meny And then he sholde sende to her lorde the kyng feyne that he were come for to speke with hys doughter hym for to se so he dyde And whan the kynge and the quene herd that they came with moche honoure they hym receyued And the kynge of fraunce then lete lende thrugh al the realme coÌ„maunded that al men sholde be as entendauÌ„t to kynge Leyr the quenes fader in all maner of thynges as it were vnto hymselfe whaÌ„ kynge leyr had dwelled there a moneth more he tolde to the kynge to the quene his doughter how his two eldest doughters hadde hym serued Agampe anone lete ordeyne a grete hooste of FrensshmeÌ„ sente in to Brytayne with Leyr the quenes fader for to coÌ„quere his loÌ„de agayne his kyngdome And Cordeill also came with her fader in to Brytayne for to haue the realme after her faders dethe And anone they wente to shyppe passed the see came in to Brytayne fought with the felons theÌ„ dyscomfyted slewe then had he his loÌ„de agayne after lyued .iii. yere helde his realme iÌ„ peas after warde dyed so Cordeill his doughter thenne let enter him with moche honour at Leycestre ¶ Anno muÌ„di .iiii. M.iii. C.xlix Et ante xpÌ„i natiuitateÌ„ .viii. C liii AMasius sonne to Ioam regned on the Iewes .xxix. yere after the whiche the kyngdom of Iewes was without kynge .xiii. yere This man worshypped the goddes of Seyr vt pêª .ii. para .xv. ¶ Ieroboam sone to Ioam regned on Israel .xli. yere the whiche was manly and vyctoryous For he ouercame the kynge of Sirie restored Israel Damaske after the worde of Iono the prophete But he was not good Therfore sayth austyn if good men regne they profyte many a man And yf ylle men regne they hurte many men· ¶ Anno muÌ„di .iiii. M.iii. C.lxxxviii Et ant xpÌ„i natiuitateÌ„ .viii. C.xi. Ozias or Azarias sone to Amasie regned on the Iury .lii. yere the whiche lyued wel afore oure lorde of hym is none euyl thynge wryten but that he vsurped the dygnyte of preesthode vnder Azari the whiche he forbode hym For that whiche cause our lorde stroke hym with a leper vt pêª .ii. para ¶ Ozee bysshop prophete was this tyme the fyrst of the .xii. that is sende astaynst the .xii. tribus ¶ Ioel the secoÌ„de of the .xii. prophecyed of Iuda Ananias the thyrde prophecyed agaynst many people Abdias the fourth of the .xii. prophecyed agaynst Edom ¶ zacharius sonÌ„e to Ieroboam regned in Israel .vi. monethes the whiche began to regne the .xxxviii. yere of Ozias was nought iÌ„ his lyuynge as his predycessours were And Sellum slewe hym regned a moneth And Manahen slewe hym toke his kyngdome vt pêª .iiii. reguÌ„ This Manahen regned .x. yere the whiche began to regne the .xxxix. yere of Ozias \ he ruled hym myscheuously And our lorde toke hym in the power of the kynge of Assuriorum And he payed to hym a thousande talentes of syluer vt pêª .iiii. reguÌ„ ¶ Phaseia sonÌ„e to Manahen regned in Israel .ii. yere he began to regne the .l. yere of Ozias and he was nought in his lyuynge ¶ Phase slewe phaseia regned .xx. yere he began to regne the .lii. yere of Ozias dyde as other cursed men dyde Plura vide .iiii. reguÌ„ And after this Israel was without ony kynge .viii. yere ¶ How Morgan and Conedag that were neuewes to Cordeill warred vpon her And put her in pryson NOw as kynge Leyr was deed Cordeil his yongest doughter regned the .x. yere of Ozias kynge of Iury. And after her regned Conedag the .xv. yere of Ozias Cordeil that was Leyrs yongest daughter after the deth of her fader had all the londe .v. yere And in the meane tyme deyed her lorde Agampe hat was kynge of FrauÌ„ce after his dethe she was wydowe And there came Morgan and Conedag that were Cordeils systers sones to her had enuyte for as moche as theyr aunte sholde haue the londe So that bytwene them they ordeyned a grete power and vpon her warred gretely And neuer they rested tyll they had her taken and put her vnto deth And tho Morgan and Conedag seased all the londe departed it bytwene them And they helde it .xii. yeres And whan that those .xii. yeres were gone there beganÌ„e bytwene them a grete beatel so that they warred stroÌ„gely togyders And eueryche of theym dyde other moche dysease For Morgan wolde haue all the londe frome beyonde Humbre that Conedag helde But he came agaynst hym wyth a grete power so that Morgan durste not abyde but fledde a waye in to walys And Conedag pursued hym and toke hym slewe hym And tho came Conedag agayne and seased all the londe in to his honde and held it And regned after xxxiii· yere And thenne he deyed and lyth at newe Troy ¶ And by cause the matere conteyneth moost comodyously togyder of the kynges of Brytayne now called Englonde for the tyme of them is not certaynly knoweÌ„ what tyme of the wrolde the kynges folowen regned Therfore they shall be togyder tyll it be comen vnto Guentolen kyng of Brytayne now called EngloÌ„de ¶ How Reynolde that was Conedags sone regned after his fader in his tyme it rayned blood thre dayes in to kenynge of grete deth ANd after thys Conedag regned Reynolde hê sone that was a wyse knyght a hardy curteyes that wel nobly gouerned the londe wonder welle made hym beloued of all maner of folke And in hys tyme regned blood that lasted thre dayes As god wolde soone after ther came a grete dethe of people For hostes wythout nombre of people fought tyll that almyghty god ther of toke mercy and pyte tho gaÌ„ it cesse And this Reynolde regned .xxii. yere deyed and lyeth at yorke ¶ How Gorbodian regne in peas that was Reynoldes sone AFter thys Reynolde that was Conedags sone regned Gorbodian that was thys Reynoldes sone ·xv yere and thenne he deyed and lyeth at yorke ¶ How Gorbodian had .ii. sones how that one slewe the other for to haue the herytage how ydoyne ther moder slewe that other wherfore the londe was destroyed SO whan thys Gorbodian was deed hys two sones that he had be came stoute and proude and euer warred togyder for the londe And that one was called Ferres and that other Porres ¶ And thys Ferres wolde haue all the londe but that other wold not suffre hym This Ferres had a felonous herte thoughte thrugh treason to slee his brother But pryuely he wente in to Fraunce and there abode with the kynge Sywarde tyll vpon a tyme whan he came ayen and fought wych his brother Ferres But full euyll it happed tho he was slayne fyrste whan ydoyne ther moder wyst that Portes was deed she made grete sorowe for by cause that she loued hym more than
vpon a booke that it sholde neuer be broke ne fayled Belin tho by counseyll of his folke grauÌ„ted him his axenge so Gutlagh be came his maÌ„ Belin vndertoke of him his homage by an othe by wrytynge the same couenauÌ„tes And vpoÌ„ these couenauÌ„tes kyng Gutlagh toke Samie his folke wente thens torned ayen to Denmak Euer more after were the couenauÌ„tes holden the treuage payed tyll the tyme that Honelus was kyng of Denmarke also of his lond thorugh his wyf Gildebuâ—h that he had spoused for she was ryghe heyre of his londe ¶ This Belin dwelled tho in peas worshyp fully hym helde amoÌ„ge his barons and he made foure ryall wayes one from the eest in to the weest that was called watlynge strete and an other frome the north vnto the south and that is callen Ikelme strete And two other wayes he made in bossynge thrugh out the loÌ„de that one is called fosse that other Fosse dyke And he mayntened well the good lawes that Donebant his fader had made ordeyned in his tyme as befor is sayde ¶ How acordemeÌ„t was made bytwene BreÌ„ne Belin thorugh Cornewen ther moder BRenne that was Belins brother hadde longe tyme dwelled in FrauÌ„ce there had conquered a grete lordshyp thrugh maryage For he was duke of Bourgoyne thrugh the dought of the duke fewyn that he had spoused that was ryght heyre of the lond And this Brenne ordened a grete power of hys folke also of Fraunce came in to this londe for to fyght with Belin his brother And belin came ayenste hym with a grete power of Brytons and wolde tho haue yeuen hym batayll But ther moder Cornewen that tho lyued had that one brother wolde haue destroyed that other and wente bytwene her sones and them made acorde with moche payne So that at the laste tho two brethern with moche blysse wente togyder in to newe Troy that now is called LoÌ„don and there they dwelled a yere And after they toke theyr counseyll for to goo conquere all Fraunce And so they dyd and brente towne destroyed the londe both in length and in brede And the kyng of FrauÌ„ce yaue them batayl with his power but he was ouercome yaue trauge vnto Belin to his brother And after that they wente forth vnto Rome â— conquered Rome all Lombardy Garmany tooke humage feaute of erles bacons of all other And after they came in to thys lond of brytayne and dwelled there wyth brytons in Ioye and rest And tho made brenne the twone of brystowe and after he wente ouer to his owne lordshyp and theyr dwelled he all his lyf And belin dwelled at newe Troy and there he made a fayre gate that is called belynges gate after his owne name And whan thys belin hadde regned nobly .xi. yere he deyed and lyeth at newe Troy ¶ How kyng Cormbratê° slewe the kynge Cenmark for by cause that he wolde not paye his truage as he shold ANd after thys belin regned hys sone Cormbratus a good man and a worthy And the kyng of Denmark wolde not pay to hym his truage that is to saye a thousande pounde as he had sworne by othe for to paye it and also by wrytynge recorde to belin his fader wherfore he was euyll appayed wrothe and assembled a grete hoste of bryâ—ons wente in to Denmark slewe the kynge Gutlagh and brought the londe in subgecâ—ion all newe And toke of the folke feautes and homage and after wente ayene in to his owne londe And as he came fothe by Orkeney he fouÌ„de .xxx. shyppes full of men and wymmen besyde the coste of the see the kynge ared what they were And an Erle that was mayster of them all curteysly answered vnto the kyng sayd That they were exieled out of Spane soo that they had traueyled halfe an yere and more in the see to wyte yf they myghte fynde ony kynge in ony londe that of them wold haue pyte or mercy to gyue them ony loÌ„de in ony countree where in they myght dwuell and hauerest and become his lyege men and to him wolde do homage and feuate whyle that he lyued to his heyers after him and of hym of his heyres holde that londe And whan the kynge this herde he had pyte of hym yaue them an yel all wyldernesse there that no man was dwellynge sauf oonly wylde bestê And the Erle thanked moche the kynge and became hys man dyde him homage and feaute and toke all his folke and wente in to the same yle And the Erle was called Irlamall and therfore he lete calle the londe Irlonde after his owne name This kyng Cormbratus came ayen in to his londe and regned .xxv. yere and after he deyed and lyeth at newe Troy ¶ Anno muÌ„di iiii·M.iiii C.xl. Et ante xpÌ„i natiuitatem .vii. C.lvi. IOathan sone to Osias regned in the Iury .xvi. yere of this Ioathan no thynge is wryten of but that he toke not awaye excelsa as other dyde vt pêª .ii. para ¶ Amarias was bysshop And ysayas the noble prophete was in his dayes ¶ Olympias with the Grekes began the fyrste yere of Ioathan after Iosephus And after Beda Troy was destroyed foure hondred yere afore the fyrste Olympias began vnder Esalo a Iuge of Athens In whiche Coribus gate the chyualry amongê all men Olympus is the name of an hylle in Grecia the whiche for hys precyousnesse is called the hylle of god· And after Ierom one Olympias conteyneth fully foure yere in the whiche foure yere foure yerely prynces are made And these Olympiades are places ordeyned tothe worshyp of Iupater vnder the hylle of Olympo And the lawe of this That who someuer is beste in ony chyualry what someuer he desyreth he shall haue ¶ Anno muÌ„di .iiii. M.iiii C.lvi. Et ante xpÌ„i natiuitetem .vii. C.xliii ACham the sone of Ioathan regned on the Iewes .xvi. yere of this Acham no thinge that is good is wryteÌ„ for he forsoke oure lorde And our lord stroke him wyth hys owne people strongly and with the kynges of Tirri vt pêª .ii. para xx viii ¶ Achicob this tyme was bysshop Ozee kynge of Israell regned ·ix yere the whiche beganne to regne the .xii. yere of Acham kyng of Iewes This Ozee dradde not god for he lyued noughte And he was the laste kynge of Israell· And in the .ix. yere of hys regne he was taken of Salmanasar And Israell was translated in to Assirias vt habetur .iiii. regum .xvii. ¶ Anno mundi .iiii. M.iiii C.lxii. Et ante xpÌ„i natiuitateÌ„ .vii. C.xl. ¶ Rome AFter Euseby Rome was made in the hyl of Palatin the fourth yere of AchaÌ„ kyng of Iewes of two brethern Romulus and Remus .xi. Kal. Man the .vii. Olympiades begynnynge Iosephus Beda sayen the .vi. Olympiades so they defferre a yere Neuertheles it is redde other men to haue regned about that place myghtly in
thyng was profytable vnto the chirche as wel in worde as in doctryne And he gouerned the spyrytualtee the temporaltee noble He was the louer the defender of poore men Thys man anoynted Pyppynê° the kynge of Fraunce sente hym ayenst the Lombardes that he sholde compell them to restore the chirche of suche goodes as they had with holde from theym longe tyme vnryghtwysâ—y the whyche he dyde He also translated the Empyre of the Grekes to the Frensshemen ¶ Paalê° a Romayne was pope after hym .x. yere Thys was a very holy man for he dyde grete almesse to fadlesse chyldern prysoners wydowes other poore men that he myght be a folower of saynt Poule ¶ Constantyne a Romayne the seconde was pope after Poul two yere Thys Constantyne was a lay man sodeynly was made a preest as a tyraunt toke on hym the dygnytee of the pope And with a grete slauÌ„dre to the chyrche was pope a lytell tyme. But the faythful men put hym out and put out his eyen And this was the fyfth Infamed pope amonge so many herde tofore So the holy ghost the holy apostels sete kepyin al honour holynesse ¶ Infynyte martyrs were made this tyme by Constantyne the emperour for he was suche an heretyke And men trowe that there was neuer Emperour ne no pagon that slewe so many martyrs· And in his tyme the chirche was trowbled full sore very precyously bought the worshyppynge of the ymages of the holy sayntes for the grete shedynge of blood of martyrs And certaynly the cursyd Emperour was not vnpunysshed For whan that he deyed he cryed with an horryble voys sayd I am taken to a fyre that is vnable for to be destroyed And so he yelded vp the ghost to euerlastynge payne ¶ The Empyre of rome was deuyded about this tyme For Stephanê° the pope translated ytaly other vnto Karolus a yonge man And Constantyne helde the londe of Grece with other londes ouer the see with a grete labour and many rebellynge ¶ This tyme Karolus magnus was a noble yonge man And he began for to regne vpon Fraunce was the sone of Pippinus hys moder was called Berta· ¶ Stephanus the thyrde was pope after Paulus thre yere And he amended all the errours of Constantyne And he degarded all those the whiche CoÌ„stantyne ordeyned in a generall Synodus ¶ Anno dmÌ„ .vii. C.lxxxiiii ADrianus a Romayne was pope after Stephanus .xxiiii. yere Thys man was myghtely worshypped of the people noo man greter afore hym in honour ryches and buyldyng This man sette two solempne Synoâ—is The fyrste of the thre hondred and fyfty faders The seconde in Rome with an hondred and fyfty faders beynge present Charles the kynge of Fraunce to whom it was graunted the lyberte of eleccyon of the popes and to ordeyne the appostles sete ¶ Leo the fourthe regned Emperour with the Grekes fyue yere This Leo was a cursyd man but not so moche as his fader was And he was a couetous man and he toke a way a certayne crowne of a chyrche and put it vpon his heed And anonâ— he was corrupted with an axes and sore deseased And he had a cursed wyf that whiche regned after hym with her sone ¶ Constantyne was Emperoure after Leo he was a meke man and put a waye his moder fro the kyngdom that she myght take hede vnto her wymmens werke But she with a fayned rancour put out his eyen after warde and his childern also and regned agayne thre yere And at the last she was about for to haue be wedded And whan the Grekes perceyued that she wold be wedded to grete Karolus they toke her shytte her vp in a monastery and toke Nychoferum to be theyr Emperour ¶ The .v. vnyuershall study the whiche in olde tyme was translated from Anthenes vnto Rome aboute this tyme was translated to Parys by Karolus kynge of Fraunce ¶ Nychoferus was Emperour after Constantyne He was a very nygon and was exalted to his Empyre by the Grekys But he profyted not for iÌ„ his tyme all the Eâ—st Imperyall was brought to noughte For the Romayns put them vnder Karolus magnus ¶ Ierusalem about this tyme was recouered by Karolus with all the hooly londe And the secte of the Sarrasyns was destroyed strongly· For the struccyon of wretches came thenÌ„e ¶ Michael was Emperour two yere and he was a very crysten man and he was well beloued and also he was connyge in alle scyences And tho that Nychaferus had hurte and drestressyd of theyr goodes by hys coueytousnesse this Mychaell restored them and made them ryche ayen ¶ Nota. ¶ Karolus magnus the fyrst saynt was Emperour after Michaell And he was crowned Emperoure by Leo the pope frome the whyche tyme the Empyre was translated frome the Grekes to Fraunce and Germane And for the translacyon of that Empyre the Grekes alwaye were defectyue vnto the Romayns And the Grekes stroue euer more with them But it was more wyth venomous wordes thanne wyth strenghthe and more with crafte thanne with batayyll ¶ For they hadde soo grete enuye at the Romayns that they wolde not obeye the chyrche of Rome For certaynly whan that the popes wold wryte vnto them for to obeye the chyrche of Rome they wrote agayne sayde ye haue taken from oure kynrede the Empyre and therfore we wolde not obeye And we vs take from you And for this noble Emperour Rarolus it is to be vnderstande thys man whan he was a yonge man he was anoynted kynge of Fraunce by Stephanus the pope In the yere of our lorde Ihesu Cryste .vii. hondred .liiii. whan his fader Pippinê° lyued Vnder whome and wyth whome he regned ·xv yere vnto the dethe of his fader ¶ Thenne after hys fader vnder the yere our lord god vii hondred .xlviii. This Karolus with hys brother Karolomannus regned two yere And thenne his brother deseased in the seconde yere And this Karolus there helde alle the hoole kyngdome .xiiii. yere to the yere of our lorde .vii. hondred .lxxxiiii. In the whiche yere he wente to Rome that he myght be crowned Emperour of the pope Adrianus And he regned emperour .xvi. yere to the yere of our lorde .viii. C. whan pope â–ª Leo confermed hym ayen the Emperour And after that he was Emperour xiiii yere And he dysseased in the yere of hys aege .lxxii. The whiche was the yere of oure lorde .viii. C. and .xiiii. ¶ yf ye wyll see more of Karolus goo to the boke of Turpinus and Libraminus his mayster for they wrote hys noble actes ¶ Leo the fourth was pope after Adrianus .xx. yere thys man whan he wente on a certayne daye with the Lentany to saynt Peters chyrche on Saynt Markes daye he was taken with cursyd people and bothe hys eyen put out his tonge cutte of But our lorde merueylously restored hym ayen hys syght and his speche soo that he spake without tonge and sawe by myracle Afterwarde
kyng of Cecyle fro his kyngdome And after he had done many bataylles ayenst men of mysbyleue many trybulacoÌ„ns suffred he decessyd dyd many miracles ¶ Nycholaê° delira a noble douctour of dyuyte was thys tyme at Parys this man was a Iewe of nacyon he was coÌ„uerted myghtely profyted in the ordre of frere Mynours he wrote ouer all the Byble Grelles he was in the yere of our lord M·CCC xxx some man say he was a Braban that his fader his moder were crystne but for pouerte he vysyted the scole of the Iewes so he lerned the Iewes langage or elles thys Nycholaê° was informed of the Iewes in hys yonge aege ¶ Honorius the fourth was pope after Martynê° two yere lytell of hym ys wryten but that he was a temperat man a dyscerte ¶ Nicholaus the fourth was pope after hym foure yere this man was a frere Mynor although he was a good man in himself yet many vnhappy thynges fell in his tyme to the chirche For many a batayll was in the cyte thrugh his occasyon for he drewe to moche to the one parte And after hym thre was no pope two yere and .vi. monethes ¶ How kynge Edwarde that was kynge Henryes sone ANd after this kyng Henry regned Edwarde hys sone the worthyes knyght of the worlde in honour for goddes grace was in hym for he had the vyctorye of hys enmyes as soone as hys fader was deed he came to London with a noble company of prelates erles and barons and all meÌ„ dyd hym moche honour For in euery place the syr Edwarde rode in London the stretes were couered ouer hys heed with sylke of tapiscery and other riche couerynges And for Ioye of his comynge the burgeys of the Cyte caste out at theyr wyndowes golde and syluer hondes full in tokenynge of loue and worshyp seruyce and reuerence And out of condyte of Chepe ranne whyte wyne and reed as stremes both of the water and euery man dranke therof the wolde at theyr owne wyll this kyng Edwarde was crowned and enoynted as ryght heyer of Englonde with moche honour And after masse the kynge wente in to his place to holde a ryall feest amoÌ„ge them that dyde hym honour And whan he was sette to meete The kynge Alexander of Scotlonde came to do hym honour and reuerence with a qâ—eyntesye an hondred knyghtes with hym well horsyd arayde And whan they were alyght of theyr stedes they lete theym go whether they wolde who that myght take them tooke at theyr owne wyll wythout ony chalenge·r And after came syre Edmonde kynge Edwardes brother a curteys knyght a gentyll of renowne the erle of Corne wayllle and the erle of Glocestre And after thenne came the erle of Penbroke the erle of Garenne And eche of them by themself ladde in theyr honde an hondred knyghtes gayly dysgysed in theyr armes And whan they were alyghted of theyr horses they lete them go whether that they welde who that myght them catche them to haue styll without ony chalenge And whan all this was done kyng Edwarde dyde his dylygence his myghte for to amende and dresse the wronges in the beste manere that he myght to the honour of god holy chyrche to mayntene his honoure and to amende the noyannce of the comyn people ¶ How ydeyne that was Lewelyns doughter of walys prynce Aymer that was the erles brother of MouÌ„forde were taken in the see THe fyrste afterwarde the kynge Edwarde was crowned Lewelyn prynce of wales sent in to Faraunce to the erle MouÌ„forde that thorough couÌ„seyl of his frendes the erle sholde wedde his doughter And the erle tho auysed hym vpoÌ„ this thynge and sent vnto Lewelyn and sayd that he wolde sende after hys doughter so he sent Aymer his broder after the damoysell Lewelyn arayed shyphes for his doughter and for Syre Aymer and for her faare company that sholde goo with her And this Lewelyn dyd grete wronge for it was couenauÌ„ted that he sholde yeue hys doughter to no manere man without counsell consente of kyng Edwarde And so it befell that a Burgeys of Brystow came in the see with wyne laden and mette them toke them with myght and power And anone the Burgeys sent theym to the kyng And whan Lewely herde this tydynges he was very wroth and also sorowfull· and gan to warre vpon kynge Edwarde and dyde moche harme vnto Englysshmen and bete downe the kynges castels and began for to destroye kynge Edwardes londe And whaÌ„ tydynges cam vnto the kyng of this thyng he wente in to walys and so moche he dyde thorough goddes grace and his grete power that he drofe Lewelyn vnto grete myschyef that he fledde all maner of strength came yelded hym vnto kyng Edwarde yaue hym .l. marke of syluer to haue peas And toke the damoysell all his herytage made an oblygacoÌ„n to kynge Edwarde to come to his parlyamente two tymes of the yere And in the seconde yere after that kynge Edwarde was crowned he helde a generall parleamente att westmestre there he made the statutes for defaute of lawe by the comune assent of all his baronage and at Ester nexte sewenge the kynge sente by his letter vnto Lewelyn prynce of wales that he sholde come to his parlemeÌ„t for his londe and for hys holdynge in wales as the strenthe of his letter oblygatory wytnessyd Tho Lewelyn had scorne and dyspyte of the kynges commaundement And for pure wrache ayen began warre vpon kyng Edwarde and destroyed his londe And tho whan kynge Edwarde herd of these tydynges he wexed wonder wrothe vnto Lewelyn in hast assembled his people went hym to warde wales And warred so vpon Lewelyn the prynce tyll that he broughte hym in moche sorowe dysease And Lewelyn sawe that is defence myghte hym not auaylle and came ayen and yelded hym to the kynges grace cryed hym mercye and longe tyme kneled before the kynges fote The kynge had of hym pyte coÌ„maunded hym for to aryse And for his mekenes foryaue hym hys wrathe and to hym sayd that yf he trespassed to hym a nother tyme that he wolde dystroye hym for euermore ¶ Dauid that was Lewelyns brother that same tyme dwelled with kynge Edwarde and was a felle man and a subtyll and enuyous and also ferre castynge and moche treason thoughte· and euermore made good semblame and semyd soo true that noo man myght perceyue his falsnes ¶ How Lewelyn thrugh eggynge of his brother Dauyd werryd agayn vpoÌ„ kyÌ„g Edward IT was not longe after that tyme the kynge Edwarde yaaf to Dauyd Lewelyns broder the lordshyppe of Frodesham made hym a knyght and so moche honour dyde he neuer after to maÌ„ of walys by cause of hym kynge Edwarde helde his parlemente at London whan he hadde do in walys that he wolde and chaunged his moneye that was
