|b{The_Brut_or_The_Chronicles_of_England,_Part_2
|b_ed._Friedrich_W._D._Brie,_MS._Rawl._B_171,_Bodleian_Library
|b_Kegan_Paul,_Trench,_Trbner_&_Co._(1908),_pp._291-607.}

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     |r[B]
     |r[FROM_THE_BATTLE_OF_HALIDON_HILL_(A.D._1333)_TO_THE
     |rDEATH_OF_EDWARD_III_(A.D._1377).]
     
     |r[MS._Corpus_Christi_College,_Cambridge,_No._174,_leaf_172v]

         Ande so, after is gracious victorye, e King turnyd him
     aen vnto e same seege of Berwyk. & whan ey of e sege, sawen
     & herd hov at e King Edward had sped, ey olden to him e
 |r4 toun, with e castell, on e morwe after at e bataile was, at ys
     forto seyn, on Seint Margaretes day. And an e King ordeyned
     Sere Edwarde Bayllol, with oere noble & wory men, to be |r[f.173r] kepers
     and gouernours of Scotlonde in his absence; & hym self turned
 |r8 aen, and come into Englond after is victory, with myche ioye &
     worship.
         And in e next ere sewyng, at ys forto seyn, e ere of our
     Lord M=l=. CCC. & xxxij, & of King Edward, e vj., he wente aen
|r12 into Scotland in e wynter tyme; at whiche viage e castell of
     Kylbrigge in Scotland, for hym & his men at with hym comen,
     he recouered, & had aens the Scottis, al at his owne luste.
      And in at same ere, Sere Edward Baillol, king of Scotlande,
|r16 held his parlement in Scotland, with meny noble lordes of Enge_lond,
     at were at at same parlement, for enchesoun of hire landes
     and lordshipes at ey had in e reume of Scotland, and helden of
     e same Baillol. & in e vij. ere of his regne, aboute e feste of
|r20 sent Iohn Baptiste, Sire Edward Baillol, e verry and trewe King
     of Scotland, as by heritage & rite lyne, made his homage and
     feaute vnto King Edward of Englond for e reaume of Scotland,
     at e Nev Castell vp Tynt, in precense of meny wori lorde, and
|r24 also of communes of boe reaumes, & anon after in e same ere of
     King Edward of Engelond resceyued of e duke of Britaigne his
     homage for e erldome & lordship of Richemound.  And so
     folwyng in e neyne ere of his regne, after Micelmasse, King
|r28 Edwarde rode into Scotlond, and er was faste by sent Johnnes
     toun almoste al e wynter tyme; & he helde his cristiscemasse at



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     e Castel of Rokysburgh. & in e same ere orut-out al Enge_lond,
     aboute sent Clemcys tyde, in wynter ere arose a suche a
     sprynggynge and wellinge op of wateres |r[f.173v] and floodes, bothe of e
 |r4 see and also of fresshe ryvers & sprynge, at e see brynke wallaes
     & coostes broken vp. Men, bestes, and houses in meny places, &
     namely in lowe cuntres, violently and sodenly were dreynt and
     dryven awey; and e fruyte of e ere, oru continuance and
 |r8 abundaunce of e see watres, euermore after were turned into more
     saltnes & sournes of sauour.
         The x. ere of King Edwarde, he entred e Scottysshe see
     after Missomere; & to meny of e Scottes he af batayll, and ouer_come 
|r12 him, and meny he treted & bowede vnto his pees, oru his
     doughtynes. & after Michelmasse an next folwynge, was e Erl
     of Moryf ytake att Eiuburgh, & brout into Engelond, & put into
     prisoun.  And in e monees of Iuyn and Iuull an next
|r16 folwyng, in the xj. ere of his regne, was seyn and aperede in e
     firmament, a bemyd sterre, e whiche clercus calle `stella
     comata'; and at sterre was seyn in diuerce parteis of the firma_ment;
     wherafter anon er folwyd in Engelond good chepe, and
|r20 wonder grete plente of chaffaree, vitaile and marchaundice, and
     ere aens, honger, scrafte, mischif, and nede of money, in-somuche
     at a quarter of whete att London was suolde for .ijs., and a good
     fatte oxe at a noble, and v. good dowe briddes for a j d. In
|r24 whiche ere, on Holy Roed eue, deide Sere Iohn of Elham, Erl of
     Cornewaile, King Edwardus broer, and lithe at Westmynstre.
     
     Hov King Edwarde made a Duchye of e Erldom of Cor[n]waile;
|r28 & also of vj. oere erles at were newe made; & of e
     ferste Chalangyng of e reaume of Fraunce. Cap=o= CC=mo=.
     xxv=to=.
        |r[f.174r] In e ere of our Lord a M=l=. CCC. xxxvii., and of King
|r32 Edwarde xij., in e monee of March, durynge e parlement at
     Westminstre in lente tyme, King Edwarde made of the erldome of
     Cornevayle a duchye, e whiche duche he af to Edwarde his
     ferste sone wi e erldome of Chestre. also King Edward made at
     at tyme vj. oere erles, at ys forto sey, Sere Henry, e Erl of



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     Lancastres sone, Erl of Leycestre; William of Bowham, Erl of
     Northampton; William of Mountgen, Erl of Salesbery; Hughe of
     Awdelee, Erl of Gloucestre; Robert of Vfforde, Erl of Suthfolk;
 |r4 and William of Clyntton, Erl of Huntyngdone. In that same ere,
     hit was ordeynede in at same parlement, at noman shulde were
     no cloe at was worut oute of Engelond, as cloe of gold, of silk,
     damaske, vellewet, saton, baudekyn, ne non suche oere; ne non
 |r8 wyldware in Furrenre of beonde see, but suche as myte Spende
     an C. li. of rente erliche: but is ordeynaunce and statute was
     of litel effecte, for hit was noing holde.
         In e xiij. ere of hys regne, King Edward wente ouere see
|r12 into Braban, wi Quene Phelip his wif ere beryng childe, and
     att Andwerp, ere he duellid more en a ere, to trete wi e
     Duke of Braban and oere allyed vnto him of e calynggyn of e
     reaume of Fraunce to King Edward, be rite and by herytage, after
|r16 e de of Carol e grete, King of Fraunce, broer Germayne of
     quene Isabelle, King Edwardus Moder, e whiche was holden
     and ocupied vnrightfully by Philip of Valeys, e Emessone of King
     Carol :  e whiche duke, and al his, in e forseyd inges |r[f.174v] and in
|r20 al oere erto longyng, wi al his men and goodes, King Edward
     founde redy vnto him, and maden and behyten suerte, by good
     fayghte and truste; and after at, e king hasted him into Enge_lond 
     aen, and left ere e quene stille behynde hym in Braban.
|r24     an in e xiiij. ere of his regne, whenne al e lorde of his
     reaume, and oer at ownen to be at his parlement, weren clepte
     and assembled togedre in e same parlement, holden at London
     after e feste of sent Hillary, e Kinge nedes were putt fore and
|r28 promoted as toching e kingdome of Fraunce; for whiche nede to
     be spede, e King aske e vif part of alle e meble goode of Enge_lond,
     and e wolles, and e ix. e schef of euery corn; and e
     lorde of eny toun wher suche inges schulde be taxid and gaderd,
|r32 shulde ansuere to e King erof; and al he had and helde at his
     owene liste and wil. wherfor, yf y shal knowliche e verrey
     treue, e ynnere loue of e peple was turned into hate, & e



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     commune prayrs into cursinge, for cause at the commune peple
     were strongliche ygreued.  also e forsaide Philip of Valeys of
     Fraunce, had gadered to him a grete oste, and destroyede ere in
 |r4 his parteys and kingdome, meny of e Kinge frende of Engelonde,
     with tounes & castellis, and meny oere of hire lordshippe; and
     meny harmes, schames, and despite , dede vnto e Quene. wher_fore 
     e King, whan he ha[r]d of is tydinge, he was stron[g]lyche
 |r8 meued, and erwi an-anger[d], and sente diuerse letters ouere see
     to e Quene, and to oere at were his frende , gladyng him, and
     certyfienge at he wolde be er |r[f.175r] him-self in al e haste at he myt.
         And anon, after Ester, when he had sped of al ing at hym
|r12 neded, & come fore, he wente ouere see aen; of whos comyng, e
     quene & al his frendis were wonder glad, & maden myche ioye;
     and al at were his enemys, and aens hym helden, madyn as
     muchel sorwe.  In e same tyme e King, oru councel of his
|r16 treue leiges, & councell of his lordes at ere weren present wi
     him, toke e King of Frauuces names and toke & melled e Kinge
     armes of Fraunce qwarterly with e armes of Engelond, & com_maunnded 
     forwi his coigne of gold, vnder descripcioun of the name
|r20 of Engelond and of Fraunce, to be made, e beste at myte be,
     at ys for to seyn, e floreyn at was clept e `noble,' of value of
     vj s. & viij d., and e `half-noble' of iij. s. iij. d., & e 'fering '
     of value of xx. d.

|r24 Hov King Edward come to e Sclus, and descomfited alle e
     poer of Fraunce in e same havene. Capitulo CC=mo=
     xxvj=to=.
        And in e next ere after, at ys forto seyn, e xv. ere of his
|r28 regne, he comaunded, & lete write in his charters, writtes, & oere
     letters, e date of his regne of Fraunce ferst, & while at he was
     us doyng & trauaillyug in Fraunce, oru his councel he wrote to
     al prelatis, dukes, Erles, barouns, & noble lorde of his cuntre, and
|r32 also to diuers of e commune peple, diuers lettres and maunde_mentis,
     beryng date at Gandanum e .viij. day Feuerer.  And
     anon aftir, wi-yn litel tyme, he come aen into Engelond, wi e



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     quene and hire childrin. And in e same ere, on Missomer even,
     he bigan to sayle towarde Fraunce aen, & manly & stifly ful vpon
     Philip of Valeys, the whiche long tyme lay, and had gaderid to
 |r4 him a ful |r[f.175v] huge and boystous navee of diuers nacions, in e hauene
     of Sclus. And ere ey fouten togedir e Kinge of Fraunce, and
     he wi her ostes from midday vnto e morwe.  In wiche batail
     were slayn xxx M=l= men of e kinge cumpanye of Fraunce, and
 |r8 meny shippes & Cogge were take; and so, oru Gode helpe, he
     had ere e victorye, and bere ens a glorious chiuache. And in e
     same ere, aboute sent Iames tyde, wiout e ates of sent Omers,
     Robert of Artoys, wi men of Engelond and of Flaundres, bitterly
|r12 faut aens e duke of Burgoyne & e Frensshe men; at wiche
     bataile er were slayn & take of e Frensshe men, xv. barouns,
     .iiij.=xx= knytis; & shippe & barges were take, vnto e noumbre of
     .CC. & xxx.  The same ere, e King makyng & abydyng
|r16 oppon e see of Tourney, e Erl of Henaude, wi englisshe archers,
     made asawte to e toun of Seyntanmund, wher at he slow L.
     knitis & meny oere, and destroyed also e toun.
        And in e .xvj. ere of his regne folwynge, in e wynter tyme,
|r20 e king, duelling still oppon e forsaid sege, sent oft into Engelond
     to his tresorer & oer purveyours for gold & meny, at shulde be
     sent to hym er in his nede; but his procuratours & messagers
     cursidly & ful slowly serued him at his nede, & him deceyved.
|r24     On wos faute & laches e King toke trews bytwene hym & e
     King of Fraunce. & e King, ful of sorow woo & shame in his
     hert, widrowe him from e see, and come into Brytaigne; & er
     was so grete strif |r[f.176r] for vitailles, at he lost meny of his peple. &
|r28 whan he had do ere at he come for, he dressid hym ouer see
     into Engelond warde.  And as he sayled toward Engelond, in e
     hye see, e moste mishappes, stormes & tempeste, thundres &
     lightnynge, fil to hym in e see, e whiche was seyd at it was
|r32 done & areysed oru evel spirites made by sorcery and Nigro_mancye 
     of hem of Fraunce. Wherfore e Kinge hert was ful of
     sorwe & angwysshe, weyling & sighyng, & said vnto oure lady on
     is wyse.  "O blessid lady, sent Marye! what is e cause at



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     euermore, goyng into Fraunce, al inge & wederes fallyn to me
     ioyful & likyng & gladsome, & as y wolde haue hym; but alwey
     turnyng into Engelond ward, al inges fallen vnprofitable & harm_full
 |r4 ?"  Neuer e latter, he, scapyng alle e perilles of e see, as
     God wolde, come by nyght to e tour of London. & e same ere
     e King held him Cristemas att Menres, and sent word to e
     Scottes by his messagers, at he was redy, and wolde fite wi him;
 |r8 but e Scottis wolde not abyde at, bot fled ouere e Scottish see, 
     & hid hem as wel as ey myte.
         And in e xvij. ere of his regne, aboute e feste of Conuer_sioun 
     of seint Paule, King Edward, wan he had be in Scotland, &
|r12 e Scottis were fledde, he come aen into Engelond, & a litel afore 
     Lente was e turnement at Dunstable, to e wiche turnement comen
     al e ong bachelrye & chyualrye of Engelond, with meny erles &
     oer lordes; at e wiche turnement e King himself was ere
|r16 present.  And e nexte ere folwyng, |r[f.176v] in e xviij. ere of his 
     regne, at his parlement holden at Westminster in e xv. of Pasche,
     Kyng Edwarde e rid made Edward, his ferst bygeten sone, Prince
     of Walys.  And in e xix ere of his regne, anon after in Janyuer,
|r20 before Lente, e same King Edward lete make ful noble Iustice, 
     and grete festis, in e place of his bere, at Wyndessore, at ere
     weren neuere non suche seyn ere afore. at whiche festis and
     rialte were ij. Kinge, .ij. quene, e Prince of Walys, e Duk of
|r24 Cornewaile, x erlis; .ix. Cuntesse, barouns, & many burgeys, e 
     wiche myt nout litly be noumbred; & of diuers lande be-onde
     e see, were many strangers. and at e same tyme when e
     Iustes were don, King Edward made a grete soper, in e wiche he
|r28 ordeyned feest, and bygan e Rounde Table, & ordeyned & 
     stefastyd e day of e forsaide Rounde Table to be holde er at
     Wyndissore in Whitesen-wike euermore after erly.
         In is tyme, Englisshe men so muche hauntted and cleuyd
|r32 to e wodnes and foley of e strangers, at fro e tyme of e
     comyng of e Henauderns, xviij. ere passid, ey ordeyned and
     chaungyd ham euery ere diuers schappis of disgynge of cloing,
     of long large and wyde clois, destitu and desert fram al old honeste



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     and good vsage; & anoer tyme schorte clois & stret-wasted,
     dagged & ket, & on euery side desslatered & boned, wi sleues &
     tapets of sircotys, & hode ouere longe & large, & ouermuche hang_ynde, 
 |r4 at if y so schal say, ey were more liche to turmentours
     & deuels in hire cloing & schewyng & oer arraye en comen.
      And e wemmen more myseli et pasted |r[f.177r] e men in array, and
     cureslicher; for ey were so strete cloed at ey lete hange fox
 |r8 tailes sawyd benee with-infor hire clois, forto hele and heyde
     hire ars; e whiche disgysenge & pride perauenture afterward
     broute fore & encausid many mys-happis & mischeuys in e
     reaume of Engelond.
|r12     The xx ere of King Edward he wente ouere into Brytaigne
     & Gascoigne : in wos compauye weute e Erl of Warwyk, e Erl
     of Suthfok, e Erl of Hountyngdone & e Erl of Arundel, and
     meny oer lordes, & commune peple in a gret multitude, with a
|r16 grete navey of ij. C. & xl. shippis, anon after mydsomer, forto
     avenge him of meny wronge & harmes to hym done be Philip of
     Valeys, King of Fraunce, aens e treues byfore-hand grauntyd,
     e whiche trewes he fasly & ownetreuly, by cawelaciones, loste and
|r20 disqwatt.
     
     Hov King Edward sayled into Normandye, & arryued at
     Hogges wi a gret oste; & of e batayle of Scius, and
     of e bygyunyg of e seege of Calys, & also of e
|r24 batayll of Duresme. Capo. CC=mo= xxvij=mo=.
     <b> IN e xxj. ere of his regne, King Edward, oru councel of
        al e grete lorde of is reaume, clepid & gadered togedre
     in his parlement at Westminster before Estern, ordeyned him
|r28 forto passe ouer e se aen, for to discesce and destrouble e
     rebellis of Fraunce. and when his navey was come togedre &
     made redy, he went with au huge oste, e xij. day of Juyll, &
     sayled iuto Normandye, & arryued at Hogge. & whan he had
|r32 restid him ere vj. daies, for bycause of trauelyng of the see, &
     forto haue out al his men wi al hire nessessaryes, out of hire
     shippes, he wente toward Cadomon, brengyng, wastyng, & de_stroyenge 
     al e tounes |r[f.177v] as he went by e way.  and e xxvj day



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     of Juyll, at e brigge of Cadomy, manly & orpudly ystrenged
     and defended wi Normannes, he had ere a stronge batayll, &
     a longe-duryng, oru which grete multitud of people was
 |r4 slayn.  And ere were take prisoners, e Erl of Ewe, e Lord
     of Tankerwyle, & an C. oer kinge and men of armes, & vj C.
     foote men ynombred; and e toun & e subbarbus vnto e bare
     wallys of al ing at myte be bore & caryed out, was robbid
 |r8 and despoyled.  aftirward e King, passing fore by e cuntre
     aboute e brede of xx. mile, he wastyd alle manere ing at he
     founde. Whan Philip of Valeys perseuyd al is, al-ou he were
     faste by with a stronge oste, he wolde nout come no ner, but
|r12 brek al e briggys beonde e water of Seyn, fro Roon vnto Paris,
     & him self fledde vnto e same Citee of Pariswi al e hasts
     at he myte.  fforsothe, e noble King Edward, when he come
     to Paris brigge, and founde hit broken, wiinne ij. dayes he lete
|r16 make hit aen; & in e morwe after e assumpicioun of oure
     Lady, King Edward passed ouere e water of Seyen, goyng toward
     Cryesce, & distroyed by e way tounes wi e peple duelling
     erinne. & in e feste of sent Bartolomev, he passid ouere e
|r20 water of Comme owne hurte wi al his oste er as neuer afore
     honde was eny manere wey in passage werto a M=l= men were
     slayn of hem at letted hire passage ouer.

     |r[The_Battle_of_Crecy.]
         erfore, e xxvj. day of auguste, King Edward in a felde
|r24 faste by Creyscy, hauyng iij. bataillis of englisshe men, counttryd
     and mette wi Philip of Valeys, hauyng |r[f.178r] wi him iiij. batailles, of
     e wiche e leste passid gretely e nombre of e Englisshe peple.
     & whan es ij. ostes metten togedir, er fil oppon him e King
|r28 of Beme, e Duke of Loroyne and erles also of Flaundres, Dalasoun,
     Bloys, Harecourt, Aumerle, and Nyvers, & meny oer erlis, barouns,
     lordes, Kinge, & men of armes, e noumbre of a M=l= V. C. xlij.,
     wiout foet men & oer men in armevre, at were noing rekened.
|r32     And for al is, e same vnglorious Philip widrowe him, wi e
     residue of al his peple; wherfore it was seyd in commune among



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     his owne peple `Nostre beall Retret,' that is for to sey, `Our faire
     widrawe hym.' an Kyng Edward & our Englyssh men, ank_yng 
     God for suche a victorye, after hire grete labour, takyng to
 |r4 hem al yng nedeful for her sustenaunce & sauyng of hire lyf
     ferdred of hire enemys, rested hem ere.  And ful erly in e
     morwe, after e Frensshe men wi an houge passyng oste come
     aen for to eue batayll & fite wi e Englisshe men, wi whom
 |r8 metten & countreden e Erles of Warwyk, Norhampton & Norfolk,
     wi hire companye & slowen ij. M=l=, & token meny prisoners of
     e gentils of ham; and e remenaunt of e same oste fled iij.
     mile ens.

     |r[The_Siege_of_Calais,_and_the_Invasion_of_England_by_the_Scots.]
|r12     And e third day after the bataill, e kyng wente to Caleys
     warde, destroyng al e cuntre as he rode; whider, whan at he
     was comen, at is forto seyn, e .iij. day of Septembre, he bygan
     to besege e toun wi e castell, and continued his sege fro e
|r16 forseyd iij. day of Septembre vnto e iij. day of Auguste e next
     ere after. & in |r[f.178v] e same ere, duryng e sege of Caleys, e King
     of Scotlond, with a ful grete multitude of Scottis, come into
     Engelond, to Nevyles crosse, about seint Lukes day e euaungglist,
|r20 hopyng & trustyng to haue found al the land destitut & voyde
     of peple, forasmuche as e Kyng of Engelond was beend e see,
     saue only prestes & men of holy chirche, & women & childrin, &
     ploghmen, & such oer laborers.  And er ey robbeden, &
|r24 deden mych prives sorow; but et fond ey ynowe at ham
     wistode, by e grace of God. And so a day of batayll was
     assigned bytwene hem; & certeyne lordes & men of holy cherche
     at were in at cuntre, wi oere comune peple, fast by e Citee
|r28 of Duresme; at whiche day, oru e grace and e helpe of God
     e Scottis were ouercomen, & et were ey threfold so meny of
     hem as of Englisshe men; and ere was slayn al e chiualrye
     and knythood of e reaume of Scotland.  And er were take,
|r32 as ey wolden haue fleed, Dauid, King of Scotlond, e Erl of
     Mentyf, sere William Douglas, & many oer grete men. & after
     at, oure Englisshe men, when ey had restyd ham a fewe dayes,
     & had ordeyned kepers of e Northcuntre, ey comen to London,



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     and brout with ham e King of Scotlond, & es oere lorde at
     were taken prisoners, vnto e tour of London, wi al e haste
     at ey myte; & er ey lefte ham in saue kepyng, vnto e Kinge
 |r4 comynge, and went home aen into hire owne cuntre. & after_ward 
     was e Kinge raunsome of Scotlond taxid vnto an C. M=l=
     mark of seluere, to be payed in x er, at ys forto sayne, euery
     ere x ousand mark.
     
 |r8 Of the conqueste and |r[f.179r] wynnge of Caleys, and of grete
     pestelence & raynes at fillen sone aftir; and of e
     tresoun ordeyned aens Caleys. CapituloCCmo. xxviijo.
     <b> IN e xxij ere of King Edwardys regne, he wente ouere in e
|r12    wynter time, & lay al e wynter in e seege of Caleys. e
     whiche year, while e sege lasted, Philip of Valeys, Kyng of
     Fraunce, cast & purposed, trecherously & wi fraude, to put awey
     e sege, & come e xxvij day of Iuyll in e same ere wi a grete
|r16 oste & a strong poer, & neigrhed vnto e sege of Caleys.  e
     wiche Philip, e last day of Iuyll, sent to King Edward word
     at he wold eue him playn bataill e .iij. day next after at, about
     euesong tyme, if at he durst come fro e sege & abyde hit. And
|r20 whan Kynge Edward herd at, wiout eny long taryng or grete
     avisement, he accepted gladly e day & hour of bataill at Philip
     had assigned. And whan the Kyng of Fraunce herd at, wiout
     eny long taryng or grete auysement, e next nyght after he set hys
|r24 tentys afyre, and vanysshed & went awey ens cowardly.  Than
     ey at were in e toun and in e castell byseged, seyng al is,
     how at ei hade non oer helpe ne socour of e Kinge of Fraunce
     ne of his men, & also at her vitailles wiin hym were spended
|r28 and wasted, & for defaute of vitailles & of refresshyng ey eten
     hors, houndes, cattes & mys, for to kepe her troue as long as
     ey myte.  And whan they sawe, & was found amonge hem
     at e last at ey had no ing amonge hem forto ete ne lyve
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     ey weste wel at |r[f.179v] ey must deie for defaute, eyer elde vp e
     toun; and anon wenten & tokin done e banerys & e armes of
     Fraunce on euery side at were hanged out, & wenten on e walles
 |r4 of e toun, and in oer diuers placys, as naked as ey were bore,
     saf hire chirtys and brechys, & heldyn hire swerdus naked, & e
     poynt downward, in hire hande, & puttyn ropys & halterys
     abowte hire neckys, and olden vp e keyes of e toun and of e
 |r8 Castell to Kyng Edward, wi grete fere and drede of hert.  And
     when the King sav is, as a mercyable king and lord, resceyued
     hym al to his grace; & a feue of e grettste persones of stat and
     of gouernaunce of e toun he sent into Engelond, er for to abyde
|r12 hire raunsome & e kinges grace; & al e communialte of e toun
     e king lete go wher ey wolde in pees, & wioute ony harme, &
     lete ham bere with ham al hire inge at ey myte bere & cary
     away, keping e toun and the Castell to hymself.  an, oru
|r16 mediacioun of cardenalles at were sent fro e pope, trewes was take
     er bituene Fraunce & Engelond for ix monees an next folwyng;
     & aboute mychelmasse King Edwarde come aen vnto Engelond
     wi a glorious victorye.
     
     |r[The_Plague_of_1348.]
|r20     And in e xxiij. ere of his regne, in e Este parteys of e
     worlde er aros & bygan a pestilence, & de of Sarasine and
     Payngneins, at so grete a de was neuer herde of afore, and at
     wasted awey so e peple at vnnees e xthe persone was left
|r24 a -lyue. & in e same ere, aboute e Sowthcuntreys and also in
     e west cuntres, ere fell so much |r[f.180r] reyne and so grete waters at,
     from Cristemasse vnto Midsomer, er was vnnees day ne nyght
     but at it rayned sumwhat; oru whiche watres, e pestilence was
|r28 sone fectid & so habundant in all cuntres, & namely aboute e
     court of Rome & oer places & sore costes, at vnnees ere were
     left alyvefolk to bery ham at were ded, honestly, but maden
     grete diches and puttes at were wonder brood and depe, & erin
|r32 beried, & made a renge of e dede bodyes, & anoer renge of ere
     aboue ham; & us were ey buried, & non oer wise, but yf it were
     e fewer at were grete men of state.



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         And after al is, in e xxiiij ere of his regne, hit was done
     King Edward to wite and vnderstonde of a tresoun at was bygun
     at Caleys, and ordeyned for to selle at toun for a grete somme of
 |r4 Florens vnto King Philip of Fraunce, oru e falsnes & e
     ordinance of a knyt at me called Sir Geffrey of Charney, at
     was wonder privey wi e King of Fraunce.  And whan e
     King herd is, he toke wi hym e noblys & e gentils, & oere
 |r8 wory & orped men of armes, at were ere present wi hym for e
     solempnite of at hey feest, & wel & wisely, in al e haste at
     he myt, & as priuely as he myt, he wente hym ouere see, and
     at same tyme e King held hys Cristemas at Haueryng.  And
|r12 in e morwe after Newers day, e King was in e Castell of
     Caleys wi his men of armes, at none of e aliens wist erof.
     And thilk fals conspiratour & traytour, Geffrey of Charney, seth
     he myte not opynly haue his purpos of e castell, pryuely &
|r16 stelyngly he comen yn, & held e toun wi a grete oste. |r[f.180v] And
     when he wi his men were comen yn, he payed e forsaide somme
     of florens, as couenaunt was bituene him, to a Geneweys in e toun
     at was keper of e castell, & consentyng to e same Gefferey in al
|r20 is falsnesse & trecherye, & bonde e Englisshe mynesters and
     seruaunt at were in e castel, at ey myt nout helpe hamself,
     ne lete ham of hire purpos. & an, wenyng at ey had be siker
     ynov, ey spaken hire wickednesse & falones oppynly & an hey,
|r24 at al men myt here.  And nov shul e here hov ey were
     desceyued; for ey comme in by a preuy posterne ouer a litel brigge
     was drawyn opp of tre; & when ey were come yn sotelly and
     preuely, e brigge was dravyn op and kepte, at non of ham at
|r28 were come yn myte go out, ne no moo come yn to hym.  And
     anon our Englisshe men wente oute at priuy holes and wendawes, &
     ouere e wallys of e toun & of e castel, & wenten & fouten manly
     wi e Frenche men at were wioute, & had the better of ham, e
|r32 wiche when ey were ocupied by ham self on hire side. e King,
     at was wiin e toun, hauyng wi him scharstly but xxx. men
     of armes, dreve out his swerd, & with a lowed voys cried on
     hey : "A sent Edward! a sent Gorge! " And when folk herde at,
|r36 ey come rennyng to him, and eauen er to hire enemys so stronge



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     assaute at er were mo en ij. C. men of armes, and meny oer,
     slayn, & meny fledden; & so, by e grace of God, e victorye fel to
     e Englisshe men.  an e King toke with him is Gefferey, at
 |r4 was fynder of is trecherye, and also many oer Frenshe prisoners,
     & withyn a while after wente |r[f.181r] aen into Engelond.
     
     |r[The_Plague,_or_Black_Death.]
        And in is same ere, and in e ere afore, & also in e ere aftir,
     was so grete a pestilences of men fro e Est into e west, & namely
 |r8 oru bocches, at he at siked is day, deid on e iij. day after.
      To e wich men at so deiden in is pestilens, at haddyn
     but litel respyte of lyggyng, e pope Clement, of his goodnes &
     grace, af ham ful remissioun & foryeuyng of all hire synnes at ey
|r12 were schryven of. & is pestilence lasted in London fro Michel_masse 
     into Auguste next folowyng almoste an hool ere. & in es
     dayes was de wioute sorwe, weddyng wioute frendship, wilfull
     penaunce, and dere wiout scarste, and fleyng wioute refute or
|r16 socour;  ffor meny fledden fro place to place by-cause of e
     pestilens; but ey were enfecte, & myt not ascape e dee, after
     e prophete Isaye seith: "ho at flee fro e face of drede, he
     shal fall into e diche; & he at wynde hymself out of e diche,
|r20 he shal be holde and teyd wi a grenne," but whan is pestilens was
     cesid & endid, as God wolde, vnnees e x. parte of e peple was
     left alyve, and in e same ere bygan a wonder ing at al at euere
     were born after at pestilens hadden ij. chekteth in her heed lasse
|r24 an ey had afore.
     
     How King Edward had a grete bataylle of e Spaynardes in
     e see faste by Wynchel-see, & of meny oere inge.
     Capitulo CC.mo xxixo.
|r28    And in e xxv. ere of his regne, about sent Johnnes tyde in
     heruest, in e see faste by Wynchelse, King Edward had a grete
     batayll wi men of Spayne, wher at |r[f.181v] hire shippes & navee ley
     cheyned togider, at eiere they muste fit or drenche.  And so,
|r32 whan al our wori men of armes on e see coostes fast by Wynchel_see 
     & Romeny were gadred, & ouer navee & shippes al redy to e
     werre, e Englissh men metten manly & stifly with hire enemys,



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     comyng fersly aens ham, & when e Spaynesshe vessellis & nauey
     were closid yn al about, er men myte se a stronge bataile vn boe
     sides, and long duryng; in e whiche Batayle er ner but fewe
 |r4 at fauten but at ey were sputesly herte, & fowle. and after
     e batayle er were xxiiij shippes of here ytaken; & so e
     Engligsshe men had e better.
     
     |r[The_new_Coinage._The_dear_Summer._A_Drought.]
         And in e next ere after folwyng, of his regne xxvj=ti=, e
|r8  King, oru his councele, lete ordeyne & make his neve money, at
     ys forto sey, e peny, e grote of valev of iiij. pens, & e half_grote 
     e valev of ij d.; but hit was of lesse wyth an e old
     sterlyng was, by v. s. in e pound.  And in e xxvij. ere of his
|r12 regne was e grete dere of vitailes, e wiche was clepid e dere
     somer.  And in e xxviij. ere of his regne in e parlement
     holdyn at Westminster after Ester, Sere Henry, Erl of Lancastre,
     was made Duk of Lancastre. and in is same ere was so grete a
|r16 drowthe at, fro e mone of Marche unto e mone of Iuyll, er 
     fel no rayne into e ere; wherfore al fruttys, sedis and erbis,
     for e more part was lost; in defaute wherof er come so grete
     desise of men and bestes, & dere of vetailes in Engelond, so at
|r20 is lande, at euer byfore was plentues, had nede at tyme to seche
     his vytaylis and refreschyng of oer out yles and cuntres.
     
     |r[Negotiations_about_Guienne_dropt.]
      |r[f.182r] And in e xxix ere of King Edward, hit was acorded,
     graunted and swore, bytwene e King of Fraunce & e King of
|r24 Engelond, at he shulde haue aen al his lande and lordshipps at 
     longe to e Duche of Guyne of old tyme, e wiche had bene
     with-drawe & wrongfully occuped by diuers Kynge of Fraunce
     byforhand, to haue & to hold to Kyng Edward & to his eyrs &
|r28 successours for euermore, frely, pesible, & in good quyete, vppon is
     covenaunt, at e Kyng of England shold leue of, & relese all
     right & clayme at he had & claymed of e kingdome of Fraunce,
     & of e title at he toke erof. Oppon wiche speche & couenauntes,
|r32 it was sent to e court of Rome on boe sydes of e Kynge, at
     e forsaid couenaunt shold be enbulled. but God ordeyned betere
     for e Knyge worship of Engelond; for, what oru fraude



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     deceyte of e Frensshmen, & what oru lettyng of e pope & of e
     court of Rome, e forsaid couenauntes were to-sqwat & left of.
     
     |r[Trans-fer_of_the_Staple_of_Wool_to_England.]
         And in e same ere e Kyng reuoked, by his wys & descrete
 |r4 counceyll, e staple of wolles out of Flaundres into Engelond, wi
     al e libertees, fraunchises & free customes at longen erto, &
     ordeyned hit in Engelond in diuers places, at ys forto seyn, at
     Westminster, Caunterbery, Chichestre, Bristowe, Lincoln, & Hull,
 |r8 wi al e forsaid ynge at longen erto. and at is ing sholde
     be us done, e Kyng swore hym self erto, & prins Edward his
     sone, wi oer meny grete witnesse at were ere than present.
     
     |r[The_French_attempt_on_Guienne_frustrated.]
        And in e .xxx. ere of his regne, anon after Wytsonday, in e
|r12 parlement ordeyned at Westminster, hit was told and |r[f.182v] certyfied
     to e King, at Philip at held e kingdome of Fraunce was dede,
     and at John his sone was crouned King, & at is John had oue
     Karoll his sone e Duchie of Guyone.  Of e wiche ing, King
|r16 Edward, whan he herd erof, he had grete indignacioun vnto hym,
     & was wonder wro, & strongly meved : and er, afors al e wory
     lordes at ere were assembled at at parlement, he clept Edward
     his son to hym, to wiche e Duchye of Guyene by right heritage
|r20 shold longe to, and af hit hym er, byddyng and strenging him
     at he shulde ordeyne him to defende and avenge him oppon his
     enemys, & saue & mayntene hys ryt.  And afterward, King
     Edward him self, and his eldiste sone Edward, wenten to diuerce
|r24 place and senten in Engelond a pilgrimage, forto haue e more
     grace and help of God and of his sent. and e secunde kalend
     of Iuyll, when al ing was redy to at viage and batayle, and al
     his retennev & power assembled, and hire navey also redy, he toke
|r28 wi him e Erl of Warwyk, e Erl of Suthfolk, e Erl of Salys_bery,
     & e Erl of Oxenford, and a M=l= of men of armes, and as
     many archerys, in e Natiuite of our Lady, and at Plymmough
     token hire shippes, and bygan to sayle.  And when he come
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     resceyued of e moste noble men and lorde of at cuntre. And
     anon after, King Edward toke wi him his ij. sones, at ys forto
     seye, Sir Lyonell, Erl of Vltoun, and Sere Iohn his broer, Erl of
 |r4 Rychemonde, and Sere Henry, Duke of Lancastre, wi meny Erles
     and lordes and men of armes, and too |r[f.183r] M=l= archers, and sayled into
     Fraunce, and reste him awhile at Caleys.  and afterward, e
     King went wi his folk aforsaide, and wi oere sowdiours of
 |r8 beende e see at ere aboden e Kinges comynge, e secunde day
     of Nouembre, & toke his iorneye toward King Iohn of Fraunce,
     ere as he trowed to haue y found him faste by e toun of
     Odomarum, as his letters and couenaunt made mencioun at he
|r12 wolde abyde him ere wi his oste.  And whan King Ion of
     Fraunce herde of e Kynge comeing of Engelond, he wente awey
     wi his men & his cariage, cowardly & schamfully fleynge, wastyng
     al vitaile ouer al, at Englisshe men shold naut haue therof.
|r16     And when King Edward herde at he fleed, he pursued him wi
     al his mayne til Hedoun; and en he, by-holdyng e wantyng
     and e scarsites of vitaile, and also the cowardice of the King of
     Fraunce, he turned aen, wastyng al e cuntre.

     |r[The_Scots_attack_Berwick.]
|r20     And while al ese inge were a doyng, e scottes prevyly and
     by nyt token e toun of Berwyk, sleyng ham at wistode ham,
     and no man ellis; but, -- blessid by god! -- e castel neuer-e-latter
     was sauyd and kepte be Englisshe men at were erin. en e
|r24 Kinge perceuyng al is, turned aen into Engelond as wor as he
     myte.  Wherfore in a parlement at Westminster was graunted
     to e King of euery sake of wolle .l. s. duryng e terme of vj.
     ere at he myt e mytlyker fyght and deffende e reaume aens
|r28 e Scottis and oere mys-doers : and so, when al inges were redy,
     e King hastyd hym to e seege warde.
     Hov King Edward was crouned King of Scotland, and hov
     Prins Edward toke e King of Fraunce, & of e bataylle
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     |r[f.183v] <b> And in e xxxj. ere of his regne, e xiij day of Ianuere, e
        King beyng in e castel of Beywyk wi a fewe men, but
     havyng er fastby a gret oost, e toun was old to him wiout
 |r4 eny manere fens or difficulte. an e King of Scotlond, at ys
     forto sey, Sire Iohn Bayllol, considering how at God dede meny
     merueylles inge & gracious for King Edward at his owene will
     fro day to day, he toke & af op e reaume of Scotland, & e
 |r8 croune of Scotland, att Rokesburgh, in-to e Kinge handes of
     Engelond, vnder his patent lettres er of y made.  And anon
     after King Edwarde, in presence of al e prelates & oer wori men
     & lorde at ere were, lete croune hym King er-of e reaume
|r12 of Scotland. and whan al inge were done & ordeyned in thilk
     cuntres at his luste, he turned aen into Engelond wi a houge
     worschip.
         And while at is viage was adoyng in Scotland, Sir
|r16 Edward, Prins of Walys, as a man enspired of God, was in Guyne,
     in e Citee of Burdeux, tretyng & spekyng of e chalangyng, & of
     the Kinge right of Engelond, at he had to e reaume of Fraunce;
     and at he wold avenged bewi stronge hond. & all e prelates,
|r20 peris, & myty men of e cuntre, consentid wele to hym.  an
     Sere Edward, the Pryns, wi a grete oste y gaderid to hym, e vj.
     day of Iuyll went fro Burdeux, goyng & trauaylyng by meny
     diuers cuntres. And he toke meny prisoners, mo an vjM men of
|r24 armes, by the cuntre as he iourneyed, & toke e toun of Remor_antyn 
     in Saloigne, & beseged e castell vj. dayes. and at e vj.
     dayes ende ey olden e castell vnto hym; and |r[f.184r] ere were taken
     e Lord of Crom, and Serex Bursigand, and meny oere knyghtes,
|r28 and men of armes mo an iiij.
     
     |r[The_Battle_of_Poictiers.]
        And fro ens by Tureyne & Petey, faste by Chaneney, his
     noble men at were with him hadden a strong bataill wi Frenssh
     men, and a C. of hire men of armes were slayn. and e Erle



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     of Damice & e stiward of Fraunce weren take, wi a C. men of
     armes. In e wiche eer, e xix day of Septembre, fast by Peyters,
     e same prins, with a M=l= and ixc men of armes and archers,
 |r4 ordeyned a bataill to Kyng Iohn of Fraunce, comyng to e prins_ward 
     wi vij. M=l= cosyn men of armes, and oer miche peple in a
     houge passyng noumbre; of e whiche er was yslayne e Duke
     of Burboun and e Duke of Athene, & meny oere noble men, &
 |r8 of e pris men of armes a M=l=, & of oere (after e trewe account &
     rekenyng) viij. C.; and e King of Fraunce was er take, and
     Sere Philip his onger sone, and meny dukes & noble men & wory
     knytys, and men of armes aboute .ij. M=l=; and so e victorie fill
|r12 ere to e Prins & to e peple of Engelond, by e grace of God.
      And meny at were take prisoners were set at her raunsoun, &
     oppon her troue & knythoode were charged, and had leue to go;
     but e Prins toke wi hym e King of Fraunce, and Philip his
|r16 sone, wi al e reuerence at he myte, & wente aen to Burdeux
     with a glorious victorie.  e somme of e men at were take
     prisoners, & of e man at were slayn, is day ofs bataill, was iiij.
     [M=l=]CCCC. xl. And in e xxxij. ere of Kyng Edward, e .v. day
|r20 of Maij, Prins Edward, wi King Iohn of Fraunce |r[f.184v] and Philip his
     sone, and meny wory prisoners, arryved graciously in e hauene
     of Plymmouth; & e xxiiij. day of e same mone, about iij. after
     none, ey comen to London by London brigge, & so wente fore to
|r24 e Kynge paleys of Westmynstre.  and ere fill so grete pres &
     multitude of peple abute ham, to byholde and se at wonder and
     at real sith, that vnnees fro Midday ey myte come to
     Westmynster. And e Kinge raunsoun of Fraunce was taxied &
|r28 set to iij. Milions of Scutes, of whom ij. shuld be paid a
     noble : & e shul vnderstonde at a Milioun is a M=l=. M=l=. And
     after somme men, his raunsoun was set at iij. M=l= floreyns; & al
     is on in effecte.
|r32    And in is same ere was made solempne iustes in Smeefeld,
     beyng er present, e King of Engelonde, e King of Fraunce &
     e King of Scotlond, & meny wori noble lordes.  The xxxiij.



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     ere of his regne e same King Edward at Syndesore, as wel for
     loue of knythood as for his owne worship, & at e reuerence of e
     King of Fraunce & oer lorde at were ere at at tyme, he held
 |r4 a wonder rial and costlow feest of sent Gorge, passyng eny at
     was hold euere afore. wherfor e King of Fraunce, in scornyng,
     sayd at he saw neuere ne herd such solempne festes ne ryalties
     holden ne done with taylles, wioute paying of gold or siluer.
     
     |r[The_Marriage_of_Duchess_Blanche.]
 |r8     And in e xxxiiij. ere of his regne, e xiiij. kalend of Iuyll,
     Sere Iohn, Erle of Richemund, Kyng Edwardes sone of Engelond,
     weddid dame Blaunche, duk Herryes douter of Lancaster, cosyn
     to e same Iohn, by dispensacioun of e Pope. and in e mene
|r12 tyme were |r[f.185r] ordeyned iustes at London iij. dayes of e rogacions,
     at is forto sey, e Maiere of London, wi his xxiiij=ti= aldermen,
     aens al at wold come. In whos name and stede e King priuely
     wi his iiij. sones, Edwarde, Leonell, Iohn & Edmund, & oere xix.
|r16 grete lordes, helden e feld wi worshopp.
         And is same ere (as it was tolde & seyd of ham at sawe hit)
     ere come out blood of e toumbe of Thomas, sumtyme Erl of
     Lancaster, as ffresshe as at day at he was done to e dee. And
|r20 in at same ere King Edward chose his sepulture & his liggyng at
     Westminster, faste by e shryne of Sent Edward.
     
     |r[Edward_III_goes_again_to_France.]
     And anon after, e xxvij. day of Octobre, he wente ouere see
     to Caleys, makyng protestacioun at he wold neuere come aen
|r24 into Engelond til he had fully endid e werre bytuene Fraunce and
     him.  And so, in e xxxv. yere of his regne, in e wynter tyme,
     King Edward was and trauayled in e Ryne costes; and aboute
     Seynt Hillere tyde he departed his oste, and went to Burgoyne_warde; 
|r28 wi whom an mette pesibely e Duk of Burgoyne, byhot_yng 
     to hym lxx. M=l= Floreyns at he shold spare his men & his
     peple. And e King graunted at his request, & dwelled ere vnto
     e xvij. day of March, e wiche day it come to King Edwardes ere
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     day of Marche, liggyng aweyte oppon e tounes of Hastynge, Rye,
     and oer places & villages on e see coostes, hadden entred as
     enemyes into e toun of Wynchelsee, & slowen al at euere with_stode 
 |r4 ham and wiseyd her comyng; wherfore e King was |r[f.185v] gretly
     meved and wraithed.  And he turned aen to Parys-ward, com_maunded 
     his ost to destroye & slee wi deynt & strengthe of swerd
     hem at he had byfore hand y sparid. and e xij day of Aprill e
 |r8 King come to Parys; & ere he departed his oost in ix diuerse
     bataylles, with iiijc of knytes newe dubbed, on e to syde of
     hem. And Sere Herry, Duk of Lancastre, vnder pees & trewes
     wente to e ates of e Citee, profryng to hem ats wold abyde a
|r12 batayl in e feld, vnder suche a condicioun, at yf e King of
     Englonde were ouercome (ere as God forbede hit!), at en he
     shold neuere chalange e kingdome of Fraunce.  and whan he
     had of hem but a short & an scornfull answere, he told e King
|r16 & his lordes what he had herd, & wat ey saide. and an fortwi
     e newe knightes, with meny oere, makyng assaute to e Citee,
     destroyeden hougily e subarbes of e Citee. And while al ese
     thinges were adoyng, e Englissh men made hem aredy to be
|r20 avengid vpon e shame & despit at was done at eer at
     Wynchelse, and ordeyneden a nave of ixiij shippes of mennes of
     London & of oer marchauntes, & xiiij M=l= of men of armes &
     archers, & wenten & destroyeden hem, & scymed e see, & manly
|r24 token, & helde e Ile of Caux; wherfore e Frenssh men, at is for
     to sey, e abbot of Cluyne, e Erle of Tankervile & Sere Bursigand,
     at than was stiward of Fraunce, wi meny of oer men of e same
     cuntre, by commune assent of e Lord Karoll, at o was regent of
|r28 Fraunce, ey hasted hem, & wenten to e King of Engelonde,
     askyng & bysekyng hym stedfast pees, & euerelastyng, vpon
     certeyne condicions at er were wreten schewed.  The whiche,
     whan e King and his councell had seen, it plesed ham neuere a
|r32 dele. |r[f.186r] But se it wolde be non oere, in tyme of betere acorde &
     deliberacioun, e Frenssh men bysily & wi grete instaunce askede
     trewes for her see coostes; & e King graunted hem. and in e



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     morwe after e ocptas of Pasche, e King turned hym with his
     ooste towardes Orlyaunce, destroyng & wastyng al e cuntre by e
     wey. And as ey wenten iderward, ere fil oppon hym suche a
 |r4 storme & tempest at non of our nacioun herd ne sawe neuere non
     such; thurght e whiche, ousande of our men & of hers (sic)
     horses in here (sic) iourneying (as it were orugh vangeaunce),
     sodenly were slayn & perisshed, e which tempestes ful mich et
 |r8 ferid not e Kyng, ne myche of his peple, at ey ne wenden forth
     in her (sic) viage at ey had begunne.
     
     |r[Peace_made_between_England_and_France.]
         Wherfore, abute e feest of Holy-Rode Day in Maii, fast by
     Carnocum, e forseid lordes of Fraunce, metyng er with e King of
|r12 En[g]londe, a pesible acorde & a fynal, oppon certeing condiciouns &
     graunte articulerlich gaderid & wryten togeder, euermore to laste,
     ful discretly made, & to boe kyngges profitable, & to her reumes,
     bo wi on assent of Karoll e Regent and Gouernour of Fraunce,
|r16 and of Parys of the same reaume, ywretyn & made vnder e date,
     at Carnacum, e xv day of May, ey offred & profred to e King
     of Engelond, requireng his grace in alle thynges ywriten, at he
     wold benyngly admitte hem, and hold hem ferme & stable to hem,
|r20 & to her eires for euermore. e wiche inge and articles, whan
     Kyng Edward had seyn, hes graunted hem, so at boe parties
     sholde be yswor on Goddis body and on e holy euaunglies, at
     e forsaide couenaunt shold be stablysshed. & so ey acordeden
|r24 graciously; erfore ere were ordeyned & dressid on euery syde too
     barons, ij. baronettes, ij. knyghtes, to admitte & receyve e othes of
     e Lord Karoll, regent of Fraunce, & of Sir Edward, |r[f.186v] the first sone
     and Eyr of King Edward of Engelond; and e x. day of Maii ther
|r28 was songen a solempne masse at Parys, and aftir e iij `agnus dei'
     yseid, wi `dona nobis pacem,' in presence of the forseid men, that
     there yordeynid to admiitte and resceyve the oes, and of all oer
     at er myght be, the same Karoll leyd his right honde on the
|r32 patene wi Goddis body, & his left hand on e missale, and sayd:
      "We, N and N, sweryn on Goddis body and on e holy
     gospellle, at we schulle trewliche and stedfastly holden toward vs



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     e pees and e acorde made bytuene e ij kinge, and in no manere
     to do the contrarie." & er, amonge al ij his lordes, for more loue
     & streng[t]he of wytne, he deled & departed e reliqes of e croun
 |r4 of Crist to e knightes of Engelond : and ey curteysly token her
     leve. And in e Fryday next, e same manere othe in presences of
     e knightes, & ofal oer worthy men, Prins Edwarde made at
     Loners. Afterward, boe Kynge, and her sones, and e moste
 |r8 noble men of boe reaumes, wiin e same er maden e same oe.
     & forto strengthe al es forsaid inge e King of Engelond axed
     e grettest men of Fraunce; and he had his axyng; at is forto
     seye, .vj. dukes, viij. Erle, xij. lorde, that is to seyn, baronys and
|r12 worthy knightes. And whan e place and e tyme was assigned l
     in e whiche bothe Kynges with her counceyll shold come togedir,
     al e forsaid thynge bytwene hem yspoke, for to ratifie and make
     ferme & stable.
|r16    e King of Englond anone wente toward e see, & at Houn_flete 
     he bygan to sayle, levyng to his ostes that were yleft behind
     him (bycause of his absence) mych hevynes; & after e xix day of
     Maii he come into Englond, & went to his paleys at Westminster
|r20 on Seynt Dunstons day. & e iij. day after, he visited John, e
     King of Fraunce, at was in e Tour of London, & deliuered him
     frely from |r[f.187r] al manere prisoun, saue ferst they were acorded of iiij.
     Milions of ffloreyns for his raunsom, and e King comforted hym
|r24 & chered him in alle places, wi all solaces & mere that longen to 
     a king, in his goyng homward.
         And e ix day of Iuyll in e same er, e same Iohn, King of
     Fraunce, that aforhand lay here in ostage, wente home aen into
|r28 his owne lande, to trete of o inge, & of oere that longeden & 
     fillen to e gouernance of his reaume. And afterward metten and
     comen togedir at Caleys bothe ij Kinges, wi boe hire counceyll,
     about Alhalwen tyde, and er were shewed the condiciouns and e
|r32 poyntes of e pees, & of e acorde of boe sydes ywriten; & 
     ther, withoute eny wiseying, of boe sides graciously ey ere
     acorded . and er was done and sung a solempne masse, and
     after e iij. Agnus Dei, vppon Goddes body & also on e Masse_book,
|r36 boe Kynge, & her sones, & e grettest lorde of boe 



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     reaume, and of hir counceill that ere were an present, & not
     had yswore byfor, e forsaide oe that they had made, & was
     titled bytwene hem, ey behighten ere to kepe, & all oer coue_nauntes 
 |r4 at were bytuene ham yordeyned.  And in e same er
     men, bestes, trees, & housyng, wi sodeyn tempest & strong light_nyng 
     were yperisshed; & the deuel appered bodyly in mannis
     liknes to myche peple as they went in diuerses pleces in the
 |r8 cuntre & spake to hem.

     |r[A_Parliament_at_Westminster._Eclipse_of_the_Sun;_Marvels,_etc.]
     <b> Kyng Edwarde in e xxxvj ere of his regne anon after Criste_masse
     in e feest ofs Conuercion of seint Poul, held his par_lement 
     at Westminster, in the which was put for and showed e
|r12 acorde and the tretys at was stablysshed and ymade betwene o
     ij. kinges; the which ac*orde |r[f.187v] plesid to myche peple; and erfore,
     by e Kynges commaundement, ere were gadryd and comyn
     togider in Westminster cherche, the ferst Soneday of Lente, that
|r16 is to sey, the ij. Kalend of Feuerell, the forsaid English men and
     Frensshe men; wher was song a solempne masse of e Trynyte,
     of e Erchbisshop of Caunterbury, Mayster Symond Islepe. And
     whan Agnus Dei was do, o King, beyng ere with his sones, and
|r20 also wi e kynges sones of Fraunce, and oer noble and grete
     lordes, with candels ylight, and crosse ybrought forth al at were
     called erto that were not yswore afor sworen at same othe that
     was writen oppon goddis body & oppon e masse boke in is wyse,
|r24 "We, N. and N., sweren oppon holy Goddes body, and on e
     gospels, stedfastly to hold and kepe toward vs e pees and e acorde
     made betwene the too kynges, and neuere forto do e contrarie."
     And whan they had us swore, ey token her scrowes that e
|r28 othes were comprehendid in, to the Notaries.
         And this same er, in e Ascencioun, even about Midday, was
     seyn the Eclipse of e sunne; and er folowed suche a newe droght
     that, for defaut of rayn, er was grete bareynes of corn, froyt, and
|r32 hey, and in e same ere, the vj. kalend of Iuyn, ere fill a sang_weyn 
     rayne, almoost like blood, at Burgoyne; and a sangweyn



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     crosse, fro morwe vnto pryme, was seyn and apperid at Boloigne in
     e eyr, e whiche meny a man sawe; & after, it mevid & fill in
     e myd see.
 |r4     and in e same tyme in Fraunce & in Engelond, & in oere
     meny landes as ey had duelled in playn cuntres & desert bare
     wytnes, sodenly er apperid ij castels, of e whiche wenten out ij.
     ostes of armed men; and e to oste was helid and clothed in
 |r8 white, and e toere in blak; and whan |r[f.188r] batayl bytuene hem was
     bygunne, the white ouercome e blake, and anone after, e blak
     token hert to hem & ouercome e white; and after at, ey went
     aen into her castellis, and at e castels & al e oostes vanisshed
|r12 awey. and in is same ere was a grete & a houge pestilence of
     peple, and namely of men, whos wyues, as wymmen out of gouer_naunce,
     token husbondes, as wel straungers as oere lewed and
     symple peple, e whiche, foretyng her owne wurschip & berthe,
|r16 coupled & maried hem with hem at were of lowe degre & litel
     reputacion.
         In this same ere deide Herry, e Duke of Lancastre; & also
     in this ere, Edward, Prins of Walys, weddid e Cuntesse of Kent,
|r20 at was Sere Thomas wyf Holande, e whiche was departed &
     deuorsid sumtyme fro e Erl of Salysbury, for cause of e same
     knyght. And about is same tyme ere bygan & aros a grete com_panye 
     of diuers nacions gaderid togeder, of wom her leders &
|r24 gouernours were Englissh peple; & ey were clept `a peple without
     an heed,' e whiche deden mych harme in e partye of Fraunce;
     & not long after ere aros anoer cumpanye of diuers nacions at
     was called `e white companye,' e whiche, in e parties & cuntre
|r28 of Lumbardye, dede myche sorwe. is same ere Sere Iohn Gaunt,
     e sone of King Edwarde e third, was made Duk of Lancastre,
     by resoun & cause of his wyf, at was e douter & eyre of
     Herry, sumtyme Duk of Lancastre.

|r32    Of the grete wynde, & howe Prins Edward, e lordship of
     Guyene, of King Edward his fader toke of him,& went thider.
     Capitulo cc. xxxij.



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        And in e xxxvij er of King Edward, the xv day of January,
     that is to sey, on Seynt Mauris day, about evesong tyme, er aroos
     & come such a wynd out of e suoth, wi such a fersnes, that he
 |r4 brast & blewe |r[f.188v] doun to ground hye houses, & strong byldynges,
     toures, cherches, & steeples, & oer strong ynges; and al oer
     strong werkes at stoden still, were so yshake erewith, at ey
     ben ett, and shol be euermore, the febelere & weyker while ey
 |r8 stonde; & is wynd lasted withoute eny cesyng vij. dayes continuels.
         And anon after, er folowed such watres, in hey tyme & in
     hervest tyme, at all feld-werkes were strongly let & left vndone,
     and in e same ere Prins Edward toke e Lordship of Guyene, &
|r12 dede to Kyng Edward his fader feaute & homage erfore, & went
     ouer see into Gascoigne, wi his wyf & his childryn; & anone after,
     King Edward made Sere Leonel, his sone, Duke of Clarence, &
     Edmund, his oer sone, Erl of Caumbrig.  and in e xxxviij ere
|r16 of his regne, hit was ordeyned in e parlement, at men of lawe,
     bothe of e temporall & of holy chirche lawe, fro at tyme forth
     shold plede in her moder tunge. And in e same ere comen into
     Engelond thre kinges, that is to sey, e King of Fraunce, the King
|r20 of Cypres, & e King of Scotlande, by cause to visite & to speke
     wi e King of Engelond, of whiche ey were wonder welcomen
     & myche yworshiped. & after at ey had ben her longe tyme,
     ij of hem wenten aen home into her owne kingdomes; but e
|r24 King of Fraunce, thurgh grete sikenes & malady at he had, left
     still in Engelonde.
         and in e xxxix er of his regne, was a strong and an houge
     frost, & that lasted long, that is forto sey, fro Sent Andrewes tyde
|r28 vnto e xiiij kalend of Aprill, that e tilthe & sowyng of e erthe,
     & oere suche feld werkes and hand werkes, were myche yyet &
     lefte vndo, for colde & hardnesse of erthe.
         And at Orrey in Brytayne at tyme was ordeyned a grete
|r32 dedly batayll bytwene Sere Iohn of Mounfort, Duk of Bry*tayne |r[f.189r],
     & Sere Charles of Bloys, but e victorie fill to e forseyd Sir John,
     thurgh help and socour of e Englissh men; & ere were take meny
     knites & sqwyers and oer men at weren ynoumbred.In the



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     whiche bataill was slayn Charlis hymself, with al at stood about
     hym; & of e Englissh men er were slayn but vij. And in this
     ere deid at Savey, Iohn, the King of Fraunce, whose seruise &
 |r4 exequyes King Edwarde lete ordeyne, & dede in diuerses places
     worschipfully to be done, and to douorre of worschipfull men
     ordeyned hym worthily to be ledde, wi his owne costes & ex_penses;
     from ens he was fet into Fraunce, & beried at Seynt
 |r8 Denys.

     |r[Peter's_Pence_stopt._Rain,_Sparrow-fights,_Plagues.]
         In the xl eer of King Edward the vij, kalend of Feuerer,
     was born Edward, Prins Edwardes sone, e whiche, whan he was
     vij ere olde, he deide. And in e same er hit was ordeyned that
|r12 seynt Petris pens, fro at tyme for shold not be payd, e whiche
     Kyng Iva, sumtyme King of Englond, of e cuntre of West-Saxons,
     that bygan to regne in e er of our Lord DClxxix, ferst graunted
     to Rome, for e scole of Engelond ther to be continued. And in
|r16 this same er ere fill so mich rayne in hey-tyme, that it wasted &
     distroyed boe corn & hey; and er was suche a debate & fightyng
     of sparows, by diuers places in thes dayes, that men founden
     vnnumerable multitudes of hem dede in feldes as ey wenten. And
|r20 ther fill also such a pestilens, that neuere non such was sene in no
     mannes tyme alyve; for meny men, anone as ey were go to bed
     hool & in good poynt, sodeinly ey deiden. also at tyme a
     sikenes at men callen `e pokkes,' slow boe men and whymmen,
|r24 our hire enfectyng.  and in e xli. er of his regne King
     Edwarde, was bore at Burdeux Richard the seconde, |r[f.189v] sone of
     Prins Edward of Engelond, e whiche Richard King Richard of
     Amorican heved at e funtston, after whom he was cleped Richard.
|r28 & is same Richard, whan his fader was dede, & Kyng Edward
     also, was crouned Kyng of Engelond e xj ere of his age, thurgh
     ryght lyne & heritage, & also by commune assent & desir of e
     comnalte of e reaume.

     |r[With_Du_Guesclin's_help_King_Pedro_of_Spain_is_deposed,
     |rand_King_Henry_elected,_A.D._1366.]
|r32     About is tyme, at King Edwardes commandement of
     Engelond, whan al e castelles & tounes were olde to him, that



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     long weren hold in Fraunce by a grete coumpany assembled
     togider, Sere Bertram Cleykyn, knyt, and a orpid man & a good
     werreour, went & purposid hym to put out Piers, Kyng of Spayne,
 |r4 out of his kingdome wi help of e most partye of e forsaide grete
     cumpanye; trustyng also oppon help & fauour of e Pope, for as
     myche as hit come to his eres that e same Piers shold lede & vse
     the most worst & synfullest lyf out.  The wiche Peris, King of
 |r8 Spayne, ysmytyn with drede of this tydyng, fled into Gascoigne
     to Prins Edward, forto haue help & socours of hym. and whan
     he was fled out of Spayne, Herry his broer, at was a bastarde,
     by assent of e moste partie of Spayne, & orughe help of at
|r12 ferfull cumpany at y spak of arst, was made & crouned Kyng of
     Spayne : and e noumbre of at same cumpany was rekened &
     set at e noumbre of lx. M=l= fighting men.

     |r[A_Danish_Expedition_against_England.]
         This same ere, in e mone of Iuyn, ere come a gret
|r16 companye & navee of e Danes, & gaderyd hem togedir in e Nor
     See, purposyng hem to come into Engelond, to reue & to robbe,
     and also to slee; with |r[f.190r] whom, countreden & metten in e see,
     Maryners and oer orpyd fightyng men of the same cuntre, &
|r20 disparpled hem; & ey, ashamed, went home aen into her owne
     cuntre. But amonge al oere was a boystous and a strong vessell
     of her nauie that was ouere-sayled of the Englissh men, & was
     perisshid & dreynt; in e whiche, e stiward & oer worthy &
|r24 grete men of Denm ark, were take prisoners, &, by the Kyng of
     Engelond & his councell, yprisoned. The whiche lordes, e
     I anes afterward comen & soghten al about for to haue had
     her goodes at ei had lost; and ei, not wel apayed ne plesid of
|r28 e answere at ei had here, turned homwardes aen levyng
     behind hem in her ynnes, pryvyly ywriten, in scrowes and on
     walles, "et shull Danos es Wanes." Than happed ere an
     Englissh writer & wrote aens e Danes in is manere wyse: Her
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     |r[The_deposed_King_Pedro_of_Spain_appeals_to_the
     |rBlack_Prince_for_help.]
        And in is tyme, Peirs, Kyng of Spayne, with oer Kynges,
     at is forto sey, e King of Nauerne, & e King of Malogre,
     beyng menes, wenten bitwene, & prayed counceyl & help of Sere
 |r4 Edwarde, e Prins one, whose counceil, whan he had vnderstond
     her articles & desire at he was requyred of ij. kinges, lothe he was,
     and ashamed, to sey ' nay, ' & contrarie hem; but noeles he was
     agast lest it sholde be eny preiudice aens e I,ope. Long he
 |r8 taried hem or he wolde graunte & consente erto, til he had better
     counceyl & avysement with good deliberacioun of King Edward, his
     geter and his fader.  But whan at he was with euery dayes
     & continuele bysechynges of so meny noble men yrequired&
|r12 spoken to, & wi meny prayers ysent and made bituene am,
     Prins Edwarde sent to his fader -- boe by pleynyng lettres, and also
     by confortable, conteynyng al her suggestions and causes, wi al
     e toer Kynges epistles & lettres forto haue |r[f.190v] comfort and helpe
|r16 of e wronges, not only to e Kyng of Spayne ydo, but also for
     such inges at might fal to oere kynges also, if it ner not e
     sonner holpen & amendid, urgh e dome & help of knyghthood to
     hem that it asked & desired.  The which lettres, whan e kyng
|r20 and his wys counceyll had seyn & vndirstonden, he had grete
     compassioun & heuynesse of such a kynges spoylyng and robbyng,
     wi myche vermaille; and sent aen comfortable letteres to Prins
     Edward, his sone, and to e oere forsaide kynges, & warned hym
|r24 forto arme hym & ordeigne hym aens at mysdoer, & to wistond
     hem, by e help of God, that weren such enemyes to kynges.

     |r[The_Black_Prince_undertakes_to_help_the_King_of_Spain.]
         Whan this noble Pryn had resceyued es letteres, hym-self,
     wi e oere kynges byfor all her counceyll clept togeder or at he
|r28 wold vndirtake e querell be bonde, & knet sore e King at was
     deposid wi a grete othe, at is forto sey, at he shold euere after
     maynteigne the ryt byleue and faith of holi chirche, & holy
     chirche also wi al her mynistres, rightes & libertees, to defende
|r32 from all her enemyes; and all eueles & al at were ere aens,



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     bytterly to ponysshe & destourble, & al e rightes libertees &
     pryuileges of holy cherche encrece, mayntaigne & amende, & al
     inges at were wrongfully benome, widrawe & bore awey, by hym
 |r4 or by eny oere by cause of hym, hastly to restore aeen, and to
     dryve & put out Sarains & al oere mysbyleued peple out of his
     kyngdom, wi al his strenghe & power, & suffre ne admitte none
     such for no manere ing, ne cause to duell theryn; and at whan he
 |r8 had take a cristen womman to wyf, he shold neuere come in to non
     oer wommans bedde, ne non oere mannes wyf to defoule : al es
     |r[f.191r] forsaide inges, trewlych forto kepe, continue & fulfill al his lyf
     tyme, he was bound by othe afor notaries, in presence and witnes
|r12 of tho kynges wi oere prins, & an thilk gracious Prins Edward
     vndertoke e cause & e querele of e King at was deposed, &
     behight hym, with e grace of God, to restore hym aen to his
     kyngdome, and lete ordeigne & gadre to-gedir forthwi in all haste,
|r16 his nave, wi men of armes, to werre & fight in this forseid cause.
     
     |r[Fight_of_Eagles;_Fall_of_Fiery_Stars;_Storms_and
     |rDestruction.]
         And in this same tyme, oppon e sonde of the Scottyssh see,
     at meny a manhit sye ther iij. dayes togedir ere were sene ij.
     Egle , of e which the tone come out of e southe, & e toer
|r20 out of e North, & cruelly & strongly ey foughten togider &
     warstled togider; & e south Egle ferst ouercome the Northe egle,
     & al to-rent and tare hym wi his bille & his clowes, at he shold
     not reste ne take no bree; and aftir, the south egle flye home to
|r24 his owne coostes. and anone after, ere folowed & was seyn
     in e morne afore e sunne rysing; and after, in e last day of
     Octobre saf on, at meny sterres gaderid togedir on an hepe fel
     doun into e ere, levyng behind hem ferybemes in manere of
|r28 lightnyng, whos flaumes & hete brent & consumed mennys cloes
     & mennys here, walkyng on e ere, as hit was seen & knowen of
     meny a man.  and et thilk Northren wynd, that is euere redy &
     destinat to all evell fro Seynt Katerins even til iij. dayes aftir, lost
|r32 good wioute nombre vnrecouerable. and in ese same dayes er
     fill & comen also such lightnynges, undres, snowe & hayl, at hit
     wastede and destroyed men, bestes, houses and trees.



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     Of e bataill of Spayne bituene Prins Edward & Herry e
     Bastard of Spayne. Capitulo CC=mo= xxxiij=o=.
        [I]n e er of our Lord a M=l=CCC. lxvij, & of Kyng Ed_ward 
 |r4 xlij., e thrid day of |r[f.191v] Aprill, er was a strong bataill & a
     grete, in a large felde yclept Pryaers, fast by e water of Naers
     in Spayne, bitwene Sir Edward Pryns, & Harry, e Bastarde of
     Spayne; but e victorie fill to Pryns Edwarde, by e grace of God.
 |r8 & is same Prins Edward had with hym Sere John, e Duke of
     Lancastre, his broer, and wori oer men of armes, aboute e
     noumbre of xxx. M=l=. And e King of Spayne had on his side,
     men of diuerce nacions, to e noumbre of a C. M=l=. & passyng.
|r12     Wherfore e sharpnes & e fersnes of his aduersarye, wi his
     ful boystus & ful grete strengthe, made & strevyn e rytfull
     partye abak a gret wey; but urgh e grace of Almyty God,
     passyng eny mannys strengthe, thilk hougest ooste was desparbled
|r16 myghtfully by e noble Duk of Lancastre and his oste, or at Pryns
     Edward come nye hym.  And whan Harry e Bastard sey at,
     he turned wi his men, wi so grete haste and strengthe, to fle,
     at an houge cumpanye of him in e forseyd flood, & of e brigge
|r20 er-of, fillen doun & perisshed. and ere were take, e Erl of
     Dene and Sere Bertram Cleykyn, at was chefe maker and cause
     of the werre, and also chyueteyn of e vauntward of e bataill, wi
     meny oer lordes and knightes, to e noumbre of ij. M=l=; of whom
|r24 ij=c= weren of Fraunce, & meny of Scotlond; & ere were feld in e
     felde on our enemys side, of lordes and knytes, with oere mene
     peple, to e noumbre of vj M=l= & mo; and of Englissh men but a
     fewe.  And after is, at noble Prins Edward restored e same
|r28 Piers into his kingdom aen. e whiche Piers afterward, our
     trecherye & falsnes of e forsaid Bastarde of Spayne as he sate atte
     e table, he was strangled and deyde. but after is victorye, meny
     noble and hardy men of Engelond, in Spayne, our the fflix & odir
|r32 diuers siknesses, toke her dethe.
        & in is same |r[f.192r] er in Marche,was seyn 'Stella Comata'
     bitwene e North costes & e west, whos bemes strecched toward
     Fraunce. and in e er next sewyng of King Edwardes regne



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     xliij., in Aprill, Sere Leonell, Kyng Edwardes sone, at was duk of
     Clarence, went towarde Myleyn, with a chose meyne of e gentils
     of Englond, forto wedde Galoys douter, and haue her to wyf, by
 |r4 whom he shold haue half e Lordship of Mileyn. But after at
     ey were solempnly wedded, the same Duke, about e Natiuite of
     our Lady deid. & in e same ere e Frensshe men breken e
     pees & the trewes, ryding on e Kinges ground and lordship of
 |r8 Englond, in e shire & cuntre of Pountyf, & taken & helden castls
     & tounes, & bere e Englisshe men on hond falsly & sotilly, at
     ey were cause of breking of e truws. And in is same ere deyd
     e Duchesses of Lancastre, & is beryed worschipfully in Seynt
|r12 Poules Cherche.
     
     |r[A_Great_Pestilence,_A.D._1369.]
         The xliiij ere of King Edward regne, was e grete pestilens
     of men and of grete beestes; and by grete fallyng of wateres at
     fill at tyme, er fill grete hyndryng & destroyeng of corn, in so
|r16 mych at e next ere after, a busshell whete was solde for xl d.
     and about e laste ende of May, Kyng Edwarde held his parle_ment 
     at Westminster; in e whiche parlement was treted & spoken
     of e oe & e trewes at was broke bituene hem and e King of
|r20 Fraunce, & how he myte best oppon his wrong be avenged.
      In is same er, in e Assumpsion of our Lady, deid Qwene
     Philippe of Engelond, a ful noble and good woman; & at
     Westminster ful worschipfully is buried & entered.
|r24    And about Missomere, e Duke of Lancastre & e Erle of Her_ford,
     wi a grete cumpanye of knites, wenten into Fraunce, wher
     ey gete hem but a litell worship and name; for er was an houge
     oste of Frenssh men oppon |r[f.192v] Chalkhul brigge, & anoer oste
|r28 of Englisshe men faist by e same brigge, at longe tyme had leyn
     ere; and meny wory men & grete of e Englisshe men ordeyned
     & af counceyll forto fight & eue bataill to e Frensh men; but e
     forsaide lordes wolde noing consente erto, ne assent, for no
|r32 manere ing.  Ther anon after, hit happid at e Erl of War_wyke 
     come edirward forto werre; & whan e Frenshmen herde



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     of his comynge, or at ey come fully to londe, ey left her tentis
     and pavilons, wi al hir vetayles, & fledden and wenten awey pre_veyly.
     And whan e Erl was come to londe wi his men, he wente
 |r4 in al has[t] into Normandye, and distroyede e Ile of Cavs, our
     dent of suerde & our fire; but allas, in his returnyng into Eng_lond
     -warde home aen, at Caleys he was take with siknes of pestil_lence,
     & deide, nowt lewyng behynde him, after his dayes, non
 |r8 so noble a knit, ne so orpid of armes.  In whiche tyme rayned
     and werred thilk orpid knit, Sere Iohn Hawkwode, at was an
     Englisshman born, hauyng with hym athis gouernance ilk white
     cumpanye at ys abore ynemned, e whiche were o tyme aens
|r12 holy chirche, and anoer tyme aens lordes werryng, & ordeynede
     gret batailes; & er in at cuntre he dede many mervayles inge.
        And aboute e Conuersion of Seynt Poule, King Edward, whan
     he had ended and done e entering and e exequites, wi grete
|r16 costes and rialtees, aboute e tombe & buryng of Quene
     Phillip his wif , he held his parlement at Westminster. In e
     whiche parlement was axed of e clergye a iij. ers disme, at is
     forto sey, a gret dime to be paied .iij. er duryng; and the clergye
|r20 put hit of, and wolde not graunte hit vnto Ester next comyng;
     & an ey graunted wele at in iij ere, by certeyne termes, at
     disme |r[f.193r] shold be payed; & also of e lay fee, was a iij. ers xv.
     ygraunted to e King.
     
|r24 Hov sir Robert Knollis, wi oer certeyne lordes of e
        reaume, wente ouere e see into Fraunce; & of here
        gouernaunce. Capitulo CC=mo=. xxxiiij=o=.
     <b> And in e xlv ere of King Edward, in e bygenyng, King
|r28    Edward, wi owne-wise counceyll and vndescret, borwed a
     grete summe of gold of e prelatis and lordes, Marchauntes and
     oer riche men of e reaume, saynge at hit sholde be spende in
     deffendyng of holy cherche & of his reaume; but neuer e latter
|r32 hit profited hit not. Wherfore about Midsomer after, e king
     made a grete oste of e worthiest men of his reaume, amonges
     whom were somme lordes, at is forto seyn, e Lord Fitzwater,



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     e Lord Gromson, and oer wori knites, of whiche knites e
     King ordeyned Sere Robert Knollis, a proved knit and wel
     assayed in dede of armes, forto be gouernour; and at, our his
 |r4 gouernnance and counceyll, al ing sholde be gouerned & dressid.
     and whan ey come into Fraunce, as long as ey duelled and helde
     him hole togider, e Frensshmen orust nout falle oppon hym. &
     at e laste, aboute e bigynnyng of wenter, for enuye and covetyse
 |r8 at was amonges ham, and also discorded, ey sunddered & partyd
     him into diuers companyes, vnwysely & follely. But Sere Robert
     Knollis & his men wenten and kepten ham saf wiinne a Castel
     in Britaigne. & whan e frenshe men saw at our men were
|r12 deuyded into diuers cumpanyes & places, nout holdyng ne
     strengyng ham togeders, as ey awte forto done, ey fel fersly on
     our men, & for e moste partey token ham & slowen; and o
     at ey toke, ledde wi him presoners.  And in e same ere
|r16 Pope Vrban come fro Rome to Avyoun, for enchesoun & cause at
     he shold acorde and make pees bytwene e King of Fraunce and
     e King of Engelonde for euermore; but allas, |r[f.193v] or he bygan is
     tretis, he deide wi sikenes, e xxj day of Decembre, & was
|r20 yburied as for e tyme in e cathedral cherch of Avyon, fast by
     e hye auter. & e next ere after, whan he had leyn so, his bones
     were taken out of e ere, and beryed new in e abbey of Seynt
     Victour, fast by Marcyle, of e whiche abbey he was sumtyme
|r24 abbot hymself. & in boe places at he was buryed yn, ther
     bene meny grete miracles done and wroght, thurgh e grace of
     God, to meny a mannes help, and to e worship of God. After
     whom folowed nest, & was made Pope Gregore Cardynall, dekene,
|r28 at bifore was clept Piers Rogier.
     
     |r[The_Black_Prince_takes_Limoges,_and_comes_back_to_England.]
         In this same ere e Citee of Lymage rebelled and faght aens
     e Pryns, as oere Citees in Guyene dede, for grete taxes, costages
     & raunsoms, at ey wer put-yn and ysette to by Prins Edward,
|r32 e whiche charges were unportable, & to chargeable; wherfor ey
     turned fro him, & fill to e King of Fraunce, & whan Pryns
     Edward sawe is, he was sore ychaufed & ygrevid; and in turnyng



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     homward aen to Engelond, with sore skyrmisshes & fightyng and
     grete assautes, fought with hem, & toke e forsaid Citee, & dis_troyed 
     hit almost to e grounde, and slow al at were founde in
 |r4 e Citee. And an, forto sey e sothe, for diuers siknesses and
     maladies at he had, and also for defaute of money at he myght
     not wistande ne tarie on his enemys, he hyed hym aen into
     Engelond. And about e bygynnyng of Januarij he come into
 |r8 Engelond with his wyf and his meyne, levyng behind him in Gas_coigne 
     e Duk of Lancastre & Sere Edmund, Erl of Caumbrigge,
     with opere wory and orpid men of armes.
      In e xlvj ere of King Edwarde, at e ordinaunce & sendyng
|r12 of King Edwarde, e King of Nauern come to hym to Claryngdoun,
     to trete wi ham of certeyn inges touching his werre |r[f.194r] in Normandye,
     wher King Edward had left certen seges in his stede til he come
     aen; but King Edwarde myghten not spede of at at he asked of
|r16 hym; and so e King of Nauerne, with grete worshup & grete
     eftes, toke his leue, & wente home aen. And about e begynnyng
     of Marche, whan e parlement at Westminster was bygunne; e
     King axed of e clergye a subsidie of L. M=l= li, e whiche, by a
|r20 good avisement & by a general conuocacioun of e clergye, hit was
     ygraunted & yordeyned at hit shold be payede & reised of e
     lay fee. And in is parlement, at e requeste & axyng of e lordes,
     in hatered of men of holy chirche, e Chaunceler & tho at were
|r24 Bisshopes, e Tresorer & e Clerk of e Pryue Sele, were remeued
     & put out of hire office, & in hire stedes were seculer men put yn.
     And while is parlement laste, er comen solempne ambassiatours,
     ysent fro e Pope to trete wi e King, of pees, & saiden at e
|r28 Pope desired to fullfille his predecessours will; but for al hir
     comyng ey spedden not of hir purpos.
     
     Of e sege of Rochell, & hov e Erl of Penbroke was taken
        of e Spaynarde. Capitulo CC=mo= xxxv=o=.
|r32    The ix day of Juyn, King Edwarde, in e xlvij ere of his regne,
     helde his parlement at Wynchestre; & hit lasted but viij. dayes;
     to e parlement was sompned by wryt, of men of holy chirche,
     iiij. bisshopes & iiij. abbotes, wioute eny mo. This parlement



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     was holden for Marchauntis of London, of Norwych, & of oer
     diuers places, in diuers inges and poyntes of tresoun at ey were
     diffamed of, at is forto sey, at ey were rebelle, & wolde rise
 |r4 aens e King.
         This same ere e Duk of Lancastre and e Erl of Caumbrigge,
     his broer, comen out of Gascoigne into Englond, & token &
     weddid to hir wyues Petres doghters, sumtyme King of Spayne; of
 |r8 which |r[f.194v] ij douters e Duke had e elder, and e Erl e onger.
     And e same tyme er were sent ij Cardinals fro e Pope, at is to
     sey, an Englissh Cardinal, & a Cardinal of Parius, to trete of pees
     bytwene tho ij. reaumes, e which, whan ey had ben boe longe
|r12 eche in his province, & in places & cuntres fast by, tretyng of e
     forsaid pees, at e last ey toke wi hem her lettres of procuracye,
     & went aen to e court of Romeward, wioute eny effecte of hir
     purpos.  In is ere also ere was a stronge bataill on e see
|r16 bytwene Englissh men & Flemmynges; & e Englissh men had e
     victorye, & toke xxv. shippes ycharged wi salt, sleyng &
     drenchyng al e men at were erin, vnwytyng hem at ey weren
     of at cuntre. and redily mych harme had fall by cause erof,
|r20 ne had pees e sonner be made bitwene hem. and in is same
     er e Frenssh men byseged e toun of e Rochell, wherfor e
     Erle of Penbrok was sent into Gascoigne with a grete cumpanye of
     men of armes, forto destroye e sege; e which passeden e see,
|r24 & comen safe to e haven of Rochell. and whan ey were ere
     at e haven moue, or atr ey myght entre, sodenly comen oppon
     hem a strong naue of Spayne, e whiche ouercomen o e
     Englissh men, in mych blemyshyng, hurtyng & sleyng of many
|r28 persones, for as miche as e Englysse men were not an redy forto
     fight, ne ware of hem. & in is comyng oppon of e Spaynardes,
     all e Englissh men, eyer ey were take or slayn; & x. of hem
     were wonded to e dethe; & all her shippes ybrent.r  And ere r
|r32 ey token e Erle, with an houge tresour of e reaume of Engelond,
     & many oer noble men also, on Missomer eve, e whiche is seynt
     Mildredes day, & ledden hem wi him into Spayne. And of is
     mysshif was no grete wonder, for is Erle was a ful euel lyuer, as



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     an opyn lechour; & also in a |r[f.195r] certeyne parlement he stood and
     was aens e rites & e fraunche of holy chirche; and also he
     counceyled e King and his counceyle, at he shold axe more of
 |r4 men of holy chirch an of oer persones of e lay fee.  And for
     e King & oere of his counceyl axcepted & token raer evell
     opynions & causis aens men of holy chirch, an he dede forto
     fende & maynteyne e rit of holy chirch, hit was sen in many
 |r8 tymes after, ourgh lakkyng of fortune and grace, ey had not ne
     bere awey so grete victorye ne power aens hir enemyns as ey
     dede byfore.
        is same ere, e King, wi a grete ostee, entred e see to
|r12 remeve e sege of Rochell; but e wynd was euen contrarye to
     hem, and suffred hem not longe tyme to goo fer fro e londe.
     Wherfore he abode a certeyne time oppon e see costes, abyding
     after a good wynde for him; and et come hit not. So at e laste
|r16 he come ens wi his men to londeward aen; and anon as he was
     a londe, e wynde bygan turne, and was in anoer coste en he
     was byfore.
     
     Hov e Duk of Lancastre, with a grete oste, went into
|r20    Flaundres, & passed by Parys, oru Burgoyne. Capitulo
        CC=mo= xxxvj=o=.
     <b> Sone after, in e xlviij ere of King Edward, e Duk of
        Lancastere, wi a grete oste, wente into Floundres, and passid
|r24 by Parys, our Burgoyne, & our alle Fraunce, til he come to
     Burdeux, wioute eny manere wistonddyng of e Frenshe men.
     & he dede him but litel harme, saf he toke and raunseued many
     places & tounnes, & meny men lette hem goon after frely.
|r28     The same er e King sent certeyne enbassetours to e Pope,
     praynge hem at he sholde leue of and melle-not in his court of
     e kepynge & reseruaciouns of benefeces in Engelond; & at o
     at were chose to bisshopes sees & dingnites, frely & wi ful right
|r32 myte Ioye haue, & be confermed. |r[f.195v] Of her Metropolanes and



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     Erchebisshops, as ey were went to be of old tyme of es poyntes,
     & of oer toching e Kinge and his reaume. When ey hadden
     her answere of e Pope, e Pope enioyned hem at ey sholde
 |r4 certyfie hem aen by her letteres of e Kinges wylle, and of his
     reaume, or at ey determened out of e forsaide articles.
         In this same er, derd John, e Erchebisshop of ork, Iohn,
     bosship of Ely; William, bisship of Worsschestre, in whos stedes
 |r8 folweding, and were made bisship by e auctorite of e Pope,
     Mayster Alexander Nevyle to e Erchebysshoprich of ork, Thomas
     of Arundell to e Bisshop of Ely, & sere Herry Wakefeld to e
     bysshoprich of Worcestre. In whiche tyme it was ordeyned in e
|r12 parlement at all Cathedrall cherches shold ioy and haue her
     eleccions hool; & at e King, fro at tyme afterward, sholde not
     write aens hem at were ychosen, but rather help ham by his
     lettres to her confirmacioun. & this statut was kept, and dede
|r16 myche profet & good; & in is parlement was graunted to e King
     a dysme of e clergye, & a xv of e lay fee.
         The ere next after, of King Edwarde xlix, e v. day of
     Iuyn, deid Mayster William Wytlesey, Erchebisshope of Caunter_bery. 
|r20 Wherfor e monkes of e same chirche asked & desired a
     Cardinall of Engelond to be Erchebisshop; and erfore e King was
     agreued, & had ment and purposed to have exiled e monkes of e
     same hous; & so ey spended mich good or ey myghte haue e
|r24 Kinge grace aen, & his loue; but et wold not e King consente
     ne graunte to her eleccioun of e Cardinall, ne e Pope also, ne his
     Cardinals.
        & about e bygynnyng of August, it was tretid & spoken at
|r28 Brugges of certeyn poyntes & articles hauyng bytwene e Pope and
     e King of Engelonde; & is tretis lasted almoste ij. ere. At e
     laste it was acorded bytwene ham, at e Pope, fro at ty*me |r[f.196r] fore,
     shold nout vse ne dele wi e reseruacions of benefices in Engelond;
|r32 and at e King shold not graunte ne lete no benefices by his wryt
     at ys yclept 'Quare impedit'; but as touchyng e eleccions
     aboue seyd, ere was noing touchid ne do; & at was ywyted &
     put oppon certeyn clerkes, the whiche raer supposed & hoped
|r36 to be auaunced & promoted to bysshopriches which ey desired
     & coueyted, by e court of Rome an by eny eleccions.



