of Rome and Lewys the Frenche kyng was restored to his bishoprike and not longe after by certaine gentilmâ— was slayne the faulte whereof was iniustly laied to the kynge Saladine kyng of the Turkes adnexed to his signory Aegypt and Sury The yere of the worlde The yere of Christ 1172 He was a man of great puisance Anni regum Angli 18 and a mightie and stronge warriour whiche wrought much cathe to the Christians ¶ Baldwine the .iiii. was the .vii. kyng of Hierusalem Kyng Henrie of England sent ambassade to AlexaÌ„der bishoppe of Rome â–ª to purge hym of the false accusacioÌ„ of the death of Thomas Becket Amonge other thinges it was enioigned him in his penaunce that it shuld be lawful to his subiectes as often as theim listed to appeale to the sea of Rome and that no man shuld be accounted as kyng vntil suche tyme as he were confyrmed by the Romayne bishop Wherby it manyfestly appeareth that the byshops of Rome in all theyr doynges endeuour only to haue princes and kingdomes subiecte to theyr becke but this his iniunction was at no tyme fulfilled of the kynge of England Bela the .iii. and sonne of Stephene kyng of Hungary reigned .xviii. yeres He beynge not troubled with externall hostilytee gaue hym selfe to peace quyetnesse and iustice Kyng Henrie subdued Irelande and adnexed the same to his kyngdome Peter a bishoppe of Lumbardie wrate the boke of the Sentences The yere of the worlde 5134 The yere of Christ 1173 Friderich the emperour entred into Italy with a huge host the .v. time Anni regum Angli 19 Lewys king of France sent an Erle of his in Asia with a great summe of money whiche he had leuied of the beneuolence of the people to susteine the Christians beyng in warre against the Turkes Thomas Becket was canonised by the bishop of Rome Baldwine king of Ierusalem nere to Ascalon vanquished Saladine the Turke and in like maner at the second encounter about Tiberiadiâ— Anni regum Angli 20 The yere of the worlde 5135 The yere of Christ 1174 Anni regum Angli 21 The people of Millaine with their confederates The yere of the worlde 5136 The yere of Christ 1175 encountring the emperour in Italy obteined of him a bluddie victorye Henrie the sonne of king Henrie of Englande was crowned the secounde time with his wife Margaret the French kinges doughter Emaâ—n ll emperour of Grece inuaded Silicia and wss ouerthrowen and chased of the Turkes King Henrie the sonne by the exciting of the kinge of Fraunce Alinour his mother and certaine other nobles toke armes and arrered deadly warre againste his naturall father Anni regum Angli 22 Diuers stronge battayles were foughten The yere of the worlde 5137 The yere of Christ 1176 as well in Englande by the deputies and friendes of bothe partes as also in Normandie Pottew Guyan and Britaine where they were corporallie present but the victorie enclined alwaye to the father There tooke parte against king Henrie the father Lewys king of Fraunce William kinge of Scotlande Henrie Geffrey Iohn his owne sonnes Robert erle of Leceister Hugh of Chester and other but in the ende the sonnes with their alies were constreined to bende to their fathers will and desire peace whiche he gentlye graunted and forgaue their trespasse Wylliam kyng of Scottes in this warre was taken and yelded for his ranesome the citee of Carlell the castell of Bamburgh the new castell vpon Tine â–ª and swore for euer to be true to the kinge And as wel he as his successours to do their homage as ofteÌ„ as it shulde bee required The Scottishe historie reciteth an other cause of this warre of William agaynst Kinge Henrye and sayeth he was taken in the .1174 yere of our lord Friderich the emperour after the discâ—mfiture taken at Comum made peace with his aduersaries and came to Uenice to the bishop of Rome where he so humiled hiÌ„ selfe that he suffered the bishoppe to treade vpon him at which time was songe the verse of the hsalter super aspidem et basiliscum ambulabis â–ª conculcabis leonem et draconem And when Friderich sayed that he did not that obeysaunce to Alexander but to Peter he answerer bothe to me and peter Of this outragious pride what is to be iudged euery maÌ„ may esteme But this is vndoubted that he stered such mortall and cruell warres as we haue before shewed without anye iust cause onelye so his pryuate election and woulde obey neyther to counsayle nor auctoritee nor yet condescende to any attonement Yea and desides this with vnestimable pryde â—yo conculcate and treade vnder fete the highest power of prynces which god commaunded with great reuerence to be obeyed Bishop Alexander coming to Rome made peace with the citisins on this condicion that their consulles should not be admitted vntill they had sworne to be obediente to him and to enterprise nothing wherby the power of the Romaine bishop might be diminished The yere of the worlde 5139 The yere of Christ 1178 In Englande fell great weathering Anni regum Angli 24 tempest of thundre and lightning in midwinter in sommer folowinge fell hayle of such greatnesse that it slewe bothe man and beast Gilbert of Gallaway rebelled in Scotlande he was chased by Gilchrist and driuen into Irelande not longe after this Gilchrist was banished for killinge his wyfe the kinge s syster stealing after agayne into Scotland liued a poore life a longe tyme vntill by great chance he was receiued to the kinges mercie The yere of the worlde 5240 Philyp the sonne of Lewis king of Fraunce after the decease of his father The yere of Christ 1179 Anni regum Angli 25 toke on him the gouernaunce of the realme which he gouerned well and noblie .xliii. yeares At the beginning he expelled the Iewes out of his lande At this time were many Iewes in England which against the feast of Easter did vse to crucify yong children in despite of Christian religion The yere of the worlde 5241 The yere of Christ 1180 Alexius being but a very childe was ordeyned emperour of Constantinople after the death of his father by whom he was committed to the tuicion of a noble man called Andronicus who first vsed him selfe towarhe the yonge emperour as a good tutour after as a felow with him in the empyre and lastlye as a shamefull trayteur murdered him when he had reigned iii-yeares Lucius the .172 byshoppe of Rome .iiii. yeres who endeuouring to pull downe agayne the gouernaunce of the consulles was driuen out of the citee and fledde to Uerona Anni regum Angli 27 The yere of the worlde 5142 The yere of Christ 1181 Anni regum Angli 28 Henrie the eldest sonne of king Henrie of England The yere of the worlde 5143 The yere of Christ 1182 ended his life Shortlye after beganne the warre betwene king Henrie and Philip of Fraunce for homage that the Frenche king required to be done for the landes of Poytow and other and
for the castell of Gisours Kynge Philip of Fraunce warred vpon the Duke of Burgoyne Anni regum Angli 29 for the castell of Uerginde The yere of the worlde 5144 The yere of Christ 1183 Andronicus after he had murdered Alexiuâ— toke on him the imperiall crowne and reigned .ii. yeres Baldwine the v. being but a childe was proclaimed king of Hierusalem Saladine kinge of Turkes inuaded and spoyled the countrey about Ierusalem and broughte much trouble to the Christians William kinge of Sicilie The yere of the worlde 5145 The yere of Christ 1184 for certane iniuries done to the Latines Anni regum Angli 30 ledde a huge armie both by water and by lande against the emperour of Constantinople and toke the citee Thessalonica of Macedone and subdued manye citees of Thrace and Grece to his obeisaunce Guydo toke on him the kingdome of Ierusalem â–ª for the which was great contencion betweene him and the Erle of Tripolis named Raimunde which discord gaue occasion to Saladine the Turke more cruelly to assaute the Christians in Asia Heraclius Patriarke of Ierusalem whiche had bene in diuers partes of Europe Anni regum Angli 31 came to king Henrie The yere of the worlde 5146 The yere of Christ 1185 desyring him of ayde against the Turkes Isacius vanquished put to death Andronicus emperour of Constantinople and reygned there .xvi. yeres Urbane the .iii. bishop of Rome .ii. yeres Friderich emperour of Germanie ordeined his sonne Henrie gouernour of the citees of Italie In England the Iewes crucified a childe in the towne of Burie Anni regum Angli The yere of the worlde 5147 The yere of Christ The Sarasens were chased and sleine at the citee Anâ—â—â—e Saladine the Turke besieged Tiberiadis slewe the Christians toke prisoners king Guydo and the maysters of the templates He receyued by agreement the citee Ascalone and possessed Ladirea Then he wente to Ierusalem and conquered againe the citee .92 yeares after it was taken by the Christians In the meane time the people of Antioch chased slewe the Turkes in great numbre ¶ Here endeth the kingdome of Ierusalem The citee of Antioch was geuen vp to Saladine by the Patriarke for a great summe of money The yere of the worlde 5148 The yere of Christ 1187 Anni regum Angli 33 Gregorie the .viii. bishop of Rome .57 dayes and after him Clement the .iii. three yeres .v. monethes Richard erle of Poytow made warre againste kynge Henrie of Englande his father The yere of the worlde 5149 The yere of Christ 1188 Anni regum Angli 34 and takinge parte with the French king wanne from him diuers citees townes and castels and namely the citee of Ciâ—omanna For sorow wherof shortly king Henrie ended his life About this time the Uenecians bought the ile of Cretâ— or CaÌ„dy of one Boniface surnamed Monti Ferratensis The yere of Christ 1189 RYcharde the first of that name for his valiant and lustie courage The yere of the worlde 5150 Anni regum Angli 1 surnamed Cor de Lyon the second sonne of Henrie was crowned king of Englande and reigned xi yeares .ix. monethes .xx. dayes He was bigge of stature and hadde a merye countenaunce in the which appeared as wel a pleasaunte gentlenesse as a noble and princely maiestee to his souldiours he was fauourable bountifull to his friendes straungers a greuous enemie and harde to be pleased desirous of warre and abhorring idlenesse He inclined somewhat to pryde lecherie and auarice but mooste of all he is to be blamed because he semed to be impious toward his father The Londoners obteined .ii. officers to guyde theyr citee whiche were called bailiffes Great preparacion was made for the recouerie of Ierusalem and to ayde the christians in Asia by Friderich emperour of Almayne Rycharde kynge of Englande Philip of Fraunce Oddo Duke of Burgoyne the Uenecians Pisones William king of Sicilie and other The Frisones Danes and Flemminges with sword and fire destroied the sea costes of Afrike and Mauritania belonging to the Sarasens Friderich the emperoure after he had subdued the lesse Armonie and conquered diuers citees of Asia by misfortune was drowned in the riuer Selephius Phillip kyng of Fraunce and Richarde of Englande The yere of the worlde 5151 The yere of Christ 1190 went forwarde in theyr iourney toward Hierusalem Henrye the .vi. and sonne of Friderich was ordeyned emperour of Almayne Anni regum Angli 2 The bishop of Coloine and other bishops with the princes of Burgoyne rebelled Alphons the .viii. surnamed the good recouered hys fathers kyngdome of Spayne and reigned .53 yeres He take to wyfe Elenoure the daughter of kynge Henrye of England lately disceased Kynge Rycharde in his iourney towarde Hierusalem The yere of the worlde 5152 The yere of Christ subdued the Iland of Cipres Anni regum Angli 3 and than iuigning his puisaunce with the Frenche kyng in Asia conquered Acon where was kenled betwene kynge Rycharde and Philip kynge of France a greuous dyspleasure For whiche cause Phillip shortly after departed thens and comynge into Fraunce inuaded the countrey of Normandye and excited also Iohn the brother of kynge Rycharde to take on him the kingdome of EnglaÌ„d in his brothers absence Celestine the .iii of that name byshop of Rome .vi. yeres .viii. monethes The bishop of Rome gaue Constance the doughter of Wylliam kyng of Sicilie to Henrie the emperoure by whiche meanes Sicilye became subiecte to hym Aboute this tyme the emperour was occupied in warre in Puel Saphandinus expellyng his kinsmen was made soule daie of Aegypt Kynge Rycharde of Englande restored to the Christyans the citee of Ioppe and in manye battayles put the Turkes to great sorow Warre betwene the citees of Uenice and Pise Wylliam bishop of Elie to whom kyng Rychard had committed the gouernaunce of England The yere of the worlde 5153 The yere of Christ 1192 practised much crueltee and vsed to ryde with a thousande horses wherby he greeued the places 〈◊〉 the whiche he soiourned Kynge Rycharde exchanged Cypres with Guye of Lesingham for the kyngdome of Hierusalem Wherfore the kyng of Englande a longe tyme after was called kynge of Hierusalem Kyng Rycharde hauyng knowlage that Philip of Fraunce inuaded Normandye and that Iohn his brother by hys counsayle aspired to hys kyngdome made peace with the Turkes for .iii. yeares The yere of the worlde 5154 The yere of Christ 1193 Anni regum Angli 5 and with a smal company retournyng whomward by Thrace traiterouslye was taken prisoner by the Duke of Austrige and brought to Henry the emperour ther kept in streit pryson a yere and .v. monethes where it is sayed that he slew a lyon and toke out his hert Emericus kynge of Hungary reigned viii yeres The yere of the worlde 5155 The yere of Christ 1194 Kynge Rycharde paiynge hys raunsome of .100000 poundes was deliuered 〈◊〉 retournyng to hys countrey Anni regum Angli 6 made sharpe warre vppon the Frenche kinge and Iohn his brother at whiche time was
Sicilie and subdued to him a great part of that ilande The yere of the worlde 5244 King Edwarde sent a company of souldiours into Wales The yere of Christ 1283 Anni regum Angli 10 vnder the gaâ—ding of the erles of Northumberlande and Surrei of the which companye manye were slayne and sir Roâ—er Clifford taken prisoner â–ª The Welshemen subdued certaine castelles and holdes Peter king of Arragon after he had conquered a great part of Sicilie toke on him the imperiall crowne therof and was for that cause cursed by the bishoppe of Rome his kingdome of Arragon proclaymed to be open to euery man that would inuade it Charles the younger was vanquished and taken in battayle on the sea Philip king of Fraunce â–ª in the quarell of his brother Charles king of Sicilie proclaymed warre agaynst Peter of Arragon Lewline prince of Wales Anni regum Angli 11 was slaine by Roger Mortimer The yere of the worlde 5245 The yere of Christ 1284 and his head set vpon the Tower of London Sanctius the .iiii. reigned in Spayne .xi. yeres Charles king of Sicilie ended his life William Marton chauncellour of England about this time buylded Marton colleâ—ge in the vniuersitee of Oxeforde Dauid the brother of Lewline prince of Wales was taken and beheaded The yere of the worlde 5246 The yere of Christ 1285 Anni regum Angli 12 and diuers boldes and castelles of the UUelshemen geuen to the Englishe lordes Prince Edward of Canaruan was borne in wales Laurence Duket a citisin of London was founde deade and hanged in the church of S. Marie Bowes Philip king of France fought a strong and cruel battaile with Peter king of Arragon nere to Gerunda in the whiche Peter receyued a wound wherof he died shortly after leauing two sonnes Friderich whom he ordeined king of Arragon and Iames to whom he gaue Sicilye These two brethren mainteyned their fathers warre agaynst the Frenchemen Philip king of Fraunce ended his lyfe Kinge Alexander of Scotlande brake his necke by falling of a horse Leauing no heyre male after hym The realme contynued without kinge vi yeres .ix. monethes Honorius the .v. was bishop of Rome .ii. yeres He endeuoured to toke the kingedome of Sicilie from the king of Arrogon The new woorke of the church of Westminster vnto the ende of the quiece Anni regum Angli 13 The yere of the worlde The yere of Christ 1286 begon in the third yere of the third Henrie and continued in buyldinge .66 yeeres was fynished The Pisanes were vanquished by the Genowais and in a battayle on the sea loste .50 gallies and shippes and 12000. souldiours The order of the Carmelites beganne of Albert Patriarke of Hierusalem Philip for his beautie surnamed the fayre â–ª reigned in Fraunce .xxviii. yeres This man because of warre that he had with the Duke of Gelderlande and other reared great taxes and paimentes throughout his lande as well of the clergie as laitee Rodulph the emperour subdued to his obedience the Suitzers which before were subiecte to the Erle of Sauoy Pseudo vanquished Friderich tamed the Snaues This yere was enacted by king Edwarde the statutes called â–ª Anni regum Angli 14 Additamenta gloucestrie The yere of the worlde 1248 The yere of Christ 1287 In the countrey of Heluccia a woman was deliuered of a childe that hadde two perfite bodies from the nauill vpwarde and an other womanne bare a childe the fact wherof was like to a man and the bodie to a lion The bishoprike of Rome was voyde .x. monethes Anni regum Angli 15 King Edwarde of Englande sayled to Bordeux The yere of the worlde 1249 and from thens rode into FraÌ„ce The yere of Christ 5288 The summer this yere was so exceding hote that men died for extreme heat and yet was wheate so plenteous that it was sold at London for xl d. a quarter Nicolas the .iiii. was bishop of Rome â–ª iiii yeeres Great bayle fel in England after that ensued so continuall raine Anni regum Angli 16 that the yere folowinge The yere of the worlde 5250 wheate was solde for .xviii. d. a bushell and so encreased yerelye the reygne of this kinge and his sonne till it was lastlye solde for .xl shillinges a quarter Peace agreed betwene the Frenchmen and Arragons The Florentines with great slaughter vanquished the Gâ—bellâ—es of Arentine in Italie The citee Triple was taken and destroied by the Souldaine of Egipte and the christyans slayne in most cruell wise Ries a Welsheman rebelling against Painâ— Tiptost warden of that countrey The yere of the worlde 5251 The yere of Christ 1290 Anni regum Angli 17 was by the erle of Cornewall in the kinges abseÌ„ce taken drawen hanged quartered About this time the Iewes were expelled wholy out of this realme Charles the yonger which was prisoner a longe time in Arragon receyued the kingedome of Sicilie and for the same was feudarie to the Romaine bishop The Souldaine of Babylon conquered the citee of Asia called Tite Sidon Barutum and raised them euen with the earth whiche were before inhabited with Chrystian people He besieged in like maner the citye of Ptâ—lomâ— is called also Acres or Acon and the same being forsaken of the christians with great cruelte burnt and destroied By this meanes were the christians vtterly chased out of Surie .190 yeres after they firste wonne Ierusalem vnder Godfrei of Boloâ—ne Ladislaus king of Hungarie was slaine by the Comanes and then succeded Andrewe the thirde whiche reygned â—ii yeres Rodolph emperour of Almaine ouerthrew wel nere 60. castelles and holdes in the prouince of Thuring and by that meanes quieted the countrey of Germanie Andrewe king of Hungarie subdued Austrich Anni regum Angli 18 The yere of the worlde 5252 The yere of Christ 1291 Alexander kinge of Scotland as is before sayd dyed without issue male wherof ensued great discord among the Scottes whiche toke parte with Iohn Bailoll and Robert Bruce making claime to the crowne and shortly after deadlye warre folowed betwene the .ii. realmes of England and Scotland The election of the king of Scottes was committed to the iudgemente of kinge Edward of Englande The yere of the worlde The yere of Christ 1292 Anni regum Angli 19 who after sufficieÌ„t profe made to the Scottes that he was chiefe head and soueraigne of the realme of Scotlande by all their consentes toke full possession of the same â—and then caused Iohn Bailol to be ordeyned kinge because he descended of the elder doughter of Erle Dauid kinge Wylliams brother Aâ—oulphus was chosen emperour of Almaine and reigned .vii. yeres He was vnfortunate in all thinges that he went about therwith so nedye and poore that when he had receiued of king Edwarde of Englande .100000 markes to ayde him against the Frenche king he spente the money vpon his housholde and had not wherwith to fulfill his promisse when time required By discentioâ— of the cardinals the bishoprike of Rome was voyde .ii. yeres and .iiii. monethes About this time as witnesseth Polidore and as it semeth most agreeinge with other histories greeuous and cruell warre began betwene king Edwarde of England and Philip of France for takinge of certayne shippes of Normandie Philip summoned kinge Edwarde
to appeare at his parliamente but he thereat disdeigned and yelded vp into his handes the Duchie of Guyan entendinge ere it were longe to make claime to the whole dukedome of Normandie Philip sent Raulfe Nele the constable of France with a mightye power againste the Gascoines whiche by the syde of Englishemen defended them so manfullye that great hurt was done on both partes Adoulphus the emperour endeuoured to depriue Albert of his duchie of Austriche Anni regum Angli and certaine other landes The yere of the worlde 5154 The yere of Christ 1293 for which cause was betwene them fierce warre King Iohn Bailol of Scotlande came to Newcastel and did homage to king Edwarde The Welshemen by the â—â—ering of Modoke and Morgaine rebelled against the kinge who sped him towarde them in al hastie wise and shortlye brought that vnstedefast and vnruly people to a newe reclaime and â–ª then commaunded their woodes to be cutte to the grounde After whiche time he helde them in more rest and quyet The Frenchmen with a company of ships arriued at Douer robbed the towne and were chased thens wyth the losse of many of their men Charles de Ualots kinge Philippes brother besieged the castell of Rion in Gascoyne wherein were sir Iohn seint Iohn and Iohn de Britaine Englisshe capitaines Michael Paleogolus emperour of Grece ended his life whom the Grecian priestes suffered to be vnburyed because that at the counsayle of Lyons be agreed to the Romaine church in procedinge of the holy ghost Celestine bishop of Rome .vi. monethes Anni regum Angli 21 he resygned the papacie to Boniface the The yere of the worlde 5255 The yere of Christ 1294 viii whiche reygned .viii. yeres .ix. monethes Andronicus Michaell emperours of Constantinople Madoke which caused the Welshmen to rebell was hanged drawen and quartered at London Iohn Bailol king of Scottes â–ª contrarie to his allegiance by the exciâ—ing of the Frenchmen rebelled agaynst kinge Edwarde Dinus Mugellanus Lamfranke Balbus the gatherer of Catholicon and Rabi Gerundentis â–ª flourished King Edward wanne from the Scottes the castels â–ª of Barwike Dunbarre he slewe of the Scottes aboue .xl. thousande and toke prisoners sir William Douglas sir Simon â—e Freâ—sel the erle Pairike sir Robert Le Bruze with many other of name He conquered also Edenbourough â–ª where he founde the regaul insignes of Scotland that is the crowne the sceptre and the cloth of estate Iohn Bailol king of Scottes with his sonne Edward came to Mont Ros where he voyde of all kinglye ornamentes with a white rodde in his hande came before king Edwarde and resigned all ryghte and tytle that he had or might haue to the crowne of Scotland and made him a charter therof Also shortlye after at Barwike all the nobles were sworne to be true subiectes to hym in times coming In this meane time the Englishemen susteined many stormes in Gascoyne and Guyan Sir Hugh Grâ—ssinghaÌ„ was made regent of Scotland Boniface the .viii. was bishop of Rome whiche by hys trecherie and falshode caused his predecessour Celestine to forsake his byshoprike He reared also deadlye warres in Italy Kynge Edwarde sailed into Flaunders to rescue Guye theyr Ecle Anni regum Angli 23 The yere of the worlde 5257 The yere of Christ 1256 which was greuously ouerset by the Frenche kynge so that he had wonne from hym muche of his landes Shortly after kynge Edwardes comynge a peace was concluded for .ii. yeres and then he went to Burdâ—ur The â—cottes by the intisement of the Frenchemen and leadyng of one Wylliam Wallace rebelled and put the Englishemen to much trouble and losse of many men amonge the which was sir Hugh Gressingham The electours chose Albert Duke of Austria to be their emperoure and deposed Adoulphus because he was not of power to mainteine the imperial maiestee Kynge Edwarde vanquisshed the Scottes The yere of Christ and nere to a towne called Fankirke Anni regum Angli The yere of the worlde 5253 slewe of theim in one battayle 32000. at whiche tyme as some write were slaine of the Englishemen but barelye .xviii. persons After this ouerthrow the Scottes yelded the Scottysshe historye referreth this to the next yere folowyng Kynge Edwarde for a fynall peace to be had betweene Englande and Fraunce toke to wife Margaret the sister of Phillip the Frenche king A league and truce 〈◊〉 graunted to the Flemminges which continued not long For the Flemminges of Brugis while theyr Duke Guâ—e and his sonne were kepte in prison by the Frenche kynge set vpon the Frenche capytaines and put them to a great afterdeale The bishoppe of Rome vsed great cruelâ—â—â— towarde the house of ColumneÌ„ses and toke from them theyr castels Kyng Edward hearynge of the vntrouth and rebellyon of the Scottes Anni regum Angli 25 made his thirde vyage againste theim â–ª The yere of the worlde 5265 The yere of Christ 1298 wherin he behaued hym so knyghtly that in shorte space he subdued a great parte of the lande and toke the castell Estriualine with other holdes made the lordes sweare to him feauitee and homage Adoulphus and Alberte contendyng for the imperiall auctorytee on the mountaine Hansenbull fought a cruel battaile wherin Adoulphus was slayne and Albert succeded in the empyre and reygned .x. yeres He desyringe to be crowned with the imperiall Diademe of the byshop of Rome could not obteine it For Boniface saied to him that his election was frustrate withoute his auctorytâ—e whiche helde the power of bothe swoordes that is of ecclesiastical and ciuile iurisdiction Boniface made the sixt boke of the decrees The kyng of Englande gaue to Edward his sonne the principate of Wales The yere of the worlde 5260 The yere of Christ 1299 Anni regum Angli 26 and iâ—igâ—ed therto the Erldome of Cornwall Iames kynge of Arragon and Sicilie ended his lyfe Wherefore Robert Duke of Calabre and sonne of that Charles whiche contented with the Arragons for Sicilie inuaded Sicilie and toke Cathina but the Sicilians fauourynge more the parte of the Arragons withstode Robert and in a battaile on the sea vanquisshed and toke Phillip his brother slew many of hys souldiours The Flemminges of Brugis were soughten with of Otho Duke of Burgoyne in the quarell of the Frenche kynge who by the ayde of the Frenchemen slew of them xv thousande The yere of the worlde 5261 The yere of Christ 1300 Friderich of Arragon beyng ordeyned kyng of Sicily Anni regum Angli 27 subdued to hym the countrey of Calabre Grâ—â—â— rufflyng and vnquietnesse was in Hetruria the space of .ii. yeres Charles of Ualois was appoynted of the byshoppe of Rome to be defendour of S. Peters patrimonie Boniface the eight ordeined fyrst a Iubilei
