Subandy the wich wos cosin and alied almost to all the princes of cristyndoÌ and euerychon left him Then iÌ the yere after ther wos a pees made Felix resauid for it plesid our lord his name to be glorified by a obiect of the world as wos that Ianuens· in comêison to the duke the pope This Nicholas was a maister in diuinite and actiue man a rich man iÌ ê¯saites moÌy thyngê that wer fallen he bildid ayen all the wallis of rome he renewed for dred of the Turke And ther was a uerse made of this vnite and publisit in the cite Lux fulsit muÌdo cessit felix nicholao And that iÌ the yere of our lord M.iiijC.xlix The yer of grece with a gret deuocion was ê¯firmid Ì innumerabull pepull weÌt to the apostill setis ¶ How kyng Henri the vi regned beyng a child not oon yere of age of the bataill of vernaill in Perche AFter kyng Henri the v. regned henri his son but a child and not fulli on yere of age whos regne began the frist day of Septembre in the yere of our lord M. cccc.xxij This king beyng iÌ his cradell wos moch dowtid and drad by cause of the gret ê¯quest of his fader Ì also the wysdoÌ guydyng of his vncles the duke of Bedford Ì the duke of Gloucestre ¶ This yere the xxi day of October dyed Charles the kyng of frauÌce lieth beried at sent Denys And than wos the duke of bedford made regent of fraunce And the duke of Gloucestre wos made êtector and defendour of englond ¶ And the frist day of march after wos sir willm Taillour prest degradid of his presthode and on the morow after he wos brint iÌ smythfeld for herise ¶ Thys yere sir Iames stiward kyng of scottis maried Dame Iane the duches doughter of Clarence of hir frist housband the erle of somerset at sent mari ouays ¶ Also this yere the xvij day of August wos the bataill of vernaill in perche bitwen the duke of bedford regeÌt of frauÌce Ì the duke of AlauÌsone wich was a gret bataill The duke of Bedford had â on his sid with hiÌ the erle of salusberi MouÌtagu the lord Talbot all the pouer that they coud make in Normandie the garysouns kept And also mony Capitayns with moch pepull of the duke of Borgoyns ¶ And on that other side was the duke of Alaunson the duke of Turon that wos therle douglas the erle Boughan with moÌy lordis of frauÌce Ì gret coÌponie of scottis and Armynakis And than the Erle douglas called the duke of Bedford Iohan with the leden swerd And he sent him word ayen that he shÌold find that day that his swerde wos of stele ¶ And so the bataill ioyned on both sides and faught long tyme that ther wist no man who shÌold haue the better a gret while bot at the last as god wold the victori fell vn to the English partie For ther wer slaiÌ the erle douglas wich a litel before wos made duke of Turon the erle of boughan the erle of Almarre the erle of TouÌar the erle of vauÌtedor and the viscount of Nerbonne wich was on of them that slew duke IohnÌ of Borgoyn knelyng before the Dolphyn Ì mony mo vn to the nombre of x. thosand and mo And ther wos taken prisoners thee duke of AlauÌson and mony othir lordid and gentillis of frauÌce bot scottis that day wer slayn doune right the substance of them all ¶ And the thrid yere of kyng henri the sext the Duke of Gloucestre maried the duchisse of holand weÌt ouer the se with hir in to henaude for to take possession of hys wyfes heritance wher he wos honorably receyuid and taken for lord of the land bot sone after he was fayn to returne home ayen tho and left his wyfe Ì all his tresour that he had broght with him in a toune that is called Mounse in henaud wich promised him for to be trew to him Notwithstondyng they deliuered the lady vn to the duke of borgoyn wich sent hir to Gaunt And from thens she ascapid in a man nys clothyng and come in to Zeland to a touÌe of hir own callid Ziorixee And from thens she went to a toune in holand called the Ghowde and ther shÌe wos strong ynowgh and withstode the said duke of Burgoyn ¶ And sone after the duke of gloucestre sent ouer in to Zeland the lord fitzwater with certayn men of were and archiers for to help and socour the forsaid duchefse of holand wich âandit at a place in Zeland called brewers hauen wher the lordis of the contre come douÌe and faght with him and in conclosion he wos fayn to with draw him and his meny to the see ayen But yit he slew and hurt diuerse lordis and moch pepull of that same cuntre And so retourned home ayen with his meny and preuaylid no thyng ¶ And also this same yere theâ Erle of Salusberi the erle of suffolke the lord Wylby and thee lord scalis with ther retenue laid sege to the cite of Manus the wich cite wos yolden to them with mony othir strong touÌes and Castellis to the nombre of xxxvi ¶ This tyme all NormaÌdie and a gret part of frauÌce vn to Orliaunce wos vnder the obeyssaunce of the kyng of englond And all the remenauÌt of fraunce wos in gret tribulacion and mischief ¶ How ther wos a gret fray lyke to haue bene bitwene the cardinall the duke of Gloucestre And of the coronacion of king Henri the sext both in englond in frauÌce IN the iiij yere the same nyght that the maire of london Iohan Couentre had takyn his charge was a gret watch in London for a fray that wos betwen the bisshop of wynchestre and the Duke of Gloucestre protectour c ¶ For the maire with the pepull of the cite wold abide bi the duke of gloucestre as êtectour of the reame bot by labour of lordis that went bitwen in speciall by the labour of the prince of Portyngale ther was a pointement taken that ther was no harme done And after the bataill of verneyll in perche thee duke of bedford com ouer in to Englond And on witsonday this same yere at Laycestre he dubbed kyng Henri knyght And forthwith the said kyng Henry dubbed all thes knyghtis whos names folowith that is to wit sir Richard duke of yorke also the son and heir of the duke of Norfolke the erle of Oxford the Erle of westmerland the son and heir of the erle of Northumburland the son Ì heir of the erle of vrmond the lord Roos sir Iamys buttelar the lord martrauas sir Henry gray of Tankeruile sir willm Neuill lord fawconbrigge sir George Neulll lorde latimer the lord wellis the lord berkle the son and heir of the lord Talbot sir Raufe gray of werk Sir robert veer sir Richad gray sir Edmond hongerford Sir Robert
comforth solacen as he was woned for to done at that worthy fest ¶ Wherfor all ther myrth and coÌforth emoÌgê all that wer iÌ the hall wer turned iÌ to eare sorow for encheson that they dred for to lefe the gad lord the kyng ¶ And vpoÌ sent Iohanes day the euangelist tho that come next the kiÌg vnderfeÌge his rightes of holy churche as it faleth to euery cristiÌ man and abode the merci the will of god tho ij pylgrymes he let be fore him cum Ì yaf them rich yeftes betoke them to god ¶ And also the abbot of westmiÌster he let before him cum toke him that ring iÌ honor of god Ì sent Marie of sent iohnÌ the Euangelest the abbot toke and put it emoÌg other reliques so that it is at westmynster euer shall be so lay the kyng seke till the xij euen tho died the good king edward at westmiÌster ther he lieth for whos loue god hath shewid moÌy a fair miracull ¶ And this wos iÌ the yere of the iÌcarnacioÌ of our lord ihuÌ crist M.lxv. and after he wos translate put iÌ to the shrine by ãâ¦ã Thââââ of âtoââââ VIctor the secund was pope after Leo lytell of him is writyn Henri the secund wos emprour after the frist henri xvij yere This man wos cosin to Conrady Ì he wos borne in a wode and twyes takyn to be slayn when he was a child bot god defendi him euer more When he wos made emprour he made a monasteri in the same place in the wode wer he vas borne This man wos a victorius man And he entyrd in to Italy and ther he toke Pandulphum the prince of campony Stephanus the ix was pope after victor ix monethis Benedictus after him he toke the dignite of the pope Stephyn by strength and keppid it ix monethis then dicessed Henricus the thyrd wos emprour after Henri the secund This Herri was an in quiet man And mony tymes troblid that holy man gregori the vij And frist he askyd foryefnes was a soyled bothe êsauered not bot brought in an other pope ayens him And sayd he was an heritike and Gregori cursid him And the chesars of the emprour they chose the duke of Saxon for to be Emprour whom this Henri in bataill ower come And then he come to rome· wyth his pope and pursued pope Gregori and the Cardinales also And then anone Robert the kyng of Napyls droffe him thens And delyuered the pope and his Cardinales neuer the lese yit he wos a man of gret almys And xij tymes he faught in batall and at the last he died wricchetly for he wos put therby his owne son for so os he did to other men so wos he done to Nicholas the secund wos pope after Benedict ij yere Thys Nicholas called a counsell ayens the archedekyn of TuronoseÌs the wich was an heritike he taught ayens the faith for he arrit in the sacrament after wos he conuertid and wos an holy man bot he coud neuer conuerte his decipuls Nota. Alexander the secund was pope after him xij yere This Alexander wos an holy man And he ordend that vnder payn of cursing that no man shÌuld heir a prestis masse whome men knew had a lemman vt pêª patet 32 dist preter hoc He had strife with on Codulo bot he expulsit him as an vsorpeâ Ì put hym out as a symoyer ¶ How harold that wos goodewynes son wos made kyng and how he scappid fro the Duke of bretan WHen sent edward wos gone out of this world and was passid to god Ì worthely entered as it apertenyt to such a gret lord for to be The barons of the land wolde haue had edwarde Helingus son to edward the owtlaw that wos Edmond IreÌsides son to be kyng for as moch as he wos most kyndest kynges blode of the raame ¶ But Haroldes son thurgh the erle goodwyne Ì the strength of his fadre Godewyn thurgh other gret lordes of the reame that wer of his kyn vn to him sib seised all englond in to his hand anone let croune him kyng after the enterment of sent edward ¶ This Harold that wos godewiÌs sone the secund yere after that sent Edward was deid wold haue gone in to Flaunders bot he wos dreuen thurgh tempast in to the cuntre of Pountife and ther he was takyn and brought vn to duke wyllyam And this Harold wened that tho this duke william wold haue bene a veÌged vpon him for encheson that the erle Godewyn that wos haroldis fader had let kyll Alured that was sent edwardis brother and principally for encheson that Alured was quene emma sone that wos Richardus mother duke of Normandie that wos aiell to the duke william ¶ And neuertheles when the duke wyllm had harrold in prison and vnder his pouer for as moch as this harold wos a nobull wise knyght and a worthy of body that his fadre and he wos a cordid with good kyng edward Ì therfor wold not misdone him but all maner thinges that be twix them wer spoken and ordeined harold by his good wil swore vpon a boke and vpon holy sentis that he shold spouse and wed duke wyllm doughter after the deth of sent edward that he shuld besili done his deu for to kepe saue the reame of englond vn to the profet and a vauntege of duke willm ¶ And when harold had thus made his oth vn to duke willm he let him go Ì yaf him mony riche yeftis And he tho went thens Ì com in to engloÌd anone did in this maner when sent edward was deid as a man falsly for sworen he let croune him kyng of englond falsely brake the counant that he had made before with duke willm wherfor he wos wonder wroth with him and swore that he wold vpon hiÌ ben a vengid what so euer him befell ¶ and anone duke willm lett assembull a gret host come in to englond to a venge him vpoÌ Harold to conquere the land if that he myght ¶ And in the same yere thot harold was crouned Harald harestrenge kyng of Denmarke ariued in scotland Ì thought to haue be kyng of englond Ì he come in to englond kylled Ì robbid destroyed all that he might till that he come to yorke Ì ther he killed mony men of armys a thovsand Ì an hondreth prestys ¶ When this tydyng come to the kyng he assembled a strong pouer went for to fight with harold of denmarke with his own hand hiÌ killed Ì the danois wer discomfited Ì tho that left alyue with moch soreu fled to ther shippis And thus kyng harold of englond kylled kyng harold of denmarke Anno domini M.lxvi. ¶ How wylliam basterd duke of Normandie come in to englond and kylled kyng Harold
maletalent ¶ But wheÌ the good erle Thomas this herd he ansuerd in this maner and said lordis quod he if we gone toward the north the northeren men will say that we go toward the scottis Ì so we shall be holden traitours for cause of distance that is betwen kyng edward Ì Robert the brus that made him kiÌg of scotland and ther fore I sai as touchyng my self that I will not go no ferther in to the north than to myn own castell of PouÌfret ¶ And wen sir roger Clifford herd this he arose vp anone in wroth and drew his swerde on high suore by almyghty god and by his holi names but if that he wold go with them he shuld him sle ther. ¶ The nobull and gentill erle Thomas of Lancastre was sore adrad said fair sirs I will gon with you whither so euer ye me bidde ¶ Tho went they to gedres in to the north Ì with them they had vij C. men of armes and come to Burbrugge ¶ And when sir Andrew of herkela that was in the north cuÌtre thurgh ordynaunce of the kyng for to kepe the cuntre of scotland herd tell how that Thomas of lancastre wos discomfited and his ê¯panye at Burton vpon trent he ordyned him a strong pouer and sir Symond ward also that was tho shereue of yorke and met the baronnes at burbrugge and anone they breke the brugge that wos made of tre ¶ And whan sir thomas of Lancastre herde that sir Andrew of herkela had brought with him such a pouer he was sore a drad and sent for sir andrew of herkela and with him spake· and said to him in this maner ¶ Sir andrew quod he ye mow well vnderstond how that our lord the kyng is lad and misgouerned by moch fals councell thurgh sir hugh the Spenser the fadre and sir hugh his son and sir IohnÌ erle of Arundell and thurgh master Robert Baldoke a fals piled clerke that now is in the kynges court duelling Wherfore I pray yow that ye wold cum with vs with all the pouer that ye haue ordened and help to distro the venym of England and the tratours that bene therin and we will yeue vn to yow all the best parte of .v. erledoms that we haue and holdeth and we will make vn to you an oth that we wil neuer done thyng with out your councell and so ye shall bene eft as well with vs as euer wos Robert of Holand ¶ Tho ansuerd sir Andrew of herkela and said sir Thomas that wolde not I done ne consent ther to for no maner thing ye might me yeffe without the will and commauÌdement of our lore the kyng for than shuld I be holden a tratour for euer more ¶ And when that the nobull Erle Thomas of Lancastre saw that he wold not consent vn to him for no maner thing sir Androw he said will ye not consent for to distroye the venym of the reame as we be consent now at one worde sir Androw I tell the that or this yere be gone that ye shall be take and hold for a traitor and more than ony of yow hold vs now and in wors deth ye shall die than euer did any knyght of Englond And vnderstand well that ye did neuer thyng that sorer ye shall you repente and now goth Ì dothe what you good liketh And I wyll put me in to the mercy of god ¶ And so went the fals traytour tirant and as a fals for sworin maij for thurgh the noble Erle Thomas of Lancastre he vnderfenge the armes of chiualri and thurgh hiÌ he wos made a knyght ¶ Tho myght men see archeris drawe them in that one side and in that other and knyghtes also and foughten tho to gedre wonder sore and also among other sir Humfrey de Boughon Erle of herford a worthy knyght of renoune thurgh all cristyndome stode fought with his enmys vpon the bruge and as the nobull lord stode and faught vpon the brugge a thefe a ribaude skulked vnder the brugge fersly with a spere smote the nobull knyght in to the fouÌdement so that his bouell is comen out a bout his fete ther. ¶ Alas for sorow for ther was slayn the flour of solace of comforth and also of curtesie ¶ And sir Roger of Clifford a nobull knyght stode euer and faught well worthely him defendid as a nobull baron But at the last he was sore wounded in his hede sir willm of Sullay and sir Roger of bernefeld wer slayn at that bataill ¶ When sir Androw of herkela saw that sir Thomas men of lancastre lassed and slaked anone he and his compani comen vn to the gentill knyght sir Thomas of Lancastre said vn to him in high yelde the tratoure yeld the. ¶ The gentill Erle ansuerid tho and said Nay lordis trators be we none and to you will we neuer vs yeld while that our lyues last but leuer we haue to be slain in our treuth than yeld vs vn to yow ¶ And sir Androw ayen gard vpon sir Thomas componi yollyng as a wode wolfe Ì saied yelde you tratours takeÌ yeld you And said with an high vois beth war sires that none of yow be so hardy vpon lyfe and limme to mysdone Thomas bodi of Lancastre ¶ And with that word the good Erle Thomas weÌt iÌ to the chapell said kneling vpon his knees Ì turned his visage towardes the crosse and said Almyghty god to the I me yelde holli I put me vn to thy merci And with that the vileyns and ribaudes leped a boute him on euery syde as tirantis wode turmeÌtours and dispolid him of his armurie and clothed him in a robe of rey that was of his squyers liueira and forth lad him vn to yorke by water ¶ Tho myght men se moch sorow Ì care for thee gentill knyghtis fled in euery side Ì the ribaudis Ì the vileyns egreli them discried and gried an high yeld yow tratours yeld you ¶ And when they wer yolden they wer robbed bounde as thefues Alas the shame and dispite that the gentill ordir of knyghthod ther had at that bataill and the land was tho with out law for holy chirche tho had no more reuerance than it had bene a brodell hous and in that bataill was the fadre ayens the sone and the vncle ayens his nepheu For so moch vnkyn denes was neuer seyn before in Englond as wos that tyme among folke of one nacion ¶ For on kynrad had no more pitte of that other than an hungri wolfe hath of a shepe and it wos no wonder ¶ For the gret lordis of englond wer not all of one nacion but wer medled with other nacions that is for to say some Bretans some SaxoÌs som Danys some Pehites som Frensshemen some Normans some Spanyardis some Romans some Henaudes some Flemmyng and other diuerse nacions the which nacions
and come and told it to the kyng and his lordis what he had herd and what they sayd ¶ And than went forth the new knyghtys with moÌy other making assaut to the cite to they destroyd hougeli the subbarbis of the Cite ¶ And while all thes thynges wer in doiÌg the Englishmen made them aredy for to be a venged vpon thee shame and despite that was done that yere at wynchelsee and ordeyned a nauye of lxxx shippis of men of Landon and of other marchauntis and xiiij thousand of men of armes and archiers and went and serched and skummed the see and manly tokeÌ and helde thee I le of Caux Wherfore the Frenshmen that is for to say the Abbot of Cluyn the Erle of Tankeruill and bursygand that tho was Stiward of FrauÌce with moÌy other men of the same cuÌtre by thee commuÌe assent of the lord Charles that tho wos regeÌt of frauÌce thei hasted them went to the kiÌg of engloÌd askiÌg besechiÌg him stedfast pees Ì euer lastiÌg vpoÌ certan ê¯dicions that ther wer shewed writtin ¶ The wich when the kyng Ì his ê¯cell had it seiÌ âª it plesed hiÌ neuer a dele but sith it wold be none othir in tyme of better accord and deliberacion the frenshmen besely and with gret instaunce asked trews for ther see costes and the king grauntid them ¶ And in the morow after the vtas of pasche the kyng turned him with his host toward OrliauÌce destroyeng and wastyng all the cuntre by the way ¶ And os thei weÌt thiderward ther fell vpon them such a storme tempast that noÌe of our nacion herd ne saw neuer none such thurgh the wich thousaÌdes of our men and of ther horse in ther iourneyng as it wer thurgh vengeaunce sodenly wer slayn Ì perisshed the wich tempastes full moch yit fered not the kyng ne moch of his pepull that they ne went forth in ther viage that they had begun wherfor about the fest of fililp iacob in May fast by incarnocum the forsaid lordis of fraunce metiÌg ther with the kyng of englond a pesable accord Ì a finall vpoÌ certan condicions grauÌtes articularly gadered writen to geder euer more for to last full discretly made to bothe the kynges êfetabul to ther reames both with on asseÌt of Charles the regent gouernour of frauÌce of Paris of the same reame writen Ì made vnder date of CarnocuÌ the xv day of May they offerid êferd to the kiÌg of engloÌd riquiring his grace iÌ all thiÌgê writin that he wold benyngly admitte them Ì hold them firme stabull to them Ì to ther heiris for euer more thens forth the wich thiÌgê articles whan kiÌg edward had seyn them he grauÌted them so that bothe parties shuld be suorne on goddis body Ì on the euangelist that the forsaid couenauÌt shuld be stabulihed and so they accordid graciously ¶ Therfor ther wer ordeyned drassid on euery side ij barons ij banerettis ij knyghtis to admitte receue that hothes of the lord Charles reget of frauÌce Ì of sir edward the frist soÌ heir of kiÌg Edward of engloÌd ¶ And the x. day of May ther was songen a solempne masse at paris after the iij. Agnê° dei said with dona nobis pacem iÌ presens of the forsaid men that were ordeyned to admitte receyue the othes of al other that ther myght be ¶ Tho Charles laid his right hand on the patent with goddes bodi his left hond on the missale saied we N. suereth on godis body the holy gospels that we shall trewli Ì stedfastli hold toward vs the pees the accord made bitwen the ij kynges Ì iÌ no maner to do the contrarie And ther among all his lordis for more loue strength of witnesse he deled Ì deêted the reliques of the croune of criste to the knyghtis of englond they courtesli token ther leue· And in the fryday next the same othe in presence of the forsaid knyghtis Ì of other worthy meÌ prince Edward made at louers ¶ Afterward both kynges ther sonnys the most nobull men of both reames with in the same yere made the same oth for to strength all thes thynges a forsaid the kyng of englond axed the gretest men of frauÌce and had his axyng that is for to say vi dukis viij erles Ì xij lordis that is to say barons Ì worthy knyghtis ¶ And when the place Ì the tyme was assined in wich both kynges with ther councell shuld cum to gedre all the forsaid thynges bitwen them spoke for to ratifie maken firme and stabull the kyng of englond anone went toward the see at Hounflet began to saill leuyng to his hostes that wer left behynd him by cause of his absence moch heuenesse ¶ And after the xix· day of May he come in to englond went to his paleys at westmynstre on sent Dunstane day the thrid day after he viseted IohnÌ kyng of fraunce that wos in the tour of london deliuered him frely from all maner prison sauf frist they wer accordid of iij. myllions of floreyns for his raunson Ì the kyng coÌforthed him cherid him in all places with all solace Ì myrthes that longen to a kyng in his goyng homward ¶ And the ix day of Iulij in the same yere this same IohnÌ kyng of fraunce that afore hand lay here in hostage went home ayen in to his oun land to tret of tho thynges and of other that longed and fellen to thee gouernance of his reame ¶ And afterward mett Ì come to gedre at Calays both ij kynges with bothe ther councell about all haluw tide ther wer shewed the condicions and the pointis of thee pees Ì of the accorde of bothe sides writtyn ther without any withsayng of both sides graciously they wer accorded And ther was done songen a solempne masse after the iij Agnê° det vpon godis body also vpoÌ the masse boke bothe kynges ther sonnys the gretest lordis of both remes of ther ê¯cell that ther wer present had not sworne be fore the forsaid oth that they had made titelled bitwene them they behighten to kepe all other couenauÌtes that wer bitwene them ordeyned ¶ And in thys same yere mens bestis tres Ì houses with soden tempast Ì strong lightenyng wer êissed the deuell apperid bodely in mannys likenes to moch pepull as they went in diuerse places in the cuntres and spake to them in that likenesse ¶ How the gret companie arose in fraunce Ì the white companie in Lumbardie of other mony meruailles KYng Edward in the xxxvi yere of his regne anone after cristemasse in the fest of conuersion of sent Paule held his êlament at westmynstre in the wich êlament wos
vn to yorke ther he a bode and rested him ther ¶ And ther sir IohnÌ Holand the erle of kentis brother slew the erle sone of Stafford Ì his heir with a daggar in the cite of Yorke werfor the kyng wos sore anoyed greued and remeued thens Ì com to londoÌ Â¶ And the maire with the aldermen the coÌmyns with all the solempnite that might be done riden ayens the kiÌg and brought him rialli thurgh the cite and so forth vn to westmiÌster vn to his own palais ¶ And iÌ the ix yere of kyng Richardis regne he held a êlament at westmynster ther he made ij dukes a marqueyes and v· Erles ¶ The fyrst that was made duke was the kynges vncle sir Edmond of laÌglee erle of Cambrigge hiÌ he made duke of york ¶ And his other vncle sir Thamas of wodstoke that was erle of Bukkyngham him he made duke of gloucestre sir Lyon ueâ that was erle of Oxford him he made markeys of Dyuelyne ¶ And Henri of Balynbroke the duke son of Lancastre hiÌ he made erle of Derby ¶ And sir Edward the dukes son of yorke him he made erle of Ruttelond sir IohnÌ Holand that was the erle of kentis brother him he made erle of Hontingdon ¶ And sir Thomas Mombray erle of Notingham and erle Marshall of Englond And sir Michell de la pole knyght him he made erle of Southfolke Chancelar of EngloÌd ¶ And the erle of the march at that same parlament holden at westmynstre in playn parlament amongis all the lordis and communes was proclamed erle of the march and heir Parent to the croune of englond after kyng Richard the wich erle of the march weÌt ouer see in to Irland vn to his lordshippis and landis For thee erle of marche is erlÌe of vlster iÌ Irland Ì bi rightline heritage ¶ And ther at the castell of his he lay that tym thir come vpoÌ hym a gret multitude in busshementis of wild Irishmen hiÌ for to take and destroy And he com out fersly of his castill with his pepull maÌli faught with them Ì ther he was take he wall to peces ther he died on whos soule god haue merci ¶ And iÌ the .x. yere of kyng Richardis regne the erle of Arundell went to the se with a gret nauy of shippis enarmid with men of armis good archiers And whan they com iÌ thee brod see they met with thee hole âlete that com with wyn lade from Rochill the wich wyne were enmys goodis And ther our nauy set vpon them and toke theÌ all and brought them vn to diuerse portes Ì hauens of Englond Ì sum to london and ther ye myght haue had a ton of Rochill wyne of the best for xx shillyng sterling and so we had gret chep wyne iÌ EngloÌd that tym thankid be god almyghty ¶ How the v. lordis arisen at Rattecot brigge ANd in thee regne of kiÌg Richard thee xi yere thee v. lordis arisen at Rattecot bruggee in thee distrucion of rebelles that weren that tym iÌ all thee ream ¶ The frist of v. lordis was sir Thomas of wodstoke the kynges vncle duke of glocestre the secund wos sir Richard erle of Arundell Ì the .iij. wos sir Richard erle of werwik the iiij wos sir Henri bolinbroke erle of Derby the v. was sir Thomas Mombray erle of Notingham ¶ And thes v. lordie saw the myschef Ì mysgouernaunce the falsenesse of the kyngê couÌcell wherfor they that wer that tyme chief of the kynges couÌcell fled out of this land ouer the see that is to say sir Alisander Neuell the erchebisshop of yorke sir Robert leweermarkis of deuelyn erle of Oxford and sir mychell de la Pobe erle of Southfolke chancellr of Englond And thes iij. lordis went ouer see· and come neuer ayen for ther they died ¶ And than thes v. lordis aboue said made a êlament at westmynster And ther they toke sir Robert Tresiliam the Iustice and ser Nicholl Brembre knyght and citesen of london and sir Iohan Salusburi a knyght of the kynges housold and vske sergeaunt of armes and mony moo of othir pepull wer taken and Iuged vn to the deth by the councell of thes v. lordis in ther parlament at westmynster for the treson that they put vpon them to be drawen from the toure of London thurgh out the Cite and so forth vn to Tyburne and ther they shuld be honged and ther throtis to be cut and thus they wer serued died ¶ And after that in this same parlament at westmynstre wos sir Symond Beule that was a knyght of the garter sir Iohan beauchamp knyght that wos stiward of the kyngê housold and sir Iames Berners wer foriugged vn to the deth and than they wer led on fote to the toure hill and ther wer ther hedes smyten of and mony other moo by thes v· lordis ¶ In this same parlament and in the xij yere of kyng Richardis regne he let cri ordeyn a generall Iustis that is called a turnement of lords knyghtis Ì squiers And this Iustis and turnement war holdeÌ at london in smythfeld of all maner of strangers of what land or cuntre that euer they wer and thidder they wer right wolcum and to them and to all other wos holden vpen housold And gret festes and also gret yeftes ther yefen to all maner of straungers ¶ And of the kynges side wer all of sute ther cotes ther armur sheldis hors trappure And all wos white hertis with crounes aboute ther neckis and chaynes of gold hangyng ther vpon Ì the croune hangyng law before the hertis body the wich hert wos the kyngê leueray that he yaf to lordis Ì ladies knyghtis squiers for to know his howseold from othir pepull ¶ And in this fest comyng to ther Iustis xxiiij ladies led thes xxiiij lordis of the garther with chynes of gold and all the same sutes of hertes as is before said from the toure on horsbake thurgh the cite of london in to smythfeld ther that the Iustis shuld be holden ¶ And this fest Ì iustis wos hold generall for all tho that wold cum theder of what land or nacion that euer thây wer ¶ And this was hold during xxiiij dais of the kyngê cost And thes xxiiij lordis to ansuer all maner pepull that wold cum thider ⪠¶ And thieder come thee erle of sent Paul of frauÌce and mony othir worthy knyghtis with him of diuerse parties full well arayed and out of Holand Ì Henaud come the lord Ost reuaunt that wos the dukes son of holaÌd and mony othir worthy knyghtis with hiÌ of Holand full wel araied ¶ And when this fest iustiÌg was endid the kiÌg thaÌkid thes strangers yaf them mony rich yeftes ¶ And than they token ther
brought a gret a huge multitude of pepull both of knightis squiers Ì principalli of yemen of Chestershire the wich yomen and archiers the kyng toke to hys own courte Ì yaf them bowge of court Ì good wages to be keês of his own body both by nyght Ì by day aboue al othir êsons Ì most loued best trust The wich sone afterward turned the kiÌg to gret losse Ì shame hyndring Ì his vtterly vndoyng destrucioÌ as ye shall here after that tyme come sir Henri of Derby with a gret menye of men of armes archiers and the erle of RutlaÌd come with a stronge pouer of pepull both of men of armes archiers ¶ And the erle of Kent brought a gret pouer of men of armes Ì archiers The erle Marchall come in the same maner the lorde SpeÌser in the same maner the erle of northumberland sir Henri Percy his son sir Thomas Percy the erlis broder And all thes worthy lordis brought a fair menye Ì a strong pouer ech maÌ in his best aray Ì the duk of lancastre the duke of yorke comeÌ in the same maner with men of armes and archiers folowyng the kyng ¶ And sir willyam strop tresorer of englond come in the same maner And thus in this aray come all the worthy meÌ of this land vn to our kyng Ì all thes pepull com to londoÌ iÌ on day in so moch that euery stret lane iÌ londoÌ iÌ the subarbes were full of them logged x. or xij myle about londoÌ euery way And thees pepull brought the kyng at westmynstre went homi ayen to ther loggyng both hors and man Ì than on the moÌday the xij day of September the êlameÌt began at westmiÌstre the wich was callid the gret êlament ¶ And on the friday next after the erle of arundelÌ wos brought in to the êlament among all the lordis and that wos on sent Matheues day the apostill and euangelist ther he wos for Iugged vn to the deth in this hall that wos made iÌ the palays at westmynstre And this wos his Iugement he shuld go on fote with his handis bound behynde him from thee place that he wos Iuggid in and so forth thurgh the Cite of londoÌ vn to the toure hill and his hede to be smyten of and so it was do in dede in the same place And vi of thee gret lordis that sat on his Iuggement ridden with him vn to the place ther he wos do vn to thee deth so to see the execucion wer don aftar ther dome ¶ And bi the kynges commaundement with them went on fote of men of armis and archiers a gret multitude of Chestre shire men in strengthyng of thee lordis that brought this Erle to his deth for they dred lest thee Erle shuld be reseued takin froÌ them whan they com in to london Thus he passed forth thurgh the cite vnto his deth and ther âe toke it full paciencli on whos soul god haue mercy amen ¶ And than come the freris Austyns and toke vp the body the hede of this good erle Ì bare it home vn to ther place and beried him in ther quere And in the morow after wos sir Richard erle of werwike brought in to the parlameÌt ther as the erle of Arundell wos for iugged and they yaf the erle of Werwike the same Iugement that the forsaid erle had but the lordis had compassion of him be cause he was of more age and relesed him to perpetuall prison and put him in thee I le of man ¶ And than the moÌday next after The lord Cobhan of keÌt Ì sir IohnÌ Cheyn knyghtie wer brought in to the parlament iÌ to the same hall and ther they wer Iugged to be honged and draweÌ but thurgh the prayer and gret instance of all the lordis that Iuggement wos foryeuen them and relesed to perpatuall prison ¶ And this same time was Richard Whittyngdon maire of Londoni Ì IohnÌ wodecoke willm Askam shereues of london ¶ And they ordeyned at euery yate of londoÌ during this same parlament strong watche of men of armes archiers thurgh out euery ward also ¶ And the kyng made .v. Dukis on Duchisse and a Markeys and .iiij. Erles Ì thee frist of them wos the Erle of Derby Ì he wos made duke of Herford thee secund was the Erle of rutland and he wos made Duke of Awe marle and the thrid wos Erle of Kent Ì wos made thee Duke of Surre and the iiij wos thee erle of Huntingdone Ì he wos made duke of Excestre Ì the fifthe wos the erle of NotiÌgham he wos made thee Duke of Northfolke and the erle of Somerset he wos made the Marquies of Dorset the lord Spenser was made erle of Gloucestre Ì the lord Neuill of raby wos made erle of westmerland Ì sir Thomas Percy wos made erle of worcestre ¶ And sir Willm Scrope that was tresorer of englond he wos made erle of wilteshire and sir Iohan Montagu erle of salisburi ¶ And whan the kyng had thus don he held the parlament and riall fest vn to all his lordis and to all maner of pepull that theder wold cuÌ Â¶ And this same yere died sir Iohan of gaunte the kinges vncle and duke of Lancastre in the bisshoppis yn in holborne wos brought froÌ theÌs to sent Paules and ther the kyng made and held his enterement well Ì worthely with all hys lordis in the chirch of sent Paules iÌ londoÌ ther he wos beried beside Dame blaunch his wife that wos doughter heir to the good Henri that wos duke of Lancastre ¶ And iÌ the same yere ther fell a discencioÌ bitwen the duke of Herford duke of Norfolk iÌ so moche that they waged bataill Ì casten doune ther gloues and than they wer taken vp and enseled the bataill ioyned the day set the place assigned wher when And this shuld be at Couentre And theder come the kyng with all his lordis at that day wos set in the feld and than thees two worthi lordis comen in to the feld well and cleen armed and well arayed with all ther wapen redy to done ther bataill and weren redy in the place for to fight at vtteraunce ¶ But the kyng bad them cese and toke thee quarell in to his hand ¶ And forth with right ther present exiled the duke of Herford for terme of x. yere the duke of norfolke for euer more ¶ And sir Thomas arundell erchebisshopp of Cantorbury wos exiled the same tyme for euer Ì depesit out of his see for malice of the kyng and anone thes iij. worthy lordis wer commaunded and defendid the kynges reame And anone they gat them shippis at diuerse hauens went ouer the see in to diuerse
