„ the erle of Herford the barones of ther companye herd of this thiÌ„g they assembled all ther pouer went them to Burton vpoÌ„ Trent kept the brigge that the king shold not passe ouer ¶ But it befell so on the x. day of march in the yere of grace M.ccc Ì„ xxi· The kyng the spenser sir Aymer valaunce erle of PeÌ„broke IohnÌ„ erle of AruÌ„dall Ì„ hir pouer weÌ„t ouer the water discomfited the erle Thomas his companye and they fled to the castell of Tutberi and from thens they weÌ„t vn to Pountfret ¶ And in that viage died sir Roger Danmore in the abbey of tutberi ¶ And in that same time the Erle Thomas had a traytour with him that wos called Robert of HolaÌ„d a knyght that the erle had brought vp of nought had norisshed him iÌ„ his botelerie had yeue him a thousand marke of land by yere so moch the erle loued him that he myght do in the erles courte all thiÌ„g that him liked bothe among hie lawe and so quenteli tho these bare him ayens his lorde that he tristed more vpon him then he did vpon ony man a liue ¶ And the erle had ordened by his letters for to wend in to the erledom of Lancastre to make men arise to helpe him that viage that is to say v. C men of armes ¶ But the fals traytur come not ther no maner men for to warne ne for to make arise to help his lord ¶ And wheÌ„ that the fals traitour hard tell that his lord was discomfited at burtâ—n vpon trent as a fals traytour thefe stole a way and robbed iÌ„ Rauensdele his lordis men that come from the scomfiture and toke of them hors and harnes and al that they had killid of them all that he myght take come yeld hiÌ„ to the kiÌ„g ¶ WheÌ„ the good erle Thomas wist that he wos so betraied he wos sore abashed Ì„ said to hiÌ„ self O all mighty god how myght Robert Holand find in his hert me to betray sithens that I haue loued hiÌ„ so moch O god well may naw a man see bi him that no man may dissaue an oder rather than he that he trustis most vpon he hath full euell yeld me my goodnesse and the worshÌ„ip that I haue to him done and thurgh my kyndenesse haue him a vaunced and made hie wher that he wos lowe And he maketh me go from high vn to lâ—w but yit shall he die an euell deth ¶ Of the scomfiture of Burbrugge THe good Erle Thomas of Lancastre Humfrey de bohouÌ„e Erle of Herford and the barons that with hem were tokeÌ„ councell bitwen them at the frere prechours in Pountfret Tho thought Tomas vpoÌ„ the traitorie of robert Holand and seied in reproue Alas holand had me betraied ay is the reed of some euell shreed and by the commune assent they shuld all wend to the castell of Dunstanburgh the wich ê‘teyned to the erldom of Lancastre that they shold abide ther till that the kiÌ„g had foryef them ther
accordid not to the kind blod of englond And if so gret lordis had bene onli weddid to english pepull than shuld pees haue bene and rest amonges them with owt any enuy ¶ And at that bataill was roger Clifford take sir IohnÌ„ monbray sir willm Tuchit sir willm Fitz willm Ì„ moÌ„y other worthy knyghtys ther wer take at that bataill And sir hugh Dandell the next day after wos taken Ì„ put iÌ„ to prison and shuld haue be done to deth if he had not spoused the kyngê nece that was erle Gilbertis sustre of Glocestre ¶ And anoÌ„e after wos sir Bartholomew of badelsmere taken at stowe paarke a maner of the bisshoppis of Lyncolne that wos his nepheu Ì„ mony other barons Ì„ banerâ—ttz wherfore wos made moch sorow ¶ How Thomas of Lancastre wos heded at pounâ—fret .v. barons honged and drawen ther. ANd now I shall tell yow of the nobull erle Thomas of Lancastre when he wos taken and brought to yorke moÌ„y of the Cite wer full glad and vpon him cried with an high vois O sir traitour ye er welcome blissid be god for now shall ye haue the reward that long tyme ye haue deserued cast vpon him mony snowe balles and mony other reproues they did him bot the gentill erle all suffred Ì„ said nothir on word ne other ¶ And in the same tyme the king herd of this same scomfiture and wos full glad Ì„ in hast come to PouÌ„tfret sir hugh spenser sir hugh his son sir IohnÌ„ erle of Arundell Ì„ sir Edmond of wodestoke the kynges brother erle of Kent and sir Aymer of valaunce erle of Penbroke and master Robert Baldoke a fals piled clarke that was priue duellid in the kynges courte all come theder with the kyng and the kyng entred iÌ„ to the castell ¶ And sir Andrew of Herkela a fals tirant thurgh the kynges commaundement toke with him the gentill erle Thomas to PouÌ„tfret Ì„ ther he was prisoned in his own castell that he had new made that stode ayen the abbey of kyng Edward ¶ And sir hugh the spenser the fader his son cast Ì„ thought how in what maner the good erle Thomas of Lancastre shÌ„uld be dede with out ony Iugement of hys perys ¶ Wherfore it was ordened thurgh the kyngê Iustices that the kiÌ„g shold put vpon him pointes of treson ¶ And so it befell that he was led to barre before the kiÌ„gis Iustis barehed as a thef in a fair hall in his own castell that he had made ther in moÌ„y a fair fest both to rich and to poer ¶ And thes wer his Iustises sir Hugh spenser the father Aymer of valauÌ„ce erle of peenbroke sir EdmoÌ„d of wodestoke erle of kent sir IohnÌ„ of Bretan erle of Richemond sir Robert of Malemethrop Iustice sir roberte him a coulpid in this maner ¶ Thomas at the frist owr lord the kyng this court excludeth you of all maner ansuere ¶ Thomas our lord the kyng putteth vpon yow that ye haue in his land riden with banner displayed ayens his pes as a tratoure And with that worde the gentill erle Thomas with an high vois said nay lordis forsoth bi sent Thomas I was neuer traytour ¶ The Iustice said ayen tho ¶ Thomas our lord the kyng puteth vpon you that ye haue robbed his folk and mordred his pepull as a thefe ¶ Thomas also the kyng put vpon you that he discomfited you and your pepull with his folkd in his own reame wherfor ye went and fled to the wodde as an outlawe ¶ And also ye were taken as an outlawe ¶ And Thomas as a traitour ye shall be hanged by reson but the kiÌ„g hath for yef you that Iewes for loue of quene Isabell ¶ And thomas reson wold also that ye shuld be hanged but the kiÌ„g hath for yef you that Iewes for cause and loue of your linage ¶ But Thomas For os moch as ye wer take fleyng Ì„ as an outlaw the king wyll that your hede shall be smyte of as ye haue well deserued Anone doth him out of prece and anone bring him to his iugement ¶ The gentill knyght Thomas had herd all thes wordis with an high vois he cried sore wepyng and said alas sent thomas fair fader Alas shall I be dede thus ¶ Graunte me now blissidfoll god ansuer but all a vailled him nothyng For the cursed Gascoyns put him hither thedder and on him cried with an high vois O kyng Arthur most dredfull well knawen is now thyn open traitorie an euell dethe shalt thow die has thow hast it well diseruyed ¶ And tho they set vpen his hede in scorn an hold chapelet that wos all to rent that wos not worth an half penne ¶ And after that they set him vpon a leue white palfra full vn semeli and eke all bare and with an hold bridell and with an horribul noise they droue him out of the Castell toward his deth and they cast vpon him mony balles of snowe iÌ„ disspite ¶ And as the traitoris lad him out of the Castell tho saied he this pytouse wordis and his handes held vp on hight toward the heuen Now the kyng of heuen yef vs merci for the erthely kyng hath vs forsakyn And a frere prechour wenten with him out of the castell till that he com to the place that he endid his lyfe vn to whom he shrofe him all his life ¶ And the gentill erle held the frere wonder fast by the clothis and said to him fair fadre abide with vs till that I be dede for my flesh quaketh for drede of deth ¶ And the soth for to say the gentill erle set him vpon his knees and turned him toward the est but a ribaud that was called Higone of Moston set hand vpon the gentill erle and saied in despite of him Sir traytour turne the toward the scottes thy soule dede to vnderfenge and turned him toward the Northe ¶ The nobull erle Thomas ansuered tho with a myld vois said now fair lordis I shall done your will And with that woide the frere went from him sore wepyng and anone a ribaude went to him and smote of his hede the xi Kal. of Auerell in the yere of grece M.ccc xxi ¶ Alas that euer such a geÌ„till blod shall be done to deth with out cause and reson ¶ And tratorsly wos the kyng couÌ„cellid wheÌ„ he thurgh the fals counsell of the speÌ„sers suffred sir Thomas his vncles son to be put to such a deth so bene heded ayens all maner of reson and gret pitte it was also that such a nobull kyng shÌ„uld be desceiued mysgouerned thurgh counsell of the fallis spenseres the wich tho he maiÌ„teneyd thorow loselrie ayens his honour and eke ê“fite For afterward ther fell gret vengeaunce in englond for encheson of the foresaid Thomas deth ¶ When the gentill
for as moch as thou hast bene orped in thy dedis he ded to the moch honour and made the erle of Cardoill thou as a traytour to thi lord the kyng ladest his pepull of his cuntre that shuld haue holpe him at the bataill of Beiland and thou ladest them a way by the cuntre of Copeland and thurgh the Erledom of of lancastre Wherfor our lord the kyng was discomfited ther of the scottis thurgh thy treson and falsenesse And if thou hadest comen be tymes he had had the bataill and tresō thou diddest for the gret soume of gold and siluer that thou vnderfenge of Iames Douglas a scot the kynges enmye ¶ And our lord the kyng will that the ordir of knyghod by the which thou vnderfeng all thyn honoor and worship vpon thy body be al brought to nought thi estate vndone that other knyghttes of lawer degre mow after be war the wich lord hath the a vaūced hugli in diuerse cuntreis in Englond that all may take exsample by the ther lord afterward trewly for to serue ¶ Tho commanded he a knaue anone to hewe of his spors on his heles And after he let brake the swerd ouer his hede the wich the kyng yaf him to kepe ̄ defēd his land ther with when he had made him erle of Cardoill ¶ And after he let him be vnclothed of his furred tabard ̄ of his hode of his furred cotes and of his gurdel when this wos don sir Antonye said vn to him Andrew quod he now art thow no knyght bot a knaue ̄ for thi treson the kyng will that thow shalt bene honged and drawe ̄ thyn hede smyten of ̄ thi bowelels taken out of thy body ̄ brent before the thy body quartired thyn he desent to london and ther it shall stond vpō londō brigge and the .iiij. quarters shall be sent to iiij toūes of englond that all other may be war ̄ chastised bi the. ¶ And as Antonye said so it was done all maner thyng in the last day of October In the yere of grace M ccc xxij yere ¶ And the sone turned in to blod as the pepull it saw that durid from the morne till it was xi of the cloke of the day ¶ Of the myracles that god wrought for sent thomas of Lancastre wherfore the kyng let close in the chirche doris of the Priore of pountfret that no mā shuld cum therin to the body for to offren ANd sone after that the good erle Thomas of Lancastre was martired ther was a prest that long tyme had be blind dremed in his slepyng that he shuld gone vn to the hill ther that the good erle thomas of lancastre wos done vn to deth and he shold haue his sight ayen and so he dremed .iij nyghtis fewyng ¶ And the prest let lede him to the same hill And when he com to that place that he was martirid on full deuoutly he made ther his praiers ̄ prayed god ̄ sent Thomas that he myght haue his sight ayen os he was in his praiers he laid his right hand vpō the same place that the good man was martired on ̄ a drope of dry blod smale sand cleued on his hand ther with striked his eeyn And anone thurgh the might of god of sent Thomas of Lancastre he had his sight ayen and thanked tho almyghty god and sent Thomas ¶ And whē this miracle wos knowen among men the pepull come thider on euery side and knelid made ther praiers at his toumbe that is in the priorie of pountfret and praied that holy merter of socour and of help god herd ther prayer ¶ Also ther wos a yong child drenched in a well in the toune of poūtfret wos dede .iij. dais ̄ iij. nyghtis men come ̄ laid the deid child vpō sent Thomas tombe the holy marter the childe arose from deth to liue as mony a man it saw ¶ And also moch pepull wer owt of ther mynd and god hath sent them ther mynd ayen thurgh uertu of that holy martir ¶ And also god hath yeuen ther also to crippils ther goyng ̄ to crokid ther handis ther fete and to blind also ther sight· ̄ to mony seke folke ther helth of diuerse maladies for the loue of this good martir ¶ Also ther wos a rich mā in Coundom in gascoyn ̄ such a maladie he had that all his right side roted and fell away frō hī that men myght se his liuer his hert so he stonke that vnneth men might cū ny hī wherfor his frēdis wer for hī wōder sori bot at the last as god wold they praid to sent Thomas of lancastre that he wold prai to almyghty god for that prisoner ̄ behight to go to Pountfret for to done ther pilgrimage he thoht that the mertir sent Thomas cō to him annoynted ouer all his sike body ¶ And ther with the good man awoke wos all hole his fleshe wos restorid ayen that before wos roted fallen away ¶ For wich miracle the good man his frēdis loued god sent Thomas euer mere after ¶ And this good man come ī to englōd ̄ toke with hī iiij felowes come to poūtfret vn to that holy marter ̄ did ther pilgrimage ̄ the good man that was seke come theder all naked safe his priue clothis ¶ And whē they had done they turned home ayen ī to ther own cūtre told of the miracle wher so euer that they come ¶ And also ij mē haue be heled ther of the mormale thurgh helpe of that holy marter though that euell be holdē incurabull ¶ And whē the spensers herd that god did such miracles for this holi mā they nold be leue it ī no maner wise ▪ bot said opēli that it was grete heresi such vertu of hī to beleue ¶ And when sir hugh the spenser the son saw all this doyng anōe he sent his messanger frō pountfret ther that he duellid to the kīg Edward that tho wos at Grauen at Scipton for cause that the kīg shold vndo that pilgrimage ¶ And os the ribaud the messīger went toward the kīg for to done his message he come bi the hill ther the good marter was don to deth ̄ in the same place he made his ordure And when he had don he went toward the kīg a strong flix come vpō him or that he come to yorke tho he shedde all his bowels at his foūdement ¶ And when sir hugh the spenser herd this tydīg somedele he was a drad ̄ thought for to vn do the pilgrimage if he myght by ony maner way ¶ And anōe to the kīg he went said that they shuld be in gret sklander thurgh out all cristīdom for the deth of Thomas of Lancastre if that he suffred the
