spuÌalte encoraged the kyng to chalenge Normandy Ì his right in frauÌce to th enteÌt to set hiÌ a werke ther that he shuld not seke occasioÌs to entre iÌ to such maters ¶ And all his life after he laboured iÌ the weris iÌ ê¯quering gret ête of the reame of frauÌce that bi the a gremeÌt of the kiÌg Charles he had all the gouernaÌce of the reame of frauÌce Ì wos êclamid regent heir of frauÌce so not withstoÌdyng all this gret were that he had yit he remembrid his soule also that he was mortall must die for wich he ordined bi his liue the place of his sepultur wher he is beried Ì euery day iij. massis êpetualli soÌgen iÌ a chapell ouer his sepultur of wich the middill masse Ì the fyrst Ì laast masse shall be as his assigned by hiÌ as it apperith by thes uersis foloiÌg Henrici misse quinti sunt hic tabulate Que successiue sunt per monachos celebrate Prima sit assupÌte de festo virginis alme· Poscit postremam cristus de morte resurgens Prima salutate de festo virginis extat Nunciat angelicis laudem postrema choreis Esse deum natuÌ de virgine prima fatetur Commemorat natam sic vltima missa mariam Prima celebretur ad honorem neupmatis almi vltima conceptam denuÌciat esse mariam Semê prima coli debet de corêe cristi vltima sit facta de virgine purificata Condecet vt prima celebretur de cruce sancta Atque salutate· fiet postrema marie Omnes ad sanctos est prima colenda suênos vltima de requie pro defunctie petit esse Semper erit media de proprietate diei ¶ And yit the nobull kiÌg Henri the v. fouÌdid ij houses of religioÌ on called SyoÌ beside braynford of the order of sent Brigitte both of men women Ì on that othir side of the riuer of tamise an hous of moÌkis of chartrehous iÌ wich two places he is ê¯tinually praid for nyght day for euer whaÌ they of SyoÌ restis they of the chartrehous do ther seruice in like wise whaÌ they of the charterhous restis the othir goeth to by ryngyng of the bellis of eythir place eche knoweth whan they haue endid ther seruise wich be nobli endowed do dayli ther gret almusse dedis as iÌ charterhous certayn child be fondeÌ to scole Ì at sioÌ certayn almisse yefuen dali yit beside al this he had fouÌdid a recluse with shall be alway a prest to pÌy for hiÌ by the said chartrehous wich prest is sufficiently endewed for hiÌ a seruauÌt Lo here may all princes take ensample by this nobull prince that regned so litell time not fully .x. yere did so moÌy nobull actis as well for his soule to be êpetually remeÌbrid praid for as iÌ his worldly ê¯questis he beiÌg in his most lusti age dispised Ì eschewid synne Ì wos uertuê° a gret Iustiser iÌ so moch that all the priÌces of cristeÌdoÌ drad hiÌ also of hethenese he had determiÌed iÌ hiÌ selfe if god wold haue sparid hiÌ to haue werid on the sariseÌs Ì for to know the ayde of oder princes all the passag iÌ that iournay he seÌt a knight of henaud named sir hugh de lanoye vn to Ierusalem but or he returned he died at Boys du vyncent in the xxxvi yer of his age on whos soule god haue merci Amen FElix the v. wos pope when Eugeny was deposid ix yere This Felix wos the duke of subandie a devoute prince an old man Ì he saw his childis child This man when he leuid an hole life wos chosin pope of the couÌcell of basiliens Ì Eugeyn wos deposit Ì ther wos strife loÌg time Ì he had no gret obedience for the deposicion of Eugeyn And at the last eugeyn decessed then felix resined to Nicholas for fauour of the pees to be had and he wos made legate of frauÌce Ì cardinale of sabianus ¶ This wos the xxiij strife betwix Eugen felix Ì it durid xvi yere· this wos a new cause Ì neuer be fore seyn for the ê¯cel of basilien deposid eugeyn the veray pope ther wos no moo for he obeyd not the decreys of the councell of Constantinopolyn as they sayd ne he charged not to obey the concell of Basien bothe saed rather the contrarie shÌuld be done then so as they decreid wherfor ther roos a gret altricacion in that mater for sum sayd on way and sum an othir and coud not accord vn to this day for the ton êti sayd that the couÌcell wos aboue the pope an othir êtie said the contrari that the pope wos aboue the couÌcell but they