men that theder wold cum ¶ And in this same yere Dame Blaunche the eldest doughter of kyng Henri the iiij wos sent ouer the se with the erle of somerset hir vncle and with mastir Richard Clifford thaÌ bisshop of wurcestre and with mony othir worthy lordis knyghtis and ladies Ì worthy squiers as longed to such a worthy kyngê doughter and come vn to Colayn ¶ And thidder come the dukis sone of barre with a fair menye and ressaued this worthy lady and the bisshope of wurcestre weddid and sacred them to geder as holi chirche it wold ¶ And ther was made ariall fest and a gret IustiÌg in the reuerence and woââhÌip of them and all pepull that thedder com ¶ And whan this mariage and fest wos done the Erle and the bisshop and all ther menye token ther leue of lord and lady Ì come home ayen in to englond in saufte thanked be god almyghty ¶ And in the v yere of kyng Henris regne the lord Thomas his son weÌt ouer the see and the erle of Kent and mony othir lordis and knyghtis with men of armes and archiers a gret noÌ bur to chastise the rebellis that a fore had done moch harme to our englishmen marchantis to mony tounes and portâs in Englond on the see costis ¶ And the lord Thomas the kynges soÌ come in to Flaundres be fore a toune that is called the Skluse among all the shippis of diuerse nacions that wer ther. and after ther they ridden with ther shippis among them Ì went on land sported them ther ij dais and come ayen to ther shippis and toke the brode see Ì ther they met with iij. Carikkis of Iâne that wer âaden with diuerse marchandize and well mannyd they foughten to gedres long time but the englishmen had the victori and brought the Carrikkis in to the Cambre befor wynchelse and ther they caÌted thees goodis and one of thees Carrikkes was sodeÌli brent ther ¶ And the lordis and ther pepull turned them home ayeÌ and went no ferthir at that tyme. ¶ And iÌ the same tyme serle yoman of kyng Richerd robes come in to engloÌd out of scotland and told to diuerse pepull that kyng Richard wos on liue in Scotland and so moch pepull beleued in his wordis wherfor gret êtie of thee pepull of the reame wer in gret errour and grutchyng ayenest the kyng thurgh informacion of lies and fals lesinges that this Serle had made ¶ For moch pepull trustid Ì beleued in his seyng But at the last he wos taken in the northcuntre and by law Iugged to be drawe thurgh euery cite and good burgh tounes in englond and so he wos serued and at the last he wos brought to londoÌ vn to the gild hall before the Iustice ther he was Iugged for to be brought to the toure of london and ther to be laid on a hurdell and than to be drawen thurgh the cite of londoÌ to Tyborne Ì ther to be honged than quartired Ì his hede smyteÌ of and set on LondoÌ brigge and his quarters to be sent to iiij good tounes of englond and ther set vp thus endid he for his false treson Ì desseyd ¶ And in the sext yere of kyng Henris regne the iiij The erle of Marre of scotland by saifcondit come iÌ to EngloÌd to chalenge sir Edmand the erle of Kent to certayn courses of were on horsbake ¶ And so this chalange wos acceppid and grauÌted the place taken in smythfeld at londoÌ this Erle of Marre the scot com proudly iÌ to the feld as his chalenge asket ¶ And anone come in the erll of Kent and rode vn to the scot and manfulli rode to geder with sharpe speris diuerse courses but the erle of Kent had the feld and gat him moch worship and thanke of all maner of men for his manfull dedis ¶ And iÌ the vij yere of kyng Henris regne the iiij Sir Richard Scrop erchebisshop of Yorke and the Erle Marchall of Englond gadred vn to them a strong power ayens kyng Henri ¶ And the kyng hering ther of in all the hast that he myght come with his pouer northward and met with them at yorke Ì ther wer thes ij lordis take and brought to the kyng ¶ And anone the Iugges wer set thes ij lordis brought forth and ther they wer dampned vn to the deth and both ther hedis smyten of and ther they maden ther end on whos soules god for his pite haue mercy Amen ¶ And whan this was done the kyng come to londoÌ ayen and ther restid him Anone god of his gret goodnesse wrought and shewed mony gret miracles for this worthy clerke Erchebishop of yorke that thus wos done to deth ¶ And iÌ the vij yere of kiÌg Henris regne Dame Luce the dukis suster of Milane come iÌ to englond so to londoÌ Ì ther wos wedid to sir Edmond Holand erle of Kent in the priori of sent marie oueis in suthwarke wyth moch solempnite and gret worship ¶ The kyng was ther him self and yaf hir at the chirch dore Ì whan that they wer weddid and masse was done the kyng his own parson brought and lad this worthy lady in to the bisshoppis place of wynchestre and ther wos a wonder gret fest holdyn to all maner of pepull that wold cum ¶ And the same yere sir Robert Knolles bnyght a worthi weriour died at his maner in Northfolk and from thens he was brought to london vpoÌ a hors bere with moch torch light Ì so he wos brought vn to the white freris in fleetstret and ther wos do and made for him a solempne fest and ariall enterement for tho that thidder wold cume both rich and poer and ther he lieth beried by Dame Constance his wife in the midde of the body of the chirche on whos soule god for his pitte haue merci amen ¶ And thus iÌ this same yere sir Thomas Rampston knyght Constabull of the tour of london wos drenchid at londoÌ brugge as he com fro westmynstre inwardis to the tour iÌ a barge and al thurgh lewdenesse ¶ And in the sama yere Dame Philip the yonger doughter of kiÌg henri wos lad ouer see with sir Richard thee dukis brother of yorke and sir Edmond Courteney bisshop of Norwych and mony other lordis knyghtis and squiers ladies gentilwomen that apparteyned to such a worthy kynges doughter and come in to Denmarke and the kyng resceyued this worthi lady for his wyfe and welcomed thes worthy lordis and did vn to them moch worshÌipp and they wer brought vn to a toune that wos called London in Denmarke and ther wos this lady weddid and sacrid to the kyng of Denmarke Norway and SwytheÌ and ther was crouned quene of Denmarke with moch solempnite and ther wos made ariall fest ¶ And whan this fest
Ì mariage wos done and endid thes lordis and ladies toke thir leue of the kiÌg the quene and come ayen in to Englond in hast thaÌ ãâã be IhuÌ Â¶ And in the viij yere of kiÌg Henris regne ther wos a man that wos called the walsh klarke he oppellâd a knyght that wos callid sir Perceuall Sowdone of treson Ì ther they wer Ioyned to fight vn to vtteraunce withyn Listes the day place tyme assigned and lymitted to be done Ì end iÌ smygthfeld at the wich day tho two parsons comen in to the feld Ì foughten sâre and myghteli to gedre but at the last the knyght ouercom the clarke made him yeld him creaunt of his fals enpechemeÌt that he had said on him than was he dispoyled of his armure drawe out of the feld to Tyborne Ì ther he wos honged the knyght take to grace and wos a good man ¶ And in this same yere sir Henri erle of Northumberland the lord Bardolf come out of Scotland in preiudece destruccion of kyng henri wherfore they of the northcuntre arisen vpon them and faugit with them and scomfitid them and toke them Ì smyten of ther hedis Ì quartrid ther bodies sent the hede of the erle Ì a quartir of the lord bardolf to londoÌ and ther they wer set vpon london brigge for fals treson that they had purposed ayenst the kyng ¶ And in the ix yere of kyng henris regne was sir Edmond Holand erle of keÌt made Amirell of englond for to kepe the see he went to the see with mony riall shippis that wer full well arayed and enparelled and enarmed with mony a good man of armes and archiers and of good defence of weyr in the kynges name of Englond and so he landid at the last in the cost of Bretan in the I le of Briak with all his pepull and he beseged thee Castell and sautid it and they withstode him with gret defence and strength ¶ And anoÌe he leyed his ordynauÌce And in the leyng of a gone come a quarell Ì smote the good erle EdmoÌd in the hede and ther he caught his dethis wounde but yit they left not till that they had geten the Castill and all that wer ther in ¶ And ther this good lord died on whos soule god haue mercy amen ¶ And than this menie come home ayen in to Englond with the erlis body wos beried amoÌgê his auÌcestres right worthely ¶ And in thee same yere was a gret frost in Englond that durid xv wekis ¶ And in the x· yere of kyng HeÌris regne the iiij com the Seneschall of henaud with othir meni to seke auÌtres and to get him worshipp iÌ dedis of armys both on hors and on fote at all maner of pointes of were ¶ And the Seneschall chalenged thee erle of Somerset and the erle deliuered hiÌ ful manfulli of all his chalenges Ì put his adusarie vn to the worse iÌ all pointes and wanne him ther gret worshÌypp and the degre of thee feld ¶ And the next day after come iÌ to thee feld an other man of armes of the seneschallis partie ¶ And ayens him come sir Richard of arundell knight and the henaud had the better of him on fote iÌ on poiÌte for he brought hiÌ on his kne ¶ And the thrid day come iÌ an othir man of armes iÌ to the feld and ayeÌs him ther come sir IohnÌ Cornewaill knight manly and knightely he quitte him in all maner poyntis ayeÌs his adusarie and had the better iÌ thee feld ¶ And on thee iiij day come an other maÌ of armes of Henaude iÌ to the feld and ayens him come sir Iohan Cheynes son manly quitte him ayens his adusarie for he cast hors Ì man iÌ to the feld And the kyng for his manhod at that tyme dubbed hiÌ knyght ¶ And the v. day ther come an other man of armes of the henaudis partie in to the feld and to him come in sir Iohan stiward knyght and manfulli he quitte him ther in all maner of pointes and had the better ¶ And the sext day after come an other henaud to him come willm porter squyer Ì manfulli he quitte him Ì had the better in the feld Ì the kyng dubbed him knyght the same tyme. ¶ And the vij day after come an othir henaud in to the feld and to him come IohnÌ standissh squier manly he quitte him on his adusarie had the better in tho feld and the kyng dubbed him knyght the same day ¶ And on the same day come an othir henaud to him come a squyer of Gascoyn and proudly and manli he quitte him on his adusarie Ì had the better and anone the kyng dubbed hiÌ knyght ¶ And on the viij day come in to the feld ij men of armes of henaude and to them come ij soudiours of Calais that were brether that wer called Burghes Ì well and maÌly quitte them on ther adu*aber siries and had the better in the feld thus endid the chalenges with moni worshippes ¶ And the kyng at the reuerence of the stringers made a gret fest and yaf them rich yeftes they token ther leue and weÌt home in to ther own cuntre ¶ And in the xi yere of kyng HeÌris regne the iiij ther was a gret bataill do in smythfeld bitwen two squiers that on wos called Gloucestre that was appelauÌt Arthur wos the defendauÌt Ì well and manfulli foughten to geder long time the kyng for ther manfulnesse Ì of his grace toke ther quarell in to his hand Ì made them to go out of the feld at ons so they wer deuided of ther batailles thee kyng yaf them grace ¶ And the xij yere of kyng heÌris regne the fourth Risdie a squier of wales that was a rebell a riser supporter to Owen of Glendre that did moch destruccion to pepull of wales wos taken and brought to London and ther he come a fore the Iustices and wos dampned for his treson and than he wos laid on an hurdell and so draw forth vn to Tyborne thurgh the cite ther he wos hanged and let doune a yen and his hede smyten of the body quartired and sent vn to iiij tounes and his hede set on london brigge ¶ And in the xiij yere of kyng Henris regne tho died sir IohnÌ Beauford the erle of somerset that wos capitayn of Calais and wos beried at the abbey of the tour hill on whos soule god haue merci amen· ¶ And in the same yere thee lord Thomas kyng Henris son wedded thee couÌtosse of somerset ¶ And in this same yere com thee embassatours of frauÌce in to englond from the duke of Burgoyn vn to the prince of englond kyng henris son and heir for to haue help and socour of men
in to garnesey And ther refresshid them and from thens sailed to Calais wher they wer resaued in to the castell by the postren or they of the toune wist of it And the duke of yorke toke shippyng in walis and sailed ouer in to Irland wher he wos well resayued ¶ How therles of march warwik Ì salisberi entrid in to Calais how therle of warwik went in to Irland THen kyng Henri beyng with his host in the feld not knowyng of this soden deêting on the morne fonde none in the felde of the said lordis sent owt in all the hast men for to folowe pursue after to take them but they met not with them as god wold and then the kyng went to Ludlowe Ì dispoiled the castell and the toune and sent the duches of yorke with hir child to my lady of Bokyngham hir sustre· wher she wos kepid long tyme after ¶ And forthwith the kyng ordeyned the duke of Somersete to be capitayn of Calais And thes othir lordis so deêted as afore is said wer êclamid rebellis gret traytours ¶ Then thee duke of Somerset âoke to him all the soudiours that deêted froÌ the feld and made him redy in all the hast to go to calais Ì take pocession of his office Ì whan he come he fond therle of warwike therin as Capitain Ì therles of march of Salisberi also Ì than he landid by scales went to Guisnes Ì ther he wos resaued it fortoned that sum of tho shÌippis that come ouer with him come iÌ to calais hauen by ther fre will for the shipmen ought more fauour to therle of warwike than to the duke of somerset in wich shÌippis wer takin diuerse meÌ as Ienyn finkhill IohnÌ felow Kailles and purser wich wer behedid sone after in Calais· ¶ And after this come men daly ouer the see to thies lordis to calais and began to wax stronger Ì stronger And they borowed moch good of the staple ¶ And on that othir side the duke of somersete beyng in Guysnes gat pepull to him wich come out and scarmusshed with them of Calais and they of Calais with them wiche endurid mony dayes During thus this same scarmusshyng moch pepull dayly come ouer vn to thes lordis ¶ Than on a tyme by the avise of counsell the lordis at Calais sent ouer master Denham with a gret feliship to sandwich wich toke the toune Ì theriÌ the lord Riueris the lord Scalis his son toke moÌi shippis in the haueÌ brought them all to Calais with wich shippis mony marinere of ther fre will come to calais to serue the erle of warwike ¶ And after this the erle of werwike by thauys of the lordis toke all his shippis mannyd them well sailed him self in to Irland for to speke with the duke of yorke to take his avise how they shÌuld entre iÌ to engloÌd ayen ¶ And when he had be ther done his erandis he returned ayen toward Calais and brought with him his modre the countesse of salisberi ¶ And comyng in the west cuntre vpon the se the duke of Excestre amirell of englond beyng in the grace of Due accompanied with mony shippis of were met with therle of warwik and his flete but they faught not for the substance of the pepull beyng with the duke of Excestre ought bettir will more fauour to the erle of warwike thaÌ to him and they deêted come to calais in saufte blissid be god ¶ Then the kyngê councell seyng that thes lordis âad getin thos shippis froÌ sandwich takyn the lord Riuers his son· ordined a garnyson at sandwich to abide and kepe the toune made on MouÌtford capitayn of the touÌe that no man ne vitaill ne marchand that shuld go in to flauÌdres shuld go in to Calais ¶ Then they of calais seyng this made out master DenhaÌ mony othir to go to sandwych so they did and assailed the touÌe by water by lond gat it brought MouÌtford ther capitayn ouer se to Rysebanke ther smoti of hys hede yit dayly men com ouer to them out of all êties of englond ¶ How the erles of march and of warwike of salisberi enterid in to englond And of the feld of Northamton wher diuerse lordis wer slayn ANd after this the fore said erles of March warwik and of Salisberi come ouer to Douer with moch pepull and their landid ⪠to whom all the cuntre drew and come to LondoÌ armed ¶ And for to let the lordis of the kynges councell know their treuth and also ther entent assembled them Ì told them that they entendit no harme vn to the kyngê parson sauf that thei wold put from him such êsons as wer about him And so deêted froÌ londoÌ with a gret puissaunce toward Northamton wher the kyng was accompanied with mony lordis and had made a strong feld wyth out the toune and ther both parties met and wos foughten a grete bataill In wich bataill wer slayn the duke of Bokyngham the erle of Shrowesberi the viscounte Beamond the lord Egremond and mony knyghtis and squiers othir also and the kiÌg him self wos taken in the feld and afterward brought to london· ¶ And anone after wos a parlament at westmynstre during wich parlament the duke of yorke come out of Irland with the erle of Rutland ridyng with a gret felishÌip iÌ to the palais at westmynstre and toke the kynges palais And come in to the parlament chambre Ì ther toke the kynges place and clamed the crouned as his propre enheritaunce and right and cast forth in writiÌg his titell Ì also how he wos rightfull heir wherfore was moch to do but in conclusion it was appointed and ê¯cludid that kyng henri shÌold regne and be kyng during his naturall life For as moch as he had be kyng so long and wos possessid and after hys deth the duke of yorke shuld be kyng and his heiris kyngê after him And forthwith shuld be êclamed heire apparaunt· and shÌuld also be protectour and regent of Englond during the kynges life with mony othir thyngis ordeyned in the same parlament and yf kyng Henri during his life went from this oppoynttement or ony article concludid in the said parlament he shuld be deposid and the duke shuld take the croune and be kyng all wich thyngê wer enacted by the auctorite of the said parlament att wich parlamenÌt the comunes of the reame beyng assembled in the comune hous comonyng and treating vpoÌ the titell of the said duke of yorke sodenli fell doun the croune wich honge then in the middes of the said hous wich is the frayter of the abbey of westmynstre wich was taken for a êdige or token that the regne of kyng Henri was endid And also the croune wich stode on the hyghest toure
vertu as Dauit Ì suÌ faylit a non as Saul Ì Ieroboan Also it is red that moÌy war nobull men by tyrannyde Ì violens of the wich sum war distryet a non and suÌ a bood in stabulnes as Paynyms myght Aº muÌdi ijM.ix C v. Et anÌ xpÌi natiÌ .ijM.ij .ijC. lxxxxiiij SAruch lyneally descendyt from Adam to Abraham and Nachor wos hys sone Ì lyuid an hundyrth Ì xlviij yere And a bowte this tyme Ydolatri be gan myghttely And yf ye reuolue Ì loke the hystoryes ye shall fynd that iij. thyngê principall broght men to ydolatri that is to wete the affeccion that they had to deed men Dreed Ì flatyring a nendys thaer priÌces Ì the dyligens of craftimen a boute sculptures or grauyngis dulys then entyrt the ydolis and gaf ownswars to the pepull and thes spretis coÌformyt the errur of the pepull myghtily In so mych that who suÌ euer wold note coÌforme hym to ther reson he shuld suffir the payn of deth also wos addit to thes thyngê the dissauyng laud of poettys the wych wrecchys and dampnyt men in to heuyn wyth ther gay writyngis exaltit And that same tyme when dulys be gan to speke so farly and so mekely to man the good lorde of his grett marcy send his angils that thay shÌuld speke to hys eleckyt men in visibely lest that all man kyne shuld êych wyth that muscheuus errower Belus sonne to Nemroth this tyme wos Kyng of Babulon Ì he was the fyrst kyng of this world and this man wos he whom the errur of pepull fyrst trawit shuld be a god wher for diuse pepull namyt hym diuersly Ì suÌ cald hym Bell. sum Baall suÌ Baalim sum Beelphagor Ì sum Beelsabub and this vnhapy errur stood in man kynd moor theÌ ijM. yere Ninus son to belus the secund kyng of Babulon or of assuriorum regnyt liiij yere and this Ninus desyryt to haue lordshyp Ì worshyp Ì to that entent that he myght be lord of all the cuÌtre a boute hym and he gaaffe batellÌ to allÌ that dwellit ne a bowte hym And be cause that tyme the pepull wos rude Ì had not the connyng of feghtyng nor armur a noon he subduyt vn to hym all Asiam Ì ther wos maad the fyrst monarch iÌ the est êti Ì when his hart wos sory for the deth of his father Belê° hee maad to be maad to hym for his comforth an ymage of his fadyr to whom he gaafe so myghti reuerens that what sum euer gylty man had fleed to that ymage ther shuld no man do vn to hym no hurte And he pardonythim of all his trespase And thurgh his ensampull moÌy a maÌ be gan to worshype the deed ymag of ther deer frendys Then thees malicius spretis seyng the curiosite off the pepull hyde them with in them and gaafe onswars to the pepull and said they war goddys and commandit them to do reuereÌs vn to them as god thus that vnhappy syn of ydolatri wos broght in the wich repugnyt myghteli to goddis magesty Ì iÌ so myche this madnes grew that he shuld suffir the payne of deth thatt sayd they warmen bot goddys Anno muÌdi iijM.C.xiiij Et anÌ xpÌi natiÌ ij M lxxxv THare son to Nachor leuyd ij C Ì v yere this Thare after the deth of Aram went from vr of calde and passit in too Charram with his childyrn Ì his neuens and it is sayd be cause he woldnot worshipe the fier as Nemreth had taght he wos flemyt the cuntre And the comyn oppynion of the Hebreus is that NeÌroth regnyt ther the wich wos cald a nodir name Amraphel the kyng of Sennaar wom long tyme after this Abraham awrcaÌ vt dicitur Genes Genesis .xiiij. Anno muÌdi iijM.C.lxxxiiii Et anÌ xpiÌ natiuitateÌ ij M xv Heer begynnith the deuoit Ì holy story of owr Patriarkis the wich worshippit the ueray god Ì iÌ ther worshipping thai taght it vide plura gen 12. vsque ad fineÌ this AbrahaÌ a faithfull louer of god wos born the xliij yere of Ninus kyng of babuloÌ knaw ye that the lxxv yere of AbrahaÌ thurght the myghty glori of the hee god Abraham Here begiÌnith the threde aage of the worlde duriÌg to dauid the word of merci deceÌdit apon mankynd for then be gane to appeer the oraculê° of the êmisse of god vide aug 16 de ci de Itm gen ih for this tyme holy aÌgels apperit to vs iÌ form of mankynd ¶ This abrahaÌ had .ij. brether AraÌ Ì Nachor Ì aram gatt Loth a rightwes maÌ Ì an holi Ì he deseruyt to be visit with angels as his hunkil abrahaÌ wos Ì for this loth abrahaÌ smoot iiii kyngê for they toke loth vt gen 14. of whom on was said to be Nemroth bot he is cald heer amraphell ¶ And abrahaÌ had mony wiffes as Sarar Ì agar Ì his childer Ì his brether had moÌy childer bot for vs that writte cronyclis it is not necessary to speke of all meÌ bot of the noble faders sed vide plraÌfiÌe gen Melchysedech this tym wos kyng of SaleÌ this maÌ wos cald a right wis kyng for hys excedyng holines Ì he offirt bred Ì wyne to abrahaÌ iÌ signe of a gret mysteri he wos also the prest of the he god Semyramis the thrid king of BabuloÌ this ordaÌt an army Ì went iÌ to ynde Ì obtenet that cuÌtre Ì so by all Asiam the kiÌgdom of Assuriorum wos dilatit Ì he multiplied the cite of BabuloÌ myghteli Ì maad wallis a bowt it this Semyramis had a wyff Ì he for soke hiir Ì it is wreten that sche wos slain of hiir sone Ninus be cause sche êuokit him to the vnleful coÌcupiceÌs sic dicit aug 18 de ci dei Ì the maister iÌ his storys sayes that sche weddit hiir awn son Ì he gat a child on hiir the wich ordant bobulon to be the heed of his reme Ninus the iiij kyng of babuloÌ wos son to gret Ninus of this man litill is wreten bot that he slow his own modir as it is sayed a foor Arrius wos the. v kyng of babulon and vnder hym wos borne ysaac Ysaac sone to Abraham of the lyne of crist leued C.lxxx yere This Ysaac had a wife cald Rebecca Ì on hir hee gat ij sonnys Esau Ì Iacob this esau sould his enheritons to his brother Iacob Ì he wos the fadyr of Ydumeorum Ì he had in possession the hille of Seir. Ì put fyrst maris to assys wher of wos geÌdyrte mulis ¶ A bowte this tyme xxx lordschippis Ì Gomorra forther horrobli syn war owerthrow the wife of Loth lokyng bacward turnet iÌ to a salt stone shewis that no maÌ iÌ the way of deliberacion shuld desyre thyngê past hee augê° de
iij. yere Ì other whil a good maÌ and holpen by god and oethr whyle wrechedli disposed iÌ ydolatri Ì therfor our lord suffred him to regne lityll tyme. vt pêª patet 3º reguÌ et 2º paralipo Anno muÌdi iiij M ij C xxv Et anÌ xpÌi natiÌtateÌ ix C lxxiiij Asa the son of Abdias regned xvi yere iÌ the begiÌyng of his regne he wos a rightuis maÌ Ì walked as Dauid did Ì he ower com the Ethyopes Ì destruyd Ydoles Bot after that he wos suorne to the kyng of Syrie benedab for Baasa kyng of israel theÌ be gon feyght aganes hym the wich displesed god wherfor he send to hiÌ the êphet Anani whom he put in presoÌ and therfor he had the goute strongli died therof vt pêª patet 3º reguÌ 2º pa. Azarias son to Achonias wos bisshop Nadab kyng of israell regnet ij yere the wich begon to regne the secuÌd yer of Ase kiÌg of Iues Ì did nought os his fader and Basa ower thrugh hym rened for hym vt 3º reguÌ Basa kyng of israel regnet xxiiij yer the wich begone to regne the iij. yere of Ase kyng of Iues hee walked iÌ the synnes of IeroboaÌ Ì kylled Iehen the êphet Hela the son of Basa rened iÌ israel ij yere Ì Zamri slew hym regned vij dayes Amri renet xij yer Ì did noght as his predicessores did Acha son to amri regned on isralÌ xxij yere Ì aboon all that wos a foor hym he wos cursit for wickid Iesabell ruled moor then he Ì meued hym to folow hyr vt pêª patet icio reguÌ Â¶ Off kyng Ebrac the wich be gone to regne the xv yere of âalaââ and how he conquered frrance This Ebrac regned lx yere Ì a strong man he wos and a myghty and this Ebrac thurgh hys myght and helpe of hys bretons conquered all fraunce and wan ther so moche gold and siluer that whan he coÌ a yane in to this lond he made a cite after his own name let call it Ebrac that is called euerywyk this kyng made the castell of maydenes that now is called Edenburgh This kyng had xx sonnys Ì xxiij doughtres by diuerse wymen goten thyes sonnys wer called as ye shall here Brute Grenescheld Margand Seisell Morghwyth FleÌgham Bladud Iakyn Kynbar Rocelm Spadogh Godeherâ Thorinnan Gldaugh Iorkanghut Haibor Ketin Rother Kaier and assaruth And the dougtres highten os ye shall heyr after Elegine Ymogen Oghdas Guenbran Gnardich Augarell Guenthold Tangustel Gorghon Michel Medhan Mailour Ondur Cambredan Ragan Renthely Neest Cheghan Skaldud Gladê° Heber hyn Abalaghe and Blandan Ì thees were tho xxiij doughtres Ì the bretheren bicame good knyghttys Ì worthy iÌ moÌy contres ¶ Off kyng brute grenesheld the fyrst sone of Ebrac kyng AFter the deth of kyng Ebrac regned Brute grensheld his son xxx yere that wos Ebrakes fyrst son that well nobully regned and whan tyme come he died lieth at yorke ¶ Off kyng Leyl that wos Brute grensheld son And whan Brute grensheld wos deyd rened his son Leyll xxij yere he made a fayr towne Ì let calle it Karlille after his name he wos a worthy maÌ Ì welbeloued of his pepul whaÌ he had regned xxij yere he dyed Ì lieth at Carlille and iÌ his tym regned kyng SalomoÌ iÌ Ierusalem Ì made the nobull tempull Ì to hym comi Sibelle quene of Saba for to here see yf it wer soth that men speken of the gret nobull wit Ì wisdum of kyng Salomon she fond it soth that men had hir told Anno muÌdi iiiâ M ij C lxvi Et anÌ xpiÌ natiÌ .ixC.xlij IOsaphat kyng of Iues wos a good man Ì a rich a devoyt iÌ the way of our lord Ì regnet xxv yere did no ill bot to the curset kyngê of israel gaf helpe And other litel thingê Ì therfor our lord was with hym vt pêª patet 2º para Helyas thee gret prophet wos this tyme an holi man that wos lifted vp in to êadise with gret solas in a chayr Macheas Ì Abdias êphesied with hym Ochosias son of Achab renet in israel .ij. yere Ì send to Belsabub god of Acharan to be heeled for the wich he dyed after the sayeng of helie vt pêª patet 4º reguÌ Â¶ Off kyng lud ludibras that wos kyng leyles son And this kyng Lud ludibras made the cite of Cantorbery Wynchestre Ì he regned xxxix yere then he dyed lieth at wynchestre ¶ Off kyng Bladud that wos ludibras son how he regned and wos a good man and a nygromancer And after this lud ludibras regnet Bladud his son a gret nigromancer and thurgh his craft of nigromanci he made the meruellus hote bath as the gest telleth and he regned xxi yere and lyeth at the new Troy Anno muÌdi iiij M ij C lxxxxi Et xpiÌ natiÌ ix C viij IOram kyng of Iues son to Iosophet regned viij yere this Ioram wos a cursed man Ì had a good fader he kylled is brether Ì wrecchedli leuyd os did the kyngê of israel Therfor he wos sor corecked Ì dyed vnhappeli vt pêª patet 2º paralo This tym Helias wos rauichitiÌ to paradise Ochosias or Asarias kyng of iues regnet .i. yere Ì leued noght as his fader did anoÌe wos slayn with all the how 's of Achab. Athalya moder to asarias toke the the kyngdom and kylled all the kynges blude rened x. yere and the vij yere of Ioiada bysshope she wos slayn 4º reg This asarias and his son Ioas his neuu Amazia Matheê° the gospeller puttis not in the line of crist for ther giltis Ioram kyng of israel regnit xij yere the wiche began to regne the xviij yere of Iosaphat for his brother Ochesie and cursitli he leuyd Ì was slayn of Ien with all his fader is housold vt pêª patet Iehen anountit of the child of helise opon is ilÌ kyllit AchariaÌ the kiÌg of Iuys and Ioram the kyng of israel Iesabell moder to ioram and .lxx. child of Achab. and .xlij. bredir of Azari Ì all the prestis of baal Ì he regned xviij yere Athalia moder to Azari kyng of iues doghter to Achab regnit on the iuys .vi. yere and killet the kyngis blud of Ioram except Ioas the son of azari the wich was keppet emong shepêd Ì after she was slayn An o muÌdi iiijM.iij .iijC.ix. Et anÌ xpiÌ nat .viijC. lxxxxiij· IOam son to achazie regnit in the iury .xl. yere whom ioiada the BishÌop crownit kyng at .vij. yere of aage and he leued wele as long as he was rulet by ioiada bot aftir he forsooke god and marterit Azarias that tyme byshop son to ioiada for he blamit hym that he forsoke his god plura vide 2º
paralo Ioathas son of iehen regnit in israel .xvij. yere in whos days helise the êphet dââd and he began to regne the .xx. yere of ioas vide plura 4º reguÌ Ioam son of Ioathas regnit iÌ israel xvij yere he trobuld âzia plura vide 4. reguÌ 13. ¶ Off kyng Leir son to bladud Ì of the ansuer of his yongest doughter that graciousli was maried to the Kyng of fraunce AFter Kyng Bladud regned Leir his soon and this Leir made the toune of leycestre let call the toune after his name he gouernit the ãâã wele Ì nobulli This king Leir had iij. doughteris the first âd Gonorill the secunde Rigan Ì the therde Cââdââll and ãâã yongest doughter was fairest and best of ê¯dicions The kyng hir fader became an old man Ì wold that his doughteres were maried er that he died but first he thoght to assay wich of hem loued hym most Ì best for she that loued him best shold best be maried he axed of the fyrst doughter how well she hym loued and she aunsuerd Ì saied better then hir own lyffe Now certes quod hir fadre that is a gret loue Then axed he of the secuÌd doughter how moch she hym loued and she saied more and passing all the creaturs in the world ê ma foy quod hir fader I ma no more axe and tho axed he of the thrid doughter how mych she hym loued certes fader quod she my sustres haue told you glosyng wordes but for so the I shall tell you trouth For I loue you os I aught to loue my fader and for to bring you more in certayn how I loue you I shall you tell as moche as ye bene worth so moch shall ye be loued ¶ The kyng hir fader went that she had skorned hym and become wonder wroth and suore by heuen Ì erth she shold neuer haue good of hym bot his doughtres that loued hym so moch shold be well auaunced and maried And the fyrst doughter he maried to Maugles kyng of scotland and the second he marid to hanemos Erle of Cornewaell and so they ordined and spak bitwene them that they shold depart the Reame bitwene them two after the deth of kyng Leir ther fader so that Cordeill his yongeste doughter shold nothyng haue of his lond but this Cordeill wos wonder fair and of good condicions and maners that thee kyng off fraunce Agampe herd of hir speke and sent to the kyng Leir hir father for to haue hir vn to his wyfe and prayed hym therof and kyng Leir hir fader sent hym word that he had departed his land and yeffen it all vn to his two doughtres be for saied and he saied he had no more land wher wyth hir to mary ¶ And whaÌ Agampe the kyng of fraunce herd this aunsuar he sent anone a yene to Leir and sayed that he axed no thyng withhir bot only hir clothyng and hir body And anone kyng leir sent hir ouer the see to the kiÌg of frauÌce And he ressaued hir with moche worship and with solempnite he hir spoused made hir quene of fraunce ¶ How kyng Leir wos driuen out of his land thurgh his folke Ì how Cordeill his yongest doughter helped him iÌ his nede THus it befell afterward that tho .ij. eldest daughtres wold not a bide tyll leir ther fader wos deid but wered vpon hym whilles that he wos on liue and did hym moch sorow Ì sham wherfor they benoÌme hym holi the ream and bi twene them had or deyned that one of them shold haue kyng Leir to seiourne al his liue tyme with xl knyghtes and squyers that he myght wurship fulli go and ride whedder that he wold iÌ to what contre that hym liked to play and to solace ¶ So that Manacles kyng of scotland had kyng Leir with hym in the maner os is a boune saied and or other half yere wer passed Corneil that wos his eldest doughter and quene of Scotland was so a noyed of hym and of his pepull that anone she and hir lord speke to gedre wherfor his knyghtis half and his squers from hym wer gone and nomo left with him bot only xxx ¶ And when this wos done Leir bi gon for to make moch sorow for encheson that his estate wos empeired Ì men had of hym more scorne and despiet then euer they had before wherfor he not wist for to done and at the last thoght that he wold weind in to Cornwaill to Rigan his other doughter And when he was come the Erle and his wife that wos Leirs doughter hym welcomed and with hym made moch Ioye and the er he dwelled with xxx knyghtis squyers And he had not duelled ther scarsly xij month that his doughter of hym was weri and his companye and hir lord and she of hym had gret scorne and despitte so thatt from xxx knyghtes they brought vn to .x. and afterward had he but .v. and so they left hym nomo ¶ Than made he sorow ynouh and saied sore wepyng Allas that euer he come in to that land and saied yit had me better to haue duelled with my fyrst doughter And anone he went thens to his fyrst doughter a gâne bot anoÌe as she saw him come she suore by god and bi his holi name and by as moch as she myght that he shold haue nomo with hym but one knyght yf he wold ther a bied Then begon Leir ayene to wepe and made moch sorow Ì said tho alas now to long haue I leued that this sorow and myschefe is to me now fallen for now am I pooer that suÌ tyme wos rich bot now haue I no frend ne kyn that me wyll do ony good ¶ But wheÌ I was riche all meÌ me honoured and worshipped now euery maÌ hath of me scorne Ì dâspite and now I wot well that Cordeill my yongest doughter saied me trought when she said as moch as i had so mych shuld i beloueid and all the while that i had good so long wos i loued and honoured for my riches but my two doughtres glosed me tho now of me thei set litell pris and soth told me Cordeill bot i wold nat beleue it ne vndiyrstond and therfor i let hir go fro me as a thyng that i set litell pris of and now wote i neuer what for to done sith my ij doughtre haue me thus dissaiued that i so moch loued and now most i nedes seche hir that is in an other land that lyghly i let hir gone fro me with out any reward or yeftes and she said that she loued me as mich os she aght to loue hir fader by all maner of reson and tho i shold haue axed hir nomore and tho that me other wise behightyn thurgh tber fals speche now haue me desauid in this maner Leir long tyme began to make his mone and at