in Rome in the solemnysyng wherof the fyrste daye he shewed hym selfe to the people in his pontificalibus and gaue free remission of synnes to as many as came to Rome out of all partes of the worde the seconde daye beyng arayed with imperiall insignes he commaunded a naked swoorde to be caried before hym and saied with a lowde voyce Loâ— beholde the power and auctoriteâ— of both swoordes Othomannus a man of vnknowen byrth steered with desyre to beare a rule toke on hym the kyngdome of the Turkes and subdued to his seignory a great part of Bithynia and other countreis of him descended linially the kynges of Turkes to this daye whose generacion hathe wrought much scathe to the Christians UUarre was reuiued betwene Fraunce and FlauÌ„ders in the which the Flemminges were put to great damage and losse of men shortly after peace was concluded Anni regum Angli 28 New faccions rose in Italie where The yere of the worlde The yere of Christ as before 〈◊〉 they were called Guelphes and Gibelines so were they nowe called Alâ—i and Nigri by the which Italye was wonderfully disquieted with sedicion and warre At this tyme sprange a new heresie not vnlike to the Aâ—nabaptistes the folowers wherof were named Fraâ—â—â—celâ— â–ª Tamor Can the sixt Emperoure of the Tartarians 〈◊〉 Cathay a prince exceding riche Henricus de Gandano Arnoldus de Uilla noua Gordonius Mundinus Scotus The yere of the worlde The yere of Christ and Dante 's the poete liued at this time Anni regum Angli 29 Boniface â–ª for his priuate displeasure dyd excommunicate kyng Phillip of France proclaimed him not to be kyng Phillip set at libertee Sarra a noble man whome the bishop had depriued of all his landes and possessions In this yere the Scottysshe historie maketh mencion of a great ouerthrow geuen by the Scottes to the Englishemen at Roslyng and that kyng Edward beyng therwith meued perced the realme of Scotlande and wente through all the lande from the north to the southe partes therof and forced them all to sweare to hym homage and feaultee whiche seemeth to be the same conquest that we spake of in the .xxv. yere of his reigne Boniface crowned and confyrmed Albert in the empire on this condicion that he would take on him the crowne of Fraunce and expell Phillip but the .ii. prynces wyselye agreed betweene theim selfe and contemned the tyranny of bishop Boniface Uenceslaus whiche of the Hungares is called Ladyslaus the sonne of the kyng of Boheme reigned in Hungary .iii. yeres Anni regum Angli 30 Boniface bishoppe of Rome was cast in prisoÌ„ by Sarra whom he had expelled out of the citee The yere of the worlde 5264 The yere of Christ in whiche pryson he dyed Of this byshop it is wrytten that he entred into the bishoprike lyke a foxe reigned lyke a woulfe and died lyke a dogge Anni regum Angli 31 Bennet was bishop of Rome .viii. monethes The yere of the worlde 5225 The yere of Christ he assoyled the Frenche kynge the byshoprike was voyde .xi. monethes Uenceslaus the .vii. kynge of Boheme for his dronkennesse and lechery was slaine in Moraâ—ia The yere of the worlde 5266 The yere of Christ 1305 Anni regum Angli 32 Faccions sedicions commocions and deadly warres in most miserable wise tourmeÌ„ted the countrey of Italy Sir Robert de Bruze the Scotte stole priuilye oute of Englande and fledde into hys countrey where he slewe the Erle sir Iohn Cummyn because he hadde in certaine letters â—etrayned hym to kyng Edward as going about to steere vp the Scottes to a new rebellion Seraph or Melecnasser Souldaine of Aegypte he was sorâ— ouâ—â—set by the Tartarians ¶ Otho Duke of Bauarie was ordeyned kynge of Hungary 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 The yere of Christ 1306 Clemenâ—e the 〈◊〉 was bishop of Rome .viii. yeres Anni regum Angli 33 He transferred the bishoppes see of Rome The yere of the worlde 5267 from Italye into Fraunce where it continued the space of .74 yeres A great sedicion in Paris betwene the noble men and the commons for enhauâ—sing of rentes Wylliam Wallaice which had done so many 〈◊〉 asures to kynge Edwarde in Scotlande was 〈◊〉 and hanged The nobles of Scotlande in a 〈◊〉 at Wâ—estminsteâ—r voluntarily swore to be true to the king of Englande and to kepe the lande of Scotlande to hys vse against al persons At the coronacion of Clement byshop of Rome by the fall of a walle the Duke of Britayne was slayne and kynge Phillip of France maimed A carbuncle was striken out of the bishops miter whiche was in value worth vi thousande crownes The byshop ordeyned .iii. cardynalles whiche as it were .iii. senatours shoulde gouerne the countrey of Italye to hys behoâ—lffe He gaue also the ilande of Sardinia to Friderike kynge of Sicilie to the entent he should expel the Sarasens The emperour Albert ordeined his son Rodoulph king of Boheme and expelled Henry the Duke of Carinth The Scottes by the counsaile of the Abbotte of Stone Anni regum Angli 34 purchased a dyspensacion of the byshop of Rome The yere of the worlde The yere of Christ 1307 for the othe that they had made to the kynge of Englande and â—hose to their kinge Robert Le Bruze When king Edwarde hard of this treason he wente with all hast into Scotlande where in a playne nere to S. Iohnes towne he encountred vanquished and chased sir Robert le Bruse and all the â—â—wer of Scotlande and toke manye of the noble men prisoners amonge the whiche were certayne bishops and an abbotte that were armed in the 〈◊〉 contrarie to their trouthe and alâ—giance Robert le Bruze fled into Norway Henrie that was expelled by the emperour was againe made king of Boheme All the templares were put downe in France and their goodes and possessions throughout all Christendome geuen by the bishoppe of Rome to the knygâ—â—eâ— of s. Iohn Baptiste This order was destroyed for their dâ—staâ—le heâ—eâ—ie and other enorâ—â—tâ—es The hospitelars recoueâ—ed Rhodes from the Sarasens Contiâ—â—iâ—g the war in Scotland the noble kinge Edwarde ended his life who at his death charged his lordes to boâ—e his bodie till the fleshe seuered from the bones and then to burie his fleshe in Englande and kepe still the bones and as often as the Scottes rebelled to assemble the people and carie with them his bones trusting that if they were present that froward people should the soner be vanquished EDward the second sonne of the first Edwarde The yere of the worlde 5269 The yere of Christ and prince of Wales Anni regum Angli 1 begane his reigne ouer England and reigned .xviii. yeres This Edwarde was fayre of bodie but vnstedfaste of maners and disposed to lightnesse For he refused the company of his lordes and men of honour and haunted amonge villaines and vile personages He gaue him selfe also to ouer muche drinkynge and lightlye woulde disclose thinges of great counsâ—yle and besides that he was geuen to these vices of
examples brefely in al princely vertues he was so excelleÌ„t that few noble men before his time can be to him compared At the beginninge he was chefely ordered by sir Roger Mortimer and his mother Isabell. Robert kinge of Scottes sent his defiaunce to yonge kinge Edwarde and inuaded the borders of England Kinge Edward made preparacion toward Scotland at which time fel great variance betwene the archers of Englande and the souldiours of sir Iohn of â—eynalde and shortly after the English army being in the borders was so sore distressed for lacke of forage and other necessaries that they were all in great daunger By the treason of sir Roger Mortimer the Scottes escaped without battaile wherby the kinge loste that vyage and all hys charges By the counsayle of sir Roger Mortimer and the olde queene king Edward made a dishonourable peace with the Scottes For he restored to theim all auncient wrytinges charters and patentes whereby the kynges of Scotland had obliged theÌ„ to be sâ—udaries to the crowne of Englande with other like vnprofitable conditions Lewys the emperour at the instance of many noble meÌ„ of Italye came to Millaine where he according to the ancient custome was crowned with a Diademe of yron Iohn the bishoppe of Rome excommunicated Lewys and disanulled his election because he vsed imperial diggnitee in Italy before he was auctorised by him Thys variance continued well nere .xx. yeares in whyche the emperour profered often times to make entreatie of concorde and peace but the stife necked tyranne of Rome wolde neuer bende The writinges of bothe partes concerning this controuersie remaine at these dayes in the which the byshop feareth not to make his auaunte that he had full power to create and depose kinges and emperours at his pleasure and at the same tyme were many learned men whiche did greatly disalowe the byshop of Romes doynges amonge the whiche was Occham a man in his dayes of great fame A boke also was made by a learned man and geueÌ„ to the emperour which was called defensor pacis that is the DefeÌ„dour of peace wherin this controuersy is disputed and the bishop of Romes vnlawfull tyran nie sette forth to the vttermost A great cause of this variance as some write was bicause one of the emperours secretaries vnknowing to the emperour in cerayne of his letters had called the bishop the beast risyng out of the sea alluding to the place of the Apocalips Castrucius gouernour of Luke and Accius of Millain iuignyng their puisaunce vanquished and slew the Florentines ¶ Lewys the emperour was receiued into Rome wyth great honour and crowned with the imperial Diademe of Stephene de Columna a cardynall Castrucius recouered the citie Pistorinall and shortly after ended his lyfe One Peter was made Antipape by the emperoure against Iohn whiche was all this tyme in FraÌ„ce Lewis retournyng to Germanie lefte byshop Peter at Luca. Charles the Frenche kinge dyed wythout issue after whom the kingdome of Fraunce by right of inheritage was due to kinge Edwarde of Englande for so much as he was the sonne of Isabell the syster of Charles But they defeited him of his righte saiynge that the crowne of France was neuer wont to come by successyon to the woman but to the issue male Dauid the yonge prince of Scotland maried Iane the suster of king Edwarde Anni regum Angli 2 The yere of the worlde 5289 The yere of Christ Dulcinus and Duuandus heretikes ¶ Phillip of Ualoyes by the counsaile of the .xx. pyeres and specially of Roberte of Artois was made kynge of Fraunce and reigned .xv. yeres He made warre vpon the Flemminges whiche rebelled against Lewys their Erle and them vanquished in a stronge battaile and restored Lewes to the possession of his landes after he had beaten downe and destroyed the towne of Cassell ¶ Orcanes the seconde kinge of Turkes reigned .xxii. yeres He wanne Brusis from the Grecians while Cantazuzenus and Paleologus contended for the empyre The yere of the worlde 5290 Edmund Erle of Kent The yere of Christ 1329 Anni regum Angli 3 vncle to king Edward of Englande beyng falsely accused of treasoÌ„ was by sir Roger Mortimer put to death Prince Edwarde was borne at Woodstocke which in processe of tyme grewe to a noble and famous man and was in his days counted the flower of chiualry through out all the worlde ¶ After the death of Robert 〈◊〉 Bruze Dauid his sonne viii yeres of age succeded in the kingdome of Scotland and riegned xixix yeres Sir Roger Mortimer was accused for dyuers poinctes of treason The yere of the worlde The yere of Christ 1330 Anni regum Angli 4 and namely that he was ouer familiar wyth the olde quene Isabell the kinges mother for whiche accusacions he was shortly after beheaded Robert Erle of Artois a man of great power in FraÌ„ce was banished the realme for a certaine plea whiche as men thought he made by vnlawful meanes to the Erledome of Artois who not long after came into England and excited king Edward to claime the crown of FraÌ„ce The citisyns of Pise and Luca in Italye whych were brought in subiection to the emperour claymed againe their libertâ—e After the emperoure was departed from Italie Boniface Erle of Pise toke Peter the Antipape and presented him to Iohn of whom he was cast in pryson and shortly after dyed The Germaines solde the citie of Luca to a noble man of Gean The yere of the worlde 5292 Edwarde Bailoll the sonne of Iohn Bailol Anni regum Angli 5 late king of Scotlande The yere of Christ 1331 by lycenee before purchased of kinge Edwarde entred Scotlande claimynge the crowne by the ryghte of his father where he vanquysshed the Scottes and was crowned king at Sconoe Iohn king of Boheme entring Italy brought vnder his subiection Brixia Bergamum Luca Parma Rhegium and Mutina Anni regum Angli 6 Kynge Edward went into Scotland with a great power and as witnesseth the Englyshe histories at a place called Haldoune hill gaue to the Scottes batayle The yere of the worlde 1293 The yere of Christ wherin he obteined a triumphant victorye So that he slewe of theim .viii. Erles .900 knightes and Baronettes .400 Esquiers and .32000 common souldyours and of the Englyshmen were slaine onely .xv. persons at the same viage he wan the towne of Edenbourgh and Barwike with many other castelles and gaue the gouernauÌ„ce of Scotlande to Edwarde Baâ—lol betwene whom and the Scottes were foughten many batayles with great dyuersitie and change of fortune The younge king Dauid fled into France After this time the Scottes so often rebelled that king Edwarde made .iii. vyages into that lande wythin the space of .iiii. yeares and with greate manhode alwaye vanquished his enemies Anni regum Angli 7 The yere of the worlde 5294 The yere of Christ 1333 and caused theim to sweare to him feaultie and homage In these battailes were slaine well nere all the nobilitye of Scotlande wyth infynyte numbre
The yere of the worlde 5344 The yere of Christ 1383 or theÌ„ selfes take armes warre agaynst the ClemeÌ„tines in like maner had Clemente done before to his adherentes agaynste the Urbanistes so that eyther of the partes reputed other as heretykes and miscreantes Henry Spenser bishop of Norwiche at the commandement of Urbane passed with great power of spirituall men and other into Fraunce and so into Flanders and coÌ„quered the countrey before hym but by the great puissance of the frenche king they were constreigned to retourne without great worshyp and loste as muche as they had wonne Marie the king of Hungaries doughter guyded that kingdom after her father wel nere the space of .ii. yeres Lewys Duke of Angeow dyed in Italy and the Frenchemen retourned into theyr countrey Charles de La Payx conquered to his seignory the kingdome of naples About this time the Turkes wasted and burnt Bossina Croatia Anni regum Angli 8 and the farther partes of Illyria The yere of the worlde 5345 The yere of Christ 1384 The erle of NorthumberlaÌ„d with certayne other borderers made a viage into Scotlande and spoyled the countrey euen to Edenbourgh Kynge Richarde maryed a doughter of Uinceslaus emperour of Almayne After the death of Lewys erle of Flaunders the herytage thereof fel to the Duke of Burgoyne Anni regum Angli 9 The yere of the worlde 5346 The yere of Christ 1385 Warre in Portugall and Castile in FlauÌ„ders in Prouince in Fraunce in England in Scotlande and in Italy Iohn surnamed Galetius erle of Uerone toke Bernabos lorde of Millayne his vncle and kept him in prison all the dayes of his life seâ—singe to his owne vse the whole lordship and seignory of Lumbardy The nobles of Hungarye finding them greued that they were gouerned by a woman sent for Charles king of Naples and Sicilie and ordeyned him theyr king at the citee of Alba who by the treason of Mary the quene and her mother Elizabeth shortlyafter was murdered In reuenging wherof a noble man called Iohannes Banus of Horuach slewe the erle Palatine and one Blasyus that were the doers of that myschyefe and drowned Elizabeth the quenes mother in the riuer Dunaw kepiÌ„g Marie her daughter in prison vntill he harde of the coming of her husband Sigismunde brother to the kyng of Boheme and emperour of Rome An army of Frenchemen sayled into Scotland where thei acoÌ„panied with the Scottes perced the borders of Englande and spoyled the countrey cruellye Agaynste whom kinge Richarde sped him with so great puisance that they were glad to geue backe into Scotlande and shortly after retourned into France wyth great disworshippe At this voyage the kyng of Englande burnte the towne of Edenbourgh and al the countre therabout King Iohn of Portugall disconfited the kinge of Castile in a great battail nere to Iuberoth In this conflict were slayne many noble men of Frauce and other couÌ„treys that came to ayde the Castilians The Sarasens about this time vexed the emperour of Constantinople other countreys of Grece The Turkes warred in Hungarye Where manye of them were slaine at the streycte entring into the countrey The kâ—ng of Aâ—menâ—e was chased out of his countrey by the Sarasens The yere of the worlde 5347 The duke of Lancastre Anni regum Angli vncle to kinge Richarde of England The yere of Christ 1384 sailed with a coÌ„pany of souldiers into Spaine to make claime to the realme of Castile for so much as he had taken to wife the eldest doughter of kinge Peter that was expelled his kingdome by Henry his basterde brother He conquered the countrei of Galice and made aliance with the kinge of Portugall But by great mortalitie whiche fell amonge hys people he was fayne to dimisse his armye and shortely after loste all that he had wonne The king and the lordes of France made wonderfull preparacion for the expedicion of a viage into Englande Ther was redye apparailed with great costes and charges in the hauen of Sluse and els where .1500 shyppes with so great plentie of prouision and all thinges necessary that the lyke therof was neuer sene in FrauÌ„ce But this vyage was stopped and broken by the meanes and counsaile of the Duke of Berrei Great fowages and tares were reised in France and lykewyse in Englande whiche was after cause of great myschiefe Marueilous discencion The yere of the worlde 5348 The yere of Christ 1387 and trouble in Englande betwene the kyng and his counsaile and other nobles and prelates of the realme Anni regum Angli 11 The commons by the ayde and comfort of the kinges vncles other lordes of the realm that is the Duke of Gloucester the Duke of Yorke the Erle of Darbie of Arundell and of Nottingham put to deth dyuers of of the kinges counsaile and chefe officers and chased the Duke of Irelande and other oute of the realme for that thei caused the king to burdeine his people with exactions and coulde make no iuste accompt of the same whan they were required Whyle Scalager of Neron and Frauncisce Carrary us of Padua kepte mortall warre in Lumbardy eche against other Galeatius of Myllaine wanne from them bothe their cities and adiuigned theim to his seignorye The Scottes inuaded the borders of Englande Sigismunde kynge of Hungarye .xii. yeares He subdued Bosna and Croatia A great breach betwene the French king and the Duke of Bretayne bycause that he for enuy toke prysoner and raunsomed the Constable of Fraunce by mene wherof an other viage was geuen vp that the French lordes had prepared in Englande The Scottes spoyled the towne of Calingfurd in Irelande The Duke of Britaine alieâ— with the Englyshmen The Scottes this yeere brake into the borders of Englande robbed Cumber and Northumberlande besieged New Castell The yere of the worlde 5346 The yere of Christ 1388 Anni regum Angli 12 and discomfited and toke prisoners the .ii. sonnes of the lorde Persie of Northumberlande A mariage entreated and finished betwene katharyne the Duke of Lancasters doughter and Henry the kinge of Castiles sonne his other daughter Philip was maried to the king of portugal wherby the warre in Spayne was finished The Duke of Britaine reconciled him selfe to the FreÌ„che kinge and sware to be true vnto him A great iustes and feast was holden this yere in Englande The yere of the worlde 5350 The yere of Christ 1389 Anni regum Angli 13 Pazaites kynge of Turkes besieged Constantinople .8 yeeres After the death of Urbane Boniface the .ix. was ordeyned bishop of Rome in Italy the Antipape Clement continued still in Auinion in Fraunce Robert Erle of Fiffe and the second sonne of king Robert was made gouernour of Scotlande because his father was waxen olde and not able to gouern the realme This Robert inuaded Northumberland and spoiled the countrey The vniuersities of Coloyne and Erphurd about this tyme were firste founde A truce betwene England Fraunce and Scotland for iii. yeres The lordes of
one named Lawton The .xxvii. of Marche was bourned in Smythfielde Cuthbert Simson The yere of the worlde 5519 The yere of Christ 1558 Anni regum Angli 6 one of the fyrst deacons of the congregation that hadde lyued in secrete in London This manne was of woorthy integritie of lyfe He was betraied with Iohn Roughe He suffered muche in the tower and other prisons bicause he beyng deacon could haue vttered many good menne whose bloud the Papistes thyrsted for but he woulde vtter none With hym were bourned one Iohn Demenes and an other called Hugh Foxe This Marche the Princis Electours and other princis of Germany came togyther to Frankforde vppon Mesne where hauynge a surrender of the Imperyall crowne made by Charles the fyfte who had thâ—n determyned to end his lyfe in an house of religion in Spayn they proceded to an election of a newe Emperour and in shorte tyme chose Ferdinandus brother to Charles kyng of Boheme This Ferdinâ—ndus though he were a Papiste by profession yet bycause some of the Pryncis Electours wold not be present at Masse he was content to be crouned at after noone without any Masse This sprynge was greate preparation made bothe by the Frenche Kinge and by Kynge Philyppe also But the Frenche kynge made suche speede that he inuaded Flaunders and spoyled and brente Dunkirke before kyng Philip coulde come to res kue But before that the Frenchemenne retourned agayne oute of Flaunders they were mette with by the Flemynges and the quene of Englandes shyppes vpon the sandes betwene Dunkirke and Grouâ—lyn and of thâ—m slayn a great numbre Then dyd bothe these myghty princes bend theim selues wiâ—h all their power to inuade eche other and spent all that sommer in campe in their owne persones with two mighty armies But after there had ben in October muche talkyng of peace that shuld haue ben concluded they dyd in Nouember breake vp their campâ—s without eyther peace concluded or fielde foughten or any notable acte doone The .xv. of Aprile one Iohn Maynerde died in Newgate and was buried in the fielde The .xxvi. of Aprile were bourned at Canturburye two women The .xxvi. of May were â—ourned at Colchester Iohn Haryson Agnes George and one nameâ— Daye In Iune were burnâ—d at â—orwiâ—he thre persons And the samâ— moneth one Thomas Tylâ—r and one Mathewe Witlers died in Newgate and were burned in the fieldes The .xxvij. of Iune were burned in Smithfield Henry Bonde a sadler Iohn Slade and other to the number of .vii. at one fyre The fyrste of Iulye was bourned at wynchester one Bâ—aynbricke a gentylman The .xiii. of Iuly were burned at Braynforde at one fyre .vi. persones Shortly after this queene Mary felle daungerousely sicke and to shewe her some signe of his purpose God toke from hâ—r two of her chiefe phisitions but all wolde not helpe Her byshops and she burned euen to the laste breathe For euen in Nouember the laste moneth of her lyfe were burned at Ipswiche two at Bery two And at Canturbery certayn persons God therefore to geue his souldiours a breathyng tyme toke this rodde of his from them the .xvii. day of Nouember and set vp in her place the seconde daughter of the noble kynge Henry who by ryght title succeded Edwarde and Mary dyeng without issue ¶ Queene Elizabeth THis most noble princesse began her reigne ouer this Realme the .xvii. day of Nouember in the yeare of oure Lorde .1558 And was then at Hatfielde in Hartfordshire froÌ„ whens her grace came shortely after to the Citie of London where she was so ioyfully receiued of the people that wise menne myght well perceyue what hope the people had conceyued to receyue at her handes the thyng that her syster had taken from theim On the contrary parte her behauiour towardes the people was suche that if the people had not delited in her before yet must they nowe haue shewed them selues eyther thankfull to God for so good a chaunge or els altogyther vnwoorthy so gentylle so louynge and so coumfortable a Pryncesse But in her passyng through the Cite to the tower and frome thens to Westmynster and at her Coronation there whiche was the .xv. day of Ianuary folowynge the people shewed themselues so ioyfull and she her selfe so thankefull that it euidently appeared that the Princesse and people â—â—ryued who shoulde deserue more at others hande â–ª While these thynges were in doynge God wroughte yet more for his church For the next day after the quene Maries death the Cardinal Poole dyed also And within .iii. daies after the byshop of Rochester and shortely after the byshop of Chichester And generally so many priestes dyed in the realme in the tyme of quene Maries sicknesse and about the tyme of her deathe that doctour Scotte byshop of Chester preachyng at Paules crosse the .xxvii. of Nouember affirmed that there was not for euery .iiii. churches in Englande one priest But byshop Boner of London besturred hym and made newe priestes as he had bene madde What he mente thereby lettâ— wyse men coniâ—cture The .xx. of Ianuary began a parlyament wherein among other thynges the supremacy of the byshoppe of Rome was longe debated and euery man suffred to say what he coulde and woulde in the defence of it but at the laste Durynge the tyme of this parliament all preachinge ceased through the Realme sauing before the Quene in lent where preached D. Cocks D. Sanâ—s D. Parker maister Whithead maister Grindall D. Byll maister Pedder maister Scorie maister Leuer master Horne maister Samson And maister Wintrie These all bent themselues to the vttermost of their knowledge to beat down Antichrist and his power and dyd therin so much that none that had not his herâ— altogither hardened would ones open his mouthe agaynste that they taught Thus dyd the Lord of his mercy take from his people his sharpe rodde wherwith he had duringe the dayes of Quene Mary chastised them as it may well appeâ—re by the noumber of theym that suffered in the tyme of her reigne whiche were manye mo in noumber then are in this brefe chronicle remeÌ„bred But god hath theyr name in his boke and theyr teares in his bottell and when the number shal be fulfylled he will be reuenged vppon thâ— murtherers The Lord graunt vs grace so to walkâ— in his feare that our vertuous Queene mayâ— continewe with vs and sette forthe Goddes truth so hys glorye and our saluacion Amen Imprinted at London by VVilliam Seres at the Weste ende of Poules towards Ludgate at the signe of the Hedgehogge and are there to be solde 1559. The .v. day of Apryll
