thre doughters The fyrste was called Gonorill The seconde Rigan And the thyrde Cordeill and the yongest doughter was fayrest and beste of condycyons The kynge theyr fader became an olde man and wolde that his doughters were maryed or that he dyed But fyrste he thought to assaye whiche of them loued hym moste and best For she that loued hym best sholde best be maryed And he axed of the fyrste doughter how well she loued him And she answerde and sayde better than her owne lyf Now certes sayde her fader that is grete loue Thenne he axed the seconde doughter how moche she loued hym And she sayde more and passynge all the creatures of the worlde Per ma foy sayd her fader I may noo more axe And tho axed he of the thyrd doughter how moche she loued hym Certes fader sayde she my systers haue tolde you glosynge wordes but I shalle tell you the crouth for I loue you as I ought to loue my fader And for to brynge you more in certayne how I loue you I shall tell you As moche as ye be wroth so shall ye be loued The kyng her fader weÌ„de that she had scorned hym be came wonder wroth swore by heueÌ„ erth she sholde neuer haue good of him but hê doughts that loued hym so moche sholde be well auauÌ„ced maryed And the fyrst doughter he maryed to Mangles kyng of Scotlonde And the seconde he maryed to hanemos erle of Cornewayle they ordened spake bytwene theÌ„ that the sholde departe the reame bytwene them two after the dethe of kynge Leyr theyr fader Soo that Cordeill his yongest doughter sholde nothynge haue of his londe But this Cordeill was wonder fayre of good condicyons maners That the kynge of Fraunce Agampe herde of her fame sente to the kynge Leyr her fader for to haue her vnto his wyf and prayed hym therof And kynge Leyr her fader sente hym worde that he had departed his londe gyuen hit al vnto his two doughters before sayd he sayd he had no more loÌ„de wherwith her to marye And whan Agampe the kynge of fraunce herde this aÌ„swere he sent anone agayne to Leyr sayd That he axed nothyng with her but oonly her clothynge and her body And anone kynge Leyr sente her ouer see to the kynge of fraunce And he receyued her with moche worshyp and with solempnyte he spowsed her made her quene of Fraunce ¶ How kynge Leyr was dryuen out of his loÌ„de thrugh his folke And how Cordeill his yongest doughter holpe hym in his nede THus it befell afterwarde that tho two eldest doughters wolde not abyde tyll Leyr theyr fader was deed But warred vpon hym whyles that he was on lyue dyde hym moche sorowe and shame wherfore they toke from hym holy the realme bytwene them had ordeyned that one of theÌ„ sholde haue kyng Leyr to soiourne all his lyfe tyme with .lx. knyghtes squyres that he myght worshypfully ryde go whether that he wolde in to what couÌ„tre that hym lyked to play to solace So that Maugles kynge of Scotlonde hadde kynge Leyr with hym in the maner as is aboue sayd And or the other halfe yere were passed Gonoril that was his eldest dought quene of Scotlonde was soo anoyed of hym of his people that anone she her lorde spake togyder wherfore his knyghtes halfe his squyres fro hym were gone no moo lefte with hym but oonly .xxx. And whan this was done Leyr began to make moche sorowe for bycause that his state was empeyred And men had of hym more scorne dyspyte than euer they hadde before wherfore he wyst not what to done And at the laste he thought he wolde go in to Cornewayll to Rigan hys other doughter And whan he was come the erle and his wyfe that was Leyrs doughter hym welcomed and with hym made moche Ioye And there he dwelled with xxx knyghtes squyres And he had not dwelled scarsly .xii. monethes there that his doughter was wery of hym and his company And her lorde she of hym had grete scorne despyte soo that from .xxx. knyghtes they broughte vnto .x. And afterwarde he had but fyue so they lefte hym no moo Thenne made he sorowe ynoughe and sayd sore wepyng Alas that euer I came in to this londe sayd yet had ye be better to haue dwelled with my fyrste doughter And anone he wente thens to his fyrste doughter agayne but anone as she sawe hym come she swore by god by his holy name by as moche as she myght that he sholde haue no moo with hym but one knyght \ yf he wolde there abyde Then beganne Leyr to wepe and made moche sorowe and sayd then Alas now haue I to longe lyued that this sorowe myscheyf is to me nowe fallen For now I am poore that somtyme was ryche But nowe haue I noo frende ne kynne that to me wyll do ony good But whan I was ryche all men me honoured worshyped now euery man â—athe of me scorne dyspyte And now I well wote that Cordeill my yongest doughter sayde me trouth whan she sayd As moche as I had soo moche sholde I be loued And all the whyle that I had good so longe was I loued honoured for my ryches But my two doughters glosed me then now of me they set lytell pryce and soth tolde me Cordeil but I wolde not byleue it ne vnderstonde therfore I lete her goo frome as a thynge that I sette lytell pryce of and now wote I neuer what for to do syth my two doughters haue me thus dysceyued that I so moche loued now must I nedes seke her that is in an other londe that lyghtly I lete her go from me without ony rewarde of gyftes And she sayde that she loued me as moche as she ought to loue her fader by all maner of reason And then I sholde haue aâ—ed her no more And those that me otherwise behoteth thrugh their fals speche now haue me desceyued In thys maner Leyr loÌ„ge tyme begaÌ„ to make his moone at the last he shypped hym to the see passed ouer in to Fraunce and axed aspyed where the quene myght be fouÌ„de And men tolde hym where she was â–ª whan he came to the cyte that she was in pryuely he sent his squyre vnto the quene for to tell her that her fader was come to her for grete nede And whan the squyre came to the quene he tolde her euery deale of her systers frome the begynnynge vnto the ende Cordeil the quene anone toke golde and syluer plenty toke it to the squyre in couÌ„sell that he sholde go bere it to her fader that he sholde go in to a certayne cyte hym aray wasshe then come agayne to her And brynge with hym an honest company of knyghtes .xl. at the leest with theyr
fledde thens vnto Norwaye And Taberne seassed all the londe in his honde townes castelles and as moche as they ther had And syn Octauian came ayen from Norwaye with a grete power seased all the londe in hys honde droue out all the Romayns â— and was tho made kynge and regned ¶ How Marimian that was the Emperours cosyn of rome spowsed Octauians doughter and was made kynge of this londe THis Octauian gouerned the londe well and nobly but he had none heyre saue a doughter that was a yonge childe that he loued as moche as his lyfe And for as moche as he wered syke and was in poynt of det myghte no lenger regne he wold haue made one of his neuewes to haue be kynge the whyche was a noble knyght a strong man that was called Conan Merâ—edokâ— he sholde haue kypte the kynges doughter and haue maryed her whan tyme had ben But the lordes of the londe wolde not suffre it but yaaf her couÌ„seyll to be maryed to some hygh man of grete honour and thenne myght she haue all her luste the couÌ„sell of the Emperour Constantyne her lorde And at this couÌ„seyll they accorded chose tho Cador of Cornewaylle for to go to the emperour for to do this message And he toke the waye and wente to Rome and tolde the Emperoure thys tydynges well and wysely And the Emperour sente in thys londe wyth hym hys owne cosyn that was hys vncles sone a noble knyght a stronge that was called Maximian And he spowsed Octauians doughter and was crowned kynge of this londe ¶ How Maximian that was themperours cosyn conquered the londe of Armorycam and yaaf it to Conan Meriedok THis kynge Maximian became soo ryall that he thougt to conquere the londe of armory cam for the grete rychesse that he herde tell that was in that londe so that he ne lyfe man that was of worthynes knyght squere ne none other man that he ne toke wyth hym to the grete damage to all the londe For he lefte at home behynde hym noo man to kepe the londe but toke them wyth hym fro thys londe .xxx. thousande knyghtes that were doughty mennes bodyes wente ouer to the londe of Armorycam and there slewe the kynge that was called Imball conquered all the londe and whan he had so done he called Conan sayd For as moche as kynge Octauian made you kynge of Brytayne thrugh me ye were lette and dystroubled that ye were not kynge I gyue you thys londe of Armorycam you there of make kynge And for as moche as ye be a. Bryton I well that this londe haue the same name no more be called Armoricam but be called Brytayne And the londe from whens we be comen shall be called moche Brytayne And soo shall men knowe that one Brytayne fro thae other Conan Meriedok thaÌ„ked hym gretly soo was he made kynge of lytell Brytayne And whan all this was done Maximian wente from thens vnto Rome tho was made Emperour after Constantyne And Conan dwelled styll in lytell Brytayne with moche honour there lette ordeyne .ii. thousande ploughmen of the londe for to culture the londe to harow it for to sowe it feffed theÌ„ rychely after that they were for asmoche as kyng Conan none of his knyghtê ne noÌ„e of his othere peple wold not take wyues of the nacioÌ„ of frauÌ„ce he tho sente in to grete Brytayne to the erle of Cornewayle that meÌ„ called dionothe that he shold these thorugh out al this londe .xi. M. of maydens That is to saye .viii. M. for the meane people and iii·M for the grettest lordes that sholde them spowse And whan Dyonoth vnderstode this he made a commaundemente thorughout all the londe of Brntayne And as many as the nombre cam to be assembldy togyder of maydens for there was noo man that durste wythstande hys commaundementê for as moche that all the londe was take hym to warde and kepe to doo all thynge that hym good lyked ¶ And whan these maydens were assembled he lete them come a fore hym atte London And lete ordeyne for them shyppes hastely and as moche as them neded to that vyage And tooke his owne doughter that was called Vrsula that was the fayrest creature that ony man wyst And he wolde haue sent her to konge Conan that sholde haue spowsed her and made her quene of the londe But she had made pryuely to god a vowe of chastyte that her fader not wyst ne noÌ„e other man elles that was lyuynge vpon erthe ¶ How Vrsula and .xi. thousande maydens that were in her companye wente to warde lytell Brytayne and alle they were martrde at Colayne THys Vrsula chose vnto her company .xi. thousande maydens that of all other she was lady and meystresse And all they wente to shyppe at one tyme in the water that is called Tamyse and coÌ„maunded her kynne and her frendes to almyghty god and saylled to warde lytell Brytayne But whan they were come in to the hyghe see a stronge tempest arose as it was goddes wyll and vrsula wyth her shyppes and her compny were dryue to Hundlonde thrugh temstpe and arryued in the hauen of the cyte of Coleyne And the kynge of the londe that was called Gowan was tho in the cytee· And whan he wyst the tydynges that soo many fayre maydens were there arryued He toke Elga hys broher and other of hys housholde wyth hym went to the shyppes to see that fayre company And whan he sawe them so fayre he and hys company wolde haue ouerlayne them take fro them ther mayndehode But Vrsula that good mayde coumseylled prayed warned and taught theym that were her felowes that they sholde defende them wyth all theyr myghte and rather suffre deth thaÌ„ suffre ther body to be defoyled Soo that all tho maydens became so stedfast in god that they defended them thrughe hys grace soo that none of them hadde power to doo them shame wherfore the kynge Gowan was sore anone that he for wrath slewe them euerychone anone ryght and soo were all tho maydens martred for the loue of god and lyeth at Coleyne ¶ How kynge Gowan came for to destroy this londe and how a man of grete power that was called Gracian deifended the londe AS alle thys was done kynge Gowan that was a Sarrasyn called hys brother Elga and sayde to hym that he sholde go conquere the londe that alle those fayre maydens were borne in And he ordened tho a grete power of Pehites of denmarke of orâ—eâ—ay and of Norway· And they came in to this londe and brente townes slewe folke and caste a downe chirches houses and â—obbed all the lond in length brede put to deth alle tho that wolde not forsake the ryght byleue crystendome for as moche as there was no souerayne that myght them helpe For the kyng Maximian had take with hym all the worthy
.xii. yere he felle in to a grete sykenesse thenne was there a greate dyscorde bytwene the lordes of the londe that euery of them warred vpon other And yet in that tyme there fell so grete derth scarsyte of corn other viteylles in this londe that a man myghte go .iii. or iiii dayes fro towne to towne that he sholde not fynde to bye for golde ne syluer brede wyne ne none other vitayle where wich a man myght lyue But onely the people lyued by rotis of herbes for other lyuynge had they none so moche was it faylled all aboute Fysshes wylde bestes all other thynge soo that yet to this mysauenture there felle soo greate mortalyte and pestelens amonge the people by the corrupcyon of the ayre that the lyuynge people suffysed not to burye the deed bodyes For they deyed soo sodenly bothe grete and smalle lorde seruaunt in etynge goynge spekynge they fell downe and deyed so that neuer was herde of more sodeyne deth amonge the people For he that wente for to burye the deed body with the same deed body was buryed And soo they that myght flee fledde forsoke theyr londes and houhes as welle for the grete hungre derth scarsyte of corne other vitayll as for the grete mortalyte pestylence in the londe wente into other londes for to saue theyr lyues and lefte the londe all deserte wast so that there was noman for to trauayle tylthe the londe So that the londe was barayne of corne all other fruytes for defawte of tyllyers and this mysauenture dured .xi. yere and more that noman myght ere ne sowe ¶ How Cadwaldre wente out of this londe in to lytell Brytayne CAdwaldre sawe grete hungre mortalyte pestylence and the londe all poore faylynge cornes aÌ„d other vytaylles and his folke perysshed sawe also the mooste partye of his londe all wasted voyde of people He apparelled hym and his folke that were lefte alyue and passede ouer in to lytell Brytayne with a lytell nauy vnto kynge Alayne that he moche loued that was his cosyn and that his fader hadde moche loued in his tyme. And as they sayled in the see he made moche lamentacyon and so dyde alle tho that were with hym and sayde Dedisti nos domine tanquanâ— oues escaruÌ„ et in gentibus dispersisti nos ANd thenne began Cadwaldre to complayne hym to his folke pyteously and sayd· Alas sayd he to vs wretches caytyues is sorowe for our grete synnys the whiche we wolde not amende vs whyle we had space now repentaunce is comen vpon vs throughe my sauenture whiche chaced vs out of oure reame and propre soyle And out of the whiche somtyme Romayns Becottes Saxons neyther Danys myght not exyle vs. ¶ But what auaylleth it now to vs that before tyme oft tymes haue goten many other londes syth it ys not the wyll of god that we abyde and dwelle in our owne londe God that is very Iuge yat all thynges knoweth before they ben done or made he seeth that we wolde not cesse of oure synnes and that our enmyes myghte not vs ne our lygnage exyle fro and out of our reame He wolde that we amende vs of oure folyes and that we see our propre defautes And therfore hath shewed to vs wrathe and woll chastyse vs of our mysdedes Syche that he doth vs with out batayll or strength of our enmyes by grace companyes wretcchedly to leue our reame propre londe ¶ Torne ayen ne ye Romanys torne agayne ye Scottes torne agayne ye Saxxons torne agayne ye FrauÌ„soys Now seweth to you Brytayne all deserte the whiche your power myght neuer make deserte ne yet oure power hathe not put vs now in exyle But onely the power of the kynge allmyghty whom we haue often offended by our folyes the whiche we wolde not leue vntyll he chastyced vs by dyuyne power ¶ Amonge the worldes lamentacyon that the kynge Cadwhldre made to his folke they arryued iÌ„ lytell Brytayne and came to kynge Alayne before sayd ¶ And the kynge receyued hym with grete Ioye and made hym to be seruede wonder nobly And there abode they longe tyme after ¶ The Englesshe people that were left a lyue and were escaped the grete hungre and mortalyte lyued in the best wyse that they myght And moche people sprange and came of them ¶ And they sente in to Saxonye where that they were borne to ther frendes for men wyemen and chyldren to restore the cytees with people and the townes that were all voyde of people and for to laboure traueyll and tylthe the erthe ¶ whan the Saxons herde these tydynges they came in to the londe wonder thyeke in grete companyes and herborowed therselfe in the countree all aboute where that they wolde for they founde no man them for to lete ne withstonde And so they waxed multeplyed gretely And vsed the maners and customes of the countree 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 Cytyes twones castelles brought yaue them names and called as they nowe ben called And they helde the Counrees Baronages lordeshyps in manere as the Brytons before tyme had compassed them And amonge other grete companyes that came frome Germayne in to this londe came the noble quene that was called Seâ—burga with men wymmen without nombre· And arrayed in the couÌ„tree of Northumberlonde and tooke the londe frome Ilbion vnto Cornewaylle for her for her folke For there was none that myght theÌ„ lette for alle was desolace voyde of people but it were a fewe poore Brytons that were lefte on mountayns woddes vntyll that tyme ¶ And fro that tyme forthe loste the Brytons this reame for all theyr dayes And the Englysshe people begane to regne and departed the loÌ„de bytwene them And they made many kynges aboute by dyuerse partyes of the londe as here ben dyuyded The fyrst of westesexe The secondâ— Merchenriche The thyrde Estangle the fourthe Kente the fyfth Southsex All those regned in this londe after the Cadwaldre was passed out of this londe dwelled in lytell Bryten with kynge Alayne his cosyn and true frende And whan he had longe dwellede there and had knowynge that the mortalyte and pestelence was ouerpassed that the londe was replenysshed ayen wyth people he thought to torne ayen in to his londe And prayed kynge Alayne his cosyn of socour helpe that he myghte be restored ayen to his owoe propre reame and fyrste dygnyte And kynge Aleyne graunted hym his askynge ¶ Thenne dyde he appareylle hym to take his wayt and vyage in to this londe And prayed god allmyghty deuoutly that he wolde make to hym demonstracyon yf his prayer to this londe were too hyme plesaunt or none for ayenste the wyll of god allmyghty he wolde no thynge do ¶
wyth theym And graunted hym a londe by the see syde there the see is nowe That londe is called nowe Galleway Marianus Irysshe Scottesshe loÌ„de datte Argall that is Scotten clyfe for Scottes londed there for to doo tharme to the Brytons or for that place is nexte to Irlonde for to come a londe in Brytayne ¶ Beda And soo the Scottes after Brytons and Pryctes made the thyrde people dwellynge in Brytayne ¶ R. Thenne after that come Saxons atte prayenge of the Brytons to helpe them ayenst the Scottes and Pyctes ¶ And the Brytons were soone put out in to waies And Suxons occupyed the Londe lytell and lytell And efte more to the Scottysshe see And soo Saxoas made the fourthe manere of men in the ylonde of Brytayne ¶ Beda li.v. ca. ix For Saxons and Angels came oute of Germania yet some Brytons that dwelled nyghe callen hem shortly Germans ¶ R. Netheles abowte the yere of our lorde .viii. hondred Egbartus kynge of westsaxon commaunded and badde alle men calle the men of the londe Englysshmen ¶ Alfre Thenne after that the Canes pursued the londe Abowte two hondred yere that is for to saye fro the for sayde Egbarteus tyme vnto saynt Edwardes tyme and made the fyfte manere of people in the londe Bute they faylde after warde Atte laste come Normans vnto duke wyllyam and subdued Englysshemen and yet kepe they the londe and they made the â—yâ—the people in the ylonde But in the fyrste kynge Henryes tyme come many Flemynges and receyued a dwellynege place for a tyme be syde Maylros in the weste syde of Enlonde and made the seuenth people in the ylonde Netheles by commaundement of the same kynge they were put thens and dryuen to Hauer fordes syde in the west syde of wales ¶ R. And soo nowe in Brytayne Danes and Pyctes fayllen all out and fyue nacyons dwellen ther in that been Scottes in Albania that is Scotlond Brytayne in Chambrya that is wales but that Flemynges dwelle in that is west wales And normans Englysshmen ben medled in all the ylond for is now doubte in storyes how in what manere they were put a way dystroyed out of Brytayne Now it is to declare how the Pyctes were dystroyed sayled ¶ GirpÌ„ ca. vii Brytayn was somtyme occupyed with Saxons peas was made and stablysshed with the Pyctes thenne the Scottes that came with the Pyctes sawe that the Pyctes were nobler of dedes better meÌ„ of armes though they were lasse in nombre than the scottes ThenÌ„e the Scottes hauynge therof enuye torned to theyr naturall treason that they haue oft vsed for in treason they passe other meÌ„ and ben traytours as it were by kynde For they prayed all the Pyctes specyally the grete of them to a feest wayted her tyme whan the Pyctes were mery had well dronke they drew vp nayles that helde vp holowe beÌ„ches vnder the pyctes the pyctes vnware sodaynly fyll in ouer the hammes into a wonderfull pytfull Then the Scottes fell on the Pyctes and slewe theÌ„ left none alyue And so of two maner people the better warryours were holy destroyed but the other that ben the Scotes whiche ben traytours all vnlyke to the pyctes toke prouffyte by that fals treason for they tooke alle that londe and holde it yet vnto thys tyme and it Scotlonde after hyr owne name In kynge Edgars tyme Kynadin Alpinus sone was duke and leder of the Scottes and warred in Pycte londe and destryyed the Pyctes He warred syx sythes in Saxon and tooke all the londe that is bytwene Twede and the Scottysshe see with wronge and wyth strengthe ¶ Of the langages of maners and vsuge of the people of that londe ca. xv· AS it is knowen howe manye manere of people ben in thys ylonde there been also so many langages and tonges Netheles walsshe and scottes that ben not medled with other nacyons kepe yet theyr langage and speche but yet the Scottes that were somtyme coÌ„federate and dwelled with Pyctes drawe somwhat after theyr speche But the Flemynges that dwell in the west syde of wales haue lefte her straunge speche and speken lyke to Saxons also Englysshemen though they had fro the begynnynge thre manere of speches Southerne Northern myddell speche in the myddell of the londe as they come of thre maner of people Germania Netheles by commixyon and mydlynge fyrste with Danes afterwarde with Normans in many thynges the countree langage is appared for some vse straunge wlaffynge chyterynge harrynge gartynge and grysbytynge ¶ This apparynge of the langage cometh of two thynges one bycause that chyldren that gone to scole lerne to speke fyrste Englysshe and than ben compelled to constre hys lessoÌ„s in Frensshe that haue ben vsed syn the Normans come into Englonde Also gentylmens chyldren be lerned and taught frome theyr youthe to speke Frensshe vp londesshmen wyll counterfete and lyken hymself to geÌ„tylmen and are besy to speke frensshe for to be more sette by wherfore it is sayde by a comyn prouerbe Iack wold be a gentylmeÌ„ yf he coude speke frensshe ¶ Treuisa This was moche vsed to fore grete deth but syth it is somdele chaunged for syr Iohan Cornwayle a mayster of gramer chaunged the techynge of gramer scole construccyon of frensshe into Englysshe And other scole maysters vse the same way now in the yere of our lorde a M.CCC.lxxxv the .ix. yere of kynge Rycharde the seconde leue all frensshe in scoles and vse all coÌ„struccyon in Englysshe wherin they haue auauntage one waye that is that they lerne the soner theyr gramer and in a nother dysauauntage for nowe they lerne no Frensshe nor can none whyche is hurte for them that shall passe thee see And also gentylmen haue moche left to teche theyr chyldred to speke frensshe ¶ R. It semeth a grete wonder the Englysshmen haue so grete dyuersyte in theyr owne langage in sowne in spekynge of it whiche is all in one ylonde And the langage of Normandye is comen out of an other londe hath one maner sowne amonge all theÌ„ that speke it in Englonde for a man of Kente southern western northern men speken frenshe all lyke in sowne speche but they can not speke theyr Englysshe soo ¶ Treuysa Netheles there ben as many dyuerse maner of frenshe in the reame of frauÌ„ce as dyuerse Englysshe in the reame of Englonde ¶ R. Also of the forsayd tonge whiche is departed in thre is grete wonder for men of the eest with men of the west accorde better in sownynge of the speche than men of the north with men of the southe Therfore it is the men of mercii that ben of myddell Englonde as it were partynes wyth the endes vnderstond better the syde langages northern southern than northern southern vnderstonde eyther other ¶ Wilhel de pon li.iii All the langahes of the northuÌ„bres specyall at yorke is so sharpe shyttynge
more to be ware of gyle thanne of crafte of peas than of brennynge brondes of hony than of kynghthode they haue suche maneres that they ben not stronge in warre and in bataylle ne trewe in peas they become gossyps to them that they wyll falsly betraye in the gossybrede and hooly kynred Eueryche drynketh others bloode whanne it is shedde they loue somdâ—lâ— hyr nouryce and her playfers whiche that souke the same mylke that they souked whyle they were chyldreÌ„ And they pursewe ther brethern theyr cosyns and theyr other kyne and despysen theyr kyne whyles they lyue and auenge they re dethe whanne they ben slayne Soo longe hath the vsage of euyll custome endured amonge them that it hathe gotenne the maystrye ouer them and torneth treason in to kynde so ferforthe that they ben traytours by nature ¶ And alyens and men of straunge londes that dwelle amonge them folowynge theyr maners that vaunteh there is none but he is be smetted wyth theyr treason aslo AmoÌ„ge them manye men pyssen syttyge and wymmen standynge ¶ There ben many men in that londe foule shapen in lymmes and in body For in theyr lymmes they lacke the benefyce of kynde Soo that no where ben better shapen thanne they that ben there well shapen none worse shapeÌ„ than they that ben euyll shapen And skylfully nature hurte and defouled by wyckednes of lyuynge brynge the suche gromes and euylle â—penne of hem that wyth vnlawfulle delynâ—â—yth foule manere and euyll lyuynge soo wyckedly defouled kynde and nature In thys lond wales olde wyues wymmeÌ„ were woÌ„re been yet as meÌ„ saye ofte to scape theÌ„sâ—â—â— in lykees of hates for to mylke ther neyghbâ—rs â—ine stole her mylke ofte grâ—y houÌ„des renâ— after theÌ„ pursewen theÌ„ weuen that they be hares Also some by crafte of NygramaÌ„cye 〈◊〉 â—â—tte swyne for to be reed of colour and selfe theÌ„ in markettes fayres But as soone as these swyne passe ony water they torne into theire owne kynde whether it be strawe hey gras of â—ues But these swyne maye not be kept by no craft for teÌ„dure in lykenes of swynes ouer thre daies AmoÌ„ge these wonders other take hede that in the vttermest ende of the worlde falleth newe meruaylles woÌ„ders As thoughe kynde played with large loue secretly and ferre in thendes than openly nygh in the myddeell therfore in this yloÌ„de beÌ„ many gresely woÌ„ders meruaylles ¶ Of the meruaylles and woÌ„ders of Irlonde ca. xxviii MAny men tellen that in the northe syde of Irlonde is the londe of lyfe In that ylonde no man maye deye but whan they ben olde and vexed wyth greate sykenes they ben borne out in to the nexte londe and deye there There is an other ylonde in Irlonde that noo womman ther in may bere a childe but yet she may conceyue Also there is an ylonde in whyche no dede body maye roten In vltonia that is Vlstre is an ylonde in a lake woÌ„derly departed in twene In that one parte is grete dysturbaunce and dyscomforth of frendes in that other partye grete lykyng and comforth of holy angels There is also saynt Patryks purgatory that was shewed at hys prayer to conferme hys prechynge hys lore whan he preched to mysbyleued men of sorowe and payne that euyll meÌ„ shoâ— suffre for ther euyll werkes And of Ioye and of blysse the gode men shall receyue for ther holy dedes he telleth that who that suffreth the paynes of purgatory yf it be enioyned hym for penaunce he shall neuer suffre the paynes of hell but he deye fynally withon repentaunce of synne as the ensample is sette more full at this chapytre ende ¶ Treuisa But truly noman maye be saued but yf he be very repentaunce what someuer penaunce he do and euery man that is very repentaunt as hys lyues ende shall be sekerly saued thoughâ— he neuer here of saynt Patryks purgatorye There is an ylond in conaâ—te Sale that is in the see of Conaccia halowed by saynt Brandon that hath no myse there dede bodyes ben not buryed but beÌ„ kept out of the erth roten not In Mamonia is a wel who that wassheth hym with that water of the welle he shall waxe hore on his heed There is an other wel in Vltonia who someuer is wassheÌ„ therin he shall neuer wexe hore after warde There is a welle in Mounstre or Mamonia \ yf ony maÌ„ touche that welle anone shal falle grete rayne in alle the prouyÌ„ce that rayne shalle neuer cesse tyll a preste that is a clene mayden synge a masse in a chapell that is faste by blesse the water wyth mylke of a cowe that is of one her besprynge the welle so reconcyle the welle in this staunge manere At Glyndal can aboute the oratory of Saynt Keywyn wyches beryth apples as it were apple trees and ben moore holsome than sauery That holy saynt brought forthe these apples by prayers for to hele his shylde that was seke There is a lake in Vlstre and moche fysshe therin whyche is .xxx. myle in lengthe and. in brede The Ryuer Ban renneth out of that lake into the northe Occean and meÌ„ saye that thys lake beganÌ„e in this manere There were men in that countree that were of euyll lyuynge coeuntes cuÌ„brutis And there was a well in that londe in grete reuerence of olde tyme And all waye couered yf it were lefte vncouered the welle wolde ryse and drowned all the londe And soo it happed that a wooman wente to that welle for to fetche water hyed her fast to her chyld that wept in the cradell left the welle vncouered then the welle sprange soo faste that is drowned the woman and her chylde made all the countree a lake and a fysshe ponde for to preue that thys is soo there it is greate argument that whan the weder is clere fysshers of that water see in the rounde vnder the water rounde toures and hyghe shapen as steples and chyrches of that londe In the north syde of Irlonde in the countre of Ossyyryens euery .vii. yere at the prayer of an hooly Abbot tweyne that ben wedded a man and a woman muste nedes be exyled and forshapen in to lyknes of wolues abyde out .vii. yere And atte ende of .vii. yere yf they lyue they come home agayne And take agayne theyr owne shappe And than shall other tweyne goo forthe in theyr stede and soo forshapen for other .vii. yere There is a lake in thys londe yf a poole of tree pyghte and stycked therin that parte of the shafte or poole That is in the erth shall torne in to yron And that parâ—e that abydeth in the water shalle torne into stone And the parte that abydeth aboue shall be tree in his owne kynde Also there is a lake that tornethe hasell in to asshe and asshe in to hasell yf it be done therin Also in Irlonde ben thre Samon lepes there as samons lepe
named by dyuers names in this maner they came forth and were borne horryble gyauÌ„tes in Albyon And they dwelled in caues and in hylles atte ther wylle And hadde the londe of Albyon as them lykyd vnto the tyme that Brute arryued and came to Tornes that was in the yle of Albyon And there this Brute coÌ„quered and dyscomfyted the gyauntes abouesayde ¶ Explicit prima pars ¶ Here begynneth now how Brute was goten how he slewe first his moder after his fader And how he conquered Albyon that after he named Brytayne after his owne name that now is callyd Englonde after the name of Engyst of Saxonie ¶ This Brute came in to Brytayne aboute the .xviii. yere of Hely BE it knowen that in the noble cytee of grete Troy there was a noble knyght a man of grete power that was called Eneas And whan the cyte of Troy was loste destroyed thrugh them of Grece Thys Eneas wyth all his meyne fledde theÌ„s came to Lombardy That theÌ„ was lorde gouernoure of the londe a kyng that was called Latyne And an other kynge there was that was called Turocelyne that strongely warred vpon this kynge Latyne that oftentymes dyde hym moche harme And whaÌ„ this kynge Latyne herde that Eneas was come he receyued hym with moche honour him with helde for as moche as he had herde of hym wyst wel that he was a noble knyght a worthy of hys body of his dedes This Eneas helped kyng Latyne iÌ„ his warre And shortely for to telle so well and so worthely he dyde that he slewe Turocelyne and discomfyted hym and all his people And whan all this was done kynge Latyne gaaf all that londe that was Turocelynes to thys noble man Eneas in maryage wyth Lauyne his doughter the moost fayrest creatue that ony man wyst And so they lyued togyder in yoyâ— myrthe all the dayes of ther lyftyme ¶ And after Ascanius sone to Eneas wedded a wyf vpon her he gate a sone that was called Silueyne And this Silueyne whan he coude some reason of man vnwetynge his fader and aenst his wyll aqueyted hym with a damoysell that was cosyn to Lauyne that was kynge Latynes doughter the quene that was Eneas wyf and brought the damaysell with chylde And whan Ascanius his fader it wyst anone lete enqueyre of the wysest maysters of the grettest clerkes what chylde the domoysell sholde brynge forth they answerde sayd that she sholde brynge forth a sone that shalde kylle bothe his fader also his moder And so he dyde For his moder deyed in berynge of hym And whan this childe was borne his fader lete calle hiÌ„ Brute And the maysters sayd that he sholde do moche harme sorowe in many dyuers places and after he sholde come to grete honour and worshyp This kyng Ascanius deyed whan god wolde and Silueyne his sone receyued the londe made hym wonderly well beloued amonge his people And so whaÌ„ Brute that was Silueynes sone was .xv. yere olde he wente vpon a day with his fader for to play solace And as Brute sholde haue shot vnto an herte his arowe myshappe and glaÌ„ced and so there Brute slewe hys fader ¶ How Brute was dreuen out of the londe and how he helde hym in Grece ANd whan this myschauÌ„ce was befall all the people of the londe made sorowe ynough were sore an angred And for enche son there of they droue brute out of the loÌ„de wolde not suffre hym among them And whaÌ„ he sawe that he myght not there abyde he weÌ„ from thens in to Grece and there he founde .vii. thousande men that were of the lygnage and kynred of Troy that were come of grete blood as the story telleth as of men and wymmen and chyldern the whyche were all hollde in thraldome and bondage of the kynge Pandras of Grece for the dethe of Achilles that was betrayed and slayne at troy This brute was a wonder fayre man and a stronge and a huge of his age and of gladde there and semblaunt and also worthy of body was well beloued amonge his people Thys kyng Pandras herde speke of his goodnes his condicions and anone made hym dwelle wyth hym soo that brute became wonder preuy moche beloued with the kynge soo that longe tyme brute dwelled with the kynge So at the laste they of Troy and brute spake togyders of kynred and of lygnage of acquayntaunce there playned them vnto Brute of ther sorowe of ther bondage of many other shames that the kynge Pandras had them done And vnto brute they sayde vpon a tyme. ye be a lorde of our lygnage a strong man a myghty â— ye be our capytayne lorde and gouernoure we wyll become your men your coÌ„maundemeÌ„tes doo in all maner of thynges brynge vs out of this wretchednesse and bondage we wyll fyghte with the kynge for trouthe with the grace of the grete god we shal hym ouercome and we shall make you kyng of the londe and to you doo homage and of you we shall holde euer more Brute had tho grete pyte of theyr boÌ„dage that they were brought iÌ„ And preuâ—ly wente then from the kynges courte and tho them that were of Troy wente and put them in to woodes and in to mouÌ„taynes and them there helde And sente vnto kynge Pandras that he sholde gyue them leue sauely for to weÌ„de out of the londe for they wolde noo lâ—nger dwelle in his bondage The kynge Pandras wexed tho sore anoyed and tho swore that he sholde slee them euerychone and ordeyned a grete power and wente to warde them all for to fyght But Brute and his men maÌ„ly them defended and fyerfly fought and slewe all the kynges men that none of them escaped and toke the kynge and helde hym in pryson and ordeyned counsell bytwen them what they myghte done And some sayde that he sholde be put to dethe and some sayde that he sholde be exiled out of the londe And some sayd that he sholde be breÌ„te And tho spake a wyse kynght that was called Mempris and sayd to Brute and to alle tho of Troy yf kynge Pandras wolde yelde hym and haue his lyf I counsell that he gyue vnto Brute that is our duke our souerayne his doughter Gennogen to a wyf and in maryage wyth her an hoÌ„dred shyppes well arayed and all his tresoure of golde syluer of corne of wyne as moche as we nede to haue of â—o thyng other thenÌ„e go we out of this londe ordeyned vs a londe elles where For we nenoÌ„e of our kynred that come after vs shall neuer haue peas in this londe amoÌ„ge theym of Grece For we haue slayne so many of ther knyghtes and of other freÌ„des that euer more warre and contake sholde be among vs Brute tho and all his folke consented well to that counseyll And this thynge
they tolde to kyng PaÌ„dras And he for to haue his lyf grauÌ„ted as moche as they axed and anone gaf vnto Brute Gennogen his doughter to wyfe an hondred shyppes with asmoche as them neded of all vytaylles as afore was ordeyned Brute tho toke his wyfe and all his men that forsoke the londe of Grece and went them vnto the see and had wynde weder at theyr wyll and came the thyrde daye in to an I le that was called Lorgers Thys Brute anone sente of his men a londe for to espye the maner of the countree And they founde an olde cyte all wasted and forlet that was ther in nother maÌ„ ne woman ne no thynge dwellynge and in the mydeell of this cyte they founde an olde temple of a fayre lady that was called Dyana the goddesse And they came ayen vnto Brute tolde hym what they had seen and fouÌ„de And they counselled hym to goo and doo sacrefyce vnto dame Dyana for she was woÌ„te to yeue answere of what euer men prayed her and namely vnto them that her honoured with sacrefyce Brute wente vnto that yamge and sayd Dyana noble goddesse that all thynge haste in thy myght and power wyndes waters woodes felde and all thynge of the world and all manere of beestes that theryn ben To you I make my prayer that ye me counseyll and telle where and in what place I shall haue a couenable dwellynge for me and for my people and there I shal make in honour of you a well fayre temple and a noble wherin ye shall alwaye be honoured whaÌ„ he had done his prayer Dyana answerd in this maner Brute sayde she go euen forth thy waye ouer the see in io Frauce to warde the west and there ye shall fynde an yle that is called Albyon that yle is be compassed all wyth the see and noo man maye come ther in but it be by shyppes and in that londe were wonte to dwelle gyauntes but now it is not soo but all wyldernes And that londe is destenyed and ordeyned for you and for your people ¶ How Corin became Brutes man and how kynge Goffar was dyscomfyted THenne whan Brute had this answere of Dyana the goddes Anone he lete the ancres wynde vp sayled in to the hyghe see And whan he his men had saylled .xx. dayes and moo they fouÌ„de fast besyed a cost of the see a thousande men of the lygnage kynred of Troy And ther souerayne ther mayster of all was called Corin· And whan Brute wyste whens they were he tho toke them wyth moche Ioye in to hys shyppes and ladde theym forth wiht hym Thê Corin there be came brutes man to hym dyde homage And so longe they saylled forth in the see tyll they cam vnto Gascoyne And anone they arryued in the hauen of Lyegers there they dwlled .viii. dayes them for to rest ther saylles to ameÌ„de there that it was nede Tydynges soone came to kynge Goffar that was lorde of that loÌ„de howe that moche people of strauÌ„ge londe were arryued in to his loÌ„de in the hauen of Lyegres wherfore he was sore angreged anoyed that they came and arryued in his londe wythout his lycence and his leue And anone ordened hym a gret power for to dryue out brute to destroye hym all his people But it was so that kyng Goffar was dyscomfyted all his peple And hym self fledde in to FrauÌ„ce there for helpe socour And in that tyme regned in Fraunce ·xii kynges an .xi. of them assembled a grete power for to helpe Goffar for to fight ayest Brute This Goffar dwelled with theÌ„ of frauÌ„ce halfe a yere more And in the meane tyme whan Goffar was in FrauÌ„ce Brute and his company destroyed all the londe of Gascoyne and lete take all the tresour that kyng Goffar had there lete brynge it all in to his shyppes And this Brute founde in that londe a fayry place and couenable there brute made a fayre castel and a stronge ¶ whan that this was done kyng Goffar came from Fraunce and .xi. kynges with hym and brought wyth hym .xx. M. men for to fyghte with Brute and his company and Brute had but .vii. M. CCC men And neuertheles whanne the two hostes mette togyder Brute folke thorugh helpe of hymself of Turin his cosen and of Corin the well and manly hym defended and fought so tyll that in lytell tyme they hadde slayne of the Frensshemen two thousande mo Anone all that were alyue fledde awaye And in this bataylle Turin Brutes cosyn was slayne And Brute lete entere hym worthely whan he had space leyser in the castell that he had made tho lete calle that same castell Toures For by cause of the name of Turin that there was entred And yet vnto this day there is a noble cyte that is called Toures And kynge Goffar wyste that Turin was deed he came agayne with his men after yaue a stronge bataylle vnto Brute But brute his men were so wery for fyghtynge that they myght noo lenger endure but to megre hym all his And then Brute yede in to his castell with his men and made the gates faste for to saue them and for to take counsell amoage them what were best for to do Brute and Corin gaaf counsell and ordeyned pryuely that Corin sholde go oute busshe him iÌ„ a wood tyll on the morne soo that in the mornynge whan that Brute sholde fyghte with his enemyes thenne Corin shold come with his folke in the one syde and slee and do all the harme that he myght And in a mornynge in the dawnynge of the daye Brute weÌ„te out of the castell and fyersely faughte with his enmyes and they manly deffended them But within a lytell tyme Brute and his folke slewe .viii. hondred of kynge Goffars men Thenne came Corin with the busshement and smote to grounde he his companye all those that wolde stonde or abyde So that the kyng Goffar his coÌ„pany were dyscoÌ„fyted faste they began to flee And brute Corin with ther coÌ„pany fyersely them pursewed slewe mo of them in the fleynge than they dyd in the batayll And iÌ„ this maner Brute had the victory and neuertheles brute made moche sorowe for his cosyn TuriÌ„ that there was slayne other also that he haded lost of his men That is to saye vii· hondred and .xv. The whiche nobly he entered in the same castell of Toures there where he had entered Turin his cosyn ¶ How Brute arryued at Totnesse in the yle thenne called Albyon and of the bataylle that was betwixt Corin and Gogmagog SO whan all this was done Brute wolde no lenger there dwell for to fyghte nor for to lese no moo of his people For kynge Goffars people myghte euery daye encreace mo and moo And Brutes lossened And therfore he toke all his men and wente vnto the see and had wende and
weder at theyr wyll And the fyfth daye after they arryued in an hauen at Totnesse and came in to the yle of Albyon And there neyther man nor woman as the story telleth they founde but GyauÌ„tes And they dwelled in hylles in caues And Brute sawe the londe was fayre and at his lykynge And was good also for hym and for his people as Dyan a the goddesse hadde hym behyght And therfore was Brute wonder gladde and lette assembled vpon a daye all his â—olâ—e to make a solempne sacrefyce and a grete feest in honour reuerence of Dyana the goddesse of the whiche he hadde counseyll fyrste for to come in to this londe And thenne whan that they hadde ther solempnyte done as they vpon a daye sate at ther meete there came in vpon them .xxx gyauntes slewe of Brutes men .xxx. Brute and his men anone strete vp and faught with the gyauntes and slewe them euerychone excepte one that was called Gogmagog he was mayster of all the Gyauntes And he was stroÌ„ger and hygher than ony of other And Brute kepte hym for by cause that he sholde wrestyll with Corin that was Brutes maÌ„ Fo he was greter hygher than ony of bruces men from the gyrdelstede vp warde ¶ Gogmagog and Corin vndertoke there for to wrestell And so togyders they wente and wrestlyd a longe tyme but at the last Gogmagog Helde Corin so fast that he brake two rybbes of hâ— syde wherfore Corin was sore angry And there he toke Gogmagog betwixt his armes and cast hym downe vpon aroche soo that Gogmagog brake all to peces and soo he deyed an euell deth And therfore the place is called vnto this daythe saute of Gogmagog ¶ And thenne after Brute yaue alle that contree vnto Corin. And there Corin called it after his name Cornewaylâ— And his men he called Cornewaylles and so sholde men of tha countree be called for euermore And in that contree dwelled Corin and hys men And they made townes and howses and enhabyted the londe by theyr owne wyll ¶ How Brute buylded London and called thys londe Brytayne and Scotlonde Albyne and walys Camber ¶ London BRute and his men wente forth and sawe about in dyuers places where that they myght fynde a good place and couenable that they myght make a Cyte for hym and his folke And soo at the laste they came by a fayre Ryuer that is called Tamys and there Brute began to buylde a fayre cyte and lete calle it newe Troy in mynde and remembraunce of the grete Troy from the whiche place all ther lygnage was comen And this Brute lete felle downe woodes and lete eere and sowe londes And also lete mawe downe medowes for sustenaunce of hym and of his people And thenne he departed the londe to theym so that eueryâ—he of theym had a parte and a certayne place for to dwelle in ¶ And thenne Brute lette calle this londe Brytayne after his owne name and his folke he lette calle Brytons And this Brute had goten on his wyf Gennogen thre sones that were worthy of dedes The fyrst was called Lotrin the seconde Albanak and the thyrde Cambar And brute bare crowne in the cytee of Troy .xx. yere after the tyme that the cytee was made And there he made the lawes that the Brytons holde and this brute was wonderly well beloued amonge all men And Brutes sones also loued wonderly welle togyder· And whan Brute had sought all the londe in lengthe and also in brede he founde a londe that Ioyned to Brytayne that was in the northe and that londe Brute yaue to Albanak his sone And lete calle it Albanie after his name that nowe is called Scotlonde And Brute founde an other countree towarde the weste and yaue that to Cambar his other sone and lete calle it Cambar after his name now is called walys And whan Brute hadne regned .xx. yere as before is sayd thenÌ„e he deyed in the Cyte of newe Troy ¶ How Lotrin that was Brutes sone entred with moche honoure gouerned the londe well and worthely AFter Brute regned LotriÌ„ hê sone that was the seconde kynge in Brytayne The whiche began to regne the seconde yere of Samuell And this Lotrin was crowned kynge wyth moche solempnyte and glorye of all the londe of Brytayne And after whan he was crowned kynge Albanak and Cambar his two brethern wente agayne into theyr owne countree there they lyued with moche honour worshyp And LotriÌ„ theyr brother regned was kynge gouerned it well wysely for he was a good man wonderly well beloued of all his londe And it befell so that Albanak dwelled in his owne londe with moche honoure and worshyp And thenne came kynge Humbar of Hunlonde with a grate power aryued in Albyne wolde haue conquered the londe began to warre vpon kyng 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 dethe Lotrin there anone lete assemble all the Brytons of Kente of Douer in to Dere went of Norfolke and Southfolke of Keftefen and Lyndessey And whan they were assembled they spedde them faste towarde there enemyes for to yeue them batayll And Lotrin had sente to Cambar his brother that he sholde come vnto hym with all the power that he myght make hym for to helpe to he dyde with a good wyll And so they came togyders toke ther waye pryuely for to go and seke Humbar where they myght hym fynde And so it befell that thys Humbar was besyde a water that was a grete Ryuer wyth hys folke hym for to dysporte And there came Lotrin and Cambar his brother with all ther people sodaynly or that ony of that other wyste And whan Humber sawe them come he was sore adradde for as moche as his men wyst it not afore and also they were vnarmed And anone Humbar for dredde lepte in too the water and drowned hym selfe and soo he deyed and hê men were all slayne so that none of theÌ„ escaped And therfore is that water called HuÌ„bar and euer more shal be for bi cause that thê kynge Humbar therin was drowned ¶ And after that Lotrin wente to his shyppes toke there golde and syluer as moche as he founde vnto hym self And all that other pylfre he gaf vnto other foke of the hoste And they founde in one of the shyppes a fayre damoysell that was kynge Humbars doughter she was called Estrylde· And whan Lotrin sawe her he tooke her with hym for her fayrnesse And for her he was ouertaken in loue and wolde haue wedded her This tydynges came to Corin anne thoughte to auenge hym vpon Lotrin For as moche as Lotrin had made couenauÌ„â— for to spowse Corins doughter that was called Guentolin And Corin in haste wente vnto hym vnto newe Troy and thus
meny And then he sholde sende to her lorde the kyng feyne that he were come for to speke with hys doughter hym for to se so he dyde And whan the kynge and the quene herd that they came with moche honoure they hym receyued And the kynge of fraunce then lete lende thrugh al the realme coÌ„maunded that al men sholde be as entendauÌ„t to kynge Leyr the quenes fader in all maner of thynges as it were vnto hymselfe whaÌ„ kynge leyr had dwelled there a moneth more he tolde to the kynge to the quene his doughter how his two eldest doughters hadde hym serued Agampe anone lete ordeyne a grete hooste of FrensshmeÌ„ sente in to Brytayne with Leyr the quenes fader for to coÌ„quere his loÌ„de agayne his kyngdome And Cordeill also came with her fader in to Brytayne for to haue the realme after her faders dethe And anone they wente to shyppe passed the see came in to Brytayne fought with the felons theÌ„ dyscomfyted slewe then had he his loÌ„de agayne after lyued .iii. yere helde his realme iÌ„ peas after warde dyed so Cordeill his doughter thenne let enter him with moche honour at Leycestre ¶ Anno muÌ„di .iiii. M.iii. C.xlix Et ante xpÌ„i natiuitateÌ„ .viii. C liii AMasius sonne to Ioam regned on the Iewes .xxix. yere after the whiche the kyngdom of Iewes was without kynge .xiii. yere This man worshypped the goddes of Seyr vt pêª .ii. para .xv. ¶ Ieroboam sone to Ioam regned on Israel .xli. yere the whiche was manly and vyctoryous For he ouercame the kynge of Sirie restored Israel Damaske after the worde of Iono the prophete But he was not good Therfore sayth austyn if good men regne they profyte many a man And yf ylle men regne they hurte many men· ¶ Anno muÌ„di .iiii. M.iii. C.lxxxviii Et ant xpÌ„i natiuitateÌ„ .viii. C.xi. Ozias or Azarias sone to Amasie regned on the Iury .lii. yere the whiche lyued wel afore oure lorde of hym is none euyl thynge wryten but that he vsurped the dygnyte of preesthode vnder Azari the whiche he forbode hym For that whiche cause our lorde stroke hym with a leper vt pêª .ii. para ¶ Ozee bysshop prophete was this tyme the fyrst of the .xii. that is sende astaynst the .xii. tribus ¶ Ioel the secoÌ„de of the .xii. prophecyed of Iuda Ananias the thyrde prophecyed agaynst many people Abdias the fourth of the .xii. prophecyed agaynst Edom ¶ zacharius sonÌ„e to Ieroboam regned in Israel .vi. monethes the whiche began to regne the .xxxviii. yere of Ozias was nought iÌ„ his lyuynge as his predycessours were And Sellum slewe hym regned a moneth And Manahen slewe hym toke his kyngdome vt pêª .iiii. reguÌ„ This Manahen regned .x. yere the whiche began to regne the .xxxix. yere of Ozias \ he ruled hym myscheuously And our lorde toke hym in the power of the kynge of Assuriorum And he payed to hym a thousande talentes of syluer vt pêª .iiii. reguÌ„ ¶ Phaseia sonÌ„e to Manahen regned in Israel .ii. yere he began to regne the .l. yere of Ozias and he was nought in his lyuynge ¶ Phase slewe phaseia regned .xx. yere he began to regne the .lii. yere of Ozias dyde as other cursed men dyde Plura vide .iiii. reguÌ„ And after this Israel was without ony kynge .viii. yere ¶ How Morgan and Conedag that were neuewes to Cordeill warred vpon her And put her in pryson NOw as kynge Leyr was deed Cordeil his yongest doughter regned the .x. yere of Ozias kynge of Iury. And after her regned Conedag the .xv. yere of Ozias Cordeil that was Leyrs yongest daughter after the deth of her fader had all the londe .v. yere And in the meane tyme deyed her lorde Agampe hat was kynge of FrauÌ„ce after his dethe she was wydowe And there came Morgan and Conedag that were Cordeils systers sones to her had enuyte for as moche as theyr aunte sholde haue the londe So that bytwene them they ordeyned a grete power and vpon her warred gretely And neuer they rested tyll they had her taken and put her vnto deth And tho Morgan and Conedag seased all the londe departed it bytwene them And they helde it .xii. yeres And whan that those .xii. yeres were gone there beganÌ„e bytwene them a grete beatel so that they warred stroÌ„gely togyders And eueryche of theym dyde other moche dysease For Morgan wolde haue all the londe frome beyonde Humbre that Conedag helde But he came agaynst hym wyth a grete power so that Morgan durste not abyde but fledde a waye in to walys And Conedag pursued hym and toke hym slewe hym And tho came Conedag agayne and seased all the londe in to his honde and held it And regned after xxxiii· yere And thenne he deyed and lyth at newe Troy ¶ And by cause the matere conteyneth moost comodyously togyder of the kynges of Brytayne now called Englonde for the tyme of them is not certaynly knoweÌ„ what tyme of the wrolde the kynges folowen regned Therfore they shall be togyder tyll it be comen vnto Guentolen kyng of Brytayne now called EngloÌ„de ¶ How Reynolde that was Conedags sone regned after his fader in his tyme it rayned blood thre dayes in to kenynge of grete deth ANd after thys Conedag regned Reynolde hê sone that was a wyse knyght a hardy curteyes that wel nobly gouerned the londe wonder welle made hym beloued of all maner of folke And in hys tyme regned blood that lasted thre dayes As god wolde soone after ther came a grete dethe of people For hostes wythout nombre of people fought tyll that almyghty god ther of toke mercy and pyte tho gaÌ„ it cesse And this Reynolde regned .xxii. yere deyed and lyeth at yorke ¶ How Gorbodian regne in peas that was Reynoldes sone AFter thys Reynolde that was Conedags sone regned Gorbodian that was thys Reynoldes sone ·xv yere and thenne he deyed and lyeth at yorke ¶ How Gorbodian had .ii. sones how that one slewe the other for to haue the herytage how ydoyne ther moder slewe that other wherfore the londe was destroyed SO whan thys Gorbodian was deed hys two sones that he had be came stoute and proude and euer warred togyder for the londe And that one was called Ferres and that other Porres ¶ And thys Ferres wolde haue all the londe but that other wold not suffre hym This Ferres had a felonous herte thoughte thrugh treason to slee his brother But pryuely he wente in to Fraunce and there abode with the kynge Sywarde tyll vpon a tyme whan he came ayen and fought wych his brother Ferres But full euyll it happed tho he was slayne fyrste whan ydoyne ther moder wyst that Portes was deed she made grete sorowe for by cause that she loued hym more than
that other And thought hym for to slee pryuely And pryuely she came to her sone vpon a nyght with two knyues and ther with kytte his throte and the body in to smale peces who herde euer suche a cursed 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 the one sone she murdred the other 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 sonne ne dougter ne none other of the kynred that myghte haue the herytage And for as moche as the stroÌ„gest meÌ„ droue descomfyted the febleit toke all ther loÌ„des so that iÌ„ euery couÌ„tre they had grete ware and stryfe vnder them but amonge all other thynge there were amonge them in the counther that ouercame all the other and though ther myghte and strengthe they toke all the londes and euery of them toke a certayne countree in hys contree lete calle hym kyng one of theÌ„ was called Scater he was kyng of Soctlonde that other was called Dawalier he was kynge of Loegers of al the loÌ„de that was Lotris that was Brutes sone the thyrde was called Rudaâ— he was kiÌ„ge of walys the fourth was called Cloten was called kynge of Cornewayle But this Cloten sholde haue had all the londe by reson for by cause that there was no man that wyste none so ryght an heyre as he was But they that we strongest sette lytel by them that were of lesse estate and therfore this Cloten hadde noo 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 dethe of hys fader became an hardy man and a fayr and a curteis so that he passed al the other kiÌ„ges of fayrenesse of worthynesse anoÌ„e a he was knyghte he wyste well that whaÌ„ hys fader lyued he was moost ryghtfull heyre of all the londe and shold haue had by reasoÌ„ But the other kynges that were of a moche more strengthe than he was toke from hym his londe And after warde this Donebant ordened him a grete power and conquered fyrste all the londe of Loegers after he wolde haue conquered all the londe of ScotloÌ„de walys And Scater came with his men yaue hym batayll And Rudac cam ayen wyth his walysshmen for to helpe hym â–ª but so it befel that Rudac was slayn also scater in playne batayll And soo Donebant had the victory conquered alle the londe well mayntened it in peas in quyete that neuer before it was so well mayntened ¶ How Donebant was the fyrst kyng that euer bare crowne of golde in Brytayne THis Donebant lete make hym a crowne of golde wered the crowne vpon his heed as neuer kyng dyde before and he ordened a statute that a maÌ„ had done neuer so moche harme myÈe come iÌ„ 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 wythout ony harme and yf ony man sette ony hoÌ„de vpon hym He thenÌ„e sholde lese his lyf And this DonebaÌ„t made the towne of Malmesbury and the towne also of the Vyse And whan he had regned well and worthely .xl. yere thenÌ„e he deyed and lyeth at newe Troy ¶ How Brenne and Belin departed bytwene them the londe after the deth of Donebant ther fader And of the warre bewixt them ANd after that this Donebant was deed his sones that he had departed the londe bytwene them as ther fader had ordeyned so that Belin his eldest sone had the al the londe of brytayne from Humber South warde And his brother Brenne had all the londe from Humber vnto Scotlond ¶ But for as moche that Belin had the better parte Brenne therfore wexed wroth and wolde haue had more of the lond belin his brother wold grauÌ„te 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 rhrugh couÌ„sel of his folke went from thens in to Norwaeye to the kynge Olsynges prayed hym of helpe socour for to conquere all the londe vpon Belin hys brother vpoÌ„ that couenauÌ„t that he wolde haue his doughter to wyf and the kynge Olsynges hym graunted And Belin anone as hys brod was gone to Norweye he seased in to his honde all the londe of Northoumberlonde and toke al the castelles lete them be arrayed kepte the costes of the see that Brenne sholde not arryue in noo syde but that he were taken· †¶ The kynge Olsynges lette assembel a grete hoste and delyuered hys doughter to Brenne and all the people that he had assembled And thys damoysell Samie had longe tyme loued a kynge that was called Gutlagh and to hym she tolde all her couÌ„sel how that BrenÌ„e sholde her haue and her lede with hym for euer more and so he sholde lese her but that she myght for sake Brenne And whan Gutlagh had herde this tydynges he lay for to aspye BrenÌ„e with as many shyppes as he myght haue Soo the two fletes mette togyder and longe tyme they faught soo that Brennes men tourned ayen were dyscomfyted And kynge Gutlagh toke Samie put her in to his shyppe And BreÌ„ne shamefully fledde thens as a man dyscomfyted And this kyng Gutlagh wold haue gone in to his owene couÌ„tree but there came vpon hym suche a grete tempest that fyue dayes lasted soo that thorugh that tempest he was dryuen in to Brytayne with thre shyppes and no moo and tho that kepte the costes of the see toke Gutlagh and Samie and all his folke and them presented to Belin And Belin put them in pryson ¶ How Belin droue out of his londe kyng Gutlagh of Denmerk and Samie IT was not longe after that Brenne came agayne with a grete nauy sent to his brother Belin that he shold yeld ayen his londe to his wyfe and his folke and his castelles also Or elles he wolde destroye his londe ¶ Belin dradde noo thyng his malyce wolde no thynge do after that he hadde sayd wherfore Brenne came with his folke and foughte with Beline And then Brenne was discomfyted and his folke slayne hym self fledde wiâ—h .xii. men in to Fraunce And this Belin that was Brenne brother wente thenue to yorke and toke couÌ„seyll what he shold do with kyng Gutlagh For kynge Gutlagh proferde to become his man for to holde his londe fo him yeldynge yerely M.li. of syluer for euermore and for surenesse of this couenaut to be kepte Gutlagh shoâ—de brynge hym good hostage to hym sholde doo homage his folke yet he sholde swere
vpon a booke that it sholde neuer be broke ne fayled Belin tho by counseyll of his folke grauÌ„ted him his axenge so Gutlagh be came his maÌ„ Belin vndertoke of him his homage by an othe by wrytynge the same couenauÌ„tes And vpoÌ„ these couenauÌ„tes kyng Gutlagh toke Samie his folke wente thens torned ayen to Denmak Euer more after were the couenauÌ„tes holden the treuage payed tyll the tyme that Honelus was kyng of Denmarke also of his lond thorugh his wyf Gildebuâ—h that he had spoused for she was ryghe heyre of his londe ¶ This Belin dwelled tho in peas worshyp fully hym helde amoÌ„ge his barons and he made foure ryall wayes one from the eest in to the weest that was called watlynge strete and an other frome the north vnto the south and that is callen Ikelme strete And two other wayes he made in bossynge thrugh out the loÌ„de that one is called fosse that other Fosse dyke And he mayntened well the good lawes that Donebant his fader had made ordeyned in his tyme as befor is sayde ¶ How acordemeÌ„t was made bytwene BreÌ„ne Belin thorugh Cornewen ther moder BRenne that was Belins brother hadde longe tyme dwelled in FrauÌ„ce there had conquered a grete lordshyp thrugh maryage For he was duke of Bourgoyne thrugh the dought of the duke fewyn that he had spoused that was ryght heyre of the lond And this Brenne ordened a grete power of hys folke also of Fraunce came in to this londe for to fyght with Belin his brother And belin came ayenste hym with a grete power of Brytons and wolde tho haue yeuen hym batayll But ther moder Cornewen that tho lyued had that one brother wolde haue destroyed that other and wente bytwene her sones and them made acorde with moche payne So that at the laste tho two brethern with moche blysse wente togyder in to newe Troy that now is called LoÌ„don and there they dwelled a yere And after they toke theyr counseyll for to goo conquere all Fraunce And so they dyd and brente towne destroyed the londe both in length and in brede And the kyng of FrauÌ„ce yaue them batayl with his power but he was ouercome yaue trauge vnto Belin to his brother And after that they wente forth vnto Rome â— conquered Rome all Lombardy Garmany tooke humage feaute of erles bacons of all other And after they came in to thys lond of brytayne and dwelled there wyth brytons in Ioye and rest And tho made brenne the twone of brystowe and after he wente ouer to his owne lordshyp and theyr dwelled he all his lyf And belin dwelled at newe Troy and there he made a fayre gate that is called belynges gate after his owne name And whan thys belin hadde regned nobly .xi. yere he deyed and lyeth at newe Troy ¶ How kyng Cormbratê° slewe the kynge Cenmark for by cause that he wolde not paye his truage as he shold ANd after thys belin regned hys sone Cormbratus a good man and a worthy And the kyng of Denmark wolde not pay to hym his truage that is to saye a thousande pounde as he had sworne by othe for to paye it and also by wrytynge recorde to belin his fader wherfore he was euyll appayed wrothe and assembled a grete hoste of bryâ—ons wente in to Denmark slewe the kynge Gutlagh and brought the londe in subgecâ—ion all newe And toke of the folke feautes and homage and after wente ayene in to his owne londe And as he came fothe by Orkeney he fouÌ„de .xxx. shyppes full of men and wymmen besyde the coste of the see the kynge ared what they were And an Erle that was mayster of them all curteysly answered vnto the kyng sayd That they were exieled out of Spane soo that they had traueyled halfe an yere and more in the see to wyte yf they myghte fynde ony kynge in ony londe that of them wold haue pyte or mercy to gyue them ony loÌ„de in ony countree where in they myght dwuell and hauerest and become his lyege men and to him wolde do homage and feuate whyle that he lyued to his heyers after him and of hym of his heyres holde that londe And whan the kynge this herde he had pyte of hym yaue them an yel all wyldernesse there that no man was dwellynge sauf oonly wylde bestê And the Erle thanked moche the kynge and became hys man dyde him homage and feaute and toke all his folke and wente in to the same yle And the Erle was called Irlamall and therfore he lete calle the londe Irlonde after his owne name This kyng Cormbratus came ayen in to his londe and regned .xxv. yere and after he deyed and lyeth at newe Troy ¶ Anno muÌ„di iiii·M.iiii C.xl. Et ante xpÌ„i natiuitatem .vii. C.lvi. IOathan sone to Osias regned in the Iury .xvi. yere of this Ioathan no thynge is wryten of but that he toke not awaye excelsa as other dyde vt pêª .ii. para ¶ Amarias was bysshop And ysayas the noble prophete was in his dayes ¶ Olympias with the Grekes began the fyrste yere of Ioathan after Iosephus And after Beda Troy was destroyed foure hondred yere afore the fyrste Olympias began vnder Esalo a Iuge of Athens In whiche Coribus gate the chyualry amongê all men Olympus is the name of an hylle in Grecia the whiche for hys precyousnesse is called the hylle of god· And after Ierom one Olympias conteyneth fully foure yere in the whiche foure yere foure yerely prynces are made And these Olympiades are places ordeyned tothe worshyp of Iupater vnder the hylle of Olympo And the lawe of this That who someuer is beste in ony chyualry what someuer he desyreth he shall haue ¶ Anno muÌ„di .iiii. M.iiii C.lvi. Et ante xpÌ„i natiuitetem .vii. C.xliii ACham the sone of Ioathan regned on the Iewes .xvi. yere of this Acham no thinge that is good is wryteÌ„ for he forsoke oure lorde And our lord stroke him wyth hys owne people strongly and with the kynges of Tirri vt pêª .ii. para xx viii ¶ Achicob this tyme was bysshop Ozee kynge of Israell regned ·ix yere the whiche beganne to regne the .xii. yere of Acham kyng of Iewes This Ozee dradde not god for he lyued noughte And he was the laste kynge of Israell· And in the .ix. yere of hys regne he was taken of Salmanasar And Israell was translated in to Assirias vt habetur .iiii. regum .xvii. ¶ Anno mundi .iiii. M.iiii C.lxii. Et ante xpÌ„i natiuitateÌ„ .vii. C.xl. ¶ Rome AFter Euseby Rome was made in the hyl of Palatin the fourth yere of AchaÌ„ kyng of Iewes of two brethern Romulus and Remus .xi. Kal. Man the .vii. Olympiades begynnynge Iosephus Beda sayen the .vi. Olympiades so they defferre a yere Neuertheles it is redde other men to haue regned about that place myghtly in
