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
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
to lecherie the end wos with out honour for he went gretly from the maners and the vertuus of his nobull fadre And he wos crouned with the impariall dyodeme and the wisdom of his father passed in to Sygmunde his brother as after shall apeyr Vrbanus was pope after Gregarie vi yere This vrbane wos chosen in the cite of Rome by the strength of the Romans but the Cardinalles did that for dred and not willengly wher fore they fled vn to the Cite of Fundorum And they saied that he was not Pope And chose in his place sir Robert of Gebennys the same yere the wich was called Clement the vij Nota ¶ And here began the xxij striffe in the chirch And it was more wors then euer wos ony other before for it was so sotell that the wisest men that wer and the best conciencied culd not discerne with whom it wos best to say and hold ¶ And this striffe durit xl yere with a gret sclaunder vnto all the clargie and gret parell vn to men sowles for herisees and other yll thynges thee wich wer brought in then In so moch that ther wos no doctrine in the chirch for misdoyng· And ther for from this vrbane the vij vn to Martine I know not who was pope ¶ The fest of the visitacion of our lady was ordeyned by vrbane the sext after the forme of the Sacrament of the auter for a pees and a vnite for to be had among them thurgh the merites of oure blissid lady Bonefacius the ix was pope after vrbane xv yere This boneface was chosen at Rome in the stede of vrbane and the striffe continued for Benedictus was chosen in Auinion in the place of Clement and wos called petrue deluna and he durid to the coÌcell of Constantineys and then he wold not abey bot euer abode obstenat And at the last he decessid in the kyngdoÌ of Aragon And he comanded his cardinailes to chefe an othir pope the wich they did anone and set vp an Ydoll and named him Clement bot they êfettid not Circa annuÌ domini M.ccc Ì lxxx ¶ And after kyng Edward the iij. that wos borne in wyndesore regned Richard of burdeux that wos prince Edwardis sone of wales wich prince edward was kiÌg edward sone ANd after the good kiÌg Edward the thrid that wos born at wyndesore regned Richard the secund that wos the good sir Edwardis sone prince of wales wich kyng Richard was borne in the cite of burdeux in gascoyn and wos crouned at westmynstre in the xi yere of his age ⪠¶ And in the second yere of his regne for debate that wos betwen the lord latimer sir raufe Feriers knyght that weren ayens Hawell shakell squiers for the prisoner that was take in spayn bi thes ij squiers and the wich the lord Latimer sir raufe Feriers wold haue had the wich prisoner was the erle of dene that thay toke in the bataill of Spayne wherfor thes ij lordis come in to the chirch at westmynstre and fond this one squier hering his masse beside sent Edwardis shrine and ther they slew him the wich was called hawell And Shakell was arestid put in the tour of londoÌ And ther he was long time for he wold not deliuer the Erle of Dene his prisoner vn to thes ij lordis bi sir Aleyn Buxhill constable of the tour and by sir rauf ferriers on of his aduersariers till the kyng grauÌtid him grace In the iij. yere of kyng richard com the galayes of fraunce in to englond vn to diuerse portes brent and robbed Ì slew moch pepull of englond that is to say at wynchelserie and hastyng Portesmouth Hamton stormore and grauesend and did moch harme and went home ayene· ¶ And in this same yere was a parlament holdeÌ at westmynstre And at that same êlament wos ordeyned that euery man woman and child that wer at the age of xiiij yere and a boue thurgh out all the reame poer folk other shuld pay to the talage iiij pens Wherfor come Ì befell afterward gret mischief and moch disese to all the comynalte of the reame ¶ And in the iiij yere of kyng Rechardis regne the comunes arisen vp in diuerse êties of the reame did moch harme the wich they called the builing tyme. ¶ And they of kent Ì of estsex made them ij chiuetayns to rule gouerne the compani of keÌt of estsex That on wos called Iak straw that oder wat tyler and they come assembled them vpoÌ the blak heth iÌ kent And on the Corpus xpÌi day after they come doune iÌ southward Ì breken vp the prison hous that is to say the kynges benche Ì the marchalsie Ì deliuered out all the prisoners ¶ And so the same day they com in to londoÌ ther they robbed the pepull slew all aliens that they myght find in the cite about the cite Ì dispoiled all ther goodis and made hauoke ¶ And on the fryday nex after that was on the morne Ì they come than to the tour of londoÌ Ì the kyng beyng ther iÌ they fet out of the tour the Erchebisshop of CaÌtorberi sir edmond sudbery sir Robert halys hospitiler priour master of sent Iohanes house and a white frere that was confessour vn to kyng Richard Ì brought them to the tour Ì they smyten of theâ hedis and come ayen to londoÌ and slew moch pepull of the Cite ¶ And than they weÌt vn to the dukes place of lancastre beyoÌde sent mari strond that wos called the sauoy Ì ther they deuourid Ì destroied all the goodis that they might find ther Ì bare them a wa and brent vp the places ¶ And than after they went to sent iohanes with out smythfeld destroied the goodis ther Ì brent vp that hous ⪠and went to westmynster and seint Martins graunte and made them gone out of the sent were all that wer with in for any maner of gyrth ¶ And than come vn to the tempull to all other yns of men of law and dispoiled them robbed them of ther goodis also tore ther bokis of law than they come to london brake vp the prison of new gate and drofe out all the prisoners felons other and of both countours and all the pepull that were with in them and distroied all the bokis of the countres ¶ And thus they continued both satirday sonday vn to the moÌday next after in all ther malace Ì wikkidnesse ¶ And than on moÌday kiÌg Richard with his lordis that wer with hiÌ that tym and with the maire of london willm walworth that wos that tyme come with the aldermen and the comunes of the cite and comen in to southwarke to here and to know the entencion of thes rebeles and misgouerned pepull And this Iak straw than made
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
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
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
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
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
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
put it of wold not graunte vn to Ester next comiÌg than they greuÌted well that iÌ iij. yere by certan termes that dyme shuld be payd Ì also of the lay fe wos a iij. yeres xv grauÌted to the kyng ¶ How sir Robert KnolÌles with other certayn lordis of the reame weÌt ouer the see in to frauÌce· Ì of ther gouernauÌce ANd in the xlv yere of kyng Edward in the begynnyng kyng Edward with vn wyse counsell and vn discrete borawed a gret soume of gold of the prelatis lordis marchantis and other rich men of his reame sayng that it shuld be dispendid in defendyng of holy chirche and of his reame ¶ Neuerthelatter it profited nought· wherfor about midsomer after he made a gret host of the worthiest men of his reame Amonges whome wer som lordis that is for to say the lord Fitzwater and the lord Graunson other worthy knyghtis of wich knyghtis the kyng ordeyned sir Robert Knolles a prouede knyght Ì a well as said in dede of armes for to be gouernour and that thurgh his couÌcel and gouernaunce all thyng shuld be gouerned Ì dressed ¶ And wen thei come iÌ to frauÌce as long as thei duelled helde them hole to geder the frauÌshmen durst not fall vppon theym ¶ And at the last about the begynnyng of winter for enuy coueteys that wos amoÌg them And also discorde they sondred partid them in to diuerse companies vn wisely folely But sir Robert knolles his men wente and keped them sauf within an Castell in Bretan ¶ And when the frenshmeÌ saw that our meÌ wer deuidid in to diuerse companies Ì places not holdiÌg ne strengthyng them to gedres as them ought for to do they fell fersly on our men And for the most partie toke them or slowen them tho that they myght take led with them prisoners ¶ And iÌ thee same yere pope vrbane come fro rome to AuinioÌ for eÌchesoÌ cause that he shuld accord make pees bitwen the kiÌg of frauÌce the king of Englond for euer more But alas or he began his tretis he died with sekenesse the ·xxi day of December wos beried as for the time iÌ the cathedrall chirche of AuinioÌ fast by the high auter ¶ And the next yere after whan he had lyne so his bones wer taken out of the erth and beried new in the abbey of sent victorie fast by marcile of the wich abbey he wos sum tyne Abbot him self ¶ And iÌ both places that he was beried in ther be moÌy grete miracles done and wrought thurgh the grace of almighty god to mony a mannys help and to the worship of god almyghty ¶ And after whom folewed next and wos made pope Gregorie Cardinall Deken that before wos caled Pers Roger ¶ In this same yere the cite of Lymoge rebellid and faught ayens the prince as othir Cites in Gnyhenne did for gret taxes costages and raunsons that they wer put and set to by prince edward wich charges weren Inportable and to chargeabull wher for they turned fro him and fellen to the kyng of frauÌce And whan prince edward saw this he wos sore a chafed and greued in turnyng homward ayen iÌ to englond with soro skarmisshes and fighting gret assautes fought with them toke the forsaid cite and distroied it almost to the grund and slew all that wer fouÌd in the cite And than for to say the soth for diuerse sikenesse and maladies that he had Ì also for defaute of monay that he not might with stond ne tari on his enmys he hied him ayen in to englond with his wife his menye leuyng behind him in gascoyn the duke of Lancastre sir edmond erle of Cambrigge with othir worthy and orped men of armes ¶ In the xlvi yere of kiÌg edward at the ordinaunce Ì sendyng of king edward the kyng of Naune com to him to Claringdon to tret with hiÌ of certain thinges touchyng his were iÌ Normandie wher kiÌg Edward had left certayn seges in his stede till he come ayen ¶ But kyng edward myght not sped of that that he askid him And so the kyng of Naun with gret worship gret yeftes toke his leue weÌt home ayene ¶ And about begiÌnyng of marche when the êlament at westmiÌstre wos begun the kiÌg askid of the clargi a subsidie of .l. M. pound the wich by a good avisement Ì bi a generall ê¯uocacioÌ of thee clargie it wos grauÌted and ordeyned that it shÌuld be paied resed of the lay fee. ¶ And iÌ this êlament at the request Ì askiÌg of the lordis in hatered of men of holy chirch the Chanceler Ì the tresorer that wer bisshoppis the clarke of the priue seale wer remeued and put out of office and in ther stede wer secular men put in ¶ And while this êlament lasted ther come solempne embassatours sent fro the pope to trete with the kiÌg of pees said that the pope desired to fulfill his predicessours will but for all ther comyng they sped not of ther purpose ¶ Of the besegyng of Rochell and how the Erle of penbruke and his companie wos ther take in the hauen with Spanyardis all his shippis brent· THe ix day of Iune kyng Edward iÌ xlvij yere of his rene held his parlament at wynchestre and it lasted but viiij days to the parlament wer sompned by writ of men of holy chirche iiij bisshoppis Ì iiij abbotes with out any mo ¶ This parlament wos holdeÌ for marchantis of london of Norwich of other diuerse places in diuerse thingê and pointes of treson that they wer defamed of that is to say that they wer rebell and wold rise ayens the kyng ¶ This same yere the duke of Lancastre and the erle of Cambrege his brother come out of Goscoyn in to englond toke and weddid to ther wifes Petres doghters suÌ tim kiÌg of spayn Of wich ij doughtris the duke had the elder and the erle the yonger ¶ And that same time ther wer sent ij Cardinales fro the pope That is to say an english cardinall a cardinale of paris to tret of pees bitwen thes ij reames the wich when they had bene both long eche iÌ his êuinces Ì iÌ his places Ì cuÌtres fast bi tretyng of the forsaid pees at the last they toke with them thee letters of êcuracie went ayen to rome with out ony effect of ther purpose ¶ In this yere ther wos a strong bataill on the se bitwen englishmeÌ flemmiÌg the englisshme had the victori toke xxv shippis with salt Ì sleyng drenchiÌg all the men that wer therin vn wyttyng them that they wer of that cuntre And redely moch harme had fallen bi cause ther of ne had pees accord the sonÌ be bitwen theÌ And iÌ this same yere the frenshmen besegie the touÌe of Rochell
