Farrendon Nicholas Wiâ—ichester the 28. of Sep. Gregory Rokesley the 28. of October From Christmas till the purification of our Lady there was such great Frost and Snow as the olde men could not remember the like wherethrough fiue arches of London Bridge and all Rochester Bridge was borne downe and caryed away with many Bridges more Men passed ouer the Thamis betwéene Westminster and Lambeth and likewise ouer the Riuer of Medway betwéene Stroude and Rochester drishod Fishes in ponds and birds in woods died for want of foode Pirats of Zeland and Holland about Yarmouth and Donwich 1282 Io. Euersden Yermouth and Donvvich spoyled Sherifes Maior Anno reg 11 Corne sold by vveight did spoyle and robbe whosoeuer they met slew many men and caryed away not a few Shippes with all y e goodes in them William Mazelyuer Richard Chigwell the 28. of Sept. Henry de Waleis the 28. of October This yeare the Bakers of London were first drawne vppon Herdles by Henry Waleis Maior and Corne was then first sold by weight This Henry Waleis Maior of London caused to be erected The Toune in Cornehill Radul Baldoke a certayne house in one of the highest places of London which house was called the Tonne vpon Cornehill to be a prison for night walkers and other suspitious persons He also by the Kings licence caused to be builded an house called the Stockes on the North side of Saint Mary Wolchurch in The Stockes market Customes of Lon. London to be a market for flesh and fish in the midst of the Citie and certayne houses néere vnto Powles Church the profites therof to be receyued by the Maysters of the Bridge of London towards the maintenance of the same Bridge The King entred Wales with an army appoynting his Wil. Rishenger Wil. Packington footemen to occupy the enimies in fight whiles his horsemen in a wing set on the rere battayle himselfe with a power kept his place where he pight his golden Dragon vnto the which as to a Castell the wounded and wéerie might repaire but Dauid fléeing the King with his power followed and as he passed by a wood there issued out of the same a foure thousand Welchmen whiche inuading the Kings armie made great slaughter but at length the King marching through by strong hande entred the Castell of Oxe and tooke Anglesey where he lost William de Awdley Roger Clifford the yonger and twelue other of his chiefest Captaynes Iohn Peckham Archbishop of Canturburie sendeth commandement 1283 to the Bishop of London to destroy all the Sinagogues of the Iewes within his dioces After the Archbishop The Ievves Sinagogues destroyed writeth to him to tolerate them to build one Church in some open place in the Citie of London where the King should appoint so they bestow no great cost nor vse their fond ceremonies Ralph Blound Anketin de Beteuile the 28. of Septem Sherifes Maior Anno reg 12 Tho. Walsing 1284 Wil. Rishang Nic. Bromfild Henry de Waleis the 28. of October Leolin Prince of Wales came downe from the Mountayne of Snowdon to Mountgomerie and was at length taken at Bwelth Castell where vsing reprochfull words againste the Englishmen Roger le Strange ranne vpon him with the Sword wherewith he was girt and cut off his head leauing his dead body on the grounde Sir Roger Mortimer caused the head of Lewlin to be set vpon the Tower of London crowned with Yuy King Edward founded the Abbey of Vale Royall in Cheshire Histo Auria Io. Rouse He also remoued the Abbey of Aberconwey to another place and there builded a strong Castell against the Welchmen He gaue diuers Castels of the Welchmen to Englishe Chr. of Dun. Wil. Pakenham Lords and after tooke Dauid Lewlins brother with his wife his two sonnes and seauen daughters at Saint Moris which Dauid was drawne hanged and quartered at Shrewsburie Iordane Godchepe Martin Box the 28. of September Henry Waleis the 28. of October Sherifes Maior Anno reg 13 Edward Prince of Wales borne at Carnaruan in Wales Laurence Ducket Goldsmith and Citizen of London gréeuously wounded one Ralph Crepin in Weast Cheape and then fled into Bow Church after that certaine euill disposed persons friendes to the sayde Ralph entred the Cron. of Dunsta Ducket hanged in bovv Church 1285 Church in the night time and slew the sayd Laurence lying in the Stéeple and then hanged him vp placing him so by the window as if he had hanged himselfe vpon the which déede enquirie being made it was presented that he had hanged himselfe for the which being drawne by the féete he was buryed in a ditch without the Citie but shortly after by relation of a boy who lay with the said Laurence at the time of his death and had hid him there for feare the truth of the matter was knowne for the which Alice a woman that was chiefe causer of the sayde mischiefe and xvj men Murtherers hanged Io. Euersden with hir were then put in prison and afterwardes more who all were drawne and hanged saue the woman who was burnt these were of the poorer sort but the rich of that malicious company escaped for money The Churche was Bovv Church interdicted interdicted by the Archbishop and the dore with the window was stopped vp with thornes then the said Laurence was taken vp and buryed in the Church-yard The great Conduit in Cheape was begon to be builded Stephen Cornehill Robert Rokesley the 28. of Septem Sherifes Maior Anno reg 14 Liberties of London seased Gregory Rokesley till the feast of Peter and Paule and that day was the Citie seised into the Kings handes and Ralph Sandwich appoynted Custos vntill Candlemas and then was chosen Iohn Briton vntill Saint Margarets day A Justes was proclaymed at Boston in the faire time 1286 whereof one part came in the habite of Monckes the other in the suite of ChanoÌ„s who had couenaÌ„ted after the Justes Faire at Boston spoyled Histo Aurea Tho. Walsing to spoyle y e Faire For the atchieuing of their purpose they fired the Towne in thrée places It is said that streames of Gold Siluer and other mettall molten ranne into y e sea The Captayne of this confederacie was Robert Chamberlaine Esquier who was hanged but would neuer confesse his fellowes Wheate was solde for xvj pence xij pence y e Quarter Walter Blunt Iohn Wade the 28. of September Sherifes Custos Anno reg 15 Yermouth Donvvich and Ipsvvich perished Iohn Euersden Ralph Sandwich On Newyeares day at night as wel through y e vehemeÌ„cie of the wind as violence of y e Sea many Churches were ouerthrowne and destroyed not only at Yarmouth Donwich and Ipswich but also in diuers other places of Englande and other Regions adioyning to the Sea especially in that part 1287 of England which is called Meris land Al the whole prouince was for the most part turned into a standing poole so that intollerable