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        This same er about Candelmasse, ere comen & metten
     togider at Brugges, meny noble and wory men of boe reaumes,
     to treten of pees bituene o ij. kingdomes. And this tretys
 |r4 lasted twey er, wi grete costes & houge spences of boe
     parties; & at e laste ey went & departed ens wiout eny accorde
     or effecte.
         The next er after, e xlix er of Kyng Edward, e iiij.
 |r8 None of Maii, beyng et void & vacaunt e Erchebisshop of
     Caunterbury, Maister Symound Sudbury, Bysshop of London,
     was made Erchebisshop of Caunterbury; & Maister Will. Cour_teneye,
     at was Bisshop of Herford, was an made Bysshop of
|r12 London; & e Bisshiop of Bangor was made Bosship of Herford.
        And in is same tyme, in a certeyn tretys, & speking of pees,
     trews was take bytwene Fraunce & Engelond, fro Missomere vnto
     Missomere conre aen , al on hool er.  And about the bygynnyng
|r16 of Aprill, e Duke of Brytayne, wi meny Erles, barons, and
     noble and wory men of Engelond, went ouere sees into Brytaigne,
     wher he had al his lust, desire & purpos, ne had e forsaide trws
     be so sone ybrake, e whiche letted hem myche. This same tyme,
|r20 e Ile of Constantyn, wher at the castell of Sent Sauour is yn, at
     longe tyme was fought at & byseged of e Frenshe men, was an
     olden to e Frenshemen, wi al e appurtenaunces, into grete
     harme & hyndryng of e reaume of Engelond.
|r24    And er same er ere were so |r[f.196v] grete & so passyng hetes, &
     erewial a grete pestilens in Engelond, & in oer diuers parties of
     e world, at it destroyed & slow, violently & strongly, both men
     & wymmen without noumbre.
|r28     This same er deid Sir Edwarde, e lord Spencer, a worthy
     knyt and a bolod; & in e Mynstre of Teukesbury worschipfully
     is buried.
        & lastyng this pestilens, e Pope, at e instaunce & prayer of
|r32 a Englissh Cardinall, graunted to al e peple at deid in Engelond
     at weren sory and repentaunt for her synnes, & also shryven, ful
     remyssioun, by ij. bulles vnder lede, vj. monthes an next to last.
        In is same er e Erl of Penbrook was take & raunsened byr
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     Engelonde oppon Seint Etheldredis day; e whiche Seynt, as hit
     was said, e same Erl oft tymes had offended; & wiin a while
     after, he deide. & in Noumbre next after, ere metten at Brugges
 |r4 e Duke of Lancastre & e Duke of Angeoy, wi meny oer lordes
     & prelates of boe reaumes, forto trete of pees.
     
     Of e dee of prins Edward, & of dame Alys Perers, & Piers
        de la Mare. Capitulo CC xxxviij=o=.
     
     |r[A_Parliament_held_at_Westminster,_A.D._1376._Alice_Ferrers
     |rand_Lord_Latimer.]
 |r8    Not longe after e lj. ere of e regnyng of King Edward, he
     lete ordeyned & holde his parlement at Westminster., e grettest
     at was sen meny ere afore. In e whiche parlement, he axed of
     Communaltee of e reaume as he had done byfore, a grete subsede
|r12 to be graunted to hem, for defendyng of hem and of his reame;
     but e communes answered at 'ey were so oft, day be day,
     ygreued & charged wi so meny talyage & subsidies, at ey myte
     no longer suffre non such beres ne charges;  and at ey knewyn
|r16 & wisten wel at e King had ynov for sauyng of hem & of his
     reaume, yf e reaume wher wel and trewly gouerned, but at |r[f.197r] it
     had be so long euel ygouerned by euel officers, at the reaume
     myt neither be plenteuous of Chaffare and merchaundise, ne
|r20 also wi richesse : & ese inge ey profered hem self, if e
     King wold, certey[n]ly to preue & stonde by. and if it were
     found & proued after, at e King an had nede, ey wold en
     gladly, euery man , after his power and state, hem wold helpe &
|r24 lene.'
         And after is, ere were publisshed & shewed in e parle_ment 
     meny playntes & defautes of officers of e reaume, & namely
     of e Lorde Latymer, e Kinge Chaumberlayn, of his evel gouer_naunce, 
|r28 boe to e King & eke to e reame; & at e laste also er
     was tretid & spoken of Dame Alys Pereis, for e grete wronge &
     evel gouernaunce at was done by her & by her counceyl in e
     reame; e whiche Dame Alys Perers, e King had holde long
|r32 tyme to his lemman. Wherfor hit was e lesse wonder thogh,



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     urgh e freelte of e wommannys exciting & her streyng, consentid
     to her lewednes & evell counceyll.  The which Dame Alys, &
     also e Lord Latymer, & also oer such at sterid e King to evel
 |r4 gouernaunce, aens his profite & e reaumes. also al e communalte
     of e reame desired & asked at ei shold be meved & done awey,
     & in her stedes, wyse men & wory at were trewe, & welle assayed
     & proued, and of good gouernaunce, shold be put in her stedes.
 |r8     So amonge all oere, er was on among e communes at was a
     wys knyt, & a trewe, & an eloquent man, whos name was Piers de
     la Mare; & is same Piers was chosen to be speker for the com_munes 
     in e parlement. & for is same Piers told & publissed e
|r12 trewe, & rehersid meny wronges aens e forsaid Dame Alys, &
     oer certeyne persones of e Kinge counceyl, as he was bode by
     e communes, & also trustyng mych forto be supported & mayn_teyned 
     in is mater by help & fauour of e Pryns, anon as e
|r16 Pryns was dede, at e instaunce and |r[f.197v] request of e forsaid Dame
     Alys, is Piers de La Mare was iugged to perpetuel prisoun in e
     Castell of Notyngham, in e whiche he was ij. ere. & e vj.
     kalend of Iuyll, lastyng at same parlement, deid Prens Edwardes
|r20 ferst sone, at is forto sey, in Trynite Sounday; in e worship of
     whiche feest he was wont euery ere, wher at euere he were in e
     worlde, to make & hold e moost solempnyte at he myght.
         Whos name & fortune of knithood, but yf it had bene of
|r24 anoers Ectour, al men, both Christen & heen, while he leuyd &
     was in good poynt, wondred mych, & dred him wonder sore; whos
     body is worshipfully beryed at Crycherche of Caunterbury.
        And in is same ere e man & e Erles tenauntes of Warwyk
|r28 arisen maliciously aens e Abbot & e Covent of Euesham & her
     tenauntes, & destroyeden fersly e Abbot & e toun, & wounded &
     bete her men, & slowen of hem meny one, & wenten to her maners
     & places, & dede myche harme, & brekyn doun her parkes & her
|r32 closes, & brenten & slowen her wild bestes, and chaced hem,
     brekyng her fisshepond hedis, & lete e water of her pondes, stewes
     & ryuers, renne out; & token e fissh, & bere it with hem, &
     deden hem al e harme at ey myte.  In so ferforth, at
|r36 forsoe ey had be distroyed perpetuely, at abbay, wi all her
     membres & appurtenaunces, but yf e King e sonner had



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     holpen hit & taken heed erto. and erfore e King sent his
     lettres to e Erle of Warwyk, chargyng hym, & comaundyng, at
     he shulde stynt, redresse & amende the evel doers & brekers of his
 |r4 pees. and so, by menys of lordes & oere frendes of boe sides
     pece & good acorde & loue was made bytwene hem.  And for
     is hurlyng, as hit was seyd, e King wold not be gouerned at at
     tyme by his lordes at ere were in e parlement; |r[f.198r] but he toke and
 |r8 made his sone, e Duk of Lancastre, his gouernour of e reaume;
     the which stood so still gouernour til tyme at he deide.
        The same ere, anon after Candelmasse, or the parlement was
     done, the King axede a subsidie of the clergie and of e lay fee,
|r12 and hit was graunted him, at is forto seye, that he sholde haue of
     euery persone of the lay fee, bothe of men and womman at passed
     xiiij. er age, iiij d. -- outake pore beggers that were knowen opynly
     for nede, beggers,  -- and at he shulde haue of euery man of
|r16 holy chirche at was beneficed or promoted, xij d., and of al oere
     at were nout promoted iiij d., outake e iiij. orders of the Frers
     beggers.
         This same er, after Myghellmase, Richard, Prin Edwarde
|r20 sone, was made Prins of Walys; to whon e King also af e
     Duche of Cornewayl, wyth e Erldom of Chestre. and aboute is
     tyme, e Cardinallis of Engelond, e fore day bifore Mary
     Maugdalyne day, after mete, sodeynly was smete & take wi a
|r24 palsie, & loste his speche; and on Marye Mawgdalyne day
     he died.
     
     Of the deth of Kinge Edwarde; and hov Sere John Mounster_wor,
        knight, was drawe and honged for his fals tresoun.
|r28    Capitulo CC=mo=. xxxix=o=.
     <b> Ryght anon after, in e lij ere of his regne, of King Edward,
        in e begynnyng of October, Pope Gregory e xj. brout
     and remeved wi hem his court from Aveyon to Rome.
|r32    And e xij. day of Aprill, John Munsterwore, knight, at
     London was drawen, hanged, and en byheded; and after, his
     body quartered, and sent to e .iiij. chef tounes of Engelond, and
     his heed sette oppon London Brigge.  For is same Iohn was



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     ful vntrewe to e |r[f.198v] King and to the reaume, and ful coveytous and
     vnstable; for he toke ofte tymes grete summes of money of e
     King and his counceyll for men of armes wages, that he sholde
 |r4 haue payed ham; and take hit into his owne vse. and he, dreding
     at the laste he shold he shent and acused, for e sanre cause fled
     pryuily to the King of Fraunce, and was swore to hem, and
     bicome his man, and behight hym to bringe a grete nave of
 |r8 Spayne in confusion, and distroyende of Engelonde. but rightful
     God, to whom no pryvite is vnknowe, suffrede hym ferst to be
     shent and spilt, or that he strolde so trecherously & falsly, his leige
     lord, the King of Engelonde, and his peple and his reaume -- in
|r12 the whiche ground the same Iohn was bore wickedly, thourgh 
     bataill, destroye, or bryng his cursed purpose aboute.
        In the feste of Seynt Gregore o next sewynge, King Edward
     af to Richard of Burdeux, his eyr, that was Pryns Edwardes sone,
|r16 att Wyndesore, the ordre of knyghthood, and made hym knyght.
     the which Kyng Edward, whan he had regned lj. ere and more,
     the xj kalend of Iuyn, he deide at Shene, and is beried worship_fully 
     at Westmynster; on whos soule God haue mercy! Amen!



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     |rAPPENDIX_B.
     
     |r[THE_CHARACTER_OF_EDWARD_III.]
     
     |r[MS._Harley_753,_fol._l46_.ff._(collated_with_MS._Harley_331_=_X,
     |rLambeth_49l_=_Y,_and_Lambeth_738_=_Z).]

     Of e description of Kyng Edward. Cap=o=. CC. xxix=o=.
     <b> THis Kyng Edward was forsoe of a passyng goodnesse, and ful
        gracious amonge all e worthymen of e world; for he passyd
 |r4 and shone by vertue & grace yeven to hym fro God, above all his
     predecessours at were noble men & worthy. And he was a wele
     hard-herted man, for he dred neuer of none myshappes, ne harmes
     ne evyll fortune, at myt falle a noble warryour, and a fortunable,
 |r8 bothe on londs and on e see. And in all batayle & assembles,
     with a passyng glory and worshyp he had euere e victory.
        And he was meke and benygne, homely, sobre, & softe to all
     maner men, as wele to straungres as to his owne subiectes, And to
|r12 oer at were vnder his gouernaunce. He was devoute & holy,
     boe to God & holy chirch; ffor he was worshipped & mayn_tened 
     holy chirch and her mynystres with all maner reuerences.
     He was treteable & wele avysed in temperall & worldly nedes, wyse
|r16 in counsell, and discrete, soft, meke, & good to speke with.
     In hys dedes & manere, full gentill & wele ytaught, havyng pite
     on hem at were in dissese; plentevous in yevyng almesse,
     Besy & corious in bildyng; And full lyghtly he bare & suffred
|r20 wronges and harmes. And whan he was yeve to any occupacion, he
     left all oer ynges in e mene tyme, and tent erto; semly of
     body, & of mene stature; havyng alwey, to high & lowe, a good
     chere. And er sprang & shone so moch grace of hym |r[f.146v] at, what



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     maner man had byhold his face, or had dremed of hym, he hoped at
     day at all yng shold hap to hym Ioyfull and lykyng. And
     he gouerned gloriously hys kyngdom into his age. And he was
 |r4 large in yevyng, and wyse in spences. He was fulfilled with all
     honeste of good maners, & vertuous; vnder whom to lyve, hit was
     as for to regne; wherfor his name & his loos sprang so fere at it
     carne into hethenesse and Barbarye, shewyng and tellyng his
 |r8 worthynesse & manhode in all londes; And at in no lond vnder
     heven had be brought forth so noble a kyng, so gentill & so
     blessyd, or myt reyse such anoer whan he were dede.
        Neuerelesse, lecchery & mevyng of hys flessh haunted hym
|r12 in his age; wherefor e rather, as it was to suppose, for vnmesur_able 
     fulfillyng of hys lust, his lyff shorted e sonner. And herof
     take good hede, lyke as hys dedys byfore bereth wytnesse; for, as
     in hys bygynnyng all ynges were Ioyfull and lykyng to hym &
|r16 to all e peple, And in hys myd age he passed all men in high
     Ioye and worshype and blessydnesse, Ryt so, whan he drow in-to
     Age, drawyng downward urgh lecchorye and oer synnes, litill &
     litill all o Ioyfull and blyssed ynges, good fortune & prosperite
|r20 decresed and myshapped, And Infortunat ynges, & vnprofytable
     harmes, with many evele, bygan for to sprynge, and, e more
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     |r[C]
     |r[FROM_THE_CORONATION_OF_RICHARD_II_(A.D._1377)
     |rTO_THE_CAPTURE_OF_ROUEN_(A.D._1419).]
     
     |r[Cambridge_University_Library_MS._Kk._1._12.]
     
     |r[f.110v] And aftir King Edwarde the thrid, at was bore at Wyndesore,
        Regned Richard of Burdeux, that was Prynce Edwarde
        sone of Walis; which Prince Edwarde was e sone of
 |r4    King Edwarde e iij=de=. Capitulum ccxxxix.
     And aftir the gode King, King Edwarde the iij=de=, at was born
     at Wyndesore, Regned Richarde e ij, at was e gode Prince
     Edwarde sone of Walis; which King Richard was born yn e
 |r8 cite of Burdeux yn Gasquoyn, and was crouned at Westminster yn
     e xj yere of his age.  And yn ij yere of his regne fil e
     debate at was betuene e Lorde Latimer and Syr Raaff Ferers,
     knit, at were ayens Hawle & Schakele, squiers, for the prysoner
|r12 at was take yn the botayle of Spayngne by ese ij squyers, e
     which e sayde Lorde Latymer and Ser Raaff Ferrers wolde haue
     had; e which prysoner was e Erle of Deene, at ay toke yn e
     batayle of Spayngne.  Wherfore ese ij lorde comyn yn-to
|r16 Westminster churche, and founde is on Squier heryng his messe
     besyde Seint Edwarde schryne; and there ei slow hym at me
     callyd Hawle; and Schackele was arestid and put yn-to e Tour of
     London; and ere he was long tyme, for he wolde not delyuer e
|r20 Erle of Dene, his presoner, vnto ee ij lorde by Ser Aleyn Buxhill,
     Constable of the tour, and be Ser Raaff Ferrers, one of his aduer_saryes,
     tyll e tyme at e king grawnted hym grace.
         In the iij=de= yere of King Richarde come e galies of Fraunce 
|r24 yn-to Engelonde, vnto dyuers porte, and brent, & Robbyd, and
     slow moch pepyll of Engelond, at is to sey, Wynchilse, Rie,
     Hastynge, Portesmouth, Hampton, Stormore, & Grauysende,
     and dede moche harm, and wente hom ayen.
     
 



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     |r[The_Commons'_Revolt_led_by_Jack_Straw_and_Wat_Tyler.]
        And yn is same yere was a parlement holden at Westminster;
     and at at parlement was ordeyned at euery man, woman &
     childe, at were at e age of xiiij yere & aboue, orout all e Reme,
 |r4 pore folke & Rich, schulde pay to e talage iiij d; wherfore come
     aftirwarde grete myschiff & moche desee to alle communialte of
     e Reme.  And yn e iiij yere of e regne of King Richarde e
     comynes loked vp, & arysyn vp yn dyuers parte of e Reme,
 |r8 and dede moche harm, e which ei callid "hurlyng tyme." And
     ei of Kent & of Essex madyn hem ij cheveteyne to rewle &
     gouerne e compayne of Kent & of Essex : at one mecallid
     Jacke Strawe, and at oer, Watte Tyler; and ai comen and
|r12 assembled ham vpon e Blake-Heth yn Kent. And apon the
     Corpus Christi day and after, ei comen doune yn-to Southwerk,
     and brekyn vp e prison hous, at is to wite, e Kingis Bench, and
     e Marchalsy, & delyverde out alle e prisoners. And so e same
|r16 day ei comen yn-to London; and ere thay robbyd e peple, and
     slowyn alle alyens at ay myt fynde yn e cyte and aboute e
     cite, and despoiled alle her gode, and made havoke.  And on
     the Fridai |r[f.111r] next aftir, at was on e morowe, thei comyn vn to e
|r20 Tour of London; and the king beyng ere-yn, ei sette out of e
     Tour e Archebishop of Caunturbury, Maistir Symond Sudbery,
     and Ser Robert Hale, Pryour of Saint Johnes, and a Whit Frere
     at was confessour vn to King Richarde, and brout ham vnto e
|r24 Tour Hill; and ere ay smytyn of her hedys, and comyn ayen to
     London, & slowyn mo peple of men of lawe, and oer worthi men
     yn dyuers parteye of e cite. And anne went ai to the Duke
     place of Lancastre, beyonde Saint Mary Stronde, at was callyd
|r28 Savoy. And ere ei deuoured & destroyed al e gode at ay
     myt fynde, and bare ham away, and brent vp e place. And
     anne aftir ey went to Seint Johnes without Smythffelde, and
     destroyed e godes, & brent vp at hous, and went to Westminster,
|r32 and so to Sent Martyne e Graunt, and made hem go out of



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     e sayntwarye, alle at were ere ynne for eny maner of
     gryth.
         And anne come vnto e Temple, and to alle oer ynne of men
 |r4 of lawe, & dispoyled ham and rebbed ham of her gode, and also
     taare hir bokis of law; and ai come to London, and brake vp the
     pryson of Newgate, & droff out alle e prisoners, felons, & oir of
     bothe countres, and alle e peple at was with-ynne ham, &
 |r8 destroyed alle e bokis of bothe countres; and us ay contynued
     forth, both Saturday and Sonday, vnto e Monday next folowyng,
     yn alle hir malice & wickydnesse. And anne, on the Monday,
     King Richard, with his lorde at were with hym at tyme, and
|r12 with e Meire of London, William Walworth, e aldermen & e
     commyne of e cite, come yn to Southwerk to here & know
     e entencion of ese rebellis and misgouerned pepil. And is
     Iak Straw anne made an oyes in e felde, at alle e pepyl of
|r16 accorde schulde come nere, & here his clamour and his crye and
     his will, and e lorde, and e Mayre and e aldermen, with e
     communialte, hauyng indignacion of his Covetise and Falsnesse,
     and his foule presompcion; and anon William Walworth, at tyme
|r20 beyng Mayre, drew out his knyff, and slow Iack Straw, and anon
     ryt ere dede smyt of his hed, and sette it vp apon a spere_schafte;
     and so it was bore rou London, & set on high vp on
     London Brygge.  And anon alle e rysers and mysgouernyd
|r24 men were voyded and vanysched, as hit hadde not byn ay.
         And e king, of his grete godenesse, and by prayer of his lorde,
     made ere vj knytis of gode & worthi men of e cite of London,
     at is, William Walworth -- at tyme was Mayre and slow Iack
|r28 Straw, -- & ij=de= was Nicholas Brembre, e iij was John Phily_pot,
     the iiij was Nicholas Twyfford, e fyffe was Robert
     Lawnde, e vj, Robert Gayton.  And anne e king, with his
     lorde and his knytes, retourned ayen vnto the Tour of London;
|r32 and ere he restid hym tylle his peple were bettir cecyd, & seet yn



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     rest and pee.  And anne, by processe of tyme, as ay myt gete
     and take ee |r[f.111v] Rebellis & rysers, they hanged ham vp on the next
     galous yn euery lordesschippe throu e Reme of Engelond, be xl
 |r4 & be xxx, be x. & be xij., euer as ay myghte be goton & take
     yn eny parteys.
         And yn e v. yere of King Richarde Regne was e grete
     Erthe quake; and at was do generally ovir alle e worlde, -- the
 |r8 Wedynesday afftir Whitsonday, yn the yere after incarnacion
     of our Lorde Ihesu crist, M=l= ccc. iiij xj, where-of alle e peple were
     sore agast, and drad long tyme aftir, for e grete vengaunce and
     grete drede at our Lorde God schewed and dede.
|r12     In e vj ere of his regne, Ser Henri Spenser, Bischop of
     Northwych, went with a croyserey ouer e see yn-to e contre of
     Flawndre; & ere he gate e towne of Grauenyng, & e toun
     of Oldenburgh, Dunkirk, and Newport; and ere ai ladde &
|r16 fryt .Lj. schyppe with peleage for to haue come yn to Engelonde
     with alle ese schippes and goodis, and e Bischop of Northwich
     and his counsel lette brenne ose schippe, with al e peleage, yn
     e same havynne, all yn-to hard asches.
|r20     And at Dunkirk was don a grete batayle betuene e Flemynge
     and e Englisch men; and at at batayle was slayn a gret multi_tude 
     of ese Flemynge, and a passyng noumbre.  And anne
     went e bischop with his retynu vn-to Ipre, and besegid it a long
|r24 tyme; but it myt not be gote, and so he lefte at sege, and come
     ayen yn-to Engelond, for our Englischmen were foule destroyed,
     and mony deied on e Flyx.
     
     |r[Anne_of_Bohemia_comes_to_wed_Richard_II.]
         And yn is same ere come Quene Anne yn-to Engelond,
|r28 for to be spoused vnto King Richard; and hir fadir was Emperour
     of Almayne, and King of Beeme. And with hir came e Duk of
     Tassy and hir vncle, and mony oer worthi lorde & knites of
     hir cuntre of Beeme, and of oer Duch tunge, to do hir reuerence



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     and worschip.  And Ser Symond Beuyrley, a worthi Knyt
     of e Gartyr, & oer knytis and squyers at were e Kingi
     embassetoures, brout hir yn-to Engelond, and so ferthe to London.
 |r4     And e pe[p]le of e cite, at is to saye, e Mayre & e Alder_men 
     and alle e comyne, rydyn ayens hir to welcome hir; and
     euery man yn gode aray, and euery craft with his Mynstralcye, yn
     e best maner, mette with hir on e Blak-Heth yn Kent, & so
 |r8 brout hir to London rou e cite, and so forth yn to Weste_mystre,
     vn-to e kinge palice; and ere sche was spousede vnto
     King Richard, welle and worthily, yn e Abbey of Westmynstre;
     and ere sche was crouned Quene of Engelond; and alle hir frendis
|r12 at comyn with hir hadde gret yeftis, and hadde grete chere, and
     were wel refresched as long tyme as ai abyden here.
         And yn is same yere was a batayle do with-ynne e kinge
     Palys at Westmynstre, for certeyne poyntis of treson, betuene Ser
|r16 Iohn of Ansley, knyt, defendaunt, and Karton, Squyere, e
     appellaunt; but is Ser Iohn of Ansley ouyr-come is Carton,
     & made hym |r[f.112r] to yolde hym withynne e listis, and anon is
     Craton (sic) was dispoyled of his harne and drawe out of e lystis,
|r20 and so forth to Tyborne; and ere he was hangyd for his falsnesse.
         And yn the viij yere of his Regne Ser Edmunde of Langele,
     Erle of Cawmebrygge, e kinge vncle, wente vnto Portingale with
     a Fayre manye of men of arme and archers, yn helpyng & streyng_thyng 
|r24 of e King of Portyngale ayens e King of Spayngne and
     his power. and ere e King of Portyngale hadde e victory of his
     Enymye, rou help and comfort of our Englysch men. And
     whanne at iornay was y do, The Erle of Cawmbrige com hom
|r28 ayen with his peple yn-to Engelond yn haste; blessid be Gode and
     his gracious yeft! Amen!
     And is same yere, Kinge Richarde hylde his Cristismesse yn
     e Maner of Estham (sic). And e same tyme, e King of Ermonye
|r32 fledde out of his owne londe, and come yn-to Engelond, for to
     haue socour and help of our King ayens his enymye, at hadde
     dreve hym of his Reme; and so he was brout vn-to e King to
     Eltham, ere as e King hylde his realle feest of Cristismasse; and



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     ere oure King welcomed hym, and dede hym reuerence &
     worschip, and commawnded alle his lorde to make hym alle e
     chere at ay cowthe. and anne he hesout the King of grace
 |r4 and help, and of his comfort yn his nede, and at he myt he brot
     ayen yn-to his owne kingedom and londe, for e Turke hadde
     deuoured & destroyed moch parte of his londe; and for drede he
     fledde, & come hider for socoure and helpe.  And than e
 |r8 King, hauyng compassion of his gret myschiffe and greuos desee,
     anon he toke his Counsel, and axed what was best to do. and ai
     answered and sayde, `yef it likyd hym to yeue hym eny gode, it
     were welle ydo : and as towchyng his peple, to Trauayle so fer yn-to
|r12 out-londe, it were a grete ieparde'; and so e King yaf hym golde
     and seluyr, and many riche and iewellis, and hetaut hym to God;
     and so he passed ayen out of Engelond.
         And yn is same yere King Richarde, with a ryall power, went
|r16 yn-to Scotland for to war ayen e Scottis, for hir Falsnesse and
     destroccion at ay hadde do ayens e English men yn e
     Marchis. And e Scottis come doun for to trete with hym
     & with his lorde for trewes, as for certeyn yeres; and so our
|r20 Kyng and his Counsel graunted hem trewes certyn yeres vnto
     her axyng, and our King turned hym hom ayen yn-to Engelonde.
         And whanne he was come vnto Yorke, ere he ahoode and
     restyd hym. and ere Ser John Helond, e Erle of Kentis
|r24 broer, slow e Erlis sone of Staffarde and his heyre with a daggar
     yn e cite of Yorke, wherfor the King was sore amoued and grevid,
     & remevyd fro enne and come to London; and e Meire and e
     Aldermen and e commyns, with alle e solempnite at ay
|r28 |r[f.112v] myghte do, rydyn ayens e King, and brout hym ryally throu
     the cite, & so forth vnto Westmynstre vnto his owne Palis.
         And yn e ix yere of his regne he hadde a parlement at
     Westminster, & ere he made ij dukes, and a Markques & v. erle:



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     e first at was mad Duk, was e Kinge vncle, Ser Edmunde of
     Langeley and Erle of Caumbrigge; and hym he made Duk of
     Yorke; and his oer vncle, Ser Thomas of Wodestoke, at was Erle
 |r4 of Bokingham, he made Duke of Gloucestre, and Ser Lover, at was
     Erle of Oxynforde, he made Marques of Denelyn; and Henry of
     Bolyngbroke, e Duke son of Lancastre, he made Erle of Derhy;
     and Ser Edwarde, e Dukes sone of York, he made Erle of Ruth_lond; 
 |r8 Ser John Holande, at was e Erle of Kentis brother, he
     made Erle of Huntyngton; Ser Thomas Mombraye, Erle of Notyng_ham,
     & Erle Marchall of Engelond; and Ser Michell of Pole,
     knyt, he made Erle of Suffolke and Chaunceler of Engelond.
|r12 And the Erle of the March, at at same parlement holdon
     at Westemynstre, yn playne parlement among al e Lorde and
     Comyns, was proclaymed Erle of the March, and heyre parant
     vnto e croune of Engelonde aftir King Richarde.  The which
|r16 Erle of the Marche went ouyr see yn-to Irelond vnto his lorde_schippe
     and londe, for the Erle of Marche is Erle of Vlcestre yn
     Irelonde, and hy ryt lyne and heritage. and at a Castill of his
     he lay at tyme; and ere come apon hym a grete multitude yn
|r20 buschmentis of wilde Iryschmen, hym for to take and distroye,
     and he come out ffersly of his Castell with his peple, and manly
     ffaut with ham; and ere he was take, and hew al to pecis, and
     ere he deied; on whose soule God haue mercy! Amen!
|r24     And yn the .x. yere of King Richarde regne, e Erle of
     Arundell went to e see with a grete Naueye of schippe, enarmed
     with men of arme and gode archers. And as ai come yn to e
     brode see, ei mette with e hole flytte at come lade with wyne
|r28 from Rochell; and the wyne were Enymye godes; and eron
     oure Naueye sette apoin ham, and toke ham alle, and brout hym
     yn to diuers porti and hauons of Engelond, & sum to London:
     and ere e myte haue hedde a ton of Rochel wyne of e beste for
|r32 xx s. of sterlynges; and so we hadde gret chep of wyne rou-out
     e Reme at at tyme, ankyd he God Almyty!



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     How e .v. lorde arysen at Ratcot brydge, ye schul here.
     Capitulum ccxl.
        And yn e a.xj yere of King Richarde regne, e .v. lorde
 |r4 reson at Ratcote brygge, yn destroccyon of the Rebellis at weryn 
     at tyme yn alle this Reme.  The first of the .v. lorde was Ser
     Thomas of Wodestoke, e Kingis vncle, and Duk of Gloucestre;
     e ij was Ser Richarde, Erle of Arundell; e iij was Ser Richard,
 |r8 Erle of Warwic; e iiij was Ser Harri Bolyngbroke, Erle of Derhy, 
     and e .v. was Ser Thomas Mouubray, Erle of Notygham.  And
     ee .v. lorde sawe e myschif, and mysgouernaunce, and e
     Falsnesse of the Kinge counsell; wherfor ai at were of e Kinge
|r12 kounsel chef, ffleddyn out of is londe ouer e see, at is to say,
     Ser Alisaunder Neuyle, Archebischop of York, Ser Robert le Veere,
     |r[f.113r] Marquis of Develyn and Erle of Oxynforde; Ser Michel de la
     Pole, Erle of Suffolke and Chaunceler of Engelond. and ese iij.
|r16 lorde went ouyr see, and cam nevir ayen, for there ay deied.
     And an ee .v. lorde forsaide maden a parlement at West_mystre,
     and ere thay tokyn Ser Robert Tresilian, e Iustie, and
     Ser Nicholl Brembre, knyt an citeein of London, and Ser Iohn
|r20 Salesbury, knyt of the Kingis housholde, & Vske, sergeaunt of 
     arme; and mony moo of oer peple were take and Iuged vnto
     deth by e counsel of ese .v. lorde yn hir parlement at West_minster,
     for treson at ai put apon ham, to be draw fro e Tour
|r24 of London rou e cite, and so forth to Tyburne; and ere to he 
     hangyd, and ere her rotis to be kut; and us ei were serued, and
     deiden.
        And aftir at, yn is same parlement, was Ser Symond of
|r28 Beverlay, at was a Knyt of e Garter, and Ser John Beauchamp, 
     knyt, at was Steward of the Kingis housholde, and Ser Iame
     Berners, were for-Iuged vn-to deth; and ay wer ladd on fote
     vn-to e Toure Hille; and ere were her hedis smytyn of, and
|r32 mony other mo, be ee .v. lorde.



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     |r[Jousts_in_Smith_field,_A.D._1388.]
         In is forsaide parlement, and in e xij ere of King
     Richarde regne, he let crye and ordeyne generalle Iustie, at is
     called a turnement, of lorde, knytis and skquiers.  And ese
 |r4 Iustes & turnement were holden at London in Smithfelde, for alle
     maner of strayngers, of what londe & cunctre ei were, and
     idir ei were rit welcome; and to hem and to alle oer was
     holden opon housholde and grete ffestis; and also grete yftis were
 |r8 yeue to alle maner of straungers. And ay of the kinges syde
     were alle of on sute : her cotis, her armyour, schelde, & her
     hors & trapure, alle was white hertis, with crowne ahout her
     nekkis, and cheyne of golde hangyng ere vp-on, and e croune
|r12 hangyng lowe before e hertis body; e which hert was e kinge
     lyveray at he yaf to lorde & ladie, knytis and skquiers, for to
     know his housholde from oer peple.  And at is first comyng to
     her Iustes, xxiiij ladie ladde ese xxiiij lorde of e Garther with
|r16 cheynys of goolde, and alle yn e same sute of hertis as is afore
     sayde, from e Tour on hors hak rou the cite of London yn-to
     Smythfelde, ere e Iustes schulde he do. And is fest and Iustes
     was holde general, and to alle o at wolde come, of what land or
|r20 nacion at euyr he were; and is was holde duryng xxiiij
     daye, of e kinge owne cost; and ese xxiiij lorde to answere
     to alle maner of pepil at wolde come idir. And edir come e
     Erle of seint Poule of Fraunce, and mony oer worthi knytes with
|r24 hym of diuers parteys, fful welle arayed. And out of Holand &
     Henaude come e Lorde Ostrenaunde, at was e Duke sone of
     Holande, & mony oer worthi knytes with hym, hothe of Holand
     & Henaude fulle welle arayede. And whenne ese feste and
|r28 Iustes was do and endid, e King anked ese st[r]ayngers and
     yaf ham mony grete yeftis; and anne ei token hir leue of e
     King & of oer lorde and ladye, and went hom ayen yn-to her
     owne cuntre, with grete loue & moche anke.
|r32     And yn e xiij yere |r[f.113v] of King Richarde regne, er was a



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     batayle ydo yn the Kingis palis at Westmynstre, betwene a skquyer
     of Nauerne at was with e king, and anoer skquier at me callid
     John Walsch, of poyntis of treson at is Nauerner put vp-on is
 |r4 Walsch; but is Nauerner was ouercome, and yelde hym craunt to
     his aduersarye, and anon he was dispoyled of his armyour, and
     draw out of e palis vnto Tyburne, and ere he was hangyd for his
     ffalsnesse.
 |r8     And e xiiij yere of e regne of King Richard, Ser John of
     Gaunt, Duk of Lancastre, went ouyr se yn-to Spayne , -- for to
     chalenge his ryt, at he hadde be his wife tytill, vnto e croune
     of Spayngne, -- with a gret ost of pepil, of men of arme and
|r12 archers. And he had with hym e Duchesse, his wyff, and his
     iij doutre, yn-to Sp[a]yne, and ere ay weryn a grete while.
         And at e last, e King of Spayne began to trete with e Duke
     of Lancastre, and ay were accorded to-gadir rou hir boe counsel,
|r16 yn is maner : at e King of Spayne schulde wedde e Duke
     douter of Lancastre, at was e ryt heire to Spayne, and
     schulde yeue to e Duk of Lancastre golde and seluyr, at was
     cast yn-to grete wegge, and mony oir iewellis, as mony as viij
|r20 Charietis myt carye.  And euery yere aftir, duryng e lyff of e
     Duke of Lancastre and of the Duchesse his wyff, .x. M=l= Marke of
     golde, e which golde auenture and charge, ay of Spayne schulde
     auenture and bryng yerley to Baione to e Dukes assygne, be
|r24 surete made.  Also e Duk of Lancastre maried anoer of his
     doutres vnto e King of Portingale e same tyme. And whanne
     he hadde do is, he come hom ayen yn-to Engelond, and e gode
     lady his wyff also; but mony a worthi man yn at viage deid vpon
|r28 e Flix.
         And yn e xv yere of King Richarde regne, he hilde
     his Cristismasse yn e Maner of Wodestoke; and there e Erle of
     Penbroke, a yong lorde, & tendir of age, wolde lerne to Iuste
|r32 with a knit me callid Ser Iohn Saint-Iohn, & redyn to gadir yn
     e park of Wodestoke; and ere is worthi Erle of Pembroke was
     slayn with at oer knightes spere, as he cast hit fro hym whanne



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     he had cowped; and us is gode Erle made ere his ende; for
     whose dethe e King and the Quene made moche sorow.
         And yn e xvj yere of Kyng Richard his regne, Iohn Hende
 |r4 beyng at tyme Maire of London, and Iohn Walworth & Henry
     Vannere beyng scherreffes of London, at tyme a bakers man bare
     a basket of horsbred yn to Flet-strete, toward an ostrye hous; and
     ere come a yemon of e Bischoppis of Salysbury, at was callyd
 |r8 Romayn, and he tok an horsloff out of e basket of e baker; and
     he askyd hym `whi he dede so.' And is Romayn turned ayen, and
     brak e bakers hedde; and neyhoure come out, and wolde haue
     restid is Romayne; and he brak from ham and fledde yn-to e
|r12 lorde place. and e counstablis wolde haue hadde hym out; but e
     Bischoppe men schitte e atis fast, and kept e place at no man
     myte entre. And anne moch more pepil gadryd edir, & saide
     at `ai wolde haue hym out, or ellis ei wolde brenne vp e place,
|r16 and alle |r[f.114r] that were with-ynne.'  And anne come e Maire and
     Schereffe, with oir myche pepill, and cecid e malice of e
     comyne, and made euery man go hom to his hous, and kepe e
     pee.  Thanne e Romaynes lorde, e Bischop of Salusbery, Ser
|r20 Iohn Waltam (at was at tyme treserer of Engelond) went to Ser
     Thomas Arundel, Archehischop of York, and also Chaun[ce]ler of
     Engelonde, and to hym made his complaynt vpon e peple of e
     cite of London.  And anne ee ij Bischope, of grete malice
|r24 and vengeaunce, comyn vnto the King to Wyndesore, and made a
     grete complaynte vpon the Maire and the Schereffes; and anon
     aftirward alle e cite was before e King and his consel, and ai
     cast vn-to ham a greuous herte, and wondir grete malice.  And
|r28 anon sodenly e King sent for e Maire of London & for e ij
     scherreffe; and ai cam to hym to e Castell of Wyndesore.
     And e King rebukyd e Maire and e scherreves fulle foule, for e
     offens at ai hadde do ayens hym & his officers, yn his chaumbir
|r32 of London.  Wherfore he deposid & put out the Mayre of



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     London and e ij Scherreve; and is was don xiiij daye
     afore e Fest of samt Iohn the Baptist.  And anne e King
     callyd to hym a knit at me called Ser Edward Valyngrigge, and
 |r4 made hym warden and gouernoure of e cite, & Chaumbyr of
     London, and ouyr alle his pepil ereynne; and so he kept at office
     but iiij wokis, because he was so tendir and gentill vn-to e ceteens
     of London; wherfore e King deposyd hym, and made Ser Bawde
 |r8 wyn Radyngton, knyt, at was Countroller of e Kingis Hous_holde,
     wardeyne and gouernoure of his chaumbyr, and of his peple
     erynne; and chese vnto hym to worthi men of e cite to be
     Scherevi with hym, for to gouerne & kepe e kinge lawe yn the
|r12 cite; & on me called Gylbert Maghfelde, and at oer, Thomas
     Newenton, And ee iij gode men hadde e gouernaunce of e cite
     vn-to e tyme of e Maires eleccion anne next, at was called
     William Stawnden; And is Gilbert Maghfelde & Thomas
|r16 Newneton, schereff.  And anne e Mayre & e ij schirreve,
     and alle e aldermen, with alle e worthi craftis of London, went
     on fote vn to e Tour; and ere came out e Counstable of e
     Tour, and yaff e Maire and e Schereve her othe, and charge,
|r20 as ay scholde haue take yn the Chequer at Westmynstre yn
     e Kinge Court of his Iusties & Barons of the sayde Cheker;
     and anne went thay whom ayenne.
         And anne e King and his Counsel, for grete malice of e
|r24 Cite of London, and despite, remevid alle his Courte fro West_mynstre 
     vn-to e cete of Yorke, at is to say, e Chauncerie, e
     Cheker, e Kinge Bench, and also e Comyn Place, and ere ay
     hilde alle her Courtis of Law fro mydsomer vn-to e fest of
|r28 Cristismesse next comyng.  And anne e King & his counsel
     sawe it not so profitable ere, as it was at London; anne anon he
     |r[f.114v] removid hit ayen to London, and so to Westmynstre, for gret
     ese of his officers and avauntage of e King and of alle e
|r32 comyns of e Reme.
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     courtis were come ayen, and e King and his peple also, anne e
     Maire and e Aldermen, with e Cheff comyns, let gadir a grete
     summe of goolde of alle e comyns of the cite, & ordeyned & made
 |r4 grete rialte ayens his comyng to London, for to haue his grace
     and gode lordeschip, and also her liberteis and Fraunchees
     graunted vnto ham ayen as ai afore tyme hadde. And ann, by
     grete instaunce and praier of Quene Anne, and of oer lorde and
 |r8 lade, e King graunted hem grace: and is was do at Schene yn
     Sothereye.  And an e King with-ynne ij daye aftir, com to
     London; and e Maire of London, schereue, aldremen, and alle
     e worthi cite aftirward, redyn ayens e King yn gode araye vnto
|r12 e heth on is syde e maner of Schene, submittyng humyly hem
     self, and mekely, with almaner of obeysaunce vn-to hym, as
     ay owed to do. And us ai brout e King and e Quene to
     London.  And whanne e King come to e gate of e Brygge of
|r16 London, ere ay presentid hym with a mylke-white stede, sadelled
     and brydilled, & trapped with white cloth of golde and red parted
     togadir, and e Quene a palfraye alle white, trappid yn e same
     aray with white and rede, and e condite of London Ronnen
|r20 white wyne and rede, for al maner pepill to drynke of.  And
     betuene Seint Poule and the Cros yn Chepe, ere was made a
     stage, a ryalle, stondyng vpon hygh; a[n]d erynne were mony
     angelis, with dyuers melodie and songe; and an aungell come
|r24 doun fro e stage on high, by a vice, and sette a croune of golde
     & precious stone & perles apon e Kinge hed, and anoer on the
     Quene hed; and so the citezenys brought e King and e Quene
     vnto Westmynstre, yn-to his palice at Westmynstre, & presentyd
|r28 hym with ij basyns of syluyr, & ovirgilte, fulle of coyned golde,
     the summa of xx M=l= li, prayng hym, of his mercy and lordschip
     and specialle grace, at ay myt haue his gode loue, and libertee
     & Fraunchees like as ay hadde before tyme, and by his lettre



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     patente confermed.  And e Quene, and oer worthi lorde &
     ladie, ffillyn on hir kneys, and besout e King of grace to con_ferme 
     is. Thanne e King toke vp e Quene, and grauntyd hir
 |r4 alle hir askyng, and anne ei anked e King and e Quene and
     went home ayene.
         And yn e xvij yere of his regne, certeyne lorde of Scot_lande 
     com yn-to Englonde to gete worschip, as by feet of arme:
 |r8 ese were e persons : e Erle of Marre, and chalanged the Erle
     Marchalt of Engelonde to Iuste with hym certeyn poynte on hors_bak 
     with scharpe speris. And so ai redyn togadir, as ij worthi
     knytis & lordes, certayne cours, but not e fulle chalange at e
|r12 Scottysche Erle made; for he was cast both hors and man, and ij
     of his rybbis brokyn with e ffalle; and so he was born out of
     Smythfelde, hom yn-to his Inne; and with-ynne a litil while aftir_ward 
     he was caried homwarde yn a liter; & atte York he deied.
|r16     And Ser William Darell, knyt, and banerrer of Scotland,
     made anoer chalange with Sire |r[f.115r] Piers Courteneye, knyt; and e
     Kinges banerrer of Engelonde, of certeyne course hit on horsbak
     yn e same ffelde.  And whanne he hed y rede certeyne cours
|r20 hit, and saw he myt not haue e bettyr, yaf it ouyr, and wolde
     no more of his chalang, and turned his hors and rode hom vnto his
     owne in. And one Kochorne, squier, of Scotland, chalanged Sir
     Nicholl Hawberke, knyt, of certeyne cours, hit with scharp speris
|r24 on horsbak; and redyn .v. cours hit togadir; and att euery cours
     e Scotte was cast doun, both hors and man; and us our
     Englisch lorde -- ankyd be God! -- had e felde.
         And yn e xviij yere of King Richarde regne, deied e
|r28 gode gracious Quene Anne, at was wiff to King Richarde, yn e
     maner of Schene, yn e schire of Surreie, vp-on Whitsonday.
     anne was sche brot to London, and so to Westmynstre; and
     ere was sche y beryed and worthily entered, besyde saint Edwarde
|r32 schryne; on whose soule Almyti God haue mercy and pite!
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     How King Richarde spoused dame Isabell, e Kingis doutir of
        Fraunce, yn the towne of Caleys, and brout hir yn-to
        Engelond, and let croune hir Quene yn e Abbey of Saint
 |r4    Petris of Westmynstre. Capitulum ccxlj.
        In e xx=ti= yere of King Richarde regne, he went ouyr se to
     Caleys, with dukis, Erlis, lordis, and Barons, and mony oer worthi
     squyers, yn grete aray, and comyn pepil of e Reme yn gode aray,
 |r8 as longith to such a wori king and prynce, of his nobley to do
     hym reverence and obseruaunce, as owed to be do to hir liege
     lorde, and so myty a King and Emperour yn his owne, to abyde and
     resceyve there at worthi & gracious lady at schulde be his wif, a
|r12 yong creature of ix yere of age, Dame Isabell, e Kingis doutir of
     Fraunce, and mony worthi lordi of grete name, bothe Barons and
     knytis, with moche oer pepil at comen vn to e toun of Grauen_yng,
and ij Dukis of Fraunce: at on was e Duk of Burgoyne,
|r16 and at oer, Duk of Barre, at wolde no firer lasse anne ey
     hadde plegge for ham. And anne King Richarde delyuered ij
     plegge for ham to goo saaf and come saaf: his ij worthi vncle, e
     Duk of Glowcestre and e Duk of York. And ei ij went ouer e
|r20 watir of Grauenyng, & abiden ere as for plegge, vnto e tyme
     at e Maryage and e fest were do.  And anne ee ij worthi
     Dukis of Fraunce come ovir e water at Grauenyng, and so to
     Caleis, with e worschepful lady, Dame Isabell, e Kingis
|r24 doutir of Fraunce. And with hir come mony a worthi lorde and
     lady, knytis and squyers, yn e best aray at myt be; and ere
     ai mette with our meyne at Caleys, e which welcomyd hir and hir
     meyne with e grettest honour and reuerence at myt be, and
|r28 so brout hir to Caleys toun. And ere sche was resceyvid with
     alle e solempnite and worschip at myt be do vnto such a lady.
     And anne ei brout hir vnto e King; and e King toke hir,
     and welcomed hir and alle hir fayr mayne, and made ere alle e
|r32 solempnite |r[f.115v] at myt be do.  And anne e King and his
     counsel axed of the Frensche lorde whethir alle e conauntes and



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     forwarde, with e composicion at were ordeyned and made on
     bothe parteys, schulde be trewly kept and holde betwene hem;
     and ai sayde "ye "; & ere ay sworon and token hir charge
 |r4 apon a boke, and toke hir oth welle and trewli it to holde yn alle
     maner poyntis and couenauntes, without contradiccion or delay yn
     euery maner wyse. And anne was sche brout to Seint Nicholas
     chirch yn Calis; and ere sche was worthili weddyd, with e
 |r8 moste solempnite at eny king or quene myt haue, with arche_bischoppes 
     and Bischope, and alle mynystre of holy churche.
         And anne were ai brout hom vnto e Castell, and set
     to mete, and ere were serued with alle maner of delicace of alle
|r12 riall metis and drynkis plenteuously, to alle maner of strayngoure
     and al oer. And no creature warned at Fest, but alle were
     welcome; for ere were grete halys & tentis sette vp on e grene
     without e castell, for to resceyue alle maner of peple, and euery
|r16 office redy to serue ham alle; and us is worthi mariage was
     solemli do and ended with alle ryalte.
         Thanne ese ij Dukys of Fraunce, with hir peple, tokon hir
     leue of e King and Quene, and went ayen to Grauenyng watir;
|r20 and ere e Frensch lorde, at is to say, e ij Dukis & hir meyne,
     were comen ovir e watir of Grauenyng, & ere ay mette, &
     euerych toke leue of oer; and so ai departed , and our lorde
     come ayen to Caleys, and e Frensch lorde went hom ayen yn-to
|r24 Fraunce.
        And anon aftir, e King made hym redy with e Quene and
     alle his lorde and oer pepil with ham, & comyn ouyr e see
     yn-to Engelond, and so to London, and e Maire and e Schereve,
|r28 with al e aldermen and worthi comyne, ryden ayens ham vnto e
     Blacke-He yn Kent; & ere ay mettyn with e King and e
     Quene, and welcomyd ham, and at yn gode aray, and euery man
     in his cloing of his crafte, and her mynstrelles to-fore ham; and
|r32 so ay brout ham to Saint George Barre yn Southwerke; and ere



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     hy tokyn hir leue, and e King and e Quene redyn to Kenyng_ton;
     and anne e peple of London turned hom ayen. And yn
     turnyng ayen to London brygge, ere was so moche prees both on
 |r4 fote & on hors, at ere were ded on e brygge a xj persone of
     men, wymmen & chyldryn: on whose soule God haue mercy!
     amen!  And anne aftirward e Quene was brout to the Tour
     of London, and ere sche was al nyt. And on e morowe sche
 |r8 was brout rou e Cete of London, and so forth to West_mynstre,
     & ere sche was crouned Quene of Engelonde. an was
     sche brout ayen yn-to the Kingis Palis, and ere was holde
     an opon & a ryall Fest after hir coronacion, for al maner peple
|r12 at edir come: and us was do e Sonday afftir e Fest of seint
     Clement, in e xx yere of King Richarde regne.
        And an, e xxv day of august next folouyng, be euyl excita_cion 
     & ffals counsel, & for grete wrathe |r[f.116r] and malice at he had of
|r16 olde tyme vnto his vncle, e gode Duke of Gloucester, and to e
     Erle of Arundel, & to e Erle of Warwic,  The King, by is
     euylle counsell, late yn the Euenyng on e same day aboue saide,
     made hym redy with his streynthe, and rode yn-to Essex vnto e
|r20 toune of Chelmesforde, and so come to Plassche sodenly, ere Ser
     Thomas of Wodestoke, e gode Duk of Gloucestre, lay. And e
     gode Duk come anon to welcome e King; and e King hym self
     arestid e gode Duke; and so he was ladde doun to e water,
|r24 and anon put yn to a schippe, and had vnto Caleis, and brout
     vnto capteynys warde, to be kept yn holde be e Kinges com_maundement 
     of Engelond:  And at tyme e Erle Marchal of
     Engelond was capten of Caleis.  And anon aftir, be com_maundement 
|r28 of e King and of his fals Counsel, commaunded e
     capten to put hym to deth.  And anon certeyn yemen at had
     e gode Duk yn kepyng, tooke her counsel how ei wolde put
     hym to deth; and is was her poyntment: at ai schulde come
|r32 vpon hym whanne he were yn bedde, and aslepe on a Fetherbed.
     And anon ei bonde hym honde and foot, & chargid hym to ly



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     stylle; and whanne ai hadde is do, e tokyn ij smale tewellys,
     and made on ham rydyng knottis, and caste e tewellys aboute e
     Dukis nek: and anne ei token e fetherbed at lay vnder hym,
 |r4 and cast hit aboue hym; and an ei drowen her towellis eche
     waye; and sum lay vpon e fethir bed apon hym, vnto e tyme
     at he were ded, because at he schulde make non noyse. And
     us ei strangled is worthi Duk vn[to] the deth, on whose soule
 |r8 God, for his pite, haue merci! Amen!  And whenne e King
     hadde arestid is worthi Duke, and his owne vncle, and sent hym
     to Caleis, he come ayen to London yn alle hast, with a wondir grete
     peple. And as he was come, he sent for the Erle of Arundel and
|r12 for the gode Erle of Warwic; and anon as ay cam, he arestid
     ham his owne self. Sir Iohn Cobham & Ser Iohn Cheyny,
     knytis, he arestid also yn e same wyse, til he made his parle_ment;
     & anon ei were put ynto holde. But e Erle of Arundel
|r16 went at large vnto e parlement tyme, for he founde sufficient
     surete to abyde e lawe, & al maner of answere at e poynte at
     e King & his Counsel wolde put vp on hym.
     
     Off e grete parlement, and of e deth of e Erle of Arundell;
|r20    and how e Erle of Derby and oer were exiled, and e
        sayde Erle come ayen ynto is londe; and how King
        Richarde went ynto Irelond, and how he deide. Capitulum
        ccxlij.
|r24    And yn the xxj yere of King Richarde regne, he ordend a par_lement 
     at Westmynstre, e which was clepid `e Grete Parlement';
     and this parlement was made for to iugge ese iij worthi lorde
     and oer moo, as ham lust at at tyme.  And for at iugement
|r28 e king let make in alle hast a long and a large hous of tymbir,
     The which was called an hale, and couered with tyle ouyr; and it
     was opun al ahoute on bothe syde, and at e endis, at al maner
     of men myt se rouout; and ere e dome was holden |r[f.116v] vpon
|r32 ese forsaide lorde, and Iugement yeue at this forsaide parlement.
         And for to come to is parlement e King sent his writtis vnto



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     euery lorde, Baron, knit and squier, in euery schire rouout
     Engelond; and at euery lorde schulde grade and bryng his retynu
     of peple with hym, yn as schort a tyme and the best aray at ay
 |r4 myt gete, in maynteynyng and strenghtenyng of e King ayens
     ham at were his enymys, and at is were do yn alle haste, and
     ey come to hym yn peyne of deth.  And e kyng hym self
     sent ynto Chestirschire, vnto e Chefteynes of at cuntre, and ay
 |r8 gagred and brout a grete and an huge multitude of peple, bothe of
     knytis & of Sqyers, & prynspally of yemen of Chestreschire, e
     which yemen and archers e Kyng toke yn-to his owne court, &
     yaf ham bothe boge of court and gode wage, to be kepers of his
|r12 owne body, both be nyt and be day, above alle oer persons, and
     most ham loued & best trust.  The which sone aftirwarde
     turned e King to gret losse, schame, hyndryng, and his vttirly
     vndoyng and destroccion, as ye schalle here sone aftirward.
|r16     And at tyme come Ser Henry, Erle of Derby, whith a grete
     meyne of men of arme and archers; and e Erle of Ruthlande
     come with a strong pouer of peple, bothe of men of arme and
     archers; and the Erle of Kent brout with hym a grete power of
|r20 men of arme and archers; The Erle Marchalle come yn e same
     wyse; The Lord Spenser yn the same maner; The Erle of North_ombirlond 
     and Ser Harry Peercy his sone, & Ser Thomas Perci, e
     Erle broer; & alle ee worthi lordi a fayre mayne
|r24 and a strong power, & ech man yn his best aray; And e Duk of
     Lancastre and e Duk of York comyn yn e same maner with men
     of arme and archers, folouyng e Kyng; and Ser William Scrop,
     Tresorer of Engelonde, come yn e same maner.  And us, yn
|r28 is aray, comyn alle e worthi men of is londe vnto our King;
     and alle is peple come to London yn on day, yn so moche at
     euery strete & lane yn London & yn e sowthbarbe weren fulle of
     ham logged, and .x or xij myle about London euery way. And
|r32 is pepil brout e King to Westmynstre, and went hom ayen
     vnto hir loggynge, bothe hors & man.  And an on e Monday,
     e xvij day of Septembre, e parlement began at Westminster, e
     which was clepyd "e grete parlement"; and on e Fryday next
     ffolowyng, e Erle of Arundel was brout yn-to, parlement



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     among alle e lorde, -- and at was on saint Mathewe day e
     Apostyll & euaungelist, -- & ere was foriuged vnto the deth in
     is hale, at was made yn e palis at Westmynstre. And is was
 |r4 his Iugement: he scholde go on fote, with his hande y bounde
     be-hynde hym, from e place at he was foriuged ynne, and so
     forthe rou e cite of London vnto e Toure hyll, and there his
     hed to be smetyn of; and so it was do yn dede yn e same place.
 |r8     And vj. of e grete lorde at sat on his Iugement redyn
     with hym vnto e |r[f.117r] place there he was do vnto deth. And to se
     at e execussion were y do aftir his dome, and by e Kingis
     commaundement went with hem on fote men of arme and archers,
|r12 a grete multitude of Chestirschire men yn streyngthyng of the lorde
     at brout is erle vnto his deth, for ai draddyn at e erle schulde
     haue be rescued and take fro ham, whanne ay come yn-to London.
         Thus he passed forth urgh e cite vnto his deth; and ere he
|r16 toke it full paciently; on whose soul God haue mercy! amen!
         And anne come e frere Austyns, and toke vp the body and e
     hed of is gode Erle, and bare it whome yn-to hir hous, and
     buryed hym yn hir quere.  And yn e morow aftir, was Ser
|r20 Richarde, Erle of Warwic, brout yn-to e parlement, ere as e
     Erle of Arundel was foriuged; and ai yaf e Erle of Warwic e
     same Iugement at e forsaide erle hadde; but e lorde had com_passion 
     on hym because he was of grete age, and relecyd hym to
|r24 perpetuall pryson, and put hym yn-to e Ile of Man.  And
     anne the Mondaye next aftir, e lorde Cobban of Kent, Ser Iohn
     Cheyne, knyt, were brot yn-to e parlement, yn-to e same
     hale; and ere ay were Iugid to be hangyd & draw; but, rou
|r28 e prayer and grete Instaunce of alle e lorde, at Iugement was
     foryeue ham, and relecyd to perpetual prison.
         And is same tyme was Richard Whityngton, Meyre of
     London; and Iohn Wodekoc and William Askam, schereve of
|r32 London; and ai ordeined, at euery yate and yn euery warde,
     strong wacche of men of arme and of archers, and prinspally at
     euery yate of London, duryng is same parlement.



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         The King at is parlement made .v. Dukis, a Duchasse, & a
     Marke, & iiij Erle; & e first of ham was e Erle of Derby, &
     he was made Duke of Hereforde; and e ij was e Erle of Ruth_land, 
 |r4 and he was made Duke of Awmarle; e iij was e Erle of
     Kent, & he was made Duke of Surreye; and e iiij was e Erle
     of Hontyngton, and he was made Duke of Excestre; and e .v.
     e Erle of Notyngham, and he was made Duke of Norfolk; and
 |r8 e Erle of Somersete was made e Markeys of Dorset; & the
     Lord Spenser was made Erle of Gloucestre, and e Lorde Neuyle of
     Rabye was made Erle of Westmerland; & Ser Thomas Percy was
     made Erle of Worscetir, and Ser William Scrope, at was Treserer of
|r12 Engelonde, he was made Erle of Salysburye.  And whanne e
     King had is do, he helde at e parlement a rial ffest vnto all
     his lorde, and to al maner of pepil at idir wolde come.
         And yn e same yere deyed Ser Iohn of Gaunt, e Kinge
|r16 vncle, & Duke of Lancastre, yn the hisc.hoppe In yn Holborn,
     and was brout fro enne to Saint Poule and ere e King made &
     hilde his terement welle & worthily with all his lorde, and ere
     he was beryed besyde Dame Blaunch his wiff, at was doutur &
|r20 heyre to e gode Henry, at was Duke of Lancastre.
     
     |r[The_Fight_between_Bolingbroke_and_Norfolk_stopt.]
         And yn the same yere er fil a discencyon and a debate
     betuene e Duk of Herford & e Duke of Norfolke, yn so moche
     at ay waged batayle & cast doun her gloues; & anne ey |r[f.117v] were
|r24 take vp and seled, and the day & e place of batayle assygned at
     Couyntre. and edir come e King and alle his lorde at at
     day, and was sette yn e ffelde; and an ee ij worthi lorde comyn
     yn to e ffelde, clene armed and wel arayed with alle her wepon,
|r28 and redy to do her batayle, and were yn the place redy to fit at
     e vttrest.  But e King bade hem cese, and tok e quarel yn-to
     his honde, and forthwith, ere present, exiled e Duk of Herforde
     for e terme of .x. yere, and e Duke of Northfolk for evyrmore;



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     and Ser Thomas Arundel, Archebischop of Caunterbury, was exiled
     e same tyme for evyr, and deposed of his ssee, for malice of e
     King.  And anon ese iij worthi lorde were commaunded and
 |r4 defendid e Kinges Reme; & anon ay gat hem schippe at dyuers
     hauens, and went ouer e see ynto dyuers londe, eche his way; &
     e Duk of Northfolke went to Venie, and ere he deied: on
     whose soule God haue mercye! amen!
 |r8     And anne King Richarde made Ser Roger Walden, a clerke
     of his, Archebischop of Caunterbury.
         And yn e xxij yere of King Richarde regne, be fals
     counsel and ymaginacion of ffals men and couetous at were
|r12 aboute hym, were made & ordeyned blank Charture, and made
     ham to be selid of alle maner of riche men rouout e Reme, in_so
     -moche at ai compellid dyuers pepill to sette to her seele;
     and is was so for gret couetie; wherfore alle e gode hertis
|r16 of e Reme clene turned away fro hym euyr eftir, and at was
     vtturli destroccion & ende of hym at was so hygh and so
     excellent a king, rough couetyse and fals counsel: Alas, for pite,
     at such a king myt not se!
|r20     And anne King Richarde sette his kingdom and his riall
     londe to fferme of Engelond, vnto iiij persone, e which were
     ese, Sir William Scrope, Erle of Wilschire & Treserer of Enge_lond,
     Ser Iohn Busch, Henry Grene, and Ser Iohn Bagot,
|r24 knytes; e whiche turned hem to moche myschef and deth
     with-ynne a lytil tyme aftir, as ye schal here wretyn sone aftir.
     
     |r[Richard_II's_Expedition_to_Ireland.]
         Thanne King Richarde made gret ordynaunce, and went
     ouyr see Into Irelond, and mony grete lorde with hym, with
|r28 grete ostes, for to streyngthe hir king, as men of arme, archers,
     and moche grete stuff & rit gode ordynaunce, as longith to warre.
         And or he passid e see, he ordeyned and made Ser Edmunde of
     Langeley his vncle, Duk of York, his Lieutenaunt of Engelond



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     yn his absence, be e gouernaunce & counsel of ese iiij knytis
     at had take Engelonde to ferme of the King.  And anne he
     passed e see, and come ynto Irelonde, and ere he was welle and
 |r4 worthily resceyved. And ese rebellis of Ireland bith callid
     `wilde Irisch men'; and anon her chefteyne & hir gouernoures
     & leeders comyn doun vnto e King, & yolde ham vnto hym,
     bothe body & gode, alle at his owne wille, & swore to be his lige
 |r8 men, and er-to dede to hym homage & feaute, and gode seruie;
     & us he conqueryd |r[f.118r] e moste party of Irelond yn a litil tyme.

     |r[The_Return_of_Bolingbroke.]
         While at King Richard was us yn Irelonde, Ser Henry of
     Bolingbroke, Erle of Derby, at e king hadde made before Duk
|r12 of Herforde -- e which Duk, e King had exiled out of is lande -- was 
     come ayen yn-to Engelond, for to chalange e Duchery of
     Lancastre as for rit & trewe heritage.  And he come doun out
     of Fraunce by londe to Calis, and ere mette hym Ser Thomas of
|r16 Arundel, at was Archebischop of Caunturbury, at was exiled out
     of Engelond; and with hym come e Erle of Arundell sone, & his
     heire, e which was yn warde and yn kepyng of Ser Iohn Selly,
     knit, sum tyme with e Erle of Huntyngton, and with e Duk of
|r20 Excestre, e which was yn the Castell of Rygate yn Suthsex; and
     ere he stale away from Shelly, & come to Caleys; & ere he was
     kept welle and worthily til is oer ij lorde were come to Caleys.
         And an is worthi Duk, & e Archebischop of Caunturbury,
|r24 Arundel, schippid yn e hauene of Caleis, and drow his cours
     Norewarde, and arryued yn Yorkschyre, Rauensporne, fast by
     Brydlyngton; and ere he come, and entrid e londe, & ese ij
     lorde with hym, and hir meyne. And anne moche pepil of the
|r28 Reme, at wist of his comyng and where he was, anon drowyn
     to hym, and welcomyd ese lorde, and socurred hym yn alle
     maner yngis, and passed forth yn the londe, and gadryd myche
     peple.
|r32     And whanne King Richard wist of is, & herdeat ese ij
     lorde were come ayen yn-to Engelonde, and were londed, anne



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     e King left alle his ordynaunce yn Irelonde, and come yn-to
     Engelondewarde yn alle e hast at he myte, & come yn-to e
     Castell of Flynt; and ere he abode for to take his counsell, and
 |r4 what myght best be do; but to hym com non.  And anne Ser
     Thomas Percy, Erle of Worcestre, at was e Kingis Steward,
     when he wist and knew is, anon he com yn-to the halle among
     alle e pepil, and ere he brake e yerd of e Rial Kingis hous.
 |r8 holde; and euery man went his way, and forsoke his maistir &
     souereyne lorde, and left hym alone: and us was King Richard
     brout adoun and destroyed, and stode alle alone, without
     counsel, confort & socour of eny man. Allas! for pite of is ryal
|r12 King!
         And anon come tydynge at Harry of Bolyngbroke was vp
     with a strong power of pepill, and at alle e Schyreve of
     Engelond reysed vp e Schires yn streyngthing of hym ayens
|r16 King Richard; and us sone he was come out of e Northcuntre
     to Bristow, and ere he mette with Ser William Scrope, Erle of
     Wilschire and Tresorer of Engelond, and with Ser Iohn Busch
     and Ser Henry Grene, and Iohn Bagot, but he ascapyd from hym,
|r20 and went ouer e see In-to Irelonde; & ee oer ij knyte were
     take, and her hedis smytyn of; & us ei deied for her fals
     couetie.
         And anne was King Richard y take, & brout vnto e
|r24 Duk; and anon e Duk put hym y[n] saff warde and strong
     holde, vnto his comyng to London.  And anne was ere a
     Rumore yn London, |r[f.118v] and a strong noyse, at King Richarde was
     come to Westmynstre; and the pepil of London ranne ider, and
|r28 wolde haue don moche harm and scathe yn hir wodnesse, ne hadde
     e Mayre and e aldermen, and oer worthi men, cecid ham with
     faire wordes, and turned hem hom ayen vnto London.  And
     ere was Ser Iohn Slake, Dene of the Kinge chapel of West_mynstre, 
|r32 take, and brout to London, and put yn Ludgate; and
     Bagot was take yn Irelonde, and brout to London, & put yn
     prisone yn Newgate, ere to be kept and abide his answere.



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         And sone aftir, e Duk brout King Richard pryuyly to London,
     and put hym yn the Tour, vndir sure kepyng as a prisoner. And
     anne come e lorde of the Reme, with alle hir counsel, vnto e
 |r4 Tour to King Richard and saide to hym of his mysgouernaunce
     and extorcion at he hadde do, maade, and ordeyned, to oppresse
     alle e comyn pepil, & also alle e Reame; wherfore al e comyn
     peple of his Reme wolde haue hym deposed of his kingdom; and
 |r8 so he was deposyd at at tyme in e Tour of London by alle his
     lorde counsel, and by the common assent of al e Reme.  And
     an he was put fro e Tour vnto e castel of Ledis yn Kent, and
     ere he was kept a while; and an was he hadde fro enne vnto
|r12 e kastell of Pomfret in e Northcuntre, to be kept yn pryson;
     and sone aftirward rit ere he made his ende.
         Whanne King Richarde was deposed, and hadde resyngned
     his croune and his kingdom, and hym self kept fast yn holde, an
|r16 alle e lorde of e Reme, with e comyns assent, and by one
     accorde, chosyn is worthi lorde, Ser Henry of Bolyngbroke, Erle
     of Derby, Duk of Herford and Duke of Lancastre be rit lyne and
     heritage; and for his mytful manhode at e peple founde yn
|r20 hym, before al oer ei choson hym, & made hym King of
     Engelonde.
     
     Of Ser Henry of Bolingbroke, Erle of Derby, at regned aftir
        King Richarde, e which was e fourth Henry after e
|r24    Conqueste. Capitulum ccxliij.
        And aftir Kinge Richarde e secunde was deposed and put out
     of his kingdom, e lorde & e comyns, alle with on assent, and alle
     oer worthi of e Reme, chosyn Ser Henry of Bolyngbroke, Erle
|r28 of Derby, sone & heyre of Iohn a Gaunt, Duke of Lancastre, for
     his worthi manhode at ofte tyme hadde be founde yn hym, and
     yn dede previd; vpon Saint Edwarde Day e Confessoure, he was
     crouned King of Engelond at Westmynstre, by alle e Remys
|r32 assent, next aftir deposyng of King Richard.  Thanne he
     made Henry, his eldist sone & his heire, Prynce of Walis, Duk
     of Cornewayle, and Erle of Chestre; and he made Ser Thomas of
     Arundel, Archebischop of Caunturbury ayen, as he was before;



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     and Ser Roger Walden, that King Richard had made Archebischop
     of Caunturbury, he made Bischop of London, for at time it stode
     voyde; and he made e Erle sone of Arondel, that come ouer the
 |r4 see with him from Caleys into Englond, he made him Erle of
     Arundall, and put hym yn possession of alle his londe; and ere
     he made homage and feaute unto his liege lorde e King, as alle oer
     lorde hadde do.
 |r8     And anne anon deied King Richard in e castell of
     Pountfret yn the Northcuntre, for ere he was enfammed vnto the
     deth be his keper, for he was kept into iiij or v. daye fro mete
     and drynke; and so he made is ende yn is worlde. Yet moche
|r12 pepil yn Engelond and yn oir |r[f.119r] lande saide at he was alyue
     meny yere aftir his deth; but wheer he were a lyue or ded, ei
     hilde hir fals opynyons and beleue at ay hadde; and moche
     pepil aftirward comyn to myschif and to foule deth, as ye schulle
|r16 here aftirwarde.  And whanne King Henry wist and knew
     warly at he was ded, he lete sere hym yn e best maner at he
     myte, and closed hym yn lynnyn cloth, alle saue his visage,
     and at was left opon at men myt se and know his person from
|r20 alle oer men; and so he was brought to London with torchis lyt
     brennyng vnto Saynt Poule, and ere he hadde his masse and his
     dirige, with moche reverence and solempnite of seruie.  And
     fro Poule was brout ynto e Abbey of Westmynstre, and ere
|r24 hadde alle his hole seruie ayen; and fro Westmynstre he was
     ladd ynto Langeley, and ere he was beryed: on whose soule
     God haue mercy! Amen!
         And yn e first yere of King Henrye regne he hilde his
|r28 Cristismasse yn e Castell of Wyndesore; and on e twelfthe
     evyn come e Duke of Awmarle vnto e King, and tolde hym at
     he & e Duk of Surrey, e Duk of Excestre, e Erle of Salus_bury,
     e Erle of Gloucestre, & oir moo of her afinite, were
|r32 accorded to make a mummyng vnto e King on xijthe day a
     nyght; and ere ay cast to sle e King yn hir revelyng; and us
     at Duke warned e King. And anne e King come e same



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     nyt to London priuili, yn alle e hast at he myte, to gete hym
     helpe, socoure, comfort & counsel. And anon ee oer, at
     wolde haue do e King to deth, ffleddyn yn alle e haste at ei
 |r4 mghte, for ei knewen welle at her counsel was bewrayed.
         And anne fled e Duke of Surrey, and e Erle of Salusberye
     with alle hir meyne, vnto e toun of Siscetre; and ere e pepil
     of e toun wolde haue arestid ham; and ey wolde not stonde to
 |r8 her arest, but stodyn at her defence, & faut manly; but at e
     laste ey were ouercome and take; and ere ei smote of e
     Dukes hed of Surrey, and e Erle hed of Salusbury, & mony oer
     moo; & ere ay putte e quarters in sackys, and her hede on
|r12 pole horn on hy, and so ei were brout rou e cite of London
     vnto London brygge; and ere her hede were sette vp an hy, &
     her quarters were sent to oer gode toune and cite, and set vp
     ere.
|r16     At Oxynforde were take Ser Thomas Blount, knyt,
     Benet Sely, knyt, and Thomas Wyntirsell, squyer; and ese were
     behedid & quarterd; & the knytes hedis were sette on pole &
     brout to London, & sette on London brygge, and e quarters sent
|r20 forth to oer place & toune.  And yn e same yere at Pritwelle
     yn Essex, was take Ser Iohn Holond, e Duk of Excestre, with
     e comyne of e cuntreye; and ay brout hym fro e mille
     vnto Plasche; and to e same place ere King Richard hadde
|r24 arestid Ser Thomas of Wodstoke, e Duk of Glowcestre. And
     rit ere, yn e same place, ei smytyn of e Duk of Excestre
     hed, & brout it to London vpon a poole; and it was sette on
     London Brygge.  And yn e same yere, at Bristow, was take e
|r28 Lorde Spenser, at King Richard hadde made Erle of Glowcestre;
     & e comyne of the toune of Bristow |r[f.119v] toke hym, and brout hym
     in to e Market place of the Toun; & ther thay smyte of his hed
     and sent hit to London, and hit was sette on London brygge.
|r32     And yn e same yere was Ser Bernarde Brokeys, knit, take and



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     arestid, & put yn-to e Tour of London; and Ser Iohn Selley,
     knit, & Ser Iohn Mawdeleyne & Ser William Fereby, persons of
     King Richarde, were arestid and put yn-to e Tour of London.
 |r4 and edir come e Kinge Iustice, and saat vpon hem yn the
     Toure; and ere were dampned alle iiij vnto e deth. And the
     dome was yeue vnto Ser Bernarde Brokeys, at he shulde go on
     fote fro the Tour rou e toun of London vnto Tyburne, and
 |r8 ere to be hangyd, & aftir his hed to ben smyten of & sett on
     London Brigge, & Ser Iohn Selley, knyt, and Ser Iohn Maudeleyn
     & Sir William Feriby, persons, weir draw rouout London to
     Tyburne, & ere hanged.
|r12     And yn e same yere King Henry sent Quene Isabell, at
     was King Richarde wiff, hom ayen yn-to Fraunce, and yaff hir
     Golde & siluer and mony oer Iewelle; and so sche was
     discharged of alle hir dower, & sent out of Engelond.
|r16     And yn e secunde yere of King Henri e iiijth, was Ser
     Rogger of Claryngdon, knit, & ij of his men, & e Priour of
     Launde, & viij frere Menoures, and sum Maistres of diuinite, &
     oer, for treson at ay wrout ayens the King, were drawe &
|r20 hangyd at Tyborne, alle xij presoners & persone.
         Than beganne e discencion & debate yn e cuntre of
     Walis betwene e Lorde Grey Rithyn & Oweyn of Glyndore,
     Squier of Walis. And is Oweyn rerid a nownbyr of Walschemen,
|r24 and kept at cuntrey about ryt strong, & dede myche harme, and
     destroyed e Kingis toune and lorschippe rouout Walis, &
     robbyd & slowgh e Kingis pepil, both Englisch and Walsch; and
     us he endured xij yere large. And he toke e Lorde Gray of
|r28 Rithyn presoner, and kept hym fast yn holde tylle he was
     raunsonde of prysoners of e March, and kept hym long tyme yn
     holde; and at e last he made hym wedde on of his doutris,
     and kep[t]e hym stylle ere with his wiff, and sone after he deyed.



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         And anne e King, knowyng is myschef, destruccion and
     treson, at is Oweyn hade y wrout, en anon he ordeyned a
     strong power of men of arme and of archers, & moche oer stuffe
 |r4 at longid to warre, for to abate & destroye e malice of e fals
     Walschemen. And anne e King come yn-to Walys with his
     power, for to destroy is Owen and oer rebellis, fals Walschmen.
     And anon ei fledden yn-to e mountayne; and ere myte e
 |r8 Kinge do hem non harme yn no maner of wyse; but ofte ei
     toke e Kingis cariage, and euery day destroyed his peple. But
     Oweyn and his men, e moste parte, ascapid harmele; ffor e
     King ne his meyne myt not come to hem yn no maner of wise
|r12 for e mountayne; and so the King come to Engelond ayen, for
     lesyng of moo of his peple, and us he spedde not ere.
         In is same yere was gret scarsite of whete yn Engelond, for
     a quarter of whete was at xvjs.; and merchaunthes were sent out
|r16 of Engelond ouyr see ynto Spruce for whete. anon ay hadde
     lade & freight shippe ynow, & came hoom yn saafte, blessid be
     God of alle his yeftis!
         And yn the iij=de= |r[f.120r] yere of King Harrye regne, ther was a
|r20 sterre seyne in e firmament, at schewed hym-self rou alle e
     worlde, for dyuers tokenns at schulde befalle sone after; e
     which sterre was named & called be clergie `Stella comata.'
     And on Seint Marye Magdaleyne day, next aftir, yn e same
|r24 yere, was e Batayle of Schrouysbury; and edir come Ser Henry
     Percy, e Erle sone of Northombirlonde, with a grete multitude of
     men of armes & archers, and yaf batayle to King Harry e iiijthe,
     rou fals counsel and wicked reede of Ser Thomas Percy, is vncle,
|r28 Erle of Worcestre; and ere was Ser Harry Percy slayn, and e
     most parte of his mayne, yn the feelde, and Ser Thomas Percy
     take, and kept yn holde ij daye tylle e King hadde sette rest
     among his peple on both sydes. And anne Ser Thomas Percy
|r32 was Iugid to be ded, at is to wete, drawe, hangyd, & his hed



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     smyte of for his fals treson at Schrowesbery, & his hed brout to
     London & set on London-is Brygge. And al oer peple at
     were slayne ere, on e Kinge syde and yn boe parteys, e
 |r4 King let bury: and ere was slayn on e Kingy syde yn the
     batayle, e Erle of Staffarde, and Ser Water Blount yn e Kingys
     kote armyour, vndir e Kinge baner, and mony mo worthi men;
     on whose soule God haue mercy! amen!
 |r8     And yn e iiijthe yere of King Harrye regne, come e
     Emp[er]oure of Constantynoble, with mony grete lorde and
     knytes and moch oer peple of his cuntre, in to Engelonde, to
     King Harry, with hym to speke and to disporte hym, and see
|r12 e gode gouernaunce & e condicione of our peple, and know e
     commodite of Engelond. And our King, with alle his worthi
     lorde, godely and worschepfully hym resceyved, and welcomed
     hym and alle his mayne at come with hym, and dede hym alle
|r16 e reuerence & worschip at ay cowthe and myte. And anon e
     King commawnded al maner officers at he schulde he serued as
     worthily & as ryaly as it longith to such a worthi lorde &
     Emperour, on his owne cost, as long as e Emperour was yn
|r20 Engelond, and alle his men at comyn with hym.
         And yn is same yere came dame Iohane, e Duchasse of
     Bryttayne, yn-to Engelonde, and landed at Falemouth yn Corne_wayle;
     & fro enne she was brout to e cite of Wynchestre, and
|r24 ere sche was weddyd vnto King Harry e iiijthe yn the Abbey of
     Saynt Swythens of Wynchestre, with alle e solempnite at myt
     be do and made.  And sone after, sche was brout fro enne to
     London; and e meyre, with e aldermen and e comyns of e
|r28 cite of London, rydyn ayens hir, and hir welcomed, and brout
     hir throu e cite of London vnto Westmynstre; and ere sche
     was crouned & made Quene of Engelond; and ere e king made
     a ryalle and a solempne fest for hir, and for al maner men at
|r32 edir wolde come.
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     King Harry e iiijthe, was y sent ouyr see with e Erle of
     Somersete, hir vncle, and with Maister Richarde Clyfforde, anne
     |r[f.120v] Bischop of Worcestre, and with mony oer lorde and worthi
 |r4 knytis, ladie, and Squyers, as longed to such a worthi lady, and
     come vnto Coleyne. And edir come e Duke sone of Barrey,
     with a faire mayne, and resceyved is worthi lady, and ere the
     Bischop of Worcestre wedded & sacred ham to-gedir, as holy
 |r8 churche it wolde; & ere was made a ryalle feest and a grete Iustie,
     yn reverence and worschip of ham, and to alle peple at edir
     come.  And whanne is maryage and fest was do, e Erle and
     e Bischop, with alle hir meyne, token her leve of lorde and
|r12 ladie and come home ayen yn-to Engelond in saafte, y ankyd he
     God!
         And yn e .v. yere of King Harrye regne, e Lorde Thomas,
     King Harrye sone e iiijthe, and e Erle of Kent went ouyr see,
|r16 and mony oer lorde and knites, and men of armys & archers,
     and went to e se to chastise e rebellis at afore hadde do moch
     harme to our Englisch Marchaunte & to mony tounes and portis
     yn Engelond vpon e se costis.  And e Lorde Thomas, e
|r20 Kingis son, cam yn-to Flaundres, toffore a toun at is callid e
     Scluse, among alle e schippe of dyuers nacyons at were ere;
     and after, ai rydyn with her schippe among ham, and went
     alonde, & sported ham ere ij. daie, and cam ayen to hir schippe,
|r24 & token e brode se, & ere ay mettyn with iij carrake of Iene,
     at were lade with dyuers Marchaundie, and welle y manned;
     and ere ay foutyn to-gadrye longe; but e Englischmen hadde
     e victorye, and brout e Carrake yn-to e camere before
|r28 Wynchylse; and ere ay cantid es gode, and on of ee Carreke
     was sodenly ere brent, & e lorde and hir peple turned hom
     ayen, and went no firthir at at tyme.
         And yn that same yere, Serle, yoman of King Richarde
|r32 Robys, come yn-to Engelond out of Scotland, and saide to diuers
     peple at `King Richard was alyve yn Scotlond'; and so, moch of



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     e peple beleued yn his worde; wherfore mych of e peple of e
     Reeme were yn gret erroure and gruching ayens e King, rou fals
     informacion at is Serle hadde made, for moche peple beleuyd &
 |r4 trustid to his seyng; but at e last he was take yn the North
     cuntre, and by lawe juged to be draw rou euery cite & gode
     burgh toun yn Engelond; and so he was serued. And at e last
     he was brout to London, vnto Gilde -halle before e justie; and
 |r8 ere he was juged to be brout to e Tour of London, and ere to
     be laide vp -on an hirdille, & an to be drawe rou e cete of
     London to Tyborne, & hangyd, & an quarterde, and his hed
     smyte of & set on London Brygge, & his quarters to be sent to iiij
|r12 gode towne of Engelond, & ere set vp: & us endid he his fals
     treson & desceit.
         And yn e vj yere of King Henrye regne, e Erle of Marre,
     of Scotland, be saaf condit come ynto Engelond for to chalange Ser
|r16 Edmunde, e Erle of Kent, of certeyn cours of warre on hors-bak;
     & so is chalange was accept and graunted, and e place take yn
     Smythfelde at London. And is Erle of Marre, e Scot, com
     proudly |r[f.121r] yn-to the felde, as his chalange asked. And anon com yn
|r20 e Erle of Kent, and rode vnto e Scot, and manfully rydyn
     togadir with scharp speris dyuers cours; but e Erle of Kent
     hadde e Felde, and gate hym moch worschip & anke of al maner
     of men for his manful dedis.
|r24     And is yere Ser Richard Scrope, Archebyschop of York,
     and e lorde Mounbray, Erle Marchal of Engelonde, gadrid vnto
     hym a strong meyne yn e North cuntre ayens King Henry. and
     an King Henry, heryng erof, yn alle e hast at he myte,
|r28 come with his power northwarde, and mette with ham at York;
     and ere were ei ij lorde take, and brout to e King, and anon
     e Iuge weryn sette, and ese ij lorde brout forth; and ere ai
     were dampned vn-to e deth, at hoe her hedis schulde be
|r32 smyte of; and ere ay made her ende: on whose soule God, for
     his pete, haue mercy! Amen!