peple to do ther pilgrimage at pountfret Ì„ so he couÌ„celled the kiÌ„g that he coÌ„mauÌ„ded to closse the chirche dores of pountfret in the wich chirche the holi marter sent Thomas was entered thus they did ayen all frauÌ„chises of holy chirche so that· iiij yere after might no pilgrime cuÌ„ vn to that holy body ¶ And for encheson that the monkis suffred men to cuÌ„ honour that holy body of sent Thomas the martir thurgh coÌ„cell of sir hugh spenser the son and thurgh couÌ„cell also of master Robert Baldoke the fals piled clarke that wos the kiÌ„ges chauncelar the kyng consentid that they shuld be set to ther wages and let make wardeyns ouer ther own good long time thurgh coÌ„maÌ„dement of the forsaid sir hugh the spenser xiiij Gascoynes well armed kept the hill ther that the good man sent Thomas was done vn to his deth so that no pilgrame might cum by that way ¶ Full well went he to haue be take cristis myght Ì„ his pouer and the gret boos of miracles that he shewed for his marter Sent Thomas thurgh all cristyndom ¶ And that same tyme the kyng made Robert of Baldok the fals piled clarke thurgh praier of sir hugh the spenser the son ChauÌ„celar of englond ¶ And in the same tyme was the castell of Walynford holdeÌ„ ayens the kyng thurgh the prisoners that wer within the castell for sent Thomas quarell of Lancastre ¶ Wherfor the pepull of the câ—ntre come and toke the castell vpon the prisoners ¶ Wherfore Sir IohnÌ„ of Goldington knyght sir Edmond of beche prisoners Ì„ a squyer that was called Roger of walton· wer take and sent vn to the kyng to Pountfret and ther they werdone in to prison and the forsaid Roger was sent vn to yorke Ì„ ther he was draw honged ¶ And anone after sir roger Mortimer of wygmore brake out of the tour of London in this maner ¶ The forsaid reg herd that he shÌ„uld be draw Ì„ honged at londoÌ„ in the morow after sent Laurence day Ì„ on the day before he held a fair fest in the tour of londoÌ„ ther wos sir Stephen segraue constable of the tour moÌ„y gret men with them ¶ And when they shuld sope the forsaid Stephen sent for all the offisers of the tour and they come sopid with him And when they shuld take ther leue of him a squyer that was called Stephen that was full priue with the forsaid Roger thurgh his couÌ„sell yaf them all such a drinke that the lest of them all slept ij dais ij nyghtis iÌ„ the meyn tyme he scappid away by water that is to say bi the Thamse weÌ„t ouer the see held him in fraunce ¶ Wherfor the kiÌ„g wos sore annoyed tho put thee same Stephen out of his coÌ„stablerie ¶ How the quene Isabell went in to fraunce for to treten of pees bytwen hir lord the kyng of Englond and the king of fraunce hir brother THe kyng went tho vn to london ther thurgh coÌ„cell of sir hugh the spenser the fader Ì„ of his son of master robert baldoke a fals piled clarke his Chanceler let seise tho all the quenes landes iÌ„ to his handis Ì„ also all the landis that wer sir Edward his son wer so put to hir wages ayenst all maner resoÌ„ that wos thurgh the falsenesse of the speÌ„sers ¶ And wheÌ„ the kiÌ„g of frauÌ„ce that wos quene Isabelles broder herd of this falsenes he was sore annoyed ayens the kiÌ„g of englond Ì„ his fals couÌ„celers ¶ Wherfor he sent a letter to kiÌ„g edward vnder his seal that he shuld cuÌ„ iÌ„ to frauÌ„ce at a certen day for to done his homage ther to he somened hiÌ„ Ì„ elles he shold lese all Gascoyn ¶ And so it was ordeyned in englond thurgh the kiÌ„g his couÌ„cell that quene Isabell shold wend in to frauÌ„ce for to tret of pees bitwen hir lord hir brother And that oliuer of Yngham shuld weÌ„d in to gascoyn haue with him vij thousand men Ì„ mo of armes to be seneshall Ì„ wardeyne of gascoyn so it wos orddyned that quene Isabel weÌ„t ouer se come in to frauÌ„ce with hir went sir Aymer of valaÌ„ce erle of peÌ„brok that wos ther mordred sodeÌ„li iÌ„pue sege bot that wos thurgh godis veÌ„geaunce for he wos on of the Iustices that ê¯sentid to sent Thomas deth of laÌ„castre Ì„ wold neuer after repeÌ„te hiÌ„ of that wikkid dede Ì„ at that tim sir oliuer of ynghaÌ„ went ouer iÌ„ to gascoiÌ„ did moch harme to the kiÌ„g of Fraunca and tho he gat ayen that kyng Edward had lost and moch more ther to ¶ How kyng Edward sent sir Edward his son the eldest in to fraunce THe quene Isabell had but a quart of a yere duelled iÌ„ frauÌ„ce bot sir Edward hir eldest son axed leue tho for to wende in to fraunce for to speke with his mother Isabell the quene ¶ And his fader the kyng grauÌ„ted him with a good will and said to him Go my fair sone in goddis blissing myne thiÌ„ke for to cuÌ„ ayen as hastely as thou may ¶ And he went ouer see Ì„ come in to frauÌ„ce ¶ And the king of frauÌ„ce his vncle vnderfenge him with moch honour said vn to him fair son ye be welcoÌ„ for be cause that your fader come not to done his homage for the duchie of Gnyhene as his auncestres wer wont for to do I yeue you that lordship to hold it of me in heritage as all maner auÌ„cestres did be fore you wher fore he was called duke of Gnyhenne ¶ How the kiÌ„g exiled his quene Isabel edward his heldest son WHen kyng Edward of englond herd tell how the kyng of fraunce had yeue the duchie of Gnyhen vn to sir Edwarde his son with out consent Ì„ will of him Ì„ that his sone had vnderfonge the duchie he become wonder wroth Ì„ sent to his sone by letter to his wyfe also that they shuld cum ayen in to englond in all the hast that they myght And the quene Isabell and sir Edward hir sone wer woÌ„der sore adrad of the kynges manace and of his wroth principally for the falsenes of the spensers both of the father Ì„ eke the son at his commaundement they wold not cum ¶ Wherfore kyng edward wos full sore annoyed Ì„ let make a crie at londoÌ„ that if quene Isabell and edward hir eldest sone come not in to englond that they shuld bene holde as our enmys both to the reame and eke to the croun of engloÌ„d ¶ And for that thei nolÌ„d cum in to englond bot both wer exiled the moder and hir son ¶ When the quene Isabell herd this tidinges she wos sore adrad to be shÌ„ent thurgh the fals congettyng of the spencers ¶ And weÌ„t with the knyghtys that wer
and spake vn to them of the kynges honour and also for to amend his estate And sir Thomas brotherton erle Marchall and sir Edmond of wodstoke that wer the kynges vncles and also men of londoÌ„ made ther othe him for to maynten in that same quarell ¶ And ther cause wos this that the kyng shuld hold his house and his meny as a kyng ought for to done and haue all his riallti and that the quene Isabell shuld deliuer out of hir hand in to the kynges haÌ„d all maner lordshippis rentis tounes castels that apê‘tened vn to the croune of englond as other quenes did hir before and medle with none other thyng ¶ And also that sir Roger Mortimer shuld duell vpon his own landis for the wich landis he had holpe to disherited moch pepull so that comune pepull wer distroyd thurgh wrongfull takyng ¶ And also to enquere how Ì„ by whom thee king was betraied and falsly disceyued at Stanhop and thurgh whois councell that the Scottis went a way by nyght from thee kyng ¶ And also how Ì„ thurgh whos couÌ„cell the ordenaunce that was made at the kynges coronacion was put doune that is to sai that the kyng for amendement and helpyng of the reame in honour of him shuld be gouerned and ruled by xij of the gretest Ì„ wisest lordis of the reame Ì„ with out them shÌ„uld no thyng ben graunted ne done as before is said the wich couenantis maliciusli wer put douÌ„e fro the kiÌ„g werfor moni harmes shames reê“ues haue falle to the kyng and his ream And that is vnderstond for as moch as Edward sum tyme kyng of englon was ordeyned by assent of the cominalte in playn ê‘lameÌ„t for to be vnder the warde Ì„ gouernaunce of Henri erle of Lancastre his cosin for saluacioÌ„ of his body he was take out of the castell of Kemlworth ther that he was in ward and thurgh colour of quene Isabell and of the Mortimer with out consent of any ê‘lament they toke lad him ther that neuer after none of his kynrad myght with him speke ne se and after tretourslÌ„y toke and him mordred For whos deth arose a sclandre thurgh all cristendoÌ„ when it was done ¶ And also the tresour that sir edward of Carnariuan had left iÌ„ moÌ„y places in Englond and in wales wer wasted and borne away without the will of kyng Edward his son in destruccion of him all his folke Also thurgh whos councell that the kyng yaf vp the kiÌ„gdoÌ„ of scotland For the wich reame the kynges ancestres had full sore trauaill and so did mony a nobull man for ther right Ì„ was deliuered vn to Dauid that wos Robert the Brus son all the right that no right had to the reame as all the world it wist ¶ And also bi whom the chartres remembrances that they had of the right of Scotland wer take out of the tresorie and taken vn to the scottis the kynges enmys to disherityng of him and of hys successours to gret harme vn to his lieges Ì„ gret reproue vn to all englisshmen for euer more ¶ Also wherfor Dame Iohana of the tour the kynges sustre Edward wos disê‘aged and marid vn to Dauid that wos Robert the Brus son that was a traitour and enmye vn to englond Ì„ thurgh whos councell she wos take in to our enmys handis out of englond ¶ And in the meyn while the good erle Henri of Lancastre his companie toke councell how thes pointes aboue said myght be amendid vn to the worsship of the kiÌ„g Ì„ to his ê“fet Ì„ to the ê“fite also of his lieges ¶ And the quene Isabell thurgh coniecting sotelti also of the Mortimer let ordeyn a parlament at Salisberi ¶ And at that same ê‘lameÌ„t the Mortimer was made erle of the march ayenst all the barons will of engloÌ„d in preiudice of the kyng Ì„ of his croune Ì„ sir IohnÌ„ of Eltham the kyngê brother was gurt with a swerd of Cornwaill tho wos called erle of Cornewaill And euer more quene Isabell so moch pracurid ayens hir son the kyng that she had the ward of the forsaid sir Edward Ì„ of his landis· ¶ And at that ê‘lament the erle of Lancastre wold not cum but ordeyned al his pouer ayens quene Isabell the mortimer men of londoÌ„ ordened them with v. hondreth men of armes ¶ WheÌ„ quene Isabell wyst of the doyng she swore by god bi his names full angrely that in euell tyme he thought vpoÌ„ tho pointes ¶ Tho sent the quene Isabell the Mortimer after ther retene Ì„ after the kynges retenue so that they had ordeyned amonge theem an huge host they councelled the kyng so that vpoÌ„ a nyght they riden xxiij myle toward bedford theâ— that the erle of lancastre wos with his ê¯pani thought to haue hiÌ„ destroied And that nyght she rode bi side the king hir son as a knyght armed for dred of deth ¶ And it was done the kyng to vnderstond that the erle henri of lancastre his companie wold haue distroid the kyng and his couÌ„cell for euer more wherfor the kiÌ„g wos somdele towardis hiÌ„ heuy annyed ¶ Whan the erle marshall and the erle of kent the kiÌ„ges broder herd of this tyding they riden so iÌ„ message bitwen them that the king grauÌ„ted him his pees to erle henri of lancastre for a certan rauÌ„sone of xi M. pound but that wos neuer paied afterward ¶ And thes wer the lordis that held with sir henri of Lancastre sir Henri beamoÌ„t sir Fouke fitzwaren sir Thomas Rocelyn sir willm trussell sir Thomas wyther and about an hondreth knyggtis mo that wer to him concentid all tho wer exiled thurgh couÌ„cell of quene Isabell Ì„ of the Mortimer for the mortimer weited for to haue ther landis if that he myght thurgh ony maner ê¯iecting for he was to couetous Ì„ had to moch his will Ì„ that wos gret pitte ¶ How kyng edward went ouer see for to do his homage vn to the kyng of frauÌ„ce for the duchie of Gnyhen IT wos not long after that the kyng of fraunce thurgh coÌ„cell of his dousepe is sent to kyng Edward of englond that he shuld cume to Paris and done his homage as reson it wold for the duchie of Gnyhen ¶ And so thurgh counsell of the lordis of englond kyng edward went ouer the see at the ascencion tide he come vn to Paris the thrid yere of his regne for to do his homage vn to the kyng of frauÌ„ce and the kyng vnderfenge his homage made of hiÌ„ moch ioye worsship ¶ But when kiÌ„g Edward had made his homage hasteli he was sent for in to engloÌ„d thurgh the quene Isabell his moder Ì„ anone hastely he come ayen in to englond vpon witsonday with out any takyng leue of the kiÌ„g of frauÌ„ce wherfore he wos wonder
