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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 ¶
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
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
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
law of god wos geueÌ„ iÌ„ the hill of sinay Ì„ the boke of leueticuÌ„ wos wretyn and a noder boke wos called numerum Ì„ the tabernacul wos ordand The boke of deuteronamiuÌ„ wos made Balaam wos ê“phet Ì„ wos slayn Anno muÌ„di .iij M vij C xxv Et anÌ„ xpiÌ„ natiÌ„ M.iiij C lxxiiii SAlmen of the line of crist wos abowte this tyme Ì„ he had a wife that heyt reab Moyses abowt this tyme decesset the water of fleme iordane wos dry Iericho wos take the son stoid iÌ„ the firmameÌ„t iÌ„meuabull historia libri iosue iÌ„cipit iudicum Iosue the secuÌ„d iuge iÌ„ israel wos a myghty maÌ„ iÌ„ batell Ì„ the fryst iÌ„ desert he awer com amelech Ì„ after Moyses of god he wos ordant iuge of israel of whom the batels the werkes Ì„ the religius lyfe ye may se iÌ„ the boke of Iosue wreteÌ„ Eleazar wos the secund bysshop Ì„ he Ì„ iosue deuyded the lond of ê“mision to the child of israell Ì„ of hym deceÌ„dit the bysshoppis vn to crist a few exceppyt Othonyell of the tribe of Iuda wos the thryd iuge and this man delyuered the children of israel fro the oppression of thee Reame off Mesopotomie the wich he ower come in batell thys man toke axam to his wyefe the wiche asked the vale londis a bown Ì„ be nethe of hir fader caleph vt pêª patet iudic prio. Aoth wos the iiij iuge iÌ„ israel this maÌ„ subduid egloÌ„ the kyng of moab and deliuerit the child of israel this wos a myghty man in batell and he vsyd the ton hond as well as the tother for his right hond ¶ A bowte this tyme the kiÌ„gê of Italy be gone and mony tymes ther names be changet of the wich the ê“genite of the romans moâ— clerly is shewed Ianas wos the fyrst kyng of ytaly and afterward of the rude gentilys he wos worshyppit as a god and they fenyd hym to haue ij faces for they worshippit his fest in the begynnyng of the yere as he war the ende of the last yere and the begynnyng of the fyrst yere and of hym the mone of Ianuary has his name Amictus wos the viij kyng of babulon vndyr whom Iosue decessit Anno muÌ„di iij M vij C lxxv Et anÌ„ xpiÌ„ natiÌ„ M iiij C xxiiij Boos son to salmon of the lyne of crist wos this tyme. bott of hym is lytill wretten bot that Math nombres hym iij the genology and as docturs sayth ther wos made skyppiÌ„g of namys be twyx Boos Ì„ Obeth for at the leste be twyx them war CClxxij yere the wich tyme to on man may not be referred Ì„ ther for heyr mony thynges is spoken or I cum to the lyne of crist a yane Nicholaê° de lyra dt ê™ suÌ„t tres boos vnus post alium Sangar wos the v iuge of israel bothe leued no yeres Delbora wos the vi iuge this Delbora wos a womaÌ„ and for thee grace of hir ê“phecy wos gyffen to hir honour that she iuget israel she by the coÌ„maÌ„dment of god called Baruch that he shold go feght with the enmys of israel and the child of israel gat the victory a yans Iabin the kyng of Chanaan and Cizaram the priÌ„ce of his cheualry and he destrued hem vt pêª patet iudicuÌ„ 4o. Phenies wos bisshop and this Phenies yet a yong man for goddis sake slew mony lecherus men And therfor our lord wos plesit wit him Saturnus this tyme wos kyng in Italy and he wos the secuÌ„de kyng ther. this Saturmis is sayed to cum from the lond of cretens in to Ytaly whom by ydolatri thurght a meruelê° blendnes they sayed wos no man bot a god And yet they sayed that hee regnet vpon them as ther kyng and he taught meÌ„ fyrst to donge ther feeldys and of Saturnus the romaÌ„s war calÌ„led saturniam Pâ—icus wos son to Saturnus and or he wos kyng in Italy he wos kyng in Laurentyn and after his decesse of the geÌ„tilis wos worsshippit for a god Anno muÌ„di iij M viij C lxxv Et anÌ„ xpÌ„i natiÌ„ M.iij C xliiij GEdeon the vij Iuge off israel wos this tyme. this Gedeon subduyt iiij kynges s. Oreb Zebee Zeb and Salmana And hee subduyt Madean to israel vide plura iudi cuÌ„ .6.7 et .8 Bocci wos Bisshope in isthel then Abymelech the viij iuge in israel wos naturall sone to Gedyan and he wos not called of god bot malyciosly toke on hym the Prinshod of israel and he slew lxx of his brether wherfor he endit his lyfe myscheuusly vt patet iudicum 9 Tola wos the ix Iuge in israel and this man gydit hym after the olde gouernans of iuges by thee maner of dyreccion and counsell moor then by domynacion Bocci wos bisshop a bowte this tyme bot of hym lytell is wretyn Iayr the x iuge of israel had xxx sonnys whom he made princes of xxx citees And be cause thes war good men and rulit to the plesour off god Therfor in the dayes of thees .ij. men isreel drew to our lord And therfor all thyng come and wos in prosperite and welche Fannus wos the iiij kynge of Italy and he wos kyng of Laurentyn bâ—the Latinus wos kyng in Italy after FaÌ„nus and of thys Latinus wos called the kyngdoÌ„ of latinorum ¶ And Carmentis doughter to Euandri foond fyrst latyn lettyrs Thauranus a bowt this tyme wos kyng of babulon or of asseriorum and vnder thys man Troy wos destruyed fyrst The occasion off the batell off Troy be gone for a lytell thyng in so myche as Lamydon kyng of Troy reseyued not Hercules and Iason wyth dew honour as they shold haue be resaiued and off so lytell a trespasse how mony harmys and hurtys grew Sibilla delphica a for the batell of Troy proficyed how a chyld shuld be borne of a virgin wyth owt mannys seed Laamydon kyng of Troy wos slayn And hys doughtyr xiona wos taken in to grees lond for the wych foulyth myghty batell and most ferfull myscheuys vide historiam troianam Hercules wyth Iason destruyd Ilyum or Troy the wych a none after wos bylded of Pryamus son to Laamydon This hercules did mony meruelus thynges and mony myghty batelles and infenyte lesinges be fennyt on hym· at the laste when he had ower come mych pepull hee wos soor hurt in werre And when he myght not suffyr the payn of his soor with the wych he wos greued hym selfe he ron in to the fyer and when he wos deyd he wos worshyppyt emonges the goddis of the gentyles myghttely Circa annuÌ„ muÌ„di iij M ix C lxxv Et anÌ„ xpiÌ„ natiÌ„ M.ij C xxiiij After the deth of Iayr iuge of israel the pepull of israell addyt new synnys to ther olde And our lord toke them iÌ„ to the pouer of the PhylÌ„ystiens and to the chylder of amon xviij yere and they war grettly oppressit and then they cryed
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
humbars doughter and she wos called Estrild ¶ And whan Lotrin saw hir he toke hir with hym for hir fayrnes â–ª and for hir wos ouer taken with loue Ì„ wold haue wedded hir This tidiÌ„ges come to Corin and anone he thought to aueuge hym vpon lotrin Far os mych as Lotrin had made counand for to spouse Corins douhhter that was called Guentolen And corin in hast went to hym vn to new Troy thê° he sayed to Lotrin now certes quod he ye reward me full euell for all the paynes that I haue suffred and had mony tymes for Brute your fadre and therfor sen that it is so I wyll a uenge me now vpon you and he drew his fauchon an hight and wold haue slayn thys Lotrin the kyng but the damisell went by tweyn them and made them acorded iÌ„ this maner that Lotrin shold spouse guendolen that wos Corins doughter And so Lotryn did And nertheles whan that he had spoused Guentolen Corins doughter preualy he come to Estrilde and brought hir wich chyld Ì„ gate vpon hir a doughter the wych was called Abren ¶ And hit befell so that anone after that Corin dyed and after when he was deid Lotrine for soke Guendolen that wos his wyfe and made Estrilde quene And ther guentolen that was his wyffe went from thens all in gret ire and wroth vn to Cornwaill and ther seised all the lond in to hir owne hond for as moche as she was hir fadres eyr she vnder toke feautes and homages of al the men of the lond and afterward assembled a gret host and a gret pouer of men for to be a venged vpon Lotrin that was hir lord and to hym come and yaf hym a strong batell and ther wos Lotrin hir hosband slayn and his men discomfited in the v. yere of his regne Guentolen let take Estrile and Abram hir doughter and bynd them bâ—the hâ—nd Ì„ fete Ì„ kest them bothe in to a water and so they drenched wherfor that water was euer more called after Abram after thee name of the damysell that was Estrildis doughter and englyssh men calleth that water seuern and walsh men callis it Abram vn to this day ¶ And when this was done Guentolen let croune hir quene of all the lond Ì„ gouerned the lond full well and wysely vn to the tyme that Madan hir son that Lotrin had goten vpon hir were of xx yere of age that he myght be kyng and so the quene regned xv yere and tho lett she croune hir son kyng hee regned gouerned the lond well and worthely And she went in to Cornwall and ther she duelled all hir lifes tyme. ¶ How Madan regned in pees all his life THys Madan son to Lotrin regned on the bretans xl yere The wich be gone regne the xv yere of Saull And this Madan liffed in pees all his dayes got ij sonnys MeÌ„pris Ì„ Maulyn Then he dyed and lyeth at new Troy Anno muÌ„di iiijM.C.xxij Et anÌ„ xpiÌ„ natiÌ„tateÌ„ M.lxxiiij Dauid the secund kyng in isreell regned thys tyme a man Dauiâ— Here begiÌ„nith the fourte aage duriÌ„g to the transmigracion chosyn after the desyre of god And he wos a noynted in hys yong age by Samuell and after the deth of Saull he regned ·xl yere this Dauid wos as a meruell in all man kynd In whome euer was y found so moche power and so mochel humylyte So mochel nobulnes an so moche mekenes So gret a charge of seculari thynges And so pure and dewoute a contemplacioÌ„ of spyrituall thynges So mony men to kyll And so mony teres to wepe for his trespas plura vide primo regum Abiathar this tyme wos bysshope and he fled fro Saull vn to Dauid and he wos glorius wyth hym all his dayes Gad Nathan and Asaph war prophettes than and Nathan wos brother son to Dauid ¶ How Mempris slew his brother Maulyn THis Mempris and his broder maulyn strâ—ue fast for thee lond Ì„ meÌ„pris begone to regne the xxxv yere of Dauid and for enchesoÌ„ that he wos the eldest son he wold haue had all the loÌ„d and Maulyn woldnat suffre hym so that they toke a day of loue Ì„ acorde ¶ And at this day MeÌ„pris let kyll his brother thurgh treson and hym self afterward held the lond and anoÌ„e let croune hym kyng and regned and after became so lither a maÌ„ that he destroid iÌ„ a while all the meÌ„ of his lond and at the last he bicame soo wikked and so lecherous that he for soke his owne wyfe and vsed the synne of sodomye wherfo almyghti god wos gretly displesyd and wrothe with hym and vpan hym toke vengeance for be cause of his wikkednes For on a day as he went forth on huntyng in a forest ther he lost all his men that wos with hym and wist not what he shold done and so he went vp and doune hym self alone and cried after his men bot they war gone and ther come wolfes anone and all to dreu hym in peces when he had rened xxiiij yere and when his pepull herid that he wos so deyd they made Ioy and myrth y nowgh and anone mada Ebrac his son kyng and he regned with moch honour Anno muÌ„di iiijM.C.lxv Et anÌ„ xpÌ„i natiÌ„toteÌ„ M xxxiiij SAlamon the kyng of Pees of the gyft of our lord had a synguler excedyng a bown all men that euer wos in thys world bot alonly god in wisdom Ì„ in riches indayntethis Ì„ in glory and famyliarite with god And all thogh Moyses and Dauid Peter Paule Ierom and Austyn and othee moo excedit hym in holines bot yet they excedit hym not in Glori and reches And this maÌ„ so excediÌ„g all meÌ„ wrechitly fell Of thys Salamon is red in a pystill of sent Ierom that he got a chyld on the doughter of Pharao at xi yere of his age vide plraÌ„ reguÌ„ Sadoch this tyme wos bisshop And for he declynet not to thee he part of Adonie Dauid son bot wos with Nathan for Salomon Ì„ Abiather on the other parte wos deposit Anno muÌ„di iiijM.ij C v. Et anÌ„ xpiÌ„ natiÌ„tateÌ„ ixC. lxxxxiiij ROboas succedit Salamon his feder in his kyngdome bott not in wysdome he wos dessaued thurgh thee counsell of yong meÌ„ lost x. tribê° iÌ„ so mych that he awnsuaid not the pepul wisly as it is opyn tercio reguÌ„ A chymyas wos bysshope and wos the son of Sadoch vt pêª patet primo paroliopo Reges israel incipiunt Iherobaas regned kiÌ„g iÌ„ israel xxij yere And he wos fyrst of the housold of SalamoÌ„ Ì„ a good man bot wheÌ„ he wos made kyng he wos a myscheuê° maÌ„ iÌ„ ydolatri Ì„ made israel to syn iÌ„ ydolatri Ì„ moÌ„y gret vncoÌ„uemeÌ„tis war done almost to the destrucnon of all israell for he wos the fugour of machomyte plraÌ„ vide 3º reguÌ„ Abdias the son of Roboas regned iÌ„ the Iuri
