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that_o they_o shall_v aid_v &_o assist_v he_o again_o all_o prince_n and_o when_o so_o ever_o he_o have_v war_n or_o any_o king_n of_o england_n be_v rightful_a enherytoure_n again_o any_o prince_n other_o within_o his_o land_n or_o without_o y_z e_o scot_n at_o their_o proper_a cost_n &_o expense_n shall_v find_v three_o c._n horseman_n well_o arm_v and_o a_o m_o foteman_n well_n &_o suffycyent_o array_v for_o the_o war_n the_o which_o xiii_o c._n man_n the_o scot_n shall_v wage_v for_o a_o hole_n year_n and_o if_o the_o king_n of_o england_n end_v not_o his_o war_n within_o the_o year_n than_o he_o to_o hire_v and_o wage_v the_o say_a scot_n as_o he_o do_v the_o other_o of_o his_o souldyour_n after_o which_o grant_v make_v &_o bond_n for_o the_o surety_n thereof_o receyve_v by_o y_z e_z king_n as_o wytness_v the_o french_a cronycle_n the_o king_n leve_v at_o edinburgh_n a_o certain_a of_o his_o knight_n to_o strength_n y_o it_o scot_n against_o the_o frencheman_n which_o compass_v 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the_o common_a people_n which_o i_o pass_v over_o anno_fw-la dni_fw-la m.ccc.xxxvi_o  _fw-fr anno_fw-la dni_fw-la m.ccc.xxxvii_o  _fw-fr walter_n neale_n  _fw-fr henry_n darcy_n  _fw-fr anno_fw-la xii_o  _fw-fr nycholas_n crane_n  _fw-fr in_o this_o xii_o year_n y_o e_o king_n hold_v his_o parlyament_n at_o westmynster_n about_o the_o time_n of_o lent_n during_o the_o which_o he_o make_v of_o the_o erledâ—m_n of_o cornewayle_v &_o duchy_n &_o give_v it_o with_o the_o erledam_fw-la of_o chestre_n unto_o edward_n his_o son_n and_o at_o this_o parlyament_fw-mi be_v make_v vi_o earl_n that_o be_v to_o say_v of_o derby_n of_o northampton_n of_o hâ—ntyngdon_n of_o salysbury_n of_o glouceter_n &_o of_o suff_v â–ª_o as_o henry_n of_o lancastre_n be_v create_v earl_n of_o derby_n or_o after_o some_o writer_n of_o leyceter_n wyllyam_n de_fw-fr bothum_fw-la earl_n of_o northampton_n wyllyam_n de_fw-fr clinton_n earl_n of_o huntyngedon_n wyllyam_n de_fw-fr montague_n earl_n of_o salysbury_n hugh_n 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of_o the_o englysshman_n win_v diverse_a town_n &_o hold_n in_o brytayne_n upon_o the_o say_a sir_n charles_n &_o his_o frenchman_n but_o in_o the_o end_n of_o this_o year_n he_o be_v take_v with_o such_o sykenes_n y_fw-mi t_z he_o die_v in_o a_o town_n call_v corentyne_n after_o who_o death_n the_o say_a charles_n possede_v the_o more_o part_n of_o the_o duchye_a of_o brytayne_n this_o year_n the_o king_n send_v y_z e_o earl_n of_o derby_n with_o a_o strong_a army_n into_o guyan_n for_o to_o aid_v the_o earl_n of_o northampton_n who_o y_fw-es e_o king_n before_o have_v leave_v there_o at_o bordeaux_n to_o strength_n that_o country_n again_o the_o french_a man_n to_o who_o after_o the_o dethe_v of_o the_o forename_a sir_n john_n earl_n of_o mountforde_n draw_v many_o of_o the_o soudyour_n that_o be_v on_o his_o party_n anno_fw-la domini_fw-la m.ccc.xliiii_o  _fw-fr
