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
the kynge of Englonde was come in to Normandy all the grete lordes of Normandye torned vnto the kynge of Englonde and helde ayenst the duke theyr owne lorde and hym forsoke and to the kynge them helde and all the good castelles and townes of Normandy And soone after was the duke taken and ladde with the kynge in to Englonde And the kynge lette put the duke in to pryson and this was the vengeaunâ—e of god ¶ For whanne the duke was in the holy londe god yaue hym suche myghte and grace that he was chosen for to haue be kynge of Iherusalem and he forsoke it and wolde not take it vpon hym And therfore god sente hym that shame and dyspyte for to put in hys brothers pryson Tho seased kyng Hery all Normandye in to hys honde and helde it all hys lyfe tyme ¶ And in the same yere came the bysshop Ancelmus for the courte of Rome in to Englonde ayen And the kynge and he were accorded ¶ And in the nexte yere comynge after there began a grete debare bytwene the kynge Phylyppe of Fraunce and kynge Henry of Englende wherfore kynge Henry wente in to Normandye and there was stronge warre bytwene them two And tho deyeâ— the kynge of FrauÌ„ce lowys his sone was mad kyng anone after his deth And tho went kyng Henry ayen into Englond maryed Maude his doughter vnto henry the emê‘our of Almayne ¶ Of the debate that was betwixt kynge Lowys of FrauÌ„ce kynge Hery of Eenglonde how kynhe Henryes two snes were loste in the hyghe seâ— AS kynge Henry had be kynge .xvii. yere a grete debate arose betwixt kynge Lowys of Fraunce and kynge Henry of Englonde for by cause that the kynge had sente in to Normandy to hys men that they sholde be helpynge vnto therle of Bloys as moche as they myght in warre ayenst the kyng of FrauÌ„ce And that they sholde be as redy to hyâ— as they were to theyr owne lord for by cause that therle hadde spowsed hys syster dame maude And for this cause the kynge of Fraunce dyde moche sorowe to Normandy wherfore the kynge of Englonde was wonder wroth in hast wenâ—e ouer the see with a grete power came in to NormaÌ„dye for to defende that londe And the warre bytwene them lasted two yere tyll at the laste they two faught to geder And the kynge of Fraunce was dyscomfyted vnnethes escaped awaye wyth moche payne the moost partye of his men were taken And the kynge dyde with theym what hym best lyked And some of them he lette go freely and some he lete be put vnto the deth But afterwarde those two kynges were accorded And whan kynge Henry had oonly all the londe of Normandy dyscoÌ„fyted his enmyes of Fraunce he torned agayne in to Englonde with mocheÌ„ honour And his two sones wyllyam and Richarde wolde haue come after the fader wente to the see with a grete company of people But are that they myghte come to londe the shippe came ayenst a roche and alle were drowned that were there in saue oo man that was in the same shyppe that escaped And this was vpon saynt Katheryns daye and these were the names of them that were drowned Wyllyam and Richarde the kynges sones the Erle of Chestre Ottonell his brotger Geffroy Rydell Walter Emurci Godefray Archedeken the kynges doughter the couÌ„tesse of Perches the kynges nece the countesse of Chestre many other ¶ Whan kynge Henry and other lordes arryued in Englonde and herde these tydynges they made sorowe ynough And alle theyr myrthe and Ioye was torned in to mornynge and sorowe ¶ How Maude the Empresse came ayen in Englonde how she afterwarde wedded to Geffroy therle of Angoy ANd whan that two yere were agone that the Erle had dwelled wyth the kynge the erle went from the kyng and begaÌ„ to warre vpon hym dyd moche harme in the londe of Normandy toke there a stronge castell there he dwelled all that yere And tho came to hym tydynges that Henry the Emperour of Almayne that had spowsed Maude hys doughter was deed and that she dwelled no lenger in Almayne that she wold come ayen in to Normandy to her fader And whaÌ„ that she was come vnto hym he toke her tho to hym came ayen in to Englonde made the Englysshemen to do othe and feaute to the Empresse And the fyrste man that made the othe was wyllyam the Archebysshop of CauÌ„terbury And that other Dauid kyng of ScotloÌ„de and after hym all the barons and erles of Englonde ¶ Also after that the noble man therle of Angoy that was a worthy knyghte sent vnto the kynge of EngloÌ„de that he wolde grauÌ„t hym for to haue his doughter to spowse that is to saye Maude the Empresse And for by cause that her fader wyst that he was a noble man the kynge hym graunted consented ther to And tho tooke he his doughter ladde hir in to Normandy came to the noble knyghte Geffroy there he spowsed the forsayde Maude wyth moche honour the Erle begâ—te vpon her a sone that was called Henry the Empresse sone ¶ And after whan al this was done kynge Henry dwelled all that yere in Normandy after the loÌ„ge tyme a greuous sykenesse toke him where thorugh he deyed And this kyng Henry regned .xxxv. yere foure monethes And after deyed as is before sayd in Normandy And his herte was enteryd in the grete chirche of our lady in Rouen his body was brought with moche honour in to Englonde enteryd at Redynge in the abboye of the whyche abbaye he was begynner and founder HEnrycus the fourth was Emperour in Almayne after Harry the thyrde .xv. yere This man put his owne fader in pryson there helde hym tyll he deyed And tooke pope Paschall wyth hys Cardynalles presente them as it is sayd afore For the whiche cause as it is supposed he lacked yssue For he wedded the kynges doughter of Englonde Maude But after warde he came to grace and all the lawes of the chirche freely he resyned to Calixtus the pope And besought hym to yeue hym in penauÌ„ce that he sholde neuer come ayen to his Empyre that he myghte haue remyssyon of his trespaas And after the oppynyon of many a man he was wylfully exyled and deyed and hys wyfe bothe at Chestre in Englonde ¶ Gelasius was pope after Paschall two yere And fledde frome Henry the Emperour in to Bourgoyne and there decessyd Thys Emperour those Benedyctus a Spanyarde to be pope the whiche stroue with Calixtus ¶ Calixtus was pope after hym two yere and fyue monethes Thys Calixtus was the sone of the duke of Bourgoyne was chosen in the place of Gelasius And whan he sholde come to Rome he toke the for sayd Benedictus and made hym to ryde afore hym shamefully For he on a mule torned hys face to the tayle of the mule helde the tayle in
became so fayre that it was wonder wherof Dyoclesyan anone lete make a somonynge coÌ„maunded by his letters that all the kynges that helde of hym sholde come at a certayne daye as in his letters were conteyned to make a feest ryall At whiche daye thyther they came brought with theym Admyralles prynces and dukes and noble chyualry The feest was ryally arayed and there they lyued in Ioye myrth ynough that it was wonder to wyte And it befell thus that Dyoclesyan thought to mary his doughters amonge al tho kynges that were at that solempnyte ¶ And so they spake dyd that Albine his eldest doughter al her systers rychely were maryed vnto xxxiii kynges that were lordes of grete honour of power at this solempnyte And whaÌ„ the solempnyte was doone euery kynge toke his wyfe ladde them in to theyr owne couÌ„tre there made them quenes And it befell thus afterwarde that this dame Albine became so stoute so sterne that she tolde lytell pryce of her lorde and of hym had scorne dyspyte wolde not do his wyll but she wolde haue her owne wyl in dyuers maters And al her other systers euery chone bare them so euyl agaynst theyr lordes that it was wonder to wyte And for as moche that theÌ„ thought that theyr husbondes were not of so hyghe parentage come as theyr fad But those kyngê that were theyr lordes wolde haue chastysen them with fayre manere vpoÌ„ al loue frendshyp that they sholde amende theyr self wylled condycyons But all was for noughte for they dyd theyr owne wyl in al thynge that theÌ„ lyked had of power wherfore those .xxxiii. kynges vpon a tyme and ofte tymes bete theyr wyues For they weÌ„de that they wolde amende theyr tatches And theyr wyckednesse But of suche condycyons they were that for fayre speche warnynge they dyd all the wors for betynges ofte tymes moche the wors Wherfore the kynge that had wedded Albine wrote the tatches and condycyons of his wyfe Albine and sente the lettre to Dyoclesyan his fader And whan the other kynges herde that Albines lorde hadde sente a lettre to Dyoclesyan anone they sente letters sealed with theyr seales the condycyons tatches of theyr wyues whan the kynge Dyoclesyan sawe herde so many playntes of his doughters He was sore ashamed â— became wonder angry and wrothe towarde his doughters and thought howe he thenÌ„e myght amende it that they so mysdyde And anone sente his letters vnto the .xxxiii. kynges that they sholde come to hym brynge with theym theyr wyues euerychone at a certayne daye For he wolde there chastyse theym of theyr wyckednesse yf he myght in ony maner wyse So the kynges came all at that tyme day that then was sette bytwene hym and the kynges Dyoclesyan receyued them with moche honoure and made a solempne feest to all that were vnderneth his lordshyp And the thyrde day after that solempnyte the kynge Dyoclesyan sente after his .xxxiii. doughters that they sholde come speke with hym in his chaÌ„bre And whan they were come he spake to them of theyr wyckednes of theyr cruelte and spytefully them repreued blamed to them he sayde That yf they wolde not be chastysed they sholde his loue lose for euermore And whan the ladyes herde al this they became abasshed gretly ashamed And to theyr fader they sayde that they wolde make al amendes and so they departed out of theyr faders chaÌ„bre And dame Albine that was the eldest syster ladde theym alto her chambre then made to voyde all that were therin so that no persone was amonge theym but she and her systers togyder ¶ Then sayd Albine My fayre systers wel we know that the kynge our fader vs hath reproued shame and dyspysed for bycause to make vs obedyenâ— vnto our husbondes But certes that shall I neuer whyles that I lyue sythe that I am come of a more hygher kyngê bloode than myn husbonde And whan she had thus sayde alle her systers sayd the same And theÌ„ sayd Albine well I wote fayre systers that our husbondes haue coÌ„playned vnto our fader vpoÌ„ vs wherfore he hath vs thus foule reproued dispised wherfore syster my counsell is that this nyghte whan our husbondes ben a bede all we with one assente for to kytte theyr throtes and thenne we may be in peas of them And beter we now do this thynge vnder our faders power than other where elles And anone all the ladyes consented and graunted to this counsell And whan nyght was comen the lordes and ladyes went to bedde And anone as theyr lordes were a slepe they kette all theyr husboÌ„des throtes and so they slewe them all whan that Dyoclesyan theyr fader herd of this thinge he became furyously wrothe agaynste hys doughters And anone wolde them alle haue brente But all the barons and lordes of Sirrie couÌ„seyled not so for to do suche streytnesse to his owne doughters but only sholde voyde the londe of them for euer more so that they neuer sholde come ayen and so he dyde And Dyoclesyan that was theyr fader anone coÌ„maunded them to go in to a shyppe deliuered to theÌ„ vytaylles for half a yere· And whan this was done all the systers went in to the shyppe and saylled forthe in the see betoke all theyr frendes to Apolin that was theyr god And so long they saylled in the see tyll at the last they came and arryued in an yle that was all wyldernesse And whan dame Albion was come to that londe all her systers This Albyne went fyrste forth out of the shyppe sayd to her other systers For as moche sayde she as I am the eldest syster of all this company fyrst this londe hathe taken and for as moche as myn name is Albine I wyll that thys londe be called Albion after myn owne name And anone al her systers graunted to her wyth a good wyll Tho wente oute all the systers of the shyppe toke the londe Albyon as ther syster called it And there they wente vp downe and fouÌ„de neyther manne woman ne childe but wylde beestes of dyuerse kyndes And whan the vytaylle were dyspended they fayled they fedde them with herbes and fruites in the season of the yere and so they lyued as they best myghte And after that they toke flesshe of dyuerse beestes became wonder fatte And so they desyred mannes company and mannes kynde that theÌ„ fayled And for hete they waxed woÌ„der courageous of kynde so that they desyred more maÌ„nes company than ony other solace and myrthe whaÌ„ the deuyll that perceyued weÌ„te by dyuerse countrees and toke a body of the ayre lykynge natures shed of men cam in to the londe of Albyon laye by tho wymÌ„en shadde tho natures vpon them they conceyued after brought forth gyauÌ„tes Of the whiche one was called Gogmagog and an other Longherigam And so they were
