maletalent ¶ But wheÌ„ the good erle Thomas this herd he ansuerd in this maner and said lordis quod he if we gone toward the north the northeren men will say that we go toward the scottis Ì„ so we shall be holden traitours for cause of distance that is betwen kyng edward Ì„ Robert the brus that made him kiÌ„g of scotland and ther fore I sai as touchyng my self that I will not go no ferther in to the north than to myn own castell of PouÌ„fret ¶ And wen sir roger Clifford herd this he arose vp anone in wroth and drew his swerde on high suore by almyghty god and by his holi names but if that he wold go with them he shuld him sle ther. ¶ The nobull and gentill erle Thomas of Lancastre was sore adrad said fair sirs I will gon with you whither so euer ye me bidde ¶ Tho went they to gedres in to the north Ì„ with them they had vij C. men of armes and come to Burbrugge ¶ And when sir Andrew of herkela that was in the north cuÌ„tre thurgh ordynaunce of the kyng for to kepe the cuntre of scotland herd tell how that Thomas of lancastre wos discomfited and his ê¯panye at Burton vpon trent he ordyned him a strong pouer and sir Symond ward also that was tho shereue of yorke and met the baronnes at burbrugge and anone they breke the brugge that wos made of tre ¶ And whan sir thomas of Lancastre herde that sir Andrew of herkela had brought with him such a pouer he was sore a drad and sent for sir andrew of herkela and with him spake· and said to him in this maner ¶ Sir andrew quod he ye mow well vnderstond how that our lord the kyng is lad and misgouerned by moch fals councell thurgh sir hugh the Spenser the fadre and sir hugh his son and sir IohnÌ„ erle of Arundell and thurgh master Robert Baldoke a fals piled clerke that now is in the kynges court duelling Wherfore I pray yow that ye wold cum with vs with all the pouer that ye haue ordened and help to distro the venym of England and the tratours that bene therin and we will yeue vn to yow all the best parte of .v. erledoms that we haue and holdeth and we will make vn to you an oth that we wil neuer done thyng with out your councell and so ye shall bene eft as well with vs as euer wos Robert of Holand ¶ Tho ansuerd sir Andrew of herkela and said sir Thomas that wolde not I done ne consent ther to for no maner thing ye might me yeffe without the will and commauÌ„dement of our lore the kyng for than shuld I be holden a tratour for euer more ¶ And when that the nobull Erle Thomas of Lancastre saw that he wold not consent vn to him for no maner thing sir Androw he said will ye not consent for to distroye the venym of the reame as we be consent now at one worde sir Androw I tell the that or this yere be gone that ye shall be take and hold for a traitor and more than ony of yow hold vs now and in wors deth ye shall die than euer did any knyght of Englond And vnderstand well that ye did neuer thyng that sorer ye shall you repente and now goth Ì„ dothe what you good liketh And I wyll put me in to the mercy of god ¶ And so went the fals traytour tirant and as a fals for sworin maij for thurgh the noble Erle Thomas of Lancastre he vnderfenge the armes of chiualri and thurgh hiÌ„ he wos made a knyght ¶ Tho myght men see archeris drawe them in that one side and in that other and knyghtes also and foughten tho to gedre wonder sore and also among other sir Humfrey de Boughon Erle of herford a worthy knyght of renoune thurgh all cristyndome stode fought with his enmys vpon the bruge and as the nobull lord stode and faught vpon the brugge a thefe a ribaude skulked vnder the brugge fersly with a spere smote the nobull knyght in to the fouÌ„dement so that his bouell is comen out a bout his fete ther. ¶ Alas for sorow for ther was slayn the flour of solace of comforth and also of curtesie ¶ And sir Roger of Clifford a nobull knyght stode euer and faught well worthely him defendid as a nobull baron But at the last he was sore wounded in his hede sir willm of Sullay and sir Roger of bernefeld wer slayn at that bataill ¶ When sir Androw of herkela saw that sir Thomas men of lancastre lassed and slaked anone he and his compani comen vn to the gentill knyght sir Thomas of Lancastre said vn to him in high yelde the tratoure yeld the. ¶ The gentill Erle ansuerid tho and said Nay lordis trators be we none and to you will we neuer vs yeld while that our lyues last but leuer we haue to be slain in our treuth than yeld vs vn to yow ¶ And sir Androw ayen gard vpon sir Thomas componi yollyng as a wode wolfe Ì„ saied yelde you tratours takeÌ„ yeld you And said with an high vois beth war sires that none of yow be so hardy vpon lyfe and limme to mysdone Thomas bodi of Lancastre ¶ And with that word the good Erle Thomas weÌ„t iÌ„ to the chapell said kneling vpon his knees Ì„ turned his visage towardes the crosse and said Almyghty god to the I me yelde holli I put me vn to thy merci And with that the vileyns and ribaudes leped a boute him on euery syde as tirantis wode turmeÌ„tours and dispolid him of his armurie and clothed him in a robe of rey that was of his squyers liueira and forth lad him vn to yorke by water ¶ Tho myght men se moch sorow Ì„ care for thee gentill knyghtis fled in euery side Ì„ the ribaudis Ì„ the vileyns egreli them discried and gried an high yeld yow tratours yeld you ¶ And when they wer yolden they wer robbed bounde as thefues Alas the shame and dispite that the gentill ordir of knyghthod ther had at that bataill and the land was tho with out law for holy chirche tho had no more reuerance than it had bene a brodell hous and in that bataill was the fadre ayens the sone and the vncle ayens his nepheu For so moch vnkyn denes was neuer seyn before in Englond as wos that tyme among folke of one nacion ¶ For on kynrad had no more pitte of that other than an hungri wolfe hath of a shepe and it wos no wonder ¶ For the gret lordis of englond wer not all of one nacion but wer medled with other nacions that is for to say some Bretans some SaxoÌ„s som Danys some Pehites som Frensshemen some Normans some Spanyardis some Romans some Henaudes some Flemmyng and other diuerse nacions the which nacions
vertu as Dauit Ì„ suÌ„ faylit a non as Saul Ì„ Ieroboan Also it is red that moÌ„y war nobull men by tyrannyde Ì„ violens of the wich sum war distryet a non and suÌ„ a bood in stabulnes as Paynyms myght Aº muÌ„di ijM.ix C v. Et anÌ„ xpÌ„i natiÌ„ .ijM.ij .ijC. lxxxxiiij SAruch lyneally descendyt from Adam to Abraham and Nachor wos hys sone Ì„ lyuid an hundyrth Ì„ xlviij yere And a bowte this tyme Ydolatri be gan myghttely And yf ye reuolue Ì„ loke the hystoryes ye shall fynd that iij. thyngê principall broght men to ydolatri that is to wete the affeccion that they had to deed men Dreed Ì„ flatyring a nendys thaer priÌ„ces Ì„ the dyligens of craftimen a boute sculptures or grauyngis dulys then entyrt the ydolis and gaf ownswars to the pepull and thes spretis coÌ„formyt the errur of the pepull myghtily In so mych that who suÌ„ euer wold note coÌ„forme hym to ther reson he shuld suffir the payn of deth also wos addit to thes thyngê the dissauyng laud of poettys the wych wrecchys and dampnyt men in to heuyn wyth ther gay writyngis exaltit And that same tyme when dulys be gan to speke so farly and so mekely to man the good lorde of his grett marcy send his angils that thay shÌ„uld speke to hys eleckyt men in visibely lest that all man kyne shuld ê‘ych wyth that muscheuus errower Belus sonne to Nemroth this tyme wos Kyng of Babulon Ì„ he was the fyrst kyng of this world and this man wos he whom the errur of pepull fyrst trawit shuld be a god wher for diuse pepull namyt hym diuersly Ì„ suÌ„ cald hym Bell. sum Baall suÌ„ Baalim sum Beelphagor Ì„ sum Beelsabub and this vnhapy errur stood in man kynd moor theÌ„ ijM. yere Ninus son to belus the secund kyng of Babulon or of assuriorum regnyt liiij yere and this Ninus desyryt to haue lordshyp Ì„ worshyp Ì„ to that entent that he myght be lord of all the cuÌ„tre a boute hym and he gaaffe batellÌ„ to allÌ„ that dwellit ne a bowte hym And be cause that tyme the pepull wos rude Ì„ had not the connyng of feghtyng nor armur a noon he subduyt vn to hym all Asiam Ì„ ther wos maad the fyrst monarch iÌ„ the est ê‘ti Ì„ when his hart wos sory for the deth of his father Belê° hee maad to be maad to hym for his comforth an ymage of his fadyr to whom he gaafe so myghti reuerens that what sum euer gylty man had fleed to that ymage ther shuld no man do vn to hym no hurte And he pardonythim of all his trespase And thurgh his ensampull moÌ„y a maÌ„ be gan to worshype the deed ymag of ther deer frendys Then thees malicius spretis seyng the curiosite off the pepull hyde them with in them and gaafe onswars to the pepull and said they war goddys and commandit them to do reuereÌ„s vn to them as god thus that vnhappy syn of ydolatri wos broght in the wich repugnyt myghteli to goddis magesty Ì„ iÌ„ so myche this madnes grew that he shuld suffir the payne of deth thatt sayd they warmen bot goddys Anno muÌ„di iijM.C.xiiij Et anÌ„ xpÌ„i natiÌ„ ij M lxxxv THare son to Nachor leuyd ij C Ì„ v yere this Thare after the deth of Aram went from vr of calde and passit in too Charram with his childyrn Ì„ his neuens and it is sayd be cause he woldnot worshipe the fier as Nemreth had taght he wos flemyt the cuntre And the comyn oppynion of the Hebreus is that NeÌ„roth regnyt ther the wich wos cald a nodir name Amraphel the kyng of Sennaar wom long tyme after this Abraham awrcaÌ„ vt dicitur Genes Genesis .xiiij. Anno muÌ„di iijM.C.lxxxiiii Et anÌ„ xpiÌ„ natiuitateÌ„ ij M xv Heer begynnith the deuoit Ì„ holy story of owr Patriarkis the wich worshippit the ueray god Ì„ iÌ„ ther worshipping thai taght it vide plura gen 12. vsque ad fineÌ„ this AbrahaÌ„ a faithfull louer of god wos born the xliij yere of Ninus kyng of babuloÌ„ knaw ye that the lxxv yere of AbrahaÌ„ thurght the myghty glori of the hee god Abraham Here begiÌ„nith the threde aage of the worlde duriÌ„g to dauid the word of merci deceÌ„dit apon mankynd for then be gane to appeer the oraculê° of the ê“misse of god vide aug 16 de ci de Itm gen ih for this tyme holy aÌ„gels apperit to vs iÌ„ form of mankynd ¶ This abrahaÌ„ had .ij. brether AraÌ„ Ì„ Nachor Ì„ aram gatt Loth a rightwes maÌ„ Ì„ an holi Ì„ he deseruyt to be visit with angels as his hunkil abrahaÌ„ wos Ì„ for this loth abrahaÌ„ smoot iiii kyngê for they toke loth vt gen 14. of whom on was said to be Nemroth bot he is cald heer amraphell ¶ And abrahaÌ„ had mony wiffes as Sarar Ì„ agar Ì„ his childer Ì„ his brether had moÌ„y childer bot for vs that writte cronyclis it is not necessary to speke of all meÌ„ bot of the noble faders sed vide plraÌ„fiÌ„e gen Melchysedech this tym wos kyng of SaleÌ„ this maÌ„ wos cald a right wis kyng for hys excedyng holines Ì„ he offirt bred Ì„ wyne to abrahaÌ„ iÌ„ signe of a gret mysteri he wos also the prest of the he god Semyramis the thrid king of BabuloÌ„ this ordaÌ„t an army Ì„ went iÌ„ to ynde Ì„ obtenet that cuÌ„tre Ì„ so by all Asiam the kiÌ„gdom of Assuriorum wos dilatit Ì„ he multiplied the cite of BabuloÌ„ myghteli Ì„ maad wallis a bowt it this Semyramis had a wyff Ì„ he for soke hiir Ì„ it is wreten that sche wos slain of hiir sone Ninus be cause sche ê“uokit him to the vnleful coÌ„cupiceÌ„s sic dicit aug 18 de ci dei Ì„ the maister iÌ„ his storys sayes that sche weddit hiir awn son Ì„ he gat a child on hiir the wich ordant bobulon to be the heed of his reme Ninus the iiij kyng of babuloÌ„ wos son to gret Ninus of this man litill is wreten bot that he slow his own modir as it is sayed a foor Arrius wos the. v kyng of babulon and vnder hym wos borne ysaac Ysaac sone to Abraham of the lyne of crist leued C.lxxx yere This Ysaac had a wife cald Rebecca Ì„ on hir hee gat ij sonnys Esau Ì„ Iacob this esau sould his enheritons to his brother Iacob Ì„ he wos the fadyr of Ydumeorum Ì„ he had in possession the hille of Seir. Ì„ put fyrst maris to assys wher of wos geÌ„dyrte mulis ¶ A bowte this tyme xxx lordschippis Ì„ Gomorra forther horrobli syn war owerthrow the wife of Loth lokyng bacward turnet iÌ„ to a salt stone shewis that no maÌ„ iÌ„ the way of deliberacion shuld desyre thyngê past hee augê° de
law of god wos geueÌ„ iÌ„ the hill of sinay Ì„ the boke of leueticuÌ„ wos wretyn and a noder boke wos called numerum Ì„ the tabernacul wos ordand The boke of deuteronamiuÌ„ wos made Balaam wos ê“phet Ì„ wos slayn Anno muÌ„di .iij M vij C xxv Et anÌ„ xpiÌ„ natiÌ„ M.iiij C lxxiiii SAlmen of the line of crist wos abowte this tyme Ì„ he had a wife that heyt reab Moyses abowt this tyme decesset the water of fleme iordane wos dry Iericho wos take the son stoid iÌ„ the firmameÌ„t iÌ„meuabull historia libri iosue iÌ„cipit iudicum Iosue the secuÌ„d iuge iÌ„ israel wos a myghty maÌ„ iÌ„ batell Ì„ the fryst iÌ„ desert he awer com amelech Ì„ after Moyses of god he wos ordant iuge of israel of whom the batels the werkes Ì„ the religius lyfe ye may se iÌ„ the boke of Iosue wreteÌ„ Eleazar wos the secund bysshop Ì„ he Ì„ iosue deuyded the lond of ê“mision to the child of israell Ì„ of hym deceÌ„dit the bysshoppis vn to crist a few exceppyt Othonyell of the tribe of Iuda wos the thryd iuge and this man delyuered the children of israel fro the oppression of thee Reame off Mesopotomie the wich he ower come in batell thys man toke axam to his wyefe the wiche asked the vale londis a bown Ì„ be nethe of hir fader caleph vt pêª patet iudic prio. Aoth wos the iiij iuge iÌ„ israel this maÌ„ subduid egloÌ„ the kyng of moab and deliuerit the child of israel this wos a myghty man in batell and he vsyd the ton hond as well as the tother for his right hond ¶ A bowte this tyme the kiÌ„gê of Italy be gone and mony tymes ther names be changet of the wich the ê“genite of the romans moâ— clerly is shewed Ianas wos the fyrst kyng of ytaly and afterward of the rude gentilys he wos worshyppit as a god and they fenyd hym to haue ij faces for they worshippit his fest in the begynnyng of the yere as he war the ende of the last yere and the begynnyng of the fyrst yere and of hym the mone of Ianuary has his name Amictus wos the viij kyng of babulon vndyr whom Iosue decessit Anno muÌ„di iij M vij C lxxv Et anÌ„ xpiÌ„ natiÌ„ M iiij C xxiiij Boos son to salmon of the lyne of crist wos this tyme. bott of hym is lytill wretten bot that Math nombres hym iij the genology and as docturs sayth ther wos made skyppiÌ„g of namys be twyx Boos Ì„ Obeth for at the leste be twyx them war CClxxij yere the wich tyme to on man may not be referred Ì„ ther for heyr mony thynges is spoken or I cum to the lyne of crist a yane Nicholaê° de lyra dt ê™ suÌ„t tres boos vnus post alium Sangar wos the v iuge of israel bothe leued no yeres Delbora wos the vi iuge this Delbora wos a womaÌ„ and for thee grace of hir ê“phecy wos gyffen to hir honour that she iuget israel she by the coÌ„maÌ„dment of god called Baruch that he shold go feght with the enmys of israel and the child of israel gat the victory a yans Iabin the kyng of Chanaan and Cizaram the priÌ„ce of his cheualry and he destrued hem vt pêª patet iudicuÌ„ 4o. Phenies wos bisshop and this Phenies yet a yong man for goddis sake slew mony lecherus men And therfor our lord wos plesit wit him Saturnus this tyme wos kyng in Italy and he wos the secuÌ„de kyng ther. this Saturmis is sayed to cum from the lond of cretens in to Ytaly whom by ydolatri thurght a meruelê° blendnes they sayed wos no man bot a god And yet they sayed that hee regnet vpon them as ther kyng and he taught meÌ„ fyrst to donge ther feeldys and of Saturnus the romaÌ„s war calÌ„led saturniam Pâ—icus wos son to Saturnus and or he wos kyng in Italy he wos kyng in Laurentyn and after his decesse of the geÌ„tilis wos worsshippit for a god Anno muÌ„di iij M viij C lxxv Et anÌ„ xpÌ„i natiÌ„ M.iij C xliiij GEdeon the vij Iuge off israel wos this tyme. this Gedeon subduyt iiij kynges s. Oreb Zebee Zeb and Salmana And hee subduyt Madean to israel vide plura iudi cuÌ„ .6.7 et .8 Bocci wos Bisshope in isthel then Abymelech the viij iuge in israel wos naturall sone to Gedyan and he wos not called of god bot malyciosly toke on hym the Prinshod of israel and he slew lxx of his brether wherfor he endit his lyfe myscheuusly vt patet iudicum 9 Tola wos the ix Iuge in israel and this man gydit hym after the olde gouernans of iuges by thee maner of dyreccion and counsell moor then by domynacion Bocci wos bisshop a bowte this tyme bot of hym lytell is wretyn Iayr the x iuge of israel had xxx sonnys whom he made princes of xxx citees And be cause thes war good men and rulit to the plesour off god Therfor in the dayes of thees .ij. men isreel drew to our lord And therfor all thyng come and wos in prosperite and welche Fannus wos the iiij kynge of Italy and he wos kyng of Laurentyn bâ—the Latinus wos kyng in Italy after FaÌ„nus and of thys Latinus wos called the kyngdoÌ„ of latinorum ¶ And Carmentis doughter to Euandri foond fyrst latyn lettyrs Thauranus a bowt this tyme wos kyng of babulon or of asseriorum and vnder thys man Troy wos destruyed fyrst The occasion off the batell off Troy be gone for a lytell thyng in so myche as Lamydon kyng of Troy reseyued not Hercules and Iason wyth dew honour as they shold haue be resaiued and off so lytell a trespasse how mony harmys and hurtys grew Sibilla delphica a for the batell of Troy proficyed how a chyld shuld be borne of a virgin wyth owt mannys seed Laamydon kyng of Troy wos slayn And hys doughtyr xiona wos taken in to grees lond for the wych foulyth myghty batell and most ferfull myscheuys vide historiam troianam Hercules wyth Iason destruyd Ilyum or Troy the wych a none after wos bylded of Pryamus son to Laamydon This hercules did mony meruelus thynges and mony myghty batelles and infenyte lesinges be fennyt on hym· at the laste when he had ower come mych pepull hee wos soor hurt in werre And when he myght not suffyr the payn of his soor with the wych he wos greued hym selfe he ron in to the fyer and when he wos deyd he wos worshyppyt emonges the goddis of the gentyles myghttely Circa annuÌ„ muÌ„di iij M ix C lxxv Et anÌ„ xpiÌ„ natiÌ„ M.ij C xxiiij After the deth of Iayr iuge of israel the pepull of israell addyt new synnys to ther olde And our lord toke them iÌ„ to the pouer of the PhylÌ„ystiens and to the chylder of amon xviij yere and they war grettly oppressit and then they cryed
humbars doughter and she wos called Estrild ¶ And whan Lotrin saw hir he toke hir with hym for hir fayrnes â–ª and for hir wos ouer taken with loue Ì„ wold haue wedded hir This tidiÌ„ges come to Corin and anone he thought to aueuge hym vpon lotrin Far os mych as Lotrin had made counand for to spouse Corins douhhter that was called Guentolen And corin in hast went to hym vn to new Troy thê° he sayed to Lotrin now certes quod he ye reward me full euell for all the paynes that I haue suffred and had mony tymes for Brute your fadre and therfor sen that it is so I wyll a uenge me now vpon you and he drew his fauchon an hight and wold haue slayn thys Lotrin the kyng but the damisell went by tweyn them and made them acorded iÌ„ this maner that Lotrin shold spouse guendolen that wos Corins doughter And so Lotryn did And nertheles whan that he had spoused Guentolen Corins doughter preualy he come to Estrilde and brought hir wich chyld Ì„ gate vpon hir a doughter the wych was called Abren ¶ And hit befell so that anone after that Corin dyed and after when he was deid Lotrine for soke Guendolen that wos his wyfe and made Estrilde quene And ther guentolen that was his wyffe went from thens all in gret ire and wroth vn to Cornwaill and ther seised all the lond in to hir owne hond for as moche as she was hir fadres eyr she vnder toke feautes and homages of al the men of the lond and afterward assembled a gret host and a gret pouer of men for to be a venged vpon Lotrin that was hir lord and to hym come and yaf hym a strong batell and ther wos Lotrin hir hosband slayn and his men discomfited in the v. yere of his regne Guentolen let take Estrile and Abram hir doughter and bynd them bâ—the hâ—nd Ì„ fete Ì„ kest them bothe in to a water and so they drenched wherfor that water was euer more called after Abram after thee name of the damysell that was Estrildis doughter and englyssh men calleth that water seuern and walsh men callis it Abram vn to this day ¶ And when this was done Guentolen let croune hir quene of all the lond Ì„ gouerned the lond full well and wysely vn to the tyme that Madan hir son that Lotrin had goten vpon hir were of xx yere of age that he myght be kyng and so the quene regned xv yere and tho lett she croune hir son kyng hee regned gouerned the lond well and worthely And she went in to Cornwall and ther she duelled all hir lifes tyme. ¶ How Madan regned in pees all his life THys Madan son to Lotrin regned on the bretans xl yere The wich be gone regne the xv yere of Saull And this Madan liffed in pees all his dayes got ij sonnys MeÌ„pris Ì„ Maulyn Then he dyed and lyeth at new Troy Anno muÌ„di iiijM.C.xxij Et anÌ„ xpiÌ„ natiÌ„tateÌ„ M.lxxiiij Dauid the secund kyng in isreell regned thys tyme a man Dauiâ— Here begiÌ„nith the fourte aage duriÌ„g to the transmigracion chosyn after the desyre of god And he wos a noynted in hys yong age by Samuell and after the deth of Saull he regned ·xl yere this Dauid wos as a meruell in all man kynd In whome euer was y found so moche power and so mochel humylyte So mochel nobulnes an so moche mekenes So gret a charge of seculari thynges And so pure and dewoute a contemplacioÌ„ of spyrituall thynges So mony men to kyll And so mony teres to wepe for his trespas plura vide primo regum Abiathar this tyme wos bysshope and he fled fro Saull vn to Dauid and he wos glorius wyth hym all his dayes Gad Nathan and Asaph war prophettes than and Nathan wos brother son to Dauid ¶ How Mempris slew his brother Maulyn THis Mempris and his broder maulyn strâ—ue fast for thee lond Ì„ meÌ„pris begone to regne the xxxv yere of Dauid and for enchesoÌ„ that he wos the eldest son he wold haue had all the loÌ„d and Maulyn woldnat suffre hym so that they toke a day of loue Ì„ acorde ¶ And at this day MeÌ„pris let kyll his brother thurgh treson and hym self afterward held the lond and anoÌ„e let croune hym kyng and regned and after became so lither a maÌ„ that he destroid iÌ„ a while all the meÌ„ of his lond and at the last he bicame soo wikked and so lecherous that he for soke his owne wyfe and vsed the synne of sodomye wherfo almyghti god wos gretly displesyd and wrothe with hym and vpan hym toke vengeance for be cause of his wikkednes For on a day as he went forth on huntyng in a forest ther he lost all his men that wos with hym and wist not what he shold done and so he went vp and doune hym self alone and cried after his men bot they war gone and ther come wolfes anone and all to dreu hym in peces when he had rened xxiiij yere and when his pepull herid that he wos so deyd they made Ioy and myrth y nowgh and anone mada Ebrac his son kyng and he regned with moch honour Anno muÌ„di iiijM.C.lxv Et anÌ„ xpÌ„i natiÌ„toteÌ„ M xxxiiij SAlamon the kyng of Pees of the gyft of our lord had a synguler excedyng a bown all men that euer wos in thys world bot alonly god in wisdom Ì„ in riches indayntethis Ì„ in glory and famyliarite with god And all thogh Moyses and Dauid Peter Paule Ierom and Austyn and othee moo excedit hym in holines bot yet they excedit hym not in Glori and reches And this maÌ„ so excediÌ„g all meÌ„ wrechitly fell Of thys Salamon is red in a pystill of sent Ierom that he got a chyld on the doughter of Pharao at xi yere of his age vide plraÌ„ reguÌ„ Sadoch this tyme wos bisshop And for he declynet not to thee he part of Adonie Dauid son bot wos with Nathan for Salomon Ì„ Abiather on the other parte wos deposit Anno muÌ„di iiijM.ij C v. Et anÌ„ xpiÌ„ natiÌ„tateÌ„ ixC. lxxxxiiij ROboas succedit Salamon his feder in his kyngdome bott not in wysdome he wos dessaued thurgh thee counsell of yong meÌ„ lost x. tribê° iÌ„ so mych that he awnsuaid not the pepul wisly as it is opyn tercio reguÌ„ A chymyas wos bysshope and wos the son of Sadoch vt pêª patet primo paroliopo Reges israel incipiunt Iherobaas regned kiÌ„g iÌ„ israel xxij yere And he wos fyrst of the housold of SalamoÌ„ Ì„ a good man bot wheÌ„ he wos made kyng he wos a myscheuê° maÌ„ iÌ„ ydolatri Ì„ made israel to syn iÌ„ ydolatri Ì„ moÌ„y gret vncoÌ„uemeÌ„tis war done almost to the destrucnon of all israell for he wos the fugour of machomyte plraÌ„ vide 3º reguÌ„ Abdias the son of Roboas regned iÌ„ the Iuri
iij. yere Ì„ other whil a good maÌ„ and holpen by god and oethr whyle wrechedli disposed iÌ„ ydolatri Ì„ therfor our lord suffred him to regne lityll tyme. vt pêª patet 3º reguÌ„ et 2º paralipo Anno muÌ„di iiij M ij C xxv Et anÌ„ xpÌ„i natiÌ„tateÌ„ ix C lxxiiij Asa the son of Abdias regned xvi yere iÌ„ the begiÌ„yng of his regne he wos a rightuis maÌ„ Ì„ walked as Dauid did Ì„ he ower com the Ethyopes Ì„ destruyd Ydoles Bot after that he wos suorne to the kyng of Syrie benedab for Baasa kyng of israel theÌ„ be gon feyght aganes hym the wich displesed god wherfor he send to hiÌ„ the ê“phet Anani whom he put in presoÌ„ and therfor he had the goute strongli died therof vt pêª patet 3º reguÌ„ 2º pa. Azarias son to Achonias wos bisshop Nadab kyng of israell regnet ij yere the wich begon to regne the secuÌ„d yer of Ase kiÌ„g of Iues Ì„ did nought os his fader and Basa ower thrugh hym rened for hym vt 3º reguÌ„ Basa kyng of israel regnet xxiiij yer the wich begone to regne the iij. yere of Ase kyng of Iues hee walked iÌ„ the synnes of IeroboaÌ„ Ì„ kylled Iehen the ê“phet Hela the son of Basa rened iÌ„ israel ij yere Ì„ Zamri slew hym regned vij dayes Amri renet xij yer Ì„ did noght as his predicessores did Acha son to amri regned on isralÌ„ xxij yere Ì„ aboon all that wos a foor hym he wos cursit for wickid Iesabell ruled moor then he Ì„ meued hym to folow hyr vt pêª patet icio reguÌ„ ¶ Off kyng Ebrac the wich be gone to regne the xv yere of â—alaâ—â— and how he conquered frrance This Ebrac regned lx yere Ì„ a strong man he wos and a myghty and this Ebrac thurgh hys myght and helpe of hys bretons conquered all fraunce and wan ther so moche gold and siluer that whan he coÌ„ a yane in to this lond he made a cite after his own name let call it Ebrac that is called euerywyk this kyng made the castell of maydenes that now is called Edenburgh This kyng had xx sonnys Ì„ xxiij doughtres by diuerse wymen goten thyes sonnys wer called as ye shall here Brute Grenescheld Margand Seisell Morghwyth FleÌ„gham Bladud Iakyn Kynbar Rocelm Spadogh Godeherâ— Thorinnan Gldaugh Iorkanghut Haibor Ketin Rother Kaier and assaruth And the dougtres highten os ye shall heyr after Elegine Ymogen Oghdas Guenbran Gnardich Augarell Guenthold Tangustel Gorghon Michel Medhan Mailour Ondur Cambredan Ragan Renthely Neest Cheghan Skaldud Gladê° Heber hyn Abalaghe and Blandan Ì„ thees were tho xxiij doughtres Ì„ the bretheren bicame good knyghttys Ì„ worthy iÌ„ moÌ„y contres ¶ Off kyng brute grenesheld the fyrst sone of Ebrac kyng AFter the deth of kyng Ebrac regned Brute grensheld his son xxx yere that wos Ebrakes fyrst son that well nobully regned and whan tyme come he died lieth at yorke ¶ Off kyng Leyl that wos Brute grensheld son And whan Brute grensheld wos deyd rened his son Leyll xxij yere he made a fayr towne Ì„ let calle it Karlille after his name he wos a worthy maÌ„ Ì„ welbeloued of his pepul whaÌ„ he had regned xxij yere he dyed Ì„ lieth at Carlille and iÌ„ his tym regned kyng SalomoÌ„ iÌ„ Ierusalem Ì„ made the nobull tempull Ì„ to hym comi Sibelle quene of Saba for to here see yf it wer soth that men speken of the gret nobull wit Ì„ wisdum of kyng Salomon she fond it soth that men had hir told Anno muÌ„di iiiâ— M ij C lxvi Et anÌ„ xpiÌ„ natiÌ„ .ixC.xlij IOsaphat kyng of Iues wos a good man Ì„ a rich a devoyt iÌ„ the way of our lord Ì„ regnet xxv yere did no ill bot to the curset kyngê of israel gaf helpe And other litel thingê Ì„ therfor our lord was with hym vt pêª patet 2º para Helyas thee gret prophet wos this tyme an holi man that wos lifted vp in to ê‘adise with gret solas in a chayr Macheas Ì„ Abdias ê“phesied with hym Ochosias son of Achab renet in israel .ij. yere Ì„ send to Belsabub god of Acharan to be heeled for the wich he dyed after the sayeng of helie vt pêª patet 4º reguÌ„ ¶ Off kyng lud ludibras that wos kyng leyles son And this kyng Lud ludibras made the cite of Cantorbery Wynchestre Ì„ he regned xxxix yere then he dyed lieth at wynchestre ¶ Off kyng Bladud that wos ludibras son how he regned and wos a good man and a nygromancer And after this lud ludibras regnet Bladud his son a gret nigromancer and thurgh his craft of nigromanci he made the meruellus hote bath as the gest telleth and he regned xxi yere and lyeth at the new Troy Anno muÌ„di iiij M ij C lxxxxi Et xpiÌ„ natiÌ„ ix C viij IOram kyng of Iues son to Iosophet regned viij yere this Ioram wos a cursed man Ì„ had a good fader he kylled is brether Ì„ wrecchedli leuyd os did the kyngê of israel Therfor he wos sor corecked Ì„ dyed vnhappeli vt pêª patet 2º paralo This tym Helias wos rauichitiÌ„ to paradise Ochosias or Asarias kyng of iues regnet .i. yere Ì„ leued noght as his fader did anoÌ„e wos slayn with all the how 's of Achab. Athalya moder to asarias toke the the kyngdom and kylled all the kynges blude rened x. yere and the vij yere of Ioiada bysshope she wos slayn 4º reg This asarias and his son Ioas his neuu Amazia Matheê° the gospeller puttis not in the line of crist for ther giltis Ioram kyng of israel regnit xij yere the wiche began to regne the xviij yere of Iosaphat for his brother Ochesie and cursitli he leuyd Ì„ was slayn of Ien with all his fader is housold vt pêª patet Iehen anountit of the child of helise opon is ilÌ„ kyllit AchariaÌ„ the kiÌ„g of Iuys and Ioram the kyng of israel Iesabell moder to ioram and .lxx. child of Achab. and .xlij. bredir of Azari Ì„ all the prestis of baal Ì„ he regned xviij yere Athalia moder to Azari kyng of iues doghter to Achab regnit on the iuys .vi. yere and killet the kyngis blud of Ioram except Ioas the son of azari the wich was keppet emong shepê‘d Ì„ after she was slayn An o muÌ„di iiijM.iij .iijC.ix. Et anÌ„ xpiÌ„ nat .viijC. lxxxxiij· IOam son to achazie regnit in the iury .xl. yere whom ioiada the BishÌ„op crownit kyng at .vij. yere of aage and he leued wele as long as he was rulet by ioiada bot aftir he forsooke god and marterit Azarias that tyme byshop son to ioiada for he blamit hym that he forsoke his god plura vide 2º
