iij. yere Ì„ other whil a good maÌ„ and holpen by god and oethr whyle wrechedli disposed iÌ„ ydolatri Ì„ therfor our lord suffred him to regne lityll tyme. vt pêª patet 3º reguÌ„ et 2º paralipo Anno muÌ„di iiij M ij C xxv Et anÌ„ xpÌ„i natiÌ„tateÌ„ ix C lxxiiij Asa the son of Abdias regned xvi yere iÌ„ the begiÌ„yng of his regne he wos a rightuis maÌ„ Ì„ walked as Dauid did Ì„ he ower com the Ethyopes Ì„ destruyd Ydoles Bot after that he wos suorne to the kyng of Syrie benedab for Baasa kyng of israel theÌ„ be gon feyght aganes hym the wich displesed god wherfor he send to hiÌ„ the ê“phet Anani whom he put in presoÌ„ and therfor he had the goute strongli died therof vt pêª patet 3º reguÌ„ 2º pa. Azarias son to Achonias wos bisshop Nadab kyng of israell regnet ij yere the wich begon to regne the secuÌ„d yer of Ase kiÌ„g of Iues Ì„ did nought os his fader and Basa ower thrugh hym rened for hym vt 3º reguÌ„ Basa kyng of israel regnet xxiiij yer the wich begone to regne the iij. yere of Ase kyng of Iues hee walked iÌ„ the synnes of IeroboaÌ„ Ì„ kylled Iehen the ê“phet Hela the son of Basa rened iÌ„ israel ij yere Ì„ Zamri slew hym regned vij dayes Amri renet xij yer Ì„ did noght as his predicessores did Acha son to amri regned on isralÌ„ xxij yere Ì„ aboon all that wos a foor hym he wos cursit for wickid Iesabell ruled moor then he Ì„ meued hym to folow hyr vt pêª patet icio reguÌ„ ¶ Off kyng Ebrac the wich be gone to regne the xv yere of â—alaâ—â— and how he conquered frrance This Ebrac regned lx yere Ì„ a strong man he wos and a myghty and this Ebrac thurgh hys myght and helpe of hys bretons conquered all fraunce and wan ther so moche gold and siluer that whan he coÌ„ a yane in to this lond he made a cite after his own name let call it Ebrac that is called euerywyk this kyng made the castell of maydenes that now is called Edenburgh This kyng had xx sonnys Ì„ xxiij doughtres by diuerse wymen goten thyes sonnys wer called as ye shall here Brute Grenescheld Margand Seisell Morghwyth FleÌ„gham Bladud Iakyn Kynbar Rocelm Spadogh Godeherâ— Thorinnan Gldaugh Iorkanghut Haibor Ketin Rother Kaier and assaruth And the dougtres highten os ye shall heyr after Elegine Ymogen Oghdas Guenbran Gnardich Augarell Guenthold Tangustel Gorghon Michel Medhan Mailour Ondur Cambredan Ragan Renthely Neest Cheghan Skaldud Gladê° Heber hyn Abalaghe and Blandan Ì„ thees were tho xxiij doughtres Ì„ the bretheren bicame good knyghttys Ì„ worthy iÌ„ moÌ„y contres ¶ Off kyng brute grenesheld the fyrst sone of Ebrac kyng AFter the deth of kyng Ebrac regned Brute grensheld his son xxx yere that wos Ebrakes fyrst son that well nobully regned and whan tyme come he died lieth at yorke ¶ Off kyng Leyl that wos Brute grensheld son And whan Brute grensheld wos deyd rened his son Leyll xxij yere he made a fayr towne Ì„ let calle it Karlille after his name he wos a worthy maÌ„ Ì„ welbeloued of his pepul whaÌ„ he had regned xxij yere he dyed Ì„ lieth at Carlille and iÌ„ his tym regned kyng SalomoÌ„ iÌ„ Ierusalem Ì„ made the nobull tempull Ì„ to hym comi Sibelle quene of Saba for to here see yf it wer soth that men speken of the gret nobull wit Ì„ wisdum of kyng Salomon she fond it soth that men had hir told Anno muÌ„di iiiâ— M ij C lxvi Et anÌ„ xpiÌ„ natiÌ„ .ixC.xlij IOsaphat kyng of Iues wos a good man Ì„ a rich a devoyt iÌ„ the way of our lord Ì„ regnet xxv yere did no ill bot to the curset kyngê of israel gaf helpe And other litel thingê Ì„ therfor our lord was with hym vt pêª patet 2º para Helyas thee gret prophet wos this tyme an holi man that wos lifted vp in to ê‘adise with gret solas in a chayr Macheas Ì„ Abdias ê“phesied with hym Ochosias son of Achab renet in israel .ij. yere Ì„ send to Belsabub god of Acharan to be heeled for the wich he dyed after the sayeng of helie vt pêª patet 4º reguÌ„ ¶ Off kyng lud ludibras that wos kyng leyles son And this kyng Lud ludibras made the cite of Cantorbery Wynchestre Ì„ he regned xxxix yere then he dyed lieth at wynchestre ¶ Off kyng Bladud that wos ludibras son how he regned and wos a good man and a nygromancer And after this lud ludibras regnet Bladud his son a gret nigromancer and thurgh his craft of nigromanci he made the meruellus hote bath as the gest telleth and he regned xxi yere and lyeth at the new Troy Anno muÌ„di iiij M ij C lxxxxi Et xpiÌ„ natiÌ„ ix C viij IOram kyng of Iues son to Iosophet regned viij yere this Ioram wos a cursed man Ì„ had a good fader he kylled is brether Ì„ wrecchedli leuyd os did the kyngê of israel Therfor he wos sor corecked Ì„ dyed vnhappeli vt pêª patet 2º paralo This tym Helias wos rauichitiÌ„ to paradise Ochosias or Asarias kyng of iues regnet .i. yere Ì„ leued noght as his fader did anoÌ„e wos slayn with all the how 's of Achab. Athalya moder to asarias toke the the kyngdom and kylled all the kynges blude rened x. yere and the vij yere of Ioiada bysshope she wos slayn 4º reg This asarias and his son Ioas his neuu Amazia Matheê° the gospeller puttis not in the line of crist for ther giltis Ioram kyng of israel regnit xij yere the wiche began to regne the xviij yere of Iosaphat for his brother Ochesie and cursitli he leuyd Ì„ was slayn of Ien with all his fader is housold vt pêª patet Iehen anountit of the child of helise opon is ilÌ„ kyllit AchariaÌ„ the kiÌ„g of Iuys and Ioram the kyng of israel Iesabell moder to ioram and .lxx. child of Achab. and .xlij. bredir of Azari Ì„ all the prestis of baal Ì„ he regned xviij yere Athalia moder to Azari kyng of iues doghter to Achab regnit on the iuys .vi. yere and killet the kyngis blud of Ioram except Ioas the son of azari the wich was keppet emong shepê‘d Ì„ after she was slayn An o muÌ„di iiijM.iij .iijC.ix. Et anÌ„ xpiÌ„ nat .viijC. lxxxxiij· IOam son to achazie regnit in the iury .xl. yere whom ioiada the BishÌ„op crownit kyng at .vij. yere of aage and he leued wele as long as he was rulet by ioiada bot aftir he forsooke god and marterit Azarias that tyme byshop son to ioiada for he blamit hym that he forsoke his god plura vide 2º
ther he made a nobull chyrche in the wich he sat fyrst in his chair and ther he dwelled vij yere Ì„ after he went to Rome and was made pope till that Nero the Emprour let martir him and tho preched opanly all the apposteles in diuerse landes the right fayeth And when Armager had regned xxiiij yere he died and lieth at london ¶ How kyng westmer yaf to Berynger an yland forlet and ther this berynger made the toun of Berewike ANd after this Armager regned his son Westmer that wos a good man Ì„ a worthy of body well gouerned the land Hit befell so that tydyng come to him on a day that the king Rodrik of Gascoine was come in to this land with a houge host of pepull and wos duellyng in staynsmore And when kyng westmer herd tho tydynges he let assemble an houge host of britans and come to the kyng Rodrik yaf hym batall Ì„ kyng westmer kylled rodrik with his own hondes in playn batall And wheÌ„ kyng rodrikes men saw that ther lord wos deid they yolden them all to the kyng westmer Ì„ bicome his men for euer more Ì„ he yaf them a coÌ„tre that wos forleten wher iÌ„ they myght duell Ì„ theder they weÌ„t Ì„ duelled ther all ther lifes tyme Ì„ ix C men ther were of them Ì„ no mo left at that batell Ther gouerner and prince wos called beringer and a noÌ„ he began a toun that they myght ther iÌ„ duell haue resoorte and let call the toune Birewyke vpoÌ„ twede and ther they duelled become riche but they had no women amonges them Ì„ the bretons wold not yef ther doughtres to thestrangers wherfor they went ower see in to Irland and brought with them women and ther they them spoused but the men koud nat vnder stond ther langage ne the speche of thes women Ì„ therfor they spoken to geder as scottes and afterward thurgh changyng tber lanhages in all fraunce they war called tho scottet and so shulde that folke of that cuntre be called for euer more ¶ How kyng Westmer let arere a stone in the entring of westmerland ther that he slew rodrik and ther he begon fyrst housing ANd after this bataill that is aboue saied wheÌ„ Rodrik wos deid kyng westmer in remeÌ„brance of his victorie let arere ther be sydes the way a gret stone on hygh and yet hit standeth Ì„ euermore shall stand he let graue iÌ„ the stone lettres that thê° saied The kyng westmer of britonne killed in this place Rodrik hys emmny ¶ And this westmer was the fyrst that bylded house toune iÌ„ westmerland at that stone begiÌ„eth westmerlond that westmer let call after his own name ¶ And wheÌ„ westmer had so done he duelled all his lyfes tyme iÌ„ that contre of westmerloÌ„d for he loued that cuÌ„tre more then ony other coÌ„tre And when he had regned xxv yere he died and lieth at Carleill ¶ Of kyng Coill that wos westmer son that held his lond in pees all his lifes tyme. AFter this kyng westmer regned his son Coill a good maÌ„ Ì„ a worthi Ì„ of good coÌ„dicioÌ„s well gouerned his loÌ„d off all me he had loue Ì„ pees iÌ„ his tyme wos neuer coÌ„take debate nor were iÌ„ Britan he regned and wos kiÌ„g in pees all his lifes tym wheÌ„ he had bene kyng xi ere he died an lieth at yorke CLaudiê° wos emê‘our at rome next after Gayê° Ì„ he regned xiiij yere Ì„ viij dayes This maÌ„ come iÌ„ to gret bretan now called engloÌ„d for to chalaÌ„ge the tribut wich thei did deni vn to the romans Ì„ after gret batels ther wos be twix the emê‘our Claudiê° and Armager kiÌ„g of britan and after a cordmeÌ„t made that this Armager shuld wed Claudiê° doughter Ì„ after thes ij shuld euer life iÌ„ pees iÌ„ tokeÌ„ wher of this claudiê° named the cite wer they wer weddid after hiÌ„ called it Claudicestre we call it Gloucestre ¶ This Claudiê° had iij. wifes on Petiua the fyrst wyf he gat a doughter that heyght AntoÌ„ia The first wife decessed Ì„ he weddit messalinaÌ„ and gat a son that height britanicê° Ì„ octauia a dought The thrid he wedit agrippma hauiÌ„g a son that height nero Claudiê° wedit his doughter octauia to nero his wifes son this claudiê° for luf that he had to agrippma his last wife he killed messalina his fyrst wife lest she shuld haue holp britanicê° hir son his to the empyre yet agrippma the last wife of Claudius dred lest hir housband wold haue proferred Britanicus and haue deposed Nero his son Therfor she poysunied hir housband Claudius and Nero was ê“motit to the Empire and this sâ—me Nero yaf his mother sich a reward a yene for he poysunied britanicuÌ„ and kyld his own motber and his wife octauia Iamys the more the apostil this time was slaiÌ„ of Herod agrippa Petre wos presiÌ„d vt pêª patet actuuÌ„ 12. ¶ The body of sent Iamys by myracull wos brought in to Galeciam of spayn Nero after claudiê° wos emê‘our he regned xiij yere vij monethis This nero wos a cursid maÌ„ Ì„ made gret wast iÌ„ the empire he wold not fish bot with nettis of gold and ropis of sylke a gret part of the lordis off Rome he kylled he wos enmy to no men bot to good men he kylled his broder Ì„ his wife his mother and his master he killed also Petre and Paule he wold neuer wer on cloth ij timys all his horsse and his mulis wer shod with syluer And at the last he did set an gret ê‘te of Rome on fyere suÌ„ says to se how Troy brened and sum sayeth the romans coÌ„playned the stretes wer to narow and wheÌ„ he had brent a gret part of rome Nero sayd ther wos space to bild ther stretis wyder then the Senatours with the coÌ„myn pepull com vpoÌ„ him to kyll hym and he fled by nyght iÌ„ to subbarbis of the Cite and hid him a mong the vines And he hered karlys and begers cuÌ„ bi hym Ì„ sayed they wist wher the Emê‘our war he shuld neuer skape them Nero thought it shuld be gret derogacion to his name he wer slayn of chorlys And on a gret stake he ran hiÌ„ self to the hert and died Ì„ ther wos bereid dules keped his body moÌ„y a day after Ì„ did gret hurt to the pepull tyll by a myracull of our lord the bodi wos fond Ì„ take a way Ì„ then the dules voydet Seneca wos this tyme master to Nero. Iuuenalis peeta Lucanus poeta Iacobê° the las the apostil bisshop of ierlmÌ„ wos slaiÌ„ of the iues the sext yere of nero the euaÌ„gelist marcê° wos martered first yer of hiÌ„ Circa annuÌ„ cristti lxxiiij LInus Ytalicus wos pope of Rome x. yere and iij monethis and xiij dayes This Linus his
wherfor the erle of penbroke wos sent iÌ„ to gascoyn with a gret companie of men of armes for to distro the sege the wich passed the see and comen sauf to the hauen of Rochell Ì„ whan they wer ther at the hauen mouth or that they myght entre sodenly come vpon them a strong nauy of Spayn the wich tho ouercome thee englishmen in moch blemysshyng hurtyng slayng of moÌ„y peple for as moch as theenglish men wer not than redi for to fight ne warned of them And in the cuÌ„myng vpoÌ„ the Spanyardis all the english men othir they wer take or slayn x. of them wer wouÌ„did to the deth Ì„ all ther shipis brint ther they toke the erle with an huge tresour of the reame of engloÌ„d moÌ„y other noble men also on midsomer eue the wich is sent Edeldredis day Ì„ led them with them in to spayn ¶ And of this mischief wos no gret wonder for this erle wos a full ill liuer as an open lichour And also in a certayn parlament he stod was ayens the rightis and frauÌ„ches of holy chirch And also he couÌ„celed the kyng and his councell that hee shuld ax more of men of holy chirch than other ê‘sons of the lay fe ¶ And for the kyng other of his counsell acceppid toke rather ill opinions causes ayens men of holy chirch than he did for to defend Ì„ maynten the right of holy chirch it wos seyn after mony tymes for lake of fortun grace they had not ne bare away so gret victorie ne pouer ayens ther emnys as they did before ¶ This sam yere the kiÌ„g with a gret host entred the se to remeue theseege of Rochell but the wind wos euen contrari vn to him suffred him not long time to go ferfro the land wherfor he abode a certayn tyme vpon the see costes abidyng after a good wynde for them Ì„ yit come it not so at the last he come thens with his men to lond ward ayen anone as he wos on land the wynd began for to turne wos in an other cost than he wos afore ¶ How the duke of Lancastre with a gret host went in to flaunders passed by Paris thurgh Burgon Ì„ thurgh all frauÌ„ce till he come to Burdeux SOne after in the xlviij yere of the regne of kyng edward the duke of Lancastre with a gret pouer went in to flaunders and passed by Paris thurgh Burgon and thurgh all fraunce till he come vn to burdeux with out ony maner withstoÌ„diÌ„g of the frensshmen Ì„ he did them but litell harme sauf he toke ransoned mony places touÌ„es moÌ„y men let them after gon frely· ¶ The same yere the kyng sent certayn enbassetoure to the pope prayng him that he shÌ„uld leue of and medle not in his court of the kepyng reseruacions of benefices in englond Ì„ that tho that wer chosen to bisshoppes sees dignites frely Ì„ with ful right might ioy haue be confermed to the same of ther metropolitans Ì„ erchebishoppis as they wer wont to be of old tyme. ¶ of thes poyntes of othir touchyng the kyng his reame whan they had ther ansuer of the pope the pope enioyned them that they shuld certefi him ayen by ther lettir of the kynges will and of his reame or they determined ought of the forsaid articles ¶ In the same yere died Iohan the Erchebisshop of yorke IohanÌ„ bisshop of Ely willm bisshÌ„hop of Worcestre In whos stedis folowed were made bishoppis be auctorite of the pope mastir Alexander Neuyll to the erchebishoprich of york Thomas of Arundell to thee bisshÌ„oprich of Ely sir Henri wakseld to the bisshop of worcestre ¶ In the wich tym it wos ordeyned in the ê‘lameÌ„t that all cathedrall churches shuld ioy haue ther eleccions hole Ì„ that the kiÌ„g fro that tym afterward shuld not write ayens them that wer choseÌ„ bot rather help theÌ„ by his letter to ther ê¯firmacioÌ„ this statuti did moch ê“fit ¶ And iÌ„ this ê‘lameÌ„t wos graÌ„tid to the kiÌ„g a dyme of the clergi Ì„ a xv of lay fe In the xlix yere of the kiÌ„g edward died master willm witlesey erchbishoo of cantorberi the moÌ„kes of the same church askid Ì„ desierid a Cardinale of engloÌ„d to be erchebishop And therfor the kyng wos agreuid Ì„ had meÌ„t purposed to haue exilid the monkis of the same house And they speÌ„did moch good or they myght haue the kyngê graci ayen and his loue but yit wold the kyng not consent ne graunte to ther eleccion of the Cardinall ne of the pope also ne his Cardinales ¶ And at the begynnyng of August it wos tretid Ì„ spoken at burges of certayn pointes and articles hanging bitwene the pope the kiÌ„g of englond and this tretis lasted almost ij yere ¶ At the last it wos accordid bitwen them that the pope fro that time forth shuld not vse ne dele with the reseruacions of benefices in englond and that the kyng shÌ„uld not graunte ne let no benefices bi hys write that is called Quare impidit But as toching the eletcion aboue said ther wos no thyng touched ne do ¶ And that was wyted and put vpon certayn clerkis the wich rather supposid and hoped to be avaunced promotid to bisshoppriches wich they desired Ì„ couetid bi the court of rome rather than by any other eleccions ¶ This same yere about candelmasse ther met to geder at Bruges mony nobull worthy men of both sides and reames to trete of pees bitwen tho ij kynges ¶ And this tretis lasted ij yere with gret costes huge expensis of both ê‘ties And at the last they went and deê‘ted thens with out ony accord or effect the next yere after the .l. yere of kyng Edward iiij NonÌ„ of May beyng yit void and vacand the Erchebisshoprich of cantorburi master Symond sudberi bisshop of london wos made Erchebisshop master willm Courtney that was bisshop of Herford was than made bisshÌ„op of london and the bisshap of Bangore wos made bisshop of Herford ¶ And this same tyme in a certayn tretis and spekyng of pees trews wos taken bitwen them of fraunce englond fro midsomer to midsomer come ayen all an hole yere and about the begynnyg of Aprill the duke of Bretan with mony erles barons and other worthi lordis men of englond went ouer se in to Bretan wher he hath had all his lust desire and purpose ne had the forsaid trwys be so sone take the wich lettid them moch this same tyme the I le of Constantine wher that the castell of sent Saueour is in that long tyme was fought at and beseged of the frenshmen wos than yoldeÌ„ to the frenshmeÌ„ with all the appotenaunces in to gret harme and hindring of the reame of englond ¶ And this same yere ther wer so
leue of the kyng Ì„ of othir lordis Ì„ ladies wenten home ayen in to ther own cuntres with gret loue and moch thanke ¶ And in the xiij yere of kyng Richardis regne ther was a bataill done in the kynges palais at westmiÌ„stre bitwen a squyer of Nauerne that wos with the kyng Richard and an othir squier that wos called IohnÌ„ walsh for pointee of treson that this Naune put vpon this walshman but this naune wos ouer comen yeld him creaunt to his adusarie ¶ And anone he wos despoled of his armur draw out of the Palays to tiburne Ì„ ther wos hanged for his falsenesse ¶ And the xiiij yere of kyng Richardis regne sir IohnÌ„ of Gaunte duke of Lancâ—stre went ouer the see in to Spayn for to chalenge his right that he had bi his wifes titell vn to the croun of Spayn with a gret host of pepull of men of armes and archiers ¶ And he had with him the Duchisse his wife and his iij· doughters ouer see in to Spayn And ther they wer a gret while at the last the kyng of Spayn began for to tret with the duke of Lancastre they wer accerded to geder thurgh ther both councell in this maner that the kiÌ„g of spaiÌ„ shuld wedde the dukis doughter of lancastre that was the right heir of spayn and he shÌ„uld yef vn to the Duke of lancastre gold and seluer that wer cast in to gret wegges Ì„ moÌ„y other iewelles as mony as viij charietes myght carie ¶ And euery yere after during the life of the duke of Lancastre of the duchâ—s his wyf x. M. marke of gold Of wich gold the auenture charges they of spayn shuld auâ—Ì„ture bring yerly vn to Bayon to the dukis assignes by surite made ¶ And also the duke maried an oder of his doughters vn to the kyng of Portingale the same tyme. And whan he had done thus he come home ayen in to englond the good lady his wyfe also but mony a worthy man vpon the flix died ¶ And in the xv yere of kyng Richardis regne hee held his cristeÌ„mase iÌ„ the maner of wodstoke the erle of Penbroke a yong lord tendre of age wold lerne to Iust with a knyght that was called sir IohnÌ„ sent IohnÌ„ riden to gedre in the parke of wodstoke And ther this worthi erle of penbroke was slayn with that othir knyghtis spere as he kest it from him whan they had coupled and thus this good erle made ther his end and ther for the kyng Ì„ the quene made moch sorow for his dethe ¶ And in the xvi yere of kyng Richardis regne IohnÌ„ hende beyng that tyme maire of london Iohan walworth Henri â—anner beyng shereues of london that same time a bakers man bare a basket of horsbred in to fletstret toward on hostre ther come a yong man of the bisshoppis of Salisberi that wos called romayn and he toke an hors lofe out of the baskit of the bakers Ì„ he askid him why he did so and this romayn turned ayen brak the bakerhede And neghbours come out and wold haue a rested this romayn he brake from them fled to the lordis place the ê¯stabull wold haue had him out but the bisshoppis men shet fast the yates keped the place that no man might entre And than moch more pepull gadred thidder and said that they wold haue hiÌ„ out or elles they wold brenne vp the place and all that wer theriÌ„ ¶ And than come the maire and sheriues with other moch pepull cessed the malice of the comunes Ì„ made euery man to go hom to ther houses kepe the pees ¶ And this romayns lord ther bisshop of Salisburi master Iohan waltham that at that tyme wos tresorer of englond went to sir Thomas Arundell erchebisshop of yorke chanceler of engloÌ„d Ì„ ther the bishop made his coÌ„plaint vn to the chanceler vpoÌ„ the pepull of the cite of london ¶ And than thes ij bisshoppis of gret malace veÌ„geauÌ„ce coÌ„ vn to the kyng to wyndesore Ì„ made a gret complaiÌ„te vpoÌ„ the maire Ì„ sheriues And anon all the cite afterward wer before the kiÌ„g his couÌ„cell Ì„ they cast vn to the cite a greuous hert and wonder gret malice ¶ And anoÌ„e sodeÌ„li the kiÌ„g sent after the maire of londoÌ„ for the ij· sheriues Ì„ thei come to him vn to the castell of wyndesore And the kyng rebukid the maire shÌ„eriues full foule for the offence that they had done ayens him and his officers in his chambur at londoÌ„ Wherfor he deposit and put out the mare and bothe sheriues Ì„ this wos done a xiiij daies afore the feste of sent Iohan baptest ¶ And than the kyng called to him a knyght that wos called sir Edward dalingrigge Ì„ made hiÌ„ wardeyn gaunour of the cite Ì„ chambur of londoÌ„ Ì„ ouer all his peple theriÌ„ ¶ And so he kepid that office but iiij wekis be cause that he wos so gentill and tendir to the citisens of londoÌ„ Wherfor the kyng deposit him and made sir Baudwyn radyngton knyght that wos courtrouller of the kng housold wardeyn Ì„ gouernour of hys chambre and of his pepull therin and chese to him ij worthy men of the cite to be shiriues with him for to gaune and kepe the kyngee lawes in the cite· on was called Gilbert mawefeld and that other Thomas Newenton shereues and than the maire and the ij shereues and all the aldermen with all the worthy craftes of loÌ„don went on fote vn to the tour and ther come out the Constable of the tour yaf the maire and the sheriues ther oth Ì„ charge as they shuld haue take in the Escheker of westmynstre in the kingê court of his Iustices and Barons of the Escheker and than went they home ayen ¶ And than the kyng and his councell for the gret malace and despite that they had to the cite of londoÌ„ remeued all his courtis from westmynstre vn to the cite of yorke that is to say the Chaunceler the Escheker the kyngê bench and the comune place· ther they held all thes courtes of law fro midsomer that is to say the fest of sent IohnÌ„ baptist vn to the fest of cristemase next suyng And than the kyng and his councell saw it not so ê“fitabull ther as it wos at londoÌ„ than anoÌ„e he remeued it ayen vn to londoÌ„ so to westminstre for gret ese of his offics a vauÌ„tage to the kyng and all the comunes of the reame ¶ And when the pepull of londoÌ„ saw Ì„ knew that thes courtes wer come ayen ¶ And the kyng his pepull also than the maire Ì„ the aldermen with thee chief comunes of the cite let gader a gret somme of gold of all the comunes of the
cite And ordeyned made gret rialte ayens his comyng to londoÌ„ for to haue hys grace good lordship also ther liberties frauÌ„chies grauÌ„tid vn to them ayen as they wer wont to haue afore tyme ¶ And thoru gret instance Ì„ prayr of the quene and of othhir lordis and ladies the kyng grauÌ„tid them grace this wos don at shene iÌ„ sutherei ¶ And thaÌ„ the kyng with in ij dais after com to londoÌ„ And the maire of the cite with shereues aldermeÌ„ all the worthy meÌ„ of the cite afterward ridden ayens him in good aray vn to the heth on this side the maner of shene submyttyng them huÌ„bâ—ly and mekely with all maner obeissaunce vn to him as they ought to do ¶ And thus they brought the kyng Ì„ the quene to londoÌ„ And than the kyng come to the yate of thee brugge of londoÌ„ ther they presented him with a mylke white stedesadiled brideled trapped with cloth of gold rede ê‘tied to gedre And the quene a palfrey all white in the same aray trappid with white and rede all the condites of london ranne with wyne both white and rede for all maner pepull to drinke that wold ¶ And bitwen sent poules the crosse in cheppe ther was made a stage a riall standiÌ„g vpon high Ì„ therin wer mony angels with diuerse melodies Ì„ songe ¶ And than an Angell come doune froÌ„ the stage an high by a vise and set a crouÌ„e of gold pight with rich perle and precious stonys vpoÌ„ the kyngê hede and an othir vpoÌ„ the quenes hede And so the citisens brought thee kyng and the quene vn to west mynstre iÌ„ to ther palais And than on the morne after the mayre and the shereues and the aldermen of london come vn to the kiÌ„g in to his palays at westminstre and presentid him with ij basiÌ„s of siluer and ouer gilted full of coyned gold the soum of xx hondreth pound prayng him of his high merci and grace and lordship and speciall grace that they myght haue his good loue with the liberties and frauÌ„cheses like wise as they wer wond for to haue be fore tymes Ì„ by his lettres patentis and his chartri confermed ¶ And the quene othir worthy lordis ladies fell on knees besought the kyng of grace to coÌ„ferme this ¶ Than the kyng toke vp the quene Ì„ grauÌ„ted hir all hir askiÌ„g Ì„ than they thankid the kyng the quene went home ayen ¶ And in the xvi yere of kyng Richardis regne certayn lordis of scotlond come in to englond for to get worship as be feet of armes Thes wer the ê‘sons the erle of Marre he chaleÌ„gid the erle Marchall of englond to iust with him certayn pointes on horsbake with shÌ„arp speris Ì„ they riden to geder as ij worthi knyghtis lordis certayn courses but not the full chalenge that the scottis erle mado for he was cost both hors and man ij of his ribbes broken with that fall and so he was borne then out of smygthefeld hom vn to his yn And with in a litell tyme after he wos caried homward iÌ„ a litter and at yorke ther he died And sir willm Darell knyght tho the baner of scotland than made an other chalenge with Sir Pers courtayn knyght and the kyngê banerer of englond of certaiÌ„ courses yit on hors bake in the same feld Ì„ when he had riden certayn curses Ì„ assayd he myght not haue the better he yaf it ouer wold no more of his chalenge with sir Pers courtayn knyght and the kynges baner of englond and turned his hors rode home vn to his own yn ¶ And one Cokkeborne a squier of scotland chalenged sir Nicholl hawbarke knyght of certayn courses yet with sharp speris on horsbake Ì„ riden v. courses to geder Ì„ at euery course the scot wos casten doune both hors and man thus our english lordis thankid be god had the feld ¶ And iÌ„ the xvij yere of kyng Richardes regne died the good gracious quene Anne that wos wife to kyng Richard in the maner of shene in the shire of furre vpoÌ„ witsonday and than wos she brought to londoÌ„ so to westmynstre and ther â—os she beried worthely entered beside sent edwardis shrine on whos soule almyghty god haue pitte and in his merci amen ¶ How kyng Richard spoused dame Isabell the kyngê doughter of fraunce iÌ„ the toune of Calais brought hir in to engloÌ„d let hir be crouÌ„ed quene iÌ„ the abbey of sent Petres of westmynstre IN the xx· yere of kyng richardis regne he went him ouer see vn to Calais with Dukis Erles Lordis and Barons and mony other worthy squiers with gret aray comune pepull of the reame iÌ„ good aray as loÌ„ged to such a kiÌ„g Ì„ pÌ„nce of his nobley of his own ê‘son to do hiÌ„ reuerence Ì„ obseruauÌ„ce as ought to be done to ther liege lord so mighti a kiÌ„g Ì„ emê‘our iÌ„ his own to abide resaue ther that worthy gracious lady that shuld be his wyfe a yong creature of xix yere of age dame Isabell the kingê doughter of fraunce and mony othir worthy lordis of gret name both barons and knyghtis with moch other pepull that comen vn to the toune of Grauenyng and ij dukis of fraunce that on was the duke of Burgoyn and that othir the duke of Barre that wold no ferther lesse than they had plegges for them ¶ And thaÌ„ the kyng Richard deliuered ij plegges for them to go sauf and cum sauf his two worthi vncles the duke of Gloucestre the duke of yorke ¶ And thes two went ouer the water of Grauenyng and abeden ther as for plegges vn to the time that the mariage the fest was done that thes ij dukis of fraunce wer comen ayen vn to Grauenyng water ¶ And when thes ij worthy dukis comen ouer the water at grauenyng and so to Calays with this worsshipfull lady Dame Isabell that wos the kynges doughter of frauÌ„ce and with hir come mony a worthy lord eke lady and knyghtes and squiers in the best aray that myght be And ther they met with our menay at Calais the wich welcomed hir hir meny with the best honor and reuerence that myght be and so brought hir iÌ„ to the toune of Calais ¶ And ther she wos resaued with all the solempnite and worship that myght be done vn to such a lady And than they brought hir vn to the kyng the kyng toke hir Ì„ welcomed hir and all hir fair companie and made ther all the solempnite that myght be done ¶ And than the kyng and his couÌ„ncell askit of the frensh lordis whethir al the couenauÌ„tes forwardes with the composicion that wer ordeyned made on both parties shuld be trewly keped and hold bitwen them ¶
men that theder wold cum ¶ And in this same yere Dame Blaunche the eldest doughter of kyng Henri the iiij wos sent ouer the se with the erle of somerset hir vncle and with mastir Richard Clifford thaÌ„ bisshop of wurcestre and with mony othir worthy lordis knyghtis and ladies Ì„ worthy squiers as longed to such a worthy kyngê doughter and come vn to Colayn ¶ And thidder come the dukis sone of barre with a fair menye and ressaued this worthy lady and the bisshope of wurcestre weddid and sacred them to geder as holi chirche it wold ¶ And ther was made ariall fest and a gret IustiÌ„g in the reuerence and woâ—â—hÌ„ip of them and all pepull that thedder com ¶ And whan this mariage and fest wos done the Erle and the bisshop and all ther menye token ther leue of lord and lady Ì„ come home ayen in to englond in saufte thanked be god almyghty ¶ And in the v yere of kyng Henris regne the lord Thomas his son weÌ„t ouer the see and the erle of Kent and mony othir lordis and knyghtis with men of armes and archiers a gret noÌ„ bur to chastise the rebellis that a fore had done moch harme to our englishmen marchantis to mony tounes and portâ—s in Englond on the see costis ¶ And the lord Thomas the kynges soÌ„ come in to Flaundres be fore a toune that is called the Skluse among all the shippis of diuerse nacions that wer ther. and after ther they ridden with ther shippis among them Ì„ went on land sported them ther ij dais and come ayen to ther shippis and toke the brode see Ì„ ther they met with iij. Carikkis of Iâ—ne that wer â—aden with diuerse marchandize and well mannyd they foughten to gedres long time but the englishmen had the victori and brought the Carrikkis in to the Cambre befor wynchelse and ther they caÌ„ted thees goodis and one of thees Carrikkes was sodeÌ„li brent ther ¶ And the lordis and ther pepull turned them home ayeÌ„ and went no ferthir at that tyme. ¶ And iÌ„ the same tyme serle yoman of kyng Richerd robes come in to engloÌ„d out of scotland and told to diuerse pepull that kyng Richard wos on liue in Scotland and so moch pepull beleued in his wordis wherfor gret ê‘tie of thee pepull of the reame wer in gret errour and grutchyng ayenest the kyng thurgh informacion of lies and fals lesinges that this Serle had made ¶ For moch pepull trustid Ì„ beleued in his seyng But at the last he wos taken in the northcuntre and by law Iugged to be drawe thurgh euery cite and good burgh tounes in englond and so he wos serued and at the last he wos brought to londoÌ„ vn to the gild hall before the Iustice ther he was Iugged for to be brought to the toure of london and ther to be laid on a hurdell and than to be drawen thurgh the cite of londoÌ„ to Tyborne Ì„ ther to be honged than quartired Ì„ his hede smyteÌ„ of and set on LondoÌ„ brigge and his quarters to be sent to iiij good tounes of englond and ther set vp thus endid he for his false treson Ì„ desseyd ¶ And in the sext yere of kyng Henris regne the iiij The erle of Marre of scotland by saifcondit come iÌ„ to EngloÌ„d to chalenge sir Edmand the erle of Kent to certayn courses of were on horsbake ¶ And so this chalange wos acceppid and grauÌ„ted the place taken in smythfeld at londoÌ„ this Erle of Marre the scot com proudly iÌ„ to the feld as his chalenge asket ¶ And anone come in the erll of Kent and rode vn to the scot and manfulli rode to geder with sharpe speris diuerse courses but the erle of Kent had the feld and gat him moch worship and thanke of all maner of men for his manfull dedis ¶ And iÌ„ the vij yere of kyng Henris regne the iiij Sir Richard Scrop erchebisshop of Yorke and the Erle Marchall of Englond gadred vn to them a strong power ayens kyng Henri ¶ And the kyng hering ther of in all the hast that he myght come with his pouer northward and met with them at yorke Ì„ ther wer thes ij lordis take and brought to the kyng ¶ And anone the Iugges wer set thes ij lordis brought forth and ther they wer dampned vn to the deth and both ther hedis smyten of and ther they maden ther end on whos soules god for his pite haue mercy Amen ¶ And whan this was done the kyng come to londoÌ„ ayen and ther restid him Anone god of his gret goodnesse wrought and shewed mony gret miracles for this worthy clerke Erchebishop of yorke that thus wos done to deth ¶ And iÌ„ the vij yere of kiÌ„g Henris regne Dame Luce the dukis suster of Milane come iÌ„ to englond so to londoÌ„ Ì„ ther wos wedid to sir Edmond Holand erle of Kent in the priori of sent marie oueis in suthwarke wyth moch solempnite and gret worship ¶ The kyng was ther him self and yaf hir at the chirch dore Ì„ whan that they wer weddid and masse was done the kyng his own parson brought and lad this worthy lady in to the bisshoppis place of wynchestre and ther wos a wonder gret fest holdyn to all maner of pepull that wold cum ¶ And the same yere sir Robert Knolles bnyght a worthi weriour died at his maner in Northfolk and from thens he was brought to london vpoÌ„ a hors bere with moch torch light Ì„ so he wos brought vn to the white freris in fleetstret and ther wos do and made for him a solempne fest and ariall enterement for tho that thidder wold cume both rich and poer and ther he lieth beried by Dame Constance his wife in the midde of the body of the chirche on whos soule god for his pitte haue merci amen ¶ And thus iÌ„ this same yere sir Thomas Rampston knyght Constabull of the tour of london wos drenchid at londoÌ„ brugge as he com fro westmynstre inwardis to the tour iÌ„ a barge and al thurgh lewdenesse ¶ And in the sama yere Dame Philip the yonger doughter of kiÌ„g henri wos lad ouer see with sir Richard thee dukis brother of yorke and sir Edmond Courteney bisshop of Norwych and mony other lordis knyghtis and squiers ladies gentilwomen that apparteyned to such a worthy kynges doughter and come in to Denmarke and the kyng resceyued this worthi lady for his wyfe and welcomed thes worthy lordis and did vn to them moch worshÌ„ipp and they wer brought vn to a toune that wos called London in Denmarke and ther wos this lady weddid and sacrid to the kyng of Denmarke Norway and SwytheÌ„ and ther was crouned quene of Denmarke with moch solempnite and ther wos made ariall fest ¶ And whan this fest
of armes archiers ayenst the duke of Orliaunce And tho went ouer the se the erle of Arundell sir Guillebert vmfreuill Erle of Keme and the lord Cobham Sir Iohan Oldecastell and mony othir good knyghtis and worthy squiers and men of armes and good archiers in to fraunce and come to Paris to the duke of burgoyn ¶ And ther he resaued welcomed thes Englishmen the lordis and all other meny ¶ And than it wos done him to wit that the duke of OrliauÌ„ce was comen to semtclowe fast by Paris with a gret nombur of men of armys arbalasters and thidder went our Englishmen fought with them gat the brigge of semtclow ther they slew moch pepull of frenshmē· and arminakis and thee remenaunt fled and wold no longer abide ¶ And than our Englishmen come ayen vn to Paris and ther they token thir leue of the Duke and come home ayen in to Englond in saufte and the Duke yaf them gret yeftes anone folowyng the duke of OrliauÌ„ce sent embassatours iÌ„ to EngloÌ„d to kiÌ„g Henri the iiij besechyng hiÌ„ of his help socour ayens his dedly enmy the duke of burgoyn ¶ And than the kiÌ„g made Thomas his son duke of Clarence his othir sone Iohan duke of Bedford Ì„ his othir sone Humfrey duke of Gloucestre and sir Thamas Beauford erle of Dorset the duke of awemarle he made duk of yorke tha the kiÌ„g ordeyned his son sir Thomas duke of clarence sir ThomÌ„s Beauford Erle of Dorset and sir IohnÌ„ Cornwill with many othir lordis knyghtis and squyers men of armes archiers to go ouer the see in to fraunce in helpyng and strengthyng of the duke of OrliauÌ„ce ¶ And thes worthy lordis with ther retenue shippid at HamptoÌ„ sailed ouer iÌ„ to NormaÌ„die Ì„ landid at hogges And ther met with them the lord Hambe at ther landyng with vijM. men of armes of frenshmen iij â–ª sergauntis of armes with them and all wer put to flight and takeÌ„ of them vij C men of armes Ì„ iiij hondreth hors with out tho that wer slain iÌ„ the feld ¶ And so they riden forch thurgh out frauÌ„ce toke castellis Ì„ touÌ„es Ì„ slew moch pepull of frenshmen that withstode theÌ„ Ì„ toke mony prisoners as they riden And so they passed forth till they come to Burdeux Ì„ ther they restid them a while set the cuÌ„tre in pees and restid till the vyntage wer redy to saill And thaÌ„ the duke with his menye come home in to Englond in saufte thaÌ„ked be god ¶ And in the same yere wos the kynges coyn changed thurgh out englond by the kyng and his councell that is to say the nobull half nobull ferthyng of gold ¶ And the xiiij yere of kyng Henris regne the .iiij. he let moke Galeys of were for he had hoped to haue passed the gret see so forth to IerusaleÌ„ ther to haue endid his liffe but god viseted him so sone after with infirmites and gret sikenesse that he myght not well endure no while so feruently he wos take and brought in bed at westmiÌ„ster in a fair chambur ¶ And os he lay in his bede he askid his chamberlayn what they called that chamber that he lay in he ansuerid said Ierusalem than he said that the ê“phecie said that he shuld make an ende and die in Ierasalem And than he made him redy vn to god and disposed all his will And sone after he died Ì„ wos caried by water from westmynster in a barge vn to Feuersham And from thens he wos caried to cantorberi by land with moch torche light brinnyng in to the abbey of Crichurch ther he wos entered beried 〈…〉 thus endid the worthy kiÌ„g Henri about midlentyn sonday iÌ„ the yere of our lord a. M. cccc.xiij on whos sovle god haue merci anen ArtiÌ„ the v. wos 〈◊〉 after IohnÌ„ xiiij yere This maÌ„ was chosen by thee couÌ„cell of CoÌ„stantinopliÌ„ othir wos deposit that streffe and so come pes in the chirch the wich long tyme afore wos desyrid and necessari for thee defence of the faith This was the myghtiest 〈◊〉 that euer wos of riches and a gret Iugge he edefied tounys wallis stretis and he distroyd herises and he did moch good thurgh the nobull prince Sygmunde And he gadred moch monay for the holy land to geten ayen bot deth come oppon him and lettid him and he made a couÌ„cell afore his deth for that mater and ther decessed ugeniê° wos 〈◊〉 after Martin xvij yere This Eugeny wos chosen pesablie after the deth of Martin no man dowtid bot he wos 〈◊〉 bot after shortly he wos expulsit from Rome for it wos so that he fled nakid Also he wos cited to the couÌ„ncell of Basiliens and deposit bothe chargid not for that ayen began thee striffe the wich stode to his deth Ì„ thos that fauoured him said he was worthy moch louyng and the coÌ„trari said thos that wer ayens him bot what sum euer he wos after hee had takyn the dignite vpoÌ„ hiÌ„ a fore he wos of gret absteneÌ„s of good fame Ì„ that he did after I leue to thee IugemeÌ„t of god Circa annum domini M.iiijC.xiij. Of kyng Henri thee fifth that wos kyng Henris sone â—Nd after the deth of kyng Henri the iiij regned kyng Henri his sone that was borne at Monmouth in wales that was a worthy kyng and a gracious man and a gret conquerour And in thee frist yere of his regne for gret loue goodnesse he sent to the freris of Langely ther as his fader had do berie kyng Richard the secuÌ„d and let take his body out of the erth â—yen did bring it to westmynster iÌ„ a riall chare couered with blake veluet and baners of diuerse armes about and all the hors drawyng the chare wer trappid in blake and beten with diuerse armes Ì„ many a torche brennyng by all the way till he come to westmiÌ„stre and ther he let make for him a riall and a solempne enterement â–ª Ì„ beried hiÌ„ by quene Anne his wife as his own desire was on the ferther side of sent Edwardis shrine in the abbey of seint Petris of westmynstre on whos soule god haue merci ¶ And in this same yere wer a certayn of lollers taken and fals heritikis that had purposed thurgh fals treson for to haue slayn our king Ì„ for to haue distroid all the clargie of the reame they myght haue had ther fals purpose ¶ But our lord god wold not suffre it for in hast our kyng had warnyng ther of of all ther false ordynauÌ„ce wurchyng come sodeÌ„ly with his pouer to sent Iohanes without smythfeld anone they toke a certayn of the lollerres fals heritikes brought them vn to the kiÌ„ges prisence Ì„ ther told all ther fals purpose ordynauÌ„ce how