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
was pope after hym thre yere and of these .vi. popes is noothynge hadde in scrypture For what cause I can not telle ¶ Anno dnÌ„i .ix. C.liiii AGapitus a Romayne was pope after Martinus two yere and .viii. monethes no thynge of hym is wryten ¶ IoheÌ„s the .xii. a Romayne was pope after Agapitus viii yere he had a fader that hyght Albertyke was a worthy man in the chyte of Rome He induced the noble men to swere that after the deth of Agapytus they sholde these Ottauianus hys sone pope and soo it was done was named IohnÌ„ and he was a hunter a lecherous man so that openly he kepte wymmen wherfore certen Cardynalles wrote vnto Otto the Emperour of Saxon that he sholde come to Rome for to helpe to destroye the sclauÌ„dre of the chirche This the pope perceyued the honde that wrote the pystle he made to be carte of And many tymes he was warned by the Emperour and the clergy that he sholde correcte hymself but he nolde for noo thynge Thenne he was deposyd and Leo was put in to a place wherfore the Emperour was anoyed and came ayen and besyeged Rome so longe tyll they toke Benedycte to hym and restored Leo. ¶ Of kynge Edgar that regned aboue the kynges of Scotlonde of walys and how heâ— was begyled thrug the takynge of his wyf ANd after this Edwyne regned Edgar hys brother a man that moche loued god and peas and the ryght of hooly chyrche also And he was a worthy man a grete lord of blood and myghty and maycened well this londe in peas And this Edgar was lorde and kynge aboue all the kynge of Scotlonde of walys fro the tyme that Arthur was gone neuer was sythen kynge of his power ¶ And this Edgar was saynt Edwardes fader And whan Edgars wyf was deed that was saynt Edwardes moder entryd he herde speke of the fayrnesse of Estrylde that was Orgarus doughter a baron of Deuenshyre that was so fayre a woman that all men dyde speke of her He called one of hys knyhhtes that he moche loued trusted vpon tolde hym Goâ— sayde he to the noble baron Orgarus of Deuenshyre see yf that hys doughter be fayre as men speke of yf it be sothe I wyll haue her vnto my wyfe ¶ This knyght that was called Edelwolde wente forthe his waye as the kynge hym had sayd came there that the lady was And whan he sawe her so fayre he thought to haue her hymself to wyfe And therof spake to Grgarus her fader And her fader was an olde man and no man chyldern but oonly her sawe that Edelwode was a fayre yonge knyght with the kyng thought his doughter sholde well be maryed be sette vpon hym graunted hym his doughter yf the good lorde the kynge wolde consente therto ¶ And thenne thys Edel wolde came ayen vnto the kynge colde hym that she was fayre ynough vpon to see but she was wonder lothly ¶ Tho answerede the kynge and sayd that he toke but lytell charge Syr sayd Edelwolde she is her faders heyre and I am not ryche of londes yf ye wolde consente and graunte that I myght her haue thenne sholde I be ryche ynough In goddes name sayde the kynge I consente therto Edel wolde tho thanked the kynge ryght mothe wente ayen in to Deuenshyre spowsed the damoysell and in that couÌ„tree he dwelled ¶ And thus it befell vpon a tyme that he tolde his couÌ„seyll all this thynge vnto his wyf how in what maner he had begyled his lord the kynge that wolde haue hadde her to wyfe And anone as she it wyst she loued him neuer more after warde as she dyde before ¶ Thys lady conceyued by hym a sone And whan tyme wan that the chylde sholde be borne Edelwolde came to the kynge and prayed hym to haue a sone of his at the fonte stone The kynge hym graunted And lete calle hym Edgar after his owne name And whan this was done he thought that alle was syker ynough for the kynge that he wolde not take hys wyf for as moche as hys lord was a Ioly man and an amerous ¶ How that kynge Edgar wedded Estrylde after the deth of Edel wolde· THus it befell that all men in kynge Edgars courte thenÌ„e spake sayd that Edel wolde was rychely auaunced thrugh the forsayd maryage of his wyf And yet they sayd he was auaunced an hondred folde more· For he had spowsed the moost fayrest creature that euer seen And the kyng herde speke so moche of her beaute that he thought he wolde haue hym dysceyued begyled And thought pryuely in his herte that he wolde goo into Deuenshyre as it were for to hunte for the harte for the hynde other wylde beestes thenÌ„e he sholde see there the lady or he departed thens And this lady was dwellynge at manere place besyde the forest there that the kynge wolde hunte And aâ— that manere he was her borowed all nyghte And whan tyme came that the kynge sholde suppe and the sonne shone the kyng asked after his gossyppe and after hys godsone· And Edelwolde made her to come before the kynge And neuerthelesse yf it other wyse myght haue be she sholde not haue come in hys syght by hys wyll ¶ The lady welcomeâ— the kynge swetely hym kyssed And he toke her by the honde and to nexte by hym her saâ—te and so souped they togyder ¶ And there was a custome and an vsage in this londe that tyme. That so whan on drake to an other the drynker sholde saye wassayll And that other sholde answere and saye Drynke hayll And thys dyde the kynge the lady and kyste many tymes And after supper whan tyme was for to go to bedde the kynge wente to bedde then kynge hertely on the â—ayrnesse of that lady thenÌ„e was ouer come for her loue that hym thought that he sholde deye but yf he hadde his wyll on her ¶ Vppon the morowe the kynge aroos and in the foreest wente hym for to dysporte wyth hartes hyndes all other wylde beestes of the hertes grete plente he sence to the lady And thryes he went for to solace and to speke wyth that lady the whyles he dwelled there in that countree ¶ And after that the kyng remeued thens and thought hym how he myghte best delyuer Edelwod fro hys wyf as he had hym fyrste desceyued And the kynge anone after .viii. dayes ordeyned a parlyament at salysbury of all his baronage counseyll to haue And for to ordeyne how the countree of Northumberlonde sholde best he kepte that the Danys came not there the londe for to destroye And thys Edelwode came vnto the kyngê parlyament And the kynge sent hym to yorke for to be keper of that countree ¶ And thus it befel that knewe hym not slewe hym by the waye ¶ And anone as the kynge herde telle
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
desyre came to him for to goo in to Englonde ayen And whan he was come ayen he fouÌ„de so many playntes made to hym of his Iustyces of his clerkes that had done so many wronges falsnesse that wonder it was to here and for whiche falsnesse syre Thomas waylond the kynges Iustyce for swore Englonde at the toure of London for falsnesse that meÌ„ put vpon hym wherfore he was atteynt proued fals· And anone after whan the kyng had done his wyll of the Iustices tho lete he enquere espye how the Iewes dysceyued and begyled his people thorugh the synne of falsnesse and of vsury And lete ordeyne a preuy parlement amonge his lordes And they ordeyned amonge theym that all the Iewes sholde voyde out of Englonde for theyr mysbyleue and also for theyr fals vsury that they dyde vnto crysten men And for to spedde and make an ende of this thynge all the comyn alte of Englonde yaue vnto the kynge the .xv. peny of all theyr goodes meuable and soo were the Iewes dryuen oute of Englonde And tho went the Iewes in to Fraunce And there they dwellyd thorugh leue of kynge Phylyp that tho was kynge of Fraunce ¶ How kynge Edwarde was seased in alle the londe of Scotlonde through coÌ„sente and graunte of all the lordes of Scotlonde· IT was not longe after that Alexandre kynge of Scotlonde was dede and Dauyd the erle of Huntyngdon that was the kynges brother of Scotlonde axed claymed the kyngdom of Scotlond after his brother was deed for cause that he was ryghtfull heyre But many grete lordes sayd nay Wherfore greate debate arose bytwene theym there freÌ„des for asmoche as they wolde not consente to hys coronacyon and the meane tyme the forsayd Dauyd deyed so it befell that the sayd Dauyd had thre doughters that worthyly were maryed the fyrst doughter was maryed to Bayloll the seconde to Brus and the thyrde to Hastynges The forsayd Bayloll Brus chalenged the londe of Scotlonde greate debate stryf arose bytwene them by cause eche of them wolde haue be kynge· And whan the lordes of Scotlonde saw the debate bytwene them came to kynge Edwarde of Englonde seased hym in all the londe of Scotlond as chyef lord whaÌ„ the kyng was seased of the forsayd lordes the forsayd Baylol Brus Hastinges came to the kynges courte axyd of the kyng whyche of them shold be kynge of Scotlonde And kyng Edwarde the full gentyll true lete enquyre by the Cronycles of Scotlonde and of the gretest lordes of Scotlonde whiche of them was of the eldest blood And it was fouÌ„de that Baylol was the eldest And that the kyng of Scotlond sholde holde of the kynge of Englonde do hym frauce and homage And after this was done Baylol went in to ScotloÌ„de and there was crowyed kynge of Scotlonde ¶ And the same tyme was vpon the see grete warre bytwene the Englysshemen and the Normans But vpoÌ„ a tyme the Normans arryued all at Douer and ther they martred an holy maÌ„ that was called Thomas of Douer And afterwarde were the NormaÌ„s slayne that there escaped not one of theÌ„ ¶ And so afterwarde kynge Edwarde sholde lete the duchye of Gascoyne thrugh kynge phylyp of FrauÌ„ce thrugh his fals castynge of the Dousepers of the londe wherfore syr Edmond that was kynge Edwardes brother yaue vp his domage vnto the kynge of FrauÌ„ce ¶ And in the tyme the clerkes of Englond graunted to kynge Edwarde half â—eale of holy chirche goodes in helpynge to recouer his londe agayne in gascoyne And the kyng sent thether a noble company of hys bachelers And hymself wolde haue gone to Portelmouth but he was let thrughe one maddok of walys that had seased the castell of Swandon in to his honde for that cause the kynge torned to walys at Cristmasse by cause that the noble lordê of Englond that were sent in to Gascoyne had no comforth of there lorde the kynge they were take of syr Charlys of FrauÌ„ce that is to say syr IohnÌ„ of brytayne syr Robert Tiptot syr Raufe Tanny syr Hugh Bardolfe and syr Adam of Cretynge And yet att the assensyon was Maddok take in walys a nother that was called Morgan And they were sent to the tour of London and there they were byheded ¶ How Syre Iohan Baylol kyng of Scotlonde with sayde his homage ANd whan syre IohnÌ„ Baylol kynge of Scotlonde vnderstande the kynge Edwarde was werred in Gascoyne to whom the reame of Scotlond was delyuerd Falsly tho ayenst his othe with sayd his homage thrugh procurynge of his folke sent vnto the court of Rome thrugh a fals suggestyon to be assoylled of that othe that he swore vnto the kyng of Englonde soo he was by letter enbulled ¶ Tho chose they of Scotlonde dousepers for to brnyge Edward of his ryght ¶ And in the tyme came two Cardynalles from the cource of Rome fro the pope Celestme to trete of acorde bytwene the kyng of EngloÌ„d as tho cardinalles spake of accorde ThaÌ„ as turbeluyll was takeÌ„ at Lyons made homage to the warde of Parys put his sones in hostage thought to go in to Englonde aspye the countre tell them whan he came to Englond that he had broken the kynges pryson of Fraunce by ryght said that he wolde do that all Englysshmen walshemen sholde aboute the kynge for to brynge to the ende he swore vpon thys couenaunt dedes were made bytwene them that he sholde haue by yere a thousand pouÌ„des worth of londe to byrnge this thynge to an ende This fals traytour toke his leue wente thens came in to Englonde vnto the kynge seyd that he was broke oute of pryson that he had put hym in suche peryll for his loue wherfore the kyng cowde hym moche thanke full gladde was of his comynge ¶ And the fals traytoure fro that daye aspyed all the doynge of the kynge also his counselle for the kyng loued hym full welle and with hym full preuy But clerke of Englonde that was in the kynges how 's of Fraunce herde of this treason and of the falsnesse and wrote to another clerke that tho was dwellynge with Edwarde kynge of Englonde all how Thomas Turbeluyll hadde done his fals câ—niectynge and all the counselle of Englonde was wryte for to haue sende vnto the kynge of Fraunce ¶ And thoruhhe the forsayde letter that the clerke hadde sente fro Fraunce it was founde vppon wherfore he was ledde to London and hangyd and drawe there for his treason And hys two sones that he hadde put in Fraunce for hostage were thenne beheeded ¶ Of the Conquest of Berwyke SO whan the twoo Cardynalles were gone agayne in to Fraunce for to trete of the peas of cambroy the kynge sent thether of his erles and barons This is to saye syr Edmonde his broder erle of Lancastre and of Lecetre syr Henry Lacy erle of Nychol
