he sayd to Lotrin Now certes sayde he ye rewarde me full euyll for the paynes that I haue suffred had many tymes for Brute youre fader And therfor syth it is so I wyll aueÌ„ge me now vpoÌ„ you And he drewe his fawcon on hygh wolde haue slayne this Lotrin the kynge But the damoysell wente bytwene tho made them to be accorded in this manere That Lotrin sholde wedde or spowse Guentolin that was Corins doughter so Lotrin dyd And netheles whan that he had spowsed Guentolin Corins doughter pryuely he came to Estrylde broughte her with childe gate vpon her a doughter the whiche was called Abram And it be fell so that anone after Corin deyed and after whan he was deed Lotrin forsoke Guentolin that was his wyfe and made Estrelde quene And there Guentolin that was his wyf went from thens all in greate yre and wrathe vnto Cornwayle there seased all the londe in to her owne honde for as moche as she was her faders heyre she vndetoke feautes and homages of all the men of the londe And after warde assembled a greate hoste and a grete power of men for to be auenged vppon Lotrin that was her lorde and to hym came yeue hym a stronge batayll and there was Lotrin her husbonde slayne and his men dyscomfyted in the v. yere of his regne Guentolin let take Estrylde and Abram her doughter and bounde theÌ„ boâ—he honde and foot and caste them bothe in to a water and so they were drowned wherfore that water was euermore after called Abram after the name of the daÌ„moyseyll that was Estryldes doughter· And Englysshe men calle that water Seuerne And walsshtmen calle it Abram vnto this daye to And whan this was done Guentolin lete crowne her quene of all the londe and gouerned the londe ful welle and wysely vnto the tyme that Madan her sone that Lotrin hadde goten vppon her was of .xx. yere of aege that he might be kynge and soo the quene regnd .xv. yere And thenne lete she crowne her sone kynge and he regned and gouerned the londe well and worthely And she wente in to Cornewaylle and there she dwelled all her lyues tyme. ¶ How Madan regned in peas all his lyf MAdan sone to Lotrin regned on the Brytons .xl. yere the whiche began to regne the .xv. yere of Saull And this Madan lyued in peas all his daye and gote two sones Mempris and Maulyn ThenÌ„e he deyed and lyeth at newe Troy ¶ Anno mundi .iiii. M.C.xxii Et ante xpÌ„i natiuitateÌ„ M.lxxxiiii â–ª ¶ Here begynneth the fourth aege durynge to the transfyguracyon DAuyd the second kynge in Israel regned this tyme a maÌ„ chosen after the desyre of god And he was anoynted in his yoÌ„ge aege by Samuell and after the dethe of Saul regned .xl. yere This Dauyd was a meruayle in all mankynde In whom euer was founde so moche power and soo moche humylyte soo moche noblynes so moche mekenes so greate a charge of seculary thynges and so pure deuoute a contemplacyon of spyrytual thyngê so many men to kylle so many teres to wepe for his trespaas Plura vide .i. reguÌ„ ¶ Abiathar this tyme was bysshop he fledde from Saull vnto Dauyd and he was gloryous with hym all his dayes Gad. Nathan and Asoph were prophetes thenne And Nathan was brother sone to Dauyd ¶ How Mempris slewe his brother Maulyn THis Mempris and hys brother Maulyn stroue fast for the londe And Memprin began to regne the .xxxv. yere of Dauyd And for by cause that he was the eldest sone he wolde haue had all the londe and Maulyn wolde not suffre hym so that they toke a daye of loue and accorde· And att this daye Mempris lete kylle his brother thorugh treason and hym self after warde helde the londe And anone lete crowne hym kynge and regned And after be came soo lyther a man that he destroyed within a whyle alle the men of his londe And at the laste he be came soo wycked and soo lecheâ—nus that he forsoke hys owne wyfe and vsed the synne of Sodomy wherfore almyghty god was gretely dysplesed and sore wrothe with hym And vpon hym toke vengaunce for by cause of his weckednesse For on a daye as he wente forthe on huntynge in a forest there he loste alle his men that were wyth hym and wyste not what he sholde doo and soo he wente vp and downe hym self allone and cryed after his men but they were gone And there camen wulues anone and alle to drewe hym in peces whanne he hadde regned xxiiii· yere whan hys people herde that he was soo deed they made Ioye and myrthe ynough and anone made Ebrac his sone kynge and he regned with moche honoure ¶ Anno muÌ„di .iiii. M.C.lxv Et ante xpÌ„i natiuitateÌ„ M.xxxiiii SAlomon the kynge of peas of the gyfte of our lorde had a synguler excegynge aboue alle men that euer was in this worlde but alonly god in wysdome and in ryches in deyntees and in glory famylyaryte with god And all though Moyses and Dauyd Peter Poul· Ierom and Austyn other mo exceded hym in holynesse but yet they exceded him not in glory and ryches· And this man so excedynge all men wretchedly felle Of this Salomon is redde in a pystle of saint Ierom that he gote a childe on the doughter of Pharao at .xi. yere of his aege Vide plura reguÌ„ ¶ Sadoch thys tyme was bysshop and for he declyned not to the parte of Adonie Dauyd sone but was with Nathan for Salomon and Abyathar on the other parte was deposed ¶ Anno mundi .iiii. M.ii. C.v. Et ante xpÌ„i natiuitateÌ„ .ix. C. lxxxxiiii ROboas succeded Salomon hys fader in his kyngdome but not in wysdome He was dysceyued thorughe the counseylle of yonge men And loste .x. trybus in soo moche as he answered not wasely the people as it is open iii. regum ¶ Achimias was bysshoppe and was the sone of Sadoch Vt patet primo parali ¶ Reges Israel incipiunt IHeroboas regned kynge in Israell xx.ii yere and he was fyrst of the hous of Salomon and a good mad But whanne he was made kynge he was a mycheuous man in ydolatry and made Israell to synne in ydolatry and many greeate Inconuyences were done almooste to the destruccyon of Israell For he was the fygure of Machomete Plura vide .iii. regum ¶ Abdias the sone of Roboas regned in the Iury thre yere And other whyle a good man and holpen by god and other whyle wretchedly dysposed in ydolatrye and therfore our lorde suffred hym to regne lytyll tyme Vt pêª .iii. regum et .ii. parali ¶ Anno mundi ·iiii M.ii. C.xxv Et ante xpÌ„i natiuitatem .ix. C.lxxiiii ASa the sone of Abdias regned .xvi. yere In the begynnynge of his regne he was a ryghtwys man and walked as Dauyd dyde And he ouercame the Ethyopes and destroyed ydolles but after that he
meny And then he sholde sende to her lorde the kyng feyne that he were come for to speke with hys doughter hym for to se so he dyde And whan the kynge and the quene herd that they came with moche honoure they hym receyued And the kynge of fraunce then lete lende thrugh al the realme coÌ„maunded that al men sholde be as entendauÌ„t to kynge Leyr the quenes fader in all maner of thynges as it were vnto hymselfe whaÌ„ kynge leyr had dwelled there a moneth more he tolde to the kynge to the quene his doughter how his two eldest doughters hadde hym serued Agampe anone lete ordeyne a grete hooste of FrensshmeÌ„ sente in to Brytayne with Leyr the quenes fader for to coÌ„quere his loÌ„de agayne his kyngdome And Cordeill also came with her fader in to Brytayne for to haue the realme after her faders dethe And anone they wente to shyppe passed the see came in to Brytayne fought with the felons theÌ„ dyscomfyted slewe then had he his loÌ„de agayne after lyued .iii. yere helde his realme iÌ„ peas after warde dyed so Cordeill his doughter thenne let enter him with moche honour at Leycestre ¶ Anno muÌ„di .iiii. M.iii. C.xlix Et ante xpÌ„i natiuitateÌ„ .viii. C liii AMasius sonne to Ioam regned on the Iewes .xxix. yere after the whiche the kyngdom of Iewes was without kynge .xiii. yere This man worshypped the goddes of Seyr vt pêª .ii. para .xv. ¶ Ieroboam sone to Ioam regned on Israel .xli. yere the whiche was manly and vyctoryous For he ouercame the kynge of Sirie restored Israel Damaske after the worde of Iono the prophete But he was not good Therfore sayth austyn if good men regne they profyte many a man And yf ylle men regne they hurte many men· ¶ Anno muÌ„di .iiii. M.iii. C.lxxxviii Et ant xpÌ„i natiuitateÌ„ .viii. C.xi. Ozias or Azarias sone to Amasie regned on the Iury .lii. yere the whiche lyued wel afore oure lorde of hym is none euyl thynge wryten but that he vsurped the dygnyte of preesthode vnder Azari the whiche he forbode hym For that whiche cause our lorde stroke hym with a leper vt pêª .ii. para ¶ Ozee bysshop prophete was this tyme the fyrst of the .xii. that is sende astaynst the .xii. tribus ¶ Ioel the secoÌ„de of the .xii. prophecyed of Iuda Ananias the thyrde prophecyed agaynst many people Abdias the fourth of the .xii. prophecyed agaynst Edom ¶ zacharius sonÌ„e to Ieroboam regned in Israel .vi. monethes the whiche began to regne the .xxxviii. yere of Ozias was nought iÌ„ his lyuynge as his predycessours were And Sellum slewe hym regned a moneth And Manahen slewe hym toke his kyngdome vt pêª .iiii. reguÌ„ This Manahen regned .x. yere the whiche began to regne the .xxxix. yere of Ozias \ he ruled hym myscheuously And our lorde toke hym in the power of the kynge of Assuriorum And he payed to hym a thousande talentes of syluer vt pêª .iiii. reguÌ„ ¶ Phaseia sonÌ„e to Manahen regned in Israel .ii. yere he began to regne the .l. yere of Ozias and he was nought in his lyuynge ¶ Phase slewe phaseia regned .xx. yere he began to regne the .lii. yere of Ozias dyde as other cursed men dyde Plura vide .iiii. reguÌ„ And after this Israel was without ony kynge .viii. yere ¶ How Morgan and Conedag that were neuewes to Cordeill warred vpon her And put her in pryson NOw as kynge Leyr was deed Cordeil his yongest doughter regned the .x. yere of Ozias kynge of Iury. And after her regned Conedag the .xv. yere of Ozias Cordeil that was Leyrs yongest daughter after the deth of her fader had all the londe .v. yere And in the meane tyme deyed her lorde Agampe hat was kynge of FrauÌ„ce after his dethe she was wydowe And there came Morgan and Conedag that were Cordeils systers sones to her had enuyte for as moche as theyr aunte sholde haue the londe So that bytwene them they ordeyned a grete power and vpon her warred gretely And neuer they rested tyll they had her taken and put her vnto deth And tho Morgan and Conedag seased all the londe departed it bytwene them And they helde it .xii. yeres And whan that those .xii. yeres were gone there beganÌ„e bytwene them a grete beatel so that they warred stroÌ„gely togyders And eueryche of theym dyde other moche dysease For Morgan wolde haue all the londe frome beyonde Humbre that Conedag helde But he came agaynst hym wyth a grete power so that Morgan durste not abyde but fledde a waye in to walys And Conedag pursued hym and toke hym slewe hym And tho came Conedag agayne and seased all the londe in to his honde and held it And regned after xxxiii· yere And thenne he deyed and lyth at newe Troy ¶ And by cause the matere conteyneth moost comodyously togyder of the kynges of Brytayne now called Englonde for the tyme of them is not certaynly knoweÌ„ what tyme of the wrolde the kynges folowen regned Therfore they shall be togyder tyll it be comen vnto Guentolen kyng of Brytayne now called EngloÌ„de ¶ How Reynolde that was Conedags sone regned after his fader in his tyme it rayned blood thre dayes in to kenynge of grete deth ANd after thys Conedag regned Reynolde hê sone that was a wyse knyght a hardy curteyes that wel nobly gouerned the londe wonder welle made hym beloued of all maner of folke And in hys tyme regned blood that lasted thre dayes As god wolde soone after ther came a grete dethe of people For hostes wythout nombre of people fought tyll that almyghty god ther of toke mercy and pyte tho gaÌ„ it cesse And this Reynolde regned .xxii. yere deyed and lyeth at yorke ¶ How Gorbodian regne in peas that was Reynoldes sone AFter thys Reynolde that was Conedags sone regned Gorbodian that was thys Reynoldes sone ·xv yere and thenne he deyed and lyeth at yorke ¶ How Gorbodian had .ii. sones how that one slewe the other for to haue the herytage how ydoyne ther moder slewe that other wherfore the londe was destroyed SO whan thys Gorbodian was deed hys two sones that he had be came stoute and proude and euer warred togyder for the londe And that one was called Ferres and that other Porres ¶ And thys Ferres wolde haue all the londe but that other wold not suffre hym This Ferres had a felonous herte thoughte thrugh treason to slee his brother But pryuely he wente in to Fraunce and there abode with the kynge Sywarde tyll vpon a tyme whan he came ayen and fought wych his brother Ferres But full euyll it happed tho he was slayne fyrste whan ydoyne ther moder wyst that Portes was deed she made grete sorowe for by cause that she loued hym more than
translated vt pêª .iiii. regum .xxiiii. ¶ Daniel Anamas Azarias Mysaell Ezechiel Mardocheus all these with Ioachim the kyng were ladde in to Babylon yonge chyldern for by cause they werre of the noble blood ¶ Anno mundi .iiii. M.vi C. Et ante xpÌ„i natiuitateÌ„ .vi. C. SEdechias the thyrde sone of Iosie regned on the Iewes .xi. yere thys Sedeâ—hias was a myscheuous man in his lyuynge And he wolde not here Ieremy the prophete therfore he perysshed wretchedly and alle the Iury wyth hym And his eyen were put out hys chyldern were slayne vt pêª .iiii. regum ¶ Iosedech the sone of Azarie was bysshop was traÌ„slated fro Iherusalem by Nabugodonosor in to Babylon ¶ Abacuk prophecyed ayenst Nabuch at Babylon And there be opynyons what tyme this Abacuk â—as This Abacuk brought mete to Danyel whan he was put to the lyons after Ierom And here endeth the fourth Aege the hystore of Regum ¶ Here begynneth the fyfth aege of the worlde durynge to the Natiuite of Cryste THys tyme the Temple of SalomoÌ„ was brente of the Caldes Ierusalem was destroyed this Temple stode cccc .xlii. yere that is to wyte fro the fyrst makyng the whyche was made the fourth yere of SalomoÌ„ And fro the destruccion the whiche was made by Tytus that is to wite .xlii. yeres after the passioÌ„ of Cryst ¶ Priscus Torquinê° the fyfth kyng of Rome regned And he made CapitoliuÌ„ quasi caput soluÌ„ For in the grouÌ„de werke was fouÌ„de an heed without ony body as for prophecy of thynges to come For there after warde the Senatours sate as one heed of all the worlde ¶ This tyme thre childern were cast iÌ„ to a furnays brenÌ„yng with a myracle they were delyuern as it is sayd in danÌ„ pri o ¶ Nabugodonosor the sone of Nabugodondsor the myghty regned in BabyloÌ„ this man an hyngyng garden with myghty costes for his wyfe many meruailloê° thynges he dide So that he wolde be named to excede Hercules in his gretenesse strengthe Enilmerodach brother to the later Nabugodonosor regned in Babylon Thys man toke Ioachim out of pryson and worshiped hym his fader deed body after the couÌ„seyl of this man he deuyded to an hundred grypes leest that he shold ryse from deth to lyue ¶ Nota This playe of the chesse was fouÌ„de of Xerse a Philosopher For the correctoÌ„n of Eniimerodach thys tyme the kynge of Baby a grete tyraunte the whyche was wonte to kylle hys owne maysters and wyse men And for he durste not rebuke hym openly with suche a wytty game he procured hym to be meke Anno muÌ„di .iiii. M.vi C.xxxiiii Et ante xpÌ„i natiuitateÌ„ .v. C.lxv. SAlathiel of the line of Cryste was sone to Iecony the kynge of Iewes the whiche he gate after the transmigracoÌ„n of Babylon as Mark the EuaÌ„geliste sayth ¶ Seruius Tulius the sixt kyng of Rome was of a bonde condicyon on the maders syde For she was a captyue mayde but she was of the noble blode This man had grete louynge nobly he bare hym in euery place Thre hylles to the cyte he put· dyched the walles rouÌ„de about ¶ Regusar Sabusardach Balthasar were brethern the whyche regned one after a nother were kynges in Babylon And Balthasar was the laste kynge of Babylon the whyche was slayne of Darius Cirê° Plura vide daniel .v. ¶ Incipit monarchia Persarum DArius vncle to Ciro felowe in the kyngdom with Ciro traÌ„slated the kyngdomes of Babylon Caldees in to the kyngdom of Persarum Medorum Cirus was emperour .xxx. yere This Cyrus helde the monarche hole at Perses Of this man prophecyed ysayas he destroyed Babylon slewe Balthasar kyng of Babylon he worshyped gretly danyel the Iewes he sende home ayen that they sholde buylde the Temple of god Vt pêª Esdre pri o ¶ BabyloÌ„ that stroÌ„ge castel was destroyed hê power was take from hym as it was prophecyed This was the fyrst cyte the gretest of all the worlde of the whyche Incredyble thynges are wryten this that was so stronge iÌ„ one nyght was destroyed that it might be showed to the power of god to the whiche power all other ben but a sperke duste For it is sayd forsoth that it was Incredyble to be made with mannes hoÌ„de or to be destroyed with maÌ„nes streÌ„gth wherof al the world myght take an ensaÌ„ple it wolde or myght be enfourmed ¶ Tarquinê° Superbus was the .vii. kynge of Rome he regned .xxxv. yere Thys man concyued fyrst all the tormentes whiche are ordryned for malefactours As exile pryson welles galowes feters and manacles chayne 's colous and suche other â–ª And for his grete pryde and cruelnes god suffred hym to myschyef and in what maner of wyse it shall be shewed He had a sone of the same name the whiche defoyled a worthy mannes wyfe they called hym Collatin his wyf was called Lucres Thys Tarquinê° that was this .vii. kynges sone aforesayde came vnto the ladyes hous absente her husbonde to supper and to lodgyng And whan all were a slepe he a rose with a swerde in hys honde and with strengthe and fere he rauysshed the woman And whan he was gone the nere daye after she sende vnto her fader and to her husbonde for she was of greate kynne and thus she sayde to them The kynges sone came hyther as frende of whome â–ª I had no mystrust and thus he hath defoylled my chastyce loste my name for euermore Thenne her frendes sawe her wepe and pytously complayned and they comforted her as well as they coude and sayd it was noo vylany vnto her for it was ayenst her wyll She answered sayd yet shall ther neuer woman excuse her by Lucres For though she coÌ„sented not to thys dyde yet shall she not dye without payne for that dede And with that worde she had a knyf redy vnder her mantell with the whiche she smote herself to the here for this cruelnes this pyteous deth the peple of rome arose exiled the king for euer more all his progenye And thus seased these kynges of Rome neuer was none after Of the gouernaunce of Rome tyll the Emperours beganne AFter thys tyraunte was deed the Romayns ordened that theyr shoâ—de neuer be kynge more in Rome But they wolde be gouerned fro that forthe by CoÌ„sules So whaÌ„ tho kynges had regned .ii. hondred yere and .xl. they made thys statute that two Consules sholde be chosen they sholde gouerne the cyte the people for this cause these two were chosen that ony of theÌ„ wolde make ony yf excesse the other sholde gouerne hym For theyr was no thynge obeyed but yf they consented bothe Also they sholde not stonde in ther dygnyte passynge one yere for thys cause That for domynacyon of longe tyme they sholde not vsurpe vpon them more than was ryght In alle thys tyme the Empyre of Rome was not
Bledagh .iiii. yere after hym regned Caph .i. yere after hym regned Gen. ii yere and after hym regned Seysel kyng Bled .xxii. yere kynge Tabreth .xx. yere Archynall .xiiii. yere and Croll .xxx. yere Rodyngir .xxxii. yere Hectir .v. yere Harpir ·vi yere Carpour .vii. yere and Digneyll .iii. yere and Samuell .xxiiii. yere and Rede .ii. yere Ely .vii. monethes This Ely had thre sones Lud. Cassiballam and Enemion ¶ How Lud was made kynge after the deth of Ely his fader AFter the dethe of Ely regned Lud hys sone gouerned well the londe moâ—he honoured good folke tempred ameÌ„ded wycked folke thys Lud leued more to dwelle at Troy than in ony other place of the londe wherfore the name of newe Troy was left tho was the cyte called Ludstone But the name is chauÌ„ged thrught varyaunce of letters and now is called London And this king made in the cyte a fayre gate called it Ludgate after his name And the folke of the cyte are Lodoners And whaÌ„ he had regned .xi. yere he dyed lyeth at London And he had two yonge sones that one was called adragheÌ„ that other â—ormace But they coude neyther speke ne go for yongthe And therfore the Brytons crowned a stroÌ„ge knyght that was called Lud that was Cassibalanius brother made hym kynge of Brytayne now called Engonde ¶ Circa annuÌ„ dmÌ„ .iiii. M.viii C. lxxxxiiii Et ante xpÌ„i natiuitateÌ„ .ii. C.xv. SAdoch of the lyne of Crist is nombred in Mathe. primo but in scryture there is nomore meÌ„cyon made of hym ¶ Iaduâ— the sone of IohnÌ„ was hygh bysshop in Ierusalem this tyme kyng Alexander regned the whiche was wrothe with the people of Iherusalem and came to the cytee Thenne Iadus arayed in his Pontyfycall ornamentes came to mete hym And he sodeynly was pleased worshyped the bysshop with peas Ioye entred the cyte And he made to be brought to hym the boke of Daniell \ the prophecy to be expowned to hym the whiche was spoken of hym that done he Ioyed strongly For all thyng the whiche he had herde by the dreme in due ordre was fulfylled And it was lykely to hiÌ„ that he sholde be the same persone of whom Daniell prophecyed of that he toke more hardynes to fyght wyth Dariê° kynge of Perse dyde the sacrafyce badde the Iewes to aske what they wolde haue he grauÌ„te that they sholde kepe theyr owne lawes at the .vii. yere shold be without tribute vid mgâ—m in histo ¶ The hoste of Alexander as Orosiê° sayth was .xxxii. M. of foot meÌ„ and .iiii. M. horsmen shyppes C.lxxx And it is vncertayne whether it is more meruaylle that he sholde conquere all the worlde with so lytel a power or how that euer he durst go vpoÌ„ them with so lytell a power And ther was of Alexand his hoste slayne yeâ—yng of Persarum Et vt orosiê° dicit quiÌ„quies decies ceÌ„tena milia Eneas the sone of Iady was bysshop after his fader Manilius Papirius Fabius weâ—â— coÌ„sulers at rome This papiriê° whaÌ„ he was a child he was very wyse he feyned many fayr lesiÌ„ge that he myght kepe hê maysters couÌ„sel the Senatours And whan he came vnto maÌ„nes state he was so noble a warâ—youâ—â— That whan the Romayns dradde Alexander he was chosen for to goo ayenste hym· And of the goddes charged not but he scorned and reproued the goddes sayenge afore that vnhappy thynge sholde falle· And that to his grete louynge hooly douctours saye ¶ Incipit monarchia Grecorum et cessat monarchia Persaram Kynge Alexander thys tyme began to be lorde of all the worlde and he was called gret Alisand for his gret victory the whiche he had in so lytell tyme It was an euydeÌ„c Iuge meÌ„t of the wrath of god ayeÌ„st synÌ„ers of that time certenly some myracle oure lorde dyde in helpynge of his power for hym for the see of Pamphilicon was deuyded to hym as in olde tyme the reed see to the Iewes whan he persecuted Dariê° Also at his prayer the hylles of Caspii were shytte that certen of the cursed Iewes mygh neuer come out But at last in babylon with venym he was poysoÌ„ed dyed the ·xxxiii yere his of age the fyfth yere of his monarche the .xii. yere of the kyngdome of Macedon ¶ Knowe ye that whan Alexander was deed those .xii. to whom he deuyded his kyngdome accorde they myghte not then began Infenyte batylles at the laste foure opteyned all the kyngdome Vide plura in Orosio ¶ Anno mundi iiii·M.ix C.ix. Et ante xpÌ„i natiuitateÌ„ .ii. C.ix AChym of the lyne of Cryst sone to Sadoch is nombred iÌ„ Mathe prio. and of him is nomore had in scriptur ¶ SymoÌ„ was bysshop this tyme an holy man also ryghtwys he was named of the people ¶ Eleazarê° was bysshop after syomon this man sende to Pretholomeo kyng of Egypt .lxxii. lerned meÌ„ of euery trybe sex to Interpret the lawe of the Iewes the whiche translated from Hebrewe iÌ„ to Greke thorugh a grete miracle that so manimen sholde in .lxxii. dayes translate all holy scripture with one accorde Vide aug de ciui dei ¶ Dolobela Emilius Marcus Curius Genutus tyme were CoÌ„sules at Rome Thys Dolobela conquered Samnites after many bataylles hadde and Marcus subdued Epitoras and slewe .xxiii. M. of his men then fledde kynge Pirro the whyche sende to hym for peas offrynge to hym greere yeftes And then this Consull answered sayd ther shall no batayl cause me to flee nor no moneye corrupte me For I had leuer coÌ„mauÌ„de ryche meÌ„ to doo this this than be ryche myself ¶ Tonucius subdued the cyte of Argiuorum a legyon of knyghtes of Rome he sende to Rome caused them to be bete openly in the myddes of the market for they had them not lefully to the courte of Rome For the lawe was thenne kepte so streytly at Rome that they had fayled to do the due obseruaunce in vertue they sholde be punysshed These Romayns and many afore and after were the mooste noble men of the worldes honeste that myght be and in all maner of vertue circumspect As hooly doctours saye that they put ther examples to Crysten men but not the Intencyon for they lacken the keye of fayth ¶ Incipiunt reges Egyti or alr non ptÌ„ seriÌ„ coÌ„tinuacoÌ„ et intexentÌ„ reges Sirie PTholomeus Philodolphus this tyme was kyng iÌ„ Egypt this Philodolphus was the very worshyper of one god full gracyous to the Iewes of whome .xx. M. C. he delyuerd out of captyuyte that he dyde that he myght please the god of Israel of whom he herde the meruayles And his lawe he desyred to haue nor it myght not be translated in to none other longage but of deuoute meÌ„ and that with a due reuerence a solempnite Certayne men atempted to haue