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         And whanne is was do, e King come to London ayen,
     a[nd] restyd hym. And anon, God, of his grete godenesse, wrout
     and schewyd meny grete myracles for his worthi Clerke, e
 |r4 Archebischop of Yorke, at us was dovn to deth.
         And yn e vij yere of King Henrye regne come Dame
     Luce, e Duke sistir of Millane, yn-to Engelond, and so vnto
     London, and ere was weddid to Ser Edmunde Helond, Erle of
 |r8 Kent, yn e priory of Saint Mary Ouerey yn Southwerke, with
     moche solempnite and grete worschip: and ere was e King hym
     selfe, and yaf hir at e churche dore.  And whanne ay were
     weddyd, and masse do, e King, his owne persone, brout and
|r12 ladde is worthi lady yn-to e Bischopis place of Wynchestre; and
     ere was a wondir grete fest helde, to alle maner of pepil at come
     edir.
         In is same yere, Ser Robert Knollis, kniyt, e worthi
|r16 warriour, deied at his Maner yn Northfolke: and fro enne he
     was brout to London on an hors beere, with myche torche
     lyghte; and so was he brout to e Whit-Freris yn Flet-strete;
     and ere was do and made a ryal & solempne terement for
|r20 hym, for em at idir wolde come, boe pore & rich; and ere
     he lyth beryed; on whose soule God haue mercy! Amen!
         And yn the same yere Ser Thomas Ruston, knit, Con_stab[l]e
     of e Tour of London, was dreynt yn Themys at London
|r24 Brygge, as he com fro Westmynstre towarde e Tour yn a barge;
     and al rou lewdenesse. And yn e same yere Dame Phelyp, e
     yongyr doutir of King Henry e iiijthe, was ladde ouer e see with
     Ser Richarde, e Duke brothir of Yorke, and Ser Edmunde Cour_teneye,
|r28 bishop of Norwiche, and mony oer lordi, knitis and
     squyers, ladie and gentil-wymmen, as perteyneth to such a
     worthi Kingis doutir, and come yn-to Denmarke, to a toun at is
     callyd Elsynghorgh. And edir come e King of Denmarke, wie
|r32 his lordis, and resceyvid is worthi lady for his wiff, and welcomyd



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     ese worthi lorde, and dede ham moche reuerence & gret worschip.
         And anne ei were brout to a toun at is callid London yn
     Denmark, and ere was this lady weddid and sacryd to e King of
 |r4 Denmark with moche solempnite; and ere was sche crouned
     Quene of Denmark, Norwey and Swethyn; & ere was made a
     rialle fest.  And whanne is Fest and mariag was do & endid,
     ee lorde |r[f.121v] and ladie tokyn her leve of the King and Quene,
 |r8 and comyn home ayen yn-to Engelonde yn hast, anked be Ihesu!
         And yn the viij ere of King Harrye regne, er was a man
     at was clepid `e walsch clerke,' and apelyd a knyt at me
     callyd Ser Perciuale Sowdon, of treson; and ere ey were ioyned
|r12 to fit vnto e deth, within e liste, & e day, tyme and place
     assigned and lymytid to be do and ende, yn Smythfelde. At e
     which day e ij persone comyn yn to e felde, and foutyn soore
     and mytili togadris; but at e last e knyt ouercame e clerke,
|r16 and made hym yeldes creaunde of his fals plechement at he sayde
     on hym; and an was he dispoyled of his armeour and drawe out
     of e ffelde to Tyburne; & ere was he hangyd, and e knit take
     to grace, and was a gode man.
|r20     And yn is same yere, Ser Henry, erle of Northomhirlande,
     & e Lorde Bardolf, comyn out of Scotlande, yn preiudice &
     destruccion of King Harry; wherfore ay of the Northcuntre
     arysyn vp, and smytyn of her hedis, and sent e hed of the
|r24 Erle, and e quarter of e lorde Bardolfe, to London; and ere
     ey were set vp on e brygge, for fals treson at ay had purposed
     ayens e Kinge.
         And yn e ix yere of King Harre regne, was Ser Edmu[n]de
|r28 Holonde, Erle of Kent, made Amerel of Engelonde, for to kepe
     e see. And he went to e see with mony ryalle schippis, at
     were full well arayed and enarmyd with mony a gode man of
     arme & of archers, and of gode defence of warre yn e Kinges
|r32 name of Engelonde; and so he londit at e laste yn e costes of



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     Brittaigne, in e Ile of Bryak, with alle his peple; and he besegid
     e castel and assauted it. and ai with-ynne with-stode hym with
     grete defence & streine, and anon let sette his ordynaunce; & yn
 |r4 e leyngthe of a gune com a quarel, & smot e gode Erle yn e hed,
     & ere he caut his deth-wownde, but yet ei left not tylle ay
     hadde gotyn e Castell and alle at was ere-ynne; and ere is
     gode lorde deid: on whose soule God haue mercy.  And anne
 |r8 his meyne comyn hom ayen in-to Engelond with e Erle body,
     and was buried among his auncetrye rit worthily.  And yn e
     same yere was a gret frost yn Engelond, at dured xv woke.
         And yn e x yere of King Harryes regne e iiijthe, come e
|r12 Senescall of Henaud, with oer meyne, yn-to Englond, for to
     seke auntre, and to gete hym worschip yn dedis of arme, boe
     on horsbak and on foote, of al maner poyntis of dedis of arme
     and warre. And e Senescal Chalanged e Erle of Somerset; and
|r16 e Erle delyuerde hym manfully yn al his chalange, and put his
     aduersari to e worsse yn alle poyntis, & wanne hym ere grete
     worschyp and degre of the ffeelde.  And e next day come yn
     to e ffeelde a noer man of arme of the Seneschallys party; &
|r20 ayens hym com Ser Richard of Arundell, knyt; and e Henauder
     hed e hettyr of hym |r[f.122r] on fote in on poynt, for he brot hym on
     his kne.  And e thrid day come yn a noer man of arme yn to
     the felde; and ayens hym Ser Iohn Cornewayle, knyt; and manly
|r24 & knytly quyt hym yn alle maner of poynte ayens his aduersary,
     and had e bettyr yn the felde.  And e iiij day come yn
     a noer man of armys of Henaude, yn e felde; and ayens hym com
     Ser Iohn Cheynees sone, and manly quyt hym ayens his aduersary,
|r28 for he caste bothe hors & man into e feelde; and e King, for his
     manhode at at tyme, dubbyd hym knyt.  And e v day er com
     a noer man of arme of Henaude party yn-to e ffel[d]e; and to
     hym come Iohn Stewarde, squyer, and manfully quyt hym ere yn
|r32 al maner of poyntis, and hadde e bettir.  And e vj day come a
     nother Henauder; & to hym come William Porter, squier; and
     manfully he quitte hym yn e ffelde, and hadde e bettir, and e



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|r    King dubbid hym knit e same time.  And e vij day come a
     noer Henauder yn-to the felde; & to hym come Iohn Standisch,
     Squyer, and manly quit hym on his aduersary, and hadde e
 |r4 bettir yn e ffelde; and ere e King dubbyd hym knit e same
     day.  And yn e same day come a noer Henauder; and to
     hym come a squier of Gasquoyne; and proutly & manly he quitte
     hym on his aduersarye, and ere hadde e bettir, and anon e King
 |r8 dubbyd hym knit.
         And e viij day com yn-to e ffelde ij men of armes of
     Henaude; and to ham come ij soudiers of Calis at were breryn,
     y -Clepyd e Boroughe; and welle and manly quit hem on hir
|r12 aduersarie, and hadde e bettir yn o felde; and us endid is
     Chalanged with moche worschep. And e King, at e reuencens of
     the straungers, made a grete ffeest, and yaff rych yeftis; and ay
     tokyn hir leue, and went whom yn-to hir cuntre.
|r16     And yn e xj ere of King Hen[r]ye regne e iiijthe, ere was
     a gret Batayle yn Smythfelde betwene ij squiers; at on men
     callid Glowcestre, and at was appelaunt, and Arture, at
     was defendaunt; and welle and manfully foutyn togadrys longe
|r20 tyme. And the King, for hir manfulnesse and of his grace, toke
     hir quarell yn-to his honde, and mad ham go out of e felde at
     ones; and so ay were dyvyded of hir bataile; and e King yaf
     ham grace.
|r24    And yn e xij ere of King Henrye regne e iiijthe, Rys ap 
     die, a Squier of Walis at was a rebell & a ryser, and supporter
     of Owen of Glyndore at dede moche destruccion to e pepil yn
     Walis, was take, & brout to London. And ere he come afore e
|r28 Iustie, and was dampned for his treson; & an he was leyde on
     an hirdyl, and so draw forth to Tyhurne rowghe the cite, and
     ere was hangyd, & lete doune ayen, and his hed smytyn of; and
     his bodi quarterde and sent to foure towne, and his hedde sette on
|r32 London Brygge.
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     Ser Iohn Beauford, Erle of Somerset, at was |r[f.122v] Capteyne of Caleys,
     and was beryed at e Abbey of Tour-hille: on whose soule God
     haue mercy! Amen! And yn e same yere e Lorde Thomas,
 |r4 King Harrye sone, wedded e Countesse of Somerset. And e
     same yere come e ambasceturs of Fraunce yn-to Engelonde, from
     e Duk of Burgoyne, vnto the prince of Engelonde, King Harrye
     sone and his heire, for help & socour of men of arme and archers
 |r8 ayens the Duk of Orlyauns. And he sent forth e Erle of
     Arundell, Ser Gylbarde Vmfrauylle, Erle of Kyme, and e Lorde
     of Cobham, Ser Iohn Oldecastell, and mony oer gode knytis, and
     worthi squyers and men of arme, and gode archers, ouyr see yn-to
|r12 Fraunce, and comyn to Parys, to e Duk of Burgoyne, ere he
     resceyvyd and welcomyde ese Englisch lordis and alle hir meyne.
         And anne it was do hym to wete at e Duk of Orlyaunce was
     come to Senclowe, faste by Parys, with a grete noumbre of men of
|r16 armys & arblasters; and edir went our Englisch men, and
     foutyn with ham, and gotyn e brygge of Senclowe; & ere ay
     slow mony of the Frensch men and Armenacke, and e reme_naunt 
     fledde, and wolde no lengir abide. And oure Englysch
|r20 men comyn ayen to Paris; & ere ay tokyn hir leue of the Duke,
     and comen hom ayen yn-to Engelonde yn saafte, & he yaf ham
     gret yeftis.  Anon folowyng, the Duk of Orlyaunce sent ambas_setours 
     yn-to Engelond, to King Harry e iiijthe, besechyng hym of
|r24 his help & socour ayens his dedely enymye, e Duke of Burgoyne.
     And an e King made Thomas, his sone, Duke of Clarance, & his
     oer sone John Duke of Bedforde, and his oer sone Vmfray Duk
     of Gloucestre; & Ser Thomas Beauforde, Erle of Somerset; & e
|r28 Duke of Awmarle he made Duk of Yorke.  And an e King
     ordeyned his sone Thomas, and Beauford, Erle of Somerset, and
     Sir Iohn Cornewayle, and meny oer lordis, knitis & squyers,
     men of arme and archers, to go ouyr yn-to Fraunce, yn



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     helpyng & streyngthyng of the Duke of Orlyaunce.  And ese
     worthi lorde, with alle his retynu, schippyd at Hampton, and
     sayled ouyr yn-to Normandy, and landed at Hogge. And ere
 |r4 mette with ham e lorde Hamhe, at hir londyng, with vij M=l= men
     of arme of Frenschmen; and alle were put to flyt, and takyn of
     hem vij C men of armes & iiij C hors, with-out o at were slayn
     yn the felde. And so ei ryden forth rouout Fraunce, and token
 |r8 Castell & toune, & slow mych pepil of Frenschmen at with-stode
     ham, and tokyn meny prysoners as ay roode; and so ai passyd
     forth til ay comyn to Burdeux; and ere ay restid ham a while,
     and sette e cuntre yn pees & rest tylle e vyntage were redy to
|r12 sayle; and anne e Duk with his mayne com hom yn-to Engelond
     yn saafte, ankyd he God!  And yn e same yere was e Kingis
     coyne chaynged rou-out Engelond, by e King and his counsel,
     at is to say, e noble, half noble, & ferthyng of goolde.
|r16     And e |r[f.123r] xiiij yere of King Harrye regne e iiijthe, he lete
     make galaie of warre, for he hadde hopid to haue past e grete se,
     and so forth to Ierusalem, and ere to haue endid his lyf. but God
     vised hym sone aftir with Infirmytee and grete sekenesse, at he
|r20 myt not wel endure no while, so feruentli he was y tak. And he
     was yn Bedde at Westmynstre yn a faire Chaumbre; and as he
     lay abedde, he axed his Chaumbirleyn what he callyd that
     Chaumbyr at he lay-ynne: he answarde and sayde `Ierusalem.'
|r24 anne he sayde, his prophecie sayde `he schulde make an ende
     and deye yn Ierusalem.' and an he made hym redy vnto God, &
     disposed alle his wille, and sone aftir he deyed, and was caryed be
     water fro Westmynstre yn a barge to Feueresham, and fro ennes
|r28 to Caunturburye be londe, with moche torchelyt brennyng, yn-to
     e Priorie of Crichirch, and ere he was worthili entered & beried
     besyde saint Thomas shryne of Cawnturburye. And us endid
     is worthi King Henry abowte myd Lent Sonday, in e yere of
|r32 our Lorde Ihesu Crist, M=l=CCCCxiij, on whos soule God haue
     mercy! Amen!



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     And aftir is King Henri, regnyd his sone Henry, e vthe
        aftir e conquest. Capitulum CC.xliiij.
        And aftir e deth of King Harry e iiijthe, regnid King Harry
 |r4 his sone, at was born at Munmoth yn Walis, at was a worthi
     King, and a gracious man, and a gret conquerour.  And yn e
     firste yere of his regne, for gret loue & gedenesse, he sent to e
     ffreris of Langeley, ere as his Fadir hadde do burye King Richard
 |r8 e ijde, & let take vp his body ayen out of the erthe, and dede
     bring hym to Westmynstre, yn a ryal chare couert with blak
     veluet, & baners of diuers arme alle aboute. & al e horsses
     drawyng e chare were trappid yn black, & hete with diuers arme,
|r12 and mony a torch brennyng, by alle e wey, til he come to
     Westmystre. And ere he lette make for hym a ryalle & a
     solempne terement, and buried hym be Quene Anne his wiff, as
     his owne desire was, on e firther syde of Seynt Edwarde schryne,
|r16 yn the Abbey of Saint Petris of Westmynstre: on whose soule God
     haue mercy! Amen!
         And yn is same yere weren certeyne of Lollarde and fals
     heritikis takine, at hadde lu[r]sued, rou fals treson, to haue
|r20 slayn e King, and for to haue destroyed alle e clergy of is
     Reme. & ai myt haue hadde her fals purpos, but oure Lorde God
     wolde not suffre it; for yn hast e King hadde warnyng erof,& of alle
     hir fals ordinaunce & worchyng, and come sodenly with his power
|r24 to Saint Johnes-without-Smythfelde; and anon ei tokyn a certeyn
     of e Lollarde & fals heritike, and brout hem vnto e Kingis
     presens, & ere ei tolde all her fals purpos & ordinaunce, how ey
     wolde haue do & wrot, & ay myt haue regned & hadde her
|r28 wylle, and ere ei tolde which were her captens & her gouernours.
     & an e King commaunded ham to e Tour of London; & anne
     ey took moo of ham, boe within e cite & without, |r[f.123v] and sent ham
     to Newgate and to bothe Countie. And an ere were [ei]
|r32 brout yn examynacion before e clergy and e Kingis Iustice;
     & ere ei were conuicte of hir fals heresye, & dampned before e
     Iustice for hir fals treson: & us was her Iugement, at ay



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     schulde be drawe fro e Tour of London, rou London, vnto seint
     Gyle felde; & ere to be hangid & brent on e galows.  And
     also was take Ser Roger Acton, knit, boe for Lollardye & eke
 |r4 for treson ayens e King and e Reme. and he come afore e
     clergye, and was conuict of his lewed Lollardye, and before e
     Iustie ydampned to be brent, & to be draw fro e Tour of
     Lundon rou e cite to Saint Gyle felde, & to be hanged & to
 |r8 be brent.
         And e ij yere of King Harrye regne e vthe, he hilde a
     counsel of alle e lorde of the Reme at Westmynstre; and ere he
     put ham e demaunde, & prayed hem of hir godenesse and of
|r12 her gode counsel to schewe hym, as touchynge e titile & ryt at
     he hadde to Normandy, Gasquoyne & Guyenne, e which e King
     of Fraunce withhilde hym wrongefully and vnritfully, e wh[i]che
     his auncetre before hym hadde holde be trewe titill of conquest, &
|r16 rit heritage.  The which Normandye, Gasquoyne & Guyenne, e
     gode King Edward of Wyndesore, and his ansetrye before hym,
     hadde holde alle hir lyve tyme. And his Lorde af hym counsel to
     sende ambassetours vnto e King of Fraunce and his counsel, at he
|r20 schulde yelde vp to hym his rit heritage, at is to say, Normandie,
     Gasqueyne, & Guyenne, e which his predecessoris had y holde
     afore hym, or ellis he wolde it wynne with dunt of swyrde yn
     schort tyme, with help of Ihesu.  And anne e Dolfynne of
|r24 Fraunce answeryd to our ambassetours, & sayde yn is manere:
     at e King was ouyr yonge & tendir of age to make eny warre
     ayens hym, and was not like yette to be no gede (sic) warryor to make
     such a conqueste ere vpon hym; & yn scorne & despite he sent to
|r28 hym atoune fulle of teneys-ballis, be-cause he schulde haue sumwhat
     to play with-alle, for hym & for his lorde; `& at become hym
     bettir anne to mantayne eny warre,' he sayd.  And anne our



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     lorde, at were ambassetours, tokyn hir leue & comyn yn-to
     Engelond ayen, & tolde e Kinge and his Counsel of the vngodely
     answere at ay hadde of the Dolfyn, and of e present at he hadde
 |r4 sent vnto the Kinge.  And whanne e King hadde herde here
     worde, and the answere of the Dolfyne, he was wondir sore
     agrevyd, & ryt evil payed towarde the Frenschmen and towarde e
     King & e Dolfyn, and out to venge hym apon hem as sone as
 |r8 God wolde sende hym grace and myght; and anon lette make
     tenysballis for the Dolfyn in alle e haste at ay myte be maad,
     & at ei were harde & grete gune-stonys, for e Dolfyn to play
     with-alle.  And anne anon e King sent for alle his lorde, &
|r12 hilde a gret |r[f.124r] Counsel at Westmynstre, and tolde vnto hem e
     answere at he hadde of the Dolfyn, and of his worthi present
     to hym and to his lorde, to play with-alle. And ere e King
     and his lorde were accorded at ay schulde be redy yn armys with
|r16 hir power, yn e best aray at myt be, and gete men of armes
     and archers, and alle oer stuff at longed erto, & to be redy
     with alle hir retynu to mete at Southhampton be Lammesse next
     folouyng, without eny delaye; for the King ordeyned is Naueye
|r20 of schippe, with al maner stuff & vitaile at longid to such a
     warriour, of al maner ordinaunce, yn the hauen of Southhamton,
     in -to e nowmbir of iije xx=ti= sayle.  And ere fil a grete desee
     & a foul myschif; for er were iij lorde at e King tryst moche
|r24 ynne, at, for fals couetie purpoid e Kingis deth, & out to
     haue slayn hym and alle his breryn or he hadde take e see, e
     which were named us: Ser Richarde, e Erle of Caumbrydge,
     broer to e Duk of York; e ij was e Lord Scrope, Treserer of
|r28 Engelond; e iij was Ser Thomas Gray, knyt, of the Northcuntre.
     And ee iij lorde afore sayde, for lucre of Moneye, had made
     promis to e Frenschmen to haue slayne oure King and alle his
     worthi brethryn, by a false trayne sodenly, ere ay hadde be war.
|r32 But God, of his gret grace, hylde his holy hand ouyr ham, & saued



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     hem from is parelous meyne.  And for to haue do is, ei
     resceyued of e Frenschmen a mylyon of golde, at was ere oponly
     previde; and for er fals treson ey were all iij Iuged vnto deth;
 |r4 and is was e Iugement: at ai schulde be ladde rou Hampton,
     and without e Northegate, ere to be hedid; & us ai endide,
     for her fals couetyse and treson.
         Anon as us was do, e King and alle his meyne made hem
 |r8 redy, and wenton to schyppe, & sayled forth with xvc schippe,
     and arryued with-ynne Sayne, at Kitcaws, vpon our Ladie Evyn,
     e Assumpcion, yn Normandye, with al his ordynaunce; & so
     went forth to Hareflyte, & hesegid e toun al aboute, by londe
|r12 and by watir, and sent to e capteyne, and bade hym delyuer e
     towne: and he saide, `non he delyuerd hym, ne non he wolde to
     hym delyuer, but bade hym do his beste.'  And an e Kinge
     leyde his ordynaunce vnto e toun, at is for to saye, Gunne,
|r16 Engyne, Tripgettis, & schet and cast vnto e wallis & eke yn-to
     e toun, & caste doun both toure and toun, & layde ham vnto e
     grounde: & ere he played at tenys with his harde gune-stone
     at were withynne e toune.  Whanne ai schulde plai, ai
|r20 songyn `welawaye and allas at eny suche tenye-hallis were made,'
     and cursed al o at warre beganne, & e tyme at ei were born.
         And on e morow e King dede crye at euery gate of e toun,
     at euery man schulde he redye, on e morowe erlye to make assaute
|r24 vnto e toun.  And Gilliam Bocher & Iohn Gaunt, with
     xij oer worthi burge, comyn to e King, and besout hym, of
     his ryall mageste & power, to |r[f.124v] withdrawe his malice and destruc_cion 
     at he dede vnto hem, & besout hym of viij daye respite and
|r28 trewe, yef eny rescu myt come vnto hem, and ellis to yelde vp e
     toun vnto hym, with alle her gode.  And an e king sent forth
     e Capteyne, and kept e Remenaunt stille with hym. And e
     lorde Gancort went fforth to Rone yn alle hast, vnto e Dolfyn, for
|r32 help & socour; but er was non, ne no maner rescu; for e
     Dolfyn wolde not abyde.  And us is Capteyne come ageyne to



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     e King, and yelde vp e toun, and delyverde hym e keye. And
     an he callyd his vncle, e Erle of Dorset, and made hym Capteyne
     of the toun of Hareflete, & delyuered hym e keie, and bade hym
 |r4 go put out alle e Frensch peple, both man, womman and chylde,
     & stuffe e toun with Englisch men.  And an e King sent
     yn to Engelonde, at what crafti man wolde come idir, & ynhabit
     hym ere ynne e toune, he scholde have hous and housholde to
 |r8 hym & to his heyre for euyrmore. And idir went mony dyuers
     Marchaunte & Crafti men, & inhabited ham ere, to streynth e
     toune, & weryn welcome.  And whenne e King saw is, at
     hit was welle stoffed both of vitaile & of men, is worthi Prynce
|r12 & King toke his leve, & went hym to Caleys warde by londe.
         And e Frensch men herde of his komyng, and out to stoppe
     his way, at he scholde not passe at way; & yn hast broken alle
     e brygges ere eny passage was for hors & man, yn-so-moche ere
|r16 myt no man passe ouyr e see Ryuers, noer on hors ne on foote,
     but yef he schulde be drounde.  Wherefore our King, with alle
     his peple, went & souute his way fer vp to Paris warde; & ere
     was alle e ryal power of Fraunce redy to yef hym batayle, and to
|r20 destroy al his pepyl; but God almyti was his gide, and saued
     hym and alle his peple, and withstode alle his enymys purpos,
     ankyd be God, at so sauyd his owne knyt & King yn his
     ritfull tytyl!  And our King saw e multitude & nowmbre of
|r24 his enymys to withstonde his way & for to yeue hym bataile, anne
     e King, with a meke hert and a gode spiryt, lyfte vp his hande to
     Almyti God, besechyng hym of help & socour, and at dai to
     saue his trew seruaunte.  And anne our King gadryd alle his
|r28 lorde togadir, and oer pepil aboute hym, and hade hem alle to be
     of gode chere, for ei schulde haue a fayre daye and a gracious
     victori, and e bettir of al hir enymys; and prayed hem alle to
     make hem redy vnto e batayle; for he wolde raere be ded at



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     day, in batayle or yn felde, an be take of his enymys; for he
     wolde nevir put e rem of Engelond to no Rawnson for his persone.
         And e Duk of Yorke fill on his kne, and besaut e King of a
 |r4 bone, at he wolde graunte hym at day e vawnt-ward yn his
     batayle: and e King graunted hym his asking, and sayde,
     "gramarcy, Cosyn of Yorke!" and prayed hym to make hym
     redye.  And anne he hade euery man to |r[f.125r] orden hym a stake of
 |r8 tre, and scharp both endis, at e stake myt be pyght yn the
     erthe a-slop, at hir enymye schulde not ouyr-ryde hem, -- for at
     was hir fals purpos, -- and arayed hem als ere for to ouyr-ryde
     our meyne at e first comyng of ham sodeynly yn e first bront.
|r12     And alle nyt before e bataile, e Frenschmen made mony
     grete fires, and moche revell with hontynge, and played our King
     and his lorde at e dys, and an archer for a blanke of hir moneye;
     for ei wende hadde he heyre.

     |r[The_Battle_of_Agincourt.]
|r16     The morow aros, e day gan spryng, and e King, be gode
     avis, lette arme his bataile and wynge, and charged euery man
     to kepe hym hoole togadir, & prayed hem al to be of gode chere.
     And whanne ay were redy, he askid what tyme of e day it was,
|r20 & ay sayde `pryme.'  "Thanne," said our King, "nowe is gode
     tyme, for alle Engelond prayeth for vs; and erfore be of gode
     chere, & lette vs go to our iorney." And anne he sayde with an
     hygh voyce:  "In e name of Almyti God and Saynt George,
|r24 avaunt banarer! and Saynt George, is day yn help!"
         And anne ee Frenschmen come prikkyng doun as ei
     wolde haue ouyr-rydyn alle oure meyne; but God and our archers
     made hem sone to stomble; for our archers schet neuyr arowe amys,
|r28 but it perisched and brout to grounde man and hors; for ey
     schet at day for a wager; and our stake made hem top ouyr
     terve, eche on oer, at ay lay on hepis ij spere lengthe of heighthe.
     And our King, with his meyne and with men of arme, evir



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     layde doune; for he most fit with his owne honde; and our gode
     archers lackid on arowes, and layde on with stake.  And us
     Almyti God and Saint George brout our enymys to grounde, and
 |r4 af vs at day e victori; & ere were slayn of Frensch-men at day
     yn e ffelde of Agyncourt, moo an a xj M=l=, without prysoners at
     were take. & ere were nowmbred at day of Frenschmen yn the
     felde, mo an vj xx M=l=, and of Englyschmen nout vij M=l=; but God
 |r8 at day faut for vs.
         And aftir come er tydynge to e King, at ere was a
     new Batayle of Frenschmen ordeyned, redy to stele on hem, and
     comyn towarde hym. Thanne anon e King lette crye at euery
|r12 man scholde sle his prysoner at he hadde take; and anon arrayed
     his bataile ayen redy for to fit with e Frenschmen.  Whanne
     ay say at our men killyd doun her prysoners, anne withdrow
     ay ham, and brak hir batayle and alle hir araye; and us our
|r16 King (as a worthi conqueror) hadde at day e victory yn the ffelde
     of Agyncourt yn Pycardye.
         And anne our King returned ayen ere e Batayle was, to se
     what pepil was ded of Englyschmen, and yef eny were hurt at
|r20 myt be holpe; and ere were ded yn e ffelde, on er party e
     Duk of Barry, e Duk of Launson, e Duk of Braban, the Erle of
     Nauerne, e Chief counstable of Fraunce, and viij oer erle, and
     e Archebischoppe of Saumte, and of gode Barons C and moo,
|r24 and of worthi knitis of grete alyaunce of Cote armyours, M=l= C.
     And of Englyschmen was ded at day, e Duk of Yorke and e
     Erle of Suffolk; and of alle oer of Englisch |r[f.125v] Nacyon ere were not
     ded passyng xxvj bodie, thanked he God! And is batayle was
|r28 on a Friday, e which was Crispyn & Crispiniane day, yn the
     moneth of October. And anon e King commawnded to bery ham,
     and the Duke of York to be caried forth with ham, and e Erle of
     Suffolke. And ere were tak prisoners, e Duk of Orlyance, e
|r32 Duk of Burbone, e Erle of Vandom, e Erle of Ewe, e Erle of
     Richmond, and Ser Bursigaunt, Marchal of Fraunce. And mony



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     oer worthi lorde were take yn is batayle of Agyncourt, and
     brout vnto e toun of Caleys, and so ouyr se with e King yn-to
     Engelond, and londid at Douer, yn Kent, with alle his prisoners in
 |r4 saafte, -- ankid be Ihesu! -- and so cam to Caunturbury, and offred
     at Saint Thomas Schryne; and so roode forth rou Kent e next
     way to Eltham, & ere he restid hym tylle he wolde come to
     London.  And an e Meire of London and e Aldermen and e
 |r8 Schereffe, with alle e wori Comeners and craftis, comyn to e
     Blake-Heth, welle and worthilye arayed to welcome our Kyng
     with dyuers melodye, and anke Allemyty god of his gracious
     victory at he hadde schewed to hym.

     |r[Henry_V's_Reception_in_London.]
|r12     And so e King and his prysoners passyd forth by ham, til
     he com vnto Seint Thomas watryng; and ere mette with hym
     alle e Religious with precession, and welcomyd hym; and so e
     King come ridynge with his prysoners rou e cite of London,
|r16 where ere was schewyd mony a faire syt at alle e Condite and
     at e Cros yn Chepe, as yn heuynly aray, angelis, archaungelis,
     Patriarchus, prophetis, and virginis with dyuers melodie, sensyng
     and syngyng to welcome our King, and alle conditus rennyng
|r20 wyne. And e King passyd forthe vnto Saint Paule; and ere
     met with hym xiiij Bischope, reuersed and mitryd, with Censers
     to welcome e King, and sungun for his gracious victori Te deum
     laudamus. And ere e King offred, & roode forth to West_mynstre; 
|r24 and e Maire toke leue of e King, and rode hoom
     ayen.
         And yn e thrydde yere of King Henrye regne e vthe, Came
     e Emperour of Almayne, King of Rome & of Hungary, yn-to
|r28 Engelonde, and so to e cite of London. And e Maire, aldermen,
     and scherevi, with e worthi craftis of London, be e Kingi
     commaundement, met with hym on the Blake-Heth yn e best aray
     at ay cowthe, on hors bak; & ere ay welcomyd hym, and
|r32 brout hym to London with moche honour and grete reuerence.



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     And atte Seint Thomas watryng ere mette with hym the King and
     alle his lorde yn gode aray. And ere was a worthi metyng
     betwene e Emperour and e King; & ere thay kussid togadre,
 |r4 & braced ech othir; and an e King toke e Emperour be e
     hande; & so ai come rydyng rout e cite of London vnto Saint
     Poule; and ere ay lyte, and offred; and alle e Bischope
     stode reuersed, with censers yn here honde, censyng.  Thanne
 |r8 ei tokyn hir hors, and ryden to |r[f.126r] Westmynstre; and ere the King
     loggyd the Emperoure yn his owne palis, & ere restid hym a
     grete while, and alle atte e Kingis cost.
         And sone aftir come e Duk of Holond yn-to Engelond, to
|r12 se e Emperour, and to speke with hym and with e King; and he
     was worthily resceyved and loggyd yn the Bischopis In of Hely,
     and alle at e Kinges cost.  And whanne e Emperoure hadde
     wel restid hym and sey e lande yn dyuers partees, and knew e
|r16 commoditees, anne, be processe of tyme, he toke his leue of the
     King; but ere he went he was made Knyt of the Gartir, &
     resceyved and weryd e lyuerey; and anne he thanked e King
     and alle his worthi lorde; and e King & he went ouer e see
|r20 to Calys, and abydyn ere longe tyme, to haue an onswere of the
     Frensch King. And atte e last hit come, and plesyd hym rit
     nought; and e Emperour toke his leve of the King, and passyd
     forth yn Goddis name; and oure King come ouyr ayen yn-to
|r24 Engelond, yn alle e hast at he myt; and at was on Saynt
     Lukes eue at he come to Lamhehithe; and on the Monday next
     ffoluynge he come yn -to the parlement atte Westmynstre. And
     yn is same yere was a gret derth of Corne yn Engelond, but, -- thankyd 
|r28 he God! -- hit lastid not long.
     
     How the King went e secunde tyme yn-to Normandy; & of
        e sege of Roone. Capitulum CC xlv.
        And yn e forth yere of King Harrye regne e fifthe, he
|r32 hilde his parlement at Westmynstre yn the begynnyng of moneth
     of October, and lastid vnto e purificacion of our Lady anne next
     folowyng. And ere was grawnted vnto e King, to maynetayne



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     his warres, bothe of spiritualte & temporalte, an hole taxe and a
     dyme.  And anon e King prayed al his lorde to make hem
     redy to streynth hym yn his ryt; and anon he lette make a new
 |r4 retynu, and charged alle men to be redye at Hampton yn e
     Whitson woke anne next folowyng, without eny delay.  And
     e Kinge made e Duke of Bedforde Protector & defender of his
     Reme of Engelond yn his absens, and charged hym to kepe his
 |r8 lawe, & mayntayne boe spiritualte and temporalte.  And
     whanne e King hadde us do, and sette alle yng yn kinde, on
     Saint Marke day, at was at tyme Hocwedynesday, he toke his
     hors atte Westmynstre, and come rydyng to Poulis; & ere he
|r12 offred, and toke his leue, and rode forth row e cite, taking his
     leve of alle maner of peple, as welle of pore as of Rich, praynge
     alle hem yn generall to pray for hym. And so he roode forth to
     Saint George, and ere he offred, and toke is leve of e Maire,
|r16 Chargyng hym to kepe welle his Chaumbre; and so rode forth to
     Hampton, and ere abode tille his retynu was redy and come to
     hym; for ere was alle his Naueye of schippe, with his ordynaunce,
     gadred and welle stuffyd, as longyd to such a ryalle Kinge, with
|r20 alle maner of vitayle for his pepille, as welle for hors as for
     man, as longyd for such a warriour, at is to say, armure, Gonne,
     tripgettis, Engyne, sowe, Bastille, brygge of lethir, scaling
     laddres, mallis, |r[f.126v] spade, schouylle, Pykys, bowe and arowe,
|r24 bowstrynge, scheftis, & pipis fulle of arowe, as nede for such a
     worthi warriour at no ing was to sech. & whanne tyme come,
     edir come to hym scheppe lade with gunepowder.

     |r[Henry_V's_second_Invasion_of_France.]
         Whanne is was rede, and his retynu come, e King and
|r28 his lorde, with alle his rial host, went to schippe, & tokyn e see &
     sayled yn-to Normandye, and landed at Towk vpon Lammas Day
     an next; and ere he made xxviij knightis at his londyng.



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         And anne e King, hering of mony enymys vpon e see, at is
     to sey, ix grete Carylis, hulkys, Galeye & schippi, that were come
     to destroye his Nauey, anon he commaunded e Erle of the
 |r4 March to be chyff Capteyne, and mony worthi lor[d]e with hym,
     with men of armys and archers, to go to the see, at non enmyes
     defouled his Nauye ne entred his londe yn no maner party for to
     destrowble his viage ne corneye.  And anon e erle toke his
 |r8 meyne, and went to schyppe, and skimmed the see, and kepte e
     see-coste, at no maner enymys durste rowte vpon e see.
         And anon e Kinge sent his heroudes vnto e Capten of Towke,
     & chargyd hym to delyuer is Castell and his toun, & ellis he
|r12 schulde leve neyer man ne child a lyve. And anon e Captene
     & iiij oer burge brout the keye vnto e King, and besout hym
     of grace; and e Kinge delyuerd to Ser Iohn Kighley e keie,
     and made hym Capteyn, & commawnded hym to put out alle e
|r16 Frenschmen, bothe of e Castell and of the toun.  And ere
     besyde was e Castell of Louers; and edir e King sent e Erle
     Marchall, with a faire mayne, and sawted e toun; and anon it
     was yelded vp vnto e Erle, & brout hym e keye, & he
|r20 brout e keye to e King; & e King toke to hym e keye, and
     made hym Capteyn of the Castell of Louers & of alle at longed
     erto, and charged him to delyuer oute alle e F[r]enschmen.
         And an e King hilde forth his way to Cane, at was a
|r24 strong toune and a faire, and a ryalle Castell erynne. And anon
     he sent his herodde vnto e Capteyn, and Chargyd hym to delyuer
     e toun and his Castel, or ellis he wolde hit gete with streynth of
     hond.
|r28     And ai answerd and sayd to him, `non of hym he toke, ne
     non ey wolde delyuer vnto hym.'  And anne anon he
     leyde his sege to e toun, and layde gunne on euery syde, and bete
     adoun both walle & toure, and slow myche pepil yn hir howse
|r32 & eke yn stretes.  And e gode Duk of Clarens, he layde doun



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     e wallis on his syde vnto e grounde; and so with ynne a while
     e King be his counsel assauted e toune alle aboute; and anon e
     Duk of Clarans had entyrd yn-to the toun, and slow doun ryt til
 |r4 at he come vnto e King, and spared neer man ne childe; and
     euyr ai cryed "a Clarans, a Clarans, Seint George!" & slou doun
     rit; and ere was ded on e wallis, on e Kingis syde, a worthi
     man at me callid Sprengehose, e which e King commaunded to
 |r8 be beryed yn e abbey of Cane, fast by William Conqueroure: on
     whose soule, God haue mercy! amen! |r[f.127r] And thanne e King come
     yn-to e toun, with his Broer e Duk of Clarens, and mony oer
     worthi lorde, with moche solempnite and myrthe, and anne e
|r12 King commaundcd e Capteyne to delyuer his Castell; and he
     besout e King at he wolde yeue hym xiiij daye of respite,
     yef eny rescu wolde come; and yf non come, to delyuer hym e
     keye and e Castelle atte his owne commaundement.  And
|r16 vndir is composicion was the toun & e Castell of Bayons, with
     oer toune, fortalice & village, yn-to e noumbre of xiiij tounes.
     And vpon e hylle before the castell of Cane, e King pyght
     alle his tentis, at semyd a toun as moche as Cane. & by at
|r20 come tydyngis at no rescu wolde come ere; and so, at e xiiij
     dayes ende, e Capteyne come out, and delyuered e keye and e
     Castell to our King; And Bayons and e oer xiiij toune weryn
     delyuerd vnto hym also. and anon e King delyuerd e keyes to
|r24 e Duk of Clarans, and made hym Capten, both of the toun and of
     e Castell, & made hym Capteyn of Bayons, & of al e oer toune
     also, and so entred e Castell & e toun also; and ere he hylde
     his Seint George feste; and ere he made xv Knitis of the Bath.
|r28 And e King commaunded to put out alle e Frenschmen, boe
     man & womman; and no man so hardy to defoule no womman, ne
     take no maner gode away from ham, but late hem passe yn pees,
     vpon deth; and ere passed out of the toun, yn on day, moo an
|r32 xv c wymmen.



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         And anne e King lete stuffe e Toun and e Castell with
     Englisch men, and ordeyned ij Capteyne, on for the toun and
     a-noer for the Castell, and chargyd ham, vpon her lyf, to kepe wel
 |r4 the toun and e Castell. And or he went enne, he gat valeys
     Newelyn, & leyde sege to Chierburgh. And at sege layde e
     Duk of Gloucestre with a strong pouer, and be processe of tyme gat
     it, and made ere a Capteyne. And e same tyme e Erle of
 |r8 Warwic layde sege to Dounstount, & gat hit, and put eryn a
     capteyne.
         And for to speke moore of the Erle of the Marche, at e
     King hadde sette to scom e see and e Cooste of Engelonde for
|r12 enymys, e wynde aros so vp-on hem, at ei wende alle for to
     haue loste her lyve; but rou e grace of God, and goode gouern_aunce,
     ey at were within the Ile of Wight, ryden al at storme
     ere.  And ere were lost ij Carreke & ij balyngers with
|r16 marchaundis godis, and alle e pepyl at were erynne; & anoer
     Caryk droff before Hampton, and drew his Mast ouyr the toun
     wallis; and is was on saynt Barthelemewe day.  And
     whann alle is storme was cecid, is worthi Erle of the Marche
|r20 tooke his schippe with his meyne, and went ayen to e see, and
     londid yn Normandy at Hogge, and so rode forth towarde e
     King; and euyr as he cam, e Frenschmen fledde.  And there
     com to hym an Antony pygge, |r[f.127v] and folowed e ost al at way tyl
|r24 thay come tylle a grete wasch; and ere ay drad to haue be
     ded, for the water closed ham so at ay myt noughere goo out.
         But atte e last, is pygge and God brout hem out alle
     saaf; and ere ay caut a gyde that knewe alle the cuntre aboute,
|r28 and he brout ham rou quicsonde, and so yn-tille an Ile; and
     ere they toke meny prysoners yn her way toward the King yn
     her iourney towarde Cane.
        And ere e King welcomyd hym, and toke his iourney
|r32 towarde Argenton, & anon it was yolde vnto e King, and ai



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     hadde her lyues, & went hir way.  And anne e King remeued
     to a strong toun callyd Cessy, and ere was a fayr Mynstre, and
     ay yelde it anon vnto e King. And e King went anon fro
 |r4 enne to Launson, and gat e toun and brigge. And e King
     sent e Erle of Warwic to a toun me callith Belham, with a
     strong power; and anon ay yelde ham, and put ham yn the
     Kingis grace: and so dede mony mo stronge toune & castellis at
 |r8 were in o partee.  And fro ennes ey went to Vernyl in
     Perche; and anon it was yolden to e King, bothe toun & castell,
     bodye and godes, at the Kingis grace. And so e King gat and
     conquered alle the toune and Castelles, Pile, Streynthis, and
|r12 Abbeye vnto Pountlarge, & fro enne vnto the Cite of Roone.
     
     |r[The_Lollard,_Sir_John_Oldcastle.]
         And yn e .v. yere of King Henrye reing e vthe, Ser Iohn
     Oldecastell, knight, at was e Lorde of Cobbam, was arestyd for
     Lollardye, and brout yn-to the Tour of London. And anon
|r16 aftir he brak out of e Tour, and went ynto Walis; and there he
     kept hym longe tyme.  And at the laste, e Lorde Powis mette
     with hym and tooke hym; but he stode at grete defence longe
     tyme, and was soore wounded or he wolde be take; and so e
|r20 Lorde Powys meyne brout hym out of Walis to London yn a
     whirlecole; & so he was brout to Westmynstre, & there was
     examyned of certeyn poynte at were put vpon hym. & he sayde
     not nay; and so he was conuycte be e clergy of Lollardye, &
|r24 dampned before e Iustie vnto deth for treson; and so he was
     hadde vnto e Tour ayen, and ere he was laide on a hurdil, and
     draw rough e cite to Saint Gyle Felde, & ere was made a new
     paire of Galows, and a stronge chayne, and a coler of yron for hym,
|r28 and ere he was hanged and brent on e galous, & alle for his
     lewdeness & fals opynyons.



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     How the King sent his vncle Syr Beaufort, Duk of Excestre,
        before the cite of Roon, and there displayed his Baner.
        And yn the vithe yere of King Harrie regne e vthe, he sent
 |r4 his vncle, Sir Thomas Beauforde, Duk of Excestre, with a fayre
     manye of men of arme and archers, a fore e cite of Roone, & ere
     displayed his haner, & sent herode vnto e toun, and bade hem
     yelde it vnto oure King, her lige lorde.  And ai saide he
 |r8 toke hem non to kepe, ne non he schulde haue ere, but yf it were
     ryt dere bout and medid with hir hande; for other answer wolde
     ey non yeve.  And ere e Duk toke gode avysement of the toun
     and of the grounde al about; and anon ere yssued out of e cite
|r12 a grete meny of men of arme, bothe on horsbak & eke on fote;
     & anon our mayne mette with ham, |r[f.128r] and ovirthrew an hep of
     hem; and there were slayn and take xxx=ti= persone of right gode
     menne bodie; and e rempnaunt fledde vnto the toun. And e
|r16 Duk went ayen vnto Pountlarge vnto e King and tolde hym alle
     how he hadde sped, and how hym lykyd e grounde.  And anon
     as he was go, ey cast adoun al her subbarhe about e cite, vnto
     e harde grounde, for e King schulde haue ere non refreschyng
|r20 at his comyng.  And the Fryday before Lammas day en next,
     our King with his ost come before Roone, and layde his sege
     rounde about e cite, and anon leet leye his owne ordinaunce
     vnto the toun.  And e King and his lorde were logged yn the
|r24 Charterhous, and gret streyngth about hym, and at was yn e est
     partye of e cetey. And e Duk of Clarans loggyd hym at e
     westende, yn a wast abbeye before e porte of Caux.  And the
     Duk of Excestre yn the North syde, before e Port Denys; and
|r28 betwene e Duk of Clarens & e Duk of Excestre was e Erle
     Marchal logged, with a strong pouer, before e castell Gate.
         And an was e Erle of Ormonde, and e Lorde Haryngton, and
     e lorde Talbot with his retynu, next hym; and anne Ser Iohn
|r32 Cornewayle, and mony oer noble knitis of name with hir retynu,
     lay with e Duk of Clarens. And from e Duk of Excestre



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     towarde e King weryn logged e Lorde Roos, e Lorde
     Wylughby, e Lorde Fithugh, and Ser William Porter, knit,
     with hir retynu, before e Port Seint Hillary.  And an was e
 |r4 Erle of Mortayne, with his retynu, logged yn e Abbey of Saynt
     Kateryne; and e Erle of Sawlesbery with is retynu lay on at on
     syde of Saynt Katerynes; & Ser Iohn Gray, knight, was logged at
     e Mount Saint Mychell; and Ser Philippe Leiche, knight, e
 |r8 Kingis tresorer, was logged betwene e watir of Sayne and e abbey,
     and kepte e warde vndir e hille. And e Baron of Carew was
     loggid on e watir syde to kepe e passage, and Iemco e skquier
     lay next hym on e water syde; & ay ij Squiers kept manly e
|r12 watir of Sayne, and faut with her enymys oft tyme. And on
     at oer syde of Sayne lay e Erle of Hontyngton and Maistir
     Nevyle, e Erle sone of Westmerlonde, and Ser Gilbert Hom_frauile,
     e Erle of Kyme, Ser Richarde of Arundell, and e Lorde
|r16 Ferrers with hir retynu, before e Port de Pount; & eche of these
     lorde hadde strong ordynaunce.  And e King dede make at
     Pountlarge, ouyr e watir of Sayne, a strong and a myty Cheyne
     of Iren, & put it rou grete pile ffast pyght yn the grounde; &
|r20 at went ouyr e Ryver of Sayne, at no vessell myt passe at way
     in no kind. And aboue at chayne e King leet make a brygge
     ouyr e watir of Sayne, at man & horse & alle othir |r[f.128v] Carrage
     myt go to and fro, at alle tyme whanne at nede were.
|r24     And thanne come e Erle of Warwic, and hadde gote Douns_rount 
     vnto e King; and anon e King sent hym to Caudeheek,
     to besege it. And whenne he com before the toun, he sent hys
     heroude vnto e Capteyne, and bade hym yelde vp e toun on
|r28 payn of deth. And anon he layde his sege; & an e Capteyne
     besout e Erle at he myt come vnto his presens & speke with
     hym; and so e gode Erle graunted hym.  Thanne he come out,
     and iiij oer burge with hym, and Entretyd so with e Erle at
|r32 this toun was vndir composicion to do as e cite of Roone dede;
     and e Erle graunted and consentyd er-to, vpon is condicion, at
     e Kynge Nauey, with his ordynaunce, myt passe vp by ham in



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     saafte, without eny lette or dysturbaunce; and to is composycion
     ei sette her seele, and e Schippe passed vp by ham yn saafte,
     & come before e cite of Roon, into a C. schippe, and ere ay
 |r4 cast her anchors, and anne is citee was besegid bothe be lond
     & by watir.  And whanne alle is was do, and e schippe
     come vp, anne come e Erle of Warwic ayen vnto e King, and
     loggyd hym betwene e Abbey of Saint Kateryne & e King, til
 |r8 at e abbey intret, and was yolde vnto e King; and anne he
     remeved fro enne, and loggyd hym before e Poort Martevile.
         And annes was e Erle of Salusberye commawnde be e King
     to make hym redy for to ryde; but ere come hasti tydynge and
|r12 made hym to abyde; & so he retourned ayen and logged hym
     besyde e Erle of Hontyngton til e sege was endyd.  And
     ann come e Duk of Gloucestre, e Kinges broer, from e sege of
     Chierborugh at he hadde wonne & gotoun, & stuffed ayen to
|r16 e Kinges behoue & pr[o]fit. And whanne he was come to
     the King before Roon, anon he logged hym with grete ordynaunce
     before e Port Saint Hyllarye, more nygh e toun and his enymys
     anne eny oer man be xl rode of lengthe, withynne schotte
|r20 of quarell; & with hym lay e Erle of Suffolk & e Lorde of
     Bergeveny with alle hir retynu & strong ordynaunce, & manly &
     proutly faut euery day with hir enymys evere whanne ay issued
     out of the Cete.  And anne com e Pryour of Kylmaynon yn
|r24 Irelond, ouyr the se vnto e King, with a fayre mayne of men of
     arme of hir owne cuntre gise, vnto the summe of xv c of gode
     monne bodye. And e King welcomyd ham, and made ham ryt
     grete chere.
|r28     And anne come tydynge to |r[f.129r] the King at e King of
     Fraunce, and e Dolffyn and e Duke of Burgoyne, wolde come
     doun to rescu e cite of Rone with a strong power of alle maner
     nacione, and breke e sege; and he cast hym to entre on e
|r32 North syde of the oste, because at ere was e heste entre, and



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     most playne groun[d]e. And erfore e King assyngned e Priour
     of Kilmaynon with is power, and logged hym on e northe syde of
     the oste, to stoppe hir passage, and was be e forest of Lions; and
 |r4 of his ordinaunce ei were fulle gladde. And ai went forthe
     yn haste, and kept the grounde, and e place at e King & his
     counsel hadde assygned vnto ham; and ai quitte ham as gode
     warrioures vnto e King.
 |r8     Now wyl y telle you which were e Chyff Capteyne &
     gouernowres of is cete of Roone: Mounser Guy Botelere was chyff
     capteyne, bothe of the cite & of the castell; and Mounser Turmegan,
     he was capten of e Port de Caux; Mounser le Roch was
|r12 capteyn de Syne; Mounser Antony, he was lieutenaunt to Mounser
     Guy Botelere; Henry Chaunfewe, he was capteyne of thes Port
     de Pount, Iohn Matrihas, he was capteyne of the Port de la
     Chastell; Mounser de Peneux, he was capteyne of e Port Saint
|r16 Hillary; e Bastarde of Tyne, he was capteyn of the Port
     Martivile; and graunt Iake, a worthi warryour, he was capteyn
     of alle warryoures, and gouernoure outwarde, bothe on horsbak
     & on foote, of alle men of arme: whenne ei issued out of the
|r20 cite, of alle e portis, he hem arayed as ey schulde countre with
     our meyne.  And ech of these capteyne hadde v M=l= men of
     arme, & some mo. And at e first comyng of oure King, ere
     were noumbred be heroudes ynto an CCC M=l= of men, wymmen, &
|r24 childryn, what yong & olde. And among alle ese was many a
     manful man of his hand; and so ay prevyd ham whanne ei issued
     out of e cite, bothe on horsbak & on foote, for ay come neuer out
     at on gate alone, but at iij or iiij; and at euery gate .ij. or iij. M=l=
|r28 of gode men of arme, and manfully counted with our Englisch_men,
     & moche pople slayne dyuers tyme with Gune, quarell, &
     oer ordynaunce. And is sege endured xx=ti= woke; and euer
     ai of the toun hopyd for to haue be rescued; but er come non.
|r32     So at e laste, ei kept so longe e toun at ere deied mony
     thowsande withynne e toune for defaute of mete, of men,
     wymmen and chyldryn; for ay had ete al her hors, doggis and



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     catte, at were yn the toun. And ofte tyme e men of arme
     droff out e pore pepyl at the gatis of the toune, for spendyng of
     vitayle; and anon our Englischmen droff ham yn-to e toun agayne.
 |r4 So at e last, e capteyne of the toun, seyng e myschif at ay
     were nout rescued, and also e scarcite of vitayle, & at e peple
     so deied for defaute of mete, euery daye mony thowsande, and
     also saue yonge childryn lye & sowke her modir pappis at weryn
 |r8 ded, an anon ey sent vnto e King, besechinge him of his grete
     mercy & grace, and brout e keyes of |r[f.129v] e toun vnto the Kinge,
     and delyuered the toun to hym; and alle soudere voyded the
     toun, with hir hors & harne; and e comune of the toun fors to
|r12 abyde and dwelle stille yn the toun, yerely to pay hym and to his
     successours, for al maner custome, see seruie & quateryme
     [blank] Marc.  And anne e King entred yn-to e toun, &
     restyd hym yn the Castell tylle e toun were sette yn rewle and
|r16 gouernawnce.



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     |rAPPENDIX_C.
     
     |rFULLER_VERSION_OF_THE_TIME_FROM_1399-1401.
     |rCompare_p._361,l.16_ff.
     
     |r[MS._Rawlinson,_B._173.]
     
        |r[f.213r] And at Oxonford were take Sir Thomas Blounte, knit, and
     Benet Cely, knight, & Thomas Wyntershill, Squier.  And these
     were be-hedyd and quarterd; And the knightes hedes were set on
 |r4 poles, and brought to London, and set on London Brygge; And
     the quarters sent forth to other places and townes. And in the
     same yere, at Pritewell, in a Mille in Essex, there was Sir Iohn
     Holand, the Duke of Excestre, take with the commons of the
 |r8 Contre.  And they brought him from that Mille vnto Plassh,
     And to the same place ere as King Richard Arested Sir Thomas
     of Wodestocke, Duke of Gloucestre.  And right there, in the
     same place, they smote of the Duke of Excestres hede, and brought
|r12 hit to London vppon a pole, And hit was sett on London Brigge.
     And in the same yere, at Bristowe, was take the Lorde Spencer at
     King Richard hadde made Erle of Gloucestre.  And the commons
     of the towne of Bristowe toke and brought him into the Market_place 
|r16 of the towne; And there ey smote of his hede, and sent hit
     to London, & hit was set on London Brigge.  And in the same
     yere was Sir Barnard Brokeys, knight, take and Arested, & putte
     into the Toure of London, And Sir Iohn Shelley, |r[f.213v] knight, and Sir
|r20 Iohn Magdaleyn, And William Ferhy, persons of King Richard;
     And ey were arested and put into the Toure of London. And
     there come the Kinges Iustices, and satte vpon them in the Toure;
     And ere they were dampned all iiij vnto deth. And e dome yeue
|r24 to Sir Barnard Brokeis, that he shulde come on fote from the
     Toure, rough London, vnto Tyborne, And there to be hanged, and
     his hede smetyn of. And Sir Iohn Shelley, knight, Sir Iohn
     Magdaleyn & Sir William Ferby, persons, were drawe rough-oute
|r28 London to Tyborne, And there honged, and her hedes smetyn of,
     & set on London Brige.
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     home ayene into Fraunce, the which was King Richardes wedid
     wiffe, And yaff her golde and siluer And many other Iuellys;
     And so she was discharged of all her doure in Englonde. And in
 |r4 the ij yere of King Henry the iiijth, was Sir Roger of Claryndon,
     knit, and ij of his men, and the Prioure of Launde, and vij
     freris Minours, and somme maistres of Diuinite, and other, for
     treson at ey wrought a-yenst e King, were drawe and hanged at
 |r8 Tyborne, all xij persones to-gedyr. And us was here ende there
     for her treson.
        And in the same yere bigan a discencion and a debate in the
     Contre of Walys, bitwene e Lorde Grey Riffyn and Owen Glen_dore, 
|r12 |r[f.214r] Squier of Wales. And this Owen arered a nombre of
     Walshe-men, And kept all the Contre Aboute right strong, and did
     moche harme, & distroyed the Kinges townes and lordshjppis
     roughoute Wales, and robbed and slewe the Kingys peple, both
|r16 Englissh-men and Walshe-men: And thus he endured xij yere
     large.  And he toke e Lorde Grey Ryffyn prisoner, And kept
     him ffast in holde tyll he was Raunsomed.  And in the iij yere
     of King Henry, Owen brent a towne of the Erles of March in
|r20 Walys, at hight Kinghton.  And on the morowe after Seint
     Albones day, was the batayle bitwene Sir Edmond Mortymere and
     Owen; And is bataile was on the blacke hyll beside Pymaren.
     And er Owen toke Sir Edmond Mortymer, e Erles brother of the
|r24 Marche, prisoner, and kepte him long tyme in holde; And at the
     laste he made him wedde one of his doughters, and kept him there
     styll with his wiffe; and sone after he died. And an the King,
     hering And knowyng that myscheffe, distruxion & treson that is
|r28 Owen wrought,  Than anone he ordeyned him a strong power of
     men of Armes & Archers, And moche other stuffe at longeth to
     werre, for-to abate and destroye e malice of these false Walshmen.
     And whan |r[f.214v] the King come into Wales for-to destroye thys Owen
|r32 and other rebelles, false Walshmen, Anone they fledden into the
     Mounteyns; And there might no man do hem harme In no maner
     wise; but often-tymes they toke the Kinges Cariage, and euery day
     destroyed his peple; but Owen and his men for the most party
|r36 scaped harmeles, For the King ne his meyne might not come by
     him in no maner wise, for the Mounteynes. And so the King
     come into Englond a-yene, for lesing of mo of his peple; and us
     he sped not there.



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     |r[D]
     
     |rCONTINUATION_OF_THE_BRUT_CONTAINING_JOHN_PAGE'S
     |rPOEM_ON_THE_SIEGE_OF_ROUEN.
     |rFROM_THE_SIEGE_OF_ROUEN_[1418]_TO_A.D._1430.
     
     |r[Galba_E._VIII.]
     
     |r[f.137r] How kynge henry the v. leide sege to the Cite of Rone,
        and how he gate the Cite with strengthe and manhode
        well and worthily.
 |r4    And in the vi. yere of Kynge Henryis Regne the v; the
     Kynge sent his vncle Sir Thomas Beauford, Duke of Exeter, with
     othir lordis and knyghtis, men of armys and archeris, to the Cite
     of Rone, and there displayid her baneris opynly byfore the cite of
 |r8 Rone, and sent herodis to hem that were withynne the Cite, and
     bade hem yolde vp the cite in alle haste, that was the kyngis
     righte, or ellis thei shuld deie an harde and sharpe dethe, and
     withoute eny mercy or grace.
|r12    And there he be-hild the g[r]ounde aboute the Cite, how thei
     myght beste sette her sege to gete that Cite.
         And ansuere wold thei none yeue, but menyd with her
     hondis ouyr the wallis, as who seyth `voydith the grounte and the
|r16 place that ye ben on'; and shotte tho many gunnys to hem. And
     thanne there Issewid out of the Cite many men of armys, of
     Frensshe men on hors bakke, and countrid with oure Engelisshe
     men, and ffaughten manlyche. And there were sleyne and take of
|r20 the Frensshe men a grete hepe; and the remanent fledden ayen
     into the Cite.
         And thanne the Duke of Exetir turnyd ayen with his pepull,
     and come to Pountlarge; and there he met with the Kynge, and
|r24 told hym alle how he had spede and don in his message.
         And now for to telle how thei that weren withynne the cite
     of Rone, had deuowrid and distroyid alle the subarbis rounde aboute
     the Cite, into the bare grounde, for the Kynge shuld no refute
|r28 haue, ne non refressynge haue there at his comynge; and how thei
     had strongly newe dichid, with many othir dispiteffull and cruell
     ordynauncis that thei coude deuyse and ordeyne, with alle the



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     ymaginacionys, congettis and sleythis, rounde aboute the cite, ayens
     the Kyngis hoste, yn-so-moche thei bite and keste adoun the
     perisshe-chirchis, abbeyis, and alle maner of housyngis more and
 |r4 lesse, in-so-moche that thei hewe adoune alle maner of treis that
     weren stondynge, in Gardeynys or yn eny othir placis, neighe the
     cite, and hewe a doune alle the |r[f.137cv] Busshis that weren stondynge, and
     made all playne vnto the harde erthe.
 |r8    And thanne oure Kynge remouyd him from Pountlerge with
     alle his pepull, and come before the cite of Rone the Friday beforn
     Lammesse day. And he made ordynaunce, and leide and set a sege
     rounde aboute the cite, with moche strengthe and grete ordynauncis,
|r12 so that the Frensshe-men myght no where in no parties ascape
     away but if thei weren dede and take. And furste the Kynge
     loggid hym-self in a Geste howse that is callid an hous of charite,
     with many lordis and strengthe of pepull aboute hym; and that
|r16 was in the Este partye of that cite. And thanne the Duke of
     Clarence, his brothir, loggid hym wyth his pepull at an abbey
     withoute the cite, in the weste ende by the port Kaux. And
     thanne was the Duke of Exetur loggid with alle his pepull at Port
|r20 Denyse in the northe syde of that cite.  And thanne, betwix
     the Duke of Clarence and the Duke of Exetur, was the Erle
     Marchall loggid, with alle his retenewe and strengthe, bi the castell
     gate. And thanne was the Erle of Vrmonde and the Lord Aring_don 
|r24 and the Lord Talbot, with alle her retenewe and ordynauncis,
     next hym.  And thanne Sir John Cornewale, and many othir
     knyghtis of name, with alle her retenewe and ordynauncis, lay with
     the Duke of Clarence in his strengthe. And ffrom the Duke of
|r28 Exetur toward the Kynge, weren loggid the Lord Roos, the Lord
     Wilby, and the Lorde Fytz-Hugh and Sir William Portere, knyght,
     with alle her retenewe, and loggid hem before the Porte Seint
     Hillari. And thanne was the Erle of Mortayne loggid, with alle his
|r32 retenewe and ordynauncis, in the abbey of Seint Katerynys.
         And thanne the Erle of Salusbury, with alle his retenewe and
     ordynauncis, was loggid on that othir syde of this abbey.  And
     thanne Sir John Gray, knyght, with all his retenewe and
|r36 ordynauncis, was loggid at the abbey that is callid Mount Seint
     Mychell. And thanne Sir Philip Leche, knyghte, the Kyngis
     tresorer, with alle his retenewe and ordynauncis, was loggid



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     betwene the watir of Sayne and the abbey, & kepte that ward
     vndir the hille.  And thanne the Baron of Carewe, with alle his
     retenewe and ordynauncis, was loggid with his compeny alone by
 |r4 the watir-side, to kepe the passage there. And Ienyco the Squyere
     lay there nexte hym, with his retenewe and ordynauncis, and helpe
     to kepe the watir syde of Sayne: and manly and worthili he
     werrid and faught with his enemyes at alle tymes.  And on that
 |r8 othir side of the watir of Sayne, lay the Erle of Huntyngdon, and
     the Lorde Neuyle (the Erlis sone of Westmerlond), Sir Gilbert
     Omffreuyle, Sir Richard of Arundell, and the lord Ferreris, with
     alle hir retenewe and ordynauncis, at Port de Pount.
|r12     And thanne the Kynge lete ordeyne and make at the Pount_large,
     ouyr the watir of Sayne, a stronge and a myghti cheyne of
     Iron, and put it thorough piles faste pite in the grounde, ouyr the
     ryuer of Sayne, that no vessell myght rowe that wei in no kynde.
|r16 And thanne, aboue that chayne, the Kynge lete make a brygge
     ouyr the watir, that man and hors and all othir cariage myght passe
     to and fro at alle tyme whanne nede were.
         And tho come the Erle of Warwike, and had goten
|r20 Domfferauncte, and come doun there the Kynge lay at the sege of
     Rone; and the Kynge comaundid hym with his pepull to gon to
     Cawde-becke and besege hit.  And whanne he come before
     the toune, the gouernouris of the toune come oute, and tretid with
|r24 the Erle of Warwike, and seid that thei wolde don and be
     gouernyd aftur the Cite of Rone; and so thei grauntid in
     composicion, and asselid it vp, in full condicion that thei shuld
     suffre and lette passe alle oure flete of Shippis by hem, with-oute
|r28 eny lette or disturburaunce. And so oure Shippis passid alle yn,
     and come be hem, and comen before the Cite of Rone, and there
     keste ankre as thikke as thei myght stonde; and so they segid the
     Cite of Rone bothe be watir |r[f.138r] and by londe.
|r32     And whanne the Erle of Warwike had thus endid and don
     with the toune of Cawdebecke, and alle the Engelysshe shippis
     were come vp in the watir of Sayne, and set before the cite of
     Rone,  Thanne the Erle of Warwike turnyd hym ayen with alle
|r36 his pepull, and come to the Kynge, and loggid hym with alle his
     pepull betwyxt Seint Katerynys and the Kynge, tille that an abbey



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     that was in trete there, was yolden to the Kynge; and thanne anon
     aftur he went thens and loggid hym, with alle his pepull and
     ordynauncis at Porte Morteuyle, to kepe that porte of the Cite.
 |r      And thanne was the Erle of Salusbury comaundid by the
     Kynge to make hym redy to ryde. And tho hasty tithyngis come,
     and returnynge hym ayen, and did hym byde; and there he bode
     be sidis the Erle of Huntyngdon, tille that the sege was endid, and
 |r8 wonne vp in-to the Kyngis hondis.
         And thanne come Sir Vmfrey, Duke of Gloucestre, the
     Kyngis brothir, from the sege of Cherborugh, wiche he had wonne
     and gotyn he sawte and good fete of werre, and aftur lete hit stuffe
|r12 with Engelisshe pepull, and with vitaile, and with othir stronge
     ordynauncis, as longid to werre and to worship and prophite to the
     Kynge of Engelond.  And whanne he was come doune to fore
     the Cite of Rone, he loggid hym with his pepull and ordynauncis
|r16 at the Porte Seint Hillare, more nere his enemyes to the toune
     thanne eny othir man by xl. rodis of lengthe, with-ynne shotte of
     Gounne and quarell. And with hym lay the Erle of Suffolke
     and the Lord Begeyne, with alle her retenewe and alle her
|r20 ordynauncis; and manfully euyry day they ffaughten with her
     enemyes whanne they issewed oute of the Cite.
         And thanne come the Pryore of Kylmayne, oute of Irlond,
     ouyr the see, with a feyre compeny of men of armys on her Guyse,
|r24 the summe of xv. c., good bodyes and manfull men to werre, and
     come with-ynne Sayne Mouth, and aryuyd and landid at Hareflete,
     and spede hem in alle haste to the Kynge, and come vnto the sege
     of Rone: and the Kynge tho welcomyd the pryore of Kilmayne
|r28 and alle his pepull.
         And thanne come tydyngis to the Kynge that the Frensshe
     kynge, with an huge powere of pepull of dyuerse nacionys, and the
     Duke of Burgoyne with hym, with an huge compeny of Burgoynys,
|r32 of Flemmyngis, and of othir Duche tungis, wold come doun to
     breke the sege, and keste hem to entre on the northe syde of
     oure hoste, because that there was lefte entre and moste pleyne
     grounde.
|r36     And thanne the Kynge assyngnyd the Pryoure of Kylmayne,



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     with alle his pepull, to logge hem on the northe side, for to stoppe
     and kepe the weyis and passagis by the foreste of Lyonys, that
     none enemyes might come doune that weyis to the sege, with-oute
 |r4 that thei countrid with hem in fight: and of that ordynaunce thei
     weren fayn and glad; and thei yeden forthe in haste, and kepten
     the grounde and the place that the Kynge and his counseile had
     asingnyd hem to; and as good warriouris and as prowde men of
 |r8 armys they shewid hem at alle tymes vpon her enemyes, wherefore
     the Kynge had hem in heighe cherite for her grete manhode.
         Now wolle y telle you who weren the cheeff capteynys and
     gouernouris of the cite Rone. Furste, Moune-seighnour Guy de
|r12 Botelere, cheef Capteyne, bothe of the cite and of the Castell;
     Moune-seighnoure Ternagon, and he was Capteyne of the Porte
     Cauxs; Moune-seighnoure le Roche was capteyne of Porte Denysine;
     Moune-seighnoure Antony, he was leue-tenaunte to Moune_seighnoure 
|r16 Sir Guy the Botelere, Henry Chamfewe was capteyne
     of Porte de Pount; Iohn Matreuas was captayne of Port de la
     Castell; Moune-seighnoure Peneuxe was tho captayne of Port
     Seint Hillari; the Bastard of Teyne was tho captayne of Port
|r20 Marteuyle.  And Graunde Iakis, a worthi warrioure, was
     capteyne of alle the ordynauncis of oute-warde on hors backe,
     and on ffote of men of armis, and Issewid oute of the Cite at alle
     the portis, to don there ffetes yn the poyntis of werre ayens her
|r24 enemyes; and euyry |r[f.138v] of these Captaynys led v. M=l=i. men of armys
     and moo.
         And whanne alle the comenmalte weren with-ynn the Cite,
     men myght sen many a M=l=i; for the heraudis nombrid hem that
|r28 weren with-ynne the Cite at the bygynnynge of the sege, of men,
     women and childeren, iij C. M=l=i. and x. M=l=i. bodyes, yonge and olde.
     And amonge hem weren many manfull pepull and hardy, for often
     tymes they Issewid oute of the Cite, pepull welle yarmyd, on hors
|r32 backe and eke on ffote, oute of euyry yate an ij or iij M=l=i. men of
     armys, welle arayed, and manfully countrid and foughten with oure
     Engelissh pepull yn dyuerse parties of the sege. And tho that
     myght ascape, turnyd into the cite home ayen; and thus thei
|r36 endurid longe tyme; and moche werre come fro the Cite wallis, as
     shott of Gounnys and quarell, for thei shot euyry day from the
     wallis and touris of the cite, with-ynne the space of an houre, an



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     C of Gonne-stonys and moo, and quarellis with-oute nombre; and
     so thei sloughe and hurte moche Engelisshe pepull.
         And oure Kynge lete make an diche all withoute, Rounde
 |r4 a-boute the cite, and strongly stakid it, and heggid it, for these
     prykeris oute on hors backe, and comaundid Syr Robert Babthorp,
     knyght and Countroller, to ouyr-se that this werke were don; and
     he did it make in alle haste.  And thanne they issewid oute
 |r8 on ffote, and fought manly as good werriouris; and tho myche
     pepull weren slayn on bothe sidis. And they at the wallis and at
     the touris of the Cite shotten euer Gounnys, quarellis, Trepgettis,
     Spryngollis; and alwey on the Duke of Gloucestreis side thei
|r12 diden moche harme, for thei weren loggid nexte of alle pepull to
     the Cite. And euyr ther come tydyngis newe that the Burgoynys
     wold come and reskewe the Cite; and for ioye thereof they ronge
     alle the bellis in the Cite; and fro the ffirste tyme of shittynge of
|r16 the yatis of the cite they ronge neuyr bellis but for tho tydyngis
     tille the cite was goten and yolden to the Kynge of Engelond.
         And tho the Kynge wende the Frensshe hoste had byn come,
     and with good wordis comfortid his pepull, and bad hem ben of
|r20 good chere. And anon tydyngiss come ayen that thei were turnyd
     to Paris-ward ayen.  And thanne with-ynne ffewe dayes thei
     were come to Pounteyse, the nombre of iiij. M=l=i good ffightynge
     men, and welle arayed.  And thanne the Kynge made a kry,
|r24 and comaundid that euyry mane shuld ligge yn his herneys, and
     byn at alle tymes redy whanne her enemyes come. And tho the
     Kynge lete make a lerge duche, alle withoute his hoste, and pight
     it full of stakes ymade sharpe, that wold perisshe, and with turne_pykes, 
|r28 and leid there-by Gounnys redy bent in euyry partye rounde
     aboute this diche. And the kynge tho comaundid his countroller
     Sir Robert Babthorp, knyght, to spede in alle haste this were don
     by his ouyr sight; and so anon this werke was endid.
|r32     And anon come tydynges to the Kynge, there as he lay at
     seege; and this was on the Thorisday, that the ffrensshe hoste
     lay but xx. myle from hym, and wold byn there on the morough
     on the Fryday; and the same tydynge come to hem that were
|r36 with-ynne the Cite.  Of these tydynge oure Kynge made
     moche ioye and myrthe, and artely thankyd God. And so on



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     the Fryday oure Kynge rode to the Erle of Huntyngdon, and told
     to hym a wile and a good ffete of werre, and made hym ordeyne ij.
     Bateillis of men of armys.  And the ffirste bataill thei and he
 |r4 redenn, and her backes toward the Cite; and that othir bataill
     come oute of the wode, with standerdis and baneris of the Duke
     of Burgoynys armys. And these ij hostis metten, as thei had
     countrid, and foughten to-gederis; but non did othir harme. And
 |r8 this was ordeynyd and don by the kyngis deuyse and conseile, for
     thei that weren with-ynne the Cite shuld haue vtturly hopid and
     trustid that reskewis had ben come, and that thei that weren with_ynne 
     the Cite of men of armys shuld boldely haue issewid oute,
|r12 and ffoughten vtturly with the pepull of the sege; but thei dorste
     not come oute of that Cite at that tyme, for thei doutid and drad,
     and supposid to hem but trayne, and wold not issewe oute for drede
     of dethe, as for that |r[f.139r] tyme, but abodyn and lokid aftur helpe,
|r16 socoure, and reskewis of these Burgoynes, but ther come no com_forte 
     to hem. but yet tho afturward the men of armys issewid
     oute ayen of the Cite as thei did beforn, and ffoughten manfully
     with oure Engelisshe-men, and myche pepull weren slayne on bothe
|r20 sydis at dyuerse tymes.
         And tho it drewe nere Cristemesse; and by that tyme her
     vitailis scarsid sore with-ynne the Cite, for they bade nothir bred,
     ale, nor wyne, but watir and vynegur, that was her drynke. And
|r24 flesshe nor fisshe they had non, but eten hors, doggis, Mis, Rattis
     and Cattis; for an quarter of an horse, were he lene or fatte, was
     tho sold in the Cite amonge the pepull for an C. s. good payment,
     and an hors hede for xx. s., and a Ratte for xl. d.; and for
|r28 xiij. s. iiij. d. thei sold a Catte, and a mows for xx. d.; and these
     wormys weren bought and eten so faste that vnnethe thei fonde
     eny for to selle for no money.  And tho was a ferthynge
     lof boght in the Cite for a ffranke. And thanne hem failid bothe
|r32 whete, and mele, and alle othir graynys that thei myght make of
     eny brede; but branne and broken wo[r]tis, and nepe-rotis, and
     lekis, was to hem mete of grete valewe; for a leke was sold for



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     xij. d., and an Egge for ix d., and an appull for x d.: siche
     merchaundyse was there with-ynne the Cite a gret while; and ther
     was many a carefulle creature, for her vitailis were alle wastid and
 |r4 spent, and ey myght come to no new by no maner wey; for the
     sege that lay withoute, rounde aboute the Cite, wold suffre no
     vitaile come in, to hem, neythir by watir neythir be londe.
         And thanne be-ganne the pepull with-ynne the Cite to deie
 |r8 faste, bothe smale and grete, for the passynge hungur and enfamen
     that was amonge hem, bys C.C. personys and moo day by day; and
     there as was firste ioy and pryde, and grete hoste, tho was there
     amonge hem weylynge, sorow and care, and wepynge, and wryng_ynge 
|r12 with hondis.  And though a child shuld deie, the modir
     wold yeue it no brede ne nought ellis of othir fode, ne wold not
     departe no morselle though she mygght saue the lif of her child of
     hir body borne, but wold saue her selfe while she myght; for loue
|r16 and hertly kyndenesse was tho from hem passid. Nor the child
     wold not profir the modir; for eche of hem caste hymself to leue;
     for alle kyndenesse and loue tho was sette beside; for euyr the
     childe wold hide his mete and his drynke fro his modir and from
|r20 alle his othir ffryndis, for his mete thei shuld not see, for thei ete
     hit alle in pryuete.  And we may preue by that pepull there,
     that houngir passithe kyndenesse and eke loue, that made her
     vnrightwesnesse and her cursid leuynge and pryde that regnyd
|r24 amongis hem in tho dayes, wherefore God sent hem a yerd of
     chastisement. But yet thei that kept the wallis and touris of the
     Cite rounde aboute, be-cause the pepull withoute shuld not knowe
     nor wete of her grete nede and myschef that thei weren ynne, euyr
|r28 to hold her courte and contynaunce of opyn werre, bothe with
     shot of Gounnys and quareliis.
         But amonge ther issewid summe pepull of the Cite oute;
     and they come forthe, and weren take of the wacchemen withoute
|r32 at the sege Cite.  And they affraynyd hem how it stode with
     the pepull that weren lefte with-ynne the Cite.  And they
     ansuerid and told to the Engelisshe pepull of the grete nede,



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     scarste, hungir and dethe, that was euyry day amongis hem.
     But our folke wold not beleue nor truste hem, be cause that the
     pepull with-ynne hilde alle tymes contynaunce like in werre, day
 |r4 be day, as thei did beforne vpon the sege withoute; wherefore thei
     had hem in no truste in no degre.
        And thanne with-ynne a litull while aftur, the worthi men
     that weren with-ynne the Cite, gederid alle the pore pepull that tho
 |r8 weren with-ynne the Cite, man, woman, and child, and brought
     hem to the yatis, and put hem oute at euyry porte by an C
     personys on a rowte, and had hem helpe hem-self in her beste
     maner that thei myght, for there thei shold no lenger abyde yn no
|r12 wyse with hem.  And thanne thei come forthe toward the
     Engelisshe seege, knelynge on her kneis, and wepynge sore, bothe
     man, and woman with yonge sowkynge children |r[f.139v] in her armys, and
     olde febull men knelynge besyde hem, makynge there a dilfull
|r16 crye; for alle they cryed there atonys "haue mercy on vs, ye good
     and Cristen and worthy men."  And thanne oure Kynge
     had rewthe on hem and pite, and yaf hem brede and drynke,
     and made hem turne ayen to the Cite; and there thei kepte hem
|r20 in the diche, that thei shold not knowe nor here the ordynaunce
     nor counseile of the seege, ne of her wacche in no wyse, for trayne
     and treson that myght falle.
         And whanne these pore pepull shuld turne ayen, thei made
|r24 high sorough and grete murmuracion amonge hem-self, and seyden
     they had leuyr byn sleyn there thanne go ayen into the Cite,
     and dilfully, with high voycis bannynge and cursynge her owne
     nacion, for thei that weren with-ynne the Cite wold not suffre hem
|r28 come in ayen; wherefore y trowe thei diden grete synne and mys_chieff 
     to hem-self; for meny of him deiden there for colde, that,
     and thei had byn with-ynne, her lifis might haue byn sauyd and
     kepte.
|r32     And tho was come the tyme of Cristmesse, in whiche oure
     Kynge did tho grete mercy and relef to his enemyes, at the reuer_ence 
     of that Glorious feste of the byrthe of oure Lorde Ihesu
     Criste and of his blessid modir, oure Lady Seynt Marye, that



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     gracious and mercifull virgyne. For, of high pite, mercy and
     grace, and at the reuerence of that tyme of the holy feste, the
     Kynge, of high compascion that he had in hert, and of his worthi
 |r4 and excellente manhode, sent oute his heraudis in good araye, bothe
     to hem that weren wyth-ynne the Cite as welle as with-oute the
     Cite, on the Cristemesse day self, to hem that lackid vitaile, that
     thei shold come and haue mete and drynke ynow, in worship of the
 |r8 Feste, and sauf-condite to come and to goo. And thei seiden
     alle `gramersis' lightly, as thei had no nede there-to, and set no
     pryce by his sonde. And vnnethe thei wold graunte space vnto
     the pepull of her owne nacion to ben releuyd that layn in the diche
|r12 vndir the Cite wallis, that thei had drouen and put oute of grete
     myschieff. But two preestis and iiij seruauntis for to brynge hem
     vitailles, mete and drynke; and if ther come eny moo personys,
     thei wold shete to hem and sle hem to dethe.  And thanne
|r16 weren alle these pore pepull set arowe; and these two preestis with
     her iiij. seruauntis broughten hem plente of mete and drynke, of
     the Kyngis gracious almys; and so thei weren at that tyme made
     welle at eese; and replete of mete and drynke. And as thei sete
|r20 her mete to fonge, this talkynge thei had amongis hem.  " A,
     almyghty God," thanne thei seide, "the Engelisshe-men by of
     good and treue herte! Lo, how here this excellent Prynce and
     Kynge that we thought neuyr to obey vnto, ne neuyr profre ne
|r24 don hym homage, now hathe he on vs more pite and compassion by
     a M=l=i thanne hathe oure owne nacion; therefore, oure Lord God,
     that art full of myght, graunte hym grace to wynne and gete his
     trewe right!" Thus the pore pepull for the Kynge prayde; that
|r28 God kepe and mayntene hym in alle his nedis.  Whanne thei
     had thus seruyd alle the pore pepull with mete and drynke, and
     were welle reffresshid, oure folke turnyd ayen to the Kynge, for
     the trewse lastid no lengur but that same day.
|r32     And whanne the nyght be-ganne to apere and shewe, thanne
     thei on the wallis beganne newe werre ayen vpon the seege, and
     wacchidden a ward that full streyte bothe day and nyght with
     hungir smerte, for that tyme her vitaill weren alle wastid and
|r36 spente. And meny a worthy body for defaute of lyuelod of mete



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     and drynke was spent and ded, for euyr grete houngir brekithe
     herd stonen wall yn hir grete nede; for euyr the lif is dere and
     suete.
 |r      Thanne alle the Capteynys of that Cite, bothe Baillis, Bur_geses 
     and comunnalte, toke her counseill with-ynne hem self to
     trete with the Kynge; and with the pepull the cause pryncipall
     for the high myschieff that tho was amongis hem of enfamenynge
 |r8 for hungir; for thei knewe welle thei myght note longe endure so;
     and for the sodeyne and |r[f.140r] multitude dethe that was euyry day
     amonges hem for lakke of ffode, vpon the New Yeris Euyn at
     nyght, the pepull with-ynne come to the wallis at euyry porte to
|r12 the seege, and clepedyn a knyght to speke with hem; and there
     was non man that tyme that hem herd tille thei come to the Porte
     de Pounte of Sayne.  And that was on that side as the Erle of
     Huntyngdon kepte the ward. And there thei weren herd, and
|r16 answerid tho ayen, and askid what thei wold: and thei ansuerid
     and seid, and prayed at the reuerence of Allmyghty God, if ther
     were eny gentill knynght that wold here her complaynte, and here
     her erende vnto the Kynge.  And thanne oon ansuerid and seid,
|r20 he was a knyght; and thei preyd hym to telle hys name. And
     he seid, "my name ys Vmfreuyle;" and thei thankid God and oure
     Lady that thei had mette with hym, for he was of the old blode of
     that contre of Normandye; "and we praye you to helpe vs haue an
|r24 ende betwene youre Kynge and vs." And he seid, " what is youre
     wille?" and thei seid at fewe wordis: "we haue byn at euyry
     porte of the City there these Pryncis loggyn before, and haue
     callid aftur speche of hem; but we coude haue non ansuere: ffirste
|r28 at the Duke of Clarence, the excellente prynce; and from thens to
     the Duke of Gloucestre, his worthi brothir; and ofte we clepid,
     and longe there stode; and so we come doune to the Duke of
     Exeture, and there we gate non ansuere.