hym by the Italians Anni regum Angli 14 and depriued him as well of his regallye as of his syght Charles kinge of Fraunce The yere of the worlde 4976 The yere of Christ 915 by the manhod of his knightes recouered to the lordshyp the prouince of Lorayne Anni regum Angli 15 The hungares wasted the countrey of Almaine Ordonius reigned in Spayne .v. yeres Anni regum Angli 17 Elfleda pryncesse of Mertya The yere of the worlde 4878 The yere of Christ 917 whyche hadde tamed the Welsshemen and in dyuers battayles chased the Danes ended hir lyfe After whose deathe Edwarde helde that prouince in his owne hande The Hungares leuynge Almayne came into Lorayne The yere of Christ 918 and the countrey annexed therunto Anni regum Angli 18 The yere of the worlde 4879 whyche they spoyled without mercye At Nottyngham two kynges that is to saye The yere of the worlde 4880 The yere of Christ 919 of Scotlande and of Wales Anni regum Angli 19 yelded theym to kynge Edwarde of Englande and chose hym for theyr chyefe lorde and soueraygne Chunrade the emperoure gaue place to nature and by his brother Euerharde sent the imperiall insygnes to Henrye Duke of Saxone â–ª and hym appoincted to be emperour Anni regum Angli 20 Henrye the fyrste was proclamed emperour The yere of the worlde 4881 The yere of Christ 920 Thys man was of greate vertue wysedome and sobrenesse and for hys woorthynesse in armes marueylously praysed at his election repined Arnolde Duke of Bauarye whom with wise counsayle and gentyll exhortacion he appeased This Henrye was the fyrste emperour of the Saxones and was neuer crowned of the Romaine byshoppe neither had the dominion of Italye Anni regum Angli 11 In Spayne Santius surnamed the grosse The yere of the worlde 4882 The yere of Christ was kynge xi yeeres He was so wonderfull fatte of bodye that he was neuer in healthe Wherfore to healpe he yode to Abdemarus kynge of Sarasens whyche in the science of phisike was verye expert In the meane season Ordonius by treason vsurped the crowne But Santius by hâ—alp of the Sarasens recouered hys kyngdome and punisshed the rebelles The yere of the worlde 4883 The yere of Christ 922 Roberte Duke of Guyan Anni regum Angli 22 and brother of Eâ—do laste king of France contrarye his trouth and allegiance ceased certayne cities and holdes of the inherytance of kynge Charles and was by him vanquyshed and slayne Henry emperour of Germaine ouercame the Hungares The yere of the worlde 4884 The yere of Christ 923 The Sarasens of Afryke inuaded and robbed the countrey of Calabre and Poyle Anni regum Angli 23 possessed dyuers cyties of the Romayns and the prouince of Boneuente and consulted betwene theim selfe of the vtter destruction and deuastacion of Rome whom Iohn the .x. beynge than byshoppe by the healpe of Romanus the emperoure of Grece and Laudolphe Duke of Boneuent as witnesseth Lyuthbert put to flyghte and slewe of theim a great noumbre But Blondus referreth the occasyon of thys inuasyon of the Sarasens to Romanus and the Duke of Boneuent and affirmeth thys victorye to be atchyued by Albericus Erle of Hetruria After the death of Rollo Duke of Normandye succeded hys sonne William whiche was of great auctorytye amonge the Frenchemen The yere of the worlde 4885 The yere of Christ 924 Charles kyng of Fraunce Anni regum Angli 24 retournynge from the victorye which he had obteined against Robert Duke of Guyan by treason was taken cast in prison and lately slaine by Heberte Erle of Uermendâ—ys and brother in lawe to the sayed Duke of Guyan Henrye emperour of Germanye made league wyth the Hungares and shortly after recouered from the Frenche men the prouince of Loraine Rodolphe Duke of Burgoyne prouoked of the Italyans entred Italy and ouercame Beringarius whom he depriued of all kingly auctoritye and reygned as kyng of Italie .iii. yeres ADelstane after the death of Edwarde hys father beganne his reigne in Englande He was a prince of woorthie memorye valiant and wyse in all hys actes Anni regum Angli 1 and broughte thys lande to one Monarchie The yere of the worlde 4886 The yere of Christ 925 For he expelled vtterly the Danes subdued the Scottes and quieted the Welsshemen Flaunders by treason murdered Beringarius of Italy For whyche cause the .iii. daye after he was slayne of a souldiour of Beringarius named Milo Anni regum Angli 2 Symeon kynge of Burgares wyth dyuers inuasaons The yere of the worlde 4886 The yere of Christ 926 vexed sore the Grecyans whose furye to appeare Romanus the emperoure gaue the doughter of his son Christofer in maryage to Peter the son of Symeon and by the aliance was with him at peace Salarde Duke of the Hungares brake into Italy and destroied with fyre the cytie Pauâ—e Burcharde Duke of Swaâ—e whiche came to ayde Raulffe kyng of Italye was slaine at Millaine For whyche cause Raulffe left Italye and retourned into France After whom Hugo Duke of Dorleance was proclaymed kinge of Italye Constantine kinge of Scottes rebelled and disquieted with often inuasions the costes of England and beynge ouercomen and made subiecte to Abelstane swore to be his lege man Whyche thynge dyuers kynges of Scotlande after hym in lyke maner perfourmed But of thys homage dooynge the Scottyshe cronicle maketh no mencion Algina wyfe of Charles the symple hearynge of the murder of hir housbande and mistrustynge the Frenchemen fled secretely wyth hir sonne Lewys into England to hir brother Adelstane Raulffe Duke of Burgoyne after the departynge of Algina and hir son Anni regum Angli 3 by agreement of the lordes of France The yere of the worlde 4888 The yere of Christ 927 was ordeyned kyng and reygned after some writers .xii. yeres but more verely .ii. yeres Uuido Marqueo of Tuschia imprysoned Iohn byshop of Rome Anni regum Angli 4 and commaunded him to be beheaded The yere of the worlde 4889 The yere of Christ Henrye emperour of Germanye subdued the Sclauâ—â—es and toke the cytye Brenneburgh He made tributarie to hym the people of Dalmacye and vanquysshed the Bohemes Ethylstane or Athelstane kynge of Englande after the death of Sytheryus kinge of the Danes in Northumberlande ceased that prouynce into hys owne handes and put out of possessyon his sonne whyche fledde to Constantyne kynge of Scottes The yere of Christ 929 Lewys â–ª the sonne of Charles the simple Anni regum Angli 5 after the deathe of Raulffe The yere of the worlde 4890 was desyred of the nobles to retourne out of Englande with his mother Elgina and toke possession of the kingedome of Fraunce wherin he reygned .27 yeares Ethylstane of Englande gaue hys daughter Edyth to Otho soonne of Henrye whyche Otho was afterwarde emperour Leo the .vi. byshoppe of Rome .vii. monethes And after hym Stephene the seconde .ii yeres The yere of Christ 931 The people called Redarii rebelled and refused the dominion of Henrye the
Surie Slaymanne the greate Souldane of Babylon The yere of the worlde 5061 The yere of Christ 1106 was slaine Anni regum Angli 12 and the citee Ascalon yelded to Godfrey in the which he found wonderful riches Pastale the second was ordeined bishop of Rome who more lyke a strong warriour than a good bishoppe â–ª with force of armes subdued manye of hys ennemyes whiche withhelde from hym certaine of S. Peters patrimonye Many byshops of Rome in this time were chosen in dyuers partes Anni regum Angli 13 The yere of the worlde 5062 The yere of Christ 1101 and shortly after againe deposed Edgare the fourth sonne of Malcome being sent for of the Scottes made claime to the crowne whiche he obteined after he hadde discomfited Donalde in a strong battaile and reigned in good quiete .ix. yeres Baldwine after the death of Godfrei hys brother was named the .ii. king of Hierusalem Wylliam Rufus kyng of Englande beinge at his disporte of huntyng by glaunsynge of an arrowe that Tyrel a french knight did shoote was wounded to death HEnrie the brother of Wylliam Rufus and first of that name for hys learnynge called Beuâ—lerke beganne his dominion ouer this realme of EnglaÌ„de Anni regum Angli 1 and reigned .35 yeares This Henrie was a noble and valiant prince stronge and myghtie of body of hygh stature blacke heared and had great staryng eies a comely visage and a pleasant and sweete countinance He greatly abhorred excesse of meates and drinkes In thre thinges he was excellent in witte eloquence and good happe in battayle and thereto had .iii. contrary vices couetousnesse crueltee and lust of the body but yet he was not so geuen to these vices but that he farre excelled in vertue At the beginnyng he refourmed the state and condicioÌ„ of the clergie releised the greeuous paymentes reduced agayne S. Edwardes lawes with the amendemente of theim and restored Anselme bishop of Canturbury from banisshemente He toke to wife Maude the syster of Edgare kyng of Scottes This man fauoureth nothing the vsurped power of the byshop of Rome Many ChristiaÌ„ men were slaine in Asia of the Turkes and Bohemunde of Puell taken prysoner The yere of the worlde 5063 The yere of Christ 1102 Anni regum Angli 2 whiche was shortly after redemed by his nephew Tancretus Ranulph byshoppe of Durham excited Robert Curthoyse Duke of Normandie which was now retourned from Hierusalem to warre vpon his brother Henrie for the crowne of Englande who assembled a strong armie and landed at Portsmouth but by mediacion peace was made on this condycion that Henrye should paye .3000 markes yerely to Duke Robert The yere of the worlde 5065 The yere of Christ 1104 The citee of Accacon was taken of the kyng of Hierusalem by the ayde of the Uenecians and Ienowais Anni regum Angli 4 and a great multitude of the Turkes vanquisshed and slaine Robert Duke of Normandye coming into EnglaÌ„d by fayre entreatie of kynge Henrie and his wyfe releised to hym the tribute of .3000 markes Anni regum Angli 5 But it was not long ere that by meane of tale bearers The yere of the worlde 5066 The yere of Christ 1105 misse reporters great malyce was kendled betwene the .ii. bretherne and shortly therupon deadly warre arrered in the end wherof Robert was take n and kept in perpetual prison at Cardiffe by hys brother who immediatly seised vpon the Duchie of Normandie and held it in his possession After the death of Uradisâ—ans kynge of Boheme that countrey was gouerned a certaine space by Dukes Pascale bishop of Rome fought diuers battailes with Ptolomeus and Stephene Cursus The yere of the worlde 5067 The yere of Christ 1106 citisins of Rome Anni regum Angli 6 Robert Erle of Shrewsburye and William of Cornwalle rebellynge against kynge Henrie were taken and kepte in prison al their life time King Henry ordeined streicte lawes against theues and other that vsed vnlawfull meanes in the whiche was conteyned the losyng of lyfe of eyes of stones and other membres of man as the gilte required By meane of Anselme byshoppe of Canturburye the pryestes of Englande were constreigned to for go their wyfes A great Controuersie betwene king Henry and bishop Anselme concerninge the inuestitute of bishops and geuyng of benefices The bishop of Rome and his adherentes byshoppes of Saxonie after many other princes lastly excited Henrye the yonger to warre vpoÌ„ his owne father the emperour continuyng the time of whiche warre Henry the father partly for sorowe partly with sickenesse ended hys lyfe after he had in .60 greate battayles encountred with hys rebellious subiectes and other enemyes that were stered against him by the bishops of Rome Bohemund Duke of Puel retourned out of Asia and toke to wyfe Constance the daughter of Philip kynge of Fraunce The yere of the worlde 5068 The yere of Christ 1107 Anni regum Angli 7 Henrye the .v. of that name after the death of hys father toke on him the gouernaunce of the empyre Which he vsurped rebellyng against his father in hys life tyme and reigned .xx. yeres Lewys surnamed the grosse began hys reigne ouer Fraunce and continued .xxx. yeres shortly after hys coronacion a noble man called Guylerous rebelled and was brought to due obeysaunce In Englande appeared a blasyng sterre betweene the southe and the weast and againste that in the east appeared a great beame of brightnesse stretchyng towarde the sterre and shortly after were seen .ii. moones the tone in the east the tother in the weast Alphons the .vii. king of Spaine reigned one and fifty yeres Anni regum Angli 8 Alexius emperour of ConstaÌ„tinople vexed the Christians The yere of the worlde 5069 The yere of Christ 1108 which were occupyed in warre against the Turkes in Asia Wherefore Bo 〈…〉 â—uell ledde againste hym a stronge armie and besieged Dyrachium But Alexius fearynge the puisaunce of Bohemunde entreated meanes of peace which was concluded and Bohemund passed againe to Antioche A certaine bishop of Fluâ—ntine about this time taught that Antichrist was come beyng meeued with the wonderful straunge sightes which were seen in these daies Anni regum Angli 9 Baldwyne kinge of Ierusalem toke Berinthum The yere of the worlde 5070 The yere of Christ 1109 and by force of armes subdued Syâ—â—n Henrye the emperour desyred to wife Maude the eldest daughter of kynge Henrye of Englande being then but v. yeres of age nor hable to be maried Kyng Henrie ordeined the bishops see of Eely and added therto Cambridge shyre Alexander the .v. sonne of Malcolme reigned in Scotlande .xvii. yeares he quyeted the Murrais and Rossis whiche troubled his realme Debate fel betwene the king of Englande and Lewys of Fraunce The yere of the worlde 5071 The yere of Christ 1110 for the castell of Gisdurs and homage Anni regum Angli 10 whiche Lewys required to be dooen for the Duchie of Normandie Worthy thaÌ„kes were rendred to Henry the emperour by the bisshop of Rome
that prouince he named Eustace his soÌ„ne Duke of Normandye and enered frendshippe and league with Lewys king of Fraunce Richardus de S. Uictore Rabi Salomon a Iew and Almeon well skilled in the Quadriuialles lyued at this tyme. Eustace the sonne of kyng Stephene maried the sister of Lewys kinge of Fraunce whiche mariage continued the amitee betwene England and Fraunce Chunrade Duke of Suane a man of noble and valiaÌ„t courage Anni regum Angli 4 by consente of the electours was chosen emperoure The yere of the worlde 5039 The yere of Christ 1138 and reigned .xv. yeres Whom no writer testifieth to be crowned of the bishop of Rome but that he vsed imperyal auctoritee withoute his admissyon At the begynnyng againste hym rebelled a Duke of the Saxones named Henry but he was shortlye broughte in subiection and his Dukedome geuen to the Erle of Austrich Dauid kyng of Scotlande repentynge hym of the former agremeÌ„t made with king Stephene The yere of the worlde 5100 The yere of Christ 1139 Anni regum Angli 3 and purposing to recouer the crowne of EnglaÌ„d for Maude his nephew and daughter of kyng Henry in most cruel wise inuaded Northumberland where by Thrustone bishop of Yorke the Scottes were driuen backe and slaine in great numâ—bre and Dauid constreigned to geue his sonne Henrie in hostage for suretee of peace In the meane season kyng Stephene was occupied in ciuile warre against Robert Erle of Glocester and others whiche fauoured the parte of Maude whome the kynge subdued and part of theim forced to forsake the realme Maude the empresse came into this land out Normandye Anni regum Angli 6 and by the ayde of Roberte Erle of Gloucester The yere of the worlde 5102 The yere of Christ 1141 and Ranulâ—h of Chester made strong warre vpon king Stephene in the end whereof the kynges partee was chased and hym selfe taken prisoner and sente to Bristow there to be kept in sure holde But than the Kenâ—sshemen and Londinars fauouryng the kinge warred vpon the rebelles in open field toke Robert Erle of Gloucester But shortly after bothe the kynge and Robert were dâ—lyuered oute of pryson by exchaunge and Stephene withoute delaie gatheryng to him a stronge armie in such wise pursued his enemyes that he forced Maude with other of his frendes to forsake the realme The warre continued a long season to the great domage of the realme The Romayns desyryng their former and auncient libertee ordeyned two senatours whiche shoulde gouerne the lordships and prouinces belongyng as yet to the citee of Rome But Innocent the bishop withstode theyr purpose and callyng a counsayle ordeined that no laye man should ley violent handes vpon a priest Anni regum Angli 7 ¶ Emanuell was created emperour of Constantinople The yere of the worlde 5103 The yere of Christ 1142 and reigned .xxviii. yeares He vsed muche vilanye towarde the Christyans that passed into Asia against the Turkes as after shal appeare Anteenna the phisicfon Auerrois the interpretoure of Aristotle a wicked philosophier Abraham Aâ—enestrae a Iew and an astronomer and Baliardus a peripatetike flourisshed Anni regum Angli 8 ¶ Gâ—isa sonne of Bela was made king of Hungary and reigned .xx. yeres The yere of the worlde 5104 The yere of Christ 1143 He kept fyerce warre with the Germaines whiche brake into Pannonie and was of theim at the fyrst encounter vanquisshed but at the second time he obteined the vyctorie This man receiued and noblie interteined the emperour and the Frenche king as they yode towarde Hierusalem Roger Erle of Sicilie recouered all the lordshipe whiche he was before possessed of in Italie and than passed with a stroÌ„ge nauie into Afrike where in many battailes he weried the Sarasens and made them with theyr king Tunete to hym tributarye whiche tribute they payed duely the space of xxx yeres Alaph kynge of the Turkes reconquered the citee of Mesopotamia called Edissa and practised moste extreme vilanie and crueltee towarde the Christians Celestine byshop of Rome .v. monethes After hym Lucius .ix. monethes and than Eugenius .viii. yeres whiche was troubled with the sedicyon of the people desiryng theyr consulles The yere of Christ 1144 ¶ Baldwine the .iii. was ordeyned the .v. kynge of Hierusalem after his father Fulco Anni regum Angli 9 S. Barnard exhorted the ChristiaÌ„ prynces to take armes against the Turkes Chunrade the emperoure of Germanie gatheryng for that purpose a strong armie went to Constantinople by the counsaile of Emanuell whiche promised faiethfully to puruey all thinges necessarye for hys armye passed ouer Bospherus withoute preparaunce of vitayle and for age and besieged Iconium Emanuell sent to hym meale mengled with lyme with the whiche the souldiours of Chunrade were poysoned and destroyed in suche wyse that he was fayne to leaue the siege and retourne againe into Thracia Baldwine kyng of Hierusalem repayred Gaza and conquering the citee AlcaloÌ„ gaue it to the templares He ouer came the Turkes at Hierico and slew of them .5000 and in lyke maner vanquisshed chased and slewe Noradinus mayster of the chiualrye of Damascus with hys company A synode was assembled in Fraunce in the which Bâ—liardus a phylosophier of excellente learnynge but not consenting in al poinctes with the Romaine church was conuicted and afterwarde made him selfe a monke The yere of the worlde 5106 The yere of Christ 1145 Lewys kyng of Fraunce Anni regum Angli 10 settyng forthe towarde Asia against the Turkes came to Constantinople and by the treason of Emanuel the emperour was led by desertes and wildernesses of Sâ—rie with great'ie opardie of his men and at the last through scarcitee of vitayles and all necessaries â–ª was constreigned to bringe his hoste being sore weried and febled to the citee of Antioch Gracian collectont of the decrees Peter commester auctour of the historie called Scholastica Petrus Longobardus maister of the sentences and Otto â—rigensis a wel learned bishop were famous Roger erle of Sicilie being greued with the vntreuth and villaine of Emanuel the emperour of Constantinople went against him with a great puisaunce and subdued Corâ—yra toke the citees Corinth Thebes Eubola and other and then fearinge the ayde of the Uenecians bent his power toward Asia where he caused the Sarasens at the port of Simeon which hadde entrapped and compassed the Frenche kynge In his retourne he beset the citee of Constantinople with a hard siege About this time in England the Iewes crucified a child vpon Easter daye at Norwich â–ª in derision of christe and his religion Anni regum Angli 11 Chunrade the Emperour Lewis the king of France comminge to Ierusalem The yere of the worlde 5107 The yere of Christ 1146 ioygned their puisaunce wyth king Baldwine and besieged Damascus But they being deceiued by an Assirian whom they trusted forsoke the siege and shortly after retourned into Europe Geffrey Plantagenet the husbande of Maude the empresse who continuing the warres against kinge Sâ—â—phene of Englande
foughten diuers fyerce battailes to the great losse of bothe partes The Sarasens of Afrike with a greate nauie Anni regum Angli 7 entred Spayne The yere of the worlde 5156 The yere of Christ 1195 toke prisoner the kynge of Castile subdued the countrey now called Grauade whiche they possessed to the tyme of Ferdinande late kyng of Spayne by whose manhode pollicie and prowes they were expelled The yere of the worlde 5157 The yere of Christ 1196 Peace betwene Rycharde of Englande and Phillip of France for one yere Anni regum Angli 8 and Iohn submitted him selfe to his brother The yere of the worlde 5158 The yere of Christ 1167 The secte of Crosse friers began fyrst The warre was renewed betwene Richard and Philip The yere of the worlde 5159 The yere of Christ 1198 in the whiche either of them spedde dyuersly Anni regum Angli 9 Henry the emperour sent an armie to ayde the Christians in Asia vnder the guydynge of the bishop of Mense Anni regum Angli 10 and the Duke of Saxonie which the next yere folowing hearyng of the emperours death returned toward their countrey Azo of Bononie a lawier Thebit an astronomei Kimhi the Iew and Papias a grammarian were famous Innocent the thyrde byshop of Rome .xviii. yeres He fyrst compelled men to auricular confession and forbade the sacrameÌ„t to be ministred to the laitee vnder both kindes And with al endeuour was agaynste the emperour Philip. The Sarasens wan froÌ„ the Christians the citee Ioppe and exercised great crueltee towarde them The yere of the worlde 5160 The yere of Christ 1199 Anni regum Angli 11 A league was made betwene the kynges of England and Fraunce for .v. yeres Philip brother of HeÌ„ry the last emperour by the helpe of the Bohemes Anni regum Angli 12 Saxones Bauarays Sueuians The yere of the worlde 5161 The yere of Christ 1200 toke on hym the imperyall auctoritee contrary to the mynde of the byshop of Rome at whiche tyme the countrey of Germanie was tourmented with most cruel warres for Innocent the thyrde coulde in no wyse abyde this Phillip for displeasure that he had conceiued towarde hym wherfore he did excommunicate him and caused the byshop of Coloine and other electours to make Otho emperour betwene whome and Philyp were fought dyuers battayles But Philip defended hym selfe so manlye that by force he helde the imperyall crowne all hys lyfe tyme maugre bothe Otho and the byshop whiche often tymes hadde threatned that eyther he woulde pul from Philip the imperyall crowne or els that Philip shoulde take from him his triple Diademe so meke was this geÌ„til byshop Kyng Rycharde of Englande besiegyng the castile of Gailarde was wounded with a quarell that was shotte from the walie and therof died Anni regum Angli 1 IOhn brother to the aboue named Richard was crowned kynge of Englande and reigned .xvii. yeares The yere of the worlde 5162 The yere of Christ 1201 Of personage he was indifferent but of a melancoly and angry countenaunce he coÌ„temned the byshop of Romes auctoritee whiche if he had doen constantly with iudgement to the entent to take away supersticion to reforme abuses to pul downe idolatrie to set vp true relygion to disanul hys vsurped power as he semed to doe for couetousnes and of a froward mynd vndoubtedly he had ben worthy high commendacion By his cowardise slouthful negligence the signory of England greatly decaied Phillip king of France in the quarel of Arthur Duke of Britaine whoÌ„ certaine of the lordes had named kinge of Englande made warre vppon kynge Iohn inuaded Normandye and toke from him diuers castels and townes but after many skyrmishes to the losse of bothe partes a peace was agreed which coÌ„tinued no longer time Kynge Phillip of Fraunce was cursed by the byshoppe of Rome because he woulde not receiue his wife whom he had repudiated without lawful cause Alexius by treason depryued hys brother Isaac of the empyre of Constantinople and puttyng out his eies cast hym in pryson Alexius the sonne of Isaac fledde to the Uenecians and Flemminges being as than occupied in warre in the borders of Hungarie and desyred of theym succour whiche restored hym to his fathers empire But because he was shortly after poisoned by one Mâ—rtellus the Uenecians and theyr company besieged CoÌ„stantinople expelled the misdoers and by one consent made Baldwine Erle of FlauÌ„ders emperour Whereby the empire of Grece came fyrst to the Frenchmen This Baldwine graunted the Uenecians all the Ilandes in the Greeke seas Ladislaus the .iii. kynge of Hungary reigned .vi. monethes and after him Andreas his vncle .36 yeres The kyng of Scottes did homage and swore to be true liegeman to king Iohn of England The yere of the worlde The yere of Christ 1202 Ilmomaline emperour of the Sarasens in Afrike inuaded Spayne and with swoorde and fyre destroyed the countrei euen to France at length the kingesof Spaine so vanquysshed hys armye and so sharpely pursued him â–ª that he helde only the countrei of Granade Odefredus an interpretour of the lawe Alsabarauius a phisicion Hali aben Ragel an astronomer Guntherus Ligurinus a poete and Saxo a grammarian flourished Dauid a Persian called also Changius or Guiscan coming out of the mountaines of India with an innumerable multitude inuaded the Perthians Armenians and Medes he was the fyrst emperour of the Tratarians In Yorkeshyre â–ª were sene .v. moones one in the East Anni regum Angli 3 another in the West The yere of the worlde 5164 The yere of Christ 1203 the thyrde in the North the fourth in the South and the .v. in the myddes of the elemente The next yere folowed a sharpe winter and hayle fell as bigge as hennes egges wherwith men cattaile fruite were greatly hurte Philip of Fraunce inuaded Normandye and toke dyuers castels townes whiche he gaue to Arthur Duke of Britayne But shortlye after the same Arthur with manye other noble men were taken prisoners by kynge Iohn and led into Englande Philip of France ceased not two or three yeres contynually to make warre vpon the Duchie of Normandye Anni regum Angli 4 The yere of the worlde 5165 The yere of Christ 1204 till at the last he subdued the same to his dominion with the prouinces of Guyan Poyters and Britaine whyche before parteined to the crowne of Englande King Iohn sailed into Normandie where he warred in the borders of Fraunce But of his victories is lytell written Innocent bishop of Rome sette abrode many decrees amonge the whiche were that as often as princes fell at variaunce the correction and amendment therof should perteyne to the bishop of Rome and that he only shoulde be counted emperour which was crowned wyth the imperial Diademe by the Romaine bishop Uariance beganne betwene king Iohn and the bishop of Rome for the admission of Stephene Langhton whoÌ„ Innocent by false menes had caused to be chosen bishop of Canturburie Dominike and Frances perceiuing that bishops
