yâ— flyr and in the yere come euerie Anne into EngloÌ„de 〈◊〉 to be spoused to kynge Rycharde hir â—â—der was Emperour of Almaynt kynge of 〈◊〉 with hir 〈…〉 be of 〈…〉 and many other worthy 〈◊〉 knyghtes of hys 〈◊〉 of Beme and of other duche tonges to do hyr reuerence worshyp And syr Symonde veuerle a worthy knyght of yâ— garter and other knyghtes and squyres that were the kynges embassatoureâ— brought hyr in to Englonde and so forth to London And the people of yâ— cyte that is to saye the mayer the aldermen and all comynes roden ayenste hyr to welcome hyr and euery man in goode araye and euery craft with his mynstralsye in the best maner wyse and mette with hyr on the blacke hethe in Kent and so brought hyr vnto London thrugh the cyte and so forth 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 frendes that came with hyr had den grete gyftes were well cherysshed refresshed as longe tyme as they abode there ¶ And in this same yere ther was a batayll done in the kynges palays at westmynster for certayn poyntes of treason bytwene syr IohnÌ„ Ansley knyght defendaunt and Carton squyre the appellaunt But this syr IohnÌ„ of Ansley ouer came this Carton and made hym to yelde hym within yâ— lystes And anone was this Carton dyspoyled of his harneys drawen out of the lystes and so forth vnto Tyburne and there he was hanged for his falsnesse ¶ And in the .viii. yere of the regne of kynge Rycharde the seconde syre Edmonde of Langley the. Erle of Cambrydge kynge Rychardes vncler wente in too Portyngale wyth a fayr companye of men of armes and archers in strengthynge and helpynge the kynge of Portyngale ayenst yâ— kynge of spayne his power and there the kynge of Portyngale had the vyctory of his enemyes thrughe helpe and comforthe of oure Englysshmen And. whan that Iourney was done yâ— erle of Cambrydge come home ayen with his people into Englande in hast blessed be god and his blessyd gyftes Amen ¶ And this same yere kyng Rychard helde his Crystmas in the maner of Eltham ¶ And the same yere and tyme the kynge of Armony fledde out of his owne londe and come in to Englonde for to haue helpe and so coure of oure kynge ayenst his enmyes that hadde dryuen hym out of his owne reame And so he was brought vnto the kynge to Elcham there as the kynge helde his ryall feest of Crystmasse ¶ And there our kynge welcomed hym and did hym moche reuerence worshyp commaunded all his lordes to make hym al the chere that euer they coude And than he besought the kynge of his grace and of helpe of his comforth in his nede yâ— he myght be brought ayen to his kingdome and londe For the Turkes hadde deuoured and bestroyed the moost parte of his londe how he fledde for drede and come hyder for socout helpe And thenne the kynge hauynge on hym pyte and compassyon of his greate myscheif and greuous dysease anone he toke hys couÌ„seyll and asked what was beste to do And they answered and sayd yf it lyked hym to gyue hym ony good it were weldone And as touchynge his people for to trauell so ferre into out londes it were a greate Ieoperdye And soo the kynge gaaf hym golde and syluer and many ryche gyftes and Iewels and betaughte hym to god and so he passed ayen oute of Englonde ¶ And in this same yere kynge Rycharde with a ryall power weÌ„ te into Scotlonde for to warre vpon the Scottes for the falsnes and destruccyon that the Scottes had done vnto Englysshmen in the Marches And thanne the Scottes come downe too the kynge for to treate with hym and with his lordes for trewes as for certayne yeres And so our kynge his couÌ„seyll grauÌ„ted theym trewes for certayne yeres and our kyng torned hym ayen into Englonde And whan he was comen vnto yorke there he abode and rested hyâ—â— there And there syr IohnÌ„ Holonde the erle of Kentes broder slewe the erles sone of Scafforde his heyre with a dagger in yâ— cyte of yorke wherfore the kynge was sore anoyed greued remeued thens came to LoÌ„don And the mayer with yâ— aldermen the comyns with all the solempnyte that myght be done ryden ayenste yâ— kynge brought hym ryally thrugh the cyte and soo forth vnto westmynster to his owne palays ¶ And in the .ix. yere of kynge Rychardes regne he helde a parlement at westmynster there he made two dukes a marqueys fyue erles The fyrst that was made duke was the kynges vncle syr Edmonde of Langle erle of Cambrydge 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 yâ— was erle of Oxforde hym he made marqueys of Deuelyne And Hernry of Balyngbrok the dukes sone of Lancastre hym he made erle of Derby And sir Edwarde yâ— dukes sone of yorke hym he made erle of Ruttelonde And syre Iohan Holonde that was the Erle of Kentes broder and hym he dyd make erle of Huntyngdon ¶ And Syre Thomas Mombraye hym he made Erle of Notyngham and the Erle Marshalle of EngloÌ„de And sir Mychelde lapole knyght hyÌ„ he made erle of South folk and ChauÌ„celer of EngloÌ„de And yâ— erle of yâ— Marche at yâ— same parlelemeÌ„t holden at westmynster in playne parlemeÌ„t amonges all the lordes comyns was proclamed erle of the Marche and heyre Parente to the crowne of Englonde aftere kynge Rycharde the whiche erle of the Marche wente ouer see in to Irlonde vnto his lordshyppes and londes for the erle of Marche is erle of Vlster in Irlonde and by ryght lyue and herytage And there atte the castell of hys he laye that tyme and there came vpon hym a grete multytude in busshmeÌ„tes of wylde Irysshmen for to take hym and destroye hyÌ„ And he come out fyersly of his castell with his people and manly faught with theÌ„ and there he was taken hewen all too pyeces and so he deyed vpon whos soule god haue mercy ¶ And in the .x. yere of kynge Rychardes regne the erle of AruÌ„dell went to the see with a greate nauye of shyppes armed with men of armes good archers And whan they come in the brode see they mette with the hole flete that come with wyne lade from Rochell the whiche wyne were enemyes goodes And there our nauye sette vpon theym toke theym all and brought theym vnto dyuerse portes and hauens of Englonde some to London and there ye myghte haue had a tonne of Rochell wyne of yâ— heste for xx shellynge sterlynge and soo we had greate chepe of wyne in Englonde yâ— tyme thanked be god almyghty ¶ How
of all his londe And it befell so that Albanak dwelled in his owne londe with moche honour worshyp And thenne came kynge Humbar of Hunlonde with a grete power aryued in Albyne wolde haue conquered the londe began to warre vpon kynge Albanak and hym slewe in batall Whan Albanak was slayne the people of that londe fledde vnto Lotrin tolde hym for he was kynge of Brytayne how that his brother was slayne prayed hym of his helpe and of his socour for to auenge his brothers deth Lotrin there anone lete assemble all the Brytons of Kente of Douer in to Derewent of Northfolke Southfolke of Keftefen and Lyndessey And whan they were assembled they spedde them faste towarde ther enemyes for to yeue them batayll And Lotrin had sent to Cambar his brother that he sholde come vnto hym with all the power that he myght make hym for to helpe so he dyde with a good wyll And so they came togyders toke ther ware pâ—â—â—ely for to go and seke Humbar where they myght hym fynde And so it befell that this Humbar was besyde a water that was a grete ryuer with his folke 〈◊〉 for to dysporte And there came Lotrin Cambar his brother with all ther people sodaynly or that ony of that other wyst And whan Humbar sawe them come he was sore adiadde for as moche as his men wyste it not afore and also they were vnarmed And anone Humbar for drede lepte in to the water and drowned hymself and so he deyed and his men were all slayne so that noâ—e of them escaped And therfore is that water called Humbar and euer more shall be for by cause that this kynge Humbar therin was drowned ¶ And after that Lotrin wente to his shyppes toke there golde and syluer as moche as he founde vnto hymself And all that other pylfre he gaaf vnto other folke of the hoste And they founde in one of the shyppes a fayr damoysell that was kynge Humbars doughter she was called Estrylde And whan Lotrin sawe her he toke her with hym for her fayrnessse And for her he was ouâ—er taken in lone wolde haue wedded her This tydynges came to Corin and anone thought to auenge hym vpon Lotrin For as moche as Lotrin had made couenauÌ„t for to spowse Corins doughter that was called Guentolin And Corin in hast wente vnto hym vnto newe Troy thus he sayd to Lotrin Now certes sayd he ye rewarde me full euyll for all the paynes that I haue suffred had many tymes for Brute your fader And therfore syth it is so I wyl auenge me now vpon you And he drewe his fawcon on hygh and wolde haue slayne this Lotrin the kynge But the damoysell wente bytwene tho and made them to be accorded in this manere That Lotrin sholde wedde or spowse Guentolin that was Corins doughter so Lotrin dyd And netheles whan that he had spowsed Guentolin Corins doughter pryuely he came to Estrylde brought her with childe gate vpon her a doughter the whiche was called Abram And it befell so that anone after Corin deyed after whan he was deed Lotrin forsoke Guentolin that was his wyf and made Estrylde quene And there Guentolin that was his wyf wente from thens all in greate yre wrathe vnto Cornewayle there seased all the londe in to her owne honde for as moche as she was her faders heyre she vndertoke feautes and homages of all the men of the londe And afterwarde assembled a grete hoste and a grete power of men for to be auenged vpon Lotrin that was her lorde and to hym came yaue hym a stronge batayl and there was Lotrin her husbonde slayne and his men dyscomfyted in the .v. yere of his regne Guentolin lete take Estrylde and Abram her doughter and bounde them bothe honde foot cast them bothe in to a water so they were drowned Wherfore that water was euer more after called Abram after the name of the damoysell that was Estryldes doughter And Englysshe men call that water Seuerne Walshmen call it Abram vnto this daye to And whan this was done Guentolin lete crowne her quene of all the londe gouerned the londe full well wysely vnto the tyme yâ— Madan her sone that Lotrin had goten vpon her was of .xx. yere of age yâ— he myght be kynge so the quene regned .xv. yere And thenne lete she crowne her sone kynge and he regned gouerned the londe well worthely And she wente in to Cornewayle and there she dwelled all her lyues tyme. ¶ How Madan regned in peas all his lyfe MAdam sone to Lotrin regned on the Brytayns .xl. yere the whiche began to regne the .xv. yere of Saul And this Madan lyued in peas all his dayes gote two sones Mempris and Maulin Thenne he deyed and lyeth at newe Troy ¶ Anno mundi .iiij. M.C.xxij Et ante xpÌ„i natiuitateÌ„ M.lxxxiiij Here begynneth the fourth aege durynge to the transfygracyon Dauyd DAuyd the seconde kynge in Israel regned this tyme a man chosen after the desyre of god And he was anoynted in his yonge aege by Samuel after the deth of Saul regned .xl. yere this Dauyd was as a meruaylle in all mankynde In whom euer was founde to moche power so moche humâ—lyte â–ª so moche noblynes so moche 〈◊〉 so grete a charge of seculary chynges so pure deuoute a contemplacoÌ„n of spirytuall thyngê so many men to kylle so many teres to wepe for his tirspaâ—s Plura vide .i. reguÌ„ ¶ Abiathat this tyme was bysshop he fledde fro Saull vnto Dauyd he was gloryous with hym all his dayes Gad. Nathan and Asoph were prophetes thenne And Nathan was brother sone to Dauyd ¶ How Mempris slewe his brother Maulyn THis Mempris and his brother Maulyn stroue fast for the londe And Mempris began to regne the .xxxv yere of Dauyd And for by cause that he was the eldest sone he wolde haue hads all the londe Maulyn wolde not suffre hym so that they toke a daye of loue accorde And at this daye Mempris lete kylle his brother thorugh treason hymself afterwarde helde yâ— londe And anone lete crowne hym kynge regned And after became so lyther a man that he destroyed within a whyle all the men of his londe And at the laste he became so wycked and so lecherous that he forsoke his owne wyfe and vsed the synne of Sodomy Wherfore almyghty god was gretely dyspleased and sore wrothe with hum And vpon hym toke vengauÌ„ce for by cause of his wyckednesse For on a daye as he wente forth on huntynge in a forest there he loste all his men that were with hym and wyst not what he sholde do and so he wente vp downe hymself alone cryed after his men but they were gone And there camen â—ulues anone and all to drewe hym in peces whan he had regned
he had so grete pyte of his brother Artogaill yâ— was kynge before And anone he forsoke his dygnyte and to be his brother the crowne ayen made hym kynge ayenst all the Brytons wyll ¶ And after Artogaill became so good of 〈◊〉 yâ— he was well beloued of all the londe for he came so debonayr free dyde ryghte reason to all maner of men And he regned .vi. yere deyedâ—and lyeth at Grauntham ¶ How Hesyder was made kynge after the deth of his brother AFter the deth of Artogaill the Brytons crowned an other tyme Hesyder but his two brethern Higamus Petitur had of hym grete spyte scorne and ordeyned them helpe for to warre vpon the kynge ther brother and so they tooke hym put hym in pryson the seconde yere of his regne And they departed all yâ— londe betwixt them both but Higamus lyued but .vij. yere tho had Petitur all the londe he made the towne of Pickerynge ¶ How the Brytons came and toke Hesyder out of pryson made hym kynge the thyrde tyme. And whan this Petitur was deed the Brytons toke Hesyder anone made hym kyng the thyrde tyme tho regned he in peas .xiiij. yere And after he deyed and lyeth at Karleyll ¶ How .xxxiij. kynges regned in peas eche after other after Hesyder AFter the deth of Hesyder regned xxxiij kynges eche after other in peas with out ony longe taryenge I shal tell them al how longe eche regned as yâ— story telleth the fyrst kyng of tho .xxxiij was called Gerbodia he regned .xij. yere after hym regned Morgan .ij. yere And after hym regned Cighnus .vi. yere And after hyÌ„ regned Iowalan .viij. yere And after hym regned one Rohugo .xi. yere after regned Voghen .xiij. yere after hym regned Catyll .xv. yere after hyÌ„ regned Porrex .ij. yere after hym regned Cherin .xvij. yere after hyÌ„ regned Coyl .xij. yere after hym regned Sulgenis .xiiij. yere after hym regned Esdad .xx. yere after hyÌ„ regned Andragie xvij yere after hyÌ„ regned Vrian .v. yere after hym regned Eliud .ij. yere after hym regned Eldagan .xv. yere after hym regned Claten .xij. yere after hym regned Ouirgunde .viij. yere after hym regned Mortan .vi. yere after hym regned Bledagh .iij. yere after hym regned Caph .j. yere after hyÌ„ regned Gen .ij. yere after hyÌ„ regned Seysel kyng Bled .xxij. yere kynge Tabreth .xi. yere Archynall .xiiij. yere and Croll .xxx. yere Rodyngir .xxxij. yere and Hectir .v. yere Harpir .vi. yeâ—re Carpour .vij. yere and Digneyll .iij. yere and Samuell .xxiiij. yere and Rede .ij. yere and Ely .vij. monethes This Ely had thre sones Lud. Cassiballam and Enemion ¶ How Lud was made kynhe after the deth of Ely his fader AFter yâ— dethe of Ely regned Lud his sone gouerned well the londe moche honoured good folke tempred amended wycked folke this Lud loued more to dwelle at Troye than in ony other place of the londe Wherfore the name of newe Troy was lefte and tho was the cyte called Ludstone But yâ— name is chauÌ„ged thrugh varyaunce of letters and now is called London And this kynge made in the cyte a fayre gate called it Ludgate after his name And the folke of the cyte are Londoners And whan he had regned .xi. yere he dyed lyeth at London And he had two yonge sones that one was called Adraghen that other Tormace But they coude neyther speke ne go for yongthe And therfore the Brytons crowned a stronge knyght that was called Lud that was Cassibalanius brother made hym kynge of Brytayne now called Englonde ¶ Circa aÌ„nuÌ„ dmÌ„ .iiij. M.viij C. lxxxxiiij Et ante xpÌ„i natiuitateÌ„ .ij. C.xv. SAdoch of the lyne of Cryste is nombred in Math. primo but in scrypture there is nomore mencyon made of hym ¶ Iadus the sone of IohnÌ„ was hyghe bysshop in Ierusalem this tyme kynge Alexander regned the whiche was wothe with the people of Ierusalem and came to the cyte 〈◊〉 Iadus arayed in his Pontyfycall ornamentes came to mete hyÌ„ And he sodeynly was pleased worshyped the bysshop with peas Ioye entred the cyte And he made to be brought to hyÌ„ the boke of Daniel the prophecy to be expowned to hym yâ— whiche was spoken of hyÌ„ And yâ— done he Ioyed strongly For all thynge the whiche he had herde by the dreme in due ordre was fulfylled And it was lykely to hym that he sholde be the same persone of whom Daniell prophecyed of yâ— he toke more hardynes to fyght with Dariê° kynge of Perse dyde the sacrefyce badde yâ— Iewes to aske what they wolde haue he grauÌ„ted that they sholde kepe theyr owne lawes at the .vij. yere sholde be without trybute vid mgfm in histo ¶ The hoste of Alexander as Drosiê° sayth was .xxxij. M. of foot men .iiij. M. horsmen shyppes C.lxxx And it is vncertayne whether it is most meruaylle that he sholde conquere all the worlde with so lytell a power or how yâ— euer he durst go vpon them with so lytell a power And ther was of Alexander his hoste slayne the kynge of Persarum Et vt orosiê° dicit qnqutes decies centena milia ¶ Encas yâ— sone of Iady was bysshop after his fader Manilius Papirius and Fabius were consules at Rome This Papirius whan he was a childe he was very wyse and he feyned many a fayre lesynge that he myght kepe his maysters counsell and the Senatours And whan he came vnto mannes state he was so noble a warryour that whan the Romayns dradde Alexander he was chosen for to go ayenst hym And of the goddes he charged not but he scorned and reproued the goddes sayenge afore yâ— vnhappy thynge sholde falle And that to his grete louynge holy doctours saye ¶ Incipit monarchia Grecorum et cessat monarchia Persarum KYng Alexander this tyme began to be lorde of all the worlde he was called grete Alexand for his grete victory yâ— whiche he had in so lytell tyme It was an euydent Iugemen of yâ— wrath of god ayenst synners of yâ— tyme certenly some myracle out lorde dyde in help yÌ„ge of his power for hyÌ„ for yâ— see of Pamphilicon was deuyded to hym as in olde tyme the reed see to the Iewes whan he persecuted Danê° Also at his prayer the hylles of Casyn were shytte yâ— certen of the cursyd Iewes myght neuer come out But at last in Babylon with venym he was poysoned deyed the .xxxij. yere of his aege the fyfth yere of his monarche the .xij. yere of the kyngdome of Macedon ¶ Knowe ye yâ— whan Alexander was deed those .xij. to whom he deuyded his kyngdome accorde they myghte not then began Infenyte batylles â— at the last foure opteyned all the kyngdome Vide plura in Oosir◠¶ Anno mundi .iiij. M.ix
Thenne he was martred and buryed in saynt Peters ¶ Anâ—cetus was pope after Piê° almoost .x. yere this man made many decrees of the Canon and for bysshopes Vt in caê° Violatores cÌ„ ¶ Galienus a leche goten in Pergamo was in grete fame at Rome The whiche not alonly expowned the bokes of Ypocras but he put many of them to his bokes And of this man is sayd for his dyscrete abstynence the whiche he vsed he lyued an hondred and .xl. yeres He neuer ete nor dranke his fylle ¶ Nota abstinencâ—am ¶ He neuer toke rawe fruytes Alwaye he had a swete brethe He deyed all oonly thrugh aege no sykenesse ¶ Marcus Anthonius the true and Lucius Comodus were Emperours .xix. yere These toke the Empyre after Anthony the meke and thenne began two Emperours to regne but Lucius Comodus decessed And Anthony was Emperous alone the whiche was a victoryous man and a noble but that he made the fourth persecuycon to kylle crysten men This Marcus was of so grete sadnesse and stedfastnesse that for no chaunce he lough neuer ne chaunged no chere nother for gladnesse ne for sorowe And whanne he was a childe he was of suche manhode that on a certayne trâ—â—e whan he loked his tresourand had 〈◊〉 that whiche he myght gyue his knyghtes and his men whan he wente to fyght ayenst the Germaynâ— the Sclauons and Sarmathus he wolde hurte ne greue no body but had leuer to selle his wyues golden vessel and her arayment her beddynge all her ryall stuff than take taxe of the Senatours or of his prouynce vnder hym But he gate the victorye of his enmyes and recouered all ayen released the prouynces of ther trybutes And those that wolde selle hym his wyues tresour ayen he restored them ther moneye those that wolde not he neuer greued them But the tables of ther dettes betwixt hym them he brente openly in the market place and thanked them that they helped hym in his necessyte ¶ How kynge Lucie regned after his fader that was a good man and after he became crysten AFter this kynge Coill regned Lucie his sone that was a good man to god to all the people He sente to Rome to Eulentre that then was pope sayd He wolde become a crysten man receyue baptym in the name of god tome to the ryght fayth byleue Eulentre sente two Legates that were called Pagan an other Elybain in to this londe baptysed the kynge 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 Incarnacyon of our lorde Ihesu cryste And this kyng Lucie made tho in this londe two Arche bysshops one at Caunterbury an other at Yorke other many bysshops yâ— yet ben in this londe And whan these two Legatê had baptysed all this londe they ordeyned prestes for to baptyse children for to make the sacrament and after they wente ayen to Rome And the kynge dwelled in his londe regned with moche honour .xij. yere and after dedye and lyeth at Gloucestre ¶ How this londe was longe without a kyng how the Brytons chose a kyng THis kyng Lucie had none heyre of his body begoten that was afterwarde grete harme sorowe to the londe For after this kynge Lucies deth none of the grete lordes of the londe wolde suffre an other to be kynge but lyued in warre debate amonges themself .l. yere without kynge But it befell afterwarde that a grete prynce came from Rome in to this londe that was called Seuerie not for to warre but for to saue the ryght of Rome But neuertheles he had not dwelled half a yere in this londe but that the Brytons slewe hym And whan they of Rome wyst that Seueri was so slayne they sente an other grete lorde in to this londe that was called Allec that was a stronge man a myghty of body dwelled in this londe longe tyme and 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 grete host of Brytons wente to London to seke Allec and there they fouÌ„de hym slewe hym al his felowes And one that was called Walon deffended hym fyersly fought longe with the Brytons but at the last he was dyscomfyted the Brytons toke hym and bonde his 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 Exles that was called Coill made a fayr towne ayenst the kynges wyll lete calle the towne Colchestre after his owne name Wherfore the kynge was full wroth thought to destroy hym And began to warre vpon hym and brought grete power of men yaaf the Erle batayll And the Erle defended hym fyersly with his power and slewe the kynge hymself in that batayll And tho was Coill crowned and made kynge of this londe This Coill regned and gouerned the londe well nobly for he was a noble man well beloued amonge the Brytons ¶ Whan tho of Rome herde that Astelepades was slayne they were wonder gladde and sente an other grete prynce of the Romayns that was called Constance And he came to the kynge Coill for to chalenge the trybute that was wonte to be payed to Rome And the kynge answered well wysely sayd that he wolde paye to Rome al that ryght reason wolde with good wyll And so they accorded tho with good wyl and without ony contake And so bothe they dwelled togyder in loue ¶ Kynge Coill yaaf to hym his doughter Eleyne for to haue her to his spowse that was both fayre wyse and good well lettred And this Constance spowsed her there with moche honour And it befell soone after that this kynge Coill deyed in the .xiij. yere of his regne and lyeth at Colchestre entyred ¶ Of kynge Constance that was a Romayne that was chosen kynge after the deth of Coill for as moche that he hadde spowsed Eleyne that was kynge Coils doughter AFter this kyng Coill Constance was made kynge crowned for almoche as he had spowsed kyng Coils doughter that was heyre of that londe The whiche Constance regned well worthely gouerned the londe And he begate on his wyf Eleyne a sone that was called Constantyne And this kyng bare true fayth And truly dyde vnto them of Rome all his lyf And whan he had regned .xv. yere he deyed lyeth at Yorke ¶ How Constantyne that was kynge Constance sone and the sone of Saynt Eleyne gouerned and ruled the londe was Emperour of Rome AFter kynge Constance deth regned Constantyne his sone the sone of saynt Eleyne yâ— founde the holy crosse in the holy londe And how Constantyne became Emperour of Rome ¶ It befell soo in yâ— tyme there was
