of hys brotherne to come to gyue attendauÌ„ce vppon hym wyth certayne comeners of the cytye where when they were comâ—â— the kynge caused the game to be brought before them so y t they sawe course after course and many a derâ— bothe rede falowe to be slayne before them And after that goodly dâ—spoâ—tâ— was passyd the kynge commaunded hys offycers to brynge the mayre and hys company vnto a pleasauÌ„t lodge made all of grene bowys and garnysshed wyth tables other thynges necessary where they were set at dyner and serued wyth many deynty dysshes and of dyuers wynes good pleynty as whyte rede and claret and caused them to be set to dyner or he were seruyd of hys owne ouer that caused the lorde chamberlayn wyth other lordes to hym assygned to chere the sayde mayre and his company sondry tymes whyle they were at dyner at theyr departynge gaue vnto them of venyson greate pleynty And in y e moneth of August folowynge the kynge of hys greate bounte sente vnto the mayresse and her systers aldermennes wyfes two hartes and .vi. buckes wyth a tonne of wyne to drynke wyth the sayd venyson The whyche venyson wyne was hadde vnto the drapers halle to whych place at a day assygned the mayre desyred the aldermeÌ„ and theyr wyfes wyth sondry comoners and there the venyson wyth many other good dyshes were eryn and the sayd wyne merely dronken The cause of whyche bounty thus shewed by the kynge was as moste men toke it for that that the mayre was a marchauÌ„t of wonderous auentures into many and sondry countrees By reason wherof the kynge had yerely of hym notable summes of money for hys customes besyde other pleasures y t he hadde shewed to the kynge before tymes Anno dnÌ„i M.iiii C.lxxxii  Anno dnÌ„i M.iiii C.lxxxiii  wyllyam whyte  Edmonde Shaa Goldsmyth  Anno .xxii.  IohnÌ„ Mathewe  THis yere that is to meane of y e mayre and begynnynge of the xxiii yere of the kynge at westmynster vppon the .ix. daye of Apryll dyed the noble prynce Edwarde the iiii late kynge of Englande whose corps was after conueyed wyth due solemnyte vnto wyndsore and there honourably buryed when he hadde reygned to reken hys begynnynge out of the lande with all other tyme full .xxii. yeres and as moch as from the .iiii. daye of Marche vnto the .ix. daye of Apryll leuynge after hym .ii. sonnes that is to say prynce Edward hys eldest sonne and Rycharde duke of yorke and .iii. doughters as Elysabeth that after was quene Cecyle and Katheryne Edwarde the .v. EDward the .v. of that name sonnÌ„ vnto Edwarde y e iiii beganne hys reygne ouer the realm of EnglaÌ„d y e .xi. day of Apryl in the beginnyng of the yere of our lord god M.iiii C.lxxxiii and the .xxiiii. yere of the .xi. Lewys than kynge of Fraunce Anone as kynge Edward the .iiii. was dede grudge and vnkyndnesse beganne to take place bytwene the kynges and the quenes allye For y e lorde marquys of Dorset brother vnto the quene and other of hys affynytye hadde then the rule kepyng of thys yonge kynge whyche at the tyme of hys fathers deth was of the age of .xi. yere or there about and so beyng in hys guydyng in y e Marche of walys coÌ„ueyed hym toward London and there to make prouysyoÌ„ for hys coronacyon and for other necessary thynges for hys weale But the duke of Glouceter brother vnto Edward the .iiii. entendynge otherwyse as after shall appere wyth a competent noÌ„ber of gentylmeÌ„ of the North all clad in blacke met with y e kynge at Stonyngstratforde there after dyssymuled countenaunce made bytwene hym the forsayd Marquys dischargyd him of the rule of y e king and toke vpon hym the rule so froÌ„ thens beynge accompanyed with the duke of Buckyngham broughte the kynge with all honour toward LondoÌ„ wherof heryng quene Elysabeth moder vnto the kyng feryng the sequele of thys besynesse went or toke sentwary within westmynster wyth her yonger sonne Rycharde the duke of yorke And the kynge drawynge nere vnto the cytie vpon the .iiii. day of Maye was of the mayre and hys cytesyns mette at Harnesey parke y e mayre and hys bretherne beynge clothed in scarlet the cytesyns in vyolet to the noÌ„ber of .v. hondred horses and than from thens conueyed vnto the cytye the kynge beynge in blewe veluet and all hys lordes and seruauÌ„tes in blacke clothe and so after coÌ„ueyed vnto the byshoppes palays of London and there lodgyd And shortely after the sayd duke of Glouceter inueleged so the archbisshop of CauÌ„terbury named Bowchyer that he went wyth hym to the quene Elysabeth and there made suche assured promyse to the sayde quene that she vppon the sayd archbyshoppes promyse delyuered vnto them her yonger sonne duke of yorke And than the sayde duke caused the kynge to be remoued vnto the towre and hys brother with hym But the quene for all fayre promyses to her made kept her and her doughters wythin the foresayde seyntwary and the duke lodged hym selfe in Crosbyes place in Bysshoppesgate strete Than prouision was made for the kynges coronacyoÌ„ In whyche passe tyme the duke beynge admytted for lorde protectour caused syr Antony wydyuyle called lorde Scalys brother vnto y e quene a vertuous knight wyth the lorde Rycharde the quenes sonne syr Rycharde Hawte and syr Thomas UaghanÌ„ knyghtes to be beheded at Pountfreyt more of wyll than of iustyce Than the lorde Protectour in furtheryng of his purpose and cuyll entent sente for the more partie of the nobles of the laÌ„de and behaued hym so couertly in all hys matyers that fewe vnderstode hys wykked purpose And so dayely kepynge holdynge the lordes in counsayll and felynge theyr myndes sodaynly vppoÌ„ the .xiii. daye of Iuny beynge wythin the towre in the counsayll chambre wyth dyuerse lordes wyth hym as the duke of Bukkyngham the erle of Derby the lord Hastynges thaÌ„ lord ChaÌ„berlayne wyth dyuerse other an owte crye by hys assent of treason was made in the vtter chambre wherwyth the sayd lorde Protectour beyng warned roose vp and yode hym selfe to the chaumber dore and there receyued in such persones as he before had appoynted to execute hys malycious purpose The The whych incontynently set hande vpon the forenamed lord Chamberlayne and other In the whyche styrrynge the erle of Derby was hurt in the face and kept a whyle vnder the holde Than by coÌ„maundemente of the sayd lorde Protectour the sayde lord Chamberlayne in all haste was ladde in the court or playn where the chapell of the towre staÌ„deth there wythout iugemeÌ„t or loÌ„ge tyme of coÌ„fessyon or repentauÌ„ce vpoÌ„ an ende of a loÌ„ge great tymber logge whyche there laye wyth other for the repayrynge of the sayd towre caused hys hedde to be smyten of and all for he knewe well that he wolde nat assente vnto hys wycked entent whose body wyth the hed was after caryed vnto wyndesore
spere vpryghte in hys hande and that the kynge of Gothys shuld throwe or lay so mych syluer as shulde in processe couer the poynt of the sayd spere whyche sentence as testyfyeth mayster Robert Gagwyne the Gothis despysed sayenge that they had not suffycyent syluer wythin theyr land to perfourme the sayd sentence And for despyte of the same certeyne Gothys espyenge a prynce of FrauÌ„ce named Paterne beynge assocyate wyth some dyuerse Frenshmen in a lofte or chamber the whyche Paterne had ben solycytour for the Frenshe kynge in y e foresayd mater the sayde Gothys by crafty and false meanes caused the floorth of the sayd chamber to falle by whyche meane the sayde Paterne was greuously hurte and many of the other in lykewise some slayne wherof whan Clodoueus had wrytynge he beynge therwyth greatly amoued and also bycause y e Gothys dysobeyde the foresayd awarde he gadered shortly after a greate hoste And after certeyne offerynges done to saynt Martyn wyth also passyng the ryuer of Uian by myracle and ledynge of an harte he lastly came to the syghte of hys enemyes Thenne Clodoueus lodged hys hoost nere vnto the monastery of saint Hillary where in the nyght before y e batayle he receyued tokens of vyctory the whyche I passe ouer And vppon the morne he set hys people in araye and made towarde hys enemyes and mette wyth them in a felde called NoglodienÌ„ nere vnto y e ryuer of Cleue or Clyue where after sore and longe fyght he slewe the abouesayde Alaricus kynge of Gothys as sayth myne authour wyth hys owne hande But here shulde seme some discorde of tyme wyth other wryters For Cronica cronicarum Iacobus Philippus and other testyfye that thys Alaricus was dede many yeres before For he shulde be kynge of Gothys by theyr sayenge in the tyme y t Honorius brother vnto Archadius was emperour whyche was aboute the yere of our lord .iiii. huÌ„dred .ix. that he began hys empyre wherfore mayster Robert Gagwyne meaneth some other kynge of Gothys than Alaricê° For the sayd authours also affyrmen that this Alaricus dyed of sodayne sykenesse at a cytye named Cesancia whaÌ„ he had reygned after moste wryters .vi. yere Then it foloweth in y e story whan Clodoueus had thus opteyned vyctory of the Gothys and set the countre of Guyan in order he sped hym agayne into Fraunce And when he was comen into the countre of TuronÌ„ he was encouÌ„tred wyth embassadours of themperours Anastasius and presented from the sayd emperour wyth gyftes greate pryce and honour and also admytted for a consull of Rome whyche at that dayes was a dygnyte of moste honour whyche done he remytted the sayd embassade wyth great gyftes This sayenge is affyrmed of the other wryters the whych shewe this honour to hym to be done for as mych as he had ouercomen the Gothys enemyes of Crystes fayth But they name not the kynges name that then reygned ouer the Gothys Thys besynesse ouerpassed Clodoueus contynued hys iourney tyll he came to the monastery or chyrche of faynt Martyn where wyth great deuocyon accordyng to hys former promysse he offered his stede that he occupyed that iourney agayne the Gothys And after for that he entended to occupye the sayd hors yf he hadde lyke nede he redemed hym wyth a competent summe of golde But yet the hors myghte not be remoued Then y e kyng added to an hundreth pecys of golde which at those dayes were named golden shyllynges and so receyued hys stede wherfore the kynge sayd after in game that saynt Martyn was a good helper at nede but he was costelewe Thus thys noble and fyrste crysten prynce coÌ„tynued hys lyfe in noble and marcyall dedys in augmentynge hys kyngdome by knyghtly batayles and other worldy prouysyons and lastly dyed of goddes visytacyoÌ„ with all stedfastnes of fayth whan he hadde reygned .xxx. yeres leuyng after hym .iiii. sonnes of Clotylde hys wyfe that is to saye Clodomyrus Chyldebertus Theodoricus and Clotharius or after some Latarius and was buryed in y e monastery that he before nere vnto Parys hadde buylded wyth suche epytaphy or superscripcyon vppon hys tumbe as after shal be shewed But or I procede to the declaryng of the foresayd epitaphy for so mych as I haue hard dyuers hold an opynyon that the fayth of Cryste was receyued in Fraunce or it were receyued in this lande of Brytayne therfore I shall note here the tyme that this Clodoueus fyrst toke baptyme whyche was as Ranulphe monke other testyfye in the .xv. yere of hys reygne or nere about whyche was y e yere of our lord .iiii. C.lxxx .xix. wherby yt apperyth consyderynge the tyme of Luciê° fyrst crysteÌ„ prynce that euer was of Brytayne as before is shewed that Cristes fayth was by a longe tyme honoured in Brytayn or it were honoured in Fraunce excepte that suche as holde the forsayd opynyoÌ„ accompte the fyrste comyng of Crystes fayth into Brytayne at y e fyrste conuersyon of the Saxons whenne yt was prechyd by the holy monke saynt