Alas the while that is to sai the x. day of October the iij. yere of kyng Edwardis regne and whan the kyng wist ther of he wos wonder sori Ì„ let entier him at the frere mynors at wynchestre ¶ Of the deth of sir Roger mortimer erle of march ANd so it befell at that tyme that sir Roger Mortimer erle of the marche was so proud and se hauteyn that he helde no lord of the reame his pere and tho become he so couetous that he folowed Dame Isabell the quenes court that wos kyng Edwardis modre and beset his penyworthis with the offics of the quenes housold in the same maner that the kynges officers did and so he made his takyng as tochyng vitalles and also of cariagis all he did for because of spensis and for to gadre tresur and so he did with out nombre in all that he myght ¶ Tho made he hym wonder priue with the quene Isabell Ì„ so moch lorship Ì„ reteneu had so that al the gret lordis of englond of him wer adrad Wherfore the kyng his coÌ„cell towardis hiÌ„ wer agreued Ì„ ordeyned among them to vndo hiÌ„ thurgh pure resoÌ„ law for cause that king edward that was the kyngê fadre traitoursly thurgh him was mordred in the castell of Berkeley as bofore is said more planly iÌ„ the same part of this boke of his deth ¶ And suÌ„ that wer of the kynges coÌ„cell loued the martimer and told him in priuete how that the kiÌ„g Ì„ his couÌ„cell wer about froÌ„ day to day hiÌ„ for to shend and vndon wherfor the Mortimer was sore annoyed Ì„ angri as the deuell ayens them that wer of the kiÌ„ges couÌ„cell said he wold of thaÌ„ bene avenged how so euer he toke on ¶ It was not long afterward that kynd Edward Ì„ Dame Phelip his wife Ì„ Dame Isabell the kyngê modre sir Roger mortimer ne went vn to Notyngham ther for to sodiorne so it befell that the quene Isabell thurgh councell of the Mortimer toke to hir the keys of the yatis of the castell of Notingham so that no man mygh cum nother in ne out by nyght but thurgh commaundement of the Mortimer ne the kyng ne none of his councell ¶ And that tâ—me it fell so that the Mortimer as a deuell for wroth bolled and also for wrath that he had ayens the kyngê men edward Ì„ principally ayenest them that had him accused to the kyng of the deth of sir Edward his fadre ¶ And pÌ„uely a couÌ„cell was take bitwen quene isabell Ì„ the Mortimer the bisshÌ„op of Lyncoln sir Symond of Beford sir Hugh of Trumpyngton and oder priue of ther couÌ„cell for to vndone them all that had accused the Mortimer vn to the kyng of his fadres deth of treson and of felonie ¶ Wherfore al tho that wer of the kynges councell whan they wysteÌ„ of thee mortimers castyng priuely come to kiÌ„g edward Ì„ said that the mortimer wold them destroy for cause that they had him accused of kiÌ„g edwardis deth his fadre praid him that he wold maynten them iÌ„ ther right ¶ And thes were the lordis to pursue this quarell sir william of mountagu sir Humfrey de boâ—hun sir william his brother sir Rauf of Stafford sir Robert of Hereford sir willm of Clinton sir IohnÌ„ Neuil of hornby moÌ„y othre of ther conseÌ„t and alÌ„l thes sworen vpon a boke to mayÌ„ten the quaril in as moch as they myght ¶ And it befell so after that sir william moÌ„tagu ne none of the kiÌ„ges frendis must nat be herbrugged in the Castel for the mortimer· but went and toke ther herbrughe in diuerse places in the toune of Notyngham ¶ And tho were they sore adrad lest that mortimer shuld them destroy And iÌ„ hast thei come vn to kyng Edward ser william mountagu tho that he wos in the castell and priueli him told that he ne none of his companie shuld not take the mortimer with out couÌ„cell help of willÌ„m of Eland ê¯stabul of the same Castel Now certes ê™ the kiÌ„g I loue you wel and therfore I councel you that ye go to the forsaid ê¯stabull and commaund him in my name that he be your fiend and your help for to take the Mortimer all thing I left vpon parill of life and limme ¶ Tho said mountaygu sir my lord grouÌ„t mercy ¶ Tho went forth the forsaid montaygu come to the cuÌ„stabull of the castell Ì„ told him the kyngê will ¶ And he ansurid Ì„ said the kynges will shuld be done in as moch as he myght and that he wold not spare fore no maner deth and so he swore made his oth ¶ Tho said sir willm mountagu to the conestabull iÌ„ hering of all them that were helpyng vn to the same quarell ¶ Now certis dere frend vs behoueth to worch do by your quentyse for to take the mortimer sith that ye be keê‘ of the castell and haueth the keyes in your ward sir quod the constabull will ye vnderstond that the gates of the castell ben lokked with the lockis that Dame isabell send hider and be nyght she hath the keys therof lieth them vnder the leuesell of the bed vn to the morow and so ye may not cuÌ„ in to the castell bi the yates in no maner of wise ¶ But I knowe an aley that stretcheth out of the ward vnder the erth in to the forsaid castell that goth in to the west wich aley Dame Isabell the quene ne none of hir men ne the Mortimer ne none of his companie knoweth it not ¶ And so I shall lede you thurgh that aley and so ye shall cum in to thee castell with out aspieng of oni maÌ„ that ben your emnys ¶ And thee same nyght sir willm mouÌ„tagu all the lordis of his quarel the same ê¯stabul also weÌ„t them to horse Ì„ made semblaÌ„t as it wer for to wend out of the mortimer sight ¶ But anone as the mortimer herd this tydyng he weÌ„t that they wold haue gon ouer see for dred of hiÌ„ and anone he his companie token councell amonges them for to let ther passage sent lettres anone to thee portes so that none of the gret lordis shuld weÌ„d home to ther own cuÌ„tre bot if they were arestid Ì„ take ¶ And amoÌ„g oder thingê willm Eland conestable of the foresaid castel priueli lad sir william mountagu and his compain by the foresaid way vnder the erth so tilÌ„ they com iÌ„ to the castell and went vp in to the toure there that Mortimer was in ¶ But sir hugh of Trumpyngton them ascried hidously and said A traitours it is all for nought that ye be comen vn to this castell ye shall die yit an euell deth euerychon and anone on of them that was in Mountagu is companie vp with a mace and smote the same hugh
wos seyn Ì„ aperid iÌ„ the firmament a bemed sterre the wych clarkys calle stella Comata that sterre wos seyn in diuerse ê‘tes af the firmament ¶ Where after anone ther folowed iÌ„ englond good chepe and wonder gret plente of all cheffar vitaill and marchandise and ther ayens honger scarcite mischief nede off monay ¶ In so moch that a quarter of whete at london was sold for ij shillyng and a good fat ox at a nobull v good doue briddis for a pene in which yere died sir IohnÌ„ of eltham erle off Cornewaill that wos kiÌ„g edwardis broder lieth at westmiÌ„stre ¶ How king Edward made a duchie of the Erldom of Cornwaill also of vi other erles that weer new made Ì„ of the frist chalenge of the kyngdoÌ„ of fraunce IN the yere of our lord a. thousand CCC Ì„ xxxvij of kyng Edward xij in the month of march during the ê‘lament at westmynstre in lent tym kyng Edward made of the erledom of Cornwaill a duchie and let it call the duchie of Cornewaill the wich duchie he yaf vn to Edward his frist son with the erledom of Chestre ¶ And also kyng Edward made at that same tyme .vi. other erll that is for to say sir Henri erle of LaÌ„castre son erle of Leycestre willm of Boghun erle of Northhamton villm of Mountagu erle of Salusberi ¶ Hugh of Awdell erle of Glocestre ¶ Robert of vfford erle of Southfolke and willm of Clyton erle of Huntyngton ¶ And in that same yere it wos ordeyned in the same parlament that no maÌ„ shuld were no clothe that wos wrought out of Englond as clothe of gold ne of silke or veluet or Damaske or Satin Baudkin ne none such other ne none wilde ware ne Furrure of beyond the se but such as myght spendeÌ„ C. pounde of rent by yere But this ordinance and statute wos but of litell effect For it was nothyng holden ¶ In the .xiij yere of his regne kiÌ„g Edward went ouer se in to Braban with quene Philip his wyfe ther bering a child at Andewerp ther he duelled more than a yere for to trete with the duke of Braban Ì„ other allied vn to him of thee chalanging of the kyngdom of FrauÌ„ce to kiÌ„g Edward of englond by right by heritage after the deth of Karoll the gret kyng of FrauÌ„ce brother Germayne of quene Isabell kiÌ„g edwardis moder the wich was holden occupied vnrightfull by Philip of valoys the emes sone of the kyng Karoll the wich Duke all his iÌ„ the forsaid thynges and all other longyng ther to with all his men Ì„ goodis kiÌ„g edward fonde redy vn to him and made beheighten him seurte by good feith and trust and after that the kiÌ„g hasted him in to Englond ayen and left ther the quene styll behynd him in Braban ¶ Than in the xiiij yere of his regne whan all the lordis of his ream and other that fallen to be at his parlament wer called and assembled to gedre in the same parlament holden at london after the fest of sent helarie ¶ The kynges nedes wer put forth and promoted as touching the kiÌ„gdoÌ„ of fraunce For which nedis to be sped the kyng axed the fifth ê‘te of all the meuable goodis of englond and the wulles the .ix sheef of euery corne And all lordis of euery toune wher sich thyngê shuld be taxed and gadred shuld ansuer to the kyng ther of and he had it and held it at his own lust and will Wherfore if I shall knowlech the veray trewth the ynner loue of the pepull was turned in to hate and the comyn prayers in to cursing for cause that the comune pepull wer so strongly greued ¶ Also the forsaid Phelip valois of fraunce had gadred vn te him a gret host Ì„ destruid ther in his ê‘ties and kyngdome mony of the kiÌ„gê frendis of englond with tounes and Castels and mony other of ther lordeshippis and mony harmes shames and dispites did vn to thee quene Wherfore kyng Edward whan he herd this tdyng wos strongly meued and therwith an angred and sent diuerse lettres ouer see to the quene and to other that wer his frendis gladyng them certefieng them that he wold be ther him self in all the hast that he myght ¶ And anone after Ester wan he had sped of al thynges that to him neded to haue he went ouer the se ayen ¶ Of whos comyng the quene and all his frendis wer wonder glad and made moch ioye And all that wer his enmys and ayens him held made as moch sorow ¶ In the same tyme thee kyng thurgh councell of his trew lieges and couÌ„cell of his lords that ther wer present with him toke the kyng of fraunces name and toke Ì„ medled the kynges armes of fraunce quartled with the armes of englond commaundid forth with his coyen of gold vnder descripcion and writiÌ„g of the name of engloÌ„d Ì„ of frauÌ„ce to be made best that myght be and that is to say the floreyn that was called the nobull pris of vi shilliÌ„g viij pens the sterliÌ„g the half nobull of the value of iij. shilliÌ„ges Ì„ iiij pens and the farthynges of value xx pens ¶ How Kyng Edward come vn to the scluys and discomfited all the pouer of fraunce in the hauen ANd in the next yere after that is to say the xv yere of his rene he coÌ„mandid let writ iÌ„ his chartres writtis other lettres the date of the regne of frauÌ„ce frist And while that he wos thus doiÌ„g Ì„ traueling iÌ„ frauÌ„ce thurgh his couÌ„cell he wrot to al the pÌ„latis Dukis erles Ì„ barons the nobull lordis of the cuÌ„tre also to diuerse of the commune pepull diuerse lettres mauÌ„dementis bering date at GandauÌ„e the viij dai of februari And anoÌ„e after with iÌ„ a litell tyme he come ayen iÌ„ to engloÌ„d with the quene Ì„ hir childer ¶ And iÌ„ the same yere on mydsomer eue he begaÌ„ to sail toward frauÌ„ce ayen maÌ„ly stifly fell vpoÌ„ Phelip of valois thee wich long tyme lay Ì„ had gadred to hiÌ„ a full long boustous menye of diuerse nacions iÌ„ the hauen of Scluys ther they foughten to geder the kiÌ„g of frauÌ„ce he with ther hostes fro midday to iij. of the cloke iÌ„ the morn iÌ„ which bataill wer slayn xxx thousand men of the kiÌ„gê coÌ„pani of frauÌ„ce Ì„ moÌ„y shÌ„ippis Ì„ cogges wer taken And so thurgh goddis help he had ther the victori Ì„ bere thens a gloriê° chiualri ¶ And iÌ„ the same yere about sent Iamis tide without the yates of sent Omers Robert of Artheis with meÌ„ of engloÌ„d flauÌ„dres bitterly faught ayens the duke of burgoÌ„ the frenshmen at wich bataill wer slayn Ì„ take of the frensshmen xv barons lxxx knyghtis shÌ„ippis barges wer take vn
to the noÌ„bre of CC and xxx ¶ The same yere the kiÌ„g makyng and abidyng vpon the sege of Turney the erle of Henaude wyth Englissh archers made assaute vn to the touÌ„e of sent AmaÌ„d wher they slow .l. knyghtys and mony other and also destroied the toune ¶ And in the xvi yere of his regne folowyng in the wynter tyme the same kyng duelled still vpon the forsaid sege and sent oft tyme in to Englond vn to his tresorer and other puruâ—iours for gold and monay that shuld be sent vn to him ther iÌ„ his nede but his proctours and messingers cursedly and full slouli serued him at his nede and him deceyued on whos defaute and laches the kyng toke trewes be twen him Ì„ the kyng of frauÌ„ce And the kyng Edward full of sorow Ì„ shame iÌ„ his hert withdrow hiÌ„ fro the sege and come in to bretan and ther wos so gret strife for vitaill that he lost mony of his pepull ¶ And when he had done ther that he come for he dressed him ouer see in to englond ward ¶ And os he sailed toward engloÌ„d iÌ„ the high see the most myshappis stormes and tempestes thundre and lightynynges fell to him in the see the wich wos said that it wos done and araysed thurgh iuell spretes made by sorsorie and nygromanci of them of fraunce wherfore the kynges hert was full of sorow and anguyssh wellyng and sighyng and said vn to our lady in this wise ¶ O blissed lady sent Mari what is the cause that euer more goyng in to fraunce all thynges and wethers falen to me Ioyfull and lyking Ì„ gladsum and os I wold haue them bot al way turnyng in to Englond ward all thynges falen vnprofitabully and ueri harmfull neuerthe later he scapyng al ê‘rels of the see as god wold come to the tour of london by nyght ¶ And the same yere the kyng held his cristeÌ„masse at MenÌ„es and sent word to the scottis by his messingers that he wos redy wold fight with them bot the scottis wold not abide that but fled ouer the Scottis see and hid theÌ„ as welÌ„ as thei myght ¶ And iÌ„ the xvij yere of his regne about the fest of Conuersion of sent Paule kyng Edward wen he had bene in scotland and saw that the scottis wer fled tho he come ayen in to englonde ¶ And a litell before lent was the turnement at Dunstabull to the wich turnement come al the yong bachelary and chiualrie of Englond with mony other Erles and lordis At the wich turnement kyng Edward him self was ther present ¶ And the next yere folewyng iÌ„ the xviij yere of his regne at his ê‘lament holden at westmynstre the auynzeme of Paske the kyng Edward the thrid made Edward hys frist son prince of wales ¶ And in the xix yere of his regne anone after in Ianiu by fore lent the same kyng edward let make full nobul Iustes and gret festis in the place of his birth at windesore that ther wos neuer noÌ„e such seyn ther a fore At wich fest and rialte wer ij kynges ij quenes the prince of wales the duk of Cornewaill x. erles ix CouÌ„tesses barons mony burgeis the wich myght not lightly be nombrid And of diuerse landis beyoÌ„d the see weren mony strangers ¶ And at the same tyme whan the Iustis wer done kyng Edward made a gret soê‘ in the wich he ordeyned frist and began his rouud tabul and ordeyned stedfasted the day of the round tabull to be holden ther at wyndesore in the witson weke euer more yerly ¶ And in this time englishmeÌ„ so moch haunted Ì„ cleued to the wodnesse Ì„ foly of the strangers That