so moche were praysed thorugh out all the worlde were there slayne kynge Arthur hymself was wounded vnto deth But he lete hyÌ„ to be borne to 〈◊〉 â—un to be heeled of his woundes And yet the Brytons supposen that he lyued in an other londe that he shall come yet conquere all Brytayne But certes this is the prophecye of Merlyn He sayd that his deth shall be doubtous sayd soth For therof yet men haue doubte and shall haue for euer more as men saye For men wote not whyther that he is on lyue or deed ¶ Arthur was borne at Auioun the .xxij. yere of his regne after the Incarnacyon of our lorde Ihesu Cryste .v. C.xlvi yere ¶ How kynge Arthur delyuered the trame vnto Constantyne the sone of Cador his neuewe AS kynge Arthur wyste that he myght no lenger regne he lete come before hym Constantyne that was Cadors sone erle of Cornewayle his cosyn to hyÌ„ betoke all his reame to hyÌ„ sayd badde hyÌ„ therof to be kyng tyll that he came ayen for as moche as he had none heyre of his body begoten And grete damage was itâ— that so noble a kyng so doughty as he was had no childe of his body begoten But all thynge yâ— god woll haue done must be done whose name be blessyd without ende ¶ How kynge Constantyne was vexed of Mordred two sones THis Constantyne was a noble knyght a worthy of body And thâ— two sones that Mordred had begoten had grete enuy of Constantyne that tho was crowned kyng And so it befell that they meued warre ayenst hyÌ„ And assembled a grete hoste of them that were before with Mordred had ben dryuen awaye that dyde moche sorowe an guysshe thrughout all that londe That one brother ordeyned purposed hym towarde the auncyent cyte of London for to take the cyte And that other wente to Wynchestre But Constantyne came to London and slewe hym that was there And after he went to Wynchestre and slewe hym that was there also So that bothe his enmyes were deed ¶ And whan Constantyne had regned well worthely foure yere he deyed and lyeth at London ¶ Of the kynges Adelbright and of Edell AFter kynge Constantynes deth there were two kynges in Brytayne that one was called Adelbright yâ— was a danoys And he helde the couÌ„tree of Northfolke Southfolke That other hyght Edell was a Bryton he helde Nicholl Lindeser all the londe vnto Humbre These two kynges faste warred togyder but after accorded they were loued togyder as they had ben borne of oo body ¶ The kynge Edell had a syster that was called Oreâ—â—enne And he gaf her thrugh grete frendshyp to kynge Adelbright to wyf And he begate vpon her a doughter that was called Argentyll And in the thyrde yere after came vpon hym a strange syknesse that nedes he must deye And he sente to kynge Edell his broder in lawe that he sholde come speke with hym he came to hym with a good wyll ¶ Tho prayed he the kynge and coniured hym also in the name of god that after whan he were deed he sholde take his doughter Argentyll the londe that he kepte her well and nourysshe her in his chambre And whan she were of aege she sholde be maryed to yâ— stroÌ„gest worthyest man that he myght fynde thenne he sholde yelde vp her londe ayen ¶ Edell it grauÌ„ted by othe confermed his prayer And whan Adelbright was deed enteryd Edell toke the damoysell Argentyll nourysshed her in his chambre she became as fayre as ony myght be ¶ How kynge Edell maryed that damoysell to a knaue of his kechyne THis kynge Edell that was vncle to Argentyll bethought how yâ— he myght fallely haue the londe fro his nece for euer more falsely ayenst his othe thought to dysceyue yâ— damoysell to marye her to a knaue of his kechyn that was called Curan he became the worchyest strongest man of body that ony maÌ„ wyst in ony londe yâ— tho lyued to hym he thought her shamfully haue maryed for to haue had her londe afterwarde but he was clene disceyued For this Curan was Hauelockis sone that was kyng of Kyrkelane in Denmark this Curan conquered his wyues londe afterwarde slewe kyng Edell that was his wyues vncle had al her londe as in an other place it telleth more openly he regned but thre yere for Saxons Danes hyÌ„ slewe that was grete harme to all Brytayne Brytons bare hym to Stonehenge and entyred hym honourably ¶ Of kyng Conan that was Curans cosyn AFter this Curan regned his cosyn Conan that was a wonder proude knyght And regned coude haue noo maner of loue but euer he was medlynge with his people And toke his vncle with warre slewe his two childern ¶ The Saxons warred ayenst hyÌ„ oftentymes but he them ouercame so he was in peas all his lyf tyme. And he regned .xiiij. yere and after he deyed lyeth at London ¶ Of kynge Cortyf and of Gurmonde that came thorugh the paynems in to Brytayne AFter this Conan regned his cosyn Cortyf that was behaâ—ed of al his peple no thynge beloued And this Cortyf lost all Brytayne thrugh warre And in his tyme fell yâ— grete myscheyf in Brytayne yâ— crystendom was destroyed all the Brytons were dryuen out of yâ— londe the londe lost without ony recouer But afterwarde lefte the londe to the Saxons as ye afterwarde shall here For in that tyme there was a paynem that was called Gurmonde that was the kynges sone Daufrices of the parnems folke that hadde the reame after his fader was kynge sauf he beâ—uaue yaue it to his broder And saâ—d that he nolde neuer be kynge but yf that he myght gete and conquere a reame in a strauÌ„ge countree For he was bolde and stronge of body And of hyÌ„ prophecyed Merlyn saydâ— that he sholde be a wulâ— of the see And he lete assemble 〈◊〉 without nombre lete appareylle shyppes and wente by many londes toke homages and feaâ—tees of many And so he wente by the see conquered maâ—ny dyuerse londes Soo that he came in to Irlonde conquered that londe that oftentymes warred vpon Brytons and Brytons vpon them oft wonne oft lost yaue hostages to Brytons And so they sente to Gurmonde there that be was in Irlondeâ— that he sholde come in to Brytayne and helpe them ayenst the Brytons to helpe them to delyuer that londe of them they wolde hym holde gladly for theyr lorde For he was a paynemâ— they were paynemsâ— the Brytons were crystened Well ought he them for to helpe so as they were all of one lawe Whan Gurmonde herde this prayer he hasted hym as moche as he myght and arryued in Scotlonde and came in to Northumberlonde there that the Saxons were dwellynge they confermed
kynge Cadwaldre made to his folke they arryued in lytell Brytayne and came to kynge Aley ne before sayd ¶ And the kynge receyued hym with grete Ioye made hym to be serued wonder nobly And there abode they longe tyme after ¶ The Englysshe people that were left a lyue and were escaped the grete hungre mortalyte lyued in the best wyse yâ— they myght And moche people sprange came of them ¶ And they sente in to Saronâ—e where that they were borne to theyr frondes for men wymmen and childern to restore the cytees with people to wnes that were all voyde of people for to labour traueylle and tylthe the erthe ¶ Whan the Saxons berde these trdynges they came in to the londe wonder thycke in grete companyes and herberowed themself in the couÌ„â—er all about where that they wolde for they founde no man them for to lette ne withstonde And so they wexed multeplyed gretly And vsed the maners and customes of the couÌ„â—re wherof they were come And they vsed also the lawes and the langages and speche of theyr owne londe that they came fro And also they chaunged all the names of cytees townes castelles and brughs and yaue them names and called them as they now ben called And they helde the Countees Baronages lordshyps in manere as the Brytons before tyme had compassed them And amonge other greate companyes that came from Germayne in to this londe came yâ— noble quene that was called Sexburga with men wyÌ„men without nombre And arryued in the couÌ„tree of Northumberlonde toke the londe from Albion vnto Cornewaylle for her for her folke For there was none that myght them lette for all was desolate vayde of people but it were a fewe poore Brytons that were lefte on mountayns woodes vntyll that tyme. ¶ And fro that tyme forth loste the Brytons this reame for all theyr dayes And the Euglysshe people began to regne departed the londe bytwene them And they made many kynges aboute by dyuerse partyes of the londe as here ben diuyded The fyrst of Westsexe the seconde Mercheurtche the thyrde Estangle the fourthe kente the fyfth Southsex All those regned in this londe after yâ— Cadwaldre was passed out of this londe dwelled in lytell Brytayne with kynge Alayne his cosyn true frende And whan he had longe dwelled there and had knowâ—â—â—ge that the mortalyte pestylence was ouerpassed and that the londe was repleaysshed ayen with people he thought to tome ayen in to his londe And prayed kynge Aleyne his cosyn of socour helpe that he myght be restored ayen to his owne propre reame and fyrfst dygnyte And kynge Aleyne graunted hym his askynge ¶ Thenne dyde he appareylle hym to take his waye and vyage in to this londe And prayed god almyghty denoutely that he wolde make to hym demonstracyon yf his prayer to this londe were to hym pleasauÌ„t or none for ayenst the wyll of god almyghty he wolde noo thynge do ¶ Whan he had thus deuoutely made his prayer a boys fro heuen to hym sayd And badde hym leue that Iourney awaye in to Englonde that he sholde go to the pope of Rome for it was not the wyll of almyghty god that the Brytons sholde regne more in Brytayne ne neuer recouer it vnto the tyme of the prophecye that Merlyn sayd before be fulfylletd And that sholde neuer be vnto the tyme were come that the relyques of his body shall be brought fro Rome and translated in to Brytayne And whan the relykes of other sayntes that haue ben hydde for the persecucion of the paynem folke shall be founde and and opely shewed thenne shal they recouer theyr londe ayen the whiche they haue so longe tyme lost thrugh theyr desertes ¶ Whan Cadwaldre had herde this answere he meruaylled gretly and tolde it to kynge Aleyne ¶ Thenne kynge Aleyne dyde sende for the clergye of his londe and made them to brynge the storyes prophecyes that Meâ—lyn and Sybyll had sayd in theyr prophecyes And whan he knewe that the prophecye that festom had prophecyed of the Egle. and other prophecyes accorded to the dyâ—yn answere that Cadwaldre had herde He counseylled hym and ryght faythfully desyred hym to leue his people his nauy and submytte hym to the dyspolicyon of god and do all that the aungell had coÌ„maunded hym ¶ Thenne Cadwaldre called Ynor his sone and Yuori his cosyn that was his systers sone and sayd to them Taketh sayd he my folke my nauy that is here all redy and passe in to Walys be ye lordes of Brytons that no dyshonour come to them by interrupcyon of the Paynem folke for defaute of lordes ¶ And then he hymself lefte his reame of Brytayne and his folke for euer more and toke his waye vnto the pope of Rome Sergius the whiche worshypped hym moche and soo he was confessyd and toke penaunce for his synnes And he had not longe dwelled there that he ne deyed the .xij. Kalendis in May the yere of grace .v. C.lxxix ¶ How kyng Offa was souerayne aboue all the kynges of Englonde how euery kynge warred vpon other IT befell so that all the kynges in that tyme that were in the londe as they of Westsex Marchenrych Estangle of Kente of Southsex of other câ—stes eche warred vpon other And he that was moost myghty toke the londe of hym that was moost feblest ¶ But there was a kynge amonge them that was called Offa that was saynt Oswaldes brother This Offa conquered all the kynges of the londe regned aboue them all ¶ And so grete was the warre in euery countree bytwene kynges that no man myght wyte how the londe wente ¶ But abbotes pryours and men of Relygyon wrote the lyues and dedes of kynges and how longe euery of them regned in what countree and in what manere euery kynge deyed and of bysshops also And therof made grete bokê and lete calle them Cronycles And the good kyng Alured had that boke in his warde And lete brynge it vnto Wynchestre and lete it be fast tacked to a pylar that men sholde it not remeue ne bere it thens so that euery man sholde it see and 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 after this Buerne conquered the kynge with power and strength ANd thus it befell in the same tyme that there was a kynge in Northumberlonde that was called Osbryght and soiourned at 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 set ¶ For oftentymes there he was wonte to spye theues and robbers that oftentymes were wonte to come in
man was taught in armes and made many bookes and elles lytell of hym is wryten ¶ Gregorius the .v. was pope after this man almoost thre yere And this Gregorius was made pope att the Instaunce of the Emperour Otto the thyrde for he was his cosyn And whan he had be a lytell whyle pope and the Emperour receded from the cyte of Rome Placentinus was put in by Crecensius a Counsull for moneye And thenÌ„ was stryf a fewe dayes But the Emperour came soone after toke Crecensius the Consull and stroke of his heed and putte out the eyen of this man Placencius pope the whiche putte out his cosyn of the dygnyte of the pope And maymed hym on other membres his knyghtes ne his dukes halpe hym no thynge For he dyde that thynge that he sholde not haue done And he suffred that that he deserued ¶ Nota. ¶ This Gregorius with the Emperour Otto ordeyned the chesers of the Empyre the whiche from thens forth hath abode vnto this day For the Frensshmenne none other myght not breke that ordynaunce And those chesers of the Empyre by the pope and Otto were not made for ony blame of the Saxons but to eschewe the euylles to come And theyr names ben wryten for lerned men in latyn in these verses Maguntinensis Tâ—euerensis Coloniensis Quilibet imperij fit cancellarius horum Et Palatinus datifer Dux Portitorensis Marchio prepositus camere Pincerna Bohemus Hij statuunt duÌ„m cuntis per secula summuÌ„ Palatinus est comes reni Marchio est Brandeburgensis Dux saxorum et rex Bohemorum veruÌ„ vt quidaÌ„ dicunt ¶ Thrugh this occasyon the Egle hath loste many a feder And in the ende he shall be made naked ¶ Otto the thyrde was Emperour .xviij. yere This man was a worthy man all the dayes of his Empyre And after the wysdome of his fader he was a very faythfull man to the chirche And in many batayls he prosperyd by cause he was deuoute vnto almyghty god and his sayntes And yaue myghty worshyppynge to the relykes of sayntes And oftentymes he vyspted holy places This man was crowned by Gregorius his cosyn And at the last he decessyd at Rome ¶ Anno dmÌ„ M.iiij SIluester the seconde was pope after Gregorius foure yere And he was made pope by the helpe of the deuyll to whome he dyde homage for he sholde yeue hym all thynge that he desyred And he was called Hylbert And his enmye gate hym the grace of the kynge of Fraunce and he made hym the bysshop of Remensis but anone he was deposyd And after he gate the grace of the Emperour and was made the bysshop of Rauennie and after the pope But he had an ende anone and so haue all that put theyr hope in fals deuylles ¶ Yet men truste in his saluacyon for certayne demonstracyon of his sepulcre and for the grete penaunce that he dyde in his laste ende For he made his honde and his legges to be cutte of and dysmembred in all his body and to be caste out at the dore to foules thenne his body to be drawen with wysde beestâ— and there to be buryed where some euer they rested as an honde And they stode styll at saynt Iohan lateranensis and there he was buryed And that was sygne of his saluacyon ¶ Iohannes the xviij was pope fyue monethes ¶ Iohannes the .xix. was pope after hym fyue yere And these two dyde lytell thynges ¶ Henricus the fyrst was Emperour in Almayne .xx. yere this Henricus was duke of Barry and all accordinge he was chosen for his blessed fame and good name the whiche he hadde ¶ And it is redde that many of these dukes of Barry were holy men not all oonly in absteynge of flesshely desyres but also in vertuous lyuynge And this man had a syster that was an holy as he the whome he yaue to wyfe vnto the kynge of Hungry And she brouht all Hungry vnto the ryght byleue the crysten fayth And his wyues name was sancta Konnogundis with whome he lyued a virgyn all his lyues dayes And also he dyde many a bataylle as well in Ytaly as in Almayne ayenst the rebellyous and prosperyd ryghtwysly At the laste with a blessyd ende he decessyd And in the lyfe of saynt Laurence he and his wyfe be put for ensample◠¶ Benedictus was pope after Iohanes .xi. yere This man had grete stryfe in his dayes for he was put out and a nother put in And this Benedictus after that he was deed was seen of an holy man bysshop in a wretchyd fygure he had grete payne And this fygure sayd He trusted noo thynge in the mercy of god And no thynge profyted hym that was done for hymâ—for it was goten with extorcyon vniustely Thenne this bysshop lefte his bysshopryche for drede of this syght wente in to a monasterye lyued vertuously all his dayes ¶ IohaÌ„nes the .x. was pope after hym .xi. yere and lytell profyted ¶ Of Kynge Knoght that was a Dane ANd after the dethe of Eldred Knoght that was a Dane began to regne But Edmonde Irensyde that was kynge Eldredes sone by his fyrste wyf ordeyned a grete power of men began for to warre on kynge Knoght And soo he dyde many tymes often And the warre was so stronge harde that wonder it was to wyte ¶ And the quene Emme that dwelled tho at Westmestre had grete drede of her two sones of the warre Alured and Edwarde lest they sholde be defoyled mysdone thorugh this warre Wherfore she sente theym ouer the see in to Normandy to the duke Richarde theyr vncle And there they dwelled in saufte peas longe tyme. ¶ This Edmonde Irensyde and Knoght the Dane warred strongely togydeâ— But at the laste they were accorded in this manere that they sholde departe the reame betwixt them both and so they dyde after they became good frendes And soo well loued togyder as they had ben brethern goten of one fader of one moder borne ¶ How kyng Edmonde Irensyde traytoursly was slayne thorugh a traytour that was called Edrith of Stratton ANd after tho regned kyng Irensyde Knoght the Dane But thus it befell afterwarde that in the same yere that they were accorded so moche loued togyder Wherfore a fals traytoure had enuytee to the loue that was betwix them and frendshyp whoo 's name was Edrith of Stratton that was a grete lorde that was Edmondes Irensydes man of hym helde all the londe that he had And neuertheles he thought his lorde to betraye make Knoght kynge of the londe to the entente rychely to be auaunced with hym be well beloued Wherfore he prayed his lorde Edmond Irensyde vppon a daye with hym for to etâ— And the kynge hym curteysly grauÌ„ted to hym came at his prayer And at the meete the kynge ryally was serued with dyuers meetê drynkes And whan the nyght came that he sholde goo vnto bedde The kynge toke