sayd the sone shold become in hys tyme as redde as ony blood in tokenynge of grete mortalyte of people And that was knowe wel whaÌ„ the Scottes were slayne And syth sayd Merlyn the same dragon shold nouryshe a Fox that sholde meue grete werre ayenst hym that sholde not in hys tyme be ended and that semed well by Robert the Brus. that kynge Edwarde nourysshed in hys chambre that sythen stale a way meued grett werre ayenst hym whiche werre was not ended in his tyme And yet sayd merlyn that the dragon sholde deye in the marche of an other londe that hys londe sholde be long without a good keper And that men shold were for his dethe from the yle of Shephey vnto the yle of Mercyll wherfore alas shall be ther songe amonge the comyn people faderles in the londe wastyd And that prophecie was knowe ouer all full well For the good Kynge Edwarde deyed at Burgh vp sandys that is vpon the Marche of Scotlonde the englyssmen were dyscâ—mferced and sorowed in Northumberlonde For cause that kynge Edwardes sone sete by the Scottes no force for the ryot of Peers of Ganaston wherfore alas was the songe thrugh out all Englond for defawte of theyr good wardeyne from the yle of Shephey vnto the yle of Mercyll the people made moche sorowe for good kynge Edwardes dethe ¶ For they wende that good kynge Edwarde sholde haue gone in to the holy londe For that was holy his purpoos ¶ Vpon whoo 's soule god for his hygh Inginyte grace haue mercy ¶ Anno. dmÌ„ M.CC.lxxxiiii CElestinus was pope after Nicolas fiue monethes and nothynge noble of hym is wryten but that he was a vertuous man Bonefacyus the eyght was pope after hym .viii. yere This bonifacius was a man in those thynges the whiche perteyneth to courte for he was very experte in suche maters And bycause he had no pere he put no mesure to hys prudence And toke so grete pryde vpon hym that he sayd he was lord of all the worlde and many thynges he dyde with his myght power· the whyche fayled wretchedly in the ende He yaue an ensample to all prelatis that they sholde not be haue ne proude But vnder the fourme of a very shepeherde of god they shod â— more study for to belouyd of other subgectes thaÌ„ dradde This man is he of whom it is sayd that he entred as a fox He lyued as a lyon deyed as a dogge ¶ This tyme the yere of grace was ordeyned from an houÌ„dred yere to an hondred yere And the fyrste Iubyle was in the yere of our lord Ihesu Cryst a thousande thre houÌ„dred ¶ Benedictus the enleuenth was after Bonefacius .xi. monethes This man was an holy man of the ordre of the frere prechers and lytyll whyle lyued but dyssessyd anone ADulphus was Emperour .vi yere This man was erle of Anoxone And this Adulphus was not crowned by the pope for he was slayne in batayll ¶ Albertus was Emperour after hym ·x yere This man was the duke of Astryr fyrste was repreued of the pope after was confermed by the same pope for the malyces of the kyng of Fraunce the whiche was an enmye vnto the chyrche· to the alberte the same pope yaue the kyngdom of FrauÌ„ce as he dyde other kyngdoms But it proffyted not for at the last he was slayne of his neuewe ¶ Clemens was pope after Benedictus almoste .ix. yere and he was a greate buylder of castels and other thynges And he dampnyd the ordre of Templaryes and he ordeyned the seuen booke of the Decretales the whiche be callyd the questyons of Clementyns ¶ And anone after in a counseyle the whyche he helde atte Vyenna he reuokyd the same boke the whiche is successary Iohan called ayen in corporyd it and publysshyd it This Clement fyrste of all popes teanslatyd the popes sette fro Rome to Auinion and whether it was done bi the mocyon of god or by the boldenes of man dyuers men meruaylle ¶ IohnÌ„ the ·xxii was pope after bym .viii. yrre This man was all gloryous as for those thynges that were to be vsed thrugh the actyf lyf And he publysshed the Constytucyons of the clementynes sent theÌ„ to all the vnyuersytees And many sayntes he canonysed these fatte bysshopryches he deuydyd and he ordeyned many thynges ayeÌ„ste the pluralytae of benefyces many herytykes he dampned but whether he was saued or not our lord wolde not shewe to those be louyd very well ¶ Henry the .vii. was Emperour after Albert v· yere this Henry was a noble maÌ„ in warre and he coueyted to haue peas by londe and water He was a gloryous man in batayll And neuer ouercome with enmyes and atte the laste he was poysened of a frere whan that he howselyd hym by receyuynge of the sacramente ¶ Of kynge Edwarde that was kynge edwardes sone ANd after this kyng Edwarde regned Edwarde his sone that was borne att Carnriuan and thys Edwarde wente hym in tho Fraunce and there he spowsyd Isabell the kynges doughter of fraunce the .xxv. daye of Ianuari at the chyrche of our Lady at Boloyne in the yere of our lorde IhuÌ„ Cryste M. CCC vii And the .xx. day of Feuerer the nexte yere that came after he was crownyd solemply att westmestre of the Archebysshop of Caunterbury And there was soo grete presse of people that syre Iohan Bakwell was slayne and murdred And anone as the good kynge Edwarde was deed syr Edwarde hys sone kyng of englonde sent after Pers Ganaston in to Gascoyne so moche louyd hym that he callyd hym brother anone after he yaue vnto hym the lordshyp of walyngforde And it was not longe after that he yaue hym therldom of Cornewaylle ayenst the lordes wyll of englonde ¶ And tho brought syr walter of langton bysshop of Chestre in to pryson durauÌ„ce in the toure of London wyth two knaues alonely hym to serue For the kynge was wrothe wyth hym fore by cause that syre water made complaynt on hym to hys fader wherfore he was put in pryson in the tyme of Troylebaston the for sayde Pers of Ganaston made so grete maystreys that he wente in to the kynges tresory in the abbay of westmestre toke the table of golde with the trestls of the same many other ryche Iewels that somtyme were the noble and good kyng Arthurs toke theÌ„ to a marchauÌ„t that was called ameri of FriscoÌ„bande for he sholde bere them ouer the see in to Gascoyne so he went thens they came neuer ayen after wherfore it was a grete losse to this londe And whan this Pers was rychely auauÌ„syd he became so proude so stowte wherfore all the grete lordes of the reame had hym iÌ„dyspyte for his grete berynge wherfore syr Henry Lacy erle of Nicholl syr Guy erle of warwyk the whyche grete lordes the good kynge Edwarde syr Edwardes fader kyng of Englonde chargyd that Pers of Ganaston
commaūde hym in my name that he be your frende and youre helpe for to take the mortymer al thynge yleft vpon peryll of lyf lym̄e ¶ Tho sayd Mountagu Syr my lorde graunt mercy ¶ Tho wente forthe the forsayd Mountagu and came to the Conestable of the castell and tolde hym the kynges wyll ¶ And he answerde and sayde· The kynges wyll sholde be doone in as moche as he myghte and that he wolde not spare for no manere of dethe And that he swore and made his othe ¶ Tho sayde syr wyllyam of Moūtagu to the constable in herynge of them alle that were helpynge to the same quarell Now certes dere frende vs behouyth to werke do by your aduys for to take the Mortymer syth that ye be keper of the castell and hath the keyes in your warde ¶ Syr sayd the Constable wyll ye vnderstonde that the castell yates ben lockyd with the keyes that dame Isabell sent hyther and by nyght she hath the keyes ther of and layeth them vnder the lursell of the bedde vnto the morowe and so ye maye not come in to the castell by the yates by no manere of wyse But I knowe an aleye that stretchythoute of the warde vnder the erthe in to the for sayde castell that gothe in to the weste whiche aleye dame Isabel the quene ne none of her men ne the Mortymer ne none of his company knowith it not And so I shall lede you thrugh the aley so ye shall come in to the castell withoute aspyenge of ony man that are your enmyes And the same nyghe syr wyllyam Mountagu all the lordes of his quarell the same Constable also went theym to hors made semblaūt as it were for to go out of Mortymers syght But anone as Mortymer harde thys tydynges he wende that they wolde haue gone ouer see for fere of hym ¶ And anone ryght he his cōpanye toke a coūseyll amonge theym for to lete theyr passage snetelletters anone to the porters so that none of the grete lordes sholde go home to theyr owned coūtrees but yf they were arested take And amonge other thynges wyllyam Elande Conestable of the for sayd castell pryuely ladde syre wyllyam of Mountagu hys company by the for sayd waye vnder the erth tyll they came in to the castell went vp in to the toure that Mortymer was in But syr Hughe of Trompynton theym ascryed hydously and sayd a traytours it is all for nought that ye ben comyn in to this castell ye shall deye yet an euell dethe euerychone And anone one of theim that was in Mountages company vp wyth a mace and smote the same Hugh vpon the heed that the brayne braste out and fell on the grounde and soo was he deed of an euyll deth ¶ Tho toke they mortymer as he armyd hym at the toures dore whan he herde the noyse of theym for drede ¶ And whan the quene Isablell sawe that the Mortymer was taken she made moche sorowe in herte thyse wordes vnto theym she sayd Now fayre syres I praye you that ye doo noo harme to his body a thy knyght our welbeloued frende and our dere cosyn ¶ Tho wente they thens and came and brought Mortymer and presentyd hym vnto kynge Edwarde he commaunded to brynge hym in saue warde ¶ But anone as they that were consentynge vnto mortymers doynge herde tell that he was taken they wente hydde them and pryuely by nyght wente out of the towne eche one his waye with heuy herte and mornynge chere lyued vpon theyr londes as well as they myghte ¶ And that same yere that Mortymer was take He hadde .ix. score knyghtes without quyres and sergaūtes of armys fote men And then̄e was mortymer ladde to London and syr Edmonde of Bedforde was ladde wyth hym and was taken to the constable of the toure to kepe ¶ But after warde was the Mortymers lyfe examyned at westmestre before the kynge and before all the geate lordes of Englonde for peryll that myght falle to the reame And to enquer◠also whiche were consentynge to syr Edwardes dethe the kynges fader also thrugh whome the Scottes escaped fro Stanhope in scotlonde without leue of kynge Edwarde And also how the chartre of ragman was delyuered vnto the Scottes them the homages and feautees of the lordes of Scotlōde were conteyned that the Scottes sholde doo euer more to the Englysshe kynge for the reame of Scotlond wherfore he was Iugyd to be drawen and hangyd for his treason And this