Augustyne and hys felowes whych is not to the purpose Than to the foresayde epitaphy or superscrypcyon as foloweth Diues opum virtute potens clarusque triumpho Condidit haue sedem rex Clodoueus idem Patricius magno subsimis fulsit honore Pfemis amore dei contempsit credere nusso Lumina qui varijs horrent potenta figuris Mox pur gatus aquis Christi fonte renatus Fragrantem gessit infulso crisinate crinem ExempluÌ„'que dedit sequitur quod plurima turâ—a Gentisis populi spretoque errore suorum Doctorem cultura deum verumque parentem Hijs felix meritis superauit gesta priorum Semper concilio castris bellisque tremendus Hortatu dux ipse bonus ac pectore fortis CoÌ„structas acies formauit in a gmine primus The whyche verses maye be thus expouned in our moder tuÌ„ge as here after foloweth Riche of goodes stronge in vertue in triumphe re shynynge Kyng Clodoueus this temple buyste of stone Fader of comon profete clad with his honour excellynge Replenyshed with goddes loue despysed hys olde foon And hys pagaun lawe wyth the straunge fygurs echone Purgid with holy water by cristes font born new And holy crisine enointed floured with vertue dew Example gyuyng hym foloweth many a man Forsakyng theyr errour and theyr fals goddes all And by his techynge honour but one god than Thus by his merytes he excelled his parentall And thorough his couÌ„sayle made citye and castell thrall He was a noble duke therwith of grete might And in front of batayle was euer the fyrst knyght Anglia THE C. CHAPITER VTer the laste or yongest sonne of CoÌ„stantyne and brother of Aurelius was made kyng of Britayn in the yere of our lorde .v. huudred euen and the .xvi. yere of Clodoueus than kynge of Fraunce Thys as before ys touched was surnamed PendragoÌ„ The cause therof was as wytnessyth y e Englysshe cronycle for so mych as Merlyn lykened hym
story a marques of Italy For thys Barnarde wyth one Helberde had before tyme taken from the chyrche of Rome certeyne possessyons whyche by meane of thys Lewys the sentence of the chyrche denounced agayne them by the foresayd pope IohnÌ„ were agayn restored and the partyes also reconcyled But now of newe thys Barnarde rebelled agayne wherfore the pope as to Lewys for the defensour of the chyrch of Rome sent for ayde for as before I haue shewed you thys Lewys of the sayde pope IohnÌ„ was authorysed for emperoure But for he was not crowned at Rome wyth the imperyall dyademe he is not accoÌ„pted amonge y e emperours For thys newe rebellyon of Barnarde Lewys assembled hys armye at CoÌ„payne foresayd and froÌ„ thens rode to y e cytye of Troyes in UinceÌ„t where he was taken wyth sodayne malady of y e whyche he dyed shortly after and not wythout suspeccyon of venym whan he had ben kynge of Fraunce fully two yeres leuyng after hym two sonnes that is to saye Lewys and Charlys or after some wryters Charlemayne THE CLXXV CHAPITER LEwys and Charlys the sonnes of Lewys Balbus or Lewys y e stamerer began theyr reygne ouer the Frenchemen in the yere of oure lordes incarnacion .viii. C.lxxx and the .viii. yere of y e reygne of Alurede than kynge of Englande The whyche for they were yonge of age were put vnder tuyssyoÌ„ and gydyng of Barnarde the erle of Auuergii to whom the father by hys lyfe had theÌ„ commytted wherfore the sayd Barnarde wyth other of hys affynyte assembled shortly after at Meaux in Lorayne thyder called vnto them the lordes of the lande to treate maters for the comon weale of y e same In those dayes was a man of grete myght in FrauÌ„ce named GosseleynÌ„ the whyche enuyed the foresayd erle Barnarde other for certayne harmes to hym by them done in tyme be fore passed In auengynge wherof the sayd GosseleynÌ„ intended to putte hym and other from the rule of the land whych he knew well they shuld occupye whyle the sayd two childern had rule of the same And thys euyll purpose to brynge to effecte he went vnto Conrade erle of Parys and shewed to hym moche of his wyll And amonge other thynges lette hym wytte that yf Lewys kynge of Germany myght with hys helpe be made kynge of FrauÌ„ce that he shulde by hym be greatly auaunced By whych meanes he caused the sayde Conrade to take hys parte so that he other of hys affynyte whan they came vnto the foresayde counsayle at Meaux sayde that Lewys kynge of Germany was more apte to rule the lande of FrauÌ„ce than any other was And also after some wryters these Lewis and Charlys afore sayde were not the legyttymate sonnes of the forenamed Lewis Balbê° but gotten in baste of a concubyne of the sayd Lewys Thys mater thus debated and argued amonges the couÌ„sayle lastly by moste in nomber it was agreed that Lewys kynge of Germanye shulde be by ambassade requyred to come and take vppon hym the rule of the lande of myddell Fraunce The whych wyth small request was agreable and in shorte tyme after came vnto the sayd cytye of Meaux and after to Uerdune But as soone as the knowlege was come to Barnarde and other of hys affynyte by counceyle of Hughe and Terry two nobles of Fraunce the bysshop of Orlyaunce with an erle and other were sent to Uerdune vnto the sayd kynge of Germany wyth thys message That yf he were contente to take vnto hym all suche parte of the prouynce of Lorayne as Charlys the Balled kepte from hys fader Lewys wythout more clayme of the lande or realme of Fraunce he shuld gladly haue it And yf nat he shulde abyde the iugement of Mars and hys batayle wyth whyche offer Lewys was well contented and beyng of it in a suertye departed agayne into Germanye Thorough that doynge the forenamed Gosselyne and Conrade with other of theyr freÌ„dê were with yt sore dyscoÌ„tentyd of the departure of Lewys forsayde But the sayd Bernarde with other of his syde in goodly hast after coÌ„ueyed the sayd two chyldren vnto the citye of Ferrer there crowned and proclaymed theym for kynges as wytnessyth mayster Robert Gaguyne But the forenamed Gosselyne and Conrade not leuynge so the mater sente messengers vnto y e quene of Germanye coÌ„playnynge theym vnto her of the vnstablenesse and tymerousnesse of her lorde wherby he had not alonely loste the possessyon of the realme of Fraunce but also he hadde put them and all theyr frendes in great fere and daunger wherof herynge the quene in her mynde was sore dyscontentyd wyth her lorde and husbande and as she durste shewyd yt to hym as his reproche and dyshonour And fynally to satysfye the myndes of the sayde GosselynÌ„ and Conrade she sent into Guyan her brother named Boso by whose aydes and assystence he was of that prouynce proclaymed kynge Endurynge whyche trouble 's the Danys entred the lande and came vnto the ryuer of Lyger and robbed and spoyled the countrey wythoute mercy wherfore the kynges assembled theyr people and gaue to them batayll nere vnto the ryuer of Uyen where they dystressyd the sayde Danys and slewe of them .ix. thousand and drowned of theÌ„ ouer that a grete multytude in the sayde ryuer After whyche vyctory by the kynges obteyned a new vexacyon trouble was to them ascertayned y t Lewys kyng of Germany with a great puysaunce was comen vnto a place called Ducy and to hym was gone the forenamed GosselynÌ„ and Conrade with all the power that they myghte make by theyr ledynge was from thens coÌ„ueyed vnto Rybemaunt But howe so yt was for lacke of performaunce of promyse made by the sayde two erles vnto the kyng of Germany not obserued he herynge of the kynges of Fraunce drawynge towarde hym wyth stronge hoste coÌ„cluded a peas and retourned into Germany And the two bretherne rode to gyder vnto the citye of Damens or Demeus where they deuyded the lande of Fraunce betwene theym So that Lewes held to hym the couÌ„trey nere about Parys with the prouince of Neustria or Normandye and Charles had vnto his part Burgoyn and Guyan with promyse made assured on eyther partye that eyther of them shulde ayde and assyste other THE CLXXVI CHAPITER AFter this partycyon betwene the two bretherne thus made by the meanes of Lewys kynge of Germany the foresayde erles GosselynÌ„ Conrade were vnto the sayde bretherne recouncyled and agreed And for to theym redy worde was brought y â— Bose before named kyng of Guyan hadde wonne the cytye of Uyen therin lefte his wyfe whyle that he occupyed y e hylles and mountaynes beynge there aboute they ioyntly assembled theyr knyghtes sped theÌ„ thyther layde theyr seage aboute the cytye But durynge this syege the Danis often wasted y e land of Fraunce wherfore Lewys the elder brother departed froÌ„ that syege leuynge there his brother Charlys But or the sayde Lewis myght wyn to
and .iii. and iiii chapyters of the same was sonne vnto Charles brother of saynte Lowys kyng of Scicill And the forenamed kynge of AragoÌ„ that hym vppon the abouesayd coÌ„dicioÌ„s thus delyuered was sonne vnto Peter kyng of AragoÌ„ whych as before in the storye of y e foresayd thyrd Philip helde warre with hym with y e sayd Charles This prince of Salerne was also named Charles after the name of his father the whych after hys admyssioÌ„ of y e pope was crowned kyng of Scicil in y e cytie of Palermo soone after defended the laÌ„de knyghtly agayne the AragoÌ„s with helpe of the FreÌ„che men by the terme of .v. yeres after At whych termes ende AlphoÌ„s thaÌ„ kyng of AragoÌ„ dyed Iaques or Iames to whome the foresayd Alphons had be take the rule of Scicill held warre with the forenamed Charles was as brother next heyre vnto the crowne of AragoÌ„ admitted kynge of y e regyon After whych admissioÌ„ he shortly after coÌ„cluded a peas with y e sayde Charles redelyuered vnto hym all suche hostages pledges as hys brother AlphoÌ„s had before tyme of hym receyued for kepyng of the former coÌ„uencions And for a more stablysshemeÌ„t of the same peas y e sayd Iames toke to wyfe one of the doughters of the sayde Charles About the .vi. yere of the reygne of this Philip certayne sowdyours of Fraunce to the nombre of .xv. hondreth whyche were sent by the procurement of pope Nycholas the fourth vnto Acrys to fortifye that towne coÌ„trary the truce betwene the crysten the Sowdan before concluded for y e terme of .ii. yeres brake oute of the towne and castelles adioynant and spoyled and robbed suche Sarazyns as to that towne were dwelling nere and dyd vnto them all the sorowe shame that they myght wherof the Sowdan hauynge knowlege was therwith greatly amoued But yet or he wolde atteÌ„pte any warre agayn the crysten he sent vnto the captayne of the cytye of Acone wylled hym to sende vnto hym suche persones as had broken the peace and done that iniurye to hys people And yf he it refused he sente them worde he shulde nat blynne tyll he had dystroyed theÌ„ as lately before he had done the inhabytauntes of the cytye of Tryple But they sette hys manace at noughte for so moche as they thoughte them able to withstande hys malyce Upon whyche answere the Sowdan made great prouysyon to besiege the sayd cytye In whyche passe tyme in FrauÌ„ce was borne of dame IohaÌ„ne or Iane than quene of Fraunce Lowys the kynges eldest sonne that after his father was kyng of Fraunce when the Sowdan had prepared all thyng necessary for that iournay he sped hym wyth an innumerable multytude of Sarazyns towarde y e cytye of Acon or Acris In whyche iournay he was taken with so greuous sykenesse that he knew well he shulde shortly dye wherfore he callynge before hym hys admyralles charged a certayne of theym to kepe forthe theyr iourney towarde Acon whyle the remenaunt retourned into Egypt there to create hys sonne Sowdan After whyche creacyon he charged them that they shulde cause hys sayde sonne to haste hym vnto y e sayd siege soone