fayth Thenne he sende his precher by dyuerse prouynces by whome crysten relygyon was myghtely encreased ¶ He ordeyned the feest of Lenton afore Eester and Aduent and the Emerynge dayes to be fasted of all crysteÌ„ people in to the myrrour of the fyrste and seconde comynge of our lorde Ihesu ¶ ThenÌ„e whan he had be pope at Rome .xxv. yere .vii. monethes and ·viii dayes He was slayne of Nero Eiê° pla oê‘a vide actibus aplorum ¶ Baius this tyme was Emperour at Rome regned .iii. yere .x. monethes This Gaius was fyrst vicyous in lyuynge for two of his owne sesters he mysused and on one of them he gaâ—e a doughter whyche chylde he sette betwext the knees of Iupyter in the Temple and feyned after warde that Iupyter had goten her wherfore he dyde crye thrugh the couÌ„tree that alle men sholde worshyppe her as a goddesse This man also made an ymage lyke hymself and sente it to one Patronie Presydent at Ierusalem vnder the Romayns commaundynge hym that he shold compell the Iewes to do worshyp therto And fore thyse enormytees many other oure lorde suffred hym to be slayne at Rome in his owne Palays Of kynge Gynder that was Kymbalyns sone that wolde not paye the truage to Rome for the londe that Cassybolon had graunted and how he was slayne of a Romyne ANd after the dethe of thys Kymbalyn regned Gynder his sone a good man and a worthy and was of soo hygh herte that he wolde not paye to Rome that trybute that kynge Cassybolon had grauÌ„ted vnto Iulius Cezar wherfore themperour that was tho that was called Claudius Cezar was sore anoyed And ordeyned a grete power of Romayns came in to this londe for to conquere the tribute thrugh strengthe and for to haue it on the kynge· But thys kynge Gynder and Armager his broder assembled gadred a grete host togyd of Brytons yaue batayll to the Emperoure Claudius and slewe of the Romayns gerte plente The Emperour had after warde one that was called Hamon that sawe the people there fast slayne pryuely cast a waye his owe armes toke the armes of a deed Bryton and armed hym wyth hys armour came in to the bataylle to the kynge sayd in this maner Syr be of a good hert for goddes loue for the Romayns that ben youre enmyes anone shall be slayn dyscomfyted euerychone And the kynge gaf no kepe to his wordes ne to his speche forbi cause of the armes that he hae vpoÌ„ hym and demyd that he hadde ben a Bryton But the traytour euer helde hym next the kynge And pryuely vnder the sholder of his armes he smote the kynge wherfore the kynge deyed and felle downe to the erth ¶ whan Armager sawe his brother so deed herast awaye his arasmes and toke to him his brothers armes come in to the batayl amonges the brytons and badde them hertly for to fyght and fast laye a downe the Romayns And for the armes they wende it had be kyng Gynder that afore was slayne that they wyst not Thenne began the Brytons fyersly for to fygth slewe the Romayns So at the last the Emperour forsoke the felde and fledde as fast as they myght with his folkein to wynchestre And the fals traytour Hamon that had slayne the kynge fast anone beganne for to flee with all the hast that he myght And Amager the kynges brother pursued hym full fyersly with a fyers herte droue hym vnto a water there he toke hym And anoÌ„e smote of both honde and feet heed and hewed the body all to peres and thenne lete cast hym in to the water wherfore that wat was called Hamons hauen And after there was made a fayre towne that yet stondeth that is called Southampten And after Armager wente to wynchestre for to seke Claudius Cezar the Emperour of Rome And there Armager hym tooke And Claudius the emperour thorugh counseyl of the Romayns that were wyth hym left a lyue made peas with Armager iÌ„ this maner as ye shall here That is to saye How that Claudius the Emperour sholde yeue vnto Armager Gennen his fayr doughter for to haue vnto his wyf Soo that this londe from that tyme for warde sholde he in the Emperours power of Rome vpoÌ„ suche couenauÌ„t that neuer after warde no Emperour of Rome sholde take none other trybute of thys londe but only feaute And they were accorded And vpoÌ„ this couenaunt Claudius Cezar sent to Rome for his doughter Gennen And as she was come Claudiê° Cezar yaf her vnto Armager to wyf Armager spowsed her at LoÌ„don with moche solempnyte myrth And thenne was Armager crowned made kynge of Brytayne ¶ Of kynge Armager in whose tyme. saynt Peter preched iÌ„ Anthyoche with other apostles in dyuers couÌ„trees THis Armager regned well and worthely and gourned the londe ryght worshypfully ¶ And Claudius Cezar in remembrauÌ„ce of this accorde and for reuerence and honoure of hys doughter made in this londe fayre town a castell and lete calle the towne after his name Clauestren the whiche now is called Gloucestre â–ª thenÌ„e whaÌ„ all this was done the Emperour toke his leue thenÌ„e weÌ„te to Rome ayen And Armager thenne was kinge and gouerned the londe well and worthely all his lyues tyme. And this Armager gate a sene on his wyf whiche was callyd westmer And while that this Armager regned saint Peter preched in Anthioche And there he made a noble chirche In the whiche he satte fyrste in hys chayre And ther he dewelled .vii. yere and after he wente to Rome and was made pope tylle that Nero the Emperour lete martyr hym And then preched openly all the apostles in dyuerse londes the ryght fayth ¶ And whan Armager hadde regned .xxxiiii. yere he dyed and lyeth at the auncyente cyte of London ¶ How kynge westmer gaaf to Berynger an ylonde forlet And there this Berynger made the towne of Berwyke ANd after this Armager regned his sone westmer that was a good man and a worthy of body and well gouerned the londe It befell so that tydynges came to hym vpon a daye that the kynge Roderyk of Gascoyne was come in to thys londe wyth an hughe host of peple was dwellyng in Scanys more whaÌ„ kyng westmer herde those tydynges he lete assemble an huge host of Brytons came to the kynge Roderyk yaue hym batayll And kynge westmer slewe kynge Rodoryke wyth hys owne hondes in playne baytaylle ¶ And whan kyng Roderyks men sawe that ther lorde was slayne they yelded them all to kyng westmer became his men for euer more And he gaf them a couÌ„tree that was forleteÌ„ wherin they myghte dwelled ¶ And thyther they wente And dwelle there alle theyr lyues tyme and .ix. hondred men there were of theym nomoo lefte at that batayll· Theyr gouernour prynce was called Berynger And anone he began a towne that they myght ther in dwelle haue resorte
frely And with hym went thyder was well apayed wyth the castell wyth the fayr werke and togyder they ete and dranke wyth moche Ioye And whan nyght came that the kyng Vortiger sholde go in to hys chambre to take there hys nyghtes reste Ronowen that was Engistes doughter came wyth cuppe of golde in her honde and kneled before the kynge sayd to hym wassaylle And the kynge knewe not what it was for to meane ne what he shold answere there vpon for as moche as hymself ne none of all his Brytons coude noo Englysshe spese ne vnderstonde it but he spake in the same langage that Brytons done yet Neuertheles a latiner tolde it to the kynge the full vnderstandynge therof wassayll and that other sholde drynke hayll And that was the fyrste tyme that wasshayll and drynkhall came vp in this londe And frome the tyme vnto thys tyme it is well vsed in this londe ¶ The kynge Vortiger sawe the fayrnesse of Ronowen his armes layde about her necke thryes swetely kyssed her anone ryght he was enamoured vpon her that he desyred to haue her to wyf asked of Engist her fader And Engist graunted hym vpon this couenauÌ„t that the kyng sholde yeue him all the couÌ„tree of kent that he there myghte dwelle in and hys people The kynge hym graunted pryuely wyth a good wylle And anone he spowsed the damoysell and that was moche confusyon to hymselfe And therfore alle the. Brytons became soo wrothe for by cause he spowsed a woman of mysbyleue wherfore they wente all frome hym and noo thynge to hym tooke ne halpe hym in thynge that he had to done ¶ How Vortimer that was Vortigers sone was made kynge Engist dryuen out And how Vortimer was slayne THis Engist wente in to Kente and seased all the londe in to his honde for hym and for his men bycame with a lytyll whyle of soo grete power and so moche people hadde that men wyste not lytell tyme whyche were the kyngê men and whyche were Engistes men wherfore all the Brytons hadde of hym dredde and sayd amoÌ„ges theym But yf that they ne toke other counseyll bytwene them all the londe sholde be bytrayed thrugh Engist his people ¶ Vortiger the kyng had begoten on his fyrst wyf thre sones The fyrst was called vortimer The seconde Catagien and the thyrde Passent ¶ The Brytons euerychont by one assent chose vortimer to be theyr lod souerayne and counseyler in euery batayll crowned hym and made hym kynge wolde not suffre vortiger no lenger to regne for cause of the alyaunce betwixt Engist and hym ¶ The Brytons ordeyned a grete host to dryue out Engist and his company of the londe and yaue hym thre bataylles The fyrste was in Kente there he was lorde the seconde was at Tetforde and the thyrde in a shyre a thys half Colchestre in a more And in this batayll theym mette Catagien and. Horne Engistes brother so that eche of thym slewe other· but for as moche as the countree was yeuen longe befor to horne thrugh vortiger tho â—e spowsed his cosyn there he made a fayr castell that is called Horne castell after his owne name And vortiger was so anoyed for his brothers dethe that anone he lete fell downe the castell to the grounde And after he ne lefte nyght ne daye tyll he had dryuen out Engist his people of the londe And thenÌ„e Ronowen his doughter made sorow ynogh And quenâ—ely spake to them that were nexte the kyng vortimer and pryuyest with hym And so moche she gaue hym of gyftes that he was enpoysoned deyed at London the fourth yere of hys regne and there he lyeth ¶ How the. Brytons chose an other tyme Vortiger to be theyr kynge Engist came in to this londe and how they fought togyders AFter vortimers dethe the Brytons by theyr comyn asseÌ„t eft sones made vortiger theyr kynge vpon this couenaunt that he sholde neuer after suffre Engist ne none of his eft sones to come iÌ„ to this londe And whaÌ„ all this was done Ronowen the quene pryuely sente by letter to Engist that she hadde en poysoned vortimer and that vortiger her lorde bare ayen the crowne and regned And that he sholde come ayen in to this londe well arayed wyth moche people for to auenge hym vppon the Brytons and for to wynne this londe ayen ¶ And whan Engist herde these tydynges he made grete Ioy. And appareylled hym hastely with .xv. thousande men that were deughty in euery batayll came in to this londe And whan vortyger herde telle that Engyst was come ayen wyth a grete power in to thys londe he assembled hys Brytons tho went ayenst Engyst for to yeue hym Batayll hys folke But Engist dradde hym sore of the Brytons for they had dryuen hym before discomfyted hym with streÌ„gth wherfore this Engist prayed hym for a loue daye sayd he was not comen in to this londe for to fyght but for to haue hys lond ayen yf he myght accorde with the. Brytons of them to haue loue and grace The kynge Vortiger thrugh counseyll of hys Brytons grauÌ„ted hym a loue daye And thus it was ordeyned thrugh the Brytons that the same daye sholde be holden fast besyde Salysbury vpon a hylle And Engyst sholde come thyder with four hordred kdnghtes without moo And the kyng with as many of the wysest men of hys londe· And at that daye the kynge came with his couÌ„seyll as it was ordeyned but Engist had warned hys knyghtes pryuely then conmaunded that euery one of them shold put a longe knyf in hys hose And whan he sayde Fayre syres now ys tyme to speke of loue peas euery man Anone shold drawe out hys kynue slee a Bryton And so they slewe a M.lxi. knyghtes wyth moche sorowe many of them escaped And the kyng vortyger there hymself tho was taken ladde to Thongcastell put in pryson And some of Engystes men wolde that the kynge had be brente alle quycke And vortiger tho for to haue hys lyf grauÌ„ted them as moche as they wolde are yaue vp all the londe townes castelles cytees borughs to Engist and to his folke And all the Brytons fledde thes in to waiys and there they helde them styll And Engyst wente thorugh the londe and seased all the londe wyth fraunchyles And in euery place lete cast a downe chyrches and houses of Relygyon And wasted and destroyed crystendome thrughout all thys londe And lete â—aunge the nam of thys lond called brytayne that noo man of hys were soo hardy after that tyme to calle this loÌ„de Brytayne but calle Engist londe And then ne he departed all the londe to hys men and there made .vii. kynges for to strength the londe that the Brytons sholde neuer after come therem ¶ The fyrst kyngdome was Kent there that Engist hymself regned and was lorde mayster ouer al the other
wente before assayled the reede dragon angerly helde hym soo sore that he myght not ayenste hym endure but withdrewe hym rested And after came ayen the whyte dragon and strongly fought wyth the reede dragon bote hym euyl ouercame that he fledde from thens and nomore came agayne ¶ Of the sygnycacyon of those two dragons that were in the botome of the ponde that fought togyder THis kynge vortyger and hys men that sawe thys batayll had grete meruaysle and prayed Merlyn to tell him what it myght betoken Syr quod Merlyn I shall telle you The reede dragon betokeneth yourselfe and the whyte betokeneth the folke of Saxon that fyrste ye toke helde in your londe that fyght ayenst you and you haue dryuen enchaced ¶ But Brytons of ynure lygnage ouercame them and droue them a waye And sythen at the comynge ayen of the Saxons they recouered this londe and helde it for euer more And droue out the Brytons and dyde wyth this londe all they wyll and destroyed crystēdom thrugh out thys londe ye had fyrste grete Ioye wyth theyr comynge But now yt ys torned to you grete damage and sorowe For tho brethern of Constance that was kynge the whiche ye lete slee shal come before a quīzeme passed with a grete power from lytell Brytayne shall auenge the deth of theyr brother And they shal brenne you fyrst wyth sorowe and after they shall slee a grete parte of Saxons shall dryue out all the remenaūt of the londe And therfore abyde ye here noo lenger to make castell nor other werke But anone goo elles where youre lyues alle for to saue To god I you betake trouthe I haue sayde to you of thynges that shalle befalle ¶ And vnderstande ye welle that Aurilambros shalle be kynge But he shalle be enpoysoned and lytell tyme shall he regne ¶ Of kynge Aurilambros how that he pursued vortiger and Engist and how they deyed MErlyn and hys moder departed frome the kynge and torned agayne to Carmardyn And soone after tydynges came to the Brytons that Aurilambros and vter his brother were arryued at Totnesse wyth a greate hoste And anone the Brytons assembled thē and wente to receyue Aurylambros and Vter wyth grete noblesse And had them vnto London and crowned Aurylambros made hym kynge and dyde vnto hym homage And anone he axed where Vortyger that was kynge myght be founde for he wolde be auenged on his brothers dethe and after he wolde warre vpon paynems And they tolde hym that Vortyger was in walys soo they ladde hym thyther warde ¶ Vortiger wyste welle that tho brethern came hym to conquere And fledde thens in to a castell that was called Gerneth that stode vppon an hyght mountayne and there hym helde Aurilambros and Vter hys brother and theyr folke had besyeged the castell full long tyme for the cagell was stronge and well arrayed ¶ So at the laste they casted wylde fyre and brente howses and men all theyr araye and as moche as was wythin the castell Soo that Vortiger was brente amonge all other and soo he deyde wyth moche sorowe ¶ Tho was Engist in Kente and regned there ane herde thys tydynges and anone fledde and wolde haue gone in to Scotlonde for to haue had socoure But Aurilambros and his men mette with hym in the north coūtre and yane hym batayl And Engist and his men defended whyles that they myghte But he and his folke were discomfyted and slayne And Octa his sone fledde vnto yorke And Aurilambros hym folowed egerly And. Octa a lytell whyle withstode hym But after warde he put hym to his mercy And aurilambros receyued hym and to hym and to hys men gaafthe countree of Galewaye in Scotlonde and there they dwelled ¶ The kyng aurilambros wente thorugh out the londe and put awaye the name of Englonde that Engist after hys name had called it befoere Tho lete he it calle agayne grete Brytayne and lete make ayen cherches houses of religyon castelles cytees and broughs And towones that the. Saxons hadde destroyed And came to London and lete make the walles of the cyte whyche Engist and his folke hadde castedowne ¶ The Brytons ladde hym vnto the mount of Ambrian that somtyme was an hous of relygyon that tho was destroyed thrughe the paynems ¶ wherof a knyght that was called Ambri sometyme was founder of that house And therfore the same hylle was called the mount of Ambrian And after it was called Ambresbury And shall be so for euermore◠¶ How Aurilambros dyde redresse the londe of greate Brytayne that whyche was destroyed thorugh the Saxons before sayde HOw the kynge Aurilambros lete amende and redresse the house of Ambresbury and there in put monkes But now there ben Nonnes a lytell fro the place that was called Salysbury are that the Saxons slewe the Brytons where Engist and they shold haue made a laue daye In the whyche tyme were slayne a thousande knyghtes .lxi. thrugh treason of Engist· The kynge therof had grete pyte and thoughte to make in mynde of them a monument of stone that myght endure to the worldes ende And of thys thynge they tooke ther counseyll what therof was best for to do ¶ Tho spake to the kynge the bysshop of London that was called Ternekyn that he sholde requyre after Merlyn For he coude best telle how this thyng myght best be made And merlyn after was sought and founde and came to the kyng And the kynge tolde hym hys wyll of the monumente that he wolde haue made Merlyn answered to the kynge sayd There ben grete stones in Irlonde and longe vpon the hylle of Kyan that men called Gyauntes karoll And yf they were in this place as they ben there they wolde endure for eurer more in remembraunce of those knyghtes that here be entyred ¶ Per may foy sayd the kynge as harde stone ben in my londe as in Irlonde ¶ Soth sayde Merlyn But in all your londe ben none suche For gaūtes sette them for grete good of themself For atte euery tyme that they were woūde or in ony maner hurte they wysshe the stones with hote water And thenne they wysshe them ther with and anone they were hoole ¶ How the Brytons wente for to seke the grete stones in Irlonde AS soone as the. Brytons had herde of this thynge they yede and swore amōge them they wolde go seke those stones And toke with them Vter the kynges broder to be thyef capytayne and .v. thousande men and Merlyn counselled them for to go vnto Irlonde and soo thye dyde And whan the kynge of Irlonde that was culled Guillomer herde tell straungers were arryued in his londe he assēbled a grete power fought ayenst them But he his folke were dyscomfyted ¶ The Brytons went before tyll they came to the mount of Kyan and clymmed vp vnto the mounte But whan they sawe the stones the maner how they stode they had grete meruaylle and
sayde bytwene themself that noo man sholde them remeue for noo strengthe ne engyne soo grete they were and soo longe But. Merlyn thrugh his crafte he remeued them and broughte them in to theyr shyppes and came ayen in to thys londe And Merlyn sette the stones there that the kyng wolde haue them And sette them in the same manner that they stode in Irlonde and whan the kynge sawe that it was made he thanked Merlyn And rychely hym rewarded at his owne wyll And that place lete calle Stonhenge for euer more ¶ How Passent that was Vortigers sone and the kynge Guillomer came in to thys londe and how a traytour that was called Cappa enpoysoned the kynge Aurilambros ANd men shall vnderstonde that Passent that was Vortigers sone lyued the same tyme and came in to thys londe wyth a grete power and arryued in the north couÌ„tre wolde be aueÌ„ged of his faders deth Vortiger and strongely trusted vpon the company that he had brought wyth hym out of the londe of Germayne and had conquered all the North countree vnto yorke ¶ And whan kynge Aurilambros herde this he assemled a grete power of Brytons went for to fyght with passeÌ„t he dyscomfyted Passent all his peple but Passent escaped thens with some of his men fledde thens in to Irlonde come to kynge Guillomer prayed hym of helpe and socour The kynge grauÌ„ted hym with good wyll and sayde that he wolde helpe hym vppon that couenaunt that I my selfe muste go with you with all my power in to brytayne And I wolde me aduenge vpon the Broytons the rather for they came in to my londe toke the stones with strength that is called Gyauntes karoll ¶ The kyng Guillomer lete ordeyne his shippes went to the see with .xv. thousaÌ„de men and arryued in walys began to robbe moche sorowe he dyde ¶ It befell so that kynge Aurilambros laye syke at wynchestre myghte not helpe hym self So that he sente in his name Vter his brother with a power to helpe walys And thyther warde he went as moche as he myght ¶ The kynge of Irlonde Passente herde telle that Aurilambros was syke to hym there came a Sarrasyn that was called Cappa sayde Syre dwelle ye here all in peas with your host I behyght you thorugh my quayntesye the I shall slee the kynge Aurilambros that is syke Thenne sayd Passent yf ye doo so I shall you rychely auaunce The traytour Cappa put vpon hym an habyte of relygyon lete shaue hym a brode crowne came vnto the kynges courte and sayde that he wolde helpâ— the kynge of his malady Tho sayd the traytour Cappa vnto the kyng Syr be of good comforte For I shall yeue you suche a medicyne that ye shalle swete anoÌ„e ryght lyste to slepe haue good reste And the traytour yaaf hym suche poyson to slepe anone ryghte deyed in hys slepynge And the traytour sayd that he wolde go out to the felde tyll he were awaked so escaped he awaye For no man had to hym suspeccyon for by cause of his habyte that he was clothed iÌ„ also for hys brode shauen crowne But whan the kynges men wyste that he was deed they became wonder sory and faste soughte the traytoure but they myghte not fynde hym· For the Cappa torned ayen vnto the hoste frem whes that he came ¶ whan Aurilambbros deyed a sterre in the morne was seen wyth a clere lyght at the bought of the beeme was sene the heed of an horryble dragoÌ„ SO whan the kyng Aurilambros was deed enpoysoned at winchestre On the morne after he was dede aboute the tyme of Pryme there was sene a sterre grete clere the beeme of that sterre was brygheter thaÌ„ the sonne And at the bought of the beeme apperyd a dragons heed out of hys mouth came two huge lyghtes that were as bryght as ony fyre brennynge that one beeme to warde Fraunce and streyght ouer the see thyther warde And out of that beeme came .vii. beemes full clere and longe as it were the lyghte fyre ¶ This â—â—erre was seen of many a man But none of them wyste what it be tokened ¶ Vter that was the kynges brother that was in walys wyth hys hoste of Brytons sawe that sterre the grete lyght that it yaue they wondred ther of gretly what it myghte betoken And lete calle Merlyn and prayed hym for to telle what that it myhght betoken ¶ Of the betokenynge of the sterre MErlyn sawe the sterre and behelde yt a longe tyme. And sythen he quoke and wepte tenderly And sayde· Alas alas that soo noble a kyng worthy ys deed And I do iou to vnderstaÌ„nde that Aurilambros your brotherds poysoned that I see well in thys sterre And yourselfe ys betokened the heed of the dragon that is seen at the bought of the beeme that ys your self that shall be kynge and regne And by the beeme that stondeth to warde the Eest ys vnderstonde that ye shall gete a sone that shall conquere all Fraunce and all the londes that belongeth to the crowne of Fraunce that shalle be a wrothyer kynge of more honoure than euer were ony of his auncetours ¶ And by the beeme that stretched towarde Irlonde is betokened that ye shalle gete a doughter that shalle be quene of Irlonde ¶ And the seuen beemes betoken that ye shall haue .vii. sones And euery one of them shall be kyng and regne wyth moche honoure And abyde ye no lenger here but goo and yeue batayll to your enmyes and fyghte wyth them booldely for ye shalle ouercome them and haue the victory ¶ Vter thanked hertely Merlyn and toke his men and wente to warde hys enmyes they fought togyder mortally and soo he dyscomfyted his enmyes them destroyed And hym self slewe PasseÌ„t that was vortigers sone And his Brytons slewe Guillomer that was kyng of Irlonde and all his men ¶ And Vter anone after that batayll toke hys waye to warde wynchestre for to doo entyere Aurilambros kynge that was his brother But tho was the body borne vnto Stonhenge with moche honour that he had done make in remembrauÌ„ce of the Brytons that there were slayne thrugh treason of Engist that same day that they sholde haue ben accorded And in the same place they entyered Aurelambros the seconde yere of hys regne wyth all the worshyp the myght belonge to suche a kynge On whoo 's soule god haue mercy Amen ¶ Of Vter Pendragon and therfore he was called so ye shall here And how he was ouertake with the loue of Igreyne that was the Erle of Cornewaylles wyf AFter the dethe of Aurilambros Vter his brother was crowned and regned well worthely And in remembraunce of the dragon that he was lykened to He lete make two dragons thrugh couÌ„seyll of his Brytons And made that one for to be borne before hym whaÌ„ he weÌ„te
people had grete despyte that a kynge lyenge in a letere had the ym besyeged And they toke counseyll among them for to stande vp in the morowe erly and come out and yeue batayll to the kynge soo they dyde And in that batayle were both Octa and Ossa slayne all the other the escaped a lyue fledde in to Scotlonde made Colegyn theyr chyeftayne the Saxons that were a lyue escaped fro the batayll brougth ayen a grete streÌ„gth amoÌ„ge theÌ„ they sayd that if kyng Vt were deed they sholde well conquere the londe and thought to enpoysen the kynge ordeyned men for to do this dede yaue them of yef t is grete plente this thynge to do And they ordeyned them thyderwarde there that the kynge was dwellyng and clothed them in poore wede the better all for to spede theyr fals purpose But neuertheles all theyr falsenes subtylte they myght neuer come to nygh the kyng But so at the last they aspyed that the kynge dranke noo other lycoure but only water of a clere wel thaâ— was nyghe besyde the fals traytours vpon a daye preuely wente to the welle put therin poyson soo that all the water was enpoysoned And anone after as the kynge had dronke of that water he began to swelle and soone after he deyed and as many as dranke of that water deyed also And anone as thys was aspyed folke of the towne lette stoppe the welle of euermore ¶ whan the kynge was deed his folke bare hym to Stonhenge wyth grete solempnyte of bysshops and barons that were there hym to burye besyde Aurilambros hys broâ—her And after torned ayen tho euerychone and sent after his sone and they made him kyng of the londe with moche reuerence after his faders deth the .xvii. yere of his regne ¶ How kynge Arthur that was the sone of Vter was crowned after his faders deth and how he droue Colegryn and the Saxons and Cheldriâ— of Aâ—mayne out of this londe As Arthur was made kyng of the londe he was but yonge of aege of .xv. yere but he was fayr and bolde and doughty of body And to meke folke he was good and curteys and large of spendinge made hym welle beloued amonge them there that yt was nede whan he began to regne heswore truely that ye. Saxons neuer shold haue reste ne peas tyll that he hadde dryuen them out of â—he londe And asseÌ„bled a greate hoste and fought wyth Colegryn the whyche after the tyme that Octa was deed the Saxons mayntened And thys Colegryn was dyscomfyted fledde vnto yorke tooke the towne there hym helde And the kyng besyeged hym there but he myght no thynge spede for the cyte was so strong And they wythin the towne kept the cyte well orpedly ¶ And in the mene tyme Colegryn lette the towne to Bladulf fâ—ledde hymselfe to Cheldryk that was kynge of almayne for to haue of hym socour And the kynge assembled a grette power came arryued in Scotlonde with .xv. hondred shyppes And whaÌ„ Arthur wyst of these tydynges that he had not power strength ynough to fyght ayenst Cheldrik he lete be the syege went to London sent anone his letters to the kynge of lytell Brytayne that wys called Howell hys neuewe hys systers sone that he sholde come to hym with all the power that he myghte And he assembled a grete hoste and arryued at Southampton And whan kynge Arthur it wyst he was gladde ynough wente ayenste them them receyued wyth moche honour Soo that those two hostê mette assembled them tooke theyr waye euen vnto Nycholl that Cheldryk had besyeged But it was not taken And they came vpon cheldrik his people or they wyst where that they were and them egerly assaylled ¶ The kynge Cheldrik and his men defended hym manly by theyr power But kyng Arthur hys men slewe so many Saxons hat neuer was seen suche slaughter Cheldrik hys men that were left alyue fledde a waye And kynge Arthur them pursewed and droue them out in to a wood tha they myghte no ferder passe ¶ Cheldrik hys meÌ„ sawe well that they were brought in to moche dysease them yelded to kynge Arthur in thys manner wys That he sholde take theyr horses theyr armour all that they had and they must only go on foot in to theyr shyppes And so they wolde goo home in to theyr owne londe and neuer come ayen in to this londe ¶ And vpon assuraunce of thys thynge they yaue hym good hostages ¶ And Arthur by counseyll of his men graunted this thynge receyued the hostages therupon that other wente to theyr shyppes And whan they were in the hyghe see the wynnde chaunged as the deuyll it wolde they torned theyr nauy cam ayen in to this londe arryued at Totnesse wente out of the shyppes and tooke the londe and clene robbed it and moche people slewe and tooke all the armour that they myghte fynde And soo they wente foorth tyll they came vnto Bathe But the men of the towne shytte faste theyr yates and wolde not suffre theym to come wy thinthe towne· And they deffended theÌ„ well and 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 Artur herde thys tydynges he lete hange the hostages leâ—t Howell of Brytayne his neuewe for to kepe the marche to warde Scotlonde with halfe his people and hymself wente to helpe rescowe the towne of Bathe whan he â—â—me thyther he yaue a strong batayll to Cheldrik and slewe almoost all the people that he had· For no man myght hym wythstonde ne endure vnder the stroke of his swerde And there bothe were slayne Colegryn and Bladulf hys brother and Cheldryk fledde thens wold haue gone to hys shyppes ¶ But whan Arthur it wyst he toke .x. thousande knyghtes to Cador that was erle of Corne waylle for to lette stoppe hys comynge And Arthur hymself wente towarde the marche of Scotlonde For messengers tolde hym that the Scottes had besyeged Howell of Brytoyne there that laye syke therfore he hasted hym thyther warde ¶ And Cador purse wed after Cheldryk toke hym er he myght come to his shyppes slewe Cheldrik and his people And whan Cador had done thys vyage he hasted hym ayen to warde Arthur as faste as he myghte founde hym in Scotlonde there that he had rescowed Howel of Brytayn but the Scottes were ferre wythyn Nounref there they helde them a whyle But Arthur them pursewed And they fledde thens in to Limoigne that were in that countre .xl. Iles grete plente of byrdes and grete plente of Egles that were wonte to crye and fyght togyders and make greate noyse whan folke came to robbe that londe and warne as moche as they myght so
they dyde For the Scottes were to grete rauenours that they tooke all that they myghte fynde in the londe of Lymoygne wythout ony sparynge and there with charged ayen the folke in to Scotlonde for to wende ¶ How kynge Arthur axed of Merlyn the aduentures of .vi. of the last kynges that were to regne in Englonde how the londe shold ende Syr sayd Merlyn In the yere of the Incarnacyon Ihesu Cryste M·CC xv shall come a lambe out of wynchestre shall haue a whyte tonge and true lyppes and he shal haue wryten in his herte holynes This lambe shall make many goddes houses he shall haue peas the moost parte of his lyfe And he shall make one of the fayrest places of the worâ—de that in his tyme shall not fully â—e made an ende of ¶ And in the ende of his lyf wulf of a straunge londe shall doo hym moche harme and sorowe thrugh warre But at the ende the lambe shall be mayster thrugh helpe of a reede foxe that shall come out of the North west hym shall ouercome and the wulf shall deyâ— in water And after that tyme the lambe shall lyue noo whyle but he shall deye ¶ His heed shall be in a strauÌ„ge londe And the londe shall be wythout a gouernour a lytell tyme ANd after this shall come a dragoÌ„ medled with mercy also with woodnesse And that shall haue aberde as a gote that shal gyue in Englonde a shade we and shall kept the londe fro colde hete and hys owne fooâ— shall be sette in wyke that other in London And he shall enbrace Inhabitaunces And he shall open his mouth to warde walys And the tremblynge of the hydour of his mouthe hys â—eres shall stretche to warde many habytacyons and countrees And his breth shall be full swete in strauÌ„ge londe And in his tyme shall the ryuers renne blood and with brayne And he shall make iÌ„ places of his londe walles that shall do moche harme vnto hys seed after hys tyme. ¶ And thenne shall there come a people out of the North west durynge his regne that shall be ladde thrughout a wycked hare that the dragon shall do crowne kynge that afterwarde shall flee ouer the see wyth out comynge ayen for drede of the dragon ¶ And in that tyme the sonne shall be as reed as an blood that see thorughout all the worlde that shall betoken grete pestylence dethe of folke thorugh dynt of swerde And that people shall be faderles tyll the tyme that the dragon deye thrugh an hare that shal meue ayenst hym warre vnto the ende of his lyf that shall not fully be ended in his tyme ¶ This dragon shall be holde in his tyme the best body of the worlde and he shall deye besyde the marches of a strauÌ„ge londe and the londe shall dwel faderles wythout a good gouernour and men shall wepe for his dethe from the yle of Shepey to the hauen of Marcyll ¶ wherfore Alas alas shall be theyr songe of faderles folke that shall ouer lyue in his londe destroyed ANd after this dragon shall come a gote out of Kar that shall haue hornes a berde of syluer and there shall come out of his nosethryll a dompe that shall betoken hungre and sorowe and grete dethe of the people And moche of his londe in the begynnynge of hys regne shall be wasted ¶ Thys gote shall go ouer vnto FrauÌ„ce and shall open the floure of his lyf and deth ¶ In his tyme there shal aryse an Eâ—â—e in Corne wayâ—e that shall haue fethers of goâ—e that of pryde â—haâ— be without pere of the londe And he shall despyâ—e lordes of blood And aâ—â—er he shall flee shamefully by a beer at Gâ—uerâ—eâ—h and after shall be made brydges of men vpon the costes of the â—ee and stones shall falle from castelles many other townes shall be made playne ¶ In his tyme shall seme that the beer shall brenne and a batayll shall be done vpon the armes of the see in a felde ordeyned as a sheld And at that batayl shall deye many whyte heedes wherfore thys batayll shall be called the whyte batayll And the forsayd beer shall do thys gote moche harme it shall come out of the South west of his blood Thenne shall the goâ—e lese moche of hys londe tyll that the tyme that frenshyp shall hym ouercome And thenne shall he close hym in a lyons skynne thenne shall he wynne that he had before lost more therto For a people shall come out of the North west that shall make the gote so sore aferde thet he shall be in grete perplexite And he shal aduenge hym on his enmyes thrugh couÌ„seyll of two owles that fyrste shall be in peryll for to be vndone But the olde owle shall wende away a certayne tyme after he shal come ayen in to this londe These two owles shall do grete harme to many one and soo they shall counseyll the gote to arere warre ayenst the forsayd beer And at the last the goâ—e and the owles shall come at Burton vppon Trent and shall go ouer and for drede the beer shall â—â—ee a swanne wyth hym fro his company to Burton warde the north and there they shall be with an harde shoure And thenne shall the swanne be take slayne wiâ—h sorowe and the beer taken heeded al ther next his â—est that shall stande vpon broken brydge on whom the sonne shall cast hys beemes And many shall hym seke for vertue that from hym shall come ¶ In the same shall deye for sorowe â—â—are apâ—ple of his londe soo that londes shall be vpon hym the more boâ—der after warde And those two owles shall doo moche sorowe to the foresayd floure of lyf her shall lede in to dystrestre so that shall passe ouer the see into Fraunce for to make peas bytwene the gote and the flouredelyse and there she shall dwelle tyll a tyme that her sede shall come and setâ—e her â— they shall be styll tyll a tyme that they shalle them clothe wyth grache And they shall fethe the owles and shall put them to dyspytous deth And after shall this gote be broughte to dysease and great Anguysshe and in sorowe he shall lyue all his lyf AFter thys gote shall come out of wyndesore a boore that shall haue an heed oâ— a whyte lynons herte and pyteous lokynge ¶ His vysage shalle be reste to lyke men Hys breeste shall be staunchynge of thyrste to tho that be thrysty His worde shall be gospell hys herynge shall be meke as a lambe· In the fyrste yere of his regne he shall haue grete payne to Iustefye theÌ„ that ben vntrue ¶ And in his tyme shall hys londe be multeplyed wyth alyauntes And this boore thorugh fyresnesse of hys herte that he shal haue shal make wulues to become lambes he shall be called thorugh out of the worlde Boore of holynesse fyersâ—esse of noblynesse and of
had leuer to be deed than with hym to deale soo moche payne sorowe I haue whan he me â—oclyeth ¶ whan Kay and. Bed were had all that thys woman theÌ„ tolde they torned ayen came to kynge Arthur and tolde hym all that they had seen and herde ¶ Arthur anone toke them bothe wit hym and wente pryuely by nyght that none of his hoste wyste and came on the morowe erly to the. Gyaunt and faught wyth hym strongely and at the laste hym slewe And Arthur badde Bed were smyte of hys heed and brynge it to the host to shewe it for a wonder for it was soo grete and huge ¶ whan they came ayen to the hoste they tolde wherfore they hadde ben out and shewed to them the heed and euery man was gladde and. Ioyefull of the worthy dede that kynge Arthur had done that was theyr lorde And Howell was full sorowfull for his nece that was so loste And after warde whan he had space he lete make a fayre chapell of our lady ouer Eleyns tomebe ¶ How kynge Arthur yaue bataylle to the Emperperour in the whyche bataylle the Emperour hymself was slayne ARthur and his people herde tydynges that the. Emperour had assembled a greate power as well of sarasyns as of paynyms and crysten men wherof the nombre was .lxxx. thousande hors men with foot meÌ„ ¶ Arthur and his people ordeyned faste forth theyr waye towarde the. Emperour and passed Normandy and. Fraunce vnto Burgoyne and wolde haue gone vnto the hoste For men tolde hym that the. Emperours host wolde come to Lucie ¶ The Emperour and hys hoste in the begynnynge of August remeued from Rome and came forthe ryght the waye â—o warde the hoste ¶ Tho came kyng Arthur spyes and sayde yf that Arthur wolde he sholde fynde the Emperour there faste by put they sayd that the Emê‘our had so grete power wyth hym of kinges of the loÌ„de of Paynems also cristen peple that it were but folyt to kyng Arthur to mete with theÌ„ For the spyes tolde that the emê‘our had fyue or six men ayenst one of his ¶ Kyng Arthur was blody hardy and for noo thynge hym nysmayed and sayede Goo we boldely in goddes name ayenste the. Romayns that wyth them lede Sarrasyns and. Paynems that noo maner truste they haue in god But only vpon theyr strengh Go we now and seke them sharply in the name of almyghty god slee we the â–ª Paynems and crysten men that ben ayenst vs with theÌ„ for to destroye CrysteÌ„ men And god shall vs helpe theÌ„ to ouercome For we haue the ryght â—penyon and therfore haue we truste in god And we so that the enmyes that be to crystendome and to god may be destroyed and ouercome that men maye recorde the worthynesse of knyght hode whan kynge Arthur hadde thus sayd they cryed all wyth an hyghe voys ¶ God that is fader almyghty worshypped be thy name without ende Amen And graunt vs grace well for to do and to destroye oure enmyes that ben ayenst crystendome In the name of the fader the sone and holy ghost Amen And god yeue hym neuer grace ne worshyp in the worlde ne mercy of hym to haue that thys daye shall faynte well for to smyte and egerly And so they rode softly ordeyned his wynges well wysely ¶ The Emperour herde telle that kynge Arthur his folke were redy appaerylled for to fyght with hym and how they were comynge He lete ordeyne hê wynges iÌ„ the best wyse that he cowde And more trusted vpon his strenght than in god almyghty that was seen afterwarde· For whan the two hostes mette the. Emperour lost four of hys folke ayenst one of Arthur And so many were slayne \ what on the one party on that other that it was grete pyte to wyte to be beholde ¶ In thys batayll were slayne thrugh kynge Arthurs fyue kynges of the Paynems and of other wonder moche people and kyng Arthurs men fought so well that the Romayns and paynems hadde nomore strengthe to wythstonde them than .xx. shepe ayenst fyue wulues ¶ And so it befelle that in thys batayll in the shoure that was wonder harde longe durynge in that one syde and in that other the. Emperour amonge them there was slayne but ther was no man that wyste for very so the who hym slewe ¶ How kynge Arthur lete entyere his knyghtes that he had lost there in batayll and how he sente the. Emperours body to Rome that there was slayne in batayll SO whan the. Romayns wyst that the Emperour was deed they forsoke the felde the paynens also And kynge Arthur after them chaced tyll it was nyght soo many of them slewe that it was wonder to tell And the torned kynge Arthur ayen whan it was nyght thanked god of hys victorye And on the morowe he lete loke and serche all the felde for his knyghtes that he there lost That is to saye Borell Erle of Maunt. Bed were and Kay and. Lyegiers Erle of Boleyne Vortiger Erle of Baac Aloth Erle of wynchestre Cuisall Erle of Chestre and after Holden Erle of Flaandres These were the grete lordes that kynge Arthur loste in that batayll wyth other worthy knyghtes them amonge And some he lete entere in abbayes by the countree some he lete to be borne in to theyr owne couÌ„tree ¶ And the Emperours body he lete take put vpon a beyr sente it to Rome And sayde to the Romayns that for Brytayne FrauÌ„ce whiche he helde other truage wolde hen one paye ¶ And yf they axeâ— hym ony other truages ryght suche truage he wolde theym payne ¶ The kynge lete bere Kay to Kenen his owne castel there hym entered And Leygier was borne to Boleyne there he was lorde And Holden was borne to Flaunders there he was entered And all the other he lete entere wyth moche honour in abbayes in houses of relyon in the couÌ„tre that they were slayne ¶ And Arthur hymself soiourned that same yere in Bourgoyne with his hoste thoughte the same yere folowynge to passe the mount Ioye haue gone to Rome also to haue taken the Cyte and haue put the Romoyns in subiecyon but the wycked tyraunt Mordred hym lette as afterye shall here ¶ How the traytour Mordred to whome kynge Arthur tooke hys londe to kepe and his castelles helde them ayenst hym â–ª AS Arthur had taken to Mordred hys reame to kepe gone ayenst the Emperour of rome was passed the see Mordred anoÌ„e toke homages feates of all theym that were iÌ„ this londe wolde haue had this londe to his owne vse toke castelles about lete theÌ„ be arayed after thys falsenesse he dyde an other grete wronge for ayenst the lawe of crysteÌ„ te he tooke hys owne emys wyf as a traytour shold ordeyned him a grete host ayeÌ„st arthurs comyng to hold the londe ayenst hym with streÌ„gthe for euer more
to slee kyng Arthur yf he myght sent by the see by londe lete asseÌ„ble paynems crysten peple And he sent to Saxons to Danys for to helpe hym also Mordred sent to Cheldrik to sende men to hy mour of Saxon that was a worthy duke promysed hym yf that he brought wyth hym moche people he wylde graunte hym Inherytaunce for euer all the londe fro Humbre to Scotlonde and all the londe that Engist hadde of Vortigers yeâ—re whan that he spowsed hys doughter ¶ And cheldrik came with a grete strengthe and power of people and. Mordred hadde assembled also on his half that they hadde .xl. thousande of stronge knyghtes whan that they hadde nede ¶ How Arthur enchanced Mordred the traytour and how he was slayne and also kynge Arthur wounded to the deth AS thys tydynges came to kynge Arthur there that he was in Bourgoyne he was full sore anoyed and toke all Fraunce to Howell for to kepe with the half deale of his men And prayed hym that he wold it kepe tyll he came ayen For hymselfe wolde passe in to Brytayne and auenge hym vpon Mordred that was his traytour And forth with Arthur wente his waye came to wytsande and made his men to go in to shyppe and wolde haue arryued at Sandwyche brought with hym a grace host of FreÌ„shemen also with his owne londe men But or that he myght come to londe wyth his people that were come out of hys shyppes Mordred was come wyth all his power and yaue a stronge batayll soo that kynge Arthur lost many a man are that he myght come to londe For there was Gawayne hys neuewe slayne Anguysshell that helde Scotlonde and many other wherof kynge Arthur was ful sory But after they were come to londe Mordred myghte not ayenst them endure But anone was dyscomfyted flydde thens the same nyght with his men vpon the morne came to· London But tho of the cyte wolde not suffre hym to come in And from thens he fledde to wynchestre and there he hym helde with his people that came with him ¶ Kynge Arthur lete take the body of Gawyne his cofyn the body of Anguysshell and lete the one be borne in to Scotlonde and the other to Douer buryed Anone after kynge Arthur toke his waye for to destroye mordred he fledde thens in to Cornewayle ¶ And the quen Gunâ—or that was kyng Arthurs wyf that thosoiourned 〈◊〉 yorke herde the Mordred was fledde thens that he might not endure ayenst kyng Arthur she was fore aferde had grete doubte wyst not what was beste of all for to done For she vnderstode well that her lorde kynge Arthur wolde neuer of her for to haue marcy for the grete shame that she had done vnto hym And toke her a waye pryuely with four men without moo and came to Karlyon there she dwelled all there lyue and neuer after was seen amonges the folke her lyf duryng ¶ Kynge Arthur wyst that Mordred was fledde in to Cornewayle lete sende after his men in to Scotlonde and Northomberlonde vnto Humbre and lete assemble folke without nombre and came fro thens in to Cornewayle to seke and pursewe after Mordred ¶ And Mordred had assembled to hym all the folke of Cornewayle and had people without nombre 〈◊〉 wyst that Arthur was comynge and had leuer to deye and take his chauÌ„ce than longer flee abode and yaue an harde batayll to kynge Arthur to his people so that moche people was slayne what of one syde what of that other that noman wyst who had the better party But so it befell at the last that Mordred was slayne al his folke the good chyualry that kynge Arthur had gadred nourysshed of dyuer londes and also the noble knyghtes of the rounde table that so moche were praysed thorugh oute all the worlde were there slayne kynge Arthur hymself was wounded vnto dethe But he lete hym to be borne to Auioun to be heeled of his woundes And yet the. Brytons supposed that he lyued in an other lond and that he shall come yet and conquere alle Brytayne ¶ But certes this is the prophecye of Merlyn He sayde that his deth shall be doubtous and sayde sothe For therof yet men haue doubte and shall haue for euer more as men saye For meÌ„ wote not wyther that he is on lyue or deed ¶ Arthur was borne at Auioun the .xxii. yere of his regne after the. Incarnacyon of our lorde Ihesu Cryste .v. C.xlvi yere How kynge Arthur delyuered the reame vnto Constantyne the sone of Cador his neuewe AS kynge Arthur wyste that he myght noo lenger regne he lette come before hym Constantyne that was Cadors sone Erle of Cornewayle his cosyn to hym betoke all his reame toke him sayd bad hym therof to be kynge tyll that he came ayen for as moche as he had none heeyre of hys body begoten And grete damage was it that soo noble a kynge and soo doughty as he was hadde noo chylde of his body begoten But all thynge that god woll haue done must be done whose name be blessyd wythout ende ¶ How kynge Constantyne was vexed of Mordred two sones THis Constantyne was a noble knyght and a worthy of body And tho two sones that Mordred had begoten had grete enuy of ConstaÌ„tyne that tho was crowned kynge And so it befell that they meued warre ayenst hym And assembled a grete host of them that were before with Mordred had ben dryuen a waye that dyd moche sarowe anguysshe thrughout all that londe That one brother ordeyned purposed hym towarde the auncyent Cyte of London for to take the cyte And that other went to wynchestre But Constantyne came to LoÌ„don slewe hym that was there And after he went to wyÌ„chestre slewe hym that was there also So that bothe his enmyes were deed ¶ And whan Constantyne had regned well worthely four yere he deyed lyeth at LoÌ„don ¶ Of the kynges Adelbryght of Edell AFter kynge Constantynes dethe there were two kynges in Brytayne the one was called Adelbryght that was a danoys And he helde the couÌ„tree of Norfolke Southfolke That other hyght Edell was a. Bryton \ and helde Nicholl Lendeser and all the londe vnto Humbre These two kynges faste warred togyder but after accorded they were and loued togyder as they had ben borne of oo body ¶ The kynge Edell had a suster that was called Orewenne And he gaf her thrught grete freodshyp to kyng Adelbryght to wyf And he begate vpon her a doughter that was called Argentyll And in the thyrde yere after came vpon hym a strange sykenesse that nedes he must deye And he sente to kynge Edell hys broder in lawe that he sholde come and speke wyth hym and he came to hym wyth a good wyll ¶ Tho prayed he the kynge and coniured hym also in the name
of god That after whan he were deed he sholde take hys doughter Argentyll and the londe and that he kepte her welle and nourysshe her in hys chambre And whan she were of aege she sholde be maryed to the strongest and worthyest man that he myghte fynde and thenne he sholde yelde vp her londe ayen ¶ Edell it graunted and by othe confermed hys prayer ¶ And whan Adelbryght was deed and enteryd Edell tooke the damoysell Argentyll and nourrsshed her in hys chambre and she became as fayre as ony myghte be ¶ How kynge Edell maryed that damoysell to a knaue of his kechyne THis kyng Edell that was vncle to Argentyll be thought how that he myght falsely haue the londe fro his nyce for euer more and falsely aynst hys othe thought to dysceyue the damoysell and to marye her to a knaue of his kechyne that was called Curan and he became the worthyest and strongest man of body that ony man wyst in ony londe that tho lyued and to hym he thought her shamfully haue maryed for to haue had her londe afterwarde but he was clene dysceyued For thys Curan was Hauelockis sone that was kynge of Kyrkelane in Denmarke and this Curan conquered hys wyues londe after warde and slewe kyng Edel that was hâ— wyues vncle and had al her londe as in an other place it telleth more openly he regned but .iii. yere for Saxons Danes hiÌ„ slewe that was grete harme to all Brytayn Srytons bare hym to Stoâ—henge and entyred hym honourably ¶ Of kyng Conan that was Curans cosyn AFter this Curan regned his cosyn Conan that was a wonder proude knyghte And regned and coude haue noo maner of loue but euer he was medlynge wyth hys people And tooke his vncle with warre and slewe his two chyldern ¶ The Saxons warred ayenst hym oftentymes but he them ouer came and soo he was in peas all his lyf tyme· And he regned .xiiii. yere And after he deyed and lyeth at London ¶ Of kynge Cortyf of Gurmonde that came thorugh the paynems in to Brytayne AFter this Conan regned his cosyn cortyf that was behated of all his peple no thynge beloued this Cortyf lost all Brytayne thrugh warre And iÌ„ his tyme fell the grete myscheyf in Brytayn the crystendom was destroyed all the Brytons were dryueÌ„ out of the londe and the londe lost with out ony recouer But after warde left the londe to the Saxons as ye afterwarde shall here For in that tyme there was a paynem that was called GormoÌ„de that was the kynges sone Daufrices of the panems folke that hadde the reame after hys fader was kynge sauf he bequaue yaue it to his broder And sayd that he wolde neuer be kynge but yf that he myght gete and conquere a reame in a straunge countree For he was bolde stronge of body And of hym prophecyed Merlyn sayde that hesholde be a wulf of the see And he lette assemble paynems wythout nombre lete appareylle shyppes wente by many londes toke homages feautees of many And so he wente by the see conquered many dyuerse londes So that he came in to Irlonde conquered that lond that often tymes warred vpon Brytons and Brytons vpon them oft wonne oft lost yaue hostages to Brytons And so they sent to Gurmonde there that he was in Irlonde that he shold 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 lord For he was a paynem and they were paynems the Brytons were crystened well ought he them for to helpe so as they were all of one lawe whaÌ„ Gurmonde herde this prayer he hasted him as moche as he myght arryued in Scotlonde came in to Northomberlonde there that the Saxons were dwellynge and they confermed the couenauÌ„tes bytwene them that were made by othes by hostages for to bere hym true fay holde hym for lorde and paye to hym truage by the yere ¶ Tho began the. Saxons and ye. Affricans to destroye robbe and brenne townes destroye all thengâ— in asmoche as they myght spared neyther man woman ne chylde lerned ne lewde But all they slewe caste downe townes castels chirches so put they all the londe in grete destruccyon And as soone as they myghte flee they fledde thens as well poore as ryche bysshops abbottes chanons all other grete smal some in to lytell Brytayne some in to Cornewayle all tho the shyppes myghht haue ¶ How the kynge Gurmonde droue kyng Cortyf to Chechestre slewe the Brytons thrugh crafte engyne gate the same towne COrtyf the kyng fledde thens in to Chechestre that tho was stronge and there helde hym .xx. dayes this Gurmonde came and it besyeged But the cytee was so stronge that he myght not gete it by no maner of wyse with engyne that they myght doo Tho bethought they vpon a subtylte for to brenne the towne They made engynes wyth glewe of nettes toke pecys of thunder of fyre bonde it to sparowes feet than lete them flee and they anoÌ„e flewe lodged theÌ„ in the towne ther that theyr nestis were in stackes euesynges of houses the fyre began to kyndle brente all the towne And whan the. Brytons sawe that in euery syde they hyed them out fought but anone they were slayne and dyscomfyted And whyle batayll dured the kynge pryuely hydde hym and stale awaye in to walys men wyst neuer where he became and soo was the towne of Chechestre taken and destroyed And after Gurmonde wente and destroyed townes and cytees that neuer were after made ayen as it is seen yet in many places of thys londe ¶ How thys londe was called Englonde for the name of Engyst how many kynges were made after in thys londe SO whan Gurmonde had destroyed al the londe thrugh out he yaue the londe to the Saxons anone they toke it with good wyll for the Saxons longe tyme had desyred it For asmoche as they wereof Engistê kynred that fyrst had all the londe of Brytayne lete them be called Englyssmen for by cause of Engistes name the lond they lete call Englonde in theyr langage the folke ben called Englyshmen for asmoche as in thys tyme it was called Engistê londe whan he had coÌ„quered it of Vortiger that spoused hys doughter But fro the tyme that Brute came fyrst in to Englonde thys londe was called Brytane and the folke Brytons But syth the tyme that thys Gurmonde conquered it eftsones and yaue it vnto the. Saxons they anone ryght chauÌ„ged the name as before is sayde And whan thys was done Gurmonde passed ouer in to FrauÌ„ce there conquered many londes destroyed all cristen peple there that he came And the Saxons dwelled in this londe and began fast to enhabyte it
these two kynges Adelbryght Elfryde dwelled a whyle at Leycetre and departed the londe amonge them and tooke homagê and feautees of the folke of the countree And after they wente to warde walys and thot of walys herd telle of thes comfyture that Breicâ—all had at Leycetre and were wonder for adrad of tho two kyngeê And tooke and those amonge them good men and hooly of hemytes monkes and preestes of other people grete plentye that wente bare foote and wulwarde for ta haue mercy of thes two kynges but tho kynges were so sterne so wyked that they wold neuer speke to theÌ„ but them slewe euerychone Alas for sorowe for they ne spared them noomore than the wulfe dothe the shepe but smot of theyr heedes euerychone so they were all martrd that to them came that is to vnderstande .v. C. .xl. After they wente fro thens to Bangor for to slee all those that ther myghte there fynde of the Brytons And whan the Brytouns herde that they assembled and ordened all ther power for to fyght with thyem Two was there a baron in walys that was called Bledrik of Cornewayle that some tyme was lorde of Deuenshyre but the kynge ¶ Adelbright had dreuen hym out in to walys and after there he yaue them batayll And at that batayll was kynge Adelbright slayne and Efrydesore wouÌ„ded forsoke the felde the moost partye of his people slayne And Elfryde flede in to Northumberlonde that was his owne loÌ„de· ¶ And after that the people of Leycetre shyre made with strenght Cadewan that was Brycinals sone kynge of Leceytre And he afterregned nobly and with grete honour ¶ How Cade wan kynge of Leycetre Elfryde kynge of Northumberlonde were frendes of the debate that after was bytwene Edwyn Cad walyn that were both theyr sones ANd after that thys bataylle was done that Brytons assembled them and wente thens and came to Leycetre and made there Caudewan that was Brecinals sone kynge of Leycetre and of all the countree Aed he toke homages feautes of all the folke of the countree And after that he assembled a grete hoste and sayde he wolde goo in to Northumberlonde to destroy kynge Elfryde and sle hym yf he myght And whan he was come thether frendes wente so bytwene them that they accorde them in this manere that Elfryde sholde holde all the londe fro Northumberlonde to Scotlonde And Cadewan sholde haue all the londe a thys syde Humbre to the Southe and after they were good frendes all theyr lyf and loued as they had ben brethern ¶ And thys Elryde had a sone called Edwyn that helde allâ— the londe of NorthuÌ„berlonde after his fathers dethe as his fader hadde holde all his lyf tyme ¶ And CadewaÌ„ had another sone called Cadwalyn that helde his faders londe as he it helde whyle he was alyue and these loued as bretheren And the loue lasted betwyxt them but only two yere after began debat betwyxt them throughe a synple enuyous cosyn of Cadwalins called Bryens so that they assembled a grete hoste in bothe partyes And at the laste it be fell the Cadwalin was dyscuÌ„forted Edwen hym pursued droue hym fro place to place so at the last he fledde in to Irelonde And the other destroyd pylled his londe and cast downe castels brente his maners departed all Cadwalins londe amonge his frendes And longe tyme after came Cadwalen ayen fro Irlonde with a stronge pour and in playne batayll slewe Edwyn all his frendes namely tho that with helde his londes by Edwyns yefte ¶ How kynge Oswallde was slayne thoughe kynge Cadwalin and Peanda and howe Oswy that was saynte Oswaldes broder regned after hym and slewe Peanda AS Edwyn was slayne Offris his sone vndertoke that warre ayenste Cadwalin his came so that this Offris deyed durynge the warre And after the dethe of this Offris tho regned a gentyl crysten man that moche loued god almyghty that had all the londe of Northumbrelonde by herytage that was called Oswalde he was kynge of all the londe But for as moche as he was frende to Edwyn and helde a grete parte of the londe of Cadwalin This same cadwalyn warred vpon hym droue hym to warde Scotlond And whan Cadwalin sawe that he wolde not abyde Cadwalin wolde no lenger hym pursue but toke some of his folke to Peanda his broder in lawe prayed hym to pursue after Oswalde tyl that he were takeÌ„ slayne and Cadwalin toruned home ayen ¶ whan Oswalde herde these tydynges that Cadwalin tourned home ayen he wolde no leÌ„ger flee but abode Peanda yaue hym batayll and Peanda was dyscomfortâ—e fledde came ayen to Cadwalyn sayde that he wolde neuer holde one fote of londe of hym but yf so were that he wolde auenge hym of Oswalde ¶ Cadwalin lete assemble a grete hoste for to fyght with Oswalde soo that he and Peanda came to Northumberlonde yaue batayll vnto Oswalde And in the same batayll was Oswalde slayne his heed smyten of after he was entered at the abbay of Berdenay in whiche place god hadde wrought for hym many a fayre myracle bothe there and elles where ¶ And anone Oswy his brother seased all the londe in to his honde that was this Oswaldis And the folke of Northumberlonde loued him wonderly well and helde hym for theyr lorde But he had men of his kynne worthy ynough that wolde haue departed the londe and they warred togyed well And for asmoche as they were not stronge ynoughe they came to Peanda and prayed hym of helpe socour And behyght hym of the loÌ„de largely vpoÌ„ this couenaÌ„t that he wold them gouerne helpe counseyl ¶ Peanda herde theyr prayer so spake with Cadwalyn that he sholde ordayne a grete host and faste ordeyned hym in to Northumberlonde for teyght with Oswy And Oswy was a meke man moche loued peas charyte and prayed Peanda of loue peas and profeâ—ede hym of golde and syluer grete plentye ¶ And this Peanda was so proude that he nolde graunt hym peas fo no maner thynge but for all thynge he wolde with hym fyght Sâ—o at the laste there was sette a daye of batayll And Oswy euer trusted vpon god and Peanda trusted tomoche vpon pryde and vpon his hoste that he had And to gyder they smote egerly but Peanda was anone dyscomforted and slayne And this was After the Incarnacyon of oure lorde Ihesu Cryste .v. C.lv. yere And this Oswy regned .xxviii. yere And a kynge that was called Oswyne that was Peandaes cosyn warred vpon hym and togyder fought But Oswy hadde the victory of Oswyne And Oswyn was dyscomforted and slalyne and lyeth at Tynnemouth ¶ How kynge Cadwaldre that was Cadwalins sone regned after his fader and was the laste kynge of Brytons AFter the deth of Cadwelin regned hys sone Cudwaldre well and nobly And his moder was the syster of Peanda And whan he had regned