this bataill wos on a friday wich wos Crispine Crispinianes day in the monith of Octobre Ì„ a none the kyng commauÌ„did to beri them and the duke of yorke to be caried forth with him and the erle of Southfolk â–ª ¶ And ther wer prisoners the Duke of Orliaunce the duke of Burbon the Erle of vendome the erle of Ewe the erle of Richemond and sir BursigauÌ„te Marchall of fraunce and mony othir worthy lordis weren take ther in this bataill of agencourt and wer brought vn to the touÌ„e of Calais and so ouer these with the kyng iÌ„ to Englond and landid at Douer in kent with all his prisoners in saufte thankid be god all myghti And so com to Cantorberi 〈…〉 ¶ And so forth he rode thurgh the cuntre of Kent the next way vn to Eltham and ther he restid till that he wold cum to londoÌ„ ¶ And than the maire of london the aldermen shireues with all the worthy communs and craftis come to blake heth well Ì„ worthely araied to welcum our kiÌ„g with diuerse melodies ¶ And thankid almyghti god of his gracious victorie that he had shewed for him ¶ And so the kyng Ì„ his prisoners passed forth by them till he come to sent Thomas watering and ther met with him all religious with procession Ì„ wel comed him and so the kiÌ„g come ridyng with his prisoners thurgh the cite of london wher that ther wos shewed mony a fair sight at all the condithes and at the crosse in chepe as in heuenli aray of angeles arcangeles patriarches prophetis virgines with diuerse melodies sensing and singyng to welcum our kyng and all the condithes rennyng with wyne And the kyng passed forth vn to Seint Poules and ther met with him xiiij bisshoppis reuessed and miterid with sensers to welcum the kyng And ther they song for his gracious victori Te deum laudamus ¶ And ther thee kyng offred and toke rode to westmynstre and than the maire toke his leue of the kyng and rode home ayen ¶ And iÌ„ the thrid yere of kyng Henris regne the v. com the Emê“our of Almayn kiÌ„g of Rome Ì„ of huÌ„gri iÌ„ to engloÌ„d so to the Cite of london ¶ And the maire and the aldermen with thee shereues and worthy craftis of londoÌ„ by the kynges commaundement met with him on the blake hath in the best aray that they coud on horsbake ¶ And ther they welcomed him Ì„ brought him vn to londoÌ„ with moch honour and gret reuerence ¶ And at sent thomas watring ther met with him the king with all his lordis in good aray ¶ And ther wos a worthy metyng bitwen the emprour and the kyng Henri the v. and ther they kissed to gedres enbrached eche othir and than the kyng toke thee Emprour by the hand and so they come ridyng thurgh the cite of LondoÌ„ vn to sent Poules and ther they alightid and offrid and all the bisshoppis stod reuessed with sensers in ther handis sensing to them ¶ And than they toke ther hors and riden vn to westmiÌ„ster And the kyng logged the Emprour in his oune palais and ther he resttid him agret while and all at the kynges cost Ì„ sone after come the duke of Holand in to englond to cum and se ther the Emprour and to speke with him and with our kyng Henri of englond he wortheli ressaued and loggid in the bisshoppis yn of Ely and all at the kynges cost ¶ And whan the emprour had well restid him and seyn the land in diuerse perties and know the commodites than by ê“cesse of tyme he toke his leue of the kyng but or he yed he was made knyght of the garter Ì„ reseyued Ì„ we rid the liueray And than he thankid the king all his lordis than the kiÌ„g Ì„ he weÌ„t ouer the see vn to Calais Ì„ abiden ther long tyme to haue an ansuer of the frensh kyng Ì„ at the last it come plesed him right noght ¶ And the emprour toke his leue of the kyng Ì„ passid forth in goddis name and our kyng come ouer ayen in to englond in all the hast that he myght that was on sent Lukis eue that he come to Lambithe on the monday next after he come iÌ„ to the ê‘lameÌ„t at westmynstre ¶ And iÌ„ this same yere was a gret derth of corne iÌ„ englond bot thankid be god it lasted not long time ANd in the .iiij. yere of kiÌ„g Henris regne the v â–ª he held his ê‘lament at westmynstre iÌ„ the begiÌ„nyng of October last vn to the PurificacioÌ„ of our ladi thaÌ„ next after ¶ And ther wos grauÌ„ted vn to him to mayten his weris both of spiritualte of temê‘alte an hole tax and a dieme And than anone the kiÌ„g prayed all his lordis to make them redy to strength him iÌ„ his right And anone he let make a new retenue Ì„ chargid all meÌ„ to be redy at hamton in witson weke thaÌ„ next after with out any delay ¶ And ther the kyng made the duke of Bedford ê“tector and defend of his reame of englond iÌ„ his absens chargid him to kepe his lawes maynteÌ„ both spirituall temê‘all ¶ And whaÌ„ the kiÌ„g had thê° do set all thiÌ„g iÌ„ his kynde On sent Marke day he toke his hors at westmynstre and come ridyng to Poules and ther he offred and toke his leue so rode forth thurgh the cite takyng his leue of all maner of pepull as well of poer as of rich prayng them all in generall to pray for him ¶ And so he rode forth to sent Georges Ì„ ther offred toke his leue of the maire chargyng him to kepe well his chambur ¶ And so he rode forth to Hampton ther abode till his retenue wer redy Ì„ comeÌ„ for ther wos all his nauy of shippis with his ordinauÌ„ce gadred to geder well stuffid as longed to soch a riall kiÌ„g with all maner of vitailles for such a riall pepull as well for hors as for man as longed for such a weriour that is for to say armur gonnys Tripgites engynes sowes bastiles brigges of lether scaling laddres malles Ì„ spadis shoueles pickis paueys Bowes arowes bowstringes tonnys chestis pypis full of arowes as nedid for such a worthi weriour that no thing wos to seche whan time come thidder come to him shippis ladeÌ„ with gonnes gonpowder ¶ And whan this wos redy and his retenue come the kyng and al his lordis with all his riall host went to shÌ„ip and toke the see and sailed in to normandie and landid at Touke vpon Lammasse day than next after And ther he made xlviij knyghtis at his landyng ¶ And than the kyng hering of moÌ„y enmys vpoÌ„ the se that is to say ix gret carickes hulkis galeis and shippis that wer cumeÌ„ to
all his folke them presented to belyn Ì„ belyn put them iÌ„ to preson ¶ How Belyn drofe out of this land kyng Gutlagh of DeÌ„marke and Samye HIt was not long after that brenne come ayene with a gret nauye sent to his brother belyn that he shold yeld ayene his land to his wife his folke his castels also or els he wold destru his land belyn drad no thyng hâ—s malas Ì„ wold no thyng do after that he had said wherfor brenne come with his folke fought with belyn brenne was discoÌ„fited Ì„ his folke slayn Ì„ him selfe fled with xij meÌ„ iÌ„ to fraunce And this belyn that wos brennes brother weÌ„t then to yorke and toke counsell what he myght do with kynd gutlagh for kyng gutlagh profered to be come his man and to hold his land of hym yeldyng bi yere a M. pound of siluer for euer more Ì„ for sikernesse of this coÌ„uenyant to be holden Gutlagh shold bring hym good hostages Ì„ to him shold do homage all his folke And yit he shold swere vpon a boke that it shold neuer be broken ne saled ¶ Belyn tho bi counsell of his folke graÌ„ted hym his axyng And so gutlagh become his man and belyn vnder toke of him his homage by an oth Ì„ bi writyng the same conuenantes and vpon thes couenants kyng Gutlagh toke samie and his folke Ì„ went thens turned ayene to Denmarke euermor after were the couenants holden and the truage payed till the tyme that Honelus was kyng of Denmark and also of this land thurgh his wife Gildeburgh that he had spoused for sho wos the righ heir of this lond ¶ This belin duelled tho in pees and worshipfully hym held among his barons and he made iiij· riall weyes one from the Est in to the west and that was called watling stret and an other from the northe vn to the south and that wos called Ikelme strete and ij other weyes he made iÌ„ bossyng thurgh out the land that on is called fosse and that other fossedike and he maintened well the good lawes that Doneband his fadre had made and ordened in his tyme as befor is saied ¶ How a cordment wos made be twene Brenne and BeliÌ„ thurgh Cornewen ther moder BRenne that was Belenê° brother had long tyme duellid in fraunce and ther had conquered a gret lordshyp thurgh mariage For he wos duke of Burgoyne thurgh the doughter of the duke Fewyn that he had spoused that wos right heir of thee lond and this Brenne ordeyned a gret pouer of his folke and also of fraunce and come in to this land for to fight with BeliÌ„ his brother and belin come ayens hym with a gret poer of bretoÌ„s Ì„ wold tho haue yeuen hym batell but ther mother Cornewyn that tho liued had herd that that on brother wold haue destruyed that othir and went bitwene hir sonnys and them made accorded with moch peyne ¶ So that at the last tho .ij. bretheren with mych blis went to gedre in to new Troy that now is called London Ì„ ther they duelled a yere and after they toke ther counsell for to go Ì„ conquer all fraunce Ì„ so they did and brent tounes and destrued the land bothe in length in breyd the kyng of fraunce yaf them batell with his poer but he wos ouer comen yaf truage vn to Belin and to his brother ¶ And after that they weÌ„t forth vn to Rome and conquered rome and all Lumbardy Germani and toke homage feaute of Erles Barons of al other and after they come in to this land of bretan and duelled with ther bretons in Ioye and rest and tho made Brenne the toune of bristowe and sith he went ouer to his own lordshipp and ther dueld he all his life and belin duelled atnew Troy Ì„ ther he made a fair gate that is called belynges gate after his own name and wheÌ„ this belyn had regned nobuly xi yere he deid lieth at new Troy ¶ How kyng Cormbatrus kylled the kyng of denmarke for encheson that be wold not pay hym his truage ANd after this Belyn regned his son Cormbatrus a good maÌ„ a worthy the kyng of Danmark wold not pay vn to him his truage that is to saye a M. pound as he had sworne bi oth for to pay it also by writing recorde to Belin his fader wherfor he wos euell a payed Ì„ wroth Ì„ assemled a gret host of bretons Ì„ weÌ„t in to denmarke slew the kyng Gutlagh Ì„ brought the land iÌ„ subieccioÌ„ all new toke of folke feautes Ì„ homage and after weÌ„t ayene iÌ„ to his lond Ì„ os he come forth bi Orkeney he foÌ„d xxx shippes full of meÌ„ Ì„ womeÌ„ be side the cost of the see Ì„ the kyng axed what they war And an Erle that wos master of them all curtesly aunsuerd vn to the kyng said that they war exiled out of spayne Ì„ so that they had trauelled half a yere Ì„ more iÌ„ the see to wit yf they myght fynd any kyng iÌ„ ony land that of them wold haue pite or merci to yeue them any land iÌ„ ony contre wher iÌ„ they might duell Ì„ haue rest Ì„ becum his liege meÌ„ to hym wold do homage feaute whilles that he leued Ì„ to his heiers after hiÌ„ Ì„ of him Ì„ of his heirs holden that land And wheÌ„ the kiÌ„g this hard he had pite off them Ì„ yafe them an I le all wildernes ther that no man was duellyng saue only wyld beestes and the Erle thanked moch thee kiÌ„g Ì„ becom his man did hym homage Ì„ feaute Ì„ toke all his folke went iÌ„ to the same yle and the Erle wos called irlamall Ì„ therfor he let call the land Irland after his owne name This kiÌ„g Cormbatrus com ayene in to his land and regned xxv yere and after he deid and lyeth at new Troye Anno muÌ„di iiij M iiij C xl Et anÌ„ xpÌ„i natiÌ„tateÌ„ vij C lvi IOathan son to Osias regned in the iure xvi yere Off this ioathan nothyng is wreten of bot that he toke not a way excelsa os other did vt pêª patet 2º para Amarias wos bysshoppe And Ysoyas the nobull prophet wos in his dayes Olympias with the grekes be gan the fyrst yere of ioathaÌ„ after iosaphÌ„ê° after Beda Troy wos destrued cccc.vi yere afor the fyrst Olymphias be gan vnder Eâ—alo a iuge of Athens in the wich Corebus gat the cheualri a monges all men Olimpê° is the name of an hill in Grecia the wich for his preciosnes is called the hyll of god And after Ierom on Olimpias coÌ„tenes fulli iiij yeres in the wich iiij yeres iiij yerly pinces ar made thes Olimpiades ar places ordant to the worship of Iupater vndyr the hyll
out of that beym rome vij bemes full clere long as it were the light fier ¶ This sterne was seyn of mony a man but none of them wist wat it betokened ¶ vter that wos the kynges brother that wos iÌ„ wales with his host of bretoÌ„s saw that sterre Ì„ the gret light that it yaf he woÌ„dred ther of gretli what it myght betokeÌ„ Ì„ let call MerliÌ„ prayed hiÌ„ for to tell what it myght betoken ¶ Of the betokenyng of the stere MErlin saw that starre Ì„ beheld him long tyme and sithen he quoke and weped tendirli And sayed alas alas that so nobull a kyng and worthy is deid ¶ And I doo you to vnder stand that Aurilambros your brother is enpeysened and that I se well iÌ„ this sterre Ì„ yourself is betokeÌ„d bi the heed of the dragoÌ„ that is seiÌ„ at the bought of the beem that is yourself that shal be kyng Ì„ regne ¶ And by the beem that standeth toward the est is vnderstoÌ„d that ye shall get a son that shal conquere al fraunce all the landes that belongeth to the croune of fraunce that shal be a worthier kyng Ì„ of more honour than euer wos ony of his auncetours ¶ And bi the beem that strechys toward Irland is betokened that ye shall get a doughter that shall be quene of Irland ¶ And the vij bemes betokene that ye shall haue vij sonnis euerichon of them shall be kyng regne with moch honour abyde ye no longer heir but goth yef bataill to your enmys Ì„ fight with them bodely for ye shall ouer cuÌ„ them and haue the victori ¶ vter thanked hertely Merlyn toke his men and went toward his enmy Ì„ they foughten to gedre mortali so he discomfited his enmy them distroyed And him self kylled Passent that wos vortiger son ¶ And his bretons killed Guillomer that wos kyng of Irland Ì„ all his men ¶ And vter anone after that bataill toke his way toward winchester for to done entere Aurilambros kiÌ„g that wos his brother ¶ But tho was the body borne to stonheÌ„ge with moch honour that he had done made in remembrance of the bretons that ther wer slaiÌ„ thurgh treson of Engist that sam day that they shuld haue bene accordid in the same place they entered aurilambros the secuÌ„d yere of his regne with al the worshipe that myght belong to sich a kiÌ„g of whos soull god haue meâ—ci ¶ Of vter pendragon and werfor he was called so ye shall here And how he was ouer take wyth the loue fe Igerne that was the Erle of Cornewaill wife AFter the deth of aurilambros vter his broder wos crouned and regned well and worthely and in remembrance of the dragon that he wos likened to he let make ij dragons thurgh councell of his bretons Ì„ made that one for to be borne before hiÌ„ when he went in to bataill and that other to abide at winchester in the bisshoppis chyrche ¶ And for that cause he wos called euer after vter peÌ„dragoÌ„ ¶ And Otta that was Engistes son commendid vter bot lytell that wos made new kyng and ayens him begon to meue were and ordined a gret company of his frendis of his kin of Ossa his brother had takeÌ„ all the land froÌ„ humber vn to yorke but tho of yorke held strongly ayenes them and nold not suffer them to cuÌ„ iÌ„ to the cite nother to yeld the cite to heÌ„ he beseged the toune anoÌ„e right yaf therto a strong assaut bot they of the cite hem keped well Ì„ stroÌ„gly ¶ And wheÌ„ vter herd ther of he come theder with a gret pouer for to help rescu the toune Ì„ put away the sege yaf a stroÌ„g bataill Otta Ì„ his coÌ„pany them defeÌ„did as well as they myght but at the last they wer discoÌ„fitid the most ê‘t of them slaiÌ„ Ì„ Otta Ossa wer takeÌ„ put iÌ„ prison at london ¶ And vter hiÌ„ self duelled a while at yorke Ì„ after he went to london Ì„ at the estir after he wold bere croune hold a solempne fest and let somen all his Erles and Barons that thei shuld cum to that fest and all tho that had wyfes shuld bringe them also to that fest and all comeÌ„ at the kynges cummandmeÌ„t as they wer cummaundid ¶ The fest wos richely arrayed Ì„ holdyn and all worthely set to mete after that they wer of astat so that the erle Gorloys of Cornwaill Igern his wif setâ—Ì„ alther next the kiÌ„g Ì„ the kiÌ„g saw the fairnes of that lady that she had ¶ And wos rauysshed for hir beaute Ì„ oft he made to hir nyse sembland iÌ„ lokiÌ„g laughyng so at the last the erle ê‘ceyued the preue lokiÌ„g Ì„ laughyng the loue bitwen them ros vp froÌ„ the â—aâ—ullull iÌ„ wroth teke is wife Ì„ called to hiÌ„ his knyghtes Ì„ went thens all in wroth with out takiÌ„g leue of the kiÌ„g The king anone sent after hym that he shuld cum ayen and goo not thens in despite of hym ¶ And the Erle wold not cum ayene iÌ„ no maner of wise ¶ Wherfor the kyng wos full wroth and in wrath hym deffied as his deidly enmy And the Erle went thens in to cornewaill with his wife in to the Castell of Tyntagell ¶ And the kyng let ordin a gret host come in to Cornwaill for to distruy the Erle if that he myght but he had put hym iÌ„ sich a castell that was strong and well arayed of Tyntagell wold not yeld hym to the kyng and the kyng anone beseged the castel ther duelled xv dayes that neuer myght sped euer thought vpoÌ„ Igerne vpoÌ„ hir laid so moch loue that he not wist to done So at the last he called to hym a knyght that was callid vlfyn that wos preue with him told hiÌ„ all his councell and axed of him what wos best for to done ¶ Sir qd he doth send after Merlyn anone for he can tell you the best counsell of oÌ„ny man leuyng Merlin anone was sent after come to the kyng and the kyng told him all his councell his will ¶ Sir qd Merlin I shall done so moche thurgh craft that I can that I shall make you cuÌ„ this nyght iÌ„ to the castell of Tyntagell shall haue all your will of that lady ¶ How vter bigat on Igerne that wos the Erlis wife of cornewaill Arthur kyng MErlyn thurgh craft that he coud changed the kynges figure iÌ„ to the liknesse of the Erle Ì„ vlfyn garlois his chaÌ„berlayn in to the figure of iordan that wos the Erles chambirlayn So that yche of them wos transfigured to oder lekenesse ¶ And when Merlyn had so done he sayed to the kyng Sir qd he now may ye go sodenly to the castell of Tyntagell axen
london bot tho of the cite wold not suffre him to cum in and from thens he fled to winchestre Ì„ ther he him held with his pepull that come with him ¶ Kyng Arthur let take the body of Gawen his cosyn and the body of Augnissell and let them be borne in to Scotland in to ther own cuntre ther they wer entired ¶ And after anone kyng Arthur toke his way to distruy Mordred and he fled thens in to Cornewail ¶ And the quene GuÌ„nor that wos kyng arthurs wife thatt tho sogerned at yorke and herd that Mordred wos fled thens that he might not endure ayens king Arthur she wos soradrad and had gret dout and wist not what wos best all for to done For she wyst well that hir lord kyng Arthur wold neuer of hir haue mercy For the gret shame that she had him done and toke hâ—â— way preuali with iiij men with out mo and come to Karlion ther she duelled all hir lifes tyme neuer was seyn amonge folke hir life during ¶ Arthur wist that Mordred wos fled in to Cornwaill and let send after his men in to scotland and northhuÌ„berland vn to humber and let assemble folke with out nomber come fro thens in to Cornwaill to sech and pursue after Mordred ¶ And mordred had assembled to him all the folke of cornwail and had pepull with out nombre and wist that Arthur was commyng and had leuer to die and take his chaunce thÌ„en longer fle aboid and yaf an hard bataill to kyng arthur and to his pepull so that so moch pepull was slayn what of that on side and of that other that no man wist who had the bettir parti ¶ But so it be fell at the last that Mordred wos slayn and all his folke and the good chiualri that kyng arthur had gadred and norishid of diuers landis and also the nobull knyghtis of the round tabull that so moch was prased thurgh out all the world werther slayn and arthur him self was wounded to the deth but he let him be borne in a litter to a vyoun to be heled of his woundes yet the bretons supposen that he liueth in an other lond and that he shall cum yit and conquere all breton ¶ But certis this is the prophesi of Merlin he sayd that his deth shall be dowtous and saied sothe for ther of yit meÌ„ haue dout shul haue for euer more as meÌ„ sayen ¶ For men wot not wheder that he is on lyue or deid ¶ Arthur was borne to Auyon the xxij yere of his regne after thÌ„e Incarnacion of our lord thuÌ„ crist vC. and xlvi yere ¶ How kyng Arthur deliueryd the reame vn to Costantine the son of Cador his Niphu WHen kiÌ„g Arthur wist that he myght regne no longer he let cum before him Costantine that wos Cadors son erle of Cornewaill his cosin to him bitoke all his reame and to him sayed and bad him therof to be kyng till that he come ayen for as moch os he had none heire of his body begoten and harme wos â—t that so nobull a kyng and so doughty os he wos had no child of his body begoten But all thyng that god wyll haue done must be done whos name be blissid with out end Amen ¶ How kyng Costantine was wered of Mordredes ij sonnis THys Costantine wos a nobull knyght and a worthy of bodi tho ij sonnys that Mordred had begoten had grete envy vn to Costantine that tho was crouned kyng ¶ And so it befell that they begon to meue were ayenes hiÌ„ assembled a gret host of them that wer be fore with mordred and had bene driuen away and that did moch sorow thurgh all that land that â—on brother ordeyned him to london for to take the cite· and that other to wynchistre ¶ But Costantine come to london and slew him that was ther. and after he weÌ„t to wynchestre slew him that ther was also So that bothe his enmys wer deid ¶ And when Costantine had regned worthelâ— iiij yere then he died and lyeth at london ¶ Of the kynges Adelbright and of Edell AFter kyng Costantines deth ther wer ij kynges iÌ„ bretan that on was called Adelbright that wos a danoys he held the cuÌ„tre of northfolke Ì„ southfolke that other hight Edell Ì„ waas a bretoÌ„ Ì„ he held NicholÌ„ LiÌ„desei Ì„ alÌ„ the laÌ„d vn to huÌ„ber ¶ Thes ij kiÌ„ges fast wered to geders but after they wer accorded loued to geder os thei had be bore of o bodi ¶ The kiÌ„g Edell had a sustre that wos called Orewenne Ì„ he yaf hir thurgh gret frendship to kyng Adelbright to wife And he begat vpon hir a doughter that was called Argentill and in the thrid yere after come vpoÌ„ hiÌ„ a stronge sekenes that nedes he must die ¶ And he sente to kyng Edell his brother in law that he shuld cum Ì„ speke with hiÌ„ Ì„ he come to him with good will ¶ Tho prayed he the kyng ê¯iured also iÌ„ the name of god that after wheÌ„ he wer deid he shuld take Argentill his doughter the land that he keped hir well Ì„ norisshe hir in his chambre ¶ And when she wer of age she shuld be maried to the strongest and worthiest man that he myght find and than he shuld yeld vp hir land ayene ¶ Edell it granted and by oth coÌ„fermed hys prayer wheÌ„ a delbright was deid and entered Edell toke the damisell argentill norisshed hir iÌ„ his chambre Ì„ she become the fairest creat r that might lyue or ony maÌ„ find ¶ How kiÌ„g Edell maried the damisell to a knaue of his kicheÌ„ THis king Edell that wos vncle to the damisell ArgeÌ„tilÌ„ bethought how that he myght falsli haue the land froÌ„ his nece for euer more falseli ayenest his oth thought to dissaue thee damisell and to marie hir to a knaue of his kichen that wat cald Curan Ì„ he become the worthiest Ì„ strongest man of body that ony man wist in ony land that tho leued and to him he thought hir shendfulli haue maried for to haue had hir land afterward bot he wos clen dissaued ¶ For this Curan wos Hauelockes foÌ„ that wos kyng of Kyrkelane in denmarke and this Curan coÌ„quered his wifes lond afterward Ì„ slew kiÌ„g Edell that wos his wifes vncle and had all hir land os in an other place it telleth more openli he ne regned bot iij. yere for saxons danys hiÌ„ killed and that was gret harme to all breton Ì„ bretans bore him to Stonkenge ther they him entered with moch honour ¶ Of kyng Conan that wos Curan cosin AFter this curan regned Conan that was his cosiÌ„ that wos a wonder proud knyght and regned coud haue no maner of loue but euer he was medelyng with his pepull and toke his vn kill with were killed his ij
to say the cite of Karlill the castell of Bamburgh Ì„ the new castell vpoÌ„ Tyne and the erledom of lancastre ¶ The same yere the kyng with a gret pouer went in to wales and let cast doune wodes and make wayes and made strong the Castell of Rutland basingwarke and emong the castels he made an house of the tempull ¶ And in the same yere was Richard his son borne that afterward wos erle of Oxforde and the iiij yere of his regne he made Gaufrid erle of BretaÌ„ And in that yere he changed his monay the vi yere of his regne he lad an huge host vn to Tolouse and conquered it ¶ And the vij yere of his regne died Theabult the Erchebisshop of Cantorburi And tho all the cite of Cantorburi alÌ„most thurgh meschefe wos brenned ¶ The ix yere of his regne Thomas Bekit that wos his chanceler wos chosen to bene Erchebisshop of cauÌ„torburi And vpon sent Barnardis day he wos sacred and iÌ„ that yere wos borne Helienor the kynges doughter ¶ And in the x. yere of his regne sent Edward the kiÌ„g was translated with moch honour ¶ And the xi yere of his regne he held hys parlament at Northamtoon And from thens fled sent Thomas erchebisshop of cantorburi for the gret debate that wos betwix the kiÌ„g hiÌ„ for if he had ben founde iÌ„ the morne he had ben slaiÌ„ therfor he fled thens with iij. felowes on fote onli that no man wisten wher he wos went ouer the see to the pope of Rome ¶ And this was the principall encheson for as moch as the kyng wold haue put clarkes to deth that wer atteyntit of felonye with out ony preuylege of holy chirch ¶ And the xij yere of his regne was Ion his son borne And the xiij yere off his regne died Maude the emprice that was his mother ¶ The xiiij yere of his regne the duke Henri of Saxon spoused Maude his doughter he begat vpon hir iij sonis that wor called Henri Othus Willm ¶ And in the xv yere of his regne died the good erle Robert of Glocestre that founded the abbey of Nonnes of Eton. ¶ And in the same yere Marike kyng of Ierusalem coÌ„quered Babilon ¶ And the xvi yere of his regne he let croune his sone Henri kyng at westmynster Ì„ him crouned Roger Erchebisshop of yorke in harmyng of Thomas erchebisshop of Cantorberi wherfor this same Roger was acursed of the pope ¶ How kyng henri that was son of kyng henri the emprise son and of the debate that wos bytwen him and his fader while thatt he wos in Normandie AFter the coronacion of kyng henri the son of kyng henri the emprise son ¶ That same henri the emprise son went ouer in to Normandie Ì„ ther he let marie Elenour the doughter of the Dolfyn that was kyng of Almayn ¶ And in the vij yere that the erchebisshop 〈◊〉 Thomas had bene outlawed the kyng of frunce made the kyng Ì„ 〈◊〉 Thomas accordid tho come thomÌ„s the erchebisshop to CaÌ„torburi ayen to his own chirche ¶ And this accord was made in the begynyng of aduent And afterwarde he wos kylled 〈…〉 the v. day of cristynmasse that tho next come ¶ For kyng henri thought vpon 〈◊〉 Thomas the erchebisshop vpon cristinmasse day os he sat at his mete Ì„ thees wordis said That if he had any good knyghtys with him he had be mony a day passid avengid vpon the erchebisshop Thomas ¶ And anone sir willm Breton sir hugh Moruyle sir william Traci Ì„ sir Reignold fitz vrse beres son in Englissh preueli went vn to the see comen in to englond vn to the chirche of cantorburi and ther they him 〈◊〉 at sent Benettes auter iÌ„ the moder chirche ¶ And that was iÌ„ the yere of the Incarnacion of ihuÌ„ crist M.C lxxij yere ¶ And anone after Henri the new kyng began for to make were vpon Henri his fadre and vpon his brether willm O thus ¶ And so vpon a day the kyng of fraunce and all the kynges sonnes and the kyng of scotland and the grettyst lordis of englong were arisen ayens thee kyng Henri the fadre and at the last as god wold he conquered all his emnys ¶ And the kyng of fraunce he wer accordit tho sent kyng henri the fadre speciali vn to the kyng of france Ì„ prayed him herteli for his loue that he wold send to him the names by letter of them that wer the begyners of the were ayens him ¶ And the kyng of fraunce sent ayene to him bi letter the names of them that begon the were ayens him ¶ The frist was IohnÌ„ his son Ì„ Richard his brother and henri the new kyng his son Tho was henri the kyng wonder wroth and cursid the tyme that euer he him begat ¶ And while the were dured Henri his sone the new king died sore repentyng his misdedis most sorow made of ony man for because of 〈◊〉 thomas deth of cantorburi ¶ And prayed his fadre with moch sorow of hert merce for his trespasse his fader for yaf him and had of him gret pitte and after he died the xxxvi yere of his regne and lieth at rediÌ„g ¶ How the cristyn lost the holy land in the forsaid kynges tyme thurgh a fals cristyn man that bicome a sarisen ANd while that kiÌ„g henri the emprise son leued and regned the gret bataill wos in the holy land bitwen the cristyn meÌ„ and the sarisens but the cristyn men wer ther kylled thurgh grett treson of the erle Tirpe that wold haue had to wife the quene of Ierusalem that som tyme wos Baldewyns wife but she forsoke him and toke to hir lord a knyght a worthi man that wos called sir Gnyê‘ches wherfor the erle Tirpe wos wroth and weÌ„t anone right to Soladyne that was soudeyn of Babilon Ì„ bicome his man And forsoke his cristindom Ì„ all cristyn law and the cristiÌ„ men wist not of this dedis but wened for to haue had gret help of him as they wer wont to haue before ¶ And when they comen to the bataill This fals cristyn man turned vn to the sarisens forsoke his own nacions Ì„ so wer the cristyn men ther kylled with the sarisens ¶ And thus wer the cristyn men slayn put to horibull deth Ì„ the cite of IerusaleÌ„ destruied and the holy cros borne away ¶ The kyng of fraunce and all the gret lordis of the land let them cros for to go vn to the loly land ¶ And amoÌ„g them went Richard kyng Henri son frist after the kiÌ„g of frauÌ„ce that toke the cros of the erchebisshop of tours but he toke not the viage at that tyme for encheson that he wos let bi other maner weys nedis to be done ¶ And whaÌ„ kiÌ„g henri his fader had regned xxxvi yere
v. monethis iiij dais he died lieth at foundenerard Anno domini M C.lvi. ADrianus the fourth wos pope after Anastasy v. yere This pope was an englisshman the voce of the comyn pepule saeth he wos a bondman to the abbot of sent albons iÌ„ engloÌ„d And wheÌ„ he desired to be made a moÌ„ke ther. he wos expulsid hee weÌ„t ouer the see gaf hiÌ„ to study Ì„ to vertu after wos made bisshop of Albanacens then he wos made legate iÌ„ to the land of wormacian he coÌ„uertid it to the faith theÌ„ he wos made pope Ì„ for the woundyng of a Cardinall he enterditit all the cite of rome hee cursid willm the kyng of Cecill causid him to submitt him This man the frist of all popis with his cardinales dueld in the old cite Alexandre the thrid wos pope after him xij yere This Alexander had strife xvij yere and the iiij striuers that the Emprour set ayens him he ouer come them and cursid them Ì„ they all dred an yll deth ¶ This man also accordid Frederic the emprour Emanuell of ConstaÌ„tioÌ„ble· the kyng of Siculorum And this man norisshed sent Thomas of cantorberi iÌ„ his exile Nota. Sent Bernard wos canonisit bi this alexander his abbot forbad him he shuld do no mo myraclis for ther wos so myghty coÌ„cours of pepull And he obeyed to hiÌ„ when he wos deid did no mo Lucius the thrid was pope after Alexander iiij yere ij monethes and of him litell is written ¶ In this mans dais decessid Henri the frist son of henri the secund Ì„ this his his epytasi ¶ OmiÌ„s honoris honos decor et decus vrbis et orbis Milicie splendor gloria lumen apex Iulius ingenio virtutibê° hector Achilles viribê° Augustus moribê° Ore paris Vrbanus the iij. wos pope after Lucius ij yere This man decessid for sorow when he hard tell that Ierusalem was take with thee sarisens Gregori the viij wos pope after hiÌ„ iiij moÌ„this he practiset mighteli how IerlmÌ„ might be won ayen bot anone he decessid ClemeÌ„s the iij. wos pope after hiÌ„ iij. yere Ì„ litell did ¶ Of kyng Richard that conquered all the holy land that cristiÌ„ men had lost ANd after this kiÌ„g henri regned Richard his son a stout maÌ„ Ì„ a strong and a worthy and also bold and he was crouned at westmynster of the erchebisshop Baldewyn of Cantorburi the thrid day of septembre and the secuÌ„d yere of his regne kyng Richard him self and Baldewyn the erchebisshop of cantorburi Ì„ Hubert bisshop of Salisburi Raudulfe Erle of Gloucestre and other mony lordis of englond went in to the holy land and in that viage died the erchebisshop of cantorburi ¶ And kyng Richard went before in to the holy land Ì„ restid not till that he come forth iÌ„ his way vn to Cipers toke it with gret force and sithen that kyng Richard went forth toward the holy land and gete ther as moch as the cristyn men had ther before losten and conquered the land ayen thurgh gret myght saufe oÌ„ly the holy cros ¶ And when kyng Richard comen to the cite of Acres for to get the cite ther aros a gret debate bitwen him and the kyng of fraunce so that the kyng of france went ayen in to fraunce Ì„ wos wreth toward the kyng Richard but yit for al that or kyng richard went ayen he toke the cite of acres ¶ And when he had taken it he duelled in the cite a while but to him come tydynges that the erle IohnÌ„ of Oxford his brother wold haue sesed all englond in to his hand and Normandie also and wold crouÌ„e him kyng of the land ¶ And whan kyng richard hard tell off this tidyng he went ayen toward englond weth all the spede that he might ¶ But the duke of Ostriche met with him toke hiÌ„ brought hiÌ„ vn to the Emprour of Almayn the emprour hiÌ„ brought in to his prison ¶ And afterward he was deliuerid for an huge raunsum that is for to say an hondreth thousand pound And for the wich ranson to be payed eche other â—hales of Englond wos molten and made in to monay and all the monkis of the order of cisteaux yefen all ther bokes thurgh out all englond for to done them to sell the raunsom for to pay ¶ How kyng Richard come ayen from the holi land and aveÌ„ged him of his emnys WHyles this kyng richard wos in prison the kyng of fraunce wereed vpon him strongly in Normandie and Iohan his brother wered vpon him in Englond ¶ But the bisshoppes and barons of englond withstod him with all the pouer thatt they might get and toke the castell of wyndosore and other castelles ¶ And the forsaied IohnÌ„ saw that he had no might ne pouer ayenis the barons of englond for to fight but anone went him ouer see vn to the kyng of fraunce ¶ And wheÌ„ kyng richard come out of prison and wos deliuered and come in to englond anone after candilmasse in gret hast he went vn to notyngham and the castell of Notyngham to him wos yolden And tho discoÌ„fitid he his brother Iohan and tho that with him held ¶ And after hee went vn to the cite of wynchestre and ther he let him croun kyng of Englond Ì„ after he went vnto Normandie for to were vpon the kyng of fraunce ¶ And the kyng of fraunce come withe v. C. knyghtys toward Gisors and the kyng Richard met him and tho wold haue yefen him bataill but the kyng of frauÌ„ce fled tho and an hundreth knyghtys of his wer take and ijC. stedis were ther trappid with yren ¶ And anone after went kyng richard for to besege the castell of Gaillard and as he rode vpon a day by the castell to take auisement of the castyli an arbalastier smote him with a quarell that wos enuenyned Ì„ the kyng drofe out the shaft of the quarell but the quarell heed abood still in his heed it began for to rankill that he might not help him self ne meue his armes ¶ And tho he wist that he had dethes wouÌ„de vpoÌ„ him that he might not be hole for no maner thing he commauÌ„ded annone sharpili all his men for to assaill the castell So that the castell was take or that he died so manli his men did that all the pepull that wer iÌ„ the castill wer takeÌ„ the kyng did with them what he wold Ì„ coÌ„mandid his men that they shuld briÌ„g before him the man that him so hurt so wouÌ„did ¶ And wen he come before the kyng the kiÌ„g axed hiÌ„ what was his name Ì„ he said mi name is bartram gurdon wherfor said the kiÌ„g hast tow me slayn· sith that I did the neuer none harme ¶ Sir said he though ye did me neuer none harme ye yourself with your hond killed my
to the kynges pauilon Ì„ killed ther mony men in ther beddis cried some Naward naward an oder time a Douglos a douglas Wherfor the kyng that wos in his pauilon mech oder folk were wonder sore afraied but blyssid be almyghty god the kyng wos not taken in gret parell was tho the ream of englond ¶ And that nyght the mone shone full clere bright for all the kiÌ„gê meÌ„ the scottis ascappid harmeles ¶ And iÌ„ the morow whaÌ„ the kyng wist that the scottis wer a scappid iÌ„ to ther own cuntre he wos wonder sori Ì„ full hertely wepid with his yong eyn Ì„ yit wist he nott who had hiÌ„ done that treson bot that falÌ„s tresoun was full well knaw a good while after as the stori telleth ¶ Tho kiÌ„g edward come ayen to yorke full sorowfull his host deê‘ted and euery man went in to his own cuntre with full heuy chere and mornyng semblant the henaudes toke ther leue Ì„ went iÌ„ to ther own cuntre the kynge for ther trauell hugeli them rewardid ¶ And for encheson of that viage the kyng had dispendid moch of his tresour wasted ¶ And in that tyme wer seyn ij mones in the firmament that on was clere that other was derke as men might se thurgh out the world and a gret debate wos that same tyme ayens pope Iohan the xxij after sent petre Ì„ the Emprour of Almayn tho made him Emprour ayens the popis wyll that tho held his see at Auinion ¶ Wherfor the eÌ„pror made his crie at Rome ordeyned an oder pope that hight Nycholas that wos a frere mynor and that was ayens the right of holy chirch ¶ Wherfor he wos cursed the pouer of that oder pope sone wos leid And for enchesoÌ„ that suche meruellis wer seyn meÌ„ said that the world was nygh at an end ¶ Of the deth of kyng Edward Carnariuan ANd now go we ayen to sir Edward of Carnariuan that was kyng Edward fadre sum tyme kyng of englond put doune of his dyngnite Alas for his tribulacion and sorow that him befell thurgh fals councell that he loued and triftid vpoÌ„ to moch that afterward wer destroyed thugh ther falsenesse as god wold ¶ And this Edward of Carnariuan wos in the castell of Berkelay vnder the kepyng of Sir Moris of Berkeley sir Iohan of Mautreus and to them he made his complaynt of his sorow and of his disese and oft tyme he axed of his wardens what he had trespased ayens Dame Isabell his wife and Sir edward his son that was made new king that they wold not viset him ¶ And tho ansuerid on of his wardeynes and said my worthy lord displese yow not that I shall tell you the encheson is for it is done them to vnderstond that if my lady your wife come any thing ny you that ye wold hir strangle and kyll and also that ye wold do to my lord your son the same ¶ Tho ansuered he with simple chere Alas alas am I not iÌ„ prison and all at your own will now god hit wote I thought it neuer and now I wold that I wer dede so wold god if that I wer for than wer all my sorow passed ¶ Hit was not long tyme after that the kyng thurgh ê¯cell of Roger Mortimer grauÌ„tid the ward kepiÌ„g of sir edward his fadre vn to sir Thomas Toiourney Ì„ to the forsaid sir IohnÌ„ Mautreuers thurgh the kynges lettre put out holy the forsaid sir Morice of the ward of the kyng they toke Ì„ led the kyng vn to the castell of Corfe the wich castell the kyng hated as any deth they keped hiÌ„ ther till it come vn to sent Mathewes day iÌ„ septeÌ„bre in the yere of grace M.ccc.xxvij that the forsaid sir Roger Mortimer sent the maner of the deth how Ì„ in what wise he shÌ„old be done to deth ¶ And anone as the forsaid Thomas Iohan had seyn the letter Ì„ commaundemeÌ„t they made kiÌ„g Edward Carnariuan good chere good so las as they myght at that soper nothiÌ„g the kiÌ„g wist of the tratorie ¶ And wheÌ„ time wos for to go to bedde the kiÌ„g went vn to his bed Ì„ lay slept fast as the king lay slept the tratourys fals for sworne ayens ther homage ther feaute come priueli in to the kynges chambre Ì„ ther company with them and laid an huge tabull vpoÌ„ his wombe with men pressed held fast douÌ„e the .iiij corners of the tabull vpon his body wherwith the good man awoke Ì„ wos wonder sore a drad to be dede ther and slayn and turned his body tho vpsedoune ¶ Tho toke the fals traitours and wode tirantis an horne and put it in to hys fundement as depe as they myght toke a spit of coper brennyng put it thurgh the horne in to his body and oft tymes roulled ther with his bowels and so they kylled ther lord that nothyng wos ê‘saued Ì„ after he was entered at glocestre ¶ How kyng Edward spoused Philip the Erles doughter of Henaud at Yorke ANd after Cristemasse tho next swyng sir IohnÌ„ of henaud brought with hiÌ„ Phelip his brothers doughter that was erle of Henaud his nece in to englond· Ì„ kiÌ„g edward spoused hir at york with moch honour ¶ And sir IohnÌ„ of Bothum bisshop of Ely and sir wyllm of melton Erchebisshop of yorke songen thee masse the sonday in the eue of ê¯uersion of sent Paule In the yere of grace a M.ccc.xxvij but for encheson that the kyng wos bot yong tendre of age when he wos crouned full mony wronges wer done while that his fadre leued for encheson that he trowed the councelers that wer fals a bout him that counceled him to done other wise than reson wold wherfor gret harme was done to the reame to the kyng all meÌ„ directid it the kiÌ„es dede Ì„ it was not so almighty god it wote Wher fore it wos ordeyned at the kynges crouning that the kyng for his tendre age shuld be gouerned by xij of the gretest lordis of englond with out wich no thiÌ„g shÌ„uld be done that is to sai The erchebisshop of Cantorburi the erchebishop of yorke the bisshop of wynchestre Ì„ the bisshop of herthforth the erle of Lancastre the erle marshall the erle of Kent that wer the kiÌ„ges vnches the erle of Garenne sir Thomas wake sir heÌ„ri of Perci sir oliuer of yngham IohnÌ„ of Roos barons ¶ All thes wer sworne trewly for to councell the kyng And they shuld ansuer euery yere in the ê‘lament of that that shuld be don in the tyme of that gouernall bot that ordeynance wos sone vndone Ì„ that wos moch harme to all englond· ¶ For the kiÌ„g all the lordis that shuld gouerne hiÌ„ wer gouerned Ì„ ruled after the kyngê
communes ¶ In the iij. part of the bataill of scotland wer thes lordis The erle of Maâ—rethe erle of Rof the erle of Straherne the erle of sotherland willm of kyrkkeley iohnÌ„ Cambron Gilbert of Hay willm of Ramsey willm prendegest Kyrstyn hardde willm Gurdon Arnold Garde Tomas Dolphyn with xl knyghtes new dubbed ixC. men of armes xvM. of communes ¶ In the iiij ward of the bataill of scotland werthes lordis Archebald Douglas the erle of Leneuax Alisander librus the erle of Fif iohnÌ„ Cambell erle of atheles Robert Lawether Willm of uipount willm of Lonstone iohan de LabelÌ„s Groos de Sherenlawe iohan de Lyndesey Alisander de gray In gram de vmfreville Patrik de Pollesworth Dauid de wymes Michell scot Willm Landy Thomas de boys Roger the Mortimer with xx Bachelers new dubbed ix hondreth men of armes xviijM. and iiij hondreth of comunes ¶ The erle of Dunbar keê‘ of the castell of Beâ—rewik holp the scottis with .l. men of aâ—mes ¶ And sir AlexaÌ„der of seten keper of the forsaid toune of Berrewike with an hondreth men of armes also the ê¯mune ris of the toune with iiij hondreth meÌ„ of armes and with them viij hondreth of fote men ¶ The soume of the erles and lorddis aboue said ammounteth lxvi ¶ The soume of bachelers new dubbed ammounteth to an hondreth and .xl. ¶ The soume of men of armes ammouteth to iijM.C. ¶ the somme of of the comuners ammounteth to liijM. ij C ¶ The somme totall of the pepull aboue saied ammounteth lviM.vij .vijC.xlv ¶ And thes lxvi gret lordis laden al the other gret lordis aboue said in iiij batailles as it is told before all on fote ¶ And kyng edward of englond Ì„ edward bailloll king of scotland had well appareiled ther folke in iiij batailles for to fight on fote ayens the scottis ther enmys ¶ And the englisshmen mynstrelles blew ther trumpes and ther pipes and hidously ascried the scottis ¶ And tho had euery englissh bataill ij wynges of price Archiers the wich at that bataill shot arowes so fast and so sore that the scottis myght not help them self and they smyten the scottis thousandis vn to the ground And they gun for to fle fro the englishmen for to saue ther lifes ¶ And when the english knaues saw the scomfiture and the scottis fall fast to the ground they priked ther mastres horse with the spores for to kepe them fro ê‘ill set ther mastres at no force ¶ And wen the englishmeÌ„ saw that they lepten on ther hors and fast pursued the scottis and all that abyden they kylled doune rigth Ther men might se the doughtinesse of the nobull kyng edward and of his men how manly they pursued the scottis that flowen for dred ¶ And ther men myght see mony a scottishman cast doune vn to the ground dede Ì„ ther baners displaied hacked in to peces and mony a good haberione of stele in ther blod bath ¶ And mony a tyme the Scottis wer gadred in to companies but euer more they wer descomfited ¶ And so it be fell as god almyghty wold that the scottes had that day no more foyson ne myght ayens the englisshme than xx shepe shuld haue ayens v wolfes and so were the Scottis discomfited And yit the Scottis had wele v. men ayens on Englishman ¶ And that bataill was done on Halidoun-hill â–ª beside the toune of Berewik at the wich bataill wer slayn of the Scottis xxxv M. Ì„ .vijC.xij Ì„ of englisshmen but onli xiiij and tho wer fotmen ¶ And this victori befell to the englishmen on sent Margaretis eue In the yere of the Incarnacion of our lord IhuÌ„ crist a M.CCC.xxxij ¶ And while this doyng lastid the English pages toke the pilfry of the Scottis that wer killed euery man that he myght take with out ony chalengyng of any man ¶ And so after this gracious victori the kyng turnyd him ayen vn to the same sege of berewik And whan they besegid saw Ì„ herd how kiÌ„g Edward had sped They yolden to hiÌ„ the toune with the castell on the morn after sent Margaretis day ¶ And than the kyng ordeyned sir Edward Bailloll wyth other nobull and worthy men to be kepers and gouerners of Scotland in his absence him self turned ayen come in to Englond after this victori with moch ioye and worship ¶ And in the next yere sewyng that is for to say in the yere of Incarnacion of our lord IhuÌ„ crist a thousand CCC Ì„ xxxiij and of kyng Edward vij· he went ayen in to scotland in winter tyme. at wich viage the Castill of Kilbrigge in scotland for him his men that with hiÌ„ com he recoueryd and had ayens the Scottis all at his own lust ¶ And in that same yere sir Edward Bailloll kyng of Scotland held his parlament in scotlaÌ„d with moni nobull lordes of EngloÌ„d that wer at that same parlament for encheson of ther landes Ì„ also lordshippis that they had in the reame of scotland Ì„ helden all of that same Bailloll ¶ And in the viij yere of his regne about the fest of sent Iohan baptist sir Edwarde Bailloll the veray and trew kyng of scotland as by heritage and right lyne made his homage and feaute vn to kiÌ„g edward of englond for the Reame of Scotland at the new castell vpon Tyne in the presence of mony a man worthy lordis also of comunes both of the reame of englond and also of scotland and a none after in the same yere kyng Edward of englond resaued of the Duke of Bretan his homage for the erldom Ì„ lordship of Richemond ¶ And so folowyng in the ix yere of his rene after Mihelmasse Kyng Edward rode in to scotland and ther was fast by sent Iohanes toune almost all the wynter tyme and so he held his Cristemasse at the Castell of Rokesburgh ¶ And in the same yere thurgh out all Englond about sent Clementis tyde in wynter ther arosen such a springyng and welling vp of watres and also of slodis both of the see and also of fresh reuerys springê that the see bankes walles Ì„ costes brekeÌ„ vp that meÌ„ bestis Ì„ houses iÌ„ moÌ„y places namly iÌ„ low cuÌ„tres violeÌ„tli Ì„ sodeÌ„ly wer drenchid ¶ And frutis driueÌ„ away of the erth thurgh ê¯tinuance Ì„ habuÌ„dauÌ„ce of waters of the see euer more afterwarde wer turned iÌ„ to more saltenes sowrnes of sauour The x. yer of kiÌ„g edward regne kiÌ„g edward entred the scottis se after midsomer to moÌ„y of the scottis he yaf bataill Ì„ ouer coÌ„ them moÌ„e he treted and boued vn to his pes thurgh his doughtynesse· ¶ And after mihelmasse thaÌ„ next foloyng wos the erle of Morif take at Edenburgh brough iÌ„ to engloÌ„d Ì„ put iÌ„ to prison ¶ And iÌ„ the monethes of Iune Iulij than next foloyng iÌ„ the xi yere of his regne