froÌ„ tyme of comyng of the Henaudres xviij yere passed â–ª they ordeyned changid them euery yere diuerse shappis Ì„ disgising of clothing of long large wide clothis destitut disert from al old honeste good vsage ¶ And an other tyme short clothis and strayt wasted dagged kyt on euery side slatered botoned with sleues Ì„ tapitis of surcotes hodis ouer long ouer moch hangyng that if I the soth shall say they wer more like to tormentouris deuels in ther clothing shoyng Ì„ other aray than to men ¶ And the women more nysely yit passid the men in aray Ì„ coriousloker for they wer so strait clothid that they let hang fox tailles sewed by neth within ther clothis for to hele hide ther arses the wich disgysynges and pride ê‘auentur afterward brought forth caused mony myshappis Ì„ myschief in the reame of englond ¶ The xx yere of kyng Edward he went ouer in to Britan and Gascoyn in whos companie went the erle of warwyk the erle of Suffolke the erle of HuÌ„tyngton the erle of Arundel Ì„ mony other lordis and comune pepull in a gret multitude with a gret nauye of CC. xl shippis anone after midsomer for to a venge him of mony wronges and harmes to him done by Philip of valois kyng of fraunce ayens the trews before hand graunted the wich trews he falsely Ì„ vntrewli by cauelacioÌ„s losed Ì„ disquatte ¶ How kyng Edward sailed in to Normandie and ariued at Hogges with a gret host IN the xxi yere of his regne kyng Edward thurgh councell of all the gret lordis of the reame of englond called Ì„ gadred to geder in his perlament at westmynster be fore Ester ordeyned him for to passe ouer the see ayen for to disese destrobull the rebelles of frauÌ„ce ¶ And when his nauye wos come to gedre and made redy he went with an huge host the xij day of Iulij and sailed in to Normandie and a riued at hogges ¶ And when he had rested him ther vi dais for by cause of trauelyng of the se and for to haue out all his men with all ther necessaries out of ther shippis he went toward CadomuÌ„ brennyng wastyng and distroyng all the tounes that he fond in his way ¶ And the xxvi day of Iulij at the brugge of Cadony manli and orpedly strengthed and defended with Normans he had ther a strong bataill and a long during thurgh wich a gret multitude of peple wer slayn ¶ And ther war take prisoners The erle of ewe the lord of Tankervill and an hondreth of other knyghtis and meÌ„ of armes Ì„ vi hondreth foot men nombred the toune Ì„ the subbarbes vn to the bare walle of all thing that they myght be bore caried out wos rebbed and dispoyled ¶ After the kyng passed forth by the cuntre about the brede of xx myle he wasted all maner thyng that he fond ¶ When Philip of valois ê‘ceuid this all though he wer fast by with a strong host yit he wold not cum no nye but breke all the brugges by yond the water of seyn fro Royn vn to Paris and him self fled vn to
and come and told it to the kyng and his lordis what he had herd and what they sayd ¶ And than went forth the new knyghtys with moÌ„y other making assaut to the cite to they destroyd hougeli the subbarbis of the Cite ¶ And while all thes thynges wer in doiÌ„g the Englishmen made them aredy for to be a venged vpon thee shame and despite that was done that yere at wynchelsee and ordeyned a nauye of lxxx shippis of men of Landon and of other marchauntis and xiiij thousand of men of armes and archiers and went and serched and skummed the see and manly tokeÌ„ and helde thee I le of Caux Wherfore the Frenshmen that is for to say the Abbot of Cluyn the Erle of Tankeruill and bursygand that tho was Stiward of FrauÌ„ce with moÌ„y other men of the same cuÌ„tre by thee commuÌ„e assent of the lord Charles that tho wos regeÌ„t of frauÌ„ce thei hasted them went to the kiÌ„g of engloÌ„d askiÌ„g besechiÌ„g him stedfast pees Ì„ euer lastiÌ„g vpoÌ„ certan ê¯dicions that ther wer shewed writtin ¶ The wich when the kyng Ì„ his ê¯cell had it seiÌ„ â–ª it plesed hiÌ„ neuer a dele but sith it wold be none othir in tyme of better accord and deliberacion the frenshmen besely and with gret instaunce asked trews for ther see costes and the king grauntid them ¶ And in the morow after the vtas of pasche the kyng turned him with his host toward OrliauÌ„ce destroyeng and wastyng all the cuntre by the way ¶ And os thei weÌ„t thiderward ther fell vpon them such a storme tempast that noÌ„e of our nacion herd ne saw neuer none such thurgh the wich thousaÌ„des of our men and of ther horse in ther iourneyng as it wer thurgh vengeaunce sodenly wer slayn Ì„ perisshed the wich tempastes full moch yit fered not the kyng ne moch of his pepull that they ne went forth in ther viage that they had begun wherfor about the fest of fililp iacob in May fast by incarnocum the forsaid lordis of fraunce metiÌ„g ther with the kyng of englond a pesable accord Ì„ a finall vpoÌ„ certan condicions grauÌ„tes articularly gadered writen to geder euer more for to last full discretly made to bothe the kynges ê“fetabul to ther reames both with on asseÌ„t of Charles the regent gouernour of frauÌ„ce of Paris of the same reame writen Ì„ made vnder date of CarnocuÌ„ the xv day of May they offerid ê“ferd to the kiÌ„g of engloÌ„d riquiring his grace iÌ„ all thiÌ„gê writin that he wold benyngly admitte them Ì„ hold them firme stabull to them Ì„ to ther heiris for euer more thens forth the wich thiÌ„gê articles whan kiÌ„g edward had seyn them he grauÌ„ted them so that bothe parties shuld be suorne on goddis body Ì„ on the euangelist that the forsaid couenauÌ„t shuld be stabulihed and so they accordid graciously ¶ Therfor ther wer ordeyned drassid on euery side ij barons ij banerettis ij knyghtis to admitte receue that hothes of the lord Charles reget of frauÌ„ce Ì„ of sir edward the frist soÌ„ heir of kiÌ„g Edward of engloÌ„d ¶ And the x. day of May ther was songen a solempne masse at paris after the iij. Agnê° dei said with dona nobis pacem iÌ„ presens of the forsaid men that were ordeyned to admitte receyue the othes of al other that ther myght be ¶ Tho Charles laid his right hand on the patent with goddes bodi his left hond on the missale saied we N. suereth on godis body the holy gospels that we shall trewli Ì„ stedfastli hold toward vs the pees the accord made bitwen the ij kynges Ì„ iÌ„ no maner to do the contrarie And ther among all his lordis for more loue strength of witnesse he deled Ì„ deê‘ted the reliques of the croune of criste to the knyghtis of englond they courtesli token ther leue· And in the fryday next the same othe in presence of the forsaid knyghtis Ì„ of other worthy meÌ„ prince Edward made at louers ¶ Afterward both kynges ther sonnys the most nobull men of both reames with in the same yere made the same oth for to strength all thes thynges a forsaid the kyng of englond axed the gretest men of frauÌ„ce and had his axyng that is for to say vi dukis viij erles Ì„ xij lordis that is to say barons Ì„ worthy knyghtis ¶ And when the place Ì„ the tyme was assined in wich both kynges with ther councell shuld cum to gedre all the forsaid thynges bitwen them spoke for to ratifie maken firme and stabull the kyng of englond anone went toward the see at Hounflet began to saill leuyng to his hostes that wer left behynd him by cause of his absence moch heuenesse ¶ And after the xix· day of May he come in to englond went to his paleys at westmynstre on sent Dunstane day the thrid day after he viseted IohnÌ„ kyng of fraunce that wos in the tour of london deliuered him frely from all maner prison sauf frist they wer accordid of iij. myllions of floreyns for his raunson Ì„ the kyng coÌ„forthed him cherid him in all places with all solace Ì„ myrthes that longen to a kyng in his goyng homward ¶ And the ix day of Iulij in the same yere this same IohnÌ„ kyng of fraunce that afore hand lay here in hostage went home ayen in to his oun land to tret of tho thynges and of other that longed and fellen to thee gouernance of his reame ¶ And afterward mett Ì„ come to gedre at Calays both ij kynges with bothe ther councell about all haluw tide ther wer shewed the condicions and the pointis of thee pees Ì„ of the accorde of bothe sides writtyn ther without any withsayng of both sides graciously they wer accorded And ther was done songen a solempne masse after the iij Agnê° det vpon godis body also vpoÌ„ the masse boke bothe kynges ther sonnys the gretest lordis of both remes of ther ê¯cell that ther wer present had not sworne be fore the forsaid oth that they had made titelled bitwene them they behighten to kepe all other couenauÌ„tes that wer bitwene them ordeyned ¶ And in thys same yere mens bestis tres Ì„ houses with soden tempast Ì„ strong lightenyng wer ê‘issed the deuell apperid bodely in mannys likenes to moch pepull as they went in diuerse places in the cuntres and spake to them in that likenesse ¶ How the gret companie arose in fraunce Ì„ the white companie in Lumbardie of other mony meruailles KYng Edward in the xxxvi yere of his regne anone after cristemasse in the fest of conuersion of sent Paule held his ê‘lament at westmynstre in the wich ê‘lament wos
put it of wold not graunte vn to Ester next comiÌ„g than they greuÌ„ted well that iÌ„ iij. yere by certan termes that dyme shuld be payd Ì„ also of the lay fe wos a iij. yeres xv grauÌ„ted to the kyng ¶ How sir Robert KnolÌ„les with other certayn lordis of the reame weÌ„t ouer the see in to frauÌ„ce· Ì„ of ther gouernauÌ„ce ANd in the xlv yere of kyng Edward in the begynnyng kyng Edward with vn wyse counsell and vn discrete borawed a gret soume of gold of the prelatis lordis marchantis and other rich men of his reame sayng that it shuld be dispendid in defendyng of holy chirche and of his reame ¶ Neuerthelatter it profited nought· wherfor about midsomer after he made a gret host of the worthiest men of his reame Amonges whome wer som lordis that is for to say the lord Fitzwater and the lord Graunson other worthy knyghtis of wich knyghtis the kyng ordeyned sir Robert Knolles a prouede knyght Ì„ a well as said in dede of armes for to be gouernour and that thurgh his couÌ„cel and gouernaunce all thyng shuld be gouerned Ì„ dressed ¶ And wen thei come iÌ„ to frauÌ„ce as long as thei duelled helde them hole to geder the frauÌ„shmen durst not fall vppon theym ¶ And at the last about the begynnyng of winter for enuy coueteys that wos amoÌ„g them And also discorde they sondred partid them in to diuerse companies vn wisely folely But sir Robert knolles his men wente and keped them sauf within an Castell in Bretan ¶ And when the frenshmeÌ„ saw that our meÌ„ wer deuidid in to diuerse companies Ì„ places not holdiÌ„g ne strengthyng them to gedres as them ought for to do they fell fersly on our men And for the most partie toke them or slowen them tho that they myght take led with them prisoners ¶ And iÌ„ thee same yere pope vrbane come fro rome to AuinioÌ„ for eÌ„chesoÌ„ cause that he shuld accord make pees bitwen the kiÌ„g of frauÌ„ce the king of Englond for euer more But alas or he began his tretis he died with sekenesse the ·xxi day of December wos beried as for the time iÌ„ the cathedrall chirche of AuinioÌ„ fast by the high auter ¶ And the next yere after whan he had lyne so his bones wer taken out of the erth and beried new in the abbey of sent victorie fast by marcile of the wich abbey he wos sum tyne Abbot him self ¶ And iÌ„ both places that he was beried in ther be moÌ„y grete miracles done and wrought thurgh the grace of almighty god to mony a mannys help and to the worship of god almyghty ¶ And after whom folewed next and wos made pope Gregorie Cardinall Deken that before wos caled Pers Roger ¶ In this same yere the cite of Lymoge rebellid and faught ayens the prince as othir Cites in Gnyhenne did for gret taxes costages and raunsons that they wer put and set to by prince edward wich charges weren Inportable and to chargeabull wher for they turned fro him and fellen to the kyng of frauÌ„ce And whan prince edward saw this he wos sore a chafed and greued in turnyng homward ayen iÌ„ to englond with soro skarmisshes and fighting gret assautes fought with them toke the forsaid cite and distroied it almost to the grund and slew all that wer fouÌ„d in the cite And than for to say the soth for diuerse sikenesse and maladies that he had Ì„ also for defaute of monay that he not might with stond ne tari on his enmys he hied him ayen in to englond with his wife his menye leuyng behind him in gascoyn the duke of Lancastre sir edmond erle of Cambrigge with othir worthy and orped men of armes ¶ In the xlvi yere of kiÌ„g edward at the ordinaunce Ì„ sendyng of king edward the kyng of Naune com to him to Claringdon to tret with hiÌ„ of certain thinges touchyng his were iÌ„ Normandie wher kiÌ„g Edward had left certayn seges in his stede till he come ayen ¶ But kyng edward myght not sped of that that he askid him And so the kyng of Naun with gret worship gret yeftes toke his leue weÌ„t home ayene ¶ And about begiÌ„nyng of marche when the ê‘lament at westmiÌ„stre wos begun the kiÌ„g askid of the clargi a subsidie of .l. M. pound the wich by a good avisement Ì„ bi a generall ê¯uocacioÌ„ of thee clargie it wos grauÌ„ted and ordeyned that it shÌ„uld be paied resed of the lay fee. ¶ And iÌ„ this ê‘lament at the request Ì„ askiÌ„g of the lordis in hatered of men of holy chirch the Chanceler Ì„ the tresorer that wer bisshoppis the clarke of the priue seale wer remeued and put out of office and in ther stede wer secular men put in ¶ And while this ê‘lament lasted ther come solempne embassatours sent fro the pope to trete with the kiÌ„g of pees said that the pope desired to fulfill his predicessours will but for all ther comyng they sped not of ther purpose ¶ Of the besegyng of Rochell and how the Erle of penbruke and his companie wos ther take in the hauen with Spanyardis all his shippis brent· THe ix day of Iune kyng Edward iÌ„ xlvij yere of his rene held his parlament at wynchestre and it lasted but viiij days to the parlament wer sompned by writ of men of holy chirche iiij bisshoppis Ì„ iiij abbotes with out any mo ¶ This parlament wos holdeÌ„ for marchantis of london of Norwich of other diuerse places in diuerse thingê and pointes of treson that they wer defamed of that is to say that they wer rebell and wold rise ayens the kyng ¶ This same yere the duke of Lancastre and the erle of Cambrege his brother come out of Goscoyn in to englond toke and weddid to ther wifes Petres doghters suÌ„ tim kiÌ„g of spayn Of wich ij doughtris the duke had the elder and the erle the yonger ¶ And that same time ther wer sent ij Cardinales fro the pope That is to say an english cardinall a cardinale of paris to tret of pees bitwen thes ij reames the wich when they had bene both long eche iÌ„ his ê“uinces Ì„ iÌ„ his places Ì„ cuÌ„tres fast bi tretyng of the forsaid pees at the last they toke with them thee letters of ê“curacie went ayen to rome with out ony effect of ther purpose ¶ In this yere ther wos a strong bataill on the se bitwen englishmeÌ„ flemmiÌ„g the englisshme had the victori toke xxv shippis with salt Ì„ sleyng drenchiÌ„g all the men that wer therin vn wyttyng them that they wer of that cuntre And redely moch harme had fallen bi cause ther of ne had pees accord the sonÌ„ be bitwen theÌ„ And iÌ„ this same yere the frenshmen besegie the touÌ„e of Rochell