paralo Ioathas son of iehen regnit in israel .xvij. yere in whos days helise the ê“phet dâ—â—d and he began to regne the .xx. yere of ioas vide plura 4º reguÌ„ Ioam son of Ioathas regnit iÌ„ israel xvij yere he trobuld â—zia plura vide 4. reguÌ„ 13. ¶ Off kyng Leir son to bladud Ì„ of the ansuer of his yongest doughter that graciousli was maried to the Kyng of fraunce AFter Kyng Bladud regned Leir his soon and this Leir made the toune of leycestre let call the toune after his name he gouernit the 〈◊〉 wele Ì„ nobulli This king Leir had iij. doughteris the first â—d Gonorill the secunde Rigan Ì„ the therde Câ—â—dâ—â—ll and 〈◊〉 yongest doughter was fairest and best of ê¯dicions The kyng hir fader became an old man Ì„ wold that his doughteres were maried er that he died but first he thoght to assay wich of hem loued hym most Ì„ best for she that loued him best shold best be maried he axed of the fyrst doughter how well she hym loued and she aunsuerd Ì„ saied better then hir own lyffe Now certes quod hir fadre that is a gret loue Then axed he of the secuÌ„d doughter how moch she hym loued and she saied more and passing all the creaturs in the world ê‘ ma foy quod hir fader I ma no more axe and tho axed he of the thrid doughter how mych she hym loued certes fader quod she my sustres haue told you glosyng wordes but for so the I shall tell you trouth For I loue you os I aught to loue my fader and for to bring you more in certayn how I loue you I shall you tell as moche as ye bene worth so moch shall ye be loued ¶ The kyng hir fader went that she had skorned hym and become wonder wroth and suore by heuen Ì„ erth she shold neuer haue good of hym bot his doughtres that loued hym so moch shold be well auaunced and maried And the fyrst doughter he maried to Maugles kyng of scotland and the second he marid to hanemos Erle of Cornewaell and so they ordined and spak bitwene them that they shold depart the Reame bitwene them two after the deth of kyng Leir ther fader so that Cordeill his yongeste doughter shold nothyng haue of his lond but this Cordeill wos wonder fair and of good condicions and maners that thee kyng off fraunce Agampe herd of hir speke and sent to the kyng Leir hir father for to haue hir vn to his wyfe and prayed hym therof and kyng Leir hir fader sent hym word that he had departed his land and yeffen it all vn to his two doughtres be for saied and he saied he had no more land wher wyth hir to mary ¶ And whaÌ„ Agampe the kyng of fraunce herd this aunsuar he sent anone a yene to Leir and sayed that he axed no thyng withhir bot only hir clothyng and hir body And anone kyng leir sent hir ouer the see to the kiÌ„g of frauÌ„ce And he ressaued hir with moche worship and with solempnite he hir spoused made hir quene of fraunce ¶ How kyng Leir wos driuen out of his land thurgh his folke Ì„ how Cordeill his yongest doughter helped him iÌ„ his nede THus it befell afterward that tho .ij. eldest daughtres wold not a bide tyll leir ther fader wos deid but wered vpon hym whilles that he wos on liue and did hym moch sorow Ì„ sham wherfor they benoÌ„me hym holi the ream and bi twene them had or deyned that one of them shold haue kyng Leir to seiourne al his liue tyme with xl knyghtes and squyers that he myght wurship fulli go and ride whedder that he wold iÌ„ to what contre that hym liked to play and to solace ¶ So that Manacles kyng of scotland had kyng Leir with hym in the maner os is a boune saied and or other half yere wer passed Corneil that wos his eldest doughter and quene of Scotland was so a noyed of hym and of his pepull that anone she and hir lord speke to gedre wherfor his knyghtis half and his squers from hym wer gone and nomo left with him bot only xxx ¶ And when this wos done Leir bi gon for to make moch sorow for encheson that his estate wos empeired Ì„ men had of hym more scorne and despiet then euer they had before wherfor he not wist for to done and at the last thoght that he wold weind in to Cornwaill to Rigan his other doughter And when he was come the Erle and his wife that wos Leirs doughter hym welcomed and with hym made moch Ioye and the er he dwelled with xxx knyghtis squyers And he had not duelled ther scarsly xij month that his doughter of hym was weri and his companye and hir lord and she of hym had gret scorne and despitte so thatt from xxx knyghtes they brought vn to .x. and afterward had he but .v. and so they left hym nomo ¶ Than made he sorow ynouh and saied sore wepyng Allas that euer he come in to that land and saied yit had me better to haue duelled with my fyrst doughter And anone he went thens to his fyrst doughter a gâ—ne bot anoÌ„e as she saw him come she suore by god and bi his holi name and by as moch as she myght that he shold haue nomo with hym but one knyght yf he wold ther a bied Then begon Leir ayene to wepe and made moch sorow Ì„ said tho alas now to long haue I leued that this sorow and myschefe is to me now fallen for now am I pooer that suÌ„ tyme wos rich bot now haue I no frend ne kyn that me wyll do ony good ¶ But wheÌ„ I was riche all meÌ„ me honoured and worshipped now euery maÌ„ hath of me scorne Ì„ dâ—spite and now I wot well that Cordeill my yongest doughter saied me trought when she said as moch as i had so mych shuld i beloueid and all the while that i had good so long wos i loued and honoured for my riches but my two doughtres glosed me tho now of me thei set litell pris and soth told me Cordeill bot i wold nat beleue it ne vndiyrstond and therfor i let hir go fro me as a thyng that i set litell pris of and now wote i neuer what for to done sith my ij doughtre haue me thus dissaiued that i so moch loued and now most i nedes seche hir that is in an other land that lyghly i let hir gone fro me with out any reward or yeftes and she said that she loued me as mich os she aght to loue hir fader by all maner of reson and tho i shold haue axed hir nomore and tho that me other wise behightyn thurgh tber fals speche now haue me desauid in this maner Leir long tyme began to make his mone and at
the last he shop him to the see and passed ouer in to fraunce and asked and aspied wher the Quene myght be fonde and men told hym wher she was And whan he come to the Cite that she was in preualy he sent his squyer vn to the quene to tell hyr that hir fadre wos comen to hir for gret neides ¶ And when the squyer come to the quene he told hir euery dele of hir sustres from the begynnyng vn to the end· Cordeill the quene anone toke gold and siluer plente and toke it to the squyer in counsell that he shold go and bere it vn to hir fadre and that he shold go in to a certan Cite and hym aray and wasshen and than cum ayene to hir Ì„ bring with hym an honest companye of knyghtes xl at the leyst with ther menye and than he shold send to hir lord the kyng and sayne that he were comen for to speke with his doughter hym for to seen and so he did ¶ And whan the kyng and the quene heâ—d that thei com with mych honour they hym rossayued And the kiÌ„g of fraunce tho let send thurgh all his reame and coÌ„manded that all meÌ„ shold bene al 's entendent to kyng Leir the Quens fadre in all maner of thynges as it war vn to hym self when kiÌ„g leir had duelled ther a moneth and more he tolde to the kyng and to the quene his doughter how his two eldest doughtres had hym serued Agampe anone let ordeyne a gret host of fraunce men and sent in to bretan with Leir the quenes fader for to comquer his land ayene and his kyngdom And cordeill also come with hir fader in to bretane for to haue the reame after hir fadres deth And anone they went to ship and passed the see and come in to bretan and foughten with the felous and them scomfited and kylled Ì„ tho had he his lond ayene and after leued iij. yere and held his ream in pees and afterward died Ì„ Cordeill his doughter hym let eÌ„tyr with mekell honour at Lecestre Anno muÌ„di iiij M iij C xlix Et anÌ„ xpiÌ„ natiÌ„tateÌ„ viij C liij AMasias son to Ioam regned on the Iues xxix yere after the wich the kyngdoÌ„ of Iues wos with out kyng xiij yere This man worship the goddis of Seyr vt pêª patet 2º para 2â— Ieroboam son to Ioam rened on isreell xli yere yâ— with was manly and victorius for he ouer come the kyng sirie Ì„ restorid israell damaske after the word of Iono the ê“phet bot he wos not good ther foor sayeth Austyn yf good men regne thay ê“phet mony meÌ„ Ì„ yf ill men regne they hurt mony men Anno muÌ„di iiij M iij C lxxxviij Et anÌ„ xpiÌ„ natiÌ„tateÌ„ viij C xi OZias or Azarias son to Amasie regned on the Iure lij yere the wich leued well a for our lord Off hym is no ill thyng wretyn bot that he vsurpit the dyngnyte of prest hoid vnder Azari the wich he for bed hym for the wich cause our lord strok hym with a leper vt pêª patet â—o. para Ozee bisshop and ê“phet was this tyme the fyrst of the xij is send a yanes the x. tribis Iohell the secund of the xij ê“phesied of iuda Anias the iij. ê“phised agaÌ„s mani peple ¶ Abdias the iiij of the xij ê“phesied agayns edom Iacharias son to IeroboaÌ„ regned iÌ„ israell vi monethis the wich be gan to regne the xxxviij yere of Osias and wos nought in his leuyng as his predicessurs war And zelluz kylled hym and regned a moneth And Manahen kyllid hym toke his kyngdom vt pêª patet 4º reguÌ„ This manahen regned x. yere that wich be gon to regne the xxxix yere of Osias and he ruled him myscheuysly and our lord toke hym in the poer of the kyng of assuriorum Ì„ he payed to hym M. talentis of siluer vt pêª patet 4 reguÌ„ Phaseia son to manahen regned in israell ij yere And he bee gan to regne the .l. yere of Osias he wos noght iÌ„ his leuyng Phasee slew Phasaia regned xx yere And he be gan to regne the lij yer of Osias and did as other cursed men did plura vide 4º reguÌ„ And after this israell wos with owttyn ony kyng viij yere ¶ How Morgan and Conedag that wos nevus to Cordeil werred wpon hir and put hir hir in to preson WHen that kyng Leir wos deid Cordeill his yongest doughter regned the x. yere of Osias kyng of Iuri And after hir ragned Conedage the xv yere of Osias And Cordeill that wos Leir yongest doughter after the deth of hir fader had all the loÌ„d v. yere and in the meyn tyme died hir lord Agampe that was kyng of fraunce and after his deth she left wedo And ther come Morgan and Conedag that wer Cordeill sustre sonnys and to hir had enmite for as moch as ther aunt shold haue the land So that bitweyn them they ordeyned a gret pouer and vpon hir wered gretly and neuer they rest till they had hir taken Ì„ put hir vn to deth and tho Morgan Conedag seysed ale the land Ì„ deê‘tid it bitwene them And they held it xij yere â–ª and when tho xij yere were gone ther bi gane bitwene them a gret debate so that they wered strongly to gedre yfere euery of them did other moch disese for Morgan wold haue all the land fro beyond humbet that Conedage held but he come ayenst hym with a strong pouer so that Morgan durst not abide but fled awey in to wales and Conedage pursued hym Ì„ toke hym and kylled hym And tho come conedage ayen and seysed all the lond in to his hand and held it Ì„ regned after xxxiij yere tho he died Ì„ lieth at new Troy ¶ And be cause the mater contennys most comediusly to geder of the kynges of bretan now called Enegland for the tyme of them is not certenly knawyn what tyme of the world thes kynges foloyng regned Therfor they shall be to geder tyll it be comen vn to Guentolen kyng of bretan now called Englond ¶ How Reignold that wos CoÌ„adag son regned after his fader Ì„ iÌ„ his tyme it reyned blode iij. dayes iÌ„ tokennyng of gret deth ANd after this Conedage regned Reignold his son that was a wise knyght and an hardy and curtes that well Ì„ nobully gouerned the lond and wonder well made hym beleued of all maner of folke and in his tyme it rayned blode that lested iij. days as god wold and sone after ther come gret deth of pepull for hostes with out nombre of pepull foughten tyll that all myghty god therof toke mercy and pytty and tho gan it cese and this Reignold regned xxij yere Ì„ died lieth at Yorke ¶ How Gorbodian regned in pees that wos reignold son after he died and lieth at yoik ANd after this
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