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|r32 And in this yere was quene Iohna, that was Kynge Henryis
     wiff the iiije, arestid be John, Duke of Bedfford, thanne Lew_tenaunt 
     of Engelond, and sent to the castell of Ledis in kent, to
     abide the wille and grace of the Kynge.
|r36     And in the same tyme maystur Randolf, the gray ffrere, was
     taken in the yle of Gernesey, and was brought to the castell of



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     Chirbourne in Normandye, for treson that she wrought ayens the
     Kynge.
         And at Wittesontyde the Kynge lay at Maunt with alle his
 |r4 lordis; and there he hild his rialte and feste at that tyme amonge
     alle his pepull. and tho was maystir Randulf the Grey ffrere, and
     his beaupere, brought fro the castell of Cherborugh to Maunte there
     the kynge lay; and from thens the ffrere Randulf was brought
 |r8 to London, and put in-to the Toure in prison, by comaundement of
     the Kynge. And so by processe longe aftur the persone of the
     Toure and this ffrere Randulf fillen in debate and stryffe with_ynne 
     the Toure ward; and there this persone smote this ffrere
|r12 Randulf, and sloue hym; and thus he made his ende of the world.
         And at this same feste of Wittesontide, the Kynge made two
     newe lordis in Normandye: that on was the Capdowe of Burdeux,
     and he was made Erle of Langle; and Sir John Grey, Erle of
|r16 Tankyruyle.
         And in the same tyme come the Embassitorys of Fraunce
     into Maunte, there the Kynge of Engelond lay, to haue a day of trete
     to the whiche trete the Kynge of Fraunce shuld come hym self
|r20 and hys Quene, and Dame Katerene his doughtir, and the Duke
     of Burgoyne, with the othir counseile of Fraunce. And there the
     day and place was assignyd and take for bothe pertyes besyde this
     toune of Melange. And there was the feld rially apparaylid of
|r24 tentis and pauylownys on bothe sidis, bothe for Engelisshe and
     Frensshe; and this fild was listid and palid alle rounde aboute in
     bothe sidis.  And in the Frensshe side stode a pale dichid, for
     mistruste that they had of the Engelisshe pepull, and on bothe
|r28 sidis serteyne men of armys weren assyngnyd for to kepe the fild,
     and in the myddis of this felde stode a pauylowne rialle, with a
     large Egull gilte, for Kynge Henry of Engelond.  And a tente
     stode aforn ayens it, for the Frensshe kynge. And in this
|r32 pauylown and tente, by ordynaunce made, shuld no pepull come
     but tho that werne sworen on bothe sidis to the Counseille, vp
     peyne of dethe.
         And on the Engelisshe partye was ffirste, Henry the King of
|r36 Engelond, and Thomas his brothir, the Duke of Clarence, and Sir
     Vmfray, his othir brothir, Duke of Gloucestre, and Sir Thomas
     Beauford, Duke of Exetir, and the nobull Erle of the Marche, and



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     the Bisshop of Wynchestir, Sir Henry Beauford, the Kynges vncle,
     and othir Bisshoppis, and erlis, barony and lordis, and othir
     clergye, knyghtis and squyeris, that weren assyngnyd to the
 |r4 nombre of this trete.
         And on the Frensshe partye ther shuld be the Frensshe
     Kynge; but he come not, for his infirmyte was come on hym, that
     he myght not come there at that tyme.  But the Quene come,
 |r8 and Dame Kateryne hir doughtir, and the Duke of Burgoyne, and
     xxvj ladyes in good aray, with othir lordis of the counseill of
     Fraunce. And vij dayes they tretid and they myght not accorde;
     and tho weren the pauylonys and the tentis taken vp and born
|r12 awey, and the ffeld broken vp, and euyry man went his wey.
         And tho the Kynge of Engelond, with alle his lordis and
     all his pepull, turnyd ayen and come to Maunte.  And thanne
     this Erle of Gascoigne toke his retenewe with othir Engelisshe
|r16 men, and come be nyght, and stale the toune of Pounteyse of the
     Frensshe men, and drof hem oute; and so thei fled; and so the
     toune was wonne; and there-ynne was myche rychesse.  And
     whanne the Kynge |r[f.144r] herd this, he sent his brothir Thomas, the
|r20 Duke of Clarence, with his pepull thidur to Pountese, and made
     hym captayne there-of. And thanne he toke his pepull and issewid
     oute, and come to-fore the Cite of paris with x. M=l=i. men of armis; 
     and there they lay two dayes and two nyghtis, and no pepull
|r24 proferid oute to hem; and tho they turnyd and went ayen to
     Pounteyse.
         And thanne the Duke of Burgoyne, seynge that they
     myght not accorde with the Engelisshe party; tho the duke of
|r28 Burgoyne and his counseile come to the Dolfyn, there he lay, to
     trete with hym, to se and knowe how they myght beste voyde
     the Kynge of Engelond with alle his pepull oute of the Rewme of
     Fraunce by theyre good counceill.  And thanne the Dolfyn and
|r32 his counseill tho answerid and seide, "like as he had brought, he
     shuld brynge hem oute:" and so they fille in altercacion and strif
     with-ynne hem self; and there they sloue the Duke of Burgoyne
     and othir lordis that come with hym, in her counseill chambre.
         And whanne tydynges come to the Frensshe kynge and to
     his counseill, and to alle the Burgeysis of Paris, that the Duke of



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     Burgoyne was thus slayne and dede, and his othir ffelawship, thanne
     were they sory and yvell payde, and weren tho redles, and wiste
     not what to don.  And thanne the Frensshe kyngis counseill,
 |r4 and the grete and worthiest Burgeysis of Parys token her counseill
     with all the countre aboute Parys, and come and tretid with the
     Kynge of Englonde and his lordis and grauntid hem her askynge,
     that Henry the Kynge of Engelond shuld haue dame Kateryne the
 |r8 Frensshe Kynges doughtir to wif, with all his othir askyngis, and the
     Kynge of Engelond toke his lordis and othir of his men, and made
     grete puruyaunce and ordynaunce that he wold haue for his maryage.
         And so the Kynge wente into Troys in Champeyne there
|r12 they shold byn weddid; and thedur was Dame Kateryne brought
     with grete rialte; and there they were worthiliche welcomed and
     resseyued of all the pepull there.  And there the Erchehisshop
     of Caunturburi, Sir Henry Chichele, and othir Engelisshe Bisshoppis
|r16 and Frensshe Bisshoppis diden this solempne seruyce there, and
     weddid hem togederis there by ordynaunce of God and holy
     chirche, with honoure and grete ioye. And there he made a rialle
     and a passynge worthi solempne feste to alle the pepull that come,
|r20 the Monday nexte aftur the Trynyte day in the yere of his regne
     the vije.
         And aftur this rialle and solempne weddynge, the Kynge and
     the Quene, with her pepull, come doune to Rone, and there they
|r24 dullid a longe tyme, and in the contre aboute Roone, till he sawe
     his tyme to come in-to Engelond with Dame Kateryne the Quene,
     his wif; and ordeynyd, or he come oute of Normandye, Thomas
     his brother, the Duke of Clarence, to be his leef-tenaunte of Nor_mandye, 
|r28 and of alle othir londis that he had in that contre of
     Fraunce, and lefte hym pepull and stuffe ynow to maynteyne and
     kepe his right that he had goten, vnto his ayencomynge, and
     byraught hym to God.
|r32     And tho aftur the Kynge and the Quene come to Caleys, and
     so ouyr the see into Engelond, and Dame Katerine his Quene with
     hym. And they landid at Douyre in Kente; and there come a grete
     multitude of men of the contre aboute, and in goode aray on hors_backe, 
|r36 and welcomyd hem with alle honoure and reuerence that
     thei myght, and so brought hem to the cite of Caunturbury; and
     there were thei worthily welcomyd of alle the pepull of alle the
     contre of Kent, and yoven vnto hir grete yeftis, and so come



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     ridynge with hem thorough Kente, and brought the Kynge and the
     Quene to his maner of Eltham, and there restid hem awhile tylle
     they wold come to London.
 |r4     And the meyre and aldremen, with alle the commnalte of the
     Cite of London, lete ordeyne and make many diuerse shewyngis
     and sightis thorugh the high stretis in the Cite, with many othir
     presentis and yeftis, bothe |r[f.144v] to Kynge and Quene at the comynge
 |r8 into the Cite.  And that day that the Kynge and the Quene
     remenyd from the maner of Eltham, the Meyre and aldremen, and
     the communis of London, in good araye of white garmentis and
     rede hodis or rede kappis, -- and euyry crafte, a dyuersite on her
|r12 garnement to knowe euyry crafte be hym-self, -- and all on hors
     backe, with clarionys and all maner of lowde mynstrelsie, in hon_oure 
     and comforte of the Kynge and of the Quene, and to the
     glorious and riall sight of straungeris that come with hem ouyr
|r16 from the see, and for the grete worship of the worthi Cite of
     London, the Meyre and his aldremen, with the worthi pepull of the
     cite, the nombre of xxx M=l=i. men and moo, abyden and houyd on
     her hors on the Blake-Hethe in Kente, abydynge the Kynge and
|r20 the Quenys comynge.  And tho, whanne they were come, they
     weren reseyuyd reuerently and worthyli, with alle humylite and
     obeysaunce of alle pepull and men, with alle the melodye that
     they had, and so brought hem into the cite, and so to the Toure of
|r24 London; and there the Kynge and the Quene restid hem.
        And on the morow, aftur Quene Kateryne come fro the Toure
     to her coronacion to Westminster, and tho the Meyre and the
     aldremen and alle the Commnes of the cite, that is for to seye,
|r28 euyry crafte in her beste clothynge, with alle her melodye and
     mynstralsie, went alle on ffote tho, and brought the Quene thorugh
     the Cite. And there was don and shewid to hir alle the rialte of
     sightis that myght be don to her comforte and plesaunce, and
|r32 euyry strete hongid rychely with riche clothis of gold and silke,
     and of velewettis and clothis of araas, the beste that myght be
     gotyn; and so the pepull brought hir thorugh the cite to West_minster,
     to the Kyngis paleys.
|r36     And thanne the nexte day sewynge the Sonday aftur the
     feeste of Seynt Mathy apostill in lente, Dame Kateryne the Quene



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     was crounyd in the Abbey of Westeminster, with alle the grete and
     worthi Bisshoppis of this londe, with alle the solempnite and rialte
     that myght be don and ordeynyd; and the ffeste holden in the
 |r4 paleis opyn to alle pepull, straungeris and othir that wold come, of
     alle maner rialteis of metis and drynkys.
         And on the efter-euyne nexte sewynge, Thomas, the Duke of
     Clarence, tho issewid oute from the place there he lay, with a
 |r8 lytull meyne, to knowe and se the place and grounde where the
     Dolfynnys pepull, Armynackis and Scottis, had ordeynyd to mete
     and to fight with the Engelisshe men, and to yeue bataill.  And
     as the Duke of Clarence come with his folke by the watir of Leyre
|r12 vpon this eftur euyn aforn seide, the Erle of Armynacke with
     the dolfynys meyne and his and a grete nombre of Scottis
     mette with the Duke of Clarence and his meyne by this watir of
     Leyre; and there they foughten to-gederis; and at the laste there
|r16 was the Duke of Clarence slayne, and othir moo with hym; and
     there was take prisoner the Erle of Huntyngdon and the Erle of
     Somersette and his brothir, and the Fytz-Watir, and othir moo.
         And aftur, the Bastard of Clarence come and gate his ffaderis
|r20 body, and did so brynge it into Engelond, and so to the abbey of
     Criste-chirche of Caunturbury, and was there enterid and buryed
     besides Kynge [Henry] the iiije his ffadir, on whos soule oure
     Lord God haue mercy! Amen!
|r24     And also in the same yere, betwene Cristemesse and Candil_masse,
the toune of Milon was yolden to the Kynge; and all the
     cheueteynys, with the soudiourys, were taken, and led to the Cite
     of Paris in the croke of the mone, they myght sey; for of hem ther
|r28 scapid thens but a fewe on lyue. And sone aftur, Kynge Henry
     the vj. was born in the castell of Wyndesore, the day of seynt Ni_cholas 
     the Bisshop, the yere of oure Lord Ihesu Criste .M=l=i. cccc. xxj.,
     whos godfaderis and godmodris at the fontstone weren these: sir
|r32 Henry Beauford, Bisshop of Wynchestir, and Iohn, Duke of Bed_ford;
     and the Duchesse of Holond was his godmodir; and at his
     confirmacion the Erchebisshop of Caunterbury was his god ffadir.//
     
     How whanne Kynge Henry herd of his brotheris dethe, Thomas,
|r36    the Duke |r[f.145r] of Clarence, ordeynyd a newe retenewe, and
        wente ouyr the see in grete haste, & leid sege to Mewis in
        Bry, with his pepull.//



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        And in the vj. yere of Kynge Henryes regne the v -.-, come
     tydyngis in-to Engelond how that Thomas his brothir, the Duke
     of Clarence, was sleyne by the watir of Leyre, wherefore the Kynge
 |r4 was heuy and wrothe; and in all the haste that he myght, he
     ordeynyd hym a newe retenewe of men of armys and archeris, with
     alle maner of othir stuffis that bylongid therto at all maner nedis,
     and went ouyr the se with his pepull, and come into Fraunce,
 |r8 and bysegid Mewis in Bry, a grete toune and a stronge, with a
     Castelle. And that Towne and the Castelle weren welle vitailid
     and eke mannyd; and grete strengthe they had with-ynne hem,
     and manly they deffendid hem, and kep[t]e Towne and Castell
|r12 longe tyme.
         And in this tyme, while the Kynge hild his sege of Mewis yn
     Bry, ther come goode tydyngis oute of Engelond to the Kynge, how
     that Dame Kateryne his wif, the Quene, was dellyuyryd of a feyre
|r16 sone, a lord and prynce, to the Rewme ese, profite and worship,
     and gladnesse in hert, whiche with high and grete worthynesse
     was brought forthe, and cristenyd in his colage withynne his
     Castelle of Wyndesore. And of this worthi tydyngis the Kynge
|r20 was glad, and thankyd God, and so diden alle his pepull whanne
     they herd there-of: and that day of this worthi pryncis birthe
     was on Seynt Nycholas day in the yere of oure Lord God.
     M=l=i. CCCC. xxj. and the Regne of the Kynge the ixe.  And aftur
|r24 these good tydyngis, the Kynge, with alle his pepull, busied sore
     to gete this towne and Castell, bothe by watir and by londe and
     leid therto his grete Gounnys, Trepgettis and Engenys, and bete
     adowne the wallis in dyuers placis; and so at the laste they
|r28 entrid yn with strengthe, and gate the Towne; and there was
     moche pepull slayne and dede; and tho was the toune wonne and
     the castell eke.//  And there the Kynge toke many riche men
     prysoneris, and sent hem afturward into Engelond.
|r32     And thanne the Kynge sent aftur the Quene, and aftur Iohn
     his brothir, the Duke of Bedford, and that they shuld brynge with
     hem more stuffe of pepull in all haste. And anon as these tydyngis
     come to, the Quene Kateryne went to Hampton, and the Duke of
|r36 Bedford also, with a feyre meyne, and wente to Shippe, and come
     ouyr the se, and landid at Hareflete in Normandye the vij. day of



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     May in saufte, and alle her pepull, -- thankyd be God! -- and in alle
     haste reden forthe vp in the londe tille thei come there as the
     Kynge was.//  And sir Vmfrey, the Duke of Gloucestre, his othir
 |r4 brothir, was tho made the Kyngis Lefetenaunte of Engelond in his
     absence, to kepe and gouerne the Rewme in alle degreis, in sauf_ynge 
     of the pepull and of the lond, that God maynten and kepe
     in good pees and reste, with good loue and charite to endure!
 |r8 Amen! //
         And in the lettur ende of the monythe of Apriell, in the .x.
     yere of Kynge Henry the V. is regne, was the toune and castell of
     Mewis in Biri gotyn and wonne by grete strengthe, by the Kynge
|r12 and his pepull, oute of the Frensshe mennys hondis.  And in the
     firste day of Iuyll the same yere, the Kynge sent ouyr the see his
     prisoneris that he had take at Mewis in Bry, the ffull nombre of
     xxviij. personys; and they weren brought in-to Engelond, and
|r16 londid at Hampton; and all his prisoneris weren caryed in cartis
     to London, and so brought into the Toure of London, to kepe hem
     there-ynne saufly.//
         And tho anon the Kynge remouyd from Mewis in Bry, and
|r20 come ayen to Parys. And with ynne awhile aftur, the Kynge
     beganne to waxe sore sike, and tho remouyd hym to haue the betir
     Eyre and hele of body; and his sykenesse come to hym so sore at
     he myght not welle endure it.  And so he sent aftur his lordis
|r24 that weren there, and his counsaill, and deuysid his wille, and
     made his testament full, and sette his executoris, and deuysid his
     tresoure and his Iewellis to ben solde, and to pay his dettis, as
     well to his sowdyouris as to othir dettouris.// |r[f.145v]  And he ordeynyd
|r28 Iohn, the Duke of Beedford, his brothir, to byn there Regent
     Gouernoure of Fraunce and of Normandie, vnto good gouernaunce
     and profite vnto Henry his sone, and good kepynge in reste and
     pees of his pepull there, vnto the tyme the good Counseill of Enge_lond 
|r32 myght dresse it and amende it, to set it in pessabull poynte
     and reste.//  And he comyttid thanne the kepynge of Henry,
     his yonge sone, to Syr Henry Beauford his vncle, the Bisshop of
     Wynchestire, and to Sir Thomas Beauford, his othir vncle, Duke
|r36 of Exetre, and charged hem bothe to his good gouernaunce and



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     kepyng in his tendir age, for alle the louys that euyr were
     betwene hem, that no preiudise nor wronge were do to hym
     thorough noo fals couetous counseill nor nede.//  And tho the
 |r4 Kynge disposid hym to Godwardis, and toke all his rightis of holy
     chirche, and toke his leue of all his ffre[n]dis, and comendid his
     soule to God, and deid, the xxix of Auguste in the x. yere of his
     regne: on whos soule God haue mercy! amen! //
 |r8     And thanne was his body enbawmyd and dight with riche
     Spicerie and oynementis, and closid in shire clothe, and closid faste
     in a cheste; and he was cariid doune to Rone, and there he had his
     dirige and his messes don for hym, with all the moste solempnite
|r12 that myght byn ordeynyd and doon in holy chirche; and from
     thens he was brought doune by londe to Caleis. And with the
     Erchebisshop of Caunturbury come the Quene of Engelond his
     wif, Dame Kateryne, and many othir grete lordis, and knyghtis
|r16 and Squyeris, and brought the body ouyr the see into Engelond,
     and come vp at Douir, and so to Caunturbury, and so thoroughe
     Kente to London.//
         And thanne the Meyre and aldremen, with all the Craftis of
|r20 London, weren clothid in blacke, abydynge the body of the kynge
     on the Blacke-Hethe in Kente; and so come doun to seint Thomas
     Waterynge, withoute Sougthwarke, and there met all the religious
     pepull with e body, prystis and othir, and brought the cors to
|r24 London, and so thorough the Cite to Seint Poulis. And there was
     Dirige don ouyr euyn, and messe of Requyem on the morowe, and
     whanne the seruyce was doun at aftur mete, bothe the lordis and
     knyghtis and othir, with all the Commnes of the Cite of London,
|r28 brought hym from Seint Poulis to Westminster, and there was his
     Dirige don ouyr euyn, and messe on the moroughe of Requyem,
     with all the Bisshoppis; and there was he burye[d] by Seint
     Edwardis Shryne, the .vije day of the monythe of Nouembre, in
|r32 the yere of oure Lorde Ihesu criste, M=l=i. CCCC. xxij.//
         And yn that same yere it byfell so that thoroughoute all
     Engelond was a grete yere of ffrute. And in that same yere deiden
     the moste partye of alle the lory treis thorugh all Engelond.//



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     How aftur the dethe of Kynge Henry the ve, Regnyd his sone
        Kynge Henry the vje, and was borne at the Castell of
        Wyndesore.//
 |r4 <b> ANd aftur the dethe of Kynge Henry the v -:, Regnyd Henry
        his sone, that was borne in Wyndesore, that men callid
     Kynge Henry the vje. And for his tendir and yonge age, Henry
     his ffadir comyttid hym to the kepynge of Sir Henry Beauford,
 |r8 Bisshop of Wynchestre, and to Sir Thomas Beauford, Duke of
     Exetre, bothe his bele vnclys; and the kepynge of Fraunce and
     Normandie to Iohn the Duke of Bedford, to ben regent and
     gouernoure of bothe there, tille that Henry, his yonge sone, by
|r12 his good counseile wold set it in bettur gouernaunce.//  And
     the kepinge of Engelond to sir Vmfray, the Duke of Gloucestre,
     to ben Proptectour and deffendour of the Rewme tille that Henry
     his yonge sone, by alle the good counseile of Engelond, wold set
|r16 and put it into bettur gouernaunce, and to moste profite of the
     Kynge and of the Rewme.
         And in the seconde yere of Kynge Henry the vj -: Sir
     Iohn Mortymere, knyght, brake pryson oute of the Toure of
|r20 London, and was take ayen vpon the Toure-wharf; and there he
     was foule woundid and bete, and brought on the morow to
     Westeminster byforn the Kyngis Iusticis; and there for his treson
     Iuggid to byn brought ayen to the Toure of London, and there
|r24 leide vpon an hurdull, and so drawe thoroughe the Cite to
     Tibourne, and |r[f.146r] there hongid, and his hed smeton of, and sette
     on London Brigge; and thus endid he his lif: on whos soule
     God haue merci! //
|r28     And in the iije yere of Kynge Henryis Regne, Sir Edmonde
     Mortymere, Erle of the Marche, wente oute of Engelond into
     Wallis, and so ouyr into Irlond, to se his londis and lordshippis
     there, And anon withynne a litull processe of tyme there, he deid
|r32 in Irlond.
        And also in the same yere Vmfrey, the Duke of Gloucestre,
     the Kyngis vncle, and the Duches of Holond, his wif, went ouer
     the see oute of Engelond into Henaud, for to take there possession
|r36 of his wifis heritage of lordshippis and londis.  Wherefore
     thei were worshipfully welcomyd and resseyuyd for chief lorde



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     and lady of the lond. But not longe aftur, hit happid so that he
     was fayne to retourne ayen into Engelond, and lefte his lady
     byhynd hym, with all the tresoure that he brought oute of
 |r4 Engelond with hym, in a toune that me callid Mouns in Heuland,
     the whiche was sworen to hym to be goode and trewe, and to
     kepe this lady in sauf ward tille he come ayen to here. But at
     the laste thei weren fals, for thei delyuyryd the lady to the Duke
 |r8 of Burgoyne; and he sent hir to the cite of Gaunte yn Flaunderis,
     to be kepte there.//  But, as God wold, in a shorte tyme aftur
     she ascaped thens in mannys clothynge, and come to a toune of
     her owne in Selande, that is callid Seryse, and fro thens she went
|r12 to a toune of her owne in Holand, that is callid Tragowe, where,
     with help of her ffryndis that there were, she withstode the Duke
     of Burgoyne and alle his malice.//
         And in the iiije yere of Kynge Henryis regne the vje, there
|r16 aros a grete debate betwene Sir Vmfrey, the Duke of Gloucestre,
     and Sir Henry Beauford, Bisshop of Wynchestir; and this Henry
     bare tho heuy herte ayens the pepull of the Cite of London;
     And is debate bygan on e day of e Meyris tidynge of London,
|r20 whanne thei come to Westminster paleis; and the Meyre of London
     that tyme me callid Iohn Couentre, mercer. And on the nexte
     morow folowynge, the Bisshop of Wynchestre hadde gaderyd a grete
     pepull in Soughthewerke, of men of armys and archeris; and they
|r24 of the Cite kept tho strongly London Brygge-gate with men of
     armys [&] archeris, that no man myght in, nothir oute, for to
     kepe the pees in bothe partyes.  And anon, vpon viij. of the
     clokke in the mornynge, alle the Cite was vp with her wepyn,
|r28 and shette in her howsis, and drewe hem dounward to Temyse_side,
     and wold haue apassid ouyr the watir, forto haue taken the
     Bisshop.  But the Erchebisshop of Caunturbury, Sir Henry
     Chichele, and the Bisshop of Bathe, Sir Iohn of Stafford, and the
|r32 Prynce of Portyngale -- that in the same tyme were in the Cite of
     London -- went betwene hem and the Cite, that all was cessid and
     set in reste by none; blessid be God! //
         And in the same yere, the .x. day next aftur that Iohn the
     Duke of Bedford, and his lady, his wiff, that was the Dukis



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     sustur of Burgoyne, come out of Fraunce ouyr the see into
     Engelond, to here and to se the welfare of oure Kynge, and to
     se also the gouernaunce of this Rewme. and whanne he come
 |r4 nygh London, the Meyre and Aldremen, and many crafty men of
     the Cite, riden ayens the Duke and the Duchesse, and welcomyd
     hem, and brought hem into the Cite.  And at the Bisshoppis
     place of Dereham, there thei were herborowid; and with hem
 |r8 tho come the Bisshop of Wynchestre ridynge thorough London,
     to right grete greuance of the pepull, saue for the displesaunce
     and presence of the Duke.
         And in the .v. yere of Kynge Henry the vje., anon aftur
|r12 the Feste of Seint Hillary, the Kynge held his parlement at the
     toune of Leycestre. And at that parlement Sir Vmfray, the Duke
     of Gloucestre, and Sir Henry Beauford, Bisshop of Wynchestire,
     weren made at on, and accordid, by the Kynge and the Duke
|r16 of Bedford, and othir lordis that weren there presente.//  And
     in that same parlement the kynge made two Dukis: my Lord
     Sir Richardis sone of Caumbrigge, Duke of Yorke, and Sir Iohn
     |r[f.146v] of Mombray, Erle Marchall, Duke of Northeffolke, and there the
|r20 kynge made also many knyghtis of the Bathe.
         And in this same yere deid Sir Thomas Beauford, Duke of
     Exetur, the kyngis hell vncle, in a place there he lay in the toune
     of Grenewiche, iiij. myle oute of London; and thanne he was
|r24 brought into London to Seint Poulis, and there he had Dirige and
     messe; and from thens thei caried hym to Seint Edmondisbury;
     and there he was worthili enterid and buryid in Cristemesse woke
     in the yere of oure Lord Ihesu criste, M=l=i. CCCC. xxvj: on whos
|r28 soule God haue mercy! amen! //
         And in the same yere, aboute Shroftide, Iohn, the Duke of
     Bedford, and his lady the Duchesse, passid ouyr the [see] to
     Caleis. And a litull byforne [they] passid ouyr the see to Caleis,
|r32 Henry the Bisshop of Winchestre, and vpon oure lady day the
     Anunciacion, the yere of Grace M=l=i. CCCC. xxvij, the Bisshop
     of Wynchestre was made Cardynall in Seint Marye Chirche in
     Caleis full solempnely; where weren the same tyme the Duke of
|r36 Bedford, Regent of Fraunce, and his duchesse.//  And byforne
     the messe was bygonne, whiche the Bisshop of Wynchestre shold
     do, tho the Popis cosyn brought the Cardynallis hatte, and with



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     grete reuerence he set it vpon the high auter, and there it stode
     all the messe tyme.//  And whanne the Bisshop had don his
     messe and wa[s] onreuersid, thanne was don on the Bisshop an
 |r4 abbite in maner of a ffreris Cope of fyne Scarlet furrid with purid
     werke; and whanne he was thus arayid, he knelid there vpon his
     kneys beforn the high auter; and there the Popis bullis weren
     radde to hym.//  And the firste bull was his charge of his
 |r8 dyngnyte of Cardynalship; and the seconde bull was that he
     shuld haue the reioysynge of alle the Benefisis Spirituall and
     Temperall that he hathe in Engelond. And whanne this was don,
     the Duke of Bedford, Regent of Fraunce, went vp to the high
|r12 auter, and toke the high Cardinallis hatte, and set it vpon the
     Bisshoppis hed of Wynchestre; and he howid and obeyid the
     Bisshop, and toke hym byfore hym.
         And in the vj. yere of Kynge Henryis Regne the vj.e, went
|r16 the Erle of Salusbury, with a grete retenewe of men of armys and
     archeris, by comaundement of the Kynge and of alle the Counseile
     of Engelond, & made hym the Leftenaunt or alle the partyes of
     Fraunce and of Normandye, forto distroye the Kynges enemyes,
|r20 and to chastice the rebbellis in the pertyes by his strengthe, myght
     and power.//  And so he depertid, and toke his leue oute of
     London, with all his pepull and ordynauncis, the morow aftur
     Mydsomyr Day, in the yere aboue seid, and come ouyr the see
|r24 with alle his pepull in saufte; thankid be God in all his yeftis!
     and anon as he was come into Fraunce, he set sore on the Frensshe
     men that weren the kyngis Enemyes, and slowe and destroyid
     many of hem, and toke vilagis, Tounys and castelles, and made
|r28 hem he suoren to the Kynge of Engelond. And afturward he
     leid sege to the toune of Orlyaunce; and that sege endurid longe
     tyme, for the toune of Orliaunce was so stronge, and well ymannyd
     and vitailid, that it myght not he goten for no crafte of werre that
|r32 was don therto; where[of] he was wond[er] heuy and wroth, for
     he myght note spede of his purpos.//  And tho at the laste, as
     he was busi to sete and loke vpon his ordynauncis, forto gete it
     yf he myght, a fals thef, a traitour withynne the toune, shotte a
|r36 Gonne, and the stone smot this good Erle of Salusbury, that he was
     dede thorough the stroke; wherefore was made grete doole and
     sorow for his dethe longe tyme afturward, for the grete doughtynesse



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     and manhode that was founde in hym, and in his gouernaunce
     at all tymes. And thanne was his body brought ouyr the see
     into Engelond, and his body was caryid and leid amonge his
 |r4 aunseteris there as thei byn buryid of holde tyme: on whos soule
     oure God haue mercy! Amen!
         And also in this same yere fro the begynnynge of the
     monythe of Appryell into the feste of All-Haloue, was so grete
 |r8 haboundance of Reyne, where-thorough not only heigh was dis_troyid,
     but also all maner of cornys, for it reynyd almoste euyry
     othir day, mo |r[f.147r] re or lesse, durynge the tyme aforeseid.
         And forthirmore, durynge the sege of Orliaunce, at the
|r12 begynnynge of Lenton nexte ffolowynge, vij. M=l=i. of Frensshe men
     and moo, with many othir Scottis, fill vpon oure men as they went
     toward the Toune with vitaill that is callid `yamuyle,' where
     Sir John Steward of Scotlond and his brothir, with moo thanne
|r16 vij. c. Scottis and they weren gouernouris they lighten on ffoote,
     and they weren, euyry modir sone, slayne by Sir John Folstalff
     and Sir Thomas Rampston, and othir Capitaynys of oure side, the
     whiche had not passynge .v. c. of ffightynge men with hem at all,
|r20 with Carteris and all othir.//  But Charlis of Burgoyne and the
     Bastard of Orliaunce, with all the Frensshe men sittynge on hors
     backe and seynge this Gouernaunce, trussid hir packe and went
     her wey. Also a litull beforne Witsontide nexte folowynge, was
|r24 the foreseide sege of Orliaunce broken vp by the Duke of Launsom
     and his power; and alle othir lordis and Capitaynys of the same
     sege weren disparkelid, that is so seye, the Erle of Suffolke and
     his brothir, and the Lord Talbot and the Lord Skalis, with many
|r28 moo of Engelisshe pepull, the whiche sone afture weren taken
     euyrychone, at grete myschief, prysoneres.
         And in the vij. yere of Kynge Henry the vje the viij day
     of Nouembre, the Duke of Norfolke, with many gentill men of
|r32 knyghtis and Squyeris and yemen, token a barge at Seint Mari
     Ouereyis Brygge, bitwene iiij. and .v. of the clokke ayens nyght;
     and they purposid tho to passe thorough London Brigge, where
     the foreseide barge, thorough mysgouernaunce of sterage, fill vpon
|r36 the pilis thorough mysgouernaunce, and ouyrwelfid, the whiche
     was cause of distruccion of moche pepull thereynne, that was the
     more rowthe.//  But as God wold, the Duke hym-self, and .ij.



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     or .iij. othir gentill men, tho seyynge that myschief, lept vpon the
     pilis, and so thei weren sauyd thorough help of hem that weren
     aboute the brygge, wyth castynge doune of ropis, blessid be God!
 |r4     And in this same yere, the firste day of the monith of
     Septembre, Sir Henry Beauford, Bisshop of Wynchestre and hell_vncle 
     to the Kynge, come to London fro the Pope of Rome.
     Cardynalles, and alle the prestis and religious of London, and
 |r8 ney London, went ayens hym yn prosession withoute the Cite,
     and there they met with hym, and did hym all the honour and
     reuerence as longith for siche estate to ben don.//  And the
     Meyre and Aldremen, with many worthi craftis of London, met
|r12 with hym on the Blake-Hethe in Kent; and there thei welcomyd
     hym, and did hym reuerence and worship, and brought hym
     orugh e Cite, and so to Charinge Crosse and there the Meyre
     and the men of London toke her leue of hym, and he rode forthe
|r16 to the castell of Wyndesore to the Kynge.
         And in the same yere, at the ffeste of Mydsomyr, Sir Henry
     Beauford, Cardynall, and Bisshop of Wynchestir, went ouyr the
     see into Fraunce for the Kyngis nedis; and Sir John Radclif,
|r20 knyght, went ouyr the se that same tyme, with a grete compeny of
     men of armis and archeris, to helpe and to strengthe John, the
     Duke of Bedford and Regent of Fraunce and of Normandie, and
     the Engelisshe pepull that weren lefte there in the right of the
|r24 Kynge of Engelond.
         And in the same yere was Henry Barton, Meyre of
     London. And tho was, thoroughoute Engelond, grete scarste of
     corne and of othir vitaill, for oxen and shipe, deiden stronglyche,
|r28 and a busshell whete was at xx do. longe tyme: blessid he God in
     alle his yeftis of amendement!
         And in the viij yere of Kynge Henryis regne the vje; was
     hold a grete parlement at Westeminster; and that beganne the
|r32 morow aftur Michelmesse-Day, and it endurid tille Shroftid. And
     on Seint Lethenardis day hyforn Cristemesse, and that was on the
     Sonday (and Sonday went by lettur A. that yere,) the Kynge was
     crownyd at Westeminster, with honoure, of Henry Chichele,
|r36 Erchebisshop of Caunturbury, and with moo othir Bisshoppis, with
     alle the solempnite that myght be made and doon.  And in the



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     same day, come fro byyonde the see to his coronacion and feste,
     Sir Henry Beauford, Cardynall, and Bisshop of Winchestre, |r[f.147v] and
     the Prynce of Portyngale with a feyre meyne of pepull, in reuerence
 |r4 and worship of the Kynge; and byforne that weren come and
     abedyn at London a bisshop of Fraunce, and serteyn knyghtis and
     squyeris with her meyne, to se that rialte, and the Coronacions of
     the kynge. And the even bifore e coronacion, e kyng lete
 |r8 make xxxvj. Knyghtis of the Bathe, withynne the Toure of
     London.  And in the same [time] in Cristemesse wike, bi
     ordynaunce and comaundement of the Kynge and of his Counsell,
     the Bastard of Clarence and Sir Iohn Kyzelei, knyght, and moo
|r12 oer knyghtis and squyeris at were made peti capteynes, with
     men of armes ande archeris, the nombre of a M=l=i personys and moo,
     shippiden at dyuerse portes in Kente and in Southesex, and seilid
     ouyr into Normandie forto helpe and strengthe the Duke of
|r16 Bedford, Regent of Fraunce and of Normandie, and in releuynge
     and comfortynge of all the Kynges pepull that haue eny kepynge
     of Ceteis, townys, Castelles, or eny holdis tha[t] bilongen to the
     Kynge in the parties of Fraunce and of Normandie: the whiche,
|r20 Criste maynteyne and kepe, for his high mercy!
         And in this same yere was a bataill doon in Smythffeld, at
     London, the Tewisday the xxiiij. day of Januare, betwene two men
     of the toune of Feuyrisham in Kente: that on me callid maistir
|r24 John Vpton, notarye, that was the appellaunte; and that othir,
     John of Downe, Jentillman, the deffandaunte. And thei two
     ffoughten togederis, armyd at all poyntis, to the vtterist; but the
     Kynge, of his riall power and grete grace, kryid `pees,' and toke it
|r28 vp in his hand, and yaf hem bothe fre grace: and this was the
     cause of her bataill, for this Maistur John Vpton put-of on John
     of Downe, that he and othir moo of his compeny ymagenid and
     purposid the Kyngis dethe at the day and tyme of his coronacion:
|r32 whom God kept and saue from all mysauenturis. Amen!
         And in the same yere, the xxvij. day of Januare, Sir Henry
     Beautord, Cardinall, and Bisshop of Wynchestre, went ouyr the
     see to Caleis, and so to Bryggis in Flaundris, in emhassitrie for
|r36 Henry, Kynge of Engelond and of Fraunce, vnto the Duke of
     Burgoyne, and also to se the mariage betwene the Duke of



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     Burgoyne and the Kynge of Portyngalis doughtir, that is cosyn to
     the Kynge of Engelond.
         And in the same yere and day, Thomas of Borough, and
 |r4 Gray, two esquyeris, by ordynaunce and comaundement of the
     Kynge and of his Counseill, had a grete retenewe of pepull, of men
     of armys and archeris, that weren sent ouyr the see into Fraunce,
     to the Duke of Bedford, Regent and Gouernoure of the parties of
 |r8 Fraunce and Normundie, in releuynge and helpynge and strength_ing 
     of the Kyngis pepull in oure liege lordis right, Kynge of 
     Engelond and of Fraunce.
     
|r12     How that Kynge Henry the vje went ouyr the see into
        Fraunce, the viij yere of his regne; and of the whiche
        [of] Fraunce that was callid the ' Pushell ': sow she was
        take prysonere.
|r16    And in the viij. yere of Kynge [Henry the sixt] his Regne,
     on Seint Mathi day the Apostull, and that was on the Fryday, the
     xxiiij. day of Feuyrere in the yere aboue seid, Kynge Henry the
     vje, aftur his coronacion at Westeminster, and ende of his parlement
|r20 holden the same tyme at Westeminster, that the Kynge, by counseill
     and ordynaunce of all the lordis and commu[n]es of Engelond, that
     the Kynge shuld wende ouyr the see into Fraunce, to resseyue his
     heritage, and bere the Crowne as rightfull lord and kynge of the
|r24 londe.//  And the Kynge, by his good and wise counseill,
     ordeynyd and made his vncle Sir Vmfrey, the Duke of Gloucestre,
     Leftenaunte of Engelond aftur his passage ouyr the see, for to
     gouerne and kepe the londe ayen his enemyes of all partyis, and to
|r28 se that right and lawe be mayntenyd in alle degreis, in sauacion of
     his pepull and good kepynge of his Rewme.
         And on Seint Mathi day the Appostill, as is aforne seide,
     the Kynge come fro Westeminster to London, with his lordis and
|r32 his pepull, and come to Seint Poulis, and there of|r[f.148r]frid, and toke
     his hors, and rode thorugh the Cite, and toke his leue of all the
     Commualte of London; and so he rode to his maner of Eltham in
     Kente, and there he duellid alle the Lenton till it was ayens Palme
|r36 Sonday, and thanne he rode to Caunturbury, and abode there tille
     estur was passid, till his retenewe was made and ordeynyd, that
     shuld gon and passe ouyr the see with hym into Fraunce.



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         And thann the Kynge come to Douyre, and on Seint Georges
     euyn, withynne nyght, the wethur and wynde was feyre and
     menahull, and the Kynge was brought to ship withoute Douyre in
 |r4 the roode.//  And whanne tyde of passage come, thei toke the
     see, and passid ouyr, and come to Caleis, and landid there in the
     mornynge at vij. of the clocke in Seint Georgis Day; and that was
     on the Sonday; and the don1ynycall lettur went by . A.//  And
 |r8 whanne he was landid, the Kynge went to the Castell of Caleis;
     and there he abode tille all his retenewe and ordynaunce were come
     ouyr the see. And withynn iij. wikis aftur Estur aforne seid, all
     his pepull, with alle his ordynauncis, weren come ouyr to the
|r12 Kynge.//  And the Kynge anon aftur, hi his Counseill, sent
     dyuerse lordis, knyghtis and capitainys, with her men of armys
     and archeris and ordynauncis, to dyuers tounnys, Castelles and
     Garnysonys of his in Fraunce and in Normandie, for kepynge and
|r16 strengthynge of his liege pepull, and kepynge of his titull and
     right.
         And in the same yere, the xv. day of May, ther was made a
     Journey in Fraunce bisidis the toune of Compyne; and at that
|r20 Journey were slayn of the Frensshe men, Armynakkis and Scottis
     the nombre of .viij. c. of good mennys bodyes; and there were take
     also of the Frensshe and of her compeny, many Cote armuris.
     And at that same Journey was take the wicche of Fraunce that was
|r24 callid th[e] ' Pusshell '; and she was take alle armyd as a man of
     armys; and by her crafte of sorserie alle the Frensshe men and
     her compeny trystid for to haue ouyrcome alle the Engelisshe
     pepull. But God was lord and maistir of that victorie and
|r28 scomfiture, and so she was take, and brought and kept in hold bi
     the Kynge and his counseill all tymes at his comaundement and
     wille.
         And at that Journey, of Englisshe men weren Capitaynys, Sir
|r32 John Monuntegomere and Sir John Steward, knyghtis of the
     Kyngis houshold, with her retenewe.  And there was Sir John
     Mountegomere smyte his arme vn two; and Sir John Steward was
     shotte unto the thye with a quarell, and yet God sent hem good
|r36 hele and welfare, and Scomfiture of all her enemyes: blessid he
     God!



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     |rAPPENDIX_D.
     
     |rADDITIONAL_MATTER_FOR_THE_PERIOD_1420-28.
     
     |r[MS._Hh._6._9,_University_Library,_Cambridge.]

        And is was doon e Monday next aftir the Trinity Sonday,
     In the yere of grace M=l= IIIIe XX=ti=. And anone aftir this mariage
     was done, the Kyng hym-self |r[Henry V], with his English lordes
 |r4 and Retenue, And e Duke of Burgoigne with many grete lordes
     of Fraunce, with his strength and gouernance of people, leyde sege
     to dyuers Citees townes & castelles which wer holden of the Dol_phynne,
     with strength of his meyney, And of the Armenakkis and
 |r8 Scottis. And the Kyng with his people gat theme, and had the
     victorie of his enemyes.
        And in this same yere, And in e yere of grace a M=l= IIIle XX=ti=,
     by-twene Cristemesse and Candilmasse, the Towne of Milloyne was
|r12 yolden vp to the Kynge; And all e Chiftains, with e Souldeours,
     were take and ledde to e Cite of Parys,' in e Croke of e mone,
     e may say for theme; ffor er escapede fro thens of eme but a
     fewe on lyue, for ei of Paris did theme to dethe.
|r16    Willelmus Cambrigge {Johannes Wellis,} vic' VIII [A.D.
        M[ayor]             {Johannes Botiller,} 1420-21].
                            draper
        And in is same yere |r[Ben. VI] e Wednysday, e XXI day
|r20 of Octobre, in e first yere of Kyng Henry e VI, at e houre
     betwene VI & VII in e mornyng, died Charles, e French
     Kynge, In his Inne of saint Paules with-Inne e Cite of Paris,
        And is buried in e chirche of Saint Denyse withoute e cite of
|r24 Paris: On whos soule, God haue mercie! Amen!
     And in is same yere, in e moneth of Februarie, James
     Stewarde, Kyng of Scottes, spousede Dame Joan, the Duchesse
     Doughter of Clarencc, of hir first houshond, Erl of Somersette, in
|r28 e churche of Saint Marie Overey in Suthwerk.
        And in is same yere, Maister William Tailour, clerk of Oxen_forde,
     was a-fore the clergie at Saint Paules in London, And er



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     he was convicte in heresie; and aftir, by Temporall lawe he was
     brought into Smythfelde, & there was he brent for his heresie.
        And in is same yere, e XVII day of Auguste, was done the
 |r4 bataill of Vernoun in Perche, betwene the Duk of Bedforde, an
     Regent of Fraunce, & e Armenakkis with Scottes; but, thanked
     be God! the victorie fell to e Englishmen, for er were slain of our
     aduersaries the Erle of Bougham, e Erle Douglas, e Erle of Morre,
 |r8 e Erle of Tounare, e Erle of Vendoun, the Vicounte of Narbone
     (at traiterously slough the Duke of Burgoine knelyng he-fore the
     Dolphyn of Fraunce at e towne of Monstrall,) & mony moo, e
     nombre of X M moo. But e moste vengeance fell vpon e
|r12 proude Scottes, for thei went to Dog-wash the same day, mo than
     XVIIc of cote Armoures of these proude Scottes; So that they
     may say wele " In the croke of e mone went thei thidre warde,
     And in the wilde wanyende come ei homewarde."
|r16    William Crownes, M[ayor] Nicholaus James    A II. [A.D.
                                 Thomas Wandefford  1423-4.]
        And in this same tyme the Kynge |r[Ben. VI], of two Erles
     made two Dukes: e Erle of Cambrige he made the Duke of
|r20 Yorke, & e Erle Marshall Henaud, e Duke of Northefolke.
        And in is same yere was Shedeswik draw and hangede &
     quartered at Tihorne, & his hede smyten of & sett vpon London
     Brigge, & his quartires vnto dyuers yatis of London, for his treason.
|r24    And whilles e Duke of Bedforde was here in Englande, e Erle
     of Warrewik was made Lieutenant of Fraunce & Normandye, for
     to kepe & garde both in werre and peace vn-to e comyng of e
     Duke of Bedforde again oute of England in-to Fraunce.
|r28    Johannnes Reynowell, Robertus Arnold        A Vt=to=. [A.D.
        M[ayor]            Johannnes Hyngham.     1426-7.]
        And e Duke of Bedforde & e Duchesse his wife went vp to
     Paris, And so to other dyuers partees of Fraunce er as hym list
|r32 best to abide; And an e Erle of Warrewik come In-to Englande
     again.
     
     Off the takyng off Will Wawe; And how he was done to
        dethe.
|r36    And in this same yere was Will Wawe take for an [a]rannt
     eef, and was brought to London to e Kynges Bench, & so
     brought to Westmynster a-fore e kynges Justices, & er Jugede to



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     e dethe. And so he was brought again from Westmynster to
     Suthwerk, & en he was put in a carte, stanndyng, & faste hounde;
     & so he was cariede thorugh e Cite to Tiborne, that all men myght
 |r4 see hym & knowe hym, And so he was caried the thirde day of 
     Juyll, And there hangede for his trespass.
                                Robertus Oteley vic' A VI.
        Johannes Gedney M[ayor] Henricus Frowik [A.D.1427-8.]
     
 |r8 How that there ffill grete habundaunce off Rayn; And how
        dyuers sowdiourz went ouer the see.
        And in this same yere, & in e yere of grace M=l= IIIIc XXVII,
     from e begynnyng of e moneth of Aprile vnto the feste of All
|r12 Halowen, was so abundaunce of Rayn that, not only hay was 
     distroied, but Also all maner of Cornes; for it Raynede all-moste
     euery day, more or lesse, duryng this terme a-for-said.
        And anone aftir, as e Erle of Warrewik, ser Thomas Beau_champe, 
|r16 was sennd oute of Fraunce from e Duke of Bedforde
     by all the worthy & discrete counsaill of Englande, he was made
     maister & gouernoure vn-to the Kynge duryng his non-age, & hym
     to goueren, teche & norish, as oweth to be done to such a worthy
|r20 prince, to his lernyng of all maner worthynesse to good gouernance, 
     discretion and reason.
     
        And in is same yere, an old man, a girdeler of Norwiche,
     which counterfetede the Kynges grete seale, And esealled charters
|r24 & protections with at counterfeit seall, in disseit & preiudice of e 
     Kynge & of his liege peple, was iugede to e deth, to be drawe
     thorugh the Citee of London vnto Tiborne, and er hangede; & us
     he died for his treason.
     
|r28 How that A Breton had mordrede a widdow without Algat.
        Ca IIc LXII.
        And in e same yere, a fals Breton, betwen Ester and Witson_tyde,
     mordrede a good wedowe in hir bedde, the which hadde
|r32 found hym, for Almesse, withoute Algate, In the suhurhes of
     London; & he bar a-way all that sche hadde, And after toke girth of
     holy churche at Saint Geo.ges in Suthwerk; but at e last he toke
     the Crosse, & for-suore e Kyng land. And as he went his way, it



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     happid hym to come by the same place wher he did that cursede
     dede; And women of e same parish come oute to hym with stones
     & with canell dong & ere made an ende of hym in e high streit, so
 |r4 at he went no ferere, not-with-stondyng e Constablis & oer men
     also, which had hym in gouernaunce, to convey hym forth in his
     way; for ere was a grete companye of them; & on hym thei had
     neither mercie nor pite; & thus this fals thefe endede his life in is
 |r8 worlde, for his falsnesse.
     
     How that An Erityk was take And convicte; And how Kyng
        Henry ordeynyd to go in to Fraunce, to resceyue e crown.
        Ca. IIc LXIIIc.
|r12    And in is same yer, & in e yer of grace a-foresaid, Richerde
     Woll-pakker, of Marc Lane, at was convicte a-for e clergie, &
     dampned of heresie, was led to e Tour-Hill of London; & ther he
     was brent for his fals & cursed opynions at he helde & mayntened
|r16 in presence of e Duke of Gloucestre, & of e Duke of Northfolk,
     & e Erl of Warrewik, & e Erle of Stafforde, & oer lordes &
     Jentilles, & afore all e comuners at were there present of e
     roialme a grete multitude.
|r20    And in this same yere, e Satirday, e XXI Day of Fehruarie,
     one Fenables, a Jentilman of Chestre, & Thomas Clement a Draper
     of London was dampnede atte Westmynster for treason & for ift
     at thei had done to e Kynge & to his liege peple, to be drawe fro
|r24 e Toure of London thorugh e Citee to Tiborne, & ere hangede
     & quartrede, And there hedes sett vpon London Brugge.
        And in is same day & yere, Embassitoures of Spayne, at is
     to say, a Bishoppe, with other grete & worthy clerkis, And an Erl
|r28 with knyghtes & squyers, -- & these people come to e Kynge in to
     Westmyntre Hall the day aboue-saide.
        And in is same yere, on Saint Mathie day, Apostill, which was
     on a Friday, Kyng Henry the Sexte after his coronation & ende of
|r32 his parlement holden at Westminster, by the advise of all the
     lordes & comons of England, was ordeyned in is parlement a-for_said 
     at e Kyng shulde wende ouer the see in to Fraunce for to
     resceyue the Crowne ere.



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     |r[E]
     |rCONTINUATION_OF_THE_BRUT_FROM_THE_CAPTURE_OF
     |rROUEN_(1419)_TO_1430.
     
     |r[MS._egerton_650.]
     
        |r[f.111v] In at same yere e Kyng lay at e sege of Roon; and e xvij
     day of Ianuuere it was yoldyn to oure Kyng. on Chyldermesse Day
     come tythyng to London at the vj day of Feueryere the Duke of
 |r4 Bedford, Leuetenaunt of Englond, and the Chauncelere, and many
     oer bysshoppis, and e Maire and hys aldermen, with all e
     Cetizins, made a generall procession from Paules to Westmynstre,
     onkyng God of the good and gracius spede at he had gyff to oure
 |r8 Kyng.
        And in at yere was Ludgate for-do, And all the prisoners
     remeved from Newgate. And er died lx and x with-in xv days.
     And is was done for one Olyuer and iij false harlottes, And er
|r12 ai died.
        And in at same yere Quene Iahan was a-rested And broght to
     Retherhyde; And a gray frere was a-rested in Gernesie and lad to
     Chyrhurgh, And sone aftre was broght before oure Kyng; and oure
|r16 Kyng commaundit hym to the Toure of London, And er he was
     do in prisone.
                                  {Wylliam Boteler   } Anno Ottauo
        Richard Whyttyngton Maior.{Robertus Whyttyng-} H. V=ti=. [A.D.
|r20                              {ham               } 1419-20.]
        In at yere come e Duke of Gloucestre in-to Englond, and
     forth so to London; And er was rescayved and made Leuetenaunt
     of Englond.
|r24    And e Duke of Bedforth, with a fayr meyne, went to Hampton,
     And er he shyppit and sayled ouer in-to Normandy.
        And in at yere our Kyng weddit Dame Kateryne, e kynges
     Doghter of Fraunce, vppon e Monday next afore e Trinite Sonday.
|r28    And in at yere was Pount Melayne wone, and oer fortises
     many moo: onked be God!
        Williamus Cambryge Iohannes Welles   } Anno nono H. quin_Maior.
                           Iohannes Boteller.} tus. [A.D. 1420-1.]



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        In at yere was a womman brent at Cotehyll for sleying of hyr
     husband.
        And in at yere oure Kyng and Dame Kateryne hys wyfe come
 |r4 from Parise in-to Englond, and so forth to London; And er were
     ai ressaued wurshypfully with e Maire & e Aldermen, and all e
     Citezins of London.
        And vppon e xij day of Feuer yere, at fell vppon a Sonday in
 |r8 Lente, Dame Kateryne was crounned Quene at Westmynstre. And
     whene e Solempnite was done in e chyrche, sho was broght full
     solemply rogh e Paleis in-to the grete hall, where e fest was
     holdyn Off e Coronacion of Quene Katerine.
     
|r12 Off e statis at e Coronacion of Kateryne, e Quene of Englond,
        And of e seruyce at was done in e same fest.
        Fyrst, e Quene Sate in hyr estate;
        The Archbysshop of Cannctbury, The |r[f.112r] Bysshop of Wynchestre,
|r16 vppon e ryght syde of the Quene; And ai were serued next e
     Quene, couerd at euery course;
        The Kyng of Scotland in hys estate, vppon the left syde of e
     Quene, whech at euery course was serued next aftre at e Quene
|r20 and the bysshoppes were serued.
        The Duchesse of York, The Countesse of Hunttyngdon, The
     Duke of Gloucestre, vppon the same syde;
        The Erle of Marche knelyng vppon e desse on e ryght syde
|r24 e Quene, And held up a septre of the Quenes;
        The Erle of Stafford, knelyng vppon e left syde of the Quene
     vppon e desse, and held a-noer Septre of the Quenes;
        The Countesse of Kent was syttyng at the ryght fote vndur the
|r28 table;
        Syr Ritchard Nevyle, keruere before e Quene;
        The Erles broer of Southfolk, Copp-herrer;
        Syr Iohn Steward, sewerer to the Quene;
|r32    The lord Clyfford, Panter, in the stede of Werwyke;
        The Lord Wylloghby botelere, in e stede of e Erle of
     Arundall, The Lord Grey Ryffyn, Napperer;
        The Lord Audeley, Aumerer, In the stede of e Erle of Caum_bryge;
|r36 bryge;
        The Erle of Warwyke, Steward of Englond, in e stede of e
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        The Erle of Worcestre, Marchall of Englond, in e stede of e
     Erle Marchall.
     The nounbre and sittyng in e hall fyrst at e tables:
 |r4    The Barons of the .v. Portes begone e table in e hall on e
     ryght hand Of the Quene; And he-neyth aim, at e same table,
     setten e Bonchers of e Chauncery;
        The Maire of London And hys Aldermen begone e table in
 |r8 e hall on e left syde of e Quene, with oer commynners of
     the cete;
        And beneth aim at the same table, in e myddyst of the hall,
     next e table of e .v. portys, vppon the ryght hand of the Quene,
|r12 The Bysshop of London satt withyn e table, The Bysshopp of
     Bath, The Bysshop of Excester before hym, The Bysshop of
     Norwych, The Bysshopp of Salesbury, The Bysshopp of Saynt
     Dauid, The Bysshopp of Bangore be fore hym.
|r16    The bysshop of Lyncolne, The Ahhot of Waltham, The
     bysshop of Carlyle before aim.
        And en next aim, at the same table syttyng, e Iustices;
     And afftre e Iustices at e same table Satt Wurshyppfull knyght
|r20 and Sqwyers;
        And e ladys heyone e tables in e myddys of e hall, ffor
     agayns e Maire and e Aldermen of Londone, The Countesse of
     Stafforde, Doghtter of Sere Thomas, som tyme Duke of Gloucestre;
|r24 The Countesse of Marche, hyre doghtter; The Countesse of Arun_dell,
     |r[f.112v] The Countesse of Westmerland, The Countesse of North_umberland,
     hyr doghtter; The Countesse of Oxenford; The
     lady Nevell, some tyme e Lordys wyfe Nevell, doghtter of the
|r28 Erle of Somersette; Dame Margarete, e Dukes dog.hter of
     Northfolk; The Lady Clyfford, Suster of the Erle of Northumher_lande;
     The lady Burgeyne; The lady Talbot; The lady Wyl_loghby;
     The lady Manley; The wyfe of Syr Richard Nevyle,
|r32 doghtter of the Erle of Salesbury, and no mo ladys of estate. And
     at table was ocupied with ladis and damesels, and a quarter of the
     bysshoppis table also.
        There lordys sewying were assigne to do e ryall seruyce to the
     Quene:
        The Erle of Northumherland     The Erle of Westmerland.
        The Lord Fehughe.............. The Lord Furnevall.



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        The Lord Feris of Grohy....... The Lord Gray of Wyltton.
        The Lord Poynynges............ The Lord Haryngton.
        The Lord Darcy................ The Lord Dacrys.
 |r4    The Lord Delaware.
     
     The seruyce of e ffyrst course.
        Brawne wyth mustard........... Dedelys in Burueux.
        ffirment with Baleyne......... Pyke.
 |r8    Lamprey Poudered.............. Troute.
        Codlyng....................... Plays.
        Merlyng ffryed................ Grete Crabys.
        Leych lumhard................. A bake mete in past.
|r12    Tartis                 A Sodelte.
     
     The seruyce of the secund course.
        Gele                           Blaundesore.
        Breme......................... Cungre.
|r16    Soles......................... Millet.
        Chevan........................ Barhell.
        Roche......................... ffreche Samon.
        Halyhut....................... Gurnard rosted.
|r20    Roget broyled................. Smelt ffryed.
        Lopsters...................... Leyche Damask.
        Laumpray in past.............. fflampaun ryall.
     
     A Sotelte.
|r24    |r[f.113r] A Panter and a damessell before The seruyce of e ryde course.
        Dates in Composte............. Grene motteley.
        Carpe dere.................... Turhutt.
        Tenche........................ Perche.
|r28    Gogenos [Gudgeons]............ Sturgeon frech and powderd.
        Welkys........................ Porpas rosted.
        Munse fryde................... Crevis douse.
        Grete Scrymppys............... Elys and lampryns rosted.
|r32    A leyche called 'whyte leyche' A bake mete in past, with iiij
                                     Angels.
        A Sotelte: a tyger, and Saynt George ledyng it.
        And in e Ester weke foloyng, e Duke of Clarence was slayne
|r36 in Fraunce, fast by the water of Leyre, wyth Scottes, Frenche men,
     Armynakkys, be-cause he wold not he gouerned, and haue take hys



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     ost with hym. And er was take e Erle of Hunttyngton, The
     Erle of Somersette and hys broer. And er was lost at day in-to
     a iiij=xx good knyghttes: on whos soules God haue mercy! Amen!
 |r4    And in e same yere our Kyng, vppon the thred Day of Iune,
     Schyppit at Douere, And londit at Caleis, and rode forth in-to
     Fraunce.
        And in at yere was grete queraunce in London for vsures;
 |r8 And some of aim left money, Iohn Sadeler, Water Chyrchey, and
     many oer; And in at tyme money was skarse.
        Robert Chycheley, maior. Wilelmus Weston. Anno decimo h. v=ti=
                                 Ricardus Croshy. [A.D. 1421-2.]
|r12    In at tyme, vppone saynt Nicholas evyn, come tythynges from
     Wyndyssore to e Maire, at oure Quene, Dame Kateryne, had
     borne a prince, a fayre sone. And a-none all e belles in London
     were re[n]gon; ' Te Deum ' was songone at Paules; And er was
|r16 the Chauncelere and many bysshoppys, And e Maire and hys
     Aldermen, And all e craftes of the Cite.
        And in at tyme e gold of e realme went byweght; And
     euery man had a payr hallaunce And weghttes in hys sleve for
|r20 e gold.
        And in at yere Qwhenne Kateryne went to Hampton, And
     er made hyr redy to go ouer the see vn-to e Kyng. And with
     hyr went e Duke of Bedforthe with a fayre meyne; And e viij
|r24 day of Maij sho landit at Hereflete, And so went forth vn-to oure
     Kyng.
        And in at same tyme Mewes Embry was getten in e last
     ende of Apryll. And fyrst day of Iule oure kyng sent to the Toure
|r28 of Londone xvij Cartes chargit with Frenche men at were hys
     presoners, at he toke in Mewes |r[f.113v] Embry: the nombre of aim
     into viij.=xx=
        And in at yere er come a wrytte from e Kyng vn-to the
|r32 Maire of London, for to a-rest certayne persones e whech were
     found defectyfe in certayne poyntes of Erysy and Lollardy, And
     eis bene aire names: Eston, Mercer, and oer moo.
        And at yere died Kyng Henry the fyft in Fraunce, vppon e
|r36 evyn of e decollacion of Saynt Iohn Baptyst; And en was hys
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        And in at yere e Shryves of London went bybarche to
     Westmynstre, And dyuerse craftes of London with aim; And in
     is maner ai come home agayne, all in blak. And is was done he_cause 
 |r4 of our Kynges deth: on whos soule, God haue mercy! Amen!
        And on e Monday before Saynt Symond Day and Iude, The
     Bysshop of London, Mayster Iojn Kempt, was stalled at Paules.
        Thes ben e names of Maire and Shrevis of London in e tyme
 |r8 of Kyng Henri e vj, in e age of hym not xij monethys fulli:
     Wylelmus Walderne, Iohannes Tedershall.} Anno primo Henrici
       Maior.           Thomas Estfelde.    } vi=ti= [A.D. 1422-3.]
        In at yere e Maire and e Aldermen and all e craftes went
|r12 to Westmynstre bybarge, all in blak, e v. day of Nouemher; And
     er he toke hys oth in e eschekere, as e maner is. And whene
     he had done, he toke hys barge with all e craftis, And come home
     agayne.
|r16    e vj day of Nouember, The cors of Kyng Henri the .v. was
     broght to London; And anone the Maire and e Aldermen & all
     e Citezins resceyved hym, all in blak, and broght hym to Paules;
     And er he had hys dyryge and masses, and was entered, as it fell
|r20 for a kyng. And is was done vppon e Fryday. And aftre mete
     he was broght to Westminster; And vppon e Setterday he was
     beryd before Saynt Edwardys shryne: on whose soule Almyghtti
     God haue mercy! Amen!
|r24    And in at yere, come Frenche bysshoppys oute of Fraunce;
     And oer Frenche lordys and worthy knyghttes of Fraunce come
     to e Kyng to do homage to hym, as for heyre of Englond and
     Fraunce: And is was aftre Crystynmasse foloyng.
|r28    And at same yere, e secund day of Marche, er was brent in
     Northfolk a prest at was dysgated of hys clergy for hys mys-byleue
     and hys berysy. And hys name was Master Wylliam Tayloure.
        Also Richard Whyttyngton, mercer, died e xiiij day of Marche:
|r32 on whos saule Almyghtti God haue mercy! Amen!
        Wylelmus Crowmere, Thomas Wandeford,} Anno ij=do= H. sexti.
        Maire.             Nicholas Iames.  } [A.D. 1423-4.]
        |r[f.114r] at xx li e parysshesens shuld pay xl; And yf it were of
|r36 more valewe, en pay more.
        And in e same yere, on Saynt Gylis day, come e Cardinall,
     e Bysshop of Wynchestre, to London; And e maire and e



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     Shryves and e Alderdirmen, with all the craftes of the cite, ryddyn
     agaynst hym, and wurshypfully ressaued hym And Welecommed
     hym, and breght hym to Paules, And from Paules to Westmynstre;
 |r4 And er he a-bode all at nyght. And on e morow he toke hys
     hors and rode to Wyndysore vn-to our Kyng.
        Henricus Barton maior. Iohannes Abbot. Anno vij=tio= henrici vj=ti=
                               Thomas Duffons. [A.D. 1428-9.]
 |r8    In is yere was e good Erle of Salesbury, Sere Thomas Moun_tague,
     slayn at the sege of Orlyaunce with a gonne, wheche was a
     noble lord and a worthy werreor emong all Crystyn men: On
     whose saule, God, for hys pete, haue mercy! Amen! And he ys
|r12 hered at Bryssham.
        And in is same yere, at Mydsomertyde, Henry Beauford,
     Cardinale, And also bysshop of Wynchestre, went ouer e see in-to
     Fraunce with a fayre meyne of Archers and men of Armes; And
|r16 e Lord Wylloghby was made Capten of hys werris. The wheche
     Cardynale was ordined and purpast for to haue gone in-to Prage, to
     haue dystroyed and gyf batayle vn-to the fals berytykes and
     Lollordys. And whene he was rydy, tydynges come at e sege of
|r20 Orlyaunce was brokyn, And e Lord Talbot takyn, and oer worthy
     lordys. And a-none, in all e hast, e Cardinall with hys meyne,
     And Ser Iohn Ratclyff with hys meyne, at was purposed for to
     haue gone in-to Gyene, went ouer in-to Fraunce to help and strenghe
|r24 e Regente, The Duke of Bedford, in e Kynges rygt of Englond.
        And in e same yere fell sodanly a derth of whete, at a
     Busshell of whete was at xxd; And xxiiij Days, brede was ryght
     skantt in London, in-so-moch at vnneth Any myght he gete; hot
|r28 in short tyme, -- onked he Almyghtti God! -- hit was a-mendit;
     And hefe and motun, and Al maner of ffleshe, at sa.me tyme was
     ryght dere and scarse vn-to Lammasse; And en sone aftre, -- onked 
     be Ihesu, of hys eftis!  -- it was a-mendid.
|r32    Wilelmus Est- {Wilelmus Rous,                }Anno. Octauo h.
        feld, Maior.  {Radulphus Holand, schereffyes.}vj=ti= [A.D. 1429-30]
        |r[f.114v] The fi[f] day of Nouember, e Kyng, wyth hys lordys,
     ryally rode frome Kyngstone ouer London Bryge, And so forth
|r36 Fenchyrche strete, evyn vn-to the Toure, to hys mete. And e
     Maire and e Aldermen, all in Scarlete hodys, rode to mete the



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     Kyng, And so rode forth with hym to e Toure The Seterday
     next aftre; wher-of were e Erle of Denshyre, e Lord Spencer
     sone, the Erle of Warwyk, e Lord Beamounde. And aftre none,
 |r4 e Kyng, in a riall araye, with all hys lordys Ryally a-rayed in
     cloth of gold for e most part, with the said xxiiij newe knyghtes
     all in blew, the prestes rode a-fore e Kyng ij and ij, from e
     Toure to Westmynstre. And e Maire and e Aldermen, all in
 |r8 Scarlet, rode also, and broght e Kyng to Westmynstre. And at
     London Bryge was made a toure full of Angels And e grete Con_dyte 
     and e lytill Condite in e Chepe, rially arayed, rynnyng
     bothe rede wyne and whyte. And at the Crosse in e Chepe was
|r12 made a riall castell, And erin was grete Wurshyp shewed to e
     Kyng.
        On e morne, e Sonday, e vj day of Nouemher, e Kyng was
     crowned at Westmynstre full rially. And all Bysshoppys and
|r16 Abbotes Copitt and mytred ryally; And all temperall lordys rode
     in aire estate; And all oer knyghtes (for most perty) all in clotn
     of gold rially. And Henri of Wynchestre, Cardinale, as a Carde_nall 
     sate in a sete by e ryght hand of the Kyng. And er was
|r20 Quene Kateryne, moder of the Kyng, And a grete noumbre of ladis
     and gentill-wemmen rially arayed. And also er come sodanly to
     e coronacion one of e kinges sones of Porttyngale, And he was
     Wurshypfully resceyved. And at day was a fare day and a clere,
|r24 blessed be God!
        Also at yere e perlement was eniourned till aftre Crystyn_masse.
     Also e Fryday, e xx day of Ianuuere, Richard Hunden,
     wolpakker, was brent at e Toure-hyll for hys Lollardy and berysye.
|r28    The Tuysday next aftre, Iohn Vpton, e appellaunte, and Iohn
     Downe of Feueressham, defendaunt, Armed, faght with-yn lystis in
     Smythfelde nyghe an oure. And en e Kyng toke it in-to hys
     awne hand; And e Seterday aftre, at Kenyngton, e Kyng made
|r32 an ende he-twene aim bothe; And so ai rode at large.
        The perlement began agayn e Monday aftre, e xij day. And
     in e meyne tyme The Cardinall went ouer e see on e Kynges
     message.
|r36    And also e same yere, in Estre Weke, e Kyng went to Caleis,
     And so to Roon, with the substance of all e lordes and gentyls of
     Englond, And left er e Duke of Glaucestre, Leuetenaunte.
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     |rAPPENDIX_E.
     
     |rANOTHER_VERSION_OF_THE_TIME_FROM_1422-31.
     
     |r[MS._Rawlinson,_B._173._Bodleian_Library.]
     
        |r[f.225r] And in that yere |r[Nov.1422] come Frenssh Bisshoppes oute
     of Fraunce, & is was Cristmas folowyng.
         William Crowmere, Maire
 |r4     Thomas Sandeford}  Shreues, anno ijo 
         Nicholas Iames  } |r[1Sept.1423to31Aug.1424.]
         And in that yere the King was brought fro Windesore in a
     chare to Iondon, and his modre the Quene sitting in the same
 |r8 chare, and he in her armes, and so he was brought to Westminster.
     and on the morue bigan the parliament. And in that same yere,
     on the Wednesday bifore Seint Mathewes day, Syr Iohn Morty_mere,
     knight, brake prison, and went oute off the Toure of
|r12 London: but sone he was take vpon e Toure-wharfe, bitwene the
     Toure & the Temysse, & there he was euyll wounded. And forth_with
     -all he was brought forth bifore the Duke of Gloucestre; And
     vppon the Saturday he was brought to hys answere, and there he
|r16 was dampned to be drawe & honged, And his hede smetyn of at
     Tyborne. And than his hede was take and sett vpon London
     Brygge, and his body was beried at Iones, bicause he was a knight
     of the Sepulcre; And hys hede was take downe, & beried with the
|r20 body: & at licence gate freier Winchilsey.
         Iohn Michell, Maire.
         Iohn Bithewater}  Shreues. anno iijo.
         Symkyn Seman   } |r[1Sept.1424to31Aug.1425.]
|r24     And in that yere was a generall procession, And a pardoner
     Riding vpon an horse, and his face to the horse taile, and his hilles
     hanging a-bought hys necke by-hynde and bifore. And whan he



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     come to e South dore of Poules, there was Made a grete fire, and
     all his billes were brent.
         Iohn Couentre, Maire.
 |r4     William Mildrede}  Shreues, Anno iiij=to=.
         Iohn Brockeley  } |r[1Sept.1425to31Aug.1426.]
         And in that yere was a grete discencion bitwene the Duke
     of Gloucestre and the Bisshop of Wynchestre; And this was on
 |r8 the same day that e Maire rode. And on the Tuesday was mekle
     of the bisshoppes retenewe gadered in Southwerke, with bowes and
     arowes and other herneys. And than the Brige gate was kept
     with strenglh of men of armes. And sone after, vppon viij of the
|r12 clocke, all the Cite was vp, and drewe hem to the water-side, and
     wolde haue passed ouyr Thamyse. But the Prince of Portingale,
     the Bisshop of Caunterbury, the Bisshop of Bath, entreted, onked
     be God, all was cesed, or none. And the x day of Ianyvere next,
|r16 e Duke |r[f.226r] of Bedford and his wiffe the Duchesse come to London;
     and the Maire and all the Aldermen, & the craftes, ridde a-yenst
     him, and welcomed him vnto the Cite, And the Bisshope of Win_chestre 
     come with him. And in this same yere was the parliament
|r20 at Leicestre.
         Iohn Reynewe, Maire.
         Robert Arnolde}  Shreues, Anno quinto.
         Iohn Higham   } |r[1Sept.1426to31Aug.1427.]
|r24    And in the same yere, in the lattere ende of December, died the
     goode Duke of Excestre. and in the same yere were founde many
     false vessels of Romeney, the whiche were made by gadered
     Galgenet, into the nombre of vj buttes, the which the hedes were
|r28 smyt oute of in diuerse places of the Cite: the falsest gode that
     euyr any man see.
         Iohn Reynewell, Maire.
         Robert Otele }  Shreues, anno vj=to=.
|r32     Henry Frowyke} |r[1Sept.1427to31Aug.1428.]
         In his tyme there was a lone of iij ousand marke; And it
     was for the Erle of Salesbury for-to meyntene the Kinges werres
     in Fraunce; And therto payed diuerse peple, aswell e mene as the
|r36 riche; som more, som lasse; but the leste was x s.  And after
     that, was graunted hi the parliament, at all the chirches of the
     ralme shulde he stent at a somme; and the Chirche were at xx li,



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     the paresshens shulde paye xl s.: and iff it were of more valewe,
     than to paye more.
        |r[f.226v]  Henry Barton, Maire.
 |r4     Iohn Abbot    }  Shreues, Anno vijo.
         Thomas Duffons} |r[1Sept.1428to31Aug.1429.]
         And in this yere was tbe Gode Erle of Salesbury, Sir Thomas
     Mountague, slayne at the sege of Orliaunce with a Gonne; the
 |r8 whiche was a noble lorde, and a worthi werrioure amonge all Cristen
     men: On whos soule God for his pite haue mercy! amen! And
     he was beried at Brisham. In this same yere, at Midsomertide,
     Henry Benford, Cardinall, and also Bisshop of Winchestre, went
|r12 ouyr the see into Fraunce with a faire meyne of Archers and men
     of armes;  And the Lorde Welouby was made Capten of his
     werres; the whiche Cardinall was purposed and ordeyned for-to
     haue go into Prage, to haue distroyed and yeue bataile vnto the
|r16 false heretikes and lollars. And whan he was redy, tidinges come
     that the sege of Orliaunce was broken, and the Lorde Talbot take,
     and other worthi lordes. And anone in all haste, the Cardinall
     with his meyne, and Sir Iohn Radclyff with his meyne, at was
|r20 purposed to haue go into Gienne, went ouer into Fraunce to helpe
     and strenglh e Regent, the Duke off Bedford, in the Kingis right
     of Englond.
         William Estfelde, Maire.
|r24     William Rouse }  Shreues, anno viij=o=.
         Richard Holand} |r[1Sept.1429to31Aug.1430.]
         The Friday, the iij=de= day of Nouember, the King with |r[f.227r] his
     lordes, Rialli rode fro Kingeston ouer London Brige, And so forth
|r28 Fanchirch strete, even to the Toure, to his mete. And the Maire
     and the Aldermen, all in scarlet hodes, Rode to mete the King, and
     rode forth with him to the Toure. the Saturday next after, the
     King made xxxiij knightes of the Bath, in the Toure of London;
|r32 wherof were the Erle of Deuenyssh-shire, the Lorde Spencers sonne,
     the Erle of Warrewike, the Lorde Beaumond. and after none, the
     King, in riall aray, with all his lordes rialli arayed in clothes of golde
     for the moste partie, with the saide xxxiij knightes all in blewe like
|r36 prestes, rode a-fore the King ij and ij fro the Toure to Westminster.
     And the Maire & =e= Aldermen all in scarlet, rode also, and brought
     the King to Westminster. And on the Morue, the Sonday, the vj



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     day of Nouembre, the King was crowned at Westminster rialli;
     and Henry of Winchestre, Cardinall, as a Cardinall sate in a sete
     by, on the right honde of the King. And there was Q uene Katerin,
 |r4 moder of the King., And a grete nombre of ladies and gentilwemen
     rially arayed. And ther come sodenly at e Coronacion, one of the
     Kinges sonnes of Portingale; and he was worshipfully resceyued.
     And that daye was a fayre day, & a clere, blessid be God!
 |r8     Nicholas Wotton, Maire.
         Water Chirtesey}  Shreues, anno ix=o=.
         Robert Large   } |r[1Sept.1430to31Aug.1431.]
     |r[f.227v]  In that yere come the Cardinall oute of Normandy from
|r12 Roan; And there was the King, and helde Cristmasse.  and
     after Cristmas, after Seint Hillaries day, bigan the parliament at
     Westmynstre. and in that yere come to London the Ambassiatours
     of Spayne, to trete of pees.



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     |r[F] .
     
     |rCONTINUATION_OF_THE_BRUT_FROM_1430-1446.
     
     |r[MS._O_9.1._Trinity_College,_Cambridge.]

                                                {Vicecomites.
     |r[f.207r] Nicholaus Wotton, Maior. Walterus Chertsey {anno ix=o=.
                              Robertus Large    {[A.D. 1430-1.]
 |r4    And in this yere, and in the yere of grace M=l= cccc xxx=ti=, John
     Ostillere, at the Crowne in Fanchirchestrete of London, debadet
     with the ambassitours of Spayne, and rered blode of oon of theym
     at was a gentleman; wherfor the hosteler was arested and brought
 |r8 to the Countoure, and his wife bothe, for she beganne the debate;
     and then the Kyng and his consayle remeved hym from the
     Countoure, and brought hym in the Flete prison. And on the
     Monday next after, the Maire and bothe the Shirreffes of London,
|r12 by the comaundment of the Kyng and his consayle, brought hym
     fro the Flete, fetered, colered, and manacled with yron strongly,
     thurgh the Cite till they come to Leden-hall, for he shuld haue
     goon to the Toure to abyde his Iugement for the grete offence at
|r16 he had doon, brekyng of the Kynges sauf-condite, ayenst his peas
     and comaundment. And there these ambassiatours of Spayne
     mette with the Maire and his company in Greschirchstrete, as
     they were goyng toward the Toure, and prayed the Maire of grace
|r20 for the man; and so he was brought ageyne at same nyght |r[f.207v] to
     Flete prison.
        And in this same yere, on Seint Gregoryes day, a preste of
     Essex was brought to London afore the clergye at Seint Paules,
|r24 and there he was conuicte in heresy and false Lollardy, at he
     mayntened and helde ayenst holy chirche; and so he was brent in
     Smythfeld for his heresy.
        And in this same yere, on the Tuesday next after Palme
|r28 Sonday, all the prisoners at were in Ludgate were brought into
     Newgate prison by Waltere Chirtesey & Roberte Large, shirreffes of



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     London; and the Friday, the xiijth day of Aprell then next
     folowing, the same shirreffes fette oute of Newgate, by the false
     suggestion and compleynt of oon Iohn Kyngescote, Gaolere of
 |r4 Neugate, .xviij. presoners of fremen. And the oon half of these
     xviij. presoners were ledde to the oon Counter, and at oer half
     to at other Compter, by malice and compleynt of e seid Iohn
     Kyngescote. And these were ledde to the Compters, braced as
 |r8 though they had be felons and theves, openly in euery mannys
     sight.
        And in this same yere, vpon e Whitsonday, a man of the
     towne of Abyngdon at is in Oxenfordshire, at called hym-self
|r12 Iak Sharp, was take, with oer mo of his company, for risers and
     distourbours of e Kynges peple, and for his false ymaginacion and
     treson at he began to make and werk in that Cuntre aboute;
     and erfore he was drawe, and hanged and quartered at Abyngdon,
|r16 and his hede smyten of, and set vpon London Brigge, by the 
     comaundment of the Duke of Gloucestre, Lieutenaunt of England,
     an[d] by alle the good and worthy lordes of the Kinges Consayle
     beinge that tyme in the Reame.
|r20    And in this same yere, the xvj. day of Iune, the preson of
     Ludgate was made, and opened ageyn for fremen at be presoners
     for dette. And the same day they entred in first ageyn by
     ordynaunce and comaundment of the Maire, alder |r[f.208r] men and
|r24 comyners. And Herry Dene, Tayloure, was made keper of
     Ludgate prison, by the Maire and alt the communialte in the
     Guyldhall.
        And in is same yere, the .xiij. day of Iuyll, John Russell,
|r28 wollepakkere, was dampned at Westmynstre, and brought to the
     Kynges Benche, and leyde on a hirdell, and drawen thurgh the
     Cite to Tybourne, and quartered; and his quarters set vpon dyuers
     gates of London, and his hede set vpon London Brigge.
     
|r32 John Welles, Maior. Stephanus Broun} vicecomites anno x=o=. |r[1_Sept.
                         |rJohn_Athirley_}_1431_to_3l_Aug._1432.]
        And en Kyng Henry was brought from Caleys, urgh



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     Normandy, to e Cite of Roan, with strenght of his lordes, and
     with men of armes and archers; and there the kyng abode, and
     rested hym in the Castell and the Cite of Roan, from Seint Iames
 |r4 tyde the Apostell, vnto the secund day of Decembre. And when 
     he come first into Rone, he was receyued and welcomed for theire
     liege lord and Kyng, with all reuerence, solempnite, gladnesse and
     worship, at myght be ordeyned and made; and also they presented
 |r8 hym with ryche and roiall giftes, and thanked God of his comyng. 
     And in the tyme of his abidyng in e Cite of Roan, there were
     many iourneyes done in dyuers partyes of Fraunce and Normandy,
     which be not titled in this boke; for y haue not full conusuaunce
|r12 of theym, how, ne in what place nor where they were doon.
   