after dyed Then all thynges was ordeyned as he before had deuysed and y e cytie was besegyd with a stronge hoost of Sarazyns the whyche assauted yt cruelly by the space of .vi. wekes In whyche season the crysten defended it so manfully that the Sarazyns myght therof gette none aduauÌ„tage At the ende of thys .vi. wekes came the yonge Sowdan wyth a fresshe hoost the whyche made such a dynne and noyse wyth theyr tabours hornys and other mynstrelsy that they at those dayes vsed that it was hydous ferefull to here And after they had rested theym .ii. dayes and prepared for the ryggynge of theyr ordenaunce they assauted the cytye xiiii dayes contynually In whyche season moche people was slayne vpoÌ„ bothe partyes but the more nombre of the cytye For by the vyolence of theyr ordenaunce they ouer threwe moche housynge within the cytye where with moche people were oppressed and slayne aswell maÌ„ as woman chylde At the ende of thys .xiiii. dayes when the rulers of the cytye had seen the harme that they had receyued by thys fyers and cruell assaute aswell in losse of theyr sowdyours as of the great enpeyrynge of theyr wallys other defences of theyr cytye they feryd sore for y â— whych they of one asseÌ„t coÌ„dysseÌ„ded sent soone after by theyr shyppes a great noÌ„bre of olde men womeÌ„ chyldren vnapt for y e warre with y e reliques treasours of y e cytie into Sicill It was nat loÌ„ge after or y e Sarazyns made a newe assaute y â— coÌ„tinued .iiii. days by meane wherof the cytye was sore defaced Then the kyng of Cyprys whych at y â— day was there as one of the chyef rulers in the cytye fayned hym lyke wherfore in y e nyght folowyng desyryng a knyght of the cytye to kepe hys watche he cowardly shamefully with .iiii. M. meÌ„ toke shipping sayled thens leuyng the cytye in all daunger Uppon the morowe whan the certaynte of thys was knoweÌ„ the patryarke of Hierusalem with other there laft to the noÌ„bre of .vii. M. or therupoÌ„ sent vnto y e SowdaÌ„ for a trewce for .ii. moneths But none they myghte purchase therfore they defendyd them in y e best maner they myght But shortly after for lak of defeÌ„ce vpon the wallys the Sarazyns fylled the dykes so soon after upoÌ„ the .xxv. day of May ê‘force entred in the cytye slewe such people therin as they there fouÌ„de Than the Sowdan gaue the pray of y e cytie vnto hys knyghtes after spoylyng of the same caused the wallys toures to be rased vnto the grouÌ„de the houses aswell churches temples all other were clerely breÌ„t distroyed And thus was y e noble cytie of Acris whych is also called Tholomayda subuerted the whyche was the chyef porte or hauyn towne for crysteÌ„ meÌ„ to lande at when any hoste or power of them shuld entre into the holy laÌ„de had coÌ„tynued for the more partye in the possessioÌ„ of cristeÌ„ meÌ„ by the terme of C.lx. yeres and aboue IN the .vii. yere of thys kynge Phylyp the erle of Armenake was accused of certayne poyntes of treason by syr Raymonde Barnade erle of Foyz where vpon a day of batayll betwene these .ii. erles was appoynted to be foughten at Gysours in the kynges presence and of hys barony But after by the great instauÌ„ce laboure made by syr Robert erle of Artoys y e batayll was fordone In the .vii. yere of hys reygne he gadered a great talke of his coÌ„moÌ„s And in the yere foresayde at a feaste holden at CoÌ„peyne he made aboue vi score knyghtes And in the .x. yere y e glorious confessoure saynt Lowys grandfather vnto this Philip was the day folowynge saynt Bartylmew the apostle
protectoure of the realme of FrauÌ„ce in the begynnynge of the moneth of February And vpoÌ„ Trynite sonday next ensuyng he with hys wyfe were crowned at Raynes in y e yere of our lord god a M.iii. C.xxviii the .ii. yere of kyng Edward the .iii. thaÌ„ beynge in possessioÌ„ of the crowne of Englande Betwene thys Philip the sayd Edward kyng of Englande as some deale before in the story .iiii. yere of Charles the .v. is towched great disputacions argumentes arose betwene theyr couÌ„sayles for the right tytle to the crowne of FrauÌ„ce For it was thought by the couÌ„sayl of EnglaÌ„de for so moche as Edwarde was cosyn to Philip le Beaw sonnÌ„ of y e sayd Philippes doughter which had no mo chylder but Edwardes mother that he shuld rather be kyng of FrauÌ„ce than Philip de Ualoys that was but cosyn germayn to Philip le Beaw sonne of hys brother Charles Of whych dispucioÌ„s argumentes the fynall coÌ„clusion was y â— for an olde decre law by auctoritye of parlyament loÌ„ge before made was enacted that no womaÌ„ shuld enheryte the crowne of FrauÌ„ce therfore y e tytle of Edward by myght of the FreÌ„chemen was put by thys Philip admytted to the gouernauÌ„ce of the same After whych direccioÌ„ thus takeÌ„ specially by y e meanes of syr Robert erle of Artoys thys Philip anone was proclamed regeÌ„t of FrauÌ„ce vnto such tyme as the quene wyfe of Charles the .v. whych thaÌ„ was wyth chylde were delyuered so receyued the rule of the lande as regeÌ„t In tyme wherof Peter Remy principall tresorer of kyng Charles last dede whyche Peter lyuyng the sayd Charles was accused of myspeÌ„dyng of y e kynges tresoure enrychyng of hym selfe coÌ„trary to ryght reason so y t his goodes shuld be estemed at .iiii. C.M. li. after Parys money wherof y e value is set out in diuers places before in this werke was takeÌ„ out of pryson areygned at Parys there conuict adiuged vpoÌ„ the .xxiiii. day of Marche draweÌ„ thorugh the cytie hanged vpon the comoÌ„ gybet at Parys And vpoÌ„ the fyrst day of Apryll folowyng the old quene wyfe of Charles laste kyng was lighted of chyld brought forth a doughter at Boys in UinceÌ„t which after was named Blanche wherfore where before the sayd Philip de Ualoys ruled before but as regeÌ„t nowe he was allowed takeÌ„ for kyng and crowned as before is sayd at the citie of Raynes with y e quene his wyfe vp on Trinite sonday And whaÌ„ y e soleÌ„pnyte of hys coronacioÌ„ was ended he then assembled before hym hys couÌ„sayll Lowys the erle of FlauÌ„dres receyued of hym homage for the sayd erledom And that done he besought the kyng of ayde to oppresse certayn townes of hys couÌ„tre whych rebelled agayne hym wherunto y e kyng grauÌ„ted by counsayll exortacion of syr Gautyer or walter de Crecy than coÌ„stable of Fraunce the kyng sent oute hys commyssioners chargynge hys lordes with theyr assygnes sowdyours to mete with hym in dyffeÌ„syble arraye at the cytie of Arras by mary Magdaleyne day next ensuyng At whyche day the kyng with his lordes and people there meting toke forewarde vpon hys iourney sped hym toward Cassyle a town of FlauÌ„dres where within lytell space of the towne he pyght hys pauylyons and teÌ„tes wasted and pylled the couÌ„tre thereabout But the Flemynges kepynge within the sayd towne fered nothyng the French kyng but in dyrision of hym and of hys lordes they caused a red cok to be paynted vpoÌ„ a whyte cloth wrote in greate letters in y e sayd clothe thys tyme folowynge haÌ„ged it out ouer the walles Quant ce quoc iâ—y chantera â—e roy troue ca entrera ¶ whych is thus to meane in our vulgare speche whan that thys cok lo here doth synge than shall thys founde kynge hys hoste in brynge WHaÌ„ thys was redde of the FreÌ„ch men and report made therof vnto the kynge he was therwyth sore amoued and specyally for that y t they named hym the foundeÌ„ kyng Therfore they assayled them stroÌ„gly vppon all partyes But they of the towne defended theym manfully so that theyr enemyes had of them none aduauntage Than the kynge sente syr Robert de Flaundres a knyghte of the erles with a certayne sowdyours commaundyng hym to assayle the Flemynges toward saint Omers And the erle he monysshed y t he with hys people shuld assayle theÌ„ towarde the yle Than the comoÌ„s of Bruges Ipre of Tourney of Fourneys and of all Cassyle assembled theym and prouyded that a certayne of theÌ„ shuld kepe the mount of Cassyle and another company shulde kepe the couÌ„tre towarde Tourney and the thyrde hoste shulde fortyfye the countre towarde the yle The whiche people ordered euery hoste hys lymit to hym assigned and dayly skyrmysshed wyth the Frenche men so that betwene them men were slayne vpon bothe partyes whan the kyng had thus lyen before the towne a certayn season the Flemynges nat feryng theyr enemyes issued oute of the towne and pyght theyr teÌ„tes vppon the mounte of Cassyle shewed them boldly vnto theyr enemyes thaÌ„ kyng Phylyp seynge the boldnesse of the Flemynges and howe lytell they fered hym toke couÌ„sayll of hys lordê how he myght cause them to dysceÌ„de the hylle for so longe as they kepte y e hyll it was iuperdous perylous to stye towarde theym Lastly it was agreed by the kynge and hys lordes that syr Robert de Flaundres wyth other shuld assayle an holde or town thereby called Terroner de Bergner by meane wherof the kyng thoughte that they wolde discende the mount to rescue the sayd towne which accordyng to y e kynges mynde was done and a bulwerke set vppon a fyre But the kynge had neuer the rather hys entent For they kepte them and theyr gates in so sure wyse that the French kyng for al hys great power myghte to theym do no scathe In so moche that the kynge consyderynge theyr strength was condyscended to famysshe them by hunger that they myght nat wynly streÌ„gth for that toke y e lesse watche or regarde to hys people but suffered them to play and dysport them out of theyr harneys eche of theÌ„ in others tente thynkyng hym sure of hys enemyes for any assaute or warre by theym to be procured or attempted agayne hym or hys lordes But whether it were that hys enemyes of this were warned or that of theyr owne courage and pryde they wolde assayle the frenche hoste vpon the .xxiiii. daye of Auguste towarde y e nyght the sayde hoste of Flemynges aualed the mount in as secrete wyse as men of watre myght drewe theÌ„ towarde the French men whych thaÌ„ were vnarmed and in theyr disportes of dysynge and playeng at the chesse other games Uppon whome the Flemynges came so sodaynly y t they slewe many of theyr enemyes and forced many to fle toward saynt Omers for theyr sauegarde And so the