about_o dunkyrke_n they_o give_v unto_o he_o such_o assaute_n that_o he_o be_v constrain_v to_o gyve_v back_o and_o for_o the_o say_a ship_n and_o good_n shall_v not_o come_v unto_o the_o possessyon_n of_o his_o enemy_n he_o set_v they_o on_o fire_n within_o the_o haven_n and_o so_o be_v waste_v both_o shyppe_n and_o good_n and_o all_o be_v it_o that_o after_o this_o miss_v hap_n he_o recover_v his_o strengthe_n &_o lay_v siege_n unto_o y_z e_o town_n of_o ipre_n and_o wrought_v the_o flemynge_n moche_v care_n and_o trouble_v short_o after_o such_o syckeness_n fall_v among_o his_o people_n as_o the_o flyre_n and_o other_o that_o his_o souldyour_n dye_v of_o they_o great_a noumbre_fw-mi for_o the_o which_o he_o be_v compel_v to_o leave_v his_o journey_n and_o to_o return_v into_o england_n in_o this_o year_n also_o be_v a_o batayle_n or_o feat_n of_o arm_n do_v in_o the_o king_n palay_n of_o westmynster_n atwene_v one_o call_v garton_n appellaunt_a and_o sir_n john_n ansley_n knight_n defendant_n of_z which_o fight_n at_o length_n the_o knight_n be_v vyctor_n and_o cause_v his_o enemy_n to_o yield_v he_o for_o the_o which_o the_o say_a garton_n be_v from_o that_o place_n draw_v unto_o tyburn_n and_o there_o hang_v for_o his_o false_a accusacyon_n and_o surmise_v anno_fw-la dni_fw-la m.ccc.lxxxiii_o  _fw-fr anno_fw-la dni_fw-la m.ccc.lxxxiiii_o grocer_n symonde_fw-fr wynchecombe_n  _fw-fr nycholas_n brembre_v  _fw-fr anno._n seven_o  _fw-fr john_n more_fw-it  _fw-fr  _fw-fr anno_fw-la dni_fw-la m.ccc.lxxxiiii_o  _fw-fr anno_fw-la dni_fw-la m.ccc.lxxxv_o  _fw-fr nycholas_n exton_n  _fw-fr nycholas_n brembre_v  _fw-fr anno._n viij_o  _fw-fr john_n french_fw-mi  _fw-fr this_o year_n king_n rycharde_n hold_v his_o christmas_n at_o eltham_n thither_o come_v unto_o he_o the_o king_n of_o ermony_n which_o be_v chase_v out_o of_o his_o land_n by_o the_o infidel_n and_o turk_n and_o require_a aid_n of_o y_fw-fr e_o king_n to_o be_v restore_v unto_o his_o dominyon_n the_o king_n fe_v and_o comfort_v he_o according_a to_o his_o honour_n &_o after_o counsel_v take_v with_o his_o lord_n concern_v that_o matter_n he_o give_v unto_o he_o great_a sum_n of_o money_n and_o other_o rich_a gift_n with_o the_o which_o after_o he_o have_v tarry_v in_o england_n upon_o two_o month_n he_o depart_v with_o glad_a countenance_n and_o soon_o after_o ester_n the_o king_n with_o a_o great_a army_n go_v toward_o scotlande_n but_o when_o he_o draw_v never_o unto_o the_o border_n such_o mean_n be_v seek_v by_o the_o scot_n that_o a_o peace_n be_v conclude_v atwene_v both_o realm_n for_o a_o certain_a tyme._n after_o which_o conclusion_n so_o take_v the_o king_n return_v unto_o york_n and_o there_o restyd_v he_o a_o season_n in_o which_o time_n varyaunce_n fall_v atwene_v john_n holande_n brother_n to_o the_o earl_n of_o kent_n and_o the_o earl_n son_n of_o stafforde_n by_o reason_n of_o which_o varyaunce_n in_o conclusion_n y_fw-fr e_o say_v son_n of_o the_o earl_n be_v slay_v of_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o same_o sir_n john_n holade_n for_o the_o which_o deed_n