spite scorne and ordined them help for to were vpon the kyng ther brother and so they toke hym an put in to prison the secuÌ„d yere of his regne Ì„ they deê‘ted all the land be twix them both but higamus leued but vij yere Ì„ tho had petitur all the lond he made the toune of Pickering How the Britons come and toke Hesidur out of prison made hym kyng the thrid tyme. ANd when this petitur was deid bretaÌ„s toke hesidur anoon Ì„ made hym kyng the thrid tyme and tho regned he iÌ„pees xiiij yere and after he died and lieth at Karleill How xxxiij kiÌ„gê rened iÌ„ pees eche after oder raft the deth of hesidur AFter the deth of hesidur regned xxxiij kiÌ„ges ich after other iÌ„ pees Ì„ with out ony long tariyng I shall tell theÌ„ all and how long eche of them regned as the stori telleth ¶ The fyrst kyng of tho xxxiij was called Gerbodia he regned xii yere and after him regned Morgan ij yere and after him rened Cighnus vi yere Ì„ after him regned Idwalan viij yere Ì„ after hym regned Rohugo xi yere Ì„ after regned voghen xiij yere and after hym regned Catill xv yere and after hym regned Porex ij yere and after hym regned Cherin xvij yere and after hym regned Coyll xij yere and after hym regned Sulgenis xiiij yere and after hiÌ„ regned Esdad xx yere and after hym regned Andragie xvij after hym regned vrian v. And aftei hym regned Elind ij yere And after hym regned Eldagan xv yere and after hym rened Claten xii yere and after hym regnid Ouirgunde viij yere and ofter hym regned Mortan vi yere and aftir hym regned Bledagh iij yere and after hym rened Caph i. yere And after hym regnee Gen ij yere and after hym regned Seysell Ì„ kiÌ„g Bled xxii yere And kyng Tabreth xi yere and Archinall xiiij yere and Croll xxx yere and Rodingu xxxij yere and Hertir v yer Hanipir vi yere Ì„ Carpour vij yere and Digneill iii. yere Ì„ Samuell xxiiij yere Ì„ Rede ij yere Ely vii monethes thys Ely had iii. sonnys Lud CassibalaÌ„ Enemyon ¶ How Lud wos made kyng aftir the doth of Ely his fader AFter the deth of Ely regned Lud his son gouerned wel the lond and moch honoured gud folke teÌ„pred ameÌ„ded wikked folke This lud loued more to duell at Troy then iÌ„ any other place of the lond wherfor the name of new troy was left and tho wos the cite called Ludstone But the name is changed thurgh variance of letters and now is called London And this kiÌ„g made in the cite afayr gate Ì„ called it lud gate after his name the folke of the cite ar londeneres and when he had rened xi yere he died and lieth at London Ì„ he had .ij. yong sonnys that oon wos called Andraghen and the other Tormace but they coude nether speke ne go for yongth and therfur the Bretans crouned a strong knyght thas was called Lud that was Cassibalamus brother Ì„ made hym kyng of bretane now called Englond Circa annuÌ„ muÌ„di iiij M viij C lxxxiiij Et anÌ„ xpÌ„i natiÌ„ ij C xv SAdoch of the lyne of crist is noÌ„bred iÌ„ math po. bot inscript ther is nomore meÌ„cion of hiÌ„ Iadê° the son of IohnÌ„ was he bisshop iÌ„ ierusaleÌ„ This tyme kiÌ„g alexander rened the wich wos wroth with the pepull of ierusaleÌ„ come to the cite TheÌ„ Iadê° arraed iÌ„ his poÌ„tificall ornameÌ„ts ran to meyt hiÌ„ he sodaÌ„ly wos plesed worshipped the bisshope and with pees Ioye entrid the cite Ì„ he made to be brought to him the boke of Daniell Ì„ the ê“phesi to be exponyd to hym the wich was spokeÌ„ of hiÌ„ Ì„ that doon he ioyed stroÌ„gly for all thyng the wich he had herd bi the drem iÌ„ dew ordir wos fulfilled it wos likly to hym that he shold be the same ê‘soÌ„ of whoÌ„ daniell ê“phesied Ì„ of that he toke more hardynes to fight with Darius kyng of ê‘sarum and he did the sacrafis Ì„ coÌ„manded the Iues to aske what they wold haue he granted that they shold kepe ther own lawis Ì„ at the seuent yere shold be with out tribute vide mrmÌ„ iÌ„ histo The host of Alexander as Orosius sayth wos xxxij M of foote men and iiij M hors men and schippes C.lxxx And it is vn certayn whedre it is more meruell that he shold conquer al the world with so lytell a pouer or how that euer he durst go vpoÌ„ them with so lityll a pouer And ther wos of alexander Ì„ his host slayn thee kyng of ê‘sarum Et vt orosiê° dicit quiÌ„quies decies ceÌ„tena milia Enias the son of Iadi wos bisshop after his fader Manilius Papiriê° Ì„ Fabiê° wer coÌ„sules at Rome This papiriê° whhen he wos a chyld he wos veray wisse Ì„ he fenyd mony a fayr lesing that he myght keip his master coÌ„sell the senetours when he caÌ„ to a man he wos so nobull a werur that when the RomaÌ„s dred Alexander he was chosen to go a yenes hiÌ„ Ì„ of the goddis he chargit not bot he scorned Ì„ rapreued the goddis sayng a fore that vn happy thingê shold fall Ì„ that to his gret louiÌ„g holy docturs saeth Incipit Monarchia grecorum et cessat monarchia persarum KYng Alixandre thys tyme be gone to be lord of all thee world and he wos called gret alexander for his gret victory the wich he had in so litell tyme. it wos an euident iugemeÌ„t of the wroth of god ayens synners of that tyme. certanly sum myraculs our lord did for hym in helpyng of his pouer for the se of PaÌ„philicon wos deuided to hym as in olde tyme the reid se to the iues when he pursecutit dariuÌ„ Also at is prayer the hilles of Caspij war schit that certayn of the cursed iues myght neuer cum â—wt bot at the last in babulon with venum he was poysumt and dyed the xxxiij yere of his age And the v. yere of his monarch the xij yere of the kyngdom of macidon NoÌ„nd that when Alexander was deid thos xij to whom he deuydet his kyngdom myght not a corde And then by gone infenite batellis and at the last iiij· obtened all the kyngdoÌ„ vide plraÌ„ in orosio Anno muÌ„di iiij M ix C ix Et ante xpÌ„i natiÌ„tateÌ„ CC.ix. AChym of the lyne of crist son to Sadoch is nombreid in Mathe prio. Ì„ of hym his nomore had inscripture Symon wos bisshop this tyme an holy man and also rightwys he wos named of the pepull Eleazarus wos bisshop after symoÌ„ This man send to Ptholameo kyng of Egipt lxxij lerned men of euery tribe sex to interpret the law of the iues the wich translatit from hebru in to greke thurgh a gret myracull that so moni men shold iÌ„
romaÌ„s for ê‘cialyte of ij bretheren s. Aristobolus and Ercanus bothe of them for enuy of odirkest them to the Romans that they myght regne ¶ This tyme iij sonnes appered in heuyn toward the est parte of the world the wich be lytill and lytyll wer brought in to on body A gret signe it wos that Affrica Asia Ì„ Europa shuld be brought in to on Monarch and that the lordship of Anthom the senetour and Lucus Antonij shuld turne in to on lordship Marcus Cicerio Tulyus the most excelent retricion wos consull of Rome this tyme. ¶ How that the Bretons graunted vn to Cassibolan that wos Ludd brother the land In whos tyme iulyus cesar come twyes for to conquere the lond of bretan AFter the deth of kyng Lud regned his brother Cassibolon and become a good man and mych belowed of his bretoÌ„s so that for his goodnes and curtesie they graunted hym the reame for euermore to hym and to his ayres And the kyng of his goodnes let norisch worthely bothe the sonnys that wos Ludis his brother and after made the eldest son erle of Cornwaill Ì„ the yongest son he made erle of London And while this kyng cassibulon regned come Iulius cesar that wos Emprour of Rome iÌ„ to this land with a pouer of romans and wold haue had thys land thurgh strength but Cassibalon ouer come hym iÌ„ batell thurgh helpe of the bretons and drofe hym out of this land and he went ayen to rome and assemled a gret pouer an other tyme and come ayene in to this land for to gif batell to Cassibalan bot he wos discomfitied thurgh strenght of the britons and thurgh helpe of the erle of cornwaill and the erle of London his brother and thurgh help of Gudian kyng of scotland and corbond kyng the kyng of north walles and of Bretaill kyng of southwales Ì„ in thys batell wos slayn Nennon that wos cassibolams brother wherfor he made moch sorow And so went Iulius cesar out of this land with a few of Romans that were left on lyue And tho Cassibalan went ayene to LondoÌ„ made a fest vn to all his folke that tho hym had holpen and when that this fest was done ther euery man went in to his own cuntre ¶ Of the debate that wos bitwix cassibolom an the Erle of LondoÌ„ of the truage that was paied to Rome ANd after it befell thus vpon a day that the gentilmen of the kynges houshold and gentilmeÌ„ of the Erles houshold of lÌ„ondon after mete went in fere for to play and thurgh debate that arose emong them Enelyn that wos the erles cosen of London kyiled Irenglas that wos the kynges cosin wherfor the kyng swore that Enelyn shold be honged bot the Erle of London that was Enelyns lord wold not suffre hym wherfor the kyng was gretly vexid and wroth towarde the Erle and thought him to destru preualy the Erle seÌ„t lettres to Iulius cesar that he shold cum iÌ„ to this land for to helpe hiÌ„ hiÌ„ a venge vpon the kiÌ„g Ì„ he wold help hym with all his myght And when that the Emprour herd this tidyngê he was full glad Ì„ ordeyned a stroÌ„g pouer and come a yene the thrid tyme in to this land and the Erle of London helpe hym with vijM. men and at the thrid tyme was Cassibalon ouer comen and discomfited and made pees to the Emprour for iijM. ponde of syluer yeldyng by yere for truage for this land for euer more And then half a yere after passed the Emprour weent vn to rome and the erle of London with hym for he durst not abid in this land and after Cassibolan regned xvij yere in pees tho he died the xvij yere of his regne and lieth at yorke ¶ How that the lordis off the land after the deth of Cassibolan and for encheson that he had no heir made Andragen kyng AFter the deth of Cassibolon for as myche as he had none heir of his lefull body begottyn the lordes of the lond bi the comyns asent crouned Andragen Erle of Cornwaill and made hym kyng and he regned well and worthely and he wos a good man and well gouerned the lond and when he had regned viij yere then he died and lieth at London Circa annuÌ„ muÌ„di vM.C.lix Et xpÌ„i natiuitateÌ„ xl IOseph of the lyne of crist abowt this tyme wos borne and after wos husband vn to our lady Antigonus was Bysshope this tyme in the Iuri This Antigonus was son vn to Aristoboly and on euery side he was fals for he obeyed not to the Romans and a gret plage he brouaht vn to the land for to destruy Hircanus his vnkyll that he mygh regne kyng And so Hircanuu was expulsed and Falelus wos kylled· and Herod wos flemyd bot wheÌ„ Herod come vn te Rome and told to the Senetours all thes thynges The Emprour creatit hiÌ„ kyng seÌ„diÌ„g with hiÌ„ an host the wich toke ierusalem And Antigonum the Bysshope taken led to Anthony the senetour the wich made hym sekyr And so wos Herod confirmed in to his kiÌ„gdoÌ„ Ì„ he a strang regned on the iues And so the kiÌ„gdoÌ„ of the iues seesyd as Iacob had said Titê° liuiê° historicê° and Ouidius wer this tyme. IncipiuÌ„t imê‘atores augusti â—et dictus est Augustus quia augebat populuÌ„ OCtauian wos Emê‘our of rome lvij yere vi monethes and x. dayes This Octauian Neuew to Iuly wen he wos a yonge man toke the Empire vpon hym His florichyng youth he spend in were .vM. batels he did And chortly after mony batels he brought all the world in to on monarche This maÌ„ had no felow And in his dayes pees was iÌ„ all the world thurgh the prouision of the veray god that the temporall pees myght glorify the Natiuite of our sauyour crist ihesu This Octauian wos the fayrest man that myght be and hegh in witt the most fortunate in all thynges and he lakked not the vice of his fleshly lust This man made all the world to be mesured and the .lij. yere of his regne wos our lord Ihesu crist borne the sauer of this world the wich granteth eternall pees to his louery ¶ Hic nota secund ieroiÌ„muÌ„ that Anna and Emeria wer sistirs and of Emeria wos borne Elezabeth mother to IohnÌ„ baptiste she wos fyâ—st wedded to Iochym of whom she toke Mari mother of crist ¶ The secuÌ„d housbond wos Cleaphe he gat on hir Maria Cleaphe the wich wos wedded to Alphe of whom procedid Iamys the lesse Symon Cananeus Iudas Taddeus Ì„ ioseph the wich is called Barsabas ¶ The thrid tyme anna wos wedded to Salome of whom she toke Mari salome the wich was weddid to Zebedi Ì„ of them coÌ„ iamis the more and iohnÌ„ the EuaÌ„gelist the first mari wedded ioseph broder to Cleaphe a fore sayd ¶ Thys tyme Sibilla tiburtina ê“phesied of crist And sayed to the Emê‘our august that he shold not