myscheyf came vnto hym on saynt Andrewes euen In the yere of the Incarnacyon of our lorde Ihesu cryste M.CCC.xxx ¶ Howe kynge Edwarde gate ayen vnto hym gracyously the homages and feautees of Scotlonde wherof he was put oute thrughe the false counseyll of the quene Isabell his moder syre Roger Mortymer that was newely made Erle of Matche NOw haue ye herde how Iohan Bayllol in the tyme of peas was chosen to be kynge of Scotlonde for cause that he came of the eldest doughter of the Erle Dauyd of Huntyngton that was kynge Alysanders broder of Scotlond that deyed without heyre of hys body begoten And how this Iohan made his feaute and homage to kynge Edwarde Henryes sone the thyrde for his londes of Scotlonde And how he afterwarde with sayd hys homage thrugh counseyll of the Scottes in the yere of our lorde ·M CC.lxxiiii and sente vnto the pope thrugh a fals suggestyō that he made hys othe vnto the forsayd kynge Edwarde ouer hys estate and his wil of the whyche othe the pope hym assoyled thrughe hys bullys to hym ysent ¶ And anone as kynge Edwarde wyst therof he ordeyne anone hys barons and came vnto Berwyk and cōquered the towne at the whyche conquest there were slayne .xxv. thousande .vii. hundred Bayllol that was kyng of Scotlond came yeldyd hym to gode kynge Edwarde the kyng delyuered hym out of the toure of London and all the grete lordes with hym that tho were taken at Berwyk yaue theym saufconduyte to goo into Scotlonde And the Scottes sythe thrugh theyr falsnesse warred vpon the good kynge Edwarde And whan syr Iohan Bayloll kynge of Scotlonde sawe all this he wente ouer see vnto Dunpier and lyued there vpon hys londes as well as he myght tyll that the Scottes wolde amende theym of theyr mysdedys and trespaas and ladde with hym syr Edwarde his sone wherfore the Scottes in dyspyte of hym callyd hym syr Iohan Turnlabard for bycause that he wolde not ne offend ne trespaas ayenst the good kynge Edwarde of Englonde And soo he for soke hys reame of Scotlonde and sette therof but lytyll pryce And this syr Iohan dwellyd longe tyme in Fraunce tyll that he deyed there syr Edward his sone receyued hys herytage and dyde homage to the kynge of Fraunce for his londes of Dunpier And so it befell afterwarde that Edward that was Iohan Bayllols sone had with hym a squyre
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
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
malyce of this fals walsshe man And than the kynge came in to wales with his power for to dystrye this Owen other rebelles fals walsshemen And anone they fled in to the Montayns and there myght the kynge do them no harme in no maner wyse for the montayns so the kynge came ayen in to Englond for lesynge of moche of his peple thus he spedde not there ¶ In this same yere was grete scarsyte of whete in Englonde for a quarter of whete was at .xvi. shellynge And there was marchaundyse of Englonde sent in to Prure for whete anone they hadde lade fraughtshypoes Inough and came home in saufte thanked be god of all his gyftes ¶ And in the .iii. yere of kynge Henryes regne there was a sterre seen in the fyrmament that shewed hym self thrugh all the worlde for dyuerse tookens that sholde befall soone after the whiche sterre was named by clergyâ— Stella cometa and on saynt Mary Mawdelenes daye next folowynge in the same yere was the bataylle of Shrowesbury And thyder came syr Henry Percy the erles sone of NorthuÌ„berlonde wyth a grete multytude of men of armes and archers and gaaf a batayll to Kynge Henry the fourth thrugh the fals and wycked counseyll of syr Thomas Percy his vncle erle of worchestre and there was syr Henry Percy slayne the moost parte of hys people in the flede and syr Thomas Percy taken and kept faste in holde twoo dayes tyll the kynge had sette in reste hys people on bothe sydes And than syr Thomas Percy was Iuged to the deth to be drawen and hanged and hys heed smyten of for his fals treason atte Shrowesbury and his heed brought to london and sete on london bridge ¶ And the other people that there was slaine oon bothe parties the kynge lette burye ¶ And there were slayne on the kynges syde in that batayll the Erle of Stafforde and syr walter Blunte in the kynges cote armur vnder the kynges baner and many moo worthy men vpon whoo 's sowle god haue mercy Amen ¶ And in the fourthe yere of kynge Henryes regne came the Emperouer of Constantynople with many gretee solaes and knyghtes and moche other people of his countree in to Englonde to kynge Henry wyth hym to speke and to dysporte and to se the good gouernaunce condycions of our peple to knowe the coÌ„mydytees of Englonde And our kyngeÌ„ with al his lordes goodly and worshypfully receyued and welcomed hym and alle his menye that came with hym and dyde hym all the worshyppe that they coude and myghte And anone the kynge commaunded all maner offycers that he sholde be serued as worthely and ryally as it loÌ„ged to suche a worthy lorde And Emperoure on his owne coste as longe as the Emperoure was in Englonde and all hys men that came with hym ¶ And in this same yere camen dame Iane the duches of Brytayne into Englonde and londed atte fallemouthe in Cornewayle And frome thens she was broughte to the Cytee of wynchestre and there she was wedded vnto kynge Henry the fourth in the abbaye of saynt Swythynes of wynchestre wyth all the solempnyte that myght be done made And sone afterwarde she was brought from thens to London And the mayer and the aldermeÌ„ with the comunes of the cyte of London rode ayenst hyr welcomed hyr and brought hyr thrugh the cyte of London to westminster there she was crowned quene of EngloÌ„de there the kynge made a ryall and solempne feest for hyr and for al maner of men the thyder wold come And in this same yere dame BlauÌ„che the eldest doughter of kyng Henry the fourth was sent ouer see with the erle of Somerset hyr vncle with mayster Rychard Clyfforde than bysshop of worcestre and with many other lordes knyghtes ladyes worthy squyres as longed to suche a kyÌ„ges doughter and came into Colayn And thyder came the dukes sone of Barre with a fayre menye and receiued this worthy laby and the bysshop of worcestre wedded sacred theym togyder as holy chyrche it wold And there was made a ryall feest a grete Iustynge in the reuerence of worshyp of theÌ„ all people the thyder came whan this maryage and feest was done the erle the bysshop and al theyr menye toke theyr leue of the lorde the lady came home ayen into Englond in saufte thanked god ¶ And in the .v. yere of kyng HeÌ„ryes regne the lorde Thomas hys sone wente ouer see the erle of Kent many other lordes and knyghtes wyth meÌ„ of armes and archers a greate noÌ„bre to chastyse the rebelles that afore had done moche harme to oure Englysshmen marchauntes to many townes portes in Englonde on the see costes And the lord Thomas the kynges sone came into Flaundres before a towne that is called Scluse amonge all the shyppes of dyuers nacyons that were there after there they rodeÌ„ with theyr shyppes amoÌ„ge them and weÌ„t on londe sported them there two dayes came ayen to theyr shyppes toke the brode see there they mette wyth thre Carackes of Iene that were laden wyth dyuerse marchauÌ„dyse wel maÌ„ned they fought togyder longe tyme but the Englysshmen had the vyctory brought the Carackes into the Cambre before wynchelse there they cunâ—ed these goodes one of these Carackes was sodaynly brente there And the lordes and theyr people torned theym home ayen and went no further at that tyme. ¶ And the same tyme Serle yoman of kynge Rychardes robbes came in to Englonde out of Scotlonde tolde to dyuerse people that kynge Rycharde was on lyue in ScotloÌ„de so moche people byleued in his wordes wherfore a grete parte of the people of the reame were in grete errour grutchynge ayeÌ„ste the kynge thrugh informacyoÌ„ of lyes and fals lesynges that this· Serle had made For moch people trusted byleued in his sauynge But at the laste he was taken in the Northe countree ther by law Iuged to be drawen thrugh euery cyte good brugh townes in Englond so he was serued at the last he was brought to london vnto the gylde halle before the Iustyce and there he was Iuged for to be brought to the toure of london and there to be layd on an hurdell and than to be drawen thrugh the cyte of London to Tyburne there to be hanged thanne quartred and his heed smyteÌ„ of and set on London brydge hys quartres to be sent to four gode townes of Englonde there sette vp thus ended he for hys treason and decessed ¶ And in the .vi. yere of kyng Henryes regne the fourth the erle of Marre of Scotlonde by cause conduyt come into Englonde to chalenge syr Edmonde erle of Kent to certayne courses of warre on horsbacke And so this chalenge was accepted grauÌ„ted and the place taken in smythfelde at london and this erle of Marre the Scot
came proudly into the felde as hys chalenge asked anone came the erle of Kent rode vnto the scot manly rode togyder wyth sharpe spâ—res dyuerses courses but the erle of Kent had the felde gate hym moche worshyp and thanke of all maner men of his manful dedes ¶ And in the .vii. yere of kyng Henryes regne the four the syr Rycharde Scrop Archebysshop of yorke and the Erle Marchall of Englonde gadrede vnto theym a stronge power ayenst kynge Henry And the kynge herynge ther of in all the hast that he myghty came with his power Northwarde and mette with them at yorke and there were these two Lordes taken and broughte to the kynge ¶ And anone the Iuges were sette and these two lordes brought forth and there they were dampned vnto deth and both theyr heedes smyten of and there they made an ende on whos soules god for his pyte haue mercy Amen ¶ And whan this was done the kynge came to London ayen and there rested hym· Anone god of his greate goodnesse wrought shewed many grete myracles for thes worthy clerke Archebysshop of yorke that thus was done to deth ¶ And in the .vii. yere of kyng Henryes regne dame Luce the dukes syster of Melayne came in to Englonde soo to London there was wedded to syr Edmonde erle of Kente in the pryory of saynt Marye oueres in south warke wyth moche solempnyte greate worshyp The kynge was there â–ª hymself gafhyr at the chirche dore whan that they were wedded masse was done the kynge his owne person brought ladde this worthy lady in to the bysshops place of wynchestre and there was a wonder grate feest hold on to all maner of peple that wolde come And the same yere syr Robert Knolles knyÈt a worthy warryour deyed at his maner in Northfolk and from thens he was brought to London on a hors bere wyth moche torche lyght so he was brought vnto the whyte freres in Fletstrete there was do made for hym a solempne feest a ryall enterement for tho that thyder wolde come both ryche poore there lyeth buryed by dame Constance his wyf in the mydde of the body of the chyrche on whoo 's soule god for his pyte haue mercy Amen ¶ And thus in this same yere syr Thomas Rampston knyght Constable of the Tour of London was drenched at London brydge as he came fro westmyger In wardes to the Tour in a barge all thrugh lewdenesse And in the same yere dame Phylyp the yonger doughter of kynge Henry was ladde ouer see with syr Rycharde the dukes brother of yolke and syr Edmond Courteney bysshop of Norwiche many other lordes kynghtes squyres ladyes gentyl women that apparteyned to suche a kynges dougher and came in to Denmake and the kynge receyued thys worthy lady for his wyf welcomed these worthy lordes dyd vnto theym moche worshyp and they were brought vnto a towne that was called London in Denmarke there was this lady wedded and sacred to the kyng of Denmarke Norway and Swythen there was crowned quene of Denmarke wyth moche solempnyte there was made a ryall feest And whan thys feest and maryage was done and ended these lordes and ladyes tooke theyr leue of the kynge and the quene and came ayen in to Enlonde in saufte thanked be god ¶ And in the .viii. yere of kynge Henrys regne there was a man that was calld the walsshe clerke he apelyd a kynght that was called syr Percyuale Snowdone of treason there they were Ioyned to fyght vnto the vtterauÌ„ce