haue be auenged 〈◊〉 hym for by cause that yâ— erle Godewin that was Haroldes fader had lete â—lee Alured that was saynt Edwardê 〈◊〉 pryncypally for by cause that 〈◊〉 was quene Emines sone that was Richardes moder duke of Norman dy that was aâ—â—nll to the duke William And neuertheles whan the duke William had Harolde in pryson vnder his power forasmoche as this Harold was a noble wyse knyght a worthy of body that his fader he was accorded with good kynge Edwarde therfore wolde not mysdo hym But all manere thynges that betwixt them was spoken and ordeyned Harolde by his good wyll swore vâ—on a boke vpon holy sayntes that he sholde spouse wedde duke Willyams doughter after the deth of saynt Edwarde that he sholde besely do his dâ—uour for to kepe saue the reame of Englonde vnto the profyte auantage of duke Wyllyam ¶ And whan Harolde had thus made his othe vnto yâ— duke Wyllyam he lete hym goo yaâ—â— hym many a â—â—yche yettes And he tho wente 〈…〉 hym be amenged what 〈…〉 befell ¶ And anone 〈…〉 assemble a grete 〈◊〉 come in to Englonde to auenge hym vpon Harolde to conquert the londe yf that he myght ¶ And in the same yere that Harolde was crowned Harolde Herekynge kynge of Denmarke arryued in Scotlande thought to haue be kynge of Englonde he came in Englonde 〈◊〉 destroyed all that he myght tyll that he came to Yorke there he slewe many men of armes a thousande a hâ—â—dred preestes Whan this tydydges came to yâ— kynge he assembled a grete power and wente for to fyght with Haralde of Denmark with his owne hondes he hym slewe the Danes were dyscomfyted and tho that were left alyue with moche sorowe fledde to theye shyppes And thus kynge Harolde of Englonde slewe kynge Haralde of Denmark ¶ Anno dmÌ„ M.lxvi. ¶ How William Bastarde duke of Normandy came in to England and slewe kynge Harolde ANd whan this batayll was done Harolde became so proude 〈◊〉 no thynge perâ—e with his people of the thynge that he had goten but hel 〈◊〉 all 〈◊〉 hymself Wherfore the moost parte of his people were â—â—â—the from hym 〈◊〉 is yâ— oonly with hym abode 〈◊〉 but his soldyours And vpon a 〈…〉 he sate at meete a messager came to hyÌ„ sayd that Wyllyam bastarde the duke of Normandy was arryued in Englonde with a grete hoste had take all the loâ—de about Haslynge also myned the castell Whan the kynge had herde this tydynges he went thyther with a lytell power in all the hast yâ— he myght for there were but fewe people with hym lefte And whan he was come thyder he ordeyned to yeue bataylle to duke Wyllyam But the duke axed hym of these thre thynges yf that he wolde haue his doughter to wyf as he made swore his othe behyght or that he wolde holde the londe of hym in truage or he wolde determyne this thynge in batayll This Harolde was a proude man a stronge trusted wonder moche vpon his streng the and faught with the duke William and with his people But Harolde and his men in this batayl were dyscomfyted and hymself there was slayne and this batayll was ended at Tombrydge in the seconde yere of his regne vppon saynt Calixtus daye so he was buryed at Walcham ¶ Of kynge Wyllyam bastarde how he gouerned hym well and wysely and of the greate warre bytwene hym the kynge of Fraunce AS Wyllyam Bastarde duke of Normandy had conquered all yâ— londe vpon Crystmasse daye then nexte he lete crowne hym kyng at Westmestre as a 〈◊〉 kyng yoâ—â— vnto Englysh 〈◊〉 largely 〈◊〉 to his 〈◊〉 And afterwarde he wente hym ouer the see came in to Normandye there be dwelled a whyle And in the seconde yere of his regne he came ayen in to Englonde brought with hym Maude his wyf lete crowne her quene Englonde on Wyssondaye ¶ And tho anone after the kyng of Scotlonde that was called Malcolâ—â— began to stryue wanâ— with the kynge Wyllyam And he ordeyned hym towarde Scotlonde with his men bothe by londe by see for to deshore kynge Malcolm But they were â—â—â—ded yâ— kyng of Scotlonde be 〈…〉 man belde all his londe of hym And kynge William receyued of hym his homage came ayen in to Englond And as kynge William had be kyng 〈…〉 it Maude yâ— quene deyed on whom 〈◊〉 ge William had begote 〈…〉 dern that is for to say Robert Curth a William Rous. Richarde also that 〈◊〉 ed. Henry Beauclerke and Maude 〈◊〉 that was the erles wyf of Bleynes other foure fayr doughters ¶ And after his wyues dethe grete deâ—ate began betwixt hym the kyng of FrauÌ„â—e Philip but at the laste they were accorded And tho dwelled the kynge of Englonde in Normandy noo man hym warnedâ— he no man longe tyme. ¶ And the kynge of Fraunce sayd vpon a daye in 〈◊〉 ne of kynge William had longe tyme lyen in childe bedde longe tyme badâ— rested hym there And this worde came to the kynge of Englonde there that he dyde lye in Normandye at Rone And for this worde was tho ruyll apayedâ— also wonder wroth towarde the kyng of Fraunce And swore by god that whan he were arysen of his skyenesse he wolde lygâ—â—â— a thousande candelles to the kynge of FrauÌ„ce 〈◊〉 lete assemble a grete hoste of Normandy of Englysshe men And in the begyunynge of Her 〈◊〉 he come in to Fraunce bende all 〈…〉 that they come by 〈◊〉 the 〈…〉 to here 〈◊〉 as moche as he myghte breaâ—e And hymselfe halpe therto alle that he myghte with a good wyll And there was a grete hete what of the fyre that was so grete of the sonne that it was wâ—der hote that it stuffed hym so that he became felle in to a grete dysease skynesse And whan he sawe that he was so stronge syke he ordeyned assygned all Normandye to Robert Curthos his sone all Englonde to Wyllyam the Rous and bequane to Henry Beauclerke all his treasour And whan he thus had done he receyued all the sacramentê of holy chirche deyed the .xx. yere of his regne lyeth at Cane in Normandy ¶ Anno dmÌ„ M.lxvi. ORegorius the .vij. was pope after Alexander .xij. yere this man ordeyned in a generall Synodus that no preest sholde haue a wyf ne sholde dwelle with wyÌ„men but tho that yâ— holy Synodus of Micena other decrees hadde suffred And then yâ— preestê sette nought or lytell pondred his ordynaunce This pope coÌ„maunded yâ— no man sholde here masse of a preest yâ— had a coÌ„cubyne And he on a certayn tyme whan he was Cardynall Legate in to FrauÌ„ce proceded sharpely ayenst prelates preestes that were symoniers And among other was one bysshopp there that was gretely famed
olde testament yâ— newe the lawes of the prophecyes the gospell the canons of appostles all the decrees of the popes of Rome that al they helde I holde that that they dampned Idampne moost specyally that preuylege graunted to Henry the Emperour the whiche rather is graunted to venge his malyce than to multeplye his pacyence in vertue For euer more I dampne that same preuylege ¶ Of kyng Henry Beauclerk that was Wyllyam Rous brother and of the debate bytwene hym Robert Curthos his brother ANd whan Wyllyam Rous was deed Henry Beauclerk his 〈◊〉 was made kynge by cause Wyllyam Rome had no childe begote on his body And this Henry Beauclerk was crowned kyng at London the fourth daye after that his brother was decessyd that is to saye the fyfth daye of August ¶ And anone as Ancelmus that was Archbysshop of CauÌ„terbury that was at yâ— court of Rome herde tell that William Rous was deed he came ayen in to England the kynge Beauclerk welcomed hym with moche honour And the fyrste yere the kynge Henry regned was crowned He spowsed Maude that was Margaretes doughter the quene of Scotlonde And the Archebysshop Ancelmus of CauÌ„terbury wedded them And this kynge begate vpon his wyfe two sones a doughter that is to saye Wyllyam and Richarde Maude And this Maude was afterwarde yâ— Empresse of Almayne ¶ And in the seconde yere of his regne his broder Robert Curthos that was duke of Normandy came with an huge hoste in to Englond for to chalenge the londe But thrugh counseyll of the wyse men of the londe they were accorded in this manere That the kynge sholde yeue his brother the duke a thousande pounde euery yere And whiche of them that lyued lengest sholde be that others heyre and so bytwene them sholde he no debate ne stryfe ¶ And then whan they were thus accorded the duke wente home agayne in to Normandye ¶ And whan the kynge had regned foure yere there arose a grete debate bytwene hym and the Archebysshop of Counterbury Ancelmus For by cause that the Archebysshopp wolde not graunâ—e to hym for to talenges of chirches at his wyll And the reforde efâ—ones the Archebysshope Ancelmus wente ouer the see vnto the courte of Rome there he dwelled with the pope And in the same yere the 〈◊〉 of Normandy came in to Englonde to speke with his 〈◊〉 ¶ And 〈…〉 other thynges the duke of Normandye â—oryâ—â—e vnto the kynge his brother the fousayd thousande pouÌ„de by yere that he sholde paye vnto the duke And with good loue the kynge the duke departed there yâ— duke wente ayen in to Normandy ¶ And whan tho two yere were agone thrugh the entycement of the deuyll of symple men a grete debate arose bytwene the kynge the duke soo that thrugh couÌ„seyll the kynge wente ouer yâ— see in to Normandy whan the kynge of Englonde was come in to Normandy all the grete lordes of Normande torned vnto the kynge of Englonde helde ayenst yâ— duke theyr owne lorde hyÌ„ forsoke to the kynge them yelde all the good castelles townes of Normandy And soone after was the duke taken ladde with the kynge in to Englonde And the kyng lete put the duke in to pryson this was the vengeaunce of god ¶ For whanne the duke was in the holy londe god yaue hym suche myght grate that he was chosen for to haue be kyÌ„ge of Iherusalem and he forsoke is and wolde not take it vpon hym and therfore god sente hym that shame despyte for to be putt in his brothers pryson The seased kynge Henry all Normandy in to his honde helde it all his lyfe tyme. ¶ And in the same yere came the bysshop Ancelmus fro the courte of Rome in to Englonde ayen And the kyng he were accorded ¶ And in the next yere comynge after there began a grete debate bytwene the kynge Phylyppe of Fraunce kynge Henry of Englonde Wherfore kynge Henry wente in to Normandye there was stronge warre bytwene them two And tho deyed the kynge of FrauÌ„ce lowys his sone was made kynge anone after his deth And th◠〈◊〉 kynge Henry ayen in to Englonde maryed Maude his doughter vnto Henry the Emperour of Almayne ¶ Of the debate that was betwixt kynge Lowys of FrauÌ„ce kynge Henry of Englonde how kynge Henryes two sones were loste in the hyght see AS kynge Henry hadê be kynge xvij yere a grete debate arose betwixt kynge Lowys of frauÌ„ce kynge Henry of Englonde for by cause that yâ— kynge had sente in to Normandy to his men that they sholde be helpynge vnto therle of Bloys asmoche as they might in wane ayenst the kynge of frauncâ— And that they sholde be as 〈◊〉 to hym as they were to theyr owne lorde for by cause that therle had spowsed his 〈…〉 Maude And for this cause yâ— kenge of FrauÌ„ce dyde moche sorowe to Normandy Wherfore the kynge of Englonde was wonder wroth in haste wente ouer the see with a grete power same in 〈◊〉 Normandy for to defende that 〈◊〉 And the warre bytwene them lasted two yere tyll at the last they two 〈◊〉 togyder And the kynge of frauÌ„ce was dyscomfyted vnnethes escaped aware with moche payne the moost partâ—â—e of his men were taken And the kynge dyde with theym what hym best lyked And some of them he lete go freely and some he lete be put vnto the deth But afterwarde those two kyngê were 〈◊〉 And whan kynge Henry had hooly all the londe of Normandye 〈◊〉 his enmyes of Fraunce he torned agayne in to Englonde with moche honour And his two sones William Rycharde wolde haue come after the fader went to the see with a grete company of people But are that they myght come to londe the shyppe came ayenst a roche all were drowned that were there in saue â—o man that was in the same shyppe that escaped And this was vpon saynt Katheryns daye these were the names of them that were drowned Willyam and Rycharde the kynges sonâ— a the erle of Chestre Octonell his brother Geffroy Rydell Walter 〈◊〉 Godefray Archedeken the kynges doughter the countesse of Perches the kyngesnece the countesse of Chestre many other ¶ Whan kynge Henry other lordes arryued in Englonde herde these tydynges they made sorowe ynough And all theyr myrth Ioye was torned in to mornynge sorowe ¶ How Maude yâ— Empresse came ayen in Englonde how she was afterward wedded to Geffroy therle of Angoy ANd whan that two yere were agone that the Erle had dwelled with the kynge the erle wente from the kyng began to warre vpon hym dyde moche harme in yâ— londe of Normandy toke there a stronge castell there he dwelled all that yere And tho came to hym tydynges that Henry the Emperom of Almayne yâ— had spowsed
yaue to the kynge a thousande marke of syluer ¶ Whan kynge Henry had be kynne .xliij. yere the same yere he his lordes erles barons of the reame wente to Oxforde and ordeyned a lawe in amendement of the reame And fyrst swore the kynge hymlself afterwarde alle the lordes of the londe that they wolde holde that statute for euermore and who that them brake sholde be deed But the seconde yere after that that ordynauÌ„ce the kynge thrugh counseyll of Edwarde his sone of Rycharde his brother that was erle of Cornewaylle also of other repented hym of that othe that he had made for to holde that lawe ordynauÌ„ce And sente to the courte of Rome to be assoylled of that othe And in the yere next comynge after was the grete darth of come in Englonde For a qurter of whete was worth .xxiiij. shelynges And the poore people ete netles and other wedes for hungre And deyed many a thousande for defawte of mete ¶ And in the .xlviij. yere of kynge Henryes regne began warre and debate bytwene hym and his lordes for by cause that he had broken the couenauntes that were made bytwone them at Oxforde ¶ And the same yere was yâ— towne of Northampton taken and folke slayne that were within for by cause that they had ordeyned wylde fyre for to brenne the cyte of London ¶ And in the moneth of Maye that came next after vpon saynt Pancras daye was the batayll of Lewes that is to saye the Wenesdaye before Saynt Dunstans daye And there was taken kynge Henry hym self syr Edwarde his sone Rychar de his broder erle of Corne wayll many other lordes And in the same yere nexte sewynge syr Edwarde the kynges sone brake out of the warde of syr Symonde of MouÌ„tforth erle of Leycetre at Hert forde wente vnto the barons of the Marche they receyued hym with moche honour ¶ And the same tyme Gilbert of ClarauÌ„ce erle of Glocetre that was in the warde also of yâ— forsayd Symonde thorugh the coÌ„maundement of kynge Henry that wente fro hym with a grete herte for cause that he sayd that the forsayd Gilbert was a foole wherfore he ordeyned hym afterwarde so helde hym with kyng Henry ¶ And on the Saterdaye next after the myddes of August syre Edwarde the kynges sone dyscomfyted syr Symonde de Mountforth at Kelyngworth but the grete lordes that were there with hym were taken that is to saye Baldewyne Wake Willyam de MouÌ„chensye many other grete lordes And the Tewysdaye next after was yâ— batayll done at EushaÌ„ And there was slayne syr Symonde de MouÌ„tforth Hugh the Spenser MouÌ„t forth that was Rauf Bassettes fader of Draiton and other many grete lordes And whan this bataylle was done alle the gentylmen that had ben with the erle Symonde were dysheryted ordeyned togyder dyde moche harme to all the londe For they destroyed theyr enmyes in all that they myght ¶ Of the syege of Kenylworth how the gentylmen were dysheryted thorugh counseyll of the lordes of the reame of Englonde and how they came agayne and had theyr londes ANd the nexte yere comynge in May the fourth daye before the frest of saynt Dunstane was the batayle scomfyture at Chestrefelde of them that were dysheryted there was many of theym slayne ¶ And Robert Erle of Feriers there was taken also Baldewyne Wake Iohn oclahay with moche sorowe escaped thens And on saynt Iohans cue the Baptyst tho sewynge began yâ— syege of the castell Kenilworth the syege lasted to saynt Thomas eue yâ— apostle in whiche daye syr Hugh Hastynge had the castel for to kepe that yelded vp the castell vnto the kyng in this manere that hymself the other that were within the castell sholde haue theyr lyues lyÌ„me as moche thynge as they had therin both hors harneys four dayes of respyte for to delyuer clenly the castell of themself of all other maner thynge as they had within the castell so they went fro the castell And syr Symonde MouÌ„tforth the yonger the couÌ„tesse his moder were gone ouer the see in to Fraunce there helde them as people that were exyled out of Englonde for euer ¶ And soone after it was ordeyned by the Legate Octobone by other greate lordes the wysest of Englonde that all tho that had be ayenst the kyng and were dysheryted sholde haue ayen theyt londes by greuous rauÌ„sons after that it was ordeyned And thus they were accorded with the kyng peas cryed thâ—â—ughout all Englonde and thus the warre was ended And whan it was done the Legate toke his leue of the kyng of the quene of the gâ—rate lordes of Englonde went tho to Rome the .lv. yere of kynge Henryes regne and Edwarde kynge Iohns sone of Brytayne Iohan Vessi Thomas of Clare Rogere at Clyâ—â—orde Othes of 〈◊〉 Robert le Bruâ— Iohan of Verdon and many other lordes of Englonde of be yonde the see tooke they waye towarde yâ— hooly londe And yâ— kyng Henry deyed in the same tyme att Westmestre what he had regned .lv. yere .xix. wekes on saynt Edmonds daye the Archebysshop of Caslterbury And he was enteryd on saynt Edmondes daye the kyng in the yere of the Incarnacyon of our lorde Iesu Cryste M.CC.lxxij ¶ Prophecye of Merlyn of the kynge Henry the fyrste erpowned that was kynge Iohans sone ANd of this Henry prophecyed Merlyn and sayd that a lambâ— sholde come out of Wynchestre in y◠〈◊〉 re of the Incarnacyon of our lorde Ihesu Cryste M.CC. and .xvi. with true lyppes holynesse wryten in his herteâ— And he sayd so the for yâ— good Henry the kynge was borne in Wynchestre in the yere abouesayd he spake good wordes swete was an holy man of good conseyence And Merlyn sayd that this Henry sholde make the fayrest place of the worlde that in his tyme sholde not be fully ended he sayd soth For he made the newe werke of yâ— abbaye of saynt Peters chirche att Westmestre that is fayrer of syght than ony other place yâ— ony man knoweth thorugh out all â—ystendom But kynge Henry deyed are that werke were fully at an ende that was grete harme ¶ And yet sayd Merlyn that this lambe sholde haue peas the moost parte of his regne And he sayde full soth for he was neuer noyed thorugh warre neyther dyseased in no manere wyse tyll a lytell afore his dethe Merlyn sayd in his prophecye more in the regne ende of the fursayd laâ—â— be a wulf of a straunge londe shall doâ— hym moche harâ—â—â— thoâ—â—gh his 〈◊〉 And that he sholde at yâ— laste be maysteâ— thorugh helpe of a reed foxe that sholde come forth of the Northwest sholde hyÌ„ ouercome And that he sholde dryue hyÌ„ out of the water yâ— prophecye full well was knowen For within a lytell tyme or the kynge deyed Symonde of
grete attendynge to vertuous werkes This man cursyd the Emperour of Constancy nople in so moche as he promysed for to torne to the fayth in the generall connscyll dyde not for yâ— whiche he suffred many passyons all holy chirche Also he cursyd the kyng of Aragon for he expulsyd the kyng of Cecyle fro his kyngdome And after he had done many bataylles ayenst men of mysbyleue many trybulacoÌ„ns suffred he decessyd dyde many myracles ¶ Nicholaus de lyra a noble doctour of dyuynyte was this tyme at Parys this man was a Iewe of nacyon he was conuerted myghtley profyted in the ordre of frere Mynours he wrote ouer all the Byble Or elles he was in yâ— yere of our lorde M.CCC.xxx some man saye he was a Braban yâ— his fader his moder were crystned but for pouerte he vysyted yâ— scole of the Iewes so he lerned the Iewes langage or elles this Nicholaus was informed of the Iewes in his yonge aege Honorius the fourth was pope after Martinus two yere lytell of hym is wryten but that he was a temperat man a dyscrete ¶ Nicholaus the fourth was pope after hym foure yere this man was a frere Mynor alle though he was a good man in hyÌ„self yet many vnhappy thynges felle in his tyme to the chirche For many a batayll was in the cyte thrugh his occasyon for he drewe to moche to yâ— one parte And after hym there was no pope two yere .vi. monethes ¶ Of kynge Edwarde that was kynge Henryes sone ANd after this kynge Henry regned Edwarde his sone the worthyes knyght of the worlde in honour for goddes grace was in hym for he had the vyctorye of his enmyes as soone as his fader was deed he came to London with a noble company of prelates exles barons and all men dyde hym moche honoure For in euery place that syr Edwarde roode in London the stretes were couered ouer his heed with sylke of tapyser other ryche couerynges And for Ioye of his comynge the burgeys of the cyte caste out att theyr wyndowes golde and syluer hondes full in tokenynge of loue and worshyp seruyce and reuerence And out of the condyte of Chepe ranne whyte wyne and reed as stremes doth of the water euery man dranke therof that wolde at theyr owne wyl And this kyng Edwarde was crowned and enoynted as ryght heyre of Englonde with moche honour And after masse the kyng wente in to his place to holde a ryall feest amonge 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 queyntesye an hondred knyghtes with hym well horsyd arayde And whan they were alyght of theyr stedes they lete theym goo whether they wolde who that myght take them toke at theyr owne wyll without ony chalenge And after came syr Edmond kynge Edwardes brother a curteys knyght a gentyll of renowne and the erle of Cornewaylle 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 dysguysed in theyr armes And whan they were alyghted of theyr horses they lete them go whether that they wolde who that myght them catche them to haue styll withoute ony chalenge And whan alle this was done kyng Edwarde dyde his dylygence and his myght for to amende and dresse the wronges in the beste manere that he myght to the honour of god and holy chirche and to mayntene his honour and to amende the noyaunce of the comyn people ¶ How Ydeyne that was Lewelyns doughter of Walys prynce Aymer that was the erles brother of Mounforde were taken in the see THe fyrste yere after warde yâ— kynge Edward was crowned Lewelyn prynce of wales sente into Fraunce to the erle Mountforde yâ— thorough couÌ„seyll of his frendes the erle sholde wedde his doughter And yâ— erle tho auysed hyÌ„ vpon this thynge and sente vnto Lewelny sayd that he wolde sende after hys doughter and so he sent Aymer his broder after the damoysell Lewelyn arayed shyppes for his doughter for Syr Aymer and for her fayre company that sholde goo with her And this Lewelyn dyd grete wronge for it was couenauÌ„ted that he sholde yeue his doughter to noo manere man without counsell and consent of kynge Edwarde And so it befel that a Burgeys of Brystow came in yâ— see with wyne laden and mette them toke them with myght and power And anone the burgeys sente theym to the kyÌ„ ge And whan Lewelyn herde this tydyÌ„ ges he was very wrothe and also sorow full and gan to warre vpon kynge Edwarde and dyd moche harme vnto Englysshmen and bete downe the kynges castels and began for to dystroye kyng Edwardes londe And whan tydynges came vnto the kynge of this thynge he wente into walys and somoche he dydd thoroughe goddes grace and his greate power that he drofe Lewelyn vnto grete myscheyf that he fledde all maner of strenth came yelded hym vnto kynge Edwarde yaue hym .l. marke of syluer to haue peas And toke the damoysel all his herytage made an oblygacioÌ„ to kynge Edwarde to come to his parlemente two tymes of the yere And in yâ— seconde yere after that kynge Edwarde was crowned he helde a generall parlement at westmestre there he made the statutes for defaute of lawe by the comune assente of all his baronage And atte Ester nexte sewenge the kynge sente by his letter vnto Lewelyn prynce of wales that he sholde come too his parlemente for his londe for his holdynge in wales as the strenthe of his letter oblygatory wytnessyd Tho Lewelyn had scorne and dyspyte of the kynges commaundement And for pure wrathe ayen began werre vpon kynge Edwarde and dystroyed his londes And tho whanne kynge Edward herd of thyse tydynges he wexed wonder wrothe vnto Lewelyn and in hast assembled his people wente hym toward wales And warred so vpon Lewelyn the prynce tylle that he broughte hym in moche sorowe and dysease And Lewelyn sawe that his defence myghte hym notte auaylle and came ayen and yelded hym to the kynges grace 〈◊〉 hym mercye and longe tyme kneled before the kynges fote The kynge 〈◊〉 hym pyte and commaunded hym forâ—â— aryse And for his mekenes foryaue 〈◊〉 his wrathe and to hym sayd that yf he trespassed to hym a nother tyme that he wold dystroye hym for euermore ¶ Dauyd that was Lewelyns broder that same tyme dwelled with kynge Edwarde and was a felle man and a subtyll and enuyous and also ferre castynge moche treason thoughte and euermore made good semblaunt and semed so true yâ— no man myght perceyue his falines ¶ How Lewelyn thrugh eggynge of his brother Dauyd werryd agayn vpon kyge Edwarde IT was not longe after that tyme