all ther thynges that they myght bere and carie away kepyng the toune and the Castell to hym self ¶ Than thurgh mediacion of Cardinales that wer sent from the pope trews was teke ther bitwen frauÌ„ce and englond for ix monethes than next foloyng about mihelmasse kyng edward come ayen in to englond with a glorius victorie ¶ And in the xxiij yere of his regne in the est parties of the world ther arose and began a pestilence and deth of sariseÌ„s and paynyms that so gret a deth wos neuer herd of a fore And that wasted away the peple so that vnneth the tenth ê‘soÌ„ wos left on liue ¶ And in the same yere about the south cuntres also in the west contres ther fell so moch rayn and so gret watres that from cristemasse vn to midsomer ther was vnnethes day ne nyght but that it rayned sumwhat thurgh wich waters the pestileÌ„ce wos so enfecked and so habundand in all cuntres and namli about the court of rome and other places see costis that vnneth ther wer left leuyng fulke for to beri them that wer dede honestly But made gret diches and pittes that wer wonder brod Ì„ depe Ì„ therin beried them made a renge of dede bodis Ì„ cast a litell erthe to hele them aboue than cast in an othe regne of dede bodis an other regne aboue them And thus wer they beried noÌ„e oder wise but if it wer the fewer that wer men of gret estate that were beraid as honestly as they myght ¶ And after all this in the xxiiij yere of kiÌ„g Edwardis regne it was don him to wit vnderstond of a treson that wos begun at Calais Ì„ ordeyned for to sell that toune for a gret somme of florens vn to kiÌ„g Philip of FrauÌ„ce thurgh the falsenesse Ì„ ordynauÌ„ce of a knyght that wos called sir Gefferey of Cherney that wos wonder priue with king Philip of fraunce ¶ And when kyng Edward herd this he toke with hiÌ„ the nobles and gentils lordis and mony other worthy and orped men of armes that wer ther present with him for the soleÌ„pnite of that high fest ¶ And well and wiselÌ„y in all the hast that he myght and as priuely os he myght he wenten ouer the see toward calais ¶ And that same yere the good kyng edward held his cristemasse at Hauering ¶ And the morn after newyeres day the kyng wos in the castell of Calays with his men of armes that none of the aliens wist ther of And that fals conspiratour and traitour Geffri of Charney seth that he myghte not openli haue his purpese of the castell priuely stelynly he com in and held the toune with a gret host ¶ And when he with his men wer comen in he paied the forsaid somme of floreyns as couenaunt was bitwen them to a Genewey in the toune that was keper of the castell and consenting to the same geffri in all this falsenesse and trechorie and bounden the englissh mynstrels Ì„ seruantis that wer in the castell that they myght not help them self ne let them of ther purpose And than wenyng that they had be siker ynough thei speken all ther wikkednes falsenesse opeÌ„ly an high that all men myght here ¶ And now shall ye here how they wer deceyued for they comen in by a priue postterne ouer a litell brugge of tre and when they wer comen in sotaly and priuely the brigge wos draw vp and kept that none of them that comen in myght go out ne no mo cuÌ„ in to them ¶ And anone our englyshmen went out at priue holes and wyndous and ouer the walles of the toune of the castell and went and faughte maÌ„ly with the frenshmen that wer with out and had the better of them the wich when they wer occupied by them selÌ„f on ther side The king that was with in the toune hauyng with him scarsly but xxx men of armes drew out his swerd and with a loud vois he cried vp an high A sent Edward A sent George ¶ And when folke herd that they comen rennyng to him yaf ther to ther enmys so gret assaut that ther wer mo than two hondrith men of armes and mony mo other slayn and mony fleden away And so by the grace of god almyghty the victorie fell vn to the Englishmen Than the kyng toke with hym this Geffry that was finder of this trechorie and also mony other frensh prisoners Ì„ with in a while after he come ayen in to englond ¶ And in this same yere in the yere afore and in thee yere next after was so gret pestilence of men from the est in to the west and namli thurgh botches that tho that sekiÌ„d on this day died on the iij. day after to the wich men that so died in this pestilence had but litell respite of liggyng ¶ The pope Clement of his goodnesse Ì„ grace yaf them full remission and foryefnesse of all ther sinnes that they wer shriuen of and this pestilence lasted in london fro Mihelmasse vn to August next folewyng almost an hole yere ¶ And thes days wos deth without sorow weddyngis with out frenship wilfull penaunce derth without scarcite fleyng without refute or socour for mony fled from place to place be cause of the pestilence but they wer enfeckid myght not ascap the deth after that the ê“phet Isae saieth who that fleith fro the face of dred he shall fall in to the diche And he that windeth him out of the diche he shall be hold Ì„ tied with a grenne but wheÌ„ this pestilence wos cesed as god wold vnnethes the tenth parte of the pepull wos left on liue ¶ And in the same yere began a wonder thyng that all that euer wer borne after that pestilence had .ij. chekteth iÌ„ ther hede las than they had a fore ¶ How kyng Edward had a gret bataill with spanyardis in the se fast by wynchelsee ANd in the .xxv. yere of his regne about the sent Iohannes day in haruest iÌ„ the see fast by winchelse king Edwarde had a gret bataill with men of spayn wher that ther shippis and nauye lay chaned to gedre that other they must fight or be dreÌ„ched ¶ And so when all our worthy men of armes Ì„ the see costes fast by wynchelse Romeny wer gadred to geder our nauye shippis all redy to the were the englisshmen met manly Ì„ stifly with ther enmys comyng fersly ayens them ¶ And wheÌ„ the spanys vessailles nauy wer closed iÌ„ all about ther meÌ„ might se a stroÌ„g bataill on both sides loÌ„g during iÌ„ the wich bataill wos but few that faught but they wer spitously hurt And after the batail ther wer xxiij shippis of thers take Ì„ so the englishmen had the better And in the next yere folowyng of his regne that is to say the xxvi yere the
let crouÌ„e him kiÌ„g ther of the reame of Scotland ¶ And when all thynges wer done Ì„ ordened in thike contres at his lust he turned ayen iÌ„ to Englond with an hugh worship· And while this viage wos a doyng in Scotland sir Edward prince of wales as a man enspired in god was iÌ„ Guyhen in the Cite of Burdeux treting Ì„ spekiÌ„g of the chalengyng and of the kynges right of Englond that he had of the reame of Fraunce and that he wold a vengid be with stroÌ„ghond the prelatis peres Ì„ myghti men of that cuntre consented well to him ¶ Than sir Edward the prince with a gret host gadred to him the sext day of Iuyll went from Burdeux goyng and trauelyng by mony diuerse cuntres Ì„ he toke moÌ„y prisoners mo than .vi. thousand men of armes by the cuntre as he iournyed toke thee toune of RemorantiÌ„ iÌ„ saloigne beseged the Castell vi days And at the vi day end they yolde the castell vn to him And ther wer take the lord of CrouÌ„e sir Bursigaud mony other knyghttis men of armes moo than lxxx ¶ And fro thens by Toren Ì„ peten fast by chmeney his nobull men that wer with him had a strong bataill with frenshmen Ì„ an .c. of ther men of armes wer slayn And the erle of Daunce Ì„ the stiward of frauÌ„ce wer take with an hondreth men of armes ¶ In the wich yere thee xix day of September fast by Peightres the same prince with a thousand and ix hondrith men of armes and archiers ordeynid a bataill to kyng IohnÌ„ of FrauÌ„ce comyng to the prince ward with vij thousand chosen men of armes other moch pepull in an huge passing nombur of the wich ther wer slayn the duke of Burybon and the duke of Athenes and mony othir nobull men and of the prince men of armes a thousand Ì„ of other after the trew accompte and rekenyng viij hondrith And the kyng of fraunce wos ther take and sir Philip his yonger son Ì„ moÌ„y Dukis and nobull meÌ„ worthy knyghtis Ì„ meÌ„ of armes about ij thousaÌ„d And so the victori fell ther to the prince to the pepull of englond by the grace of god And moÌ„y that wer taken prisoners wer set at ther rauÌ„son and vpoÌ„ ther trougth knyghthod wer chargid had leue to go But the prince toke with him the kyng of fraunce Philip his son with all the reuerence that he myght went ayen to Burdeux with a glorius victorie â–ª The somme of the men that ther wer take prisoners of them that wer slaiÌ„ the day of bataill wos iiij M. iiijC.xl ¶ And in the xxxij yere of kyng Edward the v. day of May prince Edward with kyng IohnÌ„ of frauÌ„ce Philip his son and moÌ„y othir worthy prisoners ariued graciously iÌ„ the haueÌ„ of Plummouth the xxiiij day of the same moneth aboute iij· after none they com to london by londoÌ„ brugge so weÌ„t forth to the kiÌ„gê palace of westmiÌ„stre ther fell so gret a multitude Ì„ prees of peple about them to behold and se that wonder Ì„ that riall sight that vnnethes fro midday till nyght they myght not cuÌ„ to westmynstre Ì„ the kiÌ„gê ranson of frauÌ„ce wos taxed and set to iij myllions of scutis of whom ij â–ª shuld beworth a nobull ye shÌ„all vnderstond that a myllion is a M.M. and after somme meÌ„ his raunsome wos sat at .iij. M.M florens all is on effect And this same yere wer made soleÌ„pne Iustis iÌ„ smythfeld beiÌ„g ther pÌ„sent the kyng of englond the kiÌ„g of fraunce and the kyng of Scotland and mony other worthy and nobull lordis ¶ The xxxiij yere of his regne the same kyng Edward at wyndesore as well for loue of knyghhod as for his own worsship at the reuerence of the kyng of fraunce and of other lordis that wer ther at that time he held a wonder riall and costle fest of sent George passing any that euer wos holdyn a fore ¶ Wherfor the kyng of frauÌ„ce in scornyng said that he saw neuer ne herd such solempne festis ne rialtes holdin ne done with tailles with out paiÌ„g of gold or siluer ¶ And iÌ„ the xxxiiij yere of his regne the x iiij KalÌ„ of Iulij sir IohnÌ„ Erle of Richemond kyng Edwardis son wedded dame Blaunch duke Henris doughter of Lncastre cosin to the same iohan by dispensacion of the pope and in the mein tyme wer ordened Iustes at london iij. daies of rogacions that is for to sai the mair of London with his xxiiij aldermen ayenes all that wold cum in whos name Ì„ sted the kyng priuely with his iiij sonys Edward Leonell IohnÌ„ and Edmond and other xix gret lordis helden the feld with worshÌ„ip ¶ And this same yere as it wos told said of them that saw it ther come blod out of the tombe of Thomas some tyme erle of Lancastre as fresh as that day that he was done to deth And in the same yere kiÌ„g Edward chose his sepulture and his liggyng at westmynstre fast by the shrine of sent Edward ¶ And anone after the xxvij· day of October he went ouer see to Calais makyng protestacion that he wold neuer cum ayen in to englond till he had full endid the were bitwen fraunce him ¶ And so in the xxxvi yere of his regne in the wynter tym kyng Edward wos and traueled in the Ryne costes about sent HilÌ„larie tide he departid his host and went to Burgoyn ward with whom than met pesibely the Duke of Burgoyn behighting him lxx thousand floreyns that he shuld spare his men and hys pâ—pull and the kyng grauÌ„ted at his request and duelled ther vn to the xvij day of Marche· the wich tyme come to kiÌ„g Edward ere that stroÌ„g theues wer on the se vnder the erle of sent Poule the xv day of Marche liggyng a wayt vpon the tounes of hastyng Rie and other places and villages on the see cost haddyn entred as enmys in to thee toune of wynchelse and slewen all that euer withstoden them and withsaid ther comyng Wherfore the kyng was gretly meued and wratthed and he turned ayen to Paris ward and commaunded his host to destroy and sle with dynt and strength of swerd them that he had before hand sparid ¶ And the xij day of Aprill the kyng come to Paris and ther departed his host in diuerse batailles with iiij C. of knyghtis new dubbed on that one side of him ¶ And sir Henri duke of Lancastre vnder pees and trews went vn to the yates of the Cite profering to them that wold abyde a bataill in the feld vnder such condicion that if the kyng of englond wer ouer comen ther as god forbede it shuld that than he shuld neuer chalenge the kyngdom of frauÌ„ce ¶ And ther he had of them but shÌ„ort and scornfull ansuer
and come and told it to the kyng and his lordis what he had herd and what they sayd ¶ And than went forth the new knyghtys with moÌ„y other making assaut to the cite to they destroyd hougeli the subbarbis of the Cite ¶ And while all thes thynges wer in doiÌ„g the Englishmen made them aredy for to be a venged vpon thee shame and despite that was done that yere at wynchelsee and ordeyned a nauye of lxxx shippis of men of Landon and of other marchauntis and xiiij thousand of men of armes and archiers and went and serched and skummed the see and manly tokeÌ„ and helde thee I le of Caux Wherfore the Frenshmen that is for to say the Abbot of Cluyn the Erle of Tankeruill and bursygand that tho was Stiward of FrauÌ„ce with moÌ„y other men of the same cuÌ„tre by thee commuÌ„e assent of the lord Charles that tho wos regeÌ„t of frauÌ„ce thei hasted them went to the kiÌ„g of engloÌ„d askiÌ„g besechiÌ„g him stedfast pees Ì„ euer lastiÌ„g vpoÌ„ certan ê¯dicions that ther wer shewed writtin ¶ The wich when the kyng Ì„ his ê¯cell had it seiÌ„ â–ª it plesed hiÌ„ neuer a dele but sith it wold be none othir in tyme of better accord and deliberacion the frenshmen besely and with gret instaunce asked trews for ther see costes and the king grauntid them ¶ And in the morow after the vtas of pasche the kyng turned him with his host toward OrliauÌ„ce destroyeng and wastyng all the cuntre by the way ¶ And os thei weÌ„t thiderward ther fell vpon them such a storme tempast that noÌ„e of our nacion herd ne saw neuer none such thurgh the wich thousaÌ„des of our men and of ther horse in ther iourneyng as it wer thurgh vengeaunce sodenly wer slayn Ì„ perisshed the wich tempastes full moch yit fered not the kyng ne moch of his pepull that they ne went forth in ther viage that they had begun wherfor about the fest of fililp iacob in May fast by incarnocum the forsaid lordis of fraunce metiÌ„g ther with the kyng of englond a pesable accord Ì„ a finall vpoÌ„ certan condicions grauÌ„tes articularly gadered writen to geder euer more for to last full discretly made to bothe the kynges ê“fetabul to ther reames both with on asseÌ„t of Charles the regent gouernour of frauÌ„ce of Paris of the same reame writen Ì„ made vnder date of CarnocuÌ„ the xv day of May they offerid ê“ferd to the kiÌ„g of engloÌ„d riquiring his grace iÌ„ all thiÌ„gê writin that he wold benyngly admitte them Ì„ hold them firme stabull to them Ì„ to ther heiris for euer more thens forth the wich thiÌ„gê articles whan kiÌ„g edward had seyn them he grauÌ„ted them so that bothe parties shuld be suorne on goddis body Ì„ on the euangelist that the forsaid couenauÌ„t shuld be stabulihed and so they accordid graciously ¶ Therfor ther wer ordeyned drassid on euery side ij barons ij banerettis ij knyghtis to admitte receue that hothes of the lord Charles reget of frauÌ„ce Ì„ of sir edward the frist soÌ„ heir of kiÌ„g Edward of engloÌ„d ¶ And the x. day of May ther was songen a solempne masse at paris after the iij. Agnê° dei said with dona nobis pacem iÌ„ presens of the forsaid men that were ordeyned to admitte receyue the othes of al other that ther myght be ¶ Tho Charles laid his right hand on the patent with goddes bodi his left hond on the missale saied we N. suereth on godis body the holy gospels that we shall trewli Ì„ stedfastli hold toward vs the pees the accord made bitwen the ij kynges Ì„ iÌ„ no maner to do the contrarie And ther among all his lordis for more loue strength of witnesse he deled Ì„ deê‘ted the reliques of the croune of criste to the knyghtis of englond they courtesli token ther leue· And in the fryday next the same othe in presence of the forsaid knyghtis Ì„ of other worthy meÌ„ prince Edward made at louers ¶ Afterward both kynges ther sonnys the most nobull men of both reames with in the same yere made the same oth for to strength all thes thynges a forsaid the kyng of englond axed the gretest men of frauÌ„ce and had his axyng that is for to say vi dukis viij erles Ì„ xij lordis that is to say barons Ì„ worthy knyghtis ¶ And when the place Ì„ the tyme was assined in wich both kynges with ther councell shuld cum to gedre all the forsaid thynges bitwen them spoke for to ratifie maken firme and stabull the kyng of englond anone went toward the see at Hounflet began to saill leuyng to his hostes that wer left behynd him by cause of his absence moch heuenesse ¶ And after the xix· day of May he come in to englond went to his paleys at westmynstre on sent Dunstane day the thrid day after he viseted IohnÌ„ kyng of fraunce that wos in the tour of london deliuered him frely from all maner prison sauf frist they wer accordid of iij. myllions of floreyns for his raunson Ì„ the kyng coÌ„forthed him cherid him in all places with all solace Ì„ myrthes that longen to a kyng in his goyng homward ¶ And the ix day of Iulij in the same yere this same IohnÌ„ kyng of fraunce that afore hand lay here in hostage went home ayen in to his oun land to tret of tho thynges and of other that longed and fellen to thee gouernance of his reame ¶ And afterward mett Ì„ come to gedre at Calays both ij kynges with bothe ther councell about all haluw tide ther wer shewed the condicions and the pointis of thee pees Ì„ of the accorde of bothe sides writtyn ther without any withsayng of both sides graciously they wer accorded And ther was done songen a solempne masse after the iij Agnê° det vpon godis body also vpoÌ„ the masse boke bothe kynges ther sonnys the gretest lordis of both remes of ther ê¯cell that ther wer present had not sworne be fore the forsaid oth that they had made titelled bitwene them they behighten to kepe all other couenauÌ„tes that wer bitwene them ordeyned ¶ And in thys same yere mens bestis tres Ì„ houses with soden tempast Ì„ strong lightenyng wer ê‘issed the deuell apperid bodely in mannys likenes to moch pepull as they went in diuerse places in the cuntres and spake to them in that likenesse ¶ How the gret companie arose in fraunce Ì„ the white companie in Lumbardie of other mony meruailles KYng Edward in the xxxvi yere of his regne anone after cristemasse in the fest of conuersion of sent Paule held his ê‘lament at westmynstre in the wich ê‘lament wos
put it of wold not graunte vn to Ester next comiÌ„g than they greuÌ„ted well that iÌ„ iij. yere by certan termes that dyme shuld be payd Ì„ also of the lay fe wos a iij. yeres xv grauÌ„ted to the kyng ¶ How sir Robert KnolÌ„les with other certayn lordis of the reame weÌ„t ouer the see in to frauÌ„ce· Ì„ of ther gouernauÌ„ce ANd in the xlv yere of kyng Edward in the begynnyng kyng Edward with vn wyse counsell and vn discrete borawed a gret soume of gold of the prelatis lordis marchantis and other rich men of his reame sayng that it shuld be dispendid in defendyng of holy chirche and of his reame ¶ Neuerthelatter it profited nought· wherfor about midsomer after he made a gret host of the worthiest men of his reame Amonges whome wer som lordis that is for to say the lord Fitzwater and the lord Graunson other worthy knyghtis of wich knyghtis the kyng ordeyned sir Robert Knolles a prouede knyght Ì„ a well as said in dede of armes for to be gouernour and that thurgh his couÌ„cel and gouernaunce all thyng shuld be gouerned Ì„ dressed ¶ And wen thei come iÌ„ to frauÌ„ce as long as thei duelled helde them hole to geder the frauÌ„shmen durst not fall vppon theym ¶ And at the last about the begynnyng of winter for enuy coueteys that wos amoÌ„g them And also discorde they sondred partid them in to diuerse companies vn wisely folely But sir Robert knolles his men wente and keped them sauf within an Castell in Bretan ¶ And when the frenshmeÌ„ saw that our meÌ„ wer deuidid in to diuerse companies Ì„ places not holdiÌ„g ne strengthyng them to gedres as them ought for to do they fell fersly on our men And for the most partie toke them or slowen them tho that they myght take led with them prisoners ¶ And iÌ„ thee same yere pope vrbane come fro rome to AuinioÌ„ for eÌ„chesoÌ„ cause that he shuld accord make pees bitwen the kiÌ„g of frauÌ„ce the king of Englond for euer more But alas or he began his tretis he died with sekenesse the ·xxi day of December wos beried as for the time iÌ„ the cathedrall chirche of AuinioÌ„ fast by the high auter ¶ And the next yere after whan he had lyne so his bones wer taken out of the erth and beried new in the abbey of sent victorie fast by marcile of the wich abbey he wos sum tyne Abbot him self ¶ And iÌ„ both places that he was beried in ther be moÌ„y grete miracles done and wrought thurgh the grace of almighty god to mony a mannys help and to the worship of god almyghty ¶ And after whom folewed next and wos made pope Gregorie Cardinall Deken that before wos caled Pers Roger ¶ In this same yere the cite of Lymoge rebellid and faught ayens the prince as othir Cites in Gnyhenne did for gret taxes costages and raunsons that they wer put and set to by prince edward wich charges weren Inportable and to chargeabull wher for they turned fro him and fellen to the kyng of frauÌ„ce And whan prince edward saw this he wos sore a chafed and greued in turnyng homward ayen iÌ„ to englond with soro skarmisshes and fighting gret assautes fought with them toke the forsaid cite and distroied it almost to the grund and slew all that wer fouÌ„d in the cite And than for to say the soth for diuerse sikenesse and maladies that he had Ì„ also for defaute of monay that he not might with stond ne tari on his enmys he hied him ayen in to englond with his wife his menye leuyng behind him in gascoyn the duke of Lancastre sir edmond erle of Cambrigge with othir worthy and orped men of armes ¶ In the xlvi yere of kiÌ„g edward at the ordinaunce Ì„ sendyng of king edward the kyng of Naune com to him to Claringdon to tret with hiÌ„ of certain thinges touchyng his were iÌ„ Normandie wher kiÌ„g Edward had left certayn seges in his stede till he come ayen ¶ But kyng edward myght not sped of that that he askid him And so the kyng of Naun with gret worship gret yeftes toke his leue weÌ„t home ayene ¶ And about begiÌ„nyng of marche when the ê‘lament at westmiÌ„stre wos begun the kiÌ„g askid of the clargi a subsidie of .l. M. pound the wich by a good avisement Ì„ bi a generall ê¯uocacioÌ„ of thee clargie it wos grauÌ„ted and ordeyned that it shÌ„uld be paied resed of the lay fee. ¶ And iÌ„ this ê‘lament at the request Ì„ askiÌ„g of the lordis in hatered of men of holy chirch the Chanceler Ì„ the tresorer that wer bisshoppis the clarke of the priue seale wer remeued and put out of office and in ther stede wer secular men put in ¶ And while this ê‘lament lasted ther come solempne embassatours sent fro the pope to trete with the kiÌ„g of pees said that the pope desired to fulfill his predicessours will but for all ther comyng they sped not of ther purpose ¶ Of the besegyng of Rochell and how the Erle of penbruke and his companie wos ther take in the hauen with Spanyardis all his shippis brent· THe ix day of Iune kyng Edward iÌ„ xlvij yere of his rene held his parlament at wynchestre and it lasted but viiij days to the parlament wer sompned by writ of men of holy chirche iiij bisshoppis Ì„ iiij abbotes with out any mo ¶ This parlament wos holdeÌ„ for marchantis of london of Norwich of other diuerse places in diuerse thingê and pointes of treson that they wer defamed of that is to say that they wer rebell and wold rise ayens the kyng ¶ This same yere the duke of Lancastre and the erle of Cambrege his brother come out of Goscoyn in to englond toke and weddid to ther wifes Petres doghters suÌ„ tim kiÌ„g of spayn Of wich ij doughtris the duke had the elder and the erle the yonger ¶ And that same time ther wer sent ij Cardinales fro the pope That is to say an english cardinall a cardinale of paris to tret of pees bitwen thes ij reames the wich when they had bene both long eche iÌ„ his ê“uinces Ì„ iÌ„ his places Ì„ cuÌ„tres fast bi tretyng of the forsaid pees at the last they toke with them thee letters of ê“curacie went ayen to rome with out ony effect of ther purpose ¶ In this yere ther wos a strong bataill on the se bitwen englishmeÌ„ flemmiÌ„g the englisshme had the victori toke xxv shippis with salt Ì„ sleyng drenchiÌ„g all the men that wer therin vn wyttyng them that they wer of that cuntre And redely moch harme had fallen bi cause ther of ne had pees accord the sonÌ„ be bitwen theÌ„ And iÌ„ this same yere the frenshmen besegie the touÌ„e of Rochell
vn to yorke ther he a bode and rested him ther ¶ And ther sir IohnÌ„ Holand the erle of kentis brother slew the erle sone of Stafford Ì„ his heir with a daggar in the cite of Yorke werfor the kyng wos sore anoyed greued and remeued thens Ì„ com to londoÌ„ ¶ And the maire with the aldermen the coÌ„myns with all the solempnite that might be done riden ayens the kiÌ„g and brought him rialli thurgh the cite and so forth vn to westmiÌ„ster vn to his own palais ¶ And iÌ„ the ix yere of kyng Richardis regne he held a ê‘lament at westmynster ther he made ij dukes a marqueyes and v· Erles ¶ The fyrst that was made duke was the kynges vncle sir Edmond of laÌ„glee erle of Cambrigge hiÌ„ he made duke of york ¶ And his other vncle sir Thamas of wodstoke that was erle of Bukkyngham him he made duke of gloucestre sir Lyon ueâ— that was erle of Oxford him he made markeys of Dyuelyne ¶ And Henri of Balynbroke the duke son of Lancastre hiÌ„ he made erle of Derby ¶ And sir Edward the dukes son of yorke him he made erle of Ruttelond sir IohnÌ„ Holand that was the erle of kentis brother him he made erle of Hontingdon ¶ And sir Thomas Mombray erle of Notingham and erle Marshall of Englond And sir Michell de la pole knyght him he made erle of Southfolke Chancelar of EngloÌ„d ¶ And the erle of the march at that same parlament holden at westmynstre in playn parlament amongis all the lordis and communes was proclamed erle of the march and heir Parent to the croune of englond after kyng Richard the wich erle of the march weÌ„t ouer see in to Irland vn to his lordshippis and landis For thee erle of marche is erlÌ„e of vlster iÌ„ Irland Ì„ bi rightline heritage ¶ And ther at the castell of his he lay that tym thir come vpoÌ„ hym a gret multitude in busshementis of wild Irishmen hiÌ„ for to take and destroy And he com out fersly of his castill with his pepull maÌ„li faught with them Ì„ ther he was take he wall to peces ther he died on whos soule god haue merci ¶ And iÌ„ the .x. yere of kyng Richardis regne the erle of Arundell went to the se with a gret nauy of shippis enarmid with men of armis good archiers And whan they com iÌ„ thee brod see they met with thee hole â—lete that com with wyn lade from Rochill the wich wyne were enmys goodis And ther our nauy set vpon them and toke theÌ„ all and brought them vn to diuerse portes Ì„ hauens of Englond Ì„ sum to london and ther ye myght haue had a ton of Rochill wyne of the best for xx shillyng sterling and so we had gret chep wyne iÌ„ EngloÌ„d that tym thankid be god almyghty ¶ How the v. lordis arisen at Rattecot brigge ANd in thee regne of kiÌ„g Richard thee xi yere thee v. lordis arisen at Rattecot bruggee in thee distrucion of rebelles that weren that tym iÌ„ all thee ream ¶ The frist of v. lordis was sir Thomas of wodstoke the kynges vncle duke of glocestre the secund wos sir Richard erle of Arundell Ì„ the .iij. wos sir Richard erle of werwik the iiij wos sir Henri bolinbroke erle of Derby the v. was sir Thomas Mombray erle of Notingham ¶ And thes v. lordie saw the myschef Ì„ mysgouernaunce the falsenesse of the kyngê couÌ„cell wherfor they that wer that tyme chief of the kynges couÌ„cell fled out of this land ouer the see that is to say sir Alisander Neuell the erchebisshop of yorke sir Robert leweermarkis of deuelyn erle of Oxford and sir mychell de la Pobe erle of Southfolke chancellr of Englond And thes iij. lordis went ouer see· and come neuer ayen for ther they died ¶ And than thes v. lordis aboue said made a ê‘lament at westmynster And ther they toke sir Robert Tresiliam the Iustice and ser Nicholl Brembre knyght and citesen of london and sir Iohan Salusburi a knyght of the kynges housold and vske sergeaunt of armes and mony moo of othir pepull wer taken and Iuged vn to the deth by the councell of thes v. lordis in ther parlament at westmynster for the treson that they put vpon them to be drawen from the toure of London thurgh out the Cite and so forth vn to Tyburne and ther they shuld be honged and ther throtis to be cut and thus they wer serued died ¶ And after that in this same parlament at westmynstre wos sir Symond Beule that was a knyght of the garter sir Iohan beauchamp knyght that wos stiward of the kyngê housold and sir Iames Berners wer foriugged vn to the deth and than they wer led on fote to the toure hill and ther wer ther hedes smyten of and mony other moo by thes v· lordis ¶ In this same parlament and in the xij yere of kyng Richardis regne he let cri ordeyn a generall Iustis that is called a turnement of lords knyghtis Ì„ squiers And this Iustis and turnement war holdeÌ„ at london in smythfeld of all maner of strangers of what land or cuntre that euer they wer and thidder they wer right wolcum and to them and to all other wos holden vpen housold And gret festes and also gret yeftes ther yefen to all maner of straungers ¶ And of the kynges side wer all of sute ther cotes ther armur sheldis hors trappure And all wos white hertis with crounes aboute ther neckis and chaynes of gold hangyng ther vpon Ì„ the croune hangyng law before the hertis body the wich hert wos the kyngê leueray that he yaf to lordis Ì„ ladies knyghtis squiers for to know his howseold from othir pepull ¶ And in this fest comyng to ther Iustis xxiiij ladies led thes xxiiij lordis of the garther with chynes of gold and all the same sutes of hertes as is before said from the toure on horsbake thurgh the cite of london in to smythfeld ther that the Iustis shuld be holden ¶ And this fest Ì„ iustis wos hold generall for all tho that wold cum theder of what land or nacion that euer thâ—y wer ¶ And this was hold during xxiiij dais of the kyngê cost And thes xxiiij lordis to ansuer all maner pepull that wold cum thider â–ª ¶ And thieder come thee erle of sent Paul of frauÌ„ce and mony othir worthy knyghtis with him of diuerse parties full well arayed and out of Holand Ì„ Henaud come the lord Ost reuaunt that wos the dukes son of holaÌ„d and mony othir worthy knyghtis with hiÌ„ of Holand full wel araied ¶ And when this fest iustiÌ„g was endid the kiÌ„g thaÌ„kid thes strangers yaf them mony rich yeftes ¶ And than they token ther
And they said ye and ther they swore toke ther charge vpoÌ„ a boke made ther oth well Ì„ trewly it to hold in all maner of pointes couenauÌ„tis with out contradiccion or delay in ony maner wise ¶ And thaÌ„ wos she brought vn to sent Nicholas chirche in Calais Ì„ ther she wos worthely weddid with the most solempnite that ony kyng or quene myght be with Erchebisshoppis bisshoppis Ì„ all the ministers of holi chirch And than they wer brought home vn to the Castell and set to mete ¶ And wer serued with all maner of delicasie of riall metis and drinkes plenteuousli to all maner of straungeis and all othir and no creature warned that fest bot all wer welcum for ther wer gret halles and tentis set vpon the grene with out the castil to receyue all maner of pepull and euery office redy for to serue them all and thus this worthy mariage wos solemply done and endid with all rialte ¶ Than thes ij dukes of fraunce with ther pepull token ther leue of the kyng and the quene and went ayen vn to Grauenyng water And ther the frensh lordis that is to say the ij dukis and all ther menye weren come ouer the water to Grauenyng and ther they met and euerichoÌ„ toke leue at othir and so they deê‘ted and our lordis comen ayen vn to Calais the frensh lordis wenten ouer the water and so home in to fraunce ayen· ¶ And anone after the kyng made him redy with the quene and all his lordis and ladies all ther peple with them and come ouer thee see in to Englond and so vn to london And the maire and the sheriues with all the aldermen ond worthy communes ridden ayens them vn to the blak heth in Kent Ì„ ther they met with thee kyng and the quene and wolcomed them that in good aray and euery man in the clothyng of his craft Ì„ ther minstrelles before them ¶ And so they brought them vn to sent Gregoris barre in southwarke and ther they token ther leue And the kyng and the quene ridden to Kenyngton than the pepull of londoÌ„ turned home ayen ¶ And in turnyng ayen to londoÌ„ brigge ther was so gret pÌ„se of peple both on hors Ì„ on fote that therwer dede on the brigge xi· ê‘sons of meÌ„ women Ì„ of children on whos soules almighty god haue pited and merci amen ¶ And than afterward the quene wos broght vn to the tour of londooÌ„ Ì„ ther she was all nyght and on the morow she wos brought thurgh the cite of londoÌ„ all ouer so forth vn to westmynstre ther she wos crouÌ„ed quene of EngloÌ„d than she wos brought ayen to the kyngê palais ther wos holdeÌ„ an opeÌ„ and riall fest at hir coronacion of all maner pepull that thidder come and this wos done the sonday next after the fest of sent Clement in the xx yere of kyng Richardis regne ¶ And than the xxv day of August next after by euell excitacion fals councell for gret wrath and malice that the kyng had of old tyme vn to his vncle the good duke of Gloucestre and to the erle of Arundell and to the erle of warwik Anone the kyng by his euell excitacion Ì„ his euell councell and malice late iÌ„ the euenyng on the same dai aboue said made him redy with his strength rode in to Estsex vn to the touÌ„e of Chelmesford so come to plasshe sodenly ther sir Thomas of wodstok the good duke of gloucestre lay And the good duke come to welcum the kyng anone ¶ And the kiÌ„g a restid the good duke him self his own body Ì„ so he was lad doun to the water and annone put to a shipp anone had to calais and brought in to the capitayns ward to be kepid in hold by the kyngê commaundement of englond ¶ And that tyme the erle Marchall wos capitayn of Calis And anone after by commauÌ„demeÌ„t of the kyng and by his fals councell commaunded the capitayn to put him to the deth ¶ And anoÌ„e certayn yomen that had the good duke in kepyng toke thir councell how that they shuld put him vn to deth ¶ And this was ther oppoyntment that they shuld cum vpoÌ„ him when he wer iÌ„ his bedde and a slepe on a fether bedde And anoÌ„e they bond him hand fote charged him to lie still whan that they had done thus they token two smale towellis and made on them ij rid knottis Ì„ cast the towellis about his nee than thei toke the fethir bede that lay vndir him Ì„ cast it aboue hiÌ„ and than they drew ther towellis eche weis and sum lay vpon the fethir bede vpoÌ„ him vn to the tyme that he wos dede by cause that he shuld make nonoyse and thus they strangled this worthy duke vn to the deth on whos saule god for his high pitte haue merci amen ¶ And when the kyng had a restid this worthy duke and his vncle Ì„ sent him to Calais he come ayen vn to londoÌ„ in all the hast with an wonder gret pepull And os sone as he wos comen he sent for the erle of Arundell for the good Erle of warwike ¶ And anone as they come he arestid them him self sir IohnÌ„ Cobham sir IohnÌ„ Cheyn knyghtis he arestid them in the same maner till he made his ê‘lament anone they werput in to hold but the erle of Arundell went at large vn to the ê‘lameÌ„t time For he fonde sufficient sureti to abide the law to ansuer to all maner pointes that the kyng and his councell wold put vp on him ¶ And in the xxi yere of kyng Richardis regne he ordeyned him a ê‘lament at westmynstre the wich wos called the gret parlament And this ê‘lament wos made for to Iugge this iij. worthy lordis othir mo as them list at this tyme ¶ And for that Iuggement the kyng let make in all the hast aloÌ„g house Ì„ a large of tymbre the wich wos called an hall couerid with tyles ouer it was oppiÌ„ all about on both sides at the endis that all maner of men myght see thurgh out and ther the dome was holden vpon thes forsaid lordis Iuggement yef at this forsaid parlament ¶ And for to cum vn to this ê‘lament the kiÌ„g sent his writtis to euery lord baroÌ„ knight euery squier in euery shire thurgh out engloÌ„d that euery lord gadre Ì„ bring his retenew with him in as short time Ì„ in the best aray that they myght gete in mayntenyng iÌ„ strengthiÌ„g of the kiÌ„g ayens them that wer his enmys Ì„ that this wer done iÌ„ all the hast they come to him iÌ„ payn of deth ¶ And the kiÌ„g him self sent in to Chestershire to chiuetaÌ„s of that cuntre they gadred
brought a gret a huge multitude of pepull both of knightis squiers Ì„ principalli of yemen of Chestershire the wich yomen and archiers the kyng toke to hys own courte Ì„ yaf them bowge of court Ì„ good wages to be keê‘s of his own body both by nyght Ì„ by day aboue al othir ê‘sons Ì„ most loued best trust The wich sone afterward turned the kiÌ„g to gret losse Ì„ shame hyndring Ì„ his vtterly vndoyng destrucioÌ„ as ye shall here after that tyme come sir Henri of Derby with a gret menye of men of armes archiers and the erle of RutlaÌ„d come with a stronge pouer of pepull both of men of armes archiers ¶ And the erle of Kent brought a gret pouer of men of armes Ì„ archiers The erle Marchall come in the same maner the lorde SpeÌ„ser in the same maner the erle of northumberland sir Henri Percy his son sir Thomas Percy the erlis broder And all thes worthy lordis brought a fair menye Ì„ a strong pouer ech maÌ„ in his best aray Ì„ the duk of lancastre the duke of yorke comeÌ„ in the same maner with men of armes and archiers folowyng the kyng ¶ And sir willyam strop tresorer of englond come in the same maner And thus in this aray come all the worthy meÌ„ of this land vn to our kyng Ì„ all thes pepull com to londoÌ„ iÌ„ on day in so moch that euery stret lane iÌ„ londoÌ„ iÌ„ the subarbes were full of them logged x. or xij myle about londoÌ„ euery way And thees pepull brought the kyng at westmynstre went homi ayen to ther loggyng both hors and man Ì„ than on the moÌ„day the xij day of September the ê‘lameÌ„t began at westmiÌ„stre the wich was callid the gret ê‘lament ¶ And on the friday next after the erle of arundelÌ„ wos brought in to the ê‘lament among all the lordis and that wos on sent Matheues day the apostill and euangelist ther he wos for Iugged vn to the deth in this hall that wos made iÌ„ the palays at westmynstre And this wos his Iugement he shuld go on fote with his handis bound behynde him from thee place that he wos Iuggid in and so forth thurgh the Cite of londoÌ„ vn to the toure hill and his hede to be smyten of and so it was do in dede in the same place And vi of thee gret lordis that sat on his Iuggement ridden with him vn to the place ther he wos do vn to thee deth so to see the execucion wer don aftar ther dome ¶ And bi the kynges commaundement with them went on fote of men of armis and archiers a gret multitude of Chestre shire men in strengthyng of thee lordis that brought this Erle to his deth for they dred lest thee Erle shuld be reseued takin froÌ„ them whan they com in to london Thus he passed forth thurgh the cite vnto his deth and ther â—e toke it full paciencli on whos soul god haue mercy amen ¶ And than come the freris Austyns and toke vp the body the hede of this good erle Ì„ bare it home vn to ther place and beried him in ther quere And in the morow after wos sir Richard erle of werwike brought in to the parlameÌ„t ther as the erle of Arundell wos for iugged and they yaf the erle of Werwike the same Iugement that the forsaid erle had but the lordis had compassion of him be cause he was of more age and relesed him to perpetuall prison and put him in thee I le of man ¶ And than the moÌ„day next after The lord Cobhan of keÌ„t Ì„ sir IohnÌ„ Cheyn knyghtie wer brought in to the parlament iÌ„ to the same hall and ther they wer Iugged to be honged and draweÌ„ but thurgh the prayer and gret instance of all the lordis that Iuggement wos foryeuen them and relesed to perpatuall prison ¶ And this same time was Richard Whittyngdon maire of Londoni Ì„ IohnÌ„ wodecoke willm Askam shereues of london ¶ And they ordeyned at euery yate of londoÌ„ during this same parlament strong watche of men of armes archiers thurgh out euery ward also ¶ And the kyng made .v. Dukis on Duchisse and a Markeys and .iiij. Erles Ì„ thee frist of them wos the Erle of Derby Ì„ he wos made duke of Herford thee secund was the Erle of rutland and he wos made Duke of Awe marle and the thrid wos Erle of Kent Ì„ wos made thee Duke of Surre and the iiij wos thee erle of Huntingdone Ì„ he wos made duke of Excestre Ì„ the fifthe wos the erle of NotiÌ„gham he wos made thee Duke of Northfolke and the erle of Somerset he wos made the Marquies of Dorset the lord Spenser was made erle of Gloucestre Ì„ the lord Neuill of raby wos made erle of westmerland Ì„ sir Thomas Percy wos made erle of worcestre ¶ And sir Willm Scrope that was tresorer of englond he wos made erle of wilteshire and sir Iohan Montagu erle of salisburi ¶ And whan the kyng had thus don he held the parlament and riall fest vn to all his lordis and to all maner of pepull that theder wold cuÌ„ ¶ And this same yere died sir Iohan of gaunte the kinges vncle and duke of Lancastre in the bisshoppis yn in holborne wos brought froÌ„ theÌ„s to sent Paules and ther the kyng made and held his enterement well Ì„ worthely with all hys lordis in the chirch of sent Paules iÌ„ londoÌ„ ther he wos beried beside Dame blaunch his wife that wos doughter heir to the good Henri that wos duke of Lancastre ¶ And iÌ„ the same yere ther fell a discencioÌ„ bitwen the duke of Herford duke of Norfolk iÌ„ so moche that they waged bataill Ì„ casten doune ther gloues and than they wer taken vp and enseled the bataill ioyned the day set the place assigned wher when And this shuld be at Couentre And theder come the kyng with all his lordis at that day wos set in the feld and than thees two worthi lordis comen in to the feld well and cleen armed and well arayed with all ther wapen redy to done ther bataill and weren redy in the place for to fight at vtteraunce ¶ But the kyng bad them cese and toke thee quarell in to his hand ¶ And forth with right ther present exiled the duke of Herford for terme of x. yere the duke of norfolke for euer more ¶ And sir Thomas arundell erchebisshopp of Cantorbury wos exiled the same tyme for euer Ì„ depesit out of his see for malice of the kyng and anone thes iij. worthy lordis wer commaunded and defendid the kynges reame And anone they gat them shippis at diuerse hauens went ouer the see in to diuerse