Honorius byshop of Rome .x. yeres .vii. monethes He chose Iohannes de Columna a cardynall to bee soueraygne capitaine of the warres into Asâ—a who sped him thitherward with the souldiours that bishop Innocent had prepared for that purpose There went with him Andâ—ewâ— kinge of Huâ—garie Henrye Duke of Niuerna Gulthâ—â—rus chamberlayne to the frenche king which ioygning their puissaunce with the king of Hierusalem besyeged Damas in Egipt somtime called Heliopolis The ordre of our ladies souldiers began first in ArragoÌ„ AFter the disceasse of Iohn Henry his sonne Anni regum Angli 1 of the age of .ix. yeeres by the counsaile of Wylliam Duke of Gloucester The yere of the worlde 5179 The yere of Christ and the Erles of Penbroke and Chester was proclaimed kinge of England These noble men before mencioned with their retinewe kepte sharpe warre with Lewis the french kinges sonne and his affinitee who by the couenauntes made before with the Englishemen claimed the crowne but after certaine skirmishes and battailes Lewis somewhat more inclyned to peace which sadly was concluded and he departed hense into France Than was Henry confirmed in the kingdome who coming to iust age waxed strong mighty of body and of metely comely personage of nature gentyll of minde more sage and wise than valiant and hardye liberall towarde the poore In his tyme he ordeyned many lawes to the great commoditye of thys realme and reygned .56 yeres Ranulph Duke of Chester toke his iorney towarde the holy lande The citee Damyata in Aegipt was taken of the christians after long siege Anni regum Angli 2 The yere of the worlde The yere of Christ 1219 Robert the son of Peter was ordeyned emperour of Constantinople Anni regum Angli 3 and reigned .vii. yeres The yere of the worlde 5181 The yere of Christ 1220 In Thuscia two erles possessed certaine citees belonging to the empyre whych whan Friderich by force of armes had recouered the two erles fled to Honorius bishop of Rome who commaunded Friderych to restore to theÌ„ their cities which thinge whan he denied the byshop denounced him accursed and forbade him the communion with the faythfull saying that those citees belonged to the churche of Rome Hoccota Can the second emperour of the TartariaÌ„s he vaÌ„quished the Turkes his thre sonnes inuaded Persia India and Cumania Kinge Henry of England began to builde our ladye church in Westminster The Christians in Egipt being brought in great ieopardy Anni regum Angli 4 by the pollicie of the Souldayne The yere of the worlde 5182 The yere of Christ 1221 restored to hym the citee Damyata and making a peace retourned into Europe The TartariaÌ„s a people of Scithia after many other countreis of the east subdued to them Georgiana the greater Armenie and then passing the mountaines called Riphei inuaded Polonia and Hungarie They in short space coÌ„quered so manye countreys that their prince for his large pessessions was called the great Cahan Alexander king of Scottes maryed IohaÌ„ the sister of kinge Henrye of Englande A proclamacion made thoroughout Englande to auoyde straungers because one Fonkes de Brent helde the castell of Bedforde agaynst the kinges wyll At the same time appeared a blasynge sterre and much hurte was done by thunder lightning and earthquakes and many vncought and strange sightes were sene Robert emperour of ConstaÌ„tinople maried a maiden which before was fiaunced to a noble man of Burgoin wherwith the burgonion being greatly meued The yere of the worlde 5183 The yere of Christ Anni regum Angli 5 entred by violence into the emperours palace and cutte of the maydens nose and cast her mother into the sea Iohn king of Ierusalem came to Rome and gaue his doughter in mariage to Friderich themperour geuing for her dower the title of the kingdome of IerusaleÌ„ for whiche cause the kinges of Sicilie to this day be writen kinges of Hierusalem A counsayle holden at Oxenford of the bishops of Englande where a certayne man was condemned which taug ht that he was Iesus Chryste and to confirme the same he shewed the tokens of wounds in his handes bodie and feete About this time Gilesbie Ros rebelled against Alexander king of Scottes and was subdued and slayne with his two sons by the erle of Buchqhame whom the king sent agaynst hym The gray friers of the order of Francis came first into Englande The yere of the worlde 5184 The yere of Christ 1223 Friderich the emperour Anni regum Angli 6 whiche was excommunicated by the bishop of Rome caused his sonne to be made partaker of the empire Iohn kinge of Ierusalem toke in mariage Beringaria the doughter of the kinge of Spayne The men of Caithnes in Scotland â–ª burned their bishop because he cursed them for not payinge their tythes for whiche dede the kinge didde hange .iiii. hundred of the chiefe doers gelded their children disherited the erle A conspiratie was made agaynst king Henry of England by one Constantine in the citye of London for the whiche he was drawen and hanged the morowe after Lewys the eyght or after some the ninth was made kynge of Fraunce after his father Anni regum Angli 7 The yere of the worlde 5185 The yere of Christ 1234 and reygned .iiii. yeres He made league with Friderich themperour wher by the name of brotherhoode was renewed betwene the Frenchmen and Germaynes Anni regum Angli 8 The lordes and gentilmen of Englande first graunted to king Henrie the warde and maryage of theyr heyres The yere of the worlde 5186 The yere of Christ Anni regum Angli 9 Richarde the brother of kinge Henrye The yere of the worlde 5187 The yere of Christ 1226 ouercame the Frenchmen recouered Poyters â–ª and kept the Gascoins in due obedience Robert emperour of Grece ended his life in Achaia Gregory the .ix. was bishop of Rome .xiiii. yeres He was a man inflate with pride and for certayne vain causes as witnesseth the Abbote of Ursberge agayne excommunicated the emperour Friderich Ferdinand king of Arragon expelling the Sarasens out of the citie Ualencia Anni regum Angli 10 The yere of the worlde 5188 The yere of Christ 1227 and the yle called Maiorica reduced theim to the fayth of Christ. Lewes king of Fraunce wan certayne castels in the countrey of Poyters and shortly after toke and spoyled the citee Auignon which for the heresy of the Albigenses was cursed of the bishop of Rome the space of seuen yeres ¶ Baldwine the .ii. beyng yet a childe was made emperour of Grece to whom bicause he was not of sufficient age Iohn Brenne king of Ierusalem was appointed as a tutour and gouernour The bishop of Rome made Iohn king of Ierusalem Duke of Romandiola and lord of Rauenna Anni regum Angli 11 Lewis the .ix. and sonne to Lewys the laste kinge began his dominion ouer France The yere of the worlde The yere of Christ 1228 who for his youth was of dyuers thought vnmeete to take on him so greate
of the common people Kyng Phillip of FrauÌ„ce made great preparacyon for a viage into the holy lande Bennet the .xii was bishoppe of Rome .vii. yeares He by the counsaile of Phillip king of Fraunce Anni regum Angli 9 The yere of the worlde 5296 The yere of Christ confyrmed the censours and cursinges that Iohn hys predicessour had published against Lewys the emperour Mastinus Scaliger lorde of Uerone Brixia and Pergamum in Itali subdued of him Parma Luca and Patalum against him conspyred the Uenecians Florentines and dyuers princes of Italye betwene whom were â—oâ—ghten dyuers batailles greatly to the losse of bothe partes but in the ende peace was made with Scaliger on this condicion that he shoulde forsake Patanye Brixia and Pergamum holde in his possession Uerone Uincence Parma and Luca. Warre was proclaymed betwene the kynges of Englande and Fraunce The yere of the worlde 5297 The yere of Christ 1336 The bishop of Rome beyng in France Anni regum Angli 10 sent ambassade to Rome requiryng of the people that the .ii. senatours whiche before tyme were created to gouerne the citie in the name of the emperour myght hensforth be ordeyned in the bishoppes name and gouerne the cytie to his behâ—ulfe whiche was grraunted and that dignitie geuen for the space of .v. yeres to Stephene de Columna a cardinall some write that the byshop him selfe had certaine yeres before vsed the auctoritie of a senatour in the emperours name and now required it in his owne Tâ—uleros a diuine Cinuâ— Olradus Pauloâ— Perusâ—nus lawyers Mâ—cheus Syluaticus Nicolaus de Rhegio phisicions and S Roke liued at this tyme. About this tyme as Fabian mencioneth by reason of scarcitie of money was suche plentie of vytailes and other mâ—rcimâ—nies in thys realme of Englande that the lyke had not beâ— leâ—n For a quarter of wheate was sold for .ii. s. a fatte gose for .ii. d. a pigge for a penye a fatte oxe for .vi. s. vâ—ii d. a fatte shepe for .vi. d. and .viii. d. vi pigeons a penye King Edward Anni regum Angli 11 for the expedicion of his warres against the Frenche kynge The yere of the worlde The yere of Christ 1337 sent ambassadours into the partyes beyonde the sea to alye wyth him the Erle of Heynalde and others lordes whyche obeied not the Frenche kyng Where by meanes of Iaques Dartuel he hadde great comfort of the Flemminges and dyuers lords and princes of the empyre Kinge Edwarde sent a company of men in ships to conquere the towne of Gagaunt which vanquished the FleÌ„minges that were set ther by the Erle to stoppe his passage into Fraunce Kyng Edwarde for more sure stablishement of amytie betwene hym and the Holanders The yere of the worlde 5299 The yere of Christ 1338 Selanders Anni regum Angli 12 and Bravaâ—â—ers sailed to Antwerpe wher he concluded the matâ—â—er with his aliaunces â–ª and by the consent of the emperoure Lewis proclaymed vicare general of the empyre The yere of the worlde 5300 The yere of Christ 1359 The kinge of Englande Anni regum Angli 13 ouer and besyde a great army of Englishe souldiours hauing with him well nere the whole power of the empyre began to entre the borders of the french kinges dominion â–ª and made claime to the whole realme of Fraunce as his rightfull inheritaunce and for more auctoritee named him selfe kinge of france and entermedled the armes of England with the armes of Fraunce as it remayneth to this daye In this passe time a certayne of Frenchmen had entred the hauen of Southampton and robbed the towne and vpon the sea had taken .ii. great Englysh shippes called the Edward and the Christofer Franciscus Petrarcha was famous in Italye made poete Laureat in Rome Diuers robbinges bickeringes â–ª and small battailes were betwene the Frenchmen and the Flemminges the Henoways and other frendes of kinge Edwarde Anni regum Angli 14 King Edward saylyng toward Flaunders The yere of the worlde 5301 me to the hauen of Sciuse mette with the frenche kinges nauye The yere of Christ where was foughten a cruell batayle wherof the king of Englande had the victorie and the french flete that was in noumbre .400 sayle was wel nere al destroyed and the souldiours taken slayne and drowned so that of .33000 there scaped not one Shortly after the king besieged Turney continuinge the time of whiche siege diuers outridinges and enterprises were ventured by the Henoways Almains and other his frendes to the great hurte of bothe partes but the more fell still to the Frenchemen At the ende of .xi. wekes a peace was agreed vpon for the space of .xii. monethes â–ª and kinge Edward retourned into Englande In this passetime the Scottes by steringe and ayde of the frenchemen recouered a great part of that land and in most cruell wise vexed the englyshe garisons Bennet bishop of Rome â–ª saying that the whole empire was fallen into his handes â–ª because it was of long time voyde for he reputed Lewys as no emperour ordeyned rulers ouer the citee of Italye at his will and pleasure by whom Luchinus and Iohn his brother obtâ—ined the gouernance of Myllayne Mastinus Scalaget of Ueâ—on and Uincentia and other of dyuers other places at his appoinctment Robert Stewarde gouernour of Scotlande and WylliaÌ„ Douglas coÌ„quered Berth Stâ—tueline Edenbourgh and other holdes from the Englyshemen After the deth of Iohn duke of Britain Anni regum Angli 15 mortal warre ensued betwene Charles de Bloyes The yere of the worlde 5312 The yere of Christ 1341 and Iohn earle of Mountfoâ—te for the possession of that Dukedome Iohn of Mountfort was taken and caste in prison at Parys â–ª but the warre was still mainteined by his wife a womaÌ„ of valiant courage who with the ayde of the Englyshâ—men defended her housbandes quarell vigorouslye and with a great stomacke Alexander Ramsel a Scotte inuaded the borders of Englande Edward Bailoll fled out of Scotlande into Englande and left all the gouernance of the realme that he helde to the vse of kinge Edwarde Kinge Edwarde went towarde the Scottes but for so muche as he was disprouided of vitayles for his armye at the request of the lordes of Scotland he made league for .iiii. monethes King Dauid of Scotland retourned out of Fraunce into his owne countrey The erle Gaulâ—ier of Manny a noble hardy knight was sent of kinge Edwarde to ayde the countesse of Britaine agaynst Charles de Bloys where he by his manhode and pollicie atchieued many enterprises The yere of the worlde The yere of Christ 1342 Clement the .vi. by the labour of kynge Philyppe of France succeded Bennet in the bishoprike of Rome Anni regum Angli 16 He was in like maner a mortall enemy to Lewis the emperour and coÌ„firmed the sentences published against him before time and stered many princes of great power to make warre vpon him â–ª but the emperour dooinge lyke for lyke inuaded the possessions of the churche of
Rome and ordeyned therein many deputees and rulers at his pleasure King Dauid of Scotland with muche crueltâ—e diuers times vexed the englyshe borders and destroyed the towne of Durham wherfore kinge Edwarde sped hym thitherwarde in all haste but a peace was entreated for â—i yeres without any notable battaile Kinge Edwarde sente Robert Dartoys Erle of Rychâ—mount with the countesse of Britaine into her countrei who wasted and destroyed those partes veray sore and shortly after died of a wound that he receyued at the citee of Uannes Anni regum Angli 17 The yere of the worlde 5304 The yere of Christ 1343 Clement bishop of Rome toke vpoÌ„ him to geue diuers bishoprikes and benefices which than fel voyde in Englande wherwith the king was greatly discontented In so much that he sent out commissions and streight commaundementes that no man should present or induct any suche person â–ª that so by the bishoppe was promoted without the agremente of the kinge because it touched his prerogatiue Whan Lewys the emperour at the instance of his nobles with great humilitee made diuers meanes for entreatie of concorde with Clement the bishop his outragious pride prescribed to him so shameful and vnworthye conditions as vneth the vilest slaue in the world would haue condescended vnto amonge the whiche were that he should openly acknowlage his errours and dysobedyence therwith to resigne the empire neuer to receyue it but at the bishops pleasure and moreouer to yeld him selfe his children with al his goodes into his handes Kinge Edward with a strong armye sayled into Britaine and besi eged the citee of Uannes Renes Nauntes toke the towne of Dynant By meane of two cardinalles peace was concluded for a certayne space Anni regum Angli 18 The order of the garter The yere of the worlde The yere of Christ 1344 first inueÌ„ted and ordeyned by king Edwarde The erle of Derby was sent by king Edwarde wyth a company of englishe souldiours to make warre in Gascoyne where he wanne the towne of Bargarath the rioll with many other townes and castelles before Anberoche the erle of Derbye by the pollicie of Walter of Manni â–ª with a thousande Englishemen disconfited and slew .x. thousand Frenchmen and Gascoynes and toke prisoner the erle of Lay their chiefe capitayne with dyuers other nobles and subdued the countrey Iohn duke of Normandy the sonne of king Philippe The yere of the worlde 5306 The yere of Christ 1345 Anni regum Angli 19 came with a great army into Gascoyne against the erle of Derby Godfrey of Anicourte was banished out of Fraunce and fled to king Edward whom he incensed and stered to inuade Normandie Iaques Darâ—uell a great friende of kinge Edwarde was murdered at Gaunt in Flaunders Gâ—ulter duke of Athenes vsurped tirannie at Florrence .x monethes whom Angelus Acciolus expelled and restored them to their libertee The yere of the worlde The yere of Christ 1346 The king of England with his son prince Edwarde sayled into Normandye and ouerrode spoyled Anni regum Angli 20 and destroyed the countrey before him euen to Parys and gathered wonderful riches of Pray whiche he sente into England Shortly after he encountred the french kinge me to the forest of Cressâ—e where he had not in his host the ryght man in comparison of the frenche armye and obteyned of them a noble and triumphant victorye by the manhode of his archers In that battell was slayne the floure of the chiualrie of Fraunce for there fell on that part the kinge of Boheme with ten other great princes foure score banners .1200 knights and mo than .30000 of the common souldiours after this victorye king Edwarde went toward Cales and besieged the towne the space of a leuen monethes Bishop ClemeÌ„t with most dispituous wordes enueyghed in a sermon against Lewis the emperour caused certaine of the electours to chose a newe emperour While king Edward besieged Calys Dauid of Scotland by exciting of the frenche kinge warred vpon the borders of England But the Quene assembled a stroÌ„g armie as well of the clergye and priestes as the other commons and nere to Durham toke in bataile the king of Scottes prisoner with many of his greatest lordes and erlee and slewe one and other 15000. souldyoures After this victorie the Englishemen tooke the castell of Rorhurgh subdued Anandale Galloway Mers Teuida Twedale and Ectrike forest The warre was quickened againe in Britaine and sir Charlos of Bloys taken prisoner by the Englyshemen but the warre continued fiercely The yere of the worlde 5302 The yere of Christ 1347 Anni regum Angli 21 betwene his wife and the forenamed Counteise of Mouuntforte Charles king of Boheme was choseÌ„ emperour while Lewys was yet a liue who not longe after dyed After the deathe of Robert kinge of Sicilie and Apulya his doughter Iohan toke to her husbande Andrew the sonne of Lewys kinge of Hungarye whom not longe after she murdered and maried Lewys Duke of Tarent Edwarde Bayloll and the Erle of Northumberlande spoyled Louthiall and Cliddisdale in Scotlande Lewis king of Hungarye came with a strong army in to Italye to reuenge his sonnes death where he chased the queene Iohan and obteined her kingdome of Apulia Diuers of the cities of Germany vehemeÌ„tly withstode the tiranny of the Romaine byshop toward Lewis their emperour Nicolas a man of vnknowen byrthe takynge on hym great auctoritte in the cytie of Rome expelled the senatours and saied he woulde restore the citye to her pristynate libertie But shortly after he was taken of Charles the emperour and sent into Fraunce to the byshop About this tyme the emperour solde the Duchy of Orliance and Delphinoys to the French kynge Cales was yelded vp to kinge Edwarde of Englande Lewys whan he had subdued to him the kyngdome of Apulia Anni regum Angli 22 retourned to Hungary The yere of the worlde The yere of Christ 1348 ¶ Peter the first was ordeined kinge of Spaine He passed all his predicessours in crueltie manslaughter and other myschefe he put to death all the nobylitie and the chiefe of his affinitie and kynred Wylliam Douglas the sonne of Iames Douglas wan againe certayne landes in Scotlande that the Englysh men had subdued A great and wonderfull famyne and pestylence raged throughout all the worlde In Italye scante the .x. person of an hundred was left on liue In the city of Parys in Fraunce dyed .50 thousande In. S. Denys .1400 in one yere A treason was conspired by the capytaine of Cales to betraye it againe to the Frenchmen The hystory wherof declareth wonderfully the great manhode pollicy lyberalitie and gentylnesse of the noble kynge Edwarde reade Frosarde the .156 ca. c. of his first boke Certaine of the electours of Germanye agreed not to the election of Charles The yere of the worlde 5310 The yere of Christ 1349 Anni regum Angli 23 and therfore profered the empire to king Edwarde of England who refused it as
in Picaroye in Bry in Campaine and destroâ—ed and spoyled well nere all the countrey Moreouer the kings of Nauarre vexed sore the marches of Normandy Thus was the realme of France miserably beset at this time on all sides Anni regum Angli A finall peace was concluded betwene the kynges of England and of Fraunce on this condicion The yere of the worlde 5321 The yere of Christ that kinge Edwarde should haue to his propre possession the countreys of Gascoyn and Guyon Poyters Limosin Bâ—leuâ—le Exanctes Cales Guines and diuers other lorshippes townes castels and all the landes to theym belongyng without knowlaging of any soueraigntee obeisaÌ„ce homage or subiection for the same and that the king of Fraunce shoulde pay for his raunsome .30000 scuâ—â—s King Iohn retourned into Fraunce The Nonnes of S. Brigettes order began first The citye of Bononia in Italy which belonged to the lordes of Millaine came to the possession of the churche of Rome by the treason of one Aulegianus in rewarde wherof the towne of Firmium was geuen to hym Greuous warre betwene the citesins of Pise Florence The Duchye of Burgoyne tel by heritage to king Iohn of Fraunce Anni regum Angli 35 The yere of the worlde 5322 The yere of Christ The warre coÌ„tinued stil in Britaine betwene Charles de Bloys and the countesse of Mounfort and her sonne Iohn Erle of Mountfort After the peace coÌ„cluded betwene England France remayned diuers felowships of robbers called companions that liued only by rauen and pillage which wasted and robbed the countre of Fraunce in most cruel wise and could not be expelled by any meanes but in sundry conflictes ouercame the lordes of Fraunce They vered and disquieted also Italy and Germanie and robbed in those partes verie sore The yere of Christ 1362 A great death and pestilence in the realme of EnglaÌ„d Anni regum Angli 36 The yere of the worlde Urbane the .v. beynge ordeyned bishop of Rome at Auignon sent Aegâ—dius his cardinall and legate with a great puisance into Italy who by his meanes incensed Lewys Gonzaza Nicolas Estensis Francisce Cacrarius agaynst Bernabas lord of Millayne in suche wyse that he was of them sore beaten and in the ende so vanquisshed and wounded in battel that he scantly escaped the daunger With those exaumple other being sore abasshed submitted them to the church of Rome Thusmekely and godly came that wicked church to her great possessions whiche her patrones will nedes father vpon the godly emperour Constantine In England as Fabian writeth were sene castels and hostes of men in the ayer Melchella souldaine of Egipte Amuraies kinge of the Turkes vsing the ships of the Genowayes passed Helespoute and arriued in Europe The yere of the worlde 5324 The yere of Christ 1363 Anni regum Angli 37 where he conquered the townes of Hadrianopolis and Calliopolis with other citees and with a great puisaÌ„ce ouerthrewe them which encountred him at his coming A great wind in Englande wherwith steples and towers were ouerthrowen King Iohn of France came into England and shortely after dyed at the Sauoy in London Prince Edward toke possession of the duchy of Guyan and Aquitane Charles the .vi. or after some .v. was ordeyned kynge of France The yere of the worlde The yere of Christ 1364 He was of witte righte sage and subtile Anni regum Angli 38 that well appeared all his life time For althoughe he kepte him priuy in his chambre taking his plesure and sport yet he conquered agayne that which his predecessours had lost armed in the fielde and theyr swordes in theyr handes Sir Bertram of Clesquy in the quarell of the French kinge â—ye to Cochâ—râ—l vanquyshed and toke prisoner a capitayne of the king of Nauarre called the Captall de Beuffe and slewe a great nombre of his souldiours Albergothus Balens Angelus lawiers Iohannes de Lineriis an astronomer Iohannes Bocarius Heuricus de Hassia were famous Charles de Bloys encountred with Iohn Mountfort which long before hadde striuen for the duchye of Brytaine of whom he was vanquyshed taken and slayne many Frenchmen and Britaynes which toke his parte After whiche time the erle Mounfort had quiete possession of that Duchye Henry the bastard not susteyninge the iniury and cruell tirannye of Peter hys brother kinge of Spayne by the counsayle and comfort of the Romayne bishop and ayde of the Frenchemen and Arragones expelled hym out of the realme and toke on him the crowne Charles gaue to his brother Phylyppe the Duchy of Burgoyne Dampeter of Spayne fled to prince Edward of Aquytayne Anni regum Angli 39 The yere of the worlde 5326 The yere of Christ 1365 to whom he made complaynt of the violeÌ„ce of his brother Henry that expelled him out of his kingdome There was an heretike burned in Spire whose opinions were these that Christ in the time of his passioÌ„ was so forsaken of his father that he doubted of his saluacyon that Christ on the crosse for wonderfull tourmentes and peynes cursed his mother that bare him the erth that receyued his bloud that a man may so much profit in this life that he nedeth not to fast and pray Prince Edward entred Spayne The yere of the worlde 5327 The yere of Christ 1366 with a gret puisance where he ouercame the Spaniards and Frenchmen in a stronge and fierse battaile Anni regum Angli 40 and expelled Henry the bastarde settinge Peter in his former estate as kynge of Spayne But not loÌ„g after the princes returning home Henry repayred his army and warred vpon his brother so fiercely that in the ende he vtterly vaÌ„quished him and put him to death and then withoute resistence possessed the kingdome of Spayne Uinceslaus was ordeyned the .xii. king of Boheme by his father Charles the emperour Witcliffe about this time was famous in Englande who for speaking agaynst the vsurped power of the Romayne bishop and other enormities thaÌ„ accustomed in the churche was called an heretike Kinge Edwarde of England gaue commaundement that Peter pence shoulde be no more gathered payed to Rome The yere of the worlde 5328 The yere of Christ 1367 Prince Edward to arrere a fowage set great taxes and imposicions vpon the people of Aquitaine Anni regum Angli 41 whyche thing the erle of Arminake of Bret of Berigort and other nobles would not in any wise consent vnto but appealed to the french king for remedy and in suche wyse perswaded him that he contrary to the league summoned the prince to appere at Parys by meane wherof the peace was broken open warre agayne proclaymed betwene both princes to the great mortalitee and desolacion of the people on bothe partes but the more losse domage fell alway to the kinge of Englande In so muche that in the ende he lost the more parte of the landes whiche was graunted him by the composicion and agrement of peace And fortune whyche the space of .xl. yeares had pleasantly smiled vpon kinge Edwarde