leue of the kyng Ì„ of othir lordis Ì„ ladies wenten home ayen in to ther own cuntres with gret loue and moch thanke ¶ And in the xiij yere of kyng Richardis regne ther was a bataill done in the kynges palais at westmiÌ„stre bitwen a squyer of Nauerne that wos with the kyng Richard and an othir squier that wos called IohnÌ„ walsh for pointee of treson that this Naune put vpon this walshman but this naune wos ouer comen yeld him creaunt to his adusarie ¶ And anone he wos despoled of his armur draw out of the Palays to tiburne Ì„ ther wos hanged for his falsenesse ¶ And the xiiij yere of kyng Richardis regne sir IohnÌ„ of Gaunte duke of Lancâ—stre went ouer the see in to Spayn for to chalenge his right that he had bi his wifes titell vn to the croun of Spayn with a gret host of pepull of men of armes and archiers ¶ And he had with him the Duchisse his wife and his iij· doughters ouer see in to Spayn And ther they wer a gret while at the last the kyng of Spayn began for to tret with the duke of Lancastre they wer accerded to geder thurgh ther both councell in this maner that the kiÌ„g of spaiÌ„ shuld wedde the dukis doughter of lancastre that was the right heir of spayn and he shÌ„uld yef vn to the Duke of lancastre gold and seluer that wer cast in to gret wegges Ì„ moÌ„y other iewelles as mony as viij charietes myght carie ¶ And euery yere after during the life of the duke of Lancastre of the duchâ—s his wyf x. M. marke of gold Of wich gold the auenture charges they of spayn shuld auâ—Ì„ture bring yerly vn to Bayon to the dukis assignes by surite made ¶ And also the duke maried an oder of his doughters vn to the kyng of Portingale the same tyme. And whan he had done thus he come home ayen in to englond the good lady his wyfe also but mony a worthy man vpon the flix died ¶ And in the xv yere of kyng Richardis regne hee held his cristeÌ„mase iÌ„ the maner of wodstoke the erle of Penbroke a yong lord tendre of age wold lerne to Iust with a knyght that was called sir IohnÌ„ sent IohnÌ„ riden to gedre in the parke of wodstoke And ther this worthi erle of penbroke was slayn with that othir knyghtis spere as he kest it from him whan they had coupled and thus this good erle made ther his end and ther for the kyng Ì„ the quene made moch sorow for his dethe ¶ And in the xvi yere of kyng Richardis regne IohnÌ„ hende beyng that tyme maire of london Iohan walworth Henri â—anner beyng shereues of london that same time a bakers man bare a basket of horsbred in to fletstret toward on hostre ther come a yong man of the bisshoppis of Salisberi that wos called romayn and he toke an hors lofe out of the baskit of the bakers Ì„ he askid him why he did so and this romayn turned ayen brak the bakerhede And neghbours come out and wold haue a rested this romayn he brake from them fled to the lordis place the ê¯stabull wold haue had him out but the bisshoppis men shet fast the yates keped the place that no man might entre And than moch more pepull gadred thidder and said that they wold haue hiÌ„ out or elles they wold brenne vp the place and all that wer theriÌ„ ¶ And than come the maire and sheriues with other moch pepull cessed the malice of the comunes Ì„ made euery man to go hom to ther houses kepe the pees ¶ And this romayns lord ther bisshop of Salisburi master Iohan waltham that at that tyme wos tresorer of englond went to sir Thomas Arundell erchebisshop of yorke chanceler of engloÌ„d Ì„ ther the bishop made his coÌ„plaint vn to the chanceler vpoÌ„ the pepull of the cite of london ¶ And than thes ij bisshoppis of gret malace veÌ„geauÌ„ce coÌ„ vn to the kyng to wyndesore Ì„ made a gret complaiÌ„te vpoÌ„ the maire Ì„ sheriues And anon all the cite afterward wer before the kiÌ„g his couÌ„cell Ì„ they cast vn to the cite a greuous hert and wonder gret malice ¶ And anoÌ„e sodeÌ„li the kiÌ„g sent after the maire of londoÌ„ for the ij· sheriues Ì„ thei come to him vn to the castell of wyndesore And the kyng rebukid the maire shÌ„eriues full foule for the offence that they had done ayens him and his officers in his chambur at londoÌ„ Wherfor he deposit and put out the mare and bothe sheriues Ì„ this wos done a xiiij daies afore the feste of sent Iohan baptest ¶ And than the kyng called to him a knyght that wos called sir Edward dalingrigge Ì„ made hiÌ„ wardeyn gaunour of the cite Ì„ chambur of londoÌ„ Ì„ ouer all his peple theriÌ„ ¶ And so he kepid that office but iiij wekis be cause that he wos so gentill and tendir to the citisens of londoÌ„ Wherfor the kyng deposit him and made sir Baudwyn radyngton knyght that wos courtrouller of the kng housold wardeyn Ì„ gouernour of hys chambre and of his pepull therin and chese to him ij worthy men of the cite to be shiriues with him for to gaune and kepe the kyngee lawes in the cite· on was called Gilbert mawefeld and that other Thomas Newenton shereues and than the maire and the ij shereues and all the aldermen with all the worthy craftes of loÌ„don went on fote vn to the tour and ther come out the Constable of the tour yaf the maire and the sheriues ther oth Ì„ charge as they shuld haue take in the Escheker of westmynstre in the kingê court of his Iustices and Barons of the Escheker and than went they home ayen ¶ And than the kyng and his councell for the gret malace and despite that they had to the cite of londoÌ„ remeued all his courtis from westmynstre vn to the cite of yorke that is to say the Chaunceler the Escheker the kyngê bench and the comune place· ther they held all thes courtes of law fro midsomer that is to say the fest of sent IohnÌ„ baptist vn to the fest of cristemase next suyng And than the kyng and his councell saw it not so ê“fitabull ther as it wos at londoÌ„ than anoÌ„e he remeued it ayen vn to londoÌ„ so to westminstre for gret ese of his offics a vauÌ„tage to the kyng and all the comunes of the reame ¶ And when the pepull of londoÌ„ saw Ì„ knew that thes courtes wer come ayen ¶ And the kyng his pepull also than the maire Ì„ the aldermen with thee chief comunes of the cite let gader a gret somme of gold of all the comunes of the
and tho was yold vn to the kyng ¶ And than he remeued him theÌ„s logged him before Porte martenuylle tho was the Erle of Salisberi commauÌ„did by the king to make him redy to ride â–ª but thiâ— come hasty tidinges made him to abide so he returned ayen and logged him beside the erle of Huntingdon till the sege was endid ¶ And than come the duke of gloucestre the kingê brother from the sege of Chirbourgh the wich he had wone and geten and stuffed ayen vn to the kynges behoue and profit vn to the croune of Englond and whan he wos comen to the kyng be fore Rone anone he loggid with gret ordinauÌ„ce before port seint Hillari more nere the toune his enmys than any othir lay by xl roddes of length with in shot of quarell And with him lay the Erle of Southfolke and the lord of Bergeyeney with all ther retenue and strong ordinaunce and manly and prowdly faught euery day with ther enmys ouer whon they issued owt of the cite ¶ And than come the Priour of Kilmayn of Irland ouer the see to the kyng with a fair meny of meÌ„ of armis of thir own cuntre gyse the somme of xv hondreth good meÌ„nys bodis and the kyng welcoaed them and made them right good chere ¶ And thaÌ„ come tidingê vn to the king that the kyng of frauÌ„ce and the dolphyn and the duke of Borgoyn wold cum douÌ„e and rescue the citi of Rone with a strong power of all maner of nacions and breke the sege and he cast him to entre on the north side of the host be cause that ther wos the best entre and most plain grond And therfore the kyng assigned the Priour of kylmayn with his power and loggid him on the Northside of the host to stope ther passage and was by the forest of Lyous And of this ordinaunce they wer full glad and so they went forth in hast and kepid thee grouÌ„d and the place that the kyng and his councell had assignid ¶ And they quitte them as good weriours vn to their kyng ¶ Now will I tell yow wich were thee chief Capitayns and the gouernours of thee Cite of Rone ¶ Mon sir Gny Botiler was chief Capitayn both of thee Cite and of the Castill And Mon sir Termegan he was Capitayn of Port de Canx MoÌ„ sir de la Roche he wos capitain of the Disns MoÌ„ sir Anthonie he was Leuetenant to moÌ„ sir Gni botiller HeÌ„ri chantfieÌ„ he was the Capitain of the Porte de la pount IohnÌ„ Mantreuas he was capitain of the porte de la Chastell MoÌ„ sir de Preanx he was Capitain of the porte of sent Hillarie the bastard of Tyne he wos Capitain of the port marteniulle And graunt Iakes a worthy weriour he wos Capitayn of all men of were Ì„ he wos gouernour outward both on horsbake and on foot of all men of armes whan they essued out of the Cite of all the portes he them arayed as they shuld couÌ„tre with our menie And eche of thee capitayns lad v. M. men of armes and sum moo ¶ And at the frist comyng of our kyng ther wer nombred by heraudes in to .ccc. M. of men women and children what yong old And amoÌ„g all thes was mony a manfull man of his handis Ì„ so they preued them whan they essued out of the cite both on hors bake and on foot for they come neuer at on gate out alone but at iij. or iiij gates and at euery gate ij or iij. M. of good mennys bodies armed and manful couÌ„tred with our englishmen and moch pepull slayn diuerse tymes with gonnes quarellis and othir ordinauÌ„ce ¶ And this sege durid xx wekis and euer they of the toune trastid to haue be rescued bot ther come none so at the last they kepid so long the touÌ„e that ther died mony thousandis with in the touÌ„e for defaute of mete of men Ì„ womeÌ„ children for they had heten ther hors dogges cattis that wer in the touÌ„e ¶ And oft tymes the men of armes drofe out the poer pepull out at the gates of the touÌ„e for spending of vitaill anone our englishmeÌ„ drofe them in to the touÌ„e ayen ¶ So at the last the capitayn of the touÌ„e saw the mischief that they wer not rescued also the scarcite of vitaill Ì„ that the pepull died so for defaute of mete euery day moÌ„y thousandis also saw yong children lie and souke ther moders pappis Ì„ wer dede Than anoÌ„e they sent to the kiÌ„g besechyng him of his grace mersci broughte the keis of the touÌ„e vn to the kyng Ì„ delyuered the touÌ„e to him all the soudiours voided the touÌ„e with ther hors Ì„ harnes and tho comunes of the toune for to abide and duell still in the toune yerly to pay to him Ì„ to his successours for all maner customes and fee fermes and kateremes ¶ And than thee kyng entred in to the toune and restid him in the Castell till the toune was set in rewle and in gouernaunce ¶ How the kyng of england was made heritier regent of fraunce Ì„ how he weddid quene Katrine ANd anone after that Rone wos goten Depe mony oder tounes in the baas Normandi yaf them ouer with out stroke or sege whan they vnder stode that the king had goten rone Also this same yere had bene a pees made and suorne bitwen the Duke of BurgoÌ„ Ì„ the Dolphin wich wer sworen on godis bodi that they shuld loue and assiste ech othir ayenst ther enmys ¶ And after this ê¯trari to this oth the duke Iohan of Burgoyn was slayn Ì„ pituysly mordred in the presence of the dolphiÌ„ wherfore the frenshmeÌ„ wer gretli deuidid Ì„ of verray necessite laborid to haue a trayttye with the kyng of englond For the king of Englond wan dayli of them tounys castillis fortresses ¶ Also this same yere wos quene Iane arestid Ì„ brought in to the castell of Ledis in Kent And oone frere Randolf a doctor of diuinite hir confessour wich afterward wos slayn by the ê‘soÌ„ of the tour falling at wordis Ì„ debate after quene Iane was deliuered ¶ And in the vij yere both kiÌ„gis of frauÌ„ce of Englond wer accordid kyng Henri was made heir and regent of fraunce and weddid Dame Katrin the kyngê doughter of fraunse at Troyes in Champain on Trinite sondai ¶ And this was made by the meyn of Phelip new made duke of Burgoyn wich wos sworn to kyng Henri for to a venge his fadres deth was becomeÌ„ English ¶ And than the kyng with his new wife went to Paris wher he wos rially ressaued And from thens he with his lordis and the duke of Burgon mony othir lordis of frauÌ„ laid sege to diuerse tounes and Castelles that held of the Dolphyns partie Ì„ waÌ„ them But