dyscoÌ„fyted hymselfe there was slayne and thys batayll was ended at Tombryge in the seconde yere of his regne vpon sanyt Calixtê° daye and so he was buryed at waltham ¶ Of kynge william bastarde how he gouerned hym well wysely of the grete warre bytwene hym and the kynge of Fraunce AS williâ—m Bastarde duke of NormaÌ„dy had conquered all the londe vpon Crystmasse daye then nexte lete crowne hym kynge at westmestre and as a worthy kyng yaue vnto Englyshmen largely londes to hys knyghtes And after warde he wene hym ouer the see came iÌ„ to Normandy there he dwelled a whyle And in the seconde yere of his regne he came ayen in to Englonde and brought with hym Maude his wyf lette crowne her quene of Englonde oon wytsondaye ¶ And tho anone after the kynge of Scotlonde thoe was called Malcolin began to stryue warre with the kyng wylyam And he ordeined hym towarde Scotlonde with his men both by loÌ„de and by see for to destroye kynge Malcolin But they were accorded the kynge of Scotlonde became hys man and helde all hys londe of hym And kynge wyllyam receyued of hym is homage and came ayen in to Englonde And as kynge wyllyam hadde be kynge .xvii. yere Maude the quene deyed on whom kynge wyllyam hadde begote many fayr chyldern that is for to saye Robert Curthos wylllyam Rous Richarde also that deyed Henry· Beauclerke and Maude also that was the erles wyf of Bleynes and other foure fayr doughters ¶ And after his wyues deth grete debate began betwixt hym the kynge of Fraunce Philyp but at the laste they were accorded And tho dwelled the kynge of Englonde in Normandy no man hym warned he no man longe tyme. ¶ And the kynge of Fraunce sayde vppon a daye in scorne of kynge wyllyam had longe tyme lyen in chylde bedde and loÌ„ge tyme had rested hym there And this worde came to the kynge of Englonde there that he dyde lye in Normandye at Rome And for thys worde was tho euylle apayed also wonder wrathe towarde the kynge of Fraunce And swore by god that whaÌ„ he were arysyn of his sykenesse he wolde lyghten a thousande condelles to the kynge of FrauÌ„ce anone lete assemble a grete host of Normandy of Englysshe men And in the begynnynge of the Heruest he came in to Fraunce and brente all the townes that they came by thrugh the couÌ„tree and robbed dyde all the sorowe that he myght thrugh out all Fraunce And at the last he brenned the cyte of Mandos and coÌ„maunded his people to bere wood as moche as he myght brenne And hym self halpe ther to all the he myghte with good wyll And there was a greate hete what of the fyre what was so grete of the sonne that it was woÌ„dder hote that it stuffed hym so that he became fell in to a grete dysease sykenesse And whan he sawe that he was so stronge syke he ordeyned assgned alle Normandye to Robert Curthos his sone all englonde to wyllyam the Rous and bequone to Henry Beaclerke al his treasour And whan he thus had done he receyued all the sacrameÌ„tê of holy chyrche and deyed the .xx. yere of his regne \ and lyeth at Cane in Normandy ¶ Anno dmÌ„ M.lxvi. GRegorius the .vii. was pope after Alexander .xii. yere this man ordeyned in a generall Synodus that no preest sholde haue a wyf ne sholde dwelle with wymmen but tho that the holy Synodus of Micena and other decrees had suffred And thenÌ„e the preestê sette nought or lytell pondred hys ordynaunce This pope coÌ„maunded that no man sholde here masse of a preest that had a concubyne And he on acertayne tyme whan he was Cardynall and Legate in to Fraunce proceded sharpely ayenst prelates and that were symomers And amonge other was one bysshoppe there that was gretely famed with symonye And those that accused hym pryuely hyered them to saye the countraye The whiche the Legate conceyued and aforâ— all the people he sayde Lete the Iugement of this men cesse at this tyme for it is dysceyuable and lette god dyspose for it And sayde thus it is certayne That the dygnyte of a bysshop is the yeuer of the holy ghost And whosomeuer byeth a bysshopryche doth ayenst the holy ghost ThenÌ„e yf thou bysshop dyde not ayenst the holy ghost saye openly afore all the people Gloriâ— petri et filio et speritui sancto And many tymes he beganne to saye it but he coude neuer speke spiritui sancto Thenne he was deposyd of his bysshopryche and after he coude speke it wyll ynoughe ¶ Victor the thyrde was pope after hym oo yere this man was poysoned with venym in the chaly◠¶ Vrbanus was pope after hym two yere This man cursyd the kynge of Fraunce for his aduâ—â—â—erys And he called a counseyll at Claurum in the whyche he ordeyned that matyns of our lady shold be sayd euery daye and on Saterday her solempne masse And it is sayde that this was shewed vnto the freres of Cartusis ¶ Also he called an other counseyll att Turan for the holy londe to be wonne ayeÌ„ and pryuoked the people to that matere and within a lytell tyme after that matere the holy londe was recouered and the sepulcre of our lorde and Anthioche with many other cytees taken fro the Sarrasyns And it is sayd and byleued that CC.M. crysten men wente to that Iourny For there wente of states olde men and yonge and also ryche and poore and noo man compelled theym And this passage was made by the vysyon of our lady And the prynces of thys peaple were dyuerse One was Godfroy de Boloynt a full noble man of all the worlde and a vertuous man and an other was Beemonde the Duke of Neaples And the thyrde was Hughe the kynges brother of Fraunce and many other the whyche dyde full nobly for the fayth of god ¶ And it were to longe in this boke to reherce the gloryous actes that they dyde ¶ Of kynge wyllyam Rous that was kynge williams bastardes sone the destroyed townes houses of Relygyon for to make the newe forest ANd after thys wyllyam bastarde regned his sonne wyllyam the Rous. ¶ And thys wyllyam was a wonder contraryous man to god and holy chyrche and lete ameÌ„de make the towne of Cardies that the Paynems had destroyed Thys kynge wyllyam destroyed holy chirche theyr possessions in what parte he myght them fynde And theyr fore there was so moche debate bytwene hym and the Archebyssop of Caunterbury Ancelmus For by cause that he repreuyd hym of hys wyckednesse that he destroyed holy chyrche And for that cause the kynge bare to hym grete wrath And so he exyled hym out of thys londe the Archebysshop went to the courte of Rome there dwelled with the pope And this kynge made the newe forest caste downe destroyed .xxvi. townes .lxxx. houses of Relygyon
the kynge of Englonde was come in to Normandy all the grete lordes of Normandye torned vnto the kynge of Englonde and helde ayenst the duke theyr owne lorde and hym forsoke and to the kynge them helde and all the good castelles and townes of Normandy And soone after was the duke taken and ladde with the kynge in to Englonde And the kynge lette put the duke in to pryson and this was the vengeaunâ—e of god ¶ For whanne the duke was in the holy londe god yaue hym suche myghte and grace that he was chosen for to haue be kynge of Iherusalem and he forsoke it and wolde not take it vpon hym And therfore god sente hym that shame and dyspyte for to put in hys brothers pryson Tho seased kyng Hery all Normandye in to hys honde and helde it all hys lyfe tyme ¶ And in the same yere came the bysshop Ancelmus for the courte of Rome in to Englonde ayen And the kynge and he were accorded ¶ And in the nexte yere comynge after there began a grete debare bytwene the kynge Phylyppe of Fraunce and kynge Henry of Englende wherfore kynge Henry wente in to Normandye and there was stronge warre bytwene them two And tho deyeâ— the kynge of FrauÌ„ce lowys his sone was mad kyng anone after his deth And tho went kyng Henry ayen into Englond maryed Maude his doughter vnto henry the emê‘our of Almayne ¶ Of the debate that was betwixt kynge Lowys of FrauÌ„ce kynge Hery of Eenglonde how kynhe Henryes two snes were loste in the hyghe seâ— AS kynge Henry had be kynge .xvii. yere a grete debate arose betwixt kynge Lowys of Fraunce and kynge Henry of Englonde for by cause that the kynge had sente in to Normandy to hys men that they sholde be helpynge vnto therle of Bloys as moche as they myght in warre ayenst the kyng of FrauÌ„ce And that they sholde be as redy to hyâ— as they were to theyr owne lord for by cause that therle hadde spowsed hys syster dame maude And for this cause the kynge of Fraunce dyde moche sorowe to Normandy wherfore the kynge of Englonde was wonder wroth in hast wenâ—e ouer the see with a grete power came in to NormaÌ„dye for to defende that londe And the warre bytwene them lasted two yere tyll at the laste they two faught to geder And the kynge of Fraunce was dyscomfyted vnnethes escaped awaye wyth moche payne the moost partye of his men were taken And the kynge dyde with theym what hym best lyked And some of them he lette go freely and some he lete be put vnto the deth But afterwarde those two kynges were accorded And whan kynge Henry had oonly all the londe of Normandy dyscoÌ„fyted his enmyes of Fraunce he torned agayne in to Englonde with mocheÌ„ honour And his two sones wyllyam and Richarde wolde haue come after the fader wente to the see with a grete company of people But are that they myghte come to londe the shippe came ayenst a roche and alle were drowned that were there in saue oo man that was in the same shyppe that escaped And this was vpon saynt Katheryns daye and these were the names of them that were drowned Wyllyam and Richarde the kynges sones the Erle of Chestre Ottonell his brotger Geffroy Rydell Walter Emurci Godefray Archedeken the kynges doughter the couÌ„tesse of Perches the kynges nece the countesse of Chestre many other ¶ Whan kynge Henry and other lordes arryued in Englonde and herde these tydynges they made sorowe ynough And alle theyr myrthe and Ioye was torned in to mornynge and sorowe ¶ How Maude the Empresse came ayen in Englonde how she afterwarde wedded to Geffroy therle of Angoy ANd whan that two yere were agone that the Erle had dwelled wyth the kynge the erle went from the kyng and begaÌ„ to warre vpon hym dyd moche harme in the londe of Normandy toke there a stronge castell there he dwelled all that yere And tho came to hym tydynges that Henry the Emperour of Almayne that had spowsed Maude hys doughter was deed and that she dwelled no lenger in Almayne that she wold come ayen in to Normandy to her fader And whaÌ„ that she was come vnto hym he toke her tho to hym came ayen in to Englonde made the Englysshemen to do othe and feaute to the Empresse And the fyrste man that made the othe was wyllyam the Archebysshop of CauÌ„terbury And that other Dauid kyng of ScotloÌ„de and after hym all the barons and erles of Englonde ¶ Also after that the noble man therle of Angoy that was a worthy knyghte sent vnto the kynge of EngloÌ„de that he wolde grauÌ„t hym for to haue his doughter to spowse that is to saye Maude the Empresse And for by cause that her fader wyst that he was a noble man the kynge hym graunted consented ther to And tho tooke he his doughter ladde hir in to Normandy came to the noble knyghte Geffroy there he spowsed the forsayde Maude wyth moche honour the Erle begâ—te vpon her a sone that was called Henry the Empresse sone ¶ And after whan al this was done kynge Henry dwelled all that yere in Normandy after the loÌ„ge tyme a greuous sykenesse toke him where thorugh he deyed And this kyng Henry regned .xxxv. yere foure monethes And after deyed as is before sayd in Normandy And his herte was enteryd in the grete chirche of our lady in Rouen his body was brought with moche honour in to Englonde enteryd at Redynge in the abboye of the whyche abbaye he was begynner and founder HEnrycus the fourth was Emperour in Almayne after Harry the thyrde .xv. yere This man put his owne fader in pryson there helde hym tyll he deyed And tooke pope Paschall wyth hys Cardynalles presente them as it is sayd afore For the whiche cause as it is supposed he lacked yssue For he wedded the kynges doughter of Englonde Maude But after warde he came to grace and all the lawes of the chirche freely he resyned to Calixtus the pope And besought hym to yeue hym in penauÌ„ce that he sholde neuer come ayen to his Empyre that he myghte haue remyssyon of his trespaas And after the oppynyon of many a man he was wylfully exyled and deyed and hys wyfe bothe at Chestre in Englonde ¶ Gelasius was pope after Paschall two yere And fledde frome Henry the Emperour in to Bourgoyne and there decessyd Thys Emperour those Benedyctus a Spanyarde to be pope the whiche stroue with Calixtus ¶ Calixtus was pope after hym two yere and fyue monethes Thys Calixtus was the sone of the duke of Bourgoyne was chosen in the place of Gelasius And whan he sholde come to Rome he toke the for sayd Benedictus and made hym to ryde afore hym shamefully For he on a mule torned hys face to the tayle of the mule helde the tayle in
chartre of oblygacyon and our warraunt for euer more be ferme and stable without ony gaynsayenge we shall fronte this daye afterwarde be true vnto god and to the moder of holy chyrche of Rome \ and to the pope Innocencius the thyrde and to all that cometh after hym· And the realme of Englonde and of Irlonde we shall maynten truely in alle manere poyntes ayenst alle manere men by our power thrugh goodes helpe ¶ How the clerkes that were outlawed came agayne how kyng Iohan was assoylled SO whan thys chartre was made and ensealed the kynge receyued agayne his crowne of Pandulfus honde And sete anone vnto the Archebysshop Stephen and to all his other clerkes and lewede men that he had exyled out of thys londe that they sholde come ayen in to Englonde and haue agayne theyr londes and allo theyr rentes And that he wolde make restytucyon of the goodes that he had taken of theyrs ayenst theyr wyll ¶ The kynge hymself tho and Pandulf and erles and barons went unto wynchestre ayenst the Archebysshop Stephen ¶ And whan he was come the kynge wente ayenst hym and fell adowne to his feet and thus to hym sayde Fayre syre ye be welcome And I crye you mercy by cause that I haue trespassed ayenst you ¶ The Archebysshop toke hym vp tho in hys armes and kyssyd hym curteysly oftentymes and after ledde hym to the doore of saynt Swythunes chyrche by the honde and assoylled hym of the sentence and hym reconsyled to god to holy thyrche And that was on saynt Margaretes daye And the Archepysshop anone wente for to synge masse And the kyng offred at the masse a marke of golde ¶ And whan the masse was done all they wente for to receyue theyr londes without ony manere gaynsayenge ¶ And that daye they made all myrth Ioye ynough But yet was not the enterdytynge releaced by cause the pope had sette that the enterdytynge sholde not be done tyll the kynge had made full restytucyon of the goodes that he had taken of the holy chyrche And that hym self sholde do homage to the pope by a certayn Legate that he sholde sende in to Englonde ¶ And thenne tooke Pandulf his leue of the kynge and the Archebysshop and went agayne vnto Rome ¶ And the Archebysshop anone lete come before hym prelates of holy chyrche at Redynge for to treate counseyll how moche and what they sholde axe of the kyng for to make restytucyon of the goodes that he had taken of theym And they ordeyned sayd that the kyng sholde yeue to the Archebysshop thre thousande marke for the wronge that the kynge had done vnto hym And also by procyons to other clerkes .xv. thousande marke ¶ And the same tyme Nycolaus bysshop of Tuscam Cardynall Penytenciarius of Rome came in to Englonde thrugh the popes conmaundement the fyfth kalendas of Octobre and came to London the fyfth Nonas of Octobre for by cause that kynge Iohan and alle the kynges that came after hym sholde euer more holde the reame of Englonde and of Irlonde of god and of the pope payenge to the pope by yere as it is aboue sayd ¶ How the enterdytynge was vndone in EngloÌ„de and of the debate that was bytwene kynge Iohan and the barons of the reame AS kynge Iohan had done his homage to the Legate that shewed hym the popes letter that he sholde paye to Iulyan yelne ayen that was kynge Rychardes wyfe the thyrde parte of the londe of Englonde and of Irlonde that he had withholde syth that kyng Rycharde deyed ¶ Whan kynge IohnÌ„ herde this he was wonder wroth For vtterly that enterdytynge myght not be vndone tyll that he had made greâ— and restytycyon to the forsayd Iulyan of that she asked The Legate went thenne agayne to the pope after Crystmasse And the kynge sente ouer see to Iulyan that was kynge Rychardes wyf for to haue a relate of that she axed of hym ¶ And so it befell that Iulyan deyed anone after Eester And in so moche the kynge was quyte of that thynge that the axed ¶ But thenne at the feest of saynt Iohan that came nexte after thorugh the popes commaundemente the enterdytynge was fyrst releasyd thrughout alle Englonde 〈…〉 daye of Iulii And .vii. yere was the londe â—terdyted And on the mornynge mâ—n rough sayd masse thorugh out all London and so â—â—ter thorugh out all Englonde· ¶ And the neâ—â— yere after there began a grete debate bytwene kynge Iohan and the lordes of Englonde â—or by cause that he wolde not graunte the lawâ—â— and holde the whiche saynt Edwarde had ordeynâ—d and had ben vsed holden vnto that tyme that he had them broken For he wolde holde noo lawe but dyde all thynge that hym lyked and dysheryted many men without consente of lordes and perys of the londe And woâ— dysheryte the good erle Radulf of Chestre for by cause that he vndertoke hym of hys wyckednesse for by cause that he dyde so moche shame and vylany to god and to holy chyrche â–ª And also for he helde and haunted hys owne brothers wyfe and laye also by many wymmen greate lordes doughters For he spared no woman that hym lyked for to haue wherfore all the lordes of the londe were wrothe toke the cyte of London To cesse this debate the Archebysshop and lordes of the londe assenbled before the feest of saynt IohnÌ„ Bapâ—yst in a medowe besyde the towne of Stanys that is called Romney mede And the kynge made them there a chartre of fraunchyse suche as they wolde axe and in suche manere they weâ—e accorded and that accordement lasted not full longe For the kynge hymself soone after dyed ayenst the poyntes of the same chartre that he had made wherfore the moost parte of the lordes of the londe assembled and began to warre vppon hym ayen and brenned his townes robbed his folke and dyde all the sorowe that they myght made them as stronge as they myght with all the power they hadde and thought to dryue hym oute of Englonde and make Lowys the kyngê sone of Fraunce kynge of Englonde ¶ And kyng IohnÌ„ sente tho ouer see and ordeyned so moche people of Normans of Pycardes of Flemynges soo that the londe myghte not susteyne them but with moche sorowe ¶ And amonge alle this people â— there was a man of Normandye that was called Fawkis of Brent and thys NormaÌ„ and his company spared nother chirches ne houses of relygyon but they brente â—obbed it and bare a way aâ—l that they myght take so that the londe was all destroyed what one syde and other ¶ The barons lordes of Englonge ordeyned amonge theym the beste spekers and wysest men and sente them ouer the see to kynge Phylyp of FrauÌ„ce and prayed hym that he wolde sende Lowys hys sone in to Englonde to be kynge of Englonde and to receyue the crowne ¶ How Lowys the knges sone of Fraunce came
desyre came to him for to goo in to Englonde ayen And whan he was come ayen he fouÌ„de so many playntes made to hym of his Iustyces of his clerkes that had done so many wronges falsnesse that wonder it was to here and for whiche falsnesse syre Thomas waylond the kynges Iustyce for swore Englonde at the toure of London for falsnesse that meÌ„ put vpon hym wherfore he was atteynt proued fals· And anone after whan the kyng had done his wyll of the Iustices tho lete he enquere espye how the Iewes dysceyued and begyled his people thorugh the synne of falsnesse and of vsury And lete ordeyne a preuy parlement amonge his lordes And they ordeyned amonge theym that all the Iewes sholde voyde out of Englonde for theyr mysbyleue and also for theyr fals vsury that they dyde vnto crysten men And for to spedde and make an ende of this thynge all the comyn alte of Englonde yaue vnto the kynge the .xv. peny of all theyr goodes meuable and soo were the Iewes dryuen oute of Englonde And tho went the Iewes in to Fraunce And there they dwellyd thorugh leue of kynge Phylyp that tho was kynge of Fraunce ¶ How kynge Edwarde was seased in alle the londe of Scotlonde through coÌ„sente and graunte of all the lordes of Scotlonde· IT was not longe after that Alexandre kynge of Scotlonde was dede and Dauyd the erle of Huntyngdon that was the kynges brother of Scotlonde axed claymed the kyngdom of Scotlond after his brother was deed for cause that he was ryghtfull heyre But many grete lordes sayd nay Wherfore greate debate arose bytwene theym there freÌ„des for asmoche as they wolde not consente to hys coronacyon and the meane tyme the forsayd Dauyd deyed so it befell that the sayd Dauyd had thre doughters that worthyly were maryed the fyrst doughter was maryed to Bayloll the seconde to Brus and the thyrde to Hastynges The forsayd Bayloll Brus chalenged the londe of Scotlonde greate debate stryf arose bytwene them by cause eche of them wolde haue be kynge· And whan the lordes of Scotlonde saw the debate bytwene them came to kynge Edwarde of Englonde seased hym in all the londe of Scotlond as chyef lord whaÌ„ the kyng was seased of the forsayd lordes the forsayd Baylol Brus Hastinges came to the kynges courte axyd of the kyng whyche of them shold be kynge of Scotlonde And kyng Edwarde the full gentyll true lete enquyre by the Cronycles of Scotlonde and of the gretest lordes of Scotlonde whiche of them was of the eldest blood And it was fouÌ„de that Baylol was the eldest And that the kyng of Scotlond sholde holde of the kynge of Englonde do hym frauce and homage And after this was done Baylol went in to ScotloÌ„de and there was crowyed kynge of Scotlonde ¶ And the same tyme was vpon the see grete warre bytwene the Englysshemen and the Normans But vpoÌ„ a tyme the Normans arryued all at Douer and ther they martred an holy maÌ„ that was called Thomas of Douer And afterwarde were the NormaÌ„s slayne that there escaped not one of theÌ„ ¶ And so afterwarde kynge Edwarde sholde lete the duchye of Gascoyne thrugh kynge phylyp of FrauÌ„ce thrugh his fals castynge of the Dousepers of the londe wherfore syr Edmond that was kynge Edwardes brother yaue vp his domage vnto the kynge of FrauÌ„ce ¶ And in the tyme the clerkes of Englond graunted to kynge Edwarde half â—eale of holy chirche goodes in helpynge to recouer his londe agayne in gascoyne And the kyng sent thether a noble company of hys bachelers And hymself wolde haue gone to Portelmouth but he was let thrughe one maddok of walys that had seased the castell of Swandon in to his honde for that cause the kynge torned to walys at Cristmasse by cause that the noble lordê of Englond that were sent in to Gascoyne had no comforth of there lorde the kynge they were take of syr Charlys of FrauÌ„ce that is to say syr IohnÌ„ of brytayne syr Robert Tiptot syr Raufe Tanny syr Hugh Bardolfe and syr Adam of Cretynge And yet att the assensyon was Maddok take in walys a nother that was called Morgan And they were sent to the tour of London and there they were byheded ¶ How Syre Iohan Baylol kyng of Scotlonde with sayde his homage ANd whan syre IohnÌ„ Baylol kynge of Scotlonde vnderstande the kynge Edwarde was werred in Gascoyne to whom the reame of Scotlond was delyuerd Falsly tho ayenst his othe with sayd his homage thrugh procurynge of his folke sent vnto the court of Rome thrugh a fals suggestyon to be assoylled of that othe that he swore vnto the kyng of Englonde soo he was by letter enbulled ¶ Tho chose they of Scotlonde dousepers for to brnyge Edward of his ryght ¶ And in the tyme came two Cardynalles from the cource of Rome fro the pope Celestme to trete of acorde bytwene the kyng of EngloÌ„d as tho cardinalles spake of accorde ThaÌ„ as turbeluyll was takeÌ„ at Lyons made homage to the warde of Parys put his sones in hostage thought to go in to Englonde aspye the countre tell them whan he came to Englond that he had broken the kynges pryson of Fraunce by ryght said that he wolde do that all Englysshmen walshemen sholde aboute the kynge for to brynge to the ende he swore vpon thys couenaunt dedes were made bytwene them that he sholde haue by yere a thousand pouÌ„des worth of londe to byrnge this thynge to an ende This fals traytour toke his leue wente thens came in to Englonde vnto the kynge seyd that he was broke oute of pryson that he had put hym in suche peryll for his loue wherfore the kyng cowde hym moche thanke full gladde was of his comynge ¶ And the fals traytoure fro that daye aspyed all the doynge of the kynge also his counselle for the kyng loued hym full welle and with hym full preuy But clerke of Englonde that was in the kynges how 's of Fraunce herde of this treason and of the falsnesse and wrote to another clerke that tho was dwellynge with Edwarde kynge of Englonde all how Thomas Turbeluyll hadde done his fals câ—niectynge and all the counselle of Englonde was wryte for to haue sende vnto the kynge of Fraunce ¶ And thoruhhe the forsayde letter that the clerke hadde sente fro Fraunce it was founde vppon wherfore he was ledde to London and hangyd and drawe there for his treason And hys two sones that he hadde put in Fraunce for hostage were thenne beheeded ¶ Of the Conquest of Berwyke SO whan the twoo Cardynalles were gone agayne in to Fraunce for to trete of the peas of cambroy the kynge sent thether of his erles and barons This is to saye syr Edmonde his broder erle of Lancastre and of Lecetre syr Henry Lacy erle of Nychol
Wyllyam Vessy Baron and of other baronettes aboute .xiii. of the best and wysest of Englonde ¶ And in the same tyme the kynge Edwarde toke his vyage to Scotlonde for to werre vpon IohnÌ„ Baylol kynge of Scotlonde ¶ And syr Robert Roos of Berwyk sledde fro the Englysshmen wente to the Scottes And kyng Edwarde wente hym towarde Berwyk and besegyd the towne And tho that were within manly them defended sette a fyre and brente two of Kynge Edwardes shyppes and sayde in dyspyte and repreyâ— of hym wenyth kynge Edwarde with his longe shankys to haue gete Berewyk all our vnthankes gas pykes hym and whan he was doon gas dykes hym whan kyng Edwarde thys scorne anone thorugh hys myghtenesse he passed ouer the dyches and assaylled the towne and came to the yates and gate and conquered the towne and thrughe hys gracyous power slewe .xxv. thousande and .vii. hondred scottes and Kynge Edwarde loste no man of renoune saufe syr Rycharde of Cornewayle and hym kylled a Flemynge out of the redde halle with a quarell as the forsayd Rycharde dyde of hys helme And comaunded theym for to yelde them and put them in the kynges grace And the Scottes wolde not wherfore that halle was brent and cast downe And all tho that were therin were brente and kynge Edwarde loste noo moo men at that vyage of symple estate but .xxvii. Englysshemen And the wardeyn of the castell yaue vp the keyes of the castell wythout ony assawte And there was taken syre Wyllyam Douglas Symonde Frysell and the erle patryk yelded them to the peas But Ingham of Humbresmylle Robert the Brus that were with kynge Edwarde forsoke kynge Edwarde and helde with the Scottes And afterward they were taken and put in to pryson And tho lete kynhe Edwarde close in Berwyk wyth walles with dyches and after Robert Rous went to Tyndale and sette wuyerbrydge a fyre and Exham and Lamerstok and slewe and robbyd the folke of the countree And after that he wente fro thens to Dunbarre And the fyrste wenesdaye of Marche the kynge sent the erle of Garenne syr Hugh Percy and syre Hugh Spenser wyth a fayre company for to besege the castell But one that was called syre Rycharde Sywarde a traytoure and a fals man ymagyned for to begyle the EnglysshmeÌ„ and sente to the Englysshmen theym for to deseeyue and sayd That he wolde yelde to theym the castell yf they wolde graunt them .viii. dayes of respyce that he myhht sende and telle to syr Iohan Bayloll that was kynge of Scotlonde how is men fared that were within the castell ¶ And hym worde but yf he wolde remeue the sege of the Englysse men that they wolde yelde that castell vnto the Englysshe men ¶ The messenger tho came to syr Iohan Baylol that tho was kynge of ScotloÌ„de where that he was wyth his hooste and the messenger tolde hym all the caas And syr Iohan toke his hoste and came on the morowe erly towarde the castell and syr Rycharde sywarde sawe hym come that was mayster of the counseyll and keper of the castell and sayd vnto the Englyssgmen O sayde he now I see a fayre company and well apparelled I wyll goo ayenste theym and wyth them to mete and theym assaylle And syr Hughe Spenser sawe the falsnesse of hym· and the treson· And sayd to hym O traytour take and proue your falsnesse shalle not auaylle you And Hughe Spenser commaunded anone to bynde hym And all in hast wente ayenst ther enmyes and slewe of Scottes .xxii. thousand For the Scottes had that tyme no man wyth them of honour saufe Patryke Graham that manly foughte and longe at the laste he was slayne And tho sayde the Englysshmen in repreyf of the Scottes Thyse scaterande Scottes holde I for sottes of wrenches vn ware Erly in a mornynge in an euyll tymynge wente ye fro DuÌ„bare ¶ As tho that ware within the castell sawe the scomfyture they yelded vp the castell vnto the Englysshmen And bounde theyr bodyes godes castels to kynge Edwarde And soo there were take in that castell thre erles .vii. barons and .xxxviii. knyghtes xi clerkes and .vii. Pycardys and all were presentyd to kynge Edwarde And he sente theÌ„ to the towre of London to be kepte ¶ How kynge Edwarde of his greate grace delyuered ayen the Scottes oute of pryson that were cheyftayns of that londe and they drewe them to the Frensshemen thrugh counseyll of Wyllyam waleys AS kynge Edwarde had made tho an ende of the werre and taken the cheyâ—â—eyns of Scotlonde tho came syr Iohan Baylol and yelded hym vnto kynge Edwarde put hym in his grace and he was ledde to London and whan kyng Edwarde was come thether they were brough before hym And the kynge axed howe they wolde make amendes of the trespaas and losse that they had doon to hym and they put theym in his mercy Lordynges sayde the kynge I wyll not of your londes ne your goodes but I wyll that ye make to me an othe vpoÌ„ goddys body to be true to me and neuer after this tyme ayenst me bere armys â–ª And all they consentyd to the kynges wyl and swore vpon goddys body That is to saye syr IohnÌ„ of Comyn the erle of Scraâ—hron the erle of Carryk and also foure bysshops vndertoke for all the clergye and so the kynge delyuered theÌ„ and yaue them sauf conduyce to go in to ther owne londe And it was not longe afterwarde that they ne aryse ayenst kynge Edwarde for cause that they wyst well that kynge Edwardes folke was take in Gascoyne as before is sayd But syr IohnÌ„ Bayloll kynge of Scotlonde wyste well that his londe sholde haue sorowe and shame for theyr falsnesse· And in hast weÌ„te hym ouer the see to his owne londes and there he helde hym and came neuer ayen wherfore the Scottes chose vnto theyr kynge wyllyam waleys a rybaude an harlot comen vp of nought and moche harme dyde to Englysshmen and kyng Edwarde thoughte how he myght haue delyueraunce of his peple that were take in Gascoyne And iÌ„ hast wente hym ouer the see in to Flaunders for to werre vpon the kyng of FrauÌ„ce And the erle of Flaunders receyued hym wyth moche honour and grayntyd hym all his londys at hys owne wyll And whan the kynge of Fraunce herde telle the kyng of Englonde was aryued in Flaundres and came wyth a greate power hym for to dystroye He prayed hym of trewes for two yere so that the Englysshe marchauntes also Frenche myght saufly go and come in bothe sydes The kynge Edwarde grauÌ„ted â—â— so that he muste haue his men out of pryson that were in Gascoyne the kynge of Fraunce anone graunted and so they were delyuerd ¶ And in the same tyme the Scottes sente by the bysshop of saynt andrewes in to FrauÌ„ce to the kynge to syr Charles his brother the syr Charles sholde come wyth hys power and they of ScotloÌ„de wolde come with theyr
that londe and robbyd it and slewe meÌ„ wymmen chyldren that laye in there cradyls brent also holy chyrche and destroyed crystendome toke bare Englysshe mennys godes as they had ben sarasyns or paynems And of the wyckydnesse that they dyde all the worlde spake of it ¶ How the Scottes wolde not a mende theyr trespasse and therfore Scotlonde was enterdyted SO pope Iohan the .xxii. after saynt Petir herde of the grete sorowe and mâ—che yâ— that the Scottes wrought he was wonder sorye that crystendome was so dystroyed thrughe the Scottes namely they destroyed soâ— holy chyrches wherfore the pope sente a generall sentence vnder his bulles of lâ—ed vnto the Archebysshop of Caunterbury And to tharchebysshoppe of yorke that yf Robert the Brus of Scotlonde wolde not be Iustyfyed make amendes vnto the kynge of Englonde Edwarde theyr lorde make amendes of hys losse of his harmes that they had doon in Englonde And also restore the goodes that they had taked of holy chyrche that the sentence shold be pronouncyd thorughe out alle Englonde And whan the Scottes herde this they wolde not leue theyr malyce for the popes commaundemente wherfore Roberte the Brus. Iamys Douglas and Thomas Radulf erle of Moref and all tho that with theym comyned or them helpe in worde or dede were accursyd in euery chirche thrugh out all Englonde euery day at masse .iii. tymes And no masse shold be songe in holy chyrche thrugh out all Soctlonde but yf the Scottes wolde make restitucyon of the harmes that they hadde made vnto holy chyrche wherfore many a good prest and holy men therfore were slayne thrugh the reame of Scotlonde bycause they wolde not synge masse ayenst the popys coÌ„maundemet ayenst his wyll and to do fulfyll the tyrauntes wyll ¶ How syre Hughe Spensers sone was made the kynges chamberlayne And of the bataylle of Mitone ANd it was not longe after warde that the kynge ordeyned a parlemente atte yorke And there was syr Spensers sone made Chambrelayne And the meane tyme whyle the werre lasted the kynge wente ayen in to Scotlonde that it was wonder for to wytte beseged the towne of Berwyk but the scottes wente ouer the water at Sole wath that was thre myle frome the kynges hoste and pryuely they stole a way by nyght came in to EngloÌ„de robbyd dystroyed all that they myght and sparde no manere thynge tyll that they came vnto yorke whan the englysshmen that were left at home herde thyse tydiÌ„ges all tho that myghte traueyll as well monkê prestes freres chanons seculers came mette wyth the Scotes at Myton vp swale the .xii. day of Octobre Alas for sorowe for the Englysshe husbonde men that coude no thynge of that werre kyllyd drowned in an arme of the see And the cheyftyenes syre wyllyam of Melton Arche bysshop of yorke the abbot of selby wyth there stedes fledde came to yorke and that was theyr owne foly that they had that myschaunce For they passed the water of Swale And the Scottes sette a fyre the staâ—kes of hey and the smote ther of was so huge that the Englysshmen myght not se the Scottes And whaÌ„ the englisshmen were gone ouer the water tho came the Scottes wyth theyr wynge in maner of a shelde and came to warde the EnglyssmeÌ„ in araye And the Englysshemen fledde For â—neth they hadde ony men of armys For the kynge hadde them almoost lost at the syege of Berwyk and the Scottes hobylers went bytwene the brydge and the Englysshmen And whan the grete host them mett the englysshemen fled bytwene the hobylers the gret hoste And the Englysshmen almoost were there slayne he that myght go ouer the water were saued But many were drowned Alas for there were slayne many men of relygyon seculers preestes clerkes with moche sorowe tharchebysshop escaped therfore the Scottes callyd that batayll the whyte batayll ¶ How kynge Edwarde dyde alle manere thynge that syr Hugh Spenser wolde· NOw as kynge Edwarde herde this tydynges he remeued his sege from Berwyk came agayn into Englond But Syr Hugh Spenser that was the kynges Chamberlayne kept so the kynges chambre that no maÌ„ myghte speke with the kynge But he had made with hym a fret for to do alle his nede that ouer mesure And this Hugh bare hym so stowte that all men had of hym scorne and dyspyte and the kynge hymself wolde not be gouerned ne rulyd by no manere of man but only by his fader by hym And yf ony knyghte of englonde hadde wodes maneyrs or londes that they wolde coueyte anone the Kyng must yeue it them or elles the man that ought it sholde be falsly endyted of forfeyt or felony And thrugh suche doynge they dysheryted many a bachelere and so moche londe he gate that it was grete wonder and whan the lordes of enlonde sawe the grete couetyse falsnesse of syr Hugh Spenser the fader of syr Hugh the sone they come to the gentyll erle of lancastre axyd hym of counseyll of the dysese that was in the reame though syr Hugh Spenser his sone in hast by one assente they made pryue asseÌ„ble at shirburneâ— Elmede they made there an othe for to breke dystouble the doinge bytwene the kynge and syr Hugh Spenser and his sone vpon theyr power And they went in to the marche of walys and dystroyed the londe of the forsayd syr hughes ¶ How syr hugh Spenser and his fader were exyled out of Englonde· SO whan kyng Edwarde sawe the grete harme and dystruccyoÌ„ that tho BaroÌ„s of Englonde dyde vnto syre hugh Spensers londe and to his sone in euery place that they came vpon the kynge tho thrugh hys counseyl yll exyled syr Monbraye syr Roger Clyfforde syr Gosselyn Dauyll many other lordes that were to theym consente wherfore the barons dyde tho more harme than they dyde before whaÌ„ the kynge sawe that the barons wolde not sesse of theyr cruelte the kyng was sore adradde lest they wolde dystroy hym his reame for his mayntenauÌ„ce but yf he assented to them And so he sente for theÌ„ by hys letters that they sholde come to London to hys parlement at a certaine daye as in his letters were conteyned they came with thre bataylles well Armyd at al poyntes euery batayl had cotarmours of grete clothe And therof the ryght quarter was yelowe wyth whyte bendes wherfore the parlemente was callyd the parlement of the whyte bende And in the company was syr Hunfrey de bohoune erle of Herford syre Roger Clyfforde syr Iohan Monbray syr Glosselyn Dauyll syr Roger Mortymer vncle of syr Roger mortymer of wygmore syr Henry of Trays syr IohnÌ„ Gyffarde syre Barthylmewe of Badelessemore that was the kynges stewarde that the kynge had sente to Shyrborne in Elmede to the erle of LaÌ„castre and to all that with hym were for to trete
see and for to haue out all his men with all theyr necessaryes out of theyr shyppes he wente towarde Cadomun brenuynge wastinge destroyenge all the townes that he founde in his waye ¶ And the .xxvi. dayes of Iuly at the brydge of Cadony manly and nobly streÌ„gthed and defended with Normans he had there a stronge batayll a longe durynge thrugh whiche a grete multytude of people were slayne And there were taken of prysoners the erle of Ewe the lorde of Thonkeruyll and an huÌ„dred of other knyghtes men of armes and .vi. hondred of foot men nombred the towne and the subbarbes vnto the bare walle and of all thynges that they myghte bere caryen out was robbyd dyspoyled After the kynge passed forth by the couÌ„tre about the brede of .xx. myle he wastyd all manere thynge that he founde whan Phylyp of Valoys perceyued thys alle thought he were faste by hym wyth a stronge hoste yet he wolde not come nygh hym but breke all the brydgê beyonde the water of Seyn fro Royn to Parys hymself fled vnto the same cyte of Parys with all the hast that he myght ¶ For sothe noble kyng Edwarde whan he came to Parys brydge founde it broken within two dayes he let make it agayne And in the morowe after the AssumpcoÌ„n of our lady kynge Edwarde passed ouer the water of Seyn goyege to warde Crescy dystroyed by the way townes with the peple dwellynge ther in in the feest of saynt Bartholomewe he passed ouer the water of soÌ„me vnhurt with all his host there as neuer before fonde ony manere way ne passage where .ii. M. were slayne of them that letted theyr passage ouer ¶ Therfore the .xxvi. daye of Auguste kynge Edwarde in felde fast by Frescy hauynge thre batayls of Englysshmen en couÌ„tred mette with Phylyp of Valoys hauiÌ„ge with hym .iiii. batayls of whyche the leest passed gretly the nombre of englysshe people And whan these two hostes mette togyder there fell vpon hym the kyngh of Beme the duke of Loreyn erles also of Flaunders DalauÌ„son bloys harecourt Aumarle Neuors many other Erles barons lordes knyghtê and men of armes the nombre of a M.v. C.xlii. without foot men other men armed that were no thynge rekened And for all thys the vngloryous Philyp with drewe hym with the resydue of his people wherfore it was sayde in coÌ„mune amonge his owne people NereÌ„ be all soy retreyt that is to saye our fayre wyth draweth hym ¶ Than kynge Edward our EnglysshmeÌ„ thankyd almyghty god for suche a vyctory after there gret labour take to theim all thynge nedefull to theyr sustynaunce sauynge of theyr lyues for drede of theyr enmyes rested them there And full erly in the mornynge after the Frensshmen with a grete passynge hoste come ayen for to gyue batayll fyght with the Englysshmen with whom mette encountred the erle of warwyke Northampton and Norfolke with theyr coÌ„pany and slewe .ii. M. tooke many prysoners of the gentyls of them And the remenaunt of the same host fledde thre myle thens And the thyrde day after the batayll the kyng went to Calays warde destroyenge all the townes as he rode thyder whaÌ„ that he comeÌ„ that is to say the thyrde daye of SepteÌ„bre he began to besege the towne with the castell contynued hys sege fro the forsayd thyrde daye of Septembre to the thyrde day of August the nexte yere after And in the same yere durynge the syege of Calays the kyng of ScotloÌ„de with a grete multytude of scottes came in to EngloÌ„de to Neuyles crosse aboute saynt Lucas daye the EuaÌ„gelyst hopynge and trustynge for to haue fouÌ„de all the londe voyde of people for as moche as the kyng of Englond was beyonde the see sauf oonly prestes men of holy chyrche women chyldren plowmen and suche other labourers there they come robbyd dyd moche preuy sorowe But yet founde they ynoughe that theym withstode bi the grace of almyghty god so a day of batayll was as sygned bytwene theym and certayne lordes meÌ„ of holy chyrche that were of the countree wyth other comune people fast by the cyte of Duresme at whyche daye through the grace helpe of god almyghty the Scottes were ouercomen and yet were there thre tymes so many of theÌ„ as of englysshemen· And there was slayne all the chyualry knyghthode of the reame of Scotlond And there was taken as they wolde haue fled thens Dauyd of kynge of Scotlonde hymselfe and the erle of mentyf Syr wyllyam Douglas and many other greate men of Scotlande ¶ And after that our Englysshemen whan they had rested theym a fewe dayes and had ordeyned theyr kepers of the North countre they came to London and broughte with them syre Dauyd the kynge of Scotlonde and all the other lordes that were taken prysoners vnto the toure of London with alle the haste that they myghte and left them there in sauf kepynge vnto the kynges comynge and wente home ayen in to theyr owne countre And after warde was the kynge raunson of Scotlond taxed to an hondred thousande marke of syluer to be payed within .x. yere that is to saye euery yere .x. thousande marke ¶ How kyÌ„ge Edwarde besyeged Calays how it was wonne yolden vnto hym IN the xxii· yere of kyng Edwardes regne wente ouer see in the wynter tyme laye al the wynter at the sege of Calays the whiche yere whyle the syege lasted endured Phylyp the kynge of fraunce caste purposed traytoursly with fraude to put awaye the syege came the ·xxvii daye of Iuyll in the same yere with a grete host stronge power and neyghed to the sege of Calays The whiche Phylyp the last daye of Iulii sente to the kynge Edwarde worde that he wolde gyue hym playne batayll the thyrde daye after the about EueÌ„songe tyme yf he durst come fro the sege and abyde And whaÌ„ kynge Edward herde that ony without longe taryenge or longe auysentente accept gladly the daye houre of batayll that Philyp had assygned And whan the kynge of Fraunce herde that the next nyght after he set hys tentys a fyre remeued went his waye thens cowardly Thenne they that were in the towne in the castell besyeged saw all this that they had none other helpe ne socour of the kynge of Fraunce ne of his men And also that theyr vytayls within them were spended and wastyd for faute of vytayls of refresshynge they eten horses houndes cattes myse for to kepe theyr trouth as long as they myght And whaÌ„ they sawe was fouÌ„de amonge them at the last that they had no thyng amoÌ„ge them for to ete ne lyue by ne no socour ne rescowe of the frensshemeÌ„ of that other syde they wist well that they muste nedes deye for defaute or els yelde the towne anone they went toke downe the
daye and ledde them with them into Spayne And of this myscheyf was no grete wonder for this erle was a full ylle lyuer as an open lechoure And also in a certayne parlemente he stode and was ayenst the ryghtes fraunchyse of holy chyrche And also he counseylled the kyng and counseyll that he shold axe mo of men of holy chyrche than other persones of the laye meÌ„ And for the kynge and other men of hys counseyll accepted and tooke rather ylle opynyons and causes ayenste men of holy chyrche than he dyd for to defende and mayntene the ryght of holy chyrche it was after seen many tymes for lacke of fortune grace they had not ne bare awaye so grete vyctory ne power ayenst theyr enmyes as they dyd before ¶ This same yere the kyng with a grete host entred the see to remeue the syege of Rochell but the wynde was euer contrarye vnto hym and suffred hym not loÌ„ge tyme to go fer fro the londe wherfore he abode a certayne tyme vpon the see costes abydynge after a good wynde for theÌ„ yet come in not So at the last he come thens with his meÌ„ to lond warde ayen anone as he was a londe that wynde began to torne was in an other cost than he was afore ¶ How the duke of Lancastre with a grete hoost wente into flaundres passyd by Parys thrugh Burgon thrugh all frauÌ„ce tyll he come vnto Burdeux SOone after in the .xlviii. yere of the regne of kynge Edwarde the duke of Lancastre with a grete power went into flaundres passed by Parys thrugh Burgon thrughe all fraunce tyll he came vnto Burdeux without ony maner wythstandynge of the frensshemen \ and he dyde them but lytell harme saufe he toke raunsoned many places townes many men lette theym go after frely The same yere the kyng sent certayne embassatours to the pope prayenge hym that he sholde leue of medle not in his court of the kepiÌ„ge and reseruacyoÌ„s of benefycê in Englonde And that tho that were choseÌ„ to bysshoppes sees dignetees frely wyth full myght Ioy haue be confermed to the same of theyr metropolytans Archebysshops as they were wonte to be of olde tyme Of these poyntes and of other touchynge the kyng his reame whan they had theyr answer of the pope the pope enioyned them that they sholde certefy hym ayen by theyr letter of the kynges wyll of hys reame or they determyned ought of the forsayd artycles In this same yere deyed Iohan the Archebysshop of yorke Iohan bysshop of Ely wyllyam byssop of worcestre In whoo 's stedes folowed were made bysshops by auctoryte of pope master Alexander Neuyll to the Archebysshop of yorke Thomas of AruÌ„dell to the bysshopryche of Ely and syr Henry wakfelde to the bysshopryche of worcestre In the whiche tyme it was ordened in the parlement that all Cathedrall chyrches shold Ioy haue theyr eleccoÌ„ns hole that the kyng fro that tyme afterwarde shold not wrytte ayenst theÌ„ that were chosen but rather helpe them by his letters to theyr confyrmacyon this statute dyd moche profyte ¶ And in this parlemeÌ„t was grauÌ„tyd to the kynge a dyme of the clergy a .xv. of lay fee. ¶ In the .xlix. of the regne of kyng Edward deyed Mayster wyllyam wytlesey Archebysshop of Caunterbury the moÌ„kes of the same chirche asked and desyred a cardynall of Englonde to be Archebysshop therfore the kyng was agreued ment purposed to haue exyled the moÌ„kes of the same and they spended moche good or they myght haue the kynges grace ayen his loue but yet wold the kynge not consent ne graunt to theyr eleccoÌ„n of the Cardynall ne of the pope also ne his Cardynalles ¶ And at the begynnyge of August it was treated spoken at Bruges of certayne poyntes and artycles hangynge bytwene the pope and the kynge of Englond this treates lasted almoost too yere And at the laste it was accorded bytwene theym that the pope fro that tyme forth sholde not vse ne dele wyth the reseruacyons of benefytes in Englonde and that the kynge sholde not graunt ne lette no benefyces by hys wrytte that is called Quare impedyt But as touchynge the eleccion abouesayd there was noo thynge touched ne done And that was wyted and put vpon certayne clerkes the whiche rather supposed and hoped to be auauÌ„ced promoted to bysshhpryches whiche they desyred and coueyted by the court of Rome rather than by ony other eleccyons ¶ This same yere about Candelmasse there mette togyder att Bruges many noble worthy men of bothe sydes and reames to trete of peas bitwene tho two kynges And this tretes lasted two yere with grete costes large expensens of bothe partyes And at the laste they went departed thens without ony accorde or effecte The next yere after the .l. yere of kynge Edward the .iiii. NonÌ„ of May beynge yet voyde vacaunt the Archebysshopryche of Caunterbury mayster Symonde sudbery bysshoppe of London was made Archebysshop mayster wyllyam courteney that was bysshop of Herforde was than made bysshop of London the bysshop of Bangor was made bysshop of Herforde ¶ And this same tyme in a certayne treates spekynge of peas trewes was taken bytwene them of FrauÌ„ce Englonde fro mydsomer to mydsomer come ayen an hole yere about the begynnyng of Aprell the duke of brytayne wyth many erles barons and worthy lordes men of Englond went ouer see in to Brytayn where he hathe had all his luste desyre purpose ne had the for sayd trewes be soo soone taken the whiche letted them ¶ This same tyme the yle of Constantyne where that the castell of saynt Saueour is in that longe tyme was foughten at besyeged of the Frensshmen than yelde to the Frensshmen with al the apportenauÌ„tes in to grete harme hyndrynge of the reame of Englonde And thys same yere there were so grete and so passynge hetes ther with all a gret pestylence in Englonde in other dyuerse partyes of â—he worlde that it destroyed slewe vyolently stroÌ„gly both men wymen without nombre Thys same yere deyed syr Edwarde the lorde spencer a worthy knyghte a bolde in the mynster of Teukesbury worshipfully is buryed And lastynge this pestilence the pope at the instaunce and prayer of an Englysshe Cardynale graunted to all people that deyed in Englonde that were sory repentauÌ„t for theyr synnes and also shryueÌ„ full remyssyon by two bulles vnder lede .vi. monethes than next to last ¶ In this same yere the erle of Penbroke was taken rauÌ„soned bi Bartram Clayken bytwene Parys Calays as he come towarde Englond vpon saynt Atheldredes day that whiche saynt as it was sayd the erle oftentymes had affeÌ„ded and within a lytyll whyle after he deyed ¶ And in Nouembre next after there mette at Bruges the duke of Lancastre and the duke
of boundes and markes bytwene them ca. xii ¶ Of bysshopryches theyr sees ca. xiii ¶ Of howe many manere people haue dwelled therin ca. xiiii ¶ Of the langages of maners and vsage of the people of that londe ca. xv ¶ Of the londe of wales ca. xvi ¶ Of the name and why it is named walles Capitulo .xvii. ¶ Of the commodytees of the londe of wales Capitulo .xviii. ¶ Of the maners and rytes of the walsshmeÌ„ Capitulo .xix. ¶ Of the meruaylles wonders of wales ca. xx ¶ Of the discrypcyon of Scotlonde somtyme named Albanya ca. xxi ¶ Of the dyscrypcyon of Irlonde ca. xxii ¶ Of the boundynge of Irlonde ca. xxiii ¶ Of the gretnes and quaÌ„tyte of that Londe Capitulo .xxiiii. ¶ Of the defautes of the londe ca. xxv ¶ Of theym that fyrste enhabyted Irlonde Capitulo .xxvi. ¶ Of the condycyons and maners of Iryssh men ca xxvii ¶ Of the meruaylles and wonders of Irlonde ca. xxviii ¶ Of the meruaylles of sayntes of Irlonde Capitula .xxix. ¶ Explicit tabula ¶ The names of this ylonde Ca. primo FIrste as Galfrydus saythe thys londe was called Albyne the oldeste doughter of Dyoclesyan and hadde .xxxii. systers And they were fyrste enhabyted this londe And bycause she was the oldest syster she named thys londe Albyon after hyr owne name as the Cronycle rether seth Other saye that this Londe was named Albyon as it were the whyte londe of whyte rockes about the clyues of the see that were sen fro ferre After warde Brute coÌ„quered this londe and called it Brytayn after his owne name And thenne Saxons or Englysshmen conquerde this londe and caled yt Anglia that is EngloÌ„de Or it is called Anglia of a quene that owed this londe that was named Angla and was a noble dukes doughter of the Saxons Or as ysad scyth Ethy .xv. anglia hathe that name as it were an angle and a corner of the worlde Or els as Beda saythe lii Saynt Gregory sawe Englysshe childreÌ„ to sell atte Rome and he accorded to the name of the londe And sayde they ben southely Angles for her face chyned as angels for the noblyte of the londe shone in the childrens faces ¶ Alfre The Bryteysshe Anglia is called the other worlde and for greate plente of all good the greate Charles called in hys owne Chambre ¶ Solinus The edge of Frensshee clyfe sholde be the ende of the worlde yf the ylonde of Brytayne ne were not whyche is worthy to haue the name of an other worlde ¶ Alfry thys ylonde ys called insula for yt ys in salo that is the see And is beten of wyth dyuerse cours of waters wyth stremes and wyth wawes of the see ¶ Of the settynge boundynge lenthe and brede of this londe THis Brytayne is accouÌ„ted a noble londe both in our storyes also in the storyes of Grekes and is sette ayenste Germania Gallia FrauÌ„ce Spayne bytwene the north and the west the see bytwene This londe is fyfty myle from the clyf of the men that be called morini gessiorico ¶ Bedali .i. And for this ylonde lyeth vnder the north hede of the worlde And it hath lyght and bryght nyghts in the somer tyme. So that of tentyme at mydnyght men haue quastyons doubte whether it be enyntyte or dawynge that is for the tyme of the yere that the sonne goeth not ferre vnder the erth by nyght but passeth by the north syde and cometh soone in to the eest agayne And therfore in the somer ben theyr dayes full longe of .xviii. houres the nyghtes of .vi. houres And after in the wynter ben longe nyghtes of .xviii. houres and shorte dayes of .vi. houres· Also in Armenia Macedonia Italya in other londes of the same lyne the lengest day lengest nyghte also is of .xv. houres and the shortest day or nyght is of â—x houres ¶ Plinius in meroe That ylonde is chyef of blacke men ther is the lengest day .xii. houres In Alexandre iÌ„ Egypt of xiii· oures in ytalya of xv· houres In brytayne of xviii· houres In the ylonde named Tyle all the .vi somer monethes is daye all the .vi. wynter monethes in nyght ¶ Isyd li. xiii Brytayn is sette wythin Occian as yt were without the worlde is sette ayenst Fraunce Spayne ¶ Giraldus Brytayne in endlonge and larger in the myddell than in the endes ¶ Orosius Brytayne stretcheth in lenth out of the south in to the north and in the south est it hathe Fraunce in the south Spayne the north Nowaye in the west Hybernia that Is yrlonde whan shyppemen passen the nexte clyf of that londe they se a cyte that heet Rupty mouth ¶ Beda li.i· That cyte is nowe called shortly of Englyshmen Reptacestre ¶ Solinus Brytayne is .viii. hondreth myle of lenthe it be moten fro the clyf of Totenesse to the angle of Colydon ¶ Alfre That is from penwith strete .xv. myle be yonde Mychels stowe in Cornwayle vnto catenesse that is beyonde ScotloÌ„de brytayn is more thaÌ„ ·ii C. myle brode froÌ„ Meneuia that is the vtermest place in wales vnto yarmoth in nothfolke ¶ Beda Only out take the lengest out sherynge of dyuerse for londes with the whiche Brytayne is all aboute .xlviii. sythe .lxx. thousande paas ¶ Of the worthynesse perogacions ca. iii. AS Fraunce passeth Brytayne so Brytayne passeth Irlonde in fayre weder and noblyte but not in helthe ¶ Beda .li. For this ylonde is beste to brynge for t threes and fruyte Rutherne bestes And wyne groweth therin in some place The londe hath plente of fowles of beestes of dyuerse maner of kynde The londe is pleÌ„teuous the see also The londe is noble copyous ryche of noble welles Ryuers with plente of fysthe There is greate pleÌ„te of small fysshe of samon of eeles ¶ wilhel de pon li.iii So that the peple in some place fede theyr swyne with fysshe ¶ Beda li. i there ben of tentymes taken Dolphyns See calues and Balayne greate fysshes as whales kynde ¶ And dyuerse maner shelfysshe amonge the whiche shelfysshe been muskles That within them haue Margery peerles of all maner of colour hewe of rody redde purpure of blewe specyally moost of whyte ther with fyne rede the rednes ther of is wonder fayre \ stable stayneth neuer with câ—ode ne with heet â–ª with wete ne with drye but euer the older the colour is the fayrer â— There ben also salte welles hote welles ther of rennynge stremes of hote bathes departed in to dyuerse places accordynge For man woman of alle manere age olde or yonge ¶ Basilius sayth That the water that renneth passeth by vaynes of certayne metal taketh in his course grete hete This ylonde is plenteuous of vaynes of metalles· Bras of yron of leede of tyn of syluer also ¶ Plinius li. vi ca. vi In this yloÌ„de vnder the curfe of the londe is founde
good merle the thryfty of the fatnes dryeth hym selfe therin So that euer the thycker the felde in merled the better corne it wyll bere There is also a nother maner white merle that the loÌ„de is the better fourscore yere that therwith is merled ¶ Solinê° In this ylonde groweth a stone that is called Gagates yf ye wyll knowe his fayrnesse it is blacke as geÌ„mes ben yf ye wyll knowe his kynde It brenneth water quencheth in oyle as to hys myght yf the stone befroted chaffed It holdeth what hym negheth as succuÌ„â— a stone that is soo named ¶ ysydorus li.xv There was shepe that beren gode wule There ben many hertes and wylde beestes and fewe wulues therfore shepe ben the surer wythoute kekynge lefte in the felde ¶ R. In this ylonde also ben many cytees and townes fayre and noble and ryche many greate Ryuers stremes wyth grete plente of fyshe many fayre wodes and grete wyth ryght many beestes tame and wylde ¶ The erth of that londe is copyous of metall oor And of salte welles of quareyes of Marbyll of dyuerse manere stones of reed of whyte of softe and of harde chalke of whyte lyme There is also whyte claye and rede for to make pottes crockes stenes other vessel and brent tyle to couer the houses and chyrches as it were in the other samya that is named samos also ¶ Flanddres loueth well the wull of this londe And hollande the skynnes and felles of all maner of beestes Guyan the yron and the leed Irlonde the oor and the salte Al Europe loueth and desyreth the whete metall of this londe Alfredus Brytayn hath ynough of mater that there nedeth to bye and sell or is nedelull to mannes vse there lacketh neyther salte ne yron Therfore a versefyour in his metre prayseth this londe in to this manere Englonde is a good londe fruytfull of wuâ— but it is a corner Englonde is full of playe free men wel worthy to playe fre men free tonges free hertes and free ben all theyr thynges theyr honde is more free and better than theyr tounge Also Englonde is beauteous of londe floure of londes all aboute that londe is full payede wyth fruyte and good of his owne that londe reueleth straunge men that hathe nede therto And whan honger greueth other loondes that londe fedeth theym That londe bereth fruyte corne grete plente ynough That londe is welle at ease as longe as men lyue in peas eeste west in eche londe ben knowen well the hauenes of Englonde Her shyppes foundes and ofte helpeth many londes Theyr mete and money men hather more comyn alway And for to lerne men gladly yeue gyftos In londe and stronge wyde speke men of Englonde Londe hony mylke these this ylonde therof shall bere the pryce ¶ Thys ylonde hath no nede of other londes all londos muste seke helpe at this alone Of the lykynge of theyr woun myght wonder kyng SalomoÌ„ The ryches that there is an wolde desyre octauyan ¶ Of the meruayles wondred ca. iiii IN Brytayne ben hote welles wel arayed and adressed to the vse of manhode maysters of thylke welles is the grete spyrite minerua In her hous the fyre endureth alwaye that neuer chaungeth into asshen but there the fyre slaketh it chaungeth into stone clothes· Alfre In Brytayn ben many wondres Neuertheles four ben moste wonderfull the fyrste is att Peton there bloweth so stronge wynde out of the chynes of the erthe that it casteth vp agayn â—lothes that meÌ„ caste therin The secoÌ„de is att Stonhenge besydes Salesbury there ben grete stones wonder huge and ben teten on hyghe as it were yates sette vpon other yates Neuertheles it is not konwen clerely ne apperceyued how and wherfore they beÌ„ so arered and so wonderfull honged The thyrde is at Cherdboke there is a grete holownes vnder the erthe often many meÌ„ haue seen· Ryuers and stremes But no where can they fynde none ende The fourth is that rayn is seen reysed vppon hylles and none yspronge aboute in the feldes Also there is a grete pounde that conteyned .lx. ylondes couenable for men to dwelle in that ponde is beclypped aboute with syx score Roches vpon euery roche an egles neste and thâ—e score Ryuers rennen into that ponde And none of them all renne into the see but one Ther is a ponde closed aboute with walle of tyle and of stone ¶ In that ponde men wasshe and bathe ryght ofte and euery man feleth the water hoote or colde ryght as he wyll hym selfe There beÌ„ salte welles ferre frome the see and been salte al the weke longe vnto saterdaye atte none vnto monday The water of these welles whan it is soden torneth into smale salte fayre and whyte ¶ Aso there is a ponde the water ther of hath wonder werkynge For though all an hooste stode by the ponde and tourned theyr face thyder warde the water wolde drawe hym vyoleÌ„tly towarde the ponde and wete alle they re clothes Soo sholde hors bee drawen in the same wyse And yf the facebe torned a waye fro the water the water noyeth not There is a welle that noo streme renneth fro ne neyther therto and yet four maner of fysshe be taken ther in the welle is but xx foote longe and xx foote brode ¶ And bereth noo grete depte but to the knee And closeth with hyghe bankes on euery syde In the countree about wynchestre is a denne or a caue out of the caue bloweth al waye a stroÌ„ge wynde so that no man may endure to stonde to fore yt. denne or caue There also is a ponde that torneth tree in to yron yf it be ther in a yere And soo trees ben shapen in to whestones Also there is in the toppe of an hylle buryels euery man that cometh meteth that buryell he shall fynde it euen of his owne lenth mesure· And yf a pylgryme knele therto anonr he shall be all fresshe fele noo gryef of werynes ¶ Git in· top Fast be the mynstre of wynburney that is not ferre fro bathe is a woode that bereth moche fruyte yf the trees of that wood fall in to water or grounde that is nyghe lye there all a yere the trees tornen iÌ„ to stones ¶ Giritenere Vnder the Cyte of Chestre renneth the Ryuet Deeâ— now departeth Englonde wales That Ryuer chaunged euery moneth hys lordes as men of the countre tellen leueth often the chanell but whether the water drawe more to warde Englond or to warde wales to what syde that it be that yere men of that syde haue the worst ende ouer sette And men of the other syde shall haue better ende be at theyr aboue whan the water so chaungeth hys course yt bodeth suche happes This Ryuer Dee renneth cometh out of a lake that heet Pymblemere in this Ryuer is grete plente of samon neuertheles in the lake is neuer samon founden ¶ wyl helde re le ii Take hede how
Thenne the worlde shall be so vnstable and so dyuerse and varyable that the vnstablenes of thoughtes shall be bytokeneth by many manere dyuersytees of clothynge ¶ Here foloweth the dyscrecyon of the londe of wales ca. xvi NOwe this boke taketh on honde Wales after Englonde So take I my tales And wende into wales To that noble blood Of Pryamus blood Knowleche for to wynne Of greate Iupyters kynne For to haue in mynde ✚ Dardanus kynde In these foure tytles I fonde To tell the state of that londe â— Cause of the man I shall telle And thenne prayse the londe and well †Thenne I shall wryte with my pen. All the maners of the men Thenne I shall fonde â— To telle meruaylles of the londe ¶ Of the name and wherfore is named wales ca. xvii WAles nowe is called wallia And somtyme it heet Cambria For Camber Brutes sone Was prynce there dyde wone Thenne wallia was to mene For Gwalaes the quene Kynge Ebrancus chylde Was wedded theder mylde And of that lorde Gwalon With draweth of the sonnâ— And put to l.i a. â— And thou shalte fynde wallia ✚ And though this londe Be moche lesse than Englonde As good glebe is one as other In the doughter in the moder ¶ Of the coÌ„modytes of the londe of wales Capitulo xviii THough that londe be luyâ— It is full of corne and of fruyte And hath grete plente ywys Of flesshe and eke of fysshe Of beestes tame and wylde Of hors sheepâ— oxen mylde Good londe for all sedes For corne gras and herbes that spredes There ben woodes and medes Herbes and floures there spredes There ben Ryuers and welles Valeyes and also hylles Valeyes brynge forth flood And hylles metals good Cooll groweth vnder londe And gras aboue at honde There lyme is copyous And slates for hous Hony and mylke whyte There is deynte and not lyte Of braket meete and ale ✚ Is grete plente in that vale And all that endeth to the lyue That londe bryngeth forth ryue But of grete ryches to be drawe And close many in shorte sawe It is a corner small As though god fyrste of all Made that londe so fele To be selere of all hele Wales is deled by A water that heet Twy North wales from the south Twy deleth in places full couch The south heet Demicia And the other Venedocia The fyrste shoteth and arowes deres That other deleth all with spere In wales how it be Were somtyme courtes thre At Carmerthyn was that one And that other was in Mone The thyrde was in Powysy In Pegwern that nowe is Shrowesbury There were bysshops seuen And nowe ben foure euen Vnder Saxons all at home Somtyme vnder prynces of that londe ¶ Of the maners and rytes of the walsshmen ca. xix THe maner lyuynge of that londe Is well dyuerse frome Englonde In mete and drynke and clothynge And many other doynge They be clothed wonder well In a shyrte and in a mantell A cryspe brethe well saynâ— Dothe in wynde and in rayne In this clothynge they by bolde Though the weder be ryght colde without shetes alway Euermore in this araye They go fyght plye and lepe Stande sytte lye and slepe without surtoâ— gowne cote and kyrtyll without â—open tabarde clok or bell without lace and chaplet that her lappes without hode hatte or cappes Thus arayd gone the segges And alwaye with base legges They kepe none other goynge ⸫ Though they mete with the kynge with arowes and shorte speres They fyght with them that them deres They fyght better yf they neden Whan they go than whan they â—yden In stede of castell and coure They take woode and mareys for socour whan thâ—y seen it is to do In fyghtynge they wolde be a go Gyldas sayth they ben varyable In peas and not stable yf men aâ—e why it be It is no wonder for to se Though men put out of londe To put out other wolde fonde But all for nought at thys stonde For all many woodes ben at gronde And put the see amonge â—en castels buylded stronge The men may dure longe vnete And loue well conume mete They can ete and ben mury without greate cury They ete brede colde and hote Of â—arly and of ote Brode cakes rounde and thynne As well semeth so grete kynne Selde they ete brede of whete And selde they done one ete They haue gruell to pâ—tage And lekes kynde to com panage Also butter mylke and chese y shapeend londe and corner wyse Suche messes they ete snell And that maketh hem drynke well Meâ—e â—d ale that hath myght Theron they spende daye and nyght Euer the redder is the wyne They holde it the more fyne Whan they drynke atte ale They tyll many lewde tale For whan drynke is in handlynge They ben full of Ianglynge Atte meete and after eke Her solace is salte and leke The husbonde in his wyse Telleth that a grete pryce To gyue a gaudron with growele To hem that sytten on his mele He deleth his meete at meele And gyueth euery man his dele And all the ouer pluse He kepeth to his owne vse Therfore they haue woo And myshappes also They eten hote samon alwayâ— All though physyk say nay Her houses ben lowe with all And made of yerdes small Not as in cytees nyghe But fâ—rre a sonder and not to hyghâ— Whan all his eten at home Then to theyr neyghbours wyll they ronne And ete what they maye fynde and se And then torne home ayen The lyf is ydele that they ledes In brennynge slepynge and suche dedes Wallshmen vse with her myght To wesshe theyr ghestes fete a nyght yf he wesshe her fete all and somme Then they knowe that they be welcome They lyue so esely in a route That felde they bere purs aboute At her breche out and home They honge theyr money and combe It is wonder they beso hende And hate crak at nether ende And without ony core Make theyr wardrope at the dore They haue in grete mangery Harpe tabour and pype for mynstralsy They bere corps with sorywes grete And blowe londe hoenes of gheet· They prayse faste Troyau blood For ther of come all her brode ⸫ Nygh kyn they wyll be Though they passe a hondred degree Aboue other men they wyll hym dyght And worshyp preste with her myght As angels of heuen ryght They worshyp seruauntes of god almyght Ofte gyled was this brode And yerned batayll all for woode For Merlyns prophecye And ofte for sortelegye Beste in maners of Brytons For company of Saxons Ben torned to better ryght That is knowen as clere as lyght They tyllen gardyns felde and downes And drawe hym to good townes They ryde armed as woll god And go yhosed and yshoode And sytten fayre at her mele And slepe in beddes fayre and in fele So they seme nowe in mynde More Englysshmen than walsshe kynde yf men axe why they now do so More than they wonte to do They lyuen in more