be gotē and taken in ony partyes And in the .v. yere of kynge Rychardes regne was the grete erth quake and was generall thrugh out the world the wenesbaye after wytsonday in the yere of our lorde M. CCC.lxxxxi wherfore all maner people were sore agast and aferde longe tyme for drede of vengeaūge that our lorde shewed and dyd ¶ And in the .vi. yere of kyng Rychard then syr Henry spēser bysshop of Norwiche wente with a grete cōpany ouer see into Flaundres and there they gete the towne of Grauynge and the towne of burbrugge Dunkerk and Newport and there they laded and fraughted .li. shippes with pelage for to haue comen into Englond with these shyppes goodes And the bysshop of Norwiche and his counseyll lete brenne these shyppes with al the plege in the same hauen all into harde asshes att Dunkerk was done a grete batayll bytwene the Flemynges and the Englysshemen And at that batayll were slayne a grete multytude of the Flemynges and a grete nōbre And thā went the bysshop with hys retenue to sypers and besyeged it a longe tyme but it myght not be goten And so left that syege and came ayen into Englonde for oure Englysshmen were fouly destroyed and many deyed on the flyx in this yere come quene Anne into Englonde for to be spoused to kynge Richarde and hyr fader was Emperour of almayne kyng of Beme with hyr come the duke of Tassy hyr vncle and many other worthy lordes knyghtes of hyr countree of Beme and of other duche tonges to doo hyr reuerence and worshyp And syr Symonde beuerle a worthy knyght of the garter and other knightes and squyres that were the kynges embassatoures broughte hyr in to Englonde and soo forthe to London· And the people of the cyte that is to saye the mayer and the aldermen and alle comynes roden ayenste hyr to welcome hyr And euery man in goode araye and euery crafte wyth hys mynstralsye in the beste manere wyse and mette wyth hyr on the blacke hethe in Kente and soo brought hyr vnto London thrugh the cyte so forthe vnto westmynster vnto the kynges palays And there she was spoused vnto kynge Rycharde well and worthely in the abbaye of westmynster and there she was crowned quene of Englonde And all hyr trendes that came with hyr haddē grete gyftes and were well cherysshed refresshed as longe tyme as they aboden there ¶ And in thys same yere there was a batayll done in the kynges palays at westmester for certayne poyntes of treason bytwene syr Iohan Ansley knyght defendaūt Carton squyre the appellaunt But thys syre Iohan of Ansley ouercame this Carton made hym to yelde hym wythin the lystes And anone was this Carton dyspoyled of his harneys drawē out of the lystes and so forth vnto Tyburne there he was hangyd for his falsnesse ¶ And in the .viii. yere of the regne of kynge Rycharde the seconde syr Edmonde of Langley the. Erle of Canbrydge kynge Rychardes vncle wente in to Portyngale with a fayr company of men of armes and archers in strengthynge and helpynge the kynge of Portyngale ayenst the kynge of Spayne hys power and there the kynge of Portyngale had the victory of his enemyes thrugh helpe comforth of our Englysshmen And whan that Iourney was done the erle of Cambridge come home ayē with his people in too Englonde in haste blessed be god his blessyd gyftes Amen· ¶ And this same yere kynge Rycharde helde his Crystemas in the maner of Eltam ¶ And the same yere tyme the kyng of armony fledde out of hys owne londe and came into Englond for to haue helpe and socoure of our kynge ayenst hys enmyes that hadde dryuen hym out of hys owne reame And so he was brought vnto the kyng to Eltham there as the kynge helde his ryall feest of Crystmasse ¶ And there our kynge welcomed hym and dyd moche reuerence worshyp and commaunded all hys lordes to make hym all the chere that euer they coude And than he besought the kynge of hys grace and of helpe of his comforthe in hys nede that he myghte be brought ayen to his kyngdome and londe For the Turkes had deuoured and destroyed the moost parte of his londe ◠and how he fled◠for drede and come hyder for socoure and helpe And thenne the kynge hauynge on hym pyte and compassyon of hys grete myscheyf and greuous dysease anone he tooke hys counseyll and asked what was beste to do And they answerde and sayde yf it lyked hym to gyue hym ony good it were weldone And as touchynge hys peple for to trauell so ferre into our londes it were a grete Ieoperdye And soo the kynge gaf hym golde and syluer and many ryche gyftes and Iewels and betaught hym to god and so he passed ayen out of Englonde ¶ And in thys same yere kynge Rycharde wyth a ryall power wente into Scotlonde for to warre vppon the Scottes for the falsnes and destruccyon that the Scottes had done vnto Englysshemen in the Marches And than the Scottes come downe to the kynge for to treat wyth hym and with his lordes for trewes as for certayne yeres And so ouer kynge his coūseyll gaūted theym trewes for certayne yeres and our kynge torned hym ayen in to Englōde And whan he was comen vnto yorke there he abode and rested hym there syr Iohn Holonde the erle of Kentes broder slewe the erles sone of Stafforde and his heyre with a daggar in the cytee of yorke wherfore the kynge was sore anoyed greued and remeued thens came to London And the mayer with the aldermen and the comyns with all the solempnyte that myghte be done ryden ayenst the kyng brought hym ryally thrught the cytye and so for the vnto westmynstre to his owne palays ¶ And in the .ix. yere of kynge Rychardes regne he helde a parlemēt at westmynster there he made two dukes a marqueys fyue erles The fyrste that mas made duke was the kynges vncle syr Edmonde of Langle erle of Cambridge hym he made duke of yorke his other vncle syr Thomas of wodstok that was erle of Bukyngham hym he made duke of Gloucestre And syr Lyonuer that was erle of Oxford hym he made marqueys of Deuelyne Henry of Balyngbrok the dukes sone of Lancastre hym he made erle of Derby And syr Edwarde the dukes sone of yorke hym he made erle of Ruttelond And syr Iohan Holonde that was the Erle of Kentes broder hym he dyde make erle of Huntyngdon· ¶ And Syr Thomas Mombraye hym he made erle of Notyngham and the erle Marshalle of Englond And syr Mychell de lapole knygh◠hym he made erle of Southfolke and Chaunceler of Englonde And the Erle of the Marche at that same parlemēt holden at westmynster in playne parlement amonges all the lordes and comyns was proclamed erle of the Marche and heyre Parente to
the lordes that broughte thys erle to hys dethe for they dredde leste terle sholde be rescowed and taken from them whan they come in to London Thus he passed forthe the Cytye vnto his dethe And there he tooke it full pacyenly on whoo 's soule god haue mercy Amen ¶ And than come the frere Austyns and tooke vp the body and the hede of this good Erle and bare it home to theyr place and buryed hym in theyr quyre And in the morne after was syr Rycharde erle of warwyk brought in to the parlemente there as the erle of Arundell was for Iuged and they gaf the erle of warwyk the same Iugement that the for sayd erle had but the lordes had compassyon of hym by cause he was of more getoer age and released hym in to perpetuall pryson and put hym in to the ylonde of Man And thenne on the mondaye nexte after the lord Iohanne Cobham of Kent syr Iohan Cheyn knyghtes were also brought in to the same parlemente in the same halle and there they were for Iuged for to be hanged and drawen but thrugh the prayers and grete Instaunce of all the lordes that Iugement was foryeuen to them and released in to perpetuall pryson ¶ And in this same yere was Rycharde wyttyngdon mayer of London and Iohan wodecoke wyllyam Askam shreues of London ¶ And they ordeyned at euery yate of London durynge thys same parlemeÌ„t stronge wache of men of armes and archers and thrughout euery warde also And the kynge made .v. dukes one markeys and foure erles and the fyrst of them was the erle of Derby he was made duke of Herforde And the seconde also was the erle of Rutlonde and he was made duke of Awemarle And the therde was the erle of Kent he was made duke of Surre And the fourth was the erle of HuÌ„tyngdon and he was made duke of Excestre And the fyft was the erle of Notyngham he was made duke of Northfolke And the erle of Somerset he was made markeys of Dorseet· And the lorde Spenser was made Erle of Gloucestre And the lorde Leuyll of Raby was made erle of westmer londe And syr Thomas percy was made erle of worcestre And syr wyllyam scrope that was tresourer of EngloÌ„d was made erle of wylteshyre· And syr IohnÌ„ Montagu erle of Salysbury And whan the kynge had thus done he helde the parlemet and ryall feest vnto all his lordes and to all maner people that thyder wolde come ¶ And this same yere deyed syr IohnÌ„ of GauÌ„t the kynges vncle and duke of Lancastre in the bysshops Inne in Holborne and was brought fro thens to saynt Poule there the kynge made helde hys enterement well and worthely with all his lordes in the chyche of saynt Poule in London and there he was buryed besyde dame Bâ—unce his wyf that was doughter heyre vnto the good Henry that was duke of Lancastre In the same yere there fell a dyscencyon bytwne the duke of Herforde the duke of Norfolk in so moshe that they waged batayl casteÌ„ downe theyr gloues than they were take vp ensealed the batayll Ioyned the daye set the place assygned where whan this sholde be at Couentre ¶ And thyder come the kynge with all his lordes att that daye was sette in the felde than these two worthy lordes came into the felde well and clene armed well arayed with al theyr wepen redy to done theyr batayll and were redy in the place for to fyght at vtteraunce But the kynge bad theÌ„ cesse toke the quarel in to his hond And forth with ryght there present exyled the duke of Herford for terme of .x. yere and the duke of Northfolke for euermore And syr Thomas of Arundell Archebysshop of Caunterbury was exyled the same tyme for euer deposed out of hys see for malyce of the kyng anone these thre worthy lordes were coÌ„maunded defended the kyngê reame And anone they gate theym shyppes at dyuerse haueÌ„s and wente ouer see into dyuerse londes eche his waye And the duke of Northfolke wente to Venece there he deyed on whos soule god haueÌ„ mercy Amen ¶ And than kynge rychard made a clerke of his syr Roger walden Archebysshop of Caunterbury ¶ And in the .xxii. yere of kyng Rycharbes regne by fals couÌ„seyll ymagynacyon of coueytous men that were about hym were made ordeyned blanke chertres and made theym to be enseled of all maner ryche men thrughout the reame In so moche that they coÌ„pelled dyuerse people to sette theyr seases therto· ¶ And thys was done for grete couetyse wherfore all good hertes of the reame were clene torned away fro the kynge for euer after And that was vtterly his dystruccyon ende to hym that was so hygh and so excellente prince and kynge thrugh couetous fals counseyll falsly betrayed Alas for pyte that suche a kyng myght not se ¶ And than kynge Rycharde sette his kyngdome hys ryall londe of Englonde to ferme vnto foure persones the whiche were these Syre wyllyam strop erle of wyltshyre and tresourer of Englonde and syr Iohan Busshe Henry greue and syr Iohan Bagot knyghtes that whiche torned theym to myscheyf and dethe wythin a lytell tyme as ye shalle fynde here afterwarde wryten ¶ And than kynge Rycharde made grete ordynaunce wente hymselfe ouer see in to Irlond many grete lordes with hym wyth a grete hoste for to strenth theyr kyng wyth meÌ„ of armes archers moche grete stuffe ryght good ordynaunce as longed vnto warre And or he passed ouer see he ordeyned made syr EdmoÌ„de of Langley his vncle the duke of yorke hys lyueteaunte of Englonde in hys absence with the gouernauÌ„ce counseyll of these foure knyghtes that had taken Englond to ferme of the kynge And than he passed the see and came into Irlonde and there he was wel and worthely receyued And these rebelles that ben called wylde Irysshmen came downe to the kynge and yolde them to hym both body goodes all at his owne wyll and swore vnto hym to be his lyege men and there dyde to hym homage and feaute and good seruyse thus he conquered the moost parte of Irlonde in alytyll tyme ¶ And whyle that kynge Rycharde was thus in Irlonde syr Henry of Bolyngbroke erle of Derby that the kyng had made before duke of Herforde the whyche duke the kynge had exyled out of this londe was comen ayen into Enlonde for to chalenge the dukedome of Lancaster as for his ryght trew herytage he came downe out of Fraunce by londe vnto Calays And theÌ„ met hym syr Thomas of AruÌ„dell that was Archebysshop of Caunterbury that was exyled out of EngloÌ„de and with hym came the erle of AruÌ„dell his sone heyre the whiche was in kepyng of syr IohnÌ„ shelly knyght somtyme with the erle of HuÌ„tindon and with the duke of Excestre the whyche was tho in
and hys heyers kynges after hym \ and forth with sholde be ê“clamed heyre apparauÌ„t and shold also be protector and regence of englonde duryng the kynges lyfe wyth many other thyngê ordeyned in the same parliment and yf kynge Henry durynge hys lyfe wence frome thys poyntement or ony artycle concludyd in the sayd paylyament he sholde be deposed and the duke sholde take the crowne and be kynge all whyche thynges were enacted by thauctoryte of the same at whiche parlyament the comynâ— of the reame beyng assembled in the comyn hons coÌ„mynyng and treatyng vpon the tytle of the forsayd duke of yorke sodenly feldone the crowne whiche henge thenne in the middes of the sayde hous whiche is the frayter of the abbaye of westmÌ„ whiche was takeÌ„ for a prodice or tokeÌ„ that the regne of kynge Henry was endyd ¶ And also the crowne whiche stode on the hyghest toure of the styple in the castel of douer fell downe this same yere ¶ How the duke of yorke was slayne and of the felde of wakefelde of the seconde Iourneye at saynt alboÌ„s by the queneÌ„ the prince BIcause the quene wyth the Prynce her sone was in the northe and absent her fro the kynge and obeyed not suche thyngê concluded in the parlement was ordeyned that the duke of yorke as ê“tector shold go north ward to brynge in the quene subdue suche as wolne not obey wyth whome wente the erle of salysbury Syr Thomas Neuyll hys sone with moche people And at wakefelde in Crystmas weke they were ouerthrowe and slayne by lordes of the quenes party that is to wyte the duke of yorke was slayne the erle of Rotlonde syr Thomas Neuyll and many moo the Eerle of Salysbury was take and other· As Iohan horowe of london capytayne and Ruler of the fotmen and HauÌ„son of hull whiche were brought to pouÌ„fret and there be heeded there heedes sente to yorke sette vpon the yates And thus was the noble prynce slayne the duke off yorke on whos soule god haue Mercy thys tyme therle of Marche beyng in Shorwesbury herynge the deth of his fader desyred ayde of the towne to auenge his faders dethe frothens wente to walys and at Candelmasse after he had a battayll at Martymers Crosse ayenste therle of Penbroke of wylshyre where the erle of marche had the vyctorye Then the quene with those lordes of the north after that they had dystressyd and slayne the duke of yorke and his felysshyp came south warde with a grete multytude of people for too come to the kynge and defecte suche conclusyons as had be take before by the parlyameÌ„t ayenst whos comyng the duke of Northfolke the erle of warwyeke wyth moche people ordynaunce wente to saynt albons ladde kynge Henry wyth theym there encouÌ„tred to gyder in suche wyse and faught so that the duke of Northfolke Th erle of werwyke wyth many other of ther party â—â—edde loste that Iourneye where that kynge HeÌ„ry was takeÌ„ with the quene prynce Edwarde his sone whiche two had got on that felde The quene hyr partye beynge at her aboue seÌ„te anone to LoÌ„don whyche was on an Asshe wenesdaye the fyrst daye of lente for vytayl ¶ For whiche the Mayre ordeyned bi thaduys of the aldermeÌ„ the certen cartes lade wyth vytayll sholde be sente to saynt Albons to theÌ„ whaÌ„ tho cartes came to Crepell yate the comiÌ„s of the Cyte that kept the gate toke the vytayles fro the cartes and wolde not suffre it to passe TheÌ„ne were there certayn AldermeÌ„ comyns apoynted too goo vnto bernet to speke wyth the quenes coÌ„seyll to entreate thou the northren men sholde bee sente home ayen in to theyr contree for the cyte of London drad to be dyspoyled yf they had come And duryng this treatyse tydynges came that the erle of warwyk had met with the Erle of Marche on Cotteswolde comyng oute of walys wyth a greate menye of welsshemeÌ„ and that they bothe were comynge vnto LoÌ„don warde Anone as these tytynges were knowe the tratyse was broke for the kynge Quene Prynce the other lordes that were with theym departed fro saynt AlboÌ„s north ward with al ther people yet or they departed thens they beheeded that lorde Bonuyll Syr Thomas Kryell whiche were takeÌ„ in the Iourney done on shrewe toursdaye ¶ Thenne the Duchesse of yorke beyng at london herynge of the losse of the felde of saynt Albons sente ouersee hyr twoo yonge sones George Rycharde whiche wente to Vtrech and Phylyp malpas a ryche marchauÌ„t of LondoÌ„ Thomas vaghan Squyre mayster wyllyam Haâ—clyf and many other ferynge of the comynge of the quene to London toke a shyp at Anwerpe to haue gone in to zelande on that other coste were taken of one Colompne a Fransshman a shyppe of werre And he toke theym prysoners broughteâ— them in to fraunce where they payed grete good for theyr raunson and there was greate goode rychesse in that shyppe ¶ Of the deposinge of kynge HeÌ„ry the sixte how kynge Edwarde the fourth tooke possessyoÌ„ â–ª and of the batayll on Palm sondaye and how he was crowned THen whan the Erle of warwyke hadde wette to gader on Cotâ—yswolde in contynent they concludyd to go to london and sente worde anone te the Mayre to the Cytie that they wolde come anone the cytie was gladde of theyr comynge hopynge to be releuyd bi theÌ„ so they came too london whaÌ„ they were come had spoke with the lordes estates beynge there coÌ„cluded for as moche as kynge HeÌ„ry was gone with theÌ„ north warde that he hadde forfeyted his crowne ought to be deposed accordyng vnto the actes made passyd in the laste parlemeÌ„t And so by the aduys of the lordes spyrytuall teÌ„porall thenne beyng at london the er of Marche Edwarde by the grace of god eldest sone of the duke Rychard of yorke As ryghtfull heyre and nexte enherytour to his fader the fourth daye of Marche the yere of our Lorde god M. CCCC.lix toke possessyon of the Reame at westmÌ„ in the chyrche of the abbaye and offred as a kynge wyth the ceptre ryall To whome all the lordes spyrytuall and temporall dyd homage as to theyr souerayn lorde and Kyng And forth wyth it was proclaymed thrugh the Cyte kynge Edwarde the fourthe by name anone after the Kynge rode in his ryalle estate north warde wyth all hys lordes to subdue his subyectis that tyme beynge in the northe for to auenge his faders deth And on Palme sondaye after he had a grete bataylle in the northe couÌ„tree at a place called Towcon not fer from yorke where wyth the helpe of god he gate the felde and hadde the vyctorye wher were slayn of his aduersaryes .xxx. thousaÌ„de meÌ„ and moo as it was sayde by theym that were thereâ— In whiche batayll was slayne the Erle of North thumberlande the lorde Clyâ—â—orde syr Iohan Neuyll the Erle of
