begynnynge vnto the ende Cordeil the quene anone toke gold syluer plente toke it to the squyer in couÌseyle that he sholde go in to a certayne cite and hym araye wasshe than come agayn to her and brynge with him an honest company of knyghtes .xl. at the leest with theyr meyny and than he sholde sende to her lorde the kynge feyne that he were comen for to se speke with his doughter hyÌ And so he dyd And whan the kynge and the quene herde that they came with moche honour they hym receyued And the kynge of frauÌce than let sende through all his realme coÌmauÌded that all men sholde be as entendauÌt to kynge Leyr yâ quenes fader in all maner of thinges as it were vnto hymselfe WhaÌ kyng Leyr had dwelled there a moneth more he tolde to yâ kynge to yâ quene his doughter how his two eldest doughters had serued hym Agampe anone let ordeyne a grete host of frenshmen sent in to Britayne with Leyr yâ quenes fader for to conquere his kyngdome agayne And Cordeil also came with her fader in to Britayn for to haue the realme after her faders deth And anone they went to shyppe passed the see came in to Brytayne fought with the felons discoÌfited them slewe than had he his londe agayn after lyued thre yere helde his realme in peas afterward dyed And Cordeil his doughter him let bury with moche honour at Leycestre ¶ Anno muÌdi .iiij. M. iij C .xlix. Et ante Christi natiuitatem viij C .liij. AMasias sone to Ioam regned on the Iewes .xxix. yere after yâ whiche yâ kyngdom of iewes was wtout kyng .xiij. yere This man worshypped the goddes of Seyr Vt pêª patet .ij. para .xxv. ¶ Ieroboam sone to Ioam regned on Israel .xlj. yere yâ whiche was manly vyctoryous for he ouercame the kynge of Sirie restored Israel Damaske after the worde of Iono yâ prophete but he was not good Therfore sayth saynt Austyn Yf good men regne they êfyte many men And yf yll men regne they hurte many men ¶ Anno muÌdi .iiij. M. iij C .lxxxviij. Et ante Christi natiuitatem .viii. C. xj Ozias or Azarias sone to Amasias regned on the Iewry .lij. yere the whiche lyued well afore our lorde of hyÌ is none euyll thyÌge wryten but that he vsurped the dignite of preesthode vnder Azari the whiche he forbade hym For the whiche cause our lorde stroke hym with a lepre Vt patet .ij. para ¶ Ozee bysshop prophete was this tyme the fyrst of the .xij. that was sent agaynst yâ xij trybes Iohel the seconde of the .xij. prophecyed of Iuda Ananias yâ thyrde prophecyed agaynst many people Abdias the fourth of the .xij. prophecyed agaynst Edom. ¶ zacharias sone to Ieroboam regned in Israel .vj. monethes the whiche began to regne the .xxxviij. yere of Ozias was nought in his lyuynge as his predecessours were And zellum slewe hym regned a moneth And Manahen slewe hym and toke his kyngdome Vt pêª patet .iiij. reguÌ This Manahen regned .x. yere the whiche began to regne yâ .xxxix. yere of Osias he ruled hym mischeuously our lord betoke hym in yâ power of yâ kyng of AssurioruÌ and he payed to hym a. M. talentes of syluer Vt pêª patet .iiij. reguÌ Â¶ Phaseia sone to Manahen regned in Israel two yere and he began to regne the .l. yere of Ozias and he was nought in his lyuyng ¶ Phasee slewe Phaseia regned .xx. yere he began to regne the .lij. yere of Ozias dyd as other cursed men dyd Vide plâa plura iiij reguÌ And after this Israel was wtouten ony kyng .viij. yere ¶ How Morgan Conedag neuewes to Cordeil warred on her put her to deth WHan that kyng Leyr was deed Cordeill his yongest doughter regned yâ .x. yere of Ozias kyng of the Iewry And after her regned Conedag the .xv. yere of Ozias And Cordeill that was Leyrs yongest doughter after the deth of her fader had al yâ londe fyue yere in the meane tyme dyed her lorde Agampe yâ was kyng of fraunce And after his deth there came Morgan Conedag that were Cordeyls systers sones to her had enemite for as moche as theyr aunt had yâ londe so yâ bytwene them they ordeyned a grete power and strongly warred on her neuer rested tyll they had taken her put her to deth And than Morgan Conedag seased al the londe departed it bytwene them they held it .xij. yere whan yâ .xij. yere were gone there began bytwene them a grete debate so yâ they warred strongly togyder dyd to eche other moche dysease for Morgan wold haue all yâ londe fro beyonde Humber yâ Conedag helde But he came agaynst hym with a stronge power so yâ Morgan durst not abyde but fledde away in to Wales and Conedag pursued hym toke hym slewe hym And than Conedag came seased al the londe in to his handes helde it regned after .xxxiij. yere than he dyed lyeth at newe Troy ¶ And bycause yâ mater coÌteyneth most coÌmodiously togyder of yâ kynges of Britayn now called Englonde for yâ tyme of them is not certaynly knowen what tyme of yâ worlde these kynges folowynge regned therfore they shall be togyder tyll it be comen vnto Euentolyn kyng of Brytayne now called Englonde ¶ How Reynolde that was Conedags sone regned after his fader and in his tyme it rayned blode thre dayes in tokenynge of grete deth AFter this Conedag regned Reynold his sone yâ was a wyse an hardy knyght curteys yâ well nobly ruled yâ londe was well beloued of all folke And in his tyme it rayned blode yâ lasted thre dayes as god wolde soone after there came a grete deth of people for hoostes wtout noÌbre of people fought tyll yâ god therof toke pite than it cesed And this Reynolde regned .xxij. yere than dyed lyeth at Yorke ¶ How Gorbodian regned in peas that was Reynoldes sone AFter this Reynolde regned Gorbodian his sone .xv. yere than dyed and lyeth at Yorke ¶ How Gorbodian had .ij. sones how the one slewe yâ other for to haue yâ londe how ydoyne theyr moder slew yâ other wherfore the londe was destroyed WHan this Gorbodian was deed his two sones yâ he had became stoute proude euer warred togyder for the londe yâ one was called Ferres yâ other Porres And this Ferres wolde haue all yâ londe but that other wold not suffre hym This Ferres had a felonous hert thought through treason to slee his broder but pryuely he wente in to frauÌce there abode with the kynge Syward tyll vpon a tyme whan he came agayn to fyght with his broder Ferres but full euyl it happed him for he was slayne fyrst Whan ydoyne theyr moder
gyuen at this foresayd parlyament And for to come to this parlyament the kyng sent his wrytes to euery lorde baron knyght sâuyer in euery shyre throughout Englonde that euery lorde sholde gadre brynge his retynue with hym in as shorte tyme in the best araye that they myght geâe in maynteyâyage strengthinge of the kyng agaynst them that were his enemyes that this were done in all the haste come to hym ãâã payne of deth And the kyng hymself sent into Cl ãâ¦ã shyre to cheâtaines of the ãâ¦ã tree they gadred brought a grete and an huge multytude of people bothe of knyghtes ââuyers pryncypally of yemen of Chestershyre whiche yeâten archers the kyng toke to his own courte and gaue them bowge of courte good wages to be kepers of his owne body bothe by nyght by daye aboue al other persones moost loued best trust the whiche soone afterward turned the kyng to grete losse shame hyndrynge his vtter vndoynge destruccion as ye shall here afterwarde And that tyme came sir Henry of Derby with a grete meyny of men of armes archers And the erle of Rutlonde came with a stronge power of people bothe of men of armes archers The erle of Kent brought a grete power of men of armes archers the erle Mar shall came in the same maner the lordâ Spenser in the same maner The erle of Northumberlonde and sir Henry Pe ãâ¦ã his sone syr Thomas Petây the erles broder all the worthy lordes brought a fayre meyny a stroÌge power and eche man in his best aray the duke of Lancastre the duke of yorke came in the same maner with men of armes archers folowyng the kyng syr Willyam Sârope tresourer of Englonde came in the same maner And thus in this araye came all the worthy men of this londe vnto our kyng all this people came to London in one daye in so moche that euery ãâã ãâã lane in London in the subbarbes were full of them lodged and .x. or xââ myle about London euery waye And this peo ple brought the kyng to Westmynster ãâã went home agayne to theyr lodgyngâs bothe hors man than on the mondayâ the .xii. daye of September the pa ãâ¦ã began at Westmynster whiche was cal led that grete parlyameÌt And on that frydaye next after the erle of Aââdell was brought in to the parlyameÌt amonge all the lordes and that was on saynt Mathewes day the apostle and euangelist there he was for iudged vnto the deth in this hall that was made in the palays at Westmynster And this was his iudgement He shold go on fote with his handes bouÌde behynde hym from the place that he was iudged in so forth through the cite of London vnto the toure hyll his heed to be smytten of so it was done in dede in the same place And vl of the gretest lordes that sate on his iudgement rode with hym vnto the place there he was done to dethe so to se that the execucyon were done after the dome by the kynges coÌmaundement with them wente on fote men of armes archers a grete multytude of Chestre shyre men in strengthynge of the lordes that brought this erle to his dethe for they were in drede leest the erle sholde be rescowed taken from them whan they came in to London Thus he passed forth through the Cite vnto his deth there he toke it full pacyently on whose soule god haue mercy Amen And than came the Austyn freres toke vp the body the heed of this good erle bare it home to theyr place buryed him in theyr quere And on that morow after was syr Rychard erle of warwik brought in to the parlya ment there as the erle of Arundell was for iudged they gaue the erle of warwyk the same iudgemeÌt that the foresayd erle had but the lordes had compassyon on hym bycause he was of more greter age and released hym to perpetuall pry son put hym in the yle of Man And than on the mondaye nexte after the lorde Cobham of Kent and syr Iohn Cheyn knyght were brought also in to the parlyament in to the same hall there they were iudged to be hanged and drawen but through the prayers and grete instaunce of all the lordes that iudgement was forgyuen them and released to per petuall pryson ¶ And this same tyme was Rychard Whyttyngdon Mayre of London and Iohn Wodecocke Wyllyam Askam sheryues of London And they ordeyned at euery gate of London durynge this same parlyament stronge watche of men of armes archers and through out euery warde also And the kynge made .v. dukes one Markeys foure erles the fyrst of them was the erle of Derby and he was made duke of Herford and the seconde was the erle of Rutlonde he was made duke of Awemarle the thyrde was the erle of Kent and he was made duke of Surry the fourth was the erle of HuntyÌgdon he was made duke of Excestre the fyfth was the erle of Notyngham he was made duke of Northfolk And the erle of Somerset was made Markeys of Dor set the lorde Spenser was made erle of Glocestre the lorde Neuyll of Raby was made erle of Westmerlonde syr Thomas Percy was made erle of Worcestre syr Willyam Scrope that was tresourer of Englonde was made erle of Wylshyre syr Iohn Montagu erle of Salisbury And whan the king had thus done he helde the parlyameÌt ryall feest vnto all his lordes to all maner of people that thyder wolde come ¶ And this same yere dyed syr Iohn of GauÌt the kynges vncle duke of Lancastre in the bysshops Inne in Holborne was brought fro thens to saynt Paule there the kyng made helde his enteremeÌt well worthely with al his lordes in the chirche of saynt Paule in London there he was buryed besyde dame BlauÌche his wyfe that was doughter heyre vnto the good Henry that was duke of L ãâ¦ã te ¶ In the same yere there fell a ãâ¦ã cyon bytwene the duke of Herford the duke of Norfolke in so moche yâ they waged batayle cast down theyr gloues than they were ta ken vp ensealed the batayle ioyned the daye set the place assygned where and whan this sholde be at Couentre And thyder came the kyng with all his lor des at that day was set in the felde than these two worthy lordes came into the felde well clene armed well arayed with all theyr wepen redy to do theyr batayle were redy in the place to fyght at vtterauÌce But the kyng had them cesse toke the quarell in to his handes And forth with ryght there present exiled the duke of Herford for terme of .x. yere the duke of
more vpon them than was ryghtfull In all this tyme yâ Empyre of Rome was not dilated passyng .xij. myle ne had no lord ship passing .xij. myle The fyrst coÌsules that were made yâ one was called LuciuÌ that other BrutuÌ these two men did grete thynges in theyr tyme. But yet yâ people bare heuy of theyr dominacyon wherfore they chase an other man whiche sholde haue more auctorite thaÌ they they called hym Dictator ¶ In this same tyme there was a grete discencyoÌ bytwene the people the senate wherfore they chase Tribunas whiche were Iudges ouer yâ people defended them from wronge as sayth ysyder For the Dictator whan he was chosen he lasted fyue yere yâ Tribunas were remeued euery yere ¶ But ye must vnderstande that ye shal not haue here after all yâ consules names yâ gouerned Rome betwixt the seasyng of yâ kynges yâ begynynge of the emperours for it were to longe to wryte specyally whaÌ they were euery yere newe syth that one man myght be chosen so often tymes as we rede And also for yâ enduring of theyr gouernauÌce For they were gouernours of Rome .v. C. yere and .lxvij. So the most famous men of these shall be rehersed after the forme of Cronycles as they stande in the boke eche one after other ¶ Incipit historia libri Esdre ¶ Anno muÌdi .iiij. M. vj C .lix. Et ante Christi natiuitatem .v. C .xl. ãâã Drobabel after the coÌmauÌdemeÌt of god fouÌded the temple made it perfyte but it was longe after Vt pêª patet esdre .vj. After the people of Ierusalem came fro Babylon these two ruled Iesus the hye preest as gouernour zorobabell as duke And this maner of guydyng was kepte vnto Herodes tyme yâ the hye preestes shold be pryncypall yâ dukes vnder them But yâ dukes were euer of yâ trybe of Iuda after yâ êphecy of Iacob And vnder that good guydyng of preestes it is not redde yâ people to haue receded fro the very true fayth as they dyd afore in yâ tyme of iewes kynges for than many tymes they ran to ydolatry ¶ Esdras yâ preest of the kynrede of Aron this tyme exceded men in holynes through whose grete wysdome all yâ iewes state was holpeÌ Â¶ CaÌbises yâ sone of Ciri regned on yâ kyngdom of Persaâ the whiche coÌmauÌded myghtely yâ temple of Ierusalem sholde not be buylded agayn his sââer coÌmââiââd it shoââ ãâã buylded This Cambises ãâ¦ã iudge to be slayne or kylt alyue â ãâã his sone to sit on his faders ãâã that through the drede he sholde ârede falshode iudge ryghtwysly This CaÌbises ãâã many iÌ holy scripture in the boke of ãâã Aââhaxerses or âââuerê° in historia Iuâith that was done vnder hyÌ he is called Nabââgodonosor for Differâes the prynce of his chyisalty subdued many londes to his lord at yâ last he came to Bethleeâ there was ââyne of Iudith a woman Vt pateâ Iudi .ij. et .xiij. ¶ Greneides regned in Perse half a yere ¶ Dariê° regned in Perse the whiche by the mocyon of zorobabell coÌmauÌded the werke of the teÌple to be taken agayn coÌmaunded his prynces that in no wyse they shold let it but shold helpe it in all that they coude Vide plura in Esore vide hoc ââe ambiguuÌ propter diuersitateÌ doctorum ¶ Circa anuÌ muÌdi .iiij. M. vij C. xxxiiij Etante Christi natiuitateÌ iiij C .lxv. ABiuth sone to zorobabel of the lyne of Chryst was about this tyme. For of hym of other folowynge vnto Ioseph no thynge is had in scripture but that Mathewe the euangelyst nombreth them in the genelogy therfore the certayne tyme of them dewly can not be knowen ¶ Ioachim was bisshop this tyme after Iosephus was called Iosedeth vnder whom IerusaleÌ was buylded agayn Vt dicit et hoc idem pêª patet Neeââe .xij. ¶ In the CC .xliiij. yere after that Rome was made the Romains ordeyned two consules in the stede of theyr kynge the whiche shold gouerne one yere alone lest that by taryenge they sholde be proude that the one shold correcke the other yf he exceded or arred ¶ Brutus was the fyrs t consul Lucius the seconde than was there a man that was called Dictator the name of an offyce the whiche sholde go with the people a gaynst theyr enemyes ¶ Titus Pâphius ãâã consââes Than after the Romayns complayned gretly on the condyâyons of the consules than the power was ãâ¦ã to an excedynge cost to the comyn people For euerichone of them ãâã lyke a kyng nede caused them to leue yeââgâite And they trusted neuer to rest the warre was so stroÌge agaynst them ¶ At that ãâã was kynge of PersaruÌ under whome Eldras came to Ierusalem ¶ âârses Neemias was butler to the same kynge whome afterward he sent to buyide yâ walles of Ierusalem ¶ âerses regned after him two monethes ¶ Segdâanus .vij. monethes after hym lytell they dyd ¶ Circa annuÌ mundi .iiij. M. vij C .lix. Et ante Christi natiuitateÌ mj C .xl. ELiac is rehersed of the line of chryst in Math .j. and more of hyÌ is not had in scripture ¶ Esdras an holy man a connynge worshypfully was had amonge the people This man came fro Babylon with other he meued with very charyte went agayne to Babylon that he myght wynne moo of Israel saue the soules brynge them home with hym In this tyme he repayred the lawe the holy bokes the whiche that Caldees had brent And an happy wytnes to all the worlde he lefte in scripture He fouÌde newe lettres lyghter in faccion the whiche through the holy ghoost fulfylled he came agayn to Ierusalem with a grete multytude with the kynges preuylege that he sholde teche the people the lawe that he had repayred And there he dyed in a good age ¶ Neemias an hebrewe butler of kynge Arthaxerses at his lordes coÌmaundement went from Babylon in to Ierusalem where he had .xii. yere the ledyng of the people And the .v. yere he began to repayre the gates the walles of Ierusalem in the whiche werke he ended in .ij. yere .iiij. monethes that with grete impedymentes For yâ halfe of the people stode armed wtout the cite to withstande the people of other nacyons entendynge to destroye them the other parte laboured in armes holdynge in the one hande stones for the walles in that notable other hande a swerde or nye by it Vide psa li. suâ ¶ Permenides philosophers namely in morall thyÌges were about this tyme. Socrates a philosopher the whiche vnderstode moche of the power of god and he was Platos mayster Democritus Ypocras and other of whom the noble werkes abode ¶ Circa annuÌ mundi .iiij. M. viij C .ix. Et ante Christi natiuitateÌ iij C lxxxx Azor is rehersed in the lyne of chryst in Math .i. but no thynge of his dedes is wryten
kyÌges housholde the gentylmen of yâ erles housholde of London after meet went togyder for to playe through debate that arose amonge them Enelin that was yâ erles cosyn of London slewe Irenglas that was the kynges cosyn wherfore yâ kynge sware yâ Enelyn shold be hanged But the erle of London yâ was Enelyns lorde wolde not suffre hym wherfore yâ kyng was gretly vexed worth to war dethe erle thought to destroye hym pryuely yâ erle sent lettres to Iulius Cesar that he sholde come in to this londe for to helpe hym hym auenge vpon yâ kyng he wold helpe hym with all his myght And whan the emperour herde these tydynges he was full glad ordeyned a stronge power came agayne the thyrde tyme in to this londe yâ erle of London holpe him with .vij. M. men And at yâ thyrde tyme was Cassybalon ouercomen dyscomfyted made peas with the emperour for there thousande pounde of syluer yeldynge by yere for truage for this londe for euermore And than within halfe a yere after Iulius Cesar the emperour went vnto Rome and the erle of London with hym For he durst not abyde in this londe And after Cassibalon regned .xvij. yere in peas and than he dyed the .xvij. yere of his regne and lyeth at Yorke ¶ How the lordes of the londe after the deth of Cassybalon for bycause he had none heyre made Andragen kynge AFter the deth of Cassybalon for as moche as he had none heyre of his body lefully begoten the lordes of the londe by the comyns assent crowned Andragen erle of Cornewayle made hym kynge And he regned well worâ thely and he was a good man and well gouerned the londe And whan he had regned .viij. yere than he dyed lyeth at London ¶ Circa annum mundi .v. M C .lix. Et ante Christi natiuitatem .xl. IOseph of the lyne of Chryst was borne aboute this tyme and after was husbonde vnto our lady ¶ Antigonus was bysshop this tyme in the Iury. This Antigonus was sone vnto Aristobolus and on euery syde he was fals For he obeyed not to the Romayns and a grete plage he brought vnto the londe for to destroye Hircanus his owne vncle that he myght regne kynge and so Hircanê° was expulsed Falelê° was slayne Herode was exiled But whan Herode came to Rome tolde the senatours all these thynges the emperour created hym kyng sendyng with hym an hoost the wââthe toke Ierusalem AntigonuÌ the bysshop was takeÌ ledde to Anthony yâ senatour the whiche made him syker so was Herode coÌfermed in to his kyngdome And he a strauÌger regned on the Iewes And so the kyngdom of the Iewes cessed as Iacob had sayd ¶ Titus Liuius historicus and Ouidius were this tyme. ¶ IncipiuÌt imêatores Augusti et dictê° est Augustus quia augebat populuÌ OCtauian was emperour of Rome ivij. yere .vj. monethes .x. dayes This Octauian neuewe to Iuly whan he was a youge man toke the empyre ãâã hym His floury sshynge youth he spended in warre Fyue M. batayles he did And shortly after many batayles âââhe worlde he brought in to one monarchy This man had no felow in his dayes peas was in all the worlde through the prouisyon of the very god that yâ tempo rall peas myght gloryfye the Natiuite of our sauyour Chryst Iesu This Octa uyan was yâ fayrest man yâ myght be hygh in wytte the most fortunate in all thynges he lacked nor the vyce of his fleshly lust This man made all yâ world to be mesured And in the .lij. yere of his regne was borne the sauyour of all the worlde Chryst Iesu the whiche grasifeth eternal peas to his louers ¶ Hir no âa sedz Ieronymsi that Anna Emeria were systers and of Emeria was borne Elizabeth ââder to Iohn baptyst And Anna was fyrst wedded to Ioachun of whome she toke Mary ãâ¦ã of Chryst The seconde husbonds was Cleophe be gate on her Marye Cleophe whiche was wedded to Alphe of whom êceded Iames yâ lesse Symon Cananeus Iu das Tadeus Ioseph which is called Barsabas The thyrd tyme Anna was wedded to Salome of whome she toke Marye Salome whiche was wedded to zebedi of them came Iames yâ more Iohn the euaÌgelyst The fyrst Mary wedded Ioseph broder to Cleophe afore sayd ¶ This tyme Sibilla Tiburtina prophecyed of Chryst sayd to yâ emperour August yâ he sholde not âro we yâ he was god after yâ folysshnes of yâ paynyÌs And there she shewed hyÌ a sayre virgyn in heuen holdyng a childe in her ariues sayd to hyÌ This childe is greter than thou therfore do hyÌ worshyp ¶ The monarchy of Rome about this tyme encreased myghtely And whan it was so that by all yâ worlde in dyuers êuynces batayles were reysed sodeynly all men meruaylynge they were sessed and put them holy to yâ prince of Rome yâ openly it myght be shewed that suche an vnyuersal peas came neuer by labour of batayle but of yâ power of yâ very god that in his natyuite peas sholde regne in the worlde ¶ Herode Ascolonita was kyng in the Iury .xxxvij. yere This Perede ydumeus was the fyrst strauÌge kynge that regned on yâ Iewes The mayster in hystoryes sayth he was a noble man and faythfull in the begyÌuynge in all thynge he had hym nobly He was very gentyll vnto the Romayns to yâ people that loued peas And in his olde age whan he wolde ouer moche please yâ Ro mayns herd of yâ byrth of Chryst dredyng to be expulsed of his kyngdom as a strauÌger wretchedly fell slewe yâ Innocentes dyuers of his owne children And at yâ last was hatefull to all people fell seke dyed wretchedly ¶ Mary the moder of Chryst was borne afore yâ nati uite of Chryst .xvj. yere or there about ¶ Of Kymbalyn that was Andragens sone that well gouerned Brytayne AFter yâ deth of Andragen regned Kymbalyn his sone that was a good man well gouerned the londe in grete êsperite peas all his lyfe tyme. And in his tyme Chryst was borne of yâ blyssed virgyn Mary This kyng Kym balyn had two sones Gynder Armager good knyghtes and worthy And whan this Kymbalyn had regned xxij yere he dyed and lyeth at London ¶ Christus natus est ex virgine Maria anno mundi .v. M C lxxxxviij IN the begyÌnynge of the .xlij. yere of Octauian the emperour yâ whiche began to regne in Marche yâ .xxxj. yere of Herode the. vij C .lj. yere after yâ Rome was buylded the .vj. moneth froÌ the conceyuynge of Iohn Baptyst the viij kalend of Apryll the .vj. fery at Nazareth of Galylee of the virgyn Marye was coÌceyued Chryst our sauyour and the same yere was borne ¶ Here at Chrystes natiuite begynneth the syxth age duryng to yâ fynall iudgement hauynge yeres as god knoweth ¶ Here begynneth the syxth age durynge