left it vndetermined therfore god must dispose for the best Albertus was Emprour after Sygmonde on yere This Albert wos the duke of Anstre Ì nevew to Sigmond and ther for he wos kyng of Beem and of vngri for his doughter for othir heir he left not This man wos chosin Emprour of Almayn bot anone he wos poysened and died and he wos in al thyngê a vertuus man that all meÌ said he wos a presideÌt to all kynges Fredericus the thrid wos Emprour after him This Frederik wos the duke of Anriest and chosin of Almayn bot it was loÌg or he wos crouned of the pope for diuision at the last ther wos made a vnite and he was crouned with a gret honour of the pope in the cite and wos a pesabull man and a quiet Ì of a singuler pete and he hated not the clargi he weddid the kyngê doughter of Portingale And in hys tyme whyles that he regned he made a gret conuocacion of princes in ratispona for the in cors of the Turkis and shewed vn to them that now with in this xx yere cristiÌdom wos made lasse by two hondreth mile and he warned them that they shuld be redy to resist him ¶ And the cite imêiall of Constantinobull was taken of the misbeleuyng Turkis and betrayed be a Ianuens whom for his labour the turke made a kyng as he êmysed him and the iiij day he callid home and he did him for his dissayt to his mastir And ther wos gret sorow and wepyng among cristyn pepull for the losse of that nobull Cite and of cristyn men and women for mony a cristyn man was slayn and innumerable wer sosld and the Emprour wos slayn for enuy the Turke causid his hede to be smyt of when he wos dede And almost all the faith in the land of greke failed Nicholaus the fifth a Ianuens wos pope after felix viij· yere This Nycholas was chosin at rome in the plais of Euggyny yit the strife hengit And a litell litell they obeyed him and all men meruellid that a man of so poer a nacion shuld obtene ayens the duke of
the touÌe of Melun held loÌg time for ther in wer good defendours ¶ In the viij yere the kyng the quene come ouer se and landid on Candilmasse day in the morou at Douer ¶ And the xiiij day of Feueryer the kiÌg com to london And the xxi day of the same moneth the quene come And the xxiiij day of the same she wos crouned at westmynstre Also the same yere anone after Ester the kyng held a êlament at westmynstre at wich êlament it wos ordined that the gold in english coyn shuld be weid none resayued but by weyght ¶ And anone after witsontide the king sailled to Calais and passid so forth in to frauÌce And iÌ marche the xxij· day before the kyng come ouer the duke of Clarence wos slayn in fraunce and diuerse othir lordis taken prisoners as the erle of Huntindon the erle of somerset with diuerse othir And all wos because they wold not take with theÌ archiers but thought to haue do with the frenshmeÌ them self with out them ¶ And yit whan he was slayn the archiers come and rescued the body of the duke wich they wold haue caried with them god haue merci on his soule he wos a valiauÌt man ¶ And the same yere bitwen cristemasse Candilmasse the touÌe of Melun wos yoldeÌ to the kyng ¶ In the ix yere on sent Nicholas day in December was borne Henri the kyngê first begoten sone at wyndesore whos godfadres at fontstone wos henri bisshop of wynchestre IohnÌ duke of of Bedford Ì the duchesse of holand wos godmoder henâi Chicheley erchebisshop of cantorberi wos godfader at ê¯firmyng ¶ And in the x. yere the cite of Mews iÌ brie wos goten wich had long beseged And this same yere the quene shÌippid at hampton sailed ouer to the king iÌ frauÌce wher she was worshipfulli receyued of the kyng so of the kyng of frauÌce hir fadre of hir moder ¶ And thê° kiÌg Henri wan fast iÌ frauÌse Ì held gret astate sat at dyner at a gret fest in Paris croned the quene also wich had not bene seyn be fore Ì all pepull resorted vn to his court but as to the kyng of frauÌce he heeld none astate ne rule but wos left almost alone ⪠¶ Also this yere the wethercok wos set vpoÌ poules stepull at londoÌ And this yere in the moneth of august the kyng waxed seke at boys de vynceÌt Ì whan he saw he shuld die he made his testament ordaned