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
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
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
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
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
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
Rome and of all the honour that ther to belongeth And Maximian king coÌquered all france Almayn mount ioye passed coÌquered all lumbardie thes ij wer myne auncestres and that they held had I shalÌ haue thurgh goddis will ¶ Of the reuerance that kiÌg Arth r did to the Emêurs messangers· WHen this letter was made and enseled kyng Arthur to thes messangers yaf gret yeftes And after that the messangers toke ther leue and went thens and come to the court off Rome ayene told the Emprour how wortheli they wer vnderfong and also of sich a rial companie that he had him to serue and how he wos more riale serued than the Emprour of Romo or ony kyng leuyng in the world ¶ And when the Emprour had ouer seyne the letter and herd what was ther in and saw that Arthur wold not be ruled after hym He let assemble and ordeyne an huge host for to destruy kyng Arthur yf that he myght ¶ And kyng arthur as touching his pouer and parti ordeyned his pouer and knyghtes of the round table ¶ Of the kiÌgis Ì lordis that coÌ to helpe kiÌg arth r ayeÌs the Emêâ THe kyng of Scotland and of Irland and of Gutland of Denmarke and of Almayne euery of them had x. M. men The duke of Normandie Gascoyn flandres Pehito and of Boloyne had iiijM. Gerin of Charthres had xM. Hoell of bretaÌ had xij M. Ì hiÌ seâf of his own land xijM. and of arbalastters and of archers and of other folke in foot that no man coud theâ nombre And when all wer redi for to wend kiÌg Arthur his laÌd GuÌnore his wife toke to kepe to on of his nephus that was a wyse knyght and an hardi that wos called Mordred but he was not all trew os ye shalÌ heir afterward kyng Arthur toke all his reuame to this Mordred saf onli the croune ⪠¶ And after that kyng Arthur toke his host and went to southamton ther that the shippis wer brought the folke assembled and they did go vn to the see and had wynd Ì wedre at will and os sone as they myght they ariued at Harâlet and os sone as they myght they went to lond out of ther shippis and spred all ouer the cuntre ¶ How kyng arthur fought with a Geant in spayn that the wos called Dinabus that kylled Eleyn that wos kyng Hoels cosyn of litell Breton KYng Arthur had not duelled in the cuntre but a lytell tyme that men him told that ther wos comen a gret Gegnâ in to spayn and had rauisshed fair Eleyn that was cosyn vn to HoelÌ of lytill bretan and had brought hir vpon an hill that is called the mount of sent Barnard and ther was no man iÌ that cuntre so bold ne so hardy that durst with him fight ne cum nye the place ther that the geant dulled that was called Dinabê° and moch sorow he did iÌ the cuntre ¶ When kyng Arthur herd this tydyng he called Key and Bedewere and cuÌmanded them to gon preuely and espy wher the geant myght be âunden they come to the Rinage ther that men shuld go to the mount that wos all enclosed about with water and yit is and euer shal be ¶ And thei saw abrinnyng fire vpon the hyll and ther was also an other hill nygh that and ther wos vpon that an other fire brennyng ¶ Key and Bedewere come to the next hill and âoÌden a widew openhed sittiÌg besides a tombe sore wepyng Ì gret sorow made oft she sayd eleyn elein Key and bedewere axed what she was and wherfor she made so moch sorow and who say in that tombe O qd she what sorow and mysauentur fair lordes seke ye her for if the geant may you heir fynd he will you sle anone ¶ Be styll good wife qd they ther of dismay ye not but tell vs the soth whi that thow makest so moch sorow and wepyng ¶ Sirs quod she for a damysell that I norisshid with my brest that was called Ellin that was nece to Hoell kyng of breton And heir lieth the body in this tombe that to me wos takn to norisshe ¶ And so ther come a deuell a geant and rauisshed hir and me also and lad vs both with him away ¶ And he wold haue forlayn that mayd that wos so yong and tender of age But she myght it not suffer so gret and so houge as the geant was ¶ And for certis if he now cuÌ os he is wont to do he will yow both now kill and therfor wend ye hens Then bespake thes two messengers and sayed vn to hir wherfor go ye not from hens ¶ Certis syrs quod she when that Elin wos deid the geaÌt made me to abyde to done and haunte his will and me must nedes it suffer and god it wote I do it not with my will for me had leuer to be deid than with him to deill so moch payn sorow I haue when he me forlieth ¶ When Key Bedewer had herd all that this woman them told They turned ayene and come to kyng arthur and told him all that they had seyne heâd Arthur anoÌe toke them both with hiÌ weÌt preueli by nyght that noÌe of his host wist come on morow erli to the geant faught with hiÌ strâÌgli at thee last hiÌ slew ¶ And arthur bad bedewer smyt of his heed bring it to the host to shew them for a wonder for it wos so gret huge ¶ WheÌ thei come ayen to the host they told wherfor they had be out Ì shewed to hem the heed Ì euery maÌ was glad Ioifull of the worthy dede that kiÌg Arthur had done that wos ther lord ¶ And Hoell wos ful sorowfulÌ for his nece that wos so lost Ì after wheÌ he had space he let make a fair chapell of our ladi ouer Elins tombe ¶ How kynh Arthur yaf bataill to the Emhrour in the wich bataill the Emprour him self was slayn ARthur and his pepull had tydynges that the Emprour had assembled a gret pouer as well of sarasyns as of paynyÌs cristiÌ men wher of the nombre wos lxxx M. hors men with foâ men ¶ Arthur and his pepull ordined fast forth in ther way toward the Emprour and passed Normandye and fraunce vn to Burgoyne and wold haue gone to the host for men told him that the Empronis host wold cum to Lucie ¶ The Emprour and his host in the begynnyng of August remeued from Rome and cam forth right the way toward the host Tho come kiÌg Arthurs espies sayed if that Arthur wold he shuld fynd the Emprour ther fast by ¶ But they sayed that the Emprour had so gret pouer with hym of kynges of the land and of paynyms and also cristyn pepull that it wer bot foly to kyng Arthur to meteÌ with them for the espies told that the
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
he knew that the êphesy that festome had êphecied of the Egle and other êphecies accorded to the dyuine ansuer that Cadwaldre had herd he councellid to leue his pepull and his naue and submitte him to the disposicion of god and done all that the angell had commanded him ¶ Than Cadwaladre called Ynor his son and Yuory his cosin that was his sustres son and saydd to them Taketh saied he my folke and my naue that his heir all redy and passe ye in to wales and be ye lordis of bretons that no dishonor come to them by interrupcion of the paynyms folke for defaute of lordis ¶ And then he him self left his reame of Bretan and his folke for euer more and toke his way vn to the pope of Rome Sergius the wich worsshipped him moch and so he wos confessed and toke pennaunce for his synnes ¶ And he had not longe duelld ther that he ne died the .xij. Kalend of May the yere of grace .v. C.lxxix ¶ How kyng Offa wos soueraxn a boue all the kynges of Englond ana how euery kyng wered vpon other IT befell so that all the kynges in that tyme that wer in the lond as thei of Westsex Merchenrich EstaÌgle of keÌt and of southsex and of other costes eche wered vpon other and he that was most myghty toke the land of him that was most febel ¶ But ther was a kyng amonges them that wos called Offa that wos sent Oswaldes brother This offa conquered all the kynges of the land and regned a boue them all ¶ And so grete wos the were in euery cuÌtre bitwen kynges that no man might wit how the lond went ¶ But abbotis Priours men of relegion writen the lyues Ì dedis of kynges and how long euery of them regned and in what cuntre and in what maner euery kyng died Ì of bisshoppis also And ther of made gret bokes and let call them the cronicles And the good kyng Alured had that boke in hys warde and let bring it vn to wynchester and let it be fast tached to an piler that men shuld it not remeue ne bere it thens so that eueri man myght it se and ther vpon loke ¶ For ther in be the liues of all the KiÌges that euer wer in Englond ¶ How the kyng of Northhumberland Osbright for lay the wyfe of Buerne bocard thurgh strength and after this buerne conquered the kyng with pouer and strength ANd thus it befell in the same tyme that ther wos a king in Northhumberland that wos called Osbright and soiorned at Yorke and this kyng went hiÌ vpon a day in to a wod him for to disporte and when he come ayene he went priueli in to a good mans hous that was called Buerne Ì the good man of that place wos gone that tyme to the see ¶ For often tymes he wont ther to aspie theues and robers that oft tymes wer woÌt to cum in to the land to rob brene and sle ¶ The lady that was buernes wife was a wonder fair woman and the kyng com vn to hir when that hir housbond wos absent And so she trastid none harme vn to the kyng and welcomed him with moch honour and worthely him serued in all thing ¶ When the kyng had eten he toke the lady by the hand leed hir iÌ to a chamber sayd that he wold speke with hir a councell Ì all the folke froÌ the chamber he made void saf only the lady he but the lady wist not wherfor he it did till that he had done al his will And wheÌ he had done this dede he turned ayene to yorke the ladi he left ther woÌder sore wepyng for the dede that the kyng to hir had done ¶ And wheÌ hir lord was comeÌ home saw hir wepe sich som mornyng make he axed of hir what she had done why she made such sorow ¶ Sir qd she queinteli falseli the kiÌg Osbright me hath done shame velonye ayens my will· told hiÌ the trewth how the kiÌg had hir forlayne with strength wher for she sayd she had leuer to be deid than lyue ¶ Fair leef be styll ê he for ayenes strength febelnesse is litell worth therfor of me shalt thou neuer the lasse be loued and namly for thou hast told me the trewthe ¶ And if almyghty god grante me lyfe I shall the well auenge ¶ This Buerne was a gret man a myghty lord wos well beloued gret frindis had and let send for the grettest lordis of the land to them made his ê¯playn of thee dispite that the kyng to hiÌ had done said that he wold be auengid how so euer that it wer all his frendis concelled grented to wend vn to yorke ther that the kyng wos ¶ And buerne toke hys meyne come to the kyng And wheÌ the king hiÌ saw he called hiÌ courtasly Buerne by name buerne him ansuerd and to him saied Sir I you defy and yelde vp feutes hoomages and londis and os moch as I haue holden of you and so fro this tyme forward I wyll neuer of the nothing hold so he deêtid from the kyng with out more speche or ony a bydyng toke loue of his freÌdis Ì weÌt in to Denmarke plened to the kyng Godryne told hiÌ of the dispite that kiÌg Osbright to hiÌ had done of his wyf praid him of socour and help him to auenge ¶ When kyng Godrine of denmarke and the danois had herd the complaynt of this Buerne and of the preier that he had they wer right wonder glad iÌ hert for as moch that they myght find a cause for to gone in to Englond for to were vpoÌ the English men also for to aueÌge Buerne of the dispite that the kyng Osbright had done vn to his wife ¶ And for as moch os Buerne wos sibbe to the king of Denmarke Anone they let ordeyne a gret host of men let ordeyne them shippes and as moch as them nede to haue to that viage ¶ And when all the host was redy the kyng made his ij bretheren cheftaynes that wer nobull knyghtes of body and also bold that on was called Hunger that other Hubba ¶ How the Danys toke yorke and kylled the kyng Osbright and afterwarde kyng Elle WHen all thyng wos redy tho ·ij bred token leue of the kiÌge Godryn and went toward the see for to wend ouer in to Englond as fast as they myght spede Now is Buerne so well comforthed and fast hyed him with the Danois that they bene ariued in the north cuntre and comen thurgh out Holdernesse and destruyed all the cuntre and brenned tounnes and robbyd folÌke and kylled all that myght be taken till that they comen vn to yorke ¶ And wheÌ kyng Osbright saw them cum he toke his pepull that he had with him and come out of the cite and