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
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
assemled a gret host and agret pouer and went ouer vn to Rome and ther toke the cite and kylled all that ther wos in that wer of mysbeleue that he myght ther fynde And tho wos he made Emprour and was a good man and gouerned hym so well that all londes to hym wer attendaunt for to be vnder his gouernance ¶ And this duell Ì„ tyrant Maxence that tyme wos in the land of Grece and herd this tydynge hee become wode and sodanly he died and so he endid his lyfe when ConstaÌ„tine went from this land vn to rome he toke with hym his moder Elyne for the moch wisdom that she coude and iij. other gret lordes that he most loued that on was called Hoell and an other was called Taberne and the thrid Morhin and toke all his loÌ„d to kepe vn to the Erle of Cornwaill that was called Octauian ¶ And anone as this Octauian wist that his lord was duellyng at Rome he seised all the land in to his hand and ther with did all his will among hygh and law and they held hym for kiÌ„g whan this tydynges come to Constantine the Emprour he was wonder wroth toward the erle octauian and sent Taberne wyth xijM. men for to destruye the Erle for his falsenes and they ariued at portesmouth ¶ And when octauian wist that he asseÌ„led agret pouer of bretons and discoÌ„fited Taberne and taberne fled thens in to Scotland and ordened ther a gret pouer and com ayene in to this land an other tyme for to yef batell to OctauiaÌ„ ¶ When octauian herd tell that he assemled a gret power and com ayen towardes Taberne as moch as he myght so that thos ij hostys metten to gedre vpoÌ„ stanysmore and strongly smot to gedre and tho wos octauian discomfited and fled thens vn to Norway and Taberne seysed all the land iÌ„ to his hand tounes Ì„ castelles as moch as they ther had And sith octauian come a yen fro norway with a gret pouer Ì„ seised all the land iÌ„ his hand drofe out all the romans and wos tho made kyng and regned ¶ How Maximian that was the Emprours cosyn of Rome spoused Octauians doughter and wos made kyng of this land THis Octauian gouerned the land well and nobully but he had none heir saufe a doughter that was a yong chyld that he loued as moch as his lyfe and for as mych thatt he waxed seke and wos iÌ„ poynt of deth myght no longer regne he wold haue made one of his nepheus to haue ben kyng the wich was a nobull knyght and a strong man that wos called Conan meriedoke Ì„ he shuld haue keped the kynges doghter Ì„ haue maried hir wheÌ„ tyme had bene but the lordes of the land wold not suffer it but yaf hir councell to be maried to sum hygh maÌ„ of gret honour and than might she haue all hir lust And the coÌ„sell of thee Emprour Constantyne hir lord and at this counsell they accorded and chose tho Cador of cornwaill for to wende to the emê‘our for to do this message Ì„ he toke the way Ì„ went to rome tolde the emprour this tydyng well Ì„ wysely Ì„ the emê‘our sent in to this land with him his own cosyn that wos his vnkyll son a nobull knyght and a strong that wos called Maximian and he spoused Octauians doughter and wos crouned kyng of this land ¶ How Maximian that wos the emprours cosyn conquered the land of Amorican and yaf it to Conan meriedok THis kyng Maxmian becom so riall that he thoght to conquere the land of Amarican for the gret riches that he herd tell that wos in that land so that he ne left man that wos of worthines knyght squyer ne none othir man that he ne toke with him to gret damage to all the lond for he left at home behynde him no man to kepe the land bot toke them with hym fro this land xxx M knyghtes that wer doughty menys bodies and went ouer iÌ„ to the land of Amorican thor slew the kyng that was called Imball coÌ„quered all the lond ¶ And wheÌ„ he had so done he cald Conan Ì„ said for as mich os kiÌ„g Octauian haue made yow kiÌ„g of bretoÌ„ thurgh me ye werlett and distrobled that ye wer not kiÌ„g I yeue yow this land of amorican and yow ther of maketh the kynge ¶ And for as moch as ye ben a Breton I wyll that thys land haue the same name and no more be called Amorican but bi called litell bretan and the land fro whens we ben comen shall be called moch bretan ¶ And so shall men knaw that on bretan fro that other Conan meridok thanked him hendely and so wos he made kyng of lytell bretan ¶ And when all this was done Maximian went fro thens vn to Rome and was tho made Emprour after constantine and Conan meriedok duelled in lytell bretan with mych honour and ther let ordand ij M. plough men of the land for to erie the land to harow it and for to sowe it and â—effed hem richely after that they wer ¶ And for as miche os kyng Conan and none of his knyghtes ne none of his other pepull wold not take wyfes of the nacion of fraunce hee tho sent in to gret breten to the Erle of cornwaill that men cald Dionothe that he shuld cheâ—e thurgh out all this land xiM. of madens that is to say viijM. for the mene pepull and iijM. for thee grettest lordes that shuld them spouse ¶ And wheÌ„ Dionoth vnder stode this he made acoÌ„mandement thurgh out all the land of bretan and as mony os the noÌ„bro come to he assemled to geder of maydens for ther wos no man that durst withstonde his commandmeÌ„tes for as mich that all the land was take hym to warde and to kepe to done all thinge that him good liked ¶ And when thes maydens wer assemled he let them cum be fore iym att London and let ordan for them shippes hasteli Ì„ os mich as theÌ„ neded to that vyage and toke his own doughter that wos called vrsula that wos the fayrest creature thot any man wyft and he wold haue sent hir to kyng Conan that shuld haue spoused hir Ì„ made hir quene of the land but she had made preuali to god a vowe of chastyte that hir fadre not wyst ne no other man els that wos leuyng vpon ethr ¶ How vrsula and xi M. maydens that wer in hir company went toward litell bretan and all they wer martired at Coloyn THis vrsula chose vn to hir company xi M. maydens that of all other she wos ladie and mastresse and all they weÌ„t in to shipp at on tyme in the water that is called thamse and coÌ„manded hir kyn and all hir frendis to almyghty god and sailed toward litele breton bot wheÌ„ they wer comen in to the hygh see a strange tempaste arose
euery bataill and come in to this land ¶ And whan vortiger herd tell that engist was come ayene with a grett pouer in to this lond· he assemled his bretons and tho went ayens engist for to haue yef hym bataill and his folke ¶ Butt Engist drad him sore of the Bretons For thei had driuen him beforne and discomfited hym with strength wherfor this engist prayd hym a loue day Ì„ sayed he wos not cuÌ„yn in to this laÌ„d for to fight but for to haue his land ayen if he might accord with the bretons and of them to haue luffe and grace ¶ The kiÌ„g vortiger thurgh counsell of his bretons graunted a loue day thus it wos ordeyned thurgh the bretons that the saame day shuld be holdin fast be side Salisberi vpon an hyll ¶ And engitt shuld come thidre with iiij hundreth knyghtys with out mo And the kyng with as mony of the wisest men of his land ¶ And at that day the kyng come with his counsell as it wos ordined but Engist had warned his knyghtys preualy and them commanded that euery of them shuld put a long knyfe in his hosyn whan he saied fair sers now is tyme to speke of loue and pees euery maÌ„ a none shuld draw out his knyfe and sle a breton and so they killed a thousand lxi of knyghtes and with moch sorow mony of them ascaped ¶ And the kyng vortiger ther hym self tho wos taken and lad to Thongcastell and put in to prison and summe of Engistes men wold that the kyng had bene brent all quyke ¶ And vortiger tho for to haue his lyfe granted them as moche as the wold axe and yaf vp all the land tounes Castelles cites and brughes to Engist and to his folke ¶ And all the bretons fled thens in to wales Ì„ ther they held them styll And Engist went thurgh the land and seysed all the lond with fraunchisos and iÌ„ euery place let cast a doune chirches Ì„ houses of religione Ì„ destruid cristiÌ„dom thurgh out all this land Ì„ let change the name of the land that no man of his wer so hardy after that tym to call this lond britan but call it Engist land Ì„ he deê‘ted all the land to his men ther made vij kiÌ„ges for to strenght the laÌ„d that the bretons shuld neuer cuÌ„ after ther iÌ„ ¶ The fyrst kyngdom wos kent ther that Engist him self regned and wos lord Ì„ master ouer all the other ¶ The other kyng had southsexe that now is chichestre The thrid kyng had westsexe ¶ The iiij king had Estsexe ¶ The v. kyng Estangill that now is called Northfolk Southfolk Merchemerich that is to say the Erldom of Nicholl ¶ The vi had Lecestre shiere NorthhamtoÌ„ shiere Hertford and Huntyngdon ¶ The vij had Oxunford Gloucestre Wynchestre Warwik and Derbyshire ¶ How vortiger went in to wales and bigan ther a castell that wold not stond with out morter tempred with blod WHen Engist had deê‘ted all the land in this maner betwen his men and deliuered vortiger out of prison and suffred him frely to gone whidre that he wold and he toke his way and went in to wales ther that is bretons dulled for as moch as that land was strong an wekked to wyn And Engist neuer come ther ne neuer know it befor that land vortiger held him ther with his bretaÌ„s axed concell what hiÌ„ wos best to doo ¶ And they yaf hiÌ„ concell to make a stroÌ„g castel that he might hiÌ„ self ther iÌ„ kepe Ì„ defend if nede wer ¶ MasoÌ„s iÌ„ hast tho wer fet Ì„ bigan the werk vpoÌ„ the hill of Breigh but certes thê° it be fel all the werk that the masoÌ„s made a day doun it fel the nyght Ì„ thei wist not what it might be ther of the kyng wos soro anoyed of that chance and wist not what to doen ¶ Wherfor he let send after the wisest clerkis and also lerned meÌ„ that wer thurgh out wales that myght be found for they shuld hym tell what wos best to done ¶ For they shuld tell wharfor the foundment so failed vnder the werke and that they shuld hym tell what wos best for to done ¶ And the wisest men long tyme had studied they sayed to the kyng that he shuld done seke a chylde borne of a woman that neuer had with man to done and that chyld he shuld sle and temê‘ with his blod the mort of the werk so shuld the werke euer endure with out ende ¶ How the kyng let sech Merlin thurgh out all wales for to speke with hym WHen the kyng herd this he commanded his mesangeres anone to wend thurgh out all wales to seke that chyld yf he myght hym fynd and that they shuld hym bring forth with theÌ„ vn to hym and in recorde and in witnes of this thyng he had tak them his lettres that they ne wer destrobled of no man ne lette ¶ And tho the messangeres went thens and sped so fast thatt they come in to a toune that was called Karmardine and os they passed forth ther way they funden ij child of xxiiij yere age chydiÌ„g yfâ—re with hasty wordes and on of them sayed to that other Donebat quod he ye do all wrong to chide or strife wyth me ¶ For ye haue no wit ne no resoÌ„ as I haue Certes MerliÌ„ ê™ he of your wit ne your reson I make no force for meÌ„ tell ê¯minly that ye haue no thyng of god almygfty sith ye had neuer fadre but euery mau knaweth well who was your mother ¶ The messingers of the kynges vortiger when they herd this strife be tuix the tow gromes they axed of them that stood besides them whens that Marlyn wos borne and also who hym norisshed and the folke hem told that a gret gentyll woman hym bare in KarmardiÌ„e that wos called Adhan but neuer myght man wit who was his fadre ¶ When the kynges messangeris herd this tydyng they went anone to hym that wos wardayne of the toune and toold hym the kynges will and his letter shewed hym wherfor they wer comen theder ¶ Merlyn and his moder anone wer sent be fore the wardayne of the toune he coÌ„manded them that they shuld gone to the kiÌ„g as it wos ordand by his massengers ¶ Merlyn and his moder went thens Ì„ come vn to the kyng Ì„ ther they wer vnderfonge with moch honour and the kyng axed of that lady yf that child wer hir son and who hiÌ„ begate ¶ The lady ansuered full tendirly wepyng and sayed she had neuer company of man worldly ¶ But sir quod she os I wos a yong mayden iÌ„ my faders chambre and other of gret linage wer in my coÌ„pany that often tymes wont to play solace I beleft allone in my chambre wold not gone forth for byrnyng of the sone ¶ And on a tyme ther come a fair bachelar Ì„ entrid in my