     Here is the begynnyng of Kyng Herries comyng the Sext,
        from Roan to Parys; and how worthely they of Parys
        receyued the Kyng in his first comyng thider.
|r16 And when Kyng Henry the Sext was goon from the Cite of
     Roan toward e Cite of Parys, and first to Seint Denys the .ij. day
     of Decembre; and ere he was worthely receyued as euer was any
     kyng to any Cite; and e village cleped ' Chapell,' betwene Seint
|r20 Denys and |r[f.208v] Parys, there mette with the Kyng and his lordes, the 
     Provost of Parys, with the Marchauntez, and iij. other estates with
     hem, clothed in oon sute, in rede fyne saten crymsyn furred with
     Martrons, and with blewe hodes, to a grete notable nombre. And
|r24 whan the Kyng was passed the village, ere mette with hym the
     Provost of Parys aforeseid, in a blewe gowne of velwet, and the
     .iij. Maisters of the chastlet with theym, alle clothed in blewe
     with blak hodes; and next after theym come the ix worthy
|r28 Emperoures, with Kynges and Quenes, and iche of them armed,
     sauf the Quenes, and theire horses trapped with theire armes,
     and the quenes hors trapped with theire armes; and then come
     the Maister of the Chamber, with the acomptes all ctothed in
|r32 violet, ermyn, scarlet hodes, a notable nomber; and after come the
     President, with alle the maysters of e parlement, all clothed in



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     scarlet, with furred hodes, and round standynge cappes of Trype;
     and these were the iiij estates with alle the ix worthies.
        And at comyng to e gate of Seint Denys of Parys, there was
 |r4 afore the fronte of the gate e armes of the towne in gowles, a
     chieff of asure, with the flourdelice of gold in asure; and also er
     was a verrey shippe, with alle the appurtenaunce erto belongyng,
     couered with siluer foyle, and certeyne persones standing erin.
 |r8 And at the Kynges comyng to the gate, they henge ouer the shippe
     borde iij. blody hertys like vnto mennys hertys, bot ey were
     gretter. And as the Kyng come to the gate, these thre hertes
     opened; and oute of hem flewe white dovys and oer briddes, and
|r12 certeyn scriptures made, shewyng vnto the Kyng at they receyued
     hym with alle hertys, and for theire souereyn Lorde and Kyng.
     And at the comyng in of the gate was ordeyned a clothe of gold,
     and vj men beryng it vpon vj. spere-shaftes, and eche of the men
|r16 bare heded; and on theire hodes, garlaundes of gode foyle, and
     they clothed in blewe. And in the same strete was a condit, and
     iij. meremaydes swymmyng aboue on the water; |r[f.209r] and oute of
     the condite come rennyng dyu[er]s wynes; oon ypocras; the
|r20 second rede wyne, the thridde, with mylke. And euery Englissh
     man at wold drynk ypocras, had ynough; and alwey men redy to
     serue theym with cuppes and pecis. And iij wodewoses playing
     vpon the toppe of e condyte; and other wodewoses benethe,
|r24 playing to kepe this condite.
        And then in the same strete was made a scaffold; and erupon
     men disgysed after the weddyng of oure Lady, and of the birthe of
     oure Lorde Ihesu Crist, fro the begynnyng to the ende. And ere
|r28 was neyder man nor childe at any wight myght perceyue, at
     euer chaunged any chere or countenaunce alle the tyme duryng;
     bot held theire contenaunce, as they had been ymages peynted; so
     at all peple at sawe hem, seyd at they sawe neuer in eire lyves
|r32 suche a-noder sight.
        And after that, comyng in at e Inner gate of Seint Denys
     wh[e]re at he was in Chatere, there was made the life of Seint
     Denys, and of many other dyuers persons in grete estate aboue hym,



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     bothe spirituell and temporall, after Cristen men and hethen, as
     they were in theyre tyme at is passed. And so comyng to the
     founteyn of Seint Innocent, there was made a hegge of grene
 |r4 holme-busshes; and erout stert an hert, and houndes rennyng
     after hym, couered in e armes of England and Fraunce. And at
     e Chastelet, ere was made a stately ordynaunce of scaffoldes,
     hanged with clothes of golde and with arras, with the Kinges armes
 |r8 of England and of Fraunce; and a man lykened to e Kyng
     sittyng in a sete, kepyng a state in scarled with a furred hode
     and with .ij. buylhons made with the armes of England and of
     Fraunce; and vpon the right hande, knelyng, my Lord of Bedford,
|r12 my Lord of Gloucestre, my Lord Cardynall, |r[f.209v] and many oer lordes
     of England, iche man after his degre, armed with his cote of
     armes vpon hym; and then the Duke of Burgoyne, knelyng on
     the lifte hande, offeryng vp the armes of Fraunce, and alle the
|r16 other lordes of Fraunce in theire degre, knelyng, and offeryng vp
     their armes; and dyuers scriptures made, at all they requyre the
     Kyng of rightwinesse. And after was presented to e Kyng a
     wylde hert, trapped with the armes of the towne.
|r20    And so e Kyng rode forth to oure Lady Chirche, and made
     his offryng. Alle the stretes from Seint Denys Gate were hanged
     with cloes of arras and with clothes of tapissery werk; and for e
     most party all the stretes were couered with lynnen clothes.
|r24    And so from thens the Kyng that same tyme went to Tourney,
     and because it was ill ridyng, for the grete froste at was that
     tyme in the towne, and the stretes were strawed thurghout for
     slidyng of theire horses vnto ey come to Tourney; and there the
|r28 Kyng souped with my Lorde of Bedford, and lay there all nyght,
     and dyned there on the morowe ere [he] passed any ferther.
        And so vpon the morowe the Kyng went to speke with his
     grandmoder, e Quene of Fraunce. And there she made hym
|r32 chere, and welcomed hym with all the dalyaunce, countenaunce,
     and chere at she coude or myght; and seid at `she was neuer
     so gladde as she was then, sith she sawe e Kynge of Fraunce in



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     good plyte.' And so from the Quene he rode streight to Boys in
     Vyncent; and there he rested hym vnto e tyme of hys Coronacion,
     e which shuld be holden and doon on e Sonday, the .viijth day
 |r4 afore Cristmasse, by the grace of God.
        And en the Saterday, the xv. day of Decembre, the Kyng
     come on the after-none from Boys in Vyncent vnto e palays of
     Parys; and he rested hym there all at nyght. And e next
 |r8 morowe, the Sonday, was he brought worthely from the palyce to
     the Chirche of oure Lady in Parys; and there he was crowned
     Kyng of Fraunce by the Cardynall, e Bisshop |r[f.210r] of Winchestre and
     oer Englissh Bisshoppes, and by .vj. of e worthiest Bisshoppes
|r12 of Fraunce. And this coronacion was worthely doon, with all the
     solempnite at myght be doon and ordeyned.
        And when the Kyng was crowned, and the seruice doon, then
     the Kyng was brought ageyn to his palyse, and there set to mete
|r16 with all delicacye of metes and drynkes at myght be ordeyned,
     and open fest to all men at wold com, bothe pore and riche. And
     after his coronacion at Parys, the Kyng come doun to e Cite of
     Roan. And so, by candelmasse next, the Kyng came to Caleys.
|r20 And the Marchauntes of the Staple, with the peple of the towne,
     welcomed hym with all reuerence and honoure, and presented hym
     with giftes.
        And within .xiiij. dayes after, the Kyng come ouer the see
|r24 into England, and landed at the towne of Dover in Kent; and
     there were redy the Burgeys of the .v. Portes, and bare the Kyng
     on lande. And then come moche peple of Kent and Sussex, of
     good gentelmen and yomen on horsbak and in good aray, and they
|r28 welcomed the Kyng, and brought hym to Caunterbury; and ere
     e Kyng rested hym a day. And then the peple of all the Cuntre
     aboute come on horsbak and good aray to e Kyng, and welcomed
     the Kyng with all theire hertys, and brought the King fro
|r32 Caunterbury vnto his Maner of Eltham at is .v. myle oute of
     London. And there the Kyng rested hym .v. or .vj. dayes, vnto
     his comyng to the Cite of London.
        And in this same yere the xxjth day of Februare, Kyng Henry
|r36 the .vj. come from his Maner of Eltham toward the Cite of
     London; and the Maire and aldermen, with the comynalte of



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     London, roode ayenst the Kyng on horsbak, in the best aray at
     they myght, in the reuerence of the Kyng and in worship and
     gladnesse of the worthy name of the Cite of London, thurghout
 |r4 the world in worthynesse commended and praysed. For the Maire
     hym-self was clothed in rede Crymsyn velwett, and a grete velwet
     hatte furred royally, and a girdell of gold aboute his mydell, and a
     bawdrik of gold aboute his neck, trillyng doun behynde hym; and
 |r8 his .iij. hensmen on |r[f.210v] .iij. grete Coursoures foloyng hym, in oon
     sute of a good aray, in rede, all spangled in siluer; and then all
     the Aldermen in gownes of scarlet, with sangwyn cappes. And
     all the communialte of the Cite were clothed in white; bot euery
|r12 crafte with dyuers devices enbrowded vpon the white gownes, at
     euery craft myght be knowen, oon from a-nother, with scarlet hodes
     or cappes. And all they hoved still on horsbak on the Blak-Heth
     in Kent, on both sides, as a strete, vnto the Kynges comyng.
|r16    And when they sawe the Kyng come, the Maire with the
     aldermen rode to the Kyng, and welcomed hym with all reuerence,
     honour and obeysaunce. And the Kyng thanked hem, and he
     come ridyng thurgh all the peple; and they obeyed, and seid,
|r20 "Welcom oure liege and Kyng! welcom! and thanked be God
     in all his giftes, at we se you in good quart!" and so the Kyng
     rode streight the high wey to London.
        And when the Kyng had riden thurgh Suthwerk, and come to
|r24 the stulpes without London Brigge, ere stode a gyaunt in a
     toure, with his swerd drawe in his hande, shewed with countenaunce,
     doth manace all foreyn enemys to the death without mercy, at
     seith or doth ayenst the Kynges right. " And y, the Kynges
|r28 Champyon, in full myght and power."
        And then the Kyng come to London Brigge; and there was
     made a roiall hevenly toure; and therin was shewed .iij. ladyes as
     Emperice, worthely apparaylled in theire aray, which were called
|r32 by name `Nature, Grace, and Fortune.' And theire girdelles were
     blewe, shynyng like to sapheres, which shewed to the Kyng, in
     his comyng, all goodnesse and gladnesse in vertuous lyvyng; and
     with oer .vj. virgynes celestial, in tresses of gold, and with



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     coronalles on theire hedes, all clothed in white, as virgines, with
     sonnys of golde on theire garmentes, shewyng as hevenly creatures,
     mekely salewyng the Kyng, and gaf hym .vij. giftes, at were
 |r4 toknes of oure Lord God of heven, at were white dowves,
     betokenyng the giftes of the Holy Gost, a spirite of intelligence, a
     spirite of sapience, and a spirite of strenght and of connyng, and of
     consayle, pite, drede, and lowlynesse. And on the lifte side of
 |r8 these .iij. Emperesses, were .vij. oer virgyns, clothed all in white,
     with sterres of gold on theire garmentes, with coronalles on theire
     hedes, which presented the Kyng with |r[f.211r] royall giftes: first, they
     endewed the Kyng with the crowne of glorye, and with the septre
|r12 of mekenesse and of pite; a swerd of myght and victorie, a
     mantell of prudence, a shelde of feith, a helme of helth, a girdell of
     love and of parfite peas. And all these ladyes and virgines
     welcomed the Kyng with all honoure and reuerence.
|r16    And then the Kyng procedyng forth to the Condyte in
     Cornhill; and ere was made in serkelwyse a Trone; and in the
     myddes sittyng, a yonge child arayed as a kyng, whom to gouerne
     were .iij. ladyes, Mercy, Trouthe and the Lady Clennesse; and
|r20 .ij. Iuges of lawe, and .viij. sergeauntes, to shewe the kyngdom
     lawe and right. And then the Kyng rode forth, and entred into
     Chepe, and come to the grete Conduit, at ranne plente of good
     wyne, bothe white and rede, to all peple at wold drynk. And
|r24 aboue, ouer the Condite, was a royall toure likned to Paradyse,
     with many dyuers trees beryng eueryche dyuers frutes. And in
     this same gardeyn was dyuers welles of dyuers wynes, with
     bokettes; and .iij. glorious virgines wounde vp the wyne, pro_feryng 
|r28 the Kyng there full habundaunce, fulsomnesse, and high
     plente. And the names of these virgines been `Mercy, Grace, and
     Pite.' And in the ende of this gardeyn ere appered to tbe Kyng
     .ij. olde men, -- at oon, Enok; and at oer, Ely, -- at shewed the
|r32 Kyng chere and grete preysing ministryng his gouernance.
        And the Kyng passed forth, and come to the Crosse in Chepe;



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     and there was made a castell roiall; and on the Est syde stode .ij.
     grene tree, which bare the armes of England and of Fraunce, the
     libardes and the flouredelice, which been the Kinges right and
 |r4 trewe armes be lyne. And vpon this castell, toward Seint Paules,
     there was the tree of Iesse, with all the braunches, shewyng the
     kynrede of oure Lorde Ihesu and of our Lady, Seint Marye, to
     the comfort of the Kyng, and for the grete solempnite of e
 |r8 worthy cite of London.
        And then they passed forth from e Castell and come toward
     Seint Paules at the Litell Conduit; and ere was made an heven
     indivisible of the Trinite; and a trone compassed his roiall See
|r12 with a grete multitude of angellys hym aboute, with dyuers
     melodyes and songe, to hertly ioye and |r[f.211v] comfortyng of the Kyng
     and all his peple. And whan he was come to Seint Paules, there
     he alight doun of his hors; and ere come e Archebisshop of
|r16 Caunterbury, and the Archebisshop of York, alid e Bisshop of
     Lincoln, and the Bisshop[es] of Bathe, Salesbury, Norwich, Ely,
     and Rochestre, and the Dene of Paules with his couent, in proces_sion,
     in theire best araye of holy Chirche, and met with hym, and
|r20 did hym obseruaunce as bylongeth to hym, and censed hym at his
     comyng in; and so brought the kyng to the high autere, with
     roiall songe. And there the kyng offred; and then he come oute
     ageyn, and toke his hors, and come to Westminster; and thider
|r24 brought hym the Maire, Aldermen, and all the communialte of the
     Cite of London.
        And when the kyng was come to Westminster with all his
     peple, the Abbot and all the Couent come oute, coped roially, in
|r28 procession, with high solempnite and gladnesse. And the Abbot
     brought to the Kyng, Seint Edwardes septre; and so he come into
     the Abbay with all solempnite, ioye and songe, and offred to Seint
     Edward; and then come oute ageyne, and went to his palace. And
|r32 then the Maire and Aldermen, with all the communialte of London,
     toke theire leve of the Kyng and of the lordes, and thanked God
     highly of his welfare and comyng.
        And on the Seturday next suyng, the Maire and e Aldermen
|r36 come ageyn to Westminster to the palays, with a riche hanaper of
     gold, and presented it to the Kyng, and a M=l= .li. of gold therin, to



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     his bien venewe a d welcom hoom; and prayed hym of his high
     myghty grace, lordship and love to his Chambre.
        And en anon after Ester next folowyng, tx Kyng held his
 |r4 parlement at Westminster; and it lasted till seint Jametyde e
     Appostell. and at e begynnyng of the parlement, the Cardynall,
     the Bisshop of Wynchestre, come ouer the see into England, and so
     to London to e Kyng, to excuse hym of the offence and blames
 |r8 at were put vpon hym for thinges doon in Fraunce, by the com_pleynt 
     of certeyn lordes; wherof he hath worthely excused hym to
     the Kyng and to his consayle; and so he was fully excused, and
     the parties at oon.
|r12    And also to this parlement come Frenssh lordes, bothe spirituall
     and temporell and ambassatours of Spayne, and oer diuers lordes
     of dyuers |r[f.212r] landes, to trete for peas and other certeyn maters. And
     the xxvj. day of Juyn come the Dukes son of Bretayn ouer the
|r16 see into England, and so to London to the Kyng; and with hym
     come a Bisshop of that lande, and certeyn knyghtes and Squyers
     and theire meny.
                              Johannes Olney    } vicecomites
     Johannes Parneys, Maior. Johannes Paddesley} annoxj=o= 
                                                  [AD. 1432-3.]
        And this same yere, the Lord Camoys, Sir Waltere Hunger_ford 
     son, went ouer the see into Normandy, with knyghtes,
|r24 squyers, men of arme and archers, to the Nombre of xvc. peple
     and mo, by ordynaunce of the Kyng and his Consayle of the
     Reame, in strengthing and helpyng of the Duke of Bedford,
     Regent in tho partie, and of all the Kynges liege peple, and for
|r28 keping of the Kynges title and right.
        And in is same yere the Kynges sonne of Naverne, with oer
     dyuers peple with hym, come in ambassiatry to the Kyng and to
     his Consayle.
|r32    And in is same yer the Kyng let intere the Duchesse of
     Bedford, which deyed in Fraunce, at Seint Paules in London,
     with moche royalte and solempnite as myght be doon in holy Chirche.
        And in this same yere, anon after Cristmasse, e Bisshop of
|r36 Acres in the land of Navern, come to the Kyng in ambassiatry.



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        And in is same yere on Seint Wolstans day, Sir Robert Fit_hugh 
     was stalled Bisshop of London in the see of Seint Paules.
        And in this same yere, anon after Cristmasse, the grete conuoca_cion 
 |r4 and consayle of all the landes in Cristendom, and also of all
     oer seculer lordes, and Clerkes, -- at is to say, Bisshoppes and
     other consayle began in the Cite of Basyle in Duchelande, for to
     make vnite and peas emong all Cristen peple, and for to destroye
 |r8 heretikes and erresye at then reigned emong the peple.
        And in this same yere, anon after Ester, e Archebisshop of
     Caunterbury and oer Bisshoppes with othere clergy, and the Duke
     of Gloucestre with oer lorde, knyghtes and squyers, went ouer the
|r12 see to Caleys, for trety, and made ere a consayle |r[f.212v] betwene e
     Frenssh and e Englissh. And ider come out of Fraunce e
     Duke of Bedford, Regent, with many other Frenssh lordes, bothe
     spirituall and temporall; and also ider come e Cardynall, e
|r16 Bisshop of Wynchestre.
        And in this same yere, the xxijth day of Aprell, the Erle of
     Huntyngton, with other dyuers lordes, knyghtes and squyers,
     with men of armes and archers, shipped at Hampton, and went
|r20 ouer the see into Normandy and so to Fraunce, for to mayntene,
     kepe and gouerne the right of oure Kyng and e parties of Fraunce
     and Normandy.
        And in this same yere, Herry Beauford, Cardynall, Bisshop of
|r24 Wynchestre, come ouer the see into England, and so to London,
     the xth day of Iuyn, to his Maner of Seint Mary Ouerey in
     Suthwerk.
        And in this same yere was the Clipse in e after-None, at
|r28 Asshewell e white frere, and oer clerkes, spake of longe tyme
     before; which all peple dowted and were sore aferd of, thurgh
     the speche of e seid frere. And this clipse was the xvij.
     day of Iuyn.
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     newe wedded wife, e Erles doughter of Seintpoule; and they
     come from Fraunce ouer the see into England, and so come to
     London, the xxijt day of Iuyn, at was Mydsomer Even. And
 |r4 e Mayre and aldermen, with many worthy comouns of London,
     brought theym from the Blak-Heth in Kent, and so to London into
     Fletestrete, vnto e Bisshoppes Inne of Salesbury, with all honoure
     and reuerence.
 |r8                      Thomas Charlton     } vicecomites
     John Brokley, Maior. John Lynge vicecomes} Anno xij=o=
                                                |r[A.D.1433-4.]
        And in this same yere, and in the yere of grace M=l= ccccxxxiiij=ty=,
     e viij. day of Iuyn, Iohn, Duke of Bedford. and his lady e
|r12 Duchesse, went ageyn ouer e see to Caleys, and so into Normandy
     and Fraunce, with a grete nombre of peple, in strengthing and
     mayntenyng of oure Kynges right |r[f.213r] in Fraunce and Normandy.
        And in is same yere was a grete pestilence in London, bothe
|r16 of men, women and childern; and namely of worthy men, as alder_men 
     and oer worthi communiers; and also thurgh England e
     peple deyed sore, bothe pore and riche, which was grete hevynesse
     to all peple.
|r20    Robertus Otley, Maior. Thomas Bernewell} vicecomites anno
                               Symon Eyre      } xiij=o= |r[A.D.1434-5.]
        And in this yere, and in e yere of grace M=l=. cccc. xxxvty, e
     xxijth day Nouember, the grete and hard frost bygan; and it
|r24 endured vnto the fest of Candelmasse next, which distroyed e
     olde peple, bothe men and women, and also yong childern. And
     also in that same tyme deyed many bay trees, and rosemary,
     Sauge, tyme, and many oer herbes.
|r28    And in this same yere, Sir Herrye Beauford, Cardynall, Bisshop
     of Wynchestre, and Maister Iohn Kemp, Archebisshop of York,
     and the Erle of Huntyngton, with oer lordes, knyghtes, and
     Squyers, and Clergye, went ouer the see into Fraunce, to e Cite
|r32 of Reynes, to trete for a fynall peas betwene England and Fraunce.
     Bot it was sone disquat, for e grete highnesse, pride, and couetyse
     of e Frenssh party. For oure Englissh peple abode there from
     Midsomer till it was nygh Michelmasse. And so they departed
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        And in this same yere, anon after these lordes comyng out of
     Fraunce from this trety of peas, Iohn, Duk of Bedford, was seke,
     and deyed in the Roan in Normandy; and there he is buryed:
 |r4 vpon whos soule, God haue mercy! amen!
        Henricus Frowyk, Maior. Robertus Clopton} vicecomites anno
                                Thomas Catworth } xiiij=o= |r[A.D.1435-6.]
        And in this same yere, and in the yere of grace M=l= ccccxxxvj=ti=,
 |r8 Kyng Henre e vjth held his parlement at Westmynster. And in
     is parlement was graunted a |r[f.213v] disme for holy chirche, and a xvth
     thurghout the Reame, to mayntene e Kynges werres and to
     deffende oure Enemyes. And also they graunted to e Kyng in
|r12 this parlement, of all peple, pore and riche, both of spirituell and
     temporell, to pay of theire landes and rentes, and of all frebeld at
     they haue within this Reame of England, vj d. of e pound; and
     is treuly to fecche and geddre, to help in e Kynges nedes as at
|r16 this tyme.
        And anon, in the begynnyng of Lent next folowyng, e King,
     with his conseyle, borowed a somme of gold urghout e Reame, of
     temporall peple, at amounted a c. M=l= marc of money, to sende his
|r20 peple ouer the see; to kepe, mayntene, and gouerne his lande
     byyonde the See: of which somme, the peple of London lent x M=l=
     marc in olde and in newe, at is to sey, .iiij. M=l= ve marc of olde,
     and iiij M=l= vc marc of newe prest. So these ij. sommes drawen x
|r24 M=l= marc and more, ouer the good peple of e Cite of London, at
     is to sey, certeyn craftes found both men of armes and archers to
     Caleys, forto kepe the towne in saufgarde from oure enemys, at is
     to say, the Duke of Burgoyne and his strenght. And also the
|r28 Cite of London sent stuff to Caleys, as Gonnes, Gonnepouder, with
     other commoditees for the werre, to kepe at place sauf, to e
     worship of oure Kyng and of e Reame, and to e welfare and
     profite of all England.
|r32    And this same yere, deyed iiij bisshoppes in England, at is to
     say, the Bisshop of Ely, the Bisshop of London, the Bisshop of
     Lincoln, and the Bisshop of Bangore, and oer mo prelat of
     worthynesse and state, in dyuers partyes of the Reame of England:
|r36    And in this same yere, the Erle of Morteyner went ouer e see
     to Caleys with a grete peple of men of armes and archers, in e
     Passion Weke, in the defence of oure Kyng, and to destroye oure
     enemys.



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        And in this same yere, the i-iijth. day of Maye, the Erle of
     Salesbury, and his broder the Lord Faukonberge, went ouer the
     see into Normandy with a fayre company of knyghtes and squyers,
 |r4 with men of armes and archers, in defence of e Kyng and of e
     Reame of England, for to destroye oure enemys.
        And in this same yere, in e Moneth of Maye, the Duke of
     York and erle of Suffolk, with oer lordes, |r[f.214r] knyghtes and squyers,
 |r8 meir of armes and archers, and all oer stuff and necessaryes at
     perteyneth to werre, went ouer the see into Normandy and
     Fraunce, as lieftenaunt vnder the Kyng of England, forto gouerne
     and kepe e landes of Fraunce and Normandy ageyns the Kynges
|r12 enemys, and in saluacion of the Kynges peple.
        And in this same yere aboute Midsomer, the Duke of Burgoyne,
     with all his pusance of peple, bothe of Fraunce and of Flaundres,
     and of oer dyuers contreys, come and byseged e towne of Caleys,
|r16 and e garrysons at belongen erto. And ere they destroyed
     both Mark and Oye, and of e Kynges peple many oon. And ey
     come thider with so grete strenght and ordynaunce of werre, at it
     was impossible any creatures to conquere theym, sauf e grace of
|r20 God oonly; wherfore at the Kyng of England, with his consayle,
     let ordeyn and send ouer e see to Caleys, for e Rescues therof, and
     for his peple lying ere, and for his right, his vncle e Duke of
     Gloucestre, the Duke of Norffolk, e Erle of Warwyk, and e Erle
|r24 of Stafford, and e Erle of Ewe, his broder, and e Erle of Hunt_yngdon,
     and e lord Fawnehope, Sir John Cornwayle knyght, and
     many oer lordes, knyghtes and Squyers, and many oer men of
     armes and archers, to e nombre of Lx. M=l= peple, with many
|r28 dyuers wepenys at belongeth to batayle. And then come the
     Navy of Spayne, with oer dyuers shippes, which were grete
     vessels, and stronge and well-manned, and bysegdd e towne of
     Caleys by water. Then come e Erle of Devenshire with his
|r32 Navye out of the west costes, and with oer dyuers shippes of
     England well-manned; and they herd of his commyng, and they
     voided, and went theire wey thens, and wold no lenger abide. And
     then the Erle of Morteyner and e Lorde Camoys, with a certeyn
|r36 of theire peple, issued oute of Caleys, and brake thesege at the
     Duke of Burgoyne had ordeyned ayenst the towne of Caleys, and
     come to e Bastyle of strenglh, and slewe e most party at were
     erin, and destroyed moche peple, and toke his ordynaunce, and



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     the remenaunt fledde away. And this was doon ere the Duke of
     Gloucestre come ouer e see to Caleys |r[f.214v] with his Navye and people.
        And after this, aboute our Lady Day e assumpcion, the Duke
 |r4 of Gloucestre, the Duke of Norffolk, with Erles and lordes, with all
     theire oer people and ordynaunces, come vnto Caleys forto rescue
     it, and forto destroye the sege; bot it was doon and ended ere they
     come, thanked be God of his grace! And en e Duke of
 |r8 Gloucestre, with all his peple, abode in Caleys till he had take his
     consayle what was best to doon. And en he toke all his peple
     and went into Flaundres, and slowe and brent all at they myht,
     and toke .ij. townes, Poperyng and Bell. And anon whan this
|r12 was doon, he comanded all his peple to turne ageyn to Caleys, vpon
     peyn of deth, in all haste. And so ey taryed not longe there, bot
     come ageyn in all hast into England.
        And in is same yere, whils all this doyng was at Caleys and in
|r16 Flaundre, the Kyng of Scottes come with an huge powere of peple
     and ordynaunce, and biseged e towne of Berwik, and after, the
     Castell of Rokesburgh, and did moche harme ere as he come.
     And en come e Erle of Northumberland and e Erle of West_merland, 
|r20 with lordes and peple of the Cuntrees, and distroyed and
     brake his seges; and he fledde with his peple, and turned ageyn
     into Scotland.
                                 Thomas Mustum    } Vicecomites
|r24    Johannes Mychell, Maior. Willelmus Gregory} Anno xv=o= 
                                                    |r[A.D.1436-7.]
        And in this same yere, and the yere of grace M=l= CCCC. xxxv=ti=
     the grete, hard, bityng frost bygan the vij. day of Decembre, and
|r28 endured vnto e xxij. day of Feuerere next, which greved e peple
     wonder sore; and moche pepel deyed in at tyme, for colde and
     for skarcite of wode and cole. And tender herbes were slayne with
     is frost, at is to say, Rosemary, sauge, tyme, and many oer
|r32 herbes.
        And in is same yere deyed good Quene Kateryn, at was
     moder to Kyng Henre the Sext, and wife to Kyng Henre the .vth,
     the ursday e .iij. day of |r[f.215r] Ianuare, in e Abbey of Bermondesey
|r36 without Suthwerk, in e counte of Surre. And the Friday, the
     viij. day of Feuerere next after, the body of the Quene was brought
     to Seint Kateryns beside the Toure, and so thurgh London to Seint
     Paules, with lordes and ladyes, and with the Maire and Aldermen,



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     and the Craftes in London and with all the religious peple, as
     chanons, prestys and freres; and there was a solempne dirige and
     masse on the morowe. And from thens she was brought to West_mynstre, 
 |r4 and ere was hir terement holden and doon rially; and
     ere buryed in the Chapell of oure Lady, on whos soule, God haue
     mercy! Amen!
        And in this same yere, duryng the hard frost, e Monday the
 |r8 xxiij. of Ianuare, the gate of e Cite at London Brigge ouer-threwe
     and fell doun into Tamys to e hard ground, and drewe the houses
     after hym, bothe within and without, to grete harm to e Cite and
     to e brigge.
|r12    And in this same yere, the walles of chirches, howses, and of
     Selers, at were made of chalke, broke in many places, and fell in
     smale pecys to the grounde as dust.
        And in this yere e Kyng held his parlement at Westmynstre;
|r16 and it byganne at e Fest of Seint Hillary, and ended at Ester next
     folowyng. And in e begynnyng of Lent, tydynges come to e
     Kyng and to the Reame, how at e Kyng of Scottes, Sir Iames
     Steward, was slayn at Seint Johnes Towne with treson, by a Squyer
|r20 of Scotland. And to this parlement come many dyuers straungers,
     somme of Aragon in Spayne, somme of Spruce, somme of Beam,
     and somme of Fraunce and Normandy. And e Bisshop of
     Tyrwyn, with dyuers knyghtes and Squyers, come to this same
|r24 parlement.
        And in this same yere, the ixth day of Iuyll, deyed Quene
     Iohan in the Maner of Haueryng-at-Bour in Essex, which was wife
     to Kyng Henry the iiijth; and from thens she was brought to
|r28 Caunterbury, and there is she buryed: on whose soule, God haue
     mercy! Amen!
        And in this yere, anon after Midsomer, the Lord Willoughby,
     and other lordes with hym, knyghtes and squyers, men of armes
|r32 and archers, were sent ouer the see into Fraunce, forto strenght,
     mayntene, and kepe the Kynges title and right at he hadde in
     Fraunce and Normandy.
        And in this same yere, at e Natiuite of oure Lady Seint Mary,
|r36 e Erle of Warwik was ordeyned |r[f.215v] and comaunded ouer the see
     into Fraunce and Norma[n]dy, forto be lieftenaunt and gouernour
     in the Kynges name, with strenght of all e partyes and landes at
     the King hath byyonde the see, as in Fraunce, Normandy, and



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     Gascoyne. And then the Duke of York come hoom ageyn, at
     longe tyme had been there; and so the same tyme he toke his
     iourney with lordes, knyghtes and squyers, men of armes and
 |r4 archers, a royall and a worthy company, and toke with hym e
     lady his wife, and the yonge Lord Spencer, his sonne and his heire,
     and shipped in Goddes name, and toke the see. And when they
     were forth in the see, there arose grete tempestes, stormes and
 |r8 wyndes; and then they stode in perill of deth; and so, as God
     wold, he was dryven ageyn into England costes, and were saved;
     and so, at Allhalowentyde next, the good Erle of Warwyk toke his
     shippyng ageyn, and passed ouer the see, and come with his peple
|r12 to Roan in saufte, thanked be God!
        Willelmus Estfeld, Maior. Willelmus Hales    {vicecomites
                                  Willhelmus Chapman {anno xvj=o=
                                                  {A.D. 1437-8.]
|r16    And in this same yere, and in the yere of grace M=l= CCCC
     xxxviij, a woman of Highgate, at was a tayllours wife, lete sle hir
     husbond; and erfore she was Iuged to be brent at the Toure hill,
     e Monday e xxvijth day of Ianuare.
|r20    And in this same yere, on Esterday, a gardyner at wonned at
     Seint Mary at Nax in London, receued e glorious sacrament oure
     Lordes body, and toke it oute of his mouth, and hidde it in a clowte,
     and wold haue brent it. And the parson took the sacrament, and
|r24 receyued it reuerently, and brought it to e high auter ageyn, and
     sent e gar.dyner to prison. And e Bisshop of London and oer
     Bisshoppes and clergye sate vpon hym, and Iuged hym, for lollardry
     and erresye, to be brent in Smythfeld.
|r28    And in this same yere, the xiij. day of Iuyn, .v. men of the
     Cuntre of Tynderden in Kent, were founden and taken for heresyes
     and destroyers of the Kinges peple; and so they were brought to
     |r[f.216r] Maidston in Kent, and there Iuged to deth, to be drawe, hanged,
|r32 quarterd, and theire hedes smyten of.
        And in this same yere, the Erle of Morteyn went ouer the see
     into Fraunce by the Kynges comaundment and consayle, fort
     strenght and kepe in the Kinges name certeyn partyes in Fraunce
|r36 and Normandy, with knyghtes, squyers, men of armes and archers.
        And all this yere duryng, was grete scarcite of corn; for a
     busshell whete was at xx d. and ij s., and in the last ende of the yere
     at xxvj d. e busshell; and a busshell of rye was at xvj d. and



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     xviij d., and barly at x d. and xij d.; and then was right feble brede
     made for e comon peple; and a galon of rede wyne at x d., and
     all oer swete wynes at xvj d., as Romney, Malvesyne, Clarry, Tyre;
 |r4 and flessh and fyssh was longe tyme at an high price, which was
     grete charge to all the comons urghout e Reame. And in all e
     North Cuntre a busshel of whete was at xl d. the most part of e
     yere. And moche worthy peple deyed in the yere of pestilence,
 |r8 and of oer comnune peple of men, women and childern, thurghout
     e Ream, and principally at York and in the North Cuntre; on
     whos soules God haue mercy! amen!
        And in that same yere, in the Moneth of Iuyll, were made .vij.
|r12 Sergeaunte of Lawe; and they held theire generall fest the day of
     the Translacion of Seint Thomas, in the Bisshoppes Inne of Ely in
     Holbourne.
     
        Stephen Broun, Maior. Hugo Dyke     {vicecomites
                              Nicholaus Yoo {anno xvij=o=
                                            |r[A.D.1438-9].
        And in this same yere, and the yere of grace M=l= CCCC xxxix=ti=,
     on Seint Clementes day, betwene .iij. and .iiij. after None, er
|r20 fell such wedring of wynde and rayne, thondyr and lightnynges;
     and a grete smoke of the lightnynge, at all peple were sore agast
     erof, for e hydous noyse at was herd in the Reame. And
     erwith an erthquake, at shoke all the grounde.
|r24    And in this yere on Seint Georges Even, |r[f.216v] the holy Martir, from
     .ij. after mydnyght vnto .v. of the clok in e mornyng, er was so
     huge and so grevous wedryng of thundir and lightnyng, hale,
     wynde and Rayne, at the peple were hugely agast and dred of it;
|r28 bot oure Lord God and his blessed Moder, oure Lady Seint Marye,
     saved and kept all his hande-werk at all tymes, -- blessed myght He
     and she be! amen!
        And in this same yere, on the Monday next after Trinite
|r32 Sonday, the Erle of Huntingdon, with oer lordes, knyghtes and
     Squyers, men of armes and archers, went out of London toward the
     see for to gouerne and kepe the Cite of Burdeux, and also the
     Cuntreyes of Gascoyne and Guyan, to the profite of oure liege Lorde
|r36 the Kyng, and to the welfare of the Reame of England.
        And in this same yere deyed Sir Richard Beauchamp, Erle of
     Warwyk, in Normandy; and his bonys were brought into England,



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     and buryed at the towne of Warwik: on whos soule, God haue
     mercy! amen!
        And in this same yere, the .v. day of Iuyn, the Erle of
 |r4 Stafford, with lordes, knyghtes, squyers, men of armes and archers,
     in good aray, went ouer the see to Caleys, for tretice betwene
     England and Fraunce. And within .ij. dayes after, went ouer the
     see to Caleys, the Archebisshop of York, e Bisshop of Norwiche,
 |r8 and the Bisshop of Seint Dauy, with a grete meyne of clerkes, and
     moche oer peple with theym, in good arraye, to Caleis, to this
     same tretice. And the Friday next after that, went the Cardinall,
     the Bisshop of Wynchestre, with a grete multitude of peple, ouer
|r12 the see to Caleys, to the same tretice. And the Seturday next,
     went out of the Cite of London toward Caleis, to that same tretice,
     the Duke of Norffolk, with oer grete lordes, knyghtes and squyers,
     and moche oer peple with hym, in good araye; And Sir Richard
|r16 Wodevyle, knyght, and Sir Roger Chamberlayn, knyght; and
     many oer worthy states of knyghtes and Squyers, with men of
     armes and archers, went ouer the see into Normandy, to kepe the
     Kynges title and right. And ere e Cardynall and these
|r20 Bisshoppes, and the Duke of Norffolk, abode ere, and treted with
     the Frenssh party vnto e terme of Michelmasse |r[f.217r] next folowyng.
        And in all this yere, all greynes of corne were at an high price;
     for whete was at xxxij d., barly at xvj d., and rye at ij s., vnto the
|r24 terme of Michelmasse next; and then was whete at xviij d., barly
     at x d., and Rye at xiiij d.
                               Robertus Marchall {vicecomites
        Robertus Large, Maior. Philippus Malpas  {anno xviij=o=
|r28                                              |r[A.D.1439-40].
        And in this same yere, and in the yere of grace M=l= CCCC xl.,
     a seruaunt at was with a man of Hakney, .ij. myle from London,
     come with his mayster to London, and bought vitayle and must for
|r32 deynte, forto sende hoom to his wife, for she was grete with childe.
     And the fals creature, when he come hoom, slewe e wife and the
     child within her, and an oer damysell and a noer yong felawe at
     was within his hous, and robbed theym of all theire Iewels and
|r36 tresoure at they hadde within theym. And so he fledde, and wold
     haue goon his weye; but God wold not so; for murdour woll com
     oute; and so he was take and brought to London, and so to West
     minster; and ere he had his dome, to be brought to e Toure of



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     London, and ere leide on a hirdell, and drawen thurgh the Cite to
     Tyburn, and ere hanged for his falshede.
        And anon after in this same yere, e Cardynall and oer
 |r4 Bisshoppes, and the Duke of Norffolk, with all oer lordes, bothe
     spirituall and temporall, had ended theire trete, and made a trewes
     betwene England and Fraunce and Flaundres for iij. yere; and
     thus was this matere ended.
 |r8    And in this same yere, Pope Eugeny, of the high grace and
     gifte of God, and of his grete avise and gouernance, conuerted and
     brought all the land of Grece, and oer provynces and kyngdoms,
     into Cristen lawe and feith, and to hold the lawe and feith of Rome
|r12 and of the Pope, as we doon at all tymes.
        And in this same yere, on the morne after Seint Martyns Day,
     Kyng Henry the Sext held his parlement at Westminster, |r[f.217v] and it
     endured there vnto Cristmasse next, and myght not acorde. And
|r16 the morowe after xij. day, the Kyng and his lordes removed it to
     e towne of Redyng; and ere the parlement was holden and
     ended, to the welfare of the King and of the Reame, as we trust
     and hope in oure Lord God, in tyme comyng.
|r20    And in this same yere, aboute Cristmasse, went the Erle of
     Somersett ouer the see into Fraunce and Normandy, with a roiall
     peple of lordes, knyghtes, Squyers, men of armes and archers, forto
     gouerne there e Kynges peple and landes, and to strenght the
|r24 lordes and theire peple at hadde been ere long tyme, savyng and
     mayntenyng the Kynges right and title.
        And in is same yere, the Duchesse of Clarence deyed in the
     Abbey of Bermondesey without Suthwerk in Surre. And sho was
|r28 caried to Caunterbury, and buried beside the Lord Thomas hir
     husbond, which was Duke of Clarence, on whos soule, God haue
     mercy! amen!
        And in this same yer deyed the Countesse of Warwik, and is
|r32 buried beside hir lord, Sir Richard Beauchamp, Erle of Warwik:
     on whos soules, God haue mercy! amen!
        And this same yere, in the tyme of Lent, come .vj. persones
     with theire shippes from byyonde the see, with dyuers fyssh forto
|r36 vitayle the Cite of London. And when they were delyuerd, and
     goyng homward, er come a company of fals men, and pursued
     theym in a barge, and come vpon theym in the nyght, as ey were
     aslepe in theire vesseles and rode by anker in Tamys, and slewe all



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     at were there in the shippes, and cutte eir throtes and cast theym
     in the water, and after drowned theire shippes, -- and the shippes
     sank in the water, -- for no man shuld espye theire falsnesse. And
 |r4 so, within a while after, two of these theves were take and
     dampned, for theire trespasse, at they brake the Kynges trewes
     and peas, to be ledde to Seint Katerins byyonde the Toure of
     London, and ere a payre of Galowes to be sett vp, and hanged
 |r8 with cheynes and colers of Iron, till they be wasted and spent.
     And this was doon on a Friday, in the mornyng, e xixtj day of
     Aprell.
        And in is same yere, |r[f.218r] a fuller of Shordiche apeched of treson
|r12 many worthy men of Kent, bothe Squiers, and oer worthy men of
     gentelmen; wherof he was atteint, and proved fals of his fals
     apechement; And so he was brought afore the lawe, and dampned
     to be drawe and hanged, and his hede smyten of, and sett on
|r16 London Brigge, and his quarters set on .iiij. gates of London: and
     this was doon the iiijth day of Maye.
        And in this same yere, Sir Richard Wyche, vicar of Hermondes_worth 
     in Middlesex, at somtyme was vicar of Depford in Kent;
|r20 and oon Roger Norman, of Normandy born, was take and brought
     before the Bisshop of London, and tofore the clergie, in the
     Chapitre hous of Seint Paules; and there they bothe were conuicte
     in heresye. And then there come a writte from the Chaunceller to
|r24 the Maire and Shirrefs of London, to do execucion on theym; and
     so they were brought to the Towre Hill on Seint Botulphes Day,
     and ere brent, bothe in oon toune; and thus they ended theire
     lives in this world. And e peple at sawe theym dye, had grete
|r28 compassion on theym, for the confession and ende at they made
     in theire good byleve, and thanked God of his sonde.
        And in this same yere, the xij. day of August, er fell such
     wederyng of rayn, thunder and lightnyng in e after None, at it
|r32 was hydous, and wonder to se; wherof the peple were sore agast;
     for the lightnyng fell in Bredstrete, on e Inne at is called the
     Sterre; and there it did moche harme, for it fell in a hey hous
     where er was .L. cartfull of heye, and more; and it was all lost
|r36 and distroyed, and was caried into Chepe; and had not been the
     high mercy and grace of God, and the grete Rayn, the peple dred
     it shuld haue brent moche of the Cite and destroyed moche good in
     that partye.



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                                  Willelmus Whetenhale {vicecomites
        Johannes Paddesle, Maior. Johannes Sutton      {anno xixo
                                                       {|r[A.D.1440-1.]
 |r4    And in this yere, and the yere of grace M=l= CCCC xlj, the iiijth
     day of Nouembre, the Duke of Orliaunce went out of the Reame of
     England to Caleys, and so forth into Fraunce, and was receyued at
     Seint Omers of e Duke |r[f.218v] of Burgoyne and of the Duchesse his
 |r8 wife, and of many oer lordes, knyghtes and squyers, and of oer
     comons of Fraunce; and so he come into his owne lordship.
        And in this yere, the xxvj. day of Nouembre, a knyght of
     Spayne chalenged Sir Richard Wodvyle, knyght, in certeyn poyntes
|r12 and courses of werre, on foote, within listes, with polaxe swerd and
     dagger. And thys feet was doon in Smythfeld betwene these two
     knyghtes well and worthely, and bothe good men and worthy in
     their dedys of armes. And so the Kyng, of his roiall mageste,
|r16 cryed `hoo,' and toke their quarell into his gracious handes.
        And in this same yere, the xvjth day of Maye, the Duke of
     York, the Erle of Oxenford, the Erle of Ewe, Sir Richard Wodvyle,
     knyght, with oer Barons, lordes, knyghtes and squyers, men of
|r20 armes and archers, went ouer the See with all good aray, as armoure
     and all oer stuff at belongeth to werre, to gouerne and kepe the
     Kynges right in Fraunce and Normandy, and in all Cuntrees in
     those partyes, to the worship and profite of the Kyng and of the
|r24 Reame of England. And with theym went ouer the see the
     Duchesse of York, the Duchesse of Bedford, the Countesse of Oxen_ford,
     the Countesse of Ewe, and many oer mo ladyes with theire
     lordes, and other gentelwomen and damysels at bilonged to theym:
|r28 Almyghty God gouerne theym all, and kepe in his saufgard!
     Amen!
        And in this same yere, the xvt day of Iuyll, Kyng Henry the
     vj=th= come oute of Essexe to London, in at the port called Algate,
|r32 and went ouer London Brigge, and so thurgh Suthwerk to his
     Maner of Kenyngton, And at his comyng in at Algate, the Maire,
     Aldermen and Comons, in theire best aray, welcomed the Kyng
     into the Cite; and made grete Ioye of his comyng. And godely
|r36 the Kyng thanked the Maire and his brethern and all the Comons.
     And the Kyng was not so sone passed the Cite, bot at it hayled,
     rayned and eke lightned, at well was hym at was within house;
     and so ayenst even it fared in the same Maner, wherof the peple



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     were sore agast, and aferd of the grete tempest. And so it was
     spoken emonges the peple, at er were som wikked fendes and
     spirites arered out of helle by coniuracion, forto noy e peple in the
 |r4 Reame, and to put theym to trouble, discencion |r[f.219r] and vnrest. An
     en was it knowen at certeyn clerkes, and women at ar called
     `wicches,' had made theire operacion and theire craft to destroy
     men and women, or whom they list, vnto deth by theire fals craft
 |r8 and worching. Wherof Dame Alianore Cobham, which was e
     Duchesse of Gloucestre, was named principally of these actes and
     fals dedes forto destroy the Kyng, whom God saue and kepe! Bot
     as God wold saue his hande-werk and seruaunt, made it be knowen
|r12 openly, all theire fals werkys and tresoun at they ymagyned and
     wroght, which was openly shewed afore all peple at wold com to
     Seint Paules Crosse on the Sonday, the xxiij. day of Iuyll, by
     Roger at was hir Clerk, a Nigromancier, by the deuels crafte and
|r16 ymaginacion in his worching, which was shewed openly in e
     sermon-tyme, the day aboueseyd, to all peple at wold come to se
     it, of here scriptures, ymages of siluer, of wexe, and of oer metalles,
     and swerdys, with many oer dyuers instrumentes of this fals craft
|r20 of Nigromancy and the devels powere. And ere Roger, this
     Clerk, stode vpon an high stage, with all his Instrumentes about
     hym, spoyling of his garment; and did vpon hym a surplyce, with
     a crowne of papir vpon his hede, forto forsake all his fals craft of
|r24 the devell, and for to relapse all at he had doon and wrought by
     the devyll and his powere, in presence of the Archebisshop of
     Canterbury, the Cardynall, e Bisshop of Wynchestre, e Bisshop
     of London, the Bisshop of Salesbury, and many oer grete clerkys
|r28 beyng there present; and of oer lordes temporalles, therle of
     Huntingdon, therle of Northhumberland, and therle of Stafford,
     and moo oer lordes of the Kynges Consayl, and the Maire and
     Aldermen, with e Comons of the Cite of London, and many moo
|r32 people of dyuers partyes, and straungers of the Reame, and aliens
     of oer straunge landes beyond the see, beyng in e |r[f.219v] Cite of
     London at tyme.
        And on e Tewesday, which was Seint James Day e Apostell,
|r36 Dame Alianore Cobham come out of the seintwary at Westminster
     into the Kinges Chapell which is within the Kinges paleys, to the
     high autere of the same Chapell, which is of Seint Stephen, before
     the principall clergye of the Reame which were ere present, at is



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     to sey, the Archebisshop of Caunterbury, primate of all England,
     the Cardynal of Wynchestre, the Cardynal of York, the Bisshops
     of London, Bathe, and Salesbury, and of other many principall
 |r4 Clerkes of the Reame which were there present, and examyned
     Dame Alianore Cobham of xxviij. dyuers poyntes, bothe of felony
     and of treson, which ey opened and shewed there to hir. And
     she ansuered to the Clergye, and sayde `not gilty'; and so they let
 |r8 hir go sauf ageyn to the Seintwary vnto the morowe, at was Seint
     Anne day. And thider she come ageyn as she was charged of the
     Bisshops; and there was Roger hir Clerk, present, and vouched all
     these poyntes vpon hir at were shewed the day aboueseyd to hir,
|r12 wherof she knowleched somme poyntes at that tyme, the nombre of
     .v., -- and so she went ageyn into Westmynstre for a certeyn tyme
     tyll at the Kyng, with his Consayll, wold do correccion and
     remedy of all this fals actys and dedys, thus ymagyned and doon
|r16 to his persone, and his lordes and lieges.
        And on e same day the Kyng sent to London to the Maire
     and Aldermen and Comons of the Cite, and also to therle of
     Huntingdon, e Erle of Stafford, therle of Northumberland, the
|r20 Tresorer of England, Sir Rauf Cromwell, the Lord Fawnehop, Sir
     Iohn Cornwayle, Sir Walter Hungerford, and oer knyghtes and
     Squyers, to fele and see what was to be doon to amende and destroy
     this fals dede and cursed ymagynacion to the Kyng and to e
|r24 Reame. And they, of theire good discrecion and wysedom, as
     trewe liege peple ordeyned .iiij. enquestes within the Cite, of
     substantiall peple; to brynge and shewe trewe inquisicion of all
     crymes and trespasses at she was accused of. And they found hir
|r28 gilty bothe |r[f.220r] of treson and of felony; and so, thurghout Middelsex,
     the questes were charged at Westminster of knyghtes and Squyers,
     to brynge in their verdite; and they indited her in the same
     poyntes, bothe of felony and of treson. And so, the .xj. day of
|r32 August, Dame Alianore was take into the handes and ward of Sir
     Iohn Steward and Sir William Wolff, knyghtes, and to oer
     persones as the Kyng and his consayle ordeyned and devised to
     her, and to oer of hir consayle and affinite, as they haue deserued,
|r36 after his tyme and leyser; and she to be kept in holde strongly in
     the Castell of Ledes in Kent, vnto e wille of the Kyng and of his
     Consayle, and all e oer persones, bothe men, women wicches, and
     oer, to be kept in the Toure of London to his likyng, leyser, and



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     tym to do to theym as they haue deserued. And so, the .xix. day
     of Octobre next, by the Kynges comaundment, and his Consayl,
     Sir Iohn Steward, knyght, with strenght of peple, brought Dame
 |r4 Alianore Cobham from the Castell of Ledes to Westminster, into
     the Kynges paleys; and there she was put and kept in warde of e
     Constable vnto hir answere and examynacion. And the Friday
     next she was brought into Seint Stephens Chapell, called `the
 |r8 Kynges chapell,' and `the Kynges college,' afore the Clergye; and
     ere was examyned of hir sorcery, and wicchecraft and treson.
     And so all the poyntes were opened and shewed there to hir by
     certeyn Bisshops and clerkys, at is to sey: the Bisshop of London,
|r12 e Bisshop of Lincoln, the Bisshop of Salesbury, and the Bisshop
     of Norwiche, with moo oer doctours and maysters of diuinite,
     beyng ere present. And then she withneyed and withseyd all the
     poynte at were put and shewed to hir at tyme. And than she
|r16 had respite and day of ansuere till the Monday next. And ere
     she come ageyn to the same chapell, tofore all the Clergye and
     Bisshops and doctours, and maystres of diuinite. And then come
     Roger, hir Clerk, with all his Instrumentes at were shewed at
|r20 Seint Paules Crosse aforetyme, and they were shewed to Dame
     Alianore Cobham; and she withneyed, and seyd `it was not so;
     bot at she did it forto haue borne a child |r[f.220v] by hir lord, the Duke
     of Gloucestre,' and ere was Maister Thomas Suthwell, parson of
|r24 Seint Stephens in Walbroke, and Chanon of e Kynges Chapell,
     at was of hir craft and consayle ayenst hir; and the wicche of
     Eye, beside Westminster, ayenst Dame Alianore Cobham; and seid
     at she was causer and doer of all this werk and dede; And so
|r28 they were all put vp ageyn as for that tyme. And the xxvjth day
     of Octobre next suyng, deyed the seid Mayster Thomas Suthwell,
     in the Toure of London. And the Friday next, the wicche of Eye
     was brought from the Towre of London into Smythfeld, and there
|r32 brent for hir fals beleve and wicchecraft at she had vsed of longe
     tyme.
                                 Willelm Combes {vicecomites
        Robertus Clopton, Maior. Ricardus Riche {anno xx=o=
|r36                                            {|r[A.D.1441-42.]
        And in this same yere, and the yere of grace M=l=CCCC xlij., the
     vj. day of Novembre, the Archbisshop of Canterbury and the .ij.
     Cardynalles of Wynchestre and of York, and e Bisshops of



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     London, Lincoln, Salesbury and Norwiche, with dyuers doctors
     and maistres of diuinite, deuorsed and departed the Duke of
     Gloucestre and Dame Alianore Cobham, as for matrymony made
 |r4 before betwene theym two. And so Dam Alianore Cobham, by
     ordynaunce and charge of the Archebisshop of Canterbury and his
     brethern, was Joyned to hir penaunce for e grete offence and
     trespasse at she had doon ayenst God and holy Chirche, and for
 |r8 the fals sorcely and wicchecraft at she vsed and longe tyme had
     wrought, at she shuld go from Westminster to London .iij.
     market dayes in the weke, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, with
     a taper brennyng in her hande: oon to Seint Paules, an other to
|r12 Cristchirch, and e thridde to Seint Michelles in Cornhill. And
     the Monday, the xiijth day of Nouembre, Dame Alianore Cobham
     come by water from Westminster to the Temple brigge, forto do hir
     charge of penance, on fote thurgh Fletestrete |r[f.221r] to Seint Paules;
|r16 and ere she offred hir first taper. And the Wednesday next she
     come from Westminster by Water to the Swanne in Tamystrete,
     and come on fote with a taper in hir hande, and come vp Tamystrete
     to Seint Magnus corner, and vp Briggestrete, and Eschepe and
|r20 Graschirch, and so to the Corner of Leden-Hall, and so to Crist_chirch;
     and there offred the secund taper. And the Friday next,
     she come from Westminster by water to the Quene-Hithe, and so
     vp urgh Bredstrete into Chepe; and thurgh Chepe into Cornhill,
|r24 to Seint Michelles hirch, and ere offred a taper of a pound wexe;
     And then was she brought ageyn to Westminster, into the Constable
     ward.
        And the Seturday next, e xvij. day of Nouembre, Roger
|r28 Bultyngbrok, Dame Alianore Cobhams Clerk of Nigromancy and
     sorcery, was brought to the Guyldhall of London, and ere dampned
     for his fals treson, and for his fals tresoun, and sorcery and
     Nigromancy ayenst all holy Chirch; wherthurgh he was dampned
|r32 to deth by landes lawe. And he was ledde to the Toure of London,
     and leyd vpon a hirdell, and drawen thurgh the Cite to Tybourne
     galowes, and ere hanged, and let downe ageyne all quyk, and his
     bowelles cutte out of his body, and brent afore hym. And then was
|r36 his hede smyten of, and his body quartered; and oon sent to
     Oxenford, the secund sent to Cambrigge, the thridde to Bristowe,
     and the fourth to []; and his hede was set vpon London
     Brigge: and us he ended his life in is world.



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        And Dame Alianore Cobham yet kept in warde in e
     Constablery of Westminster, vnto the Wednesday, the xxiiij. day
     of Ianuare; and then she was brought thens to e Maner of Neyte,
 |r4 which is the Abbotes of Westminster; and ere she was kept
     Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday till noon. And when she was
     brought first out of Westminster, ere was such wedryng of thonder,
     lightnyng, hayll and rayne, at the peple were sore adredde and
 |r8 agast of the grete noyse and hydous of e weder, |r[f.221v] at sodenly was 
     doon and shewed ere at theire passage at at tyme. And on the
     Friday at after-None, she was had at the Kynges comaundment and
     wille, forth to the Cite of Chestre, in an hors-bere, with strenght of
|r12 peple; and fro Chestre into e Ile of Man, to be kept ere in sauf
     gard, etc.
        And in this same yere was a batell doon, the xxxth of Ianuare,
     in Smythfeld, betwene .ij. worthy men, and bold in armes and
|r16 fight: at oon men called Sir Philipe Beef, a knyght of Cateloyne;
     and on at oer party, a Squyere of e Kynges of England, at men
     called Iohn Astley. And at e comyng to e feld, eyer of theym
     toke theire tent; and then was e knyghtes son of Cateloyne brought
|r20 to the Kyng, and the Kyng made hym knyght; and then he was
     brought ageyn to his faders tent. And then, within a while after,
     the heraudes of armes called theym bothe oute, to do their fight;
     and so ey come in bothe armed with all theire wepen about theym;
|r24 bot the knyght come with his swerd drawe, and the Squyere with
     his spere. And the Squyer cast his spere to e knyght; and the
     knyght avoyded it with the swerd, and cast it to the grround; and
     the Squyer bent his axe, and went to the knyght at onys, and
|r28 smote many strokes hard and sore vpon his Basenet and on his
     hande, and made hym lese his axe. And it fell from hym to e
     grounde, and brast vp his vmbrere .iij. tymes, and kaught his
     daggere, and wold haue smyten hym in the face forto haue slayne
|r32 hym in the feld. And then the Kyng cryed `hoo!' and so they
     were departed; and eyer of theym went hoom ageyn to his tent.
     And then the Kyng sent for his squyere Iohn Astley, and made
     hym to be dubbed knyght, for his worthy and good Iourney at he
|r36 did and wrought at at tyme on his enemy in his noble presence,
     etc.
        And in this same yere, the xviijth day of Maye, began a huge
     storme of sodeyn wederyng, anon after .iij. of e clok at after-None,



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     vnto .vj. of the clok, of hayle, rayne, thundre and lightnyng, at
     the peple wondred ervpon. And e hayle bete doun all the
     blossomes of trees, at the frute was all goon for this yere, at
 |r4 London and aboute London, for e multitude of watere |r[f.222r] at come
     of e hayle and rayne.
        And in this yere, the xxv day of Maye, the Lord Talbot toke
     his iourney fro London toward Normandy and Fraunce, for to help
 |r8 to gouerne and kepe vnder the Duke of York, the partyes byyond
     the see, with knyghtes, Squyers, men of armes and archers, and all
     maner stuff at longed to werre: which, Almyghty God gouerne,
     save, and kepe, and all e Kynges trewe peple, bothe in that party
|r12 and in oures! And er he toke his iourney out of this lande, e
     Kyng made the Lord Talbot, Erle of Shrovesbury, and his son and
     heire Lord Talbot.
                                  Thomas Beaumond {vicecomites
|r16    Johannes Atterley, Maior. Ricardus Nordon {anno xxj=o=
                                                  {|r[A.D.1442-43.]
        And in this same yere, and the yere of grace M=l= CCCC xliij.,
     e Tewesday the xiiij. day of Maye, oon Botiler Steynour, and a
|r20 Baker, and two oer men and a preest, which were strong, errant
     theves, robbyng and quellyng the Kynges peple, were dampned at
     Westminster to be ledde in a Cart standyng vpright from the
     Kynges Benche in Suthwerk, and so thurgh the Cite of London,
|r24 tyll they come to Tyburn, and there to be hanged. And so they
     deyed, all .v. persones; and at the comyng of em into the Cart,
     ere fell suche wedryng from the skye, at folke were sore adredde
     and agast, it was so horrible and grete, what of rayne, thondere and
|r28 lightnyng and hayll, in theire passage to e deth. And on the
     Tewesday next suyng, two strong theves, and a woman thefe, were
     hanged at Tyborn for theire fals offences and trespasse, and
     murdryng of the Kynges peple.
|r32    And in this same yere, e Monday next folowyng, the woman
     of Kent at met with the Kyng at e Blak-Heth in Kent, and
     spake to hym boldly, and reviled hym vngoodly and vnwisely for
     Dame Alianore Cobham, at he shuld haue hir hoom ageyn to hir
|r36 husbond, the Duke of Gloucestre. And with these wordes the
     Kyng wexe wroth, and toke it to hert; and |r[f.222v] she was arested and
     brought into prison by the lawe, and so broght to Westminster afore
     the Iustice of the Kynges Benche. And ere she was repreved



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     for hir vngoodly langage, and fole-hardynesse to speke so to hir
     liege lorde, the Kyng. And she ansuered not, bot asked the
     Kynges grace. And fro at day she was put vp ageyn in the
 |r4 Kynges Benche till Wednesday next, and then was brought ageyn
     to Westminster afore the Iustices. And when she was examyned,
     she wold not speke ne ansuere; and erfore e Iustices gafe hir
     dome, at she shuld stand in a cart vpright, from the Kynges
 |r8 Benche, and so thurgh London, at all peple myght se hir, with a
     paupire about hir hede, of hir proude and lewed langage at she
     had spoke and shewed to e Kyng. And so she was caryed ageyn
     urgh London and Suthwerk, in e same Cart, tyll she come to e
|r12 Blak-Heth ere as she seide these wordes vnto e King; and then
     was caryed ageyn to Suthwerk, and delyuerd ageyn to e kepers of
     e Kynges Benche, for to haue hir Iugement as e Iuge had
     ordeyned it for her offence, forto lay as moche yron vpon hir body
|r16 till she be deed: and thus she ended in this world, for hir proude
     langage to hir Kyng and souerayn lord.
        And in this yere the Kyng made the Erle of Somerset, Markes
     Dorsett, and ordeyned hym with a grete Navy of peple, of lordes,
|r20 knyghtes, Squyers, men of armes and archers; with all maner stuff
     of werre, forto gouerne, kepe and mayntene his landes in Fraunce,
     Normandy, and Guyan. And he abode longe tyme after in
     England, vpon the coostes, to abide for shipping and peple at
|r24 were not come to hym. And so, the xxj. day of Iuyll, he toke his
     shipping ouer the see into Fraunce and Normandy, with his
     Retenew in good aray and in good spede, urgh the grace of God
     and his Moder, oure Lady Seint Mary, and by the comfort of Seint
|r28 George. And in this yere, the vj. day of August, Gyles, the Dukes
     broder of Bretayn, come to London, and so to e Kyng, as for his
     souerayn lord and best beloued frende, forto play and sporte hym
     here in this lande, for a tyme, |r[f.223r] and bysought e Kyng of his grace
|r32 and good lordship at all tymes. And so he and his were loeged at
     the Crowne in Fanchirch Strete, for the tyme of his abidyng here,
     and of the Kynges grace and gode wille.
|r36    Thomas Catworth, Maior. Nicholaus Wyfold {vicecomites
                                Johannes Norman  {anno xxij=do=
                                                 {|r[A.D.1443-44.]
        And in this same yere, and the yere of grace M=l= CCCC xliiij=ti=,
     anon after Ester, the Duke of Somerset come out of Fraunce and



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     Normandy into England, and deyed at a Maner of his owne in the
     west cuntre: vpon whos soule, God haue mercy! amen!
        And in is same yere, on the Wednesday in the Whitson weke,
 |r4 e Kyng made the Erle of Huntyngdon, Duke of Excestre, in the
     Castell of Wyndesore; and in the fest of the Exaltacion of the
     Holy Crosse next folowyng, the Kyng made the Erle of Stafford,
     Duke of Bokyngham, and the Erle of Suffolk, Markeys of Suffolk
 |r8 and of Norffolk.
        And in this same yere, the ambassiatours come out of Fraunce,
     and oer partyes byyonde the see, vnto the Kyng, for a mariage
     for hym, which was a worthy Kynges doughter, at is called
|r12 Kyng of Cisile and of Ierusalem. And then the Kyng sent his
     ambassiatours ouer the see, which was e Markes of Suffolk, with
     oer lordes, Clerkys, knyghtes and Squiers, out of England, to
     knowe of this worthy mariage, and forto make a finall peas betwene
|r16 the Reames of England and Fraunce.
        And in this yere, the xxij=th= day of August, Iohn Kerver of
     Redyng, gentleman, vntruely and vngoodly, and ayenst feith and
     lawe, depraued the Kyng; wherfore he was take and brought
|r20 before e Kynges Consayle, and ere examyned of his vngodely
     speche and wordes. And he ansuered, and knowleched hym gilty;
     wherfore the Kynges Consayle Juged hym to deth as a traytour.
     And this was his full dome: at he shuld be ledde ageyn to the
|r24 towne of Redyng, and drawen and hanged, and let downe ageyn all
     quyk, and then brought ageyn to e Cite of London, to e Toure,
     and from |r[f.223v] thens drawen to Tyborn galowes, and hanged, and let
     down ayen all quyk, and then bowayled and quartered, and his
|r28 bowayls brent, and en his hede smyt of, and set on London
     Brigge; and oon quartere to be set vp at Redyng, and the oer in
     dyuers townes in e Reame. And then the Kyng, of his grete
     grace and mercy, sent in all haste his Charter of pardon of his
|r32 offence and trespasse at he had doon ayenst his persone, and so
     delyuerd hym quyte, and sent hym to Redyng in sauf garde.
        And then the xxv. day of Maye next suyng, e Kyng of Cisyll
     and of Ierusalem, with the Quene his wife, brought with theym
|r36 Dame Margasret theire doughter, to e Cite of Toures in Turyn, in
     Fraunce, and ere met the Kyng of Fraunce and the Quene his
     wife. And the Kyng of Fraunce toke the Kyng of Cisill and of
     Ierusalem by the hande; and so they yede forth togeder; and the



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     Quene of Fraunce toke the Quene of Cisill and of Ierusalem by the
     hande, and so they yede forth togeder thurgh the Cite till they
     come to the chief Chirch of e Cite of Tours in Tureyn. And then
 |r4 come this Dame Margarete as for Quene of England, and ledde
     betwene the Dolphyn of Fraunce and an-oer grete Prince of
     Fraunce; and they ledde Dame Margaret to e chief Chirche,
     which is of Seynt Martyn, with .vij. dukes and .xiiij. Erles, with
 |r8 oer grete lordes and ladyes folowing theym, into the same Chirche.
     And en come e Markeys of Suffolk, and all e oer ambassatours
     of England. And ere Dame Margaret made suraunce to e
     Markeis of Suffolk, and principally to the Kyng of England, and
|r12 to all these ambassatours; and she was made ere Quene of England.
     And e Markeis of Suffolk and e oer ambassiatours made surance
     to Dame Margaret, in presence of e kynges and quenes, dukes,
     Erles, lordes and ladyes, and also in presence of a legate of Rome
|r16 there beyng at at tyme. And then the Dolphyn and the oer
     prince[s] ledde Dame Margerete, as Quene of England, to e place
     at was ordeyned for hyr worship at that tyme, and these kynges,
     and ese .ij. quenes folowyng theym, with all the dukes, Erles,
|r20 lordes and ladyes, with e ambassiatours of England. And ere
     Quene Margarete was set in |r[f.224r] e myddes of the halle, as principall
     of this fest, and ryally by hir oone, as Quene of England. And
     these .ij. oer quenes were at a table togedir vpon the right side
|r24 of Quene Margarete. And lordes and ladyes were worthely served
     thurgh all the Court; and all e peple of comons at folowed theym
     had grete chere of mete and drynke; and they made ioye and
     myrth, and song (all with high voyce) Nowell! Nowell! Nowell!
|r28 and peas, peas, peas be to vs! Amen!
                                Stephanus Forster {vicecomites
        Henricus Frowyk, Maior. Hugo Wyche.       {anno xxiij=cio=
                                                  {|r[A.D.1444-45.]
|r32    And in this same yere, and the yere of grace M=l=.CCCC. xlv.,
     e vjth day of Nouembre, whan all maner stuff of ordynaunce was
     made and doon for the Quenes comyng into England, at is to sey,
     mete, hors, harnesse, chares, with all stuff at belonged to theym, -- and 
|r36 en e Markeis of Suffolk and e lady his wife, with oer
     ladyes and gentelwomen, lordes, knyghtes and squyers, and all oer
     seruitours at bylonged to theym, and to e ordynaunce, for oure
     Kynges honure and worship went out of London to e see-costes,



|p487


     forto shippe theym and all theire ordynaunces, forto mete with
     Quene Margaret and with hir company, beyng in Fraunce, and
     condite hir into England in sauf gard to hir lord, Kyng Henry of
 |r4 England and Fraunce, by the gift and grace of oure Lord Ihesu
     Crist. Amen!
        And in this yere, the first day of Februare, was grete wedryng
     of wynde, hayle, snowe, rayne, thunder and lightnyng, at the after_None;
 |r8 and it endured .iiij. oures; and it did grete harme to e Cite
     of London, for it brent Seint Paules grete steple, bothe on e west
     syde and on e south syde. And e peple espied e fyre, and come
     to Seint Paules forto quenche the fyre in e steple. And goodly
|r12 they laboured, and quenched e fyre as ferre as they kouth serche
     and fynde. And it was quenched with vyneger. And so the
     Maire herd of this grete hurte, and come with grete peple to Seint
     Paules, to here and se how it stode there, and to help em, if nede
|r16 had been. And en e peple withdrowe theym, and went hoom
     ageyn, and trusted to God it had been in rest and peas.
        And then anon after, betwene viij. and ix. of e clok, e fyre
     brast |r[f.224v] oute ageyn of the steple, more feruent en it did before, and
|r20 did moche harme to the lede and tymber of the steple. And anon
     come e Mayre and moche peple, and with vynyger, and staunched
     e fyre at was right fervent, -- blessed be God of all his giftes!
     Amen! And en after, at the Ledenhall in Cornhill of London, a
|r24 standard of tre was set in myddys of the pavement fast in the
     grounde, nayled with holme and Ive, for disport of Cristmasse to e
     peple of the Cite. And it was at tyme torne vp and cast downe
     with e malign spirite, and the stones of the pavement all about
|r28 cast in e strete to dyuers houses, so at the peple were sore agast
     of the grete fervent tempestes at shewed that tyme.
        And in this yere, the xviijth day of Feuerere, ere was a bataylle
     ordeyned in Smythfeld, and set to fight within lystes for life and
|r32 deth, betwene Thomas Fitz-Thomas, Pryoure of Kylmayn in
     Ireland, which appeled Sir Iames Botillere, Erle of Ormond, of
     treson at he did in e Cuntre of Ireland ayenst hym. And this
     Prioure withdrowe hym, and come not to batayle, where thurgh, as
|r36 leude, he was convict. And the Erle of Ormond was redy in his
     tent to ansuere hym; bot the Prioure come not.
        And in this yere, the .xxiij. day of Feuerere, the Kyng held
     his parlement at Westminster, to Archbisshops, bisshops, abbotes



|p488


     and Priours, and to dukes, Erles, lordes and Barons, knyghtes,
     squyers, and to Citezens, Burgeises, and comons. And this parle_ment 
     endured vnto Palme-Sonday; and then it was adiourned by
 |r4 e King, and his Consayle of his lordes of the parlement, vnto the
     fest of Seint George was passed. And then, the .xxixth day of
     Aprell, e parlement bygan ageyn at Westminster with archbisshops
     and oer lordes, as is beforeseid.
 |r8    And in this same yere, about Midlent, they brought Quene
     Margaret out of high, douce Fraunce, into the partyes of Normandy
     by hir frendes; and the Frenssh partye was there as well as e
     Englissh lordes, and abode hir with theire peple, with all worship
|r12 and reuerence at myght be doon in worship and reuerence of oure
     Kyng. And so ey brought hir into the Cite of Roan in sauf
     garde; and ere she abode vnto e fest of Estere and lenger, by
     .xiiij. dayes, with these lordes and ladys of England, at is to say,
|r16 the Duke of York, the Duchesse his wife, e Markes of Suffolk, the
     lady his wife, the Erle of Shrovesbury, e Countesse his wife, with
     oer lordes and ladyes at abode in Fraunce and Normandy, with
     knyghtes, squyers, men of armes and archers, at abode ere to kepe
|r20 |r[f.225r] the Kynges right in all landes of the partyes in Fraunce and 
     Normandy.
        And then, after hir restyng ere in e Cite, she was conueyed
     to e towne of Houndflete by lande, ere to haue shipping to com
|r24 into England to hir lord e Kyng, hir husband; and with hir come
     the Markeys of Suffolk, with lordes and ladys, knyghtes, squyers,
     and gentelwomen, men of aimes and archers, and oer peple, and
     brought Margarete sauf into the Reame of England. And she
|r28 landed at e towne of Hampton; and ere she was worthely
     receyued of e peple of Hampton and of e peple of the Cuntre
     aboute, with all reuerence and worship at they couthe do. And
     after, oure Kyng come, and met with Dame Margarete, the Quene,
|r32 and brought hir to an abbey in e newe Forest, at men calle e
     abbey of []; and there e Kyng was wedded to Dame
     Margarete the Quene, with the Bisshop of Salesbury at men
     called Maister William Ascu. And then the Kyng and his lordes
|r36 departed from hir, and then met e Cardinall of Wynchestre with
     the Quene, and conueyed hir with all reuerence and honoure at
     he kouth do, to a Maner of his; and there she abode all nyght with
     all hir peple. And there was doon grete chere, with chargeable



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     costes, to hir and to all the peple at come with hir at tyme, in
     reuerence and worship of e Kyng. And so Quene Margaret was
     conveyed in the Cuntreyes of Sussexe and Surre till she come to e
 |r4 Archbisshop of Canterburyes Maner in Croydon, in Surre; and
     there she rested hir all nyght with grete worship and reuerence, and
     with all the chere at myght be doon to hir persone as for at tyme.
     And on e morowe after, she went to e Maner of Eltham; and
 |r8 ere she restid her after hir grete iournay and travayle .viij. dayes,
     till she wold com to se the Cite of London.
        And e Friday, e xxvjth day of Maye, the Mayre of London,
     with the aldermen and Shirrefs and comons of the Cite rode to e
|r12 Blake-Heth in Kent; and ere they abode and hoved on horsbak
     vnto the Quenes comyng. And so they come with hir to London;
     and she was brought to e Toure of London; and ere she rested
     hir all nyght. And ere the Kyng, at the reuerence of e Quene,
|r16 and the first comyng, made .xlvj. Knyghtes of the Bath. And en
     on e morowen at after None, the Quene come from the Toure in a
     hors-bere, with .ij. stedes trapped all in white damask poudred
     with gold; and so was the vesture at she had on; and e pylowes
|r20 and all e bere in oon sute; and hir here combed downe about hir
     shulders, with a coronall of gold, riche perles and precious stones,
     with all lordes on horsbak, and ladyes in chares, at is to sey, xix.
     chares of ladyes and theire |r[f.225v] gentelwomen, and all the craftes of the
|r24 Cite of London goynge on fote in theire best aray vnto Seint
     Paules. And by e wey, as she come urgh e Cite, there were
     shewed and made many devises and storyes, with angeles and oer
     hevenly thinges, with songe and melody in dyuers places; and e
|r28 condites ran wyne, bothe white and rede, for all peple at wold
     drynk. And then she was had oute of e bere, and went on fote
     vp to e high auter of Seint Paules; and ere she offred, and come
     oute ageyn to the bere at the west dore of Seint Paules; and so she
|r32 passed forth till she come to Westminster, with lordes and ladys,
     and with the Maire and Aldermen and Comons of e Cite of
     London. And there they toke theire leve, and went hoom ageyn.
        And on e morowe, at was Sonday, e .xxx. day of Maye,
|r36 was e Coronacion and fest rially and worthely holden at West_minster 
     in e Kynges palays; and iij. dayes after, hold open Iustes
     and revell within e seintwary, of lordes, knyghtes, and oer at
     wold com at e reuerence of this fest royal.



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        And in this yere, e .xvij. day of Iuyll, come e ambassatours
     of Fraunce to London, forto trete for peas betwene England and
     Fraunce, at is to say, the Archbisshop of Reynes, e Erle of
 |r4 Gudoam, with oer lordes, knyghtes, squyers and clerkes of
     Fraunce, by the grace of God for a fynal peas.
                           Johannes Derby  {vicecomites
 |r8    Simon Eyre, Maior. Galfrid Feldyng {anno xxiiij=to=
                                           {|r[A.D.1445-46.]



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     |r[G]
     
     |rFROM_THE_CAPTURE_OF_ROUEN_(1419)_TO_THE_ACCESSION
     |rOF_EDWARD_IV_(1461).
     
     |r[Addit._MS.,_Brit._Mus._10,099,_leaf_181.]
     
     How e king of Englond, Henry e vte, was made heritier
        & Regent of Fraunce, & how he weddid Quene Katerine
        ca. ccxlv.
     
 |r4    Anone after at Rone was goten, Depe, & many other townes
     in baas Normandie yafe eme ouer with-out stroke or siege, when
     ei vnderstode at e Kyng had goten Rone. Also is same yere
     had bene A pees made & sworen bitwen e Duke of Burgoyne &
 |r8 e Dolphyn, which wer sworne vpon our Lordes body at ei
     shold love & Assist eche other ayenst er enmyse. |r[f.181v] And after is,
     contrary to is othe, e Duke Iohn of Burgoyn was slayn &
     pitousely murthred in presence of e Dolphyn; wherfor e Frensh
|r12 men wer gretly devided, & of veray necessite labored to haue A
     traitie with e King of Englond, ffor e King of Englond wan
     dayly of ame, townes, casteles & fortresses. Also is same yere
     was Quene Iane Arested & brought to e Castel of Ledys in Kent,
|r16 and one, frere Randolf, A doctour of Divinitie, hir confessor, which
     afterward was slayn by e person of e Tour falling at wardes &
     debate. And after Quene Iane was delyuered, In e vijto yeer,
     bothe e kinges of Englond & of Fraunce wer Accorded; &
|r20 Kynge Henry was made Heir & Regent of France, & wedded
     dame Kateryn, e Kyng of Fraunce Doughter, at Troyes in
     Champayn), on Trinite Sonday. And is was made bi e mean
     of Philipp, newly made Duke of Burgoyn, which was sworn to
|r24 King Henry for tavenge his fadre deth, & was become Englissh.
     And an e King, with his new wife, went to Paris, wher he was
     rially receyved. And fro thens he, with his lordes & e Duke of
     Burgoyn, & many other lordes of Fraunce, laid seige to diuerse



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     townes & Castels at held of e Dolphyns part, & wan am; bot
     e town of Melun held long, for er-in was gode defenders.
        In e viij yere of his regn, e King & Quene came ouer e
 |r4 see, & landed on Candelmasse day in e morow, at Dover; and [the]
     xiiij day of Feuerere, e King com to London; & e xxi day
     of e same moneth e Quene come thider; And e xxiiij day
     of the same, she was crowned at Westmynster. Also e same
 |r8 yeer, Anon after Ester, e King held a parlement at Westmynster,
     at which it was ordeyned at e gold in Englissh coygne shuld
     be weyed, & none receyved but by weght. And Anone after
     Wittsontyde, e King sayled to Caleys, & so forth passed in-to
|r12 Fraunce. And in Marche, e xxij day, before e King come ouer,
     e Duke of Clarence was slayn in Fraunce, diuerse other lordes
     take prisoners, as erl of Huntyngdon, erle of Somersett, with
     diuerse other: & al was because ei wold not take Archers with
|r16 am, bot thought to haue do with e Frenshmen er self,
     without |r[f.182r] thame. And yett, when he was slayn, e Archiers
     come & rescued e body of e Duke, which ei wold have caried
     with ame: God haue mercy of his soul; for he was A valiant
|r20 man! And e same yeer, bitwene Cristemas & Candelmas,
     e town of Melun was yholden to e Kynge.
        In e ix yere of his regn, vpon saynt Nicholas Day in
     December, was borne Henry, e Kynges first begoten son at
|r24 Windesore, whose god-fadres at fount-stone was Henry, Bisshop
     of Wynchestre, & Iohn, Duke of Bedford; & e Duches of
     Holande was god-moder; And Henry Chicheley, Erchebisshop
     of Canterbury, was god-fader at confirmyng. And in e x yere
|r28 of his regn, e Cite of Mewes, in Brie, was goten, which hadd
     bene longe besegied. And is same yeer e Queen shipped at
     Hampton, and sayled ouer to e King in Fraunce, wher she was
     worsshypfully receyved of e King, & also of e Kynge of
|r32 Fraunce, hir fadir, & of hir modir. And thus Kinge Henry wan



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     fast in Fraunce, & held gret Astate, & satte at Dyner at A gret
     feste in Parys, crowned, & e Queen also, which had nat ben
     seen to-fore; And al peple resorted vnto his court. But as
 |r4 for e Kyng of Fraunce, he held none Astate ne reule, but was
     left almoste Allone.
        Also is yeer e weder-cokk was sett vpon Poules staple at
     London. And is yeer, in e moneth of Auguste, e Kyng
 |r8 wex sike at Boys de Vincent. And when he saw he shold dye,
     he made his testament, and ordeyned many thinges nobley for
     his soul, And Devoutly receyved al e rightes of holy churche,
     in so fer-forth, at whan he was enoynted, he said e seruice with
|r12 e preste; And at e verse of e psalme `Miserere mei deus' at
     was "Benigne fac dunc in bona voluntate tua, Syon, ut edificentur
     muri Ierusalem," he bad tarie er, and said us: "O good Lorde,
     ou knowest at myne entent hath bene, & yet is, if I might
|r16 lyve, to reedify e walles of Ierusalem." & en e preest proceded
     forth, & made An end; & Anone aftre, is moste noble prince &
     victoriouse kynge, flour in his tym of Cristen chiualrie, whom al
     e world dovpted, gaf his soul in-to e handes of God, & died,
|r20 & made An end of his naturel lif, at e said Bois de Vincent
     beside |r[f.182v] Parys, e xxxvj yere of his Age: on whose soul, God
     haue mercy! an was e body enbawmed & cered, & laid in A
     rial chare, & an ymage like unto him was leyd vpon e corps,
|r24 open, with diuerse baners & horse couered rychely with Armes
     of Englond & Fraunce, and also tholde Armes of seynt Edwardes,
     seynt Edmond, & oer, And with gret multitude of torches; with
     whome went e Kyng of Scotland, & many oer lordes, which
|r28 accompayned e body til it come to Westmynster, bi London, in
     Englond. And in euery town by e way he had solempny his Dirige
     on e evyn, & masse on e morne; & moche Almesse was giffen
     to e pore peple bi e way. And e vij=te= day of Nouembre after,
|r32 e corps was brought to London with gret reuerence & solemp_nice,
     & had to Westmynster, wher he now lieth: it was



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     worshipfully buried; & after, was leyd on his tumbe A rial
     ymage like to him-self, of siluer & gylt, which was made at e
     cost of Quene Katerine. And thus ended, & was enteired &
 |r4 buried, e noble King Henry e Fyft: on whose soul, God have
     mercy!
     
     Of e lawds of King Henry e Fyft, & what he ordeyned for
        Kyng Richard & for him self after his deth. Capitulum
 |r8    CC xlvj.
        HEre is to be noted at is King Henry e Fyft, was A noble
     prince after he was King & crowned. how-be-it, tofore in his youth
     he had bene wilde & recheles, & spared nothing of his lustes &
|r12 desires, but Accomplisshed am after his lykyngs; but as sone as he
     was crowned, enoynted & sacred, Anon sodenly he was chaunged
     into A new man, & sett al his entent to lyve vertuously, in mayn_tenyng 
     of holy church, destroyng of heretikes, keping Iustice, &
|r16 defending of his Reame and subgectes. And for-as-myche as his
     fader had deposed by his labour e gode King Richard, &
     pitousely made him to dye, & for e offense done to hym
     Ayens his legeance, he had sent to Rome to be Assoiled er-of,
|r20 for which offense, our holy fader [the] Pope enioned hym to
     make him be prayed-for perpetuelly, &, like as he gert be
     taken from him his naturel lyfe, erfor he shold do fynd iiij
     tapers to bren perpetuelly Aboute his body, at, for e extinccion
|r24 of his bodely life, his soul may be remembred and lyve in heven
     in spirituel lufe; & also at he |r[f.183r] sholde, euery weke, on e day as
     it cometh About of his deth, have A solempn masse of Requiem
     on e Eveyn, to-fore A dirige with ix lessons, and A dole to
|r28 poure peple al-wey on at day, of xjs viijd, to be delyd penny
     mele. At ones in e yere, at his Anniuersarie, his entierment
     to be holden in e moste honest wise; & to be delyd at day
     xx=ti= in pens to poure peple; And to euery monk to haue
|r32 xx s.: which al this thinges performed is oble Kynge, for his



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     fader King Henry e Fowrt, seth he performed it nat during
     his life, whom, as it is seyd, God towched, & was A lepre er he
     died.
 |r4    Also en is noble prince lete do call al abbottes & poures of
     Seynt Benett ordre in Englond, & had ame in e chapiter house
     of Westmynster, for e reformacion of e ordre, wherin he had
     communicacion; And also with bisshoppes & men of e spiritueltie,
 |r8 in so fer forth at ei doubted sore at he wold haue had e
     Temperalties out of er handes; wherfor, by auis, labour, & pro_curing 
     of e spiritualtie, [ei] Encoragied e King to chalenge Nor_mandy 
     & his right in Fraunce, to end to sett hym A werk er, at he
|r12 shold nat seke occasion to entre in-to such matere; And erfor al
     his life after, he labored in e Werres, in conquering gret part of e
     Reame of Fraunce, at bi e Agrement of e King Charles had
     all e gouernaunce of e Ream of Fraunce, And was proclamed
|r16 Regent & heir of Fraunce. And so, nat-with-stonding al is gret
     Werre at he had, yett he remembred his soul, & also at he
     was mortal, & must dye; for which he ordeyned by his life, e
     place of his sepulture, wher he is now buried; & euery day iij
|r20 masses perpetuelly to be songen in A fair chapel ouer his sepulture,
     of which e middel masse, e fyrst & e last, shall be as is
     Assigned by him. As it Appereth by ise verse folowyg : --  |r[17 lines of Latin]
                   Henrei misse quinti sunt hic tabulate,
|r24               Que successiue sunt per monachos celebrate.
     Die dominica. Prima sit Assumpte de festo Virginis alme;
                   Poscit Christus postremam de morte resurgens.
     Feria ija.    Prima salutate in festo Virginis extat;
|r28               Nunciat Angelicis laudem postrema choris,
     |r[f.183v] Feria iija. Esse Deum natum de Virgine, prima facetur,
                   Commemorat natam, sic vltima missa Mariam.
     Feria iiija.  Prima celebretur ad honorem neupmatis Almi;
|r32               Vltima conceptam denunciat esse Mariam;
     Feria vtaa.   Semper prima coli debet de corpore Christi.
                   Vltima sit facta de Virgine purificata;



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     Feria vjta.   Condecet ut prima celebretur de cruce sancta,
                   Atque salutate fiet postrema Marie.
                   Omnes alii sanctos est prima colenda supernos:
 |r4 Sabbato       Vltima de Requie pro defunctis petit esse;
                   Semper erit media de proprietate diei.
     And yet e Noble King Henry e Fyft founded ij houses of
     Religion: one called Syon, beside Braynford of e ordre of Seynt
 |r8 Brigitt, both of men & women; And on at oer side of e
     ryver of Tamyse, an house of monkes of Chartrehouse: In which
     ij places he is continuelly prayed for, night & day; for euer, when
     they of Syon rest, ei of e Chartrehouse done e seruice; And
|r12 in like wise, whan ei of e Chartrehouse rest, e oer gon to.
     And bi e ryngyng of e belles of eyther place, ayther know_weth 
     when ai haue ended er seruice, which be nobly endowed,
     & done dayly er great Almesse dedes; As in e Charetrehouse
|r16 certeyn childre be found to scole; & at Sion, certeyn Almesse
     gyven dayly.
        And yet beside al this, he had founded A recluse, which shal
     be alway A preste, to pray for him, by e said Chartrehouse,
|r20 which preste is wel & sufficiently endowed for him & A seruaunt.
     Loo! here may al princes take ensample bi is noble prince at
     regned so lytel tyme, nat fully x yere, at did so many noble
     Actes, as wel for his soul to be perpetuelly remembred & prayd
|r24 fore, as in hys worldly conquestes. And he, beyng in his moste
     lusty Age, despised & eschewed synn, & was vertuouse, & A gret
     Iustyser, in so mych at al e princes of Cristendome, & also of
     hethenes, dradd him, & had determyned in er self -- if God
|r28 wold haue spared him -- at he wold haue werred Ayenst e
     Sarazenes. And for to know e Ayed of other princes, & al e
     passage in at Iorney, he sent a knight of Henaude, named Ser
     Hugh Delanoy, vnto Ierusalem; but er he returned, he died at
|r32 Boys du Vincent, in e xxxvj=te= yere of his Age, vn whose soul,
     God haue mercy! Amen!