therfor god wold not that he shuld regne no longer than iiij yere died lieth at winchester Leo the sext a roman wos pope sex monethes Stephanus the vij a roman wos after him ij yer IohnÌ the xi a roman wos pope iij. yere Stephanus the viij a germane was after hiÌ viij yere Martin the thrid wos after him iij. yere and of thes sex popis is nothyng had in scriptur for what cause I canot tell Anno domini ixC.liiij AGapitus a roman wos pope after Martin ij yere viij monethes and nothyng of him is writtyn Iohannes the xij a roman wos pope after Agapite almost viii yere he had a fader that heght Alberyke wos a worthi man in the cete of rome He inducit the nobull men to swer that after the deth of agape they shuld chese OctouianuÌ his sonne pope so it was done Ì was named IohnÌ and he was an hunter and a lecherus man so that opynli he kepid women wherfor certayn cardinals wrot to Otthoni the emprour of saxon that he shuld cum 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
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
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
same tyme was vpoÌ the see gret were bitwen the eÌglishmeÌ the NormaÌs but vpoÌ a time the normaÌs arriued all at Douer ther they martired an holy man that was called Thomas of Douer And afterward wer the normans kylled that ther ascappid not on of theÌ Â¶ And sone after kiÌg edward shuld lese the duchie of Gascoyn thurgh kiÌg Philip of fraunce thurgh his fals castyng of the douseperis of the land wherfor sir Edmond that wos kiÌg Edwards brother yaf vp his homage vn to the kyng of frauÌce ¶ And in that tyme the clerkis off englond grauÌtid to kyng Edward halfendele of holy chirch gooddis in helpyng to recouer his land ayen in Gascoyn ¶ And the kiÌg sent thider a nobull company of his bachilers him self wold haue gone to Portesmouth but he wos let thurgh on Maddoc of wales that had seised the castell of SwandoÌ in to his hand Ì for that enchesoÌ the kiÌg turned to wales at cristemase And for enchesoÌ that the nobull lordis of engloÌd that wer seÌt iÌ to gascoyn had no coÌforth of ther lord the kiÌg they wer take of sir Charles of frauÌce that is to say sir IohnÌ of bretaÌ sir robert Tiptot ⪠sir Raufe taÌny sir hugh Bardolf Ì sir Adam of Creting Ì yit at the ascencioÌ was Madoke take in wales an other that wos called Morgan they wer sent to the tour of londoÌ Ì ther they wer heded ¶ How sir IohnÌ Bailloll kiÌg of scotlaÌd withsaid his homage ANd when sir IohnÌ bailloll kyng of scotland vnderstode that kyng Edward wos wered in Gascoyn to whom the reame of Scotland was delyuered Falsely tho ayen his oth with said his homage thurgh procuring of his folke· And sent vn to the court of rome thurgh a fals suggestion to be assoiled of that othe that he swore vn to the kyng of EngloÌd so he wos by letter enbulled ¶ Tho chosen they of scotland Dousspers for to be nymme edward of his right ¶ And in that tyme come ij cardinales from the court of rome fro the pope Celestine to trete of accorde bitwen the kng of frauÌce Ì the kyng of englond ¶ And as tho two Cardinales speke of accorde Thomas Turbeluill was take at Liouns Ì made feaute homage to the warden of Paris Ì to hiÌ put his ij sonys in hostage for that he thought to go iÌ to englond for till aspie the cuntre Ì tell them when he come in to englond that he had brokyn the kynges prison of frauÌce by nyght said that he wold done that al englisshmeÌ Ì walshÌmen shÌold a bow to the king of frauÌce Ì this thyng for to bring to the ende he swore Ì vpoÌ this couenant dedis wer made betwen theÌm and that he shÌuld haue by yere a M· pouÌdes worth of lond to bring this thing to an ende ¶ This fals tratour toke his leue Ì weÌt theÌs and come in to englond vn to the kyng said that he wos brokyn out of prisoÌ that he had put him in such êill for his loue wherfore the kyng coude him moch thanke and full glad wos of his commyng ¶ And the fals tratour fro that day aspied all the doyng of the kyng Ì also his couÌsell for the kyng loued him wel Ì was with him full priue But a clerke of englond that wos in the kynges house of fraunce herd of this treson of the falsnes wrot to an other clerke that tho wos duellyng with edward kyng of englond all how Thomas Turbeluill had done his false coniectyng all the councell of engloÌd wos writte for to haue sent vn to the kyng of frauÌce thurgh the foresaid letter that the clerke had sent fro frauÌce hit wos fouÌde vpoÌ him wherfor he wos lad to londoÌ honged draw ther for his tresoÌ and his ij sonys that he had put in frauÌce for hostage wer tho beheded ¶ Of the counquest of Berewyke WHen tho two Cardinales wer went ayene in to Fraunce for to trete of the pees at Cambrey the kyng sent thider of his erlis and barouns That is to say sir Edmond his brother erle of Lancastre and of Leycestre sir Henri Lacy erle of Nichol Willm vessy a baron and of other baronettis about xiiij of the best Ì wisest of engloÌd ¶ And iÌ the same tyme the king Edward toke his viage to Scotland for to were vpoÌ IohnÌ Bailloll kyng of scotland ¶ And sir Robert Roos of Berewyke fled fro the englisshmeÌ went to the scottys And kyng Edward went him toward berewike Ì beseged the touÌe Ì tho that wer within manly them defendid and set a fire and brint ij of kyng Edwardis shippis and said in dispite and reproue of him ¶ Weneth kyng edward with his long shankis to haue get berewike al our vnthankis Gas pikes him And when he has done Gas dikes him ¶ When kyng Edward herd this scorne anone thurgh his myghtynes he passid ouer the dikes Ì assailed the touÌe come to the yates and gat and conquerid the touÌe and thurgh his gracious pouer kylled xxv thousand Ì vijC scottys And kyng Edward lost no man of renoune saufe sir Richard of Cornewaill and him kylled a Flemmyng out of the reed hall with a quarell as the foresaid Richard did of his helme and commauÌdid them for to yeld them and put them to the kynges grace and the scottis wold not wherfor that hall was brent and castyn doune and all tho that wer therin wer brant ¶ And king Edward lost no mo men at that viage of symple estate but xxvij Englisshmen And the wardeyn of the castell yaf vp the keys with out any assaute ¶ And ther wos takyn willm Douglas and Sir Symond Frisell Ì the erle Patrike yeld them to the pees bot InghmÌ of Humsremille Robert the Brus that wer with the kyng Edward forsoke kyng edward and held with the scottis and afterward they wer takyn and put in to prison and after that the king for yaf them ther trespasse and deliuerid them out of prison ¶ And tho let kyng edward close in Berwik with wallys with dychis afterward Robert Rous went to Tindale and set wuyebrugge a fire Exham Ì Lamerstok and kyllid and robbed the folke of that cuntre ¶ And after that he went from thens vn to Dumbarre ¶ And the frist wedenesday of Marche the kyng sent the erle of Garenne Sir hugh Perci and sir hugh Spenser with a fair companye for to besege the castell ¶ But on that wos called sir Richard Syward a traitour and a fals man ymagyned for to begile the englisshnen sent to the englisshmen them for to dissaue And said that he wold yelde vn to them the castell yf they wold grauÌte them viij· dais of respit that he myght send Ì tell to sir Iohan Bailoll that wos kyng of
the englisshmeÌ wer discomforted Ì sorowed in northhuÌberland ¶ For enchesoÌ that kiÌg Edwardis son set by the scottis no force for the riot of Perys of Ganaston wherfore Alas wos the song thurgh out all englond for defaute of they re good werdeyn froÌ the I le of shepey vn to the I le of marcill the pepull made moch sorow for good kiÌg Edwardis deth ¶ For they wened that good kiÌg edward shuld haue gone iÌ to the holy land for that was holy his purpose vpon whos soule god for his high grace haue inci Anno domini M.CC.lxxxiiij CElestinus wos pope after Nicholas v. monethis and nothynh nobull of him is written bot that he wos a vertuus man Bonefacius the .viij. wos after him viij yere This Bonefaci wos a man iÌ thos thinges the wich êteneth to court for he wos vere exparte in such maters And because he had no peer he put no mesurnesse to his prudens And toke so gret pride vpon him that he said he wos lord of all the world and mony thyngê he did with his myght the wich failed wriechedly in the end he yaf a sampull to all prelatis that they shuld not be proude but vnder the forme of a veray schepard of god they shuld more study for to be loued of ther subiectis then to be drad This man is he of whome it is said that he entred as a fox he leued as a Lyon and died as a dog ¶ This tyme the yere of grace was ordeyned from an hondreth yere to an hondreth yere And the frist Iubile was in the yere of our lord IhuÌ crist a M.ccc.. Benedictus the xi was after Boneface xi monethis This maÌ wos an holi man of order of the frere prechours litill wile liued but decessid anone Adulphus wos emprour vi yere this maÌ was the erle of anoxone And wos not crouned by the pope for he wos slayn in bataill Albertus was emprour after him x. yere This man wos the duke of Anstrie and frist was repreued of the pope and after wos confirmed by the same pope for the maleââ of the kyng of fraunce the wich wos an enmy vn to the chirche And to that Albert the same pope yaf the kyngdom of fraunce as he did other kyngdoms bot it profettid not for at the last he wos slayn of his nevu Clemens was pope after Benedictus almost ix yere And he was a gret bylder of castelles and other thinges and he dampned the order of templaries and he ordeyned the vij boke of the decretalis the wich be called the questions off Clementyns And anone after iÌ a counsell the wich he held at vienna he reuokid that same boke· the wich his successari IohnÌ called ayen iÌcorporit it pupplicit it This ClemeÌt first of all popis translatid the popis seet fro rome to the AuiÌnon· wheder it was done bi the mocion of god or the boldenes of man diuerse meÌ merueleth Iohan the xxij was pope after him xviij yere This man was all glorious as for thos thynges that wer to be vsid thurgh the actyue liffe And he pupplishit the constitucoÌis of the Clementines and send them to all the vniuersites and moÌy santis he canonised thes fat bisshopbriches he deuidid he ordined mony thinges ayens the pluralite of benefices and moÌy heritikes he dampned bot wheder he wos saued or not oure lord wold not shew to thos he louyd veray well Henri the .vij. was emprour after Albert v. yere This Henri was a nobull man in were and he coueted to haue pees by land and water he wos a glorius maÌ in bataill And neuer ouercummyn with enmys And at the last he wos poysened of a frere when that he houselid him bi resauiÌg of the sacrament ¶ Of kyng Edward that wos kyng Edwardis son ANd after this kyng Edward regned Edward his son that was borne in Carnariuan and this Edward went him in to fraunce and ther he spoused Isabell the kynges doughter of Fraunce the xxv day of Ianiuer at the chirche of our ladi at Boloyn in the yere of our lord ihesu crist a M.ccc.vij And the xx day of Feuyer the next yere that come after he wos crouned solempli at westmynstre of the Erchebisshop Robert of wynchelse and of the erchebisshop off Cantorburi And ther wos so gret prece of pepull that sir iohan bakwell wos deid and mordred ¶ And anone as the good kyng Edward was deid sir Edeward his son kyng of englond sent after Pers of Ganastane in to Gascoyn and so moch loued him that he called him his broder And anone after he yaf vn to him the lordship of walyngforde and it wos not long after that he ne yaf him the erldom of Cornewaill ayens all the lordis wyll of the reame of englond ¶ And tho brought he sir Walter of Langton bisshop of Chestre in to prison in to the tour of london with two knaues allone him to serue For the kyng was wroth with him for because that sir walter made complaynte vpon him to his fader wherfor he was put in to prison in the tyme of Troilebaston ¶ And the forsaid Pers of Ganaston made so gret mastries that he went in to the kynges tresorie in the abbey of westmynster and toke the table of gold with the tristyls of the same mony other riche Iewels that sum tyme wer the nobull and good kiÌg Arthurs Ì toke theÌ to a marchand that was called Aymeri of Friscombaand For he shulde bere them ouer see iÌ to Gascoyne and so he went thens and they come neuer ayen after wherfore it wos a gret loose vn to this land ¶ And when this Pers wos so richeli auaunced he be come so proud and so stout wherfor all the gret lordis of the reame had him iÌ dispite for his gret bering wherfore sir HeÌri the laci erle of Nicholl and syr Guy erle of warrewik the wich good lordis the goode kyng Edward sir Edwardis fader kyng of Englond charged that Peris of Ganaston shuld not cum in to englond for to bring his son Edward in to riot ¶ And all the lordis of Englond assemled them a certayn day at the freris prechours at London and ther they spekyn of the dishonour that kyng Edward did vn to his reame and to his croune ¶ And so they assentid all bothe erles and barons and all the commyns that the foresaid Pers of Ganastone shuld be exiled out of Englond for euer more and so it wos done for he forswore Englond and went in to Irlond and ther the kyng made hym chiuetayn and gouernour of the land by his commission and theer this pers was cheuetayne of all the land and did ther all that hiÌ liked and had pouer what he wold and that tyme wer the templars exiled thurgh all cristinte for encheson that men put vpon them that they shuld done thynges ayens the faith and good beleue·