for his felonye ¶ Of dressynge yâ— kynge Edward made of his Iustiâ—ê and of his clerkes yâ— they had doon for ther falsnes how he draue the Iewes out of Englonde for ther vsury and myshyleâ—e AS kynge Edwarde hadde dwelled thre yere in Gascoyne a desire came to hym for to goo into Englonde ayen And whanne he was come ayeÌ„ he founde so many playntes made to hyÌ„ of his Iustyces and of his clerkes that hadde done so many wronges and falsnesse that wonder it was to here and for whiche falsnesse syr Thomas waylond the kynges Iustice forswore Englonde at the toure of London for falsnesse that men put vpon hym wherfore he was atteynt and proued fals And anone after whan yâ— kynge had done his wyll of the Iustices tho lete he enquere espye how the Iewes dysceyned begyled his people thorough the synne of falsnesse and of vsury And lete ordeyne a preuy parlement amonge his lordes And they or deyned amonge theym yâ— all the Iewes sholde voyde out of Englonde for theyr mysbyleue also for theyr fals vsurye that they dyd vnto crysten men And for to spede and make an ende of this thynge all the comynalte of Englonde yaue vnto the kynge the .xv. peny of all theyr goodes meuable soo were the Iewes dryuen out of Englonde And tho went yâ— Iewes into Fraunce there they dwellyd thrugh leue of kynge Phylyp yâ— tho was kynge of Fraunce ¶ How kynge Edwarde was seased in all the londe of Scotlonde thrugh consente grauÌ„t of all yâ— lordes of scotloÌ„de IT was not longe after that alex andre kynge of Scotlond was dede and Dauyd the erle of Huntyngdon that was the kynges brother of ScotloÌ„de axyd claymed yâ— kyngdom of Scotlonde after that hys brother was deed for cause that he was ryghtfulle heyre But many grete lordes sayd nay wherfore greate debate arose bytwene theym and ther freÌ„des for asmoche as they wolde not consente to his coronacyon the meane tyme the forsayd Dauyd deyed And so it befell that yâ— sayd Dauyd had thre doughters that worthyly were maryed The fyrste doughter was maryed to Bailol the seconde to Brus and the thyrde to Hastynges The forsayd Baylol Brus chalenged yâ— londe of Scotlonde grete debate stryf arose bytwene heÌ„ by cause eche of theÌ„ wolde haue be kynge And whan the lordes of Scotlonde saw yâ— debate bytwene theÌ„ came to kyÌ„ge Edwarde of Englonde seased hyÌ„in all yâ— lond of Scotlonde as chyef lord And whan the kynge was seased of the forsayd lordes the forsayd Baylol Brus and Hastynges came to the kynges courte and axyd of the kynge whiche of theÌ„ sholde be kynge of Scotlonde And kynge Edwarde that was full gentyll and true lete enquere by yâ— Cronycles of scotlonde and of the grettest lordes of Scotlonde whiche of them was of the eldest blood And it was founde that Baylol was the eldest and yâ— the kynge of Scotlonde sholde holde of the kynge of Englonde and do hym feaute and homa ge And after this was done Bailol weÌ„te into Scotlonde there was crowned kynge of Scotlonde ¶ And the same time was vpon the see grete warre bytwe ne the Englysshmen and the Normans But vpon a tyme. the Normans arryued all at Douer there they martred an holy man that was called Thomas of Douer And afterward were the Normans slayne yâ— there escaped not one of them ¶ And so afterwarde kynge Edwarde sholde lese the duchye of Gascoyne thrugh kynge philyp of FrauÌ„ce thrughe his fals castynge of the Dousepers of the londe wherfore syr Edmonde yâ— was kynge Edwardis brother yaue vp his homage vnto the kynge of Fraunce ¶ And in that tyme the clerkes of Englond graunted to kynge Edwarde halfe deale of holy chirche goodes in helpynge too recouer his londe agayne in Gascoyne And the kynge sent thethere a noble company of his bachelers And hymself wolde haue gone to Poâ—tesmon the but he was let thrugh one Maddok of walys that hadde seased the castell of Swandon into his honde and for that cause the kynge tomed to walys at Crist masse And bycause that the noble lordê of Englonde that were sent into Gascoyne hadde no comforth of ther lorde yâ— kynge they were take of syr Charlys of Fraunce that is to say syr IohnÌ„ of brytayne syr Roberte Tiptot syr Rauâ—e Tanny syr Hughe Bardolfe and syr Adam of Cretynge And yet at the Ascensyon was Maddok take in Walys and a nother that was called Morgan and they were sent to the tour of LondoÌ„ and there they were byheded ¶ How syr IohnÌ„ Baylol kynge of scotlonde with sayd his homage ANd whan syr IohnÌ„ Baylol kyÌ„ ge of Scotlond vnderstode that kynge Edwarde was werred in Gascoyne to whome the reame of Scotlonde was delyuerd Falsly tho ayenst his oth with sayd his homage thrugh procurynge of his folke sent vnto the courte of Rome thrugh a fals suggestyon to be assoylled of the othe that he swore vnto the kynge of EngloÌ„de so he was by letter enbulled ¶ Tho chose they of Scotlonde dousepers for to benyÌ„me Edwarde of hys ryght ¶ And in that tyme came two Cardynalles from the courte of Rome fro the 〈◊〉 Celestine to trete of acorde bytwene the kynge of Fraunce the kynge of Englonde And as tho cardynalles spake of acorde Thomas turbeluyll was taken at LyoÌ„s made homage to yâ— warde of Parys putt his sones in hostage thought to go into Englonde to aspye the countre and tell them whan he came to Englonde that he had broken the kynges pryson of Fraunce by nyght sayd that he wolde do that all Englysshmen walsshmen sholde abowte the kynge of FrauÌ„ce And this thyng for to brynge to the ende he swore vpon this couenauÌ„t dedes were made bytwene them and that he sholde haue by yere a thousand poundes worth of londe to brynge this thynge too an ende This fals traytour toke his leue wente thens and came intoo Englonde vnto the kynge sayd that he was broke out of pryson that he had put hym in suche peryll for his loue wherfor the kyng cowde hym moche thanke and full gladde was of his comynge ¶ And the fals traytoure fro that daye aspyed all the doynge of the kynge and also his counselle for the kynge loued hym full well and was with hym full preuy But a clerke of Englonde that was in the kynges hous of Fraunce herde of this treason and of the falsnesse wrote to another clerke that tho was dwellynge with Edward kynge of Englonde all how thomas Turbeluyll had done his fals coniectynge and all the counsell of EngloÌ„de was wryte for to haue sende vnto the kynge of FrauÌ„ce And thrugh the forsayd letter that the clerke had sente fro FrauÌ„ce it was fouÌ„de vpon hym wherfor he was led to London hangyd drawe there for his treason And his two sones that he had put in Fraunce
Gascoyne the kynge of FrauÌ„ce anone grauÌ„ted and so they were delyuerd ¶ And in yâ— same tyme yâ— Scottes sent by the bysshop of saynt andrewes in to Fraunce to yâ— kynge to syr Charles his brother yâ— syr Charles sholde come with his power they of Scotlonde wolde come with theyr power so they sholde go into Englonde yâ— londe to dystroye from Scotlonde vnto they came to Kent And yâ— Scottes trustyd moche vpon yâ— Frensshmen but of yâ— thynge they had no manere graunte netheles the Scottes began to robbe and kylle in NorthuÌ„berlonde dydd moche harme ¶ How wyllyam waleys lete reyse the londe of Scotlonde as cheyf lorde And syr Hughe of Cressynham of the bataylle of Fonkyrke AS tydynges was come to kyng Edward yâ— wylliam waleys had ordeyned suche a stronge power and also that all Scotlonde to hym was attendaunt and redy for to â—lee Englysshâ—e and to dystoye the londe he was sore anoyed and sente anone by letter to therle of Garienne to syr Henry Perry to wyllyam Latomer and too syer Hughe of Cressynham his cresorer yâ— they sholde take power go into Northumber londe so forth into Scotlonde for too kepe yâ— couÌ„trees and whan wyllyam waleys herde of theyr comyÌ„ge be began to flee the Englysshmen hym folowed drout hym tyll he came to Sâ—ryuâ—lyn there he helde hym in the castell And yâ— walsshmen euery daye them escryed menacyd and dyd all the dyspyer that they myght soo that the Englysshemen vpon a tyme in a mornynge wente oute fro the castell the mouÌ„tenaunce of .x. miles and passed ouer a brydge and wyllyam waleys came with a stronge power and droue theym abak for the Englysshmen had ayenst hym no power tho but fledde and they that myght take the brydge scaped but syr Hugh the kynges tresorer there was slayne and many other also wherfore was made moche sorowe ¶ Tho had kynge Edward sped all his maters in Flaundres was come ayen into Englonde in hast toke his way into Scotlonde came thederat yâ— Ascencyon tyde all yâ— he fouÌ„de he sette a fyre brent But the poore people of Scotlonde came too hym wonder thyck prayed hym for goddys loue yâ— he wolde on them haue Mercy and pyte wherfore tho the kynge coÌ„maunded yâ— no man sholde do them harme yâ— were yolden to hym ne to no man of ordrene to no hous of relygyon ne no manere chirche But lete espye all yâ— he myght wher yâ— he myght fynde ony of his enmyes tho came a spye vnto yâ— kynge tolde where yâ— the Scottes were assembled too abyde bataylle And on saynt Mary Mawdeleyns daye the kynge came to Fonkyrk and yaue bataylle to the Scottes and at that batayle were slayn .xxx. thousande Scottes and of Englysshemen .xviii. no mo Of yâ— whiche was a worthy knyght slaynÌ„e yâ— was a knyght hospytylere yâ— was callyd Frery brian Iay. For whan wyllyam waleys fledde from yâ— batayll yâ— same Frery brian hym pursewed fiers ly as his hors ranne it stert in a myre of a marys vp to the bely and wyllyam waleys torned tho agayne and there slewe the forsayd brian and that was moche harme ¶ And that whyle kynge Edwarde wente thorough Scotlonde For to enquere yf he myght fynde ony of his enmyes And in that londe he dwelled as longe as hym lyked And there was no enmye that durst hym abyde ¶ And soone after kynge Edwarde wente too Southampton for he wolde not abyde in Scotlonde in wynter season for esement of his people And whan he came to London he lete amende many mysdedys yâ— were done ayenst his peas lawes he beynge in FlauÌ„dres ¶ Of the laste maryage of kynge Edwarde and how he wente the thyrde tyme into Scotlonde ANd after it was ordeyned thrughe the court of Rome yâ— kynge Edwarde sholde wedde dame Margarete yâ— was kynge Phylip syster of FrauÌ„ce And the archebysshop Robert of wyÌ„ chelse spousyd them togyders thrugh yâ— whiche maryage there was made peas bytwene kynge Edwarde of Englonde kynge Philyp of FrauÌ„ce ¶ Kyng Edwarde went tho yâ— thyrde tyme into scotlond tho within yâ— fyrst yfre he had enfamyned yâ— londe so that he left not one that he ne came to his mercye sauf such as were in the castell of Estreuelyn that well were vytaylled stored for .vii yere ¶ How the castell of Estreuelyn was be seged and wonne BYnge Edwarde came to the castell of Estreuelyn with a huge power and besegyd the castell but it lytyll auaylled for he myght do yâ— Scottes none harme for yâ— castell was so stronge well kept kynge Edwarde sawe yâ— bethought hym vpon a queyntesy lett make anone two payr of hygh galowes before yâ— tour of yâ— castell made his othe that as many as were within yâ— castell Notwithstandynge were he Erle or Baron and he were take with strength but yf he wolde the rather hym yelde he sholde be hangyd vppon yâ— same galowes And whan tho that were within the castell herde this they came yelde them all to the kynges grace and mercy the kynge foryaaâ— them all his male talent and there were all yâ— grete lordes of scotlonde swore to kynge Edwarde yâ— they shold come to London to euery parlemeÌ„t and sholde stonde to his ordynaunce ¶ How TroylebastoÌ„ was fyrst ordened THe kynge Edwarde went thens to London and wende to haue had reste and peas of his warre in whiche werre he was occupyed .xx. yere that is to saye in Gascoyne in Walys and in Scotlonde and thought how he myght recouer his tresour that he had spended abowte his werre lete enquere thrugh the reame of all the tyme that he hadde be out of his reame yâ— men called Troillebaston and ordeyned therto Iustices and in this manere he recouered tresour without nombre And his purpose was for to haue goon into the holy londe to haue werred vppon goddes enmyes by cause he was crossyd longe tyme before And netheles the law yâ— he had ordeyned dyd moche good thrugh out all Englonde to them yâ— were myshode For thoo yâ— trespassed were well chastysed and after more meke better the poore comyns were in reste and peas And the same tyme kynge Edwarde prysoned his owne sone Edwarde by cause that walter of Lanton bysshop of Chestre yâ— was yâ— kyÌ„ ges tresorer had complayned on hym sayd yâ— forsayd Edwarde thrugh couÌ„sell entysynge of one Ganaston a squyre of Gascoyne had broke yâ— parkê of the forsayd bysshop this Pers couÌ„selyd lad yâ— same Edwarde for yâ— cause yâ— kyÌ„ge exyled his sone out of Englonde ¶ Of the dethe of wyllyam waleys the fals traytoure ANd whan this kynge Edward hadde his enemyes ouercome in Walys Gascoyne and Scotlonde and dystroyed his traytours all but only that rybaude wyllyam waleys that neuer to the kynge wolde hym yelde and att the towne of saynt Domynyk
of London ¶ And they ordeyned at euery yate of London duryÌ„ge this same parlement stronge watche of men of armes and archers and thrughe out euery warde also And the kyng made .v. dukes and one markeys four erles and the fyrste 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 thyrde was the erle of Kent and he was made duke of Surre And the fourth was the erle of Huntyngdon and he was made duke of Excestre And the fyfte was the erle of Notyngham a he was made duke of Northfolke And the erle of Somersete he was made markeys of Dorset And the lord Spenser was made Erle of Goucestre And the lorde Neuyll of raby was made erle of westmerlonde And syr Thomas percy was made erle of worcestre And syr wyllyam scrope that was tresourere of Englonde was made erle of wylteshyre And syr IohnÌ„ moÌ„tagu erle of Salesbury And whan the kynge had thus done he helde the parlemente and ryalle fest 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 yâ— bysshops inne in Holdorne and was brought fro thens to saynt Poule there the kynge made and helde this enterement well and worthely with all his lordes in the chirche of saynt Poule in London and there he was buryed besyde dame BlauÌ„ce his wyfe yâ— was doughter heyre vnto the good Henry that was duke of Lancastre In the same yere there fell a dyscencyon bytwere yâ— duke of Herforde and the duke of Norfolk in so moche yâ— they waged batayll and â—asten downe theyr gloues than they were taken vp ensealed yâ— batyyll Ioyneâ— the day set yâ— place assygned 〈…〉 and this sholde be at Couâ—tre ¶ And thyder come the kynge wyth all hys 〈◊〉 at that daye and was set in the felde and than these two worthy lordes came into yâ— felde well and clene armed wel arayed with all theyr wepen redy too done theyr batayll were redy in the place for to fyght at vtterauÌ„ce But yâ— kyng had them cesse toke yâ— quarell into his honde And forth with ryght there preseÌ„te exyled yâ— duke of Herforde forterme of x. yere the duke of Norfolke for euere more And syr Thomas of AruÌ„dell Archebysshop of CauÌ„terbury was exyled yâ— same tyme for euer deposed out of his see for malyce of the kynge anone these thre worthy lordes were coÌ„mauÌ„ded defeÌ„ded yâ— kyngê reame And anone they gate theym shyppes at dyuerse hauens and went ouer see into dyuerse londes eche his waye And the duke of Norfolke wente too Venece and there he deyed on whos soule god haue mercy Amen and than kynge Rycharde made a clerke of his syr Roger walden Archebysshop of Caunterbury ¶ And in the .xxii. yere of kynge Rychardes regne by fals couÌ„seyll ymagynacyon of coueytous men yâ— were about hym were made ordeyned blanke chertres and made theym to be enseled of all maner ryche men thrugh oute the reame In so moche that they compelled dyuerle people to sette theyr seales therto And this was done for greate couetyse wherfore all gode hertes of the reame were clene torned awaye fro the kinge for euer after And that was vtterly his dystruccyon and ende to hym yâ— was soo hyghe and soo excellente prynce and kynge and thrugh couetous fals counseyll falsly betrayed Alas for pyte that suche a kynge myght not se ¶ And thaÌ„ kynge Rycharde sette his kyngdome hys ryall londe of Englonde too ferme vnto four persones the whiche were the se Syr wyllyam strop erle of wyleshyre and tresourer of Englonde and syr Iohan Busshe and Henry grene and syr Iohan Bagot knyghtes that whyche torned theym too myscheyf and dethe with in a lytell tyme as ye shall fynde here afterwarde wryten ¶ And than kyng Rycharde made greate ordynauÌ„ce â—nte hymself ouer see in to Iâ—londe many grete lordes with hym 〈◊〉 a grete hoste for to strenth theyr kynge with men of armes archers and moche greate stuff ryghte good ordynauÌ„ce as longed vnto warre And or he passed ouer see he ordeyned made syr Edmonde of Langley his vncle yâ— duke of yorke his 〈◊〉 of Englonde in his absence with she gouernauÌ„ce couÌ„seyll of theâ—e 〈…〉 that had taken Englonde to â—â—â—me of the kynge And than he 〈…〉 see and came into Irlonde and 〈◊〉 was well worthely receyued And 〈◊〉 rebelles that ben called wolde 〈◊〉 came downe to the kynge yolde them to hym both body goodes all at his 〈◊〉 wyll and swore vnto hym to be 〈◊〉 lyege men and there dyd to hym 〈◊〉 and feaute and good seruyse thus he conquered the moost parte of Irlonde in a lytell tyme. ¶ And whyse that kyng Rycharde was thus in Irlonde syr Henry of Bolyngbroke erle of 〈◊〉 the kynge had made before duke of â—â—â—forde the whiche duke the kynge had â—â—led out of this lond was comen 〈◊〉 to Englende for to chalenge the dukeâ—â— me of Lancastre as for his ryght new herytage he came downe out of FrauÌ„ce by londe vnto Calays And tâ—ere â—eâ— hym syr Thomas of AruÌ„dell yâ— was Archebysshop of CauÌ„terbury y◠〈◊〉 eâ—yled out of Englonde with hym came the erle of AruÌ„dell his sone 〈◊〉 yâ— which was in kepyÌ„g of syr IohnÌ„ shelley knight soÌ„tyme with the erle of 〈◊〉 with the duke of Eâ—cesâ—â— yâ— which was tho in yâ— castell of Reygate in southsex there he stale hym awaye came too Calays and there he was keped well worthely tyll these other two lordes were comen to Calays ¶ And than this worthy duke and syr Thomas of Arundell Archebysshop of CauÌ„terbury shypped in yâ— hauen of Calays drewe theyr cours nor warde and aryued in yorke shyre at Rauensporne faste by wydelyngton there he came entred fyrste the londe two lordes with hym and theyr nauye And soo thanne moche people of the reame that whan they herde of his comynge 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 soo passed forth into the londe and gadred moche people to them ¶ And whan kynge Rycharde herde and wyste that these twoo lordes were comen ayen in to Englonde and also were londed Than the kynge lefte his ordynaunce in Irlonde and come in to Englonde warde in all the hasâ—e that he myghte and come to the castell of Flynte and there he abode to take his counseyll and what myght he done but too hym come none And thanne syr Thomas Percy erle of worcestre yâ— was the kynges stewarde wyst and knewe all this anone he came into the hall amonges althe people he brake yâ— yerde of yâ— ryall kynges housholde
hym ¶ And anone oure kynge lette crye that euery man sholde doo sle his prysoners that he hadde taken and anone to make theym ayen redy for to fyghte wyth the Frensshe men And whan thei sawe that oure men kylled downe theyr prysoneres thanne they dyde wythdrawe them and brake theyr batayll all their araye And thus our kynge as a worthy conquerour had that daye the vyctory in the felde of Agyngcourte in Pycardye And than our kynge reforned ayen ther that the batayll was for to see what people were slayne of Englysshmen and if ony were hurte that they myghte be holpen And there were dede in the felde the duke of Barrye yâ— duke of AlauÌ„some yâ— duke of Braban yâ—erle of Nauerne chy ef Censtable of FrauÌ„ce .viii. erles the Archebysshop of SauÌ„ce of gode baroÌ„s an hondred and moo of worthy knytes of greate alyauÌ„ce of cote armures a thousande .v. hondred And so of Englysshmen was deed that daye the good duke of yorke and the erle of Southfolke and of all other Englysshmen there were not deed passyÌ„ge .xxvi. bodyes thaÌ„ked be god And this batayll was on a frydaye whiche was saynt Cryspyne Cryspynyanes daye in the monethe of Octobre and anone the kynge commauÌ„ded to bury them and the duke of yorke to be caryed forth with hym and the erle of Southfolke And there were prysoneres the duke of OrlyauÌ„ce yâ— duke of Burbon the erle of Vendome the erle of ewe the erle of Rychemonde syre BursygauÌ„t Marchall of FrauÌ„ce many other worthy lordes were taken there in thys batayll of Agyngcourt were brought vnto the towne of Calays so ouer the see with the kynge into Englonde landed at Douer in Kent with all his prysoners in saufte thanked be god almyghty and so came to Caunterbury and offred at saynt Thomas shryne so he rode forth thrugh yâ— countre of Kent the next waye vnto Eltham there he restted tyll that he wolde come to London And than yâ— mayer of London the aldermen shreues with all the worthy comuners and craftes came to the blacke hethe well and worthely arayed for too welcome our kynge with dyuerse melodyes thanked almyghty god of hys gracyous vyctory yâ— he shewed for hym And so the kynge his prysoners passed forth by theym tyll he came to saynt thomas waterynge there met with hym all relygyous men with processyon and welcomed hym so yâ— kynge came rydinge with his prysoners thrugh yâ— cyte of LoÌ„don where yâ— them was shewed many a fayre fyght at all yâ— conduytes at the crosse in chepe as in heuenly araye of angelles ar chauÌ„gelles patryaâ—kes prophetes virgynes with dyuerse melodyes sensynge syngynge to welcome yâ— kyng all the conduytes rennynge with wyne the kynge passed forth to saynt Poules and there met with hym .xiiii. bysshops all â—euessed mytred with sensers to welcome the kyng there they songe for his gracyous vyctory Te deum laudamus And there the kynge offred toke his hors rode to westmynster than the mayer toke his leue of the kynge and rode home ayen ¶ And in the thyrde yere of kynge Henryes regne yâ— fyfth come the Emperoure of Almayne kynge of Rome and of Hungrye in to Englonde so to the cyte of London And the mayer the aldermen with yâ— shreues worthy craftes of London by the kynges coÌ„maudement met with hym on the blacke heth in the best araye that they coude on 〈◊〉 And there they welcomed hym and brought hym vnto London with moche honoure greate reuerence And at saynt Thomas waterynge there met with hym the kynge with all his lordes in gode araye And there was a worthy metynge bytwene the Emperoure and kynge HeÌ„ry the fyfth there they kyssed togyder enbâ—aced eche other and than yâ— kyng toke the Emperoure by the honde soo they came rydyng thrugh yâ— cyte of LoÌ„doÌ„ vnto saynt Poules ther they alyghted and offred and alle the bysshoppes stode reuesshed with sensers in theyr â—ondes sensynge to theym And than they toke theyr horses and rode vnto westmyÌ„ster And yâ— kynge lodged the Emperour in his owne palays and there he rested hym a greate whiche all at the kyngê coste ¶ And soone after came yâ— duke of Hollonde in to Englonde to come and se there the Emperoure and to speke with hym and with our kynge Henry of Englonde and he was worthyly receyued lodged in the bysshops Inne of Ely all at the kynges coste ¶ And whan yâ— Emperour hadde well rested hym and seen the londe in dyuerse partyes and knewe the commodytees than by processe of tyme he toke his leue of the kynge but or he yode he was made knyght of the garter and receyued and wered the lyueray And than he thanked the kynge and all his lordes And than the kynge he wente ouer the see vnto Calays and aboden there longe tyme to haue an answere of the Frensshe kynge and at the laste it came and pleased hym ryghte noughte so the Emperoure toke his leue of yâ— kinge and passed forth in goodes name and our kynge came ouer ayen in to EngloÌ„de in all the hast that he myghte and yâ— was on saynt Lucas euen yâ— he came to Lambythe and on yâ— mondaye nexte he came in to the parleament at westmynster ¶ And in this same yere was a grete derth of corn in Englonde but thanked be god it lasted not longe ANd in the fourthâ— yere of kynge Henryes regne the fyfth he held his parlemente at westmynster in yâ— begyÌ„nynge of Octobre last to yâ— puryfycacyon of our lady than nexe after And there was grauÌ„ted vnto hym to mayntene his warres both of spyrytualtee of teÌ„poralte an hole taxe a dyeme than anone yâ— kynge prayed all his lordes too make them redy to strength hym in hys ryght And anone he lete make a newe retenue and charged all his men to be redy at Hampton in wytson weke thanne next after with out ony delaye And there the kynge made the duke of Bedford protectoure and defender of his reame of Englonde in his absence charged hyÌ„ to kepe his lawes and mayntene bothe spyrytuall and temporall And whan yâ— kynge had thus do sette all thynge in his kynde On saynt Markes daye he toke his hors at westmynster came rydyÌ„ge to Poules there he offred toke his leue and so rode forthe thrugh the cyte takynge his leue of all maner of people as well pore as ryche praynge theym all in generall to praye for hym And so he rode forth too saynt Georges there of fred toke his leue of yâ— mayer charginge hym to kepe well his chambre And so he rode forth to Hampton and ther abode tyll his retenue were redy comen for there was all his nauye shyppes with his ordynaunce gadred togyder and well stuffed as longed to suche