people had grete despyte that a kynge lyenge in a letere had the ym besyeged And they toke counseyll among them for to stande vp in the morowe erly and come out and yeue batayll to the kynge soo they dyde And in that batayle were both Octa and Ossa slayne all the other the escaped a lyue fledde in to Scotlonde made Colegyn theyr chyeftayne the Saxons that were a lyue escaped fro the batayll brougth ayen a grete streÌ„gth amoÌ„ge theÌ„ they sayd that if kyng Vt were deed they sholde well conquere the londe and thought to enpoysen the kynge ordeyned men for to do this dede yaue them of yef t is grete plente this thynge to do And they ordeyned them thyderwarde there that the kynge was dwellyng and clothed them in poore wede the better all for to spede theyr fals purpose But neuertheles all theyr falsenes subtylte they myght neuer come to nygh the kyng But so at the last they aspyed that the kynge dranke noo other lycoure but only water of a clere wel thaâ— was nyghe besyde the fals traytours vpon a daye preuely wente to the welle put therin poyson soo that all the water was enpoysoned And anone after as the kynge had dronke of that water he began to swelle and soone after he deyed and as many as dranke of that water deyed also And anone as thys was aspyed folke of the towne lette stoppe the welle of euermore ¶ whan the kynge was deed his folke bare hym to Stonhenge wyth grete solempnyte of bysshops and barons that were there hym to burye besyde Aurilambros hys broâ—her And after torned ayen tho euerychone and sent after his sone and they made him kyng of the londe with moche reuerence after his faders deth the .xvii. yere of his regne ¶ How kynge Arthur that was the sone of Vter was crowned after his faders deth and how he droue Colegryn and the Saxons and Cheldriâ— of Aâ—mayne out of this londe As Arthur was made kyng of the londe he was but yonge of aege of .xv. yere but he was fayr and bolde and doughty of body And to meke folke he was good and curteys and large of spendinge made hym welle beloued amonge them there that yt was nede whan he began to regne heswore truely that ye. Saxons neuer shold haue reste ne peas tyll that he hadde dryuen them out of â—he londe And asseÌ„bled a greate hoste and fought wyth Colegryn the whyche after the tyme that Octa was deed the Saxons mayntened And thys Colegryn was dyscomfyted fledde vnto yorke tooke the towne there hym helde And the kyng besyeged hym there but he myght no thynge spede for the cyte was so strong And they wythin the towne kept the cyte well orpedly ¶ And in the mene tyme Colegryn lette the towne to Bladulf fâ—ledde hymselfe to Cheldryk that was kynge of almayne for to haue of hym socour And the kynge assembled a grette power came arryued in Scotlonde with .xv. hondred shyppes And whaÌ„ Arthur wyst of these tydynges that he had not power strength ynough to fyght ayenst Cheldrik he lete be the syege went to London sent anone his letters to the kynge of lytell Brytayne that wys called Howell hys neuewe hys systers sone that he sholde come to hym with all the power that he myghte And he assembled a grete hoste and arryued at Southampton And whan kynge Arthur it wyst he was gladde ynough wente ayenste them them receyued wyth moche honour Soo that those two hostê mette assembled them tooke theyr waye euen vnto Nycholl that Cheldryk had besyeged But it was not taken And they came vpon cheldrik his people or they wyst where that they were and them egerly assaylled ¶ The kynge Cheldrik and his men defended hym manly by theyr power But kyng Arthur hys men slewe so many Saxons hat neuer was seen suche slaughter Cheldrik hys men that were left alyue fledde a waye And kynge Arthur them pursewed and droue them out in to a wood tha they myghte no ferder passe ¶ Cheldrik hys meÌ„ sawe well that they were brought in to moche dysease them yelded to kynge Arthur in thys manner wys That he sholde take theyr horses theyr armour all that they had and they must only go on foot in to theyr shyppes And so they wolde goo home in to theyr owne londe and neuer come ayen in to this londe ¶ And vpon assuraunce of thys thynge they yaue hym good hostages ¶ And Arthur by counseyll of his men graunted this thynge receyued the hostages therupon that other wente to theyr shyppes And whan they were in the hyghe see the wynnde chaunged as the deuyll it wolde they torned theyr nauy cam ayen in to this londe arryued at Totnesse wente out of the shyppes and tooke the londe and clene robbed it and moche people slewe and tooke all the armour that they myghte fynde And soo they wente foorth tyll they came vnto Bathe But the men of the towne shytte faste theyr yates and wolde not suffre theym to come wy thinthe towne· And they deffended theÌ„ well and orpedly ayenst them ¶ How Arthur yaue bataylle vnto the Saxons whan they came agayne in to this londe had besyeged the towne of Bathe and them ouercame ANone as Artur herde thys tydynges he lete hange the hostages leâ—t Howell of Brytayne his neuewe for to kepe the marche to warde Scotlonde with halfe his people and hymself wente to helpe rescowe the towne of Bathe whan he â—â—me thyther he yaue a strong batayll to Cheldrik and slewe almoost all the people that he had· For no man myght hym wythstonde ne endure vnder the stroke of his swerde And there bothe were slayne Colegryn and Bladulf hys brother and Cheldryk fledde thens wold haue gone to hys shyppes ¶ But whan Arthur it wyst he toke .x. thousande knyghtes to Cador that was erle of Corne waylle for to lette stoppe hys comynge And Arthur hymself wente towarde the marche of Scotlonde For messengers tolde hym that the Scottes had besyeged Howell of Brytoyne there that laye syke therfore he hasted hym thyther warde ¶ And Cador purse wed after Cheldryk toke hym er he myght come to his shyppes slewe Cheldrik and his people And whan Cador had done thys vyage he hasted hym ayen to warde Arthur as faste as he myghte founde hym in Scotlonde there that he had rescowed Howel of Brytayn but the Scottes were ferre wythyn Nounref there they helde them a whyle But Arthur them pursewed And they fledde thens in to Limoigne that were in that countre .xl. Iles grete plente of byrdes and grete plente of Egles that were wonte to crye and fyght togyders and make greate noyse whan folke came to robbe that londe and warne as moche as they myght so
that yf my lady youre wyfe came ony thynge nyghe you· that ye wolde her strangle and slee and also that ye walde doo to my lorde your sone in the same wyse ¶ Tho answerde he wyth symple there Alas alas am not I in pryson and all at youre owne wyll now god yt wote I thought yt neuer and now I wolde that I were dede soo wolde god that I were For thenne were alle my sorowe passyd ¶ It was not longe after that the kynge thrugh counsell of Roger Mortymer grauÌ„tyd the warde kepynge of syr Edward his fader vnto syr thomas Toioursy to the forsayd syr Iohan Matreuers thrugh the kynges letter put out holy the forsayd syr Moryce of the warde of the kynge And they toke and ladde the kynge vnto the castell of Corf the whiche castell the kynge hatyd as ony dethe And they kept hym there tylle it came vnto saynt Mathewes daye in Septembre in the yere of grace M.CCC.xxvii that the forsayde syr Roger Mortymer sent the maner of the deth how in what wyse sholde be done to deth And anone as the forsayd Thomas Iohan had see the letter coÌ„maundement they made kynge edwarde Carnariuan good there and good solace as they myght at that soupere nothynge the kynge wyst of the traytory And whan tyme was for to go to bed the kynge went to his bedde laye and slepte faste And as the kynge laye and slepte the trautours fals forsworne ayenst theyr homage and feaute came pryuely into the kynges chambre and theyr company wyth them and layd an huge take vppon his wombe and wyth men pressyd and helde faste downe the foure corners of the table on hys body wherwyth the good mane a woke and was wonder sore adradde to be deed and there slayne and torned hys body vp tho so downe Tho tooke the fals traytours and tynauntes an horne And put it in to hys foundemente as depe as they myghte and a spyt of copre brennynge and putte it thrughe the horne in to hys bodye and soo they slewe theyr lorde that noo thynge was perceyued And after he was enteryd atte Gloucetree ¶ How kynge Edward spowsyd Phylyp the erles doughter of Henaude at yorke ANd after Crystmasse tho next sewynge syr Iohan of henaude brought with hym Phylyp his brothers doughter that was erle of Henaude hys nece in to Englonde and the kynge spowsyd her atte yorke with moche honour And syr Iohan of Bothum bysshop of Ely syr wyllyam of Melton Archebysshop of yorke sange the masse the Sondaye on the euen of the Conuersyon of saynt Poule In the yere of grace M.CCC.xxvii But bycause that the kyng was but yonge tender of aege whan he was crowned full many wornges were doon whyle that his fader lyued bycause that he trowed the counserllers that were fals aboute hyÌ„ that couÌ„syelled hym to doo other wise thaÌ„ reason wold wherfore grete harme was do to the reame to the kynge all meÌ„ dyrected it the kynges dede it was not so almyghty god it wote wherfore it was ordeyned att the kynges crownynge that the kynge for his tender aege sholde be gouerned by .xii. of the grettest lordes of Englonde wythout whome no thynge sholde be doon That is to say tharchebysshop of Caunterbury tarchebysshop of yorke the bysshop of wynchestre and the bysshop of Herforde the erle of Lancastre therle Marchall the erle of kent that were the kynges vncles the erle of Garenne syr Thomas wake Syr Henry Percy syr Olyuer yngham and Iohan Rous barons all thyse were sworne truly for to counseyll the kynge And they shold answer euery yere in parlement of that that shold be done in the tyme of theyr gouernall but that ordynaunce was sone vndoon that was moche harme to all Englonde For the kyng all the lordes that sholde gouerne hym were gouerned and rulyd after the quene his moder dame Isabell and by syr Roger Mortymer and as they wolde all thynge was done bothe amonge hygh and lowe And they toke vnto theym castels townes londes and rentê in grete harme And losse to the crowne and of the estate out of all mesure ¶ Howe the peas was made bytwene the EnglysshemeÌ„ and the Scottes and also of Iustyfyenge of Troylesbaston Kynge Edwarde at wytsontyde in the seconde yere of this regne thrughe the couÌ„seyll of his moder syr Roger Mortymer ordeyned a parlemeÌ„t at Northampton at that parlement the kyng thrughe hys couÌ„sell none other of the londe within aege grauntyd to be accordyd with the scottes in this manere that all the fâ—autees homages that the scottes sholde do to the crowne of Englonde foryaue theym for euermore by hys chartre ensealed And ferder more an endenture was made of the Scottes vnto kynge Edwarde that was kynge HeÌ„ries sone whiche endenture they calle it regman In the whyche were conteyned all the homages feautees Fyrst of the kyng of Scotlond of the prelates erles barons of the reame of Scotlonde wyth theyr seales set theron other chartres remeÌ„brauÌ„cis that kynge Edwarde his barons had of theyr ryght in the forsayd reame of Scotlonde it was foryeue ayen holy chyrche also with the blake crosse of Scotlond the whiche the good kynge Edwarde coÌ„quered in ScotloÌ„de brought it out of the abbay of scone that is a full precyous relyque also ferthermore he relacyd and fully forgaue the londe that the noble barons had before that tyÌ„e in the ream of Scotlond by olde conquest And ferthermore that thys peas for to be holden coÌ„tynuelly last the Scottes were bounde vnto the kynge in xxx thousande pouÌ„de of syluer to be payed wythin thre yere that is euery yere .x. M. pouÌ„de by eueÌ„ procyons ¶ And ferthermore aboue all this they spake bytwene the partyes aboue sayd the Dauyd Drytonautyer that was kynge Roberte Brus sone the fals tyraunt â–ª fals forsworne ayenst his othe that arose ayenst hys leyge lord the noble good kynge Edward and falsly made hym kynge of Scotlonde that was of aege .v. yere And so thys cursyd couÌ„seyll Dauid spoused at Berewyk dame IohnÌ„ of the Toure that was kynge Edwardes syster as the gestes tellyth vpon Mary Mawdeleyns day in the yere of grace M.CCC.xxviii to greate harme empayrynge of all the kynges blode wherof that gentyll lady came alas the tyme For wonder moche the fayer daÌ„oysell dysperagyd syth that she was maryed ayenst al the comyns wyl and assent of Englonde And frome the tyme that Brute had conquered Albyon· named the londe after his owne name Brytayne that now is callyd Englonde after the name of Engyst And so the reame of Scotlonde was holde of the reame of Englond of the crowne by feaute homgae For Brute conquered that londe yaue it to Albanak that was his seconde sone And he callyd the londe Albayn after hys owne name soo that hys heyres
that other they muste fyght or be drenched And so whan all other worthy meÌ„ and of the see costes fast by wynchelse romeny were gadred togyder and our nauye shyppes al redy to the warre the Englysshemen mette manly and strongly wyth theyr enmyes comynge fyersly ayenst them ¶ And whan the Spayns vessels nauye were closed all about there men myght se stronge batayll on both sydes longe duryng in the whiche bataylle was but fewe that faught but they were rytously hurte And after the batayll there were .xxiii. shyppes taken soo the Englysshemen had the better And in the nexte yere folowynge of hys regne that is to say the xxvi yere the kynge thrugh hys counseyll lete ordeyne and make hys newe money that is to saye the peny the grote value of .iiii. pens and the halfe grete of .ii. pens But it was of lesse weyght than the olde sterlynge was be .v. shels in the pounde ¶ And in the .xxvii. yere of his regne was the grete derth of vytayls that whiche was called the dere somer And the .xxviii. yere of his regne in the parlement holden atte westmestre after Ester syr Henry erle of Lancastre was made duke of Lancastre and in this yere was soo greate a drought that froÌ„ the monethe of Marche to the Monethe of Iuyll there fell no rayne on therth wherfore all fruytes sedes and herbes for the moost parte were loste in defaute wherfore come so greate dysease of men and beestes and derth of vytayls in Englonde that thys londe that euer afore had ben plenteuous hadde nede that tyme to seke vitayls and refresshynge at other out yles countres And the .xxix. yere of kynge Edwarde it was accorded grauÌ„ted and sworne bytwene the kynge of Fraunce kynge Edwarde of Englonde that he shode haue ayen all his londê lordshyppes that loÌ„ged to the duchye of guyhen of olde tyme the whiche had beÌ„ withdrawen and wrongfully occupyed by dyuers kynges of Fraunce before honde to haue to holde to kynge Edwarde to hys heyres successours for euermore frely pesybly and in good quyete vpoÌ„ this couenaunt that the kynge of Englonde sholde leue of and releasen all his ryght clayme that he had claymed of the kyngdome of frauÌ„ce and of the tytle that he toke therof vpon whyche speche and couenauntes it was sente to the courte of Rome on both sydes of the kynges that the forsayd couenaunt sholde de enbulled but god ordeyned better for the kynges worshyp of Englonde for what thrugh fraude dysceyte of the frensshmeÌ„ and what thrugh lettynge of the pope of the court of Rome the forsayd couenauÌ„tes were dysquate and left of ¶ And in the same yere the kyng reuoked by his wyse and dyscrete couÌ„seyll the staple of wulles out of flaundres into Englonde with all the lybertees fraunches and fre customes that longed therto and ordeyned it in EngloÌ„de in diuerse places that is for to saye atte westmestre Caunterbury Chychestre Brystowe Lyncoln And Hulle wyth all the forsayd thynges that longen therto And that this thynge that shold thus be done the kynge swore hymself therto and prynce Edwarde hys sone wyth other many grete wytnesses that there where present ¶ And the xxx· yere of hys regne anone after wytsontyde in the parlemente ordeyned att westmenstre it was tolde and certefyed to the kyng that Phylyp that helde the kyngdome of Fraunce was deed And that Iohan his sone was crowned kynge And that this Iohan had gyuen Karoll his sone the duchye of Guyhen of the whiche thynge kynge Edwarde whan he wyst therof he had greate Indygnacyon vnto hym was wonder wrothe strongly meued And therfore afore alle the wrothy lordes that there were assembled at that parlement callyd Edwarde his sone vnto hym to whom the duchye of Guyhen by ryght herytage sholde longe to gaue it hym there byddynge strenthynge hym that he sholde ordeyne hym for to defende hym and auenge hym vpoÌ„ his enmyes and saue mayntene his ryght And afterwarde kyng Edwarde hymself his eldest sone Edwarde went to dyuers places and sayntes in Englonde on pylgrymage for to haue the more helpe grace of god and of his sayntes And the .ii. kal of Iuyll whan all thynge was redy to that vyage batayll all his retenue power assembled hys nauy also redy he toke with hym the erle of warwyk the erle of Suffolk the erle of Salysbury and the erle of Oxforde a thousande men of armes as many archers and in the Natyuyte of our lady toke theyr shyppes at pluÌ„mouth began to sayll And whan he come was arryued in Guyon he was there worshypfully taken recyued of the moost noblest men and lordes of that countree ¶ And anone after kynge Edwarde toke wyth hym his two sones that is to saye syr Lyonell erle of Vlton syr IohnÌ„ hys brother erle of Rychemonde syr Henry duke of Lancastre wyth many erles lordes and men of armes two thousande Archers saylled towarde Fraunce rested hym a whyle at Calays after the kyng went with hys hoste aforsayd with other souldyours of beyonde the see that there abode the kyngê comynge the seconde daye of Nouembre and toke hys Iourney towarde kynge IohnÌ„ of FrauÌ„ce there as he trowed to haue founde hym fast by Odomarum as hys letters and couenauÌ„t made mencyon that he wolde abyde hym there with hys host And whan kynge Iohan of Fraunce herde telle of the kynges comynge of Englonde he wente awaye wyth his men and caryage cowardly and shamfully fleynge and wastynge all vytayls that EnglsshmeÌ„ sholde not haue ther of ¶ And whan kynge Edwarde herde telle that he fledde he pursued hym wyth all his host tyll Henede and than he beholdynge the scarsyte and waytynge of vytayls and also the cowardyse of the kyng of Fraunce he torned ayen wastynge all the countre ¶ And whyle all thyse thynges were a doynge the scottes pryuely by nyght toke the towne of Berwyk sleynge theym that withstode theym and no man els But blessyd be god the castell was saued kept by Englysshmen that were therin whan the kynge perceyued alle thys he torned ayen in to Englonde as wrothe as he myghte be wherfore in the parlemeÌ„t at westmynstre was grauntyd to the kynge of euery sacke of wulle .l. shellyngê durynge the terme of .vi. yere that he myght myghtlyer fyght and defende the reame ayenste the Scottes and other mysdoers And so whan all thynges were redy the kynge hasted hym to warde the syege ¶ How kyng Edwarde was crowned kynge of Scotlonde and howe prynce Edwarde toke the kynge of Fraunce and syr Philyp hys yonger sone at the batayll of Peyters ANd in the .xxxi. yere of hys regne the .xiii. daye of Ianyuere the kynge beynge in the castell of Berwyk with a fewe men but he hauynge· there faste by a greote hoost The towne was yolden vnto
conuersyon of Saynt Poule helde parlemente at westmestre in the whyche parlemente was put forthe and shewed the accorde and the treates that was stablisshed and made bytwene the twoo kynges whyche accorde pleased to moche people And therfore by the kynges commaundement there were gadred and come togyder in westmynster chyrche the fyrste sondaye of lente That is to saye the .ii. kal february the forsayd Englysshemen and frensshmen where was songe a solempne masse of the Trynyte of the Archebysshop of Caunterbury mayster Symonde Issepe And whan Agnus dei was done the kynge beynge there with his sones And also the kynges sones of fraunce and other noble and greate lordes wyth candell lyght and crosses brought forth and that were callyd therto that were notte sworne afore swore the same othe that was wryten vppon goddes bodye on the masse booke in thys wyse we N. and N sweren vppon goddes body and on the holy gospels stedfastly for to holde and kepe towarde vs the peas and the accorde made bytwene the two kyÌ„ges and neuer for to do the contrary whan they had thus sworne they toke theyr scrowes that theyr othes were comprehended into the notaryes And in this same yere in the Ascencyons euen aboute myddaye was seen the clypses of the sonne And there folowed suche a drought that for defaute of rayne there was grete brennynge of corne fruyte and hey ¶ And in the same moneth the .vi. kal of Iune there fell a sanguyne rayne almoste lyke blode at Burgon and a saÌ„guyne crosse from morne vnto pryme apered was seen at Bolyn in the heyre the whiche many men saw and after it meued and felle in the myddes of the see ¶ And in the same tyme 〈◊〉 fraunce and Englond and many other londes as they that were in playne countreâ—s and dâ—serte baren withnesse sodeynly there apperyd two castels of the whiche weÌ„te out two hostes of armed meÌ„ And that one hoste was closed in whyte and that other in blacke and whan Batayll bytwene theym was begonne the whyte ouer came the blacke toke herte tho theym and ouer come the whyte and after that they wente ayen in to theyr castels and thaÌ„ the castels and all the hoost vanysshed away ¶ And in this same yere was a grete and an huge pestylence of people and namely of meÌ„ whoo 's wyues as womeÌ„ out of gouernaunce toke husbondes as well straungers as other lewde and symple peple the whyche forgetynge theyr honoure and worshyp coupled and maryed theym with theÌ„ that were of lowe degre and lytyll repuracyon ¶ In this same yere deyed Henry duke of LaÌ„castre ¶ And also in this same yere Edwarde prynce of walys wedded the countesse of Kente that was syr Thomas wyf of HoloÌ„de that whiche was departed somtyme deuorced fro the erle of Salysbury for cause of the same knyght ¶ And aboute this tyme begaÌ„ and rose a grete company of dyuerse nasoyns gadred togyder of whom theyr leders gouernours were Englysshe people they were called a peple wyth out ony hede the whyche dyd moche harme in the partye of fraunce· ¶ And not longe after there arose an other company of dyuerse nacyons that was called the whyte company the whiche in the partyes and countrees of Lombardy dyde moche sorowe ¶ This same yere syr Iohan of Gaunt the sone of kyng Edwarde the thyrde was made duke of Lancastre by reason cause of his wyf that was the doughter the heyre of Henry somtyme duke of LaÌ„caster ¶ Of the greate wynde and how prynce Edwarde tooke the lordshyp of GuyheÌ„ of his fader and wente theder· ANd in the .xxxvii. yere of kyng Edwarde the .xv. daye of Ianyuer that is too saye on saynt Maryes daye about euynsonge tyme there arose come suche a wynde out of the southe wyth suche a fyersnes and strenthe that it brasted and blewe downe to the grounde hyghe houses and stronge buyldynges toures chirches steples and other stroÌ„ge places and all other stronge werkes that stoden stylle were shaken ther with that they ben yet shall euermore be the febler and weyker whyle they stande And this wynde lasted without ony cessynge .vii. dayes contynually· And anone after there folowed suche waters in the hey tyme and in the haruest tyme that all felde werkes were strongely lette and lefte vndoyn ¶ And in the same yere prynce Edwarde toke the lordshyp of Guyhen dyde to kynge Edwyrde his fader homage and feaute therof wente ouer see in to Gascoyne with his wyf chyldren ¶ And anone after kynge Edward made hys sone Lyonell duke of Clarence and syr Edmonde his other sone erle of Cambridge in the .xxxviii. yere of his regne it was ordeyned in the parlement that men of lawe bothe of the chyrche and temporeslawe shold fro that tym for the plete in theyr moder tonge ¶ And in the same yere in to Englond thre kynges that ys to saye the kynge of Fraunce the kynge of Cypres and the kynge of Scotlonde by cause to vysyte and for to speke with the kynge of Englonde And after that they had be here longe tyme two of them went home in to theyr owne countres and kyngodms but the kynge of Fraunce throughte greate sekenesse and malady that he had abode stylle in Englonde And in the .xxxix. yere of his regne was a stroÌ„ge a grete froste that lasted longe that is to saye fro Saynt Andrewes tyde to the .xiii. kal of Apryls that the tylthe and sowynge of the erthe and other suche feld werkes and honde werkes were moche lette and lefte vndoyne for colde hardnes of the erth And at orray in Brytayn was ordeyned a grete dedely bataylle bytwene syre IohnÌ„ of Mountforde duke of Brytayne and syr charles of Bloys but vyctory fell to the forsayd syr IohnÌ„ thrughe helpe and socour of thenglysshmen And there were taken many knyghtes squyres other men that vnnoÌ„bred in the whiche batayll was slayne Charles hymself with all that stode about hym of Englysshmen were slayne but seuen and in this yere deyed at sauoy Iohan the kynge of fraunce whos seruyce exequyes kyng edwarde lete ordeyne dyd in dyuers places worhypfully to be done and at Douer of worshypful men ordeyned hym worthely tho be ledde with his owne costes and expeÌ„ces fro thens was brought to fraunce buryed at saynt Denys ¶ In the .xl. yere of kyng Edwarde the vii kal of Februer was borne Edwarde prynce Edwards sone the whiche whan he was .vii. yere of-aege he deyed· And in the same yere it was ordeyned that saynt Peters pens fro the tyme forthe sholde not be payed the whyche kyng yuo somtyme kynge of Englond of the countre of west saxen that began to regne the yere of our lord god vi· hondred .lxxix. fyrst graunted to Rome for the scole of Englond therto be contynued ¶ And in thys same yere there fell a grete rayne in hey tyme that it