now in his later dayes frowardly frowned chaÌ„ged her copye The yere of the worlde 5329 The yere of Christ 1368 Charles the emperoure yode toward Italy with hys wife and children Anni regum Angli 42 In his iorney he subdued to the empire of the citees of Luke and Miniate whych a certaine time had rebelled were in subiection the one to Pise the other to Florence The duke of Lancastre arriued at Calys and entred Fraunce with a company of souldiours where not far from Arde the duke of Burgoyne lodged within a myle of his army with a great power the space of xviii daies and neuer profered battaile but lastly stole away priuylye in the nighte and then entred the Duke further into Fraunce The yere of the worlde 5330 Urbane bishop of Rome retourning into France left Iohn Haucuth an englisheman The yere of Christ 1369 Anni regum Angli 43 as hys chefe capitaine to defende the right of the churche against the rebels and other enemies and not longe after dyed Phyllyp Duke of Burgoyne toke to wyfe Margaret doughter of Lewys Erle of Flaunders Queene Phillyp of England dyed whiche was a woman of great sanctimony and bulded the college in Oxford called Quenes college Sir Robert knoles entred the realme of Fraunce with a stronge army and passed euen by Parys ranged in batayle and throughtout the countreys of France robing and spoilyng as he went without any notable bataile at whiche viage by reason of discention that haâ—ned in the Englyshe hoste dyuers men were slaine and taken prisoners of their enemnes Sir Bertam of Clesqui a noble and valyant knyghte was ordeined Constable of Fraunce He wanne againe many cities townes castels and holdes in Poâ—cters Limosin â–ª and other countreys from the kyng of England and restored theim to the signorye of Fraunce Gregorye the .xi. byshop of Rome The yere of the worlde The yere of Christ Anni regum Angli Kyng Dauid of Scotlande makyng prouisioÌ„ to go on pylgremage to Ierusalem ended his lyfe ¶ Robert Stewarde succeded Dauid of Scotlande and reigned .xix. yeres Charles the emperour by meanes of giftes whiche he promysed the electours obteined his soonne Uinceslaus king of Boheme Anni regum Angli 45 to be made Cesar The yere of the worlde 5332 The yere of Christ 1371 and caused them of the empyre to sweare to hym feaultie and homage The Erle of Penbroke comyng on the se to rescue the towne of Rochell was encountred with a flote of Spaniardes whiche king Henrie of Castile had sent to ayde the Frenche king Of these Spaniardes after cruel fight the Erle was taken with sir Guiscarde de Angle and other to the noumbre of an .160 personnes and the more parte of his men slayne and drowned Kynge Edwarde beyng sore displeased with the takyng of the Erle of Penbroke sent hys soonne the prince into Fraunce who by contrary wyndes was kepte on the sea the space of .xi. weekes and than retourned agayne into Englande Amurates kinge of Turkes inuaded Seruia and Bulgaria Lazarus king of Seruia was slayne in battaile and Amurates not long after murdered of his owne seruaunte The yere of the worlde 5333 The yere of Christ 1342 Anni regum Angli 46 Bertram of Clesquâ— Constable of Fraunce warred so fiercely vpon Iohn Erle of Mountforte Duke of Brytayne bycause he semed to fauour the kyng of England that he was forced to forsake his landes and fly to kinge Edward â–ª and that Duchy was well nere all seised to the vse of the Frenche kynge Iohn of Gaunte Duke of Lancaster entred by Cales into France and passed throughout the reamle by Uermendois and Campaine iust to Burdeaur in Aquitaine without batayle Not withstandyng the great hurt and domage they dyd to the townes and countreys as they passed The yere of the worlde The yere of Christ 1373 Pazaites the .iiii. kynge of Turkes Anni regum Angli 47 The Genowayes for certaine disworship doen to them inuaded and spoyled the contrey of Cypres and conquered the citie of Famaugusta Thei constreigned also their king Petrine to pay vnto theim a great tribute the space of certaine yeres Diuers entreties of peace were made betwene the king of Englande and Fraunce â–ª by meane of the byshoppe of Rome but none was concluded Anni regum Angli 48 The yere of the worlde A great dearth veâ—ed the countrey of Italye .ii. yeres The yere of Christ 1374 The yere of the worlde The people of Florence desirous of lybertie Anni regum Angli 49 gaue occasion to many cyties of Italye to for sake the byshoppe of Romes domynion The yere of Christ 1375 wherby ensued great tumultye and warre in all the countrei The people that fyrst rebelled were the Tybernates the Pâ—rusines Tudertines Spoleâ—aÌ„es Eâ—gubines the citisyns of Uâ—â—erbium Foroliuium and Asculum Many wonderfull sickenesses fell amonge the people as well in Italye as in Englande wherof they died meruaâ—lously Warre and rufflyng betwene borderers of Englande and Scotlande The Duke of Britaine by the healpe of Englishemen recouered againe many castels and townes Gregory the .xi. contrarye to the minde of the Frenche kyng departed out of Fraunce and retourned to Rome 70. yeres after the byshops see was first transferred out of Iataly into Fraunce Anni regum Angli 50 The yere of the worlde 5337 The yere of Christ 1376 Byshop Gregory excommunicated the FloreÌ„tines but they lytell regarded his course and coÌ„sâ—eignedtheir prestes to minister diuine seruice Prince Edwarde of Englande departed out of this life who was in his tyme the floure of chiualrye Andronicus expelled his father from the imperiall dyâ—gnitie of Constantinople whom the Uenecâ—ans restored againe to the empyre Whereby ensued great warre betwene Uenice and Genoway for the one toke part with the father the other with the sonne Kinge Edwarde the .iii. ended his life in Richemonte the .xxii. daye of Iune The yere of the worlde 5338 The yere of Christ 1377 The duke of Angeow the constable of FraÌ„ce Owen of Wales with many other of the frenche parte made sore warre in Gascoyne Guyan Poyters and Britaine and conquered agayne diuers castels townes citees subiecte before to the king of England Owen of Wales besieged Mortaine a yere an halfe ther was slayne by the treasoÌ„ of one of his seruauntes RYcharde the .ii. the sonne of Prynce Edwarde of Wales was ordeined king of England being as yet but a seuen yeres of age Anni regum Angli 1 in bounty and lyberalitie he farre passed all his progenitours but he was ouer muche geuen to rest and quietnesse and loued lyttel deedes of armes and marcyall prowes and for that he was younge he was most ruled by young consaile and regarded nothynge the aduertisementes of the sage and wyse men of his realme For the chiefe about hym were of no wysedome nor estimacion which thing turned his land to great trouble and of him selfe in fine to extreme myserye The Frenche king sent a
Naples conquered the cytie of Rome The yere of the worlde The yere of Christ 1413 HEnry the .v. was crowned king of Englande Anni regum Angli 1 and reygned .x yeeres he was a prince of greate nobleâ—nesse and prowes of statute personage raule and sklender of nature gentili and liberal â–ª in deâ—es of armes expert and cunning wherby he conquered manfully his enemyes and brought France to his subiection Before the deathe of his father he applied and gaue hym selfe to all vice and insolencie of life and drew vnto him riotous and wildly disposed persons but whan he was admitted to the rule of the lande sodeinely he became a new man and tourned all that rage of wildnesse into sober wyse behauiour and vice into vertue And that he mighte not be againe corrupted he charged all his olde companions that vpon peine of their liâ—es none of theim shuld come within .x. mâ—les of the place that he was lodged in By procurement of the emperour Sigismund a great counsayle was holden at Constance for the vnion of the churche whyche contynued the space of .iiii. yeeres to what profyte of the churche let hym iudge that hath dyligently reâ—de the histories of that tyme Anni regum Angli 2 The yere of the worlde 5375 The yere of Christ with the actes of the counsayle and wel considered what therof ensued In this counsayle were the tâ—re bâ—shops deposed the doctrine of Wickâ—â—effe condeÌ„ned and M. Iohn Husse with Hieronomus of Prage aâ—iâ—dged to be burned for preaching agaynst the byshop of Romes vsurped power Iohan the sister of Ladislaus a woman of notable lightnesse and 〈◊〉 succeded her brother in the kingdome of Naples Kyng Henrâ— of Englande sent an ambassadâ— to Charles the frenche kynge makinge clâ—yme to the realme of Fraunce to whom aunswere was made with great gesting and scoffing In Englande for so muche as sir Oleâ—stell knyghte was aâ—peched of heresy and flew the lande Anni regum Angli 3 The yere of the worlde 5376 The yere of Christ 1413 many of hys adherentes eâ—tending a coâ—â—ocion assembled them in great noumbre Wherof the kyng being enfourmed by strength toke manye of theim Of whiche noumbre .38 were after for the same hanged and brent in Thickettes fielde beside S. Giles at London Iohn Husse was burned for preaching agaynst the byshop of Rome It is written that a lytle before his death he sayed in this wise The monye of Husse hath this inscription on the one parte whan a hundred yeres be come and gone ye shall aunswere to god and to me And in lykewyse In the yeare 〈◊〉 lorde .1415 Iohn Husse was condempned In the other part ye read beleue that there is onelye one catholike churche Ammurates the sonne of Mahometes king of Turkes 34. yeres Iohn the â—i king of Spayne or Castile .50 yeres While king Henry was shippinge of his people into Fraunce Anni regum Angli 4 siâ—â—â—charde Erle of â—ambridge The yere of the worlde 5377 The yere of Christ sir 〈◊〉 Scrope 〈◊〉 oâ— Englande and sir Thomas Gray knight were 〈◊〉 for treason and so strayetlye 〈◊〉 that it was conâ—â—ssed that they were purposed to haue slaâ—ne the kinge by the corrupting of the Frenchemen wherefore they were all three adiudged to dye there presently Kâ—nge Henrie whan he had taken the towne of 〈…〉 in Normandye was compassed and enclosed with a wonderful great host of frenâ—hmen in the which 〈…〉 â—l thousande fightinge men at whiche 〈◊〉 not withstanding that he had with him not passinge .13 00. fâ—oâ—emâ—n and .ii. thousand speares of which man◠〈…〉 and dâ—seâ—sed by the grace of god and a noble pollyâ— by him inuented he discomfited his enemyes slew of theim to the nombre of .10000 and toke prisoners wâ—l nere as many His pollicie was that â—uerye be 〈◊〉 shoulde prepare him a sharpe picked stake and at the encountring of ehe horsemen to pitche the saâ—e before him and sodeynly to retyre backe shooting wholye together with great violence by whiche meanes a great nombre was distressed and the whole host discomfited Thys is called the battaile of Agâ—ncourte Antonius de Butrio a lawier Ualescus and Monteger rana phisicâ—ons â—eonardus Areâ—â—nus and Pogius lerned men flourished Hieronomus of Prage was condemned by the counsail of Constantine and burned Of the great learninge eloquence and honest life of this man with the hole storye of his death read in the epistle of Pogius written to one Nicolas In Boheme after the burninge of Husse and Ierome was a great tumulty sedicion and ciuile warre For the common people which faâ—â—ured Husse gathered together in great noumbre and by the rashenesse of their leaders exercised many cruell dedes This sedicion encreased muche by the â—sâ—â—mmate negligeÌ„ce and cowardise of their king Uenceslaus Wâ—aÌ„ 〈◊〉 thâ— .v. was chosen bishop of Rome Anni regum Angli 5 by the agrâ—eâ—ente of the counsaile The yere of the worlde 1378 The yere of Christ 1407 and the other .iii. deposed the emperour Sigismunde made mencion of the reformacion amendement of maners as wel of the clergy as of the laytee that by negligence and ouer much licece were greatly corrupted but it pleased the bishoppe to deferre that matter to an other time and departed toward Rome contrary to the emperours will and pleasure The emperour Sigismunde came in to England to entreate a mâ—anâ—s of peace betwene the king of England and Fraunce but all was in vayne For in the end no peace could be agreed vpon Kinge Henrâ— made an other vyage into Normandye whâ—â— he wan the castel of Towike the townes of Canâ—l Louers Falois Newlin Cherburgh Argâ—ntiâ—â— â— Baoua with diuers other stronge castels holdes abbayes and piâ—es and lastly besieged the citee of Roan Anni regum Angli 6 Philipe the sonne of â—alias The yere of the worlde The yere of Christ 1418 by force of armes made claime to his fathers Dukedome of Millayne and wan diuers citees from the new tyrannes Brachius a noble man of Italy conquered froÌ„ the bishop of Rome well nere al S â—eâ—â—rs patrimoâ—â— Debate and varâ—ance in Fraunce betwene the dolphin and the Duke of Burgoyne whiche turned the realm to great misery At the same time one Iohn Uillaâ—s by the procurement of the duke of Burgoyne as the common fame went entred by night into the citee of Paris with a company of men and went where the kinge was and gatâ—e the rule of his person and after murdered within the citee theim that they knewe to beare any rule to the nombre of .iii. thousande Iohn Duke of Burgoyne The yere of the worlde 5380 The yere of Christ 1419 which was the occasioner of the duke of Orliance death Anni regum Angli 7 was slayne in presence of the Dolphine Kinge Henrye of Englande after that with great noblenesse and manhode he hadde continued his warre in Fraunce conquered Roan subdued al Normandy and by composicion with the lordes was proclaymed regent of Fraunce for
great pillage and praye Anni regum Angli 9 Mathias kinge of Hungarye by the incensynge of the byshop of Rome made sharpe warre vpon George king of Boheme the space of .vii. yeere continually and added to his seignory a geat part of the kyngdome of Boheme Anni regum Angli 10 The grudge The yere of the worlde 5431 The yere of Christ whiche the Erle of Warwike had conceiued against king Edwarde for the foresaide mariage declared it selfe openly so that he alâ—ed him with the Duke of Clarence the kinges brother and by their meanes in ceâ—sed so the Northenmen that they dyuers tymes rebelled and tourned the kyng and the realme to muche trouble but shortly the kinge so demeaned hym selfe that the rebelles were suppressed Wherefore the Erle of Warwike perceiuyng his parte to be weakened fled with the Duke of Clarence and other into Fraunce Mahomet emperour of the Turkes inuaded the sle Enboea and destroied the great citie called Nigropony and not loÌ„g after Isaac his capitaine entring Hungary and Croacia toke with theim a great noumber of prisoners The Duke of Clarence the Erles of Warwike Penbroke and Orforth landed at Dartmouth to whom by meanes of proclamacyons that were pubâ—ysshed in the name of kyng Henrye thâ— commons gathered in so gret companies that Edwarde fearyng his parâ—e fledde into Flanders to the Duke of Burgoyne Than was Henrye the .vi. set at large and agayne proclaymed kinge by mâ—nâ—s of the Erle of warwike with other and Edward proclaimed vsurper of thecrown â—ut that continued nâ—t longe The yere of the worlde 5432 The yere of Christ 1471 Kyng Edward retournyng out of Flaunders Anni regum Angli 11 arriuâ—d in the North part of Englande with a veraâ— small companye of souldyers but by meanes that he vsed and thorough his brother the Duke of ClareÌ„ce who turned now to his part he came so puisauntly to London that he entred the citie and toke kyng Henry in the byshoppes palaice and than wâ—Ì„t against the Erle of warwike whom he vanquished slew with his brother Marques Mountague nere Barnet .x. myles from London Shortly after at Tewkisbury he ouertherw queene Margaret the wyfe of Henrye In whiche battaile was taken the saied Margaret with Edward the â—rince hâ—r sonne the Duke of Sommerset and dyuers â—ther Kynge Edwarde recâ—iued his regalitie and was againe taken for kinge Prince Edward the sonne of Henry was put to death A commocion steered by the bastarde FancoÌ„bridg and the commons of kent and Essex Henrye the .vi. was putte to death in the Tower and buried at Châ—rtesie The king of Portugal passed the sea into Afrike where he subdued to him .ii. cityes of Mauritania called Tynga and Argilia Sixtus the .iiii. byshop of Rome .xiii. yerâ—s Mathias kinge of Hungary was chosen kinge of Bohâ—me The yere of the worlde 5433 The yere of Christ 1472 Anni regum Angli 12 The Uenecians with the ayde of the byshop of Rome Anni regum Angli 13 and the kynge of Naplâ—s made sâ—re and fyerâ—e warre vpon the Turkes The yere of the worlde 5473 The yere of Christ 1473 and put theim oftentymes to great domages on the sâ—a coastes of their dominion yet dyuers times theâ— were chased and ouerthrowen with gâ—â—t losse of men Iames kâ—nge of Cipres departed out of this lyfe leauyng aâ—ter him a yong sonne begotten of his wyfe a Uenecian borne by whiche menes the Uenecians obteined the gouernaunce of his kingedome and not longe after when the childe died possessed the kingdome of Cipres About this time Cassanus kinge of Persie made sore warre vpon the Turkâ—s The yere of the worlde 5435 The yere of Christ 1474 whom they discomfited in two great battailes but in the ende Mahomets by poâ—lice oâ—teâ—ned the vpper hande and made league wyth them Uariaunce betwene Charles duke of Burgoyne and Lewys kinge of Fraunce The duke of Burgoyne besieged Nussia but when Friderich the emperour mette there with him hauing a great power after leage made he left the siege and departed Anni regum Angli 15 Kinge Edwarde of England went ouer the see with a great armye to ayde the duke of Burgoyne The yere of the worlde 5436 The yere of Christ but by the earnest suite of the frenche kyng a peace was concluded betwene England and fraunce for .vii. yeres For performance wâ—erof king Lewys gaue to Edward 7â—000 crownes of golde and yerelye after for the space of .vii. yeres .50000 crownes In Spayne after the decease of Henry the .iiii. hapned great diuision and variaunce For Ferdinande the son of Iohn kinge of Arragone whiche had tâ—ken to wyfe the sister of Henrie the .iiii. and Alphons of Portugall maintening the quarell of Iohan the doughter of Henry deuided the kingdome betwene them At the citee Trident a childe named Simon was murdered of the Iewes of that citee in derision of the passyon of Christ. For which mudrer and vilanie the Iewes suffred great and worthy punishement Charles duke of Burgoyn inuaded the prouince of Lorayne with great power The Zubilei was ordeyned by the bishop of Rome to be euery xxv yere The turkes in the countree called Mundania or Walachie were vanquyshed and slayne and in lyke maner agayne in the lower Miâ—ia ouerthrowen and chased About this time at Ingolstade and Tubing in Geâ—manie were founded certayne scholes and colleges and a litle before at Basile and Fâ—â—burge Anni regum Angli Charles of Burgoynâ— leading an armye agaiâ—nst the Switzers at a place called Grâ—nses The yere of the worlde 5437 The yere of Christ was by thâ—ym vaâ—quished chased and lightned of his tents and other pâ—â—uiance 〈◊〉 Murthen he was agayne ouâ—rthrowen and shortly thervpon at Nansâ—s by Renatus Duke of Loraine coming with a coÌ„pany of Argentines and Switzers agaynst him was vtterly vanquished and slaine after whole death Lewis king of France recouered â—gain all that before time he had graunted to the sayde Dukâ— Charles by coÌ„posicion or otherwise and endeuoured also to bring to his lordship Burgoyne and Flanders but that labour of his engendred great warres For the Burgonions forsoke the doughter of Charles Mathias of Hungary wâ—nne a strong forte from thâ— Turkes by the riuer Sane Iohannes de Monte regio the noble astromer was famous The yere of the worlde 5438 The yere of Christ 1477 Maximilian Duke of Austria Anni regum Angli 17 and sonne to Friderich the emperoure ledde a great army into Flaunders and coupled to him in mariage Mary the onlye doughter of Charles duke of Burgoyne lately deceased The bishop of Rome and king Ferdinande of Naples arrered warre agaynst the Florentines in Italy Cathubâ—ius the great souldaine of Egipte and Arabiâ— The yere of the worlde 5439 The yere of Christ 1478 George duke of Clarence Anni regum Angli 18 brother to kinge Edwarde of Englande was secretly put to death waâ— drowned in a barell of Malmesey within the tower of London A death this yeare in the citre of London The