saynt Bâ—nets order in Englonde and had all them in to the chapytre hous of west mynstre for the reformacyon of theyr order wherin he had comunycacyon and alsoo with bysshops and men of the spyrytualtee in so ferre forth that they doubted sore as that he wolde haue hadde the pemporaltees out of theyr hondes wherfore by the aduyse labours procurynge of the spyrytualte encouraged the king for to chalenge Normandye his ryght in FrauÌ„ce to yâ— entent to set hym awerke there that he sholde not seke none occasyons for too entre in to suche maters than all his lyfe tyme afterwarde he laboured and was besy in the warre and in conquerynge a greate parte of the reame of Fraunce and so afterwarde that by the grement of the kynge Charles he hadde the gouernaunce the rule of the reame of Fraunce and he was proclamed regent and heyre of Fraunce And so notwithstandynge for all this greate warre that he hadde neuertheles yet he remembred his soule and also thoughte that he was mortall and nedes muste de ye for whiche cause he ordeyned by hys lyfe tyme the place of his sepulture where as he is buryed and hathe euery day thre masses perpetually songen in a chapell ouer his sepulture of the whiche the myddyll masse and the fyrste and yâ— last masse shall be as it is assygned by hym as it apperyth by these verses folowynge Henrici misse quinti suÌ„t hic tabulate Que successiue suÌ„t p monachos celebrate ¶ Die dmÌ„ca Prima sit assuÌ„pte de festo virginis alme Poscit postremaÌ„ xpÌ„s de morte resurgens ¶ Feria seconda Prima salutate de festo virginis extat NuÌ„ciat angelicê laudâ— postrema choreis ¶ Feria tercia Esse deuÌ„ natuÌ„ de virgine prima fatetur CoÌ„memorat nataÌ„ sic vlâ—â—a misse mariaÌ„ ¶ Feria quarta Prima celebret ad honoreÌ„ neupmatê almi Vltima preptaÌ„ denunciat eeÌ„ mariaÌ„ ¶ Feria quinta Semper prima colidebet de corpere xpÌ„i Vltima lit facta de virgine purificata ¶ Feria sexta Concedet vt prima celebret de cruce seaÌ„ Atque salutate fiet postrema maria ¶ Sabbato DeÌ„s ad scoÌ„s est prima colenda supernos Vltima de requie p defuÌ„ctis petit esse Semper erit media de ê“prietate diei ¶ And yet the noble kynge Henry yâ— fift founded two houses of relygyon one is called Syon besyde Braynforde of the ordre of saynt Brygytte both of men women and on yâ— other syde of the Ryuer of Tamyse an hous of monkes of Chartrehous in whiche two places he is contynually prayd for nyghte daye for euer whan they of Syon resten than they of yâ— Chartre hous do theyr seruyce and in lyke wyse whan they of yâ— Chartre hous resten the other gooth to and by ryngynge of the belles of eyther place eche knoweth whaÌ„ they haue ended theyr seruyse whiche he nobly endowed do dayly there grete almes dedes as in chartre hous certayn chyldren be founden to scole and at Syon certayn almes gyueÌ„ dayly And yet besyde all this he had fouÌ„ded a recluse the whiche shall be alway a preest to praye for hym by the sayd chartre hous whiche preest is suffycyently endowed for hym and a seruaunt Lo here maye all prynces take ensample by this noble prynce that regned so lytyll tyme not fully .x. yere and dyd so many noble actes as well for his soule to be perpetually remembred and prayed for as in his conquestes he beynge in his moste lusty aege dysposed eschewed synne was a grete Iusticer in so moche yâ— all yâ— pryÌ„cê of crystendome dradde hym and also of alsoo of hethenes and he had determyned in hymselfe yf god wolde haue spared hym to haue warred on yâ— Sarasyns and for to knowe the ayde of other prynces all the passages in yâ— Iourneye he sent a knyght of Henaude named Hugh de lanoye vnto Iherusalem but or he retorned he deyed at Boys de vyncente in the .xxxvi. yere of his aege on whoo 's soule god haue mercy Amen EElyx the .v. was pope whan Eugenius was deposed .ix. yere this Felyx was duke of Sauoye a deuoute prynce an olde man he sawe his childes childe This man whan he lyued a holy lyfe was chosen pope of yâ— counseyll of Basyle Eugeny was deposed and there was stryfe longe tyme he hadde no grete obedyence for yâ— deposycyon of Eugenye And at yâ— laste Eugenye decessed than Felyx resygned to Nicholas for fauour of peas to be hadde he was made Legate of FrauÌ„ce Cardynall of Sabianus This was yâ— xxiii stryfe bytwyxt Eugedy Felyx it dured .xvi yere this was a newe cause neuer seen before for yâ— couÌ„seyll of Basyle deposed Eugeny the vere pope there was no mo for he obeyed not the decrees of yâ— couÌ„seyll of Constantynople as they said ne he charged not to obeye yâ— couÌ„seyll of Basyle but he sayd rather the contrary shold be done than as they decreed wherfore there arose a greate alteracoÌ„n in that mater for some sayd one waye some an other and coude notte accorde to this daye for that one partye sayd that the couÌ„seyll was aboue yâ— pope an other partye sayd the contrary that yâ— pope was aboue the couÌ„seyll but they lefte it vndetermyned and therfore god muste dyspose for yâ— best ¶ Albert was Emperoure after Sygysmonde one yere this Albert was the duke of Austre and neuewe too Sygysmond therfore he was kynge of Beme and of Vngary for his doughter for other heyre he left none This man was chosen Emperour of Almayne but anone he was poysened and deyed and he was in all thynge a vertuous man yâ— all men sayd he was a presydent too all kynges ¶ Fredericus yâ— thyrde was Emperoure after hym this Frederyk was yâ— duke of Osteryk chosen Emperour of Almayne but it was longe or he was crowned of the pope for deuysyon And at the laste there was made an vnyte 〈◊〉 he was crowned with a grete honour â—t the pope in the cyte and was a 〈◊〉 man a quyete of a synguler pyte he hated not the clergy he wedded yâ—â—â—â—ges doughter of Portyngale and in his tyme whiles yâ— he regned he made a grete conuocacyon of prynces in 〈◊〉 for the Incours of the Turkes 〈◊〉 â—â—â—â—ed vnto them that nowe 〈…〉 yere crystendom was made 〈…〉 hondred myle and he warned 〈…〉 they sholde be redy to resyst hym ¶ And the imperyall Cyte of Constantynople was taken atte that same tyme of the mysbyleuynge Turkes and 〈◊〉 by a Ianuâ—s whome for his labâ—â—re the Turke made a kynge as he â—â—mysed hym and the fourth daye he called hym to hym and dyd hange hym 〈◊〉 his dysceyte too his mayster And châ—â— was grete sorowe and wepynge amonge the crysten peple for the losse of that noble Cyte for many a crysten man was slayne innumerable were
so that Morgan durst not abyde but fledde awaye in to Walys And Conedag pursued hym and toke hym and slewe hym And tho came Conedag agayne and seased all the londe in to his honde helde it And regned after .xxxiij yere And thenne he deyed and lyeth at newe Troye ¶ 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 knowen what tyme of the worlde the kynges folowen regned Therfore they shall be togyder tyll it be comen vnto Guentolen kynge of Brytayne now called Englonde ¶ How Reynolde that was Conedagâ— sone regned after his fader in his tyme it rayned blood thre dayes in tokenynge of grete deth ANd after this Conedag regned Reynolde his sone that was a wyse knyght an hardy â—urteys that well nobly gouerned the londe wonder well made hym beloued of all maner of folke And in his tyme rayned blood yâ— lasted thre dayes As god wolde soone after ther came a grete dethe of people For hostes withoute nombre of people fought tyll that almyghty god therof toke mercy pyte tho gan it cesse And this Reynolde regned .xxij. yere deyed and lyeth at Yorke ¶ How Gorbodian regned in yeas that was Reynoldes sone AFter this Reynold that was Conedags sone regned Gorbodian yâ— was this Reynoldes sone .xv. yere and thenne he deyed lyeth at Yorke ¶ How Gorbodian had .ij. sones how that one slewe the other for to haue yâ— beâ—ytage how Ydoyne ther moder slewâ— yâ— other whefore the londe was destroyed SO whan this Gorbodian was deed his two sones that he had became stoute proude and euer warred togyder for the londe And that one was called Ferres and that other Porres And this Ferres wolde haue all the londe but that other wolde not suffre hym This Ferres had a felonous herte thought 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 be came ayen fought with his brother Ferres But ful euyll it happed tho for he was slayne fyrst Whan Ydoyne ther moder wyst that Pours was deed she made grete sorowe for by cause that she loued hym more than yâ— other And thoughte hym for to slee pryuely And pryuely she came to her sone vpon a nyght with two knyues therwith kytte his throte and the body in to smale peces Who herde euer suche a cursyd moder that slewe with her owne hondes her owne sone And longe tyme after lasted the repreef shame to the moder that for by cause of that one sone she murdred the other and so lost them bothe ¶ How foure kynges curtously helde all Brytayne and what were ther names ye shall here after AS the two brethern were deed they lefte not behynde them nother sone ne doughter ne none other of the kynrede that myght haue the herytage And for as moche as yâ— strongest men droue scomfyted the feblest toke all ther londes so that in euery countree they had grete warre stryf vnder them but amonge all other thynges there were amonge them in the couÌ„tree that ouercame all that other thrugh ther myght strengthe they toke all the londes euery of them toke a certayne countree in his couÌ„tree lete calle hyÌ„ kyng one of them was called Scater he was kynge of Scotlonde that other was called Dawa her he was kynge of Loegers of all the londe that was Lotrins that was Buttes sone the thyrde was called Rudac he was kynge of Walys the fourth was called Cloten was called kynge of Cornewayle But this Cloten sholde haue had all the londe by reason for by cause that there was no man that wyst none so ryght an heyre as he was But they that were strongest lette lytell by them that were of lesse estate therfore this Cloten had no more londe amonge them but Cornewaylle ¶ Of kynge Donebant that was Clotens sone wanne the londe THis Cloten had a sone that was called Donebant that after the deth of his fader became an hardy man and a fayr a curteys so that he passed all the other kynges of fayrenesse of worthynesse anone as he was knyght he wyst well that whan his fader lyued he was moost ryghtful heyre of all the londe and sholde haue had by reason But the other kynges that were of a moche more strenghte than he was toke from hym his londe And afterwarde this Donebant ordened hym a grete power conquered fyrst all yâ— londe of Loegers after he wolde haue conquered all the londe of Scotlonde Walys And Scater came with his men yaue hym batayll And Rudac came ayen with his Walysshmen for to helpe hym But soâ— it befell that Rudac was slayne also Scater in playne batayll And so Donebant had the vyctory conquered all the londe well mayntened it in peas and in quyete that neuer before it was so well mayntened ¶ How Donebant was the fyrst kynge that euer bare crowne of golde in Brytayne THis Donebant lete make hym a crowne of golde wered yâ— crowne vpon his heed as neuer kyng dyde before he ordened a statute yâ— a man had done neuer so moche harme myzt come in to the Temple there sholde no man hym mysdo but go there in sauete in peas and after go in to what londe or couÌ„tree that hym pleased without ony harme and yf ony man sette ony honde vpon hym he thenne sholde lese his lyf And this Donebant made the towne of Malmesbury and the towne also of the Vyse And whan he had regned well worthely .xi. yere thenne he deyed lyeth at newe Troy ¶ How Brenne and Belin departed by twene them the londe after the dethe of Donebant ther fader And of the warre betwixt them ANd after that this Donebant was deed his sones yâ— he had departed the londe bytwene them as ther fader had ordeyned so that Belin his eldest sone had all yâ— londe of Brytayne from Humber Southwarde And his brother Brenne had all the lond from Humber vnto Scotlonde ¶ But for as moche that Belin had the better parte Brenne therfore wexed wroth and wolde haue had more of the londe Belin his brother wolde graunte hym no more wherfore coÌ„take warre arose amonge them two But Brenne the yonger brother had no myght ne strength ayenst Belin therfore Brenne thrugh couÌ„sell of his folke wente from thens in to Norweye to the kyng Olsynges prayed hym of helpe socour for to conquere all the londe vpon Belin his brother vpon that couenauÌ„t that he wolde haue his doughter to wyf the kynge Olsynges hym graunted And Belin anone as his broder was gone to Norweye he seased in to his honde all the londe of
spowsed I greyne with moche honour made her quene ¶ And soone after tyme came that she sholde be delyuered bare a childe a sone that was called Arthur And after gaâ—e on her a doughter that was called Amya And whan she came to aege a noble Baron that was lorde of Lyons wedded her ¶ Whan Vter longe tyme had regned there came vpon hym a grete sykenesse as it were a sorowe ¶ And in the meane tyme those that had to kepe Octa that was Engistes sone and Ossa has brother that then were in pryson they lete them go for grete yeftes yâ— they them yaue went with them And whan tho two brethern were escaped were in to theyr owne countree agayne Thenne they ordeyned them a grete power of folke and began for to warre ayen vppon the kynge ¶ How kynge Vter chose Aloth to kepe the londe of Brytayne whyle that he was syke for as moche as he myght not lo◠〈◊〉 syknesse ANd for as moche as kynge Vter was syke myght not helpe hyÌ„ self he ordeyned Aloth sone of Eleyne that tho was chosen for to be wardeyne chyeftayne of all his folke And so he anone all his Brytons assembled a grete hoste yaue batayll to Octa to his folke but Octa at the last was dyscomfyted ¶ It befell thus afterwarde that these Brytons had dedignacoÌ„n of Aloth wolde not be to hym attendauÌ„e Wherfore the kynge was anoyed wonder sore lete put hym in a lytere in the hoste amonges his folke And they ladde hym to Vereloyne that tho was a fayre cyte there yâ— saynt Albon was martred And after was the cyte destroyed with paynems thrugh warre And thyther they had sente Octa and Ossa ther people And entered in to the towne lete make sure yâ— yates there they helde them And the kynge came them besyeged made a stronge assawee but they that were within manly theym deffended ¶ The kynge lete ordeyne his ginnes his engynes for to breke the walles the walles were so stronge that no man myght them mysdo ¶ Octa his people had grete despyte that a kynge lyenge in a lytere had theym besyeged And they toke counseyll amonge them for to stande vp in the morowe erly and come out and yeue batayll to the kynge and so they dyde And in that batayll were bothe Octa and Ossa slayne all the other yâ— escaped a lyue fledde in to Scotlnde made Colegrin theyr chyeftayne And the Saxons yâ— were a lyue escaped fro the batayll brought ayen a grete strength amonge them they sayd that yf kynge Vter were deed they spolde well conquere the londe thought to enpoysen the kynge ordeyned men for to do this dede yaue them of yeftê grete plente this thynge to do And they ordeyned them thyderwarde there 〈◊〉 yâ— kynge was dwellynge and clothed them in poore wede yâ— better all for to spede theyr fals purpose But netheles all theyr falsenes subtylte they myght neuer come to nygh the kynge But so at yâ— last they aspyed yâ— the kynge dranke no other lycour but oonly water of a clere well that was nyghe besyde the fals traytours vpon a daye pryuely wente to yâ— well put therin poyson so yâ— all yâ— water was enpoysened And anone after as the kynge had dronke of that water he began to swelle soone after he deyed as many as dranke of yâ— water deyed also And anone as this was aspyed folke of the towne lete stoppe the welle for euermore ¶ Whan the kynge was deed his folke bare hym to Stonhenge with grete solempnyte of bysshop barons that were there hym to burye besyde Aurilambros his brother And after torned ayen tho euerychone sente after his sone they made hym kynge of the londe with moche reuerence after his faders deâ—he the .xvij. yere of his regne ¶ How kyng Arthur yâ— was the sone of Vter was crowned after his fads deth how he draue Colegrin the Sarons Cheldrâ—k of Almayne out of this londe AS Arthur was made kynge of the londe he was but yonge of aege of .xv. yere but he was fayre and bolde doughty of body And to meke folke he was good curteys and large of spendynge made hym well beloued amonge all them there yâ— it was nede whan he began to regne be swore truely that the Saxons neuer sholde haue reâ—â— ne peas tyll that he hadde dryurn them out of the londe And assembled a greate hoste and fought with Colegrin the whiche after the tyme that Octa was deed the Saxons mayntened And this Colegrin was dyscomfyted fledde vnto Yorke toke the towne there hym helde And the kynge besyeged hyÌ„ there but he myght no thynge spede for the cyte was so stronge And they within the towne kept yâ— cyte well orpedly ¶ And in the mene tyme Colegrin lete the towne to Bladulf fledde hymself to Cheldrik yâ— was kynge of Almayne for to haue of hym socour And the kynge assembled a grete power came arryued in Scotlonde with .xv. hondred shyppes And whan Arthur wyst of these tydynges yâ— he had not power strength ynoughe to fyght ayenst Cheldrik he lete be the syege wente to London and sente anone his letters to the kynge of lytell Brytayne that was called Howell his neuewe his systers sone that he sholde come to hym with all the power that he myght And he assembled a grete hoste arryued at Southampton And what kyng Arthur if wyst he was gladde ynough wente ayenst them them receyued with moche honour So that those two hostê mette assembled them and toke theyr waye euen vnto Nicholl that Cheldrik had besyeged but it was not taken And they came vpon cheldrik his people or they wyst where that they were them egrely assaylled ¶ The kyng Cheldrik and his men defended hym manly by theyr power But kynge Arthur his men slewe so many Saxons that neuer was seen suche slaughter and Cheldrik and his men that were left alyue fledde awaye And kynge Arthur them pursewed droue them out in to a wood that that they myght no ferder passe ¶ Childrik his men sawe well that they were brought in to moche dysease them yelded to kynge Arthur in this maner wyse That he sholde take theyr horses theyr armour and all that they had and they muste oonly goo on foot in to theyr shyppes And so they wolde go home in to theyr owne londe neuer come ayen in to this londe ¶ And vpon assuraunce of this thynge they 〈◊〉 hyÌ„ good hostages ¶ And Arthur by counseyll of his men grauÌ„ted this thynge receyued the hostages therupon the other wente to theyr shyppes And whan they were in the hygh see yâ— wynde chauÌ„ged as the deuyll it wolde they forned theyr nauy came ayen in to
