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Here begynneth a shorte and abreue table on the Cronycles ...; Saint Albans chronicle.
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Higden, Ranulf, d. 1364. Polycronicon. English. Selections.; Trevisa, John, d. 1402.
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had leuer to be deed than with hym to deale soo moche payne sorowe I haue whan he me â—oclyeth ¶ whan Kay and. Bed were had all that thys woman theÌ„ tolde they torned ayen came to kynge Arthur and tolde hym all that they had seen and herde ¶ Arthur anone toke them bothe wit hym and wente pryuely by nyght that none of his hoste wyste and came on the morowe erly to the. Gyaunt and faught wyth hym strongely and at the laste hym slewe And Arthur badde Bed were smyte of hys heed and brynge it to the host to shewe it for a wonder for it was soo grete and huge ¶ whan they came ayen to the hoste they tolde wherfore they hadde ben out and shewed to them the heed and euery man was gladde and. Ioyefull of the worthy dede that kynge Arthur had done that was theyr lorde And Howell was full sorowfull for his nece that was so loste And after warde whan he had space he lete make a fayre chapell of our lady ouer Eleyns tomebe ¶ How kynge Arthur yaue bataylle to the Emperperour in the whyche bataylle the Emperour hymself was slayne ARthur and his people herde tydynges that the. Emperour had assembled a greate power as well of sarasyns as of paynyms and crysten men wherof the nombre was .lxxx. thousande hors men with foot meÌ„ ¶ Arthur and his people ordeyned faste forth theyr waye towarde the. Emperour and passed Normandy and. Fraunce vnto Burgoyne and wolde haue gone vnto the hoste For men tolde hym that the. Emperours host wolde come to Lucie ¶ The Emperour and hys hoste in the begynnynge of August remeued from Rome and came forthe ryght the waye â—o warde the hoste ¶ Tho came kyng Arthur spyes and sayde yf that Arthur wolde he sholde fynde the Emperour there faste by put they sayd that the Emê‘our had so grete power wyth hym of kinges of the loÌ„de of Paynems also cristen peple that it were but folyt to kyng Arthur to mete with theÌ„ For the spyes tolde that the emê‘our had fyue or six men ayenst one of his ¶ Kyng Arthur was blody hardy and for noo thynge hym nysmayed and sayede Goo we boldely in goddes name ayenste the. Romayns that wyth them lede Sarrasyns and. Paynems that noo maner truste they haue in god But only vpon theyr strengh Go we now and seke them sharply in the name of almyghty god slee we the â–ª Paynems and crysten men that ben ayenst vs with theÌ„ for to destroye CrysteÌ„ men And god shall vs helpe theÌ„ to ouercome For we haue the ryght â—penyon and therfore haue we truste in god And we so that the enmyes that be to crystendome and to god may be destroyed and ouercome that men maye recorde the worthynesse of knyght hode whan kynge Arthur hadde thus sayd they cryed all wyth an hyghe voys ¶ God that is fader almyghty worshypped be thy name without ende Amen And graunt vs grace well for to do and to destroye oure enmyes that ben ayenst crystendome In the name of the fader the sone and holy ghost Amen And god yeue hym neuer grace ne worshyp in the worlde ne mercy of hym to haue that thys daye shall faynte well for to smyte and egerly And so they rode softly ordeyned his wynges well wysely ¶ The Emperour herde telle that kynge Arthur his folke were redy appaerylled for to fyght with hym and how they were comynge He lete ordeyne hê wynges iÌ„ the best wyse that he cowde And more trusted vpon his strenght than in god almyghty that was seen afterwarde· For whan the two hostes mette the. Emperour lost four of hys folke ayenst one of Arthur And so many were slayne \ what on the one party on that other that it was grete pyte to wyte to be beholde ¶ In thys batayll were slayne thrugh kynge Arthurs fyue kynges of the Paynems and of other wonder moche people and kyng Arthurs men fought so well that the Romayns and paynems hadde nomore strengthe to wythstonde them than .xx. shepe ayenst fyue wulues ¶ And so it befelle that in thys batayll in the shoure that was wonder harde longe durynge in that one syde and in that other the. Emperour amonge them there was slayne but ther was no man that wyste for very so the who hym slewe ¶ How kynge Arthur lete