who exactyng Tributes of paymentes so oppressed them that muche better it were once to dye than long to lyue in suche extreame slauerie Secondly she reproued them for not expelling their enimies as their forefathers had done Iulius Caesar Claudius and Caligula And againe she praised them for their present readinesse to helpe hir and recouer their auntient state Thirdly she disabled the Romaines for that they were fewe combred with armoure and so faint of courage that they had rather fight a far off than encounter with them by hand strokes she coÌ„mended the Brytaines to be more in nuÌ„ber of greater valor and farre more able to abide hunger colde thirste raine winde heate c. shée added the vantage of the place as being at home where the Wooddes and Ryuers Lakes and all other things were well knowne to euery one of them Lastly she exhorted them to shewe themselues as Dogs and Wolues among fearefull Hares and Foxes wherewithall she let out of hir lap a quicke Hare thereby to learn the euent of hir enterprice The Hare hauing a prosperous passage all the multitude gaue a greate showte and Bunduica clapping hir handes gaue thankes to hir Gods that she ruled not the Romaines as did Nero who though hée were a man yet was in déede but a woman for that he sang VVhat the Brytaines vveregiuen to and playde on the Harpe but the Brytans who estéemed it better to be Warriours than Ploughmen who as they had all things in common so had they both wiues and children and that hauing a kingdome amongest suche a kinde of people she prayed their deuine aydes agaynste a spitefull and wicked kinde of men if they were to be called men who vsed Nicenesse of the Romaineâ— hote bathes dainty fare wine ointmentes laye in softe beds and were vassalles to such a wanton Minstrel as their Emperor Nero was Bunduica hauing spoken these and suche like amongst hir people with all hir hoste she sette forward agaynste the Romains who at that time were without head or gouernor for that Paulinus was gone with his army into Anglesey as is before rehersed which is an Iland nere Brytaine by meanes whereof Bunduica tooke two of their Cities and committed the notable slaughter before remembred She exercised all kinde of crueltie on suche men as shée tooke As for the noble women that she gat she hanged them vppe and cutte off their paps and sewed them to their mouthes besides this she stretching their bodies oute at length thruste sharpe stakes cleane throughe them al which things were done in despighte when they sacrificed and feasted in their Templas but specially in the woodde called Andates Paulinus who had now subdued Anglesey hearyng of the foresaide slaughter returned to Brytaine yet woulde hée not aduenture the fortune of battaile with them fearing theyr number but when he wanted victual and that his enimies approched he was compelled to abide the battell Bunduica who had in hir army 230000. men was hir selfe placed in a Chariot and ordered hir men at length but Paulinus coulde not stretche his company so long for that they were not of any suche number but at length he deuided his army into thrée partes so that at one time they mighte fighte in sundry places exhorting them not to be abashed at the multitude of their enimies for bothe they and their forefathers hadde wyth lesse number atchieued greater matters and gotten greater victories Adding that now was the time to play the men to enioy that in quiet which before their auncestours had woon and recouer that whiche they had loste or else to liue for euer in misery and shame Againe he shewed what crueltie their eyes had séene by those barbarous people to suche as they had ouercome exhorting them in reuenge thereof to fighte manfully and there was no doubte but the Gods who were alwayes fauourable to such as had suffered crueltie woulde helpe them and better it were to die fighting valiantly than with reproche to be taken and die in their enimies handes like Dogges Finally sayeth he whether we liue or dye Brytaine shal be ours for though the other Romaines lose it yet shall our bones continually kéep it When he hadde thus spoken the signe of the battel was giuen and ech part prepareth himselfe the Brytaines with great and strange noise the Romaines in silence came to neare that they might throwe their dartes to them and perceiuing their enimies to approche with greate violence rushed in amongest them and brake their aÌ„raye but after being compassed with the multitude of their enimies the battel waxed doubtfull The lighte harnessed men beganne to smite eache other and those of heauy armoure togither with the horsemen encountred and the Romaine Archers foughte againste the Britishe Chariots They whiche foughte withoute breast-plates were slaine with Dartes This encounter was made in thrée seueral places and was foughte with greate courage on bothe sides At the laste the Romaines departed Conquerours many were slaine in the battaile and many were taken Greate numbers whych escaped prepared to fight againe but in the meane space Bunduica died of a dissease which she had and they mourned and buried hir verye honorablye After those that remayned were easily ouercome and dispersed Tacitus saith that Prasutagus King of the Iceni a Prince Corneliâ—â— Tacituâ— of