hylle of Hor. And his sone Heleazarus succeded hym in the bysshopryche ¶ Pharao Boccaris this tyme was kynge of Egypt this Pharao wolde not here the coÌ„mauÌ„dement of god ne delyuer the childern of Israel wherfore he was punysshed with ten plages Vt patêª exo And after he with all his hoost were drowned iÌ„ the red see Nason sone to Amynadab was prynce of the trybe of Iudas in the deserte and about this tyme the lawe of god was gyuen in the hylle of Synay the boke of Leuicici was wryte and another booke was called NumeruÌ„ the tabernacle was ordeyned The boke of DeuteromanuÌ„ was made Balaam was prophete and was slayne ¶ Anno mundi .iii M.vii C.xxxv. Et ante xpÌ„i natiuitateÌ„ M.iiii C.lxxiiii SAlmen of the lyne of cryst was aboute thê tyme had a wyfe that hyght Reab Moyses about thys tyme decessed the water of frome Iordan was drye Ierico was take the sonÌ„e stode in the fyrmament Inmeuable Historia li. Iosue incipit et IudicuÌ„ Iosue seconde Iuge of Israel was a myghty maÌ„ in batayll the fyrst in deserte he ouercame Amalech after Moyses of god he was ordened iuge of Israel of whom the bataylles the werkes the relygyous lyf ye may see in the boke of Iosue wryten ¶ Eleazar was the secoÌ„de bysshop And he Iosue deuyded the londe of promyssy on to the childern of Israel And of hym desceÌ„ded the bysshops vnto cryst a fewe excepted ¶ Othonyell of the trybe of Iuda was the thyrde Iuge And thys man delyuered the chyldern of Israel from the oppressyoÌ„ of the reame of mesopotamie the whiche he ouercame in batayl This man toke Axam to his wyf the whiche asked the vale londes aboue beneth of her fad Calepth vt pêª IudicuÌ„ .i. ¶ Aoth was the four the iuge of Israel· This man subdued Eglon the kyng of Moab delyuered the childern of Israel This was a myghty man in batayl he vsed the one as wel as thother for his ryght honde ¶ About this tyme the kyng of ytaly began And many tymes theyr names ben chauÌ„ged of the whiche progenyte of the Romayns more clerely is shewed ¶ Ianâ—s was the fyrst kyng of ytaly after warde of the rude geÌ„tyles he was worshyped as god they feyned hym to haue two faces for they worshypped his feest in the begynnyng of the yere as he were the ende of the last yere And the begynninge of the fyrst And of hym the moueth of Ianuary hath his name ¶ Amictus was the viii· kynge of Babylon vnder whom Iosue decessed ¶ Anno muÌ„di .iii. M.vii C.lxxv Et ante xpÌ„i natiuitateÌ„ M. iiii.xxiiii BOos sone to Salmon of the lyne of cryst was this tyme but of hym is lytel wryten but that Maâ—he nombred hym in the Genology As doctours saye there was made skyppynge of names bytwyxt Boos Obeth For at the lest betwyxt them were .ii. C.lxxii yere the whiche tyme to one maÌ„ may not be referred and therfore here many thynges is spoken of or I come to the lyne of cryst agayne Nicholaê° de lyra dicit qd suÌ„c .iii. boos vnê° post alium ¶ SaÌ„gar was the .v. Iuge of Israel but he lyued no yeres ¶ Dolbara was the .vi. Iuge thê Dolbora was a womaÌ„ for the grace of her ê“phecy was gyueÌ„ to her honour that she Iuged Israel She by the coÌ„mauÌ„demeÌ„t of god called Baruch that he shold go fyght with the enemyes of Israel the chyldren of Israel gate the vyctory agaynst Iabyn the kyng of Chanaan Cizaram the prynce of his chyualry he destroyed them vt ptêª iudicuÌ„ .iiii ¶ Phenies was bysshop this Phenies yet a yonge man for goddes sake slewe many lecherous men therfore our lorde was pleased with hym ¶ Saturnus this tyme was kynge of yealy he was the secoÌ„de kyng there this Saturnê° is sayd to come fro the londe of cretens in to ytaly who by ydolatry thrughe a maruaylous blyndenes they sayd he was no man but a god yet they sayd that he regned vpon them as theyr kyng And he taught men to dounge theyr feldes And of Saturnê° the Romayns were called Saturniani Picê° was son to saturnê° or he was kyng iÌ„ ytaly he was kyng iÌ„ lareÌ„tin after his dethe he was worshyped of the geÌ„tyls for a god Anno mundi .iii. M.viii C.lxxv Et ante xpÌ„i natiuitateÌ„ M. iii.xliiii GEdeon the .vii. Iuge of Israel was thys tyme this Gedeon subdued .iiii. kynges Oreb zebeâ— zeb and Salmana And he subdued Madean to Israel Vide plura Iudicum vi.vii et .viii. BOcci was bysshop in Israell then ¶ Abimalech the .viii. Iuge in Israell was natural sonÌ„e to gedeon he was not called of god but malycyously tooke on hym the pryncehode of Israel And he slewe lxx of hys brethern wherfore he ended hys lyfe myscheuously Vt pêª iudicuÌ„ ¶ Tola was the .ix. Iuge in Israel And this man guyded hym after the olde gouernauÌ„ce of Iuges by the maner of dyreccyon couÌ„sell more than by domynacyon ¶ Bocci was bysshop aboute this tyme but of hym lytell is wryten ¶ Iayr the .x. Iuge of Israel had .xxx. sonÌ„es whom he made prynces of .xxx. Cytees And by cause they were goode men and ruled to the pleasure of god Therfore in the dayes of these two men Israel drewe to our lorde And therfore al thynge came and was in prosperyte and welthe FAnus was the .iiii. kynge in ytaly he was kynge of larentin both ¶ Latinê° was kynge in ytaly after Fanus of this Latinê° was called the kyngdome of Latinorum And Carmentê doughter of Euandri fouÌ„de fyrste latyn letters Tauranê° about this tyme was kynge of Babylon or of Assiriorum vnder this man Troy was dystroyed fyrst The occasyoÌ„ of the batayl of Troy began for a lytell thyng In so moche as Lamydon kynge of Troy receyued not Hercules Iason with due honoure as they sholde haue receyued of so lytell a trespaas how many harmes hurtes grewe ¶ Sibilla delphica afore the batayll of Troy propheâ—yed how a chylde sholde be borne of a vyrgyn without maÌ„nes seed ¶ LamydoÌ„ kynge of Troy was slayne his doughter Roxoma was taken in to Grekys londe For the whiche foloweth myghty batayll moost ferdfull myscheues vide hystoria troianam Hercules with Iason destroyed IliuÌ„ or Troy the whiche anone after was buylded of Pryamus sonÌ„e to Lamydon This Hercules dyd many merueylous thyngê many mighty bataylles And infynyte lesynges ben fayned on hym At the last whan he had ouercome moche people he was sore hurte in warre And whan he myght not suffre the payne of his sore with the whiche he was greued Hymselfe he ranne in to the fyre and whan he was deed he was worshypped amonge the goodes of the Gentyles myghtely ¶ Circa annuÌ„ muÌ„di .iii. M.ix C.lxxv Et ante xpÌ„i natiuitateÌ„ M.ii. C.xxiiii AFter the dethe of Iayr Iuge of
became so fayre that it was wonder wherof Dyoclesyan anone lete make a somonynge coÌ„maunded by his letters that all the kynges that helde of hym sholde come at a certayne daye as in his letters were conteyned to make a feest ryall At whiche daye thyther they came brought with theym Admyralles prynces and dukes and noble chyualry The feest was ryally arayed and there they lyued in Ioye myrth ynough that it was wonder to wyte And it befell thus that Dyoclesyan thought to mary his doughters amonge al tho kynges that were at that solempnyte ¶ And so they spake dyd that Albine his eldest doughter al her systers rychely were maryed vnto xxxiii kynges that were lordes of grete honour of power at this solempnyte And whaÌ„ the solempnyte was doone euery kynge toke his wyfe ladde them in to theyr owne couÌ„tre there made them quenes And it befell thus afterwarde that this dame Albine became so stoute so sterne that she tolde lytell pryce of her lorde and of hym had scorne dyspyte wolde not do his wyll but she wolde haue her owne wyl in dyuers maters And al her other systers euery chone bare them so euyl agaynst theyr lordes that it was wonder to wyte And for as moche that theÌ„ thought that theyr husbondes were not of so hyghe parentage come as theyr fad But those kyngê that were theyr lordes wolde haue chastysen them with fayre manere vpoÌ„ al loue frendshyp that they sholde amende theyr self wylled condycyons But all was for noughte for they dyd theyr owne wyl in al thynge that theÌ„ lyked had of power wherfore those .xxxiii. kynges vpon a tyme and ofte tymes bete theyr wyues For they weÌ„de that they wolde amende theyr tatches And theyr wyckednesse But of suche condycyons they were that for fayre speche warnynge they dyd all the wors for betynges ofte tymes moche the wors Wherfore the kynge that had wedded Albine wrote the tatches and condycyons of his wyfe Albine and sente the lettre to Dyoclesyan his fader And whan the other kynges herde that Albines lorde hadde sente a lettre to Dyoclesyan anone they sente letters sealed with theyr seales the condycyons tatches of theyr wyues whan the kynge Dyoclesyan sawe herde so many playntes of his doughters He was sore ashamed â— became wonder angry and wrothe towarde his doughters and thought howe he thenÌ„e myght amende it that they so mysdyde And anone sente his letters vnto the .xxxiii. kynges that they sholde come to hym brynge with theym theyr wyues euerychone at a certayne daye For he wolde there chastyse theym of theyr wyckednesse yf he myght in ony maner wyse So the kynges came all at that tyme day that then was sette bytwene hym and the kynges Dyoclesyan receyued them with moche honoure and made a solempne feest to all that were vnderneth his lordshyp And the thyrde day after that solempnyte the kynge Dyoclesyan sente after his .xxxiii. doughters that they sholde come speke with hym in his chaÌ„bre And whan they were come he spake to them of theyr wyckednes of theyr cruelte and spytefully them repreued blamed to them he sayde That yf they wolde not be chastysed they sholde his loue lose for euermore And whan the ladyes herde al this they became abasshed gretly ashamed And to theyr fader they sayde that they wolde make al amendes and so they departed out of theyr faders chaÌ„bre And dame Albine that was the eldest syster ladde theym alto her chambre then made to voyde all that were therin so that no persone was amonge theym but she and her systers togyder ¶ Then sayd Albine My fayre systers wel we know that the kynge our fader vs hath reproued shame and dyspysed for bycause to make vs obedyenâ— vnto our husbondes But certes that shall I neuer whyles that I lyue sythe that I am come of a more hygher kyngê bloode than myn husbonde And whan she had thus sayde alle her systers sayd the same And theÌ„ sayd Albine well I wote fayre systers that our husbondes haue coÌ„playned vnto our fader vpoÌ„ vs wherfore he hath vs thus foule reproued dispised wherfore syster my counsell is that this nyghte whan our husbondes ben a bede all we with one assente for to kytte theyr throtes and thenne we may be in peas of them And beter we now do this thynge vnder our faders power than other where elles And anone all the ladyes consented and graunted to this counsell And whan nyght was comen the lordes and ladyes went to bedde And anone as theyr lordes were a slepe they kette all theyr husboÌ„des throtes and so they slewe them all whan that Dyoclesyan theyr fader herd of this thinge he became furyously wrothe agaynste hys doughters And anone wolde them alle haue brente But all the barons and lordes of Sirrie couÌ„seyled not so for to do suche streytnesse to his owne doughters but only sholde voyde the londe of them for euer more so that they neuer sholde come ayen and so he dyde And Dyoclesyan that was theyr fader anone coÌ„maunded them to go in to a shyppe deliuered to theÌ„ vytaylles for half a yere· And whan this was done all the systers went in to the shyppe and saylled forthe in the see betoke all theyr frendes to Apolin that was theyr god And so long they saylled in the see tyll at the last they came and arryued in an yle that was all wyldernesse And whan dame Albion was come to that londe all her systers This Albyne went fyrste forth out of the shyppe sayd to her other systers For as moche sayde she as I am the eldest syster of all this company fyrst this londe hathe taken and for as moche as myn name is Albine I wyll that thys londe be called Albion after myn owne name And anone al her systers graunted to her wyth a good wyll Tho wente oute all the systers of the shyppe toke the londe Albyon as ther syster called it And there they wente vp downe and fouÌ„de neyther manne woman ne childe but wylde beestes of dyuerse kyndes And whan the vytaylle were dyspended they fayled they fedde them with herbes and fruites in the season of the yere and so they lyued as they best myghte And after that they toke flesshe of dyuerse beestes became wonder fatte And so they desyred mannes company and mannes kynde that theÌ„ fayled And for hete they waxed woÌ„der courageous of kynde so that they desyred more maÌ„nes company than ony other solace and myrthe whaÌ„ the deuyll that perceyued weÌ„te by dyuerse countrees and toke a body of the ayre lykynge natures shed of men cam in to the londe of Albyon laye by tho wymÌ„en shadde tho natures vpon them they conceyued after brought forth gyauÌ„tes Of the whiche one was called Gogmagog and an other Longherigam And so they were
was Emperoure at Rome he regned xxiii yere he lyued iÌ„ the yere that our lord Ihesu Cryst deyed somwhat after This maÌ„ was in al his werkes greteli auysed that there sholde be nothing sodenly done wyse iÌ„ warres studyous iÌ„ bokes fayr of speche fresshe in wyte saue he wold of tymes feyne hymself to do thiÌ„ges that he wolde neuer do of other This Emperour vnderstode trusted in cryst worshyped hym for god Some men saye at the last he was cruel ayenste people but it was a grete reasoÌ„ of pyte that he was euer gracious to his subgettes poore men And he had peas all his dayes alle the peple that said ayenst crysteÌ„ folke with out oni mercy he destroyed he exyled pylate for euer Thenne he decessed a worse succeded hym ¶ After Euseby it is wryten our lord at .xxx. yere of his aege chose his .xii. apostles the whiche made our Crede that is byleue and thei made it after the Resurreccyon of cryst after the holy ghost was sende vnto theÌ„ whan they had chose Mathia the apostle eche of theÌ„ made a part as it is shewed hereafter And this mathia was chose bytwene the doye of the Ascencyon and wytsondaye in the place of Iudas Scaryot the traytoust of the whiche Iudas in a history is redde thus ¶ There was a certen man in Ieruslem that hygh Ruben after saynt Ierom he was of the trybe of isacar And his wyf hyght Cyborea the whiche one a certen nyght whan he wolde lustely knowe his wyf she dremed that she shold bere a chyld of myschef the childe shold be a traitour to his king to al the peple of that regioÌ„ whaÌ„ that childe was borne called Iudas his fader his mod abhorred as well to slee ther chyld as to nourysshe a traytour to the kyng all his people ther fore they put him in to a panyer or a lepe in to the see he flowed to the yle of Scaryoth where the ladi of that place had no childe bi her husbonde she feyned her to be with childe but she fayled And after iÌ„ a lytell season the same layd quene coÌ„ceiued a chil of her husbonde whan that he was of aege Iudas many tymes angerd hym caused hym to wepe the whiche the quene sawe bete Iudas many tymes and after she knowleged that iudas was not the kynges snoe hers wherfore Iudas slewe the kenges sone he dradde the payne of the lawe fledde with certen exiles to Ierusalem And whaÌ„ he came there he gate hiÌ„ in to Pylates courte that was Iuge by cause that o cursed maÌ„ draweth to aÌ„ other therfore he drewe to pylate stode gretly in his fauour And vpon a certen daye whaÌ„ Pylate loked out of his palays in to an orcharde of a that maÌ„nes was called rubeÌ„ that was very fader to Iudas Pylate desyred to haue apples Iudas went to gadre apples Ruben ranne to Iudas for to lette hym bycause he toke hê apples whithaut ony leue whaÌ„ they had chyd this Iudas smote his fad on the heed with a stone slewe hym Iudas fled a way secretly aft that dede but it was said that rubeÌ„ died sodenly Then pylate gaf to Iudas all the goodes that RubeÌ„ had ciborea RubeÌ„s wyf that was moder to Iudas he dealed not curcesly wyth her as a maÌ„shold with hê wif for that she wepte wailed for she had put her soÌ„e to the see that she was maryed ayeÌ„st her well It was perceyued that Iudas had slaiÌ„ hê owe fad wedde hê owne mod ThenÌ„e ciborea his mod wyf meuyd hym to leue his synne then he folowed Cryst he forgaue hym his synÌ„e made hym his procoure apostle And howfals he was to Cryst it nedeth not to reherce And the same yere Mathewe was choseÌ„ the holy ghost was sende in to them as it is sayd afore ¶ The appostles or they were sparpied in to all the world they gadred theym cogyd in to IerusaleÌ„ made the Crede here folowinge that is our bileue Petrus ¶ Credo in deum patrem omnipotentem creatoeem celi eâ— terre Andreas ¶ Et in the sum xpÌ„m filium eius vnicum dominum nost rum IohaÌ„nes ¶ Qui conceptusâ— est de spiritu sancto natus ex maria virgine Iacobus ¶ Passus sub poncio pilato cruci firus moreuus et sepultus Thomas ¶ Descendit ad inferna tercia die resurrexit amertuis Iacbus ¶ Ascendit ad celos sedet ad dexteram die patris omnipotentis Phlippê° Â¶ Inde venturus est iudicare viuons etmortuos Bartho ¶ Credo in spiritum sanctum Matheus ¶ Sanctam eccleciam catholicam Semon ¶ Sanctorum communionem remissiom peccatorum Iudas ¶ Carnis resurrectionem Mathias ¶ Et vitam eternam Amen IHesu Cryst our sauyour rose fro deth to lyf sayd to his discyples All the power in heuen and in erthe is gyuen vnto me And goo ye thus in to all the wrold and preche and teche vnto euery creature and Ish all be with you vnto the ende of the world ¶ Here he chyse hym .lxxii. discyples he had .xii. apostles the whiche he sende in to all the worlde to preche Ne it is not redde that there were more ordres amonge the discyples of Cryste of whom the prestes and bysshops in the chirche of god yet kepe the fourme For to the appostles the bysshops succede and to the dyscyple preestes To the whyche two ordres all the chyrche is gyuen as a goodly Ierarche Vt patet in Decreto Damasie pape Iohannes wrote in Asia in Greke langage In principio erat verbum cetera Marcus wrote in ytalia but in greke langage Innicium euangelu Iesu cristi cÌ„ Lucas wrote in Grecea in greke langage Huic in diebus herodis iude sacerdos cÌ„ Matheus wrote in the Iury in Hebrewe langage Liber generacionis Ihesu cristi cÌ„ ¶ Here begynneth the ordre of Popes of Rome and contynneth as the lyne of Cryst dyde afore For in them god lefte his power ¶ Anno domini .xxxiiii. PEter a Iewe the fyrste pope was a blessed man a gloryous apostle of Cryst ¶ He was heed of the chyrche .xxxvii. yere And he helde hys bysshopryche in the eest .v. yere sayd masse he made our lorde alone sayd the Pater noster Thenne after he came to Antiochiam there he abode .vii. yere techynge the waye of trouth And Symon Magus he confounded away That season he preched to the people that were circuÌ„cysed the whiche were in Ponto of Galati Capadocia Asia Bichinia Thenne herde he that Symon Magus deluded the Romayns thrugh the loue of the fayth he came to Rome in the fourthe yere of Claudius the Emperour And there he preched the worde of god and shewed the falshede of Symon Magê° and tourned many a man to the
receyue bapâ—ym in the name of god torne to the ryght fayth byleue Eulentre seÌ„te two Legates that were called Pagan an other Elybam in to this londe baptysed the kyng all his meyne And after wente from towne to towne baptysed the people tyll all the londe was baptysed And this was in the yere an hondred .lvi. after the Incarncyon of our lorde Ihesu cryste And this kyng Lucie made tho in thys londe two Archibysshops one at Caunterbury an other at yorke other many bisshops that yet beÌ„ in this londe And whan these two Legatê had baptysed all this londe they ordeyned prestes for to baptyse chyldern and for to make the sacramente and after they wente ayen to Rome And the kynge dwelled in his londe and regned wyth moche honoure .xii. yere and after deyed and lyeth at Gloucestre ¶ How this londe was longe without a kynge and how Brytons chose a kynge THis kyng Lucie had none heyre of his body begoteÌ„ that was after warde grete harme sorowe to the londe For after thys kynge Lucies deth none of the grete lordes of the londe wolde suffre an other to be kynge but lyued in warre debate amoÌ„ges them self .l. yere without kyng But it befell after warde that a grete prince came from Rome iÌ„ to thê londe that was called Seuerie not for warre but for to saue the ryght of Rome But neuer theles he had not dwelled halfe a yere in thys londe but that the Brytons slewe hym And whan they of Rome wyst that Seueri was so slayne they sente an other grete lord in to this londe that was called Allec that was a stronge man a myghty of body dwelled in thys londe longe tyme dyde moche sorowe to the Brytons So that after for pure malyce they chose a kynge amonge theym that was called Astelepades And assembled a grâ—aee hoste of Brytons wente to London to seke Allec there they fouÌ„de hym slewe hym all his felowes And one that was called walon deffended hym fyersly fought longe with the Brytons but at the last he was dyscomfyted and the Brytons tooke hym and bonde hys hondes feet and cast hym in to a water wherfore that water was called euer more walbroke Tho regned Astelepades in peas tyll one of his Erles that was called Coill made a fayr towne ayenste the kynges wyll lete calle the towne Colchestre after hys owne name wherfor the kyng was full wroth thought to destroy him And began to warre vpon hym and brought grete power of men and yaf the Erle batayll And the Erle defended hym fyersly wyth hys power slewe the kynge hymself in that batayll And tho was Coill crowned made kyng of this londe This Coill regned and gouerened the londe well nobly for he was a noble man and well be loued amonged the Brytons ¶ whan tho of Rome herde that Astelepades was slayne they were wonder gladde sente an other grete prynce of the Romayns that was called CoÌ„stance And he came to the kyng Coill for to chaleÌ„ge the trybute that was woÌ„te to be payed to Rome And the kynge answered well wisely sayde that he wolde paie to Rome all that ryght and reason wolde with good wyll And so they accorded tho with good wyll and without ony coÌ„take And so both they dwelled togyd in loue ¶ Kynge Coill yaaf to hym his doughter Eleyne for to haue her to his spowse that was bothe fayre wyse good well lettred this CoÌ„stance spowsed her there with moche honoure And it befell soone after that thys kynge Coill deyed in the .xiii. yere of hys regne and lyeth at Colchestre entyred ¶ Of kyng Constance that was a Romayne that was chosen kyng after the deeh of Coill for as moche that he hadde spwsed Eleyne that was kynge Coils doughter AFter this kynge Coill Constance was made kynge and crowned for asmoche as he had spowsed kynge Coils doughter that was heyre of that londe The whiche CoÌ„stance regned well and worthely gouerned the londe And he begate on his wyf Eleyne a sonne that was called ConstaÌ„tyne And this kynge bare true fayth And truly dyde vnto them of Rome all his lyf And whan he had regned .xv. yere he deyed and lyeth at yorke ¶ How CoÌ„staÌ„tine that was kiÌ„ge ConstaÌ„ce sone the sone of Saynt Eleyne gouerned ruled the londe was Emperour of Rome AFter kynge Constance dethe regned Constantyne hys sone and the sone of saynt Eleyne that fouÌ„de the holy crosse in the hooly londe And how Constantyne be came Emperour of Rome ¶ It befell soo in the tyme there was an Emperour at Rome that was a Sarrasy a tyraunt that was called Maxence that put to dethe all that byleued iÌ„ god destroyed hooly chirche by all his power sleweall Crysten miÌ„ that he myght fynde And amoÌ„ge all other he lete martyr Saynt Katheryne And many other crysten people that had drede of deth fledde came in to this londe to kynge Constantyne And tolde hym of the sorowe that Maxence dyde to the Crystyanytee wherfore Constantyne had pyte made grete sorowe assembled a grete hoste a gret power and wente ouer vnto Rome and there tooke the cyte and slewe all that there was iÌ„ that were of mysbyleue that he myghte there â—ynde And tho was he made Emperour and was a good man gouerned hym so wel that all â—ondes to hym were attendaunt for to be vnder his gouernaunce· ¶ And this deuyll tyâ—aun Maxence that tyme was in the londe of Greâ—e herde these tydyngs sodeynly became wood and sodeynly he deyed and so he ended hys lyf ¶ whan Constantyne went from thys londe vnto Rome he tooke wyth hym hys moder Eleyne for the moche wysedome that she coude and thâ—e other grete lordes that he moche loued the one was called Hoell an another was called Taberne and the thyrde Morhyn And toke alhys londe to kepe vnto the Erle of Corne wayle that was called Octauyan And soo anone as thys Octauyan wyste that hys lorde dwelled at Rome IncoÌ„tynent he seased all the londe in to hys honde therwyth dyde all hys wyll amonge hyghe lowe they hellde hym for kynge ¶ whan these tydynges came to Constantyne the Emperoure he was wonder worthee towarde the Erle Octauyan And sent Taberne wyth ·xii M. men for to destroye the erle for hys falsenesse And they arrayued at Por tesmouth ¶ And whan Octauyan wyst that he assembled a grete power of Brytons and dyscomfyted Taberne Taberne fledde thens in to Scotlonde and ordeyned there a grete power and came ayne in to thys londe another tyme to yeue batayll to Octauian ¶ whan Octauian herde that he assembled a grate power came to warde Taberne as moche as he myght soo that those two hostes mette togyders vppon Stanesmore and strongely smote togyder tho was Octauian dyscoÌ„fyted