reame saynge that it sholde despended in defendyn he of holy chyrche of his reame netheles it profyted no thynge wherfore aboute mydsomer after he made a grete host of the worthyest men of hys reame AmoÌ„ges whom were some lordes that is to say the lorde Fytzwater the lord graunson and other worthy knyghtê of whyche knyghtê the kynge ordeyned syr Robert Knolles a proude knyâ—t and a welle assayd in dedes of armes for too be gouerneur that thrugh his counseyl gouernaunce all thynge shold be gouerned dressed And whan they come into fraunce as longe as they dwelled helde them hole togyder that frenshemen durste not fall vpon them And att the laste about the begynnynge of wynter for enuye couetyse that was amoÌ„ge them and also dyscorde they sondred parted them into dyuerse coÌ„panyes vnwysely folesly But syr Robert Knolles hys men wente keped thym saufe within a castell in Brytayne And whan the frensshmen sawe that our men and felaushyp were diuyded into dyuerse companyes and places not holdynge ne strengthynge thym togyders as they out for to do they felle fyersly on oure men for the moost partye toke them or slewe theÌ„ tho that they might take ledde with them prysoners ¶ And in the same yere pope Vrbanâ— came fro rome to Auynyon for this cause that he sholde accorde made peas bytwene the kynge of FrauÌ„ce the kynge of Englond for euer more But alas or he began his treates he deyed wyth the sekenesse the .xxi day of Decembre and was buryed as for the tyme in the cathedrall chyrche of Auynyon fast by the hygh awter and the nexte yere after whan he had lyen so his bones were taken out of the erth buryed new in the abbay of saynt vyctorye fast by Marcylle of the whiche abbaye he was somtyme abbot hymself And in both places that he was baryed in there he many grete myrcales done wrough thrugh the grace of almighty god to many maÌ„nes helpe to the worshyp of god almghty ¶ And after whom folowed nexte and was made pope Gregorye Cardynalle Deken that before was called Pyers Roger. ¶ In the same yere Lymoge rebelled faught ayenst the prynce as other cytes dyde in Guyhem for grete taxes cossages raunsons that they were put and sete to by prynce Edwarde whyche charges were importable wherfore they turned fro hym and fellen to the kynge of Fraunce And whan prynce Edwarde this he was sore chafed agreued and in hys tornynge home warde ayen in to Englonde with sore scar musshes and fytynge and grete sautes fought with theym and toke the forsayd cytee and destroyed it almoost to the grounde and slewe all that he founde in the cyte And than for to say the sothe for dyuerse sekenes maladyes that he had and also for defaute of money that he myghte not with stande ne tary on hys enmyes he hyed hym ayen in to Englonde with his wyfe and menye leuynge behynde in Gascoyne the duke of Lancastre syr Edmond erle of Cambrydge wyth other worthy and noble men of armes ¶ In the .xlvi. yere of kynge Edward at the ordynaunce and sengynge of kynge Edwarde the kynge of Nauerne come to hym to Claryngdon to treate wyth hym of certayne thynges touchynge his warre in Normandye where kynge Edwarde had left certayne syeges in his stede tyll he come ayen But kynge Edwarde myghte not spede of that that he seked hym And so the kynge of Nauerne wyth grete worshyp grete gyftes to his leue wente home ayen ¶ And abowte begynnynge of Marche whan the parlemente at westmyster was begon the kyng asked of the clergye a subsydye of .l. M. pouÌ„de the whiche by a good auysement and by a generall coÌ„uocaoÌ„n of the clergye it was graunted ordeyned that it sholde be payed and reysed of the lay fee. And in thys parlement at the request askynge of the lordes in hatred of men of holy chirche the Chaunceler the tresourer that were bysshops and the clerke of the pryue sale were remeued and put out of offyce in theyr stede were seculer men put in And whyle thys parlement lasted there come somlepne embassatours fro the pope to treate with the kyng of peas and sayd that the pope desyred to fulfyll his predecessours wyll but for all theyr comynge they sped not ¶ Of the besygynge of Rochell how the erle of Penbroke his coÌ„pany was takeÌ„ in the hauen wyth spanyerdes all hys shyppes brent THe .ix. daye of Iune kynge Edward in the .xlvii. yere of his regne helde his parlemente at whynchestre it lasted but .viii. dayes to the whiche parlement were sompned by wryte of men of holy chyrche .iiii. bysshops .v. abbottes without ony moo This parlement was holden for marchauntes of London of Norwhiche of other dyuerse placê in dyuerse thynges and poyntes of trason that they were defamed of that is to saye that they were rebell wolde arise ayenst the kynge this same yere the duke of Lancastre the erle of Cambrydge his brother come out of Gascoyne into Enlonde tooke wedded to theyr wyues peters doughter somtyme kynge of Spayne Of whyche two doughters the duke had the elder the erle the yonger that same tyme there were sent two Cardynals fro the pope that is to saye an Englysshe Cardynall a Cardynal of Parys to treate of peas bytwene these two reames that whyche whan they had ben both longe eche in his prouynce countreees fast by treatynge of the forsayd peas att the last they toke with theym the lettes of procuracye went ayen to Rome without ony effect of theyr purpose ¶ In this yere was there a stronge Batayll in the see bytwene Englysshmen and flemynges and the Englysshmen had the victory toke .xxv. shyppes with salt and sleynge and drenchynge all the meÌ„ that were therin vnwetynge they they were of that countree And moche harme shold haue fallen therof had not peas accorde sone be made bytwene them ¶ And in this same yere the frensshmen besyeged the towne of Rochell wherfore the erle Penbroke was sent into gascoyne wyth a grete company of men of armes for to dystroye the syege whyche passed the see and came sauf to the hauen of Rochell whan they were there at the haueÌ„ mouth or that they myght entre sodaynly come vpon them a stroÌ„ge nauye of Spanyardes the whiche ouercame the Englysshmen in moche blemysshynge hurtinge and sleynge of many people for as moche as the Englysshmen were than not redy for to fyght ne were ware of them And as the Spanyerdes came vpon them all the Englysshmen other they were takeÌ„ or slayne and .x. of theym were sore wouÌ„ded to the deth and all theyr shyppes brente and there they toke the erle wyth a grete tresour of the reame of EngloÌ„de and many other noble meÌ„ also on mydsomer euen the whiche is sayÌ„t Edeldredê
daye and ledde them with them into Spayne And of this myscheyf was no grete wonder for this erle was a full ylle lyuer as an open lechoure And also in a certayne parlemente he stode and was ayenst the ryghtes fraunchyse of holy chyrche And also he counseylled the kyng and counseyll that he shold axe mo of men of holy chyrche than other persones of the laye meÌ„ And for the kynge and other men of hys counseyll accepted and tooke rather ylle opynyons and causes ayenste men of holy chyrche than he dyd for to defende and mayntene the ryght of holy chyrche it was after seen many tymes for lacke of fortune grace they had not ne bare awaye so grete vyctory ne power ayenst theyr enmyes as they dyd before ¶ This same yere the kyng with a grete host entred the see to remeue the syege of Rochell but the wynde was euer contrarye vnto hym and suffred hym not loÌ„ge tyme to go fer fro the londe wherfore he abode a certayne tyme vpon the see costes abydynge after a good wynde for theÌ„ yet come in not So at the last he come thens with his meÌ„ to lond warde ayen anone as he was a londe that wynde began to torne was in an other cost than he was afore ¶ How the duke of Lancastre with a grete hoost wente into flaundres passyd by Parys thrugh Burgon thrugh all frauÌ„ce tyll he come vnto Burdeux SOone after in the .xlviii. yere of the regne of kynge Edwarde the duke of Lancastre with a grete power went into flaundres passed by Parys thrugh Burgon thrughe all fraunce tyll he came vnto Burdeux without ony maner wythstandynge of the frensshemen \ and he dyde them but lytell harme saufe he toke raunsoned many places townes many men lette theym go after frely The same yere the kyng sent certayne embassatours to the pope prayenge hym that he sholde leue of medle not in his court of the kepiÌ„ge and reseruacyoÌ„s of benefycê in Englonde And that tho that were choseÌ„ to bysshoppes sees dignetees frely wyth full myght Ioy haue be confermed to the same of theyr metropolytans Archebysshops as they were wonte to be of olde tyme Of these poyntes and of other touchynge the kyng his reame whan they had theyr answer of the pope the pope enioyned them that they sholde certefy hym ayen by theyr letter of the kynges wyll of hys reame or they determyned ought of the forsayd artycles In this same yere deyed Iohan the Archebysshop of yorke Iohan bysshop of Ely wyllyam byssop of worcestre In whoo 's stedes folowed were made bysshops by auctoryte of pope master Alexander Neuyll to the Archebysshop of yorke Thomas of AruÌ„dell to the bysshopryche of Ely and syr Henry wakfelde to the bysshopryche of worcestre In the whiche tyme it was ordened in the parlement that all Cathedrall chyrches shold Ioy haue theyr eleccoÌ„ns hole that the kyng fro that tyme afterwarde shold not wrytte ayenst theÌ„ that were chosen but rather helpe them by his letters to theyr confyrmacyon this statute dyd moche profyte ¶ And in this parlemeÌ„t was grauÌ„tyd to the kynge a dyme of the clergy a .xv. of lay fee. ¶ In the .xlix. of the regne of kyng Edward deyed Mayster wyllyam wytlesey Archebysshop of Caunterbury the moÌ„kes of the same chirche asked and desyred a cardynall of Englonde to be Archebysshop therfore the kyng was agreued ment purposed to haue exyled the moÌ„kes of the same and they spended moche good or they myght haue the kynges grace ayen his loue but yet wold the kynge not consent ne graunt to theyr eleccoÌ„n of the Cardynall ne of the pope also ne his Cardynalles ¶ And at the begynnyge of August it was treated spoken at Bruges of certayne poyntes and artycles hangynge bytwene the pope and the kynge of Englond this treates lasted almoost too yere And at the laste it was accorded bytwene theym that the pope fro that tyme forth sholde not vse ne dele wyth the reseruacyons of benefytes in Englonde and that the kynge sholde not graunt ne lette no benefyces by hys wrytte that is called Quare impedyt But as touchynge the eleccion abouesayd there was noo thynge touched ne done And that was wyted and put vpon certayne clerkes the whiche rather supposed and hoped to be auauÌ„ced promoted to bysshhpryches whiche they desyred and coueyted by the court of Rome rather than by ony other eleccyons ¶ This same yere about Candelmasse there mette togyder att Bruges many noble worthy men of bothe sydes and reames to trete of peas bitwene tho two kynges And this tretes lasted two yere with grete costes large expensens of bothe partyes And at the laste they went departed thens without ony accorde or effecte The next yere after the .l. yere of kynge Edward the .iiii. NonÌ„ of May beynge yet voyde vacaunt the Archebysshopryche of Caunterbury mayster Symonde sudbery bysshoppe of London was made Archebysshop mayster wyllyam courteney that was bysshop of Herforde was than made bysshop of London the bysshop of Bangor was made bysshop of Herforde ¶ And this same tyme in a certayne treates spekynge of peas trewes was taken bytwene them of FrauÌ„ce Englonde fro mydsomer to mydsomer come ayen an hole yere about the begynnyng of Aprell the duke of brytayne wyth many erles barons and worthy lordes men of Englond went ouer see in to Brytayn where he hathe had all his luste desyre purpose ne had the for sayd trewes be soo soone taken the whiche letted them ¶ This same tyme the yle of Constantyne where that the castell of saynt Saueour is in that longe tyme was foughten at besyeged of the Frensshmen than yelde to the Frensshmen with al the apportenauÌ„tes in to grete harme hyndrynge of the reame of Englonde And thys same yere there were so grete and so passynge hetes ther with all a gret pestylence in Englonde in other dyuerse partyes of â—he worlde that it destroyed slewe vyolently stroÌ„gly both men wymen without nombre Thys same yere deyed syr Edwarde the lorde spencer a worthy knyghte a bolde in the mynster of Teukesbury worshipfully is buryed And lastynge this pestilence the pope at the instaunce and prayer of an Englysshe Cardynale graunted to all people that deyed in Englonde that were sory repentauÌ„t for theyr synnes and also shryueÌ„ full remyssyon by two bulles vnder lede .vi. monethes than next to last ¶ In this same yere the erle of Penbroke was taken rauÌ„soned bi Bartram Clayken bytwene Parys Calays as he come towarde Englond vpon saynt Atheldredes day that whiche saynt as it was sayd the erle oftentymes had affeÌ„ded and within a lytyll whyle after he deyed ¶ And in Nouembre next after there mette at Bruges the duke of Lancastre and the duke
lyke wyse as they were woÌ„te for to haue before tymes and by his letters patentes and his chartre confermed And the quene and other worthy lorde and ladyes fell on ther knees and besoughte the kynge of grace to conferme this Than the kynge toke vp the quene graunted hyr all hyr askenge And than they thanked the kynge the quene wente home ayen ¶ And in xvi· yere of kyng Rychardes regne certayn lordes of scotlonde came into Englond for to gete worshyp as by feet of armes this were the persones The erles Marre he chaleÌ„ged the erle Marshall of Englond to Iuste with hym certayne poyntes on horsbak wyth sharpe speres they rode togyder as two worthy knyghtes lordes certayne courses but not the full chalenge that the Scottes erle made for he was calle bothe hors and man two of hys rybbes brokeÌ„ with that falle and so he was borne theÌ„s out of smythfelde home to his Inne And within a lytyll tyme after he was caryed home in a hors lytter and att yorke he deyed ¶ And syr Wayllyam Darell knyght and the kynges banerer of Scotlonde than made an other chalenge wyth syr Peres courtayne knyght and the kynges banerer of Englonde of certayne courses yet on horsbacke in the same felde and whan he had ryden certayne cours assayed he myghte not haue the better he gaaf it ouer wold nomore of his chalenge with syr pers courtayne knyght the kyngê banerer of Englonde torned his hors and rode home vnto hys owne Inne And one Cockeborne a squyre of Scotlonde chalenged syr Nycholl Haberke a knyght of certayn courses yet wyth sharpe speres and roden fyue courses togyder and at euery course the Scot was caste downe both hors man and thus ouer Englysshe Lordes thanked be god hadde the felde ¶ And in the .xvii yere of kyng Rychardes regne deyde the good gracyous quene Anne that was wyt to kyng Rycharde in the manere of Shene in the shyre of Surrey vpon wytsondaye than was she broughte to London and soo to westmynster and there was she buryed and worthely entered besyde Saynt Edwardes shryne on whoo 's sowle almyghty god haue pyte and in hys mercy Amen ¶ How kynge Rycharde spowsed dame Isabell the kynges doughter of Fraunce in the towne of Calays and broughte hyr in to Englond and lette hyr be crowned quene in the abbaye of saynt Peters of westmynstre IN the .xx. yere of kynge Rychardes regne he wente hymselfe ouersee vnto Calays wih dukes erles lordes barons and many other worthy squyes wyth grete araye and comune people of the reame in good araye as longed to suche a kynge and prynce of hys noble of hys owne persone to do hym reuerence and obseruauÌ„ce as oughte to be done to theyr lyege lorde so myghty a kynge Emperoure in hys owne to abyde receyue there that worthy and gracyous Lady that shold be hys wyf a yonge creature of .xix. yere of aege dame Isabell the kynges doughter of FrauÌ„ce and other worthy lordes of greate name bothe barons knyghtes wyth moche other people that camen to the towne of Grauenynge tow dukes of Fraunce that one was the duke of Burgoyn and that other the duke of Barre that wolde no furtherlesse than they hadde pledges And than kynge Rycharde delyuered two pledges for them for to go sauf and come saufe his two worthy vncles the duke of Gloucestre and the duke of yorke these two wente ouer the water of grauenynge abode there as for pledge to the tyme that the maryage was done and thatê these two dukes of Fraunce were come ayen vnto Grauenynge water And than two worthy dukes came ouer the water at Grauenynge so to Calays with this worthypfull Lady Dame Isabell that was the kynges doughter of Fraunce with hyr came many worthy lorde eke lady knyghtes squyres in the beest araye that myght be so brought hyr in to the tâ—wne of Calays· And there she was receyued with all the sole mpnyte worshyp that myght be done vnto suche a lady And that they brought hyr vnto the kynge And the kynge toke hyr welcomed hyr and all hyr fayre company and made there all the solempnyte that myghte be done ¶ And than the kynge his counseyll asked of the Frensshe lordes whether all the couenauntes forwardes wyth the composycyon that wer ordeyned and made on bothe partyes sholde be truely kepte and holde bytwene theym And they saye ye and there they swore and toke theyr charge vpon a boke made theyr othe well truly it to holde in alle maner of poyntes couenauntes wythout contradyccyon or delay in ony maner wyse And than was she brought to saynt Nycholas chyrche in Calays and there she was worthely wedded wyth the moost solempnyte that ony kyng or quene myght be wyth Archebysshops bysshoppes all the mynystres of hooly chyrche And than they were brought too the castell sette to mete And were serued with all delycasye of ryall metes drynkes pleÌ„teuously to al maner of strauÌ„gers aâ— other no creature warned that feest but all were welcome for there were grete halles tentes set vpon the grene wythout the castell to receyue all manere of people And euery offyce redy for to serue them all And thus this worthy maryage was soleÌ„ply done and ended with all ryalte And than these two worthy dukes of Fraunâ—e with theyr people token theyr leue of the kynge and of the quene and wente ayen vnto Grauenynge water And there the Frensshe lordes that is to saye the twoo dukes and all theyr menye were comen ouer the water to Grauenynge they mette wyth our two dukes euery chone toke leue at other and soo they departed and our lordes camen ayen vnto calays and the Frensshe lordes went ouer the water and soo home in to Fraunce ayen ¶ And anone after the kynge made hym redy with the quene all his lordes and ladyes and all theyr people with theim and came ouer the see in to Englonde so vnto London And the mayer and the shreues wyth alle the aldermen and worthy commens roden ayenst them vnto the blacke he the in to Kent there they mette with the kynge the quene and welcomed theym and that in good araye and euery men in the clothynge of his craft and theyr mynstrels before them And so they brought theym vnto saynt Georges barre in South warke there they token theyr leue And the kynge the quene rode to Kenyngton than the peple of London torned home ayen And in tornynge ayen to London brydge there was soo greate presse of people bothe on hors and on foot that there were deed on the brydge .xi. persones of men women and children on whos soules al myghty god haue mercy pyte Amen ¶ And than afterwarde the quene was brought to the towre of London
quyte hym ayenste his aduersary For he caste hors and man into the felde and the kyng for his manhode at that tyme dubbed hym knyght And on the fyfte day there came an other man of armes of the Henaudes partye into the felde and to hym came in Syr Iohan stewarde knyght and manfully he quyt hym in all maner poyntes had the better And on the syxte daye after came an other Henaunde and to hym came Wyllyam porter squyre and manfully he quyte hym and had the better in the felde and the kynge dubbed hym knyght that same tyme. And on the seuenthe day after came an other man of armes of Henaude in to the felde to hym came Iohan standisshe squyre and manfully he quyte hym on his aduersarye and had the better of hym in the felde and there the kynge dubbyd hym knyghte that same daye And on the same daye came an other man of armes of Henaude and to hym came a squyre of Gascoyne and proudely and manly he quyte hym of hys aduersary had the better of hym in the felde and anone the kynge dubbed hym knyght ¶ And on the .viii. daye came into the felde two other men of armes of Henaude and wyth them mette two souldyours of Calays the whiche were two bretheren that were called Burghes they well and manly quyte them selfe vpon theyr aduersaryes and haddeÌ„ the better of theym in the felde and thus ended these chalenges wyth many grete lordshyppes And thenne the kynge att the reuereÌ„ce of these worthy straungers made a greate feest gaafe vnto theym many grete and ryche gyftes and thenne they toke theyr leue and went home ayeÌ„ into theyr owne countree ¶ And in the .xi. yere of kynge Henryes regne the fourthe there was a grete batayl doo in smythfelde bytwene two squyres that one was called Gloucestre that was the parlement And Arthur was the defendaunte and well manly they foughten togyder longe tyme the kyng for theyr manfulnesse and of his grace toke theyr quarel into his honde and made theym to go out of the felde at ones so they were deuyded of the batayl and the kynge gaf them grace ¶ And in the .xii. yere of kynge Henryes regne the fourth Rysdye a squyre of wales that was arybelle a ryseâ— supporter to OmeÌ„ of Glendre that dyde moche dystruccyon to the people of wales was taken and brought to London there he came afore the Iustices and was dampned for his treson and than he was layd on an hurdell soo drawen to Tyburne thrugh the cyte and there he was hanged and lete downe ayeÌ„ his heed smiteÌ„ of and the body quartred sente vnto foure townes and his hede sete on London brydge ¶ And in the .xiii. yere of kynge Henryes regne tho deyed syre Iohan Beauforde erle of Somersette that was Capytayne of Calays and was buryed at the abbaye of the Tour hyll on whos soule god haue mercy Amen And in the same yere the lorde Thomas kynge Henryes sone wedded the Countesse of Somersette ¶ And in this same yere cam the embassatours of Fraunce in to Englonde frome the duke of Burgoyne vnto the prynce of Englonde kynge Henryes sone heyre for to haue helpe and socour of men of armes and archers ayenst the duke of Orlyaunce And tho went ouer see the erle of Arundell syr Gylbert Vmfreuyll erle of Keme and the lorde Cobham syr IohnÌ„ Oldecastelle and many other god knyghtes and worthy squyres men of armes and good archers in to Fraunce and came to Parys to the duke of Burgoyn And there he receyued welecomed these Englysshmen the lordes all other meny And than it was done hym to wete that the duke of OrlyanÌ„ce was comen to Semttlowe fast by Parys wyth a grete noÌ„bre of armes and arbalasters thyder went our Englysshmen foughte wyth them gate the brydge of Semâ—clowe there they slewe mochâ— people of Frensshmen arbalasters the remenaunte fledde wolde not lenger abyde And than our EnglysshmeÌ„ came ayen to Parys there they toke theyr leue of the duke and came ayen in to Englonde in saufte and the duke gaafe them grete gyftes anone folowynge the duke of Orlyaunce sent enbassatours in Englond to kynge Henry the fourth bese chynge hym of hys helpe socure ayenst hys dedely enmye the duke of Burgoyn And than the kynge made Thomas hys sone duke of Clarence And hys other sone IohnÌ„ duke of Bedforde and hys other sone Humfrey duke of Gloucestre Syr Thomas Beauferd erle of Dorset the duke of Awe marle he made duke of yorke And thaÌ„ the kynge ordeyned his sone syr Thomas the duke of Clarence Thomas Beauforde erle of Dorset syr IohnÌ„ cornwyll with many other lordes knyghtes squyres and men of armes archers for to go ouer see iÌ„ to FrauÌ„ce in helpynge and strengthynge of the duke of OrlyauÌ„ce And these whothy lordes with ther retenue shypped att Hampton saylled ouer the see in to Normandye londed at Hogges And there mette with theym the lorde Hambe at theyr londynge wyth .vii. thousande men of armes of Frensshmen thre Serge auntes of armes with them and all were put to flyght taken of theym ·vii hondred men of armes and .iiii. hondred horses with out tho that were slayne in the felde And so they rode forth thrugh out all FrauÌ„ce and token castels and townes and slewe moche peple of frensshmen that with stode them toke many prysoneere as they roden And so they passed forth tyll they came to Burdeux there they rested theim a whyle set the couÌ„tre in peas reste tyll the wynde was redy for to sayll ¶ And than the duke with his menye come home in to Englonde in saufte thanked god And in the same yere was the kynges coyn chaunged thrugh oute Englonde by the kynge his counseyll that is to saye the noble half noble and ferthynge of golde ¶ And the .xiiii yere of kyng Henryes regne the fourth he lete make Galays of warre for he had hoped to haue passed the grete see so forth to Iherusalem there to haue ended hys lyf but god vysyted hym so soone after with Infyrmytees grete sekenesse that he myght no well endure no whyle so feruently he was taken brought in bedde at westmynster in a fayre thambre And as he laye in his hed he asked hys chaÌ„berlayll what they called that chambre that he laye in he answered sayd Iherusalem And than he sayde that the prophecye sayd that he shold make an ende deye in IherusaleÌ„ And than he made him dyd vnto god dysposed all his wyll And so on after he dyed was caryed by water from westmynster in a barge vnto Feuersham and from thens he was caryed to Caunterbury by londe with moche torche lyght brennynge into the abbaye of Crechyrche and there he was entered buryed besyde saynt