his wyll he came to the empyre but he gouerned hym very well Whan the senatours prayed hym to call his sone emperour after hym he sayd It is ynough to me that agaynst my wyl I haue regned whiche I haue not deserued For the empyre of Rome sholde not go by succession of blode but to suche men as deserue it through theyr merytes Many tymes he regneth vnuertuously that is a kyng borne and vertue shold come before his kyngdome ¶ Eustachius otherwyse called Placidus Therospita his wyfe and two of theyr sones of whome meruaylous thynges ben redde were martyred by the coÌmaundement of Adrian This Placidus was mayster of the emperours knyghtes ¶ Ierusalem was restored by Adrian and made larger so that the place where Chryst dyed was within the walles that whiche was without before And this is the thyrde buyldynge agayne of that cyte For it was thryes destroyed that is to saye of Cal dees in the tyme of zedechie of Anthiocus in the tyme of Machabeorum of Titus in the tyme of Vaspasian ¶ Anno domini C .xliiij. âElesphorus a Romayn was pope .xi. yere This man ordeyned this auÌgelles ympne to be songen in the masse Gloria in excelsis deo c. and the gospel to be redde afore the sakeryng on Chrystmas day .iij. masses to be songen And he ordeyned there shold no masse be sayd afore .iij. of the last he was martyred buryed at sayÌt Peters ¶ Ignius a greke was pope .iiij. yere This man ordeyned that a childe sholde haue a godfader a godmoder at baptym coÌfyrmacyon Also that no archebysshop excepted the pope sholde condempne his suffrygan but yf that the cause were shewed in the prouyncyall couÌ seyle of bysshops Than he was martyred buryed at sayÌt Peters ¶ Anthonius Pius was emperour .xxij. yere with his sones Aurolio Lucio This man was myghtely wyse naturally fayre of speche the whiche lyghtly in one maÌ is not fouÌde Nota. Excedynge men in wysdom comynly are not fayre speched nor peasfull namely of nature Nor contrarywyse Excedynge men in fayre speche comynly are lesse than wyse This maÌ was meued with bothe these êpertees Therfore many kyngdomes the which receded from other emperours wylfully to this man returned agayne And to chrysten men was none so gentyll He sayd through the ensample of Cipio I had leuer kepe one heere of a man than slee an hondred of myne enemyes And some martyrs were made vnder hym but they were made vnder the coÌmaunde ment of the emperours afore And the chrysteÌ people were so hatefull to the bysshops to the preestes of the teÌple of the fals goddes that they prouoked the princes alwaye agaynst them For they supposed that the chrysteÌ fayth shold destroye them Ther fore it was no meruayle all though the prynce was yll pleased for they sayd all theyr goddes were deuyls yf lower iudges pursued christeÌ folke martired theÌ Â¶ This tyme .x. M. martyrs were crucifyed in Armenia on an hye hyll called Arath ¶ Pompeius trogus isto âeÌpore historias toâiê° orbis a Nino vsque ad Occauianum deduxit ¶ Anno domini C .liiij. PIus ytalicus was pope .xj. yere iiij monethes .xij. dayes This man ordeyned the feest of eester euermore sholde be halowed on the sonday And also an heretyke comynge fro the secte of the Iewes shold be receyued be baptysed ThaÌ he was martyred buryed in fast Peters ¶ Anicetê° was pope after Pius almoost .x. yere This man made manâ decrees of the Canon for bysshops Vt in ca. violatores c. ¶ Galienus a lâââe goten in pergamo was in grete fame ââ Rome that whiche not all onely expowned the bokes of Ypocras but he put many of them to his bokes And of this mâââ sayd for his discrete abstinence that ãâ¦ã he lyued an C. and. âl yere be neuer ââ ne dranke his fyll Nota abstinentiaÌ He neuer toke rawe fruytes alway he had a swete breth He dyed all onely through age no sekenes ¶ Martus Antonius the true Lucius Comodus were emperours .xix. yere These two toke the empyre after Anthony the meke And than began two emperours to regue but Iucius Comodus decesed Anthony was emperour alone that whiche was a ãâã ryous man a noble but that he made the fourth persecucyon to slee chrysten men This Marcus was of so grete sad nes stedfastnes that for no chauÌce he neuer laughed ne chaunged no there neyther for gladnes ne for sorowe And whan he was a chylde he was of suche manhode that on a certayne tyme whaÌ he loked his tresour had not that whiche he myght gyue his knyghtes his men whan he went to fyght agaynst the Germayns the SciauoÌs Sarmatas he wolde hurte ne greue no body but had leuer to sell his wyues golden vessell her arayment her beddyng all her ryall stuffe than take taxe of the senatours or of his prouynce vnder hym But he gate the victory of his enemyes recouered all agayn releaced the prouynces of theyr tributes And those yâ wold sell hyÌ his wyues tresour agayne he restored them theyr money those yâ wolde not he neuer greued them But the tables of theyr dettes betwixt hyÌ them he brent openly in the market place thaÌked them that they helped hym in his necessite ¶ How kynge Lucie regned after his fader whiche was a good man after he became chrysten AFter kynge Coyll regned Lucie his sone that was a good man to god and to all the people He sente to Rome to Eleuther that than was pope sayd that he wolde become a chrysten man receyue baptym in the name of god turne to the right fayth byleue Eleuther sente two legates that one was called Pagan and that other Elibayn and came in to this londe baptised the kynge all his meyny And after went from towne to towne and baptysed the people tyll all the londe was baptysed And this was in the yere an C. and. lvj after the incarnacyon of our lorde Iesu Chryst And than this kyng Lucie made in this londe two archebysshops one at CauÌterbury an other at yorke and many other bysshops that yet be in this londe And whan these two legates had baptysed all this londe they ordeyned preestes for to baptyse chyldren and for to make the sacrament And after they went agayne to Rome And the kynge dwelled in this londe and regned with moche honour .xij. yere and after dyed and lyeth at Glocestre ¶ How this londe was long without a kynge how the brytons chose a kynge THis kyng Lucie had none heyre of his body begoten that was after warde grete harme sorowe to the londe For after this kynge Lucies deth none of the grete lordes of the londe wold suffre an other to be kyng but lyued in warre debate amonge themselfe .l. yere wtout kyng But it befell afterwarde yâ
so that no man was so hardy to name god and yf they dyd they were put to strauÌge deth But the bysshop of London that was tho whiche was called Gosselyn scaped went thens to them of Rome to seke socour to helpe to destroye the sarasyns that had destroyed this londe And the Romayns sayd that they had ben so often anoyed for theyr sendyng of folke in to Britayne all for to helpe the Britons they wold no more so do And so the bysshop Gosselyn went thens without ony socour or helpe And than went he to the kyng of lytell Brytayne that was called Aldroie this was the thyrde kyng after Gowan Meriedok as before is sayd The bysshop prayed this kynge Aldroie of helpe socour And the kynge had pite in his herte whan he herde how the bysshop fledde how the chrysten men were so slayne in grete Brytayne through the paynyms sarasyns he grauÌted hym CoÌstantyne his broâer for to helpe hym with power of folke And chaâ dyd araye hors harneys shyppes all thynge that neded to that vyage And whan all thynge was redy he called the bysshop sayd to hym I take you here CoÌstantyne my broder vpon this couenauÌt that yf god gyue hym grace to discoÌfyte the infydeleÌs that than ye shall make hym kyng And the bisshop grauÌted it with a good wyll CoÌstantyne the bysshop toke leue of the kyng Aldroie betoke hym to god toke .xij. Mâinen went to theyr shippes sayled towarde grete Britayn arryued at Totnes Whan the Britons herdethese tydynges that socour came they were glad ordeyned them an huge noÌâre of people went receyued them with moche honour ¶ Gowan anone as he wyst of these ty dynges he assembled all his farasyns came agaynst them gaue theÌ batayle And CoÌstantyn slewe hym with his owne handes all the other sarasyns were dyscomfyted slayne that none escaped excepte those that were couerted to god ¶ How Constantyne that was the kynges broder of lytel Britayn was crowned kynge of grete Brytayne for his worthynes ANone after the batayle they went to London crowned there Constantyne kyng of this londe the bysshop Gosselin set the crowne on his heed and aâoynted hyÌ as it belongeth for a kyng And thaÌ began christeÌdom in this londe agayn And anone after whaÌ this kyng Constantyn was crowned he spoused a wyfe through rouÌseyle of the Brytons begate on herthre sones The fyrst was called CoÌstance the seconde Aurilambros the thyrde Vter This Constance that elder broder whaÌ he came to oââ he ãâã hym a monke at Wynchestre And ConstaÌtyne theyr fader was slayne through treason For it befell vpon a tyme that a Pehyte came to hym vpon a daye as it were on a message sayd that he wolde speke with the kynge pryuely in couÌseyle The kyng let âoyde his chambre of the men that were there within and there abode no moo but the kynge and the Pehite and he made a countenauÌce as though he wolde haue spoken with the kyng in his eere And there he shewe hym with a longe knyfe And after that he went meruaylously out of that chambre in to an other chambre so that at the last no man wyst where he was bâromen Whan the kynges men wyst that theyr lord was so deed they made than so moche sorowe that they wyst not what for to do For as moche as his two sones Aurilambros and Vter were so yonge that none of them myght be kynge and the thyrde broder was a monke at âââ chestre as is sayd before But âoânger that was erle of Westler thought pryuely in his herte through some subryâe for to be kynge hymselfe And wente to Wynchestre where as Constance was monke sayd to hym CoÌstance qued be your fader is deed your two brethern that ben with Gosselyn the bysshop of London to nourysshe be so yonge that neue of them may be kyng wherfore I couÌseyle you that ye forsake your habyte come with me and I shall make suche a meane vnto the Brytons that ye shall be made kynge of this londe ¶ Of Constance that was kynge Constantynes sone whiche was a monke at Wynchestre and how he was made kynge after his faders dethe through counseyle of âoââger that was âââe of Westser for as moche as Aurilambros and ãâã his two bretherne were but yonge of age And Vortiger let shee âyaâ for to be kynge hymselfe THis Vortiger couÌseyled this CoÌsâaÌce so moche tyll he forsoke his abâot and went with hym And anone after he was crowned kyng by the assent of the Brytons This kynge Constance whan he was crowned made kynge he wyll ne knewe but lytell of the worlde nor coude no thynge what knyghthode axed And he made Vortyger his chefe mayster couÌseyler gaue hym all his power for to ordeyn to do as moche as to the realme aperteyned So that hymselfe no thynge entermedled but onely bare the name of kyng WhaÌ Vortiger sawe that he had all the loÌde in his warde gouernauÌce at his owne wyll he thought by preuy treason to slee CoÌstance the kyng that he myght hyÌselfe be crowned made kyng regne let sende after an hondred knyghtes of Pehytes the worthyest of all the londe them helde with hym for to dwell as to be kepers of his body as he wolde go through the londe to ordeyne thynges that appertayned to a kyng And this Vortiger honoured so moche the hondred knyghtes so moche gaue them of golde syluer of ryche iewelles robes horses other thyÌges plente wherfore they helde hym more lord than they dyd the kyng And Vortiger told them yf he myght be kyng ye as it were through treason he wold make them rychest of the londe So at the last through grete gyftes that he had gyuen largely they cryed through the court that Vortiger were better worthy to be kyng thaÌ CoÌstance Wherfore Vortiger made semblauÌt as he had ben wroth he departed thens from the courte and sayd he must go elles where for thinges that he had to do And so the traytour sayd bycause that they sholde slee kynge Constance Whan this Vortiger was gone it befel soon easter ãâã those hondred knyghtes of Peâites wiche the dores of the kynges chambre there they slewe hyÌ smote of his heed baâe it to Vortiger there as he dwelled And whaÌ Vortiger sawe the heed he wepte full tenderly with his eyen neuertheles he was somdele gladde in his herte of his deth And anone Vortiger let take those hondred knyghtes of Pehites hadde his seruauÌtes bynde theyr haudes behynde them lede them to London and there they were dampned to deth as fals traytours And anone after all the Brytons of the londe by the comyn assent crowned Vortiger made hym kyng of the londe ¶ Auno domini C .lxxiiij. SOther a martyr was pope after
that rebelled and prospered ryght wysly euermore on them At the last with a blyssed ende he decessed And in the lyf of saynt Laurence he and his wyfe be put for ensamples bycause of theyr holy and vertuous lyuynge ¶ Benedictê° was pope after Iohn .xi. yere This man had grete stryfe in his dayes For he was put out an other was put in And this Benedictus after that he was deed was seen of an holy bysshop in a wretched fygure he had grete payne And this fygure sayd he trusted no thynge in the mercy of god no thynge profyted hym that was done for hym for it was goten by extorcyon vniustly ThaÌ this bysshop lefte his bysshopryche for drede of this sight went in to a monastery lyued vertuously all his dayes ¶ IohaÌnes the .xx. was pope after hym .xi. yere lytell profyted ¶ Of kyng Knoght that was a Dane ANd after the deth of this Eldred Knoght that was a Daue begaÌ to regne But Edmund Irensyde that was king Eldredes sone by his fyrst wyfe ordeyned a grete power of men began to warre on kynge Knoght And so he dyd many tymes ofte the warre was so stroÌge harde the wonder it was to wyte And the quene Emme that than dwelled at westmynster had grete drede of her two sones Alured Edward lest they sholde be destroyed through the warre wherfore she sente them ouer see in to Normandy to the duke Richard theyr vncle there they dwelled in safete peas loÌge tyme. ¶ This Edmund Irensyde Knoght the Dane warred fyersly togyder But at the last they were accorded in this maner that they sholde departe the realme bytwene them and so they dyd and loued togyder lyke two bretherne ¶ How kyng Edmund Irensyde was slayne through treason by a traytour that was called Edryth of Stratton ANd than after regned kyng EdmuÌd Irensyde Knoght the dane But thus it befel afterward that in the same yere that they were accorded so moche loued togyder wherfore a fals traytour had enuy at the loue that was bytwene them whose name was Edrith of straâtoâ that was a grete lorde that was Edmunde Irensydes man of hym helde all the londe that he had neuerthelesse he thought to betraye his lorde make Knoght kyng of all the londe to the entent rychely to be auauÌced with hym to be well beloued Wherfore he prayed his lorde Edmunde Irensyde on a daye with hym for to ete And the kyng hym curteysly grauÌted and to hym came at his prayer And at meet the kyng was ryally serued with dyuerse metes and drynkes And whan nyght came that he sholde go to bedde the kyng toke his owne meyny and went to the chambre where as he shold take his nyghtes rest And as he loked aboute hym he sawe a fayre ymage a well made in semblauÌt as it were an archer with a bowe bent in his hande in the bowe a fyne arowe Kynge Edmund went nere to beholde it better And whan he was by it anone the arowe smote hym through the body there slewe the kynge for the engyn was made to slee his owne lorde traytoursly And whan kynge Edmund was thus deed slayne he had regned but .x. yere And his people made moche sorowe for him his body they bare to Glastenbury there buryed hym And this fals traytour Edrith anone went to the quene that was kynge Edmundes wyfe that wyst not of her lordes deth toke from her two sones that were fayre yonge that her lorde had goten on her that one was called Edwarde that other Edwyne ladde them with hym to London toke them to kyng Knoght that he sholde do with them what his wyl were And told hyÌ how subtylly he had slayne king Edmund bycause the Knoght sholde haue all the londe of Englonde ¶ O thou fals traytoure hast thou slayne my true broder that was so true bycause of me a man that I moost loued in the worlde Now by my heed I shall for thy trauayle the well rewarde as thou hast deserued anone let hym be taken and bouÌde hym handes feet in maner of a traytour let cast hym in to the ryuer of Tamyse And in this maner the fals traytour ended his lyfe The kyng toke the two chyldren put them vnto the abbot of West mynster to warde to kepe tyll he wyst what was best with them for to do ¶ How kynge Knoght sent bothe kyng Edmondes sones in to Denmarke for to be slayne and how they were saued ANd it befel soone afterward that kynge Knoght had all the londe in his handes spoused the quene Emme through consent of al his barons for she was a fayre woman the whiche was Eldredes wyfe and the dukes syster of Normandy they lyued togyder with moche loue as reason wolde The kyng asked vpon a daye couÌseyle of the quene what was best to do with Edmond Irensydes sones Syr sayd she they be the ryght heyres of the londe and yf they lyue they wyll do you moche sorowe with warre and therfore let sende them in to a strauÌge londe aferre to some man that may destroye them The king anone let call a Dane that was called Walgar coÌmauÌded hym that he sholde lede those two chyldren in to Denmarke so to do and ordeyne for them that he sholde neuer more here of them Syr sayd this Walgar your commauÌdement gladly shall be done And anone he toke the two chyldren ledde them in to Denmarke And for as moche as he sawe that the chyldren were wonders fayre mâke he had of them grete pite ruth wold not slee them but ledde them to the kynge of Hungary for to nourysshe For this Walgar was well beknowen with the kynge well beloued Anone the kynge asked fro whens the children were And Walgar tolde hym sayd that they were the ryght heyres of Englonde and therfore men wolde destroye them therfore syr vnto you they be comen to seke mercy helpe for soth yf they may lyue your men they shall become and of you they shall holde all theyr londe The kynge of Hungary receyued theÌ with moche honour and let them worthely be kepte And thus it befell afterwarde that Edwyne the yonger broder dyed Edwarde the elder broder lyued a fayre man and a stronge and a large of body gentyll and curteys of condicyons so that all men loued hym And this Edwarde in the cronycles is called amonge Englysshmen Edwarde the outlawe And whan he was made knyght the kynges doughter of Hungary loued him moche for his goodnes and his fayrnes so that she called hym her derlynge The kynge that was her fader perceyued well the loue that was bytwene them two he had none heyr but onely that doughter And the kynge vouchedsafe his doughter to no man so well as he dyd to hym that she loued
morowe he founde no thynge there ¶ Of saynt Edwarde the confessour that was Aluredes broder and how he was kynge of Englonde ANd whaÌ this was done all the barons of englond sent another tyme in to Normandy yâ Edward sholde come in to englond with moche âonout And this Edwarde in his chyldhode loued ãâã hey god hym dradde and in honeste clennes ladde his lyfe hated synne as deth And whan he was crow ned anoynted with a ryall power he forgate not his good maners condicyons that he fyrst vsed forgate not all good customes for no maner honour ne for no rychesse ne for no maner hygnes But euer more more gaue hym to goodnes well loued god holy chirche passyng all other maner thynge And poore men also he loued helde them as they had ben his owne bretherne to them ofte he gaue grete almes with full good wyll ¶ Of the fyrst specyall loue that god shewed to saynt Edward lyuynge IT befell on a daye as he went froÌ the chirche of westmynster had herde masse of saynt Iohn the euangelyst for as moche as he loued sayÌt Iohn the euangelist more specyally after god and our lady than he dyd ony other saynt And so there came to hym a pylgrym prayed hym for the loue of god our lady saynt Iohn the euangelyst some good for to gyue hym And the kyng pryuely toke his rynge of his fynger that no man perceyued it gaue it to the pilgrym he it receyued went thens This king Edward made all the good lawes of Englonde that yet ben moost vsed holden And he was so mercyable and so full of pyte that no man myght be more ¶ How the erle Godwyn came agayne in to Englonde and had agayne all his londe and afterwarde saynt Edwarde wedded his doughter WHan the erle Godwyn that was dwellynge in Denmark had moche herde of the goodnes of kynge Edwarde that he was full of mercy and pyte he thought that he wolde go agayne in to Englond for to seke to haue grace of the good kyng Edward that so mercy full was that he myght haue agayn his londe in peas And arayed hym as moche as he myght put hym towarde the see came in to Englonde to London where the kynge was that tyme all the lordes of Englonde helde a parlyameÌt Godwyn sent to them that were his frendes were the moost gretest lordes of the loÌde prayed them to beseche the kynges grace for hym that he wolde graunte him his peas his loÌde The lordes lad hyÌ before the kyng to seke his grace And anone as the kyng sawe hym he appeled hym of treason of the deth of Alured his broder these wordes to hym sayd Traytour Godwyn I the appele that thou hast betrayed slayne my broder Alured Certes syr sayd Godwyn saue your grace your peas your lordshyp I neuer betrayed hym âe yet lewe hyÌ And therfore I put me in reward of the caurte Now fayre lordes sayd the kynge ye that be my lyeges erles barons of the londe that here ben assembled full well ye herde myn appele the answere also of Godwyn therfore I wyll that ye awarde do ryght The erles barons than gadred them all togyder to do this awarde by themselfe so they spake dy uersly among them for some sayd there was neuer alyauÌce by homage serment seruyce nor by lordshyp bytwene Godwyn Alured for whiche thynge they myght hym drawe And at the last they deuysed demed that he shold put hym in the kynges mercy all togyder ThaÌ sna ke the erle Leuerike of Couentre a good man to god to all the worlde told his reason in this maner and sayd The erle Godwyn is the best frended man of Englonde after the kyng well myght it not be gaynsayd that without couâse yle of Godwyn Alured was neuer put to deth wherfore I awarde as touchynge my parte that hymself his sone euery of vs .xii. erles that ben his frendes go before the kynge charged with as moche golde syluer as we may bere bytwene our handes prayenge the kynge to forgyue his euyll wyll to the erle Godwyn and receyue his homage yelde agayn his londe And they accorded vnto that awarde and came euery of them with golde syluer as moche as they myght bere bytwene theyr handes before the kynge and there sayd the forme and the maner of theyr accorde of theyr awarde The kyng wolde not them gaynsaye but as moche as they had ordeyned he grauÌted and coÌfermed And so was the erle Godwyn accorded with the kynge and had agayne all his londes And afterward he bare hym so well so wysely that the kynge loued hym wonders moche with hym he was full preuy And within a lytell tyme they loued so moche that the kynge spoused Godwyns doughter and made her quene And neuertheles though the kyng had a wyfe yet he lyued euer in chastite and clennes of body wtout ony flesshely dede doynge with his wyfe And the quene also in her halfe ladde an holy lyfe two yere dyed And afterwarde the kynge lyued all his lyfe without ony wyfe The kyng gaue the erledome of Oxford to Harolde that was Godwyns sone made hym erle And so well they were beloued bothe the fader and he were so preuy with the kynge that they myght do by ryght what thynge they wolde For agaynst ryght wold he no thynge do for no maner man so good and true he was of conscyence And therfore our lorde Iesu Chryst specyall loue shewed to hym ¶ How kynge Edwarde sawe ââwyne kynge of Denmarke drowned in the see in the tyme of the leuacyon of the sacrament as he stode and herde masse IT befell vpon a whytsondaye as kynge Edwarde herde his masse in the grete chirche of Westmynster at the leuacion of Iesu Christes body as all men were gadred in the chirche and came nigh the awter for to se the sacrynge the kyng lyft vp his handes on hygh toke vp a grete laughter wherfore all that stode aboute hym began gretly to wonder And after masse they asked why the kyÌges laughter was Fayre lordes said kynge Edward I sawe Swyne the yonger that was kyng of Denmarke come in to the see with all his power for to haue comen in to Englond to warre vpon vs I sawe hym all his folke drowned in the see all this I sawe in the leuacyon of Chrystes body bytwene the preestes haÌdes I had therof so grete wye that I myght not my laughter withholde And the erle Leuerich stode besyde hym at the leuacion openly sawe the forme of breed turne in to the lykenes of a yonge childe toke vp his ryght hande blyssed the kynge afterwarde the erle the erle anone turned hym toward the kynge for to