by meanes of a paymente that was graunted to the kyng by act of parliament a new commocion was arâ—ered by the commons of Cornewal whiche vnder the leadinge of the lorde Audley came to blacke heath where the kinge mette with them and discomfited the rebelles and toke their capitaynes whiche were shortly after hanged drawen and quartered King Henry sent an armye into Scotland vnder the guiding of the erle of Surreâ— and the lorde Neuell whyche made sharpe warre vpon the Scottes A mariage concluded betwene prince Arthur and lady Katherine the kinges doughter of Spayne Perkin Warbecke landed agayne in Cornwal and assayled the towne of Exciter and other places but finally he toke the sanctuarye of Beaudley and was after pardoned of his life Lewys the twelueth of that name duke of Orleaunce and Uâ—lâ—yse was ordeyned king of Fraunce who after he had possession of his kingdome forsoke IohaÌ„ his first wife and maried the widowe of Charles his predicessour Maximâ—â—ian inuaded Burgoyne where after battayle to the losse of both partes a peace was concluded A peace proclaymed betwene the kinges of England and Scotlande Anni regum Angli for the terme of both theyr lyues The yere of the worlde 5459 The yere of Christ Perkin Warbecke endeuoured to steale away secrâ—tli out of the lande but he was taken agâ—yne by his kepers and by the kinges commaundement cast in the tower of London The Turkes toke from the Uenecians Meâ—hon Naupactum and shortly after Dyrrhachâ—um with swoâ—de and fire spoyled the prouince of Foriulii The Switzers warred vppon their borderers of Austrich wherfore Maximilian the emperour came out of Eelderlande where he was occupied in warre to defend his subiectes but after diuers skirmyshes and smal battailes to the losse of both partes the warre was finished At S. Thomas Watring a strepeling was put to eâ—ecucion The yere of the worlde 5460 The yere of Christ 1499 Anni regum Angli 25 which by the entisement of a monke named Patricius called him selfe Edward Erle of Warwike and sonne of George Duke of Clarence whiche sens the beginning of king Henâ—is reigne was kept secretly in the Tower Perkin Warbâ—cke was put to death sone after the Erle of Warwike because he demed to be consentinge to the treason of the sayd Warbecke Lewis kinge of Fraunce toke Millayne The newe bridge at Paâ—ys with the housing thervpon fel downe This yere was a great pestilence in the citee of LondoÌ„ by reason wherof the kinge and the quene sayled to Calis The yere of the worlde 5461 The yere of Christ 1450 Anni regum Angli 26 and at S. Peters they mette with the Duke of Burgoyne Sir Edmunde de la Poole duke of Suffolke departed secretly out of this land by meane of whoÌ„ was lykely to haue bene a new insurrection King Henry of Englande fianced his doughter Margaret to Iames the kinge of Scottes and Ferdinandâ— king of Spayne maried his doughter Katherine to the noble prince Arthur who ended â—is life in easter weke folowing Sfortia recouered the citee of Millayne and expelled the Frenchemen whom while he pursued more fiercely than aduisedlye he fell into their handes vnwares and was taken of them and led into Fraunce The Frenchemen Anni regum Angli 17 by the counsayle of the bishoppe of Rome The yere of the worlde 5462 The yere of Christ 1501 ledde an army against the turkes and ioygnyng in battaile at Mitelene were ouerthrowen and taken The figure of crosses appered in the garments of dyuers persons of Germanye and droppes of bloudde fell from heauen The yere of the worlde The yere of Christ 1502 Elysabeth queene of Englâ—nde dyed in the tower of Anni regum Angli 18 London as she lay in childe bedde and shortly after was dame Margaret the kinges doughter maried to the king of Scottes A great pestilence in the countre of Germanye The Frenchmen brought Naples vnder their dominioÌ„ Anni regum Angli 19 This yere was much hurt done by mischance of fyre in diuers places of London The yere of the worlde 5464 The yere of Christ Prâ—sto Iohannes emperour and high byshop of Indie and Aethiope Ferdinand of Spayne sent a nauy of shippes into Italy where they vanquished chased and slew the FrenchmeÌ„ and recouered the kingdome of Naples wyth all the dominion belonging to it Pius bishop of Rome onely .xxx. dayes after whome succeded Iulius a cruell and fierce tyranne geuen only to murder and warre Anni regum Angli 20 The warre of Bauarie beganne in whiche Cesar The yere of the worlde 5465 The yere of Christ 1504 Maximilian defended the princes of Bauarie agaynste Philyp erle Palatine of Rhine and his sonne Duke Robert who because he had maryed the doughter of Georg Duke of Bauarie latelye deceased made claime to that Duchye But continuing the time of this warre he ended his life and theÌ„ was a peace concluded betwene his father and the emperour Anni regum Angli 21 Philippe the Archduke of Burgoyne The yere of the worlde The yere of Christ 1505 the emperoure Maximilians son as he sailed into Sâ—ayn to take possession of the kingdome of Castile that fell to hys wife and hym by the deathe of Elisabeth the wyfe of Ferdinande was driuen by force of â—empest to land in EnglaÌ„d wher he was honourablie receyued of king Henrye and then deparied on his iordey toward Spayne Elisabeth the quene of Polonie ended her life which was a woman of great noblenesse doughter to a kynge wife to a kinge and mother to diuers kynges Santes Pagninu a great Hebricâ—y Leonicenus Gattinaria â–ª Caballus and Optatus phisicions Niphus Iacobus Faber Stapulensis Pigius philosophers Petrus Bembus and diuers other lerned men were famous Al the inhabitantes of Granade were eyther forced to receyue thefayth of Christ or to forsake the land The Sophie of Persia vanquished chased and slewe the Turkes The yere of the worlde 5467 The yere of Christ 1506 The Genoways forsoke the dominion of Lewis king of Fraunce Anni regum Angli 22 Iulius bishop of Rome toke the citee Bononie A mariage concluded betwene Charles Archduke of Austriche prince of Castile and Marye the doughter of king Henry of England The famous clerke Reuchline restored again the knowla ge of the hebrew tongue The yere of the worlde 1468 The yere of Christ 1507 Philip king of Castile payed his debt to Nature Anni regum Angli Lewis king of Fraunce by agrement receyued again the citee of Geane Maximilian the emperour beganne the cruâ—l and long warre agaynste the Uenecians In time whereof were soughten many blouddy battailes and diuers great mutacions and chances hapned At the first Lewis kynge of France ayded the Uenecians but after he forsoke theÌ„ and went to Maximilian contrarye wise Iulian byshop of Rome first fauoured Maximilian and after tourned to the Uenecians By this warre the UeneciaÌ„s lost manye of their chiefe citees The yere of the worlde 1469 The yere of Christ 1508 The citee
withall crueltie for Selinus the Turke eâ—pelled his father out of his kyngdome withal his brothers an knismen and after dyuers gret battailes vanquysshed chased and slew two Souldaines and annexed Aâ—gypte and Araby to his kingdome Sir Edwarde Hawarde lorde admirall of Englande throughe his to muche hardnesse was slaine in Britaine after whoÌ„ his borthâ—r sir Thomas Haward was made admyrall by the king The nauyes of England Fraunce meting at Britain Bay fought a cruell battaile in the whiche the regent of EnglaÌ„d a Carike of France beinge crapeled together were burnte and their capitaines men al drowned the Englyshe capitaine was sir Thomas Knâ—ueâ— who had with him .700 men in the French Carik was sir Piers Morgan with .900 A parliament was holden wherin iâ— was determined that the kinge hym selfe shoulde personally inuade the realme of Fraunce Warre betwene the Polonians and Mosconites Kyng Henry of Englande Anni regum Angli beyng confederate with the emperour and the kinge of Spaine The yere of the worlde 5474 The yere of Christ 1513 passed with a great power into France where hauing in wages vnder his banner the emperour Maximilian and all the nobilitye of Brabante Flaunders and Hollande he discomfited and abashed the whole power of France and conquered Terwine and the great city of Turney whiche is saied to haue in iâ— as many towers as â—her be days in the yere In this citie the kinge builded a goodly castell or tower with excedyng costes and kepte ther a garrison certaine yeres after The lord Chamberlayne of Scotlande inuadinge the borders was discomfited by sir Wylliam Bulmer In this meane time the kyng of Scottes notwithstandyng that he was sworne on the sacrameÌ„t to kepe peace perced this land with a mighty armye but by the good diligence of the quene and the pollicy manhâ—de of the Erle of Surrey the kinges lieuetenaÌ„t he was him selfe slayne with a .xi. of his Erles and the Scottes discomfited but not without great losse of Englyshemen Sir Iohn Wallop burnt diuers villages townes in Normandye Anni regum Angli 6 A peace concluded betwene EnglaÌ„d and Francâ— and on S. Denis day was Lewys the French king coupled in mariage with ladye Mary the kinges sister The yere of the worlde 5475 The yere of Christ 1514 on newe yeres day folowinge he ended his lyfe wherfore kynge Henry sent agayne for his sister by thâ—â—uke of Suffolke and other Rycharde Hunne this yeere was hâ—â—ged in Lollars tower Frauncis the first of that name The yere of the worlde The yere of Christ 1515 succeded in the kyngdome of France Anni regum Angli 7 This man is greaâ—ly praysed of al writers in those dayes for his singular humanitee fauouring of learned men He maynteyned the warres which king Lewis had begunne and alied him with the Dukes of Gelrie Leigie and Burgoyne which did him due homage He would also haue ben confederate wyth the bishop of Rome but he fayled of his purpose for shortly after betwene the bishop of Rome themperour the king of Spayne the Swiâ—zers and other was made a priâ—ye league and confederacie agaynst the Frenchmen Uenecians Lady Marye kinge Henries doughter was borne at Grenewiche Lady Mary the kinges sister before maryed to the frenche king â–ª retourned into EnglaÌ„d and shortly after was maryed to the duke of Suffolke A great battayle foughten betwene the Switzers and the Frenchemen in the which the frenche kinge was in so great daÌ„ger that the brayne of his owne men sperâ—led in his face and him selfe was tâ—rise striken with a spere but in the ende of the fâ—ght by helpe of the Uenecians other whiche came in good season the 〈◊〉 were discomfited and slayne and the citee of Millâ—yne yelded to the french kinge An horrible sedicion in Hungary by a company of souldiours and robbers that had the signe of the crosse for theyr badge and cognisaunce which minded to destroâ— al the nobilite and gentlemen Brixta geâ—â—n vp by composicion to the frenchmen A peace concluded betwene the â—mperâ—ur the kinges of Fraunce and Spayne and the Uenecians wherby that cruâ—ll warre ceaseâ— A solemne metâ—â—g at Uienna of the emperour the king of Polonie and of Hungarye whiche by maryage weâ—e confederate Margaret the quene of Scottes king Henries elder syster fled into England laâ—e at Harebâ—ttell where she was deliuered of a childe called Margarete In Maye she came to London where she taryed a hole yere before she departed into Scotland The yere of the worlde 5477 The yere of Christ 1516 This yere was so great frost in England that men might esely passe with cartes ouer the riuer of Thames from Westminster to Lambeth Anni regum Angli 8 Mathewe bishop of Sâ—donon and cardinall of Swyshes came as Ambassadour from the emperour to king Henry Charles Arch duke of Austrich was ordeyned king of Spayne On May euen in the citee of LondoÌ„ Anni regum Angli 9 was an insurrection of prentâ—les and yong persons agaynste straungers The yere of the worlde 1478 The yere of Christ 1517 of which diuers were put to execuâ—ion and the resydue came to Westminster with halters aboute their neckes and were pardoned This is named ill May daye Lady Margâ—ret the kinges sister returned into Scotland Iohannes Frauncis Picus of Mirandula a knight of excellent 〈◊〉 and learning was famous and in the presence of Leo bishop of Rome made a vehement oracyon exhortinge him to refourme the vicious noughtye liâ—e of the clergy Many dyed in England of the sweating sicknesse and especially about London Lewys about this time succeded his father in the kingdomes of Hungary and Boheme A great famine and pestilence in many places The terme kept one daye at Oxenford and adiourned agayne to Westminster The cardinall Campâ—ius the bishops legate came froÌ„ Rome in ambassade to king Henry and was receyued with great pompe by meanes of the cardinal of EnglaÌ„d Thomas Wâ—lsay which was then of great auctoryty in this realme The admirall of Fraunce came into England as ambassadour with a great coÌ„pany of gentilmen The citee of Turney was deliuered agayn into the french kinges handes for the which he should paye 60000â— crownes and for the castell that the kinge had buylded 40â—000 and .23000 poundes Turneys which the cite ought for their libertees and francheses A peace concluded betwene the kinges of Englande Fraunce and Castile for terme of their liues The Spaniardes vanquished The yere of the worlde 5479 The yere of Christ 1518 chased and slewe Aenobarbus with his brother in Afrike Anni regum Angli 10 A sedicion in Pannonie by meanes of the bishoppe of Uesbrune The emperour held a counsayle at Auguste Selinus the great Turke after he had with continual and blouddye warre conquered Egipt Syrie Phenecia Palestine Coele and chased out of Armâ—nie the king of Persie as a sodayne tempeste or storme retourned into Europe and besieged the citee Belgradum or Taurodurum Martine Luther wrate first to
Leo bishop of Rome coÌ„cerning the vse of pardons and in certayne priuate disputacions called in doubt diuers thinges coÌ„cerning the bishops primacy for whiche after he was troubled and lastly proclaimed an heretike vnder the defence mayntenaunce of Friderike duke of Saâ—onie he preached wrate agaynst his power All Germanye soone after forsoke the byshoppe of Rome and so was the hole state of religion by his meanes altered among them Philippe Melancâ—on and Pomerane men of excellent learninge but infected with the pâ—stylente heresies of Luther wrate sondrye workes agaynst â—he catholyke doctrine The emperour Maximilian ended his life after whoÌ„ was chose by the princes electours of Germany The yere of the worlde 1480 The yere of Christ 1519 Anni regum Angli 11 Charles the â–ª v Duke of Austrich and Burgoyne king of Spaine and nephew to Maximilian betwene him and the frenche king the warre was reâ—ued Trouble in Ireland wherfore the erle of Kildare was discharged of his office â—â—â—eputye and the erle of Surrey sent thither who brought the erle of Desmount and other to good confirmitee and order Huldâ—râ—cus duke of Wittenberge was â—xpelled out of his heritage Solemannus the .xii. emperour of the Turkes succeded his father Seuinus and subdued Gazelles which rebelled in Syrie As kinge Henry was at Canturbury with the quene in a redinsse to haue passed the sea The yere of the worlde 1481 The yere of Christ 1520 Anni regum Angli 12 he harde of the emperours coming with whom he mette at Douer accompanied him to Canturbury where after the emperoure had saluted the quâ—ene his aunte he toke shippinge into Flaunders King Henry passed ouer to Calis and mette with FraÌ„cis the Frenche kinge at thâ— campe betweene Arde and Guynes wher was great triumphes and many goodly sightes in so sumptuous maner as the like had not bene sene Immediatly after he met with the emperour with whom he went to Grauelin and the emperour returned with him to Calia where he had gret chere and feasting after which time they de parted and king Hâ—nry retourned inâ—o the realme The emperours souldiours gatte the towne of Mewzon The yere of the worlde 5482 The yere of Christ 1521 Anni regum Angli 13 and besieged the noble citâ—es of Messiers Turney The french king toke the towne and castel of Heding from the Burgonians The admiral of Fraunce toke the towne of Fontraby in Bisâ—ay The towne and castel of Turney was yelded to the emperour The Duke of Buckyngham was beheaded at London the .xvii. daye of May. The cardinall of England went ouer the sea to entreat a peace betwen the emperour and the French king At Bruges he communed with the emperour and at Cales consulted with the FreÌ„ch ambassadours tyll December But he brought nothing to passe Lewys king of Hungary maried Mary the emperour Charles sister and Ferdinand Duke of Austrich the empâ—rours brother toke to wife Anna the syster of Lewyâ— thâ— forenamed kinge of Hungary Warre betwene Leo byshop of Rome and the French kinge the byshops souldyers wanne Myllayne from the Frenchemen In the assemble that was holdeÌ„ at Wormacia the princis electours and other princes of Germany expounded diligently to the emperour the dyuers and sundrie bourdeins wher with that countrey was charged by the see and clergye of Rome and proposed to him well nere an 110. artycles The excellent clerke Budeâ—s Zasius Alciatus Pirckaimerus Peutingerus gret lawiers Copâ—s Linaker the Englysheman Mâ—nardus Brissoâ—us Massa phisicyons Tonstall byshop of Durham Moore Rychard pace Polydore Uergil Oecolampadius Zuinglius Hutten Capio Egnacius Pâ—llicane Uadian Scepeâ—us Mosellanus Cordâ—s Eâ—ricius many other meÌ„ of great learnyng were famous in these daies The Frenchmen robbed the Englysh marchantes and other the kinges subiectes on all paâ—tes of the sea Solemanne the great Turke conqueâ—ed the citye Bâ—lgrade the moste sure and stronge Garrison of the Chrystians The Frenche king attached the Englyshmens goodes at Burdeauâ— and deteyned the kynges 〈◊〉 and the Frenche Queenes dower The Genoways â—elded theim to the emperour and forsoke the Frenche kinge All Fâ—enchmen were attached in the cytie of London and cast in prison The cardinall rode through London to Douer to mete with the emperour beynge accompanied with .ii. Erles xxxvi knyghtes an 100. gentylmen .viii. byshoppes .x abboâ—es The yere of the worlde 5443 The yere of Christ 1522 thirtye chapelleines all in veluet and satin Anni regum Angli 14 and 700. yâ—men Charles the .v. emperour of Rome came into England and was honorably receiued into London by the Maier the aldermen and commons of the cytie the kynge hym self accompaniyng hym from thâ—ns he went to Wyndsore and satte in the stall of the Garter After great feastyng â—ustes honorable interteinment he departed to Hampton and sailed from thens into Spaine Duringâ— this time the Erle of Surrel lorde admyrall brent Morles in Britaine and than retourned into the realme Not longe after hauing an armye appoincted to hym by the kinge he passinge ouer to Caleys perced Picardye and brent dyuers townes and castels He besieged Hesdynge but because winter drâ—we nere he raised his siege and retourned home The Duke of Albanie beganne to enter this land with a great armye but whan he harde that the Erle of Shreusbury was comyng to geue him bataile he toke a truce for .vi. monethes and departed A pestilence in Rome whiche consumed an 100. thousande Leo the tenth byshop of Rome dyed not without suspicion of poisonyng After whom succeded Adrian one yere who was in lyke maner poysoned The lorde Rosse and lorde Daâ—res of the Northe burned the towne of Kelseâ— in Scotland with fourescore villages and ouerthrew eyghtene towers of stone withall their bulwarkes The emperours souldiours wan Gean from the frenchemen and the war continued cruelly betwene the emperour and the Frenche kynge The emperour Charles king Henry of England Ferdinande Duke of Austrich the byshop of Rome the cytiâ— of Uenice â–ª and dyuers other in Italye were confederate against the Frenchemen The Turke besieged Rhodes and on Chrystmas dayâ— toke it The lorde Marques Dorset warden of the Easte Marches â—rent dyuers villages holdes and other places in Scotlande The citie of Myllaine was dexed with a sore pestilence The yere of the worlde 5484 The yere of Christ wherof dyed .50 thousande within the space of .iiii. monethes Anni regum Angli 15 Christierne kyng of Denmarke and his wyfe Isabell beyng driuen out of his realmes by his vncle Friderike Duke of Hoiste and his owne subiectes for his notable crueltieâ— ame into England and were honorably receyued and interteined of the kynge Sharpe warre and often skyrmyshes betwene the borderers of Englande Scotlande and Fraunce The Erle of Surrey brente .37 villages in Scotlande and haried the countrei froÌ„ the east marches to the weast and ouerthrew dyuers holdes and castelles The Frenche king prepared a great army to send intâ— Italye against the Duke of Myllaine The Duke of Suff.
with many other lordes and knightes was sent this yere into France by king Henry with an armye of 10000. men who passing the water of Sone without battaile toke diuers townes and castels and destroyed the countrey before him in December he retourned againe into England The Erle of Surrey brent Iedworth in Scotland and toke dyuers holdes The Duke of Albanye besieged the castell of Warke and had in a redinesse a great army to inuade England But whaÌ„ he had knowlage that the Erle of Surrei was coming against him he cowardly fled and gaue back in to Scotlande The emperour recouered the towne of Fountraby Clement the .vii. a florentyne borne was ordeyned bysshoppe of Rome and toke parte wyth the Frenchemen Intreatie wâ—s made by the Queene of Scottes for an abstinence of warre In the kingdome of Granade diuers citees were sâ—allowed and in Naples was so great tempestes of wynde rayâ—e thunder that many toweres great places and myghtie bygge trees were ouerthrowen and casâ—e to the grounde The souldiours of Guines toke a great booty at a faire in the towne of Marguysan and sir Robert IerninghaÌ„ and certaine dimilances of Caleis toke dyuers Frenchmen prisoners The lorde of Campher and other came from the emperour to king Henry The yere of the worlde 5485 The yere of Christ 1524 Anni regum Angli 16 The byshop of Dunkell and other ambassadours came out of Scotlande A legate came from the byshoppe of Rome to entreat a peace betwene Englande and Fraunce Sharpe warre betweene the marches of England and Fraunce Sir Rauâ—â—fe a Fanwike Leonarde Musgraue and Bastarde Heron were slaine in Scotland by to much hardinesse in pursuyng their ennemyes at whiche tyme .300 Scottes were taken prisoners by the Englishemen The Duke of Burbon made sharpe warre on the Frenche kynges dominions and dyd many enterprises The French kinge passed with a great army into Italye wher he besieged Paule shortly after was encountred by the emperours army and of theim vanquisshed and him selfe taken prisoner froÌ„ thens he was conueighed into Spaine to the emperour wher after certaine condicions of peace agreed vpon betwene theim he was deliuered Great triumphe and ioy in Englande for taking of the Frenche kinge The cardinal obteyned lycence of the byshop of Rome to suppresse dyuers abbaies to the entent to erect two colleges one at Oxenforde an other at Ipswiche and to indue theim with the landes whiche colledges he began so sumptuouslye thaâ— it was not lyke they woulde come to good ende Kynge Henry was lyke to haue been drowned by leaping ouer a dich in folowyng his hauke nere to AbindoÌ„ A great and horrible insurrection in Germany of the rude and vplandyshe people The yere of the worlde The yere of Christ 1525 whiche dwelled in Alsacia Anni regum Angli 17 Suaue Francia Thuring and the countreis about the riuer Rhine whiche commocion was suppressed by the great power strength of the princes In â—o muche that within litell more than .iii. monethes an hundred thousand of that vplandishe people were slayne liâ—e beastâ—s by the iust iugemeÌ„t of god Furthermore one surnamed Sapherus wrate .xii. articles whiche he entiteled of Christian libertee among the which this was the chiefe That tributes ought not to be payd to princes â–ª Throughe thys doctryne to atteyne liberte men suppose that the gretest parte of that people was stered to rebel againste the magistrates In Mulhauseâ— a towne of Thuring was a preacher named Monetarius which taught openly that he would reforme the state of the church and made his auant pryuâ—lye that reuelacions were shewed to him by god and that the sworde of Gedeon was committed to him to ouerthrow the tirannie oâ— the impious He led out greate companies commaunding them to spoile and robbe monasteries and the places of great men But whâ—le the vnrulye people were scaterâ—d and disceuered without ordre the princes of Saxonie sodenlyoppressed theym and toke their capitaines whom they put to worthy punishment This Monetarius was the first auctour of the dyuelishe sect and heresy of the Anapabtistes which longe time after vexed Germanye and is not yet all togâ—thâ—r extinguyshed Coyne was enhaunsed in England A murmuring in al partes of the realme for paimeÌ„t of mony Anni regum Angli 18 The yere of the worlde 5487 The yere of Christ 1526 And in Suff. 4000. men arose against the duke and other commissioners which were appeased by the duke of Northfolke and other A truce betwâ—ne England and Fraunce for a certain space and ambassadours were sent into Denmaâ—ke for restoring of their kinge but the Danes wold graunt nothing they did hate him so extremely for his cruelâ—â—e A peace betwene Englande ande Scotlande for .iii. monethes Doctour Barnes a fâ—ier Augustine bare a faggot before the cardinall in Paules Great death in London Frauncis the Frenche kinge was sette at liberty by the emperour vpon diuers conâ—icions whiche he sware to perfourme but after he reuoked his othe and sayd he was forced therto or elles he should neuer haue bâ—ne dâ—lyuered The emperour after the french kinges delyueraunce gaue to Charles duke of Burbon the whole Duchye of Millayne on condicion to paye 4000. ducates and find a certayne numbre of souldiours yerely Solemannus the great Turke inuaded Hungarie and spoyled the citee Buda With whomâ— Lewys the kynge and Paule Tomorus bishop of Coleine encouÌ„tred in a great battaile and were of him vanquished and slayne with a great nombâ—e of christian people Ferdinand Archduke of Austrich was chosen kinge of Hungarie and Boheme Charles maried Isabell the kinges sister of Portugall Uariance betwene the byshop of Rome and the house of Columnensis The bishop of Rome the UeneciaÌ„s and diuers citees of Italy proclaymed warre agaynst the emperoure by their intisement the french king was moued to warre agayne vpon the emperour In so muche that the emperours souldiours toke the towne and castel of Myllayne and shâ—wed such crueltie towarde the citesins that they were in mind to haue forsaken their citee the confederates of Italy required to haue king Henry as protectour of their league but he chose rather to be an indiffereÌ„t in treater of peace betwene the two partyes The yere of the worlde 5488 The yere of Christ 1527 A proclamacion published in England agaynst al vnlawful games as Dice Cardes and Boules Anni regum Angli 19 which continued not long in effecte The emperours souldiours toke the cite of Rome spoyled itand besiged the bishop Clement with his cardynalles in the Mounte Adrian from whens he coulde not be dimissed by any meanes vntil he agreed with his souldiours notwithstanding that the emperour Charles him selfe being than in Spaine and fearing the thundâ—rbolt of excommunication which the souldiours nothing regarded did exâ—use him selfe by letters that he knewe not of that his men had done and therfore willed the bishop to be sette at libâ—rtee Don Hâ—go de Mendosa a great man borne in Spaine came toking Henrie as