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
entre ther haue your will The kiÌ„g toke priueli all the host to gouerne Ì„ lede to a knyght that he mich loued toke his way toward the castell with hiÌ„ toke vlfyÌ„ his chaÌ„birlayn Ì„ merlin ¶ And when they come theder the porter went that it had bene hys owne lord Ì„ when tyme come for to go to bede ¶ The kyng went to bede with Igerne the Erles wife dyd with hir all his will and bigat vpon hir a son that wos called arthur ¶ And vpoÌ„ the morow the kyng toke his leue of the lady and went ayen to hys host ¶ And the same nyght that the kyng lay by Igerne in bedde that wos the Erles wife the kynges men yaf a gret assaut vn to the castell and the Erle and his men manli them defended But at the last it befell so that in the same assaut the Erle hym self wos slayn and the castell taken ¶ And the kyng a none turned ayen to Tyntagell and spoused Igerne with moch honor and made hir quene and sone after tyme come that she shuld be deliuered and beyr a child a son that wos called Arthur and after he gat a doughter that was called Amya Ì„ when she come of age a nobull Baron that was called Aloth that wos lord of leons wed hir ¶ When vter long tyme had regned ther come vpon hiÌ„ a gret sekenes as it wer a sorow ¶ And iÌ„ the meyn tyme tho that had to kepe Otta that wos Engist son and Ossa his brother that tho wer in prison they let them gone for gret yeftes that they hom yaf and went with them ¶ And when tho .ij. bretheren wer ascappid and come ayen in ther own cuÌ„tre They ordined an grert pouer and begon to were eftsones vpon the kyng ¶ How kyng vter chese Aloth to kepe the land of breton whiles that he wos seke for as moch as he myght not for his seknes ANd for as moch as kyng vter wos seke and myght nott help hym self he ordined Aloth son of Eleyn that tho was chosen for to be wardeyn and cheftayn of all his folke and so he anone and his bretans assemled a gret host and yaf batell to Otta to his folke but Otta at the last wos discomfitid ¶ Hitt befell thus afterward that thes bretons had dedignacion of Aloth wold not to hiÌ„ be attendant wherfor the king wos anoid wonder sâ—re let put hym in a litter in the host emonges folke ¶ And they lad hiÌ„ to veroloyn that tho was a fair cite ther that sent Albon wos martired after wos that cite destroied with payniÌ„s thurgh were Ì„ theder thei had seÌ„t Otta Ossa ther peple entrid iÌ„ to the toune let make fast the yates ther thei held them Ì„ the kiÌ„g come Ì„ them beseged made a stroÌ„g assaute but tho that wei with in maÌ„li them defended ¶ The kiÌ„g let ordeyn his goÌ„nes and his engynes for to brek the walles Ì„ the walles wer so stroÌ„g that nothiÌ„g myght them mysdoo ¶ Otta Ì„ his pepull had gret despite that a kiÌ„g liggyng iÌ„ a lytter had them beseged they toke concell a monges them for to stand vp iÌ„ the morow Ì„ cuÌ„ out Ì„ yef batall to the kiÌ„g so they did Ì„ iÌ„ that batall wer both Otta Ossa slayn all tho other that ascapped a lyue fled iÌ„ to scotland made ColeguÌ„ ther chyftayn Ì„ the saxons that wer on lyue Ì„ ascaped fro the bataill brought ayan a gret strength emoÌ„ges them they sayed that if kiÌ„g vter wer deid they shuld well coÌ„quere the land amonges them they thought to enposin the kiÌ„g ordeyned meÌ„ for to do this dede and yaf them of yeftes gret plente this thyng to done and they ordined hem thiderward ther that the kiÌ„g was duelliÌ„g clothed hem iÌ„ pouer wede the better all for to sped therlyd purpose but neuertheles for all ther falsnes quaÌ„tize they might neuer cuÌ„ to nyghthe kiÌ„g ¶ But so at the last they aspied that the kiÌ„g draÌ„knoÌ„e o th erlycour but only water of a cler wel that was negh beside ¶ And thes fals tratours vpoÌ„ a day preuali weÌ„t to the wel put theriÌ„ poyson so that all the water was enpoysened and anoÌ„e after os the kiÌ„g had dronkyn of the water he begoÌ„ to fuell Ì„ sone after he died Ì„ os moÌ„y as dronk of that water died also ¶ And anoÌ„e as this wos aspied folke of the toune let stop the well for euer more ¶ When the king wos dred his folk bere hiÌ„ to Stonhenge with gret solempnite of bisshoppis of baroÌ„s that werther hiÌ„ to bery besides Aurilambros his brother after turned ayen tho euerychone send after Arthur his son Ì„ they made him kiÌ„g of the land with moche reuerence after his fadres deth xvij yere of his regne ¶ How Arthur that wos the son of vter was crouned after his fadre deth and how he drofe Colegrin and the Saxons and Cheldrik of almayne out of this lond WHen Arthur wos made kyng of the lond he wos bot yong of age of xv yere but he wos fair and bold and doughty of body and to meke folke he wos good and curtas and large off spendyng and made hym wonderly well beloued among all men ther that it wos need ¶ And when he begone to regne he swore that the saxons neuer shuld haue pees ne rest till that he had driueÌ„ them out of the lond and assembled a gret host and faught with ColegriÌ„ the wich after the time that Otta wos deid the saxons mayntened this Colegrin wos discomfited fled vn to yorke toke the toune and ther hym held ¶ And the kyng beseged hiÌ„ ther but he myght nothyng sped for the cite wos so strong and they with in the toune kepped the cite well and orpedly ¶ And in the meyn tyme Colegrin let the toune to Bladulf fled hym self to Cheldrik that wos kyng of Almayne for to haue of him socour Ì„ the kyng assemblid agret pouer Ì„ come ariued in scotlond with .v. C. shippis and wheÌ„ arthur wist of this tidiÌ„g that he had not pouer Ì„ strength y nough to fight ayens Cheldk he let be the sege went to london and sent anone his letters to the king of litill bretan that was called Hoel his nepheu his sustres son that he shuld cuÌ„ to hiÌ„ with all the pouer that he myght and he assemblid a gret host ariued at southinton ¶ And when kiÌ„g arthur it wist he wos glad i nough Ì„ went ayens them them resaued with moch honour so that thos ij hostes met assembled them and toke ther way euen vn to Nichol that Cheldrik had beseged but it wos not taken ¶ And they come vpoÌ„ cheldrik
london bot tho of the cite wold not suffre him to cum in and from thens he fled to winchestre Ì„ ther he him held with his pepull that come with him ¶ Kyng Arthur let take the body of Gawen his cosyn and the body of Augnissell and let them be borne in to Scotland in to ther own cuntre ther they wer entired ¶ And after anone kyng Arthur toke his way to distruy Mordred and he fled thens in to Cornewail ¶ And the quene GuÌ„nor that wos kyng arthurs wife thatt tho sogerned at yorke and herd that Mordred wos fled thens that he might not endure ayens king Arthur she wos soradrad and had gret dout and wist not what wos best all for to done For she wyst well that hir lord kyng Arthur wold neuer of hir haue mercy For the gret shame that she had him done and toke hâ—â— way preuali with iiij men with out mo and come to Karlion ther she duelled all hir lifes tyme neuer was seyn amonge folke hir life during ¶ Arthur wist that Mordred wos fled in to Cornwaill and let send after his men in to scotland and northhuÌ„berland vn to humber and let assemble folke with out nomber come fro thens in to Cornwaill to sech and pursue after Mordred ¶ And mordred had assembled to him all the folke of cornwail and had pepull with out nombre and wist that Arthur was commyng and had leuer to die and take his chaunce thÌ„en longer fle aboid and yaf an hard bataill to kyng arthur and to his pepull so that so moch pepull was slayn what of that on side and of that other that no man wist who had the bettir parti ¶ But so it be fell at the last that Mordred wos slayn and all his folke and the good chiualri that kyng arthur had gadred and norishid of diuers landis and also the nobull knyghtis of the round tabull that so moch was prased thurgh out all the world werther slayn and arthur him self was wounded to the deth but he let him be borne in a litter to a vyoun to be heled of his woundes yet the bretons supposen that he liueth in an other lond and that he shall cum yit and conquere all breton ¶ But certis this is the prophesi of Merlin he sayd that his deth shall be dowtous and saied sothe for ther of yit meÌ„ haue dout shul haue for euer more as meÌ„ sayen ¶ For men wot not wheder that he is on lyue or deid ¶ Arthur was borne to Auyon the xxij yere of his regne after thÌ„e Incarnacion of our lord thuÌ„ crist vC. and xlvi yere ¶ How kyng Arthur deliueryd the reame vn to Costantine the son of Cador his Niphu WHen kiÌ„g Arthur wist that he myght regne no longer he let cum before him Costantine that wos Cadors son erle of Cornewaill his cosin to him bitoke all his reame and to him sayed and bad him therof to be kyng till that he come ayen for as moch os he had none heire of his body begoten and harme wos â—t that so nobull a kyng and so doughty os he wos had no child of his body begoten But all thyng that god wyll haue done must be done whos name be blissid with out end Amen ¶ How kyng Costantine was wered of Mordredes ij sonnis THys Costantine wos a nobull knyght and a worthy of bodi tho ij sonnys that Mordred had begoten had grete envy vn to Costantine that tho was crouned kyng ¶ And so it befell that they begon to meue were ayenes hiÌ„ assembled a gret host of them that wer be fore with mordred and had bene driuen away and that did moch sorow thurgh all that land that â—on brother ordeyned him to london for to take the cite· and that other to wynchistre ¶ But Costantine come to london and slew him that was ther. and after he weÌ„t to wynchestre slew him that ther was also So that bothe his enmys wer deid ¶ And when Costantine had regned worthelâ— iiij yere then he died and lyeth at london ¶ Of the kynges Adelbright and of Edell AFter kyng Costantines deth ther wer ij kynges iÌ„ bretan that on was called Adelbright that wos a danoys he held the cuÌ„tre of northfolke Ì„ southfolke that other hight Edell Ì„ waas a bretoÌ„ Ì„ he held NicholÌ„ LiÌ„desei Ì„ alÌ„ the laÌ„d vn to huÌ„ber ¶ Thes ij kiÌ„ges fast wered to geders but after they wer accorded loued to geder os thei had be bore of o bodi ¶ The kiÌ„g Edell had a sustre that wos called Orewenne Ì„ he yaf hir thurgh gret frendship to kyng Adelbright to wife And he begat vpon hir a doughter that was called Argentill and in the thrid yere after come vpoÌ„ hiÌ„ a stronge sekenes that nedes he must die ¶ And he sente to kyng Edell his brother in law that he shuld cum Ì„ speke with hiÌ„ Ì„ he come to him with good will ¶ Tho prayed he the kyng ê¯iured also iÌ„ the name of god that after wheÌ„ he wer deid he shuld take Argentill his doughter the land that he keped hir well Ì„ norisshe hir in his chambre ¶ And when she wer of age she shuld be maried to the strongest and worthiest man that he myght find and than he shuld yeld vp hir land ayene ¶ Edell it granted and by oth coÌ„fermed hys prayer wheÌ„ a delbright was deid and entered Edell toke the damisell argentill norisshed hir iÌ„ his chambre Ì„ she become the fairest creat r that might lyue or ony maÌ„ find ¶ How kiÌ„g Edell maried the damisell to a knaue of his kicheÌ„ THis king Edell that wos vncle to the damisell ArgeÌ„tilÌ„ bethought how that he myght falsli haue the land froÌ„ his nece for euer more falseli ayenest his oth thought to dissaue thee damisell and to marie hir to a knaue of his kichen that wat cald Curan Ì„ he become the worthiest Ì„ strongest man of body that ony man wist in ony land that tho leued and to him he thought hir shendfulli haue maried for to haue had hir land afterward bot he wos clen dissaued ¶ For this Curan wos Hauelockes foÌ„ that wos kyng of Kyrkelane in denmarke and this Curan coÌ„quered his wifes lond afterward Ì„ slew kiÌ„g Edell that wos his wifes vncle and had all hir land os in an other place it telleth more openli he ne regned bot iij. yere for saxons danys hiÌ„ killed and that was gret harme to all breton Ì„ bretans bore him to Stonkenge ther they him entered with moch honour ¶ Of kyng Conan that wos Curan cosin AFter this curan regned Conan that was his cosiÌ„ that wos a wonder proud knyght and regned coud haue no maner of loue but euer he was medelyng with his pepull and toke his vn kill with were killed his ij
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