peas Bycause of theyr ryches For theyr catell sholde slake â— yf they vsed ofte warke Drede of losse of her good Make them now styll of mode All in one it is brought Haue no thynge and drede nought The poete sayth a sawe of preef The foot man syngeth to fore the theef And is bolder on the waye Than the hors man ryche and gaye ¶ Of the meruayls and wondres of wales THere is a pole at Brechnok Therin of fysshe is many a floke Ofte he chaungeth his hewe on cop And bereth aboue a gardyn crop Ofte tyme howe it be Shape of hous there shalt thouse Whan the pole is frore it is wonder Of the noyse that is ther vnder yf the prynce of the londe hote Byrdes synge well mery not As merely as they can And syngyn for none other man Besydes Caerleon Twoo myle fro the towne Is a roche well bryght of leem Ryght ayenst the sonne beem Goldclyf that roche hyght For it shyneth as god full bryght Suche a flour in stoon is nought Without fruyt yf it were sought yf men coude by craft vndo The vaynes of thetth and come therto Many benyfece of kynde Ben nowe hyd fro mannes mynde And ben vnknowe yet For defaute of mannes wytte Grete tresour is hyd in grounde And after this it shall be founde By grete studye and besynes Of them that comen after vs That olde men had by grete nede We haue by besy dede ¶ Treuisa In bokes ye may rede That kynde fayleth not at nede Whan no man had crafte in mynde Then of craft halpe god and kynde Whan no techer was in londe Men of crafte by goddes honde They that had craft so thenne ✚ Taught forth craft to other men Some craft that yet come not in place Some man shall haue by gods grace ¶ R. An ylonde is with noyse and stryfe In west wales at Kerdyf Faste by Sauerne stronde Barry hyght that ylonde In that hyther syde in a chene Shalt thou here wonder dene And dyuerse noys also yf thou put thyn ere to Noys of leues and of wynde Noys of metals thou shalt fynde Frotynge of yron westones thou shalt herâ— Hetynge of ouens then with fyre All this maye well be By wawes of the see That breketh in thare With suche noys and fare At Pendrok in a stede Feudes do oft quede And throweth foule thynge innâ— And despyseth also synne Neyther craft ne bedes may Do thens that sorowe away Whan it greueth soo To the men it bodeth woo At crucynar in west wales Is a wonder buryals Euery man that cometh it to se Semeth it euen as moche as he Hoole wepen there a nyght Shall be broken er daye lyght At nemyn in north wales A lytell ylonde there is That is called barâ—ysay Monkes dwell there alway Men lyue se longe in that hurst That the oldest deyeth fryste Men saye that Merlyn there buryed is That hyght also syluestris There were Merlyns tweyne And prophecyed beyne One heet Ambrose an Merlyn And was y goten by gobelyn In demicia at carmerthyn Vnder kynge Vortygryn He tolde his prophecye Euen in sonwdonye Atte heed of the water of coneway In the syde of mout eryry Dynas embreys in walsshe ⸫ Ambrose hyll in Englysshe Kynge Vortygere sate on The watersyde and was full of wone Then Ambrose Merlyn prophecyed Tofore hym ryght tho ¶ Tresa what wytte wolde wene That a fende myght gete a childe Some men wolde mene That he may no suche werke welde That fende that goth a nyght wymmen full ofte to gyle Incubus is named by ryght ⸫ And gyleth men other whyle Succubus is that wyght God graunt vs none suche vyle who that cometh in hyr gyle wonder hap shall he smyle with onder dede ⸫ Bothe men and wymmen sede Fendes woll kepe with crafte and brynge an hepe So fendes wylde May make wymmen bere childe yet neuer in mynde was chylde of fendes kynde For withoute eye Ther myght no suche childe deye Clergy maketh mynde Dethe sleeth no fendes kynde But deth slewe Merlyn Merlyn was ergo no gobelyn And other Merlyn of Albyn londe That nowe is named Scotlonde And he had names two Syluestris and Calidonius also Of that woode Calidonie For there he tolde his prophecie And heet Siluestris as well For whan he was in batell And sawe aboue a grysly kynde And fyll anone out of his mynde And made no more abood But ran anone vnto the wood ¶ Treuysa Siluester is woode Other wylde of mode Other elles That atte wood he dwelles ¶ R. Siluestris Merlyn Tolde prophecye well and fyn And prophecyed well sure Vnder kynge Arthur Openly and not so close As Merlyn Ambrose There ben hylles in snowdonye That ben wonderly hye with hygh as grete a waye As a man may go a daye ⸫ And heet eryry in walsshe Snowy hylles in Englysshe In the se hylles there is Leese Inough for all bestes of wales These hylles on top beres Two grete fysshe weares Conteyned in that one ponde Meueth with the wynde an ylonde As though it dyde swymme And neyheth to the brymme So that herdes haue grete wonder And wene that the worlde meueth vnder In that other is perche and fysshe Euery one eyed is So fareth all well In Albania the mylwell In Rutlonde by Tetyn well There is a lytyll well That floweth not al walye ⸫ As the see twyes a daye But somtyme it is drye And somtyme full by the eye There is in North wallia In Mon that heet Anglesia A stoâ—e accordynge well nyghe As it were a mannes thyghe ⸫ Howe ferre euer that stone Ben born of ony mon. On nyght it goth home his waye That he founde by assaye Hughe therto of Shrowesbury Hn tyme of the fyrste Harry For he wolde the sothe fynde That stone to an other he gan bynde wyth grete cheynes of yron And threwe all Iferen ybounde at one hepe In to a water depe ⸫ yet amorowe that stone was seen erly in Mon. Achorle helde hymselfe full slyghe And bounde this stone to his thyghe His thysthe was roten ordaye And the stone wente a waye yf men done lechery Nyghe that stone by Swote cometh of that stone But chylde cometh there none There is a roche ryght wonderly The roche of herynge by contrey Though ther crye ony man born And blowe also with an horne Noyse there though thou abyde Thou shalt here none in this syde Ther is an other ylonde Fast by mon at honde Hermytes there ben ryue ⸫ yf ony of them done stryue All the myse that may be gete Come and ete all theyr mete Thenne cesseth neuer that woo Tyl the wryfe cesse also As men in this londe ✚ Ben angry as in Irlonde So sayntes of this contreye Ben also wretchefull alwaye Also in this londe In Irlonde and in Scotlond Ben beiles and staues That in worshyp men haues And ben worshyped so then Of clerkes and of lewde men That dredes also To sweten on ony of tho
to prayse that lond wyth large praysynge for to come to cittâ— fulle knowlege of that londe these tytles that folowe opeÌ„ the waye Therfore I shall tel of the place stede of the londe how grete what manâ—â—â— londe it is wherof that londe hathe pleÌ„te wherof it hathe defaute also of whate meÌ„ haue dwelled therin fyrst Of maners of meÌ„ of that lond Of the woÌ„ders of that loÌ„de of worthynes of halowes sayntes of that londe ¶ Of the boundynge of Irlonde Capitulo xxiii IRlonde is the laste of all the weste yloÌ„dos and hyghe Hybernia of one Hyberus of Spayne that was Hermonius broder for these two brethern gate and wanne that londe by conquest Or it is called Hybernia of that Ryuer Hyderus that is the weste ende of Spayn and that londe hyghte Scotlonde also for Scottes dwelled there somtyme er they came into that other Scotlonde that longed to Brytayne therfore it is wryten in the Martyloge Suche a daye in Scotlond saynt Bryde was borne and that was in Irlonde Thys londe hathe in the southeest syde Spayne thre dayes sayllynge thens asyde halfe and hathe in the eest syde the more Brytayn thens a dayes sayllynge in the west syde the endles Occean and in the North syde yselonde thre dayes sayllynge thens ¶ Solynus but the see that is bytwene and Irlonde is all the yere full of grete wawes and vnesy that men may selde â—ayle sekerly bytwene that see is a C. myle brode ¶ Of the greenes and qualyte of that londe ca. xxiii IRlonde is an ylonde grettest after Brytayne and stretched north warde from Brendas hylles vnto the londe Columbyna and conteyneth .viii. dayes Iourney euery iourney .xi. myle and from Deuelyn to Patryks hylles and to the see in that syde in brode .iiii. deâ— thanne in the endes all other wyse thanne Brytayne is as Irlonde is shorter north warde than Brytayne so is it lenger south warde the londe is not playne but full of mountayns of hylles of woodes of maryes and of moores the londe is soft rayny wynde and lowe by the see syde and within hylly and sondye ¶ Solinus There is greate plente of noble pasture and of leese therfore the beestes muste be ofte dryuen out of theyr pasture leste they eete ouer moche for they sholde shend hym self yf theye myghte ete atte theyr wyll ¶ Gir. Men of that londe haue communely theyr helth And straungers haue ofte a perylous flue by cause of the moysture of the mete The flesshe of kyen is there holsome and swynes flesshe vnholsome· Men of that londe haue noo feuer but oonly the feuer ague and that ryghte selde ¶ Therfore the holsomnes of that londe and the clennes oute of venyme is wroth alle the boste and rychesse of trees herbes of spycery of ryche clothes and of precyous stone of the Eest londes The cause of the helthe and holsomnes of that londe is attemperate heete and colde that is therin In quibus rebus sufficit In thys londe ben moo kyen thanne oxen more pasture thanne corne more gras thanne seed there is plente of Samon of lamprays of eeles and of see fysshe Of Egles of carnes of pecockes of curlewes of sparouhaukes of goshoukes and of gentyll fawcons Of wulues and ryght shrewed myse there ben attercoppes bloode soukeâ—s eeftes that doone none harme there ben fayres lytell of body and full hardy and stronge there ben barnacles foules lyke to wylde ghees whyche growen wonderly vppon trees as it were nature wroughte agaynste kynde Men of relygyon ette the barnacles vppon fastyngdayes by cause they ben not engendred with flesshe wherin as men thinketh they erre for reason is ayenst that For yf a man hadde eten of Adams legge he hadde eten flesshe and yet Adam was not engendred of fader nor moder but that flesshe come wonderly of the tree In this londe is plente of hony and of mylke of vyne and of veynerdes ¶ Solinus and ysyder wryten that Irlonde hath noo bees Netheles it were better wryten that Irlonde hadde bees and no vyneyerdes ¶ Beda saythe that there is greate huntynge to roobuckes and it is knowen that ther ben none It is noo wonder of Beda for he sawe neuer that londe but some man tolde hym suche tales Also there groweth that stone Saxagonus And is called Iris also as it were the rayn bowe yf that stone be holde agaynste the sonâ—â— anone it shall shape a raynbowe there is also a stone that is called Gagates whyte margery perles ¶ Of the defautes of the londe· Capitulo xxv WHere cornes ben there full smalle vnne the yclenced wyth mannes honde reserued men all bestes ben smaller there thanne in other londes Ther lackth well nyghe alle manere fysshe fresshe water that is not gendred in the see there lacken vnkynde faucons grefacons per tryche fesauate nyghtyngales and pyes There lacken also Roo and bucke and Ilesypyles wontes and other venemous beestes Therfore some men feynen and that fauourably that Saynt Patryk clensed that londe of wormes and of venemous beestes but it is more probable and more skylfull that thys londe was frome the begynnynge alwaye withoute suceh wormes for venemous beestes and wermes deyen there anone yf men brynge theym thether out of other londes And also venym and poyson broughte thether out of other londes lesen theyr malyce as sone as it passeth the myddell of the see Also poudre and erthe of that londe caste and sowen in other londes dryuen away wormes so ferfor that yf a turfe of that londe be put aboutt a worme it sleeth hym or maketh hym thryll that erthe for tescape a waye In that londe cockes crowe bute lytyll to fore daye so that the fyrste crowynge of cockes in that londe and the thyrde in other londes ben lyke ferre totore the daye ¶ Of them that fyrste enhabyted Irlonde ca. xxvi GIradus saythe that Casera Noes nece dradde the floode and fledde wyth thre men and fyfty wymmen in to that ylonde and dwelled ther in fyrst the laste yere tofore Noes floode But after warde Bartholanus Seres sone that came of Iaphet Noes sone came the ther wyth his thre sones by happe or crafte CCC yere after Noers floode and dwelled there and encreaced to the nombre of .ix. M. men and after warde for stenche of kareyns of gyauntes that they hadde kylde they deyeden also saue one Ruanus that lyued a M.v. C. yere vnto saynt Patryks tyme and enformed the holy man of the forsayd maÌ„ and of all the doynges and dedes Thenne the thyrde tyme come thyder Nymeth out of Scicia with hys .iiii sones and dwelled there CC.xvi. yere and at laste of his of sprynge by dyuerse myshappes of warres and of morenyge they were clene destroyed and the londe lefte voyde CC. yere after they fourth tyme fyue dukes that were brethern Gandiê° Genandus Sagandus Ruthe regus Slauius of the sayd Nymethes successours come oute of Grece occupyed that londe deled
he sayd to Lotrin Now certes sayde he ye rewarde me full euyll for the paynes that I haue suffred had many tymes for Brute youre fader And therfor syth it is so I wyll aueÌ„ge me now vpoÌ„ you And he drewe his fawcon on hygh wolde haue slayne this Lotrin the kynge But the damoysell wente bytwene tho 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 broughte her with childe gate vpon her a doughter the whiche was called Abram And it be fell so that anone after Corin deyed and after whan he was deed Lotrin forsoke Guentolin that was his wyfe and made Estrelde quene And there Guentolin that was his wyf went from thens all in greate yre and wrathe vnto Cornwayle there seased all the londe in to her owne honde for as moche as she was her faders heyre she vndetoke feautes and homages of all the men of the londe And after warde assembled a greate hoste and a grete power of men for to be auenged vppon Lotrin that was her lorde and to hym came yeue hym a stronge batayll and there was Lotrin her husbonde slayne and his men dyscomfyted in the v. yere of his regne Guentolin let take Estrylde and Abram her doughter and bounde theÌ„ boâ—he honde and foot and caste them bothe in to a water and so they were drowned wherfore that water was euermore after called Abram after the name of the daÌ„moyseyll that was Estryldes doughter· And Englysshe men calle that water Seuerne And walsshtmen calle it Abram vnto this daye to And whan this was done Guentolin lete crowne her quene of all the londe and gouerned the londe ful welle and wysely vnto the tyme that Madan her sone that Lotrin hadde goten vppon her was of .xx. yere of aege that he might be kynge and soo the quene regnd .xv. yere And thenne lete she crowne her sone kynge and he regned and gouerned the londe well and worthely And she wente in to Cornewaylle and there she dwelled all her lyues tyme. ¶ How Madan regned in peas all his lyf MAdan sone to Lotrin regned on the Brytons .xl. yere the whiche began to regne the .xv. yere of Saull And this Madan lyued in peas all his daye and gote two sones Mempris and Maulyn ThenÌ„e he deyed and lyeth at newe Troy ¶ Anno mundi .iiii. M.C.xxii Et ante xpÌ„i natiuitateÌ„ M.lxxxiiii â–ª ¶ Here begynneth the fourth aege durynge to the transfyguracyon DAuyd the second kynge in Israel regned this tyme a maÌ„ chosen after the desyre of god And he was anoynted in his yoÌ„ge aege by Samuell and after the dethe of Saul regned .xl. yere This Dauyd was a meruayle in all mankynde In whom euer was founde so moche power and soo moche humylyte soo moche noblynes so moche mekenes so greate a charge of seculary thynges and so pure deuoute a contemplacyon of spyrytual thyngê so many men to kylle so many teres to wepe for his trespaas Plura vide .i. reguÌ„ ¶ Abiathar this tyme was bysshop he fledde from Saull vnto Dauyd and 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 hys brother Maulyn stroue fast for the londe And Memprin began to regne the .xxxv. yere of Dauyd And for by cause that he was the eldest sone he wolde haue had all the londe and Maulyn wolde not suffre hym so that they toke a daye of loue and accorde· And att this daye Mempris lete kylle his brother thorugh treason and hym self after warde helde the londe And anone lete crowne hym kynge and regned And after be came soo lyther a man that he destroyed within a whyle alle the men of his londe And at the laste he be came soo wycked and soo lecheâ—nus that he forsoke hys owne wyfe and vsed the synne of Sodomy wherfore almyghty god was gretely dysplesed and sore wrothe with hym And vpon hym toke vengaunce for by cause of his weckednesse For on a daye as he wente forthe on huntynge in a forest there he loste alle his men that were wyth hym and wyste not what he sholde doo and soo he wente vp and downe hym self allone and cryed after his men but they were gone And there camen wulues anone and alle to drewe hym in peces whanne he hadde regned xxiiii· yere whan hys people herde that he was soo deed they made Ioye and myrthe ynough and anone made Ebrac his sone kynge and he regned with moche honoure ¶ Anno muÌ„di .iiii. M.C.lxv Et ante xpÌ„i natiuitateÌ„ M.xxxiiii SAlomon the kynge of peas of the gyfte of our lorde had a synguler excegynge aboue alle men that euer was in this worlde but alonly god in wysdome and in ryches in deyntees and in glory famylyaryte with god And all though Moyses and Dauyd Peter Poul· Ierom and Austyn other mo exceded hym in holynesse but yet they exceded him not in glory and ryches· And this man so excedynge all men wretchedly felle Of this Salomon is redde in a pystle of saint Ierom that he gote a childe on the doughter of Pharao at .xi. yere of his aege Vide plura reguÌ„ ¶ Sadoch thys tyme was bysshop and for he declyned not to the parte of Adonie Dauyd sone but was with Nathan for Salomon and Abyathar on the other parte was deposed ¶ Anno mundi .iiii. M.ii. C.v. Et ante xpÌ„i natiuitateÌ„ .ix. C. lxxxxiiii ROboas succeded Salomon hys fader in his kyngdome but not in wysdome He was dysceyued thorughe the counseylle of yonge men And loste .x. trybus in soo moche as he answered not wasely the people as it is open iii. regum ¶ Achimias was bysshoppe and was the sone of Sadoch Vt patet primo parali ¶ Reges Israel incipiunt IHeroboas regned kynge in Israell xx.ii yere and he was fyrst of the hous of Salomon and a good mad But whanne he was made kynge he was a mycheuous man in ydolatry and made Israell to synne in ydolatry and many greeate Inconuyences were done almooste to the destruccyon of Israell For he was the fygure of Machomete Plura vide .iii. regum ¶ Abdias the sone of Roboas regned in the Iury thre yere And other whyle a good man and holpen by god and other whyle wretchedly dysposed in ydolatrye and therfore our lorde suffred hym to regne lytyll tyme Vt pêª .iii. regum et .ii. parali ¶ Anno mundi ·iiii M.ii. C.xxv Et ante xpÌ„i natiuitatem .ix. C.lxxiiii ASa the sone of Abdias regned .xvi. yere In the begynnynge of his regne he was a ryghtwys man and walked as Dauyd dyde And he ouercame the Ethyopes and destroyed ydolles but after that he
dayes myscheuous playes were ordeyned that pestylence sholde cesse atte Rome Of the playes saynt Austyn treateth dylygently in repreuynge the falshede of the goddes the whyche desyred to be pleased with suche wretched playes Soo shamefully these playes were vsed with naked men and wymmen that honest men wymmen wolde not â—e at those playes ne yet beholde them Vide plura in Aug. de ciuitate dei ¶ Darius Notus regned at the Persees .xix. yere ¶ Plato the deuyne phylosopher and Arystotle his discyple were this tyme noble and famous clarkes ¶ Titê° Quintê° was dictator atte Rome and he was a couetous man whome Austyn de ciuitateÌ„ dei bryngeth in ayenste coueytous and proude Crysten men ¶ Gaius was a Senatour vnder whom was a grete bataylle agaynst the kynge of Turcorum And .viii. thousand men of theym were taken ¶ Marcus Valerius was also a noble Senatoure of Rome the whiche wyth .lx. thousande Romayns foughte wyth the Frensshmen had the better and slewe many of them ¶ Arthaxereses kyng of Persees called ayen to his Empyre Egypte And he put Nacranabo the kynge in Ethyopia many Iewes in to transmygracyon Also he sende Vagosum a prynce ouer Flom Iordan to aske ayen to the trybute that was forgete to Eldra that was the .vii. yere rente propter subbam terre ¶ Aâ—samus succeded hym and regned a yere ¶ Darius the sone of Arsamus regned with the Persees xxiiii yere This Darius was a myghty man and a bolde the whyche asked of the Grekes a trybute that was the cause of the destruccyon of the monarche of PersaruÌ„ For it was translyted to the Grekes after the prophecye of Danyll For it is sayd that Dariê° brought .xv. hondred thousande fyghtynge men whoÌ„ all Alexander slewe ¶ Iodas the sone of Elysaphat was hygh bysshop in Ierusalem in tyme of Mardachin Iohannes his sone succeded hym ¶ Arystotiles the moost subtell and famous phylosopher lerned this tyme. Senocrate the mooste chaste phylosopher was thys tyme with dyuerse other moo ¶ by cause the kynges of brytayne nexte after lyued in peas moost parte lytell of them is wryten therfore they shall be sette togyder tyll it be comen to Cassibolon kynge of brytayne the whyche was brother to Lud. ANd whan Cormbratus was deed regned Guentholen that was his sone a man of good condycyons and well beloued and he gouerned the londe welle and wysely And he regned .xxv. yere and after he deyde lyeth at newe Troy ¶ How kynge Seysell regned and well gouerned the londe after Guentholen ANd after Guentholen regned hys sone Seysell welle and worthely gouerned the londe as his fader hadde done before And he regned .xv. yere and deyed and lyeth at newe Troy ¶ How Kymor regned after Sysell his fader and he begate Howan that regned after his fader in peas ANd after Seysell regned his sone Kymor well nobly .xix. yere iÌ„ peas theÌ„ne after hym regned Howan his sone .x. yere and thenne he deyed lyeth at Ikaldowne· ¶ How kynge Mor with dyed thorugh myschaundâ—e thorugh a beest AFter thys Howan regned Morwith and he became so wycked so sterne tyll at the last a grete vengeaunce came vpon hym For whan as he wente vpon a tyme by the see side hemette with a grete beest that was black and horryble hydeous he weÌ„de that it had be a whale of the see bent an arblast wolde haue slayne that beest with his quarell but he myghte not smyte hym whan he had shot al hê quarlles that beest anoÌ„e came to him in a grete hast hym deuoured a lyue so he deyed for hys wyckednesse thorugh vengeauÌ„ce of god after that he had regned .ix. yere ¶ Of Grandobodiam that was Morwith sone that made Cambrydge AFter that thys Mor with was dede the brytons crowned BrandobodiaÌ„ his sone this Grandobodiam longe tyme regned in goodnes made temples and townes this Grandobodiam made the twone of Cambrydge the towne of GrauÌ„tham was well beloued of ryche poore for he honoured the ryche and helped the poore This Grandobodiam had .iiii. sones Artogaill Hesyder Higamus Petitur· And whan he had regned .xi. yere he deyed and lyeth at newe Troy ¶ Of Artogaill that was GrandobodiaÌ„s sone howe he was made kynge and sythe put downe for his wyckednesse AFter Grandobodiam regned his sone Artogaill .v. yere he became so wycked so sterne that the brytons wolde not suffre hym to be kynge but put hym downe made Hesyder his brother kynge he be came so good merci able that meÌ„ hym called kyng of pyte And whan he had regned .v. yere he had so grete pyte of hê brother Artogaill that was kiÌ„ge before· And anone he forsoke his dignyte toke his brother the crowne ayen made him kynge ayenst all the brytons wyll ¶ And after Artogaill became soo good of condicoÌ„ns that he was well beloued of the londe for he came so debonayr and free and dyde ryght reason to all maner of men And he regned .vi. yere and deyed and lyeth at Grauntham ¶ How Hesyder was made kynge after the deth of his brother AFter the deth of Artogail the brytons crowned an other tyme Hesyder but his two brethern Hygamus Petitur had of hym grete spyte scorne ordeyned them for helpe to warre vpon the kyng ther brother soo they tooke hym put hym in pryson the seconde yere of his regne And they departed all the londe betwixt them both but Higamus lyued but .vii. yere and tho had Petitur all the londe and he made the towne of Pickerynge ¶ How the brytons came and tooke Hesyder oute of prysone and made hym kynge the thyrde tyme. ANd whan thys Petitur was deed the brytons toke Hesyder anone and made hym kynge the thyrde tyme And tho regned he in peas .xiiii. yere And after he deyed and lyeth at Karleyll ¶ How .xxxiii. kynges regned in peas eche after other after Hesyder AFter the deth of Hesyder regned .xxxiii kynges eche after other in peas with out ony longe taryeÌ„ge I shal tell theÌ„ all how loÌ„ge eche regned as the story telleth the first kynge of tho .xxxiii. was called gerbodia he regned .xii. yere after hym regned morgan yere And after him regned Cighnus .vi. yere And after hym regned IowalaÌ„ .viii. yere And after him regned on Rohugo .xi. yere And after regned Voghen .xiii. yere And after hym regned Catyll .xv. yere And after hym regned Porrex .ii. yere after hym regned Cherin .xvii. yere after hym regned Coyl .xii. yere after him regned Sulgenis .xiiii. yere after hym regned Esdad .xx. yere after hym regned Andragie .xvii. yere after hym regned vrian v. yere and after hym regned Eliud .ii. yere And after he regned Eldadan .xv. yere And after hym regned Claten .xii yere after hym regned OuirguÌ„de .viii. yere after hym regned Mortan .vi. yere and after hym regned
decesse of his moder succeded in the kyngdom in the whyche he had lytell prosperyte for percyalte of the peple For anone he was ouer comen after warde he was restored thrugh the helpe of the Arabees And thenne he was made trybutary to the Romayns And soo 〈◊〉 was in peas a lytell tyme. But not in the name of kynge At the last he dyd wretchedly for he was begyled thrugh the fraude Parthorum the whiche Antigonê° hyred ayenst hym vide plene magistruÌ„ historie ¶ The heresye of the Pharysees aboute this tyme began And amonge them were thre sectes in the Iury. Pharacey Saducey Essey All these were deuyded froÌ„ the comyn vse of the Iewes were enfeâ—â—e with mani errours for thei sayd that thei were holyer than other men For they lyued streytlyer than other men dyde Vide plus alias ¶ Virgyll the moost excellent of Potes was magnefyed this tyme meruaylous thynges he dyd And amonge other whan that Neopolis was vexed wyth deedly payne of myghty wormes Virgyll caste a worme of golde in to a pounde or a water and it laye a certayne season there And whan it was take vp in to the towne all the cyte was made full of wormes And tyll the worme of golde was put in to the water ayen they hadde In fyte wormes And whan it was in the water all the wormes wente a waye ¶ Also it is wreten in the cronycles of Rome that Virgyll by connynge condesceÌ„ded or thycked the ayre soo that he walled his gardyne with the ayre And he made a brydge of the ayre by the whiche he myght passe euery tyme that he lyst Also he asked MorcelluÌ„ NeopolitanuÌ„ neuewe vnto the Emperour yf he wolde haue a byrde taught to kylle all byrdes or a flye taught to dryue all flyes out of the cyte And this MarcelluÌ„ tolde this to the Emperour And he desyred to teche a flye to kylle all flyes For the comyn people were sore anoyed with â—â—yes And many other maruales he dyde vide magistruÌ„ RodulfuÌ„ CesteruÌ„ ¶ Oracius Flaccus and Salustius Crispus historicus were at this tyme. Quintus Cipio Gaiê° Lucis this tyme were Consules at Rome ¶ Pompeius Marcus Crassus Iulius Cezar this tyme were Dictatours at Rome For as it is sayd afore there were many dygnytees at Rome of the whiche some dured one yere some two yere And amonge all the dygnytees the Dictatours exceded for it dured fyue yere But whan the comyn peple and the lord shypes of Rome encreasynge were made thre Dictatours And thys tyme was pompeius Iulius Marcus Crassus Dictatours And by cause Pompeius was of grete honour and aeged he bode at Rome to kepe the comyn people of Rome ¶ Marcus Crassus was sende to subdue and fyght with the regyon of Perthus And thrugh treason he was taken and slayne ¶ Iulius Cezar was sende to the weste parte of the worlde to subdue them And he hathe wyth hym seuen legyons of people And whan that he hadde subdued Lomberdye and Fraunce his fyue yere were spended the whiche were assygned to hym and no lenger There by his owne auctoryte he toke other fyue yere vpon hym in the whiche he subdued Cassybolon kynge of Brytayne and the FrenshmeÌ„ that rebelled agaynst hym ¶ This same Iulius after he had conquered the countrees vnto Rome he roode agayne for to be receued with certayn worshyp as conquerours were before hym but it was denyed hym and also the entree of the Cytee by the Instygacyon of a lorde called Pompei wherfore thys Iulius Cezar was annoyed and wyth force of myghte entred the Cyte and robbed the comyn treasoure and ladde it wyth hym and departed it amonge the seuen legyons that were his seruauntes Thenne wente he in to Spayne to fyght agaynste this Pompei For Pompei hadde the gouernaunce of Cartago But after that Iourneye in ytale Pompei and he encountred togyder ¶ In the whyche bataylle Pompei fledde vnto the kynge of Egypte and that same kynge for specyall loue that he hadde vnto this Iulius Cezar smote or Pompeus heed and sente it to Iulius Cezar yet for all the enuyte that was betwixt them two Iulius wepte whan that he sawe thys Pompeius heed· Thys Iulius was excedynge in wytte afore other men and he faught in bataylle .lii. tymes This man alone exceded Marcus Crassus the whyche is sayde to haue foughten .xxxix. tymes Thys man tooke fyrste the Empyre of Rome vpon hym whan Pompei and other noble men of the Romayns were slayne ¶ And atte the laste the fyfthe yere of hys Empyre Thys Iulius Cezar the ruler of all thys worlde was slayne in the couÌ„sell hous thrughe treason of hys lordes ¶ Cathon the moost named phylosopher Seeynge Iulius Cezar haue the victorye whom he fauoured not at a towne called Vticam dyde slee hym selfe iuxta illud Mauult cota mari quam deroget vrbis honorari But for that after Austyn he was not excused of senne ¶ This tyme the Iury was trybutarye to the Romayns for percyalyte of two brethern Aristobolus and Ercanus bothe of them for enuye of other caste them to the Romayns that they myghte regne ¶ This tyme thre sonnes appered in heuen to warde the eest parte of the worlde the whiche by lytell and lytelle were broghte in to one body A grete sygne it was that Affrica Asia and Europa sholde be broughte iÌ„ to one monarche and that the lordshyp of Anthony the Senatoure and Lucius Anthonii sholde tourne in to one lordshyp ¶ Marcus Cicerio Tullius the moost noble Rethorycen was Counsell of Rume this tyme. ¶ How that the Brytons graunted vnto Cassybolon whyche thenne to fore that was Luddes brother the londe In whoo 's tyme Iulius Cezar came twyes for to conquere the londe of Brytayne AFter the deth of kynge Lud regned his brother Cassybolon became a good man moche beloued of his brytoÌ„s so that for hys goodes corteysy they graunted hym the reame for euer more to hym to his heyres the kynge of hys goodnes lete nourysshe worthely bothe the sonnes that were Lud his brother And after made the eldest sone erle of Cornewayle and the yngest sone he made erle of London And whyle this kynge Cassybolon regned came Iulius Cezar that was Emperour of Rome in to the londe wyth a power of Romayns wolde haue had this londe thrughe strength but Cassybolon ouer came hym in batayll thrugh helpe of the Brytons droue hym out of this londe And he wente ayen to Rome assembled a grete power an other tyme came agayne in to this londe for to gyue batayll to Cassybolon but he was dyscomfyted thrugh strength of the Brytons thrugh helpe of the Erle of Cornewayle the Erle of London his brother thrugh helpe of Gudian kyng of Scotlonde Corbonde the kynge of Northwalys of Brytayl kyng of Southwalys And in this bataylle was slayne Nennon that was Cassybolons brother wherfore he made moche sorowe And
soo went Iulius Cezar out of this londe with a fewe of Romayns that were lefte a lyue And thenne Cassybolon weÌ„te ayen to London and made a feest to all folke that tho hym had helped And whaÌ„ that this feest was done Thenne euery man yede in to his owne countree ¶ Of the debate that was betwixt Cassybolon and the Erle of London and of the truage that was payed to Rome ANd after it befelle thus vpon a daye that the gentylmen of the kinges housholde the gentylmen of the Erles housholde of London after meete weÌ„te togyd for to playe And thorugh debate that arose amonge them Enelin that was the Erles cosyn of London slewe IreÌ„glas that was the kyngê cosyn wherfore swore that Enelyn shold be hanged But the Erle of London that was Enelins lorde wolde not suffre hym wherfore the kyng was gretely wroth and vexed towarde the Erle thought hym destroye And preuely the Erle sente letters to Iulius Cezar that he sholde come in to this londe for to helpe hym and hym auenge vpon the kynge and he wolde helpe hym with all his myghte And whan themperour herde thys tydynges he was full glade and ordeyned a stronge power and came ayen the thyrde tyme in to thys londe and the Erle of London helped hym with .viii. thousande men and at the thyrde tyme was Cassibolon ouercome and dyscomfyted and made peas to the Emperour for thre thousande pouÌ„de of syluer yeldiÌ„ge by yere for trauge for thys londe for euermore ¶ And thenne half a yere after passed the Emperour Iulius Cezar wente ayen vnto Rome and the Erle of London wich hym For he durste not abyde in this londe And after Cassybolon regned .vii. yere in peas and tho he deyed the .xvii. yere of his regne and lyeth at yorke ¶ How that the lordes of the londe after the deth of Cassybolon and for by cause he had none heyer made Adragen kynge AFter the deth of Cassybolon for as moche as he hadde none heyre of his 〈◊〉 body begoteÌ„ the lordes of londe by the comyns assente crowned Andragen erle of Cornewayle made hym kyng And he regned well and worthely he was a good man will gouerned the londe And whan he had regned vâ—ii yere thenne he deyed lyeth at London ¶ Circa annuÌ„ mundi .v. M.C.lix Et ante xpÌ„i natiuitatem iâ— IOseph of the lyne of Cryste was abouâ— this tyme borne and after was husbonde vnto our lady ¶ Anthigonê° was bysshoppe thys tyme in the Iury. This Anthigonus was sone vnto Aristoboly and on euery syde he was false For he obeyed not to the Romaynes and a grete plage he brought vnto the loÌ„de for to destroye Hircanus his vncle that he myghte regne kynge and soo Hircanus was expulsed and Flaccus was slayne and Herode was exiled But whan Herode came vnto Rome and tolde the Senatours all these thyngys the Emperour cerated hym kyng sendynge with hym an hoste the whiche tooke Ierusalem And Anthigonum the bysshop taken ledde to Anthony the Senatoure the whiche made hym seker and soo was Herode confermed in to his kyngdom And he a strauÌ„ger regned on the Iewes so the kyngdom of the Iewes cessed as Iacob had sayd ¶ Titus Liuius historicus and Quidius were thys tyme. ¶ IncipiuÌ„t imperatores augusti et dictus est augustus quia augebat populum OCtauian was Emperour of Rome .lvii. yere .vi. mouthes ond â— dayes Thys Octauyan neuewe to Iuly whaÌ„ he was a yonge man toke the Empyre vpon hym His flourysshynge youthe he spended in warre Fyue thousande bataylles he dyde And shortly after many bataylles he brought all the worlde in to one Monarche that man had no felowe And in his dayes peas was in alle the worlde thrught the prouysyon of the very god That the temporall peas myght glorifye the natyuyte of our sauyour Cryste Ihesu This Octauyan was the fayrest man that myghte be and hygh in wytte the moost fortunate in all thynges And he lacked not the vyce of hys flesshely luste This man made alle the worlde to be mesured And in the .lii. yere of his regne was our lorde Ihesu Cryste borne the Sauyoure of this worlde the whiche graunteth eternall peas to his louers ¶ Hic nota secundum Ieronimum that Anna and Emeria were systers ¶ And of Emeria was borne Elyzabeth moder to Iohan the Baptyste And she was fyrste wedded to Ioachim of whome she toke Mary moder of Cryste The seconde husbonde was Cleophe and he gate oon her Maria Cleophe the whiche was wedded to Alphe of whom proceded Iames the lesse Symon Cananeus Iudas Tadeus and Ioseph the whiche is called Barsabas The thyrde tyme Anna was wedded to Salome of whome she toke Mary Salome the whiche was wedded to zebede and of them came Iames the more and Iohan the euangelyst ¶ The fyrste Mary wedded Ioseph brother to Cleophe afore sayde This tyme Sibilla Tiburrina prophecyed of Cryste and sayde to themperoure August that he sholde not trowe that he was not god after the folysshenes of the paynyms And there she shewed hym a fayre virgyne in heuen holdinde a child in her armes and sayde to hym this childe is greter than thou and therfore doo hym worshyp ¶ The monarche of Rome about this tyme myghtly encresed And whan it was soo that by all the world in dyuers prouynces bataylles were reysed sodeÌ„ly all men merualynge they were sessed and put them holy to the prynce of Rome that opeÌ„ly it myghte be shewed that suche an vnyuersall peas came neuer by laboure of bataylle but of the powere of the very god that in his natyuyte peas sholde regne in all the worlde ¶ Herode Ascolonira was kynge in the Iury .xxxv. yere This Herode ydumeê° was the fyrst strauÌ„ge kynge that regned on the Iewes The mayster in historiis sayth he was a noble maÌ„ and faythfull in the begynnynge and in alle thynge he had hym nobly He wys very geÌ„tyll vnto the Romayns and to the people that loued peas· And in his olde aege whan he wolde moche please the Romans herde of the byrthe of Cryste dredynge to be expulsed of his kyngdome as a straunger wretchedly he felle and slewe the Innocentes and dyuer of his owne children And at the last was hatefull to all people and felle syke deyed wretchedly ¶ Mary the moder of Cryst was borne afore the Natyuyte of cryste .xv. yere or there aboute ¶ Of Kymbulyn that was Andragens sone regned after his fader AFter the deth of AndrageÌ„ regned Kymbalyn his sone a good man well gouerned the londe in moche prosperyte and peas all his lyf tyme. And in his tyme Ihesu Criste was borne of that swete virgyne Mary This kynge Kymbalyn had two sones Gynder and Armager good knyghtê and worthy And whan thys Kymbalyn had regned .xxii. yere he deyed and lyeth at London ¶ Cristus natus est ex virgine maria anno mundi .v. M. C.lxxxxiii IN the begynnyge of
receyue bapâ—ym in the name of god torne to the ryght fayth byleue Eulentre seÌ„te two Legates that were called Pagan an other Elybam in to this londe baptysed the kyng all his meyne And after wente from towne to towne baptysed the people tyll all the londe was baptysed And this was in the yere an hondred .lvi. after the Incarncyon of our lorde Ihesu cryste And this kyng Lucie made tho in thys londe two Archibysshops one at Caunterbury an other at yorke other many bisshops that yet beÌ„ in this londe And whan these two Legatê had baptysed all this londe they ordeyned prestes for to baptyse chyldern and for to make the sacramente and after they wente ayen to Rome And the kynge dwelled in his londe and regned wyth moche honoure .xii. yere and after deyed and lyeth at Gloucestre ¶ How this londe was longe without a kynge and how Brytons chose a kynge THis kyng Lucie had none heyre of his body begoteÌ„ that was after warde grete harme sorowe to the londe For after thys kynge Lucies deth none of the grete lordes of the londe wolde suffre an other to be kynge but lyued in warre debate amoÌ„ges them self .l. yere without kyng But it befell after warde that a grete prince came from Rome iÌ„ to thê londe that was called Seuerie not for warre but for to saue the ryght of Rome But neuer theles he had not dwelled halfe a yere in thys londe but that the Brytons slewe hym And whan they of Rome wyst that Seueri was so slayne they sente an other grete lord in to this londe that was called Allec that was a stronge man a myghty of body dwelled in thys londe longe tyme dyde moche sorowe to the Brytons So that after for pure malyce they chose a kynge amonge theym that was called Astelepades And assembled a grâ—aee hoste of Brytons wente to London to seke Allec there they fouÌ„de hym slewe hym all his felowes And one that was called walon deffended hym fyersly fought longe with the Brytons but at the last he was dyscomfyted and the Brytons tooke hym and bonde hys hondes feet and cast hym in to a water wherfore that water was called euer more walbroke Tho regned Astelepades in peas tyll one of his Erles that was called Coill made a fayr towne ayenste the kynges wyll lete calle the towne Colchestre after hys owne name wherfor the kyng was full wroth thought to destroy him And began to warre vpon hym and brought grete power of men and yaf the Erle batayll And the Erle defended hym fyersly wyth hys power slewe the kynge hymself in that batayll And tho was Coill crowned made kyng of this londe This Coill regned and gouerened the londe well nobly for he was a noble man and well be loued amonged the Brytons ¶ whan tho of Rome herde that Astelepades was slayne they were wonder gladde sente an other grete prynce of the Romayns that was called CoÌ„stance And he came to the kyng Coill for to chaleÌ„ge the trybute that was woÌ„te to be payed to Rome And the kynge answered well wisely sayde that he wolde paie to Rome all that ryght and reason wolde with good wyll And so they accorded tho with good wyll and without ony coÌ„take And so both they dwelled togyd in loue ¶ Kynge Coill yaaf to hym his doughter Eleyne for to haue her to his spowse that was bothe fayre wyse good well lettred this CoÌ„stance spowsed her there with moche honoure And it befell soone after that thys kynge Coill deyed in the .xiii. yere of hys regne and lyeth at Colchestre entyred ¶ Of kyng Constance that was a Romayne that was chosen kyng after the deeh of Coill for as moche that he hadde spwsed Eleyne that was kynge Coils doughter AFter this kynge Coill Constance was made kynge and crowned for asmoche as he had spowsed kynge Coils doughter that was heyre of that londe The whiche CoÌ„stance regned well and worthely gouerned the londe And he begate on his wyf Eleyne a sonne that was called ConstaÌ„tyne And this kynge bare true fayth And truly dyde vnto them of Rome all his lyf And whan he had regned .xv. yere he deyed and lyeth at yorke ¶ How CoÌ„staÌ„tine that was kiÌ„ge ConstaÌ„ce sone the sone of Saynt Eleyne gouerned ruled the londe was Emperour of Rome AFter kynge Constance dethe regned Constantyne hys sone and the sone of saynt Eleyne that fouÌ„de the holy crosse in the hooly londe And how Constantyne be came Emperour of Rome ¶ It befell soo in the tyme there was an Emperour at Rome that was a Sarrasy a tyraunt that was called Maxence that put to dethe all that byleued iÌ„ god destroyed hooly chirche by all his power sleweall Crysten miÌ„ that he myght fynde And amoÌ„ge all other he lete martyr Saynt Katheryne And many other crysten people that had drede of deth fledde came in to this londe to kynge Constantyne And tolde hym of the sorowe that Maxence dyde to the Crystyanytee wherfore Constantyne had pyte made grete sorowe assembled a grete hoste a gret power and wente ouer vnto Rome and there tooke the cyte and slewe all that there was iÌ„ that were of mysbyleue that he myghte there â—ynde And tho was he made Emperour and was a good man gouerned hym so wel that all â—ondes to hym were attendaunt for to be vnder his gouernaunce· ¶ And this deuyll tyâ—aun Maxence that tyme was in the londe of Greâ—e herde these tydyngs sodeynly became wood and sodeynly he deyed and so he ended hys lyf ¶ whan Constantyne went from thys londe vnto Rome he tooke wyth hym hys moder Eleyne for the moche wysedome that she coude and thâ—e other grete lordes that he moche loued the one was called Hoell an another was called Taberne and the thyrde Morhyn And toke alhys londe to kepe vnto the Erle of Corne wayle that was called Octauyan And soo anone as thys Octauyan wyste that hys lorde dwelled at Rome IncoÌ„tynent he seased all the londe in to hys honde therwyth dyde all hys wyll amonge hyghe lowe they hellde hym for kynge ¶ whan these tydynges came to Constantyne the Emperoure he was wonder worthee towarde the Erle Octauyan And sent Taberne wyth ·xii M. men for to destroye the erle for hys falsenesse And they arrayued at Por tesmouth ¶ And whan Octauyan wyst that he assembled a grete power of Brytons and dyscomfyted Taberne Taberne fledde thens in to Scotlonde and ordeyned there a grete power and came ayne in to thys londe another tyme to yeue batayll to Octauian ¶ whan Octauian herde that he assembled a grate power came to warde Taberne as moche as he myght soo that those two hostes mette togyders vppon Stanesmore and strongely smote togyder tho was Octauian dyscoÌ„fyted
men whan he wente to conquere lytell Brytayne And in the same tyme the ye here now telle was saynt Albon martryd thrugh the woâ—d tyrâ—â—â— Dyoclesyan in the same place where is nowâ— an abbaye made of saynt Albon whyles that he was a paynym But he conuerted hym to god thrugh the predicacyon of clerke a wyse man that was called Anâ—â—ble that was â—â—rbourghed a nyght in hys hous And this was after thyn carnacyon of Ihesu Cryste ·ii hondred .xxvi. yere And men shalle vnderstonde that saynt Albon suffred his martyrdom before that saynt Edmonde was martryd therfore is saynt Albon called the fyrste martyr of Englond ¶ This Gowans brother and hys folke that were sarrasyns weÌ„t thrugh the loÌ„de destroyed al thynge that they fouÌ„de no thynge they spared· whan these tydynges came to rome how the kynge Gowan had begon for to destroye this londe the Emperour of come sent a stroÌ„ge maÌ„ of greate power that was called Gracian with ·xxiiii M. well fyghtynge men for to caste out those sarrasyns of thys londe And all they arryued at Portsmouth Maximian myght not come hymself for as moche as he was chosen Emperour after the deth of Constantyne that was Saynt Eleyns sone whan this Gracian was arryued with his hoste he lete sapye preuely where kyng Gowan myght be founde And he sette vpon them sodenly as they laye in theyr beddes and discoÌ„fyted hym and slewe them in ther beddes euerychone that none of them scaped sauff Gowan that fledde in to his owne countree with moche sorowe and grete payne ¶ Soone after it befelle that Maximian was slayne atte Rome thrughe treason And whan Gracian wyste that tydynge he lete crowne hym kynge of this londe ¶ How Gracian made hym kynge whan Maximian was slayne after warde the Brytons slewe hym for his wyckednesse THis Gracian whan he began to regne he became so wycked soo sterne so moche sorowe dyde to the Brytons that they slewe hym amonge them ¶ Tho whan kynge Gowan vnderstode that Gracian was slayne done to dethe he assembled a grete power came ayen in to this londe And yf he had fyrste done harme tho dyde he moche more For tho destroyed he all this londe the crysten peple that were in moche Brytayne so that no man was so hardy for to name god he that so dyde anone he was put to strange deth ¶ But the bysshop of London that was that was called Gosselim scaped went thens to them of Rome to seke socour to helpe to dystroy the sarrasyns that hadde destryed this londe And the Romayns sayd that they had ben so often enoyed for ther sendinge people in to Brytayne all for to helpe the BrytoÌ„s they wolde nomore soo do and soo the Bysshop Gosselin wente thens wythout ony socoure or helpe And tho wente he to the kynge of lytell Brytane that was called Aldroye this was the thyrde kynge after Gowan Meryedok as before is sayde ¶ The bysshop prayed this Aldroye of helpe socoure the kynge had pyte in his herte whan he herde how the bysshop fledde how that the crysten men were soo slayne in grete Brytayne thrugh the paynyms sarrasyns he grauÌ„ted hym coÌ„stantyne his broder him for to helpe wyth power of folke And then dyde arraye hors armour shyppes al thynges that neded to that vyage And whaÌ„ al thinge was redy he called the bysshop to hym sayde I take you here CoÌ„stantyne my broder vpon this couenauÌ„â— That yf god gyue hym grace the paynems that sarrasins to destroye that ye then make hym kynge And the bysshop grauÌ„ted wyth good wyll ¶ Constantyne the bysshop toke leue of the king Aldroye betoke him to god toke men .xii. thousande went to ther shyppes saylled to warde grete Brytayne arryued at Totnesse ¶ whan the Brytons herde these tydyngê that to theÌ„ came socoure they were strongely holpen ordeyned theÌ„ an huge noÌ„bre of people came to them receyued them with moche honoure ¶ Gowan anone as he wyst of these tydynges he asseÌ„bled all the Sarrasyns cam ayenst them yaue theÌ„ batayle Anâ— CoÌ„stantyne slewe hym with his owne hoÌ„des And all those other Sarrasyns were dyscomfyted slaine that noÌ„e of them escaped but those that were coÌ„uerted vnto almyghty god ¶ How Constantyne that was the kynges brother of lytell Brytayne was crowned kyng of grete Brytayne for hys grete vertue and hys grete worthynesse ANone after the batayll they weÌ„te to LoÌ„don crowned there CoÌ„stantyne made hym kyng of this loÌ„de And the bysshop Gosselyn sette the crowne on his heed anoynted hym as it befalleth for a kynge to be And tho began crystendome ayen in this londe And anone this kyng Constantyne as he was crowned Anone after he spowsyd hys wyf thrugh couÌ„seyll of the BrytoÌ„s And he begate thre sones on her The fyrst was called CoÌ„stance that other Aurilambros the thyrde Vter This CoÌ„stance the elder brother â–ª whan he cam to aege he made hym a monke atte wynchestre This Constantyne theyr fader thrugh treason was slayne ¶ For it befel on a time that a Pehite came to hym vpon a day in message as yt were And said that he wold speke with the king preuely in couÌ„seyll The kyng lete voyde his chambre of the men that were there with in ther abode no moo but that kyng the Pehite he made a couÌ„tenauÌ„ce as though he wold haue spoken with the kynge in his eere And there he slewe him with a loÌ„ge knyf And after that he wente meruaylously out of the chaÌ„bre in to a nother chaÌ„bre so at the last no man wyst where he was become ¶ whan the kynges meÌ„ wyst that theyr lorde was so deed they made then so moche sorowe that they wyst not what to do For as moche as his two sones Aurilambros Vter were so yonge that they myght not be kynge and the thyrde was a moÌ„ke as is sayd before But Vortiger that was Erle of westsex thoughte preuely in hys herte thrugt queyntaunce for to be kyng hymselfe And went to wynchestre where that Constance was monke and sayde vnto hym Constance sayde he your fader is deed your two brethern that ben wyth Gosselyn the bysshop of London to nourysshe be so yonge the none of theÌ„ may be kyng wherfore I counsell you that ye forsake your habyte come wyth me And I shall make suche a meane vnto the Brytons that ye shall be made kynge ¶ Of Constance that was kynge ConstaÌ„tynes sone that was a monke at wynchestre and how he was made kynge after his faders deth thorugh counseyll of Vortyger that was Erle of westsex for as moche a Aurylmabros and Vter hys two brethern were but yonge of aege And Vortyger lete slee hym for to be kynge hymselfe THys Vortyger couÌ„selled thys Constance so moche tyll he forsoke hys
abbot weÌ„te with him And anone after he was crowned kynge by thassent of the Brytons Thys kynge Constance whan he was crowned and made kyng he wyst ne knewe but lytell of the worlde ne cude nothynge what knyghthode axed· And he made vortiger his chyef mayster and couÌ„seyller gaf hym all his power for to-ordeyne do as moche as to the reame aperteyned So that hymself no thynge entermedled but only bare the name of kynge whan Vortiger sawe that he had all the londe in his warde gouernall he thought a preuy treason to slee Constance the kynge that he myght hym self be crowned made kynge regne And lete sende after an hoÌ„dred kynghtes of Pehites the worthyest of all the londe them helde with hym for to dwelle \ as to be kepers of hys body as he wolde goo thorugh the londe to ordeyne thinges that apperteyned to a kyng And this Vortiger honoured so moche the hondred kynghtes soo moche yaue them of golde syluer and so ryche Iewelles robes horses and other thynges plente wherfore they helde hym more lorde than they dyde the kynge And Vortyger tolde them yf he myght be kynge ye as it were thrugh treason he wolde make them rychest of the londe Soo at the laste thrugh grete gyftes that he had gyuen largely they cryed thrugh the courte that Vortyger were beter worthy to be kynge than Constance wherfore Vortiger made semblaunt as he had ben wrothe And he departed thens from the courte sayde he must goo elles were for thynges that he hadde to do And soo the traytour sayde for by cause that they sholde slee hym that ys to saye Constance ¶ whan thys Vortyger was gone yt befell soone after that tho hondred kynghtes of Pehyces brake the doores of the kynges chambre and there they hym slewe smote of hys heed aÌ„d bare it to Vortiger there that he dwelled And soo whan vortiger sawe that heed he wepte full tenderly with his eyen and neuer theles he was som deale glad in hys berte of his deth· ¶ And anone this vortiger toke those hondred kenghtes of Pehytes and badde hys seruauntes bynde theyr hondes behynde them and ladde them to London and ther they were dampned vnto dethe as fals traytours And anone after all the Brytons of the londe by the comyn assente crowned vortiger and made hym kynge of the londe ¶ Anno dmÌ„ C.lxxiiii SOther a martyr was pope after Anycetum .ix. yere the whyche decreed that a Nonne sholde not touche the pale of the awter nor put in sence therto And that she shold were a wymple about her heed And many perylles he sawe aboute matrymony Therfore he ordeyned that noo woman sholde be callen a lefull wyf but yf she were blessyd of the preest ¶ Elentherus a martyr was pope after Sother .xv. yere the whyche ordeyned that crysten men sholde refuse no meete resonable that was mannes mete Nota ¶ Also that noo man vnaccused in cryme sholde be put from his dygnytee or degree tyll he were conuycted thorugh ensample of cryst the whyche kepte styll Iudas Scaryoth not accused and Crist knewe hym gylty And what someuer he dyde amonge the apostles for the dygnyte of his seruyce abode ferme stable· And he sente also Legates vnto Lucie the kyng of Brytayne the whiche baptysed hym his peple And Fagus and Domianus legate the whyche the pope sente fyrst preched in Englonde and this crystendome dured in Brytayne two hoÌ„dred yere vnto the tyme of Dyoclesyan the Emperour whan saynt Albon was martred ¶ Marcus Anthonius Luciê° Comodê° were Emperours but Marcus deyed anone Lucius Comodus regned Comodus was called prouffytable of scorne for he was to euery man vnprouffytable He was yeuen vtterly to lechery Many Senatours Crysten men he made to be slayne He dampned his owne wyf to deth for aege He deyed a sodeyne deth with struglynge amonge maydens ¶ Helius Pertinax after this man was Emperour .vi. monethes and was a man of grete discrecyon whome Iulian the grete lawer slewe And he entred the Empyre was slayne the .vii. moneth of Seuerus ¶ Victora martyr was pope after ElentheriuÌ„ .x. yere for the discorde of the paschall tyme he called a couÌ„sell iÌ„ Alexand where he was presente that tyme many other where he decreed that Eesters daye shold be kepte on the Sonday but he must kepte the chauÌ„ge of the moone of Apryll that was to dyfferre fro Iewes for many bysshops of the eest abode that tyme the same daye that the yewes dyd halowe that feest ¶ Also he ordeyned that in the tyme of nede childern mystht be cristened in euery place in euery water ¶ zepherinê° a martyr a Romayne was pope after victor .ix. yere This man ordeyned that Crysten peple of .xii. yere of aege aboue sholde receyue his god on Eeester daye ones oo yere also he ordeyned that all the vessels of the awter sholde be glasse or tynne and not tree as in olde tyme the consecracyon of the glorious blood was made in tree vessell· And this tyme past the worshyp of the chirche grewe glasen vessell were forbode Vt patet de conse de pri ca. ¶ Origenes the noble clerke was thys tyme he wrote so moche that saynt Ierome sayde I haue redde of Origenes werkes .iiii. thousaÌ„de volimes without pystles He translated the Byble from Hebrwe in to Greke dyde many other grete thinges And of this Origenes Sampson Salomon and Traian is a grete question amonge doctours yf that they ben dampned or saued Therfore those thynges that with out perell we ben not bouÌ„de to knowe nor the chirche is not certifyed of them And therfore lete them alonly commytted vnto god ¶ Calistus a martyr a Romayne was pope after zepherinê° â—o yere and he ordeyned the Cimiteri in via apia where many a thousande martyr is buryed ¶ Also he ordeyned the feest of the Eemerynge dayes to be kept ¶ Anthoniê° Aurelius was Emperour .iii. yere And thys man lacked no kynde of lechery at the laste he was slayne amonge a greate multytude of peple for hys myscheuous lyuynge Anthonius Marcê° regned after hym .vii. yere This man lyued abstynatly therfore he was slayne as was his predecessour ¶ Alisander was Emperour after Anthoniê° regned .xiii. yere This man at the InstauÌ„ce of his moder a crysten woman the techyng of Origenes the whyche came to Rome to conuerte her was made so good vnto crysten men that he suffred them to haue ther couÌ„seylles theyr prayers by themself but neuertheles in this tyme the cursed offycers of hym made many martyrs ¶ Anno dmÌ„ CC.xliiii VRbanus was pope after Calistê° .viii. yere and olde and yonge he was very vertuous And all the halowed vesselles of the chyrche he made of golde or syluer This man lefte his popehede and went to Agryppa and .xi. thousande virgyns wyth hym And the clergy sayd he lefte not
Alexandrum episcopum qui negauerunt in chrysto veram carnem fuisse et etiam negabant carnis nostre resurrectionem ¶ And after he hadde made many notable sermons and epystles he decessed ¶ Marcianus and valentianus were Emperours thys tyme .vii. yere In whose tyme was the grete Synody afore reherced whan Eusticem and Dyoscorus were condempned IN the tyme that Macianus was Emperour vortyger was kynge in Brytayne now called Englond In whose tyme ye. Saxons came in to Brytoyne made many kynges That is to wyte as is playne by the Cronyeles .vii And by cause it is tedyous to mannes reason to reherce many dyuers names to gyder as .vii. kynges of Englonde and in one tyme the Emperours and Popes Therfore the Cronycles of Englonde shall be sette togyder tylle that we shall treate of Alured In whose tyme the Danes came in to Englonde And the Popes and ye. Emperours and other kynges deed the same tyme shall be seâ—â—â— togyder ¶ Circa annuÌ„ dmÌ„ CCCC xlix ¶ How the wardeyns that had those chyldern to kepe that were Constanstynes ladde theym to lytell Brytayne for the treason and the falsenesse of vortiger Hyre begynneth the fyfth parte durynge to the comynge of the Danes THys tyme came ye. Saxons that were pagans fyrste in to Brytane now called Englonde vnder vortiger the whyche was crowned kinge of this londe This tyme those that had these two childern in kepinge the whyche were CoÌ„stantynes sons That is to saye Aurilambros and vter thrugh ordynance of Gosselin that was bysshop of London after the faders deth that is to saye Constantyne durst not dwelle in this londe with those childern but conueyed them vnto the kynge of lytell Brytayne For as moche as he tho wist the treason of vortiger that tho was made kynge Thorugh who me Constance the elder brother was slayne wherfore the hondred knyghtê of Pehites were put to dethe and bore all the blame as that vortiger hadde not wyst ther of ne consented And so the kepers of those two chyldern dradde lest vortiger sholde put them to deth thrugh his treason and falsenesse As he had done the brother before And therfore they were ladde ouer in to lytell Brytayn and the kyng them receyued with moche honour and lete them to nourysshe And there they dwelled tyll they became fayre knyghtê stronge and fyers And thourght to be auenged vpon Constaunce theyr brother whan they sawe theyr tyme and so they dyde as ye shalle here telle after warde ¶ It was not longe after warde that the tydynges came ouersee to the kynred of the hondred knyghtê of Pehites that were dampned put to deth thrugh Vortiger in thys londe therfore they were wonderly wrothe and swore that they wolde be auenged of theyr kynnes mens deth And came in to this londe with a greate power and robbed in many places slewe dyde all the sorowe that they myght whan Vortiger it wyst he made moche sorowe and was sore anoyed And in an other place also tydynges came to hym that Aurilambros and Vter his brother assembled a grete hoste to came in to moche Brytayne that is to saye in to thys londe for to be auenged vpon Constance theyr brothers deth Soo in that one half and in that other he was brougho in to so moche sorowe that he ne wyst whether to go ¶ How Engist and an .xi. thousande meÌ„ came in to this londe to whom vortiger yaue a place that is callde Thongcastell ANd soone after this sorowe tydinges came to vortyger that a grete nauy of strauÌ„gers were arryued in the couÌ„tree of Cent he wyst not wheÌ„s they were ne wherfore they were come in to this londe ¶ The kynge sent anone a messager thyder that some of sholde come and speke wyth hym for to wyte what folke they wert and what they axed and in to what couÌ„tree they wolde ¶ There were two brethern maysters and prynces of that stronge company that one was called Engist and that other Horne Engist wente to the kynge and tolde hym the cause wherfore they were come in to this londe and sayde Syrewe ben of a countree that is called Saxonne that is the londe of Germayne wheryn ys so moche sorowe That of the people ben soo many that the londe maye not them susteynes And the maysters and prynces that haue the londe to gouerne and rule They made to come before them men and wymmen that boldest ben amonge theym for to fyghte and that beste maye trauayll in to dyuerse londes And soo they sholde them yeue horse and harnes armour and all thynge that they nedeth And after they shall saye to them that they go in to an other countree where that they mowelyue as theyr And cetrees dyde them before ¶ And therfore syr kynge yf ye haue ought to doo wyth our company we ben comen in to youre londe And wyth good wylle you wolde serue your londe kepe helpe and defende from your enmyes yf that ye nede ¶ whan vortyger herde these tydynges he sayde gladly he wolde theym wyth holde vppon suche couenanuce yf they myghte delyuer hys londe of hys enmyes he wolde yeue theym resonable loÌ„des where they sholde dwelle for euer more ¶ Engyst thanked hym goodly and in thys maner he and his coÌ„pany a .xi. thousande sholde dwelle wyth the kynge vortiger And moche they dyde thrugh theyr boldenesse they delyuered hys londe of his enmyes clene ¶ Tho prayed Engyst the kynge of so moche londe that he myghte make to hym a Cyte and for hys meyne ¶ The kynge answered it was not to doo wythoute the coancell of Brytons ¶ Engist prayed hym eftsones of as moche plyce as he myghte compace with a thonge of a skynÌ„e wherupon he myghte make a. Mancer for hym to dwelle in And the kynge hym graunted freely ¶ Tho toke Engist a bulles skynne and kytte it as smaâ—e as he myghte all in to oo thonge all a rouÌ„de And ther with compaced he as moche londe as he myght thenÌ„e make vpon a fayre castell And so whan this castell was made he lett calle it Thongcastell for as moche as the place was marked with a thonge ¶ Of Ronowen that was Engistes douhter and how the kynge Voreiger spowsed her for her beaute SO whan this castell was made full well arayed Engist pryuely dyd sende by letter iÌ„ to the couÌ„tree where he cam fro after an C. shyppes fylled with men the were strong also well fyghtynge in all bataylles the they sholde also brynge wyth them Ronowen hys doughter that the fayrest creture that a man myghte see ¶ And whan those people were come that he hadde sente after he tooke them in to the castell wyth moche Ioye And hymself vpon a daye went vnto the kynge prayed hym there worthely that he wolde come and see hys newe maneer that he had made in the place that he had compassed wyth the thonge of the skynne The kynge anone graunted hym
in to batayll and the other for to abyde att wynchestre in the bysshop chyrche And for that cause he was called euer after vter Pendragon ¶ And Octa that was Engistes sone coÌ„mended vter but lytell that was made newe kynge And ayenste hym began to meue warre And ordeyned a grete power of his freÌ„des of hys kynne and of Ossa hys brother \ and had taken all the londe from Humbre vnto yorke But those of yorke helde strongely agaynst them and wolde not suffre them to come in to the cytee neyther to yelde the cytee to them And he besyeged the towne anone ryght and yaue therto a stronge assawte But they of the cyte them kept well strongely ¶ And whan vter herd therof he came thyther wyth a grete stronge power for to helpe rescowe the towne put a way the syege yaue a stronge batayll And Octa his company them defended as well as they myght But at the laste they were dyscoÌ„fyted the most partye of theÌ„ slayne And. Octa and. Ossa were taken put in pryson at London ¶ And vter hymfelf dwelled a whyle atte yorke and after he wente to London And at the Eester after he wold vere crowne holde a solempne feest And lette somone all his Erle and Barons that they sholde come to that feest And all those that hadde wyues sholde brynge them also to that feest And all the seygnoury came at the kynges coÌ„maundemente as they were commaunded ¶ The feest was rychely arayed and holden And all worthely sette to meete after that they were of astate Soo that the· Erle Gorloys of Cornewaylle and. Igreyne his wyf sate nexte vnto the kynge And whan the kyng sawe the fayrnesse of that lady and the beaute that she had He was anone rauysshed for her beaute and often he made to her nyce countenaunce in lokynge and laughynge So at the laste the Erle perceyued the preuy lokynge and laughynge and the loue bytwene them And roso vp from the table in wrathe and toke his wyf â—nd called to hym hys knyghtes and wente thens wrath wythout takynge leue of the kynge ¶ The kynge anone sente after hym that he sholde come agayne and goo not thens in dyspyte of hym And the erle wolde not come agayne in no maner of wyse ¶ wherfore the kynge was wrothe and in wrathe hym defyed as his deedly enmye ¶ And the erle wente thens in to Cornewaylle with his wyfe in the castell of Tyntagyll ¶ And the kynge lete ordeyne a grete host and came in to Cornewaylle for to destroye the erle yf that he myghte But he hadde put hym in suche a castell that was stronge and welle arayed called Tyntagyll and wollde not yelde hym to the kynge ¶ And the kynge anone besyeged the called there dwelled .xv. dayes that neuer myghte spede and euer he thought vppon Igreyne vpon her layde so moche loue That he wyste not what to doo ¶ So at the laste he called to hym a knyght that was called vlfin that was preuy wyth hym and tolde hym all hys counseyll and axed hym whaâ— was best for to done ¶ Syr sayde he sende after Merlyn anone for he came telle you the beste counseyll of ony man lyuynge Merlyn anone was sente after came to the kynge And the kynge tolde hym all his counseyll and his wyll Syr sayd Merlyn I shall doo so moche thrugh crafte that I can that I shalle make you come to nyght 〈◊〉 the castell of Tyntagyll shall haue all yoâ— wyll of that lady How vter begate on Igreyne that â—as the Erles wyf of Cornewaylle Arthur MErlyn thrugh craft that he co◠〈…〉 the kynges fygure in◠〈…〉 of the Erle and Vlfin Garlois 〈…〉 in to the fygure of Iorda◠〈…〉 erles chambrelayne so that ec◠〈…〉 transfygured in to others lyke◠〈…〉 Merlyn had soo done he sayde 〈…〉 Syr sayd he now ye may goo◠〈…〉 castell of Tyntagyll axe ene◠〈…〉 your wyll The kynge toke pry◠〈…〉 to gouerne and lede to a knyght that he moche loued tooke his waye towarde the castell with hym toke Vlfin his Chambrelayne and Merlyn whan they came thyder the porter demyd it had ben hys owne lorde And whan tyme came for to go to bedde the kynge went to bedde with Igreyne the erles wyf and dyde with her alle his wyll And begate vpon her a sone that was called Arthur And vppon the more we the kynge tooke his leue of the lady wente ayen to hys hoste And the same nyghte that the kynge laye by Igreyne in bedde that was the erles wyf the kynges men gaaf a grete assawte vnto the castell And the erle hys men manly them defended But at the laste it befell so that in the same assawte the erle hym self was slayne the castell taken ¶ And the kynge anone torned againe to Tyntagill and spowsed I greyne with moche honour made her quene ¶ And soone after tyme came that she sholde be lyuered bare a chylde a sonne that was called Arthur after gate on her a doughter that was called Amya â–ª And whan she came to aege a noble Baron that was lorde of Lyons weded her ¶ whan Vter longe tyme had regned ther 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 Ossa his brother that thenÌ„e were in pryson they lete them go for grete yeftes that they them yaue went wyth theÌ„ And whan tho two brethern were escaped were in to theyr owne countree agayne Thenne they ordeynede them a gret power of folke and began for to warre ayen vpon the kynge ¶ How kyng Vter those A loth to kepe the londe of Brytayne whyle that he was seke for as moche as he might not for his syknesse ANd for as moche as kynge Vter was syke myght not helpe hym self he orâ— Aloth sone of Eleyne that tho was cho◠〈◊〉 to be wardeyne and chyeftayne of alle 〈…〉 And soo he anone and all hys Bryâ—â—mbled a grete hoste yaue bataylle to 〈…〉 his folke but Octa at the last was 〈◊〉 ¶ It befell thus after warde 〈…〉 â—â—ytons had dedignacion of Aloth 〈…〉 â—othe to hym attendauÌ„t wherfore 〈…〉 â—as anoyed wonder sore lete put 〈…〉 in the hoste amonges his folke 〈…〉 â—de hym to Vereloyne that tho was a fayre cyte there that saynt Albon was martred And after was the cytee destroyed wyth paynems thrugh warre· thyther they hadde sente Octauian and. Ossa ther people And entered in to the towne and lete make sure the yates there they helde them And the kynge came them besyeged made a stroÌ„ge assawte but the that were within manly theym deffended ¶ The kyng lete ordeyne his gunnes and his engynes for to breke the walles the walles were soo stronge that no man myghte them mysdo ¶ Octa his