¶ Kyng Edward loued Pers of Ganastone so moch thatt he myght not forlet his componye and so moch the kyng yaf and behight to the pepull of englond that the exiling of the foresaid peris shuld be reuoked at stamford thurgh them that him had exiled wherfore peres of ganaston come ayen in to englond and when he was come ayen in to his land he dispised the grettist lordis of this land and called sir Robert of Clare erle of glocestre horeson And the erle of Nicholl sir henri the Lacy brustynbely and sir Guy erle of warwik the blak hound of Arderne Ì also he called the nobull erle and Thomas of Lancastre Churle and mony oder scornes and shame them said and mony other gret lordis of englond ¶ Wherfor they were toward hiÌ full angri wroth right sore annoyed ¶ And iÌ the same time died the erle of Nicholl bot he charged or that he wos deid Thomas of Lancastre erle that was his son in law that he shuld maynten his quarell ayens this same Pers of Ganaston vpoÌ his blissing ¶ And so it befell thurgh help of the erle of Lancastre and also of the erll of werwic that the forsaid sir Pers wos hedid at Gausich beside werwyk iÌ the xix day of Iune in the yere of grace a M.ccc .xij. ¶ Wkrfor the kyÌg was sore annoyed prayd god that he myght se that day to be a venged vpoÌ the deth of the forsaid Pers. ¶ And so it befell afteerward as ye shall here Alas the tyme for the forsaid erle of Lancastre and mony other gret barons wer put to pytuus deth and martired for enchesoÌ of the forsaid quarell ¶ The kyng wos tho at london and held a êlament and ordeyned the lawes of sir Symond Mounford wherfor the erle of Lancastre and the erles and all clerge of englond made an othe thurgh counsell of Robert of wynchelse for to maynten tho ordinauÌces for euer more ¶ How Robert the Brus come ayen in to scotland Ì gadered a gret pouer of men for to were vpon kyng Edward ANd when sir Robert the Brus that made him kyng of scotland that before wos fled in to Norway for dreed of deth off the good kyng Edward and also he herid of the debate that tho was in Englond bi twene the kyng and his lordis he ordeyned an host come iÌ to englond iÌ to NorthuÌberland cleyn distruid the contre ¶ And when kyng Edward herd this tidyng he let assembull his host and met the scottis at edstreuelin in the day of natiuite of sent IohnÌ baptist in the iij yere of his regne in the yere of our lord IhuÌ crist a M.CCC xiiij Alas the sorow Ì losse that ther wos done ¶ For ther wos slayn thee uery nobull erle Gilbert of Clare sir Robert of Clifford baroun· ther kyng Edward was scomfited and edmoÌd of maule the kingê stewerd for dred went and drenched him self iÌ a fresh riuer that is called Bannokesborne wherfor thei said iÌ reproue dispite of kiÌg Edward for as moch as he loued to gon bi water also for he wos discomfited at bannokesborne Therfor the maidens made a song therof iÌ that cuÌtre of kyng edward of englond iÌ this maner they song ¶ Maydens of englond sore may ye morne for tiÈt haue lost your lemmans at bannokesborne with heuelogh what weneth the kiÌg of engloÌd to haue geten scotland with rombilogh· WHen kyng Edward discomfited was wondir sore and fast he fled with his folke that was left on lyue and went vn to Berewik and ther held him And after he toke hostages thatt is to say ij child of the richest of the toune and the kyng wenteÌ to lundon Ì toke counsell of thinges that wer nedefull vn to thee reame of englond ¶ And in the same tyme it befell that tho was iÌ englond a ribaude that was called Iohan Tanner and he went said that he wos the good kyng edwardis son and let him call edward of Carnariuan and therfore he wos take at Oxforde and ther he chalanged the frere carmes churche that kyng Edwarad had yefen them the wich chirch sum tyme was the kynges hall ¶ And afterward was this IohnÌ lad vn to NorthmÌtoÌ and draw and honged for his falsenesse and or that he wos dede he confessid and said before all tho that ther war That the deuell behight him that he shÌuld be kyng of englond and that he had serued the deuell .iij. yere ¶ How the toune of Berewyc wos taken thurgh tresoÌ Ì how ij Cardinales wer robbid in englond ANd in mydlentyn sonday in the yere of our lord IhuÌ crist a M.CCC.xvi Berewyc wos lost thurgh fals treson of on Pers of Spaldyng the wich pers the kyng had put ther for to kepe that same toune with mony burgeis of the same toune ¶ Werfor the children that wer put in hostage thurgh the burgeis of Berewyk folowed the kiÌges marchalsie moni dais fetered in strong yrans ¶ And after that tyme ther come ij Cardinales in to englond as the pope had them sent for to make pees bitwen engloÌd Ì scotland ¶ And as they went toward Doram for to haue sacrid mastyr Lowys of Beaumont bisshop of Doram and os they went they wer taken Ì robbid vpoÌ the more of wynglesdoÌ of wich robbery sir Gilbert of Middelton wos atteint take and honged Ì draw at londoÌ Ì his hede smyten of and set vpoÌ a spere and set vpoÌ new gate the iiij quartres sent to iiij cites of englond ¶ And that same tyme befell mony mischefes in engloÌd for the poer pepull died in englond for hunger so moch so fast died that vnneth men migh them berie for a quart of whete wos worth xl shilling and ij yere an half a quarter whete was worth ·x marke And oft times the poer pepull stole children ete them ete also al the houndis that thei might take Ì also horse cattis And after ther fell a gret moreyn among bestis in diuerse cuÌtres of Englond during kiÌg Edwardis lifes time ¶ How the Scottis robbid Northumberland ANd in the same time come the scottis ayen in to Englond and distruyd Northumberland and brend that land Ì robbid it and kylled men and womeÌ and children that didly in ther cradeles and brend also holy chirche and destruyd cristyndoÌ and toke and bore Englisshmens goodis as they had be sarisens or paynyms and of the wikkidnesse that they did all the world spaken thurgh all cristyndome ¶ How the scottis wold not a mend ther trespase Ì therfor scotland wos enterdited ANd when pope Iohaij the xxij after sent Petre herd of the gret sorow and mischief that the scottis wrought he wos wonder sori that cristindom was so distroid thurgh the Scottis Ì namly they distruyed so holy chirche wherfor the pope sent a generall
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
moder Dame Isabell by sir Roger Mortimer ¶ And as they wold all thyng wos done both emong high and low And they token vn to them Castels tounes landis Ì rentis in gret harme losse to the croune Ì of the kynges estate out of mesure ¶ How the pees was made bitwene the english men and thee scottis Ì also of Iustifieng of Troylebastone THe kyng Edward at witsontide in the secund yere of his ragne thurgh the councell of his modre sir Roger Mortimer ordeyned a parlament at Northamton And at that êlament the kyng thurgh hir councell and none other of the land with in age graunted to be accordid with the Scottis in this maner that all the feautes and homages that the scottis shuld do vn to thee croune of Enlond for yaf them vn to the scottis for euer more by his chartre enseled ¶ And forthermore an endeÌture wos made of the scottis vn to kyng edward that wos kyng Henris son wich endenture they called it rageman in the wich wer contenyd all thee homagis and feautes Frist of the kyng of Scotland and of all the prelatis erles and barons of the reame of scotland with ther seales set theron and other chartres and remembraunces that kyng Edward and his barons had of ther right in the foresaid reame of Scotland it wos for yeue them ayen holy chirche And also with the blake crosse of scotland the wich the good kyng edward conquerid in Scotland and brought it owt of the Abbey of Scone that is a full preciouse relique ¶ And also forthermore he relesid and for yaf all the landis that thebarons of englond had in scotland by old conquest ¶ And this pees for to be hold and last the scottis wer bouÌd vn to the kyng in xxx thousand pound of siluer to be paid with in .iij. yere that is euery yere x. thousand pound by evyne porcions ¶ And forthermore aboue all this they speke bitwen the êteis aboue said that Dauid dritonautier that was kyng Robert the Bruit son the fals tyrant and fals forsworin ayenst his othe that arose ayens his liege lord the nobull and good kyng Edward and falsely made him kyng of Scotland that was of age of .v. yere ¶ And so thurgh this cursed councell Dauid spoused at Barewik Dame Iohane of the toure thatt was kyng Edwardis sustre as the geest telleth vpoÌ mare Magdalene day In the yere of grace a ·M ccc and xxviij to gret harme and empeiring to all the kynges blod wher of that gentill lady come Alas the tyme For wonder moch was that fair damisell disêaged sith that she was maried ayens all the commune assent of Englond And froÌ the tyme that Brut had coÌquered Albion and named the land after his own name Bretan that now is called Englond after the name of Engest ¶ And so the reame of Scotland wos holden of the reame of englond and of the croune bi feaute and by homage ¶ For Brut conquered that land and yaf it vn to Albanak that wos his secund son and he called that land Albayn after his own name So that the heires that comen after him shuld hold of Brut and of his heires that is to sai of the kynges of Bretan by feaute and homage and froÌ that tyme vn to this tyme of kyng Edward the reame of scotland wos holden of the reame of Englod by feautes and seruices as aboue is said iÌ the crenicles of Englond and of scotland bereth witnesse more planarly ¶ And acursed be the tyme that this parlament was ordeyned at Northamton For ther thurgh falÌs councell the kyng was ther falsly disherited and yet he was with in age ¶ And yit whan that kyng Edward wos put out of his rialte of englond Yit men put not him out of the feautes seruices of the Reame of Scotland ne of the fraunchises disherited him fer euermore ¶ And neuerthelas the gret lordis of englond wer ayens to confirme the pees and the trewâs abaue sayd sauf only quene Isabell that tho was the kynges mother Edward and the bisshop of Ely and the lord Mortimer bot reson and law wold not that a finall pees shuld be made by twene them with out the coÌmune assent of englond ¶ Of the debate that was bitwen quene Isabell sir HeÌri erle of Lancastre of Leycestre Ì of the ridiÌg of Bedford WHen the forsaid Dauid had spoused Dame Iohane of the tâur in the toune of Berrewik as be fore is sayed the scottis in despite of the Englisshmen called Dame Iohane the CouÌtesse make pees For the cowardyse pees that tho wos ordeyned but the kiÌges êson bare all the wite and the blame with wronge of the makyng of the accorde And all wos done thurgh the quen and Roger Mortimer ¶ And it was not long after that the quene Isabell ne toke in to hir own hand all the lordship of Pountfret almost all the landis that wer of any value that apperteyned to the croune of Englond· ¶ So that the kiÌg had not for to dispende bot of his vses Ì of his Escheker For the quene Isabell and Mortimer had a gret menye of ther retenauÌce that folowed euermore the kynges court And went and toke the kynges prises for hir peny worthes at good chepe ¶ Wherfore the contre that thei comen iÌ wer full sore a drad and almost distroid of them ¶ Tho began the comminalte of englond for to haue enuy to Isabell the quene that so moch loued hir before wen she come ayen for to pursue the fals traitours the spensers from fraunce ¶ And in that same tyme the fals traitour Robert of Holand that betraied his lord sir Thomas of Lancastre was tho deliuered owt of prison and was wonder priue with the quene Isabell and also with Roger the Mortimer ¶ Bot that auailed not him but litell for he was taken at myhelmasse that tho come next sewyng after as he rode toward the quene Isabell to londoÌ sir Thomas wither smote of his heed besides the toune of sent Albons ¶ And this sir Thomas duelled with sir HeÌri erle of Lancastre and he put him iÌ hidiÌg for dred of the quene for she loued him wonder moch prayed vn to the kyng for him that the same Thomas myght be exiled out of Englond ¶ And the nobull erle sir Henri of Lancastre had oft tymys herd the comune clamor of the EnglishmeÌ of the disese that wer done in EngloÌd and also for diuerse wronges that wer done among the comune pepull of the wich the kyng bare the blame with wrong For he was bot full yong and tender of age And thought as a good man for to done a way and slake the sklandre of the kynges parson if that he myght in any maner of wise So as the kyng was ther of nothyng gylty wherfor he was in perell of lyfe and lyme ¶ And so he assembled all his retenauÌces and went