the last he shop him to the see and passed ouer in to fraunce and asked and aspied wher the Quene myght be fonde and men told hym wher she was And whan he come to the Cite that she was in preualy he sent his squyer vn to the quene to tell hyr that hir fadre wos comen to hir for gret neides ¶ And when the squyer come to the quene he told hir euery dele of hir sustres from the begynnyng vn to the end· Cordeill the quene anone toke gold and siluer plente and toke it to the squyer in counsell that he shold go and bere it vn to hir fadre and that he shold go in to a certan Cite and hym aray and wasshen and than cum ayene to hir Ì„ bring with hym an honest companye of knyghtes xl at the leyst with ther menye and than he shold send to hir lord the kyng and sayne that he were comen for to speke with his doughter hym for to seen and so he did ¶ And whan the kyng and the quene heâ—d that thei com with mych honour they hym rossayued And the kiÌ„g of fraunce tho let send thurgh all his reame and coÌ„manded that all meÌ„ shold bene al 's entendent to kyng Leir the Quens fadre in all maner of thynges as it war vn to hym self when kiÌ„g leir had duelled ther a moneth and more he tolde to the kyng and to the quene his doughter how his two eldest doughtres had hym serued Agampe anone let ordeyne a gret host of fraunce men and sent in to bretan with Leir the quenes fader for to comquer his land ayene and his kyngdom And cordeill also come with hir fader in to bretane for to haue the reame after hir fadres deth And anone they went to ship and passed the see and come in to bretan and foughten with the felous and them scomfited and kylled Ì„ tho had he his lond ayene and after leued iij. yere and held his ream in pees and afterward died Ì„ Cordeill his doughter hym let eÌ„tyr with mekell honour at Lecestre Anno muÌ„di iiij M iij C xlix Et anÌ„ xpiÌ„ natiÌ„tateÌ„ viij C liij AMasias son to Ioam regned on the Iues xxix yere after the wich the kyngdoÌ„ of Iues wos with out kyng xiij yere This man worship the goddis of Seyr vt pêª patet 2º para 2â— Ieroboam son to Ioam rened on isreell xli yere yâ— with was manly and victorius for he ouer come the kyng sirie Ì„ restorid israell damaske after the word of Iono the ê“phet bot he wos not good ther foor sayeth Austyn yf good men regne thay ê“phet mony meÌ„ Ì„ yf ill men regne they hurt mony men Anno muÌ„di iiij M iij C lxxxviij Et anÌ„ xpiÌ„ natiÌ„tateÌ„ viij C xi OZias or Azarias son to Amasie regned on the Iure lij yere the wich leued well a for our lord Off hym is no ill thyng wretyn bot that he vsurpit the dyngnyte of prest hoid vnder Azari the wich he for bed hym for the wich cause our lord strok hym with a leper vt pêª patet â—o. para Ozee bisshop and ê“phet was this tyme the fyrst of the xij is send a yanes the x. tribis Iohell the secund of the xij ê“phesied of iuda Anias the iij. ê“phised agaÌ„s mani peple ¶ Abdias the iiij of the xij ê“phesied agayns edom Iacharias son to IeroboaÌ„ regned iÌ„ israell vi monethis the wich be gan to regne the xxxviij yere of Osias and wos nought in his leuyng as his predicessurs war And zelluz kylled hym and regned a moneth And Manahen kyllid hym toke his kyngdom vt pêª patet 4º reguÌ„ This manahen regned x. yere that wich be gon to regne the xxxix yere of Osias and he ruled him myscheuysly and our lord toke hym in the poer of the kyng of assuriorum Ì„ he payed to hym M. talentis of siluer vt pêª patet 4 reguÌ„ Phaseia son to manahen regned in israell ij yere And he bee gan to regne the .l. yere of Osias he wos noght iÌ„ his leuyng Phasee slew Phasaia regned xx yere And he be gan to regne the lij yer of Osias and did as other cursed men did plura vide 4º reguÌ„ And after this israell wos with owttyn ony kyng viij yere ¶ How Morgan and Conedag that wos nevus to Cordeil werred wpon hir and put hir hir in to preson WHen that kyng Leir wos deid Cordeill his yongest doughter regned the x. yere of Osias kyng of Iuri And after hir ragned Conedage the xv yere of Osias And Cordeill that wos Leir yongest doughter after the deth of hir fader had all the loÌ„d v. yere and in the meyn tyme died hir lord Agampe that was kyng of fraunce and after his deth she left wedo And ther come Morgan and Conedag that wer Cordeill sustre sonnys and to hir had enmite for as moch as ther aunt shold haue the land So that bitweyn them they ordeyned a gret pouer and vpon hir wered gretly and neuer they rest till they had hir taken Ì„ put hir vn to deth and tho Morgan Conedag seysed ale the land Ì„ deê‘tid it bitwene them And they held it xij yere â–ª and when tho xij yere were gone ther bi gane bitwene them a gret debate so that they wered strongly to gedre yfere euery of them did other moch disese for Morgan wold haue all the land fro beyond humbet that Conedage held but he come ayenst hym with a strong pouer so that Morgan durst not abide but fled awey in to wales and Conedage pursued hym Ì„ toke hym and kylled hym And tho come conedage ayen and seysed all the lond in to his hand and held it Ì„ regned after xxxiij yere tho he died Ì„ lieth at new Troy ¶ And be cause the mater contennys most comediusly to geder of the kynges of bretan now called Enegland for the tyme of them is not certenly knawyn what tyme of the world thes kynges foloyng regned Therfor they shall be to geder tyll it be comen vn to Guentolen kyng of bretan now called Englond ¶ How Reignold that wos CoÌ„adag son regned after his fader Ì„ iÌ„ his tyme it reyned blode iij. dayes iÌ„ tokennyng of gret deth ANd after this Conedage regned Reignold his son that was a wise knyght and an hardy and curtes that well Ì„ nobully gouerned the lond and wonder well made hym beleued of all maner of folke and in his tyme it rayned blode that lested iij. days as god wold and sone after ther come gret deth of pepull for hostes with out nombre of pepull foughten tyll that all myghty god therof toke mercy and pytty and tho gan it cese and this Reignold regned xxij yere Ì„ died lieth at Yorke ¶ How Gorbodian regned in pees that wos reignold son after he died and lieth at yoik ANd after this
and thus he has defilyt my chastyte and lost my name for euermore then hir frendys se hyr wepe and petuysly coÌ„playn Ì„ they coÌ„forthid hir os the cold And saied it wos no velany vn to hir for it wos ayenes hir will she answered sayd· yet shall ther neuer woman excuse hir bi Lucres for thou she coÌ„sentyd not to thys deed yet shall she not dye with out payn for that deed And with that word she had a knyffe redi vnder hir maÌ„till with wich she smote hir self f to the hert And for this cruelnes and this petuê° deth the pepull of Rome a rose and exiled this kiÌ„g for euermore Ì„ all his ê“geny and thê° sees sit thes kynges of rome Ì„ neuer wos none after ¶ Of the gouernans of Rome till the Emê‘ours be gan AFtyr this tyrant wos deid the romans ordeyned that ther shuld neuer be kyng more iÌ„ rome Bot they wold bi gouerned fro that forth bi consules So wheÌ„ thos kiÌ„ges had regned CC. yere xl they made this statute that .ij. consules shuld be chosen and they shuld goueren the cite the peepull and for this cause thes tow wor chosen that yf on of them wold make any excesse thee other shuld gouerne him For ther wos no thyng obeyed bot yf they coÌ„sented both also they shuld not stond iÌ„ ther diÌ„gnite passyng on yere for this cause that for dominacioâ— of long tyme they shuld not vsurpe vpoÌ„ them more then wos righfull In all this tyme the Empyre of rome was not dilatid passyng xij myell ne had no lordshipp passing xij myell The fyrst consules that wer made the called LuciuÌ„ the other BrutuÌ„ and thes two meÌ„ did gret thiÌ„gê in ther tyme but yet the pepull bare heuy of ther dominacion wher foor the chose an other man the wich shuld haue more auctorite then they thei clepeed hym dictator ¶ In this same tym ther wos a gret discencion be twix the pepull and the senate wherfoor they chosin Tribunas wich war Iuges ouer the pepull Ì„ defendit hem from wrong as sayeth Ysid For the dictator when he was chose he lasted ·v yere and the tribunas war remeued euery yere ¶ Bot ye must vndir stond that ye shall not haue heir after all the consules namys that gouerned Rome be twix the sesyng of the kynges and the beginyng of the Emê‘ours for it war to long to write specially wheÌ„ they wer euery yere new sen that oon man myght be chosen so oft tyme as we red And also for the endurynge of ther gouernance for they wer gouernours of Rome vC. yere Ì„ lxvij So the most famus men of thes shall be rehersed after the forme of cronyclis os they stond iÌ„ the boke wos ychon after other Incipit historia libri Esdre Anno muÌ„di iiij M vi C lix Et ante cristi natiÌ„tateÌ„ v C xl ZOrobobell after the coÌ„mandment of god founded the tempil Ì„ made it ê‘fite bot it wos long after vt pêª patet esdre 6o. Aftir the pepull of IerusaleÌ„ come fro babulon thes ij ruyled Ihesus the hee prest os gouernour Zorobobell as duke And thys maner of gydyng was kepid vn to Herodes tyme that the hee prestis shuld be principall and the dukis vnder them bot the dukes wos euer of the tribe of iuda after the prophesi of Iacob and vnder that good gydyng of prestis it is not rede the pepull to haue recedit fro the varay truthe of faythe as they did afoor in the tyme off Iues and of kyngis for then mony tymes they ran to ydolatry Esdras the prest of the kynrad of Aron this tyme excedid meÌ„ iÌ„ holynes throgh whos gret wisdoÌ„ all the Iues stait was holpin Cambises the son of Ciri regned on the kyngdom of Persarum the wich commaunded myghtili the tempull of Ierusalem shold not be bildid ayene his fadre coÌ„mandid it shold be byldid This Cambises made a cursed Iuge to be fleid or hilt a lyue Ì„ mad his son to sit on his fader skyn that thurgh that drede he shold drid falshed and iuge rightwisli ¶ This Cambises had mony namys in holx scriptur in the boke of Esdri Artharxerses or assuorus in historia Iudith that wasdoon vnder hiÌ„ he is called Nabogodonosor for Olifernes the prince of his cheualry subdued mony landes to his lord and at the last he come vn to Bethelem ther wos slayn of Iudit a woman vt pêª patet iuddith 2 et 13. Ereneides regned in Persis half a yere Darius regned at the perses the wich bi the mocion of Zorobobell coÌ„maundid thee werke of the teÌ„pull to be take ayene Ì„ ê¯maunded his princes that on no wise they shuld let it bot shuld help it in all that they could vide plraÌ„ iÌ„ esdre h o de h o teÌ„pore aÌ„biguuÌ„ ppÌ„ diuersitateÌ„ doctorum Circa annuÌ„ muÌ„di iiij M vij C xxxiiij Et anÌ„ xpÌ„i natiÌ„ iiij C lxv ABiuth son â—o Zorobobell of the lyne of crist wos a bowt this tyme· for of him and of other foloyng vn to Ioseph nothyng is had inscriptur but that Matheu the euangelest nombris them in the genologi And therfor the certayn tyme of them dewly cannot bi knaw IoachiÌ„ wos bisshop this tiÌ„ after iosophê° wos called Iosedech vndir whom ierusalem wos belded ayene vt dicit et h o idem pêª patet Neemie 12. In the CC.xliiij yere after that Rome wos made Thee Romans ordyned .ij. CoÌ„sules in the steid of ther kyng the wich shuld gouerne on yere aloin· lest that bi tariyng they shuld be proude And that the on shuld corec the other yf he excedit or errit Brutus wos the fyrst Consuler and Lucius the secund Ì„ then was ther a man that was called Dictator the nome of an office the wych shuld go with the pepull ayens ther enmys Titus puphius Marcus consules Then after the Romans complayned gretli on the condecions of the consules and then the power was put to .x. men to an excedyng cost to the comyn pepull for euerych on of them went like a kyng and need caused them to leue that dygnite And they tristed neuer to rest the were wos so strong ayens them Artharxerses wos kyng of Persarum vnder whome Esdras come to Ierusalem Neemias wos butteler to the same kyng whom afterward he sent to bylde the walles of Ierusalem Xerses rened after hiÌ„ ij monethes Segdianê° vij monethes after hiÌ„ lityll they did Circa annuÌ„ muÌ„di iiij M vij C lix Et anÌ„ xpÌ„i natiÌ„tateÌ„ iiij C xl ELiac hym is rehersed in the lyne of crist iÌ„ Math. po. and more of him is not had in scriptur Esdras an holy man and a conyug and worshipfully wos had emong the pepull thys man come fro babuloÌ„ with odyrr And he meued with veray cherite went ayene to bobulon that he myght wyn mo of Israell and saaue the sawles and bring them home with
spite scorne and ordined them help for to were vpon the kyng ther brother and so they toke hym an put in to prison the secuÌ„d yere of his regne Ì„ they deê‘ted all the land be twix them both but higamus leued but vij yere Ì„ tho had petitur all the lond he made the toune of Pickering How the Britons come and toke Hesidur out of prison made hym kyng the thrid tyme. ANd when this petitur was deid bretaÌ„s toke hesidur anoon Ì„ made hym kyng the thrid tyme and tho regned he iÌ„pees xiiij yere and after he died and lieth at Karleill How xxxiij kiÌ„gê rened iÌ„ pees eche after oder raft the deth of hesidur AFter the deth of hesidur regned xxxiij kiÌ„ges ich after other iÌ„ pees Ì„ with out ony long tariyng I shall tell theÌ„ all and how long eche of them regned as the stori telleth ¶ The fyrst kyng of tho xxxiij was called Gerbodia he regned xii yere and after him regned Morgan ij yere and after him rened Cighnus vi yere Ì„ after him regned Idwalan viij yere Ì„ after hym regned Rohugo xi yere Ì„ after regned voghen xiij yere and after hym regned Catill xv yere and after hym regned Porex ij yere and after hym regned Cherin xvij yere and after hym regned Coyll xij yere and after hym regned Sulgenis xiiij yere and after hiÌ„ regned Esdad xx yere and after hym regned Andragie xvij after hym regned vrian v. And aftei hym regned Elind ij yere And after hym regned Eldagan xv yere and after hym rened Claten xii yere and after hym regnid Ouirgunde viij yere and ofter hym regned Mortan vi yere and aftir hym regned Bledagh iij yere and after hym rened Caph i. yere And after hym regnee Gen ij yere and after hym regned Seysell Ì„ kiÌ„g Bled xxii yere And kyng Tabreth xi yere and Archinall xiiij yere and Croll xxx yere and Rodingu xxxij yere and Hertir v yer Hanipir vi yere Ì„ Carpour vij yere and Digneill iii. yere Ì„ Samuell xxiiij yere Ì„ Rede ij yere Ely vii monethes thys Ely had iii. sonnys Lud CassibalaÌ„ Enemyon ¶ How Lud wos made kyng aftir the doth of Ely his fader AFter the deth of Ely regned Lud his son gouerned wel the lond and moch honoured gud folke teÌ„pred ameÌ„ded wikked folke This lud loued more to duell at Troy then iÌ„ any other place of the lond wherfor the name of new troy was left and tho wos the cite called Ludstone But the name is changed thurgh variance of letters and now is called London And this kiÌ„g made in the cite afayr gate Ì„ called it lud gate after his name the folke of the cite ar londeneres and when he had rened xi yere he died and lieth at London Ì„ he had .ij. yong sonnys that oon wos called Andraghen and the other Tormace but they coude nether speke ne go for yongth and therfur the Bretans crouned a strong knyght thas was called Lud that was Cassibalamus brother Ì„ made hym kyng of bretane now called Englond Circa annuÌ„ muÌ„di iiij M viij C lxxxiiij Et anÌ„ xpÌ„i natiÌ„ ij C xv SAdoch of the lyne of crist is noÌ„bred iÌ„ math po. bot inscript ther is nomore meÌ„cion of hiÌ„ Iadê° the son of IohnÌ„ was he bisshop iÌ„ ierusaleÌ„ This tyme kiÌ„g alexander rened the wich wos wroth with the pepull of ierusaleÌ„ come to the cite TheÌ„ Iadê° arraed iÌ„ his poÌ„tificall ornameÌ„ts ran to meyt hiÌ„ he sodaÌ„ly wos plesed worshipped the bisshope and with pees Ioye entrid the cite Ì„ he made to be brought to him the boke of Daniell Ì„ the ê“phesi to be exponyd to hym the wich was spokeÌ„ of hiÌ„ Ì„ that doon he ioyed stroÌ„gly for all thyng the wich he had herd bi the drem iÌ„ dew ordir wos fulfilled it wos likly to hym that he shold be the same ê‘soÌ„ of whoÌ„ daniell ê“phesied Ì„ of that he toke more hardynes to fight with Darius kyng of ê‘sarum and he did the sacrafis Ì„ coÌ„manded the Iues to aske what they wold haue he granted that they shold kepe ther own lawis Ì„ at the seuent yere shold be with out tribute vide mrmÌ„ iÌ„ histo The host of Alexander as Orosius sayth wos xxxij M of foote men and iiij M hors men and schippes C.lxxx And it is vn certayn whedre it is more meruell that he shold conquer al the world with so lytell a pouer or how that euer he durst go vpoÌ„ them with so lityll a pouer And ther wos of alexander Ì„ his host slayn thee kyng of ê‘sarum Et vt orosiê° dicit quiÌ„quies decies ceÌ„tena milia Enias the son of Iadi wos bisshop after his fader Manilius Papiriê° Ì„ Fabiê° wer coÌ„sules at Rome This papiriê° whhen he wos a chyld he wos veray wisse Ì„ he fenyd mony a fayr lesing that he myght keip his master coÌ„sell the senetours when he caÌ„ to a man he wos so nobull a werur that when the RomaÌ„s dred Alexander he was chosen to go a yenes hiÌ„ Ì„ of the goddis he chargit not bot he scorned Ì„ rapreued the goddis sayng a fore that vn happy thingê shold fall Ì„ that to his gret louiÌ„g holy docturs saeth Incipit Monarchia grecorum et cessat monarchia persarum KYng Alixandre thys tyme be gone to be lord of all thee world and he wos called gret alexander for his gret victory the wich he had in so litell tyme. it wos an euident iugemeÌ„t of the wroth of god ayens synners of that tyme. certanly sum myraculs our lord did for hym in helpyng of his pouer for the se of PaÌ„philicon wos deuided to hym as in olde tyme the reid se to the iues when he pursecutit dariuÌ„ Also at is prayer the hilles of Caspij war schit that certayn of the cursed iues myght neuer cum â—wt bot at the last in babulon with venum he was poysumt and dyed the xxxiij yere of his age And the v. yere of his monarch the xij yere of the kyngdom of macidon NoÌ„nd that when Alexander was deid thos xij to whom he deuydet his kyngdom myght not a corde And then by gone infenite batellis and at the last iiij· obtened all the kyngdoÌ„ vide plraÌ„ in orosio Anno muÌ„di iiij M ix C ix Et ante xpÌ„i natiÌ„tateÌ„ CC.ix. AChym of the lyne of crist son to Sadoch is nombreid in Mathe prio. Ì„ of hym his nomore had inscripture Symon wos bisshop this tyme an holy man and also rightwys he wos named of the pepull Eleazarus wos bisshop after symoÌ„ This man send to Ptholameo kyng of Egipt lxxij lerned men of euery tribe sex to interpret the law of the iues the wich translatit from hebru in to greke thurgh a gret myracull that so moni men shold iÌ„
successari Cletê° thurgh ther holy coÌ„uersacioÌ„ war made to mynister the tresur of the cherche to the pepull Petre beyng a liue and peter attendit to pray and prechyng It is red of this Cletus that he wrot fyrst in hys lettris SaluteÌ„ et apostolicaÌ„ bnÌ„diccoÌ„em ¶ Afoor this tyme wer moÌ„y a discipul of petre slayn vnder Nero Galba this tyme wos emê‘our he regned vij monethis This maÌ„ wos made emê‘our bi the pouer of spayn iÌ„ the same land Nero leuyng and after the deth of Nero brought to Rome Ì„ ther wos slaiÌ„ of amaÌ„ that come with whete to rome he smot of his heed bore it to him that wos emê‘our next seyng all his meÌ„ Ì„ noÌ„e of them helpyng him ¶ In this maÌ„nys days com the gret retricioÌ„ to rome fro spayn wos fyrst that euer taught the science opynli his name wos QuiÌ„tilian Otho regned after hym Ì„ he regned bot iij. monethes for on vitellus that wos presedent of fraunce chalanged the empyre· and in Itali be tuyx thes tow wer iij gret batels and iÌ„ the fourth batel Otho saw he shuld be ower cuÌ„myn and iÌ„ gret dispare he kiled him self Vitellus regned after this Otho and he regned viij moneth for he was a foloer of Nero most speciall iÌ„ glotony Ì„ iÌ„ synging of fowll songes and at festis ettyng out of mesur that he myght not kepe it Vaspasianus regned nex after him ix yere Ì„ x monethis xij dayes The wele gouerned men of rome seiÌ„g the cursit successioÌ„ of nero send after this vaspasian vn to PalystiÌ„ for ther he wos his son Titê° wich had beseged ierusaleÌ„ Ì„ wheÌ„ he herd that Nero was deid by whom he wos send vn to Ierusalem and herd of thes cursed men regnyng at the instance of the wise men of rome not wyllely toke vpon hym the Empire and a none as he was commyn to Rome he ower come this tyrand Otho and let hym be draw thurgh rome and after in tybyr tyll he wos deid and then let hym saile with owt sepulture for this the pepull desiered ¶ This man was curit of waspes in his nose a none as he beleued in our lord ihuÌ„ and that wos thecause why he went to Ierusalem to venge cristes deth xxxij tymes he fought with his enmis and died the yere of grace lxxix Anno domini lxxxiiij CLetus amertyr wos pope xi yere This Cletus wos a roman and gretly he loued pylgramage to senctis sayng it wos more prophet to the helth of mannys sowle to visit the place that sent Petre wos in then to fast ij yere He cursed all tho men lettyng sych pylgramech or concellers contrari therto at the last he wos martired vnder Damician the emprour Titus son to vaspasianus wos emê‘our this tyme. and regned iij. yere and he a bode styll at ierusalem after the aleccion of his fadre and distrued the cite and killed ther as the stori saieth with batall hungyr xiC.M. Iues and an C.M. he toke and sould xxx for a peny be cause they sold crist for xxx penys and brought thens althing that wos precious and put them in his house at Rome wich wos called Templum pacis bot now is that place fall down for the most ê‘ty and all thes gret Iuels be distributit to certaÌ„ cherchis in Rome ¶ This Titus wâ—s so full of uertu that al men louyd hym so ferforth that they clepit hym the most delectabull of men he wosfull liberall to all men in so mych that he said oftiÌ„ tymes that ther shuld no man go fro an emê‘our with a heuy hert bot he shuld sumwhat haue of his peticion he wold be sori that day in the wich he had granted no man ne no benefite when that he wos deid eueri man that wos in Rome weppyd for hym as that they had lost ther fadre Domycian brother to Titê° regned after hiÌ„ xiiij yere v. monethes fyrst he wos esy and afterward full vnresonabull for mich of the senate wos distruid bi his malis also mich of his kynrad he began the secund persecucion after Nero ayenst cristyn men In the wich persecucion IohnÌ„ the Euangeliste was exiled in to Pathius after the Emprour had put him in to an tun of oyle brinnyng and hurt hym not So thys man was not the folower of his fadir vaspasian ne his brother Titus bot rather like Nero and his kynred And for thes wicked condicions he wos slayn in his own palace at Rome in xxvij yere of his age Clemens a martir wos pope ix yere and he succedid Cletus This Clemens fyrst of sent Petre as it is saied wos ordand to be successari to hym· And for ê‘ell he wold LynuÌ„ and Cletum shuld be popis a for him lest that thurgh that ensampull prelatis shuld ordane vndir them who sum euer they wold ¶ This man made the lyfe of Martirs to be wreten be regions and he made mony bokys he ordant that a child shÌ„uld be confirmed as soon os it myght manerly after it was cristyned and at thee last he was martired vndir Traian Nerua wos Emprour after Domician on yere and ij monethes and when he was chosen he meuyd the senat to make a law that all thyng wich Domician commandit to be keped shuld be brokyn by wich meane sent IohnÌ„ Euangelist wos lowsit out of his exile and suffred to cum ayen to Ephase This man did a nother thyng right commendabull that he assined so wise a man as Traian wos to gouerne the pepull after hym Nota Traianus hyspanicus was Emprour xix xere This TraiaÌ„ mony men sayed he wos the best emong all the emprours bot iÌ„ on thyng alon he was vicius in so mych as he for the luff of the fals goddis wos a bout to distruy the cristyn fayth iugyng in hiÌ„ self so most to plese god Sum men sayth not by hym self bot by other he ê‘sued cristeÌ„ fayth Ì„ iÌ„ the end of his lyfe he did bot few to deth ¶ And al his lauuiÌ„g I set at noght bot at Sent Gregori meuyd with pytte wepyng and prayed vn to owr lord god for hym that he wold haue marci vpoÌ„ hiÌ„ Ì„ bi his prayer haue hiÌ„ out of hell in to wich place he was damned And now if he be saued or not agret alteracion is emong docturs And to vs that writes croneclis is no part of our charge to determyn Bot all the est part of the world babulon Selencia Te vtter partes of thee ynde Germayne the secund after Alexander he held vndyr ¶ In all thes thinges so peteus and so mekly he gydid hym to euery man as a kyng he wos gentyll Ì„ to no man vngeÌ„till the wich is red of few All his dayes he leued that he wos the most worthe man in all his empyre And he thought and saied euer more that no man wos more vn worthy to be emprour then he
seknes Marcus Antoniê° the trew Ì„ Lucius Comodê° wer Emprours xix yere Thes ij toke the empire after Antoni the meke And then began ij eÌ„prours to regne bot Luciê° comedê° decessed and Antoni wos empror ther a lone the wich wos a victorius man and a nobyll Bot that hee made the iiij ê‘secucion to kyll cristyn men This marcus wos of so gret sadnes and stedfastnes that for no chawnce he loogh neuer ne changed no cheir nother for gladnes ne for sorow ¶ And when he wos a childe he wos of sich manhoed that on a certayn tyme wheÌ„ he loked his tresor Ì„ had not the wich he myght giffe his knyghtes Ì„ his men when he went to fight ayenes the Germans the Sclauos Ì„ Sarmatas he wold hurt ne greue no body bot had leuer to sell his wifes goldyn vessell hir araymeÌ„t hir beddyng all hir riall stufe theÌ„ take tax of the senetours or of his ê“uynce vnder hym bot he gat the victori of his enmys and recouered all ayene and relesed the ê“uyncis of ther tributis And thos that wold sell hym his wefes tresor ayene· he restored them ther monay and thos that wold not he neuer greued them bot the tabuls of ther dettys be twix hym and them he briynt opynli in the marketh place and changed them at they helped hiÌ„ iÌ„ his necessite ¶ How kyng Lucie regned after his fadre that was a good maÌ„ and after he become cristen AFter kyng Coill regned Lucie his son that was a good man to god Ì„ to all the pepull he sent to Rome to the appostell EuleÌ„thre that tho was pope and saied that he wold become a cristen man and resaue baptym in the name of god and turne to the right faieth and beleue ¶ Eulenthre sent .ij. legats that wer called Pagan an other Elibayn in to this lond and baptised the kyng Ì„ all his mayne and after went from toune to toun and baptised the pepull tyll al the land was baptised and this wos in the yere C.lvi. after the incarnacion of our lord IhuÌ„ crist And this kyng Lucie made tho in this land ij arche bisshoppes on at Canterberi an other at Yorke and other many bysshoppis that yet be in this lond ¶ And when thes ij legates had baptised all this land they ordeyned prestys fer to baptise chyldren Ì„ for to make the sacrament and after they went ayene to rome Ì„ the kyng dulled in his land and regned with mekyll honour xij yere and after died and lieth at Glocestre ¶ How this laÌ„d wos loÌ„g with out a kiÌ„g how britoÌ„s chose a kiÌ„g THis kyng Lucie had none heire of his body begoten thatt was after ward gret harme and sorow to the land For after this kiÌ„g Lucis deth none of the gret of the lond wold suffre an other to be kyng but leuyd in were and debate emonges them selfe .l. yere with out kyng But it befell afterward that a gret priÌ„ce come fro rome in to this land that was called Seuerie nought for to were bot for to saue the right of rome But nerthe les he had not duelled half a yere iÌ„ this land bot that the bretons hym kylled and when tho of rome wist that Seuerie wos so slaiÌ„ they sent an other gret lord in to this lond that wos called Allec that was a strong man and a myghty of body Ì„ duelled iÌ„ this land long tyme did moch sorow to the bretons so that after for pure malece they chosen them akyng emenges them that wos cald astlepades assemled a gret host of bretons and went to London to seche Allec and ther they fond him and killed hym and all hys felows one that wos called walon defendid hym fersely fought long with the bretons but at the last he was discoÌ„fited Ì„ the bretoÌ„s toke him and bond hym handes feet and cast hym in to awater wherfor that water afterward was called euermore walbroke ¶ Tho regned Astlepades in pees till on of his Erles that wos called Coill made afair toune ayenes the kynges wyll and let call the toune Colchestre after his own name wherfor the kiÌ„g wos full wroth thought to destruy him and begon to were vpoÌ„ hym Ì„ brought gret pouer of meÌ„ yaf the erle batell the Erle defendid hym fersly with his power Ì„ slew the kyng him self iÌ„ that bataill Ì„ tho wos Coill crowned and made kyng of this land ¶ This Coill regned and gouerned the reame well and nobilli for he wos a nobull man and welbeloued among the bretons When tho of rome herd that Astlepades was slayn they wer woÌ„der glad and sent an other gret prince of Romans that wos called Constance and he come to the kyng Coill for to chalengf the tribute that wos woÌ„t to be payed to rome And the kiÌ„g answerd wel and wisely and sayed that he wold pay to rome all that right and reson wold with full good wyll And so they acorded tho with good will and with out any contake and so bothe they dueled to geder in loue ¶ The kyng Coill yaf to hym his doughter Elene vn to haue hir to his spouso that wos bothe fair and wise and good Ì„ weli lettred And this Constance spoused hir ther with moch honour and it befell sune afterward that this kyng Coill dyed in the xiij yere of his regne and lieth at colchestre entired ¶ Of kyng Constance that wos a Roman that was chosen kyng after the deth of coyll for as mych that hed spoused Elene that wos kyng Coill doughter AFter this kyng coill Constance was made kyng Ì„ crouned for as mych that he had spoused kyng coilles doughter that wos heir of the land the wich constance regned well Ì„ wortheli gouerned the land and he begat of his wife Elene a son that wos called constantine this kiÌ„g bore trew faieth and trewly did vn to them of Rome all his life and when he had regned xv yer then he died and lieth at yorke ¶ How constantine that wos kiÌ„g constancis son Ì„ the son of seynt Elin gouerned and ruled the land and was Emprour of rome AFter kyng constance deth regned constantine his son and the son of sent Eline that fond the holy crose in the holy land and how constantine become Emprour of Rome Hit befell so in that tyme ther was an emprour at rome that wos a Sarzyn Ì„ a tyrant thas wos called Maxence that put to deth all that beleued in god Ì„ destruyed holy chrche by all his pouer and slew all cristen men that he myght fynd And emong all other he let marter sent Katrin mony other cristiÌ„ pepull that had drede of deth that fled Ì„ come in to this lond to kyng constantine and told hym of the sorow that Maxence did to cristiÌ„te wherfor ConstaÌ„tine had pitte and gret sorew made
frist wos cald Constance and that other Aurilambros and the thrid vter this Constance the Elder brother when he come to age he made hym a monke at wynchestre This Constantin ther fadre thurgh tresone wos slayn For it befell on a tyme that a Pehite come to hym vpon a day in message as it were and sayed that he wold speke with the kyng preuali in councill The kyng let voied his chambre of the men that ther wer withyn and ther a bode no mo bot the kyng and the Pehite Ì„ he made a countinance as tho hee wold haue spoken with the kiÌ„g iÌ„ his ere and ther he kylled hym with a long knyfe after that he went quaiÌ„teli owt of the chambre in to an oder chaÌ„bre so at the last no man wyst wher he wos bicomen ¶ When the kynges men wyst that ther lord wos so deid they made so moch sorow they not wist what to done ¶ For as myche as his .ij. sonnes Aurilombros and vter wer so yonge that noÌ„e of them myght be kyng the thrid brother wos moÌ„ke at wenchestre as is saied befoor But vortiger that wos Erle of westsexe thought priuyly in his hert thurgh queÌ„tance to be kyng and went to wynchestre ther that Constance was monke Ì„ to hym sayed Constans quod he your fadre is deid and your ij bretheren that ben with Gosseline the bisshope of london to norissh ben so yong that none of them may be kyng ¶ Wherfor I councell yow that ye forsake your habit and come with me Ì„ I shall make sych a meyn vn to the bretons that ye shall be made kyng ¶ Of Constans that wos kiÌ„g CoÌ„stantine son that was moÌ„ke at wynchestre and how he wos made kyng after his fadres deth thurgh consell of vortiger that wos Erle of westsexe for as mich as Aurilambros and vter his ij brether wer but yong of age And vortiger let sle hym to be kyng hym self THis vortigâ—r consceled this Constance so mych tyll he forsoke his Abbot and went with hym and anone after he wos crouned kyng by assent of the Bretons ¶ This kyng Constance whan he wos crouned and made kyng he wist ne knew bot litell of the world na coude no thing wat knyghthod axed and he made vortiger his chief mastir and conceller and yaf hym all hys pouer for to ordeyne and to do as mych as to the reame apertened So that hym self no thyng entermelled but onli bare the name of kyng ¶ When vortiger saw that he had all the land in his warde and gouernall at his own wyll he thought a preuy treson and to sle Constance the kyng that he myght hym self be crouned and made kyng and regne and let send after a hundreth knyghtes of Pehetes the worthiest of al the land and them heeld wyth hym for to duell as to be kepers of is body as he wold wende thurgh the land to ordeyne thynges that apperteyned to a kyng ¶ And this vortiger honoured so moch the hondred knyghtes and so moch yafe them of gold and siluer and so riche iuelles robes hors and other thynges plente wherfor they held hym more lord than they did the kyng ¶ And vortiger told them yf he might be kiÌ„g ye as it wer thurgh treson he wold make hem richest of the land So at the last thurgh gret yeftes that he had yefuen largeli they cried thurgh the court thatt vortiger wer better worthy to be kyng than Constance wherfor vortiger made semland as he had bene wroth and he departed thens from the court and saied he most gon elles where for thinges that he had to done and so the tratour saied for encheson that they shuld hym slee that is to say constance ¶ When this vortiger wos gone it befell sone after that tho hundreth knyghtes of Pehites broken the dores ef the kynges chamber and ther they hym slew Ì„ smote of his heed and bore it to vortiger ther that he duelled and when vortiger saw that heed he wepped full tenderly with his eye and nerthelees he wos somedell glad of his deth ¶ And anoÌ„e let take the houndreth knyghtes of Pehites and bynd ther handes be hynd them an led them to London ther they wer dampned to deth as fals tratours And anone after all the bretans of the land bi the commune assent crouned vortyger and made hym kyng of the land Anno domini C.lxxiiij SOther a martir wos pope after AuicetuÌ„ ix yere the wich decreit that a NuÌ„ne shuld not towch the pall of the awter ner pit in sence ther to And that she shuld were a wompull about hir heed and mony ê‘ellis he saw a bout matimony ther for he ordand that no woman shuld be called a lefull wyfe bot if she wer blessed of the prest Elentherê° a martir wos pope after Sother xv yere the wich ordand that cristyn men shuld furese no mete resonabull that wos mannys mete Nota. Also that no man vn acused in acrime shuld be put from his dignite or his degre til he was conuyckyt thurgh ensampull of criyst the wich keppid styll Iudas scaryoth not a cused And crist knaw hym gylty And what sum euer he did among the apostils for the dyngnite of his seruis a boode firme and stabull And he send also Legatis vn to Lucie the kyng of Bretan the wich baptised hym and his pepull And Fagus and Domianus legates the wich the pope sent fyrst preched in englond and this cristyndom durit in Bretan CC. yere vn to the tyme of Dioclision the emprour when sent Albone wos martired Marchus Antonius and Lucius Comodus wer emprours bot marcus dyed anone and Lucius comodus regned Comodus wos called profitabull of scorne for he wos to euery man vnprofitabull he wos yeffen vtterly to lechori mony senetours and cristyn men he made for to be kylled he dampned his own wife to deth for age he died a sodaÌ„ deth with stranggilling among maydens Helius ê‘tenax after this man wos emprour sex monethes and wos a man of gret discrecion whom Iulian the gret lawyer killed And he entrid the empire and was slayn the vij moneth of Seuerê° Victor a martir was pope after ElentheriuÌ„ x. yere and for the discorde of the pascall tyme he called a counsele in alexander wher be was present that tyme. mony other wher he decreit that Estyr day shuld be keped on the sonday bot he most kepe the change of the mone of aprill And that wos to differ fro Iues. for mony bisshopis of the est a boid that tyme the same day the Iues did haloe that fest ¶ Also he ordand that in tyme of neede child might be cristyned iÌ„ euery place Ì„ iÌ„ euery water Zepherinê° a marter Ì„ a Roman wos pope after victor ix yere This man ordaud that cristen pepull of xij yere age a bown shuld resaue his god on estyr day on s â—â— yere Also he ordant that all the