make hym se that holy syght And than sayd the kynge Syr erle I so well that ye se thanked be god that I haue honoured my god and sauyour vysybly Iesu Chryst in forme of man whose na me be blyssed in all worldes Amen ¶ How the rynge that saynt Edwarde had gyuen to a poore pylgrym for the loue of god and saynt Iohn the euangelyst came agayne to kynge Edwarde THis noble man saynt Edwarde regned .xiii. yere And thus it be fell vpon a tyme or he dyed the two men of Englond were gone in to the holy londe and had done theyr pilgrymage were goynge agayne in to theyr owne couÌtree where they came fro And as they went in the waye they mette a pilgrym that curteysly salewed them asked of them in what londe and in what couÌtree they were borne And they sayd in Englonde Than asked he who was kyng of Englonde And they answered and sayd the good king Edward Fayre frendes sayd the pylgrym whan that ye come in to your couÌtree agayne I praye you that ye wyll go vnto kyng Edwarde greet hym oftentymes in my name oftenty mes him thanke of his grete curteysy that he to me hath done namely for the ryng that he gaue me whan he had herde masse at Westmynster for saynt Iohns loue the euaÌgelyst And than toke the rynge toke it to the pylgryms sayd I praye you go bere this ryng take it vnto kyng Edward tell hym that I sende it hym and a full ryche gyfte I wyll gyue hym For vpoÌ the .xij. daye he shal come to me euermore dwell in blysse wtouten ende Syr sayd the pilgryms what man be ye and in what couÌtree is your dwellynge Fayre frendes sayd he I am Iohn the euangelyst I am dwellynge with almyghty god your kynge Edward is my frende I loue hym in specyall for bycause that he hath euermore lyued in clennes is a clene mayd I praye you my message to fulfyll as I haue sayd Whan sayÌt Iohn the euaÌgelyst had thus charged them sodeynly he voyded out of bothe theyr sightes Than thanked the pylgryms almyghty god went forth theyr waye And whan they had gone two or thre myle they begaÌ to ware wery set them down for to rest them so they fell on slepe And whan they had well slepte one of them awoke lyft vp his heed loked aboute sayd to his felowe Aryse vp and go we in our waye What sayd that our felowe to that other where be we now Certes sayd the other it semeth me that this is not the same couÌtre that we layde vs âowne in for to rest slepe For we were from Ierusalem but thre myles They toke vp theyr handes and blyssed them went forth on theyr waye as they went they sawe shepes herdes goyng with theyr shepe that spake none other laÌguage but englisshe Good frendes sayd one of the pylgryms what couÌtre is this who is lord therof And anone the shepeherdes answered sayd This is the couÌtree of Kent in Englond of the whiche the good kynge Edward is lorde of Than the pilgryms thanked almyghty god saynt Iohn the euangelyst went forth on theyr waye came to Caunterbury from thens to London there they fouÌde the kynge And tolde hym all from the begynnynge to the endynge as moche as saynt Iohn had charged them of all thyÌges how they had speÌdde by the waye toke the rynge to kyng Edward he receyued it thanked almyghty god saynt Iohn the euan gelyst And than made hym redy euery daye from daye to daye to departe out of this lyfe whan god wold send for hym ¶ How saynt Edwarde dyed on the .xij. daye ANd after it befel thus on Chryst masse euen as the holy man Edward was at goddes seruyce for to here matyns of the hygh feest he became full seke on the morowe endured with moche payne for to here the masse after masse he let hym to be ladde in to his chambre there for to rest hym But in his hall amonge his barons knyghtes myght he not come for to comforte them and solace as he was wont to do at that worthy feest Wherfore all theyr myrth and coÌforte amonge all that were in the hall was turned in to care sorowe bycause they drad to lese theyr good lorde the kyng And vpon saynt Iohns daye the euangelyst that came nexte the kynge receyued his ryghtes of holy chirche as it befalleth to euery chrysten man abode the mercy the wyll of god And the two pylgryms he let come before hym gaue them ryche gyftes betoke them to god And also the abbot of Westmynster he let come before hym toke hym that ryng in the honour of god saynt Mary of saynt Iohn the euangelyst And the abbot toke put it amonge other relykes so that it is at Westmynster euer shall be And so laye the kynge seke tyll the .xij. euen and than dyed the good kyng Edward at Westmynster there he lyeth For whose loue god hath shewed many a fayre myracle And this was in the yere of the incarnacyon of our lorde Chryst Iesu M .lxv. And after he was translated and put in to the shryne by the noble martyr saynt Thomas of Caunterbury âIctor the seconde was pope after Leo lytell of hyÌ is wryten ¶ Henry the seconde was emperour after the first Henry .xvij. yere This man was cosyn to Conrade he was borne in a wode and twyes taken to be slayne whaÌ he was a childe but god defended hyÌ euermore Whan he was made emperour he made a monastery in the same place in the wode where he was borne This man was a vicyous man and he entred in to Ytaly there he toke Pandulphus the prynce of Campany ¶ Ste phanê° the .ix. was pope after Victor .ix. monethes ¶ Benedictus was after hyÌ he toke the dignite of the pope Stephen by strengthe kepte it .ix. monethes than decessed ¶ Henry the thyrde was emperour after Henry the second This Henry was an vnquyete man many tymes troubled the holy man Gregory the .vij. And fyrst he asked forgyuenes was assoyled but he perseuered not but brought in an other pope agaynst hym and sayd he was an heretyke And Gregory cursed hym And the chosers of the emperour chose the duke of Saxon for to be emperour whome this Henry in batayle ouercame And than he came to Rome with his pope and pursued pope Gregory the cardynals also And than anone Robert the kynge of Naples droue hym thens delyuered the pope his cardynals Neuerthelesse yet he was a man of grete almes and .xij. tymes he fought in batayle And at the last he dyed wretchedly For he was put downe by his owne sone For so as he dyd to other men so was he done to
than renewed all the frauÌchyses that kynge Iohn had grauÌted at Romney mede kyng Henry than coÌfermed by his chartre the whiche yet ben holden through out all Englonde And in yâ tyme yâ kyng toke of euery plough londe two shyllynges And Hubert of Burgh was than made chefe iustyce of engloÌde And this was in yâ fourth yere of kynge Henryes regne And in yâ same yere was saynt Thomas of CauÌterbury translated the .l. yere after his martyrdome ¶ And after it was ordeyned by all the lordes of Englonde yâ all alyens shold go out of Englonde come no more therin And kyng Henry toke than all yâ castels in to his handes yâ kyng Iohn his fader had gyuen taken to alyens for to kepe that held with hym But yâ proude Faukes of Brent rychely let araye his castell of Bedford whiche he had of king Iohns gyfte and he helde that castell agaynst kyng Henryes wyl with might strength And the kyng came thyder with a stronge power and besyeged the castell And the archebysshop mayster Stephen of lang ton with a fayre company of knyghtes came to the kyng for to helpe hym And from the Ascencyon of our lord vnto the Assumpcyon of our lady lasted yâ syege and than was the castell wonne and taken And the kynge let hange all those that were gone in to yâ castel wich theâ good wyll for to hold the castell agaynst hym that is to say .lxxx. men And than afterwarde Faukes hymselfe was fouÌde in a chirche of Couentre and there iâ forsware all Englonde with moche shame and than wente agayne in to his owne couÌtree ¶ And whyles that kyng Henry regned Edmonde of Abyndon that was tresourer of Salysbury was consecrate archebysshop of Caunterbury ¶ And this kynge Henry sente ouer see vnto the erle of Prouance that he sholde sende him his doughter in to Englende that was called Elânore and he wolde spouse her And so she came in to Englonde after Chrystmas and on the morowe after saynt Hylaryes daye the archebysshop Edmonde spoused them togyder at Westmynster with grete solempnite And there was a fayre syght bytwene them that is for to saye Edwarde that was nexte kynge after his fader floure of curteysy and of largesse and Margarete that was afterwarde quene of Scotlonde and Beatryne that was afterwarde duchesse of Brytayne And Katheryne that dyed a mayde in relygyon ¶ Of the quinzeme of goodes that were grauÌted for the newe chartre and of the purucyaunce of Oxford ANd thus it befell yâ the lordes of Englonde wold haue some addicyons moo in the chartre of frauÌchyse yâ they had of the kynge spake thus bytwene them And yâ kyng grauÌted them all theyr askynge made to them two chartres yâ one is called yâ grete chartre of frauÌchyses that other is called the chartre of forest And for yâ grauÌt of these two chartres prelates erles barons all the comyns of Englonde gaue to yâ kynge a. M. marke of syluer ¶ Whan kynge Henry had ben kynge .xiiij. yere the same yere he his lordes erles barons of the realme went to Oxford and ordeyned a lawe in amendement of yâ realme And fyrst sware yâ kyng hymselfe and afterwarde all the lordes of yâ londe that they wolde holde yâ statute for euer more who that them brake sholde be deed But the seconde yere after that ordynauÌce the kynge through couÌseyle of syr Edwarde his sone of Rychard his broder that was erle of Cornewayle also of other repented hym of that othe that he had made for to holde that lawe ordynauÌce sente to yâ courte of Rome to be assoyled of that othe ¶ And in the yere nexte comynge after was the grete derth of corne in englonde for a quarter of whete was worth .xxiiij. shyllynges And the poore people ete nettyls other wedes for grete honger many a. M. dyed for defaute of meet ¶ And in the xlviij yere of kyng Henryes regne begaÌ warre debate bytwene hym and his lordes for bycause that he had broken yâ couenauÌtes yâ were made bytwene them at Oxford ¶ And in the same yere was the towne of Northamton taken folke slayne that were within for bycause yâ they had made and ordeyned wylde fyre for to brenne the cite of London ¶ And in the moneth of Maye that came nexte after vpon saynt Pancras daye was yâ batayle of Lewes whiche was yâ wednesdaye before saynt Dunstans daye there was taken kyng Henry hymselfe syr Edwarde his sone Rychard his broder erle of Cornewayl many other lordes ¶ And in the same yere nexte folowynge syr Edwarde the kynges sone brake out of the warde of syr Symon of MouÌtford erle of Leycestre at Herford and went vnto the barons of yâ Marche and they receyued hym with moche honour ¶ And the same tyme Gylbert of Clarence erle of Glocestre that was in yâ ward also of yâ foresayd SymoÌ through the coÌmauÌdement of kynge Henry that went from hym with a grete herte for bycause he sayd yâ the foresayd Gylbert was a fole in his couÌseyle wherfore he ordeyned hyÌ afterward so helde hyÌ with kyng Henry And on yâ saterdaye next after yâ myddes of August syr Edwarde yâ kynges sone discomfited syr Symon of MouÌtford at Kelinworth but the grete lordes yâ were there with hyÌ were taken yâ is to saye Baldewyn wake WilliaÌ de MouÌchensie many other grete lordes And yâ tewesdaye nexte after was yâ batayle done at Eusham there was slayne syr Symon of MouÌtford Hugh spenser MouÌtford that was Rafe Bassets fader of Draiton and many other grete lordes And whaÌ this batayle was done all yâ gentylmen that had ben with the erle Symon were disheryted they ordeyned togyder dyd moche harme to all yâ lond For they destroyed theyr enemyes in all that they myght ¶ Of the syege of Kelynworth how the gentylmen were disherited through counseyle of the lordes of the realme of Englonde and how they came agayne and had theyr âââdes ANd the nexte yere comynge in Maye the fourth daye before yâ teest of saynt Dunstan was the batayle dyscomfyture at Chest erfelde of them that were disheryted there was many of them slayne And Robert erle of Fe riers there was takeÌ also Baldewyn and Iohn de la hay with moche sorowe escaped thens And on saynt Iohn baptystes eue than nexte folowynge began the syege of the castell of Kenilworth the syege lasted to sayne Thomas eue yâ apostle on whiche daye syr Hugh Hastynge had yâ castell for to kepe that yelded vp the castel vnto the kynge in this maner that hymself the other yâ were within the castell sholde haue theyr lyues lyÌmes all that they had therin bothe hors harneys foure dayes of respyte for to delyuer clenely yâ castell of themself of all other maner thynge as they had within the castell And so
they went from the castell And syr Symon de MouÌtford yâ yonger the couÌtesse his moder were fledde ouer seem to FrauÌce there helde them as people that were exiled out of Englond for euermore And soone after it was ordeyned by yâ legate Dctobone by other grete lordes yâ wysest of Englond that all those yâ had ben agaynst the kynge and were disheryted sholde haue agayne theyr londes by greuous rauÌsons after yâ it was ordeyned And thus they were accorded with the kynge peas was cryed through out Englonde thus yâ warre was ended And whan this was done yâ legate toke his leue of yâ kynge of the quene of all the grete lordes of englonde tho went to Rome the .lv. yere of kynge Henryes regne And Edwarde kyng Iohns sone of Brytayne Iohn Vesst Thomas of clare Roger of Clifford Othes of grauÌston Robert le Brus Iohn of verdon many other lordes of Englonde of beyonde the see toke theyr waye towarde the holy londe And kyng Henry dyed yâ same tyme at Westminster whaÌ he had ben kyng .lv. yere .xix. wekes on saint Edmondes daye yâ archebysshop of CauÌterbury And he was buryed at Westmynster on saynt EdmoÌdes day yâ kyng in the yere of our lorde M CC .lxxij. ¶ Prophecy of Merlyn of kynge Henry the fyrst expowned that was kynge Iohns sone ANd of this HeÌry êphecyed Merlyn sayd that a âaââbe sholde come out of Wynchestre in yâ yere of our lord M CC. and .xvj. with true lyppes holynes wryten in his herte And he sayd soth for yâ good Henry yâ kyng was borne iÌ wynchestre in yâ yere aboue sayd he spake good wordes swete was an holy man of good conscyence And Merlyn sayd yâ this Henry sholde make the fayrest place of yâ worlde yâ in his tyme shold not be fully ended And he sayd soth For he made yâ newe werke of yâ abbey of sayÌt Peters chirche at Westmynster yâ is fayrer of syght than ony other place yâ ony man knoweth through out all chrystendom But kyng Henry dyed or yâ werke was fully at an ende that was grete harme And yet said Merlyn that this lambe shold haue peas yâ most parte of his regne And he said soch For he was neuer noyed through warre ne dyseased in no maner wyse tyll a lytell before his deth And Merlyn said in his prophecy more yâ in the ende of yâ regne of yâ foresayd lambe a wolfe of a strauÌge loÌde sholde do hyÌ moche harme through his war yâ he shold at yâ last be maister through helpe of a reed fore that sholde come out of the Northwest shold outr come hym that he sholde dryue hym out of the water And that êphecy full well was knowen For within a lytell tyme or the kynge dyed Symonde of Mountforde erle of Leycestre that was borne in Fraunce began stronge warre agaynst hym through whiche doynge many a good bacheler was destroyed And whan kynge Henry had yâ vyctory at Eusham Symon yâ erle was slayne through helpe of Gylberte of Clare erle of Glocestre that was in kepyng of the foresayd Symon through ordynaunce of kynge Henry whiche went agayne to the kynge with moche power Wherfore the soresayd SymoÌ was destroyed and that was grete harme to yâ comyns of Englonde that so noble a man was slayne for the trouth dyed in charite for the comyn profyte of the same folke And therfore almyghty god for hyÌ hath sythen shewed many a fayre myracle to dyuers men women seke for his loue ¶ And Merlyn also tolde sayd in his prophecy that after that tyme yâ lambe sholde lyue no whyle and than his seed sholde be in strauÌge londe without ony pasture And he sayd sothe For kynge Henry lyued no whyle after whan that Symon MouÌtford was deed but dyed anone after hym And in yâ meane tyme syr Edwarde his sone that was the best kynge of yâ worlde of honour was than in yâ holy londe gate there Acres And in yâ couÌtree he begate on dame Elenour his wyfe Ihone of Acres his doughter that afterwarde was countesse of Glocestre And made suche a vyage in yâ holy londe that all the worlde spake of his knyghthode euery man dradde hym hye and lowe through out all chrystendome as the story of hym telleth as afterward ye shall here more openly And from the tyme yâ kynge Henry dyed tyll that syr Gâwarde was crowned kynge all the grete lordes of englonde were as faderles chyldren without ony socoure that them myght mayntayne gouerne and defende agaynst theyr enemyes GRegorye the .ix. was pope after Honory This maÌ canonysed many sayntes and defended myghtely the chirche agaynst Frederyc therfore toke he many prelates and two cardynalles the whiche wente to counseyle agaynst hym This pope was besyeged in yâ cyte of Rome by the emperour he sawe the Romayns were corrupte by the money of the emperour Than he toke in his hande the hedes of the apostles Peter and Paule and wente with processyon fro the chirche of saynt Iohn LatraneÌce to saynt Peters chirche And so gate he the hertes of yâ Romayns And than the emperour went awaye fro the cite This pope made frere Iaymonde to compyle the fyue bokes of the decretals of many pystles decrees And after with many tribulacyons of this tyrauÌt other he decessed went to heuen ¶ Celestinus yâ fourth was pope after Gregory almoost a moneth he was in his lyfe in his connnynge laudable he was an olde man a feble decessed there was no pope after hym almoost a .xij. moneth ¶ Innocentius yâ fourth was pope after hyÌ .xj. yere .vj. monethes This man canonysed many sayntes he deposed yâ emperour Frederye cursed as an enemy to god yâ chirche in yâ thyrde yere yâ he was made pope he was holpen by the Ianuens ¶ And than was Henry yâ syxth chosen Wylliam by yâ popes coÌmauÌdement agaynst Frederye one after an other But they preuayled not to ouercome his tyranny for he was ouer myghty ne these were not crowned for they decessed anone ¶ Thomas de aquino Albertê° magnê° Eustacius BonaueÌture were this tyme holy men whiche destroyed moche heresy infected by yâ emperour ¶ AlexaÌder was pope after Innocent .vij. yere lytel of hyÌ is wryten ¶ Vrbanê° was pope after hym .iij. yere .iij. monethes This man droue away an hoost of sara zyns by men marked with the crosse that Maufred had sent agaynst the chirche The pope gaue yâ kyngdom of Cicyle to the kynges broder of frauÌce yâ he sholde fyght with Maufred than decessed And Maufred after lost his lyf his kyngdoÌ by Karolê° Â¶ Alphonsus kyng of Castil Rychard broder to yâ kyng of englonde were chosen emperours but Rycharde dyed Alphonsus renouÌced his tytle of the empyre before Gregory the .ix. for he was a wytty maÌ
that were defectyue And after he sent to al the lordes of Wales by his lettres patentes that they sholde come all to his parlyameÌt And whan they were comen the kynge sayd to them full curteysly Lordes ye be welcome me behoueth your couÌseyle your helpe for to go in to Gascoyn for to amende the trespace that to me was done whan I was there for to entreate of peas bytwene the kynge of Aragon the pryÌce of Morrey And all the kynges liege men erles barons consented grauÌted therto And than kynge Edwarde made hym redy went in to Gascoyn let amende all the trespaces that was done hyÌ in Gascoyn And of the debate that was bytwene the kyng of Aragon the prynce of Morrey he cessed accorded them And whyle kynge Edward quene Elenore his wyfe were in Gascoyn the good erle of Cornewayle was made wardeyn of Englonde tyll that kyng Edward came agayn And thaÌ enquyred he of his tray tours that coniected falsnes agaynst hym And eche of theÌ all receyued theyr dome after that they had deserued But in the meane tyme whyle that kyng Edward was beyonde that see to do them for to make amendes that had trespaced agaynst hyÌ there was a fals traytour that was called âisap Meridoc began to make warre agaynst kynge Edward that was for cause of syr Payne Tiptot the wrongfully greued diseased the foresayd Bisap Meridoc And whan kynge Edward herde all this he sente by his lettres to Bisap Meridoc that he sholde make no warre but that he sholde be in peas for his loue whan he came agayne in to Englonde he wolde vndertake the quarell amende all that was mysdone This foresayd Risap Meridoc despysed the kynges coÌmaundement spared not to do all the sorowe that he myght to the kynges men of Englond But anone after he was taken ladde to yorke and there he was drawen hanged for his felony ¶ Of the redressyng that king Edward made of his Iustices and of his clerkes that they had done for theyr falsnes and how he droue the Iewes out of Englonde for theyr vsury and mysbyieue WHan kynge Edward had dwelled thre yere in Gascoyn a desyre came to hyÌ for to go in to Englonde agayn And whan he was comen agayn there were so many coÌplayntes made to hym of his Iustices of his clerkes that had done so many wronges falsnes that wonder it was to here For whiche falsnes syr Thomas weylonde the kynges Iustyce forswore Englonde at the Toure of LondoÌ for falsnes that men put vpon hym wherof he was atteynt proued fals And anone after whan the kynge had done his wyll of the Iustices than let he enquyre espye how the Iewes deceyued begyled his people through theyr synne of falsnes of vsury and let ordeyn a preuy parliament amonge his lordes And they ordeyned amoÌge them that all the Iewes shold voyde out of Eng loÌde for theyr misbyleue also for theyr false vsury that they dyd vnto chrysten men And for to spede make an ende of this thynge all the comynalte of Englonde gaue vnto the kynge the .xv. peny of al theyr goodes mouable And so were the iewes dryuen out of Englonde And than went the iewes in to FrauÌce there they dwelled through leue of kyng Philyp that than was kynge of FrauÌce ¶ How kynge Edwarde was seased in all the londe of Scotlonde through coÌsent and grauÌte of all the lordes of Scotlonde IT was not longe after the Alexander kyng of Scotlonde was deed and Dauid the erle of Huntingdon that was the kynges broder of Scotlond asked claymed the kingdom of Scotlonde after that his broder was deed bycause that he was rightfull heyre But many grete lordes sayd naye wherfore grete debate arose bytwene them theyr fren des for as moche as they wolde not con sent to his crownacyon And the meane tyme the foresayd Dauid dyed And so it befell that the sayd Dauid had thre dough ters that worthely were maryed The fyrst doughter was maryed to Bayloll the seconde to Brus the thyrde to Hastynges The foresayd Bayloll Brus chalenged the londe of Scotlonde grete debate stryfe arose bytwene them thre bycause eche of them wolde haue ben kyng And whan the lordes of Scotlonde sawe the debate bytwene them they came to kyng Edward of Englonde seased hym in all the londe of Scotlonde as chefe lord And whan the kyng was seased of the foresayd lordes of Scotlonde the foresayd Bayloll Brus Hastynges came to the kynges courte asked of the kynge whiche of them sholde be kyng of Scotlonde And kyng Edward that was full gentyll true let enquyre by the cronycles of Scotlonde of the gretest lordes of Scotlonde whiche of them was of the eldest blode And it was fouÌde that Bayloll was the eldest that the kyng of Scotlonde shold holde of the kyng of Englonde and do hym feaute homage And after this was done Bayloll went in to Scotlonde and there was crowned kynge of Scotlond And the same tyme was vpon the see grete warre bytwene the englyssh men the Normans But vpon a tyme the NormaÌs arryued at Douer there they martyred an holy man that was called Thomas of Douer And afterward were the Normans slayne that there escaped not one of them ¶ And soone after kynge Edward sholde lese the duchy of Gascoyn through kyng Philip of FrauÌce through his fals castyng of the Douâe peres of the lond wherfore syr Edmond that was kyng Edwardes broder gaue vp his homage vnto the kyng of FrauÌce ¶ And in that tyme the clerkes of Englonde grauÌted to kynge Edward halfe dele of holy chirche goodes in helpynge to recouer his londe agayn in Gascoyn And the kynge sent thyder a noble company of his bachelers And hymselfe wolde haue gone to Portesinouth but he was letted through one Maddok of Wales that had seased the castell of Swandon in to his handes for that cause the kyng turned to Wales at Chrystmasse And bycause that the noble lordes of Englond that were sent in to Gascoyn had no coÌfort of theyr lorde the kyng they were taken of syr Charles of FrauÌce that is to say syr Iohn of Brytayne syr Robert Typtot syr Raufe Tanny syr Hugh Bardulf syr Adam of Cretynge And yet at the Ascencyon was Maddok taken in Wales another whiche was called Morgan and they were sent to the toure of London and there they were byheded ¶ How syr Iohn Bailoll kyng of Scotlonde withsayd his homage ANd whaÌ syr Iohn Bailoll kyng of Scotlonde vnderstode that kyng Edwarde was warred in Gascoyne to whome the realme of Scotlonde was delyuered falsly than agaynst his othe wtsayd his homage through procuryng of his folke sent vnto the courte of Rome through a fals suggestion to be assoyled of the othe that he swore vnto the kynge of Englonde And so