hylle of Hor. And his sone Heleazarus succeded hym in the bysshopryche ¶ Pharao Boccaris this tyme was kynge of Egypt this Pharao wolde not here the coÌ„mauÌ„dement of god ne delyuer the childern of Israel wherfore he was punysshed with ten plages Vt patêª exo And after he with all his hoost were drowned iÌ„ the red see Nason sone to Amynadab was prynce of the trybe of Iudas in the deserte and about this tyme the lawe of god was gyuen in the hylle of Synay the boke of Leuicici was wryte and another booke was called NumeruÌ„ the tabernacle was ordeyned The boke of DeuteromanuÌ„ was made Balaam was prophete and was slayne ¶ Anno mundi .iii M.vii C.xxxv. Et ante xpÌ„i natiuitateÌ„ M.iiii C.lxxiiii SAlmen of the lyne of cryst was aboute thê tyme had a wyfe that hyght Reab Moyses about thys tyme decessed the water of frome Iordan was drye Ierico was take the sonÌ„e stode in the fyrmament Inmeuable Historia li. Iosue incipit et IudicuÌ„ Iosue seconde Iuge of Israel was a myghty maÌ„ in batayll the fyrst in deserte he ouercame Amalech after Moyses of god he was ordened iuge of Israel of whom the bataylles the werkes the relygyous lyf ye may see in the boke of Iosue wryten ¶ Eleazar was the secoÌ„de bysshop And he Iosue deuyded the londe of promyssy on to the childern of Israel And of hym desceÌ„ded the bysshops vnto cryst a fewe excepted ¶ Othonyell of the trybe of Iuda was the thyrde Iuge And thys man delyuered the chyldern of Israel from the oppressyoÌ„ of the reame of mesopotamie the whiche he ouercame in batayl This man toke Axam to his wyf the whiche asked the vale londes aboue beneth of her fad Calepth vt pêª IudicuÌ„ .i. ¶ Aoth was the four the iuge of Israel· This man subdued Eglon the kyng of Moab delyuered the childern of Israel This was a myghty man in batayl he vsed the one as wel as thother for his ryght honde ¶ About this tyme the kyng of ytaly began And many tymes theyr names ben chauÌ„ged of the whiche progenyte of the Romayns more clerely is shewed ¶ Ianâ—s was the fyrst kyng of ytaly after warde of the rude geÌ„tyles he was worshyped as god they feyned hym to haue two faces for they worshypped his feest in the begynnyng of the yere as he were the ende of the last yere And the begynninge of the fyrst And of hym the moueth of Ianuary hath his name ¶ Amictus was the viii· kynge of Babylon vnder whom Iosue decessed ¶ Anno muÌ„di .iii. M.vii C.lxxv Et ante xpÌ„i natiuitateÌ„ M. iiii.xxiiii BOos sone to Salmon of the lyne of cryst was this tyme but of hym is lytel wryten but that Maâ—he nombred hym in the Genology As doctours saye there was made skyppynge of names bytwyxt Boos Obeth For at the lest betwyxt them were .ii. C.lxxii yere the whiche tyme to one maÌ„ may not be referred and therfore here many thynges is spoken of or I come to the lyne of cryst agayne Nicholaê° de lyra dicit qd suÌ„c .iii. boos vnê° post alium ¶ SaÌ„gar was the .v. Iuge of Israel but he lyued no yeres ¶ Dolbara was the .vi. Iuge thê Dolbora was a womaÌ„ for the grace of her ê“phecy was gyueÌ„ to her honour that she Iuged Israel She by the coÌ„mauÌ„demeÌ„t of god called Baruch that he shold go fyght with the enemyes of Israel the chyldren of Israel gate the vyctory agaynst Iabyn the kyng of Chanaan Cizaram the prynce of his chyualry he destroyed them vt ptêª iudicuÌ„ .iiii ¶ Phenies was bysshop this Phenies yet a yonge man for goddes sake slewe many lecherous men therfore our lorde was pleased with hym ¶ Saturnus this tyme was kynge of yealy he was the secoÌ„de kyng there this Saturnê° is sayd to come fro the londe of cretens in to ytaly who by ydolatry thrughe a maruaylous blyndenes they sayd he was no man but a god yet they sayd that he regned vpon them as theyr kyng And he taught men to dounge theyr feldes And of Saturnê° the Romayns were called Saturniani Picê° was son to saturnê° or he was kyng iÌ„ ytaly he was kyng iÌ„ lareÌ„tin after his dethe he was worshyped of the geÌ„tyls for a god Anno mundi .iii. M.viii C.lxxv Et ante xpÌ„i natiuitateÌ„ M. iii.xliiii GEdeon the .vii. Iuge of Israel was thys tyme this Gedeon subdued .iiii. kynges Oreb zebeâ— zeb and Salmana And he subdued Madean to Israel Vide plura Iudicum vi.vii et .viii. BOcci was bysshop in Israell then ¶ Abimalech the .viii. Iuge in Israell was natural sonÌ„e to gedeon he was not called of god but malycyously tooke on hym the pryncehode of Israel And he slewe lxx of hys brethern wherfore he ended hys lyfe myscheuously Vt pêª iudicuÌ„ ¶ Tola was the .ix. Iuge in Israel And this man guyded hym after the olde gouernauÌ„ce of Iuges by the maner of dyreccyon couÌ„sell more than by domynacyon ¶ Bocci was bysshop aboute this tyme but of hym lytell is wryten ¶ Iayr the .x. Iuge of Israel had .xxx. sonÌ„es whom he made prynces of .xxx. Cytees And by cause they were goode men and ruled to the pleasure of god Therfore in the dayes of these two men Israel drewe to our lorde And therfore al thynge came and was in prosperyte and welthe FAnus was the .iiii. kynge in ytaly he was kynge of larentin both ¶ Latinê° was kynge in ytaly after Fanus of this Latinê° was called the kyngdome of Latinorum And Carmentê doughter of Euandri fouÌ„de fyrste latyn letters Tauranê° about this tyme was kynge of Babylon or of Assiriorum vnder this man Troy was dystroyed fyrst The occasyoÌ„ of the batayl of Troy began for a lytell thyng In so moche as Lamydon kynge of Troy receyued not Hercules Iason with due honoure as they sholde haue receyued of so lytell a trespaas how many harmes hurtes grewe ¶ Sibilla delphica afore the batayll of Troy propheâ—yed how a chylde sholde be borne of a vyrgyn without maÌ„nes seed ¶ LamydoÌ„ kynge of Troy was slayne his doughter Roxoma was taken in to Grekys londe For the whiche foloweth myghty batayll moost ferdfull myscheues vide hystoria troianam Hercules with Iason destroyed IliuÌ„ or Troy the whiche anone after was buylded of Pryamus sonÌ„e to Lamydon This Hercules dyd many merueylous thyngê many mighty bataylles And infynyte lesynges ben fayned on hym At the last whan he had ouercome moche people he was sore hurte in warre And whan he myght not suffre the payne of his sore with the whiche he was greued Hymselfe he ranne in to the fyre and whan he was deed he was worshypped amonge the goodes of the Gentyles myghtely ¶ Circa annuÌ„ muÌ„di .iii. M.ix C.lxxv Et ante xpÌ„i natiuitateÌ„ M.ii. C.xxiiii AFter the dethe of Iayr Iuge of
was sworne to the kynge of Syrie Benedab For Baasa kynge of Israell thenÌ„e began to fyght ayenst hym the whiche dyspleased god wherfore he sende to hym the prophete Anani whome he put in pryson and therfore he hadde the gowte stroÌ„gely deyed ther of Vt pêª .iii. regum .ii. para ¶ Azarias sonne to Achomas was bysshop Nadab kyng of Israell regned to yere the whyche beganne to regne the seconde yere of Asa kynge of Iewes and dyde not as hys fader And Baasa ouerthrewe hym and regned for hym Vt pêª .iii. reguÌ„ ¶ Baasa kynge of Israel regned .xxiiii. yere the whiche began to regne the thyrde yere of Asa kynge of Iewes and he walked in the synnes of Ieroboam and slewe Iehen the prophete ¶ Hela thesone of Baasa regned in Israel two yere \ zamri slewe hym regned .vii. dayes ¶ Amri regned .xii. yere dyde not as his predecessours dyd ¶ Archa sone to Amri regned on Israell .xxii. yere and aboue all that were afore hym he was cursyd for wycked Iesabell ruled more than he meued hym to folowe her vt pêª .iii. reguÌ„ ¶ Of kynge Ebrac the whiche began to regne the .xv. yere of Dauyd and how he conquered Fraunce THys Ebrac regned .lx. yere a stronge man he was a myghey And thys Ebrac thorugh hys myght helpe of his Brytons coÌ„quered all Fraunce And wanne there so moche golde syluer that whaÌ„ he came ayen in to this londe he made a cyte and after hys owne name he lere calle it Ebrac that is called Euerywyk And this kynge made the castell of Maydens that now is called Edenbrugh This kyngehad xx sones and .xxiiii. doughters by dyuers wymmen goten these sones were called as ye shal here Brute greneschelde de MargaÌ„de Iakyn Kymbar Roselm Spadogh Godeherl Thormnan Gldaugh Iorkaughut Haibor Ketyn Rother Kaier Assaruth And all the dougters hyght as ye shal here after Eligene ymogen Oghdas Guenbran Guardith Auganrel Guenthold Tangustell GorghoÌ„ Michel Medhan Mailour Ondre Cambredan RagaÌ„ Renthely Neest CheghaÌ„ Skaldud Gladus Herherhen Abalaghe and Blandan And these were tho .xxiiii doutghters And the brethern becam good knyghtes and worthy in many countrees ¶ Of kynge Brute Greneschelde the fyrste sone of Ebrackynge AFter the dethe of kyng Ebrac regned brute Greneschelde his sone .xxx. yere that was Ebracs fyrst sone that well and nobly regned And whan tyme came he deyed and lyeth at yorke ¶ Of kynge Leyl that was Brute Grenescheldes sone ANd whan Brute Greneschelde was deed regned hys sone Leyl xxii· yere And he made a fayre towne and lette calle it Karleyl after his owne name And he was a worthy man and welle beloued of his peopâ—e And so whan he badde regned xxii· yere he dyed and lyeth at Karlyll ¶ And in his tyme regned kyng Salomon in Iherusalem and made the noble Temple And to him came quene Sibylle quene of Saba for to here and see yf it were sothe that men spake of the greate and noble wytte and wysdome of kynge SalemoÌ„ And she founde it soth that men had her tolde ¶ Anno muÌ„di .iiii. M.ii. C.li vi Et ante xpÌ„i natiuitateÌ„ .ix. C.xlii. IOsaphat kynge of Iewe was a good man and a â—ycke and a deuoute in the waye of oure lorde and regned xâ—v yere and dyde none yll but to the cursed kynge of Israell gaue helpe and other lytel thyng And therfore oure lorde was with hym vt pêª iiâ— para ¶ Helyas the greate prophete was thys tyme an hooly man that was lyfted vp in to paradyse with grete solace â— a charre ¶ Macheas and Abdias prophecyed wyth hym ¶ Ochosyas sone of Achab regned in Israell .ii. yere And sende to Belsabub god of Acharam to be helyd For. the whyche he deyed after the sayenge of Hely Vt pêª .iiii. Regum ¶ Of kynge Lud Ludibras that was kynge Leyles sone LVd Ludibras this kyng made the cyte of Caunterbury wynchester And he regned .xxxix. yere and thenne he deyed and lyeth at wynchester ¶ Of kynge Bladud that was Ludibras sone how he regned and was a god man and a Nygromancer SO after this Ludibras regned bladud his sone a greate Nygromancer And thorugh his crafte of Nygromanâ—y he made the meruayllous hote bathe As the geste â—elleth And he regned .xxi. yere and he lyeeh at the newe Troy ¶ Anno mundi ·iiii M.ii. C. lxxxxi Et ante xpÌ„i natiuitateÌ„ .ix. C.viii. IOram kynge of Iewes sonne to Iosaphat regned .viii. yere this Ioram was a cursyd man had a good fader slewe hys brother wyckedly lyued as dyde the kynge of Israel· Therfore he was sore correcetd dyed vnhappely vt pêª .ii o para ¶ This tyme he lyas was rauisshed in the Paradyse ¶ Ochosias or Asarias kyng of Iewes regned oo yere lyued not as his fader dyd anone was slayne with all the hous of Achab. ¶ Athalia moder to Asarias toke the kyngdome slewe all the kynges blod regned .x. yere And the .vii. yere of Ioiada bysshop she was slayne iiii reguÌ„ This Asarias his sone Ioas his neue we Amasia Matheus the gospeller putteth not in the lyne of Cryste for ther offences Ioram kyng of Israel regned .xii. yers the whiche began to regne the .xviii. yere of Iosaphat for his brother Ochosie cursedly he lyued and was slayne of Iehen with alle his faders housholde vt pêª Â¶ Iehen anoynted of the childe of Helyse vpon Israel slewe Achariam the kyng of Iewes Ioram the kynge of Israell and Isabell moder to Ioram and .lxx. childn of Achab and ·xlii brethern of Azari all the preestes of Baall And he regned .xviii. yere ¶ Athalia moder to Azari kyng of Iewes doughter to Achab regned on the Iewes .vi. yere flewe the kyngis blood of Ioram except Ioas the sone of Azari the whiche was kepte amoÌ„ge shepeherdes and afshe was slayne Anno mundi .iiii. M.iii. C·ix Et ante xpÌ„i natiuitateÌ„ .viii. C. lxxxxiii IOam sone to Achazie regned in the Iury .xl. yere whome Ioiada the bysshop crowned kynge at .vii. yere of aege And helyued well as longe as he was ruled by Ioiada but after he forsoke god and martred Azrias that tyme bysshop sone to Ioiada for he blamed hym that he forsoke hys god Vide plura .ii. para ¶ Ioathas sone to Iehen regned in Israell .xvii. yere in whoo 's dayes Helyse the prophete deyed And he began to regne the .xx. yere of Ioas Vide plura iiii regum ¶ Ioam sonne of Ioathas regned in Israell .xvii. yere and he troubled Amazia Plura vide .iiii. regum .xiii. ¶ Of kynge Leyr sone to Bladud and of the answere of his yongest doughter that gracyously was maryed to the kynge of Fraunce AFter kynge Bladud regned Leyr hys sone And thys Leyr made the towne of Leycetre and lete calle the towne after his name and gouerned the towne welle and nobly This kynge Leyr hadde
thre doughters The fyrste was called Gonorill The seconde Rigan And the thyrde Cordeill and the yongest doughter was fayrest and beste of condycyons The kynge theyr fader became an olde man and wolde that his doughters were maryed or that he dyed But fyrste he thought to assaye whiche of them loued hym moste and best For she that loued hym best sholde best be maryed And he axed of the fyrste doughter how well she loued him And she answerde and sayde better than her owne lyf Now certes sayde her fader that is grete loue Thenne he axed the seconde doughter how moche she loued hym And she sayde more and passynge all the creatures of the worlde Per ma foy sayd her fader I may noo more axe And tho axed he of the thyrd doughter how moche she loued hym Certes fader sayde she my systers haue tolde you glosynge wordes but I shalle tell you the crouth for I loue you as I ought to loue my fader And for to brynge you more in certayne how I loue you I shall tell you As moche as ye be wroth so shall ye be loued The kyng her fader weÌ„de that she had scorned hym be came wonder wroth swore by heueÌ„ erth she sholde neuer haue good of him but hê doughts that loued hym so moche sholde be well auauÌ„ced maryed And the fyrst doughter he maryed to Mangles kyng of Scotlonde And the seconde he maryed to hanemos erle of Cornewayle they ordened spake bytwene theÌ„ that the sholde departe the reame bytwene them two after the dethe of kynge Leyr theyr fader Soo that Cordeill his yongest doughter sholde nothynge haue of his londe But this Cordeill was wonder fayre of good condicyons maners That the kynge of Fraunce Agampe herde of her fame sente to the kynge Leyr her fader for to haue her vnto his wyf and prayed hym therof And kynge Leyr her fader sente hym worde that he had departed his londe gyuen hit al vnto his two doughters before sayd he sayd he had no more loÌ„de wherwith her to marye And whan Agampe the kynge of fraunce herde this aÌ„swere he sent anone agayne to Leyr sayd That he axed nothyng with her but oonly her clothynge and her body And anone kynge Leyr sente her ouer see to the kynge of fraunce And he receyued her with moche worshyp and with solempnyte he spowsed her made her quene of Fraunce ¶ How kynge Leyr was dryuen out of his loÌ„de thrugh his folke And how Cordeill his yongest doughter holpe hym in his nede THus it befell afterwarde that tho two eldest doughters wolde not abyde tyll Leyr theyr fader was deed But warred vpon hym whyles that he was on lyue dyde hym moche sorowe and shame wherfore they toke from hym holy the realme bytwene them had ordeyned that one of theÌ„ sholde haue kyng Leyr to soiourne all his lyfe tyme with .lx. knyghtes squyres that he myght worshypfully ryde go whether that he wolde in to what couÌ„tre that hym lyked to play to solace So that Maugles kynge of Scotlonde hadde kynge Leyr with hym in the maner as is aboue sayd And or the other halfe yere were passed Gonoril that was his eldest dought quene of Scotlonde was soo anoyed of hym of his people that anone she her lorde spake togyder wherfore his knyghtes halfe his squyres fro hym were gone no moo lefte with hym but oonly .xxx. And whan this was done Leyr began to make moche sorowe for bycause that his state was empeyred And men had of hym more scorne dyspyte than euer they hadde before wherfore he wyst not what to done And at the laste he thought he wolde go in to Cornewayll to Rigan hys other doughter And whan he was come the erle and his wyfe that was Leyrs doughter hym welcomed and with hym made moche Ioye And there he dwelled with xxx knyghtes squyres And he had not dwelled scarsly .xii. monethes there that his doughter was wery of hym and his company And her lorde she of hym had grete scorne despyte soo that from .xxx. knyghtes they broughte vnto .x. And afterwarde he had but fyue so they lefte hym no moo Thenne made he sorowe ynoughe and sayd sore wepyng Alas that euer I came in to this londe sayd yet had ye be better to haue dwelled with my fyrste doughter And anone he wente thens to his fyrste doughter agayne but anone as she sawe hym come she swore by god by his holy name by as moche as she myght that he sholde haue no moo with hym but one knyght \ yf he wolde there abyde Then beganne Leyr to wepe and made moche sorowe and sayd then Alas now haue I to longe lyued that this sorowe myscheyf is to me nowe fallen For now I am poore that somtyme was ryche But nowe haue I noo frende ne kynne that to me wyll do ony good But whan I was ryche all men me honoured worshyped now euery man â—athe of me scorne dyspyte And now I well wote that Cordeill my yongest doughter sayde me trouth whan she sayd As moche as I had soo moche sholde I be loued And all the whyle that I had good so longe was I loued honoured for my ryches But my two doughters glosed me then now of me they set lytell pryce and soth tolde me Cordeil but I wolde not byleue it ne vnderstonde therfore I lete her goo frome as a thynge that I sette lytell pryce of and now wote I neuer what for to do syth my two doughters haue me thus dysceyued that I so moche loued now must I nedes seke her that is in an other londe that lyghtly I lete her go from me without ony rewarde of gyftes And she sayde that she loued me as moche as she ought to loue her fader by all maner of reason And then I sholde haue aâ—ed her no more And those that me otherwise behoteth thrugh their fals speche now haue me desceyued In thys maner Leyr loÌ„ge tyme begaÌ„ to make his moone at the last he shypped hym to the see passed ouer in to Fraunce and axed aspyed where the quene myght be fouÌ„de And men tolde hym where she was â–ª whan he came to the cyte that she was in pryuely he sent his squyre vnto the quene for to tell her that her fader was come to her for grete nede And whan the squyre came to the quene he tolde her euery deale of her systers frome the begynnynge vnto the ende Cordeil the quene anone toke golde and syluer plenty toke it to the squyre in couÌ„sell that he sholde go bere it to her fader that he sholde go in to a certayne cyte hym aray wasshe then come agayne to her And brynge with hym an honest company of knyghtes .xl. at the leest with theyr
fledde thens vnto Norwaye And Taberne seassed all the londe in his honde townes castelles and as moche as they ther had And syn Octauian came ayen from Norwaye with a grete power seased all the londe in hys honde droue out all the Romayns â— and was tho made kynge and regned ¶ How Marimian that was the Emperours cosyn of rome spowsed Octauians doughter and was made kynge of this londe THis Octauian gouerned the londe well and nobly but he had none heyre saue a doughter that was a yonge childe that he loued as moche as his lyfe And for as moche as he wered syke and was in poynt of det myghte no lenger regne he wold haue made one of his neuewes to haue be kynge the whyche was a noble knyght a strong man that was called Conan Merâ—edokâ— he sholde haue kypte the kynges doughter and haue maryed her whan tyme had ben But the lordes of the londe wolde not suffre it but yaaf her couÌ„seyll to be maryed to some hygh man of grete honour and thenne myght she haue all her luste the couÌ„sell of the Emperour Constantyne her lorde And at this couÌ„seyll they accorded chose tho Cador of Cornewaylle for to go to the emperour for to do this message And he toke the waye and wente to Rome and tolde the Emperoure thys tydynges well and wysely And the Emperour sente in thys londe wyth hym hys owne cosyn that was hys vncles sone a noble knyght a stronge that was called Maximian And he spowsed Octauians doughter and was crowned kynge of this londe ¶ How Maximian that was themperours cosyn conquered the londe of Armorycam and yaaf it to Conan Meriedok THis kynge Maximian became soo ryall that he thougt to conquere the londe of armory cam for the grete rychesse that he herde tell that was in that londe so that he ne lyfe man that was of worthynes knyght squere ne none other man that he ne toke wyth hym to the grete damage to all the londe For he lefte at home behynde hym noo man to kepe the londe but toke them wyth hym fro thys londe .xxx. thousande knyghtes that were doughty mennes bodyes wente ouer to the londe of Armorycam and there slewe the kynge that was called Imball conquered all the londe and whan he had so done he called Conan sayd For as moche as kynge Octauian made you kynge of Brytayne thrugh me ye were lette and dystroubled that ye were not kynge I gyue you thys londe of Armorycam you there of make kynge And for as moche as ye be a. Bryton I well that this londe haue the same name no more be called Armoricam but be called Brytayne And the londe from whens we be comen shall be called moche Brytayne And soo shall men knowe that one Brytayne fro thae other Conan Meriedok thaÌ„ked hym gretly soo was he made kynge of lytell Brytayne And whan all this was done Maximian wente from thens vnto Rome tho was made Emperour after Constantyne And Conan dwelled styll in lytell Brytayne with moche honour there lette ordeyne .ii. thousande ploughmen of the londe for to culture the londe to harow it for to sowe it feffed theÌ„ rychely after that they were for asmoche as kyng Conan none of his knyghtê ne noÌ„e of his othere peple wold not take wyues of the nacioÌ„ of frauÌ„ce he tho sente in to grete Brytayne to the erle of Cornewayle that meÌ„ called dionothe that he shold these thorugh out al this londe .xi. M. of maydens That is to saye .viii. M. for the meane people and iii·M for the grettest lordes that sholde them spowse And whan Dyonoth vnderstode this he made a commaundemente thorughout all the londe of Brntayne And as many as the nombre cam to be assembldy togyder of maydens for there was noo man that durste wythstande hys commaundementê for as moche that all the londe was take hym to warde and kepe to doo all thynge that hym good lyked ¶ And whan these maydens were assembled he lete them come a fore hym atte London And lete ordeyne for them shyppes hastely and as moche as them neded to that vyage And tooke his owne doughter that was called Vrsula that was the fayrest creature that ony man wyst And he wolde haue sent her to konge Conan that sholde haue spowsed her and made her quene of the londe But she had made pryuely to god a vowe of chastyte that her fader not wyst ne noÌ„e other man elles that was lyuynge vpon erthe ¶ How Vrsula and .xi. thousande maydens that were in her companye wente to warde lytell Brytayne and alle they were martrde at Colayne THys Vrsula chose vnto her company .xi. thousande maydens that of all other she was lady and meystresse And all they wente to shyppe at one tyme in the water that is called Tamyse and coÌ„maunded her kynne and her frendes to almyghty god and saylled to warde lytell Brytayne But whan they were come in to the hyghe see a stronge tempest arose as it was goddes wyll and vrsula wyth her shyppes and her compny were dryue to Hundlonde thrugh temstpe and arryued in the hauen of the cyte of Coleyne And the kynge of the londe that was called Gowan was tho in the cytee· And whan he wyst the tydynges that soo many fayre maydens were there arryued He toke Elga hys broher and other of hys housholde wyth hym went to the shyppes to see that fayre company And whan he sawe them so fayre he and hys company wolde haue ouerlayne them take fro them ther mayndehode But Vrsula that good mayde coumseylled prayed warned and taught theym that were her felowes that they sholde defende them wyth all theyr myghte and rather suffre deth thaÌ„ suffre ther body to be defoyled Soo that all tho maydens became so stedfast in god that they defended them thrughe hys grace soo that none of them hadde power to doo them shame wherfore the kynge Gowan was sore anone that he for wrath slewe them euerychone anone ryght and soo were all tho maydens martred for the loue of god and lyeth at Coleyne ¶ How kynge Gowan came for to destroy this londe and how a man of grete power that was called Gracian deifended the londe AS alle thys was done kynge Gowan that was a Sarrasyn called hys brother Elga and sayde to hym that he sholde go conquere the londe that alle those fayre maydens were borne in And he ordened tho a grete power of Pehites of denmarke of orâ—eâ—ay and of Norway· And they came in to this londe and brente townes slewe folke and caste a downe chirches houses and â—obbed all the lond in length brede put to deth alle tho that wolde not forsake the ryght byleue crystendome for as moche as there was no souerayne that myght them helpe For the kyng Maximian had take with hym all the worthy