vessell of the awter shuld be glas or tyn and not tre os iÌ„ old tyme the coÌ„secracion of the glorius blode wos made iÌ„ tre vessell And this tyme passit and the worship of the chirche grew glasin vessill wer ê“hibit â–ª vt pêª patet de conse di pri ca. Origines the nobull clarke wos this tyme he wrot so mych that sent Ierome saied hym self to haue red of Origen warke iiijM. volumys with out pystils he translatit the bybyll from hebru in to greke and did moÌ„y other gret thiÌ„gê And of this Origene Samson Salamon Traian is a gret questioÌ„ amonges docturs if that they be dampned or saued Ther forre thos thynges that with out perrill we be not bondyn to knaw ner the chirche is not certified of them and therfor let them be aloynly commytted vn to god Calistus a marter and a roman was pope after Zepherinus v. yere and he ordand the cimitori in via apia wher moni a M. martires is beried Also hee ordand the fast of the emering dayes to be keped Antonius Aurelius wos Empeour iij. yere And this man lacked no kiÌ„d of lechory and at the last he wos martired emong a gret multitude of pepull for his myssecheuus leuyng Antonius macus rened after hym vij yere This man leued obstinatlâ— and therfor he wos kylled as wos his predicessur Alexander wos Emprour after Antonius and regned xiij yere This man bi instance of his mother a cristin woman the techyng of Origen the wiche come to Rome to conuert hir· wos made so good vn to cristyn meÌ„ that he soffrid them to haue ther counsels and ther prayers by them selfe bot neuer the lase in his tyme the cursed officers of hym made mony martirs Anno domini CC.xliiij VRbanus wos pope after Calisto viij yere and old Ì„ yong wos veriy vertuus And all the halouyd vessell to the chirche he made of gold or syluer This man laft his pope heod Ì„ went to Agrippam Ì„ xi M. virgins with hym Ì„ the clargy said he laft not his dignite for holines bot for appetite of thos virgins Ì„ wrote hym not in the boke of popis And ther he a virgin wos martired with thos virgins Poncianus a marter succedid vrbanus Ì„ he ordant that psalmys shuld be saied day nyght in thee chirche of god And that a prest shuld say confiteor a fore thee masse Anteros a martir wos pope after this man This man ordand that a bisshop myght be remeued from on vn to an other And he made the lyfe of martirs to be writtyn and he wos slayn and beried in the cimitory of seut calixt Maximiaê° wos chosin emprourÌ„ at Maguncia of the host and not bi the senetours Ì„ regned iij. yere and destruyed the chyrche myghtely and was slayn for Origen Gordian regned after hiÌ„ sex yere and of hym is lityll writtyn bot he wos slayn Hijs diebus Celus dux colchestrie in asclepio rignat in britannia annis quasi triginta vsque ad aduentum constancij lati M vacat Philip wos emê‘our after hym and this Philip choesse to hiÌ„ Philip his son and they regned vij yere And they wer the fyrst Emprâ—urys that euer wer cristyned Ì„ after slayn of the host They bequethe all hyr tresour in ther deth that hit shuld be disposid to poer men And sent Laurens at the assynacion of his master the pope deê‘tid this tresour a bowt rome the wich was gret cause of his martirdome vt quid dicunt Decius wos emprour iij. yere and in all thinges a tyrant for he entyrid the empire when he the host had slayn the ij Philippis his lordis And after that he was slayn wyth hys son Fabianus a marter and a roman wos pope after Anteras xij yere This wos a veray holy man for when cristyn men stood to a bide the eleccion of the pope sodenli a white dowe or a culuur decendid on his heed sayng vn to hym thow shall be pope of rome this man ordend that creme euery yere shuld be haloid vpoÌ„ sher thursday also he deuided regions to dekyns the wich shuld writte the lyffe of martirs and at the last Decius kylled hym Cornelius a martir and a roman wos pope after Fabius iij. yere this man toke vp the bodyes of Petre and Paule and with gret honour put them in worschipfull places with beata lucina Lucius wos pope after Cornelius iij. yere and of hym lityll is writtyn Gallus with his son volucianus wer Emprours ij yere and they fought with Emilianus and wer slayn and Emilianê° the thrid moneth wos slayn Valerian wos Emprour with his son Galiene xv yere This man wos vertuus and manly in the begiÌ„nyng bot after he wos geuyn to vice moch wricchidnes and so was his son Galiene This valerian went vn to the loÌ„d of Perse and ther for the gret blod of martirs wich he had spied wos takyn of the kyng of Perci And wheÌ„ he had take hym he put out bothe his euyn and kepid hym in gret bondage and to thys intent he kepyd him that when so euer he shuld ryde this valerian shuld ly doune And he shuld set his feet vpon his bake when he wold take his horse This herd Galiene his son that wos left at rome and that caused him that he wos not so cruell ayenes cristyn men ¶ And here wos the viij ê‘secucion of the chirche made by thi Emprour and made the romans to lees ther kyngdoms thee wich wer neuer recouered ayene to the emprour and a generall pestelans wos thurgh out all the world for ther trespas Stephanê° a merter after Lucius wos pope iij. yere This man ordaned that no man shuld vse no haloed clothis bot to the worship of god Sextus a marter and a roman wos pope after Sstephanus ij yere This man ordant that the masse shuld be sayed vpon an autor the wich a fore wos not and then he died Dyonisius a roman was pope after hym ij yere This man deuided perichys chyrche yerdes and assigned to chirchis certayn prestis Felix a martir wos pope after Dyonisius ij yere He ordaned that for the memori of martirs masses shold be sayed Also he ordant thee Dedicacion of the chirche euery yere shold be sayed Claudius was Emprour after valerianus he subduid Goth as nobully and then he desseset Anno cristi CC.lxxiiij Euticianus a mertir wos pope after Felex viij yere This man ordand that corne and benys shuld be blissed on thee auter And he bereid iij C Ì„ xl iiij martirs with his own hondes Aurelius wos Emprour after Claudius v. yere This Aurelius fyrst to cristiÌ„ men wos gentyll wherfor he had the victori in euery place gloriusly And when he wos dessaued by cursit meÌ„ and pursued cristiÌ„men myghttely and namly in fraunce for ther he a bood and after that he had neuer good fortune bot was slayn And
this wos the ix persecucioÌ„ of the cherche and cristin fayeth Tacitus wos Emê“ur after this man and he wos bot he regned bot iij. monethes and then slayn in Ponto Probus wos Emprour after hym .v. yere and iiij monethes This man recouered fraunce a yene the wych was occupyed with barbory men Ì„ he yaf them and paÌ„nonias licens to haue vynyerdes And wheÌ„ he had made almost all thynges well in pees he sayed knyghttes wyth in a litell tyme shall not be necessari And anone after hee wos slayn at SyrmiuÌ„ Carus and hys ij sonnys Carmus and Numerianus wer Emprours after Probus bot soyn war they deid Ì„ ther fadre wos dronchid and the .ij. sonnys wer slayn all thes .iij. regned bot ij yere Dyaclician and Maximian coÌ„ after thes iij. Emprours tho on regned in the Est and the other in the west the fyrst thing that Dioclecian did he brent all the cristyn menys bokys that myght be fonden Thes .ij. tyrantes did more harme to cristyn men then euer did ony other for .x. yer lasted ther persecucion and os we red with in .xxx dayes xxM. men wer slayn for cristis cause And iÌ„ Englond all faith wos almost destruyed in that tyme of Maximian Gaius wos pope after Enticianê° This man ordant that no man shuld accuse a bisshope or an other clarke to an seculari iuge and that a pagon or an herityke shuld not accuse a cristyn man also he ordant that he that wos worthe shuld asceÌ„de gre by gre to his orders fyrst benet then collet subdekiÌ„ dekiÌ„ Ì„ then prest And at the last he wos martired vndyr Dioclicion ¶ arcellinus amartir wos pope after Gayus xi yere and .iiij. monethes This man wos persecutit soor and for dreid of deth he offrid iij. cornys of encense to the sacrifice of the ydols And afterward he opynly repentid and suffyrd the payn of deth for the fayth of the chyrche of god His bodi lay vn beried iij. dayes for dreid of the curse of god and after thurgh a uision of sent Petre Ì„ Marcell he was beried at Peturs foote Marcellê° was pope after Marcellinus v. yere This man ordand that a gouernall consell myght not be ordant with out the awtorite of the pope vt pêª patet i7 di.c sinoduÌ„ Also he chose xv cardinals in the cite to berie men and cristyn at the last wheÌ„ he had keped bestys longe tyme in a house closid in with them bi the commandment of Maximian he died for fawt Eusibius a marter wos after this man ij monethes and certayn dayes This man of a layman was made pope and he ordand that no lay man shuld accuse his bisshop bot if he went fro his fayth vt pêª patet 2 9.7.c lairos Nota This tyme sent AlboÌ„ wos martired in Bretan this albon when he was a pagon he loged a certayn man the wich conuerted hym to the fayth and after wos iuget vn to deth and mych pepull he turned vn to our lord that wer negh the water the wich he made dri thurgh his prayer and he suffred deth negh the cite of verelom vide plura iÌ„ vita sancti albani Melchiades a merter succedid Eusibius iiij yere This man ê“hibit that men shuld fast on sonday or on thursday in so mych as pagons fast thos dayes at the last he was martired as all his predicessors wos ¶ And knawe ye that ther weer .xxxiij. popes of roome martired yche on after other Petre wos the fyrst and this Melchiades wos the last And theÌ„ it wos laudabull for a man after Gregori to desire a bisshoprik Galerius wos Emprour after Dioclicion ij yere and another with hym called Constancius so wos the Empyre in tho dayes deuidee This Constance after he had conquered all SpayÌ„ he come in to gret breton and ther he wedded a kynges doughter of whom he gat gret Constantine and this same constacius died in Breton and lyeth at Yorke os martin says in his crounycls And left on lyue Constantine that wos getyn of Elyn And wos kyng of Bretayn and of fraunce Circa annuÌ„ domini .iijC.viij SIluester wos pope aftet Melchiades This was a glorius confessor and mony ways he worsshipped the chirche of god what in writyng what in myraclis he resauyt the patrimony of sent Petre that is to say the kyngdom of Ytali wyth the cite of Rome of Constantine the emprour and to the worsship of the chirche of god he turned it he baptized Helyn Ì„ the Iues and then decessed a confessur Constantine the myghtty was Emprour this tyme. This wos a glorius man and a victorius in bataill in gouernyng of the commyn pepull wos veray wisse And in the necessite of the beleue he was with out compayr dewout His pytty and his holines be so writtyn in the bokys of holi docturs that with out dowt he his to be nowmbred emong sentis the grekys sayn that in the end of his lyfe he wos made a monke and more ye may heir of hiÌ„ in the crounyclis of englond for hee wos kyng iÌ„ englond Helena the quene moder to Constantine repayred a yene the holy crosse this tyme and she made lxx colleg and she glorified the state of all holi chirche Nycholas the bysshop of mirree cete an hole man wos this tyme. Athanasius wos this tyme bisshop in Alexandrin a glorius doctor made the cymbalum Quicumque vult saluê° esse etcc Marcus was pope aftar Siluester ij yere and viij monethes This man ordaned the cred shuld be opynly song in the chirch And at the bishop of hostiense shuld consecrate the pope and that he shuld werre a pall Iulius wos pope after Marcus xi yere This man wos exiled x. yere and after suffred deth vnder ConstaÌ„tyne the secuÌ„d Eonstantinus with his ij bretheren regned xxiiij yere And in his last end he wos ê‘uertit bi the heryse of the aryanes by a bisshope called Eusebi and he pursued the chirche of god strongly the end of this man wos this As he shuld go to constantinople to a gret counsell iÌ„ the wich he thought to haue condempned the bishop and the clerkys of trew beleue he went be fore vn to a chambyr to a voyed sich thynges as natur requireth and anone sodenly his bowels fell from him and ther he wos deid os ye now here Liberius was pope after Iulius xix yere Ì„ vij monethes theÌ„ wos the secuÌ„d discorde of the chirch be tuix Liberyn and Felix for the heerysi of the arrians the wich fauyrred Leberius Then Constancius the Emprour called ayene liberyn from his exile be cause he fauered thees herise and the chirch deiecit Liberyn and toke Felix in to pope and the odir wos expulsit os an harityke of the chirch bot felix obtenet not for the emprour put iÌ„ Liberiê° and expulsit felix Felix wos pope after the deth of this liberin and he declared Constantin the emprour an heritike and a
entre ther haue your will The kiÌ„g toke priueli all the host to gouerne Ì„ lede to a knyght that he mich loued toke his way toward the castell with hiÌ„ toke vlfyÌ„ his chaÌ„birlayn Ì„ merlin ¶ And when they come theder the porter went that it had bene hys owne lord Ì„ when tyme come for to go to bede ¶ The kyng went to bede with Igerne the Erles wife dyd with hir all his will and bigat vpon hir a son that wos called arthur ¶ And vpoÌ„ the morow the kyng toke his leue of the lady and went ayen to hys host ¶ And the same nyght that the kyng lay by Igerne in bedde that wos the Erles wife the kynges men yaf a gret assaut vn to the castell and the Erle and his men manli them defended But at the last it befell so that in the same assaut the Erle hym self wos slayn and the castell taken ¶ And the kyng a none turned ayen to Tyntagell and spoused Igerne with moch honor and made hir quene and sone after tyme come that she shuld be deliuered and beyr a child a son that wos called Arthur and after he gat a doughter that was called Amya Ì„ when she come of age a nobull Baron that was called Aloth that wos lord of leons wed hir ¶ When vter long tyme had regned ther come vpon hiÌ„ a gret sekenes as it wer a sorow ¶ And iÌ„ the meyn tyme tho that had to kepe Otta that wos Engist son and Ossa his brother that tho wer in prison they let them gone for gret yeftes that they hom yaf and went with them ¶ And when tho .ij. bretheren wer ascappid and come ayen in ther own cuÌ„tre They ordined an grert pouer and begon to were eftsones vpon the kyng ¶ How kyng vter chese Aloth to kepe the land of breton whiles that he wos seke for as moch as he myght not for his seknes ANd for as moch as kyng vter wos seke and myght nott help hym self he ordined Aloth son of Eleyn that tho was chosen for to be wardeyn and cheftayn of all his folke and so he anone and his bretans assemled a gret host and yaf batell to Otta to his folke but Otta at the last wos discomfitid ¶ Hitt befell thus afterward that thes bretons had dedignacion of Aloth wold not to hiÌ„ be attendant wherfor the king wos anoid wonder sâ—re let put hym in a litter in the host emonges folke ¶ And they lad hiÌ„ to veroloyn that tho was a fair cite ther that sent Albon wos martired after wos that cite destroied with payniÌ„s thurgh were Ì„ theder thei had seÌ„t Otta Ossa ther peple entrid iÌ„ to the toune let make fast the yates ther thei held them Ì„ the kiÌ„g come Ì„ them beseged made a stroÌ„g assaute but tho that wei with in maÌ„li them defended ¶ The kiÌ„g let ordeyn his goÌ„nes and his engynes for to brek the walles Ì„ the walles wer so stroÌ„g that nothiÌ„g myght them mysdoo ¶ Otta Ì„ his pepull had gret despite that a kiÌ„g liggyng iÌ„ a lytter had them beseged they toke concell a monges them for to stand vp iÌ„ the morow Ì„ cuÌ„ out Ì„ yef batall to the kiÌ„g so they did Ì„ iÌ„ that batall wer both Otta Ossa slayn all tho other that ascapped a lyue fled iÌ„ to scotland made ColeguÌ„ ther chyftayn Ì„ the saxons that wer on lyue Ì„ ascaped fro the bataill brought ayan a gret strength emoÌ„ges them they sayed that if kiÌ„g vter wer deid they shuld well coÌ„quere the land amonges them they thought to enposin the kiÌ„g ordeyned meÌ„ for to do this dede and yaf them of yeftes gret plente this thyng to done and they ordined hem thiderward ther that the kiÌ„g was duelliÌ„g clothed hem iÌ„ pouer wede the better all for to sped therlyd purpose but neuertheles for all ther falsnes quaÌ„tize they might neuer cuÌ„ to nyghthe kiÌ„g ¶ But so at the last they aspied that the kiÌ„g draÌ„knoÌ„e o th erlycour but only water of a cler wel that was negh beside ¶ And thes fals tratours vpoÌ„ a day preuali weÌ„t to the wel put theriÌ„ poyson so that all the water was enpoysened and anoÌ„e after os the kiÌ„g had dronkyn of the water he begoÌ„ to fuell Ì„ sone after he died Ì„ os moÌ„y as dronk of that water died also ¶ And anoÌ„e as this wos aspied folke of the toune let stop the well for euer more ¶ When the king wos dred his folk bere hiÌ„ to Stonhenge with gret solempnite of bisshoppis of baroÌ„s that werther hiÌ„ to bery besides Aurilambros his brother after turned ayen tho euerychone send after Arthur his son Ì„ they made him kiÌ„g of the land with moche reuerence after his fadres deth xvij yere of his regne ¶ How Arthur that wos the son of vter was crouned after his fadre deth and how he drofe Colegrin and the Saxons and Cheldrik of almayne out of this lond WHen Arthur wos made kyng of the lond he wos bot yong of age of xv yere but he wos fair and bold and doughty of body and to meke folke he wos good and curtas and large off spendyng and made hym wonderly well beloued among all men ther that it wos need ¶ And when he begone to regne he swore that the saxons neuer shuld haue pees ne rest till that he had driueÌ„ them out of the lond and assembled a gret host and faught with ColegriÌ„ the wich after the time that Otta wos deid the saxons mayntened this Colegrin wos discomfited fled vn to yorke toke the toune and ther hym held ¶ And the kyng beseged hiÌ„ ther but he myght nothyng sped for the cite wos so strong and they with in the toune kepped the cite well and orpedly ¶ And in the meyn tyme Colegrin let the toune to Bladulf fled hym self to Cheldrik that wos kyng of Almayne for to haue of him socour Ì„ the kyng assemblid agret pouer Ì„ come ariued in scotlond with .v. C. shippis and wheÌ„ arthur wist of this tidiÌ„g that he had not pouer Ì„ strength y nough to fight ayens Cheldk he let be the sege went to london and sent anone his letters to the king of litill bretan that was called Hoel his nepheu his sustres son that he shuld cuÌ„ to hiÌ„ with all the pouer that he myght and he assemblid a gret host ariued at southinton ¶ And when kiÌ„g arthur it wist he wos glad i nough Ì„ went ayens them them resaued with moch honour so that thos ij hostes met assembled them and toke ther way euen vn to Nichol that Cheldrik had beseged but it wos not taken ¶ And they come vpoÌ„ cheldrik
london bot tho of the cite wold not suffre him to cum in and from thens he fled to winchestre Ì„ ther he him held with his pepull that come with him ¶ Kyng Arthur let take the body of Gawen his cosyn and the body of Augnissell and let them be borne in to Scotland in to ther own cuntre ther they wer entired ¶ And after anone kyng Arthur toke his way to distruy Mordred and he fled thens in to Cornewail ¶ And the quene GuÌ„nor that wos kyng arthurs wife thatt tho sogerned at yorke and herd that Mordred wos fled thens that he might not endure ayens king Arthur she wos soradrad and had gret dout and wist not what wos best all for to done For she wyst well that hir lord kyng Arthur wold neuer of hir haue mercy For the gret shame that she had him done and toke hâ—â— way preuali with iiij men with out mo and come to Karlion ther she duelled all hir lifes tyme neuer was seyn amonge folke hir life during ¶ Arthur wist that Mordred wos fled in to Cornwaill and let send after his men in to scotland and northhuÌ„berland vn to humber and let assemble folke with out nomber come fro thens in to Cornwaill to sech and pursue after Mordred ¶ And mordred had assembled to him all the folke of cornwail and had pepull with out nombre and wist that Arthur was commyng and had leuer to die and take his chaunce thÌ„en longer fle aboid and yaf an hard bataill to kyng arthur and to his pepull so that so moch pepull was slayn what of that on side and of that other that no man wist who had the bettir parti ¶ But so it be fell at the last that Mordred wos slayn and all his folke and the good chiualri that kyng arthur had gadred and norishid of diuers landis and also the nobull knyghtis of the round tabull that so moch was prased thurgh out all the world werther slayn and arthur him self was wounded to the deth but he let him be borne in a litter to a vyoun to be heled of his woundes yet the bretons supposen that he liueth in an other lond and that he shall cum yit and conquere all breton ¶ But certis this is the prophesi of Merlin he sayd that his deth shall be dowtous and saied sothe for ther of yit meÌ„ haue dout shul haue for euer more as meÌ„ sayen ¶ For men wot not wheder that he is on lyue or deid ¶ Arthur was borne to Auyon the xxij yere of his regne after thÌ„e Incarnacion of our lord thuÌ„ crist vC. and xlvi yere ¶ How kyng Arthur deliueryd the reame vn to Costantine the son of Cador his Niphu WHen kiÌ„g Arthur wist that he myght regne no longer he let cum before him Costantine that wos Cadors son erle of Cornewaill his cosin to him bitoke all his reame and to him sayed and bad him therof to be kyng till that he come ayen for as moch os he had none heire of his body begoten and harme wos â—t that so nobull a kyng and so doughty os he wos had no child of his body begoten But all thyng that god wyll haue done must be done whos name be blissid with out end Amen ¶ How kyng Costantine was wered of Mordredes ij sonnis THys Costantine wos a nobull knyght and a worthy of bodi tho ij sonnys that Mordred had begoten had grete envy vn to Costantine that tho was crouned kyng ¶ And so it befell that they begon to meue were ayenes hiÌ„ assembled a gret host of them that wer be fore with mordred and had bene driuen away and that did moch sorow thurgh all that land that â—on brother ordeyned him to london for to take the cite· and that other to wynchistre ¶ But Costantine come to london and slew him that was ther. and after he weÌ„t to wynchestre slew him that ther was also So that bothe his enmys wer deid ¶ And when Costantine had regned worthelâ— iiij yere then he died and lyeth at london ¶ Of the kynges Adelbright and of Edell AFter kyng Costantines deth ther wer ij kynges iÌ„ bretan that on was called Adelbright that wos a danoys he held the cuÌ„tre of northfolke Ì„ southfolke that other hight Edell Ì„ waas a bretoÌ„ Ì„ he held NicholÌ„ LiÌ„desei Ì„ alÌ„ the laÌ„d vn to huÌ„ber ¶ Thes ij kiÌ„ges fast wered to geders but after they wer accorded loued to geder os thei had be bore of o bodi ¶ The kiÌ„g Edell had a sustre that wos called Orewenne Ì„ he yaf hir thurgh gret frendship to kyng Adelbright to wife And he begat vpon hir a doughter that was called Argentill and in the thrid yere after come vpoÌ„ hiÌ„ a stronge sekenes that nedes he must die ¶ And he sente to kyng Edell his brother in law that he shuld cum Ì„ speke with hiÌ„ Ì„ he come to him with good will ¶ Tho prayed he the kyng ê¯iured also iÌ„ the name of god that after wheÌ„ he wer deid he shuld take Argentill his doughter the land that he keped hir well Ì„ norisshe hir in his chambre ¶ And when she wer of age she shuld be maried to the strongest and worthiest man that he myght find and than he shuld yeld vp hir land ayene ¶ Edell it granted and by oth coÌ„fermed hys prayer wheÌ„ a delbright was deid and entered Edell toke the damisell argentill norisshed hir iÌ„ his chambre Ì„ she become the fairest creat r that might lyue or ony maÌ„ find ¶ How kiÌ„g Edell maried the damisell to a knaue of his kicheÌ„ THis king Edell that wos vncle to the damisell ArgeÌ„tilÌ„ bethought how that he myght falsli haue the land froÌ„ his nece for euer more falseli ayenest his oth thought to dissaue thee damisell and to marie hir to a knaue of his kichen that wat cald Curan Ì„ he become the worthiest Ì„ strongest man of body that ony man wist in ony land that tho leued and to him he thought hir shendfulli haue maried for to haue had hir land afterward bot he wos clen dissaued ¶ For this Curan wos Hauelockes foÌ„ that wos kyng of Kyrkelane in denmarke and this Curan coÌ„quered his wifes lond afterward Ì„ slew kiÌ„g Edell that wos his wifes vncle and had all hir land os in an other place it telleth more openli he ne regned bot iij. yere for saxons danys hiÌ„ killed and that was gret harme to all breton Ì„ bretans bore him to Stonkenge ther they him entered with moch honour ¶ Of kyng Conan that wos Curan cosin AFter this curan regned Conan that was his cosiÌ„ that wos a wonder proud knyght and regned coud haue no maner of loue but euer he was medelyng with his pepull and toke his vn kill with were killed his ij
to northhumberland that wos his own land ¶ And after the pepull of Leicestreshire made with strength Cadewan that wos Brecynals son kiÌ„g of Leicestre and he after regned nobulli with gret honour ¶ How Cadewan kyng of Leicestre and Elfride kyng of northhuÌ„berland wer frendis and of the debait that after wos betweÌ„ Edwyn and Cadwalyn that wer both ther sonnys ANd after that this bataill wos done the Bretons asseÌ„led them and went thens and come to Leicestre and made ther Cadewan that wos Brecinales son kyng of Leicestre Ì„ of all the cuntre and he toke homages Ì„ feautes of alÌ„ the folke of the cuÌ„tre Ì„ after that he assemled a gret host Ì„ sayed he wold go in to NorthhuÌ„berlond to destruy kig Elfrid sle hiÌ„ if he might Ì„ wheÌ„ he wos comeÌ„ thider frendes weÌ„t so betwen them Ì„ made them accorded iÌ„ this maner That Elfrid shuld hold all the land froÌ„ huÌ„ber vn to scotland Cadewan shuld haue alÌ„ the land athis side huÌ„ber to the south and after that they become good freÌ„dis all ther lifes tyme Ì„ loued to geder as they had be ij brether ¶ And this Elfrid had a son the wos called Edwyn that had Ì„ held all the land of northhuÌ„berland after his faders deth as his fader had holde all his lifes tyme ¶ And Cadewan had an other son that wos caled Cadwalyn that held his faders lond as he it helÌ„d whiles he wos a liue Ì„ they loued to geder as they had be brether ¶ And the loue lasted bituix them bot only ij yere Ì„ after began debate bitwen them thurgh a lither eÌ„uyus cosin of cadwalyns that wos caled briens so thatt they assemled a gret host iÌ„ both ê‘tes at the last it befell that cadwalyn wos discomfited edwyn hiÌ„ pursued Ì„ droue hiÌ„ from place to place so at the last he fle iÌ„ to Irlond ¶ And this oder destroyed his loÌ„d cast doune casteles brent his maners Ì„ deê‘ted all cadwalyns lond among his frendis ¶ And long tyme after come cadwalyn ayene froÌ„ Irlond with a strong pouer in playn bataill kylled Edwyn all his frendis Ì„ namly tho that with held his londis thurgh Edwynes yift ¶ How kyng Oswold wos kylled thurgh kyng Cadwalyn Peanda and how Oswy that wos sent Oswaldes brother regned after him and kylled Peanda WHen that Edwyn wos slayn Offris his son vndertoke the were ayens Cadwalyne his eme so that this Offris died during the were ¶ And after the deth of Offris tho regned a gentill cristyn man that moch loued god almyghty that had all the land of Northhumberland by heritage that was cald Oswald and he wos kyng of all that land ¶ But for as moch as he wos frend to Edwyne and held a gret part of the laÌ„d of Cadwalin this same cadwalyn wered vpon him and drefe him toward scotland ¶ And when Cadwalyn saw that he wold not abyde Cadwalyne nold no longer hym pursew but toke some of his folke to Peanda his brother in law and prayed Peanda to pursew after Oswald till that he wer taken and slayn And Cadwalyne turned home ayene ¶ When Oswalde herd the tyding that Cadwalin turned home ayene he wold no longer fle but aboid Peanda yaf him bataill Peanda wos discomfited and fled and come ayen to Cadwalyn and sayed that he wold neuer hold o fote of land of him but yf so were that he wold a venge him of Oswald ¶ Cadwalyn let assemble a gret host for to fight with Oswald so that he Peanda come to NorthhuÌ„berland Ì„ yaf bataill vn to Oswald in the same bataill was oswald slayn and his heid smyten of and after he wos entered at the abbay of Bardeney iÌ„ wich place god hath wrought for him mony a fair miracull both ther Ì„ els where ¶ And anone Oswy his brother seysed all the land in to his hond that wos thys Oswaldis Ì„ the folke of NorthuÌ„berland loued hiÌ„ wonder well held him for ther lord· but he had men of his kyn worthy ynough that wold haue deê‘ted the land and they wered to gedre well and for as moch as they wer not stroÌ„g ynowgh they come to Pianda and prayed him of helpe and socour and biheght him of that land largely vpon this couenaunt that he wold them gouerne and helpe Ì„ counceill ¶ Peanda herd ther prayer and so spake with the kyng Cadwalin that he shuld ordeyn a gret host and fast ordeyn him in to Northhumberland for to fight with Oswy ¶ And Oswy was a meke man and mich loued pees and charite prayed Peanda of loue and pees and ê“ferrid him of gold and siluer gret plent◠¶ And this Peanda was so proud that he nold graunte him pees for no maner thyng but for all thing he wold with him sight So at the last ther was set a day of batall ¶ And Oswy euer had trast vpon god And Peanda trast to moch vpon his pride and vpoÌ„ his host that he had and to geder they smyten egrely but Peanda anone wos discomfited slayn and this was after the IncarnecioÌ„ of our lord ihuÌ„ crist viC. lv yere And this Oswy regned xxviij yere and a kyng that wos called Oswyne that wos Peandais cosin wered vpoÌ„ king Oswy Ì„ to gedre foughten but Oswy had the victori of Oswyne oswyne was discomfited slayn and lieth at Tynnemouth ¶ How kyÌ„g Cadwaldre that wos Cadwaleynes son regned after his fadre and was the last kyng of Bretons AFt the deth of Cadwalyn regned his son Cadwaldre welÌ„ and nobulli and his moder was the suster of kyng Peanda ¶ And when he had regned xij yere he fell in to a gret sekenesse and than wos ther a gret descorde by twen the lordis of the lond that euery on of hem wered vpon other And yit in that tyme ther fell so gret derth and scarcite of corne other vitailles iÌ„ this land that a man might go iij. days or iiij fro touÌ„e to toune that he shuld not fiÌ„d to bie for gold ne salu bred wyne ne none other vitaill wherwith a man myght leue but onli the pepull leued by rotes of herbis for other lyuyng had thei noÌ„e so mich wos it faillid all a bout fisshis wildbestes all other thing so that yit to this missaueÌ„tur ther fell so gret mortalyte Ì„ pestilence emoÌ„g the pepull by the corupcion of the eir that the leuyng pepull ne sufficed not to beri the deid bodies for they died so sodenli both gret and small lord and sarnand os thei â—ten goyng Ì„ spekyng they fell doune Ì„ died so that neuer wos herd of more soden deth emonge the pepull for he that went for to beri the deid bodi with the same deid bodi wos beried ¶ And so thei that might