with a company of .viii. C. men in harnesse rode vnto the cytye of Meaux wherof y e mayre of that cytie they were ioyfully receyued contrary hys promesse before made vnto the regent where with assystence of the sayde mayer other of that cytye they entended to haue taken the wyfe of the sayd regent with other noble women thaÌ„ there soiournyng wyth hyr and so to haue conueyd them vnto Parys there to haue kepte them tyll the cytezyns myghte purchase the fauour grace of the regent But whaÌ„ the erle of Foyse whych thanne hadde the rule of the sayde gentylwomen knewe theyr entente anone he gathered vnto hym hys coÌ„pany and wyth assysteÌ„ce also of som of the sayd cytye he made vppon .vi. or .vii. C. men in harnesse and yssued boldly agayne the foresayde persons and skyrmysshed wyth theym In which skyrmysshe in the ende the meÌ„ of Parys were sconfited and chased the mayre of Meaus named IohnÌ„ Soulas taken with other which after for theyr rebellyoÌ„ were put in execucion And after thys victory thus opteyned in reueÌ„gemeÌ„t of the deth of a knyghte called syr Lewys de Chambly there slayn with other gentylmen for the vntrouth of y e cytie the foresayd erle set fyre vpon a syde of the cytye breÌ„t a great parte therof as well churches as other which fyre was scaÌ„tly stenched in .viii. days after In thys whyle the kynge of Nauerne herynge of the greate harme distruccioÌ„ that the company of Guyllyam Calley made of gentylmen in MouÌ„tmereÌ„cy other places lyke as before is shewed yode agayne hym nere vnto a place called CleremouÌ„t encountred hym and his people and gaue vnto theym batayll and slewe moch of his people and toke hym on lyue caused hys hede to be stryken of And soone after the cytezyns of Parys sente vnto hym requyrynge hym to drawe towarde theÌ„ At whose requeste he sped hym thytherwarde and entred the cytye vpoÌ„ the .xv. daye of Iuny and was coÌ„ueyed vnto sait Germayne in Pree there lodged And vpoÌ„ the morne he weÌ„te vnto the comon halle of the citie where the comoÌ„s beyng assembled he made vnto them a loÌ„ge plesaunt oracioÌ„ of the great kyndenesse that he had founde in many of y e good townes of FrauÌ„ce specially in the cytye of Parys For the whych they had bounde hym to take theyr partye agayne all other makyng none excepcyoÌ„ After which tale by hym ended Charles Cusake stode vp shewed vnto the people what ruynous poynt the laÌ„de stode in for lacke of a wyse hedde gouernoure wherfore he exhorted y e people to chose y e kyng for theyr gouernour whyche than was so done he there toke vpon hym the rule promysed with them to lyue and dye Upon the xxii day of the sayd moneth of Iuny y e kyng of Nauerne with a coÌ„pany of vi M. speres of the citye other departed from Parys and rode vnto a towne called Gonnesse where an other company of the cytye taryed for hym from thens rode towarde SeÌ„lys But whaÌ„ the gentylmen of hys hoste vnderstode that he had takeÌ„ vppon hym to be capytayne of the cominaltye where agayn the more partie of the nobles of Fraunce were of the contrary partye they left hym many of them specially suche as were of the duchye of Burgoyne and wyth congy of hym taken resorted into theyr couÌ„treys whaÌ„ the regent had vysyted dyuers countreys wonne vnto hym the beniuolence of y e same had also gathered vnto hym greate strength he spedde hym towarde Parys lodged hym in the ende of the moneth of Iuny in a place called in Frenche le Pount de Charenton fast by Boyes in Uyncent In whose coÌ„pany were noumbred vpon .xxx. M. horsemen so that the countre there about was pylled wasted with that hoste wherof herynge the kynge of Nauerne retourned backe agayne and came wyth hys hoste vnto saynt Denys wythin .ii. myles of Parys And the cytye of Parys was kepte daye nyght that no man myghte entre or go out wythout lyceÌ„ce of y e prouoste other rulers therof In this meane whyle that the sayde two prynces lay thus with theyr two hostes about the cytye quene Iohan syster vnto the kynge made an instauÌ„t labour vnto the regent for grace for the cytezyns By whose meanes a comucacioÌ„ was appoynted to be holdeÌ„ betwene the kynge the regente the eyght day of Iuly at a place called y e wynde mylle faste by the house of saynt Anthony At whyche metynge it was lastly accorded betwene y e sayd prynces that the kyng of Nauerne shulde do hys best to brynge the cytezyns of Parys vnto due obedyence And yf he sawe in theym suche obstynacy that they wolde nat do theyr dutye to gyue for theyr rebellyon suche summes of money as by hym the regent shuld be thought accordynge that than the kynge shuld vtterly refuse theyr partye and turne vnto the regeÌ„t with all hys power And ouer that the kyng for all demaundes that he coude aske of the regent for any cause ouer the agremeÌ„t betwene them laste made shuld haue iii. C.M. floryns of gold wherof an C.M. to be payed that daye .xii. monethes and yerely after .l. M. tyll the fulle were payed And farther it was accorded that the kynge after y t daye shulde take partye with the regente agayne all persones excepte onely y e kynge of Fraunce And to the ende y t thys accorde shulde be fermely holdeÌ„ vppon bothe sydes the bysshoppe of Lyseux there beynge presente wyth many other lordes saÌ„ge there masse within the tente where thys accorde was concluded and after agnus dei sware the two prynces vpon the sacrament that withoute collusyon or fraude they shulde obserue and kepe eueryche artycle of the sayde accord After whyche conclusyon thus takeÌ„ the regent repayred vnto hys hoste the kynge vnto saynt Denys Than vppon the morowe the kynge entred Parys and conueyed thyther wyth hym but a certayne so taryed there all that daye wythoute any reporte sendyâ—ge vnto the regent And the seconde daye for y e more streÌ„gthynge of the towne he sent for certayne Englysshe sowdyours as archers and other and sette them in the towne wagys nother sente nor retourned vnto the regente with any answere Than towarde the nyght how it was assaut was made by som of the regentes people vppoÌ„ a parte of the town so that dyuers men were slayne vpon bothe sydes but the mo vppon the partye of the cytye Than the kynge of Nauerne vpoÌ„ the morowe retourned vnto sait Denys leuynge within the cytye y e foresayde streÌ„gthe of Englyshmen wyth other whan the regente was ware of the kynges beynge at saynt Denys he sent vnto hym and hym requyred of perfourmauÌ„ce of suche accorde as lately betwene theym was condissended syns by hys meanes he myght nat enduce the cytezyns to due obedyence that he wolde accordynge to
wysedome the whych forecastynge the great shedynge of chrysten mannes blode with many other inconuenyences lykely to haue ensued of this varyaunce atwene these two dukes made suche affectuous labour that with great diffyculte he pacifyed them agayne for that tyme and brought them to personall communicacyon and lastely to amyable and frendely departynge After whiche concorde and amyte thus agayn concluded the duke of Burgoyne departed into Pycardy leauynge behynde him the fore named Peter Essayr to rule the cytie of Parys The whiche shortely after drewe to hym suche persones as before tyme had vexed and distourbed y e duke of Orleyaunce frendes seruauntes with in that cytie By whose meanes the sayd Peter sought fyrste occasyon agayne a knight named Uenyt Thorney and by false suggestyon smote fyrste of his hede and after dyd hys body to be hanged vpon the coÌ„mon gybet of Parys in dyspyte of y e sayd duke as testifyeth myne Auctoure wherwith y e duke beynge wondersly amoued resembled his knyghtes spedde hym towarde a towne named And for to strengthe another towne named he sente a certayne nombre of his knyghtes chargyng them with the dwellers to withstande the force of his enemies Of this hearynge the duke of Burgoyne anone gathered vnto him the noumbre of .xvi. M. flemynges and Pycardes and sped hym vnto the sayde towne of And so with his instrumentes of warre assayled the gate of the sayde towne whyche leadeth towarde saynt Quintyne y t in shorte space the sayde Flemynges wan the entre of the towne In whyche meane season the dwellers wyth the other soudyours by a backe way or water wherof the maner by thys auctoure is nat expressyd lefte the towne yode vnto the duke of Orleyaunce beynge as yet at the foresayde towne of whan the Flemynges were entered the towne fouÌ„de it deserte of people and pillage were it for that they lacked theyr praye or for other cause here nat shewed they toke suche vnkyndenes agayne the duke that for prayer nor yet for manasses they wolde nat with hym any lenger tary but returned them home in all hastely spede towarde theyr owne countrey So that the duke was fayne to withdrawe and for the more suretie to aske ayde and helpe of Englysshemen and so was holpen by the prynces comforte Henrye sonne of Henry the .iiii as after shall be touched in the .xii. yere of the .iiii. Henry IN the .xxxi. yere of thys kynge Charles whiche was the .xii. yere of the .iiii. Henry than kynge of Englande the duke of Orleyaunce seynge his enemye was turned from Parys caused suche Brydges as before by his said enemye were broken to be reedyfyed By the whyche he passed the ryuer tyll he came to saint Denys where as than he fande a capytayne a noble man named syr IohnÌ„ Cabylon of the dukes of Burgoyne there lefte by hym to strength the towne The whiche syr IohnÌ„ coÌ„sideryng y e wekenes of y e said towne with also his lacke of streÌ„gth yelded him the towne vnto the duke swerynge to him by solempne othe that after y e daye he shulde neuer bere armes agayne hym In this pastyme an other capytayne of the Burgonyons called Gancourt secretely by night wan vpon the frenche men the brydge of saynte Clodalde But nat longe after the duke of Orleaunce sent thyther certayne Brytons the whiche agayne recouered the sayde brydge helde it vnto y e sayd dukes vse In whyche tyme and season the duke of Burgoyne recouerynge hys strength passed the brydge of Melent so came vnto the cytie of Parys and the daye folowynge wyth helpe of the cytesyns recouered the abouesayd brydge of saynt Clodald and dystressed vpon a M. Brytons whyche had the warde of the same Then the duke of Orleaunce made out of saynte Denys ouer Sayne brydge towarde Parys wherof that other duke beynge warned refused the cytye and with the kynge than there beynge present remouyd wyth the Dolphyne to the towne called Stamps and sent y e erle of Marche named Iamys wyth a certeyne knyghtes to a towne named to strength it ageyne the duke of Orleaunce The whyche of the sayde dukes knyghtes was encountred with and taken and so sent to pryson wherof herynge the duke of Burgoyne in shorte processe after retourned vnto Parys wyth the kyng and dolphyne and the duke of OrleauÌ„ce yode to a towne called Seyntclowe And in the .xxxii. yere of thys sayd kynge Charles by counceyll of the duke of Berry and other seyng that the sayde cytye of Parys was so let agayne hym wyth also the kynge the dolphine sent a noble man of his hoste named Alberte vnto Henry the iiii yet kynge of Englande to requyre hym of ayde to withstande the tyrannye of the duke of Burgoyne that wyth hys complyces entendyd to subuerte the realme of Fraunce To this requeste kynge Henry gaue good eare and lastely graunted to hys petycyon sent thyder as sayth the Frenche cronycle Thomas hys sonne duke of Clarence also y e duke of yorke wyth IohnÌ„ erle of Cornewayle accompanyed wyth .viii. C. knyghtes and sowdyours a thousande archers The whych company when they were landed in Fraunce herde y t the French lordes were in treaty of peace no man to theÌ„ gaue wages as they tofore were ê“mysed fell vpon a towne called and it ryffled therin toke as prysoners the abbot of that monastery wyth other and coÌ„ueyed theÌ„ to Burdeaux and after into Englande where for theyr fynaunce other money due of olde by the Frenche kynge as affermeth Gagwyne they remayned many yeres after And that the Englysh men were thus departed albeit that in the Englysshe cronycle and .xiii. yere of the forenamed kynge Henry of them is other report made the lordes of Fraunce retourned to theyr olde disceÌ„cyon contynued in longe stryfe wherof the cyrcuÌ„staunce were longe and tedyouse to tell to shewe the vnstablynesse of them how some whyle the duke of Orleaunce was fauoured of the kynge and the dolphyne and there agayne the duke of Burgoyne cleyne out of conceyte The which coÌ„tencyoÌ„ thus enduryng kyng Henry y e iiii dyed and Henry his son y e .v. Henry was admitted for kyng of Englande after hym that shortly after sent his ambassadours vnto the Frenche kynge arynge of him his doughter Katheryne in maryage as affirmeth the frenche boke But dyuers other wryters shewe y t he asked the hoole landes due to him within the realme of FrauÌ„ce by reason of the composicion made in tyme passed atwene his progenytour Edwarde the thyrde IohnÌ„ than king of Fraunce And for he was dysdeynously answered he therfore made vpoÌ„ them sharpe warre as in the .iii. yere of y e sayd HeÌ„ry after some deale dothe appere By reason of whyche warre the cyuyle batayle or stryfe y e longe whyle had coÌ„tynued amonge the frenche men than dyd aswage For in the .iii. yere of this Henry whiche was the .xxxv. yere of this Charles the said Henry inuaded y e