Wales syr Hugh spenser the sone on the other syde of the same âyll the false pylled clerke mayster Robert Baldok there fast besydes them they were brought agayn in to Englonde as almyghty god wolde And the kyng hym selfe was put in safe kepyng in the castell of Kelynworth hym kepte syr Henry that was saynt Thomas broder of Lancastre And syr Hugh the fader came put hym in the quenes grace syr Edwarde her sone duke of Guy ãâ¦ã But syr Hugh Spenser after the tyme yâ he was taken he wolde neyther ete nor drynke for he wyst well he shold haue no mercy saue onely to be deed And the quene her couÌ seyle had ordeyned that he sholde haue ben done to deth at London but he was so feble for his moche fastynge yâ he was nygh deed therfore it was ordeyned yâ he shold haue his iudgement at Herford And at a place of yâ toure his hode was taken froÌ his heed also froÌ Robert Bal dok that fals pylled clerke yâ kynges chauÌ celer meÌ set vpoÌ theyr hedes chaplets of sharpe nettyls two squyers blewe in theyr ere 's with two grete bugles hornes vpon the two prisouers that one myght here theyr blowynge more than a myle And one Symond of Redyng yâ kynges marshall bare before them vpon a spere theyr armes reuersed in token that they sholde be vndone for euermore And on yâ morowe was syr Hugh Spenser yâ sone dampned to deth was drawen hanged heded his bowelles taken out of his body brent after that he was quartred his .iiij. quarters were sent to iiij townes of Englonde his heed sente to London brydge And this Symond for cause that he despysed quene Isabell he was drawen hanged on a stage made amyddes yâ foresaid syr Hughs galowes And yâ same daye a lytell froÌ thens was syr Iohn of Arundell byheded bycause he was one of syr Hugh Spenses counseylers And anone after was syr Hugh Spenser yâ fader drawen hanged heded at Brystowe after hanged agayn by the armes with two stronge ropes the fourth day after he was hewen all to pe ces houÌdes ete hym And bycause the kyng had gyuen hym yâ erledom of wyn chestre his heed was put vpon a spere sente thyder And the fals Baldok was sent to London there he dyed in prison amoÌge theues for men dyd hyÌ no more reuerence than they wold do to a dogge And so dyed yâ traytours of EngloÌd blissed be god And it was no wonder for through theyr couÌseyle yâ good erle Tho mas of LaÌcastre was done to deth all that helde with Thomas of Lancastre through the traytours were vndone all theyr heyres disheryted ¶ How kyng Edward was put downe and his dignite taken from hym ANd anone after as all this was done quene Isabell Edwarde her sone duke of Guyenne all the grete lordes of Englonde at one assent sente to kyng Edward to yâ castell of Kenilworth where as he was in kepynge vnder the warde of syr Iohn Hachim that was yâ bysihop of Ely of syr Iohn of Percy a baron for bycause that he sholde ordeyn his parlyament at a certayne place in Englond for to redresse and amende the estate of the realme And kyng Edward them answered sayd Lordes sayd he ye se full well how it is lo haue here my seale and I gyue you all my power for to ordeyne a parlyament where that ye wyll And than they toke theyr leue of hym came agayn to yâ barons of Englonde And whan they had the kynges patent of this thynge they shewed it to the lordes And than was ordeyned that the parliament shold be at westmynster at the vtas of saynt Hylary And all the grete lordes of Englonde let ordeyne for them there agaynst that tyme that the parlyament sholde be At whiche daye that yâ parlyament was the kyng wolde not come there for no maner thynge as he had set hymselfe assygned And neuerthelesse the barons sent vnto hym one tyme other And he swore by goddes soule that he wolde not come there one fote Wherfore it was ordeyned by all the grete Lordes of Englonde that he sholde no longer be kyng but be depo sed sayd they wolde crowne Edward his sone yâ elder that was duke of Guyenne And sent tydynges vnto the kyng there as he was in warde vnder syr Iohn erle of Garen syr Iohn of Bothun that was bysshop of Ely syr Henry Percy a baron syr Willyam Trussell a knyght yâ was with yâ erle Thomas of Lancastre for to yeld vp theyr homages vnto hym for all them of Englonde And syr Wyllyam Trussell sayd these wordes Syr Edward bycause that ye haue betrayed your people of Englond haue vndone many grete lordes or Englond without ony cause ye shall be deposed now ye be withstande thanked be god And also bycause that ye wold not come to yâ parliament as ye ordeyned at Westmynster as in your owne lettre patent is conteyned for to treate with your lyege men as a kyng sholde And therfore through all yâ comyns assent of all the lordes of Englonde I tell vnto you these wordes Ye shall vnderstande syr that the barons of Englond at one assent wyll that ye be no more king of Englond but vtterly haue put you out of your ryalte for euermore And the bysshop of Ely than sayd to the kynge Syr Edwarde here I yelde vp feaute homage for all yâ archebisshops bysshops of Englond for all yâ clergy Than sayd syr Iohn erle of Garen Syr Edward I yelde vp here vnto you feau te and homage for me for all yâ erles of EngloÌde And syr Henry Percy gaue vp also there his homage for him for all yâ barons of Englonde And than sayd syr William Trussell I yelde vp now vnto you syr myn homage for me for all the knyghtes of Englonde for all them yâ holde by sergeauÌtry or by ony other maner thynge of you so yâ from this day af terward ye shall not be claymed kynge nor for kynge be holden But from this tyme afterwarde ye shall be holden for a singuler man of all yâ people And so they went thens to London where yâ lordes of Englonde abode them syr Edward abode in prison i good kepyng And this was on the daye of yâ coÌuersyon of saynt Paule in the .xx. yere of his regne ¶ Of the prophery of Merlyn declared of kynge Edwarde the sone of kynge Edward the fyrst OF this kyng Edward prophecyed Merlin sayd yâ there sholde come a gote out of Carre that shold haue hornes of syluer a berde as whyte as snowe and a droppe shold come out of his nosethrylles that sholde betoken moche harme honger dethe of people grece losse of his londe And that in yâ begynnynge of his regne sholde be hauÌted
frende and your helpe for to take Mortimer all thynge left vpon peryll of lyfe lymme Than sayd MouÌtagu syr my lord grauÌt mercy Than went forth the foresayd MouÌtagu and came to the constable of the castell and told hym the kynges wyll And he answered sayd the kynges wyll shold be done in as moche as he myght and that he wolde not spare for no maner deth and so he swore and made his othe Than sayd syr Willyam of Mountagu to the constable in herynge of all them that were helpyng vnto the same quarell Now certes dere frende vs behoueth to werke and do by your aduyse for to take Mortymer syth that ye be keper of the castell haue the keys in your warde Syr sayd the constable ye shall vnderstande that the gates of the castell ben locked with the lockes that dame Isabell sente hyther and by nyght she hath the keys therof layeth them vnder the leuesell of the bedde tyll on the morowe and so ye may not come in to the castell by the gates in no maner of wyse but I knowe an aley that stretcheth out of the warde vnder the erth in to the foresayd castel that goth in to the west whiche aley dame Isabell the quene ne none of her men nor Mortymer ne none of his coÌpany knoweth it not And so I shall lede you through the aley and so ye shall come in to the castel wtout espyenge of ony men that be your enemyes And the same nyght syr William MouÌtagu all the lordes of his quarell the same constable also wente to hors them made semblauÌt as it were for to go out of Mortimers syght But anone as Mortimer herde these tydynges he wende that they wold haue gone ouer see for fere of hym And anone he his company toke a couÌseyle amonge them for to lette theyr passage sent lettres anone to the portes so that none of the grete lordes sholde go home to theyr own couÌtrees but yf they were arested taken And amoÌge other thynges Willyam Eland constable of the foresayd castell priuely lad syr William of MouÌtagu his company by the foresayd waye vnder the erth tyl they came in to the castel went vp in to the toure where as Mortymer was in But syr Hugh of Trompyngton theym escryed hydously sayd A traytours it is all for nought that ye be comeÌ in to this castell ye shall dye yet an euyl deth euerychone And anone one of them that was in Mountagues coÌpany by with a mace smote the same Hugh vpon the heed that the brayn brast out fell on the grouÌde so dyed he an euyll dethe Than toke they Mortymer as he armed hym at the toures dore whan he herde the noyse of them for drede And whan quene Isabell sawe the Mortymer was taken she made moche sotowe in hert and these wordes to them sayd Now fayr syrs I pray you that ye do no harme to his body a worthy knyght our welbeloued frende our dere cosyn ThaÌ went they thens came brought Mortimer presented hym vnto kynge Edward And he coÌmaunded to brynge hym in safe warde But anone as they that were consentyng vnto Mortimers doynge herde tell that he was taken they went and hydde them and pââurly by nyght wente out of the towne eueryche in to his countree with an heuy herte mournyng chere and lyued vpon theyr londes as well as they myght And so that same yere that Mortymer was taken he had at his retynue .ix. score knyghtes without squyers and sergeauntes of armes and fote men And than was Mortymer ladde to London syr Symond of Bedford was ladde with hym and was taken to the constable of the toure to kepe But afterwarde was Mortymers lyf examyned at Westmynster before the kynge before all the grete lordes of Englonde for peryll that myght fall to the realme to enquyre also whiche were consentynge to syr Edwardes deth the kynges fader and also through whome the Scottes escaped fro Scanhope in to Scotlonde without the wyll of kyng Edward And also how that charter of Ragman was delyuered vnto the Scottes wherin the homages frautees of the lordes of Scotlonde were conteyned that the Scottes sholde do euer more vnto the Englysshe kynge for the realme of ScotloÌde wherfore in his absence he was dampned to be drawââ hanged for his treason And this myschefe came to hym on saynt Andrewes euen in the yere of the incarnacyon of our lorde Iesu Chryst M CCC and rxx ¶ Now kyng Edward gate agayn vnto hym gracyously the homages fâauââes of Scotlonde wherof he was put out through false couÌseyle of quene Isabell his moder syr Roger Mortymer that was newly made erle of Marchâ NOw haue ye herd how syr Iohn Bayloll in the tyme of peas was chosen to be kyng of Scotlonde bycause that he came of the eldest doughter of the erle Dauid of Huntyngton that was kyng Alysaunders broder of Scotlond that dyed without heyre of his body begoten And how this Iohn made his feaute and homage to kyng Edward Henryes sone the thyrde for his londes of Scotlonde And how he afterwarde wtsayd his homage through couÌseyle of the Scottes in the yere of our lorde M CC .lxxiiij. and sent vnto the pope through a fals suggestion that he made his othe vnto the foresayd kyng Edward ouer his estate his wyl of the whiche othe the pope hym assoyled through his bulles to hyÌ sent And anone as kyng Edward wyst therof he ordeyned anone his barons came to Barwyk conquered the towne at whiche conquest there were slayne .xxv. M. and vij C. and Bayloll that was kyng of Scotlonde came yelded hym to good kynge Edward the kyng afterward delyuered him out of the toure of London all the grete lordes with hym that tho were taken at Barwyk gaue them saufconduyte to go in to Scotlonde And the Scottes âith through theyr falsnes warred vpon the good kyng Edward And whan syr Iohn Bayloll kyng of Scotlonde sawe all this he went ouer see vnto Dunpier and lyued there vpon his londes as wel as he myght tyll that the Scottes wold ameÌde them of theyr mysoedes trespace âad with hyÌ syr Edward his sone wherfore the Scottes in despyte of hym called hym syr Iohn Turnlabaerd for bycause that he wolde not offende ne trespace agaynst the good kyng Edward of Englonde And so he forsoke his realme of Scotlonde and set therof but lytel pryce And this syr Iohan dwelled longe tyme in FrauÌce tyll that he dyed there And syr Edward his sone receyued his herytage dyd homage to the kyng of FrauÌce for his londes of Dunpier And so it befell afterward that Edward that was Iohn Baylols sone had with hym a squyer of engloÌde that was borne in yorkshyre that was called Iohn of Barnaby this Edwarde Bayloll loued hym moche was nygh hym and full
al EngloÌde about sa yt Clementes tyde in wynter there arose suche a spryngynge and wellynge vp of water also of flodes bothe of the see also of fresshe ryuers sprynges that yâ see bankes walles and costes brake vp that men beestes houses in many places namely in lowe countrees violently sodeynly were drowned fruytes dryuen awaye of the erth through contynuaunce aboundaunce of waters of the see euer more afterwarde were turned in to more saltnes and sournes of sauour ¶ The .x. yere of kyng Edwardes regne kynge Edward entred the Scottysshe see after mydsomer to many of the scottes he gaue batayle ouercame them many he treated bowed to his peas through his doughtynes And after at Myghelmasse than next folowynge was the erle of Moryf taken at Edenburgh and brought in to Englonde and put in to pryson ¶ And in the monethes of Iune and Iuly than nexte folowyng in the .xj. yere of his regne was seen and appered in yâ fyrmament a bemed sterre the whiche clerkes call stella Cometa and that sterre was seen in dyuers partes of the fyrmament Where after anone there folowed in Englonde good chepe wonders grete plente of all chaffer vytayles and marchaundyse and there agaynst honger scarcete myschefe and nede of money In so moche that a quarter of whete at London was solde for two shyllynges and a good fatte oxe at a noble and fyue good doue byrdes for a peny In whiche yere dyed syr Iohn of Eltham erle of Cornewayle that was kynge Edwardes broder and lyeth at Westmynster ¶ How kynge Edwarde made a duchy of the erledome of Cornewayle and also of syxe other erles that were newe made and of the fyrst chalenge of the kyngdome of Fraunce IN the yere of our lorde M CCC .xxxvij. and the .xij. yere of kyng Edward in the moneth of Marche durynge the parlyament at Westmynster in lent tyme kyng Edward made of the erledome of Cornewayle a duchy let it call yâ duchy of Cornewayle the whiche duchy he gaue to Edwarde his fyrst sone with the erledome of Chestre And also kynge Edwarde made at the same tyme .vj. other erles that is to saye syr Henry erle of LaÌcasters sone erle of Leycestre WillyaÌ of Boghun erle of Northhamton Willyam of Mountagu erle of Salisbury Hugh of Awdell erle of Glocestre Robert of Vfford erle of Suffolke and Willyam of Cliton erle of Huntyngton ¶ And in that same yere it was ordeyned in the same parlyameÌt yâ no man shold were no cloth that was wrought out of EngloÌde as of cloth of golde ne of sylke or veluet or damaske or satyn baud kyn ne none suche other ne none wylde ware ne furres of beyonde yâ see but suche as myght spende an hondred pouÌde of rent by yere But this ordynauÌce and statute was but of lytel effect for it was nothynge holden ¶ In the .xiij. yere of his regne kyng Edward went ouer the see in to BrabaÌd with quene Philip his wyfe there beryng a childe at And wârp there he dwelled more than a yere for to treate with the duke of BrabaÌd other alyed vnto hym of the chalengynge of yâ kyngdome of FrauÌce to kynge Edward of Englonde by ryght by herytage after the deth of Karoll the grete kynge of Fraunce broder germayn of quene Isabel kyng Edwardes moder the whiche was holden occupyed vnrightfully by Philip of Valoys yâ emes sone of Karoll The whiche duke all his in yâ foresayd thyÌges all other longyng therto with all his men and goodes kynge Edward fouÌde redy vnto hym made behyght ãâ¦ã in âo Eng ãâ¦ã ¶ Than in the .xiiij. ãâ¦ã des of his ãâ¦ã to be at his ãâ¦ã ter the ãâã of ãâ¦ã y. The kynges ãâ¦ã ãâã as touthynge the kyngdome of FrauÌce For whiche nedes to be ãâ¦ã asked yâ fyfth party of al yâ ãâ¦ã ble goodes of Englonde the ãâã ãâ¦ã the .ix. shefe of euery corne And all the ãâ¦ã rdes of euery towne wh ãâ¦ã suchâthynges shold be taxed gadred ãâ¦ã to yâ kyng therof he h ãâ¦ã helde ãâã at his owne ââst wyll W ãâ¦ã I shall knowlege the very trouth the inner loue of yâ people was ãâã into hate yâ comyn prayers in to ãâã for cause that yâ comyn people were so strongly greued ¶ Also the foresayd ãâã ãâã of FrauÌce had gadred vnto hâ a grete hoost destroyed there in his partyes kyngdom many of yâ kynges frendes of EngloÌde with townes ãâã with many other of theyr lordshyps many ãâ¦ã s shapes despytes dyd vnto yâ quene Wher fore whan kyng Edward herde this he was strongly ãâã ângred therw t sent dyuers lettes ouer see to yâ quene to other yâ were his frendes in gladding them certyfyenge them yâ he wolde he there hymselfe in all yââaste yâ he might And anone after rester ãâã he had sped of all thyges that hym neded to haue he went ouer see agayn Of whose coming the quene all his frendes were woÌders glad made moche toye And all yâ were his enemyes helde agaynst him made his moche sorowe In the same tyme the king through couÌseyle of his true ãâã couÌseyle of his lordes yâ there were present with hym ãâã yâ kynge of ãâã name toke ãâã ãâã yâ kynges armes of Frafice quartred with the armes of Englonde ãâã coÌmanded forth with his coyne of golde vnder descripcyon ãâ¦ã yng of the name of Englonde of FrauÌce to be made best yâ myght be yâ is to saye the floreyn yâ was called yâ noble pryce of vâ shyllynges .viij. pens sterlyng yâ halfe noble yâ value .iij. shyllynges ⪠ãâã peus the farthynge of yâ value of ⪠ãâã peus ¶ How kynge Edwarde came vnto the Scluys and dyscomfyted all the power of Fraunce in the hauen ANd in yâ nexte yere after that is to saye the .xv. yere of his âegne he coÌmauÌded let wryte in his chartres wryttes other lettres the date of the regne of FrauÌce yâ fyrst And whyle that he was thus doynge ârauaylynge ãâã Fraunce through his couÌseyle âe wrote to al the prelates dukes cries barons the noble lordes of yâ couÌtre also to dyuers of the comyn people dyuers l ãâ¦ã s maundementes berynge date at Gandaue the .viij. daye of February And anone after within a lytell tyme he came agayn in to Englonde with the quene her childreÌ And in yâ same yere on midsomer euen he began to sayle toward FrauÌce as gayn manly fyersly he fell vpon Philyp of âaloys the whiche longe tyme laye had gadred to hym a full grete boustous meyny of dyuers nacions in yâ hauen of Scluys there they fought to gyder yâ kyng of FrauÌce he with theyr âoââes fro myddaye to thre of yâ clocke on the morowe in yâ whiche batayle were slayne .xxx. M. men of yâ
from the moneth of Marche to the moneth of July there fel no rayne on the erth wherfore all fruytes sedes herbes for yâ moost part were lost in defaute wherfore came so grete dysease of men beestes derth of vitayles in englonde so yâ this londe yâ euer afore had beÌ plenteous had nede yâ tyme to seke vitayles refresshyng at other out yles couÌtrees ¶ And in yâ .xxix. yere of kyng Edward it was accorded grauÌted sworne bytwene the kyng of FrauÌce kyng Edward of EngloÌde yâ he shold haue agayn all his loÌdes lordshyps yâ longed to the duchy of Guyen of olde tyme yâ whiche had ben wtdrawen and wrong fully occupyed by diuers kynges of FrauÌce before hand to haue to holde to kyÌg Edward to his heyres successours for euermo re frely peasybly in good quâete vpon this couenauÌt that the kyng of EngloÌde sholde leue of relese all his ryght day me that he had claymed of yâ kingdom of Fraunce of the tytell yâ he toke therof vpon whiche speche and couenauÌtes is was sent to the courte of Rome on bothesydes of yâ kynges that yâ foresayd couenauÌt sholde be embulled but god erdeyned better for yâ kynges worshyp of Englonde for what through fraude deceyt of yâ frensshmeÌ what through lettyng of yâ pope of yâ court of Rome yâ foresayd couenauÌtes were disquat lefte of And in the same yere yâ kynge reuoked by his wyse and dyscrete couÌseyle the staple of wolles out of FlauÌdres in to EngloÌde with al yâ libertees frauÌchises free customes that longed therto ordeyned it in EngloÌde in dyuers places that is to saye at Westminster CauÌterbury Chichestre Brystow Lyncolne Null With all the foresayd thynges yâ longe therto And yâ this thyÌge yâ shold thus be done yâ kyng swore hyÌselfe therto prynce Edward his sone with other many grete witnesses yâ there were pÌsent ¶ And yâ .xxx. yete of his regne anone after whytsontyde in yâ parlyament ordeyned at Westmynster it was tolde certifyed to yâ kyng yâ Philip that helde the kyngdom of FrauÌce was deed that John his sone was crowned king that this John had gyueÌ karoll his sone yâ duchy of Guyen of yâ whiche thyÌge whan kyng Edward wyst therof he had grete indignacion to hym was wonders wroth strongly meued And therfore afore al yâ worthy lordes yâ were there assembled at yâ parliameÌt he called Edward his sone vnto hym to whom yâ duchy of Guyen by right herytage shold longe to gaue it hyÌ there byddynge strengthyng hym yâ he sholde ordeyn hyÌ for to defend hym auenge hym on his enemyes saue maynteyn his ryght And afterward kyng Edward hymselfe his eldest sone Edward went to diuers places sayntes in Englond on pylgrymage for to haue yâ more helpe grace of god of his sayntes And yâ seconde kae of July whan all thynge was redy to yâ viage batayl al his retynue power assembled his nauy also redy he toke with hym yâ erle of Warwyk the erle of Suffolk the erle of Salysbury yâ erle of Oxford and a. M. men of armes as many archers on yâ Natiuite of our lady toke theyr shyppes at Plommouth began to sayle And whan he was arry ued in Guyen he was there worshypfully receyued of the moost noble men lordes of yâ couÌtre And anone after kyng Edward toke with him his two sones yâ is to saye syr Leonell erle of Vlton and syr John his broder erle of Rychemonde syr Henry duke of Lancastre with many erles lordes men of armes two M. archers sayled towarde FrauÌce rested hym a whyle at Calays afterwarde the kyng went with his folke afore said with other soudyours of beyonde the see that there abode yâ kynges comynge the seconde day of Nouember toke his iourney toward kynge John of FrauÌce there as he had trowed to haue founde hym fast by DdomaruÌ as his lettres couenauÌt made mencyon that he wolde abyde hym there with his hoost And whaÌkyng John of FrauÌce herd tell of the comynge of yâ kyng of Englonde he went away with his men caryage cowardly shamefully fleynge wastynge all vytayles yâ englysshmeÌ shold not haue ther of Whan kynge Edward herde tell yâ he fled he pursued hym with all his hoost tyll Hedyn than he beholdynge yâ scarsete wantynge of vitayles also yâ cowardyse of the kynge of FrauÌce he returned agayn wastynge all the couÌtree ¶ And whyle all these thynges were a doynge the Scottes pryucly by night toke the towne of Barwyck sleynge them that with stode them no man els but blyssed be god the castell was saued kepte by englysshmen yâ were therin Whan yâ kyng wyst of al this he returned agayn in to EngloÌd as wroth as he myght be wherfore in yâ parlyament at Westmynster was grauÌted to the kynge of euery sacke of wolle .l. shyllynges durynge the terme of .vi. yere yâ he myght yâ myghte lyer fyght defende the realme agaynst the Scottes other mysdoers And so whan all thynges were redy the kynge hasted hym towarde the syege ¶ How kynge Edwarde was crowned kyng of ScotloÌde how pryÌce Edward toke yâ kynge of FrauÌce syr Philyp his yonger sone at the batayle of Poytiers ANd in the .xxxi. yere of his regne the .xiii. daye Janyuer the king beynge in the castell of Barwyk with a fewe men but he hauynge there fast by a grete hoost and a goodly the towne was yelden vnto hym without ony maner defence of ãâ¦ã an the kyng of Scotlande yâ is to say syr Iohn Baâ loll cosydecynge how yâ goâ dyd many meâuayles gracyous thynges for kyng Edward at his own wyll fro day to day he toke gaue vp yâ realme of Scotlond at kilburgh in the kynges handes of Englond vnder his patenâ lettres there madt And anone after king Edward in presence of all yâ prelates worthy men yâ were there letcrowne by kyng of Scotlond Whan all thyges were done ordeyned myÌ couÌire at his wyll he returned agayn in to Englonde with a grete worshyp And whyle this vâage was a doynge in Scottonde syr Edward pryÌce of wales as a man enspiced of god was in Guyen in yâ cite of Burdeux tretyng speking of yâ chalenge of yâ kynges right of EngloÌde yâ he had to yâ realme of FrauÌce that he wold be auestged with stronge hande yâ prelates peres mighty men of yâ couÌtree coÌsented well to hym Than syr Edward yâ prynce with a grete h ãâ¦ã gadred to hyÌ the .vj. daye of Jui yâ went from Burdeux goynge trauaylyng by many dyuers couÌtrees he âoke many prysoners moo than .vj. thosande men of armes by yâ couÌtre as he went toke the towne of Remorant in Saloygne and desyeged the castell vj dayes at