the_o king_n be_v grevous_o amove_v &_o depart_v short_o after_o with_o his_o company_n towards_o london_n anno_fw-la dni_fw-la m.ccc.lxxxv_o  _fw-fr anno_fw-la dni_fw-la m.ccc.lxxxvi_o grocer_n john_n organ_n  _fw-fr nycholas_n brembre_v  _fw-fr anno._n ix_o  _fw-fr john_n chyrcheman_n  _fw-fr this_o year_n king_n rycharde_n assemble_v at_o westmynster_n his_o high_a court_n of_o parliament_n during_o the_o which_o among_o other_o many_o act_n in_o the_o same_o counsel_n conclude_v he_o create_v ii_o duke_n a_o marquess_n and_o u_o earl_n of_o the_o which_o first_o sir_n edmonde_fw-fr of_o langley_n the_o king_n uncle_n and_o earl_n of_o cambrydge_v be_v create_v duke_n of_o york_n sir_n thomas_n of_o woodstoke_v his_o other_o uncle_n earl_n of_o buckyngham_n be_v create_v duke_n of_o gloucester_n sir_n lionel_n vere_n y_fw-fr t_o be_v earl_n of_o oxenford_n be_v make_v marquess_n of_o develyn_n sir_n henry_n bolingbrooke_n son_n and_o heir_n of_o john_n of_o gaunt_n duke_n of_o lancastre_n be_v make_v earl_n of_o derby_n sir_n edward_n son_n &_o heir_n unto_o the_o duke_n of_o york_n be_v make_v earl_n of_o rutland_n sir_n john_n holande_n brother_n to_o the_o earl_n of_o kent_n be_v make_v earl_n of_o huntyngdone_n sir_n thomas_n monbraye_n be_v make_v earl_n of_o notyngham_n and_o martial_n of_o england_n and_o sir_n mychaell_n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr poole_n be_v make_v earl_n of_o suffolk_n &_o chaunceller_n of_o england_n and_o by_o auctoryte_n of_o the_o same_o parlyament_fw-mi sir_n roger_n mortymer_n earl_n of_o the_o march_n and_o son_n and_o heir_n unto_o sir_n edmonde_fw-fr mortymer_n and_o of_o dame_n philyppe_v elder_a daughter_n and_o heir_n unto_o sir_n lionel_n y_fw-fr e_fw-la second_o son_n of_o edward_n the_o three_o be_v soon_o after_o proclaim_v heir_n paraunt_a unto_o the_o crown_n of_o england_n the_o which_o sir_n roger_n short_o after_o sail_v into_o ireland_n there_o to_o pacify_v his_o lordeshyppe_n of_o wulster_n which_o he_o be_v lord_n of_o by_o his_o foresay_a mother_n but_o while_o he_o be_v there_o occupy_v about_o the_o same_o the_z wild_a irysshe_n come_v upon_o he_o in_o noumbre_fw-mi and_o slay_v he_o and_o moche_n of_o his_o company_n this_o sir_n roger_n have_v issue_n edmonde_n and_o roger_n anne_n alys_n and_o elynoure_n that_o be_v make_v a_o nun_n the_o ii_o foresay_a son_n die_v without_o issue_n and_o anne_n elder_a daughter_n be_v marry_v to_o rycharde_n earl_n of_o cambrydge_v which_o rycharde_n be_v son_n unto_o sir_n edmonde_fw-fr of_o langley_n before_o name_v the_o which_o rycharde_n have_v issue_n by_o the_o say_a anne_n isabella_n lady_n bouchier_n rycharde_n that_o after_o be_v duke_n of_o york_n &_o father_n to_o king_n edward_n the_o four_o which_o say_v richard_n earl_n of_o cambridge_n be_v put_v to_o death_n by_o henry_n the_o u_o as_o after_o shall_v appear_v in_o this_o year_n also_o sir_n henry_n bolingbroke_n earl_n of_o derby_n marry_v the_o countess_n daughter_n of_o herforde_n by_o who_o he_o be_v lord_n of_o that_o country_n