this londe arryued at Totnesse and wente out of the shyppes toke the londe and dene robbed it and moche people slewe tooke all the armour that they myght fynde And so they wente forth tyll they came vnto Bathe But the men of the towne shytte faste theyr yates and wolde not suffre theym to come within the towne And they deffended them well orpedly ayenst them ¶ How Arthur yaue bataylle vnto the Saxons whan they came agayne in to this londe had besyeged the towne of Bathe and them ouercame ANone as Arthur herde this tydynges he lete hange the hostages lefte Howell of Brytayne his neuewe for to kepe the marche towarde Scotlonde with half his people hym self wente to helpe rescowe the towne of Bathe Whan he came thyther he yaue a stronge batayll to Cheldrik slewe almoost all the people yâ— he had For no man myght hym withstonde ne endure vnder the stroke of his swerde And there bothe were slayne Colegrin Bladult his brother Cheldrik fledde thens wolde haue gone to his shyppes ¶ But whan Arthur it wyst he toke .x. thousande knyghtes to Cador yâ— was erle of Cornewaylle for to lette stoppe his to mynge And Arthur hymself wente towarde yâ— marche of Scotlonde For mesengers tolde hym that the Scottes had besyeged Howell of Brytayne there that he laye syke therfore he hasted hym thytherwarde ¶ And Cador pursewed after Cheldrik toke hym er he myght come to his shyppes slewe Cheldrik his people And whan Cador had done this vyage he hasted hym ayen towarde Arthur as fast as he myght founde hym in Scotlonde there that he had rescowed Howell of Brytayne but the Scottes were ferre within Nounref there they helde them a whyle But Arthur them pursewed they fledde thens in to Limoigne that were in that countree .lx. Iles grete plente of byrdes grete plente of Egles that were wonte to crye fyght togyders and make grete nose whan folke came to robbe that londe warne as moche as they myght so they dyde For the Scottes were to grete rauenours that they tooke all that they myght fynde in the londe of Limoigne without ony sparynge there with tharged ayen the folke in to Scotlonde for to wende ¶ How kynge Arthur axed of Merlyn the aduentures of .vi. of the laste kynges that were to regne in Englonde how the londe sholde ende SYr sayd Merlyn In the yere of the Incarnacyon of Ihesu Cryst M.CC.xv. shall come a lambe out of Wynchestre shall haue a whyte tonge true lyppes he shall haue wryten in his herte holynes This lambe shal make many goddes houses he shall haue peas the moost parte of his lyf And he shall make one of yâ— fayrest places of the worlde yâ— in his tyme shall not fully be made an ende of ¶ And in the ende of his lyf a wulf of a straunge londe shall do hym moche harme sorowe thrugh warre But at the ende the lambe shall be mayster thrugh helpe of a reed fore that shall come out of the Northwest hym shall ouercome the wulf shall deye in water And after that tyme the lambe shall lyue no whyle but he shall deye ¶ His seed shal be in a strauÌ„ge londe And the londe shall be without a gouernour a lytell tyme. ANd after this shall come a dragon medled with mercy also with woodnesse And yâ— shall haue a berde as a gote yâ— shall gyue in Englonde a shadowe shall kepe the londe fro colde hete and his owne foot shall be sette in Wyke yâ— other in London And he shal enbrace InhabitauÌ„ces And he shal open his mouth towarde Walys And yâ— tremblynge of the hydour of his mouth his eeres shall stretche towarde many habtacyons couÌ„trees And his bâ—eth shall be ful swete in strauÌ„ge londe And in his tyme shall the ryuers renne blood with brayne And he shall make in places of his londe walles yâ— shall do moche harme vnto his seed after his tyme. ¶ And thenne shall there come a people out of the Northwest durynge his regne yâ— shal be ladde thrughout a wycked hare that the dragon shall do crowne kynge that afterwarde shall flee ouer the see without comynge ayen for drede of the dragon ¶ And in yâ— tyme the sonne shall be as reed as a blood yâ— men shall see thorugh out all the worlde that shall betoken grete pestylence deth of folke thorugh dynt of swerde And that people shall be faderles tyll the tyme that the dragon deye thrugh an hate that shall meue ayenst hym warre vnto the ende of his lyf that shall not fully be ended in his tyme. ¶ This dragon shal be holde in his tyme the best body of the worlde And he shal deye besyde the marches of a strauÌ„ge londe yâ— londe shall dwel â—faderles without a good gouernour men shall wepe for his dethe from the yle of Shepey to the hauen of Martâ—yll ¶ Wherfore Alas alas shall be there longe of faderles folke that shall ouer lyue in his londe destroyed ANd after this dragon shal come a gote oute of Kae yâ— shall haue hornes a berde of syluer there shall come out of his nosethryll a dompe that shall betoken hungre sorowe grete deth of the people And moche of his londe in the begynnynge of his regne shall be wasted ¶ This gote shall go ouer vnto FrauÌ„ce shall open the floure of his lyf deth ¶ In his tyme there shall aryse an egle in Cornewayle that shall haue fethers of golde yâ— of pryde shall be without pere of the londe And he shal despyse lordes of blood And after he shal flee shamefully by a beer at Gauersech after shall be made brydges of men vp on the costes of the see and stones shall fall from castestelles many other townes shall be made playne ¶ In his tyme shall seme yâ— the beer shall brenne a batayll shall be done vpon the armes of the see in a felde ordeyned as a shelde And at yâ— batayll shall deye many whyte heedes wherfore this batayll shall be called the whyte batayll And yâ— forsayd beer shall do this gote moche harme it shall come out of the Southwest of his blood Thenne shall yâ— gote lese moche of his londe tyll that the tyme yâ— shenshyp shal hym ouercome And then shall he close hym in a lyons skynne And thenne shall be wynne that he had before loste more therto For a people shall come out of the North west yâ— shall make the gote so sore aferde that he shal be in grete perplexite And he shall aduenge hym on his enmyes thrugh couÌ„seyll of two owles that fyrst shall be in peryll for to be vndone But yâ— olde owle shall wende a waye a certayne tyme after he shall come ayen in to this longe These two owles
shall do grete harme to many one so they shall couÌ„seyll the gote to arere warre ayenst the forsayd beer And at the laste the gote and the owles shall come at Burton vppon Trent shall go ouer for drede the beer shall flee a swanne with hym fro his company to Burton warde yâ— north there they shall be with an harde shoure And thenne shall the swanne be take slayne with sorowe and the beer taken heeded alther next his neest that shall stande vpon broken brydge on whome the lonne shall cast his beemes And many shall hym seke for vertue that from hym shall come ¶ In the same shall deye for sorowe care a peple of his londe so that londes shall be vpon hym the more bolder afterwarde And those two owles shall do moche sorowe to the forsayd floure of lyf her shall lede in to dystrestre so that she shall passe ouer the see in to Fraunce for to make peas bytwene the gote the flouredelyse there she shall dwelle tyll a tyme that her sede shall come seche her they shall be styll tyll a tyme that they shall them clothe with grace And they shall seche the owles shall put them to dyspytous deth And after shal this gote be broughtte to dysease grete Anguysshe and it sorowe he shall lyue all his lyf AFter this gote shall come out of Wyndesore a boore that shall haue an heed of a whyte lyons herte pyteous lokynge ¶ His vysage shall be reste to syke men His breste shall be stauÌ„ chynge of thyrste to tho that be thyrsty His worde shall he gospell His herynge shall be meke as a lambe In the fyrste yere of his regne he shall haue grete payne to Iustefye them yâ— ben vntrue ¶ And in his tyme shall his londe be multeplyed with alyauntes And this boore thorugh fyersnesse of his herte that he shal haue shall make wulues to become lambes And he shall be called thorugh out of the worlde Boore of holynesse fyersnesse of noblynesse of mekenesse And he shall mesurably all that he shall do vnto the borugh of Ierusalem And he shall whette his teeth vpon the yates of Parys vpon foure londes Spayne shall tremble for drede Gascoyne shall swete In Fraunce he shall put his wynge His grete tayle shall reste in Englonde softly Almayne shall quake for drede of hyÌ„ ¶ This boore shall yeue mantelles to two townes of Englonde and shall make the Ryuer renne with blood brayne And he shall make many medowes reede he shall gete as moche as his auncetours dyde And er that he dyed he shall here thre crownes and he shall put a londe in grete subieccyon after it shall be releued but not in his tyme. This boore after he is deed for his doughtynesse shall be entyred at Coleyne And his londe shall be fulfylled of all good AFter this boore shal come a lambe that shall haue feet of leed an heed of brasse an herte of loppe a swynes skynne an harde And in his tyme his londe shall be in peas the fyrste yere of his regne he shall do make a cyte that all the worlde shall speke there of ¶ This lambe shall lese in his tyme a grete parte of his londe thrugh an hydeous wulfe but he shall recouer it and yeue a lordshyp to an Egle of his londe and this egle shall well gouerne it tyll the tyme that pryde shall hym ouercome Alas the sorowe for he shall deye of his brothers swerde And after shall the londe falle to the forsayd lambe that shall gouerne the londe in peas all his lyues tyme. And after he shall deye the londe be fulfylled of all maner of good AFter this lambe shall come a moldwarpe cursyd of goddes moâ—th caytyf a towarde an haare he shall haue an elderly skyâ—â—e as a gote 〈◊〉 shall falle vpon hym for synne ¶ In the fyrst yere of his regne he shall haue of all good grete plente in his londe and towarde hym also And in his londe he shall haue grete praysynge tyll the tyme that he shall suffre his people lyue in to moche pryde without chastysynge wherfore god wyl be wrothe ¶ Thenne shall aryse vp a dragon of the North that shall be full fyerse and shall meue warre ayenst the forsayde moldwarpe and shall yeue hyÌ„ batayle vpon a stone This dragon shal gadre ayen in to his company a wulfe that shall come out of the West to meue warre ayenst the forsayd moldwarpe in his syde and so shall the dragon and bynde theyr tayles togyder ¶ Thenne shall come a lyon out of Irlonde that shall falle in company with them And thenne shall tremble the londe that shal be called Englonde as an aspyn leyf And in that tyme shall castelles be felled downe vpon Tamyse And it shall seme that Seuerne shall be diyeâ—for the bodyes that shall falle deed there in The foure chyef floodes in Englonde shall renne in blood And grate drede shall be and anguysshe that shall aryse ¶ After the moldwarpe shall flee the dragon The lyon and the wulfe shall them dryue awaye and the londe shall be without them And the mold warpe shall haue no maner power sauf oonly a shyppe wherto he may wende ¶ And after that he shal go to londe where the see is withdrawe And after that he shal yeue the thyrde parte of his londe fuâ— to haue the fourth parte in peas and in rest And after he shall lyue in sorowe all his lyf tyme. ¶ And in his tyme the hote bathes shal become colde And after yâ— shall the moldwarpe deye auenturously sodeynly Alas for sorowe for he shall be drowned in a flood of the see His seed shall become faderles in strauÌ„ge londe for euer more And then shall yâ— londe be departed in to thre partes that in to say to the wulf to the dragon to the lyon And so shall it be for euer mroe And thenne shall this londe be called the londe of Conquest And so shall the ryght heyres of Englonde ende ¶ How Arthur ouercame Guillomer that was kynge of Irlonde And how the Scottes became his men THenne what Guillomer that was kynge of Irlonde herde tydynges yâ— kynge Arthur was entred at Glastenbury he ordeyned a grete power of Irysshmen came to the see with his Irysshe people so came in to Scotlonde ouer the see arryued fast there by yâ— kynge Arthur was with his hoste And anone as he wyst therof he wente towarde hym yaue hym bataylle ouercame hym anone ryght And Guillomer fledde with his men agayne in to Irlonde And what this was done dyscomfyted hym Arthur torned hym ayen there that he was in to the place there that he had lefte the Scottes and wolde haue them all slayne But the bysshopes abbottes other folke of the countree ladyes open heeded came before kynge Arthur cryed hym
mercy say de Syre gentyll kynge myghty haue mercy pyte vpon vs. And as yourself be of the ryght lawe to holde mayntene Crystendome For full greate dyshonour it sholde be to slee hym yâ— byleueth in almyghty god as ye do And for goddes loue haue mercy pyte on vs suffre vs. For we haue had moche sorowe payne For y o Saxons haue many tymes passed through our londe But yâ— is not ynough to you for oftenymes they haue done vs sorowe dysease For our castelles they haue taken our beestes slayne eten and moche harme they haue vs done And y f ye molde vs now slee it we reâ—none honour to a kynge to slee them that crys hym mercy For ynough ye haue done to vs haue vs ouercome And for the loue of god yâ— ye wyl suffre vs for to lyue haue mercy on crysten people that byleue in Cryste as ye do ¶ Whan kynge Arthur herde this sorowe he had pyte of them yaue them lyf lymme without ony more harme And they fell downe to his feet thanked hym became his lyege men he tooke of them homage ¶ And after that kyng Arthur torned ayen with his hoste came vnto Yorke and made there his bydynge durynge that vyage And tho gaue he all Logrys to Aloth yâ— had spowsed his syster other gyftes grete plente And tho was Gawyn his cosyn but of yonge aege And to all his other men that hym had serued in his warre he gaue ryche gyftes he thanked them moche of all theyr good seruyce ¶ How kynge Arthur spowsed GuÌ„nor that was GuÌ„nors cosyn Erle of Cornewayle and after he conquered of Guillomer all Irlonde ANd whan Arthur had brought his londe in peas reste and in good state all was well in euery couÌ„tree Tho toke he wedded a wyf that was called GuÌ„nor made her quene a fayr lady a gentyll yâ— Cador the erle of Cornewayle had nourysshed in his chambre that was his cosyn But neuer they had children togyder And neuertheles kyng Arthur loued her wonder well deyely And anone as Wynter was passed he lete assemble a grete hoste all his Barons sayd that he wolde go in to Irlonde for to conquere the londe And he caryed not longe yâ— he ne passed ouer into Irlonde ¶ And Guillomer the kynge lete assemble a grete hoste yaue bataylle to kynge Arthur but Guillomer was hys comfyted yelded hym to the kynge became his man to hym dyde fewte and hâ—mage of hym helde all yâ— londe fro that tyme forwarde And after passed kynge Arthur ferthermore conquered Gutlonde Islonde toke homage of the folke of the londe and there dwelled .xij. yere in peas regned with Ioye and myrthe And there warred no man ne woman vpon hym And he became so curteys large honorable that the Emperours courte of Rome ne none other thrugh out all the worlde was not accounted to kynge Arthurs that ony man wyst of ne none so well praysed And therfore the best kynghtê of all maner landes came vnto hym there for to dwelle And he theym receyued with good wyll and reuerence ¶ And all the knyghtes were so good that no man knewe the werste And therfore kynge Arthur made a rouÌ„de table that whan they sholde sytte on ther meete all sholde be ylyke hyghe euenly serued at the table that none of them sholde make auaunt that one of them were hygher thanne an other And kyng Arthur had at that table Brytons Frenshmen Normans and Flemynges Burgoyns Mausers Lotherins of al the londes a this half the mount Goue of his londe of Brytayne and of the grete Corne waylle of Walys of Irlonde and of Scotlonde And shortly to tell of all the londes yâ— wolde worshyp chyualry suche came to kynge Arthurs courte ¶ How kynge Arthur yede in to FrauÌ„ce conquered yâ— londe of Froll that was a Romayne how he slewe hym SYth it befell that thrugh couÌ„sell of his barons lordes kyng Arthur wolde go conquere all FrauÌ„ce that tho was called Galle thrugh Romaynes that tho helde that londe in theyr power in theyr gouernaunce And the Romayns had taken that londe to a noble knyzt a worthy of body that was called Froll And whan he wyst that Arthur came he ordeyned an hoste of a grete power fought with the kynge And he his folke were dyscomfyted fledê vnto Parys entred yâ— cyte closed the yates there helde them ¶ Whan Arthur wyst that Froll was gone to Parys be pursued after came thyder hym besyeged But the cyte was so stronge well arayed tho that were therin deffended theym well manly ¶ Kynge Arthur dwelled there more than a moneth there was so moche people in the cyte that they dyspended all theyr dytayle yâ— they had within And so grete hungre be came amonge them that they deyed wonderly thycke within the cyte for hungre And came vnto Froll prayed hym to be accorded with kynge Arthur for to haue peas they wolde yelde theym vnto hym the cyte also ¶ Froll sawe that he myght no lenger holde the towne ayenst theyr wyll trusted gretly vppon his owne strength sente to kynge Arthur that he sholde come fyght with hyÌ„ body for body so sholde they departe FrauÌ„ce bytwene them two ¶ Kynge Arthur anone grauÌ„ted it And wolde not yâ— none of his people vndertoke the batayle for hym ¶ And vpon the morne both came well arayed without Parâ—s theret that they sholde fyght And anone they smote togyders so fyersly so well they fought on bothe sydes yâ— no man demed the better of them so it befell yâ— Froll yaue Arthur suche a stroke that he kneled to the grounde wolde be nolde he And as Froll wouÌ„ded kynge Arthur in the forhede yâ— the blood fell downe by his â—yen his face Arthur anone sterte vp hertely whan he felte hyÌ„ hurte as a man that semed almoost wood And he toke taburne his good swerde drewe it vp on hyghe and yaaf Froll suche a stroke that therwith he claue his heed downe to the sholders so that his helme myght not be his warraunt so he fell downe deed in the place And thenne tho of the cyte made greate sorowe for Froll And euerychone yelded them to kyng Arthur and the towne also became his men dyde to hym homage feaute And he receyued them toke of them goodly hostages And kyng Arthur after that wente forth with his hoste conquered Augien Angiers Gascoyne Pehito Nauerne and Bourgoyne Berry Lotherne Turin and Peithers and all the other londes of Fraunce he conquered all holy Whan he had conquered taken by homages and feautees he torned ayen to Parys and there he dwelled longe tyme ordeyned peas longe tyme ouer al
the countree and thorugh all Fraunce ¶ And whan peas was made ouer all thorugh his noble kynghthode that he hadde and also for his owne worthynes And no man were he neuer soo greate a lorde durste not meue warre ayenst hym nother to aryse for to make the londe of Fraunce inquyete And in peas he dwelled there .ix. yere and dyde many greate wondres repreued many proude men euyll tyrauntes theym chastysed after theyr demerytes ¶ How kynge Arthur auaunced all his men that had trauaylled in his seruyce ANd afterwarde it befell thus at Eester there that he helde a fest at Parys rychely he gan auaunce his knyghtes for the seruyce that they hadê hym holpen in his conquest He yaue to his stewarde that was called Kay Augien Angiers And he yaue to Bedwer his butler Normandye that tho was called Neustrie And to Holdin his chambrelayne he yaue Flaundres and Mance And to Dorell his cosyn he yaue Boleyne And to Rycharde his neuewe he yaue Pountyf to all other he yaue large londes fees after they were of estate And whan Arthur had thus his knyghtes feoffed at Aueryll next after suynge he came ayen in to Brytayne his owne londe And after at Wyâ—sontyde sewynge by counseyll of his barons he wolde he crowned kyng of Glomergon helde a solempne feest And lete somone barons erles knyghtes that they sholde come thyder euerychone And there was Scater kynge of Scotlonde Cadwere kynge of Southwalys Guillomer kynge of Northwalys Maded kynge of Irlonde Malgamus kynge of Gutlonde Achilles kynge of Islonde Aloth kynge of Denmarke Gone was kynge of Norwaye and Hell his cosyn kynge of Dorkeney Cador kynge of lytell Brytayne Morwith Etle of Cornewaylle Mauran erle of Gloucetre Guerdon erle of Wynchestre Boell erle of Hartforde Vrtegi erle of Oxforde Cuisall erle of Bathe Ionas erle of Chestre Enerall erle of Dorchestre Kymare erle of Salysbury Waloth erle of Caunterbury Iugerne erle of Chichestre Arall erle of Leycetre the erle of Werwyke and many other moo ryche lordes Brytons there came mo that is to saye Dippon Donaude Gennes many other that be not named here were at the feest And many a fayre feest kynge Arthur hadê holde before but neuer none suche ne so solempne that lasted .xv. dayes with moche honour and myrthe ¶ Of the letter that was sente fro Rome for pryde to kynge Arthur THe thyrde daye as kyng Arthur latte att his meete amonge his kynges and amonge them that sate att the feest before them came in .xij. men of aege rychely arayed and curtously they salewed the kynge and sayd they came fro Rome sente as messengers fro the Emperour And toke hyÌ„ a letter that thus moche was to vnderstande ¶ Gretely vs meruaylleth Arthur that thou art ones so hardy with thyn eyen in thy heed to make open warre or contake ayenst vs of Rome that owne all yâ— worlde to deme for thou hast neuer yet before this tyme proued ne assayed thy strength of the Romayns therfor thou it shall in a lytell tyme. For Iulius Cezar conquered all the londe of Brytayne and toke therof truage our folke haue it longe yâ— had now thorugh thy pryde thou withholdest it Wherfore we of Rome coÌ„mauÌ„de the that thou it yelde ayen yet hast thou more foly done that thou hast slayne Froll that was our baron of FrauÌ„ce with wronge And therfore all the comyns of Rome warneth the coÌ„maunde yâ— vpon lyf lymme that thou in haste be at Rome amendes for to make of thy mysdedes that thou hast done And it so be that thou come not we shall passe the hylle of Ioye with strength we shall the seke where euer thou may be founde and thou shalt not haue a foot of londe of thyn owne that we ne shall destroye it afterwarde with thy body we shall do all our wyll Whan this letter was redde all men it herde they were anoyed all that were at that solempne feest And the Brytons wolde haue slayne the messengers but the kynge wolde not suffre them sayd that yâ— messengers sholde haue no harme and may by reason none deserue But commauÌ„ded them to be worshypfully serued And after meete he toke couÌ„seyll of kynges erles and â—arons what answere he myght yeue ayen to yâ— messengers And they couÌ„seylled hym atons that he shol de assemble a grete power of all the londes of whiche he had lordshyp manly auenge hym vpon the Emperour of the despyte that he had sende hym suche a letter And they swore by god and by all holy his name that they sholde hym pursewe and brenne as moche as they myght And sayd that they wolde neuer faylle kynge Arthur and rather to be deed And they lete wryte a letter to sende to the Emperour by the same messengers in this manere of wyse ¶ Of the bolde answere that kynge Arthur sente to the Emperour of Rome to the Romayns UNderstondeth amonge you of Rome that I am kyng Arthur of Brytayne and freely it holde shall holde And at Rome hastely I wyll be not to yeue you truage but for to are truage For Constantyne that was Eleyns sone that was Emperour of Rome and of all the honour that therto belongeth And Maximsan kynge conquered all FrauÌ„ce Almayne and mount Ioye passed conquered all Lombardy And these two were myn auncetours that they helde had I shall haue thorugh goddes wyll ¶ Of the reuerence that kynge Arthur dyde to the Emperours messengers ANd whan this letter was made and ensealed kynge Arthur to these messengers yaue grete yeftes after that the messengers toke theyr leue and wente thens and came to the courte of Rome agayne And tolde the Emperour how worthely they were receyued And also of suche a ryall company that he hadde hym for to seme and how he was more ryally serued than the Emperour of Rome or ony other kyng lyuynge in all the worlde ¶ And whan the Emperour had ouerseen the letter and hadde herde what was therin and sawe that Arthur wolde not be ruled after hym He lete assemble and ordeyne a grete hoste for to destroye kynge Arthur yf that he myght ¶ And kynge Arthur as touchynge his power and partye ordeyned his power of knyghtes of the table rounde ¶ Of the kynges and lordes that came for to helpe kynge Arthur agaynst the Emperour THe kyngê of Scotlonde of Irlonde of Gutlonde of Denmarke and of Almayne euery of them had .x. thousande men The duke of Normandye Gascoyne FlauÌ„dres Pehâ—to of Boloyne eche had .iiij. thousande Gerin of Charthres had .x. thousande Howell of Brytayne had .xij. thousande And hymself of his owne londe .xij. thousande And of Arbalastres of Archers and of other folke on foot that no man cowde theym nombre ¶ And whan all were redy to go Kyng Arthur his londe and GuÌ„nor his wyf toke to kepe to one of