to a man that wos accused that he myght a vyse him how he shuld ownsuar and that the Iuges the accusers shuld besych and that they shuld take all suspeccion and spot Gelasius a romaÌ„ wos pope after Felix v yere This ordand the canoÌ„ of the mase the preface ymnes tractus orisons as sent Ambros made them that ordirs shuld be yefen iiij tymes of the yere Anostasius wos emproure after Zeno xxvij yere he wos a cursed man Ì„ an heritike and hatfull to god and man he wos slayn with leght tinyng and in his tyme dred sent Patrike the fyrst bisshopp of Irland in the C Ì„ xxij yere of his age his felow wos the abbot of columba seynt Brigida whom sent patrike mode a NuÌ„ and they wer beried in on tombe Ì„ at diuerse times and this is ther Epitaphe ¶ Hij tres in gelido tumulo tumulantur in vno Brigida patricius atque columba pius Anastacius a roman wos pope after Gelasius ij yere Ì„ iij. monethes The wych ordaÌ„d that no prest for wroth ne hato shuld leue of to say his dyuine seruys in the chirche excepped the masse and he cursed the emprour Anastasy for he wos an heritike and it is writtyn of hiÌ„ that afterward he turned for dred to the opinyon of the emprour and he his called the secuÌ„d ill famed pope that is in catholico pontificuÌ„ and a fore him wos Liberius-famed iÌ„ heresi Anno domini iiijC. lxxxxiiij SYmachus wos pope after him xv yere Ì„ with him wos ordand an other pope that wos called Laurencius Ì„ be tuix them was a gret discencion and they bothe put theÌ„ to the IugemeÌ„t of Theodoria the kyng Ì„ he iuged that he that wos fyrst ordend and that most men of the chirche sayd with shuld be pope Simachus preualid the wich louyd the clergy and poer men and foor Pascalius the Dekyn Cardinall held ayenes Symachum with the part of laurens to his deth therfor he was put to the panys of purgatori to kepe the baththes after his deth as Gregori sayth in his boke of diologys This man ordand that gloria in excelsis shuld be sayd euery sonday and festys of martirs Nota that englond long tyme was cristyn a fore fraunce Clodanius the fyrst cristyn kyng of fraunce was this tyme baptised of sent Remigio and he had a cristyn woman to his wif Ì„ she meued him mony tymes to the faith Ì„ sayed he shuld be for tunabull Ì„ victorius he wold turne so he wos neuer a fore Hornusda wos pope after SimachuÌ„ ix yere this man wos of gret merci and gret almys to poer men and ornamentis he yaf mony to chirchis And he reconsiled the grekys the wich wer cursed for ther herisi Iustinus was emprour after Anastacius Ì„ he regned ix yere and wos a veray cristyn man And all that euer the emprour Anastasius had done ayanest the chirche he reuokit obeied the pope Hornusda called ayen the bisshoppis that wer exiled by his predicessurs ¶ Priscianê° graÌ„maticê° wos this tyme And this yere the wich is lxxi fro the cuÌ„yng of the saxons began the kiÌ„dom of west saxon Cerdico wos king IoheÌ„s wos pope after Hornusda iij. yere Ì„ ix monethis and Theodoricê° the kyng of Itali an heritike toke the pope with other senatours send theÌ„ to the emprour IustiÌ„yan determiÌ„yng that Ì„ he wold not let the heritikes be iÌ„ pees â—he shuld kyll all the cristiÌ„ folke in Italy And after he tuke pope iohnÌ„ SymachuÌ„ patriciuÌ„ and BoyciuÌ„ the senatours Ì„ killed them in prison bot Bois defeÌ„dit him by the reson of the autorite of the senatours he send hiÌ„ to the cite of Papy for ê‘petuall exile wher he made the â—â—ae de ê¯sulacoÌ„e phiÌ„e And at the last at the cuÌ„tre of mediolanesis he caused Bois throt to be cut so he decessed Felix pope succedit iohnÌ„ iiij yere This man coÌ„manded that seke men shuld be annelid afore ther deth bot crist ordand it fyrst Iustinianus wos emprour xxxviij yere This man drew the law of the romans or of Ciuyll out of almost ij M. bokis Ì„ cccM. versis ouer long ill acording iÌ„ to on volym of xij bokys and called it Iustynyan He made also the digestis and deuided theym in to iij. bokis Bonifacius the secuÌ„d wos pope after Felix ij· yere Ì„ litell of hiÌ„ is writtyn Iohannes the secuÌ„d wos pope after Boniface and this man had a gret strife with Iustynyan the emprour wheder that Crist wos ij naturs or on The pope sayd he had ij naturs on of god aij other of man The emprour sayd other coÌ„sent to vs or thou shall goo to ê‘petuall exile The pope ansuerd I desyred to cuÌ„ to Iustynyan the most cristyn emprour bot os me semeth i haue found Dioclycion the ê‘suer of custyn bot certanly I dred not thy males ne I feir not thy thretynges Then the emprour meked hiÌ„ self fell doune to the grond Ì„ askid mersi Ì„ absolucion Anno domini .vC.xxxiiij AGapitus a confessor wos pope after IohnÌ„ ij yere This Agapitus turned Iustinian fulli fro the artur of the euticetis This man ordand that ê“cessions shuld be done on sondayes and then he died at constantinopoliÌ„ Siluerius a martes wos pope after this man iij. yere he was exiled fro cristin faith slayn by the proctour of Theodory for he wold not restore the bisshop of Athyns an herityke to his benefice ayene Virgilius wos pope after him .xvij. yere And he entrid ill in to his benefice bothe gouerned him well And he suffred his ê‘secucioÌ„ pacieÌ„tly he wos exiled from rome and at the last after gret passions of Theodora in constantinopoliÌ„ died Synodus quarta constantinopolitana contra theodorum et omnes heriticos alios fuit isto tempore Ista sinodus dampnauit heresim theodori qui dixit alium esse deum verum et alium cristum Et quod beata virgo non sit dei genitrix set hominis taÌ„tuÌ„ Pelagius was pope after virgilius iiij yere and x monethis This man ordand that heritikes Sasmatykys and Renegatis shold be ponysshed by the secular pouer IoheÌ„s the thrid wos pope after this man xiij yere Of this man lytell is writtyn bot that he restored the chirche yerde of the apostils Philip Iacob Iustinus the secund after iustinian wos emprour xi yere This man dispised poer men he robbid the seneturs he was yesen to all couetusnes so that he made chystis of yrne for toke pe his monay iij. then anone he fell in to hericy and waxed owt of his mynde and than wos chosen TiberiuÌ„ a good man for to gouerne the comyn pepull Tybirius the secund wos emprour after Iustinus vij yere This man was a vertuus man He yaf innumerabull good to poer men in so moch that
his wife mony tymes chyden with hym And sayd that he kest a way the goodis of the empyre as stons And he ansuerd ayen sayed I trust in god that owr chystys shal neuer lake of monay and we put tresour iÌ„ to heuen and vpon a certayn day when he went by his palasse at ConstantinopoliÌ„ he se in the marbyll pament a cros grauen and thought it shuld not be trodyn vpoÌ„ and coÌ„manded that stone to be lifted vp for that cros shuld be put iÌ„ the hertis of foithfull men Ì„ ther he found iÌ„estimable tresur of golÌ„d this man subdued Harsas died blissidly Benedictus wos pope after Ion. iiij yere This man suffred gret ê‘secucion of hunger pestylence Ì„ enmys This man broght mony a thousand quartir of whete from Egipt wheÌ„ Rome wos besegid by kyng Albanac almost lost for vetaill wherfor they wrotte on his graue this epitaphi Magna tuis monimeÌ„ta pater benedicte reliquis virtutum titulus et decê° atque dolor Pelagius wos emprour after benedictus v. yere iÌ„ his tyme rome was beseged by the LuÌ„bardies Ì„ litell he did in his days Mauriciê° wos emprour after Tiberiê° xxi yere This was a veray cristiÌ„ man Ì„ subdued Parsas Ì„ Armenias iÌ„ the later end of his days he descordyd with sent gregorie iÌ„tendid for to haueslayn him And then appered aman iÌ„ rome clothed iÌ„ a relegiê° habit holding a naked suord iÌ„ his hand and cried about the citte· in this wise The emprour shall be destruyd the wich the emprour herred he corecked him self of his trespase praid god to withdraw his sentens to whom our lord apered iÌ„ his slepe said will thou that I spair the now or iÌ„ tyme to cum And he wos a louer of wricchis sayd yef me heir my rewarde Then he wos empror after mony day And when he shuld haue corecked his knyghtis for ther extorcion that they did that asked him why that he wold not pay them ther wages And so they fell at veryans and chose Foca for to be the Emprour and kylled him and his iij. sonnis ¶ This tyme sen Austyn come in to englond and ordeyned ij archebisshoppis Tat is to say of london and of yorke by the cummandement of sent gregorie ¶ And remembre that mony tymes is made mencion of diuerse regions and cuntres that oft tyme they haue ben turned to the faith for al way the faith a bood not iÌ„ them for diuerse causes So it is of englong fraunce persia Iuri And in this thyng rome wos preuelegit for ther thee faith of petre neuer failith ¶ Focas wos eÌ„prour after Maurici his master whom he and other slew and because he began yll he endid nought for in his dais the Romans faught strongly ayenest the Perses and the romans wer discomfited and lost mony a prouynce and at thee last he was ower commen and slayn of Eraclyo for os he did vn to other men so wos he done to Anno domini vC.lxxxiiij GRegori the fyrst a roman and a monke was pope after Pelagius xiij yere This man was called Gregorius magnus for mony thinges that the excedid in he passed other meÌ„ in pouer in riches in uertu in nobulnes in wisdom in holines in fame and in experiens And vnder this man the ill thynges off cursednes passed wer sesed and mony a nobull boke he wrett to the in comporabull prophet of all holy chirche he wos on of the priÌ„cipall docturs of all the iiij docturs of the chirche This man for sothe allon with sent Fabian after sent Petre wos chosin of god in all the ordyrs of the popis of reme· Mony thynges he ordened in the chirche as is shewed in his register Deê° iÌ„ adiutoriuÌ„ for to be a fore the begynnyng of the howris he commanded to be sayed he renuhed made all the officis of the chirche in a fayrer and a more compendius maner the wich abideth yit vn to this day and it is called Gregorianum And schortly for to coÌ„clude on this holy man mannys tong cannot expresse lyghtly the louynges of this man what in writtyng and also in exampuls vertuus dedis Saninianus was pope after Gregorie on yere and v monethes this man ordant the ryngyng of bellis at the houres of the day bot this man bacbote sent Gregorie for his liberalite that he had to poer men and thought he se sent grogorie rebuke him thris for it and the fourth tyme he lie in his bed and thought sent gregorie smote him on the heed and he waked and died anone This wos the thrid pope emong all the popis the wiche is notit to die a dredfull deth Bonefacius the thrid wos pope after Saninianus viij monethes he ordend that none but white clothes shuld be put on the auter Bonefacius the fourthe was pope iiij yere and viij monethes This man purchesed of the emprour foca the cherche of sent petre of Rome shÌ„uld be the hede of all the chirches in the world for a fore Constantinopol in wos the heeid cherche Also he gat lysanse that the chirche called Panton the wich wos dedicatit to the honour of Neptimê° and other fals goddis wher cristyn men mony tymes wer slayn of deuelÌ„s myght be dedicatit to the worship of all senttis in heuen This man ordend that monkis myght vse the office of prechiÌ„g cristinyng and confession Eraclius wos emprour after Foca xiij yere And in the thrid yere of his regne Cosdras the kiÌ„g of Perses brent Ierusalem and other worshipfull places Zachary the patriarke with mich pepull he toke iÌ„ to captiuite The part of the holy cros the wich elena left ther he toke with hiÌ„ iÌ„ to his cuntre bot the xij yere of Heraclii Cosdras wos slayn of heraclij the cros wos brought ayen the pepull wer deliuerid wheÌ„ heraclius wold haue entred the cite proudly the yatis of the cite bi pouer of god schet ther self Ì„ the emprour mekid hiÌ„ to god a boue Ì„ theÌ„ the yat opyned theÌ„ was the fest of the exultacioÌ„ of the cros made Deê° dedit wos pope after boniface iij. yere this wos an holy maÌ„ for on a certayn day wheÌ„ he kyssed a leê‘ anoÌ„e the leê‘ wos holl This tyme a Citisin of London thurgh the mocion of ethylbright byldid a chyrch of sent petre iÌ„ the west ê‘te of londoÌ„ iÌ„ a place that wos called thornnye bot now it is called westmynster Circa annum domini .viC.xliiij BOnefacius the fifth wos pope after Deus dedit v. yere the wich ordand that no man shuld be take out of the chirche yerd and litell els of him is writtyn Nota machomituÌ„ Machomite the duke of Serasens and Turkes wos this tyme And he was the desauer of all the world a fals prophet the messanger of the deuell the fore goer of Antocrist the fulfiller of heresy and of all fals men the meruelest of
whom the dominacion thus begane ¶ Ther wos a certayn famus clarke at rome and could not sped in his maters that he desired to haue sped in then he resedit from Rome ouer the see and procured mony a man to go with him Emong whom was this fals machemite a grete man of witt And this clarke promysed him to make hiÌ„ duke of his cuntre if he wold be gided after him ¶ Ther he norisshed a dowfe and put all the corne that the dowfe eten in to machomites eire And so this dowfe had neuer no mete bot in his ere ¶ The certain clarke on a day called the pepull and meuede them to chese sych a prince as the holy gost wold shew to them in forme of an dowfe And anone this clarke secretly let fly this dowfe the wich after his old custom that he wos wont to fell a none to the shulder of machomite and put his byll in his eere And when the pepull see this anone he wos chosen duke of that pepull wheÌ„ he wos made duke of this pepull of corosame he said that he wos the weray prophet of god TheÌ„ he made a boke of his law that wos called Alcharon bot he did it by informacion of iij of his maisters to whom the deuell mynisterid the auctorite and the cunnyng ¶ The fyrst master wos a Iue a gret astronomier and a negremeÌ„ser the secuÌ„d wos IohnÌ„ de anthiochia The thrid wos sergius an heritike And thes iij. made an vngraciê° law Ì„ a vn happi and what sum euer was harde of beleue and tedyus to done thei left that out of the law they put that thiÌ„g iÌ„ ther law the wich the wordly men weir ê“ne redy to do that is to say Glotonye Lecchorye rapyn and such other And also this machomyte ordend that a man shuld haue as mony wyfes as he myght ocupye and fynd and refuse them twys or thries or iiij tymes and take them ayen and mony meruelus and fals thynges he mode in his law the wich wer to long to reherse heir bot they be playn iÌ„ his boke of AlchoroÌ„ And euer he wrotte iÌ„ his boke that our lord spake to machomyte his prophet sayng on this wisse or on this ¶ Thus by his fals menys he dissaued the pepull And when his maisters and he had made this that wos so delectabull He wrotte it in a boke with letters of gold and also he noresshed a myghty Camell secretly in a preuey place and alonli with the hondis of machomyte wos alway fed and ther priuely he tyed this boke of the law that he had made about the camales neke and put this camell forth on a tyme in to the feldes a fore day And this camell ioyed in his liberte for he wos neuer lowse a fore ¶ And he wold suffre no man to cum and toche him Ì„ so ther wos a gret fame of such a camell and all the pepull ran to se him Emonge whome wos this machomyte ¶ But when the camell se him that had fed him all way anone he ran vn to him and he had taught this Camell a foro tyme to fall doun on his kneis and lykke his handis and so he did a fore all tho pepull ¶ The pepull then cried and sayd that ther was a veray ensample that he wos the trew prophet of god Then they y prayd machomyte to opyn that holy boke with his holy handis the wich wos send from heuen euer more to be kepid in the wich boke is shewed how the peple shall woyrshyp god And machomyte sayd this boke wos writtyn with angels hand So by thes fals menis he turnd ther to his lawis all the land of Persi and all the Est imperiall a yenes Heraclyum the Emprour and he occupyed vn to the end of Alexandre Egipt Libia Arabia Sirea Then after he infecked all Affrican and bot that the grace of god with stode him he had infeckid all Spayn fraunce and mony other thynges he did that wer to moch to writte in this boke Constantine the thrid the son of Heraclij was Emprour xxvij yere This Constantin wos a cursed man a gret tyrant an heritike fals sotell Ì„ odyus to cristiÌ„ men ne he yaf no place to pope Martin and he raised a gret host ayenest the Lumbardis Ì„ ther he lost the feld and fled to rome and honorabelÌ„y wos resaued of the pope vitilianus and othir of the cite and he rewarded not them lyke after ther mÌ„etis as a prince shuld haue done bot vsed forth tyrannydy and heresy wherfor at the last he was slayn in a bath of his own knyghtys the wich nold no lenger suffre his tyrannydy And so he wricchedly lyued and died vnhappely Martinê° thâ— fyrst wos pope after Theodorum vi yere This Martin wos a veray holy man and strongly strofe for the faith of god And when he sayng masse on a certayn day at the autyr ther pursued him to kyll hym a man wos called Spatarius of Olymphe Ì„ wheÌ„ hee wold haue smyte him he was blynd sodenly This same man cald a sinody in the cite of rome dampned SyruÌ„ AlexandruÌ„ sergiuÌ„ Pyrum PauluÌ„ heritykes wherfor Constantin the empreur exiled him he died a seint Eugenius a roman wos pope after Martyn almost iij. yere Ì„ was an holy man bot of him litell actis is writtyn Vitellianus wos pope after him xiiij yere This man made the soÌ„g that the Romans vses and accordâ—d it also with the organys and he also had the grace of the Emprour the wich wos wroth with his predicessours neuer thelesse afterward he stode not in his concorde ne hedir to I cold not find that euer the chyrche of Rome had fully after the deth of Constantyn the myghty the lorshÌ„yp of the cite and of other the wich he yaf to the chyrche Anno domini viC xliiij ADeodatus a roman wos pepe after vitilian iiij yere and iÌ„ his days was translat the bodi of sent benedicti with the body of his suster scolastice fro the hill of cassyn to the monastery of floriecens nigh aurelian Constantin the faurth wos Emprour after his fader Constantin the cursed man ¶ This constaÌ„tine wos a good man Ì„ he hated heritikes ouer all thing· the chirche he repairid Ì„ grace he reconsiled ayene to the chyrch of rome he with the pope gedred to geder the sext generall Sinody iÌ„ the wich wos graunted to prestes of greke to vse ther lefull wynys And to the pristes of the est for cause of gret heet bot not to thos of thee west ê‘ti by no menys For they amytted chastite in the tyme of sent gregori ¶ And euery maÌ„ mei aduertise Ì„ ponder how moch the goodnes of a prince is worth to the quyete state of the chyrche to the promocion of the fayth And also the coÌ„trari how moch the males of a prince
hurtith that thiÌ„g thes ij ConstaÌ„tines the fader and the son shÌ„ewyed opeÌ„li ¶ For in the fadres days the chryche neuer had rest and iÌ„ the sonnis time it wos quiet Yiâ— neuer the â—es our lord suffred the sarisens and the bulgars to entyr this Emprours land that he myght not them withstond bot that he made his pees with them and payed yerli to them a truage so mighteli pÌ„uailid that cursed secte of machomyte after he died blissedli Nota. That ther wâ—r sex gnal sinodys most principalÌ„ of the wich the auctorite is equall to the gospell for the truth of the gospell is declarid by theÌ„ ayenes the sex principall heresys the wich strongly trobled the chyrche for the sotilty of thos heritikes to desaue sympyll men ¶ This tyme died sent Cede of lychfelde the thrid yere of his bisshopprik Demus a roman wos pope after Adeodatus iij. yere of this man litill is writtyn Bonefacius wos pope after him and lytill of him is writtyn bot that he leued lyke a prest Agatho wos pope after him and he wos a veray holy man for on a day when he kyssed a lepyr the lepyr a none wos made holl Iste Ì„ de consensu principis iussit celebrari sextaÌ„ synodum aput coÌ„staÌ„ntinopoliÌ„ CC.lxxx epoÌ„rum in qua asseret duas naturas et duas voluntates esse in cristo Leo the secund wos pope after Agatho iij. yere This leo was an holy man and sufficiently taught in latyn and greke This man ordened that the pax shuld be yeuen after agnus dei Ì„ died a blissed man Benedictus the secund was pope after Leo almost iij. yere This man about al thing wos vertuê° and his nam concordid with his dedis in his tyme was a gret pestelence Iustinianus the secund wos emprour this tyme Ì„ he wos a veray good man a prudent and a large he encresed the empire of rome myghttely bot he charged the office of the chirche ouer moch mony lawys he made and afterward he waxed not good for he iÌ„teÌ„ did to haue let tid the decreis of the sext sinody to haue trubylled the chirche wherfor the .x. yere of his empire he was taken of Leo the prince of Patricio Ì„ Tybirio they cutten of his nose and his tong Ì„ exiled him to crisonaÌ„ Ther wos ther then a gret turbacion in the chirche for strife heritikes ¶ And knaw al men when verians falÌ„lith be twix gret lordis then arruris be multiplied for ther is no man that coreckith them therfor that is oft tyme preued in the chirche Then after fell a verians be twix Leo and Tibere Tibere preualet he exiled LeoneÌ„ Ì„ cut of his nose the thrid yere of his empire Ì„ regned for him IustiniaÌ„ fled to the sarasens the bulgars the wich restored him ayen to his empire kylled Leo Tibere the wich fauored heritikis theÌ„ this same Iustynian reformid hiÌ„ self to the chirche of god haad gret repentans bot he venged him to cruelly on his aduersaries so that he wold haue kylled ther innocent child therfor he wos slayn with his son of Philipe whom he exiled Anno domini viC.lxxxiiij IOhannes the fifthe was pope after Benedictus on yere he wos a good man bot he decessed anone Zeno wos pope after him and he wos a varay holi man for he wold not medill with seculer materis and in bewte he was as an aÌ„gell quiet in vertuus and meke in sawle and verey demure in the langage of his religius liffe This man wos chosin at the last with one accorde of the chirche and laymen bot ther wos a gret distynccion for the clargi intendid to haue chosen Perys the archbisshopp Ì„ the host of lay men wold haue had Theodorum a prest Bot at the last the holy gost turned the will of all this pepull in to this holy maij Sergius wos pope ix yere This man wos vertuus Ì„ comendabull in his liffe and iÌ„ his eleccion a gret discorde was for on parti of the clarge chose Theodorum and an other ê‘ti Pascalem bot os our lord wold at the last they turned all to this man This man translatyt the body of sent Leo. he also fond a grett ê‘te of the holy cros bi miracull and he cristyned Cadwalidus the last kyng of bretayn He commanded agnus dei to be said or soÌ„g thris at masse decessed blissydly â–ª Nota Sent Beda the worsshipfull prist wos this tyme aman of gret fame in englond the wich wos take the vij yere of his age to Benedict the abbot of Gyrwyens monasteri to be taught And then after to Colfrido the abbot after the deth of benedict And at xix yere of hys age he wos made dekyn of thebisshop of yorke And at xxx yere he wos made prest in the wich yere he began to writteÌ„ So he coÌ„tenuyd all the tyme of his lyffe in that monastari in geuyng his laburs to writyng and forscriptur to be exponed .lxxviij. bokis he made the wich he nombris in the end of his englissh boke ¶ This man wos euer in labour other iÌ„ prayer or iÌ„ syngyng daly in thee chirche or to lerne or to teche or to writ for the wich thiÌ„g meÌ„ may Iuge bi reson he wos neuer at Rome all yef sum men say that he went to rome that he myght se that bokis accorded with the doctrine of the chiyrche Bot it wos certain that he wos blynd Ì„ weÌ„t to preche had a seruand that was not good and made hiÌ„ to prech to a mighty multitude of stonnys and sayed that thei wer men and when all his sermond wos done the stonnys ansuerd and saied amen But that he went to rome thries Ì„ fond writtiÌ„ iij. arris iij. effis exponyt them hit wos neuer found iÌ„ no boke of autorite Ther wos after the talkyng of the pepull such a writyng on the yates of Rome R R R. F F F. and such an exposicioÌ„ Rigna Rome Ruent Ferro Flama Fame But it is certan that Bede wos desired to cum to rome by the writyng of sergij the pope vn to Colfrid his abbot And this bede translatid the gospell of sent IohnÌ„ in to englesh tonge and decessid blyssedly The fame sayeth that now he lieth at Deuelyn with sent Cuthberto And ther is beried with him the knawlege of the dedis of englond almost to the conquest Leo the secund was emprour and litell of him is writtyn Liberius was emprour after him vij yere the wich rose ayenest Leo and entrid his kyngdom and kepid him in prison as long os he regned In his tyme Iustinian the secund the wich in old tyme was exiled to cresonam opynly sayd he wold recouer his empire ayen wherfor the pepull of that cuntre for the loue of Liberius wer about to kyll that Iustinian wherfor he fled to the prince of Turcorum
was more ê“phetabull here ye may se what pouer the chirche had that tyme the wich translatid that famus kyngdom from the verey heyres to the kyngdom of pâ—â—pyn for a lefull cause vt habetur â—h q. h. alius Stephanus the secund a roman wos pope after Zachari .v. yere This man in all thing wos prophetabull vn to the chirch as well in word os in doctrine And he gouerned the spiritualte and the temparalty nobully he wos the louer and the defender of poer men This man anoynted PippinuÌ„ the kyng of fraunce and send him ayenes the LuÌ„bardis that he shuld compell them to restore the chirche of such goodis as they had with holdin from them long tyme vnrightuysli the wich he did He also translat the empire of the grekis to the frenshmen Paulus a roman was pope after him x yere This was a verey holy man for he did gret almos to faderles childer prisoners wedouys and other poer men that he myght be a folower of sent paule Constantine a roman the secund wos pope after Paule ij yere This Constantine wos a lay man and sodenli was made a prest os a tyrant and toke on him the dignite of the pope and with a gret sclander to the chirche he was pope a litell tyme. bot the faithfull men put him out and put out his eeyn And this wos the fyfth infamyd pope emong so mony heder to so the holy gost that holy apostyls seet kepid in all honour and holines ¶ Infenit martirs wer made this tyme by ConstaÌ„tin the emprour for he was such an heritike and men trowe that ther wos neuer no emê‘our ne no pagon that kylled so mony marters And this tyme the chirche wos trubled sore And verey preciusly bought the worshipyng of the ymages of sentys for the gret sheding of blod of martyrs And certanly that cursed emprour was not vn ponysshed for when that he died he cried with an horabull voise and said I am takyn to a fyer that is vnhabull to be distruid and so he yelden vp the gost to euer lastiÌ„g payn ¶ The empire of rome was deuydid about this tyme. for Stephen the pope tranlatid Itili other to Karolum yet a yong man And Constantyne held the lond of Grece wyth other landis ower the se with a gret labur And mony rebellyng ¶ This tyme Karolus magnus wos a nobull yong man and he began for to regne vpon fraunce And was the son of Pippini and his mother wos called Berta Stephenus the thrid was pope iij yere and he a mendid all the errurs of Constaotine and degrated all thos the wich that Constantine ordand in a gouernall synody Anno domini vij C lxxxiiij ADrianus a roman wos pope after Stephyn xxiiij yere This man wos myghtely worsshippid of the pepull no man grettyr a fore him In honour riches and byldyng This man set ij solom synodis The frist of iij C and .l. fadyrs The secund in rome with a C.l. fadyrs beyng present Charles the kyng of fraunce to whom it was granted the leberte of eleccion of the pope and to ordane the apostils seet Leo the fourth regned emprour with the grekis v. yere This Leo was a cursed man bot not so moch os his fader wos and he was a couetus man and he toke away a certan croune of a chirche and put it vpon his hede and anone he was corruppid wyth an axis and so dicessid he had a cursed wiffe the wich regned after him with hir son Constantine wos emprour after Leo and he wos a meke maÌ„ and put away his mother fro the kyngdom that she might take heed vn to hir womens warke botshe with a fenyt rankyr put out his eeyn afterward and hys childireyn also and regned ayens iij yere and at the last she wos about to haue be weddid Ì„ wheÌ„ the grekis ê‘sauyd that she wold be weddid to gret Karolus thei toke hir and shethir vp in a monastari and toke Nichoferum to be ther emprour ¶ The v. vniusall study the wich in old tyme was translait from Athyns vn to Rome a bout thys tyme was tranlatyd vn to Paris bi Karolus kyng of fraunce Nichoferus wos emprour after Constantine He wos a vere nygoij Ì„ was exaltid to his empire by the grekis bot he ê“fettit not for in his tyme all the est impariall wos brought to nought For the Romans put them vnder Karolus magnus ¶ Ierusalem a bout this tyme wos recouerid by Karolum with all the holy land And the seckit of sarisens wos distruied strongly for the destruccion of wricchis come then Michaell wos emprour ij yere And he was a verey cristiÌ„ maÌ„ and wos well beloued and also he wos cunnyng in all science Ì„ tho that Nichoferus had hurt and destressid of ther goodis bi his couetusnes this Michaell restorid them and made them riche ayene Nota. Karolus magnus the frist sant wos emprour after Michaell And he wos crouned emprour by Leo the pope from the wich tyme the empire wos translatyt fro the grekis to frauÌ„ce and germane And for the translacion of that empire the grekys all way wer defectieu vn to the Romans And the grekys strofe euermore with them bot it wos more with venuÌ„ys wordis theÌ„ with strength and more with craft then with bataill For thei had so gret enuy at the Romans that they nold not obey the chirche of Rome For certanly when that the popis wold writt vn to them for to obey the chirche of rome They wrot ayene and said ye haue take from our kynrad the empire and thorfor we will yow not obey and we vs take from you And for this nobull emprour Karolous it is to be vnderstond this man when he wos a yong man he wos a noynted kyng in fraunce by Stephyn the po pe In the yere of our lord ihuÌ„ crist .vijC.liiij when his fader Pyppino leued vnder whom and with whome he regned xv yere to the deth of his fadre ¶ Then after his fader vnder the yere of our lord god vijC.lxviij this Karolus with his brother Karolomanna regned ij yere Then his brother decessid in thee secund yere And this Karolus ther held all the hoell kyngdoÌ„ xiiij yere to the yere of our lord vij C lxxxiiij· in the wicch yere he went vn to Rome that he might be crouned Emprour of pope Adrian And ther he regned emprour xvi yere to the yere of our lord viijC. when pope Leo confirmed him ayen the emprour And after that he was emprour xiiij yere And decessid in the yere of his aage lxxij the wich wos the yere of our lord viij C xiiij if ye will se more of Karolus go to the boke of Turpinê° Libraminus his master for they wrot thes nobull actis Leo the fourth wos pope after Adrian xx yere This man when he went on a certan day with the letany to sent