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     |r[f.184r] How King Henry e Sixt regned, beyng A childe, nat
        one yere of age; And of e batail of Vernoyl in Perche.
        Capitulum CC xlvij.
 |r4    After King Henry e Fyft, regned Henry e Sixt his son,
     A childe, & nat fully A yere olde; whose regn began e first
     day of Septembre, the yeer of our Lord God M=l= iiije xxij 
     This King, beyng in his Cradel, was moche doubted & dradd,
 |r8 bicause of e gret conquest of his fadre, & also of e wisdom
     & guyding of his vncles, e Duke of Bedford & e Duke of
     Gloucestre. This yeer, e xxj day of Octobre, died Charles, King
     of Fraunce, and was buried at seynt Dionise; And an was
|r12 e Duke of Bedford made Regent of Fraunce, & e Duke of
     Gloucestre was made protectour & defendour of Englond. And
     the first day of Marche after, was Ser Witliam Taillour, preste,
     degraded of his prestede; and on e morne after he was brent
|r16 in Smythfeld for heresie. is yere Sir James Styward, King of
     Scottes, maried Dame Iane e Duches, Doughter of Clarence,
     of hir first housbond, erle of Somersett, at seynt Mary Ouerays.
     Also is yere, e xvij day of August, was e batail of Vernaill in
|r20 Perche, bitwene e Duke of Bedford, Regent of Fraunce & the
     Duke of Alanson; which was A gret bataill. e Duke of Bedford
     had on his side with him erle of Satesbury, Montagu, & e
     Lorde Talbot, & al e power at ei couthe make in Normandie -- e 
|r24 garnisons kept, -- And also many Capitaynes, with moche peple
     of e Duke of Burgoyns. And on at other side was e Duke of
     Alaunson, e Duke of Touron, at was erle Douglas, erle of
     Boughan, with many lordes of Fraunce, & gret company of Scottes
|r28 & Arminakes. And an erle Douglas called e Duke of
     Bedford "Iohn with e leden swerd." And he sent hym worde
     Ageyn at he shuld fynd at day at hys swerd shold be off
     steel; And so e batail Ioyned on both sides, & ei fought long,
|r32 so at er wist no man who shold haue e better A gret while;
     but at e last, as God wold, e victorie fil vnto english partie,
     for er was slayn erle Douglas, which A litel before |r[f.184v] was made 



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     Duke of Tounar, erle of Bewghare, erle of Almarre, erle of
     Tounar, erle of Vaundore, & e Vycount of Nerbornne, -- which
     was one of ame at slew Duke Iohn of Burgoyn, knelyng tofore
 |r4 e Dolphyn, -- & many moo, to e nombre of xM=l= & mo.
     And er was taken prisoner e Duke of Alaunson, & many oer
     lordes & gentiles of Fraunce; but Scottes at day wer slayn down
     right the s[u]bstaunce of ame all.
 |r8    In e iij yere of King Henry e vjte, e Duke of Gloucestre
     maried e Duches of Holand, & went ouer e See with hir to
     Henaude, for to take possession of his wife enberytaunce; wher
     he was honorably taken & receyved for lorde of at land. But
|r12 sone after, he was fayn to returne home Ageyn, & left his wife,
     & his tresour at he brought, with-in a town at is called
     Mounse in Henaude, which promised for to be trew to him;
     nat-with-stonding, ei deliuered e lady to e Duke of Burgoyn,
|r16 which sent hir to Gaunt; And fro ens she Ascaped in A mannes
     Aray, & come in to Zeland, to A town) of his Awun called
     Zierixee. And fro ens she went to A town in Holand called e
     Ghowde, & er she was strong enough, & withstode e said Duke
|r20 of Burgoyn. And sone after, e Duke of Gloucestre sent ouer
     vnto Zeland e lorde Fitz-Water, with certeyn men of Werre &
     Archiers, for to help & socour e fore-said Duchesse of Holand,
     which londed at a place in Seland called Brewers-haven, wher
|r24 e lordes of e contre come down & fought with him; & in
     conclusion, he was fayn to withdraw him & his meyney to e see
     Ageyn. But yett he slew and hurt diuerse lordes & moche peple
     of at same contre, And so returned home Ageyn with his meyne,
|r28 & preualed nothing.
        Also is same yere erl of Salisbury, erle of Suthfolk, the Lorde
     Willeby & Lorde Scalys, with er retenu, leid seige to e Cite
     of Mauns, which Cite was yholden to em in short tym, with
|r32 many oer strong townes & castels, to e nombre of xxxvj. Thys
     tyme al Normandy & A gret part of Fraunce vnto Orliaunce, was
     vnder thobeiansce of the King of Englond; And al e remanent
     of Fraunce was in gret tribulacion & mischief.



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     |r[f.182r] How er was A gret Affray like to haue bene bituene the
        Cardinal & e Duke of Gloucestre; And of e Coronacion
        of King Henry e vite, both in England & in Fraunce.
 |r4    Capitulum CCxlviij.
        IN e iiij=te= yere, e same night at e Mair of London, Iohn
     Coventre, had taken his charge, was A gret watche in London for
     Affray at was bitwene e Bisshop of Wynchestre & e Duke of
 |r8 Gloucestre, Protectour &c'. ffor e Mair, with e peple of e Cite,
     wold Abide by e Duke of Gloucestre as Protector of e Reame,
     but bi labour of lordes at went bitwen, & in especial bi e labour
     of e Prince of Portyngale, er was Apoyntment taken so at er
|r12 was no harme done. And after e batail of Verneil in Perche, e
     Duke of Bedford come ouer into Englond; & on Witsonday e
     same yere, at Leycestre, he dubbed King Henry knight; And forth_with 
     e said King Henry dubbed al thise knightes whose names
|r16 folowes, at is to say: Richard, Duke of York, Also e sone &
     heir of e Duke of Northfolk, erle of Oxenforth, erle of West_merland,
     e sone and heir of erle of Northumbreland, e sone &
     heir of erle Wormond, e lorde Rose, Sir Iames Botler, e Lord
|r20 Natrauas, Sir Henry Gray of Tankeruille, Sir William Nevite,
     Lorde Fawconbrigge, Sir George Nevyl, Lorde Latimer, Lord
     Welles, Lord Berkley, e sone & heir of Lord Talbot, Sir Rauf
     Grey of Werk, Sir Robert Ver, Sir Richard Gray, Sir Edmond
|r24 Hungerforde, Sir Robert Wynkford, Sir Iohn Botler, Sir Reynold
     Cobham, Sir Iohn Passheley, Sir Thomas Tunstal, Sir Iohn
     Chydiok, Sir Rauf Langeford, Sir William Drury, Sir William Ap_Thomas,
     Sir Richard Carbonel, Sir Richard Wydeuill, Sir Iohn
|r28 Shirdelowe, Sir Nichol Blonket, Sir Rauf Ratclyff, Sir Edmond
     Trafford, Sir William Cheyne, Sir William Babyngton, Sir Iohn
     Iune, & Sir Gillebert Beauchampe. an in e vte yere e Duke
     of Bedford, with e Duchesse his wife, went ouer e see to Caleys,
|r32 & A litel tofore went ouer Henry, Bisshop of Wynchestre. &
     on our Lady day Annunciacion, in our Lady churche at Caleys, e
     Bisshop of Winchestre, when he had songen masse, |r[f.185v] was made



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     Cardinal; &, he knelyng tofore e high Altere, e Duke of
     Bedford sett e hatt on his hede; & er wer his bulles red, as wele
     of his charge As e reioysing of his benefices spirituell & temperell.
 |r4    And is same yere was gret habondance of Rayn, at e sub_stance 
     of hey & of corne was destroyed, for it rayned almoste
     euery other day. is same yere e gode Erle of Salesbury, Sir
     Thomas Mountagu, leyd Seiege vnto Orlyaunce; at which segie
 |r8 he was slayn with A gvn at come out [of] e town. And sith
     forth at he was slayn, English men neuer gat ne preuailed in
     Fraunce, bot euer after began to lefe, bi litel and lytel, til al was
     lost. Also is same yere A Breton murthered A gode wedow with_out 
|r12 Al-gate, which wedow fond him for almesse; & he bare away
     al at she had; And after is he toke grith of holy church at Seynt
     Georges in Suthwerk, & er toke e crosse, & forswore is land.
     And as he went, it happend at he came bi e place where he did
|r16 is cursed dede in e subbarbis of London; & e women of e same
     parissh come out with stones and Canell dunge, & slew & made
     an ende of him, nat-withstonding e constable & many other men
     beyng present to kepe him; for er wer many women, & had no
|r20 pite. Also [t]his same yere e Duke of Northfolk, with many
     gentil men & yomen, toke his barge, e viij day of Nouembre, at
     Seynt Mary Oueryes, for to haue go thrugh London Brigg; & thrugh
     misguydynge of e barge, it ouer-threw on e Pyles, & many men
|r24 drowned; but e Duke him-self, with ij or iij, lepe vpon the piles,
     and so wer saued with help of men at wer Aboue e brigge,
     which cast down Roopes, by which ei saved am-self.
        This same yere, on Seynt Leonarde day, King Henre, beyng
|r28 vij yere old of Age, was crowned at Westmynster: at whose cora_nacion 
     wer made xxxvj knightes. is yere, on Seynt George day,
     he passed ouer e see to Caleys, toward Fraunce. Aboute is
     tyme & Afore, e Reame beyng in gret |r[f.186r] misery & tribulacion, e
|r32 Dolphin, with his partie, began to make Werr, & gett certeyn



|p501


     places, & make destres vpon Englissh men by e mean of his
     Capytayns, at is to wete, La Heer and Potonde, Sayntralles, and
     especial A maid, which they named "la Pucelle de Dieu." This
 |r4 maid rode like A man, & was A valyant Capitayn Among ame, &
     take vpon hir many gret enterpryses, in so myche at ei had A
     byleve to haue recouered al er losses by hir; nat-with-stonding, at
     e last, after many gret feates, by e help & prowesse of Sir Iohn
 |r8 Luxemburgh, which was A noble capitayn of e Dukes of Burgoyn,
     & many English men, Pykerdes and Burgones, which wer of our
     partie, before e town of Compyne, e xxiij day of May, e forsaid
     Pucell was taken in e felde, Armed like A man, & many oer
|r12 Capitaynes with hir, & wer al brought to Roan; & er she was put
     in prison, & er she was Iuged by e law to be brent. And en
     she said at she was with childe, wherby she was respited A
     while; but in conclusion it was found at she was not with child,
|r16 & en she was brent in Roane, & e other Capitaynes wer put to
     raunson, & entreted as men of werre bene Acustomed &c'.
        This same yere, About Candelmesse, Richard Hunder, A wolle_packer,
     was dampned for an heritike, & brent at Tour-Hill. And
|r20 About midlente, Sir Thomas Baggely, preest, & vicar of Mauen in
     Est-sexe, beside Walden, was disgraded & dampned for an bery_tike,
     & brent in Smythfeld. Also is same yere, whiles e King
     was in Fraunce, er wer many heretikes & lollardes, at had pur_posed 
|r24 to haue made A rysing; & ei casten bitles in many place;
     but, -- blessed be God atmighty! -- er Capitayn was takyn, which
     was called William Maundeuil, A wever of Abyndon, & also
     bayly of e same town, which named him-self' Iack Sharp of
|r28 Wigmorestand in Walis'; & after-ward he was heheded at Aben_don 
     in e Wittsone weke, on e Twesday.
        This same yere, e vj=te= day of Decembre, |r[f.186v] Kyng Henry e
     Sext was crowned King of Fraunce at Paris, in e chirch of our
|r32 Lady, with gret solempnite, er beyng present e Cardinal of
     Englond, e Duke of Bedford & many oer lordes of Englond & of
     Fraunce. And after is coronacion, a gret fest holden at Paris,



|p502


     the King returned from thens to Roan, & so toward Caleys. And
     e ix day of Feueryer, he landed at Dover, whom al e comones
     of Kent met at Beramdon, bitwen Canterbury & Dover, al in rede
 |r4 hoodes; & so come forth til he come to e Blak-Hethe, wher he
     was mett with e Mayre of London, Iohn Wellis, with al e craftes
     of London) clad al in white; & so ei brought him to London e
     xxj day of e same moneth. This same yere was A restreynt of
 |r8 e wolles of Caleys made by e soudiours, by cause ei were nat
     payed of er waagies; wherfor e Duke of Bedforth, Regent of
     Fraunce, beyng an Capytain, come to Caleys e Twesday in e
     Ester weke; And on e morne after, many sowdioures of e town
|r12 wer Arested & put in warde. And in e same weke he rode to
     Terewyne; & bi e mean of Bisshop of Terewyn, he wedded erles
     doughter of Seynt Poul, & came ageyn to Caleys. And e x
     day of Iune, on Seynt Barnabe day, er wer four soudioures of
|r16 Caleys, at wer chief Causers of e restreynt, beheded, at is to
     say: Iohn Maddesley, Iohn Lunday, Thomas Palmer, & Thomas
     Talbot, & C & x bannisshed e town at same tyme: & before
     wer bannisshed C xx soudioures. And on Mydsommer evyn
|r20 after, come e Lorde Regent & his wife to London.
     
     Of e heresie of Praghe, & of [e] Counsel of Aras. &.c.
        Capitulum CC xlix.
        Aboute is tyme Pope Martyn died; & After him, Eugeny e
|r24 Fourt was Pope, at was pesably chosen in Rome by e Cardinalles,
     and was very & vndoubted Pope; but shortly after, he was put
     out & expulsed fro Rome, in suche wise at he was fayn to
     flee naked. In is same tyme was e Counsel of Basile, to which
|r28 Counsel he was cited |r[f.187r] to come; And because he come nat, they
     deposed hym; but he forsed nat, ner sett erby, but gat e
     Cite of Rome, & Abode Pope stil xvij yere.
        This yere, About Witsontide, e heretikes of Praghe wer
|r32 destroied; for at two Iourneys wer destroyed of ame mo an



|p503


     xxij M=l=, with er Capitayns, at is to say, Procapius, Saplico, &
     Lupus presbiter. Also er was taken on lyve, maister Piers, clerk,
     an Englisshman & heretike. Also is same yere was A gret
 |r4 frost & A strong, during xj wekes; for it began on seynt Katerines
     evyn, & lasted vnto Seynt Scolastica Day in Februare: In which
     tyme e vyntage at come fro Burdeux come over Shotters Hill.
        This yere was e counsel of Aras, & A gret treaty bitwen e
 |r8 King of Englond & e King of Fraunce, wher was Assembled
     many gret lordes of bothe parties: At which counsel was offred to
     e Kyng of Englond, many gret thinges by e meane of A legate
     at come fro Rome, which was Cardinal of Seynt Crosse, which
|r12 offres wer refused by e Cardinal of Englond, & other lordes at
     wer er for e Kinge. Wherfore e Duke of Burgoyn, which had
     bene long English sworne, forsoke oure partie, & retourned Frensh,
     by meane of e said legate, & made A pees with e Frensh kyng,
|r16 receyving of e King, for recompense of his fader deth, the counte
     Pontien, e lordeshipp of Macon, with mych other at was
     specified in e said treety; And so our Embassatoures come home
     Ayen in wers case an ei went forth, ffor ei lost er e
|r20 Duke of Burgoyn, which had bene, with his Burgoynons &
     Pycardes, A singler help in al e Conquest of Normandy & of
     Fraunce.
        This same yere was A gret batail on e See, bitwen e
|r24 Ienewense & e King of Aragon; of which batail e Ianeuenses
     had e victori, for ei toke e Kinge of Aragon, e King of
     Naverne, & e gret Maister of Seynt Iames in Galise, with iijc
     knightes & squyers & moche other peple: & this was of seynt
|r28 Dominices day.
        This same yeer wer seen thre |r[f.187v] Sonnes at ones, & Anone
     folowed e threfolde gouernance in e chirch, at is to wete, of
     Eugeny e Pope, of the Counsel, & of e nevtralitie. Also is same
|r32 yere M=l= iiijc xxxiiij, was A passing gret wynd, by which steples,
     houses & trees wer ouerthrowen. About is tyme was an holy
     maid in Holand, called Lydwith, which lyued onely bi miracle,
     not etynge any mete. This yere e Duke of Burgoyn began his



|p504


     ordre at Lyle of `e golden Flyes' & ordeyned certeyn knightes of
     e ordre, & made statutes & ordinances moche Acordinge vnto
     e ordre of e Garter. Also is same yere e Frenshe men had
 |r4 enterprised to have stolen Caleys in e fysshing tyme, for many
     botes of Fraunce held saufe conduyt to come to Caleys for to take
     hering; And e Sowdioures of e town had A custome to come to
     chirch, & leve er staves stonding at e chirch dore, which staves
 |r8 e Frenshemen, which wer Araied like fissheres, had purposed to
     haue taken so ere wepon, & wynn e town. But one of ame
     lay with A comon womans e night to-fore, & he tolde to
     hir are counsel; And she on e morne told e lieutenaunte,
|r12 which forth-with commaunded at euery man shold kepe his
     wepen in his hand, sacryng tyme and other. And when ei Aper_ceyved 
     is, at ei wer myspoynted, they sayled streght to
     Depe, & stale & toke at town. And on Newyeres even after,
|r16 ei toke Harflete; And thus Englishe men began to losse A litel
     and litell in Normandy.
     
     How Caleys and Guyhenes wer beseged by e duke of Ber_goyn,
        & how ei wer rescued by e duke of Gloucester.
|r20    Capitulum CCl=mo=.
        This yere was A gret noyse thrugh all Englond, how e Duke
     of Burgoyn wolde come & besegie Caleys. Wherfore erle of
     Mortayn, with his Army at he had for to haue gone with in-to
|r24 Fraunce, was contermaunded, & charged at he shold go to Caleys,
     which was at at tyme wel vitailed & manned; ffor Sir Iohn
     Ratcliff was lieutenaunt of e King in at town, And e Baron of
     Dudlay, lieutenant of e Castel. And e ix day of Iuyll, e Duke
|r28 of Burgoyn, |r[f.188r] with al e power of Flaundres & moche other peple,
     come before Caleys, & sett his siege About e town; & euery town
     of Flaundres had er tenttes bi ame self. And is Siege endured
     thre wekes. In e mean while e Duke of Gloucestre, beyng
|r32 Protector of England, toke e moste parte of e lordes of Englond,
     & went ouer e See to Caleys, for to rescu e town, or for to feght



|p505


     with e Duke & his hoste, if they wold haue bidden. This tyme,

     London & euery gode towun of Englond sent ouer e See to is
     rescuse certeyn peple wel Arayed, of e best & chose men for e
 |r4 Werre. And e ij day of August, the said Duke of Gloucestre
     Arriued at Caleys with al his Army & vc shippes & moo. And e
     Duke of Burgoyn & al his ooste at lay in e Siegie, As sone as
     ei espyed e Sayles in e See, before ei Approched Caleys
 |r8 haven, sodenly in A mornyng departed fro e Siege, levyng behind
     ame moche stuffe & vitailes, & fled in-to Flaundres & Pycardy.
     And in likewise did e Siege at lay tofore Guynes, wher-as they
     of Guynes toke e gret gonnes of brasse called Gedcon, & many
|r12 other gret gonnes & serpentines. And en when e Duke of
     Gloucestre was Arryved with all his oost, he went into Flaundres,
     & was erin xi dayes, & did but litel harme; except at he brent
     ij fair villagies, Popering & Belle, & oer houses at wer of no
|r16 strenght, & so he returned home Ageyn. Also is same yere e
     King of Scotland beseged Rokesburgh with myche peple; but Sir
     Rauf Gray departed fro e Castell, & ordeyned for rescouse; but
     as sone as e Kyng vnderstode his departyng, he sodenly brak his
|r20 siege & went his way, levyng moche ordynnance behinde him;
     wher he gat no worsshipe.
        This same yeer, e ij Day of Ianiuer, Quene Katerine, at was
     e Kinges moder, & wife to Kyng Henry e Fyft, dyed, & departed
|r24 out of is world, & was brought rially thrughe London to West_mynster;
     & er she lyeth worsshipfully buryed in oure Lady
     Chapel. Also is same yere, e xiiij day of Ianiver, fill down e
     yate with e towr on it, on London Brigg |r[f.188v] towarde Southwerk,
|r28 with two Arches, & al at stode eron. This same yere was A
     gret treaty holden bitweene Grauenyng & Caleys, bitwen e King
     & Duke of Burgoyn, In which was e Cardinal of Englond & e
     Duke of Northfolk, for e King, with many othir lordes. And
|r32 for e Duke, was e Duchesse, having ful power of hir lorde as



|p506


     Regent & lady of his landis, wher was taken, by trewes of both
     parties, An Abstinence of Werre for A certeyn tyme in e name of
     e Duchesse, & nat of e Duke, because he had gone from his othe
 |r4 & legeance at he had made to King Henry; erfor King Henre
     neuer wold write, ne Apoynt, ne haue to do with him after, but
     al in e Duchesse name.
        Also is same yere, Quene Iane died, e ij day of Iuyl, which
 |r8 had ben King Henry e iiij=te= wife; & was caried fro Carmondsey
     vnto Caunterbury, wher she lieth buried by King Henry e iiijte,
     hir houseband. This same yere died al e lions in e Toure of
     London, which had nat ben seen many yeeris before out of
|r12 mynde.
     
     How Owayne, a squyer of Wales at had wedded Quene
        Kateryne, was Arested; And of e Scisme bitwene
        Eugeny & Felix. Capitulum cclj.
|r16    IN e xvj yere of King Henry, died Sigismond, emperoure of
     Almaign, & Knight of e Garter; whos entierment e Kyng kept
     at Seynt Poules in London ryally, wher was made a ryall hercie;
     and e King in his Astate, clad in blew, was at even at dirige. &
|r20 on e morne at masse, &c'. And after hym was elect & chosen
     Albert, Duke of Ostrych, which had wedded Sigismondes doughter,
     forto be Emperour; & also was Albertis taken & receyved to be
     Kinge of Beme & of Hungarie bi reson of his wyfe; for he
|r24 left after him none other heir. is Albert was Emperour bot
     one yere, for he was poysond, & died erof. Some say he
     dyed of A flixx: but he was A vertuouse man & A piteful, so
     moche at al e peple at knew him said at e world was
|r28 nat worthy to haue his presence.



|p507


        This same yere, one Owayn, A squyer of Wale, A man of low
     byrth, which had many A day to-fore secretly wedded Quene
     Katerine, & had by hir iij sonnes & a doughter, was taken &
 |r4 commaunded to Newgate, to prison, bi e lorde of Glowcestre,
     Protectour of e Reame. And e same yere he brake prison by e
     mean of A preest at was his Chapelayn. And after, he was
     |r[f.189r] taken ageyn bi e Lorde Bemond, & brought Ageyn to Newgate,
 |r8 which afterward was delyuered at large; & one of his sonnes after_ward 
     was made Erle of Richemount, Another, Erle of Penbroke,
     & e third, A monk of Westmynster, which monk died sone after.
     This same yere also, on New-yere day, at Baynard Castell, fill
|r12 down A stakk of wod sodenly at afternone, & slew iij men
     mescieuously, & foul hurt othir. Also at Bedford, on Ash_twesday,
     wer iij men murthred without strok, by falling doun of a
     steir, as ei come out of er comon hall, & many foul hurt. In
|r16 e xviij yere, Sir Richard Beauchamp, e gode Erle of Warwick,
     died at Rone, he beyng at tyme lieutenaunt of e King in
     Normandie; and fro ens his body was brought to Warthewick,
     where he lieth worsshipfully in a new chapel on e South side of
|r20 e Queer. Also is yere was A gret derth of Corne in al
     Englond; for I busshel of whet was worth iijs iiijd in many
     places of Englond, & yet men might nat haue ynoghe; wherfore
     Stephen Brown, at tyme Mair of London, sent vnto Pruse, &
|r24 brought to London certeyn shippes laden with Rye, which eased,
     & did myche Gode to e peple; for korne was so skarce in
     Englond at in some placez pore peple made ame brede of
     braken
     ferne rotes.
|r28    This yere e general Counsel of Basile deposed Pope Eugeny; &
     ei chese Felix, which was Duke of Sauoy; & an began e Scisme
     which endured vnto e yere of oure Lord Ihesu Crist M=l= iiijc
     xlviij. This Felix was A devout prince, & saw e sonnes of his
     sonnes, & after, lyued An holy & deuoute lyfe, & was chosen Pope



|p508


     by e Counsel of Basile. Eugeny [was] deposed; & so e Scisme
     was long tyme. And is Felix had no moche obedience, bi-cause
     of e Nevtralite for e moste parte; & wel nygh al Cristendome
 |r4 obeid & repute Eugeny for verey Pope : -- God knoweth who was
     e verey Poper of ame both; for both occupied, during e lyfe
     of Eugeny. This same yere, Sir Richard, which was vicare of
     Hermetesworth, was degraded of his prestehode at Poules, & brent
 |r8 at Tour |r[f.189v] Hill, as for an heretike, vpon Seynt Botulphe day;
     how-be-it, at his deth he died A gode Cristen man; wherfor, after
     his deth moche peple come to e place wher he was brent, & offred,
     & made an hepe of stones, & sett vp A crosse of tree, & held him
|r12 for A Seynt, til e Mair & shereves, by e commaundment of e
     Kyng & of bisshopes, destroyed it, & made er A dong-hill. Also
     is same yere e shyreves of London sett out of Seynt Martyns e
     Grannt, e sanctuarey, fyve persones, which afterward wer restored
|r16 Ageyn to e same sanctuarye by e Kinges Iusticez. After
     Albert e iij, Frederike was chosen Emperoure. This Frederike,
     Duke of Osterike, was long Emperoure, & differred for to be
     crowned at Rome because of e Scisme; but after at vnion was
|r20 had, he was crowned with Emperial Diademe, with gret glorie &
     trivmphe, of Pope Nicholas e Fourt: this was A man peseble, &
     of singular pacience, nat hatyng e chirch: he wedded e King of
     Portyngale doughter &c'.
     
|r24 How e Duchesse of Gloucestre was Arested for treson, &
        committed to perpetuel prison in e Ile of Mann; And
        of e deth of Maister Roger Bolingbroke. Ca. cclij.
        IN this yere, Elianour Cobbam, Duches of Gloucestre, was
|r28 Arested for certeyn poyntes of treyson leyd Ageynst hir, wher-vpon
     she was examyned in Seynt Stephens Chapel at Westmynster,
     before erchebisshop of Caunterbury; & er she was enioyned to
     open penaunce, forto go thrugh Chepe, bering a tapere in hir hand,
|r32 & aftir in perpetuel prison in e Ile of Man, vnder e keping
     of Sir Thomas Stanley. Also at same tyme wer Arested Maister
     Thomas Southwell, A chanon of Westmynster, Maister Iohn Hune,



|p509


     A chappeleyn of e said ladys, Maister Roger Bolynbroke, A clerk
     vsyng Nygromancie, & one Mariery Iurdeman, called `e wyche of
     Eye' beside Westmynster. Thise wer Arested as for beyng of
 |r4 counsel with e sayd |r[f.190r] Duchesse of Gloucestre. And as for Maister
     Thomas Southwel, he died in e Towr e night before he shold
     have benne regned on e morow; for so he said him self at he
     shold die in his bedd, & nat bi Iustice. And in e xx yere,
 |r8 Maister Iohn Hune & Maister Roger Bolyngbroke wer brought to
     e Guyldhalle in London, & er, before e Mayr, e lordes & chief
     Iustice of Englond, wer ei rayned, & dampned both to be
     drawen, hanged & quartred; but Maister Iohn Hune had his
|r12 chartre, & was pardoned by e King; but Maister Roger was
     drawen to Tiborne, wher he confessed at he died gyltles, & neuer had
     trespassed in at at he died fore; nat-withstanding he was hanged,
     heded, & quartred; And Margery Iurdemain was brent in Smyth_felde. 
|r16 Also is yere was A gret Affray in Flet Strete by night
     tyme, bitwen men of court & men of London, & diuerse men slayn,
     & many hurt: & one Herbotel was chief cause of e misgouern_ance 
     & Affray. Also is yere, at chesing of e Mair of London, e
|r20 commones named Robert Chapton, & Raulyne Holand, taylor. &
     e Aldermenn toke Robbert Clapton, & brought him at e right
     hond of e Mair, as e custome is. And an certeyn talyoures &
     other hand-crafty men cried "nay! nat at man, but Raulyn
|r24 Holand!" Wherfor e Mair, at was Padesly, sent o at cried
     so to Newgate, where they Abode a gret while, & wer wel
     ponysshed.
        In this same yere wer diuerse Embassatoures sent in to Guyan
|r28 for A mariage for e King for erles doughter of Arminak, which
     was concluded; but, by e mean of erle of Suthfolk, it was lett
     & put Aparte. And after is, e said Erle of Southfolk went ouer
     e See vnto Fraunce, & er he treted e mariage bitwen e King



|p510


     of Englond & e Kinges doughter of Cecil & of Ierusalem. & e
     next yere it was concluded fully, is mariage; by which mariage
     e Kyng shold delyuer to hir fader e Duchie of Angeo & erldome
 |r4 of Mayn, which was e key of Normandy. Then departed e
     Duke of Suthfolk, with his wife & diuerse lordes & knightes, in e
     moste rial astate |r[f.190v] at might be, out of Englond, with new charez
     & palfreys, which went thrugh Chepe, & so went ouer e See, &
 |r8 receyved hir, & sith brought hir in Lent after to Hampton, wher
     she landed, & was ryally receyved. And on Candelmes evyn
     before, bi A gret tempest of thondre & lightenyng at afternone,
     Poules steple was sett A fire on e middes of the shafte in e
|r12 tymbre, which was qwenched bi force of labour, & specially bi
     e labour of e morow masse preste of e Bow in Chepe, which
     was thought inpossible, saufe only bi e grace of God.
        This yere was erle of Stafford made & create Duke of Bokyn_ham; 
|r16 erle of Warewik, Duke of Warwike; erle of Dorsett,
     Marques of Dorsett; & erle of Suthfolk was made Marquys
     of Southfolk.
     
     How King Henry e Sext wedded Quene Margaret; And
|r20    of hir Coronacion. Capitulum CCl[i]ij.
        IN this yere Kyng Henry maried at Southwyke Quene
     Margaret; & she come to London [e] xviij day of May; And bi
     e way al e lordes of Englond receyved hir worsshipfully in
|r24 diuerse places, & in especial e Duke of Gloucestre. And on e
     Blakhethe, e Mair of London, Aldermen, & al e crafte-men in
     blew gowunnes browdred with e deuyse of his craft, at ei
     might be biknowen, mett with hir, with rede hoodes, & brought
|r28 hir to London), where were diuerse pagentis & conntinance of
     diuerse histories shewed in diuerse placez of e Cite Rially, &
     castelles. And e xxx day of May e forsaid Quene was crowned
     at Westmynster; and er was Iustes iij dayes during, with-in e
|r32 sayntuarie tofore abbey. This yere e Prior of Kilmain Appelled



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     erle of Vrmond of treson, which had A day Assigned to ame forto
     feght in Smythfeld. And e listes wer made, & e feeld dressed;
     but when it came to poynt, e King commaunded at ei shold nat
 |r4 fight, but toke e quarel in-to his own hond. & is was done at
     e Instance & laboure of certeyn prechiours & doctoures of London,
     as Maister Gilbert Worthington, parson of |r[f.191r] Seynt Andrews in
     Holborn, & other. Also is same yere come A gret Enbassate into
 |r8 Englond out of Fraunce, forto haue concluded A perpetuel pees;
     but in conclusion it turned vnto A trewes of A yere. About is
     tyme dyed Seynt Bernardyne, A gray frere which began e new
     reformacion of at ordre in many places, In so myche at ei at
|r12 wer reformed bene called `Obseruantes,' which Obseruauntes bene
     encrecid gretly in Italie & in Almaigne. This Bernardin was
     canonized bi Pope Nicholas e Fyft In e yere M=l= CCCCl. Iohannes
     de Capestrauo was his disciple, whiche profited moche to e
|r16 reformacion of at ordre; for whome God shewed many a fair
     miracle. Also here is to be noted, at fro is tyme forward, King
     Henry neuer profited ne Went forward; but Fortune began to turn
     fro him on al sides, als wel in Fraunce, Normandy, Guyan, as in
|r20 Englond. Some men hold opinion at King Henry gaf commission
     plenerly to Sir Edward Hulle, Sir Robert Roos, Dean of Seynt
     Seuerynes, & oer, to conclude A mariage for him with erle of
     Arminakes suster, which was promysed (as it was seid) & concluded;
|r24 but afterward it was broken, & he wedded Quene Margarete, as
     A-fore is seid; which was A dere mariage for e reame of Englond;
     ffor it is knowen verely at, for to haue hir, was delyuered e
     Duchie of Angeo & e Erldome of Maign, which was e key of
|r28 Normandie, for e Frensh men tentre. And Aboue is, e said
     Marquys of Southfolk axed in playn parlement A fyftenth & an
     half for to feche hir out of Fraunce. Se now what A mariage was
     is, as to e comparison of at oer mariage of Armynyke! for er
|r32 shold haue ben delyuered so many castels & townes in Gwyhen;
     And so moche Gode shold haue bene yiffen with hir, at al Englond
     shold haue bene enryched er-by, but contrary-wise fell. Wherfor



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     euery gret |r[f.191v] prince ought to kepe his promisses; for, bicause of
     breking of is promisse, & for mariage of Quene Margaret, what
     losse hath e reame of Englond had, bi losyng of Normandy and
 |r4 Guyan, bi diuison of e reame, e rebelling of commines Ageynst
     er princes & lordes; what diuison Ayen e lordes, what murdre
     & sleying of ame! what feldes foughten & made! in conclusion,
     so many, that many a man hath lost his life; And in conclusion,
 |r8 e King deposed, & e Quene with hir son fayn to flee into
     Scotland, & fro ens to Fraunce, & so to Lorayn, e place wher
     she come first fro! Many men deme at e breking of e
     Kinges promisse to e suster of erles of Armynak, was cause of
|r12 this gret losse & Aduersite.
     
     How e gode Duke of Gloucestre, Humfrey, e Kinges vncle,
        was Arested at e parlement of Bury; And of his death;
        And how Anges in Mayn was deliuered.
|r16    In e xxvte yere of King Henry e VIte, was A parlement
     at Bvry called seynt Edmundes Bury; About which was com_maunded 
     all e communes of e cont[r]e to be er in er most
     defensable Aray, to A-wayt vpon e King, to which parlement
|r20 come e Duke of Gloucestre, Humfrey, e Kinges vncle, which had
     bene e protector of Englond al e non-Age of e King. And
     Anone after at he was come to his logyng, he was Arested bi
     e Viscount Bemond, e Constable of Englond, acompanyed with
|r24 e Duke of Bokyngham & many oer lordes, and forth with al
     his seruandes wer commaunded for to depart fro him; And xxxij
     of e chief of them wer arested also, & sent to diuerse prisones.
     And anone, after e said Arest, e said Duke was on e morn
|r28 found dede: on whos soul, God haue mercy, Amen! But how
     he died, & in what maner, e certentie is nat knowen to me.
     Some said he died for sorow; some said he was murthred bitwene ij



|p513


     federbeddes; other said at an hote spytt was put in his founde_ment;
     & so, how |r[f.192r] he died, God knoweth, to whome is no thing
     hidd. And when he was thus dede, he was leid open, at al
 |r4 men might se him, And so both lordes & knightes of e shires, with
     burgessers, come & saw him ded; but ai coud nat perceif wound
     ne token how he died. here may men mark what is world is!
     this Duke was A noble man & A gret clerk, & had worsshippfully
 |r8 rewled is reame to e Kinges behove, & neuer coude be found
     faute in him, but envy of ame at wer gouernoures, & had
     promised e Duchis of Anges & erldome of Maign, caused e
     destruccion of is noble man; for thei drad him, at he wold haue
|r12 enpesshed at deliuerance. And after, ei sent his body to seynt
     Albones with certeyn lightes for to be buried; And so Sir Geruase
     of Clifton had an e charge to convey e corps; & so it was
     buried at Seynt Albons in e Abbey; & v persones of his houshold
|r16 wer sent to London, & er wer reyned & juged to be drawen, honged
     & quartred; Of wome e names wer Sir Roger Chammbrelayn,
     knight, one Midelton, A squyere, Herbard, A squyer, Arthur,
     A squyer, & Richard Nedham: which v persons wer drawen fro e
|r20 Toure of London thrugh Chepe to Tiburn, & er honged, & lat
     down quyck, & en striped for to have bene heded & quartred.
     And an e Marquys of Southfolk shewed er for ame e Kinges
     pardon vnder his gret Seale; & so ei wer pardoned of e rem_anent 
|r24 of thexecucion, & had er lyues, & after war brought
     agen yn to London, & frely deliuered. this began e trouble in
     e reame of Englond for e deth of is noble Duke of Gloucestre;
     & al e communes of e reame began forto murmure for it, &
|r28 were nat contente.
        After at Pope Eugeny was dede, Nicholas e Fyft was elect
     Pope. This Nycholas was chosen for Eugeny, yet honggyng e



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     Scisme. natwithstondying he gat e obedience of al Cristen Reames;
     for after at he was electe & sacred |r[f.192v] Pope, certayn lordes of
     Fraunce & of England wer sent vnto Sauoy, to Pope Felix, for
 |r4 to entrete him to cese of e Pepecy. And bi e special labour
     of e Bisshop of Norwich & e lorde of Seynt Iohnes, he cessed
     e ij=de= yere after at Pope Nicholas was sacred. And e seid Felix
     was made Legate of Fraunce & Cardinal of Sauoye, & resigned
 |r8 e hole papacy to Nicholas; after, lyved an holy lyfe, & died
     an holy man; And as it is said, Almighty God shewed miracles
     for him. This was e xxiij Scisme bitwen Eugeny & Felix,
     & dured xvi yere. e cause was is: The general Counsel of
|r12 Basil deposed Eugeny, which was only Pope & vndoubted, for_as-myche 
     as he obserued nat & kept e decrees & statutes of
     e Counceyl of Constance, as it is A-fore said; nethir he
     rought not to gyve obedience to at general Counsell in no maner
|r16 wise; wher-of Arose A gret Altercacion emong Writeres of is
     mateer, pro & contra, which kan nat Accorde vnto is day. one
     partie seith at `e Counsel is Aboue e Pope,' at oer partie
     seith "nay, but e Pope is Aboue e Counsel." Godd, blessed
|r20 Aboue all thinges, gif & graunt his pecs in holy chirche,
     spouse of Criste, Amen! This Nicholas was commen of Iene,
     of low burth; A doctour of dyvynite, an Actif man, he reedyfied
     many places at wer broken & ruynouse, & did do make A
|r24 gret wall About e Palays, & made e wall new About Rome,
     for drede of e Turkes. And e peple wonndred of e eresing
     & resignyng of Felix to him, considering at he was A man of
     so humble burth; And at othir was of Affinite to al e moste
|r28 parte of Cristen princes; wherof er was A verse publisshed in
     Rome, us: hic fulsit mundo; cessit Felix Nicholas.
     
     How Sir Fraunceys Aragonoys toke Fogiers in Normandy; &
        of e losse of Constantinoble by the Turks. Ca. ccliiij.



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        In e xxvij yere of King Henry e vjte, beyng trewes bitwen
     England & Fraunce, A knight of e Englissh partie named Sir
     Fraunceys Aragonys, toke A town of Normandy, called Fogiere,
 |r4 Ayens e trewes; of which takyng began moche sorow & losse, for
     is was e occasion bi which e Frenshmen gat al Normandy &c.
     About is tyme e Cite of Constantinoble, which was Imperiall
     |r[f.193r] Cite in al Grece, was taken bi e Turkes infideles, which was
 |r8 betrayed (as some hold Opinion), & emp[er]or taken & slayn, & at
     ryal chirch of Sancta Sophia robbed & despoyled, & e reliques &
     ymages & e Rode drawen Aboute e strete; which was done in
     despite of Cristen feith. And sone after, al Cristen feith in Grece
|r12 perisshed & cessed. Ther wer many Cristen men slayn, & in_numerable 
     solde & put in Captiuite. by e takyng of is towne, e
     Turkey gretly enhaunsed in pride; & it is A gret losse vnto all
     Cristendome.
|r16    In e xxviij yere was A parlement holden at Westmynster,
     & fro ens Adiourned to e Blakfreres of London, And after
     Cristenmasse, to Westmynster Ageyn. And is same yere, Robert
     of Cane, A man of e West contre, with A few shippes, toke A
|r20 gret flote of shippes comyng out of e baye, laden with salt, -- which 
     shippes wer of Prays, Flaundres, Holand & Zeland, -- &
     brought ame to Hampton. Wherfor e merchantes of England
     beyng in Flaundres, wer Arested in Bruges, Ippre, & oer places,
|r24 & might nat be deliuered, ner er dettes dischargied, til ei hadd
     made A poyntment for to pay for thamendes & hurtes of tho
     shippes; which was payed bi e merchandes of e staple, euery
     penny. And in like wise, e merchaunte & gode beyng in
|r28 Danske wer also Arested, & made gret Amendes.
        This same yere the Frenshmen in A mornyng toke, bi A
     trayn, e town of Ponteralargee, & er-in e Lorde Faucounbrigge
     was taken prisoner. And after at, in Decembre, Roan was
|r32 taken & lost, beyng er-in e Duke of Somersett, Edmund, erle
     of Shrewsbury, whiche bi A-poyntment left Pleges, & left al



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     Normandye, & come home. And during e said parlement e
     Duke of Suthfolke was Arested & sent to e Towre; & er he
     was A moneth. And after, e King did do feche him out, for which
 |r4 cause all e commones of England wer in A gret rumor, what for
     deliueraunce of Anges & Maign, & after, losing of al Normandie,
     And in especial for e deth of e gode Duke of Gloucestre; In so
     myche at, in some place, men gadred togedre, & made ame
 |r8 capitaynes -- as Blew-Berde & oer, which wer resisted, taken, &
     had Iustice, & died. And en e said Parlement was adiourned to
     Leycestre; and thidder e King brought with him e Duke of
     Southfolk. & when e |r[f.193v] Comon house vnderstode at he was oute
|r12 of e Toure, & come thider, ei desired to haue execucion on em
     at wer cause of e delyuerance of Normandy, & had bene cause of
     e deth of e Duke of Gloucestre, & had sold Gascoygn & Guyhan,
     of which ei named to-be gylty, e Duke of Southfolk as chief, e
|r16 Lord Say, e Bisshop of Salesbury, Danyel, & many moo. And
     for to Apease e comons, e Duke of Southfolk was exiled out of
     Englond v yere; & so, during e Parlement, he went in to North_folk,
     & er toke shipping forto go out of e Reame of Englond
|r20 vnto Fraunce. And is yere, as he sayled on e See, A shipp of
     Werre called Nicholas of e Tour mett with is shippe, &
     founde him er-in; whome ei toke out, & brought hym into ere
     shipp tofore e Maister & Capitayns; & er he was examined, & at
|r24 last Iuged to e deth. And so ei put him in A Cabone, & his
     chapeleyn for to shryve him; And at done, ei brought him in to
     Dover Rood, & er sett him in-to e boot, & ere smote of his
     hede, & brought e body Alonde, vpon e sondes, & sett e hede
|r28 er-by. And is was done e fyft day of Maye. loo! whatt
     Availed him now, al his deliuerance of Normandy &c. And
     here yhe may leer how he was rewarded for e deth of e Duke
     of Gloucestre. This began sorow vpon sorew, & deth for deth.
     
|r32 How this yere was thensurrexion in Kent of e communes,
        of whome Iake Cade, On Irishman, was Capitayn.
        Ca. cclv.



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        This yere of our Lorde M=l= cccc l, was e gret grace of e Iubilee
     at Rome; wher was gret pardon, in-so-mych at, frome al place
     in Cristendome, gret multitude of peple resorted thider.
 |r4    is yeere was A gret Assemblee & gadering togedre of e
     comons of Kent in gret nombre, & made an Insurrexion, & rebelled
     Ageynst e Kyng & his lawes, & ordeynd ame A capitayn called
     Iohn Cayd, An Irish man, which named him self Mortymer, Cosyn
 |r8 to e Duke of Yorke. And is Capitayn held thise men togedre,
     & made ordinance Among ame, & brought ame to Blak-Heth,
     where he made A bill of peticiones to e King & his Counsel, &
     shewed what iniuries & oppressions e Poer comons suffred; & al
|r12 vnder colour forto come to his Abone; & he had A gret multitude
     of peple. And e xvij day of Iuyn, e King, many lordes,
     |r[f.194r] Capitaynes & men of Werre, went toward him to e Blakk-heeth.
     And when e Capitayne of Kent vnderstode e commyng of e
|r16 King with so gret puysaunce, he with-drew him with his peple
     to Seuenoke, A litel village. And e xxviij day of Iun, he
     beyng with-drawen & gone, e King come, with his Armee sett in
     ordre & enbatailed, to e Blak-Heth, And, by Aduise of his Counsel,
|r20 sent Sir Vmfrey Stafford, knight, & William Stafford, squyer, two
     valiaunt Captanes, with certeyn peple, to feght with e Capytane,
     & to take & bryng him & his Accessaries to e King, which
     went to Seuenoke; & er e Capytane with his felisshepe mett
|r24 with hem, & fought Ayenst ame, & in conclusion slew ame bothe,
     & as many as Abode & wold nat yheld ame ner flee. Duryng is
     sharmysh fill A grete variaunce Amonges e lordes men, & e
     comon peple beyng on Blak-Heth Ayens e lordes & Capitayns,
|r28 sayng playnly at ei wold go to e Capitayn of Kent, to Assist
     and help him, but if ei might haue execucion of e traytoures
     beyng About e King, to which e King said nay; And ei said
     playnly at e Lorde Say, Tresourer of England, the Bisshope of
|r32 Salesbury, e Baron of Dudley, abbot of Gloucestre, Danyel,
     & Trevillian, & many mo, wer traytoures, & worthy to be dede.



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     herfore, forto please e lordes menys & also some of e Kinges
     house, e Lorde Say was Arested & sent to e Toure of London.
     And an e King, hering tydynges of e deth & ouerthrowing of e
 |r4 Staffordes, with-drew him to London, & fro thens to Kylling_worth;
     ffor e King ne e lordes durst nat trust er own household
     meney &c. Then, after at e Capytan had is victory vpon
     ise Staffordes, Anone he toke Sir Humfrey Salett, & his brigan_tines 
 |r8 smytten ful of gylted nayles, & also his gilted sporres, &
     Araied him like A lorde & a Capi |r[f.194v] tayn, & resorted with al his
     meyney, & also mo an he had tofore, to e Blak-Heth. Ageyn to
     whome come erchebisshope of Caunterbury & e Duke of Bokyng_ham 
|r12 to e Blak-Heth, and spake with him; &, as it was said, ei
     found him witty in his talkynge & request; & so they departed.
     And e third day of Iuyl he come & entred into London with al
     his peple, & did make A cry er in e Kinges name & in his
|r16 name, at no man shold robb ne take no mannes gode bot if he
     payd for it; & come ridyng thrugh e Cite in gret pride, & smote
     his swerde vpon London stone in Canwykstrete. And he, beyng
     in e Cite, sent to e Towre forto haue e Lord Saye; & so ei
|r20 sett him & brought him to e Guyld-Hall before e Mayre & e
     Aldremen, wher he was examined. And e lorde sayd at he
     wolde & ought to bene Iuged by his peres. And e communes of
     Kent toke him by force fro e Mair & officers at kept him, &
|r24 toke him to A prest to shryve him. & er he might be half
     shryven, ei brought him to e Standard in Chepe, & er smote of
     his hede: & thus died e Lorde Say, Tresourer of Englond. After
     is, ei sett his hede on A spere, & bare it Aboute in e Citee.
|r28 And e same day, Aboute e Mylle-Ende, Crowmer was beheded.
     And e day before, at afternone, e Capytan, with certeyn of his
     meyney, went to Philipp Malpas house, & robbed him, & toke
     Away moche Gode. And fro thense he went to Seynt Margret
|r32 Patyns, to one Cherstis hous, & robbed him, & toke A way moche
     gode. Also, At which robbyng diuerse men of London of er
     neghburse wer at it, & toke part with him. For is robbyng e



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     peples hertes fill fro him, & euery thryfty man was A-forde forto
     be serued in like wise. for er was many A man, in London at
     Abbayted and wold fayn haue seen A comon robbery, which
 |r4 Almighty God for-bidd! for it is to suppose at, |r[f.195r] if he had nat
     robbed, he might haue gone ferre er he had be with-stonde; ffor e
     King & al the lordes of e Reame of Englond wer departed,
     except the Lorde Scale at kept e Toure of London. And e
 |r8 fyft day of Iuyl he gert smyte of A mannes hede in Southwerk.
     And e night after, e Mair of London, e Aldermen & e com_munes 
     of e Cite, concluded to dryve Away e Capytane & his
     hoste, and sent to e Lorde Scales in e Toure, & to Mathew
|r12 Gogh, A Capitayn of Normandie, at ei wold at night Assail e
     Capitayn with em of Kent. & so ey did, & come to London
     Brigge, in to Southwerk, er e Capitan had any knowleage er-of; &
     er ei fought with em at kept e brigge. & e Kentissh men
|r16 went to harnoys, & come to e brigge, & shott & fought with ame,
     & gat e brigge, & made ame of Londone to flee, & slew many of
     ame, & is endured al e night, to & fro, til ix of e clokk on e
     morne. & at last ei brent e drawbrigge, wher many of ame of
|r20 London wer drowned. In which night, Sutton, an Alderman, was
     slayn; Roger Hesant, & Mathew Gogh, & many oer. And, after
     this, e Chaunceler of Englond sent to e Capytane A general par_done 
     for him, & Another for all his meyney. And an ei
|r24 departed fro Southwerk, euery man home to his hous. And when
     ei wer al departed & gone, er wer proclamacions made in Kent,
     Southsea, & in oer places, at what man coude take e Capytane,
     quyk or ded, shold have A M=l= mark. And after is, one Alexander
|r28 Iden, A squyer of Kent, toke him in A gardyn in Southsex; & in
     e takyng e Capytane, Iohn Cade was slayn, & after beheded, &
     his hede sett on London Brigge. And an Anone after, e King
     come in-to Kent, & did his Iustices sitt at Canterbury, & enquire
|r32 who wer Accessaries & chief cause of is Insurreccion. And er
     wer viij men Iuged to dethe in one day, & in othir places, mo.
     And fro ens e King went vnto Sucessex, & so in-to e West



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     contre, where A litel before was slayn e Bisshop of Salisbury.
     And is yere so many wer Iuged to deth, at xxiij hedes stode
     |r[f.195v] vpon London Brigge at ones.
     
 |r4 Of e felde at e Duke of York toke at Brenthethe in Kent;
        And of e birth of Prince Edwarde; And of e first batail
        of Seynt Albones, wher e Duke of Somersett was slayn.
        Ca. cc lvi.
 |r8    In e xxx yere of King Henry e vite, e Duke of York came
     out of e Marche of Walys, with erle of Devonshire & Lorde
     Cobbam, & gret puysannce, for reformacion of certayn Iniuries &
     wronges, & also to haue Iustice of certeyn lordes beyng About
|r12 e King; and toke A felde at Brentheth beside Derthford in Kent,
     which was A strong feld. For which cause e King, with al e lordes
     of the land, went vnto Blakheth with A gret & A strong multitude
     of peple, armed & ordeyned for e werr in e best wise. And when
|r16 ei had musteried on e Blakheth, certeyn lordes wer sent to him
     for to trete & make A-poyntment with him, which wer, e Bisshope
     of Ely & e Bisshop of Wynchestre, & e Erles of Salesbury & of
     Warrewick. And ei concluded at e Duke of Somersett shold
|r20 be had to warde, & to Aunswer to such Articles as e Duke of
     York sholde put on him; and an e Duke of York shold brek
     his felde, & come to e King, which was promised bi e Kynge.
     And so e King commaunded at e Duke of Somersett shold be
|r24 had in warde; & en e Duke of York breke vp his felde, & come
     to e King. And when he was commen, contrary to e promisses
     tofore made, e Duke of Somersett was present in e felde,
     Awayting & chief about e King, & made e Duke of York ride
|r28 tofore as A prisoner thrugh London; & after ei wold haue put
     him in holde. But A noyse Aroose at erl of Marche, his son,
     was commyng with x M=l= men to London-ward, wher-of e Kyng
     & his counsel fered. And an they concluded at e Duke of
|r32 York sholde departe at his will.



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        About is tyme began gret diuision in Spriusse bitwene e gret
     Maister & e knightes of e Duche ordre, which wer lordes of at
     Contre; ffor e communes & townes rebelled |r[f.196r] Ageynst e lordes,
 |r4 & made so gret werre at, at e last, ei called e King of Pole to
     be er lorde; which King come, & was worsshipfully receyved,
     & laid siege to e castel of Marienburgh (which was e chief Castel
     & strenght of al e land), & wan it, & drove out e Maister of
 |r8 Dansk & al othir places of at land. And so ei at had bene
     lordes many yeres, lost al ere seygnorie & possessions in o landes.
        And in e yere of encarnacion of our Lord M=l= iiije liij,
     vpon Seynt Edwardes day, Quene Margaret was delyuered of
|r12 A fair prince, which was named Edwarde. at same day Iohn
     Norman was chosen for to be Mair of London, And on e day at
     he shold take his othe at Westmynstre, he went thider by water
     with al e craftes, wher Afore-tyme e Mair, Aldremen, & al e
|r16 craftes rode on horse back: which was neuer vsed afore, but
     seth at tyme ei haue gone euer bi water, in barges.
        Yhe haue wel vnderstond before, how at, contrary to the
     promise of e King, & also e conclusions taken bitween e King &
|r20 e Duke of York at Brentheth, e Duke of Somersett went nat to
     warde, but Abode about e King, & had gret rewl. And Anone
     aftir, he was made Capytayn of Caleys, & rewled e King & his
     reame as he wold. Wherfor e gret lordes of e Reame, & also e
|r24 communes, wer nat pleased, for which cause e Duke of Yorke,
     erles of Warrewick & of Salesbury, with many knyghtes &
     squyers & moche peple, come for to remeve e said Duke of
     Somersett & othir fro e Kyng. And e King, hering of er
|r28 commyng, thought by his counsel forto haue gone Westward, &
     nat for to mete with ame: and he had with him e Duke of
     Somersett, e Duke of Bokyngham, erle of Stafford, erle of
     Northumbreland, Lorde Clifford, & many oer. And what tyme
|r32 at e Duke of York & his felisship vnderstode at e King was
     departed with ise said lordes fro London, Anone he chaunged
     e way, & costed e Contre, & come to Seynt Albons e |r[f.196v] xxiij
     day of May, & mett with e Kyng, to whome the Kyng sent
|r36 certayn lordes, & desired him to kepe e peax, & departed, but in



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     conclusion, whiles ei treted on at one side, erle of Warwik, with
     e Marchemen & with othir, entred e town on at other side, &
     fought Ayenst e King & his partie: & so began e batail &
 |r4 feghtyng, which endured A gode while, but in conclusion e Duke
     of York apteyned & had e victorie of at Iorney; In which was
     slayn e Duke of Somersett, erle of Northumbreland & e Lorde
     Clifford, with many knightez & squyers, & many hurt. And on
 |r8 e morne after ei brought e Kinge in gret Astate to London, and
     he was looged in e Bisshop paleys of London. And sone After
     was A gret parlement; In which parlement e Duke of York was
     made Protector of Englond, & erl of Warwick Capytane of Caleys,
|r12 & erle of Salesbury Chaunceler of Englond. And al suche
     persones as had the rewl tofore About e King, wer sett Aparte, &
     might nat reul as ei did Afore.
        In this same yeer died Pope Nicholas e Fyft; & after him was
|r16 Calixt e Third. This Calist was A Catalane, & an olde man
     when he was chosen, & continuelly seek; wherfore he might nat
     performe his zele & desire at he had conceyved Agenst e Turke.
     & e cause of lettyng irof was his Age & sekeness. This Calixte
|r20 instituted & ordeyned e Feste of e Transffiguracion of our Lorde
     to be halowed on Seynt Sixt day in August, bicause of e gret
     victory at ei of Hungary had Ayenst e Turkes at same day he
     was chosen Pope, in e yeer of our Lord M=l= iiije lv, and died e
|r24 yere M=l= iiijc lviij, at same day at he ordeyned e Fest of e
     Transfiguracion to be halowed.
        In is same yere fill A gret Affray in London Ayenst e
     Lumbardes. The cause began for A yong man toke A dagger fro
|r28 A Lumbard, & brake it; wherfor e yong man on e morne was
     sent fore to come tofore e Mair & Aldermen, & er, for e offense,
     he was commytted to warde. And |r[f.197r] then e Mair departed fro e
     Guyldhall for to go home to his dyner, but in e Chepe e yong
|r32 men of e mercerie, for e moste parte Apprentises, held e Mair
     & Shyreves stil in Chepe, & wold nat suffre him to departe vnto
     e tyme at are felow, which was commytted to warde, wer
     delyuered; & so by force ei rescued er felowe fro prisone, & at
|r36 done, e Mair & Shyreves departed, & the prisoner was delyuered,
     which, if he had be put to prisone, had be in Iubardie of his lyfe.



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     And an began A Rumor in e Cite Ayenst e Lumbardes, And
     e same evenyng e handcrafty peple of e town Arose, & come to
     the Lumbardes houses, & dispoyled & robbed diuerse of ame;
 |r4 wherfore e Mair & Aldremen come with e honest peple of e
     town, & drofe ame thens, & sent some of thame at had stollen, to
     Newgate. And e yong man at was rescued bi his felowes saw
     is gret Rumor, Affray & robbery, folowed of his first mevyng to
 |r8 e Lumbard; he departed & went to Westmynster to sanctuary,
     or els it had cost him his lyfe, ffor Anone After come down An
     oer determyne for to do Iustice on al ame at so rebelled in e
     Cite Ayens e Lumbardes, vpon which satt with e Mayr at
|r12 tyme William Marow, e Duke of Bokyngham, & many oer
     lordes, for to se execucion done, bot e comons of e Cite secretely
     made ame redy, & did Arme ame in er houses, & wer in purpose
     forto haue rongen e comon bell which is named Bow Bell; but ei
|r16 wer lett bi sad men, which come to e knowlege of e Duke of
     Bokyngham & othir lordes. & forthwith ei Arose, for ei durst
     ne lenger Abide, for ei doubted at e hole Cite shold haue risen
     Ayenst eme, but yett neuer-e-lesse, ij or iij of e Cite were Iuged
|r20 to deth for is robbery, & wer honged at Tiburn.
        Anone After, e King, e Quene, & othir lordes, rode to
     Covente, & with-drew ame fro London for this cause And a litell
     |r[f.197v] to-fore, e Duke of Yorke was sent fore to Grenewiche, & er
|r24 was dischargied of e protectorshipp, & erle of Salesbury of e
     Chauncelershippe. And after is ei wer sent for by privey seal
     forto come to Covente, where ei wer almoste deceyved, & erle of
     Warwick also, And shold haue bene destroyed if ei had nat seen
|r28 wele too.
     
     How Lord Egremond was take by erle of Salesbury
        sonnes. And of e robbyng of Sandwyche. cam. cclvij.
        This yere wer taken iiij gret ffisshes bitwen Greth & London:
|r32 one was called `mors marine,' e secund, A `swerd fyssh,' & e
     other tweyn wer whalles. In is same yere for certeyn, er was
     An Affray in e North contre bitwene Lorde Egremond &
     erle of Salesbury sonnes; & when thay had taken him, was had to



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     London, & er condempned in a gret somme of money to e said
     Erle of Salesbury, & erfor committed to prison in Newgate, in
     London, wher, whan he had be A certayn space, he brak e prison,
 |r4 & iij prisoners with him, & ascaped & went his way.
        Also is yere erle of Warrewikk & his wife went to Caleys
     with A fayr ffelaushipp, & toke possession of his office. About is
     tyme was A gret reformacion of many monasteris of Religion, in
 |r8 diuerse parties of e worlde, which wer reformed after e first
     Institucion, & continued in many Places. Also About is tyme
     e craft of enprinteng was fyrst found in Magvnce in Almaign,
     which craft is multiplied thrugh e world in many places, &
|r12 bokes ben had gret chepe & in gret nommbre, bicause of e same
     craft.
        This same yere was A gret batail in e marches bitwen Hungary
     & Turkey, at A place called Septedrade, where innumerable
|r16 Turkes wer slayn, more by miracle an bi mannes hond, ffor onely
     e hondes of God smote eme. Seynt Iohn of Capestrane was er
     present, & prouoked e Cristen peple, beyng en Aferde after to
     pursew e Turkes, wher ane Infinite multitude wer slayn &
|r20 destroyed. e Turkes said at A gret nombre of Armed men
     folowed ame, at ei wer Aferde to turn Ageyn: |r[f.198r] they wer holy
     Aungels.
        This same yere e prisoners of Newgate in London brake er
|r24 prisone, & kept e gate A long while; but at e last e town gett
     e prison one them, & en ei wer put in feteris & Irons, & were
     sore punisshed, in example of other. In this yere also was A gret
     erthquake in Naples, in-so-moche at er perisshed xl M=l= peple at
|r28 sanke er into erth. Item, in e yeer xxxvj, Seynt Osmunde,
     somtyme Bisshope of Salesbury, was Canonized at Rome bi Pope
     Calixt; & e xvj day of Iuil he was translated at Salesbury bi
     erchebisshope of Caunterbury & many other bisshopes. And in
|r32 August after, Sir Piers de Breisey seneschal of Normandy, with
     e Capytane of Depe & many oer Capitaynes & men of Werre,
     went to e See with A gret Navy, & come to Downes by night; &
     on e morne erly, before day, ei londed & come to Sandwych,
|r36 both bi land & water, & toke the town, & ryfled & dispoyled it, &



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     toke many prisoners, & left e town al naked, -- which was A
     rich town & mych gode er-in, -- & had with ame many ryche
     prisoners. In this same yere, in many places of Fraunce, Almaign,
 |r4 Flaundres, Holand & Ze[land, men, women] & children gadred
     ame by gret Companyes forto go on pilgremage to Seynt Micheles
     Mount in Normandy, which come fro fer contrees; wherof e peple
     mervailed; & many supposed at some wicked spirite meved ame
 |r8 so to doo; but it endured nat long, by cause of e long way, & also
     for lak of vitail as ei went.
        In this yere Reynold Pecok, Bisshop of Chichester, was founden
     an heretike, & e iij day of Decembre was Abiured at Lambeth, in
|r12 e presence of erchebisshop of Caunterbury & many bisshoppes &
     doctoures & lordes temperel; & his bokes brent at Paules crosse.
        Yhe haue herd tofore how certayn lordes wer slayn at Seynt
     Alboyns, wherfor was euermore A grutche & wrath had, by e
|r16 |r[f.198v] heires of ame at wer so slayn; Ayenst e Duke of Yorke, erles
     of Warwick & of Salesbury. Wherfor e Kyng, by avise of his
     Councel, sent for thame to London: to which place e Duke of
     York came, e xxvj day of Ianyuer, with iiije men, & logied at
|r20 Bernardes Castel in his own place, And e xv day of Ianiuer come
     erle of Salesbury with vc men, & was logged in therber, his own
     place. And en come e Duke of Excetre & of Somersett, with
     viije men, & lay without Temple Barr. & erl of Northumbreland,
|r24 Lord Clifford & Lord Egremond, with xvo men, & loged without e
     town. And e Mayr at tyme, Ieffray Boleyn, kept gret watche,
     with e comons of e Cite, & rode About e Cite by Holborn &
     Flete Strete with a v M=l= men wel Armed & Araied for to kepe e
|r28 pees, And e xiiij day of Feuerer, erle of Warwick come to
     London fro Caleys, wel beseen & worsshypfully, with vjc men in
     rede Iaquettes, browdred with A ragged staff behynd & Afore; &
     he was logged at e Gray Freres, And e xvij day of Marche e
|r32 King come to London & e Quene; & er was A concorde & pees
     made Among thoe lordes, & ei wer sett in pees. And vpon our
     Lady Day, e xv day of Marche er of our Lorde M=l= iiijo lviij, e
     King, Quene, & al ise lordes went in procession at Poules in
|r36 London. And Anone after, e King & e lordes departed. In
     is yere was A gret Affray in Flet Strete bitwen men of Court &
     men of e same stret: In which Affray e Quenes Attorney was
     slayn.



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     How e Kinges howshold mad Affray Ayenst erle of Warre_wikk;
        & of e Iourney at Blorehethe. Cam. cclviij.
        Also is same yeer, als erle of Warwyk was at A Counceill in
 |r4 Westmynster, al e Kinges houshold meyney gadred ame to-gedre
     for to have slayn e said Erle; bot, bi help of God & of his frendes,
     he recouered his barge, & escaped are evyl enterprise, how wel e
     Coques come renyng out with spyttes & pestelles Ayenst him.
 |r8 And e same Day he rode to-ward Warrewik; And sone After he
     gate him A commission, & went ouer e see to Caleys. Sone after
     is, erle of Salesbury commyng to London, was encountred at
     Bloreheth |r[f.199r] with Lorde Awdeley, and moche oer peple ordeyned
|r12 forto haue destressed him; bot he, having knawlege at he shold
     be mett, was Accompanied with his ij sonnes, Sir Thomas & Sir
     Iohn Nevill, & A gret felawshipp of gode men. & so ei mett &
     fought to-gedre; wher erle of Salesbury wan e feld; And e
|r16 Lorde Awdley was slayn, & many gentilmen of Chesshire, & moche
     peple hurt; And therles ij sonnes wer hurt; & goyng homeward
     afterward, ei wer taken, & had to Chestre bi e Quenes meyney.
        After, Calixt Pius was Pope, & was chosen is yere M=l= iiije
|r20 lvii./ And he was called before, `Eneas'; An Eloquent man & A
     poete laureat; he was embassatoure of emperor Afore tyme, & he
     wrote in e Councel of Basile A noble tretise for e Auctorite of e
     same; Also he Canonized Seynt Katerine of Senys. This Pope
|r24 ordeyned gret Indulgences & pardon to em at wold go Werre
     Ayenst e Turke, & wrote An Epistle to e gret Turke, exorting
     him to be-come Cristen. & in e ende he ordeynd A passage
     Ayenst e Turks at Ancone, to which moche peple drew, out of al
|r28 parties of Cristendome; of which peple he sent many home Ayene,
     be-cause ei suffised nat. And Anone after, he dyed at e said
     Ankone, yere of our Lord M=l= iiijc lxiiij, xiiij day of Auguste.
     
     How Andrew Trollop & e Soudioure of Caleys forsoke e
|r32    Duke of Yorke, & er Maister erl of Warrewik, in
        the West contre. Cap. cclix.
        The Duke of York, erles of Warwik & of Salesbury, saw at
     e gouernance of e Reame stode moste by e Quene & hir
|r36 Counsell, & how e gret princes of e lond wer nat called to
     Counceil bot sett A-parte; & nat onely so, but at it was seid



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     thrugh e reame at the said lordes shold be destroyed vtterly, as
     it openly was shewed att Bloreheth bi ame at wold haue slayn
     erl of Salesbury, an ei, for saluacion of er lyves, & also for
 |r4 e comon wele of e reame, thought forto remedie thise thinges,
     Assembled ame to-gedre with moche peple, & toke A feld |r[f.199v] in e
     West contre; to which erle of Warwik come fro Caleys, with
     many of e olde soudioures, as Andrew Trollop & other. In whose
 |r8 wisdome, as for e werre, he mych trusted. And when ei wer
     thus Assembled, & made er feld, e King sent out his commissions
     & privey seales vnto al e lordes of his realme, to come & Awayt
     on him in er moste defensable wise. And so euery man come, in
|r12 suche wise at e King was stronger, & had moche more peple an
     e Duke of York & erles of Warrewik & of Salesbury. For it
     is here to be noted at euery lord in Englond at is tyme durst nat
     disobey e Quene, for she rewled pesibly al at was done About e
|r16 Kyng, which was A gode, simple, & Innocent man, And an when
     e King was commen to e place wher al ei were; e Duke of
     York & his felasship had made er felde in e stronggest wise, &
     had proposed verely to abyden & have foughten; bot in e night
|r20 Andrew Trollop & al tholde soudioures of Caleys, with A gret
     felasship, sodenly departed out of e Dukes oost & went strayt
     vnto e Kinges feld, wher ei wer receyved joyously, for ei knew
     e entent of e othir lordes, & Also e maner of er felde. And
|r24 en e Duke of York, with e oer lordes, seyng ame so descevyd,
     toke A councel shortly at same night, & departed fro e felde,
     levyng behynde ame e moste parte of er peple to kepe e feld til
     on e morne. Then e Duke of York, with his second son,
|r28 departed thrugh Walez toward Ireland, levyng his eldest son erl
     of Marche, with erles of Warwyck & of Salisbury, which
     to-gedre with iij or iiij persones, rode strait vnto Devenshyre, &
     ar, bi help & Ayd of one Denham, A squyer, which gat for them
|r32 A shipp which cost xccxx nobles, & with e same shipp sayled fro
     ens in to Garnesey, & er refresshed ame, & fro ens sayled to
     Caleys, wher ei wer receyved in-to e Castel bi e postern, er ei
     of e town knew of it; & e Duke of York toke ship in Wales, &
|r36 sayled ouer in-to Ireland, wher he was wel receyved.



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     |r[f.200r] How therles of Marche, Warrewik & Salesbury, entred
        into Caleys; & how erle of Warwik went in to
        Ireland. ca. cclix.
 |r4    Then King Henry, beyng with his oost in e felde, nat knowing
     of is sodeyn departing, on e morne fond none in e felde of e
     said lordes, sent forth in al haste men to folow & persue after, to
     tak ame; but ei mett nat with hem, as God wolde. Then e
 |r8 King went to Ludlow, & despoiled the Castel & e town, & sent
     e Duches of York, with hir childer, to e Lady of Bokingham,
     hir suster, where she was kepte long aftir. & forthwith e King
     ordeynd e Duke of Somersett Capitayn of Caleys; & thise othir
|r12 lordes so departed as Afore is said, wer proclamyd rebelles & gret
     traytoures. Then the Duke of Somerset toke to him al e
     sowdioures at departed fro e felde, & made him redy in al haste
     to go to Caleys, & take possession of his office. And when he come,
|r16 he founde erl of Warwick erin as Captayn, & erles of Marche &
     Salisbury also; & an he londed by Scales, & went to Guysnes, &
     er he was receyved. And it fortuned at some of e shippes at
     come ouer with him come in-to Caleys haven bi er fre will, for e
|r20 shipmen ought more favour to erl of Warwik an to e Duke of
     Somerset. In which shippes wer taken diuerse men, as Ieuyn
     Fynkhill, Iohn Felaw, Kaylles & Parser, which wer beheded sone
     after in Caleys. And after is, dayly come men ouer e See to
|r24 ise lordes to Caleys, & began to wex strenger, And ei borowed
     moche Gode of e Staple. And on at othir side e Duke of
     Somersett, beyng in Guysnes, gat peple to him, which come out
     & scarmusshed with ame of Caleys, & ei with ame; which
|r28 endured many dayes; and moche peple dayly come ouer e see
     to these lordes. Then on A tyme, by thavyse of councel, e lordes
     at Caleis sent ouer Maister Denham, with A gret felawship, to
     Sandwych, & toke e town, & er-in e Lorde Ryvers, & e Lorde
|r32 Scales his son, & toke many shippes in e haven, & broght am al
     to Caleys; with which shippes, |r[f.200v] many mariners of er fre will
     come to Caleys to serue erle of Warrewik.
        And after is, erle of Warwik, bi avise of e lordes, toke al



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     his shippes, & manned am wel, & sayled his-self into Ireland fro
     to speke with e Duke of York, & to take his Advice how ei shold
     entre in-to England ageyn. And when he had ben er, & done his
 |r4 erandes, he returned toward Caleys, & brought with him his
     moder, e Countesse of Salesbury. Tho was commyng in e west
     contre, vpon e See, e Duke of Excestre, Admiral of Englond, beyng
     in e Grace of Dieu, Accompanied with many shippes of werre;
 |r8 which mett with e flete of erl of Warwik; but ei fought nat,
     for e substance of e peple beyng with e Duke of Excestre ought
     better will & more fauor to erle an to him; & ei departed &
     come to Caleys in saufte, blissed be God! Then e Kinges councel,
|r12 seyng at these lordes had goten these shippes fro Sandwiche, &
     taken Lorde Ryvers & his son, ordeyned A Garnyson at Sand_wich,
     to Abide & kepe e town, & made one Mountforte, Capytan
     of e town, & warned at no man, ne vitail, ne merchant at
|r16 shold go vnto Flaundres, shold nat go vnto Caleys. Then ei of
     Caleys seyng is, made out Maister Denhame & many oer, to go to
     Sandwich. & so ei did, & Assayled e town by water & by lond,
     & gat it, & brought Mountforte er Capitayn ouer e See to
|r20 Risebanke, & er smote of his hede; & yet dayly men come ouer
     to ame fro al parties of Englond.
     
     How erles of Marche, of Warwik & of Salesbury entred in
        to England. And of Northampton felde wher diuerse
|r24    lordes wer slayn. Capm. cclxj.
        After is, e said Erles of Marche, of Warwik & of Salisbury
     come ouer to Dover with moche peple, & landed er; to whome
     al e contrey drew, & come to London Armed; & for to lat e
|r28 lordes of e Kinges Counceil know er entent & thought, ei
     assembled ame, & told ame at ei entended no harme vnto the
     Kinges person, sauf at ei wold put fro him such persones as wer
     About him, & so departed fro London with A gret puysaunce
|r32 toward Northampton, wher e King was, Accompayned with many
     lordes, & had made A strong felde with-out e town. & |r[f.201r] there



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     slayn e Duke of Bokynham, erl of Shrewesbury, Vicount
     Beamont, Lorde Egremond, & many knyghtes & squyers, & other
     Also; And e King his self taken in e feld, & afterward brought
 |r4 to London. And Anone After was A parlement at Westmynster,
     During which parlement e Duke of York come out of Ireland,
     with erle of Rutland rydyng with A gret ffelasship in-to e paleys
     at Westmynster, & toke e Kinges paleys, & come in-to e
 |r8 parlement chamber, & er toke e Kinges place, & clamed e
     Crown as his propre enheritance & right, & kast forth in writing
     his title, & also how he was rightful heyr; wherfor was moche to
     doo; but in conclusion it was Apoynted & concluded at Kyng
|r12 Henry shold regne & be King during his Naturel lyfe, for-as-myche
     as he had be so long King, & was possessed; & after his deth e
     Duke of York shold be King, & his heires after him; & forthwith
     he shold be pro clamed heyr Apparent, & shold also be Protectour
|r16 of Englond during e Kinges lyfe, with many oer thinges
     ordeyned in e same parlement. And if King Henry during his
     life went fro is Apoyntment, or any Article concluded in e said
     parlement, he shold be deposed, & e Duke shold take e Crown &
|r20 be Kyng: Al thise thinges wer enacted bi e Auctorite of e said
     parlement. At which parlement e commones of e reame being
     Assembled in e common house, comonyng & treting vpon e title
     of e said Duke of York, sodenly fill doun e crown which hang
|r24 an in myddes of e said hous, which is the ffraytor of e Abbey
     of Westmynster, which was take for A prodige or token at e
     reign of King Henry was ended. And also e Crown which stode
     on e highest toure of e steple in e Castel of Dover, fil down is
|r28 same yere.
     
     How e Duke of York was slayn; And of Wakefelde felde,
        & of e ij=te= jorney at Seynt Albones bi e Quene &
        Prince. ca. cclxij.
|r32    Then, for-as-moche as e Quene with e prince was in e North,
     & Absented hir fro the King, & wold nat obey such thinges as was
     concluded |r[f.201v] in e parlement, Itt was ordeyned at e Duke of
     York, as Protector, shold go Northward for to bring in e Quene,
|r36 & subdew such as wold nat obey; with whome went erl of



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     Salesbury, Sir Thomas Nevile his son, with myche peple. And at
     Wakefeld, in Cristmasse weke, ei wer al ouerthrowen & slayn bi
     e lordes of e Quene partye, at is to say, e Duke of York was
 |r4 slayn, erl of Rutland, Sir Thomas Nevil, & many mo. erl of
     Salesbury was / taken Alyve, & other, as Iohn Harow of London,
     Capitayn of e foot-men, & Hanson of Hull, which wer brought to
     Pountfret, & after er beheded, & er hedes sent to York, & er
 |r8 sett vpon e yates, &c.
        And is tyme, erl of Marche beyng in Shrewesbury, hering e
     deth of his fadre, desired Assistence & Ayd of e town for tavenge
     his fadres deth; & fro ense went to Walys, wher, at Candelmasse
|r12 after, he had A batail at Mortimess Crosse Ayenst erles of Penbrok
     & of Wilshire, where erl of March had victorie. Than e Quene,
     with lordes of e north, After ei had destressed & slayn e Duke
     of York & his felowsship, come southward with A gret multitude
|r16 of peple & A gret puissance of peple, for to come to e King, to
     defeet such conclusions as had bene taken before bi e parlement.
     Ageynst whos commyng, e Duke of Northfolk, erle of Warewick,
     with moche peple & ordinaunce, went vnto Seynt Albones, & lad
|r20 King Henry with ame; & er encountred to-gedre in suche wise,
     & fought, at e Duke of Northfolk & erl of Warewick, with
     other of at partie, fledd & lost at felde; wher King Henry was
     takyn, & went with e Quene, & Prince his son, which tho had
|r24 goten at felde. Than e Quene & hir partie, beyng at er Above,
     sent Anone to London, which was on Asshwodenesday, e fyft day
     of Lent, for vitail, which e Mayr ordeynd, bi chanes of e
     Aldremen, at certayn cartes laden with vitail shold be sent to
|r28 Seynt Albones to ame. And when o Cartes come to Crepilgate,
     e commones of e Cite at kept at gate, |r[f.202r] toke e vitailles fro e
     Carters, & wold not suffre it to passe. Then wer er certeyn
     Aldermen & comoners Apoynted to go to Barnett forto speke with
|r32 e Quenes Counsel for treatie, at e Northeryn men shold be sent
     home vnto er contre Ageyn; ffor e Cite of London dred fore to
     be robbed & dispoyled if ei shold come. And thus, durmg is
     tretye, tydinges come at erle of Warrewick mett with erle of
|r36 Marche on Cotteswold, comyng fro Walys with a gret meyney of
     Walesshmen, & at ei both wer commyng to London ward.



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     Anone as thise tydinges wer knowen, e treaty was broken; for e
     King, Quene, Prince, & al e othir lordes at wer with ame,
     departed fro Seynt Albones northward, with al er peple yet or ei
 |r4 departed fro ens. ei beheded e Lorde Bonevil & Sir Thomas
     Kyriel, which wer taken in e Iourney done on Shroft-Tuesday.
     Then e Duches of York beyng at London, & hering of e losse of
     e felde at Seynt Albones, sent ouer e See hir ij yong sonnes,
 |r8 George & Richard, which went to Vtrecht; & Philip Malpas, a
     riche merchant of London, Thomas Vaghan, Squyer, & William
     Hatteclif, & many oer, fering of e commyng of e Quene to
     London, toke a-shipp of Andwarpe for to haue gone in-to Zeland;
|r12 And on at other coste wer taken of one colompne of Frenshmen,
     A shipp of Werre; & he toke ame prisoners, & brought ame in-to
     France, wher ei payd gret godes for er raunson; & er was myche
     gode & rychesse in at shippe.
     
|r16 Of e deposicion of Kyng Henry e vjte; And how King
        Edward e Fourt toke possession; And of e batail of
        Palme Sonday; and how he was crowned. Cap. cclxiij.
        Than when erle of Marche & erl of Warwick had mett
|r20 togedre on Cotteswold, In-continent they concluded to go to
     London, & sent worde Anone |r[f.202v] to e Mair & to e Cite at ei
     shold come. Anone e Cite was glad of er commyng, hoping to
     be releued bi thame. And when ei wer commyn to London, &
|r24 had spoken with e lordes & Astates at wer ther, ei concluded,
     for-as-mych as King Henry was gone with ame Northward, at
     he had forfeted his Crown, & ought forto be deposed, According
     to e Actes made and passed in e last parlement. And so, by
|r28 thavice of e lordes spirituel & temperel en beyng At London,
     erle of Marche, Edward, bi e grace of God e oldest son of
     Richard, Duke of Yorke, As rightful heir & next enheritour to his
     fadre, e iiij=te= day of Marche, e yere of oure Lorde God M=l= cccclix,
|r32 toke possession of e Reame of England at Westmynster in e gret
     hall, & after, in abbe church; & offred as King, bering e
     Sceptre ryal, to whome al e lordes, both spirituel & temperel, did
     homage & obeisaunce, to er souereyn liege & lawful lord & Kyng;
|r36 & forthwith it was proclamed thrugh e Cite, Kinge Edwarde, e
     Fourt of at name. And Anone after, e King rode in his royall
     Astate Northward, with al his lordes, to subdue his subgettes at



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     tyme beyng in e North, & tavenge his fadre deth, And vpon
     Palme Sonday after, he had A gret batail in e north contre at A
     place called Towton, nat ferre fro Yorke, where, bi e help of
|r4  God, he gat e felde & had e victorie; & er wer slayn of his
     Aduersaries xxxm men & moo, As it was said by men at wer er.
     In which batail was slayn erl of Northumbreland, e Lorde
     Clifford, Sir Iohn Nevil, erle of Westmerlandes broer, Andrew
|r8  Trowlopp, & many oer knightes & squyers.
        Then King Henry, at had be King, beyng with e Qvene &
     Prynce at York, hering e losse of at felde, & so moch peple slayn
     & ouerthrowen, Anone forthwith departed al thre, with e Duke
|r12 of Somersett, e lorde Roos & other, toward Scotland. And e
     next day King Edward, with al his Army, entred into York, &
     was er proclamed King, & obeyed as he ought to be; And e
     Mair & e Aldremen come in, & swore to be his liege men. And
|r16 whan he had taried A while in e Northe, |r[f.203r] & at al at contre
     was turned to him, he retorned Southwarde, levyng erle of
     Warrewyck in oo parties, for to kepe & gouerne at contre. And
     About Midsommer after, e yere of our Lord God M=l= iiijc lx, &
|r20 e first yere of his regne, he was crowned at Westmynster, &
     ennoynted King of Englond, having e hole possession of al e
     hole reame; whome I beseche God to preserue, & send him e
     Accomplisshment of e remanent of his rightful enheritance beyonde
|r24 e see, so at he may regn in ame to e pleyasor of Almighty
     God, helth of his soul, honor & worsship in is present life, &
     wel & profet of al his subgettes, And at er may be A verry final
     pees in al Cristen reames, at e Infidelis & miscreantes may be
|r28 withstanden & destroied, & our feith enhaunced, which in thise
     dayes is sore mynnshed by e puissaunce of e Turkes & hethen
     men; And at after is present & short life we may come to e
     euer-lastyng life. Amen!
     