moÌy thynges nobull for his soule Ì deuoutli ressaued all the rightis of holi chirch iÌ so fer forth that whan he wos anoynted he said the seruice with the prest and at the vers of the psalme Miserere mei deus that wos Benigne fac dnÌe in bona voluÌtate tua syn vt edificentur muri ierusalem he bad tarie ther Ì sayd thus O good lord thou knowest that myne entent hath bene Ì yit is if I myght leue to reidyfie the wallis of Ierusalem ¶ And then thee prest procedid forth and made an end ¶ And anone after this most nobull prince victorious kiÌg flour in his time of cristyn chiualri whom all the world douted yaf his soule in to the hondis of god died Ì made an ende of his naturall life at the forsaied Boys de vyncent beside Paris the xxxvi yere of his age on whos soule god haue merci amen ¶ Then wos the body enbamed cerid laied in a riall chare and an ymage like to him waas laid vpoÌ the corps open with diuerse baners hors couerid richeli with armes of englond frauÌce and also thold armes of seint Edward sent EdmoÌd and othir with gret multitude af torchis with whom went the kyng of scotland Ì mony othir lordis wich accompanid the body till it come vn to westmynstre by londoÌ in EngloÌd ¶ And in euery touÌe by the way he had solempli his dirige on the euen and masse on the morn and moch almis wos yef to poer pepull by the way And the vij day of NoueÌbre after the corps was brought thurgh londoÌ with gret reuerens Ì solempnite to westmynstre wher he now lieth it wos worshipfulli beried and after was laid on his tombe a riall ymage lyke to him self of siluer and gild wich wos made at the cost of quene Katrin ¶ And thus endid is entered Ì beried the nobull kyng HeÌri the fifth on whos soule all cristyn god haue merci amen· ¶ Of the law of kiÌg henri the v. what he ordeyned for kiÌg Richard for him self after his deth HEre is to be notid that this kyng Henri the v. wos a nobull prince after he wos kyng crouned how be it be fore in his yougth he had bene wild recheles Ì sparid no thing of his lust ne desires but accomplisshed them after hrs likyng but as sone as he wos crouned ennoynted sacred anone sodenli he was chauÌged in to a new man set all his entent to liue vertuusly in mayntenyng of holy chirch destroyng of heritikis Kepyng Iustice Ì dofendyng of his reame subiettis ¶ And for as moch as his fadre had deposid by his labour the good kyng Richard pytously made him to die and for the ofence done to him aynest his legeaunce he had sent to rome to be asoyled therof For wich offence the pope our holi fadre enioyned him to make him be prayed fore êpetually Ì like as he had done to be taken from him his naturall life ther fore he shÌuld do found iiij tapers to brene êpetually about his body that for the extinccion of his bodyli lyfe his soule may euer be remembrid Ì liue in heuen in spirituall life ¶ And also that he shold euery weke on the day as it com about of his deth hâue a solempne masse of requiem Ì on the euen before a dirige with ix lessons and a dole to poer pepull alway on that day of a xi shillynges and viij pens to be deled peny mele and ons in the yere at his annyuersarie his terment to be holdyn in the most honest wise be deled that day xx pound in pens to poer pepull ¶ And to euery monke to haue xx· shillyng wich all thes thyngê êfurmed this noble kyng for his fadre for kyng HeÌri the iiij his fader êformed it not during his life whom as it was said god touchid wos a lepre or he died ¶ Also than this nobull prince let do calle all the abbotes Ì priours of sent Benet order iÌ engloÌd had them in the chapiture hous of westmiÌster for the reformacioÌ of the order wherin he had comynicacioÌ also with bisshoppis and meÌ of the spiritualte in so fer forth that they doutid sore he wold haue had the temêaltes out of ther handis wherfore by thauys labour êcuring of the