CCCC.xxxv  Thomas Bâ—rnwell  Robertr Oâ—lay grocer  Anno .xiii.  Symonde Eyre  IN this .xiii. yere and euen of saint Katheryne began a frost that endured vnto the feast of saynt Scolastica or the .x. daye of February the whiche frase the Thamys so feruently that shyp nor bote myght come with vytayle to London wherfore suche shyppes as came this yere to Thamys mouthe from Burdeux were dyscharged there and the wyne and other marchaundyse by theym brought caryed by laÌ„de to the cytie And in the latter ende of Decembre this yere ended the parlyamente holden at westmynster begon at Myghelmas terme before passed This yere also by meanes of the pope than Eugeny the .iiii at Aras in Pycardy was holden a great couÌ„sayle for to conclude an vnyon and peas atwene the two realmes of Englande and Fraunce To the whiche couÌ„sayle by the sayd popes coÌ„mauÌ„dment came as a persone indyfferent Nicholas cardynall of y e holy crosse with syxe Romayne bysshoppes to hym assygned And for the kynge of Englandes partye was there assygned the cardynall of wynchester the archebysshop of yorke the erles of HuntyngdonÌ„ and of Suffolke with dyuers other And for the Frenche kynge was there the duke of BurbonÌ„ the erle of Rychemount y e archebysshop of Raynys chaunceler than of FrauÌ„ce the deane of Patys with many other whiche I passe ouer There were also as fortherers of the matyer the cardynal of Cyprys And for the duke of BurgoynÌ„ was there the bysshop of Cambray and Nycholas Raulyn the sayd dukes chaunceler with dyuers erles and barons of that duchy And for the duke of Brytayne were ther the erles of Alenson and of Barre with other ouer and aboue dyuers oratoures appoynted for the countye of Flaundres At whiche assemble and counsayll thus holden as testifieth dyuers wryters many great offers by meane of y e aboue named cardynal of holy crosse or â—aiÌ„â— crosse to the Englysshe lordes were offered But as sayth Gaguinus the EnglysshemeÌ„ were so obstinately set on warre y e reason myght not coÌ„teÌ„t By reason of whiche obstinaci y e couÌ„sayll was deferred tyll an other day At whiche day the Englysshemen entendynge the coÌ„tinuaunce of warre absentyd theym selfe wherwith the sayd cardynall beynge dyscontented made meanes of an entreaty of peas atwene Charles that toke vpon hym as Frenche kynge and Phylyp duke of Burgoyn wherof the sayd Charles was so fayne y e for stablysshynge of the peas and to satysfye hym for y e murther of his father he gaue vnto hym all the vtter boundes of ChampeynÌ„ marching vpon Burgoin with dyuers cyties as seynt Quyntyne Corbie PeronÌ„ Abbeuyle and other with the countie of Poytyaw lordshyp of MaconÌ„ And as wytnesseth y e foresayde Gagwyne many mo thynges were vnto the duke by the sayde Charles ê“mysed whiche after theyr bothe dethes were broken and stode for nought After whiche peas thus atwene them confermed and proclaymed the sayd duke became vtter enemye to the kynge of Englande as after shall appere And soone after the sayd duke began his ordre of the lyle and the golden flese and ordeyned certayne knyghtes of that ordre and made therunto many statutes and ordenaunces wherof dyuers were lyke vnto the statutes of the garter And in the ende of this yere and .xiiii. day of Septembre at RoanÌ„ in Normandye died the noble prynce IohnÌ„ duke of Bedforde and regent of Fraunce and was after with great solempnytie buryed within the churche of notir Dame of the same cytie where for hym are founded wonderfull thynges after some meÌ„nes reporte But for I fynde therof in wrytynge nothynge I passe it ouer Anno. dnÌ„i M.iiii C.xxxv.  Anno dnÌ„i M.iiii C.xxxvi  Thomas Catworth  Henry Frowyk mercer  Anno .xiiii.  Robert CloptonÌ„  IN the .xiiii. yere begynnynge of the same the duke of Barre accompanyed with BurgonyoÌ„s and Frenchemen wanne y e towne of Harflewe with dyuers other vyllages And in Apryll folowynge the sayde duke accompanyed with y e lorde Teruan and the mayster of the kynges chyualry toke the towne of saynt Denys and slewe therin aboue .iiii. C. Englysshemen toke prysoner Thomas Beleamounde theyr capytayne with many other And than y e FreÌ„che men assawted a towre therby called Ueuen and toke it by appoyntment ThaÌ„ one named Notyce a knyght of OrleauÌ„ce with a streÌ„gth of Knyghtes drewe hym nere the cytie of Parys and there at a house of relygyon of y e charterhouse ordre lodged hym beyonde saynt Denys ouer the water of SaynÌ„ and coÌ„federed with certayne cytezen of the cytie named Michaell Laylery Iohan Frountayne Thomas Pygacen Iohan de saynt Benoit Nicholas LorueynÌ„ and Iaques Bergery for to betraye the cytie to brynge it out of y e Englysshe possessyon The whiche persones beynge hedes of the cytie coÌ„ueyed theyr purpose in suche wyse that they turned the coÌ„mons of the cytie vpon the Englysshe men and sodeynly arose agayne them and by force slewe of them a great nombre and there they dyd take many prysoners And as the Englysshe men fledde or faughte by the stretes the women and other feble persones cast vpon them stones and hoâ—e lycoures to theyr great confusyon so y t the Englysshe men were in passynge mysery and desolacyon In this tyme of persecucion the bysshop of Morâ—â— whiche than was named chaunceler of Englysshe men in those partyes with other hardly escaped and toke the towre of saynt Denys whiche as yet rested in the Englysshe possessyon Than the other hoste of Frenchemen herynge of this rumour in the cytie anone drewe nere entred by saynt Iames gate without moche resystence and so enioyed the cytye at theyr pleasure Than the Englysshemen beynge in the towre of saynt Denys feryng that they myght not longe holde the sayd place agayne theyr enemies fyl to a treaty and coÌ„dyscended to passe fre with theyr lyues The which whaÌ„ they shuld passe vpon theyr iournay were diâ—ided and scorned of y e FreÌ„chenacyon out of all mesure And whan the cytye of Parys was thus subdued to the Frenche dominion anone y e Englyssh people that there abode vnder fyne and raunsom were sworne to Charles the seuenth than takynge vpon hym as Frenche kynge And anone after were wonne from y e Englyssh power the holdes named Creoll and saynt Germayne In whiche passe tyme and season for to streÌ„gthe and haue the gydynge of NormaÌ„dy the duke of yorke encompaned with the erle of Salysbury and the lorde of FawcouÌ„brydg sailed into FrauÌ„ce And the erle of MorteynÌ„ beynge thaÌ„ at Calays made a vyage into Flaundres and skyrmysshed with them y e bordred vpon Pycardy and slewe of them ouer CCCC and gate a great droue of beestes and brought them vnto Calays And for that certaynte was had that Phylyp duke of Burgoyn enteÌ„ded to lay his syege aboute Calays therfore London and all the good townes of EnglaÌ„de were charged to sende thyder certayne men wel and suffycyently
nere vnto y e cytie So that vpon the fyrste day of Iuly he entred the bourgh of Southwarke beynge than wednesday lodged hym there that nyght for he myght not be suffered to entre the cytie And vpon the same day the commōs of Essex in great nombre pyght theym a felde vpon the playne at myles ende And vpon the seconde daye of the sayd moneth the mayre called a common counsayle at the Gyldhall for to puruey the withstandynge of these rebelles and other matyers In whiche assemble were dyuers opinions so that some thought good that the sayde rebelles shulde be receyued into the cytie and some otherwyse Amonge the whiche Roberte Horne stok fysshmonger than beynge an alderman spake sore agayne them that wolde haue them entre For y ◠whiche sayenges the cōmons were so amoued agayn hym that they ceased not tyll they had hym cōmytte to warde And the same afternoone aboute v. of the clok the capytayne with his people entred by y e brydge And whā he came vpon the drawe brydge he hewe the ropes y t drewe the brydge in sondre with his swerde and so passed into y e cytie and made in sondry places therof proclamacyons in the kynges name that no man in peyne of dethe shulde robbe or take ony thyng parforce without payeng therfore By reason wherof he wanne many hertes of the cōmons of the cytie but all was done to begyle with the people as after shall euydently appere For he rode thorough dyuers stretes of the cytie and as he came by London stone he strake it with his swerde and sayd now is Mortymer lorde of this cytie And whan he had thus shewed hymselfe in dyuers places of the cytie shewed his mynde to y e mayre for y e ordrynge of his people he returned into Southwarke and there abode as he before hadde done his people cōmynge goynge at lawfull houres whan they wolde Than vpon the morne beynge the thyrde daye of Iuly and frydaye the sayd capytayne entred agayne the cytie and caused the lorde Sey to be fet frome the tower and ladde vnto the Guyldhall where he was areygned before the mayre other of y e kynges iustyce In whiche passe tyme he entended to haue brought before y e sayd iustyces the foresayd Robert Horne But his wyfe and frendes made to hym suche instaūt labour that fynally for .v. C. marke he was set at his lybertye Than the lorde Sey beynge as before is sayde at Guyldhall desyred y t he myght be iudged by his peers wherof herynge the capytayne sent a company of his vnto the hall the whiche parforce toke hym from the offycers and so brought hym vnto the standarde in the Chepe where or he were halfe shryuen they strake of his hed y t done pyght it on a lōg pole so bare it aboute with them In this tyme and season had the capytayne caused a gentylman to be taken named Cromer whiche before had ben shyreffe of Kent and vsed as they sayde some extorcyons For which cause or for he had fauoured the lorde Sey by reason that he had maried his doughter he was haryed to Myles ende and there in y e capitaynes presence byheded And y e same tyme was ther also byheded a man called Baylly y e cause of whose dethe was this as I haue herd some men reporte This Baylly was of y e famylyer and olde acqueyntaunce of Iak Cade wherfore so soone as he espyed hym cōmynge to hym warde he cast in his mynde that he wolde dyscouer his lyuyng olde maners and shewe of his vyle kynne and lynage wherfore knowynge y t the sayd Baylly vsed to vere scrowes and prophecyes aboute hym shewyng to his cōpany y t he was an enchaunter and of yll dysposycion and y t they shulde well knowe by such bokes as he bare vpon hym and bad them serche and yf they founde not as he sayde y t thā they shuld put hym to dethe whiche all was doone accordynge to his cōmaundment whan they had thus be heded these .ii. men they toke the hede of Croumer pyght it vpon a pole and so entred the cytie with the hedes of the lorde Sey and of Croumer And as they passed the stretes they ioyned the poles togyder caused eyther deed mouthe to kysse other dyuers and many tymes And the capytayne the selfe same daye wente vnto the house of Phylyppe Malpas draper and and alderman and robbeb and spoyled his house and toke thens a great substaunce But he was before warned and therby conueyed moche of his money and plate or elles he had ben vndone At whiche spoylynge were present many poore men of the cytie whiche at suche tymes ben euer redy in all places to do harme where suche ryottes ben doone Thā towarde nyght he returned into Southwarke vpon y e morne reentred y e cytie and dyned that daye at a place ī saynt Margaret Patyns parysshe called Gherstys hous And whan he had dyned lyke an vncurteyse gest