mekenesse And he shall mesurably al that he shall do vnto the brough of Ierusalem ¶ And he shall whette his teeth vpon the yates of Pards and vpon foure londes Spayne shall tremble for drede Gascoyne shall swete In FrauÌ„ce he shal put his wynge His grete tayle shall reste in Englonde softly Almayne shalle quake for drede of hym ¶ This boore shal yeue bantelles to two townes of Englonde and shall make the Ryuer renne wyth blood brayne And he shall make many medowes reede and he shall gette as moche as his auncetours dyd And er that he dyed he shall bere thre crownes and he shall put a londe in greate subiecyon And after it shall be releued but not in his tyme. ¶ This boore after he is deed for hys doughtynesse shall be entyred at Coleyne And his loÌ„de shall be fulfylled of all good AFter this boore shall come a lambe that shalle haue fâ—et of leed and an heed of brasse and herte of loppe a swynes skynne And an harde And in hys tyme hys londe shal be in peas the fyrste yere of his regne he shall do make a cytee 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 shal welle gouerne it tyll the tyme that pryde shall hym ouercome Alas the sorwe For he shalle deye of hys brothers swerde And after shall the londe falle to the forsayd lambe that shall gouerne the londe in peas all hys lyues tyme. And after he shall deye and the londe be fulfylled of all maner of good AFter this lambe shal come a mold warpe cursyd of goddes mouth a caytyf a cowarde an haare He shall haue an elderly skynne as a gote vengeaunce shall falle vpon hym for synÌ„e ¶ In the fyrst yere of his regne he shall haue of all good gret plente in hys londe and to warde hym also And in hys londe he shall haue grete praysyge tyll the tyme that he shal surffre his people lyue in to moche pryde without chastysynge wherfor god wyl be wrothe· ¶ Thenne shall aryse vp a dragon of the North that shall be full fyerse and shal meue warre ayenst the forsayd mold warpe shal yeue hym batayle vpon a stone This dragon shall gadre ayen in to his company a wulfe that shall rome out of the west to meue warre ayenst the forsayd mold warpe in hys syde so shall the dragon and bynde theyr tayles to gyders ¶ ThenÌ„e shall come a lyon out of Irlonde that shall falle in company wyth them And thenne shall tremble the londe that shall becalled Englonde as an aspen leyf And in that tyme shal castelles be felled downe vpon Tamyse And ye shall seme that Seuerne shal be drye for the bodyes that shall falle deed there in The foure chyef floodes in Englonde shall renne in blood And grete drede shall he anguysshe that shall aryse ¶ After the mold warpe shall flee and the dragon The lyon and the wulf shall them dryue a waye and the lon shall be wythout them And the mold warpe shall haue no maner of power sauf only a shyppe wherto he maye wynder ¶ And after that he shall goo to londe where the see is wythdrawe And after that he shall yeue the thyrde parte of hys londe for to haue the fourth parte in peas and in reste And after he shall lyue in sorowe all his lyftyme· ¶ And in his tyme the hâ—â—r bathes shal become colde And after that shall the mold warpe deye auenturously and sodenly Alas for sorowe for he shall be drowned in a flood of the see His seed shall be come faderles in straunge loude for euer more And then shall the londe be departed in to thre partes that is to saye to the wulf to the dragan and to the lyon And soo shall it be for euermore· And thenne shalle thys londe be called the â—de of Conquest And so shall the ryghe heyres of Englonde ende ¶ How Arthur ouercame Guillomer that was kynge of Irlonde And how the Scottes became his men THenÌ„e whan Guillomer that was kynge of Irlonde herde tydyges the kynge Arthur was entred at Glastenbury he ordeyned agrete pewer of Irysshmen and came to the see wyth his Irysshe people soo came in to Scotlonde ouer the see arryued fast there by that kynge Arthur was with his hoste a none as he wyst therof he went to warde hym and yaue hym bataylle ouercame hym anone ryght And Guillomer fledde wyth hys meÌ„ agayne in to Irlond And whan thys was done and 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 and other folke of the countree and ladyes open heeded came before kynge Arthur and cryed hym mercy and sayde Syre gentyll kynge myghty haue mercy and pyte vpon vs. And as yourself be of the ryght lawe to holde and mayntene Crystendome For full grete dyshoudur yt shold be to slee hym that byleueth in almyghty god as ye do And for goddes loue haue mercy and pyte on vs suffre vs. For we haue hadde moche sorowe and payne For the Saxons haue many tymes passed thrugh our londe But that is not ynough to you for often tymes they haue done vs sorowe dysease For our castelles they haue taken and our beestes slayne eten and moche harme they haue vs done And yf ye wolde vs now slee it were none honour to a kynge to slee them that crye hym mercy For ynough ye haue done to vs haue vs ouercome And for the loue of god that ye wyll suffre vs for to lyue haue mercy on crysten people that byleue in Cryst as ye do ¶ whaÌ„ 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 and became his lyege men and he toke of them homage ¶ And after the kynge Arthur torned ayen wyth hys hoste the came vnto yorke and made there hys bydynge durynge that vyage And tho gaue he al Logrys to Aloth that had spowsed his syster and other gyftes grete plente· And tho was Gawen his cosyn but of youge â—ege And to all hys other men that hym had serued in hys warre he gaue ryche gyftes and thanked them moche of all theyr good seruyce ¶ How kynge Arthur spowsed GuÌ„nor that was GuÌ„nors cosyn Erle of Corne wayle and after he conquered of Guillomer all Irlonde ANd whan Arthur hadde broughth ys lond in peas and rest and in good state and all was well in euery countre Tho toke and wedded a wyf that was called GuÌ„nor and made her quene a fayre lady and a gentyll that Cador the Erle of Corne wayle hadde nourysshed iÌ„ his
chambre that was his cosyn But neuer they had childern togyder And neuertheles kyng Arthur loued her wonder well deyrly And anone as wynter was passed he lete assemble a grete host and all his Barons and sayd that he wolde goo in to Irlonde for to conquere the londe And he trayed not longe that he passed ouer in to Irlone ¶ And Guillomer the kynge lete assemble a grete hoste yaue bataylle to kynge Arthur but Guyllomer was dyscomfyted and yelded hym ot the kynge and became his man and to hym dyde fewte and homage and of hym helde alle that lond fro that tyme for warde And after peaskynge Arthur ferthermore conquered But londe and Islonde and toke homage of the folke and of the londe and there dwelled .xii. yere in peas regned wyth Ioye myrthe And there warred no man ne woman vpon hym And he became so curtys and large honorable that the Emperours courte of Rome ne none other thrugh out all the worlde was not accouÌ„ted to kyng Arthurs that ony maÌ„ wyst of ne none soo well praysed· And therfore the beste knyghtê of all maner a londes came vnto hym there for to dwelle And he theym receyued with good wyll and reuerence ¶ And all the knygehtes were so good that noo man knewe the werste And therfore kyng Arthur made a rounde table that whan they sholde sytte at ther meete all sholde be ylyke hyghe and euenly serued at the table that noÌ„e of them sholde make auauÌ„t that one of them were hygher thanne an other And kynge Arthur hadde at that table Brytons Frenshmen Normans and Flemynges Burgoyns Mausers Lotherins and of all the londes a thys halfe the mount Goryt and of hys londe of Brytayne and of the grete Corne wayle of walys and of Irlonde and of Scotlonde And shortly to tell of all the londes that woldes worshyp chyualry suche came to kynge Arthurs courte ¶ How kynge Arthur yede into Fraunce and conquered that londe of Froll that was a Romayne and how he slewe hym Syth it befell that thrugh counsell of hys barons and lordes kynge Arthur wolde conquere alle Fraunce that tho was called Galle thrugh Romaynes that tho helde the londe in theyr power in theyr gouernnuÌ„ce And the Romayns had taken that londe to a noble knyÈt and a worthy of body that was called Froll And whan he wyst that Arthur came he ordeoned an host of a grete power fought with the kynge And he his folke were dyscomfyted and fledde vnto Parys entred the cyte and closed the yates there helde them ¶ whan Arthur wyst that Froll was gone to Parys he pursued after came thyder hym besyeged But the cyte was so stronge well arayed tho that were therin deffended theym well and manly ¶ Kynge Arthur dwelled there more than amonethe And there was so moche people in the cyte that they dyspended all theyr vytayle that they had wythin and so grete hungre became amonge them that they deyed wenderly thycke within the cyte for hoÌ„gre 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 gretely vppon his owe strenth and sent to the kynge Arthur that he shold come fyght with hym body for body so sholde they departe Fraunce bytwene them two ¶ Kynge Arthur anoÌ„e grauÌ„ted yt And wolde not that none of hys people vndertoke the batayle for hym ¶ And vpon the morne both came wel arayed without Parys there that they sholde fyght anone they smote togyders so fyersly so wel they fough on both sydes that no man demed the better of them and soo it befell the Froll yaue Arthur suche a stroke that he kneled to the grounde wolde he nolde he And as Froll wounded kynge Arthur in the forhede that the blode felle downe by his eyen his face Arthur anone sterre vp hertely whan he felte hym hurte as a man that semed almoost wood And he toke taburne hys good swerde drewe it vpon hyghe and yaaf Froll suche astroke that thyr with he claue his hede downe to the sholders so that his helme myght not be his warraunt so he fel downe deed in the place And thenne tho of the cytye made grete sorowe for Froll And euerychone yelded them to kynge Arthur and the towne also became hys men dyd to hym homage and feaute And he receyued them tooke of them goodly hostages And kynge Arthur after that wente forthe with his hoste conquered Augien Angyers Gascoyne Pehito Nauerne and Burgoyne Berry Lotherne Turyn and Peythers and all the other londes of Fraunce he conquered all hooly whan he had conquered taken by homages and feautes he torned ayen to Parys and there he dwelled longe tyme ordeyned peas longe tyme ouer all the couÌ„tree thrugh al FrauÌ„ce ¶ And whaÌ„ peas was made ouer all thrugh hys noble knyghthode that he hadde and also for hys owne worthynes And no man were he neuer so grete a lorde durste not meue warre ayenst hym nother to aryse for to make the londe of FrauÌ„ce inquyete And in peas he dwelled there .ix. yere and dyde many greate wonders and repreued many proude men and euyll tyrauÌ„tes theym chastysed after theyr demerytes ¶ How kynge Arthur auaunced all his men that had trauaylled in his seruyce ANd after warde yt befel thus at Ester there that he helde a feest at Paras rychely he gan auauÌ„ce his knyghtes for the seruyce that they had hym holpen in hys coÌ„quest He yaue to hys stewarde that was called Kay Augien Angoers And he yaue to Bed were his Butler Normandye that tho was called Neustrye And to HoldeÌ„ in hys chambrelayn he yaue Flaunders Mance And to Dorell hys cosyn he yaue Bolayne And to Rycharde hys enewe he yaue Pountyf and to all other he yaue large londes and fees after they were of estate And whan Arthur had thus his knyghtes feoffed at Aperyll next after suynge he came ayen in to Brytayne hys owne londe And after at wytsontyde sewynge by counseyll of his Barons he wolde be crowned kynge of Glomergon and helde a solempne feest And lete somone barons erls and knyghtes that they shold come thyder euery chone and there was Scater kynge of Scotlande Cad were kynge of South waylys Guiliomer kyng of North walys Maded kyng of Irlonde Malgamus kynge of Gutlonde Achelles kynge of Islonde Aloth kyng of Denmarke Gone was kynge of Norwaye and Hell hys cosyn kynge of Dorkeney Cador kynge of lytell Brytayne Mor with Erle 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
whaÌ„ he had thus deuoutly made his prayer avoys fro heuen to hym sayd And hadde hym leue the Iurney a waye in to Englonde and that he sholde goo to the pope of Rome for it was not the wyll of almyghty god that the Brytons sholde regne more in Brytane ne neuer recouered it vnto the tyme of the prophecye that Marlyn sayd before he fuâ—fylled And that sholde neuer be vnto the tyme were come that the relyques of his body shall be broughte fro Rome translated in to Brytayne And whan the ralykes of other sayntes that haue ben hedde for the persecucyon of the paynem folke shall be founde openly shewed thenn shalle they recouer theyr londe agayne the whyche they haue soo longe tyme loste throughe theyr desertes ¶ whane Cadwaldre hadde herde this answere he maruayled gretely and tolde it to the kynge Aleyne ¶ Thene kynge Aleyne dyde sende for the clergye of his londe and made them to brynge the storyes and prophecyes that Merlyn and Sybyll had sayd in theyr prophcyes And whan he knewe that the prophycye that Festom had prophecyed of the Egle. And other prophecyes accorded to the dyuyne aunswere that Caddewalldre had herde He counselled hym ryght faythfully desyred hym to leue his people and his nauy submytte hym to the dyspocysyon of god and do all that the aungell had coÌ„mauÌ„ded hym ¶ Thenye Cadwaldre called yâ—or his sone and ymori his cosyn that was his systers sone sayd to them Taketh sayde he my folke my nauy that is here all redy passe into walys and be ye lordees of Brytons that no dyshonoure come to them by interrupcyon of the Paynem folke for defaute of lordes ¶ And thene hymselfe lefte his reame of Brytayne and his folke for euer more and tooke his waye vnto the pope of Rome Sergius the whyche worshypede hym moche and so he was confessed and toke penaunce for hys synnes And he had not longe dwelled there that he ne deyed the .xii. Kalendis in Maye â— the yere of grace .v. C.lxxii ¶ How kynge Offa was souerayne aboue all the kynges of Englonde and how euery kynge warred vpon other IT befell so that all the kynges in that tyme that were in thou londe as they of westsex Marchenryche Estangle of kente and of Southsex and of other costes eche warred vpon other And he that moste myght toke the londe of hym that was mooste feblest ¶ But there was a kynge amonge them that was called Offa that was saynte Oswaldes brother This Offa conquered all the kynges of the londe and regned all aboue them all ¶ And sâ—â— gret was the that warre in euery there bytwene grekes that no maÌ„ myght wyte how the lond wente But abbottos pryours men of Relygyon wrote that lyues dedes of kynges how longe euery of theym regned in what couÌ„tre in what manere euery kynge deyed of bysshops also And therof made grete bokys and lete calle them Cronycles And the good kyng Alured had that booke in his warde And lette brynge it vnto wynchestre and lete it be faste tacked to a pylar that men sholde it not remeue ne bere it thens so that euery man sholde it see therupon loke For therin ben the lyues of all the kynges that euer were in Englonde ¶ How the kynge of Northumberlonde Osbryght forlaye the wyf of Buerne Bocarde thrugh strength and after this Buerne conquered the kyng with power and strength ANd thus it befell in the same tyme that there was a kyng in Northumberlond â—e that was called Osbryght and soyourned atte yorke ¶ And this kynge wente hym vppon a daye in to a wood hym for to dysporte And as he came ayen he wente pryuely in to a good mannes house that was called Buerne and the good man of that place was gone that tyme to the see ¶ For oftentymes there he was wonte to spye theues and robbers that oftentymes were wonte to come in to the londe to robbe brenne and slee The lady that was Buernes wyfe was a wonder fayre woman ¶ And the kynge came vnto her whan that herhusbode was absente and she trusted none harme vnto the kynge and welcomed hym with moche honour and worthely hym serued in all thynge ¶ whan the kynge hadde eten he tooke the lady by the honde and â—adde her in to a chambre and sayde He wolde speke with her a counseyll And all the folke he made voyde fro the chambre saue only the lady and he But the lady wyst not wherfore he it dyde tyll that he had done alle hys wyll And whan he hadde done this dede He torned agayne to yorke And the lady he lefte there sore wepynge for the dede that the kynge to her had done ¶ And whan heâ— lorde was came home and sawe her wepe and suche sorowe and mornynge make he axed of her what she hadde done and why she made suche sorowe ¶ Syre she sayde subtylly and falsely the kynge Osbryghtâ— hathe doo me shame and vylanye ayeast my wyll And tolde hym all the truthe how the kynge had â—orlayne her with strengthe wherfore she sayde she hadde leuer to be deed than tolyue ¶ Fayre loue be stylle sayde he for ayenst strengthe feblenesse is yltell worthe and therfore of me shalte thou neuerthelesse beloued and namely for thou hast tolde me the treuthe And yf almyghty god grauÌ„t to me my lyf I shall the aueng ¶ This Buerne was a grete man and a myghty lorde and was well beloued and grete frendes hadde And lete sende for the grettest lordes of the londe and to them made hes complaynte of the despyte that the kynge to hym hadde done and sayde he wolde be auenged how euer yt were And all hys frendes counseylled hym that he sholde goo vnto yorke there that the kynge was hym to defye And Buerne toke his mayne and came to the kynge whan the kynge hym sawe he called hym curtously Buerne by name And Buerne hym answerred to hym sayde Syre I you defye and yelde vp feautes homages and londes and as moche as I haue holden of you fro this tyme for warde I wyll neuer of the nothynge holde And soo he departed fro the kynge without more speche or ony abydynge and tooke leue of his frendes and went in to Denmarke and playned to the kynge Godern tolde hym of the despyte of that the kynge Osbryght to hym hadde donne of his wyfe And prayed hym of socour and helpe hym for to auenge ¶ whan kynge Godern of Denmarke and the danys hadde herde the complaynt of thys Buerne and the prayer that he badde they were ryght wonder glasde in theyr hertes for as moche as they myght fynde a cause for to goo in to Englonde for to warree vpon Englesshe men and for to aenge Buerne of the despyte that the kyng Osbryght hadde done vnto hys wyf And for as moche as Buerne was sybbe vâ—to the kynge of Denmarke anone they lette
pope after Sergius two yere This maÌ„ was made pope by the power of the Romayns and was not put in the nombre of popes for the euyll entred but he dyde none euyll ¶ Iohannes the .vi. was pope after hym a Greke And he was a martyr but of whome and wherfore the cause is not founde in hystoryes It is sayd that it was of the dukes of Lambardy for they were enmyes to the chyrche myghtely ¶ Iohannes the .vii. a Romayne was pope after hym thre yere but no thyng of hym is wryten ¶ Iustinianas was Emperour ayen with his sone Tyberiê° .vi. yeres And this was he the whyche was reued the Empyre afore by Leo And whan this maÌ„ was restored ayen he toke hym to the ryght fayth and worshypped the pope Constantyne And certaynly he destroyed Creson the place where he was exyled unto and all that dwelled in it except the chyldern he slewe them And he came ayen an other tyme to haue slayne the Innocentes And the men of that countree made them a capytayne a certayne man that was called Philyp an outlawe that whiche anone went to hym in batayll and slewe hym for his outragyous cruelnesse ayenst those chyldern ¶ Sysinnius was pope twenty dayes and thenne was grete stryfe and he decessyd \ but lytell of hym is wryten ¶ CoÌ„stantine was pope after hym vii yere This man was a very meke man so blessyd that of all men he was beloued He wente ouer the see to Iustinianus the Emperour and was receyued with grete honour deyed a blessyd man ¶ Philyp the seconde was Emperour one yere the whyche fledde in to Scicilis for the hoste of the Romayns And he was an heretyke and coÌ„maunded all pyctures of sayntes for to be bestroyed wherfore the Romayns cast a way his coyne ne wolde not receyue noo moneye that hys name or ymage were wryten vpon ¶ Anastasius thseconde after he had slayne Philyp was Emperoure thre yere This man was a crysten man and helyued well But by cause he put out phylipis eyen and slewe hym after warde And therfore Theodosius faustht ayenst hym and ouercame hym And thenne he was made a preest lyued soo quyetly ¶ Anno dmÌ„ .vii. C.xiiii GRegoryus the seconde was pope after Constantyne .xvii. yere this Gregoryê° was a chaste man a noble man in scrypture And about this tyme the popes began to deale more temporally wyth the Emperours than they were wonte for theyr falsnesse theyr he resye And also for to remeue th empyre fro oo people to an other as the tyme requyred thys man cursyd Leo the Emprrour by cause he breÌ„te the ymages of sayntes This same Leo coÌ„maunded Gregorius the pope that he shold brenne chirches destroye them And he sette noo thynge of hys sayenge but coÌ„mauÌ„ded the couÌ„trary manly And so it ys openly shewed that the destruccyon of the Empyre of Rome was the cause of heresy For certaynely faythfull people wyth the prelates wyth one wyll drewe to the pope constrayned the Emperours for to leue theyr tyrannye and theyr heresye ¶ And thys tyme in the eest parte of the worlde strongly faylled the very fayth for that cursyd lawe of the fals Machomete· ¶ Theodosius was Emperour regned but one yere And he was a very crysten man euen as he dyde so was he done vnto For Leo deposyd hym made hym a preest ¶ Leo the thyrde with Constantyne his sone was Emperour .xxv. yere this Leo whan he was myghty he deposyd Theodosyê° regned for hym was desceyned by a certayne Apostata the whiche badde hym that he sholde take and brenne all the ymages of sayntes wherfore he was punysshed both in batayll in pestylence with other Infortunes And by cause he was accursyd of Gregoryus bode ther in thre dayes therfore the pope wyth the comyn peple toke for hym the best parte of hys Empyre coÌ„mauÌ„dynge that no man shold obeye hym ne socour hym by cause he lyued lyke an heretyke ¶ Holy men sayde ayenst hym And many by hym were marted exyled And at the last in his misbyleue he deyed wretchedly and in this manes dayes but that Karolus Marcellus holpe the Crysten fayth faught manly nyenst the Sarrasyns draue them backewarde in Spayne the whyche they had subdued els they had entred in to Fraunce And Karolus slewe thre hondred thousaÌ„de Sarasyns moo· And of his people were slayne but .xv. thousande ¶ Nota. ¶ This man for the contynuall batayll toke to laye men the tresoure of the chirche wherfore Saynt Eucharius the bysshop of Aurelian as he was in his prayers sawe that same Karolus in soule and body payned in helle And the aungell that shewed the bysshop this man sayde That that was the Iugement of all those that toke a waye the goodes of the chirche or of poore men And to fortifye that that the bysshop sayd and â—ue it the abbote of saynt Deuys wente to the sepulcre there that Karolus was burye◠〈◊〉 opened the cheste that he laye in And there thâ—â— see a grete dragon go out but he had no 〈◊〉 ¶ Gregorius the thyrde a Romayne 〈◊〉 pope after Gregoryus the seconde The 〈…〉 confermed the woorshyppes of the 〈…〉 sayntes with the couÌ„seyll almooste of a thouâ—â—â—de bysshops And he cursyd horrybly all the despyers of these ymages As the Emperour â—nd other that were of the condycyon ¶ Constanâ—nus the fyfth was Emperour aâ—te his 〈◊〉 Leo .xxxv. yere He was a cursed man a pâ—â—e heretyke to that he dyde sacrefyse to the deuylles He pursued the chyrche And 〈…〉 is good of hym is wryten And so by yeâ—ce of god the chyrche was trowbled longe tâ—me About this tyme were many maruaylâ—es there were merueyllous erth quakys And certayne cytees that were sette on mountayns they were remeued borne awaye with the hylles in to the feldes .vi. myle thens as they stode and the cytees were not broken ne hurte In the londe of Mesopotanian the erthe was broken by the space of two myle And also there was a mule that spake in a mannes voys Asshes fell fro heuen And in the see of Poncico there was yse for grete froste that was .xxx. cubytes of thykenesse And the sterres fell fro heuen soo myghtely that men trowed that the ende of the worlde had be comen All these betokened meruaylus thynges for to come ¶ Anno dmÌ„ .vii. C.xliiii Acharias was pope after Gregorius x. yere This zacharis was a noble maÌ„ arayed wyth all vertue wyth all men he was loued for his mekeneste And he deposyd the kynge of Fraunce Hydery and put in hys place Puppynus for he was more profytable ¶ Here may ye see what power the thyrche had that tyme the whiche translated that famous kyngdom fro the very heyres to the kyngdome of Pippinus for a leyfull cause Vthabâ—t .xv. q. v. alius ¶ Stephanus the seconde a Romayne was pope after zacharyas .v. yere Thys man in all
thyng was profytable vnto the chirche as wel in worde as in doctryne And he gouerned the spyrytualtee the temporaltee noble He was the louer the defender of poore men Thys man anoynted Pyppynê° the kynge of Fraunce sente hym ayenst the Lombardes that he sholde compell them to restore the chirche of suche goodes as they had with holde from theym longe tyme vnryghtwysâ—y the whyche he dyde He also translated the Empyre of the Grekes to the Frensshemen ¶ Paalê° a Romayne was pope after hym .x. yere Thys was a very holy man for he dyde grete almesse to fadlesse chyldern prysoners wydowes other poore men that he myght be a folower of saynt Poule ¶ Constantyne a Romayne the seconde was pope after Poul two yere Thys Constantyne was a lay man sodeynly was made a preest as a tyraunt toke on hym the dygnytee of the pope And with a grete slauÌ„dre to the chyrche was pope a lytell tyme. But the faythful men put hym out and put out his eyen And this was the fyfth Infamed pope amonge so many herde tofore So the holy ghost the holy apostels sete kepyin al honour holynesse ¶ Infynyte martyrs were made this tyme by Constantyne the emperour for he was suche an heretyke And men trowe that there was neuer Emperour ne no pagon that slewe so many martyrs· And in his tyme the chirche was trowbled full sore very precyously bought the worshyppynge of the ymages of the holy sayntes for the grete shedynge of blood of martyrs And certaynly the cursyd Emperour was not vnpunysshed For whan that he deyed he cryed with an horryble voys sayd I am taken to a fyre that is vnable for to be destroyed And so he yelded vp the ghost to euerlastynge payne ¶ The Empyre of rome was deuyded about this tyme For Stephanê° the pope translated ytaly other vnto Karolus a yonge man And Constantyne helde the londe of Grece with other londes ouer the see with a grete labour and many rebellynge ¶ This tyme Karolus magnus was a noble yonge man And he began for to regne vpon Fraunce was the sone of Pippinus hys moder was called Berta· ¶ Stephanus the thyrde was pope after Paulus thre yere And he amended all the errours of Constantyne And he degarded all those the whiche CoÌ„stantyne ordeyned in a generall Synodus ¶ Anno dmÌ„ .vii. C.lxxxiiii ADrianus a Romayne was pope after Stephanus .xxiiii. yere Thys man was myghtely worshypped of the people noo man greter afore hym in honour ryches and buyldyng This man sette two solempne Synoâ—is The fyrste of the thre hondred and fyfty faders The seconde in Rome with an hondred and fyfty faders beynge present Charles the kynge of Fraunce to whom it was graunted the lyberte of eleccyon of the popes and to ordeyne the appostles sete ¶ Leo the fourthe regned Emperour with the Grekes fyue yere This Leo was a cursyd man but not so moche as his fader was And he was a couetous man and he toke a way a certayne crowne of a chyrche and put it vpon his heed And anonâ— he was corrupted with an axes and sore deseased And he had a cursed wyf that whiche regned after hym with her sone ¶ Constantyne was Emperoure after Leo he was a meke man and put a waye his moder fro the kyngdom that she myght take hede vnto her wymmens werke But she with a fayned rancour put out his eyen after warde and his childern also and regned agayne thre yere And at the last she was about for to haue be wedded And whan the Grekes perceyued that she wold be wedded to grete Karolus they toke her shytte her vp in a monastery and toke Nychoferum to be theyr Emperour ¶ The .v. vnyuershall study the whiche in olde tyme was translated from Anthenes vnto Rome aboute this tyme was translated to Parys by Karolus kynge of Fraunce ¶ Nychoferus was Emperour after Constantyne He was a very nygon and was exalted to his Empyre by the Grekys But he profyted not for iÌ„ his tyme all the Eâ—st Imperyall was brought to noughte For the Romayns put them vnder Karolus magnus ¶ Ierusalem about this tyme was recouered by Karolus with all the hooly londe And the secte of the Sarrasyns was destroyed strongly· For the struccyon of wretches came thenÌ„e ¶ Michael was Emperour two yere and he was a very crysten man and he was well beloued and also he was connyge in alle scyences And tho that Nychaferus had hurte and drestressyd of theyr goodes by hys coueytousnesse this Mychaell restored them and made them ryche ayen ¶ Nota. ¶ Karolus magnus the fyrst saynt was Emperour after Michaell And he was crowned Emperoure by Leo the pope frome the whyche tyme the Empyre was translated frome the Grekes to Fraunce and Germane And for the translacyon of that Empyre the Grekes alwaye were defectyue vnto the Romayns And the Grekes stroue euer more with them But it was more wyth venomous wordes thanne wyth strenghthe and more with crafte thanne with batayyll ¶ For they hadde soo grete enuye at the Romayns that they wolde not obeye the chyrche of Rome For certaynly whan that the popes wold wryte vnto them for to obeye the chyrche of Rome they wrote agayne sayde ye haue taken from oure kynrede the Empyre and therfore we wolde not obeye And we vs take from you And for this noble Emperour Rarolus it is to be vnderstande thys man whan he was a yonge man he was anoynted kynge of Fraunce by Stephanus the pope In the yere of our lorde Ihesu Cryste .vii. hondred .liiii. whan his fader Pippinê° lyued Vnder whome and wyth whome he regned ·xv yere vnto the dethe of his fader ¶ Thenne after hys fader vnder the yere our lord god vii hondred .xlviii. This Karolus with hys brother Karolomannus regned two yere And thenne his brother deseased in the seconde yere And this Karolus there helde alle the hoole kyngdome .xiiii. yere to the yere of our lorde .vii. hondred .lxxxiiii. In the whiche yere he wente to Rome that he myght be crowned Emperour of the pope Adrianus And he regned emperour .xvi. yere to the yere of our lorde .viii. C. whan pope â–ª Leo confermed hym ayen the Emperour And after that he was Emperour xiiii yere And he dysseased in the yere of hys aege .lxxii. The whiche was the yere of oure lorde .viii. C. and .xiiii. ¶ yf ye wyll see more of Karolus goo to the boke of Turpinus and Libraminus his mayster for they wrote hys noble actes ¶ Leo the fourth was pope after Adrianus .xx. yere thys man whan he wente on a certayne daye with the Lentany to saynt Peters chyrche on Saynt Markes daye he was taken with cursyd people and bothe hys eyen put out his tonge cutte of But our lorde merueylously restored hym ayen hys syght and his speche soo that he spake without tonge and sawe by myracle Afterwarde
two yere .xv. dayes ¶ Benedictus the fourth a yere and two monethes ¶ Leo the fourthe was .xl. dayes ¶ Xpristoforus the fyrste .vii. monethes All these .viii. popes were but lytell tyme therfore we can not tell of them none notable thynges But yf we sholde wryte sclauÌ„dre of them that myght be fonÌ„de for the vnharde stryfe contencion in that holy appostles sete For one stroue ayenst an other and repreued the dedes of an other And for to tell how they stroue it were no grete honour to shewe for the hooly appostles sete ¶ Lodouicus the thyrde was emperour after Arnulphus .vi yere This man had not the popes blessynge for the vnstablenesse of them that whiche regned in ytaly· And he was constreyned to expulse Berynge And this man was the laste Emperour of alle the kynred of Karolus kynge of fraunce ¶ This tyme the Empyre was remeued and translated and dyuyded For the Frenshemen halpe not the chyrche the whiche theyr faders had edifyed and fortefyed but destroyed ne halpe not the Romayns ayenst Lombardes the whiche vexed the Romayns ryght sore Therfore by the comyns assente they were excluded fro the Empyre and the ytalyens beganne to be Emperour in ytaly and the Almayns in Almayne vntyll Ottanen the whiche regned in bothe the places The Frenshemen were constrayned to abyde in theyr owne countree and no more to be emperour for theyr mysheuous lyuynge ¶ Beringarius the fyrst ¶ Conradus and Beryngarius the seconde Hugo were Emperours after Lodouicus But they are not nombred amonge the Emperours For some were but in Almayne and some were in yralye ¶ Of kynge Edward that was kynge Alucedes sone ANd after this Alured regned hys sone Edwarde and was a good maÌ„ a wyse that was called Edwarde and was wonder curteys ¶ The danys dyd moche sorowe in the londe and theyr power encreaced and began for to were frome daye to daye For the Danys came often wyth theyr companyes in to this londe And whan the kynge sawe that he myght no better do then he toke peas wyth them grauÌ„ted them this trewes And neuerthelesse the trewes dured not longe that the Danys ne began strongly for to warre vpon the Englysshmen and dyde them moche sorowe wherfore kynge Edwarde dyd assemble a grete hoste for to fyght with them· And then this kyng Edwarde deyed whan god wolde This kynge Edwarde regned .xxiiii. yere and lyeth at wynchestre besyde his fader ¶ Anno dmÌ„ .ix. C.xiiii SErgius the thyrde was pope after Xpistoforê° .vii. yere This man was a Cardynall of Rome and was expulsed by Formosus the pope and then he went to the Fernsshemen And so thorugh the helpe fauour of theÌ„ he came agayne to Rome and anone expulsed sed Xpristoforus the pope ¶ And thenne was pope hymselfe And for to auenge and werke his exyle he tooke out the body of pope Formosus where that he was buryed And arryed hym in the popes arraymente and caused hym to be heeded and to be caste in the water of Tybre by Rome Thenne fysshers founde hym and broughte hym in to the chyrche And the hooly ymages of sayntes bowed downe to hym whan the body of hym was broughte in to the chyrche that all men myght see and honourably hym halsyd yet Sergius destroyed all that thinge the whiche the holy man had ordeyned ¶ Anastasius was pope after hym two yere ¶ Laudo was pope .v. monethes and lytell they dyde ¶ Iohannes the .x. was pope thenÌ„e This Iohanes was the sone of Sergius pope doth of nature of maners And he was pope by myghty And wretchedly slayne of Guidois knyghtê for they put on his mouthe a pylowe and stopped his brethe And after hym was a nother put in but anone he was out therfore he is not named as pope ¶ Henricus the duke of Saxone was Emperour of Almayne xvii· yere this Henricê° was a noble man but he is not nombred amonge themperours for he regned but aloonly in Almayne And he had a very holy woman vnto his wyf her name was Matylda on whom he gate two sones that is to saye Otto Harry And Otto succedded hym in the Empyre And Harry had moche londe in Almayne And he gate an other sone that hyghâ— Brimen he was a very holy man was bysshop of Coleyne And he founded the monastery of Panthalâ—oÌ„ ¶ Of kynge Adelstone NOw after this Edwarde regned Adelstone his sone· And whaÌ„ he had regned foure yere he helde batayll ayenst the Danys And droue kynge Gaufride that was kyng of the Danys and all his hoste vnto the see â—ested by Scotlonde toke strongely al the countree an hoole yere And after that tho of Comberlonde of Settes of westmerlonde begaÌ„ne to warre vpon kyng Adelstone And he gaue theÌ„ so stronge batayll that he slewe so many of them that no man conde tell the nombre of them And after that he regned but thre yere and he regned in all .xxv. yere lyeth at Malmesbury ¶ Of kynge Edmonde THenne after this Adelstone regned edmoÌ„de his brother For kyng Adelstone had no sone and this EdmoÌ„de was a worthy man and a doughty knyghte of body and aâ— noble also And the thyrde yere after that he was kynge he wente ouer Homber in to that countree in the whiche couÌ„tree he fonude two kynges of Danys That one was called Enelaf And that other Renant· This kynge Edmonde droue them bothe fro the londe and after wente and toke a grete proye in Comberlonde This Edmonde regned but .vii. yere and lyeth at Glastenbury ¶ Of kynge Eldred ANd after this EdmoÌ„de regned Eldred his broder that auenged Edwarde his fader of his enmyes that dyde hym slee And after he seased all Northumberlonde in to his honde And made the Scottes for to bowe and meke vnto his wyll And in the seconde yere of his regne came Arnalaf Guyran that was kynge of Denmarke and seased all Northumberlonde and helde that londe two yere And after that came kynge Eldred and draue hym out of this londe And this kynge Eldred was a noble man and a good Of whoo 's goodnes Saynt Dunstane preched And this kynge Eldred regned .xi. yere lyeth at whynchester ¶ Of kynge Edwyn ANd after this Eldred regned Edwyn the sone of Edmonde And he was a symple man to warde god and the people For he hated folke of his owne londe and loued honoured straunge men And sette lytell by holy chyrche And he toke of hooly chirche all the tresour that he myght haue That was greate shame vylany to hymself and peryll to hys soule And therfore god wolde not that he sholne regne no lenger than foure yere and deyed and lyeth at wynchestre· LEo the syxt a Romayne was pope .vi. monethes ¶ Stephanus the .vii. was after hym two yere ¶ Iohannes the .xi. a Romayne was pope thre yere ¶ Stephanus the .viii. a germayne was pope after hym .viii. yere ¶ Martinus the thyrde
was pope after hym thre yere and of these .vi. popes is noothynge hadde in scrypture For what cause I can not telle ¶ Anno dnÌ„i .ix. C.liiii AGapitus a Romayne was pope after Martinus two yere and .viii. monethes no thynge of hym is wryten ¶ IoheÌ„s the .xii. a Romayne was pope after Agapitus viii yere he had a fader that hyght Albertyke was a worthy man in the chyte of Rome He induced the noble men to swere that after the deth of Agapytus they sholde these Ottauianus hys sone pope and soo it was done was named IohnÌ„ and he was a hunter a lecherous man so that openly he kepte wymmen wherfore certen Cardynalles wrote vnto Otto the Emperour of Saxon that he sholde come to Rome for to helpe to destroye the sclauÌ„dre of the chirche This the pope perceyued the honde that wrote the pystle he made to be carte of And many tymes he was warned by the Emperour and the clergy that he sholde correcte hymself but he nolde for noo thynge Thenne he was deposyd and Leo was put in to a place wherfore the Emperour was anoyed and came ayen and besyeged Rome so longe tyll they toke Benedycte to hym and restored Leo. ¶ Of kynge Edgar that regned aboue the kynges of Scotlonde of walys and how heâ— was begyled thrug the takynge of his wyf ANd after this Edwyne regned Edgar hys brother a man that moche loued god and peas and the ryght of hooly chyrche also And he was a worthy man a grete lord of blood and myghty and maycened well this londe in peas And this Edgar was lorde and kynge aboue all the kynge of Scotlonde of walys fro the tyme that Arthur was gone neuer was sythen kynge of his power ¶ And this Edgar was saynt Edwardes fader And whan Edgars wyf was deed that was saynt Edwardes moder entryd he herde speke of the fayrnesse of Estrylde that was Orgarus doughter a baron of Deuenshyre that was so fayre a woman that all men dyde speke of her He called one of hys knyhhtes that he moche loued trusted vpon tolde hym Goâ— sayde he to the noble baron Orgarus of Deuenshyre see yf that hys doughter be fayre as men speke of yf it be sothe I wyll haue her vnto my wyfe ¶ This knyght that was called Edelwolde wente forthe his waye as the kynge hym had sayd came there that the lady was And whan he sawe her so fayre he thought to haue her hymself to wyfe And therof spake to Grgarus her fader And her fader was an olde man and no man chyldern but oonly her sawe that Edelwode was a fayre yonge knyght with the kyng thought his doughter sholde well be maryed be sette vpon hym graunted hym his doughter yf the good lorde the kynge wolde consente therto ¶ And thenne thys Edel wolde came ayen vnto the kynge colde hym that she was fayre ynough vpon to see but she was wonder lothly ¶ Tho answerede the kynge and sayd that he toke but lytell charge Syr sayd Edelwolde she is her faders heyre and I am not ryche of londes yf ye wolde consente and graunte that I myght her haue thenne sholde I be ryche ynough In goddes name sayde the kynge I consente therto Edel wolde tho thanked the kynge ryght mothe wente ayen in to Deuenshyre spowsed the damoysell and in that couÌ„tree he dwelled ¶ And thus it befell vpon a tyme that he tolde his couÌ„seyll all this thynge vnto his wyf how in what maner he had begyled his lord the kynge that wolde haue hadde her to wyfe And anone as she it wyst she loued him neuer more after warde as she dyde before ¶ Thys lady conceyued by hym a sone And whan tyme wan that the chylde sholde be borne Edelwolde came to the kynge and prayed hym to haue a sone of his at the fonte stone The kynge hym graunted And lete calle hym Edgar after his owne name And whan this was done he thought that alle was syker ynough for the kynge that he wolde not take hys wyf for as moche as hys lord was a Ioly man and an amerous ¶ How that kynge Edgar wedded Estrylde after the deth of Edel wolde· THus it befell that all men in kynge Edgars courte thenÌ„e spake sayd that Edel wolde was rychely auaunced thrugh the forsayd maryage of his wyf And yet they sayd he was auaunced an hondred folde more· For he had spowsed the moost fayrest creature that euer seen And the kyng herde speke so moche of her beaute that he thought he wolde haue hym dysceyued begyled And thought pryuely in his herte that he wolde goo into Deuenshyre as it were for to hunte for the harte for the hynde other wylde beestes thenÌ„e he sholde see there the lady or he departed thens And this lady was dwellynge at manere place besyde the forest there that the kynge wolde hunte And aâ— that manere he was her borowed all nyghte And whan tyme came that the kynge sholde suppe and the sonne shone the kyng asked after his gossyppe and after hys godsone· And Edelwolde made her to come before the kynge And neuerthelesse yf it other wyse myght haue be she sholde not haue come in hys syght by hys wyll ¶ The lady welcomeâ— the kynge swetely hym kyssed And he toke her by the honde and to nexte by hym her saâ—te and so souped they togyder ¶ And there was a custome and an vsage in this londe that tyme. That so whan on drake to an other the drynker sholde saye wassayll And that other sholde answere and saye Drynke hayll And thys dyde the kynge the lady and kyste many tymes And after supper whan tyme was for to go to bedde the kynge wente to bedde then kynge hertely on the â—ayrnesse of that lady thenÌ„e was ouer come for her loue that hym thought that he sholde deye but yf he hadde his wyll on her ¶ Vppon the morowe the kynge aroos and in the foreest wente hym for to dysporte wyth hartes hyndes all other wylde beestes of the hertes grete plente he sence to the lady And thryes he went for to solace and to speke wyth that lady the whyles he dwelled there in that countree ¶ And after that the kyng remeued thens and thought hym how he myghte best delyuer Edelwod fro hys wyf as he had hym fyrste desceyued And the kynge anone after .viii. dayes ordeyned a parlyament at salysbury of all his baronage counseyll to haue And for to ordeyne how the countree of Northumberlonde sholde best he kepte that the Danys came not there the londe for to destroye And thys Edelwode came vnto the kyngê parlyament And the kynge sent hym to yorke for to be keper of that countree ¶ And thus it befel that knewe hym not slewe hym by the waye ¶ And anone as the kynge herde telle
that he was deed he lete sende after the lady Eâ—â—â—ylde that he sholde come vnto the cyte of London and ther he wedded to the kyng with grete solempnyte and worshyp And helde a solempne feest And he ware a crowne that was of golde the quene an other ¶ And saynt Dunstane on the morowe came vnto the kynge in to the chambre and founde the kynge in bedde anâ— the quene togyders And saynâ— Dunstane axed the kynge who she was And the kynge answered and sayd that she was the quene Eâ—â—yllde And the Archebyssop saynt Dunstance sayde that he dyde grete wronge and ayenst goddes wyll to take a woman to wyf whose chylde ye had take at fonte stone And the quene for that worde neuer loued saynt Dunstance after And the good man warned of that foly to be lefte but it auaylled but lytell for the loue bytwene them was so moche The kynge begate vpon her a sone that was called Eldred· whan this childe was .vi. yere olde the kynge his fader deyed And aboute that tyme he had regned .xvii. yere lyeth at Glastenbury BEryngarius the thyrde was Emperour after Henrycus ·vii yere thys Beryngarius was Emperour in ytaly In whoo 's tyme was grete dyuysyon ¶ And Henricus theÌ„perour decessed and. Otto began to regne in Almayne ¶ Lothariê° regned after hym two yere and decessed whan Otto regned in Almayne And hadde a wyf that hyght Dalnyham The whiche after wedded Otto ¶ Beringarius the fourth was after hym this man with grete tyrannye subduedytaly wherfore the pope and other romayns called Otto that he myghte delyuer them whiche he dyde And he toke Beryngaryus by strength and twyes he outlawed hym And he toke Lotharius wyfe the whiche the tyrauÌ„t had prysoned ¶ Leo the .viii. was pope after Benedictus one yere and foure monethes This man was chosen with the comyn voys and Iohannes was deposyd This Leo ordeyned that no pope sholde be made without consente of the Emperour For the malyce of the Romayns the whiche oppressyd them Thys man graunted all the yeftes to Otto and hys successours the whyche were yeuen by Iustinianus and Karolus to the chyrche that he myghte defende ytaly frome the reberlyons ¶ Iohanes the .xii. was pope after hym almoost .viii. yere \ thys IoheÌ„s suffred grete wronge of the Romayns For he was take and exyled but Otto bare this heuyly For he slewe the noble men of Rome and certayne of them exyled for euer more Benedyctus the .vi. was pope after hym vi· yere thys man was take and in the castell Aungell was strangled ¶ Nota. ¶ The Empyre in thys tyme was translated to the Almayns And the same cause is here as was before for the â—ycyous lyuynge Ne these vnhappy men cowde not be Informed that they shold eschewe that â—o woyce thrugh the whiche they saâ—e soo many noble men to perysshe ¶ Otto was Emperour after Beryngarius .xii. yere This Otto was the fyrst Emperoure of Almayne And he was all vertuous as an other kynge karolus for he was the defender of the chyrche of god and the syngular promoter for the whyche he was worthy to be Emperoure Many men of fals byleue he conuerted And he helde with hym pope Benedictus the vsurper of the popeherd in to Soxony And there he decessyd in his exyle And this Emperoure decessyd a ryche man in vertue and goodnes ¶ Otto the seconde was Emperour after his fader And he was a noble man to the chyrche as his fader was And many a batayll he had ayenst the fals men of byleue And at the laste he almoost loste all his hoste in Kalabur yet for sothe with all his mynde besought saynt Peter to helpe And meruellously saynte Peter delyuered hym And his wyf was the doughter of the Emperour of Constantynopolytan of the Romans bloode And this man was crowned of Benedictus the pope ¶ Of saynte Edwarde the martyr how Escrylde hys stepmoder lete kylle hym for to make Eldred her owne sone kynge ANd after this Edgar regned Edwarde his sone that he begate vpon hys fyrste wyfe that wyll and nobly gouerned the londe For he was full of all maner of goodnes and ledde a full holy lyf And aboue all thynge he loued god holy chyrche And the quene Escrylde that was his stepmoder lete slee hym by cause to make her owne sone Eldred kynge And this on a daye he was slayne as ye shalle here afterwarde ¶ It befell thus vpon a day that thaâ— kynge Edwarde wente in to a woode for to playe in the southe couÌ„tree be syde a towne that is called warham In that whiche foreste was grete pleyntye of hartes and hyndes And whan he had ben whyle there hym for to playe he thought vpon his broder Eldrede that was with hys moder the quene for her place waste nygh the foreste and thought for to goo thyder and vysyte and see hys brother And toke with hym but a lytell meyne wente hym towarde hys stepmoders hous that in that tyme soiourned in the castell of Corfe And as he rede in the thyckensse of a wood is speye hys game it befell that he wente amysse and loste hys meyne that with hym came And at the laste he came out of the wood And as he loâ—d hym about he sawe there there fast besydes a â—e that hys stepmoder dwelled in and thyder warde he wente alone And anone it was tolde the quene how that the kyng was comen alone wyth out ony company And therfore she made Ioy ynough and thought how that she myght do that he were slayne as pryuely as she myght called to her one of her knyghtes To whome she had tolde moche of her counseyll bytwene them And bothe they came to the kynge and curteysly hym receyued ¶ And the kynge tolde that he was come to vysyte and also for to speke with Eldred his broder The quene many tymes hym thankyd and hym prayed for for alyght and her borugh with her al that nyght ¶ The kynge sayd that he myght not But agayne he wold goo vnto hys folke yf he myghte theym fynde ¶ And whan the quene sawe that he wolde not abyde she prayed hym that he wolde ones drynke and he graunted her And anone as the drynke was come the quene dranke vnto the kynge And the kynge tooke the cuppe and sette it to his mouth And in the meane whyle that he dranke the false knyght that was with the quene with a knyfe smote the kyng vnto the herte there he fell downe deed vnto the erthe of his palfroy The quene for this dede gaue the knyght golde and syluer greate plente and of other ryches ynough And the knyght anone as thys was done wente hym ouer the see And so escaped he oute of this londe ¶ Whan this kyng Edwarde was thus martred It was in the yere of the Incarnacyon of our lorde Ihesu Cryste .ix. C.lxxx And he had regned .xii. yere and an halfe and lyeth at Glastenbury
And this man had a syster that was as holy as he the whome he yaue to wyf vnto the kyng of HuÌ„gry And she brought all Hungry vnto the ryght byleue the cristen fayth And his wyues name was sancta Konnogundis with whom he lyued a vyrgyne all his lyues dayes And also he dyde many a batayle as well in ytaly as in Almayne ayenst the rebellyous and prosperyd ryght wysly Atte the laste wyth a blessyd ende he decessyd And in the lyfe of saytn LaureÌ„ce he and hys wyf be put for ensamples ¶ Benedictê° was pope after IohaÌ„nes .xi yere This man hadde grete stryfe in hys dayes for he was put out \ and a nother put in And this Benedictus after that he was deed was seen of an holy maÌ„ bysshop in a wretchyd fygure and he had grete payne And thys fygure sayd He trusted no thynge in the mercy of god And no thyng profyted hym that was done for hym for it was goten with extorcyon vniustely Thenne this bysshop left his bysshopryche for dred of thys syght went in to a monastery lyued vertuously all hys 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 kyng Eldredes sone by his fyrste wyf ordeyned a grete power of men began for to warre on kyng Knoghte And so he dyde many tymes and often And the warre was so stronge harde the wonder it was to wyte· ¶ And the quene Emme that dwelled tho in westmestre had grete drede of her two sones of the warre Alured Edwarde lest they sholde be defoyled mysdone thorugh this warre wherfore she sente theym ouer the see in to Normandy to the duke Rycharde theyr vncle And there they dwelled in saufte and peas longe tyme. ¶ This Edmonde Irensyde and Knoght the Dane warred strongely to gyder But at the last they were accorded in this manere that they sholde departe the reame betwixt them both and soo they dyde after they became good frendes And so well loued to gyder as they had ben brethern goten of one fader and of one moder borne ¶ How kynge Edmonde Irensyde traytoursly was slayne thorugh a traytour that was ralled Eldred of Strotton ANd after tho regned kynge Irensyde and Knoght the Dane But thus it befel afterwarde that in the same yere that they were accorded and so moche loued to gyder wherfore a fals traytour hadde enuytee to the loue that was betwixt theym and frendshyp whoo 's name was Edrith of Stratton that was a grete lord that was Edmonde Irensydes man of hym helde all the londe that he had And neuertheles he thought his lord to betray make Knoght kynge of the londe to the entente rychely to be auauÌ„ced and with hym be well beloued wherfore he prayed hys lord Edmonde Irensyde vppon a daye wyth hym for to ete And the kynge hym curteysly graunted to hym came at his prayer And at the mete the kynge ryally was serued wyth dyuers meeteê and drynkes And whan the nyght came that he sholde go vnto bedde The kynge toke his owne meyne went vnto the chambre there that he sholde take his nyghtes reste And as he loked hym about he sawe a fayre ymyge well made and in semblauÌ„t as it were an Archer with a boowe in the boowe a fyne arowe ¶ Kynge Edmonde wente tho nere for to beholde it better what it myght be And anon the arowe smote hym thrughe the body there slewe the kynge· For that engyne was made for to slee his owne lorde traytoursly ¶ And soo whan kynge EdmoÌ„de was thus deed and slayne he had regned but .x. yere And his peple for hym made moche sorowe And his body they baâ—e vnto Glastenbury there theym hym enâ—yred ¶ And this fals traytour Edrith anone went unto the quene that was kynge Edmondes wyf that wyst not of her lordes dethe Anone he toke frome her tow sones that were fayre yonge that her lorde had vpon her goten that one was called Edward that other Edwyn And lawe theym with hym to Londen toke them vnto kynge Knoght that he sholde do wyth them what his wyll were And tolde hym how subtylly he had slayne kyng Edmonde for by cause loue of hym so that kynge Knoght all Englonde in his power hooly myghte haue ¶ O thou fals traytoure haste thou my true brother that was soo true thus slayne for me maÌ„ I most loued in the world Now by my heed I shall for thy traueyll well rewarde as thou hast deserued anone lett hym be take bounde honde foot in maner of a traytour lete cast hym there in to Tamyse in thys maner the fals traytour ended his lyf The kynge toke the two childern and put them unto the abbot of westmestre to warde to kepe tyll that he wyst was best with them to do ¶ How kynge Knoght sente kynge Edmondes sones both in to DeÌ„marke to be slayne and how they were saued SO it befell soone after that kynge Knoghte had all the londe in his honde and spowsed the quene Emme thorughe consente of his baronage For she was a fayre woman the whiche was Eldredes wyf and the dukes syster of Normandye and they lyued togyder with moche loue as reason wolde The kynge axed vpon a daye counseyll of the quene what was best to do with the sonnes that were Edmonde Irensydes Syre sayd she they ben the ryght heyres of the londe and yf they lyue they wyll do moche sorowe with warre and therfore lete sende them in to a strange londe a ferre to some man that maye them defoyle and destroy The kynge anone lete calle a dane that was called walgar and commaunded hym that he sholde lede tho two childern in Denmarke and soo to doo and ordeyne for them that he sholde neuer here more of theym Syr sayde this walgar gladly your commaundement shall be done anone tho two chyldern he toke and ladde them in to Denmarke And for as moche as he sawe that the chyldern were wonder fayr and also meke he had of them grete pyte ruthe wolde them slee but ladde them to the kynge of Hungry for to noursshe for this walgar was well be knowen with the kynge well beloued Anone the kynge axed whens the childern were walgar tolde hym and sayde that they were the ryght heyres of Englonde and therfore men wolde destroye them And therfore syr vnto you they be come mercy helpe for to seke And for sothe yf they may lyue your men they shal become and of you they shall holde all theyr londe The kynge of Hungry receyued them wyth moche honour and lete them worthely be kepte ¶ And thus it befell after warde that Edwyne the yonger brother deyed Edwarde the
was put vp ayen And after he was put out and Gregorius was made pope ¶ And he was but a symple lettred man and therfore he chose an other man for to be consecrate with hym And whan many men were dyspleased wyth thys godynge of two popes the thyrde was brought in the whyche sholde occupye the place of bothe the tow And so they stroue amonge themself But Henry the Emperour came thenne to Rome deposyd them all and made Clement the seconde pope whom he made anone to crowne hym And he sayde to the Romayns they sholde neuer chese pope wythout his assente And soo fyue beynge popes sixte was put in And many men saye this Gregorius was an holy man ¶ Damasius the secoÌ„de was after Clemente .xx. dayes This man was an vsurper of the popeheed and so he deyed sodenly And anone the Romayns asked to haue a pope that the Almayns sholde haue none For they were so harde herted that they myhht not enclyne to the entence of the Emperour the whiche sayd There sholde be no pope chosen but yf he wolde be of counseyl of the eleccyon But for all that the put in this holy man Leo and after he had of that conscyence and refused And anone he was chosyn by the comyn assent this Leo put Cryste in the fourme of a Laser in his owne bedde and in the morowe he founde no thynge there ¶ Of saynt Edwarde the confessour that was Aluredes brother how he was kynge of Englonde ANd whan this was done al the barons of Englonde sente an other tyme in to Normandy for that Edwâ—rde sholde come in to Englond with moche honour And this Edwarde in hys chyldehode loued almyghty god hym dradde And in honeste and clennesse hadde his lyf and hated synne as dethe And whan he was crowned and anoynted wyth a ryall power forgate not his good maners and condycyons that he fyrste vsed And forgate not alle good customes for no maner of honour ne for ryches ne no manere hyghnes But euermore and more yaue hym to goodnesse and loued god and hooly chyrche passynge all other manere thynge ¶ And poore men also be loued and theym helde as they hadde ben hys owne brethern And to them ofte he yaue greate almesse with full good wyll ¶ Of the fyrste specyall loue that god she 〈…〉 to saynt Edwarde lyuynge IT befell on a daye as he went from the chyrche of westmestre And hadde herde masse of saynt Iohan the Euangelyst for as moche as he loued saynt IohnÌ„ euangelyst more specially after god and hour lady than he dyde ony other saynt And so there came to hym a pelgryme prayed hym for the loue of god and our lady and saynt Iohan the euangelyst some good hym for to yeue And the kynge pryuely toke his rynge of his fynder that no man perceyued it and yaue it to the pelgryme and he it receyued and wente thens ¶ This kynge Edwarde made all the good lawas of Englonde that yet ben moost vsed and holden And was so mercyable and so ful of pyte that noo man myght be more ¶ How the erle Godewyn came ayen in to Englonde had ayen all his londe and afterwarde saynt Edwarde weded his doughter AS the Erle Godewin that was dwellynge in Denmarke had moche herde of the godnesse of kyng Edwarde that he was so full of mercy of pyte He thought that he wolde go ayen in to Englonde for to seke to haue grace of the good kynge Edwarde that soo mercy full was that he myght haue ayen hys londe in peas And arayed hym as moche as he myght put hym to warde the see came in to Englonde to London there the kynge was that tyme and all the lordes of Englonde and helde a parlyament Godewin sente to hym that were his frendes and were the moost grettest lordes of the londe prayed them to beseche the kynges graet for hym that he wolde hys peas his londe graunte hym The lordes ledde hym before the kyng to seke his grade And anone as the kynge hym sawe he apeled hym of treason of the deth of Alured his brother and these wordes vnto hym sayde Traytour Godewin sayd the kynge I the appele that thou hast betrayed slayn my brother Alured Certes syr sayde Godewin sauynge your grace your peas and your lordshyp I hym neuer betrayed ne yet hym slewe· therfore I put me in rewarde of the courte Now fayr lordes sayd the kynge ye that ben my lyeges erles barons of the londe that here be assembled fulle welle ye herde my appele And the answere also of Godewin and therfore I woll that ye a warde and dooth ryght The erles Barones tho gadred them all togyder for to do this a warde by themself and so they spake dyuersely amuÌ„ge them For some sayd there was neuer alyaunce by homage seriment seruyce ne by lordshyp bytwene Godewin and Alured for whyche thynge they myght hym drawe And att the laste they deuysyd and demed That he sholde put hym in the kynges mercy all togyder Tho spake the erle Leuerik of Couentree a good maÌ„ to god and to all the worlde and tolde hys reason in this manere sayd The erle Godewin is the best fended man of Englonde after the Kynge well it myght not be agayne sayd the wythout counsell of Godwin Alured was neuer put to dethe wherfore I a warde as towchynge my parte that hymself hys sone euery of vs .xii. erles that ben hys frendes goo before the kynge charged with as moche golde syluer as we maye bere betwyxt our hondes praynge the kyng to forgyue his euyll wyll to the erle Godewin receyue hys homage his londe yelde ayen And they accorded vnto that a warde and came in thys maner as is abouesayd euery of them with holde and syluer as moche as they myght bere bytwene her hondes before the kynge there sayd the fourme the maner of they accorde of theyr a warde The kyng wolde not theym agayne saye But as moche as they ordeyned he graunted confermed And so was the erle Godewin accorded with the kynge so he had ayen all his londe And afterwarde he bare hym so well so wysely that the kynge loued hym wonder moche with hym he was fulle preuy And within a lytell tyme they loued so moche that there the kynge spowsed Godewyns doughter made her quene And neuerthelesse though the kyngge had a wyf yet he lyued euer in chastyce cleÌ„nesse of body without ony flesshely dede doynge with his wyf And the quene also in her halfe ladde an holy lyf two yere and deyed And afterwarde the kyng lyued all hys lyf without ony wyf ¶ The kynge yaue the erledome of Oxenforde to Harolde that was Godewyns sone and made hym erle And so well they were beloued bothe the fader and he and so pryue with the kyng both
