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„ moÌ„y 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 anoÌ„e 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„ banerâ—ttz wherfore wos made moch sorow ¶ How Thomas of Lancastre wos heded at pounâ—fret .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 moÌ„y 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 PouÌ„tfret 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 PouÌ„tfret 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 shÌ„uld be dede with out ony Iugement of hys perys ¶ Wherfore it was ordened thurgh the kyngê Iustices that the kiÌ„g shold put vpon him pointes of treson ¶ And so it befell that he was led to barre before the kiÌ„gis Iustis barehed as a thef in a fair hall in his own castell that he had made ther in moÌ„y a fair fest both to rich and to poer ¶ And thes wer his Iustises sir Hugh spenser the father Aymer of valauÌ„ce erle of peenbroke sir EdmoÌ„d 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 kiÌ„g hath for yef you that Iewes for loue of quene Isabell ¶ And thomas reson wold also that ye shuld be hanged but the kiÌ„g 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 geÌ„till blod shall be done to deth with out cause and reson ¶ And tratorsly wos the kyng couÌ„cellid wheÌ„ he thurgh the fals counsell of the speÌ„sers 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 shÌ„uld be desceiued mysgouerned thurgh counsell of the fallis spenseres the wich tho he maiÌ„teneyd thorow loselrie ayens his honour and eke ê“fite For afterward ther fell gret vengeaunce in englond for encheson of the foresaid Thomas deth ¶ When the gentill
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 coÌ„teyned 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 coÌ„forth 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 kiÌ„ges 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 ê‘lament 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 shÌ„uld 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 shÌ„all it pÌ„ue and defend as a man aught for to do ¶ Tho said Mortimer sir edmoÌ„d 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 edmoÌ„d 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 wittiÌ„g 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 IugemeÌ„t 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
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 theÌ„s they went to vermill in Perche and anone it wos yolden vn to the king both the touÌ„e the Castill bodis goodis at the kiÌ„gê good grace â–ª so the kiÌ„g gate conquered all the tounes and Casstellis Pyles strenthes Ì„ Abbeys vn to PouÌ„tlarge and from thens vn to the Cite of Rone ¶ And in the fifth yere of kiÌ„g HeÌ„ries 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„ weÌ„t in to wales Ì„ there keped him long time ¶ And at the last the lorde powys toke him â–ª bot he stode at gret defence long time Ì„ wos sore wouÌ„ded 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 anoÌ„e 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 remenauÌ„te 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 grouÌ„d for the king ther no refresshing shÌ„uld haue at his comyng And the friday before laÌ„mesda than next folowyng our kyng with his host come before Rone anone he set his sege rouÌ„d 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 kiÌ„g 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 salâ—sberi with his retenue lay on that othir side of sent Katrins sir IohnÌ„ Gray knyght wos logged at the abbey that is called mouÌ„t sent michell ¶ And sir Phelip Lech knyght the kiÌ„gê 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 stroÌ„g 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 grauÌ„ted and consentid ther to vpon this condicion that the kingê nauy of engloÌ„d with his ordinauÌ„ce myght passe vp by them in saufte with out any maner of lette or destrubauÌ„ce 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
sentence vnder his bulles of lede vn to the erchebisshop of cantorburi and to the erchebisshop of yorke that if Robert the brus of scotland wold not be Iustified and make a mendes vn to the kyng of englond Edward ther lord and make amendis of his losse and of his harmes that they had done in englond and also to restore the goodis that they had taken of holy chirche that the sentence shuld be prenounced thurgh out all englond ¶ And wheÌ„ the scottis herd this they wold not leue ther malece for the popis commaundement ¶ Wherfor robert the Brus Iames Douglas and Thomas Raudulfe erle of Moref and all tho that with them comuned or them help in worde or dede wer cursed in euery chirche thurgh out all englond euery day at masse .iij. tymes and no masse shÌ„uld be songe in holy chirche thurgh out all scotland bot if the scottis wold make restitucion of the harms that they had made vn to holy chirche werfor mony a good prest and holy men therfor wer slayn thurgh the reame of scotland for encheson that thei wolde not sing no masse ayens the popes commandemeÌ„t ayens his will Ì„ to done Ì„ fulfill the tirantes will ¶ How sir Hugh the spensers son wos made the kynges chamberlayn and of the bataill of Mitone ANd it was not long afterward that the kyng ne ordened a parlament at yorke and ther was sir hugh the spencers sone made chambrelayn and the meyn tyme while the were lasted the kyng went ayen in to scotland that it wos wonder for to witte and beseged the toune of Berewik but the scottis went ouer the water of Solewath that wos iij. myle from the kyngê host priueli they stele a way by nyght and come in to Englond robbed destruyd all that they myght Ì„ sparid no maner thing till that they come vn to yorke ¶ And when the EnglisshmeÌ„ that wer left at home herd this tidyng all tho that myght trauell as