the last he shop him to the see and passed ouer in to fraunce and asked and aspied wher the Quene myght be fonde and men told hym wher she was And whan he come to the Cite that she was in preualy he sent his squyer vn to the quene to tell hyr that hir fadre wos comen to hir for gret neides ¶ And when the squyer come to the quene he told hir euery dele of hir sustres from the begynnyng vn to the end· Cordeill the quene anone toke gold and siluer plente and toke it to the squyer in counsell that he shold go and bere it vn to hir fadre and that he shold go in to a certan Cite and hym aray and wasshen and than cum ayene to hir Ì bring with hym an honest companye of knyghtes xl at the leyst with ther menye and than he shold send to hir lord the kyng and sayne that he were comen for to speke with his doughter hym for to seen and so he did ¶ And whan the kyng and the quene heâd that thei com with mych honour they hym rossayued And the kiÌg of fraunce tho let send thurgh all his reame and coÌmanded that all meÌ shold bene al 's entendent to kyng Leir the Quens fadre in all maner of thynges as it war vn to hym self when kiÌg leir had duelled ther a moneth and more he tolde to the kyng and to the quene his doughter how his two eldest doughtres had hym serued Agampe anone let ordeyne a gret host of fraunce men and sent in to bretan with Leir the quenes fader for to comquer his land ayene and his kyngdom And cordeill also come with hir fader in to bretane for to haue the reame after hir fadres deth And anone they went to ship and passed the see and come in to bretan and foughten with the felous and them scomfited and kylled Ì tho had he his lond ayene and after leued iij. yere and held his ream in pees and afterward died Ì Cordeill his doughter hym let eÌtyr with mekell honour at Lecestre Anno muÌdi iiij M iij C xlix Et anÌ xpiÌ natiÌtateÌ viij C liij AMasias son to Ioam regned on the Iues xxix yere after the wich the kyngdoÌ of Iues wos with out kyng xiij yere This man worship the goddis of Seyr vt pêª patet 2º para 2â Ieroboam son to Ioam rened on isreell xli yere yâ with was manly and victorius for he ouer come the kyng sirie Ì restorid israell damaske after the word of Iono the êphet bot he wos not good ther foor sayeth Austyn yf good men regne thay êphet mony meÌ Ì yf ill men regne they hurt mony men Anno muÌdi iiij M iij C lxxxviij Et anÌ xpiÌ natiÌtateÌ viij C xi OZias or Azarias son to Amasie regned on the Iure lij yere the wich leued well a for our lord Off hym is no ill thyng wretyn bot that he vsurpit the dyngnyte of prest hoid vnder Azari the wich he for bed hym for the wich cause our lord strok hym with a leper vt pêª patet âo. para Ozee bisshop and êphet was this tyme the fyrst of the xij is send a yanes the x. tribis Iohell the secund of the xij êphesied of iuda Anias the iij. êphised agaÌs mani peple ¶ Abdias the iiij of the xij êphesied agayns edom Iacharias son to IeroboaÌ regned iÌ israell vi monethis the wich be gan to regne the xxxviij yere of Osias and wos nought in his leuyng as his predicessurs war And zelluz kylled hym and regned a moneth And Manahen kyllid hym toke his kyngdom vt pêª patet 4º reguÌ This manahen regned x. yere that wich be gon to regne the xxxix yere of Osias and he ruled him myscheuysly and our lord toke hym in the poer of the kyng of assuriorum Ì he payed to hym M. talentis of siluer vt pêª patet 4 reguÌ Phaseia son to manahen regned in israell ij yere And he bee gan to regne the .l. yere of Osias he wos noght iÌ his leuyng Phasee slew Phasaia regned xx yere And he be gan to regne the lij yer of Osias and did as other cursed men did plura vide 4º reguÌ And after this israell wos with owttyn ony kyng viij yere ¶ How Morgan and Conedag that wos nevus to Cordeil werred wpon hir and put hir hir in to preson WHen that kyng Leir wos deid Cordeill his yongest doughter regned the x. yere of Osias kyng of Iuri And after hir ragned Conedage the xv yere of Osias And Cordeill that wos Leir yongest doughter after the deth of hir fader had all the loÌd v. yere and in the meyn tyme died hir lord Agampe that was kyng of fraunce and after his deth she left wedo And ther come Morgan and Conedag that wer Cordeill sustre sonnys and to hir had enmite for as moch as ther aunt shold haue the land So that bitweyn them they ordeyned a gret pouer and vpon hir wered gretly and neuer they rest till they had hir taken Ì put hir vn to deth and tho Morgan Conedag seysed ale the land Ì deêtid it bitwene them And they held it xij yere ⪠and when tho xij yere were gone ther bi gane bitwene them a gret debate so that they wered strongly to gedre yfere euery of them did other moch disese for Morgan wold haue all the land fro beyond humbet that Conedage held but he come ayenst hym with a strong pouer so that Morgan durst not abide but fled awey in to wales and Conedage pursued hym Ì toke hym and kylled hym And tho come conedage ayen and seysed all the lond in to his hand and held it Ì regned after xxxiij yere tho he died Ì lieth at new Troy ¶ And be cause the mater contennys most comediusly to geder of the kynges of bretan now called Enegland for the tyme of them is not certenly knawyn what tyme of the world thes kynges foloyng regned Therfor they shall be to geder tyll it be comen vn to Guentolen kyng of bretan now called Englond ¶ How Reignold that wos CoÌadag son regned after his fader Ì iÌ his tyme it reyned blode iij. dayes iÌ tokennyng of gret deth ANd after this Conedage regned Reignold his son that was a wise knyght and an hardy and curtes that well Ì nobully gouerned the lond and wonder well made hym beleued of all maner of folke and in his tyme it rayned blode that lested iij. days as god wold and sone after ther come gret deth of pepull for hostes with out nombre of pepull foughten tyll that all myghty god therof toke mercy and pytty and tho gan it cese and this Reignold regned xxij yere Ì died lieth at Yorke ¶ How Gorbodian regned in pees that wos reignold son after he died and lieth at yoik ANd after this
coÌsait of the kyng with his felouys and aftirward he descussit the drenmys of the kyng and wos made a maÌ of gret honesti vt pêª patet dan primo Ioathas the secund sone of Iosie regned on the Iues iij. monethes wos made kyng bi the pepull he wos not good And Pharao toke him lede hym in to Egipt Ì made hys heldir brother kyng· vt pêª patet 4º reguÌ 23. Anno muÌdi iiij M v C lxxxviij Et anÌ xpiÌ natiÌtateÌ vi C xi IOachym or Ieconyas the son of Iosie wos made kynge of Iues by Pharao regned xi yere Ì be cause he liued noght ne herd not the êphettis Nabegodonoser toke hiÌ Ì made hiÌ his seruand iij. yere And he rebellid a yens hym afterward and he toke hiÌ and was aboute to haue led him vn to babulon bot his consell wos changed so Nabegodonser kylled hym iÌ Ierusalem Ì kest his bodi ower the walles after the prophesy of Ieromy and toke with hym the vesell of our lord and put them iÌ his tempull vt pêª patet 2º para vlt Samias wos bisshop vrias êphet was slain of Iecony the kyng Ì ieromy wos pÌseÌt Ioachim son to Ieconias regned iÌ the Iure iij. monethes and leued nought therfor a none he wos meuyt that he shuld regne no longer And wos bonden and translat iÌ to BabuloÌ moÌy with hym wer translayt vt pêª patet 4 reguÌ 24. Daniell Ananyas Azarias Misaell Ezechiell Ì Mardochius all thes with Ioachym the kiÌg wer led iÌ to babuloÌ yong child for be cause they wer of the nobull blode Anno muÌdi iiij M viC. Et ante ypÌi natiÌtateÌ vi C SEdechias the thrid son of Iosie regned on the iues xi yere This sedechy wos a myscheuê° man iÌ his leuyng and he wold not here Ieromy the êphet Therfor he êyschet wrecchidli And all the iury with hym And his âen wer put out and his chylder wer slayn vt pêª patet 4º reguÌ Iosedech the son of Azarie wos bisshop Ì wos traÌslayt fro ierusaleÌ bi Nabogodonosor iÌ to babuloÌ Abacuk êphesyed ayenes Nabuch at babulon Ì ther be oppynyons what tyme this abacuk wos This abacuk broght mete to Daniell wheÌ he was put to the Lyons after ierom here endis the fourth age Ì the history of reguÌ This tyme the tempull of Salamon wos brent of the Caldees Transmigracio Here begiÌnis the fifte aage of the world during to the NatiÌte of crist Ì ierusalem wos destruyed this tempull stood iiij C xlij yere that is to wete fro the fyrst makyng the wich was made the fourth yere of SalamoÌ And fro that destruccion the wich wos made by Tytus that is to wete xlij yere after the passion of Criste Priscus torquinê° the v. kynge of Rome regned Ì he made CapitâlliuÌ quasi caput soluÌ For in the gronde werke wos found a hed with out ony body as for êphesy of thynges to cuÌ For ther afterward the senatours sat as on heed of all the world ¶ This tyme iij. chyldir wer kest in to a fornes brynnyng Ì with a myracull thei war deliuered as it it is schewed in dan pri o Nabogodonoser the son of Nabogodonosor the myghty regned iÌ babuloÌ This maÌ made an hyngyng gardyn with myghty costys for hys wiffe and mony meruelê° thinges he did so that he wold be named to excede Hercules in his gretnes Ì strength Enylmerodâch brother to the later Nabagodonoser regned in babuloÌ This maÌ toke Ioachym out of preson worshippit him and his fadââ deed body after the counsell of this man he deuidet to an huÌdyrth gripes lest that he shold rise from deth to lyue Nota The play of the Ches wos found of Xerse a philosophur for the correccion of Enylmerodach this tyme the kyng of babulon a gret tyrant the wich was wont to kyll his own maisters and wyse men And for he durst not rebuke him oppynly with sych a witty game he procurt hym to be meâke Anno muÌdi iiij M vi C xxxiiij Et anÌ iÌxpÌi natiÌtateÌ v C lxv SAlathiell of the line of crist wos son to Iecoây the king of Iues the wich he gat after the transmigracion of babuloÌ as Marke the Euangelest saeth Seruius Tuliê° the sext kiÌg of Rome was of a bond codecion on the mother syed for she was a captiue madyn bot she was of the nobull blude This maÌ had gret louyng and nobully he bare hym in euery place iij. hellis to the cite he put diked the walles round a bowt Regusaâ Sabusardach and Balthasar wer bretheren the wich regned on after a nother and wos kynges in Babuloo and Balthasar wos the last kyng in babuloÌ the wich wos slayn of Darius Cyrus· Plura vide danielÌ quinto DArius vnkyll to Cyro felo iÌ the kyngdoÌ with Ciro occupied the kyngdom of babuloÌ Darius translatit the kyngdom of babulons Caldees in to the kyngdoÌ of êsarum Ì medorum Cyrus was emprour xxx yere This cyrus held the monarch hoill at perses of this man êphesied Ysaias he destruyed babulon and kylled Balthasar the kyng of babulon and he worschipped gretly Daniell the Iues he send home ayene that they shold bilde the tempull of god vt pêª patet esdre primo Babulon that strong castell was destrued Ì his pouer was taken fro him as it wos êphesied This wos the fyrst cite and thee grettest of all the world of the wich incredebyll thyngê ar wreteÌ and this that wos so strong iÌ on nyght wos destrued that it myght be shewed to the power of god to the wich power all other be bot a sparke Ì dust For it is saied for sothe that it wos incredabull to be made with mans handis or to be dethruyed with mans strenght wherof all the world myght take an ensample and it wold or myght be informyt Tarquinus suêbus wos the vij kyng of Rome he regned xxxv yere This man ê¯saued fyrst all thes tormeÌtis wich ar ordeyned for malefacturs as exile pÌsoÌ weilis galowis fettres Ì manyclys chynes colers sych other Ther for his gret pride cruelnes god suffrid him to myschefe and in what maner wyse it shall bi shewed ¶ He had a son of the same name the wich son dofouled a worthy manys wiffe thei called hym Collatyn his wyffe wos called Lucres This Tarquynê° that wos this seuynth kiÌg son a foor saied come vn to this ladyes howse absent hir howsbond to soê Ì to logiÌg and when all wer a slepe he rose with a suerde in his hond Ì with strengthe feir he rauychid the womaÌ And wheÌ he wos go the nexte day after she send vn to hir fadre to hir housbond for she was off gret kynne and thus she saied vn to them ¶ This kyngê son come heder os a freynd of whom I had no mystrist
the romans sent legats the wich coÌmaÌded antiaco that he shold sese of his tyrannyde a yenst hym And Marcê° publiê° made a cerkill a boute Antiochi thê° sayng The senetours of Rome the pepul coÌmaÌdith the that thow go not out of this cerkell till thow haue anwsar to this mater This antiochê° seyng that he myght not coÌtinu his tyranyde sayed yf it be thê° coÌmaÌdid me of the senetour romans pepull I must nedis turne ayene so woed angre he wos that he lost the seege of Alexander Ì turned to the poer releuys of the Iues vengyng hym vpoÌ them be cause he myght not veÌge hym an no myghtier pepull vtêª iÌ li o machabeorum primo et 2o. MAthathias an holy maÌ of all louiÌg most worthy hated iÌ his hert ê¯uersacioÌ al synners alonly tristyng iÌ our lord god of israel vtêª pri o macha 2º And this man had v. soÌnes of the same loue vn to god This maÌ wos not bishop iÌ israel bot his iij. soÌnes wer Iudas machabeê° wos bishop iij. yere and he wos son to Mathathias This macabeê° was the most named maÌ that euer wos iÌ israell the wich had neuer none like hym a foor ne after he wos iÌ batell a myghty man and offred hiÌ to dye a marter for the lawys of god Ionathas his brother succedit hym xix yere the wich grew iÌ uertu gouerned stedfast stode iÌ the lawis of god and after falsly was slayn of Criphone ij of his soÌnys plraÌ vide iuda et freÌ eiê° libro macha Antiochê° Epiphanes son to Antiochê° the myghty this tyme was kyng of Syrry this maÌ from the heed vn to the fort with iÌ Ì with out all was cursed And therfor he was figured to antecrist moÌy marters cruelly he made and falsly he disposid hym to entyr iÌ to Egipt as his fader did bot he obtened not For the romans lettyd hym his most vnhapy werkes Ì how he wos iÌ hostage at Rome how the êphesi of daniell is completed in hym ye may se in the boke of machabeorum Qvintus Flaminius Marchus Catho Thiberiê° Graccê° weer senetours of Rome this tyme was so contiunall and so mych batell that lerned men of Gentyles and off the trew fayth bothe wer wery to writte the actys or haue them in mynde iÌ the wich batellis men merueled gretly on the stedfastnes of the RomaÌs that no tribulacion no drede no herdnes myght feere them bot euer contynuid in batell And certanly thes Romans after the worldis honesty they wer the most wise men that wer And therfore the Machobees desired ther companye Circa annuÌ muÌdi v M lix Et ante xpÌi natiÌtateÌ C·xl MAthan son to Sadoch of the lyne of crist gat Iacob vt pêª patet Math .1o. Symon son to Mathathias wos bisshope viij yere This symon was a veray wise man and from hys youth vn tyll his age wos euer of good conuersacion euer more uertuus Ì at the last he was slayn of his brother Elay vt pêª patet pri o machabeo Iohannes Hyrcanus son to Symon wos after his fadir xxix yere a nobull man as all the kynred wos be fore hym This man aftir his decesse left his wife a veray wysse woman And his .v. sonnys to gouerne the Iuri of whom the holdest wos called Aristobolê° an vnpacient man and an vnhappy His own mother with .iij. of his yonger brether he presenit and slew them thurgh honger and so a loyn he leued kyng and bisshop on yere vide plura libro machabeorum Publius Lucinius Luciê° Emilius ⪠Lucius Lucinius Lucius Censorinus wer coÌsules at Rome in whos tyme the Cartagines and the Romans wered strongly bot the romans sabduit them intendyng to haue destrued the Cartagines vtterly Bot emong the Romans ther wos a notabull wisse man calldd Cipio nauta and emong mony notabull consellys .ij. he gaffe specealli to be had iÌ miÌde The fyrst that Cartago shuld not be destrued that thurght the occasion of forand batellis a inward concord shuld a bide emong the Romans and a êpetuall strength for continuall exorcise of batell The secund that in no wise the teathur shuld be belde in Rome for he sayed that was the most enmy that myght be to the pepull that vsid were for that place nuryched slouthe and prouoked lechory And how wisely this notabull man yaf counsell the tymes foloyng declare vide plura iÌ augê° de ciuitete dei et oro libro quarto Yet for all this counsell that nobull cite of Cartagie wos destruyed of Cipio and the senetours and it brent xvij dayes continually mony men ther wer sold and mony men ran in to the fyer willely ¶ Corinthus this same yere wos destruyed of thee romans the wich wos the richest cuntre of the world Ptholomeus this tyme regned in Egipt and wos famulier with thee romans And so long he and his predicessurs regned as they kepyd fidelite to the romans and knaw euery man that ther was no other cause that the pouer of the romans encresed so strongly a bown odir pepull bot vertu the wich abundantly regned in them and nomli rightwisnes the wich a bown all thyng they vsed And as long as they keped mesurnes and loued rightwisnes so long they wer neuer ouer comen And os soon as they wer corrupped it is red thei wer euer ower comen Hit is had iÌ a certayn reuelacion of god shewed to Sent Briget that our lord god beris witnes to thes oold Romans that noon in this world of puer naturall reson leued more rightwisly And what lyghttis of faythe they shewed in the tyme of cristyn relegion shall by shewed afterwerd RegnuÌ iudeorum restituitur ARistobolê° wos the fyrst kyng and prest iÌ the Iuri This man regned on yere a loyn and toke to hym the dyame of the kyngdom And he held hym not content with that that his fadre yaf hym iÌ hys testament bot he put his modir iÌ preson and his bred therfor he periched wrechidli with his brother antigonê° the wich wos of his counsell and helpet hym vide mrmÌ iÌ historiis ¶ Antigonê° brother to the kyng wos slayn thurgh the enuy of the quene Alexander wos bisshop after aristobolus and he stood xxvij yere And he wos all a tyrend all though he appered sobur iÌ the begiÌyng bot he made it knawyn what he wos iÌ his stomoke· for he slew his own bred and iÌ xij yere he slew .l. M of the old saage fadres of gret uertu be cause they told hiÌ his mysgydyng Then wheÌ he shuldie hed left ij sonys bi hynd hiÌ HircanuÌ AristoboluÌ bot certanly he saied his wyfe shuld regne for she stood iÌ the grace of the pepull Seruiê° Flaocê° Lucius Celius Fabius Publiê° this tyme wer senetours at rome this tyme batels emong them self be gan of the wich the fyrst cause Ì the begiÌyng wos Graccê° a myghty maÌ well
romaÌs for êcialyte of ij bretheren s. Aristobolus and Ercanus bothe of them for enuy of odirkest them to the Romans that they myght regne ¶ This tyme iij sonnes appered in heuyn toward the est parte of the world the wich be lytill and lytyll wer brought in to on body A gret signe it wos that Affrica Asia Ì Europa shuld be brought in to on Monarch and that the lordship of Anthom the senetour and Lucus Antonij shuld turne in to on lordship Marcus Cicerio Tulyus the most excelent retricion wos consull of Rome this tyme. ¶ How that the Bretons graunted vn to Cassibolan that wos Ludd brother the land In whos tyme iulyus cesar come twyes for to conquere the lond of bretan AFter the deth of kyng Lud regned his brother Cassibolon and become a good man and mych belowed of his bretoÌs so that for his goodnes and curtesie they graunted hym the reame for euermore to hym and to his ayres And the kyng of his goodnes let norisch worthely bothe the sonnys that wos Ludis his brother and after made the eldest son erle of Cornwaill Ì the yongest son he made erle of London And while this kyng cassibulon regned come Iulius cesar that wos Emprour of Rome iÌ to this land with a pouer of romans and wold haue had thys land thurgh strength but Cassibalon ouer come hym iÌ batell thurgh helpe of the bretons and drofe hym out of this land and he went ayen to rome and assemled a gret pouer an other tyme and come ayene in to this land for to gif batell to Cassibalan bot he wos discomfitied thurgh strenght of the britons and thurgh helpe of the erle of cornwaill and the erle of London his brother and thurgh help of Gudian kyng of scotland and corbond kyng the kyng of north walles and of Bretaill kyng of southwales Ì in thys batell wos slayn Nennon that wos cassibolams brother wherfor he made moch sorow And so went Iulius cesar out of this land with a few of Romans that were left on lyue And tho Cassibalan went ayene to LondoÌ made a fest vn to all his folke that tho hym had holpen and when that this fest was done ther euery man went in to his own cuntre ¶ Of the debate that wos bitwix cassibolom an the Erle of LondoÌ of the truage that was paied to Rome ANd after it befell thus vpon a day that the gentilmen of the kynges houshold and gentilmeÌ of the Erles houshold of lÌondon after mete went in fere for to play and thurgh debate that arose emong them Enelyn that wos the erles cosen of London kyiled Irenglas that wos the kynges cosin wherfor the kyng swore that Enelyn shold be honged bot the Erle of London that was Enelyns lord wold not suffre hym wherfor the kyng was gretly vexid and wroth towarde the Erle and thought him to destru preualy the Erle seÌt lettres to Iulius cesar that he shold cum iÌ to this land for to helpe hiÌ hiÌ a venge vpon the kiÌg Ì he wold help hym with all his myght And when that the Emprour herd this tidyngê he was full glad Ì ordeyned a stroÌg pouer and come a yene the thrid tyme in to this land and the Erle of London helpe hym with vijM. men and at the thrid tyme was Cassibalon ouer comen and discomfited and made pees to the Emprour for iijM. ponde of syluer yeldyng by yere for truage for this land for euer more And then half a yere after passed the Emprour weent vn to rome and the erle of London with hym for he durst not abid in this land and after Cassibolan regned xvij yere in pees tho he died the xvij yere of his regne and lieth at yorke ¶ How that the lordis off the land after the deth of Cassibolan and for encheson that he had no heir made Andragen kyng AFter the deth of Cassibolon for as myche as he had none heir of his lefull body begottyn the lordes of the lond bi the comyns asent crouned Andragen Erle of Cornwaill and made hym kyng and he regned well and worthely and he wos a good man and well gouerned the lond and when he had regned viij yere then he died and lieth at London Circa annuÌ muÌdi vM.C.lix Et xpÌi natiuitateÌ xl IOseph of the lyne of crist abowt this tyme wos borne and after wos husband vn to our lady Antigonus was Bysshope this tyme in the Iuri This Antigonus was son vn to Aristoboly and on euery side he was fals for he obeyed not to the Romans and a gret plage he brouaht vn to the land for to destruy Hircanus his vnkyll that he mygh regne kyng And so Hircanuu was expulsed and Falelus wos kylled· and Herod wos flemyd bot wheÌ Herod come vn te Rome and told to the Senetours all thes thynges The Emprour creatit hiÌ kyng seÌdiÌg with hiÌ an host the wich toke ierusalem And Antigonum the Bysshope taken led to Anthony the senetour the wich made hym sekyr And so wos Herod confirmed in to his kiÌgdoÌ Ì he a strang regned on the iues And so the kiÌgdoÌ of the iues seesyd as Iacob had said Titê° liuiê° historicê° and Ouidius wer this tyme. IncipiuÌt imêatores augusti âet dictus est Augustus quia augebat populuÌ OCtauian wos Emêour of rome lvij yere vi monethes and x. dayes This Octauian Neuew to Iuly wen he wos a yonge man toke the Empire vpon hym His florichyng youth he spend in were .vM. batels he did And chortly after mony batels he brought all the world in to on monarche This maÌ had no felow And in his dayes pees was iÌ all the world thurgh the prouision of the veray god that the temporall pees myght glorify the Natiuite of our sauyour crist ihesu This Octauian wos the fayrest man that myght be and hegh in witt the most fortunate in all thynges and he lakked not the vice of his fleshly lust This man made all the world to be mesured and the .lij. yere of his regne wos our lord Ihesu crist borne the sauer of this world the wich granteth eternall pees to his louery ¶ Hic nota secund ieroiÌmuÌ that Anna and Emeria wer sistirs and of Emeria wos borne Elezabeth mother to IohnÌ baptiste she wos fyâst wedded to Iochym of whom she toke Mari mother of crist ¶ The secuÌd housbond wos Cleaphe he gat on hir Maria Cleaphe the wich wos wedded to Alphe of whom procedid Iamys the lesse Symon Cananeus Iudas Taddeus Ì ioseph the wich is called Barsabas ¶ The thrid tyme anna wos wedded to Salome of whom she toke Mari salome the wich was weddid to Zebedi Ì of them coÌ iamis the more and iohnÌ the EuaÌgelist the first mari wedded ioseph broder to Cleaphe a fore sayd ¶ Thys tyme Sibilla tiburtina êphesied of crist And sayed to the Emêour august that he shold not
god yit kepe the forme for to the appostill the bisshoppis succede and to the discipuls prestis to the wich ij ordirs all the chyrche is geuen as a godly gerarche vt patet in decreto Damasie pape IoheÌs wrot in Asia iÌ greke laÌgage In principio erat verbum etcc Lucas wrot iÌ grecia in greke laÌgage Fuit in diebus herodis regis iude sacerdos etc Marcus wrot iÌ ytalia bot iÌ greke langage InitiuÌ euaÌgelii ihuÌ cristi etcc Matheê° wrot in the Iuri iÌ hebru langage Liber generacoÌis ihesu cristi c ¶ Her begyneth the ordir of popys of Rome and continuys as the lyne of crist did afoor for iÌ thâ god lâst hiâ ãâã Anno domini xxxiiij PEtur a Iue the fyrst pope wos a blissed man and a glorius postyll of crist he wos heed of the chyrche after Ierom xxxvij yere And he held his bisshoprik in the est v. yere and said masse he made our lord and alone said the pater noster ¶ TheÌ after he come to Anthiociam and ther he a boed vij yere techyng the way of trowth and Symon magus he flemed a way that seson he prechid to the pepull that wer circumsisit the wych wer in poÌto of galati Capadecia Asia Bithinia ¶ TheÌ he herd that Symon magus deludit the romans thurgh the lufe of the faith he come to Rome in the iiij yere of Claudius the emprour and ther he preched the word of god and shewd the falsed of Symon magus and turned mony aman to the fayth Then he send his prechours bi diuerse prouynse by whom cristyn relegion was myghtyly encresed ¶ He ordand the fest of lentyn a fore estyr and the aduent and the emyring dayes to be fastid of all cristeÌ pepull in to the merour of the frist and the secund comynge of our lord Then when he had be pope at Rome xxv yere vij moneths viij dayds he was slayn of Nero. eiê° plurima oêa vide actibê° apostolorum Gayus this tyme wos Emprour at rome and regned iij. yere and x monethes This Gayus wos full vicius in leuyng for ij of his own systres he mysused and on of them hee gat a doughter wich child he set be twix the keis of Iupiter in the tempull and fened afterward that iupater had be gettyn hyr wherfoor he did cry thurgh the cuntre that all men shuld worshyp hyr as a goddesse ¶ This mon also made an ymage like hym self and send it to oon Patronie presedent at ierusalem vndir the romans coÌmaundyng hym that he shuld compell the Iues to doo worship therto And for thes enormytes and mony other owr lord suffyrd hym to be slayn at Rome in his own pales ¶ Of kyng Gynder that was kymbalin son that wold nott pay the treuage to Rome for the land that Cassibalon had granted and how he wos slayn of a romayn ANd after the deth of this Kymbalin regned Gynder hys sun a good man and a worthe and wos of so hygh hert that he wold not pay to Rome that tribute that kyng Cassibalon had graunted vn to Iulius Cesar wherfor the Emprour that wos tho that wos called Claudius cesar wos sore annoyed and ordaÌt a gret power of remans and com in to this land for to conquere the tribute thurgh strength and for to haue it on the kyng but this kyng Gynder and Armager his brether assembled and gedired a gret host yfere of Britons and yaf bataell to the Emprour Claudius and kylled of the romans gret plente The emprour had afterward one that wos called Hamon that saw ther pepull theer whaerfast slayn and preuali kest a way his own armes and toke the armes of a dâed breton and armed him with his armuro and come in to the batell to the kyng and sayed in this maner Syr be ye good of hert for goddis loue for the romans that be your enmys anone shall be slayn and discumfited euerychon Ì the kyng yaf no kepe vn to his wordes ne his speche for because of the armes that he had vpon hym and wened it had be a Briton but the tratour euer held hym next the kyng and preualy vnder the shulders of his armes he smot the kyng wherfor he was deid and fell doune to the erthe Whan Armager saw his brother deid he caste away his armes and toke to hym his brothers armes and come in to the botaill among the Britons bad them hertely for to fight and fast lay a doune the Romans and for the armes they wened it had be kyng Gynd that afore wos slayn that they wyst not then begone the Britans fersly for to fight and kyld the romans so at the last the Emprour for soke the felde Ì flede as fast os he myght with his folke in to wynchestre and the fals traitour Hamon that had slayn the kyng fast anone gan for to fle with all the hast that he myght and Armager the kynges brother pursued him full fersly with a fers hert and drofe hym vn to a water and ther he toke hym and anone smot of bothe hand Ì hede and feet and hewed the body all to peces and tho let cast him in to the water wherfor that water was called Hamanus hauen and afterward ther was made a fayr toune that yet standeth that is called southamton And afterward Armager went to Wynchestre for to seke Claudius cesar the Emprour of Rome and ther Armager hym toke and Claudius the emprour thurgh concel of his romans that with him left a lyue made pees with armager in this maner as ye shall here that is to say how that Claudius the Emprour shuld yeue vn to armager Gennen his fair doughter for to haue to wife so that this land fro that tyme forward shuld be in the empreurs poer of rome uppon suche conueant that neuer afterward no Emprour of Rome shuld take none other tribute of this land bot only feaulte and they wer acorded And vpon this conand Claudius cesar sent to reme for his doughter Gennen and when she wos comen claudiê° cesar yaf hir to Armager to wife and armager spoused hir at london with mych solempnite Ì myrth tho was Armager crouned made kiÌg of Britan ¶ Of kyng Armager in whose tyme sent Petre preched in Antiochie with other apostoles in diuerse cuntreis THis Armager regned well and worthely and the lond gouerned and Claudius cesar in remembrans of this acord and for reuerence and honour of his doughter made in this lond a fair toune and a castell and let call the toune after his name Claucestren that now is called Gloucestre and when this wos all done the Emprour toke his leue and tho went to Rome and Armager tho was kyng and gouerned the lond well and nobely all his lifes tyme and this Armager gat a son of his wife thatt wos called Westmer Ì whiles that this Armager regned sent Petre preched in Antioche and
assemled a gret host and agret pouer and went ouer vn to Rome and ther toke the cite and kylled all that ther wos in that wer of mysbeleue that he myght ther fynde And tho wos he made Emprour and was a good man and gouerned hym so well that all londes to hym wer attendaunt for to be vnder his gouernance ¶ And this duell Ì tyrant Maxence that tyme wos in the land of Grece and herd this tydynge hee become wode and sodanly he died and so he endid his lyfe when ConstaÌtine went from this land vn to rome he toke with hym his moder Elyne for the moch wisdom that she coude and iij. other gret lordes that he most loued that on was called Hoell and an other was called Taberne and the thrid Morhin and toke all his loÌd to kepe vn to the Erle of Cornwaill that was called Octauian ¶ And anone as this Octauian wist that his lord was duellyng at Rome he seised all the land in to his hand and ther with did all his will among hygh and law and they held hym for kiÌg whan this tydynges come to Constantine the Emprour he was wonder wroth toward the erle octauian and sent Taberne wyth xijM. men for to destruye the Erle for his falsenes and they ariued at portesmouth ¶ And when octauian wist that he asseÌled agret pouer of bretons and discoÌfited Taberne and taberne fled thens in to Scotland and ordened ther a gret pouer and com ayene in to this land an other tyme for to yef batell to OctauiaÌ Â¶ When octauian herd tell that he assemled a gret power and com ayen towardes Taberne as moch as he myght so that thos ij hostys metten to gedre vpoÌ stanysmore and strongly smot to gedre and tho wos octauian discomfited and fled thens vn to Norway and Taberne seysed all the land iÌ to his hand tounes Ì castelles as moch as they ther had And sith octauian come a yen fro norway with a gret pouer Ì seised all the land iÌ his hand drofe out all the romans and wos tho made kyng and regned ¶ How Maximian that was the Emprours cosyn of Rome spoused Octauians doughter and wos made kyng of this land THis Octauian gouerned the land well and nobully but he had none heir saufe a doughter that was a yong chyld that he loued as moch as his lyfe and for as mych thatt he waxed seke and wos iÌ poynt of deth myght no longer regne he wold haue made one of his nepheus to haue ben kyng the wich was a nobull knyght and a strong man that wos called Conan meriedoke Ì he shuld haue keped the kynges doghter Ì haue maried hir wheÌ tyme had bene but the lordes of the land wold not suffer it but yaf hir councell to be maried to sum hygh maÌ of gret honour and than might she haue all hir lust And the coÌsell of thee Emprour Constantyne hir lord and at this counsell they accorded and chose tho Cador of cornwaill for to wende to the emêour for to do this message Ì he toke the way Ì went to rome tolde the emprour this tydyng well Ì wysely Ì the emêour sent in to this land with him his own cosyn that wos his vnkyll son a nobull knyght and a strong that wos called Maximian and he spoused Octauians doughter and wos crouned kyng of this land ¶ How Maximian that wos the emprours cosyn conquered the land of Amorican and yaf it to Conan meriedok THis kyng Maxmian becom so riall that he thoght to conquere the land of Amarican for the gret riches that he herd tell that wos in that land so that he ne left man that wos of worthines knyght squyer ne none othir man that he ne toke with him to gret damage to all the lond for he left at home behynde him no man to kepe the land bot toke them with hym fro this land xxx M knyghtes that wer doughty menys bodies and went ouer iÌ to the land of Amorican thor slew the kyng that was called Imball coÌquered all the lond ¶ And wheÌ he had so done he cald Conan Ì said for as mich os kiÌg Octauian haue made yow kiÌg of bretoÌ thurgh me ye werlett and distrobled that ye wer not kiÌg I yeue yow this land of amorican and yow ther of maketh the kynge ¶ And for as moch as ye ben a Breton I wyll that thys land haue the same name and no more be called Amorican but bi called litell bretan and the land fro whens we ben comen shall be called moch bretan ¶ And so shall men knaw that on bretan fro that other Conan meridok thanked him hendely and so wos he made kyng of lytell bretan ¶ And when all this was done Maximian went fro thens vn to Rome and was tho made Emprour after constantine and Conan meriedok duelled in lytell bretan with mych honour and ther let ordand ij M. plough men of the land for to erie the land to harow it and for to sowe it and âeffed hem richely after that they wer ¶ And for as miche os kyng Conan and none of his knyghtes ne none of his other pepull wold not take wyfes of the nacion of fraunce hee tho sent in to gret breten to the Erle of cornwaill that men cald Dionothe that he shuld cheâe thurgh out all this land xiM. of madens that is to say viijM. for the mene pepull and iijM. for thee grettest lordes that shuld them spouse ¶ And wheÌ Dionoth vnder stode this he made acoÌmandement thurgh out all the land of bretan and as mony os the noÌbro come to he assemled to geder of maydens for ther wos no man that durst withstonde his commandmeÌtes for as mich that all the land was take hym to warde and to kepe to done all thinge that him good liked ¶ And when thes maydens wer assemled he let them cum be fore iym att London and let ordan for them shippes hasteli Ì os mich as theÌ neded to that vyage and toke his own doughter that wos called vrsula that wos the fayrest creature thot any man wyft and he wold haue sent hir to kyng Conan that shuld haue spoused hir Ì made hir quene of the land but she had made preuali to god a vowe of chastyte that hir fadre not wyst ne no other man els that wos leuyng vpon ethr ¶ How vrsula and xi M. maydens that wer in hir company went toward litell bretan and all they wer martired at Coloyn THis vrsula chose vn to hir company xi M. maydens that of all other she wos ladie and mastresse and all they weÌt in to shipp at on tyme in the water that is called thamse and coÌmanded hir kyn and all hir frendis to almyghty god and sailed toward litele breton bot wheÌ they wer comen in to the hygh see a strange tempaste arose