men whan he wente to conquere lytell Brytayne And in the same tyme the ye here now telle was saynt Albon martryd thrugh the woâ—d tyrâ—â—â— Dyoclesyan in the same place where is nowâ— an abbaye made of saynt Albon whyles that he was a paynym But he conuerted hym to god thrugh the predicacyon of clerke a wyse man that was called Anâ—â—ble that was â—â—rbourghed a nyght in hys hous And this was after thyn carnacyon of Ihesu Cryste ·ii hondred .xxvi. yere And men shalle vnderstonde that saynt Albon suffred his martyrdom before that saynt Edmonde was martryd therfore is saynt Albon called the fyrste martyr of Englond ¶ This Gowans brother and hys folke that were sarrasyns weÌ„t thrugh the loÌ„de destroyed al thynge that they fouÌ„de no thynge they spared· whan these tydynges came to rome how the kynge Gowan had begon for to destroye this londe the Emperour of come sent a stroÌ„ge maÌ„ of greate power that was called Gracian with ·xxiiii M. well fyghtynge men for to caste out those sarrasyns of thys londe And all they arryued at Portsmouth Maximian myght not come hymself for as moche as he was chosen Emperour after the deth of Constantyne that was Saynt Eleyns sone whan this Gracian was arryued with his hoste he lete sapye preuely where kyng Gowan myght be founde And he sette vpon them sodenly as they laye in theyr beddes and discoÌ„fyted hym and slewe them in ther beddes euerychone that none of them scaped sauff Gowan that fledde in to his owne countree with moche sorowe and grete payne ¶ Soone after it befelle that Maximian was slayne atte Rome thrughe treason And whan Gracian wyste that tydynge he lete crowne hym kynge of this londe ¶ How Gracian made hym kynge whan Maximian was slayne after warde the Brytons slewe hym for his wyckednesse THis Gracian whan he began to regne he became so wycked soo sterne so moche sorowe dyde to the Brytons that they slewe hym amonge them ¶ Tho whan kynge Gowan vnderstode that Gracian was slayne done to dethe he assembled a grete power came ayen in to this londe And yf he had fyrste done harme tho dyde he moche more For tho destroyed he all this londe the crysten peple that were in moche Brytayne so that no man was so hardy for to name god he that so dyde anone he was put to strange deth ¶ But the bysshop of London that was that was called Gosselim scaped went thens to them of Rome to seke socour to helpe to dystroy the sarrasyns that hadde destryed this londe And the Romayns sayd that they had ben so often enoyed for ther sendinge people in to Brytayne all for to helpe the BrytoÌ„s they wolde nomore soo do and soo the Bysshop Gosselin wente thens wythout ony socoure or helpe And tho wente he to the kynge of lytell Brytane that was called Aldroye this was the thyrde kynge after Gowan Meryedok as before is sayde ¶ The bysshop prayed this Aldroye of helpe socoure the kynge had pyte in his herte whan he herde how the bysshop fledde how that the crysten men were soo slayne in grete Brytayne thrugh the paynyms sarrasyns he grauÌ„ted hym coÌ„stantyne his broder him for to helpe wyth power of folke And then dyde arraye hors armour shyppes al thynges that neded to that vyage And whaÌ„ al thinge was redy he called the bysshop to hym sayde I take you here CoÌ„stantyne my broder vpon this couenauÌ„â— That yf god gyue hym grace the paynems that sarrasins to destroye that ye then make hym kynge And the bysshop grauÌ„ted wyth good wyll ¶ Constantyne the bysshop toke leue of the king Aldroye betoke him to god toke men .xii. thousande went to ther shyppes saylled to warde grete Brytayne arryued at Totnesse ¶ whan the Brytons herde these tydyngê that to theÌ„ came socoure they were strongely holpen ordeyned theÌ„ an huge noÌ„bre of people came to them receyued them with moche honoure ¶ Gowan anone as he wyst of these tydynges he asseÌ„bled all the Sarrasyns cam ayenst them yaue theÌ„ batayle Anâ— CoÌ„stantyne slewe hym with his owne hoÌ„des And all those other Sarrasyns were dyscomfyted slaine that noÌ„e of them escaped but those that were coÌ„uerted vnto almyghty god ¶ How Constantyne that was the kynges brother of lytell Brytayne was crowned kyng of grete Brytayne for hys grete vertue and hys grete worthynesse ANone after the batayll they weÌ„te to LoÌ„don crowned there CoÌ„stantyne made hym kyng of this loÌ„de And the bysshop Gosselyn sette the crowne on his heed anoynted hym as it befalleth for a kynge to be And tho began crystendome ayen in this londe And anone this kyng Constantyne as he was crowned Anone after he spowsyd hys wyf thrugh couÌ„seyll of the BrytoÌ„s And he begate thre sones on her The fyrst was called CoÌ„stance that other Aurilambros the thyrde Vter This CoÌ„stance the elder brother â–ª whan he cam to aege he made hym a monke atte wynchestre This Constantyne theyr fader thrugh treason was slayne ¶ For it befel on a time that a Pehite came to hym vpon a day in message as yt were And said that he wold speke with the king preuely in couÌ„seyll The kyng lete voyde his chambre of the men that were there with in ther abode no moo but that kyng the Pehite he made a couÌ„tenauÌ„ce as though he wold haue spoken with the kynge in his eere And there he slewe him with a loÌ„ge knyf And after that he wente meruaylously out of the chaÌ„bre in to a nother chaÌ„bre so at the last no man wyst where he was become ¶ whan the kynges meÌ„ wyst that theyr lorde was so deed they made then so moche sorowe that they wyst not what to do For as moche as his two sones Aurilambros Vter were so yonge that they myght not be kynge and the thyrde was a moÌ„ke as is sayd before But Vortiger that was Erle of westsex thoughte preuely in hys herte thrugt queyntaunce for to be kyng hymselfe And went to wynchestre where that Constance was monke and sayde vnto hym Constance sayde he your fader is deed your two brethern that ben wyth Gosselyn the bysshop of London to nourysshe be so yonge the none of theÌ„ may be kyng wherfore I counsell you that ye forsake your habyte come wyth me And I shall make suche a meane vnto the Brytons that ye shall be made kynge ¶ Of Constance that was kynge ConstaÌ„tynes sone that was a monke at wynchestre and how he was made kynge after his faders deth thorugh counseyll of Vortyger that was Erle of westsex for as moche a Aurylmabros and Vter hys two brethern were but yonge of aege And Vortyger lete slee hym for to be kynge hymselfe THys Vortyger couÌ„selled thys Constance so moche tyll he forsoke hys
¶ The other kyng had Southsex that now is called chychestre ¶ The thyrdet kyng had westsex ¶ The fourth had Eestsex The fyfth had Estangill that now is called Northfolke Southfolke Merchemeryk that ys to saye therldome of Nycholl ¶ The sixth had Leycheter shyre Northampton shyre Herforde and Huntyngdon ¶ The seuenth hadde Ox enforde Glouchestre wynchestre wer wykeand Derbyshyre ¶ How that Vortyger wente in to walys beganne there castell that wolde not stande wyth out morter tempred wyth blood AS Engist had departed all the lond in thys maner bytwene hys men and in lyuerde vortyger out of pryson suffred hym freely to go whyther that he wolde And he toke his waye and wente in to walys there that his Brytons dwelled for as moche as the londe was stronge wycked to wynne And Engyst â—neuer came therene neuer knew it before that londe ¶ Vortiger helde hym there wyth hys Bratons and axed counseyll what hym was best to do And they yaue hym counseyll to make a stronge castell that hym myghte hymself there in kepe and defende yf nede were Maâ—e sons in haste tho were fette began to werke vpon the hylle of Breigh but certes thus it befell that all the werke that the masons made a daye downe it felle the nyght and they wyste not what it myght be Ther of the kynge was sore anoyed of that chaunce wyste not what to do werfore he lette sende after the wysest clerkes also lerned men than were thorugh out walys that myght be foude for they sholde tell wherfore the fouÌ„dament so fayled vnder the werke and they sholde hym tell what was best for to doo And whan these wyse men longe tyme had studyed they sayde to the kynge that he sholde doo seke a chylde borne of a woman that neuer had with man to do And that chylde sholde be slayne and tempred with his blood the morter of the werke And soo sholde the werke euer endure withouten ende ¶ How the kynge lette seke Merlyn thorugh out all walys for to speke wyth hym AS the kynge herde this he commaunded his messagers anone to go thrugh out walys to seke that chylde yf they myghte hym fynde and that they sholde hym brynge forthe with them vnto hym And in recorde in wytnesse of thys kynge he hadde take them his letters that they ne were distroubled of no â–ª man ne lette And tho the messengers wente thens and spedde soo faste that they came in to a towne that was called Carmardyne and as they passed for the theyr waye they founde two chyldern of xxiiii· yere of aege thydynge togyder with hasty wordes And one of them sayde to that other Donebat sayde he ye do all wronge to chyde or stryue with me for ye haue no wytte ne no reason as I haue Certes merlyn sayde he of your wytte ne youre reson I make no force For men telle comynly that ye haue no thynge of god all myghty syth ye had neuer fader But euery man knoweth who was youre moder ¶ The messengers of the kynge vortiger whan they herde the stryue betwixt the two gromes they axed of them that stode besyde them whens that· Marlyn was borne and also whom hym nourysshed And the folke them tolde that a greate gentyll woman hym bare in Carmadyne that was called Adhanr But neuer myght noth man wyte who was his fader ¶ whan the kynges messengers herde these tydynges they wente anone to hym that was wardeyne of the towne tolde hym the kyngê wyll and shewed hym his leter wherfore they were come thyder ¶ Merlyn and his moder were fetched before the wardeyne of the towne And he commaunded them that they sholde go to the kynge as it was ordeyned by his messagers Merlyn and his moder wente thens and came vnto the kynge and there they were receyued with moche honour And the kynge axed of that lady yf the chylde were her sone whome hym be gate The lady answered full tenderly wepynge and sayde She neuer hadde company of worldly man But syr sayde she As I was a yonge mayden in my faders chambre and other of greate lygnage were in my company that oftentymes wente to place and solace I belefte alone in my chambre wolde not goo â—orthe for bernnynge of the sonne And onâ— tyme there came a fayre bacheler and entred in my chambre there that I was alone But how he came in to me and where I wyst it neuer \ ne yet knowe I not For the doores were fast barred and with me he dyde game of loue For I ne had myght ne power hym to defen from me And often he came vnto me in the forsayd maner so that he begate this childe But neuer myght I wyte what he was ¶ Of the answere of Merlyn wherfore the kynge axed why his castel myght not stonde that he had begonne ne proue SO whan Merlyn hadde herde all that his moder hadde sayd He spake to the kynge in this maner ¶ Syre how I was begoten axe ye no more For it be falleth not to you ne to none other to wyte But telle me the cause wherfore I am to you brought wherfore ye haue sente after me ¶ Truely sayd the kyng my wyse couseyllers haue done me to vnderstode that the morter of a werke that I haue begonne behouety to be thempred with your blood or the foundament shall fayle for euer more ¶ Syr sayd Merlyn wyll ye slee me for my blood to tempre with your morter ye sayd the kyng or elles my castell shall neuer stande as my couÌ„seyllers do me to vnderstonde Tho answerd Merlyn to the kyng Syr he sayd he sayd lete them come before me those wyse couÌ„seylles I woll preu they saye not well ne truly And whan the wyse men were comen Merlyn axed yf his blod were the cause to make this werke to stoÌ„de endure All tho wyse men were abasshed coude not answere Merlyn tho sayd to the kynge Syr I shall tell you the cause wherfore your werke thus fayleth may noâ— stande There is vnder the mouÌ„tayne there that ye haue buylded youre toure a grete ponde of water iÌ„ the botome of the ponde vnder the water there ben two dragons the one is whyte the other reede the fyght togyd ayeÌ„st your werke do ye myne depe eyll your men come to the pond cause your men to take a way the water all out thenne ye shall see the dragans as I haue you tolde the togyder fyght ayeÌ„st your werke this is the cause wherfor your fouÌ„dament fayleth The kynge anone lete dygge vnder that men came to the ponde And lette doo a waye the water and there they founde two dragons as Merlyn had tolde that egerly fought togyder The whyte dragon egerly assayled the reede and lyadde on hym so strongely that he myght not endure but withdrewe hym and rested in the same caue And whaÌ„ he had a whyle rested hym he
And this man had a syster that was as holy as he the whome he yaue to wyf vnto the kyng of HuÌ„gry And she brought all Hungry vnto the ryght byleue the cristen fayth And his wyues name was sancta Konnogundis with whom he lyued a vyrgyne all his lyues dayes And also he dyde many a batayle as well in ytaly as in Almayne ayenst the rebellyous and prosperyd ryght wysly Atte the laste wyth a blessyd ende he decessyd And in the lyfe of saytn LaureÌ„ce he and hys wyf be put for ensamples ¶ Benedictê° was pope after IohaÌ„nes .xi yere This man hadde grete stryfe in hys dayes for he was put out \ and a nother put in And this Benedictus after that he was deed was seen of an holy maÌ„ bysshop in a wretchyd fygure and he had grete payne And thys fygure sayd He trusted no thynge in the mercy of god And no thyng profyted hym that was done for hym for it was goten with extorcyon vniustely Thenne this bysshop left his bysshopryche for dred of thys syght went in to a monastery lyued vertuously all hys dayes ¶ IohaÌ„nes the .x. was pope after hym ·xi yere and lytell profyted ¶ Of kynge Knoght that was a Dane ANd after the dethe of Eldred Knoght that was a Dane began to regne but Edmonde Irensyde that was kyng Eldredes sone by his fyrste wyf ordeyned a grete power of men began for to warre on kyng Knoghte And so he dyde many tymes and often And the warre was so stronge harde the wonder it was to wyte· ¶ And the quene Emme that dwelled tho in westmestre had grete drede of her two sones of the warre Alured Edwarde lest they sholde be defoyled mysdone thorugh this warre wherfore she sente theym ouer the see in to Normandy to the duke Rycharde theyr vncle And there they dwelled in saufte and peas longe tyme. ¶ This Edmonde Irensyde and Knoght the Dane warred strongely to gyder But at the last they were accorded in this manere that they sholde departe the reame betwixt them both and soo they dyde after they became good frendes And so well loued to gyder as they had ben brethern goten of one fader and of one moder borne ¶ How kynge Edmonde Irensyde traytoursly was slayne thorugh a traytour that was ralled Eldred of Strotton ANd after tho regned kynge Irensyde and Knoght the Dane But thus it befel afterwarde that in the same yere that they were accorded and so moche loued to gyder wherfore a fals traytour hadde enuytee to the loue that was betwixt theym and frendshyp whoo 's name was Edrith of Stratton that was a grete lord that was Edmonde Irensydes man of hym helde all the londe that he had And neuertheles he thought his lord to betray make Knoght kynge of the londe to the entente rychely to be auauÌ„ced and with hym be well beloued wherfore he prayed hys lord Edmonde Irensyde vppon a daye wyth hym for to ete And the kynge hym curteysly graunted to hym came at his prayer And at the mete the kynge ryally was serued wyth dyuers meeteê and drynkes And whan the nyght came that he sholde go vnto bedde The kynge toke his owne meyne went vnto the chambre there that he sholde take his nyghtes reste And as he loked hym about he sawe a fayre ymyge well made and in semblauÌ„t as it were an Archer with a boowe in the boowe a fyne arowe ¶ Kynge Edmonde wente tho nere for to beholde it better what it myght be And anon the arowe smote hym thrughe the body there slewe the kynge· For that engyne was made for to slee his owne lorde traytoursly ¶ And soo whan kynge EdmoÌ„de was thus deed and slayne he had regned but .x. yere And his peple for hym made moche sorowe And his body they baâ—e vnto Glastenbury there theym hym enâ—yred ¶ And this fals traytour Edrith anone went unto the quene that was kynge Edmondes wyf that wyst not of her lordes dethe Anone he toke frome her tow sones that were fayre yonge that her lorde had vpon her goten that one was called Edward that other Edwyn And lawe theym with hym to Londen toke them vnto kynge Knoght that he sholde do wyth them what his wyll were And tolde hym how subtylly he had slayne kyng Edmonde for by cause loue of hym so that kynge Knoght all Englonde in his power hooly myghte haue ¶ O thou fals traytoure haste thou my true brother that was soo true thus slayne for me maÌ„ I most loued in the world Now by my heed I shall for thy traueyll well rewarde as thou hast deserued anone lett hym be take bounde honde foot in maner of a traytour lete cast hym there in to Tamyse in thys maner the fals traytour ended his lyf The kynge toke the two childern and put them unto the abbot of westmestre to warde to kepe tyll that he wyst was best with them to do ¶ How kynge Knoght sente kynge Edmondes sones both in to DeÌ„marke to be slayne and how they were saued SO it befell soone after that kynge Knoghte had all the londe in his honde and spowsed the quene Emme thorughe consente of his baronage For she was a fayre woman the whiche was Eldredes wyf and the dukes syster of Normandye and they lyued togyder with moche loue as reason wolde The kynge axed vpon a daye counseyll of the quene what was best to do with the sonnes that were Edmonde Irensydes Syre sayd she they ben the ryght heyres of the londe and yf they lyue they wyll do moche sorowe with warre and therfore lete sende them in to a strange londe a ferre to some man that maye them defoyle and destroy The kynge anone lete calle a dane that was called walgar and commaunded hym that he sholde lede tho two childern in Denmarke and soo to doo and ordeyne for them that he sholde neuer here more of theym Syr sayde this walgar gladly your commaundement shall be done anone tho two chyldern he toke and ladde them in to Denmarke And for as moche as he sawe that the chyldern were wonder fayr and also meke he had of them grete pyte ruthe wolde them slee but ladde them to the kynge of Hungry for to noursshe for this walgar was well be knowen with the kynge well beloued Anone the kynge axed whens the childern were walgar tolde hym and sayde that they were the ryght heyres of Englonde and therfore men wolde destroye them And therfore syr vnto you they be come mercy helpe for to seke And for sothe yf they may lyue your men they shal become and of you they shall holde all theyr londe The kynge of Hungry receyued them wyth moche honour and lete them worthely be kepte ¶ And thus it befell after warde that Edwyne the yonger brother deyed Edwarde the