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     |r[H]
     
     |rEXTRACTS_FROM_HARLEIAN_MS._53.
     
     |rI.
     |r[The_Foundation_of_Battle_Abbey_by_William_the_Conqueror.]
     
        |r[f.76r] When William Bastard had conquert all Englond, and was
     crownet kyng, and had receyvet his homages and stablisshet his
     pees, he passet ouer see ageyn in-to Normaundy. And att Ester
 |r4 next folowynge he come ageyn in-to Englond, and landit at Dover,
     and brought with hym Maude his wif, and many faire ladies and
     gentillwemen with hir, and from thens so to London, with gret
     nobley. and on the Wittesonday after folowyng, she was crownet
 |r8 be the Archbisshope of Euerwik at Westemynster, with gret
     solempnyte and wurshipe. And e Kyng William, by counsail
     of his baronry, ordeynt how his Reame shuld be gouernet for the
     wele of the land. And he bethought hym howe he had causet gret
|r12 shedynge of bloode wrongfully; wherfore he foundet an Abbay in
     the same place where-as the batail was, & made for to clepe it e
     Abbay of Bataile; and he gave there-to gret lordshippes, londes and
     rentes, for to pay for al the sawles that were slayn ther for his love.
|r16     And after the discomfiture of the batail, ich wurthy knyght
     of Normaundy that was there, laft a scochon of his armes, with
     his name peyntet, in a place of the batail clepit Southope, which
     was clepit `the peyntit chamber,' in remembraunce of their honour
|r20 and wurshipe for euer; and there thei stode so long, till ei fell
     doune to the erth, and many of hem were lost. And In that same
     tyme there was one Thomas Sayntlegerd, squyer, dwellynge with
     the Abbot of Batail, and sawe e gret myschef and perill that
|r24 myght aftirward fall of disherytyng of hem of whome the Armes
     were lost. And of all the scochons and names that were lafte
     clere, and not lost, he made for to make a faire boke, and peyntet
     hem therin, for cause they shuld be there founden in remembraunce
|r28 for euer, that al men myght fynde there their armes if thei hem not
     knewe. And that same boke was kept in the Abbay of Bataile vnto
     the tyme that Kyng Henry the .Vte. shuld passe in-to Normaundy,



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     to conquere his right, and toke with hym al the gentill-men which
     had forgeton their armes; wherfore e said Kyng sent vnto the
     Abbot of Bataile for to sende hym that boke of Armes; And the
 |r4 Abbot sent to hyme the boke at his comaundement, the which
     boke was neuer brought ageyn; and the chambre where e armes
     were was not repeiret, nor none hede taken to hem; wherfore a
     gret part of the Armes fell doune, and was lost and forgeten;
 |r8 but then all the names and armes that were founden clere were
     writton |r[f.76v] in a table which is of recorde in the Abbay of Batail, the
     which names ben rehersit in this table next folowynge in ordre.
     that is to say:
|r12 [-ard]             Purcell        Baywall       Hanet
     <b> Bastard        Chamell        Meynill       Lynet
        Baynard         Ridell         Darill        Hachet
     Brassard           Russell        Rochell       Haket
|r16 Maignard           Bloundell      -------       Truret
     Berard             Mauncell       [-et, -ot]    Burdet
     Maureward          Torchapell     Toret         Bret
     Beygnard           Charmell       Tanet         Trevet
|r20 Hansard            Tirell         Tupet         Bigot
     Hasard             Torell         Bratet        Bagot
     Ayelard            Orell          Boynet        Tallebot
     Achard             Saintbrenell   Malet         Tibot
|r24 Swyward            Tramell        Bluet         Tabot
     Saylard            Clarell        Brachet       Lincot
     Bereward           Fresell        Belet         Lonetot
     Wishard            Wadell         Ledet         Pigot
|r28 Musard             Trussell       Pilet         Tiptot
     Lyard              Coudrell       Palet         -----
     Giffard            Burnell        Tuchet        [-aunt, -ent, -ount]
     Picard             Bussell        Basset
|r32 Pipard             Peverell       Buket         Gaunt
     Gerard             Auenell        Duket         Passauaunt
     Fossard            Veell          Piket         Niuelent
     -------            Spigurnell     Mulet         Duredent
|r36 [-all, -ell, -ill] Lovell         Baret         Richemount
     Morell             Criell         Mounfichet    Nepount
     Martell            Furnyvall      Pounchet      Neyrount
     Pamell             Drutall        Pachet        ------
|r40 Pinell             Surdevall      Corbet        [-act]
     Ducrell            Orivall        Birset        Pountfract



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     [-court]           Mansey         Audevile      Fitz Piers
     Harecourt          Candrey        Danstervile   Fitz Symond
     Bricourt           Sancey         Maundevile    Fitz Vise
 |r4 Phanecourt         Curecy         Souppill or Sou-   Fitz Hu
     Deynecourt         Anney          peill         Fitz Brian
     -----              Bussey         -------       Fitz Garin
     [-y]               Lescey         [-ampe]       Fitz Herbert
 |r8 Lucy               Moubray        Longchampe    -------
     Lacy               Gurnay         Nunchampe     [-ace, -ars, -as,
     Luncy              ------         Feschampe      -aus; -eis, -ers,
     Darcy              [-ile, -ill]   Beauchamp      -es, -eus, -euss;
|r12 Sunely             Morvile        -------        -oris, -os, -urs,
     Mounteny           Sechevile      [-er, -ere, -our] -uce; -is, -oise,
     Barry              Bernevile      Passamere      -ose; -euges,
     Berry              Graynvile      Mortymer       -euse, -us, -ux]
|r16 Curty              Bontvile       Poer           Curteis
     Tracy              Frivile        Renger         Santemareis
     Bracy              Longevile      Roter          Beaumeis
     Aubeny             Fresvile       Beler          Bleis
|r20 Perly              Folvile        Boner          Greis
     Cunly              Berevile       Butteler       Wasteneis (or -eils)
     Curly              Cannevile      Despenser
     Crecy              Carevile       Budler         Curteneis
|r24 Arcy               Cardevile      Saucer         Mareis
     Percy              Asprevile      Chaucer        Seygnes
     Vescy              Colvile        Ferrer         Raynes
     Verly              Torevile       Gorger         Keynes
|r28 Soldeny            Barevile       Miler          Freynes
     Mountanasy         Scutevile      Saunzaner      Roos
     Meisy              Butevile       Gower          Curthose
     Gaugy              Vmframvile     Leverer        Trauers
|r32 Hercy              Nevile         Sainteler      Matroners
     Mongomery          Grenevile      Saintomer      Vilers
     Semery             Turbevile      Ascher         Prers
     Akeny              Arvile         Malynoler      Ferrers
|r36 Pleisy             Sandervile     Hurfer         Moreus
     Panely             Amondevile     Veer           Valeus
     Audeny             Spynevile      Saintleger     Chalurs
     Quincy             Widvile        Gunter         Saintclus
|r40 Tuny               Wivile         Gamager        Saintmoris
     Massy              Ofvile         Gauter         Pus
     Welby              Gorunvile      Banaster       Bruce
     -----              Abvile         Venour         Chalenges
|r44 [-ay, -ey]         Somervile      Vauesour       Auerenges
     Hay                Sonevile       -------        Parles
     Say                Baskervile     [Fitz-]        Huscharles
     Aubray             Hanvile        Fitz Geffray   Setvaus
|r48 Morley             Hautevile      Fitz Water     Taillois



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     Camois             [-an]          Veisyn         Plevien
     La Heuse           Brian          Mamelbarin      Saintmore
     Courtheuse         Baucan         Comyn
 |r4 Breuse             Truan          Warenne        Wildbef
     Chaundos           ------         Dulapenne      Pantulf
     Sainterois         [-oun]         --------       Bardulf
     Tailepas           Britoun        Meyne          Sanctclou
 |r8 Marcimas           Frisoun        Cheyne        Gantlou
     Ferebrace          Grauntsoun     Penire [Pemre] Mountegu
     Fetepace           Vernoun        Tenere         ------
     Bars               Piroun         Lysle          Rosynis
|r12 Quatremars         Heiroun        Barle          Heris
     Fyneux             Peisoun        Rusak          Brok
     Punegis            Leoun          Murdak         ----
     Eurons             Motoun         Gorge          Hubert
|r16 Manus (or          ------         Saintgorge     Lambert
     Manns)             [-yn]          -------        Foliambe
     Grace              Cosyn          Dalamare       -----
     ------             Rosyn          Mire           Escot
|r20 [-ayn, -eyn]       Sainthelyn     Saunzire       Kirlecot
     Morteyn            Costentyn      Lunar          Trusbut
     Butvileyn          Formentyn      Orrewar        Ynogre
     Malemayn           Manyn          Clare          Saintnoyre
|r24 Foleyn             Iardyn         Savage         -----
     Chambreleyn        Taryn          Neomarch       Zoochh
     Chastelleyn        Saintquintyn   SaintIohn      Cornor
                        Hamelyn        Chene

     |rII.
     |r[The battle of Crecy and the Siege of Calais, A.D. 1346.]
     
|r28    |r[f.138r]  And in the xix yere of his regne he went in-to Britayne, and
     into Gascoyne & Gian, & with hym the Erle of Hunt_yngtoun,
     e Erle of Warrewik, e Erle of Suffolk |r[f.138v] and
     e Erle of Arundell, and with many oire lordes, with CC
|r32 and .xlti. shippes, onon after Mydsomer, to avenge hym on the
     wronges and harmes at was done be Philipe Valoys, Kyng
     of Fraunce, agaynes e truyce beforesaid made; which
     truys he falsly and vntrewly brake by cauelacioun. And he
|r36 come ageyne in-to Englonde with-in the same yere.



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         Of the bataile of Cressy, and of the seege of Caleys; and of
     the bataile of Durham where-as the Kyng of Scottes was
     taken; and alle in one yere.
 |r4 <b> IN the yere of oure Lord. M=l=. CCC. xlvj=ti=. and in the xx=ti= yere
        of the regne of Kyng Edward of Wyndesore, he held a
     parlement at Westmynster, where-as were al the lordes of the
     reame, spirituell and temperall. At which parlement were pro_clame 
 |r8 e gret iniuries and wronges at was done be the Kyng of
     Fraunce and Frenshmen in the parties of be-yonde the see, and
     on e see-costes in Kent, and specialy be theym of Caleis.
     Wherfore e Kyng, be the counseil of his lordes spirituall and
|r12 temperall, and of al his reame, ordeynt hym to passe ouer see
     ageyne, to chastise the rebelles of Fraunce, and to lay seege to
     Caleis, which did gret harme about al e see-cost; wherfore it
     was at tyme kept with saudiours, to gret cost to e King and the
|r16 reame. And erfore e Kyng sent to al his frendes be-yonde the
     see, at were to hym assuret, as before is said, to mete with hym in
     Fraunce with al eire power and Alliaunce. And the whiles he
     purveid hys navey, and made his retenewe in Englond, in al
|r20 e hast he myght; of which e name of the chef lordes and
     capteyns, with their retenewe and the noumbre, folowith heraftir
     in this table, that is for to say:
      Prynce Edward with xj banerettes, C. ij. knyghtes, CC lxiiij.
|r24 men of armes, CCC iiij=xx= iiij Archers on horsebak, iij=xx= ix. Archers
     on foote, vj=C= Walshmen, wherof on was a chapeleyn, &
     anoer a leche, and anoer a crier. And in his retenewe was
     xxv=ti= vynteners, & iiij=C= & iiij=xx= footmen, & v standart berers.
|r28  Henre, Erle of Lancastre, with an Erle, xj banerettes, C.
     iiij=xx= xiij. knyghtes, v=C= xiij. men of Armes, and vj=c= xij. Archers
     on horsebak.
      William Bohome, Erle of Northamptoun, with ij
|r32 banerettes and xlvj=ti= knyghtes, C and xij. men of Armes, And
     C. lxj of Archers on horsebak.
      Thomas Beauchampe, Erle of Warrewik, with iij
     banerettes, and lxiij knyghtes, and C and xxx=ti= men of Armes,
|r36 and C. xlj=ti= Archers on horsebak.



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      Richard, Erle of Arundell, with iij banerettes, and xlj=ti=
     knyghtes, and C and .vj. men of Armes, and C liij=ti=. Archers
     on horsebak.
 |r4  Robert Dufford, Erle of Suffolk, with on baneret, and
     xxvj=ti= knyghtes, and lviij=ti= men of Armes, and lxiij Archers
     on horsebak.
      William Clynton, Erle of Huntingtoun, with ij.
 |r8 banerettes, and xxx=ti= knyghtes, and iij=xx= and xiij. men of
     Armes, and iiij=xx=. viij. Archers on horsebak.
      John Veer, Erle of Oxenford, with on baneret and xxij
     knyghtes, and xliiij=ti= men of Armes, and lxiiij Archers on
|r12 horsebak.
      Laurence Hastynges, Erle of Penbrok, with on baneret,
     and xxxvj=ti= knyghtes, and iiij=xx= vj men of Armes, And C
     xxij=ti= Archers on horsebak.
|r16  The Erle of Kildare, with on baneret, and on knyght, and
     xxiiij=ti= men of Armes, and xxviij=ti= hobilers.
      Maistre Thomas Hattefeld, bisshope of Dureham,
     with iij banerettes, and xlviij=ti=. knyghtes, C lxiiij men of
|r20 Armes, and iiij=xx= and xv Archers on horsebak.
      Hughe Spenser as an Erle, with .ij. banerettes, and xl=ti=
     knyghtes, and iiij=xx= and xvj men of Armes, and iiij=xx= and xv
     Archers on horsebak.
|r24  |r[f.139r] Rauf, Baron of Stafford, with ij banerettes, and xx=ti=
     knyghtes, & iiij=xx= and xij men of Armes, and iiij=xx= and xv
     Archers on horsebakke.
      Richard Talbot, Baroun, Stuard of e Kynges house, with
|r28 xiiij knyghtes, and lx of men of Armes, and lx Archers on
     horsebakke.
      Iohn Darox the fadir, Baron, with xj knyghtes, and
     xlviij=ti= of men of Armes, and lx Archers on horsebakke, and
|r32 xx=ti= Archers on foote.
      Berthelemew Burewassh, Baneret, the Kynges Chamber_leyn,
     with one baneret, and xxvj=ti= knyghtes, lxxxj of men of
     Armes, & lviij=ti= Archers on horsebak, & xix on foote.
|r36  Waulter Manny, with oer xxv=ti= banerettes, with theyre



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     retenets, that is to say, with C xxiiij=ti= knyghtes, D iiij=xx= xiij
     of men of Armes, and D iiij=xx= xij archers on horsebakke, and
     of hobillers and Pavysers, and C xix Archers on foote.
 |r4  Sir William Wareyne, knyghte, with oir iiij=xx= and xv
     knyghtes, CCC iiij=xx= xiiij pavisers and hobelers on horsbakke,
     and xvj archers on foote.
      Sir Waulter Wetewang, the Kynges wardroper, with ij
 |r8 knyghtes, and xxv=ti= of men of Armes, and xxxvj=ti= Archers on
     horsbakke.
      Maistre Symond Islepe, Privey Seal, with xvij men of
     Armes, and xij Archers on horsebakke, and iiij Archers on
|r12 foote.
      Philip Weston, Clerk, with iij knyghtes, and xxvij=ti= of men
     of Armes, and xxx=ti= Archers on horsebakke.
      William Keldesby, Clerk, with iij knyghtes, and lxxiij of
|r16 men of Armes, and lxviij Archers on horsbakke, and xij
     Archers on foote.
      Sir William Dalton, Countroller of e Kynges house,
     with oer xix Clerkes of dyuers officers, with an C xiiij vndir_Clerkes 
|r20 and squyers, and C xxv=ti= Archers on horsebakke, and
     ij Archers on foote.
      William at Wode, the Kynges banerer, with oer iiij
     banerers, and C xxxij=ti= of Sergiauntes to men of Armes,
|r24 Scutifers of e Kynges house, sergeauntes of diuerse office,
     and mynstrelles, CClxviij Archers, hobelers, banerers, mes_sagers 
     and yemen of e Kynges Chambre, and of diuerse
     offices in e Kynges house.
|r28  Sir Thomas Haukeston, knyght, with an C lxj of men of
     Armes, and CCC xiij Archers on horsbakke, and CC xlj=ti=
     Archers on foote.
      Maistre Siluestre Benet, and oer CCC xiiij Masons,
|r32 Carpenters, Smythes, pavylers, mynours, Armerers, Gunners,
     and Artillers.
      Sir Iohn Ward, knyght, with x Centenaries and l=ti= men of
     Armes, and D CC iiij=xx=, and viij vyntenaries, and CC iiij=xx= xviij 
|r36 Archers on horsbakke, and D hobilers, and xv M=l= iiij
     Archers on foote.



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      Sir Howell Griffith, knyghte, with oer ij knyghtes, and iiij=xx=
     men of Armes of Walshemen of Northwales and South_wales,
     and ij C and iij vintenares, and iiij M=l= CC Walshmen.
 |r4  Maisters of Shippes, and Constables, maryners, and
     pages, e nombre of DCC: e nombre of maryners, bargers,
     and balyngers and vitailers, xvj M=l=.
      And thes ben e names of the Aliens which werr e
 |r8 Kynges frendes, and in his Sande that same tyme,
     and halp hym in his werres in Fraunce. scilicet : -- |r[
     |r_f.139v]  Lodewik, the Emperoure of Rome, with a certeyn men
     of Armes.
|r12  Reynold, Duke of Gildre, with a certeyn-men of Armes.
      Iohn, Duke of Braban, with a certeyne men of Armes.
      William, Erle of Henawde, with a certeyne men of Armes.
      Tederik, lord Faukemand, with a certeyne men of Armes.
|r16  Corald of Marke, with a certeyne men of Armes.
      Bertold, Erle of Baiespath, Maurchion de Brandesburghe,
     and othir knyghtes and squyers, straungers, witholden with
     e Kynge.
|r20  Baudewyn, Archbisshope of Treeue, with a certeyn men.
      Archbisshope of Magunenser with a certeyn men.
      Guilmyn, Marchion Iuliacen, with a certeyn men.
      The Erle of Helsteyn, with oer xxiiij=ti= knyghtes alieyns,
|r24 clepit `Nethirhandes,' and C iiij=xx= viij of men of Armes, and C
     lxvj pavisers.
      The Erle of Freyburghe, with oer xl=ti= knyghtes alieyns,
     clepit `Euerbandes,' & CC xxxiiij=ti= of men of Armes and C
|r28 iiij=xx= ix pavisers.
         The nombre of e retenue, without Alieyns, that is to say,
     of erles, barons, banerettes, knyghtes, men of armes, Constables,
     Centeners, capteyns, vynteners, Archers on horsbak, hobelers,
|r32 Archers of foote, and Walshmen, as e rolles of e retenu make
     mencion, is xxv=M=l==. CC iiij=xx=.  The nombre of Masone, carpenters,
     smythes, paviloners, Armerers, Gunners and artillers, is CCC xiiij.
      The nombre of e maisteres of shippes, Constables, maryners
|r36 and pages of shippis, bargers, balyngers, and vitteilers is xvj. M=l=.
      When Kyng Edward had made his retenu and his Armee



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     in is wise as before is said, and his navey was redy, he shippit
     the xij=te= day of Iule, the yere of our Lord M.=l= CCC xlvj=ti=, and
     saylet toward Normaundy, and londit at Hogges, and restet
 |r4 hym ther vj daies, and vnshippit his pepill; and en went he
     toward Cane, brennyng & distrying euer as he went by e way.
     And e xxviij=ti= day of Iuyle, at e brigge of Cane, that was
     strenghet he Normaundes, he had there a gret bataile, and longe
 |r8 duryng, thrughe gret multitude of pepil at was er slayn; and er
     was take e Erle of Elbe, the Lord Tankervile, and an C
     knyghtes and men of Armes, and vj=C= footemen; and al e sub_barbes 
     to e hard walles was born and cariet away, al at couth be
|r12 cariet. And so e Kyng passet forth in e cuntrey, and wastet
     and distryet xx=ti= myle in brede.
         Philip of Valois, Kyng of Fraunce, was fast by with a
     gret host, and hard erof, and wold not come ouer e water of Seyne,
|r16 but brake al the brigges beyonde e water, from Roan to Parise,
     and fled with his host to Parise.  When Kyng Edward come
     to e water of Seyne, he fand al e brigges broken; but within
     ij daies he made a brige ageyne. and on e morowe aftir oure
|r20 Lady day Assumpcion, he passet ouer e Water of Seyne, and
     went toward Cressy, & distryet by e way, townes, and e pepill
     in hem. And in e Fest of Saynt Berthelemewe, he passet the
     water of Summe vnhurt, with al his host, where-as neuer was no
|r24 passage before at tyme; And yet er ware ij M=l= Frenshmen to
     haue lette his passage. And en, e xxvj=ti= day of August,
     Edward faught beside Cressy, in a feld, havyng iij batayles of
     Englishmen, & Philipe of Valois iiij batailes: e lest batail passet
|r28 e nomber of Englishmen. And when e ij hostes mette to-gedre,
     ther |r[f.140r] fell in-with the host of Fraunce, the Kyng of Beame, e
     Duk of Loryn, And oer Erles, as of Flaundres, Dalison,
     Blois, Harecourt, Aunard, and Navers, and many oer
|r32 lordes and barons, knyghtes and men of Armes, the nombre of j
     M=l= CCCCC and xlij=ti=, without footemen. And yette for al this,
     Phelip the Kyng withdrowe hym with the residew of all his
     pepill; wherfore it was said among his oune mewe "Nostre
|r36 beal retreit," that is to say, `Oure faire withdraweth hym.' 
         And thus Kyng Edward had e Victory; and there he and his
     pepill hem restet, and thanket God. and on e morow after, e



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     Frenshe men come ageyne with a gret host to gyve Kyng Edward
     bataile; but the Erle of Warrewik mette with hem, and e Erle of
     Norhamptoun, and e Erle of Suffolke, with theire meyny, and
 |r4 slowe of hem ij M=l=, and toke many of the gentils prisoners; and
     al e remenaunt fled iiij lekes thens. And thrid day after, the
     Kyng Edwerd went toward Caleis, distrying al e cuntrey as he
     rode, and laide seege to Caleis e iij=de= day of Septembre, with
 |r8 the Castell, and contynuet e sege still from that day vnto e iijde
     day of Aust the next yere folowyng.
         Whiles Kyng Edward lay at Seege of Caleys, a gret
     power of Scottes come in-to Englond, to Nevilcros, about Saint
|r12 Luyk day, wenyng to haue founden al e land destitute and voide
     of men, because the Kyng was beyonde e see with a gret host;
     ei wend er had be non lafte at home, but prestes, men of religion,
     plowmen and laborers; but, thanket be God! they fand enow to
|r16 wiststonde hem: they robbit and made gret distruccion; And so
     ther was a day of Batail sette betwene hem and certeyn lordes and
     men of holy chirch that were in that cuntrey, and e comyn
     pepill; at which batail, throw Goddes myghte, [the Scottes] were
|r20 discomfit, notwithstondyng they were iij men ageyne one of
     Englisshe men. And ere were slayne the chiualry of Scotte_lond;
     and there was Dauid, the Kyng of Scottes, taken fleying,
     smytte thrughe e nose with an Arowe, be a yoman that was
|r24 callet Copeland; and there was take, the Erle of Moriss, Sir
     William Douglas, and many oer gret men. And this batail
     was done beside Dereham, the xvij day of Octobre, the yere of
     oure Lord aboue-said. And when e bataile was done, e Englisshe
|r28 men hem restet a fewe dayes, and ordeynt kepers of the north
     countrey, and after came to London, and brot with hem e Kyng
     of Scottes, and oer lordes that were take prisoners, and led hem
     to e Toure, where-as they abode of e comyng of Kyng Edward
|r32 out of Fraunce; and aftir that was raunsont at C M=l= marcs, to be
     payde in x yere, ich yere x M=l= marcs.



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         Of the Conquest of Caleis by Kyng Edward of Wyndisore;
        and of the tresoun that was ordeynt for Caleis by one Sir
        Geffrey Charney.
 |r4 <b> EDward, Kyng of Englond contynuet at e seege still all the
        wynter, and Philip Valois, Kyng of Fraunce, purpaset
     hym with some fraude to putte hym fro e seege, and come the
     xxvij=ti= day of Iuyle, e yere of oure Lord M=l= CCC xlvij=ti= to
 |r8 Calkewell, a myle and an half from Caleis, with a gret host;
     and sent to Kyng Edward, and askit hym whedir he durst feight
     with hyme the iij=de= day, about euensonge tyme, and leve e seege.
     And Kyng Edward onon, with-out eny counsaile or avisement,
|r12 acceptet gladly the day; and yette much of his pepill wer seke and
     ded on e fflux.  When e Kyng of Fraunce wist verely that
     he wold feight, with-out eny avisement or long tarying he sette his
     loggynges on fyre, and went cowarly his way.
     


                               III.
     |r[From Bolingbroke's return, A.D. 1399, to A.D. 1405]
|r16    |r[f.152r]  When Kyng Richard had tithynges in Irlond, that Henry
     of Boleynbroke, Duyke of Herford, was comyn into Englond, he
     lafte al his ordynaunce in Irlond, and hastet hym into Englond, in
     al that he myghte, and come vnto the castell of |r[f.152v] Flynt in Wales,
|r20 and there he abode, to take his counsaile what was best for to
     done; but ther come no counsaile to hyme. And in the menewhile,
     Henry Boleynbrok come [to] Herford, and [e] Erle of Derby
     come to Chestre, and loggit in the Castell, with-in the Inner ward
|r24 erof, which castell Kyng Richard had riolly repeiret, and made
     with hertes of frestone betwene ich lope, with crownes and cheynes
     about theire nekkes, for he lovit wele that place // And then was
     there sent vnto the castell of Flynt, Maister Thomas Arundell,
|r28 Archbisshope of Caunterbury, and Sir Henry Percy, Erle of
     Northumbrelond, and othir lordes, both spirituall and temperall;
     and there was much thyng spoken of betwene e Kyng and hem,
     by gret othis and suyrtees made, that he shuld come vnto Chestre
|r32 savely, and spek with the Duyk, and he delyuert savely ageyn to
     the said castell: which othis and suyrtees were not al parfowremet.



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     And so come the Kyng ridyng vnto Chestre and yong Henry
     with hyme, that was e eldest sone of the said Duyk of Herford //
     and was loggit in the vtterward of the castell of Chestre. Then
 |r4 Kyng Richard vndirstood and knewe wele that it was not wele on
     heire syde. And the same nyght, after that Kyng Richard was
     gone to Chestir, Sir Thomas Percy, Erle of Wircestre and stuard of
     the Kynges howsold, come into the hall amonges the pepill, and
 |r8 there he brak the rodde of his office, and bade enery man do his
     best; And so went ich man his way.
         Then e Kyng and the Duyk mette and spake to-gedirs in
     e hall of e said Castell, that was in the vtterward, a longe
|r12 while, and aftir departet; and in the departyng, Henry, the sonne
     and heire of the said Duyk, come to his fadir, and knelit doun
     before hym, and welcomet hym, as hym aught to do; And there
     forthwith his fadir hym charget the next day to come from the
|r16 Kyng, and waite vppon hym.  Then this yong knyght Henry
     brought e Kyng to his chambre with a sorowfull hert, for cause
     he shuld depart from his godfadir and his Souerayne Lord, for he
     louet hyme enterely. And when he come into the Kynges
|r20 chambre, he tolde the Kyng how he most, the next day aftir,
     wayte vppon his fadir, he streyt and hard comaundement. And
     then e kyng said to hym the[s]e wordes:  "Good sonne Henry, I
     gyve th good leve to do thy fadirs comaundement; but I knowe
|r24 wele there is on Henry shal do me much harme; and I suppose it
     is not thowe. Wherfore I pray th be my frende, for I wot now
     howe it wil go." And so on the next day aftir, Henry toke his
     leue of e Kyng his godfadir with an hevy hert, and went to his
|r28 fadir, Duyk of Herford. And after that, was the Kyng arestet in
     the same Castell by the said Duyk, and al his meyny that were
     about hym put away; and such men were put about hym as the
     Duyk wold. Then from thens he was broughte to London, and, by
|r32 assent of al e lordes, putte in e Toure. And on Saint Iaurence
     even, e hed of Perkyn of Lee was smyt of vnder the Iubet of
     Chestre.



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     |r[f.153r]  Of the deth of Kyng Richard, and of othir dyuers Dukes,
        Erles, and barons moo.
     <b> IN the first yere of the regne of Kyng Henry the iiijte, Kyng
 |r4    Richard, which at was put doune of his Rialte, was in e
     Castell of Pountfret vndir e ward of Sir Robert of Watirton,
     knyght; and ere he was ich day servet [as] a Kyng aught to he,
     that he myght se it; but he myght come to non erof; wherfore
 |r8 sone aftir he deyd for honger in prison in e same Castell; and so
     he made his ende.  And when Kyng Henry wist verely that he
     was ded, because much pepill said he was on lyve many a day after,
     he made to sere hym, and cloe hym in lynnen Cloth, al saave
|r12 onely the visage; and that was lafte open, that men myght se and
     knowe his persone from al oer; and so was he brought with
     torch-light vnto Paulis at London, and had ere his masse and
     dirige, and e same wise at Westemynster; and en from Paules he
|r16 was broughte to Langeley, and ere he was enteret.
         That same yere Kyng Henry the iiij=te= held his Cristemas in
     e Castell of Wynnessore: and on the xij=te= even come to hym the
     Duke of Awmarle, and told hym how at he and e Duke of
|r20 Surry, e Duk of Excestre, and e Erle of Salesbury and e Erle
     of Gloucestre, and oer moo of theyre Affynyte, were accordit to
     make a mummyng vnto e said Kyng Henry on xij=te= day at
     nyght, in which mummyng ei purpaset to sle hym.  When
|r24 Kyng Henry e iiij=te= was thus warnet, he rode in hast at same
     nyght pryvely to London, to gete hym socoure and counsaile. But
     assone as e forsaid lordes wist and knewe that their counsaile were
     discouert openly, they fled, euery man his way; And aftirward thei
|r28 were taken in certeyn places of Englond be e comyns, and hedit,
     and eire hedis sette on London Brigge, and theire bodyes
     quartert, and sett vp in dyuers townes of Englond. Whos names
     folowen here aftir in is table, and the places where ei wer taken,
|r32 and hedit:
                           {The Duke of Surry and Erle}
     Att Circestre were    {of Kent                   } quarteret
     taken with hem of e  {The Erle of Salesbery     } and hedit.
|r36 toune . . . . . . . . {The Erle of Oxenford



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                           {Sir Thomas Blount}
     At Oxenford were take {Sir Rauf Lunnay  } knyghtes} quateret
     with hem of e toune. {Sir Benet Sely   }         } and
 |r4                       {Thomas Wyntesshill squyer  } hedit.
     
     At Pritwell in a mylne{                 } And quarteret and
     was take by th [e]    {Sir Iohn Holand  } hedit at Plasshe in
     Comyns . . . . . . . .{Duyk of Excestre } Essex.
     
 |r8 At Bristow was take   {The Erle of Gloucestre} quarteret and
     by hem of e toune . .{and Lord Spencer.     } hedit.
     
     |r[f.153v] And aftirward in that same yere, was Sir Bernard Brocas,
     knyght, and Sir Iohn Shelley, knyghte, And Sir Iohn Mawde_leyne 
|r12 and Ferby, parsones of Kyng Richard Chapell, take, and
     put in e Toure of Londone; and there they were iuget to the
     deth, theire hedes to be smytton of, and sette on London Brigge:
     and so they were.  That same yere, Queene Isabell, that was the
|r16 wiff of Kyng Richard the Secunde, was dischargit of hir dowery,
     and sent home in-to Fraunce ageyne with many rich gyftes.
     
         Of the werre of Wales betwene the Lord Gray of Rithen
        and Oweyn of Glyndore of Wales, and of the bataile of
|r20    Shrewisbury.
     <b> IN the secunde yere of the regne of Kyng Henry the iiijte, was
        Sire Roger of Claryntoun, knyght, and the Pryoure of Launde,
     and viij Freres Mynoures, --  wherof somme were maisters of
|r24 dyvinite  -- and oer moo, were, for tresone, drawe and hanget at
     Tiburne.  That same yere ther began a gret discencion and a
     debate in Wales betwene e Lord Gray of e Rithyn and Oweyne
     of Glyndore, Squyer of Wales, for bying of an hare in the market.
|r28 This Oweyne Arerit a gret nombre of Wa[l]sshe-men, and distroyet
     e lordeshipes of the Lord Gray, and of e Kynges also, and did
     much harme through-out Wales, and robbet and slowe the Kynges
     pepill, both Englissh and Walsh. and the Lord Gray distroyet, on
|r32 his party, al at held with e said Oweyne; And this werre endurit
     xij yere.  And at last this Oweyne toke the Lord Grey, Prisoner,
     and were raunsont for Vc prisoners of Walsh-men of the March;



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     and e Lord Gray at last to wedde his doughter, and kept hym
     there with his wiff; and sone after he dyet.  Then went the
     Kyng in-to Wales with a gret power, to distry this Oweyne and e
 |r4 rebelles of Wales; but e Walssh men fled vp on hye mounteynes,
     where-as e Kyng couth in no wise come to hem; and so e Kyng
     sped not ere; wherfore he retournet home ageyne. And at
     same yere was a gret drourth and a scariste of whete, so that a
 |r8 quarter was wurth xvjs.
         That same yere Sir William Sawtre, preest, was brent in
     Smythfeld, for eresy; and that yere Sir Roger Waldeyne and Sir
     Richard Clidrowe qvytte by a quest of men of London. and
|r12 that same [yere] was a bataile on Halydoun Hylle betwene
     Englissh-men and Scottes, where-as was taken e Erle Douglas, and
     his one ey smytte out, and e Erle of Moriss, and many othir
     lordes, knyghtes and squyers; and so, as God wold, thenglissh men
|r16 had e feld and e victory.
         In the iij=de= yere of e regne of Kyng Henry the iiijte, Apperit
     a sterre in e firmament in the west, in e monyth of Feueryere,
     which wes clepit the `blasyng sterre,' and of clerkes it was clepit
|r20 `stella Comata.' Anon after, fell a debate betwene e Kyng and
     Sir Henry Percy, that was callet amonge e Scottes `Henry Hate_spurre.' 
     This Syre Henry come vnto e Kyng, and asket of hym
     certeyn wages that he was behynde, for e kepyng and wardeyn_shipe 
|r24 of e Marches, and e kyng hym gave but a light Answare.
     And Sir Henry Percy said `he quyt hym not to hym as he shold
     do, for,' he said, `ne had he ben, he had neuer be Kyng of Englond.'
     The Kyng then, with that word was sore mevyt, and with his fist
|r28 stroke Sir Henry Percy on e cheke. And en Sir Henry, sore
     aggrevid, said the[s]e wordes vnto the Kyng: "In faith, this shal
     be the derrest-boght buffet that euer was in Englond "; and with at
     word turnet the bakke, and toke his hors, and rode his way with
|r32 his meyny that come with hym. When e Kyng had smytten
     Sir Henry thus, as before is said, yet he was sory erof, and hym
     repentet, and sent for Sire Henry ageyne; but he wold come to
     e Kyng in no wise, but rode forth, and rayset a gre[te] pepill of
|r36 diuers shires, and specialy of Chestre-shire; and on Saynt Mary
     Mawdeleyne euen next folowyng, the yere of owre Lord I .M=l=.
     CCCC. iij., was a gret bataile besydes Shrewesbery, betwene Kyng



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     Henry e iiij=te= and e said Sir Henry Percy, by false counsaile and
     wikket steryng of Sir Thomas Percy, Erle of Wircestre, and vncle
     vnto the said Henry Percy. in which bataile was slayne, first, Sir
 |r4 Henry Percy hym self, and e moost party of his pepill; and Sir
     Thomas Percy, Erle of Wircestre was taken, and was kept ij
     dayes, and after was drawe and hanget, and his hed smytton
     of, and sette on London Brigge. And in that same batayle, on
 |r8 e Kynges party, was slayne The Erle of Stafford, and Sir Waltere
     Blount in e Kynges cote Armure vnder e Kynges baner, &
     |r[f.154r] many othir wurthy knyghtes and Squyers and good yemen. And
     in that same bataile e Prynce was smytte thrugh e hed with an
|r12 Arowe; and yet God fortunet that he lyvit. And Sir Iohn of
     Stanley, knyght, was smytte in the throte with an Arowe; and
     when e bataile was done, the Kyng sent to hym, and to wete of
     hym what he shuld do with Chestirshire, for-as-much [as] they
|r16 were ageynes hym. And he Ansuard e messager, so as he myght
     speke rattelyng in e throte, and said, "Brenne and sle! Brenne
     and sle!" And e Kyng asket what he said; and he at was sent
     to hym said to e Kyng that he shuld take hem to grace; and so
|r20 the Kyng en hem toke to grace; and al at wold ask grace at
     were taken, had grace and forgyvenes; but aftir e bataile the
     Kynges meyny come into Chestirshire, and dispoylet e cuntre in
     euery part, and bare away the goodes that couth be caryet.
|r24     This bataile was e heviest, and vnkyndest and sorest batail at
     euer was before that tyme in Englond; for ther was e sonne
     ageynes e fadir, and the brothir ageynes brothir, and kynne
     ageynes kynne; and er was beriet in on pitte xjc men; in which
|r28 place is nowe a Chapell of oure Lady, & prestes syngyng for the
     sawles. And thys bataile was the yere of oure Lord aboue-sayd,
     wherof a versifier makith mencion, And sayth on thys wyse:
     Anno Milleno quadracenteno-que trino,
|r32 Bellum Salopie fuerat in Mag[ne] Mari[e] nocte.
     
     How Dame Iahne, Duchess of Britayne, come into Englond, and
        weddit vnto Kyng Henry the iiijte. And of the comyng of
        e Emperoure in-to Englond.



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     <b> IN the iiij=te= yere of e regne of Kyng Henry the iiij=te= [the]
        Emperoure of Constaigynnople come in-to Englond, to se e
     gouernaunce and e conveyaunce of e land, and e comoditees, on
 |r4 e Kynges cost; and when he had seyne al at he wolde, he went
     ageyne. And at same yere, Dame Iahne, Duches of Britayne,
     come into Englond, and landet at Falmouthe in Cornewaile, and
     was weddit vn-to Kyng Henry e iiij=te= at Wynchester, in the
 |r8 Abbay of Saynt Swithyn, and sone aftirward was crownet at
     Westemynster.  And at same yere, Dame Blaunche, the eldest
     daughter of Kyng Henry e iiijte, was sent with Sire Iohn Beau_fort,
     Erle of Somered, hir vncle, and with Maistre Richard Clifford,
|r12 that tyme Bysshope of Londone, and oer notable persones, vnto
     Coleyne; and er was she weddit vnto e sone of e Duke of
     Barry; and after e ffest of e mariage was done, e saide Erle
     and Bisshope come into Englonde ageyne.
     
|r16 Of the bataile of Mark.
         In e vte yere of e regne of Kyng Henry e iiijte, e Lord
     Thomas, e sonne of Kyng Henry, and e Erle of Kent, with many
     oer wurthy men, went to e see; and they landit at Scluys, and
|r20 made ere a gret assaut, and brent in e Ile of Cageant, and token
     iij karrikkes of Geene, lade with diuerse Marchaundise, and hem
     brout into e Cambre before Winchilsey; and ere e goodes
     were cantet, and one of e karrikkes was sodanly brent; and so e
|r24 said lordes went no ferther at at tyme.
         And that yere, in e xxiiij=ti=. day of Iunij, the Erle of Saynt
     Paule laide seege to e Castell of Mark, iiij myle out of Caleys, with
     iiij M=l= men, and diket hem stronge with-in e toune of Mark, Iohn
|r28 Beaufort, Erle of Somered, that tyme beyng Capteyn of Caleis, and
     Sir Richard of Asshton, knyghte, his leotenaunt; which Richard,
     with the garison of Caleis, allonely went to Mark, and faught with
     e Frensshmen long, and entirt in on hem at e Northgappe, and
|r32 at e west gappe, and slow and toke al that wolde abide. And e
     Erle of Saynt Paule hym-self fled his way, be e marreys; and or
     e batell wes done, Sir Iohn Beaufort, Erle of Somered and
     Capteyne of Caleys, come out of Englond, and landit at Caleys,



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     and went to Mark, and come to e ende of e discumfiture of e
     Frenssh-men: And er was taken the Lord Hanget and many
     wurthy prisoners of knyghtes, squyers, and men of Armes. and
 |r4 is bataile was done e yere of oure Lorde aboue [said, M=l=] CCCC v,
     and on saynt Crispyne and Crispianes day, as a versifier makes
     erof mencion, and saith: |r[No_verses_follow_in_the_MS.]


                                IV.
     |r[From the first year of Henry V, 1413, to the third year, 1415]
        |r[f.155v] And in at same yere, on Twelft Night, certeyne lollardes were
 |r8 arested at the signe of e Ax, without Cripilgate, at London, which
     had purposet, thrugh eire false treson, to haue made a mummyng
     at Eltham, where e Kyng was; and vnder e coloure of the
     mummyng, they wold have distryet e Kyng, and e lordes spirit_uall 
|r12 and temperall, and all e clergy of e Reame. And ey had
     cast to haue taken e feld be-side Saint Giles; but, as God wold,
     e Kyng erof had warnyng, and come to London, and with hym
     e Bisshope of Caunterbery, and toke e feld beside Saint Iones
|r16 and Clerkyn-welle, and made to kepe al e hye wayes to London;
     and so were thei taken ay as they come thidirward. And in
     London was tak Sire Roger Acton, knyghte, and was drawe &
     hanget be-side Saint Giles, where e Kyng lete do make iiij paires
|r20 of gallous, at were callet `e lollers galowes.' And er wes take,
     Syre Iohn Beuerlay, a prest, and Iohn Broune, a squyere, and
     many oer moo, e nombre of xxxviij persons and moo, and were
     draw, hanget and brent.  And Sir Iohn Oldcastell, e Lord
|r24 Cobbam, was arest at Wyndesore for heresy, and was sent to e
     Toure of London; and sone after, he was examynt at e ffrere
     prechours, before al the clergy of e wurthiest of religion, and
     bisshoppes, and doctours of dyvinite; and er were temperal lordes
|r28 to here hys opynions. and after, he was sent vnto e Toure ageyn;
     but sone after he brake out of e Toure, and went in-to Walis.
         And at same yere Iohn Sere, a squyer, slowe Tibey, a prest in
     |r[f.156r] London, beside Aldrichgate, and en toke the chirch of Saint



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     Anne; wherfore e Kyng made e Cite to wach hym er, day and
     nyght, duryng iij wokes; and en was he muret vp in the chirch:
     en he and iij of his mene forswore e londe, and went in-to
 |r4 Fraunce, and there he dyet.
         And in e seconde yere of his regne, he helde a gret counsaile
     at Westmyn[s]ter, with al e lordes of his Reame, spirituall and
     temperall: where it was tretit and spoken of his title at he had
 |r8 to Normaundy, Gascoyne and Gyan, which was his enheritaunce of
     righte. and after, he held a gret parlement at Leicestre, where, he
     thavice of al his lordes of his Counsaile, and of e comyns of his
     land, he sent in-to Fraunce his enbassatours, to e Kyng there and
|r12 to his Counsaile, requirynge hem to yelde vp to him his said
     enheritaunce, or elles he lete hem wete he wold it gete with e
     sword, by e helpe of Ihesu Crist.  Then e Dolfyn of Fraunce,
     Charles, ansuard to e Kynges enbassatours, and said: "youre
|r16 Kyng of Englond is ouer yong and tendre of age to be a good
     werrioure, and not like to make such a conquest on Fraunce."
         Then e Kynges enbassatours, beryng this scornfull ansuare,
     retournet in-to Englond ageyne, and told e Kyng and his Counsaile
|r20 the ansuare and e entent of e Dolfyn and of e Counsaile of
     Fraunce.  The Kyng then was erwith sore amevide; and onon
     in al hast made redy his ordinaunce necessary for e werre, and
     lete make .iij. gret shippes -- one of xvc toune at was clepit e
|r24 `Gracedieu,' and e `gost ' and e `trynite,' smaller shippes. and
     he lete ordeyne and make gret gunnes, and al oer ordynaunces,
     and made his retenewe, And comaundet his lordys, dukes, erles
     and barons, knyghtes, squyers, and al oer comyners, masons,
|r28 carpenters, and al artificers, to make hem redy to go with hym
     into Fraunce, to help hym wynne his heritage and his righte, and
     to mete with hym on Lammas Day at Southampton, where he
     ordeynt his navey to be er, redy to abide his comyng: whidir
|r32 come many shippes out of Holynd. And when e kyng was redy,
     he come to Southampton on Lammas day, where-as mette hym
     al his pepill; and er was he redy to take his viage in-to
     Normandy.
|r36    At which day it was puplisshit, and openly knowen, at iij
     lordes, at is to say, Richard, Erle of Cambrigge, broer to Edward,



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     Duyk of York, and e Lord Scrope, Tresourer of Englond, and Sir
     Thomas Gray, knyght, had receyuet a gret somme of money, at is
     to say, a M=l= pounde of gold, and had sold e Kyng vnto e
 |r4 Frensshmen and his brether. Wherfore they were onon taken
     and Iugit, their hedis to be smytton of; and so they were without
     e Southgates at Southampton. And when that was done, e
     Kyng shippit with his host, and so saylet in-to Normaundy with
 |r8 xvc shippes, gret and small, And arryvet at Kittance one oure
     Lady even, e Assumpcion. And from thens he went streight to
     Harflewe, and besegit e toune be londe and be watir.
     
     How kyng Henry the Vte wanne Harfiewe; and of the bataile
|r12    of Agincourt, and how the Emperoure come into Englond.
     <b> WHen Harflewe was besegit be londe and be water, er were in
        e toune viijc men of werre, with-out lordes and states. And
     thes were e names of e lordes: Sir Iakes de Harecourt, capteyn,
|r16 e Lord Gawcourt, the Lord of Hakvyse, the Lord of Florry, the
     Lord of Bleynvile, the Lord of Tiptot, the Lord of Combrevyle, the
     Lord of Beushvyle, and oir moo which shal be reherset herafter
         The Kyng en sent to Sir Iakes de Harecourt, Capteyn of Har_flewe, 
|r20 and hym comaundit to delyuer e toune. And Sire Iakes
     ansuard and said, `he toke hym none to kepe; nor none he shuld
     haue ere.' And when this ansuare was brought vnto e Kyng, he
     made to lay `goodgrace,' his gret gune, and al his oer gunnes, on
|r24 ich a side, and comaundit his gunners to bete doune e walles. and
     so thei shotte on ich side, and brak doune e walles, and e houses
     with-in the toune.  When thay of e toune at saw, they sent to
     Kyng Henry, besechyng hym of viij dayes of respite, if eny maner
|r28 rescouse myght come to hem in e menewhile. and if so were
     there come none rescouse to hem with-in e viij=te= dayes, they wold
     deliuer to hym the keyes and e toune: and er-vppon ai wold
     deliuer hym xxiiij lordes in hostage, and of the wurthyest men of
|r32 e toune.
         The Kyng then grauntet wele erto; and so |r[f.156v] they delyuert
     xxiiij=ti= hostages, whos names ben writton in this table next
     folowyng, at is to say:  -- 



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     The Lord Tuttevile,                Thomas de Asses,
     The Lord of Clere,                 Iohn Malherbe,
     The Lord of Chasteleyn,}           Iohn Harrard,
 |r4 De Beauvise,           }           Stephan Heuband,
     The Lord Blowset,                  Guilliam Buchier,
     The Lord Burnet,       }           Laurence Robyn,
       of Langchampe,       }           Iohn Buchier
 |r8 The Lord Iohn of Malevile,         Aleyn Ligne,
     The Lord Charles de Saint          Iohn Graunt,
       Claleyn,                         Robyn Walkyle,
     The Lord Caradouse Deske-          Iohn le Mare,
|r12   sewis,                           Ianyn le Duyk,
     The Lord Iakes de Bankvyle,        Guilmot Guillias.
     Guilliam de Pount,                 Colyn Langloys,
     
         And when thes xxiiij=te= hostages were sent out of e toune to
|r16 e Kyng, al thoo viij dayes after they of e toune loket after
     rescouse; but er come none. Wherfore Sir Iakes de Harecourt,
     at was Capteyn of e toune of Harflew, with lordes and states
     of e toune, brough[t] e Kyng e keys at the viijto dayes ende,
|r20 and deliuert hym e toune.  Then e Kyng made e Erle of
     Dorset, Beaufort his vnkill, capteyn of e toune, and hym com_aundit 
     to put out al the Frensshe pepill at were within, man
     woman and child, and stuff e toune with Englisshemen, and so
|r24 he did.  Then e Kyng remevit from ens with his pepill, and
     come doun to Caleis-ward be land, to e noumbre of viij M=l=.; but
     e Frensshe-men hade breken alle the brigges where he shuld haue
     passit ouer. Wherfore he sought his way in oer places, and
|r28 come dounward to a place clepit Agincourt; where-as al e power
     of Fraunce wer gedirt, and redy to stoppe hym e way, and to
     gyve hym bataile.  And when e Kyng this sawe, he praid God
     be his helpe; and with e pepill a[t] he had, which was but scarse
|r32 viij M=l=, made hym redy, and hym enbatailt.  The Kyng at
     tyme had a mys-trust in Edward, Duyk of York; and at the
     Duyke wele perceyuet, and come to e Kyng, and hym besoughte
     that he myght haue e vaward at day. and e Kyng hym



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     graunted. Then e Duyk went forth, and comaundit and charget
     euery man to ordeyne hym a stake of tre, sharpet at both endys,
     and pight an ende asslope in e ground before hem, that e
 |r4 Frenshemen shuld not ouerride hem; for thair purpose was to
     haue ouerriden hem; for they were nombret vj M=l= and moo. And
     e Frenshmen, al e nyghte before or at the bataile was, made
     muche revell, and cryeng and shoutyng, al e nyghte, and plaiet
 |r8 Englisshemen at e dyce, euery archer for a blank.  And on e
     morowe about pryme, e Kyng comaundit euery man to make hym
     redy to bataile, and said thes wordes: "Sirres! thenkes this day
     to quyte youe as men, and feightes for e righte of Englond! and,
|r2 in the name of Almyghty God, avaunt baner! and Saynt George,
     this day thyn helpe!" Then oure men knelit doune al attones,
     and made a cros on e grounde, and kissit it, and put hem in e
     mercy of God.
|r16     The Frenshmen en come with gret pride ferisly, and oure
     archers shotte frely; and att last, both e battailes Ioynet and
     mette, and sore foughton togedirs. And e Frenshe men presit so
     fast and so thikke on oure pepill, at they fell on e stakes at
|r20 were pighte in the ground, horse and man, so thikke, ich ouer
     othir, at gret pepill of hem were slayne with-out eny stroke. And
     e Kyng at day full manfully faughte that same day, his oune
     handys; so that l pece of his croune was broken, which afterward
|r24 was founden and broughte to hym. and so at last, Almyghty God
     gaue grace that he had e victory of hys enmys, for al theire pride,
     and slowe xij M=l=; of the which, e lordes and e states of name,
     theire names folowen in is table herafter:
     
|r28 The Bisshope of Sayntis,           The Erle of Brene,
     The Duyke of Brabane,              The Erle of Sannes,
     The Duyk of Barry,                 The Erle of Grauntpre,
     The Duyke of Launson,              The Erle of Fallyngberge,
|r32 The Erle of Douers,                The Lord Dalabret,
     The Erle of Marle,                 The Lord Heyle,
     The Erle of Russe,                 The Constable of Fraunce,
     The Erle of Almartyne,             The Lord of Dampiere,
|r36 The Erle of Vandemound,            The Lord of Beaufremound,



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     The Lord of Danssy,                The Lord Colard of Fessenis
     The Lord Damnery,                  The Lord Cheyny,
     The Lord Robert Frere,             The Lord of Beauford,
 |r4 The Lord of Ranavile,              The Lord of Branen,
     The Lord Waryn,                    The Lord Raulond of Grotuse,
     The Lord of Kemeram,               The Lord Philipe of Lens,
     The Lord of Bakevyle,              The Lord William Eriche,
 |r8 The Lord Senal of Henawe,          The Lord of Saint Clos,
     The Lord of Mongangies,            The Lord Iohn of Poys,
     |r[f.157r] The Lord Coursy,         The Lord Iakes of Coriamble,
     The Lord Oudard of Rant,           The Lord of Caunkesy,
|r12 The Lord of Hemes,                 The Lord Colard Somanyng,
     The Lord Symond of Fragnell,       The Lord Colard of Frenys,
     The Lord of Cramys,                The Lord Gaumot of Burnvile,
     The Lord Robert Monerigny,         The Lord Ronale of Flaundres,
|r16 The Lord of Quemes,                The Lord Bidamue of Lannoys,
     The Lord Daunchy,                  The Lord John of Garonns,
     The Lord Gerard of Herbanes,       The Lord Dacoy,
     The Lord Iohn of Gres,             The Lord Colenchet,
|r20 The Lord of Soile,                 The Lord Doo,
     The Lord Dauphyan,                 The Lord Iohn of Beaumont,
     The Lord Mounteney,                The Lord Iohn of Drouy,
     The Lord Burcy and his sonne,      The Lord Charles,
|r24 The Lord Reynold Dagincourt,       The Lord Philipe Lynberk
     The Lord Mayhewe of Humes,            and his sonne,
     The Lord Philipe of Fosseins,      The Lord Iohn of Calkevile,
     The Lord Burian of Rubenpre,       The Lord of Bryoile,
|r28 The Lord of Poys,                  The Lord William of Granevile,
     The Lord Launcelet of Clarre,      The Lord Humers,
     The Lord of Hemede,                The Lord Iohn of Monteney,
     The Lord of Coresques,             The Lord of Harlyn and his
|r32 The Lord of Marquet,                  broer,
     The Lord Robert of Poys,           The Lord Malare of Gurnay,
     The Lord of Noel,                  The Lord of Cankers,
     The Lord Robert of Waryn,          The Lord of Houncious of
|r36 The Lord Haucon of Croan,             Poys,
     The Lord ofEroun and his sonne,    The Lord of Long,



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     The Lord of Tenys and his          Fort-escu,
        sonne,                          Robert of Savage,
     The Castelyn of Lens,              Brian of Geromes,
 |r4 The Baron of Mary,                 Iohn of Gardyn,
     The Stuard of Henawde,             Dorn dez Pres,
     The Baily of Dauneus,              Iohn of Sempy,
     Iohn Guryn,                        Pier Bonenfaunt,
 |r8 Damset Dannay,                     Burgu of Rony,
     Iohn of Lesele,                    Pers of Fossenis.
     
        And many othir moo, as before is saide. And thes were e
     names of e Frenssh lordes at were take prisoners in at batail : -- The 
|r12 Duyk of Orlyaunce, The Duyk of Burboyn, The Erle of
     Eawe, The Erle of Richemond, The Erle of Vandome, Sir Iohn
     of Bare, e Dukes broer of Bare, Sir Bursigaunt, stuard of
     Fraunce, Sir Iohn de Roche, And many oer moo, to e nombre
|r16 of viijc.
        And es were e names of e lordes at were slayn on oure
     party : -- The good and noble Edward, Duyk of York, in e vaward,
     The Erle of Suffolk, and oer moo yemen to e nombre of xxviij=ti=.
|r20 and is bataile was done e xxv=ti= day of Octobre, on Saint Crispyn
     and Crispians day, the yere of oure Lord, M=l= CCCC xv.  Of
     which a versifier makes mencion, and saith "Crispini multos
     strauit gens anglica Francos."  Then come tithynges to e Kyng
|r24 at a newe bataile of Frenshmen were redy to feight with hym
     ageyn. Then e Kyng onon chargit and comaundet euery man to
     sle his prisoner. And when the Frensh men at sawe, they with_drowe 
     hem, and went their way.
|r28     Then come e Kyng to Caleys with his prisoners, and thankit
     God of at gloriose victory, |r[f.157v] and Saint George, which halpe hym
     to fighte, and was seyne abouen in e eyre, at day they faut.
     And when e Kynge come to Caleys, he restet hym ere awhile,
|r32 and after shippit, and come into Englond, and landet at Dovir,
     and passit so forth to Berehamdoune, where-as mette with hym e
     v portes, with x M=l= men clenly harnesshit and arrayet. And en
     said e Duyk of Orlyaunce: " what! shal we now go ageyne to
|r36 bataile?" And e Kyng hym ansuard, and said: "Nay: thes ben
     childer of my cuntre come to welcome me home." And there e



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     v portes presentit e Kyng with a shippe, & gold therin. And so
     rode he forth to Caunterbery, where-as e procession hym mette
     with-out e toun, and hym broght to Cristischirche; and the Kyng
 |r4 offert at Saint Thomas shryne. And from thens he rode to Eltham.
     And fro thens he toke his way to London; and on Blakke-Heth
     mette with hym e Meyre and the Aldermen, with al the craftes of
     e Cite clothet al in rede, to e nombre of xx=ti= M=l=; and er they
 |r8 welcomet hym home, and e Kyng hem thanket. And so rode he
     forth to London on Saint Clement day where-as he was riolly
     receyuet with precession, And song "Aue Anglorum flos, mundi
     miles Christi!" And when he come to London Brigge, where-as
|r12 were ij turrettes on e draw-brige, and a gret Geaunt, and on e
     turrettes stondyng a lyon and a Antlope, with many angeles syng_yng 
     "Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini!" And so rode he
     forth in-to London; and e stretes were rially hanget with rich
|r16 clothes; And in Cornhyll was made a rioll toure, full of patri_arches 
     syngyng "Cantate Domino canticum nouum! laus laus eius,
     in ecclesia sanctorum!" and kest doun quyk briddes, which flawe
     thikke about e Kyng. And when he come into Chepe, e
|r20 Condites ranne wyne. And on e gret condit were xij Apposteles,
     syngyng "Benedic, Anima mea, Domino!" and xij kynges knelyng,
     castyng doune oblays, and welcomet hym home. And e cros in
     Chepe was riolly arrayet like a Castell, with toures pight full of
|r24 baners, and er-in Angeles syngyng `Nowell, nowell!' gyvyng
     besandes of gold to e Kyng. And so rode he forth to Paules,
     where-as mette hym xiiij bisshopes; and al e belles ronge
     agaynes hym; and ere he alight and went to e hye awter. And
|r28 there ei song "Te Deum laudamus." And from thens he rode
     forth to his palice at Westmynster; And after, he rode about in
     the land on pilgremage, and ordeynt be holy Chirch at Saint
     George day shuld be kept hye and holy: and so was it neuer
|r32 before at day.
         In e iij=de= yere of e reyne of Kyng Henry e vte, Segewyn,
     e Emperoure of Almayn, come in-to Englond, and was right
     wurshiply receyuet at London with e Meyre, alderme[n] and
|r36 craftes, and broughte to e Kynges paleys at Westmynster, where-as
     was e gret hall assignet to hym, which was ryolly hanget with
     cloes of gold and of Arras. And euery Angell in e hall-rof



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     holdyng a torche in his honde; and iiij angeles at e hye deece,
     ich holdyng iiij torches. And e Kyng gave e Emperoure e
     Gartour. And sone aftir, e Duyke of Holand come in-to Englond,
 |r4 and was loggit in Holborn, and abode a long tyme in e lond, on
     e Kynges cost; and after, they went home. And e Kyng went
     with the Emperoure to Caleys, where-as was a Counseyle; at
     which Counseyle was both e Kyng and e Emperoure, and er
 |r8 taried to haue ansuare of e Frenssh party. And thider come the
     Duyk of Burgoyn; but he wold not come er til Humfrey, Duyk
     of Gloucestre, lay plegge for hym. And after, the Emperoure
     went home in-to his cuntre, and many Englissh men with hym
|r12 made officers, for he trustid hem better en his oune nacion.
         And when e Kyng had his ansuare of e Frensshe party, at
     liket hym not, he come in-to Englond ageyn, and ordeynt a gret
     army.
     
     
                               V.
     
     |r[From_the_Capture_of_Rouen,_19_Jan._1419,_to_the_Defeat_of_the_Ghent
     men_at_Calais,_and_the_Death_of_Watkin_RUSKIN,_A.D._1436]
|r16    |r[f.158v] And then e Kyng entret in-to e toune of Roane, and hym
     restit in e Castell till e toune was sette in ruyle and in gouern_aunce;
     and after at, was Caudebek, and oer garisons ernegh,
     yolden to e Kyng vn-der the same appoyntement.
     
|r20     Of the trety of pees at was betwene Kyng Henry of
        Englond and Kyng Charles of Fraunce; and of e mariage
        of Kyng Henry e V and Dame Kateryn, e Kynges
        doughter of Fraunce; and so e pees was made and
|r24    fynysshit.
     
     <b> WHen Kyng Henry of Englond had goton Roane, as before is
        said, the Dolfyns enbassatores, as it was accordit before -- with 
     full power to do al thynges, as he were ere hymself present, -- comen 
|r28 to e Kyng to e said Cite of Roane; and after many tretise
     had, thus it was appoyntet: at a certeyn day sette, e Dolfyn shuld
     come to e toune of Dreux, and Kyng Henry to Aueraunchis, and



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     ere chese a mene place betwene both assent, where they myghte
     peasbely tret of e pees. Which appoyntement truly to be kept, e
     Kyng and the said Ambassatoures sette-to aire seales. at which
 |r4 day e Kyng come; but e Dolfyn com not: wherfore e pees was
     broke as for that tyme.
         In this mene while, Iohn, Duyk of Burgoyn, which had e
     ruyle of e Kyng of Fraunce because of his sekenes, be letteres
 |r8 and ambassatouris sought Kyng Henry grace; and e Kyng sent
     Ambassatoures ageyn to Charles, Kyng of Fraunce, and to e
     said Duyk, to Province, of which ambassatours e Erle of Warrewik
     was chef; and in e way as he shuld go, lay a gret busshement
|r12 of Frenshe men, to take hym, and let hym e way and his purpose;
     but he slogh and toke the moost party of hem, and come to
     Province, and purposet his ambassiat. And so was it ere
     appoyntet and accordit, that Henry of Englond and Charles of
|r16 Fraunce, with e Quene his wif, and e Duyk of Burgoyn, shuld
     come to a mene place, & trete of e pees. And to do is message,
     e Erle of Saint Paule, and e sonne and heire of e Duyk of
     Burgoyn, come to e Kyng as Ambassatours.  Then Kyng
|r20 Henry of Englond, of e mater be relacion of Ambassatoures of
     both partyes, appoyntet with his enmys that, at a certeyn day, he
     shulde come to Maunt, and Charles, Kyng of Fraunce, and Iohn,
     Duyk of Burgoyn, shuld come to Pounteys; and e mene place of
|r24 this trety should be Melan sus Sayn; to e which, noer party
     shuld come with moo en M=l= vc men; and in e mene tyme
     truyce shulde be on both parties: which mene place was aftirward
     arayet betwene ij villages, and lymytit and market betwene ij gret
|r28 diches, where-in no man shuld come, but onely such as shuld trete.
     And er e Kynge tentes were riolly pighte and arrerit, and e
     Kynges tentes of Fraunce. And Kyng Henry lete arere ij tentes
     betwene .ij. diches, where-in both e Kynges myght trete apart with
|r32 theire secret Counsaile, and e astate of boe Kynges observet and
     kept. and a stake was pighte in e myddes. of a faire playn, to e
     which, and no ferther, eythir Kyng shuld come to oer. And e
     day appoyntet, Kyng Henry come to Maunt, And Kyng Charles,
|r36 because of his acustumet sekenes, came not; but e Quene his wif,
     and e Duke of Burgoyn, with oer notable prynces of theire



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     alliaunce, and with M=l= vc men, comen to Pounteys, and aftir, to e
     mene place. And Kyng Henry first kisset e Quene, and en
     Dame Kateryn, hir doughter, for at at tyme e Kyng sawe hir
 |r4 first.  Then Kyng Henry, e Quene and hir doughter, and e
     Duyk of Burgoyn, with oer, went into a tent to trete of pees, where
     they were almost iij dayes; but it toke non ende |r[f.159r] at that tyme.
        In the menewhile, the Dolfyn, with letters and messagers,
 |r8 sterid the Duyk of Burgoyn that he, nor non of his, shuld assent
     to e pees. And at e vte nonas of August, in e which e said
     Kynges shuld haue semblet, e Kyng of Fraunce, e Quene,
     e Duyk of Burgoyn, nor non of hem, come. Wherfor it was
|r12 openly knawe that e Frensh party was cause at the pees was
     not endit at that tyme.
        Then Kyng Henry went vnto Pounteys, and gat it. And sent
     Thomas his broer, Duyk of Clarence, with a notable power, to
|r16 Parise, and gate it, And retournet ageyn to e Kyng. And en
     e Kyng went to Bokend-villers and Gysours, and gate hem.
     And whiles this was in doyng, e Duyk of Burgeyn, at first
     sought e heynges grace, went to e Dolfyn to Motreux, vnder
|r20 sav-conditer of comyng and goyng, and ere, by e said Dolfyn, was
     traytosely and vnmanly slayne, As he knelit before hym, and after,
     put in-to a pitte, hotit and spurret.  And when Philip, his sonne
     and his heire erof had knawlege, he sought Kyng Henry grace,
|r24 and become his man.  The same tyme, certeyn ambassatours of
     Kyng Charles and of e Duyk of Burgoyn, & of Citiyns of Parise,
     come to Kyng Henry vnto Maunt, to trete of pees; but because
     the Kyng was so besily occupiet in his werres, and also he supposet
|r28 at the Frenshmen were not fully enclynet to e pees as than, is
     trety toke non ende at at tyme, but aftirward at Roan it was fully
     fynesshit.
         Aftirward, whiles Kyng Henry held his Cristenmas in
|r32 Roan, the Ambassatours of Kyng Charles and of e Dukes of
     Burgoyn come idir to hym; to whom Kyng Henry sent ageyn
     Richard, Erle of Warrewik, with oer wise men, and a notable
     power of men of armes, wi full power to concluyde the pees;
|r36 and aftir many wise tretise had, pees was on both sides concludit,
     by e affinite and wedlok of Kyng Henry and Dame Kateryn,



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     Kyng Charles doughter. But be-cause certeyn thynges were
     necessary, for e which e presence of both e Kynges most nedis
     be had, what for settyng-to of their seales, what for the mariage
 |r4 sewyng, And also Charles was so feblet for age, and oft tymes was
     vexit with his sekenes. Thus it was betwene hem appoyntet,
     at Kyng Henry shuld come at a day lymyt, vnder truyce, with
     suche puysshaunce as hym liket, to Nogent vpon Sayn, to per_fourm 
 |r8 fynally al thyng that to e pees was nedfull; and if he
     come not, al thyng shuld be had as for noughte. Aftir this
     appoyntement us made, e Erle retournet to e Kyng, notifying
     vnto hym in writyng al e affecte of his enbassiat.  Then e
|r12 Kyng from thens went to Nogent; and er mette with hym
     Philipe, Duyk of Burgoyn, with a gret company of men of Armes.
     Then, after many and diuerse tretise, e xij=te= kalendes of Iune, e
     xlti yere of e regne of Kyng Charles, in e Cathedrall chirch er,
|r16 Kyng Henry, with Thomas, Duyk of Clarance, his broer, and oer
     princes and nobles, and Isabell, Quene of Fraunce, with e Duyk
     of Burgoyn beyng er for Kyng Charles laboryng en in his forsaid
     affirmite; and in eir oune names, and e iij states of Fraunce,
|r20 pees betwene e ij remes of Englond and of Fraunce was made,
     and with certeyn condicions approvit. And Kyng Charles charget
     al his legemen, on payn of fforfeture of aire legeaunce, to kepe e
     said pees; And erto ai mad their gret oth, and plight eir
|r24 trouthis in e handes of Kyng Henry. And onon, Quene Isabell
     of Fraunce, & Philipe, Duyk of Burgoyn, in e name of Kyng
     Charles, swore vppon e Euangelistes to kepe this pees, us con_cludit,
     for theym, for theire heires, & their successoures, with_outen 
|r28 fraude or male engyne, for euermore. And this same othe
     made Quene Isabell, and the Duyk of Burgoyn, and e iij states of
     Fraunce, to Kyng Henry, his heires and his sucessoures. And at
     the i xte kalendes of Iune, before Quene Isabell and Kyng Charles
|r32 Counsaile in e parlement, and e iij states of Fraunce, and oer
     Englisshe prynces and lordes, contracte of Matermony be present
     wordes, betweene Kyng Henry and Dame Kateryn, Kyng Charles
     doughter, there was solempnet and made. And as sone as this was
|r36 enditet in writyng, as it was accordit, Kyng Henry, Kyng Charles,
     and e ij Quenes, |r[f.159v] Isabell and Kateryn, and e Duyk of Burgeyn,
     went to Saynluys and gate it; and fro thens vnto Melon, and beseget
     e toune. and e seege enduret from e first Idus of Iuyle vnto



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     Nouembre aftir. and at that seege, lay with Kyng Henry,
     Iames, Kyng of Scottes, as presoner. And ei within e toune
     suffert gret duresse; but at last, for diffault of vitaile, thei yolde
 |r4 vp the toune.  Then e Kynges and e Quenes, and Philipe,
     Duyk of Burgoyn, with theire hostes, went to Parise; and the
     Citiyns of e Citee mette with hem in full noble array, and riolly
     hem receyued.  And at e viij=te= Idus of Ianuare, Kyng Henry
 |r8 and Dame Kateryn comen in-to Englond, and laft at Parise Thomas
     Beaufort, Duyk of Excestre, his vncle, and Thomas, Duyk of
     Clarence, his broer, Regent of Normaundy. And e xiiij day of
     Feueryere, at fell on e Sonday, Dame Kateryn was crownet at
|r12 Westemynster with gret solempnyte.
         And in this while Thomas, Duyk of Clarence, with oer
     certeyn lordes, made a iournay, and lefte at home e yomanry,
     but toke with hym gentels and speris; at which iournay he was
|r16 slayn with e Scottes, and al at come with hym; and e Erle of
     Huntyngton was er take, and oer moo, and at was gret routh.
         And when tithinges erof come to Kyng Henry, he was sorow_full 
     and hevy, and made hym redy to go ouer see; and at
|r20 Mydsomer next aftir the coronacion, he went ouer into Fraunce
     ageyn and left the Quene in Englond, and gat certeyn garisons
     at were rebell, and besegit e toune of Meux; at which seege
     tithynges come to e Kyng at e Quene was deliuert of a sonne
|r24 at Wyndesore at was clepit Henry.  And whene e Quene was
     purifiet, she went ouer into Fraunce to e Kyng. And after at
     Meux was yoldon, Kyng Henry went to Parise, makyng ordynaunce
     to be-seege e toune of Cane. And en a sore and a fervent malady
|r28 hym toke, and fro day to day hym vexit til he deyed in e Castell
     of Bois de Vincent, the last day of August, when at he had regnet
     ix yere, v monithis, iij. weekes and iij days; and aftirward he was
     brought in-to Englond Riolly, and enterid at Westemynster.
     
     |r[The_Accession_of_Henry_VI.]
|r32 <b> AFter the noble victoriose prynce, Kyng Henry the vth, regnet
        his sonne, Henry the vjte, that was bore at Wyndesore in
     the fest of Saint Nycolace the Confessoure, and began to regne
     in e age of ix monithes and xv dayes. And to Richard, Erle of



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     Warrewik, was commyttit e kepyng of hym, for-as-much he was
     countet and hold e best-nurturet man of Englond; and e
     Bisshope of Caunterbery and the Bisshope of Wynchester were
 |r4 his godfaders; and e Duches of Holand was his godmoder; and
     so forth-with-al he was sette to howsold. and at same yere e
     Duches of Holand was weddit to Humfrey, Duyk of Gloucestre.
     and the first yere of his regne, dyet Charles, e Kyng of Fraunce,
 |r8 att Bois de Vyncent, and was entered at Parise, and e Quene
     his wif with hym. And at same yere was one Sir William
     Tailoure, prest, brent in Smythfeld for heresy.
         And e second yere of his regne, Sir Roger Mortymer, knyght,
|r12 brak out of e Toure of London, be counsaile of certeyn persones
     of e same Toure, and was tak ageyn on e Toure-wharf, and
     after brought to Westmynster: and ere was he iuget to e deth,
     and was draw and hanget at Tiburn, and quartert, and his hed set
|r16 on London Brigge; and his hert and his bowelles were beryet in
     e Grey Freris in London, on the north side of e chirch.

      Of the Bataile of Vernull in Perche be Iohn, Duyk of
        Bedford, and Regent of Fraunce.
|r20    In the second yere of e reyne of Kyng Henry the vj=te= aboue_said,
     Iohn, Duyk of Bedford and Regent of Fraunce, & the Erle
     of Salisbery; Mountegu, the Erle of Arundell, the Lord Scales,
     the Lord Poynynges, with e nombre of xij M=l= of Englisshe men,
|r24 laid seege to Ivory in Normaundy. And whiles they lay att that
     seege, the Duyk of Launson gadert a gret host of Frensshmen,
     and Scottes and lumbardes, e nombre of lij M=l=, to rescowe Ivory,
     and to give bataile to e said Duyke of Bedford. But when they
|r28 herd that e Duyk of Bedforde had with hym xij M=l= men, thay
     lafte Ivory, and come to Vernill in Perche, which was at tyme in
     e handes of Englisshe-men, And the Lord Scales therof beyng
     capteyn, and was att e said seege of Ivory.  Then e Frensshe
|r32 men chargit e Englisshe men to delyuer e toun of Vernill vp to
     hem, And |r[f.160r] the said Duyke of Bedford and all his power were
     ouerthrawe and slayn before Ivory. And they of the toun of
     Vernill wend it had ben trewe, And gave vp e toune to e Frensh_men. 
|r36 And us by this trayn, Vernill was lost, vnknowyng of



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     the Duyke of Bedford and e lordes which lay att e said seege of
     Ivory; neuereles at last it was yolden vp to hem.  Then iij
     M=l=. men toke theire leve of the Duyk of Bedford and Regent of
 |r4 Fraunce, and departet from thens hom to their garisons. And
     they were not passet thens xij lekes, but tithynges come to e
     Duyk how e Frensshe had geten Vernyll, and were therin.
     Wherfore he onon, with e Erle of Salesbery, Mountegu, e Erle
 |r8 of Arundell, e Lord Scalis, and e Lord Poynynges, with ix M=l=
     Englisshe men, retournet to Vernyll, and toke thair feld a myle
     from the toune, to gyve the Frensshe men bataile; but e Frensshe
     men nor e Scottes wold not beleve at the English men
|r12 wold feight with hem, for they had redy knowlege at iij M=l=
     men were gon hom to their garisons, and ey were but ix
     M=l= men, and they were lij M=l=: notwithstondyng, a day of
     batail was sett.  Then oure Englisshe men pichet theire stakes;
|r16 and on e day of batail when ai shuld feight, they knelit
     doune and kissit the ground; and en the Duyke of Bedford bade
     `auaunt baner!' And so they Ioynet to-gedris and faughte; and
     the Duyk of Bedford faughte at day manfully with his oune
|r20 hondis. And whilis they were besy feightyng, the Lumbardes of
     e Frensshe host comen behynde the batail of e Englisshe men,
     and slowe theire pages, and went away with thaire horses. And
     on Yong, an Englisshe Capteyn, fledde away with vc men in his
|r24 felissh[ip]e, and told how Englisshe men had lost the feld; which
     was aftir taken, and was hanget, drawe and quartert, as he was
     wele wurthy; for God fortunet so, that e Duyke of Bedford had
     the vi[c]tory and the felde of his enmyse, and put e Frensshe
|r28 men to the flight, and chasit hem to e toune dikes of Vernyll,
     where-as many of hem were drownet. And when ey retournet
     agayn to the bataile, thay fand e Scottes feghtyng still with e
     Erle of Salisbery whiles ei were folowyng e chase of the Frensshe
|r32 men. And so then onon e Scottes were all discomfit and slayne,
     e Englissh men cryynge "A Clarens, A clarans!" for cause e
     Scottes before that tyme [ferede] e Duyk of Clarans.  And
     the[s] were e names of e lordes, knytes and swyers, and men of
|r36 name of e Scottes at were slayne in at batail: that is to say,



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     The Erle Douglas, at was att e bataile of Shrewisbery new made
     Duyke of Turreyn,
     The Erle of Bugham,                 Sir Gauter Lynnesey,
 |r4 Iames Douglas,                      Alexander Hume,
     The Lord Sauyton,                   Adam Dalgleis,
     The Lord Dondas,                    Alexandre Stuard,
     Sir William of Seton,               Iames Lunieston,
 |r8 Sir Thomas of Murray,               Robert Serand,
     Sir Gye Ferard,                     Andrewe Murray,
     Sir Iohn Saintclere,                Thomas Glenston,
     Sir Archbald Goumerston             Huchon Candy,
|r12 Sir Gauter Berton,                  Dauid Murray.
         And many oer Scottes moo of gentilmen, and e men were
     there slayne that ben not namet here.
         And es ben e names of e lordes and men of name of e
|r16 Frensshe men that were slayne in at same bataill before the toun
     of Vernyll in Perche: that is for to say:
     The Erle of Daumall,                Sir Lowis de Trye,
     The Erle Bendtadom,                 Sir Charles de Guesines,
|r20 The Erle Romier,                    Sir Iohn de Murrak,
     The Erle Daubinall,                 Sir Gyles Deschavile,
     The Lord Manny,                     Sir Iohn Bonnestable,
     The Lord Gravile,                   Sir Giles de Camege,
|r24 The Lord Flenogin,                  Sir Boit de Turnbun,
     |r[f.160v] The Lord Mountenay,       Sir Tristrem Coiseron,
     The Lord Camelhart,                 Sir Charles Desneuall,
     The Lorde Chargeron,                Sir Robert de Layre,
|r28 The Lord Mesilate,                  Sir Charles de Bruyne,
     The Lord Dauterme,                  Sir Iohn Poyngaunt,
     The Lord de la Frait,               Sir Peris de Bellay,
     The Lorde de Cathemage,           Sir Peris Botterell
|r32 The Lord de le Forge,                 And his brother,
     The Lord de Bellay,                 Sir Fraunceis de Gryngoux,
     The Lord de le Champayn,            Sir Emery de la Grissill,
     The Lord Gamage.                   Sir Prunele Fraunceis,
|r36 The Lord Dassail Raboule,           Marshall de la Fait,
     The Vicont of Nerborn,              Peris de Guyssay,



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     Peris de Trusselle,                Heton de Guesme,
     Robynet de Cleremount,              Geffrey Paillam,
     Lowis de Osternard,                 Regnaulton Grenault,
 |r4 Colvile le Vieont,                  Godffray de Soubres,
     Druet Desson,                       Hewe de Beaussault,
     Geffray de la Gressill,             Le Camus de Frisendy,
     Andrewe Poyngaunt,                  Guylliam Remon de la Maiser,
 |r8 Iohn de Tonevile,                   Lowis de Bagard,
     Moriard de la Mote,                 Peron de Luppe,
     Iohn Frere,                         Ion de Puche.
     Iohn de la Famruner,
|r12    Thes were e names of lordes, knyghtes, squiers, and gentilmen
     of name at were slayn in e said bataile, of Frensshmen, and
     many oer moo at ar not here namet. And the nombre of al e
     Frensshemen and Scottes that were slayn in at batail, be
|r16 herawdes accompted, xij M=l= vc xxx, with hem at were drounet
     in e dikes of Vernyll.  And thes were the names of hem at
     were taken prisoners: The Duyke of Launson, Iohn Boutevile,
     Sir Peris Henson, Vidain Lannoye.  And when is bataile was
|r20 don and e Englissh men had e victory, they lovid and thanket
     God gretely of his grace, And forthwith went to e toun of
     Vernyll, which was onon deliuert vpe to hem, and had all e
     stuff that e Frensshmen ther-in hade. And en went e Duyke
|r24 of Bedford and Regent of Fraunce peasably to Roon, thankyng
     God of at victoriose battaile.
         In the iij=de= yere of e Regne of Kyng Henry e vjte, the
     Prince of Portyngale come in-to Englond; which was of e Kyng
|r28 and e lordes wurshiply receyuet. And aftirward, at Saynt
     George Fest att Wyndesore, the said Prince was made Knyght of
     e Garture.  In the iiij=te= yere of his regne er fill a gret discord
     betwene Humfrey, Duyke of Gloucester, and Henry, Bisshope of
|r32 Wynchester; wherfore the Comyns of London aros with e said
     Duyke, which lay at tyme at his oun place at Baynardes Castell,
     ageynes e saide bisshope, which lay at tyme in his place besides
     saynt Mary-ouerheis in Suthwerk. but the Prince of Portyngale,
|r36 beyng that tyme in Englond, labourt so betwene hem, as God



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     wold, to kepe e pees; wherthurghe ere was non harme done, -- thanket 
     be God! -- And so were the comyns of London pesite.
     And at same yere come Iohn, Duyk of Bedford and Regent of
 |r4 Fraunce, in-to Englond, with e Duches his wif, at was the suster
     of Philipe, Duyke of Burgoyn; and was full rially receuet of e
     Maire and of e Citiins of London.
         In the vte yere of his regne a parlement was holden att
 |r8 Leycestre; att which parlement the Duyke of Bedford made |r[f.161r] yong
     Kyng Henry the Sixt, knyghte; and xxiiij knyghtes were made
     with hym. And when e Kyng wes made knyght, he made with
     his oune handes other xxiiij knyghtes. And att at parlement
|r12 were made many statutes and ordynaunces, and many newe officers.
     And in at same yere there was one William Wawe, an Outlawe,
     taken out of e sayntuary of the Abbey of Bewley, and broughte
     to London to the Kynges-benche, and after, to Westemynster, and
|r16 was ere dampnet, and had into Southwert, and sette in a cart, and
     was broughte so thrughe-out London, and so forth to Tyburn, and
     er was hanget; And after, his hed smytten of and sette on
     London Brigge.
|r20     In the vj=te= yere of his regne, Herry, Bisshope of Winchester,
     went ouer see to Caleys, and so forth to Rome, where-as e Pope
     hym made Cardynall, and gave to hym e cros, to be born before
     hym alway where he went; but it was afterward taken away and
|r24 laide doun by commaundement of e Pope, for cause he shulde
     haue comyn into Praage with a certeyn nomber of men of werre,
     whiche cuntre was out of beleue of Christen faith. but he failet
     his promyse, and come not there, but changet his purpos for e
|r28 wele and e worshipe of al the Reame of Engglond, and went into
     Normaundy with a notable meyny of Archers, the best at couth be
     geton in eury place of Englond for ixd on e day, euery archer ij
     or iij bawes in a cace. And so, by his comyng theder, was savid
|r32 all that lande; and elles at tyme it shuld haue ben lost.  Then
     afterward, he come ageyn into Englond, and was there wurshiply
     receyvide with the Meire, Aldermen, and craftes of London, and
     brought so forthe to Westemynster, and lay er in the Abbottes
|r36 place within the Abbay.  In the vij=te= yere of his regne er was
     a great derth of corne. for a busshell of whete was at iijs sterling;
     and all oer cornes were dere at yere.