tho cited to cum And be cause he com not they deposit him but he rought not ne set not ther by but gat the cite of Rome and abode styll Pope xvij yere This yere about witsontide the heritikes of Praghe wer destruyd For at two Iournays wer distruyd of them mo thaÌ xxij thousand with ther capitayns· that is to wyt Procapiê° Saplico Lupê° presbiter Also ther wos takyn on lyue master pers clarke an EnglishmaÌ and an heritike ¶ Also this same yere wos a gret frost a strong during xi wekis For it began on seint Katrines euen lasted vn to seint Scolasticais day iÌ Feuerer iÌ wich tyme the vyntage that com fro Burdeux come ouer shotres hill ¶ This yer wos the couÌcell of Aras a gret trayte bitwene the kyng of EngloÌd and the kiÌg of fraunce wher was assembled mony gret lordis of both parties at wich councell wos offrid to the kyng of Englond gret thynges by the meyen of a Legate that come from rome wich wos Cardinale of sent crosse wich offres wer refusid by the Cardinall of Englond and othir lordis that wer ther for the kyng wherfor the duke of Burgoyn the wich had bene long english sworn for soke our partie and retourned frensh by the meyn of the forsaid legat and made a pees with the frensh kyng resauyng of the kyng for recompensing of his fadris deth the counte pontiu the lordshÌip of Maâoââ with moch oder as is specified in the said trayttie And so our embassatouris come home ayen in warse caas than they went out For thei lost ther the duke of burgoyn wich had bene with his bourgoynous and Picardes a singuler help in all the conquest of Normadie of FrauÌce ¶ This same yere wos a gret bataill on the see betwen the Ienewes and the kyng of Aragon of wich bataill the Ienewes had the victorie for they toke the kyng of Aragon the kyng of Naune and thee gret mastir of sent Iames in Galise with iij. hondrith knyghtis and squiers and moch othir pepull And this was on sent dominikys day ¶ And this same yere wer seyn iij sonnys at ons and anone folowid the threfold gouernance iÌ the chirch that is to wit of Eugenye of the concell of neutralite ¶ Also this same yere M. cccc.xxxiiij wos a passing gret wynd by wich stepillis houses treis wer ouer throwen About this tyme wos an holi maid in holand called Lydwith wich liued onli by miracle not etyng any mete This yere the duke of Burgoyn began his ordre at lyle of the golden Flyes ordeyned certayn knightis of the order and made statutis and ordinauÌces moch accordyng vn to the order of the garter ¶ Also this same yer the frenshmeÌ had enterprised to haue stole Calais iÌ the fisshiÌg tyme. for mony botis of fraunce had safecoÌdithes to cum to Calais for to take hering And the soudiours of the toune had a custoÌ to cuÌ to the chirch leue ther staffis standiÌg at the chirche dore wich staffis the frenshmen wich wer arayd like fisshers purposid to haue taken ther wapen and for to have won the toune bot on of them lay with a comyn woman the nyght be fore and told to hir ther couÌcell And shÌe on the morow told the leuetenaunt wich forthwith commaundid that euery man shuld kepe his wapen in his hand sakring time and othir ¶ And whan they êsauyd this that they wer mispoynted they sayled streght to Depe and stole and toke that toune ¶ And on the Newyeres euen after they tokeÌ Harflet· and thus the englishmeÌ began to lese a litell and a litell in Normandie ¶ How Calais guynes wer besegid by the duke of BurgoÌ how they wer rescued by the duke of Gloucestre THys yere wos a gret noyse thurgh all englond how the duke of Burgoyn wold cum and besege Calais wherfore thee Erle of Mortayn with his armye that he had for to haue go with in to frauÌce wos contremauÌdid Ì chargid that he shold go to Calais wich wos at that time well vitailled Ì maÌnyd for sir IohnÌ Ratclife wos leuetenauÌt of the kyng in that toune the baron of Duddeley liuetenauÌt of the castell ¶ And the ix day of Iulij the duke of Borgoyn with all the power of Flaundres and moch othir pepull com before Calays and set his sege about the touÌe euery touÌe of Flaundres had ther tentis by them self ¶ And this sege endurid iij. wekis In the meyn while the duke of Gloucestre beyng êtector of englond toke the most êtie of the lordis of Englond went ouer thee see to Calays for to rescue the touÌe or to fight with thee duke his host yf they wold haue byden this time london Ì euery good touÌe of Englond sent ouer se to thys rescu certayn pepull well arayd of the