wyth in Lystes the daye and place tyme assygned lymytted to be done ended in smythfelde at the whyche daye tho two persons came in to the felde and foughten sore myghtely togoder but at the laste the knyght ouer come the clerke made hym yelde hym as recreaunt of his fals enpechement that he had sayd on hym than was he dyspoyled of his armure drawen oute of the felde to Tybuâ—ne there he was hangyed and the knyght taken to grace was a good man ¶ And in the same yere the Erle of Northumberlonde and the lorde Bardolfe came out of Scotlonde in preiudyce and dystruccyoÌ„ of kynge Henry wherfore they of the Northe countree aroson vpoÌ„ theym and foughte with them and scomfyted them and tooke theym smote of theyr hedes and quartred theyr bodyes and sente the hede of the erle a quarter of the lorde Bardolfe to London and there they were sets vpoÌ„ London brydge for fals treason that they had purposed ayenst the kynge ¶ And in the ix yere of kynge Henryes regne was syre Edmonde Holonde Erle of Kente made Amerall of Englonde for to kepe the see and he wente to the see wyth many ryall shyppes that were full well arayed and enparelled and enarmed wyth many a good man of armes and arches and of good defence of warre in the kynges name of Englonde and soo he londed at the laste in the coste of Brytayne in the yle of Bryak with alle his folke and he besyeged the castell and assauÌ„ted it they withstode hym wyth grete defence strenth And anone he layd his ordynaunce in the lyenge of a goÌ„ne there come a quarell smote the good erle Edmonde in the heed there he caught his deed wouÌ„de but yet they lefte not tylle that they hadde goten the castell and alle that were therin ¶ And there this good Lorde deyed on whoo 's soule god haue mercy Amen ¶ And than this menye came home ayen into Englonde with the Erles body and was buryed amonges hys auÌ„cestres ryght worthely ¶ And in the same yere was a grete frost in Englond that dured .xv. wekes longe ¶ And in the .x. yere of kynge Henryes regne the fourthe came the Soneschall of Henaude with other menye in Englonde to seke auentures and to gete hym worshyp in dedes of armes bothe on horsback and on foot att all maner poyntes of warâ—e ¶ And the seneschal chalenged the erle of Somerset and the erle delyuered hym full manfully of all his chalenges and put his aduersary vnto the worst in all poyntes and waÌ„ne hym there grete worshyp and the degre of the felde And on the next day after came into the felde an other man of armes of Seneschals partye And ayenst hym came syr Rycharde of Arundell knyght the Henaude had the better of hym on foot in on poynte for he brought hym on his knees And on the thyrde daye come in an other man of armer in to the felde and ayenst hym trere came syr IohnÌ„ Corne waylle knyghte and manly and knyghtly he quyte hym in all manes poyntes ayenste his aduersary and had the better in the felde And on the fourth daye came a nother man of armes of Henaude in to the felde and ayenste hym came syr IohnÌ„ Chaynes sone and manly
London and euery good towne of Englonde sent ouer the see to his rescowe certayne peple well arayed of the beste and chosen men for the warre ¶ And the seconde daye of August the forsayd duke of gloucestre aryued at Calays wyth all his army .v. hondred shyppes moo ¶ And the duke of Burgoyne all his hoost that laye in the syege as soone as they aspyed the sayles in the see before they approched Calays haueÌ„ sodaynly in a mornynge departed frome the syege leuynge behynde hym moche stuff and vytayle fledde in to Flaundres and Pycardye And in lykewyse dyde the syege that laye befor Guyâ—es where as they of Gwenes toke gregonne of brasse called Dygâ—on many other grete gonnes serpentes And than whan the duke of Gloucere was aryued wyth hys host He wente in to Flaunders there he was .xii. dayes dyde bute lytell harme excepte that he brente two fayre vyllages Poperynge Bell other houses whyche were of no stronge buyldynge so he retorned home ayen· ¶ And thys same yere the kyng of Scotlonde besyeged Rokesburgh with moche people But syr Raufe graye departed froÌ„ the castell ordeyned for a rescowe But as soone as the kynge of ScotloÌ„de vnderstode hys departynge sodaynly he brake his syege weÌ„te his waye lefte moche ordinaunce behynde hym where he gate hym no worshyp· This same yere the seconde daye of Ianyuer quene Katheryne the whiche was the kinges moder and wyf to kynge HeÌ„ry the fyfte deiÌ„ed departed out of this wolde was brouht ryally thrugh LondoÌ„ soo to westmÌ„ there she lyeth worshypfully buryed in oure ladyes chapel ¶ And also this same yere the fourth day of Ianyuer felle downe the gate wyth the tour on it on LondoÌ„ brydge to warde South warde with two arches al the stone theron ¶ This same yere was a greate treate holdeÌ„ bitwene Grauenynge Calays bytwene the kyng the duke of Burgoyne where was iÌ„ the kynges name the Cardynall of Englonde the duke of Norfolke and many other lordes for the duke of Burgoyne was the duchesse hauynge fulle power of hyr lorde as regnette and lady of hys londes where was taken by thaduyse of bothe partyes an abstynence of warre for a certayn tyme in the name of the duchesse and not of the duke by cause he had gone frome his othe and legaunce that he had made to kynge Henry the fyfte therfore the kynge neuer wolde wryte ne appoynt ne haue to doo with hym after but all in the duchesse name ¶ Also thys same yere quene Iane deyed the seconde day of Iule whiche had ben wyfe to Kynge Henry the fourthe and was caryed frome Bermondsey to Caunterbury where she lyeth buryed by kynge Henry her husbonde This same yere deyed all the Lyons in the toure of London the whiche had not ben seen many yeres before ¶ Howe Owen a squyre of wales that had wedded quene Katheryne was arested and of the scisme bytwene Eugenie Felix IN the .xv. yere of kynge Henry the sixth deyed Sygysmondus Emperour of Almayne and knyght of the garter whos termeÌ„te the kynge kepte at saynt Poules in London tyally where was made a ryall heerse and the Kynge in his astate cladde in blewe was atte euen at dyryge on the morne at masse c. And after hym was electe and chosen Albert duke of Osteryk whiche had wedded Sygysmondus doughter for to be Emperour This man was takeÌ„ receyued to be Kynge of Beme and Vngary by cause of his wyf that was Sygysmondus doughter whiche left none other heyre after hym This Alberte was Emperoure but one yere for he was poysened so deyed some saythe that he deyed of flix but he was a vertuous maÌ„ pytefull moche that all the peple the knew hym sayd that the world was not worthy to hauy his presence ¶ This same yere one OweÌ„ a squyre of wales a meÌ„ of low byrth whyche had many a day befor secretly wedded quene Kateryn had by hyr .iii. sones â— one doughter he was takeÌ„ coÌ„mauÌ„ded to Newgate to prysoÌ„ by my lord of Gloucestre protectour of the reame And this yere he brake the prysoÌ„ by the meane of a preest that was his chapelayn after was takeÌ„ ayeÌ„ by my lorde BomoÌ„de brought ayeÌ„ to Newgate afterwarde deliuered at large And one of his sones afterwarde was maâ—e erle of RychemoÌ„de an othâ—r erle of PeÌ„broke the thyrde a moÌ„ke of westmÌ„ whiche moÌ„ke dâ—yed sone after ¶ This same yere also on Newe yeres daye at Bernardes Castell fell downe a stake of wode sodaynly at after none and slewe thre meÌ„ myschyfly foule hurte other ¶ And at Bedforde on a shyresdai were xviii meÌ„ murdred without stroke by fallynge downe a stayr as they come out of the comune â—alle and manifoule hurte ¶ In the .xviii yere syr Rycharde BeauchaÌ„p the good erle of warwyke deyed atte Rone he beynge the tyme lyuetenate of the kiÌ„ge in Normandye and frome thens his body was brought to warwyke where he lyeth worshypfully in a newe chappel on the south syde of the quere ¶ And also this yere was a grete derth of corne thrughout all Englonde for a bussell of where was worth xl pens in many places of Englonde ¶ And yet they myght not haue ynoughe wherfore Steuen Browne that tyme Mayre of LondoÌ„ sente into pruce and broughte to London certayn shyppes laden wyth rye whiche dyd moche good to the poore people For corne was soo scarse in Englonde that in some places of Englonde poore people made them brede of fern rotes ¶ This yere the generall couÌ„seyll of Basylyde posed Eugeny they chose Felix whiche was duke of sauoy than began the scysme whiche endured vnto the yere of our lorde M. CCCC.xlvii ¶ This felix was a deuoute prynce sawe his sones sone And after lyued an holy lyfe and was chosen pope of the couÌ„seyll of Bysyle Eugeny deposed And so the scysme was longe tyme. thys Felyx had but lyttll obedience by cause of the naturalyte for the moost parte wel nyghe al crystendome obeyed and reputed Eugeny for very pope of theym bothe gor bothe occupyed duryng the lyf of Eugeny This same yere syr Rychard whyche was vycarye of Hermettelworth was degrated of his preesthode at Poules brent at toure hylle as for an heretike on saynt Botulphus daye how well att his deche he deyed a good Crysten man wherfore after his dethe moche people come to the place where he was breÌ„te and offred and made an hepe of stones set vp a crosse of tree helde him for a saynt tyll the Mayre shreues by the kyngê coÌ„maundement of bysshappes dystroyed it made there a douÌ„ge hylle ¶ And also this yere the shreues of London set out of saint Martins the graunte of the sent wary fyue ê‘sones whyche after warde were restored ayen to the sentwary by the kynges
Iustices ¶ And after Alberte the thyrd Frederyk was chosen Emperoure â–ª This frederyk duke of Osteryk was loÌ„ge Emperour dyfferred to be crowned at Rome by cause of the scysme but after that vnyte was had he was crowned wyth the Imperyall dyademe wyth grete glorye and tryumphe of pope Nycholas the iiii This was a peasyble man quyete and of synguler pacience not hatyngethe chryche he wedded the kynges doughter of portyngale ¶ How the duchesse of Gloucestre was arested for trason coÌ„mytted to perpetuall pryson in the yle of Man of the dethe of mayster Roger Bolyngbrok IN this same yere Elynoure Cobham duchesse of Gloucestre was arested for certayne poyntes of treason layde ayen hir whervpon she was examynde in Saynt Stephens Chapell att westmÌ„ afore the Arche bysshop of Caunterbury And there she was enioyned to do open penaunce to go thrughe the Chepe beryng a taper in hir hande after to perpetuall pryson in the yle of Man vnder the kepyng of syr thomas stanley Also that same tyme was arested mayster Thomas southwell a chanoÌ„ of westmÌ„ mayster IohnÌ„ haue a chapelayne off the sayd lady mayster Robert bolyngbroke a clerke vsyng Nygromancye and one Margery iouroemayn called the which of Eye belyde westmÌ„ there were arested as for beynge of conÌ„seyl with the sayde duchesse of Gloucestre and for mayster Thomas suthwel deyed in the tour the nyght before he sholde haue be reyned on the morowe for he hymself sayd that he sholde deye in his bedde not by Iustyces ¶ And in the .xx. yere mayster IohnÌ„ hume mayster Roger bolyngbrok were brought to the gylde halle in LondoÌ„ there before the Mayre the lordes chyef of Englonde were reyned daÌ„pned bothe to be draweÌ„ hanged quartred but mayster IohnÌ„ hume had his charter by the kyng but mayster Roger was drawen to tyburn where he coÌ„fessed that he deyed gyltles of this mater neuer hadde trespaced in that he deyed fore Notwithstondyng he was haÌ„ged heded quartred whos soule god haue mercy AmeÌ„ ¶ And margere iurdemayn was brent in smythfylde also this yere was a greate fraye in london iÌ„ flete strete by nyghte tyme bytwene meÌ„ of courte and men of london And dyuerse meÌ„ slayne and some hurte And one Herbotel was the chyef canser of the mysgouernauÌ„ce affraye ¶ Also this yere at the chesynge of the mayre of londoÌ„ the comeÌ„s named Robert Clopton and Raulyn Holande talyor and the aldermeÌ„ toke Robert clopton and brought hym att the ryght hande of the Mayre as custome is And than certayn talyourâ— and other hâ—de craftes men cryed nay nay not thys man but Raulyn holande wherfore the Mayre that was Padyslye sente theym that so cryed to Newgate where they