greate wealth appointed that Caesar and his owne twoo daughters shoulde inherite his landes hereby thinking all his life to be more quiet and being deceassed his wife and daughters shoulde be the more safer by meanes of such protection but it fell oute farre otherwise for the Centurions gat his Realme theyr seruauntes spoyled hys house beat hys wife and deflowred his daughters besides the chiefest men of his lande were displaced of their inheritaunces and handled extremely In reuenge whereof Bunduica raysed the warre and committed the slaughter before remembred and at laste hir army once ouerthrowne by Paulinus being afraid to fall into hir enimies hands she poisoned hir selfe Policletus then a seruannt of Nero was sente hither to suruey the state of Brytaine who discharged Paulinus Suetonius of the gouernement PEtronius Turpilianus was sent into Brytaine as a manne 64 Petronius Turpilianus easie to be entreated and being not altogither acquainted with offences of the enimies was the readier to receiue theÌ„ to grace who setting matters in their former staye and attempting no further deliuered the Prouince vnto Trebellius Maximus Trebellius being both faint-harted and too sluggishe and also vtterly vnacquainted with experimentes of armes ruled the prouince with a certaine mildenesse of gouernement Nowe had the barbarous people also learned to wincke at inticing vices and the ciuil warres of the Romaines then happening was a cloake to his cowardise but there presentlye arose discorde betwéene Roscius and Caelius legates of the. xx legion when the souldiors accustomed to be employed in expeditions gaue themselues to lasciuiousnesse wherevppon Trebellius tooke his flighte and hid hys head to auoyde the furie of
set on fire the army passing to the water side wente ouer it in diuers places From thence they went and lodged at the Towne and Castell of Ambion On Wednesday they trauelled an euill iourney and hurtfull to the Horsse for lacke of water On Thurseday Theodorike Dale Porter of the Princes Chamber was made Knight thence the Army passed by a good towne called Vlmes the middleward passed vnto the good Towne of the Earle of Lile called Arnile where they lodged that night The Prince lay at the Friers Minors where was greate abundance of Muskadell béeing prouided for the Countesse of the I le which was all spoyled This daye also the good Towne of Pipions was destroyed with the Castell thereof called Redote On Friday the army passing by a long stonie way lodged at Lamian On Saterday returning backe towarde Gascoigne they lefte on their right hand the great poole of Esbone and Carkason and all the iourney that they wente before and the rereward lodged at a good Towne called Abier and the middleward at Puchâ—iancies where a Castell béeing defended withstoode them a season but at length was wonne and the Prince lay beyonde the Bridge by a faire running water on both sydes whereof the Countrey was spoyled with fire togither with the good Towne of Pesaunce where the vawarde was lodged y â— night On Sonday they trauelled a long iourney bycause the Prince should be lodged in the great Abbey of our Lady de Prolion where in seuerall Cloysters did liue 100 Predicants wherevnto the Prince was deuoutely receiued In y â— day the army set on fire y e towne of Lemeins where there was far greater Couents of Religions than at Carkason Also they brent the faire Towne called Falanges vnto which towne belonged xxj Windmilles They brent also the townes of Vnlard Serre with all y e whole CouÌ„trey lying theraboutes On Monday the middleward lodged at the good towne called Dealpuhbon which long time was defended but at length gotten by force the Castell whereof yéelded vnto the which Towne and Castell the Prince coÌ„manded that no harme should be done by fire On Tuesday earely passing ouer y e riuer of Beseile they entred into a couÌ„trey which was broade About one aclocke they came before a great Abbey called Bourgbon where the Earle of Fluxens with great ioy receyued the Prince he being newly escaped out of prison from Paris where he had laine by the space of two yeares and the said Earle remained from that time faithful to the Prince This day they rode in the Lordships and seigniories of the same Earle by the Townes of Masell and Colmon and on the right hand they passed by the greate Towne of Saint Canole and the high Castel called Hautripe but on this day they brent nothing for reuerence of the foresaid Earle and his Uineyards but passed agayne ouer the water of Arage leauing also Tolous as they did at the first but then one mile on the left hand and now four leagues on the right and the middle ward was lodged in the great Towne of Mermount which togither with the Castell was brent On Wednesday they passed by the Castell of the Earle of Flux called Mounthane at the foote whereof all the horsemen passed ouer the great water of Geround and there tooke the Towne and Castell of North then leauing the Riuer of Gerond on the left hand and so passed vnto the towne of Marconaw which they tooke then they returned ouer the Riuer againe and tooke the strong Towne of Carbone On Thurseday y e armie rested On Friday word was brought to the Prince that the French were vp and had gathered a great force which they had deuided into fiue great battels being in the field not far from them wherevpoÌ„ our men set themselues in battayle aray about one mile from the place where they lodged and béeing now readie to fight some one of the Souldioures by chance start a Hare wherevpon a great shout was made which the enimies hearing they sente out fortie light Horsemen to sée what was the cause thereof who drawing nigh to the English armie and perceiuing them to be set in battayle aray returned backe againe and declared what they had séene wherevpon presently the whole armie of Frenchmen fled with great feare The same day Barthelmew Burwash Iohn Chandos and Iames de Audley with xxiiij light horsemeÌ„ were appointed