of Caunterbury VIctor the seconde was pope after Leo And of hym lytell is wryten ¶ Henry the seconde was Emperour after the fyrste Henry .xvii. yere this man was cosyn to Conradus he was borne in wood twyes takeÌ„ for to be slayne whan he was a chylde but god defended hym euermore whan he was made Emperour many amonastery he made in the same place in the wood where he was borne This maÌ„ was a victoryoê° maÌ„ he entred iÌ„ to ytaly there he toke Padulphus the prynce of Campany ¶ Stephanus the .ix. was pope after Victor .ix. monethes ¶ Benedictus after hym he toke the dygnyte of the pope Stephanus by strengthe kepe it .ix. monethes theÌ„ne decessyd ¶ Henry the thyrde was Emperour after Henry the seconde This Henry was an Inquyete man and many times troubled that hooly man Gregorius the .vii. And fyrst he axed foryeuenesse was assoyled· But he perceyuered not longe but brought in to an other pope ayenst hym sayd he was an heretyke And Gregoriê° cursyd hym And the chesers of the Emperoure they those the duke of Baxon for to be Emperour whom thys Henry in batayll ouercame And thenÌ„e he came to Rome with his pope pursewed pope Gregorius the Cardynalles also ¶ And thenÌ„e anone Robert the kyng of Naples droue hym theÌ„s delyuered the pope his Cardynalles Neuerthelesse yet he was a man of grete almesse .iii. tymes he faught in batayll at the last he deyed wrytchedly for he was put there by his owne sone For so as he dyde to other men so was he done vnto ¶ Nicholaê° the seconde was pope after Benedictê° two yere this Nicolaê° called a couÌ„seyll ayenst that Archedeken of Turonoseus the whiche was an heretyk taught ayenst the fayth For he erred in the sacrameÌ„t after he was coÌ„uerted was an holy man but he coude neuer conuerte his dyscyples ¶ Nota ¶ Alexander the secoÌ„de was pope after hym xii yere this Alexander was an holy man he ordeyned that vnder payne of cursynge that noo man sholde here a preestê masse whom men knewe had a lemman Vt pêª .xxxii. pÌ„cer hoc He had stryue with one Codulo but he expulsyd hym as an vsurper put hym out as a symonyer ¶ How Harolde that was good wyns sone was made kynge and how he escape from the duke of Normandy AS saynt Edwarde was gone oute of this worlde was passed to god and worthely enteryd as to suche a grete lorde oughte the barons of the londe wolde haue had Edwarde Elygus sone to Edwarde the outlawe that was Edmonde Irensydes sone to be kynge For as moche as he was moost kyndest kynges blood of the reame ¶ But Harolde sone thrugh the erle Godewyn the strengthe of his fader Godewyn and thrugh other grete lordes of the reame that were of his kynne vnto hym sybbe seased all EngloÌ„de in to hys honde anone lette crowne hym kynge after the enterement of Saynt Edware This Harolde that was Godewynes sone the seconde yere afore that saynt Edwarde was deed wolde haue gone in to Flaundres but he was dryuen thrugh tempest in to the couÌ„tree of Pountyse and there he was taken brought to duke wyllyam And this Harolde wende that tho thys duke wyllyam wolde haue be auenged vpon hym for by cause that the Erle Godewyn that was roldes fader had lete slee Alured that was saynt Edwardê brother and pryncipally for by cause that Alured was quene Emmes sone the was Rychardes moder duke of Normandy that was aiÌ„enll to the duke wyllyam And neuertheles whan the duke wyllyam had Harolde in pryson vnder hys power for asmoche as this Harolde was a noble wyse knyght a worthy of body that hys fader he was accorded with good kynge Edwarde therfore wolde not mysdo hym But all manere thynges that betwext them was spoken and ordeyned Harolde by hys good wyll swore vpon a boke vpon â—oly sayntes that he sholde spouse wedde duke wyllyams doughter after the deth of saynt Edwarde that he sholde besely doo his deuour for to kepe and saue the reame of Englonde vnto the profyte and auantage of duke wyllyam ¶ And whan Harolde hadde thus made his othe vnto the duke wyllyam he lette hym goo and yaue hym many a ryche yeftes And he tho wente thens and came in to Englonde and anone dyde in this manere whan Saynte Edwarde was deed and as a man falsly for sworne He lette crowne hym kynge of Englonde and falsely brake the coue name that he hadde made before wyth duke wyllyam wherfore he was wonder wroth wyth hym and swore that he wolde vppon hym be auenged what some euer hym befell ¶ And anone duke wyllyam lette assemble a grete hoste and came in to Englonde to auengâ— hym vppon Harolde and to conquere the londe yf that he myght ¶ And in the same yere that Harolde was crowned Haralde Herestynge kynge of Denmarke arryued in ScotloÌ„de and thought to haue be kynge of Englonde and he came in Englonde and robbed and destroyed all that he myght tyll that he came to yorke and there he slewe many men of armes a thousande and a hondred preestes whaÌ„ this tydynges came to the kynge He assembled a grete power and wente for to fyght with Haralde of Denmarke and wyth hys owne hondes de hym slewe and the Danes were dyscomfyted and tho that were lefte a lyue wyth moche sorowe fledde to theyr shyppes And thus kynge Harolde of Englonde slewe kynge Haralde of Denmarke ¶ Anno dmÌ„ M.lxvi. ¶ How wyllyam Bastarde duke of Normandy came in to Englonde slewe kyng Harolde ¶ Here come Normans and expulsyd Harolde a Saxon. ANnd whaÌ„ this bataylle was done Harolde be came so proude wolde no thynge parte with his people of the thynge that he had goten but helde it all to hym self wherfore the moost parte of his people were wrothe and frome hym departed soo that oonly with hym abode no moo but his soldyurs And vpon a daye as he sate atte meete a messager came to hym and sayde that wyllyam bastarde the duke of Normandy was arryued in Englonde with a greate hoste had take all the londe about Hastynge also myned the castell whaÌ„ the kynge had herde this tydynges he wente thyther with a lytell power in all the hast that he myght for there but fewe people wyth hym lefte And whan he was come thyder he ordeyned to yeue batayll to duke wyllyam But the duke axed him 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 thys thynge in batayll This Harolde was a proude man a stronge and trusted wonder moche vpon his strength and faught with duke wyllyam and with his people But Harolde his men in this batayll were
hys honde as a brydell tyll he came thrugh the cyte and there he was put in pryson And this pope made peas wyth the Emperour ¶ Honorius was pope after hym two yere and lytell of hym is wryten ¶ Nota. ¶ Hary the fourth Emperour of Almayne decessyd thys tyme and was buryed with his progenytours after some men wyth suche an Epytaphe Filius hic pater hic Auus hic proauus iacet istis ¶ But it is lykely to be truer that the Geralde sayd in Itinerario walke wherfore he sayth that after he had prysoned his carnall fader hys sperytuell fader the pope with his Cardynalles after he was reconsyled wylfully he was exyled And he lefte Maude his wyf the kynges doughter of Englonde pryuely and lyued an heremytes lyf at Chestre .x. yere where he myght lyue as noo man knewe hym And he called hymselfe Godyscallus the whyche Godysson is called So the Emperour secretely went awaye Maude hys wyf the Empresse there she went vnto her fader Henry in to Normandy where anone after she was wedded vnto Geffroy Plantaginet the duke of Andegame vpon whom he begate Henry the seconde afterwarde kynge of Englonde Vnder whom saynt Thomas of Caunterbury regned deyed ¶ Lotharius was Emperour aftey Henry the fourth .xii. yere And lytell of hym is wrytem but that he was manerely to the chyrche And that he subdued Roger the vsurper of the kynge of Cycyle ¶ Hugo de sancto Victory was a noble man this tyme atte Parys and a noble doctour of the nacyon of Saxons ¶ The ordre of saynt Iohan Baptyst at Iherusalem began thys tyme by the worshypfull man Reymonde myghtely dysposed vnto the weâ—ke of mercy ¶ All this ordre make theyr waye to serue poore men ¶ Anno dmÌ„ M.C.xxxiiii INnocencius was pope after Honorius xiiii yere and vii· monethes This maÌ„ was a very deuoute maÌ„ and wyth suche men he accompanyed hym and he had stryf ayenst â–ª Perys of Lyon the whiche named hym Anocletus And by strenth he tooke the popehede The whiche InnoceÌ„cius sawe and with two Galeys he fledde in to FrauÌ„ce was worshyp fully receyued of saynt Bernarde the whiche that tyme had alle the kynges and prynces in his honde And he prouoked them for to brynge this pope Innocencius in to dygnyte ayen And at the last all thynge was sessyd and hys enmyes were destroyed thrugh the Iugement of god And he was pope ayen lyued prouffytably was buryed at Latranence· ¶ How Stephen that was kyng Henryes systers sone was made kynge of Englonde AFter thys kynge Henry that was the fyrste was made kynge his neuewes syster sone Stephen erle of Bolonye For anone as he herde the tydynges of hys vncles deth theÌ„ne he passed the see and came in to Englonde thrught counseyll strength of many grete lordes in Englonde ayenst the othe that they had made to Maude the Empresse toke the reame he lete crowne Stephen kyng of the londe ¶ And the Archebysshop wyllyam of Caunterbury that fyrste made the othe of feaute to Maude the Empresse sette the crowne vpon Stephens heed and hym anoynetd And bysshop roger of Salysbury mayntened the kynges parte in as moche as he myghte ¶ The fyrste yere the kynge Stephen began to regne he assembled a grete hoste and went to warre Scotlonde for to haue warred vppon the kynge of Scotlonde But he came ayenst hym in peas and in good manere and to hym trusted But he made to hym none homage for as moche as he had made vnto thempresse Maude ¶ And in the fourth yere of his regne Maude the Empresse came in to Englonde tho began debate bytwene kynge StepheÌ„ Maude thempresse This Maude went vnto the cyte of Nicholl the kyng her besyged longe tyme and myght not spede so well the cyte was kept defended And tho that were within the cyte meruaylously scaped a way wythout ony maner of harme And tho toke the kyng the cyte and dwelled therin tyl Candelmasse And tho came the barons that helde wyth the Empresse That is for to saye the erle Radulphe of Chestre the erle Robert of Glocestre Hugh Bygot Robert of Morley and these brought wtth them a stronge power faught wyth the kyng and yaue hym a grete bataylle In the whiche bataylle kyng Stephen was taken sette in pryson in the castell of Brytowe ¶ How Maude the Empresse wente fro wynchestre to Oxenforde and after she escaped to walynforde and of the sorowe and dyscease that she had NOw as the kynge was takeÌ„ brought in to warde in the castel of Bristow this Maude the Empresse was made lady of Englonde all men helde her for lady of the londe But those of Kent helde with kyng Stephens wyfe also wyllyam of Prece his retenewe halpe them helde warre ayenst Maude them presse And anone after the kynge of Scotlonde came to them wyth a huge nombre of peple And tho went theyr togyder to wynchestre there that the Empresse was wolde haue takeÌ„ her But the Erle of Glocestre came wyth his power fought with them And the Empresse in the meane whyle that the batayll dured scaped from them wente vnto Oxenforde and there helde her And in that bataylle was the erle of Glocetre dyscomfyted taken wyth hym many other lordes And for hys delyueraunce was kyng Stephen delyuered out of pryson And whaÌ„ he was delyuered out of pryson he wente thens vnto Oxenforde besyeged thempresse that was tho at Oxenforde And the seyge endured fro Myghelmasse vnto saynt Andrews tyde ¶ And the Empresse lette clothe her tho alle in whyte lynnen clothe 〈◊〉 by cause she wolde not be knowen Fo◠〈◊〉 same tyme there was moche sorowâ— and â—â—e escaped by the Tamyse from them a waye that were her enmyes And from thens â—he wâ—nte to walyngforde there helde her And the kynge wolde haue beseyged ther but he had so moche to doo with the erle Radulphe of Châ— and with Hugh Bygot that strongely waâ—d vpon hym in euery place â— that he wyste whether for to torne And the erle of Glocester â—alpe hym with his power ¶ How Gaufryde the erle of Angoy â—auâ— vnto Henry the Empresse sone all Normandy ANd after thys the kynge wente vnto wylton and wolde haue made a castel there But tho came to hym the erle of Glocestre wyth a stronge power there almooste he had taken the kynge but yet the kyng escaped with moche payne And wyllyam Marâ—ell there was takeÌ„ And for whoo 's delyueraâ—ce they yaue vnto the erle of Glocestre the good castell of Shyrborn that he had taken ¶ And whan this was done the erle Robert all the kynges enmyes went vnto Faryngdon and begaÌ„ there for to make a stronge castell but the kynge came thyder with a stronge power and droue hym thens And in that same yere the erle Radulphe of Chestre was accorded with
moder ¶ The .xiiii. yere of his regne the duke of Saxon spowsed Maude his doughter And he begate vpon her thre sones that were called Henry Othus and. Wyllyam ¶ And in the xv yere of hys regne deyed the good Erle Robert of Glocestre that founded the abbaye of Nonne of Eton. And in the same yere Marke kynge of Ierusalem conquered Babylon ¶ And the .xvi. yere of his regne he lete crowne his sone Henry at westmestre· hym crowned Roger Archebysshop of yorke iÌ„ harmyng of ThoÌ„as archebysshop of CauÌ„terbury wherfore this same Roger was accusyd of the pope ¶ How kynge Henry that was sone of kynge Henry the Empresse sone and of the debate that was bytwene hym and his fader whyle that he was in Normandye AFter the cornacyon of kynge Henry the sone of kyng Henry the Empresse lone That same Henry thempresse sone wente ouer to Normandy there he lete mary Elenore his doughter of the Dolphyn that was kynge of Almayne And in the .vii. yepe that the Archebysshop saynt â–ª Thomas had beÌ„ our lawed the kyng of FrauÌ„ce made the kyng saynt Thomas accorded And thenÌ„e cam Thomas the Archebysshop to Chaunterbury ayeÌ„ to his owne chyrche this accorde was made in the begynnyng of Aduente afterwarde he was slayne martred the fyfth daye of Crystmasse thenne folowynge For kynge Henry thoughâ— vpon saynt Thomas the Archebysshop vpon Crystmasse daye as he sate at hys mete these wordes sayd That yf he had ony good knyghtes wyth hym he had be many a day passeâ— auenged vpon the Archebysshop Thomas· ¶ And anone syr Wyllyam BretoÌ„ syr Hugh Moruile syr wyllyam Tracy syr Reygnâ—lâ—de Fitz vrse beers sone in Englysshe pryuely wente vnto the see came in to Englonde vnto the chyrche of CauÌ„terbury there they hyâ— martred at saynt Benets awter in the modeâ— chyrche And that was in the yere of the Incarnacyon of Ihesu Cryst M.C.lxxii yere And anone after Henry the newe kyng began for to make warre vpon Henry his fader vpon his brothern wyllyam Othus ¶ And so vpon a daye the kyng of Fraunce al the kynges sones and the kynge of Scotlonde and all the gretest lordes of Englonde were rysen ayenst kyng Henry the fader And at the last as god wolde he conquered all his enmyes And the kynge of Fraunce he were accorded· ¶ And tho sente kyng Henry specyally vnto the kynge of Fraunce prayed hym hertely for his loue that he wolde sende to hym the names bi letters of them that where the begynners of the warre ayenst hym And the kyng of fraunce sent ayen to hym by letters the names of theÌ„ that began that warre ayenst hym The fyrste was IohnÌ„ hys sone Rycharde his brother HeÌ„ry the newe kyng his sone Tho was Henry the king woÌ„der wroth cursyd the tyme the euer he hym begate whyle the warre dured HeÌ„ry his sone the newe kyng deyed sore repeÌ„tyng his mysdedes moost sorow made of ony maÌ„ for bycause of saint Thomas deth of CauÌ„terbury and prayed hys fader wyth moche sorowe of herte mercy for his trespaas And his fader forgaaf hym and had of hym grete pyte And after he deyed the .xxxvi. yere of his regne lyeth at Redynge ¶ How the crysten men loste alle the holy londe in the forsayd kinges tyme by a fals Crysten man that became a sarrasyne ANd whyle thys kynge regned the grete bataylle was in the holy londe bytwene the crysten men and the sarrasyns but Crysten men were there slayne thrugh greate treason of the erle Tyrpe that wolde haue had to wyf the quene of Iherusalem that somtyme was Baldewynes wyfe but she forsoke hym and toke to her lorde a knyght a worthy man that was called syr Gnyperches wherfore the erle Tyrpe was wroth wente anone ryght to the Soudan that was Soudan of Babylon became his man and forsoke hys crystendome and alle crysten lawe And the cerysten men wyst not of his dedes but wende for to haue had grete helpe of hym as they were wonte to haue before ¶ And whan they came to the bataylle thys fals Cresten man torned vnto the Sarrasyns forsoke his owne nacyon And soo were the crysten men there slayne with the Sarrasyns ¶ And thus were the crysten men slayne put to horryble dethe and the cyte of Ierusalem destroyed and the holy crosse borne a waye ¶ The kynge of Fraunce all the grete lordes of the londe lete them be crossyd for to go in to the holy londe· And amonges them wente Rycharde kynge Henryes sone fyrst after the kynge of Fraunce that tooke the crosse of the. Archebysshop of Toures But he toke not the vyage at that tyme for cause that he was lette by other maner wayes nedes to be done ¶ And whan kynge Henry his fader had regned .xxxvi. yere and .v. monethes and four dayes he deyed and lyeth at Fonntenerad ¶ Anno dmÌ„ M. C·lvi ADrianus the fourth was pope after Anastasius ·v yere This pope was an Englysshe man the voys of the comyn people sayth he was a bouÌ„de man to the abbote of saynt Albon in Englonde And whan he desyred to be made a monke there he was expulsyd and he wente ouer see and gaue hym to studye and to vertue And after was made bysshop of Albanacens thenne he was made Legate in to the londe of wormacian and he conuerted it to the fayth Thenne he was made pope and for the woundynge of a Cardynall he enterdyted all the cytee of Rome And he cursyd wyllyam the kyng of Cecyle and caused hym to submytte hym This man the fyrst of all the popes with his Cardynalles dwelled in the olde cyte ¶ Alexander the thyrde was pope after hym .xii. yere This Alexander had stryfe ·xvii yere and the foure stryuers that the Emperour sette ayenst hym he ouercame them cursyd them and all deyed an euyll deth This man also accorded Frederyke the Emperour and â–ª Emanuell of Constantinoble the kynge of seculoruÌ„ And this man nourysshed saynt Thomas of Caunterbury in his exyle ¶ Nota. ¶ Saynt Bernarde was canonysed by this Alexander and his abbot for bode hym he sholde do no myracles for there was so myghty concours of people And he obeyed to hym whan he was deed and dyde no moo ¶ Lutius the thyrde was pope after Alexander .iiii. yere and two monethes Of hym lytell is wryten In hys dayes decessyd Henry the fyrste sone to Henry the seconde this is his Epytaphy Omnis honoris honor decor et decus vrbis et orbis Milicie splendor gloria lumen aper Iulius ingenio virtutibus hector Achellis viribus Augustus moribus ore paris ¶ Vrbanus the thyrde was pope after Lucius two yere this man decessyd for sorowe whaÌ„ he herde tell that Ierusalem was taken with the sarrasyns· ¶ Gregorius the viii was pope after hym foure monethes And he practysed
myghtely howe Ierusalem myght be wonne ayen but anone he decessyd ¶ Clemens the thyrde was pope after hym thre yere and lytyell he dyde ¶ Of kynge Rycharde that conquered ayen al the holy londe that the crysten men had loste ANd after this kyng Henry regned Rycharde his sone a stowte man a stronge a worthy also bolde And he was crowned at westmestre of the Archebysshop Baldewyn the thyrde daye of Septembre ¶ And in the seconde yere of his regne kyng Rycharde hymself and Baldewyn the Archebysshop of Caunterbury and Hubert bysshop of Salysbury and Radulf erle 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 hooly londe rested not tyll that he came forthe in his waye vnto Cypres and tooke it with grete force And after that kynge Rycharde went forth to warde the hooly londe gate there as moche as the crysten men had there before lost And conquered the londe ayen thoruhh grete myght saufe only the holy crosse And whan kynge Rycharde came to the cyte of Acres for to gete the cytee ther arose a gret debate bytwene hym the kynge of Fraunce so that the kyng of FrauÌ„ce went ayen in to Fraunce was wroth towarde kyng Rychard but yet for all that are kyng Rycharde wente ayen he toke the cyte of Acres whan he had take it he dwelled in the cyte a whyle But to hym came tydynges that the erle IohnÌ„ of Oxenforde hys brother wolde haue seased all Englonde in to his honde and Normandy also and wolde lette crowne hym kynge of all the londe ¶ And whan kynge Rycharde herde telle of these tydynge he wente ayen towarde Englond with all the spede that he myghte But the duke of Ostryche mette with hym and toke hym and brought hym vnto the Emperour of Almayne And the Emperour hym brought vnto pryson And afterward he was delyuered for an Huge raunson that is for to saye an hundred thousande pounde And for the whiche raunson to be paied eche other chalyce of Englonde was molten and made in to moneye And all the monkes of the ordre of Cysteaux yaue alle theyr bookes thrugh oute all Englonde for to doo them to selle and the raunson for to paye ¶ How kynge Rycharde came agayne from the holy londe auenged hym of his enmyes SO as this kyng Rycharde was in pryson the kynge of Fraunce warred vpon hym strongly in NormaÌ„dye and IohnÌ„ his broder warred vpon hym in Englonde But the bysshops and the baroÌ„s of Englonde with stode hym with all theyr power that they myghte gete tooke the castell of wyndesore and other castelles And the forsayde IohnÌ„ sawe that he had no myght ne power ayenst the barons of EngloÌ„de for to fyght But anone went hym ouer the see vnto the kynge of FrauÌ„ce ¶ And whan Rycharde came out of pryson was delyuered and came in to Englonde anone after Candelmasse in grete haste he went vnto Notyngham the castell of Notyngham to hym was yolden and tho dyscomfyted he hys brother Iohan and tho that with hym helde And after he wente vnto the cyte of wynchestre there he lete hym crowne kynge of Englonde And after he wente vnto Normandy for to warre vpon the kyng of FrauÌ„ce And the kynge of Fraunce came with .vi. hondred knyghtis to warde Gisors And kynge Rycharde mette hym and tho wolde haue yeuen hym bataylle But the kynge of Fraunce fledde tho and hondred knyghtes of his were taken and two hondred stedes that were trapped wyth yren ¶ And anone after wente kyng Rycharde for to besyege the castell Gaillarde â— And as he rode vpon a daye by the castell for to take a uysemente of the castell an arbarlaster somte hym with a quarell that was enuynymmed And the kyng drewe out the shafte of the quarell but the quarels heed abode styll in hys heed And it began for to rancle that he ne myghte not helpe hymselfe ne meue his armes And tho he wyst that he had dethes wonde vpon hym that he myght not be hoole for noo manere of thynge ¶ He coÌ„mauÌ„ded anoÌ„e sharpely all his men for to assoyle the castell Soo that the castell was taken or he deyed And soo manly his men dyde that al the people that were in the castell were taken the kynge dyde wyth them what he wolde And commauÌ„ded his meÌ„ that they sholde brynge before â–ª hym the man that hym so hurt so wounded And whan he came before the kyng the kyng axed hym what was his name And he sayd my name is Bertham Gurdon wherfore sayd the kynge haste thou me slayne syth I dyd the neuer none harme Syr sayd he Though ye dyde me neuer none harme ye your self with your owne honde slewe my fader my broder And therfor I haue quyte now your trauaylle Tho sayd kyng Rycharde He that dyed vpon the crosse to bryng maÌ„nes soule fro payne of helle foryeue that my deth and I also foryeue it the. Tho coÌ„maunded he that no man sholde hym mysdo But for all the kyngê defendynge some of the kyngê men hym folowed and pryuely hym slewe And the .vi. daye after the kyng dyde shryue hym sore repentaunce hauynge of hys mysdedes was houseled and enoynted ¶ Rud this kyng regned but .ix. yere and .xxx. wekes and deyed lyeth besyde his fader at Fontenerad HEnyicus the fyfth was Emperour .viii. yere This Henricus was sone to frederyk he wedded Constaunce the kyngê doughter of Cecyle though the occasyon of her he subdued alle the kyngdome of Apulye he droue all the people out the enhabyte that londe ¶ Celestinus the thyrde was pope after Clemens almost thre yere This man was crowned vpon Eester daye the daye folowynge he crowned Henry the emperour And he made a palays at saynt Peters decessyd ¶ Innocencius the thyrde was pope after hym .viii. yere .v. monethes this man was wel lettred he made a boke of the wretchydneste of maÌ„nes coÌ„dicoÌ„n he made speculuÌ„ misse he mad many coÌ„stytucyons This man daÌ„pned the boke of IohnÌ„ Ioachim that whiche he made ayeÌ„st mayster Peyrs Lombarde the maker of the Sentence This tyme decessyd the Emperour Henry And the prynces of almayne discorded for some chose Otto some chose Phylyppe brocher to Henry Thenne Phylyppe was falsely slayne Gtto was crowned of Innocencius in FrauÌ„ce that whiche anone afught with the Romayns for they yaue hym no dewe honour And for that cause ayenst the popes wyll he toke the kyngdom of Apulye frome Frederyk wherfore the pope cursyd hym Thenne after the fourth yere of his regne the prynces of Almayne made Frederyk Emperour and victoryously he subdued Otto ¶ wyllyam of Parys this tyme began the ordre of the freres Austyn the whiche ben called fratres mendicantes Franciscus an ytalyon
tell you hooly all the popes message and his wyll that we were charged with ¶ How Pandulf delyuered a clerke that had falsyd counterfetyd the kyngê moneye before the kynge hymself ANd anone tho commaunded the kynge the Syrefs Baylyfs of Northampton that were in the kynges presence that they sholde brynge forth all the prysoners that they myght be done to deth before Pandulf for by cause the kynge wened that they wolde haue gaynsayd theyr dedes for cause of the deth all thynge that they hadde spoken afore ¶ Whan the prysoners were come before the kynge the kynge commaunded some to be hanged and some to be drawen and some to drawe out theyr eyen out of theyr heed And amonge alle other there was a clerke that had falsyd the kynges moneye And the kynge coÌ„maunded that he shoyde be hanged and drawed· And whan Pandulf herde this commaundemente of the kynge he sterte hym vp ryght quyckly anone axed a boke and a candell and wolde haue cursyd the kynge all theym that wolde sette vpon the clerke ony honde And Pandulf hym self wente for to seke a crosse And the kynge folowed hym delyuered hym the clerke by the hoÌ„de that he sholde doo with hym what he wolde And thus was the clerke delyuered went thens ¶ And Pandulf and Duraunt his felowe went fro the kyng came agayne to the pope of Rome And tolde hym that kynge Iohan wolde not amended be But euer abode so acrcusyd ¶ And neuertheles the pope grauÌ„ted that yere thorughout alle Englonde that preestes myght synge masse in couenable chyrches and consecrate our lordes body â— gyue it to syke men whiche were lykely to passe out of this worlde And also that men myght crysten chyldern ouer all the londe ¶ And whan the pope wyst and sawe that the kynge wolde not be vnder the rule of hooly chyrche for noo maner thynge The pope thenÌ„e sent to the kynge of FrauÌ„ce in remysseon of his synnes that he sholde take with hym alle the power that he myght go in to Englond for to destroye the kynge Iohan ¶ Whan these tydyges came to kynge Iohan thenne was he sore anoyed sore dradde lest he sholde lese his reame hym self be done to the deth ¶ Thenne sente he to the pope messengers sayd He wolde be Iustifyed come to amendemente in all thynges and wolde make satysfaccyon to all maner of men after the popes ordynaunce ¶ ThenÌ„e sente the pope ayen in to Englonde Pandulf and other messenger and came to Caunterbury to the kynge there abode· And the .viii. daye of May the kynge made anotheâ— for to stande to the popes ordynaunce before Pandulf the Legate in all maner of thynges in whyche he was accursyd And that he sholde make full restytucyon to all meÌ„ of holy chyrche of relygyon and of the goodes that he had taken of them ayenst theyr wyll And all the grete lordes of Englonde swore vpon the boke and by theyr holydom that yf the kynge wolde not holde his othe they sayd the they wolde by strength make hym holde it ¶ Thenne put the kymge hym to the courte of Rome and thenne gaaf he vp the reame of Englonde and of Irlonde for hym and for his heyers for euer more that sholde come after hym soo that kynge Iohan and his heyers sholde take the two reames of the popes hondes And sholde euery yere paye ferme vnto the courte of Rome a thousande marke of syluer And tho toke the kyng the crowne of hys heed sete it vpon his knees And these wordes sayd he in herynge of all the grete lordes of Englonde Here Iresygne vp the crowne the reame of Englonde in to the pope Innocencius hondes the thyrde put me hooly in his mercy and in his ordynaunce ¶ Tho receyued Pandulf the crowne of kynge IohnÌ„ and kept it â—yue dayes as fore seasynge takynge of two realmes of Englonde of Irlonde And coÌ„fermed all maner thyngê by his Chartre that foloweth afer ¶ Of the letetr oblygatorye the kynge IohnÌ„ made to the courte of Rome wherfore the Peters pens ben gadred thrughout al Englonde TO all crysten people throghout all the worlde dwellynge Iohan by the grace of god kynge of Englonde gretynge to your vnyuersyte And be it knowen that for as moche as we haue greued and offended god and our moder holy chyrche of Rome And for asmoche as we haue nede vnto the mercy of our lorde Ihesu cryst And also we may no thynge so worthy ofâ—re as competent satysfaccyon to make to god and to holy chirch but yf that yt were owr owne body as wyth our reames of Englonde and of Irlonde ThenÌ„e by the grace of god we desyre to meke vs for the loue of hym that meked hym to the dethe of the crosse Thorugh couÌ„seyll of these noble erles and barons we offre all freely graunt to god and to the appostle saynt Peter and saynt poule and to our moder chirche of Rome and to our holy fader pope Innocencius the thyrde and to all the pooes that cometh after hym all the reame and patronages of chirches of Englonde and of Irlonde with theyr appertenaunces for remyssyon of oure synnes and for helpe helthe of our kynne soules and of all crysten soul is So that from this daye after warde we wyll receyue holde of our moder chyrche of Rome as fee ferme doynge feaute to our holy fader pope Innocencius the thyrde and so to all the popes that cometh after hym in the same manere aboue sayd And in presence of the wyse man Pandulf the popes Subdeaken we make lyeges homage as it were in the popes presence and before gym were And shall do all manere thyngê aboue sayd And therto we bynde vs and all that cometh after vs our heyres for euer more without ony agayn sayenge to the pope and eke the warde of chyrche vacauntz And in token for this thyng for euer to laste we wyll conferme and ordeyne that our specyall rentes of the forsayd râ—ame sauynge saynt Peters pens in al thynge to the moder chyrche of Rome payeÌ„ge bi yere a thousande marke of syluer and two termes of the yere for all manere customes that we sholde doo for the forsayd reames that is to say to Myghelmas and atte Eester That is to saye .vii. hondred marke for Englonde thre hondred marke for Irlond Sauynge to vs and to our heyres our Iustyces and other fraunchyse other ryaltees that perteyne vnto the crowne And these thynges before ben sayd we wyll that it be ferme stable without ende And to that oblygacyon we our successours oure heyres in this manere be bounde that yf we or ony of oyr heyres thorugh ony presumpcyon falle in ony poynt ayenst ony of these thynges aboue sayde and he be warned and wyll not ryght amende he shall thenne lese the forsayd reame for euermore And that is
tho that holpe or yaue ony counseyll 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 and toke the caastell of Barchamstede aleso the castell of Hirtfoâ— And from that daye afterwarde the Barons dyde there so moche harme thrughout all Englonde And pryncypally the frensshemen 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 Englond but some of the barons and Frensshemen were gone to the cyte of Nycholl toke the towne helde it to kynge Lowys profyte But thyther came kyng Henryes men with a grete power that is to saye the erle Radulf of Chestre Wyllyam erle Marshall Wyllyam the Brenererle of Feryers many other lordes with them yaue batayll vnto Lowys men And there was slayne the erle of perchees Lowys men were fowle dyscomfyted And there was taken Serle erle of wynchestre and Humfroyde Boune erle of Hertforde Robert the sone of walter many other that began warre ayenst the kynge there they were taken ladde vnto kyng Henry that was kynge IohnÌ„s sone ¶ And whan the tydynges cam to Lowys of the dyscomfyture that was the kynges sone of FrauÌ„ce He remeued fro thens wente vnto London and lete shytte the yates faste of the cyte And anone after the kynge sente to the Burgeys of LoÌ„don 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 grete newe chartre vnder hys brode scale ¶ And in the same tyme a grete lorde that was called Eustace the monke came oute of Fraunce wyth a grete company of Lordes wolde haue come in to Englonde for to haue holpen Lowys the kynges sone of Fraunce But Hubert of Brugh the fyue porâ—es wyth .viii. shyppes tho mette with them in the hyghe see â— assaylled them egerly ouer came 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 corned ayen in to Fraunce of the confermacyon of kynge Iohans hartre SO whan Lowys herde these rydynges he dradde sore to be deed lost And lete orâ—â—yne speke bytwene the kynge Lowys by the Legate Swalo And throughe the Archebysshop of Caunterbury thrugh other grete lordes that all the prysoners on that one halfe and that other sholde be delyuerd go quyte Aâ—d Lowys hym self sholde haue for his costes a thousande pouÌ„de of syluer and shold go out of Englonde and come neure more ther in agayne And in this maner was the accorde made bytwene kynge Henry Lowys And tho was Lowys assoylled of the popes Legate the was called Swalo of the senteÌ„ce that he was in the Barons of Englonde also And after thys kynge Henry Swalo the Legate Lowys went to Merton there was the peas coÌ„fermed bytwene them ordeyned And after Lowys wente from thens vnto London toke his leue was brought with moche honour vnto the see with the Archebysshop of Caunterbury and with other bysshops also wyth erles and barons and so went in to Fraunce ¶ And after warde the kynge the Archebysshop and also erles barons assembled them and came to the cyte of London att Myghelmas that nexte came tho sewynge and helde there a grete parlament at London And there were tho reuewed all the frauÌ„chyse the kyng IohnÌ„ had graunted at Romney mede \ kynge Henry tho confermed by hys chartre the whiche yet ben holden thrugh out all Englonde ¶ And in that tyme the kyng toke of euery plough loÌ„de .ii. shleynges 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 Caunterbury translated the .l. yere after his martyrdome And after it was ordeyned by all the lordes of Englonde that all Alyens solde go out of Englonde and come nomore therin And kynge Henry toke tho all the castelles in to his honde the kynge Iohan his fader had yeue take to Alyens for to kepe that helde with hym ¶ But the proude Fawkys of Brytayn rychely lete araye his castell of Bedforde whiche he had of kynge IohnÌ„s yefte helde that castell ayenst kynge Henryes wyll with myght and strength And the kynge came thyder with a strong power and besyeged the castell And the Archebysshop mayster Stephen of Langton wyth a fayre company of knyghtes came to the kynge hym for to helpe And from the Ascensyon of our lord vnto the Assumpcyon of our lady lasted the syege And tho was the castell wonne take And the kynhe lete hange all tho that went in to the castell with theyr good wyll for to holde the castell That is for to saye .lxxx. men ¶ And tho after warde fawkys hymselfe was founde and had in a chyrche at Couentre there he forswore all Englonde with moche shame and wente agayne in to his owne countree ¶ And whyles that kynge Henry regned Edmonde of Abyndon that was â—relorer of Salysbury was consecrated Archebysshop of Caunterbury And this kynge Henry sente ouer the see vnto the erle of prouynce that he sholde lende hym his doughter in Englond that was called Ellenore and he wolde spowse her And tho she came in to Englond 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 swete syght bytwene them That is to saye Edwarde that was nexte kynge after hys fader floure of curteysy and of largenesse and Margarete that was after quen of Scotlonde and Beautrice that was after countesse of Brytayne Katheryne that deyed mayde in relygyon ¶ Of the quinzeme of goodes that were graunted for the newe chartre and of the purueaunce of Oxforde ANd thus it befell that the lordes of Englonde wold haue some addycyous moo in the chartre of Fraunchyse that they had of the kynge spake thus bytwene them And the kynge graunted them all theyr axenge And made to them two chartres that one is called the grete chartre of fraunchises that other is callad the chartre of forest And for the graunt of these two chartres prelates Erles and Barons and alle the comyns of Englonde yaue to the kynge a thousande marke of syluer ¶ Whan kyng Henry had be kynge .xliii. yere the same yere he and his lordes Erles and Barons of the reame wente to Oxforde and ordeyned a lawe in amendemente of the reame And fyrst swore
the kyng hymself 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 the ordynaunce the kynge thrugh counseyll of Edward his sone and of Rycharde his brother that was erle of Cornwaylle also of other repented hym of that othe that he made for to holde that lawe and ordynauÌ„ce· And sente to the courtre of Rome to be assoylled of that othe And in the yere next comynge after was the grete darth of corne in Englonde For a quarter of whete was worth .xxiiii. shelynges And the poore people ete netles and other wedes for huÌ„gre And deyed many a thousande for defawte of mete ¶ And in the .xlviii. yere of kynge Henryes regne began warre debate bytwene hym his lordes for by cause he had broken the couenauntes that were made bytwene them at Oxforde ¶ And the same yere was the towne of Northamton taken folke slayne that were wythin For by cause that they had ordeyned wylde fyre for to brenne the cyte of London ¶ And in the monethe of Maye that the next after vpon saynt Pancras daye was the Batayll of lewes that is to saye the wenesday before Saynt DuÌ„stans daye And there was taken kynge Henry hym self and syr Edwarde his sone and Rycharde his broder erle of Cornewaylle and many other lordes And in the same yere nextse wynge syr Edwarde the kynges sone brake out of the warde of syre Symonde of Mountforth erle of Leycetre at Hertforde and wente vnto the barons of the Marche and they rceeyued hym with moche honour ¶ And the same tyme Gylbert of Claraunce erle of Glocetre that was in the warde also of the forsayd Symon de thorugh the commauÌ„dement of kynge Henry that wente fro hym wyth grete herte for cause that he sayd that the forsayd Gylbert was a foole and helde hym with kynge Henry ¶ And on the Saterdaye nexte after the myddes of August syre Edwarde the kynges sone dyscomfyted syr Symonde de Mountforth ac Kelyngworth but the greate lordes that were there with hym were takeÌ„ that is to saye Baldewyne wake And Wyllyam de Mouchentye and many other grete lordes And the Tewysdaye next after was the batayll done at EusbaÌ„ And there was slayne syr Symonde de MouÌ„tforth Hugh the Spenser Mountforth that was Raufe Bassectes fader of Drayton and other many greate lordes And whanne thys batayll was done all the gentylmen that had ben with the erle Symonde were dysheryâ—ed and ordeyned togyder and dyde moche harme to all the londe For they destroyed theyr enmyes in all that they myght ¶ Of the syege of Kenylworth how the geÌ„tylmen 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 day before the feest of saynt Dunstane was the bataylle scomfyture are Chestrefelde of them that were dysheryted there was many of theym slayne· ¶ And Robert Erle of Feriers there was take and also Baldewyne wake Iohan delahay with moche sorowe escaped thens And oon saynt Iohanâ— the Baptyst tho sewynge began the syege of the castell Kenylworth the syege lasted to saynt Thomas eue the appostle in whyche daye syr Hugh Hastynge had the castel for to kepe that yelded vp the castell vnto the kynge in this manere that hymself the other that were within the castell sholde haue theyr lyues lymme as moche thynge as they had therin both hors harneys foure dayes of repyte for to delyuer clenly the castel of them self of all other maner thynge as they had within the castell soo they wente fro the castell And syr Symonde NouÌ„tforth the yonger the countesse his moâ— were gone ouer the see in to FrauÌ„ce 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 grete lordes the wysest of Englonde that all tho that had be ayenste the kynge and were dysheryted sholde haue ayen theyr londes by greuous rauÌ„sons after that it was ordeyned And thus they were accorded with the kynge peas cryed thorughout all Englonde and thus the warre was ended And whan yt was done the Legate toke hys leue of the kynge of the quene of the grete lordes of Englonde wente tho to Rome the .lv. yere of kynge Henryes regne â— Edwarde kynge IohnÌ„s sone of Brytayne Iohan Vessi Thomas of Clare Rogere of Clyfforde Othes of GrauÌ„stone Robert le Brus. IohnÌ„ of Verdon and many other lordes of Englonde and of beyonde the see toke theyr waye to warde the hooly londe And the kynge Henry deyed in the same tyme at westmestre whan he had regned .lv. yere .xix. wekes on saynt Edmonds daye the Archebysshop of Caumterbury And he was enteryd on saynt Edmondes daye the kynge in the yere of the Incarnacyon of our lorde Ihesu Cryste M.CC.lxxii ¶ Prophecye of Merlyn of the kyng Henry the thâ— expowned that was kynge Iohans sone ANd of this HeÌ„ry prophecyed Merlyn sayd that a lambe sholde come out of wynchestre in the yere of the Incarnacyon of our lord Ihesu criste M.CC. .xvi. with true lyppes holynesse wryten in his hert And he sayd sothe for the good Henry the kynge was borne in wynchestre in the yere abouesayd he spake good wordes swete was an holy man of good consyence And Merlyn sayd that this Henry shold make the fayrest place of the worde that in his tyme shold not be fully ended he sayd soth For he made the newe werke of the abbaye of saynt Peters chirche at westmestre that is fayrer of syght than ony other place that ony man knoweth thorugh out al crystendom But kyng Henry deyed are that werke were fully at an ende that was grete herme ¶ And yet sayd Merlyn that this lambe sholde haue peas the moost parte of hys regne And he sayd full soth for he was neuer noyed thorugh warre neyther dyseased in no maner wyse a lytell afore his deth Merlyn sayd in his prophecye more in the regne ende of the forsayd lambe a wulf of a straunge londe shal do hym moche harme thorugh his warre and that he sholde at the last be mayster thorugh helpe of a reed foxe that sholde come forthe of the North west sholde hym ouercome And that he sholde dryue hym out of the water the prophecye full well was knowen For within a lytell tyme or the kyng deyed Symonde of MouÌ„tforde Erle of Leycerre that was borne in Fraunce beganne ayenste hym stronge warre thorugh whyche doynge many a good bacheler destroyed was and deyed and dysheryted ¶ And whan kyngâ— Henry had the vyctory at Eusham Symonde the erle was slayne thorugh helpe myght of Gylbert of clare erle of
kyng of Cecyle fro his kyngdome And after he had done many bataylles ayenst men of mysbyleue many trybulacoÌ„ns suffred he decessyd dyd many miracles ¶ Nycholaê° delira a noble douctour of dyuyte was thys tyme at Parys this man was a Iewe of nacyon he was coÌ„uerted myghtely profyted in the ordre of frere Mynours he wrote ouer all the Byble Grelles he was in the yere of our lord M·CCC xxx some man say he was a Braban that his fader his moder were crystne but for pouerte he vysyted the scole of the Iewes so he lerned the Iewes langage or elles thys Nycholaê° was informed of the Iewes in hys yonge aege ¶ Honorius the fourth was pope after Martynê° two yere lytell of hym ys wryten but that he was a temperat man a dyscerte ¶ Nicholaus the fourth was pope after hym foure yere this man was a frere Mynor although he was a good man in himself yet many vnhappy thynges fell in his tyme to the chirche For many a batayll was in the cyte thrugh his occasyon for he drewe to moche to the one parte And after hym thre was no pope two yere and .vi. monethes ¶ How kynge Edwarde that was kynge Henryes sone ANd after this kyng Henry regned Edwarde hys sone the worthyes knyght of the worlde in honour for goddes grace was in hym for he had the vyctorye of hys enmyes as soone as hys fader was deed he came to London with a noble company of prelates erles and barons and all meÌ„ dyd hym moche honour For in euery place the syr Edwarde rode in London the stretes were couered ouer hys heed with sylke of tapiscery and other riche couerynges And for Ioye of his comynge the burgeys of the Cyte caste out at theyr wyndowes golde and syluer hondes full in tokenynge of loue and worshyp seruyce and reuerence And out of condyte of Chepe ranne whyte wyne and reed as stremes both of the water and euery man dranke therof the wolde at theyr owne wyll this kyng Edwarde was crowned and enoynted as ryght heyer of Englonde with moche honour And after masse the kynge wente in to his place to holde a ryall feest amoÌ„ge them that dyde hym honour And whan he was sette to meete The kynge Alexander of Scotlonde came to do hym honour and reuerence with a qâ—eyntesye an hondred knyghtes with hym well horsyd arayde And whan they were alyght of theyr stedes they lete theym go whether they wolde who that myght take them tooke at theyr owne wyll wythout ony chalenge·r And after came syre Edmonde kynge Edwardes brother a curteys knyght a gentyll of renowne the erle of Corne wayllle and the erle of Glocestre And after thenne came the erle of Penbroke the erle of Garenne And eche of them by themself ladde in theyr honde an hondred knyghtes gayly dysgysed in theyr armes And whan they were alyghted of theyr horses they lete them go whether that they welde who that myght them catche them to haue styll without ony chalenge And whan all this was done kyng Edwarde dyde his dylygence his myghte for to amende and dresse the wronges in the beste manere that he myght to the honour of god holy chyrche to mayntene his honoure and to amende the noyannce of the comyn people ¶ How ydeyne that was Lewelyns doughter of walys prynce Aymer that was the erles brother of MouÌ„forde were taken in the see THe fyrste afterwarde the kynge Edwarde was crowned Lewelyn prynce of wales sent in to Faraunce to the erle MouÌ„forde that thorough couÌ„seyl of his frendes the erle sholde wedde his doughter And the erle tho auysed hym vpoÌ„ this thynge and sent vnto Lewelyn and sayd that he wolde sende after hys doughter so he sent Aymer his broder after the damoysell Lewelyn arayed shyphes for his doughter and for Syre Aymer and for her faare company that sholde goo with her And this Lewelyn dyd grete wronge for it was couenauÌ„ted that he sholde yeue hys doughter to no manere man without counsell consente of kyng Edwarde And so it befell that a Burgeys of Brystow came in the see with wyne laden and mette them toke them with myght and power And anone the Burgeys sent theym to the kyng And whan Lewely herde this tydynges he was very wroth and also sorowfull· and gan to warre vpon kynge Edwarde and dyde moche harme vnto Englysshmen and bete downe the kynges castels and began for to destroye kynge Edwardes londe And whaÌ„ tydynges cam vnto the kyng of this thyng he wente in to walys and so moche he dyde thorough goddes grace and his grete power that he drofe Lewelyn vnto grete myschyef that he fledde all maner of strength came yelded hym vnto kyng Edwarde yaue hym .l. marke of syluer to haue peas And toke the damoysell all his herytage made an oblygacoÌ„n to kynge Edwarde to come to his parlyamente two tymes of the yere And in the seconde yere after that kynge Edwarde was crowned he helde a generall parleamente att westmestre there he made the statutes for defaute of lawe by the comune assent of all his baronage and at Ester nexte sewenge the kynge sente by his letter vnto Lewelyn prynce of wales that he sholde come to his parlemeÌ„t for his londe and for hys holdynge in wales as the strenthe of his letter oblygatory wytnessyd Tho Lewelyn had scorne and dyspyte of the kynges commaundement And for pure wrache ayen began warre vpon kyng Edwarde and destroyed his londe And tho whan kynge Edwarde herd of these tydynges he wexed wonder wrothe vnto Lewelyn in hast assembled his people went hym to warde wales And warred so vpon Lewelyn the prynce tyll that he broughte hym in moche sorowe dysease And Lewelyn sawe that is defence myghte hym not auaylle and came ayen and yelded hym to the kynges grace cryed hym mercye and longe tyme kneled before the kynges fote The kynge had of hym pyte coÌ„maunded hym for to aryse And for his mekenes foryaue hym hys wrathe and to hym sayd that yf he trespassed to hym a nother tyme that he wolde dystroye hym for euermore ¶ Dauid that was Lewelyns brother that same tyme dwelled with kynge Edwarde and was a felle man and a subtyll and enuyous and also ferre castynge and moche treason thoughte· and euermore made good semblame and semyd soo true that noo man myght perceyue his falsnes ¶ How Lewelyn thrugh eggynge of his brother Dauyd werryd agayn vpoÌ„ kyÌ„g Edward IT was not longe after that tyme the kynge Edwarde yaaf to Dauyd Lewelyns broder the lordshyppe of Frodesham made hym a knyght and so moche honour dyde he neuer after to maÌ„ of walys by cause of hym kynge Edwarde helde his parlemente at London whan he hadde do in walys that he wolde and chaunged his moneye that was
hede smyte of his bowelles take out of his body and brente hys body quartered and sent vnto four of the best townes of Scotlonde and hys heed put vpon a spere â–ª and lete vpon London brydge In ensample 〈◊〉 the Scottes sholde haue in mynde for to do a mysse ayenst theyr lyege lorde eftsones ¶ How the Scottes came to kynge Edwarde for to ameÌ„de theyr trespasse that they had done ayenst hym ANd at Myghelmas tho nexe comyng kynge Edwarde helde hys parlament at westmestre thyder came the Scottes that is to saye the bysshop of saynt Andreas Roberte the Brus erle of caryk Symonde Frysell Iohan the erle of Athell they were accorded with the kynge and bounde by othe swore that they afterwarde yf ony of them mysbare them ayenst kynge Edwarde that they sholde be dysheryted for euermore And whan theyr peas was thus made they toke theyr leue pryuely and wente home in to Scotlonde ¶ How Robert Brus chaleÌ„ged Scotlonde SO after thys Robert the Brus erle of Caryk sent by hys letters to the erles barons of Sotlonde that they sholde come to hym to Scone in the morowe after the Concepcion of our lady for grete nedys of the londe And the lordes came at the daye assygned And the same daye syr Robert the Brus sayd Fayre lordes fulle well ye knowe that in my persone dwellyd the ryght of the reame of Scotlonde as ye wote well I am ryghtfull heyer Syth that syre IohnÌ„ baylol that was our kynge vs hath forsake left his londe And though it so be the kynge Edwarde of Englonde wyth wrongfull power hath made me to hym assent ayenst my wyll yf that he wyll graunte that I may be kynge of Scotlonde I shal kepe you ayenst kynge Edwarde of englonde ayenst all manere men wyth the worde the abbot of Scon arose vp before them all sayd that yt was reason for to helpe hym the londe to kepe defeÌ„de And tho sayd in preseÌ„ce of theÌ„ all that he wolde gyue hym a M. pouÌ„de for to mayntene the londe all the other grauÌ„ted the londe to hym wyth ther powre hym for to helpe defyed kyng Edward of Englonde sayd the Robert Brus sholde be kynge of Englonde ¶ How syr IohnÌ„ of Comyn ayenst sayd the crownynge of syr Robert Brus. LOrdynges sayd syr Iohan of Comyn thynke on the truthe othe ye made to kynge Edwarde of Englond touchynge my self I wyll not breke myn oth for no man so he went from the company at the tyme. wherfore Robert the brus all tho the to hym conseÌ„ted were wroth menaced syr IohnÌ„ of comyn Tho ordened they another couÌ„seyll at Dumfrys to whyche came the for sayd syr IohnÌ„ of Comyn for he dwelled but two myle fro Dumfris there he was wont to soiorne and abyde ¶ How syr IohnÌ„ was traytoursly slayne SO whan Roberte the Brus wyst that all the grete lordes were come of Scotlond to Scon sauf syr IohnÌ„ Comyn the soâ—ourned nyghe scon he sent specyally after the sayd syr IohnÌ„ to come speke with him And vpon that he came spake with hym at the grayfreres in Dumfris that was the thursday after CaÌ„delmasseddy syr IohnÌ„ graunted to go wyth hym And whan he had herde masse he toke a soope dranke after warde he bestrode hys palfroy rode to Dumfris whan Roberte the brus sawe hym come at a wyndow as he was in his chambre made Ioye ynoygh came ayenst hym collyd hym about the necke made with hym gode semblauÌ„t And whan all the erles barons of Scotlonde were present Robert the Brus sayd syrs ye wote well the cause of this comynge wherfore it is yf ye wyl grauÌ„t that Ibe kyng of scotlonde as ryght heyre of the londe And all the lordes that were there sayd with one voys that h sholde be crownede kynge of Scotlond â–ª and that they wolde hym helpe mayntene ayenst all maner men on lyue for hym yf it were nede to deye the giÌ„tyll knyght tho IohnÌ„ of Comyn answerd certes neuer forme ne for to haue of me asmoche helpe as the value of a baton For that oth that I haue made vnto kynge Edwarde of Englonde I shall holde whyle my lyfe woll laste And with that worde he wente from the coÌ„pany and wolde a lyght vpon his palfroy and Roberte the Brus pursewed hym with a drawenswerde bare hym thrugh the body syr IohnÌ„ Comyn felle downe vnto the erth But whan Roger that was syr IohnÌ„ Comyns brother sawe the falsnesse He stert to syr Robert the Brus smote hym wyth a knyfe But the fals traytour was armyd vnder so that the stroke myght do hym no harme and so moche helpe came aboute syre Robert the Brus so the Robert Comyn was there slayne all to hewen in to peces Robert the Brus torned ayen there that syr IohnÌ„ Comyn the noble baroÌ„ lay wounded and pyned to warde his deth besyde the hygh awter in the chyrche of the graey freres sayde vnto syr Iohan comyn O traytoure thou shalt be dede neuer after lete myn auauncement shoke his swerde at the hygh awter and smote hym on his hede that the brayne felle downe vpon the grouÌ„de and the blood storte on hygh vpon the walles and yet vnto thys daye is that blood seen there that no water maye wasshe it a waye And so deyed that noble knyght in holy chyrche ANd whan thys traytoure Roberte the Brus sawe that no man wold sete hys coronacyon he cuÌ„mauÌ„ded all theÌ„ that were of power sholde come vnto hys crownynge to saynt Iohans towne in Scotlonde· And so it be fell vpon our lady daye the AnnuÌ„cyacyon the bysshop of Glaston the bysshop of saynt Andrewes crowned for ther kynge thys Roberte the Brus in saynt Iohans towne made him kynge And anone after he droue all thenglyssshemen out of Scotlonde And they fledde came compleyned them vnto kyng Edwarde how that Robert the Brus had dryue them out of the londe and dysheryted theym ¶ How that kynge Edwarde dubbyd at westmestre .xxiiii. score knyghtes ANd whan kyng Edwarde herd of this myschyef he swore that he sholde be ouenged therof and sayde That alle the traytours of Scotlonde sholde be hangyd and drawen and that they sholde neuer be raunsonned ¶ And kynge Edwarde thought vppon this falsnesse that the Scottes had to hym done And sente after all the bachelers of Englonde that they sholde come vnto London at wytsoÌ„tyde he dubbyd at westmestre .xxiiii. score knyghtes ¶ Them ordened the noble kynge Edwarde for to go in to Scotlonde to werre vpon Robert the Brus And sent before hym in to Scotlonde syr Aymer the valaunce erle of Penbroge And syre Henry Perey baron with a fayre company that pursewed the Scottes and brente townes and castels And afterwarde came the kynge hymself with erles and barons a fayre
sayd the sone shold become in hys tyme as redde as ony blood in tokenynge of grete mortalyte of people And that was knowe wel whaÌ„ the Scottes were slayne And syth sayd Merlyn the same dragon shold nouryshe a Fox that sholde meue grete werre ayenst hym that sholde not in hys tyme be ended and that semed well by Robert the Brus. that kynge Edwarde nourysshed in hys chambre that sythen stale a way meued grett werre ayenst hym whiche werre was not ended in his tyme And yet sayd merlyn that the dragon sholde deye in the marche of an other londe that hys londe sholde be long without a good keper And that men shold were for his dethe from the yle of Shephey vnto the yle of Mercyll wherfore alas shall be ther songe amonge the comyn people faderles in the londe wastyd And that prophecie was knowe ouer all full well For the good Kynge Edwarde deyed at Burgh vp sandys that is vpon the Marche of Scotlonde the englyssmen were dyscâ—mferced and sorowed in Northumberlonde For cause that kynge Edwardes sone sete by the Scottes no force for the ryot of Peers of Ganaston wherfore alas was the songe thrugh out all Englond for defawte of theyr good wardeyne from the yle of Shephey vnto the yle of Mercyll the people made moche sorowe for good kynge Edwardes dethe ¶ For they wende that good kynge Edwarde sholde haue gone in to the holy londe For that was holy his purpoos ¶ Vpon whoo 's soule god for his hygh Inginyte grace haue mercy ¶ Anno. dmÌ„ M.CC.lxxxiiii CElestinus was pope after Nicolas fiue monethes and nothynge noble of hym is wryten but that he was a vertuous man Bonefacyus the eyght was pope after hym .viii. yere This bonifacius was a man in those thynges the whiche perteyneth to courte for he was very experte in suche maters And bycause he had no pere he put no mesure to hys prudence And toke so grete pryde vpon hym that he sayd he was lord of all the worlde and many thynges he dyde with his myght power· the whyche fayled wretchedly in the ende He yaue an ensample to all prelatis that they sholde not be haue ne proude But vnder the fourme of a very shepeherde of god they shod â— more study for to belouyd of other subgectes thaÌ„ dradde This man is he of whom it is sayd that he entred as a fox He lyued as a lyon deyed as a dogge ¶ This tyme the yere of grace was ordeyned from an houÌ„dred yere to an hondred yere And the fyrste Iubyle was in the yere of our lord Ihesu Cryst a thousande thre houÌ„dred ¶ Benedictus the enleuenth was after Bonefacius .xi. monethes This man was an holy man of the ordre of the frere prechers and lytyll whyle lyued but dyssessyd anone ADulphus was Emperour .vi yere This man was erle of Anoxone And this Adulphus was not crowned by the pope for he was slayne in batayll ¶ Albertus was Emperour after hym ·x yere This man was the duke of Astryr fyrste was repreued of the pope after was confermed by the same pope for the malyces of the kyng of Fraunce the whiche was an enmye vnto the chyrche· to the alberte the same pope yaue the kyngdom of FrauÌ„ce as he dyde other kyngdoms But it proffyted not for at the last he was slayne of his neuewe ¶ Clemens was pope after Benedictus almoste .ix. yere and he was a greate buylder of castels and other thynges And he dampnyd the ordre of Templaryes and he ordeyned the seuen booke of the Decretales the whiche be callyd the questyons of Clementyns ¶ And anone after in a counseyle the whyche he helde atte Vyenna he reuokyd the same boke the whiche is successary Iohan called ayen in corporyd it and publysshyd it This Clement fyrste of all popes teanslatyd the popes sette fro Rome to Auinion and whether it was done bi the mocyon of god or by the boldenes of man dyuers men meruaylle ¶ IohnÌ„ the ·xxii was pope after bym .viii. yrre This man was all gloryous as for those thynges that were to be vsed thrugh the actyf lyf And he publysshed the Constytucyons of the clementynes sent theÌ„ to all the vnyuersytees And many sayntes he canonysed these fatte bysshopryches he deuydyd and he ordeyned many thynges ayeÌ„ste the pluralytae of benefyces many herytykes he dampned but whether he was saued or not our lord wolde not shewe to those be louyd very well ¶ Henry the .vii. was Emperour after Albert v· yere this Henry was a noble maÌ„ in warre and he coueyted to haue peas by londe and water He was a gloryous man in batayll And neuer ouercome with enmyes and atte the laste he was poysened of a frere whan that he howselyd hym by receyuynge of the sacramente ¶ Of kynge Edwarde that was kynge edwardes sone ANd after this kyng Edwarde regned Edwarde his sone that was borne att Carnriuan and thys Edwarde wente hym in tho Fraunce and there he spowsyd Isabell the kynges doughter of fraunce the .xxv. daye of Ianuari at the chyrche of our Lady at Boloyne in the yere of our lorde IhuÌ„ Cryste M. CCC vii And the .xx. day of Feuerer the nexte yere that came after he was crownyd solemply att westmestre of the Archebysshop of Caunterbury And there was soo grete presse of people that syre Iohan Bakwell was slayne and murdred And anone as the good kynge Edwarde was deed syr Edwarde hys sone kyng of englonde sent after Pers Ganaston in to Gascoyne so moche louyd hym that he callyd hym brother anone after he yaue vnto hym the lordshyp of walyngforde And it was not longe after that he yaue hym therldom of Cornewaylle ayenst the lordes wyll of englonde ¶ And tho brought syr walter of langton bysshop of Chestre in to pryson durauÌ„ce in the toure of London wyth two knaues alonely hym to serue For the kynge was wrothe wyth hym fore by cause that syre water made complaynt on hym to hys fader wherfore he was put in pryson in the tyme of Troylebaston the for sayde Pers of Ganaston made so grete maystreys that he wente in to the kynges tresory in the abbay of westmestre toke the table of golde with the trestls of the same many other ryche Iewels that somtyme were the noble and good kyng Arthurs toke theÌ„ to a marchauÌ„t that was called ameri of FriscoÌ„bande for he sholde bere them ouer the see in to Gascoyne so he went thens they came neuer ayen after wherfore it was a grete losse to this londe And whan this Pers was rychely auauÌ„syd he became so proude so stowte wherfore all the grete lordes of the reame had hym iÌ„dyspyte for his grete berynge wherfore syr Henry Lacy erle of Nicholl syr Guy erle of warwyk the whyche grete lordes the good kynge Edwarde syr Edwardes fader kyng of Englonde chargyd that Pers of Ganaston
her counsell had ordeyned that he sholde haue be doon to deth at London But he was soo feble for hys moche fastynge that he was nygh deed therfore it was ordeyned that he shold haue his Iugement at her forde at a place of the toure hys heed was take from his body also fro Robert Baldok that was a fals pylled clerke the kynges chaunceler And men sette vpon theyr heedys chaplettys of sharpe netles and two squyres blewe in ther eerys with two grete bugle hornes vpon the twoo prysoners that men myght here ther blowen oute wyth hornes more than a myle one Symond of Rydynge the kynges Marshall bare before them vpon a spere ther armys reuersyd in token that he sholde be vndon for euermore And vpon the morowe was syr Hughe Spenser the sone dampned to dethe was drawen hangyd heedyd hys bowels taken out of hys body brent after that he was quartred hys four quarters were sent to the four townes of Englonde his heed sente to London brydge And this Symond for cause that he dyspysyd quene Isabell he was drawen hanged in a stage made a myddes the forsayd syr Hughes galowes And the same daye a lytell from thens was syr Iohan of Arundell be heddyd by cause he was one of syr Hugh spensers counselers And anone after was syr Hughe Spenser fader hangyd and draweÌ„ heedyd at Brystow and after hangyd ayeÌ„ by the armys with two stronge ropes the fourth day after he was hewen all to pecys houndes ete hym And bycause that the kyng had yeuen hym the erldom of wynchestre hys heed was sent thether and put vpoÌ„ a spere And the fals Baldok was sent to London ther he deyed in pryson amoÌ„ge theues for men dyd hym nomore reuerence than they wolde do vnto an hounde And so deyed the traytours of Englond blessyd be almyghty god And it was no wonder for thrughe there couÌ„sel the good erle Thomas of Lancastre was dooÌ„ vnto dethe all that helde with Thomas of Lancastre thrugh the traytours were vndone all theyr heyres dysheryted ¶ How kynge Edwarde was put downe and his dygnyte take from hym ANd anone after as all this was doone the quene Isabell and Edward her sone and all the grete lordes of Englonde at one assente sente to kynge Edwarde to the castell of Kenylworth there as he was in kepyng vnder the warde of syr Iohan Hachin that was the bysshop of Ely and of syr Iohan of Pereye a baron for bycause that he shold ordeyne hys parlement at a certayne place in Englond for to redresse amende the state of the reame And kynge Edwarde them answerde sayde Lordes sayd he ye se ful well how it is Lo here my seale I gyue to you all my power for to calle and ordeyne a parlement where that ye wyll ¶ And thenne they toke theyr leue of hym came ayen to the barons of EngloÌ„de And whan they hadde the kynges Patent of this thynge they shewed it to the lordes And tho was ordeyned that parlemente sholde be at westmestre at the Vtas of saynt Hylary And all the grete lordes of Englonde lete ordeyned theym there ayenst that tyme that the parlement sholde be And at whiche daye the parlement was the kynge wolde not come there for no maner of thynge as he had sete hyÌ„ self assygned And neuertheles the barons sent vnto hym oo tyme and other And he swore by goddys souie that he wolde not come there oo fote wherfore it was ordeyned by all the grete lordes of Englonde that he sholde no lenger be kynge but be depesed And sayd that they wolde crowne Edwarde his sone the elder that was the duke of Guyhenne And sent tydynges vnto the kynge there that he was in warde vnder syr Iohan Erle of Garen syr IohnÌ„ of Bothun that was bysshop of Ely syr Henry Percy a baron syr wyllyaÌ„ Trusell a knyght that was with the Erle syre Thomas of Lancastre â— for to yelde vp there homages vnto hym for all them of Englonde ¶ And syr wyllyam trussell sayd thyse wordes ¶ Syr Edwarde for cause that he haue trayed your people of Englonde haue vndone many grete lordes of Englonde without ony cause ye shal be deposyd now ye be with stand thankyd be god And also for cause that ye wolde not come to the parlemeÌ„t as ye ordeyned att westmestre as in your letter patent is conteyned for to treate wyth your owne lyege men as a kynge sholde And therfore thrughe al the comyns assente all the lordes of Englonde I tell vnto you these wordes â–ª ye shalâ—e vnderstoÌ„de syr that the barons of Englond at one assente wyll that ye be no more kynge of Englonde but vtterly haue put you out of youre ryalte for euer more And the bysshop of Ely sayd tho to the kynge syr Edwarde I yelde vp feaute homage for alle the Archebisshops and bysshops of Englonde for all the clergy Tho sayd syr Iohan erle of Garenne syr Edwarde I yelde vp here vnto you feaute homage for me and for alle the erles of Englonde ¶ And syr Henry Percy yaue vp also his homage for hym for al the barons of Englonde And tho sayde syr wyllyam Cruscell I yelde vp nowe vnto you myn homage for me also for all the knyghtes of Englonde for all them that holde by seryauÌ„tre or by ony other thynge of you so that from thys daye after ye shall not be clamyd kynge nother for kyng be holde for a synguler man of all the people ¶ And so they weÌ„te thens to London that the lordes of Englonde them abode and syre Edwarde abode in pryson in good kepynge And thys was on the daye of the Conuersyon of saynt Poule in the .xx. yere of his regne ¶ Of the prophecye of Merlyn declared of kynge Edwarde the sone of kynge Edwarde the fyrste OF this kyng Edwarde prophecyed merlyn sayd that there sholde come a gote â—t of Carre that sholde haue hornes of syluer aberde as white as snowe And a drope sholde come out of his nosethrylles that sholde betoken moche harme Hungre dethe of people grete losse of his londe And that in the begynnynge of his reyge sholde be hauÌ„ted moche lechery And he sayd sothe alas the tyme For kynge Edwarde that was kyng Edwarde sone was borne att Carnaryuane in walys for sothe he hornes of syluer a berde as whyte as snowe whan he was made prynce of walys to moche he yaue hym to ryot and to foly And so moche Merlyn in hys prohhecye that there sholde come out of his nose a drope For in hys tyme was grete hungre amonge the poore people stroÌ„ge deth amonge the ryche that deyed in straunge londe wyth moche sorowe in were in Soctlonde And after he loste Scotlonde Gascoyne and whyle that hymselfe was kynge there was moche lechery