him v. yere and thes ij did litell thynges Henricus the frist wos emprour in almane xx yer This henri was duke of Barri and all acording he was chosen for his blissed fame the wich he had it is red that mony of thos dukis of barri were oly not aloÌ„li iÌ„ absteniÌ„g of fleshli desiris bot iÌ„ vertuus leuiÌ„g And he had a sustir that wos as holy as he whoÌ„ he yaf to wife vn to the kyng of vngre and she brought all vngre to the cristiÌ„ faith Ì„ his wiuys name wos scÌ„a KoÌ„nogundis with whom he leued a virgin all his days he did mony a bataill al 's well iÌ„ Italy as iÌ„ Almane ayens rebelians prospert rightwysly at the last with a blissed end he decessid And in the lyfe of sent Laurens he his wife be put for sampuls Benedictus wos pope after Ihon .xi yere This man had gret strife in his days for he was put out and an other put in And this Benedict after that he wos deid was seyn of an holy bisshope in a wricchid figure Ì„ he had gret payn And this figur said he tristed nothing in the merci of god And nothing profettit him that wos done for him for it wos getyn with extorcion Ì„ vniustly ¶ Then this bisshop left his bisshopprik for dred of this sight weÌ„t iÌ„ to a monestari leued vertuusly all his dayes Iohannes the xx was pope after him xi yere lityt profettit ¶ Of kyng Knoght that wos a danois ANd after the deth of this Eldred Knoght that was a danois begaÌ„ to regne but Edmond Irenside that wos kiÌ„g Eldredis son by his fyrst wyfe ordyned a gret pouer of men and began for to were vpon kyng Knoght and so he did mony tymes and oft and the were wos so strong hard that wonder it was to wit the quene Emme that duelled tho at westmynster had gret drede of hir ij sonnys of the were Alured and Edward lest they shuld be diffoilled and misdone thurgh this were wherfor she seÌ„t them ouer see in to Normandie to the duke Richard hir vnkyll and ther they duelled in safete and pees long tyme ¶ Thys Edmond Irenside and Knoght the danois wered strongly to geders but at the last they wer accordid in this maner that thei shold depart the reame be twix them both Ì„ so they did and after they become good frendis and so well loued to gedres as thei had bene brether gettyn of on bodi and of on mother borne ¶ How kyng Edmond Irenside tratoursly wos slayn thurgh a tratour that wos called Edrith of stratton ANd after tho regned kyng Edmond Irenside Knoght the danois But thus it befell afterward that in the same yere that they were accordid and so moch loued to gedre wher for a fals thefe tratour had enuy vn to the loue that was betuix them and frendship whos name wos Edrith of stratton that was a gret lord that wos Edmond Irensides man and of him held all the land that he had and nothelas he thought his lord to bitray make Knoght kyng of the land iÌ„ iÌ„tent richely to bene auanced and with him bene welbeloued wherfor he praied his lord edmoÌ„d Irenside vpon a day with him for to eten and to duell Ì„ the kiÌ„g courtasly hiÌ„ grantid to him come at his prayer at the mete the kyng riole wos serueid with diuerse metis drinkes And wheÌ„ nyght come that he shuld go to beede the kyng toke his own meny Ì„ went vn to chambre ther that he shuld take his nyghtys rest as he loked him about he saw a fair ymage well made iÌ„ semblant as it wer an archer with a bow bent in his hand in the bow a fine arow ¶ Kyng Edmond went tho nerre to be hold it better what it might be Ì„ anone the arow him smot thurgh the body Ì„ ther slew the kyng for that engyn wos made to kyll his owne lord tratoursly ¶ And wheÌ„ kiÌ„g edmond wos thus deid slayn he had regned but x. yere and his pepull for hiÌ„ made moch sorow his body thei bere vn to glastiÌ„beri and ther they hiÌ„ enâ—ed And this fals tratour Edrith anone went to the quene thatt was kyng edmondis wyfe that wist of hir lordis detheÌ„ anone he toke from hir ij sonnys that were fair and yong that hir lord had vpon hir goten that one was called Edward and that other Edewyne and lad them with him to london and toke them vn to kyng Knought that he shuld do with them what his will were and told him how quently he had kylled king Edmond for enchesoÌ„ and loue of him so that kyng knoght all englond in his pouer holly myght haue ¶ O thow fals tratour hast thou my trew brother that wos so trew thus slayn for encheson of me a man that I most loued in the world Now be my hed I shall for thi trauaill the well reward as thou hast deserueid and anone let him be take bonde hand and feet in maner of a tratour and let cast him ther in to Thamyse and in this maner the fals tratour endid his life ¶ The kyng toke the ij childer and put them vn to the abbot of west mynster to ward and to kepe till he wyst what that it was best with them for to done ¶ How kyng knoght sent kyng Edmondis sonnys bothe in to Denmarke for to sle and how they wer saued AIt befell sone afterward that kyng knoght had all the land in his hand and spoused the quene Emma thurgh consent of his Baronage for she was afarr woman the wich was Eldredis wife and the dukis sustre of Normandie and they leued to gedre with moch loue as reson wold ¶ The kyng axid vpoÌ„ a day consell of the quene what was best to done with the sonnys that wer Edmond Irensides ¶ Sir qd she they be the right theires of the land and if they lefen they will do you moch sorow with were and therfor let send them in to a strange land afer to sum man that may them defoull and distroy ¶ The kiÌ„g anone let calle a danois that was called Walgar and commanded him that he shuld lede thos ij childer in to Denmarke and so to do ordeyn for them that they shÌ„uld neuer heir more of them ¶ Sir sayd this walgar gladly your coÌ„mandment shall be done and anone tho .ij. child he toke Ì„ led them in to Denmarke and for as moch os he saw that the childer wer woÌ„dir fair also meke He had of them gret pitte and rewth wold not them slee but let them to the kyng of Hungri for to norrich for this walgar wos welbeknowen with the kyng and welbeloued ¶ Anone the kyng axed whens the childer wer and walgar told him sayed that they wer the right heiris of englond and therfor men
wold them destruye and therfor sir to you they be comen merci help for to sech and for soth if they may lyuen your men they shall become and of you they shall hold all ther land ¶ The kyng of huÌ„gri them vnderfoÌ„g with moch honor let them wortheli be keped ¶ And thê° it befell afterward that Edwyne the yoÌ„ger broder died edward the elder broder lyued a fair man Ì„ a strong Ì„ a laâ—ge of bodi and gentill courtais of condicions So that all men him loued And this edward in the croniclis is called emonges englishmen Edward the outlay ¶ And when he was made knight the kyÌ„ges douter of hungeri hiÌ„ moch loued for his godnes Ì„ hys fairnesse that she him called hir derling The kyng that wâ—s hir fader ê‘ceyued well the loue that wos betuyx them two Ì„ had none heier bot that doughter Ì„ the king wochedsafe his doughter to no maÌ„ so well os he did to him that she loued he hir And yaf hir vn to him with good will and edward hir spoused with moch honour The kyng of hungeri sent after all his baronage and made a solempne fest and a riche wedding Ì„ made all men to vnderstond that this edward shuld be kiÌ„g of that loÌ„d after the decesse of hiÌ„ therfor all they made gret ioye Ì„ of that tydinges thei wer full glad ¶ This edward begate vpoÌ„ this ladi a son that wos called edgar helyng and afterward a doghter that was called Margaret that afterward wos quene of scotland· and by the kiÌ„g of scotland that was callid Mancolin she had a doughter that was called maud that wos quene afterward of englond thurgh kyng Henry that wos the frist son of the coÌ„querour that hir weddid And he begate vpon hir a doughter that wos called Maude that after wos emê‘esse of almayn And of this maude come the kyng of englond that vn to this day is called henri the emprise son ¶ And yit had this Edward an other doughter by his wife that wos called CristiaÌ„ and she wos a Nonne ¶ How kyng knoght that wos a proud man conquered Norway Ì„ how he become afterward meke and mylde NOw haue ye hard of Edmondis Irendeshed sonnis thatt kyng Knoght wend they had bene slayn as he had coÌ„mandid walgar before ¶ And this Knaght had in his hand all the reame of englond and denmarke after that he went vn to Norway that land for to conquere But the kyng of the land that was called Elaf come with his pepull Ì„ wend his land well to haue kepid and defendid so ther he faught with him till at the last he was slayn in that bataill And tho thys knoght toke all that land in to his hond ¶ And when he had conquered Norway and taken feautes homages ther. he come afterward ayen in to englond held him self so gret a lord that him thought in all the world his pere no man wos become so proud hauteyn that it was gret wonder ¶ And so it befell vpon a day as he had herd masse at westmynster wold haue gone in to hys palais the wawis of the thamyse so swyftely ayens him come that almost they touched his fete ¶ Tho sayd the kyng with a proud hert I coÌ„maÌ„d the water to turne ayen or els I shall make the. ¶ The wawes for his commandement wold not spare bot fluwed ouer in hie more and more ¶ The kyng wos so proud of hert that he wold not fle the water but abode still in the water Ì„ bet it with a yerde that he had in his hond and commandid the water that it shÌ„uld wend no ferther but for all his ê¯mandemeÌ„t the water wold not cese bot euer waxed more and more an high so that the kyng was all wete and stod depo in the water ¶ And when he saw that he had abiden ther to long the water wold nothing done his commandement· tho sone he with drew him and tho stod he vpon a stone and held his handis an high and sayed thes wordis hering all pepull ¶ This god that maketh the see thus arise an high he is liyng of all kynges and of all mightes most And I am a caytif and a man dedeli he may neuer die and all thyng doth his coÌ„mandement Ì„ to him is obedient ¶ To that god I pray thatt he be my werrand For I knowlege me a caytif febull of no pouer Ì„ therfor I wyll go vn to rome with out ony lettyng my wikkidnes to ponysshe and me to a mend for of god I clame my land for to hold Ì„ of none other ¶ And anone made redy his hâ—yr Ì„ him self to rome with out ony lettyng and by the way did many almys dedis and when he come to rome alÌ„so ¶ And when he had bene ther Ì„ for his synnes done pennance he come ayene in to englond become a good man an holy And leued Ì„ left all maner pride stoutnesse Ì„ leued an holy life after and made ij abbeis of sent Benet on in englond and an other in norway for as moch os he loued sent benet more speciali then other santis Ì„ moch he loued also sent EdmoÌ„d the kyng of the yaf gret yeftis to the house wherfor it wos made rich Ì„ when he had regned xx yere he died lieth at wynchestre Anno domini M.xviij BEnedictus the ix wos pope after iohnÌ„ Ì„ he wos a gret liâ—hout Ì„ therfor he was damned Ì„ he a perid to a certan maÌ„ vnder a meruelus figour an horibull His heed his taill was like an asse the other parte of his body like a bere And he said to this man to whom he apperid be not a ferde for I wos a man os ye be now bot I appeir now for i leuyd vnhappeli in old tyme like a best when I wos pope ¶ In this mans tyme ther was gret diuision and sclander to the chirche for he wos put out and in two tymes ¶ And here Tholomeus notis that the pride of bisshoppis had euer an euell end and it wos euer the occasion of moch vnrest Ì„ bataill Conradus the frist wos emprour after Henry xx yere This man made mony lawys and commanded pees to bekeped most stratly of any man bot the erle of Ludolfe was acused and he fled from his land desired more to liue like an karle then lyke a gentilman yit meruelusly his son wos mad emprour by the coÌ„mandement of god ayens the wyll of Conredy at the last they wer accordid he toke corodis doughter to his wif ¶ Of kyng Harold that leuer had gone on fote theÌ„ ride an hors THis Knoght of whom we haue spokin of before had ij sons by his wife Emme Ì„ that on wos called Hardyknoght Ì„