the fader and the sone that they myghte doo by ryght what thynge that they wolde For ayenst ryght wolde he nothynge doo for noo maner man soo good and true he was of conscyence And therfore oure lorde Ihesu Cryste greate specyall loue vnto hym shewed ¶ How kyng Edwarde sawe Swyne kynge of Denmark drowned in the see in the tyme of the Sacrament as he stode herde masse IT befelle vppon wytsondaye as kynge Edwarde herde his masse in the greate chyrche of westmestre nyghe att the leuacyon of Ihesu Crystis body and as alle men were gadred in to the chyrche and came nyght the awter for to see the sacrynge the kyng his hondes lyfe vp on hygher and a grete laughter toke vp Wherfore all that aboute hym stode gretely ganne wonder And after masse they axed why the kynges laughter was fayre lorde sayd kyng Edwarde I sawe Swyne the yonger that was kynge of Denmarke come in to the see with hys power for to haue come in to Englonde vpon vs for to warre And I sawe hym and hys folke drowned in the see and all thys I sawe in the leuacyon of Crystis body bytwene the preestes hondes and I had therfore so grete Ioye that I myght not my laughter withholde ¶ And the erle Leueryk besyde hym stode at the leuacyon and openly sawe the fourme of brede torne in the lykenesse of a yonge chylde and tooke vp hys ryght honde and blessyd the kynge and after the erle and the erle anone torned hym to ward the kyÌ„ge for to make hym see the hooly syght And to saide the kynge ¶ Syre Erle sayde he I see welle that ye see thaÌ„ked be god that I haue honoured my god my sauoyour vysybly Ihesu Cryst in fourme of man whoo 's name he blessyd in all worldes ¶ How the rynge that saynt Edwarde had gyuen to a poore pelgryme for the loue of god saynt Iohan Euangelyst came ayen to kynge Edwarde THys noble man Saynt Edwarde regned .xiii. yere And thus it befelle vpon a tyme are he deyed that two men of Englonde were gone in to holy londe and had done theyr pelgrymage and were goynge ayen in to theyr owne countree where they came fro And as they went in the waye they mette a pylgryme that curtely theym saluwed and axed of them in what londe and in what countree they were borne And they sayd in Englonde Tho axed he who was kynge of Englonde And they answered sayd the good kyng Edwarde ¶ Fayre frendes sayd tho the pelgryme whan that ye come in to your countres ayen I praye you that ye wyll go vnto kynge Edwarde oftentymes grete hym in myn name and oftentymes hym thanke of hys grete curteysy that he to me hath done namely for the rynge that ye haue me whan he hadde herde masse at westmestre for saynt Iohans loue Euangelyst And toke it to the pelgremes sayd I pray you go and bere this rynge take it vnto king Edwarde and tel hym that I sende it hym and a full ryche yefte I wyll hym yeue For vpon the .x. daye he shall come unto me euermore dwelle in blesse without ony ende ¶ Syr sayde the pelgremes what meÌ„ be ye in what countree is your dwellynge ¶ Fayr frendes sayd he I am IohnÌ„ the EuaÌ„gelyste and I am dwellynge with almyghty god and your kynge Edwarde is my frende I loue hym iÌ„ specyal for by chause that he hath euermore lyued in clennesse is a clene mayde I praye you my message fulfyll as I haue you sayd whan the saynt Iohan the euangelyst had them thus charged sodenly he voyded out of theyr syghtes bothe The pelgrymes tho thanked almyghty god wene forth theyr waye And whan they hadde gone two or thre myle they begaÌ„ to waxe wery sette them a downe for to rest them so they felle one slepe And whan they had slepte well one of them a woke lyfe vp hys heed loked about sayd to his felowe Aryse vp walke we in our way what sayd that one felowe vnto that other where be we now Certes sayde that other it semeth me that this is not the same couÌ„tree there we layde vs downe in for to rest slepe For we were from Ierusalem but thre myle They toke vp theyr hondes and blessyd them went forth in theyr way And as they went in theyr waye they sawe shepâ— goynge wyth theyr shepe the spake none other langage but englysshe ¶ Good frendes sayd one of the pelgrymes what countree is this who is lorde therof ¶ And one of the sheperdes answered sayd this is the couÌ„tree of kent in Englonde of the whiche the good kyng Edwarde is lorde of The pelgrymes â—anked tho almyghty god and saynt IohnÌ„ Euangelyst wente forthe in theyr waye and came to Caunterbury and fro thens vnto London and there they founde the kyng And tolde hym all frome the begynnynge vnto the endynge asmoche as saynt IohnÌ„ had them charged of al thynges how they hadsped by the waye And tooke the rynge to the kynge Edwarde he tooke it â— thanked almyghty god and saynt IohnÌ„ Euangelyst And tho made hym redy euery daye fro daye to daye to departe out of thys lyf whan god wolde for hym sende ¶ How saynt Edward dyed the Twelfth day ANd after it befell thus on Crystmasse euen as the holy man Edwarde was at goodes seruyce Matyns for to hereof that hyghe solempne feest He became full lyke and in the morowe endured with moche payne the masse for to here And after masse he lette hym be ladde in to his chambre There for to reste hym But in hys halle amonge hys barons his knyghtes myght he not come theym for to comforte and solace as he was wonte for to do at the worthy feest wherfore all theyr myrth and comforte amonge all that were in the halle was torned in to care and sorowe by cause they dradde for to lese the good lorde the kynge ¶ And vpon Saynt IohnÌ„ daye Euangelyste that came nexte the kynge receyued hys ryghtes of hooly chirche as yt befaylleth to euery cristen man abode the mercy and the wyll of god And the two pylgrymes he lete before hym come and yaue theym ryche yeftes and betoke theym to god Also the abbot of westemestre he lette before hym come and tooke hym that rynge in the honour of god and saynt Mary and of Saynt Iohan the euangelyst And the abbot toke it put it amonge other rekyles so that it is at westmestre euer shall be so laye the kyng syke tyll the twelfth eue And tho deyed the good kynge Edwarde att wehmestre there he lyeth For whoo 's loue god hathe shewed many a fayre myracle ¶ And this was in the yere of the. Incarnacyon of oure lorde Ihesu Cryste M.lxv. And after he was translated and put in the shryne by the noble martyr saynt Tomas
moder ¶ The .xiiii. yere of his regne the duke of Saxon spowsed Maude his doughter And he begate vpon her thre sones that were called Henry Othus and. Wyllyam ¶ And in the xv yere of hys regne deyed the good Erle Robert of Glocestre that founded the abbaye of Nonne of Eton. And in the same yere Marke kynge of Ierusalem conquered Babylon ¶ And the .xvi. yere of his regne he lete crowne his sone Henry at westmestre· hym crowned Roger Archebysshop of yorke iÌ„ harmyng of ThoÌ„as archebysshop of CauÌ„terbury wherfore this same Roger was accusyd of the pope ¶ How kynge Henry that was sone of kynge Henry the Empresse sone and of the debate that was bytwene hym and his fader whyle that he was in Normandye AFter the cornacyon of kynge Henry the sone of kyng Henry the Empresse lone That same Henry thempresse sone wente ouer to Normandy there he lete mary Elenore his doughter of the Dolphyn that was kynge of Almayne And in the .vii. yepe that the Archebysshop saynt â–ª Thomas had beÌ„ our lawed the kyng of FrauÌ„ce made the kyng saynt Thomas accorded And thenÌ„e cam Thomas the Archebysshop to Chaunterbury ayeÌ„ to his owne chyrche this accorde was made in the begynnyng of Aduente afterwarde he was slayne martred the fyfth daye of Crystmasse thenne folowynge For kynge Henry thoughâ— vpon saynt Thomas the Archebysshop vpon Crystmasse daye as he sate at hys mete these wordes sayd That yf he had ony good knyghtes wyth hym he had be many a day passeâ— auenged vpon the Archebysshop Thomas· ¶ And anone syr Wyllyam BretoÌ„ syr Hugh Moruile syr wyllyam Tracy syr Reygnâ—lâ—de Fitz vrse beers sone in Englysshe pryuely wente vnto the see came in to Englonde vnto the chyrche of CauÌ„terbury there they hyâ— martred at saynt Benets awter in the modeâ— chyrche And that was in the yere of the Incarnacyon of Ihesu Cryst M.C.lxxii yere And anone after Henry the newe kyng began for to make warre vpon Henry his fader vpon his brothern wyllyam Othus ¶ And so vpon a daye the kyng of Fraunce al the kynges sones and the kynge of Scotlonde and all the gretest lordes of Englonde were rysen ayenst kyng Henry the fader And at the last as god wolde he conquered all his enmyes And the kynge of Fraunce he were accorded· ¶ And tho sente kyng Henry specyally vnto the kynge of Fraunce prayed hym hertely for his loue that he wolde sende to hym the names bi letters of them that where the begynners of the warre ayenst hym And the kyng of fraunce sent ayen to hym by letters the names of theÌ„ that began that warre ayenst hym The fyrste was IohnÌ„ hys sone Rycharde his brother HeÌ„ry the newe kyng his sone Tho was Henry the king woÌ„der wroth cursyd the tyme the euer he hym begate whyle the warre dured HeÌ„ry his sone the newe kyng deyed sore repeÌ„tyng his mysdedes moost sorow made of ony maÌ„ for bycause of saint Thomas deth of CauÌ„terbury and prayed hys fader wyth moche sorowe of herte mercy for his trespaas And his fader forgaaf hym and had of hym grete pyte And after he deyed the .xxxvi. yere of his regne lyeth at Redynge ¶ How the crysten men loste alle the holy londe in the forsayd kinges tyme by a fals Crysten man that became a sarrasyne ANd whyle thys kynge regned the grete bataylle was in the holy londe bytwene the crysten men and the sarrasyns but Crysten men were there slayne thrugh greate treason of the erle Tyrpe that wolde haue had to wyf the quene of Iherusalem that somtyme was Baldewynes wyfe but she forsoke hym and toke to her lorde a knyght a worthy man that was called syr Gnyperches wherfore the erle Tyrpe was wroth wente anone ryght to the Soudan that was Soudan of Babylon became his man and forsoke hys crystendome and alle crysten lawe And the cerysten men wyst not of his dedes but wende for to haue had grete helpe of hym as they were wonte to haue before ¶ And whan they came to the bataylle thys fals Cresten man torned vnto the Sarrasyns forsoke his owne nacyon And soo were the crysten men there slayne with the Sarrasyns ¶ And thus were the crysten men slayne put to horryble dethe and the cyte of Ierusalem destroyed and the holy crosse borne a waye ¶ The kynge of Fraunce all the grete lordes of the londe lete them be crossyd for to go in to the holy londe· And amonges them wente Rycharde kynge Henryes sone fyrst after the kynge of Fraunce that tooke the crosse of the. Archebysshop of Toures But he toke not the vyage at that tyme for cause that he was lette by other maner wayes nedes to be done ¶ And whan kynge Henry his fader had regned .xxxvi. yere and .v. monethes and four dayes he deyed and lyeth at Fonntenerad ¶ Anno dmÌ„ M. C·lvi ADrianus the fourth was pope after Anastasius ·v yere This pope was an Englysshe man the voys of the comyn people sayth he was a bouÌ„de man to the abbote of saynt Albon in Englonde And whan he desyred to be made a monke there he was expulsyd and he wente ouer see and gaue hym to studye and to vertue And after was made bysshop of Albanacens thenne he was made Legate in to the londe of wormacian and he conuerted it to the fayth Thenne he was made pope and for the woundynge of a Cardynall he enterdyted all the cytee of Rome And he cursyd wyllyam the kyng of Cecyle and caused hym to submytte hym This man the fyrst of all the popes with his Cardynalles dwelled in the olde cyte ¶ Alexander the thyrde was pope after hym .xii. yere This Alexander had stryfe ·xvii yere and the foure stryuers that the Emperour sette ayenst hym he ouercame them cursyd them and all deyed an euyll deth This man also accorded Frederyke the Emperour and â–ª Emanuell of Constantinoble the kynge of seculoruÌ„ And this man nourysshed saynt Thomas of Caunterbury in his exyle ¶ Nota. ¶ Saynt Bernarde was canonysed by this Alexander and his abbot for bode hym he sholde do no myracles for there was so myghty concours of people And he obeyed to hym whan he was deed and dyde no moo ¶ Lutius the thyrde was pope after Alexander .iiii. yere and two monethes Of hym lytell is wryten In hys dayes decessyd Henry the fyrste sone to Henry the seconde this is his Epytaphy Omnis honoris honor decor et decus vrbis et orbis Milicie splendor gloria lumen aper Iulius ingenio virtutibus hector Achellis viribus Augustus moribus ore paris ¶ Vrbanus the thyrde was pope after Lucius two yere this man decessyd for sorowe whaÌ„ he herde tell that Ierusalem was taken with the sarrasyns· ¶ Gregorius the viii was pope after hym foure monethes And he practysed
full yll kytte wherfore the people playned sore So that the kynge enquered of the trespassours And thre houndred were atteynted of suche maner falsnes wherfore some where hanged and somme drawen and after hangyd ¶ And afterwarde the kynge ordeyned that the sterlynge halfpeny sholde go thorugh out all hys londe And commauÌ„ded that no man fro that daye afterwarde yaue ne feoffed hous of religyoÌ„ with londe tenemente without specyall leue of the kynge And he that dyde sholde be punysshed att the kynges wyll the yeft shall be for nought And it was not longe after the Lewelyn prynce of walys thrugh the tycemente of Dauyd hys brother bothe theyr consente they thought to dysheryte kynge Edwarde in asmoche as they myght so that thorugh them both the kynges peas was broken And whan kynge Edwarde herde of this anon he sent his barons in to Northumberlonde the Surreys also that they sholde go take theyr vyage vpon the traytours Lewelyn Dauyd And wonder herde it was for to warre tho For it is wynter iÌ„ walys whan in other couÌ„tres is Somer And Lewelyn lete ordeyne well arayed vytayll hys good castell of Swandon and was ther in an huge nombre of people plente of vytaylles so that kynge Edwarde wyst not wher for to entre And whan the kynges men it perceyuer and also the strenth of walys they lete come in the see bargees botes and grete plankys as many as they myght ordeyne haue for to go to the sayd castell of Swandon wyth men on foot also on hors But the walsshmen had so moche people were so stronge that they draue the Englysshmen ayen so that ther was so moche presse of people at the tornynge ayen that the charge the burden of men made the bargees the botes to synke there was drowned many a good kynght that is to say syr Robert Clyfford syr wyllyam of Lyndeseye that was· syre IohnÌ„s sone Fitz Robert syr Rychard Tanny and aÌ„ huge nombre of other all was thrugh there owne foly For yf they had had good espyes they had not be harmyd whan kynge Edwarde herde tell that hys people were so drowned â–ª He made sorowe ynough but tho came syr Iohan of Vessy frome the kynge â–ª Aragon And brought wyth hym moche people of bachelers and of Gascoynes and were souldyurs And dwelled with the sayde Iohn of Vessy receyued of hym wages and with hym were witholde and noble men they were for to fyght and brente many townes slewe moche people of walsshmen All that they myght take And all tho wyth strenth myght made assawte vnto the castell of Swandon and gate the castell And whan Dauyd the prence brother herde of this tydynges he ordeyned hym to flyght and Lewelyn the prynce sawe that his broder was fledde then he was sore abasshed for he had no power to his warre for to mayntene And soo Lewelyn gan for to flee and wynde well for to haue scapedde But in a morowe syre Roger mortymer mette wyth hym oonly wyth .x. knyghtes And sette hym rounde aboute And to hym went smote of hys heed presented the same heed vnto kynge Edwarde And in thys manere Lewelyn the prynce of walys was taken and hys heed smyten of and also alle hys heyres dysheryted for euermore thrugh ryght full dome of all the lordes of the reame ¶ How Dauyd that was Lewelyns broder prynce of walys was put to dethe DAuid that was the prynces broder of walys thrugh pryde wende to haue be prynce of walys after his brothers dethe and vpon this he sent after walsshemen to hys parleament at Dynbygh and folysshely made walys to aryse ayenst the kynge and began to meue warre ayenst kynge Edwarde and dyde all the sorowe and dysease that he myghte by hys power whan kynge Edwarde herde of thys thynge he ordeyned men to pursewe vppon hym And Dauyd fyersly hym defended tyll the he came to the towned of saynt Morice and there was Dauyd take as he fledde and ladde to the kynge And the kynge coÌ„maunded that he sholde be hangyd drawen smyte of hys heed quarter hym sende his hede to London and the foure quarters sende to the foure chyef townes of walys For they sholde take ensample therof and beware And afterwarde kynge Edwarde lete crye his peas thrugh out all walles seased all the londe in to his honde all the grete lordes that were left alyue came to do feaute homage to the kynge Edwarde as to theyr kynde lorde And tho lete kyng Edwarde amende the lawes of walys that were defectyue And he sent to all the lordes of walys by letter patentes that they sholde come all to parlament And whan they were come thou kyng sayd to them full curteysly lordynges ye be welcome me behoueth your counseyll your helpe for to go vnto Gascoyne for to amende the trespasse that to me was done whan I was there And for to entreate of peas bytwene the kynge of Aragon the prynce of Morrey all the kynges lyege men erles barons coÌ„sented grauÌ„ted therto And tho made hym kynge Edwarde redy went in to Gascoyne lete amende all the trespasses that hym was done in Gascoyne And of the debate that bytwene the kynge of Aragon the prynce of Morrey he sessyd and made theym accorded And whyle good kyng Edwarde and Elynore his wyf were in Gascoyne The good erle of Cornewayll was made wardeyn of Englonde tyll that kynge Edwarde came ayen And tho enquered he of hys traytours that coniected falsenesse agaynst hym And eche of them all receyued ther dome after that they had deserue But in the meane tyme that the good kynge Edwarde was beyonde the see to doo them for to make amendes that ayenst hym had trespassyd ther was a false the yf a traytoure that was called Rysap Merydok began for to make werre ayenst kyng Edwarde and that was for cause of syr payne Typtot wrongfully greued dysceased the forsayde Rysap meradok And whan kyng Edwarde herde all this matere it well vnderstode anone he sente by hys letter pryue seale to the forsayd RebellyoÌ„ Rysap Merydok that he sholde begynne in no maner wyse for to make reyse werre but that he sholde be in peas for his loue whan he came ayen in to Englonde he wolde vnder take the quarell amende al that was mysdon This forsayd Rysap Merydok dyspysed the kynges commaundement and spared not to doo all the sorowe that he myght to the kynges men of Englond But anon after he was take and ladde to yorke and there he was drawen and hangyd for his felonye ¶ Of dressyng that kynge Edwarde made of his Iusticê and of his clerkes that they had done for ther falsnes and how he draue the Iewes out of Englonde for ther vsury and mysbyleue AS kynge Edwarde had dwelled thre yere in Gascoyne a
from beyonde the see for to helpe kynge Edwarde brought wyth hym .vii. C. men of armys arryued att Douer they had leue for to go forth tyll they came to yorke There the kynge them abode and the Scottes came thether to the kynge for to make peas accorde but the accordement lasted not bytwene them bat a lytyll tyme And at that tyme the Englysshmen were clothed al in cotes hodes paynted with letters and with floures ful semely with longe berdes therfore the Scottes made a byl that was fastenyd vpon the chyrche doores of Saynt Petyr towarde stangate thus sayd the scrypture in dyspyte of Englysshemen Longe berdes hertles prynted hodes wytles gay cotes graceles makyth EngloÌ„de thryftles SO in the Trinyte daye next after began the contak in the cyte of yorke bytwene the Englysshmen the Henaudes in the debate were slayne of the erldom of Nicholl murdred lxxx men after they were buried in saynt clementis chyrche in Folgate for cause that the Henaudes came to helpe the kyng there peas was â—ryed vpon payne of lyf lymme in that other halfe it was founde by an enquest of the cytye that the Englysshmen began the debate ¶ How the EnglysshmeÌ„ stoppyd the Scottes in the parke of Stanope and howe they torned ayen into Scotlonde THys tyme the Scottes had assembled all theyr power came into Englonde slewe robbyd all that they myght take brent dystroyed all the North couÌ„tree thrugh out tyll that they came vnto the parke of Sâ—aÌ„hope in weridale there the Scottes helde theym in a bussment but whaÌ„ the kyng had harde thorou spyes where the Scottes were anone ryght hoste desegyd them within the forsayd parke so that the scottes wyst not where to go out but only vnto ther harmes And they abode in the parke .xv. dayes vytaylles faylled them in euery syde so that they were gretly peyred of bodyes syth that Bruce came fyrst into Brytayne vnto thys tyme there was neuer seen so fayre an hoste what of Englysshmen of alyaÌ„ces of men of fote the whyche ordeyned theym for to fyght wyth the Scottes thrugh eggynge of syr Henry of Lancastre of syr Iohan Henaude that wolde haue gone ouer the water of wyth for to haue fought with the â— Scottes But syr Roger Mortymer coÌ„sentyd not therto for he had pryuely taken mede of the Scottes them to helpe that they myght go away into theyr owne couÌ„tre ¶ And this same Mortymer counseylled somoche Thomas of brotherton the erle Marshall that was kynge Edwardes vncle that the forsayd Thomas shold not assemble at the tyme vnto the Scottes And he assentyd but wyste not the doynge bytwene the Scottes the forsayd Mortymer And by cause that he was Marshall of Englonde as to hym perteyned euer after warde he sent hastely to the erle of Lancastre to syr IohnÌ„ of Henaude that they sholde not fyght with the Scottes in preiudyce and harmynge of hym his fee yf they dyde that they sholde stonde to theyr owne paryll And the forsayd erle Marshall was all arayed with his batayll att the reredoos of the erle of Lancastre for to haue fought with hym with his folke yf he had go to fyght wyth the Scottes in thys manere he was deceyued wyste no thynge of the treason And thus was the kyng pryncypally dysceyued And whan it was nyghte Mortymer that had the watche for to kepe of the host that nyght distrobled the watche that noo thynge myght be done And in the meane whyle the Scottes stele by nyght to ward theyr owne couÌ„tre as fast as they myght ¶ And so was the kyng fasly betrayed that wenyd that alle the traytours of londe had ben brought to an ende as it was sayd before ¶ Now here you lordes how tratoursly kyng Edwarde was dysceyued how meruayllously boldly the scottes dyde of werre For Iames douglas wyth two huÌ„dred men of armys rode thrught out all the host of kyng Edwarde the same nyght the Scottes escaped towarde theyr owne couÌ„tree as is aboue sayd tyl that they came to the kyngê pauylyon slew there many men in theyr beddes cryed Naward naward and nother tyme a Douglas a Douglas wherfore the kyng that was in hys pauylyon moche other â—â—lke were wonder sore a frayed But blyssyd be almyghty god the kynge was not taken in greto peryll was tho the reame of Englonde and that nyghte the mone shone full clere and bryghte And for all the kynges men the Scottes scapyd harmeles ¶ And oon the morowe whan the kynge wyste that the Scottes were escapyd in to theyr owne couÌ„tree he was wonder sory and fulle hertely wepte wyth hys yonge eyne and yet wyste he not who hadde hym doone that treason· ¶ But that fals treasone was fulle welle I knowen a good whyle after as the storye makyth mencyon ¶ Tho kynge Edward came ayen vnto yorke full sorowfull And hys host departyd and euery man wente in to his owne countree wyth full heuy chere mornynge semblaunt And the Henaudes toke theyr leue and went in to theyr owne countree And the kynge for theyr trauayll hugely rewarde them ¶ And for bycause of that vyage the kynge had dyspended moche of his tresoure and wastyd And in that tyme were seen two moones in the fyrmament the one was clere that other was derke â–ª as men myghte see thrugh the worlde ¶ And a grete debate was that same tyme agaynst pope Iohan the .xxii. after saynt Petyr the emperour of Almayn tho made hym emperour ayenst the popys wyll that tho helde hys see at Auinyon werfore the emperour made hys crye at Rome ordeyned a nother pope the hyght Nycholas that was a frere Mynor that was ayeng the ryght of holy chyrche wherfore he was cursyd the power of that other pope soone layed And for cause that suche merueylles were seen men sayde that the worlde was nygh at an ende ¶ Of the dethe of kynge Edwarde of Carnaryuan ANd now go we ayen to syr Edwarde of Carnaryuan that was kynge Edwardes fader somtyme kynge of Englonde put downe of hys dygnyte Alas for his trybulacyon sorowe that hym befell thrugh fals counsell that he louyd trustyd vpon to moche that after warde were dystroyed thrughe theyr falsnesse as god wolde ¶ And this Edward of Carnariuan was in the castel of Berkelay vnder the warde kepynge of syr Moryce of Herkelay also of syr IohnÌ„ Matreues to them he made his complaynte of hys sorowe of his dysesee ofte tymes axyed of his wardeyns what he had trespassyd ayenst dame Isabell hys wyf and syr Edwarde his sone that was made newe kyng that they wolde not vysyte hym ¶ And tho answerde one of hys wardeyns and sayd My worthy lord dyspleyse you not that I shal telle you the cause is for it is doon them to vnderstonde