scoutes comming to y â— tayle of y â— Frenchmen they toke prisoners xxxij Knightes gentlemen amongst whome they toke the Erle of Romeme also they slewe many Carters and Wagoners The Prince lodged in y e towne of Muwose On Saterday they marched to the Castell of Oradrie in which Castell the Prince lodged and in the morning they brent it On Sonday the two and twentith of Nouember about euening they perceyued that theyr enimies were on the other side of y e gret Hil harde by the great towne of Gemount so that the English men being be-nighted sent out lx lyghte horssemen and certaine bowmen vnto the righte hande of the towne called Auremount where finding 400. menne of armes of the Conestable of Fraunce they chased them out of the Towne and slewe and toke many the middle Warde lodged at Auremount and the Uawarde at Colimont Earelye in the morning the Wagoners being commaunded to remayne in the Towne of Auremount all the residue being deuided into troupes went into the fielde wayting for the comming of theyr enimies all in vaine for the Prynce taking the Towne of Gamount was tolde that his enimies fled away at midnight On Twesday the armye lodged in the fielde and for lacke of Water their horsse were faine to drinke Wyne whereof it came to passe that the nexte daye their horsses were so drunke they coulde not goe right forth and many of them dyed On Saint Katherines daye wyth muche a doe they came to Water and leauing the Towne of Florence on theyr righte hande they passed to the greate towne called Silard and the middle warde was lodged at a Towne called Realmount which they toke by maine force and therefore brent it On Thursday they rested On Fryday they trauayled a long iourney by Walled townes and strong Castels the middle warde lodged at Serde On Saterday they passed ouer a certaine Water with great difficultie and through woods till they came to a good Towne called Mesin On Sondaye the Prince rested and toke homage and othes of the Townesmen Monday Sainte Andrewes daye trauelling a long iourney they came to the Towne of Tolows where were thrée Castels On Twesday the prince trauelled to the Castel of Melan wher he lodged On Wednesday the Prince came to Regla wher his horsses and Wagons passed throughe the riuer of Gerond In thys Anno reg 30 towne of Regla the Prince appointed diuerse Barons and suche like to Winter in diuerse places of the Marches to the intente they shoulde kéepe the inland parts of Gascoigne against the French men The Prince of Wales
and déepe ditches To this Towne also belongeth only two Gates for entries the one called Calturances the other Mostrouillier In this Towne besides the inhabitants thereof for the defence of the same were foure hundred men of armes deputed in Garrison amongst whome were these Lords Lord Discouteuile chiefe Captayne of the Towne Lord Blanuile Lord Haqueuile Lord Harmanuile Lord Eancourt Lord Gaillard Bos and diuers other Lords and men expert in warre The King commanding the Duke of Clarence to asséege the Towne he endeuoured Titus Liuius to conuey his people ouer the Riuer in the passage whereof he had a great skirmish with the inhabitants of the Towne but at the last his aduersaries being put to flight recoyled within the walles The Duke conuayde ouer the Riuer all his ward and company and bycause the Riuer deuided the Kings Camp from the Dukes they ordeyned a ready and sure passage ouer the same Riuer betwixt both the Campes to the kéeping whereof certayne Gentlemen were appoynted so that theyr enimies myghte not endomage them neyther by Water nor Lande In this meane time befell a great misaduenture to the Enguerant Frenchmen that were beséeged for the Gonnepouder and shotte that was sent vnto them by the French King was encountred vpon the Sea by the Englishmen and taken to their great displeasure and domage The King gaue the charge of the fielde to his brother Titus Liuius Humfrey Duke of Glocester On the same side the Riuer that the King lay was y e Duke of Yorke high Connestable of England lodged with his band When euery man was placed y e Towne was so streightly asséeged that all entries and issues of the Towne were stopped so y ◠they of y e towne were in dispaire to haue any succour from the Realme of France Many engins were reysed by the English which in short time should haue bin the destruction of the walles if they of the Towne had not the sooner stopped the Riuer of the same towne within wherby the water gathered reised without the towne betwixt the King and the D. of Clarence to the semblance of a little Sea which caused the Englishmen to withdraw their Gonnes and other engins whereby at that time the walles were saued Then the King caused to Enguerant be made vnder the water thrée great Mines vnto the walles of the towne which in like maner had bin the cause of their ruine if the inhabitants had not countermined them and letted their purpose The inhabitants of the Town perceyuing Titus Liuius themselues thus streightly asséeged as well by Land as by Sea conuayde all their Shippes within their Hauē and bound them togither with cheynes and in the two towers that were made for the defence of the Hauen they put certaine Garrisons and armed men who oftentimes attempted to inuade the Kings Nauie but at all times they were by his Shippes beaten and constreyned to recule still within their Hauen at the last the Captaynes and inhabitants considering that by such skirmishes as well vpon the Land as vpon the Sea they gained nothing tooke this appointment with the King that if they were not rescued by the Frenchmen within certayne dayes limited they shoulde then delyuer into hys handes the Towne with thirtie persons of the greatest and most noble within the Towne suche as the King woulde desire to bée ordered at the Kings pleasure and all the residue as well menne of Warre as the inhabitantes of the same Towne without armoure and leauing behynde them theyr goodes shoulde fréely goe where they woulde for