that yf my lady youre wyfe came ony thynge nyghe you· that ye wolde her strangle and slee and also that ye walde doo to my lorde your sone in the same wyse ¶ Tho answerde he wyth symple there Alas alas am not I in pryson and all at youre owne wyll now god yt wote I thought yt neuer and now I wolde that I were dede soo wolde god that I were For thenne were alle my sorowe passyd ¶ It was not longe after that the kynge thrugh counsell of Roger Mortymer grauÌ„tyd the warde kepynge of syr Edward his fader vnto syr thomas Toioursy to the forsayd syr Iohan Matreuers thrugh the kynges letter put out holy the forsayd syr Moryce of the warde of the kynge And they toke and ladde the kynge vnto the castell of Corf the whiche castell the kynge hatyd as ony dethe And they kept hym there tylle it came vnto saynt Mathewes daye in Septembre in the yere of grace M.CCC.xxvii that the forsayde syr Roger Mortymer sent the maner of the deth how in what wyse sholde be done to deth And anone as the forsayd Thomas Iohan had see the letter coÌ„maundement they made kynge edwarde Carnariuan good there and good solace as they myght at that soupere nothynge the kynge wyst of the traytory And whan tyme was for to go to bed the kynge went to his bedde laye and slepte faste And as the kynge laye and slepte the trautours fals forsworne ayenst theyr homage and feaute came pryuely into the kynges chambre and theyr company wyth them and layd an huge take vppon his wombe and wyth men pressyd and helde faste downe the foure corners of the table on hys body wherwyth the good mane a woke and was wonder sore adradde to be deed and there slayne and torned hys body vp tho so downe Tho tooke the fals traytours and tynauntes an horne And put it in to hys foundemente as depe as they myghte and a spyt of copre brennynge and putte it thrughe the horne in to hys bodye and soo they slewe theyr lorde that noo thynge was perceyued And after he was enteryd atte Gloucetree ¶ How kynge Edward spowsyd Phylyp the erles doughter of Henaude at yorke ANd after Crystmasse tho next sewynge syr Iohan of henaude brought with hym Phylyp his brothers doughter that was erle of Henaude hys nece in to Englonde and the kynge spowsyd her atte yorke with moche honour And syr Iohan of Bothum bysshop of Ely syr wyllyam of Melton Archebysshop of yorke sange the masse the Sondaye on the euen of the Conuersyon of saynt Poule In the yere of grace M.CCC.xxvii But bycause that the kyng was but yonge tender of aege whan he was crowned full many wornges were doon whyle that his fader lyued bycause that he trowed the counserllers that were fals aboute hyÌ„ that couÌ„syelled hym to doo other wise thaÌ„ reason wold wherfore grete harme was do to the reame to the kynge all meÌ„ dyrected it the kynges dede it was not so almyghty god it wote wherfore it was ordeyned att the kynges crownynge that the kynge for his tender aege sholde be gouerned by .xii. of the grettest lordes of Englonde wythout whome no thynge sholde be doon That is to say tharchebysshop of Caunterbury tarchebysshop of yorke the bysshop of wynchestre and the bysshop of Herforde the erle of Lancastre therle Marchall the erle of kent that were the kynges vncles the erle of Garenne syr Thomas wake Syr Henry Percy syr Olyuer yngham and Iohan Rous barons all thyse were sworne truly for to counseyll the kynge And they shold answer euery yere in parlement of that that shold be done in the tyme of theyr gouernall but that ordynaunce was sone vndoon that was moche harme to all Englonde For the kyng all the lordes that sholde gouerne hym were gouerned and rulyd after the quene his moder dame Isabell and by syr Roger Mortymer and as they wolde all thynge was done bothe amonge hygh and lowe And they toke vnto theym castels townes londes and rentê in grete harme And losse to the crowne and of the estate out of all mesure ¶ Howe the peas was made bytwene the EnglysshemeÌ„ and the Scottes and also of Iustyfyenge of Troylesbaston Kynge Edwarde at wytsontyde in the seconde yere of this regne thrughe the couÌ„seyll of his moder syr Roger Mortymer ordeyned a parlemeÌ„t at Northampton at that parlement the kyng thrughe hys couÌ„sell none other of the londe within aege grauntyd to be accordyd with the scottes in this manere that all the fâ—autees homages that the scottes sholde do to the crowne of Englonde foryaue theym for euermore by hys chartre ensealed And ferder more an endenture was made of the Scottes vnto kynge Edwarde that was kynge HeÌ„ries sone whiche endenture they calle it regman In the whyche were conteyned all the homages feautees Fyrst of the kyng of Scotlond of the prelates erles barons of the reame of Scotlonde wyth theyr seales set theron other chartres remeÌ„brauÌ„cis that kynge Edwarde his barons had of theyr ryght in the forsayd reame of Scotlonde it was foryeue ayen holy chyrche also with the blake crosse of Scotlond the whiche the good kynge Edwarde coÌ„quered in ScotloÌ„de brought it out of the abbay of scone that is a full precyous relyque also ferthermore he relacyd and fully forgaue the londe that the noble barons had before that tyÌ„e in the ream of Scotlond by olde conquest And ferthermore that thys peas for to be holden coÌ„tynuelly last the Scottes were bounde vnto the kynge in xxx thousande pouÌ„de of syluer to be payed wythin thre yere that is euery yere .x. M. pouÌ„de by eueÌ„ procyons ¶ And ferthermore aboue all this they spake bytwene the partyes aboue sayd the Dauyd Drytonautyer that was kynge Roberte Brus sone the fals tyraunt â–ª fals forsworne ayenst his othe that arose ayenst hys leyge lord the noble good kynge Edward and falsly made hym kynge of Scotlonde that was of aege .v. yere And so thys cursyd couÌ„seyll Dauid spoused at Berewyk dame IohnÌ„ of the Toure that was kynge Edwardes syster as the gestes tellyth vpon Mary Mawdeleyns day in the yere of grace M.CCC.xxviii to greate harme empayrynge of all the kynges blode wherof that gentyll lady came alas the tyme For wonder moche the fayer daÌ„oysell dysperagyd syth that she was maryed ayenst al the comyns wyl and assent of Englonde And frome the tyme that Brute had conquered Albyon· named the londe after his owne name Brytayne that now is callyd Englonde after the name of Engyst And so the reame of Scotlonde was holde of the reame of Englond of the crowne by feaute homgae For Brute conquered that londe yaue it to Albanak that was his seconde sone And he callyd the londe Albayn after hys owne name soo that hys heyres
of Englond that was in yorke shyre that was callyd Iohan of Barnaby and this Edwarde Bayllol louyd hym moche and was nyghe hym full preuy And so this IohnÌ„ of Barnaby was in debate with a Frenche man in the towne of Dunpier so he slewe hym and wente hys way in all the haste that he myghte in to the castell For to haue socoure and helpe of hys lorde And anone came offycers of the towne to take IohnÌ„ of Barnaby as a felon and syr Edward his lorde holpe hym and rescowed hym and by nyght made hym go out of the castell and so he went hys waye and came in to Englonde withoute ony harme ¶ And whan the kyng of fraunce saw that syr Edwarde had rescowed his felon He became wonder wrothe ayenst syr Edward anone lete hym arestyd and toke into hys hondes all his londes Tho dwellyd syr â— Edward in pryson vnto the tyme that syr Henry of Beaumount came into fraunce the whiche Henry somtyme was erle of Anguysshe in Scotlonde and was put out therof whan chacordement was bytwene Englonde and Scotlond thrugh the quene Isabell and syr Roger Mortymer and theyr company for the moryage that she made bytwene Dauyd that was Roberte Brus sone and dame Iohanne of Tour kynge Edwards syster of Englond well vnderstonde thys that att the ende he sholde come to his ryght but yf it were syre Edwarde Baylloll that was ryght heyre of the reame of Scotlonde ¶ And the kyng of fraunce Lowys louyd moche this syr Henry And he was wyth hym full preuy and thought for to make a delyueraunce of syr Edward Baylloll yf he myghte in ony maner of wyse ¶ Tho prayed he the kynge that he wolde of his grace gauÌ„t hym syre Edwarde Bayllols body vnto the nexte parlement that he myght lyue with hys owne rentes in the meane tyme and that he myghte stonde to be Iugyd with his perys att the parlement And the kynge grauntyd hym his prayer and made the forsayde Edwarde to be delyuered out of pryson in the manere aboue sayd And anone as he was out of pryson syr Henry toke hym forth with hym ladde hym in to englonde and made hym dwelle pryuely att the manere of Sandhall vpon Ouse in yorke shyre with the lady Vescy And soo he ordeyned hym there an huge retenewe of Englysshmen and also of alyuntes for to conquere ayen his herytage and so he yaue moche syluer vnto the souldyours and alyauntes for to helpe hym â— And they behyght for to helpe hym in that they myght but they faylled hym att hys moost nede ¶ And at that tyme Dauyd erle of Moryf herde tell how that syr Edward Bayloll was pryuely come into englond And came to hym and made wyth hym gerte Ioye of his comynge and sayd vnto hym and behyght hym that all the greate lordes of Englonde sholde be to hym entendaunte sholde hym holde for kynge as ryght heyre of ScotloÌ„de and dyd to hym feaute· ¶ Tho came syr Henry of Beaumonte to kynge edwarde of Englonde And prayed hym in the waye of charyte that he wolde graunt of his greate vnto syr Edwarde Baylloll that he myghte sauâ—ly goo by londe frome Sandhall vnto Scotlonde to conquere hys ryght herytaunce in Scotlond ¶ The kynge answerde sayde yf that I suffre Bayllol go thrugh my londe in to Scotlonde thenne the people wolde saye that I shold be assentynge vnto the company ¶ Now syr I praye you that ye wolde yeue hym leue to take with hym souldyours of Englysshmen that they myght saufly lede hym thrugh your londe to Scotlonde And syr vpno thys couenaunte that yf it so befall as god it for bydde that he dyscomfyted in bytayll thrugh the Scottes that I and also al the lordes that holde with Bayllol ben for euer more out of our rentes that we haue in englonde And there the kynge vppon this couenaunte grauntyd theyr bone as towchynge hym and tho that were of the same quarell the whiche claymed for to haue londes and rentes in the reame of Englonde And thyse were the names of tho lordes that pursued this for sayd matere and quarell ¶ That is to saye syr Edwarde Bayllol the whiche chalengyd the reame of Scotlonde syr Henry Beaumonte erle of Angusshe syr Dauyd of Stroboly erle of a theles syr Geffray of Mombraye walter Comyn and many other that were put out of theyr herytage in Sctlonde whan the peas was made bytwene Englonde and Scotlonde as before is sayde And ye shall vnderstonde that thyse lordes tooke with theym fyue houndred men of armes and two thousande Archers of fote men and tho wente in to shyppe at Rauen pore sayled by the see tylle that they came vnto Scotlond and came to londe at Kynkehorne .xii. myle fro saynt Iohannes towne And anone sent out there shyppes agayne for that they shold not be hurte ne empeyred neyther taht no man sholde go in to the shyppes agayne thoughe that they had nede but abybe all perylles and not flee but stonde and rather suffre deth than flee for to mayntene their true quarell whan the erle of Fyffe a fyers man a sterne harde that Bayllol was come for to taste the londe of Scotlond he came in hast to Kynke horne with ·iii thousand Scottes for to dystroye hym that he shold not come to londe But syr Edwarde Bayllol and his company there hym dyscomfyted at the whiche dyscomfyture syr AlysaÌ„der Seton was there slayne many other The Erle of Fyffe was thâ— sore and full euyll ashamyd that so lytyll a coÌ„pany had hym dyscomfyted and shamefully put hym and all his company that were alyue for to flee ¶ Tho came syr Edwarde Bayllol and toke the cooÌ„ tree all aboute hym tyll he came vnto the abbay of DuÌ„fermlin and ther he founde vytaylles for hym and for his folke amonge all other thynge he founde in a chambre aboute fyue houndred of grete staues of â— fyne oke with longe prykes of yren and of stele And he toke them delyuerd them to the moste stroÌ„gest men of his companye And anone after he yede fro thens And lodged hym in a felde .ii. myles from saynt IohaÌ„nes towne And whan the burgeys of the towne herde how the erle of Fyffe was dyscomfyted thrughe Baylloll brake the brydges that they had made ouer the water of Erne so that Bayllol myght not go ouer wherfore he lodged hym there all that nyght but lytyll hede he toke of reste and sayde vnto his people Now dere lordes ye know full well that ben now lodged bytwene our enmyes and they maye vs hampre there is noo bote but dethe wherfore yf we abyde stylle all this nyght· I wene it shall torne vs to moche harme For the power of Scotlonde may euery wexe and encrece and we maye not so doo And we ben but lytylle people ayenste theym wherfore I praye you for the loue of almyghty god make we vs bolde
that other they muste fyght or be drenched And so whan all other worthy meÌ„ and of the see costes fast by wynchelse romeny were gadred togyder and our nauye shyppes al redy to the warre the Englysshemen mette manly and strongly wyth theyr enmyes comynge fyersly ayenst them ¶ And whan the Spayns vessels nauye were closed all about there men myght se stronge batayll on both sydes longe duryng in the whiche bataylle was but fewe that faught but they were rytously hurte And after the batayll there were .xxiii. shyppes taken soo the Englysshemen had the better And in the nexte yere folowynge of hys regne that is to say the xxvi yere the kynge thrugh hys counseyll lete ordeyne and make hys newe money that is to saye the peny the grote value of .iiii. pens and the halfe grete of .ii. pens But it was of lesse weyght than the olde sterlynge was be .v. shels in the pounde ¶ And in the .xxvii. yere of his regne was the grete derth of vytayls that whiche was called the dere somer And the .xxviii. yere of his regne in the parlement holden atte westmestre after Ester syr Henry erle of Lancastre was made duke of Lancastre and in this yere was soo greate a drought that froÌ„ the monethe of Marche to the Monethe of Iuyll there fell no rayne on therth wherfore all fruytes sedes and herbes for the moost parte were loste in defaute wherfore come so greate dysease of men and beestes and derth of vytayls in Englonde that thys londe that euer afore had ben plenteuous hadde nede that tyme to seke vitayls and refresshynge at other out yles countres And the .xxix. yere of kynge Edwarde it was accorded grauÌ„ted and sworne bytwene the kynge of Fraunce kynge Edwarde of Englonde that he shode haue ayen all his londê lordshyppes that loÌ„ged to the duchye of guyhen of olde tyme the whiche had beÌ„ withdrawen and wrongfully occupyed by dyuers kynges of Fraunce before honde to haue to holde to kynge Edwarde to hys heyres successours for euermore frely pesybly and in good quyete vpoÌ„ this couenaunt that the kynge of Englonde sholde leue of and releasen all his ryght clayme that he had claymed of the kyngdome of frauÌ„ce and of the tytle that he toke therof vpon whyche speche and couenauntes it was sente to the courte of Rome on both sydes of the kynges that the forsayd couenaunt sholde de enbulled but god ordeyned better for the kynges worshyp of Englonde for what thrugh fraude dysceyte of the frensshmeÌ„ and what thrugh lettynge of the pope of the court of Rome the forsayd couenauÌ„tes were dysquate and left of ¶ And in the same yere the kyng reuoked by his wyse and dyscrete couÌ„seyll the staple of wulles out of flaundres into Englonde with all the lybertees fraunches and fre customes that longed therto and ordeyned it in EngloÌ„de in diuerse places that is for to saye atte westmestre Caunterbury Chychestre Brystowe Lyncoln And Hulle wyth all the forsayd thynges that longen therto And that this thynge that shold thus be done the kynge swore hymself therto and prynce Edwarde hys sone wyth other many grete wytnesses that there where present ¶ And the xxx· yere of hys regne anone after wytsontyde in the parlemente ordeyned att westmenstre it was tolde and certefyed to the kyng that Phylyp that helde the kyngdome of Fraunce was deed And that Iohan his sone was crowned kynge And that this Iohan had gyuen Karoll his sone the duchye of Guyhen of the whiche thynge kynge Edwarde whan he wyst therof he had greate Indygnacyon vnto hym was wonder wrothe strongly meued And therfore afore alle the wrothy lordes that there were assembled at that parlement callyd Edwarde his sone vnto hym to whom the duchye of Guyhen by ryght herytage sholde longe to gaue it hym there byddynge strenthynge hym that he sholde ordeyne hym for to defende hym and auenge hym vpoÌ„ his enmyes and saue mayntene his ryght And afterwarde kyng Edwarde hymself his eldest sone Edwarde went to dyuers places and sayntes in Englonde on pylgrymage for to haue the more helpe grace of god and of his sayntes And the .ii. kal of Iuyll whan all thynge was redy to that vyage batayll all his retenue power assembled hys nauy also redy he toke with hym the erle of warwyk the erle of Suffolk the erle of Salysbury and the erle of Oxforde a thousande men of armes as many archers and in the Natyuyte of our lady toke theyr shyppes at pluÌ„mouth began to sayll And whan he come was arryued in Guyon he was there worshypfully taken recyued of the moost noblest men and lordes of that countree ¶ And anone after kynge Edwarde toke wyth hym his two sones that is to saye syr Lyonell erle of Vlton syr IohnÌ„ hys brother erle of Rychemonde syr Henry duke of Lancastre wyth many erles lordes and men of armes two thousande Archers saylled towarde Fraunce rested hym a whyle at Calays after the kyng went with hys hoste aforsayd with other souldyours of beyonde the see that there abode the kyngê comynge the seconde daye of Nouembre and toke hys Iourney towarde kynge IohnÌ„ of FrauÌ„ce there as he trowed to haue founde hym fast by Odomarum as hys letters and couenauÌ„t made mencyon that he wolde abyde hym there with hys host And whan kynge Iohan of Fraunce herde telle of the kynges comynge of Englonde he wente awaye wyth his men and caryage cowardly and shamfully fleynge and wastynge all vytayls that EnglsshmeÌ„ sholde not haue ther of ¶ And whan kynge Edwarde herde telle that he fledde he pursued hym wyth all his host tyll Henede and than he beholdynge the scarsyte and waytynge of vytayls and also the cowardyse of the kyng of Fraunce he torned ayen wastynge all the countre ¶ And whyle all thyse thynges were a doynge the scottes pryuely by nyght toke the towne of Berwyk sleynge theym that withstode theym and no man els But blessyd be god the castell was saued kept by Englysshmen that were therin whan the kynge perceyued alle thys he torned ayen in to Englonde as wrothe as he myghte be wherfore in the parlemeÌ„t at westmynstre was grauntyd to the kynge of euery sacke of wulle .l. shellyngê durynge the terme of .vi. yere that he myght myghtlyer fyght and defende the reame ayenste the Scottes and other mysdoers And so whan all thynges were redy the kynge hasted hym to warde the syege ¶ How kyng Edwarde was crowned kynge of Scotlonde and howe prynce Edwarde toke the kynge of Fraunce and syr Philyp hys yonger sone at the batayll of Peyters ANd in the .xxxi. yere of hys regne the .xiii. daye of Ianyuere the kynge beynge in the castell of Berwyk with a fewe men but he hauynge· there faste by a greote hoost The towne was yolden vnto
beshente spylt or that he so traytoursly and falsly betrayed hys lyege lorde the kynge of Englonde and his peple in hys reame in the whiche groūde this same Iohn̄ was borne wyckydly thrughe batayll destroyed or he brought about hys cursed purpose In the feest of Saynt George tho next kynge Edwarde gaaf to Rychard of Burdeux his heyr that was prynce Edwardes sone at wyndsore thordre of knughthode made hym knyght the whyche kyng Edward whan he had regned .li. yere the .xi. kal of Iune he deyde at Shene is buryed worshypfully at westmyster on whos soule god haue mercy Thys kynge Edwarde was for soth of a passynge godenes full gracyous amonge all the worthy men of the worlde for he passed shone by vertue of grace gauen to hym from god aboue all his predecessours that were noble men worthy and he was a well harted man an hardy for he drade neuer no myshappes ne harmes ne euyll fortune that myght fall a noble warryoure a fortunate for both on londe see in all batayls assembles with a passinge glory Ioy he had the vyctory he was meke benygne homely sobre soft to all mē as well to straūgers as to his owne subgettes to other that were vnder his gouenaūce He was deuoute holy bothe to god hooly chyrche for he worshypped holpe mayntened holy chirche theyr mynystres wyth all maner reuerence he was treatable well auysed in temporall worldly nedes wyse in counseylle dyscrete meke to speke with in his dedes maners gentyll and well taught hauynge pyte of them that were in dyseace plecteuous in geuynge of bene faytes almoses besy curyous in bayldynge lyghtly he bare suffred wronges and harmes and whan he was gyuen to ony occupacyon he lefte all other thynge for the tyme tended ther to semely of body and a meyne stature hauynge al waye to hyghe to lowe a good chere And here spronge and shone so moche grace of hym that what man had beholde hys face or had dremed of hym he roged that daye that all thynge sholde hap to hym Ioyfull and lysynge And he gouerned hys kyngdome gloryously vnto his aege he was large in geuynge and wys in spentes he was fulfylled wyth all his honeste of good maners and vertues vnder whom to lyue it was as for to regne wherfore hys fader and his loos spronge so ferre that it came in to hethenes Barbary shewynge and tellynge his worthynes manhode in alle londes and that no londe vnder heuen had brought forthe so noble a kynge soo gentyll and soo blessyd or myght reyse suche an other whan he was dede Neuertheles lechery and meuynge of his flesshe hauntyd hym in his aege wherfore the rather as it is to suppose for vnmesurable fulfyllynge of his luste his lyfe shorted the soner ¶ And hereof take good hedelyke as his dedys bereth wymesse for as in hys begynnynge alle thynges were Ioyfull lykynge to hym and to all people And in hys myddel aege he passed all people in hyghe Ioye worshyp and blyssydnes Ryght soo whan he drewe in to aege drawynge donwarde thrughe lechery and other synnes lytell and lytell alle tho Ioyfull blessyd thynges and prosperite decreasyd and mysshcaped and vnfortunate thinges and vnprofytable harmes with many euyls began for to sprynge and the more harme ys yt contynued longe tyme after CLemens the .vi. was pope after Benedict .x. yere thys man in name and dede was vertuous and many thynges that Benedict was rygous in he made easy and certayne that he depryued he restored and the rygousenes of the fayth of Benedict was laudable ◠But moche more laudable was the mekenesse of Clement This man was a noble prechour and many sermons he gadred and lete noo mā passe frome hym but he gaaf hym good counseyll and decessyd a blessyd man ¶ Karolus the .iiii. was Emperour after Lodewyk .xxxi. yere Chis man was kynge of Beme a wyse man and a myghty And this man was chosen Emperour by the cōmaundement of Clemens Lodewyk beynge a lyue in his contemacy and bycause he asked mekely the poopes blessynge and too be crowned of hym as other good kynges dyde therfore he was protected of god and preueyled ouer all his enmyes And many fauourable lawes he made spyrytuall men the whiche yet are called Karolma att the laste he decessed a ryche man in vertue and gooddes· ¶ Innocentius the .vi. was pope after Clemēte .x. yere and he was a grete louer of relygous men and he founded a monestery in Fraunce of the ordre of Cartusyens and was a greate canonyst ¶ Vrbanus the .v. was pope after Innocent this man was abbot of Myssolens of the ordre of Saynt Benet a doctour and is taken for a saynt he made the crosse too be preched ayenst the Turkes and he made a passage to the Turkes And to hym saynt Brygt was sente frome Cryste for the confyrmacyon of theyr rule and thanne he was poysened and decessyd ¶ Gregory the .ix. was pope after hym .viii. yere This Gregory dyd lytell And after hym folowed the trybulacyon the whiche our lorde shewed to saynt Brygyt for the synne of the clargye ¶ Venselaus sone to Karolus a forsayd was Emperoure .xiiii. yere And he was a chylde and was chosen whan hys fader was on lyue but he tooke no kepe of them pyre and whan he was warned many tymes for to take hede vnto it and wolde not He was deposed For he gaaf all his delyte and luste to lechery and hys ende was without honour for he wente gretly from the maners and the vertues of hys noble fader And he was crowned with themperyall dyademe and the wysdome of his fader passed into Sygysmonde his brother as after it shall appyre ¶ Trbanus was pope after Gregory .vi. yere this Vrban was chosen in the cytee of Rome by the strenth of the Romayns but the Cardynals dyde that fo drede not wyllyngly Wherfore they fled vnto the Cyte of Foundorū And they sayd that he was not pope chose in his place syr Robert of Gebennys the same yere the whiche was called Clement the vii· ¶ Nota. And here began the .xii. stryfe in the chyrche And it was more worse than euer was ony other before for it was soo subtyll that the wysest mē that were the beste of conscyence coude not deserue wyth whome it was best to saye to holde And this stryfe dured xl yere with a grete sclaunder vnto the clergye and greate peryll vnto mennys soules for heresyes and other euyll thynges the whyche were brought in than In so moche that there was no doctryne in the chirche for mysdoynge and therfore frome this daye Vrbane the .vi. vnto Martyne I knowe not who was pope ¶ The feest of the vysytacōn of our lady was ordeyned by Vrbane the .vi. after the fourme of the sacramente of the
the trowne of Englonde after kynge Rycharde the whiche erle of the Macche wente ouer see in to Irlonde vnto hys lordshyppes and londes for the erle of Marche is erle of Vlster in Irlond and by ryght lyne herytage And there at the castell of hys he laye that tyme and ther came vpon hym a grete multytude in busshmentes of wylde Irysshmen for to take hym and destroy hym he come oute fyersly of his castell wyth his people and manly faughte with the mans there he was taken he wen all to peces and so he deyed vpon whos soule god haue mercy ¶ And in the .x. yere of kyge Rychardes regne the erle of Arundell wente to the see with a greate nauye of shyppes and armed with men of armes and goode archers And whan they come in the brode see they mette wyth the hole flete that come with wyne lade frome Rochell the whiche wyne were enemyes goodes And there our nauye sete vpon theym toke theym all and brught theim vnto dyuerse portes and hauens of Englonde some to London there ye myght haue had a tonne of Rochel wyne of the beste for .xx. shellynges sterlynge and so we had grete chepe of wyne in Englonde that tyme thanked be god almyghty ¶ How the fyue lorde arosen at Rattecote brydge ANd in the regne of kyng Richarde the .xi. yere thenne fyue lordes arosen atte Rattecote brydge in the destruccyon of the rebelles that were the tyme in all the reame ¶ The fyrste of these fyue lordes was syr Thomas of wodstoke the kynges vncle duke of Gloucestre and the seconde was syr Rycharde erle of Arundell the thyrde was syr Rycharde erle of warwyk the fourth was syr Henry Balynbrok erle of Derby the fyft was syr Thomas Monbray erle of Notyngham And these .v. lordes sawe the myschyef and mysgouernaunce the falsnes of the kynges counseyll wherfore they that were that time cheyf of the kīges counseyl fled out of his londe ouer see that is to syr say Alysander Neuyll the Archebysshop of yorke syr Robert Lewe marqueys of Deuelyne erle of Oxforde syr Mychell de la pole Erle of Southfolke and Chaunceler of Englonde And these thre lordes went ouer see came neuer ayen for there they deyed ¶ And thā these fyue lordes aboue sayd made a parlemente at westmynster there they toke syr Robert Tresilyam the Iustyce and syr Nycholl Brembre knyght and cytezeyn of Lōdon syr Iohn̄ Salysbury a knyght of the kynges housholde vske sergeaunt of armes many moo of other peple were taken and Iuged vnto the deth by the counseyll of these .v. Lordes in that parlemēte at westmester for the treasō that they put vpon theym be drawen from the tour of Londō thrugh out the cyte so fourth vnto Tyburne there they sholde be hanged theyr throtes to be cutte thus they were serued and deyed And after th◠in thys same parlement at westmynster was syr Symonde Beuerle that was a knyghte of the garter syr Iohn̄ Beauchāp knyght that was stewarde of the kynges housholde syr Iames Berners werefore Iuged vnto the deth and than they were ledde on fote to the toure hylle there were there hedes smyten of and many other moo by these .v. lordes ¶ In this same parlement and in the .xii. yere of kynge Rychardes regne he lette crye ordeyne a generall Iustes that is called a turnement of lordes knyghtes And this Iustes turnement were holden at London in smythfelde of all manere of straūgers of what londe or countree that euer they were thyder they were ryghte welcome to them too all other was holden opē housholde and grete festes also grete gyftes were gyuen to all manere of stranges And of the kynge syde were all of one sute theyr cotes ther armure sheldes hors trappure and all was whyte hertes with cownes abbout theyr neckes and chaynes of gold hangynge thervpō and the crowne hangynge lowe before the hertes body the whyche herte was the kynges leueraye that he gaafe too Lordes and ladyes knyghtes and squyres for to knowe hys housholde frome other people ¶ And in this feest camen to the Iustes .xxiiii. ladyes and ladde ◠xxiiii lordes of the garter with chaynes of gold and alle the same sutes of hertes as it is before sayde frome the Toure on horsbacke thrughe the Cytye of London into smytfelde there that the Iustes sholde be holden ¶ And this feeste and Iustes was holden generalle for al tho that wolde come theder of what londe and nacyon that euer they were And this was holden durynge .xxiiii. dayes of the kynges costes and these .xxiiii. lordes too answere all manere people that wolde come thyd And theder came the erle of saynt Poule of fraūce many other worthy knyghtes wyth hym of dyuerse partyes full worthely arayed And out of Holande Henaude came the lorde Ostruaūt that was the dukes sone of Holande many other worthy knyghtes with hym of Holand full well arayed And whan this feest Iustynge was ended the kynge thanked this straungers and gaf thē many ryche gyftes And so they token theyr leue of the kynge and of other lordes ladyes went home ayen into theyr owne coūtres with grete loue and moche thanke ¶ And in the .xiii. yere of kyng Rychardes regne there was a batayll done in the kynges palays att westmynster bytwene a squyer of Nauerne that was wyth kynge Rycharde an other squyre that was called Iohn̄ walssh for poȳtes of treasō that thys Nauerne put vppon this walsshman but this Nauerne was ouercomē yelde hym recreaūt to his aduersary And anone he was dyspoyled of his armure and drawē oute of the palays to Tyburne and there was hāged for his falsnes And the .xiiii. yere of kynge Rychardes regne syr Iohan of Gaunt duke of Lancastre wente ouer see into Spayne for to chaleng hys ryght that he had by his wyfes tytle vnto the crowne of Spayne with a grete host of people and mē of armes and archers and he had with hym ◠duchesse hys wyf and hys thre doughters ouer see into Spayne ther they were a grete whyle att the last the kynge of Spayne began to treate with the duke of Lācastre and they were accorded togyder thrugh theyr bothe counseyll in this maner that the kynge of Spayne sholde wedde the dukes doughter of Lancastre that was the ryght heyre of Spayne and shold gyue vnto the duke of Lancastre golde syluer that were caste into grete wegges and many other Iewels as moche as .viii. charyetes myght carye And euery yere after duringe the dukes lyf of Lācastre and of the duches his wyf .x. thousande marke of golde Of whyche golde the auenture charges sholde be to theym of Spayne yerely bryng vnto Bayon to the dukes assygnes by suerte made And also the duke maryed an other of hys doughters vnto the kyng of
malyce of this fals walsshe man And than the kynge came in to wales with his power for to dystrye this Owen other rebelles fals walsshemen And anone they fled in to the Montayns and there myght the kynge do them no harme in no maner wyse for the montayns so the kynge came ayen in to Englond for lesynge of moche of his peple thus he spedde not there ¶ In this same yere was grete scarsyte of whete in Englonde for a quarter of whete was at .xvi. shellynge And there was marchaundyse of Englonde sent in to Prure for whete anone they hadde lade fraughtshypoes Inough and came home in saufte thanked be god of all his gyftes ¶ And in the .iii. yere of kynge Henryes regne there was a sterre seen in the fyrmament that shewed hym self thrugh all the worlde for dyuerse tookens that sholde befall soone after the whiche sterre was named by clergyâ— Stella cometa and on saynt Mary Mawdelenes daye next folowynge in the same yere was the bataylle of Shrowesbury And thyder came syr Henry Percy the erles sone of NorthuÌ„berlonde wyth a grete multytude of men of armes and archers and gaaf a batayll to Kynge Henry the fourth thrugh the fals and wycked counseyll of syr Thomas Percy his vncle erle of worchestre and there was syr Henry Percy slayne the moost parte of hys people in the flede and syr Thomas Percy taken and kept faste in holde twoo dayes tyll the kynge had sette in reste hys people on bothe sydes And than syr Thomas Percy was Iuged to the deth to be drawen and hanged and hys heed smyten of for his fals treason atte Shrowesbury and his heed brought to london and sete on london bridge ¶ And the other people that there was slaine oon bothe parties the kynge lette burye ¶ And there were slayne on the kynges syde in that batayll the Erle of Stafforde and syr walter Blunte in the kynges cote armur vnder the kynges baner and many moo worthy men vpon whoo 's sowle god haue mercy Amen ¶ And in the fourthe yere of kynge Henryes regne came the Emperouer of Constantynople with many gretee solaes and knyghtes and moche other people of his countree in to Englonde to kynge Henry wyth hym to speke and to dysporte and to se the good gouernaunce condycions of our peple to knowe the coÌ„mydytees of Englonde And our kyngeÌ„ with al his lordes goodly and worshypfully receyued and welcomed hym and alle his menye that came with hym and dyde hym all the worshyppe that they coude and myghte And anone the kynge commaunded all maner offycers that he sholde be serued as worthely and ryally as it loÌ„ged to suche a worthy lorde And Emperoure on his owne coste as longe as the Emperoure was in Englonde and all hys men that came with hym ¶ And in this same yere camen dame Iane the duches of Brytayne into Englonde and londed atte fallemouthe in Cornewayle And frome thens she was broughte to the Cytee of wynchestre and there she was wedded vnto kynge Henry the fourth in the abbaye of saynt Swythynes of wynchestre wyth all the solempnyte that myght be done made And sone afterwarde she was brought from thens to London And the mayer and the aldermeÌ„ with the comunes of the cyte of London rode ayenst hyr welcomed hyr and brought hyr thrugh the cyte of London to westminster there she was crowned quene of EngloÌ„de there the kynge made a ryall and solempne feest for hyr and for al maner of men the thyder wold come And in this same yere dame BlauÌ„che the eldest doughter of kyng Henry the fourth was sent ouer see with the erle of Somerset hyr vncle with mayster Rychard Clyfforde than bysshop of worcestre and with many other lordes knyghtes ladyes worthy squyres as longed to suche a kyÌ„ges doughter and came into Colayn And thyder came the dukes sone of Barre with a fayre menye and receiued this worthy laby and the bysshop of worcestre wedded sacred theym togyder as holy chyrche it wold And there was made a ryall feest a grete Iustynge in the reuerence of worshyp of theÌ„ all people the thyder came whan this maryage and feest was done the erle the bysshop and al theyr menye toke theyr leue of the lorde the lady came home ayen into Englond in saufte thanked god ¶ And in the .v. yere of kyng HeÌ„ryes regne the lorde Thomas hys sone wente ouer see the erle of Kent many other lordes and knyghtes wyth meÌ„ of armes and archers a greate noÌ„bre to chastyse the rebelles that afore had done moche harme to oure Englysshmen marchauntes to many townes portes in Englonde on the see costes And the lord Thomas the kynges sone came into Flaundres before a towne that is called Scluse amonge all the shyppes of dyuers nacyons that were there after there they rodeÌ„ with theyr shyppes amoÌ„ge them and weÌ„t on londe sported them there two dayes came ayen to theyr shyppes toke the brode see there they mette wyth thre Carackes of Iene that were laden wyth dyuerse marchauÌ„dyse wel maÌ„ned they fought togyder longe tyme but the Englysshmen had the vyctory brought the Carackes into the Cambre before wynchelse there they cunâ—ed these goodes one of these Carackes was sodaynly brente there And the lordes and theyr people torned theym home ayen and went no further at that tyme. ¶ And the same tyme Serle yoman of kynge Rychardes robbes came in to Englonde out of Scotlonde tolde to dyuerse people that kynge Rycharde was on lyue in ScotloÌ„de so moche people byleued in his wordes wherfore a grete parte of the people of the reame were in grete errour grutchynge ayeÌ„ste the kynge thrugh informacyoÌ„ of lyes and fals lesynges that this· Serle had made For moch people trusted byleued in his sauynge But at the laste he was taken in the Northe countree ther by law Iuged to be drawen thrugh euery cyte good brugh townes in Englond so he was serued at the last he was brought to london vnto the gylde halle before the Iustyce and there he was Iuged for to be brought to the toure of london and there to be layd on an hurdell and than to be drawen thrugh the cyte of London to Tyburne there to be hanged thanne quartred and his heed smyteÌ„ of and set on London brydge hys quartres to be sent to four gode townes of Englonde there sette vp thus ended he for hys treason and decessed ¶ And in the .vi. yere of kyng Henryes regne the fourth the erle of Marre of Scotlonde by cause conduyt come into Englonde to chalenge syr Edmonde erle of Kent to certayne courses of warre on horsbacke And so this chalenge was accepted grauÌ„ted and the place taken in smythfelde at london and this erle of Marre the Scot
Thomas of Caunterburyes shryne thus ended the worthy kynge Henry about mydlente sondaye in the yere of oure lorde a. M. CCCC and .xxi. vppon whoo 's soule god haue mercy Amen MArtyn the .v. was pope after IohnÌ„ .xiii. yere this man was chosen by the counseyll of Constantynoble the other was deposed that strof and so came peas in the chyrche the whiche longe tyme afore was desyred necessarye for the defence of the fayth This was the myghtyest pope that euer was of rychesse a grete Iuge He edefyed townes walles stretes he destroyed heresyes he dyde moche good thrughe the noble prynce Sygysmonde And he gadred moche moneye for to geten the holy londe ayen but deth came vppon hym letted hym he made a counseyll afore his deth for the mater there he decessyd ¶ Eugenius was pope after Martyn .xvii. yere this Eugenius was chosen peasyble after the deth of Martyn no man doubted but he was pope but soon after he was expulsed frome Rome for it was so that he fledde naked also he was cyted to the counseyll of Basylyens deposed but he dyscharged hym not and for that begaÌ„ the stryffe ayen the whiche stode to his deth And those that fauoured hym sayde he was worthe moche louynge the contrary sayde those that were ayenst hym but what someuer he was after he had taken the dygnyte vpon hym afore he was of grete obstynaunce of gode fame what he dyde after that I leue to the Iugement of god· ¶ Circa AnnuÌ„ dmÌ„ M. CCCC.xxi ¶ Of kynge Henry the fyfte that was kynge Henryes sone ANd after the deth of kynge Henry the fourth regned kyÌ„ge HeÌ„ry his sone that was borne at Monmouthe in wales that was a worthy kynge and a gracyous maÌ„ and a grete conquerour ¶ And in the fyrste yere of hys regne for grete loue goodnesse he sente to the ferres of Langley there as his fader had do burye kinge Rychard the secoÌ„de lete take his body out of the erthe ayen and dyde brynge it to westmynster in a ryal chare couered with blacke veluet baners of dyuerse armes aboute all the hors drawynge the chare were trapped in blacke beten with dyuerse armes many a torche brennynge by all the waye tyll he came to westmynster and there he lete make for hym a ryall and solempne enteremente and buryed hym by quene Anne his wife as his owne desyre was on ferther syde of saynt Edwardes shryne in the abbaye of saynt Peters in westmynster on whos soule god haue mercy Amen ¶ And in this same yere were a certayne of lollers taken and fals herytykes that had purposed thrugh fals treason for to haue slayne oure kyng and for to haue destroyed all the clargye of the reame and they myghte haue had theyr fals purpose But our lorde god wolde not suffre it for in haste our kynge hadde warnynge therof and of alle theyr fals ordynaunce and werkinge and came sodenly with his power to Saynt Iohans withoute smythfelde and anone they toke a certanye of the Lollers and fals herytykes and broughte them to the kynges presence and there they tolde all there fals purpose ordynaunce howe they wolde haue doo and wrought yf they myghte haue regned and hadde theyr wyll and there they tolde whyche were theyr Capytayens and gouernours and than the kynge commaunded theym to the Towre of London and thanne toke moo theym bothe within the Cytye and wythoute and sente them too Newgate and to bothe counteers And thanne they were broughte in examycyon before the clergye and the kynges Iustyces and there they were conuycted for theyr fals heresie and dampned before the Iustyce for theyr fals treason ¶ And this was theyr Iugement that they sholde be drawen frome the Towr of London to Saynt Gelys felde and there to be hanged and brente on the galowes ¶ And there was taken syr Roger Acton knyghte for heresye and eke for treason ayenste the kynge and the Reame and he came afore the clergye and was conuyâ—te for his heresye and dampned before the Iustyce too be drawen frome the Towre of London thrughe the Cyte to Saynt Gelys and to be hanged and brente ¶ And in the seconde yere of Kynge Henryes regne the fyfthe he helde a counseylle of alle the lordes of the reame atte westmynster and there he putte hym this demaunde and prayed and besought them of theyr goodnesse and of theyr gode counseyll and wylle to shewe hym as touchynge the tytle of the ryghte that he hadde to Normande Gascoyne and Guyhen the whiche the kynge of Fraunce wythelde wrongfully and vntyghte fully the whyche hys auncestrees before hym hadde by trewe tytle of conquest and ryghte heretage the whiche Normandye Gascoyn and Guyhen the good Kynge Edwarde of wyndesore and hys auncestres before hym hadde holden all theyr lyues tyme. And his lordes gaaf hym counseyl to sendde enbassatours vnto the kynge of Fraunce and hys counseyll that he sholde gyue vp vnto hym hys ryght herytage that is to saye Normandye Gascoyne Guyhen the whiche his predecessours hadde holden afore hym or els he wold it wynÌ„e wyth strength of swerde in shorte tyme with the helpe of almyghty god ¶ And thanne the Dolphyn of Fraunce answered to oure enbassatours and sayde in thys manere that the Kynge was ouer yonge and to terder of aege for comak ony warre as ayenste hym and not lyke yet to be a good warroure to doo and make suche aconqueste there vppon hym And somwhat in scorne and dyspyte he sente to hym a tonne fulle of tenes balles bycause he wolde haue som what for to playe wyth alle for hym and for his lordes for that wolde be come hym better thenne for toâ— mayntene ony warre ¶ And thenne anone oure Lordes that werre enbassatours tooke theyr leue and came in to Englonde ayen tolde the kynge hys counseyll of the vngoodly answere that they had of the Dolphyn of the present the whyche he had sent to our kynge ¶ And whan the kynge had herde theyr wordes the answere of the Dolphyn he was woÌ„der sore agreued ryght euyll apayed towarde the Frensshemen towarde the kyng the Dolphyn thought to auenge hym on them as soone as god wold sende him grace myght anoÌ„e lette make tenes balles for the Dolphyn in all the hast that myght be and they were grete gonstones for the Dolphin to playe with all And than anone the kynge sente for all hys lordes helde a grete counseyll at westmynster tolde vnto them the answere that they had of the Dolphyn of the worthy preseÌ„te that he sent to hym and to his lordes to playe with all And there the kyng his lordes were accorded that they sholde be redy in armes wyth ther powâ—r in the best araye that myght be done and gete men of armes archers that myght be goten all other
but yf he payed for it And came rydyng thorough the cyte iÌ„ grete pryde smote his swerde vppoÌ„ london stone in Canwycke strete ¶ And he beynge in the cyte seÌ„te to the toure for to haue the lorde Say And so they fette hym brought hym to the yelde halle before mayre chaldermen where that he was examyned And he sayd he wolde ought to be Iuged by his petys And the comyns of Kent toke hym by force froÌ„ the mayre officeâ—â— that kepte hym and toke hym to a prest to shrewe hym And or he myght be half shriueÌ„ they broughte hym to the standerd in the chepe syde and there smote of his heed on whos soule god haue mery Amen ¶ And thus deyed the lorde Saye Tresourer of Englonde ¶ And this they set his heed vpon a spere bare it all about the Cyte And the same daye about Myle ende Cromere was beheded And the daye before at after none the Capytayne with certayne of hys men went to Philyp malpaus house robbyd hym and toke a waye moche good And from thens he wen to saynt Margaretes patens to one Gertis house and robbyd hym and toke away from hym moche good also Att whiche robbyng dyuerse men of London of thier neyghbours were at· and toke part wyth theym ¶ For this robbyng the peples hertes felle frome hym· And euery thryfty men was a ferde for to be serued in lyke wyse ¶ For there was many a man in London that a wayted wolde fayn haue sene a comyn robbery whyche almyghty god forbyd For it is to suppose yf he hadde not robbyd he myght haue goon ferre or he had be wythstonde for the kynge and all the lordes of the reame of Englonde were departed except the lorde Scalys that kept the toure of London And the fyfte daye of Inâ— he dyd do smyte of a maÌ„nys hede in south werke And the nyght after the mayre of London with the Aldermen the Comyns of the cyteâ— concluded to dryue away the capytayne hys hooste And sent to the lorde Scales to the toure to Mathegough a capytayne of NormaÌ„dye that they wolde that nyght assayll the Capytayne with theym of kente And so they dyd come to London brydge in such werke or the Capytayne had ony knowlege therof they fought with theym that kept the brydge And the keÌ„â—ysshmeÌ„ weÌ„t to harnes came to the brydge shote and foughte with theÌ„ gate the bridge made theyÌ„ of LondoÌ„ to flee slewe many of theym thys endured all the nyght to fro tyll one of the clocke of the morowe And at the laste they brente the drawe brydge where many of theym of london were drowned In the whiche nyght satton and alderman of LoÌ„don was slayn Roger heysaunte Mathegough many other And after this the chaunseler of Englonde sent to the Capytayne a pardon generalle for hym an other for his meny and then they departyd fro such werke euery man to his owne hous ¶ And whaÌ„ they were al departed gone ther was proclamacyons made in Kente South sex other places that what man coude take the Capytayn quycke or deed sholde haue a thousaÌ„de pouÌ„de ¶ And after this one Alexander ydeÌ„ a squyer of kent toke hym in a gardeÌ„ in suthsex And in takeÌ„ IohnÌ„ Cade capytayne was slayne and beheded And his heed sette vpon London brydge And anone after the kynge came in to kente and dyd his Iustices sytte at Caunterbury and enquyred who was causers chyef cause of this Insurreccyon And there were .viii. meÌ„ Iugyd to the deth in one daye in other places mo And from thens the kynge went in to Southsex and in the weste countree where a lytell before was slayne the bysshop of Salysbury And this same yere there were so many Iugyd to deth that thre hedes stode vppon LondoÌ„ brydge atte ones ¶ Of the felde that the duke of yorke toke att Drenched in kent of the byrch of prynce Edwarde of the fyrste bataylle at Sayne AlboÌ„s where the duke of somerset was slayne IN the .xxx. yere of the kynge the duke of yorke came out of the Marche of walys with therle of Deuenshyre the lord Cobham and grete puyssaunce reformacyon of certayne Iniurys and wroÌ„ges and also to haue Iustice vpon certayne lordes beynge about the kynge toke a felde at Brentheth besyde Detford in Kente whiche was a stronge felde for whyche cause the kinge wyth all his lordes went vnto blacke heth wyth a grete and a stronge multytude of peple armyd and ordeyned for the warre in the beste wyse And whan they hadde mustre on the hethe certayne lordes were tho sente vnto hym for to treate and make apointmeÌ„t with hym whiche were the bysshop of Ely the bysshop of wyncestre therles of Salysbury of warwyk And they concluded that the duke of Somerset sholde be had to warde and to answere to suche artycles as the duke of yorke sholde put on hym And then the duke of yorke shold breke his felde come to the kyng whiche was all promysed by the kynge And soo the Kynge commaunded that the duke of Somerset sholde he hadde in to warde And thenÌ„e the duke of yorke brake vp his felde and came to the kynge And whan he was come contrarye to the promyse afore made the duke of Somerset was preseÌ„te in the felde awaytynge and cheyf aboute the kynge And made the duke of yorke ryde before as a prysoner thrughe london ¶ And after they wolde haue put hym in holde But a noyse arose that therle of Marche hys sone was comynge with .x. thousande men to London warde wherfore the kynge and hys counseyll feryd And thenÌ„e they concluded that the duke of york sholde departe att his owen wyll ¶ Abowte this tyme began grete dyuylyon ne Spruce bytwene the greate mayster and the Knyghtes of the duchye ordre whyche were lordes of that couÌ„tree For the comyns townes rebelled ayenst the lordes and made soo greate werre the at the last they called the kyng of Pole to be theyr lorde the whiche kynge came and was worshypfully receyued And besyeged the castell of Marâ—engburgh whiche was the cheyf castell of strength of all the londe Anâ— waâ—ne it droue out the mayster of Daâ—ske â— and all other places of that londe so they that had ben lordes many yeres loste all theyr seygnourye and possessyons in tho londes ¶ And in the yere of the Incarnacyon of oure lorde M. CCCC.liii on saynte Edwardes daye quene Margarete was delyuerde of a fayre prynce whyche named was Edward That same day Iohan Norman was choseÌ„ for to be Mayer of London And the daye that he sholde take hys othe att westmynster he wente thyder by water wyth alle the craftes where afore tyme tho mayer alderme and the craftes rode on horsbacke the whiche was neuer vsyd after For syn that tyme they haue euer goon by water
in botes and barges ¶ ye haue well vnderstonde before how that contrary to the promyse of the kyng also the conclusyons take bytwene the kynge the duke of yorke att Brentheth the duke of Somerset went not to warde but abode about the kynge had grete rule And anone after he was made Capytayne of Calays ruled the kyng his reame as he wolde wherfore the grete lordes of the reame also the comyns were not pleased For whyche cause the duke of yorke the erle of warwyke the erle of Salysbury with many knyghtes and squyres and moche other people came to remeue the sayde duke of Somerset and other fro the kynge And the kyng herynge of theyr comynge thoughte by hys couÌ„seyll for to haue gone westwarde not for to haue mette with them And had with hym the duke of Somerset the duke of Bokyngham the erle of Stafforde the erle of Northumberlonde \ the lorde Clyfforde many other ¶ And what tyme that the duke of yorke and his felyshyppe vnderstonde that the kyng was departed wyth the lordes from London anone he chaunged hys way costed the couÌ„tre and came to saynt Albons the .xxiii. daye of May. there mette with the kyng to whom the kyng sent certayne lordes desyred them to kepe the peas and departe But in conclusyon whyâ—e they treated on that one syde the erle of warwyk with the Marche men other entred in to the twone on that other syde and fought ayenst the kynge and his party and so began the batayll and fyghtinge whiche endured a greate whyle But in conclusyon the duke of yorke obteyned and had the vyctory of the Iourneye In whyche was slayne the duke of Somerset the erle of Northumberlonde the lorde Clyfforde and many kynghtes and squyres and many moo hurte And on the morne after they brought the kynge in grete astate to London whyche was lodged in the bysshops palays of London And anone after was a grete parlemeÌ„t at London in whiche parlement the duke of yerke was made protectour of EngloÌ„de the erle of warwyk Capytayne of Calays the erle of Salysbury Chaunceler of Englonde And all suche persones as had the rule before aboute the kynge were set a parte and myght not rule as they dyd before ¶ And this same yere deyed pope Nycholas the fyfte after hym was Calixt the thyrde This Calixt was a Catalane the actes of hym shal be shewed here after folowynge· ¶ In this same yere fell a grete affraye in LoÌ„don ayeÌ„st the LuÌ„bardes the cause begaÌ„ bycause a yonge man toke a dager frome a LuÌ„barde brake it wherfore the yoÌ„ge maÌ„ on the morne was seÌ„te fore to come before the Mayer the aldermeÌ„ there for offeÌ„ce He was coÌ„mytted to warde And theÌ„ne the mayer departed fro the yelde halle for to goo home to his dyner But in Chepe the yonge meÌ„ Mercerye for the moost partye prentyses helde the Mayre the Shyrefs styl in Chepe And wolde not suffre theym to departe vnto the tyme that theyr felowe whyche was commytted to warde were delyuered and so by force they rescowed theyr felowe from pryson And that done the Mayre departed and the Shrefes also and the prysoner deliuered whiche yf he had be put to pryson He had be in Ieoperdye of his lyfe And thene began a rumoure in the cyte ayenst the LoÌ„bardes And the same euenynge the hond crafty men of the towne arose and raÌ„ne to the Lumbardes houses and dyspoyled and robbed dyuers of them wherfore the Mayre and the Aldermen came with the honest people of the cyte And droue them thens and sente some of theym that had stolen to Newgate ¶ And the yonge man was rescowed by his felowes sawe this greate rumoure affraye robbed ensewed of hys fyrste meuynge to the Lumbarde departyd and wente to westmynster to saynt wary Or elles it hadde coste hym hys lyfe For anone after came downe an Oyer determyne for to do Iustyce on all theym that so rebelled in the Cytee ayenste the Lumbardes On whyche satte wyth the Mayre that tyme wyllyam Marowe the duke of Bokyngham And many other lordes to se execucyon done But the comynes of the Cytee secretely made them redy and dyde arme them in theyr howses and were in purpoos to haue rongen the comyne belle whiche is called bowe belle but they lete by syde men whiche came to the knowlege of the duke of Bokyngham and other lordes ¶ And in contynente they arose for they durste noo lenger abyde for they dowted that the hole Cyte sholde haue rysen ayenst theym But yet neuerthels two or thre of the cyte were Iuged to dethe for this robbery were hangyd at Tyborne ¶ And anone after the kynge the quene other lordes rode to CoueÌ„tre and withdrewe theym fro London for this cause And a lytyll before the duke of yorke was sent for to grenewych And there was dyschargyd of the protectourshyppe And the erle of Salysbury of his ChauÌ„chelershyppe And after thys they were sente fore by preuy seale for to come to CoueÌ„tre where they were almoost disceyued the Erle of warwyke also and shold haue ben dystroyed yf they had not seen well to ¶ How the lorde EgremoÌ„de was take by the Erle of Salysbury soÌ„es of the robbynge of Sandwytche THis yere were taken four grete fysshes bytwene Ereth london that one was called Mors Maryne the seconde was a swerde fysshe the other two were whalys In this same yere for certayne affrayes done iÌ„ the northe couÌ„tre bytwene lord EgremoÌ„de the erle of Salysbury sones the sayd lord Egremond whoÌ„ they had coÌ„dempned in a grete somÌ„e of money to the sayd Erle of Salysbury therfore he was coÌ„mytted into pryson in Newegate in London where whan he had be a certayne space he brake the pryson thre prysoners with hym escaped weÌ„t his waye Also this yere the erle of warwyk his wyf weÌ„t to Calays with a fayre felisshyp toke possessyon of his offyce about this tyme was grete reformacoÌ„n of many monesteryes of relygyoÌ„ in dyuerse partyes of the worlde wiche were refourmed after the fyrst Instytutycyon and coÌ„tynued in many places ¶ This same yere was a greate batayll in the Marches bytwene the londe of HuÌ„gry Turkey at a place is called Septedrad where Innumerable Turkes were slayne more bi myracle thanÌ„e by maÌ„nes honde for oonly the honde of god smote theym saynt Iohan of Capystrane was there preseÌ„ce prouokyd the cristeÌ„ people beynge theÌ„ne aferde for to pursue after the Turkys where an Infynyte multytude were slayne dystryed the Turkys sayd that a grete noÌ„bre of armyd meÌ„ folowed theÌ„ that they were aferde to turne ayen they were holy angelles This same yere the prysoners of Newgate in LondoÌ„ brake theyr pryson went vpon the sedes and fought ayeÌ„st theym of the Cytee kepe the gate a longe whyle But att
the laste the towne gate the pryson be theym And thenÌ„e they were sore punysshed in ensample of other ¶ In this yere also there was a grete erthquake in Naples in so moche that there perysshed .xl. thousande people that sanke there in to the erthe ¶ Also in the .xxxvi. yere saynt Osmonde soÌ„tyme bysshop of Salysbury was canonysed att Rome by pope Calyst the .x daye of Iuly he was translated at Salysbury by the bisshop of CauÌ„terbury many other bysshoppes ¶ And in August after syr Pers de brasay seneschal of normaÌ„dye with the Capytayne of Depe many other Capytayns and meÌ„ of werre went to thee see with a greate Nauy and into the downes by nyght And on the more erly before day they londed at Sandwytche bothe bi loÌ„de and water and toke the towne and ryfled dispoyled it And toke many prysoners and lefte the towne all bare whyche was a ryche place and moche good therin And ladde wyth them many ryche prysoners In this same yere in many places of Fraunce Almayne Flaunders Holonde and zeelonde chyldren gadred theym togyder by greate companyes For to goo on pylgrymage to saynt Myghels mouÌ„te in NormaÌ„dye whiche came fro ferre couÌ„trees wherof the people merueyled And many supposed that some wyckyd spyryte meued them to doo so but it dured not longe by cause of the longe waye and also for lac of vytaylle as they wente ¶ In this yere Reynolde Pecok bysshop of Chestre was founde an herytyke and the thyrde day of Decembre was enduâ—ed at Lambeth in presence of the Archebysshop of Caunterbury and many other bysshoppes doctours lordes temporall and hâ—s bokes brent att Poules crosse ¶ And ye haue herde before how certayne lordes were slayne atte Saynt Albons wherfore was alwaye a grutchynge wrath hadde by the heyres of them that soo were slayne ayenst the duke of yorke the Erles of waâ—wyk and of Salysbury wherfore the kyng by the aduys of his counseyll sente for theym vnto London to whyche place the duke of yorke came the .xxvi. daye of Ianueri with four honderd men and lodged hym atte Baynerdes castell in hys owne place ¶ And the .iv. daye of Ianuer came the erle of Salysbury with fyue hundred men and was lodged in therber of his owne place ¶ And thenÌ„e came the duke of Excetre and of Somerset with .viii. C. men and laye withoute temple barre ¶ And the erle of Northumberlonde and the lorde Egremonde the lorde Clyfforde wyth .xv. hundred men lodged without the towne ¶ And the Mayer that tyme Geffraye Boloyne kept grete watche with the comyns of the cyte rode about the cytee by Holborne and Fletestrete with a .v. thousand men well arayed and armyd for to kepe the peas ¶ And the .xiiii. daye of Feuerer the erle of warwyke came to London fro Calays well beseen and worshypfully with .v hundred men In red Iakettes broudred wyth a ragged staffe behynde before and was lodged at the graye freres ¶ And the .xv. daye of Marche the kynge came to London and the quene And ther was accorded and peas made amonge the lordes and they were sette in peas And on our lady daye the xxv daye of Marche in the yere of oure lorde M. CCCC.lviii· the kynge the quene all the lordes went on processyon at Poules in London anone after the kyng the lordes departed in this yere was a grete fraye in Fletstrete bytwene meÌ„ of courte men of the same strete In whyche fayre the quenes Attourney was slayne ¶ Howe the kynges housholde made a fraye ayenste the Erle of warwyke and of the Iourneye at bloreheth ALso this same yere as the Erle of warwyk was at counseyll at westmynster alle the kynges housholde meny gadred them togyder for to haue slayne the sayde erle But by the helpe of god his frendes he recouered his barge and escapyd theyr euyll enterpryse how well the cokes came rennynge oute wyth spytes and pestels ayneh hym And the same daye he rode to wardes werwyk and soone after he gate hym a commyssyon and went ouer the see to warde Calays ¶ Soone after thys therle of Salysbury comynge to LoÌ„don was encouÌ„tred at Bloreheth which the lord Audley And moche other people ordeyned to dystroy hym But he hauynge knowlege that he shold be met wyth was accoÌ„panyed with hys two sones syr Thomas syr IohnÌ„ Neuell a grete felyshyp of goodmen And so they faught togyder where the erle of Salysbury wanne the felde And the lorde Audley was slayne many gentylmen of Chesshyre moche people hurt And the erles two sones were hurte goynge homewarde afterwarde they were taken and hadde to Chestre by the quenes menye ¶ After Calixt Pius was pope was chase this yere M. CCCC.lvlii· he was callyd before Eneas an eloqueÌ„te man a poete laureate He was embassatour of the Emperours before tyme. And he wrote in the couÌ„seyl of Basyle a noble treatyse for thactoryte of the same Also he canonysed saynte Katheryne of Senys Thys pope ordeyned grete IndulgeÌ„ce pardonne to theym that wolde go werre ayeÌ„st the Turke wrote a pystle to the greate Turke exhortynge hym to become Crysten And in th end he ordeyned a passage ayeÌ„st the Turke at Ankon to whiche moche people drewe out all partyes of cristeÌ„dome of the whiche people he sente many home ayen by cause they suffyced not anone after he dyed at the sayd AnkoÌ„ the yere of our lord M. CCCC.lxiii the .xiiii. daye of August ¶ How Andrewe Trollop the souldyours of Calays forsoke the duke of yorke theyr mayster therle of warwyk in the weste countre THe duke of yorke the erles of warwyk and of Salysbury sawe the gouernauÌ„ce of the reame stode moost by the quene hyr counseyll how the grete prynces of the londe were not callyd to counseyl but set a parte and not only soo but it was sayd thrugh the reame tho sayd lordes sholde be dystroyed as it openly was shewed at Blorehethe by them that wolde haue slayne the erle of Salysbury Thenne for sauacyon of theyr lyues also for the comynwele of the reame thought for to remedy thyse thynges assembled them togyder with moche people and toke a felde in the west countre to whiche the erle of warwyk came fro Calays with many of the olde Souldeyours as AndreÌ„we Trollop and other in whose wysdome as for the werre he trustyd moche vpon And whan they were thus assembled and made theyr felde the kynge sente out commyssyons preuy seales vnto all the lordes of his reame to come and wayte on hym in theyr moost beste defensable araye And so euery man came in suche wyse that the kynge was stronger and hadde more â–ª peple than the duke of yorke and therles of warwyk of Salysbury for it is here to be notyd that euery lorde in Englonde at this tyme durst not dysobeye the quene so she
rulyd peasybly all that was done abowte the kynge whiche was a good and a well dysposed man And thenne whan the kynge was come to the place where they were the duke of yorke hys felysshyp made theyr felde in the strongest wyse purposyd verely to abyde haue fouÈte But in the nyghte Andrewe Trollop all the olde soudyours of Calays wyth a greate felyshyp sodeynly departyd out of the dukes host And wente strayte vnto the kynges felde where they were receiued Ioyously for they knewe th entent of thother lordes also the maner of theyr felde And then the duke of yorke with the other lordes seynge theÌ„ dysceued toke a counseylle shortly in that same nyght departed frome the felde leuynge behynde theÌ„ the moost partye of theyr people too kepe the felde tyl on the morowe Then the duke of yorke with his secoÌ„de sone departyd thrugh wales towarde Irlonde Leuynge his eldest sone the erle of Marche with the erles of werwyk of Salysbury whiche rode togyder wyth thre or foure persones strayght into Deuenshyre there by helpe ayde of one Denham gate a shyp whiche cost a .xi score nobles wyth the same shyp sayled fro thens in to Gernesey there refresshed theym frome thens sayled to Calays where they were receyued in to the castel by the posternÌ„ or they of the towne wyst of it And the duke of yorke toke shypynge in walys sayled ouer in to Irlonde where he was well receyued ¶ How the erles of Marche warwyk of Salysbury entred in to Calays how the erle of warwyk wence in to Irlonde THen kynge Henry wyth his host in the felde not knowynge of this sodeyne departynge on the morowe fouÌ„de none in the felde of the sayd lordes sent out in all the hast meÌ„ for to folowe and pursue after to take theÌ„ but they mette not with theÌ„ as god wolde And theÌ„ the kynge weÌ„t to Ludlowe dyspoyled the castel the towne And seÌ„te the duchesse of yorke and hyr chyldreÌ„ to the duchesse of Bokyngham hyr syster where she was kepte longe tyme after And forth with the kynge ordeyned the duke of Somerset to be Capytayne of Calays thyse of other lordes so departed as afore is sayd were preclamyd rebelles grete traytours Then the duke of Somerset tooke to hym al the soudyours that departed fro the felde and made hyÌ„ redy in all the haste for to go to Calays take possessyon of his offyce And whan he came he founde therle of warwyk therin as Capytayne the erles of Marche of Salysbury also and thenÌ„e he londed by Scalys weÌ„t to gyues and there he was receyued And it fortuned that some of tho shyppes that came ouer with hym came in to Calays haueÌ„ by theyr fre wyll for the shypmeÌ„ ought more fauour to the erle of warwyk thaÌ„ to the duke of Somerset in whyche shyppes were take dyuerse meÌ„ as Ienyn Fynkyll Iohan felowe Kaylles Purser whiche were beheded soone after in Calays and after this came meÌ„ dayly ouer the see to thyse lordes to calays began for to wexe stroÌ„ger they borowed moche gode of the Staple on that other syde the duke of Somerset beynge in Gynes gate people to hym whiche came out and scarmysshed with theym of Calays they of Calays with the whiche endured many daies â—ucyng moche people came ouer dayly vnto thise lordes ¶ TheÌ„ on a tyme by thaduys and couÌ„seylle of the lordes att Calays sente ouer mayster Denham with a greate felyshyp to Sandwhyche whiche tooke the towne therin the lorde Ryuers the lorde Sâ—alys his sone toke many shyppes in the hauen and broughte them all to calays wyth whiche shyppes many maryners of ther fre wyl came to calays to serue the Erle of warwyk And after the Erle of warwyke by the aduys of the lordes tooke all his shyppes and manned theym well and saylled hymselfe in to Irlonde for to speke wyth the duke of yorke and tooke his aduys how they sholde entre in to Englonde And whan that he had be there and done hys erandes he retorned ayen towardes Calays and broughte with hym his moder the countesse of Salysbury And comynge in the west countree on the see the duke of Excetre Admyral of Englond beynge in the grace of du accoÌ„panyed with many shyppê of warre met with the erle of warwyk hys flete but they faught not for the substauÌ„ce of the peple beynge with the duke of Excetre ought better wyll fauour to the erle of warwyk thaÌ„ to hym they departed and came to calays in saufâ—e ¶ TheÌ„ the kynges couÌ„seyll seynge that thyse lordê had goten those shyppes fro Sandwytche taken the lorde Ryuers his sone ordeyned a garyson at Sandwytche to abyde kepe the towne made one mouÌ„tforde capitayne of the towne that no man vytayll ne marchauÌ„t that shold go to flaunders shold go to calays TheÌ„ they of calays seyenge this made Denham many other to go to Sandwytche assayled the towne by londe by water gate ix And brought the Capytayne ouer see and smote of hys heed And yet daylymen came ouer to theim fro all partyes ¶ How the Erle of Marche of warwyke and of Salysbury entred in to EngloÌ„d of the feld of NorthaÌ„ptoÌ„ where dyuerse lordes were slayne ANd after thys the forsayd erles of marche warwyke Salysbury came ouer to Douer with moche people there londed to whome all the couÌ„tre drewe came to LoÌ„don all armyd and for to lete lordes of the kynges counsell knowe theyr truth also theyr entente assembled theym and tolde them that they entended no harme to the kynges persone sauf that they wolde put from hym suche persones as were aboute hym And soo departed frome London wyth a greate puyssaunce towarde Northampton where the kynge was accompanyed with many lordes and made a stronge felde withoute the towne And there bothe partyes met and was fought a greate batayll In whyche batayll were slayne the duke of bokyngham therle of Shrewesbury the vycouÌ„t Beamonde the lorde Egremonde and many other knyghtes and squyres and othere also and the kynge hymself was taken in the felde And after warde broughte to London And anone after was a parlement at westmÌ„ duryng whyche parlyament the duke of yorke came out of Irlonde wyth the Erle of Rutlande rydynge wyth a grete felyshyp in to the palays come in to the parlyament chambre there toke the kynges place and claymed the crowne as his propre enherytaunce and ryght and Caste forth in wryttynge his tytele and also how he was ryghtfull heyre wherfore was moche to do but in conclusyon yt was appoynted and concluded that kinge Henry sholde regne and be kynge durynge his natural lyfe For as moche as he hadde be kynge so longe was possessyd aft his dethe the duke of yorke shold be kynge