landis eche his way ¶ And the duke of norfolke weÌ„t to venice and ther he died on whos soule god haue merci amen ¶ And than kyng Richard made a clarke of his sir rogier Walden Ercheaisshop of Cantorburi ¶ And in the xxij yere of kyng Richardis regned by fals councell ymaginacion of Couetous men that wer about him wer made and ordeyned blanke chartres and made them to be enseled of all maner rich meÌ„ thurgh out the reame In so moch that they compelled diuerse pepull to set ther seall ther to And this wos done for gret couetise wherfore all good hertis of the reame wer clene turned away from him that was kyng euer after ¶ And that was vttirly destruccioÌ„ and end to him that was so high and excellent prince Ì„ king and thurgh couetous fals couÌ„cell falsely betrayd Alas for pitte that such a kiÌ„g myght not se ¶ And thaÌ„ king Richaid set his kiÌ„gdome and his riall land of englond to ferme vn to iiij ê‘sons the wich wer thes Sir willm strop erle of wylÌ„teshire Ì„ tresorer of englond sir IohnÌ„ Bussh Henri Grene sir IohnÌ„ Bagot knyghtis wich that turnid them to mischief Ì„ deth with in a litill tyme. as ye shall afterward find here writtyn ¶ And thaÌ„ king Richard made gret ordynauÌ„ce weÌ„t him ouer se in to Irland Ì„ moni gret lordis with him with gret hostis for to strength ther king with men of armes archiers moch gret stuf right good ordynauÌ„ce as longed vn to were ¶ And or he passed ouer the se he ordand Ì„ made sir EdmoÌ„d of Langley his vncle the duke of yorke his liuetenauÌ„t of englond in his absent with the gouernance Ì„ couÌ„cell oÌ„f thes iiij knyghtis that had take EngloÌ„d to ferme of the kyng And thaÌ„ he passed the se come in to Irland ther wos well Ì„ worthely reseyued ¶ And thees rebelles that ben called wild IrishmeÌ„ coÌ„ douÌ„e to the kyng Ì„ yeld them to him bothe body and goodis all at his own will suore vn to him to be his liege men ther to him did ther homage Ì„ feaute Ì„ good seruice And thus he conquered the most partie of Irland iÌ„ litell time ¶ And while that kyng Richard was thus in Irland sir Henri of Bolingbroke erle of Derby that the kiÌ„g had made before Duke of Herford the wich duke the kyng had exiled owt of this land was comen ayen in to Englond for to chalenge thee dukedom of Lancastre as for his right Ì„ trew heritage And he come doune out of fraunce by land vn to Calays ¶ And ther met him Sir Thomas of arundell that wos Erchebisshopp of Cantorburi that wos exiled out of englond Ì„ with him com the erle of Arundell his son heir the wiche wos in ward and kepiÌ„g of sir Ion shelley knyght sum tyme with the Erle of HuntiÌ„gdone and with the Duke of Excestre thee wich wos tho in thee Castell of Reigate in Southsex And ther he stole him away and come to Calais and ther he wos kepid well and worthely till thees othir two lordis wercomen to Calais And than this worthy Duke and the Erchebisshop of Cantorburi Arundell shippid in the hauen of Calais and drew ther course northward and ariued in Yorke shire at Rauensporne fast by wydelyngtoÌ„ and ther he come and entred thee land and two lordis with him and ther manye ¶ And than moche pepull of the reame that herd of his commyng and knewen wher that he wos anane they drew vn to him and welcomed these lordis and so coraged them in all maner thyng and passed forth in to the land and gadred moch pepull ¶ And whan kyng Richard herd and wist that thees ij lordis wer cumen ayen in to englond and wer londid ¶ Than the kyng left his ordynauÌ„ce in Irland come in to englondward in all the hast that he myght come to thee castell of flint and ther he abode for to take his councell what myght be don but to him com none ¶ And than sir Thomas Percy Erle of worcestre that was the kiÌ„ges Stiwarde wyst knew this anone he come in to the hall amoÌ„ges all the pepull and he brake thee yerde of the riall kynges housold and anone euery man wos disê‘ bled and euery man went his way and for soke ther mastir souerayne lord Ì„ left him alloyn ¶ And thus wos kiÌ„g Richard brought doune and destroid and stoden him self allone without comforth or socour or ani good councell of any man alas for pite of this riall kyng ¶ And anone come tidynges that sir Henri of BoliÌ„gbroke wos vp with a wonder strong pouer of pepull that all the squiers of englond risen vp thee shires in streÌ„gthiÌ„g of hiÌ„ ayen thee kyng Richard And thus sone wos come out of thee north cuntre to Bristow and ther he met with sir willm Scrope Erle of wylteshire Tresorer of englond and with sir Iohan Bussh and sir Henri Grene and Iohan Bagot but he ascapid from them went ouer these in to Irland and thes iij. knyghtis wer taken and thir hedis smyten of And thus they died for ther false couetise ¶ And than wos kyng Richard take and brought vn to the duke and anone the duke put him in fast ward and strong hold vn to his comyng to londoÌ„ And than was ther a romer iÌ„ londoÌ„ Ì„ a strong noyse that kyng Richard com to westmynstre Ì„ the pepull of londoÌ„ ranne thidder wold haue done moch harme and scathe in ther wodenesse had not the maire Ì„ the aldermen othir worthy men seced them with fair wordis Ì„ turned them home ayen vn to London ¶ And ther wos sir Iohan Slake deyn of the kynges chapell of westmiÌ„ster take brought to londoÌ„ put in prison in Ludgate ¶ And bagot was take in Irland brought to london put in prison iÌ„ newgate ther to bekeped and to abide his ansuer ¶ And sone aftir thee Duke brought kyng Richard priuely vn to londoÌ„ and put him in the tour vnder suer kepyng as a prisoner And thaÌ„ come the lordis of the reame with all ther couÌ„cell vn to the tour to kiÌ„g Richard saied to him of his mysgouernauÌ„ce Ì„ extorcioÌ„ that he had done made ordeyned to oppresse all the comiÌ„e pepull also to all the reame ¶ Wherfor all the comyn peple of his ream wold haue hiÌ„ deposit of his kiÌ„gdoÌ„ And so he wos deposit at that tyme in the tour of londoÌ„ by all his lordis couÌ„cell comune assent of all the reame ¶ And ther he wos put froÌ„ the tour vn to the castell of ledes in kent ther he wos kepeid a while Ì„ thaÌ„ was he had from theÌ„s vn to the castell of PouÌ„fret in the north cuÌ„tre to be kepid iÌ„ prisoÌ„
the quarters seÌ„t forth to othir good tounes And in the same yere at Prittelwell in a Mille in Estsex ther sir IohnÌ„ Holand the duke of excestre wos take with the comunes of the cuntre and they brought him from the Mille vn to Plasshe And to the same place that kyng Richard had a restid sir Thamas of wodstok the Duke of Gloucestre right ther in thee same place they smyten of the dukis hede of Excestre Ì„ brought it vn to londoÌ„ vpon a polle â–ª and it was set vpon londoÌ„ brigge And in the same yere at Bristow wos taken the lord Speenser that kyng Richard had made erle of Gloucestre and the comunes of the touÌ„e of Bristow toke him and brought him in to the market plase of the toune ther they smyten of his hede and sent it vn to london and there it was set vpon london brugge And in this same yere was sir Barnard Brokeye knyght taken and arestid and put in to thee tour of london and sir IohnÌ„ Shelly knyght and sir IohnÌ„ Maudelyn and sir willm Feribe persons of kyng Richardis they wer arestid and put in to the tour of london· And the der come the kyngê Iustices and sat vpon them in the tour of london and ther they wer dampnid all .iiij. vn to thee deth and the dome wos yeuen vn to sir Barnard Brekeys that he shuld gon on fote from thee tour thurgh london vn to Tiburn and ther be honged and after his hede smyten of· and sir IohnÌ„ Shelly knyghte and sir Iohan Maudelyn and sir willm Feribe parsone wer draw thurgh out thee cite of London to Tyburn and ther they wer honged and ther hedis smyten of and set on London brigge And in this same yere kyng Henri sentquene Isabell home ayen in to fraunce thee wich wos kyng Richardis weddid wife and yaf hir gold and siluer and mony othir iewellis so she was discharged of all hir dower Ì„ sent out of englond ¶ And iÌ„ the secund yere of the regne of kynn Henri the iiij wos sir Roger of Claryngton knyght and two of his men the priour of lauÌ„de Ì„ .viij frere mynors sum masters of diuinite othir for tresoÌ„ that they wrought ayenst the kyng wer draw hanged at Tyburne all xij ê‘sons ¶ And ther began a gret discencion debate in the cuntre of wales bitwen the lord Grey rithen Owen of glendere squier of wales Ì„ this Owen arered a gret nombre of walshmen kepid all that cuntre about right strong did moch harme destroid the kiÌ„ges touÌ„es lordshippis thurgh out wales Ì„ robbed slew the kiÌ„ges pepull both englissh Ì„ walsh Ì„ thê° he endurid a xij yere largely ¶ And he toke the lord Grey rithen prisoner Ì„ kept him fast in hold till he wos ransomed of prisonerres of the march kept him long time in hold And at thee last he made him wedde on of his doughtres kepid him therst ill with his wife and sone after he died ¶ And than the kyng HeÌ„ri knowyng this mischief destruccioÌ„ tresoÌ„ that this Owen had wrought than anone he ordeyned a strong pouer of meÌ„ of armes Ì„ of archiers Ì„ moch other stuf that longed to were for to abate destroy the malace of this fals walshmeÌ„ ¶ And than the kyng come in to wales with his pouer for to destroy this Owen and othir rebellis fals walshmeÌ„ ¶ And anone they fled in to the mouÌ„tayns and ther might the kyng do them no harme in no maner wise for the mouÌ„tayns ¶ And so the kiÌ„g come ayen in to engloÌ„d for lesing of mo of his pepull And thus he sped not ther ¶ In this same yere wos gret scarcite of whete in englond for a quartir of whete wos at xvi shilling And ther was marchandis of englond sent in to Pruce for whete Ì„ anoÌ„e they had lade and freght shippis y now and come home iÌ„ saufte blessib be god of all his yeftis ¶ And in the iiij yere of kyng Henries regne ther was a sterre seyn in the firmament that shewed him self thurgh all the world for diuerse tokenynges that shÌ„uld befall sone after the wich sterre wos named and called by clargie Stella Comata and on sent marie Magdelenes day next folowyng iÌ„ the same yere wos the bataill of shrowesbury And thidder come sir Henri Percy the erles son of northumberland with a gret multitude of men of armes Ì„ archiers yaf a bataid to kyng henri the iiij thurgh the fals couÌ„cell wykked rede of sir Thomas percy his vncle erle of wurcestre ther wos sir henri Perci slâ—yn the most partie of his pepull in the feld And sir Thomas Percy taken and kept fast in hold ij days till the kyng had set rest among his pepull on both sides ¶ And than sir Thomas Perci was Iugged to be dede draw honged Ì„ his hede smyten of for his fals treson at shrowesburi his hede brought to londoÌ„ set on londoÌ„ brigge ¶ And the othir pepule that ther wer slayn on both ê‘tis the kyng let berie And ther wos slayn on the kiÌ„ges side in that bataill the erle of Stafford Ì„ sir walter BlouÌ„t in the kyngê cote armure vnder the kyngê baner moÌ„y mo worthy meÌ„ on whos soules god haue mercy amen ¶ And iÌ„ the iiij â–ª yere of kiÌ„g henri regne come the emprour of CoÌ„stantinoble with mony gret lordis knyghtes Ì„ moch othir pepull of his cuntre iÌ„ to englond to kiÌ„g henri with him to speke to disporte to se the good gouernance Ì„ ê¯dicions of our pepull to knaw the comodites of englond our kyng with all his lordis goodly Ì„ worshipfully him receyued Ì„ welcomed him all his menye that come with him and did him all reuerence worship that they coud and myght ¶ And anone the kiÌ„g commauÌ„ded all maner officers that he shuld be serueid as worthely Ì„ rially as it longed to such a worthy lord and Emprour on his own cost as loÌ„g as the Emprour wos in engloÌ„d all his men that com with hiÌ„ ¶ And in this same yere come Dame Iane the duchisse of Britan iÌ„ to engloÌ„d Ì„ landid at fallemouth in Cornwale and from theÌ„s shÌ„e wos brought to the cite of wynchestre And ther shÌ„e wos weddid vn to kyng henri the iiij in the abbey of sent Swythynes of wynchestre with all the solempnite that myght be done and made ¶ And sone afterward she wos brought from thens to london And the maire and the aldermen and the communes of the cite of london ridden ayens hir hir welcomed and brought hir thurgh the cite of LondoÌ„ to westmynstre and ther she wos crouned quene of englond ther the kyng made ariall and solempne fest for hir and for all maner of
they wold haue do wrought they myght haue regned had ther will ther they told wich wer ther capitayns Ì„ gouernours Ì„ than the kiÌ„g comaunded them to the tour of londoÌ„ than toke mo of them both with in the cite with out Ì„ sent them to Newgate Ì„ to both couÌ„tres Ì„ than they wer brought iÌ„ examinacion before the clargie Ì„ the kinges Iustices ther they wer conuicted before the clargie for thir fals herisi and dampned before the Iustice for ther fals tresoÌ„ ¶ this wos ther iugemeÌ„t that they shuld be draw froÌ„ the toure of london to sent Gilesfeld Ì„ ther to be honged breÌ„t on the galewes ¶ And also ther was taken sir Roger Actoâ— knyght for heresi eke for tresoÌ„ ayens the kyng the reame he come a fore the clargi was ê¯uicte for his heresi to be breÌ„t dampnid before the Iustices to be draw froÌ„ the tour of londoÌ„ thurgh the cite to sent Gilesfeld Ì„ to be honged Ì„ brent ¶ And iÌ„ the secuÌ„d yere of kyng HeÌ„ris regne the fifth he held a couÌ„cell of all the lordis of the reame at westmynster ther he put hiÌ„ this demauÌ„de prayeâ— and besought them of ther goodnesse Ì„ of ther good councell and good will to shew him as touchyng the titell the right that he had to Normandie Gascoyn and Guyhenue the wich the kyng of fraunce withheld wrongfully and vnrightfully the wich his auncestres before him had be trew titell of conquest right heritage the wich Normandie Gascoyn and Guyhenne the good kyng edwarde of wyndesore and his auncestres before him had holdyn all ther lifes tyme. ¶ And his lordis yaf him couÌ„cell to send enbassetours vn to the kyng of fraunce Ì„ his couÌ„cell and that he shÌ„uld yeue vp vn to him his right heritage that is to say Normandye Gascoyn Guyhenne the wich his predicessours had hold afore â–ª hī· or els he wold it wynne with dynt of swerd in short tyme with the help of almyghti god ¶ And than the Dolphyn of fraunce ansuerid to our embasfatours Ì„ said in this maner that the kyng was ouer yong and to tendre of age to make any were as ayens him Ì„ wos not like yet to be no good weriour to do to make such a coÌ„quest ther vpon him ¶ And somwhat in scorne and despite he sent to him a Tone full of tenys baules be cause he wold haue suÌ„ what for to play with all for him and for his lordis for that be come hiÌ„ bettir thaÌ„ for to maynten ony were ¶ And than anoÌ„e our lordis that wer embassatours token ther leue and come in to Englond ayen and told the kyng his couÌ„cell of the vngodli ansuer that they had of the Dolphyn and of the present the wich he had sent vn to our kyng ¶ And whan the kyng had herd ther wordis and the ansuere of the Dolphyn he wos wonder sore agreued right euell apayed toward the frenshmen Ì„ toward the kiÌ„g the Dolphyn thought to avenge hiÌ„ vpoÌ„ them as sone as god wold send him grace myght and anoÌ„e let make teÌ„nys balles for the Dolphyn in all the hast that myght be And they wer gret gonstonys for the Dolphyn to play with all ¶ And than anone the kyng sent for all his lordis and held a gret couÌ„cell at westmynster and told vn to them the ansuer that they had of the Dolphyn and of his worthy present that he sent to him and to his lordis to play with all ¶ And ther the kyng Ì„ his lordis wer accordid that they shuld be redy iÌ„ armes with ther pouer in the best aray that myght be done Ì„ get men of armis and arâ—hiers that myght be geten and all othir stuf that longed to were Ì„ to be redy with all ther retenue to mete at southampton be Lammasse next suyng with out ony delâ—y wherfore the kyng ordeyned his nauy of shippis with all maner of stuff Ì„ vitaill that longed to such a weriour of all maner ordenauÌ„ce in the hauen of southampton iÌ„ to the nombre of .ccc. xx sailles ¶ And than fell ther a gret dissese a foull mischief for ther wer iij. lordis wich that the kyng trustid moch on And thurgh fals couetise they had purposed and ymagined the kiÌ„gê deth thought to haue slayn him and all his brethir or he had take the see The wich wer named thus sir Richard erle of Cambrigge brothir to the duke of yorke The secund was the lord Scrope tresorer of englond The thrid wos sir Thomas Gray knyght of the northcuntre· ¶ And thees lordis afore said for lucrie of mony had made ê“misse vn to the frenshmen for to haue slayn kyng Henri the fifth and all his brethir by a fallis trayn sodenli or they had be war ¶ But all myghti god of his gret grace held his holi hand ouer them saued them froÌ„ thees ê‘llous menye ¶ And for to haue done this they resaued of the frenshmen a Million of gold that wos ther openli pruued ¶ And for thir fals treson they wer all ther Iuggid vn to the deth this was the IugemeÌ„t that they shuld be lad thurgh Hampton and without north gate ther to be heded Ì„ thus they endid ther life 's for ther fals couetise treson ¶ And anone as this wos done the kyng and all his menye made them redy went to shippe sailled forth with xv hondred shippis and ariued within Seyn at Kydecause vpoÌ„ our ladies eue the Assumpcion in Normandie with all his ordinauÌ„ce And so went him forth to Harflet he beseged the toune all about by laÌ„d and eke by water and sent to the capitayn of the toune and charged him to deliuer the toune And the capitayn said that he deliuerid him none ne none he wold him yeld but bad him do his best ¶ And than our kyng laid his ordinauÌ„ce vn to the touÌ„e that is for to say Gonnys Engynes Ì„ Tripgettes shetten Ì„ cast to the walles Ì„ eke vn to the touÌ„e Ì„ cast doune both toures and toune laid them on the erth and ther be played at the tennys with his hard gonstonys ¶ And they that wer within the touÌ„e whaÌ„ they shuld play ther song wos wellaway Ì„ alas that euer any such tennys balles wer made cursid all tho that were began the tyme that euer they wer borne ¶ And on the morow the kiÌ„g did crie at euer gate of the touÌ„e that euery man shÌ„uld be redy on thee morow erly to make assaute vn to the toune ¶ And willyam Bouchier and IohnÌ„ Graunt with xij othir worthy burgies come to the kyng and besought him of his riall princehode Ì„ power to withdraw his malice and destruccion
that he did vn to them and besought him of viij dayes of respite and trews if ony rescu might cum vn to them and els to yeld vp the touÌ„e vn to hiÌ„ with all ther goodis and than the kyng sent forth the capitayn and kepid the remenauÌ„t still with him ¶ And the lord Gaucorte that was capitayn of the toune went forth to Royn in all the hast vn to the Dolphyn for help socour bot thir was none ne no maÌ„ of rescue for the Dolphyn wold not abide ¶ And thê° this capitayn come ayen vn to the kyng and yild vp the toune and deliuered him the keis And than he called his vncle the erle of Dorset and made him capitayn of the toune of Harflet and deliuered hiÌ„ the keis and bad him go Ì„ put out all the frensh peple both meÌ„ women and child and stuff his touÌ„e of harflet with english pepull ¶ And than the kyng sent in to Englond and did crie iÌ„ euery good toune of Englond that what crafti man wold cum thidder and inhabite him ther in that toune he shÌ„uld haue house and houshold to hiÌ„ and to his heiris for euer more ¶ And so theder went mony diuerse marchantis and crafti men and enhabyted them ther to strength the toune And were welcome ¶ And whan the kyng saw that this toune wos well stuffed both of vitaill and of men this worthy prince toke his leue and went to Calais ward by land and the frenshmen herd of his commyng they thought for to stopâ—e him his way that he shÌ„uld not passe that way and in all the hast that they myght brekyn all the brigges ther wher ony pessage wos for hors and man in so moch that ther myght no man passe ouer the Riuers nothir on hors ne on fote bot if he shÌ„uld be drenchid ¶ And therfore our kiÌ„g with all his pepull went and sought his way ferre vp to paris ward And ther wos all the riall pouer of fraunce assembled and redy to yef him bataill for to distroy all his pepull But almyghti god wos his gyde and saued him and all his menye and defendid hiÌ„ of his enmys pouer and purpose thanked be god that saued so his own knight king in his rightfull titell ¶ And than our kyng beholdiÌ„g seyng the multitude Ì„ nombre of his enmys to with stond his way and yef him bataill Than the kiÌ„g with a meke herte and a good spirit liften vp his handis to almyghti god and besought him of his help and socour and that day to saue his trew seruauÌ„tis ¶ And than our kiÌ„g gadred all his lordis oder pepull about bad them all be on good chere· For they shold haue a fair day Ì„ a gracious victorie Ì„ the bettir of all thir enmys Ì„ prayed them all to make them redy vn to the bataill for he wold rathir be dede that day in the feld than to be take of his enmys for he wold neuer put the reame of englond to ransome for his parson ¶ And the duke of yorke fell on knees Ì„ besought the kiÌ„g of abone that he wold grauÌ„t him that day the avauÌ„teward in his batall and the kyng grauÌ„ted him his askyng Ì„ said graunte merci cosiÌ„ of yorke prayed him to make him redy ¶ And than he had euery man to ordeyn him a stake of tre sharp both endis that the stake myght be pight in the erth a slope that ther enmys shuld not ouer cum them on hors bake For that wos ther fals purpose and araied them all ther for to ouer ride our menye sodenli at the frist commyng on of them at the frist brunt ¶ And all nyght before the bataill the frenshmen made mony gret fiers and moch reuel with howting showting and plaid our kiÌ„g and his lordis at the dise Ì„ an archier alway for a blanke of ther mony For they wend all had bene theris the morne arose the day gune springe ¶ And the kyng by good auise let aray his bataill Ì„ his wenges and chargid euery man to kepe them hole to gedres and praid them all to be of good chere ¶ And whan they wer redy he askid what time of the day it wos Ì„ they said prime Than said our kyng now is good time for all Englond prais for vs and thir fore be good of chere and let vs go to our Iournay And than he said with an high vois in the name of almyghti god and sent Georgy a vaunte Baner and sent Georgy this day thyn help ¶ And than thees frenshmen come prickyng doune as thei wold haue over ridden all our meny â–ª bot god our archiers made them right sone to scombull for our archiers shot neuer arow amys but it parisshed and brought vn to the ground both hors Ì„ man ¶ For they shot that day for a wager And our stakes made them toppe our terue eche on ouer othir that they lay on heps two spere length of hight ¶ And our kyng with his meny Ì„ with his men of armes archiers that thakkid an them so thike with arowes and layed on with stakis and our kyng with hys handis faught manly that day ¶ And thus almyghty god and sent Georgi brought our enmys to grouÌ„d and yaf vs that day the victorie ¶ Ther wer slayn of frenshmen that day iÌ„ the felde of Agincourt mo than xi thousand wtout prisoners that wer take Ì„ ther wer nombred that day of frenshmeÌ„ in the feld mo than sex score thousand and of englishmeÌ„ not vij thousand but god that day faught for vs ¶ And after come ther tydynges to owr kyng that ther wos new bataill of frenshmen ordeyned redy for to stele on him Ì„ come towardis him And anone our kyng let cri that euery man shuld sle his prisoners that he had taken and anone aray the bataill ayen redy to fight with the frenshmeÌ„ ¶ And whan they saw that our men killed doune his prisoners than thei with drew them and brake ther bataill and all ther aray· ¶ And thus our kyng as a worthy conquerour had that day the victori in the feld of Agencourt in picardie ¶ And thaÌ„ our kyng retourned ayen ther that the bataill wos for to se what pepull wer slayn of Englishmen and if ony wer hurt that myght be holped And ther wer dede in the feld the Duke of Barrie the duke of Alaunsome the duke of Braban the Erle of Nauer ne the chief Constabull of fraunce and viij othir erles and the Erchebisshop of Saunce and of good barons an hondreth and mo and of worthy knightis of gret aliaunce of cote armures a thousand and v hondreth ¶ And so of englishmen was dede that day the good duke of Yorke and the erle of southfolke and of all othir Englisshmen ther wer not dede passing xxvi bodyes thankid be god· ¶ And
moch that iÌ„ some places men gadred to geders and made them Captayns as blew berd and othir wich wer taken and resistid and had Iustices and died ¶ And than the said ê‘lament wos adiourned to leycestre And theder the kyng brought with him the duke of suffolke ¶ And when the comunes vnderstode that he was out of the tour Ì„ comyn thidder they desiered to haue execucion on them that wer cause of the deliueraunce of Normandie and had ben cause of the deth of the duke of Gloucestre had sold Gascoyn and guyen of wich they named to begiltâ— the duke of suffolke as chief the lord saye the bisshop of salisberi Daniell monâ— mo ¶ And for to pease the comyns the duke of suffolke was exiled out of englond v. yere ¶ And so duriÌ„g the ê‘lament hee went iÌ„ to Norfolke and ther toke shippyng for to go out of thee reame of engloÌ„d iÌ„ to frauÌ„ce ¶ And this yere as he sailid on the se aship of were callid the Nicholas of tour met with his shipp and fond him therin whom they token out and brought hym iÌ„ to ther shippe to the maister and the Capitayns and ther he was examined and at the last Iugged to deth And so they put him in a Cabon and his chapelayn for to shriue him And that done they brought him in to Douer rode and ther set him in to the bote And ther smoten of his hede and brought the body on land vpon the sandis and set the hede ther by ¶ And this wos done thee frist day of May ¶ Lo what auaylÌ„ed him now all his deliueraunce of Normandie c. And here ye may here how he was rewardid for the deth of the duke of Gloucestre Thus began sorowe vpoÌ„ sorow and deth for deth c. ¶ How this yere wos the insurrexcion iÌ„ KeÌ„t of the comunys of whom Iak Cade an Irishman wos capitayn THis yere of our lord M. cccc.l wos the gret grace of the Iubile at Rome wher wos gret perdone in so moch that from all places in cristyndome gret multitude of pepull resorted thidder ¶ And this yere wos a gret assemble and gadriÌ„g to geder of the comunes of kent in gret nombur Ì„ made an insurrexcion rebelled ayen the kyng his lawes ordeyned them a capitayn called iohnÌ„ Cade an Yrishman wich named him self Mortimer cosin to the duke of yorke ¶ And this capitayn held thes meÌ„ to geder made ordinaunce among them brought them to the blake heth wher he made a bill of peticions to the kyng his councell shÌ„ewed what iniuries oppressioÌ„s the poer comiÌ„s suffrid Ì„ all vnder colour for to cuÌ„ to his abone he had a gret multitude of pepull ¶ And the xvij day of Iune the kiÌ„g moÌ„y lordis capitayns Ì„ meÌ„ of were weÌ„t toward him to the blake heth whan the Capitayn of Kent vnderstode the comyng of the kyng with so gret puissaunce he withdrew hiÌ„ with his pepull to seuenoke a litell village ¶ And the xxviij day of Iune he beyng withdrawen Ì„ gon the kiÌ„g come with his armie set in order enbatailled to the blake heth And by aduys of his couÌ„cell sent sir vmfrey stafford knight willm stafford squier two valiauÌ„t capitaiÌ„s with certaiÌ„ pepull to feght with the capitayn Ì„ to take him Ì„ bring hiÌ„ his accessaries to the kyng wich weÌ„t to souenoke ther the capitayn with his felyship met with them and fought ayens them and in conclusion slew them both as mony as abode wold not yeld him wer slain During this skarmush fell a gret variaunce among the lordis men and comyn pepull beyng on blake heth ayenst ther lordis Ì„ capitayns sayng playnli that they wold go vn to the capitayn of Kent to assiste and help him but if they might haue execucion on the traytours beyng about the kyng wher to the kyng said nay thei saied playnli that the lord saye tresorer of engloÌ„d the bishope of Salisburi the baron of dudby the abbot of glouceturdames treuilian Ì„ mony mo wer traytours Ì„ worthy to be dede herfore for to plese the lordis meny also sum of the kiÌ„ges hous the lord saye wos arestie sent to the toure of londoÌ„ And then the kyng hering tydynges of the deth and ouerthrowyng of the staffordis he with drew him to london and from thens to kylingworth For the kyng ne the lordis durst not trust ther own housold men ¶ Then after that the capitayn had had this victori vpoÌ„ thes staffordis anone he toke sir vmfrey salat and his brigantins smyten full of giltnales And also his gilt sporris Ì„ arayed him like a lord and a capitayn and resorted with all his meny and also mo than he had before to thee blake heth ayen to whom come the Erchebisshop of Cantorberi and the duke of bokyngham to thee blake heth and spake with him and as it wos said they fond him witty in his talkyng and his request And so they departed ¶ And thee thrid day of Iuyll he come and entred in to London with all his pepull and ther did make cries in the kynges name and in his name that noman shuld robbe ne take no maner of goodis but if he payed for it and come ridyng thurgh the cite in gret pride and smote his swerd vpon londoÌ„ ston in Canwyk strete ¶ And he beiÌ„g iÌ„ the cite sent to the tour for to haue the lorde saye and so they set him and brought him to the Guyldhall before the Maire Ì„ the Aldermen wher that he was examined and he said he wold and ought to be Iuged by his peris And the communes of Kend toke him by force fro the maire and officers that kepid him and toke him to a prest to shriue him and or he myght be half shriuen they brought him to the standart in Chepe and ther smote of his hede on whos seule god haue marci Amen ¶ And thus died the lord saye tresorer of Englond After this they set his hede on a spere and bare it about in the rite And the same day about the myle ende Crowmer wos beheded ¶ And the day before at afternone the capitayn with certayn of his menye went to Philip Malpas house Ì„ robbed him toke away moch good And from thens he went to sent margaret patyns to on gherstis house robbed him Ì„ toke away from him moch good also at wich robbyng diuerse men of london of ther neyghbours wer at and toke part with them ¶ For this robbyng the pepull hertis fell from him Ì„ euery thrifty maÌ„ wos aferd for to be seruied in like wyse ¶ For ther wos mony a man in londoÌ„ that awayted and wold fayn haue seyn a comune roberie wich almyghty god forbed for it is to suppose if he had not robbid he myght haue gon fer or he had
bene withstonde ¶ For the kyng Ì„ all the lordis of the ream of Englond wer departed except the lorde Scales that kepid the tour of london ¶ And the fifth day of Iuyll he did done smyte of a mannys hede in southwark and the nyght after the â—naire of london with the aldermen and the communes of the cite concludid to driue a way the capitayn his host sent to the lord scalis to the toure Ì„ to mathew gohe a copitayn of Normandie that they wold that nyght asaille the capitayn with them of Kent ¶ And so they did y come to londoÌ„ brige iÌ„ to southwarke or the capitayn had ony knowlege ther of ther they sought with them that keped the brigge And the Kentishmen went to harnes and come to the brigge Ì„ shot faught with them gat the brigge made them of londoÌ„ to fle slow mony of them this endurid all the nyght to Ì„ fro to ix of the cloke on the more And at the last they brent the draw brigge wher mony of them of londoÌ„ wer drowned In wich nyght Sutton an aldermaÌ„ was slayn Roger heysant and Mathew gohe and mony othir And after this the Chancilar of Englond sent to the Capitayn a pardone generall for him othir for all his menye And then they deê‘ted from southwarke euery man home vn to his own hous ¶ And when they wer all deê‘tid and goon· ther wer ê“clamacions madem Kent southsex and othir places that what man coude take the captayn quike or dede shÌ„old haue a M. mark And aftir this on Alixander Iden a squier of Kent toke him in a gardeÌ„ in southsex iÌ„ the takiÌ„g the CaptaÌ„ IohnÌ„ Cade wos slaiÌ„ Ì„ after behedid his hede set on londoÌ„ brigge ¶ And anone after then the kyng come in to Kent and did his Iustices sitte at Cauntorberi and enquered who wer causaries chief cause of this Insurreccion ¶ And ther wer viij men Iuged to deth in on day in othir places mo And from thens the kyng weÌ„t in to southsex and in to the westcuntre wher a litell before wos slayn the bisshop of Salisberi ¶ And this same yere wer so mony iugged to deth that xxiij hedes stode vpon londoÌ„ brigge at on s ¶ Of the feld that the duke of york toke at brentheth iÌ„ KeÌ„t and of the burth of prince Edward of the frist bataill at sent Albons wher the duke of Somersete wos slayn IN the xxx yere of the kiÌ„g The duke of yorke com out of the march of wales with therle of DeuiÌ„shire the lord Cobham gret puissaunce for reformacion of certayn Iniuries and wroÌ„ges also to haue Iustice on certayn lordis beyng about the kyng Ì„ toke a feld at brontheth beside dertford in Kent wich wos a stroÌ„gfeld for wich cause the kyng with all the lordis of the lande went vn to the blake heth with a gret and strong multitude of pepull armed and ordeyned for the were in the best wyse And when they had mustred on the heth Certayn lordis wer tho sent vn to him for to tret and make appointement with him wich were the bisshop of Ely and the bisshop of wynchestre and the erles of Salisberi and of werewyke And they concludid that the duke of Somersete shold be had to ward Ì„ to ansuer to such articles as the duke of yorke shold put on him and than the duke of yorke shÌ„usd breke his feld and cum to the kyng wich wos all promised by tho kyng ¶ And so the kyng commaundid that the duke of Somersete shold be had in ward And than the duke of york brake vp his feld and come to the kyng and whan he was comen ê¯trarie to the promisse afore made the duke of somerset was preseÌ„t in the feld a waytyng and chief about the kyng made the duke of yorke ride before as a prisoner thurgh londoÌ„ and after they wold haue put him iÌ„ hold But anoyse aroso that the erle of march his son was commyng with x. thousand men to londonward wherfore the kyng and his couÌ„cell ferid and than they concludid that thee duke of yorke shold deê‘te at his own will ¶ About this tym began gret diuision in Spruce bitwen the gret mastir and the knyghtis of the duche ordre wich wer lordis of that cuntre For the comunes and touÌ„es rebellid ayenst the lordis and made so grete were that at the last they called the kyng of Pole to be ther lord the wich kyng come and wos worshipfully resaued and laid sege to the castell of Marienburgh wich was the chief castell of strength of all the land wan it and drofe out the mastir of dansk Ì„ all othir places of that land And so they that had ben lordis mony yeres lost all thirseygnorie and possessions in tho landis ¶ And the yere of the Incarnacion of our lord M. cccc liij on sent Edwardis day the quene Margaret wos deliuered of a fair prince wich wos named Edward That same day IohnÌ„ Norman wos chosin for to be maire of londoÌ„ And the day that hee shuld take his oth at westmynsire he went theder by water with all the craftis wher afore tyme the maire aldermen and the craftes rode on horsbake wich wos neuer vsed after For sen that tyme. they haue gone euer by water in barges ¶ Ye haue well vnderstond before how that contrari to the promisse of the kyng and also the ê¯clusioÌ„s taken bitwen the kyng the duke of yorke at brentheth the duke of Somerset went not to ward but abode about the kyng and had gret rule and anone after he wos made capitayn of calais ruled the kyng his reame as he wold wherfore the gret lordis of the reame Ì„ also the comunes wer not plesid For wiche cause the duke of yorke the erle of warwyk the erle of salisburi with mony knyghtis and squiers and moch pepull come for to remeue the said duke of somersete othir fro the kyng ¶ And the kiÌ„g hering of ther comyng thought by his couÌ„cell for to haue gon westward and not for to haue met with them Ì„ had with him the duke of somerset the duke of Bokyngham the erle of stafford the erle of NorthuÌ„berland the lord Clifford mony othir ¶ And what tyme that the duke of yorke Ì„ his feliship vnderstode that the kyng wos deê‘ted with thes lordis from london Anone he changed his way and coste the cuÌ„tre come to sent Albonys the xxiij day of May Ì„ ther met with the kyng to whom the kyng sent certayn lordis desired them to kepe the pees and deê‘te but in conclusion whils they treted on that on side· the erle of warwik with the march men oder entred the toune on that oder side fought ayeÌ„st the kyng and his ê‘tie and so began the bataill Ì„
of the stepull in the castell of Douer fell douÌ„e this same yere ¶ How the noble duke of yorke wos slayn and of the feld of wakefeld and of the secund Iourney at sent Albons by the quene and the prince THen for as moch os the quene with the prince hir son was iÌ„ the Northcuntre and absent hir from the kyng and wold not obeye such thynges as wos concludid in the parlament it was ordeyned that the duke of Yorke as protectour shuld go Northward for to bring in the quene subdue suche as wold not obeye wyth whom weÌ„t the erle of Salisberi sir Thomas Neuill his sone with moche pepull· And at wakefeld in Cristemasse weke they wer all ouerthrowen and slayn by the lordis of the quenis partie that is to wit the Duke of yorke wos slayn the erle of Rutland sir Thomas Neuill and mony mo and therle of salisburi wos takyn othir as IohnÌ„ harow of London Captayn and rewlar of the foot men and hanson of hull wich wer brought to pouÌ„fret and ther after behedid and ther hedis senten to yorke Ì„ set vpon the yatis ¶ And thus wos that nobull prince slayn the duke of yorke on whos soule and all cristyn soules god haue mercy And this tyme therle of marche beiÌ„g iÌ„ shrowsberi hering the deth of his fader desired assistence ayde of the touÌ„e to aveÌ„ge his faders deth ¶ And from thens went to wales wher at Candilmase after he had a bataill at mortimers crosse ayenst therles of Penbroke and of wylshire wher therle of march had the victorie Then the quene wyth tho lordis of the north after they had distressâ—d and slayn thee Duke of Yoâ—ke and his felishÌ„ip com southward with a gret multitude and puissaunce of pepull for to cum to the kiÌ„g and defete such conclusions as had ben taken before by the parlament ayens whos commyng the duke of Norfolke the Erle of warwik wyth moch papull and ordinaunce went to sent Albons and sad kyng Henri wyth them And ther encountred to gedre in such wyse and faught so that the duke of Norffolke and the Erle of warwyke wyth mony othir of ther partie fled and lost yâ— Iourney wher that kyng Henri was taken and with the quene and wyth the prince Edward his son wych two had geten that feld ¶ Then the quene and hir pertie beyng at ther aboue sent anone to london wych wos on askiswedineday the first day of Lente for vitaill for wych the mayre ordined by thauys of the Aldermen that certayn cartis laden with vitaill shuld be sent to Seint Albons vn to them ¶ And when that tho cartis come to Crepylgate the comunes of the cite that keped that gate token the vitaillis from the cartis and wold not suffre it to passe ¶ Then wer thâ—â— certayn Aldermen and comuners appoyntid to go vn to Barnet for to speke wyth the quenes counsell for to entreyt that the Northerin men shuld be sent home in to their cuntre ayen For the cite of London dred sore to be robbed and despoyled yf they had comen ¶ And thus during this trayte tydynges comen that the Erle of Warwike had met wyth thee Erle of the Marche on Cottyswold comyng out of walis wyth a gret menye of walsshmen And that they both wer commyng vn to londonward ¶ Anone as thes tidyngê wer knoweÌ„ thâ— trayâ—te was broken for the kyng quene prince and all thee othir lordis that weren with them departid from Seint Albons northward wyth all theâ— pepull Yit or they departid from thens they hedid the lord bonuyle sir Thomas Kiriell wich wer taken in the iourney done on shroftewisday ¶ Then the duchis of yorke beyng at london hering of the losse of the feld at sâ—nt albonis sent ouer se hir two yong sonnys George Richard wich went to vtrecht ¶ And Phâ—lip malpas a rich marchant of loÌ„doÌ„ Thomas vaghan squier mastir willm hatteclif mony othir fering of the comyng of the quene to londoÌ„ toke a ship of andwarp for to haue gone in to Zeland· and on that other coost wer taken of on Colompne a franshmaÌ„ a ship of were Ì„ he toke them prisoners brought them in to fraunce wher they paied gret good for their ransum ther wos moch good riches iÌ„ that ship ¶ Of the deposiocion of kyng Henri the sext and how kyng Edward the fourth toke possession And of the bataill on palmesonâ—ay how he wos crouned THen whan the erle of March and the Erle of warwike had mette to gedres on Cotiswold in continente they conclud for to go vn to london And sent word anone vn to the maire to the cite that they shuld cum and anane the cite was glad of their comyng hopyng to be releuyd by them ¶ And so they comen to london whaÌ„ they wer comyn Ì„ had spokiÌ„ with the lordis estates theÌ„ beiÌ„g ther ê¯cludid for as moch as kiÌ„g Henri was gone with them norward that he had forfited his croune Ì„ aught for to be deposed accordyng vn to the actes made and passid in the last parlament ¶ And so by thauys of the lordis spirituall and temperall then beyng at londoÌ„ the erle of the march Edward by thee grace of god oldest sun of Richard duke of yorke as rightfull heire next enheritour to his fader the iiij day of march the yer of our lord M. cccc lix toke possessioÌ„ of the reame of engloÌ„d at westmiÌ„ster iÌ„ the gret hall after iÌ„ the chirch of the abbey offerd as king with the septre royall to whoÌ„ all the lordis both spirituall teÌ„ê‘all did homage obeyssauÌ„ce as to ther soferayn liege lord and kyng And forthwith it wos ê“clamid thurgh the cite kyng Edward the fourth of that name And anone after the kyng rood iÌ„ his riiâ—ll astate northward with all his lordis to subdue his subiectis that tyme beyng in the north Ì„ to avenge his fadres deth ¶ And on Palme sonday after he had a gret bataill in the northcuntre at a place called Towton not fer from yorke wher with the help of god he gat thee feld and had the victorie wher wer slayn of his aduersaries xxx thousand men and mo as it wos said by them that wer ther. ¶ In wich bataill wos slayn the Erle of Northumberland the lord Clifford sir IohnÌ„ Neuill the erle of westmerlandis brother Andrew Trollopâ— mony knyghtis squiers ¶ Then kyng Henri that had bene kyng beyng with the quene the prince at yorke hering the losse of that feld and so moch peple slam ouerthrowen anone forthwith deê‘tid all thre with the duke of sumerset the lord Roos othir toward Scotland ¶ And thee next day kyng Edward with all his armye entrid in to yorke wos ther proclamed kiÌ„g obeyed as he ought to be And the mair aldermen and comuns sworen to be his lege men And when