vn to the erth The quene for this dede yaf the knyght gold siluer gret plenti Ì„ of other riches ynough And the knyght anone as this wos done went him ouer the se Ì„ so scappid he out of this land ¶ When this kyng Edward thus wos martired Hit was in thee yere of the Incarnacion after our lord ihuÌ„ crist ixC. lxxx· yere he had regned xij yere and an halfe Ì„ lieth at glastenburi ¶ Of kyng Eldred and how the kyng Swyne of denmarke held englond and how eldred that wos sent edwardis bred was not beloued iÌ„ his reame therfor he fled in to Normandie AFter this kyng edward regned eldred his brother and sent Dunstan crouned him and this sent Dunstone died sone after that he had for yefen the quene hir trespasse estrild for encheson that she wos cause of kyng edwardis deth and sent duÌ„stane had hir asoled and pennance hir enioyned and she lyued after chaste life and clene ¶ This kyng Eldred weddid an englissh woman on hir he begate edmond Irenside an other son that wos called edwyne And after died the quene ther mother And in that tyme come Swyne in to englond that was kyng of Denmarke for to chalange and conquere all that his auncestres had before that tyme and so he conquered and had it all at his axyng ¶ For the good erle Cutâ—ert of lyndesey Ì„ all the pepull of northhumberland and almost all the gret of englond held with Swyne that was kyng of Denmarke for os moch as they loued not kyng eldred for encheson that his good brother wos slaiÌ„ edward falsely for encheson of him and therfor no man set but litell by hiÌ„ wherfor kyng swyne had all his will and toke all the land and eldred the kyng flede tho in to Normandie so spake to the duke Rechard that the duke yaf hym his sustre Emma to wife vpoÌ„ the wich he gat ij sonnys that on was caled Alured that other edward when Swyne had conquered all the land he regnet nobeli leued xv yere Ì„ then died Ì„ lieth at yorke ¶ How kiÌ„g eldred come ayen froÌ„ Normande how knoght the danois regnet of the were betwix him edmond Irenside AFter the deth of Swyne that wos a Danois Knoght his son duelled in englond and wold haue be kyng and tho come ayene Eldred owt of Normandye with moch nomber of pepull with a strong menye that Knoght durst not abide bot fley thens in to Denmarke The kyng eldred had ayen his reame and held so gret lordship that he by gan to distruy all tho that holpid Swyne that wos a Danois ayens him ¶ And afterward come ayen this Knoght from denmarke with a gret pouer so that kyng Eldred durst not with him fight but fled fro thens vn to london and ther held hym ¶ Tho come Knoght and him beseggid so long tyll that kyng Eldred died in the cite of london and lieth at sent paulus and he regned ix yere BOnus was pope after Benedictus on yere This maij abode bot litell tyme. Bonefacius wos after him .v. monethes Benedictus wos after him x. yere This man crovned otto the secund and made mony romans to be take he gedrit a consell ayens the kyng of fraunce wher Gylberd the Negramensier wos deposit Iohannes the xiiij was pope after him viij monethis and he wos put in castell angill and wos famed to deth Iohannes the .xv. wos after him iiij monethis Iohannes the xvi wos after him almost xi yere This man was taught in Armys and made mony bokys and els litell of him is writtyn Gregorius the v. wos pope after this man almost iij yere This Gregori was made pope at the instans of the emprour Otto the thrid for he wos his cosin And when he had be a litell while pope and the emprour recedid from the cite of rome Placentinê° wos put in bi Crescencio a consull for monay and then was strife a few dais bot the emprour come sone after ayen and toke CrescenciuÌ„ the consull and stroke of his heed and put out the eyn of this man the wich put out his cosin of the dignite of the pope And maymet him on odir menbyrs and his knyghtis ne his dukys holped him nothyng For he did that thing that he shÌ„uld not haue done and he suffred that at he diserueâ—d Nota ¶ This Gregori wyth the emprour Otto ordand ther the chesers of the empire the wich from thens forthe hath a bydyn vn to this day For the frensshmen nor none othâ—r myght not breke that ordinanse thos chesers of the empire by the pope and Otto wer not made for ony blame of the Saxons bot to eschew the ê‘els to cum aned the namys be writyn for lerned men in latyn in thes versis Maguntinensis Treuerensis Coloniensis Quilibus imê‘ij fit cancellarius horum Et palatinê° dapifer Dux portitorensis Marchio prepositus camere Pincerna bohemus Hij statuuÌ„t dnÌ„m cunctis ê‘ secula suÌ„muÌ„ Palatinê° est comes renâ— Marchio est Brandeburgensis Dux saxonuÌ„ et Rex bohemorum verum vt quidam dicuÌ„t thurgh this occasion the Egill has lost mony a fether Ì„ in the end he shall be made nakid Otta the thrid wos emprour xviij yere This man was a worthy man all the dais of his empire after the wisdom of his fader he wos a veray faithfull man to the chirche and in mony batailles he ê“sperit be cause he wos deuote to almyghty god his sentis and yaf mighty worsshippyng to the Relekes of sentis oft tymes he vesid holy places This man wos crouned bi gregori his cosin Ì„ at the last he decessed at rome No Anno domini M.iiij SIluester the secund wos pope after Gregori iiij yere And he wos made pope bi the help of the deuell to whom he did homage· for he shuld yef him all thing that he desyrid he wos called Hylberd his emny gat him the grace of the kyng of fraunce and he made him the bisshop of Remensis bot anone he was deposit and after he gat the grace of the emprour and wos made the bishop of RaueÌ„nie and after pope bot he had an end anone so haue all that puttys ther hope in fals deuelis Yit men tristin iÌ„ his saluacion for certayn demonstracion of his sepulcur for the gret pennance that he did in his last end For he made his haÌ„d Ì„ his leggis to be cut of Ì„ dismeÌ„byrt iÌ„ al his body to be cast out at the doore to foulys theÌ„ his bodi to be drawi with wild bestis ther to be beried wher suÌ„ euer they restit as an hound and they stoed still at sent IohnÌ„ latronys Ì„ ther he wos beried and that wos sign of his salÌ„uacion Iohannes the xviij wos pope .v. monethis Iohannes the xix wos pope after
child so made hiÌ„ to go about the stake till that all his bouels werdrawen out of his body Ì„ so died Alured ther thurgh treson of the erle godwyn ¶ When tho lordis of englond had hard wist how alured that shuld haue bene ther kyng was put to deth thurgh the fals tratour godwin they wer woÌ„der wroth suore bitwin them god Ì„ bi his holy names that he shuld die a more werse deth than did Edrith of strattoÌ„ that had betraied his lord EdmoÌ„d Irenside Ì„ they wald haue put hiÌ„ to deth bot the thefe tratour fled thens in to denmarke and ther held him iiij· yere Ì„ more lost all his land in englond SIluester the thrid wos pope after BnÌ„dic This Siluester was chosiÌ„ and Benedict was expulsid And afterward was he expulsid and benedict was put vp ayene And after he was put out and Gregori wos made pope and he wos but a sympull letterd man and ther for he chose an other pope to be coÌ„secrate with hiÌ„ and when mony men wer displesid with this gydyng of ij popis the thrid was brought in the wich shuld ocupye the place of both the two And so they strofe emonges them self bot then Henri the emprour come to rome and deposit them all ond made Clement the secumd pope whom he made anone to croune him and he sayd to the romans they shuld neuer chese pope with out his assent so v. beyng pope the sex wos put in But mony men sayth this Gregori was an holy man Damasus the secund wos after Clement xxiij days This man was an vsurper of the pope seet he died sodenly And anone the Romans asked to haue a pope and that the almayns shÌ„uld haue none for they wer so herd hertid that they myght not incline to the iÌ„tent of the emprour the wich said ther shÌ„uld be no pope chosin bot if he wold be of counsell of the eleccion bot for all that they put in this holy man Leo. and after he had of that consciens and refuseyd and anone he was chosin bi the comyn assent This Leo put crist in the forme of a lasur in his own bede and in the morow he fond no thyng ther. ¶ Of sent Edward the confessour that was Alured is broder how he wos kyng of englond ANd when this was done all the barons of englond senseÌ„ an other tyme in to Normandie for that Edward shuld cum in to englond with moch honour ¶ And this edward in his childhode loued almyghty god and him drad and in â—â—â—â—ste and clennes lad his life and hatid sin os deth ¶ And whâ—n he wos crouned and annoynted with a riall pouer he for yat not his good maners Ì„ condicioÌ„s that he frist vsed And for yat not all good customs for no maner honour ne for no riches ne for no â—â—ner highnesse but euer more more yaf him to goodnes 〈◊〉 loued god all mekenes and loued god holy chirch passing al maner thyng And poer men also he loued and them held as they had bene his own bretheren and to them oft yaf gret almys with full good wyll ¶ Of the frist speciall loue that god shewed to sent edward leuiÌ„g IT befell on a day as he went from the chirche of westmynstre and had herd masse of sent IohnÌ„ the Euangelist for as moche as he loued sent iohnÌ„ euangelist more specially after god and our lady than he did any other sent ¶ And so ther come to him a pylgrame and prayed him for the loue of god our lady and IohnÌ„ euangelist some good him for to yefe ¶ And the kyng priuely toke his ring of his fynger that no man ê‘saued it and yaf it to the pilgrame and he it vndirfenge and weÌ„t theÌ„s ¶ This kyng Edward made all the good lawes of englond that yit bene most vsed and holden And was so merciabull and so full of pitte that no man myght be more ¶ How the erle godwyn come ayene in to englond and had ayeÌ„ all his land aftward sent edward weddid his doughter WHen the erle godwyn that was duellyng in Denmarke had moch herd of the goodnesse of kyng Edwarde and that he wos so full of merci and of pitte He thought that he wold gone ayene in to englond for to sech and to haue grace of the good king edward that 〈◊〉 â—â—â—cifull was that he myght haue his land ayen in pees aâ—â—â—ayed hiÌ„ as moch as he myght and put him toward these 〈◊〉 in to englond to london ther that the kyng was that tyme all the lordis of englond Ì„ held a parlament ¶ Godewyn sent to them that wer his frendis Ì„ wer the most grettest lordis of the land Ì„ prayed theÌ„ to besech the kynges grace for him Ì„ that he wold his pees and his land grant him This lordys laddâ—n him before the kyng to seeâ—e his grace ¶ And anone os the kyng him saw he appeled hiÌ„ of tresoÌ„ and of the deth of alured his â—â—â—ther and thes wordis vn to him seyed Traytour Godewin quod the kyng I the appele that thow hast betrayed and slayn my brother Alured ¶ Certis sir quod Godwyn saue your grace and your pees and your lordship I him neuer betrayed ne yit him slew And therfor I put me in reward of the court ¶ Now fair lordis quod the kyng ye that bene my lieges erles barens of the land that here bene assembled Full well ye hard myne appele and the ansuer also of godwyn And therfor I will that ye awarde and doth right ¶ The Erlis and Barons tho gadered them all to geder for to done this award by them self Ì„ so they spoken diuersely emonges them For sum sayed ther wos neuer aliaunce by homage serment seruice ne by lordship bitwen Godwyn and alured for wich thing they myght him draw ¶ And at the last they deuised demyd that he shold put him in the kynges marci al to gedres ¶ Tho spake the erle Leuerich of Couentre a good man to god to all the world told his reson in this maner and sayd The erle godwyne is the best frendid man of englond after the kyng and well myght it not bene gayn sayd that with out consell of godwyn Alured was neuer put to deth Wherfor i award as touchiÌ„g my parte that hiÌ„self and his son euery of vs xij erles that bene his frendis wend before the kyng chargid with as mich gold and siluer as we may bere be twix our handis Ì„ prayng the kiÌ„g for yefe his euell will to the erle godwyn and resaue his homage Ì„ his land yeld ayene ¶ And they accordid vn to that awarde Ì„ come in this maner as is aboue sayed euery of them with gold siluer as moch as they myght bere betwen ther handis before the kiÌ„g thei said the forme the maner of ther acord
to say the cite of Karlill the castell of Bamburgh Ì„ the new castell vpoÌ„ Tyne and the erledom of lancastre ¶ The same yere the kyng with a gret pouer went in to wales and let cast doune wodes and make wayes and made strong the Castell of Rutland basingwarke and emong the castels he made an house of the tempull ¶ And in the same yere was Richard his son borne that afterward wos erle of Oxforde and the iiij yere of his regne he made Gaufrid erle of BretaÌ„ And in that yere he changed his monay the vi yere of his regne he lad an huge host vn to Tolouse and conquered it ¶ And the vij yere of his regne died Theabult the Erchebisshop of Cantorburi And tho all the cite of Cantorburi alÌ„most thurgh meschefe wos brenned ¶ The ix yere of his regne Thomas Bekit that wos his chanceler wos chosen to bene Erchebisshop of cauÌ„torburi And vpon sent Barnardis day he wos sacred and iÌ„ that yere wos borne Helienor the kynges doughter ¶ And in the x. yere of his regne sent Edward the kiÌ„g was translated with moch honour ¶ And the xi yere of his regne he held hys parlament at Northamtoon And from thens fled sent Thomas erchebisshop of cantorburi for the gret debate that wos betwix the kiÌ„g hiÌ„ for if he had ben founde iÌ„ the morne he had ben slaiÌ„ therfor he fled thens with iij. felowes on fote onli that no man wisten wher he wos went ouer the see to the pope of Rome ¶ And this was the principall encheson for as moch as the kyng wold haue put clarkes to deth that wer atteyntit of felonye with out ony preuylege of holy chirch ¶ And the xij yere of his regne was Ion his son borne And the xiij yere off his regne died Maude the emprice that was his mother ¶ The xiiij yere of his regne the duke Henri of Saxon spoused Maude his doughter he begat vpon hir iij sonis that wor called Henri Othus Willm ¶ And in the xv yere of his regne died the good erle Robert of Glocestre that founded the abbey of Nonnes of Eton. ¶ And in the same yere Marike kyng of Ierusalem coÌ„quered Babilon ¶ And the xvi yere of his regne he let croune his sone Henri kyng at westmynster Ì„ him crouned Roger Erchebisshop of yorke in harmyng of Thomas erchebisshop of Cantorberi wherfor this same Roger was acursed of the pope ¶ How kyng henri that was son of kyng henri the emprise son and of the debate that wos bytwen him and his fader while thatt he wos in Normandie AFter the coronacion of kyng henri the son of kyng henri the emprise son ¶ That same henri the emprise son went ouer in to Normandie Ì„ ther he let marie Elenour the doughter of the Dolfyn that was kyng of Almayn ¶ And in the vij yere that the erchebisshop 〈◊〉 Thomas had bene outlawed the kyng of frunce made the kyng Ì„ 〈◊〉 Thomas accordid tho come thomÌ„s the erchebisshop to CaÌ„torburi ayen to his own chirche ¶ And this accord was made in the begynyng of aduent And afterwarde he wos kylled 〈…〉 the v. day of cristynmasse that tho next come ¶ For kyng henri thought vpon 〈◊〉 Thomas the erchebisshop vpon cristinmasse day os he sat at his mete Ì„ thees wordis said That if he had any good knyghtys with him he had be mony a day passid avengid vpon the erchebisshop Thomas ¶ And anone sir willm Breton sir hugh Moruyle sir william Traci Ì„ sir Reignold fitz vrse beres son in Englissh preueli went vn to the see comen in to englond vn to the chirche of cantorburi and ther they him 〈◊〉 at sent Benettes auter iÌ„ the moder chirche ¶ And that was iÌ„ the yere of the Incarnacion of ihuÌ„ crist M.C lxxij yere ¶ And anone after Henri the new kyng began for to make were vpon Henri his fadre and vpon his brether willm O thus ¶ And so vpon a day the kyng of fraunce and all the kynges sonnes and the kyng of scotland and the grettyst lordis of englong were arisen ayens thee kyng Henri the fadre and at the last as god wold he conquered all his emnys ¶ And the kyng of fraunce he wer accordit tho sent kyng henri the fadre speciali vn to the kyng of france Ì„ prayed him herteli for his loue that he wold send to him the names by letter of them that wer the begyners of the were ayens him ¶ And the kyng of fraunce sent ayene to him bi letter the names of them that begon the were ayens him ¶ The frist was IohnÌ„ his son Ì„ Richard his brother and henri the new kyng his son Tho was henri the kyng wonder wroth and cursid the tyme that euer he him begat ¶ And while the were dured Henri his sone the new king died sore repentyng his misdedis most sorow made of ony man for because of 〈◊〉 thomas deth of cantorburi ¶ And prayed his fadre with moch sorow of hert merce for his trespasse his fader for yaf him and had of him gret pitte and after he died the xxxvi yere of his regne and lieth at rediÌ„g ¶ How the cristyn lost the holy land in the forsaid kynges tyme thurgh a fals cristyn man that bicome a sarisen ANd while that kiÌ„g henri the emprise son leued and regned the gret bataill wos in the holy land bitwen the cristyn meÌ„ and the sarisens but the cristyn men wer ther kylled thurgh grett treson of the erle Tirpe that wold haue had to wife the quene of Ierusalem that som tyme wos Baldewyns wife but she forsoke him and toke to hir lord a knyght a worthi man that wos called sir Gnyê‘ches wherfor the erle Tirpe wos wroth and weÌ„t anone right to Soladyne that was soudeyn of Babilon Ì„ bicome his man And forsoke his cristindom Ì„ all cristyn law and the cristiÌ„ men wist not of this dedis but wened for to haue had gret help of him as they wer wont to haue before ¶ And when they comen to the bataill This fals cristyn man turned vn to the sarisens forsoke his own nacions Ì„ so wer the cristyn men ther kylled with the sarisens ¶ And thus wer the cristyn men slayn put to horibull deth Ì„ the cite of IerusaleÌ„ destruied and the holy cros borne away ¶ The kyng of fraunce and all the gret lordis of the land let them cros for to go vn to the loly land ¶ And amoÌ„g them went Richard kyng Henri son frist after the kiÌ„g of frauÌ„ce that toke the cros of the erchebisshop of tours but he toke not the viage at that tyme for encheson that he wos let bi other maner weys nedis to be done ¶ And whaÌ„ kiÌ„g henri his fader had regned xxxvi yere
said masse thurgh out all london Ì„ so after thurgh out all engloÌ„d ¶ And the next yere after ther began a gret debate bitwene king IohnÌ„ Ì„ the lordis of engloÌ„d for encheson that he wold not grauÌ„te the lawes hold the wich sent Edward had ordeyned had be vsed hold vn to that tyme that he had them broken for he wold hold no law bot did all thiÌ„g that hiÌ„ likid desheried mony meÌ„ with out ê¯sent of lordis Ì„ peris of the land wold desherite the good Erle Randulf of Chestre for enchesoÌ„ that he vndertoke hiÌ„ of his wykkidnesse for cause that he did so moch shame Ì„ velany to god and holy chirche And also fer he held hauntid his own brothers wife lay also bi mony other womeÌ„ gret lordis doughtres for he sparid no woman that him liked for to haue wherfore all the lordis of the land wer with him wonder wroth and went to london Ì„ toke the cite ¶ And for to cese this debate and sorow the erchebishop and other gret lordis of the land assembled them before the fest of sent Iohan baptist in a medow besides the toune of stanes that is called Romnemede And the kyng made them ther a chertour of fraunches such as they wold axen Ì„ iÌ„ soch maner they wer accordid and that accordemeÌ„t last not full longe for the kyng him selfe sone after did ayens the pointis of the same chartre that he had made wherfor the most parte of the land of lordis assembled them and began to were vpoÌ„ him ayen and brened his tounes and robbid his folke did all the sorow that they myght Ì„ made them as stronge as they myght with all ther pouer thoght to driue him out of englond and make Lowys the kynges son of fraunce kyng of englond ¶ And kyng IohnÌ„ sent tho ouer see and ordeyned so moch pepull of Normans Ì„ of Piccardes Ì„ of Flemmynges So that the land myght not susteyn them but with moch sorow ¶ And among all thes pepull ther was a maÌ„ of Normandie that was called Faukis of brent and this Normand his ê¯pany spared nother chirche ne house of religion bot thei briÌ„t robbed it Ì„ bare away all that they might take so that the land wos all destroied what on oon side on other ¶ The barons lordis of Englond ordeyned amoÌ„g them the best spekers and wysest meÌ„ sent them ouer se to kiÌ„g Philip of fraunce and prayed him that he wold send lowys his son in to engloÌ„d to be kyng of engloÌ„d Ì„ to vnderfenge the croune ¶ How Lowys the kinges son of fraunce come in to englond with a stronge pouer of pepull to be kiÌ„g of englond WHen kyng Ppilip of fraunce herd this tydyng he made certayn aliaunce bitwene them by ther commune eleccion that Lowys kyng Pphilipes sone of fraunce shÌ„uld go with them iÌ„ to Englond driue out kiÌ„g IohnÌ„ of the land and all that wer in presence of Lowys made vn to him homage and bicome his men ¶ And the barons of englond held them styll at londoÌ„ abiden Lowys the kiÌ„ges son of frauÌ„ce this was the next saturday before the Ascencion of our lord that lowys come in to englond with a strong pouer that tyme kyng IohnÌ„ had takyn all the castels of engloÌ„d in to alyens handis ¶ And tho com Lowys be segid Rouchestres castell toke it with strength the thursday in whitson wâ—ke lethonge all the aliens that wer theriÌ„ the thursdai tho next suyng he come to London ther he wos vnderfenge with mech honour of the lordis that a byden him ther all to him made homage ¶ And afterward on the tewysday next after the Trinite sonday he toke the castell of Reigate Ì„ in the morow after the castell of Gilford Ì„ the friday next after the castell of Farneham Ì„ the moÌ„day next after the cite of wynchestre to him was yold Ì„ in the morow after sent IohnÌ„ day the maner of woluesey and the tewisday after the vtas of sent Petre sent paule they toke the castell of Odiham and the moÌ„day after sent Margaretes day he ordend him toward Bawmore for to sege the castell and ther he duelled xv dais Ì„ myght not get the castell Ì„ than when the thens Ì„ come to london Ì„ the toure to him wos yolde ¶ How the pope send in to Englond a legat that wos called Swalo and of the deth of kiÌ„g iohnÌ„ ANd in the same time the pope send in to england a legat that wos called Swalo and he wos prest Cardinall of rome for to maynten kyng Iohans cause ayens the barons of Englond but the barons had so huge part and help thurgh Lowys the kynges son of fraunce that kyng IohnÌ„ wist not whidder for to turne ne gone ¶ And so it befell that he wold haue gone to Nycholl and as he weÌ„t thiderward he come by the abbey of Swynes hede Ì„ ther he abode ij dais ¶ And as he sat at mete he axed a monke of the house how moch a lofe was worth that wos set befor him vpoÌ„ the tabull And the moÌ„ke said that the lofe was worthe but and halfpeny ¶ O quod the kyng tho here is gret chepe of brede Now quod the kyng I may life soch a lofe shall be worth xx shillyng or half a yere be gone ¶ And wheÌ„ he had said this word moch he thougt oft he sighed tok ete of the bred said by god the word that I haue spokyn it shall be soth ¶ The moÌ„ke that stode before the kyng was for this word full sori in hert thoght rather he wold him self suffre deth and thought if he myght ordeyn ther fore some maner remedie ¶ And anone the moÌ„ke went to his abbot Ì„ wos shriuen of him Ì„ told the abbot all that the kyng had said· and praid his abbot for to assoill him for he wold yef the kiÌ„g such a drink that all Englond shuld be glad ther of ioyfull ¶ Tho went the monke in to a gardeyn and fouÌ„d a gret to de therin toke hir vp Ì„ put hir iÌ„ a cup Ì„ prikked the tode thurgh with a broche moÌ„y tymes till that the venym comen out of euery side iÌ„ the cup. tho toke the cup Ì„ fillled it with good ale brought it before the kiÌ„g kneliÌ„g said sir qd he wassale for neuer the days of your life dranke ye of so good a cup ¶ Begin monke qd the kiÌ„g Ì„ the monke dranke a gret draught Ì„ toke the kyng the cup the kiÌ„g also dranke a gret draught set douÌ„e the cup ¶ The monke anone right weÌ„t iÌ„ to the farmori ther died anone on whâ—â— seule god haue merci amen And v. moÌ„kis sing for his
erle of his life was passid The priour and the monkis of Pountfret getten the body of sir ThomÌ„s of the kiÌ„g and they beried it before the high auter on the right side◠¶ That same day that this gentill knyght was dede ther were honged draw for the same quarell at Pountfret sir willm tuchet sir willm Fitz willm sir warreyn of ysell sir HeÌ„ri of brad borne and sir william cheynye barons all· and Iohane Page esquyre ¶ And sone after at Yorke were draw and honged sir Rogeri Clifford Sir Iohan of Mambray barons And sir Goselin dauill knyght ¶ And at Bristow were drawe honged sir henri of wemyngton sir henri Mounfort barons and at Glocestre wer draw and honged Sir Iohan Geffard and sir willm of Elmebrugge barons ¶ And at london wer honged and drow sir henri Tyes baron And at wynchelse sir Thomas Colepepir knyght And at windesore sir Fraunces of waldenham baron And at Cantorburi wos draw Ì„ honged sir Bertholome of Badelesmere sir Bartholomewe of asshebourneham barons And at kerdyfe iÌ„ wales sir willm FlemmiÌ„g baron ¶ How kyng Edward weÌ„t in to scotland with an hondreth thousand men of armes Ì„ might not spede ANd when kyng edward of englond had brought the flour of Chiualrie vn to ther deth thurgh councell and consent of sir hugh spenser the fadre and sir hugh the son he become as wode as any Lyon ¶ And what so euer the Spensers wold haue it was done so well the kyng loued them that they might done with him all thyng that them liked Wherfor the kyng yaf vn to sir hugh spenser the fadre the erledom of wynchestre and vn to sir Andrewe of Herkela the erdom of Cardoill in preiudice and in harmyng of his croune ¶ And kyng Edward tho thurgh ê¯sell of the spensers disherited all them that had bene ayens him in any quarell with Thomas of Lancastre mony oder wer disherited also for encheson stat the spensers couetted for to haue ther landes and so they had all that they wold desire with wrong and ayens all reson ¶ Tho made the kyng Robert of Baldok a fals piled clerke Chauncelar of englond thurgh caunsell of the forsaid spensers he was a fals ribaud and a couetise Ì„ so they couÌ„celed the kyng moch that the kyng let take to his own warde all the goodis of the lordis that were put wrongfully to the deth in to his own hond and as well they token the goodis that wer in holy chirche as the goodis that were wythout And let them bene put in to his tresorie in london and let them call his forfaittis bi ther councell the kyng wrought for euermore he dysherite them that the goodis owghten ¶ And thurgh ther counsell let a rere a talliage of all the goodis of englond ¶ Wherfor he was the richest kyng that euer wos in englond after willm basterd of NormaÌ„die that conquerid Englond â–ª ¶ And yit thurgh councell of them him semed that he had not ynough bot made yit euery toune of Englond for to find a man of armys vpon ther own costages for to gone and were vpon the scottis that wer his enmys wherfore the kyng weÌ„t in to scotland with an hondreth thausand meÌ„ of armes at witsontide in the yere of our lord IhuÌ„ crist M.ccc xxij ¶ But the scottis went and hid them in mouÌ„tayns Ì„ in woddis taried the englishmen fro day to day that the kiÌ„g myght for no maner thyng them find in playn feld ¶ Wherfor mony englishmeÌ„ that had litell vitayles died ther for hunger wonder fast and sodenly in goyng and in comyng and namly tho that had bene ayens Thomas of Lancastre and robbed his men vpon his landis ¶ When kyng Edward saw that vitayles failed him he wos tho wonderfore discomforted for encheson also that his men died and for he myght not speed of his enmys So at the last he come ayen in to Englond ¶ And anone after come Iames Douglas also Thomas Randulph with an hoge host in to Englond in to Northumberland with them the englishmen that wer driueÌ„ out of engloÌ„d come robbed the cuÌ„tre kylled the pepull also brend the toune that wos called northallerton Ì„ mony other touÌ„es to yorke ¶ And when the kiÌ„g herd this tidyng he let sompne all maner men that might trauell And so the englishmen mett the scottis at the abbey of Beigheland the xv day after Mihelmasse in the same yere abouesaid And the englishmen wer ther discomfited ¶ And at that scomfiture wos toke sir Iohan of Bretan Erle of Rochemond that helde the cuntre and the Erldom of Lancastre ¶ And after he paied an huge raunsome and wos let go and after that he wente in to frauÌ„ce and come neuer afterward ayen ¶ How sir Andrewe of Herkela was take Ì„ put vn to the deth that wos erle of Cardoill ANd at that tyme sir Andrew of herkela that new was made erle of Cardoill for cause that he had taken the good erle Thomas of Lancastre he had ordeyned thurgh the kynges ê¯mandement of englond for to bring him all the pouer that he might for to help him ayenst the scottis at the abbey of Beigheland ¶ And when the fals tratour had gadred all the pepull that he myght and shuld haue come to the kyng vn to the abbey of Beigheland ¶ The fals tratour lad them by an other cuntre thurgh Copeland thurgh the erledom of Lancastre went thurgh the cuntre robbed Ì„ killed folke all that he myght ¶ And forther more the fals tratour had taken a gret soume of gold and siluer of sir Iames Douglas for to be ayens the kyng of englond and to bene helpyng holdyng with the scottis thurgh whos treson the kyng of englond wos discomfited at Beigheland or that he come theder ¶ Wherfor the kyng wos toward him wonder wroth and let priueli enquere by the cuntre about how that it wos· ¶ And so men enquerid and aspied so at the last trewth was fouÌ„d and sought he atteynt take as a fals tratour as the good erle Thoms of Lancastre him told or that he wer put vn to deth at his takyng at burbrugge ¶ And to him said or that yere wer done he shuld be take and hold a tratour ¶ And so it wos as the holy man said wherfor the kyng sent preueli to sir Anthoyn of Lucy a knight of the cuntre of Cardoill that he shuld take sir Andrew of Harkela and put him vn to the deth ¶ And to bring thys thyng vn to the end the kyng sent his comission So that this same Andrew was take at Cardoill Ì„ led vn to the barre in the maner of an erle worthely arrayed Ì„ with a swerde gurt aboute hiÌ„ hosed Ì„ spored ¶ Tho spak sir Anthoyn in this maner sir Andrew ê™ he the king put vpon the
to the kynges pauilon Ì„ killed ther mony men in ther beddis cried some Naward naward an oder time a Douglos a douglas Wherfor the kyng that wos in his pauilon mech oder folk were wonder sore afraied but blyssid be almyghty god the kyng wos not taken in gret parell was tho the ream of englond ¶ And that nyght the mone shone full clere bright for all the kiÌ„gê meÌ„ the scottis ascappid harmeles ¶ And iÌ„ the morow whaÌ„ the kyng wist that the scottis wer a scappid iÌ„ to ther own cuntre he wos wonder sori Ì„ full hertely wepid with his yong eyn Ì„ yit wist he nott who had hiÌ„ done that treson bot that falÌ„s tresoun was full well knaw a good while after as the stori telleth ¶ Tho kiÌ„g edward come ayen to yorke full sorowfull his host deê‘ted and euery man went in to his own cuntre with full heuy chere and mornyng semblant the henaudes toke ther leue Ì„ went iÌ„ to ther own cuntre the kynge for ther trauell hugeli them rewardid ¶ And for encheson of that viage the kyng had dispendid moch of his tresour wasted ¶ And in that tyme wer seyn ij mones in the firmament that on was clere that other was derke as men might se thurgh out the world and a gret debate wos that same tyme ayens pope Iohan the xxij after sent petre Ì„ the Emprour of Almayn tho made him Emprour ayens the popis wyll that tho held his see at Auinion ¶ Wherfor the eÌ„pror made his crie at Rome ordeyned an oder pope that hight Nycholas that wos a frere mynor and that was ayens the right of holy chirch ¶ Wherfor he wos cursed the pouer of that oder pope sone wos leid And for enchesoÌ„ that suche meruellis wer seyn meÌ„ said that the world was nygh at an end ¶ Of the deth of kyng Edward Carnariuan ANd now go we ayen to sir Edward of Carnariuan that was kyng Edward fadre sum tyme kyng of englond put doune of his dyngnite Alas for his tribulacion and sorow that him befell thurgh fals councell that he loued and triftid vpoÌ„ to moch that afterward wer destroyed thugh ther falsenesse as god wold ¶ And this Edward of Carnariuan wos in the castell of Berkelay vnder the kepyng of Sir Moris of Berkeley sir Iohan of Mautreus and to them he made his complaynt of his sorow and of his disese and oft tyme he axed of his wardens what he had trespased ayens Dame Isabell his wife and Sir edward his son that was made new king that they wold not viset him ¶ And tho ansuerid on of his wardeynes and said my worthy lord displese yow not that I shall tell you the encheson is for it is done them to vnderstond that if my lady your wife come any thing ny you that ye wold hir strangle and kyll and also that ye wold do to my lord your son the same ¶ Tho ansuered he with simple chere Alas alas am I not iÌ„ prison and all at your own will now god hit wote I thought it neuer and now I wold that I wer dede so wold god if that I wer for than wer all my sorow passed ¶ Hit was not long tyme after that the kyng thurgh ê¯cell of Roger Mortimer grauÌ„tid the ward kepiÌ„g of sir edward his fadre vn to sir Thomas Toiourney Ì„ to the forsaid sir IohnÌ„ Mautreuers thurgh the kynges lettre put out holy the forsaid sir Morice of the ward of the kyng they toke Ì„ led the kyng vn to the castell of Corfe the wich castell the kyng hated as any deth they keped hiÌ„ ther till it come vn to sent Mathewes day iÌ„ septeÌ„bre in the yere of grace M.ccc.xxvij that the forsaid sir Roger Mortimer sent the maner of the deth how Ì„ in what wise he shÌ„old be done to deth ¶ And anone as the forsaid Thomas Iohan had seyn the letter Ì„ commaundemeÌ„t they made kiÌ„g Edward Carnariuan good chere good so las as they myght at that soper nothiÌ„g the kiÌ„g wist of the tratorie ¶ And wheÌ„ time wos for to go to bedde the kiÌ„g went vn to his bed Ì„ lay slept fast as the king lay slept the tratourys fals for sworne ayens ther homage ther feaute come priueli in to the kynges chambre Ì„ ther company with them and laid an huge tabull vpoÌ„ his wombe with men pressed held fast douÌ„e the .iiij corners of the tabull vpon his body wherwith the good man awoke Ì„ wos wonder sore a drad to be dede ther and slayn and turned his body tho vpsedoune ¶ Tho toke the fals traitours and wode tirantis an horne and put it in to hys fundement as depe as they myght toke a spit of coper brennyng put it thurgh the horne in to his body and oft tymes roulled ther with his bowels and so they kylled ther lord that nothyng wos ê‘saued Ì„ after he was entered at glocestre ¶ How kyng Edward spoused Philip the Erles doughter of Henaud at Yorke ANd after Cristemasse tho next swyng sir IohnÌ„ of henaud brought with hiÌ„ Phelip his brothers doughter that was erle of Henaud his nece in to englond· Ì„ kiÌ„g edward spoused hir at york with moch honour ¶ And sir IohnÌ„ of Bothum bisshop of Ely and sir wyllm of melton Erchebisshop of yorke songen thee masse the sonday in the eue of ê¯uersion of sent Paule In the yere of grace a M.ccc.xxvij but for encheson that the kyng wos bot yong tendre of age when he wos crouned full mony wronges wer done while that his fadre leued for encheson that he trowed the councelers that wer fals a bout him that counceled him to done other wise than reson wold wherfor gret harme was done to the reame to the kyng all meÌ„ directid it the kiÌ„es dede Ì„ it was not so almighty god it wote Wher fore it wos ordeyned at the kynges crouning that the kyng for his tendre age shuld be gouerned by xij of the gretest lordis of englond with out wich no thiÌ„g shÌ„uld be done that is to sai The erchebisshop of Cantorburi the erchebishop of yorke the bisshop of wynchestre Ì„ the bisshop of herthforth the erle of Lancastre the erle marshall the erle of Kent that wer the kiÌ„ges vnches the erle of Garenne sir Thomas wake sir heÌ„ri of Perci sir oliuer of yngham IohnÌ„ of Roos barons ¶ All thes wer sworne trewly for to councell the kyng And they shuld ansuer euery yere in the ê‘lament of that that shuld be don in the tyme of that gouernall bot that ordeynance wos sone vndone Ì„ that wos moch harme to all englond· ¶ For the kiÌ„g all the lordis that shuld gouerne hiÌ„ wer gouerned Ì„ ruled after the kyngê