wroth ¶ How sir Roger Mortimer bare him proudly Ì so hie ANd now shall ye here of sir Roger Mortimer of wygmore that dissired and couyted to be at an high a state so that the kyng graunted him to be called erle of marche thurgh out all his lordship ¶ And he become so proud and so hauteyne that he wold lese forsake the name that his ancestres had euer before ¶ And for that encheson he let him call the erle of marche and none of the comuns of englond durst call him bi name other name for he was called so thurgh the kyngê crie that men shuld call him erle of the marche ¶ And the Mortimer bare him so hauteyne Ì so proud that wonder it was for to wit also disgised hiÌ with wonder rich clothes out of all maner reson both of shapping of wering Wher of the englisshmen had gret wonder how Ì in whot maner he myght contreue or find such maner pride and they said amoÌges them all comenli that his prid shÌold not long endure ¶ And the same tyme sir Geffrey Mortimer the yong that was the mortimer son let him call kyng of folie so it befell afterward in dede for he wos so full of pride Ì of writchednesse that he held a rouÌde tabull in wales to all men that thider come contrefete the doiÌg Ì the maner of kyng Arthurs tabull bot openli he failed For the nobull kyng Arthur wos the most worthy lord of renoune that was in all the world in his tyme yit come neuer none such after For al the nobull knyghtis in all cristendome of dede of armes asayed duellid with kyng Arthur Ì held him for ther lord and soferen ¶ And that wos well sayn for he ê¯quered in bataill a roman that wos called Froll Ì get of him the reame of frauÌce and kylled him with his own handis ¶ And also he faught with a geant that wos called Dinabus kylled him that had rauesshed fair Eleyn that wos kyng Hocles nece kyng of litell bretan ¶ And afterward he kylled in bataill the emprour of Rome that wos called Lucie that had assembled ayens king Arthur for to fight with him so moch pepull of romaÌs Phethis sarisens that no man coud them noÌbre Ì he discomfited them all as the stori telleth ¶ And in the same tyme coÌmune loos sprong in engloÌd thurgh coniecting ordinauÌce of the freres prechours that sir Edward of Carnariuan that wos kyng edward fadre of whom the geest telleth said that he was on liue in the castell of Corf wherfor all the coÌmyns all most of englond wer in sorow iÌ dred wherfor that it wer so or not For they wist not how traitoursly the mortimer had him done mordrid ¶ How EdmoÌd of wodstok that wos erle of kent the kinges brother edward of Carnariuan was heded at wynchestre ANd vpoÌ a tyme it befell so that sir edmond of wodstoke erle of Kent spake vn to the pope Iohan the xxij at Auinion said that almyght good had oft tymes done for Thomas loue of Lancastre mony gret miraclls to mony men and women that wer thurgh diuerse maladies undone as vn to the world and thurgh his praier they wer brought vn to ther helÌth ¶ And so sir edmond praied the pope herteli that he wold grauÌte him grace that the forsaid Thomas myght be translatid But the pope said nay that he shuld not be translatid vn to the tyme that he wer better certefied of the clargie of englond seyn by ther obedeÌce what thyng god had done for the loue of Thomas of lancastre after the suggestion that the forsaid edmoÌd erle of kent had vn to him made ¶ And whan this edmond saw that he myght not spede of his purpose as tochyng the translacion he praied him of his couÌcell as toching sir edward of Carnariuan his broder said that not long a gone he wos kyng of englond what thiÌg might best be done as toching his deliuerance sith that a comune fame is thurgh engloÌd that he his on liue hole Ì sauf ¶ Whan the pope herd hiÌ tell that sir edward was on liue he coÌmauÌded the erle vpoÌ his benison that he shÌuld help with all the pouer that he myght that he wer deliuered out of prisun sâue his body iÌ all maner that he might for to bring this thiÌg to an end he assoyled hiÌ his coÌpani a pena culpa all tho that holp to his deliuerance ¶ Tho toke edmoÌd of wodstoke his leue of the pope come ayen iÌ to engloÌd And whaÌ sir edmond wos comeÌ suÌ of the frere precheurs come Ì said that sir edward his broder yit wos on liue iÌ the castell of Corf vnder the kepiÌg of Sir Thomas Gurnay ¶ Tho sped him the forsaid EdmoÌd as fast os he might till he come to the castell of Corf Ì a queynted hiÌ Ì spak so fair with IohnÌ Dauerell that was ê¯stable of the same castell and yaf him rich yeftes to haue acqueyntance of him and to knaw of his couÌcell ¶ And thus it befell that the forsaid sir edmoÌd praied specially to tell him priuely of his lord his brother sir Edward if that he leued or wer dede and if he wer on liue he praied of him ons to haue a sight ¶ And this sir Iohan Dauerill was an high herted man and full of curage Ì ansuerid shortely vn to sir Edmond and sad that sir edward his brother was in helth and vnder his kepyng and durst shew him vn to no man sith it was defended him in the kynges half edward that was edwardis son of Carnariuan and also thurgh commaundement of the quene Isabell the kynges modre Ì of sir Roger Mortimer that he shÌuld shew his body vn to no maner man of the world sauf only vn to them vpon lesyng life and limme Ì disherityng of his heiris for euer more ¶ But the fals traitour falsly lied for he was not in his ward but he wos take thens lad vn to the castell of berkeley thurgh sir Thomas Gurnay thurgh ê¯mauÌdemeÌt of the Mortimer til that he wos dede as before is said but sir edmoÌd of wodstoke wist nothyng that Edward his broder was dede wher vpon he toke a lettre vn to the kiÌg edward his broder as to his worthi lord ¶ And vnderfeng the letter of him be hight him for to do his message with out any maner faill with that sir edmoÌd toke leue of the forsaid IohnÌ weÌt iÌ to his own ê¯tre lordship iÌ kent that he had ther ¶ And anone as this same iohnÌ wist that sir edmond wos gone iÌ to kent his own lordship anone he went iÌ all the hast that he myght fro the castell of Corf comen vn to sir Roger mortimer toke him the letter that sir edmoÌd of
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
vpoÌ the heed that the brayn brest out and fel on the ground and so was he dede an euell deth ¶ Tho toke they the Mortimer as he armed him at the toures dore when he hard the noyse of them for dred And when the quene Isabell saw that the Mortimer was taken she made moch sorow in hert and thes wordes vn to them said ¶ Now fair sires I pray you that ye don no ne harme to his body a worthy knyght our welbeloued frend our dere cosyn ¶ Tho went they thens and come and brought the mortimer and presentid him vn to the kyng Edward and he commaunded to bring him in sauf ward But anone as they that wer consent vn to the Mortimers doyng herd tell that he was taken they went and hid them and priuely by nyght went out of the toune eche in his side with heuy hert and mornyng and leued vpon ther landis as well as they myght ¶ And so that same yere that the Mortimer was take he had at his retene ix score knyghtis with out squyers and sergiauntys of armes and fote men ¶ And tho was the mortimer lad to london And sir SymoÌd of Beford was lad with him and was take to the conestabull of the toure to kepe ¶ But afterward wos the mortimers liif examined at westmynstre before the kiÌg and before al the gret lordis of engloÌd for êill that might fall to the reame to enquere also wich were assentyng to sir edwardis deth the kiÌges fader also thurgh whom the scottis ascappid from stanhope in to scotland with out the will of kyng edward ¶ And also how the chartre of ragman was deliuered vn to the scottis wherin the homag feautes of scotland were conteyned that the scottis shuld done euer more to the englishÌ kiÌg for the reame of scotland wherfore in his abseÌs he was dampned to be draw and honged for his treson this myschief come vn to him on sent Andrewes euen in the yere of incarnacioÌ of our lord IhuÌ crist M.ccc xxx ¶ How kyng edward get ayen vn to him grociously the homages and feautes of ScotlaÌd wher of he was put out thurgh fals couÌcell of Isabell his modre and sir Roger Mortimer that was new made erle of marche NOw ye haue hard lordis how sir Iohan Bailloll in the time of pees was chosen to be kyng of Scotland for encheson that he come of the eldest doughter of the erle Dauid of HontiÌgton thas wos kyng Alexandre brether of Scotland that died with out heir of his body begoten And how this Iohan made feaute homage to kyng Edward Henris son the iij. for his landâs of scotland And how he afterward withsaid his homage thurgh councell of the scottis in the yere of our lord a M.cc lxxiiij Ì sent vn to the pope thurgh a fals suggestion that he made his oth vn to the forsaid kyng edward ouer his astate Ì his will of wich othe the pope him assoilled thurgh his bulsis to hiÌ y sent ¶ And a none as kiÌg edward wist ther of he ordeyned anoÌe his barons come vn to Berewike Ì ê¯querid the touÌe at wich coÌquest ther were sloyn xxvM. Ì vijC. and the bailloll that was kiÌg of scotland coÌ yeld hiÌ to good kiÌg edward Ì the kiÌg afterward deliuered hiÌ out of the tour of londoÌ And all the gret lordis of ScotlaÌd with him that tho were taken at Berewik and yaf them sauf condithis to gone in to scotland ¶ And the scottis sith thurgh ther falsenesse wered vpon good kyng edward ¶ And when sir Iohan bailloll kiÌg of scotland saw all this he went ouer the see vn to Dunpier and leued ther vpoÌ his own landis as well as he myght till that the scottis wold amend them of thermisdedis and trespace Ì lad with him sir edward his son wherfore the Scotâs in dispite of him called him sir Iohan Turnlabard for becaâ that he wold not offende ne trespace ayens the good kyng edward of englond ¶ And so he for soke his Reame of Scotland set thar of but litell price ¶ And this sir IohnÌ long tyme duelled in fraunce till that he died ther And sir Edward his son vnderfeng his heritage and did homage vn to the kyng of fraunce for his landis of Dunpier and so it fell afterward that Edward that wos IohnÌ Bailloll son had with hiÌ a squyer of engloÌd that wos borne in yorkshire that was called IohnÌ of Barnabi this Edward bailloll loued him moch wos ny him full priue ¶ And so this IohnÌ of barnaby was in debate with a frensh man in the toune of Dunpier Ì so he killed him weÌt in his wai in all the hast that he myght in to the Castell for to haue socour help of his lord ¶ And anoÌe come the officers of the touÌe to take iohan of Barnaby as a felon sir edward his lord holp hym Ì rescued him Ì by nyght made hiÌ weÌd out of the castell so he went his way come iÌ to engloÌd with out any harme ¶ And when the kyng of frauÌce saw that sir Edward had rescued his felon he become wonder wroth ayens sir Edward and anoÌe let him be arestid toke in to his hand all his landis ¶ Tho duelled sir Edwar in prison vn to the tyme that sir Henri of Beaumont come in to fraunce the wich Henri sum tyme was erle of angos in scotland thurgh his wife wos put out of the forsaid erldom wheÌ the accordemeÌt was bitwen Englond and Scotland thurhh the quene isabell and sir Roger Mortimer and ther copani for the mariage that she made bitwen Dauid that wos Robert the Brus son Dame Iohana atte Toure kyng Edwardis sustre of engloÌd well vnderstode this that at the end he shÌuld cum to his right but if it wer thurgh sir edward Bailloll that was right heir of the reame of Scotland ¶ And the kyng of frauÌce Lowys loued moch this sir Henri and he was with him full priue and thought for to make a deliueraunce of sir Edward Baillolls body if he migh in any maner of wyse ¶ Tho praied he the kyng that he wold graunte him of his grace sir Edward Baillolls body vn to the next êlament that he myght lyue with his own rentis in the meyn tym and that he myght stand to be Iuged bi his peris at the parlameÌt ¶ And the kyng grauÌtid him his praier and made the forsaid Edward to be deliuered out of prison in the maner aboue said And anone as he wos out of prisoÌ sir Henri toke him forth with him and lad him to englond and made him duell priuely at the maner of sandhall vp onse in yorkeshire with the lady vescy so he ordeined him ther an houge retenaunce of pepul of englisshmen Ì also of aliens for to conquere ayen