one wos called Gogmagog and an other Langherigan and so they wer named by diuerse names nad in this maner they come forth and wer borne horrible geantes in Albion and they duelled in caues and iÌ„ hylles at ther wyll and had the londe of Albion as them lyked vn to the tyme that Brut arriued and come to Totnes that wos in the yle of Albion and ther this brute conquered and skomfited thes geantes aboue sayd ¶ Here be geneth now how Brut was goten and how he slewe fyrst his moder and after his fader and how he conquered Albion that after he named Bretan after his owne name that now is called Englond after the name of Engist of saxonie Thys Brute cam in to Bretan a bowte the .xviij. yeer of Hely BE it knaw that in the nobull cite of greet Troy theer wos a nobull Knyght and a man of grete pouer that wos called Eneas and when the cite of Troy was lost and destroed thurgh them of Grece this Eneas with al his meyne fled thens and comeiÌ„ to Lumbardy that tho wos lord and gouernour of that lond a kyng that wos called Latyne and a nother kyng ther wos that wos called Turocelyne that strongli wered vpoÌ„ this kyng latyne that often tymes did hym moche harme And wheÌ„ this kyng latyne herd that Eneas was comen he vnderfeng hym wyth mochel honour hym with helde for as moche as he had herd of hym wist well that he wos a nobull knyght and a worthy of hys body Ì„ of hiy dedes this Eneas helpet kyng Latyne iÌ„ his were Ì„ shortly for to tell so well so worthely he did that he slew Turocelyne Ì„ discomfited hym Ì„ all his pepull And when al this wos done kyng latyne yaf all that lond that wos turocelinis to thys noble man Eneas in mariage with Lauyne his doughter the most faire creature that any man wist and so they lyued to geder in ioye and myrthe all the dayes of theyr lyfes tyme. and after Asconyus son to Eneas wedded a wyfe and vpoÌ„ hyr he begat a son that wos called Silueyn Ì„ this silueyn whan he colde sum resun of man vn wittyng his fadre and a yenst his wyll acquentyd hym with a damysell that wos cosyn to Lauyne that wos kyng latynes dougter the quene that wos eneas wyfe and brought the damysell wyth chylde and whon Ascanius his fader it wist anone let enquere of the wisest masters and of the grettest klerkes what chyld the damisey shold bring forth and they ansuered Ì„ sayed that she shold bring ofrth a son that shold kyll bothe his fadre and also his modre and so he did For his moder dyed in beryng of hym And whan this chyld wos borne his fader let calle hym Brute and the masters siyd that he shold doo moche harme Ì„ sorow in mony dyuerse places and after he shold come to gret honour and worshyp This kyng ascanius dyed when god wold and Silueyn his son resaued the lond and made hym wonderly well beloued amonges his pepull and whan Brute thatt wos Siluenus son wos xv yere olde he went vpon a day wythe his fadre for to play Ì„ solace Ì„ as Brute shold a shote vn to an hert hys harew myshapped glaced so ther Brutkel led his fader ¶ How Brute wos dreuen out of the lond and how he helde hym in Grece And when this myschance befell all the pepull of the lond made sorow ynowgh and war sore an angreyd and for encheson therof they driuen Brute oute of the lond wold not suffer hym amonges them and he saugh that he myght not ther a bide he went from thens in to grece Ì„ ther he fond vij M. men that were of the lynage Ì„ kynred of Troy that wor comeÌ„ of gret blode as the stori telleth as of men womeÌ„ Ì„ child the wich wer all holden in thraldom Ì„ bondage of the kyng Pandras of grece for the deth of Achilles that wos bitrayed Ì„ slayn at troy thys Brute wos a wonder fayr man a strong and huge of his age and of glad cheyr and sembland Ì„ also worthy of body and wos wellbeloued emonges his pepule This kyng Pandras herde speke of his goodnes and his condicions and anone made hym duell with hym so that Brute bicome wonder priue Ì„ moch beloued with the kyng so that long tyme brute duelled with the kyng so at the last they of troy and brute spakyn to gedre of kynred and of lynage Ì„ of acquantance and ther plened them vn to brute of ther sorow and of ther bondage and of mony other shâ—mes that the kyng Pandros had them done Ì„ to brute they sayn vpon a tyme ye ben a lord of our linage Ì„ a strong man a myghty be ye ouâ— captayn lord Ì„ gouernour Ì„ we wyll be cume your meÌ„ and your commandmentes done in all maner of thinges and bryng ye vs oute of this wrecchitnes and bandage Ì„ we wil fyght wyth the kyng for trouth with the grace of the gret god we shall hym ouercome and we shall make you kyng of the lond and to you done homage Ì„ of you we shall holde euermore Brute had tho gret pite of ther bondage that they were brought yn and preuely went hem from the kynges court and tho that were of Troy weÌ„ Ì„ put them in to wodis and in to montaygens and them the helde and sent vn to kyng Pandros that he shuld yeue them leu sauely for to wend out of the lond for they wold no longer duelle in his bondage The kyng Pandras wax tho sore annoyd and tho swore that he wold slae them euerychone and ordeneyd a grett pouer and went towardes them all for to feght but Brute and his men manli them defended and fersly foughten and kylled al the kynges men that none of them ascaped and token the kyng Ì„ hym helde in prison and ordeyned counsell bi tweyn them what they mygth done Ì„ suÌ„ said that he shuld be put to deth and suÌ„ said that he shuld be exiled out of the lond and suÌ„ said that he shuld be brent ¶ And tho spake a wyse knyght that was called Mempris and said to Brute and to all tho of Troy yf kyng PaÌ„dras wold yelde hym and haue his lyfe I councell that he yeue vn to brute that is our duke and our soferayne his doughter Gennogen to a wyfe and in mariage with hyr an hondreth shippes wel araied and all hys tresour of gold and siluer of corne and of wyne and as moch as os nedeth to haue of o thyng and other and than go we oute of his lond Ì„ ordayn we vs a land elles where for we ne none of our kynred that comen after vs shall neuer haue pees in this lond amonges them of grece for we haue slayn so
coÌ„sait of the kyng with his felouys and aftirward he descussit the drenmys of the kyng and wos made a maÌ„ of gret honesti vt pêª patet dan primo Ioathas the secund sone of Iosie regned on the Iues iij. monethes wos made kyng bi the pepull he wos not good And Pharao toke him lede hym in to Egipt Ì„ made hys heldir brother kyng· vt pêª patet 4º reguÌ„ 23. Anno muÌ„di iiij M v C lxxxviij Et anÌ„ xpiÌ„ natiÌ„tateÌ„ vi C xi IOachym or Ieconyas the son of Iosie wos made kynge of Iues by Pharao regned xi yere Ì„ be cause he liued noght ne herd not the ê“phettis Nabegodonoser toke hiÌ„ Ì„ made hiÌ„ his seruand iij. yere And he rebellid a yens hym afterward and he toke hiÌ„ and was aboute to haue led him vn to babulon bot his consell wos changed so Nabegodonser kylled hym iÌ„ Ierusalem Ì„ kest his bodi ower the walles after the prophesy of Ieromy and toke with hym the vesell of our lord and put them iÌ„ his tempull vt pêª patet 2º para vlt Samias wos bisshop vrias ê“phet was slain of Iecony the kyng Ì„ ieromy wos pÌ„seÌ„t Ioachim son to Ieconias regned iÌ„ the Iure iij. monethes and leued nought therfor a none he wos meuyt that he shuld regne no longer And wos bonden and translat iÌ„ to BabuloÌ„ moÌ„y with hym wer translayt vt pêª patet 4 reguÌ„ 24. Daniell Ananyas Azarias Misaell Ezechiell Ì„ Mardochius all thes with Ioachym the kiÌ„g wer led iÌ„ to babuloÌ„ yong child for be cause they wer of the nobull blode Anno muÌ„di iiij M viC. Et ante ypÌ„i natiÌ„tateÌ„ vi C SEdechias the thrid son of Iosie regned on the iues xi yere This sedechy wos a myscheuê° man iÌ„ his leuyng and he wold not here Ieromy the ê“phet Therfor he ê‘yschet wrecchidli And all the iury with hym And his â—en wer put out and his chylder wer slayn vt pêª patet 4º reguÌ„ Iosedech the son of Azarie wos bisshop Ì„ wos traÌ„slayt fro ierusaleÌ„ bi Nabogodonosor iÌ„ to babuloÌ„ Abacuk ê“phesyed ayenes Nabuch at babulon Ì„ ther be oppynyons what tyme this abacuk wos This abacuk broght mete to Daniell wheÌ„ he was put to the Lyons after ierom here endis the fourth age Ì„ the history of reguÌ„ This tyme the tempull of Salamon wos brent of the Caldees Transmigracio Here begiÌ„nis the fifte aage of the world during to the NatiÌ„te of crist Ì„ ierusalem wos destruyed this tempull stood iiij C xlij yere that is to wete fro the fyrst makyng the wich was made the fourth yere of SalamoÌ„ And fro that destruccion the wich wos made by Tytus that is to wete xlij yere after the passion of Criste Priscus torquinê° the v. kynge of Rome regned Ì„ he made Capitâ—lliuÌ„ quasi caput soluÌ„ For in the gronde werke wos found a hed with out ony body as for ê“phesy of thynges to cuÌ„ For ther afterward the senatours sat as on heed of all the world ¶ This tyme iij. chyldir wer kest in to a fornes brynnyng Ì„ with a myracull thei war deliuered as it it is schewed in dan pri o Nabogodonoser the son of Nabogodonosor the myghty regned iÌ„ babuloÌ„ This maÌ„ made an hyngyng gardyn with myghty costys for hys wiffe and mony meruelê° thinges he did so that he wold be named to excede Hercules in his gretnes Ì„ strength Enylmerodâ—ch brother to the later Nabagodonoser regned in babuloÌ„ This maÌ„ toke Ioachym out of preson worshippit him and his fadâ—â— deed body after the counsell of this man he deuidet to an huÌ„dyrth gripes lest that he shold rise from deth to lyue Nota The play of the Ches wos found of Xerse a philosophur for the correccion of Enylmerodach this tyme the kyng of babulon a gret tyrant the wich was wont to kyll his own maisters and wyse men And for he durst not rebuke him oppynly with sych a witty game he procurt hym to be meâ—ke Anno muÌ„di iiij M vi C xxxiiij Et anÌ„ iÌ„xpÌ„i natiÌ„tateÌ„ v C lxv SAlathiell of the line of crist wos son to Iecoâ—y the king of Iues the wich he gat after the transmigracion of babuloÌ„ as Marke the Euangelest saeth Seruius Tuliê° the sext kiÌ„g of Rome was of a bond codecion on the mother syed for she was a captiue madyn bot she was of the nobull blude This maÌ„ had gret louyng and nobully he bare hym in euery place iij. hellis to the cite he put diked the walles round a bowt Regusaâ— Sabusardach and Balthasar wer bretheren the wich regned on after a nother and wos kynges in Babuloo and Balthasar wos the last kyng in babuloÌ„ the wich wos slayn of Darius Cyrus· Plura vide danielÌ„ quinto DArius vnkyll to Cyro felo iÌ„ the kyngdoÌ„ with Ciro occupied the kyngdom of babuloÌ„ Darius translatit the kyngdom of babulons Caldees in to the kyngdoÌ„ of ê‘sarum Ì„ medorum Cyrus was emprour xxx yere This cyrus held the monarch hoill at perses of this man ê“phesied Ysaias he destruyed babulon and kylled Balthasar the kyng of babulon and he worschipped gretly Daniell the Iues he send home ayene that they shold bilde the tempull of god vt pêª patet esdre primo Babulon that strong castell was destrued Ì„ his pouer was taken fro him as it wos ê“phesied This wos the fyrst cite and thee grettest of all the world of the wich incredebyll thyngê ar wreteÌ„ and this that wos so strong iÌ„ on nyght wos destrued that it myght be shewed to the power of god to the wich power all other be bot a sparke Ì„ dust For it is saied for sothe that it wos incredabull to be made with mans handis or to be dethruyed with mans strenght wherof all the world myght take an ensample and it wold or myght be informyt Tarquinus suê‘bus wos the vij kyng of Rome he regned xxxv yere This man ê¯saued fyrst all thes tormeÌ„tis wich ar ordeyned for malefacturs as exile pÌ„soÌ„ weilis galowis fettres Ì„ manyclys chynes colers sych other Ther for his gret pride cruelnes god suffrid him to myschefe and in what maner wyse it shall bi shewed ¶ He had a son of the same name the wich son dofouled a worthy manys wiffe thei called hym Collatyn his wyffe wos called Lucres This Tarquynê° that wos this seuynth kiÌ„g son a foor saied come vn to this ladyes howse absent hir howsbond to soê‘ Ì„ to logiÌ„g and when all wer a slepe he rose with a suerde in his hond Ì„ with strengthe feir he rauychid the womaÌ„ And wheÌ„ he wos go the nexte day after she send vn to hir fadre to hir housbond for she was off gret kynne and thus she saied vn to them ¶ This kyngê son come heder os a freynd of whom I had no mystrist
trow that he was god after the fulychnes of the panyms And ther she shewed hym a fayr virgyn in heuyn holdyng a chyld in hir armys sayed to hiÌ„ This chyld is gret theÌ„ tho therfor do hiÌ„ worshipe ¶ The Monch of Rome a bowt this time mightili encresed And wheÌ„ it wos so that bi all the world in diuerse ê“uynsis batiles wer rased sodanli all men meruellyng they wersesid put them holly to the prince of rome that opynly it myght be shewed that sych a vniuersall peese come neuer by labur of batell bot of the power of the veray god That in his Natiuite peese shuld regne in all the world Herod Ascolonita wos kyng iÌ„ the Iuri xxxvij yere This Herod ydumeus wos the fyrst strang kyng that regned on the Iues The maister iÌ„ historiis sayes he wos a nobull maÌ„ and faythfull in the begynnyng and in all thyng he had hym nobully He wos veray gentyll vn to the romans and to the pepil that louyd peese And in his old age when he wold awr mekyll pleese the Romans And herd of the byrth of crist dredyng to be expulsit of his kyndoom as a stranger wrycchitly he fell and kylled the Innosentis and diuerse of his own chylder And at the last wos hatfull to all pepull and fell seeke and died wretchydly ¶ Mari the mother of crist was borne a foor ethe Natiuite of crist xvi yere or ther a bowte ¶ Of Kymbalyn that wos Androgeus son a good man and well gouerned the lond of Bretan AFter the deth of Androgen regned Kymbalin his son that wos a good man and well gouerned the lond in moch ê“sperite and pees all his lyfes tyme and in his tyme wos borne Ihesu crist our sauyour of that swete virgin Marie This kyng Kymbalin had ij sonnys Guidar Armoger good kynghtes and worthy and when this kyng Kymbalyn had rogned xxij yere then he died and lieth at London XpÌ„s natê° eÌ„ ex virgine maria an o muÌ„di v M C lxxx xviij IN the begynnyng of the xlij yere of Octauian the Emperour the wich be gan to regne in marrhe And the xxxi yere of Herod vij C li yere after that rome was belded The sext moneth from the consauyng of IohnÌ„ Baptist the viij kalend of Aprill The sext fery at Nazareth of galalee of the virgin Mari wos ê¯saued crist our saueour the same yere was borne XpÌ„s natus est Here beginnith the sexte aage during to the ende of the world And thee thred wos called Agrippa sone to aristoboly sone to the fyrst Herod the wich kylled Iamys and presenyd Peter ¶ The fyrst Herod when he saw his sonnys Alexium and aristobolem thurgh the pretens of his letter by the Emperour send striue for the succession off his kyngdom He disposed and made Antipatron that wos hys fyrst be goten soÌ„ to be bi for them and when they wer talkiÌ„g of the deth of ther fadir he kest theÌ„ away they went to the Emprour to complayn of the wrong of ther fadre ¶ And in thee meyn tyme the iij. kynges of Colan come by Herod vn to Ierusalem And when that they come not a yene by hym he thought that they war asshamed for to cum ayene by hym for be cause that they wer dessaued and that they fond not the chyld as he trowed Therfor in the meynseson he sessed to kyll the chyldyr off israell And than he went vn to Rome for thee citacion of the Emperour and he toke his way by the cite of Tarsum wher he brent the shyppes in the wich the iij. kynges of Colan shuld haue sailed in to ther own cuntre ¶ Then after a yere and certayn dayes this Herod come fro rome a yenâ—e acorded with his sonnis and for the confirmacion of his kindoÌ„ he wos made much boldyr And then he kylled all the chyldir of Bethelem that wer of ij yere of age and vndir· that had space of on nyght of aage and emong thes was ther oon of his own chylder And Aristobolus and AlexiuÌ„ wer had suspeckyt In so mych as they promysed a barbour a gret reward that he shuld take anâ—â—ut ther faders throte when that he did hym shaue And when this Herod herd this he was greued ther he kylled bothee his sonnys and herod agrippa his son he ordand to be kiÌ„g wher foor Antipater his holdest son wos a bout for to pusyn hys fadre the wich Herod agrippa vndyr stoed and presenit ther hys brother the wich the Emprour herd and sayed that he had leueyr be an hog off Herodes then for tyll be on of his sonnys For hys hoggys he sporeth and his sonnys he kyllis And when thatt Herod wos lxx yere off age He wos strikyn with a gret sekenes in his hondes and in his feit and iÌ„ his meÌ„bres that no leche myght cuÌ„ to hym for stynke and so died So Antipater his sune in prison herd tell this and ioyed gretly And therfor that cause he wos slayn ¶ Then stroffe Archelaê° an Herodes for the succescion of the fyrst Herod a fore the Emê‘our The Emperour ther thurgh consell of the senetours the half of the iuri idumya gaffe to Archelaê° vndir name of a tetrarche The other partte he deuided iÌ„ to too Galali he yaf to herod antippe And IturiaÌ„ and TraconitideÌ„ he yaf to Philippe herods brether ¶ And that same yere crist come froÌ„ Egippt Ì„ Archelaê° was accused mony tymes of the iues and was exiled iÌ„ to vieÌ„nam iÌ„ to fraunce in that place wer set iiij tetrarches to the repreuyng of the iÌ„stabulnes of the Iues ¶ And that same yer OctouiaÌ„ the emê‘our died Anno Cristy xij INRI Crux xpÌ„i Petrê° Credo iÌ„ deuÌ„ patreÌ„ omnipoteÌ„teÌ„ creatorem celi et terre Andreas Et in ihesum xpÌ„m filium eius vnicuÌ„ dominuÌ„ nrmÌ„ IohaÌ„nes Qui coÌ„ceptus est de spiritu scÌ„o natê° ex maria virgine Iacobus Passus sub poÌ„cio pilato crufixê° mortuus et sepultus ThoÌ„as Descendit ad iÌ„ferna tercia die resurexit a mortuis Iacobê° Ascendit ad celos sedet ad dexteraÌ„ dei ptiÌ„s omnipotentis Philippê° Inde veÌ„turus est iudicare viuos et motuos Bartholoê° Credo in spiritum sanctum Matheê° Sanctam ecclesiam catholicam Symon Sanctorum commumonem remissionem peccatorum Iudas Carnis resureccionem Mathias Et vitam eteernam Amen IHesu crist our saiueour roos from deth to lyue and saied to his discipules all the power in heuen and erth is geuyn vn to me And go ye thus iÌ„ to al the world and preche and teche wn to eueri creatur And I shall be with yow to the end of thee world ¶ Her he chose him lxxij discipules And he had xij apostolis the wich he send iÌ„ to al the world to pÌ„che ne it is not red that ther war mo orderis emong the discipuls of crist Of whom thee prestys and bysshoppis in the chirche of
seknes Marcus Antoniê° the trew Ì„ Lucius Comodê° wer Emprours xix yere Thes ij toke the empire after Antoni the meke And then began ij eÌ„prours to regne bot Luciê° comedê° decessed and Antoni wos empror ther a lone the wich wos a victorius man and a nobyll Bot that hee made the iiij ê‘secucion to kyll cristyn men This marcus wos of so gret sadnes and stedfastnes that for no chawnce he loogh neuer ne changed no cheir nother for gladnes ne for sorow ¶ And when he wos a childe he wos of sich manhoed that on a certayn tyme wheÌ„ he loked his tresor Ì„ had not the wich he myght giffe his knyghtes Ì„ his men when he went to fight ayenes the Germans the Sclauos Ì„ Sarmatas he wold hurt ne greue no body bot had leuer to sell his wifes goldyn vessell hir araymeÌ„t hir beddyng all hir riall stufe theÌ„ take tax of the senetours or of his ê“uynce vnder hym bot he gat the victori of his enmys and recouered all ayene and relesed the ê“uyncis of ther tributis And thos that wold sell hym his wefes tresor ayene· he restored them ther monay and thos that wold not he neuer greued them bot the tabuls of ther dettys be twix hym and them he briynt opynli in the marketh place and changed them at they helped hiÌ„ iÌ„ his necessite ¶ How kyng Lucie regned after his fadre that was a good maÌ„ and after he become cristen AFter kyng Coill regned Lucie his son that was a good man to god Ì„ to all the pepull he sent to Rome to the appostell EuleÌ„thre that tho was pope and saied that he wold become a cristen man and resaue baptym in the name of god and turne to the right faieth and beleue ¶ Eulenthre sent .ij. legats that wer called Pagan an other Elibayn in to this lond and baptised the kyng Ì„ all his mayne and after went from toune to toun and baptised the pepull tyll al the land was baptised and this wos in the yere C.lvi. after the incarnacion of our lord IhuÌ„ crist And this kyng Lucie made tho in this land ij arche bisshoppes on at Canterberi an other at Yorke and other many bysshoppis that yet be in this lond ¶ And when thes ij legates had baptised all this land they ordeyned prestys fer to baptise chyldren Ì„ for to make the sacrament and after they went ayene to rome Ì„ the kyng dulled in his land and regned with mekyll honour xij yere and after died and lieth at Glocestre ¶ How this laÌ„d wos loÌ„g with out a kiÌ„g how britoÌ„s chose a kiÌ„g THis kyng Lucie had none heire of his body begoten thatt was after ward gret harme and sorow to the land For after this kiÌ„g Lucis deth none of the gret of the lond wold suffre an other to be kyng but leuyd in were and debate emonges them selfe .l. yere with out kyng But it befell afterward that a gret priÌ„ce come fro rome in to this land that was called Seuerie nought for to were bot for to saue the right of rome But nerthe les he had not duelled half a yere iÌ„ this land bot that the bretons hym kylled and when tho of rome wist that Seuerie wos so slaiÌ„ they sent an other gret lord in to this lond that wos called Allec that was a strong man and a myghty of body Ì„ duelled iÌ„ this land long tyme did moch sorow to the bretons so that after for pure malece they chosen them akyng emenges them that wos cald astlepades assemled a gret host of bretons and went to London to seche Allec and ther they fond him and killed hym and all hys felows one that wos called walon defendid hym fersely fought long with the bretons but at the last he was discoÌ„fited Ì„ the bretoÌ„s toke him and bond hym handes feet and cast hym in to awater wherfor that water afterward was called euermore walbroke ¶ Tho regned Astlepades in pees till on of his Erles that wos called Coill made afair toune ayenes the kynges wyll and let call the toune Colchestre after his own name wherfor the kiÌ„g wos full wroth thought to destruy him and begon to were vpoÌ„ hym Ì„ brought gret pouer of meÌ„ yaf the erle batell the Erle defendid hym fersly with his power Ì„ slew the kyng him self iÌ„ that bataill Ì„ tho wos Coill crowned and made kyng of this land ¶ This Coill regned and gouerned the reame well and nobilli for he wos a nobull man and welbeloued among the bretons When tho of rome herd that Astlepades was slayn they wer woÌ„der glad and sent an other gret prince of Romans that wos called Constance and he come to the kyng Coill for to chalengf the tribute that wos woÌ„t to be payed to rome And the kiÌ„g answerd wel and wisely and sayed that he wold pay to rome all that right and reson wold with full good wyll And so they acorded tho with good will and with out any contake and so bothe they dueled to geder in loue ¶ The kyng Coill yaf to hym his doughter Elene vn to haue hir to his spouso that wos bothe fair and wise and good Ì„ weli lettred And this Constance spoused hir ther with moch honour and it befell sune afterward that this kyng Coill dyed in the xiij yere of his regne and lieth at colchestre entired ¶ Of kyng Constance that wos a Roman that was chosen kyng after the deth of coyll for as mych that hed spoused Elene that wos kyng Coill doughter AFter this kyng coill Constance was made kyng Ì„ crouned for as mych that he had spoused kyng coilles doughter that wos heir of the land the wich constance regned well Ì„ wortheli gouerned the land and he begat of his wife Elene a son that wos called constantine this kiÌ„g bore trew faieth and trewly did vn to them of Rome all his life and when he had regned xv yer then he died and lieth at yorke ¶ How constantine that wos kiÌ„g constancis son Ì„ the son of seynt Elin gouerned and ruled the land and was Emprour of rome AFter kyng constance deth regned constantine his son and the son of sent Eline that fond the holy crose in the holy land and how constantine become Emprour of Rome Hit befell so in that tyme ther was an emprour at rome that wos a Sarzyn Ì„ a tyrant thas wos called Maxence that put to deth all that beleued in god Ì„ destruyed holy chrche by all his pouer and slew all cristen men that he myght fynd And emong all other he let marter sent Katrin mony other cristiÌ„ pepull that had drede of deth that fled Ì„ come in to this lond to kyng constantine and told hym of the sorow that Maxence did to cristiÌ„te wherfor ConstaÌ„tine had pitte and gret sorew made
frist wos cald Constance and that other Aurilambros and the thrid vter this Constance the Elder brother when he come to age he made hym a monke at wynchestre This Constantin ther fadre thurgh tresone wos slayn For it befell on a tyme that a Pehite come to hym vpon a day in message as it were and sayed that he wold speke with the kyng preuali in councill The kyng let voied his chambre of the men that ther wer withyn and ther a bode no mo bot the kyng and the Pehite Ì„ he made a countinance as tho hee wold haue spoken with the kiÌ„g iÌ„ his ere and ther he kylled hym with a long knyfe after that he went quaiÌ„teli owt of the chambre in to an oder chaÌ„bre so at the last no man wyst wher he wos bicomen ¶ When the kynges men wyst that ther lord wos so deid they made so moch sorow they not wist what to done ¶ For as myche as his .ij. sonnes Aurilombros and vter wer so yonge that noÌ„e of them myght be kyng the thrid brother wos moÌ„ke at wenchestre as is saied befoor But vortiger that wos Erle of westsexe thought priuyly in his hert thurgh queÌ„tance to be kyng and went to wynchestre ther that Constance was monke Ì„ to hym sayed Constans quod he your fadre is deid and your ij bretheren that ben with Gosseline the bisshope of london to norissh ben so yong that none of them may be kyng ¶ Wherfor I councell yow that ye forsake your habit and come with me Ì„ I shall make sych a meyn vn to the bretons that ye shall be made kyng ¶ Of Constans that wos kiÌ„g CoÌ„stantine son that was moÌ„ke at wynchestre and how he wos made kyng after his fadres deth thurgh consell of vortiger that wos Erle of westsexe for as mich as Aurilambros and vter his ij brether wer but yong of age And vortiger let sle hym to be kyng hym self THis vortigâ—r consceled this Constance so mych tyll he forsoke his Abbot and went with hym and anone after he wos crouned kyng by assent of the Bretons ¶ This kyng Constance whan he wos crouned and made kyng he wist ne knew bot litell of the world na coude no thing wat knyghthod axed and he made vortiger his chief mastir and conceller and yaf hym all hys pouer for to ordeyne and to do as mych as to the reame apertened So that hym self no thyng entermelled but onli bare the name of kyng ¶ When vortiger saw that he had all the land in his warde and gouernall at his own wyll he thought a preuy treson and to sle Constance the kyng that he myght hym self be crouned and made kyng and regne and let send after a hundreth knyghtes of Pehetes the worthiest of al the land and them heeld wyth hym for to duell as to be kepers of is body as he wold wende thurgh the land to ordeyne thynges that apperteyned to a kyng ¶ And this vortiger honoured so moch the hondred knyghtes and so moch yafe them of gold and siluer and so riche iuelles robes hors and other thynges plente wherfor they held hym more lord than they did the kyng ¶ And vortiger told them yf he might be kiÌ„g ye as it wer thurgh treson he wold make hem richest of the land So at the last thurgh gret yeftes that he had yefuen largeli they cried thurgh the court thatt vortiger wer better worthy to be kyng than Constance wherfor vortiger made semland as he had bene wroth and he departed thens from the court and saied he most gon elles where for thinges that he had to done and so the tratour saied for encheson that they shuld hym slee that is to say constance ¶ When this vortiger wos gone it befell sone after that tho hundreth knyghtes of Pehites broken the dores ef the kynges chamber and ther they hym slew Ì„ smote of his heed and bore it to vortiger ther that he duelled and when vortiger saw that heed he wepped full tenderly with his eye and nerthelees he wos somedell glad of his deth ¶ And anoÌ„e let take the houndreth knyghtes of Pehites and bynd ther handes be hynd them an led them to London ther they wer dampned to deth as fals tratours And anone after all the bretans of the land bi the commune assent crouned vortyger and made hym kyng of the land Anno domini C.lxxiiij SOther a martir wos pope after AuicetuÌ„ ix yere the wich decreit that a NuÌ„ne shuld not towch the pall of the awter ner pit in sence ther to And that she shuld were a wompull about hir heed and mony ê‘ellis he saw a bout matimony ther for he ordand that no woman shuld be called a lefull wyfe bot if she wer blessed of the prest Elentherê° a martir wos pope after Sother xv yere the wich ordand that cristyn men shuld furese no mete resonabull that wos mannys mete Nota. Also that no man vn acused in acrime shuld be put from his dignite or his degre til he was conuyckyt thurgh ensampull of criyst the wich keppid styll Iudas scaryoth not a cused And crist knaw hym gylty And what sum euer he did among the apostils for the dyngnite of his seruis a boode firme and stabull And he send also Legatis vn to Lucie the kyng of Bretan the wich baptised hym and his pepull And Fagus and Domianus legates the wich the pope sent fyrst preched in englond and this cristyndom durit in Bretan CC. yere vn to the tyme of Dioclision the emprour when sent Albone wos martired Marchus Antonius and Lucius Comodus wer emprours bot marcus dyed anone and Lucius comodus regned Comodus wos called profitabull of scorne for he wos to euery man vnprofitabull he wos yeffen vtterly to lechori mony senetours and cristyn men he made for to be kylled he dampned his own wife to deth for age he died a sodaÌ„ deth with stranggilling among maydens Helius ê‘tenax after this man wos emprour sex monethes and wos a man of gret discrecion whom Iulian the gret lawyer killed And he entrid the empire and was slayn the vij moneth of Seuerê° Victor a martir was pope after ElentheriuÌ„ x. yere and for the discorde of the pascall tyme he called a counsele in alexander wher be was present that tyme. mony other wher he decreit that Estyr day shuld be keped on the sonday bot he most kepe the change of the mone of aprill And that wos to differ fro Iues. for mony bisshopis of the est a boid that tyme the same day the Iues did haloe that fest ¶ Also he ordand that in tyme of neede child might be cristyned iÌ„ euery place Ì„ iÌ„ euery water Zepherinê° a marter Ì„ a Roman wos pope after victor ix yere This man ordaud that cristen pepull of xij yere age a bown shuld resaue his god on estyr day on s â—â— yere Also he ordant that all the
this wos the ix persecucioÌ„ of the cherche and cristin fayeth Tacitus wos Emê“ur after this man and he wos bot he regned bot iij. monethes and then slayn in Ponto Probus wos Emprour after hym .v. yere and iiij monethes This man recouered fraunce a yene the wych was occupyed with barbory men Ì„ he yaf them and paÌ„nonias licens to haue vynyerdes And wheÌ„ he had made almost all thynges well in pees he sayed knyghttes wyth in a litell tyme shall not be necessari And anone after hee wos slayn at SyrmiuÌ„ Carus and hys ij sonnys Carmus and Numerianus wer Emprours after Probus bot soyn war they deid Ì„ ther fadre wos dronchid and the .ij. sonnys wer slayn all thes .iij. regned bot ij yere Dyaclician and Maximian coÌ„ after thes iij. Emprours tho on regned in the Est and the other in the west the fyrst thing that Dioclecian did he brent all the cristyn menys bokys that myght be fonden Thes .ij. tyrantes did more harme to cristyn men then euer did ony other for .x. yer lasted ther persecucion and os we red with in .xxx dayes xxM. men wer slayn for cristis cause And iÌ„ Englond all faith wos almost destruyed in that tyme of Maximian Gaius wos pope after Enticianê° This man ordant that no man shuld accuse a bisshope or an other clarke to an seculari iuge and that a pagon or an herityke shuld not accuse a cristyn man also he ordant that he that wos worthe shuld asceÌ„de gre by gre to his orders fyrst benet then collet subdekiÌ„ dekiÌ„ Ì„ then prest And at the last he wos martired vndyr Dioclicion ¶ arcellinus amartir wos pope after Gayus xi yere and .iiij. monethes This man wos persecutit soor and for dreid of deth he offrid iij. cornys of encense to the sacrifice of the ydols And afterward he opynly repentid and suffyrd the payn of deth for the fayth of the chyrche of god His bodi lay vn beried iij. dayes for dreid of the curse of god and after thurgh a uision of sent Petre Ì„ Marcell he was beried at Peturs foote Marcellê° was pope after Marcellinus v. yere This man ordand that a gouernall consell myght not be ordant with out the awtorite of the pope vt pêª patet i7 di.c sinoduÌ„ Also he chose xv cardinals in the cite to berie men and cristyn at the last wheÌ„ he had keped bestys longe tyme in a house closid in with them bi the commandment of Maximian he died for fawt Eusibius a marter wos after this man ij monethes and certayn dayes This man of a layman was made pope and he ordand that no lay man shuld accuse his bisshop bot if he went fro his fayth vt pêª patet 2 9.7.c lairos Nota This tyme sent AlboÌ„ wos martired in Bretan this albon when he was a pagon he loged a certayn man the wich conuerted hym to the fayth and after wos iuget vn to deth and mych pepull he turned vn to our lord that wer negh the water the wich he made dri thurgh his prayer and he suffred deth negh the cite of verelom vide plura iÌ„ vita sancti albani Melchiades a merter succedid Eusibius iiij yere This man ê“hibit that men shuld fast on sonday or on thursday in so mych as pagons fast thos dayes at the last he was martired as all his predicessors wos ¶ And knawe ye that ther weer .xxxiij. popes of roome martired yche on after other Petre wos the fyrst and this Melchiades wos the last And theÌ„ it wos laudabull for a man after Gregori to desire a bisshoprik Galerius wos Emprour after Dioclicion ij yere and another with hym called Constancius so wos the Empyre in tho dayes deuidee This Constance after he had conquered all SpayÌ„ he come in to gret breton and ther he wedded a kynges doughter of whom he gat gret Constantine and this same constacius died in Breton and lyeth at Yorke os martin says in his crounycls And left on lyue Constantine that wos getyn of Elyn And wos kyng of Bretayn and of fraunce Circa annuÌ„ domini .iijC.viij SIluester wos pope aftet Melchiades This was a glorius confessor and mony ways he worsshipped the chirche of god what in writyng what in myraclis he resauyt the patrimony of sent Petre that is to say the kyngdom of Ytali wyth the cite of Rome of Constantine the emprour and to the worsship of the chirche of god he turned it he baptized Helyn Ì„ the Iues and then decessed a confessur Constantine the myghtty was Emprour this tyme. This wos a glorius man and a victorius in bataill in gouernyng of the commyn pepull wos veray wisse And in the necessite of the beleue he was with out compayr dewout His pytty and his holines be so writtyn in the bokys of holi docturs that with out dowt he his to be nowmbred emong sentis the grekys sayn that in the end of his lyfe he wos made a monke and more ye may heir of hiÌ„ in the crounyclis of englond for hee wos kyng iÌ„ englond Helena the quene moder to Constantine repayred a yene the holy crosse this tyme and she made lxx colleg and she glorified the state of all holi chirche Nycholas the bysshop of mirree cete an hole man wos this tyme. Athanasius wos this tyme bisshop in Alexandrin a glorius doctor made the cymbalum Quicumque vult saluê° esse etcc Marcus was pope aftar Siluester ij yere and viij monethes This man ordaned the cred shuld be opynly song in the chirch And at the bishop of hostiense shuld consecrate the pope and that he shuld werre a pall Iulius wos pope after Marcus xi yere This man wos exiled x. yere and after suffred deth vnder ConstaÌ„tyne the secuÌ„d Eonstantinus with his ij bretheren regned xxiiij yere And in his last end he wos ê‘uertit bi the heryse of the aryanes by a bisshope called Eusebi and he pursued the chirche of god strongly the end of this man wos this As he shuld go to constantinople to a gret counsell iÌ„ the wich he thought to haue condempned the bishop and the clerkys of trew beleue he went be fore vn to a chambyr to a voyed sich thynges as natur requireth and anone sodenly his bowels fell from him and ther he wos deid os ye now here Liberius was pope after Iulius xix yere Ì„ vij monethes theÌ„ wos the secuÌ„d discorde of the chirch be tuix Liberyn and Felix for the heerysi of the arrians the wich fauyrred Leberius Then Constancius the Emprour called ayene liberyn from his exile be cause he fauered thees herise and the chirch deiecit Liberyn and toke Felix in to pope and the odir wos expulsit os an harityke of the chirch bot felix obtenet not for the emprour put iÌ„ Liberiê° and expulsit felix Felix wos pope after the deth of this liberin and he declared Constantin the emprour an heritike and a
his tyme the hote bathes shalÌ„ becoÌ„ cold and after that shall the molwarp die auentouâ—sli and sodanli A las for sorow for he shall be drowned in a flod of the see his seed shall become fadreles in strange lond for euermore And than shall the land be deê‘ted in to .iij. partes that is to say to the wolfe to the dragon and to the lyon ¶ And so shal it be for euer more and than shall this land be called the land of conquest And so shall the rightfull heyris of englond ende ¶ How Arthur ouer come Guillomer that was kyng of Irland and how the scotes become his men WHen Guillomer that was kyng of Irland hard tidyngê that kyng Arthur was entred at Glastenbury he ordeyned a gret pouer of Irissh men and come to the see with his Irissh pepull and so come in to Scotland ouer the see and ariued fast by ther that kyng Arthur wos with his host and anone as he wyst ther of he went towardes him and yaf him bataill and ouer come him anone right and guyllomer fled with his men ayen in to irland ¶ And when this was done Ì„ he discomfited Arth â— turned him ayen ther that he wos in to the place ther that he had left the Scotys and wold haue them all slayn But the bisshoppes abbotes and other folke of the cuntre and ladies open heed coÌ„ befor kyng arthur and cried him mercy and sayed sir gentill kyÌ„g and myghty haue mercy and pytte vpon us And os your selfe be of the right law to hold and maynten cristindom for full gret dishonour it shuld be to kyll them that beleueth in alÌ„ myghty god as ye done and for goddis loue haue mercy and pytte of vs and suffre vs for we haue had moch sorow and pyne for the Saxones has mony tyme passed thurgh our lond bot that is not ynough to you for often tymes they haue vs done serow and disese ¶ For our casteles they haue taken and our bestes slain and eten and moch harme they haue vs done and if ye wold vs now kyll hit wer no honour to a kyng to kill them that cries him mercy ¶ For ynough ye haue done to vs and has vs ouercuÌ„myn and for the loue of god that ye wyll suffre vs for to life Ì„ haueth merci of cristeÌ„ peple that beleuen iÌ„ crist os ye doo ¶ wheÌ„ kiÌ„g arthur herd this sorow he had pytte of them and yaf them liyfe and lym with out any more harme and they fell doune to his fete Ì„ than kyd him and become his leige men and he toke of them homages ¶ And after that kyng arthur turned ayene with his host and come vn to yorke and ther his bydyng made during that viage ¶ And tho yaf he all loegers to Aloth that had spoused his sustre and other yeftes gret plente and tho was Gawen his cosin bot of yong age and to all his other men that him had seruid in his were he yaf rich yeftes and he thanked them moch all of ther good seruesse ¶ How kyng arthtr spoused GuÌ„nore that wos guÌ„nores cosiÌ„ Erle of cornwaill and after he conqured of guillomer all Irland WHen Arthur had brought his land in pees and rest and in good state and all wos well in euery cuntre tho toke he Ì„ wedded a wife that was called GuÌ„nor Ì„ made hirquene a fair lady and a gentill that Cador the erle of Cornwaill had norisshid in his chambre that wos his own cosin but neuer they had child to gedre and neuertheles kyng Arthur loued hir wonder well and derly ¶ And anone os wynter was passed he let assemble agret host and all his barons and sayed that he wold wend in to Irland for to conqure the land Ì„ he taried not long that he ne passed ouer in to Irland ¶ And Guillomer the kyng let assemble a gret host and yaf bataill to kyng arthur But Guillom wos discomfited and yeld him to the kyng and become his man and to hiÌ„ did feaulte and homage and of him held all that land fro that tyme forward ¶ And after passed kyng arth â— forthermore and coÌ„quered Gutland Island and toke homages of folke and of the land Ì„ ther duelled xij yere in pees and regned with ioy myrthe and ther wered no man ne woman vpon hiÌ„ ¶ And he become so curtas and large and honorabull that the Emprours court of Rome ne none oder thurgh out all the world wos not accompted to kyng Arth â— that ony man wist of ne none so well prâ—sed ¶ And therfor the best knyghtis of all maner landes come vn to him ther for to duelÌ„ and he them ressaued with good will and reuerence ¶ And all the knyghtys weren so good that nomaÌ„ knew the werst And therfor kyng Arthur made a round table that when they shuld sit to ther mete all shuld be elike hie and euenly serued at the tabull that none of them shuld make a vauÌ„ce that on werhier than an other ¶ And kyng arthur had at thatt table Britons Ì„ FrenshmeÌ„ Normans Ì„ Flemynges BurgoÌ„s Mausers Ì„ Loherms of all the landes a this half of monte go rye of his laÌ„d of breton Ì„ of the gret CornwailÌ„ of wales of Irland Ì„ of scotland Ì„ shortely to tell of all the laÌ„des that wold worship cheualrie seche come to kyng Arthurs courte ¶ How kyng Arthur went in to Fraunce and conquered that land of Froll that was a Roman and how he him kylled SYth it befell that kyng Arthur thurgh conceill of his barons and lordis wold go to conquire all fraunce that tho was called Galle thurgh romans that tho held that land in ther pouer and in ther gouernance Ì„ the romans had take that land to a nobulÌ„ knyght a worthy of bodi that wos called Froll Ì„ when he wist that arthur come he ordend an host a gret pouer Ì„ fought with the kiÌ„g and he Ì„ his folke wer discoÌ„fyted fled vn to Paris Ì„ entred the cite Ì„ closed the yates ther hem held ¶ Arthur wyst that frolÌ„ wos gone to paris he pursued after come theder Ì„ hiÌ„ beseged but the Cite was so strong welÌ„ araied tho that wer therin defeÌ„ded them well manli ¶ KyÌ„g arth r duelled thermore theÌ„ a moneth ther wos so moch peple iÌ„ the cite Ì„ dispeÌ„did alÌ„ ther vitails that wer with iÌ„ Ì„ so gret hunger bicom amoÌ„ges them that they died wonder thikke withiÌ„ the cite for hunger and come â—on to Frol and prayed him to be accorded with kyng arthur for to haue pees and they wold yelde them vn to him and the toune also ¶ Froll saw that no longer he myght hold the toune ayens ther wilÌ„ trust gretli vpoÌ„ his own streÌ„gth Ì„ seÌ„t to kiÌ„g arthur that he shÌ„uld cum fight with him body