whaÌ„ he had thus deuoutly made his prayer avoys fro heuen to hym sayd And hadde hym leue the Iurney a waye in to Englonde and that he sholde goo to the pope of Rome for it was not the wyll of almyghty god that the Brytons sholde regne more in Brytane ne neuer recouered it vnto the tyme of the prophecye that Marlyn sayd before he fuâ—fylled And that sholde neuer be vnto the tyme were come that the relyques of his body shall be broughte fro Rome translated in to Brytayne And whan the ralykes of other sayntes that haue ben hedde for the persecucyon of the paynem folke shall be founde openly shewed thenn shalle they recouer theyr londe agayne the whyche they haue soo longe tyme loste throughe theyr desertes ¶ whane Cadwaldre hadde herde this answere he maruayled gretely and tolde it to the kynge Aleyne ¶ Thene kynge Aleyne dyde sende for the clergye of his londe and made them to brynge the storyes and prophecyes that Merlyn and Sybyll had sayd in theyr prophcyes And whan he knewe that the prophycye that Festom had prophecyed of the Egle. And other prophecyes accorded to the dyuyne aunswere that Caddewalldre had herde He counselled hym ryght faythfully desyred hym to leue his people and his nauy submytte hym to the dyspocysyon of god and do all that the aungell had coÌ„mauÌ„ded hym ¶ Thenye Cadwaldre called yâ—or his sone and ymori his cosyn that was his systers sone sayd to them Taketh sayde he my folke my nauy that is here all redy passe into walys and be ye lordees of Brytons that no dyshonoure come to them by interrupcyon of the Paynem folke for defaute of lordes ¶ And thene hymselfe lefte his reame of Brytayne and his folke for euer more and tooke his waye vnto the pope of Rome Sergius the whyche worshypede hym moche and so he was confessed and toke penaunce for hys synnes And he had not longe dwelled there that he ne deyed the .xii. Kalendis in Maye â— the yere of grace .v. C.lxxii ¶ How kynge Offa was souerayne aboue all the kynges of Englonde and how euery kynge warred vpon other IT befell so that all the kynges in that tyme that were in thou londe as they of westsex Marchenryche Estangle of kente and of Southsex and of other costes eche warred vpon other And he that moste myght toke the londe of hym that was mooste feblest ¶ But there was a kynge amonge them that was called Offa that was saynte Oswaldes brother This Offa conquered all the kynges of the londe and regned all aboue them all ¶ And sâ—â— gret was the that warre in euery there bytwene grekes that no maÌ„ myght wyte how the lond wente But abbottos pryours men of Relygyon wrote that lyues dedes of kynges how longe euery of theym regned in what couÌ„tre in what manere euery kynge deyed of bysshops also And therof made grete bokys and lete calle them Cronycles And the good kyng Alured had that booke in his warde And lette brynge it vnto wynchestre and lete it be faste tacked to a pylar that men sholde it not remeue ne bere it thens so that euery man sholde it see therupon loke For therin ben the lyues of all the kynges that euer were in Englonde ¶ How the kynge of Northumberlonde Osbryght forlaye the wyf of Buerne Bocarde thrugh strength and after this Buerne conquered the kyng with power and strength ANd thus it befell in the same tyme that there was a kyng in Northumberlond â—e that was called Osbryght and soyourned atte yorke ¶ And this kynge wente hym vppon a daye in to a wood hym for to dysporte And as he came ayen he wente pryuely in to a good mannes house that was called Buerne and the good man of that place was gone that tyme to the see ¶ For oftentymes there he was wonte to spye theues and robbers that oftentymes were wonte to come in to the londe to robbe brenne and slee The lady that was Buernes wyfe was a wonder fayre woman ¶ And the kynge came vnto her whan that herhusbode was absente and she trusted none harme vnto the kynge and welcomed hym with moche honour and worthely hym serued in all thynge ¶ whan the kynge hadde eten he tooke the lady by the honde and â—adde her in to a chambre and sayde He wolde speke with her a counseyll And all the folke he made voyde fro the chambre saue only the lady and he But the lady wyst not wherfore he it dyde tyll that he had done alle hys wyll And whan he hadde done this dede He torned agayne to yorke And the lady he lefte there sore wepynge for the dede that the kynge to her had done ¶ And whan heâ— lorde was came home and sawe her wepe and suche sorowe and mornynge make he axed of her what she hadde done and why she made suche sorowe ¶ Syre she sayde subtylly and falsely the kynge Osbryghtâ— hathe doo me shame and vylanye ayeast my wyll And tolde hym all the truthe how the kynge had â—orlayne her with strengthe wherfore she sayde she hadde leuer to be deed than tolyue ¶ Fayre loue be stylle sayde he for ayenst strengthe feblenesse is yltell worthe and therfore of me shalte thou neuerthelesse beloued and namely for thou hast tolde me the treuthe And yf almyghty god grauÌ„t to me my lyf I shall the aueng ¶ This Buerne was a grete man and a myghty lorde and was well beloued and grete frendes hadde And lete sende for the grettest lordes of the londe and to them made hes complaynte of the despyte that the kynge to hym hadde done and sayde he wolde be auenged how euer yt were And all hys frendes counseylled hym that he sholde goo vnto yorke there that the kynge was hym to defye And Buerne toke his mayne and came to the kynge whan the kynge hym sawe he called hym curtously Buerne by name And Buerne hym answerred to hym sayde Syre I you defye and yelde vp feautes homages and londes and as moche as I haue holden of you fro this tyme for warde I wyll neuer of the nothynge holde And soo he departed fro the kynge without more speche or ony abydynge and tooke leue of his frendes and went in to Denmarke and playned to the kynge Godern tolde hym of the despyte of that the kynge Osbryght to hym hadde donne of his wyfe And prayed hym of socour and helpe hym for to auenge ¶ whan kynge Godern of Denmarke and the danys hadde herde the complaynt of thys Buerne and the prayer that he badde they were ryght wonder glasde in theyr hertes for as moche as they myght fynde a cause for to goo in to Englonde for to warree vpon Englesshe men and for to aenge Buerne of the despyte that the kyng Osbryght hadde done vnto hys wyf And for as moche as Buerne was sybbe vâ—to the kynge of Denmarke anone they lette
at Rome and coude not spede in his maters that desyred to haue spede in Thene he recedde froÌ„ Rome ouer the see and procured many a man to haue gone with hym Amonge whome was this Machomyte a grete man of wytte And this clerke promysed hym to make hym duke of the couÌ„tree yf he wolde be gyded after hym ¶ There he nouryssed a douue and put alle the corne that the douue ete in Machomâ— eeâ—e and so this douue had neuer noo meete but in his eere The foresayd clerke on a daye called the people meued theÌ„ to these suche a pâ—â—nce as the holy gost wold shewe to them in lykenesse of a douue And anone this clerke secretely lete flee this douue the whiche after his olde custome that he wonte to fell anone to the sholdyr of Machomyte put his bylle in his eere And the people sawe this anone he was choseÌ„ duke of that people of Corosame he sayd that he was the very prophete of god ¶ Thenne he made a boke of his lawe that was called Alkaron But he dyde it by Informacyon of thre of his maysters To whome the deuyl minystred the autoryte and the connynge ¶ The fyrste mayster was a Iewe a grete Astronomyer a Nygramancer The seconde was IohnÌ„ de Anthiochia The thurde was Sergius an herytyke And these thre made an vngracyous lawe and an vnhappy ¶ And what someuer was harde of beleue and noyous to doo they lefte that out of the lawe and they put that thynge in the lawe the whiche the worldly men were proue and redy to do That ys to saye Glotony Lethery repyne and suche other And also thys Machomyte ordeyned that a man sholde haue as many wyues as he myght occupye and fynde and refuse them twyes or thryes or foure tymes and take them agayye many meruayllous fals thinges ht made in hys lawe the whiche were to longe to reherce here But they be playne in his booke of Alkaron· And euer he wrote in hys boke that our lorde spake to Machomyte hys prophete sayenge on this wyse or on this ¶ Thus by hys false meanes he dysceyued the people And whan his maysters he had made this that was soo delectable He wrote it in a boke with letters of golde· And also he nourysshed a myghty camell secretly in a pryue place alonly wyth the hondes of Machomyte was alwaye fedde there pryuely he tyed this boke of the law that he had made about the camels necke \ and put this camel forth on a tyme in to the felde afore daye And thys camell Ioyed in hys lyberte for he was neuer lose afore And he wolde suffre noo man to come and touche hym And so there was a grete fame of suche a camell and the people ranne to see hym Amonge whome was this Machomyte But whan the camell sawe hym that had fedde hym al waye Anone he ranne vnto hym And he had taught this camell afore tyme to falle downe on his knees lycke his hondes And so he dyd afore all that people The people thenne cryed sayde that there was a very ensample that he was the true prophete of god ¶ Thenne they prayed Machomyte to open that holy boke with hys holy hondes the whiche was sent from heuen euer more to be kepte In the whiche boke is shewed how the peple shail worshyp god ¶ And Machomyte sayd this boke was wryten wyth auÌ„gels honde Soo by these fals meanes he torned to his lawe all the londe of Perse and all the Eest Imperyall agaynste Heraclium the Emperour· And he occupyed vnto the ende of Aleâ—dndre and Egypt Libya Arabya and Siria Thenne after he enfected alle Affrycam And but the grace of god wythstode hym He had enfected all Spayne and Fraunce And many other thynges he dyde whyche were to moche to wryte in this boke COnstantyne the thyrde the sone of Heraclii was Empour .xxvii. yere Thys Constantyne was a grete tyraunt a cursyd man and an heretyke Fals subtyll and odyous to crysten men Ne he gaaf no place to pope Mertyne he reysed a grete hoste agaynst the Lombardes And there he loste the felde fledde vnto Rome And honourably was receyued of the pope Viteliianus other of the the cyte And he rewarded not them lyke after theyr merytes as a prynce sholde haue done But vsed forth tyrannye and heresye wherfore at the last he was slayne of his owne knyghtes in a bath the whyche wolde no lenger suffre his tyraunye And so he wretchedly lyued and deyed vnhappely ¶ Martinus the fyrst was pope after Theodorum .vi. yere Thys Martynus was a very holy man â—rongely stroue for the fayth of god And whâ—n â—e â—ge masse oon a certayne daye aâ— the 〈◊〉 there pursewed hym to slee â–ª him a man that was called Spataryus of Olymphe And whan he wolde haue smyten hym he was blynde sodaynly This same man called a Synody in the Cyte of Rome and dampned Syrum Alexandrun Sergium Pyrum and Paulum heretykes wherfore Constantyne the Emperour exyled hym and he deyed a saynt ¶ Eugemê° a Romayne was pope after Martyne almoost thre yere and was an holy man but of hym lytell actes is wryten ¶ Vitellianus was pope after hym .xiiii. yere Thys man made the songe that the. Romayns vse And accorded it also with the orgayns And he also had the grace of the emperour the whiche was worth wyth his predecessours Neuerthelesse after warde he stode not iÌ„ his concorde Ne hetherto I coude not fynde that euer the chyrche of Rome hadde fully after the dethe of Constantyne the myghty lordshyp of the cyte and of other the whiche he yaue to the chyrche ¶ Anno dmÌ„ .vi. C.xliiii ADeodatus a. Romayne was pope after Vitellianus foure yere and in his dayes was translated the body of saynt Benedictus with the body of saynt Scolastica his syster fro the hylle of Cassyn vnto the monusterye of Floriecens nyghe Aurelian ¶ ConstaÌ„tyne the fourthe was Emperour after hys fader Constantyne the cursyd man Thys Constantyne was a good maÌ„ and hated heretyk â— ouer all thynge The chirche he repeyred and grace he recounsyled agayne to the chyrche â— come he with the pope gadred togyder the .vi. generall Synodus in the whiche was grauÌ„ted to prestes of Grece for to vse theyr leyfull wyues to the preestes of the Eest for cause of grete heâ—e but not to those of the west party by no meanes For they 〈…〉 ytted chastyte in the tyme of saynt Gregory And euery man may auertyse and prondre how moche the goodnes of a prynce is wrothe to the quyete state of the chyrche to the promocyon of the fayth and also the contrary how moche the malyce of a prince hurteth that thynge These two Constanyns the fader and the sone shewed openly For in the faders dayes the chirche neuer had rest and in the sones tyme it was quyete yet neuertheles our
that yf my lady youre wyfe came ony thynge nyghe you· that ye wolde her strangle and slee and also that ye walde doo to my lorde your sone in the same wyse ¶ Tho answerde he wyth symple there Alas alas am not I in pryson and all at youre owne wyll now god yt wote I thought yt neuer and now I wolde that I were dede soo wolde god that I were For thenne were alle my sorowe passyd ¶ It was not longe after that the kynge thrugh counsell of Roger Mortymer grauÌ„tyd the warde kepynge of syr Edward his fader vnto syr thomas Toioursy to the forsayd syr Iohan Matreuers thrugh the kynges letter put out holy the forsayd syr Moryce of the warde of the kynge And they toke and ladde the kynge vnto the castell of Corf the whiche castell the kynge hatyd as ony dethe And they kept hym there tylle it came vnto saynt Mathewes daye in Septembre in the yere of grace M.CCC.xxvii that the forsayde syr Roger Mortymer sent the maner of the deth how in what wyse sholde be done to deth And anone as the forsayd Thomas Iohan had see the letter coÌ„maundement they made kynge edwarde Carnariuan good there and good solace as they myght at that soupere nothynge the kynge wyst of the traytory And whan tyme was for to go to bed the kynge went to his bedde laye and slepte faste And as the kynge laye and slepte the trautours fals forsworne ayenst theyr homage and feaute came pryuely into the kynges chambre and theyr company wyth them and layd an huge take vppon his wombe and wyth men pressyd and helde faste downe the foure corners of the table on hys body wherwyth the good mane a woke and was wonder sore adradde to be deed and there slayne and torned hys body vp tho so downe Tho tooke the fals traytours and tynauntes an horne And put it in to hys foundemente as depe as they myghte and a spyt of copre brennynge and putte it thrughe the horne in to hys bodye and soo they slewe theyr lorde that noo thynge was perceyued And after he was enteryd atte Gloucetree ¶ How kynge Edward spowsyd Phylyp the erles doughter of Henaude at yorke ANd after Crystmasse tho next sewynge syr Iohan of henaude brought with hym Phylyp his brothers doughter that was erle of Henaude hys nece in to Englonde and the kynge spowsyd her atte yorke with moche honour And syr Iohan of Bothum bysshop of Ely syr wyllyam of Melton Archebysshop of yorke sange the masse the Sondaye on the euen of the Conuersyon of saynt Poule In the yere of grace M.CCC.xxvii But bycause that the kyng was but yonge tender of aege whan he was crowned full many wornges were doon whyle that his fader lyued bycause that he trowed the counserllers that were fals aboute hyÌ„ that couÌ„syelled hym to doo other wise thaÌ„ reason wold wherfore grete harme was do to the reame to the kynge all meÌ„ dyrected it the kynges dede it was not so almyghty god it wote wherfore it was ordeyned att the kynges crownynge that the kynge for his tender aege sholde be gouerned by .xii. of the grettest lordes of Englonde wythout whome no thynge sholde be doon That is to say tharchebysshop of Caunterbury tarchebysshop of yorke the bysshop of wynchestre and the bysshop of Herforde the erle of Lancastre therle Marchall the erle of kent that were the kynges vncles the erle of Garenne syr Thomas wake Syr Henry Percy syr Olyuer yngham and Iohan Rous barons all thyse were sworne truly for to counseyll the kynge And they shold answer euery yere in parlement of that that shold be done in the tyme of theyr gouernall but that ordynaunce was sone vndoon that was moche harme to all Englonde For the kyng all the lordes that sholde gouerne hym were gouerned and rulyd after the quene his moder dame Isabell and by syr Roger Mortymer and as they wolde all thynge was done bothe amonge hygh and lowe And they toke vnto theym castels townes londes and rentê in grete harme And losse to the crowne and of the estate out of all mesure ¶ Howe the peas was made bytwene the EnglysshemeÌ„ and the Scottes and also of Iustyfyenge of Troylesbaston Kynge Edwarde at wytsontyde in the seconde yere of this regne thrughe the couÌ„seyll of his moder syr Roger Mortymer ordeyned a parlemeÌ„t at Northampton at that parlement the kyng thrughe hys couÌ„sell none other of the londe within aege grauntyd to be accordyd with the scottes in this manere that all the fâ—autees homages that the scottes sholde do to the crowne of Englonde foryaue theym for euermore by hys chartre ensealed And ferder more an endenture was made of the Scottes vnto kynge Edwarde that was kynge HeÌ„ries sone whiche endenture they calle it regman In the whyche were conteyned all the homages feautees Fyrst of the kyng of Scotlond of the prelates erles barons of the reame of Scotlonde wyth theyr seales set theron other chartres remeÌ„brauÌ„cis that kynge Edwarde his barons had of theyr ryght in the forsayd reame of Scotlonde it was foryeue ayen holy chyrche also with the blake crosse of Scotlond the whiche the good kynge Edwarde coÌ„quered in ScotloÌ„de brought it out of the abbay of scone that is a full precyous relyque also ferthermore he relacyd and fully forgaue the londe that the noble barons had before that tyÌ„e in the ream of Scotlond by olde conquest And ferthermore that thys peas for to be holden coÌ„tynuelly last the Scottes were bounde vnto the kynge in xxx thousande pouÌ„de of syluer to be payed wythin thre yere that is euery yere .x. M. pouÌ„de by eueÌ„ procyons ¶ And ferthermore aboue all this they spake bytwene the partyes aboue sayd the Dauyd Drytonautyer that was kynge Roberte Brus sone the fals tyraunt â–ª fals forsworne ayenst his othe that arose ayenst hys leyge lord the noble good kynge Edward and falsly made hym kynge of Scotlonde that was of aege .v. yere And so thys cursyd couÌ„seyll Dauid spoused at Berewyk dame IohnÌ„ of the Toure that was kynge Edwardes syster as the gestes tellyth vpon Mary Mawdeleyns day in the yere of grace M.CCC.xxviii to greate harme empayrynge of all the kynges blode wherof that gentyll lady came alas the tyme For wonder moche the fayer daÌ„oysell dysperagyd syth that she was maryed ayenst al the comyns wyl and assent of Englonde And frome the tyme that Brute had conquered Albyon· named the londe after his owne name Brytayne that now is callyd Englonde after the name of Engyst And so the reame of Scotlonde was holde of the reame of Englond of the crowne by feaute homgae For Brute conquered that londe yaue it to Albanak that was his seconde sone And he callyd the londe Albayn after hys owne name soo that hys heyres