abode a grete whyle were punysshed· ¶ In this yere were dyuerse enbassatours sente in to Guyon fro a maryage for the kynge for the Erles doughter of Armynake that whiche was concluded but by the meane of the erle of Suffolke it was lette put a parte· ¶ And after this the sayd erle of Suffolke wente hem self ouersee in Fraunce and there he trated the marynge bytwene the kinge of Englonde and the kynges doughter of Cycyle and of Iherusalem And the nexte yere yt was concluded fully that maryage by whiche maryage the kynge sholde delyuer to hir fader the duke of Angeo and the erldome of MayneÌ„ whiche was the keye of Normandye TheÌ„ne departed the erle of Suffolke wyth his wyfeÌ„ dyuerse lordes and knyghtes in the moste ryal astate that myght be oute of Englonde wyth newe chares palfreys whiche wente thrugh the chepe and so wente ouer the see and receyued hir and than after in the lenten broughte hyr vnto Hamton where she laÌ„ded there was ryally receyued ¶ And vpoÌ„ Candelmas euen before by a grete teÌ„peste of thondre lyghenynge at after none Poules styple was set on fyre on the mydddes of the shaft in the tymbre whyche was quenched by force of laboure And specially by the morowe masse preeste of the Bowe in chepe whyche was thought impossyble sauf only the grace of god ¶ This yere was the erle of Stafforde made create Duke of Bukynghm therle of werwykd of warwyk the erle of Dorset markys of Dorset the erle was made Markê of Soffolk ¶ How kynge HeÌ„ry wedded quene Margarete of her coronacyon THis yere kinge henry maryed at Suthwyk quene Margarete she came to loÌ„don the .xxviii. day of may And by the waye al the lordes of EngloÌ„de receyued hyr worshypfully in dyuerse places And iÌ„ especiall duke of Gloucestre on the Blacke heth the Mayre with all the aldermeÌ„ all the craftes in blewe gownes broudred wyth the deuyse of hys crafte that they myght be knowen met with hyr with redde hodes brought her to londoÌ„ where were dyuerse pageÌ„ris countenauÌ„ce of dyuerse hystoryes shewed in dyuers places of the Cytie costely ¶ And the xxx daye of May. the forsayd quene was crowned at westmÌ„ ther was Iustes thre dayes durynge wythin the Sayntwary before the abbaye ¶ This yere the pryour of Kylmain apeled therle of Vrmonde of treason whyche had a daye to theym assygued for to fyght in Smythfelde And the lystes were made the felde dressed But whaÌ„ it came to poynt the king coÌ„maunded that they sholde not fyghte but toke the quarell in to his honde And this was done at the InstaÌ„ce labours of certayne prechers doctours of loÌ„don as mayster Gylbert worthyngton persone of saynt Andrewes in Holbron other ¶ Also this yere came a grete embassate in to Englonde out of frauÌ„ce for to haue coÌ„cluded a perpetual peas but in coÌ„clusyon it torned in to trewes for a yere ¶ Aboute this time dyed saynt Bernardyne a gray frere whiche began the newe reformacyoÌ„ of the ordre in many places in so moche that they that were reformed beÌ„ called ObseruauÌ„tes â–ª whyche obseruauntes been gretly encreaced in Italy in almayn this Bernardyn was canonysed by pope Nycholas the .v. in the yere of our lorde MCCCC l ¶ IohaÌ„nes de Capristrano was his dysciple whiche profyted moche to the reformacion of that ordre for god hathe shewed many a fayre myracle ¶ Also here is to be noted that frome this tyme forwarde kynge HeÌ„ry neuer profyted ne wente forwarde but fortune begaÌ„ to torne frome hym on all sydes as well in fraunce Normandye Guyon as in Englonde soÌ„ men holden oppynyon that kynge Henry gaue commyssyon preuarly to Syr Edwarde Hull syr Robert Roos Deane of Saynt Senerynes and other to coÌ„clude a maryage for hym with the Erle of Armynakes syster whiche was promysed as it was sayde and coÌ„cluded and after broken and he wedded quene Margarete as afore is sayde and a full dere maryage for the reame of Englonde for it was knowe verely that for to haue hyr delyuerde was the duchy of Angeo the erldom of Mayn whiche was the keye of Normandye
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
wryten it amon the Gentyle storyes whome the plage of god stroke tylle they repented Thys kynge sende vnto Eleazar the bysshop to sende to hym lerned men The whyche he dyde gladly Vide plura in mgroÌ„ histo ¶ Anno mundi .iiii. M.ix C.lix Et ante xpÌ„i natiuitateÌ„ .ii. C.xl. ELyud of the lyne of cryst gate Eleazar as it is open iÌ„ Mathe. io. more in scrypture is not hadde of hym ¶ Omias bysshop was soÌ„e to Symon simoÌ„ was bisshop after hiÌ„ the whiche was a very relygyous man He refourmed the Temple of god in to better and enceraced the cyte of Ierusalem with mani other good thynges ¶ Sempronius Appius Claudius Gueus Gaius Artilius Rgulus Emelius Fabius thys tyme were Senatours at Rome Thys Sempronius fought ayenst the countre of Picentes and almoost the chyualry on both the partyes were slayne excepte a fewe Romayns were lefte a lyue subdued the couÌ„tree Appius Claudiê° subdued Siracusanas the couÌ„tree of Penos put grete trybute to theÌ„ Atilê° Regulê° a noble senatour ouer came thre Kynges .lxxiii. cytees he subdued a dragoÌ„ of a C.xv. foot he kylled After warde whan he was ouer cruell ayenst his enmyes denyenge to yeue them peas but yf they wolde paye a myght trybute they almoost beynge in dyspayr fought ayenst hym ouercame hym his hoste toke hym neuerthelesse yet they wolde fayne haue had peas but thys moost faythful man had leuer dye in paynes grete than to yeue rest and peas to cursyd peple His louynge gretly saynt Austyn exalteth ¶ Emelius Fabiê° and Gaiê° wolde haue delyuerde Regulus but they opteyned not ¶ Ptholomias Euer gites this tyme was kinge of Egypt a victoryous prynce and a myghty This man subdued Siriam CiriliaÌ„ and the moost parte of Asie tooke ther goodes brought them in to hys couÌ„tree Ptholomeus Philopater sone to Euergites regned in Egypte .xvii. yere This man fought ayenst two brethern SeneleuÌ„ grete AntiochuÌ„ he prostrated many a thousaÌ„de but neuertheles he preuayled not Vide plura in IoheÌ„ suê‘ Danielis ¶ Hanyball the moost cursed kynge of Penorum of Affricanorum myghtely hoted the Romayns for he destroyed them almoost to the vttermest ende nyghe the cytee of Rome he destroyed And soo many noble men of Rome he slewe at one time that thre bussheles ful of golde rynges he drewe offyngers Also iÌ„ a certayne water of the slayne bodyes of these Romayns he made as it were a brydge that his host myght passe And at the laste Cipio the noble senatur direckid his host to hym scoÌ„fyted hym and almoost Cipioes hoste of Romayns was slayne ¶ Lucaciê° consull Simproniê° Valerius Fulnius Lutinê° staius Cipio ruled at Rome this tyme the Romayns had peas one yere alone it was take for a myracle thaâ— they had rest so long For afore this tyme in .iiii. C. .xl. yere the Romayns had neuer rest These Consules whan the yere was done gadred all the strengthe of ytaly they had in theyr host .viii. M. armed men for drede of the Frensshmen whom they dradde strongly after warde the Romayns subdued them ¶ Epiphanes the sone Philopater regned in Egypte .xxiiii. yere Cleopatra doughter to grete Antiochus was his wyf· ¶ Antrochê° magnus thys tyme regned in Syrâ—y the whiche dyde moche myschyef to the Iewes vt pêª Mathe ¶ Onias this tyme was bysshop in IerusaleÌ„ This Onias for the tyranny of Antiochus fledde with many Iewes in to Egypte feynynge hym to fulfyll the prophecye ysaie .xix. that is to wyte To builde the Temple But iÌ„ that he sinÌ„ed for he sayd otherwyse than he thought The kynge of Egypte gracyously receyued hym gaf hym the londe of Helipolees there he buylded his Temple ¶ Somon his sone was bysshop at Ierusalem after that his fader was fledde ¶ Circa annuÌ„ mundi .v. M.xxxiiii Et ante xpÌ„i natiuitatem C.lxv. ELeazar of the lyne of cryst was aboute this tyme. Of hym no thyng wryten in scrypture but that Mathe nombreth hiÌ„ vt pêª pri o ¶ Onias Pius was to the bysshop thys tyme an holy man well beloued with god man And not alonely with good men but euyl men also At the last vnryght wysly was slayne of Adronito vt pêª .ii. machabeorum ¶ Paulus Tereneius Scipio Affricanus these were Senatours at rome These two erected an hoste ayenst Hanybaâ—l there almost the Romayns hope dyed· For there was slayne xlâ—iii M. Romayns And this noble Scipio affricanus brought ayen the state of the Romayns people the whyche stode in a distpayre euer to haue recouered For he fought with Hanybal manly dyscoÌ„fyted hym All Spayne â—e ouer came All Affrica he subdued greâ— Antiochus he brought to be his seruaunt All Asie he made trybutary to the Romayns this man so noble so victoryus by his owne vnkynde couÌ„tree was outlawde there he deyed ¶ Philometor the sone Epiphanes of Cleopatra regned in Egypt .xxxv. yere This kyng yeâ— a childe noble Antiochê° gretly oppressyd with many dysceytes but the Romaynes sent Legates the whiche coÌ„mauÌ„ded Antiochus that he shold cesse of his tyranny ayenst him And Marcus Publius made a cercle to Antiochus thus saynge The Senatours of rome the peple coÌ„mauÌ„de that that thou go not out of thys cercle â—yl thou haue answered to this mater This Antiochê° seynge that he myght not contynueâ—hâ— tyranny sayd yf it be thus coÌ„mauÌ„ded me of the Senatours Romayns peple I muste nedes tourne ayeÌ„ so wood aÌ„gry he was that he lost the sege of Alexandre tourned to the poore releues of the Iewes vengynge hym vpon them by cause he myghte not venge hym on a more myghtyer people vt pêª iii li o Machabeorum .ii. MAthachias an holy man and of all louynge moost worthy hated in hys herte the conuersecyon of all synners alonly trustynge in our lord god of Israell vt pêª primo macha ii And thys man had .v. sones of the same loue vnto god Thys man was not byshop in Israell but his thre sones were ¶ Iudas Machabeus was bysshop .iii. yere he was sone to Mathathias This Machabeus was the moost named man that euer was iÌ„ Israell the whiche had neuer none lyke hym afore ne after He was in batayll a myghty man offred hym to deye a martyr for the lawes of god ¶ Ionatas his brother succeded him .xix yere The whyche grewe in vertue and gouerned stode stedfaste in the lawes of god after falsely was slayne of Cryphone two of his sones Plura vide Iuda et freÌ„m eiê° li. macha Antiochus Epiphanes sone to Antiochê° the myghty this tyme was kynge of Syrry This man from the heed vnto the feet within without all was cursed And therfore he was fygured to Antecryst Many martyrs cruelly he made falsely he dyspose hym to entre in to Egypt as his fader dyde but he opteyned not for the Romayns letted hym