Rome and of all the honour that ther to belongeth And Maximian king coÌ„quered all france Almayn mount ioye passed coÌ„quered all lumbardie thes ij wer myne auncestres and that they held had I shalÌ„ haue thurgh goddis will ¶ Of the reuerance that kiÌ„g Arth r did to the Emê“urs messangers· WHen this letter was made and enseled kyng Arthur to thes messangers yaf gret yeftes And after that the messangers toke ther leue and went thens and come to the court off Rome ayene told the Emprour how wortheli they wer vnderfong and also of sich a rial companie that he had him to serue and how he wos more riale serued than the Emprour of Romo or ony kyng leuyng in the world ¶ And when the Emprour had ouer seyne the letter and herd what was ther in and saw that Arthur wold not be ruled after hym He let assemble and ordeyne an huge host for to destruy kyng Arthur yf that he myght ¶ And kyng arthur as touching his pouer and parti ordeyned his pouer and knyghtes of the round table ¶ Of the kiÌ„gis Ì„ lordis that coÌ„ to helpe kiÌ„g arth r ayeÌ„s the Emê“â— THe kyng of Scotland and of Irland and of Gutland of Denmarke and of Almayne euery of them had x. M. men The duke of Normandie Gascoyn flandres Pehito and of Boloyne had iiijM. Gerin of Charthres had xM. Hoell of bretaÌ„ had xij M. Ì„ hiÌ„ seâ—f of his own land xijM. and of arbalastters and of archers and of other folke in foot that no man coud theâ— nombre And when all wer redi for to wend kiÌ„g Arthur his laÌ„d GuÌ„nore his wife toke to kepe to on of his nephus that was a wyse knyght and an hardi that wos called Mordred but he was not all trew os ye shalÌ„ heir afterward kyng Arthur toke all his reuame to this Mordred saf onli the croune â–ª ¶ And after that kyng Arthur toke his host and went to southamton ther that the shippis wer brought the folke assembled and they did go vn to the see and had wynd Ì„ wedre at will and os sone as they myght they ariued at Harâ—let and os sone as they myght they went to lond out of ther shippis and spred all ouer the cuntre ¶ How kyng arthur fought with a Geant in spayn that the wos called Dinabus that kylled Eleyn that wos kyng Hoels cosyn of litell Breton KYng Arthur had not duelled in the cuntre but a lytell tyme that men him told that ther wos comen a gret Gegnâ— in to spayn and had rauisshed fair Eleyn that was cosyn vn to HoelÌ„ of lytill bretan and had brought hir vpon an hill that is called the mount of sent Barnard and ther was no man iÌ„ that cuntre so bold ne so hardy that durst with him fight ne cum nye the place ther that the geant dulled that was called Dinabê° and moch sorow he did iÌ„ the cuntre ¶ When kyng Arthur herd this tydyng he called Key and Bedewere and cuÌ„manded them to gon preuely and espy wher the geant myght be â—unden they come to the Rinage ther that men shuld go to the mount that wos all enclosed about with water and yit is and euer shal be ¶ And thei saw abrinnyng fire vpon the hyll and ther was also an other hill nygh that and ther wos vpon that an other fire brennyng ¶ Key and Bedewere come to the next hill and â—oÌ„den a widew openhed sittiÌ„g besides a tombe sore wepyng Ì„ gret sorow made oft she sayd eleyn elein Key and bedewere axed what she was and wherfor she made so moch sorow and who say in that tombe O qd she what sorow and mysauentur fair lordes seke ye her for if the geant may you heir fynd he will you sle anone ¶ Be styll good wife qd they ther of dismay ye not but tell vs the soth whi that thow makest so moch sorow and wepyng ¶ Sirs quod she for a damysell that I norisshid with my brest that was called Ellin that was nece to Hoell kyng of breton And heir lieth the body in this tombe that to me wos takn to norisshe ¶ And so ther come a deuell a geant and rauisshed hir and me also and lad vs both with him away ¶ And he wold haue forlayn that mayd that wos so yong and tender of age But she myght it not suffer so gret and so houge as the geant was ¶ And for certis if he now cuÌ„ os he is wont to do he will yow both now kill and therfor wend ye hens Then bespake thes two messengers and sayed vn to hir wherfor go ye not from hens ¶ Certis syrs quod she when that Elin wos deid the geaÌ„t made me to abyde to done and haunte his will and me must nedes it suffer and god it wote I do it not with my will for me had leuer to be deid than with him to deill so moch payn sorow I haue when he me forlieth ¶ When Key Bedewer had herd all that this woman them told They turned ayene and come to kyng arthur and told him all that they had seyne heâ—d Arthur anoÌ„e toke them both with hiÌ„ weÌ„t preueli by nyght that noÌ„e of his host wist come on morow erli to the geant faught with hiÌ„ strâ—Ì„gli at thee last hiÌ„ slew ¶ And arthur bad bedewer smyt of his heed bring it to the host to shew them for a wonder for it wos so gret huge ¶ WheÌ„ thei come ayen to the host they told wherfor they had be out Ì„ shewed to hem the heed Ì„ euery maÌ„ was glad Ioifull of the worthy dede that kiÌ„g Arthur had done that wos ther lord ¶ And Hoell wos ful sorowfulÌ„ for his nece that wos so lost Ì„ after wheÌ„ he had space he let make a fair chapell of our ladi ouer Elins tombe ¶ How kynh Arthur yaf bataill to the Emhrour in the wich bataill the Emprour him self was slayn ARthur and his pepull had tydynges that the Emprour had assembled a gret pouer as well of sarasyns as of paynyÌ„s cristiÌ„ men wher of the nombre wos lxxx M. hors men with foâ— men ¶ Arthur and his pepull ordined fast forth in ther way toward the Emprour and passed Normandye and fraunce vn to Burgoyne and wold haue gone to the host for men told him that the Empronis host wold cum to Lucie ¶ The Emprour and his host in the begynnyng of August remeued from Rome and cam forth right the way toward the host Tho come kiÌ„g Arthurs espies sayed if that Arthur wold he shuld fynd the Emprour ther fast by ¶ But they sayed that the Emprour had so gret pouer with hym of kynges of the land and of paynyms and also cristyn pepull that it wer bot foly to kyng Arthur to meteÌ„ with them for the espies told that the
he knew that the ê“phesy that festome had ê“phecied of the Egle and other ê“phecies accorded to the dyuine ansuer that Cadwaldre had herd he councellid to leue his pepull and his naue and submitte him to the disposicion of god and done all that the angell had commanded him ¶ Than Cadwaladre called Ynor his son and Yuory his cosin that was his sustres son and saydd to them Taketh saied he my folke and my naue that his heir all redy and passe ye in to wales and be ye lordis of bretons that no dishonor come to them by interrupcion of the paynyms folke for defaute of lordis ¶ And then he him self left his reame of Bretan and his folke for euer more and toke his way vn to the pope of Rome Sergius the wich worsshipped him moch and so he wos confessed and toke pennaunce for his synnes ¶ And he had not longe duelld ther that he ne died the .xij. Kalend of May the yere of grace .v. C.lxxix ¶ How kyng Offa wos soueraxn a boue all the kynges of Englond ana how euery kyng wered vpon other IT befell so that all the kynges in that tyme that wer in the lond as thei of Westsex Merchenrich EstaÌ„gle of keÌ„t and of southsex and of other costes eche wered vpon other and he that was most myghty toke the land of him that was most febel ¶ But ther was a kyng amonges them that wos called Offa that wos sent Oswaldes brother This offa conquered all the kynges of the land and regned a boue them all ¶ And so grete wos the were in euery cuÌ„tre bitwen kynges that no man might wit how the lond went ¶ But abbotis Priours men of relegion writen the lyues Ì„ dedis of kynges and how long euery of them regned and in what cuntre and in what maner euery kyng died Ì„ of bisshoppis also And ther of made gret bokes and let call them the cronicles And the good kyng Alured had that boke in hys warde and let bring it vn to wynchester and let it be fast tached to an piler that men shuld it not remeue ne bere it thens so that eueri man myght it se and ther vpon loke ¶ For ther in be the liues of all the KiÌ„ges that euer wer in Englond ¶ How the kyng of Northhumberland Osbright for lay the wyfe of Buerne bocard thurgh strength and after this buerne conquered the kyng with pouer and strength ANd thus it befell in the same tyme that ther wos a king in Northhumberland that wos called Osbright and soiorned at Yorke and this kyng went hiÌ„ vpon a day in to a wod him for to disporte and when he come ayene he went priueli in to a good mans hous that was called Buerne Ì„ the good man of that place wos gone that tyme to the see ¶ For often tymes he wont ther to aspie theues and robers that oft tymes wer woÌ„t to cum in to the land to rob brene and sle ¶ The lady that was buernes wife was a wonder fair woman and the kyng com vn to hir when that hir housbond wos absent And so she trastid none harme vn to the kyng and welcomed him with moch honour and worthely him serued in all thing ¶ When the kyng had eten he toke the lady by the hand leed hir iÌ„ to a chamber sayd that he wold speke with hir a councell Ì„ all the folke froÌ„ the chamber he made void saf only the lady he but the lady wist not wherfor he it did till that he had done al his will And wheÌ„ he had done this dede he turned ayene to yorke the ladi he left ther woÌ„der sore wepyng for the dede that the kyng to hir had done ¶ And wheÌ„ hir lord was comeÌ„ home saw hir wepe sich som mornyng make he axed of hir what she had done why she made such sorow ¶ Sir qd she queinteli falseli the kiÌ„g Osbright me hath done shame velonye ayens my will· told hiÌ„ the trewth how the kiÌ„g had hir forlayne with strength wher for she sayd she had leuer to be deid than lyue ¶ Fair leef be styll ê™ he for ayenes strength febelnesse is litell worth therfor of me shalt thou neuer the lasse be loued and namly for thou hast told me the trewthe ¶ And if almyghty god grante me lyfe I shall the well auenge ¶ This Buerne was a gret man a myghty lord wos well beloued gret frindis had and let send for the grettest lordis of the land to them made his ê¯playn of thee dispite that the kyng to hiÌ„ had done said that he wold be auengid how so euer that it wer all his frendis concelled grented to wend vn to yorke ther that the kyng wos ¶ And buerne toke hys meyne come to the kyng And wheÌ„ the king hiÌ„ saw he called hiÌ„ courtasly Buerne by name buerne him ansuerd and to him saied Sir I you defy and yelde vp feutes hoomages and londis and os moch as I haue holden of you and so fro this tyme forward I wyll neuer of the nothing hold so he deê‘tid from the kyng with out more speche or ony a bydyng toke loue of his freÌ„dis Ì„ weÌ„t in to Denmarke plened to the kyng Godryne told hiÌ„ of the dispite that kiÌ„g Osbright to hiÌ„ had done of his wyf praid him of socour and help him to auenge ¶ When kyng Godrine of denmarke and the danois had herd the complaynt of this Buerne and of the preier that he had they wer right wonder glad iÌ„ hert for as moch that they myght find a cause for to gone in to Englond for to were vpoÌ„ the English men also for to aueÌ„ge Buerne of the dispite that the kyng Osbright had done vn to his wife ¶ And for as moch os Buerne wos sibbe to the king of Denmarke Anone they let ordeyne a gret host of men let ordeyne them shippes and as moch as them nede to haue to that viage ¶ And when all the host was redy the kyng made his ij bretheren cheftaynes that wer nobull knyghtes of body and also bold that on was called Hunger that other Hubba ¶ How the Danys toke yorke and kylled the kyng Osbright and afterwarde kyng Elle WHen all thyng wos redy tho ·ij bred token leue of the kiÌ„ge Godryn and went toward the see for to wend ouer in to Englond as fast as they myght spede Now is Buerne so well comforthed and fast hyed him with the Danois that they bene ariued in the north cuntre and comen thurgh out Holdernesse and destruyed all the cuntre and brenned tounnes and robbyd folÌ„ke and kylled all that myght be taken till that they comen vn to yorke ¶ And wheÌ„ kyng Osbright saw them cum he toke his pepull that he had with him and come out of the cite and
faught with them but no foyson he nad ayens them and moch was the pepyll that ther wos slayn in bothe ê‘tes and kiÌ„g Osbright him self ther wos slayn and the cite anone wos take and the danois went in ¶ And ther wos also an other kyng in northuÌ„berland that Buernes freÌ„des had chosen and held him for king a man that wos called Elle for as moch as they wold not to king Osbright bene entendant for the dispite that he had done vn to buerne ther cosin ¶ Hit befell thus that the kyng Elle was gone to the wode him for disporte and of venison sum he had take and os he sat in the wode at mete to a knyght he sayed we haue well sped and moch venisan taken ¶ And with that word come in a man and to him sayed yf ye so moch of venison had wonnen an hondreth tymes so moch more ther ayens ye haue lost ¶ For all this cuntre the Danois haue get and take the cite of yorke and ayens you shÌ„uld it hold that neuer ye shall not cuÌ„ therin And for so moch they hauen slayn king Osbright ¶ When kyng Elle herd thes wordis he let assemble all thee folke of the cuntre and ordeyned all the pouer that he myght haue and wold haue gete the toune of yorke with strength but the danois comen out anone yaf hiÌ„ a strong bataill and kylled the king Elle and the most parte of his pepull that he had brought with him and the same place ther they wer slayn shall euer more be called Ellecroft and that place is a litell from yorke ¶ And tho rested the danois neuer tyll they had conquered all northhumberland and in that cuÌ„tre they made wardeyns and went ferther in to the land and toke notyngham and ther they abyden all thee wynter and did the sorow that they might ¶ And after wheÌ„ somer tyme come they remeued from Notingham and come iÌ„ to Nycholl and to Lyndesey and to holand ¶ For no man myght them withstond so moch pouer and strength they had ¶ How sent Edmund the kyng was mertired ANd so fer had the danois passed from cuntre â—on to cuntre and euer more brennyng and robbyng and destruyed alÌ„ that they myght till they come vn to Thetford ¶ And in that cuntre they founden a cristyn kyng that moch loued god and his werkis that wos called Edmund And he wos a kyng of Northfol ke anp southfolke ¶ This sent Edmund kyng ordined as moch folke as he myght and fought with the danois but he and his folke wer discomfited and the kynd him self driuen vn to thee castell of framelynham ¶ And the danois him pursued and comen vn to the same castell And when kyng Edmund saw that the castell myght nat them withstond he come ayens them with whom the danois first speken· and anone they axed of him wher kyng Edmond was now for sothe quod he when I was iÌ„ the catf tell ther was the kyng and when I went out of the castell he weÌ„ out also and whether he shall ascape or die att godis will myght it be ¶ When sent Edmunde had neuenid god by that they wisten well all that it was him self and anone Hubba and HuÌ„gar toke him and sayd that he shuld god for sake and all cristyn law as mony other had done him beforne ¶ And sent Edmond said that he nold neuer but rather he wold suffre deth for goddis loue and his lawis to kepe Tho toke they king Edmund and bond him vn to a tre and made ther ardheres to him shote with arous till that his bodi stykked as full of arows as an vrchon is full of prickis but for all the payn that they him did he nold neuer god forsake and in the same payn and turment he died betoke his sowle to all myghty god ¶ And when they saw that he wos deid they smyten of his heed and of this maner os ye haue hard was sent Edmond martired ¶ How Hubba and Hungar toke the toune of Redyng WHen sent Edmond was martired hungar and hubba weÌ„t thens with all ther danois vn to Redyng ¶ And os they went thederward they brenned tounnes and cites and kylled all cristyâ— pepull that wold not god forsake and cast doune churches and come to Redyng and toke the toune and ther held them till that the kyng Edelf of westsex come theder with all his pouer for to take the toune Tho comen out the danois for to yef bataill to kyng Edelf and at that bataill wos kylled an erle of danys that was callee Cidrak vpon the morow come the kyng Eldred his brother Alured with a stronge pouer and a gret host ¶ And the kyng Edelf come ayen that had foughten the day before to that bataill ¶ And the danois tho comme out for to fight with them and the bataill wos wonder strong for mony a man wos ther slayn And the danois that day had the victorie and the kyng Eldred his brother Alured that day wer discomfited ¶ But the iiij day afterward the danois and the englissh-foughten to gedre an other time vpon Ekeldene And ther wos slayn a kyng of denmarke that wos called Rafing iiij erles of gret pouer And that day had the danois shÌ„ame for thei wer driuen vn to engilfeld ¶ And the xv day after the danois the englisshmen foughten an other tyme at Rafyng ther wer the englisshmen discomfited from thens a danois that wos called Roynt went to redyng with his host and distroid all that he myght take And kyng Eldred faught with hiÌ„ but he wos wouÌ„dit so wherfor he was deid Ì„ he regned but v. yere Ì„ lieth at woÌ„burn Popis eÌ„ê“ures regniÌ„g the time of the saxoÌ„s begiÌ„ne now Circa AnnuÌ„ dniÌ„ .iiijC. xl.ix LEo the fyrst was emprour after Marcianus xvij yere In his tyme wer the rogacions days ordand a fore the assencion of sent Mamert bisshop of vyenne the pope of rome att that tyme heit leo a nobull clerke with hym had mony clerkys Hillarius wos pope after Leo vij yere this man ordant thatt no bisshop shuld ordeyn his succersari vt pêª patet 8.9.1 Simplicius wos pope after hiÌ„ The wich ordand that no clarke shuld take no garment to be clothed in after the seckit or maner of a lay man thurgh the reson of his office or of his benefyce Zeno wos emprour after Leo xv yere and this man wos an heritike and cruel ayenes cristin men and in this mans days the bodied of sent Mathew the Euangelist sent Barnaby the apostell wer foÌ„den and with them the gospell that sent Mathew wrott ¶ About this tyme ther wos a certayn comyn woman that bare vij chylderat o byrth of the wich on wos made after the kyng of Lumbardy Felix the thrid wos pope after Symplicius iij. yere viij moneches This man ordand that respite shuld be gyuen
restorid and ayens his othe he come not allonly to Rome bot to ofer him the dingnite of the pope for the wich ther was gret alterecacion Bonefacius the sext wos pope xv dais Stephanus the sext on yere and iij. monethes IoÌ„a iij. monethes and xij dais Theodorus the secund xx days Iohannes the xi wos ij yere xv dais Benedictus the iiij wos iij. yere and ij monethys Leo the iiij wos xl dais ZpoÌ„forus the frist vij monethys Thes viij popis wer bot litell tyme. And ther for we cannot tell of them no notabull thinges bot yf we shuld writ sclander of theÌ„ that myght be found for the vnherd strife and coÌ„tencion iÌ„ that holy apostyll seet for on strofe ayens an other and repreued the dedis of an other And for to tell how they strofe it wer no gret honour to shew for that holy apostils seet Ludowicus the thrid was emprour after Arnulphus vi 〈◊〉 This man had not the popis blissing for the vnstabulnes of them the wich regned in Itali and he was constraned to expuls beryng And this man was the last emprour of all the kynrad of karolê° kiÌ„g of fraunce ¶ This tyme the empire was remeued and translatyt and deuyded For the frenshmen holp not the chirche the wich ther faders had hedified and fortefied bot distruyd them ne help not the Romans ayens Lombardis the wich vexed the romans right sore Therfor by the comyns assent they wer excludid from the empire Ì„ the Italians be gan to be emprours iÌ„ Itali the Almans in almany vn till Ottanem the wich regned in both the places The frenshmen wer constrenyd to abide iÌ„ ther own cuntre and no more to be emprours for ther mischeuus leuyng Beryngarius the frist Conradus and Beringarius the secund and Hugo wer emprours after Lodewike bot they ar not noÌ„burt emoÌ„g the emê‘ours for suÌ„ war bot iÌ„ almain Ì„ suÌ„ iÌ„ Itali ¶ Of kyng Edward that was kyng Alured son ANd after this Alured regned Edward his son and was a good man and a wyse that wos called Edward that was wonder curtasse ¶ The danois did moch sorow in the lande ther pouer encresed begoÌ„ for to wax from day to day for the danois comen oft with ther companyes in to this land ¶ And when the kyng saw that he myght no better done then he toke pees with them and granted them his trewis ¶ And nothelesse thee trewis durid not long that the danois ne began strongly for to were vpon the englishmen and did them moch sorew wherfor kyng Edward did assemble a gret host for to fight with them ¶ And tho this kyng edward died when god wold This kiÌ„g edward regned xxiiij yere Ì„ lieth at wiÌ„chestre beside his fader Anno domini ixC.xiiij SErgius the thrid wos pope after XpoÌ„fer vij yere This man wos a cardinall of rome and wos expulsid by Formose the pope and then he went to the frenshmen and thurgh the help of them he come ayen to rome and expulsid cristofer the pope was pope him self And to a venge his exile he toke owt thee body of pope Formose wher as he wos beried And arayed hym in the popis arayment and causid him to be hedid and to be cast in to the water of tibyrby rome ¶ Then fysshers fond him Ì„ brought him in to the chirche And the holy ymages of sentis boyed doune to him wheÌ„ the bodi of him wos brought in to the chirche that all men might see honorabully him halfed Yit Sergiê° distruyed all that thyng the wich the holiman had ordand Anastasius wos pope after him ij yere Laudo wos pope v monethee litell they did IoheÌ„s the x. wos pope then this IohnÌ„ wos the son of Sergij pope bothe of natur of maners and he by might was pope and he wos wricchedly slain of Guydoys knyghtys for they put on his methe a pelow and stopped his brethe And after hiÌ„ wos on other put in but anone he was out and therfor he is not named os a pope Henricus the duke of saxoni was emprour of almane xviij yere This Herri wos a nobull man bot he is not nombred emoÌ„g the emprours for he regned bot allonly in almanye And he had a veray holi woman vn to his wife and his name wos Matildâ—â—n whom he gat ij sonnys that is to say Ottonem and Harri Otto succedid him in the empire Herri had moch land iÌ„ almaÌ„y And he gat an other son that heyght Brimâ—n Ì„ wos a verey holi man Ì„ wos bisshop of colan Ì„ he fouÌ„ded the monastery of poÌ„thaleoÌ„ ¶ Of kyng Adelstone AFter this Edward regned Athelstone his son And when he hod regned iiij yere he held bataill ayens the danois and drofe kyng Gaufrid that wos kiÌ„g of the danois and all hys host vn to the see rested by scotland and toke strongly al the cuÌ„tre an hoill yere ¶ And after that tho of Cumberland the scottes of westmerland be gone to were vpon kyng athelston Ì„ he them yaf so strong bataill that he kylled so mony of them that no man coud tell the nomber of them Ì„ after that he regned bot iij. yere he regned in all xxv lieth at Malmesburi ¶ Of kyng Edmond ANd after this AdelstoÌ„ regned edmoÌ„d his broder for kiÌ„g adelstone had no sone and this edmoÌ„d wos a worthy maÌ„ and a doughty knyght of bodi as nobull al so And the iij yer after that he wos kyng he went ouer humber in to that cuÌ„tre in the wich cuntre he fond ij kynges of danois that on wos called Enelaf that other Renant This kyng edmond drofe them bothe froÌ„ the land after weÌ„t Ì„ toke a gret prey in Cumberland This Edmond regned but vij yere lieth at Glastenburi ¶ Of kyng Eldred ANd after this Edmond regned Eldred his brother that avenged edward his fader of his emnys that did him kyll and afterward he seysed all Northhumberland in to his hand and made the scottys for to a bowe and meke vn to his wyll ¶ And in the secund yere of his regne come Arnalaf guyran that wos kyng of denmarke and seysed all Northhumberland held that land ij yeree and after that come kyng Eldred with an gret pouer drofe him out of this land ¶ And this kyng eldree was a nobull man and a good of whos goodnesse sent DuÌ„stane preched this kiÌ„g eldred regned xi yere lieth at wiÌ„chest ¶ Of kyng Edwyne ANd after this eldred regnd Edwyne the son of edmond and he was a lither man toward god the pepull for he hated folke of his own land Ì„ loued Ì„ honored strange men and set litell by holy chirche and he toke of holy chirche all the tresour that he might haue that was gret shame Ì„ vylanye to him self Ì„ perrill to his saule and
therfor god wold not that he shuld regne no longer than iiij yere died lieth at winchester Leo the sext a roman wos pope sex monethes Stephanus the vij a roman wos after him ij yer IohnÌ„ the xi a roman wos pope iij. yere Stephanus the viij a germane was after hiÌ„ viij yere Martin the thrid wos after him iij. yere and of thes sex popis is nothyng had in scriptur for what cause I canot tell Anno domini ixC.liiij AGapitus a roman wos pope after Martin ij yere viij monethes and nothyng of him is writtyn Iohannes the xij a roman wos pope after Agapite almost viii yere he had a fader that heght Alberyke wos a worthi man in the cete of rome He inducit the nobull men to swer that after the deth of agape they shuld chese OctouianuÌ„ his sonne pope so it was done Ì„ was named IohnÌ„ and he was an hunter and a lecherus man so that opynli he kepid women wherfor certayn cardinals wrot to Otthoni the emprour of saxon that he shuld cum â—on to rome for to help to distruy the sklandir of the cherche this the pope persaued and the hand that wrot that pystyll he made to be cut of And mony timis he was warned by the eÌ„prour the clarge that he shuld correc him self bot he nold not for nothing then he was deposed and Leo wos put in vn to his place wherfor the emprour wos anoyed and come ayen and beseged Rome so long tyll they toke Benedict to him restorid Leo. ¶ Of kyng Edgar that regned a bone the kynges of scotland and of wales and how that he was begyled thurgh the takyng of his wife ANd after this Edwyne regned Edgar his brother a maÌ„ that moch loued god and pees and holy cherche also And was a worthy man a gret lord of blod myghty Ì„ mayntined well this lond in pees ¶ And this Edgar wos lord Ì„ king aboue all the kynges of scotland and of wales from the tyme that Arthur was a gone Ì„ neuer wos sithen kyng of his pouer And this edgare wos sent Edwardis fadre when edgares wif wos deid that wos sent edwardis moder Ì„ entered he hard speke of the fairnes of Estrild that wos Orgarus doughter a baron of deueÌ„shire that wos so farr a woman that all men did speke of hiâ— he called on of his knyghtes that he moch loued Ì„ trustyd vpon Ì„ told him Go quod he to the nobull baron Orgar of deueÌ„shire se if that is doughter be so farr as men spekith of if it be soth I wyll haue hir vn to my wife ¶ This knyght that was called Edelwold went forth his way as the kyng him had sayd and come ther that the lady wos and when he saw hir so fair he thought to haue hir hiÌ„self to wife and therof spakeÌ„ to Orgar hir fader Ì„ hir fadre wos an old man and had no mo childre but only hir and saw that Edel wold wos a fair yong knyght and worthi and riche and wos well beloued with the kyng and thought his doughter shuld well be maried beset vpon him and granted hiÌ„ is doughter if the good lord the kyng wold consent ther to ¶ Then thys Edelwold come ayene to the kyng and told him that she wos fair ynough vpon to see but she wos wonder lothly Tho ansuerd thee kiÌ„g said that he toke bot litell charge Sir qd edelwold tho she is hir fadres heir and I am not riche of landis and if ye wold coÌ„sent and grant that I myght hir haue than shuld I be rich ynowghe In goodis name qd the kyng I consent ther to Edelwold thankid tho the kyng moch and went ayene in to Deuenshire and spoused the damisell in that cuntre he duelled ¶ And thê° it befell vpon a tyme that he told his counsell and all this thing vn to his wife howe and in what maner he had begiled his lord the kyng that wold haue had hir vn to wife And anone as she it wist she loued him neuer more afterward os she did before ¶ This lady consaued bi him a son and â—â—heÌ„ tyme wos that the child shuld be borne Edelwold come to the kyng prayed hiÌ„ to heue a son of his at fontstone the kyng him granted let call hiÌ„ Edgar of his own name ¶ And when this wos done he thought that all was syker ynowgh for the kyng that he wold not taken his wife for as moch as his lord wos a â—oly maÌ„ an amerous ¶ How that kiÌ„g edgar weddid estrild after the deth of edelwold THus it befell that all men in kyng Edgarys court thospeken and sayed that edelwold was richely avaunced thurgh the mariege of his wife and yit they sayd he was a vaunced â–ª an hondreth fold more For he had spoused the fairast woman that euer was seyn And the kiÌ„g herd speke so moch of hir bewte he thoght that edelwold had him dessaued and begiled Ì„ thought priuely in his hart that he wold gone in to deueÌ„shire as it wer for till huÌ„t for the hert Ì„ for the hynde Ì„ other wild bestis than he shuld se ther the lady or he deê‘ted thens And this lady wos duelling at a maner place beside the forest ther that the king wold huÌ„t and at that maner he wos herburghed all nyght and when tyme come that the kyng shuld sope and the sone shone the kyng asked after his gossip and after his godson and edelwold made hir to cuÌ„ before the kyng And neuertheles if it otherwise myght haue bene she shÌ„uld not haue comen in his sight by his will ¶ The lady welcoÌ„ed the kyng and swetly him cussed and he toke hir by the hond Ì„ tho next by him hir set so soppid they to gedre And ther was a custom Ì„ an vsage in this land that tyme that when on dronke to an other the drinker shuld say wassayll and that other shuld ansuer say drinke haill and thus did the kyng the lady mony tymes Ì„ also kyssed And after sopper when tyme was to go toâ—ed the kyng went to bed thynkyng hertely on the fairnes of that lady tho was ouer comen for hir loue that him thought that he shuld die bot if he had his wyll on hir vpon the morne the kyng aroos in the forest went him for to disport with hertis hyndes Ì„ all other wild bestys of the hertis gret plente he sent to that lady thris he went to solacen speke with that lady whilles he duelled ther in that cuÌ„tre ¶ And after that the kyng remeued thens Ì„ thought hiÌ„ how he might best deliuer edelwold from his wyfe as he had him fryst dissaued ¶ And the kyng anone after viij days let ordeyn a parlament at Salesberi of all his baronage
comforth solacen as he was woned for to done at that worthy fest ¶ Wherfor all ther myrth and coÌ„forth emoÌ„gê all that wer iÌ„ the hall wer turned iÌ„ to eare sorow for encheson that they dred for to lefe the gad lord the kyng ¶ And vpoÌ„ sent Iohanes day the euangelist tho that come next the kiÌ„g vnderfeÌ„ge his rightes of holy churche as it faleth to euery cristiÌ„ man and abode the merci the will of god tho ij pylgrymes he let be fore him cum Ì„ yaf them rich yeftes betoke them to god ¶ And also the abbot of westmiÌ„ster he let before him cum toke him that ring iÌ„ honor of god Ì„ sent Marie of sent iohnÌ„ the Euangelest the abbot toke and put it emoÌ„g other reliques so that it is at westmynster euer shall be so lay the kyng seke till the xij euen tho died the good king edward at westmiÌ„ster ther he lieth for whos loue god hath shewid moÌ„y a fair miracull ¶ And this wos iÌ„ the yere of the iÌ„carnacioÌ„ of our lord ihuÌ„ crist M.lxv. and after he wos translate put iÌ„ to the shrine by 〈…〉 Thâ—â—â—â— of â—toâ—â—â—â— VIctor the secund was pope after Leo lytell of him is writyn Henri the secund wos emprour after the frist henri xvij yere This man wos cosin to Conrady Ì„ he wos borne in a wode and twyes takyn to be slayn when he was a child bot god defendi him euer more When he wos made emprour he made a monasteri in the same place in the wode wer he vas borne This man wos a victorius man And he entyrd in to Italy and ther he toke Pandulphum the prince of campony Stephanus the ix was pope after victor ix monethis Benedictus after him he toke the dignite of the pope Stephyn by strength and keppid it ix monethis then dicessed Henricus the thyrd wos emprour after Henri the secund This Herri was an in quiet man And mony tymes troblid that holy man gregori the vij And frist he askyd foryefnes was a soyled bothe ê‘sauered not bot brought in an other pope ayens him And sayd he was an heritike and Gregori cursid him And the chesars of the emprour they chose the duke of Saxon for to be Emprour whom this Henri in bataill ower come And then he come to rome· wyth his pope and pursued pope Gregori and the Cardinales also And then anone Robert the kyng of Napyls droffe him thens And delyuered the pope and his Cardinales neuer the lese yit he wos a man of gret almys And xij tymes he faught in batall and at the last he died wricchetly for he wos put therby his owne son for so os he did to other men so wos he done to Nicholas the secund wos pope after Benedict ij yere Thys Nicholas called a counsell ayens the archedekyn of TuronoseÌ„s the wich was an heritike he taught ayens the faith for he arrit in the sacrament after wos he conuertid and wos an holy man bot he coud neuer conuerte his decipuls Nota. Alexander the secund was pope after him xij yere This Alexander wos an holy man And he ordend that vnder payn of cursing that no man shÌ„uld heir a prestis masse whome men knew had a lemman vt pêª patet 32 dist preter hoc He had strife with on Codulo bot he expulsit him as an vsorpeâ— Ì„ put hym out as a symoyer ¶ How harold that wos goodewynes son wos made kyng and how he scappid fro the Duke of bretan WHen sent edward wos gone out of this world and was passid to god Ì„ worthely entered as it apertenyt to such a gret lord for to be The barons of the land wolde haue had edwarde Helingus son to edward the owtlaw that wos Edmond IreÌ„sides son to be kyng for as moch as he wos most kyndest kynges blode of the raame ¶ But Haroldes son thurgh the erle goodwyne Ì„ the strength of his fadre Godewyn thurgh other gret lordes of the reame that wer of his kyn vn to him sib seised all englond in to his hand anone let croune him kyng after the enterment of sent edward ¶ This Harold that wos godewiÌ„s sone the secund yere after that sent Edward was deid wold haue gone in to Flaunders bot he wos dreuen thurgh tempast in to the cuntre of Pountife and ther he was takyn and brought vn to duke wyllyam And this Harold wened that tho this duke william wold haue bene a veÌ„ged vpon him for encheson that the erle Godewyn that wos haroldis fader had let kyll Alured that was sent edwardis brother and principally for encheson that Alured was quene emma sone that wos Richardus mother duke of Normandie that wos aiell to the duke william ¶ And neuertheles when the duke wyllm had harrold in prison and vnder his pouer for as moch as this harold wos a nobull wise knyght and a worthy of body that his fadre and he wos a cordid with good kyng edward Ì„ therfor wold not misdone him but all maner thinges that be twix them wer spoken and ordeined harold by his good wil swore vpon a boke and vpon holy sentis that he shold spouse and wed duke wyllm doughter after the deth of sent edward that he shuld besili done his deu for to kepe saue the reame of englond vn to the profet and a vauntege of duke willm ¶ And when harold had thus made his oth vn to duke willm he let him go Ì„ yaf him mony riche yeftis And he tho went thens Ì„ com in to engloÌ„d anone did in this maner when sent edward was deid as a man falsly for sworen he let croune him kyng of englond falsely brake the counant that he had made before with duke willm wherfor he wos wonder wroth with him and swore that he wold vpon hiÌ„ ben a vengid what so euer him befell ¶ and anone duke willm lett assembull a gret host come in to englond to a venge him vpoÌ„ Harold to conquere the land if that he myght ¶ And in the same yere thot harold was crouned Harald harestrenge kyng of Denmarke ariued in scotland Ì„ thought to haue be kyng of englond Ì„ he come in to englond kylled Ì„ robbid destroyed all that he might till that he come to yorke Ì„ ther he killed mony men of armys a thovsand Ì„ an hondreth prestys ¶ When this tydyng come to the kyng he assembled a strong pouer went for to fight with harold of denmarke with his own hand hiÌ„ killed Ì„ the danois wer discomfited Ì„ tho that left alyue with moch soreu fled to ther shippis And thus kyng harold of englond kylled kyng harold of denmarke Anno domini M.lxvi. ¶ How wylliam basterd duke of Normandie come in to englond and kylled kyng Harold
Willamê° CoÌ„qÌ„stor Here come Normans and expulsed Harold a saxon ANd when this batall was done harold bicome so proude and wold nothing ê‘t with his pepull of thyng that he had goteÌ„ bot helde it all to ward him self wherfor the most part of his peple weer wroth and froÌ„ hiÌ„ deê‘ted so that only with hiÌ„ left no mo bot his soudiuors ¶ And vpon a day as he sat at mete a messenger com to hym and sayed that wylllyam basttard thee Duke of Normandie was ariued in englond with a gret host and had takeÌ„ al the land about hastynge and also myned the castell ¶ When the kyng had herd this tydynge he went thider with a litell pepull in all the hast that he might for ther wos but lytell pepull with hiÌ„ left ¶ And when he wos comen thider he ordryned for to yef bathill to the duke willm But the duke axed him of thes iij. thinges if that he wold haue his doughter to wyfe as he had made and suorne his hoth Ì„ behight or that he wold hold the loÌ„d of hiÌ„ iÌ„ truage or that he wold determyn this thyng thurgh bataill ¶ This harold was a proud man and a strong and tristed wonder moch vpon his strength and faught with the duke willm and with his pepull bot harold and his men in this bataill wer discomfited and him self ther was slayn and this bataill was endid at toÌ„brigge in the secund yere of his regne vpon sent Kalixtes day and so he wos beried at waltham ¶ Of kyng william bastard how he gouerned him well wyseli and of the were betwen him Ì„ the kyng of fraunce WHen willm bastard duke of normandie had conquered all the land vpon cristynmasse day tho next sueng he let croune him kyng at westmynster and wos a worthy kyng and yaf vn to Englisshmen largeli landis and to his knyghttys ¶ And afterward he went him ouer the see and comen in to Normadie Ì„ ther duelled a while and in the secund yere of his regne he come ayen in to englond and brought with him Maude his wyfe and let croune hir quene of englond on withsonday ¶ And tho anone after the kyng of scotland that wos called MaÌ„colyn began to striue were with the duke willm ¶ And he ordeyned him toward scotland with his men bothe by land and bi see for to distruy the kyng Mancolin but they wer acordid the kyng of scotland become his man and held all his land of him And kyng willm ressaued of him his homage and come ayene in to englond ¶ And when kyng willm had bene kyng xvij yere Maude the quene died on whom kiÌ„g willm had begoten many fair child that is for to say Robert curthose william rous Richaâ—d also that died Henri beauclerc and Maude also that wos the erles wife of Bleynes other iiij fair doughters ¶ And after his wifes deth gret debate began betwix hiÌ„m Ì„ the kyng of fraunce Philip but at the laast they weer accorded And tho duelled the kyng of englond in Normandie and no man him wered he no man long tyme. ¶ And the kyng of fraunce sayd vpoÌ„ a day in scorne of kyng willm that kyng willm had long tyme lyen in child bede and long tyme had restid him ther. ¶ And this word come to the kiÌ„g of englond ther that he did lye in Normandie at Roen And for this word was tho ill apayed eke wonder wroth toward the kyng of frauÌ„ce suore by god that when he wer arise of his gisin he wold lyght a thousand candels to the kiÌ„g of france ¶ And anone let asseÌ„ble a gret host of NormaÌ„die and of englissmen And in the begiÌ„yng of heruest he come iÌ„ to fraunce· brened all the tounes tha the come by thurgh all thee cuntre and robbid did all the sorow that he myght thurgh owt al fraunce Ì„ at the last he brenid the cite of Mandos and commandid his pepull for to bere wod as moch as he might bren himself holpe ther to all that he might with a good will ¶ And ther was gret hete what of fiere that wos so gret of the sone that it wos wonder hoot that it stuffid him so that he become fell in to a gret disese and sekenes ¶ And whan he saw that he wos so strong seke he ordined and assigned all normandi to Robert curthos his sone And all englond to willm the Rousse and bi quathe to Henri beauclerc all his tresur And tho he thus had done he vnderfenge all the sacrameÌ„tis of holy churche Ì„ died the xxij yere of his regne lieth at Caan in Normandie Anno domini M.lxvi. GRegorius the vij wos pope after Alexander xij yere This man ordend iÌ„ a generall sinodi that no prest shold haue a wife ne shuld duell with women bot tho that the holy sinodi of Nicena or other decreis haue suffred and then the prestis set noght or litel pondrid his ordinans this pope commanded that no maÌ„ shÌ„uld heir masse of a prest that had a coÌ„cubine And he on a certan tyme whan he was cardinall and legate in to fraunce ê“cedid sharply ayens prelatis and prestis that wersymonyes And amoÌ„g other ther wos on bisshop that wos gretly famyd with symonye and thos that accusid him priueli he hired them to say the coÌ„trari The wich the legate consaued and afore all the pepull he sayd let this iugement of this man sese at this tyme. for it is dissauabull And let god dispose for it and sayd thus it is certan that the dingnite of a bisshop is the yefer of the holy gost and who suÌ„ euer byes a bishopprik doys ayens the holi gost Then if thow bisshop did not ayens the holy gst Say opynli afore all pepull gloria patri et filio et spiritui sancto And mony tymes he began to say it bot he could neuer speke spiritur sancto ¶ Then he wos deposit of his bisshopprik and after he could speke it well ynough Victor the thrid wos pope after him on yere And this maÌ„ was poysenned with vennuÌ„ in the chalas Vrbanus was pope after him ij yere This man cursed the kyng of fraunce for his avoutre and he called a counsell at Clarum in the wich he ordined that matyns of our ladi shÌ„uld be said euery day Ì„ on settyrday hir solempne mase it is sayed that this was sheued vn to the freris of Cartusis Also he called an other counsell at Turam for the holi land to be won ayene Ì„ ê“uokid the pepull to that mater with iÌ„ a litell after that tyme. the most parti of the holy land wos recouerid the glorius sepulcur of our lord ihuÌ„ crist and an thyochia with mony othyr nobull cites wer takyn from the handis of the sariseÌ„s And it is sayed men beleued that ijCM cristyn men went to that iornay
maude wos afterward the emprisse of Almayne ¶ And in the secund yere of his regne his brother Robert Curthose that was duke of Normandie come with an huge host in to englond for to chalenge the land but thurgh concell of the wise men of the land they wer accordid in this maner That the kyng shold yeue the duke his brother a thousand pound euery yere and wich of them leued longest shuld be other heir and so bitwen them shuld be nâ— debate ne strife ¶ And when they wer thus accordid the Duke went home ayen in to Normandie ¶ And when the kyng had regned iiij yere ther aroos a gret debate bitwen him and the erchebisshop of canwrburi Ancelme For because that the Erchebishop wold not grant him for to take talagie of chirches at his will Ì„ therfor eftsone the Erchebisshop went ouer the see vn to the court of rome and ther duellid with the pope ¶ And in the same yere the Duke of Normandie come in to englond for to speke with his brother ¶ And among all other thinges the Duke of normandie for yaf vn to the kyng hys brother the forsayed thousand pound by yere that he shuld pay vn to the duke and with good loue the kyng Ì„ the duke ê‘ted Ì„ ther the duke went ayen iÌ„ to normaÌ„di ¶ And when tho ij yere wer a gone thurgh enticement of the deuell of lithermen a gret debate arose bitwin the kyng and the duke so that the kyng thurgh consell went ouer the see in to normandi ¶ And when the kyng of Englond was cumyn in to NormaÌ„die All the gret lordis of normandie turned vn to the kiÌ„g of englond and held ayens the Duke ther own lord Ì„ him forsoke Ì„ to the kyng them yelden and all the good castels and tounes of Normandie And sone after wos the duke taken led with the kiÌ„g in to englond Ì„ the kyng let put the duke iÌ„ to prison ¶ And this was the vengeance of god ¶ For when the Duke was iÌ„ the holy land god yaf him such myght Ì„ grace that he was chosiÌ„ for till a bene the kyng of Ierusalem and he forsoke it wold not take it vppon hym And therfor god send him that shame despite for to be put iÌ„ to his brothers pÌ„son ¶ Tho seysed kiÌ„g herri all Normandie in to his hand and held hit all his lifes tyme iÌ„ the same yere come the bisshop Ancelme from the cour of Rome iÌ„ to engloÌ„d ayen and the kyng he wos accordid ¶ And in the yere next commyng after ther began a gret debate betwen the kyng Phillip of Fraunce Ì„ kyng Henri of EngloÌ„d ¶ Wherfor kyng Herri went in to Normandie ther wos strong were betwen them two and tho died the kyng of france and Lowys his son wos made kyng anone after his deth ¶ And tho went kyng Henri ayen iÌ„ to englond Ì„ maried Maude his doughter to Henri the emprour of almayne ¶ Of the debate that wos betweÌ„ kiÌ„g Lowis of france Ì„ kiÌ„g HeÌ„ri of eÌ„gloÌ„d Ì„ how kiÌ„g henris ij sonnys wer lost iÌ„ the high see WHen kyng henri had ben kyng xvij yere a gret debate aroos betwyn kyng Lowys of fraunse and kyng Hnri of Englond for encheson that the kyng had sent in to Normandye to his men that they shuld be helpyng vn to the Erle of Bloyes as moch as they might in were ayeÌ„s the kyng of fraunce ¶ And that thei shuld bene as redy to him as they wer vn to ther own lord for encheson that the Erle had spoused his sustren dame Maude ¶ And for this encheson the kyng of franse did moch sorow to Normandie ¶ Wherfore the kyÌ„g of engloÌ„d was wonder wroth and in hast weÌ„t ouer the see with a gret pouer and come in to Normandie for to defend that land And the were betwyn them lastid ij yere till at the last they two faughten to geder Ì„ the kyng of fraunse wos discomfited vneth scappid a way with moch payn the most parti of his men wer takeÌ„ the kiÌ„g did with them what him best likid ¶ And sum of them he let go frely sum let he be put vn to the deth But afterward tho ij kiÌ„ges wer accordid ¶ And whan king herri had holy all the land of Normadie scomfited his emnys of franse he turnid ayen in to englond with moch honour ¶ And his ij sonis Wyllm Richard wold haue commen after ther fadre and weÌ„t to the see with an gret componye of pepull But or that they myght cum to land the ship come ayens a roch brak all iÌ„ to peses all wer drenchid that wer ther in sauf on man that wos in the same shipe that ascappid ¶ And this wos on sent Katrines day thes werthe names of them that wer drenchid willm Richard the kiÌ„gê sonys the erle of chester Ottonell his broder Geffray ridell walter emurci Godfray erchdekeÌ„ the kiÌ„gê dought the CuÌ„tes of ê‘ches the kiÌ„gê neci the CouÌ„tes of chestre moÌ„y oder wheÌ„ kiÌ„g henri Ì„ oder lordis ariuid in engloÌ„d herd thes tydyngê they made sorow ynowgh al ther myrth Ioye wos turned iÌ„ to mornyng sorow ¶ How Maude the Emprise come ayen iÌ„ to englond Ì„ how she wos afterward weddid to Geffroi the erle of angoy ANd when that ij yere wer a gone that the Erle had duelled with the kiÌ„g· the Erle went from the kyÌ„g and began to were vpon him and did moch harme in the land of Normandie toke ther a strong castell and ther he duellid all that yere tho comme to him tydynges that Henri the Emê‘our of Almayn that had spoused Maude his doughter wos deid and that she duelled no longer in Almayn and that she wold cum ayen in to Normandie to hir fadre ¶ And when that she woâ—s comyn vn to him he toke hir tho to him and come ayen in to Englond and made the englishmen to done othe and feaute vn to the emprise and the frist man that made the otho wos willm the Erchebisshop of Cantorburi ¶ And that other Dauid kyng of Scotlond and after him all the Erles and Barons of englond ¶ Also after that the nobull man the erle of Angoy that was a worthy knyght sent vn to the kyng of englond that he wold graunte him for to haue his doughter to spouse that is to say Maude thee emprisse ¶ And for encheson that hir fadre wist that he wos a nobull man The kyng him grauntid and consentid ther to ¶ And tho toke he his doughter and lad hir in to Normandie and come to the nobull knyght Gaufrid and ther he spoused thee foresaid Maude with moch honour And the Erle begat vpon hir a son that was called Henri the Emprisse sone ¶ And after when all this wos done kyng Henri