that came after hym shold holde of Brute of his heyres that is to say of the kynges of Brytayn by feaute homage And frome that tyme vnto thys tyme of kynge Edwarde the tame of Scotlond was holde of the reame of Englonde by feaute and seruyce as aboue ys sayd in the Cronycles of Englonde of Scotlonde berythe wytnesse more playnely And accursyd be the tyme that this parlement was holden at Northampton For there by fals councyll the kyng was there falsly dysheryted and yet he was with in aege ¶ And yet whan that kyng Edward was put out of hys ryalte of Englonde yet men put not out of the feautes seruyse Scotlonde Ne of the fraunchyses dysheryted hym for euer more ¶ And neuertheles the grete lordes of englonde were ayenst to conferme the peas the â—rwes abouesayd saâ—f only quene Isabell that tho was the kynges moder Edwarde and the bysshop of Ely and the lorde Mortimer But reason and lawe wolde not that a fynalle peas sholde be made bytwene them without the comyn assente of Englonde ¶ Of the debate that was bytwene quene Isabell syr Henry erle of Lancastre of Leycetre and of the rydynge of Bedforde THen as the for sayde Dauyd had spowsyd dame IohanÌ„e of the toure in the towne of Berwyk as before is sayde The Scottes in dyspyte of the Englysshmen called dame Iohanne the countesse make peas for the cowardly peas that tho was ordeyned But the kynges persone bare all the wyte and blame wyth wronge of makynge of the accorde And alle was done thrugh the quene Roger Mortymer And it was not longe after that the quene Isabell ne toke in to her hondê all the lordshyp of Pountfret almoste all the londes that were of ony value that apperteyned to the crowne of Englonde Soo the kynge had not to dyspendede but of hys vses and of hys escheker For the quene Isabell the Mortymer hadde grete mayne of the retenewe that folowed the kynges courte euer more went and toke the kynges pryces for her peny worthes at good châ—pe wherfore the countre that they came in were fullsore addrade and almoost dystroyed of theym ¶ Tho began the comynaâ—te of Englonde for to haue enuye to Isabell the quene that somoche louyd her before whan she came ayen for to pursue the fals traytours the Spensers fro Fraunce And in that same tyme the fals traytour Roberte of Holonde that bytrayed hys lorde syr Thomas of Lancastre was tho delyuerde and out of pryson was wonder preuy witth the quene Isabell also with Roger Mortymer But that auaylld hym but lytyll For he was taken at Myghelmasse that tho cam nexte after as he rode to warde quene Isabell to London and syr Thomas whyther smote of his heed besydes the towne of saynt Albons And thys syr Thomas dwelled with syr Henry erle of Lancastre and he put hym asyde for drede of the quene For the quene loued hym wonder moche And prayed vnto the kyng for hym that the same Thomas might be exyled out of Englonde And the noble erle syr Henry of Lancastre had often tymes herde the comyn claymore of the Enghysshmen of the dysease that were doon in Englond also for dyuers wroÌ„ges that were done to the comyn people of the whyche the kyng bare the blame with wronge For he was but fulle yonge tender of aege thought as a good man for to do awaye slake the sklauÌ„der of the kynges persone yf that he myght in ony manere a wyse so as the kynge was therof nothynge gylty wherfore he was inperyll of lyf lymme· ¶ And so he asseÌ„bled all his retenuwe wente spake with them of the kynges honoure and also for to amende his estate And syr Thomas Brotherton erle of Marchall and syr Edmond wodstok that were the kynges vncles and also men of London made theyr othe hym fo to mayntene in the same quarell And theyr cause was this that the kynge sholde holde his house and hys meyne as a kyng ought for to do and haue all his ryaltâ—e· And that the quene Isabell sholde delyuer out of her hondes in to the kynges honde alle manere of lordshyps rentys townes and castels that apperteyneth vnto the crowne of Englonde as other quenes haue done here before and medle with none other thynge ¶ And also that syr Roger Mortymer sholde abyde and dwelle vpon his ownâ— londes For moche people In so moche that the comyn people were dystroyed and gretely domaged thoroughe suche wrongfulle takynge ¶ And also the enquere howe and by whome that the kynge was betrayed and falsly dysceyued att Stanhope and thrughe whose counseyll that the Scottes went awaye by nyght from the kynge And also how and thrugh whoo 's counseyll the ordynauÌ„ce that were made at the kynges coronacyon was put downe That is to saye that the kynge for amendement and helpynge of his reame in honour of hym sholde be gouerned and rulyd by .xii. of the grettest wysest lordes of the reame and wythout them Sholde no thynge be grauntyd ne done as before is sayd whiche couenauntes were malicyously put downe fro the kynge where many harmes shamys and repreues haue falle to the kyng hys reame and that is to vnderstonde for asmoche as Edwarde kynge of Englonde some tyme was ordeyned by assent in playne parlement for to be vnder warde gouernaunce of Henry erle of Lancastre his cosyn for saluacyon of hys dody he was take out of the castell of Kenilworth there that he was in warde thrugh colour of quene Isabell of the Mortymer without consent of ony parlement they tooke ladde hym there that neuer after none of his kynred myght wyth hym speke ne see after tratorursly toke morored hym for whose deth arose a sklauÌ„dre thrugh all crystendom whan it was done And also the tresore the syre Edwarde of Kernaruian left in many places in Englonde and in walys was wastyd borne awaye wythout the wyll of kynge Edwarde his sone in dystruccyoÌ„ of hym of al his folke ¶ Also thrughe whose counseyll that the kynge yaue vp the kyngdom of Scotlond for the whiche reame the kynges auÌ„cetours had full sore traueiled and so dyd many a noble maÌ„ for theyr ryght was delyuered vnto dauyd that was Robert brus sone all the ryght that no ryght had to the reame as all the world it wyst And also by whom the chartres remeÌ„braunces that they had of the ryght Scotlond were take out of the tresory taken to the Scottes the kynges enmyes to dysheritynge of hym and of his successours to grete harme of hys lyeges grete repreef to all Englysshemen for euer more ¶ Also wherfore dame Iohan of the toure the kynges syster Edward was dysperagyd and maryed vnto Dauyd that was Robertbrus sone that was a traytour enmye vnto Englonde thrugh whoo 's counseyl she was take into our enmyes
fraunce thrughe his counseyll he wrote to al the prelates dukes erles and baroÌ„s and the noble lordes of the countre and also to dyuerse of the comune people dyuers letters maundementes berynge date att Gandaue the viii daye of February ¶ And anone after wythin a lytyll tyme he came ayen in to englonde with the quene and her chyldren ¶ And in the same yere on mydsomer euen he began to saylle to warde Fraunce ayen and manly and fyersly he felle vpon Phylyp of Valoys the whyche longe tyme laye and had gadryd to hym a full longe boystous meny of dyuers nacions in the hauen of Sceuys there they foughten togyder the kynge of frauÌ„ce and he wyth theyr hostes fro myddaye to thre of the clocke in the morne in the whyche batayll were slayne .xxx. thousande men of the kynges coÌ„pany of fraunce and many shyppes and cogges were taken And soo thrugh goddes helpe he had there the vyctorye and bere thens a gloryous chyualry ¶ And in the same yere abowte saynt Iames tyde without the yates of Saynt Omers Robert of Arthoys with men of EngloÌ„de Flaun faught ayenst the duke of Burgon the Frensshemen att whiche batayll were slayne take of the frensshmen .xv. barons .lxxx. knyghtes shyppes barges were take vnto the nombre of CC. and .xxx. ¶ The same yere the kynge makynge abydynge vpon the sege of â—ornay the erle of Henaude with Englysshe archers made assaulâ—â— vnto the towne of Saynt Aâ—ande where they slewe .l. knightes many other and also destroyed the towne ¶ And in the .xvi. yere of hys regne folowynge in the wynter tyme the kynge stylle vpon the forsayd seyge sente of tyme into englond vnto hys tresorer other purueyours for golde moneye that sholde be seÌ„te vnto hyÌ„ there iÌ„ his nede but his proctours and messyngers cursedly and ful slouly serued hym at hys nede deceyued hym on whoo 's defaute latches the kyng toke trewes bytwene hym and the kynge of frauÌ„ce And thenne kynge Edwarde full of shame and sorowe in hys herte wyth drewe hym fro the sege come into Brytayne and there was soo grete stryue of batayll that he loste many of his peple And whan he had doone there that he come for he dressyd hym ouer see in to Englond warde ¶ And as he saylled to warde Englonde in the hyghe see the moost myshappes stormes and tempestes thondre lyghtnynge felle to hym in the see the whyche was sayde that it was done yraysyd thrugh euyll spirytes made by sore ery nygro mancye of them of fraunce wherfore the kynges herte was ful of sorowe and aÌ„guysshe welllynge syghynge sayd vnto our lady in thys wyse· ¶ O blessyd lady Saynt Mary what is the cause that euer more goynge into fraunce al thynges wethers fallen to me Ioyfull and lykynge and as I wold haue them but alway tornynge into Englonde warde all thyngê fallen vnprofytable and very harmfull neuertheles he scapyd all perelles of the see as god wolde and came to the tour of London by nyght ¶ And the same yere the kyng helde his Crystmas at Meneres sent worde to the Scottes by his messagers that he was redy wolde doo fyght with theym but the Scottes wolde not abyde that but fledde ouer the Scottes see hyd them a well as they myght ¶ And in the .xvii. yere of his regne aboute the feest of the CoÌ„uersyon of saynt poull kynge Edwarde whan he had ben in Scotlond sawe that the scottes were fledde tho he come ayen into Englond And a lytell before lent was the turnement at Dunstable tho the whyche tourmente come alle the yonge bachelary chyualry of Englond with many other erles and lordes At the whiche turnemente kyng Edward hymself was there present ¶ And the next yere folowyng in the .xviii. yere of his regne att hys parlemente holden at westmynster the auyzeme of paske kynge Edwarde the thyrde made Edwarde his fyrst sone prynce of walys ¶ And in the .xix. yere of his regne anone after in Ianyuer before lente the same kynge Edwarde lete make full noble Iustes grete feestes in the place of hys byrth at wyndsore that there was neuer none suche seen there afore At whiche feest ryalte were two kynges two quenes the prynce of walys the duke of Cornewayle .x. Erles .ix. Countesses barons and many burgeys the whiche myghte not lyghtly be noÌ„bred of dyuerse londes beyonde the see weren many straungers And at the same tyme whan the Iustes were done kynge Edward made a grete souper in the whiche he ordened began hys rounde table ordened stedfasted the daye of the rounde table to be holden there att wyndesore in the wytsone weke neuer more yerely this tyme Englyssh men so moche haunted and cleuyd to the woodnes foly of the straungers that from tyme of comynge of Henaudes .xviii. yere passed they ordeyned and chaunged theym euery yere dyuerse shappes and dysguysynge of clothynge of longe large and wyde clothes dystytute dyserte frem all olde honest and gode vsage And an other tyme shorte clothes and strayte wastyd gagged and kyt and on euery syde slatered and botoned with sleues and tapytis of surcotes and hodes ouer longe and ouermoche hangynge that yf I the sothe shall saye they were more lyke to tormentours deuyls in theyr clothynge shokynge other araye than to men the wymen more nycely yet passed the men in araye euouslyer for they were so strayte clothed that they lefe hange fore tayles sewyd byneth wythin there clothes for to fele and hyde theyr arsers the whiche dysguysynges pryde parauenture afterwarde broughte fourthe caused many myshappes myschyef in the reame of Englonde ¶ The xâ— yere of kynge Edwarde he wente ouer in to Brytayne and Gascoyne In whoo 's coÌ„pany wente the erle of warwyk the erle of Souffolke the erle of Huntyngton and the erle of Arundell and many other lordes and comune people in a greate multytude wyth a greate Nauye of CC. and .xl. shippes anone after mydsomer for to auenge hym of many wronges and harmes to hym doone by Phylyp of Valoys kynge of Fraunce ayene the trewes before honde grauntyd the whych the trewes he falsly and vntrewely by cauelacyons and dysquatter ¶ How kynge Edwarde saylled in to Normandy arryued at hogges with a grete host IN the .xxi. yere of hys regne kynge Edwarde thrugh counseyll of alle the grete lordes of Englond callyd gadred togyder in his parlemente at westmestre before Ester ordeyned hym for to passe ouer the see agayn for to disease dystrobled the rebelles of FrauÌ„ce And whan his Nauye was come togyder and made redy he wente with a grete hoste the .xii. daye of Iulii and saylled in to Normandye arryued at hogges ¶ And whan he had rested hym ther .vi. dayes for by cause of trauaylyng of the
hym without ony maner defence or dyffyculte ThaÌ„ the kynge of Scotlond that is for to saye syr IohnÌ„ Bayloll consyderynge howe that god dyde many meruaylles and gracyous thynges for kynge Edwarde att his owne wyll fro daye to daye he toke gaaf vp the reame of Scotlonde and the crowne of Scotlond at Rokesburgh in the kynges hondes of Englonde vnder hys patent letter there made And anone after kynge Edwarde in presence of all the prelates and other worthy men lordes that were there lette hym crowne kyng of Scotlond And whan all thinges were done and erdeyned in that countres at his wyll he torned ayen into englonde with a greate worshyppe ¶ And whyle this vyage was in doynge in Scotlonde syre Edwarde prynce of wales as a man enspyred iÌ„ god was in Guyhen in the cytee of Burdeux treatynge and spekyge of the chalenge and of the kynges ryght of Englonde that he hadde to the reame of FrauÌ„ce that he wold be aueÌ„ged wyth stronge honde and to the prelateg peres and myght men of that countree consented welle to hym Than syr Edwarde the prynce wyth a greate hooste gadred to hym the .vi. daye of Iuyll wente frome Burdeux goynge and traueylynge by many dyuerse countrees and he tooke many prysoners moo than ·vi thousande mem of armes by the countree as he wente and tooke the towne of Remorantyne in Saloygne and besyeged the castell .vi. dayes· And att the .vi. dayes ende they yolde the castell vnto hym and there was taken the lorde of crowne and syr Bursygaude and many other knyghtes and men of armes moo than .lxxx. And fro thens by Toren and Peten fast by Chyneney hys noble men that were with hym hadde a stonge batayll with Frensshmen and an hundred of theyr men of armes were slayne And the erle of Daunce and the stewarde of fraunce were taken wyth an hondred men of armes In the whyche yere the .xix. daye of Septembre faste by Pyeters the same prynce wyth a thousande and .ix. hondred men of armes and archers ordeyned a batayll to kynge Iohan of fraunce comynge tho the prynce warde wyth .vii. thousande chosen men of armes and moche other people a greate nombre of the whyche were slayne the duke of Burbon and the duke of Athenes and many other noble men ef the prynces men of armes a thousande and of other the trewe accompte and rekenynge .viii. C. And there the kynge of France was taken and syr Phylyp his yonger sone and many dukes and noble men and worthy knyghtes and men of armes aboute two M. and so the vyctory fell there the prynce and to the peple of Englonde by the grace of god And many that were taken prysoners were sette at theyr raunson and vpon theyr trouthe and knyghthode were charged and hadde leue to goo But the prynce tooke wyth hym the kynge of Fraunce and Philyp his sone with alle the reuerence that he myghte wente ayen to Burdeux wyth a gloryous vyctory the somme of the men that there were taken prysoners and of theym that were slayne the daye of batayll .iiii. M.iiii C.xl. and in the .xxxii. yere of kynge Edwarde the .v. daye of Maye prynce Edwarde with kynge IohnÌ„ of Fraunce and Philyp hys sone many other worthy prysoners arryued gracyously in the hauen of pluÌ„mouth And the .xxiiii. daye of the same moneth aboute thre after none they came to London by LoÌ„don brydge and so wente forthe to the kynges palays atte westmynstre and there came soo grete a multytude presse of peple abowte theym to beholde and se that wonder and ryall syghte that vnnethes fro maddaye tylle nyghte myghte they not come to westmyster And the kynges raunson of Fraunce was taxed and sette to thre myllyons of scutes of whom two sholde be worthe a nobell And ye shall vnderstande that a myllyon is a thousande thousande and after some mennys raunson was sette att thre thousande thousaynde floreyns and all is one effecte· And this same yere were made Iustê solempne in Smytfende beynge present the kynge of Englonde the kyng of Fraunce and the kynge of Scotlonde and many other worthy and noble lordes ¶ The .xxxiii. yere of his regne the same kynge Edwarde at wynsore as well for loue of knyght hode as for his ownne worshyppe and att reuerence of the kynge of fraunce and other lordes that were there att that tyme he held a wonder ryal and costly feest of saynt George passynge ony that euer was holden afore wherfore the kynge of fraunce in scornynge sayd that he saw neuer ne herde suche a solempne festes ne ryaltes holden ne done wyth taylles wythoute payenge of golde or syluer ¶ And in the .xxxiii. yere of hys regne the .xiiii. kalendas of Iulii Syre Iohan erle of Rychmonde kynge Edwardes sone wedded dame blaunche duke Henryes doughter of Lancastre cosyn to the same Iohan by dyspencyon of the pope And in the meane tyme were ordeyned Iustes atte London thre dayes of rogaâ—yons that is for too saye The Mayer of London wyth his .xxiiii. aldermen ayenst alle that wolde come in whoo 's name and stede the kynge pryuely wyth his foure sones Edwarde Lyonell Iohan and Edmonde and other .xix. greate lordes helden the felde with worshyppe ¶ And this same yere as it was tolde and sayd of theym that sawe it there come blood out of the combe of Thomas somtyme erle of Lancastre as fresshe as that daye that he was done to dethe ¶ And in the same yere kynge Edwade chose this sepulture and hys lyggynge att westmestre faste by the shryne of sayÌ„t Edwarde and anone after the xxvi daye of Octobere he wente ouer see to Calays makynge protestacoÌ„n that he wolde neuer â—â—me ayen into Englonde tyll he had in endes the warre bytwene frauÌ„ce and hym ¶ And soo in the .xxvi. yere of hys regne in the wynter come kyng Edward was trauaylled in the Ryne costes And aboute saynt Hyllarye tyde he departes his host and went to Burgon warde wyth whom than met peasybly the duke of Bourgon behyghtynge him .lxx. thousande floreyns that he sholde spare hys men and hâ—s peple the kynge grauntyd att his requeste And dwelled vnto the .xvii. daye of Marche that whiche tyme come to kynge Edwardes eere that stroÌ„ge theues were on the see vnder the erle of saynt Poule the .xv. daye of Marche â—yggynge a wayte vpon the townes of Rastynge Rye and other places vyllages on the see cost hadden entred as enmyes in to the towne of wynchelle and slewe all that euer withstode them and with sayd theyr comynge wherfore y kynge was gretly meued and wratthed and he torned ayen so warde Parys and coÌ„mauÌ„ded his hoste to dystroye and sle all with strench of swerde that he had before honde spared And the .iii. daye of Apryl the kyng come to Parys there departed his host in dyuers batayls with .iiii. C. knyghtes newe dubbyd on that one syde of hym And syr Henry duke of
Portyngale the same tyme â–ª and whaÌ„ he had done so he come home ayen into Englonde and hys good lady hys wyf also but many worthy men deyed vpon the flyx ¶ In the .xv. yere of kynge Rychardê regne he helde his crystmasse in the manere of wodstok and there the erle of Penbroke a yonge lord and tendre of aege wolde lerne to Iuste with a knyghte that was called syr IohnÌ„ of saynt IohnÌ„ roden togyder in the parke of wodstoke and there this worthy erle of Penbroke was slayne with that other knyghtes spere as he caste it from hym whan that they had coupled thus the good erle made yere his ende and therfore the kynge the quene made moche sorowe for his deth ¶ And in the xvi yere of kynge Rychardes regne Iohan heÌ„de beyng that tyme mayer of London IohnÌ„ wal worth Henry vanner beynge shreues of London that same tyme a bakers man bare a basket of hors brede in to Fletstrete to warde an hostre and there came a yonge man of the bysshop of Salysbury that was called Romayn and he toke a bors lofe out of the basket of the bakers he asked hym why he dyde soo and this Romayn torned ayen brake the bakers heed And neyghbours came out and wold haue arested thes Romayn he brake from them fledde to his lordes place the Constable wolde haue hym out but the bysshops men shette fast the yates kept the place that no man myght entre and than moche more people gadred thyder and sayd that they wolde haue hym out or els they wolde brenue vp the place and alle that were wyth in And than came the mayer and shreues wyth moche other people cessyd the malyce of the comyns made euery man to go home to there hoses and kepe peas And thys Romayns lord the bysshop of Salysbury mayster Iohan waltham that at the tyme was tresorer of Englonde when syr Thomas Arundell Archebysshop of yorke Chaunceler of Englonde there the bysshop made hys complaynte vnto the Chaunceler on the peple of the cyte of LoÌ„don And than these two bysshops of grete malyce vengeaunce come vnto the kynge at wyndesore made a greate coÌ„playnt vpon the mayer and shreues And anone all the cyte after warde came before the kynge his counseyll and they caste vnto the Cytye a greuous herte and a wonder grete malyce And anone sodeynly the kyng sent after the mayer of LoÌ„don and for the two shreues they came to hym vnto the castell of wyndsore And the kynge rebuked the mayer and shreues full foule for the offence that they had done ayenst hym his offycers in hys chambre at London wherfor he deposed and put out the mayer and bothe shreues and this was done the .xiiii. dayes afore the feest of saynt IohnÌ„ Baptyst And than the kynge called to hym a knyght that was called syre Edwarde dalyngrygge made hym wardeyne gouernour of the cyte and chambre of LoÌ„don ouer all hys people ther in And so he kepte that offyce but foure wekes bycause that he was so gentyl tendre to the Cytezens of London wherfore the kynge deposed hym made syr Bunde wyne radyngton knyght that was Conrtrouller of the kynges houshold wardeyne gouernour of his chambre of his people ther in and chose to hym worthy men of the cyte to be shreues wyth hym to gouerne kepe the kynges lawes in the cyte that one was called Gelbert Mawefelde that other Thomas ne wenton shreues And than the mayer the two shreues and all the aldermen wyth all the worthy craftes of London wente on foot vnto the toure of London there came out the Conestable of the towre gaaf the mayer and the shreues theyr othe charge as they sholde haue taken in the Escheker of westmynster in the kynges court of his Iustyces Barons of the Escheker than went they home ayen And than the kynge hys counseyll for the grete malyce and despyte that they had to the Cyte of London remeued all his courtes from westmynster vnto the Cyte of yorke that is to saye the ChauÌ„celer the Escheker the kynges bynche the comune place there they helde all these courtes of lawe fro mydsomer that is to saye the feest of saynt IohnÌ„ Baptyst vnto the feest of Crystmasse next comynge And than the kynge and hys counseyll sawe it not so proffytale there as it was at London than anone he remeued yt ayen to LoÌ„don and soo to westmynster for grete ease of his offycers a vauntage to the kyng all the comunes of the reame ¶ And whanne the people of London saw and knewe that these courtes were comeÌ„ ayen and the kynge and hys people also than the mayer and the aldermen with the chyef Comunes of the Cyte gaue a grete somme of golde of all the Comunes of the Cyte and ordeyned made grete ryaltees ayen hys comynge too London for to haue hys grace good lordshyp and also theyr lybertees and Fraunchyses geauÌ„ted vnto them ayeÌ„ as they were wonte to haue afore tyme. And thrugh grete instaunce and prayer of the quene and of other lordes and ladyes the Kynge grauÌ„ted theym grace And this was done at Shene in Sutherey And than the Kynge within two dayes after came to London the mayer of the Cyte with the shreues aldermeÌ„ and all the worthy men of the afterwarde rode ayenst hym in good araye vnto the hethe of hys syde of Shene the mayer submyttynge theym homely and mekely with all maner obeyssaunce vnto hym as they oughten too do And thus he brought the kynge and the quene to London And whan the kynge came to the yate of London brydge there they presenttd hym wyth a mylke whyte stede sadled and brydled and trapped wyth cloth of golde and reed partyed to gyder and the quene a palfrey alle whyte in the same ararye trappyd with white andreed and al the conduytes of London ranne wyth wyne both whyte and reed for all maner people to drynke who wolde And bytwene saynt Poules and the crosse in chepe there was made a stage a ryall standynge vpon hygh and theyn were many angelles with dyuers melodyes songes And than an angelle came downe frome the stage on hyghe by a vyce and sete a crowne of golde pyght wyth ryche perles precyous stones vpon the kynges heed and an other vpon the quenes heed And soo the cytezeyns brought the kyng the quene to westmynster into theyr palays And than on the morne after the mayer and the shreues and the aldermen of London camen vnto the kynge to hys palays att westmynster and presente hym with two basyns of syluer ouergylted full of coyned golde the somme of .xx. houÌ„dred pounde prayenge hym of his hygh mercy grace and lordshyp and specyally grace that they myght haue his good loue with the lybertees And fraunchyses