entyere his knyghtes that he had lost there in batayll and how he sente the. Emperours body to Rome that there was slayne in batayll SO whan the. Romayns wyst that the Emperour was deed they forsoke the felde the paynens also And kynge Arthur after them chaced tyll it was nyght soo many of them slewe that it was wonder to tell And the torned kynge Arthur ayen whan it was nyght thanked god of hys victorye And on the morowe he lete loke and serche all the felde for his knyghtes that he there lost That is to saye Borell Erle of Maunt. Bed were and Kay and. Lyegiers Erle of Boleyne Vortiger Erle of Baac Aloth Erle of wynchestre Cuisall Erle of Chestre and after Holden Erle of Flaandres These were the grete lordes that kynge Arthur loste in that batayll wyth other worthy knyghtes them amonge And some he lete entere in abbayes by the countree some he lete to be borne in to theyr owne couÌ„tree ¶ And the Emperours body he lete take put vpon a beyr sente it to Rome And sayde to the Romayns that for Brytayne FrauÌ„ce whiche he helde other truage wolde hen one paye ¶ And yf they axeâ— hym ony other truages ryght suche truage he wolde theym payne ¶ The kynge lete bere Kay to Kenen his owne castel there hym entered And Leygier was borne to Boleyne there he was lorde And Holden was borne to Flaunders there he was entered And all the other he lete entere wyth moche honour in abbayes in houses of relyon in the couÌ„tre that they were slayne ¶ And Arthur hymself soiourned that same yere in Bourgoyne with his hoste thoughte the same yere folowynge to passe the mount Ioye haue gone to Rome also to haue taken the Cyte and haue put the Romoyns in subiecyon but the wycked tyraunt Mordred hym lette as afterye shall here ¶ How the traytour Mordred to whome kynge Arthur tooke hys londe to kepe and his castelles helde them ayenst hym â–ª AS Arthur had taken to Mordred hys reame to kepe gone ayenst the Emperour of rome was passed the see Mordred anoÌ„e toke homages feates of all theym that were iÌ„ this londe wolde haue had this londe to his owne vse toke castelles about lete theÌ„ be arayed after thys falsenesse he dyde an other grete wronge for ayenst the lawe of crysteÌ„ te he tooke hys owne emys wyf as a traytour shold ordeyned him a grete host ayeÌ„st arthurs comyng to hold the londe ayenst hym with streÌ„gthe for euer more
to slee kyng Arthur yf he myght sent by the see by londe lete asseÌ„ble paynems crysten peple And he sent to Saxons to Danys for to helpe hym also Mordred sent to Cheldrik to sende men to hy mour of Saxon that was a worthy duke promysed hym yf that he brought wyth hym moche people he wylde graunte hym Inherytaunce for euer all the londe fro Humbre to Scotlonde and all the londe that Engist hadde of Vortigers yeâ—re whan that he spowsed hys doughter ¶ And cheldrik came with a grete strengthe and power of people and. Mordred hadde assembled also on his half that they hadde .xl. thousande of stronge knyghtes whan that they hadde nede ¶ How Arthur enchanced Mordred the traytour and how he was slayne and also kynge Arthur wounded to the deth AS thys tydynges came to kynge Arthur there that he was in Bourgoyne he was full sore anoyed and toke all Fraunce to Howell for to kepe with the half deale of his men And prayed hym that he wold it kepe tyll he came ayen For hymselfe wolde passe in to Brytayne and auenge hym vpon Mordred that was his traytour And forth with Arthur wente his waye came to wytsande and made his men to go in to shyppe and wolde haue arryued at Sandwyche brought with hym a grace host of FreÌ„shemen also with his owne londe men But or that he myght come to londe wyth his people that were come out of hys shyppes Mordred was come wyth all his power and yaue a stronge batayll soo that kynge Arthur lost many a man are that he myght come to londe For there was Gawayne hys neuewe slayne Anguysshell that helde Scotlonde and many other wherof kynge Arthur was ful sory But after they were come to londe Mordred myghte not ayenst them endure But anone was dyscomfyted flydde thens the same nyght with his men vpon the morne came to· London But tho of the cyte wolde not suffre hym to come in And from thens he fledde to wynchestre and there he hym helde with his people that came with him ¶ Kynge Arthur lete take the body of Gawyne his cofyn the body of Anguysshell and