the suretie of whyche appoyntemente to bée kepte they deliuered vnto the King twelue of their greatest personages for pledges The Captaynes and inhabitants of the Towne séeing their day of appoyntment to approch and themselues vtterly desperate of any succours of their people ordeyned to perfourme their couenant at their day prefixed whiche was the xxij of September on which day came Sir Lionell Braquemont gouernour of the Towne vnto the King and knéeling before him sayd Most victorious Prince beholde héere the keyes of this Towne which after our promis I yéeld vnto you with the Towne my selfe and my companie Then were brought to the King the Lord Coteuile the Lord Gangcourt and other to the number of thirtie and all the residue as well souldioures as inhabitants were suffered vnarmed to depart The King constitute Captayne of the Towne Sir Thomas Beawford Earle of Dorset hys Unkle to whome he also committed two thousand souldiers chosen men of his host Then considering that winter drew on as also the losse of their men by reason of the Flix then reigning amongst them by which infirmitie died Michaell at Poole Earle of Suffolke the Bishop of Norwich the Enguerat Lord Beawmont and others and of the commons to the number of two thousand and aboue King Henry created the sonne of Michaell at Poole Earle of Suffolke who liued not long after After King Henry had remayned at Harefleete fiftéene dayes after y e deliuerie of the Towne and of the Towers he departed from thence towards Caleis whereof when his Titus Liuius enimies were aduertised and also by what way he intended to passe all the people of the Countrey Cities and Townes were maruellouslie oppressed with feare wherefore they hasted them to defensible places and other that were apt to warre tooke them to their horsses and assembled them togither in great number with no small companie of footemen and in all that they might they oppressed the Englishmen The Kings host kept an easie pace without making any hast and when they approched the Towne of Ewe their enimies assayled them in the fieldes with great force and noyse where on both parties it was foughten sore and vigorously Enguerant but the Frenchmen reculed to the Towne where they were in good suretie From thence the King departed and came to a passage of the Riuer of Some which the Frenchmen call Blankhestoke or Blanch tache This passage at Titus Liuius the comming vnto it was fixed with sharp stakes by their enimies so that they could not passe there but were constreyned to go farther séeking their passage vntill they came directly to haue the Citie of Amiens and the Castell of Gorby on their left side where they of the sayde Citie began with them a new fight but they were soone forced by the English to returne to their Citie agayne The xix of October the King passed the Riuer of Some at the passage of Vienna and Bethew-court and wente then to lodge him at Mouche-legach frō whence he aduanced him towardes the Riuer of Miramont In the meane time the French King and the Duke of Guyen his sonne then Dolphin purposing to resist the Englishmen came to Roane from whence they sent thrée Heraults to the King of England to giue vnderstanding that he should not escape without battayle vnto whome the sayde King answered All things be done at the pleasure
Cornwall 442 First King that vvare a crovvn of gold vvho builded Blackvvell Hall The seconde Lavves vvere Mulmutius lavves Flores HistoriaruÌ„ reduced this Realme into one Monarchie being before by ciuil warres and dissention seuered and broughte into diuers dominions he was the firste that ware a crown of golde he constituted good lawes whyche long after were called Mulmutius Lawes These lawes holy Gildas wrote oute of the British spéech into Latine He gaue priniledges vnto Temples and ploughes and beganne to make the foure notable wayes in Brytaine In newe Troy he builded a greate Temple called Templum Pacis which some suppose to be Saint Paules some Blackwell Hall and wythoute doubte the olde worke of Blackwel Hall now remayning was the Jewes Synagogue He raigned xl yeares leauing after him two sonnes Belinus and Brennus He was buryed in the Temple of Peace whiche he had builded BElinus and Brennus sons of Mulmutius and Cornouenna 401 diuided this whole Isle of Brytaine betwene them Unto Beline the elder brother was appointed Englande Wales and Cornwall Unto the other the North parte beyond Humber This Brennus a yong man desirous of glory Flores HistoriaruÌ„ I. Leiland â—aâ—fride and dominion raysed warre againste Beline But in conclusion by y e means of their mother they were accorded and Brennus being wholly giueÌ„ to y e study of wars left hys couÌ„try to y t gouernaÌ„ce of his brother weÌ„t into FraÌ„ce amoÌ„gest y e Galles where for his excelleÌ„t qualities he was greatly estéemed made of them theyr soueraigne Captaine with whoÌ„ he passed into Italie sacked Rome and expelling the Tuscanes builded Millain Brescia Como Bergamo Vincenza Trent Verona whiche he called after his owne name Brenona After Iustine this as writeth Trogus Pompeius abridged by Iustine hée raised an hoste of 150000. footemen and 15000. horsemen inuaded Macedone againe When Sosthenes sawe how they wasted the Countrey and villages he mette them with hys host of Macedones well appointed But by reason they were fewe and their enemies manye they were soone put to the worser Wherefore while the Macedones being beaten kept them within the walles of their Cities Brennus like a conquerour against whom no man durst shew his head to make resistaunce foraged al the Iles of Macedone And from thence as though those booties and spoyles séemed too base and simple in his eye he tourned his minde to the Temples of the Goddes immortall malapertlye scoffing that the goddes were riche and ought to departe liberally to men Therfore he toke his iourney towards Delphos setting more by y e gain of the gold that had ben offered to the Goddes than by theyr