best and chosin men for the were ¶ And the secund day of august the forsayd duke of Gloucestre ariuid at Calays wyth all his armie and v. hondreth shippis Ì mo ¶ And the Duke and all his host that lay in the sege as sone as they aspied the saylles in thee see before they apporched Calays hauen sodenly in a mornyng deêtid from the sege leuyng behynd him moch stuffe and vitall fled in to FlauÌdres and Picardye and in lyke wyse dide the sege that lay be fore Guyns wher as they of guyns token the gret gonne of brasse called digeon and mony othir gret gonnys and serpentins ¶ And then whan the duke of gloucestre wos ariued with al his host he went in to flaundres and wos ther xij dayis and did but litell harmi except he brent two fair vilages Popering and Belle. and othir houses wich wer of no strength so he retourned home ayen ¶ And this same yere the kyng of scotland beseged Rokesburgh with moch pepull But sir Raufe Gray deêted fram the castell and ordined for rescu But os sone as the kyng vnderstode his deêting he sedenli brake his sege and weÌt his wa and left moch ordinauÌce behynd him wher he gat no worsshipp ¶ This same yere the secund day of Ianuer quene katrine wich wos the gynges moder and wyfe to kyng henri the fift died and deêtid out of this world and wos brought rially thurgh london so to westmiÌster and ther she lieth worchipfully buried in our lady chapell ¶ And also this same yere the iiij day of Ianuer fell doune the gate with the toure on it on londoÌ brigge toward southwerk with two arches and all that stode ther on ¶ This same yere wos a gret traitte holdyn betwen Grauenyng and Calais bitwen the kyng and the duke of bourgoyn wherfor the kyng wos the Cardinall of Englond the duke of Norfolk and mony othir lordis and for the duke wos the duchisse hauiÌg full pouer of hir lord as regent ladi of his landis wher wos takeÌ by thauys of both perties an
gret fray in london in flete strete by nyghtis tyme bytwen men of court and men of london and diuerse men slayn and sum hurt And on herbotell was chief causer of the misgouernaunce Ì affray ¶ Also this yere at chesing of the maire of londoÌ the comuÌes named Robert Clopton Raulin holand taliour And the aldermen toke robert clopton and brough him at the right hand of the meirs as the custom is And than certayn tailours and othir hond craftis men cried nay nay not this man bot Raulyn Holand wherfore the maire that wos padysly sent them that so cried to newgate where they abode agret while and wer ponisshed ¶ In this same yere wer diuerse enbassatours sent in to Guyan for a mariage for the kyng for the Erles doughter of Armynake wich wos ê¯cludid but by the meyn of the erle of suffolke it was let and put a parte ¶ And after this the said erle of Suffolke went him ouer the see in to fraunce and ther he tretid the mariage bitwen the kyng of Englond and the kynges doughter of Cecile and of Ierusalem And the next yere it wos concludid fully that mariage by wich mariage the kyng shold deliuer to hir fadre the duchie of Angeo and the Erledom of Mayn wich wos the keye of Normandie ¶ Then departid the Erle of suffolke with his wife diuerse lordis and knyghtis in the most raal astate that myght be out of Englond with new chares and palfreys wich went thurgh Chepe and so went ouer the se and resaued hir and sithen brought hir in the lent after vn to hampton wher she landid and was rially resaued ¶ And on Candilmasse euen before by a gret tempest of thounder and lightenyng at afternone Poules steple wos set on fire on the middis of the shaft in the timbur wich was quenched by force of labour and specially by the labour of the morow masse prest of the bow in chepe with was thought impossible sayf onli the grace of god ¶ This yere wos the erle of stafford made create duke of Bokyngham the erle of werwik duke of warwyke the erle of Dorset marquis of Dorset Ì the erle of suffolke wos made marquies of suffolke ¶ How kyng Henri weddid quene Margarete and of hir coronacion IN this yere kyng Henri maried at southwik quene Margaret And she com· to london the xviij day of May by the way all the lordis of englond