all ther thynges that they myght bere and carie away kepyng the toune and the Castell to hym self ¶ Than thurgh mediacion of Cardinales that wer sent from the pope trews was teke ther bitwen frauÌ„ce and englond for ix monethes than next foloyng about mihelmasse kyng edward come ayen in to englond with a glorius victorie ¶ And in the xxiij yere of his regne in the est parties of the world ther arose and began a pestilence and deth of sariseÌ„s and paynyms that so gret a deth wos neuer herd of a fore And that wasted away the peple so that vnneth the tenth ê‘soÌ„ wos left on liue ¶ And in the same yere about the south cuntres also in the west contres ther fell so moch rayn and so gret watres that from cristemasse vn to midsomer ther was vnnethes day ne nyght but that it rayned sumwhat thurgh wich waters the pestileÌ„ce wos so enfecked and so habundand in all cuntres and namli about the court of rome and other places see costis that vnneth ther wer left leuyng fulke for to beri them that wer dede honestly But made gret diches and pittes that wer wonder brod Ì„ depe Ì„ therin beried them made a renge of dede bodis Ì„ cast a litell erthe to hele them aboue than cast in an othe regne of dede bodis an other regne aboue them And thus wer they beried noÌ„e oder wise but if it wer the fewer that wer men of gret estate that were beraid as honestly as they myght ¶ And after all this in the xxiiij yere of kiÌ„g Edwardis regne it was don him to wit vnderstond of a treson that wos begun at Calais Ì„ ordeyned for to sell that toune for a gret somme of florens vn to kiÌ„g Philip of FrauÌ„ce thurgh the falsenesse Ì„ ordynauÌ„ce of a knyght that wos called sir Gefferey of Cherney that wos wonder priue with king Philip of fraunce ¶ And when kyng Edward herd this he toke with hiÌ„ the nobles and gentils lordis and mony other worthy and orped men of armes that wer ther present with him for the soleÌ„pnite of that high fest ¶ And well and wiselÌ„y in all the hast that he myght and as priuely os he myght he wenten ouer the see toward calais ¶ And that same yere the good kyng edward held his cristemasse at Hauering ¶ And the morn after newyeres day the kyng wos in the castell of Calays with his men of armes that none of the aliens wist ther of And that fals conspiratour and traitour Geffri of Charney seth that he myghte not openli haue his purpese of the castell priuely stelynly he com in and held the toune with a gret host ¶ And when he with his men wer comen in he paied the forsaid somme of floreyns as couenaunt was bitwen them to a Genewey in the toune that was keper of the castell and consenting to the same geffri in all this falsenesse and trechorie and bounden the englissh mynstrels Ì„ seruantis that wer in the castell that they myght not help them self ne let them of ther purpose And than wenyng that they had be siker ynough thei speken all ther wikkednes falsenesse opeÌ„ly an high that all men myght here ¶ And now shall ye here how they wer deceyued for they comen in by a priue postterne ouer a litell brugge of tre and when they wer comen in sotaly and priuely the brigge wos draw vp and kept that none of them that comen in myght go out ne no mo cuÌ„ in to them ¶ And anone our englyshmen went out at priue holes and wyndous and ouer the walles of the toune of the castell and went and faughte maÌ„ly with the frenshmen that wer with out and had the better of them the wich when they wer occupied by them selÌ„f on ther side The king that was with in the toune hauyng with him scarsly but xxx men of armes drew out his swerd and with a loud vois he cried vp an high A sent Edward A sent George ¶ And when folke herd that they comen rennyng to him yaf ther to ther enmys so gret assaut that ther wer mo than two hondrith men of armes and mony mo other slayn and mony fleden away And so by the grace of god almyghty the victorie fell vn to the Englishmen Than the kyng toke with hym this Geffry that was finder of this trechorie and also mony other frensh prisoners Ì„ with in a while after he come ayen in to englond ¶ And in this same yere in the yere afore and in thee yere next after was so gret pestilence of men from the est in to the west and namli thurgh botches that tho that sekiÌ„d on this day died on the iij. day after to the wich men that so died in this pestilence had but litell respite of liggyng ¶ The pope Clement of his goodnesse Ì„ grace yaf them full remission and foryefnesse of all ther sinnes that they wer shriuen of and this pestilence lasted in london fro Mihelmasse vn to August next folewyng almost an hole yere ¶ And thes days wos deth without sorow weddyngis with out frenship wilfull penaunce derth without scarcite fleyng without refute or socour for mony fled from place to place be cause of the pestilence but they wer enfeckid myght not ascap the deth after that the ê“phet Isae saieth who that fleith fro the face of dred he shall fall in to the diche And he that windeth him out of the diche he shall be hold Ì„ tied with a grenne but wheÌ„ this pestilence wos cesed as god wold vnnethes the tenth parte of the pepull wos left on liue ¶ And in the same yere began a wonder thyng that all that euer wer borne after that pestilence had .ij. chekteth iÌ„ ther hede las than they had a fore ¶ How kyng Edward had a gret bataill with spanyardis in the se fast by wynchelsee ANd in the .xxv. yere of his regne about the sent Iohannes day in haruest iÌ„ the see fast by winchelse king Edwarde had a gret bataill with men of spayn wher that ther shippis and nauye lay chaned to gedre that other they must fight or be dreÌ„ched ¶ And so when all our worthy men of armes Ì„ the see costes fast by wynchelse Romeny wer gadred to geder our nauye shippis all redy to the were the englisshmen met manly Ì„ stifly with ther enmys comyng fersly ayens them ¶ And wheÌ„ the spanys vessailles nauy wer closed iÌ„ all about ther meÌ„ might se a stroÌ„g bataill on both sides loÌ„g during iÌ„ the wich bataill wos but few that faught but they wer spitously hurt And after the batail ther wer xxiij shippis of thers take Ì„ so the englishmen had the better And in the next yere folowyng of his regne that is to say the xxvi yere the
let crouÌ„e him kiÌ„g ther of the reame of Scotland ¶ And when all thynges wer done Ì„ ordened in thike contres at his lust he turned ayen iÌ„ to Englond with an hugh worship· And while this viage wos a doyng in Scotland sir Edward prince of wales as a man enspired in god was iÌ„ Guyhen in the Cite of Burdeux treting Ì„ spekiÌ„g of the chalengyng and of the kynges right of Englond that he had of the reame of Fraunce and that he wold a vengid be with stroÌ„ghond the prelatis peres Ì„ myghti men of that cuntre consented well to him ¶ Than sir Edward the prince with a gret host gadred to him the sext day of Iuyll went from Burdeux goyng and trauelyng by mony diuerse cuntres Ì„ he toke moÌ„y prisoners mo than .vi. thousand men of armes by the cuntre as he iournyed toke thee toune of RemorantiÌ„ iÌ„ saloigne beseged the Castell vi days And at the vi day end they yolde the castell vn to him And ther wer take the lord of CrouÌ„e sir Bursigaud mony other knyghttis men of armes moo than lxxx ¶ And fro thens by Toren Ì„ peten fast by chmeney his nobull men that wer with him had a strong bataill with frenshmen Ì„ an .c. of ther men of armes wer slayn And the erle of Daunce Ì„ the stiward of frauÌ„ce wer take with an hondreth men of armes ¶ In the wich yere thee xix day of September fast by Peightres the same prince with a thousand and ix hondrith men of armes and archiers ordeynid a bataill to kyng IohnÌ„ of FrauÌ„ce comyng to the prince ward with vij thousand chosen men of armes other moch pepull in an huge passing nombur of the wich ther wer slayn the duke of Burybon and the duke of Athenes and mony othir nobull men and of the prince men of armes a thousand Ì„ of other after the trew accompte and rekenyng viij hondrith And the kyng of fraunce wos ther take and sir Philip his yonger son Ì„ moÌ„y Dukis and nobull meÌ„ worthy knyghtis Ì„ meÌ„ of armes about ij thousaÌ„d And so the victori fell ther to the prince to the pepull of englond by the grace of god And moÌ„y that wer taken prisoners wer set at ther rauÌ„son and vpoÌ„ ther trougth knyghthod wer chargid had leue to go But the prince toke with him the kyng of fraunce Philip his son with all the reuerence that he myght went ayen to Burdeux with a glorius victorie â–ª The somme of the men that ther wer take prisoners of them that wer slaiÌ„ the day of bataill wos iiij M. iiijC.xl ¶ And in the xxxij yere of kyng Edward the v. day of May prince Edward with kyng IohnÌ„ of frauÌ„ce Philip his son and moÌ„y othir worthy prisoners ariued graciously iÌ„ the haueÌ„ of Plummouth the xxiiij day of the same moneth aboute iij· after none they com to london by londoÌ„ brugge so weÌ„t forth to the kiÌ„gê palace of westmiÌ„stre ther fell so gret a multitude Ì„ prees of peple about them to behold and se that wonder Ì„ that riall sight that vnnethes fro midday till nyght they myght not cuÌ„ to westmynstre Ì„ the kiÌ„gê ranson of frauÌ„ce wos taxed and set to iij myllions of scutis of whom ij â–ª shuld beworth a nobull ye shÌ„all vnderstond that a myllion is a M.M. and after somme meÌ„ his raunsome wos sat at .iij. M.M florens all is on effect And this same yere wer made soleÌ„pne Iustis iÌ„ smythfeld beiÌ„g ther pÌ„sent the kyng of englond the kiÌ„g of fraunce and the kyng of Scotland and mony other worthy and nobull lordis ¶ The xxxiij yere of his regne the same kyng Edward at wyndesore as well for loue of knyghhod as for his own worsship at the reuerence of the kyng of fraunce and of other lordis that wer ther at that time he held a wonder riall and costle fest of sent George passing any that euer wos holdyn a fore ¶ Wherfor the kyng of frauÌ„ce in scornyng said that he saw neuer ne herd such solempne festis ne rialtes holdin ne done with tailles with out paiÌ„g of gold or siluer ¶ And iÌ„ the xxxiiij yere of his regne the x iiij KalÌ„ of Iulij sir IohnÌ„ Erle of Richemond kyng Edwardis son wedded dame Blaunch duke Henris doughter of Lncastre cosin to the same iohan by dispensacion of the pope and in the mein tyme wer ordened Iustes at london iij. daies of rogacions that is for to sai the mair of London with his xxiiij aldermen ayenes all that wold cum in whos name Ì„ sted the kyng priuely with his iiij sonys Edward Leonell IohnÌ„ and Edmond and other xix gret lordis helden the feld with worshÌ„ip ¶ And this same yere as it wos told said of them that saw it ther come blod out of the tombe of Thomas some tyme erle of Lancastre as fresh as that day that he was done to deth And in the same yere kiÌ„g Edward chose his sepulture and his liggyng at westmynstre fast by the shrine of sent Edward ¶ And anone after the xxvij· day of October he went ouer see to Calais makyng protestacion that he wold neuer cum ayen in to englond till he had full endid the were bitwen fraunce him ¶ And so in the xxxvi yere of his regne in the wynter tym kyng Edward wos and traueled in the Ryne costes about sent HilÌ„larie tide he departid his host and went to Burgoyn ward with whom than met pesibely the Duke of Burgoyn behighting him lxx thousand floreyns that he shuld spare his men and hys pâ—pull and the kyng grauÌ„ted at his request and duelled ther vn to the xvij day of Marche· the wich tyme come to kiÌ„g Edward ere that stroÌ„g theues wer on the se vnder the erle of sent Poule the xv day of Marche liggyng a wayt vpon the tounes of hastyng Rie and other places and villages on the see cost haddyn entred as enmys in to thee toune of wynchelse and slewen all that euer withstoden them and withsaid ther comyng Wherfore the kyng was gretly meued and wratthed and he turned ayen to Paris ward and commaunded his host to destroy and sle with dynt and strength of swerd them that he had before hand sparid ¶ And the xij day of Aprill the kyng come to Paris and ther departed his host in diuerse batailles with iiij C. of knyghtis new dubbed on that one side of him ¶ And sir Henri duke of Lancastre vnder pees and trews went vn to the yates of the Cite profering to them that wold abyde a bataill in the feld vnder such condicion that if the kyng of englond wer ouer comen ther as god forbede it shuld that than he shuld neuer chalenge the kyngdom of frauÌ„ce ¶ And ther he had of them but shÌ„ort and scornfull ansuer
gedre and the south egle frist ouer come the north egle and all to rent and tore him with his bill his clawys that he shuld not rest ne take no breth ¶ And after the south egle fligh home to his own costes ¶ And anone after ther folowed wos seyn in the morn a fore the son rising and after iÌ„ thee last day of October saue on day mony sterris gadred to gedre on an hepe fell doune to the erth leuyng behynd them fery bemys in maner of lightynyng whos flaumes brent and ê¯sumed mens clothis mens here walkyng on the erth as it was seyn and knwen of mony a man ¶ And yit that northeren wynd that is euer redy destinat to all ill fro sent Kat mes eueÌ„ till iij. days after lost good with out noÌ„bre vnrecouerabull And iÌ„ the same days ther fell come also such lightiÌ„yng thuÌ„der snow haill that it wasted destroid meÌ„ bestis houses Ì„ trees ¶ Of the bataill of spayn beside the water of Nazers that was bitwen prince Edward Ì„ sir Henri basterd of spayn IN the yere of our lord a M.ccc.lxvij of kyng Edward xlij· the iij. day of Aprill ther wos a strong batall and a gret in a large feld called Priazers fast bi the water of Nazers in spayn bitwen sir edward the prince Henri the bastard of spayn but the victori fell to prince edward bi the grace of god ¶ And this same prince edward had with hiÌ„ sir IohnÌ„ duke of lancastre his broder other worthi meÌ„ of armes about the nomber of xxx M. ¶ And the kiÌ„g of spayn had on his side men of diuerse nacioÌ„s to the noÌ„bre of an C. M· Ì„ mo wherfor the sharpenesse Ì„ fersenes of his adusarie with his full boystous gret strength made driuen the rightfull ê‘tie a bak a gret way but thurgh the grace of almyghty god passing any mans strength that huge host wos disê‘bled myghtfully be the nobull duke of Lancaster his host or thot the prince Edward come nigh him ¶ And whan Henri the bastard saw that he turned with his men in so grete haste and strength to fle that an huge companie of them iÌ„ the forsaid flode and of the brigge therof fellen doune Ì„ parisshed ¶ And also ther wer take the erle of Dene and sir Bartram Clekyn that wos chief maker and causer of the were also chiuetayn of the vaunt ward of the bataill with moÌ„y other gret lorddis and knyghtis to the nombur of ij thousand of whom ij hondrith wer of frauÌ„ce and moÌ„y also of scotland And ther wer felled in the feld on our enmys side of lordis and knyghtis with oder meyn pepull to the nombre of vi thousand and moo and of englishmen bot a few ¶ And after this The nobull prince edward restorid thee same Pers to his kyngdom ayen the wich Pers afterward thurgh trechery and falsenesse of the forsaid bastard of Spayn as he sat at his mete was strangled and deid But after this victori mony nobull and hardy men and nobull of englond in Spayn thurgh the flâ—x and other diuerse seknes toke ther deth ¶ And also in the same yere iÌ„ the Marche wos seyn stella Comata bitwen the North costis and the west whos bemes stretched toward Fraunce ¶ And in the next yere suyng of kyng Edwardis regne xliij in Aprill Sir Leonell kyng Edwardis son that was Duke of Clarence went toward Mileyne with a chose meyne of the gentils of Enlond for to wedde Galoys doughter and haue hir to his wife by whom he shuld haue half the lordship of Mileyn But after that they wer solemply wedded and a bout the Natiuite of our lady the same duke of MileiÌ„ died And in the same yere the frenshmen breken the pees and the trews ridyng on the kynges ground and lordship of Englond in the shÌ„ire and cuntre of Pountife And token and held Castelles and tounes And bere the Englishmen on hond falsely and sotelly that they wer cause of brekyng of the trewes ¶ And in this same yere died the duches of Lancaster And is beried worshipfully in sent Paules chirche ¶ The xl iiij yere of kyng Edwardis regne was the gretest pestilence of meÌ„ and of gret bestes and by the gret fallyng of waters that fell at that tyme. ther fell gret hyndring and destroyeng of corne in so moch that the next yere after a busshell of whet was sold for xl pens ¶ And in this same yere about thee laste ende of May kyng Edward held tho his parlament at westmynster in the whiche parlament wos tretid and spoken of the oth and the trewes that was broke betwen him and the kyng of fraunce and how he myght best vpoÌ„ his wroÌ„g be aueÌ„gid ¶ In this same yer iÌ„ the assuÌ„cion of our lady died quene Philip of englond a full nobull and good woman at westmiÌ„ster full worsshipfully is beried entered about midsomer the duke of lancastre Ì„ the erle of Herford with a gret coÌ„panie of knyghtis weÌ„t iÌ„ to frauÌ„ce wher they get them but litell worship name for ther wos an huge ost of freÌ„shmen vpoÌ„ chalkhull brigge an other ost of englishmen fast by the sam brige that loÌ„g tyme had leued ther. And moÌ„y worthi men gret of the englisshmen ordeyned yaf couÌ„cell for to fight Ì„ yaf botaill to the frenshmen but the forsaid lordis wold nothing ê¯sent ther to ne assent for no maner thing ¶ Ther anone after it happid that the erle of werwike come thederward for to were when the frenshmen herd of his comyng or that he come fully to land they left theâ— tentis Ì„ pauilyons with all ther vitales Ì„ fled and went a way priuely And when the erle was comyn to land with his men he went in all hast toward Normandie Ì„ destroyed the I le of caws thurgh dynt of swerd and thurgh fier ¶ But alas in his returnyng to englondward home ayen at Calais he wos taken with sekenesse of the pestilence died not leuyng behind hiÌ„ after his daies so nobull a knyght and orped of armes ¶ In wich tyme rened Ì„ wered thilk orped knyght sir IohnÌ„ Hawkewod that was an englishmaÌ„ borne hauyng with hiÌ„ at his gouernauÌ„ce thilk white coÌ„panie that is aforsaid the wich o tyme ayens holy chirche and an other time ayens lordis werid Ì„ ordeyned gret batailles and ther in that same cuntre he did mony meruelus thynges ¶ And a bout the conuersion of sent Paule the kyng when he had endid and done the entering and the exiquies with gret costes and rialtes a bout the sepulture berieng of quene Philip his wife he held a ê‘lament at westmynstre in wich ê‘lament was axed of the clargie a thre yeres dyme that is for to say a gret dyme to be payed iij. yere during ¶ And the clargi
gret and so passing hetes and ther with all a gret pestilence in englond and iÌ„ other diuerse parties of the world that it distruyd and slew violently and strongly both men and women with outnombur ¶ This som yere died sir edward the lord spenser a worthy knyght and a bolde And in the mynster of Teukesburi worsshipfully is beried And lastyng this pestilence the pope at the instance prayer of a english Cardinall graunted to all pepull that died in englond that wer sori repentant for ther sinnys and also shÌ„riuen full remission bi .ij. bulles vnder lede .vi. monethis than next to last ¶ In this same yere the erle of penbroke was take and ransoâ—ed bi Bartram Clekyn bitwen Paris and Calais as he come toward englond vpon sent Etheldredis day the wich sent as it wos said the erle often tymes had offendid with iÌ„ a litell while after he died ¶ And in Nouember next after ther met at burges the duke of Lancastre the duke of Angoy with mony other lordis pÌ„lates of both reames for to tret of pees ¶ Of the deth of prince Edward and of the lord Latimer daâ—e Alice peres thurgh whom hir maiÌ„tenauâ—es the reame moÌ„y aday wos misgouerned NOt long after the .li. yere of kyng Edwardis regne hee let ordeyne Ì„ hold at westmiÌ„stre the gretest ê‘lameÌ„t that was seyn mony ayere afrre ¶ In the wich ê‘lament he axed of the comynalte of the reame as he had done be fore a gret subsidi to be grâ—uÌ„ted to him for defendyng of him Ì„ of his reame but the communes ansuerd that they wer so oft day bi day greued and charged with so mony talages subsidies that they might no longer suffer no such burthous charges and that they knew wist wel ynough that the kyng had ynough for sauiÌ„g of hiÌ„ of his reame if the reame wer well Ì„ trewly gouerned but that it had be so loÌ„g euell gouerned bi euell officers· that the reame myght nother ben plenteous of chaffre Ì„ marchandise ne also with riches And in thes thinges they proferd them self if the kyng wold certanly to preue and stand bi ¶ And if it wer founden priued afterward that the kyng had nede they wold gladly euery man after hys pouer and state him help and len ¶ And after this wer publisshid shewed in the ê‘lament mony playntes and defautis of diuerse officers of the reame and namly af the lord Latimer thee kynges chambrelayn both to the kyng and eke to the reame ¶ And also at the last ther wos spoken and treted of Dame Alice Pers for the gret wronges and euell gouernauÌ„ce that was done by hir couÌ„cell in the reame the wich dame Alice Pers that the kyng had holdin mony day Ì„ long tyme to his lemaÌ„ wherfor it wos the las wondir though thurgh the frealte of the wamanys exciting and hir steryng he consentid to hir leudenesse and euell couÌ„cell the wich dame Alice Ì„ also the lord latimer othir suche that meued the kyng to euell gouernaunce ayens his profet the reames also all the comynalte axed desirid that they shold be meued put away in ther stedis wise men worthy that wer trewe Ì„ well assayed proued of good gouernaunce shuld be put in ther stedis ¶ So among all other ther wos on amoÌ„g the communes that wos a wyse knyght and a trew an eloquent man whos name wos Pers delamare ¶ And this same pers was chosen to be speker for the comunes in the ê‘lament ¶ And forth is same pers told publesshed the trouth Ì„ rehersed the wronges ayens the forsaid Dame Alice other certan ê‘sons Ì„ the kynges councell as he was bod by the comuns And also trustyng moch for to be supportid mayntened in this mater by help and Ì„ fauor of the prince anone as the prince wos deid at the instance and request of the forsaid dame Alice This Pers delamare wos Iuged to ê‘petuall prison in the castell of Notyngham in the wich he wos ij yere Ì„ in the vi KalÌ„ of Iule lastyng that same ê‘lament died prince Edward kyng edwardis frist son that is to say in trinite sonday in the worsship of wich fest he wos wont euery yere wher that euer he wer in the world to hold and make the most soleÌ„pnite that he myght ¶ Who 's name fortune of knyghthood but if it had be of an other Ector al men both cristen and hethen while that he leued wos in good point wondred moch Ì„ drad him wonder sore whos body is worsshipfully buried in Crichirche at Cantorburi ¶ And iÌ„ this same yere the meÌ„ Ì„ the erles tenauÌ„tes of werwik arise maliciously ayens the abbot coueÌ„t of Euesham Ì„ ther tenauÌ„tis distroid fersly the abbot Ì„ the touÌ„e and wouÌ„did bet ther men and slew of them moÌ„y Ì„ weÌ„t to thir maner places did moch harme breken douÌ„e thir ê‘kis Ì„ ther closes Ì„ breken slew ther wild bestes chasid them brekyng ther fishe pondis hedes let the water of thir pondis stewes riuers renne out token the fish bere it with them And did them all the sorow that they myght In so ferforth that forsoth they had distroid ê‘petually that abbey with all ther meÌ„bres apportenauÌ„s but if the kiÌ„g the son had holpen it take hede ther to ¶ And therfore the kyng sent his letters to the erle of warwik chargyng him coÌ„mauÌ„diÌ„g him that he shuld stynt redresse amend tho euell doers Ì„ bakers of his pees ¶ And so by menys of lordis other frendis of both sides pes good accord loue was made bitwen them ¶ And for this hurling as it wos said the kyng wold not be gouerned at that tyme by his lordis that ther wer in the ê‘lameÌ„t but he toke made his son the duke of lancastre his gouernour of the reame the wich stode so still as gouernour till the tyme that he died ¶ The same yere anoÌ„e after Candilmasse or the ê‘lameÌ„t wos done the kyng asked a subsidie of the clargie Ì„ of the lay fe it wos grauÌ„ted hiÌ„ that is to say that he shuld haue of euery ê‘son of the lafee both man Ì„ womaÌ„ that passed xiiij yere of age iiij pens out take poer beggers that wer knowen openly for nedy poer beggers And that he shÌ„uld haue of euery man of holy chirch that wos beneficed or ê“moted xij pens of all other that wer not ê“moted iiij pens out take the iiij orders of the freris beggers ¶ Thiâ— same yere after mihelmasse Richard prince edwardis son wos made prince of wales to whom the kiÌ„g yaf also the duchie of Cornwal with the erledoÌ„ of Chestre Ì„ about this time the cardinall of engloÌ„de the iiij day befor marie magdelene
day after met sodenly wos smyten with a palasie lost his speche on marie magdelene dai died ¶ Of the deth of kyng edward how sir IohnÌ„ Monsterwarth knyght wos drawen honged for his falsenesse RYght anone after in the lij yere of kyng Edward in the begynnyng of october Pope Gregarie the xi brought remeued his court with him from Auinion to rome ¶ And the xij day of Aprill Iohan Monsterworth knyght at london was draw Ì„ honged than quartired sent to iiij chief touÌ„es of englond and his hede smyten of set vpon london brigge for this same IohnÌ„ wos full vn trew to the kyng to the reame Ì„ couetous vnstabull for he toke oft tymes gret soumes of monay of the kyng his councell for men of armes wagis that hee shÌ„uld haue paid them toke it to his own vse he dred that at the last he shold be shent acused for the same cause Ì„ fled priuely to the kyng of fraunce Ì„ wos suore to him Ì„ bicome his man Ì„ behight him a gret nauy out of spayn in to confusion distroyng of engloÌ„d ¶ But rightfull god to whom no priuite is vnknowne suffrid him frist to be shend Ì„ spilt or that he so tratoursly falsly his lige lord the kyng of englong Ì„ his pepull in his ream in the wich ground the same Iohan wos bore wykkedly thurgh bataill destroie or bring his cursed purpose about ¶ In the fest of sent George tho next after kyng Edward yaf to Richard of Burdeux his heir that wos prince edwardis son at wyndesor the ordir of knyghthod made him knyght the wich kyng edward whan he had regned li. yere and more the xi KalÌ„ of Iune he died at Shene and is buried worshipfulli at westmynstre on whois soule god haue merci amen ¶ This kyng edward was forsothe of a passing goodnesse full grecious among all the worthy men of the world for he passid shone by vertu of grace yef to him fro god a boue all his predicessours that wer nobull men worthy he wos a well herted maÌ„ a hardy for he drad neuer no mishâ—ppis ne harmes ne euell fortun that might fall a nobull weri our and a fortunat for both on land se in all batailles and assembles with a passing glorie ioye he had the victorie he was meke benyngne homeli sobre soft to all maner of men as well to straÌ„gers os to his own subgectis Ì„ to oder that wer vnder his gouernauÌ„ce ¶ He wos deuout holy both to god Ì„ holy chirch for he worshipped holpe Ì„ mayntened holy chirche Ì„ ther mynisterres with all maner reueraunce he wos tretabull well auised in temê‘all and wordly nedes wise iÌ„ couÌ„cell discret meke to speke wt. iÌ„ his dedis Ì„ maners geÌ„till wel taught hauiÌ„g pitte of them that wer iÌ„ disese plentious in yeueng of benefaites almose bisi Ì„ curious iÌ„ bylddyng Ì„ lighili he bere suffred wroÌ„ges Ì„ harmis wheÌ„ he was yeue to any ocupacioÌ„ he left all oder thiÌ„g for the tyme tent ther to semly of body a meyn stature hauiÌ„g all way to high to lawe a good chere ¶ And ther sprong shone so moch grace of hiÌ„ that what maner man had behold his face or had dremed of hiÌ„ he hoped that day that all thiÌ„g shÌ„uld hap to hiÌ„ ioyfull likiÌ„g ¶ And he gouned his kyngdoÌ„ gloriously vn to his age he was large iÌ„ yeueÌ„g wise iÌ„ speÌ„ces he was fulfilled with all honeste of good maners Ì„ vertues vnder whoÌ„ to liue it wos as for to regne wherfor his fame his loos sprong so fer that it come iÌ„ to hethennesse barborie shewiÌ„g Ì„ telling his worthenes Ì„ manhod iÌ„ all landis that no land vnder heuen had brought forth so nobull a kiÌ„g so gentill so blessid or myght rase such an other whan he wos dede ¶ Neuer the latter lechorie and meuyng of his flesh haunted him in his age wherfor the rather as it is to suppose for vnmesurable fulfilliÌ„g of his lust his lyfe shorted the sonn ¶ And here of take good hede lyke as his dedis berith witnesse· for as in his begynnyng all thiÌ„ges were ioyfull and likyng to hiÌ„ Ì„ to all pepull ¶ And iÌ„ his midde age he passid all pepull in high Ioye worship and blissednesse right so when he drew in to age drawyng douÌ„ward thurgh lechori othir sinnes litell and litell all tho ioyfull and blissid thyngê and ê“sparite decreced and mishappid Ì„ infortunat thyngê Ì„ vnê“fitable harmes with mony euels began for to spring the more harme is it continued long time after CLemens the sext wos pope after Bendict x. yere this maÌ„ in name dede was vertuus mony thyngê that benedict was rigus iÌ„ he made ese certan that he depriuyt he restorid and the rigusnesse of the faith of Benedict was laudabull But moch more laudabull wos the mekenesse of Clement ¶ This man wos a nobull prechour and mony sermones he geddrid he let no man paasse from him bot he yaf him good councell And decessid a blissid man Karolus the iiij wos Emprour after Lodewik xxxi yere This man wos the kyng of Beeme a wise man a myghty And this man wos chosin Emprour by the coÌ„maundement of Clemens Lodewik beyng on liue in his coÌ„temacy be cause he asked mekely the popes blissing Ì„ to be crouned of him as ather good kynges did Therfor he wos proteckid of god and preualed ouer all his enmys And mony fauerabull lawes he made to spirituall men the wich yit er called Karolma at the last he decessid a rich man iÌ„ vertu and goodis Innocencius the sext wos pope after Clement x. yere And he wos a gret louer of religious men and he founded a monastery in frauÌ„ce of the ordir of Cartusiens and was a gret canonyst Vrbanus the v. wos pape after Innocent This man was abbot of Missolens of the ordir of sent Benet a doctur and is take for a seint He made the crosse to be prechit ayens the turkis And he made a pasage to the Turkis· And to him sent Brygit wos sente from crist for the confirmacion of ther rule And then he wos poysenned and decessid Gregorie the xi wos pope after hiÌ„ viij yere This Gregorie did litell And after hiÌ„ foloyd the tribulacioÌ„ the wich our lord shewed to sent Brigit for the sinne of the clargie Venselans son to Karolus a forsaid was Emprour xiiij yere And he wos a child and was chosen when his fadre wos on liue but he toke no kepe of the empire and when he wos warned mony tymes to take heid vn to it and wold not he was deposed For he yaf all his delite and lust vn