ambassadour froÌ„ the emperour The bishop of Tarbe the Uisecount of Torayne and Antony Uescy seconde presidente of Paris came in ambassade to the king out of Fraunce Ambassadours also came from the king of Hungary desiring ayde agaynst the Turke The cardinall of Englande went with great pompe into FrauÌ„ce where he concluded a leage betwene kinge Henry of England and the Frenche king whiche bothe by the cardinalles meanes sent their defiance to the emperour and a strong army into Italye to deliuer the byshop and driue the emperours power out of yâ— countrey The great maister of FraÌ„ce came to LondoÌ„ with great triumph for the conclusion of the forenamed league The emperouâ—s sonne of Tartarie with great puisaÌ„ce inuaded Pannonie but in the ende he was vanquished and taken This yere were sene .iii. sonnes which in some places werâ— included with a double rainbow Arthur Bilnâ—i Geffray Lome and Garret were abiâ—red by the cardinall for speakinge agaynst the bishop of Romes auctoritee The citee Gean was brought to the French kinges dominion Lord Lawdrike and the French kinges souldyours toke and spoyled Pauie Ferdinand made warre vpoÌ„ a noble man of Hungary named Uâ—auoyda and toke from him diueâ—s castels townes Charles the emperour made open protestacion diuers times before the kinges heraldes of England France that what soeuer was done in Italye by his souldioures agaynst the bishoppe was contrary to his wil and commaundement Lord Lawdrike capitayn of the french kynges armye in Italye in takinge the towne of Melffe loste ten thousand men Open hostilitee warre betwene the kinges of Englande and France and the emperour And the marchantes and ships of all partes were arested The yere of Christ 1528 Corne was very deare in England and had bene muâ—che dearer The yere of the worlde 5489 Anni regum Angli 20 had not bene the good prouision of the marchantes of the Stilyarde and an abstinance of warre betwene England and Flaunders Charlâ—s Duke of Gâ—lders inuaded Holland and was discomfited by the lord Isilsteine whom Ladye Margaret â—egent of the countre sent agaynst him The famous and excellent clerke Iohannes Reucline ended his lyfe by whose great learning and diligeÌ„ce the knowlage of the .iii. tonges and especially Hebrew was agayne restored to the world On S. Denis day a legate came from Rome to kynge Henry The sweating sickenesse raged in diuers partes of Eâ—land The emperour sente the Duke of Brunswike with a great puisance into Italye The Millanours were styll miserablie oppressed by the emperours soulâ—iours The Duke of Brunswike tooke the citee of Pauie whyche shortly after was taken agayne by the frenchemen the walles beaten downe Eâ—treme warre pestilence and famine in all Italy Aboue 2400â— of the Frenche armye that besyeged Naples dyed of the pesâ—ilence beside the most parte of all theyr horses and beastes so that there was not lest passing .v. thousand men in all In this yere in the moneth of Iune the legates satte at the blacke friers in London concerning the kinges mariage diuorsemeÌ„t from the princesse Dowagier which had bene his broâ—hers wife The yere of the worlde The yere of Christ Anni regum Angli 21 In October the cardinall was deposed from the chancellourship of England Ferdinande of Hungary recouered many places whiche before were taken from him by the Turke expulsâ—d out of the realme his enemy Iohn Uuauoyda which making claime to the crowne of Hungary flâ—d for ayde to the Turkes The Frechemen and Uenecians wente with an army of .40000 men tâ—â—ubdue Naples vpon whom the emperous souldiours came sodeinly in the night and slewe of theim a great noumber and afteâ—warde in plaine battaile discomfited thâ—ir whâ—le power wherwith the frenche kyng beyng greatly moueâ— sent a nauy into Spaine whiche spoyled the countrey but in the ende they were all well nere taken and slaine The Turke in the quarell of Uuauoyda peâ—ced Hungary with a terible puisaÌ„ce hauing in his army .250000 fighting men and exercised towarde the inhabytauntes most extreme cruelty for some thei berefte of their â—ight some thei rent and mangled in diuers pieces cutting of their noses eares handes armes priuye membres and other partes of theyr bodies Uirgines in most dishonâ—st wyse they rauyshed of other women the pulled of the pappes and openyng their wombes whiche were great with chylde burned the yonge babes Afterwarde he besieged Uienna a citie of Austrich and assayled the same very cruellye twenty tymes he came to the walles and styll by the Christians was expelâ—ed and driuen back In fine aboute the Idus of October by the manhode wyseâ—dome and pollicy of Philip Erle Palatine of Rhine and the Duke of Bauary whiche were there as soueraygne capitainâ—s the Turkes were faine to retourn into their countrey with the losse of .60 thousande souldiours A synode holden at Marsburge where communicacion was had betwene Luther Melancton Oâ—â—olampadius Zuinglius for an agreement concerning the sacramentes whiche controuersye had caused great varyaunce amonge the preachers of Germanye at whiche tyme the mattier was not concluded because the sweatyng sickenesse that raged sore in that citie dissolued the counsaile A great famine and derth in Uenice and the countrey ther about wherof a gret noumbre dyed for lacke of sustinaunce Geane in the tyme of a great pestilence was recouered from the Frenchemen by the emperours souldiours Wylliam Tindale fyrst translated the new Testament into Englyshe The sweatyng sickenesse vexed Brabante and a great part of Germiane wherof very many dyed and especially in Antwarpe wher in thre dayes space it consumed .v hundred persons A peace was agreed vpon betwene king Henry of England the emperour the Frenche kinge the king of Boheme and Hungary and Clement the byshop of Rome â–ª for the conclusion wherof and the deliuerance of his children the Frenche kinge was bounde to pay to Charles the emperour .20 hundred thousande crownes besyde dyuers other condicions Fraunces Sfortia was restored to his Duchye of Millaine paied therfore to the emperour .900000 crownes The cardynal was cast in a premunire forfayted all his landes and goodes to the kyngâ— A parliament begon at Westmynster wherin a reformacion was taken for dyuers enormitees vsed of the spiritualtie as probates of testameÌ„tes mortuaries pluralitie of benefices none residence bying sellyng and taking of benefices by spyrituall persones c. also the loan of money borowed in the .xv. yeere of the kinge was releases The emperoure Charles with great solemnitye Anni regum Angli 22 was crowned with the impâ—riall Diademe by Clement the .7 byshop of Rome The yere of the worlde 5461 The yere of Christ at Bonony after whiche time he went to Augusta in Germanie â–ª wher was holden a counsaile for preparacion of Warre against the Turke and for agrement of mattiers in Almaine Iustus Ionas Breucins Urbanus Rhegyus Mart Bucere and dyuers other with their â—rechyng and writyng sowed the sedes of heresy in Germany Ripa Shlamonius Stella famous
lawyers Falco Ionius Ruellius Cornarius Fuchsius phisicioÌ„s Sarzorus Zieglerus Oroutius Apianus Munsterus excâ—lâ—ent in the quadriuialles Urbanus Hessus Uidas Ursinus Glarean Sapidus poetes Paâ—lus Riccius Rhenanus Sadoletus Gryneus Uines Aurogallus Doletus other innumerable learned men and most experte and cunnyng in all sciences lyued in these dayes whose woorkes declare them to the whole worlde Commaundment was geuen by kyng Henrie to the â—ishops that Tindalles translation of the new Testament should be called in and thaâ— they shulde see an other sette foorth to the profite of the people A great deluge in Brabant Holland Selande and the sea coastes of Flanders where the waters oâ— the sea and other ouerflowed all the countreies Muche harme was doon also about Rome by the greate risynge of the ryuer Tyber and vnseasonable tempestes of wyndes The wylde Irishemen perceiuyng the â—rle of â—ildare to be in Englande inuaded his landes and dyuers other countreis Wheâ—fore kyng Henry sent thyther the Erle of Klidare and sir Willyam Skeuington which shortly brought them to good order The byshop of â—ondon caused a great noumbre of the new Testamentes of Tyndals translation to be burned At Augusta the emperour helde a counsaile of the princis of Germany where it was consulted howe to mayntain warre against the Tuâ—ke to haue an vnitie in matters of religion Wherevpon the churches of Germanye offred their confession to themperour but nothynge was doone therin sauyng that certayne malicious friers toke vppon them to confute those confessions withoute scripture or reason The Cardinall was arested and on S. Andrewes day dyed at Leycester as he should haue been broughte to the Tower of London One boyled in Smithfielde at London for poysonyng The Emperour Charles made Ferdinand his brother kyng of Rome The yere of the worlde 5492 The yere of Christ 1531 Anni regum Angli 23 A great earthquake wel nere in al Portugall the space of eyght dayes In the citie of Ulisbone or Luxborne a thousande foure hundred housen were ouerthrowen and aboue .600 so shaken that they were redy to falle All the churches were caste to the grounde as it were heapes of stones This earthquake cam as it were by fittes seuen or eight tymes in a day the people forsooke the citie and went into the fieldes A great pâ—stilence rose by menes of the vapours of this 〈◊〉 A blasyâ—ge sterre appeared in Germanie Italye and Frauâ—câ— towarde the weaâ—â— three weekes togyther in the moneth of Auguste The Turke came agâ—yne into Hungary entendyng to coâ—quere Uienna but he was ouerthrowen by the capitaynes that were lâ—fte in the garrisons and a great number of his men taken and slayne In the sea coastes of Hollande a fysshe was caste vp by the sea that was in lengthe .68 foote in the thyckenesse xxx the yaunyng of his mouthe was .xiii. foote wyde In this season were dyuers preachynges in this realme one agaynst an other concernyng the â—ynges mariage diuorsement from the lady Katherine The frenche kynges mother dyed The kyng of Polonie vanquished Uuauoyda and the Ualachâ—aus A battayle was foughten betweene the Tigurines and theyr neyghbours wherin Zuinglius was slayne Kynge Henry beganne to buylde his palaice at Westminster Anni regum Angli 24 The yere of Christ 1532 Kyng Henry went ouer the sea to mete with the french kyng The yere of the worlde 5493 with whom he went to Bulleyne and the French kyng came agayne with hym to Caleys where after feastyng and bankettyng eche toke leaue of other and returned to theyr realmes The kyng of long tyme had not kept company with the lady Katherine bycause his mariage was in controuersye and by dyuers vniuersities and learned men determined to be agaynst the lawe of God Wherefore on S. Erkinwaldes day he maried priuyly the lady Anne Bulleyne whiche on Whitsonday the next yeare folowynge was crouned Quene with great solemnitie It was ordeyned by acte of parliament that the kinges subiectes shuld no more paie annates or fyrst fruites nor susteyne any suche exactions or impositions they hadde before tyme paid to the sea of Rome for consecratyng electyng or geuyng of licences or dispensations But that they shulde haue all suche thinges within the realme and sue no further for the same King Henry was diuorsed from lady Katherine which had been his brothers wife Anni regum Angli 25 On Miâ—somer daie died the Frenche Queene The yere of the worlde 5494 The yere of Christ 1533 wife to the Duke of Suffolke Ladie Elizabeth was borne at Grenewiche An esquire of Gloucestershyre called William Tracie by one Doctour Parker the byshop of Worcesters chancellour was taken out of his graue and burnte after he had been dead .iii. yeres because he sayde in his wyll he wolde haue no funerall pompe at his burieng neither passed vpon Masse and that he trusted in god onely hopyng in hym to be saued and by no saincte Within the space of these two yeares appeared .iii. blasyng sterres in dyuers partes beyonde the sea Thaamas Sophie of the Pâ—rsians nere to Euphrates ouerthrewe the Turkes in a great battayle Kyng Henry sente the Duke of Northfolke the lorde Rocheforde and other in ambassade to the French kyng as then intendynge to mete with the bysshop of Rome at Nece Daily skyrmishing betwene the borderers of England and Scotlande and yet no warre proclaimed and many robberies murders and sâ—aughters doone on bothe partes and althoughe the commissioners of Englande and Scotlande satte at Newcastell entreatyng a truce and amitee yet the Scottes ceassed not to robbe bothe by land and Sea A peace concluded betwene Englande and Scotlande The bishop of Romecursed king Henry and the realme of England bycause of the diuorse from lady Catherin Certain mâ—nkes friers and other euâ—ll disposed persons of a diuellyshe entent had put in the heades of many of the kynges subiectes that they had knowlage by â—euelation of god and his sainctes that he was highly displeased with kynge Henry for the diuorsement frome the lady Catherine and surmised among other thynges that God had reuealed to a Nunne named Elizabeth Barâ—on whom they called the holye mayde of Kent that in casâ—â—he kyng proceded to the sayde diuorse and maried an other he should not be kynge of this realme one moneth after and in the reputation of god not one day nor houre This Elisabeth Barton by false dissimulation had often practised and shewed to the people meruaylous alterations of her visage and other partes of hir body as she had been rapt or in a traunce and in those feyned traunces by fals hypocrisie as thoughe she had been inspired of god spake many woordes in rebukyng synne and reprouyng newe opinions whiche she called heresiâ—s and amonge them vttered diuers thinges to the greate reproche of the kyng and the quene and to the establyshyng of ydolatry Anni regum Angli 26 pylgremage The yere of the worlde 5495 The yere of Christ 1534 and false worshippyng of god for whyche naughtynâ—s she
the easâ— syde The .xiiii. day of Iuly kyng Henry hym selfe with a gooâ—ly company passed from Douer to Caleys and on the xxvi day of the same moneth encamped on the north syde of Bulleyne After whose comyng the towne was so sore battered with gunshotte and certayne of their towâ—rs beynge vndermyned so shaken with force of gunnepouder that after a moneths siege the capitayne sent woorde to the kynge that he woulde yelde the towne to his behalfe on condition that all whiche were within myght departe with bagge and baggage whiche condition kynge Henry mercyfully graunted And the Bulleynors departed one and other to the number of .4454 In this meane tyme the Emperour had made a peace with the frenche kyng wherat kyng Henry was not a lyttell displeased and shortly after returned into Englande Shortly after the Frenchemen came by nyght vpon the Englyshemen in Basâ—boleyne and slewe of them a great nâ—ber Howbeit they wer shortly chased froÌ„ thense and the Base town holden after that in good quietnesse Mounsire de Beese with .xv. thousande Frenchmen encamped ouer agaynste Bulleyne on the other syde of the water entendyng to buylde there a forte But shortly after he was set vpon in his campe by therle of Hertford the lorde Lisle the lorde Graye of Wilton and others and fledde with all his power leauynge behynde hym his ordinaunce tentes and plate The .xix. daye of Februarye was cruelly bourned at Torney in the frontiers of France The yere of the worlde 5506 The yere of Christ 1545 Anni regum Angli 3 one Peter Brulius a frenchman somtyme preacher of the gospel of Christ in Argâ—ntine a citie in Germanie The maner of his death was this he was burned with a small fyre to the ende to make his tourment the greater He stoode manfully to his doctrine euen to the last breath and beyng in prison he dyd by letters confirme his disciples and confort his wife and children euen after he was condâ—â—nâ—d to die The doctrine that he stode to in his laste examination consisteth in these poyntes Fyrst that in the supper of the Lorde duely ministred and receyued is in spirite by faithe receyued the very bodye of Christe That the masse is a mere mans inuention iniur ious to Christe That the worshippyng of the consecrated bre ade is ydolatrie That there is none other purgatorye but Christes bloud That we can not honour sainctes better â–ª then by folowyng them in faithe and vertue That mans frewill is so letted by the fall of Adam that â–ª without goddes grace it can do no good thynge That it is faith whiche bryngeth vs saluation That no mannes traditions ought to be receyued to bynde conscience That to haue ymages in temples is very daungerous for fallyng into ydolatrie That baptisme is the signe of the couenant that God hath made with vs and of thâ— mortifications and newe lyfe that shulde folowe baptisme and that this sacrament ought not to bee denied to infantes sithe the promise pertayneth to them also That no vowe oughte to be made more then the word of god requireth or that is not in mans power to perform That eareshrift other then for counsell in doubtfull matters is a very dangerous tormentyng of the mynde And that he dydde not doubt of the perpetuall virginitie of the virgin Mary The Somer after the Frenchmen came downe with a great power and builded the fort or bastilion ouer agaynst Boloigne whiche the french kyng named Monpleasure betwene whiche fort the toune of Boloigne were continuall skirmishes to the losse of both partes Word cam to king Henry that the frenchmen intended to laÌ„d in the Isle of Wight Wherfore he went to Porâ—ismouth sent letters into diuers partes of his â—â—alm to haue meÌ„ in a redines At which his being ther a goodly ship of the kings named Mary rose with sir George â—arew the capitain and manye otheâ—â—â—ntilmen was drowned in the middes oâ— the hauen bâ—â—râ—at foly and negligence Lorde Edward Seimour â—â—le of Hertforde was sent by the kyng into Scotlande with an armie of .12000 meÌ„ where he destroyed dyuers townes in the myddle marches and greatly endomaged the Scottes A parliament holden at westminster wherin was graÌ„ted to the kynge a subsidye of .ii. sÌ„ .viii. d. in the pounde of moueable goodes and .iiii. sÌ„ of landes to be paied in thâ—e yere also colleges chaunteries hospitalles were geuen into the kynges handes for his lyfe tyme. Lorde Lisle highe admyrall of Englande landing in Normandie brente the suburbes of Treiporte and toke and spoyled well nere all the shippes in the hauen after that he destroyed many villages by the sea syde and got great praie Mounsire de Bees inuaded the Englishe pale besyde Grauelin By menes of the emperour coÌ„municaâ—â—oÌ„ of peace was had betwene the ambassadours of Engâ—and and FrauÌ„ce but nothing at this tyme was conâ—luâ—eâ— Kynge Henry sent the lorde Edwaâ—de 〈◊〉 Erle of Hertforde and the lorde Lisle hyâ—h 〈◊〉 all with a company of .7000 men to prâ—uâ—nt 〈…〉 who intended to builde an other forte at 〈…〉 â—ode At whiche tyme they entrâ—d into the hauen two â—ayâ— before the frenchemen had appointed to bâ— there Anâ— so 〈◊〉 seated them of their purpose Often skirmishes betwene the Englishe garrâ—son of Bulleyn and the Frenche forte greately to the losse of bothe partes And at one tymâ— especially wer slayn .xvi. englishe gentyll men â–ª and .lxxx. other and fewe or none of the Frenchemenne The Stewes and other lyke brothell houses were by the kynges commaundement put downe in all partes of the realme as places that dyd mayntayne whordom manslaughter and all other mischiefe and naughtines A peace concluded betwene Englande and Fraunce Anni regum Angli which was proclaymed on Whitsonday to the great reioycyng of both realmes The yere of the worlde 5507 The yere of Christ 1546 For conclusion of this peace the vicount Lisle high Admirall with the byshop of Duresme and a goodly coÌ„pany of men went into France after whose returne the byshop of â—â—reux and two Erles came into England and were honourably receyued wâ—h great ioye and triumph Anne Askew gentlewoman Iohn Lassels gentilmaÌ„ â—nd two other were brente in Smithfieldâ— for opinionâ— contrary to the actâ— of the syx Articles At whiche tyme doctour Shaxton also recanted The duke of Norfolke and his sonne the Erle of Surâ—â—y wer attaynted of treason For which his sonne was put to execution and himselfe committed to the Towre where he remayned longe tyme. In Ianuarie the renowmed â—ing Henry the eyghte ended his lyfe and was buried at windsore THe most gratiouse and noble prince Edwarde the sâ—xt beyng .ix. yeres of age The yere of the worlde The yere of Christ 1543 succeded hys fatheâ— in the gouernance of thys realme and was crowned at Westminâ—ter on Shrofe sondaye with great solemnitie In whome the people muche reioyced wishynge hertily hys longe and prosperouse reigne ouer them for that they sawe in hym euidente liklyhodes
Nicomedes 66.73.77.79 81 Nicostrata 29. Niger 112. Ninias 17. Nimue 12.14 Ninus 12. Noe. 7.8.10.17 Noema 7. Noâ—s Floud 8.9 Norbanus â—0 Noradinus â–ª 208. Normandie possessed of Normaines .182 subiecte to Henrie the first .202 spoiled by Robert of Millaine 205. subiect to Frenchmen .223 Norris 283. Northampton feldâ— 263 Noius 180. Nouatianus 117. Numa Pompilius 40.41 Numantiâ— 76 Numerianus 120. Numiâ—â—â— 38. Nyctus Fâ—sulanuâ— 34. Nysa 28. O OBadia 35. Obelericus 175 Oceanus 13. Oecham 234.239 Oâ—hozias 36. Ocozias called also Ahasiaâ— 36. Ocnus 31. Ocâ—a â–ª 142. Octauia 98. â—00 Octauianus Caesar. 89.87 Octauian bis 210 Octauius 73.80 Octauius of Brit. 123. Oddo of Burg. 213. Odenatus 118. Odilwaldus 160. Odo arer 142.143 Odofreduâ— 215. Oerolampadius 246.280 Offa. 170. Offedâ—ke 370 Ofrkus 159.167 Ogiges 10. Olâ—nuâ— 191.192 Olbius 29. Olda 43 Olimbrias 141 Olimbiâ—des begin 39 Olimpius 143 Olimpiâ—s 63 Olimpius leutenant of Italiâ— 191. Olimpus 30 Oliuer 142 Omonima 92 Onager 141 Onele 284.286 Oneâ—uâ— 191 Onias 63.68.72 Onomarcuâ— 90 Onthia 26 Ophiusso 20 Ophrâ—ganeuâ— 35 Ophratus 35 Opimiuâ— 77 Oppian 120 Optatus 271 Orâ—aneâ— 236.250 Orâ—ades 97 Ordonius 175 Ordonius ii of Hispaine 180. Ordonius the iii 183 Orestes 31.47.54 Oresteâ— emperours capit 141 142. Oâ—iginal beginning of maÌ„ 3. Origen 113.115.116 Orma 19. Ormisda 1â—2 Orosius â—32 Orontius 280. Orpewâ—ldus 159. Orphaneâ— 25â— Orpheus 29. Orthopoliâ— 23. Orus 24. Osbret 177. Osâ—uâ— 28. Osea 39.40 Osochor 35. Osorthon 37.38 Osâ—ikâ— 179. Ostorius 99. Ostrogothes 132. Oswald 15â— 160 Oswald bis of Sales 199. Oswie 160.161 Ostris 15.17.20.21 Otaneâ— 48. Otho emp. 101. Otho emp. of Ger. 185.186.187 Otho the yonger emp. 188.189 Otho the .iii. emp. 189.190 Otho of Thuring 196. Oâ—ho 215.216 Oâ—ho the .v. emp 216. â—17 Oâ—ho of Sâ—r. 19â— Otho of Bâ—uâ—r 196.197 Otho vis of Coleine 196. Otho bis of Bâ—ion 200. Oâ—ho Feigeâ—â—is 208. Otho of Burg 230. Otho of Hung. 231.232 Othocaâ—uâ— 225. â—26 Othomannus 231. Othoniell 27. Ouidâ— â—8 Ouinus 7â— Owen 245. Owen of gleauder 251. Oxford vniuersitâ—â— first began 177. Oxyntes 31. P PAce 176. Pachetes 53. Pacorus â—6 101 â–ª Paganus 170. Palaâ—uus 28. Palantium 29. Palinuruâ— 6â— Pallas 15. Palmeâ— 288. Palmineri 119. Pampilone destroy 177. Pandion 27.28 Panetus 43. Panntas 28. Pansa 86. Pâ—ntenus 111. Pâ—nnonie wasted 17â— Pâ—thion 105. Papâ—cie begunne 155. Pâ—pias 104.214 Pâ—pâ—rius Cursor 63. Papâ—rius Carbo 78. Pâ—radise 6. Pâ—rkâ—r 282. Pâ—ris 27. Paris â—leraâ— 30.31 Paris subdued by Fâ—enchemen .135 besieged of Normans .180 subdued by Enâ—glish men 257. Pâ—â—isades 60. Pâ—â—mâ—nides 15. Pâ—â—thâ—mâ—spaâ—eâ— 106. Pâ—rthia 13. Pâ—rthianâ— 30. Pâ—rticâ—â—â—us 175. Pâ—â—call bâ—s of Rome 175. Piâ—call the .ii. 202.203 Pâ—scalis 163.173 Pasâ—enlius 143. Pataâ—eni 217. Paâ—es 286. Paâ—riâ— Hepbournâ— 251. Pariâ—iuâ— a monk 270. Paâ—â—â—â—lus 133. Pauâ—e conque by Lumbredes â—52 besieged of Pipin .170 by Charles .171 burnt of Hungarians 184. Paule apost 95. imprisoned .99 put to death .101 Paull the .i. bis of Rome 170 Paule tâ—e .ii. 264. Paule Fomorius 278. Paâ—lina 94. Paulinus Sueton. 100. Paulinus bis 140. Paulus Aemâ—liuâ— 71.73 Paulus Samosalenus 118. Paulus Ursinus 252. Pauâ—us Guynisius 257. Paulus Castrenâ—is 263. Pausanius 55.56.59 Pausaniâ—â— 42. Pazaâ—â—es 244.245.248.249.250 Pazaites an other Turk 267. Payne â—â—pâ—ost 228. Pegasus 28. Pâ—lagiuâ— herâ—t 134.137 Pelaguo of Sy. 165.167 Peliâ—ane 276. Pelasgus 31. Peloponeâ—us warre 38. Peloponesus kingdome began .14 named Aegâ—â—leâ— ibid. subiecte to the Turk .260 Pelops 28. Penâ—hiselea 30. Penisellus â—0 Pendragon 143. Pendâ— 158.159.160.161 Pâ—rdica 40.58 Perdiâ—aâ— 50.59.63 Pâ—rennius 111. Perkin waâ—bâ—k 270.271 Peâ—icles 39.51.52 Periander 43. Pâ—ridutus 67. Pâ—ripatetici 59. Perosas 141. Perottus 263. Perpenna 77.80 Perseus of Maâ—ed 72.73 Perseuâ— 27.28 Persians ouercome by 〈◊〉 Seuerus .115 of Galerius .121 of Belâ—zar .145 of the Rom. and Lazians .149 of Martine Iustine .150 chased by Tiberius .153 Persusennes 36. Perusina â—43 Perâ—inaâ— 112. Pertheres 161. Pesceninus Niger 112. Peter 101. Peter the .ii. kynge of Hung. 193.194 Peter the heremite 201. Peter bis of Roâ—e 205 Peter Leo. 205 Peter emp of Const. 217 Peter of Aâ—â—agon 227 Peter Spâ—lding 233. Peter 〈◊〉 236. Peter the first of Spaine 240.243 Peter Gâ—â—nbacuâ—t of Pise 249. Peâ—raâ—ha 2â—8 Petreus 85. Petroneus 96. Peâ—â—us Comestor 208. Petrus Longoâ—arduâ— maister of the senâ—en 208. Petrus Blesensis 209. Peâ—râ—s 〈◊〉 veneâ—s 209. Petrus 〈◊〉 223. Petrus Bembuâ— 271. Petubastes 37. Petulius 103 Petus 190 Peuâ—ingerus 276. Phaeâ—on 1â— Phacâ—a 39. Phâ—filla 168. Phalaris 42. Phaleâ—h 11 Phaâ—lus 60 Phâ—niaâ— 74. Phasca 38. Phaortes 42 Pharnabasuâ— 54.56 Phariseis 76.80 Phâ—rnases 81. Phaselua 86. Phâ—uorinus 107 Pharamuno 134. Pharao 25 Phelâ—steus 38. Pheredus 37. Phemonoe 28. Phestus 30. Philelphus 263 Phileni 56. Philip the vi kyng of Maced 42. Philip father of Alexander 56.60.61 Philip Arideus 63. Philip the .xxxvii. k. of Maced 69.70.71 Philip of Syria 73. Philip. 74 Philip of Iurie 92 Philip apost 95. Philip emp. 116 Philip the first of Fr. 196. Philip Augst â–ª son of Lewes of Fr. 212.213.214.215.216 Phâ—lip son of S. Lewes of Fraunce 225.227 Philip the feyre of Fr. 228.229.231.232 Philip the .v. surnamed Long 234. Philip of Ualoys k â–ª of Fr. 236.237.238 Philip brother of Henrie emp 215.216 Philip of Burg. 244.271 Philip quene of Englande 244. Philip of Millaine 255.256 257.259.261 Philip erle Palat. 271.280 Philip of Castile 271. Philâ—p Melancton 276. Philippâ—e bis of Hire 106. Philippicus .165 emperour 166. Philo 95. Philopemenes 71 7â— Philotas 93. Philomelus 60 Philocrates 56. Phocas Syluius 37. Phocas 157. Phaenix 27. Phorbas 24.35 Phoroneus 20. Phormio 53. Phoâ—inus 126 Phraaâ—es 92.95 Phoilla 170.180 Phulbelochuâ— 37 Phulassar â—9 Phydon 38. Physcon 77.79 Pâ—â—hâ—eâ— 62.98.99 Piâ—entines warre 67. Piâ—uâ— Merandula 267 274. Piâ—râ— Morgan 273. Piâ—râ— oâ— Eauiston 233. Pigius 271 Pilat 93.95 Pinarius 72 Pipin 164.165 Pipin son of Charles Martel 168.169.170.171 Pipin kyng of Italie 174. Pipin kyng of Guiâ—n 175 Pirkaimerus 276 Pisanes ouercom .222 of the Genow 227. obteyned libertee .236 subdued to Uenice .272 Pisanus 246 Pisistraâ—us 46. Pismiers fought 259 Pitâ—acus 44 Pius the first bishop of R. the yere of the worlde 4105. Pâ—uâ— the .ii. fol. 263 Pâ—us the .iii. 271. Placidia 133.134.135 Placilla 131. Placâ—ne 93. Platine 267. Plato 51.56 Plaâ—tius 75. Plectrude 166. Plâ—gra 27. Plenneus 22. Plenratus 70. Plinie the yonger 104. Plinie the second 106. Plotiue 116. Plutarke 107 Pogius 254 Polemius 101. Polemon 99 Policarpe .104.109 burnt 110. Policrates 46.111 Polibore Uirg 276 Politian 267. Polybius 66 Polybus 28. Polyhâ—â—es 30. Pomerane 275. Pompâ—ius 76 80.81.8â—.84 Pompon Sâ—rabo 79. Pomp. Laâ—tus 267. Pontanus 293.270 Pontianus 115. Pontiâ—s 65. Poole 285. Popiliâ—s 60.72.73 Poppea 110. Poppeus Sabinus 94. Porreâ— 48.45 Porsena 48. Portius Festus 99. Porphirius 116. Porus. 62. Posthumius 48.65.69 79. Posthumius vigilensis 54. Posthumius rebell 118 Praesto Ioannes 271. Praetus 28. Priamus 31 Primus 106. Printing inuented 262 Priâ—ca 110. Probus 99.119.120 Procas 3â— Procopius 128. Proculus 120. Prodigeâ— 79.