frist wos cald Constance and that other Aurilambros and the thrid vter this Constance the Elder brother when he come to age he made hym a monke at wynchestre This Constantin ther fadre thurgh tresone wos slayn For it befell on a tyme that a Pehite come to hym vpon a day in message as it were and sayed that he wold speke with the kyng preuali in councill The kyng let voied his chambre of the men that ther wer withyn and ther a bode no mo bot the kyng and the Pehite Ì he made a countinance as tho hee wold haue spoken with the kiÌg iÌ his ere and ther he kylled hym with a long knyfe after that he went quaiÌteli owt of the chambre in to an oder chaÌbre so at the last no man wyst wher he wos bicomen ¶ When the kynges men wyst that ther lord wos so deid they made so moch sorow they not wist what to done ¶ For as myche as his .ij. sonnes Aurilombros and vter wer so yonge that noÌe of them myght be kyng the thrid brother wos moÌke at wenchestre as is saied befoor But vortiger that wos Erle of westsexe thought priuyly in his hert thurgh queÌtance to be kyng and went to wynchestre ther that Constance was monke Ì to hym sayed Constans quod he your fadre is deid and your ij bretheren that ben with Gosseline the bisshope of london to norissh ben so yong that none of them may be kyng ¶ Wherfor I councell yow that ye forsake your habit and come with me Ì I shall make sych a meyn vn to the bretons that ye shall be made kyng ¶ Of Constans that wos kiÌg CoÌstantine son that was moÌke at wynchestre and how he wos made kyng after his fadres deth thurgh consell of vortiger that wos Erle of westsexe for as mich as Aurilambros and vter his ij brether wer but yong of age And vortiger let sle hym to be kyng hym self THis vortigâr consceled this Constance so mych tyll he forsoke his Abbot and went with hym and anone after he wos crouned kyng by assent of the Bretons ¶ This kyng Constance whan he wos crouned and made kyng he wist ne knew bot litell of the world na coude no thing wat knyghthod axed and he made vortiger his chief mastir and conceller and yaf hym all hys pouer for to ordeyne and to do as mych as to the reame apertened So that hym self no thyng entermelled but onli bare the name of kyng ¶ When vortiger saw that he had all the land in his warde and gouernall at his own wyll he thought a preuy treson and to sle Constance the kyng that he myght hym self be crouned and made kyng and regne and let send after a hundreth knyghtes of Pehetes the worthiest of al the land and them heeld wyth hym for to duell as to be kepers of is body as he wold wende thurgh the land to ordeyne thynges that apperteyned to a kyng ¶ And this vortiger honoured so moch the hondred knyghtes and so moch yafe them of gold and siluer and so riche iuelles robes hors and other thynges plente wherfor they held hym more lord than they did the kyng ¶ And vortiger told them yf he might be kiÌg ye as it wer thurgh treson he wold make hem richest of the land So at the last thurgh gret yeftes that he had yefuen largeli they cried thurgh the court thatt vortiger wer better worthy to be kyng than Constance wherfor vortiger made semland as he had bene wroth and he departed thens from the court and saied he most gon elles where for thinges that he had to done and so the tratour saied for encheson that they shuld hym slee that is to say constance ¶ When this vortiger wos gone it befell sone after that tho hundreth knyghtes of Pehites broken the dores ef the kynges chamber and ther they hym slew Ì smote of his heed and bore it to vortiger ther that he duelled and when vortiger saw that heed he wepped full tenderly with his eye and nerthelees he wos somedell glad of his deth ¶ And anoÌe let take the houndreth knyghtes of Pehites and bynd ther handes be hynd them an led them to London ther they wer dampned to deth as fals tratours And anone after all the bretans of the land bi the commune assent crouned vortyger and made hym kyng of the land Anno domini C.lxxiiij SOther a martir wos pope after AuicetuÌ ix yere the wich decreit that a NuÌne shuld not towch the pall of the awter ner pit in sence ther to And that she shuld were a wompull about hir heed and mony êellis he saw a bout matimony ther for he ordand that no woman shuld be called a lefull wyfe bot if she wer blessed of the prest Elentherê° a martir wos pope after Sother xv yere the wich ordand that cristyn men shuld furese no mete resonabull that wos mannys mete Nota. Also that no man vn acused in acrime shuld be put from his dignite or his degre til he was conuyckyt thurgh ensampull of criyst the wich keppid styll Iudas scaryoth not a cused And crist knaw hym gylty And what sum euer he did among the apostils for the dyngnite of his seruis a boode firme and stabull And he send also Legatis vn to Lucie the kyng of Bretan the wich baptised hym and his pepull And Fagus and Domianus legates the wich the pope sent fyrst preched in englond and this cristyndom durit in Bretan CC. yere vn to the tyme of Dioclision the emprour when sent Albone wos martired Marchus Antonius and Lucius Comodus wer emprours bot marcus dyed anone and Lucius comodus regned Comodus wos called profitabull of scorne for he wos to euery man vnprofitabull he wos yeffen vtterly to lechori mony senetours and cristyn men he made for to be kylled he dampned his own wife to deth for age he died a sodaÌ deth with stranggilling among maydens Helius êtenax after this man wos emprour sex monethes and wos a man of gret discrecion whom Iulian the gret lawyer killed And he entrid the empire and was slayn the vij moneth of Seuerê° Victor a martir was pope after ElentheriuÌ x. yere and for the discorde of the pascall tyme he called a counsele in alexander wher be was present that tyme. mony other wher he decreit that Estyr day shuld be keped on the sonday bot he most kepe the change of the mone of aprill And that wos to differ fro Iues. for mony bisshopis of the est a boid that tyme the same day the Iues did haloe that fest ¶ Also he ordand that in tyme of neede child might be cristyned iÌ euery place Ì iÌ euery water Zepherinê° a marter Ì a Roman wos pope after victor ix yere This man ordaud that cristen pepull of xij yere age a bown shuld resaue his god on estyr day on s ââ yere Also he ordant that all the
entre ther haue your will The kiÌg toke priueli all the host to gouerne Ì lede to a knyght that he mich loued toke his way toward the castell with hiÌ toke vlfyÌ his chaÌbirlayn Ì merlin ¶ And when they come theder the porter went that it had bene hys owne lord Ì when tyme come for to go to bede ¶ The kyng went to bede with Igerne the Erles wife dyd with hir all his will and bigat vpon hir a son that wos called arthur ¶ And vpoÌ the morow the kyng toke his leue of the lady and went ayen to hys host ¶ And the same nyght that the kyng lay by Igerne in bedde that wos the Erles wife the kynges men yaf a gret assaut vn to the castell and the Erle and his men manli them defended But at the last it befell so that in the same assaut the Erle hym self wos slayn and the castell taken ¶ And the kyng a none turned ayen to Tyntagell and spoused Igerne with moch honor and made hir quene and sone after tyme come that she shuld be deliuered and beyr a child a son that wos called Arthur and after he gat a doughter that was called Amya Ì when she come of age a nobull Baron that was called Aloth that wos lord of leons wed hir ¶ When vter long tyme had regned ther come vpon hiÌ a gret sekenes as it wer a sorow ¶ And iÌ the meyn tyme tho that had to kepe Otta that wos Engist son and Ossa his brother that tho wer in prison they let them gone for gret yeftes that they hom yaf and went with them ¶ And when tho .ij. bretheren wer ascappid and come ayen in ther own cuÌtre They ordined an grert pouer and begon to were eftsones vpon the kyng ¶ How kyng vter chese Aloth to kepe the land of breton whiles that he wos seke for as moch as he myght not for his seknes ANd for as moch as kyng vter wos seke and myght nott help hym self he ordined Aloth son of Eleyn that tho was chosen for to be wardeyn and cheftayn of all his folke and so he anone and his bretans assemled a gret host and yaf batell to Otta to his folke but Otta at the last wos discomfitid ¶ Hitt befell thus afterward that thes bretons had dedignacion of Aloth wold not to hiÌ be attendant wherfor the king wos anoid wonder sâre let put hym in a litter in the host emonges folke ¶ And they lad hiÌ to veroloyn that tho was a fair cite ther that sent Albon wos martired after wos that cite destroied with payniÌs thurgh were Ì theder thei had seÌt Otta Ossa ther peple entrid iÌ to the toune let make fast the yates ther thei held them Ì the kiÌg come Ì them beseged made a stroÌg assaute but tho that wei with in maÌli them defended ¶ The kiÌg let ordeyn his goÌnes and his engynes for to brek the walles Ì the walles wer so stroÌg that nothiÌg myght them mysdoo ¶ Otta Ì his pepull had gret despite that a kiÌg liggyng iÌ a lytter had them beseged they toke concell a monges them for to stand vp iÌ the morow Ì cuÌ out Ì yef batall to the kiÌg so they did Ì iÌ that batall wer both Otta Ossa slayn all tho other that ascapped a lyue fled iÌ to scotland made ColeguÌ ther chyftayn Ì the saxons that wer on lyue Ì ascaped fro the bataill brought ayan a gret strength emoÌges them they sayed that if kiÌg vter wer deid they shuld well coÌquere the land amonges them they thought to enposin the kiÌg ordeyned meÌ for to do this dede and yaf them of yeftes gret plente this thyng to done and they ordined hem thiderward ther that the kiÌg was duelliÌg clothed hem iÌ pouer wede the better all for to sped therlyd purpose but neuertheles for all ther falsnes quaÌtize they might neuer cuÌ to nyghthe kiÌg ¶ But so at the last they aspied that the kiÌg draÌknoÌe o th erlycour but only water of a cler wel that was negh beside ¶ And thes fals tratours vpoÌ a day preuali weÌt to the wel put theriÌ poyson so that all the water was enpoysened and anoÌe after os the kiÌg had dronkyn of the water he begoÌ to fuell Ì sone after he died Ì os moÌy as dronk of that water died also ¶ And anoÌe as this wos aspied folke of the toune let stop the well for euer more ¶ When the king wos dred his folk bere hiÌ to Stonhenge with gret solempnite of bisshoppis of baroÌs that werther hiÌ to bery besides Aurilambros his brother after turned ayen tho euerychone send after Arthur his son Ì they made him kiÌg of the land with moche reuerence after his fadres deth xvij yere of his regne ¶ How Arthur that wos the son of vter was crouned after his fadre deth and how he drofe Colegrin and the Saxons and Cheldrik of almayne out of this lond WHen Arthur wos made kyng of the lond he wos bot yong of age of xv yere but he wos fair and bold and doughty of body and to meke folke he wos good and curtas and large off spendyng and made hym wonderly well beloued among all men ther that it wos need ¶ And when he begone to regne he swore that the saxons neuer shuld haue pees ne rest till that he had driueÌ them out of the lond and assembled a gret host and faught with ColegriÌ the wich after the time that Otta wos deid the saxons mayntened this Colegrin wos discomfited fled vn to yorke toke the toune and ther hym held ¶ And the kyng beseged hiÌ ther but he myght nothyng sped for the cite wos so strong and they with in the toune kepped the cite well and orpedly ¶ And in the meyn tyme Colegrin let the toune to Bladulf fled hym self to Cheldrik that wos kyng of Almayne for to haue of him socour Ì the kyng assemblid agret pouer Ì come ariued in scotlond with .v. C. shippis and wheÌ arthur wist of this tidiÌg that he had not pouer Ì strength y nough to fight ayens Cheldk he let be the sege went to london and sent anone his letters to the king of litill bretan that was called Hoel his nepheu his sustres son that he shuld cuÌ to hiÌ with all the pouer that he myght and he assemblid a gret host ariued at southinton ¶ And when kiÌg arthur it wist he wos glad i nough Ì went ayens them them resaued with moch honour so that thos ij hostes met assembled them and toke ther way euen vn to Nichol that Cheldrik had beseged but it wos not taken ¶ And they come vpoÌ cheldrik
emprour had .v. men or vi ayenest on of his ¶ Kyng arthur wos bold and hardy and for no thyng him dismade and saied go we bodile in goddis name ayens the Romans that with them lede sarasens and paynyms that no maner trust they haue in god but only vpon ther strength ¶ Go we now and sech them sharpely in the name of almyghty god and sle we the paynyms and cristyn men that be ayenes vs with them for to distruy cristyn men And god shall vs help them to ouercum For we haue the right oppynyon and therfor haue we trust in god and doo we so that the enmys that be to cristiÌdom and to god may be destruyd and ouer cuÌmyn and that men may recorde the worthines of knyghthod ¶ When kyng Arthur had thus saied they cried all with an high vois ¶ God that is fadre almyghty worsshipped be thy name with out end amen And grante vs grece well for to do to destru our enmys that be ayens cristiÌdoÌ In the name of the fader the son the holi gost ameÌ god yef him neuer grace ne worship iÌ the world ne mÌci of hiÌ to haue that this day shall feynt wel for to smyt Ì egreli Ì so they riden softeli ordyned his wynges well and wysely ¶ The Emprour herd tell that kyng Arthur his folke wer redy araied for to fight with him and theder they come and he ordined his wynges iÌ the best maner that he myght and more trust vpoÌ his strength than in god almyghty and that wos seyn afterward ¶ For when tho ij hostis meten the Emprour lost iiij of his folke ayenst on of Arthur and so mony wer slayn what in that on parti and in that other that it was gret pitte to wit be hold ¶ In this bataill wer slayn thurgh kyng Arthur v. kynges of the paynyms and of other wonder moch pepull ¶ And kyÌg Arthurs men foughten so well that the romans paynyms had no more strength to withstond them then xx shepe ayens v. wolfes ¶ And so it befell that in this bataill iÌ the showre that wos wonder hard Ì long during in that on side and iÌ that other the Emprour amonges them ther wos slayn but ther wos no man that wyst for veray sothe who hym slew ¶ How kyng Arthur let entere his knyghtes that he had lost ther in bataill and how he sent the Emprours body to Rome that ther wos slayn in bataill WHen the Romans wist that the Emprour wos deid they forsoke the feld and the paynems also And kyng arth r after them chased till it wos nyght and so mony of them kylled that it wos wonder to tell ¶ And tho turned kyng Arthur ayen wen it wos nyght and thanked god of his victori And in the morow he let loke and see al the feld for his knyghtys that he ther lost that is to say Borel erle of maunt Bedewer and Key and Ligiers erle of Boloyne vrgeti erle of baac Aloth erle of wiÌchestre Cursael erle of chestre and after holden erle of flaunders thes wer the gret lordes that kyng arthur lost in that batail with other worthy knyghtes them emong ¶ And suÌ he let entire in abbeis by the cuntre suÌ he let be borne iÌ to ther own cuÌtre ¶ And the Emêours body he let take put vpoÌ a bere seÌt it to rom and sent to say the romaÌs that for briton and france wich thatt he held other truage wold he none pay And if they axed hiÌ ony other truages right soch truage he wold them pay ¶ The kiÌg let ber Key to kenen his own castell Ì ther him entired Ì Ligier wos borne to Boloyn ther he wos lord And Holden wos borne to flaundres and ther he was entered ¶ And all the other he let entere with moch honour in abbais Ì in houses of relegion in thee cuntre ther that they werdeid ¶ And arthur him self soiourned that same yere in Burgon with his host Ì thoght the same yere fâloyng to pas the mount of Ioye Ì haue gone to Rome al for to take the cite and haue put the romans in subieccioÌ but thee wykked tirand Mordred him let as after ye shall heir ¶ How the tratour Mordred to whome kyÌg Arthur toke his land to kepe and his Castelles and he held hem ayens hym WHen kyng Arthur had taken to Mordred his Reame to kepe was gone ayens the Emprour of Rome Ì was passed the see Mordred anone toke homages Ì feautes of all them that wer iÌ this land wold haue had the land to his owne vse Ì toke castels about and let them be araied ¶ And after this falsnesse he did an other gret wrong for a yens the law of cristiÌte he toke his own emes wife os a tratour shuld ordined hiÌ a gret host ayens arthurs coÌyng to hold the lond ayens hiÌ with strongth for euermore And to slee kyng arthur if he myght Ì sent by the see be land let assemble panyms cristiÌ pepul he sent to saxons Ì to Danys for to help him ¶ And also Mordred sent to Childrik to done men to cuÌ to him out of saxoyne that was a worthy duke hight hiÌ if that he brought with hiÌ mich pepull he wold grante hiÌ in heritage for euermore all the land froÌ beyond huÌber to scotlaÌd And all the land that Engist had of vortigers yeft when that he spoused his doughter ¶ And Cheldrik come with a gret strength pouer of pepull Ì Mordred had assembled also iÌ his halfe that they had xlM. of strong knyghtes when that they had nede ¶ How Arthur enchased Mordred the tratour and how he wos slayn and also kyng Arthur wounded to deth WHen this tydynges come to kyng Arthur ther that he wâ as in Burgoyne he was full sore anoyed and toke all fraunce to hoel for to kepe with halfuendel of his men and prayed him that he wold it kepe till he come ayene for him self wold weÌd iÌ to Breton and a venge hiÌ vpon Mordred that was his tratour and forth went his way and come to whitsand and made hys men to gone in to ship and wold haue ariued at sandwich and brought with him a gret host of fraunch men also with his owne land men But or that he myght cum to lond with his pepull that wer comen out of his shippes Mordred wos comen with all hys pouer and yaf a strong bataill so that kyng Arthur lost maÌy a man or that he myght cum to land ¶ For ther was Gawen his nephu slayn and Augnissell that held Scotland and mony other wherof kyng Arthur wos full sori But after that they wer comen to lond Mordred myght not ayens them endure but anone wos discomfited and fled thens the same nyght with his men and vpon the morne come to
london bot tho of the cite wold not suffre him to cum in and from thens he fled to winchestre Ì ther he him held with his pepull that come with him ¶ Kyng Arthur let take the body of Gawen his cosyn and the body of Augnissell and let them be borne in to Scotland in to ther own cuntre ther they wer entired ¶ And after anone kyng Arthur toke his way to distruy Mordred and he fled thens in to Cornewail ¶ And the quene GuÌnor that wos kyng arthurs wife thatt tho sogerned at yorke and herd that Mordred wos fled thens that he might not endure ayens king Arthur she wos soradrad and had gret dout and wist not what wos best all for to done For she wyst well that hir lord kyng Arthur wold neuer of hir haue mercy For the gret shame that she had him done and toke hââ way preuali with iiij men with out mo and come to Karlion ther she duelled all hir lifes tyme neuer was seyn amonge folke hir life during ¶ Arthur wist that Mordred wos fled in to Cornwaill and let send after his men in to scotland and northhuÌberland vn to humber and let assemble folke with out nomber come fro thens in to Cornwaill to sech and pursue after Mordred ¶ And mordred had assembled to him all the folke of cornwail and had pepull with out nombre and wist that Arthur was commyng and had leuer to die and take his chaunce thÌen longer fle aboid and yaf an hard bataill to kyng arthur and to his pepull so that so moch pepull was slayn what of that on side and of that other that no man wist who had the bettir parti ¶ But so it be fell at the last that Mordred wos slayn and all his folke and the good chiualri that kyng arthur had gadred and norishid of diuers landis and also the nobull knyghtis of the round tabull that so moch was prased thurgh out all the world werther slayn and arthur him self was wounded to the deth but he let him be borne in a litter to a vyoun to be heled of his woundes yet the bretons supposen that he liueth in an other lond and that he shall cum yit and conquere all breton ¶ But certis this is the prophesi of Merlin he sayd that his deth shall be dowtous and saied sothe for ther of yit meÌ haue dout shul haue for euer more as meÌ sayen ¶ For men wot not wheder that he is on lyue or deid ¶ Arthur was borne to Auyon the xxij yere of his regne after thÌe Incarnacion of our lord thuÌ crist vC. and xlvi yere ¶ How kyng Arthur deliueryd the reame vn to Costantine the son of Cador his Niphu WHen kiÌg Arthur wist that he myght regne no longer he let cum before him Costantine that wos Cadors son erle of Cornewaill his cosin to him bitoke all his reame and to him sayed and bad him therof to be kyng till that he come ayen for as moch os he had none heire of his body begoten and harme wos ât that so nobull a kyng and so doughty os he wos had no child of his body begoten But all thyng that god wyll haue done must be done whos name be blissid with out end Amen ¶ How kyng Costantine was wered of Mordredes ij sonnis THys Costantine wos a nobull knyght and a worthy of bodi tho ij sonnys that Mordred had begoten had grete envy vn to Costantine that tho was crouned kyng ¶ And so it befell that they begon to meue were ayenes hiÌ assembled a gret host of them that wer be fore with mordred and had bene driuen away and that did moch sorow thurgh all that land that âon brother ordeyned him to london for to take the cite· and that other to wynchistre ¶ But Costantine come to london and slew him that was ther. and after he weÌt to wynchestre slew him that ther was also So that bothe his enmys wer deid ¶ And when Costantine had regned worthelâ iiij yere then he died and lyeth at london ¶ Of the kynges Adelbright and of Edell AFter kyng Costantines deth ther wer ij kynges iÌ bretan that on was called Adelbright that wos a danoys he held the cuÌtre of northfolke Ì southfolke that other hight Edell Ì waas a bretoÌ Ì he held NicholÌ LiÌdesei Ì alÌ the laÌd vn to huÌber ¶ Thes ij kiÌges fast wered to geders but after they wer accorded loued to geder os thei had be bore of o bodi ¶ The kiÌg Edell had a sustre that wos called Orewenne Ì he yaf hir thurgh gret frendship to kyng Adelbright to wife And he begat vpon hir a doughter that was called Argentill and in the thrid yere after come vpoÌ hiÌ a stronge sekenes that nedes he must die ¶ And he sente to kyng Edell his brother in law that he shuld cum Ì speke with hiÌ Ì he come to him with good will ¶ Tho prayed he the kyng ê¯iured also iÌ the name of god that after wheÌ he wer deid he shuld take Argentill his doughter the land that he keped hir well Ì norisshe hir in his chambre ¶ And when she wer of age she shuld be maried to the strongest and worthiest man that he myght find and than he shuld yeld vp hir land ayene ¶ Edell it granted and by oth coÌfermed hys prayer wheÌ a delbright was deid and entered Edell toke the damisell argentill norisshed hir iÌ his chambre Ì she become the fairest creat r that might lyue or ony maÌ find ¶ How kiÌg Edell maried the damisell to a knaue of his kicheÌ THis king Edell that wos vncle to the damisell ArgeÌtilÌ bethought how that he myght falsli haue the land froÌ his nece for euer more falseli ayenest his oth thought to dissaue thee damisell and to marie hir to a knaue of his kichen that wat cald Curan Ì he become the worthiest Ì strongest man of body that ony man wist in ony land that tho leued and to him he thought hir shendfulli haue maried for to haue had hir land afterward bot he wos clen dissaued ¶ For this Curan wos Hauelockes foÌ that wos kyng of Kyrkelane in denmarke and this Curan coÌquered his wifes lond afterward Ì slew kiÌg Edell that wos his wifes vncle and had all hir land os in an other place it telleth more openli he ne regned bot iij. yere for saxons danys hiÌ killed and that was gret harme to all breton Ì bretans bore him to Stonkenge ther they him entered with moch honour ¶ Of kyng Conan that wos Curan cosin AFter this curan regned Conan that was his cosiÌ that wos a wonder proud knyght and regned coud haue no maner of loue but euer he was medelyng with his pepull and toke his vn kill with were killed his ij
therfor god wold not that he shuld regne no longer than iiij yere died lieth at winchester Leo the sext a roman wos pope sex monethes Stephanus the vij a roman wos after him ij yer IohnÌ the xi a roman wos pope iij. yere Stephanus the viij a germane was after hiÌ viij yere Martin the thrid wos after him iij. yere and of thes sex popis is nothyng had in scriptur for what cause I canot tell Anno domini ixC.liiij AGapitus a roman wos pope after Martin ij yere viij monethes and nothyng of him is writtyn Iohannes the xij a roman wos pope after Agapite almost viii yere he had a fader that heght Alberyke wos a worthi man in the cete of rome He inducit the nobull men to swer that after the deth of agape they shuld chese OctouianuÌ his sonne pope so it was done Ì was named IohnÌ and he was an hunter and a lecherus man so that opynli he kepid women wherfor certayn cardinals wrot to Otthoni the emprour of saxon that he shuld cum âon to rome for to help to distruy the sklandir of the cherche this the pope persaued and the hand that wrot that pystyll he made to be cut of And mony timis he was warned by the eÌprour the clarge that he shuld correc him self bot he nold not for nothing then he was deposed and Leo wos put in vn to his place wherfor the emprour wos anoyed and come ayen and beseged Rome so long tyll they toke Benedict to him restorid Leo. ¶ Of kyng Edgar that regned a bone the kynges of scotland and of wales and how that he was begyled thurgh the takyng of his wife ANd after this Edwyne regned Edgar his brother a maÌ that moch loued god and pees and holy cherche also And was a worthy man a gret lord of blod myghty Ì mayntined well this lond in pees ¶ And this Edgar wos lord Ì king aboue all the kynges of scotland and of wales from the tyme that Arthur was a gone Ì neuer wos sithen kyng of his pouer And this edgare wos sent Edwardis fadre when edgares wif wos deid that wos sent edwardis moder Ì entered he hard speke of the fairnes of Estrild that wos Orgarus doughter a baron of deueÌshire that wos so farr a woman that all men did speke of hiâ he called on of his knyghtes that he moch loued Ì trustyd vpon Ì told him Go quod he to the nobull baron Orgar of deueÌshire se if that is doughter be so farr as men spekith of if it be soth I wyll haue hir vn to my wife ¶ This knyght that was called Edelwold went forth his way as the kyng him had sayd and come ther that the lady wos and when he saw hir so fair he thought to haue hir hiÌself to wife and therof spakeÌ to Orgar hir fader Ì hir fadre wos an old man and had no mo childre but only hir and saw that Edel wold wos a fair yong knyght and worthi and riche and wos well beloued with the kyng and thought his doughter shuld well be maried beset vpon him and granted hiÌ is doughter if the good lord the kyng wold consent ther to ¶ Then thys Edelwold come ayene to the kyng and told him that she wos fair ynough vpon to see but she wos wonder lothly Tho ansuerd thee kiÌg said that he toke bot litell charge Sir qd edelwold tho she is hir fadres heir and I am not riche of landis and if ye wold coÌsent and grant that I myght hir haue than shuld I be rich ynowghe In goodis name qd the kyng I consent ther to Edelwold thankid tho the kyng moch and went ayene in to Deuenshire and spoused the damisell in that cuntre he duelled ¶ And thê° it befell vpon a tyme that he told his counsell and all this thing vn to his wife howe and in what maner he had begiled his lord the kyng that wold haue had hir vn to wife And anone as she it wist she loued him neuer more afterward os she did before ¶ This lady consaued bi him a son and ââheÌ tyme wos that the child shuld be borne Edelwold come to the kyng prayed hiÌ to heue a son of his at fontstone the kyng him granted let call hiÌ Edgar of his own name ¶ And when this wos done he thought that all was syker ynowgh for the kyng that he wold not taken his wife for as moch as his lord wos a âoly maÌ an amerous ¶ How that kiÌg edgar weddid estrild after the deth of edelwold THus it befell that all men in kyng Edgarys court thospeken and sayed that edelwold was richely avaunced thurgh the mariege of his wife and yit they sayd he was a vaunced ⪠an hondreth fold more For he had spoused the fairast woman that euer was seyn And the kiÌg herd speke so moch of hir bewte he thoght that edelwold had him dessaued and begiled Ì thought priuely in his hart that he wold gone in to deueÌshire as it wer for till huÌt for the hert Ì for the hynde Ì other wild bestis than he shuld se ther the lady or he deêted thens And this lady wos duelling at a maner place beside the forest ther that the king wold huÌt and at that maner he wos herburghed all nyght and when tyme come that the kyng shuld sope and the sone shone the kyng asked after his gossip and after his godson and edelwold made hir to cuÌ before the kyng And neuertheles if it otherwise myght haue bene she shÌuld not haue comen in his sight by his will ¶ The lady welcoÌed the kyng and swetly him cussed and he toke hir by the hond Ì tho next by him hir set so soppid they to gedre And ther was a custom Ì an vsage in this land that tyme that when on dronke to an other the drinker shuld say wassayll and that other shuld ansuer say drinke haill and thus did the kyng the lady mony tymes Ì also kyssed And after sopper when tyme was to go toâed the kyng went to bed thynkyng hertely on the fairnes of that lady tho was ouer comen for hir loue that him thought that he shuld die bot if he had his wyll on hir vpon the morne the kyng aroos in the forest went him for to disport with hertis hyndes Ì all other wild bestys of the hertis gret plente he sent to that lady thris he went to solacen speke with that lady whilles he duelled ther in that cuÌtre ¶ And after that the kyng remeued thens Ì thought hiÌ how he might best deliuer edelwold from his wyfe as he had him fryst dissaued ¶ And the kyng anone after viij days let ordeyn a parlament at Salesberi of all his baronage
that other Harold he wos solyght of fote that men called hym most comenly harold hare fote ¶ And this harold had nothyng the condicions maner of kyng knoght that was his fadre for he set bot litell price of cheualri ne no curtesi nother worship but only bi his own wil ¶ And he become so wykkid that he exiled his moder emma Ì she went out of the land in to flandres ther duelled with the erle wherfor after ther was neuer good loue betwix hyÌ his brother for his brother hated him dedly Ì wheÌ he had regned .ij. yere a litell more he died lieth at westmynstre ¶ Of kyng Hardeknoght that wos haroldis brother AFter this harold harefote regned his brother hardeknoghtt aÌ nobull knyght and a worthy and moch loued cheualri and all maner of goodnese ¶ And when this hardiknoght had regned a litell while he let vncouer his brother harold Ì smot of his hede that wos his brother at westmynster let cast the hede in to a gonge Ì the body in to thamysâ and after come fisshers Ì toke the body with ther nettis be night Ì bere him to sent clemeÌtis chirche and ther him beried ¶ And in this maner a venged hym hardiknoght of his brother for in none other maner he myght be a vengid ¶ This kyng hardiknoght was so large a yeuer of mete and drinke that his tabullis wer set euery day iij. tymes full with riall metes drinkis for his own meny for all that com vn to his court to be richeli serueyd of riall metis ¶ And this king hardiknoght sent after Emme his moder made hir to cuÌ ayeÌ in to englond for she was driuen out of englond whiles that harold harefote regned thurgh cunsell of the erle goodwyn that tho wos the grettest lord of englond next the kiÌg most might do what he wold thurgh out all englond thurgh his coÌmandement for as moch as he had spoused the doughter of the good king knoght that wos a danois wich daughter he had by his frist wxfe ¶ And when this quene was driueÌ out of englond Ì come to the erle of flaunders that wos called Baldewyne his cosin he fond hir ther al thing that hir nedid vn to the tyme that she went ayen in to engloÌde that the kyng hardiknoght had send for hir that wos hir sone and made hir cum ayen with moch honour ¶ This kiÌg hardyknogh when he had regned v. yere he died Ì lieth at westmiÌster ¶ Of the velani that the danois did to the english men wherfor from that tyme after wos no danois made kyng of this land AFter the deth of this kyng hardiknoght for as moch as he nad no thyng of his body begoten The erles and barons assembled and made a counsell that neuer more afrte no man that wos a danois though he he wer neuer so gret a man amonges them he shuld neuer be kyng of englond for the dispite that the danis had done to englismeÌ Â¶ For euer more be fore and if it wer so that the englishmen and the danois hapened for to mete vpoÌ a ãâã the englishmen shÌold not be so hardi to meue ne styr a fote âât and still till the danoÌis war appassid forth ¶ And more ouer if the englishmen had not bowed doune ther hedis to done reuerens vn to the danois they shuld haue bene bet and defouled soch maner despites velanye diden the danois to our englishmen wherfor they wer driuen out of the land after tyme thet kyng hardiknoght was deid for they had no lord that them might maynten ¶ And in this maner avoided the danois englond that neuer they comen ayen ¶ The erles and barons bi ther comyn assent and consellees sent vn to normandye for to seche tho ij brether Alured Ì Edward that wer duelling with the duke Richard that was ther eme in intent for to croune Alured the elder brother and him make kyng of englond and of this thing to make an end The erles and barons made ther othe But the erle Godwyn of westsex falsly and tratoursly thought for to sle thes two bretheren anone as they shuld cum in to englond iÌ intent to make his son harold kiÌg the wich son he had begoten vpon his wife the wich was kyng knoghtys doughter that wos a danois ¶ And so this godwyne priuely him went vn to south hamton for to mete ther the ij bretheren when that they shuld come vn to land ¶ And thus it befell that the messingers that went in to Normandie fond nott but only Alured that wos the elder brother For Edward his brother wos gone to hungrie for to speke with his cosin Edward the owtlaw that was Edmondis son with the Irenside ¶ The messingers told and said to Alured how that the erles barons of englond sent after him and that he boldely shold cum iÌ to engloÌd and vnderfonge the reame for kyng hardiknoght was deid and all the danois driuen out of the land ¶ How Godewyn the fals tratour toke Alured vpon Gildesdoune when that he come from Normandie to bene kyng of englond and how he did him be martired in the I le of Eli. WHen Alured herd this tydyng he thankid god and in to shipe went with all the hast that he might and passed the see and ariued at southamton ther Godwyn the fals tratour was And tho this tratour saw that he was cumyn he welcumed him vnder fonge him with moch ioye sayd that he wold lede hiÌ to loÌdon ther that all the barens of englong hiÌ abode for to make hiÌ kyng Ì so they went on ther way toward london ¶ And when they come vpon Gildesdone tho sayd the tratour Godwyne vn to Alured take kepe about you both on the left side Ì on the right side And of all ye shall be kyng and of such an huÌdreth more ¶ Now for soth qd Alured I behight you Ì if I be kiÌg I shall ordeyn Ì make such lauys wherof god Ì maÌ shall be well apayed ¶ Now had the tratour coÌmanded all his meÌ that werwith hiÌ that when they wer comeÌ vpoÌ gildesdone that they shuld sle all that were iÌ Alured is coÌpanye that com with hiÌ froÌ Normandie Ì after that take alured led hiÌ in to the I le of Eli after put out both his eyn of his hede afterward bring hiÌ vn to deth ¶ And so they did for they kylled all the companye that ther wer the nombre of xij gentillmen that wer comeÌ with alured froÌ normandie ¶ And after toke they alured and in the I le of Eli they put out his eyn Ì rent his wombe Ì toke the chefe of his bouels put a stake in to the grond and an end of the bouels ther to fastined with nedilÌles of Iren they prikked the good
maude wos afterward the emprisse of Almayne ¶ And in the secund yere of his regne his brother Robert Curthose that was duke of Normandie come with an huge host in to englond for to chalenge the land but thurgh concell of the wise men of the land they wer accordid in this maner That the kyng shold yeue the duke his brother a thousand pound euery yere and wich of them leued longest shuld be other heir and so bitwen them shuld be nâ debate ne strife ¶ And when they wer thus accordid the Duke went home ayen in to Normandie ¶ And when the kyng had regned iiij yere ther aroos a gret debate bitwen him and the erchebisshop of canwrburi Ancelme For because that the Erchebishop wold not grant him for to take talagie of chirches at his will Ì therfor eftsone the Erchebisshop went ouer the see vn to the court of rome and ther duellid with the pope ¶ And in the same yere the Duke of Normandie come in to englond for to speke with his brother ¶ And among all other thinges the Duke of normandie for yaf vn to the kyng hys brother the forsayed thousand pound by yere that he shuld pay vn to the duke and with good loue the kyng Ì the duke êted Ì ther the duke went ayen iÌ to normaÌdi ¶ And when tho ij yere wer a gone thurgh enticement of the deuell of lithermen a gret debate arose bitwin the kyng and the duke so that the kyng thurgh consell went ouer the see in to normandi ¶ And when the kyng of Englond was cumyn in to NormaÌdie All the gret lordis of normandie turned vn to the kiÌg of englond and held ayens the Duke ther own lord Ì him forsoke Ì to the kyng them yelden and all the good castels and tounes of Normandie And sone after wos the duke taken led with the kiÌg in to englond Ì the kyng let put the duke iÌ to prison ¶ And this was the vengeance of god ¶ For when the Duke was iÌ the holy land god yaf him such myght Ì grace that he was chosiÌ for till a bene the kyng of Ierusalem and he forsoke it wold not take it vppon hym And therfor god send him that shame despite for to be put iÌ to his brothers pÌson ¶ Tho seysed kiÌg herri all Normandie in to his hand and held hit all his lifes tyme iÌ the same yere come the bisshop Ancelme from the cour of Rome iÌ to engloÌd ayen and the kyng he wos accordid ¶ And in the yere next commyng after ther began a gret debate betwen the kyng Phillip of Fraunce Ì kyng Henri of EngloÌd ¶ Wherfor kyng Herri went in to Normandie ther wos strong were betwen them two and tho died the kyng of france and Lowys his son wos made kyng anone after his deth ¶ And tho went kyng Henri ayen iÌ to englond Ì maried Maude his doughter to Henri the emprour of almayne ¶ Of the debate that wos betweÌ kiÌg Lowis of france Ì kiÌg HeÌri of eÌgloÌd Ì how kiÌg henris ij sonnys wer lost iÌ the high see WHen kyng henri had ben kyng xvij yere a gret debate aroos betwyn kyng Lowys of fraunse and kyng Hnri of Englond for encheson that the kyng had sent in to Normandye to his men that they shuld be helpyng vn to the Erle of Bloyes as moch as they might in were ayeÌs the kyng of fraunce ¶ And that thei shuld bene as redy to him as they wer vn to ther own lord for encheson that the Erle had spoused his sustren dame Maude ¶ And for this encheson the kyng of franse did moch sorow to Normandie ¶ Wherfore the kyÌg of engloÌd was wonder wroth and in hast weÌt ouer the see with a gret pouer and come in to Normandie for to defend that land And the were betwyn them lastid ij yere till at the last they two faughten to geder Ì the kyng of fraunse wos discomfited vneth scappid a way with moch payn the most parti of his men wer takeÌ the kiÌg did with them what him best likid ¶ And sum of them he let go frely sum let he be put vn to the deth But afterward tho ij kiÌges wer accordid ¶ And whan king herri had holy all the land of Normadie scomfited his emnys of franse he turnid ayen in to englond with moch honour ¶ And his ij sonis Wyllm Richard wold haue commen after ther fadre and weÌt to the see with an gret componye of pepull But or that they myght cum to land the ship come ayens a roch brak all iÌ to peses all wer drenchid that wer ther in sauf on man that wos in the same shipe that ascappid ¶ And this wos on sent Katrines day thes werthe names of them that wer drenchid willm Richard the kiÌgê sonys the erle of chester Ottonell his broder Geffray ridell walter emurci Godfray erchdekeÌ the kiÌgê dought the CuÌtes of êches the kiÌgê neci the CouÌtes of chestre moÌy oder wheÌ kiÌg henri Ì oder lordis ariuid in engloÌd herd thes tydyngê they made sorow ynowgh al ther myrth Ioye wos turned iÌ to mornyng sorow ¶ How Maude the Emprise come ayen iÌ to englond Ì how she wos afterward weddid to Geffroi the erle of angoy ANd when that ij yere wer a gone that the Erle had duelled with the kiÌg· the Erle went from the kyÌg and began to were vpon him and did moch harme in the land of Normandie toke ther a strong castell and ther he duellid all that yere tho comme to him tydynges that Henri the Emêour of Almayn that had spoused Maude his doughter wos deid and that she duelled no longer in Almayn and that she wold cum ayen in to Normandie to hir fadre ¶ And when that she woâs comyn vn to him he toke hir tho to him and come ayen in to Englond and made the englishmen to done othe and feaute vn to the emprise and the frist man that made the otho wos willm the Erchebisshop of Cantorburi ¶ And that other Dauid kyng of Scotlond and after him all the Erles and Barons of englond ¶ Also after that the nobull man the erle of Angoy that was a worthy knyght sent vn to the kyng of englond that he wold graunte him for to haue his doughter to spouse that is to say Maude thee emprisse ¶ And for encheson that hir fadre wist that he wos a nobull man The kyng him grauntid and consentid ther to ¶ And tho toke he his doughter and lad hir in to Normandie and come to the nobull knyght Gaufrid and ther he spoused thee foresaid Maude with moch honour And the Erle begat vpon hir a son that was called Henri the Emprisse sone ¶ And after when all this wos done kyng Henri