and_o by_o she_o he_o have_v issue_n henry_n that_o after_o he_o be_v king_n blaunche_n duchess_n of_o bar_n and_o philippe_n that_o be_v wed_v to_o the_o king_n of_o denmark_n also_o thomas_n duke_n of_o clarence_n john_n duke_n of_o bedforde_n &_o humphrey_n duke_n of_o gloucester_n anno_fw-la domini_fw-la m.ccc.lxxxvi_o  _fw-fr anno_fw-la domini_fw-la m.ccc.lxxxvii_o goldesmythe_n wyllyam_n stondon_n  _fw-fr nycholas_n exton_n  _fw-fr anno._n x._o  _fw-fr wyllyam_n more_n  _fw-fr in_o this_o ten_o year_n the_o earl_n of_o arundel_n be_v send_v into_o the_o duchye_a of_o guyan_n for_o to_o strengthe_n such_o soudyour_n as_o the_o king_n at_o that_o time_n have_v in_o those_o party_n or_z after_o some_o writer_n to_o scour_v the_o see_v of_o rover_n &_o enemy_n the_o which_o earl_n in_o keep_a his_o course_n or_o passage_n encounter_v a_o mighty_a float_n of_o flemynge_n lade_v with_o rochel_n wine_n &_o set_v upon_o they_o and_o distress_v they_o &_o their_o shyppe_n and_o so_o bring_v they_o unto_o dyvers_a port_n of_o england_n by_o reason_n whereof_o the_o say_a wine_n be_v so_o plenteous_a in_o england_n that_o a_o ton_n thereof_o be_v sell_v for_o a_o mark_n and_o twenty_o s._n the_o choice_n and_o among_o other_o in_o that_o float_n be_v take_v the_o admyralle_n of_o flaunders_n which_o remain_v here_o long_o after_o as_o prisoner_n anno_fw-la domini_fw-la m.ccc.lxxxvii_o  _fw-fr anno_fw-la dni_fw-la m.ccc.lxxxviii_o goldesmythe_n wyllyam_n uenour_n  _fw-fr nycholas_n exton_n  _fw-fr anno._n xi_o  _fw-fr hugh_n fostalfe_a  _fw-fr this_o xi_o year_n of_o king_n rycharde_n sir_n thomas_n of_o woodstock_n duke_n of_o gloucester_n the_o earl_n of_o arundel_n with_o the_o earl_n of_o warwyke_a of_o derby_n and_o of_o notyngham_n consyder_v how_o the_o king_n and_o his_o land_n be_v miss_v lad_n by_o a_o few_o person_n 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y_z to_o which_o short_o after_o be_v use_v thoroughe_o all_o country_n of_o england_n anno_fw-la domini_fw-la m._n ccc.lxxxxviii_n  _fw-fr anno_fw-la dni_fw-la m._n ccc.lxxxxix_n goldesmythe_n john_n wade_v  _fw-fr drewe_n barentyne_n  _fw-fr anno_fw-la xxii_o  _fw-fr john_n warner_n  _fw-fr in_o this_o xxii_o year_n of_o king_n rycharde_n y_fw-es e_o common_a fame_n run_v y_z t_z the_o king_n have_v letton_n to_o ferme_fw-fr y_fw-fr e_o realm_n of_o england_n unto_o sir_n wyllyam_n sâ—ope_v earl_n of_o wylshyre_n &_o than_o treasourer_n of_o england_n to_o sir_n john_n busshey_n sir_n john_n bagot_n and_o sir_n henry_n grene_n knight_n y_z e_o which_o return_v short_o after_o to_o their_o great_a confusyon_n this_o year_n also_o thomas_n y_fw-fr e_o son_n and_o heir_n of_o y_fw-fr e_o earl_n of_o arundel_n late_o behede_v y_z e_o which_o thomas_n nat_n all_o to_o his_o pleasure_n be_v keep_v in_o y_z e_z house_n of_o the_o duke_n of_o exeter_n pass_v y_o e_o see_v by_o y_z e_z mean_n 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henry_n y_fw-fr e_fw-la three_o surname_v edward_n long_o shank_n begin_v