ressayued hir worshipfully in diuerse places And iÌ especiall the duke of gloucestre and on thee blake heth the maire with the aldermen and all the craftis in blewe gounys browderd with the deuise of his craft that thei myght be bi knowen mette with hir with reed hodis and brought hir to london wher wer diuerse pagentis and countinaunce of diuerse histories shewed in diuerse places of the cite rially and costely ¶ And the xxx day of May the forsayd quene wos crouned at westmynster And ther wos Iustis iij. days during within the sentorie be fore the abbey ¶ This yere the priour of kylmian appellid the erle of vrmond of treson wich had a day assigned to them for to fight in smythfeld And the listis wer made and feld drassid but whan it come to point the kyng commaundid that they shuld not fight but toke the quarell in to his hand And this wos done at the instance Ì labour of certayn prechours and doctours of london as mastir Gilbert worthyngton parson of sent Andrewes iÌ holborne and othir ¶ Also this same yere come a gret enbassade in to Englond out of frauÌce for to haue concludid a êpetuall pees but in conclusion it turned vn to a trews of a yere ¶ About this tyme dred sent Barnardyn a gray frere wich began the new reformacion of that ordir in mony places in so moche that they that wer reformed bene called obseruauntes wich obseruauÌtes bene encresid gretli iÌ Ytali iÌ Almayn ¶ This Bernardyn was Canonysed by pope Nicholas the .v. In the yere of our lord M. cccc.l ¶ Iohannes de Capistrano wos his desciple wich êfited moch to the reformacion of that order for whom god hath shewed mony a fair miracle also here is to be notid that froÌ this tyme forward kyng Henri neuer êfited ne went forward bot fortune began te turne from him on all sides as well in fraunce Normandie Guyan as in engloÌd Sum men holden opinion that kyng Henri yaf comyssion plenery to sir Edward hull sir Robert Roos Dene of sent sauerins and othir to conclude a mariage for him with the erle of armynakis sustre wich wos êmised as it wos seid Ì ê¯cludid but afterward it wos brokyn he wedded quene margaret as afore is said wich wos a dere mariage for the reame of englond For it wos knowen verili that for to haue hir wos deliuered the duchie of Angeo and the erledoÌ of mayne wich wos the keye of Normandie for the frenshmen to entre ¶ And about this the said marquies of suffolke axed in plaiÌ êlameÌt a xv Ì an halfe for to fetch hir out of frauÌce Lo what a mariage wos this as to the comparison of that othir mariage of armynake For ther shuld haue bene deliuered so mony castels Ì tounes iÌ Guyan and so moch good shÌuld haue be yeuen with hir that all englond shÌuld haue bene ther by enriched but ê¯trari wyse fell wherfore euery gret prince ought to kepe his êmisse for be causa of brekyng of this êmisse and for mariage of quene margaret what losse hath the reame of englond had by losing of normandie and guyan ⪠by diuision in the reame the rebellyng of comunes ayenst ther prince Ì lordis what diuision among the lordis what murder sleyng of them what feldis foughten and made in conclusion so mony that mony a man hath lost his life and in conclusion the kyng deposed the quene with hir son fayn to flee in to scotland and from thens iÌ to frauÌce and so to loriyn the place that she come frist fro ¶ Mony men demeth that the brekiÌg of the kiÌges promise to the sustre of the erle of armynake was cause of this gret losse and aduersite ¶ How the duke of gloucestre the kiÌgê vncle wos arestid at the êlameÌt of bury his deth how angeo iÌ mayn wos deliuered IN the xxv yere of kyng Henri wos a êlament at Burâ called sent Edmondis buri about wich was commauÌdid all the comunes of the cuntre to be ther in ther most best defensabull aray for to await vpon the kyng To wich êlament come the duke of Gloucestre vmfrey the kyngê vncle wich had bene êtectour of englond all the none age of the kyng and anone after hee wos iÌ his loggiÌg he wos arestid by the viscouÌte bemoÌd the coÌst a bull of engloÌd whom accompanied the duke of Bokyngham and mony othir lordis And forthwith all his seruauÌtes wer coÌmauÌdid for