westmerlondes brother andrewe Trollop and many knyghtes squers ¶ Thenne Kynge Henry that had be kyng â— beynge wyth the quene and the prynce att yorke herynge the losse of that felde And so moche peple slayne and ouerthrowe anone forthe with departed all thre wyth the duke of Somerset the lorde Roos and other towarde Scotlande And the nexte daye after kynge Edward with all his armye entred in to yorke and was ther proclaymyd kynge and obeyed as he ought too be And the Mayre and comyns swore to be his lyegemen and whan they had taryed a whyle in the northe that all the north and that al the north countree had torned to hym he retorned south warde leuynge behynde hym the erle of werwyk in tho partyes to gouerne rule that countre And aboute Mydsomer after the yere of our lorde M. cccc.lx the fyrste yere of hys regne he was crowned att westmÌ„ anoynted kiÌ„ge of engloÌ„de hauyng possessyoÌ„ of al the reame CAlyxtus the thyrde was pope after Nycholas thre yere v. monethes this Calyxte was an olde maÌ„ whaÌ„ he was chose pope was coÌ„tynually seke ne he myght not fulfyll his desyre which he enteÌ„ded to do ayeÌ„st the turkys for deth came vpoÌ„ hym he was chose in the yere of our lord M. cccc.lv he deyed the .vi. daye he made the fyguracyoÌ„ also he canonysed saynt viÌ„ceÌ„t a frere precher ther was a grete reformacyoÌ„ of many monasteryes of the worlde those reformacyons were made many tymes but all most none abode but the retorned ayen home by successyoÌ„ of tyme after the dethe of the worshypfull faders· the feste of the TransfiguracyoÌ„ was ordeyned of Calyxt for the yefte of grace of the merueylous vyctory done ayeÌ„st the Turke in HuÌ„gary on saynt Syxtus day M. CCCC.lvii For there was a merueylous vyctory yeue to the CrysteÌ„ meÌ„ in Hungary ayeÌ„st the greate Turke there he loste many a maÌ„ fledde shaÌ„fully for drede of enemyes noman folowed hym but alone the hoÌ„de of god feryd the Turke his hoost on saynt Calyxte daye saynt IohnÌ„ de Caprystrano was there seen preseÌ„t he prouoked the people that were aferde to folow the mysbeleuiÌ„ge Turkes there fell a grete veÌ„geauÌ„ce on theym for the Turkes sayd that there was so grete a noÌ„bre of knyghtes that folowed theÌ„ That vnnethe they durste looke bacwarde therfore they fledde lefte al ther tresour behynde theÌ„ they were angelles that caused theym to flee Nota PRynters of bookes were myghtely multyplyed in Maguncie thrughoute the worlde there began fyrste· there helde theyr craftes thys tyme myny meÌ„ begaÌ„ to be more subtyll in craftes swyterf thaÌ„ euer they were afore PIus the secoÌ„de was pope after Calyxt .vi. yere Thys pius was chose iÌ„ the yere of our lorde M. CCCC.lviii he was called Eneas an eloqueÌ„t man a grete oratour a laureate poete and in the couÌ„seyll of Basyle he wrote a noble tretyse for thattoryte of the same This maÌ„ desyred to haue a passage to the Turke moche people of dyuerse countres came to Rome he yaue theym his blessynge and sente theym home ayeÌ„ for they were not sufficieÌ„t for the Turkes hoste anone after he decessyd POules a venetiaÌ„ was pope after Pyus vii yere This poule was chose in the ye yere of our lorde M. cccc.lxiiii And anone he halowed the feste of the presentacyoÌ„ of our lady as pius dyd This maÌ„ was a toughmaÌ„ in ryght wysnes he sayd it was bett to make fewe thinges and make them stedfastly than for to make many sone reuoke theÌ„ And he mad a grete pallays at saynt Markys and he decessed or he had ended it in the yere of our lorde M. cccc.lxxi ¶ LeodinÌ„ the londe of luke was oppressed with many trybulacyons after in the yere of our lorde M. cccc.lxviii vterly it was distroyed bi CaroluÌ„ the duke of Bourgoyn that whiche wedded dame Margarete syster to kynge Edwarde the forth of Englonde Also the same karoluÌ„ entred in the londe of Gelder and conquyred it hooly The yere of grace also was chaunged by pope Poule for fauoure of maÌ„nys soule frome .xxv. yere to .xxv. yere And by case the cursydnesse abouÌ„ded so sore greaâ—e abouÌ„ded also sore SIxtus the fourth a Iohannes a frere minor was pope after paule This maÌ„ was geneall in the ordre of the frere mynors or he was Cardynal And he was choseÌ„ in the yere of our lorde M. cccc.lxxi And was called FraÌ„ciscus de Sanona of good fame and vertuost He was choseÌ„ Cardynall wythout his Knowlege tyll he was made the same yere that he was choseÌ„ pope The turke had takeÌ„ fro me cristeÌ„ meÌ„ two empyres four kyngdomes .xx. prouiÌ„ces and two huÌ„dred cytyes· had destroyed meÌ„ wymmeÌ„ without noÌ„bre And the meuyd the pope that he sholde dyspose hym to goo to wythstonde hym And for an armye to be made ayenst the Turke the pope gaue grete Indulgentes of pardon of the tresori of the cyrche vnto all crysteÌ„ reames that he myght ordeyne some tresore to withstande the mysbeleued Turke And in the loÌ„de of Englonde IohnÌ„ abbot of Abyngdon was the popes legate to dyspose this goodli tresoure of the chyrche to euery feythful maÌ„ that was disposed and that wolde able hym to receyue it ¶ Here endeth this present Cronycle of Englonde with the fruyte of tymes compyled in A booke And also newely Enprynted in the yere of our lorde god M. CCCCC .xv. by me Iulyan Notary dwellynge in powlys chyrche yarde besyde the westedore by my lordes palyes ¶ Here foloweth a lytell treatyse the whyche treateth of the descripcion of this loÌ„de whiche of olde thyme was named Albyon And after Brytayne And nowe is called Englonde and speketh of the noblesse worthynesse of the same ¶ It is soo that in many and dyuerse places the comyn Cronycles of Englonde ben had and also nowe late Enprynted And for as moche as the dyscrypcyon of thys londe whyche of olde tyme was named Albyon and after Brytayne Is not descryued ne comynly hadde ne the noblenesse and worthynesse of the same is not knowen Therfore I entende to sette in this booke the descrypcyon of this sayde yle of Brytayne and wyth the commodytes of the same ¶ In the fyrste shalle be tolde the name of the ylonde Capitulo primo ¶ Of the settynge boundynge lenthe and brede ca. ii ¶ Of the worthynesse perogaciones ca. iii. ¶ Of the merueyles of the wondres ca. iiii ¶ Of the chyef partyes of the same londe· Capitulo· v. ¶ Of the ylondes that been therto adiacente Capitulo vi ¶ Of the kynges hygh wayes stretes ca vii ¶ Of the famous Ryuers stremes ca. viii ¶ Of auncyent cytees and townes ca. ix ¶ Of prouynces and shyres ca. x. ¶ Of the lawes names of the lawes ca xi ¶ Of kyngdoms
grete lyghte and bryghtnesse hath ben shewed vpon EnglysshmeÌ„ sythe they fyrst torned to ryght byleue So that of no men in ony prouynce ben founden so many hole bodyes of men after her dethe in sykenes of euerlastyngnes that shall be after the daye of dome as it well semeth in these hooly Sayntes as Edeldrede Edmonde the kynge Elphege Edgar Cutberde saynt Edwarde many other I trowe that it bedoo by a specyall grace of god almyghty for the nacyon that is set as it were without the world take hede to buryeÌ„ge of bodyes without corrupcyoÌ„ and rotynge and ben the more bolde stedfaste for to trust on the fynall arysynge of dede dodyes for to laste euermore after the daye of dome ¶ Of the chyef partyes of the same lond ca. v. AFter the fyrst Brutes tyme the ylonde of Brytayne beganne for to haue the pryncypall partyes that ben Loegria Cambria that is that wales And Albania that is now Scotlonde Loegria hath that name of Locrinus that was Brutes oldest sone and heet loegria as it were Locrinus londe but now Loegrin is called EngloÌ„de The bouÌ„des and Markes were ther of somtyme the Frensshe see boothe by eest by southe ¶ Beda li.i ca. ii And by north two armes of the see that breketh ferre in to the londe eyther ayenst other But they reche not togyder The eest arme of thylke tweyne begynneth about a two lytell myle fro the mynstre of Ebburcurynge In the weste syde of Penulton in that arme is a towne that is called Guydy the west arme of thylke tweyne hath in the ryght syde a stronge Cyte that heet Alclyued whiche in theyr laÌ„gage is called Clint stone stondeth vpon a ryuer that is called Clynt also ¶ R. Some men wolde mene that Loegria endeth at Humbre stretcheth no ferther north warde The seconde partye of Brytayne is caleo Albinia that is Scotlonde hathe that name of Albinactus Brutes sone stretcheth fro the forsayd two armes of the see northe warde vnto these of Norwaye Neuertheles the south partyes of Albania where as pyetes dwelled somtyme that lyeth frome the water of twede vnto the Scottesshe see All that longed sometyme to the kyngedome of Northumberlonde Brenycorne the north sade of Northumberlonde fro the fyrst tyme of Englysshe kynge to that tyme whan Kynadius kynge of Scotlonde that was Alpinus sone dyd a way the Pyctes and so Ioyned that countre to the kyngdome of Scotlonde TheÌ„ thyrde partye of Brytayne is wales walia that heet Cambria also hath that name Cambria of Cambre Brutes sone for he was prynce of wales In the eest syde Seurnee departed some tyme bytwene Englonde wales But in the north syde the Ryuer of Dee atchestre and in the southe the Ryuer that is named Vaga at the castel of Srygelyn departeth Englonde and wales All so kynge Offa for to haue a dystynccyon for euermore bytwene the kynges of EngloÌ„de and of wales made a longe dyche that dretched for the out of the southe syde by Brystowe vnder the hylles of wales Seuerne and Dee almoste to the heedes and vnto the mouthe of the Ryuer of Dee beyonde Chestre faste by the castell it reenneth bytwene Colehyll and the mynstre of Basyngwercke into the see This dytthe is yet in many places seen In saynt Edwardes tyme walsshmen sholde not passe that was att Erle Haroldes procurynge as it shall be sayde here after but now in eyther sydes both ayonde half a thys half the dyche and specyally in the shyres of Chestre of Shrowesbury and of Herforde in many places been Englysshemen and walsshmen medled togyders ¶ Of the ylondes that ben therto adiacent Capitulo vi BRytayne hathe thre ylondes that ben nyght and longynge therto all without the ylondes Orcades as it were answerynge to the thre chyef partys of Brytayne For the yle of wyghte longeth lyeth to Leogrya that is Englonde The ylonde Mon that is called Angleseya also longeth to wales and the ylonde Enbonia that hathe two other names and is called Meneuia and Man also whiche longeth to Scotlonde And all these thre ylondes wyght Mon and Man ben almoost alyke moche and the quantyte of the whyche thre all arowe foloweth our speche ¶ Beda li.i ca. iii· Claudius sent Vespasianus and Vespasianê° waÌ„ne wyght And wyght stretcheth out of the eest in to the west .xxx. myle long And out of the south in to the north .xii. myle and is in the eest syde .vi. myle fro the south clyfe of Brytayne And thre myle fro the west syde ¶ Beda li.iiii ca. v. The mesure of this ylonde as Englysshmen gesse is a thousande heusholders and two hondred ¶ Gir. in itinere mon that is called Angleseya also his departed from north wales by a shorte arme of the see as it were two myle brode In Mon ben thre hondred townes lx.iii And ben accompted for CaÌ„dredes that ben .iii. hondredes The ylonde is as it were .xxx. myâ—e longe and .xii. myle brode Candredus is so moche londe as conteyneth an hondred townes that name candredus is made out of two langages of Brytysshe and of Irysshe In praysynge of this ylonde walsshmen were wonte to saye a prouerbe and an olde sawe Mon Mankembri that is to saye in Englysshe that londe is so good that it semeth that it wolde fynde corne ynough for all the men of wales Therfore Virglys verses maye be accordynge therto as moche as guawes bestes longe Inneth dawes So moche efte bryngeth colde dewe in a nyghte ¶ In that arme of the see that departed this londe and north wales is a swolowe that that draweth shyppes to it that sayleth by and swoloweth them in ryyght as dothe Cylla and Carybdis that ben two peryllous places in the see of myddel erthe Therfore men maye not sayll by this swalowe but slyly at ful see ¶ R. Of the merueylles and wondres of the ylonde of Mon thou shalt fynde in the chapytre of wales Gir. in itinere The thyrde ylonde that is called both Eubonia Meneuia that is Manstondeth in the myddell bytwene the Irysshe vlstere and the Scottesshe galle waye as it were in the nauell of the see ¶ Beda .iiii. ca. ix This ylondes The fyrste is southe warde the more condtree And the better corne londe and conteyneth .ix. hondred and â—x housholdes· The seconâ—e conteyneth the space of CCC moo as Englysshmen gesse Gir. in â—op Somtyme was stryf whether this ylonde Man sholde longe to Brytayne or to Irlonde and for as moche as venemous wormes that were broughte thyder lyâ—ed there It was Iuged that the ylonde of Man sholde longe to Brytayne ¶ R. In that ylonde is â—ortylege and whyche crafte vsed Fer women there selle to shypmeÌ„ wynde as it were closed vnder thre knottes of threde So that more wynde he wyll haue the moo knottes he muste vndo Chere often by daye tyme men of that londe seen men that beÌ„ deed to fore honde byheded or
hoole and what dethe they deyed Alyens sette theyr fete vpon feeet of the men of that londe for to see suche syghtes as the men of that londe done ¶ Beda li.ii Scottes dwelled fyrste in thys ylonde ¶ Thanatos that is Tenet and is an ylonde besydes Kente o and hath that name Thanatos of dethe of serpeÌ„tes for there beÌ„ none And the erthe therof sleeth serpeÌ„tes yborn in other loÌ„des There is noble corne loÌ„de fruytâ—uâ— It is supposed that this ylonde was halowed blessyd of saynt Austen the fyrste doctoure of Englysshmen for there he arryued fryste ¶ Of the kenges hye wayes stretes ca. vii MOlyuncyus kynge of Brytons· was the xiii of them and the fyrste that gaâ— theym lawe He ordeyned that plowmen folowes goodes lawes and hyghe wayes that let den men to Cytees and townes shold haue the fredom of coloure soo that euery man that wente to ony of theym for socour or for trespaas that he hathe sholde be saufe for poursute of all hys enemyes But afterwarde for the wayes were vncertayne stryf was had· Therfor Belinus the kynge that was the forfayd Moliuncius sone for to put a way all stryfe and doute made foure hyghe kynges wayes preuyleged with all preueylege and fredome And the wayes stretche thrughe the ylonde The fyrste and gretest of all the foure wayes is called Fosse stretcheth out of the south in to the northe and begynneth frome the corner of Cornewayle passeth forthe by Deuenshyre by Somersete forth be sydes Tetbury vpon Cotteswolde besyde Couentre vnto Leycestre soo forthe by wylde playnes towarde Newarke and endeth at Lyncoln The seconde chyfe kynges hyghe waye is named watlyngstrete and stretcheth thwarte ouer Fosse out of the southeest in to the norwest and begynneth at Douer and passeth by the myddell of Kente ouer Temse besyde London by westmestre and so forthe by saynt Albon in the west syde by donstaple by Scratforde by Towcetre by wedoÌ„ by southe Lylleborn by Atheryston vnto gylbertes hylle that nowe is called wrekene and forthe by Seuarne and passeth besydes wrokcestre and thenÌ„e forthe to Stratton and soo forthe ay the myddell of wales vnto CardykaÌ„ and endeth atte Irysshe see The thyrde waye is called Erynnugestrete and stretcheth oute of the west nor weste in to the eest southeest and begynneth in Meneuia that is saynt Dauyds londe in west wales and stretcheth forthe vnto Southampton The fourthe is called Rykenylstrete and stretcheth forthe by worochestre by wycombe and by Brymyngeham by Lechefelde by Derby by Chestrefelde by yorke and forthe vnto Tynmouthe ¶ Of the famous Ryuers stremes ca. viii THere ben thre famous Ryuers renaynâ—e through Brytayne by the whyche thre Ryuers marchauÌ„tes of beyonde the see coumen in shyppes into Brytayn wellnygh out of all manere of nacyons and loÌ„des These thre Ryuers ben Temse Seuarne and Humbre The see ebbeth and floweth at these thre Ryuers departeth the prouynces of the ylonde as it were the thre kyngdoms asondre The thre partyes ben Loegria Cambria and Northumbriâ— That ben myddel Englond wales and Northumberlonde ¶ R. These name Temse semeth made one name of two names of two ryuers that ben Tame yse for the Ryuer of Tâ—me renneth besydes Dorchestre and falleth in yse therfore all the Ryuer fro the fyrst heed vnto the eest see is named Tamyse or Temse begynneth besydes Tetbury that is thre myle by north Malmesbury There the Temse spryngeth of a well that renneth eest warde passeth the Fosse and departeth Glocestre shyre and wylshyre and draweth with hym many other welles and stremes and wexeth grete att grecestre and passeth forth than towarde HamptoÌ„ so forth by Oxenforde by wallynforde by Rydynge and by LondoÌ„ ¶ Wilhelmê° de pon ca. ii Atte hauen of Sandwhyche it fasâ—eth in to the eest see and holdeth hys name .xl. myle beyonde London and departeth in some place Kente Essex westsex and Mercia that is as it were a grete dele of myddell Englonde ¶ R. Seuarne is A Ryuer of Brytayne is called Habern in brytons and hath that name Habern of Habern that was Estryldes doughter Guendolon the quene drenched this Habern therin therfore the Brytons called the Ryuer Habern after the woman that was drowned therin by corrupte latyn it is called Sabria Seuarne in Englysshe Seuarne begynneth in the myddell of wales and passeth fyrste to warde the eest vnto Shrowesbury and thenÌ„e torned south warde vnto Bryggenorthe wyrcestre Gloucestre falleth in to the west see besydes Brystow departeth iÌ„ some place Englond wales ¶ wilhel de pon li.iii Sauerne is swyft of streme fysshe carft is therin wodenes of the swolowyng of the whyrlynge water casteth vp gadre to hepe gret hepes of grauel Seuarne oft aryseth ouerfloweth the baÌ„kes ¶ R HuÌ„bre hath the name of HuÌ„bre kyng of hunes for he was drownde ther in renÌ„eth fyrst a croke out of the southsyde of yorke thenne it departed the prouynce of Lyndese ye the longed somtyme to the merces from the other contre northuÌ„berlonde Trente Ous rennen in to HuÌ„bre and makeÌ„ the Ryuer full grete· ¶ Treuisa The merces were men as .ii. were of myddell Englonde as it shall be sayd here after ¶ Of auncyent cytees townes ca. ix THe kyngdome of Brytayne was somtyme made fayr wyth .xxviii. noble cytees wythout ryght many castels that were walled with toures with yates and with barres strongely buylded ¶ After these were the names of the cyteis Caerlud that is London CaerbraÌ„k that is yorke Caerkent that is Caunterbury Taergoraukon that is worchestre Caerlyryon that is leycestre Caerclon that is Gloucestre CaercoldeÌ„ that is Colcestre Carray that is chichestre Saxons called it somtyme Cyssoncestre carcery that is Cyrcerre caergunt that is wynchestre Caergraunt that is cambrygge caerleyll that is lugibalia and Karlylle Caerporis that is Porchestre caerdrom that is Dorchestre Caerludcoyt that is lyncoln and. Lyndecolyn Caermarthyn that is Merlyns Cyte cersegeÌ„t that is Sicestre his vpon teÌ„se not fer from redynge leon that is caerlegeon also and hyghte fyrste Legecestre and now is named Chestre Caerbathon that is bathe and hyght somtyme Athamanus Cyte Caerpaladour that is Septon that now hyght Shaftesbury ¶ R. Other cytees ben founde in Cronycles for vnderstondynge of storyes of whom it shall folowe ¶ Wyll de pon London is a ryal and a ryche Cyte vppon Tamyse of burgeysses of ryches of marchauÌ„tes of chaâ—â—are and of marchaundyse Therfore it is that some tyme whan derth of vytayls is in all Englonde comuly at London it is beste chepe bycause of the byers and selles that ben at London ¶ Gaufre Brute the fyrste kyynge of Brytons buylde edefyted this cyte of London the fyrste cyte of London the fyryste cyte in remembraunce of the cyte of Troye that was distroyed called it Troye newich triuantum that is new Troye After warde kynge Lud called it Caerlud after
his owne name Therfore the Brytons had indygnacyon as Gyldas telleth Afterwarde Englysshemen called the cyte London yet after the Normans called it Londers â—nd is named in latyn loÌ„donia Rudhudybras kynge leyles sone was the .viii. kyng of Brytons he buylded CauÌ„terbury the chyefeyte of Kent called it Caerkent Afterwarde Englysshemen called it Dorobernia but that is not Douer that stondeth vpon the clyf of the Frensshe see from shis douer .xxii. Englysshe myle After warde this Dorobernia was is called Caunterbury The same kynge Rudhudibrys buylded wynchestre and called it CaergueÌ„t after EnglysshmeÌ„ called it went and wynchestre after the name of one an Englysshe man that was bysshop there All westsaxoÌ„ was subget to hym the same kyng buylded paladour that is SeptoÌ„ that now is called Shaftesbury Brytons telleÌ„ that an Egle prophecyed there soÌ„tyme Bladud Leyles sone a Nygramancer was the .ix. kyÌ„ge of BrytoÌ„s he buylded Bathe and called it Caerbathon Englyssmen called it after Athamannus cyte But at the laste men called it Bathonia that is Bath ¶ Wilhell depon li.ii in this cyte welleth vp spryngeth hote Bathes meÌ„ wene that Iulius Cezar made there suche bathes ¶ R. But Gaufre â— monuteÌ„sis iÌ„ his Brytons boke saythe that Bladud made thylke bathes bycause wyllyam hath not seen that brytysshe boke wrote so by telliÌ„ge of other meÌ„ or by his owne gessynge as he wrote other thynges not best auysedly Therfore it semeth more sothely that Bladud made not the hote bathes Ne Iulius Cezar dyd suche a dede though bladud buylded made the Cyte but it accordeth better to kyndely reason that the water reÌ„ne the in the erth by vaynes of brymstone sulphur so it is kyndely made hoot in that course and spryngeth vp in dyuerse places of the cyte And so there beÌ„ hoote bathes that wassheth of â—eâ—es soores skabbes ¶ Treuisa Though men myghte by crafte make hoote bathe for to endure longe ynough thys accordeth well to reason to phylosophy that treateth of hote welles and bathes that beÌ„ in diuerse loÌ„des though the water of this bathe be more trobly soruer of sauour of smell thaÌ„ other hote bathes been that I haue seen at Akon in Almayne And eyges in Sauoye whiche ben fayr clere as ony welle streme I haue beÌ„ bathed therin and assayed them ¶ R. Claudius cezar maryed hys doughter to Aruiragus kynge of Brytons This Claudyus Cezar buylded Gloucestre in the weddynge of his doughter· Brytons called this cyte frist after Claudius name but afterwarde it was called Gloucestre after one gloria whiche was duke of the countre stondeth vpon Seuarne in the marche of Englond wales Shrowesbury a cyte vpon Sauarne in the marche of Englonde wales set vpon the top of an hylle it is called Shrowesburye of shrobbes fruyte that grewe there somtyme on the hylle Brytons called it somtyme Pengre wene that is the hede of a fayr tre Shrowesbury was somtyme the hede of powesye â— stretcheth forth thwarde ouer the mydell of wales vnto the Irysshe see Notyngam stondeth vpon Trence soÌ„tyme heet Notyngham that is the wonÌ„ynge of denÌ„es for the Danes dwelled there soÌ„tyme dygged dennes caues vnder harde stones rokes dwelled there ¶ R. Lyncolyn is cheyf of the prouynce of Lyndeseye was called somtyme Caerlud coit and after warde Lyndecoln It is vncertayne who buylded fyrst thys cyte but yf yt were kyng Lud so it semeth by menynge of the name for the Caer is brytysshe is to say a cyte a coit ys a woode so it semeth the Caerlud coit is to saye Luddes wode towne Kyng leyrâ— was Bladuddes son buylded Leybestre as it were in the myddell of Englond vpon the Ryuer Sos vpon Fosse the kynges bye wyye ¶ wylhel de pon li.iii YOrke is a strete cyte in eyther syde of the water of Ouse that semed as fayr as Rome vnto the tgme that the kyng wyâ—liam had with breÌ„nynge fyre defoulde it the cooÌ„tre about So that a pylgryme wolde now wepe hâ— sawe it yf he had knowen it tofore ¶ Gaufre Ebraneus the .v. kyng of brytons buylded yorke called it after his owne name Caerbranck he baylded also two other cytees one in scotlond is called Edenburgh an other towarde Scotlond in th end of Englond called Edenburgh an other toward Scotlond in th end of Englonde is called Alcliud ¶ R. Edenburth is a cytee in the londe of Pictes bytwene the Ryuer of Twede the scottesshe see heeâ— soÌ„tyme the castell of Maydens was called afterward Edenburgh of Edan kyng of Pictes the regned there in egâ—ridê° tyme kyng of NorthuÌ„berâ—ond Alcliud was soÌ„tyme a noble cyte ys now well nygh vnknowe to all Englysshmen for vnder the Brytons pyctes Englysshmen it was a noble cyte to the comynge of the Danes But after ward about the yere of oure lorde ·viii c.lxx it was destroyed whan the danes destryed the couÌ„trees of NorthuÌ„berloÌ„d but iÌ„ what place of Brytayn the cyte Alcliud was buylded Ductours telleÌ„ dyuersely ¶ Beda li.i sayth that it was buylded by west the arme of the see that departed bytwene the BrytoÌ„s the Pyctes soÌ„tyme there Souerê° â—amoê° wall endeth westward so it semeth by hym that it is not fer froÌ„ Caerleyl for the cyte is set at the ende of that wall Other wryters of storyes wryten that the cyte of Alcliud is the cyte that now is caled AloÌ„burgh that is to say an olde towne standeth vpoÌ„ the Ryuer Ous not fer fro barghbrydge that is .xv. myle westward out of yorke it semeth that he preueth that by Gaufride in his boke of dedes of Brytons he wryteth that Elidurê° kyng of brytoÌ„s was lodged at the cyte Alcliud bycause of solace huÌ„tynge founde his brodeâ— Argalon maskynge in a wode nygh ther besyde that hyght Calatery but that wood Calatery whyche is caltres iÌ„ englysshe recheth almost to yorke stretcheth towarde the north by Aldburgh in length by space of .xx. myle the moost dele of that wode is now drawen downe the loÌ„de ytylled other meÌ„ wolde suppose that Alcliud was the cyte that now is called Burgham in the north couÌ„tre of westmerlonde fast by Comberlond stadeth vpon the Ryuer Eden the cyte is ther wonderly seen Deme ye nowe where it is buylded ¶ Treuysa It is not harde to assoyle yf men take hede the many townes bere one name as Cartage in Affrica Cartago in spayn new porte in wales Newporte in the parysshe of Barkeleye wottonne vnder egge and wotton passeth wyk warwyk payne wyk in the parysshe of Barkelye And two shyre towne eythere is called Hampton as Southampton NorthehamptoÌ„ so it semeth by the storyes the one Alcliud was in yorkshyre an other iÌ„ westmerlonde one fast by the right syde of the west arme of the see that
of Cornewale were chauÌ„ged to Exestre therto is subget DeueÌ„shyre Cornwale ¶ De orientalibus episcopis IT is knowen that the Eest Saxons alwaye fro the begynnynge to nowe were subgette to the bysshop of London But the prouynce of the eest Angels that conteyneth Norffolke and Souffolk had one bysshop att Donwyk the bysshop heet Felix and was a Bourgon was bysshop .xvii. yere after hym Thomas was bysshoppe .v. yere after hym boneface .xvii. yere Thenne Bysy afterwarde was ordeyned by Theodorus ruled the prouynce whyle he myght endure by hymself allone After hym vnto Egbertes tyme kyng of westsaxon an hoÌ„dred .xliii. bysshops ruled that prouynce oone att donwyk and an other of Elyngham Neuertheles after Ludecans tyme kynge of Mercia lefte and was only one see att Elyngham vnto the .v. yere of wyllyam conqueroure whan Herfastus the .xxiii. bysshop of the estrene chaunged his see to Tetforde and his successour Herbertus chaunged these fro Tetforde to Norwhiche by leue of kynge wyllyam the reed The see of Ely that is nyght therto the fyrst kynge Henry ordeyned the .ix. yere of his regne and made subgect therto Cambrydgeshyre that was tofore a parte of the bysshopryche of Lyncoln and for quytynge therof he gaafte to the bisshop of Lyncoln a good towne called Spaldynge ¶ De episcopis Merciorum wilhelmus HEre take heede that as the Kyngdome of Mercia was alwaye greteste for the tyme so it was dealed in mo bysshopryches and specyally by grete hyrte by kynge Offa. whyche was .xl yere kynge of Mercia he chaunged the Archebysshops see fro Caunterbury to Lychfelde by assent of Adryan the pope Thenne the prouynce of Mercia of Lyndeffar in the fyrst begynnynge of her crystendom in kynge wulfrans tyme had one bysshop at Lytchefeld the fyrst bysshop that was there heet Dwyna the seconde heet Celath were both Scottes after them the thyrde Trumphere the fourth Iarmuanus the fyfte Chedde But in Edelfydes tyme that was wulfrans broder whan Chedde was deed Theodorus tharchebysshop ordeyned ther wynfrede Cheddes deken Netheles apud Hyndon after that for he was vnbuxum in some poynt he ordeyned there Sexwulf abbot of MedaÌ„stede that is named burgh but after Sexwulfus fourth yere Theodorus tharchebysshop ordeyned fyue bysshops in the prouynce of Merâ—ia And so he ordeyned Bosell at wyrcestre Cudwyn at Lychfelde the forsayd Sexwulf at Chestre Edelwyn att Lyndeseye at cyte Sydenia he toke Eata monke of the abbaye of Hylde att whyt by made hym bysshoppe of Dorchestre besyde Oxenforde Tho this Dorchestre heet Dorkynge so the see of that longeth to westsaxon in Saynt Byrynes tyme longed to Mercia from Theodorus the Archebysshops tyme Ethelred kynge of Mercia hadde destroyed Kente this bysshop Sexwulf tooke Pyctas bysshop of Rochestre that come oute of Kente and made hym fyrste bysshop of Herdforde at last whan Seâ—fulf was dede Hedda was bysshop of Lychefelde after hym and wylfryd flemed out of Northumberlonde was bysshop of Chestre Netheles after two yere Alfred kynge of NorthumberloÌ„de deyed and wylfrede torned agayne to hys owne se hagustalden and soo Hedda helde bothe the bysshopryches Lychfelde and of Chestre after hym come Albyn that heet wor also and after hym come thre bysshops Torta at chestre wytta at Lychfelde And Eata was yet atte Dorchestre After his dethe bysshops of Lyndesey helde his see .iii. hondred .liiii. yere vnto â—emygius chaunged the see to Lyncoln by leue of the fyrste kynge wyllyam But in Edgars tyme bysshop Leot winus Ioyned both bysshopryches to gyeer of Chestre and lyndeffaâ— whyle his lyfe edured ¶ De episcopis Northumbran Wilhel de pon li. ca. xi AT yorke was one see for all the prouynce of NorthuÌ„berlonde paulinus helde fyrste the see was ordeyned of the bysshop of CauÌ„terbury helde the see at yorke .vii. yere Afterwarde whaÌ„ kynge Edwyn was slayne and thynges were dystroubled Poulinus wente thens by water awaye into Kent from whens he come fyrste toke with hym the pall ¶ Wilhel li·iiii And so the bysshopryche of yorke ceased .xxx. yere the vse of the palle ceased there an hondred .xxv. yere vnto that Egbart the bysshop that was the kynges brooder of the londe recouered it by auctoryte of the pope R. whan saynt Oswolde regned Aydanus a Scot was bysshop in bernica that is the north syde of Northumberlonde after hym Finianê° after hym Salmanê° Â¶ wylhel vby s. At last he went in to ScotloÌ„de with grete in dygnacyon for wylfre vnder toke hym for he held vnlawfully Besterdaye .xxx. yere after the Paulinus was gone from thens wilfred was made bysshop of yorke ¶ Beda li. iiii But while he dwelled longe in FrauÌ„ce about hys sacrynge at excytynge of quartadecimonorum that were they that helde Eesterdaye the .xiiii. daye of the mone Chedde was ytake out of hys abbay of Lynstynge wrongfully put out iÌ„ to the see of yorkesby assent of kynge Oswy but thre yere after warde Theodorus tharche bysshop dyde hym a waye assygned hym to the prouynce of Mercia restored wilfred to the see of yorke But after by cause of wrathe that was bytwene hym the kyng Egfryde was put out of the see by Theodorus helpe tharchebysshop that was corrupt wyth some maner mede this was done after the wilfred had ben bysshop of yorke Cumbert at Hagustalde chirche Eata att Lyndeffar chirche that now is called holy ylonde in the Ryuer of Twede Aydanus founde fyrst the see And Theodorus made Eadhedus bisshop of Ropoune that was comen agayne out of Lyndeseye wilfred had be abbot of Repune Theodorê° sent Trunwynus to the londe of Pyetes in thendes of Englonde fast by Scotlond in a place that heet Candida casa and whiterne also there saynt Ninian a Bryton was fyrst fouÌ„der doctour But all these sees out take yorke fayled lytyll lytel for the see of Candida casa that is Galle waye that tho longed to \ Englonde and dured many yeres vnder .x. bysshops vnto that it had noo power by destroyenge of the Pyctes The sees of Hagalde of Lyndeffar was soÌ„tyme all one vnder .lx. bysshops about four score yere ten and dured vnto the comynge of the Danes In that tyme vnder Hyngar Hubba ardufe the bysshop yede longe about with saynt Cuberts body vnto kynge Aluredes tyme kyng of west Saxon the see of Lydeffar was sette at Kunegestre that is called Kunyngysburgh also the place is called now Vbbesforde vpon Twede At the last the .xvii. yere of kyng Egbere kyng Edgars sone the se was chauÌ„ged to Durham saynt Cutberâ—tê body was broughte thyder by the doynge of Edmonde the bysshop fro that tyme forwarde the see of that Hagustalde of lyndeffar fayled vtterly The fyrst kyng Henry in the .ix. yere of his regne made the newe seat Caerleyll The archebysshop of Caunterbury hathe vnder hym .xiii. bysshops in Englonde and .iiii. in wales he hath Rochostre vnder hym
that se hath vnder hym a parte in Kent alone London hath vnder hym Estsex Myddelsex half Herdforthshyre Chychestre hath vnder hym Southsex the yle of wyght wynchestre hathe vnder hym Hampshyre Southery Salesbury hath vnder hym Barkshyre wyldshyre Dâ—rsete Exetre hath vnder hym Deuenshyre and Cornewayle bathe hath vnder hym Somerseteshyre alone wyrcestre hathe vnder hym Gloucestreshyre wyrcestreshyre and half warwykshyre Herdforde hath vnder hym Herfordshyre Chestre is bysshoppe of Couentree of Lychefelde hath vnder hym Cherstreshyre Staffordshyre Derbyshyre halfe warwykshyre and some of Shropshyre and some of Lancastreshyre fro the Ryuer of Mersee vnto the Ryuer Rypylle Lyncoln hath vnder hym the prouynces that ben bytwene Temse and humbre that ben the shyres of Lyncoln of Leycestre of Norhampton of Huntyngdon of Bedforde of Bockyngham of Oxenforde and halfe Herdefordeshyre Ely hathe vnder hym Cambrygeshyre outake Merlonde Norwyche hathe vnder hym Merlonde Norfolke and Suffolke Also tharchebysshop of Caunterbury hathe foure suffreygans in wales that ben Landaf Saynt Dauyes Bangor and saynt assaph The Archebysshop of yorke hathe nowe but two bysshops vnder hym that bene Durham and Caerleyll ¶ R. And so ben but two prymates in Englond what of hem shall doâ— to the other and in what manere poynt he shall be obedyent and vnder hym It is fully conteyned within aboute the yere of our lorde Ihesu cryste a thousande .lxxii. tofore the fyrst kynge wylliam the bysshops of Englond be commaundemente of the pope the cause was handled and treated bytwene the forsayd prymates ordeyned demed that the prymate of yorke shall be subgette to the prymate of CauÌ„terbury in thynges that longen to the worshyp of god and to the byleue of holy chirche that in what place euer it be in Englonde that the prymate of CauÌ„therbury wylhote constreyne togader a counseyll of clergy the prymate of yorke is holden with his suffrygans for to be there and for to be obedyent to the ordynaunce that there shall be lawfully ordeyned whan the prymate of yorke shall come to Caunterbury and with other bysshops he shall sacre hym that is chosen so wyth other bysshops he shall sacre hys owne prymate yf the prymate of yorke be dede his successour shall come vnto the bysshop of Caunterbury and he shall take his ordynauÌ„ce of hym and take hys othe with prosessyon lawfull obedyence After about the yere of our lord .xi. C. lxxxxv in the tyme of kyng Rycharde ben resons sette for the partye for eyther prymate what one prymate dyd to that other in tyme of Thurstinus of Thomas and of other bysshops of yorke frome the conqueste vnto kyÌ„ge Henryes tyme the thyrde Also there it is sayde howe eche of them starte frome other This place is but a forspekynge and not a full treatê therof Therfore it were noyfulle to charge this place with all thylke reasons ¶ Of howe many manere people haue dwelled therin ca. xiiii BRytous dwelled fyrst in this ylonde the xviii yere of Hely the prophete the .xi. yere of Solinus postumus kynge of Latyns .xliii. after the takynge of Troye tofore the buildynge of Rome CCC.xxxii yere ¶ Beda li. i They come hyder toke hyr cours frome armonyk that now is that other brytayn they helde longe tyme the south countres of the ylond It befell afterwarde in Vespasianus tyme duke of Rome That the Pyctes shypped oute of Scycya into Occean and were dryuen aboute with the wynde and entred in to the North costes of Irlonde and fouÌ„de there Scottes and prayed to haue a place to dwell Inne and myghte none gete For Irlonde as Scottes sayd myght not sustayne bothe people Scottes sente Pyctes to the northe syde of Englonde and behyght them helpe ayenste the Brytons that were theyr enemyes yf they wolde aryse and tooke them wyues of theyr doughters vppon suche condycyon yf doubte fylle whoo sholde haue ryght to be kynge they sholde rathar chese hym of the moder syde than of the fader syde of the women kyn rathar than of the men kynd ¶ Gaufre In Vaspasyan the Emperous tyme whan Marius Aruiragus sone was kynge of Brytons One Rodryk kynge of Pyctes came oute of Scycya and ganne to destroyed Scotlonde Marius the kynge slewe this Rodryk and gaue the north partye of Scotlonde that heet Cathenesia to the meÌ„ that were came with Rodryk and were ouercome by hym for to dwell Inne But these men had noo wyues ne none myght haue of the nacyon of brytons ther for they sailled into Irlonde toke to theyr wyues Irysshemens doughters by that couenaunte that the moder blood sholde be put tofore in successyon of herytage Gir. ca. xvii Netheles Sirinus super Vyrgilium saythe that Pyctes agatyrses that hadde some dwellynge plyce aboute the waters of Scycya and they ben called Pyctes of Peyntynge smytynge of woundes therfore they are called Pyctes as paynted men These men and these gothes ben all one peple For whan Maâ—imus the tyraunt was wente out of Brytayne into Fraunce fâ—r to occupye th empyre Then Gratianus and Valentianus that were brethern and folowes of th empyre brought these gothes out of â—cya with grete gyftes wyth flaterynge and â—re behestes into the north countre of Brytaâ—ne For they were stalworth and stronge mâ— of armes and soo these theues bryborus were made men of londe and of countree and dwelled in the northe countrees And helde there cytees and townes ¶ Gaufre Carancius thâ— tyraunt slewe Bassyanus â— and gafe the Pyâ—â—eâ— a dwellynge place in Albania that is Scotlond there they dwelled loÌ„ge tyme afterwarde and medled with Brytons ¶ R. Thenne sythe that Pyctes occupyed fyrste the 〈◊〉 syde of Scotlond It semeth that thâ— dwge place that this Carancius gaat them is the southe syde of Scotlonde that stretchethe frome thawrte ouer walle of Romayns werke to the Scottesshe see and conteyneth Galleway and Lodouia that is Lodewaye ¶ Thâ—rfore Beda li.iii ca. ii speketh in this manere Ninian the hooly man conuerted the southe Pyttes Afterwarde the Saxons come and made that Countree longe to Brenicia the Northe partye of Northumberlonde vnto the tyme that Kynadius Alpinus sone kynge of ScotloÌ„de put out of the Pyctes and made that countree that lyeth bytwene Twede and the Scottesshe see longe to his kyngdome ¶ Beda li· ca. i. Afterwarde longe tyme the Scottes were ledde by duke Renda and came oute of Irlonde that is propre couÌ„tree Scottes and with loue or with strenthe made hym a place fast by the Pyctes in the Northe syde of that arme of the see that breketh in to the londe in the weste syde that departed in olde tyme bytwene Brytons and Pyctes Of thys Duke Renda the Scottes hadde the name and were caled Darlendinas as it were Rendaes parte for in her speche a parte is called dall ¶ GirpÌ„ The pyctes myghte haue noo wyues of Brytons bute they toke hem wyues of Irysshe Scottes and promysed hem fayre for to dwell
Staffe eyther belle As it swre the gospelle At Basyng werke is a welle That Sacer heet as men telle It sprengeth so sore as men may see What is caste in it throweth aye Therof sprengeth a grete stronde It were Inough for all that londe Seke at that place Haue both hele and grace In the welmes ofter than ones Ben founde reed spercled stones In token of the blood reed That the mayd wenefrede Shad at that pytte Whan hyr throte was kytte He that dyd that dede Hath sorowe on his sede His chyldren at all stoundes Berken as whelpes and houndes For to they praye that mayd grace Ryght at that welle glace ✚ Eyther in Shrowesbury strete There that mayd rested swete ¶ Of the descrypcyon of Scotlonde somtyme named Albania ca. xxi IT is a comyn saw that the countre whyche is now named Scotlonde is an out stretchynge of the north syde of Brytayn and is departed in the south syde frome Brytayne wyth armes of the see and in the other syde yt is be clypped with the see This londe hete some tyme Albania and hadde that name of Albanactus that was kynge Brutes sone Albanactus dwelled fyrste therin or of the prouynce Albania that ys countre of Scycia nygh to amazona therfore Scoctea ben called as ye were scyttes for they come oute of Scicia After warde that londe heet Pyctauya for the Pyctes regned ther in a thousande CCC lx· yere And atte last heet Hibernia as Irlonde hyght ¶ Gir. in top For many skylles one is for affinite and alye that was bytwene them and Irysshmen for they tooke theyr wyues of Irlonde and that is openly seen in her byleue in clothynge in langage and in speche in weyyn in maneres An other skyll is for Irysshemen dwelied there somtyme ¶ Beda li.i Out of Irlonde that is the propre countree of Scottes come Irysshmen wyth her duke that was called Rendar And with loue and with strenth made hem chyef sees and Cytees besydes the Pyctes in the Northe syde ¶ Gir. Nowe the londe is shortlye called Scotlonde of Scottes that come oute of Irlonde and regned ther in CCC.xv. yere vnto reed wyllyams tyme that was Malcolyn broder ¶ R. Manyeuydencê we haue of this Scotlonde that it is oft called and byghte Hibernia as Irlonde dothe ¶ Therfore Beda li.ii ca. xi sayth that Laurence Archebysshoppe of Dunbar was Archebysshop of Scottes that dwelled in an ylonde that heet Hibernia and is nexte to Brytayne ¶ Beda li.iii ca. xxvii Saythe Pestilence of moreyn bare downe Hibernia Also li.iii ca. ii saythe that the Scottes that dwelled in the south syde of Hibernia Also li. iiii ca. iii. he sayth that Cladde was a yonglynge and lerned the rule of monkes in Hibernia Also li.iiii ca. xxii Egfridus kynge of Northeumberlonde destroyed Hibernia Also li.iiii ca. xv the moste dele of Scottes in Hibernia and in the same chapytre be called Hibernia proprely named the weste ylonde is an hondred myle from eueryche Brytayne and departed with the see bytwene called Hibernia that countree that nowe is called Scotlond there he telleth that Adamua abbot of this ylonde sayled to Hibernia for to tethe Irysshmen the lawfull Esterdaye And at laste come ayen in to Scotlonde ¶ ysy ethi li. xiiii· Man of this Scotlonde ben named Scottes in theyr owne langage Pyctes also For somtyme her body was peynted in this manere they wolde some tyme wyth a sharpe egged tole prycke end kerue ther owne bodyes and make theron dyuerse fygures and shappes peynt hem with ynke or with other peynture or coloure and bycause they were so peyntede they were called picti that is to saye peynted ¶ Erodotus Scottes ben lyghte of herte and wynde inough but by medlynge of Englysshmen they ben moche amended they ben cruell vpon theyr enmyes and hateth bondage moost of ony thynge and holde for a foule slouth yf a man deye in his bedde and grete worshyp yf he deye in the felde They ben lytyl of mete and mowe faste longe and eten selde whan the sonne is vp and eten flysshe fysshe mylke and fruyt more than brede and though they be fayr of chappe they ben defoulde made vnsemely ynough with theyr owne cloth thyÌ„ge They prayse fast the vsages of theyr owne for faders dyspysen other meÌ„nes doynge her londe is fraytful ynoughe in pasture gardyns and feldes ¶ Gir. de pÌ„ ca xviii The prynces of Scottes as the kynge of Spayne beÌ„ not wonte to be enoynted ne crowed In this Scotlond is soleÌ„pne grete mynde of saynt Andrewe thapostle For saynt Andrewe we had the north partyes of the worlde Scites Pyctes to his lot for to preche coÌ„uert the people to crystes byleue And at laste he was martred in Achaia in grecia in a cyte that was named Patras his bones were kepte CC.lxii yere vnto yere vnto CoÌ„staÌ„tynus theÌ„perours tyme. And thenne they were translated in to Constantynople kepte there C.x. yere vnto Theodosyus theÌ„perours tyme thenne Vngus kynge of Pyctes in Scotlond destroyed a grete parte in Brytayne and was besette with a grete hoost of Brytons in a felde called Marke End he herde saynt Andrew speke to hym in thys manere Vngus vngus here thou me Crystes appostle I promyse the helpe and socour whan thou haste ouercomen thyn enmyes by my helpe thou shalt gyue the thyrde deele of thyn herytage in almesse to god almyghty in the worshyp of saynt Andrewe and the sygne of the crosse were tofore hys host and the thyrde daye he hadde the vyctory and soo torned home ayen and deled hys herytage as he was baden And for he was vncertayne what Cytee he sholde deale for saynt Andrewe he fasted thre daye he and his men prayed Saynt Andrewe that he wolde shewe hym whate place he shold chese And one of the wardeyns that kepte the body of saynt Andrewe in Constantynople was warned in hys slepte that he sholde goo into a place whyder an angell wolde lede hym and soo he come in to Scotlonde wyth .vii. â—elowes to the toppe of an hylle named Ragmonde The same our lyghte of heueÌ„ beshone and beclypped the kynge of Pyctes that was comynge wyth hys hooste to a place called Carceuan Ther anone were helde many seke men There mette with the kynge Regulus the monke of Constantynople with the relyques of Saynt Andrewe There is founded a chyrche in worshyppe of Saynt Andrewe that is heed of alle chyrches in the londe of Pyctes ¶ Too thys chyrche comen pylgrymmes oute of alle londes· There was Regulus fyrste abbote and gadred monkes ¶ And soo alle the 〈◊〉 loÌ„de that the Kynge hadde assygneâ— hym he departed it in dyuerse places amoÌ„ge abbayes ¶ Of the descrypcyon of Irlonde Capitulo xxii HAbernia that is Irlonde was of olde tyme In corperate in to the lordshyp of Brytayne so sayth Gir. in sua popÌ„ where he decryueth it at fulle yet it is worthy semely
it in fyue partyes and euery partye coÌ„teyneth .xxii. caÌ„dredes a Candrede is a countree that conteyneth a C. townes and they set a stone in the myddel of the loÌ„de as it were in the nauell and begynnyge of fyue kyng domes Atte the laste Saluius was made kynge of alle the londe ¶ The fyfth tyme whanne this nacyon was xxx yere togyder they wexe feble Foure noble men that were Millesius the kynges sones come out of Spayne with many other in a nauy of .xl. shyppes two of the worthyest of these iiii brethern that heet Hyberus Hermon deled the londe bytwene theÌ„ tweyne but after warde couenaunt was broken bytwene them both and Hiberus was slayne Then Hermon was kynge of all that londe And frome his tyme to the fyrste Patryks tyme were kynges of that nacyon C.xxxi And so fro the comynge of Hybernensis â— vnto the fyrst Patryk were M.viii C. yere They hadde that name Hibernensys Hibernia of the for sayd Hiberus or els of Hyberus a Ryuer of Spayne They were called alsoo gatels Scottê of one Gaytelus that was Phenis neuewe ¶ This Gatelus coude speke many langages after the langages that were made atte Nemproths towre And wedded one Scotra Pharoes doughter ¶ Of these dukes come the Hibernensis Men saye that this Gatelus made the Irysshe langage called it Gaytelaf as it were a langage gagred of all langages tonges Atte the laste Belinus kynge of Brytayne had a sone hyght Gurguncius come out of Donnemarke at ylondes Orcades He founde men that were called Balclensis and were come theder out of spayne these meÌ„ prayed besught to haue a place to dwelle in And the kynge sent them to Irlonde that was tho voyde and waste And ordeyned and sente wyth them duke and capytayns of hys owne so it semeth that Irlonde sholde longe to Brytayne by ryghte of olde tyme. From the fyrste saynte Patryk vnto Fedliundius the kynges tyme CCCC yere regned .xxxiii. kynges eueryche after other in Irlonde· In thys Fedliundius tyme Turgesius duke and capytayne of Norwayes brought theder men of Norwaye and occupyed that londe made in many places depe dyches and castels sengle double and tryble and many wardes strongly walled and many therof stonde yet all hole but Irysshmen reche not of Castels for they take woddes for castels and marayes and moores for castell dyches but at the laste Turgesius deyed by gylefulles of women Englysshmen sayd that Gurmundus wanne Irlonde and made thylke dyches and made no mencyon of Turgesius Irysshmen speke of Turgesius and knowe not of GurmuÌ„das Therfore it is wryte what gurmundus had wonne Brytayne dwelled therin and sente Turgesius wyth grete strenth in to Irlonde for to wynne that londe bycause Turgesius was Capytayne and leder of that vyage and Iurney seen amonge theÌ„ therfore Irysshemen speke moche of hym as a noble maÌ„ that was seen in that londe and knowen at the laste whan Gurmundus was slayne in Fraunce Turgesius loued the kynges doughter of Irlonde and her fader behyghte Turgesius that her worlde sende her hym to the lowe largeryn wyth xv· maydens Turgesius promysed to mete there wyth .xv. of the nobleste men that he had and helde couenaunte and brought no gyle but ther came .xv. yonge berdeles meÌ„ clothed lyke wemen wyth shorte swerdes vnder theyr clothes and fyll oon Turgesius slewe hym ryght there so he was traytoursly slayne after he had regned .xxx. yere Nat longe after .iii. bretheren Almelanus Siracus Iuorus came into Irlonde wyth ther men out of Norwaye as it had ben for loue of peas and of marchaundyse dwellyd by these sydes by assent of Irysshe men that were alwaye ydle as Poules knyghtes the Norwayes buylded thre cytees Deueyn waterfore Lymeryche encreased after wexed rebell ayenst men of that londe and broughte fyrste sparthes in to Irelonde Soo fro Turgesius tyme vnto roderykes tyme kynge of Connacia that was kynge of all the londe were .xvii. kynges in Irlonde and so the kynnes that regned in Irelonde frome the Hermons tyme vnto the laste tyme Roderyks were in all C.lxxxi kynges that were not crowned neyther enoynted ne by lawe of herytage butte by nyght maystrye and strenthe of armes The seconde Henry kynge of Englonde made thys Roderyk subget the yere of kynge Henryes aege xl and of hys regne .xviii. the yere of our lorde .xi. hondred ·lxxii Of the condycyons and maners of Irlonde ca. xxvii SGlinus saythe that men of thys londe ben strange of nacyon houseles grete fyghters and acount ryght and wronge alle one thynge and ben syngle of clothynge scarse of mete cruell of herte angry or speche and drynketh fyrste blod of dede men that ben slayne and then wesshen theyr vysages therwyth and holden them payd wyth flesshe and fruyt in stede of mete wyth mylke in stede of drâ—nke and vsen moche playne and ydlenes and huntynge and trauaylle butte lytell In they re chylde hode they ben harde nourysshed and â—erde fed and they be vnsemely of maners and of clothynge and haue brechee and hosen alle ne of wolle and strayte hodes that streâ—cheth a cubyte ouer thesholders behynde and foldynges in stede of mantels and of clokes Also they vse no sadels bootes ne spores whaÌ„ they ryde but they dryue theyr horses wyth a chambred yerede in the ouer ende In stede of byttes with trenches of brydels of reest they vse brydels that lete not theyr hors to ete ther mete they fyght vnarmed naked in body netheles wyth twoo dartes and speres And wyth brode sparâ—den they fyghte with one honde ¶ These men forsaken tyllynge of Londe and kepen pasture for beestes ¶ They vse longe berdes and lockes hangynge downe behynde ther hedes â— they vse no crafte of flaxe of wolle of metall ne of marchaundyse but gyue hem to ydelnes and slouthe and reken reest for lykynge and for fredome for ryches And thoughe Scotlonde the doughter of Irlonde vse harpe tymbre and to boure Netheles Irysshe men beconnynge in two manere Instrumentes musyke in harpe and tymbre that is armed wythe were strenges of bras In whyche Instrumentes though◠〈◊〉 play hastely and swyftly they make ryhgt 〈◊〉 â—onye and melodys with thycke tewnes â—erbles and notes and begynne frome be moâ—â— and playen secretly vnder dyme sowne in the greate strenges and torne ayen vnto the same so that the grettest partye of crafte hydeth the crafte as it welde seme as thoughe the crafte soo sholde be ashamed yf it were take These men ben of euyll maneres in ther lyuynge they paye noo tythynges the wedde lawfally they spare not theyr alyes But brother wedde the broththers wyfe they besye to betraye her neyghbours and other they bere sperthes in their hondes in stede of staues and fyghte ayenste theym that truste mooste to theym these men ben variable and vnstedfaste threchours and gylefull whoo that dealeth wyth them nedeth
ayenste a Roche of longe speres lenthe Also in Leginia is a pounde there ben seen colmans byrdes The berdes been called certelles and come homely to mannes honde but yf men do hym wronge or harme They gone a waye and come notte agayne and the water there shall be bytter and stynke and he that dyde the wronge shall not a stert wythoute wretche and myschyef but yf he do amendes ¶ R. As touchynge Patryks purgatorye ye shalle vnderstonde Saynt Patyrk that was abbote and not byshoppe whyle he prechyd in Irlonde laboured and studyed for to torne thylke wycked men that lyued as beestes oute other euyll lyf for drede of paynes of helle and for to conferme hem to good lyfe and they sayde they wolde not torne but some of theim myghte knowe som what of the grete paynes and also of the blesse that he spake of Thenne saynt Patryk prayed to god almyghty therfore ouer lorde Ihesu Cryste appyered to saynt Patryk and toke hym a staffe ladde hyÌ„ in to a wylde place and shewed hym there a rounde pytte that was derke wythin and sayde that yf a man were very repentaunce and stable in byleue and wente into this pytte and walkede therin a daye and a nyghte he sholde see the lorowes and the paynes of euyll men and the Ioye and blysse of good men Thenne Cryste vanysshed oute of patryks syght â— and saynt Patryk arered and buylded there a chyrche and putte therin chanons reguler and â—se the pytte aboute wyth a walle and 〈…〉 in the chyrche yerde at the eest ende 〈…〉 chyrche and faste shette wyth a stronge 〈◊〉 For noo man sholde nycely goo in wythout 〈◊〉 of the bysshoppe or the poyour of the place â—ny men wente in and come out agayne in Patryks tyme and tolde of paynes and Ioye thâ—â— they hadde seen and the meruaylles that they sawe been there yet wryten and by cause ther of many men torned and were conuerted to ryghte byleue ¶ And also many men went in â— câ—me neuer agayne In kynge stephens tyme â—ynge of EngloÌ„de a kynght that hyght Owayne 〈…〉 saynt Patryks purgatory come agayne dwelled euer aft duryng his life iÌ„ nedes of thabbaye of LudeÌ„sis that is of thordre Chystews tolde manye woÌ„dres that he hadde seeÌ„ in Patryks purgatorye ¶ That place is called Patryks purgatorye the chirche is named Reglis Noo maÌ„ is enioyned for to goo into the purgatorye But couÌ„seylled that he sholde not come therin butte take vpoÌ„ him other penauÌ„ce And yf a maÌ„ haue auowed bestale wyll nedes goo therin He shall fyrst go to the bysshoppe theÌ„ne he shall be seÌ„te with letters to the pryoure of the place they bothe shal couÌ„ceylle hym to leue yf he wille nedes go therto he shalle be in prayers in fastynge xv daies after xv dayes he shal be how seld ledde to the dore of the purgatorye with processyon letany yet he shall be couÌ„seylled to leue it yf he be stedefaste wyll entre the doore shal be opened he blessed goo in a goddes name holde forthe his waye the dore shall be shytte tylle the nexte daye whaÌ„ the tyme is the pryoure shalle come opene the dore yf the maÌ„ be comeÌ„ he ledethe hym in to the chyrche wyth ê“cessyoÌ„ there he shall be fyftene dayes in prayers fastynge ¶ Of the meruaylles of sayntes of Irlonde ca. xxix HEre Gyraldê° maketh mynde that as meÌ„ of this nacyon beÌ„ more angrye than other meÌ„ more hasty for to take wretche whiles thei beÌ„ alyue so sayntes halowes of this lond ben more wretchefull than sayntes of other londes Clerkes of this loÌ„de beÌ„ chaste sayeÌ„ many prayes done grete abstyneÌ„ce a daye drynketh all nyghte so is afouÌ„ted for a myracle the lechery regneth not there as wyne regneth ben chosen out of abbayes into the clergye done as monkes sholde whate they that beÌ„ euyll of theÌ„ beÌ„ worste of al other So good meÌ„ amonge theym thoughe they beÌ„ but fewe been good at the beste prelates of that couÌ„tree beÌ„ full slowe in correccyoÌ„ of trespas besy in contemplacyn notte in prechynge of goddes worde Therfore it is that all the Sayntes of the londe been coÌ„fessours noo martyrs amoÌ„ge theÌ„ noo woÌ„der for all the prelates of this londe clerkes prelates sholde doo as to theÌ„ vnknoweÌ„ Therfore whaÌ„ it was put ayeÌ„ste the bysshoppe of Cassyl how it myghte be that soo many sayntes beÌ„ in Irlonde neuer a martyr amonge theym all sythen that the meÌ„ ben so shrewed so angry the prelates so rycheles slâ—we in correccyons of trespas The bysshop answered frowardely ynoughe sayde oure men beÌ„ shrewed angry ynoughe to theÌ„selfe but to goddes seruauÌ„tes they leye neuer honde but do heÌ„ greate reuerence worshyp But Englyssh meÌ„ come into this londe that caÌ„ make martyrs were wont to vse the crafte ¶ R. The bysshop sayd so bycause the kynge Henry the secoÌ„de was to newe comeÌ„ into Irlonde frensshly after the martyrdome of saynt Thomas of cauÌ„terbury Gir. In this loÌ„de in wales in Scotlond beÌ„ belles staues with croked hedes other suche thynges for relyques in greate reuereÌ„ce worshyp Soo the meÌ„ of this loÌ„de dreden more for to swere vpoÌ„ one of thylke belles golde staues thaÌ„ vpoÌ„ the gospell the chyfe of all suche relyques is holdeÌ„ IhuÌ„s staffe that is atte Deuelyn with that whiche staffe they saye that the fyrste saynte Patryke drofe the wormes out of IrloÌ„de Augus de ci· dei ca. vii yf meÌ„ axe howe it maye be that dyuerse manere of beestes of dyuerse kynde that be kyndly goteÌ„ bitwene mayl female come beÌ„ in yloÌ„des after Noes flode MeÌ„ supposeÌ„ that suche bestes swaÌ„me into yloÌ„des aboute fyrste to the nexte soo for forthe into other Or els meÌ„ sayllynge into ylondes broughte wyth heÌ„ suche beestes for loue of huÌ„tynge or angels that god almyghtes coÌ„mauÌ„demeÌ„t brought suche bestes into yloÌ„des aboute or the erthe brought theÌ„ for the fyrste fulfylled tho goddes coÌ„mauÌ„demeÌ„te \ the coÌ„maun ded the erthe to brynge forth gras quicke bestes ¶ Here endeth the descrypcyoÌ„ of Brytayne the whiche coÌ„teyned EngloÌ„de wales Scotlonde And also bycause IrloÌ„de is vnd the rule of EngloÌ„de of olde tyme it hathe so coÌ„tynued Therfore I haue sette the descrypcyoÌ„ of the same aft the sayd Brytayne whiche I haue takeÌ„ out of Poly cronycon and also enprynted by one somtyme scoâ—e mayster of saynt Albons vpon whose soule god haue mercy Amen Enprynted at LondoÌ„ in powlys chyrche yarde at the west dore of powlyâ— besyde my lorde of londons palays by me Iulyan Notary ✚ In the yere of our lorde god M. CCCCC.xv
sholde not come in to Englonde for to brynge his sone Edwarde in to ryot And all the lordes of Englonde assembled them a certayn day att the frere prechers at London And there they spake of the dyshonour the kynge Edwarde dyde to hys reame to his crowne and so they assentyd alle bothe erles and barons and all the comyns that the for sayd Peers of Ganaston sholde be exyled out of Englonde for euer more and so it was done For he for swore Englonde and went in to Irlonde and there the kyng made hym cheyfteyne gouernour of the londe by hys commyscyon And there this Pers was cheyfteyne of all the londe And dyd there all that hym lykyd â–ª and hadde power what he wolde and that tyme wer the templers exyled thrugh all cristiantee for by cause that myn put vppon theym that they sholde do thynges ayenst the fayth and good byleue Kyng Edwarde louyd Peers of Ganaston so moche that he myght not for bere his coÌ„pany And so moche the kynge yaue behyght to the people of Englonde that the exylyge of the forsayd Peers shold be reuokyd atte Stamforde thrugh them that hym had exyled wherfore Pers of Ganaston cam ayen into Englond And whan he was come ayen in to his londe he dyspysed the grettest lordes of this londe And called syr Robert Clare Erle of Gloucetre horesone And the Erle of Nycholl syr Henry Lacy brustenbely and syr Guy Erle of warwyk the blacke hound of Arderne And also he callyd the noble erle Thomas of Lancastre churle many other scornes and shamys them sayde and many other grete lordes of Inglonde wherfore they were to warde hym full angry and wroth ryght sore anoyed And in the same tyme deyed the Erle of Nycholl But he chargyed or that he was deed Thomas of Lancastre Erle that was his sone in lawe that he sholde mayntene hys quarell ayenst this same Peers of Ganaston vpon his blessynge ¶ And so it befell thorugh helpe of the erle Thomas of Lancastre and all so of the Erle of warwyk that the forsayd syr Peers was heeded att gauersich besyde warwyk in the .xx. day of Iune in the yere of grace M.CCC and .xii. wherfore the kyng was sore anoyed and prayed god that he myght se that daye to be auenged vpon the deth of the forsayde Peers ¶ And so it befell afterwarde as ye shall here Alas the tyme. For the forsayd Erle of Lancastre many other grete barons were put to a pyteous dethe and martred for by cause of the forsayde quarell The kynge was to att London And helde a parleament and ordeyned the lawes of Symonde Mountforde wherfore the erle of Lancastre and the Erles and alle clergye of Englonde made an othe thrugh counseyll of Robert of wynchelse for to mayntene the ordynauntes for euer ¶ How Robert Brus came ayeÌ„ in to Scotlonde and gadryd a grete power of men for to werre vpon kynge Edwarde ANd whan syre Robert the Brus that made hym kynge of Scotlonde that before was fledde in to Norway for drede of deth of the good kynge Edwarde And also he herde of the debate that tho was in englond bytwene the kynhe his lordys he ordeyned an hoste came in to Inglonde in to Northumberlonde and clene dystroyed the countree ¶ And whan kynge Edwarde herde this tyynges he lete assemble hys hoste and mette the Scottes at Edstreyelyn in the daye of the Natiuite of saynt Iohan Baptyst in the thyrde yere of his regne in the yere of oure lorde M.CCC .xiiii. Alas the sorowe losse that ther was done For there was slayne the noble Erle Gylbert of clare syr Robert Clefford baron and the kynge Edwarde was scomfyted and Edmonde of maule the kynges Stewarde for drede wente drowned hymself in a fresshe ryuer that is called Bannokysborne wherfore they sayd in repreyf of kynge Edwarde for asmoche as he louyd to go by water also for he was dyscomfyted at BaÌ„nosborne therfore the maydens made a songe therof in the countree of kynge Edwarde â–ª and in this manere they soÌ„ge MaydeÌ„s of Englonde sore may ye morne for tyÈt haue lost your leÌ„mans at baÌ„nokysborne with heuelogh what wenyth the kyng of Englonde to haue gote Scotlond with rombylogh AS kynge Edmonde was dyscomfyted woÌ„der sore and faste he fledde with his folke that were left aliue weÌ„t vnto Berwyk there helde hym after he toke hostages .ii. chyldern of the rychesse of the towne And the kynge went to London toke couÌ„seyl of thynges that were nedefull to the reame of EngloÌ„de ¶ And in the same tyme it befel that tho was in Englonde a rybaude that was called Iohan TaÌ„ner And he yede sayd that he was the good kynge Edwardes sone and lete hem calle Edwarde of CarnariuaÌ„ And therfore he was take at Oxforde And there he chaleÌ„ged frere carmes chyrche that kyng Edwarde hadde yeue them whiche was the kynges halle And afterwarde was thys Iohan ladde to Northampton drawen hangyd for his falsnesse or that he was deed he confessyd sayd before all tho that were there that the deuyll beyhyght hym that he sholde be kynge of Englonde that he had serued the deuyll thre yere ¶ How the towne of Berwyk was take thrugh treason and how two Cardynales were robbyd in Englonde ANd on mydlente Sondaye in the yere of our lorde M.CCC.xvi Berwyke was loste thorugh false treson of oon Pers of Spaldynge the whyche Pers the kynge had put there For to helpe that same towne with many burgeyses of the same towne wherfore the chyldren that were put in hostage thrughe the burgeyses of Berwyk folowed the kynges marchâ—â—se many dayes fettred in stroÌ„ge yrens And after the tyme two Cardynalles in to Englonde as the pope had theym sence for to makepe as bytwene Englonde and Scotlonde And as they wente to warde Durham for to haue sacred mayster Lowys of Beamont bysshop of Durham they were take robbed vpon the moore of wynglesdom Of whiche robbery syr Gylbert of mytton was atteynt take and hangyd drawen at LoÌ„don his heed smytte of put vpon a spere set vpon newe gate the foure quarters sent to foure cytees of Englonde and that same tyme befell many myscheues in Englonde for the poore people deyed in Englonde for hungre and so moche and so faste deyed that vnethe meÌ„ myght bury them For a quarter of whete was at .xl. shelynges â–ª and two yeres an half a quarter of where was worth .x. marck· and of tyme the poore people stole chyldern and ete them ete also the houÌ„des that they myghte take also hors and cattes And after there fell a grete myrreyne amonge bestes in dyuers countrees of engloÌ„de durynge kynge Edwarde lyues tyme. ¶ How the Scottes robbyd NotuÌ„berlonde ANd in the same tyme came the Scottes ayen in to Englonde and dystroyed Northumberlonde and breÌ„â—t and