sentence vnder his bulles of lede vn to the erchebisshop of cantorburi and to the erchebisshop of yorke that if Robert the brus of scotland wold not be Iustified and make a mendes vn to the kyng of englond Edward ther lord and make amendis of his losse and of his harmes that they had done in englond and also to restore the goodis that they had taken of holy chirche that the sentence shuld be prenounced thurgh out all englond ¶ And wheÌ„ the scottis herd this they wold not leue ther malece for the popis commaundement ¶ Wherfor robert the Brus Iames Douglas and Thomas Raudulfe erle of Moref and all tho that with them comuned or them help in worde or dede wer cursed in euery chirche thurgh out all englond euery day at masse .iij. tymes and no masse shÌ„uld be songe in holy chirche thurgh out all scotland bot if the scottis wold make restitucion of the harms that they had made vn to holy chirche werfor mony a good prest and holy men therfor wer slayn thurgh the reame of scotland for encheson that thei wolde not sing no masse ayens the popes commandemeÌ„t ayens his will Ì„ to done Ì„ fulfill the tirantes will ¶ How sir Hugh the spensers son wos made the kynges chamberlayn and of the bataill of Mitone ANd it was not long afterward that the kyng ne ordened a parlament at yorke and ther was sir hugh the spencers sone made chambrelayn and the meyn tyme while the were lasted the kyng went ayen in to scotland that it wos wonder for to witte and beseged the toune of Berewik but the scottis went ouer the water of Solewath that wos iij. myle from the kyngê host priueli they stele a way by nyght and come in to Englond robbed destruyd all that they myght Ì„ sparid no maner thing till that they come vn to yorke ¶ And when the EnglisshmeÌ„ that wer left at home herd this tidyng all tho that myght trauell as well moÌ„kes and prestis Ì„ freris chanons seculars come met with the scotis at Miton vpswale the xij day of October ¶ Alas that sorow for the english husbondmen that coud no thiÌ„g of the were that ther wer kylled and drenched in an arme of the see And ther chiefteynes sir willm of Melton Erchebisshop of yorke and the abbot of Selby with ther stedis fled and come to yorke and that was ther own folie that they had that myschance for they passid the water of swale and the scottis set a fier the stakkis of hey the smok ther of wos so huge that the englissmeÌ„ myght not see the scottis ¶ And when the englismen wer gone ouer the water tho come thee Scottis with ther wynge in maner of a shelde and come toward the englishmen in a ray Ì„ the englisshmen fled for vnneth they had any men of armes for the kyng had them almost lost at thee sege of Berewyk and the scottis hobilers went bitwix the brige the englismen ¶ And when the gret host them met the englishmen fled bitwen the hobilers the gret host and the englishmeÌ„ almost wer ther kylled ¶ And he that might wend ouer the water was saued bout moÌ„y wer dreÌ„chid ¶ Alas for ther wos slaiÌ„ moÌ„y meÌ„ of religioÌ„ Ì„ seculers prestis clerkis with moch sorow the erchebisshep ascapid therfore that scottis called the bataill the white bateill ¶ How kiÌ„g edward did all maner thiÌ„g that sir hugh spenser wold ANd when kyng edward herd this tidyng he remeued his sege from Berewik and come ayen to englond but sir hug the spenser the son that wos the kynges chambrelayn kepid so the kynges chamber that no man might speke with the kiÌ„g ¶ Bot he had made with him a fret for to done all his nede Ì„ that ouer mesur ¶ And this hugh bare him so stout that all men had of him scoornne Ì„ despite And the kyng hiÌ„ self wold not be gouerned ne ruled by no maner man but only bi his fadre Ì„ bi him Ì„ if ony knyght of englond had woddis maneres or lordis that they wold couet anone the kiÌ„g must yef it them or els the maÌ„ that ought it shuld be falsely endited of forfit or felonye And thurgh such doyng they desherited mony a good bachiler Ì„ so moch land getten that it was wonder· ¶ And when the lordis of englond saw the grete couetise the fassenesse of sir hugh the spenser the fadre Ì„ of sir hugh the son they come to the gentill erle of Lancastre and axed hiÌ„ of ê¯cell of the disese that wos iÌ„ the reame thurgh sir hugh the spenser Ì„ his son And in hast by one assent they made a pÌ„ue assembull at shirborne iÌ„ Elmede Ì„ they made ther an oth for to breke and destroble the doyng bitwen the king Ì„ sir hugh spenser Ì„ his son vpon ther pouer ¶ And they went in to the march of wales Ì„ destruid the land of the forsaid sir hughes ¶ How sir hugh Spenser his fader wer exiled out of englod WHen kyng edward saw the gret harme and destruccion that the barons of Englond did vn to sir hugh the spensers lande and to his sones in euery place that they come vpon ¶ And the kyng tho thurgh his counsell exiled sir IohnÌ„ monbray sir roger Clifford and sir Gosselin dauill and mony other lordis that wer to them concent wherfore the barons did tho more harme then thei diden before ¶ And when the kyng saw that the barons wold not sese of ther cruelte the king wos sore adrad lest they wold destruy him and his reame for his meyntenance but if that he ascented to them ¶ And so he sent for them by letters that they shuld cum to london to his parlament at a certan day as in his letters wos contened ¶ And they come with iij. batailles well armed at all pointis and euery bataill had cote armures of grene cloth ther of the right quart wos yalow with whit bendis wherfore that that parlament wos called the parlament of the white bend And in that companye was sir vmfrcey of Bohâ—ne erle of herford and sir Roger of Clifford sir IohnÌ„ Mombray sir Gecelin dauill sir Roger Mortimer vncull of sir Roger Mortimer of wigmore sir heÌ„ri of Trais sir Iohan Giffard and sir Bartholomew of badeles more that wos the kynges stiward that the kyng had sent to shirborne in elmede to the erle of Lancastre and to all that with him wer for to tret of accorde that him allied to the barons and come with that companye ¶ And sir roger Dammorie Ì„ sir hugh Dandale that had spoused the kinges neces sustre and sir Gyllebert of Clare erle of Glocestre that wos killed in scotland as before is said ¶ And tho ij lordis had tho two ê‘ties of the erledom of glocestre Ì„ sir hugh the
maletalent ¶ But wheÌ„ the good erle Thomas this herd he ansuerd in this maner and said lordis quod he if we gone toward the north the northeren men will say that we go toward the scottis Ì„ so we shall be holden traitours for cause of distance that is betwen kyng edward Ì„ Robert the brus that made him kiÌ„g of scotland and ther fore I sai as touchyng my self that I will not go no ferther in to the north than to myn own castell of PouÌ„fret ¶ And wen sir roger Clifford herd this he arose vp anone in wroth and drew his swerde on high suore by almyghty god and by his holi names but if that he wold go with them he shuld him sle ther. ¶ The nobull and gentill erle Thomas of Lancastre was sore adrad said fair sirs I will gon with you whither so euer ye me bidde ¶ Tho went they to gedres in to the north Ì„ with them they had vij C. men of armes and come to Burbrugge ¶ And when sir Andrew of herkela that was in the north cuÌ„tre thurgh ordynaunce of the kyng for to kepe the cuntre of scotland herd tell how that Thomas of lancastre wos discomfited and his ê¯panye at Burton vpon trent he ordyned him a strong pouer and sir Symond ward also that was tho shereue of yorke and met the baronnes at burbrugge and anone they breke the brugge that wos made of tre ¶ And whan sir thomas of Lancastre herde that sir Andrew of herkela had brought with him such a pouer he was sore a drad and sent for sir andrew of herkela and with him spake· and said to him in this maner ¶ Sir andrew quod he ye mow well vnderstond how that our lord the kyng is lad and misgouerned by moch fals councell thurgh sir hugh the Spenser the fadre and sir hugh his son and sir IohnÌ„ erle of Arundell and thurgh master Robert Baldoke a fals piled clerke that now is in the kynges court duelling Wherfore I pray yow that ye wold cum with vs with all the pouer that ye haue ordened and help to distro the venym of England and the tratours that bene therin and we will yeue vn to yow all the best parte of .v. erledoms that we haue and holdeth and we will make vn to you an oth that we wil neuer done thyng with out your councell and so ye shall bene eft as well with vs as euer wos Robert of Holand ¶ Tho ansuerd sir Andrew of herkela and said sir Thomas that wolde not I done ne consent ther to for no maner thing ye might me yeffe without the will and commauÌ„dement of our lore the kyng for than shuld I be holden a tratour for euer more ¶ And when that the nobull Erle Thomas of Lancastre saw that he wold not consent vn to him for no maner thing sir Androw he said will ye not consent for to distroye the venym of the reame as we be consent now at one worde sir Androw I tell the that or this yere be gone that ye shall be take and hold for a traitor and more than ony of yow hold vs now and in wors deth ye shall die than euer did any knyght of Englond And vnderstand well that ye did neuer thyng that sorer ye shall you repente and now goth Ì„ dothe what you good liketh And I wyll put me in to the mercy of god ¶ And so went the fals traytour tirant and as a fals for sworin maij for thurgh the noble Erle Thomas of Lancastre he vnderfenge the armes of chiualri and thurgh hiÌ„ he wos made a knyght ¶ Tho myght men see archeris drawe them in that one side and in that other and knyghtes also and foughten tho to gedre wonder sore and also among other sir Humfrey de Boughon Erle of herford a worthy knyght of renoune thurgh all cristyndome stode fought with his enmys vpon the bruge and as the nobull lord stode and faught vpon the brugge a thefe a ribaude skulked vnder the brugge fersly with a spere smote the nobull knyght in to the fouÌ„dement so that his bouell is comen out a bout his fete ther. ¶ Alas for sorow for ther was slayn the flour of solace of comforth and also of curtesie ¶ And sir Roger of Clifford a nobull knyght stode euer and faught well worthely him defendid as a nobull baron But at the last he was sore wounded in his hede sir willm of Sullay and sir Roger of bernefeld wer slayn at that bataill ¶ When sir Androw of herkela saw that sir Thomas men of lancastre lassed and slaked anone he and his compani comen vn to the gentill knyght sir Thomas of Lancastre said vn to him in high yelde the tratoure yeld the. ¶ The gentill Erle ansuerid tho and said Nay lordis trators be we none and to you will we neuer vs yeld while that our lyues last but leuer we haue to be slain in our treuth than yeld vs vn to yow ¶ And sir Androw ayen gard vpon sir Thomas componi yollyng as a wode wolfe Ì„ saied yelde you tratours takeÌ„ yeld you And said with an high vois beth war sires that none of yow be so hardy vpon lyfe and limme to mysdone Thomas bodi of Lancastre ¶ And with that word the good Erle Thomas weÌ„t iÌ„ to the chapell said kneling vpon his knees Ì„ turned his visage towardes the crosse and said Almyghty god to the I me yelde holli I put me vn to thy merci And with that the vileyns and ribaudes leped a boute him on euery syde as tirantis wode turmeÌ„tours and dispolid him of his armurie and clothed him in a robe of rey that was of his squyers liueira and forth lad him vn to yorke by water ¶ Tho myght men se moch sorow Ì„ care for thee gentill knyghtis fled in euery side Ì„ the ribaudis Ì„ the vileyns egreli them discried and gried an high yeld yow tratours yeld you ¶ And when they wer yolden they wer robbed bounde as thefues Alas the shame and dispite that the gentill ordir of knyghthod ther had at that bataill and the land was tho with out law for holy chirche tho had no more reuerance than it had bene a brodell hous and in that bataill was the fadre ayens the sone and the vncle ayens his nepheu For so moch vnkyn denes was neuer seyn before in Englond as wos that tyme among folke of one nacion ¶ For on kynrad had no more pitte of that other than an hungri wolfe hath of a shepe and it wos no wonder ¶ For the gret lordis of englond wer not all of one nacion but wer medled with other nacions that is for to say some Bretans some SaxoÌ„s som Danys some Pehites som Frensshemen some Normans some Spanyardis some Romans some Henaudes some Flemmyng and other diuerse nacions the which nacions
was dede But the tresour of the kiÌ„g his fadre the tresour of spensers both the fadre of the son of the erle of Arundell Ì„ of master Robert baldok that wos the kinges chancelar was deê‘tid after the quene Isabellis ordenaunce and Sir Roger Mortimers of wigmore so that the kyng had nothyng ther of but at hir will Ì„ hir deliuerance ne of ther landis as afterward ye shall here ¶ How kiÌ„g Edward weÌ„t to stanthop for to mete the scottis ANd yit in the same tyme was kyng Edward in the Castell of Kenilworth vnder the kepyng of sir Henri that was Erle Thomas brother of Lancastre that tho wos erle of Leycestre and the kyng grauntid him the Erledom of Lancastre that the kyng his fadre had seised in to his hand put out Thomas of Lancastre his brother ¶ And so was he erle of Lancastre Ì„ of Leicestre Ì„ eke stiward of englond as his brother wos in his tyme. but sir Edward that wos kiÌ„g edwardis fadre made sorow with out end for because he myght not speke with his wyfe ne with his sone wherfor he wos iÌ„ moch mischief for though it wer so that he wos lad Ì„ ruled by fals councell yit he wos kyng Edwardis so ne called edward with long schankis Ì„ come of the worthiest blode of the world ¶ And they to whome he wos woned to yeue gret yeftes Ì„ large wer most pÌ„ue with the kiÌ„g his own son Ì„ they wer his enmys both bi nyght bi day Ì„ procurid to make debate coÌ„take bytwen hiÌ„ and his son Ì„ Isabell his wife bot the frere prechours to hiÌ„ wer good freÌ„dis euermore cast both bi nyght Ì„ bi day how they myght bring hiÌ„ out of prisoÌ„ ¶ And amoÌ„g ther coÌ„pany that the freris had priueli brought ther wos a frere that was called Dunhened Ì„ he had ordeyned gadred a gret coÌ„panye of folke to kepe at that nede but the frer wos take put iÌ„ the castel of pouÌ„fret ther he died in prison ¶ And sir henri erle of Lancastre that had the kinges fadre iÌ„ keping thurgh coÌ„mandemeÌ„t of the kiÌ„g deliuered Edward the kiÌ„ges fader bi endeÌ„tur to sir Thomas of berkeley And so sir IohnÌ„ Mautreus Ì„ they led him from the castell of kemlworth to the castyll of Berkeley kept him ther saufly ¶ And at Estren next after his coronacioÌ„ the kiÌ„g ordyned a huge host for to fight ayens the scottis And sir IohnÌ„ the Erles brother of heenaud froÌ„ be yond the se come for to help kyng Edwarde brought with hiÌ„ vij houdreth men of armes ariued at douer they had leue for to go forth till they come to yorke ther that thee kyng them abode ¶ And the scottis come theder to the kyng for to make pees accorde· but the accordement lasted not bitwein tham bot a litell tyme. ¶ And at that tyme the englisshmen wer clothed all in cotes Ì„ hodes peynted with lettres Ì„ with floures full semeli with long berdes And therfor the scottis made a bill that wos fastyned vpoÌ„ the chirch doris of sent Petre toward stangate thê° said the scripture in dispite of englishmen ¶ Long berde hertles Paynted hod witles Gay cote gracelas makes englond thriftles ANd iÌ„ the Trinite day next after began the ê¯take in the cite of yorke bitwen the englisshmen and the Henaudires in that debate wer kylled of the erledom of Nycholl and mordred lxxx and after they wer buried vnder a stone in sent Clementis chirchhawe in fosgate ¶ And for enchesoÌ„ that the henauders come to helÌ„p the kyng ther pees wos cried on payn of life Ì„ limme ¶ And in that other halfe it wos found bi an enquest of the cite that the englishmen began the debate ¶ How the englishmen stoppid the scottis in the parke of stanhope and how they turned ayen in to scotland ANd at that tyme the scottis had assembled all ther pouer and comen in to englond and kylled and robbed all thatt they myght take and also brennet and distroid all the north cuntre thurgh out till that they come vn to the parke of stanhope in wyredall and ther the Scottis held them in a buschement ¶ But when the kyng had herd thurgh certayn aspies wher the Scottis wer anone right with his host beseged them within the forsaid parke so that the scottit wist not wher to gone out but only vn to ther harmis and they abiden in the parke xv days Ì„ vitales them failed in euery side so that they wer gretli appaired of ther bodies ¶ And sith that Brut come fyrst in to bretan vn to this tym wos ther neuer seyn so fair an host what of Englisshmen and of a lyens and of men of fote the wich ordeyned them for to fight with the scottis thurgh eggyng of sir Henri erle of Lancastre and of sir Iohan henaude that wold haue gone ouer the water of with for to haue foughten with the scottis ¶ But sir Roger Mortimer coÌ„sentid not ther to For he had priuely takyn mede of the scottis theÌ„ for to help that they myght wend away ayen in to ther own cuntre ¶ And this same Mortimer councelled so moch Thomas of Brotherton the erle marshall that was kyng Edwardis vncle that the fersaid Thomas shuld not assembull at that tyme vn to the scottis and he assentid but he wist not the doyng bitwene the scottis and the forsaid Mortimer ¶ And for encheson that he was marshall of Englond and to him ê‘teyned euer the vauntward he sent hasteli to the erle of Lancastre and to sir Iohan of henaud that they shuld not fight with the Scottis in preiudice and harmyng of him and his fee. And if they did that they shuld stond to ther own perrill ¶ And the forsaid erle marshall was al araied with his bateill at the reredoos of the erle of Lancastre for to haue fought with him and with his folke if he had meued for to fight with the proud scottis ¶ And in this maner he was deceyued and wist nothing of this treson And thus was the kyng principalli dissaued ¶ And when it wos nyght Mortimer that had the wach for to kepe of the host that nyght distrobled the wach that nothyng myght be done ¶ And iÌ„ the meiÌ„ while the scottys stole be nyght toward ther own cuntre as fast as they myght ¶ And so wos the kyng falsly betraied that wened that all the traitours of his land had bene brought to an end as it wos said before ¶ Now here ye lordis how tratoursly kiÌ„g Edward was dissaued Ì„ how meruelusly Ì„ boldly the scottis did of were for Iamys Douglas with CC. men of armes riden thurgh aut all the host of gyng Edward the same nyght the scottis wer ascaped toward ther own cuntre as is aboue said till that they com
wroth ¶ How sir Roger Mortimer bare him proudly Ì„ so hie ANd now shall ye here of sir Roger Mortimer of wygmore that dissired and couyted to be at an high a state so that the kyng graunted him to be called erle of marche thurgh out all his lordship ¶ And he become so proud and so hauteyne that he wold lese forsake the name that his ancestres had euer before ¶ And for that encheson he let him call the erle of marche and none of the comuns of englond durst call him bi name other name for he was called so thurgh the kyngê crie that men shuld call him erle of the marche ¶ And the Mortimer bare him so hauteyne Ì„ so proud that wonder it was for to wit also disgised hiÌ„ with wonder rich clothes out of all maner reson both of shapping of wering Wher of the englisshmen had gret wonder how Ì„ in whot maner he myght contreue or find such maner pride and they said amoÌ„ges them all comenli that his prid shÌ„old not long endure ¶ And the same tyme sir Geffrey Mortimer the yong that was the mortimer son let him call kyng of folie so it befell afterward in dede for he wos so full of pride Ì„ of writchednesse that he held a rouÌ„de tabull in wales to all men that thider come contrefete the doiÌ„g Ì„ the maner of kyng Arthurs tabull bot openli he failed For the nobull kyng Arthur wos the most worthy lord of renoune that was in all the world in his tyme yit come neuer none such after For al the nobull knyghtis in all cristendome of dede of armes asayed duellid with kyng Arthur Ì„ held him for ther lord and soferen ¶ And that wos well sayn for he ê¯quered in bataill a roman that wos called Froll Ì„ get of him the reame of frauÌ„ce and kylled him with his own handis ¶ And also he faught with a geant that wos called Dinabus kylled him that had rauesshed fair Eleyn that wos kyng Hocles nece kyng of litell bretan ¶ And afterward he kylled in bataill the emprour of Rome that wos called Lucie that had assembled ayens king Arthur for to fight with him so moch pepull of romaÌ„s Phethis sarisens that no man coud them noÌ„bre Ì„ he discomfited them all as the stori telleth ¶ And in the same tyme coÌ„mune loos sprong in engloÌ„d thurgh coniecting ordinauÌ„ce of the freres prechours that sir Edward of Carnariuan that wos kyng edward fadre of whom the geest telleth said that he was on liue in the castell of Corf wherfor all the coÌ„myns all most of englond wer in sorow iÌ„ dred wherfor that it wer so or not For they wist not how traitoursly the mortimer had him done mordrid ¶ How EdmoÌ„d of wodstok that wos erle of kent the kinges brother edward of Carnariuan was heded at wynchestre ANd vpoÌ„ a tyme it befell so that sir edmond of wodstoke erle of Kent spake vn to the pope Iohan the xxij at Auinion said that almyght good had oft tymes done for Thomas loue of Lancastre mony gret miraclls to mony men and women that wer thurgh diuerse maladies undone as vn to the world and thurgh his praier they wer brought vn to ther helÌ„th ¶ And so sir edmond praied the pope herteli that he wold grauÌ„te him grace that the forsaid Thomas myght be translatid But the pope said nay that he shuld not be translatid vn to the tyme that he wer better certefied of the clargie of englond seyn by ther obedeÌ„ce what thyng god had done for the loue of Thomas of lancastre after the suggestion that the forsaid edmoÌ„d erle of kent had vn to him made ¶ And whan this edmond saw that he myght not spede of his purpose as tochyng the translacion he praied him of his couÌ„cell as toching sir edward of Carnariuan his broder said that not long a gone he wos kyng of englond what thiÌ„g might best be done as toching his deliuerance sith that a comune fame is thurgh engloÌ„d that he his on liue hole Ì„ sauf ¶ Whan the pope herd hiÌ„ tell that sir edward was on liue he coÌ„mauÌ„ded the erle vpoÌ„ his benison that he shÌ„uld help with all the pouer that he myght that he wer deliuered out of prisun sâ—ue his body iÌ„ all maner that he might for to bring this thiÌ„g to an end he assoyled hiÌ„ his coÌ„pani a pena culpa all tho that holp to his deliuerance ¶ Tho toke edmoÌ„d of wodstoke his leue of the pope come ayen iÌ„ to engloÌ„d And whaÌ„ sir edmond wos comeÌ„ suÌ„ of the frere precheurs come Ì„ said that sir edward his broder yit wos on liue iÌ„ the castell of Corf vnder the kepiÌ„g of Sir Thomas Gurnay ¶ Tho sped him the forsaid EdmoÌ„d as fast os he might till he come to the castell of Corf Ì„ a queynted hiÌ„ Ì„ spak so fair with IohnÌ„ Dauerell that was ê¯stable of the same castell and yaf him rich yeftes to haue acqueyntance of him and to knaw of his couÌ„cell ¶ And thus it befell that the forsaid sir edmoÌ„d praied specially to tell him priuely of his lord his brother sir Edward if that he leued or wer dede and if he wer on liue he praied of him ons to haue a sight ¶ And this sir Iohan Dauerill was an high herted man and full of curage Ì„ ansuerid shortely vn to sir Edmond and sad that sir edward his brother was in helth and vnder his kepyng and durst shew him vn to no man sith it was defended him in the kynges half edward that was edwardis son of Carnariuan and also thurgh commaundement of the quene Isabell the kynges modre Ì„ of sir Roger Mortimer that he shÌ„uld shew his body vn to no maner man of the world sauf only vn to them vpon lesyng life and limme Ì„ disherityng of his heiris for euer more ¶ But the fals traitour falsly lied for he was not in his ward but he wos take thens lad vn to the castell of berkeley thurgh sir Thomas Gurnay thurgh ê¯mauÌ„demeÌ„t of the Mortimer til that he wos dede as before is said but sir edmoÌ„d of wodstoke wist nothyng that Edward his broder was dede wher vpon he toke a lettre vn to the kiÌ„g edward his broder as to his worthi lord ¶ And vnderfeng the letter of him be hight him for to do his message with out any maner faill with that sir edmoÌ„d toke leue of the forsaid IohnÌ„ weÌ„t iÌ„ to his own ê¯tre lordship iÌ„ kent that he had ther ¶ And anone as this same iohnÌ„ wist that sir edmond wos gone iÌ„ to kent his own lordship anone he went iÌ„ all the hast that he myght fro the castell of Corf comen vn to sir Roger mortimer toke him the letter that sir edmoÌ„d of
vpoÌ„ the heed that the brayn brest out and fel on the ground and so was he dede an euell deth ¶ Tho toke they the Mortimer as he armed him at the toures dore when he hard the noyse of them for dred And when the quene Isabell saw that the Mortimer was taken she made moch sorow in hert and thes wordes vn to them said ¶ Now fair sires I pray you that ye don no ne harme to his body a worthy knyght our welbeloued frend our dere cosyn ¶ Tho went they thens and come and brought the mortimer and presentid him vn to the kyng Edward and he commaunded to bring him in sauf ward But anone as they that wer consent vn to the Mortimers doyng herd tell that he was taken they went and hid them and priuely by nyght went out of the toune eche in his side with heuy hert and mornyng and leued vpon ther landis as well as they myght ¶ And so that same yere that the Mortimer was take he had at his retene ix score knyghtis with out squyers and sergiauntys of armes and fote men ¶ And tho was the mortimer lad to london And sir SymoÌ„d of Beford was lad with him and was take to the conestabull of the toure to kepe ¶ But afterward wos the mortimers liif examined at westmynstre before the kiÌ„g and before al the gret lordis of engloÌ„d for ê‘ill that might fall to the reame to enquere also wich were assentyng to sir edwardis deth the kiÌ„ges fader also thurgh whom the scottis ascappid from stanhope in to scotland with out the will of kyng edward ¶ And also how the chartre of ragman was deliuered vn to the scottis wherin the homag feautes of scotland were conteyned that the scottis shuld done euer more to the englishÌ„ kiÌ„g for the reame of scotland wherfore in his abseÌ„s he was dampned to be draw and honged for his treson this myschief come vn to him on sent Andrewes euen in the yere of incarnacioÌ„ of our lord IhuÌ„ crist M.ccc xxx ¶ How kyng edward get ayen vn to him grociously the homages and feautes of ScotlaÌ„d wher of he was put out thurgh fals couÌ„cell of Isabell his modre and sir Roger Mortimer that was new made erle of marche NOw ye haue hard lordis how sir Iohan Bailloll in the time of pees was chosen to be kyng of Scotland for encheson that he come of the eldest doughter of the erle Dauid of HontiÌ„gton thas wos kyng Alexandre brether of Scotland that died with out heir of his body begoten And how this Iohan made feaute homage to kyng Edward Henris son the iij. for his landâ—s of scotland And how he afterward withsaid his homage thurgh councell of the scottis in the yere of our lord a M.cc lxxiiij Ì„ sent vn to the pope thurgh a fals suggestion that he made his oth vn to the forsaid kyng edward ouer his astate Ì„ his will of wich othe the pope him assoilled thurgh his bulsis to hiÌ„ y sent ¶ And a none as kiÌ„g edward wist ther of he ordeyned anoÌ„e his barons come vn to Berewike Ì„ ê¯querid the touÌ„e at wich coÌ„quest ther were sloyn xxvM. Ì„ vijC. and the bailloll that was kiÌ„g of scotland coÌ„ yeld hiÌ„ to good kiÌ„g edward Ì„ the kiÌ„g afterward deliuered hiÌ„ out of the tour of londoÌ„ And all the gret lordis of ScotlaÌ„d with him that tho were taken at Berewik and yaf them sauf condithis to gone in to scotland ¶ And the scottis sith thurgh ther falsenesse wered vpon good kyng edward ¶ And when sir Iohan bailloll kiÌ„g of scotland saw all this he went ouer the see vn to Dunpier and leued ther vpoÌ„ his own landis as well as he myght till that the scottis wold amend them of thermisdedis and trespace Ì„ lad with him sir edward his son wherfore the Scotâ—s in dispite of him called him sir Iohan Turnlabard for becaâ— that he wold not offende ne trespace ayens the good kyng edward of englond ¶ And so he for soke his Reame of Scotland set thar of but litell price ¶ And this sir IohnÌ„ long tyme duelled in fraunce till that he died ther And sir Edward his son vnderfeng his heritage and did homage vn to the kyng of fraunce for his landis of Dunpier and so it fell afterward that Edward that wos IohnÌ„ Bailloll son had with hiÌ„ a squyer of engloÌ„d that wos borne in yorkshire that was called IohnÌ„ of Barnabi this Edward bailloll loued him moch wos ny him full priue ¶ And so this IohnÌ„ of barnaby was in debate with a frensh man in the toune of Dunpier Ì„ so he killed him weÌ„t in his wai in all the hast that he myght in to the Castell for to haue socour help of his lord ¶ And anoÌ„e come the officers of the touÌ„e to take iohan of Barnaby as a felon sir edward his lord holp hym Ì„ rescued him Ì„ by nyght made hiÌ„ weÌ„d out of the castell so he went his way come iÌ„ to engloÌ„d with out any harme ¶ And when the kyng of frauÌ„ce saw that sir Edward had rescued his felon he become wonder wroth ayens sir Edward and anoÌ„e let him be arestid toke in to his hand all his landis ¶ Tho duelled sir Edwar in prison vn to the tyme that sir Henri of Beaumont come in to fraunce the wich Henri sum tyme was erle of angos in scotland thurgh his wife wos put out of the forsaid erldom wheÌ„ the accordemeÌ„t was bitwen Englond and Scotland thurhh the quene isabell and sir Roger Mortimer and ther copani for the mariage that she made bitwen Dauid that wos Robert the Brus son Dame Iohana atte Toure kyng Edwardis sustre of engloÌ„d well vnderstode this that at the end he shÌ„uld cum to his right but if it wer thurgh sir edward Bailloll that was right heir of the reame of Scotland ¶ And the kyng of frauÌ„ce Lowys loued moch this sir Henri and he was with him full priue and thought for to make a deliueraunce of sir Edward Baillolls body if he migh in any maner of wyse ¶ Tho praied he the kyng that he wold graunte him of his grace sir Edward Baillolls body vn to the next ê‘lament that he myght lyue with his own rentis in the meyn tym and that he myght stand to be Iuged bi his peris at the parlameÌ„t ¶ And the kyng grauÌ„tid him his praier and made the forsaid Edward to be deliuered out of prison in the maner aboue said And anone as he wos out of prisoÌ„ sir Henri toke him forth with him and lad him to englond and made him duell priuely at the maner of sandhall vp onse in yorkeshire with the lady vescy so he ordeined him ther an houge retenaunce of pepul of englisshmen Ì„ also of aliens for to conquere ayen
strong men and worthy and yeld them vn to the kyng and bere them so fair in dede in countinaunce so that he trustid moch vpoÌ„ them ¶ And anone as the traytours saw that he trust moch vpon them â–ª they ordeyned amonges them .l. in a compani wold haue kyled ther lord the kyng ¶ But thurgh the grace of almighty god he brakeÌ„ thurgh a walle an hole in his chambre and os god wold ascappid theyr trecherie and all his men wer kylled and he ascappid with moch dred vn to the toune of Cardoil and ther held him sore anoyed and this befell in our ladies eue the concepcion· ¶ Tho sent kyng Edward the Bailloll to kyng Edward of englond how falsely tratoursly he was in litell tyme put to shame sorow thurgh his liege men vpon whom he trustid woÌ„der moch praid him for the loue of god that he wold maynten him Ì„ help him ayens his enmys ¶ The kyng of englond had of him gret pitte behight to helpe him and socour him Ì„ sent him word that he shuld hold him in pees still in the forsaid Cite of Cardoill till that he had gadred his pouer ¶ Tho ordeyned kyng Edward of Englond a couÌ„cell at london and let gadre his men in diuerse shires of englond and whan he wos all redi he went toward thee toune of Berewill vpon Twede and thider come vn to him kiÌ„g Edward bailloll of Scotland with his pouer and beseged the toune and made with out the toune a fair toune of pauilons and â—iked them all about so that they had no dred of thee scottis and made mony assaute with gonnys and with other engynes to the toune wherwith they distroid mony fair houses and chirches also wer bet doune vn to the erth with gret stones that spituusly come out of gonnys and of other engynes And notheles the scottis kept well the touÌ„e that tho two kynges might not come theriÌ„ long tyme. ¶ And notheles the kiÌ„ges abyde ther so loÌ„g till tho that were in the toune failed vitales and also they wer so wery of wakyng that they wist what for to done ¶ And ye shall vnderstaÌ„d thas tho scottis that wer in the toune of Berewik thurgh commune couÌ„cell and ther assent let crie vpon the walles of the toune that they might haue pees of the englishmen ther of they praied the kyng of his grace and merci and praied him of trewes for viij days vpoÌ„ this couenaunt that if they wer not rescued in that side of the toune toward scotland of the scottis with in viij daies that they wold yeld them vn to the kyng and the toune also ¶ And to hold this couenant they proferid to the kyng xij hostages out of the toune of berewik ¶ When the hostages wer deliuered vn to the kyng anone tho of the touÌ„e send vn to the scottis and told them of ther sorow and mischief ¶ And thee scottis come tho priuely ouer the water of Twed to the bought of the abbey And sir willm Dyket that wos tho stiward of scotland and mony other that come with him put them ther in gret ê‘ill of them self at that tyme of ther life For they come ouer a brugge that wos to broken and the stones away and mony of ther coÌ„pani wer ther drenched but the forsaid willm went ouer and other of his companie and come bi the shippis of englond kylled iÌ„ a barge of hul xvi men And after they went in to the toune of berrewik by the water side ¶ Wherfore the scottis held tho the toune rescued asked ther hostages ayen of the kyng of englond ¶ And thee kyng sent them word ayen that they axed the hostages with wrong sith that they come in to the toune of englond side for couenant was bitwen them that the toune shuld be rescued by the half of Scotland ¶ And anone kyng Edward tho coÌ„maunded to yeld the toune or he wold haue the hostage ¶ And the scottis said the toune was rescuyd wel ynowgh and ther to they wold them hold ¶ When kyng Edward saw the scottis brek ther couenaunt that they made he wos wonder wroth and anone let take sir Thomas fitzwillm sir Alexander of seton wardeyn of Berewik the wich Thomas wos person of Dunbar and let them be take fyrst a fore that other hostages For encheson that sir Alexander fadre wos keê‘ of the touÌ„e ¶ And tho commaunded euery day ij hostages of the toune till that they wer all done to deth but if they yeld the toune ¶ And so he shuld teche them for to breke ther couenauntes ¶ And when tho of the toune herd thes thingê they becomen wonder sori and sent to the kyng of engloÌ„d that he wold graunte them other viij dais of respet so that bitweÌ„ tho hondreth men of armes and xx· men of armes myght be strength gone bytwen them to the toune of Berewyk them for to vital that the toune must be holde for rescued ¶ And if so wer that xxi or xxij or more wer slayn of tho hundreth beforesaid that the toune shuld not be holden for rescued And this couenaunt to be holden they sent to him other xij of the forsaid toune in hostage ¶ The kyng of englond graunted them ther praier and token the hostages on sent Margaretis eue In the yere of grace a M.CCC xxxij the scottis com fersely in iiij wengis well a raid iÌ„ armys for to mete kiÌ„g Edward of engloÌ„d Ì„ Edward the kiÌ„g of scotland with ther pouer com fast sharpely ayens euensong tyme Ì„ the same tyme wos flode at berewik iÌ„ the water of twed that no man myght wend ouer on his hors nor on fote and the water wos betwen the ij kyngê and the reame of englond that tyme abideÌ„ the scortis iÌ„ that othir side for encheson that the englisshmen shÌ„old haue ben drenched or slayn ¶ This wos the aray of the Scottis how that they comeÌ„ iÌ„ bataill ayens the ij kynges of englond and scottelaund In the vaunt ward of scotland wer thes lordis THe erle of Morif Iames Frisell SymoÌ„d Frisell walter Stiward Reynold Cheyn Patrik of graham Iohan le graunt Iames of Cardoill Patrik Parkers Robert Caldecottes Phelip of Melledrum Thamas Gilbert Raufe wiseman Adam Gurdon Iamis Gramat Robert Boid hugh parke with xl knyghtis new dubbed viC. men of armes and iijM. of communes ¶ In the frist parte of the halfe batail wer thies lordis ¶ The stiward of scotland The erle of morie iamis his vncle Willm Duglas dauid of Lyndesei MaÌ„colin flemiÌ„g Willm of Kethe DuÌ„ken Kamboke with xxx bacheleris new dubbed ¶ In the secoÌ„d part of the bataill wer thes lordis ¶ Iames stiward of Colden Aleyn stiward willm Abbrehyn willm Morice iohnÌ„ fitz willm Adam le mose walter fitz Gilbert iohnÌ„ of Cerlton Robert walham with vijC. men of armes and xvijM. of
annoye iÌ„ the feld that all the pepull of accord shuld cum nere Ì„ here his clamours and his crie and his wyll ¶ And the lordis the maire and the aldermen with the comynalte hauyng indignacion of his couetize and falsenes and his foull presumcion And anone willm walworth that tyme beyng maire drew out his knife and slew Iak straw And anone right ther did smyte of his hede and set it vpon a spere shÌ„aft Ì„ so it wos bore thurgh london set an high vpoÌ„ londoÌ„ brigge ¶ Anon thes risers misgouerned meÌ„ wer void clene vanisshed as it had nought be they And than the king of his gret goodnesse by prayer of his lords made ther vi knightis of good worthy men of the Cite of londoÌ„ That is to say willm walworth that at that tyme wos maire slew Iak strawe And the secund was Nicholas brembre Ì„ the iij. IohnÌ„ Philipot the iiij Nicholas twifâ—â—d the v Robert lauÌ„des the vi Robert gaytoÌ„ And thaÌ„ the kiÌ„g with his lordis his knyghtis retourned ayen to the toure of londoÌ„ Ì„ ther he restid hiÌ„ till this pepull wer better seced set in rest and pees And than by ê“cesse of tyme as they myght get and toke thes rebelles Ì„ risers they hong them vpoÌ„ the next galois iÌ„ euery lordship thurghout the reame of englond by xl Ì„ bi xxx bi x. by xij euer as they myght be geten Ì„ taken iÌ„ ony ê‘ties ¶ And in the v. yere of kiÌ„g Richardis regne wos the gret erth quake was generall thurgh out the world the wedenesday after witsonday iÌ„ the yere of our lord a M. ccc.lxxxxi Wherfor all maner pepull wer sore a gast Ì„ dredfull loÌ„g tyme for dred of veÌ„geauÌ„s that our lord shÌ„ewid and did ¶ And in the vi yere of kyng Richard sir Henri spenser bisshop of Norwich went with a Croiserie ouer the see in to the cuntre of Flaunders and ther they gat the toune of Grauenyng and the toune of broburgh Dunkerk Newport and ther thei laded and fraughtid li. shippis with pelage for to haue comeÌ„ in to englond with thes shyppes and goodis ¶ And the bisshop of Norwich and his couÌ„cell let brenne thes shippis with all the pelage in the same hauen all in to hard asshes and at Dunkerke wos done a gret bataill bitwen the Flemmynges and the Englishhmen And at that bataill wer slayn a gret multitude of thes Flemmynges an huge nombure ¶ And than went thee bisshop with his retenew to Ypers and beseged it a long tyme but it myght not be geten And so lefte that sege and comen ayen in to Englond For our englishmen wer fowly destroyed and mony died on the flix ¶ And in this same yere come the Quene Anne in to englond for to be spoused to kyng Richard And hir fadre wos Emprour of Almayne And kyng of Beme ¶ And with hir come the Duke of Tassi hir vncle and mony other worthy lordis and knyghtis of hir cuÌ„tre of beme and of other duche tonges to do hir reuerrauÌ„ce worship And sir Symond beuerle a worthy knyght of the garter other knyghtis squyers that wer the kynges embassetours brought hir iÌ„ to englond so forth to londoÌ„ And the pele of the cite that is to sey the mare the aldermen and all the comunes riden ayens hir to welcuÌ„ hir and euery man in good aray and euery craft with his mynstral see in the best maner mette with hir on the blake heth in Kent and so brought hir vn to London thurgh the cite and so forth vn to west mynster vn to the kynges palais And ther she was spoused vn to kyng Richard well and worthely in the abbey of westmynstre ther she wos crouned quene of englond â–ª And all hir frendis that come with hir had gret yeftes and weren well cherid and refreshed as long tyme as they byden ther. ¶ And in this same yere ther was a bataill done in the kynges palays at westmynster for certayn pointes of treson bitwen sir Iohan Ansley knyght defendant And Carton squier the appellaunt But this sir IohnÌ„ of Ansley ouer come this Carton and made him to yeld him withiÌ„ the lystes ¶ And anone wos this Carton dispoiled of hys harnes and draw out of the listes and so forth to Tyburne Ì„ ther he wos honged for his falsenese ¶ And iÌ„ the viij yer of the regne of kyng Richard sir Edmond of Langley Erle of Cambrige the kynges vncle went in to portyngalÌ„e with a fair mâ—ny of men of armes and archiers in strengthing and helpyng of thee kyng of Portingale ayens the kyng of Spayn and his pouer ther the kyng of portingale had the vyctorie of his enmys thurghe help and comforth of our englisshmen· ¶ And whan that iorney wos done the erle of Cambrigge come home ayen with hys pepull in to englond in hast blissid be god and his blissid yeft ameÌ„ ¶ And this same yere kyng Richaâ—d held his Cristemasse in the maner of Eltham ¶ And the same tyme the kyng of Ermoyne fled out of his own land and come in to englond for to haue help an socour of our kyng ayens his enmys that had driueÌ„ him out of his own reame And so he wos brought vn to the kyng to Eltham ther as the kyng held his riall fest of Cristemase ¶ And ther our kyng welcomed him and did him moch reuerence and worsship and commaundid all his lordis to make him all the chere that they coud And than he besought the kyng of grace and of help and of his comforth in his nede ¶ And that he myght be brought ayen to his kyngdom and land For the Turkes had deuoured and destroid moch parte of his land and for drede how he fled and come hidder for socour and helppe· ¶ And then the kyng hauyng on hiÌ„ pitte and coÌ„passioÌ„ of his gret mischief and greuous disese anone he toke his councell and asked what wos best to done ¶ And they ansuerd and said yif it liked him to yef him ony good it wer well done And as touchyng his pepull for to trauell so fer iÌ„ to out landes it wer a grete iuê‘die And so the kyng yaf him gold siluer and mony riche yeftes and iewelles and betaught him to god And so he passed ayen out of Englond ¶ And in this same yere kyng Richard with a riall pouer went in to scotland for to were vpon the scottis for the falsenesse and destruccion that the scottis had done vn to englishmen in the marches And than the scottis come douÌ„e vn to the kyng for to tret with him Ì„ with his lordis for trews as for certayn yeres ¶ And so our kyng Ì„ his couÌ„cell grauÌ„t them trews certayn yeres to ther askyng our kiÌ„g turned him ayen in to englond And when he wos cumyn