to say the cite of Karlill the castell of Bamburgh Ì the new castell vpoÌ Tyne and the erledom of lancastre ¶ The same yere the kyng with a gret pouer went in to wales and let cast doune wodes and make wayes and made strong the Castell of Rutland basingwarke and emong the castels he made an house of the tempull ¶ And in the same yere was Richard his son borne that afterward wos erle of Oxforde and the iiij yere of his regne he made Gaufrid erle of BretaÌ And in that yere he changed his monay the vi yere of his regne he lad an huge host vn to Tolouse and conquered it ¶ And the vij yere of his regne died Theabult the Erchebisshop of Cantorburi And tho all the cite of Cantorburi alÌmost thurgh meschefe wos brenned ¶ The ix yere of his regne Thomas Bekit that wos his chanceler wos chosen to bene Erchebisshop of cauÌtorburi And vpon sent Barnardis day he wos sacred and iÌ that yere wos borne Helienor the kynges doughter ¶ And in the x. yere of his regne sent Edward the kiÌg was translated with moch honour ¶ And the xi yere of his regne he held hys parlament at Northamtoon And from thens fled sent Thomas erchebisshop of cantorburi for the gret debate that wos betwix the kiÌg hiÌ for if he had ben founde iÌ the morne he had ben slaiÌ therfor he fled thens with iij. felowes on fote onli that no man wisten wher he wos went ouer the see to the pope of Rome ¶ And this was the principall encheson for as moch as the kyng wold haue put clarkes to deth that wer atteyntit of felonye with out ony preuylege of holy chirch ¶ And the xij yere of his regne was Ion his son borne And the xiij yere off his regne died Maude the emprice that was his mother ¶ The xiiij yere of his regne the duke Henri of Saxon spoused Maude his doughter he begat vpon hir iij sonis that wor called Henri Othus Willm ¶ And in the xv yere of his regne died the good erle Robert of Glocestre that founded the abbey of Nonnes of Eton. ¶ And in the same yere Marike kyng of Ierusalem coÌquered Babilon ¶ And the xvi yere of his regne he let croune his sone Henri kyng at westmynster Ì him crouned Roger Erchebisshop of yorke in harmyng of Thomas erchebisshop of Cantorberi wherfor this same Roger was acursed of the pope ¶ How kyng henri that was son of kyng henri the emprise son and of the debate that wos bytwen him and his fader while thatt he wos in Normandie AFter the coronacion of kyng henri the son of kyng henri the emprise son ¶ That same henri the emprise son went ouer in to Normandie Ì ther he let marie Elenour the doughter of the Dolfyn that was kyng of Almayn ¶ And in the vij yere that the erchebisshop ãâã Thomas had bene outlawed the kyng of frunce made the kyng Ì ãâã Thomas accordid tho come thomÌs the erchebisshop to CaÌtorburi ayen to his own chirche ¶ And this accord was made in the begynyng of aduent And afterwarde he wos kylled ãâ¦ã the v. day of cristynmasse that tho next come ¶ For kyng henri thought vpon ãâã Thomas the erchebisshop vpon cristinmasse day os he sat at his mete Ì thees wordis said That if he had any good knyghtys with him he had be mony a day passid avengid vpon the erchebisshop Thomas ¶ And anone sir willm Breton sir hugh Moruyle sir william Traci Ì sir Reignold fitz vrse beres son in Englissh preueli went vn to the see comen in to englond vn to the chirche of cantorburi and ther they him ãâã at sent Benettes auter iÌ the moder chirche ¶ And that was iÌ the yere of the Incarnacion of ihuÌ crist M.C lxxij yere ¶ And anone after Henri the new kyng began for to make were vpon Henri his fadre and vpon his brether willm O thus ¶ And so vpon a day the kyng of fraunce and all the kynges sonnes and the kyng of scotland and the grettyst lordis of englong were arisen ayens thee kyng Henri the fadre and at the last as god wold he conquered all his emnys ¶ And the kyng of fraunce he wer accordit tho sent kyng henri the fadre speciali vn to the kyng of france Ì prayed him herteli for his loue that he wold send to him the names by letter of them that wer the begyners of the were ayens him ¶ And the kyng of fraunce sent ayene to him bi letter the names of them that begon the were ayens him ¶ The frist was IohnÌ his son Ì Richard his brother and henri the new kyng his son Tho was henri the kyng wonder wroth and cursid the tyme that euer he him begat ¶ And while the were dured Henri his sone the new king died sore repentyng his misdedis most sorow made of ony man for because of ãâã thomas deth of cantorburi ¶ And prayed his fadre with moch sorow of hert merce for his trespasse his fader for yaf him and had of him gret pitte and after he died the xxxvi yere of his regne and lieth at rediÌg ¶ How the cristyn lost the holy land in the forsaid kynges tyme thurgh a fals cristyn man that bicome a sarisen ANd while that kiÌg henri the emprise son leued and regned the gret bataill wos in the holy land bitwen the cristyn meÌ and the sarisens but the cristyn men wer ther kylled thurgh grett treson of the erle Tirpe that wold haue had to wife the quene of Ierusalem that som tyme wos Baldewyns wife but she forsoke him and toke to hir lord a knyght a worthi man that wos called sir Gnyêches wherfor the erle Tirpe wos wroth and weÌt anone right to Soladyne that was soudeyn of Babilon Ì bicome his man And forsoke his cristindom Ì all cristyn law and the cristiÌ men wist not of this dedis but wened for to haue had gret help of him as they wer wont to haue before ¶ And when they comen to the bataill This fals cristyn man turned vn to the sarisens forsoke his own nacions Ì so wer the cristyn men ther kylled with the sarisens ¶ And thus wer the cristyn men slayn put to horibull deth Ì the cite of IerusaleÌ destruied and the holy cros borne away ¶ The kyng of fraunce and all the gret lordis of the land let them cros for to go vn to the loly land ¶ And amoÌg them went Richard kyng Henri son frist after the kiÌg of frauÌce that toke the cros of the erchebisshop of tours but he toke not the viage at that tyme for encheson that he wos let bi other maner weys nedis to be done ¶ And whaÌ kiÌg henri his fader had regned xxxvi yere
soule specially shall whiles the abbey staÌdeth ¶ The kyng a rose vp anone full euell at ese coÌmande to remeue the table axed after the monke meÌ told him that he wos dede for his wombe was broke iÌ suÌder ¶ When the kyng herd this he coÌmaÌded to trusse but all it wos for noght for his belly began to swel so for the drink that he had dronkeÌ âª with in ij days he died on the morow after sent Lukes day ¶ And this kyng IohnÌ had mony fair child of his body begoten that is to say Henri his son that wos kiÌg after his fadre Richard that wos erle of Cornewaill and Isabell that was emprise of rome Elenor that wos quen of scotland ¶ And this kyng iohnÌ whan he had regned xiiij yere and. v monethis and v. dais he died in the castell of Newarke his bodi wos beried at wynchestre Anno domini M.CC. FRedericus the secund wos emprour xxxiij yere This maÌ wos crouned of Honorius the pope ayens Otto that he shold fight with hiÌ the wich he did expulsid hiÌ frist he nurisshed the chirche after he spolid it as a stepmoder wherfor Honoriê° cursed hym Ì all that wer ê¯trari to his oppynyon the pope assoiled Ì the same sentans Gregori the ix renewid and this same man put henri his own son iÌ pÌson ther morderid him ⪠wherfore when this Emprour an other seson wos seke bi an other son of his own he wos mordered in the tyme of Innocent the fourthe Honorius the thrie was popo after Innocent x. yere and confirmed the order of Freris prechuâs mynors made certaÌ decretals· ¶ Of kyng Henri the thrid that wos crouned at Gloucestre ANd after this kyng IohnÌ regned his son Henri and was crouned at Glocestre whan that he was ix yere old on seÌt Symondes day and Iude of Swalo the legat of rome thurgh councell of all the gret lordis that held with kyng Iohan his fader that is to say the Erle Raudolfe of Chestre Willm erle Marchall erle of Penbroke willm the Brener erle of Feriers Serle the manle baron all other gret lordis of englond held with lowys the kyng son of fraunce ¶ And anone after when king Henri wos crouned Swalo the legate held his councell at bristo at sent Martins fest and ther wer xi bisshoppis of englond and of wales Ì of other prelates of holy chirche a gret nombre erles and barons and mony knyghtys of EngloÌd and all tho that wer at that counsell swore feaute vn to Henri the kyng that wos king Iohanes sun ¶ And anone after the legate enterdited walis for encheson that they held with tha barons of Englund also all tho that holpen or yaf ony counsell to meve were ayen the newe kyng Henri he a cursed hem Ì at the begynnyng he put in the sentance the kynges son of frauÌce Lowys ¶ And notheles the same Lowys wold not space for all that bot went and toke the castell of Barcamsted Ì also the castell of Herford ¶ And from that day afterward the barons did ther so moch harme thurgh out all Englond and principall the frensshmen that wer come with king Lowys wherfor the gret lordis Ì all the commyn pepull of englond let them dresse forto driue lowys and his companye out of engloÌd but sum of the barons and of the frensshmeÌ wer gon to the cite of Nicholl and toke the toune Ì held it to kyng Lowys profit ¶ But thider come kyng henris men with a gret pouer that is to say the Erle Raudolfe of Chestre and willm erle Marshall and willm the brener erle of Feriers and mony other lordie with them and yefen bataill vn to Lowys men And ther wos slayn the erle of Perches and Lowys men wer ther foule discomfited ¶ And ther wos taken Serle erle of wynchestre Ì Humfrey de Bowne erle of Herford and Robert the son of walter and moÌy other that begane were aynes the kyng ther they wer takyn and lad vn to kyng Henri thatt wos kyng Iohaanes son ¶ And when the tidynges come to Lowys of the discomfitur that was the kynges son of frauÌce he remeued from thens and went vn to LoÌdon and let shit the yates fast of the cite And anone after the kiÌg sent to the burgies of loÌdon that they shÌuld yeld them vn to him and the Cite also and he wold them graunt all ther frauÌshis that euer they wer woned to haue before and wold confirme them by his gret new chartre vnder his brode seall ¶ And in the same tyme a gret lord that was called Eustace the monk come out of Fraunce with a gret companye of lordis Ì wold haue comen in to EngloÌd for to haue holped Lowys the kynges son of frauÌce But Hubert of burgh and the v portis with viij shippis tho met with them in thee high se and assailid them egreli ouer come them with strength Ì smyten of Eustace the monkis heed toke also x. gret lordis of frauÌce put them in to prison Ì killed almost all the men thatt come with them anone drenched the shippis in the see ¶ How Lowys turned ayen in to frauÌce Ì of the confirmacion of kyng Iohanes chartre WHen Lowys herad this tydynges he drad sore to be dede Ì lost and let ordoyne and speke bitwen the kyng and lowys by the legat Swalo and thurgh the erchebisshop of canterburi Ì thurgh other gret lordis that all the prisoners on that one half and that otheer shuld be deliuered and gone quite Lowys him selfe shÌuld haue for his costages a M. pound of siluer shuld gone out of Englond Ì cum neuer more therin ayen ¶ And iÌ this maner was the accorde made bitwen kyng henri lowys tho wos lowys assoiled of the popis legat that wos called Swalo of the seÌtance that he was in Ì the barons of englond also ¶ And after this the king Henri Ì Swalo the legate Ì Lowys weÌt to Merton ther wos the pees confirmyd bitwen them ordeyned And after Lowys went fro thens vn to london Ì toke his leue and was brought with moch honour vn to the see with the Erchebisshop of cantorburi and with other bisshoppis Ì also with erles and barons and so went Lowys in to fraunce ¶ And afterward the kyng and the Erchebisshop and erles Ì Barouns assembled them at London at Mihelmasse that next come tho âewyng and held ther a gret parlament ther wer tho renewid all the fraunches that king IohnÌ had graunted at Romnemede Ì kiÌg henri tho ê¯firmed by his chartre the wich yit bene holdein thurgh out all englond And in that tyme the kyng toke of euery plough land ij shillyng And Hubert of Burgh was made tho chief
to fraunce ther held them os pepull that wer exiled out of englond for euer more ¶ And sone after it was ordeyned by the legat Octobone Ì by other gret lordis the wisest of Englond that all tho that had bene ayenst the kyng wer disherited shÌuld haue ayen ther landis by grevous raunsuns after that it was ordeyned and thus they wer accordid with the kyng and pees cried thurgh out Englond Ì thus the were was endied ¶ And when this was done the legate toke his leue of the kyng of the quene Ì of all the gret lardis of englond weÌt tho to rome the lv yere of kyng Henris regne And Edward king Iohon son of Britan IohnÌ vessy Thomas of clare Roger of Clifford Othes of Graunston Robert le Brus IohnÌ of verdoÌ Ì mony other lordis of englond and of by yond the see token ther way toward the holy land Ì the kyng Henri died in the same tyme at westmynster when he had be kiÌg lv yere xix wokis on sent Edmondis day the Erchebishop of Cantorburi he was entered att westmynster on sent edmondes day the kyng in the yere of incarnacion of our lord ihuÌ crist M.CC.lxxij ¶ Profecie of Merlin of the kyng Henri the frist expouned that was Kyng âhohan son ANd of this Henri profecied Merlin saied that a lomb shold come out of wynchestre iÌ the yere of the IncarnacioÌ of our lord ihuÌ crist M CC. and xvi with trew lippis Ì holynes written in his hert Ì he said soth for the good Henri the kyng wos borne in wynchestre in the yere aboue sayd he spake good wordis and swete and wos an holy man of good concience ¶ And Merlyn said that this henri shÌold make the fairest place of the world that in his tyme shuld not be fully endid ¶ And he said soth for he made the new werke of the abbey of sent Petris chirch at westmynster that is fairer of sight then ony other place that ony men knaweth thurgh out all cristyndom but kiÌg henri died or that werke wer fully at an end that wos gret harme ¶ And yit said Merlyn that this Lambe shuld haue pees the most tyme of his regne And he said full soth for he wâs neuer annoyed thurgh were ne desesed iÌ no maner wise till a lytell before his deth Merlyn said iÌ his êfecie more Ì iÌ the regne end of the forsaid laÌbe a wolfe of a straÌge land shÌuld do hiÌ moch harme thorow his were that he shuld at the last bene master thurgh help of a reed fox that shuld cum forth of the northwest and shuld him ouercum And that he shuld driue him out of the water and that êfecy full well was knawen for within a litell tyme or the kyng died SymoÌd of Mounteford erle of Leicestre that was borne in frauÌse began ayenst him strong were thurgh which doyng mony a good bacheler was shent deid Ì disherite ¶ And when kyng Henri had the victori at Eusham Ì SymoÌd the erle wos slayn thurgh help might of Gilbert of Clare erle of Gloucestre that wos in kepiÌg ward of the forsaid SymoÌd thurgh ordinance of kyng Henri that weÌt ayen vn to the kyng with moch pouer ¶ Wherfor the forsaid SymoÌd wos shÌent and that wos gret harme to the ê¯mynes of Englond that so good a man was sheÌt for the trouth and died in charite and for the commyns profite of the same folke and therfor almyghty god for him hath sithens shewed mony a full fair myracull vn to diuerse men and women of the sekenes Ì disese that they haue had for the loue of him ¶ And Merlyn also told and said in his propheci that after that tyme the Lambe shuld leue no while and than his seed shuld bene in strange land with out any pasture ¶ And he said so the. for kyng Henri leued no while after when that Symond mouÌfort wos deid that kyng Henri ne died anone after him ¶ And in the meyn tyme Sir Edward his son that wos the best kyng of the world of honour wos tho in the holy land gat there Acres ¶ And in that cantre he begate on dame Elenour his wife iohan of acres his doughtre that aftward wos Countasse of Glocestre And made such a viage in the holy land that all the world spake of his knyghthod and eueri man drad him high and low thurgh out all cristyndom as the stori of him telleth as afterward ye shall here more openli And from the tyme that kyng Henri died till that sir Edward wos crouned kiÌg all the gret lordis of engloÌd were as faderles children without any socour that theÌ might maiÌten Ì gouerne defend ayens ther dedely emnys GRegririus the ix was pope after Honori This man canonysit mony saintis Ì defendit mighteli the chirche ayenes Frideric therfor he toke mony pÌlatis and ij cardinalis the wich went to couÌsell ayens hyÌ This pope wos seged iÌ the cite of Rome by the emprour Ì he saw the romans wer corruppid by the monay of the emprour Then he toke in his handis the hedes of the appostils Petur Paule and went with precession fro the chirche of sent IohnÌ latronens to sent petres chirche And so he gat the hertis of the romans and then tho emprour went far a way fro the cite This pope made frere Iaymond to ê¯pill the .v. bokis of the decretals of mony pistils docreis· And after with mony tribulacions of this tyrand and other he decessid and ãâ¦ã Celestinus the iiij was pope after Gregori almost a moÌthe and he was in his lyfe and in his conyng laudabull And he was an old maÌ a febull Ì decessid and ther was no pope after him almost a xij monthes Innocenciê° the iiij was pope after him xi yere sex moÌthes This man canonysit mony sentis Ì Frederik the emprour he deposid Ì cursed as a emny to god the chirch in the thrid yere that he was made pope Ì he was holpen by the ianuencis ¶ Then was henri the sex chosen willm by the popis commandement ayens Frederic on after an other bot they êualid not to ower cum his tyrannyde for he was ouer mighti ne thes wer not crouned for they decessid anoÌe Thomas de aquino an holy doctor Albartus magnus the bisshop of RatisponeÌs Eustacius Boneauentur a deuote doctor wer this tyme the wich distruied moch heresi enfeckid by the Emprour Alexander was pope after Innocent vij yere litell of him is writyn Vrbanus was after him iij. yere iij. moÌthes This maÌ drofe a way the host of the sarisens by men merkid with the cros thee wich Maufred had send ayens the chirche Ì the pope toke the kiÌgdome of Cicill to the kiÌgis broder of fraunce that
spenser the son had the thrid ête in his wifes half the iij. sustre tho ij lordis went to the barons with al ther pouer ayens sir hugh ther broder in law and so ther come with them sir Roger of Clifford sir IohnÌ Mombrey sir Goselin dauill sir roger Mortimer of werke sir roger mortimei of wigmore his nepheu sir Henri Trais sir IohnÌ Giffrad sir Bartholemew of badelsmore with all ther companye and mony oder that to them were consent all the gret lordis comen vn to westmynstre to the kyngê êlament and so they spoken and did that bothe sir huge Spenser the fadre and also the son were outlawed of Englond for euer more ¶ And so sir hugh the fadre went vn to Douer and made moch sorow and fell doune vpon the ground by the see banke acros with his armes and sore wepiÌg said Now fair englond good englond to all myghty god I the betake and thries cussid the grouÌd and wened neuer for to haue comen ayen and wepyng full sore cursed the tyme that euer he begat sir Hugh his son And said for hiÌ he had lost all Englond and tho in presence of them all thatt were about him he yaf him his curse and went ouer the see to his landis ¶ But hugh the son wold not gone out of Englond bot held him in the see he and his companye robbed .ij. DromoÌdis beside Sandewich and toke and bare away all the goodis that wos on them the value of xl M. pound ¶ How the kyng exiled Erle Thomas of Lancastre Ì all that held with him and how the Mortimer come yeld him to the king and of the lordis HIt wos not long after that the kyng ne made sir Hugh spenser the fadre and sir hugh the son cum ayen in to engloÌd ayens the lordis will of the reame ¶ And sone after the kyng with a strong pouer come and beseged the castell of Ledes Ì in the castell was the lady of Badelesmore for encheson that she wolde not graunte that castell to quene Isabell kiÌg Edwardis wife ¶ But the principall cause was for encheson that sir Bartholomew badelesmere was ayens the kiÌg held with the lordis of englond notheles the kiÌg by help socour of meÌ of londoÌ Ì also of help of southeren men gat the castell maugre of them all that wer therin Ì toke with them all that thei might find ¶ And when the barons of engloÌd herd this tidyng sir Rogere Mortimer and other mony lordis toke the touÌe of burggeworth with strength wherfore the kiÌg was wonder wroth let outlaw thomas of Lancastre Ì vmfra de Bohoune erle of herford Ì all tho that wer assentant to the same quarell ¶ And the kyng asseÌbled an huge host Ì come ayenst the lordis of engloÌd wherfor the Mortimers put theÌ in the kiÌgê merci Ì his grace Ì anoÌe they wer sent to the toure of london Ì ther kept iÌ prisoÌ Â¶ And when the barons herd this thyng they comen to Pountfret ther that the erle Thomas sodiourned Ì told him how that Mortimers both had yeld them to the kyng Ì put them in his grace ¶ Of the sege of Tykhill WHen Thomas erle of Lancastre herd this they wer wonder wroth and all that wer of his companie Ì gretly they wer discomfited and ordeyned theyr pouer to geder beseged thee castell of Tykhill but tho that wer within so manly defeÌdid heÌ that the barons might not get the castell wheÌ the kiÌg herd that his castel was beseged he swore by god Ì bi his names that the sege shÌold be remeued and assemaled an huge pouer of pepull went thiderward to reskewe the castell his pouer encresid froÌ day to dai ¶ When the erle of Lancastre Ì the erle of Herford the barones of ther companye herd of this thiÌg they assembled all ther pouer went them to Burton vpoÌ Trent kept the brigge that the king shold not passe ouer ¶ But it befell so on the x. day of march in the yere of grace M.ccc Ì xxi· The kyng the spenser sir Aymer valaunce erle of PeÌbroke IohnÌ erle of AruÌdall Ì hir pouer weÌt ouer the water discomfited the erle Thomas his companye and they fled to the castell of Tutberi and from thens they weÌt vn to Pountfret ¶ And in that viage died sir Roger Danmore in the abbey of tutberi ¶ And in that same time the Erle Thomas had a traytour with him that wos called Robert of HolaÌd a knyght that the erle had brought vp of nought had norisshed him iÌ his botelerie had yeue him a thousand marke of land by yere so moch the erle loued him that he myght do in the erles courte all thiÌg that him liked bothe among hie lawe and so quenteli tho these bare him ayens his lorde that he tristed more vpon him then he did vpon ony man a liue ¶ And the erle had ordened by his letters for to wend in to the erledom of Lancastre to make men arise to helpe him that viage that is to say v. C men of armes ¶ But the fals traytur come not ther no maner men for to warne ne for to make arise to help his lord ¶ And wheÌ that the fals traitour hard tell that his lord was discomfited at burtân vpon trent as a fals traytour thefe stole a way and robbed iÌ Rauensdele his lordis men that come from the scomfiture and toke of them hors and harnes and al that they had killid of them all that he myght take come yeld hiÌ to the kiÌg ¶ WheÌ the good erle Thomas wist that he wos so betraied he wos sore abashed Ì said to hiÌ self O all mighty god how myght Robert Holand find in his hert me to betray sithens that I haue loued hiÌ so moch O god well may naw a man see bi him that no man may dissaue an oder rather than he that he trustis most vpon he hath full euell yeld me my goodnesse and the worshÌip that I haue to him done and thurgh my kyndenesse haue him a vaunced and made hie wher that he wos lowe And he maketh me go from high vn to lâw but yit shall he die an euell deth ¶ Of the scomfiture of Burbrugge THe good Erle Thomas of Lancastre Humfrey de bohouÌe Erle of Herford and the barons that with hem were tokeÌ councell bitwen them at the frere prechours in Pountfret Tho thought Tomas vpoÌ the traitorie of robert Holand and seied in reproue Alas holand had me betraied ay is the reed of some euell shreed and by the commune assent they shuld all wend to the castell of Dunstanburgh the wich êteyned to the erldom of Lancastre that they shold abide ther till that the kiÌg had foryef them ther
accordid not to the kind blod of englond And if so gret lordis had bene onli weddid to english pepull than shuld pees haue bene and rest amonges them with owt any enuy ¶ And at that bataill was roger Clifford take sir IohnÌ monbray sir willm Tuchit sir willm Fitz willm Ì moÌy other worthy knyghtys ther wer take at that bataill And sir hugh Dandell the next day after wos taken Ì put iÌ to prison and shuld haue be done to deth if he had not spoused the kyngê nece that was erle Gilbertis sustre of Glocestre ¶ And anoÌe after wos sir Bartholomew of badelsmere taken at stowe paarke a maner of the bisshoppis of Lyncolne that wos his nepheu Ì mony other barons Ì banerâttz wherfore wos made moch sorow ¶ How Thomas of Lancastre wos heded at pounâfret .v. barons honged and drawen ther. ANd now I shall tell yow of the nobull erle Thomas of Lancastre when he wos taken and brought to yorke moÌy of the Cite wer full glad and vpon him cried with an high vois O sir traitour ye er welcome blissid be god for now shall ye haue the reward that long tyme ye haue deserued cast vpon him mony snowe balles and mony other reproues they did him bot the gentill erle all suffred Ì said nothir on word ne other ¶ And in the same tyme the king herd of this same scomfiture and wos full glad Ì in hast come to PouÌtfret sir hugh spenser sir hugh his son sir IohnÌ erle of Arundell Ì sir Edmond of wodestoke the kynges brother erle of Kent and sir Aymer of valaunce erle of Penbroke and master Robert Baldoke a fals piled clarke that was priue duellid in the kynges courte all come theder with the kyng and the kyng entred iÌ to the castell ¶ And sir Andrew of Herkela a fals tirant thurgh the kynges commaundement toke with him the gentill erle Thomas to PouÌtfret Ì ther he was prisoned in his own castell that he had new made that stode ayen the abbey of kyng Edward ¶ And sir hugh the spenser the fader his son cast Ì thought how in what maner the good erle Thomas of Lancastre shÌuld be dede with out ony Iugement of hys perys ¶ Wherfore it was ordened thurgh the kyngê Iustices that the kiÌg shold put vpon him pointes of treson ¶ And so it befell that he was led to barre before the kiÌgis Iustis barehed as a thef in a fair hall in his own castell that he had made ther in moÌy a fair fest both to rich and to poer ¶ And thes wer his Iustises sir Hugh spenser the father Aymer of valauÌce erle of peenbroke sir EdmoÌd of wodestoke erle of kent sir IohnÌ of Bretan erle of Richemond sir Robert of Malemethrop Iustice sir roberte him a coulpid in this maner ¶ Thomas at the frist owr lord the kyng this court excludeth you of all maner ansuere ¶ Thomas our lord the kyng putteth vpon yow that ye haue in his land riden with banner displayed ayens his pes as a tratoure And with that worde the gentill erle Thomas with an high vois said nay lordis forsoth bi sent Thomas I was neuer traytour ¶ The Iustice said ayen tho ¶ Thomas our lord the kyng puteth vpon you that ye haue robbed his folk and mordred his pepull as a thefe ¶ Thomas also the kyng put vpon you that he discomfited you and your pepull with his folkd in his own reame wherfor ye went and fled to the wodde as an outlawe ¶ And also ye were taken as an outlawe ¶ And Thomas as a traitour ye shall be hanged by reson but the kiÌg hath for yef you that Iewes for loue of quene Isabell ¶ And thomas reson wold also that ye shuld be hanged but the kiÌg hath for yef you that Iewes for cause and loue of your linage ¶ But Thomas For os moch as ye wer take fleyng Ì as an outlaw the king wyll that your hede shall be smyte of as ye haue well deserued Anone doth him out of prece and anone bring him to his iugement ¶ The gentill knyght Thomas had herd all thes wordis with an high vois he cried sore wepyng and said alas sent thomas fair fader Alas shall I be dede thus ¶ Graunte me now blissidfoll god ansuer but all a vailled him nothyng For the cursed Gascoyns put him hither thedder and on him cried with an high vois O kyng Arthur most dredfull well knawen is now thyn open traitorie an euell dethe shalt thow die has thow hast it well diseruyed ¶ And tho they set vpen his hede in scorn an hold chapelet that wos all to rent that wos not worth an half penne ¶ And after that they set him vpon a leue white palfra full vn semeli and eke all bare and with an hold bridell and with an horribul noise they droue him out of the Castell toward his deth and they cast vpon him mony balles of snowe iÌ disspite ¶ And as the traitoris lad him out of the Castell tho saied he this pytouse wordis and his handes held vp on hight toward the heuen Now the kyng of heuen yef vs merci for the erthely kyng hath vs forsakyn And a frere prechour wenten with him out of the castell till that he com to the place that he endid his lyfe vn to whom he shrofe him all his life ¶ And the gentill erle held the frere wonder fast by the clothis and said to him fair fadre abide with vs till that I be dede for my flesh quaketh for drede of deth ¶ And the soth for to say the gentill erle set him vpon his knees and turned him toward the est but a ribaud that was called Higone of Moston set hand vpon the gentill erle and saied in despite of him Sir traytour turne the toward the scottes thy soule dede to vnderfenge and turned him toward the Northe ¶ The nobull erle Thomas ansuered tho with a myld vois said now fair lordis I shall done your will And with that woide the frere went from him sore wepyng and anone a ribaude went to him and smote of his hede the xi Kal. of Auerell in the yere of grece M.ccc xxi ¶ Alas that euer such a geÌtill blod shall be done to deth with out cause and reson ¶ And tratorsly wos the kyng couÌcellid wheÌ he thurgh the fals counsell of the speÌsers suffred sir Thomas his vncles son to be put to such a deth so bene heded ayens all maner of reson and gret pitte it was also that such a nobull kyng shÌuld be desceiued mysgouerned thurgh counsell of the fallis spenseres the wich tho he maiÌteneyd thorow loselrie ayens his honour and eke êfite For afterward ther fell gret vengeaunce in englond for encheson of the foresaid Thomas deth ¶ When the gentill
for as moch as thou hast bene orped in thy dedis he ded to the moch honour and made the erle of Cardoill thou as a traytour to thi lord the kyng ladest his pepull of his cuntre that shuld haue holpe him at the bataill of Beiland and thou ladest them a way by the cuntre of Copeland and thurgh the Erledom of of lancastre Wherfor our lord the kyng was discomfited ther of the scottis thurgh thy treson and falsenesse And if thou hadest comen be tymes he had had the bataill and tresoÌ thou diddest for the gret soume of gold and siluer that thou vnderfenge of Iames Douglas a scot the kynges enmye ¶ And our lord the kyng will that the ordir of knyghod by the which thou vnderfeng all thyn honoor and worship vpon thy body be al brought to nought thi estate vndone that other knyghttes of lawer degre mow after be war the wich lord hath the a vauÌced hugli in diuerse cuntreis in Englond that all may take exsample by the ther lord afterward trewly for to serue ¶ Tho commanded he a knaue anone to hewe of his spors on his heles And after he let brake the swerd ouer his hede the wich the kyng yaf him to kepe Ì defeÌd his land ther with when he had made him erle of Cardoill ¶ And after he let him be vnclothed of his furred tabard Ì of his hode of his furred cotes and of his gurdel when this wos don sir Antonye said vn to him Andrew quod he now art thow no knyght bot a knaue Ì for thi treson the kyng will that thow shalt bene honged and drawe Ì thyn hede smyten of Ì thi bowelels taken out of thy body Ì brent before the thy body quartired thyn he desent to london and ther it shall stond vpoÌ londoÌ brigge and the .iiij. quarters shall be sent to iiij touÌes of englond that all other may be war Ì chastised bi the. ¶ And as Antonye said so it was done all maner thyng in the last day of October In the yere of grace M ccc xxij yere ¶ And the sone turned in to blod as the pepull it saw that durid from the morne till it was xi of the cloke of the day ¶ Of the myracles that god wrought for sent thomas of Lancastre wherfore the kyng let close in the chirche doris of the Priore of pountfret that no maÌ shuld cum therin to the body for to offren ANd sone after that the good erle Thomas of Lancastre was martired ther was a prest that long tyme had be blind dremed in his slepyng that he shuld gone vn to the hill ther that the good erle thomas of lancastre wos done vn to deth and he shold haue his sight ayen and so he dremed .iij nyghtis fewyng ¶ And the prest let lede him to the same hill And when he com to that place that he was martirid on full deuoutly he made ther his praiers Ì prayed god Ì sent Thomas that he myght haue his sight ayen os he was in his praiers he laid his right hand vpoÌ the same place that the good man was martired on Ì a drope of dry blod smale sand cleued on his hand ther with striked his eeyn And anone thurgh the might of god of sent Thomas of Lancastre he had his sight ayen and thanked tho almyghty god and sent Thomas ¶ And wheÌ this miracle wos knowen among men the pepull come thider on euery side and knelid made ther praiers at his toumbe that is in the priorie of pountfret and praied that holy merter of socour and of help god herd ther prayer ¶ Also ther wos a yong child drenched in a well in the toune of pouÌtfret wos dede .iij. dais Ì iij. nyghtis men come Ì laid the deid child vpoÌ sent Thomas tombe the holy marter the childe arose from deth to liue as mony a man it saw ¶ And also moch pepull wer owt of ther mynd and god hath sent them ther mynd ayen thurgh uertu of that holy martir ¶ And also god hath yeuen ther also to crippils ther goyng Ì to crokid ther handis ther fete and to blind also ther sight· Ì to mony seke folke ther helth of diuerse maladies for the loue of this good martir ¶ Also ther wos a rich maÌ in Coundom in gascoyn Ì such a maladie he had that all his right side roted and fell away froÌ hiÌ that men myght se his liuer his hert so he stonke that vnneth men might cuÌ ny hiÌ wherfor his freÌdis wer for hiÌ woÌder sori bot at the last as god wold they praid to sent Thomas of lancastre that he wold prai to almyghty god for that prisoner Ì behight to go to Pountfret for to done ther pilgrimage he thoht that the mertir sent Thomas coÌ to him annoynted ouer all his sike body ¶ And ther with the good man awoke wos all hole his fleshe wos restorid ayen that before wos roted fallen away ¶ For wich miracle the good man his freÌdis loued god sent Thomas euer mere after ¶ And this good man come iÌ to engloÌd Ì toke with hiÌ iiij felowes come to pouÌtfret vn to that holy marter Ì did ther pilgrimage Ì the good man that was seke come theder all naked safe his priue clothis ¶ And wheÌ they had done they turned home ayen iÌ to ther own cuÌtre told of the miracle wher so euer that they come ¶ And also ij meÌ haue be heled ther of the mormale thurgh helpe of that holy marter though that euell be holdeÌ incurabull ¶ And wheÌ the spensers herd that god did such miracles for this holi maÌ they nold be leue it iÌ no maner wise ⪠bot said opeÌli that it was grete heresi such vertu of hiÌ to beleue ¶ And when sir hugh the spenser the son saw all this doyng anoÌe he sent his messanger froÌ pountfret ther that he duellid to the kiÌg Edward that tho wos at Grauen at Scipton for cause that the kiÌg shold vndo that pilgrimage ¶ And os the ribaud the messiÌger went toward the kiÌg for to done his message he come bi the hill ther the good marter was don to deth Ì in the same place he made his ordure And when he had don he went toward the kiÌg a strong flix come vpoÌ him or that he come to yorke tho he shedde all his bowels at his fouÌdement ¶ And when sir hugh the spenser herd this tydiÌg somedele he was a drad Ì thought for to vn do the pilgrimage if he myght by ony maner way ¶ And anoÌe to the kiÌg he went said that they shuld be in gret sklander thurgh out all cristiÌdom for the deth of Thomas of Lancastre if that he suffred the