in to batayll and the other for to abyde att wynchestre in the bysshop chyrche And for that cause he was called euer after vter Pendragon ¶ And Octa that was Engistes sone coÌ„mended vter but lytell that was made newe kynge And ayenste hym began to meue warre And ordeyned a grete power of his freÌ„des of hys kynne and of Ossa hys brother \ and had taken all the londe from Humbre vnto yorke But those of yorke helde strongely agaynst them and wolde not suffre them to come in to the cytee neyther to yelde the cytee to them And he besyeged the towne anone ryght and yaue therto a stronge assawte But they of the cyte them kept well strongely ¶ And whan vter herd therof he came thyther wyth a grete stronge power for to helpe rescowe the towne put a way the syege yaue a stronge batayll And Octa his company them defended as well as they myght But at the laste they were dyscoÌ„fyted the most partye of theÌ„ slayne And. Octa and. Ossa were taken put in pryson at London ¶ And vter hymfelf dwelled a whyle atte yorke and after he wente to London And at the Eester after he wold vere crowne holde a solempne feest And lette somone all his Erle and Barons that they sholde come to that feest And all those that hadde wyues sholde brynge them also to that feest And all the seygnoury came at the kynges coÌ„maundemente as they were commaunded ¶ The feest was rychely arayed and holden And all worthely sette to meete after that they were of astate Soo that the· Erle Gorloys of Cornewaylle and. Igreyne his wyf sate nexte vnto the kynge And whan the kyng sawe the fayrnesse of that lady and the beaute that she had He was anone rauysshed for her beaute and often he made to her nyce countenaunce in lokynge and laughynge So at the laste the Erle perceyued the preuy lokynge and laughynge and the loue bytwene them And roso vp from the table in wrathe and toke his wyf â—nd called to hym hys knyghtes and wente thens wrath wythout takynge leue of the kynge ¶ The kynge anone sente after hym that he sholde come agayne and goo not thens in dyspyte of hym And the erle wolde not come agayne in no maner of wyse ¶ wherfore the kynge was wrothe and in wrathe hym defyed as his deedly enmye ¶ And the erle wente thens in to Cornewaylle with his wyfe in the castell of Tyntagyll ¶ And the kynge lete ordeyne a grete host and came in to Cornewaylle for to destroye the erle yf that he myghte But he hadde put hym in suche a castell that was stronge and welle arayed called Tyntagyll and wollde not yelde hym to the kynge ¶ And the kynge anone besyeged the called there dwelled .xv. dayes that neuer myghte spede and euer he thought vppon Igreyne vpon her layde so moche loue That he wyste not what to doo ¶ So at the laste he called to hym a knyght that was called vlfin that was preuy wyth hym and tolde hym all hys counseyll and axed hym whaâ— was best for to done ¶ Syr sayde he sende after Merlyn anone for he came telle you the beste counseyll of ony man lyuynge Merlyn anone was sente after came to the kynge And the kynge tolde hym all his counseyll and his wyll Syr sayd Merlyn I shall doo so moche thrugh crafte that I can that I shalle make you come to nyght 〈◊〉 the castell of Tyntagyll shall haue all yoâ— wyll of that lady How vter begate on Igreyne that â—as the Erles wyf of Cornewaylle Arthur MErlyn thrugh craft that he co◠〈…〉 the kynges fygure in◠〈…〉 of the Erle and Vlfin Garlois 〈…〉 in to the fygure of Iorda◠〈…〉 erles chambrelayne so that ec◠〈…〉 transfygured in to others lyke◠〈…〉 Merlyn had soo done he sayde 〈…〉 Syr sayd he now ye may goo◠〈…〉 castell of Tyntagyll axe ene◠〈…〉 your wyll The kynge toke pry◠〈…〉 to gouerne and lede to a knyght that he moche loued tooke his waye towarde the castell with hym toke Vlfin his Chambrelayne and Merlyn whan they came thyder the porter demyd it had ben hys owne lorde And whan tyme came for to go to bedde the kynge went to bedde with Igreyne the erles wyf and dyde with her alle his wyll And begate vpon her a sone that was called Arthur And vppon the more we the kynge tooke his leue of the lady wente ayen to hys hoste And the same nyghte that the kynge laye by Igreyne in bedde that was the erles wyf the kynges men gaaf a grete assawte vnto the castell And the erle hys men manly them defended But at the laste it befell so that in the same assawte the erle hym self was slayne the castell taken ¶ And the kynge anone torned againe to Tyntagill and spowsed I greyne with moche honour made her quene ¶ And soone after tyme came that she sholde be lyuered bare a chylde a sonne that was called Arthur after gate on her a doughter that was called Amya â–ª And whan she came to aege a noble Baron that was lorde of Lyons weded her ¶ whan Vter longe tyme had regned ther came vpon hym a grete sykenesse as it were a sorowe ¶ And in the meane tyme those that had to kepe Octa that was Engistes sone Ossa his brother that thenÌ„e were in pryson they lete them go for grete yeftes that they them yaue went wyth theÌ„ And whan tho two brethern were escaped were in to theyr owne countree agayne Thenne they ordeynede them a gret power of folke and began for to warre ayen vpon the kynge ¶ How kyng Vter those A loth to kepe the londe of Brytayne whyle that he was seke for as moche as he might not for his syknesse ANd for as moche as kynge Vter was syke myght not helpe hym self he orâ— Aloth sone of Eleyne that tho was cho◠〈◊〉 to be wardeyne and chyeftayne of alle 〈…〉 And soo he anone and all hys Bryâ—â—mbled a grete hoste yaue bataylle to 〈…〉 his folke but Octa at the last was 〈◊〉 ¶ It befell thus after warde 〈…〉 â—â—ytons had dedignacion of Aloth 〈…〉 â—othe to hym attendauÌ„t wherfore 〈…〉 â—as anoyed wonder sore lete put 〈…〉 in the hoste amonges his folke 〈…〉 â—de hym to Vereloyne that tho was a fayre cyte there that saynt Albon was martred And after was the cytee destroyed wyth paynems thrugh warre· thyther they hadde sente Octauian and. Ossa ther people And entered in to the towne and lete make sure the yates there they helde them And the kynge came them besyeged made a stroÌ„ge assawte but the that were within manly theym deffended ¶ The kyng lete ordeyne his gunnes and his engynes for to breke the walles the walles were soo stronge that no man myghte them mysdo ¶ Octa his
in botes and barges ¶ ye haue well vnderstonde before how that contrary to the promyse of the kyng also the conclusyons take bytwene the kynge the duke of yorke att Brentheth the duke of Somerset went not to warde but abode about the kynge had grete rule And anone after he was made Capytayne of Calays ruled the kyng his reame as he wolde wherfore the grete lordes of the reame also the comyns were not pleased For whyche cause the duke of yorke the erle of warwyke the erle of Salysbury with many knyghtes and squyres and moche other people came to remeue the sayde duke of Somerset and other fro the kynge And the kyng herynge of theyr comynge thoughte by hys couÌ„seyll for to haue gone westwarde not for to haue mette with them And had with hym the duke of Somerset the duke of Bokyngham the erle of Stafforde the erle of Northumberlonde \ the lorde Clyfforde many other ¶ And what tyme that the duke of yorke and his felyshyppe vnderstonde that the kyng was departed wyth the lordes from London anone he chaunged hys way costed the couÌ„tre and came to saynt Albons the .xxiii. daye of May. there mette with the kyng to whom the kyng sent certayne lordes desyred them to kepe the peas and departe But in conclusyon whyâ—e they treated on that one syde the erle of warwyk with the Marche men other entred in to the twone on that other syde and fought ayenst the kynge and his party and so began the batayll and fyghtinge whiche endured a greate whyle But in conclusyon the duke of yorke obteyned and had the vyctory of the Iourneye In whyche was slayne the duke of Somerset the erle of Northumberlonde the lorde Clyfforde and many kynghtes and squyres and many moo hurte And on the morne after they brought the kynge in grete astate to London whyche was lodged in the bysshops palays of London And anone after was a grete parlemeÌ„t at London in whiche parlement the duke of yerke was made protectour of EngloÌ„de the erle of warwyk Capytayne of Calays the erle of Salysbury Chaunceler of Englonde And all suche persones as had the rule before aboute the kynge were set a parte and myght not rule as they dyd before ¶ And this same yere deyed pope Nycholas the fyfte after hym was Calixt the thyrde This Calixt was a Catalane the actes of hym shal be shewed here after folowynge· ¶ In this same yere fell a grete affraye in LoÌ„don ayeÌ„st the LuÌ„bardes the cause begaÌ„ bycause a yonge man toke a dager frome a LuÌ„barde brake it wherfore the yoÌ„ge maÌ„ on the morne was seÌ„te fore to come before the Mayer the aldermeÌ„ there for offeÌ„ce He was coÌ„mytted to warde And theÌ„ne the mayer departed fro the yelde halle for to goo home to his dyner But in Chepe the yonge meÌ„ Mercerye for the moost partye prentyses helde the Mayre the Shyrefs styl in Chepe And wolde not suffre theym to departe vnto the tyme that theyr felowe whyche was commytted to warde were delyuered and so by force they rescowed theyr felowe from pryson And that done the Mayre departed and the Shrefes also and the prysoner deliuered whiche yf he had be put to pryson He had be in Ieoperdye of his lyfe And thene began a rumoure in the cyte ayenst the LoÌ„bardes And the same euenynge the hond crafty men of the towne arose and raÌ„ne to the Lumbardes houses and dyspoyled and robbed dyuers of them wherfore the Mayre and the Aldermen came with the honest people of the cyte And droue them thens and sente some of theym that had stolen to Newgate ¶ And the yonge man was rescowed by his felowes sawe this greate rumoure affraye robbed ensewed of hys fyrste meuynge to the Lumbarde departyd and wente to westmynster to saynt wary Or elles it hadde coste hym hys lyfe For anone after came downe an Oyer determyne for to do Iustyce on all theym that so rebelled in the Cytee ayenste the Lumbardes On whyche satte wyth the Mayre that tyme wyllyam Marowe the duke of Bokyngham And many other lordes to se execucyon done But the comynes of the Cytee secretely made them redy and dyde arme them in theyr howses and were in purpoos to haue rongen the comyne belle whiche is called bowe belle but they lete by syde men whiche came to the knowlege of the duke of Bokyngham and other lordes ¶ And in contynente they arose for they durste noo lenger abyde for they dowted that the hole Cyte sholde haue rysen ayenst theym But yet neuerthels two or thre of the cyte were Iuged to dethe for this robbery were hangyd at Tyborne ¶ And anone after the kynge the quene other lordes rode to CoueÌ„tre and withdrewe theym fro London for this cause And a lytyll before the duke of yorke was sent for to grenewych And there was dyschargyd of the protectourshyppe And the erle of Salysbury of his ChauÌ„chelershyppe And after thys they were sente fore by preuy seale for to come to CoueÌ„tre where they were almoost disceyued the Erle of warwyke also and shold haue ben dystroyed yf they had not seen well to ¶ How the lorde EgremoÌ„de was take by the Erle of Salysbury soÌ„es of the robbynge of Sandwytche THis yere were taken four grete fysshes bytwene Ereth london that one was called Mors Maryne the seconde was a swerde fysshe the other two were whalys In this same yere for certayne affrayes done iÌ„ the northe couÌ„tre bytwene lord EgremoÌ„de the erle of Salysbury sones the sayd lord Egremond whoÌ„ they had coÌ„dempned in a grete somÌ„e of money to the sayd Erle of Salysbury therfore he was coÌ„mytted into pryson in Newegate in London where whan he had be a certayne space he brake the pryson thre prysoners with hym escaped weÌ„t his waye Also this yere the erle of warwyk his wyf weÌ„t to Calays with a fayre felisshyp toke possessyon of his offyce about this tyme was grete reformacoÌ„n of many monesteryes of relygyoÌ„ in dyuerse partyes of the worlde wiche were refourmed after the fyrst Instytutycyon and coÌ„tynued in many places ¶ This same yere was a greate batayll in the Marches bytwene the londe of HuÌ„gry Turkey at a place is called Septedrad where Innumerable Turkes were slayne more bi myracle thanÌ„e by maÌ„nes honde for oonly the honde of god smote theym saynt Iohan of Capystrane was there preseÌ„ce prouokyd the cristeÌ„ people beynge theÌ„ne aferde for to pursue after the Turkys where an Infynyte multytude were slayne dystryed the Turkys sayd that a grete noÌ„bre of armyd meÌ„ folowed theÌ„ that they were aferde to turne ayen they were holy angelles This same yere the prysoners of Newgate in LondoÌ„ brake theyr pryson went vpon the sedes and fought ayeÌ„st theym of the Cytee kepe the gate a longe whyle But att