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     How Kyng Henry the VIte was crownet att Westemynster;
        And after, be counseil of his lordis of Engelond, was
        crownet Kyng of Fraunce att Paryse.
 |r4 <b> IN the viij=te= yere of the regn of the said Kyng Henry the
        vjte, he was crownet at Westemynster in Nouembre, on Saynt
     Lethenardes day; and on e nyghte before, he made xxiiij=ti=
     Knyghtes of the Bath in e Toure of London, which rode before
 |r8 hym on the morowe, al in blewe, toward his coronacion, to his
     paleis att Westemynster. Att which coronacion was gret rialte
     seyn; for al e condites in Chepe ranne both of rede wyn and
     white; and the condite Also in e palice of Westemynster rann
|r12 with rede wyn; take therof, who-so wolde. And at same yere,
     sone after, he went ouer see into Fraunce with a faire felesshipe of
     dukes, erlis and barons, in the monythe of May, and with the
     nombre of iiij M=l= men, and landet att Caleis, and went so forth be
|r16 londe thrughe Pikardy to Roane, where-as he was righte Rially
     recevid and welcomet.  In the ixte yere of his regne, the Erle of
     Perch, the Erle of Morteyn, the Lorde Fitz-Hewe, and e Lord of
     Audelay, shippit att Sandewiche with iiij M=l= men, and landet att
|r20 Caleis, and went so forth thrughe Picardy to Roane. And onon
     after, Henry, Cardinall, Bisshope of Wynchester, the Lord Clynton
     and Sir Thomas Donstable, shippit then att Portesmouthe, and
     sailet so to Kittecaux, Harflewe, and to Roane.  And in e x
|r24 yere of his regne he was crownet att Paris, Kyng of Fraunce, on
     oure Lady day e Conception, in Decembre; where-as was hold as
     riall a fest as euer was had of eny kyng. And in at same yere
     was Louers geton, & the |r[f.161v] walles beton doun, and made an open
|r28 village, for all maner of pepill, both Englisshe and Frensshe.
        And at same yere the Kynge come to Caleys out of Fraunce,
     and shippit there, and londet att Dovir, and was wurshiply
     receyuet with the barons of the v portes. And so was he
|r32 brought forth vnto London, and receyuet by e Meire and Alder_men,
     the first day of Marche; and so broughte to Eltham: And
     ich crafte of Londen had his liuerey braudert, that euery crafte
     myght be knowen from othir.  In the xj yere of his regne, the
|r36 Duches of Bedford, at was that tyme clepit Madame Regent, and



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     suster to the Duyk of Burgoyn, dyet att Roan; whos deth turnett
     Englissh men aftirward to much trouble; for al e whiles at she
     was on lyue, hir brothir, Duyk of Burgoyn, was euer holdyng
 |r4 vppon the Englisshe party; but sone after at she was ded, his
     hert was cast clene away from Englisshe men, and turnet to e
     Frensshe party, and become enmy to Engelond, as ye shall here
     aftirward.  In the xij=te= yere of his regne, the Duyk of Bedford
 |r8 and Regent of Fraunce weddit the doughter of the Erle of Saynt
     Paule, a faire lady. And at same yere fill a gret discord
     betwene Sir William Oldhall, Knyghte, Leotenaunt of Caleys vnder
     e said Duyke, and sawdiers of Caleys, for askyng of aire wages;
|r12 where e said sawdioures were to-gedirs sworn, and kept hym out
     of the toune, and wold not suffere hym to come with-in, notwith_stondy
     [ng] his wiff beyng within the toun. And so went he then
     to Roan, and compleynet hym to e Duyk of Bedford, and capteyn
|r16 of e said toun, Caleis, and made hym hevy lord toward e said
     sawdioures; in so much at he come doun out of Normaundy,
     with his lady e Duches, the Erle of Saint Paules doughter, and
     e Bisshope of Tirrewyn her vncle, and Sir William Oldhall his
|r20 leotenaunt, to e Castell of Balyngham, a myle from e toune of
     Arde. And there he lay vnto Richard Bukkeland, Tresourer of
     Caleis, and Capteyn of the said Castell of Balyngham, had entretid
     e saudiours of Caleis, and aggreyt with hem, and gyven hem
|r24 obligacions of customs. And when he had made agrement with
     hem, the Duyke and Capteyn come in Peasably to Caleis, with his
     lady the Duches, her vncle, and Sir William Oldhall his leotenaunt,
     and was rit wurchiply recevid of e burgeis, marchaundes, and
|r28 sawdioures, and brought to e Castell with al the Sawdioures of
     e toune.
         On e next morawe after, he sent for e porters, and for e
     keys of al e gates of the toune, into e Castell. And after sent
|r32 forth sergeauntes, and arestit dyuers Constables and vinteners, and
     putte some in prison in the Castell, and some in the Marshall
     prison; and made onon also to Arest all the obligacions of Custome
     that couth be founden in eny Saudiours handes, and toke hem fro
|r36 hem.  And after, made Richard Veere, at tyme beyng Meire, to



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     gyue Iugement on iiij Soudeoures to be hedyt vnder e pillery;
     for the which was made gret mone amonges the pepill. And after,
     he come to the toune hall hym self, and sate there with e Maire,
 |r4 and e Kynges swerd heyng er present, and bade al the saudioures
     of e toun before hym. Andd al at were billet, stoode before hym
     vngird; at whiche tyme iiij were banshit, and al their wages
     forfette. And they stode on e lifte syde; and al at abode within
 |r8 the toun stode on e right syde; but a gret part |r[f.162r] of hem were
     putte out of wages, and lost al that hem was owyng. And when
     al this was done, he went to Roan ageyn with his lady the
     Duches, and had neuer after hodily hele till he dyet.
     
|r12     Of the trety of Arras, and bowe the Duyke of Burgoyn
        turnet to the Frensshe party; and bowe he laide Seege
        to Caleis, And howe he withdroughe hym in-to Flaundres
        or at Ony rescous come, in the nyghte.
|r16 <b> IN the xiijthe yere of the regne of Kyng Henry the vjte, was the
        grettest froste that was in many a day before; for it began
     vppon Saynt Kateryn even, and lastit to e iiij=te= day of Marche, the
     space of xvj wekes. And Temmes at tyme was so sore frosen,
|r20 that the vintage of Burdeux went ouer Shoters Hill: for e shippis
     with wyne myght come no nerre then Sandewiche. and at froste
     at tyme distroyet oisters, and muskelles, and fresshe-water fissh,
     thrugh e moost party of Englond.  In at same yere was e
|r24 trety of Arras betwene the Kyng of Englond, Henry the vjte, And
     Philipe, Duyke of Burgoyn; and Charles de Valoice, Dolfyn of
     Fraunce, that tyme beyng there in enbasshat for e Kyng of Englond,
     Henry, Cardynall of Englond, Bisshope of Wynchester, Iohn
|r28 Kempe, Erchbisshope of York, Iohn, Erle of Huntyngton; Pole,
     Erle of Suffolk, Prevey Seale, Sir Waulter Hongerford, Sir Iohn
     Poppahm, with a faire feleshipe with hem, to e nomber of viijc
     men. att which trety, ai wold the Kyng of Englond shuld have
|r32 putte out e floure de lice out of his Armes; and many oer thynges
     was spoken of; but to say shortly, ei couth not accord; wherfore
     they departit thens, and come home ageyn into Englonde. but
     thay of e toun of Popperyng in Flaundres demenet hem
|r36 vngentilly, and entretid hym vnmanerly as he come rydyng



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     thrughe the toun from the saide trety of Arras; wherfore he was
     sore amovid and grevid with hem, for they made his men to bere
     out of toune eyr horses dong, mawegre their tetter; neuereles
 |r4 he suffirt it, and rode on his way; but he quytte hem that foule
     and gret dispite, as ye shall here afterwardes.
         Then, as sone as thenbassetoures were departet from Arras,
     and home, the Dolfyn and the Duyke of Burgoyn were accordet,
 |r8 and made att one for deth of the Duyk of Burgoyns fader, at was
     slayn att Muttereux by e same Dolfyn; and erwith endit all that
     trety. And then onon after, e Duyk tok in-to his handes Abvyle
     and Amyas, and oer tounes and Castelles; and after, by a kyng of
|r12 heroudes, he sent the Kynges lyueray to Caleis, [and, by] the
     counsail of his lordes and hem of Flaundres, he made redy his
     ordynaunce and his pepill, to come and lay seege to Caleis. And e
     Flemmynges were en so proude and hawteyn at they sette by
|r16 none Englisshe men, but hem hade in gret despite, thrughe-out all
     Flaundres. And grete noice ere was of comyng of e seege; neuer_eles 
     Marchaundes yette went al this while into Flaundres to and
     fro, but thai bade evill chere in al plases. And they of Brigges
|r20 made payntet clothes, howe e Flemmynges were att seege att
     Caleis, and howe ai wann e toune; and hanget out Englisshe men
     by the helis out at lopes: and well was hym at myght by of es
     clothes! And ai made entirledes and plaies in Brigges, of e
|r24 Cardynall of Wynchester And of the Dolfyn, of thaire purposyng
     and Ansuaryng att the trety of Arras, And all in dispite and
     hoker of Englissh men; thei were so glad and fayn at they
     shuld lay seege to Caleis, and wynne the wulles of e staple of
|r28 Caleis, and to departe it amonges hem; And bostet and said at
     e steevan Caleis was but |r[f.162v] a male tyde, at is to say, A mele tyde;
     And mony othir scornefull wordes thai had that tyme Amonges
     hem. And that same yere, in e heryng tyme, ere come iij C botes
|r32 out of Normaundy to Caleis on fisshyng fare, as they were wont ich
     yere; and euery bote hade in xvj men. and they come as
     ffisshers, and in ffisshers clothyng; but a gret part of hem were
     men of werre, and had cast to haue geton e toune. but att last,
|r36 as God wolde, the[y] were aspiet by their fyne smale shirtes and by



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     their poyntes; wherfore Richarde Woodvile, Squyer, leotenaunt of
     e said toun of Caleis vnder the Duyke of Bedford, charget euery
     souldioure to bere his staff in his hand, as wele in e cherche and
 |r4 att sacryng tyme as in e market, and not to leve stondyng att e
     chirch durre, as they were wont to do; and so thaie bare thaire
     stavis in eire handes in e chirch, and ouer al. Then the Frensshe
     men vnderstood wele at they were aspiet, and sawe wele ey
 |r8 couth not brynge theire entent nor purpos about; And wenth
     their way out of Caleis hauen in a tide, and went streight to e
     toune of Deepe, and come in ere as ffisshers, and so gate e toun.
     And in at same yere dyet the Duyke of Bedford in Roan, on
|r12 Holy-Rode even in May, which had layn longe seeke; for whos
     deth was made muche mone amonges Englisshe men that were at
     tyme in Normaundy; for as long as he levit, he was doutet and
     dred amonges the Frenssh men.
|r16     In the xiiij yere of the regn of e said Henry the vjte, Hum_frey,
     Duyke of Gloucester, Protectour and Deffendour of Englond,
     was made Capteyn of Caleis; and he was Capteyn of Guysnes before
     that tyme; And so he was both Capteyn of Caleis and of Guysnes.
|r20 And he made Sir Iohn Radcliffe his Leotenaunt of Caleis, and
     sent hym thedir; which was a wurshipfull knyt, and was wel_belouet 
     amonges e sawdiours there: for he kept and helde A gud
     and open housold to who at wolde come, and welcome.  Then
|r24 come tithynges ich day more and more of e seege comyng to Caleis.
     Then Sir John Radecliff, e Leotenaunt of e toune, Robert
     Clidrowe e Meyre, and Thomas Thirland, Leotenaunt of e staple
     of Caleis, with e sawdioures, marchaundes, and burgeses and
|r28 comyners, kest vp a faire brode dike on e south side of the toune,
     and made iij stronge bullwerkes of erthe and cley, one att e
     corner of e Castell with-out e toun, anoer att Bulleyn gate, and
     anoer att e postern be e Princes Inne; And att Mylke gate was
|r32 a faire bulwerk made of breke, at Richard Woodevile had do make
     or he was discharget of his leotenauntshippe. And ai fortifiet e
     walles, toures, and dikes on ich a side of the toune, with-in and with_out,
     And dresset theire lopes and theire gunnes to shote both hye
|r36 and lawe. And the vj Castell in the Marche ere at Englisshe
     men were in hem, fortifiet as strongely as they couthe, that is to say,



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     the Castell of Guysnes, the Castell of Balyngham, the Castell of
     Hammes, the Castell of Sandgat, the Castell of Marke, and the
     Castell of Oye. And Sir Iohn Radcliff, Leotenaunt, warnet and
 |r4 charget al e cuntre at was of e Englisshe pale, [at ey] shuld
     come and bring a[l] thaire goodes, and breke doun theire houses;
     and so, many of hem did, and many of hem stale away, some into
     Picardy and some into Flaundres. And ere was a cry made in e
 |r8 market-place of Caleis, at al maner of men beyng in Caleis, or
     lyvyng vnder bill vnsworn, at they shuld come to e toune-hall,
     and there to be sworn the Kynges trewe leege men; And ai that
     wold not be sworn, to take eire goodes and go theire way where ay
|r12 wold. And so ere come many, and were there sworn; and many
     went theire way into Flaundres, and wold not be sworn.  And
     on Saynt George day, Sir Iohn Radcliff sent word prevely to e
     Daywach of e toune in e nonetyme to rynge |r[f.163r] out the larom bell,
|r16 vnwetyng to the sawdioures of e toune. And so er was a grete
     Alarom, and saudioures were onon in thaire harneys, and comyners
     with hem, And wende at enmys hade comen to haue fechet the
     bestys at were pasteryng about the toun; but ere was non; for
|r20 Sir Iohn Radclif did it for a sport, because it was Saint George
     day; And for at he wolde se howe saudioures wold bokkell and
     dresse hem to eire harneys.
         And sone afterward, Edmond, Erle of Morteyn, and the
|r24 Lord Camys, Sir William of Asshton, knyghte, And Sir Geffrey
     Werburton, knyghte, shuld haue shippit att Wynchilsey to haue
     gon into Fraunce with the nomber of iij M=l= men of speres and
     Archers; but because there was so gret a noys of e seege comynge
|r28 to Caleis, ei were contirmaundit be e Kyng and e Duyke of
     Gloucestre to go thider, and strenghe e toun till rescous myght
     be had. And so went e Erle with his Armee to Caleis.  Then
     Humfrey, Duyke of Gloucestre, Protectoure and Deffendoure of
|r32 Englond, and Capteyn of Caleis and of Guysnes, send for al e
     lordes of the Reame, both spirituell and temperell, and for al his
     feede men, and desired of hem an eyde for e rescowe of e saide
     toune of Caleis. And e lordes temperall hym graunted to go with
|r36 hym hem-self in propur person, and fynde a certeyn meyny with
     hem vppon eire oune cost; And bisshoppis, Abottes and priours
     also graunted to fynde a certeyn meyny to go with hym; And al



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     his feede men hym graunted eke to go with hym; And he thonket
     all. And then was it criet in al e port tounes and haven tounes
     in Englond, at al maner shippis at were able to saile be e see
 |r4 shuld come into Sandewich haven he a certeyn day; and so thei
     were e nomber of ijc sailes and moo.  Philipe, Duyke of
     Burgoyn, made hym redy, and the Flemmynges, al this while, and
     toke dyuerse marchaundes prisoners, as they come homward out of
 |r8 Flaundres to Caleis, and specially they of Dunkirke. And when
     e Erle of Morteyn was comyn with his Armee to Caleis, as before
     is saide, he made a iournay of Bulleyn, xx=ti= myle from Caleis, and
     brent the subbarbes of e toune, and come to Caleis ageyn on e
|r12 next day after, vnfoghten withe, and broughte with hem aire pray
     of bestes and theire pillage. And onon after, he made anothir
     iournay in-to West Flaundres, to a place clepit e Lawe. And
     whiles they ryfelt and spoilet that cuntre, and praiet in catell, al
|r16 at cuntre gedert, and come doune to Gravenyng, to mete with hym
     there. And when e Erle and his meyny come dryvyng theire
     pray of bestes before hem, on e sandes betwene e toune of
     Gravenyng and e see, thay issuet out of e toune prudly, and
|r20 faught with hym; but ai were sone discomfit, & slayn of hem iiijc
     and moo: then thai fledde in-to e toun, and e Englyshe men hem
     foloet, and toke many prisoners. And er was an Englisshe man,
     a gentill man, and a spere on horsebake, folowet e chase of hem
|r24 right to e hard gates of e toun, so nere that his hors bare hym
     into e toun of Gravenyng, wheder he wold or no; which after
     ward was delyuert he raunson.  The Erle en, with his pepill,
     drove ouer e havon of Gravenyng thaire pray of bestes, att lowe
|r28 water, in spite of al e Flemmynges, and brought hem with al
     thaire prisoners to Caleis, and lost neuer a man; thonket be God!
     and ai brought so gret plente of Cowes with hem, at a man
     myght haue e best melche cowe at was, for xijd sterlyng.  And
|r32 when e Kyng and e lordes had tithynges of is iournay of
     Gravenyng, the Kyng sent to e saide Erle of Morteyn to Caleis,
     the Gartur. And onon aftirward, the Lord Camys, Sire William
     Asshton, And Sir Geffrey Weckton, with e garnyson of Caleis and
|r36 of Guysnes, made e iij=de= iournay, both of horsemen and |r[f.163v] footemen,
     and rode before the toune of Arde, and ryfelt all the cuntre about
     e said toun. And in the mene while, Sire Robert Savois, Capteyn



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     of Fynes, had gedirt of Pykardes to e nombre of iiij M=l= speris on
     horsbake, And laide hem pryvely in Campe Grove besides the
     Castell of Balyngham. And when e Lord Camoys with his
 |r4 peple was comyng homward in the feldes be-syde the said grove,
     the[i] stert iij hares, and erwith ay gave a gret showte; And so
     both horsemen and footemen, with huntyng of hem, were stragelt
     abrode ouer all e feldys, and were al out of array, and wist
 |r8 nothyng of e Pikardes at lay in e grove besides hem, but euer
     still showtet and huntet after e hares, which were att last slayn
     amonges hem.  And as ay were so stragelt and out of Array,
     the Pikardes sodeynly brake out of e Grove, and rode thrughe
|r12 oure meyny, in and out agayn, and smote doun many fotemen.
     and en, many of oure horsemen, seyng this, fledde to e Castell of
     Balyngham; but the Lord Camoys and es ij knyghtes kept e
     feld; And as God wold, the fote-mene relevid ageyn to e standart,
|r16 And, e horse-men also, And sett frely on e Pikardes, and hem
     discomfyt, and slowe many of hem, and drof hem to the gates of
     Arde, where-as one Lucas, a squyer, folowet hens within theire
     barreers, and was slayn; for whome was made much mone. And
|r20 us, -- thonket be God! -- e Lord Camoys had e victory of his
     enmys, e Pikardes, in a feld callet e Golden Dale, besidde e
     Castell of Balyngham, And come to Caleys, with eir pray.
         Onon after, the Duke of Burgoyn, Phelipe, was redy, and
|r24 come doune to Gravenyng with his ordynaunce, and Flemmynges,
     e nombre of an CL M=l=, and xij M=l= cartes; and ich cart had his
     cokke to crawe amonges the host.  Then ai made a brigge ouer
     e water of Gravenyng, into a place callet e Hoke, at was
|r28 partenyng to e saide Duyke. And so come ey ouer, and shewet
     hem before e Castell of Oye, and sent to Nicolas Horton, squier,
     and Capteyn of e same Castell, an heraude, chargyng hym to
     delyuer vp e Castell. And he sent hym worde agayn, and said
|r32 he toke hym non to kepe; nor non he wold delyuer: Neuereles,
     afterward, by a fals trety, ai had hym out of e Castell to come
     speke with e Duyk. And in e mene while e Castell was
     wonnen by a grate of Iron, at was lafte open in e buttery,
|r36 where-as a gune lay whiles e saudiers were in e hall aboven,
     tretyng of a poyntement with an heraud of e said Duykes; And
     sodeynly e Flemmynges come in, and toke hem in e hall, and



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     hanget lvj on e gallows vnder e Castell, without eny pite, And
     slowe al e remenaunt, except Nicolas Horton, Capiteyn of e said
     Castell, and one William Bullion, Constable, And William
 |r4 Bullion, his cosyn: thes iij were prisoners, but Nicolas Horton
     e Capteyn was long afterward raunsonet, and come home in-to
     Englond; And e Constable dyet in prison for sorowe; And his
     cosyn William Bullyon was so beknowe and welebelouet with e
 |r8 Pikardes, at thay gave hym his raunson, and lete hym go where
     he wold, so at he shuld go to Caleys, and espy when e Duyk of
     Gloucester shuld come ouer with his Navey from Sandewich, And
     sende hem worde.  When this William Bullyon come to Caleis,
|r12 e pepill had gret mervaile at he was letton go without paying of
     eny rownson; wherfore Edmond, Erle of Morteyn, made to arest
     hym, and put hym in prison, and bare hym on hond at he was a
     spy. And er he knowlegit at he promyset hem to give hem
|r16 warnyng of e comyng of e Duyk of Glouceister, because of his
     deliueraunce, but he sware he thoughte neuer to haue warnet hem;
     neuertheles, for at he was broughte vnder e pillery in e market
     of Caleis, and there his hed was gird of: for whome muche mone
|r20 was made, for he was a gud Archer.
         When e Flemmynges had us wonnen e Castell of Oy be
     a trayne, as before is said, which was on Saynt Petirs even in
     Iuyne, thai brake vp al e lede of the halle and of e toures, and
|r24 brent vp euery stykke; And after, vndermynet e walles and |r[f.164r] e
     toures, and sette shores vndernethe, And after, sette e same shores
     on fyre, and brent hem, and so lete e walles and toures fall
     doune into e dikes.  Then, e second day of Iuyle, the
|r28 Flemmynges laide seege to e Castell of Mark, at was next e
     Castell of Oye; but e Erle of Morteyn had sent thider before,
     Christofer of Barton, squyer, with a certeyn felesshipe with hym,
     to helpe to strenghe e Castell.  The Flemmynges laid eire
|r32 gonnes to e walles, & beete doun e vawmures and e walles,
     and gave e Englisshe men with-in many stronge assawtes; and
     they manfully hem diffendit, and beet hem of, and fortifiet e
     walles ageyn with tymbre and donge, & with such thyng as they
|r36 had within hem, And kept it be strenghe vj dais. And when ay
     sawe ai couth haue no rescowe, thay gave it ouer, and yolde hem_self



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     prisoners.  Then e Flemmynges spoilet e Castell, and
     brake of al e lede, and brent it, and vndermynet e walles and
     toures, and sette shores er-vnder; and after brent hem, and lete
 |r4 e walles and toures fall into e dike, as ai hade done e Castell
     of Oye.  Then, e ixto day of Iuyle, In e yere of oure Lord
     Ihesu Crist Mt iiijc xxxvj, Philipe, Duyk of Burgoyn, with e
     Flemmynges, come to Caleis, and laid seege erto be land, and
 |r8 pight his tentis before e toune, on e playne of Saint Peters, a
     myle nere out of e toun. And e Duyk hym-self lay a litill from
     Newname brigge, And ai of Gaunt beside hym, And ey of
     Brugges, with e comyntee of Flaundres, lay besides Saynt Peters
|r12 Chirche. but the Duyke lay not ere but ij days, but at he
     remeved from thens, and al e Gaunteners with hym, to e Est
     ende of e toun, And ere he pichet his tentes; for he wold ly no
     lenger att e west ende of e toun, for cause a gune shotte thrugh
|r16 his tent. And then ei of Gaunt onon made a strong bulwerk on an
     high hill of e downe, of pipis & tymber, betweene aire loggynges
     and e toun, and shott gunnes in-to e toun; and many tymes ai
     shot al ouer e toun; but al eire gunshot did neuer harm, thanket
|r20 be God and e Holy Virgyn Saint Barbara!  In e mene
     whiles, whil e Duyke lay att seege at Caleis, with e Flemmynges,
     Sir Robert Savois, knyght, with iiij M=l= Picardes, come before e
     Castell of Balyngham. And one Richard Sellyng, beyng erof
|r24 leotenaunt vnder Richard Bokelond, Squier, and Capteyn of e
     same Castell; which Richard Sellyng gave ouer at Castell shame_fully,
     without eny stroke, vppon apoyntement to go to e Castell
     of Guysnes in thaire doublettes; and so thai did; and lafte al
|r28 theire goodes, and e stuff of e Castell behynde hem, which was
     e best-stuffet place in al oo marches.
        And when Richard Sellyng come us to Guysnes with his
     feleshippe, William Picton, Leotenaunt of Guysnes vnder Hum_frey, 
|r32 Duyke of Gloucester, putte hym in prison in e said Castell
     of Guysnes. And when e Picardes had is Castell, e[i] spoilet it,
     and brake of e lede, and brant al e place, and vndermynet e
     walles and toures, and lete hem fall in e dike, as the Flemmynges
|r36 hade done with e Castelles of Oye and Mark.  Then e Picardes
     come before e Castell of Guysnes, and laide seege erto, and



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     broughte with hem a gret brasen gune of Dogeon, with iij
     chambers, and ij othir grete gunnes of Iron callet bumbardes; and
     aye laide e brasen gune in A seller of e toune of Guysnes, on e
 |r4 dikeside of e Castell, and shotte att a ward next a toure callet e
     Faanetoure, and brake it doune in-to e dike. but William Picton,
     Leotenaunt of e Castell, with his felesshipe with-in, full manfully
     and discretely hym gidet, and it fortifiet ageyn with tymber and
 |r8 dong.  And in this while, anoer meyny of Picardes come before
     e Castell of Sandgate, and bade hem deliuer vp e Castell; for ai
     said all oer Castelles were gyven ouer. Wherfore Sir Thomas
     Knevet, [that] was sent thidir with A crewe, and made erof
|r12 leotenaunt be e Kyng, Wist not what for to do; And so, |r[f.154v] by e
     counsaile of one Sir Thomas Heneley, Preest, A traitour, he gave
     vp e Castell of Sandgate, shamefully and cowardly, with-oute eny
     stroke, and hymself and all at were with-in e Castell, prisoners,
|r16 except e fals preest, which was letton go where he wold; but he
     went vp into Fraunce, and neuer man wist after where at he
     become.  And when ai had e Castell, ai brake doun e lede,
     and sette fyre on al e place, and vndermynet e walles; but e
|r20 Dongeon was so strong, ay couth not vndermyne it, but brake it
     a litill abouen; and so ey lefte it, and lete it stande.
         Philipe, Duyk of Burgoyn, lay still all this while, with his
     host of Flemmynges, before Caleis; and ei of e toune had letten
|r24 in the see, and drownet al e cuntre about hem. And ich day ai
     of e toune and e Flemmynges skarmysshet to-gedirs. And when
     ai had leyn er xiiij daies, e Duyke lete ordeyn .xx. shippis out
     of Flaundres, wherof vj old shippes were lade with hard ston,
|r28 chalke, and brekes masont in hem with morter, to droune hem in
     e haven of Caleis, at no shippis shuld come er-in. And when
     it was full see, about noone, ey bulgit hem, some in e haven_mouthe,
     and some be-sides the haven, to no purpos; for ei durst
|r32 not tary, nor ei had no gret leysere to droun hem, for fere of
     gun-shotte; And so ei went eire way ageyn; and on e next day
     after, at lawe water, wel was hym of e toun at myght bring an
     Ax to breke e shippis; and so ai did, al to peces, and broughte
|r36 hem in-to toune, and refresshid wele e pouer pepil; and al e
     brekstones were gyven to Saynt Mary Chirch; and so were ai
     al cariet in-to toun. And whilis is was in doyng .I. thowsand



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     Flemmynges stoden on e downes and heheld it, and were full sory
     in eire hertes, and were full gretely erwith abasshit; for ai had
     wend er shuld no shippis haue comen in e haven afterward.
 |r4     Sone after at, it fell at they of Brugges that lay at Saint
     Petirs, come from eire tentes doun to Bulleyngate ward, some
     with pavis, and some with crossebawes, a grete meyny stragelynge.
     And ei of e toune ordeynt speres on horsebakke prevely in
 |r8 Bulleyngat bulwerk, so at they were not seyn; and sent out
     certeyn fotemen to scarmysshe with hem, til ey sawe theyre tyme
     to breke out on hem. And when e horsemen sawe aire tyme,
     ei sodenly prikkit to hem; and en e Flemmynges fledde to e
|r12 tentes; but or ai couth come there, ai were ouerthrawen, and
     brought in-to e toune, xxxvj=ti= of hem prisoners; and e host
     with-in e tentes fled out at e est side, and wend al e worlde
     had comyn on hem: And is was on a Thursday; wherfore e
|r16 Flemmynges it clepit the `Quade Thursdagh.'  When is Iourney
     wes done vppon hem at were of Brugges, and of e comynte of
     Flaundres, the Gaunteners at lay with e Duyke at e est ende of
     e toune, loghe hem to scorn; for e which fill a gret debate
|r20 amonges hem, and faught with-in hem-self, so at noer party
     come to othir after at tyme.  And on e Setirday sevennyght, &
     ij daies afterward, they of e toune of Caleis, with certeyn horse_men 
     & fotemen, Issuyt out sodenly on e afternoone, and went
|r24 streight to theire bullewerk on the hye hill in e dounes, and man_fully 
     it wanne and toke, and slowe al at euer were in hit, and
     brake doune e bullewerk, and went hamward with eir prisoners;
     but e Erle of Morteyn mette hem without e toune, and made to
|r28 sle al e prisoners, for cause of one Watkyn Ruskyn, a gentill man
     and a gud spere, was slayn at e wynnyng of e same bullewerk.
     And when is bullewerk was us wonne vppon hem of Gaunt,
     they of Brugges were glad, and logh hem of Gaunt to scorn.



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     |r[I]
     
     |r[Lambeth_MS.6,_col._2.]
     
     |r[The_Siege_of_Calais_abandoned._The_Englishmen's_Mocking
     |r_Song_against_the_Flemings.]
     
        |r[f.255v] And is Seturday at night, the Lord Welles wes sent ouer to
     Caleis by the Duyk of Gloucestre with a certeyn meyny, to
     strength the toun till he come with his nauey; And he landed
 |r4 behynd e toure of Ryesbank. And his peple made so gret noice
     in e londyng, that e Duk of Burgoyn & they of Gaunt, which
     lay at e Est ende of the town, wend the Duk of Gloucester had
     londid with his nauey at sam nyght; wherfore e Duk & they of
 |r8 Gaunt brake vp eire tentes sodeynly & priuely, & went ouer
     Grauenyng watir at same nyght, and lafte behynd hem much of
     eire vitaile & of eir ordynaunce; and gunnes were founden
     beried vndir e erthe. And thay of Brugges, at lay at Saynt
|r12 Petirs with e comynte of Flaundres, knewe no-yng of theire
     goyng til e Sonday in the mornyng aftir; on which Sonday, at
     the releuyng, iiij. Englissh trumpettes blewe vp on hye vppon
     Milkgate toure, as |r[f.256r] they were wont to do euery day at e releuyng
|r16 of the wach duryng the seege. And then they aspyed at all e
     Gaunteners were gon; but ey at Saynt Petirs lay still. but as
     sone as they sawe at the Duyk, eire lord, & they of Gaunt, were
     gon, ey brake doune eire tentes, & sette eire loggynges on fyre,
|r20 and fled eir way in all that euer ey myght, and laft behynd hem
     much of eir vitailes for hast. And they of the towne wold haue
     folowed aftir; but e Lord Welles had brought a priuey seal from
     e King, chargyng, on payn of their lyues, the[y] shuld not passe
|r24 gunneshotte without toun til e Duyk of Gloucestre come with his
     power; And ne had at ben, there had ben gret good geton at
     tyme.
         All is while e Pycardes lay at seege at Guysnes, and had
|r28 smytte doune e ward next e Faane toure, with e gret brasen
     gunne, as before is said. And when they of the Castell sawe e



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     Flemmynges sette eire loggynges on fyre, thay made to ryng the
     larome bell in al that ey myt. Wherfore the Pycardes were sore
     abasshid, and wend the Duke of Gloucestre had ben landed with
 |r4 his power, & wes comyng to rescowe the Castel, And anon |r[f.256r] brake
     e seege, and carted eire ordynaunce, & fled in al that euer ey
     myt. And they of e Castel yssued out, both on horsebak & on
     foote, aftir hem, and ouertoke the gret brasen gunne carted, & two
 |r8 oir gret bombardes of yron; but the iij. chambres of e brasen
     gunne were scaped from hem with e hoost. Then they of Guysnes
     hewed in sonder the cartwheles, and aftir, with strengh of men &
     horses, they wer brought into e said Castel of Guysnes; & aftir
|r12 they were brought in-to the toune of Caleis.  And on this wise,
     Phelip, Duk of Burgoyne, & the Flemmynges, departid from Caleis,
     and e Pycardes from e Castel of Guysnes, with gret shame & gret
     diswurship, & with gret losse. Wherfore amonges Englisshmen
|r16 were made many rymes of e Flemmynges; among the which, one
     is here sette for a remembraunce, that saith on this wise : -- 



|p583_omitted



|p584


         Such & many oir rymes were made amonge Englisshmen,
|r12 aftir the Flemmynges were thus shamfully fled frome Caleis, & e
     Picardis from Guisnes fledd, & gon eire way, for drede & fere of
     e comyng of the Duyk of Gloucestre, whiche by at tyme was redy
     at London with his power & armee to come to e rescows of Caleis,
|r16 & to shippe at Sandwich, wher-as lay redy in e hauen iijc sailes
     to abyde his comyng.



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|r[K]

|r[Extracts_from_the_unique_Lambeth_MS._84.]

I.

|r[How Havelok's son, Curan, became King of Denmark and
England.]

     |r[f.48r] How Kyng Edelf maried Argentyl to a knave of his Kechyn.
     <b> ANd Kyng Edelf, at was vncle to e damoysell Argentil,
        bethought him how he myght with some tresoun have e
 |r4 lande fro hire at was his Nece, for euermore; and, false
     forsworne ayenst his othe, thouht how he myght disceyue e damoy_sell;
     And so he maried here to a knaue of his kechyn at men callyd
     Curan. And this Curan becam e worthiest man of body at ony
 |r8 man wist in ony lande; for he was e lengest man & highest of all
     e Kynges householde, or in ony oer place at men knew at
     tyme. And Kyng Edelfe supposed to haue maryed hire shamfully
     & vnworthily, for enchesoun at he thought to haue alle here
|r12 lande, as he had & heelde before at tyme, but he was disceyued;
     ffor this Curan was Hauelokes sone, at was Kyng of Kirkeland
     in Denmark, as ye shul here.  Hauelok, at was Kyng of
     Kirkelonde in Denmark, spousyd e Kyngis doughtir of is londe,
|r16 whiche was ryght eyre of is lande, at men callyd Gildeburghe,
     & he begat on hire this forseide Curan, whiche was his eyre. And
     whan Hauelok vnderstode at he shulde deye, he betoke his sone
     Curan to a lorde of his londe to kepe, at he louyd & trustid
|r20 moche vnto; and at this lorde shulde mary his sone Curan to
     some worthi gentylwoman, whan he were come to age, & to make
     kym Kyng of his landis. This lorde grauntyd hym at he woolde
     so do, & toke e childe with hym, & kepte hym.  But aftyrward,
|r24 this lorde bethouhte hym how he myght put this childe Curan
     from his enerytaunce, and at alle the lordis of Denmark dred
     hym, & many of them had hym in gret fauour; and therupon, he
     leete crowne hym-selfe Kyng of all Denmark, and toke homage &



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     feaute of all e lordis & peple of Denmark. And anon he betoke
     Curan, at was riht eneritour to e crowne of Denmark, vnto a
     fissher, prevely, at no man vndirstode, & gaue e fissher gret good,
 |r4 & also chargyd hym, on payne of deethe, at he shulde take e
     childe Curan with hym, & priuely drowne hym in e see, so at
     he may neuer se nor here more of hym. The fissher seyde it
     shulde be doon, & toke e childe priueli with hym. And whan he
 |r8 was in e brode see, & purposid to doon this deede, he had gret pite
     & compassioun vpon this young childe, and thouht it were gret pite
     to drowne so faire a childe; & so he withdrew his euil purpose, &
     saued e childis lyfe, & toke e younge childe with hym, |r[f.48v] and
|r12 forsoke e lande, & dwellyd in another countre with e childe, for
     drede off e Kyng at vsurped e lande. And this man kept tys
     childe tyl he was wox moche, and of a resonable age; and alwey
     e childe callyd hym `fadyr,' wenyng to hym at he had so be;
|r16 tyl vpon a tyme, tis fissher callid e childe vnto hym, and tolde
     hym how he was nat his fadyr, but seide at Hauelok, whiche was
     Kyng of Denmark, was his fadyr; & whan he shulde dye, he
     prayde a lorde of his londe to kepe his sone Curan; "& whan ye
|r20 were come to natural age, to make yow Kyng of e lande, as
     rightful enerytour. And he toke yow to me, & gaue me gret good,
     & also charged me, vp payne of deede, at I shulde drowne yow in
     e see. and I fulfillyd nad his commaundment, but sparid youre
|r24 lyf, & kept yow hidyr-to with tho goodis at he gaue me; & erfor
     I durste not abide in at londe, but fledde with yow in-to this
     countre; for he regneth now for kyng of Denmarke, & vsurpeth e
     crowne. And erfor I counseile yow to drawe to som pryncis
|r28 courte, at ye may haue eyde & helpe to enerite youre londe ayen."
         Than this young Ientylman thankid this fissher of his gret
     charite, & toke his leue, & cam to e Kyngis courte of Ingelond,
     and was a sqwiler in e kechyn: e whiche kynge at regnyd tho
|r32 in Ingelonde was Edelf, whiche vsurpyd e lande wrongfully, from
     his owne cosyn, whiche was kyng Adelbrightis doughtir, & riht
     eneritur, at men callyd Argentyll.  And is Kyng Edelf
     thouhte to mary her shamfully & vnworthely, for enchesoun to
|r36 haue her londe from her; & so he maryed her to Curan, at was
     sqwiler of his kechyn.  And than Curan toke his wife Argentill,
     & went in-to Denmarke, and as God woolde, whiche helpith all
     good men in ther right, conueyed Curan & his wife to e howse of



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     a worthi knyhte of Denmarke, e whiche lovyd wel e fadyr of e
     seide Curan. And whan this Curan was come thedyr, e knyhte was
     glad to holde hym, because is Curan was so hye a man of stature,
 |r4 & wel made with-alle; & e knyght comaundid his serwauntis
     to make hym & his wife goode chere; for they semyd onest foke.
     And aftyr, whan e nyght was come, ei were asyngned where ei
     shulde lye. And in e dede tyme of e nyght, whan alle folkis
 |r8 were a-hedde, & he lyklyode a-slepe, there was a gret lyght in ere
     chambre, whiche oon of e knyghtis seruauntis aspied, & preuely
     went vnto e chambre to wete what yt ment. & whan he come
     thedyr, he sye a wonder grete stre|r[f.49r]me of lyhte com from e mannys
|r12 side, & also a-noer from e womannys side, ei beyng fast aslepe,
     at alle e chambyr was lyght ere-with. And is man yede softly
     vnto his maistyr e knyht, & tolde hym what he sye. & e knyht
     rose hym vp & yede thedyr, & fonde yt sothe as his man had seide.
|r16 & e knyht maruelyd sore what it shulde mene, & yede a-yen to his
     hed, & musid sore ther-on.  And on e morw e knyht arose, & sent
     for this man Curan; and anon e knyht axyd hym what man he
     was; who was his fadyr; & where he was born. Than Curan seyde:
|r20 "syrre, I wot nevyr where I was born, nor who was my fadyr, but
     be e seyng of a man at was a fissher, whiche kept me vp of
     yowthe; & I knew none oer but at he was my fadyr. & whan I
     was growen moche, & vndirstode resoun, he seide to me that he
|r24 was not my fadyr, but seyde at e Kynge of Denmark was my
     fadir, at men callyd Hauelok, & Gildeburghe my modyr, whiche
     was e Kyngis douhtir of Ingelond. & whan my fadyr shulde dye,
     he betoke me to kepe to a lorde of his, & prayde hym at he shulde
|r28 make me kyng, whan I come to lawful age. & that lorde betoke me
     to a man at was a fissher, & gaue hym gret good, & also chargyd
     hem, vp payne of dethe, at he shulde drowne me in e see; but
     e man, of pite, cowde not fynde it in his herte." Thanne seyde
|r32 e knyht: "if it be thus, I shal knowe be sertayne fetures &
     tokenys at is on youre body, e whiche at I & othyr knyhtis
     were comaundid to se & take hede of, when ye were ryht younge."
     Than Curan stripte hym nakyd; & anon e knyht sye e markis
|r36 on his body at he knew ful wel. And than e knyht knelyd
     doun & did hym worship, & seide, `forsothe he was e sone of his
     wurshipful lorde Hauelok, & rihtful ayre of Denmarke.' And in
     alle e hast, e knyght wrote vnto dyuerse lordis of at lande,



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     seynge, at `Curan, e sone of Haueloke, & rihtful eyre, was
     founde, & was with hym, in his place.'  And whan e lordys
     herde this, & vndirstode e trowthe, anon thei assemblyd a gret
 |r4 power, & cam thedyr, & did homage & fewte vnto hym. and aftyr
     at, thei yede & gaue batayle vnto e Kyng at vsurpyd, whom e
     seyde Curan slew, his own hondis. And aftyr at, thei crownyd
     hym Kyng of Denmarke, & so he enyoyed his enheritaunce.
 |r8  And in e nexte yere folwyng, this seid Curan cam in-to
     Ingelonde, & conqueryd his wives lande, and slowe Kyng Edelfe in
     e xx. yere of his regne. In whois tyme deyde Seint Ethelburga,
     e first abbes of Berkyng, In e yere of oure Lorde vclxviij. And
|r12 this Edelf was e last kyng of e trew Brytouns.
     
     Anno domini velxx: Regned Curan, at was |r[f.49v] Hauelokis son,
        Kyng of Denmark, whiche reynyd be his wives titel, &
        not be his owne. Capitulum lxxvij.
|r16 <b> Aftyr Kyng Edelf, at was e laste kyng of e trewe Brytouns,
        Regned Curan In e yere of oure Lorde. vclxx. &
     is Curan was Hauelokis sone, Kyng of Denmark, at was
     a Dane; & he regned be his wivis title, & nat be his owne; & he
|r20 was a good man, & wel rewlyd e lande. And he ne regned but
     iij. yeris, for e Saxons & e Danys slewe hym; & at was gret
     hurte to alle Britayne; & so he deyde withoute yssu; & e
     Britouns bare his body to Stonehenge, & ere entered hym with
|r24 moche solempnite.
     
     II.
     [The Quarrel between Richard II & his uncle, the Duke of
     Gloster.]
        In e xx=ti= yer Kyng Rychard heelde a grete feste at West_menstre.
     At whiche feste arryued e Sowdyours at had kepte a
     toune callyd Breste, & satte at dyner in e halle, whiche tounne
|r28 Kyng Rycharde had delyueryd by appoyntemente to e Duke of
     Brytayne, wherof bygan moche trouble & sorwe, whiche dured vnto
     Kyng Richardys dethe. And aftyr dyner e Duke of Gloucetre,
     his vncle, Sir Thomas of Woodstoke, sayde to e Kyng: "Syre!
|r32 haue ye not seen tho felawes at sate at dyner in youre halle?"
     and e Kyng demaunded who they were: and he sayde, "they been



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     your folke at haue seruyd yow, & ben come from Breste, & now
     wote not what to doo, & haue ben euyl payde." Thenne e Kyng
     sayde at they shal be payde. Then seyde e Duke in a grete
 |r4 furye: "Syre! ye oughte fyrste to put your body in deuore to gete
     a tounne or a Castel be feet of warre vpon your enemyes, er ye
     shulde selle or delyuer ony townes at your predecessours, Kynges
     of Englond, haue goten & conqueryd." To e whiche e Kyng
 |r8 answeryd ryght angrely: "how saye ye that?" Thenne e Duke
     sayd it ageyn. Then e Kyng byganne to wex wrothe, & sayde:
     "wene ye at I be a marchaunt or a foole, to selle my londe? by
     Saint Johan Baptist, nay! but trouthe it is, at oure Cosyn of
|r12 Brytayne hathe rendryd & payde to vs e somme at my predeces_sours 
     hadde lente vppon e sayde tounne of Breste; and sith he
     haue payed, it is reasoune at this tounne be delyueryd to hym
     ageyne." Thus beganne e wrathe bytwene e Kyng & his vncle.
|r16 And aftyrward, at Arondele, was a Counseylle of certeyne lordes, as
     e Duke of Gloucetre, e Archebisshop of Canterbury, e Erles of
     Arondele, Warwyk & Marchalle, & oer, for to refourme e rewle
     aboute e Kyng; whyche lordes promysed eche to abyde by oer,
|r20 & so departed. And anone aftyr, e Erle Marchal, whiche was
     Captayne of Calays, bewrayed, & lete e King haue knowleche of
     all ere counselle.
     
     III.
     |r[The_Deposition_of_Richard_II_&_Election_of_Henry_IV._The
     |rProphecy_that_Richard_II_should_be_destroyd_by_a_Toad.]
        |r[f.185r] Than in the begynnyng of e xxiij=ti= yer, the lordys of e
|r24 reavme, with e Comouns assent, chose this worthy lorde, Syr
     Herry Bolyngbrook, Erle of Derby, Duke of Herforde & Duke of
     Lancastre be ryht lyne & herytage, and for his myhtful manhood,
     at e peple fonde in hym before al othyr, they chose hym, &
|r28 made hym Kyng of Engelond amonges hem, And put asyde
     Richarde, Erle of Cambrygge, whiche was sone to Edmunde
     Langeley, Duke of York. And this sayde Richarde, Erle of
     Cambrygge, had weddyd Anne, e douhetyr & Ayre of Roger
|r32 Mortymer, Erle of Marche & of Wulster, whiche was proclamyd,
     in e ix. yer of e regne of Kyng Richarde, heyre apparaunt to e
     Crowne of Engelond aftyr Kyng Richarde. For e sayde Roger
     was sone & Ayre to Edmunde Mortymer, and to Philyppe,



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     douhetyr & Ayre of Sir Lyonel, e .iij. sone of Kyng Edward e
     .iij.; And thus was e Ayre Ieneral put asyde. Also ther was, yn
     Kyng Richardys courte, a worshipful clerke at was an Astronomier,
 |r4 whiche knewe & vndyrstode be his counnyng at Kyng Richarde
     shulde be slayne & destroyed be a Toode. And vpon a tyme, he
     warnyd e Kyng therof, & bad hym "be ware of Todys; for a Toode
     shulde destroye hym;' and than e Kyng thouhte & mervayled
 |r8 in his mynde, how at shulde be. And vpon a tyme he ordeyned
     & made a ryal feest in Cristmasse, & comaundyd al his lordys to
     come thedyr. And they cam thedyr, euery lorde in e gayest
     desgysyng at they coude devyse. And among hem alle, Sir Herry,
|r12 Erle of Derby, cam in a Gounne broyderyd |r[f.185v] al abowte with Toodys.
     & whan Kyng Richard syhe yt, he remembryd e propheci of
     Toodys at his clerke tolde hym, at he shulde be destroyed by.
     And euer aftyr he had this Herry, Erle of Derby, yn Ielwsy &
|r16 mystruste, supposyng at yt shulde be he at shulde destroy hym;
     & fayne e Kyng woolde an had hym destroyed; but at e last he
     exiled hym for x yer.
     
     IV.
     |r[The_Murder_and_Burial_of_King_Richard_II._His_Vision_and
     his_Treasure.]
     |r[f.186r]  In e same yere, Syr Barnarde Brokeis, Sir Iohn Selly, Syr
|r20 Iohn Mawdelyn, & Syr William Ferby, were takyn & sette in
     e Toure, & aftyr, by iugement, were hanged & by-hedyd, &
     ther hedys sette on London Brigge.  And whan Kyng Herry
     sawe at these lordys thus had rysen, & assemblyd grete peple to
|r24 haue put hym to dethe, & for to restore Kyng Richard ageyne to
     his crowne & to his Reame, he thoughte teschue suche peryls.
      And a-none he commaunded Sir Pyers of Exston, at he shulde
     goo streyte to Pounfreyte, & delyuer e worlde of Kyng Rychard.
|r28  And so he departed fro e Kyng, and wente to e Castel of
     Pountfrete, where-as Kyng Richard was in prisoune, e whiche
     was sette at table for to dyne.  And anon aftyr, Sir Pyers
     cam in-to e chambre where e Kyng was; and he broughte viij.
|r32 men with hym, & eche man an axe in his honde.  And whan
     e Kyng sawe Sir Pyeers with his felausshippe entre in-to e
     chambre defensably arayed, he shoof e table from hym, and



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     sprange in-to e myddys of them, & raughte an axe out of one
     theyr hondes, and sette hymself valyauntly at defence.  And
     hym-self defendyng, he slewe foure of e eyghte. And whanne e
 |r4 sayde Peers sawe e Kyng so defende hym, he was soore abasshed
     & gretly aferde, and sterte vpon e place where-as Kyng Richard
     was wonte to sytte. & as Kyng Richard foughte & defendyd
     hym-self goynge bacwarde, the sayde Syr Peers smote hym on e
 |r8 hede with his axe, at he fylle to grounde.  Than cryed Kyng
     Richard "God, mercy!" & thenne he gaue hym a-noer stroke
     on e hede, & soo he deyde.  And thus was this noble Kyng
     slayne and murthred. And whan e Kyng was deede, e knyghte
|r12 at had thus slayne hym, sette hym down be e deede bodye of
     Kyng Richard, & byganne to wepe, saynge: "Allas! what thyng
     haue we doone? we haue putte to dethe hym at hath been oure
     Kyng & souerayne lorde, two & twenty yere! Now haue lost
|r16 myn honoure! I shal neuer come in place, but I shal be
     reproched, for I haue doone ayenst myn honour."  After this,
     moche peeple in Englonde, & other countrees also, wolde not
     beleue at Kyng Richard was deede, but sayde at he was alyue
|r20 many yerys aftyr.  Wherefor Kyng Herry, whan he wist verryly
     at he was deede, he leete cere hym in e best maner, & with
     dyuers spices and baumes, & in a fayre cheste, closyd alle in lynyn
     clothe, saaf his visage, whiche was lefte opyn, at men myht see
|r24 & know his persone from alle othir men.  And thus he was
     broughte thurghe London to Powlus; & his body was leyd on a
     Charyotte coueryd with black, and iiij. baners, whereof ij. were of
     e armes of Saint George, & ij. of e armys of Seint Edwarde;
|r28 & ere were an C. men clothed in blak, eche beryng a torche;
      And e Cyte of London had thyrtty men in whyte, eche beryng
     also a torche; and e visage of e dede body was leyde opyn, at
     euery man myght see and knowe at it was his body, & at he
|r32 was soo deede; for many men beleuyed it not.  And from
     Powlus he was had to Westmenster, & ere he hadde his hole
     masse, & diryge also.  And fro thens he was caryed to e
     Frerys of Langley, & ere he was buryed: on whois sowle God
|r36 haue mercy! Amen!  The comyn oppynyon of Englysshmen is,
     at Kyng Richard deyde not aftyr |r[f.186v] e maner a-foresayde, but at
     he deyde & was famynyd, & lakkyd bothe mete and drynke, & yet
     he was dayle seruyd ereof lyke a Kyng, but he myht not towche



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     yt, but only see hyt, & erefor his [hunger] was e more. And on a
     tyme, as he lay on his hed of estaate, hym thouhte ere come a fayre
     womman vnto hym, and brought a kercher ful of white Rosys, &
 |r4 bestruyd all his hed therwith; & he fed hym of the Rosys, at his
     gret hungre was withdrawe; & whan he woke, hym thoughte his
     apyted was wel satysfyed, & erhy his lyf contynuyd a day or
     tweyne the lenger. And some sayeth thus, That whan he herde
 |r8 saye at his lordys, e Duke of Excetre, e Duke of Surrey, e
     Erle of Salysbury, & e oer lordis were deede, he was so angry &
     so sorowful at he swore at he wolde neuer ete mete, & soo abode
     iiij. dayes withoute etyng, as they saye. And whan Kyng Herry
|r12 vndirstode at he wolde not ete, he sente to hym ij prelatys for to
     comforte hym; And whan they were come, he confessyd hym to
     one of them, e whiche gaue hym in penaunce, at he shulde ete
     his mete. And whan he supposed to haue etyn, e mete myght
|r16 not goo dounne ne auale in-to his stomake, ffor e conduytys of
     his bodye were shronken to-geder. And than sayde e noble
     Kynge Rychard, `at it was doon, & at he must nedis deye.'
     But certys, wheer he deyde this way or at other, certaynly dede
|r20 he is, & was buryed at Langley: God haue mercy on his soule!
     Amen! And then was Kyng Herry peasbly King. Then he
     fonde in Kyng Richardes tresory nyne honderde thousande noblys,
     withoute Iewellys and vessellys whiche was as moche worthe, or
|r24 more. And ere was founden in e Tresorers kepynge of Englonde,
     an honderde and fyfty thousand noblys, & Iewels & vessell
     as moche or more: and thus Kyng Herry had alle his goodys.
     Aboute this same tyme, e Duke of Orleaunce sente an herode of
|r28 armys with lettres vnto Kyng Herry, by which he chalengyd for
     to fyght with hym withynne lystes at Burdeux, or in some oer
     metely place, with an C gentylmen withoute reproche, ageynste as
     meny gentlemen withoute reproche. wherto e King answeryd
|r32 ageyne by lettres worshipfully, rehersyng at at suche tyme as
     it shulde plese hym, he wolde come with suche nombre as it apper_teyneth 
     to a Kyng, and conquere his ryght; at whiche tyme he
     shulde be answeryd atte fulle; & so e mater fynysshed.



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     V.
     |r[The_Causes_of_the_Battle_of_Shrewsbury,_A.D._1403.]
     |r[f.187r]  And than Syr Thomas Percy was Iugged to be dede, at is
     to sey, drawe & hangyd, and his hede smytyn of, at Shrewes_bury,
     & his hede to be set on London Brygge, for his fals tresone;
 |r4 for he causyd e gret devisioun betwene the Kyng and Syr Herry
     Percy; for e Kyng woolde an had pees, & so woolde Syr Herry
     Percy ful fayne; But Syr Thomas Percy went betwene them, &
     bare fals talys, othyrwyse than they sayde or ment, & causyd that
 |r8 batayle. Vnde versus: Praxedis taurius nomine campo Blewyk.
                      M. quetuor C. ter .I. onit certamine Percy.
         Also anoer princypal cause was: what tyme at Syr Herry
     Derby was exilyd be Kyng Richarde, he cam ayen out of Fraunce,
|r12 & entryd vp in-to Engelond at Rauensport in Yorkshyre; & ere
     cam ayenst hym, to put hym of, Syr Herry Percy, othyrwise callyd
     Syr Herry Hote-spour. but Syr Herry Derby was sworyn ere to
     hym & to othyr lordys, at he shulde make no chalange vnto e
|r16 Crowne, but only vnto his enerytaunse, e Dukedom of Lancastre;
     & vppon at othe they suffryd hym to go fourthe. And than
     aftyr at, Syr Herry Derby toke vppon hym e Crowne. and whan
     they vndyrstode at, Syr Herry Hotspur cam to e Kyng to
|r20 Westmenstyr, and seyde: "Syr, this was not couienaunt nor
     promise." "What seyest thow, horsson?" quod the Kyng; &
     stert to hym, & gaue hym a gret buffet. "Wel," quod Syr Herry
     Hotspur, "this shal be e shrewdest bofet at euer thow yovyst."
|r24 & streyte he toke his horse, and rode home into his countre; &
     here-vpon began the batel of Srewesbury.
     
     VI.
     |r[King_Henry_V:_his_Riot_in_his_Youth:_his_Change_when
     made_King.]
        |r[f.191r] [A]ftyr the dethe of Kyng Herry the Fourthe, Regnyd his
     sone Herry of Monmothe, whiche was born at Monmothe. in
|r28 Walyes, whiche was Herry the Fyfte aftyr e conquest. And he
     began to Regne on e xxj=ti=. day of Marche, In e yer of our lorde



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     M. CCCC xij; And in e same yer he was crownyd Kyng of
     Englon[d] at Westmenster on the nynthe day of Aprill; and he was
     a worthy kyng, & a gracious man, & a worthy conquerour.  And
 |r4 before he was Kyng, what tyme he regnyd Prince of Walyes, he
     fylle & yntendyd gretly to ryot, and drew to wylde company; &
     dyuers Ientylmen and Ientylwommen folwyd his wylle & his
     desire at his commaundment; & lykewyse all his meyne of his
 |r8 housolde was attendyng & plesyed with his gouernaunce, out-sept
     iij. men of his howsolde, whiche were ful hevy and sory of his
     gouernaunce; and they counseylyd hym euer contrary, and fayne
     woolde an had hym to doon wele, & forsake ryot. and erfor he
|r12 hatyd them iij. most of al men in his house, vnto e tyme at his
     fadyr was dede. And thanne he beganne to regne for Kyng, &
     he remembryd e gret charge & wourship at he shulde take
     vpon hym; And anon he comaundyd al his peple at were
|r16 attendaunt to his mysgouernaunce afore tyme, & al his housolde, to
     come before hym. And whan they herde at, they were ful glad,
     for they subposyd at he woolde a promotyd them in-to gret offices,
     & at they shulde a stonde in gret favyr & truste with hym, &
|r20 neerest of counsel, as they were afore tyme. & trustyng here_vpon,
     they were e homlyer & bolder vnto hym, & nothyng dred
     hym; ynsomoche, at whan they were come before hym, some
     of them wynkyd on hym, & some smylyd, & thus they made nyse
|r24 semblaunte vnto hym, meny one of them. But for al at, e
     Prynce kept his countynaunce ful sadly vnto them, And sayde
     to them: "Syrys, ye are e peple at I haue cherysyd & mayn_tynyd 
     in Ryot & wylde gouernaunce; and here I geue yow all
|r28 in commaundment, & charge yow, at from this day forward at
     ye forsake al mysgouernaunce, & lyve aftyr e lawys of Almyhety
     God, & aftyr e lawys of oure londe. And who at doyth
     contrarye, I make feythful promys to God, at he shal be trewly
|r32 ponisid accordyng to e lawe, withoute eny favour or grace."And
     chargyd them, [on] payn of deth, at they shulde neuer geve hym
     comforte nor counsel to falle to ryot no more; for he had takyn a
     charge on hym, at alle his wittis & power were to lytyl, with_oute 
|r36 e helpe of God & good gouernaunce. And so he rewardyd
     them richely with gold & syluer, & othyr Iuelys, and chargyd them
     alle to voyde his housolde, & lyve as good men, & neuer more
     to come in his presence, be-cause he woold haue noon occasioun nor
|r40 remembraunce wherby he shulde falle to ryot ayen. And thus he



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     voydyd al his housolde, savyng tho iij. per |r[f.191v] sonys at he hatyd
     most, whiche were ful sory of his gouernaunce; & them he lovyd
     aftyrward best, for ere good counsayle and good gouernaunce, &
 |r4 made them aftyrward gret lordys; And thus was lefte in his
     housolde nomo but tho iij. men. And menyone of them at were
     eydyng & consentyng to his wyldnes, fyl aftyrward to gret
     myschefe and sorw.
 |r8     Than Kyng Herry sent to Dame Kateryn Swynfor, Countesse
     of Herforde, whiche was tho a wel-gouerned woman, & kept e
     most worshipful housolde, & e best rewlyd at was within e
     londe; and to her he sent for men at were of good disposicyoun;
|r12 & she sent hym xij Ientylmen of sad gouernaunce. and so
     this gracious Kyng forsoke al wyldnes, and toke hym to good
     gouernaunce, and kept streytly his lawys with ryghtwisnes &
     Iustise. For, in e first yere of his regne, ther were ij knyhtis at
|r16 gret debate: e tone was of Lankestyr-shire, & e tothyr of
     York-shire; & they made them as stronge of peeple as they
     cowde, & scarmysshid togedyr; and men were slayne & hurte on
     bothe partyes.  And whan e Kyng herde therof, he sent for
|r20 them: & they cam to e Kyng to Wyndelysore, as he was goyng
     to his dyneer. and whan the Kyng vndirstode that they were come,
     he commaundyd them to come before him; And than he axyd
     them, `whois men they were.' and they seyde, his lege men.
|r24 "and whois men be tho at ye haue a-reysyd up to fyhte for youre
     quarel?" and they seyde, `his men.' "& what awtoryte or
     comaundement had ye, to reyse vp my men or my peeple, to fyght
     & sle eche othyr for your quarel? yn this ye ar worthy to dye."
|r28 And they coude not askewse them, but besowhte e Kyng of his
     grace. And than e Kyng seyd, "be e feith at he owte to God
     & to Seint George, but yf they agreyd & accordyd, be at tyme at
     he had etyn his owystrys, they shulde be hangyd bothe two or
|r32 evyr he sopyt." And than they yede a-parte, & agreyd he them_selfe,
     and cam in ayen whan e Kyng had etyn his owistris. And
     than e Kyng sayde: "Syrys, how stondyth yt with yow?"
     And than they knelyd downe, and seyde: "yf it plese your good
|r36 grace, we be agreyd & accordyd." And than the Kyng seyde,
     `be the feythe at he owte to God & to Seint George, at & evyr
     they made eny more Insurreccioun or dethe of his lege peple,
     they, or ony othyr lordys withynne his reawme, withowte his



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     commaundment, whatsomeeuer they were, they shulde dye, acordyng
     to e lawe.' And so, aftyr at, ther durst no lorde make no party
     nor stryf; and thus he beganne to kepe his lawis and Iustise, &
 |r4 therfor he was belouyd & hedred.
     
     VII.
     
     |r[The Battle of Agincourt.]
     |r[f.194r]  Than e morwe roos, e day gan sprynge, & e Kyng be
|r8  good avyce leet araye his batayle & his weengys; & chargyd euery
     man to keepe hem hole to-gedrys, & preyde hem alle to been of
     good cheer. And whanne they were redy, he askyd what tyme of
     e day it was, & they sayde prime. Than seyde oure Kyng:
     "now is it good tyme, for alle Engelond prayeth for vs. And in
     remembraunce at God dyed on e Crosse for vs, let euery man
|r12 make a crosse on e erthe, & kys hyt, & in tokenyng at we wole
     radyr dye on this erthe than flee."  And whan e King of
     Fraunce sawe oure Kyng & his peeple fal doun to e erthe, he
     axyd: "what meen they now?" & a Frenche knyht stode by, &
|r16 seyde, "forsothe, Syre, they purpose hem this day to dey on at
     grounde, rathir than to flee." And than oure Kyng, with alle his
     peple, roos hym vp ayen; and than he seyde with an hye voyce,
     "In e name of Almyhty God and of Seint George, Avaunt
|r20 baneer! & Seint George, this day thyn helpe!" And therwith e
     Trumppetys blew vp.  And than e Frenche men come prykyng
     doun, as they woolde haue ovirryden alle oure meyne. But God &
     oure Archerys made hem sone to stomble. for oure archeris shot
|r24 neuer oon arwe amys, but it persshid & brouht to grounde man or
     hors; for they shottyn at day for a waiour; And oure stakys
     made hem ouer-terve, eche on othyr, at they lay on hepys. And
     oure Kyng, with his meyne & with men of armys, leyde on, for it
|r28 behovyd hem to fyght at day, his owne handys. & oure good
     Archerys at lakkyd |r[f.194v] arwys, leyde on with stakys. And at day
     e Frenche men syhe Seint George in e eyre ouer e hoste of e
     Englisshe men, fyghtyng ayenst e Frenche men; and therfor they
|r32 worship & holde of Seint George, in Engelond, more than in any
     oer londe.  And thus Almyhti God & Seint George brouht oure
     enemyes to grounde, & yaf us e victory at day. And ere were
     slayne of Frensshe men at day in e feelde of Agyncort xj. M=l=.,
|r36 withoute prysonerys at were takyn. And ther were noumbryd



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     at day of Frensshe men yn e feelde, mo than Sixti score M=l=.,
     And of Englisshe men but vij. M=l=; but God & Seint George at
     day favt for vs. But e Frensshe men at were in e Cyte of
 |r4 Parys, had went at oure Kyng had been ouer-throuhe a day
     before; for e prekers of e Frensshe men at kept e owte-wacche,
     met with some of oure Kyngis kartys, & ryfelyd them, & gat out
     oure Kyngis koronet, & bare it in-to Parys; & wenyng to them of
 |r8 e Cite at oure Kyng had been ouerthrouhe, & bare this coronet
     abouht e cyte in processioun for ioye. And aftyrward, whan they
     syhe e Frensshemen come home sore woundyd, they marvayled
     sore, & askyd them `what chere?' & they seyde, "No som to
|r12 mors": we be dede & ouerthrouhe. And than an hewge peeple of
     women & oer folke yede thedyr to e feelde ere e batayle was,
     to beholde whiche party were ouerthrouhe; and they stode vpon
     an hylle besydys e feelde ere e batayle was.  And whan e
|r16 Englisshe hoste syhe this, they had wende at tho peeple had been
     a-noer host of Frensshe men. And anon com tydyngis to oure
     Kyng at ere was a newe batayle of Frensshemen, al in aray,
     ordeyned redy to stele on hym. And anon oure Kyng leet krye
|r20 at euery man shulde sle his prysoner at he had take: & at was
     a myghty losse to Engelond, & a gret sorw to Fraunce. and whan
     at was doon, oure Kyng arayed his batayle ayen, redy to fihte
     with e Frensshe men.  And whan e Frensshmen sawe at oure
|r24 men kyllyd her prysonerys, than they withdrewe hem, & brak her
     batayle & here aray. And thus oure Kyng, as a worthy conquerour,
     had at day e victorye in e feelde of Agyncourt in Pykkardye,
     thankyd be God!
|r28    And than oure Kyng retournyd ayen there e batayle was, to
     se what peple were dede of Frensshe men, and also of Englisshe
     men, or yf ony were hurte at myht he holpe. And ere were
     dede of Frensshe men in e feelde: e Duke of Barry, e Duke
|r32 of Launsom, e Duke of Braban, e Erle of Navern, e Chief
     Comstable of Fraunce, .& viij. othir Erlys; & e Archebisshop of
     Saunce; & of good Barouns .C. & mo; & of worthy knyhtis of
     gret alliaunce of cote armures, a M & vc.  And of Englisshe
|r36 men was dede at day: e good Duke of Yorke, Ser Edmunde, &
     deyde withoute yssu. And aftyr hym, was made Duke of Yorke
     his broderys sone, Richarde, at |r[f.195r] was sone to Richard, Erle of
     Caumbrygge, at was behedyd at Southamptone, as aftyrward ye



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     shul here more opynly. And also there was dede, e Erle of
     Suffolke; & of al oer of Englisshe men, were dede nat passyng
     xxvj. bodyes, thankyd be God! And this batayle was on a Friday,
 |r4 whiche was Crispines & Crispamanes day, in e monthe of Octobre.
     versus: an Mil C quatuor Synk Domini dato.
     henrici terno Regis quin iure paterno.
     harflet fest Maurik deuicta que prelia.
 |r8 crispinum Agencourt nomen, vhi Cristus ei dedit omen.
     
     VIII.
     |r[The_Siege_of_Rouen._Every_eldest_Son_a_King_on_St._Dennis'_Eve.]
     |r[f.198v]  And yn at tyme ere was a custom in e Cite of Rone, &
     also in e Subarbys ere-of, that on Seint Denys evyn to make a
     kyng in euery house. And so e grete heerys of e subarrbis cam
|r12 to e seyde Kyng Herry, & besouht hym to take noon displesure
     of ere customable vsage. and e Kyng askyd them what it was.
     And they answeryd & seyde `yt was e vsage of Roon to make, in
     euery hous therof, e eldest sone a kyng on at nyht.' And anon
|r16 e Kyng grauntyd them ther askyng, so at it were nat doon in
     despyte of hym. And at Nyhte ther cam woorde to e Kyng, at
     ere were neuer seen so many kyngis to-gedyr in oon place. And
     anon e Kyng comaundyd them to be brouht afore hym. And
|r20 than spake an olde Frenche knyht, and seyde: "I trowe now is e
     tyme come at Rone shalbe won, aftyr e profecye." And when
     e Kyng herd e knyht thus sey, he askyd hym, `what was e
     profecie.' And e knyht seyde, `yf he woold pardon hym, he
|r24 woolde tel hym e profecie erof.' And tho e Kyng pardonid
     hym.  "Syr," quod e knyht, "this toun of Roon shall neuer
     be wonne, tyl ther come a Kyng at shulde be boryn of a woman,
     And in a Nonnys habyte, & .xxx. kynggis at his retynew, to ley
|r28 seege ther-to." And there-with e Kyng seyde: "In verbo tuo
     relaxabo rethe." And anon he comaundyd everyche of e kyngis
     to be set in dyuers garisons ayenst e Toun. And on e next day
     was e Toun of Roon yolde vp vnto oure Kyng, as ye shul here.

     IX.
     |r[King_Henry_VI's_youth,_and_the_quarrel_with_the_Flemings.]
|r32 |r[f.201r] a  Nd yn e yer of our Lorde, M=l= CCCC & xxiij, On e last
     day of August, Herry of Wyndelysore, e sone of Herry e Fyfthe,



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     began to Reyne, when he was but ix monthis of age.  And as
     some men sey, on at day of his byrthe, there sat a stronger with
     e parsoun of Monmothe, at prophesied at dyner, seyng on this
 |r4 wyse: "In these xxiiij. ourys passyd, othyr with-yn xxiiij. ourys
     to come, is born, or shalbe born, a new Kyng of Engelond, e
     whiche shal begynne his reyne withynne e first yer of his byrthe."
      Than seyde e tothyr: "at is e Erle of Marche." he seyde
 |r8 ayen: "nay, nat so." than seyde e tothyr, "what troyst thou at
     ere shal fal here-aftyr?" he seyde: "In e fyrst vij yer of his
     Reyne, ere shalbe gret aboundaunce of al maner of ffrutys."
     "And what in e next vij yerys?" he seyde: "ere shalbe thre
|r12 wyse men at shulbe able to gouerne eny reme." And in e vj.
     yer aftyr, on e vj day of A Nouembre, Herry e vj=te= was
     crownyd at Westmenster, of Herry Chychile, Archebisshop of
     Cauntirbury, at whois Coronacioun e sone of e Duke of
|r16 Hostryche, with many oer, were made knyhtis.  And in e
     xthe yer of his reyne he was crownyd ayen at Parys in Fraunce, of
     his vncle e Cardinall of Wynchestre. And in e yer aftyr at, on
     e xx=ti= day of Maij, on a Weddenysday, fro e oure of None to iij.
|r20 on e clok at aftyrnoon, ther aperyd a Blasyng sterre in e firma_ment,
     toward e est, fast be e Mone.
        And in e yer folwyng, the Dewke of Burgoyne began to meve
     werre ayenst Engelond, & wolde an had Caleys. And thedyr was
|r24 sent in bassetre, e Duke of Exetyr, with oer lordys; & as he cam
     homward ayen, his hors doungyd in e tounne of Poperyng; and
     e Flemyggis rysyn vp, & woolde nat suffyr hym to passe tyl his
     men were fayne to bere awey his hors dounge, & make clene e
|r28 stretys.  And whan e Duke was come ayen in-to Engelond, he
     enformyd e Kyng & his lordys erof; and they were sore amevyd
     therwith. And anon Sir Humfray, Duke of Gloucestre, & Sir
     Thomas Bewfourde, Duke of Exetyr, his brothyr, with oer lordys,
|r32 made a gret power, and yede ayen in-to Flaundrys, & destroyed
     moche peple, and brent meny tounnys, & dyd moche harme; & e
     Duke of Burgoyne fled with his peple. And e Duke of Exetyr
     yede & brent vp Popryng & meny mo tounnys ere abouhte, & dyd
|r36 moche harme, ynsomoche at they brent e whete & corne at
     grewe in e feelde: & at was an evyl deede, ffor, sen at tyme
     hydyrward, our whete & corn haue be brent in Engelond, yn on
     place or in othyr, as it growyth in e feelde, be e hande of God;
     whiche brennyng, men callyth `Ablastid or seynte.'  And at e



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     last, e Duke of Burgoyne was fayne to mede e Duke of Gloucestre
     & oure lordis, & gave them a myty thyng of good to turne ayen &
     seese ther warre, & do no more harme. & than ey turny[d] ayen
 |r4 in-to Engelond. And in despyte of e Flemynges, an Englisshe
     man made this Englishe, yn Baladdys:



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     X.
     |r[The_Battles_of_St._Alban's_I_and_II,_of_Blore_Heath,_Ludlow,
     Northampton,_Wakefield,_and_Wigmore.]
        |r[f.202r] They dyd moche harme, & many a man was slayne; & they
     woolde neuer sese, tyl e drawbrygge was set on fyre betwene hem.
     And aftyrward ere captayn was take in a gardyn in Kent, & ere
|r16 he was slayne; & aftyr at, his body was quarteryd; & his hede
     smytyn of, & set on Londen Brygge.  And in e xxiiij. yer of
     his regne was e first batel of Seint Alhonys; & ere Kyng Herry
     was shotte in e nekke with an Arrwe. And ayenst hym cam
|r20 Rycherde Plantagynet, Duke of Yorke, & Richard Nevel, Erle of
     Salisbury, & his sone Richard Nevel, Erle of Warwyk. And ere
     was slayne of e Kingis party, Sir Edmunde, Duke of Somyrset,
     e Erle of Northomhyrland, & Lord Clyfford; & Humfray, Duke
|r24 of Bokyngham, was sore hurte, whom they caryed with hem to
     Londen.
        And in e xxxvij yer was e batel at Bloorhethe, & of Ludlowe;
     & ere was slayne be e Erle of Salisbury, Lord Avdele, & xiiij.
|r28 knyghtes new made; & e Baroun of Dudle was take & led with
     hem.  And in e .xxxviij. yer was e batayle of Northamptoun;
     where cam on e ton party, Edward e Erle of Marche, e eldest
     sone of e Duke of Yorke, & e Duke of Northfolke, & Richard



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     Nevyle, Erle of Warwyk. And ere wa slayne of e Kyngis party
     be them: Sir Humfray, Duke of Bokyngham, & Sir Iohn Talbot,
     Erle of S[h]rewisbury, & Vicount Bemounde; & ere was take
 |r4 Kyng Herry, & brouht with them to Londen.
        And in e same yer was e batayle of Wakefeelde, whiche was
     on e ton party, e Duke of Somyrset, e Erle of Northumhirlond,
     Lord Clifford, & Sir John Nevyl of Westmerland, which was e
 |r8 Erles sone of Westmerland. And ere was slayne be them:
     Richard, Duke of Yorke, Edmunde, Erle of Rutlond, his sone; &
     Richarde Nevyle, Erle of Salysbury, was take ere, & behedyd at
     Pounfret.  And in e same yer was e ij=de= batayle of Seint
|r12 Albonis: & ere com in on e ton party: Kyng Herry, e Duke of
     Northfolke, e Erle of Warwyk, Lord Facounbryge, & Vicound
     Bowser. And ayenst them cam Queen Margeryt, & Prince Edward
     her sone, [Llord Wellis, Lord |r[C]lyfford, & ouerthrewe e tothyr
|r16 party, & toke awey King Herry from them; and, be the commaund_ment 
     of e young Prince, ere was behedyd ere, Lord Bonvylde,
     & Thomas Kyrel, knyht of Kent; & they led with hem in-to e
     Northe, Lord Mountegew, [a]nd toke hym to []e Mayre of [Y]orke
|r20 to kepe.
        And in e same yer was e bateyle of Wygmore, be Edward,
     Erle of Marche; wher fled, Sir Herry Bewforde, Duke of Exestyr,
     & Iamys Ormond, Erle of Wylshyre, & Iasper, Erle of Penbrook;
|r24 & his fadyr, Owen Tedder, was takyn, & behedyd at Herforde;
     and ther was takyn e Baroun of Burforde; & pardounde of his
     lyfe. An[d] aftyr this, Edward, Erle of Marche, with e lordys on
     his party, yede to Londen; and on e iiij. day of Marche he toke
|r28 vpon hym e Regimen, with e wylle of e lordys & e comouns
     bothe.

     XI.
     |r[K._Edward_IV_(1461);_the_Battle_of_Barnet_(14_April,_ 1471);
     |r_and_the_Death_of_Henry_VI_(20_June,_1471).]
     |r[f.202v] a  Nd aftyr this, In e yer of our Lord M=l=. CCCC lx, And in
     e regne of Kyng Herry .xxxix.; Edward, Erle of Marche, with
|r32 e lordys at were on his party, yede to Londen; and on e .iiij.
     day of Marche he took vpon hym e Regimen, with e wylle of e
     lordys & e commouns also.  And aftyr at, Kyng Edward toke



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     his lordys, & yede Northeward; and on Palmisson evyn was
     Tauntoun feelde, callyd York feelde. And ere was on Kyng
     Edwardys party, e Duke of Northfolke, e Erle of Warwyk, Lord
 |r4 Acrys of e southe, Lord Faucounbrygge, & many oer lordys &
     knyhtis moo. And ayenst hym cam Prynce Edward, Kyng
     Herryes sone, e Duke of Somyrset, e Erle of Northumbyrlond,
     whiche was slayne ere, & many oer lordis & knyhtes also. And
 |r8 King Herry, with Queen Mergeret, lay in York; & ey toke e
     Prince her sone, & he mydnyght they were fledde to Berewyk; &
     they yaf at toun to e Scottis, to haue socour & helpe of them,
     whiche toun was Englisshe beforn.  And thus Kyng Edwarde, e
|r12 sone of Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York, ouercam his enemyes,
     & put them to flyght, & returnyd ayen to Londen, & ere he was
     crownyd at Westmester, ryghtful Kyng of Engelond & of Fraunce,
     Castylle, & Legyoun.  And sone aftyr, he weddyd Dame Elysa_heth, 
|r16 e Erle Ryuers douhtyr, on whom he begat, Elysaheth,
     Marie, Cicile, Edwarde Prince, Margarete, Richard, Duke of York
     & of Northfolke, Anne, George.
        And aftyr this, Herry, at was Kyng, was take in Yorkshire,
|r20 in e Abbey of Furnes; & put in e Toure of Londen.  And
     aftyr at, ere aperyd in e ffirmament a gret sterre, at yaf out vij
     stremys, whiche synified gret sorw, & mysche[f] at fylle aftyrward;
     & also ther wer sene in e Temys at Londen, many whyrlepolys, &
|r24 anoer tyme a whale, at signyfyed not good. For aftyrward fylle
     gret devisyoun betwene e Kyng & his lordys; & ey kept a gret
     batayle on Estyr day, whiche is callyd `Barnet Feeld.' & ere was
     slayne Richard Nevyle, Erle of Warwik, & Markys Montegew, his
|r28 brothir; & e Erle of Oxynford fled. And from thens e Kyng
     yede to Tewkysbery; & ere was slayn, Edward, e sone of Kyng
     Herry; & Queen Margarete, his modyr, was take, whiche were come
     out of Fraunce. And thus Kyng Edwarde ouercam all his enemyes,
|r32 thankyd be God! And in alle ese batayles, was e sone ayenst e
     fadyr, and brother aye[n]st brother.  And anon aftyr, deyde
     Kyng Herry in e Toure of Londen; & is beryed at Chercheshey.
     And he foundyd e Coleges of Etoun & of Cambrygge, callyd e
|r36 `newe Colege': on whois soule, God haue mercy! Amen!
        And aftyr this, Kyng Edward yed ouer beyon the se into
     Fraunce, & chalengyd Gascoyne & Gyen. And e Kyng of Fraunce
     was fayne to desyre trewys with hym, & agreyd to pay yerly to
|r40 oure Kyng, X M=l=. li. for Gascoyne & Gyen: & he payd it long



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     after. And in at Iorney our Kyng lost many a man at fylle to
     e lust of women, & wer brent be them; & ere membrys rottyd
     away, & ey dyed.  And aftyr at, ther fylle a gret dissese in
 |r4 Engelond callyd e `styche,' at moche peeple deyde sodeynly
     erof. And also anoer dissese reyned aftyr at, callyd e `fflyx,'
     at neuer was seen in Engelond before; & peple deyde hogely
     therof iij yer togedyr, in on place or oer. And aftyr at, ther
 |r8 bred a Raven on Charyng Crosse at Londen; & neuer was seen
     noone brede ere before. & aftyr at, cam a gret dethe of Pesti_lence,
     at lastyd iij. yer; & peple dyed myhtely in euery p[l]ace,
     man, woman & chylde: on whois soulys, God haue mercy!
|r12 Amen! [end.] 



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     |rAPPENDIX_TO_H.

     |rALPHABETICAL_LIST_OF_THE_BATTLE_ABBEY_ROLL_OF_371
     |rNAMES_OF_NORMAN_KNIGHTS.

     |r[Harl._MS._53,_collated_with_Lambeth_6.]

     Abvile            Baywall             Bruce             Colvile
     Achard            Beauchamp           Budler            Comyn
     Akeny             Beaumeis            Buket             Corbet
 |r4 Amondevile        Beler               Burdet            Cornor
     Anney             Belet               Burle             Costentyn
     Arcy              Berard              Burnell           Cosyn
     Arvile            Berevile            Bussell           Coudrell
 |r8 Ascher            Bereward            Bussey            Courtheuse
     Asprevile         Bernevile           Butevile          Crecy
     Aubeny            Berry               Butteler          Criell
     Aubray            Beygnard            Butvileyn         Cunly
|r12 Audeny            Bigot                                 Curecy
     Audevile          Birset              Camois            Curly
     Auenell           Bleis               Candrey           Curteis
     Auerenges         Bloundell           Cannevile         Curteneis
|r16 Ayelard           Bluet               Cardevile         Curthose
                       Boner               Carevile          Curty
     Bagot             Bontvile            Chalenges
     Banaster          Boynet              Chalurs           Dalamare
|r20 Bardulf           Brachet             Chambreleyn       Danstervile
     Baret             Bracy               Chamell           Darcy
     Barevile          Brassard            Charnell          Darill
     Barry             Bratet              Chastelleyn       Despenser
|r24 Bars              Bret                Chaucer           Deynecourt
     Baskervile        Breuse              Chaundos          Drutall
     Basset            Brian               Chene             Ducrell
     Bastard           Bricourt            Cheyne            Duket
|r28 Baucan            Britoun             Clare             Dulapenne
     Baynard           Brok                Clarell           Duredent



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     Escot             Gorger              Lescey            Moreus
     Eurons            Gorunvile           Leverer           Morley
                       Gower               Lincot            Morteyn
 |r4 Ferebrace         Grace               Lonetot           Mortymer
     Ferrer            Grauntsoun          Longchampe        Morvile
     Ferrers           Graynvile           Longevile         Motoun
     Feschampe         Greis               Lovell            Moubray
 |r8 Fetepace          Grenevile           Lucy              Mounfichet
     Fitz Brian        Gunter              Lunar             Mountanasy
     Fitz Garin        Gurnay              Luncy             Mountegu
     Fitz Geffray                          Lyard             Mounteny
|r12 Fitz Herbert      Harecourt           Lynet             Mulet
     Fitz Hu           Hachet              Lysle             Murdak
     Fitz Piers        Haket                                 Musard 
     Fitz Symond       Hamelyn                               Maignard
|r16 Fitz Vise         Hanet               Malemayn          Neomarch
     Fitz Water        Hansard             Malet             Nepount
     Foleyn            Hanvile             Malynoler         Nevile
     Foliamhe          Hasard              Mamelharin        Neyrount
|r20 Folvile           Hautevile           Mansey            Niuelent
     Formentyn         Hay                 Manus (or         Nunchampe
     Fossard           Heiroun             Manns)
     Fresell           Hercy               Manyn             Ofvile
|r24 Fresvile          Heris               Marcimas          Orell
     Freynes           Hubert              Mareis            Orivall
     Frisoun           Hurfer              Martell           Orrewar
     Frivile           Huscharles          Massy
|r28 Furnyvall                             Matroners         Pachet
     Fyneux            Iardyn              Mauncell          Palet
     Maundevile                                              Pamell
     Gamager           Keynes              Maureward         Panely
|r32 Gantlou           Kirlecot            Meisy             Pantulf
     Gaugy                                 Meyne             Parles
     Gaunt             Lacy                Meynill           Passamere
     Gauter            La Heuse            Miler             Passauaunt
|r36 Gerard            Lambert             Mire              Peisoun
     Giffard           Ledet               Mongomery         Penire (or
     Gorge             Leoun               Morell              Pemre)



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     Percy             Rosynis             Soldeny           Tuchet
     Perly             Roter               Somervile         Tuny
     Peverell          Rusak               Sonevile          Tupet
 |r4 Phanecourt        Russell             Souppill (or      Turbevile
     Picard                                   Soupeill)      [Tyson, see
     Pigot             Saintbrenell        Spigurnell           Pei_soun]
     Piket             Saintclus           Spynevile
 |r8 Pilet             Sainteler           Sunely            Valeus
     Pinell            Sainterois          Surdevall         Vauesour
     Pipard            Saintgorge          Swyward           Veell
     Piroun            Sainthelyn                            Veer
|r12 Pleisy            SaintIohn           Tabot             Veisyn
     Plevien           Saintleger          Tailepas          Venour
     Poer              Saintmore           Taillois          Verly
     Pounchet          Saintmoris          Tallebot          Vernoun
|r16 Pountfract        Saintnoyre          Tanet             Vescy
     Prers             Saintomer           Taryn             Vilers
     Punegis           Saintquintyn        Tenere            Vmframvile
     Purcell           Sancey              Tibot
|r20 Pus               Sanctclou           Tiptot            Wadell
     [Putnell]         Sandervile          Tirell            Warenne
     Putrell           Santemareis         Torchappell       Wasteneis
     Saucer                                Torell            Welby
|r24 Quatremars        Saunzaner           Toret             Widvile
     Quincy            Saunzire            Torevile          Wildbef
     Savage                                Tracy             Wishard
     Raynes            Say                 Tramell           Wivile
|r28 Renger            Saylard             Trauers
     Richemount        Scutevile           Trevet            Ynogre
     Ridell            Sechevile           Truan
     Rochell           Semery              Truret            Zoochh
|r32 Roos              Setvaus             Trusbut
     Rosyn             Seygnes             Trussell