of his people but went forth on theyr viage yâ they had begon wherfore about yâ feest of Philip Iacob in May fast by CarnoenÌ yâ foresayd lordes of ãâã ce metynge there with the king of EngloÌde a peasyble accorde a ãâ¦ã certayn coÌdicyons grauÌtes ãâã gadr ãâ¦ã and wryten togyder ãâã to last but discretly made to bothe yââynges ãâã table to theyr realms bothe ãâ¦ã sent of Charles ãâã ãâã gouernour of FrauÌce Parys of ãâ¦ã writen ãâ¦ã the .xv. daye of May they ââffred ãâã to the kyng of Englonde requyryng his grace in all thynges wryten yâ he wolde ãâ¦ã them holde them fyrme stable to them to theyr heyres for euermore theââ forth The whiche thynges artycles whaÌ kyng Edward had seen them he grauÌt to them so that both partyes shold be sworââ on goodes body on yâ gospels yâ the foresayd couenauÌt shold be stablysshed so they accorded gracyolisly Therfore there were ordeyned dressed on euery side ãâã baroÌs twp baronets two knyghtes to admyt recoylle the othes of yâ lorde Charles te gent of FrauÌce of syr Edwarde yâ fyrst sone heyre of king Edward of EngloÌde And yâ .x. daye of May there was songen a solemâne masse at Parys after the thyrde Agnê° deâ sayd with dona nobis paceÌ ãâã presence of yâ foresayd men yâ were ordeyned to admytte receyue yâ othes of all other yâ there might be Tho Charles layde his tyght hande on yâ patent with goddes body his lyft hande on yâ masse boke sayd We N. swere on goddes bo dy the holy gospels yâ we shall truly stedfastly helde toward vs yâ peas yâ ac corde made bytwene yâ two kynges in no manes to do yâ coÌtrary there amoÌge all his lordes for more loue strength of wytnes he deled departed the ãâã of the crowne of Chryst to yâ knyghtes of engloÌde they curtâysly toke theyr leue And yâ fryday next yâ same othe in êsence of yâ foresayd knightes of other worthy men prynce Edwarde made at Louers Afterward doth kyÌges theyr sones ãâã most noble men of bothe realmes ãâã yâ same yere made yâ same othe And for to strength all these thyÌges aforesayd the kyng of Englonde ared yâ gretest men of FrauÌce had his askyng yâ is to say .vj. dukes .viij. erles .xij. lordes all noble baroÌs worthy knyghtes And whaÌ yâ place tyme was assigned in whiche bothe ãâ¦ã theyr couÌseyl shold come togider all yâ foresayd thyÌges bytwene theÌ spoke for to ratify make firme stable yâ kyÌg of engloÌde anone went toward yâ see at Hounâlet began to sayle leuynge to his hostes yâ were lefte behynde hyÌ bycause of his absence moche heuynes And after the .xix. daye of Maye he came in to EngloÌde went to his palays at Westmynster on saynt Dunstans daye the thyrde daye after he vysyted Iohn the kyng of FrauÌce that was in the toure of London delyuered hym frely from all maner of prison saue fyrst they were accorded of .iij. millyons of floreyns for his raimsom and the kynge coÌforted hym chered hym in all places with all solace myrthes that longeth to a kyng in his goynge homewarde ¶ And the .ix. daye of Iuly in yâ same yere this same Iohn kynge of FrauÌce yâ afore laye here in hostage went home agayne in to his owne londe to treate of those thinges other yâ longed fallen to the gouernauÌce of his realme ¶ And afterward mette came togyder at Calays bothe yâ two kynges with bothe theyr couÌseyles about all hâ lowen tyde there were shewed the con dicyons the poyntes of the peas of yâ accorde of bothe sydes wryten there wtout ouy with sayenge of bothe sydes gracyously they were accorded there was done and songen a solempne masse And after the thyrde Agnus dei vpon goddes body also vpon the masse boke bothe the kynges theyr sones and the gretest lordes of both realmes of theyr couÌseyles that there were present had not sworne before the foresayd othe that they had made tytelled bytwene them they behyght to kepe and all other couenauÌtes yâ were bytwene them ordeyned ¶ And in this same yere men beestes trees houses with sodeyn tempest and stronge lyghtenynge were perysshed the deuyll appered bodyly in mannes ly kenes to moche people as they went in dyuers places in the countrees spake to them in that lykenes ¶ How the ãâ¦ã Bynge ãâ¦ã of his regne ãâ¦ã Chrystin asse in the ãâã of yâ ãâ¦ã saynt Paule hâlde his ãâ¦ã Westmynster in yâ whiche parlyament was put forth shewed yâ accorde ãâã yâ treatys that was stablysshed ãâã bytwene the two kynges whiche accorde pleased to moche people therfore ây yâ kynges coÌmauÌdemeÌt there were ãâã come togyder in Westmynster chirche yâ fyrst sonday of leât that is to saye the second kal of February the foresayd Englysshe men Frenssomen where was songe a solempne masse of yâ Crinite of the arche bysshop of Caunterbury mayster Symond Islepe And whan Agnê° dei was done the king beynge there with his sones also yâ kynges sones of FrauÌce other noble grete lordes with candellyght crosses brought forth al that were not sworne before swore that same yâ was wryten vpon goddes body on yâ masse boke in this wyse We N. and N. swere vpon goddes body on yâ holy gospelles stedfastly to holde kepe toward vs the peas the accorde made bytwene yâ two kynges neuer for to do yâ coÌtrary And whan they had thus sworne they toke theyr crosses yâ theyr othes were compre heâded in to yâ notaryes And this same yere it for t ãâ¦ã vpon the AâceÌcyon euen about mydday was seen yâ eclypse of the ãâã there folowed suche a drought that for defaut ofâayne there was grete brânnynge ofcorâe fruyte ãâã ¶ And in the same moneth the .vj. ãâã of Iune there fell a sanguyne raynâ almoost lyke blode at Burgoyne And a sanguyne crosse from morow vnto pryme appered and was seen at Boloyn in the âyre the whiche many men sawe after it meued fell in yâ myddes of the see ¶ And in the same tyme in FrauÌce Englonde many other londes as they that were in playne couÌtrees desert bare wytnes sodeynly there appered two castels of yâ whiche wente out two hostes of armed men And that one hoost was clothed in whyte that other in blacke whan batayle bytwene them was begon the whyte ouercame the blacke anone after the blacke toke herte to them ouercame the whyte after that they went agayn i to theyr castels than yâ castels all the hoost vanysshed awaye ¶ And in the same yere there was a grete an huge pestileÌce of people namely of men whose wyues as women out
In this same yere syr Henry erle of NorthumberloÌde the lorde Bardolf came out of Scotlonde in preiudyce destruceyon of kynge Henry wherfore they of the NorthcouÌtre arose vpon them fought with them discoÌfited them toke them smoâe of their hedes quartred theyr bodyes sent the heed of the erle a quarter of the lorde Bardolf to LondoÌ and there they were set vpon LoudoÌ brydge for fals treason that they had purposed agaynst the kyng ¶ And in the .ix. yere of kyng Henryes regne was syr Edmond Holland erle of Kent made Amyrall of Englonde for to kepe the see he went to the see with many ryal shyppes that were ful well arayed apparayled and enarmed with many a good man of armes archers and of good defence of warre in the kynges name of Englonde and so he londed at the last in the coste of Brytayn in the yle of Briak with al his folke he besyeged the castell assauted it they withstode hym with grete defence strength And anone he layd his ordynaunce in the layenge of a gonne there came a quarell and smote the good erle Edmond in the heed there caught he his deth WouÌde but yet they left not tyll that they had goten the castell all that were therin there this good lord dyed vpon whose soule god haue mercy amen And than his meyny came home agayne in to Englonde with the erles body and was buryed amonge his auÌcestres right worthely ¶ And in the same yere was a grete frost in EngloÌde that âured xv wekes ¶ And in the .x. yere of kyng henryes regne the fourth came the Seâesshall of Henaud with other meyny in to Englonde to seke auentures to gete them worshyp in dedes of armes bothe on horsbacke on fote at all maner poyntes of warre And the Senesshall chalenged the erle of Somerset the erle delyue red hyÌ full manfully of al his chalenges and put his aduersary to the worst in al poyntes wan there grete worship the degre of the felde And on the nexte day after came in to the felde an other man of armes of the Senesshals party agaynst him came syr Rychard of Arundel knyght the Henaud had the better of hym on fote in one poynt for he brought hym on his knee And on the thyrde daye came in an other man of armes in to the felde and agaynst hym there came syr Iohn Corne wayle a knyght manly knyghtly he quytte hyÌ in all maner poyntes agaynst his aduersary had the better in the felde And on the fourth daye came an other man of armes of Henaud in to the felde agaynst him came syr Iohn Chaynes sone manly quytte hym agaynst his aduersary for he cast hors man in to the felde And the kynge for his manhode at that tyme dubbed hym knyght And on the fyfth daye there came an other man of armes of the Henaudes party in to the felde to hym came syr Iohn stewarde knight manfully he quytte him there in all maner poyntes had the better And on the syxth daye after came an other Henaud to hym came Willyam Porter squyer manfully he quytte hym had the better in the felde And the kynge dubbed hym knyght the same tyme. And on the seuenth daye after came an other man of armes of Henaud in to the felde to him came Iohn Standisshe squyer and manfully he quytte hym on his aduersary had the better of hym in the felde and the kynge dubbed hym knyght the same daye And on the same day came an other man of armes of Henaud and to hym came a squyer of Gascoyne and proudly and maÌly he quytte hym on his aduersary had the better of hym and anone the kynge dubbed hym knyght And on the .viij. day came in to the felde two men of armes of Henaud to them came two sowdyours of Calays whiche were bretherne that were called Burghes and well manly quytte them on theyr aduersaryes had the better in the felde And thus ended the chalenges with many grete worshyppes And the kynge at the reuerence of these worthy strafigers made a grete feest and gaue them many riche gyftes And thaÌ they toke theyr leue and went home agayne in to theyr owne countree ¶ And in the. xâ yere of kynge Henryes regne the fourth there was a grete batayle done in smyth felde bytwene two squyers that one was called Glocestre that was appellaunt and Arthur was the defendauÌt and well manly they fought togyder longe tyme And the kynge for theyr manfulnes and of his grace toke theyr quarell in to his handes and made them to go out of the felde at ones so they were deuyded of theyr batayle and the kyng gaue them grace ¶ And the .xij. yere of kyng Henryes regne the fourth âysdie a squyer of Wales that was a rebell a ryser supporter to Owen of Glendre whiche dyd moche destruccyon to the people of Wales was taken brought to London there he came before the Iustyees and was dampned for his treason than he was layde on an hurdell and so drawen to Tyburne through the cite there he was hanged let downe agayne his heed smytten of and the body quartred and sent to foure townes his heed set vpon London brydge ¶ And in the. xiij yere of kynge Henryes regne tho dyed syr Iohn Beauford the erle of Somerset that was capytayne of Calays was buryed at the abbey of the Toure hyll on whose soule god haue mercy Amen ¶ And in the same yere the lorde Thomas kyng Henryes sone wedded the couÌtesse of Somerset ¶ And in this same yere came the embassadours of Fraunce in to Englonde fro the duke of Burgoyn vnto the prynce of Englonde kyng Henryes sone heyre for to haue helpe and socour of meÌ of armes archers against the duke of Orlyaunce And than went ouer see the erle of Arundel syr Gylbert Vmfreuyll erle of Kent the lorde Cobham syr Iohn Oldcastell many other good knyghtes worthy squyers men of armes good archers in to FrauÌce came to Parys to the duke of Burgoyn there he receyued welcomed these englysshe lordes all the other meyny And than it was done hyÌ to wyte that the duke of OrlyauÌce was comen to saynt Clowe fast by Parys with a grete nombre of men or armes arbalastres thyder went our Englysshmen fought with them gate yâ brydge of saynt Clowe there they slewe many Frensshmen and arbalastres the remenauÌt fledde wold no longer abyde And thaÌ our englysshmen came agayn to Parys there they toke theyr leue of the duke came safe agayne in to Englonde and the duke gaue them grete gyftes And anone after the duke of OrlyauÌce sent embassadours in to Englonde to kyng
ãâã ãâã âor des were ãâã at saynt ãâã wh ãâ¦ã fore was alway a grutchyâge ârâth had by the heyres of them that wh ãâ¦ã slayn agaynst the duke of yorke the rââe of Warwycke and the ãâã of ãâã ry wherfore the kynge by the ãâã of his couÌseyle sente for them to London to whiche place the duke of Yorke came the .xxvj. daye of Ianuary with .iiii. C. men lodged hyÌ at Baynardes castell in his owne place And the .xv. daye of Ianuary came the erle of Salisbury with v C. men was lodged in therber his owne place And than came the duke of Excestre of Somerset wt. viij C. men laye wtout temple barre And the erle of Northumberlond the lorde Egremond and the lorde Clifford with .xv. C. men and lodged wtout the towne ¶ And the Mayre that tyme Geffray Boloyne kepte grete watche with the comyns of the cite rode aboute the cite by Holborne Flete strete with .v. M. men well arayed armed for to kepe the peas ¶ And the .xiiij. daye of February the erle of Warwyk came to London froÌ Calays well beseen worshypfully with vj C. men in reed Iackettes broddred with a ragged staffe behynde before and was lodged at the gray freres ¶ And the .xvij. daye of Marche the kyng the quene came to London And there was a coÌcorde a peas made amonge these lordes they were set in peas And on our ladyes day in Marche in the yere of our lorde M cccc .lviij. the kyng the quene all these lordes went on processyon at Paules in London and anone after the kyng the lordes departed ¶ And iÌ this yere was a grete fraye in Flete strete bytwene men of courte men of the same strete In whiche fraye the quenes atturney was slayne ¶ How the kynges housholde made a fraye agaynst the erle of Warwyk and of the iourney at Bloreheth ALso this same yere as the erle of Warwyck was at counseyle at Westmynster all the kynges housholde meyny gadred them togyder for to haue slayne the erle but by the helpe of god his frendes he recouered his barge and escaped theyr euyll enterpryse how well the cokes came rennynge out with spyttes and pestels agaynst hym And the same daye he rode toward Warwyk soone after he gate hym a coÌmyssyon wente ouer see to Calays ¶ Soone after this the erle of Salysbury comynge to London was encouÌtred at Blorâheth with the lord Awdley moche other people ordây ned for to destroye hym But he hauynâ knowlege that he sholde be mette with ãâã was accompanyed with his two sones syr Thomas syr Iohn Neuyll a grete ãâã shyp of good men And so they fought to gyder where the erle of Salysbury waâ the felde the lorde Awdley was ãâã many gentylmen of Chessh ãâ¦ã ãâã moche people huâte And the erles two sones were hurte goynge homeward afterward they were taken had to Ch ãâ¦ã by the quenes meyny ¶ After ãâã Pius was pope was chosen this yere M cccc .lviij. and he was called before Eneas an eloquent man and a poete ãâã reate He was embassadour of the empe rours afore tyme. And he wrote in the ãâã seyle of Basyle a noble treaty for the ãâã rite of the same Also he canonysed ãâã Katheryne of Senys This pope ordey ned grete indulgence pardon to them the wolde go warre agaynst the Turke ãâã wrote an epystle to the grete Turke ãâã hortynge hyÌ to become chrysten And in the ende he ordeyned a passage agaynst the Turke at Ankone to whiche moche people drewe out of all partyes of chrystendome of whiche people he sent many home agayne bycause they suffysed not And anone after he dyed at the sayd place of Ankone the yere of our lord M cccc .lxiiij. the .xiiij. daye of August ¶ How Andrewe Trollop and the sowâyoures of Calays forsoke the duke of Yorke and theyr mayster the erle of war wyk in the west countree THe duke of Yorke the erles of warwyk of Salysbury sawe the gouernauÌce of the realme stode moost by the quene her couÌseyle how the grete prynces of the londe were not called to couÌseyle but set aparte not onely so but it was sayd through the realme that those said lordes sholde be destroyed vtterly as it opeÌly was shewed at Bloreheth by them that wolde haue slayne the erle of Salysbury Than they for saluacyon of theyr lyues also for the comyn wele of the realme thought to remedy these thynges assembled them togider with moche people toke a felde in the west couÌtre to whiche the erle of Warwyk came fro Calays with many of the olde sowdyours as Andrewe Trollop other in whose wysdome as for the warre he moche trusted And whaÌ they were thus assembled made theyr felde the kyng sent out his coÌmyssyons preuy seales vnto all the lordes of his realme to come wayte on hym in theyr moost best defensable aray And so euery man came in suche wise that the kyng was stronger had more people than the duke of yorke the erles of warwyk of Salysbury For it is here to be noted that euery lorde in Englonde durst not disobey the quene for she ruled peasybly all that was done about the kyng whiche was a good a well disposed man And thaÌ whan the kyng was comen to the place where as they were the duke of yorke his felaw shyp made theyr felde in the stroÌgest wyse purposed verily to haue bydeÌ fought but in the nyght Andrewe Trollop all the olde sowdyours of Calays with a grete felawshyp sodeynly departed out of the dukes hoost wente streyght to the kynges feld where they were ioyously receyued for they knewe the entent of the other lordes also the maner of theyr felde And than the duke of yorke with the other lordes seynge them deceyued toke a couÌseyle shortly in the same nyght departed from the felde leuynge behynde them the moost party of theyr people to kepe the felde tyll on the morowe Than the duke of Yorke with his second sone departed through wales toward Irlonde leuynge his eldest sone that erle of Marche with the erles of warwik of Salysbury whiche rode togyder with thre or foure persones streyght in to Deuenshyre there by helpe ayde of one Denham a squyer gate for theÌ a shyppe which cost .xj. score nobles with the same shyppe sayled froÌ thens iÌ to Garnesey there refresshed them fro thens sayled to Calais where they were receyued in to the castell by that posterne or they of the towne wyst of it And the duke of Yorke toke shyppynge in Wales sayled ouer in to Irlonde where he was well receyued ¶ How the erles of Marche Warwyk Salysbury entred in to Calays how the erle of warwyk went in to Irlonde THan kynge Henry
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And more in scripture is not had of him ¶ Omias bysshop was sone to SymoÌ Symon was bysshop after hyÌ whiche was a very religyous maÌ he reformed the teÌple of god better encreaced yâ cite of IerusaleÌ with many other good thyÌges ¶ SeÌproniê° Appius Claudiê° Gueus Gaius Attiliê° Regulê° Emilius Fabiê° this tyme were senatoures at Rome This SeÌproniê° fought agaynst yâ countre of Picentes almoost yâ cheualry on bothe partes were slayne except a fewe Romayns were lefte alyue yâ subdued yâ couÌtre Appiê° Claudiê° subdued Syracusanas yâ couÌtre of Penos put grete tribute on them Attiliê° Regulê° a noble senatour ouercaÌme .iij. kynges .lxxiij. citees subdued a dragon of C .xv. fote he slewe Afterward whaÌ he was ouer cruell agaynst his enemyes denyeng to gyue them peas but yf they wold paye a mighty tribute they almost in despayre fought agaynst him ouercame hyÌ his hoost toke hym yet they wolde fayne haue had peas but this faythful man had leuer dye in payne thaÌ to gyue peas to cursed people His louyng saynt Austyn gretly exalteth Emiliê° Fabius Gaius wold haue deliuered Regulus but they obteyned not ¶ Ptholomeas Euergites this tyme was king of egipt a victoryous prynce a myghty This man subdued SyriaÌ CiciliaÌ yâ moost parte of Asie and toke theyr goddes brought them in to his couÌtre ¶ Ptholomeus Philopater sone to Euergites regned in Egypte .xvij. yere This man fought agaynst .ij. brethern SelencuÌ grete AnthiocuÌ he prostrated many a thousande but neuerthelesse he preuayled not Vide plâa plura i IohaÌne suê Daniel ¶ Hanyball the moost cursed kynge of Penorum or of affricanorum mightely hated the Romayns for he destroyed them almoost to yâ vttermest ende nygh yâ cite of Rome he destroyed so many noble men of Romayns he slewe at one tyme that thre busshelles of golde rynges he drew of theyr fyngers Also in a certayn water of the slayne bodyes of these Romayns he made as it were a brydge yâ his hoost myght passe And at yâ last Cipio yâ noble senatour directed his host to hym discoÌfyted hym almost Cipios host of Romayns were slayne ¶ Lucatius coÌsul Sipronius valeriê° Fulnius lutinê° Gaius Scipio ruled at Rome This tyme the Romays had peas one yere alone it was takeÌ for a myracle yâ they had so loÌge rest for afore this tyme in iiij C. .xl. yere yâ Romayns had neuer rest These coÌsules whaÌ yâ yere was done coÌgregated all yâ streÌgth of ytaly they had in theyr hoost .viij. M. armed men for drede of yâ frensshmen whome they drad strongly afterwarde yâ Romayns subdued them ¶ Epiphanes yâ sone of Philopat regned in egypt .xxiiij. yere Cleopatra doughter to grete Anthiocê° was his wyfe ¶ Anthiocê° magnus this tyme regned in Syrry whiche dyd moche mischefe to yâ Iewes Vt pêª patet Math. ¶ Onias this tyme was bysshop in IerusaleÌ This Onias for yâ tyranny of Anthiocus fled with many iewes into egypt feynynge hym to fulfyll the êphecy of ysaie .xix. that is to wyte to buylde the temple But in yâ he synned for he sayd otherwyse than he thought The kynge of Egypte gracyously receyued hym gaue hym yâ londe of Helipolees there he buylded his teÌple Symon his sone was bysshop at IerusaleÌ after that his fader was fledde ¶ Circa annum muÌdi .v. M .xxxiiij. Et ante Christi natiuitatem C .lxv. ELeasar of the lyne of Chryst was about this tyme of hyÌ no thynge is wryteÌ in scripture but yâ Math. nombreth hyÌ Vt pêª patet .j. ¶ Omas Pius was to yâ Iewes bysshop this tyme an holy man well beloued with god man not all onely with good men but yll men also At the last vnright wysly was slayne of Andronito Vt pêª patet .ij. macha .iiij. ¶ Paulus Terentius Scipto Affricanê° these were senatours at Rome these two erected an hoost agaynst Hanyball there almost yâ Romayns hope dyed for there was slayne .xliiij. thousand Romayns And this noble man Scipio Affricanus brought agayn the state of yâ Romayns the whiche stode in a despayre neuer to haue recouered For he fought with Hanyball manly discoÌfyted hyÌ All Spayne he ouercame All Affryke he subduedgrete Anthiocê° he brought to be his seruauÌt All Asiam he made tributary to yâ Romayns This man so noble so victoryous by his own vnkynde couÌtre was outlawed there he dyed ¶ Philometor the sone of Epiphanes of Cleopatra regned in egypt .xxxv. yere This kyng yet a chylde noble Anthiocus gretly oppressed with many deceytes But yâ Romayns sent legates yâ which coÌmauÌded Anthiocus yâ he sholde cesse of his tyranny agaynst hym And Marcus Publiê° made a cercle about Anthiocus sayenge thus The senatours of rome yâ people coÌmauÌde yâ that yâ go not out of this cercle tyll yâ haue answered to this mater This Anthiocus seynge yâ he might not contynue his tyraÌny sayd Yf it be thus coÌmauÌded me of the senatours and Romayns I must nedes turne agayn so wood angry he was yâ he lost yâ syege of AlexaÌdre turned to yâ poore releues of the Iewes veÌgyng hyÌ on them bycause he myght not venge hym on no myghtyer people Vt pêª patet in lib. macha .j. et .ij. MAthathias an holy man of all praysynge moost worthy hated in his herte the coÌuersacyon of all synners all onely trustyng in our lorde god of Israel Vt pêª patet prio macha .ij. And this maÌ had .v. sones of the same loue vnto god This man was not bysshop in Israel but his .iii. sones were ¶ Iudas Mathabeê° was bysshop .iii. yere he was sone to Mathathias This machabeus was the moost named man that euer was in Isarel that whiche had neuer none lyke hym afore ne after He was in batayle a myghty man offred hyÌ to dye a martyr for the lawes of god ¶ Ionathas his broder suceeded hym rir yere the whiche grewe in vertue gouerned abode stedfast in the lawes of god after falsly was slayne of Criphone two of his sones Vâde pâa iuda et frÌe etê° lib. macha ¶ Antiochus Epiphanes sone to Antio thus the myghty this tyme was kyng of Sirry This man froÌ the heed vnto the fote wtin wtout al was cursed therfore he was fygured to Antechryst Many mar tyrs he made cruelly falsly he disposed hyÌ to entre in to Egypt as his fader dyd but he obteyned not for the Romayns letted hyÌ to his vnhappy werke how he was in hostage at Rome how the êphe cy of Daniel is coÌpleted in hyÌ ye may se in the boke of Macha ¶ Quintus flami nius Marchê° Catho Thiberiê° Graceê° were senatours of Rome This tyme so meche batayle was the lerned men of gen tyles of the true fayth bothe were wery to wryte the actes or haue them in mynde In