displeasure The Temple of Apollo at Delphos is situate in y e mount Parnassus vppon a cliffe on euerye side falling stéepe downe There the confluence of men hath made a populous Cittie Moreouer both the Temple and the towne are enclosed with the stéepenesse of the rocke The middle part of the rocke inwarde is in fashion like a Theatre by meanes whereof when men make any shouting or any Trumpet is sounded the same breaketh redoundeth in such wise vpon the stones from one to another that the Echo is herd double and treble the noyce resounding farre lowder than it wente forth The whyche causeth the ignoraunt to stande in more feare thinking it to be the presence of the Godheade In the winding of the rocke almost mid-way to the toppe of the Hil there is a little playne and in the same a déepe hole into the ground which serueth to giue Oracles Out of the which a certaine colde breath ascending vpwarde stirreth the mindes of the Prophetes into a madnesse and so compelleth them to giue aunsweare to such as come for counsayle In the same place therefore there are to be séene many and riche gifts of kyngs and peoples Wherefore when Brutus came within the view of the Temple he was in doubt a greate whyle whether hée wer better to attempt the matter forthwith or giue his souldiours that nights respite to rest them Euridanus and Thessalonus who for conetousnesse of the praye hadde ioyned themselues with him willed to cut off al delay while theyr enimies were vnprouided where as by giuing them that nights respite theyr enimies should perchance get both courage and succour but the common souldiours of the Frenchmen when after long penurie they founde a Countrey replenished with wine and all other kind of victuals they dispersed themselues in the fields making hauock of al things like conguerours by which meanes the Delphians had respit to lay for themselues and manned the towne by the helpe of theyr neyghbours or euer the Frenchmen coulde be called from the wyne Fat to their standarde Brennus had thréescore and fiue thousand chosen footemen of the best in al his hoste where as the Delphians were in al but. 4000. fighting men In disdayne of whiche small handful Brennus to the entente to sharpen the mindes of his men shewed them all what a riche and plentiful pray they shoulde haue The Frenchmen being by this vouching of their Captaine or rather by theyr owne beholding stirred vp and also wounded with the wine they had poured in the day before without respite of any daÌ„ger ran heâ—long to the encounter On the contrarie part the Delphians putting more truste in God than in their owne strength resisted theyr enemyes and what with stones and what with their weapons threw the Frenchmen as they scaled headlong from the top of the mountain While the two partes were thus striuing one with another sodainely the Priestes of al the Temples and the Prophetes wyth theyr haire aboute their eares c. like men straught out of their wittes came running into the forefront of the battaile crying out that while they were al making their supplications to God for ayde they met a yong maÌ„ of beautie and personage far excelling any mortal creature and in his companie two Uirgins in armour wherefore they besought them séeing the Gods did garde their standarde they shoulde not sticke to dispatch their enimies And there with all they forthwith perceyued that God was present on their side For both a piece of the mountaine being broken off by a sodaine earthquake ouerwhelmed the French hoste and the thickest of theyr enimies not without gret slaughter were opened and put to flight In the necke whereof there ensued a tempeste with hayle thunder and lightning consuming as manye as were anye thing sore wounded The Captaine Brennus himselfe not being able to abyde the smarte of his woundes Brennus killeth himselfe toke â— sworde and killed himselfe Thus farre abridged out of Iustrne Beline in the meane time bothe in ciuill iustice and also Religion greatly encreased his Realm He made thrée Archflamines whose Seas were at new Troy Kayrbranke Kayrlegion Archflames Foure notable vvayes He finished the foure greate wayes begon by his Father he subdued and made tributarie vnto him Denmarke In
in body very comely in spirite proude and in action most wicked whose couetousnesse and ambition by the disheriting of widdowes and strangers wrought the death of the Nobles the fall of the King with the vtter destruction of himselfe and his father Iohn Lambin Richard Wilford the 28. of September Sherifes Maior 1313 Tho. de la More Sir Iohn Gisors Peperer the 28. of October King Edwarde gathering a greate power marched towards Scotland to breake the séege of Striueling Castell and lodged himselfe and his people there about in the fielde on the euen of Saint Iohn Baptist neuer afore that time was Battayle at Striuelin séene the like preparation pride and cost in the time of war as affirmeth Robert Paston a Carmelite Frier being present Robert Paston and taken of the Scottes which he sorowfully bewayled in his Heroycall Uerse whiles he was prisoner The firste night sayeth he yée might haue séene the Englishmen bathing themselues in Wyne and casting their gorges there was crying showting wassaling and drinking with other rioting farre aboue measure On the other side yée might haue séene the Scottes quiet still and close fasting she euen of Saint Iohn Baptist labouring in loue of the libertie of their Countrey On the morow the Scottes hauing gotten the most conuenient place in the fielde for victorie made ditches in the grounde thrée foote déepe and she like in breadth from the right wing of the army vnto the least couering y â— same with weake twigges or Herdles and agayne ouer with Turffe and Grasse whiche was not of strength to beare horsemen The armie of the Scottes béeing deuided into certayne troupes stoode not farre off from this dike whiche was betwixt them and the Englishmen On the other side the Armie of the Englishmen