and Baldewyâ—e the Archebysshop of Caunterbury and 〈◊〉 bysshop of Salysbury and Radulf 〈◊〉 of Glocetre and other many lordes of Englonde went in to the holy londe And in that vyage deyed the Archebysshop of Caunterbury And kynge Rycharde wente before in to the holy londe and rested not tyll that he came forth in his waye vnto Cypres and toke it with grete force And after that kyng Richarde went forth towarde the holy londe gate there as moche as the crysten men had there before lost And conquered the londe ayen thorugh grete myghte sauf oonly the holy crosse And whan kynge Rycharde came to the cyte of Acres for to gete the cyte there arose a grete debate bytwene hym the kynge of FrauÌ„ce so that the kynge of FrauÌ„ce wente ayen in to Fraunce and was wrothe towarde the kynge Rycharde But yet for alle that are kynge Rycharde wente ayen he toke the cyte of Acres And whan he had take it he dwelled in the cyte a whyle But to hym came tydynges that the erle Iohn of Oxerforde his brother wolde haue seased alle Englonde in to his honde and Normandy also and wolde lete crowne hym kynge of all the londe ¶ And whan kyng Rycharde herde tell of these tydynges he wente ayen towarde Englonde with all the spede that he myght But the duke of Oshyche mette with hym and toke hym and broughte hym vnto the Emperour of Almayner And the Emperour hym broughte vnto pryson And afterwarde he was delyuered for an huge raunson that is for to saye an honored thousande pouÌ„de And for the whiche rauÌ„son to be payed eche other chalyce of Englonde was molten made in to moneye And all the monkâ—â— of the 〈◊〉 of 〈…〉 alle 〈…〉 ¶ How kynge Rycharde came agayne from the holy londe and auenged hym of his enmyes SO as this kynge Rycharde was in pryson the 〈…〉 warred vpon hym 〈◊〉 in Normandy Iohn his 〈…〉 in Englonde But the 〈…〉 â—ons of Englonde 〈…〉 all theyr power that 〈…〉 toke the castell of 〈…〉 stelles And the forsaâ—d 〈…〉 he had no myght ne 〈…〉 â—ons of Englonde 〈…〉 none went hyÌ„ oueâ— the 〈…〉 of Fraunce ¶ And 〈…〉 came out of person and 〈…〉 and came in to 〈…〉 Candelmastâ—in grete 〈…〉 to Notyngham 〈…〉 to 〈…〉 comfyted he his brother 〈…〉 that with hym helde 〈…〉 vnto the ryte of 〈…〉 he lete hym crowne 〈…〉 And after he wente vnto 〈…〉 to warre vpon the byng of 〈…〉 the kynge of fraunce 〈…〉 died knyghtê towarde 〈…〉 Rycharde mette 〈…〉 haue reue hym batayll But the 〈…〉 of Fraunce fledde tâ—o and an hundâ—â—d knyghtes of his were taken 〈…〉 died stedes that were crapped 〈…〉 ¶ And anone after 〈…〉 for to beâ—yâ—ge the castall 〈…〉 And as he tode vppon a dare 〈…〉 for to take 〈…〉 vpon hym that he 〈◊〉 that he 〈◊〉 for noo manne of thynge ¶ He 〈…〉 sharpely all his men for to assaylle the castell See that the castell was taken or he deyed And so manly his men dyde that all the people that were in the castell were taken and the kynge dyde with them what he wolde And commaunded his men that they sholde brynge before hym the man that hym sâ—â— hurte so wounded And whan he came before the kyng the kynge axed hym what was his name And he sayd my name is Bertram Gurdon Wherfore sayd the kynge hast thou me slayne syth I dyde the neuer none harme Syre sayd he Though ye dyde me neuer none harme ye your self with your owne honde slewe my fader my broder and therfore I haue quyte now your trauaylle Tho sayd kynge Rycharde He yâ— deyed vpon the crosse to brynge mannes soule fro payne of helle foryeue the my deth I also foryeue it the. Tho coÌ„maunded he that noo man sholde hym mysdo But for all the kyngê defendynge some of the kyngê men hym folowed pryuely hym slewe And the viâ— daye after the kynge dyde shryue hym sore repentaunce hauynge of his mysdedes and was houseled and enoynted ¶ And this kynge regned but .ix. yere and .xxx. wekes deyed lyeth besyde his fader at Fontenerad HEnricus the fyfthe was Emperour .viij. yere This Henricê° was sone to Frederyk he wedded Constance the kyngê doughter of Cecyle thorugh the occasyon of her he subdued all the kyngdom of Apulye he droue all the people out yâ— enhabyte yâ— londe ¶ Celestinus the thyrde was pope after Clemens almoost thre yere This man was crowned vpon Eisterdaye the daye so lowynge he crowned Henry the Emperour And he made a â—alays at saynt Peters decesyd ¶ 〈◊〉 the thyrde was pope after hym .viij. yere and .v. monethes This man was well 〈◊〉 And he made a 〈◊〉 of y◠〈…〉 of 〈…〉 ApeculuÌ„ 〈…〉 This man 〈◊〉 y◠〈…〉 Ioachim yâ— whiche he made 〈…〉 ster Peyâ—â— Lombarde the maker of the Sentence This tyme decessyd the Emperour Henry And yâ— prynces of 〈◊〉 dyscorded for sâ—me chose Otto and some chose Phylyppe brother to Henry Thenne Phylyppe was falsely slayne Otto was crowned of Innocenciê° in FrauÌ„ce the whiche anone faught with the Romayns for they yâ—ue hym no dewe honour And for that cause ayenst the popes wyll he toke the kyngdom of Apulye from Frederyk wherfore the pope cursyd hym Thenne after the fourth yere of his regne the prynces of Almayne made Frederyk Emperour and vyctoryously he subdued Otto ¶ Wyllyam of Parys this tyme began the ordre of the freres Austyn the whiche ben called fratres mendicantes ¶ Franciscus an Ytalyon a man of grete perfeccyon and an ensaÌ„mple to many a man dyde many a myracle this tyme. And he ordeyned the frere Minores ¶ And the .vi. yere of pope Innocenciê° the thyrde the ordre of the frere Prechers beganne vnder Domynyk but it myght not be confermed tyll the fyrst yere of Honorius ¶ Of kynge Iohn that in the fyrst yere of his regne lost all Normandye AS kynge Rycharde was deed by cause that he hadê none heyre nother sone ne doughter thenne his brother Iohan was made kynge and crowned at Westmester of Hubert that tho was Archebysshop of Counterbury And whan he began for so regne he became so meruayllous a man and 〈◊〉 ouer in to Normandye warred vpon the the kyng of Fraunce And so longe they 〈◊〉 togyder tyll at the laste kynge Iohn lost all Normandy Angoy wher fast he was sore anoyed and it was no meruaylle ¶ Tho lete he assemble before hym at London Archebysshops bysshops abbots pryours erles barons helde there a grete parlyament and axed there of the Clergye the tenthe of euery chirche of Englonde for to conquere gete ayen Normandy Angoy that he had lost They wolde not graile that thynge wherfore he was wonder wrothe ¶ And in that same tyme deyed Hubert The pryour and the couent of CauÌ„terbury â—hose ayenst the kyngâ— wyll to be Archebysshop Stephen of Langton a good clerke
knyghtes of Englonde And all tho that were at that couÌ„seyll swore feawte vnto Henry the kynge that was kynge Iohns sone ¶ And anone after the Legate enterdyted Walys for cause that they helde with the barons of Englonde Also all tho that holpe or yaue ony couÌ„seyll to meue warre ayenst the newe kynge Henry he accursyd them And at the begynnynge he put in the sentence the kyngê sone of Fraunce Lowys And neuertheles the same Lowys wolde not spare for all that But wente toke the castell of Barcamstede and also the castell of Hertforde And from that daye afterwarde the barons dyde there somo che harme thrughout all Englonde and pryncypalle the Frensshe men that were with kynge Lowys Wherfore the grete lordes and all the comyn people of Englonde lete them dresse for to dryue Lowys his company out of Englonde but some of the barons Frensshe men were gone to the cyte of Nicholl toke the towne helde it to kyng Lowys profyte But chyther came kynge Henryes men with a grete power that is to saye the erle Radulf of Chestre Wyllyam erle Marshall Wyllyam the Brener erle of Feriers many other lordes with them yaue batayll vnto Lowys men And there was slayne the erle of Perchees and Lowys men were fowle dyscomfyted And there was taken Serle erle of Wynchestre and Humfroy de Boune erle of Hertforde Robert the sone of Walter many other that began warre ayenst the kynge there they were taken ledde vnto kynge Henry that was kynge Iohans sone ¶ And whan the tydynges came to Lowys of the dyscomfyture yâ— was the kynges sone of FrauÌ„ce He remeued fro thens wente vnto London and lete shytte the yates fast of the cyte And anone after the kynge sent to the Burgeys of London that they sholde yelde them vnto hym the cyte also And he wolde theym graunte all theyr fraunchyses that euer they were wonte to haue before And wolde conferme them by his greate newe chartre vnder his brode seale ¶ And in the same tyme a greate lorde that wat called Eustace the monke came out of Fraunce with a grete company of Lordes and wolde haue come in to Englonde for to haue holpen Lowys the kynges sone of Fraunce But Hubert of Brugh the fyue portes with .viij. shyppes tho mette with them in the hyghe see assaylled theym egrely and ouercame them with strength smote of Eustace the monkes heed And toke also .x. grete lordes of Fraunce put theym in to pryson And slewe almoost all the men that came with theym and anone drowned the shyppes in the see ¶ How Lowys torned ayen in to FrauÌ„ce and of the confermacyon of kynge Iohans chartre SO whan Lowys herde these tydynages he dradde sore to be deed lost And let ordeyne speke bytwene yâ— kynge Lowys by the Legate Swalo And thorugh the Archebysshopp of CauÌ„terbury thrugh other grete lordes that all the prysoners on that one halfe that other sholde be delyuerd go quyte And Lowys hymself sholde haue for his costes a thousande pounde of syluer sholde go out of Englonde and come neuer more therin agayne And in this maner was the accorde made bytwene kynge Henry and Lowys And tho was Lowys assoylled of yâ— popes Legate that was called Swalo of the sentence that he was in the Barons of Englonde also And after this kyng Henry Swalo the Legate Lowys went to Merton there was yâ— peas confermed bytwene them ordeyned And after Lowys wente from thens vnto London tooke his leue was brought with moche honour vnto the see with the Archebysshopp of Caunterbury and with other bysshops also with erles barons and so wente in to Fraunce ¶ And afterwarde the kynge the Archebysshop and also erles and barons assembled them came to the cyte of London atte Myghelmas that next came tho sewynge and helde there a grete parlyament atte London And there were tho renewed all the frauÌ„chyse that kynge Iohn had graunted atte Romney mede and kynge Henry tho confermed by his chartre the whiche yet ben holden thrugh out all Englonde ¶ And in that tyme the kynge toke of euery plough londe .ij. shelynges And Hubert of Brugh was made tho cheyf Iustyce of Englond And this was in the fourth yere of kynge Henryes regne ¶ And in the same yere was Saynt Thomas of CauÌ„terbury translated the .l. yere after his martyrdom And after it was ordeyned by all the lordes of Englonde that all Alyens sholde go out of Englonde come nomore therin And kynge Henry toke tho all the castelles in to his honde that kynge Iohan his fader had yeue take to Alyens for to kepe that helde with hym ¶ But the proude Fawkis of Brytayne rychely lete araye his castell of Bedforde which he had of kynge Iohns yefte helde that castell ayenst kynge Henryes wyll with myght and strength And the kynge came thyder with a stronge power and be syeged the castell And the Archebysshop mayster Stephen of Langton with a fayre company of knyghtes came to the kynge hym for to helpe And from the Ascensyon of our lorde vnto yâ— Assumpcyon of our lady lasted the syege And tho was the castell wonne and take And the kynge lete hange all tho that wente in to the castell with theyr good wyll for to holde the castell That is for to saye .lxxx. men ¶ And tho afterwarde Fawkis hymself was founde and had in a chirche att Couentree and there he forswore all Englonde with moche shame and wente agayne in to his owne countree ¶ And whyles that kyng Henry regned Edmonde of Abyndon that was tresorer of Salysbury was consecrated Archchysshopp of Caunterburye And this kyng Henry sente ouer the see vnto the Erle of prouynce yâ— he sholde sende hyÌ„ his doughter in to Englonde that was called Ellenore and be wolde spowse her And sho she came in to Englonde after Crystmas And on the morowe after saynt Hylaryes daye the Archebysshop Edmonde spowsed them togyder at Westmestre with grete solempnyte And there was a swere syght bytwene them That is to saye Edwarde that was nexte kynge after his fader floure of curteysy of largenesse and Margarete yâ— was after quene of Scotlonde Beauâ—â—â—e that was after countesse of Brytayne and Kachetyne that deyed mayde in relygyon ¶ Of the quinzeme of goodes that wete graunted for the newe chartre and of the purueaunce of Oxforde ANd thus it befell that the lordes of Englonde wolde haue some addicyons moo in the chartre of frauÌ„chyse that they had of the kynge spake thus bytwene them And the kyng grauÌ„ted them all theyr axynge And made to them two chartres that one is called the grete chartre of frauÌ„chyses that other is called yâ— chartre of forest And for the graunte of these two chartres prelates erles barons all the comyns of Englonde
of the comynalte of the reame ¶ About this tyme at kynge Edwardes coÌ„maundement of Englonde whan all the castels and townes were yolden too hym yâ— longe were holden in FrauÌ„ce by a greate coÌ„pany assembled to gyder syre Bartram Claykyn a nobled knyght and a good warryour went and purposed hym to put out Pers kynge of Spayne out of his kyngdom with helpe of the moost partye of the forsayd grete company trnstynge also vpon helpe fauour of yâ— pope for as moche as it come to his ceres yâ— the same Pers sholde lede vse a synfull lyfe yâ— whiche Pers smyten with drede of this tydynge fled into Gascoyne to pryÌ„ce Edward for to haue socoure of hym And whan he was fled out of Spayne Henry his broder yâ— was a bastarde by assent of yâ— moost party of Spayne thrugh help of that ferefull coÌ„pany yâ— I spake of fyrst was crowned kyÌ„ge of spayne yâ— noÌ„bre of that same coÌ„pani was rekened set at the noÌ„bre of .xl. M. fyghtynge men ¶ This same yere in yâ— moneth of Iune there come a grete coÌ„pany a nauye of yâ— Danes gadred them togyder in the North see purposyng theÌ„ to come into Englonde to reue and too robbe and also to sle with whome they couÌ„tred mette in the se. maryners and other gode fyghtynge men of yâ— countre dysperpled theym And they ashamyd went home ayen in too theyr owne couÌ„tree But amonge the other there was a boystous vessell and a stronge of their nauye that was ouer saylled by the Englysshmen was perysshed drenched In the whiche yâ— Stewarde other worthy greate men of Denmarke were ta taken prysoners the kynge of EngloÌ„de his couÌ„seyll prysoned them yâ— whiche lordes yâ— Danes afterwarde sought them all about for to haue had theÌ„ ayen with theyr goodes yâ— they had loste and they not well apayed ne pleased of the answer yâ— they had they torned homewardes ayen leuyÌ„ge behynde theÌ„ in ther Innes pryuely wryten in scrowes on walles yet shall Danes wast the wanes Thenne happed there an Englyssh writer wrote ayenst yâ— Dane in this manere here shall Danes fette theyr banys ¶ And in this tyme Pers the kynge of Spayne with other kynges that is too saye the kynge of Nauerne and the kynge of Malogre beynge meanes wenten bytwene and prayed couÌ„seyll and helpe of syr Edwarde the prynce whos counseyll whan he had vnderstandynge ther artycles and desyre that he was requyred of of tho kynges loth he was ashamed to saye nay contrary to theÌ„ But netheles he was agast lest it sholde be oni preiudice ayenst yâ— pope longe tyme taryed theÌ„ or that he wolde grauÌ„t or consente therto tyll he had better couÌ„seyll auysement with good delyberatyon of kyng Edwarde his fader But whan they were with hym euery daye contynually be sechynge of many noble men requyred spoken to with many prayers sente made bytwene theÌ„ than prynce Edwarde sent to his fader both vy coÌ„playnyng letters also by confortable conteynyÌ„ge all theyr suggestyous causes with all yâ— other kyngê epystles letters for to haue conforte helpe of yâ— wronges not only done to yâ— kynge of Spayn but also for suche thyngê as myght fall to other kyngê Also yf it were not yâ— soner holpeÌ„ amended thrughe yâ— dome helpe of knyghthode to them yâ— it asked desired ¶ The whiche letter whan the kynge his wyse couÌ„seyll had seen suche a kyng spoylynge robbynge with moche merueyll And sent ayen comfortable letters to prynce Edwarde his sone to yâ— other kyngê warned them for to arme them ordeyne theym ayenst that mysdoer to withstande them by yâ— helpe of god yâ— were suche enmyes to kynges whan this noble prynce had receyued this letters hymself with that other kynges before sayd all theyr couÌ„seyll called 〈◊〉 he wolde vndertake the quard he bouÌ„d knytte sore yâ— kynge yâ— was deposed 〈◊〉 a greate o the that is to saye yâ— besholde euer after mayntene y◠〈…〉 and fayth of holy chirche and also with all theyr mynystreo ryghtes 〈…〉 defende frome all theyr cum 〈…〉 And all yâ— were therâ— ayenst â—â—â—ly to punysshe destroble 〈…〉 lybertees preuyleges of holy 〈…〉 creace mayntene 〈…〉 yâ— were wrongfully taken with 〈◊〉 boren a waye by hym or by ouâ— other by cause of hym hastely to 〈…〉 dryue and put out saras◠〈…〉 mysbyleued people our oâ— his 〈◊〉 with all his streÌ„gth and his poâ—er and suffre ne admitte none suche for no manere thynge ne cause too dwelle 〈◊〉 And that whan he had taken a 〈◊〉 woman he sholde neuer come in to nonâ— other womans bedde ne none other mâ—nes wyfe too defoyle ¶ All thyse foâ— sayd thynges trewely for toâ— kepe con tynue fulfyll as all his lyfe câ—me be was bouÌ„deÌ„ by other afore notarâ—â—s in presence wytnesse of tho kynges with other prynces ¶ And thanne that graâ—â—ous prynces Edwarde vndertoke the cause the quarell of the kynge that was deposed and behyght hym with the grace of almyghty god to restoe hyÌ„ ayen to bys kyngdom lete ordeyne gadre â—â—gyd forthwith in all haste his many with meÌ„ of armes for to warre and fyght in hys forsayd cause ¶ And in this same yere vpon the sande of yâ— Scottes see yâ— many a man sawe it thre dayes togyder there were seen two Egles of yâ— which yâ— one come out of yâ— southe yâ— other out of the north cruelly strongly they foughte togyder wrastled togyder yâ— southe Egle fyrst ouercome yâ— north egle all to rente hym with his bylle his clawes that he sholde not reste ne take no brethe and after yâ— south egle fleyth home to his owne costes ¶ And anone after there folowed was leen in yâ— morne after yâ— son rysynge after in yâ— last daye of Octobre sauynge one many sterres gadred togyder on an hepe felle downe to yâ— erthe le uynge behynde theÌ„ fyre bemes in maner of lyghtnynge whos flaÌ„mes brent coÌ„ sumed mens clothes mens heer walkyÌ„ge on yâ— erth as it was sene yâ— knowen of many a man ¶ And yet yâ— northern wyÌ„de yâ— is euer redy destyrnate to all ylle fro saynt Katherynes eue thre dayes after lost greate good withoute nombre ¶ And in this same dayes there felle come also such lyghtnyng thondre snow â—â—yll yâ— if wasted destroyed men bestes houses trees ¶ Of the batayll of Spayne besyde the water of Nazers that was bytwene prynce Edward syr Henry bastard of SpayÌ„ IN yâ— yere of our lord a M.CCC lxvii and of kynge Edwarde .xlii the thyrde daye of Aprylle there was a stronge batayll and a greate in a large felde called Pryazers fast by the water of Nazers in spayne bytwene syre Edwarde the prynce syr Henry yâ— bastarde of Spayne but the vyctory