fraunce thrughe his counseyll he wrote to al the prelates dukes erles and baroÌ„s and the noble lordes of the countre and also to dyuerse of the comune people dyuers letters maundementes berynge date att Gandaue the viii daye of February ¶ And anone after wythin a lytyll tyme he came ayen in to englonde with the quene and her chyldren ¶ And in the same yere on mydsomer euen he began to saylle to warde Fraunce ayen and manly and fyersly he felle vpon Phylyp of Valoys the whyche longe tyme laye and had gadryd to hym a full longe boystous meny of dyuers nacions in the hauen of Sceuys there they foughten togyder the kynge of frauÌ„ce and he wyth theyr hostes fro myddaye to thre of the clocke in the morne in the whyche batayll were slayne .xxx. thousande men of the kynges coÌ„pany of fraunce and many shyppes and cogges were taken And soo thrugh goddes helpe he had there the vyctorye and bere thens a gloryous chyualry ¶ And in the same yere abowte saynt Iames tyde without the yates of Saynt Omers Robert of Arthoys with men of EngloÌ„de Flaun faught ayenst the duke of Burgon the Frensshemen att whiche batayll were slayne take of the frensshmen .xv. barons .lxxx. knyghtes shyppes barges were take vnto the nombre of CC. and .xxx. ¶ The same yere the kynge makynge abydynge vpon the sege of â—ornay the erle of Henaude with Englysshe archers made assaulâ—â— vnto the towne of Saynt Aâ—ande where they slewe .l. knightes many other and also destroyed the towne ¶ And in the .xvi. yere of hys regne folowynge in the wynter tyme the kynge stylle vpon the forsayd seyge sente of tyme into englond vnto hys tresorer other purueyours for golde moneye that sholde be seÌ„te vnto hyÌ„ there iÌ„ his nede but his proctours and messyngers cursedly and ful slouly serued hym at hys nede deceyued hym on whoo 's defaute latches the kyng toke trewes bytwene hym and the kynge of frauÌ„ce And thenne kynge Edwarde full of shame and sorowe in hys herte wyth drewe hym fro the sege come into Brytayne and there was soo grete stryue of batayll that he loste many of his peple And whan he had doone there that he come for he dressyd hym ouer see in to Englond warde ¶ And as he saylled to warde Englonde in the hyghe see the moost myshappes stormes and tempestes thondre lyghtnynge felle to hym in the see the whyche was sayde that it was done yraysyd thrugh euyll spirytes made by sore ery nygro mancye of them of fraunce wherfore the kynges herte was ful of sorowe and aÌ„guysshe welllynge syghynge sayd vnto our lady in thys wyse· ¶ O blessyd lady Saynt Mary what is the cause that euer more goynge into fraunce al thynges wethers fallen to me Ioyfull and lykynge and as I wold haue them but alway tornynge into Englonde warde all thyngê fallen vnprofytable and very harmfull neuertheles he scapyd all perelles of the see as god wolde and came to the tour of London by nyght ¶ And the same yere the kyng helde his Crystmas at Meneres sent worde to the Scottes by his messagers that he was redy wolde doo fyght with theym but the Scottes wolde not abyde that but fledde ouer the Scottes see hyd them a well as they myght ¶ And in the .xvii. yere of his regne aboute the feest of the CoÌ„uersyon of saynt poull kynge Edwarde whan he had ben in Scotlond sawe that the scottes were fledde tho he come ayen into Englond And a lytell before lent was the turnement at Dunstable tho the whyche tourmente come alle the yonge bachelary chyualry of Englond with many other erles and lordes At the whiche turnemente kyng Edward hymself was there present ¶ And the next yere folowyng in the .xviii. yere of his regne att hys parlemente holden at westmynster the auyzeme of paske kynge Edwarde the thyrde made Edwarde his fyrst sone prynce of walys ¶ And in the .xix. yere of his regne anone after in Ianyuer before lente the same kynge Edwarde lete make full noble Iustes grete feestes in the place of hys byrth at wyndsore that there was neuer none suche seen there afore At whiche feest ryalte were two kynges two quenes the prynce of walys the duke of Cornewayle .x. Erles .ix. Countesses barons and many burgeys the whiche myghte not lyghtly be noÌ„bred of dyuerse londes beyonde the see weren many straungers And at the same tyme whan the Iustes were done kynge Edward made a grete souper in the whiche he ordened began hys rounde table ordened stedfasted the daye of the rounde table to be holden there att wyndesore in the wytsone weke neuer more yerely this tyme Englyssh men so moche haunted and cleuyd to the woodnes foly of the straungers that from tyme of comynge of Henaudes .xviii. yere passed they ordeyned and chaunged theym euery yere dyuerse shappes and dysguysynge of clothynge of longe large and wyde clothes dystytute dyserte frem all olde honest and gode vsage And an other tyme shorte clothes and strayte wastyd gagged and kyt and on euery syde slatered and botoned with sleues and tapytis of surcotes and hodes ouer longe and ouermoche hangynge that yf I the sothe shall saye they were more lyke to tormentours deuyls in theyr clothynge shokynge other araye than to men the wymen more nycely yet passed the men in araye euouslyer for they were so strayte clothed that they lefe hange fore tayles sewyd byneth wythin there clothes for to fele and hyde theyr arsers the whiche dysguysynges pryde parauenture afterwarde broughte fourthe caused many myshappes myschyef in the reame of Englonde ¶ The xâ— yere of kynge Edwarde he wente ouer in to Brytayne and Gascoyne In whoo 's coÌ„pany wente the erle of warwyk the erle of Souffolke the erle of Huntyngton and the erle of Arundell and many other lordes and comune people in a greate multytude wyth a greate Nauye of CC. and .xl. shippes anone after mydsomer for to auenge hym of many wronges and harmes to hym doone by Phylyp of Valoys kynge of Fraunce ayene the trewes before honde grauntyd the whych the trewes he falsly and vntrewely by cauelacyons and dysquatter ¶ How kynge Edwarde saylled in to Normandy arryued at hogges with a grete host IN the .xxi. yere of hys regne kynge Edwarde thrugh counseyll of alle the grete lordes of Englond callyd gadred togyder in his parlemente at westmestre before Ester ordeyned hym for to passe ouer the see agayn for to disease dystrobled the rebelles of FrauÌ„ce And whan his Nauye was come togyder and made redy he wente with a grete hoste the .xii. daye of Iulii and saylled in to Normandye arryued at hogges ¶ And whan he had rested hym ther .vi. dayes for by cause of trauaylyng of the
Lancastre vnder peas trewes went vnto the yates of the cyte proferynge to them that wolde abyde a batayll in the felde vnder suche condicyon that yf the kynge of Englonde were ouer comen there as god forbyd it sholde that than he sholde neued chalenge the kyngdom of fraunce And there he had of theym but short scornfull answere came tolde it to the kynge his lordes what he had herde what they sayd And thenÌ„e went forth the newe kynghtes with many other makyng assawte to the cyte they dystroyed the subbarbes of the cyty And whyle al these thynges were doynge the Englysshmen made them redy for to be auenged vpon the shame and dyspyte that was done the yere at wynshelse and ordeyned a nauye of lxxx· shyppes of men of London and of other marchauntes .xiii. thousande men of armes and archers and went serched and skuÌ„med the see and manly token and helde the yle of Caux wherfore the Frensshmen that is for to say the abbot of Cluyn the erle of Tankeruyll bursygaude that tho was stewarde of Fraunce wyth many other men of the same couÌ„tre by the comune assent of the lorde Charles that thâ— was regned of Fraunce they hastyd them went to the kyng of Englond askynge besechynge hym stedfaste peas euerlastynge vpon certayne condycoÌ„nes that there were shewed wryten The whiche whan the kyng hys couÌ„seyll had seen it it pleased hym neuer a deale but syth it wolde be none other wyse the tyme of better accorde delyberacyon the Frensshemen besely with grete in stauÌ„ce asked trewes for the see costes and the kyng grauÌ„tyd them ¶ And in the morow after the vtas of Pasche the kynge torned hym wyth his host to warde OrlyauÌ„ce destroyenge wastynge all the couÌ„tre by the way And as they went theder ward there felle vpon theym seche a storme tempest that none of our nacyon neuer herde ne sawe none suche thrugh the whyche thousandes of ouer men thryr horses in theyr Iourney as it were thrugh vengeaunce sodeynly were slayne perysshed the whiche tempestê were full grete yet fered not the kyng ne moche of his peple but they wente forth in theyr vyage that they had begoÌ„ne wherfore about the feest of Phylyp Iacob in May fast by in CarnocuÌ„ the for sayd lordes of FrauÌ„ce metynge there with the kyng of Engelonde apsyble accorde a fynall vpon certayne condyons grauÌ„ts artycularly gadred wryten togyder euermore for to laste dyscertly made to both the kynges proffytable to both theyr reames of one assente of Charles the regner gouernour of FrauÌ„ce of Parys of the same reame wryten made vnder dare of carnocuÌ„ the .xv. daye of May. they offred ê“ffred to the kyng of EngloÌ„d requyring his grace in all thynges wryten that he wolde benynglâ— admyt them holde theÌ„â—erme stable to theÌ„ to theyr heyres for euermore thens for the the whiche thyngê artycles whan kyng Edwarde had seen theÌ„ he grauÌ„tyd them so that both partyes sholde be sworne on goddes body on the Euangelyst that the for sayd couenaunt sholde be stablysshe so they accorded graciously Therfore were ordeyned and dressed on euery syde two barons two baronettes and two kynghtes to admitte and receyue that othes of the lord Charles regeÌ„t of FrauÌ„ce of syr Eeward the fyrste sone and heryre of kynges Edwarde of Englonde And the x· daye of May there was songen a solempne masse at Parys and after the Agnus dei sayd with dona nobys paceâ— in presence of the for sayd men that were ordeyned to Admitte receyue the othes of all other that there myght be Soo Charles layd hys ryght honde on the patent with goddes bodye hys left honde on the myssall sayd we N. sweren on goddes body the holy gospels that we shall trewly stedfastly hold toward vs the peas the accorde made bytwene the two kynges and â— all hys lordes for more loue and strenth of wytnesse he deased and departed the relyques of the crowne of Cryst to the knyghtes of Englond they token curtously theyr leue the fryday nexte the same othe in presence of the forsayde knyghtes of other worthy meÌ„ prynce edwarde made att Louers Afterwarde both kynges theyr sones the moost noble men of both reames within the same yere made the same othe for to strength all these thyngê afore sayd the kynge of Englond axyd the gretest men of fraunce had his askynge that is to saye .vi. dukes .viii. erles .xii. lordes all noble barons good knyghtes And whan the place tyme was assygned in whiche both kynges with theyr counsell sholde come to gyders al the forsayd thynges bytwene theym spoken for to retefye make ferme and stable the kyng of Englond anone weÌ„te toward the see at Hountflet began to saylle leuynge to hys hostes that were lefte behynde hym by cause of his absence made moche heuynes and after the .xix. day of Maye he came in to Englond went to his palays att westmynstre of saynt Dunstons daye the thyrde daye after he vysyted Iohan Kynge of fraunce that was in the tour of London and delyuerd hym frely from all maner of pryson sauf fyrst they were accorded of thre myllyons of floreyns for his raunsoÌ„me and the kynge comfortyd hym cheryd hym in all places wyth all solace and myrthes that longen to a kynge in his goynge home warde ¶ And the .ix. daye of Iulii in the same yere this same Iohan kynge of fraunce that afore laye here in hostage wente home ayen in too his owne londe to treate of tho thynges and other that londe and fallen to the gouernaunce of his reame ¶ And afterwarde mette and came togyder att Calays bothe two kynges with bothe theyr counseyll aboute all Halowen tyde And there were shewed the condicyons and the poyntes of the peas and of the accorde of bothe sydes wrytten and there with out ony with sayenge of bothe sydes gracyously they were accorded And there was done and songen a solempne masse and after the thyrde Agnus dei vpon goddes body and also vppon the masse boke bothe the kynges theyr sones and the grettest lordes of bothe reames and of theyr counseyll that there were presente had not sworne before the forsayde othe that they had made and tytled bytwene theym they behyghten to kepe and alle other couenauntes that there bytwene them ordeyned· ¶ And in thys same yere men beestes trees and houses wyth sodayne tempeste and stronge lyghtnynge were perysshed and the deuyll apperyd bodely mannes lyknes to moche people as they wente in dyuers places in the countrees and spake to theym in that lyknes ¶ How the greate company arose in fraunce and the whyte company in Lombardye and of other meruaylles Kynge Edwarde in the .xxxvi. yere of his regne anone after Crystenmasse in the feest of the
the trowne of Englonde after kynge Rycharde the whiche erle of the Macche wente ouer see in to Irlonde vnto hys lordshyppes and londes for the erle of Marche is erle of Vlster in Irlond and by ryght lyne herytage And there at the castell of hys he laye that tyme and ther came vpon hym a grete multytude in busshmentes of wylde Irysshmen for to take hym and destroy hym he come oute fyersly of his castell wyth his people and manly faughte with the mans there he was taken he wen all to peces and so he deyed vpon whos soule god haue mercy ¶ And in the .x. yere of kyge Rychardes regne the erle of Arundell wente to the see with a greate nauye of shyppes and armed with men of armes and goode archers And whan they come in the brode see they mette wyth the hole flete that come with wyne lade frome Rochell the whiche wyne were enemyes goodes And there our nauye sete vpon theym toke theym all and brught theim vnto dyuerse portes and hauens of Englonde some to London there ye myght haue had a tonne of Rochel wyne of the beste for .xx. shellynges sterlynge and so we had grete chepe of wyne in Englonde that tyme thanked be god almyghty ¶ How the fyue lorde arosen at Rattecote brydge ANd in the regne of kyng Richarde the .xi. yere thenne fyue lordes arosen atte Rattecote brydge in the destruccyon of the rebelles that were the tyme in all the reame ¶ The fyrste of these fyue lordes was syr Thomas of wodstoke the kynges vncle duke of Gloucestre and the seconde was syr Rycharde erle of Arundell the thyrde was syr Rycharde erle of warwyk the fourth was syr Henry Balynbrok erle of Derby the fyft was syr Thomas Monbray erle of Notyngham And these .v. lordes sawe the myschyef and mysgouernaunce the falsnes of the kynges counseyll wherfore they that were that time cheyf of the kīges counseyl fled out of his londe ouer see that is to syr say Alysander Neuyll the Archebysshop of yorke syr Robert Lewe marqueys of Deuelyne erle of Oxforde syr Mychell de la pole Erle of Southfolke and Chaunceler of Englonde And these thre lordes went ouer see came neuer ayen for there they deyed ¶ And thā these fyue lordes aboue sayd made a parlemente at westmynster there they toke syr Robert Tresilyam the Iustyce and syr Nycholl Brembre knyght and cytezeyn of Lōdon syr Iohn̄ Salysbury a knyght of the kynges housholde vske sergeaunt of armes many moo of other peple were taken and Iuged vnto the deth by the counseyll of these .v. Lordes in that parlemēte at westmester for the treasō that they put vpon theym be drawen from the tour of Londō thrugh out the cyte so fourth vnto Tyburne there they sholde be hanged theyr throtes to be cutte thus they were serued and deyed And after th◠in thys same parlement at westmynster was syr Symonde Beuerle that was a knyghte of the garter syr Iohn̄ Beauchāp knyght that was stewarde of the kynges housholde syr Iames Berners werefore Iuged vnto the deth and than they were ledde on fote to the toure hylle there were there hedes smyten of and many other moo by these .v. lordes ¶ In this same parlement and in the .xii. yere of kynge Rychardes regne he lette crye ordeyne a generall Iustes that is called a turnement of lordes knyghtes And this Iustes turnement were holden at London in smythfelde of all manere of straūgers of what londe or countree that euer they were thyder they were ryghte welcome to them too all other was holden opē housholde and grete festes also grete gyftes were gyuen to all manere of stranges And of the kynge syde were all of one sute theyr cotes ther armure sheldes hors trappure and all was whyte hertes with cownes abbout theyr neckes and chaynes of gold hangynge thervpō and the crowne hangynge lowe before the hertes body the whyche herte was the kynges leueraye that he gaafe too Lordes and ladyes knyghtes and squyres for to knowe hys housholde frome other people ¶ And in this feest camen to the Iustes .xxiiii. ladyes and ladde ◠xxiiii lordes of the garter with chaynes of gold and alle the same sutes of hertes as it is before sayde frome the Toure on horsbacke thrughe the Cytye of London into smytfelde there that the Iustes sholde be holden ¶ And this feeste and Iustes was holden generalle for al tho that wolde come theder of what londe and nacyon that euer they were And this was holden durynge .xxiiii. dayes of the kynges costes and these .xxiiii. lordes too answere all manere people that wolde come thyd And theder came the erle of saynt Poule of fraūce many other worthy knyghtes wyth hym of dyuerse partyes full worthely arayed And out of Holande Henaude came the lorde Ostruaūt that was the dukes sone of Holande many other worthy knyghtes with hym of Holand full well arayed And whan this feest Iustynge was ended the kynge thanked this straungers and gaf thē many ryche gyftes And so they token theyr leue of the kynge and of other lordes ladyes went home ayen into theyr owne coūtres with grete loue and moche thanke ¶ And in the .xiii. yere of kyng Rychardes regne there was a batayll done in the kynges palays att westmynster bytwene a squyer of Nauerne that was wyth kynge Rycharde an other squyre that was called Iohn̄ walssh for poȳtes of treasō that thys Nauerne put vppon this walsshman but this Nauerne was ouercomē yelde hym recreaūt to his aduersary And anone he was dyspoyled of his armure and drawē oute of the palays to Tyburne and there was hāged for his falsnes And the .xiiii. yere of kynge Rychardes regne syr Iohan of Gaunt duke of Lancastre wente ouer see into Spayne for to chaleng hys ryght that he had by his wyfes tytle vnto the crowne of Spayne with a grete host of people and mē of armes and archers and he had with hym ◠duchesse hys wyf and hys thre doughters ouer see into Spayne ther they were a grete whyle att the last the kynge of Spayne began to treate with the duke of Lācastre and they were accorded togyder thrugh theyr bothe counseyll in this maner that the kynge of Spayne sholde wedde the dukes doughter of Lancastre that was the ryght heyre of Spayne and shold gyue vnto the duke of Lancastre golde syluer that were caste into grete wegges and many other Iewels as moche as .viii. charyetes myght carye And euery yere after duringe the dukes lyf of Lācastre and of the duches his wyf .x. thousande marke of golde Of whyche golde the auenture charges sholde be to theym of Spayne yerely bryng vnto Bayon to the dukes assygnes by suerte made And also the duke maryed an other of hys doughters vnto the kyng of
Portyngale the same tyme â–ª and whaÌ„ he had done so he come home ayen into Englonde and hys good lady hys wyf also but many worthy men deyed vpon the flyx ¶ In the .xv. yere of kynge Rychardê regne he helde his crystmasse in the manere of wodstok and there the erle of Penbroke a yonge lord and tendre of aege wolde lerne to Iuste with a knyghte that was called syr IohnÌ„ of saynt IohnÌ„ roden togyder in the parke of wodstoke and there this worthy erle of Penbroke was slayne with that other knyghtes spere as he caste it from hym whan that they had coupled thus the good erle made yere his ende and therfore the kynge the quene made moche sorowe for his deth ¶ And in the xvi yere of kynge Rychardes regne Iohan heÌ„de beyng that tyme mayer of London IohnÌ„ wal worth Henry vanner beynge shreues of London that same tyme a bakers man bare a basket of hors brede in to Fletstrete to warde an hostre and there came a yonge man of the bysshop of Salysbury that was called Romayn and he toke a bors lofe out of the basket of the bakers he asked hym why he dyde soo and this Romayn torned ayen brake the bakers heed And neyghbours came out and wold haue arested thes Romayn he brake from them fledde to his lordes place the Constable wolde haue hym out but the bysshops men shette fast the yates kept the place that no man myght entre and than moche more people gadred thyder and sayd that they wolde haue hym out or els they wolde brenue vp the place and alle that were wyth in And than came the mayer and shreues wyth moche other people cessyd the malyce of the comyns made euery man to go home to there hoses and kepe peas And thys Romayns lord the bysshop of Salysbury mayster Iohan waltham that at the tyme was tresorer of Englonde when syr Thomas Arundell Archebysshop of yorke Chaunceler of Englonde there the bysshop made hys complaynte vnto the Chaunceler on the peple of the cyte of LoÌ„don And than these two bysshops of grete malyce vengeaunce come vnto the kynge at wyndesore made a greate coÌ„playnt vpon the mayer and shreues And anone all the cyte after warde came before the kynge his counseyll and they caste vnto the Cytye a greuous herte and a wonder grete malyce And anone sodeynly the kyng sent after the mayer of LoÌ„don and for the two shreues they came to hym vnto the castell of wyndsore And the kynge rebuked the mayer and shreues full foule for the offence that they had done ayenst hym his offycers in hys chambre at London wherfor he deposed and put out the mayer and bothe shreues and this was done the .xiiii. dayes afore the feest of saynt IohnÌ„ Baptyst And than the kynge called to hym a knyght that was called syre Edwarde dalyngrygge made hym wardeyne gouernour of the cyte and chambre of LoÌ„don ouer all hys people ther in And so he kepte that offyce but foure wekes bycause that he was so gentyl tendre to the Cytezens of London wherfore the kynge deposed hym made syr Bunde wyne radyngton knyght that was Conrtrouller of the kynges houshold wardeyne gouernour of his chambre of his people ther in and chose to hym worthy men of the cyte to be shreues wyth hym to gouerne kepe the kynges lawes in the cyte that one was called Gelbert Mawefelde that other Thomas ne wenton shreues And than the mayer the two shreues and all the aldermen wyth all the worthy craftes of London wente on foot vnto the toure of London there came out the Conestable of the towre gaaf the mayer and the shreues theyr othe charge as they sholde haue taken in the Escheker of westmynster in the kynges court of his Iustyces Barons of the Escheker than went they home ayen And than the kynge hys counseyll for the grete malyce and despyte that they had to the Cyte of London remeued all his courtes from westmynster vnto the Cyte of yorke that is to saye the ChauÌ„celer the Escheker the kynges bynche the comune place there they helde all these courtes of lawe fro mydsomer that is to saye the feest of saynt IohnÌ„ Baptyst vnto the feest of Crystmasse next comynge And than the kynge and hys counseyll sawe it not so proffytale there as it was at London than anone he remeued yt ayen to LoÌ„don and soo to westmynster for grete ease of his offycers a vauntage to the kyng all the comunes of the reame ¶ And whanne the people of London saw and knewe that these courtes were comeÌ„ ayen and the kynge and hys people also than the mayer and the aldermen with the chyef Comunes of the Cyte gaue a grete somme of golde of all the Comunes of the Cyte and ordeyned made grete ryaltees ayen hys comynge too London for to haue hys grace good lordshyp and also theyr lybertees and Fraunchyses geauÌ„ted vnto them ayeÌ„ as they were wonte to haue afore tyme. And thrugh grete instaunce and prayer of the quene and of other lordes and ladyes the Kynge grauÌ„ted theym grace And this was done at Shene in Sutherey And than the Kynge within two dayes after came to London the mayer of the Cyte with the shreues aldermeÌ„ and all the worthy men of the afterwarde rode ayenst hym in good araye vnto the hethe of hys syde of Shene the mayer submyttynge theym homely and mekely with all maner obeyssaunce vnto hym as they oughten too do And thus he brought the kynge and the quene to London And whan the kynge came to the yate of London brydge there they presenttd hym wyth a mylke whyte stede sadled and brydled and trapped wyth cloth of golde and reed partyed to gyder and the quene a palfrey alle whyte in the same ararye trappyd with white andreed and al the conduytes of London ranne wyth wyne both whyte and reed for all maner people to drynke who wolde And bytwene saynt Poules and the crosse in chepe there was made a stage a ryall standynge vpon hygh and theyn were many angelles with dyuers melodyes songes And than an angelle came downe frome the stage on hyghe by a vyce and sete a crowne of golde pyght wyth ryche perles precyous stones vpon the kynges heed and an other vpon the quenes heed And soo the cytezeyns brought the kyng the quene to westmynster into theyr palays And than on the morne after the mayer and the shreues and the aldermen of London camen vnto the kynge to hys palays att westmynster and presente hym with two basyns of syluer ouergylted full of coyned golde the somme of .xx. houÌ„dred pounde prayenge hym of his hygh mercy grace and lordshyp and specyally grace that they myght haue his good loue with the lybertees And fraunchyses