he robbed hym as the daye before he had Malpas For which .ii. robberyes all be it that the porayll nedy people drewe vnto hym were partyners of that yll the honest and thryfty comoners cast in theyr myndes the sequele of this matyer and fered leste they shulde be delte with in lyke maner by meane wherof he lost the peoples fauour and hertes For it was to be thought yf he had not executed that robbery he myghte haue gone ferre and brought his purpose to good effecte yf he hadde entended well But it is to deme and presuppose that the entent of hym was not good wherfore it myght not come to ony good conclusyon Than y e mayre and aldermen with assystence of the worshypfull comeners seynge this mysdeanour of y e capytayne in sauegardynge of themselfe and of the cytye toke theyr counsayles how they myght dryue the capytayne and his adherētes from y e cytie wherin theyr feare was the more for so moche as the kynge and his lordes with theyr powers were farre from theym But yet in aduoydynge of apparēt peryl they condyscended that they wolde withstande his any more entre into the cytie For the performaūce wher of y e mayre sent vnto the lorde Scales and Mathewe Gowgth than hauynge the tower in gydynge had of them assent to perfourme y e same Than vpon the .v. day of Iuly y e capytayne beynge in Southwarke caused a mā to be heded for cause of his dyspleasure to hym doone as the fame went so kepte hym in Southwarke all y e day How be it he myght haue entred the cytie yf he had wold And whan nyght was comynge the mayre and cytezyns with Mathewe Gowth lyke to theyr former appoynmtent kepte the passage of y e brydge beynge sonday and defended the Kentysshe mē whiche made great force to reenter the cytie Than the capytayne seynge this bykerynge begon yode to harneys and called his people aboute hym and set so
them was fynally coÌ„cluded he y e sayd Lewys all suche as wyth hym were reteyned or allied were for thys offeÌ„ce by y e sayd Charles clerely pardoned one persone all only excepted named Iaket or Iakis by whose treason the castell of Maxente was loste and taken for whyche offence he was after drawen hanged also quartered ThaÌ„ in processe of tyme folowyng the flemynges of GauÌ„te rebelled agayne theyr duke or erle named Philyp The cause of whyche rebellyon was for that he areryd a greuouse taske vpoÌ„ salte put the people ther by to greuouse charge wherevppon dedely warre betwene the duke and hys subiectys arose to the dystruccioÌ„ of moche people vpoÌ„ bothe partyes wherof the cyrcumstauÌ„ce were loÌ„g to wryte Howe be it in the ende y e duke or erle by ayde of the FreÌ„che kynge was vyctour helde them of GauÌ„te so streyghte that they were compelled by force to bye theyr peace wyth great summes of money to theyr other many folde domages About the .xxxi. yere of thys sayde Charles came vnto hym from pope Nycholas the .v. of that name an ambassade for to requyre ayde agayne the Turkys for the defeÌ„ce of CoÌ„stantyne the noble whyche the Turkys purposed shortly after to assayle To whyche ambassade by the sayd Charlys it was answeryd that to hym it was right greuouse to here of the intollerable persecucyoÌ„ whych y e cristeÌ„ dayly susteyned of the Turkys But he was of y e Englysh nacyoÌ„ so vexed and warred that he myghte nat leue hys laÌ„de wythout an hedde to the coÌ„forte of other to lose hys owne But to the entent that he before tymes myght haue warred vppon the sayd Turkys he for that cause onely had offered vnto the kynge of Englande many reasonable offers And if of the Englysshe party any lyke offers myghte be to hym profered he wolde gladly theym accepte turne hys spere incoÌ„tyneÌ„tly agayn the fore named Turkes And ouer that he wolde for the furtherauÌ„ce of the matter sende wyth them vnto the kynge of EnglaÌ„de certayne ambassadours to se yf that as yet any reasonable peace myght be betwene them coÌ„cluded For accomplisshemeÌ„t wherof as testyfyeth myne auctour Gaguynus he sente the archebysshop of Raynes wyth other honorable persones The whych whan they to kyng Henry and hys counsayll hadde shewyd theyr legacyoÌ„ it was to them shortly answered that at suche season as the EnglysshemeÌ„ hadde wonne agayne so moche laÌ„de as the Frenchemen by cawtelys had woÌ„ne from theym thaÌ„ were it good tyme season to treate of accorde nat before By reason of whiche answere the popes ambassade retourned to Rome wythoute ayde or comforte And thus y e FreÌ„che wryters lay euer the charge froÌ„ theyr prynce put it vnto other But of thys ambassade or answere fynde I no memory of any Englysshe wryters Aboute the .xxxiiii. yere of y e reygn of thys Charlys Lewys hys sonne before named beynge a maÌ„ of greate lyberalitye and largesse thought his father departed nat wyth hym of his mouables possessyoÌ„s as he hadde cause to do For the whych by coÌ„fort of yoÌ„ge persones as he had aboute hym he rebelled thys seconde tyme agayne hys sayde father by reason of hys largesse lyberalyte drewe vnto hym moche waÌ„ton wylde people wyth theyr assystence warred vppoÌ„ hys fathers freÌ„des entendyd to depryue hys father of all gouernauÌ„ce of the realme wherof herynge hys father in all possyble haste gathered to hym greate strengthe and spedde hym towarde hys sayd sonnÌ„ But whaÌ„ Lewys was warned of the coÌ„myng of hys father wyth so great an hoste consydered hys quarell wekenesse he wyth a fewe persones fledde towarde Burgoyne whereof herynge the father sente in all â—haste people to kepe the passages and dyd that he myghte to haue stopped hym of hys waye But that prouysyon notwythstandynge the sayd Lewys escaped and came sauely vnto the presence of Phylyppe then duke of Burgoyne the whyche hym receyued wyth gladde chere and entreatyd hym accordyng to his estate and so kepte hym durynge his fathers lyfe Nowbeit he made for hym great sute and labour to wynne him to his fathers grace But all was in vayne For what by obstynacy of the same y t he wolde not submytte hym to his father and comme vnto hys presence when he was sente for for the great stomacke of the father that he wold not be condycyoned with of the son thys varyaunce contynued bytwene them as aboue is sayd y e terme of his fathers lyfe In the whyche passe tyme thys Charlys concluded a maryage bytwene hys doughter called Magdaleyne and Ladyslaus kyng of Beme Hungary and of Polayne But whyle the bryde wyth great apparayle and pompe was conueyed towarde her husbande to be maryed her sayde husbande was taken sodenly with sykenesse and dyed with in .xxiiii. houres after that he fyrste coÌ„playned hym whych was by force of poysone as most wryters agreen Of whych tydynges when Charlys was asserteyned he therwyth toke such a peÌ„syffenesse that he dyed shortely after whan he had ruled a parte and the hole realme to reken from y e deth of hys father .xxxvi. yeres How be it of Frenche wryters no certeyne terme of hys reygne to hym is assygned for so myche as kyng Henry the vi longe after the deth of hys father was alowyd in Parys and many other Cytyes of FrauÌ„ce for souerayne and kynge of that regyon Thys Charlys thus beynge dede lefte after hym two sonnes that is to saye Lewys that after hym was kynge and a yonger named Charlys wyth y e forenamed doughter named Magdaleyne or after some Margarete And after wyth greate pompe hys corps was conueyed vnto saynt Denys and there buryed Francia Lewys the .xi. LEwys the .xi. of y â— name after the accompte of thys boke and .x. after the Frenche accompte whereof y e cause is before shewed sonne to Charles last dede beganne his dominyon ouer the realme of Fraunce in the moneth of October in the yere of grace M.iiii hundreth and .lviii. and the .xxxvi. yere of Henry the .vi. than kynge of Englande This of Gaguinus is called the sturdy or fel Lewys The whiche at the tyme of his fathers deth beyng as aboue is sayd vnrecouÌ„syled in the prouynce of Burgoyne herynge of the deth of his father wyth ayde of the foresayd duke Phylyp shortly entred y e realm of Fraunce toke vpon hym y e rule in euery good cytie town as he passyd as kyng of y e same so y t many lordes hed offycers drewe vnto hym By meane wherof he was stronge put such vnto sylence as after y e wyll purpose of his father wolde haue preferred his yoÌ„ger son named Charlys Than this Lewys by strengthe of his frendes was shortely after at Raynes crowned kynge of Fraunce After whyche solempnyte fynysshed he repayred vnto Parys and there by consent of hys counceyll made a law y t no man of what degre
that tyme. Anno domini M.iiii C.lxvi  Anno domini M.iiii C.lxvii  Iohn̄ Browne  Syr Iohn̄ yonge Grocer Henry Bryce Anno .vi.  Iohn̄ Stokton  IN thys yere and moneth of dyed the forenamed Hēry Bryce and for hym was chosen immedyatly a sheryfe for thys yere Iohn̄ Stokton And in the moneth of Iuny folowynge were certayne actes and feates of warre doone in Smythfeld betwene syr Antony wy deuyle called lorde Scalys vpō that one partye and the bastarde of Burgoyne chalengour on that one partye Of whych the lord Scalys wan the honour for the sayd bastard was at the fyrste course rennynge wyth a sharpe sperys ouerthrowen horse man whyche was by the rage of the horse of the sayd bastarde and nat by violence of the strokē of hys enemy by a pyke of iron standyng vppon foreparte of the sadell of y e lord Scalys wherwyth the horse beyng blynd of the bastarde was stryken into the nose thrylles and for payne thereof mounted so hyghe vpon the hynder fete that he fyll bakwarde Upon the seconde daye they met there agayne vpon fote and faughte wyth theyr axes a fewe strokes But whan the kynge sawe that the lorde Scalys had auauntage of the bastarde as y e poynt of hys axe in the vysour of his enemyes helmet and by force therof was lykely to haue borne hym ouer the kyng in hast cryed to such as had the rule of the felde that they shulde departe them and for more spede of the same caste downe a warderer whych he than helde in hys hande so were they departed to the honour of the lorde Scalys for bothe dayes Upon the morow folowynge the other dayes were certayne actes of warre done betwene dyuers gentylmen of thys lande and certayne of the sayd bastardes seruauntes Of the whyche also the Englyshmen wan the honour In thys yere also one named Iohn̄ Derby alderman for so moche as he refused to cary or to paye for the caryage awaye of a dede dogge lyenge at hys dore for vnsittynge langage whyche he gaue vnto the mayre he was by a court of aldermen demed to a fyne of .l. poūde whyche he payde euery peny Anno dn̄i M.iiii C.lxvii  Anno dn̄i M.iiii C.lxviii  Humfrey Heyforde  Thomas Owlegraue  Anno .vii.  