to the ende of the Worlde Christus natê° est WHan our lord Iesu Chryst was borne a well of ayle sprange beyonde Tyber by Rome ranne all the daye ¶ The golden ymage fell the which Romulus had made put in his palays sayenge This ymage shall not fall vntyll a mayde bere a chylde ¶ Whan Herode dysposed hym to slee yâ children of Israel he was coÌmauÌded by the lettre of yâ emperour to come to rome to answere to yâ accusacyoÌ of his children AlexiuÌ Aristoboli And there were .iij. Herodes gretly spoken of for theyr yll dâ des The fyrst was called Ascolonita vnder this maÌ was Chryst borne the children of Israell were slayne The second was called Antipas sone to yâ fyrst Herode vnder whom John baptist was heded and Chryst suffred deth And the thyrde was called Agrippa sone to Aristoboli sone to yâ fyrst Herode yâ whiche slew Iames prisoned Peter The first Herode whaÌ he sawe his sones AlexiuÌ Aristoboli through yâ preteÌce of his lettre by the emperour sent stroue for yâ succes syon of his kyngdom he disposed made Antipater yâ was his first begoteÌ sone to be before them whan they were tal kyng of yâ deth of theyr fader he kest theÌ away they went to yâ emperour to coÌplayne of yâ wronge of theyr fader in yâ meane tyme yâ thre kynges of Coleyn came by Herode to IerusaleÌ whan they came not agayn by hyÌ he thought they were ashamed to come agayn by hyÌ for bicause they were deceyued that they fouÌde not yâ childe as he demed therfore in yâ meane season he cessed to slee yâ chyldren of Israell than he went to Rome for yâ citacyon of the emperour he toke his way by yâ cite of Tarsum where he brent yâ shyppes in whiche the thre kynges of Coleyne sholde haue sayled in to theyr owne couÌtrees Than after a yere certayne dayes this Herode came frâ Rome agayn accorded with his sones for the confyrmacyon of his kyngdome he was made moche bolder thaÌ he slewe all yâ children of Bethleem yâ were of two yere of age and vnder that had space of one nyght of age amonge these was there one of his owne chyldren And Ari stobolus AlexiuÌ were had suspected in so moche as they promysed a barbour a grete rewarde for to cutte theyr faders throte whan he dyd shaue hyÌ And whaÌ this Herode herde this he was greued and there he slewe bothe his sones And Herode Agrippa his sone he ordeyned to be kyng Wherfore Antipater his eldest sone was about to poyson his fader the whiche Herode Agrippa vnderstode prisoned there his broder the whiche yâ emperour herde sayd yâ he had rather be an hogge of Herodes than to be one of his sones for his hogges he spareth his sones he sleeth And whan Herode was .lxx. yere of age he was stryken with a grete sekenes in his handes in his feet in his membres yâ no leche might come to him for stynke so dyed Whan Antipater his sone yâ was in prison herd tell of this he ioyed gretly there for yâ cause he was slayne Than Archelaus and Herode stroue for the successyon of yâ fyrst Herode afore yâ emperour The emperour there through couÌseyle of yâ senatours yâ halfe of yâ Iury ydumea gaue to Archelaus vnder name of a tetrarche The other parte he deuyded in to two Galile he gaue to Herode Antipas and Ituriam TraconitideÌ he gaue to Philyp Herodes broder ¶ And yâ same yere Chryst came from Egypte And Archelaus was accused many tymes of the Iewes was exiled in to ViennaÌ in to FrauÌce And in yâ place were set .iiij. Tetrarches to yâ repreuynge of yâ vnstablenes of yâ Iewes ¶ And that same yere Octauian the emperour dyed ¶ Anno Christi .xij. IEsu Chryst our sauyour at .xij. ye re of age herde the doctours in the temple Our lorde Iesu Chryst at .xxx. yere of age was baptysed Crux Christi ¶ Iesu Chryst the lorde of all lordes at xxxiij yere of age and thre monethes dyed for his seruauÌtes ¶ Innius Rufus was bysshop in the Iury about this tyme. Valerius Gracius was after hym xj yere This man openly solde the bysshopryche he that gaue moost had it And so there was many in a lytel whyle ¶ Ponciê° Pylatê° was iudge proctour in the Iury vnder yâ emperour And vnder this man saint Iohn baptyst began to preche And our lord Iesu Chryst suffred deth whom Pylate coÌdempned to deth wroÌgfully for drede of yâ emperour ¶ Tyrus a certayn kyng gate a âhysde on Pyla a poore mannes doughter named Atus this chylde of his medârs name his belsyre put togyder was called Pylatus This Pylatê° the .iiij. yere of his age was sent to his fader yâ whiche kyng on his wyse lefully had goten a chylde euen of the age of Pylate And bycause this lefull goten chylde as they proceded in age exceded this bastard Pylatus he was full of enuye slewe his broder the lefull goten childe Wherfore his fader forth with sente hym to Rome for pledge for his tribute yâ he payd to rome entendyng he wolde neuer redeme hym In the whiche tyme the kynges sone of FrauÌce was pledge for his trybute the whiche exceded hym in strength chyualry also he slewe hym Therfore yâ Romayns sent Pylate as a êfytable man for the comyn wele to the yle of Ponto to tame the cursed people yâ whiche slewe euery Iudge that came to them And he that cursed man gouerned that vnhappy people what with thretenynge and with promesse with lawe and with gyftes that none of them durst do contrary to his pleasure wherfore he was called Pylate of Ponto ¶ Herode Antipa yonge in his coÌuersacions with gyftes and messengers drewe hym to hym and made hym prynce of the Iury vnder hym And this tyme Pylate gadred moche money and Herode not knowynge he went to Rome that he might receyue of the emperour that Herode had gyuen hym Wherfore Herode Pylate were enemyes togyder vnto the passyon of our lorde whan yâ Pylate sent Iesu Chryst vnto Herode clothed in a whyte clothe than they were made frendes ¶ Ouidius Naso in Ponto aboute this tyme dyed the fourth yere of his exile ¶ Tiberius this tyme was emperour at Rome and he regned .xxiij. yere and he lyued in the yere that our lord Iesu Chryst dyed somwhat after This man was in all his werkes gretly auysed that there sholde be nothynge sodeynly done wyse in warres studyous in bokes fayre of speche fresshe in wytte saue he wolde oftentymes feyne hyÌselfe to do thynges that he wolde not were done of other This emperour vnderstode trusted in Chryst and worshypped hym for god Some men saye at the last he was cruell agaynst the people but it was a grete reason of pyte that
after his owne name And whaÌ Westmer had so done he dwelled all his lyfe tyme in that countre of Westmerlonde for he loued that countre aboue all other countrees And whan he had regned .xxv. yere he dyed and lyeth at Karleyll ¶ Of kynge Coyll that was kynge Westmers sone that helde his londe in peas all his lyfe tyme. COyll Westmers sone was crowned kyng after his fader and he was a good man a worthy of good coÌdityons well gouerned his londe of all men he had loue and peas And in his tyme was neuer contacke debate nor warre in Brytayne And he regned in peas all his lyfe And whan he had regned .xi. yere he dyed lyeth at Yorke CLaudiê° was emperour at Rome nexte after Gayus he regned xiiij yere .viij. dayes This man came in to grete Britayn now called Englond for to chalenge the trybute whiche they dyd deny to yâ Romayns And after grete batayles there was bytwene the emperour Claudius Armager kyng of Britayn And after accordement made that this Armager sholde wedde Claudius doughter and after they two shold euer lyue in peas in token wherof this Claudius named the cite where they were maryed after hym called it Claudicestre we call it now Glocestre This Claudiê° had .iij. wyues on Petiua the first wyfe he gate a doughter that hyght Antonia The fyrst wyfe decessed and he wedded MessalinaÌ gate a sone yâ hyght Britanicê° Octauia a doughter The thyrde he wedded Agrippina hauynge a sone that hyght Nero. Claudiê° wedded his doughter Octauia to Nero his wyues sone This Claudiê° for loue that he had to Agrippina his last wyfe he slewe Messalina his secoÌd wyfe lest she shold haue helpe Britanicus her sone his to the empyre yet Agrippina the last wyfe of Claudius drad lest her husbonde wolde haue êferred Britanicê° haue deposed Nero her sone therfore she poysoned her husbonde Claudius Nero was êmoted to the empyre And this same Nero gaue his moder suche a reward agayn for he poysoned Britanicus slewe his owne ãâ¦ã oder his wyfe Octauia ¶ Iames the more yâ apostle this tyme was slayne of Herode Agrippa Peter was pryso ãâ¦ã d. vt pêª patet act .xij. The body of saynt Iames was brought by myr ãâ¦ã in to Ga ãâ¦ã of Spayne ¶ Nero after Claudiê° ãâ¦ã s emperour he regneâ .xiij. yere vij monethes This Nero was a cursed maÌ made grete waste in yâ empyre He wolde not fysshe but with nettes of golde ropes of sylke A grete parte of the lordes of Rome he slewe He was enemy to good men He slewe his broder his wyfe his moder and his mayster He slewe also Peter Paule He wolde neuer were one cloth two tymes His horses his mules were shod with syluer And at the last he dyd set a grete part of Rome on fyre some saye to se how Troy brent some saye the Romayns coÌplayned the stretes were to narowe And whaÌ he had brent a grete parte of Rome Nero sayd there was space to buylde yâ stretes wyder Than the senatours with the comyn people came vpon hym to ãâ¦ã e hym And he fled by nyght in to the subbarbes of yâ cite hyd hym amonge the vynes he herde karles beggers come by hym that sayd they wyst where the emperour were he sholde neuer scape them Nero thought it sholde be grete derogacion to his name he were slayne of karles on a grete stake he âan hyÌselfe to the herte dyed there was buryed deuyls kepte his body many a day after dyd grete hurt to the people tyll by a myracle of our lorde the body was fouÌde taken away than the deuylles voyded ¶ Seneca was this tyme maister to Nero ¶ Iuuenalis poeta ¶ Lucanê° poeta ¶ Iames the lesse yâ apostle bysshop of Ierusalem was slayne of the Iewes the vj. yere of Nero. ¶ Marcus the euaÌgelyst was martyred the fyrst yere of hym ¶ Cirâa annuÌ Christi .lxxiiij. âAnus ytalicus was pope of Rome .x. yere .iij. monethes xi ãâ¦ã dayes This Linê° his successour Clâtus through theyr holy coÌuersacioÌ were made to mynyster the treasour of the th ãâ¦ã the to the people Peter beynge alyue ãâ¦ã Peter attended to prayer prechynge It is redde of this Cletus that he wrote fyrst in his lettres SaluteÌ et apostolicaÌ vnÌdictioneÌ Afore this tyme was many a dyscyple of Peter slayne vnder Nero. ¶ Galba this tyme was emperour he regned seuen monethes This man was made emperour by the power of spayne in the same londe Nero lyuyng And after the dethe of Nero brought to Rome there was slayne of a man that came with whete to Rome He smote of his heed bare it to hym that was emperour nexte seynge all his meu none of them helpyng hym ¶ In this mannes dayes came the grete Rethorycyen to Rome fro Spayne was the fyrst the euer taught the seyence openly his name was Quintilian ¶ Ottho regned after hym and he regned but thre monethes for one Vitellus that was presydent of FrauÌce chalenged the empyre in Ytalye bytwene these two were thre grete batayles in the fourth batayle Ottha sawe he sholde be ouercomen in grete despayre he slewe hymselfe ¶ Vitellus regned after this Ottho .viij. monethes for he was a folower of Nero moost specyally in glotony in syngynge of foule songes at feestes etyng out of mesure that he myght not kepe it ¶ Vaspasianus regned nexte after hym .ix. yere .x. monethes .xij. dayes The well gouerned men of Rome seynge the cursed successyon of Nero sente after this Vaspasyan vnto Palestyn for there he was his sone Titus whiche had besyeged Ierusalem And whan he herde that Nero was deed by whom he was sent to Ierusalem and herde of these cursed men regnynge at the instauÌce of these wyse men of Rome not wylfully toke vpon hym the empyre And anone as he was comen to Rome he ouercame the tyrauÌt Vitellus let hym be drawen through Rome after in Tyber tyl he was died and than let hym sayle wtout sepulture for this the people desyred This man was cured of waspes in his nose anone as he byleued in our lorde Iesu that was the cause why he went to Ierusalem to venge Chrystes deth He fought xxxij tymes with his enemyes And he dyed the yere of grace .lxxix. ¶ Anno domini .lxxxiiij. âLetê° a martyr was pope .xi. yere This Cletus was a Romayne gretly he loued pilgrimages to sayntes sayenge it was more êfyte to the helth of mannes soule to visyte the place the saynt Peter was in than to fast two yere He cursed all those men lettynge suche pylgrimages or couÌseylers coÌtrary therto At the last was martyred by Damacian the emperour ¶ Titus soue to Vaspasyan was emperour this tyme regned .iij. yere he
a grete prynce came fro Rome in to this londe yâ was called Seuerye not for to warre but for to saue the ryght of Rome But neuertheles he had not dwelled halfe a yere in this londe but that the brytons slewe hym And whan the Romayns wyst that Seuerye was so slayne they sente an other grete lorde in to this londe that was called Allec that was a stronge man a myghty of body dwelled in this londe longe tyme dyd moche sorow to the brytons so that after for pure malyce they chose them a kynge amonge them that was called Asclepades and assembled a grete hoost of Brytons went to London to seke Allec there they fouÌde him and slewe hym all his felawes one yâ was called walon defended hym fyersly fought longe with the Brytons but at the last he was discoÌfyted the Brytons toke hym bouÌde hym handes feet cast hym in to a water wherfore yâ water was called for euermore Walbroke Than regned Asclepades in peas tyll one of his erles that was called Coyl made a fayre towne agaynst the kynges wyll let call yâ towne Colchestre after his name wherfore the kynge was wroth thought to destroye hym and began to warre vpon hyÌ brought grete power of men gaue the erle batayle the erle defended hym fyersly with his power slewe the kynge hymselfe in that batayle And thaÌ was Coyll crowned and made kynge of this londe This Coyll regned nobly was well beloued of the brytons Whan yâ Romayns herde yâ Asclepades was slayne they were wonders glad sent an other grete pryÌce of yâ Romayns that was called Constance he came to kynge Coyll for to chalenge yâ trybute of Rome which he grauÌted hym full gladly So they accorded yâ kyng Coyll gaue to hym his doughter Eleyne to wyfe yâ was bothe fayre wyse well lettred dwelled togyder in loue And soone after this kyng Coyll dyed in the .xiij. yere of his regne lyeth at Colchestre ¶ How Constance a Romayn that had spoused Eleyne kynge Coyls doughter was chosen kynge after kynge Coyll AFter this kynge Coyll CoÌstance was made kynge crowned for as moch as he had spoused kyng Coyls doughter that was heyre of the londe the whiche Constance regned well worthely gouerned the loÌde And he begate on his wyfe Eleyne a sone that was called CoÌstantyne And this kyng bare true fayth truly dyd to them of Rome all his lyfe And whaÌ he had regned .xv. yere he dyed and lyeth at yorke ¶ How Constantyne that was kynge Constances sone sone to saynt Eleyne gouerned and ruled the londe and after was emperour of Rome AFter kynge Constance deth regned Constantyne his sone sone to saynt Eleyne that fouÌde yâ holy crosse in the holy londe how CoÌstantyne became emperour of Rome It befell that in that tyme there was an emperour at Rome that was a sarasyn a tyrauÌt that was called Maxence whiche put to deth al yâ byleued in god destroyed holy chirche by all his power slewe all chrysteÌ men that he myght fynde amoÌge all other he let martyr saynt Katheryne many other christen people that had drede of deth fled came in to this londe to kyng Constantyne tolde hym of yâ sorowe that Maxence dyd to chrysteÌ folke wherfore CoÌstantyn had pite made grete sorow assembled a grete host a grete power and went ouer vnto Rome there toke the cyte slewe all yâ was therin of mys byleue And than was he made emperour was a good man and gouerned hym so well yâ all londes were to hyÌ attendauÌt for to be vnder his gouernauÌce ¶ And this deuyll tyrauÌt Ma ãâ¦ã yâ tyme was in the londe of Grece herde these tydyÌges sodeynly became wood dyed sodeynly ¶ Whan Constantyne went from this londe to Rome he toke with hyÌ his moder Eleyne for her grete prudence thre other grete lordes yâ ãâã moost loued the one was called Howell yâ other Taberne the thyrde Mo ãâ¦ã And toke all his londe to kepe to the erle of Cornewayle that was called Octauian And anone as this Octauian wyst that his lorde dwelled at Rome incontynent he cesed all the londe into his handes therwith dyd all his wyll amoÌge ãâã lowe they helde hym for kyng Whan these tydynges came to CoÌstantyne the emperour he was wonders wroth towarde the erle Octauyan and sent Taberne with .xij. M. men agaynst hym they arryued at Portesmouth Whan Octauian wyst that he let assembled a grete power of Brytons dyscomfyted hym And Taberne fledde in to Scotlonde ordeyned there a grete power came agayne in to this londe another tyme for to gyue batayle to Octauyan And whan Octauyan vnderstode that he assembled a grete power and came towarde Taberne as fast as he myght so that those two hoostes mette togyder on Stanesmore strongly smote togyder And than was Octauyan dyscoÌfyted fledde thens vnto Norway And Taberne seased all the londe in to his handes bothe townes castelles But Octauyan came agayne fro Norway with a grete power droue out al the Romayns than he was made kyng of this lond ¶ How Maximian that was the emperours cosyn of Rome spoused Octauyans doughter and after 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 yoÌge chylde that he loued as moche as his lyf And for as moche as he waxed seke and was in poynt of deth and might no longer regne he wolde haue made one of his neuewes to be kyng which was a noble knyght a stronge man that was called Conan Meriedok he shold haue kepte the kynges doughter haue maryed her whan tyme had ben But the lordes of the londe wolde not suffre it but gaue her couÌseyle to be maryed to some hygh man of grete honour thaÌ might she haue al her lust the couÌseyle of her lord CoÌstaÌtyne the emperour And at this couÌseyle they accorded chose Cador of Cornewayle for to go to the emperour on this message he toke the waye went to Rome tolde the emperour these tydynges well wysely And the emperour sent in to this londe with hym his owne cosyn that was his vncles sone a noble knyght a stronge that was called Maximyan he spoused Octauyans doughter was crowned kyng of this londe ¶ How Maximian that was the emperours cosyn coÌquered the londe of Amorican gaue it to Conan Meriedok THis kyng Maximian became so ryall that he thought to conquere the londe of Amorican for the grete rychesse that he herde tell that was in yâ londe so that he ne left no man of worthynes knyght ne squyer ne none other maÌ that he ne toke with him to the grete domage of all
mekeman moche loued peas charite prayed Peanda of loue peas profred hym of golde syluer grete plente And this Peanda was so proude yâ he wolde not grauÌte hym peas for no maner thynge but for all thynge he wolde fyght with hym So at yâ last there was set a day of batayle Oswy euer had trust vpon god Peanda trusted to moche vpon his pryde and vpon his hoost that he had and togyder they smote egerly But Peanda was anone discomfyted flayne And this was after the incarnacion of our sauyour âesu Chryst vj C. and .lv. yere And this Oswy regned .xxviij. yere a kynge that was called Oswyne that was Peandaes cosyn warred vpon hym and togyder they fought but Oswy had the victory of Oswyne was discomfyted and slayne and lyeth at Cynmouth ¶ How kynge Cadwaldre yâ was Cadwalins sone regned after his fader and was the last kynge of Brytons AFter yâ deth of Cadwalin regned his sone Cadwaldre well nobly his moder was yâ sister of Peanda And whaÌ he had regned .xij. yere he fell in to a grete sekenes than was there a grete discorde bytwene the lordes of yâ londe that eche warred vpoÌ other And yet in that tyme there fell so grete derth and scarcete of corne other vytayles in this londe yâ a man myght go .iij. or .iiij. dayes fro towne to towne that he sholde not fynde to bye for golde ne syluer breed wyne ne none other vytayle wherw t a man myght lyue But onely the people lyued by rotes of herbes for other lyuynge had they none so moche was it fayled all about fysshes wylde beestes all other thynge so yâ yet to this mysauenture there fell so grete mortalyte pestilence amonge the people by the corrupcyon of yâ deed bodyes For they dyed so sodeinly both grete small lorde seruauÌt in etynge goynge spe kyng they fell downe dyed so yâ neuer was herde of more sodeyn deth amonge the people For he yâ went for to bury the deed body with yâ same deed body was buryed And so they yâ myght flee fledde forsoke theyr londes houses as well for the grete hunger derth scarcete of corne other vytayle as for yâ grete mor talite pestylence in the londe went in to other londes for to saue theyrlyues lefte yâ londe all deserte wasted so that there was no man for to trauayle tyll the loude so that yâ loude was âaâayne of corne all other fruytes for define of tillers this misaueÌture duted .xj. yere more yâ no man myght ere ne sowe ¶ How Cadwaldre went out of this londe in to lytell Brytayne CAdwaldre sawe grete hunger mortalite pestilence the londe all poore faylynge cornes other vytayles his folke perisshed sawe also the moost party of his lond all wasted voyde of people he apparayled hyÌ his folke yâ were lefte alyue passed ouer in to lytel Brytayn with a lytel nauy vnto kyng Aleyn yâ he moche loued that was his cosyn that his fader had moche loued in his tyme. And as they sayled in the see he made moche lameÌtacyon so dyd all those that were with hym and sayd Dedisti nos dite tanquam oues estaruÌ et in gentibus dispersisti nos ¶ And than began Cadwaldre to complayne hym to his tolke pyteously and sayd Alas sayd he to vs wretches and caytyues is sorowe for our grete synnes of the whiche we wolde not amende vs whyle we had space now repentauÌce is comen vpon vs through mysaueÌture whiche chaceth vs out of our owne realme propre soyle out of the whiche somtyme Romayns Scottes Saxons nor Danes myght not exple vs. But what auayleth it now to vs that before tyme dyuers tymes haue goten many other londes syth it is not yâ wyll of god that we abyde dwell in our owne lode God that is very iudge that all thinges knoweth before they be done or made he seeth that we wolde not cese of our synnes that our enemyes myght not vs nor our lygnage exyle fro and out of our realme he wolde that we amended vs of our folyes and that we sholde se our propre defautes therfore hath shewed to vs wrathe wyll chastyse vs of our misdedes syth that he doth vs without batayle or strengthe of our enemyes by grete coÌpanyes wretchedly to leue our realme propre londe Turne agayn ye Romayns turne agayne ye Scottes turne agayne ye Saxons turne agayn ye frensshmen now sheweth to you Britayn all deserte the whiche your power myght neuer make deserte ne yet your power hath not put vs now in exde but onely the power of the kyng almyghty whome we haue oft offended by our folyes the whiche we wolde not leue vntyll he chastised vs by his diuyne power Amonge the wordes lament acyons yâ kyng Calwaldre made to his folke they arryued in lytel Gritayn came to king Aleyn And yâ kyng receyued hym with grete ioye made him to be serued won ders nobly and there he dwelled longe tyme after The englysshe people that were lefte alyue were escaped yâ grete hunger mortalite lyued in yâ best wyfe that they might moche people sprang and came of them And they sente in to saxonie where they were borne to theyr frendes for men women and chyldren to restore the citees with people and the townes that were all boyde of people for to labour trauayle and tyll the eâth Whan the Saxons had herde these tydynges they came in to this londe won ders thycke in grete coÌpanyes lodged themselfe in the couÌtree all about where that they wolde for they fouÌde no man to with stande them ne lette And so they wexed multyplyed gretly vsed the customes of yâ couÌtre wherof they were comen and the lawes the language of theyr owne londe And they chaunged yâ names of citees townes castelles and boutghes and gaue them names and called them as they now be called And they helde the couÌtets the batonages and the lordshyppes countrees in maner as yâ Brytons before ryme had compassed them And amonge other grete companyes that came from Germayn in to this londe came yâ noble quene that was called Sexburga with men women without nombre arryued in the couÌtree of Northumberlonde toke the lond from Albion vnto Cornewayle for her for her folke For there was none that myght them let for all was desolate voyde of people but it were a fewe poore Brytons that were lefte on mouÌtaynes wodes vutyll that tyme. And fro that tyme forth lost the Britons this realme for all theyr dayes and the Englysshe people began to regne departed the londe bytwene them and they made many kynges aboute by dyuers partes of the londe as here ben deuysed The fyrst of Westsex the seconde Merchenrych the thyrde
fote had dryuen her out of yâ lond through couÌseyle of yâ erle Godwyn that than was the gretest lorde in Englonde nexte the kynge that had moost rule bycause he had spoused the doughter of kyng Knoght begoten on his fyrst wyfe And whan this quene was dryuen out of Englond came to the erle of Flaundres that was called Baldewyne his cosyn fouÌde her there all thyÌge that her neded vnto the tyme that she went agayne in to Englonde that the kynge Hardiknoght had sent for her that was her sone and made her to come agayne with moche honour This kyng Hardiknoght whan he had regned .v. yere he dyed and lyeth at West mynster ¶ Of the vylany that the Danes ' dyd to the englysshmen wherfore fro that tyme after was no Dane made kynge of this londe AFter the deth of this kyng Hardiknoght for as moche as he ne had no chylde of his body begoten the ââles and barons asseinbled and made a couÌseyl that neuer more after no man that was a Dane though he were neuer so grete a man amonge them he shold neuer be kyng of Englonde for yâ despyte that they had done to englysshmen For euer more before yf the englyshmen the da nes happened to mete vpoÌ a brydge the englyshmen shold not be so hardy to mene a fote but stande styll tyll the danes were passed forth And more ouer yf the englyshmen had not bowed down theyr heedes to do reuerence vnto the danes they sholde haue ben beten defouled suche despytes vylany dyd the danes to our englysshmeÌ wherfore they were driuen out of yâ londe after Hardiknoghtes deth For they had no lorde yâ myght mayntayne them And in this maner auoyded the danes Englonde that they neuer came agayn The erles barons by theyr comyn assent counseyle sente vnto NormaÌdy for to seke those two bretherne Alured and Edwarde that were dwellynge with the duke Rycharde yâ was theyr vncle in entent for to crowne Alured the elder broder make hym kyng of Englonde of this thynge to make an ende The erles barons made theyr o the but the erle Godwyn of Westsex falsly traytoursly thought to slee these two bretherne anone as they shold come in to Englond in entent to make Harold his sone kynge the whiche sone he had begoten on his wyfe kyng Hardiknogh tes doughter yâ was a dane And so this Godwyn went pryuely to southhamton for to mete there with the two bretherne at theyr landynge And thus it befell that the messengers that went in to Normandy fouÌde not but onely Alured that was yâ eldest broder For Edwarde his broder was gone to Hungary for to speke with his cosyn Edwarde the outlawe yâ was Edmund Irensydes sone The messengers said to Aluted how yâ the erles ba rons of Englond sent for hyÌ yâ he shold boldly come in to EngloÌde receyue the realme for king Hardiknoght was deed all the danes dryuen out of the londe ¶ How Godwyn the fals traytour toke Alured vpon Gildesdown whan that he came from Normandye to be kynge of Englonde how he caused hym to be martyred in the yle of Ely WHan Alured herd these tydyÌges he thaÌked god toke shyppyng with all yâ haste that he myght and passed the see and arryued at south hamton there Godwyn yâ fals traytour was And whan this traytour sawe yâ he was comen he welcomed hym receyued hym with moche ioye sayd that he wold lede hym to London where as all the barons of Englonde hym abode to make hym theyr kynge And so they went on theyr waye towarde London And whan they came on Gyldesdowne tho sayd yâ traytour Godwyn vnto Alured Take hepe aboute you bothe on the lefte syde on the ryght syde of all ye shal be kyng of suche an hondred mod Now forsothe sayd Alured I behyght you and yf I be kyng I shall ordeyne make suche lawes wherof god man shall be well apayed Now had the tray tour coÌmauÌded all his men that were with hym that whan they were comen vpon Gyldesdown that they shold slee all that were in Aluredes company that came with hym from NormaÌdy after that take Alured lede hym in to yâ I le of Ely and after put out bothe his eyen of his heed afterward brynge hym to deth And so they dyd for they slewe all yâ company that were there the nombre of xij gentylmen yâ were comen with Alured froÌ Normandy after they toke Alured in the yle of Ely they put out his eyen rent his wombe toke yâ chefe of his bowels put a stake in to the grouÌde an ende of the bowels fastened therto with nedyls of yren they pricked yâ good thylde so made hym to go aboute the stake tyll that all his bowels were drawen out of his body so dyed Alured there through treason of the erle Godwyne Whan the lordes of Englond had herde and wyst how Alured that sholde haue ben theyr king was put to deth through the fals traytour Godwyne they were wonders wroth swore bytwene them god his holy name that he sholde dye a worse deth thaÌ dyd Edryth of stration yâ had betrayed his lorde Edmund Iren syde they wold haue put hym to deth but the traytour fledde thens in to Denmarke there helde hym .iiij. yere and more lost all his londe in Englonde SIluester the thyrde was pope after Benedictus This Siluester was chosen Benedict was expulsed And afterwarde was Siluester expulsed Benedict was put vp agayn And after he was put out Gregory was made pope he was but symple lettred man and therfore he chose an other pope to be coÌsecrate with hym And whan many men were dyspleased with this guydyng of two popes the thyrde was brought in the whiche sholde occupy yâ place of bothe yâ two And so they stroue amonge them selfe But Henry the emperour than came to Rome and deposed them all and made Clement the second pope whome he made anone to crowne hym And he sayd to the Romayns they sholde neuer wtout his assent chose pope And so .v. beynge popes the syxth was put in But many men saye this Grego ry was an holy man ¶ Damasus the second was after Clement .xxiij. dayes This man was an vsurper of yâ popery che he dyed sodeynly And anone the Romayns asked to haue a pope that the Almayns sholde haue none for they were so harde herted that they myght not enclyne to the entent of yâ emperout the whiche sayd there sholde be no pope chosen but yf he wolde be of counseyle of the eleccyon But for all that they put in this holy man Leo and after he had of that conscyence refused it And anone he was chosen by yâ comyn assent This Leo put Chryst in the forme of a lasar in to his owne bedde and on the