comming out of the weast the sunne rising casting his beames on their golden Targets bright helmets and other armoure gaue such a reflection as was both wonderfull and terrible to beholde In the first warde were the light horsemen and heauie coursers In the second were the archers and other footemen who were appoynted for the chase of the aduersaries In the thirde was the King with his Bishops and other religious amongst whome was Hugh Spencer The Horsemen of the first front making vpon their enimies foundered with their foreféete into the ditch and laye therâ— tumbling abiding the cruelty of the Scottes who comming vpon them slewe soâ—e and tooke a greate many richemen for raunsome There was slayne Gilbert de Clare Earle of Glocester whome the Scottes woulde gladly haue kept for raunsome if they hadde knowne him but hée hadde forgotten to putte on hys coate of Armes wyth hym was flaine Sir Edmond Manly Syr Roberte Clifford Sir Paine Tâ—ptofte Syr Wyllyam Marshall Syr Giles Dargenton and many other Knights and Esquiers There was taken Humfrey de Bohun Erle of Hereford Iohn Segraue Iohn Claueringham William Latimer Syr Roger Northbroke bearer of the Kings Shielde or Seale but Syr Rauf Mounthermer that had married Ioane of Acres Countesse of Glocester the Kings sister beyng taken Anno reg 7. founde suche fauour that his raunsome was pardoned and hée returning into Englande broughte backe wyth hym the Kings Shield or Seales but Syr Edmond Manly the kings Steward drowned himselfe in Banockesborne Almoste thrée hundreth men of armes were slaine in that place our archers killing manye of them who séeyng the Scottes cruelly bent vppon our horsemenne falne in the ditche shotte their arrowes wyth a highe compasse that they mighte fall betwixte the armoure of theyr ennimyes whyche was all in vayne â— and when they shâ—tte right forth they sleâ—â— fewe of the Scottes â— by reason of their armed â—eastes but many of the Englishemen by reason of theyr naked 〈◊〉 The King with the Bishoppes and Hughe Spencer bée tooke themselues to flight â— in whiche daunger of fléeyng the King â—â—wed to God that hée woulde buylde vnto the â—oorâ—â— Earmelite â—riers an house in the whyche hée woulde place 〈◊〉 and twentie brethren to be Students â—â— Diuinitie whyche hée afterwardes performed in Oxforde Ralphe Baldâ—â—â— Byshoppe of London deceassed who in Cro. 〈◊〉 Wil. Pastâ—â— hys lyfe tyme gaue two thousande Markes to the building of the newe worke of the Chappell on the Southe side of Nevve vvorke of Paules Churche in London the Churche of Saint Paule in London and lefte muche by hys testament to the same worke In digging the foundation of this worke were founde more than a hundreth heades of Oxen and Kine whyche thing confirmed great lye the opinion of those whych haue reported that of olde tyme it hadde béene called The Temple of Iupiter and that there was the Sacrifice of Beastes Robert Gurdeine Hugh Garron the 28. of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Sherifes Maior 1314 Victuall prised Nicholas Farendon Goldsmith the 28. of October 〈◊〉 The King caused hys Writs to bée published for prices of virtualles that no Oxe â—â—alled 〈◊〉 be solde 〈◊〉 more than foure and twentie shillings 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Anno reg 8. Oxe for more than sixtéene shillings â—â—◠〈◊〉 stallâ—d Cowe at twelue shillings another Cowe at tenne shillings aâ— faâ—â—e Mutton corne fedde or whose 〈◊〉 wel growne â—â—â—wentie pence another fatte Mutton shorne at fourtéene pence a fatte Hogge of two yeares olde at thrée shillings foure pence a fatte Goose at two pence halfepeny in the Citie at thrée pence a fatte Capon at twoo pence in the Citie two pence halfepenyâ—â—â— fatte Henne at one peny and in the Citie thrée halfpenceâ— twoo 〈◊〉 a penny in the Citie thrée halfepence foure Pigeons for one peny in the Cittie thrée Pigeous for a penny â— soure and 〈◊〉 egges a peny in the City twentie egges a peny 〈◊〉 Stephen Abingdon Hamond Chigwell the 28. of Sept. Sherifes Maior Tho. Walsing Sir Iohn Gisors Peperer the â—8 of October Notwythstanding the Statutes of the laste Parliament the Kings Writs â—â—â— things were sold dearer than before â—â— flesh could be had Capons and Géese would not be founde Egges were hard to come by Shéepe dyed of the Victuall deare 1315 Chro. S. Albâ—â—â— rotte Swine were out of the way a Quarter of Wheate Beanes and Pease were solde for twentie Shillings a Quarter of Malte for a Marke a Quarter of Salt for 〈◊〉 and thirtie Shillings c. Iohn Poydras a Tanners sonne of Excester in diuers A Tanners sonne claymed to be King places of England named himselfe the sonne of Edward the first and sayd that by a false nursse he was stolne out of his cradle and Edward that now was King put in his place but shortly after he was conuict of his vntruth and confessed that he did it by the motion of a familiar spirit which he had in his house in likenesse of a Catte whome he had serued thrée yeares for the which seruice he was hanged at North â—hampion The King in a Parliament at Lincolne gaue the rodde and 〈◊〉 of Marshall vnto Thomas of Brotherton Earle of Norffolke his