sone afterward right ther he made his end And theÌ„ whan kyng Richard was deposit and had resyned his crouÌ„e and his kyndoÌ„ and was kepid fast iÌ„ hâ—ld thaÌ„ all the lordis of the reame with the comunes assent and bi accord choseÌ„ this worthy lord Sir Henri of Bolingbroke erle of Derbi duke of Herford and duke of Lancastre bi right lyne and heritage for his rightfoll manhode that the pepull fond in him before all other they chose hiÌ„ made him kiÌ„g of Englond amongê them INnocencius the vij wos chosin at Rome and leued bot ij yere then Gregorie the xij wos after him xij yere euer was debate Then wos Alexander chosen in the counsell of Pysan and he wos called frist Petrus de Candia so wos put strife to strife euerychon of thos iij. sayd they wer pope Then was ther a councell at Pysan wher they began to make a ê¯corde Ì„ ther they deposit ij and the thrid stode Ì„ so wors diuision was made then before for that they ordant preualid not Robart wos Empraur after Wensolans ix yere This man wos the duke of Banary and the erle of Palatyn a iust man and a good and wos crouned of Boneface the ix This man entred Italy with a gret host of Almayns ayens IohnÌ„ the duke of Galias but with an heuy bost he turnid ayen wos had worthy to suffre for his rightwysnesse Iohan the xxiij succedit Alexander iiij· yere and frist he began well for a vnite hee wos in the counselÌ„ at Constant and offred him to resine the pope hood and after secretly and vntrewly he fled away bot it profited not him for he wos take and constrened to pees and wos made a Cardinalle beried at Florens SigismuÌ„dus wos emprour after robert xxvij yere And he wos son to Karolus Ì„ kiÌ„g of vngarie and most cristyn prince he wos so deuoute to god that he deseruied to be cannonysit This man holp the chirch thurgh his meruelus prudens and wit for he sparid no labour ne nothyng that he had till he had made a full pees among the clargie And he had ix batailles ayens the Turke and he euer had the victorie Ì„ what more all thyng that euer wos written in louyng to Constantine Theodosio Karolo Otto may trewly be writtyn of him And he was crouned in vngrie decessed a blissid man Circa annum domini M.iiijC. ◠¶ Of sir Henri of Bolinbroke erle of Derby that regned after kiÌ„g Richard wich wos the iiij henri after the ê¯quest ANd after kyng richard the ij· wos deposid and out of his kyngdome The lordis and the comunes all with one assent and all othir worthy of the reame chosen sir Henri of Bolingbroke erle of Derby son and heir of IohnÌ„ the duke of Lancare for his worthy manhood that oft tyme had be found in him Ì„ in dede preued vpoÌ„ sent Edwardis day the confessor he wos crouned kyng of englond at westmynstre by all the reame assent next after the deposing of kyng Richard ¶ Than he made Henri his heldist son prince of wales and duke of Cornwaill and erle of Chestre ¶ And he made sir Thomas of Arundell erchebisshop of Cantorburi ayen as he wos before ¶ And sir roger Walden that kiÌ„g Richard had made Erchebishop of Cantorberi he made hiÌ„ bisshop of londoÌ„ for that tyme it stod void And he made the erles son of Arundell that come with him ouer the se from Calais in to englond He made him erle of Arundell as his fadre had bene and put him in possession of all his londis ¶ And he made homage and feaute vn to his liege lord thee kyng as all othir lordis had done ¶ And than anone died kyng rechard in the castell of PouÌ„tfret in the north cuntre For ther he wos enfamed vn to the deth by his keê‘ For he wos kepid ther iiij or v. dais from mete drinke and so he made his ende iÌ„ this world yit moch pepull in englond Ì„ iÌ„ other landis said that he wos on liue mony a yere after his deth But whether he were a liue or dede forth they held thir fals oppynions Ì„ beleue that men haddee in moch pepull wich come to gret myschief foull deth as ye shall here afterward ¶ And whan kyng Henri wist and knew veraly that he was dede he let sere him in the bes maner and closed it in a fair chest with diuerse speceries and baumes closed him in a linnen clothe all sauf his visage and that wos left opeÌ„ that al men myght se his parsoon from all othir men And so he was brought to london with torche light brinnyng to sent Poules chirch and ther he had his masse Ì„ his dirige with moch reuerence and solempnite of seruice ¶ And when all this wos don he wos brought from sent paules in to the abbey of westmynstre and therhe had all his hole seruice ayen ¶ And from westmister he wos brought to Langeley and ther he wos beried on whos soule god haue merci ¶ And in the first yere of king Henris regne he held his cristimasse in the castell of wyndesore and on the xij euen come the duke of Awemarle vn to the kyng Ì„ told him that he and the duke of Surre Ì„ the duke of Excestre and the erle of Salusburi and the erle of Gloucestre and othir mo of ther affinite wer accordid to make a mommyng vn to the kyng on xij day at nyght Ì„ ther they purposed for to sle the kyng in thee reueling thus the duke of Awemarle warned the kyng ¶ And than the kiÌ„g come that same nyght to londoÌ„ priueli in all the hast that he myght to get him help socour and comforth couÌ„cell ¶ And anone thes other that wold haue do the king to deth fled in all the hast that they myght for they knew well that ther couÌ„cell wos bewried ¶ And than fled the duke of Surre and the erle of Salisberi with all ther menye vn to the touÌ„e of Cecester ¶ And ther pepull of the toune wold haue arestid theÌ„ and they wold not stand to ther arest bot stode at defence Ì„ faught manli ¶ But at the last they wer ouer comen and take And ther they smyten of the dukis hede of Surri Ì„ the erles hede of salisburi mony othir mo and thar they put the quarters in to sâ—kkes and ther hedis on poles borne on high and so they wer brought thurgh the cite of londoÌ„ to london brigge and ther thes hedis wer set vpon high and ther quarters wer senten vn to other good tounes and Cities of englond and set vp ther At Oxford wer take Blounte knyght and Benet Cely knyght and Thomas Wyntersell squyer and thes wer behedid and quartired and the knyghtis hedis wer set vpon polles Ì„ brought to london and set vpoÌ„ the brugge and
distroy his nauy And anone he commaundid the erle of march to be chief chiuetayn and mony othir worthy lordis with him with men of armes and archiers to go to the see that none enmys defoulid his nauy ne entred his land in no partie for to distrouble his viage ne his iourney ¶ And anone the erle toke his menye and went to ship and scummed the see and kepid the se costis that no maner of enmye durst rowt vpon the see anone the king sent his heraudes vn to the capitayn of Touke and charged him for to deliuer him his castell and his toune els he wold nothir leue man ne child a liue ¶ And anone the capitayn and iiij othir burgesis of the toune brought the keis vn to the kyng and besought him of grace And the kyng deleuered the keis to sir Iohan Kekeley and made him capitayn and commaundid him for to put out all frenshmen both of the castell and also of the toune ¶ And ther beside wos the castell of lous Ì„ thidder the kiÌ„g seÌ„t the erle marchal with a fair meny Ì„ sauted the touÌ„e anoÌ„eit wos yolde to the erle Ì„ brought hiÌ„ the keis Ì„ he brought them to the kiÌ„g and the kyng toke him ayen made him capitayn of the castell of Louers of all that longed ther to Ì„ chargid him to deliuer out all the frenshmeÌ„ ¶ And than the kiÌ„g held forth his way to Cane that was a stroÌ„g touÌ„e afair a riall castell ther in anoÌ„e he sent his heroudis to the capitayn chargid him to deliuer the toune and his castell or els he wold them get with strength of hand And they ansuered and sayd that he toke them none for to kepe ne noÌ„e they wold deliuer vn to him ¶ And than anone he laid his sege vn to the toune and laid gonnys on euery side and bet doune both walles and toures and slew moch pepull in thir houses also in the stretis And the good duke of Clarence laid doune the walles on his side vn to the grouÌ„d And so within a while the kyng by his councell sawted the toune all about ¶ And anone the duke of Clarence had entred in to the toune and slew do un right till he come to the king and sparid nothir man ne childe and euer they cried a Clarence a Clarence and sent George ¶ And ther wos dede on the walles on the kyngis side a worthy man that wos called Springes the wich the king commaundid to be beried in the abbey of Cane fast by wyllm coÌ„querour on whos soule god haue merci ameij ¶ And than the king come iÌ„ to the touÌ„e with his brothir the duke of Clarence and mony othir worthy lordis with moch solempnite mirth ¶ And than the king commauÌ„did the Capitayn to deliuer him his castell and he be sought the kyng to yef him xiiij dais of respit if any rescue wold cum and yf none wold cum to delyuer him the keis and thee Castell at his coÌ„mauÌ„dement ¶ And vnder this composicioÌ„ was the touÌ„e the castell of Baious with othir touÌ„es fortresses and villages in to the nombre of xiiij vpoÌ„ the hill before the castell of Cane our kyng pight all his tentis that semed a touÌ„e as moch as cane by that tyme com tidingê that no rescu wold cum ther. ¶ And so at the xiiij days end the capitayn of the castell com out and deliuerid the keis Ì„ the castell to our kyng Baious the othir xiiij· touÌ„es wer deliuerid vn to him also anone the kyng deliuered the keis to the duke of Clarence Ì„ made him capitatn both of the touÌ„e and also of the castell and made him Capitayn of baious and of all the othir tounes also ¶ And so he entrid thee toune and the castell and ther he held Sent Georgi fest ther he made xv knightis of the bath ther wos sir Lowys Robersart salyn Chaynye Mougomery and mony othir worthy men· and the kyng commaundid them for to put out all the frenshmen and women no man so hardy to difoule no woman ne take no maner of good away from them but let them passe in pees iÌ„ payn of deth ¶ And ther passid out of the toune in on day mo than xv C women ¶ And than our kyng let stuffe the toune and Castell with Englishmen and ordeyned ther two Capitayns on for the toune and an othir for the Castell and chargid them vpon ther lifes for to kepe well thee toune and the Castell ¶ And or our kyng went thens he gatte valeys Newelyn Ì„ laid a sege to Chirburgh and that sege laid the Duke of Gloucestre with a strong power and myghti and be processe of tyme gate it and made ther a capitayn of the same toune and this same tyme the Erle of Warwic leid a sege vn to Dounfraunte and gat it and put therin a capitayn ¶ And for to speke more of the Erle of marche that the kyng ordeyned tho for to scum the see and to kepe the costes of Englond for all maner of enmis the wind arose vpon them· that they wend all to haue be lost but thurgh the grace of god almyghty and good gouernaunce they riddiÌ„ afore wyhte all that storme ¶ And ther wer lost ij â–ª Carik kis and two balingers with marchondize and othir gret goodis and all the pepull that wer within them and an othir Carrokke droue before hampton and thrâ—w his mast ouer the toune walles and this was on sent Bartholomews day ¶ And whan all this storme wos sesed this worthy Erle of march toke his shippis with his meme and went to the se and landit in Normandie at hogges and so ridden forth towardis the kyng euer as he come the freÌ„shmen fled ¶ And ther come to them an Anthony pigge and folowed the host all that way till they come to a gret water and theer they drad for to haue bene drenched thee water closed them so that they myght no wher get out But at the last god almyghti and this pigge brought them out all saufe and ther they caught a gide that knew all the cuntre about and hee brought theÌ„ thurgh a quike sand Ì„ so in to an I le and thei toke mony prisoners in ther way toward thee kyng in ther iournay Ì„ so they comeÌ„ vn to Cane And ther the kyng welcomed him and toke his Iournay at Argentun and anone tho it wos yoldeÌ„ vn to thee kyng and they had ther liues and went ther way ¶ And than our king remeued to a strong toune that was tho called Cese and ther wos a fair mynster and they yeld it anone vn to the king than the king went him from thens to alauÌ„ some Ì„ wan thee touÌ„e and the brigge and thee kyng sent the Erle of Warwike to a toune that wos called Belesme
Subandy the wich wos cosin and alied almost to all the princes of cristyndoÌ„ and euerychon left him Then iÌ„ the yere after ther wos a pees made Felix resauid for it plesid our lord his name to be glorified by a obiect of the world as wos that Ianuens· in comê‘ison to the duke the pope This Nicholas was a maister in diuinite and actiue man a rich man iÌ„ ê¯saites moÌ„y thyngê that wer fallen he bildid ayen all the wallis of rome he renewed for dred of the Turke And ther was a uerse made of this vnite and publisit in the cite Lux fulsit muÌ„do cessit felix nicholao And that iÌ„ the yere of our lord M.iiijC.xlix The yer of grece with a gret deuocion was ê¯firmid Ì„ innumerabull pepull weÌ„t to the apostill setis ¶ How kyng Henri the vi regned beyng a child not oon yere of age of the bataill of vernaill in Perche AFter kyng Henri the v. regned henri his son but a child and not fulli on yere of age whos regne began the frist day of Septembre in the yere of our lord M. cccc.xxij This king beyng iÌ„ his cradell wos moch dowtid and drad by cause of the gret ê¯quest of his fader Ì„ also the wysdoÌ„ guydyng of his vncles the duke of Bedford Ì„ the duke of Gloucestre ¶ This yere the xxi day of October dyed Charles the kyng of frauÌ„ce lieth beried at sent Denys And than wos the duke of bedford made regent of fraunce And the duke of Gloucestre wos made ê“tector and defendour of englond ¶ And the frist day of march after wos sir willm Taillour prest degradid of his presthode and on the morow after he wos brint iÌ„ smythfeld for herise ¶ Thys yere sir Iames stiward kyng of scottis maried Dame Iane the duches doughter of Clarence of hir frist housband the erle of somerset at sent mari ouays ¶ Also this yere the xvij day of August wos the bataill of vernaill in perche bitwen the duke of bedford regeÌ„t of frauÌ„ce Ì„ the duke of AlauÌ„sone wich was a gret bataill The duke of Bedford had â— on his sid with hiÌ„ the erle of salusberi MouÌ„tagu the lord Talbot all the pouer that they coud make in Normandie the garysouns kept And also mony Capitayns with moch pepull of the duke of Borgoyns ¶ And on that other side was the duke of Alaunson the duke of Turon that wos therle douglas the erle Boughan with moÌ„y lordis of frauÌ„ce Ì„ gret coÌ„ponie of scottis and Armynakis And than the Erle douglas called the duke of Bedford Iohan with the leden swerd And he sent him word ayen that he shÌ„old find that day that his swerde wos of stele ¶ And so the bataill ioyned on both sides and faught long tyme that ther wist no man who shÌ„old haue the better a gret while bot at the last as god wold the victori fell vn to the English partie For ther wer slaiÌ„ the erle douglas wich a litel before wos made duke of Turon the erle of boughan the erle of Almarre the erle of TouÌ„ar the erle of vauÌ„tedor and the viscount of Nerbonne wich was on of them that slew duke IohnÌ„ of Borgoyn knelyng before the Dolphyn Ì„ mony mo vn to the nombre of x. thosand and mo And ther wos taken prisoners thee duke of AlauÌ„son and mony othir lordid and gentillis of frauÌ„ce bot scottis that day wer slayn doune right the substance of them all ¶ And the thrid yere of kyng henri the sext the Duke of Gloucestre maried the duchisse of holand weÌ„t ouer the se with hir in to henaude for to take possession of hys wyfes heritance wher he wos honorably receyuid and taken for lord of the land bot sone after he was fayn to returne home ayen tho and left his wyfe Ì„ all his tresour that he had broght with him in a toune that is called Mounse in henaud wich promised him for to be trew to him Notwithstondyng they deliuered the lady vn to the duke of borgoyn wich sent hir to Gaunt And from thens she ascapid in a man nys clothyng and come in to Zeland to a touÌ„e of hir own callid Ziorixee And from thens she went to a toune in holand called the Ghowde and ther shÌ„e wos strong ynowgh and withstode the said duke of Burgoyn ¶ And sone after the duke of gloucestre sent ouer in to Zeland the lord fitzwater with certayn men of were and archiers for to help and socour the forsaid duchefse of holand wich â—andit at a place in Zeland called brewers hauen wher the lordis of the contre come douÌ„e and faght with him and in conclosion he wos fayn to with draw him and his meny to the see ayen But yit he slew and hurt diuerse lordis and moch pepull of that same cuntre And so retourned home ayen with his meny and preuaylid no thyng ¶ And also this same yere theâ— Erle of Salusberi the erle of suffolke the lord Wylby and thee lord scalis with ther retenue laid sege to the cite of Manus the wich cite wos yolden to them with mony othir strong touÌ„es and Castellis to the nombre of xxxvi ¶ This tyme all NormaÌ„die and a gret part of frauÌ„ce vn to Orliaunce wos vnder the obeyssaunce of the kyng of englond And all the remenauÌ„t of fraunce wos in gret tribulacion and mischief ¶ How ther wos a gret fray lyke to haue bene bitwene the cardinall the duke of Gloucestre And of the coronacion of king Henri the sext both in englond in frauÌ„ce IN the iiij yere the same nyght that the maire of london Iohan Couentre had takyn his charge was a gret watch in London for a fray that wos betwen the bisshop of wynchestre and the Duke of Gloucestre protectour c ¶ For the maire with the pepull of the cite wold abide bi the duke of gloucestre as ê“tectour of the reame bot by labour of lordis that went bitwen in speciall by the labour of the prince of Portyngale ther was a pointement taken that ther was no harme done And after the bataill of verneyll in perche thee duke of bedford com ouer in to Englond And on witsonday this same yere at Laycestre he dubbed kyng Henri knyght And forthwith the said kyng Henry dubbed all thes knyghtis whos names folowith that is to wit sir Richard duke of yorke also the son and heir of the duke of Norfolke the erle of Oxford the Erle of westmerland the son and heir of the erle of Northumburland the son Ì„ heir of the erle of vrmond the lord Roos sir Iamys buttelar the lord martrauas sir Henry gray of Tankeruile sir willm Neuill lord fawconbrigge sir George Neulll lorde latimer the lord wellis the lord berkle the son and heir of the lord Talbot sir Raufe gray of werk Sir robert veer sir Richad gray sir Edmond hongerford Sir Robert
fighting wiche endurid a gret wyle but in conclusion the duke of yorke obtened had the victorie of that iournay ¶ In wich wos slayn the duke of somerset the erle of NorthuÌ„berland the lord Clifoord mony knyghtis squiers moÌ„y mo hurt ¶ And on the morne after they brought the kyng in gret astate to londoÌ„ wich was logged in the bisshoppis palais of london ¶ And anone after wos a gretê‘lament In wich ê‘lament the duke of yorke wos made ê“tectour of Englond the erle of werwike Capitoyn of Calais the erle of Salisberi Chancelar of englond And all such parsons as had the rewle be fore about the kiÌ„g wer set a part myght not rule as they did be fore ¶ And this same yere died pope Nicholas the v. and after him was Calixte the thrid This calixt wos a catalane and thactis of him shall be shewyd sone after ¶ In this same yere fell a gret affray in London ayenst the Lumbardes The cause began because a yong man toke a dagger from a lumbard and brake it wherfore the yong man on thee morne wos sent fore to cum before the mayre and the aldermeÌ„ and ther for the offence he wos comytted to warde ¶ And then the maire deê‘ted from the gyldhall for to go home vn to his dynner but in the Chepe the yong men of the mercerie for the most part preÌ„tises held the maire and sheriues styll in châ—pe and wold not suffre them to depart vn to the tyme that ther felow wich wos comitted to ward wer deliuered and so bi force they rescued ther felow from prison and that done the maire and sheriues departed Ì„ the prisoner deliuered wich if he had bene put to prison had be in iupardie of his life ¶ And than began a romur in the cite ayenst the lumbardis and the same euenyng the handcraftimen of the toune arose and ran to the lumbardis houses and despoiled Ì„ robbed diuerse of them wherfore the maire and aldermen come with the honest pepull of the cite drofe them thens and sent sum of them that had stolen to newgate ¶ And the yong man that wos rescued by his felowes saw this gret romur afray and roborie enshewed of his frist meuyng to the lumbard deê‘tid and went to westmynstre to sentorie or els it had cost him his life For anoÌ„e after come doune an Oeyr determyne for to do Iustice on all them that so rebelled in the cite ayens the Lumbardis on wich sat with the maire that time willm Marow the duke of Bakyngham and mony othir lordis for to see execucion done ¶ But the comunes of the cite secretly made them redy and did arme them in ther houses wer inpurposed for to haue rongyn the comune bell wich is called bow bell but they wer let by sad men wich come to the knowleche of the duke of Bokyngham and othir lordis and incontinente they arose for they durst nolanger abide For they doutid that the hole cite shÌ„uld haue arisen ayenst them ¶ But yit neuerthelesse two or iij. of the cite wer Iugged to deth for this robborie Ì„ wer honged at Tiborne ¶ Anone after the kyng Ì„ the quene and othir lordis rode vn to Couentre and withdrew them froÌ„ london for thies cause Ì„ a litell before the duke of yorke wos seÌ„t fore to Grenwich ther wos discharged of the ê“tectourship And my lord of Salisberi of his Chancelarship Ì„ after this thei wer sent fore by priue seale for to cum vn to couentre wher they wer almost deceyued the erle of werwike also and shuld haue bene destruyed if they had not seyn well to ¶ How the lord Egremond was taken by the erle of Salisberi sonnys and of the robbyng of Sandwich THis yere wer takyn iiij gret fisshes bitwen Eereth and london that on wos called mors marine the secund was a swerd fisshe and the othir twayn wer whales ¶ In this same yere for certan affrayes done in the northcuntre bitwen the lord Egremond and the Erle of Salisburi sonnys the said lord Egremond whom they had takyn was condempned in a gret soum of monay to the said Erle of salisburi and therfore comittid iÌ„ to prison in newgate in london wher when he had bee a certayn space he brake thee prisun and iij. prisoners with him and ascapid and went his way ¶ Also this yere thee Erle of werwik and his wyfe went to Calais with a fair feliship and toke possession of his office ¶ About this tyme was a gret reformacion of mony monasteries of religion in diuerse parties of the world wich wer reformid after the frist institucion continued in moÌ„y places ¶ This same yere wos a gret bataill in the marches bytwen the land of Hungrie and the Turkye at a place called septedrad wher innumerabull Turkis wer slayn more by miracle thaÌ„ by mannys hond For only the hand of god smote them sent IohnÌ„ of capistrane wos ther present and prouoked the cristyn pepull beyng then aferd after to porsue the Turkis wher an infinite multitude wer slayn and destroyed And the Turkis said that a gret nombre of armed men folowed them that they wer aferd to turne ayen and they wer holi angellis ¶ This same yere the prisoners of newgate in london brake ther prison went vp on the leedis fought ayens them of the cite Ì„ kepid the gate a long while but at the last the toune gat the prison on them than they wer put in fetrris Ì„ Irons wer sore punysshed mensamof othir ¶ In this yere also ther wos a gret erthquake in Naples in so moch that ther perisshed xl· thousand pepull that sanke ther in to the erth ¶ Item in the yere xxxvi sent Osmond sum tyme bisshop of Salisberi wos canonised at Reme by pope Caliste And the xvi day of Iuyll he was translated at Salisbery by the bisshop of Cantorburie and mony othir bisshoppis ¶ And in August after sir Pers de Bresay seneschall of Normandi with the Capitayn of Depe and mony othir Capitayns and men of were went to the see with a gret nauy and come in to the Downes by nyght on the morne erly before day they londid and come vn to Sandwych both by land and water and token the toune and Rifled and despoiled it and toke mony prisoners And left the toune all bare wich wos a rich place and moche good therin And lad with them mony rich prisoners ¶ In this same yere in mony places of fraunce Almayn flauÌ„dris Holand and Zeland Childer gadrid them to geder by gret companies for to go on pylgrimage to sent Mihele mount iÌ„ Normandie wich come from fer cuntries wherof the pepull maruellid and mony supposid that sum wickid spret meued them to do so bot it endurid not long be cause of the long way and also for lake of vitaill as they went ¶ In this
yere Rainold pecok bisshop of Cheiester wos fonden an heritike the iij. day of December was abiurid at Lambheth in the presens of the Erchebisshop of cantorbery and mony othir bisshoppis doctours and lordis temperall And his bokys brint at Poules crosse Ye haue hard before how certayn lordis wer slayn at sent albons wherfore wos alway a grutche and wroth had by theyres of them that wer so slaiÌ„ ayens the duke of yorke the erles of warwik and of salisberi wherfore the kyng by thauys of his councell sent for them vn to london to wich place the duke of yorke come the xxvi day of Ianuer with cccc men Ì„ logged at baynardes castell in his own place ¶ And the xv day of Ianuer come the erle of salisburi with v hondred men and was loggid in therâ—â— his own place ¶ And then come the dukis of Excestre and of somerset with viij hondreth men lay without temple barre ¶ And the erle of northumbarland the lord Egremond and the lord Clifford with xv hondreth meÌ„ and loggid without tonne ¶ And the maire that time Gefferey Boleyn kept gret watch with the comunes of the cite and rode aboute the cite by hol borne and flet strete with a v thousand men well arayed and armed for to kepe the pees ¶ And thee xiiij day of Feuerer the erle of warwik come to london froÌ„ Calais well be seyn and worshÌ„ipfully with vi hondreth men in rede iakkettis brodderd with a ragged stafe be hynd be fore was logged at grafreris ¶ And the xvij day of march thee kyng come to london and the quene and ther wos a concorde Ì„ a pees made amonges thes lordis and they wer set in pees ¶ And on our lady day the xv day of Marche in the yere of our lord a M. cccc lviij the kyng the quene and all thes lordis went precessioÌ„n at poules in londoÌ„ anone after the kiÌ„g the lordis deê‘ted ¶ And in this yere was a gret affray in fletestrete bitwen men of court and men of the same strete In wich affray the quenys attorney wos slayn ¶ How the kynges housold made afray ayenst the erle of warwike Ì„ of the Iourney at bloreheth ALso this same yere as therle of warwike wos at councell at westmynstre All the kynges housold menye gadred them to geder for to haue slayn the said Erle but by the helpe of god and his frendis he recouerid his barge Ì„ escapped ther euell enterprise How well the Cokis come runnyg out with spittis pestels ayens him· And the same day he rode toward warwike and sone after he gat him a comission and wenten ouer the see to Calais ¶ Sone after this the erle of Salisberi comyng to london wos encountred at Blureheth with the lord Awdeley and moch othir pepull ordeyned for to distroy him but he hauyng knawlech that he shuld be met with wos accomponied with his two sonnys sir Thomas and sir IohnÌ„ Neuill and a gret feliship of good men ¶ And so they faught to gedres wher therle of Salisberi whan the feld and the lord Awdeley wos slayn and moÌ„y gentilmen of Chesshire and moch pepull hurt and therles two sonnys wer hurt and goyng homward afterward they wer taken and had to chestre by the quemes menye ¶ After Calixt Pius wos pope and was chosin this yere a M. cccc Ì„ lviij And he wos called be fore Eneas an eloquent man and a poete laureate He was embassatour of the emprours a fore tyme And he wrote in the couÌ„cell of basilie a nobull traittie for the auctorite of the same ¶ Also he canonised sent Katherine of senys This pope ordined gret indulgens and pardon to them that wold go and were ayenst the turke wrote an epistle to the gret turke exorting him to becum cristyn Ì„ iÌ„ the end he ordined a passage ayenst thee Turke at Ankone to wich moch pepull drew out of all ê‘ties of cristyndoÌ„ of wich pepull he sent mony home ayen because thei suffised not anone after he died at the said place of Ankone the yere of our lord a M. cccc.lxiiij the xiiij day of august ¶ How Andrew Trollop Ì„ the soudiours of calais forsoke the duke of yorke ther mastir therle of warwik iÌ„ the west cuntre THe duke of yorke the erles of warwike and of Salisbiri saw the gouernaunce of the reame stode most by the quene hir councell how the gret princes of the land wer not callid to councell but set a ê‘te not onli so bot it wos said thurgh the reame that tho said lordis shuld be destroyed vtterli as it openli was shewed at Bloreheth by them that wold haue slayn the erle of salisberi ¶ Than thei for sauacion of ther lyues and also for the comyn well of the reame thoght for to remedie thes thyngê assembled them to gedre with moch pepull and toke a feld in thee west cuntre to wich the erle of warwike come from calais with mony of thold soudgers as Andrew trowlop othir in whos wisedom as for the were he moch trusted ¶ And whan they wereÌ„ thus assembled and made ther feld The king sent out his comissions and priue seals vn to all the lordis of his reame to cum await on him in ther most best defensable aray and so euery man come in such wise that the kyng wos stronger and had moch more pepull than the duke of yorke Ì„ the erles of warwik and salisberi For it is here to be noted that euery lord in englond at this time durst not disobey the quene for she rewled peasibly all that was done about the kyng wich wos a good simple and an Innocent man ¶ And than when the kyng wos comen to the place wher as they wer the duke of yorke Ì„ his feliship had made ther felde in the strongest wise â–ª and had purposid verely to haue byden and haue foughten but in the nyght Andrew Trollop Ì„ all the old soudiours of Calais with a gret feliship sodenly deê‘ted out of the dukis host Ì„ went streght vn to the kynges feld ther they wer ressaued ioyously for they knew th entent of the othir lordis also the maner of ther feldis ¶ And than the duke of york with the othir lordis seyng them dissaued toke a couÌ„cell shortely in that same nyght deê‘tid froÌ„ thee feld leuyng behynd them the most parti of ther pepull to kepe the feld till on thee morn ¶ Then the duke of yorke with his secund son deê‘tid thurgh wales toward Irland leuyng his eldest son the Erle of the march with the erles of warwik of Salusberi wich rode to geder with iij. or iiij ê‘sons streght in to Deuenshire ther bi help and ayde of on Denham a squier wich gate for them a ship wich cost .cc.xx. nobles with thee same ship sailed from thens
in to garnesey And ther refresshid them and from thens sailed to Calais wher they wer resaued in to the castell by the postren or they of the toune wist of it And the duke of yorke toke shippyng in walis and sailed ouer in to Irland wher he wos well resayued ¶ How therles of march warwik Ì„ salisberi entrid in to Calais how therle of warwik went in to Irland THen kyng Henri beyng with his host in the feld not knowyng of this soden deê‘ting on the morne fonde none in the felde of the said lordis sent owt in all the hast men for to folowe pursue after to take them but they met not with them as god wold and then the kyng went to Ludlowe Ì„ dispoiled the castell and the toune and sent the duches of yorke with hir child to my lady of Bokyngham hir sustre· wher she wos kepid long tyme after ¶ And forthwith the kyng ordeyned the duke of Somersete to be capitayn of Calais And thes othir lordis so deê‘ted as afore is said wer ê“clamid rebellis gret traytours ¶ Then thee duke of Somerset â—oke to him all the soudiours that deê‘ted froÌ„ the feld and made him redy in all the hast to go to calais Ì„ take pocession of his office Ì„ whan he come he fond therle of warwike therin as Capitain Ì„ therles of march of Salisberi also Ì„ than he landid by scales went to Guisnes Ì„ ther he wos resaued it fortoned that sum of tho shÌ„ippis that come ouer with him come iÌ„ to calais hauen by ther fre will for the shipmen ought more fauour to therle of warwike than to the duke of somerset in wich shÌ„ippis wer takin diuerse meÌ„ as Ienyn finkhill IohnÌ„ felow Kailles and purser wich wer behedid sone after in Calais· ¶ And after this come men daly ouer the see to thies lordis to calais and began to wax stronger Ì„ stronger And they borowed moch good of the staple ¶ And on that othir side the duke of somersete beyng in Guysnes gat pepull to him wich come out and scarmusshed with them of Calais and they of Calais with them wiche endurid mony dayes During thus this same scarmusshyng moch pepull dayly come ouer vn to thes lordis ¶ Than on a tyme by the avise of counsell the lordis at Calais sent ouer master Denham with a gret feliship to sandwich wich toke the toune Ì„ theriÌ„ the lord Riueris the lord Scalis his son toke moÌ„i shippis in the haueÌ„ brought them all to Calais with wich shippis mony marinere of ther fre will come to calais to serue the erle of warwike ¶ And after this the erle of werwike by thauys of the lordis toke all his shippis mannyd them well sailed him self in to Irland for to speke with the duke of yorke to take his avise how they shÌ„uld entre iÌ„ to engloÌ„d ayen ¶ And when he had be ther done his erandis he returned ayen toward Calais and brought with him his modre the countesse of salisberi ¶ And comyng in the west cuntre vpon the se the duke of Excestre amirell of englond beyng in the grace of Due accompanied with mony shippis of were met with therle of warwik and his flete but they faught not for the substance of the pepull beyng with the duke of Excestre ought bettir will more fauour to the erle of warwike thaÌ„ to him and they deê‘ted come to calais in saufte blissid be god ¶ Then the kyngê councell seyng that thes lordis â—ad getin thos shippis froÌ„ sandwich takyn the lord Riuers his son· ordined a garnyson at sandwich to abide and kepe the toune made on MouÌ„tford capitayn of the touÌ„e that no man ne vitaill ne marchand that shuld go in to flauÌ„dres shuld go in to Calais ¶ Then they of calais seyng this made out master DenhaÌ„ mony othir to go to sandwych so they did and assailed the touÌ„e by water by lond gat it brought MouÌ„tford ther capitayn ouer se to Rysebanke ther smoti of hys hede yit dayly men com ouer to them out of all ê‘ties of englond ¶ How the erles of march and of warwike of salisberi enterid in to englond And of the feld of Northamton wher diuerse lordis wer slayn ANd after this the fore said erles of March warwik and of Salisberi come ouer to Douer with moch pepull and their landid â–ª to whom all the cuntre drew and come to LondoÌ„ armed ¶ And for to let the lordis of the kynges councell know their treuth and also ther entent assembled them Ì„ told them that they entendit no harme vn to the kyngê parson sauf that thei wold put from him such ê‘sons as wer about him And so deê‘ted froÌ„ londoÌ„ with a gret puissaunce toward Northamton wher the kyng was accompanied with mony lordis and had made a strong feld wyth out the toune and ther both parties met and wos foughten a grete bataill In wich bataill wer slayn the duke of Bokyngham the erle of Shrowesberi the viscounte Beamond the lord Egremond and mony knyghtis and squiers othir also and the kiÌ„g him self wos taken in the feld and afterward brought to london· ¶ And anone after wos a parlament at westmynstre during wich parlament the duke of yorke come out of Irland with the erle of Rutland ridyng with a gret felishÌ„ip iÌ„ to the palais at westmynstre and toke the kynges palais And come in to the parlament chambre Ì„ ther toke the kynges place and clamed the crouned as his propre enheritaunce and right and cast forth in writiÌ„g his titell Ì„ also how he wos rightfull heir wherfore was moch to do but in conclusion it was appointed and ê¯cludid that kyng henri shÌ„old regne and be kyng during his naturall life For as moch as he had be kyng so long and wos possessid and after hys deth the duke of yorke shuld be kyng and his heiris kyngê after him And forthwith shuld be ê“clamed heire apparaunt· and shÌ„uld also be protectour and regent of Englond during the kynges life with mony othir thyngis ordeyned in the same parlament and yf kyng Henri during his life went from this oppoynttement or ony article concludid in the said parlament he shuld be deposid and the duke shuld take the croune and be kyng all wich thyngê wer enacted by the auctorite of the said parlament att wich parlamenÌ„t the comunes of the reame beyng assembled in the comune hous comonyng and treating vpoÌ„ the titell of the said duke of yorke sodenli fell doun the croune wich honge then in the middes of the said hous wich is the frayter of the abbey of westmynstre wich was taken for a ê“dige or token that the regne of kyng Henri was endid And also the croune wich stode on the hyghest toure
kiÌ„g thugh his couÌ„cell let orden Ì„ make hys new monay that is to say the peny the grot value of iiij pens the half grot of ij pens bot it wos of les weight than the old sterliÌ„g wos be v. shillyng in the pouÌ„de ¶ And in the xxvij yere of his regne wos the gret derth of vitailles the wich was called thee dere somer ¶ And in the xxviij yere of his regne iÌ„ the ê‘lament holden at westmiÌ„stre after Ester sir Henri erle of Lancastre wos made duke of lancastre iÌ„ this yere wos so gret a drought that froÌ„ the moneth of marche to the moÌ„eth of Iuyll ther fell no rayn on the erthe wherfore all frutis sedis and herbes for the most ê‘tie wer lost in defaute ¶ Wherof ther come so gret disese of men and bestes derthe of vitales in englond so that this land that euer afore had bene plenteous had nede that tyme to feke his vitalis and refresssyng of other out Iles cuÌ„tres ¶ And iÌ„ the xxix yere of kyng edward it was accordid graunted and sworne bytwen the kyng of fraunce and kyng Edward of englond that he shuld houe ayen all his landis and lordeshippis that longed to the duchie of Gnyhen of old tyme the wich had bene with draw and wroÌ„gfulli occupied bi diuerse kynges of fraunce before hand to haue and to hold to kyng Edward and to his heires and successours for euer more frely pesabully and in good quiet vpoÌ„ thys couenaunt that the kyng of Englond shuld leue of and relesen all his right and claym that he had claymed of the kyngdom of fraunce and of the titell that he toke ther of vpoÌ„ wich speche couenauntis it wos sent to the court of Rome on both sides of the kynges that the forsaid couenauÌ„t shÌ„uld be enbulled bot god ordeyned better for the kiÌ„ges worsship of engloÌ„d· for what thurgh fraud discert of the frenshmen Ì„ what thurgh lettyng of the pope Ì„ of the court of rome the forsaid couenauÌ„tis wer disquat left of ¶ And iÌ„ the same yere the kiÌ„g reuoked bi his wise Ì„ discret couÌ„cell the stapull of wolÌ„les out of flauÌ„dres iÌ„ to englond with all the libertes frauÌ„ches Ì„ fre customys that longed ther to· Ì„ ordeyned it in engloÌ„d in diuerse places that is for to say at westmynstre Cantorberi Chichestre Bristow Lyncolne Hull with all the forsaid thynges that longen ther to ¶ And that this thing that shuld thus be done the kyng swore him self ther to And prince edward his sone with other moÌ„y gret witnesses that ther wer present ¶ And the xxx yere of his regne anone after witsontide in the parlament ordeyned at westmynstre it wos told and certefied to the king that Philip that tho held the kiÌ„gdoÌ„ of frauÌ„ce was dede And that IohnÌ„ his son wos creuned kiÌ„g that this IohnÌ„ had yeuen Karoll his son the Duchie of Gnyhen· of thee wich thyng kyng Edward when he wist ther of had gret indignacion vn to him and was wonder wroth and strongly meued ¶ And therfor afore all the worthy lordis that ther wer assembulled at that parlament he called edward his son vn to hym to whome the duchid of Gnyhen by right heritage shuld long to Ì„ yaf it him ther. byddyng and strengthyng him that he shuld ordene him for to defende him and a venge him vpon his enmys and saue maynten his right ¶ And afterward kyng edward hiÌ„ self his eldest son Edward wente to diuerse places Ì„ seintes in englond on pilgrimage for to haue the more help Ì„ grace of god of his seintes and ij KalÌ„ â–ª of Iuyll when all thyng wos redy to that viage bataill all his retenue pouer assembled his nauye also redy he toke with hiÌ„ the erle of warwike the erle of suffolk the erle of Salusberi the erle of Oxford and a thousand meÌ„ of armes and as mony archiers Ì„ in the Natiuite of our lady tok ther shippis at Plymmouth Ì„ began to saill ¶ And when hee come and wos ariued in Gnyhen he was ther worsshipfully take receyued of the most nobull men lordis of that cuÌ„tre ¶ And anone after kyng Edward toke with him his ij sonys that is to say sir Leonell erle of vlton sir IohnÌ„ his brother erle of Richemond sir Henri duke of Lancastre with mony erles lordis Ì„ men of armes and ij thousand archiers Ì„ failed toward frauÌ„ce restid hiÌ„ a while at Calais afterward the kiÌ„g weÌ„t with his folke aforsaid and with other soudiours of beyond the se that ther abide the kynges comyng the secund day of Nouember and toke his iourney toward kiÌ„g IohnÌ„ of fraunce ther as he trowed to haue founden him fast by Odomarum as his lettres couenaunt made mencion that he wold a bide him ther with his host ¶ And wheÌ„ king Iohan of fraunce herd tell of the kynges ê¯yng of englond he went away with his men cariege cowerdly shamfully fleyng and wastyng all vitales that the englishmen shuld not haue ther of ¶ And when kyng edward herd tell that he fled he pursued him with all his host till Hedene Ì„ than he beholdyng the waÌ„ting and scarcite of vitales Ì„ also the cowerdise of the kiÌ„g of frauÌ„ce he turned ayen wastyng all the cuntre ¶ And while all thes thynges were a doyng the scottis priueli and by nyght token the toune of Berewike slayng them that withstode them no man els but blissed be god the castell wos saued kept by englishmeÌ„ that wer theriÌ„ Than the kiÌ„g ê‘saued all this he turned ayen iÌ„ to englond as wroth as he myght be wherfor iÌ„ ê‘lament at westmynstre wos grauÌ„tid to the kiÌ„g of euery sake of wolle .l. shillyng during the terme of vi yere that he myght the myghtelyer fight Ì„ defend the reame ayens the scottis othir misdoers ¶ And so wheÌ„ all thynges wer redy the kyng hasted hiÌ„ to the sege ward ¶ How kyng Edward wos crouned king of scotland how Prince Edward toke the kyng of fraunce sir Philip his yonger son at the bataâ—ll of Peyters ANd in the xxxi yere of his regne the xiij day of Ianiuer the kyng in the Castill of Berewik with a few men but hauyng ther fast by a grett host The toune wos yolden vn to him with outen ony maner defence or difficulte· than the kyng of scotland that is for to say sir Iohan Bailloll considering how that god did mony merueâ—les and gracious thiÌ„ges for king Edward at his own will fro day to day he toke yaf vp the reame of Scotland and the crouÌ„e of scotland at Rokisburgh in the kinges handis of englond vnder his patent letter ther made ¶ And anone after king Edward in presence of all the prelatis othir worthy men and lordis that wer ther