to Baillollis folke Ì said Now for the loue of god almyghty bene of good coÌ forth for ye shal haue bataill anone right ¶ And tho spak sir Fouk the son of Gareyne a baron of gret renowne of dede of armes ¶ Sirris lordinges vnderstoÌd what I will say I haue seyn mony diuerse wiÌges as well amoÌg sariseÌs Ì Iues as amoÌg the scottis And yit saw I neuer the fourth ête of the wynge fight ther far if ye will abide our enmys we be ynow for to fight ayeÌs them But if we be not of good hert and of good will for to fight with them for certis we bene full few ayens this compani ¶ And therfore for the loue of god take to vs good hert Ì let vs bene bold thynke we neuer on our wifes ne on our childre bot onli to conquere our enmys iÌ bataill ¶ And thurgh the help of our lord god we shall them ouer cum ¶ And with that come the host of the scottis towardis them full serely ayens sir Edward Bailloll iÌ iij. bataiâles well araied in armure ¶ And wonder fersly they come toward the bailluls compani But whan sir Donald erle of Marcill that was with the scottis saw all this he said vn to Robert Brus the son of Robert the brus thes wordis ¶ Sir Robert ê he full sore me forthynketh at my hart that thes pepull that the bailloll hath brought with him shuld die with dynt of scottis swerdis sith that they be cristyn men as well as we ben ¶ And therfor me thynke that it wer gret charite to send vn to them for to yeld them vn to our mercy raunson them thurgh grevos ranson for as moch as they haue taken our land and done ill ¶ Now certes quod sir Robert the Brus I haue well êsaued that thou art an enmy a traytour vn to scotland sith that thou will ê¯sent to saue our dedeli enmys that hath done vs moch sorow Ì shame now it semeth well that ye bene of ther assent ¶ Now certes Robert quod sir Donald falsly ye lie I am not of ther coÌpani ne of ther ê¯sent and that hastely ye shall see For I will fight with them rather than any of this ê¯pani ¶ And certis sir Robert said he I shall iÌ maugri of thy hede assaill them or thou ¶ And with that they pricked ther stedis fersly vpoÌ Caskemore Ì ther wyng them folewed on a renge tho come they met the bailloll his coÌpani at a hongyng bough of the more iÌ a strat passage Ì so fast they hasted them vn to the englisshmen so that thousandis fell to the grouÌd ech ouer other iÌ to an hepe both hors man ¶ The bailloll his men myghtely stode ayens them fast killed the scottis to the grouÌd Ì mony they sore wouÌded so loÌg till that they stod vpoÌ them Ì foyned them with ther suerdis speris thurgh theâ bodies Ì so sore traualed vpoÌ theÌ till that thei become wonder weri wist not what for to do and the scottis that wer left an liue fled away for to saue them self iÌ the best maner that they myght ¶ And tho pursued them sir edward Bailloll his men and killed of them till it was nyght fro theÌs thei went to sent iohanes touÌe Ì toke it held them ther vitailed them self at ther own will for they fouÌden inough wherwith to make them meri ¶ Tho made the bailloll his men that wer woÌdid go to ship for to wend iÌ to engloÌd to hele ther wouÌdes ¶ And iÌ that time ther was a flemiÌg iÌ the see a strong thefe a robber that wos caled Crabbe ¶ And this flemmyng was driuen out of flauÌdres for his wikkednes therfore he come iÌ to scotland to hold with the Scottis and did as moch harme vn to thee englisshÌmen as he myght ¶ And this Crabbe met the bailloll men in the se that wer wounded before in bataill that wer sent ayen in to englond for to hele ther woundâs this Crabbe yaf vn to them a gret assaute and wold haue killed them euerychon bot the englishmen defendid them well manly and discomfited crab and his companie ¶ And tho gan he fle in to scotland and as he come toward sent Iohanes toune he fond a gret coÌpany of scottis that wer comen ayen to gedre after the discomfiture of Gaskemore the wich beseged Bailloll and his men in the same toune of sent IohnÌ and anone told the scottis how that he wos discoÌfited of the englisshmen that wer wouÌdid at gaskemore that weÌt toward engloÌd for to he le ther wouÌdes and said to the scottis that they shuld haue no pouer ne myght ne grace a yens edward Bailloll for encheson that he scomfited empired all the chiualri of Scotland with an handfull of men as to accompt as a yens the Scottis that wer slayn Wherfor he couÌcelled to remeue the sege from sent Iohanes toune and kepe them in the best maner that thei coude and might ¶ The scottis vnderstod that crab said sothe forsoke the sege and weÌt thens by night Ì helpe them self iÌ the best maner that thei might ¶ When this thing wos know thurgh scotland how that the lordis Ì knyghtis wer discomfited at gaskemore of scotland thurgh sir edward the bailloll ¶ Ye shall vnderstond that the lordes ladies the gentils of Scotland com woÌder fast to sent Iohanes toune and yelÌd them vn to the Baillol and to him did homage and feaute for ther landis yelde them to his pees and he them resaued frely ¶ And fro theÌs he weÌt to the abbey of Scone and ther he was crouned kyng of scotland And after he let crie his pees thurgh out all the land ¶ And at that same tyme it befell that kyng Edward held his êlament among his lieges at the new castell vp Tyne for to ameÌd the trespaces and the wronges that had be done in his land Ì sir edward the bailloll kyng of scotland come to him thider and did to him feaute and homage for the reame of scotland ¶ And in this maner kyng edward of englond gadred ayen his homages and feautes of scotland wher of he was put out thurgh councell and assent of Dame Isabell his modre and of sir Roger Mortimer erle of the marche Tho toke bailloll kyng of scotland his leue of kyng Edward of englond went thens in to his own land of Sotland and set bot litell by them that had counceled him and holpen him in his quarell wherfore they went fro him and went and leued by ther landes and rentis in scotland ¶ And so it befell afterward not long that the kyng of Scotland ne remeued and come to the toune of Anand Ì ther token his duelling and thidder come to him a company of knyghtes
communes ¶ In the iij. part of the bataill of scotland wer thes lordis The erle of Maârethe erle of Rof the erle of Straherne the erle of sotherland willm of kyrkkeley iohnÌ Cambron Gilbert of Hay willm of Ramsey willm prendegest Kyrstyn hardde willm Gurdon Arnold Garde Tomas Dolphyn with xl knyghtes new dubbed ixC. men of armes xvM. of communes ¶ In the iiij ward of the bataill of scotland werthes lordis Archebald Douglas the erle of Leneuax Alisander librus the erle of Fif iohnÌ Cambell erle of atheles Robert Lawether Willm of uipount willm of Lonstone iohan de LabelÌs Groos de Sherenlawe iohan de Lyndesey Alisander de gray In gram de vmfreville Patrik de Pollesworth Dauid de wymes Michell scot Willm Landy Thomas de boys Roger the Mortimer with xx Bachelers new dubbed ix hondreth men of armes xviijM. and iiij hondreth of comunes ¶ The erle of Dunbar keê of the castell of Beârewik holp the scottis with .l. men of aâmes ¶ And sir AlexaÌder of seten keper of the forsaid toune of Berrewike with an hondreth men of armes also the ê¯mune ris of the toune with iiij hondreth meÌ of armes and with them viij hondreth of fote men ¶ The soume of the erles and lorddis aboue said ammounteth lxvi ¶ The soume of bachelers new dubbed ammounteth to an hondreth and .xl. ¶ The soume of men of armes ammouteth to iijM.C. ¶ the somme of of the comuners ammounteth to liijM. ij C ¶ The somme totall of the pepull aboue saied ammounteth lviM.vij .vijC.xlv ¶ And thes lxvi gret lordis laden al the other gret lordis aboue said in iiij batailles as it is told before all on fote ¶ And kyng edward of englond Ì edward bailloll king of scotland had well appareiled ther folke in iiij batailles for to fight on fote ayens the scottis ther enmys ¶ And the englisshmen mynstrelles blew ther trumpes and ther pipes and hidously ascried the scottis ¶ And tho had euery englissh bataill ij wynges of price Archiers the wich at that bataill shot arowes so fast and so sore that the scottis myght not help them self and they smyten the scottis thousandis vn to the ground And they gun for to fle fro the englishmen for to saue ther lifes ¶ And when the english knaues saw the scomfiture and the scottis fall fast to the ground they priked ther mastres horse with the spores for to kepe them fro êill set ther mastres at no force ¶ And wen the englishmeÌ saw that they lepten on ther hors and fast pursued the scottis and all that abyden they kylled doune rigth Ther men might se the doughtinesse of the nobull kyng edward and of his men how manly they pursued the scottis that flowen for dred ¶ And ther men myght see mony a scottishman cast doune vn to the ground dede Ì ther baners displaied hacked in to peces and mony a good haberione of stele in ther blod bath ¶ And mony a tyme the Scottis wer gadred in to companies but euer more they wer descomfited ¶ And so it be fell as god almyghty wold that the scottes had that day no more foyson ne myght ayens the englisshme than xx shepe shuld haue ayens v wolfes and so were the Scottis discomfited And yit the Scottis had wele v. men ayens on Englishman ¶ And that bataill was done on Halidoun-hill ⪠beside the toune of Berewik at the wich bataill wer slayn of the Scottis xxxv M. Ì .vijC.xij Ì of englisshmen but onli xiiij and tho wer fotmen ¶ And this victori befell to the englishmen on sent Margaretis eue In the yere of the Incarnacion of our lord IhuÌ crist a M.CCC.xxxij ¶ And while this doyng lastid the English pages toke the pilfry of the Scottis that wer killed euery man that he myght take with out ony chalengyng of any man ¶ And so after this gracious victori the kyng turnyd him ayen vn to the same sege of berewik And whan they besegid saw Ì herd how kiÌg Edward had sped They yolden to hiÌ the toune with the castell on the morn after sent Margaretis day ¶ And than the kyng ordeyned sir Edward Bailloll wyth other nobull and worthy men to be kepers and gouerners of Scotland in his absence him self turned ayen come in to Englond after this victori with moch ioye and worship ¶ And in the next yere sewyng that is for to say in the yere of Incarnacion of our lord IhuÌ crist a thousand CCC Ì xxxiij and of kyng Edward vij· he went ayen in to scotland in winter tyme. at wich viage the Castill of Kilbrigge in scotland for him his men that with hiÌ com he recoueryd and had ayens the Scottis all at his own lust ¶ And in that same yere sir Edward Bailloll kyng of Scotland held his parlament in scotlaÌd with moni nobull lordes of EngloÌd that wer at that same parlament for encheson of ther landes Ì also lordshippis that they had in the reame of scotland Ì helden all of that same Bailloll ¶ And in the viij yere of his regne about the fest of sent Iohan baptist sir Edwarde Bailloll the veray and trew kyng of scotland as by heritage and right lyne made his homage and feaute vn to kiÌg edward of englond for the Reame of Scotland at the new castell vpon Tyne in the presence of mony a man worthy lordis also of comunes both of the reame of englond and also of scotland and a none after in the same yere kyng Edward of englond resaued of the Duke of Bretan his homage for the erldom Ì lordship of Richemond ¶ And so folowyng in the ix yere of his rene after Mihelmasse Kyng Edward rode in to scotland and ther was fast by sent Iohanes toune almost all the wynter tyme and so he held his Cristemasse at the Castell of Rokesburgh ¶ And in the same yere thurgh out all Englond about sent Clementis tyde in wynter ther arosen such a springyng and welling vp of watres and also of slodis both of the see and also of fresh reuerys springê that the see bankes walles Ì costes brekeÌ vp that meÌ bestis Ì houses iÌ moÌy places namly iÌ low cuÌtres violeÌtli Ì sodeÌly wer drenchid ¶ And frutis driueÌ away of the erth thurgh ê¯tinuance Ì habuÌdauÌce of waters of the see euer more afterwarde wer turned iÌ to more saltenes sowrnes of sauour The x. yer of kiÌg edward regne kiÌg edward entred the scottis se after midsomer to moÌy of the scottis he yaf bataill Ì ouer coÌ them moÌe he treted and boued vn to his pes thurgh his doughtynesse· ¶ And after mihelmasse thaÌ next foloyng wos the erle of Morif take at Edenburgh brough iÌ to engloÌd Ì put iÌ to prison ¶ And iÌ the monethes of Iune Iulij than next foloyng iÌ the xi yere of his regne