tho cited to cum And be cause he com not they deposit him but he rought not ne set not ther by but gat the cite of Rome and abode styll Pope xvij yere This yere about witsontide the heritikes of Praghe wer destruyd For at two Iournays wer distruyd of them mo thaÌ„ xxij thousand with ther capitayns· that is to wyt Procapiê° Saplico Lupê° presbiter Also ther wos takyn on lyue master pers clarke an EnglishmaÌ„ and an heritike ¶ Also this same yere wos a gret frost a strong during xi wekis For it began on seint Katrines euen lasted vn to seint Scolasticais day iÌ„ Feuerer iÌ„ wich tyme the vyntage that com fro Burdeux come ouer shotres hill ¶ This yer wos the couÌ„cell of Aras a gret trayte bitwene the kyng of EngloÌ„d and the kiÌ„g of fraunce wher was assembled mony gret lordis of both parties at wich councell wos offrid to the kyng of Englond gret thynges by the meyen of a Legate that come from rome wich wos Cardinale of sent crosse wich offres wer refusid by the Cardinall of Englond and othir lordis that wer ther for the kyng wherfor the duke of Burgoyn the wich had bene long english sworn for soke our partie and retourned frensh by the meyn of the forsaid legat and made a pees with the frensh kyng resauyng of the kyng for recompensing of his fadris deth the counte pontiu the lordshÌ„ip of Maâ—oâ—â— with moch oder as is specified in the said trayttie And so our embassatouris come home ayen in warse caas than they went out For thei lost ther the duke of burgoyn wich had bene with his bourgoynous and Picardes a singuler help in all the conquest of Normadie of FrauÌ„ce ¶ This same yere wos a gret bataill on the see betwen the Ienewes and the kyng of Aragon of wich bataill the Ienewes had the victorie for they toke the kyng of Aragon the kyng of Naune and thee gret mastir of sent Iames in Galise with iij. hondrith knyghtis and squiers and moch othir pepull And this was on sent dominikys day ¶ And this same yere wer seyn iij sonnys at ons and anone folowid the threfold gouernance iÌ„ the chirch that is to wit of Eugenye of the concell of neutralite ¶ Also this same yere M. cccc.xxxiiij wos a passing gret wynd by wich stepillis houses treis wer ouer throwen About this tyme wos an holi maid in holand called Lydwith wich liued onli by miracle not etyng any mete This yere the duke of Burgoyn began his ordre at lyle of the golden Flyes ordeyned certayn knightis of the order and made statutis and ordinauÌ„ces moch accordyng vn to the order of the garter ¶ Also this same yer the frenshmeÌ„ had enterprised to haue stole Calais iÌ„ the fisshiÌ„g tyme. for mony botis of fraunce had safecoÌ„dithes to cum to Calais for to take hering And the soudiours of the toune had a custoÌ„ to cuÌ„ to the chirch leue ther staffis standiÌ„g at the chirche dore wich staffis the frenshmen wich wer arayd like fisshers purposid to haue taken ther wapen and for to have won the toune bot on of them lay with a comyn woman the nyght be fore and told to hir ther couÌ„cell And shÌ„e on the morow told the leuetenaunt wich forthwith commaundid that euery man shuld kepe his wapen in his hand sakring time and othir ¶ And whan they ê‘sauyd this that they wer mispoynted they sayled streght to Depe and stole and toke that toune ¶ And on the Newyeres euen after they tokeÌ„ Harflet· and thus the englishmeÌ„ began to lese a litell and a litell in Normandie ¶ How Calais guynes wer besegid by the duke of BurgoÌ„ how they wer rescued by the duke of Gloucestre THys yere wos a gret noyse thurgh all englond how the duke of Burgoyn wold cum and besege Calais wherfore thee Erle of Mortayn with his armye that he had for to haue go with in to frauÌ„ce wos contremauÌ„did Ì„ chargid that he shold go to Calais wich wos at that time well vitailled Ì„ maÌ„nyd for sir IohnÌ„ Ratclife wos leuetenauÌ„t of the kyng in that toune the baron of Duddeley liuetenauÌ„t of the castell ¶ And the ix day of Iulij the duke of Borgoyn with all the power of Flaundres and moch othir pepull com before Calays and set his sege about the touÌ„e euery touÌ„e of Flaundres had ther tentis by them self ¶ And this sege endurid iij. wekis In the meyn while the duke of Gloucestre beyng ê“tector of englond toke the most ê‘tie of the lordis of Englond went ouer thee see to Calays for to rescue the touÌ„e or to fight with thee duke his host yf they wold haue byden this time london Ì„ euery good touÌ„e of Englond sent ouer se to thys rescu certayn pepull well arayd of the best and chosin men for the were ¶ And the secund day of august the forsayd duke of Gloucestre ariuid at Calays wyth all his armie and v. hondreth shippis Ì„ mo ¶ And the Duke and all his host that lay in the sege as sone as they aspied the saylles in thee see before they apporched Calays hauen sodenly in a mornyng deê‘tid from the sege leuyng behynd him moch stuffe and vitall fled in to FlauÌ„dres and Picardye and in lyke wyse dide the sege that lay be fore Guyns wher as they of guyns token the gret gonne of brasse called digeon and mony othir gret gonnys and serpentins ¶ And then whan the duke of gloucestre wos ariued with al his host he went in to flaundres and wos ther xij dayis and did but litell harmi except he brent two fair vilages Popering and Belle. and othir houses wich wer of no strength so he retourned home ayen ¶ And this same yere the kyng of scotland beseged Rokesburgh with moch pepull But sir Raufe Gray deê‘ted fram the castell and ordined for rescu But os sone as the kyng vnderstode his deê‘ting he sedenli brake his sege and weÌ„t his wa and left moch ordinauÌ„ce behynd him wher he gat no worsshipp ¶ This same yere the secund day of Ianuer quene katrine wich wos the gynges moder and wyfe to kyng henri the fift died and deê‘tid out of this world and wos brought rially thurgh london so to westmiÌ„ster and ther she lieth worchipfully buried in our lady chapell ¶ And also this same yere the iiij day of Ianuer fell doune the gate with the toure on it on londoÌ„ brigge toward southwerk with two arches and all that stode ther on ¶ This same yere wos a gret traitte holdyn betwen Grauenyng and Calais bitwen the kyng and the duke of bourgoyn wherfor the kyng wos the Cardinall of Englond the duke of Norfolk and mony othir lordis and for the duke wos the duchisse hauiÌ„g full pouer of hir lord as regent ladi of his landis wher wos takeÌ„ by thauys of both perties an
to deê‘te froÌ„ him xxxij of the chief of them wer arested Ì„ sent to diuerse prisons and anone after this said arest the said duke wos on the morow dede on whos soule god haue merci amen But how he dred in what maner the certayn is not to be knowen suÌ„ said he died for sorow suÌ„ said he wos murdrid bitwen two fethir beddis othir sum said that an hote spite wos put iÌ„ his foundemet but how he died god knoweth· to whom is nothiÌ„g hid ¶ And then when he wos dede he wos laid oppen that all men myght hiÌ„ se ¶ And so both lordis and knyghtis of the shires with burgises come and saw him lie dede but wouÌ„de ne token coud they ê‘saue how he died here may men marke what this world is This duke wos a nobull maÌ„ a gret clarke had worshÌ„ipfully ruled this reame to the kiÌ„gê behoue neuer coude befound faute to him ¶ But enuy of them that were gouernours Ì„ had ê“mised the duchie of Angeo and the erledom of mayn caused the destruccioÌ„ of this nobull man for they drad that he wold haue enpeched that deliueraunce And after they sent his body to sent Albons wyth certayn lightis for to be beried ¶ And so sir Geruays of CliftoÌ„ had than the charge to ê¯uay the corps so it was buried at sent albons in the Abbey v. parsons of his housold wer sent to london and ther wer reyned and Iugged to be drawen hanged and also quartired of whom the names wer sir Roger Chamburlain a knyght and on Miedelton a squier Herbard a squier Arthur a squier and Richard Nedham wich v. persons wer drawen froÌ„ the tour of londoÌ„ thorow chepe to Tyborne ther honged and lat doune quyke and then striped to haue bene hedid and quartired then the marquies of suffolke shewed ther for them the kyngis perdon vnder his gret seall and so they wer pardonned of the remenaunt of the exicucion had ther liues Ì„ so they wer brought ayen to londoÌ„ and after frely deliuerid ¶ Thê° began the trubull in the reame of Englond for the deth of this noble duke of Gloucestre All the comunes of the reame began for to murmur for it and wer not content ¶ After that Pope Eugeny wos dede Nicholas the v. wos electe pope This Nicholas wos choson for Eugeyn yit hauiÌ„g the scisme Notwithstondyng he gat the obedience of all cristyn reames For after he wâ—s electe Ì„ sacred pope certayn lordis of fraunce and of EngloÌ„d weâ— sent in to Sauoye to pope Felix for to entrete him to ceese of the papacie And by the speciall labour of the bisshop of Norwich the lord of sent IoÌ„hes he cessid the secund yere after that the pope Nicholas wos sacred ¶ And the said Felix was made Legate of fraunce and Cardinall of Sauoye And resigned the hole papacie to Nicholas Ì„ after leued an holy lyfe and died an holy man and as it is saied almyghti god sheweth miracles for hiÌ„ ¶ This wos the xxiij scisme bitwen Eugeny and felix and durid xvi yere the cause wos this The generall councell of Basile deposed Eugeny wich was only pope and indubitate for as moch as he obserued not and keped the decrees Ì„ statutis of the councell of Constance as it is afore saied Nothir he rought not to yef obedience to that genall councell in no maner wise wherfore arose agret altricacion amonges writers of this mater pro and contra wych can not accord vn to this day ¶ On partie sayth that the councell is aboue the pope that othir parti sayd nay but the pope is aboue the couÌ„cell god blissed aboue all thingê yeue grauÌ„t his pees in holy chirche spouse of crist anen This Nicholas wos of Iene comen of low burth a doctour of diuinite an actif mā· he reedefied moÌ„y places that wer brokyn and ruynous and did do make a gret walle about the palais made the walle new about rome for drede of the Turkis ¶ And the pepull wondred of the ceesing resynyng of Felix to him considered that he wos a man of so homly a burth And that othir wos of a affinite to all the most ê‘tie of cristyn princes wherof ther wos a uerse publisshed as afore sayde ¶ How sir Franceys aragonoys toke fogiers in NormaÌ„die And of the losse of Constantinoble by the Turke IN the yere of kiÌ„g henri xxvij beyng trews bitwen frauÌ„ce engloÌ„d a knight of the english ê‘ti named sir FrauÌ„ces aragonis toke a touÌ„e of Normandi named fogiers ayens the trews of wich takiÌ„g begaÌ„ moch sorow losse For this was the occasioÌ„ by wich the frenshmen gat all Normandie c ¶ About this tyme the cite of CoÌ„nstantinople wich wos impariall Cite in all grâ—ce was taken by the Turkis infidels wich wos betrayed as suÌ„ holde oppinion and the emprour taken and slayn And that riall chirch of sent Sophia robbed and despoiled and the relyquis ymages and the Rode drawen about the stretis wich was done in spite of cristyn faith And sone after all cristyn saith in Grece ê‘isshed and cessid Ther wer mony cristyn men slayn and innumerabull sold and put in captiuite by the takyng of this toune thee Turke his gretly enhauÌ„sed iÌ„ pride it is a gret losse to all cristendome ¶ In the xxviij yere wos a ê‘lameÌ„t holdiÌ„ at westmiÌ„ster Ì„ from thens adiourned to the blake freris at londoÌ„ after cristemasse to westmynster ayen· And this same yere Robert of Cane a maÌ„ of the westcuntre wyth a few shippis toke a gret flet of shippis comyng out of the baye ladeÌ„ with salt wich shÌ„ippis wer of pruce flauÌ„ders holand zeland Ì„ brought them to hampton wherfor the marchaÌ„dis of engloÌ„d beiÌ„g iÌ„ flauÌ„ders wer arested iÌ„ bruges I pre oder places might not be deliuered ne ther dettis discharged till they had made a poiÌ„temeÌ„t for to pay for the hurtis of thos shippis wich wos payed by the marchantis of the stapull euery penny And in like wise the marchantes and goodis beyng in danske wer also arestid and made gret amendis ¶ This same yere the frenshmen in a mornyng toke by a trayn the toune of pount al arche and therin the lord Fauconbrige wos take prisoner And after that in decembre Roan wos take and lost beyng ther in the duke of Somersete Edmond the erle of Shrewsberi wich by a pointement left plegges and lost all Normandie and come home iÌ„ to englond And during the said parlament the duke of soffolke wos arested and sent iÌ„ to the toure ther he was a moneth and after the kyng did do fetche him out for wich cause all the coÌ„munes of Englond wer in a gret rumer what for the deliuerauÌ„ce of Angeo and mayn and after losing of all Normandie iÌ„ especiall for the deth of the good duke of Gloucestre iÌ„ so
moch that iÌ„ some places men gadred to geders and made them Captayns as blew berd and othir wich wer taken and resistid and had Iustices and died ¶ And than the said ê‘lament wos adiourned to leycestre And theder the kyng brought with him the duke of suffolke ¶ And when the comunes vnderstode that he was out of the tour Ì„ comyn thidder they desiered to haue execucion on them that wer cause of the deliueraunce of Normandie and had ben cause of the deth of the duke of Gloucestre had sold Gascoyn and guyen of wich they named to begiltâ— the duke of suffolke as chief the lord saye the bisshop of salisberi Daniell monâ— mo ¶ And for to pease the comyns the duke of suffolke was exiled out of englond v. yere ¶ And so duriÌ„g the ê‘lament hee went iÌ„ to Norfolke and ther toke shippyng for to go out of thee reame of engloÌ„d iÌ„ to frauÌ„ce ¶ And this yere as he sailid on the se aship of were callid the Nicholas of tour met with his shipp and fond him therin whom they token out and brought hym iÌ„ to ther shippe to the maister and the Capitayns and ther he was examined and at the last Iugged to deth And so they put him in a Cabon and his chapelayn for to shriue him And that done they brought him in to Douer rode and ther set him in to the bote And ther smoten of his hede and brought the body on land vpon the sandis and set the hede ther by ¶ And this wos done thee frist day of May ¶ Lo what auaylÌ„ed him now all his deliueraunce of Normandie c. And here ye may here how he was rewardid for the deth of the duke of Gloucestre Thus began sorowe vpoÌ„ sorow and deth for deth c. ¶ How this yere wos the insurrexcion iÌ„ KeÌ„t of the comunys of whom Iak Cade an Irishman wos capitayn THis yere of our lord M. cccc.l wos the gret grace of the Iubile at Rome wher wos gret perdone in so moch that from all places in cristyndome gret multitude of pepull resorted thidder ¶ And this yere wos a gret assemble and gadriÌ„g to geder of the comunes of kent in gret nombur Ì„ made an insurrexcion rebelled ayen the kyng his lawes ordeyned them a capitayn called iohnÌ„ Cade an Yrishman wich named him self Mortimer cosin to the duke of yorke ¶ And this capitayn held thes meÌ„ to geder made ordinaunce among them brought them to the blake heth wher he made a bill of peticions to the kyng his councell shÌ„ewed what iniuries oppressioÌ„s the poer comiÌ„s suffrid Ì„ all vnder colour for to cuÌ„ to his abone he had a gret multitude of pepull ¶ And the xvij day of Iune the kiÌ„g moÌ„y lordis capitayns Ì„ meÌ„ of were weÌ„t