the laste the towne gate the pryson be theym And thenÌ„e they were sore punysshed in ensample of other ¶ In this yere also there was a grete erthquake in Naples in so moche that there perysshed .xl. thousande people that sanke there in to the erthe ¶ Also in the .xxxvi. yere saynt Osmonde soÌ„tyme bysshop of Salysbury was canonysed att Rome by pope Calyst the .x daye of Iuly he was translated at Salysbury by the bisshop of CauÌ„terbury many other bysshoppes ¶ And in August after syr Pers de brasay seneschal of normaÌ„dye with the Capytayne of Depe many other Capytayns and meÌ„ of werre went to thee see with a greate Nauy and into the downes by nyght And on the more erly before day they londed at Sandwytche bothe bi loÌ„de and water and toke the towne and ryfled dispoyled it And toke many prysoners and lefte the towne all bare whyche was a ryche place and moche good therin And ladde wyth them many ryche prysoners In this same yere in many places of Fraunce Almayne Flaunders Holonde and zeelonde chyldren gadred theym togyder by greate companyes For to goo on pylgrymage to saynt Myghels mouÌ„te in NormaÌ„dye whiche came fro ferre couÌ„trees wherof the people merueyled And many supposed that some wyckyd spyryte meued them to doo so but it dured not longe by cause of the longe waye and also for lac of vytaylle as they wente ¶ In this yere Reynolde Pecok bysshop of Chestre was founde an herytyke and the thyrde day of Decembre was enduâ—ed at Lambeth in presence of the Archebysshop of Caunterbury and many other bysshoppes doctours lordes temporall and hâ—s bokes brent att Poules crosse ¶ And ye haue herde before how certayne lordes were slayne atte Saynt Albons wherfore was alwaye a grutchynge wrath hadde by the heyres of them that soo were slayne ayenst the duke of yorke the Erles of waâ—wyk and of Salysbury wherfore the kyng by the aduys of his counseyll sente for theym vnto London to whyche place the duke of yorke came the .xxvi. daye of Ianueri with four honderd men and lodged hym atte Baynerdes castell in hys owne place ¶ And the .iv. daye of Ianuer came the erle of Salysbury with fyue hundred men and was lodged in therber of his owne place ¶ And thenÌ„e came the duke of Excetre and of Somerset with .viii. C. men and laye withoute temple barre ¶ And the erle of Northumberlonde and the lorde Egremonde the lorde Clyfforde wyth .xv. hundred men lodged without the towne ¶ And the Mayer that tyme Geffraye Boloyne kept grete watche with the comyns of the cyte rode about the cytee by Holborne and Fletestrete with a .v. thousand men well arayed and armyd for to kepe the peas ¶ And the .xiiii. daye of Feuerer the erle of warwyke came to London fro Calays well beseen and worshypfully with .v hundred men In red Iakettes broudred wyth a ragged staffe behynde before and was lodged at the graye freres ¶ And the .xv. daye of Marche the kynge came to London and the quene And ther was accorded and peas made amonge the lordes and they were sette in peas And on our lady daye the xxv daye of Marche in the yere of oure lorde M. CCCC.lviii· the kynge the quene all the lordes went on processyon at Poules in London anone after the kyng the lordes departed in this yere was a grete fraye in Fletstrete bytwene meÌ„ of courte men of the same strete In whyche fayre the quenes Attourney was slayne ¶ Howe the kynges housholde made a fraye ayenste the Erle of warwyke and of the Iourneye at bloreheth ALso this same yere as the Erle of warwyk was at counseyll at westmynster alle the kynges housholde meny gadred them togyder for to haue slayne the sayde erle But by the helpe of god his frendes he recouered his barge and escapyd theyr euyll enterpryse how well the cokes came rennynge oute wyth spytes and pestels ayneh hym And the same daye he rode to wardes werwyk and soone after he gate hym a commyssyon and went ouer the see to warde Calays ¶ Soone after thys therle of Salysbury comynge to LoÌ„don was encouÌ„tred at Bloreheth which the lord Audley And moche other people ordeyned to dystroy hym But he hauynge knowlege that he shold be met wyth was accoÌ„panyed with hys two sones syr Thomas syr IohnÌ„ Neuell a grete felyshyp of goodmen And so they faught togyder where the erle of Salysbury wanne the felde And the lorde Audley was slayne many gentylmen of Chesshyre moche people hurt And the erles two sones were hurte goynge homewarde afterwarde they were taken and hadde to Chestre by the quenes menye ¶ After Calixt Pius was pope was chase this yere M. CCCC.lvlii· he was callyd before Eneas an eloqueÌ„te man a poete laureate He was embassatour of the Emperours before tyme. And he wrote in the couÌ„seyl of Basyle a noble treatyse for thactoryte of the same Also he canonysed saynte Katheryne of Senys Thys pope ordeyned grete IndulgeÌ„ce pardonne to theym that wolde go werre ayeÌ„st the Turke wrote a pystle to the greate Turke exhortynge hym to become Crysten And in th end he ordeyned a passage ayeÌ„st the Turke at Ankon to whiche moche people drewe out all partyes of cristeÌ„dome of the whiche people he sente many home ayen by cause they suffyced not anone after he dyed at the sayd AnkoÌ„ the yere of our lord M. CCCC.lxiii the .xiiii. daye of August ¶ How Andrewe Trollop the souldyours of Calays forsoke the duke of yorke theyr mayster therle of warwyk in the weste countre THe duke of yorke the erles of warwyk and of Salysbury sawe the gouernauÌ„ce of the reame stode moost by the quene hyr counseyll how the grete prynces of the londe were not callyd to counseyl but set a parte and not only soo but it was sayd thrugh the reame tho sayd lordes sholde be dystroyed as it openly was shewed at Blorehethe by them that wolde haue slayne the erle of Salysbury Thenne for sauacyon of theyr lyues also for the comynwele of the reame thought for to remedy thyse thynges assembled them togyder with moche people and toke a felde in the west countre to whiche the erle of warwyk came fro Calays with many of the olde Souldeyours as AndreÌ„we Trollop and other in whose wysdome as for the werre he trustyd moche vpon And whan they were thus assembled and made theyr felde the kynge sente out commyssyons preuy seales vnto all the lordes of his reame to come and wayte on hym in theyr moost beste defensable araye And so euery man came in suche wyse that the kynge was stronger and hadde more â–ª peple than the duke of yorke and therles of warwyk of Salysbury for it is here to be notyd that euery lorde in Englonde at this tyme durst not dysobeye the quene so she
and hys heyers kynges after hym \ and forth with sholde be ê“clamed heyre apparauÌ„t and shold also be protector and regence of englonde duryng the kynges lyfe wyth many other thyngê ordeyned in the same parliment and yf kynge Henry durynge hys lyfe wence frome thys poyntement or ony artycle concludyd in the sayd paylyament he sholde be deposed and the duke sholde take the crowne and be kynge all whyche thynges were enacted by thauctoryte of the same at whiche parlyament the comynâ— of the reame beyng assembled in the comyn hons coÌ„mynyng and treatyng vpon the tytle of the forsayd duke of yorke sodenly feldone the crowne whiche henge thenne in the middes of the sayde hous whiche is the frayter of the abbaye of westmÌ„ whiche was takeÌ„ for a prodice or tokeÌ„ that the regne of kynge Henry was endyd ¶ And also the crowne whiche stode on the hyghest toure of the styple in the castel of douer fell downe this same yere ¶ How the duke of yorke was slayne and of the felde of wakefelde of the seconde Iourneye at saynt alboÌ„s by the queneÌ„ the prince BIcause the quene wyth the Prynce her sone was in the northe and absent her fro the kynge and obeyed not suche thyngê concluded in the parlement was ordeyned that the duke of yorke as ê“tector shold go north ward to brynge in the quene subdue suche as wolne not obey wyth whome wente the erle of salysbury Syr Thomas Neuyll hys sone with moche people And at wakefelde in Crystmas weke they were ouerthrowe and slayne by lordes of the quenes party that is to wyte the duke of yorke was slayne the erle of Rotlonde syr Thomas Neuyll and many moo the Eerle of Salysbury was take and other· As Iohan horowe of london capytayne and Ruler of the fotmen and HauÌ„son of hull whiche were brought to pouÌ„fret and there be heeded there heedes sente to yorke sette vpon the yates And thus was the noble prynce slayne the duke off yorke on whos soule god haue Mercy thys tyme therle of Marche beyng in Shorwesbury herynge the deth of his fader desyred ayde of the towne to auenge his faders dethe frothens wente to walys and at Candelmasse after he had a battayll at Martymers Crosse ayenste therle of Penbroke of wylshyre where the erle of marche had the vyctorye Then the quene with those lordes of the north after that they had dystressyd and slayne the duke of yorke and his felysshyp came south warde with a grete multytude of people for too come to the kynge and defecte suche conclusyons as had be take before by the parlyameÌ„t ayenst whos comyng the duke of Northfolke the erle of warwyeke wyth moche people ordynaunce wente to saynt albons ladde kynge Henry wyth theym there encouÌ„tred to gyder in suche wyse and faught so that the duke of Northfolke Th erle of werwyke wyth many other of ther party â—â—edde loste that Iourneye where that kynge HeÌ„ry was takeÌ„ with the quene prynce Edwarde his sone whiche two had got on that felde The quene hyr partye beynge at her aboue seÌ„te anone to LoÌ„don whyche was on an Asshe wenesdaye the fyrst daye of lente for vytayl ¶ For whiche the Mayre ordeyned bi thaduys of the aldermeÌ„ the certen cartes lade wyth vytayll sholde be sente to saynt Albons to theÌ„ whaÌ„ tho cartes came to Crepell yate the comiÌ„s of the Cyte that kept the gate toke the vytayles fro the cartes and wolde not suffre it to passe TheÌ„ne were there certayn AldermeÌ„ comyns apoynted too goo vnto bernet to speke wyth the quenes coÌ„seyll to entreate thou the northren men sholde bee sente home ayen in to theyr contree for the cyte of London drad to be dyspoyled yf they had come And duryng this treatyse tydynges came that the erle of warwyk had met with the Erle of Marche on Cotteswolde comyng oute of walys wyth a greate menye of welsshemeÌ„ and that they bothe were comynge vnto LoÌ„don warde Anone as these tytynges were knowe the tratyse was broke for the kynge Quene Prynce the other lordes that were with theym departed fro saynt AlboÌ„s north ward with al ther people yet or they departed thens they beheeded that lorde Bonuyll Syr Thomas Kryell whiche were takeÌ„ in the Iourney done on shrewe toursdaye ¶ Thenne the Duchesse of yorke beyng at london herynge of the losse of the felde of saynt Albons sente ouersee hyr twoo yonge sones George Rycharde whiche wente to Vtrech and Phylyp malpas a ryche marchauÌ„t of LondoÌ„ Thomas vaghan Squyre mayster wyllyam Haâ—clyf and many other ferynge of the comynge of the quene to London toke a shyp at Anwerpe to haue gone in to zelande on that other coste were taken of one Colompne a Fransshman a shyppe of werre And he toke theym prysoners broughteâ— them in to fraunce where they payed grete good for theyr raunson and there was greate goode rychesse in that shyppe ¶ Of the deposinge of kynge HeÌ„ry the sixte how kynge Edwarde the fourth tooke possessyoÌ„ â–ª and of the batayll on Palm sondaye and how he was crowned THen whan the Erle of warwyke hadde wette to gader on Cotâ—yswolde in contynent they concludyd to go to london and sente worde anone te the Mayre to the Cytie that they wolde come anone the cytie was gladde of theyr comynge hopynge to be releuyd bi theÌ„ so they came too london whaÌ„ they were come had spoke with the lordes estates beynge there coÌ„cluded for as moche as kynge HeÌ„ry was gone with theÌ„ north warde that he hadde forfeyted his crowne ought to be deposed accordyng vnto the actes made passyd in the laste parlemeÌ„t And so by the aduys of the lordes spyrytuall teÌ„porall thenne beyng at london the er of Marche Edwarde by the grace of god eldest sone of the duke Rychard of yorke As ryghtfull heyre and nexte enherytour to his fader the fourth daye of Marche the yere of our Lorde god M. CCCC.lix toke possessyon of the Reame at westmÌ„ in the chyrche of the abbaye and offred as a kynge wyth the ceptre ryall To whome all the lordes spyrytuall and temporall dyd homage as to theyr souerayn lorde and Kyng And forth wyth it was proclaymed thrugh the Cyte kynge Edwarde the fourthe by name anone after the Kynge rode in his ryalle estate north warde wyth all hys lordes to subdue his subyectis that tyme beynge in the northe for to auenge his faders deth And on Palme sondaye after he had a grete bataylle in the northe couÌ„tree at a place called Towcon not fer from yorke where wyth the helpe of god he gate the felde and hadde the vyctorye wher were slayn of his aduersaryes .xxx. thousaÌ„de meÌ„ and moo as it was sayde by theym that were thereâ— In whiche batayll was slayne the Erle of North thumberlande the lorde Clyâ—â—orde syr Iohan Neuyll the Erle of