priestes and monkes beinge as lordes of the worlde were euen more to mainteyne warre with princes then to teache the word of god professed to forsake whooly the worlde and geue them onely to preachyng Whose holy pretensed purpose their folowers in processe of time turned to most dyuelyshe supersticion Phillip the emperour when he had in diuers battailes vanquyshed his enemies Anni regum Angli 5 besieged Coloine The yere of the worlde 5156 The yere of Christ and chased from thens Otho whiche fled to kyng Iohn of England his vncle The bishoppe of Rome denounced kyng Iohn with his whole realme a cursed Anni regum Angli 6 The yere of the worlde 5157 because he wolde not admitte Stephene Langhton to the bishoprike of Canturburie The yere of Christ 1206 But he little regarded hys fulmynacion and obeyed hym nothyng the rather At thys tyme in Southff a fyshe was taken lyke to a man and was kepte lyuyng .vi. monethes after vpon the lande with rawe fleshe and fishe Agreement made betweene the byshoppe of Rome and Philip the emperour Kinge Philip of Fraunce subdued to him the couÌ„trey of Normandie The yere of the worlde 5168 The yere of Christ 1207 Anni regum Angli 7 whiche sens the time of Charles the simple that is the space of 30â— yeres was not in the possessioÌ„ of the kinges of Fraunce The yere of Christ 1128 About th is time the Irishemen Anni regum Angli 8 and shortly therupon the Welshemen rebelled The yere of the worlde 5169 whom king Iohn constreined to redeme peace with great summes of money Henrie emperour of Constantinople augmeÌ„ted the empire of Grece Philip emperour of Almaine was murdered by the treason of the erle of Palatine The yere of Christ 1129 Othe a duke of the Saxones Anni regum Angli 9 was made emperour and crowned with the imperiall Diademe by Innocente bishop of Rome The yere of the worlde 5170 The Uenecâ—ans subdued Corcyra Mothonum Coronuâ— and many other ilandes Kinge Iohn sailed into Normandie where after certaine sayrmishes he made peace with Philip of France for .ii. yeres The mayres and shyreffes beganne first in the citee of London The yere of Christ 1210 Otho the emperour inuaded certaine citees Anni regum Angli 10 which Innocent the bishop The yere of the worlde 5171 affirmed to perteyne to the churche of Rome Wherfore he excommunicated the emperour and depriued him of all imperiall auctoritee causing the electours to chose Friderich king of Sicilie and nephew to Fridericus Barbarossa The yere of Christ Ppilip king of Fraunce made warre vpon Fernande Duke of Flaunders The yere of the worlde Anni regum Angli 11 because he alyed him with kynge Iohn of Englande The welshemen rebelling were brought in subiection The Englishemen whiche were sent by king Iohn to ayde the erle of Flaunders chased the Frenchemen and in the hauen of Scluse compassed toke their whole nauie of â—hips which was in noumbre .1020 sayle The yere of the worlde 5173 The yere of Christ 1212 ¶ Frederich the seconde king of Sicilie Anni regum Angli 12 and Duke of Suaue after that Otho was expelled by the byshoppe was ordeyned emperour and reigned .23 yeres Though this man was endued with many noble and princely vertues and tendered the wealth of the empyre excedingly yet was he vexed with most shameful iniuries by the bishops of Rome which in his tyme most aboundantly declared their outragious enuy pryde and malyce This Friderike was skilfull in diuers laÌ„guages as in Greke Latin Almaine and the Sarasens tongue he fauoured good letters excellently â–ª and furthered muche the studie therof By his procuremente the Almagest of Ptolomei was translated out of the Sarasens tongue into Latine wherby the knowlede of astronomy which of long time â–ª no man hadde professed in Europe was called againe to light He warred first against Othy his predicessour by the counsaile of the Romaine bishop but in the ende he receiued the same rewarde that other dyd before him Gazari Patareni Leoniste Almaricus Carnotâ—nsys and many other heretikes were in these dayes Anni regum Angli 13 Kinge Iohn of Englande beynge overset in warre by Phillyp of FraÌ„ce The yere of the worlde 5174 The yere of Christ 1213 submitted him to the byshop of Rome by whoÌ„ amonge other thinges he was bounden that as well he as his heires shuld euer after be feudaries to the see of Rome and pay for yerely tribute 1000. markes and moreouer to holde the title of the crowne by the byshops of Rome here may you se that the bishops of Rome in theyr so often cursinges did not couet to reconsile the soules of meÌ„ to god but to subdue princes to their tiranny but this iniunction was not kept at anytyme by the kinges of this realme Friderich the emperour made league with Phillip of Fraunce Anni regum Angli 14 The yere of the worlde 5175 The yere of Christ At Tourney a cruell bataile was foughten betwene Otho late emperour and Phillip of France in the quarel of kinge Iohn of Englande where the two princes encountred eche other so fiersly that they were bothe vnhorsed but in the ende Otho forsoke the fielde and Ferraunde Erie of Flaunders Reignold of Bolâ—ine and 28. other men of name were taken prisoners Shortly after entrety of peace was made betwene the kinges of Englande and France Anni regum Angli 15 A synode holden at Rome The yere of the worlde 5176 The yere of Christ wherin communicacioÌ„ was had for the recouery of Hierusalem Alexander succeded William in the kingedome of Scotlande and reigned .34 yeres At the beginning of king Henrys reign in England was variance betwene this Alexander of Scotlande and him but after thei were alied by mariage ¶ Peter was emperour of Constantinople .v. yeres he came to Rome and was annointed of the bishop Shortly after he besieged the citie Dyrachiâ—â— desperyng to obteine it entreted a peace with Theodorus Duke of Epirus who not withstanding his promysse layed priuy waite in the wooddes of Tempe where he toke the emperour and cast him in prisoÌ„ after which time Ioles the wife of Peter gouerned the weast empyre Great strife and variance hapned in England betwen king Iohn the nobles and commons of his realme The yere of the worlde 5177 The yere of Christ 1219 Anni regum Angli 19 because he wold not vse the lawes of â–ª S. Edwarde other auncient liberteis which the people required whom the king had dyuers times appeased with faire wordes and promisses but because the lords perceiued them to come to smalle effect they pursued him so hartlie that he was gladde to send for ayde to Flaunders and in like maner the nobles with their alies sent for Lewis the soonne of Philip of Fraunce and him saluted as king and maineteyned in warre against king Iohn to the great hurt of this realme of England During the time of this warre king Iohn ended his lyfe
.iiii. by whiche meanes the two families of Yorke and Lancaster which had loÌ„g caused great diuision was knittâ— together in one About this tyme Francisce Louel and Humfrey Stafforde râ—â—elled in the North which commocion was quieted by the pollicie of the Duke of Bedforde The yere of the worlde The yere of Christ Nicolas an heremite of Heluâ—ciâ— and Hiernomous Sâ—nonarola that had the spirite of prophecie Anni regum Angli 4 were famous Ferdinand king of Spaine by knightly force and man â—oâ—e conquered againe the kingdome of Granade and chased from thens the Sarasens Warre betwene the Uenecyans Sigismund Duke of Austrich The yere of the worlde The yere of Christ 1447 A great businesse in England by meane of a priest called Rycharde Simon Anni regum Angli 5 whiche takyng with him a yonge childe called Lâ—mbert fledde into Irelande â–ª and feigned to the nobles of that countree that he had brought wyth him the younge sonne of the Duke of Clarence nephew of king Edwarde the .iiii. lawefull heyre to the crowne â—f Englande wherwith the Irisshemen beyng excited alied with theim Margaret the syster of Edwarde anâ— dyuers noble men of England which gathering which theim a great power of Irishemen Englyshmen Germaines entred the lande and at Stoke mette with king He rye and his hoste and there fought a strong battailâ— in the whiche was slaine the Erle of Lincolne Francis Louell Thomas Broughton Thomas Gerardine of Irelande and Martine Swarte a Germaine which werâ— chiefe capitaynes of the rebelles Rycharde the pryeste and Lambert the counterfeited king were taken in the fielde Fabian seemeth to auouch this to be dooen in the yere of our lorde 1487. Warre betwene Britaine and the Frenchemen Charles of Fraunce forsoke Margâ—ret the daughter of Mâ—ximilian whiche was to him fâ—aunced This yere was a fielde â—oughten in Flaunders by the lorde Daubeneâ— in the quarel of Maximilian the emperours sonne and Erle of Flaunders In Englande was a taxe arrered of the tenth penâ—e of mens landes and goodes by menes wherof the coÌ„mons rose The yere of the worlde The yere of Christ 5490 and slewe the Erle of Northumberlande Anni regum Angli 6 For whiche cause Chamberlaine their capytaine with dyuers other were after hanged at Yorke Maximilyan recouered the parte of his Duchie of Auâ—strich which Mathias kyng of Hungarye had with holden from him a good season Anni regum Angli 7 The kinge of Scotes was slaine in battayle by the nobles of his realme The yere of the worlde 5452 The yere of Christ 1491 and Iames his sonne ordeined kynge in his place Maximilian by his deputie as the maner is of greate princes maried Anne the daughter of Frances Duke of Britaine after the death of her â—ather but that mariage notwithstanding Charles of Fraunce found such meanes that he toke her to his wiâ—e in open mariage and by her obteined the dominioÌ„ of Britaine For whych cauâ—e was great grudge and malice betweene him and Maximilian and so much the more because Charles did repudiate Margaret his daughter whiche was to him fâ—aunced and betrothed Kinge Henry arriued in Fraunce with a great army The yere of the worlde 5453 The yere of Christ enteÌ„ding to ayde the Britaines against the French king but Charles by entreatie concluded peace Anni regum Angli 8 the condicion wherof was that he shulde paâ—e to kinge Henry foorthwith for his expenses and charges in the warre a greate summe of money and yerely after as a certayne tribute 25. thousande crownes after whiche agreement Henrye retourned into England The Turke with a great power bothe by sea and land inuaded the inhabytantes of the hilles in Greece called Ceraunil and theim subdued to the Turkishe empire Certaine new ilandes were found in the OeceaÌ„ se first by Amerinâ—s Uâ—spucyuâ— after by Christophorus Columbanus Ther were driuen ouâ— of Spaine by commaundement of the kinge .125 familyes of the Iewes of the whyche 30 thousande dyed of the pestylence in their iourney as they were departyng Alexander the .vi. byshop of Rome .xl. yeares a blouddie and cruell tyranne ¶ Maximilian succeded his father Friderych in the empyre Anni regum Angli 9 and reigned â–ª 27. yeres The yere of the worlde 5454 The yere of Christ 1493 Charles oâ— Fraunce made clayme to the kyngdome of Naples and Sicilie Anni regum Angli 10 The yere of the worlde 5455 The yere of Christ 1494 and for that cause went into Italye with a great army wher in short space he conquered Naples and compelled kinge Alphons to forsake the countrei and than retourned into France and in his iournye was encountred by the UeneciaÌ„s â–ª which endeuoured to stoppe his passage where after sore fyght to the losse of bothe partes he toke an other way About this tyme beganne the foule scabbe and horible sicâ—â—nesse called the Frenche pâ—ckes The yere of the worlde 5456 The yere of Christ 1495 Anni regum Angli 11 Dyuers gentilmen in Englande appeached of treason and for fauouring the conspiracie of Perkin Warbâ—ckâ— of the whiche some were pardoned some put to death Perken Warbecke whiche by the couÌ„saile of Margaret of Burgoyne named him selfe Rychardâ— of Yorke kinge Edwardes seconde sonne arriued in kenâ—e wherâ— he was driuen backe by the vplandishmen and other inhabitauntes of the countrey with losse of dyuers of hys men Ferdinand the sonne of Alphons was restored againe to the kyngdome of Naples immediatly after the departure of the Frenchemen Sozimus and Iâ—son lawiers Alexander Benedictus and Antonius Bemuenius phisicions Iohannes Nauclerus Raphael Uolateranus Robertus Gaguinus historiographers Rodulphus Agricolo a man of excellent learning Iohanes Iouinianus PoÌ„tanus Petrâ—s Crinitus Stephanus Niger Ambrosius Calepinus Philippus Bâ—râ—oldus flourished Blanch Mary the princes daughter of Insubria was maried to Maximilian Uladisaus the kynge of Polonies sonne obtayned the kingdomes of Hugarye and Boheme He made league with Maximilian the emperour The Scottes brake into the North partes of Englande by the excityng of Perkin Warbeck The yere of the worlde The yere of Christ 1496 Anni regum Angli 12 dyd much harme to the borderers In Italy a stone of wonderful biggenesse fell out of the ayre whiche by the violence of the â—al as some say brake in .iii. great pieces the coloure of thys stone was â—s it had been burned with fyre In these dayes preached at Florentia in Italye a frier called Hierome Sauouarola whose sayengs were these that Italy should be purged with the scourges of God for the manyfolde offâ—nces of the princes as well of the clergie as the laitee and that â—ftâ—â— the subuersion of the citees of Florence and Rome shuld folow a reformacioÌ„ and redresse in the church â–ª and moreouer that one shuld come ouer the Alpes like to Cyrus which shuld suâ—uert and destroy Italye Anni regum Angli While king Henrye of Englande made preparacion foâ—warre into Scotland The yere of the worlde 5458 The yere of Christ 1467
administration of coÌ„mon praier and the sacramentes in the Englishe tonge And furder thattaynder of Iohn Duke of Northumberlande was by thys parlyamente confyrmed In this meane whyle many men were forward in the erectyng of Altars and masses in Churches And suche as woulde stycke to the lawes made in Kynge Edwardes tyme tyll other sholde be established were some of them marked and some presently apprehended amonge whome Sir Iames Hales a knight of Kent and iustice of the common place was one Whoe not withstandinge he had ventred hys lyfe in quene Maries cause in that he wold not subscribe to the disheritinge of her by the kinges will yet for that he dyd at a quarter sessions geue charge vpon the statutes made in the time of HeÌ„ry theight Edward the vi for supremacie ReligioÌ„ he was imprisoned in the Martialsy Counter Flete so cruelly haÌ„dled so put in feare by talke that the warde of the Flete vsed to haue in his hering of torments that wer in preparing for heretikes that he sought to rid himself out of this life by wouÌ„ding himself with â— knife And afterward was content to say as they willed him wher vpoÌ„ he was discharged But neuer quieted in conscience tyll he had drowned him selfe in a ryuer halfe a myle from his house in Kent About the .xviii. of October ther was at Poules churche in LoÌ„don a disputatioÌ„ appointed by the quenes coÌ„mandement about the preseÌ„ce of Christ in the sacrameÌ„t of the altare as thei call it This disputatioÌ„ coÌ„tinued .vi. daies wherin doctor Weston was chief on the popes part who behaued himself outragiously in tantyng checking In coÌ„clusion such as disputed on the contrary part wer driuen some to flee some to denie some to dye though to the moste mens iudgementes that herde the disputation they had the vpper hand About th end of October one Michael Seruetus a spaniard was put to deathe at Geneua for denying the eternall deitie of Christ Iesus At this tyme died Iames Sturmiê° at Strawsborow a man of excelleÌ„t lerning vertu of the age of .lxiii. yeres In Nouember the archbyshop Cranmer notwithstaÌ„dyng he had earnestly refused to subscribe to the kynges wyll in disherâ—tynge his syster Mary alledgynge many and pithy reasons for her legitimation was in the guild hall of London arrained and attainte of highe treason with the lady Iane and thre of the duke of Northhumberlands sonnes which al returned to the tower agayn In this meane whyle Cardinall Poole beynge sente for by quene Mary was by the Emperour requested to staie with hym to th entent as some thynke that his presence in Englande shoulde not be a lette to the mariage which he intended betwene Philip his sonne and quene Mary For the makyng whereof he sent a moste ample embassage with full power to make vp the mariage betwixt them Whiche toke suche successe that after they had commoned of the matter a fewe dayes they knytte vp the knotte This was doone aboute the begynnyng of Ianuary and was very euill taken of the people The yere of the worlde 5515 The yere of Christ 1554 Anni regum Angli 8 and of many of the nobilitie which coÌ„spiryng among themselues made a rebellion wherof syr Thomas Wyat knyght was the chiefe and begynner Who being in Kent persuaded the people that the quene and the counsell wolde by foreyne mariages bryng vpon this realme moste miserable seruitude and establyshe popyshe religion Aboute the .xxv. of Ianuarye newes came to London of this sturre in Kent and shortely after of the Duke of Suffolke who was fled into Warwikeshire and Leiâ—eâ—â—ershyre there to gather a power The quene therfore â—aused thembâ—th with Carewes of Deuonshire to bee proclaymed traitoures And sente into Kente agaynste Wyat Thomas duke of Norfolke who beynge forsaken of theym that went with hym escaped to London agayne with greate difficulâ—ie as he thought although no maÌ„ folowed him After the duke of Suffolke was sent the Earle of Huntyngdon in poste who entryng the citie of Couentrie before the duke disappoynted hym of his purpose Wherfore the duke in greate distresse committed hymselfe to the keepyng of a seruaunt of hiâ— owne in a parkâ— who lyke a false traytoure bewrayed hym And so hee was brought vp to the tower of London In this mean while Peter Carewe hearyng of that was doone fledde into Fraunce but the other were taken and Wyat came towardes London in the begynnynge of February from whence themperors ambassadors sped theÌ„selues away in hast al by water The quene heryng of Wyats coÌ„myng came into the citie to the Gylde hall wher she made a vehement Oration against Wyat declaringe that she neyther had nor wold consent to mary otherwise then shuld seme to the counsell to be for the wealth of the realme Wherefore she desyred them of the Citie to sticke to her in the suppressing of rebellâ—use traitours and desending her royall estate This done she appointed the Lord William Haward lieutenant of the Citie and the Erle of Penbroke generall of the field And lest any shuld escape out of the citie to Wiat she caused the drawbridge of London to be cut of and let fal into the riuer Temes In this mean while was Wyat commen into Southwarke And after two dayes there spent in vayne he departed to wards Kyngston where he passed the ryuer by force thinckynge to haue comen to London in good tyme but he was disappointed partly by breaking the cariage of his ordinauÌ„câ— and parâ—elye by wearinesse of the longe and foule iourney So that at his comminge to Charing crosse he was paste all hope of preuailinge And yet suffered to go quietly thorow the stretes to Ludgate and returning thens was resisted at Temple barre and there apprehended On the next day proclamation was made that no maÌ„ should in payne of death kepe any of the faction of Wiat in hiâ— house but forthwith brynge them oute notwithstanding that generall pardon was by the haralde declared at the apprehension of Wyat the daye before which was Ashewensedaye Then were ther gallowses and gibbetes erected in all parts of the Citie and suburbs of London to the nombre of .xx. or therabout and many capitayns souldyours of Wyats facâ—ion hanged theron Which gaâ—lowses stode stylâ— in theyr places in the stretes tyll the beginningâ— of Iune folowyng when preparation began to be mâ—â—e for receyuyng of Philip prince of Spayne The .xii. day of February was beheded the lady Iane and her husbande Gilforde Dudley two innocentes in comparison of them that sate in iudgement vpon them For they did but ignorantly accept that which the other had wittingly deuised to take froÌ„ others to giue to them The .xxi. of that moneth was Henry duke of Suffolke beheaded at the tower hill beynge condempned but .iiii. dayes before After this were condemned for this conspiracie many gentilmen and yeomen whereof some were executed at London and some in the countrey and in fine the
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Christoferson bysshop of Chichester came to Cambridge and there caused the dead carcases of Martin Bucer and Paulus Fagiuâ— of whom is meÌ„tion before to be soleÌ„nly somoned to appere before them answere to suche heresies as shuld be layd to theyr charge And so sat in iugement vpon theÌ„ and coÌ„demned them bothe to be burned Wherefore they were taken vp out of theyr graues and solemnely burned on the market â—il And certen of the vniuersitie that in their lyfe tyme were verie frendly and familier with them began now to defame them as heretikes amonge whome doctor Perne was one And nere about thys tyme Peter Martyrs wife shold haue be so serued at Oxford but because none was able to say that euer he herd heâ— speaâ— â–ª any worde of heresie for she was a straunger borne and neuer spake englishe nor Latin she could not be condemned But because she was wife to such a man she was vehemently suspected and therefore remoued out of papisticall halowed grounde And as some saye buryed in a dungehille In thys februarie the Lorde Sturton who had bene bolstred in mischiefe so longe as his godfather Stephen Gardiner liued was arrayned at West minster for the murder oâ— two gentlemen And in Marche folowyng he was brought â—o Salisbury and ther hanged the sixt day of that monethe The same March the xxii day kyng Philip beynge returned from Flanders came to london passed through to west minster with great solemnity accompanied with the Quene and nobles of the Realme The xii of Aprille were burned in Smithfielde Iohn Lothes â—ye Henry Ramsey William Sturâ—le And one Stanleys wife The xx of May Thomas Fowle who hadde ventred his lyfe in preaching and ministring to the afflictâ—d christians in London duryng the former yeares oâ— trouble beynge visited with sickenâ—s died to the great discomfâ—rte of the afflicted flocke The xxix of the same moneth wer burned in S. Georges fiâ—lde Stephen gratwicke and william Morant This moneth of Maye Henry Stafford came oute of France and toke Scarborow castell by force and kept it two days and was then takeÌ„ with his complices and brought to London where they suffred on the tower hâ—l About this tyme kynge Philip passed the seas againe into Flanders and ther made great preparatioÌ„ against the French men For Thempeâ—our his father had surrendred to hym all his â—nheritaunces in the lowe countreyes aboute whiche the warres betwixt him and the French men wer begonne and continued In the beginning of Iune folowyng the quene caused opeÌ„ wars to be proclaimed betwene England FraÌ„ce and forthwith sent ouer an army to ayde kynge Phylip. Wherof the Erle of Penbroke was generall The .vi. day of this monthe were burned at Maydston Iohn Bradbridge one Appleby a weauer and his wife one Aleyn and his wyfe one Mannynges wyfe and one Elizabeth a blynde woman at Bristowe The .xix. day were burned at Canterbury Iohn Fiscocke Nicholas Whyte Nicholas Perdue Bâ—rbara Finall widowe Bradbridges wydowe one Ales Benden and one Wylsons wyfe The .xxii. day were burned at Lewes Rychard Woodman George StepheÌ„ weauer Margery Moryâ— Iames her sonne â–ª Dionyse Burgise Willyam Mayâ—erde Alexander Hosemer his seruant Tomazin at Woode his mayden one Ashedownes wyfe and one Groues wyfe The .xxviii â–ª day one Ambrose dyed in Maydston prison The .xii. day of Iuly were burned at Norwitche Symon Mulner yeoman and a woman The second of August in the forenoone were bâ—urned at Colchester maistresse Smyth otherwyse called Syluersâ—de one Uynes wife and Elizabeth Fore with .iii. other And in the after noâ—ne .iiii. other And the same daye George Aâ—gles was hanged drawen and quartered at Chemseforde because in his praiers for the quene he besought God to tourne her hearte The .v. day were burned at Colchester one Thrustans wyfe and an other Bowmers wyfe About this tyme the Erle of Penbroke with his company mette with kyng Philip at â— towne in France called saint Quintayns which he besieged And during the â—iege there were taken the .x. day of August many of the chiefest capitaynes that the Frenche kynge had And the .xxviii. daye of the same moneth the towne was taken by force The .xx. daye of the same moneth were burned at Rochester one Robert Frier an aged man and one other man and two women All this tyme doctour Weston of whom mention is made before was pricked with prouender and neyed so faste after euery mans wife that at the laste the very bolsters of bawderie were enforced to call hym to Coram and to depriue hym of al his spiritual promotions wherof the â—eanâ—ie of Wyndsore was one But he trustyng that the holy father would not se such crueltie shewed vpon him alonâ— for that that is so common in his coledge of Cardinals appealed to the court of Rome Howbe it he could not so escape For as he was conueyghing him selfe awaye he was taken at Graues Inne and thense brought to the tower of London where he continued til the Quene Maries deth and shortly after was deliuered being sore sycke and died the next day after Some sayd that if he hadde lyued any whyle he would haue vttered much of the papists purpose as touching the burning of the bones of the famouse kynges Henrie and Edwarde his sonne and other thinges which he was priuie to The x. of September was burned at Lytchfield Ioyce Lewes The .xvii. day of the same moneth were burned at Iselyngton Rafe Alorton Iames Ausco and Margery his wyfe And Richarde Roth. The .xiii. of Nâ—uember were burned in Smithfielde Iohn Holidaye Carpenteâ— and one Sparowe and one Rycharde Gibson The xxii of December were burned in Smithfielde Iohn Rowghe preacher of the congregation of Christe which in those daingerouse dayes had kept theim selues in secrete This man succeded Thomas Fowle in that ministration He was a scotte borne And was betraied by a false brother one Sergeant an hosyer With hym suffred one Margaret Ieames This meane while the Frenche kyng made great preparation for warres entendyng that whiche he brought to passe For notwithstandyng that his purpose was perceyued by the depuâ—ies of Calaice and Guisnes yet suche securitie was in the Englysshe potentateâ— that nâ—thyng was prouided for resistence So that his power commyng to Calaice wanne in order fyrst Newnambridge then Râ—sebâ—nke and then Calaice and last of all Guisnes This was done in the beginnyng of Ianuary And all thys chaunced in lesse then than twenty dayes In these holdes were taken prysoners the lorde Wentforde deputie of Calaice and the lorde Graye of Wylton and the Capitaynes of the Castell and other pieces And sir Antonie Ager was slayne The merchauntes of the staple and all the people were spoyled and sent awaye in great in miserie Immediatly after the winninge of these holdes there came suche tempestes bothe by sea and lande that the moste parte of the steples in Sealand were blowen downe And muche harme done in other parties also In February was bourned at Huntyngton