toward him to the blake heth whan the Capitayn of Kent vnderstode the comyng of the kyng with so gret puissaunce he withdrew hiÌ„ with his pepull to seuenoke a litell village ¶ And the xxviij day of Iune he beyng withdrawen Ì„ gon the kiÌ„g come with his armie set in order enbatailled to the blake heth And by aduys of his couÌ„cell sent sir vmfrey stafford knight willm stafford squier two valiauÌ„t capitaiÌ„s with certaiÌ„ pepull to feght with the capitayn Ì„ to take him Ì„ bring hiÌ„ his accessaries to the kyng wich weÌ„t to souenoke ther the capitayn with his felyship met with them and fought ayens them and in conclusion slew them both as mony as abode wold not yeld him wer slain During this skarmush fell a gret variaunce among the lordis men and comyn pepull beyng on blake heth ayenst ther lordis Ì„ capitayns sayng playnli that they wold go vn to the capitayn of Kent to assiste and help him but if they might haue execucion on the traytours beyng about the kyng wher to the kyng said nay thei saied playnli that the lord saye tresorer of engloÌ„d the bishope of Salisburi the baron of dudby the abbot of glouceturdames treuilian Ì„ mony mo wer traytours Ì„ worthy to be dede herfore for to plese the lordis meny also sum of the kiÌ„ges hous the lord saye wos arestie sent to the toure of londoÌ„ And then the kyng hering tydynges of the deth and ouerthrowyng of the staffordis he with drew him to london and from thens to kylingworth For the kyng ne the lordis durst not trust ther own housold men ¶ Then after that the capitayn had had this victori vpoÌ„ thes staffordis anone he toke sir vmfrey salat and his brigantins smyten full of giltnales And also his gilt sporris Ì„ arayed him like a lord and a capitayn and resorted with all his meny and also mo than he had before to thee blake heth ayen to whom come the Erchebisshop of Cantorberi and the duke of bokyngham to thee blake heth and spake with him and as it wos said they fond him witty in his talkyng and his request And so they departed ¶ And thee thrid day of Iuyll he come and entred in to London with all his pepull and ther did make cries in the kynges name and in his name that noman shuld robbe ne take no maner of goodis but if he payed for it and come ridyng thurgh the cite in gret pride and smote his swerd vpon londoÌ„ ston in Canwyk strete ¶ And he beiÌ„g iÌ„ the cite sent to the tour for to haue the lorde saye and so they set him and brought him to the Guyldhall before the Maire Ì„ the Aldermen wher that he was examined and he said he wold and ought to be Iuged by his peris And the communes of Kend toke him by force fro the maire and officers that kepid him and toke him to a prest to shriue him and or he myght be half shriuen they brought him to the standart in Chepe and ther smote of his hede on whos seule god haue marci Amen ¶ And thus died the lord saye tresorer of Englond After this they set his hede on a spere and bare it about in the rite And the same day about the myle ende Crowmer wos beheded ¶ And the day before at afternone the capitayn with certayn of his menye went to Philip Malpas house Ì„ robbed him toke away moch good And from thens he went to sent margaret patyns to on gherstis house robbed him Ì„ toke away from him moch good also at wich robbyng diuerse men of london of ther neyghbours wer at and toke part with them ¶ For this robbyng the pepull hertis fell from him Ì„ euery thrifty maÌ„ wos aferd for to be seruied in like wyse ¶ For ther wos mony a man in londoÌ„ that awayted and wold fayn haue seyn a comune roberie wich almyghty god forbed for it is to suppose if he had not robbid he myght haue gon fer or he had
fighting wiche endurid a gret wyle but in conclusion the duke of yorke obtened had the victorie of that iournay ¶ In wich wos slayn the duke of somerset the erle of NorthuÌ„berland the lord Clifoord mony knyghtis squiers moÌ„y mo hurt ¶ And on the morne after they brought the kyng in gret astate to londoÌ„ wich was logged in the bisshoppis palais of london ¶ And anone after wos a gretê‘lament In wich ê‘lament the duke of yorke wos made ê“tectour of Englond the erle of werwike Capitoyn of Calais the erle of Salisberi Chancelar of englond And all such parsons as had the rewle be fore about the kiÌ„g wer set a part myght not rule as they did be fore ¶ And this same yere died pope Nicholas the v. and after him was Calixte the thrid This calixt wos a catalane and thactis of him shall be shewyd sone after ¶ In this same yere fell a gret affray in London ayenst the Lumbardes The cause began because a yong man toke a dagger from a lumbard and brake it wherfore the yong man on thee morne wos sent fore to cum before the mayre and the aldermeÌ„ and ther for the offence he wos comytted to warde ¶ And then the maire deê‘ted from the gyldhall for to go home vn to his dynner but in the Chepe the yong men of the mercerie for the most part preÌ„tises held the maire and sheriues styll in châ—pe and wold not suffre them to depart vn to the tyme that ther felow wich wos comitted to ward wer deliuered and so bi force they rescued ther felow from prison and that done the maire and sheriues departed Ì„ the prisoner deliuered wich if he had bene put to prison had be in iupardie of his life ¶ And than began a romur in the cite ayenst the lumbardis and the same euenyng the handcraftimen of the toune arose and ran to the lumbardis houses and despoiled Ì„ robbed diuerse of them wherfore the maire and aldermen come with the honest pepull of the cite drofe them thens and sent sum of them that had stolen to newgate ¶ And the yong man that wos rescued by his felowes saw this gret romur afray and roborie enshewed of his frist meuyng to the lumbard deê‘tid and went to westmynstre to sentorie or els it had cost him his life For anoÌ„e after come doune an Oeyr determyne for to do Iustice on all them that so rebelled in the cite ayens the Lumbardis on wich sat with the maire that time willm Marow the duke of Bakyngham and mony othir lordis for to see execucion done ¶ But the comunes of the cite secretly made them redy and did arme them in ther houses wer inpurposed for to haue rongyn the comune bell wich is called bow bell but they wer let by sad men wich come to the knowleche of the duke of Bokyngham and othir lordis and incontinente they arose for they durst nolanger abide For they doutid that the hole cite shÌ„uld haue arisen ayenst them ¶ But yit neuerthelesse two or iij. of the cite wer Iugged to deth for this robborie Ì„ wer honged at Tiborne ¶ Anone after the kyng Ì„ the quene and othir lordis rode vn to Couentre and withdrew them froÌ„ london for thies cause Ì„ a litell before the duke of yorke wos seÌ„t fore to Grenwich ther wos discharged of the ê“tectourship And my lord of Salisberi of his Chancelarship Ì„ after this thei wer sent fore by priue seale for to cum vn to couentre wher they wer almost deceyued the erle of werwike also and shuld haue bene destruyed if they had not seyn well to ¶ How the lord Egremond was taken by the erle of Salisberi sonnys and of the robbyng of Sandwich THis yere wer takyn iiij gret fisshes bitwen Eereth and london that on wos called mors marine the secund was a swerd fisshe and the othir twayn wer whales ¶ In this same yere for certan affrayes done in the northcuntre bitwen the lord Egremond and the Erle of Salisburi sonnys the said lord Egremond whom they had takyn was condempned in a gret soum of monay to the said Erle of salisburi and therfore comittid iÌ„ to prison in newgate in london wher when he had bee a certayn space he brake thee prisun and iij. prisoners with him and ascapid and went his way ¶ Also this yere thee Erle of werwik and his wyfe went to Calais with a fair feliship and toke possession of his office ¶ About this tyme was a gret reformacion of mony monasteries of religion in diuerse parties of the world wich wer reformid after the frist institucion continued in moÌ„y places ¶ This same yere wos a gret bataill in the marches bytwen the land of Hungrie and the Turkye at a place called septedrad wher innumerabull Turkis wer slayn more by miracle thaÌ„ by mannys hond For only the hand of god smote them sent IohnÌ„ of capistrane wos ther present and prouoked the cristyn pepull beyng then aferd after to porsue the Turkis wher an infinite multitude wer slayn and destroyed And the Turkis said that a gret nombre of armed men folowed them that they wer aferd to turne ayen and they wer holi angellis ¶ This same yere the prisoners of newgate in london brake ther prison went vp on the leedis fought ayens them of the cite Ì„ kepid the gate a long while but at the last the toune gat the prison on them than they wer put in fetrris Ì„ Irons wer sore punysshed mensamof othir ¶ In this yere also ther wos a gret erthquake in Naples in so moch that ther perisshed xl· thousand pepull that sanke ther in to the erth ¶ Item in the yere xxxvi sent Osmond sum tyme bisshop of Salisberi wos canonised at Reme by pope Caliste And the xvi day of Iuyll he was translated at Salisbery by the bisshop of Cantorburie and mony othir bisshoppis ¶ And in August after sir Pers de Bresay seneschall of Normandi with the Capitayn of Depe and mony othir Capitayns and men of were went to the see with a gret nauy and come in to the Downes by nyght on the morne erly before day they londid and come vn to Sandwych both by land and water and token the toune and Rifled and despoiled it and toke mony prisoners And left the toune all bare wich wos a rich place and moche good therin And lad with them mony rich prisoners ¶ In this same yere in mony places of fraunce Almayn flauÌ„dris Holand and Zeland Childer gadrid them to geder by gret companies for to go on pylgrimage to sent Mihele mount iÌ„ Normandie wich come from fer cuntries wherof the pepull maruellid and mony supposid that sum wickid spret meued them to do so bot it endurid not long be cause of the long way and also for lake of vitaill as they went ¶ In this
children ¶ The saxons wered ayens him often tymes but he them ouer come And so he wos in pees all his lifes tyme he regned xiiij yere and after he died and lieth at London ¶ Of kynge Cortif and of Gurmond that come thurgh thee paynyms in to briton AFter this conan regned his cosin Cortif that was bihated of all his pepull and nothyng beloued And this cortef lost all Britan thurgh were and in his tyme fell that gret myschef in breton that cristyndom wos destroyed and all the britons wer driuen owt of the land the land lost wâ—th out ony recouer but afterward left the loÌ„d to saxons as ye afterward shal heir ¶ For in that time ther wos a paynyme that was called Gurmond that wos the kynges son Daufrikes of the paynymys folke that had the reame after his fadre and wos kyng sauf he bequaeth and yaf it to his brother saied that he nold neuer be kyng but yf he myght get and conquere a reame iÌ„ a strong cuÌ„tre ¶ For he wos bold strong of bodi Ì„ of him ê“phesied MerlyÌ„ sayed that he shuld be a wolfe of the see and he let assemle paynyms with out nombre and let a ê‘ell shippis Ì„ weÌ„t by moÌ„y landdis toke homages Ì„ feautes of mony Ì„ so he went bi the see conquered mony diuerse londis ¶ So that he come to Irland and coÌ„quered that land that oft tymes wered vpon bretons and bretons vpon them Ì„ oft wonen and oft losten And yef hostages to bretons and so they sent to Gurmond ther that he was in Irlond that he shuld come in to Briton help them ayens the britons to help them to deliuer that land of them Ì„ thei wold him hold gladly for ther lord for he wos a paynym and the wer paynims and the bretons wer cristin well ought he them for to help so as they wer all of on lawe ¶ When Gurmond herd this prayer he hasted hiÌ„ as moch as he myght ariued iÌ„ scotland come iÌ„ to NorthhuÌ„berland ther that the saxons wer duelliÌ„g thei coÌ„firmed the coÌ„nauntes bi twen them that wer made bi othes be hostages for to beir him trew fay hold him for lord Ì„ pay to him truage by yere ¶ Tho began the saxons the affricans to destruy rob Ì„ brenne tounes destru all thing iÌ„ as moch os they myght and spared nether man ne woman ne chyld lered ne lewed bot alÌ„ thei kylled cast doune tounes castels chirches ¶ And so put they all the land iÌ„ gret destruccion Ì„ as sone os thei might fleyn they fled thens as well poer as rich bisshoppis abbotes chanons· Ì„ all other gret and small suÌ„ in to litell briton and sum in to Cornewaill all tho that shippis myght haue ¶ How kyns Gurmond drofe the kyng Cortif to Chechestre and killed the bretons and thurgh quentise get the toune COrtif the kyng sled thens in to Chechestre that tho was a good cite and a strong Ì„ ther held him xx dayes And this Gurmond come and it beseged but the cite was so strong that he might not get it by no maner of wise ne engyn that he myghte done ¶ Tho bythought thei vpon a gret queÌ„tise for to brenne the toune they made engynes with glew of nettes and toke peces of tunder and of fier and bond it to the sparous fete and afterward let them fle And they anone right flow and logged them in the toune ther that ther nestis wer and in stakkes iÌ„ euyssinges of houses the fyer began to tende Ì„ brend all the toune ¶ And when the britans saw that iÌ„ euery side they hied theÌ„ out faught bot anone they wer slayn Ì„ discomfited whiles the bataill dured the kiÌ„g priueli hid hiÌ„ Ì„ stale a way iÌ„ to wales meÌ„ wiste neuer wher he become and so was the toune of chechistre taken and destruied ¶ And after Gurmond went and destruied cities and tounes that neuer wer afterward made a yene as it is seyn yit in this land in mony places ¶ How this lond was called Englond for the name of Engist and how mony kenges wer made after in the land WHen Gurmond had destroied all the land thurgh out hee yaf the lond to the Saxons and anone thei toke it with good will For the saxons long tyme had desiered it for as moche as they wer of Engistes kynred that fyrst had all the land of Breton and lete them be called Englissh men for be cause of Engistes name And the lond they let call Englond in ther langage the folke bene called englisshmen for os moch os iÌ„ his tyme it wos called Engist lond when he had conquered it of vortiger that spoused his doughter but from the tyme that Brut come first iÌ„ to EngloÌ„d this loÌ„d was called Breton the folk britons But sith the tyme that this Gurmond eftsons conquered it yaf it vn to the saxons and thei anone right changed the name os by fore is sayd ¶ And wheÌ„ this wos done Gurmond passed ouer in to fraunce ther coÌ„quered mony landis destruyed all cristen pepull ther that he come and the saxons duelled iÌ„ this land Ì„ bigane fast it to inhabit at ther own will and they wold haue made new kynges lordis but they myght neuer assenten to haue only o kiÌ„g for to be to them entendaÌ„t Ì„ therfor thei made mony kxnges in diuerse shires as it was iÌ„ Engistis tyme ¶ The fyrst kyng doÌ„ wos Kent Ì„ that other southsex Ì„ the thrid westsex and the fourth estsex and the v. NorthuÌ„berland the vi Estangle that is to say Northfolke and southfolke and the vij Meâ—chenrich Ì„ that is the erldom of Nicholl huntyngdoÌ„ herford glousestre winchistre warwyke derby Ì„ so deê‘ted the englissh alÌ„ englond in vij ê‘tes ¶ And after that it befell that tho kyngê wered oft tyme to geder euer he that was strongest toke hym that was febelest Ì„ so it wos long tyme that they had no kiÌ„g crouned emoÌ„g them ne no cristyn man wos tho amonges them ne cristyndom nother ¶ But wer paynyms till that sent Gregori wos pape of Rome that had seyn child of the nacioÌ„ of Englong iÌ„ the cite of Rome that wer wonder fair creaturs Ì„ had gret will desire them to behold Ì„ axed of the marchantis whens thei wer of what nacion men told him that thei wer of Englond englissh they wer called bot they and all the pepull of englond wer paynyms Ì„ beleued not vpon god ¶ Alas qd sent gregori well mow they be called englyssh for thei haue the visages of Angels Ì„ therfor well ought thei to be cristeÌ„ ¶ And for this cause sent gregori sent ther sent Austin iÌ„ to englond Ì„ xl good men with