peple to do ther pilgrimage at pountfret Ì so he couÌcelled the kiÌg that he coÌmauÌded to closse the chirche dores of pountfret in the wich chirche the holi marter sent Thomas was entered thus they did ayen all frauÌchises of holy chirche so that· iiij yere after might no pilgrime cuÌ vn to that holy body ¶ And for encheson that the monkis suffred men to cuÌ honour that holy body of sent Thomas the martir thurgh coÌcell of sir hugh spenser the son and thurgh couÌcell also of master Robert Baldoke the fals piled clarke that wos the kiÌges chauncelar the kyng consentid that they shuld be set to ther wages and let make wardeyns ouer ther own good long time thurgh coÌmaÌdement of the forsaid sir hugh the spenser xiiij Gascoynes well armed kept the hill ther that the good man sent Thomas was done vn to his deth so that no pilgrame might cum by that way ¶ Full well went he to haue be take cristis myght Ì his pouer and the gret boos of miracles that he shewed for his marter Sent Thomas thurgh all cristyndom ¶ And that same tyme the kyng made Robert of Baldok the fals piled clarke thurgh praier of sir hugh the spenser the son ChauÌcelar of englond ¶ And in the same tyme was the castell of Walynford holdeÌ ayens the kyng thurgh the prisoners that wer within the castell for sent Thomas quarell of Lancastre ¶ Wherfor the pepull of the cântre come and toke the castell vpon the prisoners ¶ Wherfore Sir IohnÌ of Goldington knyght sir Edmond of beche prisoners Ì a squyer that was called Roger of walton· wer take and sent vn to the kyng to Pountfret and ther they werdone in to prison and the forsaid Roger was sent vn to yorke Ì ther he was draw honged ¶ And anone after sir roger Mortimer of wygmore brake out of the tour of London in this maner ¶ The forsaid reg herd that he shÌuld be draw Ì honged at londoÌ in the morow after sent Laurence day Ì on the day before he held a fair fest in the tour of londoÌ ther wos sir Stephen segraue constable of the tour moÌy gret men with them ¶ And when they shuld sope the forsaid Stephen sent for all the offisers of the tour and they come sopid with him And when they shuld take ther leue of him a squyer that was called Stephen that was full priue with the forsaid Roger thurgh his couÌsell yaf them all such a drinke that the lest of them all slept ij dais ij nyghtis iÌ the meyn tyme he scappid away by water that is to say bi the Thamse weÌt ouer the see held him in fraunce ¶ Wherfor the kiÌg wos sore annoyed tho put thee same Stephen out of his coÌstablerie ¶ How the quene Isabell went in to fraunce for to treten of pees bytwen hir lord the kyng of Englond and the king of fraunce hir brother THe kyng went tho vn to london ther thurgh coÌcell of sir hugh the spenser the fader Ì of his son of master robert baldoke a fals piled clarke his Chanceler let seise tho all the quenes landes iÌ to his handis Ì also all the landis that wer sir Edward his son wer so put to hir wages ayenst all maner resoÌ that wos thurgh the falsenesse of the speÌsers ¶ And wheÌ the kiÌg of frauÌce that wos quene Isabelles broder herd of this falsenes he was sore annoyed ayens the kiÌg of englond Ì his fals couÌcelers ¶ Wherfor he sent a letter to kiÌg edward vnder his seal that he shuld cuÌ iÌ to frauÌce at a certen day for to done his homage ther to he somened hiÌ Ì elles he shold lese all Gascoyn ¶ And so it was ordeyned in englond thurgh the kiÌg his couÌcell that quene Isabell shold wend in to frauÌce for to tret of pees bitwen hir lord hir brother And that oliuer of Yngham shuld weÌd in to gascoyn haue with him vij thousand men Ì mo of armes to be seneshall Ì wardeyne of gascoyn so it wos orddyned that quene Isabel weÌt ouer se come in to frauÌce with hir went sir Aymer of valaÌce erle of peÌbrok that wos ther mordred sodeÌli iÌpue sege bot that wos thurgh godis veÌgeaunce for he wos on of the Iustices that ê¯sentid to sent Thomas deth of laÌcastre Ì wold neuer after repeÌte hiÌ of that wikkid dede Ì at that tim sir oliuer of ynghaÌ went ouer iÌ to gascoiÌ did moch harme to the kiÌg of Fraunca and tho he gat ayen that kyng Edward had lost and moch more ther to ¶ How kyng Edward sent sir Edward his son the eldest in to fraunce THe quene Isabell had but a quart of a yere duelled iÌ frauÌce bot sir Edward hir eldest son axed leue tho for to wende in to fraunce for to speke with his mother Isabell the quene ¶ And his fader the kyng grauÌted him with a good will and said to him Go my fair sone in goddis blissing myne thiÌke for to cuÌ ayen as hastely as thou may ¶ And he went ouer see Ì come in to frauÌce ¶ And the king of frauÌce his vncle vnderfenge him with moch honour said vn to him fair son ye be welcoÌ for be cause that your fader come not to done his homage for the duchie of Gnyhene as his auncestres wer wont for to do I yeue you that lordship to hold it of me in heritage as all maner auÌcestres did be fore you wher fore he was called duke of Gnyhenne ¶ How the kiÌg exiled his quene Isabel edward his heldest son WHen kyng Edward of englond herd tell how the kyng of fraunce had yeue the duchie of Gnyhen vn to sir Edwarde his son with out consent Ì will of him Ì that his sone had vnderfonge the duchie he become wonder wroth Ì sent to his sone by letter to his wyfe also that they shuld cum ayen in to englond in all the hast that they myght And the quene Isabell and sir Edward hir sone wer woÌder sore adrad of the kynges manace and of his wroth principally for the falsenes of the spensers both of the father Ì eke the son at his commaundement they wold not cum ¶ Wherfore kyng edward wos full sore annoyed Ì let make a crie at londoÌ that if quene Isabell and edward hir eldest sone come not in to englond that they shuld bene holde as our enmys both to the reame and eke to the croun of engloÌd ¶ And for that thei nolÌd cum in to englond bot both wer exiled the moder and hir son ¶ When the quene Isabell herd this tidinges she wos sore adrad to be shÌent thurgh the fals congettyng of the spencers ¶ And weÌt with the knyghtys that wer
to the kynges pauilon Ì killed ther mony men in ther beddis cried some Naward naward an oder time a Douglos a douglas Wherfor the kyng that wos in his pauilon mech oder folk were wonder sore afraied but blyssid be almyghty god the kyng wos not taken in gret parell was tho the ream of englond ¶ And that nyght the mone shone full clere bright for all the kiÌgê meÌ the scottis ascappid harmeles ¶ And iÌ the morow whaÌ the kyng wist that the scottis wer a scappid iÌ to ther own cuntre he wos wonder sori Ì full hertely wepid with his yong eyn Ì yit wist he nott who had hiÌ done that treson bot that falÌs tresoun was full well knaw a good while after as the stori telleth ¶ Tho kiÌg edward come ayen to yorke full sorowfull his host deêted and euery man went in to his own cuntre with full heuy chere and mornyng semblant the henaudes toke ther leue Ì went iÌ to ther own cuntre the kynge for ther trauell hugeli them rewardid ¶ And for encheson of that viage the kyng had dispendid moch of his tresour wasted ¶ And in that tyme wer seyn ij mones in the firmament that on was clere that other was derke as men might se thurgh out the world and a gret debate wos that same tyme ayens pope Iohan the xxij after sent petre Ì the Emprour of Almayn tho made him Emprour ayens the popis wyll that tho held his see at Auinion ¶ Wherfor the eÌpror made his crie at Rome ordeyned an oder pope that hight Nycholas that wos a frere mynor and that was ayens the right of holy chirch ¶ Wherfor he wos cursed the pouer of that oder pope sone wos leid And for enchesoÌ that suche meruellis wer seyn meÌ said that the world was nygh at an end ¶ Of the deth of kyng Edward Carnariuan ANd now go we ayen to sir Edward of Carnariuan that was kyng Edward fadre sum tyme kyng of englond put doune of his dyngnite Alas for his tribulacion and sorow that him befell thurgh fals councell that he loued and triftid vpoÌ to moch that afterward wer destroyed thugh ther falsenesse as god wold ¶ And this Edward of Carnariuan wos in the castell of Berkelay vnder the kepyng of Sir Moris of Berkeley sir Iohan of Mautreus and to them he made his complaynt of his sorow and of his disese and oft tyme he axed of his wardens what he had trespased ayens Dame Isabell his wife and Sir edward his son that was made new king that they wold not viset him ¶ And tho ansuerid on of his wardeynes and said my worthy lord displese yow not that I shall tell you the encheson is for it is done them to vnderstond that if my lady your wife come any thing ny you that ye wold hir strangle and kyll and also that ye wold do to my lord your son the same ¶ Tho ansuered he with simple chere Alas alas am I not iÌ prison and all at your own will now god hit wote I thought it neuer and now I wold that I wer dede so wold god if that I wer for than wer all my sorow passed ¶ Hit was not long tyme after that the kyng thurgh ê¯cell of Roger Mortimer grauÌtid the ward kepiÌg of sir edward his fadre vn to sir Thomas Toiourney Ì to the forsaid sir IohnÌ Mautreuers thurgh the kynges lettre put out holy the forsaid sir Morice of the ward of the kyng they toke Ì led the kyng vn to the castell of Corfe the wich castell the kyng hated as any deth they keped hiÌ ther till it come vn to sent Mathewes day iÌ septeÌbre in the yere of grace M.ccc.xxvij that the forsaid sir Roger Mortimer sent the maner of the deth how Ì in what wise he shÌold be done to deth ¶ And anone as the forsaid Thomas Iohan had seyn the letter Ì commaundemeÌt they made kiÌg Edward Carnariuan good chere good so las as they myght at that soper nothiÌg the kiÌg wist of the tratorie ¶ And wheÌ time wos for to go to bedde the kiÌg went vn to his bed Ì lay slept fast as the king lay slept the tratourys fals for sworne ayens ther homage ther feaute come priueli in to the kynges chambre Ì ther company with them and laid an huge tabull vpoÌ his wombe with men pressed held fast douÌe the .iiij corners of the tabull vpon his body wherwith the good man awoke Ì wos wonder sore a drad to be dede ther and slayn and turned his body tho vpsedoune ¶ Tho toke the fals traitours and wode tirantis an horne and put it in to hys fundement as depe as they myght toke a spit of coper brennyng put it thurgh the horne in to his body and oft tymes roulled ther with his bowels and so they kylled ther lord that nothyng wos êsaued Ì after he was entered at glocestre ¶ How kyng Edward spoused Philip the Erles doughter of Henaud at Yorke ANd after Cristemasse tho next swyng sir IohnÌ of henaud brought with hiÌ Phelip his brothers doughter that was erle of Henaud his nece in to englond· Ì kiÌg edward spoused hir at york with moch honour ¶ And sir IohnÌ of Bothum bisshop of Ely and sir wyllm of melton Erchebisshop of yorke songen thee masse the sonday in the eue of ê¯uersion of sent Paule In the yere of grace a M.ccc.xxvij but for encheson that the kyng wos bot yong tendre of age when he wos crouned full mony wronges wer done while that his fadre leued for encheson that he trowed the councelers that wer fals a bout him that counceled him to done other wise than reson wold wherfor gret harme was done to the reame to the kyng all meÌ directid it the kiÌes dede Ì it was not so almighty god it wote Wher fore it wos ordeyned at the kynges crouning that the kyng for his tendre age shuld be gouerned by xij of the gretest lordis of englond with out wich no thiÌg shÌuld be done that is to sai The erchebisshop of Cantorburi the erchebishop of yorke the bisshop of wynchestre Ì the bisshop of herthforth the erle of Lancastre the erle marshall the erle of Kent that wer the kiÌges vnches the erle of Garenne sir Thomas wake sir heÌri of Perci sir oliuer of yngham IohnÌ of Roos barons ¶ All thes wer sworne trewly for to councell the kyng And they shuld ansuer euery yere in the êlament of that that shuld be don in the tyme of that gouernall bot that ordeynance wos sone vndone Ì that wos moch harme to all englond· ¶ For the kiÌg all the lordis that shuld gouerne hiÌ wer gouerned Ì ruled after the kyngê
wodstoke erle of kent had takeÌ him closed Ì enseled with his own seale ¶ And weÌ sir roger mortimer had vnderfeng the letter he vnclosid it Ì saw what was coÌteyned theriÌ Ì began it for to rede wherof the begynnyng wos this ¶ Worshippes reuerens with brothers legeaunce subieccion Sir knyght worsshipfull dere broder if it you plese I pray you hertely that ye be in good coÌforth for I shall so ordeyn for you that ye shall cum out of prison be deliuered of that disese that ye be in And vnderstondeth of your gret lordship that I haue to me assentant almost all the gret lordis of englond with all ther apparaill that is to sai with armure with tresour with out nombre for to maynten yor quarell so ferforth that ye shall be kyng ayen as ye wer before and that they haue suorne to me vpon a boke Ì as well prelatis as erles and barons ¶ When sir Roger the Mortimer saw and vnderstode the myght and thee strength of the lettre anone his hert for wroth gan boll and euel hert bare toward sir Edmond of wodstoke that was the erle of kent And with all the hast that he myght he went vn to Dame Isabell the quene that wos the kiÌges moder Ì shewed hir sir edwardes lettre and his will and his purpose And how that he had coniected and ordeynde to put doune kyng edward of wyndesore hir son of his rialte and of his kyngdom ¶ Now certis sir Roger qd she hath sir edmond done so now by my fadre soule quod she I will bene therof auenged if that god graunte me life and that in a shorte tyme ¶ And with that the quene Isabell went vn to the kyng edward hir son ther he was at thee êlament at wynchestre for to haue a mende the wronges and the trespaces that were doon among the pepull in his reame ¶ And tho toke she shewed him the letter that sir Edmond of wodstoke erle of kent had made and enseled with his own seale And bad him vpon hir benyson that he shÌuld be a venged vpon edmond as vpon his dedely enmye ¶ Tho was the quene so wroth toward sir edmond the erle of kent cessid neuer to pray vn to hir son till that he had sent in all the hast after him ¶ And vpon that the kyng sent by his lettres after sir Edmond of wodstoke that he shuld cum and speke with him at wynchestre all maner thyng left ¶ And whan sir edmond saw that the kyng sent after him with his lettres enselid he hasted him in all that he myght till that he come vn to wynchestre but wen the quene wist that ser edward wos cumyn to wynchestre tho anone she praied and so fast went vn to the kyng edward hir son that the good erle wos a restid anone and lad vn to the barre before Robert of Hamond that wos coroner of the kynges house hold and he associed vn to him sir Roger the Mortimer Ì tho spake the foresaid Robert and said ¶ Sir Edmond erle of kent ye shall vnderstond that it is done vs to witt and principally vn to our liege lord the kyn Edward of englond all myghty god him saue and kepe that ye be his dedely enmye a tratour Ì also a comune enmye vn to the reame and that ye haue ben a bout mony day for to make priue deliueraunce of sir edward sum tyme kyng of englond your brother the wich was put doune of his rialte by the comun assent of all the lordis of englond in pesyng of our lord the kyng estate and also of his reame ¶ Tho ansuerid the good man Ì said forsoth sir vnderstondeth well that I was neuer traitour to my kyng ne to the ream that I do me on god and on all the world Ì therfore be my kinges leue I shÌall it pÌue and defend as a man aught for to do ¶ Tho said Mortimer sir edmoÌd it is so ferforth know that it may not be well gaynsaid that iÌ presens of all that here be it shal be well proued Now had this fals Mortimer the same lettre that sir Edmond had taken vn to sir Iohan Dauerill in the castell of Corf for to take to kyng Edward his brother that sir edmond wist not of ne supposed no thyng that sir IohnÌ Dauerell had bene so fals to deliuer his letter in such wise vn to the Mortimer and thought no maner thing of that letter thaÌ mortimer said to sir edmoÌd shewed a letter seled axed him if that he knew that letter the seal ¶ This sir edmond loked ther on Ì a vised him long tyme on the printe of the seal for he might not se the letter with in what wos theriÌ wist well that it was his seal and thought that it had be some letter that had bore no gret charge and thought no thing of that oder letter and said openly in hering of them all ye forsoth this is my seall I will it not forsake ¶ Lo quod the mortimer sires ye hereth all what he has said that he knowleches hiÌ that this is his letter and his seal and now ye shall here all what is conteyued ther in ¶ And than this mortimer opened the letter that he had folden afore to gedre and red it openli word be word in hering of them all ¶ And wheÌ the letter was red he said lo sires ye haue herid all that here is written Ì that he hath knowlecheth that this is his letter and his seal Ì he may not go ther fro ¶ And than they cried yaf dome that he shuld be honged and draw and his hede smyten of in maner of a trator and he and his heiris disherited for euer more And so he was lad forth and put in to prison ¶ And when this wos done and the quene wist that he wos dampned by way of law both of life and limme and his heires disherited for euer more thurgh opyn knowle chyng in playn court ¶ Wherfore them thought that it wer good that the forsaid sir edmond wer hasteli kylled with out wittiÌg of the kyng or els the kyng lyghtly wold for yef him his deth and than it shuld turne them to moch sorow so os he wos enpeched ¶ And anone the quene thurgh councell of the Mortimer and with out ony other councell sent in hast to the Balifs of wynchester that they shuld smyte of sir Edmond hede of wodstoke erle of Kent with out any maner of bydyng or respite vp payn of lyfe and lyme and that he shuld haue none other execucion be cause of tarieng not withstonding the IugemeÌt Tho tokeÌ the balifs sir Edmond out of prisoÌ and lad him beside the castell of wynchestre and ther they made a gong fermer smyte of his hede for none other durst it done so died he ther
Alas the while that is to sai the x. day of October the iij. yere of kyng Edwardis regne and whan the kyng wist ther of he wos wonder sori Ì let entier him at the frere mynors at wynchestre ¶ Of the deth of sir Roger mortimer erle of march ANd so it befell at that tyme that sir Roger Mortimer erle of the marche was so proud and se hauteyn that he helde no lord of the reame his pere and tho become he so couetous that he folowed Dame Isabell the quenes court that wos kyng Edwardis modre and beset his penyworthis with the offics of the quenes housold in the same maner that the kynges officers did and so he made his takyng as tochyng vitalles and also of cariagis all he did for because of spensis and for to gadre tresur and so he did with out nombre in all that he myght ¶ Tho made he hym wonder priue with the quene Isabell Ì so moch lorship Ì reteneu had so that al the gret lordis of englond of him wer adrad Wherfore the kyng his coÌcell towardis hiÌ wer agreued Ì ordeyned among them to vndo hiÌ thurgh pure resoÌ law for cause that king edward that was the kyngê fadre traitoursly thurgh him was mordred in the castell of Berkeley as bofore is said more planly iÌ the same part of this boke of his deth ¶ And suÌ that wer of the kynges coÌcell loued the martimer and told him in priuete how that the kiÌg Ì his couÌcell wer about froÌ day to day hiÌ for to shend and vndon wherfor the Mortimer was sore annoyed Ì angri as the deuell ayens them that wer of the kiÌges couÌcell said he wold of thaÌ bene avenged how so euer he toke on ¶ It was not long afterward that kynd Edward Ì Dame Phelip his wife Ì Dame Isabell the kyngê modre sir Roger mortimer ne went vn to Notyngham ther for to sodiorne so it befell that the quene Isabell thurgh councell of the Mortimer toke to hir the keys of the yatis of the castell of Notingham so that no man mygh cum nother in ne out by nyght but thurgh commaundement of the Mortimer ne the kyng ne none of his councell ¶ And that tâme it fell so that the Mortimer as a deuell for wroth bolled and also for wrath that he had ayens the kyngê men edward Ì principally ayenest them that had him accused to the kyng of the deth of sir Edward his fadre ¶ And pÌuely a couÌcell was take bitwen quene isabell Ì the Mortimer the bisshÌop of Lyncoln sir Symond of Beford sir Hugh of Trumpyngton and oder priue of ther couÌcell for to vndone them all that had accused the Mortimer vn to the kyng of his fadres deth of treson and of felonie ¶ Wherfore al tho that wer of the kynges councell whan they wysteÌ of thee mortimers castyng priuely come to kiÌg edward Ì said that the mortimer wold them destroy for cause that they had him accused of kiÌg edwardis deth his fadre praid him that he wold maynten them iÌ ther right ¶ And thes were the lordis to pursue this quarell sir william of mountagu sir Humfrey de boâhun sir william his brother sir Rauf of Stafford sir Robert of Hereford sir willm of Clinton sir IohnÌ Neuil of hornby moÌy othre of ther conseÌt and alÌl thes sworen vpon a boke to mayÌten the quaril in as moch as they myght ¶ And it befell so after that sir william moÌtagu ne none of the kiÌges frendis must nat be herbrugged in the Castel for the mortimer· but went and toke ther herbrughe in diuerse places in the toune of Notyngham ¶ And tho were they sore adrad lest that mortimer shuld them destroy And iÌ hast thei come vn to kyng Edward ser william mountagu tho that he wos in the castell and priueli him told that he ne none of his companie shuld not take the mortimer with out couÌcell help of willÌm of Eland ê¯stabul of the same Castel Now certes ê the kiÌg I loue you wel and therfore I councel you that ye go to the forsaid ê¯stabull and commaund him in my name that he be your fiend and your help for to take the Mortimer all thing I left vpon parill of life and limme ¶ Tho said mountaygu sir my lord grouÌt mercy ¶ Tho went forth the forsaid montaygu come to the cuÌstabull of the castell Ì told him the kyngê will ¶ And he ansurid Ì said the kynges will shuld be done in as moch as he myght and that he wold not spare fore no maner deth and so he swore made his oth ¶ Tho said sir willm mountagu to the conestabull iÌ hering of all them that were helpyng vn to the same quarell ¶ Now certis dere frend vs behoueth to worch do by your quentyse for to take the mortimer sith that ye be keê of the castell and haueth the keyes in your ward sir quod the constabull will ye vnderstond that the gates of the castell ben lokked with the lockis that Dame isabell send hider and be nyght she hath the keys therof lieth them vnder the leuesell of the bed vn to the morow and so ye may not cuÌ in to the castell bi the yates in no maner of wise ¶ But I knowe an aley that stretcheth out of the ward vnder the erth in to the forsaid castell that goth in to the west wich aley Dame Isabell the quene ne none of hir men ne the Mortimer ne none of his companie knoweth it not ¶ And so I shall lede you thurgh that aley and so ye shall cum in to thee castell with out aspieng of oni maÌ that ben your emnys ¶ And thee same nyght sir willm mouÌtagu all the lordis of his quarel the same ê¯stabul also weÌt them to horse Ì made semblaÌt as it wer for to wend out of the mortimer sight ¶ But anone as the mortimer herd this tydyng he weÌt that they wold haue gon ouer see for dred of hiÌ and anone he his companie token councell amonges them for to let ther passage sent lettres anone to thee portes so that none of the gret lordis shuld weÌd home to ther own cuÌtre bot if they were arestid Ì take ¶ And amoÌg oder thingê willm Eland conestable of the foresaid castel priueli lad sir william mountagu and his compain by the foresaid way vnder the erth so tilÌ they com iÌ to the castell and went vp in to the toure there that Mortimer was in ¶ But sir hugh of Trumpyngton them ascried hidously and said A traitours it is all for nought that ye be comen vn to this castell ye shall die yit an euell deth euerychon and anone on of them that was in Mountagu is companie vp with a mace and smote the same hugh
wos seyn Ì aperid iÌ the firmament a bemed sterre the wych clarkys calle stella Comata that sterre wos seyn in diuerse êtes af the firmament ¶ Where after anone ther folowed iÌ englond good chepe and wonder gret plente of all cheffar vitaill and marchandise and ther ayens honger scarcite mischief nede off monay ¶ In so moch that a quarter of whete at london was sold for ij shillyng and a good fat ox at a nobull v good doue briddis for a pene in which yere died sir IohnÌ of eltham erle off Cornewaill that wos kiÌg edwardis broder lieth at westmiÌstre ¶ How king Edward made a duchie of the Erldom of Cornwaill also of vi other erles that weer new made Ì of the frist chalenge of the kyngdoÌ of fraunce IN the yere of our lord a. thousand CCC Ì xxxvij of kyng Edward xij in the month of march during the êlament at westmynstre in lent tym kyng Edward made of the erledom of Cornwaill a duchie and let it call the duchie of Cornewaill the wich duchie he yaf vn to Edward his frist son with the erledom of Chestre ¶ And also kyng Edward made at that same tyme .vi. other erll that is for to say sir Henri erle of LaÌcastre son erle of Leycestre willm of Boghun erle of Northhamton villm of Mountagu erle of Salusberi ¶ Hugh of Awdell erle of Glocestre ¶ Robert of vfford erle of Southfolke and willm of Clyton erle of Huntyngton ¶ And in that same yere it wos ordeyned in the same parlament that no maÌ shuld were no clothe that wos wrought out of Englond as clothe of gold ne of silke or veluet or Damaske or Satin Baudkin ne none such other ne none wilde ware ne Furrure of beyond the se but such as myght spendeÌ C. pounde of rent by yere But this ordinance and statute wos but of litell effect For it was nothyng holden ¶ In the .xiij yere of his regne kiÌg Edward went ouer se in to Braban with quene Philip his wyfe ther bering a child at Andewerp ther he duelled more than a yere for to trete with the duke of Braban Ì other allied vn to him of thee chalanging of the kyngdom of FrauÌce to kiÌg Edward of englond by right by heritage after the deth of Karoll the gret kyng of FrauÌce brother Germayne of quene Isabell kiÌg edwardis moder the wich was holden occupied vnrightfull by Philip of valoys the emes sone of the kyng Karoll the wich Duke all his iÌ the forsaid thynges and all other longyng ther to with all his men Ì goodis kiÌg edward fonde redy vn to him and made beheighten him seurte by good feith and trust and after that the kiÌg hasted him in to Englond ayen and left ther the quene styll behynd him in Braban ¶ Than in the xiiij yere of his regne whan all the lordis of his ream and other that fallen to be at his parlament wer called and assembled to gedre in the same parlament holden at london after the fest of sent helarie ¶ The kynges nedes wer put forth and promoted as touching the kiÌgdoÌ of fraunce For which nedis to be sped the kyng axed the fifth ête of all the meuable goodis of englond and the wulles the .ix sheef of euery corne And all lordis of euery toune wher sich thyngê shuld be taxed and gadred shuld ansuer to the kyng ther of and he had it and held it at his own lust and will Wherfore if I shall knowlech the veray trewth the ynner loue of the pepull was turned in to hate and the comyn prayers in to cursing for cause that the comune pepull wer so strongly greued ¶ Also the forsaid Phelip valois of fraunce had gadred vn te him a gret host Ì destruid ther in his êties and kyngdome mony of the kiÌgê frendis of englond with tounes and Castels and mony other of ther lordeshippis and mony harmes shames and dispites did vn to thee quene Wherfore kyng Edward whan he herd this tdyng wos strongly meued and therwith an angred and sent diuerse lettres ouer see to the quene and to other that wer his frendis gladyng them certefieng them that he wold be ther him self in all the hast that he myght ¶ And anone after Ester wan he had sped of al thynges that to him neded to haue he went ouer the se ayen ¶ Of whos comyng the quene and all his frendis wer wonder glad and made moch ioye And all that wer his enmys and ayens him held made as moch sorow ¶ In the same tyme thee kyng thurgh councell of his trew lieges and couÌcell of his lords that ther wer present with him toke the kyng of fraunces name and toke Ì medled the kynges armes of fraunce quartled with the armes of englond commaundid forth with his coyen of gold vnder descripcion and writiÌg of the name of engloÌd Ì of frauÌce to be made best that myght be and that is to say the floreyn that was called the nobull pris of vi shilliÌg viij pens the sterliÌg the half nobull of the value of iij. shilliÌges Ì iiij pens and the farthynges of value xx pens ¶ How Kyng Edward come vn to the scluys and discomfited all the pouer of fraunce in the hauen ANd in the next yere after that is to say the xv yere of his rene he coÌmandid let writ iÌ his chartres writtis other lettres the date of the regne of frauÌce frist And while that he wos thus doiÌg Ì traueling iÌ frauÌce thurgh his couÌcell he wrot to al the pÌlatis Dukis erles Ì barons the nobull lordis of the cuÌtre also to diuerse of the commune pepull diuerse lettres mauÌdementis bering date at GandauÌe the viij dai of februari And anoÌe after with iÌ a litell tyme he come ayen iÌ to engloÌd with the quene Ì hir childer ¶ And iÌ the same yere on mydsomer eue he begaÌ to sail toward frauÌce ayen maÌly stifly fell vpoÌ Phelip of valois thee wich long tyme lay Ì had gadred to hiÌ a full long boustous menye of diuerse nacions iÌ the hauen of Scluys ther they foughten to geder the kiÌg of frauÌce he with ther hostes fro midday to iij. of the cloke iÌ the morn iÌ which bataill wer slayn xxx thousand men of the kiÌgê coÌpani of frauÌce Ì moÌy shÌippis Ì cogges wer taken And so thurgh goddis help he had ther the victori Ì bere thens a gloriê° chiualri ¶ And iÌ the same yere about sent Iamis tide without the yates of sent Omers Robert of Artheis with meÌ of engloÌd flauÌdres bitterly faught ayens the duke of burgoÌ the frenshmen at wich bataill wer slayn Ì take of the frensshmen xv barons lxxx knyghtis shÌippis barges wer take vn
to the noÌbre of CC and xxx ¶ The same yere the kiÌg makyng and abidyng vpon the sege of Turney the erle of Henaude wyth Englissh archers made assaute vn to the touÌe of sent AmaÌd wher they slow .l. knyghtys and mony other and also destroied the toune ¶ And in the xvi yere of his regne folowyng in the wynter tyme the same kyng duelled still vpon the forsaid sege and sent oft tyme in to Englond vn to his tresorer and other puruâiours for gold and monay that shuld be sent vn to him ther iÌ his nede but his proctours and messingers cursedly and full slouli serued him at his nede and him deceyued on whos defaute and laches the kyng toke trewes be twen him Ì the kyng of frauÌce And the kyng Edward full of sorow Ì shame iÌ his hert withdrow hiÌ fro the sege and come in to bretan and ther wos so gret strife for vitaill that he lost mony of his pepull ¶ And when he had done ther that he come for he dressed him ouer see in to englond ward ¶ And os he sailed toward engloÌd iÌ the high see the most myshappis stormes and tempestes thundre and lightynynges fell to him in the see the wich wos said that it wos done and araysed thurgh iuell spretes made by sorsorie and nygromanci of them of fraunce wherfore the kynges hert was full of sorow and anguyssh wellyng and sighyng and said vn to our lady in this wise ¶ O blissed lady sent Mari what is the cause that euer more goyng in to fraunce all thynges and wethers falen to me Ioyfull and lyking Ì gladsum and os I wold haue them bot al way turnyng in to Englond ward all thynges falen vnprofitabully and ueri harmfull neuerthe later he scapyng al êrels of the see as god wold come to the tour of london by nyght ¶ And the same yere the kyng held his cristeÌmasse at MenÌes and sent word to the scottis by his messingers that he wos redy wold fight with them bot the scottis wold not abide that but fled ouer the Scottis see and hid theÌ as welÌ as thei myght ¶ And iÌ the xvij yere of his regne about the fest of Conuersion of sent Paule kyng Edward wen he had bene in scotland and saw that the scottis wer fled tho he come ayen in to englonde ¶ And a litell before lent was the turnement at Dunstabull to the wich turnement come al the yong bachelary and chiualrie of Englond with mony other Erles and lordis At the wich turnement kyng Edward him self was ther present ¶ And the next yere folewyng iÌ the xviij yere of his regne at his êlament holden at westmynstre the auynzeme of Paske the kyng Edward the thrid made Edward hys frist son prince of wales ¶ And in the xix yere of his regne anone after in Ianiu by fore lent the same kyng edward let make full nobul Iustes and gret festis in the place of his birth at windesore that ther wos neuer noÌe such seyn ther a fore At wich fest and rialte wer ij kynges ij quenes the prince of wales the duk of Cornewaill x. erles ix CouÌtesses barons mony burgeis the wich myght not lightly be nombrid And of diuerse landis beyoÌd the see weren mony strangers ¶ And at the same tyme whan the Iustis wer done kyng Edward made a gret soê in the wich he ordeyned frist and began his rouud tabul and ordeyned stedfasted the day of the round tabull to be holden ther at wyndesore in the witson weke euer more yerly ¶ And in this time englishmeÌ so moch haunted Ì cleued to the wodnesse Ì foly of the strangers That froÌ tyme of comyng of the Henaudres xviij yere passed ⪠they ordeyned changid them euery yere diuerse shappis Ì disgising of clothing of long large wide clothis destitut disert from al old honeste good vsage ¶ And an other tyme short clothis and strayt wasted dagged kyt on euery side slatered botoned with sleues Ì tapitis of surcotes hodis ouer long ouer moch hangyng that if I the soth shall say they wer more like to tormentouris deuels in ther clothing shoyng Ì other aray than to men ¶ And the women more nysely yit passid the men in aray Ì coriousloker for they wer so strait clothid that they let hang fox tailles sewed by neth within ther clothis for to hele hide ther arses the wich disgysynges and pride êauentur afterward brought forth caused mony myshappis Ì myschief in the reame of englond ¶ The xx yere of kyng Edward he went ouer in to Britan and Gascoyn in whos companie went the erle of warwyk the erle of Suffolke the erle of HuÌtyngton the erle of Arundel Ì mony other lordis and comune pepull in a gret multitude with a gret nauye of CC. xl shippis anone after midsomer for to a venge him of mony wronges and harmes to him done by Philip of valois kyng of fraunce ayens the trews before hand graunted the wich trews he falsely Ì vntrewli by cauelacioÌs losed Ì disquatte ¶ How kyng Edward sailed in to Normandie and ariued at Hogges with a gret host IN the xxi yere of his regne kyng Edward thurgh councell of all the gret lordis of the reame of englond called Ì gadred to geder in his perlament at westmynster be fore Ester ordeyned him for to passe ouer the see ayen for to disese destrobull the rebelles of frauÌce ¶ And when his nauye wos come to gedre and made redy he went with an huge host the xij day of Iulij and sailed in to Normandie and a riued at hogges ¶ And when he had rested him ther vi dais for by cause of trauelyng of the se and for to haue out all his men with all ther necessaries out of ther shippis he went toward CadomuÌ brennyng wastyng and distroyng all the tounes that he fond in his way ¶ And the xxvi day of Iulij at the brugge of Cadony manli and orpedly strengthed and defended with Normans he had ther a strong bataill and a long during thurgh wich a gret multitude of peple wer slayn ¶ And ther war take prisoners The erle of ewe the lord of Tankervill and an hondreth of other knyghtis and meÌ of armes Ì vi hondreth foot men nombred the toune Ì the subbarbes vn to the bare walle of all thing that they myght be bore caried out wos rebbed and dispoyled ¶ After the kyng passed forth by the cuntre about the brede of xx myle he wasted all maner thyng that he fond ¶ When Philip of valois êceuid this all though he wer fast by with a strong host yit he wold not cum no nye but breke all the brugges by yond the water of seyn fro Royn vn to Paris and him self fled vn to