it was ordeyned in the parlyament that all cathedrall chirches sholde ioye haue theyr eleccyons hole that the kyng fro that tyme afterwarde sholde not wryte agaynst them that were chosen but rather helpe them by his lettres to theyr coÌfyrmacyon This statute dyd moche êfyte And in this parliament was grauÌted to the kynge a dyme of the clergy a .xv. of lay fee. ¶ In the .xlix. yere of kyng Edward dyed mayster Willyam wytlesey archebysshop of Caunterbury and the monkes of the same chirche asked desyred a Cardynall of Englonde to be archebysshop therfore the king was agreued purposed to haue exiled the monkes of the same hous And they spent moche good or they myght haue the kynges grace his loue agayn but yet wold the king not coÌsent to theyr eleccyon of the cardinall ne of the pope also ne his cardynals ¶ And at the begynnynge of August it was treated spoken at Bruges of certayn poyntes artycles hangyng bytwene the pope the kyng of Englonde this treatyse lasted almoost two yere At that last it was accorded bytwene them that the pope fro the tyme forth sholde not vse ne dele with the reseruacyons of benefyces in Englonde and that the kyng sholde not grauÌte ne let no benefyces by his wryte that is called Quare impedit But as touchynge the eleccyon abouesayd there was no thyÌge touched ne done And that was wyted put vpon certayne clerkes the whiche rather supposed hoped to be auaunced and promoted to bysshopryches whiche they desyred coueyted by the courte of Rome rather thaÌ by ony other eleccions ¶ This same yere about Candelmasse there mette togyder at Bruges many noble worthy men of bothe sydes realmes to treate of peas bytwene the two kynges And this treatyse lasted .ij. yere with grete costes large expenses of bothe partyes And at the last they went departed thens wtout ony accord or effect The nexte yere after the .l. yere of kynge Edward the .iiij. nonÌ of Maye beynge yet voyde vacaunt the archebysshopryche of CauÌterbury mayster Symond sudbery bysshop of London was made archebysshop mayster William Courtney that was bisshop of Herford was than made bysshop of LondoÌ the bisshop of Bangor was made bysshop of Herford And this same tyme in a certayne treatyse spekyng of peas trewse was takeÌ bytwene Englonde FrauÌce fro mydsomer to the nexte mydsomer after And aboute the begynnynge of Apryll the duke of Brytayne with many erles barons worthy lordes men of Englonde went ouer see in to Britayne where he had all his lust desyre purpose ne had the foresayd trewse ben so soone takeÌ whiche letted them ¶ This same tyme the yle of CoÌstantyne where that the castel of sayÌt Sauyour is in that longe tyme was fought at besyeged of the frensshmen was than yolden to them with all the appertenauÌces to grete harme hyndrynge of the realme of Englond And this same yere there were so grete so passyng betes therwtall a grete pestylence in Englonde in other dyuers partyes of the worlde that it destroyed sewe violently strongly bothe men womeÌ wtout noÌbre ¶ This same yere dyed syr Edward yÌ lord spencer a worthy knight a bolde in the mynster of Teukesbury worshipfully is buryed And lastyÌg this pestilence the pope at the instaunce prayer of an englysshe Cardynall grauÌted to all people that dyed in Englonde that were sory repentauÌt for theyr synnes also shryuâ full remyssyon by two bulles vnder lede vj. monethes thaÌ next to last ¶ In this same yere the erle of Penbroke was taken and rauÌsoned by Bââtâam Claykyn bytwene Parys Calays as he came toward Englond vpon saynt Etheldredes daye the whiche saynt as it was said the erle oftentymes had offended within a lytell whyle after he dyed And in NoueÌber nexte after there mette at Bruges the duke of Lancastre the duke of Angeo with many other lordes and prelates of bothe realmes for to treate of peas ¶ Of the deth of prynce Edwarde of the lord Latimer and dame Alyce Peâs through whom her maynteyners the realme many a day was mysgouerned NOt loÌge after the .lj. yere of kyng Edwardes regne he let ordeyn holde at Westmynster the gretest parliament that was seen many a yere afore In the whiche parlyament he asked of the comynalte of the realme as he had done afore a grete subsidy to be grauÌted to him for defendyng of hym his realme But the comyns answered the they were so ofâ day by day greued charged with so many talages subsidyes that they might no longer suffre suche burthens charges the they knewe wyst well ynough that the kyng had ynough for sauynge of hym his realme yf the realme were wel truly gouerned but the it had ben so longe ãâ¦ã gouerned by yll offyeers that yeâeaâme myght neyther be plenteous of chafer marchauÌdyse ne also with rychesse And in these thynges they profred themselfe yf the kynge wolde certaynly to pre ãâ¦ã and standeby And yf it were fouÌde preued afterwarde that the kyng had nede they wold gladly euery man after his power and state hym helpe and lâne And after this were publysshed shewed in the parlyameÌt many playntes and defaââes of dyuers officers of yâ realme namely of the lorde Larimer the kynges chamberlayn bothe to yâ kyng oke to the realme And also at the last there was spoken treated of dame Alyce Pers for the grete wroÌges euyll gouernauÌce yâ was done by her couÌseyle in yâ realme the whiche dame Alyce Pers the kynge had holden longe tyme to his lemman wherfore it was the lesse wonder though through yâ fraylte of yâ womans excityng her sterynge he coÌsented to her lewdnes euyll couÌseyle the whiche dame Alyce also yâ lorde Larimer other suche yâ meued the kynge to euyll gouernauÌce agaynst his profyte the realme also al yâ comynalte asked desyred yâ they shold be remeued put away in theyr stedes wyse men worthy that were true well assayed proued of good gouernauÌce shold be put in theyr stedes So amonge al other there was one among the comyns that was a wyse knight true an eloquent maÌ whose name was Piers de la mare And this Piers was chosen to be spekee for the comyns in yâ parlyament And for this same Pyers tolde publysshed the trouth rehersed the wronges agaynst the foresayd dame Alyce other certayn persones of yâ kyÌges couÌseyle as he was bydden by the comyns also trustynge moche to be supported maynteyned in this mater by helpe fauour of yâ prynce anone as yâ prynce was deed at the instauÌce request of yâ foresaid dame Alyce this Piers de la mare was iudged to perpetuall prison in yâ castel of Notyngham in yâ whiche
Cambrydge came home agayn with his people in to Englonde in haste blyssed be god his blyssed gyftes Amen ¶ And this same yere kynge Rycharde helde his Chrystmasse in the manoyr of Eltham ¶ And the same yere yâ kyng of Armony fledde out of his owne londe came in to Englonde for to haue helpe socour of our king agaynst his enemyes that had dryuen hym out of his realme And so he was brought vnto the kynge to Eltham there as the kynge helde his ryall feest of Christmasse And there our kyng welcomed hym dyd hym moche reuerence worshyp and coÌmauÌded all his lordes to make hym all yâ chere that they coude And than he besought the kynge of his grace of helpe and of his coÌforte in his nede that he myght be brought agayn to his kyngdom londe for the Turkes had destroyed the moost parte of his londe and how he fledde for drede and came hyder for socour helpe And than the kyng hauynge on hyÌ pyte and compassyon of his grete myschefe greuous dysease anone he toke his couÌseyle asked what was best to do And they answered sayd yf it lyked hym to gyue hym ony good it were well done and as touchynge his people for to trauayle so ferre in to out loudes it were a grete Ieopardy And so the kynge gaue hym golde syluer many other ryche gyftes iewels betaught hym to god and so he passed agayn out of Englonde ¶ And this same yere kyng Rychard with a royall power went in to Scotlonde for to warre vpon the Scottes for the falsnes destruccyon that the Scottes had done to the Englysshmen in yâ marches And than the Scottes came downe to yâ kyng for to treate with hym with his lordes for trewse as for certayne yeres And so our kyng his couÌseyle grauÌted them trewse for certayne yeres and our kyng turned hym agayn in to EngloÌde And whaÌ he was comen to Yorke there he abode and rested hym And there syr John Holand the erle of Kentes broder slewe the erles sone of Stafford and his heyre with a dagger in the cite of Yorke wherfore the kynge was sore anoyed greued and remeued thens and came to London And the Mayre with the alder men the comyns with all yâ solempnite that might be done rode agaynst yâ kyng and brought him royally through yâ cite and so forth to westmynster to his owne palays ¶ And in the .ix. yere of kynge Rychardes regne he helde a parliament at Westmynster and there he made two dukes and a markeys and .v. erles The fyrst that was made duke was the kynges vncle sir Edmond of Langley erle of Cambrydge and hym he made duke of yorke And his other vncle syr Thomas of wodstok that was erle of BokyÌgham hym he made duke of Glocestre And syr Leonner that was erle of Oxforde hym he made markeys of Deuelyn And Henry of Balynbroke the dukes sone of Lancastre hym he made erle of Derby And syr Edward yâ dukes sone of Yorke hym he made erle of Rutlonde And syr John Holand yâ was the erle of Kentes broder hym he made erle of Huntyngdon And syr Thomas Mombray hym he made erle of Notyngham and erle Marshall of Englonde And syr Mychell de la pole knyght hym he made erle of Suffolk chaunceler of Englonde And the erle of the Marche at yâ same parlyament holden at Westmynster in playne parlyament amonge all the lordes and comyns was êclaymed erle of the Marche and heyre parent to the crowne of Englonde after kynge Rychard the whiche erle of the Marche went ouer the sce in to Irlonde vnto his lordshyps and londes for the erle of Marche is erle of Vlster in Irlonde and by ryght lygne and herytage And there at the castell of his he lay that tyme there came vpon hyÌ a grete multytude in busshmentes of wylde Iryssh men for to take destroye hym And he came out fyersly of his castell with his people manly fought with them there he was take hewen all to peces so he dyed vpon whose soule god haue mercy ¶ And in the .x. yere of kyng Richardes regne the erle of Arundell went to the see with a grete nauy of shyppes enarmed with meÌ of armes good archers And whaÌ they came in yâ brode see they mette with the hole flete yâ came with wyne laden froÌ Rochell the whiche wyne were enemyes goodes there our nauy set vpon them toke them all and brought them to dyuers portes hauens of Englonde and some to London there ye myght haue had a toune of Rochell wyne of the best for .xx. shyllynges sterlynge and so we had grete chepe of wyne in EngloÌde that tyme thanked be god almyghty ¶ How the fyue lordes arose at Ratcote brydge ANd in yâ regne of kyng Richarde the .xj. yere the fyue lordes arose at Ratcote brydge in the destruccion of yâ rebelles yâ were yâ tyme in all the realme The fyrst of yâ fyue lordes was syr Thomas of wodstok the kyÌges vncle duke of Blocestre The seconde was syr Rychard erle of Arundell The thyrde was syr Richard erle of warwik The fourth was syr Henry Bolynbroke erle of Derby The fyfth was syr Thomas Mombray erle of Notyngham And these .v. lordes sawe the myschefe mysgouernauÌce the falsnes of yâ kynges couÌseyle wherfore they that were yâ tyme chefe of the kynges couÌseyle fled out of this loÌde ouer yâ see that is to saye syr AlysauÌder Neuell the archebysshop of Yorke syr Roberte Lewer markeys of Deuelyn erle of Oxford syr Mychell de la Pole erle of Suffolke and chaunceler of Englonde And these thre lordes went ouer yâ see neuer came agayne for there they dyed And than these fyue lordes aboue sayd made a parliameÌt at Westmynster And there they toke syr Robert TresiliaÌ the Iustyce and syr Nycholl Brembre knyght citezyn of London syr Iohn Salysbury a knyght of yâ kynges housholde Vske sergeaunt of armes many moo of other people were taken and iudged to deth by the counseyle of these fyue lordes in that parlyament at Westmynster for the treason yâ they put vpon them to be drawen from yâ toute of London throughout the Cite and so forth to Tyburne there they shold be hanged and theyr throtes to be cutte and thus they were serued dyed And after that in this same parliameÌt at Westmynster was syr Symond Beuerley that was a knyght of the garter syr Iohn Beauchamp knyght that was steward of the kinges houshold syr Iames Berners were foriudged to deth thaÌ they were ledde on fote to the toure hyll and there were theyr hedes smytten of and many other moo by these .v. lordes ¶ In this same parlyament and in the. ãâã yere of kynge Rychardes regne he let trye ordeyne a generall Iustes that is called a turneymeÌt of lordes
englond sent ouer the see to this rescowe certayn people well arayed of the best chosen men for the warre And the seconde day of August the foresaid duke of Glocestre arryued at Calays with all his armye and .v. hondred shyppes moâ And the duke of Burgoyne all his hoost that laye in the syege as soone as they espyed the sayles in the see before they approched Calays hauen sodeynly in a mornynge departed from the syege leuyng behynde hym moche stuffe vytayle and fledde in to flaundres pycardye And in lyke wyse dyd the syege that lay before Guynes where as they of Guynes toke the grete gonne of brasse called Dygeon many other grete gonnes serpentynes And whan the duke of Glocestre was arryued with all his hoost he went in to flaundres and was there .xij. dayes and dyd but lytell harme excepte that he brent two fayre vyllages Poperynge Belle and other houses whiche were of noo strength so he returned home agayne ¶ And this same yere the kynge of ScotloÌde besyeged Rokesburgh with moche people But syr Rafe Gray departed froÌ the castel and ordeyned for rescowe But as soone as the kynge of Scotlonde vnderstode of his departynge sodeynly he brake his syege went his waye and lefte moche ordynaunce behynde hym where he gate no worshyp ¶ In this same yere the seconde daye of Ianuary quene Katherin whiche was the kynges moder wyfe to kynge Henry the fyfth dyed departed out of this worlde and was brought ryally through London and so to westmynster there she lyeth worshipfully buryed in our ladyes thapell ¶ Also this yere the fourth daye of Ianuary fell downe the gate with the toure on it on London brydge towarde Southwarke with two arches all that stode theron ¶ This same yere was a grete treaty holden bytwene Graueling Calays bytwene the kyng the duke of Burgoyn where for the kyng was the Cardinall of Englonde the duke of Norfolke many other lordes And for the duke of Burgoyn was the duchesâe hauynge full power of her lorde as regent lady of his londes where was taken by the aduyse of bothe partyes an abstinence of warre for a certayne tyme in the name of the duchesse not of the duke bycause he had gone from his othe legeauÌce that he had made to kynge Henry therfore the kyng neuer wold wryte no appoynt to haue to do with hym after but all in the duchesse name ¶ Also this same yere quene Iane dyed the seconde daye of Iuly whiche had ben wyse to kynge Henry the fourth was caryed fro Bermondsey to CauÌterbury where she lyeth buryed by kyng HeÌry her husbonde ¶ This same yere dyed all the lyons in the Toure of LondoÌ the whiche had not ben seen many yeres before ¶ How Owen a squyer of wales that had wedded quene Katherin was arested of the scysme bytwene Eugeny Feliâ IN the .xvi. yere of kynge Henry dyed Sygysmonde Emperour of Almayn knyght of the garter whose enteremeÌt the kyng kept at saynt Paules in London ryally where was made a ryall herse and the kynge in his estate cladde in blewe was aâ euen at Dirige on the morow at masse â ¶ And after hym was electe chosen Albert duke of Ostryche whiche had wedded Sygismondes doughter for to be Emperour This man was taken receyued to be kyng of Beme and Hungary bycause of his wyfe that was Sygismondes doughter whiche lefte none other heyre after hym This Albert was emperour but one yere for he was poysoned so dyed Some saye he dyed of a flix but he was a vertuous man piteful so moche that all the people that knewe hym sayd that the worlde was not worthy to haue his presence ¶ This yere one Owen a squyer of wales a man of lowe byrth whiche had many a day before secretly wedded quene Katheryn had by her .iij. sones one doughter was taken coÌmauÌded to Newgate to pryson by the duke of Glocestre êtectour of the realme And this yere he brake the prison by the meane of a preest that was his chapelayn after was taken agayn by my lorde Bemond brought agayne to Newgate afterward delyuered at large one of his sones afterward was made erle of Rychemond an other erle of Penbroke the thyrde a monke of westminster whiche monke dyed soone after ¶ This same yere also on Newyeres day at Baynardes castell fell downe a stake of wode sodeynly at after none and slewe thre men myscheuously foule hurt other ¶ Also at Bedford on a sherthursdaye were xviij men murdred wtout stroke by fallyng downe of a stayre as they came out of the comin hall many sore hurt ¶ In the .xviij. yere syr Richard Beauchamp the good erle of warwyke dyed at Roen he beynge the tyme lewtenauÌt of the kynge in NormaÌdy froÌ thens his body was brought to warwyke where worshypfully he lyeth in a new chapel on the south syde of the quere ¶ Also this yere was a grete derth of corne in all englonde for a busshel of where was worth .xl. pens in many places of englond yet had they not ynough wherfore Steuen Brown that tyme Mayre of London sente in to Pruce and brought to London certayne shippes laden with rye whiche did moche good to the poore people for corne was so scarce in engloÌde that in some places of englonde poore people made them breed of ferne rotes ¶ This yere the generall concyle of Basilie deposed Eugenye they chose Felix that was duke of Sauoy thaÌ began the scysme whiche endured vnto the yere of our lord M cccc .xlviij. This Felix was a deuout pryÌce sawe his sones sone after lyued an holy lyf and was chosen pope of the concyle of Basile Eugeny deposed And so the scysme was loÌge tyme this Felix had but lytel obedieÌce bycause of the neutralite for the moost part wel nygh all christeÌdom obeyed reputed Eugeny for very pope god knoweth who was very pope of them bothe for bothe occupyed during Eugenyes lyfe ¶ This yere syr Richard wyche vicare of Hermete sworth was degraded of his preesthode at Paules brent at tour hill as for an heretyke on saynt Botulphes day how wel at his deth he died a good christeÌ maÌ wherfore after his deth moche peple came to the place where he was brent offred made a hepe of stones set vp a crosse oftre held hyÌ for a saynt tyl the mayr shreues by the kyÌges coÌmauÌdement bysshops destroyed it made there a dung hil ¶ Also this yere the shreues of LondoÌ fet out of sayÌt Martyns the graÌd .v. êsones which afterward were restored agayn to the sentwary by the kynges Iustyces ¶ After Albert the thyrde Frederyk was chosen emperour This Frederyk duke of Osteryke was longe emperour dyfferred to be crowned at
out of frauÌce Loo what a mariage was this as to yâ comparison of the other mariage of Armynak For there shold haue beÌ delyuered so many castels townes in Guyan so moche golde shold haue ben gyuen with her yâ all englonde shold haue ben therby enry ãâã but ãâã ãâã fell wherfore ãâã ãâã ought ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã bycause of ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã for maryage of ãâã ãâ¦ã rets w ãâ¦ã ãâã ãâã hath ãâã engloÌde had by losyng of Normandy Guyan ãâ¦ã ãâ¦ã nge of ãâã agaynst theyr pry ãâ¦ã ãâã lordes what ãâã ãâã ãâã lordes what murdre sleynge of them what feldes ãâã ãâ¦ã many yâ ãâã a man hath ãâã his ãâã ãâã ãâã coÌclucyon yâ kyng de ãâã the quene wther sone ââyne to ãâã in to Scotland from thens in to FrauÌce so to ãâã ãâã ãâã yâ she came fyrst fro Many men demâ that the brekynge of the kynges promesse to the syster of the erle of Armynak was cause of his grete losse aduersite ¶ How the duke of Glocestre the kynges vncle was arested at the parlyament of Bury of his deth and how Angeo and Mayne was delyuered IN the .xxv. yere of Kynge Henry was a parlyameÌt aâ Bury called saynt Edmondes Bury about whiche was coÌmauÌded all the comyns of the couÌtree to be there in theyr moost best de ãâ¦ã syble araye for to wayte vpon the Kynge To whiche parlyament came the duke of Glorestre Vmfrey the Kynges vncle whiche had ben proââetour of englonde all the noneage of the kyng And a ãâ¦ã ãâã ter as he was in his lod ãâ¦ã was arested by yâ vycouÌte be ãâ¦ã of englond who me act ãâã yâ duke of Buckyngham m ãâ¦ã ãâã ãâã lordes And forthw t all his ser ãâ¦ã es were commauÌded to departe froÌ him xxxiâ of yâ chefe of them were a ãâ¦ã sent to dyuers pry ãâ¦ã ãâã after this sayâ arest yâ sayd duke was on yâ ãâã ãâã on whose soule god haute mercy But how he dyed in what maner th ãâ¦ã taynte is not knoweÌ some sayd he dyed for sorowe some sayd he was murdred bytwene two feder beddes some sayd yâ a spytte was put in his fouÌdament but how he dyed god knoweth to whom no thynge is hyd And thus deed he was layde open that all men myght se him so bothe lordes knightes of yâ shyre with burgeyses came ãâã sawe hyÌ lye deed but wouÌdene token coude they not perceyue how he dyed Here may mâ marke what this worlde is This duke was a noble man a grete clerke ruled worshypfully yâ realme to the Kynges behofe neuer coude be fouÌde faute in hyÌ but ãâ¦ã uy of them that were gouernours had êmy sed the duth y of Angeo the ãâ¦ã dome of Mayne causen the destruccyon of this noble man for they drad that he wolde haue empesshed yâ delyueraunce after they sent his body to saint Albons with certayn lyghtes to be buryed so syr Ge ãâ¦ã ays of Clefton had than the charge to coÌuay yâ corps so it was buryed at saynt Albons in the abbey And fyue persones of his housholde were sente to London there were they reyned Iudged to be drawen hanged and also quartred Of whom yâ names were syr Roger chamberlayn a knyght Mydelton a squyer Herbard a squyer Arthur a squier Richarde NedhaÌ whiche .v. êsones were draweÌ fro the toure of LondoÌ through che pe to tyburne there âaÌged let downe quycke than stryped to haue bâheded quarted than yâ Markys of Suffolke she wed there for them yâ kynges pardon vnder his grete sealâ so they were pardoned of the remenauÌt of the execucyon had theyr lyues so they were brought agayne to London and after frely deliuer to Thus began grete trouble in this realme of Englonde for the deth of this noble duke of Glocestre and an the comyns of yâ realme began for to murmure for it and were not content ¶ After the pope Eugeny was deed Nycolas the .v. was electe pope This Nycolas was chosen for Eugeny yet hangynge yeâeysme notwtstandyng he gate the obedyence of all chrysteÌ realmes for after he was electe and sacred pope certayn lordes of frauÌce of englonde were scut in to Sauoy to pope Felix for to entreate hym to sease of the papâry And by the specyall labour of yâ bysshop of Norwyche and the lorde of saynt Iohns he seased yâ seconde yere after yâ pope Nycolas was sacred yâ sayd Felix was ma de legate of frauÌce cardynal of Sauoy And he resygned yâ hole papaây to Nycolas after lyued an holy lyfe dyed an holy man as it is sayd almyghty god sheweth myracles for him This was yâ xxiij scysme bytwene Eugeny Felix dured .xvj. yere The cause was this the generall concyle of Basyle deposed Eugeny whiche was onely pope induby tate for as moche as he obserued not kept the decrees statutes of the concyle of Constance as it is sayd before neyther he cought not to gyue obedyence to the generall concyle in no maner wyse wherfore arose a grete alteracion amoÌge wryters of this mater pro et coÌtra whiche can not accorde vnto this day one party sayth that the concyle is aboue the pope yâ other party sayth nay but the pope is aboue yâ coÌcyle God blissed aboue al thyÌge gyue grauÌte his peas in holy chirche spouse of Chryst Amen This Nicolas was of Iene comeÌ of lowe degree a doctour of d ãâ¦ã te an actyf man he reedâfyed many places yâ were broken ruynous dyd do make a wall about yâ palays made yâ wall newe about Rome for drede of yâ turkes And yâ people won ãâã ãâã gretly meruayled of yâ ceasynge ãâ¦ã of pope Felix to pope Nycolas consyderynge that ãâã was ãâã man of so ãâ¦ã ly ãâ¦ã was of ãâã to all tââ m ãâ¦ã ãâã ãâã chrysten ãâã wherefore there was a verse publysshed as ãâã is sayd ¶ How syr F ãâ¦ã ys A ãâ¦ã to ãâã Fogyers in Normandye And of yâ losse of Constantynople by the Turke IN the yere of ãâã Henry xxviâ beynge tre ãâ¦ã FrauÌce Englonde a knyght of the englysshe partye named syr FraÌceys Aragonois toke a towne in Normandy ãâã Fogyers agaynst the trewse of whiche takynge began moche sorow losse for this was the occasion by yâ whiche the frenshmen gate all NormaÌdy ¶ About this tyme the cite of CoÌstantynople whiche was the imperyal cite of all grece was taken by the Turkes infydeles whiche was betrayed as some holde opynyon the emperour taken slayne and the ryall chirche of saynt Sophia robbed spoyled the ãâ¦ã s ymages the rode drawen aboute yâ stretes whiche was done in despyte of the chrysten fayth soone after all chrysteÌ fayth in Grece perisshed ceased There were many christen men slayne innumerable solde put in