there she was alle nyght on the morne she was brought thruge the cyte of London and so forthe vnto westmynster and there she was crowned quene of Englond than she was broughte ayen vnto the kynges palays and there was holden open and ryall feest al hyr coronacyon of all maner peple that â—heder come and thys was done the sondaye nexte after the feest of saynt Clemente in the .xx. yere of kynge Rychardes regne And than the .xxv. daye of August next after by veyll excytacyon and fals counseyll for grete wrath and malyce that the kyng had of olde tyme vnto his vncle the good duke of Gloucestre and to the erle of Arundell to the erle of warwyk Anone the kynge by his euuyll excytacyon and his euyll counseyll malyce late in the euenynge on the same daye aboue sayd made hym redy wyth his strenth rode into Estsex vnto the towne of Chemesforde soo come to Plasshe sodenly there syr Thomas of wodstok the good duke of Gloucestre laye and the good duke came to welcome the kynge anone And the kynge arested the good duke hymself wyth his owne body so he was ladde downe to the waâ—â—â— and anone put into a shype and anone had too Calays brought in to the Capytayns warde â—o be kepte in holde by the kynges commaundement of Englonde And the tyme therle Marchall was Capytayne of Calays And anone after by commaundement of the kyng and by his fals counseyl commaunded the capytayne to put hym to deth ¶ And anone certayne yemen that had the good duke in kepynge toke theyr counseyl how that they shold put hym vnto deth And this was theyr appoyntemente that they sholde comen vppon hym whan he were in his bedde and a slepe on a fetheren bedde and anone they bounde honde and foot and charged hym to lye styll And whan that they hadde done thus they token twoo smale towelles and made on theym two rydynge knottes caste the towelles about hys necke And than they tooke the fetheren bedde that laye vnder hym cast it aboute hym than they drewe theyr to welles eche wayes and some laye vpon the fetheren bed vpon hym vnto the tyme that he was dede bycause that he shold make no noys and thus they strangled thys worthy duke vnto the deth vppon whos soule god for his hygh pyte haue mercy Amen ¶ And whan the kynge hadde rested thus this worthy duke and his vncle sente hym to Calays he came ayen to London in all the haste wyth a wonder greate people And as soone as he was comen he sent for the erle of Aurundell and for the good erle of warwyk and anone as they came he arested theym hymself And syr Iohan Cobham and syr IohnÌ„ Chyne knyghtes he arested theym in the same maner tyll he made his parlement anone they were put into holde but the erle of Arundell went att large vnto the parlement tyme for he founde soffycyent suerte to abyde the lawe to answere to all manere poyntes that the kynge his counseyll wolde put vpon hym ¶ And the xxiâ— yere of kynge Rychardes regne he ordeyned hym a parlement att westmynster the whiche was called the greate parlemente And this parlement was made for Iuge thys thre worthy lordes and other moo as they lyst at that tyme And for that Iugement the kynhe lete make in all the hast a loÌ„ge hous and a large of tyÌ„bre the whiche was called an halle and couered with tyles ouer it was open all aboute on both sydes that all maner of men myght se thrugh out and there the dome was holden vpon these forsayd lordes and Iugement gyueÌ„ at this forsayde parlemente And for to come vnto this parlement the kynge sent hys wryttes to euery lorde baron knyght euery squyre in euery shyre thrugh oute EngloÌ„de that euery lorde sholde gadre and bringe his retenue with hym in as shorte in the beste araye that they myghte gete in maintenynge and in the strengthyng of the kyng ayenst theym that were hys enemyes and that this were done in all haste come to hym in payne of deth And the kynge hymself sent into Chestreshyre to cheyftayns of that countre they gadred brought a grete and an huge company of people bothe of knyghtes and squyres and prencypally of yomeÌ„ of Chestreshyre the whyche yemen and archers the kynge tooke to hys owne courte and gaate them bowge of court and good wages to be kepers of his owne body bothe by nyght and by daye aboue all other persones and moste loued and beste truste the whyche soone afterwarde torned the kynge to grete losse and shame hyndrynge and hys vtterly vndoynge and destruccyon as ye shall here afterwarde And that tyme came syr Henry of Derby with a grete menye of armes and archers and the erle of Rutlonde came wyth stronge power of people bothe of men of mares and archers And the Erle of Kente brought a greate power of men of armes and archers the Erle of Marshall came in the same manere And the lorde Spenser in this same manere The erle of Northumberlonde and syr Henry Percy his sone and syre Thomas Percy the erles brother And all these worthy lordes broughte a fayre menye and a stronge power and eche man in hys beste araye And the duke of Lancastre and the duke of yorke came in the same maner wyth men of armes and archers folowynge the kynge And syr Wyllyam strop tresourer of Englond came in the same manere And thus in thys araye came all the worthy men of this londe vnto our kynge and these peple came to London in one daye in so moche that euery strete and lane in London and in the subarbes were full of them lodged and .x. or .xii. mylle about London on euery waye And these people brought the kynge too westmynster and wente home ayen to theyr lodgynge bothe hors and maÌ„ and than on the mondaye the .xii. daye of Septembre the parlemente began att westmynster the whiche was called the grete parlemeÌ„t ¶ And on the frydaye nexte after the erle of Arundell was broughte in to the parleamente amonge all the lordes and that was on saynte Mathewas daye the appostle and euangelyst there he was for Iuged vnto the dethe in thys halle that was made in the palays at westmynster And this was his Iugemente he sholde go on foot wyth hys hondes bounde behynde hym frome the place that he was Iuged in And so forth thrugh the cyte of London vnto the toure hylle and hys heed to be smyten of and so it was done in dede in the same place .vi. of the grettest lordes that sate on his Iugemente roden wyth hym vnto the place there he was done to dethe and so to se that the excucyon were done after the dome And by the kynges coÌ„maundemente wyth them wente on foot men of armes and archers a grete multytude of Chestreshyre men in strenthynge of
the castell of Reygate in Soutsex and there he stale hym a waye and came to Calays and there he was keped well worthely tyll these other two lordes were comen to Calays ¶ And than this worthy duke syr Thomas of Arundell Archebysshop of Caunterbury shypped in the hauen of Calais and drewe theyr cours norwarde and aryued in yorke shyre at Rauensporne faste by wydlyngton and there came and enâ—red fyrste the londe and two lordes with hym and theyr nauye And so than moche people of the reame that whan they herde of his comynge and knewen where that he was and anone they drewen vnto hym and welcomed these lordes and soo gaaf theym courage in all manere thynge and so passed forthe into the londe and gadred moche people to them ¶ And whan kyng Rycharde hede and wyste that these twoo lordes were comen ayen in to Englond also were loÌ„ded Than the kynge lefte his ordynaunce in Irlonde and come into Englond warde in all the haste that he myght and come the castell of Flynte and there he abode to take his counseyl and what myghte he done But to hym come none And thanne syr Thomas Percy erle of worchestre that was the kynges stewarde wist and knewe all this anone he came into the halle amonges all the people he brake the yerde of the ryall kynges housholde and anone euery man was dysparple and wente hys waye forsoke theyr mayster and souerayne lord and lefte hym allone And thus Kynge Rycharde broughte downe destroyed and stode hymself allone wythout comforth or socoure or yf ony good counseyll of ony maÌ„ alas for pyte of this ryall kynge And anone came worde that syre Henry of Bolyngbroke was vp with a stronge powre of people and that all the squyres of Englonde reyson vp the shyres in strenthynge of hym ayenst kyng Rycharde ¶ And thus sone he was come out of the North countre to Brystowe and there he met with syr wyllyam Sâ—rope erle of wyltshyre tresourer of Englonde with syr IohnÌ„ Busshe and syr Henry grene and IohnÌ„ Bagot but he escaped frome theym and wente ouer see in to Irlonde the sethre knyghtes were taken theyr hedes smyteÌ„ of thus they dyed theyr for fals couetoyse ¶ And than was kynge Rycharde taken and brought vnto the duke and anone the duke put hym in fast warde and stronge holde vnto hys cominge to London And than was there a rumore in London and a stronge noyse that kynge Rycharde came to westmynster and the peple of London ranne thyder and wolde haue done moche harme and hurte in there woodnesse had not the myyer and the alder men and other worthy meÌ„ cessed them wt fayr wordes and torned theym home agayne vnto LoÌ„don And there was Syr Iohan Slacke dene of the kynges chapell of westmynster taken broughte to London and put in pryson in Ludgate And Iohan Bagot was taken in Irlonde and so brought to London and put in pryson in Newgate there to be kepte and abyde hys answere ¶ And soone after the duke brought kynge Rycharde pryuely vnto London and put hym in the toure vnder sure kepynge as a prysoner And than came the lordes of the reame with all theyr counseyll vnto the Toure to kynge Rycharde and sayd to hym of his mysgouernaunâ—e and extorcyon that he hadde done made and ordeyned to opresse all the comyne peple and also to all the reame wherfore all the comyne people of the reame wolde hym haue deposed of all his kyngdom· And so he was deposed at that tyme in the Toure of London by all his lordes counseyll and comune assent of alle the reame And than he was put frome the Toure vnto the castell of Ledes in Kente ther he was kepte a whyle And thanne he was had frome thens vnto the castell of Pounfret in the North countree to be kepte in pryson ryght soone after there made his ende ¶ And than whan kinge Rycharde was deposed and had resygned his crowne and his kyngdom was kept fast in holde than all the lordes of the reame with the comyns assent by accorde chosen this worthy lord syr Henry of Bolyngbroke erle of Derby duk of Herforde duke of LaÌ„castre by ryght lyne herytage for hys ryghtfull manhode that the people fouÌ„de in hym before alle other they chose hym and made hym kynge of Englande amoÌ„nges theym INnocencyus the .vii. was chosen at rome and lyued but two yere than Gregory .xii. was after hym .xii. and euer was debate Than was Alexander chosen in the couÌ„seyll of Pysan and he was called fyrste Petrê° de Candyda and so was put stryf to stryf euerychone of those thre sayd he was pope Than was there a counseyl at Pysan where they began to make a cuÌ„corde and there they deposed the two and thyrde stode and so was worse deuysyon made than before For that they ordeyned preuayled not ¶ Robert was Emperour after wenselaus iâ— yere thys man was duke of Bauary and Erle of Palatyn a Iuste man and a good and was crowned of Bone face the .ix. This man entrde ytaly wyth a greate hoost of Almayns ayenste Iohan the duke of Galyas but with an heuy hoowe he torned ayen and was had de worthy to suffre for his ryghtwysnes ¶ Iohan the .xxiii. succeded Alexander .iiii. yere and fyrste he began well for an vnyte and he was in the counseylle aâ—te Constantis and offred hym to resygne the popehode and after secretly and worthely he feldde awaye but it profyted hym notte for he was taken and constreyned to peas and was made a Cardynall and buryed atte Florens ¶ Sygysmundus was Emperoure after Roberte .xxvii. yere and he was sone too Karolus and kynge of Vngarye and moost crysten prynce And was soo deuoute to god that he deserued to be canonysed This man holpe the chyrche thrughe hys merueylous prudence and wytte for he spared no laboure ne no thyynge that he hadde tyll he hadde made a ful peas amonge the clergy ¶ And he hadde .ix. Batayls ayenst the Turke And euer he had the vyctorye and what more alle thynge that euer was wryteÌ„ in louynge to Constantyne Theodosio Karolo Otto maye truely be wryten of hym And he was crowned in Vngarye and decessed a blessed man ¶ Circa AnnuÌ„ dmÌ„ M. CCCC.vii ¶ Of syr Henry of Bolynbroke Erle of Derby that regned after Kynge Rycharde whiche was the fourthe Henry after the conquest ANd after Kynge Rycharde the seconde was deposed and out of hys kyngdom the lordes and the comynes all wyth one assente and all other worthy of the reame chosen HeÌ„ry of Bolyngebroke Erle of Derby sone and heyre of Iohan the duke of Lancastre for his worthy manhode that ofte tyme had be founde in hym and in dedes preued vppon Saynt Edwardes daye the confessour he was crowned kynge of Englonde at westmynster by assente of alle the reame nexte after the deposynge of kange Rycharde
stuff that longed to warre to be redy wyth all theyr retenue to mete atte Southampton by Lammasse next folowyng without ony delaye wherfore the kyng ordeyned his nauye of shyppes was with all manre stuffe vytayll the longed to suche a warryoure of all maner of ordynauÌ„ce in the haueÌ„ of Southampton in to the nombere of CCC and .xx. saylles And than felle there a greate dysease a foule myschef for there were .iii. lordes whyche that the kynge trusted moche on thrugh fals couetyse they had purposed ymagyned the kynges deth thought to haue slayne hym and all his bretherne or he had taken the see the whiche thre lordes were named thus syre Rycharde erle of Chambrydge broder to the duke of yorke the seconde was she lorde Scrop tresourer of Englonde the thyrde was syr Thomas Gray knyght of the North countre And these thre lordes afore sayd for lucre of money hadde made a promesse vnto the Frensshmen for to haue slayne kynge Henry the fyfte alle his brethern by a fals trayne sodaynly or they had be ware But god almyghty helde hys holy honde ouer them and saued them from these peryllous menye And for to haue done thys they receyued of the Frensshemen a Myllyon of golde and that was there openly knowen and for theyr fals treason they were al thre Iuged vnto the deth and this was the IugemeÌ„t that they sholde be laadde thrughe Hampton withoute Northgate there to be heded thus they ended theyr lyues for thyr false couetyse and treason And anone as this was done the kynge and all his men ye made them redy and wente to shyppes and saylled forthe wyth fyften hondred shyppes and aryued with in Seyn at Kydecause vpon our ladyes euen the Assumpcyon in NormaÌ„dy wyth all hys ordynauÌ„ce And so went him forth to Harflet he besyeged the towne alle aboute by londe and eke by water sent to the Capytayne of the towne charged hym to delyuer towne And Capytayne sayd that he wolde delyuer hym none he wolde hym yelde but bad hym do his best And than our kynge layd hys ordynaunce vnto the twone that is to saye Gonnes Engynnes trypgettes shotten and caste att the walles eke vnto the towne caste downe both towres towne and layd theym vnto the erthe there he played att the tenes wyth hys harde gon stones ¶ And they that were within the towne whan they shold playe theyr songes was well awaye and Alas that euer suche tenes balles were made and cursyd all tho that warre began and the tyme that euer they were borne ¶ And on the morne the kyng dyd crye att euery gate of the towne that euery man sholde be redy on the morne erly to make assaute vnto the towe and wyllyam Boucher Iohan Graunte wyth .xii. other burgeys worthy men came to the kynge besought hym of hys ryall pryncehode power to wythdrawe his malyce and destruccyon that he dyd to them and besought hym of .viii. dayes of respyce trewes yf ony rescowe myghte come to theym els to yelde vp the towne vnto hym wyth all theyr goodes And than the kyng sent forthe the Capytayne and kept the remenaunt styll with hym the lorde Gaucort that was Capytayn of the towne went forth to Royn in al the hast vnto the Dolphyn for helpe socour but there was none ne no man of rescowe for the Dolphyn wold not abyde And thus this Capytayne come ayen vnto the kynge yelded vp the towne and delyuered hym the keys and bad hym go and put out all the Frensshmen both men women and chyldren and stuff hys towne of Harâ—et wyth Englysshe people And than the kynge sente in to Englonde and dyde crye in euery good towne of Englonde that what crafty man wolde come thydes enhabyte hym there in that towne he sholde haue house and housholde to hym and to his heyres for euer more ¶ And soo tho weÌ„te many dyuerse marchauntes and crafty men and enhabyte theym there to strength the towne and were welcome ¶ And whan the kynge sawe that thys towne was well stuffed both of vytayls and of meÌ„ this worthy prince toke his leue went to Calays warde by londe and the FrensshmeÌ„ herd of his comyng they thought for to haue stopped hym his way that he shold not passe that waye and in all the hast that they myght braken alle the brydges where that as ony passage was for hors and man in so moche that there myght no man passe ouer the Ryuer nother on horse ne on foot but yf he shold haue be drowned And therfore our kynge with all his people wente and sought thys waye ferre vp to Parys warde and ther was all the ryall power of Fraunce assembled and redy to gyue hym batayll for to dystroye alle his people But almyghte god was hys guyde and saued hym al his menye defended hym of hys enmyes power and purpose thanked be god that saued so hys owne knyght kynge in his ryghtfull tytle ¶ And than our kynge be holdynge and seyenge the grete multytude and nombre of his enmyes to wythstande his way and gyue hym batayll than the kynge wyth a meke herte a good spyryte lyft vp his hondes to almyghty god be souhht hym of hys helpe and socoure and that daye to saue his trewe seruauntes And than oure kynge gadred all his lordes other peple about bad them all to be of gode there for they sholde haue a fayre daye and a gracyous vyctorye the better of all theyr enemyes and prayed theÌ„ alle to make them redy vnto the batayll For he wolde rather be deed that daye in the felde than to be taken of his enmyes for he wold neuer put the reame of Englonde to raumsome for his persone ¶ An the duke of yorke fell on hys knees and besought the kynge of aboue that he wolde grauÌ„te hym that daye the auauntwarde in hys batayll and the Kynge grauntyd hym hys askynge and sayd gramercy cosyn of yorke and praied hym to make hym redy And than he hadde euery man to ordeyne hym a stake of tree and sharpe both endes that the stake myght be pyght in the erthe a slope that theyr enemyes sholde not ouercome them on horsback for that was there fals purpose arayed theÌ„ for to ouer ride our enmye sodaynly att the fyrste comynge on of them at the fyrste brunte And all the nyght before the batayll the frensshmen made many grete fyers and moche reuyll with howtynge â— showtynge and playd our kynge hys lordes at the dyse And archer alwaye for a blanke of theyr money for they weÌ„de that all had beÌ„ theyrs the morne arose the daye ganne spynge And the kynge by good auyse lete araye hys batayll and his wynges and charged euery meÌ„ to kepe theÌ„ hoole togyder and prayed them alle to be of good there And whan they were