of ther award ¶ The kyng wold not them gayn say but as moche as they ordeyned he graunted and confermed And so wos thee Erle Godwyne accorded with the kyng and so he had ayen all his land And afterward he bere him so well and so wysely that thee kyng hym loued wonder moch and with him he was full priue And with in a litell tyme thei loued so mache that ther the kyng spoused Godwyns doughter Ì„ made hir quene ¶ And neuertheles for tho the kyng had a wife he leued euer more iÌ„ chastite iÌ„ cleÌ„nes of body with out any fleshly dede doyng with his wife and the quene also in hir halfe lad an holy life ij yere and died ¶ And afterward the kiÌ„g lyued all his lyfe with out any wife ¶ The kiÌ„g yaf the erldon of Oxford to Harold that wos godwiÌ„ sone made hiÌ„ herle ¶ And so well they wer beloued both the fadre he so priue with the king both the fadre the son that they might done what thyng they wold by right ¶ For ayens right wold he nothing done for no maner man so good trew he wos of coÌ„scicience therfor our lord IhuÌ„ crist gret special loue to hiÌ„ shewed ¶ How kyng Edward saw Swyne kyng of denmarke drenched iÌ„ the se iÌ„ the tyme of the sacrameÌ„t as he stode Ì„ herd masse IT befell vpon whitsonday as kyng Edward herd his masse in the gret chirche of westmynster right at the leuacioÌ„ of Ihesu cristis body Ì„ as all men were gadred in to the chirche come nere the auter for to se the sacring the kyng his handis lyft vp on high Ì„ a gret laughter toke vp wherfor all that abouâ—e him stod gretly gon wonder And after masse the axed why the kynges laughter was ¶ Fair lordis qd the kiÌ„g edward I saw Swyne the yoÌ„ger that wos kiÌ„g of deÌ„marke cuÌ„ iÌ„ to the see with all his pouer for to haue comeÌ„ iÌ„ to engloÌ„d vpoÌ„ vs to where I saw hiÌ„ all his folke drenched iÌ„ the see ¶ And all this I saw iÌ„ the eleuacioÌ„ of ihuÌ„ cristis bodi bitwen the pristis handis Ì„ I had therof so gret ioye that i might not my laughtÌ„ withhold ¶ And the erle Leuerich beside him stod at the leuacioÌ„ Ì„ opeÌ„ly he saw thee forme of brede turne iÌ„ to the liknes of a chyld yoÌ„g toke vp his right hond Ì„ blissed the kiÌ„g afterward the erle the erle anone turned him toward the kyng to make hiÌ„ se that holy sight ¶ And tho said the kyng Sir erle qd he iÌ„ se well that ye se thankid be god that i haue honourd my god my saueour visiblly ihuÌ„ crist in forme of man whos name be blissed in 〈◊〉 â—orldes AMEN ¶ How the ring that sent edward had yeuen to a poerpilgram for the loue of god Ì„ sent iohnÌ„ euangelist come ayen to kyng edward THis nobull man sent edward regned xiij yere and thus it befell vpon a tyme before er he died that ij men of englond were went in to the holy land and had done ther pylgramage and wer goyng ayene in to ther own cuntre wher they come fro ¶ And as they went in the way they met a pylgrame that courtasly them salued and axed of them in what land and in what cuÌ„tre they were borne and they sayd in englond ¶ Tho axid he who was kyng of englond and they ansured and sayd the good kyng Edward Fair frendis tho sayd the pilgram when that ye cum in to your cuntre ayene I pray you that ye wold go vn to kyng Edward and oft tymes him grete in myne name And oft tymes him thanke of his gret curtasi that he come hath done naÌ„â—y for the ring that he yaf me when he had herd masse at westmynster for sent IohnÌ„ loue Euangelest and toke tho the ring Ì„ toke it to the pilgrames and sayd I pray you nou gone and bere this ring and take it vn to kyng Edward and tell him that I send it him and a full riche yeft I wyll him yeue For vpon the xij day he shall cum to me euer more duell in blisse with owt any end ¶ Sir sayd the pilgremes what man be ye and in what cuntre is your duellyng ¶ Fair frendis quod he I am IohnÌ„ thee Euangelest and I am duellyng with almyghty god and your kyng Edward is my frende and I loue him in specialy for the encheson that he hath euer more leued in clennesse and is a clene maid And I pray you my message all for done as I haue you saied ¶ When that sent IohnÌ„ the Euangelest had them thâ— charged sodenly he voided out of ther sightes bothe· ¶ The pilgrames tho thankid almyghti god and wente forth in ther way ¶ And wheÌ„ they had gone ij or iij. myle they began to wax weri set them a doune them for to rest and so they fel on step ¶ And whâ— they had slepid well on of theÌ„ awoke Ì„ lyft vp his hede and lokyd a bout sayed vn to his felaw arise vp and wend we in our way ¶ What sayd that on felow vn to that other wher be we now Certes sayd that other it semeth me that this is not the same contre that we layd vs doune in for to rest and slepe For we wer from Ierusalem but iij. myles ¶ They toke vp ther handis and blissed them went forth in ther way ¶ And as they went in ther way they saw shepeherdes goyng with ther shepe that spekeÌ„ none other lanage bot english ¶ Leue frendis qd on of the pylgryms what cuntre is this who is lord therof ¶ And on of the shepeherdes ansuerd Ì„ said this is the cuntre of kent in englond of the wich the good kiÌ„g edward wos lord of ¶ The pylgramys thankid tho almyghty god Ì„ sent IohnÌ„ euanglist Ì„ weÌ„t forth iÌ„ ther way come to Cantorburi froÌ„ theÌ„s vn to london Ì„ ther they fond the kiÌ„g told him all froÌ„ the begynyng vn to the endyng as moch as sent iohnÌ„ had theÌ„ charged of all thiÌ„ges how thay had sped by the way Ì„ toke the ring to kiÌ„g edward 〈◊〉 vnderfenge it thankid almyghti god Ì„ sent iohnÌ„ euangelist tho made hiÌ„ a redi euery day froÌ„ day to day for to wend out of this lyfe when god wold for him send ¶ How sent Edward died on the xij day ANd after it befell thus in cristynmas eue as the holy maÌ„ Edward was at goddis seruis matines for to here of that high fest he become full sike and in the morw endured with moch payn the masse for to here and after masse he let him be lad in to his chambre ther for to reste him but in his hall amonges his barons and his knyghtys might he not cum them for to
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
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
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
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
moder Dame Isabell by sir Roger Mortimer ¶ And as they wold all thyng wos done both emong high and low And they token vn to them Castels tounes landis Ì„ rentis in gret harme losse to the croune Ì„ of the kynges estate out of mesure ¶ How the pees was made bitwene the english men and thee scottis Ì„ also of Iustifieng of Troylebastone THe kyng Edward at witsontide in the secund yere of his ragne thurgh the councell of his modre sir Roger Mortimer ordeyned a parlament at Northamton And at that ê‘lament the kyng thurgh hir councell and none other of the land with in age graunted to be accordid with the Scottis in this maner that all the feautes and homages that the scottis shuld do vn to thee croune of Enlond for yaf them vn to the scottis for euer more by his chartre enseled ¶ And forthermore an endeÌ„ture wos made of the scottis vn to kyng edward that wos kyng Henris son wich endenture they called it rageman in the wich wer contenyd all thee homagis and feautes Frist of the kyng of Scotland and of all the prelatis erles and barons of the reame of scotland with ther seales set theron and other chartres and remembraunces that kyng Edward and his barons had of ther right in the foresaid reame of Scotland it wos for yeue them ayen holy chirche And also with the blake crosse of scotland the wich the good kyng edward conquerid in Scotland and brought it owt of the Abbey of Scone that is a full preciouse relique ¶ And also forthermore he relesid and for yaf all the landis that thebarons of englond had in scotland by old conquest ¶ And this pees for to be hold and last the scottis wer bouÌ„d vn to the kyng in xxx thousand pound of siluer to be paid with in .iij. yere that is euery yere x. thousand pound by evyne porcions ¶ And forthermore aboue all this they speke bitwen the ê‘teis aboue said that Dauid dritonautier that was kyng Robert the Bruit son the fals tyrant and fals forsworin ayenst his othe that arose ayens his liege lord the nobull and good kyng Edward and falsely made him kyng of Scotland that was of age of .v. yere ¶ And so thurgh this cursed councell Dauid spoused at Barewik Dame Iohane of the toure thatt was kyng Edwardis sustre as the geest telleth vpoÌ„ mare Magdalene day In the yere of grace a ·M ccc and xxviij to gret harme and empeiring to all the kynges blod wher of that gentill lady come Alas the tyme For wonder moch was that fair damisell disê‘aged sith that she was maried ayens all the commune assent of Englond And froÌ„ the tyme that Brut had coÌ„quered Albion and named the land after his own name Bretan that now is called Englond after the name of Engest ¶ And so the reame of Scotland wos holden of the reame of englond and of the croune bi feaute and by homage ¶ For Brut conquered that land and yaf it vn to Albanak that wos his secund son and he called that land Albayn after his own name So that the heires that comen after him shuld hold of Brut and of his heires that is to sai of the kynges of Bretan by feaute and homage and froÌ„ that tyme vn to this tyme of kyng Edward the reame of scotland wos holden of the reame of Englod by feautes and seruices as aboue is said iÌ„ the crenicles of Englond and of scotland bereth witnesse more planarly ¶ And acursed be the tyme that this parlament was ordeyned at Northamton For ther thurgh falÌ„s councell the kyng was ther falsly disherited and yet he was with in age ¶ And yit whan that kyng Edward wos put out of his rialte of englond Yit men put not him out of the feautes seruices of the Reame of Scotland ne of the fraunchises disherited him fer euermore ¶ And neuerthelas the gret lordis of englond wer ayens to confirme the pees and the trewâ—s abaue sayd sauf only quene Isabell that tho was the kynges mother Edward and the bisshop of Ely and the lord Mortimer bot reson and law wold not that a finall pees shuld be made by twene them with out the coÌ„mune assent of englond ¶ Of the debate that was bitwen quene Isabell sir HeÌ„ri erle of Lancastre of Leycestre Ì„ of the ridiÌ„g of Bedford WHen the forsaid Dauid had spoused Dame Iohane of the tâ—ur in the toune of Berrewik as be fore is sayed the scottis in despite of the Englisshmen called Dame Iohane the CouÌ„tesse make pees For the cowardyse pees that tho wos ordeyned but the kiÌ„ges ê‘son bare all the wite and the blame with wronge of the makyng of the accorde And all wos done thurgh the quen and Roger Mortimer ¶ And it was not long after that the quene Isabell ne toke in to hir own hand all the lordship of Pountfret almost all the landis that wer of any value that apperteyned to the croune of Englond· ¶ So that the kiÌ„g had not for to dispende bot of his vses Ì„ of his Escheker For the quene Isabell and Mortimer had a gret menye of ther retenauÌ„ce that folowed euermore the kynges court And went and toke the kynges prises for hir peny worthes at good chepe ¶ Wherfore the contre that thei comen iÌ„ wer full sore a drad and almost distroid of them ¶ Tho began the comminalte of englond for to haue enuy to Isabell the quene that so moch loued hir before wen she come ayen for to pursue the fals traitours the spensers from fraunce ¶ And in that same tyme the fals traitour Robert of Holand that betraied his lord sir Thomas of Lancastre was tho deliuered owt of prison and was wonder priue with the quene Isabell and also with Roger the Mortimer ¶ Bot that auailed not him but litell for he was taken at myhelmasse that tho come next sewyng after as he rode toward the quene Isabell to londoÌ„ sir Thomas wither smote of his heed besides the toune of sent Albons ¶ And this sir Thomas duelled with sir HeÌ„ri erle of Lancastre and he put him iÌ„ hidiÌ„g for dred of the quene for she loued him wonder moch prayed vn to the kyng for him that the same Thomas myght be exiled out of Englond ¶ And the nobull erle sir Henri of Lancastre had oft tymys herd the comune clamor of the EnglishmeÌ„ of the disese that wer done in EngloÌ„d and also for diuerse wronges that wer done among the comune pepull of the wich the kyng bare the blame with wrong For he was bot full yong and tender of age And thought as a good man for to done a way and slake the sklandre of the kynges parson if that he myght in any maner of wise So as the kyng was ther of nothyng gylty wherfor he was in perell of lyfe and lyme ¶ And so he assembled all his retenauÌ„ces and went
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
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