almoste in sunder yet in suche sort that â—â—meâ— horssemen mighte ryde ouer it and for the purpose he hadde a greate stone whiche was layde vppe in a hole made in forme of an Arche beyng in the foreparte of the Towâ—e hangyng ouer the Bridge in whyche hée appoynted a Faythfull Souldiour should bée in the tyme to throwe downe the sayde stone vppon the Bridge that wyth the fall thereof the Bridge beyng halfe cutte in two should be broken in sunder and so that hole where the stone was layde shoulde bée wrought in suche sorte that hée wythin shoulde perceiue throughe the hole howe manye dyd enter in â—â—â—â—â—â— were made priuie to this practise neyther did many knowe of the kings presence or of the prince of Wales who when they had wroughte thys feate secretely conueyed themselues into the Towne The daye before the tyme of delyuerie of thys Towne Geffrey Cherney â—â—â—â—â— fifteene of his faithfullest menne wyth the gâ—â—aâ—â—â— parte of the golde whiche was to be payde who shoulde also â—â—yâ— the faythe of Emericus and the order of the Castell who searching euery where in euery Tower and corner whiche they could finde open coulde perceyue nothing contrarie to theyr lykyng wherevpon on the next day in the morning they set vp the French kings standerde in the highest Towre of the Castell and the auntientes also of Geffrey and of other Lordes vpon other Towers and places Then the people of the Town who kept common watch and warde not knowing of this secrete deuice were gretly terrifyed therwith in so muche that they taking weapon in hande beganne to giue a charge against the Castell by and by the French men who hadde entred the day before toke Thomas Kingstone then fléeing awaye quite ignoraunt of that whiche was deuised and forceably they set him in the stockes Then certaine of them being sent out to the French men their companions and maisters who laye without in ambushes shewed them the auntients and standerd set vp and all to be well euen as they woulde haue it hastning them forwarde to come to the defence of the Castell againste the townes men wherfore they rysing from their lorking places aduaunced themselues in pride and bragging and came by heapes in at the gates of the Castell The townes men perceyuing this had muche adoe to forebeare their handes from them had not their chiefe leaders withdrawen them from it least some daunger should haue happened to them that laye hid by and by those that laye hid closed vnder the Arches of the Walles prepared themselues to breake out vpon their enimies In like sorte also he that with the great stone man shut vp in the hole after that he sée so many entred in â—â—â—éeming that his fellowes were sufficient to ouerthrowe theâ— with that great stone put to his custodie hée brake the drawe bridge by the whiche the enemies had entred in but being once in coulde not goe that waye out againe when the stone was thus downe and had discharged the thing for the which it was layde vp the French men deceiued by that pollicy they wer enclosed safe ynough At the noyse of this stone and the bridge that brake these armed men of whom before I spake breaking downe their counterfaite wall behinde the which all the deceyte was hyd they presently set themselues in order to inuade the French men bidden to a bitter breakfast The conflict was sharp for a good season but at the length the enimies being ouercome yéelded themselues to the plesure of the conquerours They which were without and had not entred as soone as they perceyued theyr companions to be deceyued fled after whome the king with scarce sixtéene men of armes and as many Archers followed a pace the runnawayes not knowing what company woulde followe them many in thys chase were wearied and many moe slaine and in a small time the king ouercame daungerous and great labours but at length when it was vnderstoode by them that fledde howe fewe there were that chased them fourescore armed men turned them against the king I dare not ascribe thys Tho. de la More boldnesse of the king in chasing of his enimies to hys wisedome but only to the sâ—outnesse of his minde the whiche is wel knowen through Gods grace to be brought to good effect by his meanes though the daunger were neuer so gret for when he perceyued that the French men had turned theÌ„selues to withstande him he caste away the scaberde of hys sword and comforting his men about him setting them in good order exhorted them to play the men lustily The Archers being placed in the Marche against the sides of the enimies stoode on dry Hilles which were compassed aboute with quag-myers and foggie places that neyther horssemen nor footemen might approch them but they should rather be drowned in mud than come néere to hurt them these also did the king comfort saying to them doe well you Archers play the men lustily and knowe that I am Edwarde of Windsor Then the presence of the king and necessitie of the matter styrred vp theyr hartes to doe well the Archers vncouering theyr heades stripping vp theyr sléeues bente themselues to bestow theyr arrowes in such sort that they might not be loste and as the French men drewe towardes theÌ„ they saluted theÌ„ after with their arrowes The armed men of both partes stoode in order to fighte vppon a long and narrowe causewaye the bredth whereof was not able to receiue scarce twentie men of armes in a fronte hauing on both sides thereof the Marishe in the whiche the Archers were placed who gauled and wounded theyr enimies on the sides fléeing as thicke as hayle The kyng and his men before wyth the Archers on the side slewe and tooke a greate manye and manye of them stoode stoutlye to it till at the length by the comming of the Prince of Wales the Frenche were putte to flighte after a long chase in pursuing the enimies they returning backe againe to Caleis numbred those which were fledde as well as those whiche were taken and they founde that for the taking of the Castell as the prisoners reported there came a thousand men of armes and sixe hundred armed men but they which serued were aboue thrée thousand among theÌ„ which were taken was Geffrey Charney and his sonne Edwarde 1â—50 de Renty Robert Danquile Otto de Gulo the Baron of Martingham Baldyne Saylly Henrie de Prees Garinus Baylofe Peter Renel Peter Dargemole Eustace de Riplemount and manye other Lordes Knightes and Baronets who were chased and ranne away with theyr auntientes as the Lorde de Mountmarice also Laundas who maried the Lady Saint Paule Countesse of Penbroke in England also y e Lord Fenas the Lorde Planckes and another Eustace de Replemount There were slaine in the skirmish the Lord Henrie de Boys the Lord Archibalde many others whose names the Conquerors were not able to certifie Thus by pollicie and deuised treason the aucthours