vn to yorke ther he a bode and rested him ther ¶ And ther sir IohnÌ„ Holand the erle of kentis brother slew the erle sone of Stafford Ì„ his heir with a daggar in the cite of Yorke werfor the kyng wos sore anoyed greued and remeued thens Ì„ com to londoÌ„ ¶ And the maire with the aldermen the coÌ„myns with all the solempnite that might be done riden ayens the kiÌ„g and brought him rialli thurgh the cite and so forth vn to westmiÌ„ster vn to his own palais ¶ And iÌ„ the ix yere of kyng Richardis regne he held a ê‘lament at westmynster ther he made ij dukes a marqueyes and v· Erles ¶ The fyrst that was made duke was the kynges vncle sir Edmond of laÌ„glee erle of Cambrigge hiÌ„ he made duke of york ¶ And his other vncle sir Thamas of wodstoke that was erle of Bukkyngham him he made duke of gloucestre sir Lyon ueâ— that was erle of Oxford him he made markeys of Dyuelyne ¶ And Henri of Balynbroke the duke son of Lancastre hiÌ„ he made erle of Derby ¶ And sir Edward the dukes son of yorke him he made erle of Ruttelond sir IohnÌ„ Holand that was the erle of kentis brother him he made erle of Hontingdon ¶ And sir Thomas Mombray erle of Notingham and erle Marshall of Englond And sir Michell de la pole knyght him he made erle of Southfolke Chancelar of EngloÌ„d ¶ And the erle of the march at that same parlament holden at westmynstre in playn parlament amongis all the lordis and communes was proclamed erle of the march and heir Parent to the croune of englond after kyng Richard the wich erle of the march weÌ„t ouer see in to Irland vn to his lordshippis and landis For thee erle of marche is erlÌ„e of vlster iÌ„ Irland Ì„ bi rightline heritage ¶ And ther at the castell of his he lay that tym thir come vpoÌ„ hym a gret multitude in busshementis of wild Irishmen hiÌ„ for to take and destroy And he com out fersly of his castill with his pepull maÌ„li faught with them Ì„ ther he was take he wall to peces ther he died on whos soule god haue merci ¶ And iÌ„ the .x. yere of kyng Richardis regne the erle of Arundell went to the se with a gret nauy of shippis enarmid with men of armis good archiers And whan they com iÌ„ thee brod see they met with thee hole â—lete that com with wyn lade from Rochill the wich wyne were enmys goodis And ther our nauy set vpon them and toke theÌ„ all and brought them vn to diuerse portes Ì„ hauens of Englond Ì„ sum to london and ther ye myght haue had a ton of Rochill wyne of the best for xx shillyng sterling and so we had gret chep wyne iÌ„ EngloÌ„d that tym thankid be god almyghty ¶ How the v. lordis arisen at Rattecot brigge ANd in thee regne of kiÌ„g Richard thee xi yere thee v. lordis arisen at Rattecot bruggee in thee distrucion of rebelles that weren that tym iÌ„ all thee ream ¶ The frist of v. lordis was sir Thomas of wodstoke the kynges vncle duke of glocestre the secund wos sir Richard erle of Arundell Ì„ the .iij. wos sir Richard erle of werwik the iiij wos sir Henri bolinbroke erle of Derby the v. was sir Thomas Mombray erle of Notingham ¶ And thes v. lordie saw the myschef Ì„ mysgouernaunce the falsenesse of the kyngê couÌ„cell wherfor they that wer that tyme chief of the kynges couÌ„cell fled out of this land ouer the see that is to say sir Alisander Neuell the erchebisshop of yorke sir Robert leweermarkis of deuelyn erle of Oxford and sir mychell de la Pobe erle of Southfolke chancellr of Englond And thes iij. lordis went ouer see· and come neuer ayen for ther they died ¶ And than thes v. lordis aboue said made a ê‘lament at westmynster And ther they toke sir Robert Tresiliam the Iustice and ser Nicholl Brembre knyght and citesen of london and sir Iohan Salusburi a knyght of the kynges housold and vske sergeaunt of armes and mony moo of othir pepull wer taken and Iuged vn to the deth by the councell of thes v. lordis in ther parlament at westmynster for the treson that they put vpon them to be drawen from the toure of London thurgh out the Cite and so forth vn to Tyburne and ther they shuld be honged and ther throtis to be cut and thus they wer serued died ¶ And after that in this same parlament at westmynstre wos sir Symond Beule that was a knyght of the garter sir Iohan beauchamp knyght that wos stiward of the kyngê housold and sir Iames Berners wer foriugged vn to the deth and than they wer led on fote to the toure hill and ther wer ther hedes smyten of and mony other moo by thes v· lordis ¶ In this same parlament and in the xij yere of kyng Richardis regne he let cri ordeyn a generall Iustis that is called a turnement of lords knyghtis Ì„ squiers And this Iustis and turnement war holdeÌ„ at london in smythfeld of all maner of strangers of what land or cuntre that euer they wer and thidder they wer right wolcum and to them and to all other wos holden vpen housold And gret festes and also gret yeftes ther yefen to all maner of straungers ¶ And of the kynges side wer all of sute ther cotes ther armur sheldis hors trappure And all wos white hertis with crounes aboute ther neckis and chaynes of gold hangyng ther vpon Ì„ the croune hangyng law before the hertis body the wich hert wos the kyngê leueray that he yaf to lordis Ì„ ladies knyghtis squiers for to know his howseold from othir pepull ¶ And in this fest comyng to ther Iustis xxiiij ladies led thes xxiiij lordis of the garther with chynes of gold and all the same sutes of hertes as is before said from the toure on horsbake thurgh the cite of london in to smythfeld ther that the Iustis shuld be holden ¶ And this fest Ì„ iustis wos hold generall for all tho that wold cum theder of what land or nacion that euer thâ—y wer ¶ And this was hold during xxiiij dais of the kyngê cost And thes xxiiij lordis to ansuer all maner pepull that wold cum thider â–ª ¶ And thieder come thee erle of sent Paul of frauÌ„ce and mony othir worthy knyghtis with him of diuerse parties full well arayed and out of Holand Ì„ Henaud come the lord Ost reuaunt that wos the dukes son of holaÌ„d and mony othir worthy knyghtis with hiÌ„ of Holand full wel araied ¶ And when this fest iustiÌ„g was endid the kiÌ„g thaÌ„kid thes strangers yaf them mony rich yeftes ¶ And than they token ther
sone afterward right ther he made his end And theÌ„ whan kyng Richard was deposit and had resyned his crouÌ„e and his kyndoÌ„ and was kepid fast iÌ„ hâ—ld thaÌ„ all the lordis of the reame with the comunes assent and bi accord choseÌ„ this worthy lord Sir Henri of Bolingbroke erle of Derbi duke of Herford and duke of Lancastre bi right lyne and heritage for his rightfoll manhode that the pepull fond in him before all other they chose hiÌ„ made him kiÌ„g of Englond amongê them INnocencius the vij wos chosin at Rome and leued bot ij yere then Gregorie the xij wos after him xij yere euer was debate Then wos Alexander chosen in the counsell of Pysan and he wos called frist Petrus de Candia so wos put strife to strife euerychon of thos iij. sayd they wer pope Then was ther a councell at Pysan wher they began to make a ê¯corde Ì„ ther they deposit ij and the thrid stode Ì„ so wors diuision was made then before for that they ordant preualid not Robart wos Empraur after Wensolans ix yere This man wos the duke of Banary and the erle of Palatyn a iust man and a good and wos crouned of Boneface the ix This man entred Italy with a gret host of Almayns ayens IohnÌ„ the duke of Galias but with an heuy bost he turnid ayen wos had worthy to suffre for his rightwysnesse Iohan the xxiij succedit Alexander iiij· yere and frist he began well for a vnite hee wos in the counselÌ„ at Constant and offred him to resine the pope hood and after secretly and vntrewly he fled away bot it profited not him for he wos take and constrened to pees and wos made a Cardinalle beried at Florens SigismuÌ„dus wos emprour after robert xxvij yere And he wos son to Karolus Ì„ kiÌ„g of vngarie and most cristyn prince he wos so deuoute to god that he deseruied to be cannonysit This man holp the chirch thurgh his meruelus prudens and wit for he sparid no labour ne nothyng that he had till he had made a full pees among the clargie And he had ix batailles ayens the Turke and he euer had the victorie Ì„ what more all thyng that euer wos written in louyng to Constantine Theodosio Karolo Otto may trewly be writtyn of him And he was crouned in vngrie decessed a blissid man Circa annum domini M.iiijC. ◠¶ Of sir Henri of Bolinbroke erle of Derby that regned after kiÌ„g Richard wich wos the iiij henri after the ê¯quest ANd after kyng richard the ij· wos deposid and out of his kyngdome The lordis and the comunes all with one assent and all othir worthy of the reame chosen sir Henri of Bolingbroke erle of Derby son and heir of IohnÌ„ the duke of Lancare for his worthy manhood that oft tyme had be found in him Ì„ in dede preued vpoÌ„ sent Edwardis day the confessor he wos crouned kyng of englond at westmynstre by all the reame assent next after the deposing of kyng Richard ¶ Than he made Henri his heldist son prince of wales and duke of Cornwaill and erle of Chestre ¶ And he made sir Thomas of Arundell erchebisshop of Cantorburi ayen as he wos before ¶ And sir roger Walden that kiÌ„g Richard had made Erchebishop of Cantorberi he made hiÌ„ bisshop of londoÌ„ for that tyme it stod void And he made the erles son of Arundell that come with him ouer the se from Calais in to englond He made him erle of Arundell as his fadre had bene and put him in possession of all his londis ¶ And he made homage and feaute vn to his liege lord thee kyng as all othir lordis had done ¶ And than anone died kyng rechard in the castell of PouÌ„tfret in the north cuntre For ther he wos enfamed vn to the deth by his keê‘ For he wos kepid ther iiij or v. dais from mete drinke and so he made his ende iÌ„ this world yit moch pepull in englond Ì„ iÌ„ other landis said that he wos on liue mony a yere after his deth But whether he were a liue or dede forth they held thir fals oppynions Ì„ beleue that men haddee in moch pepull wich come to gret myschief foull deth as ye shall here afterward ¶ And whan kyng Henri wist and knew veraly that he was dede he let sere him in the bes maner and closed it in a fair chest with diuerse speceries and baumes closed him in a linnen clothe all sauf his visage and that wos left opeÌ„ that al men myght se his parsoon from all othir men And so he was brought to london with torche light brinnyng to sent Poules chirch and ther he had his masse Ì„ his dirige with moch reuerence and solempnite of seruice ¶ And when all this wos don he wos brought from sent paules in to the abbey of westmynstre and therhe had all his hole seruice ayen ¶ And from westmister he wos brought to Langeley and ther he wos beried on whos soule god haue merci ¶ And in the first yere of king Henris regne he held his cristimasse in the castell of wyndesore and on the xij euen come the duke of Awemarle vn to the kyng Ì„ told him that he and the duke of Surre Ì„ the duke of Excestre and the erle of Salusburi and the erle of Gloucestre and othir mo of ther affinite wer accordid to make a mommyng vn to the kyng on xij day at nyght Ì„ ther they purposed for to sle the kyng in thee reueling thus the duke of Awemarle warned the kyng ¶ And than the kiÌ„g come that same nyght to londoÌ„ priueli in all the hast that he myght to get him help socour and comforth couÌ„cell ¶ And anone thes other that wold haue do the king to deth fled in all the hast that they myght for they knew well that ther couÌ„cell wos bewried ¶ And than fled the duke of Surre and the erle of Salisberi with all ther menye vn to the touÌ„e of Cecester ¶ And ther pepull of the toune wold haue arestid theÌ„ and they wold not stand to ther arest bot stode at defence Ì„ faught manli ¶ But at the last they wer ouer comen and take And ther they smyten of the dukis hede of Surri Ì„ the erles hede of salisburi mony othir mo and thar they put the quarters in to sâ—kkes and ther hedis on poles borne on high and so they wer brought thurgh the cite of londoÌ„ to london brigge and ther thes hedis wer set vpon high and ther quarters wer senten vn to other good tounes and Cities of englond and set vp ther At Oxford wer take Blounte knyght and Benet Cely knyght and Thomas Wyntersell squyer and thes wer behedid and quartired and the knyghtis hedis wer set vpon polles Ì„ brought to london and set vpoÌ„ the brugge and
men that theder wold cum ¶ And in this same yere Dame Blaunche the eldest doughter of kyng Henri the iiij wos sent ouer the se with the erle of somerset hir vncle and with mastir Richard Clifford thaÌ„ bisshop of wurcestre and with mony othir worthy lordis knyghtis and ladies Ì„ worthy squiers as longed to such a worthy kyngê doughter and come vn to Colayn ¶ And thidder come the dukis sone of barre with a fair menye and ressaued this worthy lady and the bisshope of wurcestre weddid and sacred them to geder as holi chirche it wold ¶ And ther was made ariall fest and a gret IustiÌ„g in the reuerence and woâ—â—hÌ„ip of them and all pepull that thedder com ¶ And whan this mariage and fest wos done the Erle and the bisshop and all ther menye token ther leue of lord and lady Ì„ come home ayen in to englond in saufte thanked be god almyghty ¶ And in the v yere of kyng Henris regne the lord Thomas his son weÌ„t ouer the see and the erle of Kent and mony othir lordis and knyghtis with men of armes and archiers a gret noÌ„ bur to chastise the rebellis that a fore had done moch harme to our englishmen marchantis to mony tounes and portâ—s in Englond on the see costis ¶ And the lord Thomas the kynges soÌ„ come in to Flaundres be fore a toune that is called the Skluse among all the shippis of diuerse nacions that wer ther. and after ther they ridden with ther shippis among them Ì„ went on land sported them ther ij dais and come ayen to ther shippis and toke the brode see Ì„ ther they met with iij. Carikkis of Iâ—ne that wer â—aden with diuerse marchandize and well mannyd they foughten to gedres long time but the englishmen had the victori and brought the Carrikkis in to the Cambre befor wynchelse and ther they caÌ„ted thees goodis and one of thees Carrikkes was sodeÌ„li brent ther ¶ And the lordis and ther pepull turned them home ayeÌ„ and went no ferthir at that tyme. ¶ And iÌ„ the same tyme serle yoman of kyng Richerd robes come in to engloÌ„d out of scotland and told to diuerse pepull that kyng Richard wos on liue in Scotland and so moch pepull beleued in his wordis wherfor gret ê‘tie of thee pepull of the reame wer in gret errour and grutchyng ayenest the kyng thurgh informacion of lies and fals lesinges that this Serle had made ¶ For moch pepull trustid Ì„ beleued in his seyng But at the last he wos taken in the northcuntre and by law Iugged to be drawe thurgh euery cite and good burgh tounes in englond and so he wos serued and at the last he wos brought to londoÌ„ vn to the gild hall before the Iustice ther he was Iugged for to be brought to the toure of london and ther to be laid on a hurdell and than to be drawen thurgh the cite of londoÌ„ to Tyborne Ì„ ther to be honged than quartired Ì„ his hede smyteÌ„ of and set on LondoÌ„ brigge and his quarters to be sent to iiij good tounes of englond and ther set vp thus endid he for his false treson Ì„ desseyd ¶ And in the sext yere of kyng Henris regne the iiij The erle of Marre of scotland by saifcondit come iÌ„ to EngloÌ„d to chalenge sir Edmand the erle of Kent to certayn courses of were on horsbake ¶ And so this chalange wos acceppid and grauÌ„ted the place taken in smythfeld at londoÌ„ this Erle of Marre the scot com proudly iÌ„ to the feld as his chalenge asket ¶ And anone come in the erll of Kent and rode vn to the scot and manfulli rode to geder with sharpe speris diuerse courses but the erle of Kent had the feld and gat him moch worship and thanke of all maner of men for his manfull dedis ¶ And iÌ„ the vij yere of kyng Henris regne the iiij Sir Richard Scrop erchebisshop of Yorke and the Erle Marchall of Englond gadred vn to them a strong power ayens kyng Henri ¶ And the kyng hering ther of in all the hast that he myght come with his pouer northward and met with them at yorke Ì„ ther wer thes ij lordis take and brought to the kyng ¶ And anone the Iugges wer set thes ij lordis brought forth and ther they wer dampned vn to the deth and both ther hedis smyten of and ther they maden ther end on whos soules god for his pite haue mercy Amen ¶ And whan this was done the kyng come to londoÌ„ ayen and ther restid him Anone god of his gret goodnesse wrought and shewed mony gret miracles for this worthy clerke Erchebishop of yorke that thus wos done to deth ¶ And iÌ„ the vij yere of kiÌ„g Henris regne Dame Luce the dukis suster of Milane come iÌ„ to englond so to londoÌ„ Ì„ ther wos wedid to sir Edmond Holand erle of Kent in the priori of sent marie oueis in suthwarke wyth moch solempnite and gret worship ¶ The kyng was ther him self and yaf hir at the chirch dore Ì„ whan that they wer weddid and masse was done the kyng his own parson brought and lad this worthy lady in to the bisshoppis place of wynchestre and ther wos a wonder gret fest holdyn to all maner of pepull that wold cum ¶ And the same yere sir Robert Knolles bnyght a worthi weriour died at his maner in Northfolk and from thens he was brought to london vpoÌ„ a hors bere with moch torch light Ì„ so he wos brought vn to the white freris in fleetstret and ther wos do and made for him a solempne fest and ariall enterement for tho that thidder wold cume both rich and poer and ther he lieth beried by Dame Constance his wife in the midde of the body of the chirche on whos soule god for his pitte haue merci amen ¶ And thus iÌ„ this same yere sir Thomas Rampston knyght Constabull of the tour of london wos drenchid at londoÌ„ brugge as he com fro westmynstre inwardis to the tour iÌ„ a barge and al thurgh lewdenesse ¶ And in the sama yere Dame Philip the yonger doughter of kiÌ„g henri wos lad ouer see with sir Richard thee dukis brother of yorke and sir Edmond Courteney bisshop of Norwych and mony other lordis knyghtis and squiers ladies gentilwomen that apparteyned to such a worthy kynges doughter and come in to Denmarke and the kyng resceyued this worthi lady for his wyfe and welcomed thes worthy lordis and did vn to them moch worshÌ„ipp and they wer brought vn to a toune that wos called London in Denmarke and ther wos this lady weddid and sacrid to the kyng of Denmarke Norway and SwytheÌ„ and ther was crouned quene of Denmarke with moch solempnite and ther wos made ariall fest ¶ And whan this fest
of armes archiers ayenst the duke of Orliaunce And tho went ouer the se the erle of Arundell sir Guillebert vmfreuill Erle of Keme and the lord Cobham Sir Iohan Oldecastell and mony othir good knyghtis and worthy squiers and men of armes and good archiers in to fraunce and come to Paris to the duke of burgoyn ¶ And ther he resaued welcomed thes Englishmen the lordis and all other meny ¶ And than it wos done him to wit that the duke of OrliauÌ„ce was comen to semtclowe fast by Paris with a gret nombur of men of armys arbalasters and thidder went our Englishmen fought with them gat the brigge of semtclow ther they slew moch pepull of frenshmē· and arminakis and thee remenaunt fled and wold no longer abide ¶ And than our Englishmen come ayen vn to Paris and ther they token thir leue of the Duke and come home ayen in to Englond in saufte and the Duke yaf them gret yeftes anone folowyng the duke of OrliauÌ„ce sent embassatours iÌ„ to EngloÌ„d to kiÌ„g Henri the iiij besechyng hiÌ„ of his help socour ayens his dedly enmy the duke of burgoyn ¶ And than the kiÌ„g made Thomas his son duke of Clarence his othir sone Iohan duke of Bedford Ì„ his othir sone Humfrey duke of Gloucestre and sir Thamas Beauford erle of Dorset the duke of awemarle he made duk of yorke tha the kiÌ„g ordeyned his son sir Thomas duke of clarence sir ThomÌ„s Beauford Erle of Dorset and sir IohnÌ„ Cornwill with many othir lordis knyghtis and squyers men of armes archiers to go ouer the see in to fraunce in helpyng and strengthyng of the duke of OrliauÌ„ce ¶ And thes worthy lordis with ther retenue shippid at HamptoÌ„ sailed ouer iÌ„ to NormaÌ„die Ì„ landid at hogges And ther met with them the lord Hambe at ther landyng with vijM. men of armes of frenshmen iij â–ª sergauntis of armes with them and all wer put to flight and takeÌ„ of them vij C men of armes Ì„ iiij hondreth hors with out tho that wer slain iÌ„ the feld ¶ And so they riden forch thurgh out frauÌ„ce toke castellis Ì„ touÌ„es Ì„ slew moch pepull of frenshmen that withstode theÌ„ Ì„ toke mony prisoners as they riden And so they passed forth till they come to Burdeux Ì„ ther they restid them a while set the cuÌ„tre in pees and restid till the vyntage wer redy to saill And thaÌ„ the duke with his menye come home in to Englond in saufte thaÌ„ked be god ¶ And in the same yere wos the kynges coyn changed thurgh out englond by the kyng and his councell that is to say the nobull half nobull ferthyng of gold ¶ And the xiiij yere of kyng Henris regne the .iiij. he let moke Galeys of were for he had hoped to haue passed the gret see so forth to IerusaleÌ„ ther to haue endid his liffe but god viseted him so sone after with infirmites and gret sikenesse that he myght not well endure no while so feruently he wos take and brought in bed at westmiÌ„ster in a fair chambur ¶ And os he lay in his bede he askid his chamberlayn what they called that chamber that he lay in he ansuerid said Ierusalem than he said that the ê“phecie said that he shuld make an ende and die in Ierasalem And than he made him redy vn to god and disposed all his will And sone after he died Ì„ wos caried by water from westmynster in a barge vn to Feuersham And from thens he wos caried to cantorberi by land with moch torche light brinnyng in to the abbey of Crichurch ther he wos entered beried 〈…〉 thus endid the worthy kiÌ„g Henri about midlentyn sonday iÌ„ the yere of our lord a. M. cccc.xiij on whos sovle god haue merci anen ArtiÌ„ the v. wos 〈◊〉 after IohnÌ„ xiiij yere This maÌ„ was chosen by thee couÌ„cell of CoÌ„stantinopliÌ„ othir wos deposit that streffe and so come pes in the chirch the wich long tyme afore wos desyrid and necessari for thee defence of the faith This was the myghtiest 〈◊〉 that euer wos of riches and a gret Iugge he edefied tounys wallis stretis and he distroyd herises and he did moch good thurgh the nobull prince Sygmunde And he gadred moch monay for the holy land to geten ayen bot deth come oppon him and lettid him and he made a couÌ„cell afore his deth for that mater and ther decessed ugeniê° wos 〈◊〉 after Martin xvij yere This Eugeny wos chosen pesablie after the deth of Martin no man dowtid bot he wos 〈◊〉 bot after shortly he wos expulsit from Rome for it wos so that he fled nakid Also he wos cited to the couÌ„ncell of Basiliens and deposit bothe chargid not for that ayen began thee striffe the wich stode to his deth Ì„ thos that fauoured him said he was worthy moch louyng and the coÌ„trari said thos that wer ayens him bot what sum euer he wos after hee had takyn the dignite vpoÌ„ hiÌ„ a fore he wos of gret absteneÌ„s of good fame Ì„ that he did after I leue to thee IugemeÌ„t of god Circa annum domini M.iiijC.xiij. Of kyng Henri thee fifth that wos kyng Henris sone â—Nd after the deth of kyng Henri the iiij regned kyng Henri his sone that was borne at Monmouth in wales that was a worthy kyng and a gracious man and a gret conquerour And in thee frist yere of his regne for gret loue goodnesse he sent to the freris of Langely ther as his fader had do berie kyng Richard the secuÌ„d and let take his body out of the erth â—yen did bring it to westmynster iÌ„ a riall chare couered with blake veluet and baners of diuerse armes about and all the hors drawyng the chare wer trappid in blake and beten with diuerse armes Ì„ many a torche brennyng by all the way till he come to westmiÌ„stre and ther he let make for him a riall and a solempne enterement â–ª Ì„ beried hiÌ„ by quene Anne his wife as his own desire was on the ferther side of sent Edwardis shrine in the abbey of seint Petris of westmynstre on whos soule god haue merci ¶ And in this same yere wer a certayn of lollers taken and fals heritikis that had purposed thurgh fals treson for to haue slayn our king Ì„ for to haue distroid all the clargie of the reame they myght haue had ther fals purpose ¶ But our lord god wold not suffre it for in hast our kyng had warnyng ther of of all ther false ordynauÌ„ce wurchyng come sodeÌ„ly with his pouer to sent Iohanes without smythfeld anone they toke a certayn of the lollerres fals heritikes brought them vn to the kiÌ„ges prisence Ì„ ther told all ther fals purpose ordynauÌ„ce how
the touÌ„e of Melun held loÌ„g time for ther in wer good defendours ¶ In the viij yere the kyng the quene come ouer se and landid on Candilmasse day in the morou at Douer ¶ And the xiiij day of Feueryer the kiÌ„g com to london And the xxi day of the same moneth the quene come And the xxiiij day of the same she wos crouned at westmynstre Also the same yere anone after Ester the kyng held a ê‘lament at westmynstre at wich ê‘lament it wos ordined that the gold in english coyn shuld be weid none resayued but by weyght ¶ And anone after witsontide the king sailled to Calais and passid so forth in to frauÌ„ce And iÌ„ marche the xxij· day before the kyng come ouer the duke of Clarence wos slayn in fraunce and diuerse othir lordis taken prisoners as the erle of Huntindon the erle of somerset with diuerse othir And all wos because they wold not take with theÌ„ archiers but thought to haue do with the frenshmeÌ„ them self with out them ¶ And yit whan he was slayn the archiers come and rescued the body of the duke wich they wold haue caried with them god haue merci on his soule he wos a valiauÌ„t man ¶ And the same yere bitwen cristemasse Candilmasse the touÌ„e of Melun wos yoldeÌ„ to the kyng ¶ In the ix yere on sent Nicholas day in December was borne Henri the kyngê first begoten sone at wyndesore whos godfadres at fontstone wos henri bisshop of wynchestre IohnÌ„ duke of of Bedford Ì„ the duchesse of holand wos godmoder henâ—i Chicheley erchebisshop of cantorberi wos godfader at ê¯firmyng ¶ And in the x. yere the cite of Mews iÌ„ brie wos goten wich had long beseged And this same yere the quene shÌ„ippid at hampton sailed ouer to the king iÌ„ frauÌ„ce wher she was worshipfulli receyued of the kyng so of the kyng of frauÌ„ce hir fadre of hir moder ¶ And thê° kiÌ„g Henri wan fast iÌ„ frauÌ„se Ì„ held gret astate sat at dyner at a gret fest in Paris croned the quene also wich had not bene seyn be fore Ì„ all pepull resorted vn to his court but as to the kyng of frauÌ„ce he heeld none astate ne rule but wos left almost alone â–ª ¶ Also this yere the wethercok wos set vpoÌ„ poules stepull at londoÌ„ And this yere in the moneth of august the kyng waxed seke at boys de vynceÌ„t Ì„ whan he saw he shuld die he made his testament ordaned moÌ„y thynges nobull for his soule Ì„ deuoutli ressaued all the rightis of holi chirch iÌ„ so fer forth that whan he wos anoynted he said the seruice with the prest and at the vers of the psalme Miserere mei deus that wos Benigne fac dnÌ„e in bona voluÌ„tate tua syn vt edificentur muri ierusalem he bad tarie ther Ì„ sayd thus O good lord thou knowest that myne entent hath bene Ì„ yit is if I myght leue to reidyfie the wallis of Ierusalem ¶ And then thee prest procedid forth and made an end ¶ And anone after this most nobull prince victorious kiÌ„g flour in his time of cristyn chiualri whom all the world douted yaf his soule in to the hondis of god died Ì„ made an ende of his naturall life at the forsaied Boys de vyncent beside Paris the xxxvi yere of his age on whos soule god haue merci amen ¶ Then wos the body enbamed cerid laied in a riall chare and an ymage like to him waas laid vpoÌ„ the corps open with diuerse baners hors couerid richeli with armes of englond frauÌ„ce and also thold armes of seint Edward sent EdmoÌ„d and othir with gret multitude af torchis with whom went the kyng of scotland Ì„ mony othir lordis wich accompanid the body till it come vn to westmynstre by londoÌ„ in EngloÌ„d ¶ And in euery touÌ„e by the way he had solempli his dirige on the euen and masse on the morn and moch almis wos yef to poer pepull by the way And the vij day of NoueÌ„bre after the corps was brought thurgh londoÌ„ with gret reuerens Ì„ solempnite to westmynstre wher he now lieth it wos worshipfulli beried and after was laid on his tombe a riall ymage lyke to him self of siluer and gild wich wos made at the cost of quene Katrin ¶ And thus endid is entered Ì„ beried the nobull kyng HeÌ„ri the fifth on whos soule all cristyn god haue merci amen· ¶ Of the law of kiÌ„g henri the v. what he ordeyned for kiÌ„g Richard for him self after his deth HEre is to be notid that this kyng Henri the v. wos a nobull prince after he wos kyng crouned how be it be fore in his yougth he had bene wild recheles Ì„ sparid no thing of his lust ne desires but accomplisshed them after hrs likyng but as sone as he wos crouned ennoynted sacred anone sodenli he was chauÌ„ged in to a new man set all his entent to liue vertuusly in mayntenyng of holy chirch destroyng of heritikis Kepyng Iustice Ì„ dofendyng of his reame subiettis ¶ And for as moch as his fadre had deposid by his labour the good kyng Richard pytously made him to die and for the ofence done to him aynest his legeaunce he had sent to rome to be asoyled therof For wich offence the pope our holi fadre enioyned him to make him be prayed fore ê‘petually Ì„ like as he had done to be taken from him his naturall life ther fore he shÌ„uld do found iiij tapers to brene ê‘petually about his body that for the extinccion of his bodyli lyfe his soule may euer be remembrid Ì„ liue in heuen in spirituall life ¶ And also that he shold euery weke on the day as it com about of his deth hâ—ue a solempne masse of requiem Ì„ on the euen before a dirige with ix lessons and a dole to poer pepull alway on that day of a xi shillynges and viij pens to be deled peny mele and ons in the yere at his annyuersarie his terment to be holdyn in the most honest wise be deled that day xx pound in pens to poer pepull ¶ And to euery monke to haue xx· shillyng wich all thes thyngê ê‘furmed this noble kyng for his fadre for kyng HeÌ„ri the iiij his fader ê‘formed it not during his life whom as it was said god touchid wos a lepre or he died ¶ Also than this nobull prince let do calle all the abbotes Ì„ priours of sent Benet order iÌ„ engloÌ„d had them in the chapiture hous of westmiÌ„ster for the reformacioÌ„ of the order wherin he had comynicacioÌ„ also with bisshoppis and meÌ„ of the spiritualte in so fer forth that they doutid sore he wold haue had the temê‘altes out of ther handis wherfore by thauys labour ê“curing of the