Thomas of Caunterburyes shryne thus ended the worthy kynge Henry about mydlente sondaye in the yere of oure lorde a. M. CCCC and .xxi. vppon whoo 's soule god haue mercy Amen MArtyn the .v. was pope after IohnÌ„ .xiii. yere this man was chosen by the counseyll of Constantynoble the other was deposed that strof and so came peas in the chyrche the whiche longe tyme afore was desyred necessarye for the defence of the fayth This was the myghtyest pope that euer was of rychesse a grete Iuge He edefyed townes walles stretes he destroyed heresyes he dyde moche good thrughe the noble prynce Sygysmonde And he gadred moche moneye for to geten the holy londe ayen but deth came vppon hym letted hym he made a counseyll afore his deth for the mater there he decessyd ¶ Eugenius was pope after Martyn .xvii. yere this Eugenius was chosen peasyble after the deth of Martyn no man doubted but he was pope but soon after he was expulsed frome Rome for it was so that he fledde naked also he was cyted to the counseyll of Basylyens deposed but he dyscharged hym not and for that begaÌ„ the stryffe ayen the whiche stode to his deth And those that fauoured hym sayde he was worthe moche louynge the contrary sayde those that were ayenst hym but what someuer he was after he had taken the dygnyte vpon hym afore he was of grete obstynaunce of gode fame what he dyde after that I leue to the Iugement of god· ¶ Circa AnnuÌ„ dmÌ„ M. CCCC.xxi ¶ Of kynge Henry the fyfte that was kynge Henryes sone ANd after the deth of kynge Henry the fourth regned kyÌ„ge HeÌ„ry his sone that was borne at Monmouthe in wales that was a worthy kynge and a gracyous maÌ„ and a grete conquerour ¶ And in the fyrste yere of hys regne for grete loue goodnesse he sente to the ferres of Langley there as his fader had do burye kinge Rychard the secoÌ„de lete take his body out of the erthe ayen and dyde brynge it to westmynster in a ryal chare couered with blacke veluet baners of dyuerse armes aboute all the hors drawynge the chare were trapped in blacke beten with dyuerse armes many a torche brennynge by all the waye tyll he came to westmynster and there he lete make for hym a ryall and solempne enteremente and buryed hym by quene Anne his wife as his owne desyre was on ferther syde of saynt Edwardes shryne in the abbaye of saynt Peters in westmynster on whos soule god haue mercy Amen ¶ And in this same yere were a certayne of lollers taken and fals herytykes that had purposed thrugh fals treason for to haue slayne oure kyng and for to haue destroyed all the clargye of the reame and they myghte haue had theyr fals purpose But our lorde god wolde not suffre it for in haste our kynge hadde warnynge therof and of alle theyr fals ordynaunce and werkinge and came sodenly with his power to Saynt Iohans withoute smythfelde and anone they toke a certanye of the Lollers and fals herytykes and broughte them to the kynges presence and there they tolde all there fals purpose ordynaunce howe they wolde haue doo and wrought yf they myghte haue regned and hadde theyr wyll and there they tolde whyche were theyr Capytayens and gouernours and than the kynge commaunded theym to the Towre of London and thanne toke moo theym bothe within the Cytye and wythoute and sente them too Newgate and to bothe counteers And thanne they were broughte in examycyon before the clergye and the kynges Iustyces and there they were conuycted for theyr fals heresie and dampned before the Iustyce for theyr fals treason ¶ And this was theyr Iugement that they sholde be drawen frome the Towr of London to Saynt Gelys felde and there to be hanged and brente on the galowes ¶ And there was taken syr Roger Acton knyghte for heresye and eke for treason ayenste the kynge and the Reame and he came afore the clergye and was conuyâ—te for his heresye and dampned before the Iustyce too be drawen frome the Towre of London thrughe the Cyte to Saynt Gelys and to be hanged and brente ¶ And in the seconde yere of Kynge Henryes regne the fyfthe he helde a counseylle of alle the lordes of the reame atte westmynster and there he putte hym this demaunde and prayed and besought them of theyr goodnesse and of theyr gode counseyll and wylle to shewe hym as touchynge the tytle of the ryghte that he hadde to Normande Gascoyne and Guyhen the whiche the kynge of Fraunce wythelde wrongfully and vntyghte fully the whyche hys auncestrees before hym hadde by trewe tytle of conquest and ryghte heretage the whiche Normandye Gascoyn and Guyhen the good Kynge Edwarde of wyndesore and hys auncestres before hym hadde holden all theyr lyues tyme. And his lordes gaaf hym counseyl to sendde enbassatours vnto the kynge of Fraunce and hys counseyll that he sholde gyue vp vnto hym hys ryght herytage that is to saye Normandye Gascoyne Guyhen the whiche his predecessours hadde holden afore hym or els he wold it wynÌ„e wyth strength of swerde in shorte tyme with the helpe of almyghty god ¶ And thanne the Dolphyn of Fraunce answered to oure enbassatours and sayde in thys manere that the Kynge was ouer yonge and to terder of aege for comak ony warre as ayenste hym and not lyke yet to be a good warroure to doo and make suche aconqueste there vppon hym And somwhat in scorne and dyspyte he sente to hym a tonne fulle of tenes balles bycause he wolde haue som what for to playe wyth alle for hym and for his lordes for that wolde be come hym better thenne for toâ— mayntene ony warre ¶ And thenne anone oure Lordes that werre enbassatours tooke theyr leue and came in to Englonde ayen tolde the kynge hys counseyll of the vngoodly answere that they had of the Dolphyn of the present the whyche he had sent to our kynge ¶ And whan the kynge had herde theyr wordes the answere of the Dolphyn he was woÌ„der sore agreued ryght euyll apayed towarde the Frensshemen towarde the kyng the Dolphyn thought to auenge hym on them as soone as god wold sende him grace myght anoÌ„e lette make tenes balles for the Dolphyn in all the hast that myght be and they were grete gonstones for the Dolphin to playe with all And than anone the kynge sente for all hys lordes helde a grete counseyll at westmynster tolde vnto them the answere that they had of the Dolphyn of the worthy preseÌ„te that he sent to hym and to his lordes to playe with all And there the kyng his lordes were accorded that they sholde be redy in armes wyth ther powâ—r in the best araye that myght be done and gete men of armes archers that myght be goten all other
squyres kept manly the water of seyn fought with theyr enmyes oft tymes And on that other syde of Seyn laye the erle of Hontyngdon master Neuyll the erles sone of westmer london and syr Gylbert Vmâ—reuyll erle of Keme and syr Rycharde erle of Arundell the lorde Feryers wyth theyr retenue before porte du pouÌ„te and eche of these lordes had stronge ordynauÌ„ce the kynge dyde make at PouÌ„tlarge ouer the water of Seyn a stronge and amyghty chayne of Iron put yt thrught grete pylis fast pyght in the grounde that wente ouer the Ryuer of Seyn that no vessell myght passe that in to kynde And aboue that chayn the kynge lete make a brydge ouer the water of Seyn that man hors all other caryage myght go to and fro at all tymes whaÌ„ nede were And than came the erle of warwyke and had goten DouÌ„fronte vnto kynge Henry of Englonde And anone the kynge sent the erle of warwyk to Cawdebeke for to be seyge yt And whan he came before the towne he sente his Heraudes vnto the Capytayne and badde hym yelde vp the towne vpon payne of dethe and anone he layde his sege And the Capytayne besought the erle that he myght come vnto hys presence and it pleased hym speke wyth hym and soo the good erle grauÌ„ted hym for to come And than he came oute and foure other burgeys came wyth hym entreated soo wyth this erle that this same towne was vnder composycyon to be done as the Cyte of Rome dyde and the Erle graunted and consented thoâ—to vpoon thys condycyon that the kynges nauye of Englonde wyth hys ordynaunce myghte passe by theym in saufte with out ony manere of lette or dysturbaunce And to his composycyon they sete to theyr seales And the shyppes passed vp by them in saufte and came before the Cytee of Rone in to an hondred shyppes there they caste theyr ankers and thanne thys Cyte was besyeged bothe by londe and by water And whan all this was done and the shyppes comen vp than came the erle of warwyke ayen to the kyng and lodged hym bytwene the abbaye of saynt Katherynes and the kyng tyll that the abbaye enteraced and so was yolden vnto the kynge And thanne he remeued hym thens and lodged hym before the porte Martenuylye and tho was the erle of Salysbury commaunded by the Kynge for to make hym redy for to ryde but there came hasty tydynges and made hym to abyde And soo he retorned ayen and lodged hym besyde the good Erle of Huntyngdon tylle that syege was ended ¶ And thenne came the good duke of Gloucestre the kynges brother from the syege of Chyrbourghe the whiche he hadde goten and stuffid it agayne vnto the kynges behoue and profyte vnto the crowne of Englond And whan he was comen to the kynge before Rone he lodged with greate ordynaunce before the porte Saynt Hyllary more nerer the towne and hys enmyes thenne ony other laye by .xl. roddes of lenthe within shote of quarell And wyth hym laye the Erle of Southfolke and the Lorde of Bergeyeney wyth all hys retenue and stronge ordynaunce and manly and proudly faughte euery day wyth theyr enmyes euer whan they yssued out of the cyte ¶ And thanne came the pryoure of Kylmayne of Irlonde ouer the see to the kynge wyth a fayr meny of armes of theyr owne countree gyse the somme of .xvi. hondred good mennys bodyes and the kyng welcomed theym and made theym goode there ¶ And thanne came thydynges vnto the kynge that the kynge of FrauÌ„ce and the Dolphyn with the duke of Burgoyne wolde come downe and rescowe the Cyte of Rone with a stronge power of all manere of nacyons and breke the syege And casteth hym to entre on the northe syde of the hooste by cause that there was the beste entrynge and moost playne and there for the kynge assyned the pryoure of Kylmayne wyth his power and lodged hym on the northe syde of the hoste for to stoppe theyr passage and was by the foreste of Lyons and of this ordynaunce they were full gladde so they went forthe in all haste kepte the grounde and the place that the kyng his counseyll had assygned and they quyte them as good warryours vnto thyer kynge ¶ Now wyll I tell you whyche were the chyef Capytayns gouernoure of the Cytee of Rome Monsyr â—uy Boteler was cheyf Capytayne bothe of the cyte and of the castell And Mon syre Teymygan he was Capytayne of porte Canx Mon syr de al Roche he was Capytayne of the Dysners Mon syr Anthony he was LyuetenauÌ„t to Mon syr Guy Botyler Henry Chantfyen he was the Capytayne of the porte dela Pounte· Iohan Materuas was Capytayne of the porte de la Castell Mon syr de Preant he was Capytayne of the porte of Saynt Hyllary The bastarde of Tyne he was Capytayn of the porte Martenuylle And graunt Iakes a worthy warryoure he was Capytayne of al meÌ„ of warre and he wys gouernour outwarde both on horsbacke and on foot of all men of armes whan they yssued out of the cytee of all the portes than he arayed them al they sholde encountre with our menye And eche of the Capytayns ladde fyue thousande men of armes and some moo And of the fyrste comynge of our Kynge theyr were nombred by Heroudes in to thre hundred thousande of meÌ„ and womeÌ„ chyldren what yonge and olde amonge all these was many a man full man of his hondes and so the preued them whan they yssued out of the cytee both on horsbacke and on foot for they came neuer att one gate allone but at thre or foure gates and atteÌ„ euery gate two or thre thousande of good mennys bodyes armed manfully encouÌ„tred with our EnglyssmeÌ„ and moche people slayne dyuerse tymes wyth gonnes quarelles and other ordynaunce And this syege dured ·xx wekes and euery they of the towne trusted to haue be rescowed but there cam none so att the laste they kepte towne soo lange that there deyed many a thousaÌ„des within the towne for defaute of mete of men and chyldren for they had eten theyr horses dogges and cattes that were in the towne And often tymes the men of armes drofe out the pore people out att the gates of the towne for spendynge of vytaylles and anone our Englysshmen drofe theym into the towne ayen Soo at the laste the Capytayne of the towne sawe the myschyef and that they were not rescowed and also the scarsyte of vytaylle and that the people deyed soo for defaute of meete euery daye many thousandes And also sawe yonge chyldren lye and souke theyr moders pappes were deed ¶ Than anone they sente to the kynge besechynge hym of hys grace and mercye and broughte the keyes of the towne vnto the kynge and delyuered the towne to hym al the soudyours voyed the towne with theyr horses and harnes and the comunes of the towne for to
for the frenssmeÌ„ to entre ¶ And aboute this the sayde Markys of Suffolke axed in playne parlement· a fyftene and an half for to fetche her out of frauÌ„ce ¶ Loo what a mariage was this as to the comparysoÌ„ of that other maryage For there sholde haue be delyuerde so many castels and Townes in Guyon and so moche golde sholde haue be yeuen with her that alle Englonde sholde haue be therby enriched but coÌ„trary wyse fell wherfore euery grete prynce ought to kepe hys promyse For bycause of brekynge of this promyse for maryage of quene Margarete what losse hath the reame of Englond had by lesynge of NormaÌ„dye Guyon by dyuysyon in the reame the rebellynge of comyns ayeÌ„st ther prince and lordes what dyuysyon amoge the lordes what murdre and sleynge of theym what feldes foughte made in conclusyon soo many that many a man hathe loste his lyfe in conclusyon the kynge deposed the quene wyth her soone fayne to fle into ScotloÌ„de from thens in to FrauÌ„ce so to Loreyne the place that she came fyrst fro many meÌ„ deme that the brekyngege of the kynges promyse to the systyr of the erle of Armynack was cause of his greate losse aduersyâ—e ¶ How the duke of Gloucestre the kynges vncle was arested at the parlyament of Bury and of hys dethe how Angeo in Mayn was delyueredd IN the .xxvi. yere of kynge Henry was a parlyament at Bury called Saynt Edmondes bury abowte whiche was coÌ„maunded all the comyns of the countre to be there iÌ„ their moste beste defensyable araye for to wayte vpon the kynge To whiche parlyament came the duke of Gloucestre Vmfry the kynges vncle whiche hadde be protectoure of EngloÌ„de all the noneage of the kynge And anone after as he was in hys lodgynge he was arested by the VycouÌ„te Beaumont the Conestable of Englonde whome accompanyed the duke of Bukyngham and many other lordes ¶ And for the wyth all his seruauntes were coÌ„maunded to departe frome hym And xlii of the chief of theym were arested and sente to dyuerse prisons And anone after this sayd areste the sayde duke was on the morowe deed on whos soule god haue mercy but how he dyed in what maner the certente is not knowe Some saye he deyed for sorowe some said he was murdred bytwene two federbeddê some sayd that a spytte was put in his fuÌ„damente But how he deyed god knoweth to whome no thynge in hydde then whan he was deede he was layde open that all men myght hym se· And soo bothe lordes knyghtes of the shyre wyth Burgeys came sawe hym lye dede but wouÌ„de ne token coude they not perceyue how he dyde Here may men marke what this worlde is ¶ This duke was a noble man a grete clerke ruled worshypfully the reame to the kinges behoue and neuer cowde be fouÌ„de fawte to him but enuye of theÌ„ that were gouernours had promysed the duchy of Angeo the erldome of myan caused the dystruction of this noble man For they dradde that he wolde empeshed the delyueraunce And after they sente his boody to saint Albons wyth certayn lyghtes for to be buryed And so syr Gerauys of Clyfton had then the charge for to conueye the corps And so it was buryed at Saynt Albons in the abbaye And fyue ê‘sones of hys housholde were sente to london there were they reyned Iugyd to be drawen hanged also quarered Of whome the names were syr roger chamberlayne knyght one mydelton a squyre Richard denham· whiche v. ê‘sones were draw fro the toure of london thrugh Chepe to tyborn· there lete done quycke and them striped to haue be heded quartred then the marqueys of Suffolke shewed there for thez the kyngê ê‘don vnder his grete seale soo they were ê‘doned of the remenauÌ„ce of all the other execusyon had theyr lyues so they were brought ayeÌ„ to loÌ„don after freely delyuered Thus begaÌ„ trowble in this reame of Englonde for the dethe of this noble duke of Gloucestre al the comyns of the reame begaÌ„ for to murmure for it were not coÌ„tent· ¶ And after the pope Eugeny was deed Nycholas the fyfte was elect pope this Nycholas was chose for Eugenye yet hangyng these sysmo notwithstondyng he gate the ObedieÌ„ce of all crysteÌ„ reames For after he was electe sacred pope certayne lordes of fraunce of EngloÌ„de were sente in to Sauoy to pope felix for to entreate hym to seasse of the papacye And by the specyall laboure of saynt IohaÌ„nes he sessed the seconde yere after the pope Nycholas was sacred And the sayde felix was made Legate of fraunce and Cardynal of Sauoye· and he resygned the hole papacye to Nycholas And after lyued an holy lyf deyed an holy man And as it is sayde almyghty god shewed myracles for hym This was the .xxiii. scysme bytwene Eugeny and Felyx dured .xvi. yere ¶ The cause was this the generall counseyll of Basyle deposed Eugeny whyche was oonly pope and Indubytyte for asmoche as he obserued not and kepte the decrees and statutes of the counseyll of Constance as it is sayde before Nether he rought not to yeue obedyence to the gener all counseyll in no maner wyse wherfore arose a grete alteracyon among wryters of thes matere pro et contra whiche can not accorde vnto this daye one partye sayth that the counseyll is aboue the pope And that other partye sayth nay but the pope is aboue the counseyll God blessed aboue all thynge yeue and graunte his peas in holy chirche spouse of cryste amen This nycholas was of Iene comen of lowe degree a doctour of dyuynyte An actyf man he Reedyfyed many places that were broken ruynous and dyd make a walle aboute the palays and made the walle newe abowte Rome for drede of the Turkis the people wondred and gretely merueylled of the ceasyng and resynyng of pope Felix to the pope Nycholas coÌ„syderynge that Nicholas was a maÌ„ of so homely a byrth the other was of affynyte to all moste party of cristen priÌ„ces wherfore ther was a uerse publysshed as is a fore sayde ¶ How syr â—raunsoys Aragonys toke Fogyers in Normandye and of the losse of ConstaÌ„tynople by the Turke IN the yere of kynge Henry .xxvii. beyng trewes bytwene frauÌ„ce and Englond A knyght of the Englisshe partye named Syr Fraunces aragony toke a towne in NormaÌ„dye named Fogyese ayeÌ„ste the trewes of whyche takynge begaÌ„ moche sorowe losse for thys was the occasyoÌ„ by the whiche the frenssmmeÌ„ gate all Normandye ¶ Aboute this tyme the Cyte of CoÌ„stantynople whiche was the emperial cytye in all Grece was takeÌ„ by the turkes â–ª Infydels whiche was bytrayde as some holde oppynyoÌ„ And theÌ„peroure taken slayne the ryall chyrche of saynt Sophya robbed dyspoyled and the relyques and ymages and the rode drawynge aboute the stretes whiche was done in spyte of Crysten
it in fyue partyes and euery partye coÌ„teyneth .xxii. caÌ„dredes a Candrede is a countree that conteyneth a C. townes and they set a stone in the myddel of the loÌ„de as it were in the nauell and begynnyge of fyue kyng domes Atte the laste Saluius was made kynge of alle the londe ¶ The fyfth tyme whanne this nacyon was xxx yere togyder they wexe feble Foure noble men that were Millesius the kynges sones come out of Spayne with many other in a nauy of .xl. shyppes two of the worthyest of these iiii brethern that heet Hyberus Hermon deled the londe bytwene theÌ„ tweyne but after warde couenaunt was broken bytwene them both and Hiberus was slayne Then Hermon was kynge of all that londe And frome his tyme to the fyrste Patryks tyme were kynges of that nacyon C.xxxi And so fro the comynge of Hybernensis â— vnto the fyrst Patryk were M.viii C. yere They hadde that name Hibernensys Hibernia of the for sayd Hiberus or els of Hyberus a Ryuer of Spayne They were called alsoo gatels Scottê of one Gaytelus that was Phenis neuewe ¶ This Gatelus coude speke many langages after the langages that were made atte Nemproths towre And wedded one Scotra Pharoes doughter ¶ Of these dukes come the Hibernensis Men saye that this Gatelus made the Irysshe langage called it Gaytelaf as it were a langage gagred of all langages tonges Atte the laste Belinus kynge of Brytayne had a sone hyght Gurguncius come out of Donnemarke at ylondes Orcades He founde men that were called Balclensis and were come theder out of spayne these meÌ„ prayed besught to haue a place to dwelle in And the kynge sent them to Irlonde that was tho voyde and waste And ordeyned and sente wyth them duke and capytayns of hys owne so it semeth that Irlonde sholde longe to Brytayne by ryghte of olde tyme. From the fyrste saynte Patryk vnto Fedliundius the kynges tyme CCCC yere regned .xxxiii. kynges eueryche after other in Irlonde· In thys Fedliundius tyme Turgesius duke and capytayne of Norwayes brought theder men of Norwaye and occupyed that londe made in many places depe dyches and castels sengle double and tryble and many wardes strongly walled and many therof stonde yet all hole but Irysshmen reche not of Castels for they take woddes for castels and marayes and moores for castell dyches but at the laste Turgesius deyed by gylefulles of women Englysshmen sayd that Gurmundus wanne Irlonde and made thylke dyches and made no mencyon of Turgesius Irysshmen speke of Turgesius and knowe not of GurmuÌ„das Therfore it is wryte what gurmundus had wonne Brytayne dwelled therin and sente Turgesius wyth grete strenth in to Irlonde for to wynne that londe bycause Turgesius was Capytayne and leder of that vyage and Iurney seen amonge theÌ„ therfore Irysshemen speke moche of hym as a noble maÌ„ that was seen in that londe and knowen at the laste whan Gurmundus was slayne in Fraunce Turgesius loued the kynges doughter of Irlonde and her fader behyghte Turgesius that her worlde sende her hym to the lowe largeryn wyth xv· maydens Turgesius promysed to mete there wyth .xv. of the nobleste men that he had and helde couenaunte and brought no gyle but ther came .xv. yonge berdeles meÌ„ clothed lyke wemen wyth shorte swerdes vnder theyr clothes and fyll oon Turgesius slewe hym ryght there so he was traytoursly slayne after he had regned .xxx. yere Nat longe after .iii. bretheren Almelanus Siracus Iuorus came into Irlonde wyth ther men out of Norwaye as it had ben for loue of peas and of marchaundyse dwellyd by these sydes by assent of Irysshe men that were alwaye ydle as Poules knyghtes the Norwayes buylded thre cytees Deueyn waterfore Lymeryche encreased after wexed rebell ayenst men of that londe and broughte fyrste sparthes in to Irelonde Soo fro Turgesius tyme vnto roderykes tyme kynge of Connacia that was kynge of all the londe were .xvii. kynges in Irlonde and so the kynnes that regned in Irelonde frome the Hermons tyme vnto the laste tyme Roderyks were in all C.lxxxi kynges that were not crowned neyther enoynted ne by lawe of herytage butte by nyght maystrye and strenthe of armes The seconde Henry kynge of Englonde made thys Roderyk subget the yere of kynge Henryes aege xl and of hys regne .xviii. the yere of our lorde .xi. hondred ·lxxii Of the condycyons and maners of Irlonde ca. xxvii SGlinus saythe that men of thys londe ben strange of nacyon houseles grete fyghters and acount ryght and wronge alle one thynge and ben syngle of clothynge scarse of mete cruell of herte angry or speche and drynketh fyrste blod of dede men that ben slayne and then wesshen theyr vysages therwyth and holden them payd wyth flesshe and fruyt in stede of mete wyth mylke in stede of drâ—nke and vsen moche playne and ydlenes and huntynge and trauaylle butte lytell In they re chylde hode they ben harde nourysshed and â—erde fed and they be vnsemely of maners and of clothynge and haue brechee and hosen alle ne of wolle and strayte hodes that streâ—cheth a cubyte ouer thesholders behynde and foldynges in stede of mantels and of clokes Also they vse no sadels bootes ne spores whaÌ„ they ryde but they dryue theyr horses wyth a chambred yerede in the ouer ende In stede of byttes with trenches of brydels of reest they vse brydels that lete not theyr hors to ete ther mete they fyght vnarmed naked in body netheles wyth twoo dartes and speres And wyth brode sparâ—den they fyghte with one honde ¶ These men forsaken tyllynge of Londe and kepen pasture for beestes ¶ They vse longe berdes and lockes hangynge downe behynde ther hedes â— they vse no crafte of flaxe of wolle of metall ne of marchaundyse but gyue hem to ydelnes and slouthe and reken reest for lykynge and for fredome for ryches And thoughe Scotlonde the doughter of Irlonde vse harpe tymbre and to boure Netheles Irysshe men beconnynge in two manere Instrumentes musyke in harpe and tymbre that is armed wythe were strenges of bras In whyche Instrumentes though◠〈◊〉 play hastely and swyftly they make ryhgt 〈◊〉 â—onye and melodys with thycke tewnes â—erbles and notes and begynne frome be moâ—â— and playen secretly vnder dyme sowne in the greate strenges and torne ayen vnto the same so that the grettest partye of crafte hydeth the crafte as it welde seme as thoughe the crafte soo sholde be ashamed yf it were take These men ben of euyll maneres in ther lyuynge they paye noo tythynges the wedde lawfally they spare not theyr alyes But brother wedde the broththers wyfe they besye to betraye her neyghbours and other they bere sperthes in their hondes in stede of staues and fyghte ayenste theym that truste mooste to theym these men ben variable and vnstedfaste threchours and gylefull whoo that dealeth wyth them nedeth