fell to prynce Edwarde by the grace of god ¶ And this same prynce Edwarde had with hym syr IohnÌ„ duke of Lancastre his broder other worthy men of armes about yâ— noÌ„ bre of .xxx. thousande ¶ And the kynge of Spayne had on his syde men of dynero nacyons to the nombre of an hondred thousande mo wherfore yâ— shar penesse and fyersnesse of his aduersary with his full boystous greate strenthe made and dryue the ryghtfulle partye a backe a greate waye but thrugh the grace of almyghty god passynge ony mannes strenthe that greate hooste was dysparpled myghtfully by the noble duke of Lancastre and his hoost or that prynce Edward came nyghe hym And whaÌ„ Henry bastarde sawe that he torned with his men in so greate hast and strenthe for to flee that a greate company of theÌ„ in the forsayd floode and of the brydge therof fellen downe and perysshed And also there were taken the erle of Dene syr Bartram Cleykyn yâ— was cheyf maker causer of the warre also cheyftayne of the vauÌ„twarde of yâ— batayll with many other greate lordes and kuyghtes to the nombre of two thousande of whom two hondred were of FrauÌ„ce many al so of scotlonde and there were felled in the felde on our enmyes syde of lordes knyghtes with other meyn people to the nombre of .vi. thousande and moo and of Englysshmen but a fewe And after this the noble prynce Edwarde restored the same Peers to his kyngdom ayen yâ— whiche Peers afterwarde thrugh trechery and falsenes of the forsayd basterd of Spayne as he satte at his mete he was strangled and deyed But after this vyctorye many noble men of Englonde also hardy in Spayne thrughe the flyx and dyuers other sekenesses toke theyr dethe ¶ And also in the same yere in yâ— Marche was seen stella Cometa bytwene the north costes yâ— west whos bemes stretched towarde FrauÌ„ce ¶ And in the next yere folowynge of kynge Edwardê regne .xliii. in Apryll syre Lyonell kynge Edwardes sone that was duke of Cla rence wente towarde Melayne wyth a chosen meyne of the gentyls of Englonde for to wedde Galoys doughter haue hyr to his wyf by whome he sholde haue halfe yâ— lordshyp of Melayne but after yâ— they were soleÌ„ply wedded about yâ— Natyuyte of our lady yâ— same duke of Melai ne deyed And in yâ— same yere yâ— Frensshe men brake yâ— peas yâ— trewes rydyng on yâ— kyngê grouÌ„de lordshyp of EngloÌ„de in yâ— shyre couÌ„tre of PouÌ„tyfe tokeÌ„ helde castell townes bere yâ— Englyssh men on honde falsly subtyll yâ— they were cause of brekyÌ„ge of trewes and in this same yere deyed yâ— duches of Lancastre is buryed worshypfully in saynt Poules chirche ¶ The .xliiii. yere of kynge Edwardes regne was yâ— grettest pestyleÌ„ce of men of grete bestes by yâ— grete fallynge of waters that felle at that tyme there fell grete hyndrynge destroyenge of corne in so moche that the next yere after a busshell of whete was solde for .xl. pens And in this same yere about yâ— last ende of Maykyng Edwarde helde tho his parlement at westmyster in which parlement was treated spoken of yâ— o the trewes that was borken bytwene hym the kyng of FrauÌ„ce how he myght best be auenged vpon his wronge ¶ In this same yere in yâ— AssuÌ„pcyon of our lady deyed quene Philyp of Englonde a full noble gode lady at westmyster full worshypfully is buryed entered And about mydsomer yâ— duke of Lancastre the erle of Herforde with a grete coÌ„pany of knyghtes went into FrauÌ„ce where as they gate them but lytell worshyp name for there was a greate hooste of yâ— Frensshmen vpon Calkhull brydge an other hoste of Englysshmen fast by yâ— same brydge yâ— longe tyme had lyued there And maniworthy greate men of Englond ordei ned yaf couÌ„seyll for to fyght yaf batayll to yâ— Frensshmen but yâ— forsayd lordes wolde not consent therto for no maner thynge ¶ And anone after it happe ned yâ— the erle of warwyk come thyderwarde for to warre whan yâ— Frensshe men herde of his comynge or yâ— he came fully to londe they left theyr senses pauylyons with all theyr vytayls sled weÌ„t awaye pryuely And whan yâ— erle was comen to londe with his men he went in all hast towarde Normandye deshored yâ— I le of Caur with strenth of swerde thrughe fyre But alas in his reformynge to Englonde warde home ayen at Calays he was taken with sykenes of pestylence deyed not leuynge behynde hyÌ„ after hys dayes so noble a knyght of armes ¶ In which tyme regned warted yâ— noble knyght syr IohnÌ„â—â—â—wkewod yâ— was an Englysshman borne hauynge 〈…〉 at his gouernauÌ„ce yâ— whyte coÌ„pany 〈…〉 forsayd yâ— whiche o tyme ayenst 〈◊〉 â—â—â—che an other tyme ayenst lord 〈◊〉 ordeyned grete batayls there in 〈◊〉 me couÌ„tree he dydde many merueylleuâ— thynges ¶ And about y◠〈…〉 of saynt Poule yâ— kyng whan he had ended done yâ— entrynge crequyes with â—â—â—te costes ryaltees aboute yâ— scpuleâ—â—e buryenge of quence Phylip his wife 〈◊〉 helde a parlement at westmyster 〈◊〉 â—â—â—che parlemÌ„t was ared of yâ— clergre 〈◊〉 yeres dyme that is for to saye a greedy me to be payed thre yere durynge And the clargye put it of and wolde not 〈◊〉 it vnto Ester next comynge 〈◊〉 they graunted well that in thre 〈…〉 certayne termes yâ— dyme sholde be 〈◊〉 also of the lay fee was a thre yere 〈◊〉 graunted to the kynge ¶ How sir Robert Knolles with other certayne lordes of yâ— teame went ouer sent to FrauÌ„ce of theyr gouernauÌ„ce ANd in the .xlv. yere of kynge Edwarde in yâ— begyunynge kynge Edwarde with vnwyse couÌ„seyll and vndyscrete borowed a greate soÌ„me of golde of yâ— prelaces marchauÌ„tes other tyche men of his reame saynge yâ— it sholde be spended in defendynge of holy chirche of his reame Netheles it profyted nothyÌ„ge wherfore aboute mydsomer after he made a grete host of yâ— worthyest men of his reame Amonges whome weresome lordê that is for to say yâ— lorde Fytzwater yâ— lorde grauÌ„son other worthy knightê of which knyghê yâ— kygne ordeyned syr Robert Knolles a proued knyzt a well assayd in dedes of armes for to be gouernour yâ— thrugh his couÌ„seyl gouernaunce all thyÌ„ge sholde be gouerned dressed And whan they come into FrauÌ„ce as longe as they dwelled helde them hole togyder yâ— Frensshmen durst not fall vppon theÌ„ And at the laste about the begyÌ„ nynge of wynter for enuye couetyse yâ— was amonge them also dyscorde they sondred parted theÌ„ into dyuerse coÌ„panyes vnwysely folely But syr Robert Knolles his men went keped theym sauf within a castell in Brytayne And whan yâ— Frensshmen sawe that ouer men felaushyp were deuyded into dyuerse
felde and syre Thomas Percy taken and kept fast in holde two dayes tyll the kynge hadde sette in rest his people on both sydes And thaÌ„ syr Thomas Percy was Iuged to yâ— dethe to be drawen hanged and his heed smyten of for his fals treason at Shrowesbury hys heed brought to London and set on LoÌ„don brydge And the other people that there was slayne on bothe partyes the kynge leete bury And there was slayne on the kynges syde in that batayll the erle of Stafforde syr walter Blunte in the kynges cote armure vnder the kyngê baner and many mo worthy men vpon whos soule god haue mercy Amen ¶ And in yâ— fourth yere of kynge Henryes regne came the Emperoure of Constantynople with many greate solaes and knyghtes and moche other people of his countre into Englonde to kynge Henry with hym to speke to dyspoite and to se yâ— good gouernauÌ„ce condycyons of our people too knowe yâ— coÌ„modytees of Englonde and our kynge with all his lordes goodly worshypfully receyued welcomed him all his menye that came with hym dyd hym all the worshyp that they coude myght And anone the kynge â—mmauÌ„ded all maner offycers that he sholde be serued as worthely and ryally as it longed to suche a worthy lorde Emperour on his owne cost as longe as the Emperour was in Englonde and all his men that came with hym ¶ And in this same yere came dame Iane the duches of Bryt ayne into Englonde and londed at fallemouthe in Cornewayle frome thens she was brought to yâ— cyte of wynchestre there she was wedded vnto kynge HeÌ„ry the fourth in the abbaye of sayntswythynes of wynchestre with all the solempnite that myght be done made And sone afterwarde she was brought frome thens to London And the mayer the aldermen with the comunes of the cyte of London rode ayenst hyr welcomed hir brought hir thrugh yâ— cyte of London to westmyÌ„ster there she was crowned quene of Englonde there the kynge made a ryall and solempne feest for hyr for all maner of men that thyder wold com ¶ And in this same yere dame BlauÌ„ch the eldest daughter of kynge Henry the fourth was sent ouer see with the erle of Somerset hir vncle with mayster Rycharde Clyfforde than bysshop of worcestre with many other lordes knyghtes ladyes worthy squyres as longed to suche a kynges doughter and came in too Colayne And thyder came the dukes sone of Barre with a fayr menye receyued this worthy lady and yâ— bysshop of worcestre wedded sacred theym togyder as holy chyrche it wolde And there was made a ryall feest a grete Iustin ge in the reuerence and worshyp of them all people that thyder came And whanne this maryage fest was done the erle the bysshop all theyr menye toke theyr leue of the lorde the lady came home ayen into Englonde in saufte thanked be god ¶ And in the .v. yere of kyng HeÌ„ryes regne the lorde Thomas his sone went ouer see yâ— erle of Kent and many other lordes and kuyghtes with men of armes archers a greate nombre to chastyse the rebelles that afore had done moche harme to our Englysshmen and marchauntes to many townes portes in Englonde on yâ— see costes And the lorde Thomas the kynges sone came in to FlauÌ„dres before a towne that is called Scluse amonge all yâ— shyppes of dyuers nacyons that were there after there they roden with theyr shyppes amonge them went on londe sported theÌ„ there two dayes came ayen to theyr shyppes toke the brode see there they mette with thre Carackes of Iene that were ladeÌ„ with dyuerse marchauÌ„dyse well manned they foughte togyder longe tyme but the Englysshmen had the vyctory brought the Carackes into the Cambre before wynchelse and there they canted these goodes and one of these Carackes was sodaynly brent there And the lordes and theyr people torned theym home ayen wente noo further at that tyme. ¶ And the same tyme Serle yoman of kyng Rychardes robbes came in too Englonde out of Scotlonde and tolde too dyuerse people that kynge Rycharde was on lyue in Scotlonde so moche people byleued in his wordes wherfore a grete parte of the people of the reame were in grete errour grutchynge ayenst the kynge thrugh informacyon of lyes fals les yÌ„ges that this Serle had made For moche people trusted byleued in his sayeÌ„ge But at the last he was taken in the North couÌ„tre therby lawe Iuged to be drawen thrugh euery cyte good burgh townes in Englonde so he was serued at the last he was brought to London vnto yâ— gylde halle before yâ— Iustyce and there he was Iuged for to be brought to the Tour of London there to be layd on an hurdell than to be drawen thrughe yâ— cyte of London to Tyburne and there to be hanged than quartred and his heed smyten of seton London bridge his quarters to be sent to foure gode townes of Englonde there sette vp thus ended he for his fals treason and decessed ¶ And in the .vi. yere of kynge Henryes regne yâ— fourth the erle of Marre of Scotlonde by saufe conduyt come into Englonde to chalenge syr Edmonde erle of Kente too certayne courses of warre on horsback And soo this chalenge was accepted grauÌ„ted the place taken in smythfelde at London this erle of Marre yâ— Scott came proudly in to yâ— felde as his chalenge asked And anone came the erle of Kent rode vnto yâ— scot manly rode togyder with sharpe speres dyuerse courses but yâ— erle of Kente had the felde and gate hym moche worshyp and thanke of all manere men for hys manfull dedes ¶ And in the .vii. yere of kynge Henryes regne the fourth syr Rycharde Scrop Archebysshop of yorke the erle Marchall of Englonde gadred vnto theym a stronge power ayenst kinge Henry And the kynge herynge therof in all the haste that he myght came with his power Northwarde and mette with them at yorke and there were these two lordes taken and brought to the kynge And anone the Iuges were sette these two lordes brought forth and there they were dampned vnto dethe bothe their heedes smyten of there they made an ende on whos soules god for his pyte haue mercy Amen ¶ And whan this was done the kynge came too London ayen and there rested hym Anone god of his gâ—eate goodnesse wroughte and shewed many greate myracles for this worthy clerke Archebysshop of yorke that thus was done to dethe ¶ And in the .vii. yere of kynge Henryes regne dame Luâ—e the dukes syster of Melayne came in to Englonde so too London there was wedded to syr Edmonde erle of 〈◊〉 in the pryory of saynt Marye oueres in southwarke with moche
and heyre of the erle of Northumberlonde the sone heyre of the erle of Vrmonde yâ— lord Roos syr Iamys bottelat yâ— lord Martrauas sir Henry gray of Tankeruyle syr wyllyam Neuyll lorde Fawconbredge syr George Neuyll lorde Latymer yâ— lorde wellys yâ— lorde Barkle the sone heyre too the lorde Talbot syre Raufe gray of werke syre Robert veer syr Rycharde gray syr Edmonde hongerforde syr Iohan bottelar syr Raynolde Cobham syr Iohan passheley syr Thomas â—â—stall IohnÌ„ Chydyok sir Rauflange ford sir william drury syr willyam thomas Rycharde Carbonell sir Rychard wydewyle sir IohnÌ„ shrydelowe sir wyllyam Chayn sir william Bauyngton syr IohnÌ„ Iune and sir Gylbert Beauchampe ¶ Item in the fyfthe yere the duke of Bedford with the duchesse hys wyfe wente ouer see to Calays a lytell before went ouer see Henry bysshop of wynchestre And on our ladyes day◠〈…〉 chirche atte Calays the bysshop of wynchester as he had songen masse was made Cardynal and he knelynge before the hyghe awter the duke of Bedforde set the hat vpon his heed and there were his bullys redde as well of his charge as of the reioysynge of his benefyces spyrytuall and temporall ¶ And this same yere was grete habundaunce of rayne that the substauÌ„ce of heye and also of corne was dystroyed for it rayned almost euery other daye ¶ And this same yere the good Erle of Salesbury syr Thomas of Mountagu layde syege vnto Orlyaunce atte the whiche syege he was slayne with a gonne that come out of the towne on whoo 's soule god haue mercy amen For sythe that he was slayne Englysshmen neuer gate ne preuayled in Fraunce but euer after beganne to lese lytyll lytyll tyll all was loste ¶ Also this same yere a Bryton murthred a good wedowe in her bed withoute Algate whiche wedowe found hym for almesse and he bare awaye all that she hadde And after this he toke yâ— gyrthe of holy chirche at saynt George in Southwarke there he toke yâ— crosse and forswore this lond And as he went it happened yâ— he came by the place where he dyd this cursyd dede in the subarbes of London And the women of the same parysshe came oute with staues canell douÌ„ge and slewe made an ende of hym there Notwithstandynge yâ— constables many other men beyng present for to kepe hym for there were so many women had no pyte ¶ Also this same yere the duke of Northfolk with many gentylmen and yomen toke hys barge the .viii. daye of Nouembre atte saynt Marye oueres for too haue gone thrugh London brydge and thrughe mysgydynge of the barge it ouerthrewe on yâ— pyles and many men drowned but the duke hymselfe with two or thre leped vpon pyles and so were saued with helpe of men that 〈…〉 the brydge with casâ—ynge downe ropes by yâ— whiche ropes they saued themselfe ¶ This same yere on saynt Leonardes daye kynge Henry beynge .vii. 〈◊〉 of aege was crowned atte westmynster at whos caronacyon were made .xxxvi. knyghtes ¶ This yere on saynt Georges daye he passed ouer setâ— Calays towarde Fraunce ¶ About this tyme and afore the reame beynge in grete mysery and trybulacyon yâ— Dolphyn with his partye began to made warre gate certayne places made dystresses vpon the Englysshmen by the meane of his Capytayns that is to saye la heer poton desayntraylles and in especyall a mayde the whiche they named la purelle de dicu This mayde rode lyke a man and was a valyaunt Capytayne amonge them and toke vpon hir many grete enterpryses in so moche yâ— they had a byleue for to haue recoueryd all they re losses by hir Notwithstandynge atte the laste after many grete feates by the helpe prudence of syr IohnÌ„ Luxemburgh the whiche was a noble Capytayne of the duke of Burgon many Englyssh men Pycardes and Burgoynons which were of our partye before the towne of Compyne the .xxiii. daye of Maye the forsayd pucelle was taken in the felde armed lyke a man many other Captaynes with hir were all brought to Rone there she was put in to pryson And there she was Iuged by yâ— lawe to be brent And thanne she sayd that she was with chyld wherby she was a whyle respyted But in conclusyon it was founden that she was not with chylde and thanne she was brent in Rone and the other Capytayns were put to rauÌ„some entreted as men of warre ben acustomed ¶ And this same yere about Candelmasse Rycharde hunder a wulle packer was damned for an herytyke and brent at Tourhylle ¶ And about mydlenten syr Thomas Baggrly preest and 〈◊〉 of yâ— Mauen in Estsex besyde waldeÌ„ was dys graded and dampned for an heretyke brent in smyth felde ¶ And also in this same yere whyles the kyng was in FrauÌ„ce there were many heretâ—â—â—s and solardes that hadde purposed to make a rysynge and caste bylles in dyuerte places but blessed be almyghty god the Capytayne of theym was taken whos name was wyllyam Maundeuyll a weuer of Abendon and balyf of the same towne whiche named hymself Iacke Sharpe of Wygmoreslonde in wales And after warde he was beheded atte the forsayd Abendon in the wytson weke on yâ— tewes daye ¶ This same yere the .vi. daye of Decembre kynge Henry the syxth was crowned kynge of Fraunce at Parys in the chirche of our lady with grete solempnyte there beynge presente the Cardynall of Englonde the duke of Bedforde and many other lordes of Fraunce and of Englonde And after this coronacyon and greate feest holden at Parys the kynge retorned frome thens to Rone and so towarde Calays and the .ix. day of Feuerer londed at Douer whome all the comunes of Kent mette at Beramdon bytwene Caunterbury and Douer all in reed hodes and so come forth tyll he came to yâ— blacke hethe where he was mette with yâ— mayer IohnÌ„ wellys with all the craftes of London clothed all in whyte and soo they broughte hym vnto London the .xxi. daye of the same mothe ¶ And this same yere was a restraynte of the wulles of Calays made by the soudyours bycause they were not payed of theyr wages wherfore yâ— duke of Bedforde regent of FrauÌ„ce beynge than Capytayne came to Calays the tewesdaye in the esterweke And than on the morne after many soudyours of the towne were arested and put in warde And in the same weke he rode to Terewyn and by the meane of the bysshop of Terwyn he wedded the Erles doughter of saynt Poule came ayen to Calays than the .xi. daye of Iune on saynt Bernabeys daye there were four soudyours of Calays that were the chyef causers of the restraynt of the wulles byheâ—ded that is to wyte Iohan Maddelcy IohnÌ„ Launday Thomas Palmer and Thomas Talbot an hondred .x. bannysshed oute of the towne that same tyme and before were banysshed an hondred and .xx. soudyours And on mydsomeâ— enen after came the lorde regente hys wyf too
a grete debate bytwene kynge Iohan and the lordes of Englonde for by cause that be wolde not grauÌ„e the lawes and holde the â—â—che saynt Edwarde had ordeyned and had ben vsed and holden vnto that to me that he had them broken For be â—â—de holde noo lawe but dyde alle thynge that hym lyked and dyshertysed many men without consente of lordes and â—â—â—tys of yâ— londe And wolde 〈◊〉 the good erle Rodulf of Châ—â—hâ— for by â—â—â—se that he vndertoke hyÌ„ of his wyckednesse and for cause that he dyde so moche shame and vylany to god and to holy châ—rche And also for he helde haunted his owne brothers wyf and laye also by many other 〈◊〉 greate lordâ—â— doughters For be spared noo woman that hym lyked for to haue Wherfore all the lordes of the londe were wroche and 〈◊〉 the cyte of London To câ—sse this debate the Archebtysshop and loâ—des of the londe assembled before the feest of saynt Iohn Baptyst in a medowe belyde the towne of Stanys that is called 〈…〉 〈…〉 for the kynge hymselfe soone after dyde ayenst the poyntes of the same chartre that he had made Wherfore the moost parte of the lordes of the londes assembled and began to warre vppon hym ayen and â—â—nned his towers robbed his folke and dyde all the sorowe that they myght made them as stronge as they myght with all the power they had and thought to dryue hym out of Englonde and make Lowys the kyngê sone of Fraunce kyng of Englonde ¶ And kynge IohnÌ„ sente tho ouer see and ordeyned so moche people of Normans of Pycardes and of Flemynges soo that the londe myght not susteyne them but with moche sorowe ¶ And amonge all this people there was a man of Normandye that was called Fawkis of Brent and this Norman his company spared nother chuches ne houses of relygyon but they brente robbed it and bare awaye alle that they myght take so that the londe was all destroyed what of ony syde and of other ¶ The barons and lordes of Englonde ordeyned amonge theym the beste spehers and wysest men and sente them ouer the see to kynge Phylypp of Fraunce prayed hym that he wolde sende Lowys his sone in to Englonde to be kynge of Englonde to receyue the crowne ¶ How Lowys the kynges some of FrauÌ„ce came in to Englonde with a stronge power of peple to be kyng of Englonde A None as kynge Philyp of FrauÌ„ce herde these tydynges he made â—etayne alyaunce bytwene theym by theyr comune eleccyon that Lowys kynge Philyps sone of Fraunce sholde goâ— with theym in to Englonde and dryâ—se 〈◊〉 kynge Iohn of the londe And alle that were in presence of Lowys made vnto hym homage and became his men 〈…〉 〈…〉 was sette before hym vppon the table And the monke sayd that the loof was worth but an half peny O sayd the kynge tho Here is grete chepe of brede Now sayd he cho and I may lyue ony whyle suche a loof shall be worth .xx. shelynges or half a yere be gone And so whan he sayd this worde moche he thought and often he syghed and toke and ete of the brede and sayd by god the worde that I haue spoken it shall be soth ¶ The monke that stode before the kynge was for this worde full sory in his herte and thought rather be wolde hymselfe suffre deth and thought yf he myght ordeyne therfore some manere remedye And anone the monke wente vnto his abbot and was shryuen of hym and tolde the abbot all that the kynge had sayd And prayed his abbot for to assoyle hym for he wolde yeue the kynge such a drynke that all Englonde sholde be glady there of and Ioyfull Tho yede the monke in to a gardeyne and founde a greate tode therin and toke her vp and put her in a cuppe prycked the tode thorugh wich a broche many tymes tyll that the venym came out of euery syde in the cuppe And tho toke the cuppe fylled it with good ale and brought it before the kynge knelynge sayenge Syr sayd he Wash sayll for neuer the dayes of all your lyf dronke ye of so good a cuppe ¶ Begyn monke sayd the kynge And the monke dranke a grete draught toke the kynge the cuppe and the kynge dranke also a grete draught and sette downe the cuppe The monke anone ryght wente in to 〈◊〉 and there deyed anone on 〈◊〉 soule god haue mercy Amen And fyne monkê synge for his soule specyally and shall whyle that the abbayâ— standeth The kynge rose vp anone full euyll at ease and comaunded to remeue the table axed after the monke And men tolde hym that he was deed for his wombe was broken in sondre ¶ Whan the kynge herde this he comaunded for to trusse but it was for nought for his bely began to swelle for the drynke that he had dronke and within two daâ—â—â— he deyed on the morowe after saynt Luliâ— daye and had many fayre chidern of his body begoten that is to saye Henry his sone that was kynge after Iohn 〈◊〉 fader and Rycharde that was Erle of Comewalle and Ysabell that Empresse of Rome and Elenore that was quene of Scotlonde And this kyng Iohan whan he had regned 〈◊〉 and fyue monethes and fyue daâ—es be 〈◊〉 in the castell of newerbe And his body was buryed at Wynchestre ¶ Anno dmÌ„ M.CC. ERedericus the seconde was Emperour .xxx. yere This man was crowned of Honoriê° yâ— pope ayenst 〈◊〉 for by cause that be sholde frghte with hym the whiche be dyde and â—â—pullyd hym And fyrste be nourysshed the châ—â—che and afterwarde he dylpoyled it as a stepmoder Wherfore Honorius 〈◊〉 hym and all tho that were contrary to his opynyon the pope assoylled And the same sentence Girgoriê° the .ii. renewed And this same man put Henry his owne sone into pryson and there murdred hym Wherfore whan this Emperour an other season was syke by an other sone of his owne he was mindred in the tyme of Innocenicus the fourth ¶ Honorius the thyrde was pope after Innocencius x. yere confermed the ordre of frere Prechers and Mynors And made certayne Decretalles ¶ Of kyng Henry the thyrde that was crowned at Gloucetre ANd after this kynge Iohn regned his sone Henry was crowned at Gloucetre whan he was .ix. yere olde on seynt Symondes daye Iude of Swalo the Legate of Rome thrugh couÌ„seyll of all the grete lordes that helde with kynge Iohan his fader that is to saye the erle Radulf of Chestre Willyam erle Marshall erle of Penbroke Willyam the Brener erle of Feriers Serle the manly baron And all other grete lordes of Englonde helde with Lowys the kynges sone of FrauÌ„ce And anone after whan kynge Henry was crowned Swalo the Legate helde his couÌ„seyll at Brystowe at saynt Martyns feest And there were .xi. bysshops of Englonde of Walys of other prelates of holy chirche a grete nombre and erles barons many