his swerde vpon LondoÌ stone in Canmyk strete And he beynge in the rite sent to the toure for to haue the lorde Saye so they fette hym brought hyÌ to the Gyldhall before the Mayre the aldermen where yâ he was examyned And he sayd he wolde ought to be iudged by his peres And yâ comyns of Kent toke hym by force fro the Mayre offycers yâ kepte hym toke hym to a preest to shryue hym or he myght be halfe shryuen they brought hym to the standard in Chepâ there smote of his heed on whose soule god haue mercy Amen And thus dyed the lord Saye tresourer of EngloÌde After this they set his heed vpon a spere bare it all about the cite And yâ same day about myle ende ãâã mer was vyheded And the daye before at after none the capytayne with a certayne of his men went to Philyp Malpas hous robbed hym toke awaye moche good And from thens he went to saynt Margarete patyns to one ãâã ãâã ãâ¦ã whiche ãâ¦ã of theyr ãâ¦ã were ãâ¦ã with ãâ¦ã her ãâã ãâ¦ã man ãâ¦ã wyse ãâ¦ã London ââmyn ãâ¦ã ââmyghty god ãâ¦ã is to ãâã yf he had not robbed ãâã myght ãâ¦ã ferre or he ãâ¦ã kynge all the lordes of yâ realme of Englonde were ââparted excepte the lorde Seales that ãâã the âoure of London ¶ And the ãâ¦ã of a ãâ¦ã South werke And the ãâã after the Mayââ of London with the âldermeâ ãâã comyns of yâ ãâã coÌcluded to ãâ¦ã the capytayn his âoost sent to the lorde Scales to the Coure ãâ¦ã a capytayne of Nor ãâã that they walde yâ nyght assayle the captayne ãâ¦ã them of kent And so they dyd came to LondoÌ brydge or the capytayne had any knowlege therof there they fought with them that kepte the bryoge And the ãâ¦ã men went to h ãâ¦ã came to the bridge shotte and fought with them gate the bridge ââde them of LondoÌ to ãâã slewe many of them this ãâã all the nyght ãâã fro ãâ¦ã the clocke on yâ moro we ãâ¦ã last they brent yââawe brydge ãâã many of ãâã of London were ãâã In whiche ãâã Sutton an ãâã âas slayne Roger Neysânt ãâã âogh many other And after ãâã the ãâã of Englonde sene to the capytayne a parâon generall for hym for all his mâyuy And than they departed from South ãâ¦ã euery man ãâã his owne hous ãâ¦ã they were all departed gone there were proclamacyons made in âent Southsex and other places that what man coude take the capitayn quycke or deed shelde haue a thousande marke And after this one Alexander Iden a squyer of kent toke hym in a garden in Southsex And in yâ takynge Iohn Cade the capytayn was slayne and after byhâded his heed set on London brydge And than anone after the kynge came in to kent dyd do syt his Iustyees at Caunterbury inquyred who were chefe causers of this in s ãâ¦ã And there were ãâã men iudged to deth in one daye in other places âoo And fro thens the kynge went in to Southsex in to the west ãâã where alytell before was ãâã yâ bysshop of Salysbury And this same yere were so many iudged to deth that ãâã hedes stode vpon LondoÌ bridge at ones ¶ Of the felde that yâ duke of yorke toke at Brentheth in Kent And of the byrth of prynce Edwarde And of the ãâ¦ã st batayle at saynt Alvons where ãâã duke of Somerset was slayne IN the .xxx. âere of yâ kynge yâ duke of yorke came out of the marche of Wales with the erle of D ãâ¦ã shyre and the lorde Cobham and a grâte puyssaunce for reformacyon of certayne ãâã tyes wronges also to haue Iustrâe vpon certayne lordes beynge aboute the kynge and toke a feide at Brentheth besyde Dartforde in Kent whiche was a stronge felde for whiche cause the kyng with all the lordes of yââonde went vnto the blacke heth with a grete a stronge multytude of people armed ordeynââ for the warre in yâ best wyse And whan they had mustred on the beth certayne lordes were tho sent to hym for ãâã make apoyntment with him ãâã were the bysshop of Ely the bysshop of W ãâ¦ã the erles of Salysbury ãâã And they concluded that the duke of Somerset shold be had to warde and to answere to suche artycles as the duke of yorke sholde put on hym than the duke of yorke sholde breke his felde come to the kynge whiche was all promysed by the kynge And so the kyng coÌ mauÌded yâ the duke of Somerfet sholde be had into warde And than yâ duke of yorke brake vp his felde and came to the kyng And whan he was come coÌtrary to the promyse afore made the duke of Somerset was present in yâ filde awaytynge and chefe aboute the kynge and made the duke of yorke tyde before as a prysoner through London after they wolde haue put hyÌ in holde But a noyse arose yâ the ãâ¦ã of Marche his sone was comynge with .x. M. men toward London wherfore the kyng his counseyle feted And than they concluded that the duke of yorke shold departe at his owne wyll ¶ Aboute this tyme began grete dyuysyon in Spruce bytwene the grete mayster the knyghtes of the duche ordre whiche were lordes of yâ couÌtree for the comyns townes rebelled agaynst the lordes made so grete warre that at the last they called yâ kynge of Pole to be theyr lorde the whiche kynge came was worshypfully receyued and layde syege to yâ castell of Marienburgh whiche was yâ chefe castell of strength of all the lorde wanne it and droue out the mayster of Dânske all other places of that londe And so they yâ had ben lordes many yeres lost all theyr seygnourye possessyons in those londes ¶ And in yâ yere of the incarnacyon of our lorde M. ãâã âiij on saynt Edwardes daye yâ quene Marg ãâ¦ã was delyuered of a fayre ãâã whiche was named Edwarde ¶ That same daye Iohn Norman was ãâã to be Mayre of London And the daye that ãâ¦ã the ãâ¦ã whiche ãâ¦ã that tyme they ãâ¦ã âer in ãâ¦ã ¶ ãâ¦ã vnderstande ãâ¦ã to the promyse of the ãâã also the conclusyons taken ãâã yâ kyng the duke of yorke at B ãâ¦ã th the duke of Somerset went ãâ¦ã but abodâ aboute yâ kynge had grete rule anone after he was made capytayn of Calays and ruled the kynge his ââalme as he wolde wherfore yâ grete lordes of th ãâ¦ã alme also yâ comyns were not ãâã For whiche cause yâ duke of ãâ¦ã of Warwyk yâ ãâã of Salysbury ãâã many knyghtes squyers and moche other people came to remeue yâ said duke of Somerset other fro yâ kynge And ãâã kyng heryng of theyr comyng thought by his couÌseyle to haue gone westwarde not for to haue mette with them had with hym the
duke of Somerset the duke of Bokyngham yâ ãâã of Stafford yâ ãâã of Northumberlonde yâ lord Clyfford many other ¶ And what tyme that the duke of yorke his ãâã vnderstode that the kyng was departed ãâã these lordes from London anone he chauÌged his waye costed the couÌtre ãâã came to saynt Albons the. xxiiâ ãâã of Maye there mette with the kynge to whome the king sent certayn lordes desired ãâã to kepe the peas departe but ãâ¦ã syon whyle they treated on yâ one syde yâ erle of Warwyk with the March ãâ¦ã and other entred yâ towne on that other syde sought agaynst the kynge his partye so began the batayle ãâã whiche enduted a grete whyle But in conclusyon the duke of yorke o ãâ¦ã and had the victory of that âourney In ãâ¦ã of Somer ãâ¦ã yâ lord ãâ¦ã ãâ¦ã of ãâ¦ã estate ãâ¦ã whiche was ãâã in yâ byâ ãâ¦ã London in whiche ãâ¦ã the ãâã of âorke was made ãâã of ãâã and the ãâã of W ãâ¦ã and the erle of Salysbury Chauncelet of Englonde And all suche persones as had the rule before aboute yâ kyng were sit aparte and myght not rule as they dyd before ¶ And this same yere dyed pope Nycolas the fyfth And after hym was Calixt yâ thyrde This ãâã was a Catalane and the art ãâã of hym shall be shewed here after ¶ In this same ãâã fell ãâ¦ã LondoÌ agaynst ãâ¦ã bycause a yo ãâ¦ã man toke ãâ¦ã from ãâ¦ã the ãâ¦ã was sent for to come before ãâã Mayre the âldermen there for the offence he was âoÌmytted to warde And thâ the Mayre departed from the ãâã for to go home to his ãâ¦ã but in Chepe the yonge men of yâ ãâ¦ã for the ãâ¦ã prentyses ãâ¦ã in Cheâe ãâ¦ã was ãâ¦ã ãâ¦ã ãâ¦ã from wherfore the Mayre and the âldermen come with the honest people of the Cite and droue them thens and ãâã some of them that had stolen to Newgate And whan yâ yonge man yâ was ãâ¦ã by his âelawes sawe this grete rumour af fraye robbery enswed of his fryst meuynge to the Lombarde departed and wente to Westmynster to sent wary or ãâ¦ã had cost hym his lyfe For anont after came downe an Oyer determined for to do iustyce on all them that so âebelled in the Cite agaynst the Lombardes on whiche sate with the Mayâe that tyme WillyaÌ Marow yâ duke of Bo ãâ¦ã am many other lordes for to se exe ãâ¦ã dont But the comyns of the ãâ¦ã ly made them redy and dyd arme them in theyr houses and were in purpose to haue rongen the comyn bell whiche is called home bell but they were ãâ¦ã sadde men whiche came to yâ knowlege of the duke of Bokyngham other lordes and incoÌtynent they arose for ãâã âurst no lenger abide for they ãâ¦ã that the hole Cite wolde haue rysen agaynst them But yet neuerthelesse or thre of yâ Cite were iudged to doth for this robbery were haÌged at ãâã ¶ And anone after yâ kynge the quene other lordes rode to Couentre withdrewe them from London for this cause And a lytell before yâ duke of yorke was sent for to ãâ¦ã there was discharged of the prot ãâ¦ã the ãâ¦ã of Salysbury of his C ãâ¦ã after this they were sent for by yâ ãâã scale for to come to ãâã where they were almoost yâ erle of war ãâ¦ã also and sholde haue ben destroyed yf they had not seen well to ¶ How the lord ãâã was taken by the ãâã of Sa ãâ¦ã and of the ãâã of ãâã THis yere were taken foure grete fysshes bytwene Ereth LondoÌ that one was called Mors marine the seconde was a swerde fysshe the other twayne were whales ¶ In this same yere for certayne frayes done in the north countree bytwene the lorde Egremond the erle of Salysburyes sones the sayd lorde Egremond whom they had taken was condeÌpned in a grete somme of money to the sayd erle of Salysbury therfore he was commytted in to pryson in Newgate in London where whan he had ben a certayne space he brake the pryson thre prisoners with hym escaped went his waye ¶ Also this yere the erle of warwyk his wyfe went to Calays with a fayre felawship toke possessyon of his offyce ¶ Aboute this tyme was a grete reformacyon of many monasteryes of relygyon in dyuers partyes of the worlde whiche were reformed after the fyrst institucyon and coÌtynued in many places ¶ This same yere was a grete batayle in the marches bytwene the londe of Hungry and Turkey at a place called Septedrad where innumerable turkes were slayne more by myracle than by mannes hande for onely the hande of god smote them Saint Iohn of Capistrane was there present êuoked the chrysten people beynge than aferde for to pursue after the Turkes where an infynyte multytude were slayne destroyed And the Turkes sayd that a grete nombre of armed men folowed them that they were aferd to turne agayn they were holy auÌgels ¶ This same yere the prysoners of New gate in London brake theyr pryson and wente vpon the ledes fought agaynst them of the cite kepte the gate a longe whyle but at the last the cite gate the prison on them than they were put in fetters ââens were sore punysshed in ensam ãâã of other ¶ In this yere also there was a grete erthquake in Nâples in so moche that there perisshed .xi. M. people that sanke therein to the eâth ¶ Also in the yere .xxxvj. saynt Osmond sometyme bisshop of Salisbury was âanonysed at Rome by pope Calixt the .xvj. daye of Iuly he was translated at Salysbury by the bysshop of Caunterbury many other bysshops ¶ And in August after syr Pâers de Bresay Senesshall of Normandy with the capytayn of Depâ and many other capytayns men of warre went to the see with a grete Nauy and came in to the downes by nyght And on the morow âely before daye they londed came to Sandwiche bothe by londe water toke the towne ryââed despoy led it âoke many prysoners lefte the towne all bare whiche was a ryche place moche good therin ladde with them many ryche prisoners ¶ In this same yere in many places of FrauÌce Almayn Flaâidres Hollande ãâã chyldren gadred them togider by grete coÌpanyes for to go on pylgrymage to saynt Myghels mouÌt in NormaÌdy whiche came fro ferre couÌtrees wherof yâ people meruayled And many supposed that some wicked spiryte moued them to do so but it dured not longe bycause of the longe waye also for lacke of vytayle as they went ¶ In this yere Reynold Pecocke bysshop of Chestre was âoâde an herety ke the thyrde daye of ãâã was ãâã at Lamââth ãâã ãâã of the archebysshop of ãâã and many other bysshops doctours lordes ãâ¦ã all his âokes ãâã ãâã ¶ Ye haue herde before
that is to wyte yâ duke of Yorke was slayne the erle of Rutlond syr Thomas Neuyll many moo yâ erle of Salisbury was taken other as Iohn Harowe of London capitayn ruler of yâ fotemen Hanson of Hull Whiche were brought to PouÌfret there after biheded theyr hedes sent to Yorke set vpon the gates And thus was yâ noble prynce yâ duke of Yorke slayne on whose soule god haue mercy And this tyme yâ erle of Marche beynge in shrowesbury heryng of yâ deth of his fader desyred ayde of the towne to aueÌge his faders deth fro thens went to wales at CaÌdelmas after he had a batayle at Mortymers crosse agaynst yâ erle of Penbroke of wylshyre where yâ erle of Marche had yâ victory Than the quene with those lordes of the north after that they had dystressed slayne the duke of Yorke his felawshyp came southward with a grete multytude of people for to come to yâ kynge vndo suche conclusyons as had ben takeÌ before by yâ parliament Agaynst whose comynge yâ duke of Nor folke the erle of warwyk with moche people ordynauÌce went to saynt Albons lad kyng Henry with them there encouÌtred togider in suche wyse fought so yâ the duke of Norfolke yâ erle of warwik with many other of theyr party âledde lost yâ iourney where yâ king Henry was taken by yâ quene prynce Edwarde his sone whiche two had goten that felde Than yâ quene her party beynge at her aboue sent anone to LondoÌ which was on asshewednesdaye yâ fyrst daye of lent for vytayle for whiche yâ Mayre ordeyned by yâ aduyse of yâ aldermen yâ certayn cartes laden with vytayle sholde be sent to saynt Albons to them And whan yâ cartes came to crepylgate the comyns of yâ cite yâ kepte the gate toke yâ bytayle fro yâ cartes wold not suffre it to passe ThaÌ were there certayn aldermen comyns appoynted to go to Bernet to speke with the quenes couÌseyle for to entreate yâ the northeren men sholde be sent home in to theyr couÌtre agayn for yâ cite of London drad fore to be despoyled yf they had comen ¶ And duryng this treaty tydynges came that the erle of Warwyk had mette with yâ erle of Marche on Cotteswolde comynge out of Wales with a grete meyny of walsshmen that they bothe were comynge to London ware Anone as these tydynges were knowen yâ treaty was broke tor yâ kyng quene prynce all yâ other lordes yâ were with them departed fro saynt Albons noâthwarde with all theyr people yet or they departed thens they dyheded yâ lord Boââyle syr Thomas ãâã whiche ãâã take in yâ iourney done on ãâ¦ã ¶ Than yâ duch ãâ¦ã of Yorke beynge at London deryng of yâ losse of yâ felde of saynt Albons ãâ¦ã whiche went to ãâ¦ã ght ¶ And philip malpas ãâ¦ã che marchauÌt of London Thomas Vaghan squyer ãâ¦ã many other ãâ¦ã of yâ comynge of yâ quene to London toke a shyppe of Andwerpe to haue gone in to ââland ãâã on yâ other coâst were taken of one Colompne a Frenssheman a shyppe of warre he toke them prysoners and brought them in to FrauÌce where they payed grete good for theyr raunsom there was moche good and rychesse in that shyppe ¶ Of the deposynge of kyng Henry the syxth how kynge Edward the fourth toke possessyon of yâ batayle on Palme sondaye and how he was crowned THan whan yâ erle of Marche yâ erle of warwyk had mette togyder on Cotteswolde incoÌtynent they coÌcluded to go to London and sent worde anone to yâ Mayre to the cite that they wolde come And anone yâ cite was glad of theyr comynge hopyng to be releued by them so they came to London And whan they were comen had spoken with the lordes estates beynge there coÌcluded for as moche as kynge Henry was gone with them northwarde yâ he had forfeyted his crowne ought to be deposed accordyng vnto the actes made passed in the last parlyament And so by the aduyse of the lordes spirytuall temporall than beynge at LondoÌ the erle of Marche Edward by yâ grace of god eldest sone of Rycharde duke of Yorke as ryghtfull heyre and nexte enherytour to his fader the fourth daye of Marche the yere of out lord god M CCCC .lix. toke possessyon of the realme at Westmerlonde in yâ grete hall after in yâ chirche of yâ abbey offred as kyng with the câptre royall To whome all yâ lordes spirytuall teÌporall dyd homage as to theyr souerayn lord kyng And forthwith it was êclaymed through yâ cite kyng Edward the fourth of yâ name And anone after yâ kynge rode in his ryall estate northwarde with all his lordes to subdue his subgectes yâ tyme beynge in the north for to auenge his ãâã deth And on Palmesondaye after he had a grete batayle in yâ north couÌtree at a place called Cowton not ferre from Yorke where with yâ helpe of god he gate yâ felde had the victory where were slayne of his aduersaryes .xxx. M. men and moo as it was sayd by them that were there In the whiche batayle were slayne yâ erle of Northumberlonde the lorde Clifford syr Iohn Neuyll the erle of Westmerlondes broder Andrewe Trollop and many knightes squyers ¶ Than kyng Henry that had beÌ kyng beynge with yâ quene and the prynce at Yorke heryng the losse of that felde and so moche people slayne ouerthrowen anone forth with departed all thre with the duke of Somerset the lorde Roos other towarde ScotloÌde And the nexte daye after kynge Edward with all his army entred in to Yorke and was there proclaymed kyng obeyed as he ought to be And yâ Mayre aldermen comyns swore to be his iyege men And whaÌ he had taryed a whyle in the north that all yâ northcouÌtree had turned to hym he returned southwarde leuynge behynde hym the erle of Warwyk in those partyes to gouerne and rule that countree ¶ And aboute mydsomer after the yere of our lorde M cccc .lx. and the fyrst yere of his regne he was crowned at Westmynster anoynted kyng of Englonde hauynge possessyon of all the realme CAixtus the thyrde was pope after Nycolas thre yere and .v. monethes This Calixte was an olde man whan he was chosen pope was coÌtynually seke ne he myght not fulfyll his desyre whiche he enteÌded to do agaynst the Turkes for dethe came vpon hym He was chosen pope in yâ yere of our lord ãâã ãâã .lv. And he dyed the syxth day af ãâã he had iâstytued the traÌsfiguracyon of our lorde god He also cânonysed saynt Vincent a frere precher And there was a grete reformacyon of many monasteryes in dyuers partyes of the worlde these reformacions were made many ty mes but almoost none abode but they returned agayne as they were afore by successyon of tyme after yâ
closed the pyt aboute with a wall is now in the chirche yerde at the eest ende of the chirche fast shette with a stronge dore for no man sholde nycely go in without leue of the bysshop or of the pryour of yâ place Many men went in and came out agayne in saynt Patrykes tyme tolde of paynes Ioye that they had seen and the meruayles that they sawe ben there yet wryten and bycause therof many men turned were conuerted to ryght byleue Also many men went in came neuer out agayne In kyng Stephens tyme kyng of Englonde a knyght yâ hyght Owayne went in to saynt Patrykes purgatory came agayn dwelled euer after duryng his lyfe in the nedes of the abbey of Ludensis that is of yâ ordre of Cysteaux tolde many wonders that he had seen in Patrykes purgatory That place is called Patrykes purgatory and the chirche is named Reglis No man is enioyned for to go in to that purgatory but couÌseyled that he sholde not come therin but take vpon hym other penauÌce And yf a man haue auoided be saable and wyl nedes go therin he shall fyrst go to the bysshop and than he shall be sent with lettres to the pryoue of yâ place they bothe shall couÌseyle hym to leue And yf he wyll nedes go therto he shall be in prayers in fastynge .xv. dayes and after .xv. dayes he shall be houseled ladde to the dore of the purgatory with processyon letany and yet he shall be couÌseyled to leue it yf he be stedfast and wyll enââe the dore shall be opened he blyssed go in goddes name holde forth his waye and the dore shall be fast shette tyll the nexte daye and whan the tyme is the pryour shall come and open the dore and yf the man be comen he ledeth hym in to yâ chirche with êcessyon and there he shall be xv dayes in prayers and fastynge ¶ Of the meruayles of sayntes of Irlonde Ca .xxix. HEre Giraldê° maketh mynde that as men of this nacyon ben more angry than other men more hasty for to take wreche whyles they ben alyue so sayntes halowes of this londe ben more wrechefull than sayntes of other londes Clerkes of this londe ben chaste and saye many prayers done grete abstynence a daye drynke al nyght so is accouÌted for a myracle yâ ãâ¦ã ery ãâ¦ã th not there as wyne regneth and ben chasen out of abbeys in to the clergy done as monkes sholde But they yâ ben ââyll of them ben worste of all other So good men amonge them though they ben but fewe ben good at the best Prelates of that countree ben full ââowe in cor ãâ¦ã oâ trespace and besy in coÌtemplacyon and not in prechyng of goddes worde Therfore it is that all yâ sayntes of that londe ben coÌfessours and no martyrs amonge them no wonder for al the prelates of this londe clerkes and prelates sholde do is to them vnknowen Therfore whaÌ ãâã was put agaynst the bysshop of Cassyll how it myght be that so many sayntes ben in Irlonde neuer a martyr amoÌge them all sythen yâ the men beÌ so shrewed and so angry the prelates so recheles and slowe in corâeccyon of trespace The bysshop answered frowardly ynough sayd Our men ben shrewed and angry ynough to themselfe but to goddes seruauÌtes they ley neuer haÌde but do them grete reuerence worshyp but englyssh men come in to this londe that can make martyrs were wont to vse that crafte ¶ ãâã The bisshop sayd so bycause yâ kyng Henry the seconde was tho newe comen in to Irlonde fresshely after the martyâ dome of saynt Thomas of CauÌterbury ¶ Gir. In this londe in wales in ãâã londe ben belles and staues with croked hedes other suche thyÌges for retykes in grete reuerence worship so yâ men of this londe drede more for to swere vpon one of those belles golden staues than vpon the gospels The chefe of all suche relykes is holden Iesus staffe that is aâ Deuelyn with yâ whiche staffe they say that yâ fyrst saynt Patryke droue yâ wormes out of Irlond ¶ Augê° de ci dei ca .vij. yf men aâe how it may be yâ dyuers maner of beestes of dyuers kynde that ãâã kyndly goten bytwene male female come ãâã ben in ylondes after Noes flode Men suppose that suche beestes âwaÌme in to ylondes aboutâ fyrst to the nexte and âo forth in to other Or els men saylynge in to ylondes brought with them suche beestes for loue of huntynge Or aungels at god almyghtyes camaunde meÌt brought suche beestes in to ylondes aboute or the erth brought them forth fyrst and fulfylled tho goddes coÌmaundement that coÌmauÌded yâ erth to brynge forth grasse and quycke beestes ¶ Here endeth the descripcyon of Brytayne the whiche conteyneth Englonde Wales and Scotlond and also bycause Irloude is vnder the âule of Englonde of olde tyme it âath so contynued ther fore I haue set the descripcyon of yâ same after the sayd Brytayn whiche I haue taken out of ãâ¦ã cronycon And bycause it is necessary vnto all Englysshemen to knowe yâ propertees ãâ¦ã modytees meruayles of them I âillyaÌ Caxton haue set them fyrst in imprynt accordynge to the translacyon of Treuisa whiche at yâ request of the lorde Barkeley traÌslated yâ boke of Polyeronycon in to Englysshe ¶ Lately fynyssheâ and Impaynted at London in Fletestrete at the sy ãâ¦ã of the Sonne by wynkyn de Wo ãâ¦ã the yere of our lorde god M CCCCC ãâ¦ã viij the .ix. daye of Apryll