abstinence of were for a certayn tyme in the name of the Duchesse not of duke because he had gon froÌ„ his othe legeaunce that he had made to kyng Henri therfore the kyng neuer wold write ne oppointe ne haue to do with hiÌ„ after bot al in the duchesse name ¶ Also this same yere quene Iane died the secund day of Iule wich had bene kyng Henri the fourthis wife and wos caried fro Bermondsey vn to Cauntorberi wher she lieth beried bikyng Henri the iiij hir housbond ¶ This same yere died all the lions in the toure of london the wich had not ben seyn mony yeres before out of mynde ¶ How Owayn a squier of wales that had weddid quene Katerine wos arestid And of the scisme bitwen Eugenie Ì„ felix IN the xvi yere of kyng Henri died Sigismond Emprour of Almayn knyght of the garter whos terment the kyng keped at sent poules in london rialli wher was made a riall heerse and the kyng in his astate clad in blew wos at euen at dirige and on the morow at masse c. ¶ And after him wos elect and chosin Albert duke of Ostrich wich had weddid SigismoÌ„dê° doughter for to be epÌ„rour This maÌ„ wos taken resaued to be kiÌ„g of beme vngari be cause of his wife that was sigismondê° doughter wich left after him none othir heir ¶ This Albert wos emprour but on yere for he wos poysened so died sum saieth he died of a flix bot he wos a vertuus man petifull so moch that all the pepull that knew him said that the world wos not worthy to haue his presens ¶ This same yere on Owayn a squier of walis a man of law byrth wich had mony a day before secretly weddid quene Katerine and had by hir iij. sonnys and on doughter wos taken Ì„ commauÌ„did to newgate to prison be my lord of Gloucestre ê“tectour of the reame ¶ And this yere he brake prison by the meyn of a prest that wos his chapelayn and after he was takiÌ„ ayen by my lord Bemond and brought ayen to newgate wich afterward wos deliuered at large And on of his sonnys afterwarde was made erle of richemond and an othir erle of penbroke Ì„ the thrid a monke of westmynstre wich monke died sone after This same yere also on Newyeres day at baynardis castell fell doune a stake of wod sodenli at afternone slew iij. meÌ„ mischeuisli and foule hurt othir Also at bedford on a shrireday wer xviij men murtherid with out stroke by falliÌ„g doune of a stair as they com out of ther comune hall mony foule hurt ¶ In the xviij yer sir Richard Beauchamp the good erle of werwike died at Roon he beyng that tyme leuetenaunt of the kyng in Normandie from thens his body wos brought to warwike wher he lieth worsshipfully in a new chapell on the south side of the quere ¶ Also this yere wos a gret derth of corne in all englond for a busshell of whete wos worth xl pens in mony places of engloÌ„d yit men myght not haue y nough wherfor Steuen broune that tyme mare of londoÌ„ seÌ„t iÌ„ to pruce broght to londoÌ„ certain shippis ladeÌ„ with rie wich did moch good to the poer pepull for corne wos so scarce iÌ„ engloÌ„d that iÌ„ suÌ„ places of engloÌ„d poer pepull made them bred of fern rotes ¶ This yere the generall councell of Basilie deposid eugenye And they chose Felix wich wos duke of Sauoye And than began the scisme wich endurid vn to the yere of our lord ihuÌ„ crist M. cccc.xlviij This felix wos a deuoute priÌ„ce Ì„ sawe his sonnys son after leued an holi life wos chosin pope of the councell of Basile Eugenye deposed And so the scisme wos long time and this Felix had not moch obedience be cauce of the neutralite for the most parte and well nygh all cristyndome obeied reputid Eugenye for veray pope god knawoth who was veray pope of them both for both occupied during the life of Eugeny ¶ This same yere sir Richard wiche vecarie of hermettesworth wos degratid of his presthode at Poules brint at toure hill as for on heritike on sent Botulphus day how well at his deth he died a good cristyn man wher for after his deth moch pepull come to the place wher he wos brent and offrid made a heppe of stonys Ì„ set vp a crosse of tre Ì„ held him for a sent till the maire sheriues by the kyngê commauÌ„demeÌ„t Ì„ of bisshoppis destruyed it made ther an dong hill ¶ Also this same yere the shireues of london set out of sent Martins the grauÌ„t the sentorie v. ê‘sons wich afterward wer restorid ayen to the sentorie by the kiÌ„gê Iustices ¶ After albert the thrid Frederike wos chosin Emprour This Frederik duk of Osterik wos long Emprour Ì„ differid for to be crouned at rome because of the scisme but after that vnite wos had he wos crouned with imê‘iall diademe with gret glorie and triumphe of pope Nicholas the iiij This wos a pesabull man quiet and of siÌ„gular paciens not hating the chirch he weddid the kyng of Portingales doughter c ¶ How the duchesse of gloucestre wos arestid for treson committed to ê‘petuall prison in the I le of maÌ„ And of the deth of mastir Roger Bolingbroke IN this yere Elinour Cobham duchesse of gloucestre was arestid for certayn pointes of treson laid ayen hir wher vpoÌ„ she was examined in sent Stephenys chepell at westmynster before the Erchebisshop of Cantorburi And ther she wos enioyned to open penaunce for to go thurgh chepe bering a taper in hir hand and after to ê‘petuall prison in the I le of man vnder the kepyng of sir Thomas stanley ¶ Also that same tyme wos arestid master Thomas southwell a chanon of westmynster mastir Iohan Hume a chapelayn of the said lady mastir Roger bolingbroke a clarke vsing nigromancie on mariorie Iurdemayn called the wicch of Eye beside westmynstre Thes wer arestid as for beyng of councell with the said duchesse of gloucestre And as for mastir Thomas southwell he died iÌ„ the toure the nyght before he shÌ„uld haue be reyned on the morne For he him self sayd that he shold die iÌ„ his bed not by Iustices ¶ And iÌ„ the xx yere maistir IohnÌ„ hume and mastir Roger bolingbroke wer brought to the gild hall in london and ther before the mair the lordis chief iustices of englond wer rayned and dampned both to be drowen hanged quartired but master iohnÌ„ hume had his chartre and wos ê‘doned by the kyngo· bot mastir Roger wos drawen to Tyburne wher he confessid that he died giltles neuer had trespasid in that he died fore Notwithstondyng he wos honged hedid quartired on whos soule god haue mercy ¶ And margeri iurdmain wos brent in smythfeld ¶ Also this yere wos a
gret fray in london in flete strete by nyghtis tyme bytwen men of court and men of london and diuerse men slayn and sum hurt And on herbotell was chief causer of the misgouernaunce Ì„ affray ¶ Also this yere at chesing of the maire of londoÌ„ the comuÌ„es named Robert Clopton Raulin holand taliour And the aldermen toke robert clopton and brough him at the right hand of the meirs as the custom is And than certayn tailours and othir hond craftis men cried nay nay not this man bot Raulyn Holand wherfore the maire that wos padysly sent them that so cried to newgate where they abode agret while and wer ponisshed ¶ In this same yere wer diuerse enbassatours sent in to Guyan for a mariage for the kyng for the Erles doughter of Armynake wich wos ê¯cludid but by the meyn of the erle of suffolke it was let and put a parte ¶ And after this the said erle of Suffolke went him ouer the see in to fraunce and ther he tretid the mariage bitwen the kyng of Englond and the kynges doughter of Cecile and of Ierusalem And the next yere it wos concludid fully that mariage by wich mariage the kyng shold deliuer to hir fadre the duchie of Angeo and the Erledom of Mayn wich wos the keye of Normandie ¶ Then departid the Erle of suffolke with his wife diuerse lordis and knyghtis in the most raal astate that myght be out of Englond with new chares and palfreys wich went thurgh Chepe and so went ouer the se and resaued hir and sithen brought hir in the lent after vn to hampton wher she landid and was rially resaued ¶ And on Candilmasse euen before by a gret tempest of thounder and lightenyng at afternone Poules steple wos set on fire on the middis of the shaft in the timbur wich was quenched by force of labour and specially by the labour of the morow masse prest of the bow in chepe with was thought impossible sayf onli the grace of god ¶ This yere wos the erle of stafford made create duke of Bokyngham the erle of werwik duke of warwyke the erle of Dorset marquis of Dorset Ì„ the erle of suffolke wos made marquies of suffolke ¶ How kyng Henri weddid quene Margarete and of hir coronacion IN this yere kyng Henri maried at southwik quene Margaret And she com· to london the xviij day of May by the way all the lordis of englond ressayued hir worshipfully in diuerse places And iÌ„ especiall the duke of gloucestre and on thee blake heth the maire with the aldermen and all the craftis in blewe gounys browderd with the deuise of his craft that thei myght be bi knowen mette with hir with reed hodis and brought hir to london wher wer diuerse pagentis and countinaunce of diuerse histories shewed in diuerse places of the cite rially and costely ¶ And the xxx day of May the forsayd quene wos crouned at westmynster And ther wos Iustis iij. days during within the sentorie be fore the abbey ¶ This yere the priour of kylmian appellid the erle of vrmond of treson wich had a day assigned to them for to fight in smythfeld And the listis wer made and feld drassid but whan it come to point the kyng commaundid that they shuld not fight but toke the quarell in to his hand And this wos done at the instance Ì„ labour of certayn prechours and doctours of london as mastir Gilbert worthyngton parson of sent Andrewes iÌ„ holborne and othir ¶ Also this same yere come a gret enbassade in to Englond out of frauÌ„ce for to haue concludid a ê‘petuall pees but in conclusion it turned vn to a trews of a yere ¶ About this tyme dred sent Barnardyn a gray frere wich began the new reformacion of that ordir in mony places in so moche that they that wer reformed bene called obseruauntes wich obseruauÌ„tes bene encresid gretli iÌ„ Ytali iÌ„ Almayn ¶ This Bernardyn was Canonysed by pope Nicholas the .v. In the yere of our lord M. cccc.l ¶ Iohannes de Capistrano wos his desciple wich ê“fited moch to the reformacion of that order for whom god hath shewed mony a fair miracle also here is to be notid that froÌ„ this tyme forward kyng Henri neuer ê“fited ne went forward bot fortune began te turne from him on all sides as well in fraunce Normandie Guyan as in engloÌ„d Sum men holden opinion that kyng Henri yaf comyssion plenery to sir Edward hull sir Robert Roos Dene of sent sauerins and othir to conclude a mariage for him with the erle of armynakis sustre wich wos ê“mised as it wos seid Ì„ ê¯cludid but afterward it wos brokyn he wedded quene margaret as afore is said wich wos a dere mariage for the reame of englond For it wos knowen verili that for to haue hir wos deliuered the duchie of Angeo and the erledoÌ„ of mayne wich wos the keye of Normandie for the frenshmen to entre ¶ And about this the said marquies of suffolke axed in plaiÌ„ ê‘lameÌ„t a xv Ì„ an halfe for to fetch hir out of frauÌ„ce Lo what a mariage wos this as to the comparison of that othir mariage of armynake For ther shuld haue bene deliuered so mony castels Ì„ tounes iÌ„ Guyan and so moch good shÌ„uld haue be yeuen with hir that all englond shÌ„uld haue bene ther by enriched but ê¯trari wyse fell wherfore euery gret prince ought to kepe his ê“misse for be causa of brekyng of this ê“misse and for mariage of quene margaret what losse hath the reame of englond had by losing of normandie and guyan â–ª by diuision in the reame the rebellyng of comunes ayenst ther prince Ì„ lordis what diuision among the lordis what murder sleyng of them what feldis foughten and made in conclusion so mony that mony a man hath lost his life and in conclusion the kyng deposed the quene with hir son fayn to flee in to scotland and from thens iÌ„ to frauÌ„ce and so to loriyn the place that she come frist fro ¶ Mony men demeth that the brekiÌ„g of the kiÌ„ges promise to the sustre of the erle of armynake was cause of this gret losse and aduersite ¶ How the duke of gloucestre the kiÌ„gê vncle wos arestid at the ê‘lameÌ„t of bury his deth how angeo iÌ„ mayn wos deliuered IN the xxv yere of kyng Henri wos a ê‘lament at Burâ— called sent Edmondis buri about wich was commauÌ„did all the comunes of the cuntre to be ther in ther most best defensabull aray for to await vpon the kyng To wich ê‘lament come the duke of Gloucestre vmfrey the kyngê vncle wich had bene ê“tectour of englond all the none age of the kyng and anone after hee wos iÌ„ his loggiÌ„g he wos arestid by the viscouÌ„te bemoÌ„d the coÌ„st a bull of engloÌ„d whom accompanied the duke of Bokyngham and mony othir lordis And forthwith all his seruauÌ„tes wer coÌ„mauÌ„did for
moch that iÌ„ some places men gadred to geders and made them Captayns as blew berd and othir wich wer taken and resistid and had Iustices and died ¶ And than the said ê‘lament wos adiourned to leycestre And theder the kyng brought with him the duke of suffolke ¶ And when the comunes vnderstode that he was out of the tour Ì„ comyn thidder they desiered to haue execucion on them that wer cause of the deliueraunce of Normandie and had ben cause of the deth of the duke of Gloucestre had sold Gascoyn and guyen of wich they named to begiltâ— the duke of suffolke as chief the lord saye the bisshop of salisberi Daniell monâ— mo ¶ And for to pease the comyns the duke of suffolke was exiled out of englond v. yere ¶ And so duriÌ„g the ê‘lament hee went iÌ„ to Norfolke and ther toke shippyng for to go out of thee reame of engloÌ„d iÌ„ to frauÌ„ce ¶ And this yere as he sailid on the se aship of were callid the Nicholas of tour met with his shipp and fond him therin whom they token out and brought hym iÌ„ to ther shippe to the maister and the Capitayns and ther he was examined and at the last Iugged to deth And so they put him in a Cabon and his chapelayn for to shriue him And that done they brought him in to Douer rode and ther set him in to the bote And ther smoten of his hede and brought the body on land vpon the sandis and set the hede ther by ¶ And this wos done thee frist day of May ¶ Lo what auaylÌ„ed him now all his deliueraunce of Normandie c. And here ye may here how he was rewardid for the deth of the duke of Gloucestre Thus began sorowe vpoÌ„ sorow and deth for deth c. ¶ How this yere wos the insurrexcion iÌ„ KeÌ„t of the comunys of whom Iak Cade an Irishman wos capitayn THis yere of our lord M. cccc.l wos the gret grace of the Iubile at Rome wher wos gret perdone in so moch that from all places in cristyndome gret multitude of pepull resorted thidder ¶ And this yere wos a gret assemble and gadriÌ„g to geder of the comunes of kent in gret nombur Ì„ made an insurrexcion rebelled ayen the kyng his lawes ordeyned them a capitayn called iohnÌ„ Cade an Yrishman wich named him self Mortimer cosin to the duke of yorke ¶ And this capitayn held thes meÌ„ to geder made ordinaunce among them brought them to the blake heth wher he made a bill of peticions to the kyng his councell shÌ„ewed what iniuries oppressioÌ„s the poer comiÌ„s suffrid Ì„ all vnder colour for to cuÌ„ to his abone he had a gret multitude of pepull ¶ And the xvij day of Iune the kiÌ„g moÌ„y lordis capitayns Ì„ meÌ„ of were weÌ„t toward him to the blake heth whan the Capitayn of Kent vnderstode the comyng of the kyng with so gret puissaunce he withdrew hiÌ„ with his pepull to seuenoke a litell village ¶ And the xxviij day of Iune he beyng withdrawen Ì„ gon the kiÌ„g come with his armie set in order enbatailled to the blake heth And by aduys of his couÌ„cell sent sir vmfrey stafford knight willm stafford squier two valiauÌ„t capitaiÌ„s with certaiÌ„ pepull to feght with the capitayn Ì„ to take him Ì„ bring hiÌ„ his accessaries to the kyng wich weÌ„t to souenoke ther the capitayn with his felyship met with them and fought ayens them and in conclusion slew them both as mony as abode wold not yeld him wer slain During this skarmush fell a gret variaunce among the lordis men and comyn pepull beyng on blake heth ayenst ther lordis Ì„ capitayns sayng playnli that they wold go vn to the capitayn of Kent to assiste and help him but if they might haue execucion on the traytours beyng about the kyng wher to the kyng said nay thei saied playnli that the lord saye tresorer of engloÌ„d the bishope of Salisburi the baron of dudby the abbot of glouceturdames treuilian Ì„ mony mo wer traytours Ì„ worthy to be dede herfore for to plese the lordis meny also sum of the kiÌ„ges hous the lord saye wos arestie sent to the toure of londoÌ„ And then the kyng hering tydynges of the deth and ouerthrowyng of the staffordis he with drew him to london and from thens to kylingworth For the kyng ne the lordis durst not trust ther own housold men ¶ Then after that the capitayn had had this victori vpoÌ„ thes staffordis anone he toke sir vmfrey salat and his brigantins smyten full of giltnales And also his gilt sporris Ì„ arayed him like a lord and a capitayn and resorted with all his meny and also mo than he had before to thee blake heth ayen to whom come the Erchebisshop of Cantorberi and the duke of bokyngham to thee blake heth and spake with him and as it wos said they fond him witty in his talkyng and his request And so they departed ¶ And thee thrid day of Iuyll he come and entred in to London with all his pepull and ther did make cries in the kynges name and in his name that noman shuld robbe ne take no maner of goodis but if he payed for it and come ridyng thurgh the cite in gret pride and smote his swerd vpon londoÌ„ ston in Canwyk strete ¶ And he beiÌ„g iÌ„ the cite sent to the tour for to haue the lorde saye and so they set him and brought him to the Guyldhall before the Maire Ì„ the Aldermen wher that he was examined and he said he wold and ought to be Iuged by his peris And the communes of Kend toke him by force fro the maire and officers that kepid him and toke him to a prest to shriue him and or he myght be half shriuen they brought him to the standart in Chepe and ther smote of his hede on whos seule god haue marci Amen ¶ And thus died the lord saye tresorer of Englond After this they set his hede on a spere and bare it about in the rite And the same day about the myle ende Crowmer wos beheded ¶ And the day before at afternone the capitayn with certayn of his menye went to Philip Malpas house Ì„ robbed him toke away moch good And from thens he went to sent margaret patyns to on gherstis house robbed him Ì„ toke away from him moch good also at wich robbyng diuerse men of london of ther neyghbours wer at and toke part with them ¶ For this robbyng the pepull hertis fell from him Ì„ euery thrifty maÌ„ wos aferd for to be seruied in like wyse ¶ For ther wos mony a man in londoÌ„ that awayted and wold fayn haue seyn a comune roberie wich almyghty god forbed for it is to suppose if he had not robbid he myght haue gon fer or he had
bene withstonde ¶ For the kyng Ì„ all the lordis of the ream of Englond wer departed except the lorde Scales that kepid the tour of london ¶ And the fifth day of Iuyll he did done smyte of a mannys hede in southwark and the nyght after the â—naire of london with the aldermen and the communes of the cite concludid to driue a way the capitayn his host sent to the lord scalis to the toure Ì„ to mathew gohe a copitayn of Normandie that they wold that nyght asaille the capitayn with them of Kent ¶ And so they did y come to londoÌ„ brige iÌ„ to southwarke or the capitayn had ony knowlege ther of ther they sought with them that keped the brigge And the Kentishmen went to harnes and come to the brigge Ì„ shot faught with them gat the brigge made them of londoÌ„ to fle slow mony of them this endurid all the nyght to Ì„ fro to ix of the cloke on the more And at the last they brent the draw brigge wher mony of them of londoÌ„ wer drowned In wich nyght Sutton an aldermaÌ„ was slayn Roger heysant and Mathew gohe and mony othir And after this the Chancilar of Englond sent to the Capitayn a pardone generall for him othir for all his menye And then they deê‘ted from southwarke euery man home vn to his own hous ¶ And when they wer all deê‘tid and goon· ther wer ê“clamacions madem Kent southsex and othir places that what man coude take the captayn quike or dede shÌ„old haue a M. mark And aftir this on Alixander Iden a squier of Kent toke him in a gardeÌ„ in southsex iÌ„ the takiÌ„g the CaptaÌ„ IohnÌ„ Cade wos slaiÌ„ Ì„ after behedid his hede set on londoÌ„ brigge ¶ And anone after then the kyng come in to Kent and did his Iustices sitte at Cauntorberi and enquered who wer causaries chief cause of this Insurreccion ¶ And ther wer viij men Iuged to deth in on day in othir places mo And from thens the kyng weÌ„t in to southsex and in to the westcuntre wher a litell before wos slayn the bisshop of Salisberi ¶ And this same yere wer so mony iugged to deth that xxiij hedes stode vpon londoÌ„ brigge at on s ¶ Of the feld that the duke of york toke at brentheth iÌ„ KeÌ„t and of the burth of prince Edward of the frist bataill at sent Albons wher the duke of Somersete wos slayn IN the xxx yere of the kiÌ„g The duke of yorke com out of the march of wales with therle of DeuiÌ„shire the lord Cobham gret puissaunce for reformacion of certayn Iniuries and wroÌ„ges also to haue Iustice on certayn lordis beyng about the kyng Ì„ toke a feld at brontheth beside dertford in Kent wich wos a stroÌ„gfeld for wich cause the kyng with all the lordis of the lande went vn to the blake heth with a gret and strong multitude of pepull armed and ordeyned for the were in the best wyse And when they had mustred on the heth Certayn lordis wer tho sent vn to him for to tret and make appointement with him wich were the bisshop of Ely and the bisshop of wynchestre and the erles of Salisberi and of werewyke And they concludid that the duke of Somersete shold be had to ward Ì„ to ansuer to such articles as the duke of yorke shold put on him and than the duke of yorke shÌ„usd breke his feld and cum to the kyng wich wos all promised by tho kyng ¶ And so the kyng commaundid that the duke of Somersete shold be had in ward And than the duke of york brake vp his feld and come to the kyng and whan he was comen ê¯trarie to the promisse afore made the duke of somerset was preseÌ„t in the feld a waytyng and chief about the kyng made the duke of yorke ride before as a prisoner thurgh londoÌ„ and after they wold haue put him iÌ„ hold But anoyse aroso that the erle of march his son was commyng with x. thousand men to londonward wherfore the kyng and his couÌ„cell ferid and than they concludid that thee duke of yorke shold deê‘te at his own will ¶ About this tym began gret diuision in Spruce bitwen the gret mastir and the knyghtis of the duche ordre wich wer lordis of that cuntre For the comunes and touÌ„es rebellid ayenst the lordis and made so grete were that at the last they called the kyng of Pole to be ther lord the wich kyng come and wos worshipfully resaued and laid sege to the castell of Marienburgh wich was the chief castell of strength of all the land wan it and drofe out the mastir of dansk Ì„ all othir places of that land And so they that had ben lordis mony yeres lost all thirseygnorie and possessions in tho landis ¶ And the yere of the Incarnacion of our lord M. cccc liij on sent Edwardis day the quene Margaret wos deliuered of a fair prince wich wos named Edward That same day IohnÌ„ Norman wos chosin for to be maire of londoÌ„ And the day that hee shuld take his oth at westmynsire he went theder by water with all the craftis wher afore tyme the maire aldermen and the craftes rode on horsbake wich wos neuer vsed after For sen that tyme. they haue gone euer by water in barges ¶ Ye haue well vnderstond before how that contrari to the promisse of the kyng and also the ê¯clusioÌ„s taken bitwen the kyng the duke of yorke at brentheth the duke of Somerset went not to ward but abode about the kyng and had gret rule and anone after he wos made capitayn of calais ruled the kyng his reame as he wold wherfore the gret lordis of the reame Ì„ also the comunes wer not plesid For wiche cause the duke of yorke the erle of warwyk the erle of salisburi with mony knyghtis and squiers and moch pepull come for to remeue the said duke of somersete othir fro the kyng ¶ And the kiÌ„g hering of ther comyng thought by his couÌ„cell for to haue gon westward and not for to haue met with them Ì„ had with him the duke of somerset the duke of Bokyngham the erle of stafford the erle of NorthuÌ„berland the lord Clifford mony othir ¶ And what tyme that the duke of yorke Ì„ his feliship vnderstode that the kyng wos deê‘ted with thes lordis from london Anone he changed his way and coste the cuÌ„tre come to sent Albonys the xxiij day of May Ì„ ther met with the kyng to whom the kyng sent certayn lordis desired them to kepe the pees and deê‘te but in conclusion whils they treted on that on side· the erle of warwik with the march men oder entred the toune on that oder side fought ayeÌ„st the kyng and his ê‘tie and so began the bataill Ì„
he had taried a while in the north that all the northcuntre had turned to him he returned southward leuyng behynd him therle of warwike in tho ê‘ties for to kepe gouerne that cuntre ¶ And about mydsomer after thee yere of our lord M. cccc.lx and thee frist yere of his regne he wos crouned at westmynstre anoynted kyng of EngloÌ„d hauyng possession of all thee reame CAlixtus thee thrid wos Pope after Nicholas iij. yere v. monethis This Calixt was an hold man wheÌ„ he was chosen pope· and wos continually seke ne he myght not fulfill his desire the wich he entendit to do ayens the misbeleuyng Turkis for deth come vpon him And he wos chosin iÌ„ the yere of our lord a M. cccc.lv and he died the sext day in the wich he made the fyguracion and also he canonised Seint vincent a frere precher ¶ And ther wos a gret reformacion of many monesteries iÌ„ diuerse parties of the world And theis reformacioÌ„s wer made mony times but almost none abode but they returned ayen as they wer a fore by succession of tyme after the deth of thee worshipfull fadris â–ª ¶ The fest of the transfiguracion wos ordined of Calixt for the yeft of grace of the meruelê° victorie done ayens the turke iÌ„ huÌ„garie on sent Sextis day M. cccc.lvij for ther was a meruelus victorie yeuen to the cristyn men in hungri ayenst the gret turke ther he lost mony a man and fled shamfully for drede of enmys and no man folowid them bot alone the hande of god ferid the turke and his host on sent Calixtis day sent Iohan de Capestrano was ther seyn present· And he ê“uokid thee pepull that wer a ferd to folow thos misbeleuyng turkis and ther was a grot vengeauns on them· for the Turkis saied that ther wos so gret a nombre of knyghtis that foloed them that vn nethis they durst loke bacward And therfore they flede and leften all ther tresour be hynd them and they wer holy angellis that caused them to fle Nota. Printerys of bokis wer this tyme mightely multeplied in maguncie thurgh out the world and thei began frist and ther held the craftis And this time mony men began for to be more sotell in craftis and suyfter then euer they wer a fore PIus the secund wos pope after Calixt vi yere This Piê° wos chosin in the yer of our lord M.iiij hondrith Ì„ lviij he was called Eneas an eloquent man Ì„ a gret oretor a laurittit poet Ì„ a fore he wos the Emprour embassatour and in the couÌ„sell of Basilien he wrot a nobull tretis for thee auctorite of thee same This man desirid to haue a passage to thee Turke And mony of all maner ê¯tres com to Rome he yaf them his blissiÌ„g and sent them hom ayen for thay wer not sufficent for the Turkis host Ì„ anone after he decessid PAulus a venicion wos pope after Pius vij yere This Paule wos chosin in the yere of our lord IhuÌ„ crist a M iiij hondreth and lxiiij And anone he aloyed the fest of the presentaciau of our Lady as Pius did This man wos a tought man in rightwisenesse and he saied it wos better for to make few thynges and kepe them stedfastli thaÌ„ for to make mony sone reuoke them And he made a gret palais at sent Markes and he decessed or that he had endid it In the yere of our lord Ihesu crist M.iiijC.lxxi ¶ LeodiuÌ„ the land of luke wos appressid with mony tribulacions and after in the yere of our lord ihesu crist a thousand iiij hondreth and lxviij vtterly it wos destroyed bi caro lum the duke of Burgoyn the wich weddid Dame Margaret sustre to kyng Edward the myghti the fourth of englond ¶ Also the same duke Karolus entred in the land of Geldyr conquerid it holy ¶ The yere of grace also wos changed bi pope Paule for fauour of mannys soule from xxv yere vn to xxv And because that cursednesse haboundid so sore grace haboundid also sore SIxtus the iiij a Ianuens and a frere minore wos Pope after Paule and is yit at the makyng of this boke This man wos generall in the order of thee frere Minoris or he wos Cardinale And he wos chosin in the yere of our lord god a ·M iiij hondreth lxxi And wos called afore Fraunciscê° de sanona of good fame and vertues he wos chosin Cardinall without his knaulech till he wos made and the same yere that he wos chosen pope the turke had taken from cristen men ij Empiris and iiij kyngdoms .xx. ê“uyncis Ì„ tow hondreth cites· and had destroyed men and women with out nombre And that meued the pope that he shuld dispose hiÌ„ to go to withstoÌ„d him and for an army to be made ayens the Turke the pope yaf gret indulgens of pardon of the tresour of the chirch vn to all the cristyn reames that he myght ordayn sum tresure to withstande that mysbyleuabull turke And in the lande of Englonde the worshipful fader doctor IhonÌ„ thabbot of habiÌ„gdon was the popys legate to dispose thys godli tresure of the chirch to eueri faythfull man that was disposed and that wolde habull him to resayue it ¶ Here ende the Croniclis of engloÌ„de with the frute of timis Sanctus albanus
hym In this tyme he repared the law and the holy bokys the wich the caldes had brent And an happy wittynes to all the world he left in scriptur He fond new litters and lighter in faccion the wich thurgh the holy gost fulfilled he come ayene to ierusaleÌ„ with a gret multitude with the kynges preualeges that he shuld teche the pepull that law that he had repayred And ther he died in a good age Neemias an hebru butler of kyng Artraxerses at his lord commandment went from babulon in to ierusalem wher he yaf xij yere the lediÌ„g of pepull And the v. yere he be gon to repare the yates and the wallis of Ierusalem the wich werke he endit in .ij yere and iiij monethes and that with gret inpedimentes for the halfe of the pepul stoed armeid with out the Cite to withstond the pepull of odyr nacioÌ„ns intendyng to destruy them And the other part labured in armes holdyng in the ton hond stonys for wallis and iÌ„ the notobull odyr hond a swoord or ne by it vide plraÌ„ lib o suo Permenides phelosophurs and namly in morall thynges war a bowte this Socrates a phelosophur the wich vndirstoed mych of the power of god Ì„ he wos Plato maister Democritus Ipotras and odiâ— of whom the nobull werkis a boode Circa annuÌ„ muÌ„di iiij M viij C ix Et anÌ„ cristi natiÌ„ iij C lxxxx AZor is rehersed in the lyne of crist in mathe primo Bot nothyng off his dedes is wreten in the scriptur Elyasib or Elysaphat succedid Ioachym in the bysshoppryke vt dicit Eusebius et magister histor Camillus wos Dictator at Rome in whoe 's days myscheuys playes wer ordand that the pestelans shuld sees at Rome Off thes playes Sent austyn tretis delygently in repreuyng the falshed of the goddis The wich desired to be plesed with sych writch it playes So shamfully thes playes wer vsed with naked men Ì„ womeÌ„ that honest meÌ„ ne womeÌ„ wold not be at thos playes ne yet behold them vide plura in Augê° de ciuitate dei Darius nothus regned at the perses .xix. yere Plato thee diuyn phelosopher And Aristotill his discipull wos this tyme nobull and famus clerkis Tytus quintius wos Dictator at rome and he wos a couetus man whom Austyn de ciuitate dei bringes in a yens couetus and prewd cristen men Gayus wos a sonetour vnder whome was a gret batell a yens the kyng of Tuscorum and viijM. men of them wor taken Marcus valerius was an other senetour thee wich with .lxM. Romans fought with the fraunshmen and had the victorie and mony of them kyllid Artharxerses kyng of ê‘ses called a yene to his empyre Egipt and he put Nactanabo the kyng in to Echeopiam Ì„ mony Iues iÌ„ to transmigracion also he send vagosuÌ„ a prince ower flumiordan to aske a yene the tribute that was for yefen to Esdra that was the vij yere rent ppÌ„ sabbaÌ„ tre Arsamê° succedit hym and regned an yere Darius the son of arsamy regned with the ê‘ses xxiiij yere This darius wos a myghty man and a bold the wich asked of the Grekis a tribute And that wos the cause of the descruccion of the Monarch of ê‘sarum for it was translatit to the grekes after the prophesy off Daniell for it is sayid that Darius brought xvC.M. fightiÌ„g men whom all alexander slew Iodas the son of Elyzaphat was he bisshop iÌ„ ierusaleÌ„ in tyme of Mardachn IoheÌ„s his son succedid him Aristotiles the most sotell and famust Ppilosophur leuyd this tyme. Senocrate the most chast phelosophur was this tyme with dyuers other mo ¶ Bi cause the kiÌ„gê of bretan next after leued iÌ„ peese most pte lytyl of them is wreteÌ„ therfor they shall be set to geder tyll it be coÌ„miÌ„ to Cassibulon kiÌ„g of Breton the wich wos brother to Lud ANd whan Crombatrus was deid regned Guentholen that wos his soÌ„ a man of good ê¯dicions Ì„ welbeloued he gouerned the lond well and wiseli and he regned xxvi xere and after he died and lyeth at new Troy ¶ How kyng Seisell regned and well gouerned the land after guentholen ANd after this Guentholen regned his son Seissel well Ì„ wortheli well gouerned the loÌ„d as his fader had done befor him he regned xv yere and died and lieth at new Troy ¶ How Kymor regned after Seissell his fader and he begat Howan that regned after his fader in peese ANd after Seissell regned his son Kymor well Ì„ nobli xix yere in peese and then afterhym regned howan hys son x. yere and then he died and lieth at Ikaldoune ¶ How kyng Morw t died thurgh myschaunce thurgh a best AFter this howon regned Marwith Ì„ become so weked Ì„ so sterne tyll at the last gret vengeance come to him for as he went vpon a tyme by the see side he mete a gret best that wos blake horibull hideus he wened that it had bene a whale of the see bent an arblast Ì„ wold haue slayn that best with his quarell but he myght not smyte hym And when he had shot all his quarelles the best anone come to hym in a gret hast and hym deuored a lyfe and so he died for his wickednes thurgh vengeaunce of god after that he had regned ix yere ¶ Of GraÌ„dobodiaÌ„ that wos morwith son that made CaÌ„mbregge AFter that this Morwith wos deid the Bretens crosned GraÌ„dobodian his soÌ„ Ì„ this grandobodian long tyme regned iÌ„ goodnes made teÌ„puls tounys this graÌ„dobodiaÌ„ made the toune of Cambregge Ì„ the toune of Grauntham Ì„ wos wel beloued of rich poer for he honourd the rich helped the poer this Grandobodian had iiij sonnis Arthogaile Hesidur Higamê° Petitur when he had regned xi yere he died lieth at new troy ¶ Of Artogaill that wos graÌ„dobodians son how he wos made kyng Ì„ sieth put doune for his wikkednes AFter Grandobodian regned his son Artogaill v. yere he become so wikked Ì„ so sterne that the britons wold not suffre hym to be kyng but put him doun Ì„ made Hesidur his brother kyng he bi come so good Ì„ merciabull that men hym called kyng of pytte ¶ And wheÌ„ he had regned v. yere he had so grete pitte of his brother Artogaill that wos kyng before Ì„ anoÌ„e he forsoke his dignite Ì„ toke his brother the croune ayene Ì„ made hiÌ„ kyng ayens all the britans will ¶ And afterward Artogaill become so good of coÌ„dicion that he was welbeloued of all the land for he become so bonair fre and did right reson to all maner of men and he regned vi yere and died and lidth at grantham ¶ How Hesidur wos made kiÌ„g after the deth of his brether AFter the deth of Artogaill the britons crouned an other tyme Hesidur but his ij bred Higamê° Petitur had of him gret