in botes and barges ¶ ye haue well vnderstonde before how that contrary to the promyse of the kyng also the conclusyons take bytwene the kynge the duke of yorke att Brentheth the duke of Somerset went not to warde but abode about the kynge had grete rule And anone after he was made Capytayne of Calays ruled the kyng his reame as he wolde wherfore the grete lordes of the reame also the comyns were not pleased For whyche cause the duke of yorke the erle of warwyke the erle of Salysbury with many knyghtes and squyres and moche other people came to remeue the sayde duke of Somerset and other fro the kynge And the kyng herynge of theyr comynge thoughte by hys couÌ„seyll for to haue gone westwarde not for to haue mette with them And had with hym the duke of Somerset the duke of Bokyngham the erle of Stafforde the erle of Northumberlonde \ the lorde Clyfforde many other ¶ And what tyme that the duke of yorke and his felyshyppe vnderstonde that the kyng was departed wyth the lordes from London anone he chaunged hys way costed the couÌ„tre and came to saynt Albons the .xxiii. daye of May. there mette with the kyng to whom the kyng sent certayne lordes desyred them to kepe the peas and departe But in conclusyon whyâ—e they treated on that one syde the erle of warwyk with the Marche men other entred in to the twone on that other syde and fought ayenst the kynge and his party and so began the batayll and fyghtinge whiche endured a greate whyle But in conclusyon the duke of yorke obteyned and had the vyctory of the Iourneye In whyche was slayne the duke of Somerset the erle of Northumberlonde the lorde Clyfforde and many kynghtes and squyres and many moo hurte And on the morne after they brought the kynge in grete astate to London whyche was lodged in the bysshops palays of London And anone after was a grete parlemeÌ„t at London in whiche parlement the duke of yerke was made protectour of EngloÌ„de the erle of warwyk Capytayne of Calays the erle of Salysbury Chaunceler of Englonde And all suche persones as had the rule before aboute the kynge were set a parte and myght not rule as they dyd before ¶ And this same yere deyed pope Nycholas the fyfte after hym was Calixt the thyrde This Calixt was a Catalane the actes of hym shal be shewed here after folowynge· ¶ In this same yere fell a grete affraye in LoÌ„don ayeÌ„st the LuÌ„bardes the cause begaÌ„ bycause a yonge man toke a dager frome a LuÌ„barde brake it wherfore the yoÌ„ge maÌ„ on the morne was seÌ„te fore to come before the Mayer the aldermeÌ„ there for offeÌ„ce He was coÌ„mytted to warde And theÌ„ne the mayer departed fro the yelde halle for to goo home to his dyner But in Chepe the yonge meÌ„ Mercerye for the moost partye prentyses helde the Mayre the Shyrefs styl in Chepe And wolde not suffre theym to departe vnto the tyme that theyr felowe whyche was commytted to warde were delyuered and so by force they rescowed theyr felowe from pryson And that done the Mayre departed and the Shrefes also and the prysoner deliuered whiche yf he had be put to pryson He had be in Ieoperdye of his lyfe And thene began a rumoure in the cyte ayenst the LoÌ„bardes And the same euenynge the hond crafty men of the towne arose and raÌ„ne to the Lumbardes houses and dyspoyled and robbed dyuers of them wherfore the Mayre and the Aldermen came with the honest people of the cyte And droue them thens and sente some of theym that had stolen to Newgate ¶ And the yonge man was rescowed by his felowes sawe this greate rumoure affraye robbed ensewed of hys fyrste meuynge to the Lumbarde departyd and wente to westmynster to saynt wary Or elles it hadde coste hym hys lyfe For anone after came downe an Oyer determyne for to do Iustyce on all theym that so rebelled in the Cytee ayenste the Lumbardes On whyche satte wyth the Mayre that tyme wyllyam Marowe the duke of Bokyngham And many other lordes to se execucyon done But the comynes of the Cytee secretely made them redy and dyde arme them in theyr howses and were in purpoos to haue rongen the comyne belle whiche is called bowe belle but they lete by syde men whiche came to the knowlege of the duke of Bokyngham and other lordes ¶ And in contynente they arose for they durste noo lenger abyde for they dowted that the hole Cyte sholde haue rysen ayenst theym But yet neuerthels two or thre of the cyte were Iuged to dethe for this robbery were hangyd at Tyborne ¶ And anone after the kynge the quene other lordes rode to CoueÌ„tre and withdrewe theym fro London for this cause And a lytyll before the duke of yorke was sent for to grenewych And there was dyschargyd of the protectourshyppe And the erle of Salysbury of his ChauÌ„chelershyppe And after thys they were sente fore by preuy seale for to come to CoueÌ„tre where they were almoost disceyued the Erle of warwyke also and shold haue ben dystroyed yf they had not seen well to ¶ How the lorde EgremoÌ„de was take by the Erle of Salysbury soÌ„es of the robbynge of Sandwytche THis yere were taken four grete fysshes bytwene Ereth london that one was called Mors Maryne the seconde was a swerde fysshe the other two were whalys In this same yere for certayne affrayes done iÌ„ the northe couÌ„tre bytwene lord EgremoÌ„de the erle of Salysbury sones the sayd lord Egremond whoÌ„ they had coÌ„dempned in a grete somÌ„e of money to the sayd Erle of Salysbury therfore he was coÌ„mytted into pryson in Newegate in London where whan he had be a certayne space he brake the pryson thre prysoners with hym escaped weÌ„t his waye Also this yere the erle of warwyk his wyf weÌ„t to Calays with a fayre felisshyp toke possessyon of his offyce about this tyme was grete reformacoÌ„n of many monesteryes of relygyoÌ„ in dyuerse partyes of the worlde wiche were refourmed after the fyrst Instytutycyon and coÌ„tynued in many places ¶ This same yere was a greate batayll in the Marches bytwene the londe of HuÌ„gry Turkey at a place is called Septedrad where Innumerable Turkes were slayne more bi myracle thanÌ„e by maÌ„nes honde for oonly the honde of god smote theym saynt Iohan of Capystrane was there preseÌ„ce prouokyd the cristeÌ„ people beynge theÌ„ne aferde for to pursue after the Turkys where an Infynyte multytude were slayne dystryed the Turkys sayd that a grete noÌ„bre of armyd meÌ„ folowed theÌ„ that they were aferde to turne ayen they were holy angelles This same yere the prysoners of Newgate in LondoÌ„ brake theyr pryson went vpon the sedes and fought ayeÌ„st theym of the Cytee kepe the gate a longe whyle But att
the laste the towne gate the pryson be theym And thenÌ„e they were sore punysshed in ensample of other ¶ In this yere also there was a grete erthquake in Naples in so moche that there perysshed .xl. thousande people that sanke there in to the erthe ¶ Also in the .xxxvi. yere saynt Osmonde soÌ„tyme bysshop of Salysbury was canonysed att Rome by pope Calyst the .x daye of Iuly he was translated at Salysbury by the bisshop of CauÌ„terbury many other bysshoppes ¶ And in August after syr Pers de brasay seneschal of normaÌ„dye with the Capytayne of Depe many other Capytayns and meÌ„ of werre went to thee see with a greate Nauy and into the downes by nyght And on the more erly before day they londed at Sandwytche bothe bi loÌ„de and water and toke the towne and ryfled dispoyled it And toke many prysoners and lefte the towne all bare whyche was a ryche place and moche good therin And ladde wyth them many ryche prysoners In this same yere in many places of Fraunce Almayne Flaunders Holonde and zeelonde chyldren gadred theym togyder by greate companyes For to goo on pylgrymage to saynt Myghels mouÌ„te in NormaÌ„dye whiche came fro ferre couÌ„trees wherof the people merueyled And many supposed that some wyckyd spyryte meued them to doo so but it dured not longe by cause of the longe waye and also for lac of vytaylle as they wente ¶ In this yere Reynolde Pecok bysshop of Chestre was founde an herytyke and the thyrde day of Decembre was enduâ—ed at Lambeth in presence of the Archebysshop of Caunterbury and many other bysshoppes doctours lordes temporall and hâ—s bokes brent att Poules crosse ¶ And ye haue herde before how certayne lordes were slayne atte Saynt Albons wherfore was alwaye a grutchynge wrath hadde by the heyres of them that soo were slayne ayenst the duke of yorke the Erles of waâ—wyk and of Salysbury wherfore the kyng by the aduys of his counseyll sente for theym vnto London to whyche place the duke of yorke came the .xxvi. daye of Ianueri with four honderd men and lodged hym atte Baynerdes castell in hys owne place ¶ And the .iv. daye of Ianuer came the erle of Salysbury with fyue hundred men and was lodged in therber of his owne place ¶ And thenÌ„e came the duke of Excetre and of Somerset with .viii. C. men and laye withoute temple barre ¶ And the erle of Northumberlonde and the lorde Egremonde the lorde Clyfforde wyth .xv. hundred men lodged without the towne ¶ And the Mayer that tyme Geffraye Boloyne kept grete watche with the comyns of the cyte rode about the cytee by Holborne and Fletestrete with a .v. thousand men well arayed and armyd for to kepe the peas ¶ And the .xiiii. daye of Feuerer the erle of warwyke came to London fro Calays well beseen and worshypfully with .v hundred men In red Iakettes broudred wyth a ragged staffe behynde before and was lodged at the graye freres ¶ And the .xv. daye of Marche the kynge came to London and the quene And ther was accorded and peas made amonge the lordes and they were sette in peas And on our lady daye the xxv daye of Marche in the yere of oure lorde M. CCCC.lviii· the kynge the quene all the lordes went on processyon at Poules in London anone after the kyng the lordes departed in this yere was a grete fraye in Fletstrete bytwene meÌ„ of courte men of the same strete In whyche fayre the quenes Attourney was slayne ¶ Howe the kynges housholde made a fraye ayenste the Erle of warwyke and of the Iourneye at bloreheth ALso this same yere as the Erle of warwyk was at counseyll at westmynster alle the kynges housholde meny gadred them togyder for to haue slayne the sayde erle But by the helpe of god his frendes he recouered his barge and escapyd theyr euyll enterpryse how well the cokes came rennynge oute wyth spytes and pestels ayneh hym And the same daye he rode to wardes werwyk and soone after he gate hym a commyssyon and went ouer the see to warde Calays ¶ Soone after thys therle of Salysbury comynge to LoÌ„don was encouÌ„tred at Bloreheth which the lord Audley And moche other people ordeyned to dystroy hym But he hauynge knowlege that he shold be met wyth was accoÌ„panyed with hys two sones syr Thomas syr IohnÌ„ Neuell a grete felyshyp of goodmen And so they faught togyder where the erle of Salysbury wanne the felde And the lorde Audley was slayne many gentylmen of Chesshyre moche people hurt And the erles two sones were hurte goynge homewarde afterwarde they were taken and hadde to Chestre by the quenes menye ¶ After Calixt Pius was pope was chase this yere M. CCCC.lvlii· he was callyd before Eneas an eloqueÌ„te man a poete laureate He was embassatour of the Emperours before tyme. And he wrote in the couÌ„seyl of Basyle a noble treatyse for thactoryte of the same Also he canonysed saynte Katheryne of Senys Thys pope ordeyned grete IndulgeÌ„ce pardonne to theym that wolde go werre ayeÌ„st the Turke wrote a pystle to the greate Turke exhortynge hym to become Crysten And in th end he ordeyned a passage ayeÌ„st the Turke at Ankon to whiche moche people drewe out all partyes of cristeÌ„dome of the whiche people he sente many home ayen by cause they suffyced not anone after he dyed at the sayd AnkoÌ„ the yere of our lord M. CCCC.lxiii the .xiiii. daye of August ¶ How Andrewe Trollop the souldyours of Calays forsoke the duke of yorke theyr mayster therle of warwyk in the weste countre THe duke of yorke the erles of warwyk and of Salysbury sawe the gouernauÌ„ce of the reame stode moost by the quene hyr counseyll how the grete prynces of the londe were not callyd to counseyl but set a parte and not only soo but it was sayd thrugh the reame tho sayd lordes sholde be dystroyed as it openly was shewed at Blorehethe by them that wolde haue slayne the erle of Salysbury Thenne for sauacyon of theyr lyues also for the comynwele of the reame thought for to remedy thyse thynges assembled them togyder with moche people and toke a felde in the west countre to whiche the erle of warwyk came fro Calays with many of the olde Souldeyours as AndreÌ„we Trollop and other in whose wysdome as for the werre he trustyd moche vpon And whan they were thus assembled and made theyr felde the kynge sente out commyssyons preuy seales vnto all the lordes of his reame to come and wayte on hym in theyr moost beste defensable araye And so euery man came in suche wyse that the kynge was stronger and hadde more â–ª peple than the duke of yorke and therles of warwyk of Salysbury for it is here to be notyd that euery lorde in Englonde at this tyme durst not dysobeye the quene so she
rulyd peasybly all that was done abowte the kynge whiche was a good and a well dysposed man And thenne whan the kynge was come to the place where they were the duke of yorke hys felysshyp made theyr felde in the strongest wyse purposyd verely to abyde haue fouÈte But in the nyghte Andrewe Trollop all the olde soudyours of Calays wyth a greate felyshyp sodeynly departyd out of the dukes host And wente strayte vnto the kynges felde where they were receiued Ioyously for they knewe th entent of thother lordes also the maner of theyr felde And then the duke of yorke with the other lordes seynge theÌ„ dysceued toke a counseylle shortly in that same nyght departed frome the felde leuynge behynde theÌ„ the moost partye of theyr people too kepe the felde tyl on the morowe Then the duke of yorke with his secoÌ„de sone departyd thrugh wales towarde Irlonde Leuynge his eldest sone the erle of Marche with the erles of werwyk of Salysbury whiche rode togyder wyth thre or foure persones strayght into Deuenshyre there by helpe ayde of one Denham gate a shyp whiche cost a .xi score nobles wyth the same shyp sayled fro thens in to Gernesey there refresshed theym frome thens sayled to Calays where they were receyued in to the castel by the posternÌ„ or they of the towne wyst of it And the duke of yorke toke shypynge in walys sayled ouer in to Irlonde where he was well receyued ¶ How the erles of Marche warwyk of Salysbury entred in to Calays how the erle of warwyk wence in to Irlonde THen kynge Henry wyth his host in the felde not knowynge of this sodeyne departynge on the morowe fouÌ„de none in the felde of the sayd lordes sent out in all the hast meÌ„ for to folowe and pursue after to take theÌ„ but they mette not with theÌ„ as god wolde And theÌ„ the kynge weÌ„t to Ludlowe dyspoyled the castel the towne And seÌ„te the duchesse of yorke and hyr chyldreÌ„ to the duchesse of Bokyngham hyr syster where she was kepte longe tyme after And forth with the kynge ordeyned the duke of Somerset to be Capytayne of Calays thyse of other lordes so departed as afore is sayd were preclamyd rebelles grete traytours Then the duke of Somerset tooke to hym al the soudyours that departed fro the felde and made hyÌ„ redy in all the haste for to go to Calays take possessyon of his offyce And whan he came he founde therle of warwyk therin as Capytayne the erles of Marche of Salysbury also and thenÌ„e he londed by Scalys weÌ„t to gyues and there he was receyued And it fortuned that some of tho shyppes that came ouer with hym came in to Calays haueÌ„ by theyr fre wyll for the shypmeÌ„ ought more fauour to the erle of warwyk thaÌ„ to the duke of Somerset in whyche shyppes were take dyuerse meÌ„ as Ienyn Fynkyll Iohan felowe Kaylles Purser whiche were beheded soone after in Calays and after this came meÌ„ dayly ouer the see to thyse lordes to calays began for to wexe stroÌ„ger they borowed moche gode of the Staple on that other syde the duke of Somerset beynge in Gynes gate people to hym whiche came out and scarmysshed with theym of Calays they of Calays with the whiche endured many daies â—ucyng moche people came ouer dayly vnto thise lordes ¶ TheÌ„ on a tyme by thaduys and couÌ„seylle of the lordes att Calays sente ouer mayster Denham with a greate felyshyp to Sandwhyche whiche tooke the towne therin the lorde Ryuers the lorde Sâ—alys his sone toke many shyppes in the hauen and broughte them all to calays wyth whiche shyppes many maryners of ther fre wyl came to calays to serue the Erle of warwyk And after the Erle of warwyke by the aduys of the lordes tooke all his shyppes and manned theym well and saylled hymselfe in to Irlonde for to speke wyth the duke of yorke and tooke his aduys how they sholde entre in to Englonde And whan that he had be there and done hys erandes he retorned ayen towardes Calays and broughte with hym his moder the countesse of Salysbury And comynge in the west countree on the see the duke of Excetre Admyral of Englond beynge in the grace of du accoÌ„panyed with many shyppê of warre met with the erle of warwyk hys flete but they faught not for the substauÌ„ce of the peple beynge with the duke of Excetre ought better wyll fauour to the erle of warwyk thaÌ„ to hym they departed and came to calays in saufâ—e ¶ TheÌ„ the kynges couÌ„seyll seynge that thyse lordê had goten those shyppes fro Sandwytche taken the lorde Ryuers his sone ordeyned a garyson at Sandwytche to abyde kepe the towne made one mouÌ„tforde capitayne of the towne that no man vytayll ne marchauÌ„t that shold go to flaunders shold go to calays TheÌ„ they of calays seyenge this made Denham many other to go to Sandwytche assayled the towne by londe by water gate ix And brought the Capytayne ouer see and smote of hys heed And yet daylymen came ouer to theim fro all partyes ¶ How the Erle of Marche of warwyke and of Salysbury entred in to EngloÌ„d of the feld of NorthaÌ„ptoÌ„ where dyuerse lordes were slayne ANd after thys the forsayd erles of marche warwyke Salysbury came ouer to Douer with moche people there londed to whome all the couÌ„tre drewe came to LoÌ„don all armyd and for to lete lordes of the kynges counsell knowe theyr truth also theyr entente assembled theym and tolde them that they entended no harme to the kynges persone sauf that they wolde put from hym suche persones as were aboute hym And soo departed frome London wyth a greate puyssaunce towarde Northampton where the kynge was accompanyed with many lordes and made a stronge felde withoute the towne And there bothe partyes met and was fought a greate batayll In whyche batayll were slayne the duke of bokyngham therle of Shrewesbury the vycouÌ„t Beamonde the lorde Egremonde and many other knyghtes and squyres and othere also and the kynge hymself was taken in the felde And after warde broughte to London And anone after was a parlement at westmÌ„ duryng whyche parlyament the duke of yorke came out of Irlonde wyth the Erle of Rutlande rydynge wyth a grete felyshyp in to the palays come in to the parlyament chambre there toke the kynges place and claymed the crowne as his propre enherytaunce and ryght and Caste forth in wryttynge his tytele and also how he was ryghtfull heyre wherfore was moche to do but in conclusyon yt was appoynted and concluded that kinge Henry sholde regne and be kynge durynge his natural lyfe For as moche as he hadde be kynge so longe was possessyd aft his dethe the duke of yorke shold be kynge
also Iuliê° Cezar name wonderly in stones ygraue and other mennes also wyth the wryteynge about This is the cyte that Edelfryde kynge of northumberlonde distroyed and slewe there fast by nyghe two thusande monkes of the mynst of Bangor This is the cyte that king Edgar come theder somtyme wyth .vii. kynges that were subgette to hym Ametre breketh out in thys maner in praysynge thys cyte Chestre castel towne as it were name taketh of a castell It is knowen what man bylded this cyte new Tho Lengecestria these heet nowe towne of legyones Nowe walsshe Englisshe holde this Cyte of greate pryce stones on walle semeth werke Hercules al. There longe wyth myght todure that hepe is a hyght Saxon small stones set vpon grete ben attones Ther vnder grounde lotynge double voute is fonde that helpeth wyth sondes many men of western loÌ„des Fysshe flesshe and corne lowe This cytie towne hath yonwe Shyppes and chaffare see water bryngeth ynowe there Godestall there is that was emperourer this And forthe Henry kynge Erth is there ryght dwellynge Off kynge Haralde poudre is there yet halde Bachus and marcurious Mers and venus also Lauerna Protheus and plura regnen therin the towne ¶ Treuysa God wote what this is to mene dut poetes in theyr manere speche faynen as though euery kynde crafte lyuyng had dyuerse god eueryche from other And soo they fayned a god of bataylle and of fyghtyng called hym Mars and a god of couetyse and rychesse and marchaundyse and called hym mercurius And soo Bachus is called god of wyne Venus goddesse of loue and beaute Lauerna god of thefte and of robberyf Protheus god of falshede and of gyle and Pluto god of helle so it semeth that these verses wolde meane that these forsayd goddes regne and been serued in Chestre Mars with fyghtynge and tockynge Marcurius wyth couetyse and rychesse Bachus wyth grete drynkynge Venus with loue lewdly Lauerna with thefte and robbery Procheus with falshede and gyle Thenne is pluto not vnserued that is god of hell ¶ R. Ther babylon lore more myght hathe trouth the more ¶ Of prouynces and shyres ca. x. TAke hede the engloÌ„de coÌ„teyned xxxii shyres ê“uincê that now beÌ„ called Erldoms reserued Cernewale the yloÌ„de Alfre these beÌ„ the names of the erldoms shyres Kente sothsex sothery haÌ„pshyre barkshyre that hathe his name of a bare oke that is in the foreste of wyndesore forther wonte they to take their couÌ„seyl Also wylshyre that heet somtyme the ê“uince of semeran somerset dorset deynshyre that nowe is called Deuonia in latyn ¶ These ix Sourhshyres the Tamyse departed fome the other deale of Englonde whiche were some tyme gouerned and ruled by the westsaxons lawe Eestsex Meddelsex Soulfolke Northfolke Herdforthe shyre Huntyngdon shyre Beddeforsh shyre Bokyngham shyre Leycestre shyre Derby shyre Notyngham shyre Lyncolnshyre yorke shyre Durham shyre Northumberlonde Caâ—rleyll shyre with Cumberlonde Appelby shyre with westmerlonde Lancastre shyre that conteyenth fyue lytell shyres These fyftene Northe and Eest shyres were somtyme gouerned and ruled by the lawe called Mercia in latyn and marchene in Englysshe It is to wyte that yorke shyre stretcheth frome the Ryuer of Humbre vnto the Ryuer of Teyse And yet in yorke shyre ben .xxii. hondredis hondred and candredes is all one Candrede is one worde made of walsshe and Irysshe and is to menynge a countree that conteyneth an hondred townes And also in Englysshe called wepentake For somtyme in the comynge of a newe lorde tenauntes were wonte to yelde vp theyr wepen instede of homage Duram shyre stretcheth from the Ryuer of Teyse vnto the Ryuer of Tyne And for to speke proprely of Northumberlonde it stretcheth fro the Ryuer of Tyne vnto thou Ryuer of Twede That is in the begynnynge of Scotlonde Thenne yf the countre of Northumberlonde that was somtyme from Humbre vnto Twede be now a counted for one â—hyre one Erledome as it was somtyme ThenÌ„e ben in Englonde but .xxxii. shyres but yf the countre of Northumberlond be the departed in to .vi. shyres that ben Euerwykshyre Duramshyre Northumberlond Caerleylshyre Anpelbyshyre Lancastre shyre· Then in Englonde but .xxxvi. shyres without cornewale also without ylondes Kyng wyllyam made all these prouynces and shyres to be dyscryued and moten Then were founden .xxxvi shyres and halfe a shyre Twones two and fyfty thousande and four score Parysshe chyrches .xlv. thousande and twoo Knyghtes fees .lxxv. thousande wherof men of relygyon haue .xxvii. thousande and xv knyghtes fees But nowe the woodes ben hewen downe and the londe new tylled and made moche more than was at that tyme and many townes vyllages buylded so ther ben many mo vyllages townes now than were in that tyme. And were as a fore is wryten that Cornewale is not set amonge the shyres of Englond it may stonde amonge theÌ„ well ynough for it is nether in wales ne in scotlonde bute it is in Englonde and it Ioyneth vnto Deuenshyre so many ther ben accompted in Englonde xxxvii· shyres and an halfe with the other shyres ¶ De legibus leguÌ„que vocabilis DVnwallo that hyghte Molliuncius also made fyrste lawes in Brytayne the whiche lawes were called Moleuncius lawes and were solempnely obserued vnto wyllyam Conquerours tyme. Moliuncius ordeyned amonge his lawes that Cytees Temples and wayes that leden men therto and plowe men solowes shold haue preuelege and fredome for to saue all men that fle therto for socoure and refuge Thenne afterwade Mercia quene of Brytons that was Gwytelynus wyf of her the prouynce hadde the name of Mercia as some man suppose She made a lawe fulle of wytte and of reason was called Merchene lawe Gildas that wrote the Cronycles hystores of the Brytons torned these two lawes out of Bryton speche in to latyn And afterwarde kynge Aluredus torned alle oute of latyn in to Saxons speche and was called marchene lawe also the kynge Aluredus wrote in Englysshe and put to an other lawe that hyght westsaxon lawe Then afterwarde Danes were lordes in this londe and so came forth the thyrde lawe that heet Dane lawe Of these thre lawes saynt Edwarde the thyrde made one commune lawe that yet is called saynt Edwardes lawe I holde it well done to wryte here expowne many termes of these lawes Myndebrugh hurtynge of honour worshyp I frenche bleschurd hoÌ„nour burbruck in Frenche bleschurde courâ—ou de cloys Grichbruche brekyng of peas Myskennynge chaungynge of speche in court Shewynge settynge forth of marchaundyse Hamsokne or HaÌ„fare a rere made iÌ„ hous Forstallynge wronge or bette downe in the kynges hygh waye Fritsoken surete in defence Sak Forfayte Soka sute ef court therof cometh soken Theam Sute of bondemen fyghtynge wytte Amersemente fyghtynge blodewytte A Mersemente for shedynge of bloode Flytwytte Amendes for â—hydynge of bloode Leyrwytte Amendes for lyenge 〈◊〉 by a bounde woman Gultwytte Amendes for trespas Scot a gadryÌ„ge to werke of bayllyes Hydage tayllage for hydes