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
let crouÌe him kiÌg ther of the reame of Scotland ¶ And when all thynges wer done Ì ordened in thike contres at his lust he turned ayen iÌ to Englond with an hugh worship· And while this viage wos a doyng in Scotland sir Edward prince of wales as a man enspired in god was iÌ Guyhen in the Cite of Burdeux treting Ì spekiÌg of the chalengyng and of the kynges right of Englond that he had of the reame of Fraunce and that he wold a vengid be with stroÌghond the prelatis peres Ì myghti men of that cuntre consented well to him ¶ Than sir Edward the prince with a gret host gadred to him the sext day of Iuyll went from Burdeux goyng and trauelyng by mony diuerse cuntres Ì he toke moÌy prisoners mo than .vi. thousand men of armes by the cuntre as he iournyed toke thee toune of RemorantiÌ iÌ saloigne beseged the Castell vi days And at the vi day end they yolde the castell vn to him And ther wer take the lord of CrouÌe sir Bursigaud mony other knyghttis men of armes moo than lxxx ¶ And fro thens by Toren Ì peten fast by chmeney his nobull men that wer with him had a strong bataill with frenshmen Ì an .c. of ther men of armes wer slayn And the erle of Daunce Ì the stiward of frauÌce wer take with an hondreth men of armes ¶ In the wich yere thee xix day of September fast by Peightres the same prince with a thousand and ix hondrith men of armes and archiers ordeynid a bataill to kyng IohnÌ of FrauÌce comyng to the prince ward with vij thousand chosen men of armes other moch pepull in an huge passing nombur of the wich ther wer slayn the duke of Burybon and the duke of Athenes and mony othir nobull men and of the prince men of armes a thousand Ì of other after the trew accompte and rekenyng viij hondrith And the kyng of fraunce wos ther take and sir Philip his yonger son Ì moÌy Dukis and nobull meÌ worthy knyghtis Ì meÌ of armes about ij thousaÌd And so the victori fell ther to the prince to the pepull of englond by the grace of god And moÌy that wer taken prisoners wer set at ther rauÌson and vpoÌ ther trougth knyghthod wer chargid had leue to go But the prince toke with him the kyng of fraunce Philip his son with all the reuerence that he myght went ayen to Burdeux with a glorius victorie ⪠The somme of the men that ther wer take prisoners of them that wer slaiÌ the day of bataill wos iiij M. iiijC.xl ¶ And in the xxxij yere of kyng Edward the v. day of May prince Edward with kyng IohnÌ of frauÌce Philip his son and moÌy othir worthy prisoners ariued graciously iÌ the haueÌ of Plummouth the xxiiij day of the same moneth aboute iij· after none they com to london by londoÌ brugge so weÌt forth to the kiÌgê palace of westmiÌstre ther fell so gret a multitude Ì prees of peple about them to behold and se that wonder Ì that riall sight that vnnethes fro midday till nyght they myght not cuÌ to westmynstre Ì the kiÌgê ranson of frauÌce wos taxed and set to iij myllions of scutis of whom ij ⪠shuld beworth a nobull ye shÌall vnderstond that a myllion is a M.M. and after somme meÌ his raunsome wos sat at .iij. M.M florens all is on effect And this same yere wer made soleÌpne Iustis iÌ smythfeld beiÌg ther pÌsent the kyng of englond the kiÌg of fraunce and the kyng of Scotland and mony other worthy and nobull lordis ¶ The xxxiij yere of his regne the same kyng Edward at wyndesore as well for loue of knyghhod as for his own worsship at the reuerence of the kyng of fraunce and of other lordis that wer ther at that time he held a wonder riall and costle fest of sent George passing any that euer wos holdyn a fore ¶ Wherfor the kyng of frauÌce in scornyng said that he saw neuer ne herd such solempne festis ne rialtes holdin ne done with tailles with out paiÌg of gold or siluer ¶ And iÌ the xxxiiij yere of his regne the x iiij KalÌ of Iulij sir IohnÌ Erle of Richemond kyng Edwardis son wedded dame Blaunch duke Henris doughter of Lncastre cosin to the same iohan by dispensacion of the pope and in the mein tyme wer ordened Iustes at london iij. daies of rogacions that is for to sai the mair of London with his xxiiij aldermen ayenes all that wold cum in whos name Ì sted the kyng priuely with his iiij sonys Edward Leonell IohnÌ and Edmond and other xix gret lordis helden the feld with worshÌip ¶ And this same yere as it wos told said of them that saw it ther come blod out of the tombe of Thomas some tyme erle of Lancastre as fresh as that day that he was done to deth And in the same yere kiÌg Edward chose his sepulture and his liggyng at westmynstre fast by the shrine of sent Edward ¶ And anone after the xxvij· day of October he went ouer see to Calais makyng protestacion that he wold neuer cum ayen in to englond till he had full endid the were bitwen fraunce him ¶ And so in the xxxvi yere of his regne in the wynter tym kyng Edward wos and traueled in the Ryne costes about sent HilÌlarie tide he departid his host and went to Burgoyn ward with whom than met pesibely the Duke of Burgoyn behighting him lxx thousand floreyns that he shuld spare his men and hys pâpull and the kyng grauÌted at his request and duelled ther vn to the xvij day of Marche· the wich tyme come to kiÌg Edward ere that stroÌg theues wer on the se vnder the erle of sent Poule the xv day of Marche liggyng a wayt vpon the tounes of hastyng Rie and other places and villages on the see cost haddyn entred as enmys in to thee toune of wynchelse and slewen all that euer withstoden them and withsaid ther comyng Wherfore the kyng was gretly meued and wratthed and he turned ayen to Paris ward and commaunded his host to destroy and sle with dynt and strength of swerd them that he had before hand sparid ¶ And the xij day of Aprill the kyng come to Paris and ther departed his host in diuerse batailles with iiij C. of knyghtis new dubbed on that one side of him ¶ And sir Henri duke of Lancastre vnder pees and trews went vn to the yates of the Cite profering to them that wold abyde a bataill in the feld vnder such condicion that if the kyng of englond wer ouer comen ther as god forbede it shuld that than he shuld neuer chalenge the kyngdom of frauÌce ¶ And ther he had of them but shÌort and scornfull ansuer
gedre and the south egle frist ouer come the north egle and all to rent and tore him with his bill his clawys that he shuld not rest ne take no breth ¶ And after the south egle fligh home to his own costes ¶ And anone after ther folowed wos seyn in the morn a fore the son rising and after iÌ thee last day of October saue on day mony sterris gadred to gedre on an hepe fell doune to the erth leuyng behynd them fery bemys in maner of lightynyng whos flaumes brent and ê¯sumed mens clothis mens here walkyng on the erth as it was seyn and knwen of mony a man ¶ And yit that northeren wynd that is euer redy destinat to all ill fro sent Kat mes eueÌ till iij. days after lost good with out noÌbre vnrecouerabull And iÌ the same days ther fell come also such lightiÌyng thuÌder snow haill that it wasted destroid meÌ bestis houses Ì trees ¶ Of the bataill of spayn beside the water of Nazers that was bitwen prince Edward Ì sir Henri basterd of spayn IN the yere of our lord a M.ccc.lxvij of kyng Edward xlij· the iij. day of Aprill ther wos a strong batall and a gret in a large feld called Priazers fast bi the water of Nazers in spayn bitwen sir edward the prince Henri the bastard of spayn but the victori fell to prince edward bi the grace of god ¶ And this same prince edward had with hiÌ sir IohnÌ duke of lancastre his broder other worthi meÌ of armes about the nomber of xxx M. ¶ And the kiÌg of spayn had on his side men of diuerse nacioÌs to the noÌbre of an C. M· Ì mo wherfor the sharpenesse Ì fersenes of his adusarie with his full boystous gret strength made driuen the rightfull êtie a bak a gret way but thurgh the grace of almyghty god passing any mans strength that huge host wos disêbled myghtfully be the nobull duke of Lancaster his host or thot the prince Edward come nigh him ¶ And whan Henri the bastard saw that he turned with his men in so grete haste and strength to fle that an huge companie of them iÌ the forsaid flode and of the brigge therof fellen doune Ì parisshed ¶ And also ther wer take the erle of Dene and sir Bartram Clekyn that wos chief maker and causer of the were also chiuetayn of the vaunt ward of the bataill with moÌy other gret lorddis and knyghtis to the nombur of ij thousand of whom ij hondrith wer of frauÌce and moÌy also of scotland And ther wer felled in the feld on our enmys side of lordis and knyghtis with oder meyn pepull to the nombre of vi thousand and moo and of englishmen bot a few ¶ And after this The nobull prince edward restorid thee same Pers to his kyngdom ayen the wich Pers afterward thurgh trechery and falsenesse of the forsaid bastard of Spayn as he sat at his mete was strangled and deid But after this victori mony nobull and hardy men and nobull of englond in Spayn thurgh the flâx and other diuerse seknes toke ther deth ¶ And also in the same yere iÌ the Marche wos seyn stella Comata bitwen the North costis and the west whos bemes stretched toward Fraunce ¶ And in the next yere suyng of kyng Edwardis regne xliij in Aprill Sir Leonell kyng Edwardis son that was Duke of Clarence went toward Mileyne with a chose meyne of the gentils of Enlond for to wedde Galoys doughter and haue hir to his wife by whom he shuld haue half the lordship of Mileyn But after that they wer solemply wedded and a bout the Natiuite of our lady the same duke of MileiÌ died And in the same yere the frenshmen breken the pees and the trews ridyng on the kynges ground and lordship of Englond in the shÌire and cuntre of Pountife And token and held Castelles and tounes And bere the Englishmen on hond falsely and sotelly that they wer cause of brekyng of the trewes ¶ And in this same yere died the duches of Lancaster And is beried worshipfully in sent Paules chirche ¶ The xl iiij yere of kyng Edwardis regne was the gretest pestilence of meÌ and of gret bestes and by the gret fallyng of waters that fell at that tyme. ther fell gret hyndring and destroyeng of corne in so moch that the next yere after a busshell of whet was sold for xl pens ¶ And in this same yere about thee laste ende of May kyng Edward held tho his parlament at westmynster in the whiche parlament wos tretid and spoken of the oth and the trewes that was broke betwen him and the kyng of fraunce and how he myght best vpoÌ his wroÌg be aueÌgid ¶ In this same yer iÌ the assuÌcion of our lady died quene Philip of englond a full nobull and good woman at westmiÌster full worsshipfully is beried entered about midsomer the duke of lancastre Ì the erle of Herford with a gret coÌpanie of knyghtis weÌt iÌ to frauÌce wher they get them but litell worship name for ther wos an huge ost of freÌshmen vpoÌ chalkhull brigge an other ost of englishmen fast by the sam brige that loÌg tyme had leued ther. And moÌy worthi men gret of the englisshmen ordeyned yaf couÌcell for to fight Ì yaf botaill to the frenshmen but the forsaid lordis wold nothing ê¯sent ther to ne assent for no maner thing ¶ Ther anone after it happid that the erle of werwike come thederward for to were when the frenshmen herd of his comyng or that he come fully to land they left theâ tentis Ì pauilyons with all ther vitales Ì fled and went a way priuely And when the erle was comyn to land with his men he went in all hast toward Normandie Ì destroyed the I le of caws thurgh dynt of swerd and thurgh fier ¶ But alas in his returnyng to englondward home ayen at Calais he wos taken with sekenesse of the pestilence died not leuyng behind hiÌ after his daies so nobull a knyght and orped of armes ¶ In wich tyme rened Ì wered thilk orped knyght sir IohnÌ Hawkewod that was an englishmaÌ borne hauyng with hiÌ at his gouernauÌce thilk white coÌpanie that is aforsaid the wich o tyme ayens holy chirche and an other time ayens lordis werid Ì ordeyned gret batailles and ther in that same cuntre he did mony meruelus thynges ¶ And a bout the conuersion of sent Paule the kyng when he had endid and done the entering and the exiquies with gret costes and rialtes a bout the sepulture berieng of quene Philip his wife he held a êlament at westmynstre in wich êlament was axed of the clargie a thre yeres dyme that is for to say a gret dyme to be payed iij. yere during ¶ And the clargi