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virgin_n almae_fw-la poscit_fw-la pusiremam_fw-la christus_fw-la de_fw-la morte_fw-la resur_fw-la gens_fw-la dominica_n ¶_o prima_fw-la salutate_fw-la de_fw-la festo_fw-la virgin_n extat_fw-la nunciat_fw-la angelicis_fw-la laudem_fw-la postrema_fw-la choreis_fw-la â—unc_fw-la ¶_o esse_fw-la deum_fw-la natum_fw-la de_fw-la virgine_fw-la prima_fw-la fatetur_fw-la commemora_fw-la natam_fw-la sic_fw-la ultima_fw-la missa_fw-la mariam_n martis_n ¶_o prima_fw-la celebretur_fw-la ad_fw-la honorem_fw-la neupmatis_fw-la almi_fw-la vltima_fw-la conceptam_fw-la denunciat_fw-la esse_fw-la mariam_n mercurij_fw-la ¶_o semper_fw-la prima_fw-la coli_fw-la debet_fw-la de_fw-la corpore_fw-la christi_fw-la vltima_fw-la fit_a fata_fw-la de_fw-la virgine_fw-la purificata_fw-la jovis_n ¶_o concedet_fw-la ut_fw-la prima_fw-la celebretur_fw-la de_fw-fr cruse_n sancta_fw-la atque_fw-la salutate_fw-la fiet_fw-la postrema_fw-la mariae_fw-la veneris_fw-la ¶_o omnes_fw-la ad_fw-la sanctos_fw-la est_fw-la prima_fw-la colenda_fw-la supernos_fw-la vltima_fw-la de_fw-la requie_n pro_fw-la defunctis_fw-la petit_fw-la esse_fw-la sabati_n ¶_o semper_fw-la erit_fw-la media_fw-la de_fw-la proprietate_fw-la dei_fw-la omni_fw-la die_v ¶_o missa_fw-la assumptionis_fw-la mâ—tiae_fw-la missa_fw-la dnieae_fw-la resurrectionis_fw-la 1_o ¶_o missa_fw-la salutationis_fw-la mariae_fw-la missa_fw-la annunciationis_fw-la mariae_fw-la 2_o ¶_o missa_fw-la natiuâ—tatis_fw-la christi_fw-la missa_fw-la nativitatis_fw-la mariae_fw-la 3_o ¶_o missa_fw-la sancti_fw-la spiritus_fw-la missa_fw-la conceptionis_fw-la 4_o ¶_o missa_fw-la corporis_fw-la christi_fw-la missa_fw-la purificationis_fw-la 5_o ¶_o missa_fw-la sanctae_fw-la crucis_fw-la missa_fw-la salutationis_fw-la mariae_fw-la 6_o ¶_o missa_fw-la omnium_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la missa_fw-la de_fw-la requie_n 7_o ¶_o missa_fw-la diei_fw-la quotidie_fw-la ¶_o which_o verse_n may_v thus_o to_o unletteryd_v be_v englyssh_v 'loo_o here_o be_v note_v and_o put_v in_o 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land_v in_o cornwayle_v and_o assail_v the_o town_n of_o exeter_n &_o other_o town_n but_o final_o he_o take_v the_o seyntwary_a of_o beawde_o and_o after_o be_v pardon_v of_o his_o life_n anno_fw-la dni_fw-la m.iiii_o c.xcvii_o  _fw-fr anno_fw-la dni_fw-la m.iiii_o c.xcviii_o  _fw-fr bartholomewe_n reed_n  _fw-fr wyllyam_n purchase_n mercer_n  _fw-fr anno_fw-la xiii_o  _fw-fr thomas_n wyndowght_fw-mi  _fw-fr in_o this_o year_n upon_o the_o xxviii_o day_n of_o november_n the_o say_a parkyn_n be_v bring_v thorugh_o the_o city_n unto_o the_o tower_n &_o there_o leave_v as_o prisoner_n and_o with_o he_o a_o tall_a yoman_n sometime_o sergeaunt_n ferrour_n to_o the_o king_n which_o ferrour_n &_o one_o name_v edward_n be_v short_o after_o put_v to_o death_n at_o tibourn_n upon_o faint_a nycholas_n day_n be_v a_o proclamacyon_n make_v thorugh_o y_o e_o cytye_n of_o a_o pease_n bytwene_v the_o realm_n of_o england_n &_o
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