that se hath vnder hym a parte in Kent alone London hath vnder hym Estsex Myddelsex half Herdforthshyre Chychestre hath vnder hym Southsex the yle of wyght wynchestre hathe vnder hym Hampshyre Southery Salesbury hath vnder hym Barkshyre wyldshyre Dâ—rsete Exetre hath vnder hym Deuenshyre and Cornewayle bathe hath vnder hym Somerseteshyre alone wyrcestre hathe vnder hym Gloucestreshyre wyrcestreshyre and half warwykshyre Herdforde hath vnder hym Herfordshyre Chestre is bysshoppe of Couentree of Lychefelde hath vnder hym Cherstreshyre Staffordshyre Derbyshyre halfe warwykshyre and some of Shropshyre and some of Lancastreshyre fro the Ryuer of Mersee vnto the Ryuer Rypylle Lyncoln hath vnder hym the prouynces that ben bytwene Temse and humbre that ben the shyres of Lyncoln of Leycestre of Norhampton of Huntyngdon of Bedforde of Bockyngham of Oxenforde and halfe Herdefordeshyre Ely hathe vnder hym Cambrygeshyre outake Merlonde Norwyche hathe vnder hym Merlonde Norfolke and Suffolke Also tharchebysshop of Caunterbury hathe foure suffreygans in wales that ben Landaf Saynt Dauyes Bangor and saynt assaph The Archebysshop of yorke hathe nowe but two bysshops vnder hym that bene Durham and Caerleyll ¶ R. And so ben but two prymates in Englond what of hem shall doâ— to the other and in what manere poynt he shall be obedyent and vnder hym It is fully conteyned within aboute the yere of our lorde Ihesu cryste a thousande .lxxii. tofore the fyrst kynge wylliam the bysshops of Englond be commaundemente of the pope the cause was handled and treated bytwene the forsayd prymates ordeyned demed that the prymate of yorke shall be subgette to the prymate of CauÌ„terbury in thynges that longen to the worshyp of god and to the byleue of holy chirche that in what place euer it be in Englonde that the prymate of CauÌ„therbury wylhote constreyne togader a counseyll of clergy the prymate of yorke is holden with his suffrygans for to be there and for to be obedyent to the ordynaunce that there shall be lawfully ordeyned whan the prymate of yorke shall come to Caunterbury and with other bysshops he shall sacre hym that is chosen so wyth other bysshops he shall sacre hys owne prymate yf the prymate of yorke be dede his successour shall come vnto the bysshop of Caunterbury and he shall take his ordynauÌ„ce of hym and take hys othe with prosessyon lawfull obedyence After about the yere of our lord .xi. C. lxxxxv in the tyme of kyng Rycharde ben resons sette for the partye for eyther prymate what one prymate dyd to that other in tyme of Thurstinus of Thomas and of other bysshops of yorke frome the conqueste vnto kyÌ„ge Henryes tyme the thyrde Also there it is sayde howe eche of them starte frome other This place is but a forspekynge and not a full treatê therof Therfore it were noyfulle to charge this place with all thylke reasons ¶ Of howe many manere people haue dwelled therin ca. xiiii BRytous dwelled fyrst in this ylonde the xviii yere of Hely the prophete the .xi. yere of Solinus postumus kynge of Latyns .xliii. after the takynge of Troye tofore the buildynge of Rome CCC.xxxii yere ¶ Beda li. i They come hyder toke hyr cours frome armonyk that now is that other brytayn they helde longe tyme the south countres of the ylond It befell afterwarde in Vespasianus tyme duke of Rome That the Pyctes shypped oute of Scycya into Occean and were dryuen aboute with the wynde and entred in to the North costes of Irlonde and fouÌ„de there Scottes and prayed to haue a place to dwell Inne and myghte none gete For Irlonde as Scottes sayd myght not sustayne bothe people Scottes sente Pyctes to the northe syde of Englonde and behyght them helpe ayenste the Brytons that were theyr enemyes yf they wolde aryse and tooke them wyues of theyr doughters vppon suche condycyon yf doubte fylle whoo sholde haue ryght to be kynge they sholde rathar chese hym of the moder syde than of the fader syde of the women kyn rathar than of the men kynd ¶ Gaufre In Vaspasyan the Emperous tyme whan Marius Aruiragus sone was kynge of Brytons One Rodryk kynge of Pyctes came oute of Scycya and ganne to destroyed Scotlonde Marius the kynge slewe this Rodryk and gaue the north partye of Scotlonde that heet Cathenesia to the meÌ„ that were came with Rodryk and were ouercome by hym for to dwell Inne But these men had noo wyues ne none myght haue of the nacyon of brytons ther for they sailled into Irlonde toke to theyr wyues Irysshemens doughters by that couenaunte that the moder blood sholde be put tofore in successyon of herytage Gir. ca. xvii Netheles Sirinus super Vyrgilium saythe that Pyctes agatyrses that hadde some dwellynge plyce aboute the waters of Scycya and they ben called Pyctes of Peyntynge smytynge of woundes therfore they are called Pyctes as paynted men These men and these gothes ben all one peple For whan Maâ—imus the tyraunt was wente out of Brytayne into Fraunce fâ—r to occupye th empyre Then Gratianus and Valentianus that were brethern and folowes of th empyre brought these gothes out of â—cya with grete gyftes wyth flaterynge and â—re behestes into the north countre of Brytaâ—ne For they were stalworth and stronge mâ— of armes and soo these theues bryborus were made men of londe and of countree and dwelled in the northe countrees And helde there cytees and townes ¶ Gaufre Carancius thâ— tyraunt slewe Bassyanus â— and gafe the Pyâ—â—eâ— a dwellynge place in Albania that is Scotlond there they dwelled loÌ„ge tyme afterwarde and medled with Brytons ¶ R. Thenne sythe that Pyctes occupyed fyrste the 〈◊〉 syde of Scotlond It semeth that thâ— dwge place that this Carancius gaat them is the southe syde of Scotlonde that stretchethe frome thawrte ouer walle of Romayns werke to the Scottesshe see and conteyneth Galleway and Lodouia that is Lodewaye ¶ Thâ—rfore Beda li.iii ca. ii speketh in this manere Ninian the hooly man conuerted the southe Pyttes Afterwarde the Saxons come and made that Countree longe to Brenicia the Northe partye of Northumberlonde vnto the tyme that Kynadius Alpinus sone kynge of ScotloÌ„de put out of the Pyctes and made that countree that lyeth bytwene Twede and the Scottesshe see longe to his kyngdome ¶ Beda li· ca. i. Afterwarde longe tyme the Scottes were ledde by duke Renda and came oute of Irlonde that is propre couÌ„tree Scottes and with loue or with strenthe made hym a place fast by the Pyctes in the Northe syde of that arme of the see that breketh in to the londe in the weste syde that departed in olde tyme bytwene Brytons and Pyctes Of thys Duke Renda the Scottes hadde the name and were caled Darlendinas as it were Rendaes parte for in her speche a parte is called dall ¶ GirpÌ„ The pyctes myghte haue noo wyues of Brytons bute they toke hem wyues of Irysshe Scottes and promysed hem fayre for to dwell
Englonde and also of Scotlonde· ¶ And anone after in the same yere kynge Edwarde of Englonde receyued of the duke of Brytayne hys homage for the erldom and lordshyp of Rychmonde And so folowynge in the .ix. yere of hys regne after Myghelmas rode into Scotlond And there was faste by saynt IohaÌ„nes towne almoost all the wynter tyme And soo he helde his Crystemas at the castell of Rokersbourgh ¶ And in the same yere trughout all Englonde abowte saynt Clementys tyde in wynter ¶ Chere arose suche a sprengynge and wellynge vp of waters and also flodes bothe of the see and also of the fresshe ryuers and sprenges that the see bankes walles and costes brake vp that mennys bestes and housys in many places namely in lowe countrees vyolently and sodaynly were drowned and fruyte dryuen awaye of the erthe thrugh contynaunce and abundaunce of waters of the see ouer more afterwarde were torned into more saltnesse and sourenesse or sauoure ¶ The .x. yere of kynge Edwardes regne kynge Edwarde entred the Scottes see after Mydsomer And to many of the Scottes he haue bataylle and ouercame theym and many he treatyd and bowed vnto hys peas thrughe hys doughtynesse and hardynesse ¶ And after the feest of saynt Myghell thenne nexte folowynge was the erle of Moryf hadde and taken at Edenbrugh brought into Englonde and put into pryson ¶ And in the monethes of Iune and Iulii thaÌ„ next folowynge in the xi yere of his regne was seen and apperyed in the fyrmament a beme sterre the whiche clarkes calle stella Cometa that sterre was seen in dyuers partes of the fyrmament ¶ Where after anone there folowed in Englonde goode chepe and wonder greate plente of chaffare vytaylles marchandyse there ayenst honger scarsyte myscheyf and nede of monye ¶ In so moche that a quartre of whete at London was solde for two shellynge and a good fatte oxe att a noble and fyue good douues byrdes for a peny In whiche yere deped syr IohnÌ„ of â—lâ—am erle of Cornewaylle that was kynge Edwardes brother and lyeth atte westmestre ¶ How kynge Edwarde made a duchye of the Erldome of Cornewayle and also of syxe other Erles that were newe made and of the fyrste chaleÌ„ge of the kyngdodome of Fraunce IN the yere of our lorde a M. CCC.xxx.vii and of kynge edwarde .xii. in the moneth of marche durynge the parlement at westmestre in lente tyme kynge Edwarde made of the erldome of Cornewayle a duchye and lete it calle the duchye of Cornewayle the whiche ducye he gaaf vnto Edwarde hys fyrste sone with the erldom of Chestre And also kyng Edwarde made att that same tyme syxe other erles That is for to saye Syr Henry the erle of Lancastres sone erle of Leycetre Wyllyam of BughuÌ„ erle of NorthamptoÌ„ wyllyam of Mountagu erle of Salysbury Hughe of Awdell erle of Gloucestre Roberte of Vâ—orde erle of Southfolke And wyllyam of Clyton Erle of Huntyngeton ¶ And in that same yere it was ordeyned in the same parlemente that no man sholde were noo clothe that was wrought out of Englond as clothe of golde ne of sylke or veluet or damaske or satyne baudkyn ne none suche other ne none wylde ware ne furres of bynde that see But suche as myght spende an hundred pouÌ„de of rente by yere but this ordynauÌ„ce statute was but of lytyl effect For yt was no thynge holden ¶ In the .xiii. yere of his regne kynge Edwarde went ouer see into Braban with quene Phylyp his wyf there beryng a chylde at And warpe there he dwellyd more than a yere for to treate wyth the duke of Braban and other alyed vnto hym of the chalengynge of the kyngdome of Fraunce to kynge Edwarde of Englond by ryght and by herytage after the deth of Karoll the grete kynge of Fraunce brother Gerymayne of quene Isabell kynge Edwardes moder the whyche was holden and occupyed vnryghtfull by Phylyp of Valoys the eÌ„mys of kynge Karoll the wheche duke and all his in the forsayd thynges all other longynge there to with alle hys men and goodes kynge Edwarde founde redy vnto hym and made behyght hym suerte by good fayth truste and after that the kyng hath hym ayen into Englonde lelft there the quene styll be hynde hym in Braban Than in the .xiiii. yere of his regne whan all the lordes of his reame other that oughten to be at his parlement were called assembled togyder in the same parlemeÌ„t holden at London after the feest of saynt Hylarye The kynges nedes were put forth promothed as touchinge the kyngdom of Fraunce For whiche nedes to be spedde the kynge axed the fyfte parte of alle the meuable goodes of Englonde the wulles the .ix. sheep of euery corne And alle the lordes of euery towne where suche thynges sholde be taxed gadryd sholde answere to the kynge therof had it and helde it at his owne lust wyl wherfore yf I shold knowleche the very trouth the ynner loue of the people was torned in to hate And the comyn prayers in to cursinge for cause that the comune people were soo strongely greued ¶ Also the for sayd Phylyp Valoys of Fraunce had gadred vnto hym a grete hoste destroyed in hys partyes kyngdome many of the kynges frendes of Englonde wyth townes castels many other of theyr lordhypoes and many harmes shamys dystytes dyd vnto the quene wher fore kyng Edwarde whan he herde thys tydynges strongely meued therwythe and red and sente dyuers letters ouer see to the quene to other that were his frendes Glagynge them certefyenge them that he wolde be there hymself in all the haste that he mygh ¶ And anone after Ester whan he had sped of all thinges that hym neded to haue he went ouer see ayen Of whose cominge the quene all hys frendes were wonder glad made moche Ioy And all that were his enmyes and held ayenst hym made as moche sorow ¶ In the same tyme the kynge thrughe counseyll of hys trewe lyeges and counsell of hys lordes that there we represent wyth hym wryte the kynhe of FrauÌ„ces name and toke and medled the kynges armes of Fraunce quartred with tharmes of Englond and commaunded forth with hys coyen of golde vnder dyserypcyon and wrytynge of the name of englonde and of Fraunce be made beste that myght bee and that is to saye the floreyne that was callyd the noble pryce of .vi shellynge .viii pens sterlynge and the half nobell the value iii· shellynge and .iiii. pens and the far thynges the value of .xx. pens ¶ How kynge Edwarde came vnto the scuys and dyscomfyted alle the power of Fraunce in the hauen ANd in the next yere after that is to say the .xv. yere of his regne he coÌ„mauÌ„ded and lete wryte in his chartres wryttes other letters the date of the regne of fraunce the fyrst And whyle that he was thus doynge and trauayllynge in
westmerlondes brother andrewe Trollop and many knyghtes squers ¶ Thenne Kynge Henry that had be kyng â— beynge wyth the quene and the prynce att yorke herynge the losse of that felde And so moche peple slayne and ouerthrowe anone forthe with departed all thre wyth the duke of Somerset the lorde Roos and other towarde Scotlande And the nexte daye after kynge Edward with all his armye entred in to yorke and was ther proclaymyd kynge and obeyed as he ought too be And the Mayre and comyns swore to be his lyegemen and whan they had taryed a whyle in the northe that all the north and that al the north countree had torned to hym he retorned south warde leuynge behynde hym the erle of werwyk in tho partyes to gouerne rule that countre And aboute Mydsomer after the yere of our lorde M. cccc.lx the fyrste yere of hys regne he was crowned att westmÌ„ anoynted kiÌ„ge of engloÌ„de hauyng possessyoÌ„ of al the reame CAlyxtus the thyrde was pope after Nycholas thre yere v. monethes this Calyxte was an olde maÌ„ whaÌ„ he was chose pope was coÌ„tynually seke ne he myght not fulfyll his desyre which he enteÌ„ded to do ayeÌ„st the turkys for deth came vpoÌ„ hym he was chose in the yere of our lord M. cccc.lv he deyed the .vi. daye he made the fyguracyoÌ„ also he canonysed saynt viÌ„ceÌ„t a frere precher ther was a grete reformacyoÌ„ of many monasteryes of the worlde those reformacyons were made many tymes but all most none abode but the retorned ayen home by successyoÌ„ of tyme after the dethe of the worshypfull faders· the feste of the TransfiguracyoÌ„ was ordeyned of Calyxt for the yefte of grace of the merueylous vyctory done ayeÌ„st the Turke in HuÌ„gary on saynt Syxtus day M. CCCC.lvii For there was a merueylous vyctory yeue to the CrysteÌ„ meÌ„ in Hungary ayeÌ„st the greate Turke there he loste many a maÌ„ fledde shaÌ„fully for drede of enemyes noman folowed hym but alone the hoÌ„de of god feryd the Turke his hoost on saynt Calyxte daye saynt IohnÌ„ de Caprystrano was there seen preseÌ„t he prouoked the people that were aferde to folow the mysbeleuiÌ„ge Turkes there fell a grete veÌ„geauÌ„ce on theym for the Turkes sayd that there was so grete a noÌ„bre of knyghtes that folowed theÌ„ That vnnethe they durste looke bacwarde therfore they fledde lefte al ther tresour behynde theÌ„ they were angelles that caused theym to flee Nota PRynters of bookes were myghtely multyplyed in Maguncie thrughoute the worlde there began fyrste· there helde theyr craftes thys tyme myny meÌ„ begaÌ„ to be more subtyll in craftes swyterf thaÌ„ euer they were afore PIus the secoÌ„de was pope after Calyxt .vi. yere Thys pius was chose iÌ„ the yere of our lorde M. CCCC.lviii he was called Eneas an eloqueÌ„t man a grete oratour a laureate poete and in the couÌ„seyll of Basyle he wrote a noble tretyse for thattoryte of the same This maÌ„ desyred to haue a passage to the Turke moche people of dyuerse countres came to Rome he yaue theym his blessynge and sente theym home ayeÌ„ for they were not sufficieÌ„t for the Turkes hoste anone after he decessyd POules a venetiaÌ„ was pope after Pyus vii yere This poule was chose in the ye yere of our lorde M. cccc.lxiiii And anone he halowed the feste of the presentacyoÌ„ of our lady as pius dyd This maÌ„ was a toughmaÌ„ in ryght wysnes he sayd it was bett to make fewe thinges and make them stedfastly than for to make many sone reuoke theÌ„ And he mad a grete pallays at saynt Markys and he decessed or he had ended it in the yere of our lorde M. cccc.lxxi ¶ LeodinÌ„ the londe of luke was oppressed with many trybulacyons after in the yere of our lorde M. cccc.lxviii vterly it was distroyed bi CaroluÌ„ the duke of Bourgoyn that whiche wedded dame Margarete syster to kynge Edwarde the forth of Englonde Also the same karoluÌ„ entred in the londe of Gelder and conquyred it hooly The yere of grace also was chaunged by pope Poule for fauoure of maÌ„nys soule frome .xxv. yere to .xxv. yere And by case the cursydnesse abouÌ„ded so sore greaâ—e abouÌ„ded also sore SIxtus the fourth a Iohannes a frere minor was pope after paule This maÌ„ was geneall in the ordre of the frere mynors or he was Cardynal And he was choseÌ„ in the yere of our lorde M. cccc.lxxi And was called FraÌ„ciscus de Sanona of good fame and vertuost He was choseÌ„ Cardynall wythout his Knowlege tyll he was made the same yere that he was choseÌ„ pope The turke had takeÌ„ fro me cristeÌ„ meÌ„ two empyres four kyngdomes .xx. prouiÌ„ces and two huÌ„dred cytyes· had destroyed meÌ„ wymmeÌ„ without noÌ„bre And the meuyd the pope that he sholde dyspose hym to goo to wythstonde hym And for an armye to be made ayenst the Turke the pope gaue grete Indulgentes of pardon of the tresori of the cyrche vnto all crysteÌ„ reames that he myght ordeyne some tresore to withstande the mysbeleued Turke And in the loÌ„de of Englonde IohnÌ„ abbot of Abyngdon was the popes legate to dyspose this goodli tresoure of the chyrche to euery feythful maÌ„ that was disposed and that wolde able hym to receyue it ¶ Here endeth this present Cronycle of Englonde with the fruyte of tymes compyled in A booke And also newely Enprynted in the yere of our lorde god M. CCCCC .xv. by me Iulyan Notary dwellynge in powlys chyrche yarde besyde the westedore by my lordes palyes ¶ Here foloweth a lytell treatyse the whyche treateth of the descripcion of this loÌ„de whiche of olde thyme was named Albyon And after Brytayne And nowe is called Englonde and speketh of the noblesse worthynesse of the same ¶ It is soo that in many and dyuerse places the comyn Cronycles of Englonde ben had and also nowe late Enprynted And for as moche as the dyscrypcyon of thys londe whyche of olde tyme was named Albyon and after Brytayne Is not descryued ne comynly hadde ne the noblenesse and worthynesse of the same is not knowen Therfore I entende to sette in this booke the descrypcyon of this sayde yle of Brytayne and wyth the commodytes of the same ¶ In the fyrste shalle be tolde the name of the ylonde Capitulo primo ¶ Of the settynge boundynge lenthe and brede ca. ii ¶ Of the worthynesse perogaciones ca. iii. ¶ Of the merueyles of the wondres ca. iiii ¶ Of the chyef partyes of the same londe· Capitulo· v. ¶ Of the ylondes that been therto adiacente Capitulo vi ¶ Of the kynges hygh wayes stretes ca vii ¶ Of the famous Ryuers stremes ca. viii ¶ Of auncyent cytees and townes ca. ix ¶ Of prouynces and shyres ca. x. ¶ Of the lawes names of the lawes ca xi ¶ Of kyngdoms