day after met sodenly wos smyten with a palasie lost his speche on marie magdelene dai died ¶ Of the deth of kyng edward how sir IohnÌ Monsterwarth knyght wos drawen honged for his falsenesse RYght anone after in the lij yere of kyng Edward in the begynnyng of october Pope Gregarie the xi brought remeued his court with him from Auinion to rome ¶ And the xij day of Aprill Iohan Monsterworth knyght at london was draw Ì honged than quartired sent to iiij chief touÌes of englond and his hede smyten of set vpon london brigge for this same IohnÌ wos full vn trew to the kyng to the reame Ì couetous vnstabull for he toke oft tymes gret soumes of monay of the kyng his councell for men of armes wagis that hee shÌuld haue paid them toke it to his own vse he dred that at the last he shold be shent acused for the same cause Ì fled priuely to the kyng of fraunce Ì wos suore to him Ì bicome his man Ì behight him a gret nauy out of spayn in to confusion distroyng of engloÌd ¶ But rightfull god to whom no priuite is vnknowne suffrid him frist to be shend Ì spilt or that he so tratoursly falsly his lige lord the kyng of englong Ì his pepull in his ream in the wich ground the same Iohan wos bore wykkedly thurgh bataill destroie or bring his cursed purpose about ¶ In the fest of sent George tho next after kyng Edward yaf to Richard of Burdeux his heir that wos prince edwardis son at wyndesor the ordir of knyghthod made him knyght the wich kyng edward whan he had regned li. yere and more the xi KalÌ of Iune he died at Shene and is buried worshipfulli at westmynstre on whois soule god haue merci amen ¶ This kyng edward was forsothe of a passing goodnesse full grecious among all the worthy men of the world for he passid shone by vertu of grace yef to him fro god a boue all his predicessours that wer nobull men worthy he wos a well herted maÌ a hardy for he drad neuer no mishâppis ne harmes ne euell fortun that might fall a nobull weri our and a fortunat for both on land se in all batailles and assembles with a passing glorie ioye he had the victorie he was meke benyngne homeli sobre soft to all maner of men as well to straÌgers os to his own subgectis Ì to oder that wer vnder his gouernauÌce ¶ He wos deuout holy both to god Ì holy chirch for he worshipped holpe Ì mayntened holy chirche Ì ther mynisterres with all maner reueraunce he wos tretabull well auised in temêall and wordly nedes wise iÌ couÌcell discret meke to speke wt. iÌ his dedis Ì maners geÌtill wel taught hauiÌg pitte of them that wer iÌ disese plentious in yeueng of benefaites almose bisi Ì curious iÌ bylddyng Ì lighili he bere suffred wroÌges Ì harmis wheÌ he was yeue to any ocupacioÌ he left all oder thiÌg for the tyme tent ther to semly of body a meyn stature hauiÌg all way to high to lawe a good chere ¶ And ther sprong shone so moch grace of hiÌ that what maner man had behold his face or had dremed of hiÌ he hoped that day that all thiÌg shÌuld hap to hiÌ ioyfull likiÌg ¶ And he gouned his kyngdoÌ gloriously vn to his age he was large iÌ yeueÌg wise iÌ speÌces he was fulfilled with all honeste of good maners Ì vertues vnder whoÌ to liue it wos as for to regne wherfor his fame his loos sprong so fer that it come iÌ to hethennesse barborie shewiÌg Ì telling his worthenes Ì manhod iÌ all landis that no land vnder heuen had brought forth so nobull a kiÌg so gentill so blessid or myght rase such an other whan he wos dede ¶ Neuer the latter lechorie and meuyng of his flesh haunted him in his age wherfor the rather as it is to suppose for vnmesurable fulfilliÌg of his lust his lyfe shorted the sonn ¶ And here of take good hede lyke as his dedis berith witnesse· for as in his begynnyng all thiÌges were ioyfull and likyng to hiÌ Ì to all pepull ¶ And iÌ his midde age he passid all pepull in high Ioye worship and blissednesse right so when he drew in to age drawyng douÌward thurgh lechori othir sinnes litell and litell all tho ioyfull and blissid thyngê and êsparite decreced and mishappid Ì infortunat thyngê Ì vnêfitable harmes with mony euels began for to spring the more harme is it continued long time after CLemens the sext wos pope after Bendict x. yere this maÌ in name dede was vertuus mony thyngê that benedict was rigus iÌ he made ese certan that he depriuyt he restorid and the rigusnesse of the faith of Benedict was laudabull But moch more laudabull wos the mekenesse of Clement ¶ This man wos a nobull prechour and mony sermones he geddrid he let no man paasse from him bot he yaf him good councell And decessid a blissid man Karolus the iiij wos Emprour after Lodewik xxxi yere This man wos the kyng of Beeme a wise man a myghty And this man wos chosin Emprour by the coÌmaundement of Clemens Lodewik beyng on liue in his coÌtemacy be cause he asked mekely the popes blissing Ì to be crouned of him as ather good kynges did Therfor he wos proteckid of god and preualed ouer all his enmys And mony fauerabull lawes he made to spirituall men the wich yit er called Karolma at the last he decessid a rich man iÌ vertu and goodis Innocencius the sext wos pope after Clement x. yere And he wos a gret louer of religious men and he founded a monastery in frauÌce of the ordir of Cartusiens and was a gret canonyst Vrbanus the v. wos pape after Innocent This man was abbot of Missolens of the ordir of sent Benet a doctur and is take for a seint He made the crosse to be prechit ayens the turkis And he made a pasage to the Turkis· And to him sent Brygit wos sente from crist for the confirmacion of ther rule And then he wos poysenned and decessid Gregorie the xi wos pope after hiÌ viij yere This Gregorie did litell And after hiÌ foloyd the tribulacioÌ the wich our lord shewed to sent Brigit for the sinne of the clargie Venselans son to Karolus a forsaid was Emprour xiiij yere And he wos a child and was chosen when his fadre wos on liue but he toke no kepe of the empire and when he wos warned mony tymes to take heid vn to it and wold not he was deposed For he yaf all his delite and lust vn
leue of the kyng Ì of othir lordis Ì ladies wenten home ayen in to ther own cuntres with gret loue and moch thanke ¶ And in the xiij yere of kyng Richardis regne ther was a bataill done in the kynges palais at westmiÌstre bitwen a squyer of Nauerne that wos with the kyng Richard and an othir squier that wos called IohnÌ walsh for pointee of treson that this Naune put vpon this walshman but this naune wos ouer comen yeld him creaunt to his adusarie ¶ And anone he wos despoled of his armur draw out of the Palays to tiburne Ì ther wos hanged for his falsenesse ¶ And the xiiij yere of kyng Richardis regne sir IohnÌ of Gaunte duke of Lancâstre went ouer the see in to Spayn for to chalenge his right that he had bi his wifes titell vn to the croun of Spayn with a gret host of pepull of men of armes and archiers ¶ And he had with him the Duchisse his wife and his iij· doughters ouer see in to Spayn And ther they wer a gret while at the last the kyng of Spayn began for to tret with the duke of Lancastre they wer accerded to geder thurgh ther both councell in this maner that the kiÌg of spaiÌ shuld wedde the dukis doughter of lancastre that was the right heir of spayn and he shÌuld yef vn to the Duke of lancastre gold and seluer that wer cast in to gret wegges Ì moÌy other iewelles as mony as viij charietes myght carie ¶ And euery yere after during the life of the duke of Lancastre of the duchâs his wyf x. M. marke of gold Of wich gold the auenture charges they of spayn shuld auâÌture bring yerly vn to Bayon to the dukis assignes by surite made ¶ And also the duke maried an oder of his doughters vn to the kyng of Portingale the same tyme. And whan he had done thus he come home ayen in to englond the good lady his wyfe also but mony a worthy man vpon the flix died ¶ And in the xv yere of kyng Richardis regne hee held his cristeÌmase iÌ the maner of wodstoke the erle of Penbroke a yong lord tendre of age wold lerne to Iust with a knyght that was called sir IohnÌ sent IohnÌ riden to gedre in the parke of wodstoke And ther this worthi erle of penbroke was slayn with that othir knyghtis spere as he kest it from him whan they had coupled and thus this good erle made ther his end and ther for the kyng Ì the quene made moch sorow for his dethe ¶ And in the xvi yere of kyng Richardis regne IohnÌ hende beyng that tyme maire of london Iohan walworth Henri âanner beyng shereues of london that same time a bakers man bare a basket of horsbred in to fletstret toward on hostre ther come a yong man of the bisshoppis of Salisberi that wos called romayn and he toke an hors lofe out of the baskit of the bakers Ì he askid him why he did so and this romayn turned ayen brak the bakerhede And neghbours come out and wold haue a rested this romayn he brake from them fled to the lordis place the ê¯stabull wold haue had him out but the bisshoppis men shet fast the yates keped the place that no man might entre And than moch more pepull gadred thidder and said that they wold haue hiÌ out or elles they wold brenne vp the place and all that wer theriÌ Â¶ And than come the maire and sheriues with other moch pepull cessed the malice of the comunes Ì made euery man to go hom to ther houses kepe the pees ¶ And this romayns lord ther bisshop of Salisburi master Iohan waltham that at that tyme wos tresorer of englond went to sir Thomas Arundell erchebisshop of yorke chanceler of engloÌd Ì ther the bishop made his coÌplaint vn to the chanceler vpoÌ the pepull of the cite of london ¶ And than thes ij bisshoppis of gret malace veÌgeauÌce coÌ vn to the kyng to wyndesore Ì made a gret complaiÌte vpoÌ the maire Ì sheriues And anon all the cite afterward wer before the kiÌg his couÌcell Ì they cast vn to the cite a greuous hert and wonder gret malice ¶ And anoÌe sodeÌli the kiÌg sent after the maire of londoÌ for the ij· sheriues Ì thei come to him vn to the castell of wyndesore And the kyng rebukid the maire shÌeriues full foule for the offence that they had done ayens him and his officers in his chambur at londoÌ Wherfor he deposit and put out the mare and bothe sheriues Ì this wos done a xiiij daies afore the feste of sent Iohan baptest ¶ And than the kyng called to him a knyght that wos called sir Edward dalingrigge Ì made hiÌ wardeyn gaunour of the cite Ì chambur of londoÌ Ì ouer all his peple theriÌ Â¶ And so he kepid that office but iiij wekis be cause that he wos so gentill and tendir to the citisens of londoÌ Wherfor the kyng deposit him and made sir Baudwyn radyngton knyght that wos courtrouller of the kng housold wardeyn Ì gouernour of hys chambre and of his pepull therin and chese to him ij worthy men of the cite to be shiriues with him for to gaune and kepe the kyngee lawes in the cite· on was called Gilbert mawefeld and that other Thomas Newenton shereues and than the maire and the ij shereues and all the aldermen with all the worthy craftes of loÌdon went on fote vn to the tour and ther come out the Constable of the tour yaf the maire and the sheriues ther oth Ì charge as they shuld haue take in the Escheker of westmynstre in the kingê court of his Iustices and Barons of the Escheker and than went they home ayen ¶ And than the kyng and his councell for the gret malace and despite that they had to the cite of londoÌ remeued all his courtis from westmynstre vn to the cite of yorke that is to say the Chaunceler the Escheker the kyngê bench and the comune place· ther they held all thes courtes of law fro midsomer that is to say the fest of sent IohnÌ baptist vn to the fest of cristemase next suyng And than the kyng and his councell saw it not so êfitabull ther as it wos at londoÌ than anoÌe he remeued it ayen vn to londoÌ so to westminstre for gret ese of his offics a vauÌtage to the kyng and all the comunes of the reame ¶ And when the pepull of londoÌ saw Ì knew that thes courtes wer come ayen ¶ And the kyng his pepull also than the maire Ì the aldermen with thee chief comunes of the cite let gader a gret somme of gold of all the comunes of the
sone afterward right ther he made his end And theÌ whan kyng Richard was deposit and had resyned his crouÌe and his kyndoÌ and was kepid fast iÌ hâld thaÌ all the lordis of the reame with the comunes assent and bi accord choseÌ this worthy lord Sir Henri of Bolingbroke erle of Derbi duke of Herford and duke of Lancastre bi right lyne and heritage for his rightfoll manhode that the pepull fond in him before all other they chose hiÌ made him kiÌg of Englond amongê them INnocencius the vij wos chosin at Rome and leued bot ij yere then Gregorie the xij wos after him xij yere euer was debate Then wos Alexander chosen in the counsell of Pysan and he wos called frist Petrus de Candia so wos put strife to strife euerychon of thos iij. sayd they wer pope Then was ther a councell at Pysan wher they began to make a ê¯corde Ì ther they deposit ij and the thrid stode Ì so wors diuision was made then before for that they ordant preualid not Robart wos Empraur after Wensolans ix yere This man wos the duke of Banary and the erle of Palatyn a iust man and a good and wos crouned of Boneface the ix This man entred Italy with a gret host of Almayns ayens IohnÌ the duke of Galias but with an heuy bost he turnid ayen wos had worthy to suffre for his rightwysnesse Iohan the xxiij succedit Alexander iiij· yere and frist he began well for a vnite hee wos in the counselÌ at Constant and offred him to resine the pope hood and after secretly and vntrewly he fled away bot it profited not him for he wos take and constrened to pees and wos made a Cardinalle beried at Florens SigismuÌdus wos emprour after robert xxvij yere And he wos son to Karolus Ì kiÌg of vngarie and most cristyn prince he wos so deuoute to god that he deseruied to be cannonysit This man holp the chirch thurgh his meruelus prudens and wit for he sparid no labour ne nothyng that he had till he had made a full pees among the clargie And he had ix batailles ayens the Turke and he euer had the victorie Ì what more all thyng that euer wos written in louyng to Constantine Theodosio Karolo Otto may trewly be writtyn of him And he was crouned in vngrie decessed a blissid man Circa annum domini M.iiijC. â ¶ Of sir Henri of Bolinbroke erle of Derby that regned after kiÌg Richard wich wos the iiij henri after the ê¯quest ANd after kyng richard the ij· wos deposid and out of his kyngdome The lordis and the comunes all with one assent and all othir worthy of the reame chosen sir Henri of Bolingbroke erle of Derby son and heir of IohnÌ the duke of Lancare for his worthy manhood that oft tyme had be found in him Ì in dede preued vpoÌ sent Edwardis day the confessor he wos crouned kyng of englond at westmynstre by all the reame assent next after the deposing of kyng Richard ¶ Than he made Henri his heldist son prince of wales and duke of Cornwaill and erle of Chestre ¶ And he made sir Thomas of Arundell erchebisshop of Cantorburi ayen as he wos before ¶ And sir roger Walden that kiÌg Richard had made Erchebishop of Cantorberi he made hiÌ bisshop of londoÌ for that tyme it stod void And he made the erles son of Arundell that come with him ouer the se from Calais in to englond He made him erle of Arundell as his fadre had bene and put him in possession of all his londis ¶ And he made homage and feaute vn to his liege lord thee kyng as all othir lordis had done ¶ And than anone died kyng rechard in the castell of PouÌtfret in the north cuntre For ther he wos enfamed vn to the deth by his keê For he wos kepid ther iiij or v. dais from mete drinke and so he made his ende iÌ this world yit moch pepull in englond Ì iÌ other landis said that he wos on liue mony a yere after his deth But whether he were a liue or dede forth they held thir fals oppynions Ì beleue that men haddee in moch pepull wich come to gret myschief foull deth as ye shall here afterward ¶ And whan kyng Henri wist and knew veraly that he was dede he let sere him in the bes maner and closed it in a fair chest with diuerse speceries and baumes closed him in a linnen clothe all sauf his visage and that wos left opeÌ that al men myght se his parsoon from all othir men And so he was brought to london with torche light brinnyng to sent Poules chirch and ther he had his masse Ì his dirige with moch reuerence and solempnite of seruice ¶ And when all this wos don he wos brought from sent paules in to the abbey of westmynstre and therhe had all his hole seruice ayen ¶ And from westmister he wos brought to Langeley and ther he wos beried on whos soule god haue merci ¶ And in the first yere of king Henris regne he held his cristimasse in the castell of wyndesore and on the xij euen come the duke of Awemarle vn to the kyng Ì told him that he and the duke of Surre Ì the duke of Excestre and the erle of Salusburi and the erle of Gloucestre and othir mo of ther affinite wer accordid to make a mommyng vn to the kyng on xij day at nyght Ì ther they purposed for to sle the kyng in thee reueling thus the duke of Awemarle warned the kyng ¶ And than the kiÌg come that same nyght to londoÌ priueli in all the hast that he myght to get him help socour and comforth couÌcell ¶ And anone thes other that wold haue do the king to deth fled in all the hast that they myght for they knew well that ther couÌcell wos bewried ¶ And than fled the duke of Surre and the erle of Salisberi with all ther menye vn to the touÌe of Cecester ¶ And ther pepull of the toune wold haue arestid theÌ and they wold not stand to ther arest bot stode at defence Ì faught manli ¶ But at the last they wer ouer comen and take And ther they smyten of the dukis hede of Surri Ì the erles hede of salisburi mony othir mo and thar they put the quarters in to sâkkes and ther hedis on poles borne on high and so they wer brought thurgh the cite of londoÌ to london brigge and ther thes hedis wer set vpon high and ther quarters wer senten vn to other good tounes and Cities of englond and set vp ther At Oxford wer take Blounte knyght and Benet Cely knyght and Thomas Wyntersell squyer and thes wer behedid and quartired and the knyghtis hedis wer set vpon polles Ì brought to london and set vpoÌ the brugge and
of armes archiers ayenst the duke of Orliaunce And tho went ouer the se the erle of Arundell sir Guillebert vmfreuill Erle of Keme and the lord Cobham Sir Iohan Oldecastell and mony othir good knyghtis and worthy squiers and men of armes and good archiers in to fraunce and come to Paris to the duke of burgoyn ¶ And ther he resaued welcomed thes Englishmen the lordis and all other meny ¶ And than it wos done him to wit that the duke of OrliauÌce was comen to semtclowe fast by Paris with a gret nombur of men of armys arbalasters and thidder went our Englishmen fought with them gat the brigge of semtclow ther they slew moch pepull of frenshmeÌ· and arminakis and thee remenaunt fled and wold no longer abide ¶ And than our Englishmen come ayen vn to Paris and ther they token thir leue of the Duke and come home ayen in to Englond in saufte and the Duke yaf them gret yeftes anone folowyng the duke of OrliauÌce sent embassatours iÌ to EngloÌd to kiÌg Henri the iiij besechyng hiÌ of his help socour ayens his dedly enmy the duke of burgoyn ¶ And than the kiÌg made Thomas his son duke of Clarence his othir sone Iohan duke of Bedford Ì his othir sone Humfrey duke of Gloucestre and sir Thamas Beauford erle of Dorset the duke of awemarle he made duk of yorke tha the kiÌg ordeyned his son sir Thomas duke of clarence sir ThomÌs Beauford Erle of Dorset and sir IohnÌ Cornwill with many othir lordis knyghtis and squyers men of armes archiers to go ouer the see in to fraunce in helpyng and strengthyng of the duke of OrliauÌce ¶ And thes worthy lordis with ther retenue shippid at HamptoÌ sailed ouer iÌ to NormaÌdie Ì landid at hogges And ther met with them the lord Hambe at ther landyng with vijM. men of armes of frenshmen iij ⪠sergauntis of armes with them and all wer put to flight and takeÌ of them vij C men of armes Ì iiij hondreth hors with out tho that wer slain iÌ the feld ¶ And so they riden forch thurgh out frauÌce toke castellis Ì touÌes Ì slew moch pepull of frenshmen that withstode theÌ Ì toke mony prisoners as they riden And so they passed forth till they come to Burdeux Ì ther they restid them a while set the cuÌtre in pees and restid till the vyntage wer redy to saill And thaÌ the duke with his menye come home in to Englond in saufte thaÌked be god ¶ And in the same yere wos the kynges coyn changed thurgh out englond by the kyng and his councell that is to say the nobull half nobull ferthyng of gold ¶ And the xiiij yere of kyng Henris regne the .iiij. he let moke Galeys of were for he had hoped to haue passed the gret see so forth to IerusaleÌ ther to haue endid his liffe but god viseted him so sone after with infirmites and gret sikenesse that he myght not well endure no while so feruently he wos take and brought in bed at westmiÌster in a fair chambur ¶ And os he lay in his bede he askid his chamberlayn what they called that chamber that he lay in he ansuerid said Ierusalem than he said that the êphecie said that he shuld make an ende and die in Ierasalem And than he made him redy vn to god and disposed all his will And sone after he died Ì wos caried by water from westmynster in a barge vn to Feuersham And from thens he wos caried to cantorberi by land with moch torche light brinnyng in to the abbey of Crichurch ther he wos entered beried ãâ¦ã thus endid the worthy kiÌg Henri about midlentyn sonday iÌ the yere of our lord a. M. cccc.xiij on whos sovle god haue merci anen ArtiÌ the v. wos ãâã after IohnÌ xiiij yere This maÌ was chosen by thee couÌcell of CoÌstantinopliÌ othir wos deposit that streffe and so come pes in the chirch the wich long tyme afore wos desyrid and necessari for thee defence of the faith This was the myghtiest ãâã that euer wos of riches and a gret Iugge he edefied tounys wallis stretis and he distroyd herises and he did moch good thurgh the nobull prince Sygmunde And he gadred moch monay for the holy land to geten ayen bot deth come oppon him and lettid him and he made a couÌcell afore his deth for that mater and ther decessed ugeniê° wos ãâã after Martin xvij yere This Eugeny wos chosen pesablie after the deth of Martin no man dowtid bot he wos ãâã bot after shortly he wos expulsit from Rome for it wos so that he fled nakid Also he wos cited to the couÌncell of Basiliens and deposit bothe chargid not for that ayen began thee striffe the wich stode to his deth Ì thos that fauoured him said he was worthy moch louyng and the coÌtrari said thos that wer ayens him bot what sum euer he wos after hee had takyn the dignite vpoÌ hiÌ a fore he wos of gret absteneÌs of good fame Ì that he did after I leue to thee IugemeÌt of god Circa annum domini M.iiijC.xiij. Of kyng Henri thee fifth that wos kyng Henris sone âNd after the deth of kyng Henri the iiij regned kyng Henri his sone that was borne at Monmouth in wales that was a worthy kyng and a gracious man and a gret conquerour And in thee frist yere of his regne for gret loue goodnesse he sent to the freris of Langely ther as his fader had do berie kyng Richard the secuÌd and let take his body out of the erth âyen did bring it to westmynster iÌ a riall chare couered with blake veluet and baners of diuerse armes about and all the hors drawyng the chare wer trappid in blake and beten with diuerse armes Ì many a torche brennyng by all the way till he come to westmiÌstre and ther he let make for him a riall and a solempne enterement âª Ì beried hiÌ by quene Anne his wife as his own desire was on the ferther side of sent Edwardis shrine in the abbey of seint Petris of westmynstre on whos soule god haue merci ¶ And in this same yere wer a certayn of lollers taken and fals heritikis that had purposed thurgh fals treson for to haue slayn our king Ì for to haue distroid all the clargie of the reame they myght haue had ther fals purpose ¶ But our lord god wold not suffre it for in hast our kyng had warnyng ther of of all ther false ordynauÌce wurchyng come sodeÌly with his pouer to sent Iohanes without smythfeld anone they toke a certayn of the lollerres fals heritikes brought them vn to the kiÌges prisence Ì ther told all ther fals purpose ordynauÌce how
they wold haue do wrought they myght haue regned had ther will ther they told wich wer ther capitayns Ì gouernours Ì than the kiÌg comaunded them to the tour of londoÌ than toke mo of them both with in the cite with out Ì sent them to Newgate Ì to both couÌtres Ì than they wer brought iÌ examinacion before the clargie Ì the kinges Iustices ther they wer conuicted before the clargie for thir fals herisi and dampned before the Iustice for ther fals tresoÌ Â¶ this wos ther iugemeÌt that they shuld be draw froÌ the toure of london to sent Gilesfeld Ì ther to be honged breÌt on the galewes ¶ And also ther was taken sir Roger Actoâ knyght for heresi eke for tresoÌ ayens the kyng the reame he come a fore the clargi was ê¯uicte for his heresi to be breÌt dampnid before the Iustices to be draw froÌ the tour of londoÌ thurgh the cite to sent Gilesfeld Ì to be honged Ì brent ¶ And iÌ the secuÌd yere of kyng HeÌris regne the fifth he held a couÌcell of all the lordis of the reame at westmynster ther he put hiÌ this demauÌde prayeâ and besought them of ther goodnesse Ì of ther good councell and good will to shew him as touchyng the titell the right that he had to Normandie Gascoyn and Guyhenue the wich the kyng of fraunce withheld wrongfully and vnrightfully the wich his auncestres before him had be trew titell of conquest right heritage the wich Normandie Gascoyn and Guyhenne the good kyng edwarde of wyndesore and his auncestres before him had holdyn all ther lifes tyme. ¶ And his lordis yaf him couÌcell to send enbassetours vn to the kyng of fraunce Ì his couÌcell and that he shÌuld yeue vp vn to him his right heritage that is to say Normandye Gascoyn Guyhenne the wich his predicessours had hold afore ⪠hiÌ· or els he wold it wynne with dynt of swerd in short tyme with the help of almyghti god ¶ And than the Dolphyn of fraunce ansuerid to our embasfatours Ì said in this maner that the kyng was ouer yong and to tendre of age to make any were as ayens him Ì wos not like yet to be no good weriour to do to make such a coÌquest ther vpon him ¶ And somwhat in scorne and despite he sent to him a Tone full of tenys baules be cause he wold haue suÌ what for to play with all for him and for his lordis for that be come hiÌ bettir thaÌ for to maynten ony were ¶ And than anoÌe our lordis that wer embassatours token ther leue and come in to Englond ayen and told the kyng his couÌcell of the vngodli ansuer that they had of the Dolphyn and of the present the wich he had sent vn to our kyng ¶ And whan the kyng had herd ther wordis and the ansuere of the Dolphyn he wos wonder sore agreued right euell apayed toward the frenshmen Ì toward the kiÌg the Dolphyn thought to avenge hiÌ vpoÌ them as sone as god wold send him grace myght and anoÌe let make teÌnys balles for the Dolphyn in all the hast that myght be And they wer gret gonstonys for the Dolphyn to play with all ¶ And than anone the kyng sent for all his lordis and held a gret couÌcell at westmynster and told vn to them the ansuer that they had of the Dolphyn and of his worthy present that he sent to him and to his lordis to play with all ¶ And ther the kyng Ì his lordis wer accordid that they shuld be redy iÌ armes with ther pouer in the best aray that myght be done Ì get men of armis and arâhiers that myght be geten and all othir stuf that longed to were Ì to be redy with all ther retenue to mete at southampton be Lammasse next suyng with out ony delây wherfore the kyng ordeyned his nauy of shippis with all maner of stuff Ì vitaill that longed to such a weriour of all maner ordenauÌce in the hauen of southampton iÌ to the nombre of .ccc. xx sailles ¶ And than fell ther a gret dissese a foull mischief for ther wer iij. lordis wich that the kyng trustid moch on And thurgh fals couetise they had purposed and ymagined the kiÌgê deth thought to haue slayn him and all his brethir or he had take the see The wich wer named thus sir Richard erle of Cambrigge brothir to the duke of yorke The secund was the lord Scrope tresorer of englond The thrid wos sir Thomas Gray knyght of the northcuntre· ¶ And thees lordis afore said for lucrie of mony had made êmisse vn to the frenshmen for to haue slayn kyng Henri the fifth and all his brethir by a fallis trayn sodenli or they had be war ¶ But all myghti god of his gret grace held his holi hand ouer them saued them froÌ thees êllous menye ¶ And for to haue done this they resaued of the frenshmen a Million of gold that wos ther openli pruued ¶ And for thir fals treson they wer all ther Iuggid vn to the deth this was the IugemeÌt that they shuld be lad thurgh Hampton and without north gate ther to be heded Ì thus they endid ther life 's for ther fals couetise treson ¶ And anone as this wos done the kyng and all his menye made them redy went to shippe sailled forth with xv hondred shippis and ariued within Seyn at Kydecause vpoÌ our ladies eue the Assumpcion in Normandie with all his ordinauÌce And so went him forth to Harflet he beseged the toune all about by laÌd and eke by water and sent to the capitayn of the toune and charged him to deliuer the toune And the capitayn said that he deliuerid him none ne none he wold him yeld but bad him do his best ¶ And than our kyng laid his ordinauÌce vn to the touÌe that is for to say Gonnys Engynes Ì Tripgettes shetten Ì cast to the walles Ì eke vn to the touÌe Ì cast doune both toures and toune laid them on the erth and ther be played at the tennys with his hard gonstonys ¶ And they that wer within the touÌe whaÌ they shuld play ther song wos wellaway Ì alas that euer any such tennys balles wer made cursid all tho that were began the tyme that euer they wer borne ¶ And on the morow the kiÌg did crie at euer gate of the touÌe that euery man shÌuld be redy on thee morow erly to make assaute vn to the toune ¶ And willyam Bouchier and IohnÌ Graunt with xij othir worthy burgies come to the kyng and besought him of his riall princehode Ì power to withdraw his malice and destruccion
with a huge a strong power and anone they yeld and put them all in to the kinges good grace an in his merci Ì so did moni mo strong tounes and Castellis that wer in tho parties ¶ And from theÌs they went to vermill in Perche and anone it wos yolden vn to the king both the touÌe the Castill bodis goodis at the kiÌgê good grace ⪠so the kiÌg gate conquered all the tounes and Casstellis Pyles strenthes Ì Abbeys vn to PouÌtlarge and from thens vn to the Cite of Rone ¶ And in the fifth yere of kiÌg HeÌries regne the v. sir IohnÌ Oldcastell that was the lord Cobham wos arestid for heresi and brought vn to the toure of londoÌ and anone after he brake out of the tour Ì weÌt in to wales Ì there keped him long time ¶ And at the last the lorde powys toke him ⪠bot he stode at gret defence long time Ì wos sore wouÌded or he wold be take and so the lord Powys men broght him out of wales to londoÌ in a wherlecole so he wos brought to westmynstre ther was examined of certayn pointes that wer put vpon him he sayd not nay and so he wos conuycte of the clargie for his heresi dampned before the Iuttices vn to the deth for treson ¶ And so he wos lad vn to the toure ayen and ther he was laid on an hurdell and draw thurgh the cite to sent Giles feld and ther wos made a new pair of galowes and a strong chine and a coler of yreÌ for him and ther he wos hongid and brent on the galowes Ì all for his lewdnesse Ì his fals opinions ANd in the vi yere of kyng Henris regne the fifth he sent his vncle sir Thomas Beaufort duke of Excestre wyth a fair menye of men of armes and archiers be for the cite of Rone and ther displayed his baner and sent heroudes vn to the toune and bad them yelde that cite vn to owr kyng ther liege lord and they sayd he toke them none for to kepe ne none he shuld haue ther but if it wer dere bought and meued with ther hondis for othir ansuere wold they none yef but gonnys ¶ And ther the duke toke good auisement of the ground all about And anoÌe ther issued out of the cite a gret meny of men of armes both on horsebake and on foot and anone owr meni met with them ouer threw an hepe of them and ther wer taken Ì slain xxx parsons of full right good mennis bodis and the remenauÌte fled ayen in to the toune the Duke went vn to Pountlarge vn to the king an told hym all how that he had spede an how he liked the ground· ¶ And anone as he was go they cast doune all ther subarbis about the cite vn to the harde grouÌd for the king ther no refresshing shÌuld haue at his comyng And the friday before laÌmesda than next folowyng our kyng with his host come before Rone anone he set his sege rouÌd a bout that Cite and anone let lay to his ordinaunce vn to the toune And the kyng and his lordis wer logged in the chartre house and gret strength about them that was in the est perte of the cite ¶ And the duke of Clarence logged him at the west ende in a wast abbey before the porte Chanx Ì the Duke of Excestre in the North side before thee Porte Beauuesyn and bitwen the duke of Clarence and thee duke of Excestre wos the Erle Marchall logged with a strong power before the castell gate ¶ And than was the erle of Ormond the lord Harington and the lord Talbot with ther retenu next him ¶ And than sir Iohan Cornwaill and mony oder nobull knyghtis of name with ther retenue lay with the duke of Clarence ¶ And froÌ the duke of Excestre toward the kiÌg wer logged the lord Roos the lord of wylluby the lord phehew Ì sir william Port knight with ther retenue before the port of sent Hillarie ¶ And thaÌ wos the erle of mortayn with his retenue logged in the abbey of sent Katrines ¶ And the erle of salâsberi with his retenue lay on that othir side of sent Katrins sir IohnÌ Gray knyght wos logged at the abbey that is called mouÌt sent michell ¶ And sir Phelip Lech knyght the kiÌgê tresorer wos logged bitwen the water of Seyn and the abbey kepid the ward vnder the hill the baron of Carow wos logged vnder the water side to kepe the passage And Ienico the squyer lay next him on the water side and thos two squiers kepid manli the water of Seyn and faughte with ther enmys oft tymes ¶ And on that othir side of seyn lay the erle of Hontingdon master Neuill the erles son of westmerland sir Gilbert vmfreuill erle of Keme and sir Richard of arundell and the lord Feriers with ther retenue before Port du pounte and eche of thees lordis had stroÌg ordinaunce the kyng did make at Pountlarge ouer the water of siyn a stronge and a mygity chyen of Iren and put it thurgh gret Pyles fast pyght in thee grounde and that went ouer the reuer of Seyne that no vessell myght passe that in no kynde And about that cheyne the kyng litt make a brigge ouer thee water of Seyn thatt man and hors and all othir cariage myght go to and fro at all tymes whan nede wer And than come the erle of warwike had gote Dounfront vn to the king Henri of Englond ¶ And anone the kyng sent the Erle of Warwike to Cawdebeke to besege it And whan that he come before the toune he sent his heraudes vn to the capitaine and bad him yeld vp the toune vpon pe in of deth Ì anone he laid his sege the capitayn besought the Erle that the myght come vn to his presens and it plesed him and speke with him Ì so the good erle graunted him sor to cum Ì than he come out Ì foure othir burgeis come with him· Ì entreted so with this Erle that this same toune was vnder composicion to done as the cite of Rone did and the Erle grauÌted and consentid ther to vpon this condicion that the kingê nauy of engloÌd with his ordinauÌce myght passe vp by them in saufte with out any maner of lette or destrubauÌce to his composicioÌ they set to ther seales ¶ And the shippis passed vp by them in saufte come before the cite of rone in to an hondreth shippis and ther they cast ther ankers than this cite wos beseged both by land by watir And whan all this wos done Ì shippis comen vp thaÌ cume the Erle of Warwik ayen to the kyng Ì logged him bitwen the abbey of Seint Katerins and the knig till that the abbey entreted