annoye iÌ the feld that all the pepull of accord shuld cum nere Ì here his clamours and his crie and his wyll ¶ And the lordis the maire and the aldermen with the comynalte hauyng indignacion of his couetize and falsenes and his foull presumcion And anone willm walworth that tyme beyng maire drew out his knife and slew Iak straw And anone right ther did smyte of his hede and set it vpon a spere shÌaft Ì so it wos bore thurgh london set an high vpoÌ londoÌ brigge ¶ Anon thes risers misgouerned meÌ wer void clene vanisshed as it had nought be they And than the king of his gret goodnesse by prayer of his lords made ther vi knightis of good worthy men of the Cite of londoÌ That is to say willm walworth that at that tyme wos maire slew Iak strawe And the secund was Nicholas brembre Ì the iij. IohnÌ Philipot the iiij Nicholas twifââd the v Robert lauÌdes the vi Robert gaytoÌ And thaÌ the kiÌg with his lordis his knyghtis retourned ayen to the toure of londoÌ Ì ther he restid hiÌ till this pepull wer better seced set in rest and pees And than by êcesse of tyme as they myght get and toke thes rebelles Ì risers they hong them vpoÌ the next galois iÌ euery lordship thurghout the reame of englond by xl Ì bi xxx bi x. by xij euer as they myght be geten Ì taken iÌ ony êties ¶ And in the v. yere of kiÌg Richardis regne wos the gret erth quake was generall thurgh out the world the wedenesday after witsonday iÌ the yere of our lord a M. ccc.lxxxxi Wherfor all maner pepull wer sore a gast Ì dredfull loÌg tyme for dred of veÌgeauÌs that our lord shÌewid and did ¶ And in the vi yere of kyng Richard sir Henri spenser bisshop of Norwich went with a Croiserie ouer the see in to the cuntre of Flaunders and ther they gat the toune of Grauenyng and the toune of broburgh Dunkerk Newport and ther thei laded and fraughtid li. shippis with pelage for to haue comeÌ in to englond with thes shyppes and goodis ¶ And the bisshop of Norwich and his couÌcell let brenne thes shippis with all the pelage in the same hauen all in to hard asshes and at Dunkerke wos done a gret bataill bitwen the Flemmynges and the Englishhmen And at that bataill wer slayn a gret multitude of thes Flemmynges an huge nombure ¶ And than went thee bisshop with his retenew to Ypers and beseged it a long tyme but it myght not be geten And so lefte that sege and comen ayen in to Englond For our englishmen wer fowly destroyed and mony died on the flix ¶ And in this same yere come the Quene Anne in to englond for to be spoused to kyng Richard And hir fadre wos Emprour of Almayne And kyng of Beme ¶ And with hir come the Duke of Tassi hir vncle and mony other worthy lordis and knyghtis of hir cuÌtre of beme and of other duche tonges to do hir reuerrauÌce worship And sir Symond beuerle a worthy knyght of the garter other knyghtis squyers that wer the kynges embassetours brought hir iÌ to englond so forth to londoÌ And the pele of the cite that is to sey the mare the aldermen and all the comunes riden ayens hir to welcuÌ hir and euery man in good aray and euery craft with his mynstral see in the best maner mette with hir on the blake heth in Kent and so brought hir vn to London thurgh the cite and so forth vn to west mynster vn to the kynges palais And ther she was spoused vn to kyng Richard well and worthely in the abbey of westmynstre ther she wos crouned quene of englond ⪠And all hir frendis that come with hir had gret yeftes and weren well cherid and refreshed as long tyme as they byden ther. ¶ And in this same yere ther was a bataill done in the kynges palays at westmynster for certayn pointes of treson bitwen sir Iohan Ansley knyght defendant And Carton squier the appellaunt But this sir IohnÌ of Ansley ouer come this Carton and made him to yeld him withiÌ the lystes ¶ And anone wos this Carton dispoiled of hys harnes and draw out of the listes and so forth to Tyburne Ì ther he wos honged for his falsenese ¶ And iÌ the viij yer of the regne of kyng Richard sir Edmond of Langley Erle of Cambrige the kynges vncle went in to portyngalÌe with a fair mâny of men of armes and archiers in strengthing and helpyng of thee kyng of Portingale ayens the kyng of Spayn and his pouer ther the kyng of portingale had the vyctorie of his enmys thurghe help and comforth of our englisshmen· ¶ And whan that iorney wos done the erle of Cambrigge come home ayen with hys pepull in to englond in hast blissid be god and his blissid yeft ameÌ Â¶ And this same yere kyng Richaâd held his Cristemasse in the maner of Eltham ¶ And the same tyme the kyng of Ermoyne fled out of his own land and come in to englond for to haue help an socour of our kyng ayens his enmys that had driueÌ him out of his own reame And so he wos brought vn to the kyng to Eltham ther as the kyng held his riall fest of Cristemase ¶ And ther our kyng welcomed him and did him moch reuerence and worsship and commaundid all his lordis to make him all the chere that they coud And than he besought the kyng of grace and of help and of his comforth in his nede ¶ And that he myght be brought ayen to his kyngdom and land For the Turkes had deuoured and destroid moch parte of his land and for drede how he fled and come hidder for socour and helppe· ¶ And then the kyng hauyng on hiÌ pitte and coÌpassioÌ of his gret mischief and greuous disese anone he toke his councell and asked what wos best to done ¶ And they ansuerd and said yif it liked him to yef him ony good it wer well done And as touchyng his pepull for to trauell so fer iÌ to out landes it wer a grete iuêdie And so the kyng yaf him gold siluer and mony riche yeftes and iewelles and betaught him to god And so he passed ayen out of Englond ¶ And in this same yere kyng Richard with a riall pouer went in to scotland for to were vpon the scottis for the falsenesse and destruccion that the scottis had done vn to englishmen in the marches And than the scottis come douÌe vn to the kyng for to tret with him Ì with his lordis for trews as for certayn yeres ¶ And so our kyng Ì his couÌcell grauÌt them trews certayn yeres to ther askyng our kiÌg turned him ayen in to englond And when he wos cumyn
vn to yorke ther he a bode and rested him ther ¶ And ther sir IohnÌ Holand the erle of kentis brother slew the erle sone of Stafford Ì his heir with a daggar in the cite of Yorke werfor the kyng wos sore anoyed greued and remeued thens Ì com to londoÌ 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
landis eche his way ¶ And the duke of norfolke weÌt to venice and ther he died on whos soule god haue merci amen ¶ And than kyng Richard made a clarke of his sir rogier Walden Ercheaisshop of Cantorburi ¶ And in the xxij yere of kyng Richardis regned by fals councell ymaginacion of Couetous men that wer about him wer made and ordeyned blanke chartres and made them to be enseled of all maner rich meÌ thurgh out the reame In so moch that they compelled diuerse pepull to set ther seall ther to And this wos done for gret couetise wherfore all good hertis of the reame wer clene turned away from him that was kyng euer after ¶ And that was vttirly destruccioÌ and end to him that was so high and excellent prince Ì king and thurgh couetous fals couÌcell falsely betrayd Alas for pitte that such a kiÌg myght not se ¶ And thaÌ king Richaid set his kiÌgdome and his riall land of englond to ferme vn to iiij êsons the wich wer thes Sir willm strop erle of wylÌteshire Ì tresorer of englond sir IohnÌ Bussh Henri Grene sir IohnÌ Bagot knyghtis wich that turnid them to mischief Ì deth with in a litill tyme. as ye shall afterward find here writtyn ¶ And thaÌ king Richard made gret ordynauÌce weÌt him ouer se in to Irland Ì moni gret lordis with him with gret hostis for to strength ther king with men of armes archiers moch gret stuf right good ordynauÌce as longed vn to were ¶ And or he passed ouer the se he ordand Ì made sir EdmoÌd of Langley his vncle the duke of yorke his liuetenauÌt of englond in his absent with the gouernance Ì couÌcell oÌf thes iiij knyghtis that had take EngloÌd to ferme of the kyng And thaÌ he passed the se come in to Irland ther wos well Ì worthely reseyued ¶ And thees rebelles that ben called wild IrishmeÌ coÌ douÌe to the kyng Ì yeld them to him bothe body and goodis all at his own will suore vn to him to be his liege men ther to him did ther homage Ì feaute Ì good seruice And thus he conquered the most partie of Irland iÌ litell time ¶ And while that kyng Richard was thus in Irland sir Henri of Bolingbroke erle of Derby that the kiÌg had made before Duke of Herford the wich duke the kyng had exiled owt of this land was comen ayen in to Englond for to chalenge thee dukedom of Lancastre as for his right Ì trew heritage And he come doune out of fraunce by land vn to Calays ¶ And ther met him Sir Thomas of arundell that wos Erchebisshopp of Cantorburi that wos exiled out of englond Ì with him com the erle of Arundell his son heir the wiche wos in ward and kepiÌg of sir Ion shelley knyght sum tyme with the Erle of HuntiÌgdone and with the Duke of Excestre thee wich wos tho in thee Castell of Reigate in Southsex And ther he stole him away and come to Calais and ther he wos kepid well and worthely till thees othir two lordis wercomen to Calais And than this worthy Duke and the Erchebisshop of Cantorburi Arundell shippid in the hauen of Calais and drew ther course northward and ariued in Yorke shire at Rauensporne fast by wydelyngtoÌ and ther he come and entred thee land and two lordis with him and ther manye ¶ And than moche pepull of the reame that herd of his commyng and knewen wher that he wos anane they drew vn to him and welcomed these lordis and so coraged them in all maner thyng and passed forth in to the land and gadred moch pepull ¶ And whan kyng Richard herd and wist that thees ij lordis wer cumen ayen in to englond and wer londid ¶ Than the kyng left his ordynauÌce in Irland come in to englondward in all the hast that he myght come to thee castell of flint and ther he abode for to take his councell what myght be don but to him com none ¶ And than sir Thomas Percy Erle of worcestre that was the kiÌges Stiwarde wyst knew this anone he come in to the hall amoÌges all the pepull and he brake thee yerde of the riall kynges housold and anone euery man wos disê bled and euery man went his way and for soke ther mastir souerayne lord Ì left him alloyn ¶ And thus wos kiÌg Richard brought doune and destroid and stoden him self allone without comforth or socour or ani good councell of any man alas for pite of this riall kyng ¶ And anone come tidynges that sir Henri of BoliÌgbroke wos vp with a wonder strong pouer of pepull that all the squiers of englond risen vp thee shires in streÌgthiÌg of hiÌ ayen thee kyng Richard And thus sone wos come out of thee north cuntre to Bristow and ther he met with sir willm Scrope Erle of wylteshire Tresorer of englond and with sir Iohan Bussh and sir Henri Grene and Iohan Bagot but he ascapid from them went ouer these in to Irland and thes iij. knyghtis wer taken and thir hedis smyten of And thus they died for ther false couetise ¶ And than wos kyng Richard take and brought vn to the duke and anone the duke put him in fast ward and strong hold vn to his comyng to londoÌ And than was ther a romer iÌ londoÌ Ì a strong noyse that kyng Richard com to westmynstre Ì the pepull of londoÌ ranne thidder wold haue done moch harme and scathe in ther wodenesse had not the maire Ì the aldermen othir worthy men seced them with fair wordis Ì turned them home ayen vn to London ¶ And ther wos sir Iohan Slake deyn of the kynges chapell of westmiÌster take brought to londoÌ put in prison in Ludgate ¶ And bagot was take in Irland brought to london put in prison iÌ newgate ther to bekeped and to abide his ansuer ¶ And sone aftir thee Duke brought kyng Richard priuely vn to londoÌ and put him in the tour vnder suer kepyng as a prisoner And thaÌ come the lordis of the reame with all ther couÌcell vn to the tour to kiÌg Richard saied to him of his mysgouernauÌce Ì extorcioÌ that he had done made ordeyned to oppresse all the comiÌe pepull also to all the reame ¶ Wherfor all the comyn peple of his ream wold haue hiÌ deposit of his kiÌgdoÌ And so he wos deposit at that tyme in the tour of londoÌ by all his lordis couÌcell comune assent of all the reame ¶ And ther he wos put froÌ the tour vn to the castell of ledes in kent ther he wos kepeid a while Ì thaÌ was he had from theÌs vn to the castell of PouÌfret in the north cuÌtre to be kepid iÌ prisoÌ
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
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
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
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