Thomas Stalbroke  IN thys yere of the mayre and in the begynnynge of the .viii. yere of thys kyng Edwarde that is to meane vpon saterday next ensuīg the feest of corpus christi dame Margarete syster vnto the kyng rode thorugh London towarde the sees syde to passe into Flaunders there to be maryed to Charlys duke of Burgoyne before named in the story of y ◠xi Lowys kyng of Fraūce After whose departure syr Thomas Cook late mayre which before was peched of treason by a seruaūt of the lordes wenlokkes called Hawkyns and at the request of the sayd lady Margarete vppon suertie suffered to go at large than was arrested sent vnto the towre his goodes seased by the lorde Ryuerse than tresourer of Englande and hys wyfe put oute of hys house and cōmytted to the charge of the mayer in whose place she laye a season after And after the sayde syr Thomas had lyen a tyme in y e towre he was brought vnto the Guyldhal and there areygned of the sayde treason and quyt by sondry enquestes after that commytted vnto the countour in Bradstrete and frome thens to the kynges bēche in Southwark where he laye wythin the sayd prysō tyll hys freendes agreed wyth syr Iohn̄ Brandon than kepar of y e sayd prysō to take hym home to hys place where to hys great charge he remayned as prysoner longe after In whych tyme and season he lost moch good for bothe hys places in the countre and also in London were vnder the gydynge of the sayde lordes Ryuers seruauntes and of the seruauntes of syr Iohn̄ Fogge than vndertresourer the whych spoyled dystroyed moche thynge And ouer that moche of hys iewelles and plate wyth great substaunce of the marchaundyse as cloth of sylkes and clothes of aras were dyscouered by suche persones as he hadde betaken the sayd goodes to kepe came to y e treasourers handes which to the sayd syr Thomas was a great enemye And fynally after many persecucyons and losses was compelled as for a fyne sette vppon hym for offence of mysprysyon to paye vnto the kynge .viii. thousand poūd And after he hadde thus agreed and was at large for the kynges interest he was thanne in newe trouble agayne the quene The whyche demaunded of hym as hys ryght for euery thousande .li. payde vnto the kyng by way of fyne an hundreth marke For the whiche he had after longe sute and greate charge and in conclusion was fayne to agre and to gyue to her a greate pleasure besyde many good gyftes that he gaue vnto her counsayll Anno dn̄i M.iiii C.lxviii  Anno dn̄i M.iiii C.lxix  Symonde Smyth  wyllyam Taylour Grocer  Anno .viii.  wyllyam Haryot  THys yere and .xxi. day of Nouēbre a seruaunt of the dukes of Exceter named Rychard Sterys after hys iugement was drawen thorugh the citie vnto the towre hyl and there parted in two pesys that is the hede from the body And vpon the daye folowynge two persones beyng named the one Poynys that other Alforde were drawē west ward to tyborne and there whā they shuld haue ben hanged there chartours were shewed and so preserued And about thys season or soon after was the erle of Oxenford which before tyme was taken by a surmyse in ielosy of treason awayted for and after deliuered In the latter ende of this mayres yere .ix. yere of y e king the marchauntes eesterlynges were condempned vnto the marchauntes auenturers Englyssh after longe sumptuous exspences in the lawe before the kynges counsayll in .xiii. M.v. C. and .xx. li. whereof the payment was kept secret frome wryters In thys yere the dyssymuled fauoure whiche betwene the kyng and the erle of warwyke had styll contynued syne the maryage of the quene beganne to appere in so moche that the erle wythdrewe hym frome the kynge and confedered vnto hym the duke of Clarence that before hadde maryed hys doughter whereupon the commons of the north beganne to rebell and chase theym a capytayne whome they had named Robyn of Ryddysdale The whyche dyd many feates and lastly bare hym so wysely that he hys cōpany were pardoned of the kyng In the which rumour and styrryng the lord Ryuers and syr Iohn̄ hys sonn̄ that before had maryed the old duchesse of Northfolke lyenge at a place by Charynge crosse called the Muys were taken by Lyncoln̄shyre men and brought vnto Northamtō and there beheded Anno domini M.iiii C.lxix  Anno domini M.iiii C.lxx.  Rycharde Gardyner  Rycharde Lee Grocer  Anno .ix.  Robert Drope  THys yere soone after Alhalowen tyde proclamaciōs were made
and his company quyt them so manfully that he bare ouer that parte of the feeld whyche he sette vppon so ferforthly y e tydynges came to London that kynge Edwarde had loste the felde And yf hys men had kepte theyr araye not fallen to ryfflyng lykely it hadde bene as it was after tolde that the vyctory hadde fallen to that partye But after longe and cruell fyght in conclusyon kyng Edwarde optayned the vpper hande slewe of hys ennemyes the marques Mountagu and the erle of warwyk hys brother wyth many other And vppon the kynges party was slayne the lorde Barnes And of the comōs vppon bothe partyes were slayne vpon .xv. C. men and mo Of the mystes and other impedymentes whyche fyll vpon the lordes party by reason of the incantacyons wrought by fryer Būgey as y e fame wēt me lyst not to wryte But trouth it is that after thys vyctory thus wonne by kynge Edwarde he sente the dede corps of the sayd Marquys and erle of warwyke vnto Poulys chyrche where they laye two dayes after naked in .ii. coffyns that euery man myghte beholde and se theym And the same after none came kyng Edwarde agayn vnto London and offered at y e roode of the North dore at Poulys and after rode vnto westmynster and there lodgyd hym And soone after that the kynge was thus passed tho ▪ ough the cyty was kyng Henry brought rydynge in a longe gowne of blewe veluet and so conueyed thoroughe Chepe vnto westmynster and frome thens vnto the Towre where he remayned as prysoner all hys lyues tyme after The repossessyon of Edwarde the .iiii. EDward the .iiii. before named began agayne his domynyon ouer the realme of England the .xiiii. daye of Apryll in y e begynnyng of the yere of our lord M.iiii C.lxxi the .xii. yere of Lewys the Frenche kynge and reposseded all thynges as he before hadde done And when the sayde two corps hadde lyen in Poules openly from the Sondaye tyll the Tuysdaye they were hadde from thens buryed where y e kynge wolde assygne them The kynge then beynge in authoryte made prouysyon for the defence of the landynge of quene Margaret and hyr sonne the whyche all thys whyle laye at the see syde taryenge the wynde and so lastely landed at and came with a strength of Frenchmē other as farre within thē lande as to a vyllage in called Tewkysbury where the kyng mette wyth her and hyr dystressyd chasyd her company and slewe many of them In the whyche batayle she was taken syr Edward her sonne and so brought vnto the kynge But after the kynge had questyoned with the sayd syr Edwarde and he hadde answered vnto hym cōtrary his pleasure he thenne strake hym wyth hys gauntelet vpon the face After whiche stroke so by hym receyued he was by the kynges seruauntes incōtynently slayne vpon the .iiii. daye of the moneth of May. whan kynge Edwarde had thus subdued hys enemyes anone he sent quene Margarete vnto London where she restyd a season and fynally she was sent home into her countre And the goodes of syr Thomas Cook were agayne ceasyd and hys wyfe put forth and commaunded to be kepte at the mayers Uppon the .xiiii. daye of May folowynge the bastarde of Fawconbrydge that vnto hym had gaderyd a ryottous and euyll dysposyd companye of shypmen and other wyth also the assystence of y e comons both of Essex and of Kent came in greate multytude vnto the cyty of London And after that the sayd cōpany was denyed passage thorough the cytye they set vpō dyuers partyes therof as Bysshoppes gate Algate Londō brydge and alonge the waters syde and shotte gonnes and arowes and fyred the gates wyth cruell malyce as Bysshops gate and Algate and faught so fyersly that they wanne y e bulwerkes at Algate and entred a certayne wythin the gate But the cytesyus wyth comfort and ayde of Robert Baset alderman assygned to the gate wythstode the sayd rebelles so manfully that they slewe all such as entred the gate and compellyd y e other to drawe a backe and forsoke the gate Uppon whom the cytesyns pursued and chased theym vnto the forther Stratforde and slewe toke many of them prysoners wherof herynge the other whyche assayled the other partes of the cytie fledde in lyke wyse whom the other cytesyns pursued as farre as Depforde in sleynge and takyng of them prysoners in great nomber and after them raunsomed as they hadde ben Frenchemen And the bastarde with hys shypmē were chasyd vnto theyr shyppes lyenge at Blackwall and there in the chase many slayne And the sayde bastarde the nyghte folowynge stale out hys shyppes out of y e ryuer and so departed and escaped for the tyme. Than vpon Assencyon euyn next ensuynge the corps of Henry the .vi. late kynge was brought vnreuerently from the tower thorough the high stretes of the cyty vnto Poulys chyrche and there lefte that nyght and vppon the morowe conueyed wyth gleyuys and other wepens as he before thyder was brought vnto Chertyssey and there was buryed Of the deth of this prince dyuers tales were tolde But the moste comon fame went that he was stycked wyth a dagger by the handes of the duke of Glouceter whyche after Edwarde the .iiii. vsurped the crowne and was kyng as after shall appere Than kyng Edwarde after thys victory thus hadde at Tewkesbury retourned vnto London and vpon the mondaye folowynge Assencyon daye he toke hys iournay into Kent hauyng with hym a strength of people and there sette hys iustyces and made inquysycyons of the ryot before done by the bastarde and hys accessaryes For the whyche at Caunterbury and other good townes in Kent dyuers were put in execucyon Of whom the hedes were sent vnto London and set vpon the brydge And in lyke maner inquysyciōs were made in Essex and some also of them put in execucyon Of whyche a capytayne named Spysynge was hanged and hys hede set vpon Algate And many of the ryche commons of Kent were set at greuous fynes both for them selfe and for theyr seruauntes And when the kyng hadde thus spedde his iournaye he retourned came to Londō vpon whytson euyn And that done soone after was bysshop Neuyll archebysshop of yorke sent vnto Guynes and there kepte as prysoner longe after Thys was brother to the lorde marquys Moūtagu and to the erle of warwycke Also in the ende of thys mayers yere was the forenamed bastarde of Fawconbrydge taken about Southamton and there put to execucyō whose hed was sent to London and pyght vpon London brydge among other Anno dn̄i M.iiii C.lxxi  Anno dn̄i M.iiii C.lxxii  Iohn̄ Aleyn  wyllyam Edwarde Grocer  Anno .xi.  Iohn̄ Chelley  IN thys yere the erle of Oxenforde whych syn the season of Barnet felde hadde holden saynte Myghellys mounte was by an appoyntement taken thens and shortely after sente to the castell of Guynes where he remayned prysoner tyl the last yere of Rycharde