well moÌ„kes and prestis Ì„ freris chanons seculars come met with the scotis at Miton vpswale the xij day of October ¶ Alas that sorow for the english husbondmen that coud no thiÌ„g of the were that ther wer kylled and drenched in an arme of the see And ther chiefteynes sir willm of Melton Erchebisshop of yorke and the abbot of Selby with ther stedis fled and come to yorke and that was ther own folie that they had that myschance for they passid the water of swale and the scottis set a fier the stakkis of hey the smok ther of wos so huge that the englissmeÌ„ myght not see the scottis ¶ And when the englismen wer gone ouer the water tho come thee Scottis with ther wynge in maner of a shelde and come toward the englishmen in a ray Ì„ the englisshmen fled for vnneth they had any men of armes for the kyng had them almost lost at thee sege of Berewyk and the scottis hobilers went bitwix the brige the englismen ¶ And when the gret host them met the englishmen fled bitwen the hobilers the gret host and the englishmeÌ„ almost wer ther kylled ¶ And he that might wend ouer the water was saued bout moÌ„y wer dreÌ„chid ¶ Alas for ther wos slaiÌ„ moÌ„y meÌ„ of religioÌ„ Ì„ seculers prestis clerkis with moch sorow the erchebisshep ascapid therfore that scottis called the bataill the white bateill ¶ How kiÌ„g edward did all maner thiÌ„g that sir hugh spenser wold ANd when kyng edward herd this tidyng he remeued his sege from Berewik and come ayen to englond but sir hug the spenser the son that wos the kynges chambrelayn kepid so the kynges chamber that no man might speke with the kiÌ„g ¶ Bot he had made with him a fret for to done all his nede Ì„ that ouer mesur ¶ And this hugh bare him so stout that all men had of him scoornne Ì„ despite And the kyng hiÌ„ self wold not be gouerned ne ruled by no maner man but only bi his fadre Ì„ bi him Ì„ if ony knyght of englond had woddis maneres or lordis that they wold couet anone the kiÌ„g must yef it them or els the maÌ„ that ought it shuld be falsely endited of forfit or felonye And thurgh such doyng they desherited mony a good bachiler Ì„ so moch land getten that it was wonder· ¶ And when the lordis of englond saw the grete couetise the fassenesse of sir hugh the spenser the fadre Ì„ of sir hugh the son they come to the gentill erle of Lancastre and axed hiÌ„ of ê¯cell of the disese that wos iÌ„ the reame thurgh sir hugh the spenser Ì„ his son And in hast by one assent they made a pÌ„ue assembull at shirborne iÌ„ Elmede Ì„ they made ther an oth for to breke and destroble the doyng bitwen the king Ì„ sir hugh spenser Ì„ his son vpon ther pouer ¶ And they went in to the march of wales Ì„ destruid the land of the forsaid sir hughes ¶ How sir hugh Spenser his fader wer exiled out of englod WHen kyng edward saw the gret harme and destruccion that the barons of Englond did vn to sir hugh the spensers lande and to his sones in euery place that they come vpon ¶ And the kyng tho thurgh his counsell exiled sir IohnÌ„ monbray sir roger Clifford and sir Gosselin dauill and mony other lordis that wer to them concent wherfore the barons did tho more harme then thei diden before ¶ And when the kyng saw that the barons wold not sese of ther cruelte the king wos sore adrad lest they wold destruy him and his reame for his meyntenance but if that he ascented to them ¶ And so he sent for them by letters that they shuld cum to london to his parlament at a certan day as in his letters wos contened ¶ And they come with iij. batailles well armed at all pointis and euery bataill had cote armures of grene cloth ther of the right quart wos yalow with whit bendis wherfore that that parlament wos called the parlament of the white bend And in that companye was sir vmfrcey of Bohâ—ne erle of herford and sir Roger of Clifford sir IohnÌ„ Mombray sir Gecelin dauill sir Roger Mortimer vncull of sir Roger Mortimer of wigmore sir heÌ„ri of Trais sir Iohan Giffard and sir Bartholomew of badeles more that wos the kynges stiward that the kyng had sent to shirborne in elmede to the erle of Lancastre and to all that with him wer for to tret of accorde that him allied to the barons and come with that companye ¶ And sir roger Dammorie Ì„ sir hugh Dandale that had spoused the kinges neces sustre and sir Gyllebert of Clare erle of Glocestre that wos killed in scotland as before is said ¶ And tho ij lordis had tho two ê‘ties of the erledom of glocestre Ì„ sir hugh the
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 ê‘lament 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 endeÌ„ture 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 bouÌ„d 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 ê‘teis 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 disê‘aged sith that she was maried ayens all the commune assent of Englond And froÌ„ the tyme that Brut had coÌ„quered 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 falÌ„s 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 trewâ—s 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 coÌ„mune assent of englond ¶ Of the debate that was bitwen quene Isabell sir HeÌ„ri erle of Lancastre of Leycestre Ì„ of the ridiÌ„g of Bedford WHen the forsaid Dauid had spoused Dame Iohane of the tâ—ur in the toune of Berrewik as be fore is sayed the scottis in despite of the Englisshmen called Dame Iohane the CouÌ„tesse make pees For the cowardyse pees that tho wos ordeyned but the kiÌ„ges ê‘son 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 kiÌ„g 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 retenauÌ„ce 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 HeÌ„ri erle of Lancastre and he put him iÌ„ hidiÌ„g 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 EngloÌ„d 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 retenauÌ„ces and went