lete the one be borne in to Scotlonde and the other to Douer buryed Anone after kynge Arthur toke his waye for to destroye mordred he fledde thens in to Cornewayle ¶ And the quen Gunâ—or that was kyng Arthurs wyf that thosoiourned 〈◊〉 yorke herde the Mordred was fledde thens that he might not endure ayenst kyng Arthur she was fore aferde had grete doubte wyst not what was beste of all for to done For she vnderstode well that her lorde kynge Arthur wolde neuer of her for to haue marcy for the grete shame that she had done vnto hym And toke her a waye pryuely with four men without moo and came to Karlyon there she dwelled all there lyue and neuer after was seen amonges the folke her lyf duryng ¶ Kynge Arthur wyst that Mordred was fledde in to Cornewayle lete sende after his men in to Scotlonde and Northomberlonde vnto Humbre and lete assemble folke without nombre and came fro thens in to Cornewayle to seke and pursewe after Mordred ¶ And Mordred had assembled to hym all the folke of Cornewayle and had people without nombre 〈◊〉 wyst that Arthur was comynge and had leuer to deye and take his chauÌ„ce than longer flee abode and yaue an harde batayll to kynge Arthur to his people so that moche people was slayne what of one syde what of that other that noman wyst who had the better party But so it befell at the last that Mordred was slayne al his folke the good chyualry that kynge Arthur had gadred nourysshed of dyuer londes and also the noble knyghtes of the rounde table that so moche were praysed thorugh oute all the worlde were there slayne kynge Arthur hymself was wounded vnto dethe But he lete hym to be borne to Auioun to be heeled of his woundes And yet the. Brytons supposed that he lyued in an other lond and that he shall come yet and conquere alle Brytayne ¶ But certes this is the prophecye of Merlyn He sayde that his deth shall be doubtous and sayde sothe For therof yet men haue doubte and shall haue for euer more as men saye For meÌ„ wote not wyther that he is on lyue or deed ¶ Arthur was borne at Auioun the .xxii. yere of his regne after the. Incarnacyon of our lorde Ihesu Cryste .v. C.xlvi yere How kynge Arthur delyuered the reame vnto Constantyne the sone of Cador his neuewe AS kynge Arthur wyste that he myght noo lenger regne he lette come before hym Constantyne that was Cadors sone Erle of Cornewayle his cosyn to hym betoke all his reame toke him sayd bad hym therof to be kynge tyll that he came ayen for as moche as he had none heeyre of hys body begoten And grete damage was it that soo noble a kynge and soo doughty as he was hadde noo chylde of his body begoten But all thynge that god woll haue done must be done whose name be blessyd wythout ende ¶ How kynge Constantyne was vexed of Mordred two sones THis Constantyne was a noble knyght and a worthy of body And tho two sones that Mordred had begoten had grete enuy of ConstaÌ„tyne that tho was crowned kynge And so it befell that they meued warre ayenst hym And assembled a grete host of them that were before with Mordred had ben dryuen a waye that dyd moche sarowe anguysshe thrughout all that londe That one brother ordeyned purposed hym towarde the auncyent Cyte of London for to take the cyte And that other went to wynchestre But Constantyne came to LoÌ„don slewe hym that was there And after he went to wyÌ„chestre slewe hym that was there also So that bothe his enmyes were deed ¶ And whan Constantyne had regned well worthely four yere he deyed lyeth at LoÌ„don ¶ Of the kynges Adelbryght of Edell AFter kynge Constantynes dethe there were two kynges in Brytayne the one was called Adelbryght that was a danoys And he helde the couÌ„tree of Norfolke Southfolke That other hyght Edell was a. Bryton \ and helde Nicholl Lendeser and all the londe vnto Humbre These two kynges faste warred togyder but after accorded they were and loued togyder as they had ben borne of oo body ¶ The kynge Edell had a suster that was called Orewenne And he gaf her thrught grete freodshyp to kyng Adelbryght to wyf And he begate vpon her a doughter that was called Argentyll And in the thyrde yere after came vpon hym a strange sykenesse that nedes he must deye And he sente to kynge Edell hys broder in lawe that he sholde come and speke wyth hym and he came to hym wyth a good wyll ¶ Tho prayed he the kynge and coniured hym also in the name