and tho was yold vn to the kyng ¶ And than he remeued him theÌs logged him before Porte martenuylle tho was the Erle of Salisberi commauÌdid by the king to make him redy to ride ⪠but thiâ come hasty tidinges made him to abide so he returned ayen and logged him beside the erle of Huntingdon till the sege was endid ¶ And than come the duke of gloucestre the kingê brother from the sege of Chirbourgh the wich he had wone and geten and stuffed ayen vn to the kynges behoue and profit vn to the croune of Englond and whan he wos comen to the kyng be fore Rone anone he loggid with gret ordinauÌce before port seint Hillari more nere the toune his enmys than any othir lay by xl roddes of length with in shot of quarell And with him lay the Erle of Southfolke and the lord of Bergeyeney with all ther retenue and strong ordinaunce and manly and prowdly faught euery day with ther enmys ouer whon they issued owt of the cite ¶ And than come the Priour of Kilmayn of Irland ouer the see to the kyng with a fair meny of meÌ of armis of thir own cuntre gyse the somme of xv hondreth good meÌnys bodis and the kyng welcoaed them and made them right good chere ¶ And thaÌ come tidingê vn to the king that the kyng of frauÌce and the dolphyn and the duke of Borgoyn wold cum douÌe and rescue the citi of Rone with a strong power of all maner of nacions and breke the sege and he cast him to entre on the north side of the host be cause that ther wos the best entre and most plain grond And therfore the kyng assigned the Priour of kylmayn with his power and loggid him on the Northside of the host to stope ther passage and was by the forest of Lyous And of this ordinaunce they wer full glad and so they went forth in hast and kepid thee grouÌd and the place that the kyng and his councell had assignid ¶ And they quitte them as good weriours vn to their kyng ¶ Now will I tell yow wich were thee chief Capitayns and the gouernours of thee Cite of Rone ¶ Mon sir Gny Botiler was chief Capitayn both of thee Cite and of the Castill And Mon sir Termegan he was Capitayn of Port de Canx MoÌ sir de la Roche he wos capitain of the Disns MoÌ sir Anthonie he was Leuetenant to moÌ sir Gni botiller HeÌri chantfieÌ he was the Capitain of the Porte de la pount IohnÌ Mantreuas he was capitain of the porte de la Chastell MoÌ sir de Preanx he was Capitain of the porte of sent Hillarie the bastard of Tyne he wos Capitain of the port marteniulle And graunt Iakes a worthy weriour he wos Capitayn of all men of were Ì he wos gouernour outward both on horsbake and on foot of all men of armes whan they essued out of the Cite of all the portes he them arayed as they shuld couÌtre with our menie And eche of thee capitayns lad v. M. men of armes and sum moo ¶ And at the frist comyng of our kyng ther wer nombred by heraudes in to .ccc. M. of men women and children what yong old And amoÌg all thes was mony a manfull man of his handis Ì so they preued them whan they essued out of the cite both on hors bake and on foot for they come neuer at on gate out alone but at iij. or iiij gates and at euery gate ij or iij. M. of good mennys bodies armed and manful couÌtred with our englishmen and moch pepull slayn diuerse tymes with gonnes quarellis and othir ordinauÌce ¶ And this sege durid xx wekis and euer they of the toune trastid to haue be rescued bot ther come none so at the last they kepid so long the touÌe that ther died mony thousandis with in the touÌe for defaute of mete of men Ì womeÌ children for they had heten ther hors dogges cattis that wer in the touÌe ¶ And oft tymes the men of armes drofe out the poer pepull out at the gates of the touÌe for spending of vitaill anone our englishmeÌ drofe them in to the touÌe ayen ¶ So at the last the capitayn of the touÌe saw the mischief that they wer not rescued also the scarcite of vitaill Ì that the pepull died so for defaute of mete euery day moÌy thousandis also saw yong children lie and souke ther moders pappis Ì wer dede Than anoÌe they sent to the kiÌg besechyng him of his grace mersci broughte the keis of the touÌe vn to the kyng Ì delyuered the touÌe to him all the soudiours voided the touÌe with ther hors Ì harnes and tho comunes of the toune for to abide and duell still in the toune yerly to pay to him Ì to his successours for all maner customes and fee fermes and kateremes ¶ And than thee kyng entred in to the toune and restid him in the Castell till the toune was set in rewle and in gouernaunce ¶ How the kyng of england was made heritier regent of fraunce Ì how he weddid quene Katrine ANd anone after that Rone wos goten Depe mony oder tounes in the baas Normandi yaf them ouer with out stroke or sege whan they vnder stode that the king had goten rone Also this same yere had bene a pees made and suorne bitwen the Duke of BurgoÌ Ì the Dolphin wich wer sworen on godis bodi that they shuld loue and assiste ech othir ayenst ther enmys ¶ And after this ê¯trari to this oth the duke Iohan of Burgoyn was slayn Ì pituysly mordred in the presence of the dolphiÌ wherfore the frenshmeÌ wer gretli deuidid Ì of verray necessite laborid to haue a trayttye with the kyng of englond For the king of Englond wan dayli of them tounys castillis fortresses ¶ Also this same yere wos quene Iane arestid Ì brought in to the castell of Ledis in Kent And oone frere Randolf a doctor of diuinite hir confessour wich afterward wos slayn by the êsoÌ of the tour falling at wordis Ì debate after quene Iane was deliuered ¶ And in the vij yere both kiÌgis of frauÌce of Englond wer accordid kyng Henri was made heir and regent of fraunce and weddid Dame Katrin the kyngê doughter of fraunse at Troyes in Champain on Trinite sondai ¶ And this was made by the meyn of Phelip new made duke of Burgoyn wich wos sworn to kyng Henri for to a venge his fadres deth was becomeÌ English ¶ And than the kyng with his new wife went to Paris wher he wos rially ressaued And from thens he with his lordis and the duke of Burgon mony othir lordis of frauÌ laid sege to diuerse tounes and Castelles that held of the Dolphyns partie Ì waÌ them But
abstinence of were for a certayn tyme in the name of the Duchesse not of duke because he had gon froÌ his othe legeaunce that he had made to kyng Henri therfore the kyng neuer wold write ne oppointe ne haue to do with hiÌ after bot al in the duchesse name ¶ Also this same yere quene Iane died the secund day of Iule wich had bene kyng Henri the fourthis wife and wos caried fro Bermondsey vn to Cauntorberi wher she lieth beried bikyng Henri the iiij hir housbond ¶ This same yere died all the lions in the toure of london the wich had not ben seyn mony yeres before out of mynde ¶ How Owayn a squier of wales that had weddid quene Katerine wos arestid And of the scisme bitwen Eugenie Ì felix IN the xvi yere of kyng Henri died Sigismond Emprour of Almayn knyght of the garter whos terment the kyng keped at sent poules in london rialli wher was made a riall heerse and the kyng in his astate clad in blew wos at euen at dirige and on the morow at masse c. ¶ And after him wos elect and chosin Albert duke of Ostrich wich had weddid SigismoÌdê° doughter for to be epÌrour This maÌ wos taken resaued to be kiÌg of beme vngari be cause of his wife that was sigismondê° doughter wich left after him none othir heir ¶ This Albert wos emprour but on yere for he wos poysened so died sum saieth he died of a flix bot he wos a vertuus man petifull so moch that all the pepull that knew him said that the world wos not worthy to haue his presens ¶ This same yere on Owayn a squier of walis a man of law byrth wich had mony a day before secretly weddid quene Katerine and had by hir iij. sonnys and on doughter wos taken Ì commauÌdid to newgate to prison be my lord of Gloucestre êtectour of the reame ¶ And this yere he brake prison by the meyn of a prest that wos his chapelayn and after he was takiÌ ayen by my lord Bemond and brought ayen to newgate wich afterward wos deliuered at large And on of his sonnys afterwarde was made erle of richemond and an othir erle of penbroke Ì the thrid a monke of westmynstre wich monke died sone after This same yere also on Newyeres day at baynardis castell fell doune a stake of wod sodenli at afternone slew iij. meÌ mischeuisli and foule hurt othir Also at bedford on a shrireday wer xviij men murtherid with out stroke by falliÌg doune of a stair as they com out of ther comune hall mony foule hurt ¶ In the xviij yer sir Richard Beauchamp the good erle of werwike died at Roon he beyng that tyme leuetenaunt of the kyng in Normandie from thens his body wos brought to warwike wher he lieth worsshipfully in a new chapell on the south side of the quere ¶ Also this yere wos a gret derth of corne in all englond for a busshell of whete wos worth xl pens in mony places of engloÌd yit men myght not haue y nough wherfor Steuen broune that tyme mare of londoÌ seÌt iÌ to pruce broght to londoÌ certain shippis ladeÌ with rie wich did moch good to the poer pepull for corne wos so scarce iÌ engloÌd that iÌ suÌ places of engloÌd poer pepull made them bred of fern rotes ¶ This yere the generall councell of Basilie deposid eugenye And they chose Felix wich wos duke of Sauoye And than began the scisme wich endurid vn to the yere of our lord ihuÌ crist M. cccc.xlviij This felix wos a deuoute priÌce Ì sawe his sonnys son after leued an holi life wos chosin pope of the councell of Basile Eugenye deposed And so the scisme wos long time and this Felix had not moch obedience be cauce of the neutralite for the most parte and well nygh all cristyndome obeied reputid Eugenye for veray pope god knawoth who was veray pope of them both for both occupied during the life of Eugeny ¶ This same yere sir Richard wiche vecarie of hermettesworth wos degratid of his presthode at Poules brint at toure hill as for on heritike on sent Botulphus day how well at his deth he died a good cristyn man wher for after his deth moch pepull come to the place wher he wos brent and offrid made a heppe of stonys Ì set vp a crosse of tre Ì held him for a sent till the maire sheriues by the kyngê commauÌdemeÌt Ì of bisshoppis destruyed it made ther an dong hill ¶ Also this same yere the shireues of london set out of sent Martins the grauÌt the sentorie v. êsons wich afterward wer restorid ayen to the sentorie by the kiÌgê Iustices ¶ After albert the thrid Frederike wos chosin Emprour This Frederik duk of Osterik wos long Emprour Ì differid for to be crouned at rome because of the scisme but after that vnite wos had he wos crouned with imêiall diademe with gret glorie and triumphe of pope Nicholas the iiij This wos a pesabull man quiet and of siÌgular paciens not hating the chirch he weddid the kyng of Portingales doughter c ¶ How the duchesse of gloucestre wos arestid for treson committed to êpetuall prison in the I le of maÌ And of the deth of mastir Roger Bolingbroke IN this yere Elinour Cobham duchesse of gloucestre was arestid for certayn pointes of treson laid ayen hir wher vpoÌ she was examined in sent Stephenys chepell at westmynster before the Erchebisshop of Cantorburi And ther she wos enioyned to open penaunce for to go thurgh chepe bering a taper in hir hand and after to êpetuall prison in the I le of man vnder the kepyng of sir Thomas stanley ¶ Also that same tyme wos arestid master Thomas southwell a chanon of westmynster mastir Iohan Hume a chapelayn of the said lady mastir Roger bolingbroke a clarke vsing nigromancie on mariorie Iurdemayn called the wicch of Eye beside westmynstre Thes wer arestid as for beyng of councell with the said duchesse of gloucestre And as for mastir Thomas southwell he died iÌ the toure the nyght before he shÌuld haue be reyned on the morne For he him self sayd that he shold die iÌ his bed not by Iustices ¶ And iÌ the xx yere maistir IohnÌ hume and mastir Roger bolingbroke wer brought to the gild hall in london and ther before the mair the lordis chief iustices of englond wer rayned and dampned both to be drowen hanged quartired but master iohnÌ hume had his chartre and wos êdoned by the kyngo· bot mastir Roger wos drawen to Tyburne wher he confessid that he died giltles neuer had trespasid in that he died fore Notwithstondyng he wos honged hedid quartired on whos soule god haue mercy ¶ And margeri iurdmain wos brent in smythfeld ¶ Also this yere wos a
bene withstonde ¶ For the kyng Ì all the lordis of the ream of Englond wer departed except the lorde Scales that kepid the tour of london ¶ And the fifth day of Iuyll he did done smyte of a mannys hede in southwark and the nyght after the ânaire of london with the aldermen and the communes of the cite concludid to driue a way the capitayn his host sent to the lord scalis to the toure Ì to mathew gohe a copitayn of Normandie that they wold that nyght asaille the capitayn with them of Kent ¶ And so they did y come to londoÌ brige iÌ to southwarke or the capitayn had ony knowlege ther of ther they sought with them that keped the brigge And the Kentishmen went to harnes and come to the brigge Ì shot faught with them gat the brigge made them of londoÌ to fle slow mony of them this endurid all the nyght to Ì fro to ix of the cloke on the more And at the last they brent the draw brigge wher mony of them of londoÌ wer drowned In wich nyght Sutton an aldermaÌ was slayn Roger heysant and Mathew gohe and mony othir And after this the Chancilar of Englond sent to the Capitayn a pardone generall for him othir for all his menye And then they deêted from southwarke euery man home vn to his own hous ¶ And when they wer all deêtid and goon· ther wer êclamacions madem Kent southsex and othir places that what man coude take the captayn quike or dede shÌold haue a M. mark And aftir this on Alixander Iden a squier of Kent toke him in a gardeÌ in southsex iÌ the takiÌg the CaptaÌ IohnÌ Cade wos slaiÌ Ì after behedid his hede set on londoÌ brigge ¶ And anone after then the kyng come in to Kent and did his Iustices sitte at Cauntorberi and enquered who wer causaries chief cause of this Insurreccion ¶ And ther wer viij men Iuged to deth in on day in othir places mo And from thens the kyng weÌt in to southsex and in to the westcuntre wher a litell before wos slayn the bisshop of Salisberi ¶ And this same yere wer so mony iugged to deth that xxiij hedes stode vpon londoÌ brigge at on s ¶ Of the feld that the duke of york toke at brentheth iÌ KeÌt and of the burth of prince Edward of the frist bataill at sent Albons wher the duke of Somersete wos slayn IN the xxx yere of the kiÌg The duke of yorke com out of the march of wales with therle of DeuiÌshire the lord Cobham gret puissaunce for reformacion of certayn Iniuries and wroÌges also to haue Iustice on certayn lordis beyng about the kyng Ì toke a feld at brontheth beside dertford in Kent wich wos a stroÌgfeld for wich cause the kyng with all the lordis of the lande went vn to the blake heth with a gret and strong multitude of pepull armed and ordeyned for the were in the best wyse And when they had mustred on the heth Certayn lordis wer tho sent vn to him for to tret and make appointement with him wich were the bisshop of Ely and the bisshop of wynchestre and the erles of Salisberi and of werewyke And they concludid that the duke of Somersete shold be had to ward Ì to ansuer to such articles as the duke of yorke shold put on him and than the duke of yorke shÌusd breke his feld and cum to the kyng wich wos all promised by tho kyng ¶ And so the kyng commaundid that the duke of Somersete shold be had in ward And than the duke of york brake vp his feld and come to the kyng and whan he was comen ê¯trarie to the promisse afore made the duke of somerset was preseÌt in the feld a waytyng and chief about the kyng made the duke of yorke ride before as a prisoner thurgh londoÌ and after they wold haue put him iÌ hold But anoyse aroso that the erle of march his son was commyng with x. thousand men to londonward wherfore the kyng and his couÌcell ferid and than they concludid that thee duke of yorke shold deête at his own will ¶ About this tym began gret diuision in Spruce bitwen the gret mastir and the knyghtis of the duche ordre wich wer lordis of that cuntre For the comunes and touÌes rebellid ayenst the lordis and made so grete were that at the last they called the kyng of Pole to be ther lord the wich kyng come and wos worshipfully resaued and laid sege to the castell of Marienburgh wich was the chief castell of strength of all the land wan it and drofe out the mastir of dansk Ì all othir places of that land And so they that had ben lordis mony yeres lost all thirseygnorie and possessions in tho landis ¶ And the yere of the Incarnacion of our lord M. cccc liij on sent Edwardis day the quene Margaret wos deliuered of a fair prince wich wos named Edward That same day IohnÌ Norman wos chosin for to be maire of londoÌ And the day that hee shuld take his oth at westmynsire he went theder by water with all the craftis wher afore tyme the maire aldermen and the craftes rode on horsbake wich wos neuer vsed after For sen that tyme. they haue gone euer by water in barges ¶ Ye haue well vnderstond before how that contrari to the promisse of the kyng and also the ê¯clusioÌs taken bitwen the kyng the duke of yorke at brentheth the duke of Somerset went not to ward but abode about the kyng and had gret rule and anone after he wos made capitayn of calais ruled the kyng his reame as he wold wherfore the gret lordis of the reame Ì also the comunes wer not plesid For wiche cause the duke of yorke the erle of warwyk the erle of salisburi with mony knyghtis and squiers and moch pepull come for to remeue the said duke of somersete othir fro the kyng ¶ And the kiÌg hering of ther comyng thought by his couÌcell for to haue gon westward and not for to haue met with them Ì had with him the duke of somerset the duke of Bokyngham the erle of stafford the erle of NorthuÌberland the lord Clifford mony othir ¶ And what tyme that the duke of yorke Ì his feliship vnderstode that the kyng wos deêted with thes lordis from london Anone he changed his way and coste the cuÌtre come to sent Albonys the xxiij day of May Ì ther met with the kyng to whom the kyng sent certayn lordis desired them to kepe the pees and deête but in conclusion whils they treted on that on side· the erle of warwik with the march men oder entred the toune on that oder side fought ayeÌst the kyng and his êtie and so began the bataill Ì
fighting wiche endurid a gret wyle but in conclusion the duke of yorke obtened had the victorie of that iournay ¶ In wich wos slayn the duke of somerset the erle of NorthuÌberland the lord Clifoord mony knyghtis squiers moÌy mo hurt ¶ And on the morne after they brought the kyng in gret astate to londoÌ wich was logged in the bisshoppis palais of london ¶ And anone after wos a gretêlament In wich êlament the duke of yorke wos made êtectour of Englond the erle of werwike Capitoyn of Calais the erle of Salisberi Chancelar of englond And all such parsons as had the rewle be fore about the kiÌg wer set a part myght not rule as they did be fore ¶ And this same yere died pope Nicholas the v. and after him was Calixte the thrid This calixt wos a catalane and thactis of him shall be shewyd sone after ¶ In this same yere fell a gret affray in London ayenst the Lumbardes The cause began because a yong man toke a dagger from a lumbard and brake it wherfore the yong man on thee morne wos sent fore to cum before the mayre and the aldermeÌ and ther for the offence he wos comytted to warde ¶ And then the maire deêted from the gyldhall for to go home vn to his dynner but in the Chepe the yong men of the mercerie for the most part preÌtises held the maire and sheriues styll in châpe and wold not suffre them to depart vn to the tyme that ther felow wich wos comitted to ward wer deliuered and so bi force they rescued ther felow from prison and that done the maire and sheriues departed Ì the prisoner deliuered wich if he had bene put to prison had be in iupardie of his life ¶ And than began a romur in the cite ayenst the lumbardis and the same euenyng the handcraftimen of the toune arose and ran to the lumbardis houses and despoiled Ì robbed diuerse of them wherfore the maire and aldermen come with the honest pepull of the cite drofe them thens and sent sum of them that had stolen to newgate ¶ And the yong man that wos rescued by his felowes saw this gret romur afray and roborie enshewed of his frist meuyng to the lumbard deêtid and went to westmynstre to sentorie or els it had cost him his life For anoÌe after come doune an Oeyr determyne for to do Iustice on all them that so rebelled in the cite ayens the Lumbardis on wich sat with the maire that time willm Marow the duke of Bakyngham and mony othir lordis for to see execucion done ¶ But the comunes of the cite secretly made them redy and did arme them in ther houses wer inpurposed for to haue rongyn the comune bell wich is called bow bell but they wer let by sad men wich come to the knowleche of the duke of Bokyngham and othir lordis and incontinente they arose for they durst nolanger abide For they doutid that the hole cite shÌuld haue arisen ayenst them ¶ But yit neuerthelesse two or iij. of the cite wer Iugged to deth for this robborie Ì wer honged at Tiborne ¶ Anone after the kyng Ì the quene and othir lordis rode vn to Couentre and withdrew them froÌ london for thies cause Ì a litell before the duke of yorke wos seÌt fore to Grenwich ther wos discharged of the êtectourship And my lord of Salisberi of his Chancelarship Ì after this thei wer sent fore by priue seale for to cum vn to couentre wher they wer almost deceyued the erle of werwike also and shuld haue bene destruyed if they had not seyn well to ¶ How the lord Egremond was taken by the erle of Salisberi sonnys and of the robbyng of Sandwich THis yere wer takyn iiij gret fisshes bitwen Eereth and london that on wos called mors marine the secund was a swerd fisshe and the othir twayn wer whales ¶ In this same yere for certan affrayes done in the northcuntre bitwen the lord Egremond and the Erle of Salisburi sonnys the said lord Egremond whom they had takyn was condempned in a gret soum of monay to the said Erle of salisburi and therfore comittid iÌ to prison in newgate in london wher when he had bee a certayn space he brake thee prisun and iij. prisoners with him and ascapid and went his way ¶ Also this yere thee Erle of werwik and his wyfe went to Calais with a fair feliship and toke possession of his office ¶ About this tyme was a gret reformacion of mony monasteries of religion in diuerse parties of the world wich wer reformid after the frist institucion continued in moÌy places ¶ This same yere wos a gret bataill in the marches bytwen the land of Hungrie and the Turkye at a place called septedrad wher innumerabull Turkis wer slayn more by miracle thaÌ by mannys hond For only the hand of god smote them sent IohnÌ of capistrane wos ther present and prouoked the cristyn pepull beyng then aferd after to porsue the Turkis wher an infinite multitude wer slayn and destroyed And the Turkis said that a gret nombre of armed men folowed them that they wer aferd to turne ayen and they wer holi angellis ¶ This same yere the prisoners of newgate in london brake ther prison went vp on the leedis fought ayens them of the cite Ì kepid the gate a long while but at the last the toune gat the prison on them than they wer put in fetrris Ì Irons wer sore punysshed mensamof othir ¶ In this yere also ther wos a gret erthquake in Naples in so moch that ther perisshed xl· thousand pepull that sanke ther in to the erth ¶ Item in the yere xxxvi sent Osmond sum tyme bisshop of Salisberi wos canonised at Reme by pope Caliste And the xvi day of Iuyll he was translated at Salisbery by the bisshop of Cantorburie and mony othir bisshoppis ¶ And in August after sir Pers de Bresay seneschall of Normandi with the Capitayn of Depe and mony othir Capitayns and men of were went to the see with a gret nauy and come in to the Downes by nyght on the morne erly before day they londid and come vn to Sandwych both by land and water and token the toune and Rifled and despoiled it and toke mony prisoners And left the toune all bare wich wos a rich place and moche good therin And lad with them mony rich prisoners ¶ In this same yere in mony places of fraunce Almayn flauÌdris Holand and Zeland Childer gadrid them to geder by gret companies for to go on pylgrimage to sent Mihele mount iÌ Normandie wich come from fer cuntries wherof the pepull maruellid and mony supposid that sum wickid spret meued them to do so bot it endurid not long be cause of the long way and also for lake of vitaill as they went ¶ In this
yere Rainold pecok bisshop of Cheiester wos fonden an heritike the iij. day of December was abiurid at Lambheth in the presens of the Erchebisshop of cantorbery and mony othir bisshoppis doctours and lordis temperall And his bokys brint at Poules crosse Ye haue hard before how certayn lordis wer slayn at sent albons wherfore wos alway a grutche and wroth had by theyres of them that wer so slaiÌ ayens the duke of yorke the erles of warwik and of salisberi wherfore the kyng by thauys of his councell sent for them vn to london to wich place the duke of yorke come the xxvi day of Ianuer with cccc men Ì logged at baynardes castell in his own place ¶ And the xv day of Ianuer come the erle of salisburi with v hondred men and was loggid in therââ his own place ¶ And then come the dukis of Excestre and of somerset with viij hondreth men lay without temple barre ¶ And the erle of northumbarland the lord Egremond and the lord Clifford with xv hondreth meÌ and loggid without tonne ¶ And the maire that time Gefferey Boleyn kept gret watch with the comunes of the cite and rode aboute the cite by hol borne and flet strete with a v thousand men well arayed and armed for to kepe the pees ¶ And thee xiiij day of Feuerer the erle of warwik come to london froÌ Calais well be seyn and worshÌipfully with vi hondreth men in rede iakkettis brodderd with a ragged stafe be hynd be fore was logged at grafreris ¶ And the xvij day of march thee kyng come to london and the quene and ther wos a concorde Ì a pees made amonges thes lordis and they wer set in pees ¶ And on our lady day the xv day of Marche in the yere of our lord a M. cccc lviij the kyng the quene and all thes lordis went precessioÌn at poules in londoÌ anone after the kiÌg the lordis deêted ¶ And in this yere was a gret affray in fletestrete bitwen men of court and men of the same strete In wich affray the quenys attorney wos slayn ¶ How the kynges housold made afray ayenst the erle of warwike Ì of the Iourney at bloreheth ALso this same yere as therle of warwike wos at councell at westmynstre All the kynges housold menye gadred them to geder for to haue slayn the said Erle but by the helpe of god and his frendis he recouerid his barge Ì escapped ther euell enterprise How well the Cokis come runnyg out with spittis pestels ayens him· And the same day he rode toward warwike and sone after he gat him a comission and wenten ouer the see to Calais ¶ Sone after this the erle of Salisberi comyng to london wos encountred at Blureheth with the lord Awdeley and moch othir pepull ordeyned for to distroy him but he hauyng knawlech that he shuld be met with wos accomponied with his two sonnys sir Thomas and sir IohnÌ Neuill and a gret feliship of good men ¶ And so they faught to gedres wher therle of Salisberi whan the feld and the lord Awdeley wos slayn and moÌy gentilmen of Chesshire and moch pepull hurt and therles two sonnys wer hurt and goyng homward afterward they wer taken and had to chestre by the quemes menye ¶ After Calixt Pius wos pope and was chosin this yere a M. cccc Ì lviij And he wos called be fore Eneas an eloquent man and a poete laureate He was embassatour of the emprours a fore tyme And he wrote in the couÌcell of basilie a nobull traittie for the auctorite of the same ¶ Also he canonised sent Katherine of senys This pope ordined gret indulgens and pardon to them that wold go and were ayenst the turke wrote an epistle to the gret turke exorting him to becum cristyn Ì iÌ the end he ordined a passage ayenst thee Turke at Ankone to wich moch pepull drew out of all êties of cristyndoÌ of wich pepull he sent mony home ayen because thei suffised not anone after he died at the said place of Ankone the yere of our lord a M. cccc.lxiiij the xiiij day of august ¶ How Andrew Trollop Ì the soudiours of calais forsoke the duke of yorke ther mastir therle of warwik iÌ the west cuntre THe duke of yorke the erles of warwike and of Salisbiri saw the gouernaunce of the reame stode most by the quene hir councell how the gret princes of the land wer not callid to councell but set a ête not onli so bot it wos said thurgh the reame that tho said lordis shuld be destroyed vtterli as it openli was shewed at Bloreheth by them that wold haue slayn the erle of salisberi ¶ Than thei for sauacion of ther lyues and also for the comyn well of the reame thoght for to remedie thes thyngê assembled them to gedre with moch pepull and toke a feld in thee west cuntre to wich the erle of warwike come from calais with mony of thold soudgers as Andrew trowlop othir in whos wisedom as for the were he moch trusted ¶ And whan they wereÌ thus assembled and made ther feld The king sent out his comissions and priue seals vn to all the lordis of his reame to cum await on him in ther most best defensable aray and so euery man come in such wise that the kyng wos stronger and had moch more pepull than the duke of yorke Ì the erles of warwik and salisberi For it is here to be noted that euery lord in englond at this time durst not disobey the quene for she rewled peasibly all that was done about the kyng wich wos a good simple and an Innocent man ¶ And than when the kyng wos comen to the place wher as they wer the duke of yorke Ì his feliship had made ther felde in the strongest wise ⪠and had purposid verely to haue byden and haue foughten but in the nyght Andrew Trollop Ì all the old soudiours of Calais with a gret feliship sodenly deêted out of the dukis host Ì went streght vn to the kynges feld ther they wer ressaued ioyously for they knew th entent of the othir lordis also the maner of ther feldis ¶ And than the duke of york with the othir lordis seyng them dissaued toke a couÌcell shortely in that same nyght deêtid froÌ thee feld leuyng behynd them the most parti of ther pepull to kepe the feld till on thee morn ¶ Then the duke of yorke with his secund son deêtid thurgh wales toward Irland leuyng his eldest son the Erle of the march with the erles of warwik of Salusberi wich rode to geder with iij. or iiij êsons streght in to Deuenshire ther bi help and ayde of on Denham a squier wich gate for them a ship wich cost .cc.xx. nobles with thee same ship sailed from thens
of the stepull in the castell of Douer fell douÌe this same yere ¶ How the noble duke of yorke wos slayn and of the feld of wakefeld and of the secund Iourney at sent Albons by the quene and the prince THen for as moch os the quene with the prince hir son was iÌ the Northcuntre and absent hir from the kyng and wold not obeye such thynges as wos concludid in the parlament it was ordeyned that the duke of Yorke as protectour shuld go Northward for to bring in the quene subdue suche as wold not obeye wyth whom weÌt the erle of Salisberi sir Thomas Neuill his sone with moche pepull· And at wakefeld in Cristemasse weke they wer all ouerthrowen and slayn by the lordis of the quenis partie that is to wit the Duke of yorke wos slayn the erle of Rutland sir Thomas Neuill and mony mo and therle of salisburi wos takyn othir as IohnÌ harow of London Captayn and rewlar of the foot men and hanson of hull wich wer brought to pouÌfret and ther after behedid and ther hedis senten to yorke Ì set vpon the yatis ¶ And thus wos that nobull prince slayn the duke of yorke on whos soule and all cristyn soules god haue mercy And this tyme therle of marche beiÌg iÌ shrowsberi hering the deth of his fader desired assistence ayde of the touÌe to aveÌge his faders deth ¶ And from thens went to wales wher at Candilmase after he had a bataill at mortimers crosse ayenst therles of Penbroke and of wylshire wher therle of march had the victorie Then the quene wyth tho lordis of the north after they had distressâd and slayn thee Duke of Yoâke and his felishÌip com southward with a gret multitude and puissaunce of pepull for to cum to the kiÌg and defete such conclusions as had ben taken before by the parlament ayens whos commyng the duke of Norfolke the Erle of warwik wyth moch papull and ordinaunce went to sent Albons and sad kyng Henri wyth them And ther encountred to gedre in such wyse and faught so that the duke of Norffolke and the Erle of warwyke wyth mony othir of ther partie fled and lost yâ Iourney wher that kyng Henri was taken and with the quene and wyth the prince Edward his son wych two had geten that feld ¶ Then the quene and hir pertie beyng at ther aboue sent anone to london wych wos on askiswedineday the first day of Lente for vitaill for wych the mayre ordined by thauys of the Aldermen that certayn cartis laden with vitaill shuld be sent to Seint Albons vn to them ¶ And when that tho cartis come to Crepylgate the comunes of the cite that keped that gate token the vitaillis from the cartis and wold not suffre it to passe ¶ Then wer thââ certayn Aldermen and comuners appoyntid to go vn to Barnet for to speke wyth the quenes counsell for to entreyt that the Northerin men shuld be sent home in to their cuntre ayen For the cite of London dred sore to be robbed and despoyled yf they had comen ¶ And thus during this trayte tydynges comen that the Erle of Warwike had met wyth thee Erle of the Marche on Cottyswold comyng out of walis wyth a gret menye of walsshmen And that they both wer commyng vn to londonward ¶ Anone as thes tidyngê wer knoweÌ thâ trayâte was broken for the kyng quene prince and all thee othir lordis that weren with them departid from Seint Albons northward wyth all theâ pepull Yit or they departid from thens they hedid the lord bonuyle sir Thomas Kiriell wich wer taken in the iourney done on shroftewisday ¶ Then the duchis of yorke beyng at london hering of the losse of the feld at sânt albonis sent ouer se hir two yong sonnys George Richard wich went to vtrecht ¶ And Phâlip malpas a rich marchant of loÌdoÌ Thomas vaghan squier mastir willm hatteclif mony othir fering of the comyng of the quene to londoÌ toke a ship of andwarp for to haue gone in to Zeland· and on that other coost wer taken of on Colompne a franshmaÌ a ship of were Ì he toke them prisoners brought them in to fraunce wher they paied gret good for their ransum ther wos moch good riches iÌ that ship ¶ Of the deposiocion of kyng Henri the sext and how kyng Edward the fourth toke possession And of the bataill on palmesonâay how he wos crouned THen whan the erle of March and the Erle of warwike had mette to gedres on Cotiswold in continente they conclud for to go vn to london And sent word anone vn to the maire to the cite that they shuld cum and anane the cite was glad of their comyng hopyng to be releuyd by them ¶ And so they comen to london whaÌ they wer comyn Ì had spokiÌ with the lordis estates theÌ beiÌg ther ê¯cludid for as moch as kiÌg Henri was gone with them norward that he had forfited his croune Ì aught for to be deposed accordyng vn to the actes made and passid in the last parlament ¶ And so by thauys of the lordis spirituall and temperall then beyng at londoÌ the erle of the march Edward by thee grace of god oldest sun of Richard duke of yorke as rightfull heire next enheritour to his fader the iiij day of march the yer of our lord M. cccc lix toke possessioÌ of the reame of engloÌd at westmiÌster iÌ the gret hall after iÌ the chirch of the abbey offerd as king with the septre royall to whoÌ all the lordis both spirituall teÌêall did homage obeyssauÌce as to ther soferayn liege lord and kyng And forthwith it wos êclamid thurgh the cite kyng Edward the fourth of that name And anone after the kyng rood iÌ his riiâll astate northward with all his lordis to subdue his subiectis that tyme beyng in the north Ì to avenge his fadres deth ¶ And on Palme sonday after he had a gret bataill in the northcuntre at a place called Towton not fer from yorke wher with the help of god he gat thee feld and had the victorie wher wer slayn of his aduersaries xxx thousand men and mo as it wos said by them that wer ther. ¶ In wich bataill wos slayn the Erle of Northumberland the lord Clifford sir IohnÌ Neuill the erle of westmerlandis brother Andrew Trollopâ mony knyghtis squiers ¶ Then kyng Henri that had bene kyng beyng with the quene the prince at yorke hering the losse of that feld and so moch peple slam ouerthrowen anone forthwith deêtid all thre with the duke of sumerset the lord Roos othir toward Scotland ¶ And thee next day kyng Edward with all his armye entrid in to yorke wos ther proclamed kiÌg obeyed as he ought to be And the mair aldermen and comuns sworen to be his lege men And when