hiÌ„ that were of good lyfe Ì„ holy meÌ„ to preche teche to coÌ„uert the english pepull them turne to god that was iÌ„ the vi yere that sent gregori had bene pape of Rome that is to say after the IncarnacioÌ„ of our lord ihuÌ„ crist v. C.lxxxv yere as the cronicles telleth ¶ How sent Austyn baptised and conuerted kiÌ„g Adelbright and the bisshoppis that he made his felawes WHen sent Austyn come fyrst in to Englond he ariued iÌ„ the I le of Tenet and so passed forthe and come vn to Cantorberi and ther soiourned and kyng Adelbright of kent the wos of the lynage of Engist fair vndirfenged sent Austyn his felaws with moch honour and them fonden all that them neded And more ouer he yaf them a fair place that now is cadled the abbay of sent Austin in wich place he lieth him self shiyned ¶ This kyng Adelbright wos a good man Ì„ wyth good will herd sent austyn predicacions and yaf him leue to preche thurgh out all his land of kent to turne and conuerte to him all thee pepull that he might ¶ It befell so afterward thurgh goddis grace that in litell tyme the kyng him self was conuerted to god all his pepull of his land was baptisid ¶ And in the meyn while the pepull turned them to god sent Austyn come to Rochestre ther he preched the word of god And the paynyms therfor hiÌ„ scorned and cast vpoÌ„ him reigh tailles so that all is mantell was honged full of thes reigh tayles ¶ And for more dyspite they cast vpon him the guttys of reighes and of oder fische wherfor the good man sent austyn wos sore annoied and greued and prayed to god that all tho child of that cite that shuld be borne afterward that is to say iÌ„ the cite of Rochester might haue tailles and so they had ¶ And wheÌ„ the kiÌ„g herd of this vengeaunce that wos fallen thurgh sent austyns praier He let make an hous iÌ„ honour of almyghty god wher in women shold be deliuered of ther child at the brigges end iÌ„ the wich house yit womeÌ„ of the Cite bene deliuered of chyld ¶ When sent Gregori had herd tell how the Englissh pepull wer turned to god ê¯uerted he seÌ„t vn to sent austyn his pallione bi a bisshop that wos called Paulin and madâ— hiÌ„ premat Erchebisshop of englond sent worde that he shuld ordein and make bi shoppis iÌ„ the land ¶ And anone as austyn had the pallioÌ„ of the dignite of the Ersbishop he made ij bisshoppis of his felaws that come with him froÌ„ rome that on was called Mellyt he duelled at londoÌ„ and that other wos called IustiÌ„ that held the dignite of rochester this bisshop Mellit tho weÌ„t to preche iÌ„ to Essex baptised the kiÌ„g of the cuÌ„tre that wos called Sycwith that wos kiÌ„g Adelbrightis cosin his sustres son ¶ This IustiÌ„ weÌ„t to preche iÌ„ southsex turned moch of the peple to god And sent austin hiÌ„ self preched thurgh out Englond ¶ How sent austyn weÌ„t iÌ„ to wales ther that the bretons wer how they nold not be obedient to the Erchebisshop of cantorbury WHen all Englond wos baptised Ì„ turned to god sent austyn went in to that land ther that the bretons wer for to kepe them from englisshmen that is to say in to wales and ther he founden monkes and abbeys and vij bisshoppis ¶ For the britons destroied all way the cristyn pepul that sent austiÌ„ had ê¯uerted he saied to the bisshoppis that he wos a legat of rome pÌ„mat of all engloÌ„d that thei shuld bi all resoÌ„ to hiÌ„ be obedieÌ„t they saied they nold not ¶ But to the erchebisshop of CarlioÌ„ the wold they nold neuer for no maner thiÌ„g be obedieÌ„t to the englishmen ¶ For the englishmen thei said bene our aduersaries Ì„ our enmis Ì„ haue driueÌ„ vs out of our cuÌ„tre we be cristiÌ„ men Ì„ euer has bene Ì„ the englismen haue euer bene paynyms bot now of late that they be coÌ„uerted ¶ Sent austyn might of them none onsuer haue otherwise but said pertely that they nold neuer them meke to him ne to the pope of rome ¶ And sent austyn turned ayene tho to kyng Adelbright that was kyng of Kent and told him that his folke nold not be to no man obedient bot to the erchebisshop of karlion ¶ And wheÌ„ the kiÌ„g herd this he wos sore annoied said that he wold them destruy and sent to Elfrid kyng of NorthhuÌ„berlaÌ„d that wos his frend that he shuld cum to him with all the pouer that he myght and that he shuld mete him at Leycestre and froÌ„ thens they wold gone in to wales and ther destruy the Erchebisshopp of Carleon and all tho that had refused sent austyn ¶ How king Adelbright and the kiÌ„g Elfrid kylled brecinal that wos a kyng of bretons that held the contre of Leicestre IT befell so that ther wos a kyng of Breton that held the cuntre of Leicestre and all the cuntre about â–ª his name was Brecinall ¶ And this bretoÌ„ herd tell that tho ij engliâ—h kinges wold mete ther at leicestre for to wend iÌ„ to wales he let ordiÌ„ all the pouer that he had to fight with thes .ij. kiÌ„ges but litell it availed hiÌ„ for his folke that he had wer slain Ì„ him self fled Ì„ lost his landis for euer more ¶ And thes ij kyngê adelbright Ì„ Elfrid duelled a while at Leicestre deê‘tid the land amoÌ„ges them toke homages feautis of folkè of the cuÌ„tre Ì„ after thei weÌ„t toward wales tho of wales herd tell of the scomfitur that Brecinal had at Leicestre and wer wonder sore a drad of tho ij kynges Ì„ toke and chose amonges them good men and holy of Hermytes monkis prestis of other pepull gret plenti that went barefote wellewerd for to haue merci of thes ij· kynges ¶ Bot tho kiÌ„gê wer so sterne Ì„ so wicked that they nold neuer speke with them bot kylled them euerychon ¶ Alas for sorew for they ne spared hem no more thaÌ„ the wolfe doith the shep but smyten of ther hedis euerychon so thei wer all martired that to them come that is to vnderstand v. C. Ì„ xl afterward they went from thens to Baugore for to kyll all thoos that they myght ther find of the bretons ¶ And when the bretons herd that they assemled Ì„ ordeined all ther pouer for to fight with them Tho wos ther abarouÌ„ iÌ„ wales that wos called Bledrik of cornewaill that suÌ„ tyme was lord of Denshyre but the kyng Adelbright had driuen him out iÌ„to walÌ„es after ther he yef them bataill at that bataill wos kyng adelbright slayn Ì„ Elfrid wouÌ„ded sore for soke the feld Ì„ the most ê‘te of his pepull slayn and elfrid fled iÌ„
yere Rainold pecok bisshop of Cheiester wos fonden an heritike the iij. day of December was abiurid at Lambheth in the presens of the Erchebisshop of cantorbery and mony othir bisshoppis doctours and lordis temperall And his bokys brint at Poules crosse Ye haue hard before how certayn lordis wer slayn at sent albons wherfore wos alway a grutche and wroth had by theyres of them that wer so slaiÌ„ ayens the duke of yorke the erles of warwik and of salisberi wherfore the kyng by thauys of his councell sent for them vn to london to wich place the duke of yorke come the xxvi day of Ianuer with cccc men Ì„ logged at baynardes castell in his own place ¶ And the xv day of Ianuer come the erle of salisburi with v hondred men and was loggid in therâ—â— his own place ¶ And then come the dukis of Excestre and of somerset with viij hondreth men lay without temple barre ¶ And the erle of northumbarland the lord Egremond and the lord Clifford with xv hondreth meÌ„ and loggid without tonne ¶ And the maire that time Gefferey Boleyn kept gret watch with the comunes of the cite and rode aboute the cite by hol borne and flet strete with a v thousand men well arayed and armed for to kepe the pees ¶ And thee xiiij day of Feuerer the erle of warwik come to london froÌ„ Calais well be seyn and worshÌ„ipfully with vi hondreth men in rede iakkettis brodderd with a ragged stafe be hynd be fore was logged at grafreris ¶ And the xvij day of march thee kyng come to london and the quene and ther wos a concorde Ì„ a pees made amonges thes lordis and they wer set in pees ¶ And on our lady day the xv day of Marche in the yere of our lord a M. cccc lviij the kyng the quene and all thes lordis went precessioÌ„n at poules in londoÌ„ anone after the kiÌ„g the lordis deê‘ted ¶ And in this yere was a gret affray in fletestrete bitwen men of court and men of the same strete In wich affray the quenys attorney wos slayn ¶ How the kynges housold made afray ayenst the erle of warwike Ì„ of the Iourney at bloreheth ALso this same yere as therle of warwike wos at councell at westmynstre All the kynges housold menye gadred them to geder for to haue slayn the said Erle but by the helpe of god and his frendis he recouerid his barge Ì„ escapped ther euell enterprise How well the Cokis come runnyg out with spittis pestels ayens him· And the same day he rode toward warwike and sone after he gat him a comission and wenten ouer the see to Calais ¶ Sone after this the erle of Salisberi comyng to london wos encountred at Blureheth with the lord Awdeley and moch othir pepull ordeyned for to distroy him but he hauyng knawlech that he shuld be met with wos accomponied with his two sonnys sir Thomas and sir IohnÌ„ Neuill and a gret feliship of good men ¶ And so they faught to gedres wher therle of Salisberi whan the feld and the lord Awdeley wos slayn and moÌ„y gentilmen of Chesshire and moch pepull hurt and therles two sonnys wer hurt and goyng homward afterward they wer taken and had to chestre by the quemes menye ¶ After Calixt Pius wos pope and was chosin this yere a M. cccc Ì„ lviij And he wos called be fore Eneas an eloquent man and a poete laureate He was embassatour of the emprours a fore tyme And he wrote in the couÌ„cell of basilie a nobull traittie for the auctorite of the same ¶ Also he canonised sent Katherine of senys This pope ordined gret indulgens and pardon to them that wold go and were ayenst the turke wrote an epistle to the gret turke exorting him to becum cristyn Ì„ iÌ„ the end he ordined a passage ayenst thee Turke at Ankone to wich moch pepull drew out of all ê‘ties of cristyndoÌ„ of wich pepull he sent mony home ayen because thei suffised not anone after he died at the said place of Ankone the yere of our lord a M. cccc.lxiiij the xiiij day of august ¶ How Andrew Trollop Ì„ the soudiours of calais forsoke the duke of yorke ther mastir therle of warwik iÌ„ the west cuntre THe duke of yorke the erles of warwike and of Salisbiri saw the gouernaunce of the reame stode most by the quene hir councell how the gret princes of the land wer not callid to councell but set a ê‘te not onli so bot it wos said thurgh the reame that tho said lordis shuld be destroyed vtterli as it openli was shewed at Bloreheth by them that wold haue slayn the erle of salisberi ¶ Than thei for sauacion of ther lyues and also for the comyn well of the reame thoght for to remedie thes thyngê assembled them to gedre with moch pepull and toke a feld in thee west cuntre to wich the erle of warwike come from calais with mony of thold soudgers as Andrew trowlop othir in whos wisedom as for the were he moch trusted ¶ And whan they wereÌ„ thus assembled and made ther feld The king sent out his comissions and priue seals vn to all the lordis of his reame to cum await on him in ther most best defensable aray and so euery man come in such wise that the kyng wos stronger and had moch more pepull than the duke of yorke Ì„ the erles of warwik and salisberi For it is here to be noted that euery lord in englond at this time durst not disobey the quene for she rewled peasibly all that was done about the kyng wich wos a good simple and an Innocent man ¶ And than when the kyng wos comen to the place wher as they wer the duke of yorke Ì„ his feliship had made ther felde in the strongest wise â–ª and had purposid verely to haue byden and haue foughten but in the nyght Andrew Trollop Ì„ all the old soudiours of Calais with a gret feliship sodenly deê‘ted out of the dukis host Ì„ went streght vn to the kynges feld ther they wer ressaued ioyously for they knew th entent of the othir lordis also the maner of ther feldis ¶ And than the duke of york with the othir lordis seyng them dissaued toke a couÌ„cell shortely in that same nyght deê‘tid froÌ„ thee feld leuyng behynd them the most parti of ther pepull to kepe the feld till on thee morn ¶ Then the duke of yorke with his secund son deê‘tid thurgh wales toward Irland leuyng his eldest son the Erle of the march with the erles of warwik of Salusberi wich rode to geder with iij. or iiij ê‘sons streght in to Deuenshire ther bi help and ayde of on Denham a squier wich gate for them a ship wich cost .cc.xx. nobles with thee same ship sailed from thens