thynkynge that the duke wolde haue assembled his people so to haue gyuen to hym batayle gathered to hym great strength and after toke his iournaye westwarde to haue mette wyth the sayd duke But whan the kyng was infourmed that he was fledde anone he made proclamacyons that who that myght take the sayd duke shulde haue for a rewarde M. li. of money and the value of an hundreth pounde in lande by yere to hym and to hys heyres for euer more wherof herynge the foresayd Banaster were it for mede of y e sayd reward or for the fere of losyng of hys lyfe and good dyscouered the duke vnto the sheryffe of the shyre and caused hym to be taken and so brought vnto Salysbury where the kynge than laye And all be it that that the sayde duke made inportune labour to haue commyn to the kynges presence yet that natwythstandynge he was beheded vpon the. daye of the moneth of wythout speche or syght of the kynge Than all suche gentylmen as had apoynted to mete wyth y e said duke were so dysmayde that they knewe nat what for to do but they that myghte fled the lande and some toke seyntwary places as they myghte wynne vnto theym But the kyng to the ende to let them of theyr purpose sente to the see costes and stopped theyr waye in that he myght And he wyth a certeyne strength rode vnto Exceter where about that season was takē syr Thomas Selenger knyght and .ii. gentylmen that one beyng named Thomas Ramme and that other The whyche .iii. persones were there shortly after beheded And soone after in Kent were takē syr George Browne knyghte Robert Clyfforde esquyer and brought vnto the towre of London And vpon the. daye of Octobre the sayd syr George and Roberte were drawen from westmynster vnto the towre hyll and there beheded And the same daye were .iiii. persones lately yomen of the crowne wyth kynge Edwarde the .iiii drawē out of Southwarke thorugh y e cytie vnto tyborne and there hanged And whan the kynge had sped hys iournay in the west coūtre he hasted him towarde London whereof the mayre the cytezyns hauynge knowlege made prouysyō to receyue him and vpon that made puruyaunce for horse with violet clothyng and other necessaryes Anno dn̄i M.iiii C.lxxxiiii  Anno dn̄i M.iiii C.lxxxv  Rychard Chester  Thomas Hylle Thomas Bretayne Anno. ili  Raffe Astry  IN the begynnyng of thys mayres yere and seconde yere of kyng Rycharde that is to meane vppon the .ix. daye of the moneth of Nouembre the mayer and hys brethern beyng cladde in scarlet the cytezyns to the nombre of .v. C. or mo in vyolet met the kynge beyonde Kenyngston in Sutherey so brought hym thorugh the cytye to the warde robe besyde the blacke fryers where for that tyme he was lodged And in short tyme after was syr Roger Clyfforde knyght taken aboute Southampton and from thens sente to the towre of Londō and after areygned iuged at westmynster frō thens vpon the. daye of drawē vnto the towre hylle But whan he came fore agayne saynt Martyns le Graūt by the helpe of a fryer whiche was hys cōfessour one of theym y t was next about him his cordes were so lowsed or cut that he put hym in deuoyr to haue entred y e seyntwary And lykely it had ben y t he shuld haue so done had nat ben the quycke helpe rescous of the sheryffes and theyr offycers The whyche constrayned hym to lye downe vppon the hardyll and newly band hym and so haryed hym to the sayde place of execucion where he was deuyded in two pecys and after hys body wyth the hede was conueyed to the fryeres Augustynes and there be buryed before saynte Katherynes aulter And in the moneth of February folowynge dyed Rycharde Chester one of the sheryfes For whome was immedyatly chosen Raffe Astry to contynue for that yere folowynge Kynge Rycharde than ledynge hys lyfe in great agony and doubte trustynge fewe of suche as were aboute hym spared nat to spende the greate treasour whych before kyng Edward the .iiii. hadde gadered in guynge of great large gyftes By meane wherof he alonly wasted nat y e great treasour of his sayd brother but also he was in suche daunger that he borowed many notable summes of money of ryche men of thys realme and specyally of the cytezyns of London wherof the leest summe was .xl. li. for suertye wherof he delyuered to them good suffycyent pledges In the whyche passetyme many sondry gentylmen and diuers sheryffes departed ouer the see into Fraūce and there allyed them wyth that vertuous prynce Henry sonne vnto the erle of Rychemonde dyscended lyneally from Henry the .iiii. lately kynge of thys realme and conuenaunted with hym that if he wolde mary Elizabeth y e eldest doughter of Edwarde the .iiii they wolde with goddes help strength hym to be kyng of England ayde hym in suche maner that he and also she were or myght be possessed of theyr ryghtfull enherytaunce Amonge the whyche gentylmen syr Iamys Blount than keper of the castell of Guynys was one which with hym conueyed the erle of Oxenford that longe tofore had ben prysoner wythin the sayd castell Upon whiche agrement thus concluded prouysion by them and theyr frendes was made to sayle into Englande And after all thynges prepared the sayd prynce wyth a small cōpany of Englysshe Frenche Brytons toke shyppynge in Fraunce or Brytayne and so landed lastly in the porte of Mylbourne in the moneth of August For whose defence of landynge kynge Rycharde for so moche as he fered him lytell made but smal prouision whyle these foresayde gentylmen of dyuers coostes of Englande escaped as is abouesayde ouer the see of that affynite was one named wyllyā Colyngbourne taken And after he had ben holden a season in pryson he wyth another gentylmā named Turbyruyle were brought vnto Guylde hall and there areygned But y e sayd Turbyruyle was repryed to pryson and that other was caste for sondry treasons for a tyme whyche was layde to hys charge that he shulde make in derysyō of the kyng and his counsayll as foloweth ¶ The catte the ratte and louell our dogge Ruleth all England vnder a hogge THe whych was ment that Catysby Ratclyffe and the lorde Louell ruled the land vnder y e kyng whych bare the whyte bore for his conysaunce For the whyche and other vppon the. day of he was put to y e most cruell deth at the towre hyll where for him were made a new payer of Galowes vpon the whych after he had hanged a shorte season he was cutte downe beynge a lyue and hys bowellys ryped out of hys bely cast into the fyre there by hym and lyued tyll the boucher put hys hand into the bulke of his body in so moche that the sayd in the same instāt O lord Iesu yet more trouble so dyed to the great compassyon of moche people
prynce Humfrey duke of Glouceter Than of thys grudge ensued rebellyon of the coÌ„mons in so moche that they assembled theym in sondry places made of them selfe capytaynes and named them Blewe berde and other counter fayte names and so enteÌ„ded to haue gadered more company But anone as the kynges counsayll was thereof warnyd they were layde for and taken and putte to dethe Thanne the foresayde parlyamente was adiourned vnto Leyceter whether came the kynge and wyth hym the duke of Suffolke Than the commons of the common hous made requeste to the kyng that all suche persones as were consentynge and laboured for the gyuynge ouer the duchye of Angeou and erledome of MaynÌ„ myght be punisshed Of whiche offeÌ„ce to be gyltie they accused the foresayd duke of Suffolke the lorde Sey the bysshop of Salysbury and one Danyell a gentylman with Treuylyan other Than to appease the coÌ„mon hous the duke was exyled for .v. yeres and the lord Sey as tresorer of Englande and y e other were put a parte for a whyle were promysed to be sent vnto the kynges gayoll or warde Than the duke in obeynge y e sentence foresayde sped hym towarde y e sees syde in the moneth of Apryl and toke his shyppynge in Northfolke enteÌ„ding to haue sayled into FrauÌ„ce In kepyng of whiche course he was mette with a shyppe of warre named Nicholas of the Tower the whiche toke his shyp And whaÌ„ y e capytayne was ware of the duke anone he toke hym into his owne shyp and so kept his course towarde Douer And whaÌ„ he was comen vnto the rode anone he caused hym to be confessed of his owne chaplayne and that done shypmeÌ„ put hym in a shypbote and there vpon the syde of the bote one strake of his hed whiche hed with the body was soone after conueyed to the laÌ„de of Douer and there lefte vpon y e sandes and the sayd shypmen returned to the see agayne And thus one myschefe ensued vpon an other to the dystruccyon of the nobles of this laÌ„de And so vpon the fyrst daye of May was this deed corps fouÌ„de vpon Douer sandes and after conueyed to his restynge place to This yere also beynge the yere of our lordes in carnacyon .xiiii. C. and .l. was the Iubile or the plenary pardon at Rome whiche of Englysshmen is called the yere of grace And this yere a towne in NormaÌ„dy named Uernoyll was taken by y e treason of a Frenche baker the maner wherof were loÌ„ge to wryte But fynally it came to y e possession of Floquet before rehersed to the great dystruccyon of Englysshmen For now was y e trewes ended mortal warre was executed vpon both ê‘tyes the EnglysshmeÌ„ vnto y e FreÌ„che wrought moche myschyef dyuers wayes whiche were loÌ„ge to wryte But as to fore I haue shewed to you sondry tymes the most losse turned euer last warde vpon y e Englyssh ê‘tie For this seasoÌ„ also were y e townes of NogeÌ„t pouÌ„t Andenere wonne by the erle of saynt Paule other And in y e moneth of Iuny this yere y e coÌ„mons of Kent asseÌ„bled theÌ„ in great multitude chase to them a capitayee and named hym Mortymer and cosyn of the duke of york but of most he was named Iak Cade This kept y e people wonderously togyder made suche ordenauÌ„ces amonge theÌ„ y t he brought a great noÌ„bre of people of theÌ„ vnto y e Blak hethe where he deuysed a byll of peticioÌ„s to y e kyng y e couÌ„sayll shewed them what iniuryes oppressioÌ„s the poore coÌ„moÌ„s suffred by suche as were aboute y e kynge a fewe ê‘sones in noÌ„bre all vnder coloure to come to his aboue The kynges couÌ„sayll seynge this byll dysalowed it couÌ„sayled the kynge whiche by the .vii. day of Iuny had gathered to hiÌ„ a stroÌ„ge hoste of people to go agayne his rebelles to gyue vnto them batayll Than the kynge after the sayd rebelles had holdeÌ„ theyr felde vpon blak hethe .vii. dayes made towarde theÌ„ wherof heryng the capytayne drewe backe with his people to a vyllage called Seuenok there enbatayled â–ª theÌ„ ThaÌ„ it was agreed by y e kynges counsayll that syr Humfrey Stafforde knyght with wyllyam his brother and other certayne gentylmen shulde folowe the chase and the kyng with his lordes shuld retourne vnto Grenewyche wenynge to them that the rebelles were fledde gone But as before I have shewed whan syr Humfray with his coÌ„pany drewe nere vnto Seuenok he was wared of y e capytayne that there abode with his people And whan he had counsayledde with the other gentylmen lyke a manfull knyghte set vpon the rebelles and fought with them loÌ„ge But in the ende the capytayne slewe hym his brother with many other and caused the rest to gyue backe Al whiche season the kynges hoste laye styll vpon Blakhethe beyng amoÌ„ge them sondry opinions so that some and many fauoured the capytayne But fynally whan worde came of y e ouerthrowe of the Staffordes they sayd playnly and boldly that excepte the lorde Saye and other before rehersed were coÌ„mytted to warde they wolde take the capytaynes partye For the appeasynge of the whiche rumour the lorde Saye was put into y e tower but that other as thaÌ„ were not at hande Thanne the kynge hauynge knowlege of the scomfyture of his men and also of the rumour of his ostynge people remoued frome Grenewyche to London and there with his hoste rested hym a whyle And so soone as Iak Cade hadde thus ouercomen the Stafforde he anone apparayled hi with y e knyghtes apparayll and dyd on hym his bryganders set with gylte nayle and his salet and gylte spores And after he had refresshed his people he returned agayne to Blakhethe and there pyght agayne his feld as here tofore he had done and laye there from the nyne twenty daye of Iuny beynge saynte Peters daye tyll the fyrste day of Iuly In whiche season came vnto hym the archebysshop of Cantorbury and the duke of Bukkyngham with whome they had longe coÌ„munycacyon and fonde hym ryghte dyscrete in his answeres How be it they coude not cause hi to lay downe his people and to submyt hym vnto the kynges grace In this whyle the kynge and the quene herynge of the encreasynge of his rebelles and also the lordes ferynge theyr owne seruauÌ„tes lest they wolde take the capytaynes partie remoued frome London to Kyllyngworth leuynge y e cyte without ayde excepte onely the lorde Scales whiche was lefte to kepe the tower and with hym a manly warly man named Mathewe Fowth Than the capytayne of Kente thus houynge at Blakhethe to the ende to blynde the more the people and so brynge hym in fame that he kepte good iustyce be heded there a pety capytayne of his named Parys for so moch as he had offended agayne suche ordynauÌ„ce as he had stablysshed in his hoste herynge y t the kynge and all his lordes were thus departed drewe hym