to the noÌ„bre of CC and xxx ¶ The same yere the kiÌ„g makyng and abidyng vpon the sege of Turney the erle of Henaude wyth Englissh archers made assaute vn to the touÌ„e of sent AmaÌ„d wher they slow .l. knyghtys and mony other and also destroied the toune ¶ And in the xvi yere of his regne folowyng in the wynter tyme the same kyng duelled still vpon the forsaid sege and sent oft tyme in to Englond vn to his tresorer and other puruâ—iours for gold and monay that shuld be sent vn to him ther iÌ„ his nede but his proctours and messingers cursedly and full slouli serued him at his nede and him deceyued on whos defaute and laches the kyng toke trewes be twen him Ì„ the kyng of frauÌ„ce And the kyng Edward full of sorow Ì„ shame iÌ„ his hert withdrow hiÌ„ fro the sege and come in to bretan and ther wos so gret strife for vitaill that he lost mony of his pepull ¶ And when he had done ther that he come for he dressed him ouer see in to englond ward ¶ And os he sailed toward engloÌ„d iÌ„ the high see the most myshappis stormes and tempestes thundre and lightynynges fell to him in the see the wich wos said that it wos done and araysed thurgh iuell spretes made by sorsorie and nygromanci of them of fraunce wherfore the kynges hert was full of sorow and anguyssh wellyng and sighyng and said vn to our lady in this wise ¶ O blissed lady sent Mari what is the cause that euer more goyng in to fraunce all thynges and wethers falen to me Ioyfull and lyking Ì„ gladsum and os I wold haue them bot al way turnyng in to Englond ward all thynges falen vnprofitabully and ueri harmfull neuerthe later he scapyng al ê‘rels of the see as god wold come to the tour of london by nyght ¶ And the same yere the kyng held his cristeÌ„masse at MenÌ„es and sent word to the scottis by his messingers that he wos redy wold fight with them bot the scottis wold not abide that but fled ouer the Scottis see and hid theÌ„ as welÌ„ as thei myght ¶ And iÌ„ the xvij yere of his regne about the fest of Conuersion of sent Paule kyng Edward wen he had bene in scotland and saw that the scottis wer fled tho he come ayen in to englonde ¶ And a litell before lent was the turnement at Dunstabull to the wich turnement come al the yong bachelary and chiualrie of Englond with mony other Erles and lordis At the wich turnement kyng Edward him self was ther present ¶ And the next yere folewyng iÌ„ the xviij yere of his regne at his ê‘lament holden at westmynstre the auynzeme of Paske the kyng Edward the thrid made Edward hys frist son prince of wales ¶ And in the xix yere of his regne anone after in Ianiu by fore lent the same kyng edward let make full nobul Iustes and gret festis in the place of his birth at windesore that ther wos neuer noÌ„e such seyn ther a fore At wich fest and rialte wer ij kynges ij quenes the prince of wales the duk of Cornewaill x. erles ix CouÌ„tesses barons mony burgeis the wich myght not lightly be nombrid And of diuerse landis beyoÌ„d the see weren mony strangers ¶ And at the same tyme whan the Iustis wer done kyng Edward made a gret soê‘ in the wich he ordeyned frist and began his rouud tabul and ordeyned stedfasted the day of the round tabull to be holden ther at wyndesore in the witson weke euer more yerly ¶ And in this time englishmeÌ„ so moch haunted Ì„ cleued to the wodnesse Ì„ foly of the strangers That froÌ„ tyme of comyng of the Henaudres xviij yere passed â–ª they ordeyned changid them euery yere diuerse shappis Ì„ disgising of clothing of long large wide clothis destitut disert from al old honeste good vsage ¶ And an other tyme short clothis and strayt wasted dagged kyt on euery side slatered botoned with sleues Ì„ tapitis of surcotes hodis ouer long ouer moch hangyng that if I the soth shall say they wer more like to tormentouris deuels in ther clothing shoyng Ì„ other aray than to men ¶ And the women more nysely yit passid the men in aray Ì„ coriousloker for they wer so strait clothid that they let hang fox tailles sewed by neth within ther clothis for to hele hide ther arses the wich disgysynges and pride ê‘auentur afterward brought forth caused mony myshappis Ì„ myschief in the reame of englond ¶ The xx yere of kyng Edward he went ouer in to Britan and Gascoyn in whos companie went the erle of warwyk the erle of Suffolke the erle of HuÌ„tyngton the erle of Arundel Ì„ mony other lordis and comune pepull in a gret multitude with a gret nauye of CC. xl shippis anone after midsomer for to a venge him of mony wronges and harmes to him done by Philip of valois kyng of fraunce ayens the trews before hand graunted the wich trews he falsely Ì„ vntrewli by cauelacioÌ„s losed Ì„ disquatte ¶ How kyng Edward sailed in to Normandie and ariued at Hogges with a gret host IN the xxi yere of his regne kyng Edward thurgh councell of all the gret lordis of the reame of englond called Ì„ gadred to geder in his perlament at westmynster be fore Ester ordeyned him for to passe ouer the see ayen for to disese destrobull the rebelles of frauÌ„ce ¶ And when his nauye wos come to gedre and made redy he went with an huge host the xij day of Iulij and sailed in to Normandie and a riued at hogges ¶ And when he had rested him ther vi dais for by cause of trauelyng of the se and for to haue out all his men with all ther necessaries out of ther shippis he went toward CadomuÌ„ brennyng wastyng and distroyng all the tounes that he fond in his way ¶ And the xxvi day of Iulij at the brugge of Cadony manli and orpedly strengthed and defended with Normans he had ther a strong bataill and a long during thurgh wich a gret multitude of peple wer slayn ¶ And ther war take prisoners The erle of ewe the lord of Tankervill and an hondreth of other knyghtis and meÌ„ of armes Ì„ vi hondreth foot men nombred the toune Ì„ the subbarbes vn to the bare walle of all thing that they myght be bore caried out wos rebbed and dispoyled ¶ After the kyng passed forth by the cuntre about the brede of xx myle he wasted all maner thyng that he fond ¶ When Philip of valois ê‘ceuid this all though he wer fast by with a strong host yit he wold not cum no nye but breke all the brugges by yond the water of seyn fro Royn vn to Paris and him self fled vn to
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
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
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
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
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„
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
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
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
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
and tho was yold vn to the kyng ¶ And than he remeued him theÌ„s logged him before Porte martenuylle tho was the Erle of Salisberi commauÌ„did by the king to make him redy to ride â–ª but thiâ— come hasty tidinges made him to abide so he returned ayen and logged him beside the erle of Huntingdon till the sege was endid ¶ And than come the duke of gloucestre the kingê brother from the sege of Chirbourgh the wich he had wone and geten and stuffed ayen vn to the kynges behoue and profit vn to the croune of Englond and whan he wos comen to the kyng be fore Rone anone he loggid with gret ordinauÌ„ce before port seint Hillari more nere the toune his enmys than any othir lay by xl roddes of length with in shot of quarell And with him lay the Erle of Southfolke and the lord of Bergeyeney with all ther retenue and strong ordinaunce and manly and prowdly faught euery day with ther enmys ouer whon they issued owt of the cite ¶ And than come the Priour of Kilmayn of Irland ouer the see to the kyng with a fair meny of meÌ„ of armis of thir own cuntre gyse the somme of xv hondreth good meÌ„nys bodis and the kyng welcoaed them and made them right good chere ¶ And thaÌ„ come tidingê vn to the king that the kyng of frauÌ„ce and the dolphyn and the duke of Borgoyn wold cum douÌ„e and rescue the citi of Rone with a strong power of all maner of nacions and breke the sege and he cast him to entre on the north side of the host be cause that ther wos the best entre and most plain grond And therfore the kyng assigned the Priour of kylmayn with his power and loggid him on the Northside of the host to stope ther passage and was by the forest of Lyous And of this ordinaunce they wer full glad and so they went forth in hast and kepid thee grouÌ„d and the place that the kyng and his councell had assignid ¶ And they quitte them as good weriours vn to their kyng ¶ Now will I tell yow wich were thee chief Capitayns and the gouernours of thee Cite of Rone ¶ Mon sir Gny Botiler was chief Capitayn both of thee Cite and of the Castill And Mon sir Termegan he was Capitayn of Port de Canx MoÌ„ sir de la Roche he wos capitain of the Disns MoÌ„ sir Anthonie he was Leuetenant to moÌ„ sir Gni botiller HeÌ„ri chantfieÌ„ he was the Capitain of the Porte de la pount IohnÌ„ Mantreuas he was capitain of the porte de la Chastell MoÌ„ sir de Preanx he was Capitain of the porte of sent Hillarie the bastard of Tyne he wos Capitain of the port marteniulle And graunt Iakes a worthy weriour he wos Capitayn of all men of were Ì„ he wos gouernour outward both on horsbake and on foot of all men of armes whan they essued out of the Cite of all the portes he them arayed as they shuld couÌ„tre with our menie And eche of thee capitayns lad v. M. men of armes and sum moo ¶ And at the frist comyng of our kyng ther wer nombred by heraudes in to .ccc. M. of men women and children what yong old And amoÌ„g all thes was mony a manfull man of his handis Ì„ so they preued them whan they essued out of the cite both on hors bake and on foot for they come neuer at on gate out alone but at iij. or iiij gates and at euery gate ij or iij. M. of good mennys bodies armed and manful couÌ„tred with our englishmen and moch pepull slayn diuerse tymes with gonnes quarellis and othir ordinauÌ„ce ¶ And this sege durid xx wekis and euer they of the toune trastid to haue be rescued bot ther come none so at the last they kepid so long the touÌ„e that ther died mony thousandis with in the touÌ„e for defaute of mete of men Ì„ womeÌ„ children for they had heten ther hors dogges cattis that wer in the touÌ„e ¶ And oft tymes the men of armes drofe out the poer pepull out at the gates of the touÌ„e for spending of vitaill anone our englishmeÌ„ drofe them in to the touÌ„e ayen ¶ So at the last the capitayn of the touÌ„e saw the mischief that they wer not rescued also the scarcite of vitaill Ì„ that the pepull died so for defaute of mete euery day moÌ„y thousandis also saw yong children lie and souke ther moders pappis Ì„ wer dede Than anoÌ„e they sent to the kiÌ„g besechyng him of his grace mersci broughte the keis of the touÌ„e vn to the kyng Ì„ delyuered the touÌ„e to him all the soudiours voided the touÌ„e with ther hors Ì„ harnes and tho comunes of the toune for to abide and duell still in the toune yerly to pay to him Ì„ to his successours for all maner customes and fee fermes and kateremes ¶ And than thee kyng entred in to the toune and restid him in the Castell till the toune was set in rewle and in gouernaunce ¶ How the kyng of england was made heritier regent of fraunce Ì„ how he weddid quene Katrine ANd anone after that Rone wos goten Depe mony oder tounes in the baas Normandi yaf them ouer with out stroke or sege whan they vnder stode that the king had goten rone Also this same yere had bene a pees made and suorne bitwen the Duke of BurgoÌ„ Ì„ the Dolphin wich wer sworen on godis bodi that they shuld loue and assiste ech othir ayenst ther enmys ¶ And after this ê¯trari to this oth the duke Iohan of Burgoyn was slayn Ì„ pituysly mordred in the presence of the dolphiÌ„ wherfore the frenshmeÌ„ wer gretli deuidid Ì„ of verray necessite laborid to haue a trayttye with the kyng of englond For the king of Englond wan dayli of them tounys castillis fortresses ¶ Also this same yere wos quene Iane arestid Ì„ brought in to the castell of Ledis in Kent And oone frere Randolf a doctor of diuinite hir confessour wich afterward wos slayn by the ê‘soÌ„ of the tour falling at wordis Ì„ debate after quene Iane was deliuered ¶ And in the vij yere both kiÌ„gis of frauÌ„ce of Englond wer accordid kyng Henri was made heir and regent of fraunce and weddid Dame Katrin the kyngê doughter of fraunse at Troyes in Champain on Trinite sondai ¶ And this was made by the meyn of Phelip new made duke of Burgoyn wich wos sworn to kyng Henri for to a venge his fadres deth was becomeÌ„ English ¶ And than the kyng with his new wife went to Paris wher he wos rially ressaued And from thens he with his lordis and the duke of Burgon mony othir lordis of frauÌ„ laid sege to diuerse tounes and Castelles that held of the Dolphyns partie Ì„ waÌ„ them But
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